of black bord Alisander to kneel upon Also a long Cushion and a short Cushion of Motley Cloth of gold Item Two Curtains of Linnen Cloth to cover the Images with in the Lent of elle-broad Cloth two leves of bredth and three yards of length Item An Hanging of Linnen-Cloth to cover the Pictures of the Chappel in Lent time round about from the one Arch to the other At the same time also the obtain'd the like Licence to found that Hospital at Heighresbury before-mentioned for one Chaplain twelve poor men and one Woman the Chaplain to be Warden to celebrate divine service every day in the Parish Church of Heigtesbury for the good estate of the persons above-mentioned and for the health of the Souls of all before-specified which she endowed with the Mannors of Cheverell Burnell and Cheverell Hales otherwise called Cheverell magna in the same County of Wiltes and gave thereunto xx Loads of Wood yearly out of her Wood of Southlegh in that County After which 8 Aug. an 1476. 16 E. 4. she declared her Will at Heytesbury Whence I have thought fit to take notice of the vast charge she was at in the redemption of Robert Lord Hungerford and Molyns her Son taken Prisoner in Guyen as hath been already observed as also of other her disbursements and losses which were  l. s. d. In sending Chester-Herald into France sundry times by the space of seven years and sixteen Weeks to procure his enlargement 140 00 00. In gifts and rewards to those who had part in him 733 06 08. In Apparel sent to him with an Ambling Horse to please his Friends and for healing his wounds 176 00 00. For meat and drink by the space of seven years and sixteen Weeks for himself and his Servants at xl s. a week before he was put to his finance 760 00 00. For the like board for himself and his servants by the space of LXXX weeks after he was put to his finance viz. vi s. viii d. a day 186 13 04. For his Finaunce over and above all other expences and costs 6000 00 00. For Exchange of money viii d. by the Noble for payment of his Ransome being 7690 l. paid 769 00 00. In Giâ—ts to divers Noblemen which were sureties for her upon borrowing of money to pay this Ransom and to quit those Lords harmless 945 06 00. Lost in the sale of Plate which she sold towards that payment 160 00 00. Item Paid for her Sons Expences from the time he landed in England until the time he went to Florence with Gifts and rewards to great Lords and other after he escaped out of the Tower of London and for his Licence to go to Florence 768 13 04. Paid for his Shipping and Expences 255 00 00. Paid in Expences of his Wife Children and Servants by the space of seven years and xvi weeks with the Expences of Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight Son and Heir of her said Son waiting upon the Earl of Warwick in the King's Service after the departing of King Henry arrayed and accompanied for the War 800 00 00. Paid to her said Sons Creditors to whom he was indebted before he went out of England 400 00 00. Paid and spent for the Composition of the Lands of her late Husband Robert Lord Hungerford which had been divers times seized and given to several great Lords 2160 00 00. In the charge of being under the Arrest of the Earl of Wiltshire by the Kings Command and to be restored to her Lands and Goods 400 00 00. In the loss which she sustained when she was put into the Abby of Ambresbury by the Lord Chancellor of England at the Kings Command her movable Goods of great value being there burnt viz. Beds of Cloth of gold Arras and silk Hangings for Halls and Chambers Plate money and other stuff to the value of 1000 l. more besides repairing the Lodgings so burnt 200 00 00. Item When the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick went out of England against the Kings Will She being then put in Ward to the young Dutchess of Norfolk In making means to the King to be at Syon cost her 200 00 00. Item Whereas Robert late Lord Hungerford her Husband ordained by his last will to have a Chappel for his Sepulâ—ure builded adjoining to our Lady Chappel in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury and two Priests there to be founded and livelyhood amortized therefore and his and her Obit to be kept solemnly in the said Church Which Chappel she did make accordingly and removed his Body thither into a Vault of Marble and made another Tomb for her self all this cost 497 00 00. Item In Ornaments for the said Chappel viz. three pair of Candlesticks of Silver whereof one pair gilt Three pair of Cruets whereof one pair gilt Three Pax-bredes one Bell of Silver Nine pair of Altar-Cloths Nine pair of Vestments Mass-Books Leigers and other necessaries to the Chappel 200 00 00. Item For Licence to amortize the Mannors of Immer and Homyngton in Com. Wiltes and the Mannor of Folke in Com. Dors. to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury for maintenance of those two Priests and keeping the said Obit for ever 176 13 04. Item Whereas Walter late Lord Hungerford built an Almeshouse for xii poor men and one woman and an House for a Schoolmaster being a Priest as well to teach Grammar as to have the rule and oversight of those poor men and woman at Haytesbury in Com. Wiltes and ordained that the Mannors of Chyverell Burnell and Chyverell Halys alias Chyverell magna should be amortised to the said Schoolmaster poor men c. and their Successors This being not perform'd in his days she paid for the effecting thereof 200 00 00. Item In other sums upon other occasions which she paid all which computed amounted to 26180 marks 06s 08d But the next year following the departed this Life and was buried in the Cathedral at Salisburg I now come to Robert Son and Heir to the last Robert by this Margaret Lady Botreaux above-mentioned This Robert in 19 H. 6. which was in his Father's life time by the name of Robert Hungerford Esq having married Alianore the Daughter and Heir of Sir William Molins Knight Lord Molyns Son and Heir to Sir William Molins Knight and Margery his Wife deceased and Cousin and Heir to them the said Sir William and Margery making proof of the Age of her the said Alianore and doing his Fealty had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 14 H. 6. by the name of Sir Robert Hungerford Knight Lord Molyns obtain'd a Grant of C l per annum to himself and the said Alianore his Wife and the Heirs of her the said Alianore to be paid out of the Exchequer until such times as Lands of the like value should be assigned unto them In 31 H. 6. he was amongst others retain'd to serve the King in that Expedition then
viz. The Borough of Worthin and Hamlets of Minsterley Fordon Over-Garther Nether-Garther Baghaltrey Walhope the Chase of Hoxstow called the Hey and the Brethyn with the Hamlets of Hope and Adeston in Com. Salop and Marches of Wales the Mannor and Hundred of Rothewell the Mannors of Glapthorne Thorpe-Lobenham Wodeford juxta Ryfield and Whiston in Com. Northampt. Also the Castle of Stafford and Mannor of Bradley with its Members two parts of the Mannor of Hide the Mannor of Madeley Under Lime the Hamlets of Rudewood Dodington and Staibroke the Mannor of Norton on the Mores with the Hamlet of Grotton and Mannor of Packinton all in Com. Staff Leaving issue Humphrey his Son and Heir then very young for he was found to be but twenty years of age in 1 Hen. 6. and two Daughters viz. Philippa who died in her Childhood and Anne who became the Wife of Edmund Mortimer Earl of March and afterwards of Iohn Holland Earl of Huntingdon Which Anne lieth buried in the Hospital of S. Katherines near the Tower of London But Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester as hath been already observed survived him long and by her Testament bearing date 16 Octob. 17 Hen. 6. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Abbey-Church of Lanthony near Glocester where she ordained a Tomb to be made in her life time To which Church she bequeathed One hundred marks and gave Twenty pound per annum for the term of twenty years to find three Priests to celebrate Divine Service for her during that time in the Colledge of Plecy Of which Testament she constituted Thomas Bourchier Bishop of Worcester Henry Bourchier Earl of Ewe William Bourchier and Iohn Bourchier her Sons by William Bourchier Earl of Ewe in Normandy her second Husband and Sir Nicholas Wimbush Clerk her Executors and died in 17 Hen. 6. Humphrey Earl of Stafford her Son being then Six and twenty years of age Moreover designing a competent maintenance for two Cannons to celebrate Divine Service in the same Abbey of Lanthany where her Body with the Body of Sir William Bourchier Knight her second Husband were buried for the good estate of King Henry the Sixth Humphrey Duke of Buckingham Thomas Bourchier Bishop of Ely Henry Viscount Bourchier William Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warine and Iohn Bourchier Lord Berners her Sons during their respective lives in this World as also for the health of their Souls after their departure hence and for to keep the Obits of her and her Husband Sir William Bourchier there for ever and not performing that her purpose in her life time These her Sons above mentioned in 32 Hen. 6. obtaining then License from the King did to that end purchase Lands and Rents to the value of Twenty pound per annum and setled the same for the future compleating thereof But I return This Humphrey so succeeding his Father was retained to serve the King in his Wars beyond Sea in 9 Hen. 5. being then about Nineteen years of age by Indenture bearing date May the first for the one half of that year with ten Men at Arms himself accounted one and thirty Archers mounted armed and arrayed according to their qualities taking for himself Six shillings eight pence per diem Wages for the rest of his Men at Arms twelve pence and for his Archers six pence as also all prisoners if he and his men should have fortune to take any during the time before-limited excepting Kings and Kings Sons and more especially Charles called the Dauphin of Viennois and other great Commanders of the Blood Royal and likewise excepting those who â—lew Iohn late Duke of Burgoigne or that were knowing and consenting thereto And in 2 Hen. 6. making proof of his age and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands as also of all those Lands which descended to him by the death of Sir Hugh Stafford Knight his Uncle without issue In 6 Hen. 6. this Earl obtained License from the King to be absent from the Realm of Ireland for ten years nevertheless to receive the Revenue of all his Castles Lordships and Lands there And in 8 Hen. 6. was again retained by Indenture to serve the King for one whole year in his Wars of France with two Knights ninety seven Men at Arms and two hundred and forty Archers In 9 Hen. 6. he personally attended the King into France and there continued the next year following scil 10 Hen. 6. King Henry being then Crowned in Paris In 14 Hen. 6. he was again retained to serve the King in his Wars of France for one Moneth for the releif of Calais with fourscore Knights and five hundred twenty and three Archers In 16 Hen. 6. he obtained the Castle of Marstoke in Com. Warr. by exchange with Sir Iohn Clinton Knight for certain Lands in Northamptonshire after which he resided much there as by divers of his Grants bearing date at that Castle may appear And in 19 Hen. 6. was made Captain of the Town of Calais and Towor of Risbanke as also of the Marches of Calais being retained by Indenture for that service by the space of ten years bearing then the stile and title of Earl of Buckingham Stafford Northampton and Perch and having with him two hundred and sixty Men at Arms himself accounted In 21 Hen. 6. upon the death of Ioan Countess of Kent Widow of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent he was found to be her Heir viz. Son of Edmund Earl of Stafford Brother to the same Ioan. And in 22 Hen. 6. by an Indenture bearing date at London 13 Febr. wherein he is stiled The Right Mighty Prince Humphrey Earl of Buckingham Hereford Stafford Northampton and Perch Lord of Brecknock and of Holderness then Captain of the Town of Calais he retained Sir Philip Chetwind Knight as his Lieutenant of the Castle of Calais for one whole year with twenty nine Men at Arms on Foot and twenty Archers whereof two Men at Arms on Foot and four Archers to be of the said Sir Philips own Retinue Which Sir Philip was for that service to have sixteen pence per diem for himself for each of his Men at Arms eight pence and for his Archers six pence And for himself his Lady and a Gentlewoman with her and a Gentleman and two Yeomen of his own Retinue Bouch of Court and twenty pounds per annum of special reward or else allowance for their Bouch of Court according as other Soldiers of their degree used to have as also for their Skippeson and Reskippeson Moreover in 23 Hen. 6. 14 Sept. by reason of his near Alliance in Blood as also for his eminent services as well in the time of King Henry the Fifth as since both in France and England and likewise in the defence of the Town of Calais and Marches adjacent he was
Livery of his Lands Shortly after which viz. in 40 Edw. 3. he was the principal person employed in that Embassie unto Galachius Duke of Milan to treat with him for a Marriage betwixt Leonel Duke of Clarence and Violanta Daughter of that Duke And in 43 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into France so also in 46 Edw. 3. But these great Honors were not long by him enjoyed for he departed this life the 16 Cal. of February the same year 46 Edw. 3. and was buried at the Feâ—t of his Father on the Northside of the Presbytery in the Abbey of â—alden leaving issue by Iohn his Wife Daughter of Richard Earl of Arundel his late Guardian only two Daughters his Heirs viz. Eleanor who became the Wife to Thomas of Wodstoke sixth Son to King Edward the Third and Mary to Henry Earl of Derby Son to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster afterwards King of England by the name of King Henry the Fourth Which Iohn in her Widowhood was a special Benefactoress to the Abbey of Walden by adorning the Nave of the Church with divers curious Sculptures in Stone covering the Roof thereof with Lead and building the Steeple a new Besides this she gave divers costly Vestments thereto and inriched all the Altar with goodly Ornaments She gave likewise to that Abbey a fair Cross of Gold whereon were pieced several pieces of that Wood of that Cross whereon our Saviour was crucihed Moreover continuing a Widow she spent a great part of her time there in the Church exercising her self in devout Prayers and Meditations And departing this life 7 Id. Apr. An. 1419. 7 Hen. 5. was buried near her Husband in the same Abbey of Walden Bohun of Midherst Moreover it appeareth that Savaric de Bohun held three Knights Fees in Foâ—d and Midherst Temp. Hen. 3. and had to Wife the Sister of Iohn Fitz-Geffrey who was Iusticiarius Hiberniae and that Franco Son to the same Savaric married Sibil one of the Daughters of William de Ferrers Earl of Derby by Sibil his Wife Daughter to William Marshal Earl of Pembroke Sister and Coheir to Anselme Earl of Pembroke Which Franco had issue Iohn who was Serjeant of the Kings Chappel Temp. Edw. 1. and held the Office of Spigurnel id est Sealer of Writs under that King And he Iames who by Ioane his Wife one of the two Daughters and Coheirs to William de Brewose of Bremore a great Baron in Sussex had issue Iohn de Bohun Which Iohn making proof of his age and doing his homage in 16 Edw. 2. had then Livery of his Lands This is he who for his great Services in Flanders and elswhere beyond Sea in 14 Edw. 3. when that King first laid claim to the Crown of France as also in that famous expedition into France in 19 Eâ—w 3. shortly after which the King obtained that glorious Victory at Cressey whereof our Historians make ample mention became afterwards one of the Barons of this Realm being summoned to â—it in Parliament in 37 38 39 of that Kings Reign and departed this life in 41 Edw. 3. then seised of the Lordships of Weston-Corbet in Hantshire Cranley in Buckinghamshire Nitimbre Midherst Ford and Climping in Sussex Little Badew and Rellenedon in Essex and Waltham in Com. 〈◊〉 leaving issue by Isabel his first Wife two Daughters Ioane the elder Wife of Iohn de â—lsle of Gatâ—cumbe and Eve the younger And by Câ—â—ely his second Wife Daughter and Heir of Iohn Filâ—ol of ... in Essex Iohn his Son and Heir who in 7 Rich. 2. coming of full age and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands But I cannot rank this Iohn amongst the Barons he being never Summoned to Parliament and therefore shall say no more of his Descendants than that Iohn the Grandson of this last â—â—ntioned Iohn left issue two Daughters and Heirs viz. Mary married to Sir David Owen Knight and Vrsula to ... Southwel of ... in Suffolk Vere THe first mention I find of this Noble and Antient Family is in the General Survey of England made by King William the Conqueror where it appears that Alberic de Vere then held â—henesiton now Kensington in Com. Middles Geling and Emingford in Com. Hunt Likewise nine Lordships in Suffolk and fourteen in Essex whereof Colne Heingheham id est Heningham and Benetley were part which till of late continued to his posterity Of this name viz. Alberic there was also an Earl in that age for by that title he is Recorded in the same Survey though of what place it appears not Which Earl possessed divers fair Lordships in those days viz. In Warwickshire six in â—eicesrershire fourteen in Northampronshâ—re six in Oxfordshâ—â—e two and in Wâ—â—tshire ten some of which viz. those in Com. Wiltâ—s he likewise held in King Edward the Confessors time which shews that he was an Englishman It is said by some that this first mentioned Alberic was Earl of Ghisnes in France but for that I see no authority though he married Beatrix Neece and Heir to Manasses Count of â—hisnes viz. Daughter to Henry Chastellan of Bourbourg by Sibille de Ghisnes Daughter of Manasses All therefore that I can farther say of the fore-specified Alberic de Vere is That having by the Conquerors gift the whole Inheritance of a great Man in the Saxons days called Wulfwine he did not only possess himself thereof but took from the Monks of Ramsey what the same Wulfwine had before the Norman Conquest given to them and left it to his own posterity Moreover that bearing a great respect to the Monks of Abingdou in Com. Berks. He gave unto them the Church of S. Andrew at â—olne in Essex with certain Lands in that Lordship as also the Churches of Dovercourt Camps Bentley Belcamp and Colne-Miblanc with divers Lands and Tithes in Haingham Laureham Aldeham Roinges and other parts of that County Whereupon this place of Colne being made a Cell to that great Abbey of Abingdon he was afterwards shorn a Monk therein This last mentioned Alberic called Alberic Iunior confirmed all those Grants made by his Father to the Monks of Abingdon and being in high esteem with King Henry the first was by him made Lord Great Chamberlain of all England to hold the same Office in fee to himself and his Heirs with all dignities and liberties thereto belonging as honorably as Robert Malet Lord of the Honor of Eye in Suffolk or any other before or after him held the same and with such liveries and lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office being also one of the Kings Justices tempore Henr. 1. In 4 Steph. the King having surprized divers great persons and forced
