to the title and dignity of Baroness Clifton as sole heir to Catherine her Grandmother daughter and heir to the before-specified Gervase Lord Clifton in the Parliament began at UUestminster 8 Maii 3 Car. 2. and held by prorogation for divers years after had in An. 1674. that her clayme allowed Sir Robert Carr Knight of the Bath Earl of Somerset 9 Iac. THis Robert being son to Ker of Fernihurst in Scotland having long serv'd King Iames in the quality of a Page and made Knight of the Bath at his Coronation at length grew very powerful in Court carrying all by the credit of Sir George Hume Earl of Dunâ—ar then Treasurer of Scotland Upon whose death in An. 1611 9 Iac. succeeding him in that place of Treasurer he soon obtain'd the Dignity and Title of Vicount Rochester by Letters-patents bearing date 25 Martii the same year and in May following to be install'd Knight of the Garter Likewise upon the third of November 11 Iac. to be created Baron of Brancepeth in the Bishoprick of Durham and Earl of Somerset Being also made Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to that King and one of his Privy-Council he was in those dayes accounted the chief Favourite at Court But having thus seen his rise let us now behold his fall which I shall briefly here relate with the occasion and chief circumstances thereof from the Report of the most Reverend Dr. Spotswood late Archbishop of St. Andrews in Scotland This Earl falling in Love with the Lady Frances daughter to Thomas Earl of Suffolk wife to Robert Earl of Essex but by a Sentence of Nullity upon pretence that Essex could not performe the part of an Husband to her set free from him having formerly received into his intimate familiarity a Knight of excellent parts called Sir Thomas Overburie was frequently by him disswaded from her company Which being discern'd by Overburie and that notwithstanding what had been said he had a purpose to Marry her he so far presumed upon the friendly freedome which he had otherwise given him to press him more earnestly to forbear her And one night dealing more plainly with him said to this effect My Lord I perceive you are proceeding in this Match from which I have often disswaded you as your true servant and friend I now again advise you not to marry that woman for if you do you shall ruine your Honor and your self Adding that if he went on in that business be should do well to look to his standing Which free Speech of his this Earl taking impatiently because he had touch't the Lady in her Honor replyed in Passion That his Legs were strong enough to bear him up and that he should make him repent those Speeches But Overburie interpreting this to be only a sudden passion thought not that their long continued Friendship would break off by this occasion and therefore continued his wonted attendance neither did this Earl wholly abandon him Howbeit having discovered his words to the Lady she never ceased but by all meanes sought his overthrow It hapning therefore about this time that Overburie being design'd for Embassador into Russia this Earl whose Counsel he askt advised him to refuse the service but to make some fair excuse Which advice he followed supposing that it did proceed of kindness but for his refusal was committed to the Tower The Lady thus having him where she wished and resolving to dispatch him by Poyson wrought so with Sir Gervase Elways then Lieutenant of the Tower as that he admitted one Richard Weston upon her recommendation to be his Keeper by whom the very evening after he was so committed a yellow Poyson was ministred to him in a Broth at Supper which provokt such extreame Vomits and Purging that it was thought he could never recover But neither this nor 〈◊〉 other Poysoâ—s which were continually put in his Meats serving to dispatch him Mistriss Turner the preparer of all procured an Apothecaries Boy to give him a Poysoned Clyster which soon brought him to his end Being thus dead he was presently buried and by reason of the Blaynes and Blisters which after his death appeared on his Body a report was spread about that he died of the French Pox. Which few believ'd the general rumor going according to the Truth that he was made away by Poyson But the greatness of the procurers kept all hidden for a time till at length it pleased God to bring every thing to light after a miraculous manner It happened that the Earl of Shrewsbury in Conference with a Counsellor of State recommending the Lieutenant of the Tower to his favour as a man of good parts and one who desired to be known to him The Counsellor answered That he took it for a Favour from the Lieutenant that he should desire his friendship but added That there lay upon him an heavy imputation for Overburie's death whereof he wisht that the Gentleman should clear himself Which being related to the Lieutenant he was stricken with it and said To his knowledge some attempts were made against Overbury but that the same took no effect Which being told the King he willed the Counsellor to move the Lieutenant to set down in writing what he knew of that matter as he accordingly did Whereupon certain of the Councel were appointed to examine and find out the Truth From Weston somewhat being found he was made Prisoner Turner and Franklyn the preparers of the Poyson being examined confessed every thing whereupon all breaking forth this Earl and his Lady as also the Lieutenant were committed But Weston at his first Arraignment stood mute yet afterwards was induced to put himself on the Tryal of his Country and being found Guilty suffered death at Tiburne Mistriss Turner and Iames Franklyn were in like sort Executed The Lieutenant who had winkt at their doings being Judg'd Accessary to the Crime and Condemned suffered death also expressing great penitency And in May following this Earl and his Lady were both brought to their Tryal though by their Friends laboured earnestly to eschew it But King Iames would not be intreated for the love he had to maintain Justice Thomas Lord Ellesmere at that time Lord Chancellor of England was by Commission constituted High Steward for that occasion having for his Assistants Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench Sir Henry Hobert Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Sir Laurence Tanfeild Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Justice Alured one of the Barons of the Exchequer Crook Doddâ—ridge and Haughton Justices of the Kings Bench and Nichols of the Court of Common-pleas The Peers by whom they were Tryed being the Earl of Worcester Lord Privy-Seal the Earl of Pembroke Lord Chamberlain the Earls of Rutland Sussex Hartford and Montgomerie the Vicount L'isle the Lord Zouch Warden of the Cinque-Ports the Lord Willoughby of Eresby the Lord Dacres the Lord Monteagle the Lord
married Alice Sister by the Mothers side to King Henry the Third for she was Daughter to Hugh le Brun Earl of March second Husband to the Kings Mother In An. 1248. 32 Hen. 2. he was one of the great Earls who met in the Parliament held at London on the Octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin in which Parliament the King was freely told of his many high exactions from the Clergy and Laity In An. 1254. 38 Hen. 3. this Earl Iohn answered One hundred and twenty pound for Sixty Knights Fees for which he then gave Aid to the King upon making his eldest Son Knight with Edmund de Lacy took shipping at Dover and sailed to Bourdeaux And in An. 39 Hen. 3. was one of those who adhered to the King in oppressing the people as our Historians do report Moreover in 40 H. 3. he was with other of the cheifest Peers in Westminster-Hall when the Archbishop of Canterbury and divers other Bishops pronounced solemn Excommunication there with Candles lighted against all that should violate the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest. In which year he had the Tertium Denarium of the County of Surrey yielded him by the Kings Precept then sent to the Barons of the Exchequer In An. 1258. 42 H. 3. when the Rebellious Barons came with such a power to the Parliament at Oxford as that they compelled the King to submit to those Provisions which they then made there he with William Valence and others refused to comply with them And the same year had Summons with the rest of the great Men of England to attend the King at Chester thence to march against Leweline Prince of Wales for restraining his hostile Incursions In 46 Hen. 3. he was one of those who upon the Agreement betwixt the King and the Rebellious Barons did on the Kings part set his Seal for Confirmation of the Accord then made And the next ensuing year had the Castle of Pevenesel committed to his custody In An. 1264. 48 Hen. 3. he was amongst others on the Kings part in the Castle of Rochester immediately after Easter when Simon Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cester and certain of the Rebellious Barons laid siege thereto and joyned with divers other of the great Lords in that Submission to the Award which Lewes King of France was to make betwixt the King and the Barons concerning those Ordinances called Provisiones Oxonii But the same year being with Prince Edward in the Van of the Royal Army at that fatal Battle of Lewes notwithstanding he with William Valence Earl of 〈◊〉 did there unworthily desert him at the very beginning of the fight and fled to 〈◊〉 Castle and thence into France yet the Rebellious Barons having by that days success got the King into their hands seised upon his Castle of Lewes and all the rest of his Possessions Whereupon finding no security here he fled beyond Sea whence returning with Valence in May the next ensuing year and landing in Pembâ—okeshire he sent the Prior of Monmouth unto Hereford where Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cesteâ— had the King and Prince in custody to move for the restitution of his Lands in regard he had done nothing which might deserve the forfeiture of them as the Prior then alledged To whom the answer then returned was That if he would come himself in person thither and submit to a tryal in the Kings Court he should have safe conduct so to do Which deeming not safe he confederated with Clare Earl of Glocester then faln off from Mountfort and other of the Barons who stood for the Royal Interest and upon the escape of Prince Edward from Hereford out of the hands of Mountfort joyning with him and his forces at Ludlow had benefit of that glorious Victory at â—vesham upon the fourth of August following in which Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cester being slain the King was freed from that restraint wherein after the Battle of Lewes he had been so long kept by the power of those Rebellious Barons But after this scil in An. 1268. 52 Hen. 3. all things relating to the Publick Being in quiet some of the great Men fell at private discord with one another amongst which it is reported That upon a difference betwixt this Iohn Earl of Warren and Henry de Lacy afterwards Earl of Lincoln touching a certain Pasture they raised what forces they could purposing to fight for it Whereupon the King having notice thereof commanded that his Judges should either judicially or by an amicable Agreement compose the same Who accordingly upon inquiry by the Oaths of the Countrey adjudged the Right thereof to Lacy. About the same time also there fell out no small contest betwixt this our Earl and Sir Alan la Zouch an eminent Baron touching some title of Land Whereupon discerning that he mast submit to the Justice of the Law having first passionately vented himself in foul language at length assaulted Sir Alan and his Son in Westminster-Hall with such violence that he almost killed the one and much wounded the other And having so done fled to his Castle at Rigare but Prince Edward pursued him so close with a strong power resolving to vindicate this injury thus done to the Kings Authority that our Earl seeing it in vain to make opposition met the Prince on foot and with great humility imploring mercy afterwards made his Peace with the King promising satisfaction to the persons injured Which promise was not meerly verbal for it appeareth that he did by a special Instrument bearing date at Creyndone in 54 Hen. 3. oblige himself to come to Prince Edward into the Kings Court and stand to the judgment thereof for that offence lately by him committed against Sir Alan la Zouch and Sir Roger his Son at Westminster and to perform in every point unto his Soveraign Lord the King and all others whatsoever his Peers should deem fit in reference to them and likewise to themselves As also whatsoever the Kings Justices should judge requisite to be done by him in reference to themselves and not to depart the Court until he should both do and receive what was rightful and just according to the Laws and Customs of this Realm And this he did undertake thereby to do upon penalty of forfeiting all his Possessions in England unto the King and his Heirs and of incurring the sentence of Excommunication by all or any the Archbishops Bishops and Prelates of the Land as the King should make choice of to pronounce the same against him and when and wheresoever he should please Whereupon a fine of Ten thousand marks was laid upon him for that misdemeanor Which afterwards by the favor of the King was not only reduced to Eight thousand and four hundred marks
burial twenty five poor men to pray for her five of which to hold Torches about her Herse and every one of them to have at the Dirige a peny and at the Morrow-Mass a peny And farther willed that at the Dirige upon the day of her Burial there should be thirteen Priests and thirteen Clerks in Surplesses So likewise at the Morrow-Mass each Priest to have for his labour six pence and each Clerk two pence But I return to Sir Richard Beauchamp Son and heir to the last mentioned Iohn This Sir Richard wedded Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Humphrey Stafford Knight in the private Chappel of his Mannor-house at Beauchamps-Court by virtue of a special Licence from the Bishop of Worcester by which Elizâ—beth he had issue three Daughters his Heirs viz. Elizabeth married to Sir Robert Willoughby Lord Brooke first summoned to Parliament by that Title in 7 Hen. 7. Anne to Richard Ligon and Margaret to William Rede Beauchamp of Holt. I come now to Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt in Worcestershire a younger Son to William de Beauchamp of Eâ—meley by Isabel his Wife Daughter and heir to William de Mauduit Earl of Warwick which Iohn had this Lordship of Holt by the gift of his Father to hold to himself and the Heirs of his body by the Wife he then had And in 25 E. 1. was in that expedition then made into Gascoigne together with William Earl of Warâ—ick and Walter de Beauchamp his Brethren and the next year following in the Wars of Scotland To him succeeded Richard de Beauchamp who in 1 Edw. 3 died seised of this Mannor of 〈◊〉 leaving Iohn his Son and Heir eight years of age Which Iohn in 12 Ed. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders and in 20 Edw. 3. in that into France In 37 E. 3. he was in another then made into Gascoigne and of the Retinue of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick where he continued the next ensuing year In 33 Edw. 3. he was again in the Warrs of France In 42 E. 3. he was once more in the Warrs of France and in 46 Ed. 3. attended Iohn Duke of Lancaster into Spain In 6 R. 2. being then one of the Esquires of the K. Chamber which I take to be the same that is now called Esquire for the body he had in consideration of his good services done and to be done the grant of an annuity of twenty pounds per annum issuing out of the mannor of Sutton in the Forest of Macklesfeild in Cheshire And in 9 R. 2 for the like consideration and because he did receive the order of Knighthood at such time as the King first displayed his Banner in Scotland he obtained a grant for an hundred marks per annum for his better support of that dignity to enjoy for terme of life and to be received out of the Kings Rents and Revenues in North-UUales And furthermore considering the great expence he had been at in fitting himself with a Competent retinue of men at Armes and Archers to attend the King in a Voiage-Royal into Scotland as also for that he surendred his patent of that hundred marks per annum Annuity before mentioned he had in recompence thereof a grant of the Commotes of Dyulâ—ien and Kemeltemain in Caernarvonshire to hold for terme of his life And within the space of that year being then Knight of the Kings Chamber was constituted Justice of North-Wales having likewise a special Charter for divers Liberties and priviledges as well in Vert and Venison as other things within his Lordship and Fee of Kederminster in Com. Wigorn. Moreover in 11 R. 2. being then Steward of the Kings Household in consideration also of his services he obtained a grant of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the Priory of Deorhurst in Gloucestershire then seised into the Kings hands as all other Priories-alien were by reason of his Wars with France and within five dayes following viz. 10 Oct. for the considerations aforesaid and for the place he held at that Kings Coronation as also for his greater honor in Counsells and Parliaments he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm to hold to himself and the heirs male of his body by the title of Lord Beauchamp of Kydermyster being the first man that was ever created a Baron of England by Patent But this honor he enjoyed not long for the same year divers of the great Lords having raised a powerful Army came up to London and there mustering their men in sight of the Tower where the King then lodged forced him to call a Parliament wherin through their potency they did what they list causing Sir Robert Tresilian Chief Justice of the Kings Bench Court and divers others to be attainted of Treason of which number this Iohn Lord Beauchamp was one who being first committed to close imprisonment in Dover Castle and for that he had been long before unfaithful to King Edward the third and unto Lionel Duke of Clarence as was then alledged he received sentence of death viz. to be drawn hanged and quartered but by favor was only beheaded on Tower hill leaving by Ioane his Wife Daughter and Heir to Robert le Fitzwith Iohn his Son and Heir ten years of age during whose minority this Lordship of Holt was committed to the custody of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick of whom it was held Which Iohn when he came to mans estate viz. in 22 R. 2. attended the King in that Voyage then by him made into Ireland and in 8 H. 4. executed the Office of Escheator for the County of Worcester So likewise in 1 Hen. 5. And died on Tuesday next after the Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle 8 Hen. 5. being then seised of the mannors of Bobenhuâ—â— Shulton Bernangre and Shotswell in Com. Warr. as also of the Mannors of Holt and Hanley juxta Temedbury in Com. Wigorn. leaving one sole Daughter and Heir called Margaret then twenty years of age Which Margaret was first married to Iohn Pauncefott and afterwards to Iohn Wysham Beauchamp of Bletsho I Now come to Roger de Beauchamp Grandson to Walter de Beauchamp of Alcester In 20 Ed. 3. this Roger was in the Wars of France and the next year following obtained the Kings confirmation of the Mannor of Lydeard Tregoz in Com. Wilts unto himself and Sibil his Wife and to the Heirs male of their two bodies lawfully begotten which had been granted to them by Peter de Grandison Which Sibil was Daughter of Sibil Wife of William de Grandison and she of Mabel 〈◊〉 of the four Sisters and Coheirs of Otto de Grandison In 21 Edw. 3 he
Body begotten they ought to descend to Iames de Berkley then living as Cosin and next Heir-male to Thomas the Son of Maurice And that the said Iames Cosin and Heir-male to Thomas as above is expressed being then of full age had Livery of the Premisses c. his homage being respited By what therefore hath been already observed it is apparent that to Elizabeth the only Daughter of the said Thomas the Fourth all the Lands which came by her Mother as also all those whereof her Father died seised in Fee-simple or Fee-tail General which were about thirty Lordships in the Counties of Glocester Somerset Bucks Wilts Northampton Devon Cornwal Oxon Berks the City of London Bristoll and other places besides Advowsons of Churches c. descended As also that the said Iames his Cosin and next Heir-male was by vertue of the before specified Entail to enjoy the Castle and Barony with all those other Lordships contained in the said Fine But before I come to speak of this Iames I think it expedient to take some notice of Iames his Father who so died in the life time of his elder Brother in regard that by him the Male-line of this Noble and Antient Family became thus preserved This Iames the Father was a Knight and married Elizabeth sometimes written Isabel the Daughter and Heir of Sir Iohn Bloet Knight and of the Lady Catherine Wogan his Wife by whom he had the Mannors of Raglan Talgarth Tore Edishall Straddewy and others as also the Mannor of Daglingworth in Com. Gloc. To this Sir Iames and Elizabeth King Henry the Fourth in the first year of His Reign confirmed the Town and Castle of Raglan in Com. Monmouth which Earl Richard Son to Earl Gilbert had given to Walter Bloet his Ancestor and his Heirs temp H 2. In 4 Hen. 4. he was made Governor of the Castle of Tretour in Wales and required to fortifie it against the great Rebel Owen Glendowr By his Testament bearing date at Bristoll on the morrow after the Feast of S. Dunstan An. 1404. 5 Hen. 4. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Abby of S. Augustines near Bristoll in his Fathers Tomb and gave six marks to find â— Priest to celebrate Divine Service there for the health of his Soul To Iames his Son he gave all his Habiliments pertaining to War constituting Isabel his Wife and him the said Iames his Son his Executors and departed this life 13 Iunii 6 Hen. 4. leaving issue Iames his said Son his Heir and Maurice a younger Son who died without issue ¶ Which Iames then aged twenty three years and upwards had likewise from his Father and Mother divers other Lordships and Lands than what descended to him by the Entail beforementioned viz. The Mannors of Ragland Talgarth Tore Edishall Stradway with some other in Wales and Dalingworth in Com. Gloc. As also by other means the Mannors of Sages Little Marshfield and Arlingham in that County But the Earl of Warwick and his Wife being at Wotton or Berkley Castle at the time of the death of Thomas the fourth and having thereby advantage to take away what of the Evidences they pleased possessed themselves of Berkley Castle and all other the Lands and Lordships so Intailed on the Heir-male as hath been observed And having so done procured a Grant from the King of the custody of all those Lands as long as they should remain in the Crown under such a value as they should be rated at in the Offices to be thereupon found And not only so but the next ensuing year obtained as absolute discharge of that Rent Whereupon he kept Courts in the name of himself and his Wife without any respect at all had to the Kings Grant she pretending a clear right to them all as also to the Barony And notwithstanding that this Iames upon a Writ of Diem clusit extremum by him sued out after much opposition by the Earl of Warwick was found Heir and Rightful Inheritor to the Castle of Berkley and all those twelve Lordships mentioned in that Fine of the Three and twentieth of Edward the third and had Livery accordingly Awarded Yet did that Earl and his Wife retain the said Castle Lordship and Mannors until upon a Remonstrance of his Right King Henry the Fifth commanded possession to be given unto him But after the death of that King the Earl of Warwick entred again upon the Mannor of Wotton and other Lordships and laid siege to the Castle of Berkley in which siege many were hurt and slain Whereupon by mediation of Friends there being a Reference to Philip Morgan then Bishop of Worcester and Sir Iohn Iuyn afterward Lord Cheif Justice of the Court of Kings Bench they Awarded that the said Earl should during his natural life retain the Mannors of Wotton Cowley and Simondshale and that the rest comprised in the before specified Fine should be to the said Iames and the Heirs-male of his Body But notwithstanding all this through the potency of that Earl this Iames could not according to the course of Law obtain Livery of those Lands out of the Kings hands Nor could it be any wonder considering how powerful a Man the Earl of Warwick was in those days and that many of the Servants to the late Lord Thomas were so obsequious to him exercising all their skill to give him countenance in this business One of them viz. Lionel Sea-brooke sometime Steward of the House to the said Lord Thomas in 6 Hen. 5. deposing before the Major of Southampton that his Lord and Master deceased the year before his death shewed him an old Deed of Entail of the Castle and Lordship of Berkley made by Robert Fitz-Harding which he then read and that his Lord snatched it from him saying He knew the Contents thereof And another about the same viz. Iohn Bone Vicar of Berkley and one of the Executors of the same Lord Thomas made Oath before the Major of Bristoll that the said Lord Thomas about the time of his passage into Britanny to conduct the Queen into England Enfeoffed him and others of the Castle Lordship and Hundred of Berkley and all his Lands in Glocestershire as also of the Hundred of Portbury the third part of the Mannor of Portesheved the Mannors of Walton and Bedminster with the Hundreds of Bedminster and Harclive to hold in Fee without any condition likewise that Livery and Seism was executed thereupon and Courts hâ—ld by those Feoffees accordingly By means of which Affidavits the Earl of Warwick took such encouragement and confidence that in 6 Hen. 5. he procured a Confirmation of those antient Charters made by King Iohn touching the Mannor and Barony of Berkley and all Berkley-Hernesse and thereupon with the assistance of divers servants of the said deceased Lord Thomas besieged Berkley Castle But by
the interposition of Philip Morgan then Bishop of Worcester before specified and divers Gentlemen of the Countrey he was constrained to leave hiâ— siege This Iames therefore well discerning the potency of that Earl saw no way to right himself but by the power of some greater Man and accordingly applied himself to Humphrey Duke of Glocester the Kings Brother to whom he promised a thousand marks to be paid within one year and an half after and so by his means obtained his Livery Which being effected he paid his Relief as a Baron and had Summons to Parliament thereupon But here it will not be impertinent to observe That part of the Award made by Philip Morgan Bishop of Worcester and Iohn Iuyn afterward Lord Cheif Justice of the Kings Bench for composing some of the differences upon a Reference and Mutual Bonds by the said Earl and this Iames was made 24 Nov. 3 Hen. 6. The other whereby the Mannors of Wotton Simondsall and Cowley with certain Lands in Frampton upon Severne Cromall Acton Kingscote and Mochelhampton in Com. Gloc. The Hundreds of Harclive and Portbury the Mannors of Portbury Limeridge-Wood Weston and Gordan and certain Lands in Uphill and Criâ—ton in Com. Somerset which were Awarded to the said Earl for life as also the Mannors of Came Hinton and Slimbridge with all Lands therein being in Com. Gloc. to the said Iames and the Heirs-male of his Body was made 6 Octob. 4 Hen. 6. And that this Peace held for thirteen years ensuing viz. So long as that Earl did live But after his death notwithstanding that Arbitrement it was by several Inquisitions found that he died seised of all those Lordships and Lands before mentioned as Tenant by the Courtesie of England and that Margaret Eleanor and Elizabeth were his three Daughters and Heirs Which Inquisitions were so found through the means and interest of the Husbands of those Daughters all very powerful Men in that time Nevertheless this Iames kept the possession of Cowley Wotton and Simondsall as he did of Came and Hinton for full three years but not without great Sutes Contentions Quarrels and some Bloodshed Howbeit after all this viz. From the seventeenth to the six and twentieth of Henry the Sixth another Award was made at Cirencester betwixt this Iames and those three Coheirs with their respective Husbands by the Lords Ferrers and Beauchamp Sir Iohn Fortescue and William Yelverton Justices of the Court of Kings Bench and others wherein reciting the former Award so made by the Bishop of Worcester and Judge Iuyn they again Awarded to those three Coheirs the Mannors of Wotton Simondsall and Cowley in Fee as also all other the Lands in 4 Hen. 6. Awarded to the Earl of Warwick except twenty two marks Rent in Frampton and ten pound Rent in Slimbridge and to Iames and the Heirs-male of his Body the Mannors of Came Hinton Slimbridge Hurst Portbury and all other the Lands then in controversie in those places But that Award did not satisfie this Iames insomuch as all violent means being used to compel his assent thereto he kept home and manned his Castle with what strength he had for his own preservation his Lady in the mean time soliciting his business at London Hereupon Margaret the eldest of those three Coheirs then Countess of Shrewsbury being thus seised of Wotton Simondsall Cowley c. by practise with one Rice Tewe a servant to this Lord Iames and his Porter of Berkley Castle got the Lord l'Isle her Son with a number of armed Men into it and there surprising the Lord Iames and his four Sons kept them in prison by the space of eleven weeks by which hard usage he was forced to seal unto certain unreasonable Covenants And shortly after carried them with strong Guards unto the Grey-Fryars at Bristoll and there compelled them to be bound in divers Recognisances of the Statute Staple in twelve thousand two hundred and eighty pounds to the Earl of Shrewsbury and the said Margaret his Countess whereunto for fear of being murthered they did submit During which time of such their durance they were also forced to seal unto divers Deeds of Assurance of those three Lordships to the said Coparceners whereof one was a Lease for two years unto them and their Husbands of the very Castle of Berkley excepting Habitation and House-room for himself his four sons and six servants As also Releases and Bonds to perform all that they had been thus forcibly constrained unto and moreover to acknowledge divers Statutes before the Major of Bristoll in great sums to ratifie all Feoffments and Grants so injuriously from them extorted And after all this hurried them back to Berkley and thence to Cirencester where upon a Commission then sate this Iames pleaded his title as Heir-male by vertue of that Fine levied in 23 Edw. 3. But coming to the Bar after Replication Rejoynder and Sur-Rejoynder Issue being joyned and a Jury returned from the most remote parts of the Countrey the Jury found that Entail made in King Henry the Thirds time to Maurice Lord Berkley the second of that name and unto Isabel his Wife and the Heirs of their two Bodies according at it was laid down in the Inquisition taken after the death of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick before mentioned in 18 〈◊〉 6. and assessed Damages to an hundred 〈◊〉 and costs of Sute to twenty pounds Howbeit though Judge Bingham who lived twenty years after taking notice of those irregular actings would never certifie that Record yet it was after certified by his Widow upon a Writ of Certiorari in 4 Hen. 7. But notwithstanding all this the Lord Iames was not freed For his Lady being at Glocester following his business the Earl of Shrewsbury and his Son the Lord l'Isle being then also there to inquire upon the Oyer and Terminer imprisoned her in that Castle and there kept her till she died Nay such was the violence and cruelty of this Countess Margaret that she caused Iames and Thomas two younger Sons of this Lord Iames to be carried beyond Sea 〈◊〉 Iames was slain in the same Battle with Iohn Earl of Shrewsbury her Husband and Thomas being there taken prisoner was put to ransome She likewise kept this Lord Iames for full two years out of his Castle at Berkley and out of all the Lands and Lordships thereto belonging in the mean time making great spoil and waste upon them ¶ Having thus carried this worthy person through these many and not ordinary troubles and disturbances which attended that 〈◊〉 â—nheritance so divolved to him by vertue of the Entail of his Great Grandfather I shall now briefly take notice of what is most memorable of him otherwise In 7 Hen. 5. upon that notable Rebellion of Owen Glendowr and the Welsh when the French
in the County of Derby four in the County of Essex five Mannors a Forest a Chace and a Barony in the County of Sussex two Mannors in the County of Surrey four in the County of Huntington one in the County of Hertford three in the County of Cambridge another Barony and four Mannors in the County of Bedford and others in some other Counties as also divers Lands in Calais Ireland and Wales with certain Hundreds Royalties and Knights fees in consideration whereof he obtained the Office of Earl Marshal and title of Marquess to himself and the Heirs male of his Body And besides all this he sold away and gave divers Lands and Lordships to Sir William Stanley Lord Chamberlain of that Kings Houshold and others Also to Sir Reginald Bray Kt. his Mannor of Hamme in Comit. Bedf. with Kensington and Maryborne in Com. Midd. as rewards of his Court-favors Moreover to Thomas Stanley Earl of Derby for the like respect in default of issue of his own Body he gave the Mannors of Donyngton Thwayts Threske Hovingham Kirkby-Malsard and Burton in Lonesdale in Com. Ebor. As also the Mannors of Wenge Segrave in Pen and Marlow in Comit. Buck. the Mannors of Denge alias Dengy in Com. Essex Epworth Belton Haxey Ouston and UUrote in Com. Linc. Alspath in Mereden in Comit. Warw. Slagham in Com. Suss. and Wisselee in Comit. Surr. to hold to the said Earl and the Heirs of his Body He likewise setled the Mannors of Hinton and Kenet in Com. Cantabr to the use of himself for life the remainder to Richard Willuby for life then to the Heirs of his own body the remainder to the Heirs male of the Body of the said Richard Willughby So also the Mannor of Caloudon in Com. Warw. to the same parties with the like remainders To his then Wife the Lady Anne he by his Will devised all his Messuages and Lands in the City of London paying two hundred marks to the Friers-Austines there and his house at Chelsey in Com. Midd. to Iohn Whiting and his heirs The Mannor of Great Chesterford he also setled on himself and the said Anne his Wife and the heirs of his own body the remainder to the King and the Heirs male of his body and having so done built a fair House thereon which Mannors so given to the King were all established by Act of Parliament in 7 Hen. 7. so that he left nothing for his Heir And by his Testament bearing date 5 Feb. ann 1491. 7 Hen. 7. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of the Friers Austines in London thereby also willing that his Executors should ordain two Friers perpetually to sing in the White Friers in Fleetstreet in the suburbs of London at the Altar of Sâ— Gasion there to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father and Mother his Wives Soul and the Soul of his Son Sir Thomas Berkley for evermore Likewise another Frier perpetually to sing in the Gray-Friers at Gloucester to pray for his own Soul and the Souls aforesaid Towards the building of which Gray-Friers he gave twenty pounds Moreover he willed that his Executors should purchase Lands to the value of ten marks yearly therewith to find a perpetual Chantry at the Altar of our Lady of Pitie in Edworth in Com. Linc. to pray for the Souls aforesaid for ever Likewise that they should purchase more Lands to the value of twenty two marks therewith to find two perpetual Priests at Longbrigge one of them daily to sing in the Chappel of the Trinity there and the other in the Chappel of the Church of Berkley where his Father and his said Son lay buried to pray for their Souls for evermore and to dispose of an hundred marks in building an House at Longbridge for those Priests to dwell in as also to buy Ornaments and Vestments for that Chappel of Longbridge forty marks Lastly he willed that his Executors should purchase a Pardon from Rome as large as might be had for plein remission of the sins of all those who would be confessed and contrite at Longbridge from Even-song to Even-song in the Feast of the Trinity and there say three Pater Nosters and three Aves for his Soul and the Souls aforesaid And departing this life on St. Valentines-day viz. 14 Febr. Anno 1491. 7 Hen. 7. without issue was accordingly buried in the Friers Augustines at London Maurice his Brother being his next Heir but enjoyed nothing of the Honour having incurred his displeasure for the reasons before expressed the Castle of Berkley with those Lands and Lordships which were the body of that antient Barony being by this Marquess given as is before observed to King Henry the seventh and the issue male from him descending Which Maurice being thus disherited became as active as he could for the regaining of what in strictness of Law was his right having for his better help to support himself in such Suits wherein he became afterwards for that end engaged in the fourteenth of Henry the Seventh together with Thomas Earl of Surrey as Cosins and Heirs to George Bewes Brother of Agnes Mother of Isabel Widdow of Sir Walter Cokesey Knight Livery of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the said George Agnes and Isabel. By which suits through his prudence and diligent prosecution of them he first recovered the Mannor of Sages lying in the Parish of Slimbrigge it being evident that it was no part of the Mannor of Slymbrigge so passed by Fine and otherwise to King Henry the seventh as aforesaid Likewise twenty two marks yearly rent in Frampton upon Severne which did not pass in these settlements Next of the Lands setled upon Anne the last Wife of the Marquess for life c. he got the possession of the Mannors of Wenge Segrave in Pen and Little Marlow in Com. Buck. as also of the Mannors of Sileby Mountsorrel and the hundred of Goscote in Com. Leicest and some other Lands And whilst these were in controversy the Mannors of â—etebury in Comit. Glouc. Maningeford Braose in Com. Wiltes the moity of the Mannors of Leigh Cothorne and Gate Burton in Com. Linc. as also of Wovers-thorpe in Com Ebor. descended to him as one of the two Coheirs of the Lord Braose which the better enabled him to look after the rest And after this making title to those Lands which were given by his Brother the Marquess to Thomas Earl of Derby they came to reference by the mediation of friends and knisfolk whereupon an Award was made by Sir Iohn Fyneux Chief Justice of the Kings Bench and Sir Thomas Frowyk Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas whereby he got the Lordships of Wenge and Segrave in Pen in Comitat. Buck. as also of Hovyngham Donyngton and Twaytes in Com. Ebor. Nor was it long after that ere he recovered the Mannor of Chesterford in Essex where the said Marquess was building at his
