Marks per Annum And in 22 E. 4. the like from the Abbot and Covent of Merevale in Com. Warr. of all their Lordships and Lands with the Fee of xx Marks per Annum Comines who knew him well reporteth That he was a Person of singular Wisdom and Virtue in great Authority with his Master and not without cause having ever serv'd him faithfully And making mention of the Bounty of the then King of France to King Edward the Fourth's Officers saith That he gave to this Lord Hastings at one time a Present of Plate to the value of Ten thousand Marks Moreover he saith That this Lord Hastings was long laboured ere he could be won to be the King of France his Pensioner and that he himself was the onely Man that wrought him thereto Instancing That he first woâ— him to the Friendship of the Duke of Burgundy whom he served and that he advertised the King of France thereof saying That he would in like manner make him his Friend and Pensioner Adding That he thereupon began his Friendship by Letters Whereupon that King gave him a Pension of Two thousand Crowns per Annum which was double to what he had from the Duke of Burgundy And that upon the Payment thereof he not onely refused to give any Acquittance but to give him three Lines in Writing to testifie the Receipt of the Money saying Put it here it being in Gold into my Sleeve for other Testimonial you get none of me for no Man shall say That King Edward's Lord Chamberlain hath been Pensioner to the French King nor that my Acquittances be found in his Chamber of Accompts He further saith That the King of France more esteem'd him than all the King of Englands other Servants and that his Pension was ever paid without Acquittance And now besides all this to make a farther manifestation of his Greatness in that King's time I shall here exhibit a Catalogue of the Names of such Persons of Note as were retain'd to serve him both in Peace and War during their respective Lives as I find them extracted from the very Indentures themselves in an ancient Roll in the Custody of this present Earl of Huntington his Lineal Descendent ¶ The Names of such Persons as by Indenture of their own Free Wills and mere Motions Covenanted Belafte and faithfully Promised to Aid and Assist the Right Honourable William Lord Hastings and his Part to take against all Persons within this Realm of England during their Lives as well in Peace as Wars their Allegiance to the King's Majesty His Heirs and Successors onely reserved and excepted with so many able Persons as every of them might well make to be Furnished and Arrayed at the Costs and Charges of the said Lord For the which the said Lord promised them to be their good and true Lord in all things reasonable and them to Aid and Succour in all their Rightful Causes so far forth as Law Equity and Conscience required Anno Edwardâ— Quarti decimo quarto Iohn Blount Lord Mountjoye Henry Lord Grey of Codnor William Trussell Knight Bryan Stapleton Knight Walter Gryffith Knight Robert Tailboys Knight Iohn Gryselye Knight Simon Mountfort Knight Thomas Stathom Knight Nicholas Longford Knight Robert Harecourt Knight Thomas Chaworth Esq Iohn Harecourt Esq Iohn Aston Esq Iohn Bonington Esq Rauffe Longforth Esq William Langhton Esq Iohn Thyrley Esq Thomas Cokyn Son and Heir of Iohn Cokyn Esq Iohn Danvers Esq Thomas Greene Esq Richard Boughton Esq Philip Leche Esq Iohn Sacheverell Son of Raufe Sacheverell Esq Hugh Perchall Esq Maurice Barkley Esq Iohn Curson Son and Heir of Thomas Curson Esq Iohn Stanley Esq Nicholas Knevington Esq William Nevill of Rolston Esq William Palmer Esq William Moton Esq Thomas Entwisell Esq Nicholas Kniveton Esq Thomas Staunton Esq Raufe Vernon Esq Henry Longeford Esq Thomas Meverell the Elder Esq Thomas Meverell junior Esq Nicholas Meverell Esq Rauf Shirley Esq Richard Savile Esq Thomas Curson of Croxall Esq Iames Blount Esq William Gryffith of North-Wales Esq Raufe Delves Esq Iohn Babington Esq Iohn Staunton Esq Iohn Cokeyn of Ashburne Esq Thomas Danvers Esq Iohn Gryffin Esq Humfrey Bradburne Esq Henry Columbell Esq Gerves Clifton Esq William Basset Esabque Nich. Montgomerie Esq Robert Leigh of Adlington Esq Raufe Poole of Radborne Esq Robert Slyngesby Esq Robert Eyre of Peelye Esq Thomas Greslye Esq Iohn Wistoe Esq Henry Vernon Esq Son and Heir of William Vernon Knight Raufe Sacheverell Esq Roger Draycote Esq Iohn Turvile Esq Iohn Miners Esq Henry Willâ—ghby Esq ¶ Nich. Agard Gent. Henry Columbell of Darley Gent. Raufe Agard Son and Heir of Iohn Agard Gent. Roger Brabason Gent. Robert Bradshaw Gent. Richard Eyre Gent. Iohn Agard Gent. Iohn Thyrkild Gent. Henry Eyre Gent. William Staunton Gent. William Dethick Gent. Laurence Loe Gent. Humphrey Stanley Gent. Iohn Knyveton of Vnderwood in Com. Derb. Gent. Iasper Rostyn Gent. Reinold Leigh Son of Robert Leigh of Adlington Raufe Fitz-Herbert Gent. William Woodford Gent. Nicholas Ruggeley Gent. Thomas Ruggeley Gent. In toto Two Lords Nine Knights Fifty eight Esquires and Twenty Gentlemen But King Edward's Death which hapned within few years after altered the Scene For having then a new Game to play wherein the Duke of Gloucester had the chief Hand though he was the first who gave that Duke advertisement of King Edward's Death Gloucester being then in Yorkshire yet not complying with him in the destruction of his Nephews as the Duke of Buckingham and some others did he was soon destroy'd himself by that Monster whose sole aim was his own Advancement to the Throne Certain it is that the Queen I mean the Wise of King Edward bore a private grudge towards this Lord Hastings in regard she saw he was so powerful with the King but chiefly for that she suspected him to be a Favourer and Furtherer of his wanton doings with light Women Nor did her Kindred at all brook him by reason he got the Office of Captain of Calais which had been formerly promised to the Lord Rivers the Queen's Brother And therefore upon the death of King Edward he joyn'd with the Duke of Buckingham in the removal of all those of that Kindred from the young King Edward the Fifth and in his Journey towards London at Northampton was of Counsel with the Duke of Gloucester in his taking away the Lord Rivers the Queens Brother and Sir Richard Grey the Queens Son and sending them to Pontfract Castle where shortly after they were basely murthered And so little did he doubt of the Duke of Gloucester's Favour towards himself as that upon the meeting of the Lords when the King got to London he assured them of the Duke of Gloucester's Fidelity affirming That Rivers and Grey were under Arrest for Matters attempted against the Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham And when the Lord Stanley began to distrust the Duke of Gloucester he used all the Arguments he could to satisfie him that
Suff. as also of the Mannours of Dolyngham and Michell-Hall otherwise called Earles Swasham in Com. Cantabr then in the Crown by the attainder of Iohn Earl of Oxford And in 17 E. 4. was joined in Commission with the Earl of Arundel and others to treat with the French for prolongation of the Truce betwixt both Realms In 18 E. 4. he obtained a grant of the Office of Constable of the Tower of London in reversion after the death of Iohn Lord Dudley and in 19 E. 4. was by Indenture again retein'd to serve the King as Captain General of his Fleet against the Scots with three thousand Men at Arms. He was likewise installed Knight of the Garter in the time of that King And having been thus faithful to the House of York during the whole time of King Edward the fourths reign he continued no less stedfast to King Richard the third after he had got the Crown though I do not find that he had any hand in those evil contrivances and barbarous actions which were exercised by Richard in order thereto So that to oblige him the more he was upon the 28 of Iune in the first year of that Kings Reign made Earl Marshal of England and upon the same day advanced to the dignity of Duke of Norfolk Thomas his Son being about that time also created Earl of Surry and in order to the solemnity of King Richard's Coronation upon the thirtieth of that month was constituted high Steward of England for that day as also Lord Admiral of England Ireland and Aquitane for life upon the 25 of Iuly ensuing upon which day he likewise obtained a grant in special tail of the Mannours and Lordships of Lavenham in Com. Suff. Canfeild Stansted-Montfichet Crepping Langdon Crustwiche Eston Hall Vauce Fyngreton Dodynghurst Bumsted-Melyon Beamond and Bentley in Com. Essex Badlesmere in Com. Canc. Hinkeston in Com. Cantabr Rosteneythe Helston Deby Predannok Poledewe Etheron Dawneth Ratleton Tresaveron Hilleton Heyvenis Newland Harnatethy Park Trewigo Wycoteham Penhall Nausergh with the Hundreds of Trelyghen and Shrobhender in Com. Cornub. Bretford Wellelewe Rustishall Chepenham Teffount Bremilshawe Upton Skydmore Weston Park Wermynster and Winterborne-Stoke in Com. Wiltes Hungerford in Com. Berks. as also of the Castle Lordship and Mannour of Farlegh in Com. Somerset and Wilts And shortly after that obtained another grant in special tail of the Mannours and Lordships of Middelton Hillington Tilney Istelington Clenchwarton Raynham Shakleshewe Skales Hekelyng Wilton Hokkewod Berton Bendish Wigenhale with the Fishing there and Toll in Bishops Lenne also of the Hundred of Frebrigge with its appurtenances in Com. Norfolk Likewise of the Mannours and Lordships of Lavenham and Warde Huton in Com. Suff. Canfeild Stansted-Montfichet Bentley and Wodham Ferrers in Com. Essex Berkeway Rokeley and Newselles in Com. Hertf. Haselingfeild in Com. Cantabr Langham alias Langnam in Com. Dors. Keres and Retire in Com. Cornub. Exton South-Brent Chillington Stratton Yebelton and Spekington in Com. Somers Ber Lortye in Com. Dors. Foxhunt in Com. Suss. Frid in Boderesden in Com. Cantabr Petersfeldâ— and Vp Clatford in Com Southt and Knoke Bedwyn and Orcheston in Com. Wilts to hold by the same services as they had been held before they came to the Crown But long he enjoy'd not this great Honour nor these vast possessions For the next ensuing year being placed in the Front of the King's Army at Bosworth-field where he commanded the Archers he was with that King slain 22 Aug. an 1485. 3 R. 3. and buried in the Abby of Therâ—ord in Com. Norff. As also soon after attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster 7 Nov. 1 H. 7. He Married two Wives First Katherine Daughter to William Lord Molins by whom he had Issue Thomas his Son and Heir and four Daughters Anne Married to Sir Edmund Gorge Knight Isabell to Sir Robert Mortimer of ... in Com. Essex Knight Iane to Iohn Timperley Esq and Margaret to Sir Iohn Windham of Crowherst in Com. Norff. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Sir Iohn Chedworth Kt. by whom he had Issue Catherine Married to Iohn Bourchier Lord Berners Which Margaret surviving him by her Testament bearing date 13 Maii an 1490. 5 H. 7. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Quire of the Church of our Lady in Stoke before her Image on the side of the high Altar Appointing that immediately after her Decease besides the day of her Burying her Executors should find three hundred Priests secular and Religious to say CCC Masses and Diriges for her Soul within eight or ten days after her decease evry Priest having for his labour iv d. Likewise that her Executors with as much speed as might be should find two virtuous Priests to sing in the Church of Stoke by the space of three years for her Soul as also for the Souls of her Husband Iohn Noreys Esq and all other unto whom she was beholden And bequeathed to her Daughter the Lady Berners and to her then Husband all her Houshould stuff except plate and to her Daughter Marney a Chain of Water-Flowers Ordaining her Son in Law Thomas Earl of Surrey Suervisor of this her Testament to whom she gave a Cup of Gold and a Cross with the foot silver and gilt The Probate of which Testament bears date 3 Dec. an 1494. Which Thomas being Squire of the Body to King Edward the Fourth his Father then living was retain'd to serve him is his Wars in 15 E. 4. with six men at Arms and CC. Archers and the next ensuing year constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Norff. and Suff. He was also Created Earl of Surrey at such time as Iohn his Father was made Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Third And though he took part with that King and fought valiantly on his behalf at Bosworth-field where he was taken Prisoner yet did King Henry the Seventh afterwards receive him into favour and made choice of him for one of his Privy-Council vir prudentiâ gravitate constantiâ summâ a person of great prudence gravity and constancy saith Polydore whom he ferv'd faithfully during the whole time of his reign In 4 H. 7. he was in Parliament restored to his Title of Earl of Surrey and to all those Lands which were of his Wives Inheritance And the same year upon that Insurrection in the North occasion'd by the Assessing of a Subsidy wherein the Earl of Northumberland was Murthered through the fury of the multitude he was sent with a strong power for the suppressing thereof And in 8 H. 7. was again imploy'd into the North to restrain the Incursions of the Scots In 13 H. 7. upon the Siege of Norham-Castle by those bold Invaders being then in Yorkeshire he marcht towards them but before he could reach to Norham they quitted their ground and retired