by Act of Parliament in the Three and twentieth of His Reign which was the next year ensuing that Creation of the Duke of Warwick qualified it much inconvenience had risen upon it Therefore For appeasing the contention and strife moved betwixt them for that preheminence those are the words of the Act it was established That from the second of December then next following they should take place of each other by turn viz. One that year and the other next and so as long as they lived together the Duke of Warwick to have the first years precedency and he who should survive to have place of the others Heir-male as long as he lived And from that time that the Heir-male of each should take place of other according as it might happen he had Livery of his Lands before him After which he had a Grant in Reversion from the death of Humphrey Duke of Glocester of the Isles of Gernsey Iersey Serke Erm and Aureney for the yearly Rent of a Rose to be paid at the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist as also of the Mannor and Hundred of Bristol in Com. Gloc. for the yearly Rent of Sixty pounds and likewise of all the Kings Castles and Mannors within the Forest of Deane for the Rent of One hundred pound per annum To all which Honors he had this farther added viz. to be Crowned King of the Isle of Wight by the Kings own hand But this hopeful Branch the sole Heir-male to this great Earldom was cropt in the flower of his youth before the fruits of his heroick disposition could be fully manifested to the World For upon S. Barnabas-day scil 11 Iunii An. 1445. 23 Hen. 6. being but Twenty two years of age he died at Hanley the place of his birth and was buried in the Abby of Tewksbury about the midst of the Quire at the head of Prince Edward Son and Heir to King Henry the Sixth In his Fathers life time when he was scarce ten years of age being then called by the name of the Lord Despenser he wedded Cecily Daughter to Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury whose Portion was Four thousand seven hundred marks which Cecily afterwards scil 27 Hen. 6. married to Iohn Lord Tiptoft by whom he left issue one only Daughter called Annâ— born at Kaerdiff in the Moneth of February An. 1439. Which Anne being about two years old at his death was committed to the tutelage first of Queen Margaret and afterwards of William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk and had the title of Countess of Warwick but did not long survive for I find that 3 Ian. An. 1449. 27 Hen. 6. she departed this life at Newelme in Oxfordshire a Mannor of that Duke of Suffolk and was buried in the Abby of Reading next to the Grave of Constance Lady Despenser her Great Grandmother Daughter to Edmund of Langley Duke of York Whereupon Anne her Aunt born at Caversham in Oxfordshire 3 Id. Iuly An. 1429. 7 Hen. 6. Sister of the whole Blood to the late Duke of Warwick became Heir to this Earldom being at that time the Wife of Richard Nevil Earl of Sailsbury before-mentioned having been wedded to him the same year that Henry her Brother married Cecily his Sister Which Richard by reason of that Marriage and in respect of his special Services about the Kings peron and likewise in the Wars of Scotland for so doth the Patent import had upon the three and twentieth of Iuly next following the death of the before mentioned Anne his Wives Neice the Dignity and Title of Earl of Warwick confirmed and declared to him and his said Wife and to her Heirs with all preheminencies that any of their Ancestors before the Creation of Henry Duke of Warwick used Beauchamp of Alcester and Powyk I Now come to Walter de Beauchamp a younger Son to William de Beauchamp of Eâ—mley by Isabel his Wife Sister and Heir to William Mauduit Earl of Warwick Which Walter having purchased the moity of the Mannor of Alcester in Com. War from Peter Fitz-Herbert in 56 Hen. 3. made that place one of his principal Seats the other being at Powyke in Worcestershire This Walter was an eminent Man in his time In 53 Hen. 3. being signed with the Cross for a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land he had a Legacy of two hundred marks bequeathed to him by his Father for his better performance of that voyage And in 21 Edw. 1. obtained a Charter from the King for a Fair to be kept yearly at this his Mannor of Alcester for eight days beginning on the Eve of S. Giles and for seven days after In 24 Edw. 1. he was Steward of the Houshold to that King and in 25 Edw. 1. attended him into Flanders In 26 Edw. 1. he had Summons amongst other great Men to be at Carlisle upon Whitson Eve well furnished with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots and was the same year with the King in that famous Battle at Faukirk In 27 Edw. 1. he was again in Scotland and in 28 Edw. 1. had a Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Alcester and Powyke granted unto him as also in divers other places in Worcestershire In 29 Edw. 1. he was one of those Lords in the Parliament at Lincoln who then signified to the Pope under their respective Seals the superiority of King Edward over the Realm of Scotland being there stiled Dominus de Alcester In 30 Edw. 1. he obtained another Charter to alter the yearly Fair at Aâ—cester from the Eve of S. Giles the Abbot unto the Eve of S. Faith the Virgin and to continue for seven days after In 31 Edw. 1. he attended the King again into Scotland and was at that famous Siege of Caerlaverok This Walter had to Wife Alice the Daughter of ... Tony which marriage in regard they were within the fourth degree of consanguinity was after ratified by Godfrey Bishop of Worcester and the children begot between them decreed legitimate by him who had authority so to do from the Pope in regard they knew nothing of that impediment at the time of the Contract made and departing this life 14 Cal. Martii 31 Edw. 1. was buried in the Gray Friers near Smithfield in the Suburbs of London To him succeeded Walter his Son and Heir who in 32 Edw. 1. was in that expedition then made into Scotland and in 34 Edw. 1. being again in Scotland he departed thence before the War was at an end for which respect his Lands Goods and Chattels were seised by the King But the next year after he obtained pardon for that transgression In 4 Edw. 2. this Walter went again to the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 7 Edw. 2. In 10 Edw. 2. upon the
And if in Northamptonshire then in the Colledge at Fotheringhay if at Standon within the Chapel there and if in London then in the Gray-Friers where his Grand-father Grand-mother his Father the Lady Alice his Wife and other of his Kin and Friends do lie and to have a convenient Tomb by reason that the King had called him to the Order of the Garter Moreover he willed that if he should depart this life in London there should be a Stone laid over his Grave the Lady Dorothy and the Lady Alice his Wives being there buried which Dorothy was daughter of Henry Keble And that a Tomb of Alabastar or Marble should be made on the South-side of the Chapel within the Gray-Friers in London for Iohn Lord Montjoy his Father and likewise another for his Mother who lyeth interred with Sir Thomas Montgomery her late Husband at the new Abbey This William Lord Montjoy married to his first Wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Will. Say Knight over whose Grave in the Parish-Church of Esenden in Com. Hertf. he ordained that a large Stone with an Inscription thereon should be laid and departed this life in An. 1535. 27 Hen. 8. To whom succeeded Charles Lord Montjoy his son and heir who in 31 Hen. 8. had special Livery of all his Father's Lands and in 36 Hen. 8. served in the Rear-ward of the King's Army then sent into France and by his Testament made at that time ordained a Stone to be laid over his Grave in case he should there be slain with this following Epitaph thereon for a Monument to his Children to continue and keep themselves worthy of so much Honour as to be called hereafter to dye for their Master and Country Willingly have I sought And willing have I found The fatal end that wrought Me hither as duty bound Discharg'd I am of that I ought To my Country by honest ownde My Soul departed Christ hath bought The end of Man is ground Farther directing that if he dyed out of the Wars that then his Body without any Curiosity or costly Ceremonies should be brought to the Church most of resort thereabouts and a Tomb there to be erected for him according to his degree Also that for the space of two years after his decease a godly and discreet man should be chosen out to edifie the Youth of the Parish of Westbury under the Plain in Com. Wilts with two Lectures whereof the first Lecture to be every day in the morning ordained for the Catechiâ—ing of Children that thereby they might be perfectly instructâ—d to know what they profess in their Baptism in their Pater Noster how to Pray in their Ave Maria to know how our Lord ought to be Honoured and in the Ten Commandments And that he who should be Reader should not only read unto them but also appose them as they do in matters of Grammar The second Lecture to be within the same Parish at Afternoon four times in the week that is to say on Mâ—ndâ—y Wednesday Friday and Sunday to them that come wherein chiefly to be declared the duty of Subjects to their King and Magistrates for maintenance of good order and obeysance not only for fear but for conscience with Scriptures divine and prophane policies consonant thereunto as also Increpation of vice with their Texts of Scripture and for performance thereof the Reader to have twenty Marks by the year This Charles Lord Montjoy died in An. 1545. 37 Hen. 8. as may seem from the probate of that Testament leaving Issue by ... his Wife Daughter of ... Willughby Lord Brooke-Iames Lord Montjoy his Son and Heir as also Francis and William two younger Sons Which Iames in 15 Eliz. sate in judgment with other of the Peers upon the Tryal of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk To whom succeeded William who departed this life in 36 Eliz. leaving Charles his Brother and Heir who being a person of a Military disposition in Anno 1588. 30 Eliz. with the Earls of Oxford Northumberland and others commanded in the Fleet at that time for forth to encounter that great Armado of the Spaniards then threatning an Invasion And in 36 Eliz. upon the death of Henry Earl of Sussex was made Governour of Portsmouth all this being in his Brother's life-time Moreover in Anno 1597. 40 Eliz. the Spaniard making new preparations against Ireland he was constituted Lieutenant to those Forces then commanded by the Earl of Essex for the defence of that Realm And in 41 Eliz. being designed Lieutenant of Ireland was opposed by some but the next ensuing year had that high Trust conferred upon him Whereupon coming thither in February he repulsed the Spaniard with great honour at Kynsale and Governing prosperously there was in a short time after viz. 25 Apr. 1 Iac. conâ—â—â—tuted Lieutenant of Ireland and advanced to the title of Earl of Devonshire by Letters Patents bearing date 21 Iuly next ensuing and made Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter but departed this life about three years after viz. 3 Apr. An. 1606. 4 Iac. at the Savoy in the Strand without lawful Issue and was buried in Westminster Abbey in S. Paul's Chapel leaving all his Lands to Montjoy-Blount his natural Son who by the special favour of King Iames having been advanced to the title of Lord Montjoy of Montjoy-Fort in the North of Ireland and by King Charles the First in 3 of his Reign Lord Montjoy of Thurveston in Com. Derb. was the next ensuing year by Letters Patents bearing date the third of August created Earl of Newport in the Isle of Wight He took to Wife Anne Daughter to Iohn Lord Butler of Woodhall in Com. Hartf and departed this life leaving Issue two Sons George and Charles as also two Daughters Isabella and Anne Novant UPon the death of King William the Conqueror King William Rufus having expelled Iubell de Totneis out of this Realm gave his Inheritance to Roger de Novant To which Roger succeeded Hugh de Novant who having large Possessions in Normandy was miserably oppressed by Robert de Belesme Son to Roger de Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury resisting his tyranny more than any other In 5 Hen. 1. this Hugh was Governour of the Castle at Roan in Normandy but about two years after upon the command of Duke Robert Curthose delivered it up to King Henry by whose help recovering his Lands which that cruel Robert de Belesme had by force taken from him he afterwards possessed them in peace all the days of his life To this Hugh succeeded another Roger who in 6 Steph. was with David King of Scotland Robert Earl of Gloucester and the rest of those who adhered to Maud the Empress at the Siege of Winchester Castle where they were all miserably routed
daughter to William Lord Honard of Essingham succeeded in this Earldome and all other the Honors belonging thereto Which Henry married Rachel daughter of Franâ—s Earl of Westmorland and departing this life without issue 15 Aug. An. 1654. lieth buried at Tawestoke with his Ancestors where he hath a noble Monument â—rected to his Memory with this Epâ—taph engraven thereon Hic situs est Dom. Henricus Bourchier Comes Bathoniensis Qui longâ propagine numeroso stemmate à vetustissimis juxta ac nobilissimis familiis de Bourchier Fitzwarine effluxit jure haereditario ac titulo cognationis ascita sibi Insignia de Woodstoke Bohun Say Mandeville Bruse Badlesmer Clare Montchenscy Cornehill Windsor Peverell Clifford Gifford Martin Mohun Tracy Cogan Dinham Courtney Rivers Stourton Hangford reliquarum celebris notae Familiarum Arma natalitia cum propriis Insignibus intertexta ac circumfusa Scuto suo gentilitio complectitur posteris Marmore hoc insculpto exhibet Satis est Lector habes jam tandem compendiosam suorum Natalium seriem ubi generis splendorem prosapiae suae sublimitatem spectes Si verò virtutes Animi supellectilem lustraveris Nomen sâ—um aere perennius Marmore diuturnius aut quovis Eulogio vel Epitaphio conspectius tandem aliquando consulas Bourchier Lord Berners I come next to Sir Iohn Bourchier Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter fourth son to William Earl of Ewe Which Sir Iohn having married Margery the daughter and heir to Richard Lord Berners had summons to Parliament in 33 H. 6. and afterwards by the Title of Lord Berners In this 33 th year of King Henry the Sixth he was on the King's part in the first Battel of St. Albans But notwithstanding he then stood up for the House of Lancaster in 1 E. 4. he had such fair esteem from the other side that he was by that King made Constable of Windsore-Castle as also Warden of the Forest and Parks thereto belonging for life And in 2 E. 4. attended him into the North at which time he laid siege to the Castle of Bamburgh and the rest in Northumberland then held out by the Lancastrians In 12 E. 4. he was again made Constable of Windsore-Castle that King having then recovered himself after his expulsion Shortly after which viz. in An. 1473. 13 E. 4. by his Testament bearing date 21 Martii he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Chapel of the Holy-Rood within the Abby of St. Peter at Cherâ—sey and gave to the Monks of that House a Cross of Silver gilt having a foot whereon were the Images of Mary and Iohn as also other Jewels and Ornaments to the value of Forty pounds to the intent that they should pray for his Soul and the Soul of Margery his Wife and all their childrens Souls And departed this life 16 Maii 14 E. 4. being then seifed of the Mannor of Sende in Com Wilts leaving Iohn his Grandson viz. Son of Humphrey his eldest son by Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Sir Frederick Tilney Knight Widow of Sir Thomas Howard Knight which Humphrey was slain at Barnet-Feild on King Edward the Fourth's part and buried in UUestminster Abby his next Heir at that time seven years of age and Margerie his Wife surviving who died on Munday next after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord the ensuing year viz. 15 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of West 〈◊〉 in Com. Surr. Berners-Bury in Iseldon in Com. Midd. Berners in Ikelingham in Com. Suff. Estle Chigenhale Tany Chigenhale Zoyne Norton Southorpe Northorpe Berner-Mershe Pole-mershe Berners-Roding Beamont-Crippinge Berners-Berwyke and Springfelde in Com. Essex He had also another Son called Thomas who came in to Henry Earl of Richmund afterwards King by the Name of Henry the Seventh upon his March towards Bosworth-Field and took part with him in that happy adventure And after that in 12 H. 7. joyned with his Forces in that Fight at Black-heath against the Cornish-men then in Rebellion But I return to Iohn Grandson and Heir to the before-specified Iohn Lord Berners In 5 H. 8. he was Captain of the Pioneers at the Siege of Theronvene In 6 H. 8. being made Chancellor of the Kings Exchequer for life he attended the Lady Mary the Kings Sister into France to her Marriage with King Lewes the Twelfth and in 19 H. 8. obtained a Grant from the King of the Inheritance of the Mannors of Okam Effingham UUaldingham Titâ—ey and divers other Lands in Com. Surr. Stratron-Audley in Com. Oxon. Knoke in Com. Wilts Up-Clatford in Com. South with all the Knights Fees and advousons of Churches to those Mannors belonging And by his Testament bearing date 3 Martii An. 1532. 24 H. 8. being then Lieutenant of Calais and the Marches bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of our Lady within the Town of Calais appointing that an honest Priest should sing Mass there for his Soul by the space of three years He likewise bequeathed to Humphrey Bourchier his Son his Gown of Damask-Tawney furred with Jennets and certain Legacies to Iames and George his other Sons but all these were Illegitimate as it seemeth for upon his death which hapned 16 Martii An. 1532. 24 H. 8. Ioane his Daughter and Heir by Catherine his Wife Daughter of Iohn Duke of Norf. then Married to Edmund Knyvet of Ashwelthorpe in Com. Norf. Esquire had Livery of his Lands It is farther observable of this Iohn Lord Berners that he was a person not a little eminent for his Learning and that thereupon by the command of King Henry the Eighth he translated the Chronicle of Sir Iohn Froissart Canon and Treasurer of Chinay Clerk and Servant to King Edward the Third as also to Queen Philippa out of French into English He likewise translated out of French Spanish and Italian several other Works viz. the Life of Sir Arthur an Armorican Knight the famous Exploits of Hugh of Bourdeaur Marcus-Aurelius and the Castle of Love He also composed a Book of the Duties of the Inhabitants at Calais and a Comedy intituled Ite in Vineam Touching Humphrey his Son it is reported that he bestowed much cost in translating the House of Nunns at Mergate in Com. Bedf. to a Mannor place that is to say in pulling down the whole Structure of the dissolved Monastery there and converting it to a Mansion House for himself but did not finish it Humphrey Bourchier Lord Cromwell THis Humphrey was third Son to Henry the first Earl of Essex of that Family and having married Ioane the Daughter of Richard Stanhope Neice and Co-heir to Raphe Lord Cromwell of Tatshall had Summons to Parliament in 1 2 6 and 9 E. 4. by the Title of Lord Cromwell Moreover in