the fourth then King of that Realm was slain and for his special service there received the honor of Knighthood at the hands of Thomas Earl of Surrey the then General In 14 Hen. 8. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Glocester And in 22 Hen. 8. was one of those Lords who subscribed a Letter to Pope Clement the seventh importuning him to give his definitive sentence in that cause of Matrimony concerning the King and Queen Katherine which not only to the two Universities of this Realm but divers other in forrein parts as also many learned men had deemed unlawful being there placed next after the Lord Dacre and next before the Lord Morley And in 24 Hen. 8. was made Constable of Berkley-Castle in which year by his Testament bearing date 11 Ian. he ordained that his Body should be buried without great pomp or pride in the Parish Church of Mangotts-field in Com. Glouc. near to the place where he used to kneel under the partition between the Quire and his own Chappel and afterwards viz. within one quarter of a year be brought to the Abby of St. Augustines near Bristoll and there buried near unto his first Wife Willing that the Executors of Maurice Lord Berkley his Brother should pay to the Abbot and Covent of that House all Legacies by him the said Maurice given He likewise bequeathed to the Lady Cecilie then his Wife his Chain with the Cross And appointed his Executors to find a Priest to sing where his Body should be buried for the space of ten years as also that they should bestow forty pounds upon a Tombe to be raised over his Grave This Lord Thomas married two Wives first Elianore Daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight Widow of Iohn Iâ—gelby Esq Son and Heir to Sir William Ingelby Knight Secondly Cecilie Widow of Richâ—â—d Rowdon of ... in Comâ— Glouc. Esq And departing this life 22 Ianâ—â—r Ann. 1532. 24 Hen. 8. was first buried at Mangoâ—s-field but afterwards removed to that new Tombe which he had set up in the Abby Church of St. Augustines near Bristoll leaving issue two Sons and two Daughters viz. Thomas his Son and Heir who succeeded him and Maurice who taking to Wiâ—e Frances the Daughter and Coheir of Richard Rowdon Brother and Heir of Walter Son of Iohn left issue by her Sons and Daughters The Daughters were these Mary married to Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton in Com. Warw. Knight and Iane to Sir Nicholas Poinz of Acton Knight Which Thomas being of full age had Livery of his Lands the same year and had also two Wives first Mary the Daughter of George Lord Hastings by whom he had no issue and secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Savage of Frodsham in Com. Cester Knight and departing this life at Stone in his journey from his House at Yale in Gloucestershire towards London 19 Sept. An. 1534 26 H. 8. was there buried leaving issue Elizabeth a Daughter then scarce three quarters of a year old afterwards married to Thomas Boteler Earl of Ormund and Henry a Son born nine weeks and four days after his death Which Henry by the death of King Edward the sixth the last heir male to King Henry the seventh came to 〈◊〉 Berkley-Castle and all those other Lordâ—hips so given to that King by William Marquess Berkley as hath been observed and by the special Grace and Favor of of Queen Mary had Livery of them in 1 2 Phil. Mar. before he arrived to his full age Which Castle and Lordships had rested in the Crown by the space of sixty one years four months and twenty days and were then of the value of six hundred eighty seven pounds and five shillings per annum in old Rent not accounting the Parks and Chases in them contained This Henry thus repossessing the old Barony of his Ancestors being summoned by Writ to Parliament in 4 5 Phil. Mar. was there placed 25 Ian. He first took to Wife Katherine third Daughter to Henry Howard Earl of Surrey by Frances his Wife Daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford Which Katherine died at Calaudon 7 Apr. Ann. 1596. 38 Eliz. and was buried in the North Isle of S. Michaels Church in Coventre Secondly Iane Daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope Knight Widow of Sir Roger Tounsend Knight who survived him and died 3 Ian. Ann. 1617. 15 Iae. without issue By Katherine his first Wife he had issue two Sons viz. Thomas born at Caloudon 11 Iulii Ann. 1575. 17 Eliz. and Ferdinand who dying at â—ale in Gloucestershire was there buried And four Daughters viz. Mary Wife of Iohn Zouch Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnore in Com. Derb. Knight and Frances Wife of George Shirley of Aâ—â—well in Com. Northamp Esquire afterwards a Baroner Which Thomas married Elizabeth only Child of Sir George Carey Knight then Knight Marshal and Governor of the Isle of Wight Son to Henry Lord Hunsdon and after his Fathers death Lord Hunsdon Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and Knight of the Garter But all that I have seen farther memorable of this Thomas is that upon the death of Queen Elizabeth he rode into Scotland to carry the News thereof to King Iames and being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of that King died at Caloudon 22 Novemb. 9 Iac. and was buried in St. Michaels Church in Coventre near to the Grave of his Mother in his Fathers lifetime leaving issue George his Son and Heir and Theophila a Daughter married to Sir Robert Coke Knight Son and Heir to Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. This Henry Lord Berkley lived to a very great age for his death hapâ—ed not till the 26 Nov. An. 1613. 11 Iac. at Caloudon before-mentioned Whence his Body was honorably conveyed to Berkley and buried in the Chancel there over which a Fair Tombe hath since been erected to his Memory To whom succeeded George his Grandson and next Heir who took to Wife Elizabeth the second Daughter and Coheir of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudburne in Comit. Suff. Kt. 13 Apr. 12 Iac. he being then of the age of thirteen years and she nine Which George departed this life ... Ann. 1658. leaving issue two Sons viz. Charles drowned at Sea in his passage towards Diepe in France ... Ian. Ann. 1640. unmarried and George now Lord Berkley As also Elizabeth a Daughter married to Edward Coke Son and Heir to Iohn Coke of Holkham in Com. Norf. Esquire Son of Sir Edward Coke Knight sometimes Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. This George now Lord Berkley took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Maâ—â—ingberd Merchant of London of the East-India Company and hath issue by her two Sons viz. Sir Charles Berkley made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of
his Son and Heir Which Iohn taking to Wife Ida the eldest of the four Sisters and Coheirs to William de Odingsells Lord of Maxstoke and other Lands in Com. Warr. and having that Lordship of Maxstoke in her right seated himself there This Iohn before his Marriage with the said Ida resided at Aminton as his Father did being then called Iohn de Clinton junior his Uncle Iohn de Clinton of Coleâ—â—ill being then alive And in 26 Edw. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 28 Edw. 1. Moreover in 29 Edw. 1. he served in the Parliament at Lincoln as one of the Knights for the County of Warwick And the same year had special command amongst divers other great men to attend the King at Barwick upon Twede upon the Feast day of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist to march into Scotland King Edward being at that time there with his Army-royal At which time as a particular badge of the King's favour by Letters Patent dated at Glascow 26 Aug. he obtained a Grant of certain Lands in that Kingdom to the value of forty pounds per Annum which were part of the Possessions of Malcolm Dromoâ—d then in Arms against King Edward Furthermore in 31 Edw. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 34 Edw. 1. attended Prince Edward by the King's command into Ponâ—hieu After this scil in 1 Edw. 2. he had the Castle and Honour of Walingford committed to his charge but in 8 Edw. 2. departed this life leaving Issue by Ida his Wife Iohn his Son and Heir then in minority and William a younger Son who afterwards became a person of no little eminency as I shall shew by and by Which Iohn in 6 7 8 and 9 Edw. 3. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and having married Margery the Daughter to Sir William Corbet of Chadsley in Com. Wigorn. Knight had Issue by her Sir Iohn de Clinton Knight his Son and Heir But the story of this Iohn and his Descendents I shall respite for a while and here take notice of William his Uncle whose great Actions and eminent Employments do sufficiently manifest that he may be very well reckoned amongst the chiefest Worthies of that age ¶ This William being a Knight in 17 Edw. 2. was sent in 1 Edw. 3. to conduct Iohn of Henault with his men at Arms into England who then landed at Dober to aid King Edward in his Scotish Wars And in 3 Edw. 3. took to Wife Iulian the Daughter and Heir of Sir Thomas de Leyburnâ— Knight Widow of Iohn Lord Hastings of Bergavenny which match was doubtless a great step to his farther honour For the next year following viz. 23. Oct. he was made Justice of Chester and within less than two months after Governour of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque-Ports Shortly after this being one of those who surprised the great Mortimer at Notingham Castle in 5 Edw. 3. he had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm which advancement did rather increase his Piety than elate his Mind For being theâ— the King 's domestick servant and familiar having obtained his special Letters to the Pope he went to Rome to procure License from his Holiness to Found a perpetual Chantry in the Parish Church of Maxstoke for ten Priests to celebrate Divine Service there for the good estate of himself and for the health of the Souls of his Parents and all the faithful deceased Which being effected he got the like Lincense from King Edward for the amortizing certain Lands and Rents laying in Maxstoke of twenty pounds per Annum value together with the Advowson of the Church of Maxstoke for the maintenance of those Priests there to celebrate Divine Service daily for the Soul of King Edward the Third after his departure out of this life and for the Souls of his Ancestors as also for the health of his own Soul and the Soul of Iulian his Wife And about five months after setled the number of five Priests for the purposes before-mentioned In 6 Edw. 3. he obtained the King's Charter for a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Eltham in Kent on the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Dionyse And in 7 Edw. 3. was constituted Lord Admiral of the Seas from the mouth of Thames Westwards Moreover the same year he was in the Scotish Wars so likewise in 9 and 10 Edw. 3. in which year he began the foundation of a goodly Monastery for Canons-regular of S. Augustine at Maxstoke before-specified which he amply endowed with fair Possessions And standing high in the King's favour was forthwith raised to the title of Earl of Huntendon as by his Charter of Creation bearing date 16 Martii 11 Edw. 3. doth appear having not only twenty pounds per Annum given him out of the issues of that County for his better support of that dignity pro tertio Donario Comitatus illius as are the words thereof given out of the issues of that Shire to be paid by the Sheriff at the Feast of Easter and Michaelmass yearly but in consideration of his former acceptable services the Grant of a thousand Marks per Annum Land to himself and the Heirs male of his body for ever As also a spâ—â—â—al Precept directed to Richard de Feriby Master of the Wardrobe to account and make satisfaction to him for his Fee and Robes due from the time that he had been retained to serve the said King as a Banneret Soon after which being sent Embassador together with the Bishop of Lincoln and Earl of Salisbury to the King of France to treat of Peace he arrived at Boloin but having advertisement there that King Edward's mind was changed and that their journey might be dangerous they bent towards Henault and there made a League with Lewes Duke of Bavaria who at that time possessed the Kingdom of Almaine without the Popes consent as also with the Count of Solers and others much to the King's advantage and in their return surprised two Flemish Shops loaden with Scots whereof they took two hundred and fifty amongst whom was the Bishop of Glascow and some Noblemens Sons Upon which League so made with the Duke of Bavaria against the King of France they undertook to pay unto him at Dort two thousand seven hundred Florens of Florence or their equivalent value in Sterling money before their return into England This Agreement being made at Colein the fifth day after the Octaves of S. Peter and Paul the Apostles and upon the last day of Iune at Frankford upon a farther Agreement with that Duke whereby he undertook to serve King Edward against all persons excepting the
he came to his Estate with Walter Bishop of Durham Henry Earl of Northumberland and others in that Treaty for Peace betwixt the King and his Adversaries the Scots In 4. Hen. 4. he was one of those who on the behalf of the Lord Grey of Ruthyn undertook for the raising of ten thousand Marks for his ransom the same Lord Grey being then a prisoner in Wales In the same year upon the 29 th of September he was constituted Lord Treasurer of England in which office he continued until 15 April 7 Hen. 4. And in 6 Hen. 4. in consideration of his good and acceptable service to the King obtained a Grant of an hundred Marks per Annum to be paid during his life out of the Exchequer In 13. Hen. 4. being one of the King's Council and in such esteem that his residence near the Court was thought necessary he had the Town of Chyngilford in Essex assigned unto him for lodging of his Servants and Horses In this year it was that he exhibited his complaint in Parliament against Robert Tirwhit one of the Justices of the King's Bench for withholding from him and his Tenants of his Mannor of Melton-Roos in Com. Linc. certain Common of Pasture and Turbary in â—rawdy in the same County and with laying wait for him with five hundred men Whereupon Sir Robert Tirwhit confessing his fault in the presence of the King and craving pardon for the same offered to stand to the order of two Lords of the kindred of this William Lord Ross and such as he should chuse Whereunto the King assenting he made choice of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard Lord Grey then Lord Chamberlain of the King's houshold who having heard the proofs of what was alledged did ordain and award touching the same Common of Pasture and Turbary that both parties should stand to the Ordinance and Arbitrement of Sir William Gascoine Knight then chief Justice of the King's Bench who at the costs of both parties should come to the same place of Common at such reasonable time as it might like this William Lord Ross to assign And that at the same time the said Robert Tirwhit should bring two Tuns of Gascoigne Wine to Melton-Roos and afterwards upon some other day to be assigned by this William Lord Ross should also bring to the same place two fat Oxen and twelve fat Sheep to be spent on a Dinner amongst them who should then come thither And moreover that he the said Robert Tirwhit should then cause to come thither all the Knights Esquires and Yeomen of his party and in the presence of this Lord Ross and all other that there should be to rehearse all the words which he had spoken to the King in the same Parliament and specially that he should say to this William Lord Ross. My Lord Roos I know well that you being of such Birth Estate and Might that if you had liked you might have comen to the foresaid Law-day in such a way that I had been of no might to have made any party but that it like you to come in such a case having consideration to your degree and of all that by sinister information I having doubt of harm of my body in mine intent for Salvation of my self did assemble those persons that here be and others moe not for to do any harm ne offence to you my Lord the Roos and that I will here excuse me as ye will devise that forasmuch as I am a Iustice that more than a common man should have had me more discreetly and peacefully I know well that I have failed and offended you my Lord the Roos whereof I beseech you of grace and mercy and offer you five hundred Marks to be paid at your will And they farther ordained that this being done this Lord Ross should say At reverence of the King who hath shewed himself to be a good and righteous Lord I will take nothing of the said Robert but the foresaid nine Oxen and Sheep for the dinner of them that have been here present And furthermore that this William Lord Ross in the presence of all persons then there being should openly forgive him the said Robert and all other that in the array abovesaid were assembled their offences and trespasses except only four persons viz. Sir Richard Haunsard Knight William Keble Roger Warneston and Roger Keble Son of the same William Which four persons they ordained that the said Robert Tirwhit should bring at the appointment of the Lord Ross to his Castle of Belvoir there to acknowledge their offences and submit themselves to the same Lord Ross praying him of grace and mercy And this submission being thus made the Lord Ross to do so to them as that they should hold themselves well satisfied with his favour and grace This William Lord Ross was summoned to all the Parliaments from 18 Ric. 2. till 1 Hen. 5. inclusive And by his Testament dated 22 February An. 1412. 14 Hen. 4. bequeathed his Body to sepulture in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury near unto the Chapel ordained for the Chantry of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury in case he should depart this life in London or thereabouts But if he should dye within the Diocess of Lincoln then his Body to be buried in the Priory of Belvoir and if in the Diocess of York then in the Priory of Kievaulx By which Testament he also bequeathed four hundred pounds for the finding of ten honest Chaplains to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father Mother Brethren and Sisters as also for the Souls of all his Friends and Good-doers but specially for the Soul of his brother Thomas for the space of eight years within his Chapel in Belvoir-Castle to the end that one of them should every day celebrate a Mass with Note and for that time to be accounted as Dean amongst them and all the other nine subject and obedient to him To the Lady Beatrice his Mother he gave a gilt Cup with a cover and a white knop on it and dying at Belvoir the first of September Anno 1414. 2 Hen 5. was buried in the midst of the Quire of that Priory leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife daughter of Sir Iohn Arundell Knight five Sons viz. Iohn William Thomas Robert and Richard and three Daughters viz. Alice Margaret and Elizabeth Which Margaret surviving him had her Dowry assigned in February next following and dyed not till 3 Iulii 17 Hen. 6. This Iohn Lord Ross Son and Heir to the last mentioned William in 4 Hen. 5. was retained to serve the King in that Expedition which he was then to make in person into the Realm of France with ten men at Arms himself accounted for one the rest Esquires as also with thirty Arches and to take Shipping at Southampton on the first day of May being then scarce eighteen years of age as
Com. Cornub. Lydfoard in Com. Devon Cosham in Com. Wiltes Newport in Com. Essex UUallingford UUatiyngton and Bensington in Com. Berks. Knaresburgh Routhclyff and Aldburgh in Com. Ebor. As also was made Governor of Nottingham-Castle And likewise of the Castles of Carlisle and Scarborough But this his return and these new Favours rais'd the Peoples discontents in general to such a pitch that the Nobles making advantage thereof resolv'd to take him by force from the King and to that end made choice of Thomas Earl of Lancaster for their General in that adventure Whereupon that Earl backt by such Power sent certain Messengers to the King then at York requiring the delivery of this Piers unto them or else to banish him the Realm Whereunto not yielding and going forthwith from thence to Newcastle upon â—ine they followed him Whereof the King having advertisement he hasted to Tinemouth and so by Shipping to to Scardeburgh the strongest Castle on the Yorkshire Coast being founded on a Rock and for the most part environ'd with the Sea-water commanding the Soldiers there to Victual it presently and protect him whilst he himself went into the parts of UUarwickshire The Lords therefore being inform'd of all this seised upon those his Horses and other Goods which he had left at Newcastle causing them to be apprized and put into safe custody and made all speed after him to Scardeburgh that they could And being come thither began to lay siege thereto But finding no opposition by the Country the Earl of Lancaster draw off the greatest part of his Forces to the end they might not be too burthensome to the parts near adjacent and left the Earles of Pembroke and UUarren to take it by assault Who in a short time so wearied out those Guards which were within it by their frequent Allarms that Piers seeing no remedy yielded b himself promising c to stand to the Judgment of the Barons but with desire of liberty to speak with the King Whereunto the Earl of Pembroke inclining prevail'd with the other Lords that he should the Lord Perci also by a special Instrument in Writing signed in the King's Presence undertaking to preserve him securely against any harm for a certain time upon forfeiture of Life and Limb Lands and Tenements and all he had and so carried g him towards Wallingford But when he was on his way at h Dadington in Orfordshire about four Miles beyond Banbury having left the charge of him with his own servants himself and his Lady lodging in an adjacent Town the Earl of UUarwick in the night time came with divers Armed Men and took him thence to UUarwick Castle Where he kept him till the coming of the Earles of Lancaster Hereford and Arundel and then upon Consultation Whether they should carry him to the King or put him to death a sober person standing by told them That it would be a great folly having been at such a charge and trouble to eatch him to bazard the losing him again saying That it were much better that he should suffer death than that the Realm should be any whit disturb'd by a War Assenting therefore to this Advice they took him out of Prison and brought him to an ascent called Black-low about a Mile North-East from UUarwick and there by the hands of a Welsh-man beheaded him as a publick Traytor to the Kingdom that Prophecie being thereby fulfill'd viz. That he should feel the sharpness of the Teeth of the Black Dog of Arden for so he usually in scorn did call the Earl of UUarwick Being thus put to death the Fryers-Preachers carried his Body to Oxford where being kept for more than the space of two years and thence convey'd to Langele alias Kings Langele near St. Albans in Com. Hertf. it was with great Solemnity interred upon the second of Ianuary An. 1314. in the Church of the Friers-Preachers there newly Founded by that King to Pray for his Soul the king himself being present at his Funeral as also the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishops of London UUinchester UUorcester Bathe and UUelles Fourteen Abbots with a Multitude of the Religious and Friers-Mendicants Likewise the Earls of Norfolk and Pembroke and of Barons H. le Despenser Henry de Beanmont Bartholomew de Badlesmere Hugh le Despenser the Son Iohn de Handlo with about Fifty Knights Also of Officers the Lord Chancelor the Lord Treasurer the Treasurer of the Wardrobe Sir William Inge one of the Justices of the Common-pleas Sir I. Gisourz Major of London and I. Abel Eschaetor South of Trent But the King took his death so to heart that he desired he might be once revenged thereof This is all that I have to say of him other then that he left Margaret his Wife surviving who Married afterwards to Hugh de Audley junio And one only Daughter called Ioane which Ieane by special Covenants betwixt the King and Thomas de Multon Lord of Egremuâ—â— was to espouse Iohn the son and heir of the said Thomas so soon as they should attain to Marriagable years the Portion which the King agreed to give her being a Thousand Marks Sterling But her Father's purpose was to have Married her unto Thomas the son and heir of Iohn Lord Wake the King therefore by reasons that Wake Married himself otherwise without his License compell'd him to pay so much Money unto the before-specified Thomas de Multon in satisfaction of his Covenant so made as aforesaid Cromwell 1 Edw. 2. OF this Family there is notable mention in our publick Records before of any of them became Barons of this Realm In 17 Ioh. Raphe de Cromwell having adhered to the Rebellious Barons of that age gave a Fine of Sixty Marks and a Palfrey to make his peace And delivering up his eldest Daughter in Hostage had restitution of his Lands which had been seised for that transgression After which viz. in 3 Hen. 3. he was constituted a Justice-Itinerant in the Counties of Lincoln Nottingham and Derby To him succeeded another Raphe who Married Margaret one of the sisters and coheirs to Roger de Someri Baron of Dudley and in 2. E. 1. upon partition of the Lands and Knights Fees which were of their Inheritance had an assignation of her purpartie In 14 Edw. 1. this Raphe having been in that Expedition then made into Wales obtain'd Scutage of all his Tenants by Military service in the Counties of Warw. Leicester Buckingham Glocester Nottingham and Derby And in 22 E. 1. received command to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first day of September well accoutred with Horse and Armes thence to Saile with him into Gascoigne After which viz. in 25 E. 1. he was
Church at Lincolne with this Epitaph cut upon a Plate of Brass fixed thereto Icy gist Dame Katerine Duchesse de Lancastre jadys feme de la tresnoble tresgracious Prince Iohn Duke de Lancastre fitz a tresnoble Roy Edward le tierce La quelle Katherine morust le â— jour de May I'am du grace MCCCC tierz de quelle alme Dieu eyt merci pité Amen Adjoyning to which Tombe there is another for Ioane her Daughter with this Epitaph Filia Lancastriae Ducis inelyta sponsa Iohanna Westmorland primi jacet hic Comitis Define scriba suas virtutes promere nullo Vox valeat merita vix reboare sua Stirpe decore fide famâ— spe prece pro le Acâ—nbus vitâ— polluit yâ—mo suâ— Natio tota dolet pro morte Deus tuliâ— ipsam In Bricii festo C. quater M. quater X. Henry de Bolinbroke Earl of Derby and Duke of Hereford THis Henry eldest Son to Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster by Blaunch his first Wife being born at Bulingbroke in Com. Linc. had thereupon that Surname It is said by some that he was Created Earl of Derby in An. 1385 9 R. 2 but therein they are much mistaken for he was so stiled meerly as he was that Dukes eldest Son whilst his Father lived who amongst the rest of his great Titles used that and not in respect of any formal Creation to that Honor but because he had Married Blanch Daughter and at length sole Heir to Henry of Monmouth Earl of Lancaster which Henry in 11 E. 3. had the Title of Earl of Derby granted to him and his Heirs The first mention of this Henry de Bolingbroke by that Title that I have seen is in 4 R. 2. where having married Mary one of the Daughters and Co-heirs to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex he assented together with Thomas of Wodstoke Earl of Buckingham who had taken to Wife Alianore the other Daughter to an assignation of the Dowrie of Ioane the Widdow of that Earl By this Title also in 7 R. 2. he was constituted one of the Commissioners appointed to Treat with the Earl of Flanders for the appeasing of those differences which then were betwixt the English and the Flemings And again in 8 R. 2. where Mary his Wife making proof of her age had inter alia a Grant of twenty pound per annum for the fee of the Earldome of Hereford as her purpartie of the Inheritance thereof In 10 R. 2. being one of those Lords whom King Richard the Second through the instigation of the Duke of Ireland purposed to have Killed he raised what power he could to encounter that Duke and forced him to quit the Field Whereupon Thomas Molineux the chief conductor of the Duke of Irelands Army singly adventured upon this Henry but being wearied in the Fight fled to a River to secure himself In this year the King raising Forces for the defence of the Sea Coasts he was by Indenture reteyned to serve him with forty seven Knights one hundred and three Esquires and three hundred Archers And in An. 1390. 13 R. 2. travailing into Prusia by the help of the Marshal of that Countrey and a certain King called Wytot he vanquished the Army of the King of Lituania and took that City whereunto he fled In 15 R. 2. he was one of the English Lords who went with twelve hundred Horse from Calais to that Treaty held with the French at Amiens about Mid-Lent And in 16 R. 2. continued in the Kings Service beyond Sea But more I have not seen of him till 21 R. 2. that he had special Commission to raise two hundred Men at Arms and four hundred Archers for the Kings Guard against the ensuing Parliament Soon after which viz. in that Parliament then met at Shrewsbury he was Created Duke of Hereford upon Michaelmass day the King sitting Crowned by girding him with a Sword and puting a Cap of Honor on his Head But before the end of this year much resenting the Murther of Thomas of Wodstocke Duke of Gloucester which had been committed at Calais by the Kings procurement he expressed his distaste thereof unto Thomas de Moubray then Earl Marshal and Duke of Norfolke thus viz. St. Mary Fair Cosyn what thinketh the King our Cosyn to do will he drive out of England all the Noble-men within a while there will be none left Likewise that upon that Dukes information he was sent for Also that in the presence of the King that Duke said Sir Earl of Derby I say to you you have thought evil and spoken otherwise then you ought to do against your natural Lord the King when you said he was not worthy to hold Land or Realm and alleadging without Law of Iustice without Counsel of any of his Noblemen he disturbeth his Realm and destroyeth them who ought to ayd and sustain him Wherefore here I cast my gage and will prove with my Body against yours that you are an evil false Traytor And that thereupon this Duke of Hereâ—ord after some pause stept forth with his Cap in his hand and said Earl Marshal I say that thou art an evil and false Traytor and that I shall prove my Body against thine and in this Quarrel here is my gauge Moreover that when the Marshal heard how he was appealed and shewed that he desired Battle the King sent for the Duke of Aumarle then Constable and commanded him to go to both of them and take security to the end they might not depart the Realm which was accordingly done Also that thereupon the Duke his Father with the Duke of Yorke and Earl of Norâ—humberland became Pledges for him but that the Duke of Norfolk was sent to the Tower of London and nevertheless made Provision of all things necessary for the Battail this Duke of Heteford sending also to Galeas Duke of Millaine for Harness Who causing the Messenger to see all his Armory and having chosen what he liked best sent over four of the best Armourers in Lumbardy to fit him according to his own desire the Duke of Norfolk imploying others into Almaine and elsewhere for the like purpose That which I farther find memorable in reference to this intended Combat is that it should have been on Gosford-â—reen near Coventre and that this Duke in order thereto lodging at Baginton-Castle within two Miles thereof advanced to the place upon his White-Courser barded with blew and green Velvet which was gorgeously embroidered with Swans and Antelopes of Goldsmiths work and armed at all points Also that at the time appointed the King and all his Nobles came thither with ten thousand Men in Armes for fear of any Tumult Where being set on a sumptuous Theater prepared for that purpose this Duke having solemnly upon the Evangelists sworne before the