him the said Thomas during this life and afterwards for the health of their Soules And though he had summons to Parliament from 23 R. 2. until 4 Hen. 6. yet in 3 H. 4. he procured a special Dispensation from attending the King in any of his Parliaments or Councils for the space of three years But upon the seventh of May in 4 Hen. 6. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannors of Brustâ—ington in Com. Somers Fokinton Porteslade Mydelton and Isefelde in Com. Suss. UUakerle in Com. North. Alington in Com. Wiltes Sixhill in Com. Linc. Manchester Kenerdele and Ashton under Lime in Com. Lanc. leaving Sir Reginald West Knight his next heir to his Lands by virtue of an Entaile formerly made and at that time Twenty eight years of age But Iohn Gryffin was his next heir at Law viz. son of Thomas Gryffin son of Catherine daughter of Catherine sister of Iohn father of Roger father of the said Thomas la Warre and then Thirty yeares of age Which Reginald was son of Sir Thomas West Knight by Ioane his Wife daughter to the last Roger Lord la Warre by Alianor his second Wife daughter of Iohn de Moubray and sister by the half-blood to the before-specified Thomas Lord la Warre Whereupon he had summons to Parliament by the Title of Lord la Warre in 5 H. 6. and afterwards as I shall further shew when I come to speak to that Family Grandison 27 Edw. 1. IN 55 Hen. 3. Otho de Grandison attended Prince Edward eldest son to Henry the Third into the Holy Land And in 4 Ed. 1. was constituted Governour of the Isles of Garnesey and Iersey In 9 Edw. 1. he obtain'd a Grant to himself and the heires of his body of the Castle Cantred and Territory of Hokenath Likewise of the Town of Tipperari of the Castle and Town of Kilisele of all the Territory of Muskery of the Mannor of Kilsitan and whole Town of Clomme in Ireland with all the Knights Fees thereto belonging And in 13 Edw. 1. procured the Kings special Charter for a Market every week upon the Monday at his Mannor of De la Sele near Kemesing in Com. Cant. with a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow of the Apostles Peter and Paul and one day following And in 14 Edw. 1. having been in that Expedition then made into Wales received Scutage of all his Tenants in Surrey and Kent In 17 Ed. 1. being then the King's Secretarie and a Knight he was sent Ambassador to the Court of Rome and had the Kings Letters to the Merchants of Luca to supply him with Money there by Bills of Exchange In 18 Edw. 1. he gave all those Castles Mannors and Lands in Ireland before-specifyed to William de Grandison his brother the King confirming the Grant and obtain'd License for to hold a Market every week upon the Tuesday at Farnberge in Kent as also for a Fair there yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Giles the Abbot Likewise for a Market and Fair at Chelesfeld with Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands there and at Farnberghe and Kemesing in the same County In 24 Edw. 1. he was joyn'd in Commission with the Bishop of Ely and others to Treat of Peace with the French And in 25 Edw. 1. constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with others sent from the King of the Romans and King of France upon sundry differences and to make Peace thereupon In 26 Edw. 1. he was again made Governor of the Isles of Garnesey and Iersey and in 27 Edw. 1. obtain'd License for to hold a Market every week upon the Wednesday at his Mannor of Attonach in Ireland and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Feast of the blessed Virgin Likewise for Free-warren there and at Monsty and Ismyn in the County of Tiperary In 31 Edw. 1. he was imploy'd into Gascoine with Henry de Lacy Earl of Lincolne And in 33 Edw. 1. being upon the King's Service in forrein parts obtain'd his special Mandate to the Justices Itinerant in the County of Typerarie to adjourn all such Pleas as concern'd him until the end of that Iter. This Otto had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 27 Edw. 1. until 33 Edw. 1. inclusive When he died I do not certainly find but in 12 Edw. 2. all those Castles Mannors and Lands which he had in Ireland for life were given by the King unto Prince Edward his eldest Son and to his Heires Kings of England I come now to William de Grandison brother to this Otto This William being a menial servant to Edmund Earl of Lancaster in consideration of his faithful service and by reason of his Ancestors services obtain'd from him in fee taile viz. to himself and the heires Male of his body a Grant of the Mannors of Radley and Menstreworth in Com. Glouc. which Grant beares date 11 Oct. 10. Edw. 1. And the next ensuing year had a Confirmation thereof from the King as also of such Estovers as he had used to have in the Forest of Dene for the repairing of his Floud-gates in that Mannor Moreover in 20 Edw. 1. he procured License to make a Castle of his house at Asperton in Com. Heref. And in 22 Edw. 1. was in that Expedition made into Gascoine So likewise in 25 and 26 Edw. 1. and in 28 Edw. 1. in the Scotish VVars So likewise in 29 Edw. 1. and 31 Edw. 1. And in 8 Edw. 2. had summons to fit himself with Horse and Armes and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Festival of the blessed Virgin thence to March against the Scots In which year he obtain'd an allowance of One hundred three pounds six shillings eight pence to be paid out of the Exchequer in recompence of those horses which he lost in Gascâ—â—â—â— in the service of King Edw. 1. the value of them being certified by Henry de Laci Earl of Lincoln then Lieutenant of that Province This William de Grandison took to VVise Sibilla the younger daughter and one of the coheires to Iohn de Tregoz And upon partition of the Lands of that Inheritance had the Mannours of Burâ—ham in Com. Somerset Eton in Com. Heref. and Forty pounds Rent in Dodyngton To this William and Sibilla and to their heirs King Edward the First gave a Rent of Forty six pounds six shillings three pence issuing out of â—ertford and Cranstede in Kent in exchange for the Mannors of Idenne and Ihamme in Sussex He had also Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons from 27 Edw. 1. until 19 Ed. 2. inclusive yet the certain time of his death I find not but that he held two parts of the Mannor of Burnham in Com. Somerset
the Duke of Guise did appoint should remain Captives and be put to ransome After which in 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers who sate in judgment upon Tryal of the Duke of Norf. also in 29 Eliz. upon Tryal of the Queen of Scots and departed this life in 33 Eliz. By Anne his Wife Daughter of Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosfeild in Com. Essex Knight he had two Sons William who married Elizabeth the Daughter of William Lord Burleigh and died in his life time without Issue and Henry as also Elizabeth a Daughter married to William Son and Heir to Sir Francis Hynde Knight Which Henry succeeding him in his Honour departed this life in 36 Eliz. leaving Issue by Anne his Wife Daughter of Sir Owen Hopton Knight Widow of Sir William Pope Knight Thomas his Son and Heir Who having been made Knight of the Bath at the Creation of Henry Prince of Wales 4 Iunii an 1610. 8 Iac. was created Lord Wentworth of Nettlested in Com. Ebor. as also Earl of Cleveland 5 Febr. 1 Car. 1. And afterwards made Captain of the Guard In which place and other Commands of trust he manifested his Loyalty most exemplarily to that King of blessed memory throughout the time of his greatest distresses in divers Battails suffering imprisonment in the Tower of London and other places after the cruel Murther of his Sovereign during the greatest part of the late Usurpation yet lived to see the happy Restoration of King Charles the Second under whom he enjoy'd his former place of Command till his Death He Married two Wives Anne Daughter of Sir Iohn Crofts of Saxham in Com. Suff. Knight and by her had Issue two Sons Thomas and William And two Daughters Mary Married to Iohn Lord Lovelace and Anne who died Unmarried Secondly Catherine Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosfeild in Com. Essex Baronet by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Catherine and departing this life ... was buried at ... Which Thomas his eldest Son commonly called Lord Wentworth Married 〈◊〉 Daughter to Sir Ferdinando Carye Knight and died in his Fathers life time leaving Issue one sole Daughter his Heir called Henrietta Maria. ¶ Thomas Lord Wentworth Son to Thomas late Earl of Cleveland sent by our present Sovereign King Charles the Second in an 1652. into Denmarke to seek assistance on his Majesties behalf Bray 21 H. 8. THE first notice I have taken of any thing memorable touching this Family is in 1 R. 3. Reginald Bray Son of Richard Bray being at that time a trusty Servant to Margaret Countess of Richmund and Derby and most happily instrumental in advancing Henry Earl of Richmund her Son to the Royal Throne by his faithful and sedulous transacting in that affair with Henry Duke of Buckingham Morton Bishop of Ely and divers of the Nobility as also with Sir Giles D'anbeny Sir Iohn Cheney and many other considerable persons This Reginald was a Knight Banneret and Knight of the Garter but had no Issue whereupon Margerie the only Child of Iohn his next Brother became his Heir Which Margerie Married to Sir William Sands Knight afterward Lord Sands Besides this Iohn there was also a younger Iohn Brother likewise to the said Reginald Which Iohn had Issue Sir Edmund Bray Knight who I presume enjoy'd the greatest part of that Estate whereof Reginald his Uncle died seised which qualified him the better for that Honour whereunto afterwards he attained For it appears that in 21 H. 8. he had Summons to the Parliament then sitting at Westminster which began 3 Nov. the same year and was admitted into the House 4 Dec. next ensuing And in 24 H. 8. attended King Henry to Boloin This Edmund by his Testament bearing date 18 Oct. an 1539. 31 H. 8. having bequeath'd his Body to be buried at Chelsey near the Grave of Iohn his Father departed this life within few months after for the Probate thereof bears date 12 Iunii then next ensuing leaving Issue by Iohn his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard Haliwell by ... his Wife Daughter and Heir to Iohn Norbury Iohn his Son and Heir and seven Daughters Which Iohn being summon'd to Parliament in 37 H. 8. had his first admittance into the House 3 Nov. the same year And in 38 H. 8. was one of the Commanders of those Forces then sent into France under the conduct of the Earl of Hertford Also upon that Insurrection in Norfolk 2 E. 6. he accompanied the Marquess of Northampton with those Forces then sent for the suppressing thereof In 5 E. 6. he was likewise appointed to attend the same Marquess upon his Embassy into France at which time he carried with him the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter to the King of that Realm In 4 Mariae he was at the Siege of St. Quintiâ—s in Picardy And by his Testament bearing date 17 Nov. an 1557. 5 4 Pâ— M. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in Christian Burial constituting Iane his Mother his sole Executrix and dying the very next day following without Issue was buried in the midst of the Chancel at Chelsey with his Father and Grandfather under an high Tomb Anne his Wife Daughter to Francis Earl of Shrewsâ—ury then surviving Whereupon his seven Sisters became his Heirs viz. Anne Married to George Brooke Lord Cobham Elizabeth first to Sir Rapbe Vernon Knight and afterwards to Sir Richard Catesby Knight Fridiswide to Sir Percival Hart Knight Mary to Robert Peckham Esq Dorothy first to Edmund Bruges Lord Chandos afterwards to William Lord Knolles Knight of the Garter Frances to Thomas Lifeild of ... in Com. Surr. Esq and Anne Mordant 24 H. 8. OF this Family that which I have in the first place observ'd to be most memoraable is that Iohn Mordant of Turvey in Com. Bedf. Esq was one of the King's Commanders in 2 H. 7. at the Battel of Stoke near Newark upon Trent against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his Adherents then in Arms And that being a person learned in the Laws he was call'd to the state and degree of Serjeant 25 Nov. 11 H. 7. as also within a short time after made Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster And meriting much by reason of his great abilities had summons to Parliament amongst the Peers of this Realm in 24 H. 8. where he took his place accordingly upon the fourth of May. In which year also King Henry going with great state into France and landing at Calais 11 Oct. he attended him thither and so to Boloine where he had a magnificent reception by King Francis the First This Iohn by his Testament bearing date 1 Aug. an 1560. 2 Eliz. stiling himself Lord Mordant of Turvey bequeath'd his Body to be