Monasteries in that Parliament wherein at first he was Speaker none can doubt his activeness for obtaining the Surrenders of the rest being so conspicuous for I find that he imploy'd a special Agent to treat with the Abbot of Atheâ—ny in Com. Somers and to offer him an hundred Marks per annum pension in case he would surrender which the Abbot refused insisting on a greater sum Also that he personally dealt with the Abbot of St. Osithes in Essex to the like purpose as by his Letter to the Visitor-general appeareth Wherein he expressed that he had by great sollicitation prevail'd with him but withal insinuated his desire That his place of Lord Chancellor being very chargeable the King might be moved for addition of some more profitable Offices unto him Nay it is evident that hunting eagerly after that great Abby of Walden in Essex which at length he obtain'd as an argument the sooner to get it besides his extenuation of its worth he alleadg'd That he had in this world sustain'd great damage and infamy in serving the King which the grant of that should recompence and that being thus possess'd thereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date 29 th Nov. 30 H. 8. created Lord Audley of the same Walden and to the heirs-male of his Body as also installed Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter But long he did not enjoy this vast Wealth and Honor for having by his Testament bearing date 19 Apr. An. 1544. 35 H. 8. bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Tombe of his new Chappel at Walden and appointed that his Executors should upon the next New-Years day after his decease deliver a Legacie of One hundred pounds to the King from whom as his expression is he had received all his Reputations and Benefits he departed this life upon the last day of the same moneth at his place of Christchurch before-mention'd and was buried at Walden with this Epitaph upon his Monument The stroke of Death's inevitable Dart Hath now Alass of life berest the Hart Of Sir Thomas Audley of the Garter Knight Late Chancellor of England under our Prince of might Henry the Eighth worthy of high renown And made by him Lord Audley of this Town Obiit ultimo Aprilis A. Dom. 1544. Henrici 36. Cancellariatus sui 13 Aetatis 56. Leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Thomas Grey Marquess Dorset two daughters Margaret and Mary Which Mary died unmarried as it seems for Margaret became his sole heir who first married to the Lord Henry Dudley a younger son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland slain at St. Quintins in Picardy in An 1557 4 5 Ph. M. And afterwards to Thomas Duke of Norfolk being his second wife whose son by her viz. Thomas Earl of Suffolk Lord Treasurer of England for almost six years in the time of King Iames built upon the ruines of that Abby that stately Fabrick at Walden now known by the name of Audley-end in memory of this Lord Audley not to be equall'd excepting Hampton-â—ourt by any in this Realm Wriothsley Earl of Southampton 35 Hen. 8. OF this Family the first touching whom I find mention is Iohn Wryothsley commonly called Wrythe who being an Herauld at Armes by the Title of Faucon temp Edw. 4. was in 16 of that Kings Reign constituted King of Armes of the North parts of this Realm by the name of Norroy and in 18 E. 4. made Principal Herauld of the most noble Order of the Garter and King of English Armes in which Office of Garter he was confirm'd by Letters patents bearing date 30 Nov. 1 R. 3. as also in 1 H. 7. and left issue two sons Thomas and William Which Thomas being also train'd up in the like studies was first an Herauld by the Title of Walingford and in 20 H. 7. constituted Garter principal King of Armes as his father had been wherein he was confirm'd i in 1 H. 8. Nor did William his Brother betake himself to any other profession being likewise an Herauld by the Title of York This William had issue a son call'd Thomas who is the person that in process of time received high Advancements as well in point of honor as otherwise For in 27 H. 8. being at that time one of the Clerks of the Signet he was made Coroner and Attorney in the Court of Common-Pleas And in 30 H. 8. being then one of the Principal Secretaries of State was sent Embassador to the Lady Regent for the Spaniard in the Nâ—therlands to treat of a Marriage betwixt King Henry and Christiana Dutchess of Millaine second daughter to the King of Denmark a beautiful Lady and then in those parts In 32 H. 8. being then a Knight he was made Constable of the Castle of Southampton and in 34 H. 8. had the like command for the Castle at Porchester being also constituted one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer upon the vacancy of that Office by the death of Robert Earl of Sussex In 35 H. 8. upon that League made by King Henry and the Emperor Charles the Fifth he was appointed one of the Commissioners for mannaging the Treaty conducing thereto and upon the first of Ianuary the same year advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Wriothesley of Tichfeild in Com. Southampt which Tichfeild being one of the Monasteries newly dissolv'd in that General Ruine of the Religious Houses he had then obtain'd Also in 36 H. 8. the Lord Audley being dead he was made Lord Chancelor of England having the Great Seal likewise committed to his trust upon the third of May and soon after one of the Commissionâ—â— for managing that Treaty then concluded betwixt Mathew Earl of Lenox and King Henry for the peace of this Realm and that of Scotland About the end of this year he was also install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Likewise in 38 H. 8. the king lying on his death bed constituted one of his Executors and appointed to be of Council to Prince Edward his only son and Successor Three dayes before the Coronation of which King he had the Title of Earl of Southampton conferr'd upon him as by his Patent bearing date 16 Febr. 1 E. 6. appeareth But not many days after being over-opinionative and obstinately opposite to the rest of the Lords he was devested of his Office of Chancellor and put from his place in Council the Great Seal being thereupon delivered to William Lord St. Iohn of Basing And in 4 E. 6. when Dudley Earl of Warwick the grand Agent in the ruine of Edward Duke of Somerseâ— taking advantage of that discontent which this Earl had harboured for the loss of his Office and being otherwise
for that the first Earl Palatine viz. Hugh commonly called Lupus of whom I have already spoke had the County of Chester given him by the Conqueror Tenere ita liberè ad Gladium sicut ipse Willielmus Rex tenebat Angliam per Coronam Being in the Holy Land he was at that famous siege of Damieta Vbi Dux Chistianae Cohortis praestitit gloriosa saith Henry Archdeacon of Huntendon Where being General of the Christian Army he did glorious things Upon his return thence when he was at Sea there hapning a dreadful storm as the same Author affirmeth he asked the Marriners How long it was then to midnight and they told him It was almost two hours Said he then Labor till that time and I trust to God the tempest will cease But when midnight approached the tempest increased so much that the Master of the Ship bad him commend himself to God for they were all like to perish Whereupon he went out of his Cabin and stoutly assisting them the tempest soon asswaged The day following therefore when the Seas were calm and the danger clearly over the Master asked him Why he would not stir to assist them till midnight telling him That his help was then more than all the Marriners in the Ship Quoth he Because my Monks and other devoâ—t people who are of mine and my Ancestors Foundation did then rise to sing Divine Service For that reason therefore did I put confidence in their Prayers and therefore my hope is that God Almighty for their Prayers and Suffrages would give me such strength as I had not before and asâ—wage the tempest as I foretold So soon as he returned from this journey which was about the Calends of April An. 1220. 4 Hen. 3. he began the structure of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire and Beeston Castle in Cheshire and likewise the Abbey of Deulaâ—res for White Monks near Leek in Staffordshire which Monastery he had been incited so to found as saith my Author by the ghost of Earl Ranulph his Grand-Father which appeared to him one night when he was in Bed and bad him go to a place called Cholpesdale within the Territory of Leek and there he should find a certain Chappel antiently built in honor of the Blessed Virgin and found an Abbey of White Monks and endow it adding There shall be joy to thee and many others who shall be saved thereby For there quoth he shall be a Ladder erected by which the Prayers of Angels shall ascend and descend and vows of Men shall be offered to God and they shall give thanks and the name of our Lord shall be called upon in that place by daily Prayers and the sign of this shall be when the Pope doth interdict England But do thou in the mean time go to the Monks of Pulton where Robert Butler hath in my name built an Abbey and thou shalt there be partaker of the Sacrament of the Lord for such Priviledges belong to the servants of the Founders And in the Seventh year of that Interdict thou shalt translate those Monks to the place I have foretold Which Relation being made unto the Lady Clemencia his Wife she said in French Dieu encres id est God increase Whereupon the Earl congratulating her expression said The name of the place shall be Deulaâ—res In which year also he had the custody of the Honor of Leicester conferred upon him The former Testimonies of this Earls loyalty to the King gave great hopes that his obedience would still have continued unshaken Howbeit within four years after it proved otherwise for discontents being raised by divers of the Barons about the Kings not confirming the Charter of Liberties which had been exacted by the predominant power of the Nobility from his Father as also for that he was too much governed by the advise of Hubert de Burgh He with his adherents keeping their Christmass at Leicester sent an insolent and minatory Message to the King then at Northampton viz. That except he would forbear to require his Castles and to hearken unto the Counsels of Hubert de Burgh they would all unanimously rise against him and compel him to be guided by them But to this they received such an answer from the Archbishop of Canterbuâ—y that made them all to startle which was That unless they would on the morrow render the King all his Castles himself and other of the Bishops would excommunicate them every man by name So that understanding also how well the King was provided with Military Forces to deal with them they prudently came to Northampton and submitted themselves unto him Yet were not their hearts so humbled as that they would be quiet in case it lay in their power to stir For in 11 Hen. 3. this haughty spirited Earl with many others taking advantage of the diâ—content that Richard Earl of Cornwal had conceived towards the King touching the Mannor of Berkhaâ—fied which belonged to the Earldom of Cornwal and was given by King Iohn his Father to another put themselves in Arms under colour of assisting that Earl in recovery of his own and sent a peremptory Message to the King requiring That he should do him right and to seal unto them a new Charter of the Forest Liberties instâ—ad of that which he had lately cancelled at Oxford Whereupon the King discerning what mischeif might grow through his withstanding them caused a Convention of the Peers at Northampton 3 Nones of August and made a peaceable Accord with them And having so done to oblige this potent Earl the more granted to him all that part of the Honor of Richmund with the Appurtenances which he formerly had by the gift of King Iohn to hold during his life upon condition That he should not make any Agreement with the Earl of Britanny to whom that part of the Honor did belong so as to yield it up unto him unless he could obtain so much Justice from the King of France as to recover those Lands of his own in Normandy which he lost in the service of King Iohn In 13 Hen. 3. he had a Confirmation from the King of all his Lands betwixt the Rivers of 〈◊〉 and Merse in Lancashire viz. The Town of West Deâ—by with the Wapentake the Borough of Lâ—verpool the Town and Wapentake of Salforâ— and Wapentake of 〈◊〉 in the same County with all Forests Hays Homages and other the Appurtenances Of this stout Earl I farther find that in 14 Hen. 3. he opposed one Stephen a Commissary from the Pope who was sent to gather the Tenths from the Bishops and all Religious Orders prohibiting any person whatsoever within the compass of his Jurisdiction from payment of any thing notwithstanding that all England besides with Ireland and Wales submitted thereto Moreover the same year attending the King in his expedition into Britanny he had his Bond for
Richmund and Derby by Reginald Bray her trusty instrument for bringing in of Henry Earl of Richmund afterwards King by the name of Henry the seventh who seeing Henry Duke of Buckingham one of the chief in that designe he so unhappily surprized before it could take effect got with other wellwishers to it into Britanny And after that succesful day at Bosworth where King Richard being slain the Crown was set on that victorious Henries Head he was made one of his chief Councellors Constable of the Castle at Bristol Master of the Mint and upon the twelfth day of March the same year advanced to the dignity of a Baron Moreover in 2 Hen. 7. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea with three hundred and fifty Souldiers in four Ships for the space of six weeks from the twentieth day of February And in 3 Henr. 7. constituted one of the Chamberlains of the Kings Exchequer In 4 Henric. 7. being then Governor of Calais he was sent into Flanders with three thousand Souldiers to the aid of Maximilian the Emperour there being a Rebellion then raised in those parts where he had a notable Skirmish with the Enemy near Dixmew in which he slew many took divers prisoners and returned with much Booty And in 7 Hen. 7. was imployed as Embassador with Richard Fox then Bishop of Exeter for reconciling all matters betwixt King Henry and the French In 9 H. 7. he was made Justice-Itinerant of all the Kings Forests on the south of Trent Sir Reginald Bray being his associate And upon the fall of Sir William Stanley in 10 H. 7. constituted Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold In 12 Hen. 7. being prepared to march as General with an Army into Scotland to vindicate those injuries which King Henry had received thence having of his own retinue five Lances fifteen Demi-lances two hundred fifty four Archers and Bills for two hundred and fifty Souldiers six Lances twelve Demi-lances seventy one Archers and Bills for three hundred Souldiers and seven Lances four Demi-lances five hundred forty four Archers and Bills for three hundred and sixteen Souldiers he was prevented from that expedition by the Rebellion of the Cornish-men who were headed by Iames Lord Audley and had his share in the honor of that victory over them at Black-Heaâ—h in Kent which was then through the happy conduct of the Kings forces under the command of Thomas Earl of Surrey so successfully obtained And the next year following was in the head of that Army against those forces near Tanton in Com. Somers which were newly landed in Cornwall on the behalf of Perkin Warbeck where they were utterly vanquished In 19 Hen. 7. he was made Constable of the Castle of Bridgwater And by his Testament bearing date the 19 Maii 23 H. 7. bequeathing his Body to be buried in the Abby of S. Peter at Westminster appointed that his Feoffees would stand seised of and in his mannors of Wynderstow in Comit. Willts and Grychell-Gover in Com. Dorset of the yearly value of twenty six pound thirteen shillings and four pence to the intent that with the issues of the same there should be three Priests suâ—ained perpetually to sing for his Soul and the Souls of his Father and Mother viz. two in the Church where he was to be buried and the third in the Parish Church of South-Pederton in Com. Somerset where divers of his ancestors lay interred every of them to have for his Salary ten Marks Sterling And to Elizabeth his wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanhern in Cornwall Knight he gave an hundred Marks worth of Plate He died at London 28 Maii 23 H. 7. and lieth buried in the Chapel of S. Paid within the Abby Church of Westminster as by the Epitaph on his Monument there appeareth Leaving issue Henry his only son and one daughter called Cecelie married to Iohn Bouchier Lord Fitz-Warren afterwards Earl of Bathe Which Henry in 6 Hen. 8. had a special livery of all the Lands whereof his said Father died seised And was created Earl of Bridgewater upon the nineteenth day of Iuly 30 H. 8. at the Kings Mannor house of Ocking being the second who had the title of some eminent City or Town But this Henry though wedded to Catherine daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk died without issue William de Albini Pincerna THis William de Albini son of Roger de Albini by Amicia his wife and elder brother to that famous Nigel de Albini whose posterity assumed the sirname of Moubray as I have elsewhere shewed coming first hither with William Duke of Normandy at his Conquest of England and being much aiding to him in that service had divers Lands in Norfolk and other place conferred upon him whereupon he ejected several persons out of their possessions amongst which one Edwyne a Dane who first came hither with King Knute was by him dispossessed of the Lordships of Snetsham Sharneburne and Stanho in that County Edwyne therefore with some others who suffered in like sort went to King William and told him that neither before his entrance nor since his Conquest they had ever acted or conspired against him but lived inoffensively as they were ready to prove Upon which complaint the King forthwith caused enquiry to be made through the whole Realm and commanded that those who had lived peacably should have restitution of their Lands so seized on to enjoy as freely as they had done before and thenceforth to be called Drenges And in pursuance of that his Command appointed that this William de Albini then his Butler and William de Warren his Forester should restore unto Edwyne all those Lands which they had thus taken from him But notwithstanding this Mandate all he could get at present was only three hundred Acres of Land and three Folds in Snetesham and after that four hundred Acres of Land and four Folds in Stanho to be held of him by certain services As also four hundred Acres of Land and as many Folds in Sharneburne from William de Warren Howbeit ere long the King having sent Edwyne into Normandy for his Bastard Daughter there begotten before the Conquest of England gave her in marriage to Asceur his Son from which time the said Edwyne had protection so long as he lived To this William de Albini and his heirs was the Lordship of Bokenham also given by King William the first to hold by the service of being Butler to the Kings of England on the day of their Coronation For which respect he was afterwards stiled in divers Charters Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum This William de Albini founded the Abby of Wymundham in Norfolk and gave to the Monks of Rochester the Tithes of