his Adversaries Having also written submissive Letters to the Queen he obtained her leave to retire to his own House under the more free custody of Richard Berkley Whereunto being removed to acquit her self of any severity injustice or prejudice towards him by her self or her Council she thought fit to call him to account not in the Star-Chamber to be fined but before some of the Lords of her Council viz. four Earls two Barons and four Judges where the particulars of the Charge laid against him were That against what he had in command he made the E. of Southampton General of the Horse Knighted sundry persons sent Forces into Munster and in stead of falling upon that great Rebel Tir-Oen treated with him contrary the dignity of the Queen and the honor of a Deputy and the more suspicious because clandestine Whereunto with great humility seriously professing his integrity he answered First as to the making of Southampton General of the Horse that he thought the Queen would have been satisfied therewith upon such reasons as he gave For his making those Knights he said it was to the end he might have persons of hoâ—or near him But going on to excuse his advancing into Munster the Lord Keeper admonished him that he should rather cast himself upon the Queens Mercy than to proceed in justifying or extenuating what he had done Alleadging that it would be esteemed a very absurd thing to palliate his Disobedience with a good intention of obeying and so pronounced him suspended from being any longer a Privy-Counsellor Earl-Marshal or Master of the Ordnance and to be committed to Custody during the Queens pleasure Whereunto all the rest of the Lords Delegates concurred But 't is said that the Queen expresly commanded that he should not be suspended from his Office of Master of the Horse All which he bore with such patience humility and expressions of his desire to relinquish the vanities of this World that the Queen having information thereof removed his Keeper from him suffering him to be free and with liberty to retire into the Country if he should think fit not coming to the Court. But this pleased him not his chief desire being to have admittance to her presence Which when he saw he could not obtain he grew more and more discontented and hearkned to the advice of Cuff and other unquiet spirits who perswaded him by force to take away those whom he esteemed his back-friends to the Queen and thereupon sent for Southampton out of the Netherlands entertained discontented Soldiers and had Sermons in his House every day by the most Zealous Preachers whereunto the Citizens resorted very much Keeping thus in his House he betook himself as he would have it thought totally to Divine Meditations Hearing of Sermons and entertaining his Friends but privately plotting by all the wayes he could the destruction of his Adversaries And to that end had in his thoughts the seizing upon the Queens Person and surprising the Tower of London the design being laid how to effect both It is not unworthy of observation that by these Sermons whereunto there was so great a concoâ—rse endeavours were used to instill into the People this Calvinistical Doctrine viz. ☞ That the Superior Magistrate hath Authority over the Sovereign Prince Of which notice being taken he was sent for to the Lord Treasurers House by one of the Secretaries of State Where divers of the Lords of the Council being purposely met intended to have admonished him that he should make use of his liberty temperately But suspecting lest upon some discovery of his purposes he should be committed to prison he excused his not going thither by pretending want of health Hereupon calling together his chiefest Confidents and intimating that some of them were ere long to be clapt in prison he asked them whether they thought it most proper to seize the Queen or to attempt the City of London and by the aid of his friends there to enter the Court or otherwise to preserve himself by flight But being neither provided of Force sufficient nor Military Engines to attempt the Court and considering that to enter there in such a sort would seem a Crime unpardonable It being also thought doubtful whether the Citizens would appear for him or not One of the company stept out by compact and assured him of assistance from the City against all his Adversaries Promising therefore to himself success therein he resolved the next day being Sunday to go into the City before the end of the Sermon at Pauls and there representing the cause thereof to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to desire their aid against his Enemies And if the Citizens should stagger thereat then to adventure themselves into some other part of the Realme but if tractable then by their help to seize the Queen After which all that night it was given out from Essex-House that the Lord Cobham and Sir Walter Raleigh conspired his death And the next morning being 8 Feb. viz. Sunday the Earls of Rutland and Southampton the Lords Sands and Mont Eagel with about three hundred Gentlemen of note coming to Essex-House he heartily welcomed them inâ—inuating to them that his life was sought and caused the House to be shut up so that none might go in or out but such as were well known The Queen therefore having notice thereof sent to the Lord Mayor of London to require the Citizens to keep their Houses and to obey command and appointed the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal the Earl of Worcester as also Sir William Knolles Comptroller of her Houshold Unkle to this Earl and the Lord Chief Justice Popham to go to Essex-House and to know the reason of this extraordinary concourse thither Who being admitted o in at the little Wicket found in the midst of the Court the Earls of Essex Rutland and Southampton with many others Whereupon the Lord Keeper turning to Essex told him upon what errand they were sent assuring him in case of wrong done to him by any Man equal right should be had But the Earl answered that his life was sought and that there were certain persons hired to murther him in his Bed Also that Letters had been forged in his name adding We are here only met to defend our selves and save 〈◊〉 Lives But whilst they were thus discoursing the multitude cryed out that he was abused and betrayed saying that the time passed away To whom the Lord Keeper turning commanded that upon their Allegiance they should lay down their Arms. Hereupon he went into the House the Lord Keeper and the rest following some in the mean time crying out Kill them throw the great Seal into the Thames Shut them up Being thus within the House he commanded that
who died unmarried and Grace Wedded to Iohn Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Horsey of Clifton in Com. Dors. Knight He had likewise three other Wives Gartrude Daughter of Sir William Lyte of Billesdon in Com. Somers Knight by whom he had Issue a Son called Charles Lyte alias Howard To his third Wife Mabel Daughter of Nicholas Burton of Carshalton in Com. Surr. Esq on whom he begot one only Daughter called Frances first Married to Henry Pranel Citizen and Vintner of London secondly to Edward Seamour Earl of Hartford and lastly to Lodowick Duke of Lenox And to his Fourth Wife Margaret Daughter to Henry Manning of Grenewich in Kent by whom he had no Issue This Thomas Vicount Howard of Bindon by his Testament bearing date 24 Maii 23 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried at Marnhull in Com. Dors. and appointed that a Tomb should be there made for him and for Gartrude and Mabel his late Wives as also for the Lady Margaret then his Wife the Probate whereof bears date 14 Febr. an 1582. 25 Eliz. whereby it seems that he died not long before To whom succeeded Henry his eldest Son Which Henry took to Wife Frances the Daughter of Sir Peter Mewtas Knight and by her had Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Douglasse Married to Sir Arthur Gorge Knight Which Henry dying without Issue Male Thomas his younges Brother enjoy'd the Title of Vicount Howard of Bindon and was Install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter at Windsore 20 Maii an 1606. 4 Iac. This Thomas Married ... the Daughter of ... Duffeild but died without Issue ¶ Having now finished the Line of these Vicounts Howard of Bindon I return to Henry eldest Son to the last mention'd Thomas Duke of Norff. This Henry bearing the Title of Earl of Surrey in his Father's life time as a Dukes eldest Son upon the first of May 32 H. 8. was one of the chief of those that Justed at Westminster as Defendents against Sir Iohn Dudley Sir Thomas Seymour and others Challengers And in 34 H. 8. marcht in the Army whereof his Father had the Command as Lieutenant-General which in October that year entred Scotland and burnt divers Villages In 36 H. 8. upon that expedition to Boloin in France he was Field-Marshal of the English Army and after the winning thereof being then Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter was 3 Sept. 37 H. 8. Constituted the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-General of all his Army within the Town and County of Boloine This Earl saith Godwine was of a ripe wit and endued with great learning so that the Eulogy afterwards given to his Son Henry Earl of Northampton that he was the learnedst amongst the Nobility and the most noble amongst the learned might have been as fitly applyed to him being also a person very gracious with the people expert in the Art military and esteem'd fit for publick Government Which great Virtues were too great faults for the King being jealous of him resolv'd to cut him off Treason therefore was objected against him and upon that surmise he was sent to the Tower with his Father That which he had chiefly laid to his charge was from the affirmation of Sir Richard Suthwell Knight who said that he knew certain things of him which toucht his fidelity to the King Unto which accusation in the presence of the Lord Chancellor Audley and others he affirm'd himself a True man desiring to be tryed by Justice or that he might fight in his Shirt with Suthwell But that which I find to be the principal thing against him was the bearing the Arms of King Edward the Confessor with his own and that a servant of his had been in Italy with Cardinal Pole and was by him receiv'd at his return For which he was arraign'd at Guild-Hall upon the 13th of Ianuary 38 H. 8. before the Lord Chancellor the Lord Mayor and other Commissioners And being a person of great understanding sharp wit and deep courage defended himself sundry ways sometimes denying the Accusations as false and weakning the credit of his Adversaries Sometimes interpreting the words wherewith he was charged in a far different sense than they were represented As to the bearing his Arms he voucht the opinion of the Heralds therein And upon the producing a witness against him who pretended that upon discourse with him whereupon he used such high words as that a braving answer was return'd he made no other defence to the Jury than that he left it to them to judge whether it were probable that this man should use such expressions to the Earl of Surrey and he not strike him again In Conclusion pleading Not Guilty the Jury being not of the Peers but a Common Enquest Condemn'd him Whereupon having judgment of death he was Beheaded on Tower-Hill 19 Ian. an 1547. 38 H. 8. his Father then living and buried in the Church of All-Hallows Berking near the place of his Execution But afterwards translated to Framlyngham in Com. Suff. where he lyeth honourably Entombed with this Epitaph Henrico Howardo Thomae secundi Ducis Norfolciae filio primogenito Thomae tertii patri Comiti Surreiae Georgiani Ordinis equiti aurato immaturè anno salutis 1546. abreptâ— Franciscae â—xori ejus filiae Iohannis Comitis Oxoniae Henricus Howardus Comes Northamptoniae filius secundo genitus hoc supremum pietatis in parentes Monumentum posuit A. D. 1614. By this Frances his Wife Daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford he left Issue two Sons Thomas and Henry as also three Daughters Iane Married to Charles Earl of Westmorland Margaret to Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton and Catherine to Henry Lord Berkley Which Henry was with his three Sisters Iane Margaret and Catherine restored in blood in the Parliament held 1 Eliz. And being a person highly esteem'd of for his great learning ... Maii 1 Iac. was made choice oâ— for one of that King's Privy-Council Also 1 Ian. next following constituted Warden of the Cinque-Ports and Constable of Dovor-Castle And upon the 13th of March next ensuing advanc'd to the honour of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Howard of Marnhill as also to the dignity of Earl of Northampton Likewise soon after that made one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England and upon the 24th of April an 1605. 3 Iac. Install'd Knight of the Garter Furthermore upon the 29th of April an 1608. 6 Iac. he was made Lord Privy-Seal And having never Married departed this life at that House of his near Charing-Cross built by himself out of the ruines of a certain Religious House which stood there called Rouncevall 15 Iunii an
in case he should die without any Issue of his own body lawfully begotten that then Edward Grey his Illegitimate Son by the same Iane Orwell should have and enjoy his said Barony and Mannor of Powys his Castle and Mannor of Poole and all other his Lordships in the County of Montgomery and the reversion and inheritance of the Castle and Mannors of Charleton and Pontysbury to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to remain to that Child in case it should be a Son wherewith the same Iane Orwell was then great by him and to the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten but if it should not be a Son or if a Son die without Issue then that the whole Barony of Powys and all the premisses before-mention'd should come to Iane Grey his Daughter and to the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to Anne Grey his other Daughter and the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue to such Woman Child as should be born of the Body of the said Iane Orwell This Edward Married Anne one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk for so by her Testament she calls her self but by her had no Issue Which Anne surviving him became the Wife of Randle Hauworth Esq and by her said Testament bearing date 29 Oct. an 1557. 5 4 Ph. M. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the City of London upon the right hand above the steps going up to the Altar or else in the Abby of Westminster Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter 1 H. 7. OF this Family that which I have first observ'd to be most memorable is that in 7 H. 5. Sir Iohn Ratcliffe Knight being Constable of the Castle of Frounsak in Aquitane had a thousand marks per annum allow'd to him for the guard thereof and in 1 H. 6. being retain'd to serve the King as Seneschal of that Dutchy had an assignation of four shillings by the day for his own Salary and xx Marks a piece per annum for CC. Archers Also that in 4 H. 6. in consideration of two thousand Marks then due to him by the King for his Wages in that Service he had a grant of the Wardship of Raphe Earl of Westmorland then in Minority Moreover that in 7 H. 6. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve in the Wars of France with C. Men at Arms of which number himself to be one four other Knights the rest Esquires and CC. Archers And that in 11 H. 6. upon his humble Remonstrance that there was by computation then in arrear and due unto him for those his services upon the last of Iune 9 H. 6. no less than the sum of seven thousand twenty nine pounds thirteen shillings and a penny he obtain'd an assignation of all the Kings Revenues issuing out of the Counties of Caernervon and Merionyth in North-Wales as also out of the Lordships of Chirk and Chirk-land to hold until the arrear of what was then so due unto him should be fully satisfied In 13 H. 6. being sent to Arras there to treat with the Dolphin of France he had Licence to carry with him Gold and Silver in Coin with Plate to the value of five hundred Marks for his necessary uses in that imployment And in 14 H. 6. being Lieutenant of Calais the Duke of Burgundy laid Siege to that Garrison for three Weeks But he lived not long after For in 19 H. 6. upon a farther computation of the Debts due for his Services as Seneschal of Aquitane and Constable of the Castle of Frounsak until the sixth of November 15 H. 6. which amounted to seven thousand and fifteen pounds two Shillings half penny farthing besides Lxviii due to him for his charges in that Embassy to Arras being then a Banneret Thomas Ratcliff and Robert Lâ—thum his Executors obtain'd a grant from the King for the reception of all the Revenues arising by the Subsidies and Customs in the Ports of Poole Welcombe Exmouth Dertmouth Plymmouth Fowey and Bridgwater until those sums should be clearly discharged This deceased Sir Iohn Ratcliff being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Married Elizabeth the Daughter and Coheir of Walter Lord Fitz-walter and by her had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who in 39 H. 6. obtain'd a Pardon of Intrusion for entring upon the Lands of his Inheritance without Livery And in 1 H. 7. being summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Fitzwalter was joyn'd in Commission with Sir Reginald Bray Knight for exercising the Office of Chief Justice of all the Forests beyond Trent being at that time Steward of the King's Houshold In 3 H. 7. he was associated with Iasper Duke of Bedford and others for exercising the Office of High Steward of England upon the Coronation-day of Queen Elizabeth Wife of that King But in 11 H. 7. being attainted in Parliament for divers Rebellions and Treason as the Record in general telleth us whereof the chief was his attempt to set up Perkâ—n Warbek who personated Richard Duke of York the younger Son to King Edward the Fourth and being carried Prisoner to Calais whence he endeavoured to make his escape by corrupting his Keepers he there lost his Head Nevertheless Robert his Son and Heir found much favour being in 21 H. 7. by Letters Patent bearing date 3 Nov. fully restored to his Honour And in 1 H. 8. obtain'd an Act of Parliament for Revocation of that attainder After which in 4 H. 8. he attended the King in that great Expedition then by him made to Therovene and Tournay And in 14 H. 8. lâ—d the Van of that Army then sent into France under the Command of the Earl of Surrey In which and other his imployments he merited â—o well as that he was by Letters Patent bearing date 18 Iulii 17 H 8. advanced to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount Fitzwalter And in 21 H. 8. was one of the Peers who subscribed those Articles which were then presented to the King against Cardinal Wolsey Moreover upon the 28th of December the same year being then Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter he was Created Earl of Sussex And in 22 H. 8. join'd with the rest of the Peers in Parliament in subscribing that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the Seventh whereby they represented to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his so much desired Divorce from Queen Catherine his Supremacy here would not long be acknowledged Also in 24 H. 8. he was one of the Nobles which then attended the King into France In 25 H. 8. this Earl
amplum obsequii amoris ergo Patriverâ— pio verè Catholico Thomas mâ—stissimus filius haeres multis cum lachrymis scripsit posuit Beati qui in Domino moriuntur Leaving Issue one only Son viz. Thomas and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Dixey Hickman of Kew in Com. Surr. Esq and another Elizabeth to Andrew Windsor Esq her Kinsman Which Thomas succeeding him in his Honours Married Katherine the Daughter to Edward Earl of Worcester but dying Issueless 6 Dec. an 1642. was buried at Tarbick with his Ancestors Whereupon the Title of Lord Windsor being in the King's disposal so that he might confer it on the Issue of either of these Sisters before-mention'd or retain it His Royal Majesty King Charles the Second considering that this last Thomas Lord Windsor had setled the greatest part of his antient Inheritance upon his Nephew Thomas Windsor Hickman Son of Dixey Hickman by Elizabeth his elder Sister was pleased to dispose and confirm to him and his Heirs the said Title of Lord Windsor with such place in Parliament as his Predecessors had formerly enjoy'd as by his Letters Patent bearing date 16 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Reign appeareth Which Thomas thus hearing the Title of Lord Windsor Married two Wives Anne Daughter to Sir William Savile of Thornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet Sister of George now Vicount Halifax by whom he hath Issue one Son called Other and Mary a Daughter Married to Sir Thomas Cokesey of Bentley in Com. Wigorn. Baronet Secondly Vrsula Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Widdrington of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Thomas and Dixy and a Daughter called Vrsula Iohn Lord Hussey 21 H. 8. WHat relation in blood this Iohn Lord Hussey of whom I am now to speak had to that Family of Hussey whereof I have already made mention in the first Volume of this work I have not seen nor can I discover more of him than that he was Son to Sir William Hussey Knight who being a learned Lawyer was first constituted Attorney General to King Edward the 4 th in 11. of his reign next Serjeant at Law in 17 E. 4. and lastly Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench 7 Maii 21 E. 4. In 2 H. 7. this Iohn was in Arms for the King at the Battel of Stobe against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents and in 13 H. 8. being then a Knight was made chief Butler of England In 21 H 8. he was one of the Knights for the Kings Body and being summoned to that Parliament begun at Westminster 3 Nov. the same year was admitted into the House upon the first of December following In 22 H. 8. bearing then the title of Lord Hussey he had a grant of the custody of the Mannour of Harewode in Com Ebor. and was one of the Lords who subscribed that Declaration then sent to the Pope whereby they intimated to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his divorce his Supremacy would not much longer be owned in this Realm And in 24 H. 8. being then one of the Lords of the Council had a grant of the wardship and marriage of Thomas the Son and Heir of Christopher Wymbushe deceased But in 28 H. 8. being in that commotion in Lincolnshire occasioned by the assessment of a Subsidy he suffered death for it at Lincoln in Iune the next ensuing year Whereupon his lands were confiscate and his Mannour of Sleford in Com. Linc. where he had his chief residence was granted by Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury to Richard Goodrick of London Esq and Mary his Wife in Fee This Iohn Lord Hussey married two Wives and by them had many Children First Anne Daughter to George Earl of Kent by whom he had Issue two Sons Giles and Thomas and five Daughters Bridget first married to Sir Richard Morison Knight afterwards to Henry Earl of Rutland and lastly to Francis Earl of Bedford Elizabeth to ... Hungerford Anne to Sir Humphrey Browne Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Anne to ... Dimock and Dorothy to ... Doâ—wray Secondly Margaret Daughter and Heir to Simon Blount by whom he had Issue Sir William Hussey Knight Giles Hussey of Carthorpe in Com. Linc. Sir Gilbert Hussey Knight and Reginald and one Daughter called Elizabeth All which Sons and Daughters were restored in blood only in the Parliament held at Westminster 5 Eliz. Wentworth 21 H. 8. OF this Family though of great antiquity in Yorkshire the first that became advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm was Thomas Wentworth Son of Sir Richard Wentworth of Nettlesâ—ed in Com. Suff. Knight who after the sitting of that Parliament which met at Westminster 3 Nov. 21 H. 8. and continuing by Prorogation till 27 of that Kings reign gave the first fatal stroke to the Monasteries of England was admitted as a Peer upon the second of December in the same 21 th year by virtue of a Writ of Summons This Thomas having married Margaret the Daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight and by Anne her Mother Heir to Sir William Stonore Knight had a special livery of all the lands which by the death of the said Anne descended to her And upon that Insurrection of the Norfolk Men led by Captain Ket in 2 E. 6. accompanied William Marquess of Northampton then sent against them Being afterwards Lord Chamberlain of that Kings houshold he died 3 Martii 5 E. 6. and was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster leaving Issue eight Sons viz. Thomas Henry Richard Philip Iohn Edward Iames and Roger and nine Daughters scil Anne married to Iohn the Son of Edmund Poley Cecelie Mary Elizabeth Margaret Margery to Iohn Lord Williams of Tame afterwards to Sir William Darcie Knight and lastly to Sir Iohn Crofts Knight Iane Catherine and Dorothy To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who had summons to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and being about that time made Deputy of Calais was shortly after removed from that trust by reason of his youth and want of experience Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared for Queen Mary And in the first year of her reign being one of her Privy-Council was again made Deputy of Calais and the Marches thereof and so continued till the fatal Siege of that Garrison by the Duke of Guise in 5 Mariae whose Army was so great and the assaults made by it so irresistable that seeing no hopes of defending it he craved a parly whereupon it was yielded upon condition that the Inhabitants should depart without carrying any thing away and that the Governour with fifty other such as
was constituted one of his Executors as also appointed to be of Council to his Son and Successor King Edward the Sixth And in 1 Mariae being advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Summons to Parliament took his place in that great Convention upon the seventh of April accordingly After which in 1 Eliz. 18 Dec. he was constituted one of the Lords Commissioners to consider and allow of the claymes which those should make who were to perform any service by Tenure upon the day of that Queens Coronation And by his Testament bearing date 20 Martii 6 Eliz. bequeathing his body to be buried at Kirtling now called Carthlage in Com. Cantab. gave to his Son and Heir Sir Roger North Knight his Parliament Robes beseeching God to bless him and give him his grace truly and faithfully to serve that Queen and this Realm and to beware of Pride and prodigal expences This Edward Lord North Marryed to his first Wife Alice the Daughter of ... Squyer of the South by Portsmouth Widdow of ... Myrffyn of London and by her had Issue two Sons Sir Roger North Knight and Thomas and two Daughters Christian Married to William Earl of Worcester and Mary to Henry Lord Scroope And to his second Wife Margaret Daughter to ... Butler of London Widow of Sir David Brooke Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and departing this life at his House called the Charter-House near London upon Sunday the last of December An. 1564. 7 Eliz. was buried in a Vault under the Chancel at Carthlage on the South side which he had caused to be made for that purpose Which Sir Roger succeeding him in his honor had summons to Parliament in 8 Eliz. and took his place there accordingly upon the 30 of September and in 9 Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex with the Order of the Garter to Maximilian the Emperor then at Uâ—enna And in 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers who then sate upon the Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norffolk Moreover upon the death of Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold in An. 1596. 39 Eliz. he succeeded him in that Office and by his Testament bearing date 20 Oct. 40 Eliz. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Church of Kirtling After which within less then two Months departing this life he was there buryed 22 Dec. ensuing By Winifride his Wife Daughter to Richard Lord Riche and Widow of Sir Henry Dudley Knight he had Issue two Sons Sir Iohn North Knight who died in his life time and Sir Henry North Knight as also one Daughter called Mary Which Sir Iohn in 21 Eliz. went with Sir Iohn Norris and other brave young Men into the Netherlands there to exercise themselves in the Discipline of War but died before his Father leaving Issue by Doratby his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Valentine Dale Doctor of Law four Sons Dudley Iohn Roger and Gilbert and ... Daughters Elizabeth ... Which Dudley succeeding his Grandfather Married Frances the Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Iohn Broket of Broket-Hall in Com. Hertf. by whom he left Issue two Sons who survived him Dudley his Son and Heir and Iohn Charles and Robert dying in his life time as also two Daughters Dorothy Married to Richard Lord Dacres of the South and Elizabeth who died unmarried and departing this life upon the sixth of Ianuary An. 1666. being then eighty five years of age was buried at Carthlage Which last mentioned Dudley now Lord North was made Knight of the Bath in An. 1616. at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales and by Anne his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Charles Moutagu Knight a younger Brother to Henry late Earl of Manchester hath Issue six Sons first Charles who Married Catherine Daughter to William Lord Grey of Wark Widow of Sir Edward Moseley of the Hough in Com. Lanc. Baronet and by a special Writ of Summons was called to Parliament in 25 Car. 2. by the Title of Charles Lord Grey of Rolleston Secondly Sir Francis North Knight Atturney-General to King Charles the Second and now Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Thirdly Dudley a Merchant in London Fourthly Iohn Fifthly Mountague and sixthly Roger And four Daughters Mary Married to Sir William Spring of Pakenham in Com. Suff. Baronet secondly Anne thirdly Elizabeth to Sir Robert Wiseman Knight Doctor of the Civil Law and fourthly Christian to Sir George Wyneive of Brettenham in Com. Suff. Knight Brugges Lord Chandos 1 Mariae THe Issue Male of the Antient Lords Chandos being extinct as I have elsewhere shewed that Title lay dormant till after some ages it came to be revived in the Family of Brugges Sir Iohn Brugges of Coberley in Com. Glouc. Knight being lineally descended from Giles Brugges Esquire Son of Alice one of the Daughters and Co-heirs to that Sir Iohn Chandos who died in 8 H. 6. This Sir Iohn Brugges possessing the Mannor of Lugwardyn in com Heref. with divers other Lands by descent from Chandos was Knight for the body to King Henry the Eighth and made Constable of Sudley-Castle in 29 of his Reign So likewise in 34 H. 8. Edmund his Son then one of the Esquires for that Kings Body being joined with him in that trust and upon the Eighth of April 1 Mariae advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Chandos of Sudley but died the same year as it seems leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Edward Lord Grey of Wilton four Sons Edmund Knighted in the Camp near Roxborough by the Duke of Somerset in 1 E. 6. Charles Brugges of UUiffon in com Heref. Anthony and Richard and two Daughters Mary wedded to Henry Tracy of Alderton and Katherine to Edward Lord Dudley Which Edmund for his good services in Scotland in 1 E. 6. was also at that time made a Banneret and in 1 Mariae Lieutenant of the Tower of London Succeeding his Father in this Honor he served at the Siege of St. â—â—â—â—tins in Picardy in 4 Ph. M. and in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers which sate upon the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk being at that time Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter By his Testament bearing date 1 Martii the same year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Sudley and died shortly after for the Probate thereof 〈◊〉 date 5 Iunii next ensuing leaving issue by Dorothy his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Edmund Lord Bray two sons Giles and William and two daughters 〈◊〉 Married to George Giffard of Chillington in com 〈◊〉 Esquire and Catherine to William Lord 〈◊〉
Sir Iohn Leigh Knight at that time son and heir apparent to Sir Thomas Leigh of Stonely in com VVar. Knight and Barronet To his second wife this Thomas Vicount Brackley married Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Moore Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wolley Knight Chancellor of the Garter And to his third wife Alice daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in com North. Knight widdow of Ferdinando Earl of Derby but by neither of these had he any issue His eldest son dying in his life time as hath been observed Iohn the second succeeded him in his honors Which Iohn upon the 27 of May An. 1617. 15 Iac. was advanced to the degree of an Earl by the title of Earl of Bridgwater and having married the Lady Frances one of the daughters and coheirs to Ferdinando Earl of Deroy had issue by her four sons Iames and Charles who died young Iohn and Thomas who survived him and eleven daughters 1. Frances married to Sir Iohn Hobert of Blickling in com Norff. Knight and Barronet son and heir to Sir Henry Hobart Kt. and Bar. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas 2. Arabella to Oliver Lord St. Iohn son and heir to Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke 3. Elizabeth to David Cecill Son of Sir Richard Cecill Knight second Brother to William Earl of Exeter 4. Cecilie who died unmarried 5. Mary to Richard Herbert son and heir to Edward Lord Herbert of Chirbury 6. Penelope to Sir Robert Napier of Luton Hore in com Bedf. Knight and Barronet 7. Alice who died young 8. Catherine to William Cartein son and heir to Sir William Cortein Knight a great Merchant of London 9. Magdalen to Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainoutgh in com Ebor. Knight 10. Anne who died young 1â— and Alice wedded to Richard Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery in Ireland He died 4 Dec. An. 1649. and was buried at Little Gadsden near Asherugge in com Hertf. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who by Elizabeth his wife daughter to William Duke of Newcastle hath issue five sons Iohn his son and heir called Lord Brackley Sir VVilliam Egerton both made Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Soveraign King Chales the second Thomas Charles and Stewart and Elizabeth a daughter married to Robert Sidney only son to Philip Viscount Lisle eldest son to Robert now Earl of Leicester Which Iohn Lord Brackley first married Elizabeth eldest daughter and cohen to Iames Earl of Middleseâ— by whom he had issue one son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and afterwards Iane eldest daughter to Charles now Marquess of Winchester Lord Petre. 1 Iac. ABout the begining of Henry the Eights Reign William Petre son of Iohn Petre of Corbigan in com Devort born at Exeter in that County having his education at Exeter-Colledge in Oxford became so great a proficient in his Studies there as that at length he arrived to the degree of of Doctor of the Law in which profession he grew very eminent so that he was imployed by that King in divers affairs of no little weight especially in what conduced to the dissolution of the Religious Houses being in 27 H. 8. with some others put in Commission by Cronwell the general visitor to repair unto all the Monasteries throughout all England and to make enquiry into the Government and Behaviour of the Votaries of both Sexes so that all their enormities might be discovered To which end they were urged to accuse their Governors and likewise each other as the Instructions which those Visitors had gave them direction to do That grand work being therefore accomplisht in 30. of that Kings Reign as a reward for that good service he thereupon obtained to himself and Gertâ—ude his wife in â—ee the Priory of Câ—atercote in com Oxon. and in 31 H. 8. a grant of the Mannor of Gynge Abbots in com Essex parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Abby of Berkyng in that County with the advouson of the Rectory of Ingerston otherwise called Gynge ad Petram and in 35 H. 8. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Voyage Royal into France and constituting his Queen Catherine Parr Regent here during his absence amongst other Assistants to her as to matter of Council he appointed this Doctor Peter then a Knight for one Being therefore arrived to this greatness in 37 H. 8. he obtained special licence to retein twenty Men besides his own Menial Servants and to give them Liveries Badges or Cognisances And in 38 H. 8. the King then lying on his death bed and appointing such as should be of the Council to young Edward his son and successor with special assistants in matters of great consequence he was nominated for one of those assistants Nor had he less esteem in the days of King Edward the Sixth for in the third year of his Reign he was constituted Treasurer of the Court of First-Fruits for life and in 4 E. 6. one of the Commissioners to Treat of Peace with the French at Guisnes Nor from Queen Mary who continuing him one of her Principal Secretaries of State made him Chancellor of the Gatter in the first year of her Reign with the see of an hundred Marks per annum but then discerning that the Restauration of the Romish-Religion might endanger his enjoyment of those Abboy-Lands which he had formerly acquired he got a special Dispensation from Pope Paul the fourth for the reteining of them affirming That he was ready to imploy them to Spiritual Vses the particulars being these viz. the Mannors of Ingarston Hauley Barnes Croudon Cowbridge Weselands Est-Borndon Bluntmall Matching Toddenhin Sutton South-Brent and Churchestow with the Rectories of Brent Ging Montney and Buttisbury lying in sundry Counties and Diocesses as by his Bull bearing date 4 Cal. Dec. An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. appeareth And in 1 Eliz. having also the favor of that Queen was made choice of for one of her Privy-Council Having therefore by his many and great services which he performed with much applause raised to himself an ample fortune for he had been Secretary and of the Privy-Council to four Kings and Queens and seven times Embassador in Forreign parts he became a good Benefactor to Exeter-Colledge in Oxford wherein he had been educated He also built an Alms-house in the Parish of Ingerstone for twenty poor people with allowance to every one of them two pence a day a winter Gown and two load of Wood and amongst them all feeding for six Kine winter and summer also a Chaplain to read service to them daily and departing this life upon the thirteenth day of Ianuary An. 1572. 15 Eliz. lyeth buried at Ingarston leaving issue by Gertrude his first Wife daughter to Sir Iohn Tirrel