Devonshire of that Family by whom he left no Issue surviving Secondly Anne the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Anthony Everard of Langleis in Com. Essex Knight by whom he left Issue one only surviving Son named William who succeeded him in his Honours and five Daughters viz. Susan Iane Anne Elizabeth and Mary whereof the two eldest died unmarried and of the rest Anne became the Wife of Sir Henry Wrothe of Durance in Com. Midd. Knight Elizabeth of Iohn Wroth of Longhton in Com. Essex Esq and Mary of Sir Rapâ—e Bovey of Caxton in Com. Cantabr Knight and departing this life upon the eighteenth day of December an 1639. was buried in the Vault of the Parish-Church at Little Estanes before mention'd Which William so succeeding him is now Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold and married two Wives First Dorothy sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Robert Banaster of Passenham in Com. Northampton Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Banaster Maynard and William Which William hath married the Lady Elizabeth Grey Daughter to Henry late Earl of Kent Surviving Dorothy his first Wife he hath since wedded the Lady Margaret Murray youngest Daughter to Iames Earl of Dyzert in Scotland and by her hath Issue one Son called Henry and Elizabeth a Daughter Lord Coventrie 4 Car. 1. THat the study and practise of our common-Common-Law hath raised many Men to great Wealth and Honour there is demonstration sufficient from sundry examples in all ages Amongst which these of Thomas Coventrie the Father and Thomas his Son are not the least For of Thomas the Father whose Birth was in Worcestershire and descent from Iohn Covenâ—rie Mercer Son of William Coventrie of the City of Coventrie Sheriff of London with Robert Whitington in an 1416. 4 H. 5. and Lord Mayor or of that City in an 1425. 4 H. 6. as also one of the Executors of Richard Whitington founder of Whitington Colledge I find that being a member of that honourable Society of the Inner-Temple London he became so happy a proficient in his Studies there as that in 38 Eliz. he was chosen Reader of that House for the Autumn Lecture though at that time hindred in performing the task by reason of a great Plague which then raged in London so that he Read not till Lent next following And ascending still higher in esteem in respect of his eminent knowledge was elected to the state and degree of a Serjeant at Law upon that Call in Easter-Term 1 Iac. As also in 3 Iac. to be the Kings Seâ—jeant and in Hillary Term before the end of that year being constituted one of the Justices for the Court of Common-Pleas sate on that Bench till xv Martini 4 Iac. inclusive but died shortly after as it seems leaving Thomas his Son and Heir whom he had entred of that Inne of Court Which Thomas pursuing his Fathers steps in those laudable Sâ—udies was made choice of for the Autumn-Reader in 14 Iac. being then Recorder of London Also shortly after that the Kings Sollicitor And upon the 16. of March before the end of that year was Knighted at â—heobalds In 15 Iac. being one of the Senior Benchers of that House he underwent the office of Treasurer there and in 18 Iac. was made the Kings Attorney General Rising by these gradations in 1 Car. 1 Nov. he was advanced to â—hat eminent Office of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and upon the tenth of April 4 Car. 1. dignified with the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of â—ord Coventrie of Ailesboroâ—gh in Com. Wigorn. Aftter which continuing in that Office with much Honour for the full term of fifteen years and upwards he departed this life at Durham-House in the Strand 14 Ian. an 1639. 15 Car. 1. and was buried in the Parish Church of Crome D'abitot in Com. Wigorn. leaving Issue by Sarah his first Wife Daughter to Edward Sebright of Blacksall in Com. Wigorn. Esq Thomas his Son and Heir and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Sir Iohn Hâ—re of Stow Bâ—rdolf in Com. Norfolk Knight And by Elizabeth his second Wife Daughter to Iohn Ardersey of Spursâ—ow in Com. Câ—ster Esq four Sons Iohn Francis Henry now one of his Majesties Principal Secreâ—aries of State and Sir William Coventrie Knight As also four Daughters Anne married to Sir William Savile of 〈◊〉 in Com. Ebor. Baronet Mary to Henry-Frederick â—hynne second Son to Sir Thomas Thynne of Loâ—g-Lete in Com. Wilts Knight Anne to Sir Anthâ—ny Ashley Cooper of Winburne St. Giles in Com. Dorset Baronet since advanced to the titles of Baron Ashley and Earl of Shaftsbuâ—y and Dorothy to Sir Iohn Pâ—ckington of Westwood in Com. Wigorn Baronet Which Thomas his Son and Heir succeeding him in his Honour married Mary Daughter to Sir William Crâ—ven Knight Lord Mayor of London in an 1611. 9 Iac. and departed this life ... Oct. an 1662. lâ—aving Issue two Sons Geoâ—ge and Thomas but no Daughter Which George now Lord Coventrie married Maâ—garâ—t Daughter to Iohn Earl of Thanâ—t and by her hath Issue Iohn his only Son and Margareâ— a Daughter Weston Earl of Portland 4 Car. 1. IN an 1619. 17 Iac. Sir Richard Weston Knight Son and Heir to Sir Hierome Weston of Roxwell in Com. Essex Knight Son of Richard Weston one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas from the first to the fourteenth year of Queen Eliz. reign and descended from the ancient Family of Weston sometimes of Weston subtus Liziard in Com. Staff being a person of great abilities was sent Embassador with Sir Edward Conway into Bohemia to close up the breach betwixt the Emperour and the Elector Palatine and the next ensuing vear was himself imployed to Bruxells in Flanders there to treat with the Embassadors of the Emperour and King of Spain touching the restitution of the Palaâ—inate Soon after which he was made choice of to be Chancellor and under-Treasurer of the Exchequer Which Office he underwent with such Wisdom and Integrity that upon the twenty fifth of May 22 Iac. he had a Commission to execute the Office of Treasurer of the Exchequer during the Kings pleasure Which trust he performed so well as that upon the thirteenth of April 4 Car. 1. he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Weston of Neyland and on the fifteenth of Iuly following constituted Lord Treasurer of England Also upon the ninth of April 6 Car. 1. elected Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and on the 8 th of February next following made Captain of the Isle of Wight Lastly upon the 17 th of February 8 Car. 1. created Earl of Portland He married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to William Pinchion of Wriâ—â—le in Com. Essex Esq by whom he
Furthermore upon the death of that King in 1 Edw. 2. he with divers other of the Earls and Barons entred into a Solemn League to defend his Son King Edward the Second as also his Honor and the Rights of his Crown and was the same year made Governor of Skipton Castle in Com. Ebor. So likewise in 3 Edw. 2. And in 4 Edw. 2. upon the advance of that King towards Scotland was constituted Governor of this Realm in his absence Amongst other Lordships this Henry had Grantcester near Cambridge where he placed one of his Kinsmen a Bastard son as it was said appointing That he and his Successors should always name their eldest Son by the name of Henry which was afterwards accordingly observed Thus much as to his Secular Actions I come now to his Works of Piety In 12 Edw. 1. he gave the Advowson of the Church of Whally to the Monks of Stanlaw and permitted them to translate their Covent thither viz. to Whalley with power to remove the Bones of his Ancestors and all others there Interred to that place but took the Chappel of his Castle at Cliderhou from that Mother-Church In 13 Edw. 1. he ratified the Grant of a place called Ruddegate made by Henry Torbock and Eleve his Wife to the Canons of Burscough in Com. Lanc. with caution That one Leper of his Lordship of Widenes should thenceforth be admitted and maintained in that Priory and that Mass should be there celebrated always yearly at Easter as also that his name and the name of Margaret his Wife should be Registred in their Martyrology Moreover with the said Margaret he gave to the Canons of Bromhall in Berkshire One hundred Acres of his Waste at Asserige And in 32 Edw. 1. for the health of his Soul and the Soul of his Ancestors he gave leave to the Monks of Selby to have that antient Church-yard at Whitgift which had been long before consecrated thereon to build a Church or Chappel to the honor of S. Mary Magdalen for the benefit of the Inhabitants of Ousfleet Whitegift Esktoft Redness and Swinfleer as also for certain Land-holders in Folquarby and Haldenby all in the Parish of Snaith He likewise gave to the Monks of Salley a certain Waste lying over against their Abbey and to the Shrine of S. Edmund three gilt Crosses and a Carbuncle Also a Cup of Silver gilt which was said to be S. Edmunds with part of his Mannor of Bradenham And in An. 1312. 5 Edw. 2. discerning his death near to approach he called to his son-in-Son-in-Law Thomas Earl of Lancester and representing to him how highly God had honored him and inriched him above others told him That he was obliged to love and honor God above all things Seest thou quoth he the Church of England heretofore honorable and free enslaved by Romish oppressions and the Kings unjust exactions Seest thou the Common People impoverished by Tributes and Taxes and from the condition of Freemen reduced to a servitude Seest thou thâ— Nobility formerly venerable through Christendom vilified by Aliens in their own Native Countrey I therefore charge thee by the Name of Christ to stand up like a Man for the Honor of God and his Church and Redemption of thy Countrey associating thy self to that valiant noble and prudent Person Guy Earl of Warwick when it shall be most proper to discourse of the Publick Affairs of the Kingdom who is so judicious in Counsel and mature in Iudgment Fear not thy opposers who shall contest against thee in the truth And if thou pursuest this my advice thou shalt gain eternal Honor. And having ended his Speech departed this life at his Mansion House called Lincolns Inn in the Suburbs of London which he himself had built in that place where part of the Black Fryers habitation antiently stood and was buried in the East Part of the new Work of S. Pauls Cathedral in London betwixt our Ladies Chappel and S. Dunstans Chappel being then seised of the Mannor of Caldone in Com. Staff Grantseat in Com. Cantabr of a certain Wapentake at Riseley in Com. Derb. held every three Weeks of the Mannor of Knesale and Wapentake of Allerton in Com. Nottingham Bock ... in Com. Northam Gretham and Thorlay in Com. Linc. As also of the Mannors of Segbroke and Brocetby with its Members viz. Suauby in Kesfeven and Sutton in Hoâ—land and likewise the Town and Castle of Bolingbroke with the Soke in the same County Of the Town and Castle of Donington in Com. Leicest Of the Mannors of Charleton and Hensrug in Com. Sommers Of the Territory of Roos and Rewenok and Commote of Caimergh with the Castle of Dinebegh in North Wales Moreover by the curtesie of England of the Inheritance of Margaret his Wife deceased sole Daughter and Heir to William Longespe Son of William Longespe Earl of Salisbury of the Mannor of Holmere in the Parish of Little Mussenden in Com. Buck. of the Mannors of Eggewere and Kingesoone Cobham and Urbridge in Com. Middles Aâ—dington and Avington in Com. Berks. Burnecester and Mudlington in Com. Oxoniens Aldehorne Winterburne and Ambresbury in Com. Wilts Laneford Kingstone with the Town and Hamlet of Winburne in Com. Dorset And of the Castle and Mannor of Clifford with the Hundred of Blesbury in Com. Hereford leaving no Issue-Male his Son having been drowned in a deep Well within a High Tower called the Red Tower in Denbigy Castle divers years before which was the reason that he never finished that Castle Ioan his second Wife Sister and Heir of William Martin surviving whose marriage King Edward the Second granted to Ralph de Monthermer Which Ioan without his License or the Kings married to Nicholas de Audley a great Baron in Staffordshire Whereupon the Honor of Pontfreact came to Alice his Daughter and sole Heir Wife of the before specified Thomas Earl of Lancaster Son and Heir to Edmund Earl of Lancaster Brother to King Edward the First according to the Intail already mentioned who was then Twenty eight years of age Of which Alice it is thus reported That upon Munday preceding Ascension-day An. 1317. 10 Edw. 2. being at Caneford in Com. Dorset she was violently taken thence by a certain Knight of the Family of Iohn Earl Warren with the Kings assent and carried in great state in dâ—spight of the Earl her Husband to the said Earl Warren then at his Castle of Rigate in Surrey and that in their passage amongst the Hedges and Woods betwixt Haulton and Farnham those who were her conductors discerning certain Streamers and Banners which were no other than the Priests and People going in Procession supposing that it had been the Earl of Lancaâ—ter or some power sent by him to rescue her and vindicate this abuse fled and left her all alone But when they saw their
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
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
It seems that the Heir-Female of this Family married to Gurnay for in 16 H. 3. Robert de Gurnay doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of Robert the Son of Iohn de Herpetre lying in Com. Somerset whom the Record calls his Grandfather Gaugi IN 12 H. 2. Rophe de Gaugi upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter certified That his Ancestors held three Knights Fees which descended to two Sisters and Coheirs whereof he married the elder and thereupon had at that time one Knights Fee and an half in Demesn the other Sister being the Wife of Hugh de Ellinton To this Raphe succeeded Robert de Gaugi who in 14 Ioh. was reckoned to be one of King Iohn's Evil Counsellors being so obsequious to him as that through his Favour in 16 Ioh. he obtain'd an advantageous Marriage viz. Beatrice the Daughter of Isold Niece and Heir to Robert Lovel and with her the Lordships of Langcester and Thornton up the Weye in the Bishoprick of Durham In 18 Ioh. this Robert was made Governour of Lafford-Castle in Com. Linc. as also of Newark-Castle in Com. Nott. Which Castle the Bishop of Lincoln delivered up into the King's Hands in the time of the War betwixt him and his Barons In 2 H. 3. he was with Ranulph Earl of Chester and divers other of the Loyal Nobles at the Siege of Montsorell-Castle and after that detain'd the Castle of Newark belonging to the Bishop of Lincoln till 3 H. 3. But then the Bishop giving him satisfaction for the Victual and Provisions in it he restor'd it to him by the King's appointment About this time it was certified that the Barony of this Robert in Com. Northumbr did consist of the Mannors of Elingham Osberwic Doxford Cramelington Heton Harelaw Iesemuth and Witelaw which were held by the Service of three Knights Fees There were also two others of this Name that stood stoutly to King Iohn against his Rebellious Barons viz. Roger de Gaugy who in recompence of his Services had a Grant of the Lands of Richard Gubion lying in the Counties of Northampt and Leic. And Sampson Gaugi who had the like Grant of the Lands of Robert Arsik and his Mother lying in Somerton and Coghes in Com. Oxon. But long he held them not for the year next following the King dispos'd of them for the Support of his Garrison in Oxford-Castle The next of whom I find mention is William de Gaugi Which William in 18 H. 3. had a Grant of the Custody of the Honour of Kaermarden with the Castle Not long after this viz. in 27 H. 3. upon the