King Henry the fifth at the siege of Harfleu 3 Hen. 5. became distempered by eating of Fruit with the Flux as divers other great persons then were and was therefore necessitated to return into England before that famous Battle of Agincourt which soon after ensued where King Henry obtained so glorious a victory And in the next ensuing year was by Indenture retained to serve the King in his Warrs of France with an hundred Men at Arms and three hundred Archers whereof himself to be one five Knights and the rest Esquires wherof the third part to be Foot-men and the rest to serve on Horseback In 5 Hen. 5. he was in Normandy in K. Henry's service and commanded part of his Army at the Seige of Cane continuing in those parts till the death of that victorious King And in 1 Hen. 6. was again reteined to serve the King in those Warrs with one Baneret four Knights an hundred and fourteen Men at Arms and three hundred and sixty Archers Moreover in 3 Hen 6. in the Parliament then held at Westminster he was restored to the title and dignity of Duke of Norfolk using no other than E. Marshal and Notingham before And in 4 Hen. 6. being of full age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 8 Hen. 6. he was again reteined by Indenture to serve the King in his Warrs And by his last Will and Testament bearing date 20 Maii 7 Hen. 6. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Charter-house within the Isle of Axholme ordaining that the Bones of his Father which lay buryed at Ulenice should be translated thither To Katherine his Wife Daughter to Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmerland afterwards married to Thomas Strangwayes Esq and after that to Iohn Viscount Beaumont and lastly to Sir Iohn Widvile Knight Brother to Anthony Earl Rivers he bequeathed all his Plate of Gold and Silver or Silver and gilt and appointed that she should hold during her life the Castle and Honor of Brembre in Sussex with the appurtenances as also the Castle of Gâ—â—her in Wales and departed this life 19 Oct. 11 H. 6. leaving issue Iohn his Son and Heir then seventeen years of age But over and above what she had by this his bequest there was â—ssigned to her for her Dowry the Lordships of Forueseat Lopham Southfield Eresham Haneworth Framingham Parva with the Hundreds of Laundiche and Soâ—th-Greenhow with two parts of the Mannor of Loche in Norfolk likewise the third part of two parts of Forty shillings of the custom of the Market at Guildford in Surrey the Castle Mannor and Borough of Strogoâ—l in the Marches of Wales the Mannor of Tudeham in Com. Gloc. The Mannors of Silby Mountsorel the Park of Overton and Hundred of Goscote in Com. Leic. The Mannors of Great Chesterford Dâ—vercourt Rumford the Borough of Harwich the third part of two parts of the Mannors of High Rothing and Onesham Hall and the thrid part of the Mannor of Langetous in Canefield Parva in Essex the Castle of Bedford with the Mannors or Hames Willington and Stotfold in Com. Bedf. And the Mannor of Pen with six Messuages one Carucate and one Virgate of Land in Morton and Smethâ—ere as also the Mannor of Wenge and the third part of two parts of the Mannor of Medmenham in Com. Buck. Which Iohn Son to the last mentioned Iohn came of full age in 14 Hen. 6. and in the seventeenth of that Kings Reign was sent Ambassador into Piccardy to treat of Peace betwixt the Kings of England and France After which viz. in 23 Hen. 6. upon confirmation of the title of Duke of Norfolk to him which was first conferred on Thomas his Grandfather he had a grant of place and seat in Parliament and elswhere next to the Duke of Exeter In 25 Hen. 6. this Iohn went on Pilgrimage to Rome And in 35 Hen. 6. making his vow to go likewise on Pilgrimage to divers holy places in Ireland Scotland Britanny Piccardy and Cologne and to the Blood of our Saviour at Windesnake as also to Rome and Ierusalem for recovery of the Kings health he had License to that purpose In 1 Edw. 4. he was constituted Justice Itinerant of all the Forests on the South of Trent but departed this life the same year and was buried in the Abbey of Thetford in Norfolk leaving issue by Eleanor his Wife Daughter to William Lord Bourchier Iohn his Son and Heir Which Iohn in 29 Hen. 6. 24 Martii his Father then living was created Earl Waâ—ren and Surrey an in 11 Edw. 4. was one of those Lords who subscribed their names to that recognition then made in Parliament to Prince Edward the Kings eldest Son Moreover in 14 Edw. 4. he was retained to serve the King in his Wars of France for one whole year with forty Spears himself accounted two Knights and three hundred Archers But of him I find no more than that he departed this life at his Castle of Framingham in Norfolk upon Tuesday next after the Feast of the Epiphany 15 Edw. 4. and was buried in the Abbey of Thetford leaving issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Iohn Talbot the first Earl of Shrewsbury of that name Anne his sole Daughter and Heir four years old in 17 Edw. 4. Afterwards Wedded to Richard Duke of York second Son to King Edward the Fourth but died without issue by means whereof the Inheritance of this great House resorted to the Families of Berkley and Howard in respect that Isabel and Margaret the two Daughters to Thomas Moubray first Duke of Norfolk beforementioned were so married as I have already expressed Which Anne lieth buried in the Chappel of S. Erasmus in the Abbey Church of Westminster Albini of Cainho THe first of this Line of whom I have found mention is Henry de Albini a younger Son of Nigel de Albini without doubt Which Henry with the Lady Cicily his Wife in the time of King Henry the First gave two Hides of Land lying in their Mannor of Coâ—es unto that little Cell of Nuns called Sopwel situate near S. Albans in Hartfordshire To whom succeeded Robert de Albini his Son and Heir which Robert added the gift of a Yard Land lying also in Cotes unto that Cell at such time as he placed Cicily his Sister to be a Votress there and confirmed what Henry his Father had formerly given thereto with Amicia his Sister This Robert was Founder of the Priory of Beaulieu in Hartfordshire a Cell also to that great Abbey of S. Albans and gave to the Monks of that House Pasturage for ten Oxen to graze with his own Oxen in Clophell alias Cainho So also Pasturage for One hundred Sheep and likewise Fifteen Acres of Land for
for Livery of the Mannor of Okham By this Isabel he had issue also three Sons viz. Ralph Robert and Philip. But of her I have seen no more than that she Founded a Nunnery at Lechelade and was there buried This Roger died 8 Kal. Iuly An. 1215. 17 Ioh. to whom succeeded Hugh Which Hugh in the time of those Wars betwixt King Iohn and the Barons though much sollicited otherwise by Lewelin Prince of Wales and Giles de Braose then Bishop of Hereford adhered stoutly to the King Whereupon Lewelin with Wenwyn-Wen Prince of Powys and Maylgon another potent Welshman together with the Bishop of Hereford entred his Castle of Kamaran and utterly demolished it for which he had afterwards recompence For about that time Gualo the Popes Legate coming into England with authority from Rome pronounced Sentence of Excommunication against all those who had taken away ought from the King or from any of his adherents unless they made timely satisfaction Whereupon there was a Conference held at Wigmore unto which Lewelin coming he did without any constraint acknowledge all the Territory of Melenith to be the Right and Inheritance of this Hugh and commanded all his Tenants there to yield obedience to him Moreover for the damage which he and his Tenants had suffered from the Welsh which were at that meeting estimated at Five hundred marks it was there ordered by Stephen Archbishop of Canterbury and the other Lords then present that Lewelyn should pay one third part thereof Maylgon another and Wenhoven as much In 16 Ioh. this Hugh amongst the Barons Marchers had Summons to attend the King at Cirencester upon Munday next after the Vtas of the Clause of Easter well accoutred with Horse and Arms for himself and all the power he could make And having had the custody of the Castle of Stratton-Oale in 17 Ioh. he received command to deliver it up to Hugh de Nevil but standing still firm to the King he had the Castle of Holgot given him in 18 Ioh. which was part of the Possessions of Thomas Manduit then in Rebellion with the Barons And in 7 Hen. 3. was in that expedition made into Wales He took to Wife Annora Daughter of William de Braose and had One hundred shillings Land in Cherleton and Chiriton with her in marriage which she afterwards held during her Widowhood and having been much wounded in a Tourneament departed this life 4 Id. Nov. An. 1227. 11 Hen. 3. without issue and was buried in the Abbey at Wigmore To whom succeeded Ralph his Brother by the Father Of which Ralph it is memorable That in the life time of his Brother Hugh King Iohn losing Normandy in regard he refused to do homage for it to the King of France being then there for the defence of that Countrey he was taken prisoner by the French and that the Welsh hearing thereof came to Wigmore and having plundered the Abbey burnt it all to the ground except the Church Succeeding his Brother to that great Inheritance in 12 Hen. 3. he paid One hundred pound for his Releif and thereupon had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Glocester Southampton Becks Salop and Hereford In 17 Hen. 3. the King requiring Hostages of the Barons Marchers for their Fidelity the times being then troublesome this Ralph delivered unto him Henry the Son and Heir to Sir Brian de Brompton who was thereupon committed to the custody of William de Stutevil And in 22 Hen. 3. the King fearing some disturbances from Lewelin Prince of Aberfraw by reason that he exacted homage from all the cheif Men of North Wales and Powys amongst other of the Barons Marchers required this Ralph to attend him at Oxford upon Tuesday next after the Quinzime of Easter there to advise concerning that and other important business And in 24 Hen. 3. according to the Decree made by Gualo the Popes Legate concerning the Territory of Melenith in the time of his Brother Hugh the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Herefordshire to deliver possession thereof unto this Ralph After this viz. in 26 Hen. 3. upon that expedition then made into Gascoigne he received command to provide himself with Horse and Arms for that service Being a person of a Military Disposition he built two more Castles in Melenith viz. Kevencles and Knoclas whereby he exceedingly enlarged his Possessions upon the Welsh and much restrained their bold incursions So that Prince Lewelin seeing that he could not cope with him gave him his Daughter Gladuse Duy in marriage with all his Lands of Kery and Kedewyn as also all the Castles and Forts in both of them But more I have not seen of him till his death which hapned 8 Id. Aug. An. 1246. 30 Hen. 3. Whereupon he was buried with his Ancestors in the Abbey at Wigmore leaving issue four Sons viz. Roger the eldest then in minority Peter Iohn a Gray Frier at Shrewsbury and Hugh Lord of Chelmersh Which Gladuse soon after obtained Livery of all the Lands wherewith she had been endowed by Reginald de Braose her former Husband But after this she was necessitated to a suit with William de Braose Son of that Reginald for the same I come now to Roger his Son and Heir This Roger in 31 Hen. 3. paying Two thousand marks to the King had Livery of all his Lands excepting those whereof Gladuse his Mother then surviving was endowed And in the same year an assignation in right of Maud his Wife of her Purparty of all those Lands in England and the next year following of those in Ireland which descended to her from Walter Mareschal late Earl of Pembroke So also of the Knights Fees Likewise of her Purparty of the Castle and Town of Haverford with Eve the Wife of William de Cantilupe and Eleanor the Wife of Humphrey de Bohun the other participants In 37 Hen. 3. he attended the King in his expedition into Gascoigne And in 41 Hen. 3. when Lewelin Prince of Wales began again to make incursions upon the Marches received command to assist Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford in the defence of those parts betwixt Montgomery and the Lands of the Earl of Glocester In 42 Hen. 3. he had also Summons to attend the King at Chester on Monday next after the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist well furnished with Horse and Arms to withstand the like hostile Incursions of the Welsh and being in that service had a special discharge of his Scutage for those Twenty six Knights Fees and a sixth part which he held in right of Maud his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to William de Braose of Brecknock In 44 H. 3. the
the fourths Reign I find nothing more of this Duke Henry but soon after it is said that he speedily dispatched one Pershal his trusty Servant in all hast unto Richard Duke of Gloucester then in the North and that Pershall being privatly admitted to speak with him in the dead of the night told him that his Master had sent him to offer him his service and that he would wait on him with a thousand good Fellows if need were Likewise that thanks being returned and some secret Instructions from Richard the Messenger went back and within few daies met with him again at Notingham Moreover that when Richard came to Northampton this our Duke himself with three hundred Horse received him there and that having long conference with him it was beleived that the designe for effecting what soon after followed was there privily laid for after that time it was observed that he stood up vigorously for Richard and as one of his cheif confidents was with some others sent to the Queen who fearing the destruction of her Sons by the Duke of Gloucester their Uncle had taken Sancttuary with them at Westminster by fair pretences and promises to gain them out of her hands Which being done and Hastings late Lord Chamberlain to King Edward the fourth whose furtherance in his wicked purposes he despaired to obtain cut shorter by the Head lest Morton Bishop of Ely a person of singular prudence and Gravity might stand in his way he committed him to the custody of this Duke who thereupon fent him to his Castle of Brecknock in Wales And having so done to secure this Duke the more firmly to his ends he made him Cheif Justice of all South-Wales and North-Wales as also Constable of the Castles of Caermardyn Cardigan and divers other in those parts his Patent bearing date 18 Maii Richard being then Protector and King Edward the fifth alive Nay an Author of that time reports that he gave him all his riches so that he then made his boast that he had as many Liveries of Staffords Knotts as Richard Nevill the late great Earle of Warwick had of Ragged Staves with large promifes of far greater Matters as I shall shew anon Wherewith being corrupted he stuck at nothing that might carry on that Tragical designe which both of them had so closely layd for our Historians tell us that in the time of Dr. Shaa's Sermon at Pauls Cross where that Doctor endeavored to make the people beleive that the Children of K. E. 4. were not lâ—gitimate and upon the coming in of the Protector said This is the Fathers own Figure his own Countenance c. it was observed that this Duke accompanied him And two days following came to Guild-Hall where the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and Commons of the City were assembled and in a long Oration depraving the Government of King Edward the fourth by sundry instances represented to them the illegitimacy of his Children much magnifying that Sermon preached by Dr. Shaa on the Sunday before and withall insinuating that K. Edward the fourth himself was not lawfully begotten but that Richard Duke of Gloucester the then Protector was the really begotten Son of Richard Duke of York telling them that all those things well considered together with the Knightly prowess and manifold virtues of the Protector that the Nobles and Commons of England especially of the North were determined to make their humble Petition unto him to take upon him the Government of the Realm Moreover the next day after having procured another meeting of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Chief Commoners of the City at Baynards-Castle the Protector likewise meeting them there as the Mouth of them all he humbly desired him to take upon him the Rule Which when the Protector seemed modestly to deny he answered that it was finally determined by the Realm that King Edwards Line should no longer Reign And so it happned for that very day or the night ensuing was that horrid Murther of the young King and his Brother committed secretly in the Tower of London Furthermore soon after this viz. upon the fifth of Iuly he rode with him in State from the Tower to Westminster through the City of London And the day following in that solemn Proceeding from Westminster Hall unto the Abby in order to his Coronation bore his Train with a white Staff in his hand signifying the Office of Lord High Steward of England for that day Having thus been the principal Agent in advancing Richard to the Throne and thereupon pressing his performance of what had been privately promised this new King signed a Bill for Livery of all those Lands unto him whereunto he pretended a right by descent from Humphrey de Bohun sometime Earl of Hereford and Constable of England An abstract whereof I have here inserted together with a Schedule of the Castles and Mannors affixed thereto R. R. RIchard by the grace of God King of England c. To all c. Know ye that We not only considering that our right trusty and right enryrely beloved Cosyn Henry Duke of Buckinhgam is Cosyn and Heir of Blood to Humphrey Bohun Earl of Hereford and rightfull Inheritor of such Inheritances as were of the same late Earl but also the true feythfull and laudable service the which our seid Cosyn hath in many sundry wisez done unto us to our right singular wele and plesure Considering also and understanding that the Mannors Lordships and Lands specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed the which were parcel of the Inheritance of the said Earl and were chosen and accepted in purpartie by Herry the fifth late King of England Son of Mary one of the Daughters and Heirs of the said late Earle of a partition betwene the same late King and Anne Daughter of Alianore another of the Daughters and Heires of the sayd late Earle made by authority of Parliament the second year of his Reigne in allowance of other Mannours Lordships Lands c. of the like value allotted and assured in purpartie to the same Anne come unto the hands of Edward the fourth late King of England our Brother by virtue of certain Act or Acts of Parliament made against Herry the sixth deceased without issue so that our said Cosyn as true Inheritor to the sayd Inheritance in forme abovesayd should by his death have had and inherited the said Mannors Lordships c. specifyed in the sayd Schedule if the sayd Act or Acts of Parliament had never been made And also for certain other considerations us especially moving wille and grant to our sayd Cosyn that in our next Parliament to be holden he shall be surely and lawfully by Act of Parliament restored frothe Feste of Easter last past to all the foresayd Mannours c. specifyed in the sayd Schedule and the same have hold and enjoy to him and to his Heires according to such