of Foot whâ—â—â—eceived divers wounds in the first Battel of Newberie and other places the other Six Gilbert Gerard Knight slain near Ludlow in Shropshire As also two Uncles Sir Gilbert Gerard Knight at that time Governor of Worcester and Ratcliffe Gerard Lieutenant-Colonel to him Which Ratcliffe had three sons 1. Ratcliffe 2. Iohn afterwards put to death by Cromwell and 3. Sir Gilbert Gerard now Baronet all in the Battel of â—ineton and sundry other sharp encounters during the whole course of those late unhappy Wars In consideration therefore of these his eminent services he was by that King made Lieutenant-general of his Horse and by Letters-Patents bearing date at Oxford 8 Nov. 21 Car. 1. advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Gerard of Brandon in Com. Suff. Spenser Earl of Sunderland 1 Iac. OF this Family which do derive their descent from a younger branch of the antient Barons Spenser of whom I have in the first Volume of this Work already spoke was Iohn Spenser Esquire son to Iohn Spenser of Hodenhull in Com. Warr. as it seems Which Iohn having purchased that great Lordship of UUormleighton scituate on the Southern part of that County began the structure of a faire Mannor-House there in 22 H. 7. This last mentioned Iohn married Susan daughter to Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley in Com. Northampt Knight and by her had issue Sir Iohn Spenser Knight who married Catherine the daughter of Thomas Kitson of Hengrave in Com. Suff. Knight And he Sir Iohn Spenser Knight who by Margaret his wife daughter to Robert Catline Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench left issue Robert Which Robert being a person of a great Estate was by Letters-patent bearing date 21 Iulii 1 Iac. advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Spenser of UUormleighton the ceremony of his Creation being performed at Hampton-Court Shortly after which he was sent to the Duke of UUirtenburgh with the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter And by Margaret his wife daughter and coheir to Francis Willoughby of UUollaton in Com. Nott. Knight had issue four sons Iohn William Richard and Edward As also two daughters Mary married to Sir Richard Anderson Knight and Elizabeth to Sir George Vane Knight And departing this life at UUormleighton 25 Octobris An. 1627. was buried at Brinton in Northamptonshire where he hath a noble Monument erected in his life time for himself and his Lady To whom succeeded in his honor William his second son Iohn the eldest who was made K t of the Bath at the Creation of Charles Prince of UUales in An. 1616. dying in his life time Which William by Penelope his wife daughter to Henry Earl of Southampton had issue three sons Henry Robert and William Spenser of Ashton Hall in Com. Lanc. As also seven daughters viz. Elizabeth first married to Iohn Lord Craven of Ryton in Com. Salop. afterwards to Henry third son of Thomas Earl of Berkshire and lastly to William Lord Crofts Mary died young Anne wedded to Sir Robert Townsend Knight Catherine died unmarried Alice the wife of ... Earl of Drogheda in Ireland Margaret married to Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury and Rachel who died young And departing this life in December An. 1636. was buried also at Brinton Which Henry succeeding him was by the late King Charles the First in respect of his approved Loyalty in the time of the late unhappy Troubles raised to the degree and Title of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Sunderland 8 Iunii in the Nineteenth year of his Reign And being slain in the Battel of Newvery upon the Twentieth of September the same year was also buried at Brinton leaving issue by Dorothy his wife daughter to Robert now Earl of Leicester one onely son called Robert who succeeded him in his honors and two daughters Dorothy married to Sir George Savile of Thornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet afterwards created Vicount Halifax and Penelope who died unmarried Which Robert now Earl of Sunderland hath married the Lady Anne daughter to George Earl of Bristol George Lord Hume 2 Iac. THis George being a Knight in An. 1601. which was about two years before K. Iames attained the Crown of England and at that time one of the Masters of the Quirie upon the Resignation of the Lord Elphingston then Treasurer of Scotland had that Office conferred upon him which he discharging by Sir Iohn Arnot his Deputy was one of the persons made choice of upon the death of Q. Elizabeth to attend King Iames into England in an 1603. To whom his services were so acceptable as that upon the 7 th of Iuly in the second year of his Reign he advanced him to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hume of Barwick and having within a short time after created him Earl of Dunbar in Scotland upon the 20 th of May in the 6 th year of his reign installed him Knight of the most noble order of the Garter A person he was as saith the Reverend Archbishop of St. Andrews of deep wit few words and in His Majesties service no less faithful than fortunate The most difficile affairs be compassed without any noise never returning when he was imployed without the work performed that he was sent to do And departed this life at Whitehall in the end of the year 1611. 9 Iac. leaving issue Elizabeth his daughter and heir married to Theophilus Earl of Suffolk Lord Denny E. of Norwich 2 Iac. THe first mention I find of this Family is in 20 H. 7. Edward Denny being then a Clerk in the Exchequer and at that time constituted the Kings Remembrancer To whom succeeded Anthony his son who in 34 H. 8. was one of the Gentlemen of the Kings Privy-Chamber and Groome of the Stole And in 38 H. 8. King Henry then lying on his death-bed when the Physitians discerned apparent symptomes of death near approaching was the person whom they imployed to put him in mind to erect his thoughts to Heaven and bethink himself of his fore-passed life as also to implore the Mercy of Christ. Which he accordingly did though what he said was not then very acceptable but being in fair esteem with that King was constituted one of His Executors and appointed to be of Council to Prince Edward His only son and Successor To this Anthony succeeded Henry his son and heir Who by Honora his wife daughter to William Lord Gray of Wilton had issue one son called Edward and four daughters Anne married to George Goring of Hust Pierpont in Com. Suss. Esq Dorothy to ... Parney of ... in Com. Hertf. Catherine to George Fleetwood of ... in Com. Buck. and Elizabeth who
To them that knew him deere For whom his Lady and loving Wife This Tomb hath builded here Obiit 17 Nov. 1571. Leaving Issue three Sons Rouland Thomas and William Which Rouland was well provided for at Longborow in Gloucester-shire and thereabouts by Sir Rouland Hill his Godfather But Thomas and William were both seaâ—ed in Warwickâ—shire the one at Stoneley upon the ruines of a large Monastery of the Cistercian Order and the other at Newnham Regis a fair Lordship belonging to the Canons of Keniâ—worth before the fatal dissolution of that Religious House Which William being afterwards a Knight had Issue Francis his Son and Heir made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames who married Mary the Daughter of Thomas Lord Ellesmere Lord Chancellour of England and by her had Issue Francis his Son and Heir created Baronet 24 December 16 Iac. and having afterwards married Audrey the eldest Daughter of Iohn Lord Butler of Bramfeild in Com. Herâ—f by Elizabeth his Wife Sâ—ster to George Duke of Buckingham Widow of Sir Francis Anderson Knight second Son of Sir Edmund Anderson Knight sometime Lord Chief Jâ—â—tice of the Court of Common-Pleas was raised to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Dunsmore 31 Iulii in the fourth year of King Charles the Firâ—â—s â—â—ign After which manifesting his Loâ—aâ—y to that King in the time of the laâ—â— grand dâ—fection when his Majesty became expâ—â—â—d to excessive distresses he was made Captain of the Band of Pensioners in An. 1643. and by Letters Patâ—nts bearing date at Oxford 3 Iunii in the â—wenâ—ieth year of his reign in conâ—ideration of his especiâ—l merits in those troublesome and perillous times advanced to the degree and title of Earl of Chichester with lâ—mitation of that honour to the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to Thomas then Earl of Southampton and to the Heirs Male of his Body begotten on Elizabeth his Wife eldest Daughter of him the said Franâ—iâ—â— By the before specified Audrey his 〈◊〉 he had only Issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. the said Elizabeth Wife of the befoâ—e specified Thomas Earl of Southampâ—on and Mary married to George Villers Vicount Grandâ—son an Irish Honour and departing this life upon the xxi day of December being St. Thomas-day an 1653. was buried at Newnham before mentioned Lord Leigh of Stoneley OF this Family also was Sir Thomas Leigh of Stoneley Knight viz. second Son to Sir Thomas Leigh Knight Lord Mayor of Lâ—ndon in 1 Eliz. as hath been already observed Which Sir Thomas upon the 29 th of Iune 9 Iac. was honoured with the title of Baronet then being the time of the erection of that Order And having married Katherine the Daughter of Sir Iohn Spenser of Wormleightâ—n in the same County Knight had Isâ—ue by her Sir Iohn Leigh Knight whom he survived and departing this life ... Febr. 1 Car. 1. left Thomas his Grandson viz. Son of Sir Iohn Leigh his Son formerly deceased his next Heir Which Thomas having been dignified with Knighthood by King Iames married Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Sir Thomas Egerton Knight eldest Son to Thomas Lord Ellesmere Lord Chancellor of England and firmly adhering to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory in the late rebellious times was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm upon the first of Iuly in the nineteenth year of his reign by the title of Lord Leigh of Stoneley This Thomas had Issue by her the said Mary his Wife four Sons Thomas Charles Ferdinand who died unmarried and Christopher and three Daughters which survived him Elizabeth married to Iohn Vicount Tracie of Rathcule in Ireland Vere to Sir Iustinian Isham of Lamport in Com. Northt Baronet and Vrsula to Sir William Bromely of Baginton in Com. Warw. Knight of the Bath And departing this life upon the twenty second day of February an 1671. 23 Car. 2. was buried in a certain Vault made on the South Side of the Chancel of the Parochial Church at Stonely before mentioned his eldest Son Sir Thomas who was Knighted by King Charles the First at Stoneley 22 Aug. an 1642. being deceased in his life time Which Sir Thomas married twice First Anne Daughter and sole Heir to Richard Brigham of Lambeth in Com. Surr. Esq by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Anne who died young Afterwards Iane Daughter of Patrick Fitz. Maurice Baron of Kerrey in Ireland by whom he had Issue Thomas his only Son now Lord Leigh and three Daughters Honora married to Sir William Egerton Knight second Son to Iohn Earl of Bridgwater Mary and Iane. Lord Butler of Bramfeild 4 Car. 1. IN an 1619. 17 Iac. Sir Iohn Butler of Hatâ—eild Woodhall in Com. Hertf. Knight being the chief Branch of an antient Family of that name in those parts was by Letters Patent bearing date 12. Apr. created a Baronet And by other Letters Patent dated 20 Sept. 4 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Buâ—ler of Bramfeild in Com. Hertf. This Iohn took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter to Sir George Villers of Blokesby in Com. Leic. Knight Sister to George Dâ—ke of Buckinghâ—m and by her had Issue six Sons Iohn Henry Philip Francis and another Iohn who died all of them unmarried and William As also six Daughters Audrâ—y first married to Sir Francis Anderson Knight and secondly to Sir Francis Leigh of Newâ—ham Regis in the County of Warwick Baronet afterwards created Lord Dunsmore and Earl of Chichester Ellen to Sir Iohn Drake of Aâ—â—e in Com. Devon Knight Iane to Iames Earl of Marlborough Lord Treasurer of England Olive to Eâ—dymiâ—n Porter one of the Grooms of the Bâ—dchamber to King Charles the First Mary to Edward Lord Hâ—ward of Escrick and Anne first to Mâ—untjoy Blount Earl of Newport but since of Thomas Earl of Portland And departing this life at his Lodgings in the Parish of St. Martins in the Field within the Liberties of Wâ—stminster 27 Maii an 1637. 13 Car. 1. was buried at Higâ—am Gobyon in Com. Bedf. To whom succeeded William his only surviving Son who died unmarried Edward Lord Littleton 16 Car. 1. THis Edward Son and Heir to Sir Edward Littleton of Henley in Com. Salop Knight being a sedulous Student of the Laws in the Inner Temple London became so great a Proficient therein as that in an 1632. 8 Car. 1. he was made choice of for the Autumn-Reader in that Honourable Society and in the tenth year of that Kings Reign 17 October constituted the Kings Solliciâ—or-General After which upon the sixth of Iune next ensuing he received the honour of Knighthood at White-Hall Growing likewise more and more in esteem for his Knowledge upon the 27 th of Ianuary 15 Car. 1. he had the Office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
his service with which he encountred a strong party of those rebellious Invaders the Scots at Corbridge in Northumberland and put them to the worst Next being Commander in chief of those Troops which the King sent from Oxford against that great Rebel of Lincolnshire Colonel Rosseter he gave him the â—oyl Thence marching against the Lord Fairfax and putting him to the rout he relieved Pontâ—ract-Castle at that time besieged by a numerous Body of the Northern-Rebels And after all this firmly adhering to that good King of blessed memory untill necessity prompted his Majesty to cast himself upon his Native-subjects the Scots so that he could not serve him farther in this Realm he betook himself to Foreign paâ—s till he did discern a fitter opportunity And then couragiously attempting the strong Garrison of Barwick upon â—wede and that well fortified City of Carlisle he reduced them both to his Majesties obedience After which having raised new Forces for his service he did great things and attempted greater but soon after through the powerfulness of the Enemy the King's Interest sinking more and more his Armies being totally scattered he became their Prisoner Whence making his escape with no little difficulty he again got beyond Sea there with most exemplary loyalty attending our present Sovereign in his most low and desperate condition In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date a Bruges in Flanders upon the fourth day of February in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign which was about two years preceding his happy Restoration advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Langdale of Holme in Spaldyngmoore and to the Heirs male of his body He marryed Lenox the Daughter of Sir Iohn Rhodes of Barlborough in Com. Derb. Knight and by her left Issue two Sons Marmaduke and Philip the rest dying young as also two Daughters Lenox and Mary And departing this life in his House at Holme in the East-riding of Yorkshire 5 August 1661. was buried at Sancton near adjacent To whom succeeded Marmaduke his Son and Heir who married Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Savage of Beeston in Com. Cestr. Esq Brother to Iohn late Earl Rivers and by her hath Issue one Son named Marmaduke and two Daughters Iane married to Michael Anne of Frickley in Com. Ebor. Esq and Elizabeth to Hugh Smithson Esq Son and Heir to Sir Ierome Smithson of Stanwick in the same County Baronet Lord Crofts 10 Car. 2. THE next in order of time who had the Title of a Baron of this Realm conferred upon him by our present Sovereign then in Foreign parts was William Crofts Esq the lineal Heir male of that ancient Famimily which had for divers Ages flourished at Saâ—ham in the County of Suffolk whereof many were dignified with the Honour of Knighthood and by females descended from the first Lord Wentworth of Netâ—lested as also from the Montacutes sometime Earls of Salisbury and Nevills Earls of Westmorland Which William having been brought up in the Court of England from his youth became Master of the Horse to his Royal Highness the Duke of York Next to be Captain of the Guard to the late Queen-Mother and afterwards Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to his Majesty that now is In all which imployments behaving himself with great fidelity he was at length sent Embassadour into Poland where he managed that high Affair then committed to his trust with singular prudence and dexterity In consideration of which notable services he was by Letters-patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 18. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Crofts of Saxâ—am He marryed two Wives first Dorothy the Daughter to Sir Iohn Hobert of Intwood in Com. Norf. Baronet Son and Heir to Sir Henry Hobert Knight and Baronet sometime Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Widow of Sir Iohn Hele Knight Secondly Elizabeth Daughter of William Lord Spenser but by neither of these hath had any Issue Lord Berkley of Stratton 10 Car. 2. ABout the same time likewise his Majesty taking into his Princely consideration the eminent merits of Sir Iohn Berkley of Bruton in the County of Sâ—merset Knight descended from the most noble and ancient Barons Berkley of Berkley-Castle of whom I have already spoke in the first Volume of this work who being Governour to his Royal Highness Iames Duke of York and managing his Affairs in his tender years most seasonably approved his Loyalty to the late King Charles of blessed memory in a very high measure First by putting himself in Arms on his part at the beginning of the late unparallel'd Rebellion for which cause he suffered Imprisonment for a time Next by his opportune though hazardous adventure in bringing a considerable supply of Arms and Ammunition out of Holland in the Year 1642. which he then safely landed in the parts of Holderness for his Majesties service After this being made General of his Majesties Forces in Cornwall joining with Sir Ralph Hopton Knight afterwards Lord Hopton he obtained divers Victories against the Rebels of those western-Counties in the several Battels of Bradock Saltash Launceston and Stratâ—on as also at Modbury in the County of Devon And laying strong siege to Exeter after divers bold skirmishes with the Enemy at length not only reduced it to his Majesties obedience but most valiantly repulst their Fleet then at â—opsham under the command of Robert Earl of Warwick taking three of their Ships in that Harbour whereupon he was constituted Governour of that great City General of all his Majesties Forces in Devonshire In consideration therefore of these his most loyal and successful services he was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Bruxells in Brabant upon the 19. of May in the tenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Berkley of Stratton Since which time being constituted Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he arrived there in April 1670. and having undergone that Trust for about the space of 3 years is now Embassadour in France He marryed Christian the Daughter of Sir Andrew Riccard Knight President of the East-India Company and Widow of Henry Lord Kensington Son to Henry late Earl of Holland by whom he hath Issue four Sons Charles Iohn and William now living and Maurice who died young As also one Daughter called Anne Iames Duâ—e of York 11 Car. â— THis most Illustrious bâ—â—â—ch of the Royal Family that is to â—y Second Son to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory having been by 〈◊〉 Renowned Father created Duke of York 〈◊〉 Letters-Pattents bearing date at Oxford 〈◊〉 Ian. in the Nineteenth year of his Reign iâ— farther augmentation to his
Fourth Son to King Henry the Second having taken her to Wife as hath been said in the year 1166 her Father Earl Conan then living succeeded in these Earldoms Which Conan thereupon granted to King Henry to the use of his said Son Geffrey the whole Dutchy of Britanny excepting the County of Guincamp descended to him from Earl Stephen his Grandfather This Geffrey received the Honor of Knighthood at the hands of King Henry his Father at Woodstock in the year 1178. 24 Hen. 2. But of him there is not much more memorable in regard he died when he was but Twenty eight years of age being then unhappily killed at Paris by the stroke of an Horse in a Tourneament held there upon the 14. Kal. of Sept. Whereupon he was buried in the Church of Nostredame within the Quire of the Canons there leaving issue by the same Constance two Daughters as also a Son born after his death viz. Upon Easter day the Fourth Kalender of April ensuing An. scil 1187. whose name was called Arthur The name of one of the Daughters was Eleanor le Bret. Which Eleanor departing this life in the Castle of Bristol 4 Id. Aug. An. 1241. 25 Hen. 3. was first buried in the Church of S. Iames at Bristol but afterwards by the Kings appointment translated to the Monastery of Nuns at Ambresbury The name of the other Daughter appeareth not Unto this Earldom of Richmund did belong no less then Cxl Knights Fees After the death of this Geffrey Constance his Widow was given in marriage to Ranulph Earl of Chester as hath been before exprest with whom he enjoyed both these Honors of Britanny and Richmund But she forsaking him as hath been said Arthur her Son having been honored with Knighthood by Philip King of France in An. 1199. the year following did homage to King Iohn for this Earldom of Britanny it being of the Fee of the Dutchy of Normandy Notwithstanding which King Iohn detained from him all his Lands in Normandy Turon Anjou and Poictou whereupon the King of France taking occasion to quarrel with King Iohn required restitution of them to Arthur but without success insomuch as War ensuing betwixt them the French had the worst After which King Iohn sent for his Nephew Arthur to Faleise and flattering him with fair words promised him great Honors if he would desert the King of France and adhere faithfully to him as his Leig-Lord and Uncle But Arthur who knew himself to be the Son of King Iohns elder Brother viz. Geffrey Duke of Britanny and Richmund beforementioned answered him with indignation requiring That he would make restitution to him of the Kingdom of England and all other the Lands which King Richard his Uncle had in Possession upon the day of his death Vowing That if he did not do it speedily he should not be at Peace Which expressions so much awakened King Iohn that he forthwith commanded his Nephew Arthur should be sent to Roan and there straitly imprisoned in the new Tower where he had not long been but for fear lest the great Men of England should adhere to him as being the next and rightful Heir to the Crown he caused him to be murthered by the hands of Peter de Mauley one of his Esquires unto whom for the reward of that wicked service he gave the Heir of the Barony of Mulgreve to Wife As to the manner of his death it is said That passing from one Ship to another to go into England as a prisoner a Marriner laid a Plank in such a sort that as soon as he trode upon it he fell into the Sea and was drowned Having thus given an account of this Earldoms Succession from Alan the first to Conan the last of the ancient Earls whose sole Daughter and Heir Constance first took to Husband Geffrey Fourth Soâ— to King Henry the Second As also of the Murther of Arthur her only Son who had no issue and that she afterwards married to Ranulph Earl of Chester who in her right enjoyed it I shall now observe that this Constance being at length divorced from Earl Ranulph by reason of Adultery married lastly to Guy de Toarche and had issue by him a Daughter called Alice who after the death of her Parents remaining in Ward to the King of France was by that King given in marriage to Sir Peter Maâ—clere a Knight of his with Britanny and what else was of her Inheritance Not long after which King Ioâ—n being highly discontented towards those of his Barons who had extorted from him the two notable Charters of their Liberties called Magna Carta and Carta de Ferestâ— which bear date 15 Iunii in Seventeenth of His Reign upon his recess from London with purpose to raise what strength he could for the redeeming himself out of their power by his Letteâ—s directed to this Peter bearing date at Warham in Com. Dors. 12 Aug. next ensuing in which he calls him Earl of Britanny did signifie That in case he would come into England he would restore unto him the Honor of Richmund with its Appurtenances as appertaining to his said Earldom of Britany and thereupon required him to hasten over with all possible speed well furnished with Horse and Arms as also to bring with him what power he could raise for his aid and to do his homage with what service otherwise he ought to perform Whereupon he came and had Livery of all the Lands pertaining to that Honor in right of his said Wife And not long after that viz in 3 Hen. 3. agreed That the King should thenceforth have of the Knights Fees belonging thereto Thirty on the South of Humâ—er such as he should chuse After which that King became so cordial to him as that in 14 of His Reign he did by his Letters Patents declare That so long as the Wars with the French should continue he would assist him giving him by those his Letters the title of Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmund with Four hundred Knights and One hundred Servants on Horsback of which number One hundred to be of his own Knights as also that he would give him pay for Three hundred Knights and an Hundred Servants more and for performance thereof obliged himself by Oath Richard Earl of Cornwal with some other eminent persons doing the like as undertakers for him therein Nevertheless though the King then gave him the Appellation of Earl of 〈◊〉 he had not the compleat fruition of that Barony Ranulph Earl of Chester retaining the Lands thereof in his hands until by a special Precept to the Bishop of Chichester then Lord Chancellor and Stephen de Segrave afterwards Justice of England command was given that Livery should forthwith be made to him thereof After which viz. the next ensuing year he
but an acceptance of the same by Two hundred marks per annum till it should be paid The next thing memorable that I find of this Earl is That upon the Solemnization of King Henry the Thirds Funeral in the Abbey Church at Westminster he and Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester with the Clergy and People went up to the High Altar and swore fealty to Edward his Son thenceforth King by the name of Edward the First And in the third year of his Reign upon his return out of Gascoigne gave him most honorable entertainment at his Castle of Rigate which was so acceptable to that King that he pardoned him no less then a thousand marks of that great sum of Ten thousand marks at which he had been fined for that offence in Westmâ—nster-Hall against Sir Alan la Zouch and his Son beforementioned It is also farther recorded of him that in the sixth year of the same Kings Reign soon after the making of that Statute called Quo Warranto in the Parliament then held at Glocester the King by his Justices questioning certain of the great Noblemen by what title they held their Lands Amongst others this Earl being called and asked by what Warranty he held his he shewed them an old Sword and unsheathing it said Behold my Lords here is my Warranty my Ancestors coming into this Land with William the Bastard did obtain their Lands by the Sword and I am resolved with the Sword to defend them against whomsoever that shall endeavor to dispossess me For that King did not himself conquer the Land and subdue it but our Progenitors were sharers and assistants therein Of which stout answer when the King heard and that the rest of the Nobles present then concurred therein he departed the Court in some discontent and not only forbore to proceed farther but seemed to take so little offence thereat That about three years after upon the marriage of the Lady Isabel Daughter to this our Earl unto Iohn de Baillol a great Baron of the North he gave him full three years respite for payment of the Two hundred marks per annum accepted of by King Henry the Third in satisfaction for the Fine before-mentioned It is observable that in 7 Edw. 1. when this Iohn was questioned before the Justices Itinerant in Sussex by what Authority he claimed Free Warren in Wurth and divers other Lordships in Sussex he pleaded That all his Ancestors had faithfully adhered to the Kings of England and that at the time when Normandy was lost they being Earls of Warren there lost their Lands in that Countrey because they would not adhere to the King of France against King Iohn and that in consideration thereof they had compenlation for the same by the Grant of other Lands here in England with this Priviledge that they and their Heirs should have Free Warren in those and all other their Lands which they then had or afterwards should acquire in regard of their sirname de Warenna Which Plea was then allowed And it is farther observable That King Edward the First bore so great a respect unto him that by his Charter dated the Seventh of October in the Tenth year of His Reign for the more tranquility and advantage of himself and his heirs and of the whole Realm as the Preamble thereof doth import he granted to him and his heir the Castle of Dynas-Bran which was in his Possession at the beginning of his Wars in Wales and all the Land of Bromfield with the Appurtenances which Griffin and Lewelin Sons of Madoc Vaughan either by themselves or their Guardians then held excepting to the said King and his Heirs the Castle and Land of Hope with the Appurtenances In this year also upon Assessing the Scutage of Rothelan for the service of King Edward against Lewelin Prince of Wales and other of the Welsh then in Rebellion this Earl was charged for Eleven Knights Fees viz. Six of his own Inheritance and five for Stanford and Graham in Com. Lincol. being personally in that service In 11 Edw. 1. Griffin Vaughan Son to Griffin of Bromfield granted to this Earl all his Land of Yale in North Wales which he had as his Purparty of the Inheritance of Griffin his Father But concerning this Land of Yale so granted by Griffin Vaughan as is here noted as also of Bromfield which this Earl afterwards possessed let us hear how Doctor Powel reporteth he came by them Griffith ap Madock saith he took part with King Henry the Third and Edward the First against the Prince of North Waâ—es and therefore for fear of the Prince he was fain to lie in his Castle of Dinas-Bran which standeth on the top of a very steep Hill to the which there is no way but one to come He died his children being within age whereupon shortly ensued the destruction of two of them For the said King Edward the First gave the Wardship of Madoc who had for his part the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale and the Castle of Dinas-Bran with the Reversion of Mailor-Saesnec after his Mothers decease who bad the same to her Ioynture to John Earl Warren and granted the Wardship of Lewelin to whose part the Lordship of Chirke and Nanheudwy came to Roger Mortimer These Guardians forgetting the service done by the Father of the Wards to the King so guarded their Wards with small regard that they never returned to their Possessions And shortly after the said Guardians did obtain the said Lands to themselves by Charter of the King This Iohn Earl Warren began to build Holt Castle and William his Son finished the Same And upon that great Competition betwixt Robert de Bruse and Iohn de Baillol for the Crown of Scotland circa 21 Edw. 1. joyned with that magnificent Prelate Anthony Beke Bishop of Durham in maintenance of Baillols title Moreover in 23 Edw. 1. he had the custody of the Castle of Bamburâ—â— committed to his charge And in 24 Edw. 1. being 〈◊〉 with a power into Scotland together with William de Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick for recovery of the Castle of Dunbar then treacherously delivered up by some of that Garrison he encountred the Scotish Army which came to relieve the same with so much courage that no less than Ten thousand of the Scots were slain and the Castle thereupon rendred to the King Soon after which he was made Governor of that Realm The next year following the King being desirous to assist the Earl of Flanders his faithful Friend and Confederate and to that end to go in person thither constituted this Earl Warren General of all his Forces on the North of Trent for the better restraining the insolencies of the Scots who thereupon marched into Scotland which occasioned so great a terror to that people that they sought peace of him and gave
Livery of his Lands Shortly after which viz. in 40 Edw. 3. he was the principal person employed in that Embassie unto Galachius Duke of Milan to treat with him for a Marriage betwixt Leonel Duke of Clarence and Violanta Daughter of that Duke And in 43 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into France so also in 46 Edw. 3. But these great Honors were not long by him enjoyed for he departed this life the 16 Cal. of February the same year 46 Edw. 3. and was buried at the Feâ—t of his Father on the Northside of the Presbytery in the Abbey of â—alden leaving issue by Iohn his Wife Daughter of Richard Earl of Arundel his late Guardian only two Daughters his Heirs viz. Eleanor who became the Wife to Thomas of Wodstoke sixth Son to King Edward the Third and Mary to Henry Earl of Derby Son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster afterwards King of England by the name of King Henry the Fourth Which Iohn in her Widowhood was a special Benefactoress to the Abbey of Walden by adorning the Nave of the Church with divers curious Sculptures in Stone covering the Roof thereof with Lead and building the Steeple a new Besides this she gave divers costly Vestments thereto and inriched all the Altar with goodly Ornaments She gave likewise to that Abbey a fair Cross of Gold whereon were pieced several pieces of that Wood of that Cross whereon our Saviour was crucihed Moreover continuing a Widow she spent a great part of her time there in the Church exercising her self in devout Prayers and Meditations And departing this life 7 Id. Apr. An. 1419. 7 Hen. 5. was buried near her Husband in the same Abbey of Walden Bohun of Midherst Moreover it appeareth that Savaric de Bohun held three Knights Fees in Foâ—d and Midherst Temp. Hen. 3. and had to Wife the Sister of Iohn Fitz-Geffrey who was Iusticiarius Hiberniae and that Franco Son to the same Savaric married Sibil one of the Daughters of William de Ferrers Earl of Derby by Sibil his Wife Daughter to William Marshal Earl of Pembroke Sister and Coheir to Anselme Earl of Pembroke Which Franco had issue Iohn who was Serjeant of the Kings Chappel Temp. Edw. 1. and held the Office of Spigurnel id est Sealer of Writs under that King And he Iames who by Ioane his Wife one of the two Daughters and Coheirs to William de Brewose of Bremore a great Baron in Sussex had issue Iohn de Bohun Which Iohn making proof of his age and doing his homage in 16 Edw. 2. had then Livery of his Lands This is he who for his great Services in Flanders and elswhere beyond Sea in 14 Edw. 3. when that King first laid claim to the Crown of France as also in that famous expedition into France in 19 Eâ—w 3. shortly after which the King obtained that glorious Victory at Cressey whereof our Historians make ample mention became afterwards one of the Barons of this Realm being summoned to â—it in Parliament in 37 38 39 of that Kings Reign and departed this life in 41 Edw. 3. then seised of the Lordships of Weston-Corbet in Hantshire Cranley in Buckinghamshire Nitimbre Midherst Ford and Climping in Sussex Little Badew and Rellenedon in Essex and Waltham in Com. 〈◊〉 leaving issue by Isabel his first Wife two Daughters Ioane the elder Wife of Iohn de â—lsle of Gatâ—cumbe and Eve the younger And by Câ—â—ely his second Wife Daughter and Heir of Iohn Filâ—ol of ... in Essex Iohn his Son and Heir who in 7 Rich. 2. coming of full age and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands But I cannot rank this Iohn amongst the Barons he being never Summoned to Parliament and therefore shall say no more of his Descendants than that Iohn the Grandson of this last â—â—ntioned Iohn left issue two Daughters and Heirs viz. Mary married to Sir David Owen Knight and Vrsula to ... Southwel of ... in Suffolk Vere THe first mention I find of this Noble and Antient Family is in the General Survey of England made by King William the Conqueror where it appears that Alberic de Vere then held â—henesiton now Kensington in Com. Middles Geling and Emingford in Com. Hunt Likewise nine Lordships in Suffolk and fourteen in Essex whereof Colne Heingheham id est Heningham and Benetley were part which till of late continued to his posterity Of this name viz. Alberic there was also an Earl in that age for by that title he is Recorded in the same Survey though of what place it appears not Which Earl possessed divers fair Lordships in those days viz. In Warwickshire six in â—eicesrershire fourteen in Northampronshâ—re six in Oxfordshâ—â—e two and in Wâ—â—tshire ten some of which viz. those in Com. Wiltâ—s he likewise held in King Edward the Confessors time which shews that he was an Englishman It is said by some that this first mentioned Alberic was Earl of Ghisnes in France but for that I see no authority though he married Beatrix Neece and Heir to Manasses Count of â—hisnes viz. Daughter to Henry Chastellan of Bourbourg by Sibille de Ghisnes Daughter of Manasses All therefore that I can farther say of the fore-specified Alberic de Vere is That having by the Conquerors gift the whole Inheritance of a great Man in the Saxons days called Wulfwine he did not only possess himself thereof but took from the Monks of Ramsey what the same Wulfwine had before the Norman Conquest given to them and left it to his own posterity Moreover that bearing a great respect to the Monks of Abingdou in Com. Berks. He gave unto them the Church of S. Andrew at â—olne in Essex with certain Lands in that Lordship as also the Churches of Dovercourt Camps Bentley Belcamp and Colne-Miblanc with divers Lands and Tithes in Haingham Laureham Aldeham Roinges and other parts of that County Whereupon this place of Colne being made a Cell to that great Abbey of Abingdon he was afterwards shorn a Monk therein This last mentioned Alberic called Alberic Iunior 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 honorably as Robert Malet 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 Henr. 1. In 4 Steph. the King having surprized divers great persons and forced