death of Raphe de Gaugi who held the Barony of Shesemuth by the Service of three Knights Fees as his Ancestors had done from the time of King Henry the First Raphe his Son and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and dying without Issue in 7 E. 1. Adam his Brother became his Heir Which Adam being then a Leper could not come to the King to do him Homage but died within few years so that Roger de Clifford in 15 E. 1. being found Cousin and Heir to the last-mentioned Raphe paying xl l. for his Relief had Livery of his Lands Foliot IN 12 H. 2. upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying the King's Daughter Robert Foliot certified That he had fifteen Knights Fees which his Ancestors had held from the Conquest for which upon Collection of that Aid in 14 H. 2. he paid ix l. iii s. iv d. This Robert took to Wife Margery the Daughter and Heir to Richard de Reincurt Lord of Sutton in Com. Bedf. Whereupon King Henry the Second confirm'd to him with her the Mannor of Burton in Com. Northampt. and all other the Lands and Honour of Guy de Reyncurt Ancestor of Richard Which Guy came into England at the time of the Conquest To him succeeded Richard Foliot his Son and Heir who gave to the Knights Hospitallers divers Lands in Warpesgrove and left Issue one sole Daughter his Heir called Margerie married to Wyschard Ledet Son of Christian Ledet Lady of Langtone in Com. Leic. Against which Wischard in 8 R. 1. Thomas Foliot Richard de Hidon Emme de Boterel and Geffrey de Barinton contesting for the Inheritance of the before-specified Robert their Grandfather gave a Fine of Lxxx Marks to the King to have a Trial at Law for it as also to have Livery of that part thereof which was seised into the Kings hands And in 1 Ioh. they the said Geffrey de Barinton Thomas Foliâ—â— Richard Hiddon and Emme de Boterell gave Lxxx Marks more for their reasonable Purparties of those Lands viz. Enioâ— Dunstdioc Maddes-Hamele Almadeston Luvineiot and Chepin-Tanton in Com. Devon At the same time likewise Roger de Raines gave three Marks that the Barony of the same Robert Foliot might be equally shared betwixt him and the other Participants and that what the other Participants had granted to him might not be computed to his prejudice Besides these Claims there was also another made by Elyas Foliot who in 6 Ioh. challenged the Mannor of West-Wardon in Com. Northampt as next Heir to Richard Of this Name there were anciently also several others of note viz. Iordan Foliot Son of William Foliot Which Iordan with the consent of Beatrice his Wife bestowed on the Monks of Pontfract a certain Toft with a Mill at Norton He likewise confirm'd to them the Grant of one Carucate of Land in Baghill which William his Father had given them and gave the Church of Friseby to the Knights Templars About this time also Henry Foliot with Lecia de Muntenei his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Iordan Briset Founder of the Nunnery at Clerkenweâ—t in the Suburbs of London confirm'd the Grant of those Lands whereon that Religious house was built To him succeeded Iordan his Son and Heir who in 9 H. 3. with Isold de Grey and Raphe Paynell perform'd his Homage for the Lands of Robert Bardolf their Uncle whereunto they were some of the Coheirs In those days there was likewise Raphe Foliot who gave the Church of Fretwell to the Canons of St. Fridiswides in Oxford and died in 6 Ioh. as it seems For then did Henry his Son and Heir give C Marks of Silver and one Palfrey for Livery of his Lands Which Henry in 4 H. 3. was constituted Governour of Fotheringhay-Castle in Com. Northampt. There was also about that time Walter Foliot who in 9 H. 3. executed the Sheriff's Office in Oxfordshire for the one half of that year and for the fourth
Life or his Majesties Pardon the Reversion in Fee being in the Lord Privy Seal But it was not long after that Prince Henry affecting it as the most noble and magnificent thing in the Mid-land parts of this Realm made overture by special Agents to Sir Robert Dudley of his desire to obtain his Title thereto by way of purchase Whereupon in consideration of 14500 l. to be paid within the compass of a Twelve-month certain Deeds were sealed bearing date 21 Nov. 9 Iac. an scil 1611. and Fines levyed setling the Inheritance thereof as also of the Mannor and Lands in Kenilworth together with those of Rudfen Balshall and Long Itchington upon the same Prince and his Heirs with condition that he the said Sir Robert should during his life hold and enjoy the Constableship of that Castle by Patent from the Prince But Prince Henry departing this life shortly after there was not above 3000 l. of that sum ever paid and that to a Merchant which broke so that it never came to Sir Robert Dudley's hands Nevertheless Prince Charles as Heir to his Brother held the possession thereof and in 19 Iac. obtain'd a special Act of Parliament to enable the Lady Alice Wife to Sir Robert in regard she had a Jointure therein to alien all her right unto him as if she had been a feme sole Which accordingly she did by her Deed bearing date 4 Maii 19 Iac. in consideration of 4000 l. assigned to her out of the Exchequer and certain other annual payments Upon the departure of Sir Robert Dudley out of England he took with him as is credibly reported ... the Daughter of Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-â—isting in Com. Norff. Kt. a very beautiful Lady in the habit of a Page whom it is said that he Married in Italy And seating himself within the Territories of the great Duke of Tuscany had by reason of his singular Endowments no little esteem in all those parts For by his means it was that Liburne a small and obscure Village not only grew to be a famous Port but adorn'd with excellent Buildings and to be as eminent a Mart as Scala-Franca in Italy is whereunto the English-Merchants do usually repair for Commerce As also that the Fenns and Marshes in those parts have by his contrivance been happily drained His Fame therefore deservedly spreading into Germany he had by Letters-Patents from his Imperial Majestly Ferdinand the second bearing date at Uienna 9 Martii Anno MDCxx the Title of Duke conferred upon him to be used by himself and his Heirs throughout all the Dominions of the sacred Empire Whereupon he was generally called Duke of Northumberland which Title as Iohn his Grandfather bore though forfeited by Atâ—ainder in the first year of Queen Mary So did he whilst he lived and so doth Charles his eldest Son by the Daughter of Sir Robert Southwell That he was a person of statuâ—e tall and comely also strong valiant famous at the excercise of Tilting singularly skill'd in all Mathematick Learning but chiefly in Navigation and Architecture a rare Chymist and of great knowledge in Physick his learned Works do sufficiently manifest Especially that de Arcanis Maris Printed at Florence in an 1646. and since at Uenice in folio adorn'd with Sculpture Also that of Physick call'd Catholicon of no small esteem with the most skillfull in that profession Nor is his memory a little famous for his Invention of that Powder called Cornachine-Powder touching the virtue whereof the Learned Marcus Cornachinus of Pise hath written and endeavoured to shew that all Corporeal Diseases may be safely and suddenly cured thereby Nor is it less remarkable that his merits were so highly esteem'd of by the great Duke of Tuscany as that he allow'd him an yearly Stipend of little less than a thousand pounds sterling Also that he erected a noble Palace in the City of Florence and that his Daughters by the Wife he took thither aâ—e all of them Married to several Princes of the Empire Moreover that he died at a Palace of the Dukes of Florence two or three Italian-Miles distant from that City in or about the year 1650. And that his Body resteth in the Monastery of Nuns at Boldrone except it be removed to the Church of St. Pancrace in Florence where he rais'd a noble Monument for that Wife with purpose to be there interred himself Likewise that he left to his Sons divers curious Mathematical Instruments chiefly of his own Invention of which they making little use have disposed to the great Duke of Tuscany To countenance which Marriage with M rs Southwell it is said that he did alledge his Marriage with the Lady Alice Leigh to be by the canon-Canon-Law Illegal by reason that he had Carnal knowledge of her during the Life of his first Wife ... Sister to M r Thomas Cavendish the famous Navigator But I return to the Lady Alice his second Wife Leaving her thus in England with the five Daughters he had by her viz. Aliza and Douglas who both died unmarried Katherine afterwards Wedded to Sir Richard Leveson Knight of the Bath Frances to Sir Gilbert Kâ—iveton Knight and Anne to Robert Holborne Esq afterwards Knight and Sollicitor General to King Charles the First she received the said sum of four thousand pounds payable from the Exchequer but of her Annuity in like sort granted there was a great Arrear at the beginning of the late unhappy Troubles For the receipt whereof discerning little hopes and considering that her Husband then alive had the Title of a Duke in those Foreign parts where he did reside representing the same to his late Majesty King Charles the First of blessed memory she obtain'd a grant under the Great Seal of England bearing date at Oxford 23 Maii in the twentieth year of his Reign of the Title of a Dutchess during her natural life and likewise that her Daughters should have place and precedence as Children to a person of that Degree a Copy of which Patent I have thought fit here to exhibite CHarles by the grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. To all Archbishops Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Bishops Barons Knights and all other our loving subjects to whom these our Letters shall come greeting Whereas in or about the beginning of the Reign of our dear Father King James of famous memory there was a Sute commenced in our High-Court of Star-Chamber against Sir Robert Dudley Knight and others for pretending himself to be lawful Heir to the Honours and Lands of the Earldoms of Warwick and Leicester as Son and Heir of the Body of Robert late Earl of Leicester lawfully begotten upon the Lady Douglass his Mother Wife to the said late Earl of Leicester and all Proceedings stayed in the Ecclesiastical Courts in which the said Sute depended for proof of his Legitimation Yet nevertheless did the said Court vouchsafe liberty to the said Sir Robert to examine Witnesses in the
Northumberland and upon his Rebellion about six years after granted it to Iohn Stanley for life Northumberland not then being by Parliament attainted nor his possessions adjudg'd to be confiscate As also for that about a month after Stanley and the King agreed that those Letters Patents to him for life should be surrendred and cancell'd and that he should have an estate thereof in Fee So that considering the grant for life was before such time as the King was legally intitled thereto by Northumberland's attainder they pronounced that the King could not pass unto him any estate for life as also that the other grant which had its foundation from the surrender of the estate for life could not be of any validity Whereupon the Queen referring them to the Law this Earl came to an Agreement with those Heirs Female Daughters to Ferdinando Earl of Derby before-mention'd paying them divers sums of money to quit their claim thereto as also with Thomas Lord Ellesmere then Lord Chancellour of England and Alice his Wife widdow of the same Earl Ferdinando And as to the Kings title obtained a grant from him of the said Isle with all the Regalities belonging to it unto himself and to the Lady Elizabeth his Wife for life as also to the survivor of them And after that unto Iames Lord Stanley for so he is call'd his Son and Heir and to the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Robert Stanley younger Brother to the said Iames and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Earl Which grant bears date 7 Iulii 7 Iac. and was ratified together with that agreement with the coheirs before mention'd by a special act in the Parliament begun at Westminster 19 Martii 1 Iac. and held by Prorogation until the ninth of February 7 Iac. as by the Record thereof return'd into the Chancery by Writ of Certiorare bearing date 30 Iulii 8 Iac. appeareth but I return This William was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter in the time of that Queen and married Elizabeth eldest Daughter to Edward Earl of Oxford by whom he had Issue two Sons Iames who succeeded him in his Honours and Sir Robert Stanley Knight As also three Daughters Elizabeth who died young Anne first married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Com. Somers Baronet afterwards to Sir Robert Carr Knight Earl of Ancrum in Scotland and another Elizabeth who died young And departing this life upon the 29 September An. 1642. was buried with his Ancestors at Ormeskirk To whom succeeded Iames his Son and Heir a person highly accomplisht with learning prudence loyalty and true valour Whereof none to whom he was well known are ignorant and as by this brief ensuing Narrative of the last and tragick part of his life may abundantly appear To pass by the great state wherein he lived whilst this Realm continued in peace and his wonderful Hospitality He was one of the first that repaired to the late King Charles of Blessed Memory at York when by reason of the dangerous Tumults at Westminster in the beginning of the year 1642. his Majesty became necessitated to retire thither Whence being ordered back into Lancashire to prepare for that Kings reception upon a resolution taken for setting up the Standard Royal at Warington he forthwith mustred that whole County on the three Heaths near Berry Ormskirk and Preston where he had an appearance of at least twenty thousand men at each place intending the like course in Cheshire and North-Wales by virtue of his Commission as Lord Lieutenant