to be paid out of the Exchequer till there should be other provision made for his support in 36 E. 3. went into Britanny being of the retinue to Iohn Duke of Britanny in his Warrs there this being in his Fathers life time Being 24 years of age at his Fathers death scil 43 Edw. 3. he had livery of his lands performing his homage very shortly after And in 46 was reteined by Indenture to serve the King in his Warrs beyond Sea for one whole year with an hundred men at Armes and an hundred and forty Archers of which number himself to be one as also with two Bannerets thirty Knights and seventy seven Esquires for which service to receive for himselfe and his men at Armes double pay but for the rest according to the ordinary rate the year to begin from the time they should take shipping and to have half in hand for himself with his men at Armes but for the rest only a fourth part Which expedition was chiefly intended for raising the Siege of Rocheâ— But as the Earl of Pembroke sent over for that purpose was worsted by the Spaniards who then came with a great Navy to ayd the French so King Edward himself and that power he had raised were hindred from getting over by contrary Winds to the loss of nine hundred thousand pounds for no less a charge had the King been at in order to this voyage That designe thus failing he was the next ensuing year again retained to serve the King in his Wars of France for one whole year with two hundred men at Armes and two hundred Archers well mounted armed and arrayed under the conduct of Iohn of Ghant Duke of Lancaster Of which men at Armes besides himself there were to be fifty nine Knights and an hundred and forty Esquires And in 49 Edw. 3. was sent by Commission from King Edward into Scotland with whom were Sir Guy de Bryenne and Sir Henry le Scroop Bannerets to treat with William Earl of Douglas and others appointed by the King of Scots touching restitution of those Lands which by the truce formerly made did belong to the English The same year also he accompanied Edmund Earl of Cambridge the Kings Son into Britanny on the behalf of Iohn de Mountfort Duke of Britanny where they had great success in taking several Castles untill they were recalled upon a Truce concluded with the French In 50 Edw. 3. he was made Governor of the Isles of Gernesey Serk and Aureney And in 1 R. 2. was by Indenture retained to serve the King with two hundred men at Armes and two hundred Archers in his Warrs beyond Sea for one quarter and half of that year having of his retinue one Banneret four Knights and an hundred and sixty four Esquires well and sufficiently Mounted Armed and Arraied for that voyage In 3. R. 2. he was by the Commons in Parliament chosen Governor of the King then young as being a man most just and prudent and for that service to have a fit allowance cut of the publick treasury And in 4 Ric. 2. was joyned in commission with the Duke of Lancaster and others to rectify such abuses as had been committed by the subjects of either Realm contrary to the Truce made betwixt King Edward the third and David de Bruys of Scotland and for ratifying that league In 5. R. 2. upon that Barbarous Insurrection of the Commons under the conduct of Iack Straw whereof our Historians do make an ample relation he was sent to protect the Abby of St. Albans then much in danger by that rebellious Rout and to do justice upon the Villains But as he was marching thitherward with a thousand stout men well armed and the Lord Thomas Percy in his company news came to him that the like Commotion was broke out where his own estate lay which occasioning him to divert his course and to send but part of his Souldiers to the aide of the Abbot did much animate that bold rout which had thus gotten head at St. Albans In 8 R. 2. he was retained to serve the King in his Scottish Warrs How long the King continued under his tutelage I find not but certain it is that before he arrived to mans estate he took the reins of Government into his own hands or suffered them to be guided by those favorites of whose miscarriages he himself had at length most woful experience the chief whereof was Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford advanced to the title of Marquess of Dublin and afterwards Duke of Ireâ—and upon whom divers of the Nobility had for those reasons cast very envious eyes But so much did the King affect this Marquess that discerning who they were that so maligned him he layd trayns to murther them of which number were Thomas Duke of Gloucester the K. own Uncle and this Thomas Earl of Warwick who being men of haughty Spirits apprehending some danger towards associated more to their company and put themselves in Armes at Harringhay Park whereupon they constrained the King to call a Parliament the next ensuing year in which divers exorbitant things were done through their potency as our Annals of that time will sufficiently shew But about a twelve-month after the King assembling his Nobles told them he was now of age to govern himself and the Kingdom and thereupon changed some of his great Officers and Councellors whereof this Tho. E. of Warwick was one who thenceforth retiring himself Built that strong and stately Tower standing at the North-East corner of Warwick Castle the cost whereof amounted to three hundred ninety five pounds five shillings and two pence As also the whole body of the Collegiate Church of our Lady in Warwick both which were finished in 17 R. 2. But from that time forwards he could never regain the Kings favor So that Thomas de Moubray Earl Marshal and Notingham taking advantage of the Kings displeasure against him and of the countenance that he himself then had at Court brought his Writt of Error to reverse the Judgement given in 26 Edw. 3. on the behalf of Thomas then E. of Warwick for the Dominion of Gowher in Wales alledging that the Process whereupon the Suit in King Edward the thirds time had been commenced was directed to the Sheriff of Herefordshire whereas the Land of Gowher in question lay in Wales yet so fell out the issue of this business though this Error if it were one did nothing relate to the just title that in 20 R. 2. Moubray recovered it Nay this was not all for jealousies and secret grudges harbored by divers great men towards those who were the Kings chief favorites and doubtless advisers in what he had done and likewise by the King towards them began now to shew their effects so that the King having wedded Isabel Daughter to the King of France a
Castle at Plimpton and to have the Lordships of Moreâ—s and Ridleston which were the Inheritance of the Countess of Mellent which she had granted to him as also for the Lordship of Cruke which was the Dowry of the Countess of Berry and of his Fee for which he had paid fourscore pounds per annum which payment was upon this Fine to be quitted Moreover to have a Tryal by the great Assize for decision of the right betwixt the King and himself touching Rumbrug and Langele viz. eight pound Land near Southampton likewise for enjoying that twenty pound Land which was of the Normans and that he might govern his Tenants by Military service and others in the Isle of Wight according to the Law of the Land and Judgment of his Court so that they might do with their Lands as they rightfully ought In 8 Ioh. he gave to the King one hundred pound and a Palfrey for Livery of the Lordships of Reynton and Feltham which were the marriage Portion of Alice his Grand-mother And in 13 Ioh. paid one hundred seventy and eight marks for eighty nine Knights Fees in Devonshire and four pounds and one mark for three and an half in Berkshire upon levying the Scutage of Wales In 15 Ioh. he went into Poictou In 18 Ioh. the King taking notice of his great age and by reason thereof his disability to defend his Lands against Lewes of France whom the Rebellious Barons had then called in did grant that he might retain his said Lands in his own hand upon condition that Baldwin his Son should constantly remain with the King in his service Which Baldwin having wedded Margaret Daughter and Heir to Warine Fitz-Gerald and dying in the life time of his Father King Iohn gave her in marriage unto his great favorite Falk de Breant in 15 Ioh. This Earl William took to Wife Mabel Daughter to Robert Earl of Mellent and had by the gift of her Father the Lordships of Esturmenistre Moreis and â—â—dlestune to hold to her and her heirs By which Mabel besides Baldwin his Son who died in his life time as hath been observed he had issue two Daughters viz. Mary the Wife of Robert de Curtenay who had in marriage the Head of his Barony in Devonshire with the Castle of Plimpton And Ioane first married to William the Son of William Briwere and after to Hubert de Burgh Chamberlain to the King who had also in marriage with her the whole Isle of Wight as also Christ Church Which Ioane died without issue This William died in 1 Hen. 3. whereupon his Castles of Caresbrock and Plimpton were committed to the trust of the Sheriff of Hantshire and others and the custody of his Lands in Hantshire Dorsetshire and Somersetshire unto Ralph de Wiliton But the Wardship of the Son and Heir of Baldwin his Son was given to Falk de Breant above mentioned who had married his Mother and held as her Dowry inter alia the Castle of Plimpton which was accounted Caput Honoris Comitatus Devon upon whose death which hapned in 9 Hen. 3. she the said Margaret had Livery of her Dowry by her first Husband Baldwin before mentioned she thereupon undertaking to pay the Debts of her last Husband Falk de Breant by three hundred marks per annum till they should be fully satisfied This Margaret by some called Margery in her pure Widowhood for the health of the Soul of Warine Fitz-Gerald her Father and the Souls of Alice de Curcy her Mother gave to the Canons of Bolton in Yorkshire her Mills at Hareâ—ode in that County And in 36 Hen. 3. An. 1252. departed this life upon the sixth Nones of October Matthew Paris affirms that she was by King Iohn the Tyrant as he calls him who stuck at no wicked act constrained to marry that impious ignoble and base conditioned man Falk de Breant against her Will of which marriage he says one wrote these following lines at that time Lex connectit eos amor concordia Lecti Sed Lex qualis Amor qualis Concordia qualis Lex exlex Amor exosus concordia discors And goeth on thus That on a time being in Bed with him he dreamed that a Stone of an extraordinary bigness like a Thunderbolt burst out of the Tower of the Church at S. Albans and falling upon him crusht him to pieces Whereupon starting out of his sleep and with great amazement trembling she asked him what the matter was and how he did To whom he answered I have in my time undergone many perils but never was so much terrified as in this Dream And having told her all particulars she replied That he had grievously offended S. Alban by polluting that Church with blood and plundering the Abby and therefore advised him for preventing a more grievous revenge to reconcile himself to that holy Martyr Wherefore lodging then at Luyton he forthwith arose and went to S. Albans and having sent for the Abbot fell upon his knees with tears and holding up his hands said Lord have mercy upon me for I have grievously offended God and his Blessed Martyr S. Alban but to a sinner there is mercy Let me therefore by your leave speak to your Covent in Chapter to ask pardon of them in your presence for what I have done Whereunto the Abbot consented admiring to see such Lamb-like humility in a Woolf Therefore putting off his apparel he entred the Chapter-house bearing a Rod in his hand and confessing his fault which he said he did in time of War received a lash by every one of the Monks upon his naked Body And when he had put on his cloaths again he went and sate by the Abbot and said This my Wife hath caused me to do for a Dream but if you require restitution for what I then took I will not hearken to you And so he departed the Abbot and Monks being glad that they were so rid of him without doing them any more mischeif This Margaret held the Lordships of Pishoo Niweham South-Lamheth Wrokeshale and Christechirche in Dower from Baldwine sometime Earl of Devonshire her Husband and came at last to be the Wife of Robert Aguillon but died not till 20 Edw. 1. by which it is evident that she lived to a very great age I now come to Baldwin Son of Baldwin who died in his Fathers life time In 11 Hen. 3. Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and Hertford gave a Fine of two thousand marks to the King for leave to marry his eldest Daughter to this young Earl Whereupon all his Demesn Lands which were then esteemed at two hundred pound per annum value were committed to the Guardianship of the same Earl of Glocester the rest being in the hands of Savaric de Male-leone till he
likewise died seized of the Mannors of Raskelf and Sherif-Hoton in Com. Ebor. as also of the Mannors of Burreth and Randeby in Com. Linc. and of divers Lands in the Bishoprick of Durham whereof the Jury knew neither the extent nor Tenuâ—e leaving Ranulph the Son of Robert de Nevill the younger his next heir and then twenty years of age But before I proceed with what I have to say of this Ranulph I may not omit to take notice that Robert his Father who died in the lifetime of Robert his Grandfather as is observed having married Mary the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Ralph Fitz-Randulph Lord of Middleham had in 54 Hen. 3. Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance doing his Homage of which that Mannor of Middleham was part And likewise a the Mannor of Carleton with the Forest of Coverdale It is said That this Robert frequenting the company of a certain Lady in Craven in an adulterous manner was surprised by some of her Husbands friends and by them so gelded that he died of the wound 6 Iunii An. 1271. 55 Hen. 3. and was buried in the Chapter House at Coverham in Com. Ebor. near to the Tomb of Helewise de Glanvil his Father then living After which scil in 4â— Edw. 1. Mary his Widow upon the death of Anastasia her third sister one of the Coheirs to the same Ralph Fitz-Ranulph shared with Robert de Tatshall and Ioane his Wife in her purparty Which Mary lived a Widow upon her own Inheritance no less then forty nine years and in 17 Edw. 1. gave an yearly Rent of twelve marks issuing out of her Lordship of South Pikenham to find two Priests to celebrate Divine Service in the Church of Houton And having held for term of life the Mannors of Middleham Thoraldby Well Snape Carleton Fagherwald Nosterfield Burton and Crakhall with one Messuage in Dikestard as also the Advowson of the Church departed this life in An. 1320. 14 Edw. 2. and was buried in the Quire at Coverham ¶ I now come to Ranulph de Nevill Grand-Son and Heir to Robert the elder This Ranulph being in minority at his Grand-Fathers death obtained liberty of the King that his friends might Plough and manage his Lands and in 13 Edw. 1. had Livery of the Mannors of Kaskelf Sutton and Hoton part of his Inheritance About this time there hapning much variance betwixt the Inhabitants of the Bishoprick and Anthony Beke that great Prelate then Bishop of Durham by reason he had compelled them to go twice into Scotland with Horse and Arms which they alleaged to be contrary to right in regard they held their Lands to defend the Body of S. Cuthbert and that they ought not neither for King or Bishop to go beyond the Rivers of Tine and Tese This Ranulph de Nevill and Iohn de Marne were the cheif countenancers of those who thus opposed the Bishop And not long after that fell out another difference betwixt this Ranulph and the Prior of Durham about the offering of a Stag every year upon S. Cuthberts day in September which in truth was rather a Rent then an Oblation in regard he held Raby with the eight adjoyning Townships by the yearly Rent of four pound and a Stag. For contrary to the custom of his Ancestors he not only required that the Prior of Durham at the offering of that Stag ought to feast him and all the company he should bring But that the Priors own menial servants should for that time be set aside and his peculiar servants and officers put in their stead Whereupon amongst other of his guests he invited Iohn de Baillol of Barnard Castle who refused to go with him alleaging That he never knew the Nevills to have such a priviledge there Sir William de Brompton the Bishops cheif Justice likewise acknowledging That he himself was the first who began that extravagant practise For being a young Man and delighting in Hunting he came with the Lord Nevill at the offering of the Stag and said to his Companions Come let us go into the Abby and Wind our Horns and so they did The Prior farther adding That before the time of this Ranulph none of his Predecessors ever made any such claim but when they brought the Stag into the Hall they had only a Breakfast Nor did the Lord himself ever stay Dinner except he was invited In 22 Edw. 1. this Ranulph received command to attend the King at Portlmouth upon the first of September well furnished with Horse and Arms and thence into France In 4 Edw. 2. having command to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the morrow after All Souls day with ten Men at Arms he thence marched into Scotland It is reported of this Ranulph that he little minded Secular business but for the most part betook himself to conversation with the Canons of Merton and Coverham as also that he committed Incest with his own Daughter and that Richard de Kellaw Bishop of Durham did for that crime compel him to do publick pennance But certain it is that he gave to the Canons of Coverham sixty two Acres of his Demesn Lands in Trakehallâ— of nine pound six shillings per annum value and twenty two Acres and an half of Meadow as also certain Rents of his Tenants in Villenage with four Ox-gangs of Land and Meadow of the value of sixty three shillings four pence per annum All which with some Cottiers c. were of the value of twenty pound and an half penny per annum He married two Wives viz. Eufemia the Daughter of Sir Iohn de Clavering and Margery Daughter of Iohn the Son of Marmaâ—â—ke de Thweng and by the first of them had issue Robert commonly called The Peacock of the North unto whom Mary his Grand-Mother gave the Castle and Lordship of Middleham By the later he had none and departing this life 18 April An. 1331. 5 Edw. 3. was buried in the Quire at Coverham near the High Altar on the South side Which Robert called The Peacock of the North died without issue in his Fathers life time as it seems for Ralph the second Son was found Heir to his Father and at that time forty years of age and upwards who had Livery of his Lands the same year being then Steward of the Kings Houshold In 4 Edw. 3. this Ralph obtained a Charter to himself and the Heir-male of his Body for a Market every week on the Munday at Bliburg in Com. Suff. And two Fairs one upon the Eve and Day of the Annunciation of our Lady and the other on the Eve and Day of her Nativity As also for a Market weekly on the Tuesday at Aynho in Com. Northampt. And a Fair upon the Eve and Day of S. Michael