28 Iulii Anno 1562. 4 Eliz. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of â—arles-Colne departing this life the same year To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir who in 29 Eliz. was one of the Peers by special Commission appointed to try Mary Queen of Scots then Prisoner in England for her life And in Anno 1588. 31 Eliz. one of the chief persons in the Queens Fleet imployed against the great Navy of Spaniards then threatning an Invasion which thereupon was dissipated and destroyed by the English Forces Which Earl Edward had two Wives viz. Anne Daughter to William Cecil Lord Burghley Lord Treasurer of England on whom he begat three Daughters viz. Elizabeth married to William Earl of Derby Bridget to Francis Lord Norris of Ricot afterwards created Earl of Berkshire and Susan to Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery And to his second Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Trentham of Rouceter in Com. Staff Esq one of the Maids of Honor to Q. Eliz. by whom he had issue one Son called Henâ—y This Edward being an intire friend to Thomas Duke of Norfolk when he discerned his Life in danger upon what was laid to his charge touching the Q. of Scots whereof our Historians of that time do give some account earnestly interceded with the Lord Treasurer Burghley his Wives Father and one of the chiefest States-men of that time for the preserving him from destruction but prevailing not grew so highly incensed against Burghley knowing it was in his power to save him that in great indignation he said he would do all he could to ruin his Daughter and accordingly not only forsook her Bed but sold and consumed that great Inheritance descended to him from his Ancestors leaving very little for Henry his Son and Successor And died 24 Iunii An. 1604. 2 Iac. Which Henry married Diana the second Daughter to William Cecill Earl of Exeter and died at the Seige of Breda in the Netherlands in ann 1625. without issue Whereupon Robert Vere Son and Heir of Hugh Son and Heir of Aubery by Margaret the Daughter of Iohn Spring of Lanham in Com. Suff. who was the second Son to Iohn the fifth of that name Earl of Oxfoâ—d after the death of this E. Henry was in the Parliament held at Westminster Ann. 2 Car. 1. restored to this title of Earl of Oxford Much dispute there was in that Parliament between this Robert and Robert then Lord Willoughby of Eresby touching this title of Earl as also touching the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sanford and Badlesmere and Office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England this Robert making claim to them all as Heir male of the Family and Robert Lord Willoughby as Son and Heir to Mary the sole Heir female But at length after Councel on each part divers times heard and the Authority of Records and antient Evidences produced first the Title of Earl was Clearly adjudged to this Robert de Vere and the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sanford and Badlesmere descending to the Heirs female to be in the Kings disposal by reason that Iohn the fourth E. of Oxfoâ—d having three Sisters his Heirs the Honor could not be divided But as to the Office of Lord Great Chamberlain it was referred to the Judges then attending in Parliament to consider thereof and make report upon these two points first whether that Robert E. of Oxford who made the entail thereof temp R. 2. upon the Heir male were at that time seised of it or not Secondly admitting that he was then whether such an Office might be conveyed by way of limiting of uses Upon which Reference there being only five Judges then attending in Parliament and the rest in their Circuits 3 of them viz. Justice Doderidge Yelverton and Baron Trevor declared their opinions for the Heir General and gave their Reasons for the same but the other two viz. the Lord cheif Justice Crew and Sir John Walter Lord Cheif Baron for the Heir male The major part therefore thus declaring the Lords voted accordingly whereupon Robert Lord Willoughby was admitted into the House 13 Apr. 2 Car. 1. with his Staff of that Office and took his place above all the Barons according to the Act of Parliament of 31 Hen. S. cap. 10. And Robert de Vere having received his Writ of Summons dated 14 April the same year came into the Parliament the day next following and had his place next to the Earl of Arundell This Robert took to Wife Beatrix van Hemmema of Freezland and was slain at the Seige of Maestricht ann ... By which Hemmema he had issue three Sons viz. Aubrey who succeeded him in his Honors as also Horace and Francis who died young And likewise three Daughters Mary Magdalen and Susan who all died young This last mentioned Aubrey took to Wife Anne one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Paul Viscount Banning which Anne died without issue And shortly after the Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the second being elected one of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter was made Lord Lieutenant of the County of Essex and one of his Majesties most honorable Privy-Councel After which he married Diana Daughter to George Kirke one of the Grooms of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles the first of blessed memory Mandevill UPon the first arrival here of Duke William the Norman amongst other his Companions in that signal Expedition there was a famous Souldier called Geffrey de Magnavil assuming that surname from the Town of Magnavill which he then possessed This Geffrey fighting courageously in that Battle against King Harold where Duke William was victorious hewed down his Adversaries on every side for which great service he was aptly rewarded with divers fair Lordships by the Conquerors Gift as may appear from what he enjoyed at the time of the general Survey viz. in Berkshire four in Suffolk twenty six in Middlesex seven in Surrey one in Oxfordshire three in Cambridgshire nine in Hertfordshire nineteen in Northamptonshirâ— seven in Warwickshire two and in Essex forty whereof Waldene was one which afterwards became the cheif seat of his Descendants This Geffrey was by King William made Constable of the Tower of London which trust he held during all his time And for the Souls health of Athelaise his first Wife by whom he had his Children and good estate of himself and Leceline his second Wife with the consent of that King founded a Monastery for Benedictine Monks at Hurley in Berkshire whereunto he gave the whole Lordship of Hurley and the Woods adjoyning thereto as also the Church of Waltham and divers other Lands Osmund then Bishop of Salisbury dedicating the same Which House became a Cell to that great Abby of S. Peter at Westminster To this Geffrey succeeded
death of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick his Kinsman he had the custody of all the Lands belonging to Warwick Castle together with that Castle during the minority of his heir And the same year went again into Scotland In 12 13 Edw. 2. he was likewise in those Scotish Wars and in 19 Edw. 2. was sent into Gascoign to make provision against the Kings coming thither In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland and the same year had a special Commission to execute the Office of Constable of England in a particular case but died in 2 Edw. 3. leaving William his Brother and Heir then forty years of age Which William had also been a Military Man for many years For in 25 Edw. 1. he was in that expedition made into Flanders and in 26 Edw. 1. in Scotland Likewise in 34 Edw. 1. and 7 Edw. 2. And in 10 Edw. 2. had the Sheriffalty of Worcestershire granted to him during the minority of the Heir of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick In 13 Edw. 2. he procured a Charter from the King for another Fair to be kept yearly at Alcester for eight days beginning on the Eve of S. Bernabas the Apostle In 14 Edw. 2. he was made Governor of S. Briavels Castle in Com. Gloc. and of the Forest of Deane and in 15 Edw. 2. constituted one of the Kings Commissioners for the safe custody of the City of Worcester In 1 Edw. 3. he was again in Scotland but farther I find not of him To this William succeeded Giles his younger Brother who in 15 Edw. 2. was made Sheriff of Carnarvonshire and Governor of the Castle of Beaumaris and in 12 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanders In 13 Edw. 3. being in the Kings service beyond Sea at his great expences he had a special discharge for providing of those six Soldiers in the Isle of Wight for his Lands there unto which otherwise he had been liable In 14 Edw. 3. he obtained License to fortifie his Mannor-house at â—â—cester called Beauchamps Court with a Wall of Lime and Stone and to embattle it And in 16 Edw. 3. had the like License to fortifie his house at Freskwater in the Isle of Wightâ— and to embattle the Walls thereof having divers other priviledges granted to him for that Lordship This Giles left issue Iohn his â—on and Heir of whom I have seen little else saving his Foundation of a Chantry in the Parish Church at Alcester in 36 Edw. 3. for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily at the Altar of All-Saints for whose maintenance he gave eleven Messuages one Shop eleven Acres of Land and four Acres of Meadow lying in Alcester and that in 3 Rich. 2. he was in that expedition then made into France Which Iohn had issue Sir William de Beauchamp Knight as also Sir Walter de Beauchamp a younger Son from whom the Beauchamps Barons S. Amand did descend Which Sir William in 16 Rich. 2. was made Constable of the Castle of Glocester in 3 Hen. 4. Sheriff of Worcestershire and in 1 Hen. 5. of Glocestershire and having married Catherine one of the Daughters to Gerard de Vsflete left issue Sir Iohn Beauchamp Knight who in 17 Hen. 6. upon the death of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick was constituted one of the Commissioners for the Guardianship of all his Castles and Lands during the minority of Henry his Son and Heir Moreover having purchased from Thomas de Botreax the other moity of the Mannor of Alcester which had continued in that family for divers descents did in 25 Hen. 6. in consideration of the many good and acceptable services performed by him to that King and to King Henry the Fifth his Father obtain a special Charter for divers ample Immunities and Priviledges with another Fair yearly to begin on the Eve of S. Dunstan and to continue for two days following Furrhermore in the same five and twentieth year of King Henry the Sixth for the like consideration as above is expressed he was upon the second of May advanced to the title and dignity of Lord Beauchamp of Powyke and had an Annuity of Sixty pound per annum out of the Fee-Farm of the City of Glocester granted to him and his heirs for their better support of that Honor being at the same time constituted Justice of South Wales with power to exercise that Office by himself or his sufficient Deputy After which ere long viz. in 28 Hen. 6. he was made Lord Treasurer of England but in that Office he continued not full two years This Iohn by his Testament bearing date 9 April Ann. 1475. 15 Edw. 4. bequeathed his Body to Sepulture in the Church of the Dominican Friers at Worcester in a new Chappel to be made on the North side the Quire to which house of Friers for his burial there he gave twenty marks to be bestowed in Vestments and Stuff beside an Organ of his own and appointed that a Priest of that Friery should dayly say Mass at the Altar within that Chappel before his Tomb after the order of a Trental for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother Brethren and Sisters his Childrens and Ancestors Souls and especially for the Soul of Sir Iohn Fastolf Knight William Botreaux and all Christian Souls taking by the week for that Mass so daily to be said eightpence for evermore Which Chappel and Tombe with his Effigies thereon in Alablaster he did by this his Testament ordain that his Executors should cause to be made and departed this life the same year leaving Margaret his Wife surviving and Sir Richard Beauchamp Kt. his Son and Heir then forty years of age which Margaret by her Testament dated the Wednesday next after the Nativity of our Lord Anno 1477. 2 Hen. 7. bequeathed her body to be buried in the Church of the Dominican Friers commonly called the Friers Preachers at Worcester with her Lord and Husband and thereby ordained that a Priest should sing for her Soul during the terme of one whole year next after her decease within the said House of Friers receiving for his pains an hundred shillings She also willed that a Tablet of Alablaster should be made of the Birth of our Lord and the three Kings of Coâ—eyn to be set on the Wall over her Body when it should be buried Likewise an Image of Alablaster of St. Iohn the Evangelist containing three quarters of a yard in length with the Chalice in his hand to be set over her in likewise Also a Candlestick of white Iron with three branches to set on the Tapers of Wax of four pound to burn before that Image every Sunday as long as they should endure Moreover on the day of her
And in 34 Edw. 1. departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Echeleswell with its Members viz. Weston Ruford Lintone Waburton Coton and Credenhull leaving Gilbert his Son and Heir then twenty nine years of age who doing his homage had the same year Livery of his Lands As also Richard a younger Son who in Right of Ioane his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Hugh de Mortimer of â—â—cards Castle in Com. Heref. became Lord of that Mannor Which Gilbert was in that expedition made into Scotland in 26 Edw. 1. And having been a partaker with Thomas Earl of Lancâ—ster in the murther of Peirs de Gaveston had his pardon for the same in 7 Edw. 2. In 12 Edw. 2. he was in that expedition then made into Scoâ—land being then of the retinue with William la Zousch And in 16 Edw. 2. this Gilbert was constituted Governor of the Town and Castle of Glâ—cester but before the end of that year was commanded to render up that trust unto Hugh le Despenser the younger And having been of the party of Thomas Earl of Lancaster in his Rebellious Insurrection about that time was constrained to enter into a Recognisance to pay two hundred pound as also two thousand pound more with one Tun of Wine to save his life and repossess his Estate But Judgment being given in the Parliament held before the end of that year that the quarrel wherein he had been so engaged with that great Earl was just he had pardon for the payment of that Money And upon Petition to King Edward the third in the first of His Reign obtained a full discharge from that Recognisance Moreover being then a Banneret he became so active for the King in all his Military Affairs that there was then due to him one hundred sixteen pound three shillings eight pence for the service of himself and his Men at Arms. In 2 Edw. 3. he obtained the Kings Charter of Confirmation for the Mannor of Linton to himself and his heirs excepting certain Lands therein of sixty shillings value which Hugh de Longcamp had there as also of his Lands in Cotton Moreover the same year he procured another Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Eccleswell and Credenhill in Com. Heref. and Longhope in Com. Gloc. being then Lord Chamberlain to the King And in 4 Edw. 3. was constituted Justice of South Wales In which Office he substituted Rhese ap Griffith his Nephew his Lieutenant In 12 Edw. 3. he laid claim to the Castle of Keyrkenny and Cantred of Iskenny which were the Lands of Leoline ap Rhese Vaughan his Ancestor But they having been united to the Crown by Act of Parliament temp Edw. 1. were past recovery This Gilbert having obtained a Grant from King Edward the Third of the Castle and Lordships of Blenleveny and Bâ—â—kedinas for life in consideration of his laudable services he had another Grant of the Inheritance of them in 20 Edw. 3. And having been summoned to Parliament from 4 Edw. 3. until the eighteenth of that Kings Reign inclusive departed this life in 20 Ed 3. Whereupon Richard his Son and Heir entred upon his Inheritance being then about thirty four years of age as may seem by that Inquisition taken in 27 Edw. 3. and in 26 Ed. 3. was charged with the finding of twenty Men well armed for the Kings service out of his Lands of Blenleveâ—â—y â—ick-Howell and Srredewy in Wales ¶ This Richard resided at Goderich Castle in Com. Heref. and married Elizabeth one of the Sisters and Heirs to Iohn Comyn of Badenagh in Scotland Which Elizabeth being forcibly taken by Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser Iunior and others at Kemâ—ton in â—om Surr. was first carried to Woâ—king thence to Purefrith in that County and so detained for above a twelve-moneth and in that restraint compelled for fear of death to pass her Mannor of Painswike in Com. Gloc. to the said Earl Hugh and the Castle of Goderich to Hugh the younger to hold to them and their heirs But to return In An. 1331. 5 Edw. 3. this last mentioned Richard challenging a title to certain Lands in Scotland in right of his said Wife as some other of the English Nobles then did and adhering to Edward de Baillol who then laid claim to the Crown of that Realm would have entred Scotland by Land but King Edward the Third not permitting him so to do in regard his Sister was married to David the Son of Robert de Brus they invaded that Realm by Sea near Dumfermelin with three hundred armed Men Where finding resistance by the Scots he flew many and within few days after gave Battle to their whole Army near Gleddesmore where they obtained a very great Victory In 8 Edw. 3. he was taken prisoner in Scotland with six other Knights many of the English being then slain And the year following paid two thousand marks for his redemption In 11 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governor of the Town of Barwick upon Twede as also Justice there and of all other the Kings Lands in Scotland Which occasioning his residence in those parts his Lands in Ireland were seised But upon complaint thereof to the King he acknowledged his great travel and large expences in his service in Scotland and commanded a discharge of that seisure The same year being a Banneret he had an Assignation of two hundred pound of the Tenth then given in Parliament out of the City of Bristoll for his better support in the Governorship of Barwick And in 12 Edw. 3. had his Commission renewed for the custody thereof So likewise in 13 Edw. 3. from Candlemâ—s till Trinity Sunday having there of his retinue three Knights ... Men at Arms and a hundred Archers taking for his Men at Arms the wages of War accustomed and for his Archers three pence per diem In which year he was made Governor of Southampton and appointed to see it fortified In 14 Edw. 3. he was again retained from Michaelmas to the Feast of S. Hillary having then a hundred Men at Arms of his retinue himself a Banneret and seven Knights accounted for part fifty Hobelars and fifty Archers the wages of each Hobelar being four pence a day and for each Archer three pence In this fourteenth year of Edward the Third he obtained a Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands of his Lordships of Bampton in Com. Oxon. Policote in Com. Buck. and Goderich Castle in the Marches of Wales In 15 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 20 Edw. 3. in that expedition then made into France In which
very large extent as may appear by the Boundaries thereof as also the Advowson of the Hospital of Saint Leonard at Kickby in â—endal and fishing in the River of Leven To the Canons of Cockersand in Com. Lanc. all his Woods in Forton and whole Demesn there as also four Ox-gangs of Land in Garstang with a certain fishing in the River of Lon called Childe Also to the Canons of Leicester two Ox-gangs of Land in Cokerham And having married Gundred the Widow of Roger Earl of Warwick Daughter to William the second Earl Warren which Earl Roger died in 18 Steph. left issue William his Son and Heir called William de Lancaster the second as also a Daughter married to Richard de Morevill Which William the second was Steward to King Henry the Second and at the instance of Helewise de Stuteville his Wife gave to Hugh the Heremite a certain place called Askelcros and Croc to look to his fishing upon Loyn as also his Woods there for the benefit of his Hospital at Cockersand and left issue one only Daughter his Heir called Helewise whom King Richard the First shortly after his Coronation gave in marriage to Gilbert the Son of Roger Fitz-Reinfride Which Roger was one of the Justices of his Bench and had so been in the time of King Henry the Second and likewise a Justice Itinerant and executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Sussex from 23 untill 33 Hen. 2. inclusive So likewise for Berkshire in 34 Hen. 2. and 1 Ric. 1 This being moreover memorable of him viz. that in 28 Hen. 2. he was amongst others at Waltham when the King by his Testament did there make a disposal of divers summs of money to pious uses viz. to the Knights-Templars and Hospitalars for defence of the Hâ—ly-Lâ—nd as also to sundry Forreign Monastâ—ries But I returne to Gilbert This Gilbert in 1 Ric. 1. in consideration of sixty marks of Silver then paid to the King was acquitted for himself and his heirs from a certain Tribute called Nutegeld which he did use to pay out of his Lands in Westmorland and Kendall Also from suit to the County-Court Hundred-Court and Tithing Likewise from Aid to the Sheriff and all his Bailiffs And moreover obtained a Grant of Free-Forest in Westmorland Kendale and Furneâ—se in as ample manner as William de Lancaster Son of Gilbert before-mentioned enjoyed the same and by those very Bounds Also that Forest which King Richard had granted to him and his Heirs in Kendale with six pounds Land in as ample Manner as Nigell de Albini ever held the same and that whatsoever was wast in the Woods of Westmorland and Kendale in the time of the before-specified William de Lancaster the Son of Gilbert should continue so still In 7 Ric. 1. This Gilbert and Helewyse his Wife setled that division of the Mountaines of Furnesse coâ—monly called Furnesse Fells by a Fine levied upon Sunday next ensuing the Octaves of the Blessed Virgin betwixt himself and her on the one part and the Abbot and Covent of Furnesse on the other part Whereby it was accorded that they the said Gilbert and Helewyse and their Heirs should enjoy that part which lieth towards the West as it was then set forth by certain Limits to hold of the Monks of Furnesse by the paiment of twenty shillings yearly for all services Whereupon those Monks granted to him and her the Lordship of Ulveston for ten shillings yearly Rent to be thenceforth paid unto them and their Successors And in 1 Ioh. in consideration of an hundred pounds and two Palfreys then given to that King obtained a confirmation of the Charters above-mentioned In this year also he accounted for the Ferme of Westmorland for the sixth year of King Richard the first And in 6 Ioh. obtained a Grant of the Custody of the Honor of Lancaster to hold during the Kings Pleasure After which viz. from the seventh to the seventeenth of that King's Reign he executed the Sheriffs Office in that County Howbeit notwithstanding this trust he adhered to the rebellious Barons in Armes against that King in the seventeenth of his reign under colour of asserting their antient Customs and Liberties Which the King wanting strength to cope with them was then neceâ—â—â—ated to ratify But being soon afterwards sufficeently apprehensive of the ill consequence which those compulsory condiscensions would produce and addressing his complaint to the Pope whereby he shewed that through their insolencies and injurious Actings he had been constrained to grant what they required his Holiness forthwith made void the same Which favor gave him so much Countenance that he soon raised a potent Army and understanding that divers of those his Enemies were got to Rochester Castle he advanced thither which after a short siege he took and in it amongst others William de Lancaster the Son and Heir to this Gilbert Fitz-Reiâ—fride Which unexpected disaster so allarm'd Gilbert that he soon thought fit to make his Peace and to that end procuring Letters of safe Conduct came to the King from whom in consideration of twelve thousand marks he obtained pardon as also that William de Lancaster his Son Ralph de Aiâ—curt and Lambert de Bâ—ssy his Knights should be freed from their imprisonment having been taken in Rochester Castle as before is expressed Nevertheless he was not so far trusted as to be at liberty without giving divers Hostages for his own future fidelity and for the fidelity of William his Son viz. Benedict the Son and Heir to Henry de Reidenan the Son and Heir of Roger de Kirkâ—y his Daughters Son the Son and Heir of William de Windleshore the Daughter and Heir of Ralph d'Eincurt the Daughter or Son and Heir of Roger de Burton the Daughter and Heir of Adam de Yelond the Son or Daughter of Thomas de Bethâ—n the Son or Daughter and Heir of Walter de Strickland the Daughter of Richard de Copland and the Son of Gilbert de Lancaster And if it should happen any of these Hostages to die that then he should deliver other Sons or Daughters of those Knights or of some other persons in their stead Moreover besides all this he delivered into the Kings hands his Castles of Merhull and Kirkeby to dispose of at his pleasure All this being effected at Berewâ—â— upon the twenty second of Ianuary the same year And in 18 Ioâ— procured other Letters of safe-conduct for his coming to the King to confer with him on the behalf of William his Son and for his enlargement from Prison Likewise after the death of King Iohn who departed this life before the end of that year he obtained the like Letters of Safe-conduct to repair
Com. Derb. the Town of Haâ—ley and all his Lands in Wadeself with the Woods in Hanley and for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Isabell his Wife bestowed on the Canons of Welâ—ec in Com. Nott. the Tithe of the Pawnage of his Park and Woods in Stavelei And departed this life in 14 Hen. 3. whereupon Robert his Son and Heir intruding into those Lands without Livery the Sheriffs of Linc. Ebor. and Glouc. had command to seise them whereof the Castle of Muserdere in Com. Glouc. was part Nevertheless within a short space after paying threescore pounds for his Relief the King accepted of his Homage and gave him possession of them Which Robert died in 24 Hen. 3. whereupon Geffrey Despenser gave five hundred marks Fine to the King for the Wardship and Marriage of Raphe his Brother and Heir whose Lands lay in the Counties of Nott. Derb. Glouc. and Berks. Which Raphe in 31 Hen. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 38 Hen. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the King 's eldest Son Knight paid thirty pounds for fifteen Knights Fees which he then held In 41 Hen. 3. amongst others this Raphe had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to repair to Bristoll on the octaves of S. Peter for restraining the Incursions of the Welch and departed this life in 49 Hen. 3. leaving Raphe his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Raphe died in 1 Edw. 1. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir in minority who accomplished his full age in 15 Edw. 1. and in 16 Edw. 1. was discharged of those sums of money then required of him for the Scutage of Wales in 5 Edw. 1. and 10 Edw. 1. by reason they were Assessed in his minority but died in 17 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Staveley in Com. Derb. held of the King in Capite by Barony finding for that and his other Lordships two Souldiers in the King's Army in Wales as also of the Mannors of Seynburg and Musardere in Com. Glouc. with the Castle of Musardere then totally ruinous leaving Nicholas his Uncle his next Heir forty years of age Which Nicholas performing his Fealty had thereupon Livery of his Lands and departed this life in 29 Edw. 1. leaving Sir Raphe Freschevile Knight Son of Amicia his eldest Sister deceased at that time 28 years of age Margaret his second sister then living fifty years of age and Ioane the Wife of William de Chelardeston daughter of Isabell his third sister also deceased thirty years of age his next Heirs Whereupon the said Raphe Margaret and William de Chelardeston performing their respective Homages had Livery of the Lands so descended to them by the death of the said Nicholas Dinan IN the time of Owen Gwyned Prince of Wales who being a valiant Souldier wasted all the Marches betwixt Chester and Mount-Gilbert King William the Conqueror came to Shrewsbury and gave to Roger de Montgomery the Earldom of Shrewsbury Which Roger having Founded the Abby of S. Peter there and built a Castle at Brugge vulg Brugge-North began another at Dinan since called Ludlow which Castle with the whole Territory and Honour of Corve after that Robert de Belesme son to Earl Roger was for his Treason banished by King Henry the First were by him bestowed on one Fouke his Knight thereupon called Fouke de Dinan Whereupon betwixt this Fouke and Walter de Laci then Lord of Ewyas there hapned great contests and many skirmishes in which though Laci and Ernald de Lisle his Knight were afterwards taken and carried Prisoners to Dinan yet by the means of a certain Damosel called Marian de Bruer they obtained their liberty again and were made Friends It is said that this Fouke de Dinan had a daughter called Hawyse who became the Wife of Fouke de Brun the son of Guarine de Metz which Fouke De Brun enjoyed Abberbury with the Territory adjacent by the gift of King William It is also said that by the means of the before-specified Marian Ernald de Lisle entred into Dinan in the absence of Fouke and having so done contrary to her mind gained the Town and Castle for Laci his Master and that for revenge of this Treachery she murdered him in his bed Moreover that Fouke discerning this his Castle thus possessed by Laci came with all his power and besieged it and that thereupon Yarword Drugden Prince of Wales marched thither with twenty thousand men and took him Prisoner and that he delivered him up to King Henry by the hands of Laci So that Hawyse and Sibyll his daughters were by this means disherited and Laci became Lord of Dynan But in this Narrative there is doubtless a great mistake for by the authority of Record it appears that it was Iosce de Dynan who had those two daughters viz. Hawyse and Sibyll and that Hawyse was the Wife of Fulke Fitzwaryne as abovesaid and Sibyll of ... Plugenaie ¶ Another Family there was also of this name of which I shall in the next place give what account I can the first whereof I find mention being Alan de Dynant by parentage of Britanny in France who for his Valour in fighting with the King of France his Champion betwixt Brsorz and Trie had the Lordship of Burton in Com. Northt given him by King Henry the First This Alan standing firm to King Stephen against Geffrey of Anjou and Maud the Empress in 1 Steph. upon the Siege of Liseurx in Normandy by the Forces of Geffrey was constituted Governour of that City by Gualeran Earl of Mellenâ— on the behalf of King Stephen And in 3 Steph. took part with that Earl and Robert Earl of Leicester his brother against Roger Bishop of Salisbury a potent person at that time and his adherents great Enemies to King Stephen and raised an Insurrection against them at Oxford in which many were slain After this also in 6 Steph. he was a principal Commander in the Van of King Stephen's Army at the Battel of Lincoln where King Stephen being worsted was taken Prisoner Next to this Alan viz. in 2 and 13 Hen. 2. I find mention of Hugh de Dinant in Devonshire likewise of Roland Dinant in Berkshire which Roland was Justice of Britanny in 23 Hen. 2. and having Lands in Sussex was in 18 Hen. 2. amerc't in that County for not certifying his Fees upon the Assessment of the Aid in 12 Hen. 2. for marrying the King's Daughter But this Roland having no Issue in the presence of King Henry made Alan Dinant his Nephew his Heir though he had a sister married to Robert
Earl of Leicester his Father who having raised what power he could in the West was by that time marched up to Gloucester this Baldwin who had been an active person in the North against the King and then at Kenilworth with those which young Simon had brought thither was there with most of them taken prisoner by Prince Edward who by a speedy march in the night from Worcester did so surprise them How he made his escape afterwards I have not seen but the farther account which I find of him is that he was one of those who after the Battel of Evesham made head again with Robert Earl Ferrers in Derbyshire and was with him in the Battel of Chesterfield Whence though Ferrers had the fate to be there taken and many of his party slain he fled and after that with young Simon Montfort and some others got to the Isle of Ely where having held out as long as they could he at length rendred himself and submitting to the King's mercy obtained pardon as also restitution of his Lands making satisfaction to those unto whom the King had given them according to the rate of three years Annual value Being thus reconciled the next year following viz. 52 Hen. 3. having formerly married Hawyse the Daughter and Coheir of Robert de Quinci and giving Security that he would repair to the Court in the xv me of Easter to do his Homage for the Mannor of Stiveton then in the King's hands by the death of the said Robert he had Livery thereof And in 4 Edw. 1. upon the death of Ioane his Mother being thirty eight years of age as hath been before observed doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance paying one hundred pounds for his Relief After which the next ensuing year he attended the King in that Expedition then made into Wales and in 8 Edw. 1. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Killeby in Com. Linc. Screingham in Com. Ebor. Stevington in Com. Bedf. and Collum in Com. Essex Moreover the next year after he obtained License for a Market every week upon the Saturday at his Mannor of Brunne in Com. Linc. As also for a Fair every year upon the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and five days following with License to make a certain Castle in the Marish at Stivinton before-mentioned But in 10 Edw. 1. he died leaving the said Hawyse his Wife surviving which Hawyse in 12 Edw. 1. upon the death of Ioane de Bohun her Sister without Issue was found to be her next Heir and of full age To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn in 18 Edw. 1. doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in Iune 22 Edw. 1. was one of those then summoned to attend the King with his advice touching the most important Affairs of the Realm Whereupon the next month after he went with him in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne and in 26 Edw. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland Moreover in 27 Edw. 1. he was one of the Commissioners assigned together with the Archbishop of York and others to take care of fortifying the Castles of Scotland and guarding the Marches And in 28 Edw. 1. was again in the Scotish wars and having been summoned to Parliament from 23 until 28 Edw. 1. inclusive departed this life the same year leaving Iohn his Son and Heir and Ioane his Wife surviving Which Ioane in 32 Edw. 1. obtained License for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at East-Dieping in Com. Linc. As also for a Fair every year upon the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Michaell and six days following for term of her own life only But this Iohn her Son lived not long as it seems so that Thomas another Son became Heir to the Estate and Honour Which Thomas in 2 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter for a Fair at Brunne in Com. Linc. upon the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and five days following And in 5 Edw. 2. being called Son and Heir of Iohn though then very young through the especial favour of the King had Livery of the Mannor of Kirkby-Moreshed whereof his Father died seised But in 11 Edw. 2. being still in Ward refused to marry the person tendred to him taking another to Wife without the King's License In part of satisfaction for which transgression he paid a thousand Marks to Thomas de Multon of Egremond which sum the King had promised to him the said Thomas de Multon upon the marriage of Iohn his Son and Heir with Ioane the Daughter of Piers Gaveston the King's Niece After which viz. the year next ensuing he obtained a Grant for a Market every week at his Mannor of Cotingham in Com Ebor. and two Fairs yearly one on the Eve day and morrow after the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr the other on the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Martin in Winter And in 13 Edw. 2. was in the Wars of Scotland In 19 Edw. 2. when most of the Nobility forsook the King and took part with Queen Isabell he joyned with her in raising an Army which causing the King with those his Favourites who had occasioned that unhappy breach to flee into Wales she took upon her the whole sway of the Realm and thereupon shortly after in the King's name constituted this Thomas Lord Wake Justice of all the Forests South of Trent as also Constable of the Tower of London Soon after which upon the deposal of that King he was made Governour of the Castle at Hertford and obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Cotingham in Com. Ebor. In this year also he was in the Wars of Scotland But in 2 Edw. 3. it was observed that the King holding a Parliament at Salisbury in the xv me of S. Michael this Thomas was one of those who declined coming to it though then not far off and in Arms with the Earl of Lancaster and others whereat the King took great offence In 3 Edw. 3. being one of the English Lords who took part with Edward de Baillol then laying claim to the Crown of Scotland he entred that Realm with him partly in his aid and partly to recover those Lands which he had in that Kingdom But about this time there being a suspicion that he was a favourer of Edmund Earl of Kent who suffered death upon pretence of conspiring against the King by giving it out that King Edward the Second was yet alive his Lands were seised howbeit in 4. Edw. 3. being cleared thereof he had restitution