in those parts But in this interim the place resolv'd on for erecting the Standard being chang'd to the great disappointment of the Kings faithful Subjects in those parts and the no less encouragement of his enemies it was set up at Notingham where the Countries not coming in so freely as was expected the King by special Letters desired his Lordship to raise what men be could and to hasten to him Whose answer was that he would do his best but that the Case was then much altered a great part of the Country resolving to stand Neuters and that many others had already joined with the Rebels and seised upon Manchester All this notwithstanding amongst his own Tenants dependants and private friends he raised three Regiments of Foot and three Troops of Horse which he cloath'd and arm'd at his own charge and then posted to the King at Shrewsbury for orders how to dispose of them Whereupon his Majesty commanding him to return and forthwith to make trial of one smart assault upon Manchester and then whether he mastered that Town or not to march up to the general Camp he repaired to those his Forces drew up before that Town and upon his Summons thereof it refusing any Treaty directed an assault at four of the clock the next morning with hopes to carry it But that very night receiving commands from the King to haste to him in two days space he brought up his Regiments and Troops to his Majesty Which being disposed of under the command of other Officers he was desired to return back and take what care he could of the Country Hereupon the predominant party in that unhappy Parliament then sitting at Westminster made offer to him of the largest terms imaginable in case he would come in to them or quit the Kings service but to this he answered When I turn Traytor I may hearken to these propositions but till then let me have no more of these Papers at the peril of him that brings them this being the second time they had in that kind attempted him By this time the enemy having Garrison'd the Towns of Lancaster and Preston and in a manner brought the whole County under their power his Lordship set himself to fortifie his own House at Lathom and though his Arms and Magazine were gone made shift with the assistance of his Friends to cut off three Companies of the Enemy on Houghton Common as also to take Lancaster and Preston by storm in the former leading on his men himself with a half Pike in his hand after one repulse to the second assault which did the business Manchester having in all probability follow'd had not his Auxiliaries and his own Forces been call'd away in that very nick of time when he was ready for the attempt Soon after this upon information that the enemy had a design upon the Isle of Man he was ordered thither for the security of that place And went accordingly having first made some necessary provisioâ—s of Men Moneys and Ammunition for the protection and defence of his incomparable Lady at Lathom to whose charge he committed his Children House and other his English concerns She being therefore thus left in that House the Enemy lookt upon it as their own little expecting from a Woman being a stranger and that a place so unprovided as they
Stop-ford bridge but that he rais'd his Siege upon the 27th of May an 1644. and marcht to Bolton a strong Garrison of the Enemy Where with the addition of other Forces to two thousand of his own he made up a Body of two thousand five hundred Foot and five hundred Horse Upon notice whereof to the Prince he marcht directly thither and gave Order for an assault Which though gallantly attempted succeeded not at the first he therein losing two hundred men the Enemy killing all they took upon the Walls in cold blood in his sight Whereupon a second affault being resolv'd this Earl desired to have the Command of two Companies of his own old Foot and the honour of the forlorn Which at his importunity being granted and all things ready the Town was entred in the space of half an hour on every side he himself being the first man that set foot into it upon the 28th of May. Whereupon Rigby made his escape leaving two thousand of his men behind amongst which there was one Bootle a Captain formerly a Porter in Lathom and upon his leaving that House voluntarily swore that he would never bear Arms against the King who being in the heat of the storm encompassed with Souldiers beg'd Quarter of this Earl who answered him thus I will not kill thee my self but I cannot save thee from others Nor did he Nevertheless his death was afterwards most falsly laid to his charge Upon the taking of this rebellious Town Prince Rupert sent all the Colours to the Countess at Lathom And so marcht to Leverpole for reducing that Thence to Lathom where he staid four or five days but before his departure gave directions for repairing and fortifying the House and at the request of the Countess disposed the Governorship thereof to Captain Edward Rawsthorne whom he made Colonel of a Foot Regiment and two Troops of Horse for its defence by which Captain it was stoutly defended for full two years more in a second Siege but at last by his Majesties Order delivered up having cost the Enemy no less than six thousand men and the Garrison about four hundred it being one of the last places in this Realm that held out for the King After all these great things done by this noble Earl and his incomparable Lady who were then gone into the Isle of Man their Children perfidiously seized and made close Prisoners and he himself tempted with the promise of a peaceable enjoyment of his whole Estate in Case he would deliver up that Isle he stoutly refused even when the Cause was given by all for lost saying be would never redeem his Children by his disloyalty In which Isle he continued until the year 1651. that upon the advancing of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second out of Scotland towards Worcester he receiv'd Command to attend him upon assurance that the Presbyterians would cordially join with the Royalists in Order to his Restauration At which time when he discern'd that their Ministers did obstinately refuse any Conjunction unless he would take the Covenant he said If I perish I perish but if my Master perish the Blood of another Prince and all the ensuing miseries of this Nation will lie at your doors His next misfortune was at that time the Engagement he had with a party which endeavoured to hinder the King in this his march with whom he met in Wigan lane Where with six hundred Horse he maintain'd a Fight for two hours against three thousand Horse and Foot Commanded by Colonel Lilburne in a place of much disadvantage In which encounter he received seven shot on his Breast-plate thirteen Cuts on his Bever over a Steel-Cap and five or six wounds upon his Arms and Shoulders having two Horses kill'd under him nevertheless through all these difficulties he made his way to the King at Worcester Whence upon the loss of the day there 3 Sept. an 1651. he fled with him into Staffordshire Where having seen him hopefully secured in such a place and with such trusty persons by whose means he most happily escaped the cruel Hands of those blood-thirsty Wretches that then sought his Life shifting for himself he had the hard hap to be taken in Cheshire by one Major Edge but upon condition of Quarter Nevertheless against the Law of Arms was most barbarously sentenced to Death by a certain number of faithless men who calling themselves a Court-Marshal sate at Chester viz. Colonel Humphrey Mackworth Major Mitton Colonel Robert Duckenfeild Henry Bradshaw Thomas Croxton George Twisleton Lieu. Col. Henry Birkinhead Simon Finch Alexander Newton Captain Iames Stepford Sam. Smith Iohn Downes Iohn Delves Iohn Griffith Thomas Portington Edward Alcock Ralph Pownall Richard Grantham Edward Stelfax Vincent Corbet Where having voted him guilty of the breach of the Act of 12 Aug. 1651. Intituled An Act for prohibiting correspondency with Charles Stuart or his Party and Sentenced him to be put to Death at Bolton in Lancashire upon the fifteenth of October he there suffered most Christianly and was buried with his Ancestors at Ormeskirk to the no little sorrow of all loyal people unto whom he was known After which his Lady continued in the Isle of Man until it was betray'd by one who had been her own Servant who having corrupted the Inhabitants seised upon her and her Children and kept them Prisoners without any other relief than what she obtained from the Charity of her impoverished Friends until his Majesties most happy Restauration This Noble Earl married the Lady Charlote Daughter to Claude Duke of Tremoüille in France by the Lady Charlote his Wife Daughter to the Renowned Count William of Nassau Prince of Orange and Charlote de Bourbon his Wife by reason whereof the Dukes of Tremüille stand allied to the Kings of France as also to the Houses of Bourbon Monpensier Bourbon Conde Dukes of Anjou Kings of Naples and Sicilie Arch-Dukes of Austria Kings of Spain Earls and Dukes of Savoy Dukes of Millian and divers other Soveraign Princes By which Lady Charlote he had Issue three Sons Charles who succeeded him in his Honours Edward and William who both died unmarried As also three Daughters the Lady Mary married to William Earl of Strafford the Lady Catherine to Henry Marquess of Dorchester and the Lady Emilia to Iohn Earl of Athol in Scotland Which Charles so succeeding him married Dorothy Helen Rupa Daughter to the Baron Rupa a German by whom he had issue which survived him four Sons William Robert Iames and Charles and two Daughters viz. Charlote now married to Thomas eldest Son to Thomas Earl Rivers and Mary who died unmarried And departing this life upon the xxi day of December An. 1672. was buried at Ormeskirk Which William his eldest Son and successor hath married Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Earl of Ossery eldest Son to Iames Duke of Ormund Sir William Stanley Knight HAving thus done with the principal branch of this most Noble Family I come to the collaterals
daughter to Henry Earl of 〈◊〉 as also for ratifying his Marriage with the said Elizabeth and Legitimating the children which should be begotten betwixt them but the Earl of Derby with the Bishops of 〈◊〉 and Norwich as also the Lord Stourton dissented to the Bill Shortly after this he was sent Embassador to the King of France to Present him with the Order of the Garter and to Treat with him touching certain private Affairs being accompanyed with the Bishop of Ely and certain other persons of Note And before the end of that year sate with other of the Peers upon Tryal of the Duke of Somerset But upon the death of King Edward and Proclaiming of the Lady Iane Gray he accompanyed the Duke of Northumberland at his going out of London with Horse and Foot for the suppressing of those who were risen in Suffolk on the behalf of Q. Mary For which being first committed to the Tower of London 26 Iulii in the first year of that Queen he was Arraigned before the Duke of Norfolk then sitting as High Steward upon the eighteenth of 〈◊〉 following and had Judgment of death passed upon him Howbeit notwithstanding this sharp Sentence Execution was forborn and before the end of that year was restored in blood by Act of Parliament but not to his Honors so that he had no other Title than William Parr Esquire late Marquess of Northampton and stood in no higher a degree until Queen Elizabeth began to Reign But she graciously considering that through the Potency of his Adversaries he had been bereaved of those Titles by her Letters Patent bearing date at the Tower of London 13 Ian. 1 Eliz. advanced him again to the dignity of Marquess of Northampton restored him to his Lands and made him one of the Lords of her Privy-Council She likewise joyn'd him in Commission with some of the Bishops and other learned Divines for Reforming that Liturgie set forth by her Brother King Edward the Sixth and made him Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Overliving Elizabeth Cobham his second wife he lastly married Helen daughter of Wolfangus Suavenburgh born in Sweden but had no issue by any of them and departing this life in An. 1571. 14 Eliz. was buried at the upper end of the Quire of the Collegiate Church at Warwick on the North-side where the Atchievements hung up at his Funeral did remain till of late years And where his Body about Fifty years since being dig'd up to make room for the Burial of an ordinary Gentlewoman was found perfect the skin intire dryed to the bones Rosemary and Bayes lying in the Coffin fresh and green All which were so preserv'd by the dryness of the ground wherein they lay it being above the Arches of that fair Vault which is under the Quire and of a sandy condition mixt with rubbish of Lime as hath been related to me by those who were eye-witnesses thereof Dying thus without issue Henry Earl of Pembroke his Nephew by one of his Sisters became his next heir Helen his last wife surviving him who married afterwards to Sir Thomas Gorge of Longford in Com. Wilts Knight and having many children by him dyed in April An. 1635. 11 Car. 1. Lord Parr of Horton I Now come to William Parre Uncle both to this VVilliam Marquess of Northampton and to Queen Catherine the sixth and last Wife of King Henry the Eighth This VVilliam residing at Horton in Com. Northampt. being Chamberlain to that Queen his Neice was shortly after her marriage with King Henry viz. 23 Decem. 35 H. 8. created Lord Parr of Horton And in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Royal Expedition into France and thereupon constituting his then Queen Catherine Parr General Regent of this Realme during his absence amongst other her Assistants as to matter of Council he appointed this VVilliam Lord Parr of Horton to be called upon some occasions By his Testament bearing date 20 Iunii An. 1546. 38 H. 8. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Horton Shortly after which he died as may seem by the Probate thereof leaving issue by Mary his wife the daughter of Sir VVilliam Salisbury Knight four daughters his heirs 1. Maud married k to Sir Raphe Lance Knight 2. Anne to Sir Iohn Digby of Ketilby in Com. Leic. Knight 3. Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas VVoodhall Knight 4. And Mary to Sir Thomas Tresham Knight Thomas Lord Audley of Walden 30 Hen. 8. OF what Extraction this Thomas was I have not seen for of the Family of the old Lords Audley I suppose he was not the Armes which he bore being totally different from theirs Nor have I observed any thing of him till 18 H. 8. that he became the Autumne-Reader in the Inner-Temple Whereby it appeares that having been a diligent Student of the Laws he arrived to a great proficiency in that commendable Learning in which within a short time after he grew so famous that in 21 H. 8. he was made choice of for Speaker in the House of Commons in that Long-Parliament which began upon the third of November the same year and continuing by Prorogation till 27 H. 8. proved fatal to the Religious Houses by the Dissolution of all those whose Revenues were not certified to exceed the value of Two hundred pounds per annum In which his service was so acceptable to the King as that the next ensuing year viz. 22 H. 8. he was constituted his Atturney for the Dutchy of Lancaster Also in Mich. Terme Graft Mart. advanced to the state and degree of a Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of November following made the King's Serjeant Nor was any farther Promotion thought too great for him for in 24 H. 8. upon the Resignation of that worthy Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Moore he was Knighted and made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and before the end of that year Lord Chancellor of England Being therefore thus raised to that high place discerning the Pope's Supremacy newly abolish'd whereupon the Title of Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England was vested in the King who consequently took upon him by his own absolute power to suppress the Priory of Canons of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ-church near Algate in the City of London he obtain'd the Scite and Precinct of that Religious House and converted it to a fit Mansion for his own residence having likewise all the Plate and Lands thereto belonging bestowed on him And in 30 H. 8. sate High-Steward upon the Arraignment of Henry Courtney Marquess of Exeter then accused for Conspiring the advancement of Reginald Pole afterwards Cardinal to the Crown That this Thomas had been not a little instrumental in carrying on that great design for dissolving the lesser
dayes he dyed at his House in Cornbury-Park in the County of Oxford in the 71 year of his Age. Laus Deo Sacred Marble safely keep His Dust who under thee must sleep Vntill the years again restore Their Dead and time shall be no more Meane while if He which all things â—ears Does ruine thee or if thy Tears Are shed for him dissolve thy frame Thou art requited for his fame His vertue and his worth shall be Another Monument to thee G. Herbert Lord Gerard of Bromley 1 Iac. IN the first year of Queen Mary Gilbert Gerard a branch of the antient Family of the Gerards of Brin in Com. Lanc. which derive their descent from the great Geraldine-stock in Ireland having been a Student of Gray's Inne for some years was at length by reason of his profound Learning and Knowledge in the Laws made choice of for the Autumn-Reader there in the first year of Queen Maries Reign and in 2 and 3 Ph. M. joyn'd with Nicholas Bacon afterwards Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in the office of Treasurer for that Society In the time of which Queen as by credible Tradition I have heard upon the Lady Elizabeth's being question'd at the Council-Table he was permitted to plead there on her behalf and perform'd his part so well as that he suffred imprisonment for the same in the Tower of London during the remaining terme of Queen Maries Reign For which faithful service and other his great merits upon the 22 th of Iune in the first year of Queen Elizabeth he was constituted her Attorney-general and Knighted in 21 Eliz. In which trust he continued until the 23 d of her Reign and then upon the 30 th of May was made Master of the Rolls This Sir Gilbert built that stately Quadrangular Fabrick of Stone Leaded on the roof at Gerard's Bromley in Com. Staff his principal seat And by his Testament bearing date 8 Ian. An. 1592. 34 Eliz. bequeathed his body to be buried in Christian-burial and died shortly after as may seem from the probate thereof in Aprill next ensuing and lyeth buried at Ashley in Com. Staff where there is a noble Monument erected to his Memory but without any Epitaph leaving issue by Anne his wife daughter and heir to William Râ—tcliffe of UUâ—mersley in Com. Lanc. Esquire two sons Thomas and Ratâ—liffe and four daughters Frances married to Sir Richard Molineux Knight Margaret to Peter Leigh Esquire Catherine to Richard Houghton of Houghton in Com. Lanc. Esquire and Ratcliffe to ... Wingfeâ—ld of ... in Com ... All which four sons in Law had formerly been in Ward to him as I have credibly heard Which Thomas in 39 Eliz. being then a Knight and constituted Knight-Marshal of the King's Houshold for life upon the 21 th of Iuly 1 Iac. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Gerard of Gerard's Bromâ—ey before-mentioned Also in 14 Iac. 7 Martii to be the King's Lieutenant in the Marches of UUales commonly called Lord President He married two wives first Alice daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Rivet Knight by whom he had issue three sons Gilbert William and Iohn Secondly Elizabeth daughter of ... Woodford of ... in Com ... but had no issue by her and departing this life in An. 1618. was buried at Ashley before mentioned To whom succeeded in his honor Gilbert his son and heir who took to wife Eleanore the sole daughter and heir of Thomas Dutton of Dutton in Com. Cestr. Esquire by whom he had issue two sons Dutton and Thomas which Thomas died in his infancy and three daughters Allice married to Roger Owen son and heir to Sir William Owen of Cundover in Com. Salop. Knight Frances to Robert Nedham son and heir to Robert Vicount Kilmorey and Elizabeth to Sir Peter Leicester of Nether-Tabley in Com. Cestr. Baronet This Gilbert died An. 1622. leaving Eleanore his wife surviving who afterwards married to the said Robert Vicount Kilmorey Which Dutton his eldest son and successor had two wives first Mary daughter to Francis Earl of UUestmorland by whom he had issue only one son Charles and Mary a daughter married to Sir Anthony Cope of Hanwell in Com. Oxon. Baronet His second wife was Elizabeth daughter and coheir to Henry Earl of Thomond in Ireland by whom he had issue Elizabeth married to William Spenser of â—shton in Com. Lanc. Esquire a younger son to the Lord Spenser And dying the 22 th of Apr. An. 1640. being then 28 years of age was buried at Ashley To whom succeeded Charles his only son who married Iane the only surviving daughter and sole heir to George Digby of Sandon in Com. Staff Esquire and by her had issue one only son named Digby born 16 Iulii An. 1662. and departing this life upon the 28 th of December An. 1667. was buried at Ashley before-specified Lord Gerard of Brandon GReat-grandson to the before-mentioned Sir Gilbert Gerard Knight was Charles Gerard of Halsall in Com. Lanc. Esq viz. son and heir to Sir Charles Gerard Knight by Penelope his wife sister and coheir to Sir Edward Fitton of Gosworth in Com. Cestr. Kt. son of Raâ—cliff Gerard second son to the same Sir Gilbert by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Sir Charles Somerset Knight of the Bath fourth son to Edward late Earl of UUorcester Which Charles having been trayned up in the Discipline of War from his youth in the United Provinces commonly call'd the Netherlands in the year 1642. taking notice of the danger whereunto our late Sovereign King Charls the First of blessed Memory was unhappily exposed by those armed Forces which the predominant party in the late Long Parliament had with an high hand raised against him under color of asserting the establisht Religion the Laws of the Land the Liberties of the Subject and Priviledges of Parliament most loyally and opportunely repaired to His Majesty at Shrewsâ—uâ—y shortly after the erection of His Royal Standard at Notingham the same year And in a little time raising a Regiment of Foot as also a Troop of Horse at his own Charge for His Service behaved himself with great valor in divers sharp encounters First in the Battel of â—â—neton where he received some dangerous wounds and afterwards in sundry other Fights viz. at the taking of Litchâ—eild and Skirmish at Notingham-Bridge in the first Battel of Newberie and Reliefe of Newark Then as General to Prince Rupert in the parts of South-UUales where his great valor and judicious conduct made him famous for his Victories at â—aerdiffe â—idwelly and â—aermarthin and for his success in taking the Castles of Cardigan Emblin Laugherne and Roche as as also the strong Garrison of Haverford West with the Castles of Picton and Carew Besides these his personal Actings 't is not a little observable that he had two valiant Brothers viz. Edward a Colonel
derive themselves from Herbert Fitz Herbert called Finch who was in ward to the King in 28 E. 1. and lineally descended from Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlain to King Henry the first was Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell in com Cantii Knight which Sir Moyle being a person of an ample Fortune was the twenty fifth in number as to precedence of those whom King Iames raised to the degree and title of Baronet in the ninth year of his Reign his Patent bearing date 23 Iunii And not long afterwards by reason of his great prudence in the management of publick affairs should have been more highly dignified in case his death had not prevented it For that consideration therefore and by reason that Elizabeth his widdow was not only the sole daughter and heir to Sir Thomas Heneage Knight Treasurer of the Chamber Vice Chamberlain of the Houshold and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth as also one of her Privy Council but a Lady of excellent endowments the same King by his Letters Patent bearing date 8 Iulii in the twenty first year of his Reign advanced her to the dignity of a Vicountess by the title of Vicountess of Maydâ—â—on in Kent with limitation of that honor to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten After which sâ—il in 4 Car. 1. having obtained from that King the favor of an higher title upon the twelfth of Iuly the same year she was created Countess of Winchelsey in com Suss. with the like limitation and departing this life 13 Martii An. 1633. had burial at Eastwell under a noble Monument there erected for them both The issue which she had by her said Husband was seven sons and four daughters first Sir Theophilus Finch Knight who married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Christopher Hayden of Baconsthorpe in Com. Norff. Knight but died without issue in his life time secondly Sir Thomas Finche Knight thirdly Iohn a Student of the Law of whom there is not now any issue remaining fourthly Sir Heneage Finche Knight Sergeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London fifthly Francis Finche of the Inner Temple who died without any issue surviving sixthly William and seventhly Robert who died both unmarried The daughters were these Anne married to Sir William Twisden of East-Peckham in com Cantii Barronet Catherine to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosfeild in com Essex Knight and Barronet and two others bearing the name of Elizabeth who died young Which Sir Thomas succeeding her in those honors married Cecilie daughter to Iohn and sister to the before-specified Sir Iohn Wentworth and departing this life at his house in Charter House-yard in the Suburbs of London 4 November An. 1639. was buried at Eastwell leaving issue surviving three sons Heneage Iohn and William and five daughters Frances married to Sir William Strickland of Boynton in com Ebor. Knight Anne to Sir William Waller Knight Catherine died young Cecilie to Sir Erasmus Philips Knight Diana 〈◊〉 Nicholas Tooke of Gadington in com Cantii Eâ—quire and another Catherine to Ambrose Moore Esquire To whom succeeded Heneage the eldest of those three sons now Earl of Winchelsey who married thrice first Diana daughter to Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham by whom he hath no issue surviving secondly the Lady Mary second daughter to William then Marquess of Hertford afterwards Duke of Somerset and being descended from the antient Family of Herbert long since of Eastwell before mentioned by reason of his faithful services to our present Soveraign King Charles the second manifested in the time of his unparrall'd distresses not only with great hazard supplying his necessities in forreign parts but by preparing Auxiliaries Horse and Foot upon occasion for his best service in acknowledgment of this his signal Fidelity was by Letters Patents bearing date 26 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Keign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Fitz Herbert of Eastwell before specified Shortly after which he was sent Embassador into Turkey where he continued about eight years By which Lady he had issue six sons first William commonly called Lord Maidston secondly Heneage thirdly Thomas fourthly Charles fifthly Leopald and sixthly Lashley the three last being born in Turkey he had also issue by her two daughters now surviving the rest dying young viz. the Lady Frances married to Thomas Thynne Esquire son to Sir Henry-Frederick Thynne of Caurse-Castle in com Salop. Knight and the Lady Iane. His third wife is Catherine daughter to Sir Thomas Northelyffe of Langton in com Ebor. Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wentworth of of â—msald in the same County Knight by whom he hath issue Catherine a daughter Which William called Lord Maydstone married Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Windâ—am of Felbragg-Hall in com Norf. Esquire but being in that great Fight at Sea against the Dutch in May An. 1672. 24 Car. 2. had the ill hap to be there slain by a Cannon Bullet leaving issue one daughter called Mariamna and his Lady then great with Child of a son whereof she was delivered upon the twenty sixth of September next following whose name is Charles and now called Lord 〈◊〉 Iohn Lord Finche of Fordwiche 16 Car. 1. A Branch of this Family viz. Son of Sir Henry Finch of Mote in com Cantii Knight second Brother to Sir Moyle Finch was Iohn Finch who having his education in Grays-Inne became so great a proficient in his Study of the Laws that in 16 Iac. he was made choice of for the Autumn Reader there as also shortly afterwards viz. in An. 1627. 3 Car. 1. Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament And in 2 Car. 1. 3 Nov. constituted Treasurer for that honorable Society of Grays Inne Likewise upon the 13 of December following made the Queens Atturney General After this 8 Sept. 10 Car. 1. he was called to the state and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of October constituted one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas also upon the twenty first of Ianuary 11 Car. 1. Chief Justice in the same Court Moreover upon the death of Thomas Lord Coventry he had the office of Lord Keeper of the great Seal conferred upon him scil 23 Ian. 15 Car. 1. and lastly upon the seventh of April 16 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Kealm by the title of Lord Finche of Fordwiche But long he continued not in that high place of Lord Keeper the predominant party in the late Long Parliament being so fierce upon him as that in Ianuary the next ensuing year to preserve himself from their severity he fled into the Netherlands and there continued till the happy Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the second He married twice first Eleanore daughter to Sir George Wyat of Boxley in com Cantii Knight secondly Mabella daughter of Charles
genreal Rendevouz of the Royal Army at Newarke upon â—rent on Monday in Whitson-week and thence marching to Lincoln affisted in raising the Siege which Lewes of France with the Barons had there made Shortly after which viz. in 8 Hen. 3. he was constituted Governour of the Islands Geresey and Garnsey so likewise of the Castle at Berkâ—amsted and in 12 Hen. 3. of the Castles of Durham and Norham Furthermore in 20 Hen. 3. with Richard Earl of Cornwall the King's Brother and others of the Nobility he took upon him the Cross for a journey to the Holy Land and in 22 Henry 3. was constituted Governour of the Castle at Portcester In 31 Hen. 3. he was again signed with the Cross together with William Longespe and some others So likewise in Anno 1250. 34 Hen. 3. but in 36 Hâ—â— 3. he departed this life whereupon the custody of his Lands lying in the Counties of Southampton Kent Northumb. Surrâ— suff Northampton Bedf. and Buck. were committed to Geffrey de Lusignian the King's Brother till his Heir should be of full age After him I find another Geffrey his Son I presume who in 46 Hen. 3. was with other the Barons then a party to that peaceable Agreement made betwixt the King and them viz. that in case they could not personally come according to the time limited for ratifying the same that then they should send their Seals to be affixed thereunto But notwithstanding this Accord he was one of those who met at Oxfozd with a mighty power in 47 Hen. 3. and forced the King to submit to those unreasonable Ordinances which they had then framed commonly called Provisiones Oxonii Moreover in 49 Hen. 3. he took part with Montfort Earl of Leicester and the rest of that party who were then happily vanquished in the Battel of Eâ—esham and escaping death in that great encounter repaired to the Castle of Gloucester which he afterwards rendred to Prince Edward upon condition of pardon thenceforth approving himself a loyal Subject to that King But in 12 Edw. 1. or before he departed this life whereupon his Lands in Com. Northumb. with the Wardship of his Heir were committed to Richard de Brus until his said Heir should be full of age Elianore his Widow having the Mannors of Dayllington and Slapton in Com. North ton and Chelmundescote in Com. Buck. assigned for her Dowry Which Heir called also Geffrey being of full age in 16 Edw. 1. and doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and was summoned to Parliament in 25 Edw. 1. But farther I cannot say of him Multon IN King Henry the First 's time â—homas de Multon so called from his residence at Mulâ—on in Com. Linc. at the Funeral of his Father in the Chapter-house at Spalding his Mother Brothers Sisters and Friends being present gave the Church of Weston to the Monks of that Abbey After him Lambert de Multon in 11 Hen. 2. was amerced at an hundred Marks residing then in Lincolnshire And in 9 and 10 Ioh. another Thomas was Sheriff of that County which Thomas in 15 Joh. attended the King in his Expedition then made into Poiâ—tou And having then given a thousand Marks to the King for the Wardship of the Daughters and Heirs of Richard de Luci of Eyremont in Com. Cumbr. bestowed them afterward in marriage upon his two Sons Lambert and Alan as I shall farther shew anon In 17 Joh. being in Arms against the King with the rebellious Barons and taken at Rochester-Castle he was committed to the custody of Peter de mauley to be safely secured who carried him prisoner to the Castle of Corff whereupon he imployed his Son Lambert to the king for letetrs of safe conduct on the behalf of himself and his Friends to the end he might treat of his enlargement But at that time he did not make his peace as it seems for it appears that in 1 Hen. 3. the King committed his Casâ—le of Multon with all other his Possessions to William de Albini to hold during pleasure howbeit before the end of that year returning to obedience he had restitution of them In 2 Hen. 3. having married Adâ— the Daughter and Coheir of Hugh de Morvill Widow of Richard de Luci of Egremont without the King's Licence command was sent to the Archbishop of York to make seisure of all his Lands in Com. Cumbr. and to retain them in his hands until further order But giving Security to answer the same whensoever the King should require him so to do he had Lovery of all his Lands in Copeland with the Castle of Egremont which had been seised for that transgression About this time the like command was sent to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire to seise all his Lands in that County for the Arrerages of the Fine due for his own redemption then unpaid And soon after this Robert de Vipount received the like Precept to take good Security from him for the payment of three hundred pounds debt to the King as also for another debt of Clxiv l. viij s. j d. due to the King by Ada de Morevill his Wife it being a Fine whereby she compounded with King Iohn for Licence to marry and upon such Security given to deliver up unto him his Castle and Lands which were so seised as is before observed In 6 Hen. 3. he gave an hundred pound Fine to the King and one Palfrey for the office of Forester of Cumberland granted to him by King Iohn rendring ten pounds per Annum to the Exchequer it being of the Inheritance of Ada his Wife In 17 Hen. 3. being Sheriff of Cumberland he was made Governour of the Castle at Carleoâ— and continued Sheriff of that County for the eighteenth nineteenth and one half of the twentieth year of that King's Reign Moreover he was one of the Justices of the King's Court of Common-pleas form 8 Hen. 3. and a Justice Itinerant for divers years from 9 Hen. 3. and gave to the Monks of Calder in Com. Cumbr. the moity of the Town of Dereham Moreover he gave to the Monks of Holcoltram in Com. Cumbr. Common of Pasture for five hundred Sheep in Laysingby also to the Hospital of S. Leonard at Skyrbec in Com. Linc. his whole Lordship of Skyrbec with the Chapel of Wynestowe and Advâ—wson of the Church at Kirketon After which ere long viz. in Anno 1240. 24 Hen. 3. he departed this life with this character by a Monk of that time viz. That in his youth he was a stout Souldier afterwards very wealthy and learned in the Laws but overmuch coveting to enlarge his Possessions which lay contiguous to those of the Monks of
Crowland he did them great wrong in many respect leaving Issue by Ada his second Wife one Son called Thomas and Iulian a Daughter married to Robert le Vavasour Which Thomas in 25 Hen. 3. paying forty pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Lands This Thomas de Multon in 36 Hen. 3. being then Forester of Cumberland by descent from the before-specified Ada his Mother Daughter and Coheir to Hugh de Morevill gave a Fine of four hundred Marks to the King for trespassing in that stomes and Services his Tenants had used to perform and to do to him and his Ancestors for their Lands in Coupland And the same year obtained a Grant from the King to himself and Ada his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Hugh de Morvile of the Forestership of Cumberland with its Appâ—rtenances without any Partition to be made thereof with Ioane her other Sister and farther granted unto them the Purparty of her the said Ioane in all her Father's Lands This Richard likewise gave to the King the next year following nine hundred Marks and five Palfries to have Livery of the Purparty belonging to her the said Ada of the whole Inheritance which belonged to Roger de Morvill her Father and to enjoy the Forestership of Cumberland as amply as Hugh de Morvill Father of Roger had it without any Partition to be thereof made And in 10 Ioh. gave a good Palfrey to the King for the Grant of a Fair at his Mannor of Renglas every year upon the Feast-day of S. Iames the Apostle and a weekly Market every Saturday Moreover he gave to the Monks of Calder in Cumberland the moity of his Mill at Ikelingâ—on And by an ample Charter to his Burgesses of Egrâ—mont granted unto them divers Immunities and Priviledges viz. that they should not go beyond the Gates of his Castle there upon any Summons either with the Lord or his Steward to take distresses in Coupland Also that in the time of War they should not be obliged to find any more than twelve armed men for forty days for the defence of that Castle at thâ—ir own proper costs Likewise that they should not give Aid unless for making his eldâ—st Son Knight marrying one of his Daughters or towards his own ransom in case he were taken Prisoner and at such other times as his Tenants by Military service gave Aid Moreover that they should be quit of Pawnage for their Hogs in certain of his Woods But by this Chartâ—r he obliged them to grind at his Mills and to give the thirteenth part for Toll of their own Corn and of that which they should buy the sixteenth part and upon the Purchase of any Burgage the Buyer to give him four pence at the taking Possession Adding also divers good Orders and Rules for their better Government in that Borough which for brevity I omit But in 15 Ioh. or before he departed this life for then did Ada his Widow give a Fine of five hundred Marks for Livery of her Paternal Inheritance as also for her Dowry of his Lands and that she might not be compelled to marry again After which she took to Husband Thomas de Multon without the King's Licence by reason whereof the Castle of Egremont and other the Lands whereof she was possessed were seised into the King's hands But afterwards upon Composition he had Livery of them again and obtaining the Wardship of the two Daughters and Heirs of the said Richard de Lucie married them to his two Sons viz. Annâ—bell to his eldest Son Lambert de Multon and Alice to Alan de Multon the younger Son the Lands which by the death of him the said Richard so descending unto them and afterwards divided being the Mannors of Egremond Aspatrick Caldebec Brathwayâ— and Husacre in Com. Cumbr. ¶ Of which Lambert de Multon and his Descendents I have spoke under the title of Multon of Egremont Lucie of Cokermouth I Now come to Thomas the Son of Alan de Multon who by reason that Alice his Mother was one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Richard de Lucie of Egremont assumed the sirname of Lucie This Thomas married Isabell one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Adam de Bolteby a great man in Northumberland and in 16 Edw. 1. doing his Fealty had Livery of all the Lands which were of the Inheritance of Alice his Mother But died in 3â— Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Langley in Com. Northumb. which came to him by the marriage of her the said Isabell. He likewise died seised of the Mannor of Aspatrik and Royalty of the Liberty of Allerdale in Com. Cumbr. as also of the Mannor of Caldebek leaving Thomas his Son and Heir twenty four years of age Which Thomas doing his Homage the same year had Livery of his Lands and in 34 Edw. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland But in 2 Edw. 2. died without Issue whereupon Anthony his Brother being found his next Heir and at that time twenty five years of age doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance excepting those which Christian the Widow of him the said Thomas held in Dower viz. the third part of the Mannors of Balnes Brathwayt Aspatrik and Caldebek in Com. Cumbr. as also the third part of the Mannor of Langele and Villages called Fourstones and Allerwashe in Com. Northumb. Which Aâ—thony in 34 Edw. 1. was together with his Brother Thomas in the Scotish Wars and in 4 Edw. 2. received command with divers other noble persons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Roâ—borough within the month after the Nativity of Saint Iohn Baptist thence to march against the Scots In 7 Edw. 2. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 10 Edw. 2. joyned in Commission with William Lord Dacre for defence of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmerland against the Incursions of the Scots In 11 Edw. 2. bâ—ing made Sheriff of Cumberland he was constituted sole Guardian of that County and of Westmerland and in 12 Edw. 2. again made Sheriff of Cumberland as also Governour of the Castles of Earlisle and Cokermouth In 16 Edw. 2. being again made Sheriff of Cumberland and Governour of the Castle of Carlisle he was also constituted Governour of the Castle of Appleby and likewise of the Castle and Honour of Egremond and the same year obtained from the King a Grant in Fee of the Castle and Honour of Cockermouth with the Mannor of Papcastre pertaining thereto to hold by the service of one Knights Fee Moreover the next ensuing year he obtained a Charter for a weekly Market on the Tuesday at his Mannor of Heydonbrigge in Com. Northumb. and a Fair yearly on