afterwards to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland Anne first to Humphrey Duke of Bucikngham and afterwards to Walter Blount Lord Montjoy Iane a Nun and Cioely to Richard Plantagenet Duke of York ¶ I now come to Ralph Earl of Westmorland Son of this last mentioned Iohn This Ralph after the death of Elizabeth his Mother had forty pound per annum allowed him by the King for his maintenance being then in minority And in 4 Hen. 6. an Augmentation thereof to the sum of fifty pound sixteen shillings eight pence to be paid out of the Fee-farm of the Town of Newcastle upon Tine After which within the compass of the same year the King granted the benefit of his marriage to Sir Iohn Ratcliff Seneschal of Aquitane But more I have not seen of him than that in 21 Hen. 6. he had in right of Elizaâ—eth his Mother the fourth Sister and Coheir to Edmund Earl of Kent and Cosin and Heir to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent for her Purparty and Assignation of the Mannor of Beseâ—y in Com. Linc. and ten pound Renâ— in Skeldingthorp threescore and four Acres of Wood in the Mannor of Brunne with a certain parcel of Wood there called the New Park as also twenty three pound ten shillings yearly Rent issuing out of the Abby of Kirkstall and four pound six shillings six pence Rent out of the Mannor of Blisworth in Com. Northampt. And that he married to his first Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Henry Lord Percy sirnamed Hotspur Son and Heir to Henry Earl of Northumberland Widow of Iohn Lord Clifford by whom he had issue Iohn his Son and Heir and to his second Margaret the Daughter and Heir of Sir Reginald Cobbam Knight but by her had no issue As also that he died in 2 Rich. 3. Which Iohn by his Testament bearing date 1 Dec. An. 1449 27 Hen. 6. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the midst of the Quire of the Abby of Haut-Emprice in Com. Ebor. and gave thereunto for his Cors praesenté a Courser called Lidiard Nevill appointing that an honest and cunning Priest should sing there for his Soul by the space of a Twelvemoneth after his death and to have for his salary ten marks Moreover he bequeathed to that Abby his Gown of Cloth of Gold blew to make a Vestment as also his Doublet of the same moreover a Gown of Black Velvet and all his Doublets of Velvet Likewise a standing Silver Cup thereof to make a Chalice And having married Anne Daughter of Iohn Holland Duke of Exeter departed this life 20 Martii 29 Hen. 6. without issue leaving Sir Iohn Nevill Knight his Fathers Brother his next Heir then thirty years of age This Sir Iohn Nevill took to Wife Anne the Widow of his Nephew Daughter to Iohn Holland Duke of Exeter and being slain at Towtâ—â— Field upon Palm Sunday 1 Edw. 4. there stoutly fighting for the Lancastrian Interest his Brother the Earl being then alive left issue by her a Son called Ralph who upon the death of the Earl his Uncle which hapned 3 Nov. 2 Rich. 3. was found to be his next Kinsman and Heir being then twenty eight years of age and succeeded him in this Honor was one of the cheif in that Army commanded by Thomas Earl of Surrey in 9 Hen. 7. when Iames King of Scotland invaded this Realm and besieged Norham Castle upon advance whereof the Scots retreated whereupon the English wasted the Borders But this is all that I have seen of him other then that he took to Wife Margaâ—â—t the Daughter of Sir Roger Booth of Barton in Com. Lanc. Knight Brother to Laurence Archbishop of York Which Margaret lieth buried on the South side of the Quire at Branspatâ— by whom he had issue Ralph who married Editha Daughter of Sir William Sands of ... in Com. Southampt and died in the life time of his Father He had likewise a Daughter called Anne wedded to Sir William Conyers Knight It is said that this Earl died at Hornby Castle in Richmondâ—hire for grief of the loss of his eldest Son who lieth buried at Branspath in a Chappel on the South side of the Quire and that he himself was buried in the Parish Church of Hornâ—y but the time of his death I find not So that to him succeeded Ralph his Grandson and Heir who in 22 Hen. 8. having Livery of his Lands was one of those that subscribed the Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh whereby they gave him to understand That unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his Divorce from Queen Catherine they would shake off his Supremacy This Ralph married Catherine Daughter of Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham and by her had issue seven Sons viz. Henry his Son and Heir Sir Thomas Nevill Knight Edward Christopher Ralph George and Cuthbert and nine Daughters viz. Eleanor who died without issue Dorothy Wife of Iohâ— Earl of Oxford for which marriage there was a special Act of Parliament in 18 Hen. 8. Mary to Sir Thomas Danby Knight Ioane Margaret to Henry Mannors Earl of Rutland Elizabeth to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland Eleanor to Sir Bryan Stapleton Knight Anne to Sir Fouke Grevill of Beauchamps Court in Com. War Knight and Vrsula and departed this life 24 April 3 Edw. 6. To him succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who first took to Wife Iane the Daughter of Thomas Mannours Earl of Rutland and by her had issue Charles his Son and Heir and four Daughters viz. Eleanor Wife of Sir William Pelpham Knight Master of the Ordnance Katherine married to Sir Iohn Constable of Kirkby Knowle in Com. Ebor. Also Mary and Adeline who died unmarried He secondly wedded Margaret Daughter of Sir Richard Cholmley Knight Widow of Sir Henry Gascoigne Knight by whom he had issue Margaret and Elizabeth This Henry by his Testament bearing date 18 Aug. An. 1563. 5 Eliz. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Staindroâ—e in the Bishoprick of Durham under the Tomb that last was made nigh to the Lady Iane his Wife and departed this life the the same Moneth as it seems for the Probate of his Will bears date upon the twelfth of September next ensuing To whom succeeded Charles his Son and Heir Which Charles in An. 1569. 11 Eliz. being privy to the intended marriage of Mary Queen of Scotland then prisoner in England and sensible of the danger submitted himself to the Earl of Sussex at that time President of the North desiring his intercession to Queen Elizabeth on his behalf But after this there being a rumor that multitudes of people resorted to him and to the Earl of Northumberland the Lord President sent for them But representing to them
of the Prior he had directed the particular place as also that two hundred marks should be employed by his Exetors for his Tomb and a hundred marks on his Funeral Moreover that forty marks should be distributed amongst poor Maids at their marriages as also a hundred pound in Masses Alms and other Works of Charity for his Soul He likewise ordained That on the day of his Funeral there should be offered two Coursers one of them compleatly harnessed with caparisons of his Arms as also Banners Standards and other accoutrements according as was accustomed for a person of his degree Furthermore that his Feoffees should stand seised of his Castle and Mannors of Sheriff-Hoton East Lilling West Lilling and Raskelf to the use of his Wife during her life Likewise that the Covenants of marriage of Thomas his Son with the Lady Willoughby his Wife should be fully performed according to the agreement made betwixt himself and Ralph Lord Cromwel as also the Marriage Covenants for Catherine his Daughter with the Son and Heir Apparent of the Lord Harington and William Lord Bonvile To his Son George he gave twelve Silver Dishes and a Cup with Cover gilt To Alice his Daughter a gilt Cup with Cover To his Daughter Eleanor a Silver Bowl with Cover To his Daughter Catherine the like To his Daughter Margaret a thousand marks to her marriage and a Gilt Cup with Cover and to his Daughter the Countess of Arundel a Cup of Gold Howbeit the next ensuing year viz. 38 H. 6. the tide being turned by reason that some of the old Soldiers deserted the Duke of York and came in to the King he was constrained to flee into Devonshire thence to Gernsey and so to Calais whereupon amongst others he was attained in the Parliament soon after held at Coventrey But from Calais adventuring with the Duke of York again into England he landed at Dover and within a short time giving Battle to the Lancastrians at Northampton there obtained a notable victory Whereupon the Yorkists bearing sway he was advanced to the dignity of Lord Great Chamberlain of England But see the mutability of Terrestrial things marching shortly after against the Lancastrians who had gotten head again in Yorkshire near Wakefield he was there taken prisoner in Battle in Christmass and his Son Sir Thomas Nevill slain Whereupon his head was cut off and conveyed to York and there set on a Pole over one of the Gates of that City After which viz. 15 Febr. 2 Edw. 4. I find that his Body together with the Corps of Alice his Wife and Thomas his Son were buried at Bisham Abby in Com. Berks. The issue which he had by the said Alice his Wife was as followeth viz. Richard Earl of Warwick and after his death Earl of Salisbury Iohn Marquess Mountague Sir Thomas who married ... Widow of the Lord Willoughby and was slain at Wakefield â—eorge Bishop of Exeter and Lord Chancellor of England afterwards Archbishop of York And five Daughters viz. Ioane the Wife of William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Cicely married to Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwick Alice to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh of Ravensâ—ath Eleanor to Thomas Stanley the first Earl of Derby of that name Katherine to William Bonvile Son and Heir to William Lord Bonvile and Harrington and Margaret to Iohn de Vere Earl of Oxford but afterwards to William Lord Hastings Chamberlain to King Edward the fourth Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick eldest Son to Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury THis Richard having taken to Wife Anne the Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Cousin and Heir to Anne sole Daughter and Heir to Henry Duke of Uarwick obtained by reason thereof as also in Respect of his special services about the Kings person and in the Warrs of Scotland as the Patent bearing date 23 Iulii next after the death of the same Lady Annâ— which hapned 3 Ian Ann 1449 27. H. 6. doth import a confirmation and declaration to himself andâ—his said Wife and to her Heirs of the dignity and title of Earl of Warwick with all preheminencies that any of their ancestors before the Creation of Henry Duke of Warwick used Shortly after which by Fine leavied Quind Trinit 28 Hen. 6. they entailed the Castle of Warwick with divers Lordships in that and sixteen other Counties upon the issue of their two bodies lawfully begotten and in default thereof upon the issue of her the said Anne with remainder to Margaret eldest Daughter to the same Richard Beauchamp late Earl of Warwick and her Heirs This is that Richard Nevill who was commonly called the stout Earl of Warwick and well he might be so termed in regard he bore such a great sway towards the latter end of King Henry the sixth and part of King Edward the fourths Reign having been an eminent actor in those tragick broiles betwixt the Houses of Lancaster and York as our Historians do fully manifest for about the 30 of Hen. 6 he sided with Richard Duke of York who did at that time first put himself in Armes under pretence of reforming what was amiss in the Government The true cause of this taking his part being a variance betwixt himself and the Duke of Somerset which happened in the Court of King Henry the sixth and that the Queen adhered to the Duke of Somerset therein But the Duke of York being not then powerful enough to go through with his designe submitted himself making Oath thenceforth to become a true and faithful Subject Howbeit the next year after having a stronger foundation for his enterprise chiefly through the interest he had in this potent Earl and the Earl of Salisbury his Father he broke out again and in 33 Hen. 6. at S. Albans assailed the Kings Forces where this Earl entring through a Garden gave the first onset and slew many seized upon the King himself caused a Parliament to be summoned made himself Protector of the King and this our Earl of Warwick Captain of l Calais But by the power of some others who saw what was aimed at he was at that time hindred in his speed Whereupon the King coming to Coventrie in 35 of his Reign hoped there to have reconciled all and to that end sent for the Duke by Letters as also for this Earl and his Father who came accordingly Nevertheless being there and pretending some ill intentions towards them they got away York to Wigmore in the Marches of Wales Salisbury to his Castle at Middleham in the North and this Earl of Warwick to Calais Howbeit after some fair overtures they were content to come to London so as they might have store of followers Whereupon this Earl brought with him six hundred men in Red-Coats embroidered with white Ragged-Staves before and behind This was in 36 Hen. 6. where and at which time
other Lands called Bradpen as also Pasture for one hundred Sheep at Wortley and much more to the fabrick of their Church likewise four Yard Land at Erâ—ingham with divers fishings there half a Yard Land at Ryham his new Mill at Berkley and one Yard Land near unto it one Yard Land in Hulmancorâ— one at Swanhunger and all those Lands within and without the Walls of Bristoll which had formerly belonged to his Brother Maurice To the Canons of Hereford he gave two Yard Land in Arlingham and besides all this he Founded the Hospital of S. Catherines near Bristoll within his Lordship of Bedminster as also a Chantry in his Mannor-house there and likewise another Chantry in his Chappel at Portbury And having wedded two Wives viz. Iulian Daughter of William de Pontearch Niece to William Marshall Earl of Pembroke and Lucy Daughter of ... who surviving him became the Wife of Hugh de Gurney departed this life 13 May 4 Hen. 3. without issue being then about fifty five years of age and was buried in the North Isle of S. Augustines Abby near Bristoll over against the High Altar in a Monks Cowl on the Vigil of whose Obiit the Abbot had a Cake of two pence price and two Casts of Bread of there half-pence as also four pence for Wine Every Canon a Cake of a penny and every Fryer of the four Orders in Bristoll a Loaf Which Lucia in 4 Hen. 3. had in Assignation of the Mannors of Beminster Wulton and Slimbrugg for her support untill the Heir the said Robert her late Husband should have Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and she her self reasonable Dowry Whereupon Thomas de Berkley his Brother and Heir giving a hundred pounds for his Relief had Livery of his Lands and in 8 Hen. 3. which was about four years after giving his two Sisters Sons as Pledges for his faithful custody thereof had restitution of his Castle at Berkley About this time there having been some difference betwixt this Thomas Lord Berkley and the Abbot of S. Peters in Glocester touching the Church of Slimbrugg the Abbot in consideration of a certain place called Lorling given by him the said Thomas to the Priory of Stanley which was a Cell to S. Peters quitted his interest in the Church of Slimbrugge In 26. Hen. 3. this Thomas offered a Fine to the King of sixty marks to be freed from attending him into Gascoigne Whereupon the King being then at Xantome dispatched Letters to him importing That he would acquit him thereof in case he would send Maurice his Son with two other Knights which he accordingly did Touching his Works of Piety it appears That he gave to the Abby of S. Augustines near Bristoll divers Lands and Rents in Cowley Berkley and Hintoâ— with Common of Pasture for twenty four Oxen between Longbrigge and Egeton near Berkley As also to the Abby of Kingswood divers Messuages and Lands in Hamme near Simondsal appointing That part of the Rents thereof should be distributed to poor people on the day of his Anniversary Likewise certain Lands in Slimbrigge for the maintenance of certain Lights to burn before the Images of our Lady and S. Catherine in the Chantry there and to the Canons of Bradenstoke all his Lands in Uleigh And departing this life 29 Nov. An. 1243. 28 Hen. 3. was buried in the South Isle of S. Augustines Abby near Bristoll in that Arch next to the Rood Altar leaving issue by Ioane the Daughter of Ralph de Somey Lord of Campden in Com. Gloc. and Niece to William Marshal Earl of Pembroke six Sons viz. Maurice Thomas Robert Henry William and Richard and Margaret a Daughter Wife of Sir Anselme Basset Knight Which Ioane surviving him had in lieu of her Dowry an Assignation for life by her Son Maurice of the Mannor of Wotton with the third of those Lands which Thomas her younger Son then newly dead without issue held in Egge as also of the Mannors of Came Cowley Hurst Alkington and Hinton Which Maurice paying one hundred pound for his Relief and doing his homage had the same year Livery of his Inheritance This Maurice besides the accompanying of his Father in the Wars of France in 41 H. 3. was in that expedition with Prince Edward against the Welsh In 42 43 44 Hen. 3. he had Summons to attend the King well accoutred with Horse and Arms into Wales Lewelin ap Griffin being then in Arms. In 45 Hen. 3. he obtained a Grant of forty marks yearly pension out of the Exchequer until the King should better provide for him And the same year the Barons being in Arms against the king received the Kings Precept to be at London on the morrow after Simon and Iudes day well appointed with Horse and Arms for his assistance In 46 Hen. 3. he procured a Charter for Free-Warren in his Lordship of Wenden in Essex as also a Market there every Tuesday and a Fair yearly on S. Peters day that Mannor being part of the Marriage portion of Isabel his Wife In 47 Hen. 3. he had Summons to be at Hereford with Horse and Arms to march against Lewelin Prince of Wales But soon after this the Barons putting themselves again in Arms he adhered to them for which his Lands were seised by the King as it seems For in 48 Hen. 3. which was the next ensuing year the King having a respect to Isabel his Wife whom he calls his beloved Neice assigned the Mannors of Herâ—etsham and Torteâ—clive for her maintenance But for that transgression he obtained pardon in 55 Hen. 3. This Maurice gave to the Abby of S. Augustines near Bristoll divers Lands in Berkley Bevington Walgaston and Erlingham and Common of Pasture for their young Cattle and Swine with his own Herds in divers of his Lordships within the Hundred of Berkley as also in Portbury Likewise Common of Pasture for twenty four Oxen seven Sows and one Boar in Wuâ—mergaston and Hamme Moreover for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Mary his Wife he gave to the Monastery of Bâ—anchland a Water-Mill with certain Lands in Bedminster and to the Monks of Kingswood one Messuage and certain Lands in Hamme and Berkley And having married Isabel the Daughter of Maurice de Creoun a great Baron in Lincolnshire by Isabel his Wife Sister to William de Valence Earl of Pembroke by whom he had issue Maurice killed in Tourneament in his own life time Thomas who succeeded him and Robert he departed this life 4 Apr. An. 1281. 9 Edw. 1. and was buried in the North Isle of S. Austins Abby beforementioned being then seised of the Mannors of