his solemn Oath promising that upon the death of King Stephen he would faithfully deliver them to Henry and for his more effectual performance of that Trust gave up his own Son for an Hostage All which being afterwards accomplished he was in 2 Hen. 2. constituted Sheriff of Essex and Hartfordshires and in 7 Hen. 2. the King being then in Normandy and hearing of the death of Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury was sent thence into England to procure the election of Thomas Becket then Lord Chancellour in his room Moreover such was the esteem he then had with King Henry that in the eighth of his Reign he was advanced to that great office of Justice of England And shortly after viz. in 10 Hen. 2. upon that Recognition x made by King Henry of the antient Laws of this Realm was one of those who undertook y for his observance of them In 12 Hen. 2. upon the Aid then assessed for marrying the King's Daughter he certified his Knights Fees lying in the Counties of Kent Suffolk and Norfolk de veteri Feoffamento to be in number seven and that his Ancestors performed the service of Castle-guard at Dovor for the same as also that he held one Knights Fee more de novo Feoffamento in Com. Devon But the same year upon those great Differences which hapned betwixt the King and Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury Becket fleeing into Normandy and coming to Uiceliac to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord the King being theâ— also in those parts discerning divers persons who then repaired to that Festival and amongst them this Richard de Lucie he stept into the Pulpit and there with lighted Candles pronounced the sentence of Excommunication against them all as publick Inceâ—diaries betwixt the King and him but being neither Convicted nor called to answer with the rest he Appealed and enâ—red the Church Soon after which viz. in 13 Hen. 2. the King being still beyond Sea he was made Lieutenant here during his absence And when the King perceived that Alexander the Third then Pope gave countenance to Becket he with some others were sent to the Archbishop of Colein to complain to him against his Holiness for so doing Moreover in Anno 1173. 19 Henry 2. he marched with Humphrey de Bohun Constable of England into Scotland to waste that Country at which time they burned Barwick In this year also the Government of the Realm being again committed to him by reason of the King's absence the Earl of Leicester and others then breaking out in Rebellion on the behalf of young Henry the King's Son as our Historians do shew he joyned with Reginald Earl of Cornwall the King's Uncle in the Siege of Leicester and having taken it burned the whole Town demolishing also the Walls thereof The same year likewise he laid Siege to Huntington and took it This Richard had by the gift of King Henry the Second the Hundred of Angre in Essex as also an hundred Acres of Affart-lands in the Forest of Stantord Grenestede and Angre I now come to his Works of Piety To the Canons of the Holy Trinity without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London he gave twenty shillings Rent in Nâ—wâ—on for the health of the Soul of Rohais his Wife whose Body lay there interred and to the Monks of Feversham the Lordship of Cherham Moreover in Anno 1178. 21 Hen. 2. he founded the Priory of Westwode in the Diocess of Rochester in honour of S. Thomas of Canterbury the Martyr And about the same time also began the foundation of the Priory of Lesnes in Kent which he plentifully endowed But the year next ensuing viz. in the month of Iuly he took upon him the habit of a Canon-Regular there and departing this life soon after was buried in the Chapter-house of that Monastery By the before-specified Rohais his Wife he had Issue two Sons viz. Geffrey de Lucie and Herbert de Lucie and two Daughters Maude married to Walter Fitz-Robert Progenitor to the noble Family of Fitz-Walter to whom she brought the Lordship of Disce before-mentioned and Rohais to Fulbert de Dovor Lord of Chilham in Kent Which Geffrey died in his Father's life-time leaving Richard his Son and Heir who departing this life without Issue the Inheritance resorted to Rohais his Aunt so married to Fulbert de Dovor as hath been observed Touching Herbert de Lucie his younger Son I find that he was fourteen years of age in 32 Hen. 2. and then in the tuition of Godfrey de Lucie having the Lordship of Stanford in Essex and Hundred of Angre for his livelihood but that he likewise died Issueless and that in 9 Ioh. Rohais his Sister paying a Fine to the King had Livery of the whole Barony whereunto she then had an Hereditary right by descent from Richard de Lucie and Herbert de Lucie her Brothers as the Record expresseth Command being likewise given to all the Freeholders and Tenants of those Lands in Cornwall whereof Richard de Lucie her Grandfather was possessed and whereof the said Richard de Lucit and Herbert de Lucie her Brothers were seised to do their services for them to William de Briwer unto whom she the said Rohais had granted them Of Maude de Lucie whom I presume to be the same Maude who was so married to Walter Fitz-Robert I find that she being Lady of Angre was afterwards married to Richard de Ripariis and that she died in 27 Hen. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Stanford as also of the Mannor and Hundred of Angre leaving Richard de Ripariis her youngest Son surviving Richard her Grandson being then four years of age whose Wardship was for the sum of a thousand Marks committed to Philip Basset I come now to Reginald de Lucie though I cannot as yet discover his Parentage In 20 Hen. 2. this Reginald upon that Rebellion of the Earl of Leicester and others on the behalf of young Henry the King's Son was Governour of Notingham for the King And in 1 Ric. 1. at the solemn Coronation of that King gave his attendance with the rest of the Barons He took to Wife Annabell the second of the three Daughters and Coheirs of William Fitz-Duncan Earl of Murray in Sco land by Alice the Daughter and Heir to Robert de Rumeli Lord of Skypton in Cravene with whom he had the Honour of Egremond in Com. Cumbr. by descent from Alice the Daughter of William de Meschines Lord of that whole Mountanous Territory called Coupland as elsewhere I have more fully shewed And had Issue by the said Annabell a Son called Richard who in 1 Ioh. gave
all would be well presuming wholly upon Catesby a Lawyer of his Councel and chief Confident of Gloucester's that were there any danger he would discover it For the Duke of Gloucester made all shew of kindness to him yet did privately set on Catesby to sound him and to win him to his Party but having so done and discerning that he could not be wrought on it was resolv'd by Gloucester that he must be dispatch'd out of the way Upon Fryday therefore the thirteenth of Iune about nine of the Clock in the Morning many of the Lords being met at the Tower to consult about the young King's Coronation the Protector came to them for so was the Duke of Gloucester then call'd but after some little stay desired them to spare him a while And upon his return about an hour after with an angry Countenance and biting his Lips after a little pause demanded What did those deserve who had conspir'd his destruction considering his near Alliance to the King and that â—e was Protector of the Realm Whereat the Lords being much astonish'd and musing what this should mean this Lord Hastings by reason of the great intimacy formerly had between them stood up and said That they were worthy to be punished as heinous Traytors whoever they were Whereat the Protector replying That he meant his Brothers Wife viz. the Queen that Sorceress for so he call'd her and others with her Wherewith Hastings seemed well enough content yet was not satisfied that he knew nothing of this Matter before as he did in that touching Rivers and Grey being privy to the intended Murther of them that very day at Pontfract Castle Then quoth the Protector you shall all see how this Sorceress and that Witch of her Counsel Shore's Wife with their Affinity have by their Sorcery and Witchcraft wasted my Body And thereupon pulling up his Sleeve shew'd his withered Arm which in truth had been so from his Infancy Whereunto Hastings reply'd Certainly my Lord if they have so done they deserve hainous Punishment What quoth the Protector thou servest me I ween with If 's and And 's I tell thee they have so done and that I will make good on thy Body thou Traytor giving a great knock on the Table with his Fist. At which one without crying Treason there rushed in divers Men in Harness Whereupon the Protector said to this Hastings I arrest thee Traytor and added Make speed and shrive him quickly for by St. Paul I will not go to Dinner till I see thy Head off And so taking a Priest at adventure caused him immediately to be brought out upon the Green before the Chappel within the Tower and his Head cut off upon a Log of Timber lying there Which being done his Corps was carried to Windsore and buried in St. George's Chappel near to King Edward the Fourth's Grave Being thus barbarously destroy'd there are two things which I find were then observed The one is That shortly after Midnight preceding that fatal Day the Lord Stanley sent a trusty Messenger to this Lord Hasting's House to advertise him of a Dream he had that very Night viz. That a Boar with his Tusks so razed both their Heads that the Blood ran about their Shoulders which made so great an Impression upon himself considering the Protector gave the Boar for his Cognizance that he caus'd his Horse to be made ready resolving to have rid away that Night if Hastings would have gone with him But this the Lord Hastings slighted as a vain Conceit though the next day it was wofully fulfill'd upon himself and likewise on Stanley though not so severely For when the Soldiers rush'd in and took away Hastings they smote the Lord Stanley on the Head so that the Blood ran about his Ears and had he not stoop'd under the Table might have beaten out his Brains The other Observation is That this Lord Hastings coming that day towards the Tower and meeting with one Hastings a Pursivant on the Tower-wharf he put him in mind that when he met him last in that place he was in some danger of the King's displeasure viz. King Edward the Fourth having had some ill Office done him by the Lord Rivers the Queens Brother saying When I met thee here before it was with an heavy heart Yea quoth the Pursivant but thanked be God they got no good nor you no harm Thou wouldst say so quoth the Lord Hastings if thou knewest what I know which few else know yet and more shall shortly Meaning That those Lords of the Queens Kindred viz. Rivers her Brother and Grey her Son should that very day be Beheaded at Pontfract Little dreamingof God Almighty's Justice at that time so signally to fall upon himself For as they without any Tryal lost their Lives upon that Day and as some think the same Hour by his Privity and Counsel his own was taken away by the Tyranny of the same Person with whom he had so unworthily complied in that foul Contrivance By the Testament of this murthered Lord bearing date 21 Iunii 21 E. 4. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the College or Chappel of St. George at Windsore in the place where the King did assign near to that where he himself did ordain his Burial appointing C Marks to be bestow'd on his Tomb there and gave to the Dean and Canons of that College a Jewel of Gold or Silver of xx l. value there to remain perpetually to the Honour of God as a Memorial for him Moreover he ordained That his Feoffees should amortize Lands to the yearly value of xx l. to the Dean and Canons aforesaid to the end that they should perpetually find a Priest to say daily Mass and Divine Service at the Auler next to the place where his Body should be buried in the said Chappel or College and there to pray daily for the King 's prosperous Estate during his Life and after his Death for his Soul as also for the Souls of him the said Lord Hastings and his Wife and all Christen-Souls and that the same Priest for the time being should have viii l. yearly of the said xx l. which was accordingly performed Likewise That his Executors should give unto the Abbot and Covent of Sulby in Com. Northampt. xl l. of Lawful Money to the Relief and Increase of the said House and Abby as also Lands and Tenements to the value of Five Marks with the two Churches of Wystow and Lubenham to be lawfully appropriated for ever to the same Abbot and Covent and their Successors for the which the same Abbot and Covent were to appoint Placebo and Dirige to be solemnly done with Note and the Morrow Mass of Requiem with Note in the Quire of the same Abby for the Souls of him and his Wife his Ancestors there lying especially with all other his Ancestors and all Christen-Souls and at his Obit to give in Alms amongst Poor People xx s. in
onely certain Acres thereof which his own Tenants after the Disseisâ— of the Monks had demised to them for Tillage Thus much as to what is reported of him by these Monks of Waldene I come now to what is else Historical which I shall here relate in order of time In 1 R. 1. in that General Council then held at London wherein the King purposing a Voyage to the Holy Land conferr'd on Hugh Bishop of Durham and William Earl of Albemarle the Office of Justice of England he associated to them this Geffrey with some others as their Assistants in that Trust. In which year he had a Grant from the King of the Lordship of Sutton a Member of Clarenâ—eford which rendred to the Exchequer Seven Pounds per annum as also Five Shillings per annum which was the Goldsmiths and Five Acres of Land which appertain'd to the Beadle of King Henry the Second to hold by the Service of the fourth part of a Knights Fee Of which Lands c. Iohn Burhount acknowledg'd him to be Heir and whereof he had pass'd to him the Inheritance All which King Henry the Second gave to Robert Fitz-Raphe and Alice Burhunt his Wife He had likewise about that time a Grant from Iohn Earl of Moreton of Kirketon with the Honour Moreover in the Second year of King Richard the First 's Reign upon that Complaint made to the King then at Messana against William de Longchamp Bishop of Ely at that time Chancellor and left Vicegerent here in King Richard's absence special Command was sent from the King to Longchamp That he should thenceforth in all things take the Advice of Walter Archbishop of Roan and some others whereof this Geffrey was one who in those great Contests betwixt Longchamp and Iohn Earl of Moreton the King's Brother so much favoured the Earl that Longchamp caused him to be Excommunicated by the Pope About this time he gave CC Marks for the Wardship of the Heirs of Hubert Bland and their Inheritance and the same year paid xlix l. iii. s. iv d. upon Collection of the Scutage of Wales As also Three thousand Marks for Livery of the Lands of Earl William de Mandevill of the Inheritance of Beatrix de Say his Wife having the King's Charter for the better fortifying his Title to himself and her as next Heirs to the same Earl And from 31 H. 2. to 1 Ric. 1. as also from 4 to 6 Ric. 1. inclusive was Sheriff of Northamptonshire And from 3 R. 1. to 6 R. 1. inclusive for the Counties of Essex and Hertford In 6 R. 1. he was one of the Justices of the King's Court. And in 9 R. 1. Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury then Justice of England being set aside he was advanc'd to that eminent Office in his stead And the same year marching with a great Power into Wales in aid of the Tenants of William de Brause whom Gwenwynwyn Lord of the higher Powys had besieg'd in Maude-Castle after a great Fight and much Slaughter of the Welch reliev'd them Furthermore upon the death of King Richard the First being then Justice of England he was sent with Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury and others into England to keep the Peace there And accordingly meeting at Northampton with those of whose fidelity they most doubted assured them That they should have no wrong but that every Man should possess his own in peace Upon the day of King Iohn's Coronation and not before he was by that King girt with the Sword of the Earldom of Essex though he had formerly the Title of Earl and Administration of the Earldom and then serv'd the King at his Table And the same year obtain'd the King's Charter for a Weekly Market on the Friday and likewise a Fair every year on the Eve of St. Andrew and two days following at his Mannor of Kynebochton in Com. Hunt The next ensuing year he obtain'd another Charter for a Market every Week at Agmundesham in Com. Buck. and likewise for a Fair every year And in 5 Ioh. had a Grant of the Custody of the Honour of Angre in Essex In which year King Iohn extorting from his Nobles a vast Sum of Money made use of him in executing his will upon the Laytie who spared none And underwent the Office of Sheriff for the County of Yorke for the first second fifth and sixth years of King Iohn's Reign For the County of Staff from the first to the sixth inclusive For the County of Westmoreland the second year And for the Counties of Buckingham Bedford Hants Wiltes Salop. and Stafford from the third to the sixth inclusive And about this time was signed with the Cross in order to an Expedition to the Holy-Land but considering the turbulency of Mens Spirits which occasion'd the King to be in fear of a Rebellion so that he could not then spare him he wrote to the Pope to respite his Journey for four or five years promising That then he would send him and all those other who were so signed with the Cross. In 7 Ioh. he had a Grant from the King of the Castle and Honour of Berkhamsted with the Knights Fees thereto belonging in Fee-farm for C l. per annum to hold to him and the Heirs of his Body by Aveline then his Wife And in 10 Ioh. of the Haven called Quâ—en-Hithe in the City of London in Fee-farm also for the Rent of xxx l. per annum to be paid to the King's Exchequer and Lx s. per annum to the Lepers in the Hospital of St. Giles in the Suburbs of London Moreover about this time he obtain'd a Confirmation of the Mannor of Morton with the Advowson of the Church which Hugh de Courtney had granted to him to hold of him the said Hugh and his Heirs by the Service of half a Knights Fee And in 11 Ioh. gave to the King ten Palfreys and ten Goshawks that he might be exempted from the Tuition of the Daughters of the King of Scotland But in 14 Ioh. I find him rank'd by our Historians of that Age amongst the King 's Evil Counsellors the King then refusing to submit to the Pope's Dictates for which respect his Holiness absolved all his Subjects of this Realm from their Fidelity Lastly In 15 Ioh. he procur'd a Grant in Fee of the Forest of Huntendon As to his Works of Piety I find That he granted to the Brethren of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acres in the City of London the Guardianship of the Hospital of St. Iohn Baptist in Berkhamstede and likewise of the Hospital of St. Iohn the Evangelist of Lepers there Moreover that he founded an Hospital at Sutton in Com. Ebor. to the Honour of the Holy Trinity and the Blessed
Virgin As also a Priory at Shouldham in Com. Norff. of the Gilbertine-Order which he amply endow'd with Lands and good Revenues and bequeath'd his Body to be buried therein in case he should depart this Life in England But before the end of that fourteenth year of King Iohn's Reign he died and was buried at Shouldham accordingly with this Character by our Historian viz. That he was a Person of great Power and Authority and that he departed this Life upon the second day of October to the general loss of the whole Realm being a firm Pillar thereof generous skilful in the Laws rich in Money and every thing else and allied to all the Great Men of England either in Blood or Friendship so that the King feared him above all Mortals for it was be saith M. Paris that ruled the Reins of Government so that after his death the Realm was like a Ship in a Tempest without a Pilot. By the before-specified Beatrice his Wife he had Issue three Sons viz. Geffrey his immediate Successor William Successor to him as also Henry then Dean of Wolverhampton and Maude married to Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford And by Aveline his Second Wife Iohn Fitz-Piers Lord of Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. and Justice of Ireland About two years after the death of this Geffrey Fitz-Piers Earl of Essex viz. in 16 Ioh. Geffrey Son of that Geffrey de Say who had formerly laid claim to the Lands of William de Mandevill the first Earl of Essex offered the King Fifteen thousand Marks to have the like Seisin of them as Geffrey de Say his Father had when King Richard the First dispossess'd him thereof Whereupon the King commanded Peter de Rupibus Bishop of Winchester to advise with the Bishop of Norwich R. de Marisco and William Briwer what should be done therein But that Business was as it seems prosecuted no further for Geffrey Fitz-Piers otherwise called Mandevill succeeded his Father in all those Lands Of which Geffrey the first mention I have met with is in 14 Ioh. where it doth appear That he gave to the King Fifty Marks and one Palfrey to have Restoration of his Lands which were seiz'd on for neglecting to attend the King into Ireland And in 15 Ioh. doing his Homage had Livery of the whole Barony of the before-specified Earl William de Mandevill In this fifteenth year having the Title of Earl of Essex the King gave him to Wife Isabell Countess of Gloucester third Daughter and Coheir to William Earl of Gloucester Which Isabel had first been married to the same King Iohn but after he had Reigned one year repudiated upon pretence of Barrenness the King retaining in his hand part of her Inheritance viz. the Honour of Gloucester the Castle of Bristoll with the Borough as also the Hundred and Barton About the same time also he gave the King a Fine of Twenty thousand Marks for her the said Isabell with all her Lands and Fees except the Castle of Bristoll and Chases thereto belonging Whereof Five thousand Marks were to be paid before the King 's going into Poictou Five thousand more at Easter ensuing and Five thousand at Michaelmass In this year likewise this Geffrey having the Custody of the Tower of London receiv'd Command to deliver it up to W. Archdeacon of Huntendon Moreover in 16 Ioh. he paid an hundred ninety six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence for Ninety seven Fees and a third part upon Collection of the Scutage of Poictou And in 17 Ioh. had Seisin of all the Liberties belonging to the Honour of Gloucester of the Inheritance of Isabell his Wife as amply as William Earl of Gloucester her Father enjoy'd them having then the Title of Earl of Gloucester But soon after adhering to the Barons who then were in Arms against the King he underwent the Sentence of Excommunication from the Pope and was one of the Chief of those insolent Lords as also a Party to those Rebellious Covenants framed by them and imposed upon the King whereby they assum'd the whole Sway of the Realm into their own power as in my Discourse of Robert Fitz-Walter is more fully shew'd About which time holding a Tournament at London wherein those Soldiers who accompanied Lewes of France into England were it hapned that a Frenchman bending his Lance towards this Earl wounded him so mortally as that he soon died of that hurt Whereupon he was buried in the Priory of the Holy Trinity in the Suburbs of London but leaving no Issue Isabell his Wife then surviving him who afterwards was wedded to Hubert de Burgh Justice of England To this last-mention'd Geffrey succeeded William his Brother and Heir who at that time also adhered to those Rebellious Barons And in 18 Ioh. when Lewes of France was by them brought in with purpose that he should be made King all the Southern-Counties yielding to him except the Castles of Dovor and Windeshore he with Robert Fitz-Walter and William de Huntingfeild march'd with a great Power into Essex and Suffolk to subjugate those Counties unto him And stood so stoutly to that desperate Party that after the death of King Iohn when many fell from them and return'd to obedience he was one of those who assisted Lewes in the Siege of Berkhamsted-Castle which the King's Forces then held whence a Party fallying out took much of their Baggage and amongst other things the Banner of this Earl William But after this a peaceable Reconciliation being made betwixt King Henry the Third and those Barons the Twenty thousand Marks covenanted by Geffrey his Brother to be paid as is before-express'd being not brought in 4 H. 3. he acknowledg'd himself Debtor for the same And in 7 H. 3. being in the Wars of Wales had Scutage from all his Tenants who held of him by Military Service This Earl William gave to the Canons of the Holy Trinity in the Suburbs of London certain Lands in Selegheford as also one Hide of Land and an half in Brambelghe and forty Cart-load of Faggots yearly out of his Woods at Eneâ—eld But in Anno 1227. 11 H. 3. being then in the flower of his Youth he departed this Life viz. 6 Id. Ion. and was buried at Shouldham having not had any Wife or Issue Upon whose death Iohn the Son of Geffrey Fitz-Piers late Earl of Essex by Aveline his second Wife being then the next surviving Heir-male gave to the King a Fine of CCC Marks for those Lands which were his Fathers and did by Hereditary Right belong to him whereof this last Earl William died seised Whereupon command was given to the Sheriffs of Essex Butks Hunt Wilts Devon Norff.
before-mentioned near unto his Father appointing That his Executors should cause three honest Priests to sing and pray there for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all Christian Souls And moreover that they should with all speed and diligence after his Funerals were perform'd and Debts paid make and build a Chappel at Astley according to the Will of his Father with a goodly Tomb over his Father and Mother Which being done to make another Tomb in the midst of the Chancel where he himself resolv'd to be buried And after that should be finish'd then to build an Almshouse for thirteen poor Men there to inhabit and to be for ever nominated by his Executors during their Lives and afterwards by his Heirs each of them to receive xii d. a Week for their Maintenance with a Livery of Black-Cotton yearly price iv s. Which Payment he appointed should be made out of his Rents and Profits of his Mannors of Bedworth and Pakinton and all such Lands and Tenements as were in the occupation of the Lord L'isle reputed or taken as parcel of the same Lordships the Surplusage to be bestow'd in repairing the said Alms-house and keeping his Obit yearly And died the same year as it seemeth by the Probate of this Testament leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Bocton in Com. Cantii Knight Widow of William Medley four Sons viz. Henry Lord Grey who succeeded him as Marquess Dorset Iohn Grey of Pirgo in Essex Thomas and Leonard And three Daughters viz. Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Lord Audley of Walden Lord Chancellor of England Katherine of Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel and Anne of Henry Willoughby of Wollaton in Com. Nott. Esq But before I proceed further I must say something of Leonard Grey Brother to this last-mentioned Marquess In 27 H. 8. this Leonard was authorised to execute the Office of Deputy of Ireland under Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmund but in 31 H 8. upon Suggestions from the Council of State there he was recalled and the next year following had divers Articles of High-Treason exhibited against him So that though not long before he had repuls'd O Donel and O Nele upon their Invading of the English Pale and rendred the King divers good Services formerly in France Ireland and other Places yet considering he was charg'd with a purpose to joyn with Cardinal Poole and other the King's Enemies and to that end had left the King's Ordnance in Galloway as also for that he had consented to the Escape of his Nephew Gerald being brought to his Tryal and confessing all he had his Head cut off on Tower Hill and was attainted in the Parliament then held I now come to Henry Marquess Dorset Son and Heir to Thomas This Henry in 1 E. 6. was constituted Lord High-Constable of England for three days onely viz. 18 19 and 20 E. 6. by reason of the Solemnity of the King's Coronation In 4 E. 6. Justice Itinerant of all the King's Forests And in 5 Warden of the East West and Middle Marches toward Scotland This Henry first took to Wise Katherine the Daughter to William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell but had no Issue by her and afterwards the Lady Frances eldest Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Wife and by reason her two Brothers died Issueless was in favour to her though otherwise for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded created Duke of Suffolk 11 Oct. 5 E. 6. By whom he had onely three Daughters Iane married to Guilford Dudley fourth Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland Katherine to Henry Lord Herbert eldest Son to William Earl of Pembroke and being divorc'd from him to Edward Seymouâ— Earl of Hartford and Mary to Martin Keys Serjeant-Porter to Queen Elizabeth Upon the death of King Edward the Sixth this Duke was through the Ambition of the then Duke of Northumberland whose aim was no less than to have the whole Sway of the Realm allured to countenance the Proclaiming of his Daughter the Lady Iane to be Queen upon pretence of King Edward's Designation of her so to be by his Will but that Attempt not thriving though it cost Northumberland and some other no less a price than their Heads yet was this Henry spared Notwithstanding which Favour he was so unhappy as to be stirring again For discerning that Queen Mary had a purpose to Match with Philip Son to the Emperor Charles the Fifth he came into the Counties of Warwick and Leicester and set out Proclamations to incense the People against it Whereupon the Earl of Huntendon being sent with a Power of Soldiers to prevent all danger he was necessitated to obscure himself under the trust of one Vnderwood his Keeper in a hollow Tree in his Park at Astley who after some few days upon promise of a Reward most basely betray'd him so that it was not long after that he lost his Head on Tower-Hill viz. 23 Febr. 2 Mariae Touching his Brothers I find That at the Time of Wyat's Rebellion in 2 Mariae whose pretence was to oppose the Queens Marriage with Philip King of Spain whilst Wyat was acting his Part in Kent Iohn and Leonard departed with their Brother the Duke from London upon the twenty fifth of January and every where incited the People to take up Arms against the Spaniard And that Thomas being found guilty of persuading the Duke his Brother who was otherwise irresolute to partake with Wyat in those his Seditious Attempts was Beheaded upon the twenty seventh of April next ensuing For the Lady Frances Dutchess of Suffolk Widow of the before-specified Duke there is a Tomb of Alabaster erected by Adrian Stokes Esq her second Husband in St. Edmund's Chappel within the Abby-Church of Westminster with this Epitaph ¶ Nil decus aut splendor nil regia nomina prosunt Splendida divitiis nil juvâ—t ampla domus Omnia fluxerunt virtutiâ— sola remansit Gloria Tartareis non abolenda rogis Nupta Duci prius est uxor post Armigeri Stokes Funere nunc valeas consociata Deo And now that which I shall farther observe concerning this unhappy Duke and his Family is That all his Honours being thus lost did so continue until King Iames by his Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 21 Iulii in the first year of his Reign created Sir Henry Grey of Pirgo in Com. Essex Knight Son and Heir of Iohn Grey of Pirgo before-mentioned by Mary his Wife Daughter of Anthony Brown Viscount Montacute Baron Grey of 〈◊〉 in Com. Leic. with Remainder to the Heirs Male of his Body Which Henry by Anne his Wife Daughter of William Lord Windsor had Issue two Sons Iohn and Ambrose and two Daughters viz. ... first married to William Sulyard Esq and
of Cambridgeshire And in 6 H. 4. upon the attainder of Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal and Nottingham had together with Raphe de Rochefort a Grant from the King of all the Apparel pertaining to the Body of that Earl and all his Harness for Peace and War as well for great Horses called Coursers as Saddles for Tilts and Tourneaments In 8 H. 4. upon the Rebellion and Forfeiture of Owen Glendowr he obtained all the Lands of Rhese ap Griffith an adherent to Owen lying in the Counties of Caermarden Catdigan and elsewhere within the Principality of South-Wales and the same year was constituted chief Butler of England In 9 H. 4. being Treasurer of the Kings Houshold he was made Seneschal of Landar in the Dutchy of Aquitane and Governor of the Castle of Ax in 3 H. 5. Seneschal of Aquitane and in 4 H. 5. being employed as Ambassador to the King of the Romans continued for some time in his Court In the same year he was likewise reteined by Indenture to serve the King with thirty men at Arms whereof himself and two other Knights to be part of the number the rest Esquires and ninety Archers In 5 H. 5. then residing at Burwell in com Cantabr he attended the King in his Wars against the French And being still Seneschal of Aquitane was constituted President of the Kings Exchequer in Normandy as also in all other judicial Courts within that Dutchy Likewise Treasurer of Normandy And in 3 H. 6. chief Steward of the Kings Castles and Lordships throughout all Wales and the Marches which lately did belong to Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and which by reason of the Minority of Richard Duke of Yorke Cousin and Heir to that Earl were in the Kings hands This Sir Iohn Tiptot Married Ioyce the Sister and Co-heir to Sir Edward Charlton Knight Lord Powys and in 20 H. 6. had by reason thereof summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm In 8 H. 6. bearing the Title of Lord Tiptot and Pouys he was reteined to serve the King in his Wars of France with twelve Men at Arms whereof himself to be one one other Knight and fifty six Archers on Horseback Whereupon he took Shiping with the King at Dovor upon the 27 th of April and in 10 H. 6. was made Governor of the Castle of Merk in the Marches of Picardy for five years And in 11 H. 6. had an assignation of the Mannor of Ryhall in com Rotel for the purpartie of Ioyce his Wife of those Lands which Anne the Widow of Edmund Mortimer Earl of March held in Dower she being then dead In 22 H. 6. he was again reteined to serve the King in his Wars of France with sixteen Men at Arms and sixty nine Archers And having been summoned to Parliament from 4 H. 6. to 15 H. 6. inclusive departed this life on Thursday preceding the Purification of our Lady 21 H. 6. being then seised of the Mannors of Burwell called Tiptot Mannor in com Cantabr Puk Shepon in Bychingstoke Berford and Radelynche in com Wilts Enfeild and Sheperton in com Midd. Brokeley in New-Forest Over-VVallop Nether-VVallop Broughton with the Moiety of the Mannor of Aulton in com Southampt Of the Mannor of Fastolfe the third part of the Mannor of Leyham with the Mannor and Hundred of Mulford in com Suff. of the Forestership of VVavebrig and Sapele in com Hunt Of the Mannors of Harston Everston Chadworth Butlers in Harston Badlingham and Dulingham in Borwell in com Cantabr Langton Hering in com Dors. Stoke under Hamden Mylton Midsomer-Norton Faryngton Gurnay Welton Inglestone Widecombe Laverton Cory-Malet Stowell West-Harpetre and Moiety of the Mannor of Shepton-Malet in com Somers and in right of Ioyce his Wife of the Mannor of Welley in com Hunt leaving Iohn his Son and Heir sixteen years of age Which Iohn being advanced to the Title of Earl of Worcester 16 Iulii 27 H. 6. in 29 H. 6. obtain'd a Grant from the King importing That whereas Iohn Lord Tiptot his Father was seised of the Lordships of Goos Seynax Marempne Marynsyn Borne Memysane and divers other lying in the Dutchy of Aquitane which by Descent did of right belong to him but were at that time possessed by the French that so soon as they could by Conquest be recovered out of the Enemies hand he should freely and peaceably have possession of them And in 32 H. 6. was one of the Nobles who undertook to Guard the Seas having allowance of the Tonnage and Poundage payable for that Service In An. 1457 35 Hen. 6. being Lord Deputy of Ireland he landed at Nouth 9 Oct. And in 1 Edw. 4. was constituted Justice of North Wales for life Also soon after that Constable of the Tower of London for life In 2 Edw. 4. being made Treasurer of the King's Exchequer he was with him in that Expedition into the North and at the Siege of Bamourgh-Castle then held out by the Duke of Somerset and others of the Lancastrians who had made head in those parts In 3 Hen. 4. he was made Chancelour of Ireland for life and retein'd to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea for a certain term of years In 4 Edw. 4. being Steward of the King's Houshold he was joyn'd in Commission with the Lord Audley and others to Treat with the Ambassadors of the Duke of Britanny touching a Truce And in 7 E. 4. upon the forfeiture of Thomas Lord Roos for his adherence to the Lancastrians then totally subdued obtain'd a Grant from the King on the behalf of Philippa his Sister wife of that Lord of the Mannors of Ussyngton Wragby and Esteryngton in Com. Linc. Orston Warcop and Ekeryng with the Advouson of the Churches of Warsop and Ekeryng in Com. Nott. Of the Mannor of Seton in Com. Ebor. Of a certain Annuity of Twenty pounds issuing out of the Priory of Wartre in Com. Ebor. Of the Mannor of Adderley which extendeth it self into Sponeley with the Advouson of the Church of Adderley in Com. Salop. and of the Mannor of Estbourne in Com. Suss. In this year being Deputy of Ireland to George Duke of Clarence the King's Lieutenant there he resided in that Realm for the defence thereof And in 10 E. 4. was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland As also Constable of England and again Treasurer of the Exchequer Soon after which coming to Southampton the King caused him to fit in Judgment upon divers Gentlemen and others then taken in some Ships upon a Skirmish Whereupon to the number of Twenty of them were Drawn Hang'd and Beheaded But besides all this it is farther memorable of him that having been bred a Student in Ballol-Colledg Oxon and attained to an high degree of Learning he went to