is Somerhil the place of his residence To whom succeeded Vlick his Son and Heir who in the time of the late Rebellion in Ireland coming hither for refuge was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 21 Febr. 21 Car. 1. created Marquess of Clâ—nrikard He married the Lady Anne Daughter to William Earl of Northampton and by her had Issue one only Daughter called Margaret married to the Lord Muskerry Son to the Earl of Clancartie in Ireland Which Lord Muskerry was slain in that great Sea-fight against the Dutch an 1672. This Vlick died in an 1659. and was buried at Tonbridge Leke Lord Deincourt and Earl of Scarsdale 22 Iac. UPon the 22 th of May an 1611. 9 Iac. the title of Baronet at that time commencing Sir Francis Leke of Sutton in Com. Derb. Knight being a person of a very ancient Family in those parts and of an ample fortune was advanced to that dignity being the sixth in precedence of those who then were honoured therewith and upon the 26 th of October 22 Iac. was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Deincourt of Sutton Moreover in the late turbulent times manifesting his Loyalty most exemplaâ—ily to our late Soveraign King Charles the first not only by yielding much supply to his wants but Cordial advice in Council whilst Newarke upon Trent remained one of his Garrisons as also by readily sending forth two of his Sons in his service whereof the one lost his life in the South and the other in the West was in consideration thereof raised to the degree and dignity of an Earl by the title of Earl of Scarsdale by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 11 Nov. 21 Car. 1. He married Anne Daughter to Sir Edward Carey of Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. Knight Sister to Henry Vicount Falkland by whom he had Issue seven Sons and six Daughters viz. Francis slain in France Nicholas who succeeded him in his Honours Edward and Charles slain in his late Majesties service as abovesaid Henry died unmarried Raphe and Iohn who died Infants His Daughters were these Anne married to Henry Hillyard of Wysteade in Holdernesse Catherine to Cuthbert Morley of Normanâ—y in Com. Ebor. Esq Elizabeth and Muriel yet unmarried Frances Wedded to the Vicount Gormanston in Ireland and Penelope to Charles now Lord Lucas of Shenfeild Having suffered much for his loyalty in the times of the late unparalleled Usurpation in which King Charles the first of blessed memory lost his life by the hands of that Barbarous Generation then predominant he became so much mortified after that wosull Murther of his rightful Soveraign that he apparreled himself in Sack-cloth and causing his Grave to be dig'd some years before his death laid himself down in it every Friday exercising himself frequently in divine Meditations and Prayer And departing this life in his House at Sutton in Scarsâ—ale upon the ninth day of April an 1655. was buried in the Parish Church there To whom succeeded Nicholas his eldest Son then living who married the Lady Frances Daughter to Robert late Earl of Warwick by whom he hath Issue two Sons Robert commonly called Lord Deincourt and Richard and Mary a Daughter Which Robert hath married Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Iohn Lewes of Ledston in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet Fane Earl of Westmorland 22 Iac. FRancis Fane Esq Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell in Com. Cant. Knight by Mary his Wife sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Nevill Knight Lord Bergavenny afterwards created Baroness le Despenser being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames and upon the 29 th of December 22 Iac. advanced to the titles of Baron Burghersh and Earl of Westmorland took to Wife Mary the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Authony Mildmay of Apethorpe in Com. North. Knight by Grace his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Sir Henry Sherington of Lacock in Com. Wilts Knight which Sir Anthony was Son and heir to Sir Walter Mildmay Knight first Surveyor of the Court of Augmentation to King Henry the 8 th and afterwards Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth And he Son to Thomas Mildmay Gent. one of the Auditors to the Court of Augmentation temp H. 8. who upon the dissolution of the Monasteries obtained the Mannor of Mulsham in Essex parcel of the possessions of the Abby of Westminster This Earl Francis had Issue by her seven Sons 1. Mildmay Faâ—e made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first 2. Thomas who died in his Infancy 3. Francis made Knight of the Bath with his Brother 4. Anthony 5. George 6. William and 7. Robert And six Daughters Grace Married to Iames Earl of Humes in Scotland Mary to Dutton Lord Gerard Elizabeth to Sir Iohn Cope of Hanwell in Com. Oxon. Baronet Rachel First to Henry Earl of Bathe and afterwards to Lionel Earl of Middlesex also Frances and Catherine who died Unmarried And departing this life at Westmorland-House in great St. Bartholmews within the City of London 21 Martii an 1629. 5 Car. 1. was buried in the Vault of the Church at Apethorpe before-mentioned To him succeeded in his Honours Mildmay his Son and Heir who being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the First Married to his first Wife Grace Daughter to Sir William Thornhurst of ... in Kent Knight by Anne his Wife Daughter to Thomas Howard Vicount Bindon one of the Coheirs to Thomas her Brother and by her had Issue one Son called Charles and three Daughters Dians first Married to ... Pelham of Brokilsby in Com. Linc. and afterwards to Iohn Bill of Cane-Wood near High-Gate in Com. Midd. Esq Frances to Sir Erasmus Harby of Aldenham in Com. Hertf. Knight and Elizabeth And to his second Wife Mary Daughter to Horace Lord Vere of Tilbury Widdow of Sir Roger Townsend of Raynham in Com. Norff. Knight by whom he had Issue Vere made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and three Daughters Mary first Married to Francis Palmes Son and Heir to Sir Bryan Palmes of Ashwell in Com. Rutl. Knight afterwards to Iohn now Earl of Exeter Rachel to Dr. Gregory Hesket a Prebend in the Kings Royal Chapel of St George in the Castle at Windsore Catherine and Susan Which Mildmay departing this life 12 Febr. an 1665. was buried at Aperhorpe in Com Northt To whom succeeded Charles his Son and Heir who first Married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to ... Nodes of Shephall Bury in Com. Hertf. Esq by whom he had no Issue Secondly Dorothy Daughter to Robert now Earl of Cardigan Ley Earl of Marlborough 22 Iac. IN 44 Eliz. Iames Ley sixth Son to Henry Ley of Tesâ—ont Evias in Com. Wiltes Esq having at the Age
of sixteen years been placed in Brazen Nose Colledge Oxon. he thence removed to the Inns of Court and became so great a proficient in the Study of the Laws there as that in 44 Eliz. he was made choice of for the Lent Reader in Lincoln's-Inne After which his profound Learning and other great abilities deservedly rais'd him to â—undry degrees of Honour and eminent imployments For in 1 Iac. 22 Nov. he was call'd to the State and degree of Serjeant at Law afterwards constituted Chief Justice of the Kings Bâ—nch in Ireland And in 6 Iac. being then a Knight made the King's Attorney in the Court of Wards In 17 Iac. 20 Iulii residing at Westbury in Com. Wilts he was Created a Baronet In 18 Iac. 29 Ian. Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench and in 22 Iac. 20 Dec. Lord High Treasurer of England Being therefore thus preferr'd to that great Office both of Honour and Trust upon the 31 th of December the same year he was advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Ley of Ley in Com. Devon As also upon the 5 th of Febr. 1 Car. 1. to the Title of Earl of Marlborough with limitation thereof to the Heirs Male of his Body by Iane at that time his Wife Daughter of Iohn Lord Butler of Bramfeild in Com. Hertf. by Elizabeth then his Wife Sister to George Duke of Buckingham and for lack of such Issue to the Heirs Male of his own Body and soon after that President of the Council He Married three Wives First Mary the Daughter of Iohn Pettey of Stoke Talmage in the County of Oxford Esq by whom he had Issue three Sons Henry Iames and William and eight Daughters Elizabeth Married to Morice Carant of Tooner in Com. Somers Esq Anne to Sir Walter Longe of Draycot Cerne in Com. Wilts Knight Mary to Richard Erisey of Erisey in Com. Cornub. Esq Dionysia to Iohn Harington of Kelneyâ—on in Com. Somers Esq Margaret to ... Hobson of ... in the Isle of Wiht Esq Hesther to Arthur Fuller of Bradfeild in Com. Hertf. Esq Martha died Unmarried and Phoebe to ... Biggs of Hurst in Com. Berks. Esq Surviving her he secondly took to Wife Mary the Widdow of Sir William Bower Knight And lastly the before-specified Iane Daughter to Iohn Lord Boteler by neither of which two last Wives he had any Issue And departing this life at Lincolns-Inn in the Suburbs of London upon the fourteenth day of March in an 1628. was buried on the South-side of the Parish Church of Westbury commonly called Westâ—ury under the plain before-mention'd where he hath a noble Monument erected to his Memory with this Epitaph D. O. M. S. HIC in pace requiescunt ossa cineres D. Iacobi Ley Equestris ordinis viri Baronetti filii Henrici Ley de Tessont-Evias armigeri natu sexti Qui Iuvenis Iurisprudentiaestudiis mancipatus virtute meruit ut per omnes gradus ad summum togatae laudis fastigium ascendereâ— Regii in Hiberniâ Banci Iusticiarius sufficitur Capitalis Et in Angliam revocatus fit Pupillorum Procurator Regius Dein primarius in Tribunali regio Iusticiarius Quae munia postquam magnâ cum integritatis laude administrasset illum Iacobus Rex Baronis Ley de Ley suae familiae in agro Devon antiquâ sede titulo ornavit in sanctius adscivit Concilium summumque Angliae Thesaurarium constituit Et Rex Carolus Marlebrigi Comitis aâ—ctario honoravit Regiique Concilii instituit Praesidem Vxorem dâ—xit Mariam Filiam Ioâ—annis Pettey de Stoke-Talmage Oxon. Com. Ar. cujus corpus juxta ponitur Ex quâ numerosam prolem procreavit Henricum nunc Marlebrigi Comitem Iacobum Gulielmum Elizabetham Annam Mariam Dionysiam Margaretam Hest â—eram Martham Phaeben Quâ conjuge fato functâ Mariam despondit Gul. Bower equitis aurati viduam Post cujus obitum Ianâ— Domini Boteler filiae enupâ—it ex quibus nullam prolem suscepit Ita vir iste quem ad gravem prudentiam finxit natura doctrina excoluit publicis usque ad declivem aetatem magistratibus bene functis senio confectus animam de patriâ optimè meritam placidâ morte Deo reddidit Londini in Hospicio Lincoln sibi ante omnia dilectissimo Marti xiv R. S. MDCXXviii Heâ—ricus Marlebrigi Comes optimis parentibus hoc pro munere extremo Monumentum uberibus lacrimis consecravit Since which his judicious Collections containing the Reports of divers Cases in Law triedin the time of King Iames and some part of the reign of King Charles the first have been publisht an 1659. as also a Treatise of Wards and Liveries To him succeeded in his Titles of Honour Henry his eldest Son who married Mary Daughter to Sir Arthur Capel of Hadham in Com. Hertf. Knight by whom he had Issue Iames his only Son and Elizabeth a Daughter which died unmarried Which Iames being a person excellently skilled in Navigation and other points of Mathematical learning was made Lord Admiral of all his Majesties Ships at Dartmouth and the parts adjacent and imployed to the American-Plantations in an 1662. But in an 1665. commanding that huge Ship called the Old Iames in that great fight at Sea with the Dutch upon the third of Iune was there slain by a Cannon-bullet without Issue Whereupon William his Uncle became Heir to his Honours Which William married ... the Daughter of Sir William Hewet of ... in Com. ... Knight but by her hath no Issue Lord Roberts of Truro 22 Iac. THat Wealth hath oft times been the chiefest stâ—p to Honour though by various means acquired there are not many I am sure that will gainsay Whence it came to pass that Richard Roberts of Truro in Com. Cornub. Esq had the honour of Knighthood conâ—erred upon him at Whiteâ—Hall 11 Nov. an 1616. 14 Iac. Likewise upon the third of Iuly 19 Iac. the dignity of Baronet and upon the 26 th of Ian. 22 Iac. was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Roberts of Truro But not through his own seâ—king if that be true which was afterwards by the House of Commons in Parliament in an 1626. 2 Car. 1. charged against the Dake of Buckingham in the ninth Article which is that knowing him to be rich â—e forced him to take that title of Honour and that in consideration thereof he paid ten thousand pounds to that Dukes use This Richard married Frances the Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Hender of Botreaux-Castle in Com Cornub. Esq and left Issue by her Iohn his Son and Heir and two Daughters Mary married to William Rouse of Hatton in Com. Cornub. Esq and Iane to Charles Lord Lambert an Irish Baron Which Iohn succeeding his Father in this Honour was by King Charles the Second our present Soveraign made Lord Privy-Seal and one of his Majesties