the fourth then King of that Realm was slain and for his special service there received the honor of Knighthood at the hands of Thomas Earl of Surrey the then General In 14 Hen. 8. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Glocester And in 22 Hen. 8. was one of those Lords who subscribed a Letter to Pope Clement the seventh importuning him to give his definitive sentence in that cause of Matrimony concerning the King and Queen Katherine which not only to the two Universities of this Realm but divers other in forrein parts as also many learned men had deemed unlawful being there placed next after the Lord Dacre and next before the Lord Morley And in 24 Hen. 8. was made Constable of Berkley-Castle in which year by his Testament bearing date 11 Ian. he ordained that his Body should be buried without great pomp or pride in the Parish Church of Mangotts-field in Com. Glouc. near to the place where he used to kneel under the partition between the Quire and his own Chappel and afterwards viz. within one quarter of a year be brought to the Abby of St. Augustines near Bristoll and there buried near unto his first Wife Willing that the Executors of Maurice Lord Berkley his Brother should pay to the Abbot and Covent of that House all Legacies by him the said Maurice given He likewise bequeathed to the Lady Cecilie then his Wife his Chain with the Cross And appointed his Executors to find a Priest to sing where his Body should be buried for the space of ten years as also that they should bestow forty pounds upon a Tombe to be raised over his Grave This Lord Thomas married two Wives first Elianore Daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight Widow of Iohn Iâ—gelby Esq Son and Heir to Sir William Ingelby Knight Secondly Cecilie Widow of Richâ—â—d Rowdon of ... in Comâ— Glouc. Esq And departing this life 22 Ianâ—â—r Ann. 1532. 24 Hen. 8. was first buried at Mangoâ—s-field but afterwards removed to that new Tombe which he had set up in the Abby Church of St. Augustines near Bristoll leaving issue two Sons and two Daughters viz. Thomas his Son and Heir who succeeded him and Maurice who taking to Wiâ—e Frances the Daughter and Coheir of Richard Rowdon Brother and Heir of Walter Son of Iohn left issue by her Sons and Daughters The Daughters were these Mary married to Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton in Com. Warw. Knight and Iane to Sir Nicholas Poinz of Acton Knight Which Thomas being of full age had Livery of his Lands the same year and had also two Wives first Mary the Daughter of George Lord Hastings by whom he had no issue and secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Savage of Frodsham in Com. Cester Knight and departing this life at Stone in his journey from his House at Yale in Gloucestershire towards London 19 Sept. An. 1534 26 H. 8. was there buried leaving issue Elizabeth a Daughter then scarce three quarters of a year old afterwards married to Thomas Boteler Earl of Ormund and Henry a Son born nine weeks and four days after his death Which Henry by the death of King Edward the sixth the last heir male to King Henry the seventh came to 〈◊〉 Berkley-Castle and all those other Lordâ—hips so given to that King by William Marquess Berkley as hath been observed and by the special Grace and Favor of of Queen Mary had Livery of them in 1 2 Phil. Mar. before he arrived to his full age Which Castle and Lordships had rested in the Crown by the space of sixty one years four months and twenty days and were then of the value of six hundred eighty seven pounds and five shillings per annum in old Rent not accounting the Parks and Chases in them contained This Henry thus repossessing the old Barony of his Ancestors being summoned by Writ to Parliament in 4 5 Phil. Mar. was there placed 25 Ian. He first took to Wife Katherine third Daughter to Henry Howard Earl of Surrey by Frances his Wife Daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford Which Katherine died at Calaudon 7 Apr. Ann. 1596. 38 Eliz. and was buried in the North Isle of S. Michaels Church in Coventre Secondly Iane Daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope Knight Widow of Sir Roger Tounsend Knight who survived him and died 3 Ian. Ann. 1617. 15 Iae. without issue By Katherine his first Wife he had issue two Sons viz. Thomas born at Caloudon 11 Iulii Ann. 1575. 17 Eliz. and Ferdinand who dying at â—ale in Gloucestershire was there buried And four Daughters viz. Mary Wife of Iohn Zouch Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnore in Com. Derb. Knight and Frances Wife of George Shirley of Aâ—â—well in Com. Northamp Esquire afterwards a Baroner Which Thomas married Elizabeth only Child of Sir George Carey Knight then Knight Marshal and Governor of the Isle of Wight Son to Henry Lord Hunsdon and after his Fathers death Lord Hunsdon Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and Knight of the Garter But all that I have seen farther memorable of this Thomas is that upon the death of Queen Elizabeth he rode into Scotland to carry the News thereof to King Iames and being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of that King died at Caloudon 22 Novemb. 9 Iac. and was buried in St. Michaels Church in Coventre near to the Grave of his Mother in his Fathers lifetime leaving issue George his Son and Heir and Theophila a Daughter married to Sir Robert Coke Knight Son and Heir to Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. This Henry Lord Berkley lived to a very great age for his death hapâ—ed not till the 26 Nov. An. 1613. 11 Iac. at Caloudon before-mentioned Whence his Body was honorably conveyed to Berkley and buried in the Chancel there over which a Fair Tombe hath since been erected to his Memory To whom succeeded George his Grandson and next Heir who took to Wife Elizabeth the second Daughter and Coheir of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudburne in Comit. Suff. Kt. 13 Apr. 12 Iac. he being then of the age of thirteen years and she nine Which George departed this life ... Ann. 1658. leaving issue two Sons viz. Charles drowned at Sea in his passage towards Diepe in France ... Ian. Ann. 1640. unmarried and George now Lord Berkley As also Elizabeth a Daughter married to Edward Coke Son and Heir to Iohn Coke of Holkham in Com. Norf. Esquire Son of Sir Edward Coke Knight sometimes Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. This George now Lord Berkley took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Maâ—â—ingberd Merchant of London of the East-India Company and hath issue by her two Sons viz. Sir Charles Berkley made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of
Tanfield for the celebration of Divine Service there for the health of his own Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all his Ancestors Upon the Coronation of King Henry the Fifth he was advanced to the Office of Constable of England for that solemnity And in 2 H. 5. in consideration of his good services done and to be done had an Annuity of one hundred pounds per annum given him by that King for the term of his life to be received out of the issues and revenues of the County of Lincoln Also upon the Seige of Harfleu the same year he was sent by the Duke of Clarence to treat with those within the Town and being then Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold was imployed to the General Council of Constance in Germany at that time held For which and other his eminent services upon the Attainder of Henry Lord Scrope of Masham he obtained a Grant of all the Lands of the same Lord Scrope lying in Richmondshire to hold during the term they should continue in the Kings hands rendring therefore an accompt according to a reasonable extent and upon the Surrender of that Grant the same year obtained another of the Mannors of Masham Clifton Watlows Thirne Nostrefield Burton Constable Norton Garstone Bellerby Coverham Ainderby with the Stepyll Berningham and Newsom All which did belong to the same Lord Scrope and divolved to the Crown by reason of that forfeiture to hold for term of life And the next ensuing year was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France with forty Men at Arms whereof himself with three Knights to be part of the number and eighty Archers In 5 Hen. 5. he was again retained to serve the King in his Wars of France with eighty eight Men at Arms whereof two to be Knights besides himself and two hundred and forty Archers And before the end of that year was joyned in Commission with Iohn de Nevill to assault and take any Castles Towns c. in the Dutchy of Normandy and to reduce them to the Kings obedience In 6 H. 5. he was with the Duke of Exeter at the Siege of Roan and in 9 Hen. 5. being still Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold attended the King again into France It is farther reported of this Henry that he travelled more then once to Ierusalem and likewise beyond it to Grand Cairâ— where the Souldan had his residence and that in his return he fought with the Saracens and Turks as also that by the help of the Knights of Rhodes he built a Castle there called S. Peters Castle By his Testament bearing date upon the Feast day of S. Iohn the Evangelist An. 1424. 3 Hen. 6. this Henry bequeathed his Body to be buried in our Lady Kirk within the Abby of Iorevaulx appointing that in all haste possible after his death it should be carried thither and buried by day light if it came not too late And in case it did then the same night Moreover willing that a thousand Masses should be said for his Soul with all speed constituting Sir William Sir Geffrey and Mr. Robert Fitz-Hugh his Sons with Elizabeth his Wife his Executors Soon after which viz. upon the eleventh of Ianuary next following he departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Carleton in Lindrik and Kingston in the said Town of Carleton in Com. Nottingh As also of the Mannors of Thringarth Dent Sedbergh Stavel Thorp under-Stane Fremington West Apelgarth Little Leming Lirtlington East Apelgarth the Castle and Mannor of Ravenswath the Mannors of Ayreton in Craven Cleseby Clawelbek Estanfield Mikelton and Cotherston with the Advowson of the Abby of Iorevaulx all in Com. Ebor. Leaving issue by the before mentioned Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and sole Heir of Sir Robert Grey Knight Son of Sir Iohn Grey of Rotherfield Knight and Brother and Heir of Iohn Grey called Lord Marmion one of the Sons of Iohn Lord Grey of Roâ—herfield by Lora his Wife the second Daughter and Coheir to Herbert de S. Quintin eight Sons viz. Sir William Fitz-Hugh Knight his Son and Heir then twenty six years of age Sir Iohn Fitz-Hugh Knight Robert Bishop of London Iohn who died young Henry drowned in the River of Humber Raufe who died in France Herbert and Richard who also died young And five Daughters viz. Elizabeth who died in her infancy Ioane the Wife of Sir Robert de Willoughby Knight Eleanor the Wife of Philip Lord d'Arcy afterwards of Thomas Tunstall Maud the Wife of Sir William de Evre Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Rauf Grey Knight and Lora the Wife of Sir Maurice Berkley of Beverstan Knight Which Sir William in his Fathers life time viz. in 9 Hen 5. attended that King in his expedition then made into France being then retained by Indenture to serve him with ten Men at Arms himself accounted and thirty Archers And upon his Fathers death being of full age doing his Fealty had the same year Livery of his Lands This Sir William in 11 Hen. 6. was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Commissioners of Iames the First King of Scotland at Hamden-stank or some other place touching satisfaction for such injuries as had been done to the English by the Subjects of that Nation And in 13 Hen. 6. upon information that the Scots were preparing to besiege Barwick and the Castles in the Marches was again commissioned with the Earls of Northumberland Westmorland the Lord Clifford Dacres Greistoke and Latimer to raise the power of the Northern Counties for their defence Moreover in 27 Hen. 6. 18 Decemb. he entred into Covenants with Sir Iohn Constable of Halsham Knight that Lora his Daughter should take to Husband Iohn the Son and Heir of the said Iohn upon Munday before Candlemass day next ensuing And having married Margery the Daughter to William Lord Willoughby of Eresâ—p departed this life upon the 22 of October 31 Hen. 6. being then seised of the Mannor of Staunton Quintin in Com. Wiltes Frome Quintin Evershete and Bell in Com. Dorset the moity of the Mannor of Luddington in Comit. Northampt. the Mannor of Berwike in Com. Suss. Wintringham in Com. Linc. Beghton in Com. Derb. Charlton Kingston and Bothumsall in Com. Nottingh Bradley in Com. Berks. Brandes-Burton Westanfield Estanfield Cairethorpe Wathe Leming Magna Mikelton in â—esdaie Cutherston Lertington Clisseby Clowbeke Berewike Leming Parva West Appelgarth Fremington Dent Wodhall Eâ—wardâ—y Thurkelby Maâ—elton and the Castle of Ravenswath in Com. Ebor. As also of the Mannors of Benton Parva and Aldmore in Com. Northumbr Leaving Henry his Son and Heir twenty three years of age and six Daughters viz. Margery the Wife of Sir Iohn Milton Knight Ioane marâ—iâ—d to Iohn Lord Scrope
into Scotland with her Sons William and Reginald and all her own Family and with her Hugh de Lacy But when the King came to Karrickfergus he received advertisement from Duncan de Carriâ— of Galwey that he had taken her and her Daughter Wife of Roger de Mortimers Son together with William de Braose her Son and his Wife with their two Sons but that Hugh de Lacy and Reginald de Braose her younger Son were escaped Whereupon the King sent two Ships for them under the conduct of Iohn de Curcy and Godfrey de Crancumb Being thus brought to the King she made offer of that Fine of forty thousand marks whereof the King accepted but within three days after repenting her bargain she said she could not make it good The King therefore departing from Karrickfergus for England and taking her with her family along with him she again offered him the forty thousand marks with a penalty of ten thousand marks more in case she paid it not Whereupon the accord was put in writing and sealed on each part both their Oaths being likewise given for performance thereof and not only so but the Seals of those Earls and Barons who were then present for attestation thereto days of payment being appointed accordingly And because the Sheriff of Herefordshire had proceeded against her Husband as a Malefactor in regard of the mischeif he had done in that Countrey and should have Out-lawed him thereupon the King by reason of this Composition commanded the Sheriff to respite the same till his return into England Moreover upon his return having her and her company at Bristoll under Guard she there petitioned that her Husband might have leave to come to her Which being granted he was admitted to the presence of the King and freely expressed his consent to make payment of the Fine In order therefore unto it the King sent a servant of Geffrey Fitz-Piers then Justice of England to go along with him that he might have no impediment in his passage in regard he had been noted for so great a Malefactor But after all this when the first day of payment came the King sending his said Justice of England Geffrey Fitz-Piers and likewise the Earls of Salisbury and Winchester with divers other great Men unto Maud the Wife of this William for the Money she plainly told them they must expect nothing she having no more Money in her Purse then twenty four marks of Silver twenty four shillings of Besants and fifteen ounces of Gold so that neither then nor ever after any thing could be expected from her or from her Husband Which being made known to the King he presently commanded that Proclamation should be made from one County to another for this great Malefactor and in case he came not in according to the Laws of the Realm then to be Outlawed Thus far the Kings Narrative From these various Relations therefore it is no easie matter to discover what his demerits were but what usage he had at last take here from the credit of these two Historians who lived near that time This year viz. An. 1210. 12 Ioh. quoth Matthew of Westminster the Noble Lady Maud Wife of William de Braose with William their Son and Heir were miserably famished at Windsore by the command of King Iohn and William her Husband escaping from Scorham put himself into the habit of a Beggar and privately getting beyond Sea died soon after at Paris where he had burial in the Abby of S. Victor on the Eve of S. Lawrence And Matth. Paris putting his death in An. 1212. which differs a little in time says That he fled from Ireland into France and dying at Ebula his Body was carried to Paris and there honorably buried in the Abby of S. Victor But after these great troubles in his later days I shall now say something of his pious Works To the Monks of Lira in Normandy he gave the Church of Orsesleve And being by Inheritance from his Mother Lord of Bergavenny he gave to the Monks of that Priory all the Tithes of his Castle there viz. of Bread Wine Bear Cider all manner of Flesh Fish Salt Honey Wax Tallow and in general of whatsoever should be brought thither and spent there And moreover two marks of Silver out of his Lordship of Espines and two marks of Silver yearly out of his Lands in England so soon as God should enlarge them to forty pound per annum As also the Toll on the Market day within the Gates of that his Castle Which gift he so made to those Monks of Bergavenny upon condition that the Abbot and Covent of S. Vincenti in Maine to which this Priory of Bergavenny was a Cell should daily pray for the Soul of King Henry the First as also for the soul of him the said William and the Soul of Maud his Wife And it is observed of him that in his usual Communication he would reverendly use the Name of God viz. In Gods name let this be done or If it please God or By Gods grace so likewise in all his Letters he wrote Moreover that in his journeys whensoever he came into a Church or beheld a Cross though he were then discoursing with another he would leave off and betake himself to this devotions and having said his Prayers return to his former discourse Likewise when he met any Children in the way he would salute them courteously to the end he might have a return with the benediction of Innocents By Maud his Wife called Maud de S. Waleric he had issue William who was famished with her at Windsore Giles Bishop of Hereford and Reginald as before hath been observed and four Daughters viz. Ioane who was the Wife of Richard Lord Percy a great Baron in the North Loretta wedded to Robert Fitz-Parnell Earl of Leicester who had with her in Marriage the Lordship of Tavestoke in Com. Devon with thirteen Knights Fees Margaret the Wife of Walter de Lacy and Maud Wife of Griffith Prince of South Wales Of Philip his Brother all that I have met with is That after the Conquest of Ireland upon the return of King Henry the Second thence amongst other persons of note which he left behind him there he was one and under him twenty Soldiers As to the Lands of this great but unhappy Man it appears That in 11 Ioh. the Sheriff of Devon accounted for Toteneys Cornwrthy Barstople and Lappeford and that the stock of Cattle upon some other was sold for the Kings use For in 12 Ioh. William de Nevill accounted for eighty four pounds and five shillings for three hundred thirty seven Kine part of the number of seven hundred and four which came from his Lands each Cow then rated at five shillings Moreover as to his Barony of Brembry it was then in the hands of Richard Earl of Cornwal by reason of this his forfeiture