Demesn-lands of Dalburye and Dalbury-lies in Com. Derb. and in 10 Edw. â— was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 12 Edw. 2. In which year he obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Bagworth in Com. Leic. And had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realme from 8 Edw. 2. until 14 Edw. 2. inclusive But in 15 Edw. 2. upon that Insurrection made by Thomas Earl of Lancaster having promised to bring all the power he could raise to his assistance â—nd failing him that Earl being then at his Castle of â—utbury in Com. Staff fled Northwards and was taken at Burrough-brigg in Com. Ebor as I have elsewhere more fully shewed Of which tidings when this Robert had advertisement he rendered himself to the King at Derbâ— and was sent Prisoner to Dovor-Castle Whereupon he incurred such hatred from the People for dealing thus unfaithfully with his Lord who out of his great affection had raised him from nothing as that in An. 1328. 2 Edw. 3. being taken in a Wood near Henâ—ey Park towards Windsore he was beheaded on the Nones of October and his head sent to Henry Earl of Lancaster then at Waltham Cross in Com. Essex by one Sir Thomas Wyther a Knight and some other private friends This Robert was a great Benefactor to the Gray-Friers at Preston in Com. Lanc. and founded the Priorie of Black Monkes at Holand in the same County He had issue by the said Maud his Wife three sons viz. Robert sixteen yeares of age at his Fathers death Thomas who became a great Man of whom I shall speak at large 〈◊〉 Alan who had the Mannors of Dalbury and Weeksworth in â—om Derb. and Otho Which Othâ— being a person not a little famous for his valour was elected into the Society of the most noble Order of the Garter by King Edward the Third at the time of its Foundation 24 Edw. 3. But soon after having the Earl of Ewe a prisoner of War committed to his trust and taking him to Calais where he permitted him to go at liberty Arm'd he was question'd for the same in the presence of the Lord Chancellor with divers other Nobles and Justices of the King's Bench. Where acknowledging the Fact and submittinghimself he was committed to the Marshalsey But after this viz. in 29 Edw. 3. he accompanied his Brother Thomas into Britanny and having been taken Prisoner e near Graunsours in France died in those parts about the Festival of the blessed Virgin 's Nativity 33 Edw. 3. being then seized in Fee of the Mannors of Yoxhale in Com. Staff Kerseye in Com. Suff. Taleworth in Com. Surr. As also of the Mannors of Chesterfeld and Ashfourd in Com. Derb. for life leaving Sir Robert de Holand Knight his elder brother his next heir Forty years of age Which Sir Robert in 9 E. 3. doing his Homage had Livery of all those Lands whereof his Father died seised in 2 Edw. 3. And in 16 Edw. 3. was in that Expedition then made into France So likewise in 19 20 E. 3. And in 22 E. 3. being then of the Retinue with Thomas de Beuchamp Earl of Warwick So likewise in 29 Edw. 3. being of the retinue with Thomas de Holand his Brother This Robert having been summon'd to Parliament from 16 Edw. 3. until 46 of that King's Reign died 16 Martii 47 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Braâ—â—e Hals Kings-Sutton Thorpe Watervile Achirche Aldwincle and Chelvaston in Com. North. Yokeshale in Com. Staff 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. Bageworth and the third part of the Mannor of Shepeshed in Com. Leic. Holand Hale Drâ—l Samlesoucy Dalton of the Moietie of the Mannors of Haidok Goldeburne and Bright the sixth part of the Mannor of Harewode and fourth part of the Mannor of Over Derwend in Com. Lanc. leaving issue one sole daughter and heir called Maud Married to Sir Iohn Lovel Knight seventeen yeares of age Which Sir Iohn Lovel thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance I now come to Thomas Holand younger brother to this last mention'd Robert In 14 Edw. 3. this Thomas was in that Expedition then made into Flanders So likewise in 15 Edw. 3. And in 16 Edw. 3. was sent with Sir I. d'Arvel to â—ayon with Two hundred Men at Armes and Four hundred Archers to defend the Frontiers In 17 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of France and in 19 Edw. 3. obtain'd a Grant from the King of Forty pounds per annum payable out of the Ferme of the Priory of Hayling during the Wars with France until provision of Lands of that value should be made for him In 20 Edw. 3. being at the Siege and taking of Caen in Normandy where the Earl of Ewe then Constable of France â—elivered up himself and those under his command as Prisoners he had soon after a Chief Command in the Van of Prince Edward's Army in that famous Battel of Cressâ— which hapned before the end of that year And in 21 Edw. 3. in consideration of Four thousand Florens sold his said Prisoner the Earl of Ewe unto King Edward In that year being again in France he was at the Siege of Calais And having an high esteem for his â—ignal valor and Military skill in 24 E. 3. was elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter at that time Founded by the renowned Edward the Third then King of England It is said by some that this Thomas being Steward of the Houshold to William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury Married his Mistress viz. Ioane Wife to that Earl daughter of Edmund and sister and heir to Iohn Earl of Kent But herein there is a mistake for by his Petition to Pope Clement the Sixth representing that the said Earl of Salisbury had a purpose to have Wedded her had not a pre-contract with her by him been formerly made and carnal knowledge ensued Also that nevertheless the same Earl taking advantage of his absence in forrein parts made a second Contract with her and unjustly withheld her His Holiness upon full hearing of the Cause gave Sentence for him whereupon he accordingly enjoy'd her the Earl of Salisbury acquiescing therein as it seemes by his after Marriage with another VVoman In 26 Edw. 3. this Thomas obtain'd a Grant of One hundred Marks per annum out of the ferme of the City of Exeteâ— for the better support of her the said Ioane his Wife during her life By whom having issue in 27 Edw. 3. and doing his Homage he had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance excepting the Dowry of Elizabeth Widow to that Earl Shortly after which he obtain'd License
Hang'd never remembring to crave the benefit of his Clergy which is by some observed to be a just judgment of God upon him for having so much wrong'd the Church and all Learning and had his Head smitten off upon a Scaffold at Tower-Hill After which it was not long ere Infirmities seized upon the King from whom this Duke was little absent and so ordering the matter that whilst he languisht Gilford Dudley his fourth Son did marry with the Lady Iane Grey Eldest Daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolk by Frances Daughter to Mary second Sister to King Henry the Eighth and that a Patent was sealed for the same Lady Iane's Succession to the Crown for drawing whereof and excluding his two Sisters with fair pretences the assistance of the Lord Chief Justice Mountagu and Secretary Cecil were used Which Letters Patents were subscribed by all the Privy-Council as also by the greatest part both for number and power of the Nobility the King 's learned Council and all the Judges at the Common Law excepting Sir Iames Hales one of the Justices of the Common Pleas Some being guided by particular Interest for that they were possess'd of so much Monastery and Chantry-land which if Religion should have been altered through Queen Maries coming to the Crown they might have been in danger to lose and others by fear of or obligation to this Duke then so potent and almost absolute in Government of the State that 't was supposed he could make any title good either by his Authority or his Sword And having thus design'd unto himself the power of a King for no less he would have had in Cafe the Lady Iane had been Queen he contrived to get the Princess Mary into his hands causing the King to write his Letters for her coming to him in his sickness But she being made sensible of the Plot when she was within half a days journey of London diverted her course another way After which the King immediately dying he caused the Lady Iane to be Proclaimed Queen But the Tide of the peoples affections flowing towards Mary the Kings Eldest Sister she was likewise Proclaimed first by the Citizens of Norwich and afterwards in the Counties of Buck. and North. neither was there want of numbers in sundry parts of the Realm that began to put themselves in Arms on her behalf It being therefore now no sitting still as Champion for Queen Iane with a Commission under the great Seal of England He marcht out of London with six hundred Horse to suppress any power which should appear for Queen Mary having a promise from the Lords of more Forces to be sent after him But before he came to encounter the opposite party such a change he discern'd in the affections of his own Souldiers whereof many forsook him that to daub up the matter he return'd to Cambridge and there without either Herald or Trumpet accompanied with the Mayor and Marquess of Northampton he Proclaim'd Queen Mary himself in the Market-place and in token of joy threw up his Cap. But all this would no whit secure him for the very next day the Earl of Arundel coming thither from Queen Mary arrested him of Treason Whence he was with three of his Sons Iohn Ambrose and Henry convey'd to the Tower of London and from that place ere long to his Arraignment Where being condemn'd for a Traytor he suffered Death on Tower Hill 22 Aug. and was buried in the Tower-Church by Iohn Cock then Lancaster-Herald who having been his old Servant was willing to shew some respect to him dead from whom whilst living he had received many favours and therefore beg'd his Head only from the Queen that he might bury it in the Tower upon which Suit he had also his whole Body given him Some who write of his Death do affirm that at his end he professed the Romish Religion and it is said that for a witness of his Faith he voucht Dr. Heath Archbishop of Yorke afterwards Lord Chancellor Yet that being much blinded by ambition and apprehending that the alteration of Religion might be a chief means for the accomplishing of his Worldly ends he told Sir Anthony Brown afterwards Vicount Mountagu when he moved him for restoring the Romiâ—â— Religion that albeit he knew the same Religion to be truâ— yet seeing a new Religion was begun Run dog run Devil he would go forward It is also said that having two days before received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper upon the xxii of August he was brought to the place of Execution Where by the perswasion of the before-specified Nicholas Heath soon afterwards Archbishop of York making his own Funeral Oration to the people he acknowledged himself guilty and craving pardon for his unseasonable ambition admonished the standers by that they should embrace the Religion of their fore-fathers rejecting that of later date which had occasioned all the miseries of the forepassed thirty years And for prevention for the â—uture if they desired to present their Souls unspotted to God and were truly affâ—cted to their countrey they should expel those Trumpets of Sedition the preachers of the reformed Religion As for himself he professed that whatsoever he might pretend his conscience was fraught with the Religion of his Fathers and for testimony thereof he appealed to his good friend the Bishop of Winchester But being blinded with Ambition he had been contented to make wrack of his conscience by temporizing for which he professed himself sincerely repentant and acknowledged the desert of his death By what artifice he gain'd the Castle of Dudley in Com. Staff with divers fair Lordships thereto belonging I have briefly toucht in my discourse of that Lord Dudley who was his contemporary Which place he much affected by reason of his descent from the antient Lords thereof and beautified it with those Buildings on the North side called the New-work He likewise adorned the Gate-house Tower with the Arms of Malpas Someri and the Lion Rampant assumed by him for the Coat of Sutton curiously cut in large Shields of Stone and fixed in the wall over the Port-cullice By Iane his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Edward Guilford Knight Warden of the Cinque-Ports who had his wardship as hath been observ'd he had issue eight Sons and five Daughters viz. Henry who died at the siege of Boloin Iohn who had the title of Earl of Warwick in his Fathers life-time Ambrose afterwards created Earl of Warwick and Robert Earl of Leicester as I shall shew by and by Guilford who suffered death in 1 Mariae as his Father did another Henry slain at St. Quintins in 4 M. and Charles who died a child His Daughters were these Mary Wife of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter and Lord President of 〈◊〉 from whom the now Earl of Leicester is descâ—nded Katherine Wife to Henry Hastings Earl of Huntington Margaret Temperance and
obtain'd a special Patent to himself and his Heirs to exercise the Office of Sewer at the time of Dinner upon the Coronation-day of any of the future Kings and Queens of this Realm with the Fee of xx â— per annum for that service payable out of the Exchequer And in 32 H. 8. was made Lord High Chamberlain of England for life Which Office Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex then newly attainted had enjoyed In 33 H. 8. he obtain'd a grant in special Tail of the scite of the Abby of Cleve in Com. Somers with divers Lands thereto belonging And by his Testament bearing date 17 Oct. an 1542. 34 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in Christian-Burial Shortly after which upon Munday 27 Nov. departing this life at Chelsey he was Interred in the Church of St. Laurence Poultney in the City of London with this Epitaph Robertus Radcliffe Miles Dominus Fitzwater Egremond Burnell Vicecomes Fitzwater Magnus Camerarius Angliae Camerarius Hospicii Regis Henrici octavi ac â—idem à Consiliis Praeliis in Galliâ commissiâ— aliquoties inter primos ductores honoratus In aliis Belli Pacisque consultationibus non inter postremâ—â—â—abitus Aequitatis Iusticiae Constantâ—â— Magnum aetatis suae monumentum Obiit xxvii die Novembris An. Dom. MCCCCCxlii This Earl Wedded three Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Henry Duke of Buckingham by whom he had Issue three Sons 1 Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 George and 3 Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Thomas Earl of Derby by whom he had issue two Daughters Anne married to Thomas Lord Wharton and Iane to Anthony Vicount Montagu And thirdly Mary Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight by whom he had Issue Sâ—r Iohn Ratcliffe Knight who died without Issue and lieth buried in the Church of St. Olive in Hart-street in the City of London To this Robert succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who in 25 H. 8. his Father then living upon the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen was one of the Knights of the Bath then made And in 1 E. 6. upon that expedition then made into Scotland had the command of sixteen hundred Demi-lances in which service being unhorst he escaped with life very narrowly Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared on the behalf of Queen Mary by reason whereof in the first year of her reign he was constituted Warden and Chief Justice-Itinerant of all the Forests South of Trent Bâ—ing also one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter by his Testament bearing date 27 Iulii An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Attiborough in Com. Norf. appointing a Tomb to be there erected over his Grave And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norf. by whom he had Issue three Sons Thomas Henry and Francis Secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Philip Calthorp Knight by whom he had Issue Egremond Ratcliff who having been a principal Actor in the Northern Rebellion and thereupon attainted of Treason 〈◊〉 out of England was afterwards put to 〈◊〉 at Namurs by Don Iohn of Austria for purposing to Murther him being for that end 〈◊〉 of his imprisonment in the Tower of Londâ—n by Secretary Walsingham and thither sent He had also Issue by the same Anne one Daughter called Frances 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Mildmay of 〈◊〉 in Com. Essex Knight But from this last Wife being divorced he obtained a special Act of Parliament in 2 3 â—h M. to debar her both from Jointure and Doweâ— and departing this life at Sir Henry Sydney's house in Chamâ—â—-Row within the Liberties of Westminster on Wednâ—sday 17 Febr. An. 1556. 3 4 Ph. M. was buried in the North Isle of the said Church of St. Laurence Pultney near to his Father and Mother To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in his Fathers life time was sent Embassador into Germany by Queen Mary unto the Emperour Charles the fifth to treat of a marriage betwixt that Queen and Prince Philip the eldest Son to the Emperour And afterwards into Spain unto Philip himself for â—atâ—â—ying thereof In 2 3. Ph. M. being then a Knight he was constituted Lord Deputy of Ireland And in 3 4 Ph. M. which was shortly after his Fathers death was made Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent In 4 5 Ph. M. being then Knight of the Garter and Captain of the Pensioners his Commission for Deputy of Ireland was again renewed and he once more constituted Warden and Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent Also upon the death of that Queen he was again made Deputy of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her reign having special Instructions for preventing any insurrection of the Natives in that Realm as also for building of Forts in Offalie and to grant the inheritance of divers lands to the old Souldiers Likewise to reduce the Revenues of Ireland to the example of England In 3 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland In 9 Eliz. sent to Uienna unto Maximilian the Emperour with the order of the Garter and in 10 Eliz. again imploy'd to the same Emperour to treat concerning a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and Charles Archduke of Austria Which he endeavoured to effect with all his power though the Earl of Leicester opposed it In 12 Eliz. he was Lord President of the North And in 13 Eliz. upon an Incursion of certain Scors assisted by the disaffected English received command to raise certain Forces in those parts whereupon he entred Scotland by Tivydale burnt several Towns belonging to the Lord Buchlu and Carr of Ferniâ—erst who had been the chief Ring-leaders of those bold invaders demolishing the Castles of Ferniberst and Craling which belong'd to Carr. After which he marcht to Edenbourgh and returning thence so battered the Castle of Hamilton with his great Guns that it yielded to him making also much spoil in the Hamilton's lands Before the end of that year entring Scotland again he burnt divers Towns in Anandale and demolished the Castles of Anand and Caerlaveroc by reason that Heriz and Maxwell the owners of them had thence committed divers Robberies in England And upon his return was sworn one of the Queens Privy Council In 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers wâ—ich fate upon the Duke of Norfolk's Tryal And by a certain Feoffment bearing date 20
intermixed with Teares affirming that she would depart from him as willinger to hear both of his disgraces and dangers than either to see the one or participate of the other The Duke therefore imbracing this womans cousel yeilded himself both to advise and devise for the destruction of his Brother The Earl of Warwick had his finger in the business and drew others also to give either furtherance or way to her violent desires being well content she should have her mind so as the Duke might thereby incur Infamy and Hate Hereupon the Lord Sudley was Arrested and sent to the Tower and in very short time after condemn'd by Act of Parliament and within few dayes after his condemnation a Warrant was sent under the hand of this his Brother the Duke whereby his Head was delivered to the Axe His own fierce courage hastning his death because equally balanced betwixtâ—â—â—oubt and diâ—dain he was desirous rather to die at once then to linger long upon curtesie and in fear The Accusations against him contained much â—rivolous matter The Act of Parliament expresseth the causes of his Attainder to be the attempting to get the person of the King into his custody and Governing the Realme Also making much provision of Money and Victuall and endeavouring to marry the Lady Elizabeth the King's Sister Likewise for perswading the King in his tender age to take upon him the rule and order of himself But he was never call'd to answer so that the Protestations which he made at the point of his death and the open carriage of his life did clear him in the opinion of many Hereupon a general hatred arose in the People towards the Protector for being thus instrumental in the death of his Brother whereby it was observed that with his left hand he had cut off his right many of the Nobility crying out upon him for a Blood-sucker and a Murtherer and that it was not fit the King should be under the Protection of such a ravenous Wolfe Besides all this many well disposed mindes conceived a very hard opinion of him for causing a Church near Strand-Bridge and two Bishops Houses to be pull'd down to make a â—eat for his new Building called Somerset-house in digging the foundation whereof the Bones of many who had been there buried were cast up and carried into the Fields And because the stones of that Church and those Houses were not sufficient for that work the Steeple and most part of the Church of St. Iohn of Hierusalem near Smithfield were mined and overthrown with Powder and the stones carried thereto So likewise the Cloister on the North-side of St. Pauls Cathedral and the Charnel-house on the South-side thereof with the Chapel the Tombes and Monuments therein being all beaten-down the Bones of the dead carried into Finsbury-fields and the stones converted to this Building and it was confidently affirm'd that for the same purpose he intended to have pull'd down St. Margarets Church at Westminster but that the standing thereof was preserved by his fall The Earl of Warwick therefore spying this fit opportunity drew to him no less than Eighteen of the Privy-Councel to joyn with him against this Protector Whereupon they withdrew from the Court and fell to secret Consultations walking in the streets of the City with many servants in new Liveries Which so startled the Protector that he sent Secretary Petee to them in the King's name to understand the causes of such their assembling and to declare unto them that he would thank them for hating him in case they did it in love to the King intreating them for the King's sake if not for his safety that they would forbear open shew of Hostility and resort unto him peaceably that they might commune together as Friends But in the mean time he Armed Five-hundred men part the Kings and part his own rampier'd the Court-gates caused many men to be raised both by Letters and Proclamation to aid the King and the more to increase the present terror remov'd the King by night from Hampton-Court to Windâ—ore with a Company more resembling an Army then a Train Hereupon the Lords at London took possession of the Tower sent for the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City to Ely House where the Earl of Warwick lodg'd and there presenting themselves secretly Armed caused the Lord Rich then Lord Chancellor to make a Speech to them Wherein first laying open to them the Imperfections of the Protector as want of Eloquence Personage Learning or good Wit and that nevertheless he was so peevishly opiniative and proud that he would neither ask nor hear the advice of any but was absolutely ruled by that obstinate and imperious woman his wife whose ambitious and mischievous will so guided him in the most weighty Affaires of the Realm that though he was Counselled by others what was best he would do quite contrary lest he should seem to need their advice In general he said he was guilty of Bribery and Extortion and that he had laid his hands upon the King's Jewells and Treasure left by his Father which were known to be of an inestimable value and had given forth that King Henry died so poor as that had he lived one quarter of a year longer he had been utterly shamed Moreover that he had upon pretence of necessity made Sales and Exchanges of the King's Lands as also of Offices and Preferments nothing regarding the worthiness of the person erected a Mint at Dureâ—me Place for his own private advantage made sale of Colledges and Chanteries Levied Subsidies under colour of War imbezelled the Kings Treasure extorted Money by Loanes yet left the King's Soldiers and Servants unpaid buried much Treasure in his sumptous Buildings Adding his unnatural endeavors for the death of his Brother and his practises to dispatch such of the Nobility as were like to oppose his mischievous drifts Also his endeavor to win the Common people by strained Curtesies and Looseness of life And to make the French King his Friend by betraying unto him the King's Forts beyond the Seas Likewise that he intended to procure a resignation of the King's Sisters Rights and others who were intitled to the Crown and entail the same upon his own issue Urging the Citizens upon all these confiderations to joyn with the Lords of the Council to take him away And the next day the Lords at London dispatch'd a Letter to the Lords at Windsore wherein they charged him with many disorders both in his private Actions and manner of Government requiring that he would disperse the Forces that he had raised withdraw himself from the King and be content to be ordered by Justice and Reason Hereupon the King fearing farther mischief dissolv'd all his Companies excepting his Guard And the Protector sent Secretary Petâ—e once more to the Lords at London to perswade them that for the Publick good all either private grudges or unkindnesses might be laid aside but neither did he return nor was
Title of Lord Willoughby of Eresby whilst his Father lived and firmly adhering to the King from the first appearance of that Grand Insurrection commanded the Royal Regiment of His Majesties Guards And being near to his valiant father when he had that mortal wound for perservation of his person from the violence of the Soldiers in the heat of Battel voluntarily yielded himself to a Commander of Horse on the other side And not long after having his liberty by exchange faithfully served the same King in divers other Battels throughout the whole course of that Unhappy War and otherwise being one of the Gentlemen of His Royal Bedchamber and of His Privy-Council whereby he had his share in those sufferings which all the True-hearted Royallists cheerfully underwent during the long continuance of the late Woful Usurpation Moreover living to see the joyful Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second whose Royal Coronation was shortly afterwards solemnized he exhibited his Claime for the exercise of that great hereditary Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England and for the reception of such Fees and Benefits as his noble Ancestors had heretofore thereupon enjoy'd Which was allowed Being also elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter he was Install'd with others 16 Apr. An. 1661. 13 Car. 2. And on the day of His Majesties most happy and solemn Coronation at Westminster which was the 23 d of the same moneth of April then exercising the said Office of Lord High Chamberlain did receive those Fees and Benefits which were of right thereupon due This Earl married twice first Martha daughter of Sir William Cokain Knight Alderman of the City of London widow of Iohn Earl of Holderness and by her had issue five sons Robert Peregrine Richard Vere now one of the Barons of the Exchequer and Charles and three daughters Elizabeth married to Baptist Vicount Compden Bridget to Sir Thomas Oâ—burne Baronet now Earl of Danby and Lord High Treasurer of England and Catherine to Robert Dormer of Dorton in Com. Oxon. Esquire Secondly Bridget daughter and sole heir of Edward Wray Esquire Groome of the Bedchamber to King Iames third son to Sir William Wray of Gâ—entworth in Com. Linc. Knight and Baronet by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Francis Lord Norris Earl of Berkshire By which Bridget he had issue three sons Iames now Lord Norris by descent from his Grandmother Edward and Henry and the Lady Mary a daughter And departing this life at the Lord Camdens House in Kensington 25 Iulii An. 1666. was buried at Edenham in the Vault with his Noble Father To whom succeeded Robert his son and heir who married thrice first Mary daughter and coheir to Iohn Massingberd a Merchant in London of the East-India Company descended of an antient and worshipful Family of that name in Com. Linc. by whom he had issue only one daughter named Arabâ—lla Secondly Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Lord Wharton by whom he hath issue five sons Robert Peregrine Phillip Norris and Albemarle Thirdly Elizabeth daughter and sole heir to Thomas late Earl of Downe in Ireland by whom he hath issue Elizabeth a daughter Sidney Earl of Leicester â— Iao. THis Family antiently seated at Cxaâ—leigh in Com. Surr. and Kyngesham in Com. Suss. do derive themselves linâ— ally from Sir William Sidney Knight who came out of Anjou with Henry the son of Maud the Empress afterwards King by the name of Henry the Second whose Chamberlain he then was made From which Sir William descended another William who in 3 H. 8. being then one of the Esquires of the King's House accompanyed Thomas Lord Darcie into Spain for the assistance of the Spaniard against the Moores and when other persons of quality received the dignity of Knighthood at the hands of King Ferdinand excused himself from partaking thereof In 4 H. 8. he was Captain of one of those ships which being then imployed against the French encountred them upon the Coast of Britany So likewise in 5 H. 8. at which time the English intended to have fallen upon them in the Haven of Brest but by a mischance hapning to one of their ships which fell on a Rock were prevented Before the end of which year being a Knight upon an Invasion of the North by the Scots he was one of the Chief Commanders of the English Army then victorious at Floddon-Field And in 6 H. 8. accompanied the Duke of Suffolk the Marquess Dorâ—et and sundry other honourable persons unto Paris there to make proof of their skill in Armes against the Dolphin of France and nine other select persons whom he had taken for his assistants at those solemn Justs there held in the moneth of November for all comers being Gentlemen of Name and Armes Whereupon they landed at Calais all in Green Coats and Hoods because they would not be known Which Justs were kept two dayes after the Coronation of Q. Mary wife to Lewes the Twelfth King of France and sister to King Henry the Eighth And in 12 H. 8 upon the going over of the King and Queen with great State into France at which time he met King Francis betwixt Guisnes and Ardes Justs being thereupon held for fourteen dayes he was one in the second Band of the English at those Martial Exercises He was also Chamberlain and Steward to K Henry the 8 th In 15 H. 8. he accompanyed the Duke of Suffolk then General of the English Forces into France at which time divers Castles and places of strength in those parts were won by the English And departs this life 11 Feb. 7 E. 6. being at that time 70 years of age left issue Henry his son and heir and four daughters Frances married to Thomas Earl of Sussex ... to Sir William Fitz-Williams Knight Mary to Sir William Dormer Kt and Lucie to Sir Iames Harington Kt. Which Henry in 3 E. 6. was Knighted by that King and sent Embassador into France being at that time but Two and twenty years of age and in 4 E. 6. constituted Chief Cup-bearer to the King for life In 2 3 Ph. M. he was made Vice-Treasurer and general Governor of all the King and Queens Revenues within the Realm of Ireland And in 4 5 Ph. M. Justice of Ireland in the absence of the Earl of Sussex then Lord Deputy In 2 Eliz. he was appointed Lord President of Wales and in 5 Eliz. sent into France to discover the certainty of that design which the Duke of Guise and his party were driving on against Q. Elizabeth as also to promote the peace of both Realmes But when he found them averse thereto return'd Then he was sent into Scotland to the Queen there for deferring the Conference which she desired with Queen Elizabeth until another year or
until the French Wars should cease And in An. 1564. 6 Eliz. was made choice of for one of the Knights Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 10 Eliz. he was constituted Deputy of Ireland 7 Apr. and being there upon the Rebellion of Shan O Nele had command to march against him which he did with good success In 17 Eliz. he was again made Deputy of Ireland 5 Aug. So likewise in 18 Eliz. To this brief account I shall succinctly point at what Holingshead hath from Edmond Molineux who took particular notice of the most remarkable passages of his life He was saith he from his Infancie bred and brought up in the Princes Court even as a Companion and many times a Bedfellow with him and afterwards when Prince Edward attained the Crown was made principal Gentleman of His Privy-chamber As to his other imployments he was sent Embassador to the French King Henry the Second and at sundry times not long after again into France and sometimes into Scotland Likewise four times made Lord Justice of Ireland and thrice Deputy for that Realm In his first Deputation â—e suppressed the Rebellion of Sâ—an O Nele and set the Head of that Rebâ—â— on the top of the Castle at Dublin In the second he quelled the Insurrection of the Butlâ—rs and in the third the Commotion made by the Earl of 〈◊〉 and his sons Upon his first arrival as Deputy there he put in execution the Laws for abolishing of Coin and Liverie and devised that the remoter Provinces should be Governed by Presidents He also devised the distribution of the Country into Shires for the Currencie of Her Majesties Writs And buile the Bridge of Athlon over that great and swiâ—t River of Shâ—nor He began the Walling and Fortifying of the Town of Carricfergus in Ulster recdified the Town of Atheurie in Conaught strengthned Athlon with Gates and other Fortifications laid the Foundation of the Bridge at Caterâ—ogh made a strong Goale at Molingar and Wall'd it about with Stone for the safe custody of Rebels Theives and other Malefactors He likewise built convenient roomes in the Castle of Dublin for the preservation of the Records of that Realm which before lay neglected causing the Statutes of Ireland to be first publisht in Print And in his passage from Ludlow by Beaudley to Worcener by water taking cold after seven dayes lying sick at the Bishop's Palace there departed this life the fifth day of May An 1586. 28 Eliz. being at that time 57 years of age wanting one moneth and fifteen dayes Whence his corps being convey'd to Penshurst in Kent was there interred the Twentieth day of Iune next following But his Heart was carried back to Ludlow and there buried in the Tombe of his daughter Ambrosia in a little Oratorie of the semi-Collegiate Church there Thus farr Holigsh Having been Lord President of Wales for many years he repaired the Castle at Ludloâ—r then in great decay and erected divers new buildings therein And having married the Lady Mary eldest daughter to Iohn Duke of Northumberland who died upon the ninth of August next ensuing his decease by her had issue three sons Sir Philip Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Sidney all Knights and one surviving daughter called Mary married to Henry Earl of Pembroke Which Sir Philip after Queen Elizabeth had taken the Dutch into her Protection and sent divers Auxiliaries for their service against the Spaniard was made Governor of Flushing a chief Port of Zeland and afterwards being mortally wounded at a Battel near Zutpher in Geiderland upon the 22 th of Sept. An. 1586. 28 Eliz. died at Arnhem upon the sixteenth of October following not many moneths after his Father Whereupon his Corps being convey'd over into England were interred with great honor above the Quire in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London with no little lamentation of all good men by reason he was a person of extraordinary merit for his great learning and other admirable parts leaving issue by Francis his wife daughter and heir to Sir Francis Walsingham Knight one sole daughter and heir called Elizabeth married to Roger Earl of Rutland Robert his brother succeeding him as next heir male Of whom that which I first find memorable of him is that in An. 1589. 31 Eliz. he was made Governor of Flushing and the Fort called Ramkyns which Queen Elizabeth then had as Cautionary-places by reason of the aid she gave to the Dutch against the Spaniard and in An. 1597. 40 Eliz. being joyn'd in command with Sir Francis Vere over those English Auxiliaries which had been sent against the Spaniard in aid of Prince Maurice of Nassau he shared in the honor of that Victory then obtain'd at Turnholt in Brabant wherein Two thousand Neopolitans and Germans with their General were slain And by Letters Patent bearing date 13 Maii 1 Iac. was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Sidney of Penshurst in Kent Upon the 24 th of Iuly the same year it being the day of the King 's and Queen's Coronation he was made Lord Chamberlain to the Queen And upon the Fourth of May 3 Iac. created Vicount L'isle On the 7 th of Iuly An. 1616. 14 Iac. he was installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and upon the second of August 16 Iac. dignified with the Title of Earl of Leicester the Ceremony of his Creation being perform'd in the Hall of the Bishop's Palace at Salisbury This Earl married two wives first Barbara daughter and heir to Iohn Gamage of Coytie in Com. Glamorgan Esquire by whom he had issue three sons Sir William Sidney Knight who died unmarried Henry who died in his infancie and Sir Robert Sidney made Knight of the Bath at the Creation of Henry Prince of 〈◊〉 As also eight daughters Mary married to Sir Robert Wroth of Durance in Com. Mid. Knight Catherine to Sir Lewes Mansel Son to Sir Thomas Mansell of Morgan in Com. Glamorgan Knight Elizabeth died unmarried Philippa wife of Sir Iohn Hobert eldest son of Sir Henry Hobert Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Bridget and Alice died young Barbara wedded to Thomas Smith of Ostenhanger in Com. Cantii Esquire afterwards made Vicount Strangford in Ireland and Vere who died in her childhood And to his second wife ... widow of Sir Thomas Smith Knight a younger son to Customer Smith He died at Penshurst 13 Iulii An. 1626. 2 Car. 1. and was there buried Robert Sidney now Earl of Leicester hath had issue by the Lady Dorothy his wife daughter to Henry late Earl of Northumberland four sons Philip Robert Algernon and Henry and eight dâ—ughters Dorothy married to Henry Earl of Sunderland Lucie to Sir Iohn Pelham of Laughton in Com. Suss. Bar. Ann
of that Christian name who being a Divine was first Archdeacon of Totnes in com Devon next Dean of Bristol and chief Chanter in the Cathedral at Salisbury afterwards Dean of the Kings Chapel and Dean of Christ-Church in Oxford lastly Dean of Exeter and Windsore This Dean by Anne his wife Daughter of Sir Nicholas Harvey Knight had issue George who at the age of fourteen years became a Fellow Commoner in University-Colledge Oxon. But shortly after betook himself to military imployments being in that Voiage to Cadez in An. 1596. 38 Eliz. and afterwards serving in Ireland against the Rebels of that Kingdom was made President of Munster in 43 Eliz. where joining his Forces with the Earl of Thomond he took divers Castles and strong Holds in those parts viz. Logher Crome Glane Carigâ—oile Corgrag Ruthmore and Cahit and brought the titular Earl of Desmond one of the most active Rebels there to his Tryal He was likewise a Privy Councellor and Master of the Ordnance to the Queen in that Realm Also in 1 Iac. constituted Governor of the Isle of Garnsey and Castle of Cornet And having married Ioyce the sole daughter and heir to William Clopton of Clopton in com War Esquire was by Letters Patents bearing date 4 Iunii 3 Iac. advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron by the title of Lord Carew of Clopton After that he was made Master of the Ordinance for life and in 14 Iac. sworn of the Privy Council Being also a person of great repute for his excellent parts he was upon the fifth of February 1 Car. 1. created Farl of Totnes Besides these his noble imployments 't is not a little observable that being a great lover of Antiquities he wrote an Historical Account of all those memorable passages which hapned in Ireland during the term of those three years that he continued there intituled Hibernia pacata printed at London in An. 1633. And that he made an ample Collection of many Chronological and choice observations as also of divers exact Maps relating to sundry parts of that Realm Some whereof are now in the publick Library at Oxford but most of them in the hands of Sir Robert Shirley of Stanton Harold in com Leic. Baronet bought of his Executors And departing this life without issue upon the twenty seventh of March An. 1629. 5 Car. 1. at the Savoy in the Strand in the Suburbs of London at that time near seventy four years of age was buried at Stratford upon Avon near Clopton before-mentioned leaving Ioyce his wife surviving Which Ioyce afterwards dyed at Twyckedham in com Mid. 14 Ian. 1636. 12 Car. 1. and was also buried at Stratford Thomas Lord Knivet of Escrick 5 Iac. THis Family of Knivet antiently seated in Norfolk at length came to possess Buckenham-Castle in that County by the marriage of an heir of Clifton to whom it descended through heirs Female from William de Albini which William built it as I have elsewhere shewed shortly after the Norman-Conquest A branch whereof was Iohn Knivet made Chancellor of England and Keeper of the great Seal in 46 E. 3. Likewise another Iohn who in 10 H. 4 by Alianore his Mother daughter to Raphe Lord Basset of Weldon in Com. North. came at length to possess a fair inheritance upon partition of Bassets Lands And Sir William Knivet Knight for the body to King Henry the Eighth Also Edmund Knivet of Ashwelthorpe in com Norff. Esquire Sergeant Porter to the King who married Ioane the daughter and heir to Iohn Bourchier Lord Berners And this Sir Thomas Knivet Knight one of the Gentlemen of the Privy-Chamber to King Iames who in An. 1605. 3 Iac. upon that obscure intimation given by a Letter directed to the Lord Montegle of the danger which was like to besal those who should come to the ensuing Parliament being then a Justice of Peace in Westminster was sent to make search in the Vaults and Cellers underneath the House of Lords and coming about midnight thither with some few in his company found a man standing without doors in boots whereupon entring the Vaults and turning over certain billets and fagots there laid under colour of winter-fewel for Mr. Thomas Percy who had hired a house near thereunto discovered thirty six barrels of Gun-powder the person in boots being Guido Faux Mr. Percie 's servant who should have put fire to the Trayn upon the first day of the Parliament After which upon the fourth of Iuly 5 Iac. being summoned to the Parliament then siting by the title of Lord Knivet of Escrick in com Ebor. it being the last day of that Session took his place accordingly amongst the rest of the Peers of this Realm And having married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Rouland Hayward Alderman of the City of London widdow of Richard Warren of ... in com Essex Esquire departed this life without issue at his house in Bingstreet Westminster 27 Apr. 1622. Whereupon he had Burial in the Church of Stanwell in com Mid. where there is a noble monument erected to his memory with an Epitaph which informs us that he was first of the Royal Bed-Chamber to Queen Eliz. and next of Council to Queen Anne wife of King Iames. Sir Gervase Clifton Knight Lord Clifton 6 Iac. THis Sir Gervase Clifton of Layton-Bromswould in com Hunt Knight being a branch of the antient Family of Clifton of Clifton in com Not. had the title of Lord Clifton by Writ of Summons to Parliament 9 Iulii 6 Iac. but of him I have not seen any thing farther memorable than his commitment to the Tower 30 Dec. 15 Iac. by reason he expressed that he was sorry he had not stabed Sir Francis Bacon Knight then Lord Keeper of the great Seal for decreeing a case in Chancery against him and that in October An. 1618. 16 Iac. he murthered himself leaving issue by Catherine his Wife sole daughter and heir to Sir Henry Darcie of Brimham in com Ebor. Knight son and heir to Sir Arthur Darcie Knight a younger son to Thomas Lord Darcie one sole daughter and heir called Catherine who became the wife of Esme Steward Lord d'Aubigny a place in the Dutchy of Avergne in France son to Iohn Lord d'Aubigny younger Brother to Mathew Earl of Lenox in Scotland Which Esme being afterwards Earl of March as also Duke of Richmund and Lenox as in due place I shall shew by the said Catherine his wife had issue divers Sons of whom there is no issue remaining excepting of Catherine the daughter of George Lord Aubignie the fourth of them sister and sole heir to Charles Duke of Richmund and Lenox her brother lately deceased Which Catherine now the wife of Henry Lord Obrien son and heir to Henry Earl of Themond in Ireland making her claym
Chamberlain the Earls of Arundel and Montgomery with the Vicounts L'isle Walingford and Fenton being witnesses thereto And upon the Thirtieth of Ianuary the next year following made him Lord High Admiral of England Ireland and Principality of Wales After which upon the fourth of February he was sworn of the Privy-Council As also about this time made Chief Justice in Eyre of all the Parks and Forests South of Trent Master of the King's Bench-Office High-Steward of Westminster and Constable of Windsore Castle In 21 Iac. being sent with the Prince into Spain to accelerate the marriage then in agitation with a daughter of that King they began their Journey from Court on Tuesday 18 Feb. 1623. with disguised Beards and Names viz. Thomas Smith and Iohn Smith attended only by Sir Richard Grabam Master of his Horse Riding post to Canterbury where they took fresn Horses they were stopt by the Mayor as suspicious persons whereupon this Marquess was constrain'd to take off his Beard and to tell him that he was going in that covert manner to take a private view of the Fleet being Admiral At Dovor they found Sir Francis Cottington the Prince his Secretary and M r Endymion Porter who had provided a Vessel to transport them And landed at Boâ—oâ—ne whence they rode that night to Monstruel and came to Paris on Friday following 22 Febr. Thence having spent one whole day there to view the City and Court they got to Bayâ—ne the utmost Town of France in six dayes and so in four dayes more viz. Wednesday 5 Martii to Madrid Where within a short time there had like to have hapned a great difference betwixt him and Conde d' Olivares upon pretence that he had given some intimation of the Prince his Conversion to the Romish-Religion which he dissavowed As to what passed there in reference to that Match or otherwise I shall not take upon me to make any relation referring it wholly to our Annalists only taking notice that during his stay there a Present was made to him by the Governor of that Rich Cloth of State which was borne over the King of Spain and Prince of England upon the Princes solemn entrance into that Town Also that he there receiv'd a Complemental Letter from the Pope Gregory the Fifteenth inciting him to be instrumental for restoring the Romish Religion in these Dominions Moreover that being there disrelish'd for his heighth of spirit French garb and taking upon him overmuch familiarity with the Prince he receiv'd some affronts which did not a little enrage him against the Conde de Olivares and that before his departure thence he obtained another Patent from King Iames bearing date 18 Maii 21 Iac. whereby he was created Earl of Coventre and Duke of Buckingham His departure with the Prince from Madrid was upon the 12 th of September An. 1623. and arrival at Portsmouth upon the fifth of October ensuing Upon his return he was made Lord Warden of the Cinque-ports and Steward of the Mannor of Hampton-Court That Match being thus broke 't is said that he drew the Prince to take a Popular way and to close with those of the Privy-Council and Nobility who were most opposite to Spaine and best liked by the Puritans and that thereupon he projected the calling of a Parliament to gain the greater credit with the people Which so incensed the Spaniard that their Embassadors aspersed him with a design to take off K. Iames and dispose of him to his Country-Houses and Pastimes the Prince having years and abilities sufficient for publick Government and that he had strucken in with all popular men viz. Oxford Southampton Essex Say and others endeavouring to raise an opinion of his own greatness and to lessen the King As also that thereupon they advised His Majesty to rid Himself of this Captivity But long it was not after this that King Iames died at Theobalds Whereupon he was made Lord High Steward for the Coronaâ—â—on-day of King Charles the First and sent with the Earl of Holand to the States of the United Provinces to Treat with them and with the Ministers of other Confederate-Princes touching a common diversion for recovery of the Palatinate At which time being in those parts he purchased a choice Collection of Arabick Manuscripts gained in remote Countries through the Industry and diligence of Erpinius a famous Linguist Which Manuscripts were after his death bestowed on the University of Cambridge whereof he was Chancelor whereunto he intended them As he had been the chief Favourite of King Iames so was he to King Charles whose marriage with a daughter of France being consummated by a Proxie there he was sent to conduct her into England and accordingly came to Paris upon the 24 th of May An. 1625. Also after his return he was imploy'd with the Earl of Holand to the Hague for entring a League with the States of the United Provinces against the Emperor and King of Spain But before the revolution of that year a Parliament being call'd at Westminster and therein a great noise made of sundry Grievances notwithstanding he had much pleased the people in being the chiefest Instrument for breaking the Spanish-Match the Commons fell sharply upon him as the prime cause of all Publick-miscarriages framing divers Articles against him chiefly grounded on Common Fame Against all which clamour the King Himself did most graciously vindicate him Notwithstanding all which in the Parliament at Westminster the next ensuing year the Earl of Bristoll who had been Embassador in Spain in order to the Prince's Marriage exhibited Articles against him of high concernment the House of Commons also impeaching him very sharply But therein nothing was done by reason of that Parliaments dissolution soon after That which I find in the next place most memorable of him is That the King discerning the House of Austria to aime at the ruine of the Reform'd Religion through Christendome and that they had prevailed with the French to obstruct the landing of Count Manfeild's Army contrary to promise with whom they should have joyn'd for Relief of the Palatinate which proved the loss of the whole Protestant-Party in Germany Also that notwithstanding His Majesty had by His Mediation prevailed for a Peace betwixt the King of France and his Protestant subjects that King did not only block up their Towns and Forts making great spoil upon them but seized no less than an Hundred and twenty English Ships with their Merchandize and Artillery He therefore raised considerable Forces to vindicate these their injurious dealings making this Duke General of them as also Admiral of his whole Fleet to the end that he might demand just reparation therein Whereupon setting saile from the West of England upon Wednesday 27 Iunii An. 1627. 3 Car. 1.
some active Nonconformists with Antimonarchical Principles and so without much difficulty drawn in by those Fiery Spirits of the late Long-Parliament who under divers Specious Pretences raised several Armies against the King became the Commander in Chief of those Forces which were sent to assault the Close at Litchfeild then defended by a small Garrison which His late Majesty of blessed memory had most piously placed there for the preservation of that stately Church Against which there being a Battery planted he was unfortunately shot in the Eye as he stood in a dore whither he came to see the occasion of a sudden shout made by the Soldiers of which he instantly died But that which makes it most observable is that this hapned on the second day of March in An. 1642. which is noted in the Kaâ—endar for the Festival of St. Chad the Titulary-Saint of that antient and beautiful Church to the Memory of whom it had been originally dedicated A person he was who for the Nobleness of his extraction as is evident from what before I have shew'd however mistaken by others and many personal endowments deserv'd a better fate at least to have fallen in a better Cause Who had he liv'd 't is believ'd by his Friends would soon have seen through the Pretences of that Faction Dying thus he left issue by the Lady Catherine his wife daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford five sons Francis who next succeeded him in his Honor but died unmarried Robert successor to his Brother Edward and Algernon who died unmarried and Fowke now living Which Robert took to wise Anne one of the daughters and coheirs and at length sole heir to Sir William Dodington of Bremer in com South Knight by whom he hath issue now living two daughters Anne and Dodington Lord Mountagu of Boughton 19 Iac. TOuching that Branch of the antient Family of Mountagu whence those who were long since Earles of Salisbury did spring and which determin'd in one sole daughter and heir female having in the first Volume of this Work already spoke I come to Edward Mountagu of Hemyngton in com Northampt. Esquire a descendeâ—â— of another branch thereof for so 't is generally esteem'd to be This Edward being a person learned in the Lawes and thereupon call'd to the state and degree of Serjeant in Crast. S. Mart. 23 Hen. 8. was made choice of for one of the King's Serjeants 16 Oct. in 29 of his Reign And in 30 Hen. 8. being then a Knight was advanced to that great Office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. In which he continued till 37 Hen. 8. and then upon the sixth of November removed to the like place of Chief Justice in the Court of Common-Pleas Wherein continuing in 4 E. 6. he obtained a special License bearing date 12 Apr. to give Liveries and Badges to Forty persons over and above his own menial Servants and afterwards sate there till the first year of Q. Mary's Reign When he died I do not certainly find but that by Helen his wise daughter to Iohn Roper of Eltham in com Cancii Esquire he left issue Edward his son and heir Which Edward being also a Knight married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Iames Harington of Eâ—ton in com Rutl. Knight by whom he had issue six sons 1. Sir Edward made Knight of the Bathe at the Coronation of King Iames 2. Sir Walter 3. Sir Henry 4. Sir Charles all Knights 5. Iames Bishop of Winchester and 6. Sir Sidney Mountagu Knight Of which sons Sir Edward was by Letters-patent bearing date 29 Iunii 19 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Mountagu of Boughton in com Northampt. and married three wives first Elizabeth daughter and heir to Sir Iohn Ieffrey Knight Lord Chief Baton of the Exchequer by whom he had issue one only daughter called Elizabeth married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eâ—esby afterwards Earl of Lindsey He secondly married Frances daughter of Thomas Cotton of Conington in com Hant. â—squire Sister to the famous Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet by whom he had issue three sons 1. Edward his successor in his honor William Attorney-General to the now Queen Catherine and Christopher And one daughter called Frances married to Iohn Earl of Rutland His third wife was Anne daughter to Iohn Crouch of Cornbury in com Hertf. Esquire but by her he had no issue This Edward Lord Mountagu living to be very aged and standing firm in his Loyalty to our late Soveraign King Charles the First in those times of the late unhappy troubles was for that respect seiz'd on by the command of those Predominant Members who sate at Westminster by the Name of a Parliament and made Prisoner in the Savoy near to the Strand in the Suburbs of London Where he departed this life 15 Iunii Anno 1664. To whom succeeded Edward his son and heir Which Edward married Anne the sole daughter of Sir Raph Winwood Principal Secretary of State to King Iames and by her hath had issue two sons Edward who died unmarried and Raphe as also one daughter called Elizabeth who married to Sir Daniel Harvye Knight lately Embassador to the Turke at Constantâ—â—ople ¶ The third Brother to Edward the first Lord Mountague was Henry who being a sâ—dulous Student of the Laws in the Middle-Temple London became the Autumn-Reader in that Honourable Society in 4 Iac. And shortly after that Recorder of the City of London being then a Knight Next scilicet Octab. Puâ—if 8 Iac. called to the State and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the eleventh of February ensuing constituted the King's Serjeant Nor did his advancement here determine for upon the 18th of November An. 1616. 14 Iac. he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench and on the 14 th of December An. 1620. 18 Iac. Lord Treasurer of England the Staff having been delivered to him at New-Market some time before Whereupon he was by Letters-patent bearing date 19 Dec. next ensuing raised to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of L. 〈◊〉 of Kymbolton in com Hunâ— and Vicount Muâ—devile by reason that he did then possession of the Castle and Lordship of Kymbolton which had been many ages since belonging to the family of Maâ—devile And after this 5 Feb. 1 Car. 1. being created Earl of Manchester was made Lord Privy-Seale upon the Fourth of Iuly in the fourth year of that King's reign Which Henry married three wives first Catherine daughter to Sir William Spenser of Erdington in com Oxon. Knight by whom he had issue four sons Edward who succeeded him in his honors Walter now an Abbot in France Iames and Henry now Master of St. Katherines Hospital near the Tower of London As also two Daughters
in an 1665. leaving Issue Charles his Son and Heir who Married Philippa one of the Daughters of Arthur Earl of Anglesey now Lord Privy Seal Hicks Vicount Cambden 4 Car. 1. UPon the first of Iuly an 1620. 18 Iac. Sir Baptista Hicks Knight a wealthy Mercer in London was advanc'd to the degree of Baronet and afterwards sâ—il 5 Maii 4 Car. 1. to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hicks of Ilmyngton in Com. Warr. as also of Vicount Cambden of Cambden in Com. Glouc. with remainder for default of Issue Male of his Body to Edward Lord Noel and the Heirs Male of his Body That which I find farther memorable of him is that in an 1612. 10 Iac. being then a Knight and one of the Justices of Peace for the County of Middlesex at his own charge he erected a fair piece of Building Brick and Stone in the midst of the Street called St. Iohns-Street in the Suburbs of London part thereof to be a meeting place for the Justices of that County for the holding of their Sessions and the other part a Prison or House of Correction whereupon it had the name of Hicks his Hall Also that at Campden in Com. Glouc. he founded an Hospital for six poor men and six poor Women in which each of them have two Rooms and a little Garden and two shillings by the Weâ—k for their support By Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Richard May of London Sister to Sir Humphrey May Vice-Chamberlain â—o the King he had Issue three Sons Arthur Arthur and Baptist who all died young and two Daughters Iulian Married to the said Edward Lord Noâ—l and Mary to Sir Charles Morison of Caisâ—â— Bury in Com. Hertf. Knight but after to Sir Iohn Couper of Winburne St. Giles in Com. Dors. Baronet And departing this life at his House in the Parish of â—t Laurâ—nce in the Iury within the City of London 20 Oct. 5 Car. 1. was buried at Campden Savile Earl of Sussex 4 Car. 1. THâ—t this Family of Savile hath been of great antiquity and eminent in the Northern parts of this Realm is evident from sundry testimonies For in 48 E. 3. Sir Iohn Savile of â—land in Com. Ebor. Knight was constituted Eschaetor for the Countiâ—s of Northumberland Cumberland and Westmorland And in 3 6 and 11 R. 2. Sheriff of Yorkshire as also Governour of the Castle of Yoâ—k Moreover in 2 H. 5. Thomas Savile of â—hornhill in Com. Ebor. being at that time one of the Esquires to Edward Duke of York was in consideration of his good services made Forester of his Chase and Park at Aryngdâ—n within the Lordship of Sowrby in the same County From which Thomas descended Sir Henry Savile of â—hornhill made Knight of the Bath in the time of King Henry the Eighth who by ... one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Thomas Southell of Southell Esq had Issue Edward his Son and Heir an Ideot and by ... Barkston a Concubine another Son called Sir Robert Savile alias Barkston Knight Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 15 Eliz. Which Sir Robert by ... his Wife Sister to Iohn Lord Hussie and Widdow of Sir Richard Thimelby Knight had Issue Sir Iohn Savile Knight who underwent the Office of Sheriff for the same County of Lincoln in 32 Eliz. And being seated at Howley in Yorkshire served as one of the Knights for that County in divers Parliaments of King Iames his Reign and the beginning of King Charles the First He was also High-Steward for the Honour of Ponâ—â—ract And by Letters Patents bearing date 21 Iulii 4 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Savile of Ponâ—â—ract After which being made Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold and one of his Privy Council he lived not long as may seem by the Probate of his Testament which bears date in an 1630. 6 Car. 1. This Iohn Lord Savile Married two Wives First Catherine Daughter to Charles Lord Willoâ—ghby of Parham but by her he had no Children Afterwards Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Edward Carey Knight by whom he had Issue three Sons First Henry who Married Hellen the eldest Daughter and Coheir of William Oglethorpe Esq and had Issue Iohn who died without Issue Secondly Edward who Married Anne Daughter and Heir to Richard Tolson of Cockermouth in Com. Cumbr. Esq but by her had no Issue Thirdly Sir Thomas Savile Knight as also Robert and Edmund who died unmarried He had likewise four Daughters viz. Catherine Married to Sir Thomas Bland of Kipax in Com. Ebor. Knight Anne to Piers Leigh Son and Heir to Sir Piers Leigh of Lime in Com. Cestr. K t Elizabeth to Alveray Copley of Batley in Com. Ebor. Esq afterwards to Richard Banks and Frances to Thomas Bradley Dr. in Divinity Rector of Castelford in Com. Ebor. To which Iohn succeeded in his Honour Sir Thomas Savile Knight his third Son shortly after made Vicount Savile of Castle-barr in Ireland as also Comptroller of the King's Houshold Whereupon attending his Majesty at Oxford in the times of the late Troubles he was by Letters Patents bearing date the twenty fifth of May in the twentieth year of his Reign dignified with the Title of Earl of Sussex and departing this life ... This Thomas Married two Wives First Frances Daughter to Sir Michael Sonds of â—brouley in Com. Cantii Knight Widdow of Sir Iohn Leveson Knight by whom he had no Issue Secondly the Lady Anne Daughter to Christopher Earl of Anglesey and at length sole Heir to Charles Earl of Anglesey her Brother By whom he had Issue Iames his Son and Successor in that Honour who Married Anne Daughter of Robert Wake a Merchant in Antwerpe and died ... an 1671. without Issue As also Frances a Daughter Married to Francis Lord Brudnel Son and Heir to Robert Earl of Cardigan Savile Vicount Halifax 19 Car. 2. OF this Family of Savile the principal branch is Sir George Savile of â—hornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet Son and Heir of Sir William Savile Baronet by Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas Lord Coventre sometime Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England and he Son of Sir George Savile of â—hornhil Knight and Baronet by Mary his Wife Daughter to George late Earl of Shrewsbury This Sir George Savile in consideration of his Father's and his own faithful Services to the late King Charles the first of blessed memory as also of his own deservings from our present Sovereign King Charles the Second was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Westminster 13 Ian. in the nineteenth year of his Reign advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Savile of Elande in Com. Ebor. and likewise to the dignity of a Vicount by the name of Vicount
Halifax He first Married Dorothy Daughter to Henry Lord Spenser Earl of Sunderland by whom he hath Issue three Sons Henry William and George and one Daughter called Anne Secondly Gertrude Daughter to William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Esq second Son to Robert late Earl of Kingston upon Hull Wentworth Earl of Strafford 4 Car. 1. ABout the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Sir Thomas Wentworth Baronet Son and Heir to Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse in Com. Ebor. Baronet the chief branch of that antient Family being a person of a fair Estate and one of the Knights for that spacious Shire in divers Parliaments did by his management of sundry Conferences with the House of Lords in those great Conventions and otherwise make his abilities so conspicuous as that the King having notice thereof soon chose him into the number of his Privy Council and in short time discerning his parts to be such as did worthily merit some special mark of Honour by his Letters Paâ—ents bearing date 22 Iulii in the fourth year of his Reign first advanced him to the Title of Baron Wentworth of Wenâ—worth Woodhouse Next viz. upon the tenth day of December following to that of Vicount-Wentworth After this constituted him Lieutenant of Ireland and upon the 12 th of Ianuary in the xv th year of his Reign to the farther dignities of Baron of Raâ—y by reason of his Descent from that great Family of Nevill sometime Lords of that place and Earl of Strafford and lastly elected him into that honourable Society of Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter Which great Trust of that Lieutenancy he underwent with such gravity and prudence administring Justice impartially to every one as gave no little satisfaction to his Majesty and all good people And upon that Insurrection of the Scots in an 1639. being call'd back from that charge after he had form'd an Army there of eight thousand men which might have been useful to that Kingdom had not those who design'd his destruction prevented it was constituted Lieutenant-General of those Forces then raised for the repâ—lling of those Invaders who had at that time possess'd themselves of some of the Northern Counties But the good King considering that it was not a Foreign Enemy who had thus entred this Realm and therefore deeming it safest to call a Parliament here by the advice whereof he might receive best direction how to get them out found the leading Members in that unhappy Convention secretly confederated with that rebellious people whose Principles being Anti-Monarchical nothing but the absolute extirpation of the Religion establisht and the total ruine of this peaceful Government whereby they might share the Revenues both of Church and King would serve their turn To which end the removal of every impediment in their way being design'd they first began with this incomparable person exhibiting a Charge of High-Treason against him Whereupon he was brought to Tryal before his Peers but when they came to the particulars of proof though they searcht into all the actions of his life from the first time that he ever had any publick imployment of Trust and found nothing that amounted to a considerable misdemeanour Nevertheless by diveâ—â— unjustifiable devices they at length passed a special Bill for his Attainder but with this particular clause that the like should never be drawn into practice again And having so done by sundry other indirect practises extorted from that good King his Royal assent thereto and then cut off his Head at Tower-Hill upon the 12 th of May ensuing an 1641. An Act in truth of such Injustice and Cruelty as that not only some of those who had been seduced to concur with them therein when they themselves afterwards came to be destroy'd by the hands of the Common Executioner infinitely bewailed and repented of but which lay heavy upon the Conscience of that most pious and devout Martyr the King himself when he suffered Death by that barbarous Generation in whose destruction they had design'd the utter ruine and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing and famous Monarchy But the particulars of the unhappy sufferingâ— of this worthy person and the steps by which his and those Enemies to Monarchy did tread in order to the accomplishing their pâ—â—nicious purposes I leave to the relation of some more able Pen which may transmit them to future ages in due time it being not yet so needful to bring them upon the Stage of this World considering that there are many yet alive who cannot forget what themselves have seen so lately acted and whom it will highly concern to impart what they know thereof to their immediate descendents This most noble Earl married three Wives First Margaret Daughter to Francis Earl of Cumberland by whom he had no Issue Secondly Arabella Daughter to Iohn Earl of Clare by whom he had Issue one Son called William and two Daughters the Lady Anne married to Edward Lord Rockingham and the Lady Arabella to Iustin Macarti Son to Donâ—gh Earl of Clancarti And lastly Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Godfrey Rodes of Great Houghton in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Margaret Being thus barbarously cut off his Body was carried to Wentworth Woodhouse and there buried To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir who married the Lady Anne the eldest of the three Daughters of that most Heroick and truly Loyal Iames Earl of Derby who suffered death also by the hands of those Antimonarchists and since the restoration of our present Sovereign hath by him been honoured with an election and Investiâ—ure into the Society of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Privy Council Francis Lord Dunsmore Earl of Chichester 4 Car. 1. AMongst the many whose ample Fortunes did much conduce to those advancements which their Posterity afterwards obtained to several eminent Titles of Honour Sir Thomas Lâ—igh Knight was not the least who being Son to Roger Leigh of Wellington in Com. Salop. dâ—scended by a younger Branch from that antient Family of the Leigâ—s of High-Leigh in Cheshire and bred up under Sir Rouland Hill an opulent Merchant of London became at length his Factor beyond Sea and underwent that trust so well that Sir Rouland having no Issue matcht Alice his Niece Daughter to ... Barker of Hâ—ghmon in Shropshire unâ—o him and bestowed upon his Children the substance of his estate Which Sir Thomas being â—ord Mayer of London in the first year of 〈◊〉 Elizâ—beths reign departed this life in that Câ—ty 17 November 14 Eliz. and was buried in Merâ—ers-Chapell with this Epitaph upon his Tomb Sir Thomas Lâ—igh bi civil life All offices did bâ—are Which in this City worshipfull Or honourable were Whâ—m as God blessed with great wealth So losses did be feâ—le Yet nâ—ver châ—ng'd he constant minde Tho' Fortune turn'd her wheele Learning he lov'd and helpâ— the poore