Itinerant then sent into the Counties of Notingham Derby York Northumberland Westmorland Cumberland and Lancaster and the next ensuing year advanced to that great Office of Justice of England In 28 Hen. 2 he was present with the King at Waltham and one of the Witnesses to his Testament there declared And in 34 H. 2. the King having great disturbances in his Territories beyond the Seas he was thence sent into England to raise what power he could to his aid Moreover from 10 Hen. 2. to 16 Hen. 2. and half that year and from 22 H. 2. till the end of that Kings reign scil 34 H. 2. he executed the Sheriffalty of Yorkshire by his Substitutes Also for Lancashire in 21 Hen. 2. And for Westmorland in the 23 24 and 25 of Hen. 2. But in 1 Ric. 1. he was displaced from his Office of Justice of England and Hugh de Pudsey Bishop of Durham put in his stead Whereupon he accompanied King Richard together with Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury and Hubert Bishop of Salisbury in his journey towards the Holy-Land and at Marsieles taking Ship thitherwards arrived at Acon being at the Siege of that City but departed this life the same year during that Leaguer As to his works of Piety he founded the Priory of Buttele in Com. Suff. in An. 1171. 17 Hen. 2. for Canons-Regular of St. Augustines Order and plentifully endowed it As also the Abby Leystone in Comit. Suff. for Canons of the same Order And having married Berta the Daughter of Theobald de Valoines senior Lord of Perham with whom he had the whole Lordship of Brochous in which the Priory of Buttele was founded had issue by her three Daughters viz. Maud Amabil and Helewise unto whom he gave all his Lands before he went toward Ieruâ—alem Which Maud had the whole Lordship of Benhall with the Advouson of the Church there and took to Husband Sir William de Aubervill Knight To Amabil the second he gave the moity of the Lordships of Baudeley and Finbergh Which Amabil married to Ralph de Arderne And to Helewise the third Daughter the moity of those Lordships of Baudesey and Finbergh who became the Wife of Robert Fitz-Ralph Lord of Midleham in Com. Ebor. Cormeiles AT the time of the Conquerors Survey Ainsfrid de Coâ—meiles was possessed of seven Lordships in Herefordshire as also of sixteen in Gloucestershire which he had by the Grant of Walter de Laci with ... his Neice whom he took to Wife To Ainsfrid succeeded Richard de Cormeiles who in King Henry the first 's time gave the Church and Tithes of Weston to the Priory of Monmouth and having his residence in Herefordshire upon assessment of the Aid for marrying of Maud the Kings Daughter in 12 H. 2. certified his Knights Fees de Veteri Feoffamento to be in number six and that he then had one Knights Fee and an half de Novo Feoffamento for all which in 14 H. 2 he accounted nine marks This Richard being dead in 23 Hen. 2. his Widdow Beatrix then gave a Fine of forty marks to have Livery of her Lands and in 26 Hen. 2. sixty marks for assignation of her Dower To him Succeeded Walter de Cormeiles who in 33 Hen. 2. accounted six pounds upon levying the Scutage of Galweie in Ireland in regard he was not there in person nor sent his Souldiers In 6 Ric. 1. he paid nine pounds to the Scutage levied for the Kings redemption In 1 Ioh. he gave ten pounds that he might not attend the King into Normandy And died in 2 Hen. 3. at which time his Heirs viz. Giffard Pober and le Brun accounted twenty marks for ten Knights fees upon paiment of the first Scutage assessed in that Kings reign Grentemaisnill AMongst many other brave men that accompanied Duke William in his expedition for England Hugh de Grantmesâ—ill was one and fought stoutly on his behalf in that memorable Battle whereby this Realm became thenceforth subject to the Normans absolute dominion And within two years after being a valiant Souldier was constituted one of the assistants to Odo Bishop of Bayeuâ— and William Fitz-Osbern in the Administration of Justice throughout the whole Kingdom In the third year of that Kings Reign he was likewise made Governor of Hantshire and upon the settling of such Garrisons as were thought fit to keep the subdued English in awe had Leicester committed to his Charge being also made Sheriff of that Shire And besides these great trusts he had by the bounty of the Conqueror many Lordships lying in sundry Counties bestowed on him viz. in Northamptonshire twenty in Bedfordshire four in Gloucestershire five in Hertfordshire one in Suffolk one in Nottinghamshire one in Warwickshire five and in Leicestershire sixty seven besides those which Adelidis his Wife did then possess viz. Brokesburne in Com. Hertf. and three other Lordships in Warwickshire In 14 Will. Conq. he was one of those Nobles who by earnest sute endeavored a reconciliation from the King to his Son Robert Curthose But in 1 Will. Rufi favouring not that King he put himself in Armes against him Howbeit not long after he was one of the chief that opposed Curthose As to his pious works certain it is that he was a principle restorer of the Abby of St. Ebrulf at Utica in Normandy and endowed it with ample possessions as well in England as in those parts And bestowed one Yard Land lying in Wenge on the Monks of Thorney in Cambridgeshire After which viz. in Anno 1094. 7 Will. Rufi being grown aged and infirm he took upon him the habit of a Monk and within six days after viz. 8 Kal. Martii departed this life whereupon Bernard and David two Monks of St. Ebrulfes having seasoned his Corps with Salt and wrapped it in an Hide and conveyed it into Normandy where it was honorably buried on the South side of their Chapter-house with this Epitaph Ecce sub hoc Tumulo requiescit strenuus Hugo Qui viguit multos multa probitate per annos Mansio Grentonis munitio dicitur ejus Vnde fuit Cognomen ei multis bene notum Guillelmi fortis Anglorum tempore Regis Inter praecipuos magnates is claruit heros Militiâ fortis fuit virtute fidelis Hostibus horribilis Amicis tutor herilis Sumtibus Officiis angens pinguibus Armis Canobium Sancti multum provexit Ebrulfi Dum Cathedram Sancti celebrabat plebs pia Petri Occidit emeritus habitu Monachi trabeatus Ecclesiae Cultor largus dator revelator Blandus egenorum letetur in arce polorum Amen Leaving issue five Sons and six Daughters viz. Robert who survived him 28 years but died without issue
power he could make though he loved that King very well and joyning with the rest of the Northern Barons marched to North-Alverton where the Kings Standard being erected they all Rendevoused upon notice and exhortation from the venerable Thurstan Archbishop of York who had likewise caused all the Clergy of his Diocess to repair personally thither with their Crosses Banners and Relicks of Saints carried before them to defend the Church of Christ against the rage of that barbarous people And beholding the English Army formally drawn up for Battle as also the Priests in their sacred Vestments with their Crosses and Relicks walking about and encouraging the Soldiers being then a very aged person exceeding wealthy likewise of grave deportment and singular elocution he made a Speech to them with great majesty and weight Wherein representing to them that though he was rightfully a Subject to the King of England nevertheless that from his youth he had been a Friend and Familiar to the King of Scots And therefore being an old Soldier and sufficiently skilled in Military Affairs as also not ignorant of the danger impending considering likewise the ancient Friendship betwixt himself and that King and that he stood obliged to him not only by the Band of Friendship but by a kind of necessary fidelity desired leave of his fellow Soldiers to go to him with purpose either to disswade him from fighting or friendly to leave him And accordingly coming into his presence told him That what he had to advise should be honorable to himself and profitable to his Realm adding That the English had been his best Friends and that they had so approved themselves to Duncan and Edgar his Brothers in their greatest exigents instancing in sundry particulars wherein they had obliged him when he stood most in need of their aid demonstrating likewise to him the unavoidable consequences of War viz. Rapine Spoil and Destruction And that though his Army was more numerous yet the English were more valiant and strong and resolved to conquer or loose their lives Which expressions so wrought upon that King that he forthwith brake out into tears and had condescended to a peaceable accord but that William his Nephew a person of extraordinary courage and the cheif instigator of this invasision came in and in great sury charging this Robert de Brus with treachery disswaded the King from hearkning unto him Whereupon returning with sorrow to the English Host preparation was suddenly made for Battle which forthwith ensuing the English obtained a glorious victory To conclude This Robert being a very devout Man gave to the Monks of Whitby in Yorkshire the Church of Midlesburgh with two Carucates and two Bovates of Land in Nehuham upon condition that they should place certain of their Covent there which they accordingly did making it a Cell to that Abby He also gave to the Abby of S. Maries at York his Lordship of Appilton likewise that of Hornby and all the Lands lying betwixt the same and the great Road-way leading from York to Durham which was parcel of his Lordship of Middilton In Sunderland-Wick he moreover gave them two Carucates of Land and a Mill as also the Town of Karkarevill which by the Monks of that House was assigned to their Cell at Wederhal in Cumberland And departing this life 5 Id. Maii Anno 1141. 6 Steph. was buried in the Abby of Giseburne leaving issue by Agnes his Wife Daughter of Fouke Paynell with whom he had the Mannor of Carleton two Sons viz. Adam and Robert and a Daughter called Agatha the Wife of Ralph the Son of Ribald Lord of Middleham in Yorkshire who had in Frank-marriage the Lordship of Ailewick in Hertnes Unto which Robert he gave Anandale to hold of the King of Scotland By reason whereof being Liegeman to that King in a War afterwards hapning betwixt the English and Scots it was his fortune to be taken by his Father fighting courgeously on the behalf of that Nation and sent prisoner to the King of England Whose courtesie was such when he had him so in his power as that he delivered him back into the hands of his own Mother Being thus again with his Parents and telling his Father they had no Wheat Bread in Anandale he gave him the Lordship of Heâ—t and Territory of Hertnes in the Bishoprick of Durham to hold of himself and his heirs Lords of Skelton But this being the younger Brother I shall leave what I have farther to say of him and his Descendants for a while and come to Adam the elder who being a courageous young Man was with his Father in that famous Battle called Bellum de Standardo near North Alverton against the King of Scotland where the English had the glory of the day as hath been already observed From this Adam King Henry the Second took the Castle of Daneby with the Lordship and Forest thereto appertaining and gave him instead thereof the Grange of Micklethwait with the whole Fee of Colingham and Berdesey whereof by violence he had bereft the Monks of Kirkshall in Yorkshire out of displeasure to Roger de Moubray as it is said But all that I have farther seen of him is That having founded the Priory of Hoton in Yorkshire and given to the Knights Templers one toâ—t in Engieby and three at Yarum he died upon the thirteenth Kalend. of April 8 H. 2. and was buried at Giseburne leaving issue by Ivetta the Daughter of William de Arches Widow of R. de Flamvill Adam his Son and Heir commonly called Adam the second Which Adam notwithstanding he did not certifie his Knights Fees in 12 Hen. 2. as other of the Barons did in order to an equal Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter was rated as it seems for two which he then held of the Earl of Chester and for twenty which he held of the King And in 14 Hen. 2. paid so many marks accordingly for them In 18 Hen. 2. he paid fifteen pounds upon levying the Scutage of Ireland and dying 1 Kal. Apr. An. 1185. 21 Hen. 2. was also buried at Giseburne leaving issue Peter his Son and Heir and Isabel a Daughter married to Henry de Percy Which Peter in 10 Rich. 1. paid five hundred marks for his Fathers Lands And most earnestly desiring to repossess the Lordship and Forest of Daneby of his antient Inheritance formerly taken from Adam his Father by King Henry the Second as hath been observed rendred and quit-claimed to King Iohn in the second of His Reign all his interest in the Lordships of Berdesey Colingham and Rington and moreover giving unto him a thousand pounds sterling obtained them accordingly In
Peace was settled he enjoyed it again It is said that in 10 Hen. 2. upon intelligence given to the King that Thomas Becket then Archbishop of Canterbury was privily fled into France this Reginald was one of those then sent by King Henry the second with Letters to the King of that Realm to desire that he might not have any reception there I come now to his works of Piety To the Monks of St. Fridiswides in Oxford he gave the Lordship of Knieton in Com. Berks. To the Nunns at Godstow a Mill at Wolvercote as also a Weere called Kinleswere likewise certain Meadows called Heringesham Boteham and Licheâ—eie with an Island lying betwixt the two Bridges and half the Meadow called Lambeie To the Monks of Einsham in Com. Oxon. for the health of the Souls of King Henry the second and of Queen Alianore as also for the good estate of himself and of Bernard his Son he gave the Churches of Tettebiri and Legis To the Monks of St. Ebrald in Normandy the Lordship of Eylmudestre in Comitat. Glouc. To the Knights Templars certain Lands at Lugge And to the Abby of Kingswode in Comitat. Glouc. his Park at Tetbury To this Reginald succeeded Bernard his Son and Heir to whom King Henry the second gave the Lordship of Erdington in Comit. Oxon. This Bernard by consent of Annora his Wife and his three Sons viz. Reginald Bernard and Thomas granted to King Henry the second the Site of the Abby of Godstow near Oxford with all his title in the Advouson thereof giving Livery and Seisin by a cloath of Silk whereof a Vestment called a Chesible was made Moreover he founded a certain Abby upon the River Bresâ—au which divides Normandy and Picardy calling it also Godstow And having been founder of the Abby of Tettibirie in Com. Glouc. by reason that the Monks placed there had not sufficient conveniencies he accepted of forty Acres of Land at Mireford near â—ingswood from Roger Lord Berkley the founder of Kingswode and remove those Monks from Tettebirie thither To the Monks of Stodley in Comit. Oxon. he gave half an Hide of Land in Norton for the health of the Souls of Maud and Annora his Wives to the Canons of Osney he gave a Weere adjoyning to the River of Thames with the Stream running to their Mill. And departed this life at the Siege of Acon in the Holy-Land in Anno 1190. 2 Ric. 1. To whom succeeded Thomas then his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 5 Ric. 1. paid an hundred and seventy Marks for his Relief and in 6 Ric. 1 upon Collection of the Scutage for the Kings Redemption answered twenty shillings in Hantshire his Capital Barony being not in that County What Offence he did give to King Richard I find not but certain it is that his Lands were seised by that King the Sheriff of Buckinghamshire accounting for those within his liberty But in 11 Ioh. giving to the King a thousand marks to make his peace he had livery of them again Moreover in 15 Ioh. he had livery of the Mannors of Sucton Norton in Com. Suthamp which did belong to Henry his Brother who took part with the rebellious Barons of that time as it seems and in 1 Hen. 3. had livery of all the rest which had been seised into the Kings Hands in the time of that War But shortly after this Henry having Letters of safe Conduct from the King to treat for restitution of them he made his peace and having so done was with the King at that great Rendezvouz of his Army at Newarke in 2 Hen. 3. in Order to the total defeat of all their rebellious Forces to Lincoln which soon ensued But I return to Thomas This Thomas dying soon after in 3 Hen. 3. Robert de Dreux by some called Earl of Dreux having married Annora his sole Daughter and Heir had livery of all the Lands in England of her inheritance which by his forfeiture were afterwards given to Richard Earl of Cornwall Brother to King Henry Which Annora afterwards married to Henry Lord of Suiliy but was buried with her first Husband in the Abby of Brenne Buisli ROger de Busli being possessed of divers Lordships in the Conquerors time viz. one in â—evonshire eight in Derbyshire five in Leicestershire forty nine in Yorkshire and fourscore and six in Notinghamshire had his principal residence at Tikhill Castle in Yorkshire And at Blythe near Tikhill on the confiâ—es of Notinghamshire where he also had another Castle in 2 Will. Rufi founded a Priory for Benedictine Monks which he annexed as a Cell to the Abby of St. Catherines on the Mount near Roan in Normandy This Roger gave also to the Monks of St. Peters at Gloucester his Lordship of Clifford and surviving King Henry the first stood firm to his Daughter Maud the Empress for which respect King Stephen seized upon his Castle of Tickhill and the whole Honor of Blithe and gave them to Ranulph then Earl of Chester To Roger succeeded Richard de Builli Son to Roger I presume who in Anno 1147. 12 Steph. founded Roche Abby in Yorkshire and with the consent of Emme his Wife gave to the Monks of Kirkestede in Lincolnshire a certain place lying within the territory of Kymberworth for the making of two Furnaces to melt Iron and two Forges for making it into Bars as also all his dead Wood in the Woods of Rymberworth to make Charcoal for those Furnasses and Forges And left issue three Sons William Richard and Iohn Which Richard in 11 Hen. 2. answered for six Knights Fees upon paiment of his relief for Tickhill and left issue Iohn his Son who took to Wife ... one of the two Daughters and Heirs to Roesia Daughter of Ralph Fitz-Gilbert Widow of William de Bussei and confirmed to the Monks of Roche-Abby whatsoever his Father had formerly given them but dying without issue male left Idonea his Daughter Heir to his whole estate which Idonea became the Wife of Robert de Vipount a great Baron in the North who had levery of her Lands in 15 Ioh. Stutevill IN Anno 1800 13 Will. Conq. Robert de Stotevill called Grundeboef or rather Fronteboef by some of our Historians was witness to a certain Grant made to the Abby of St. Ebrulfs in Normandy But of him I have seen no more till 7 Hen. 1. that fighting stoutly on the behalf of Robert Curthose in the Battle of Tenerchbray against King Henry he was there taken and sent into England to perpetual Imprisonment Whereupon all his Lands were given to Nigell de Albini Progenitor to the noble Family of Moubray To this Robert
of the Hospital of St. Leonard situate near the Abby of Leicester by reason that this Lord Hastings had obtain'd that Hospital from the King and given it unto that College for ever And lastly That according to the appointment of his Testament he was buried in the North-Isle of the Royal Chappel of St. George within the Castle of Windsore near to the Tomb of King Edward the Fourth where his Monument is still to be seen I come now to Edward his Son and Heir In 15 E. 4. this Edward was made a Knight of the Bathe with Edward then Prince of Wales And when King Henry the Seventh obtain'd the Crown had such respect from him considering the Sufferings of his Noble Father that he forthwith restored unto him all his Lands as by his Letters Patents bearing date 22 Nov. 1 H. 7. appeareth as also all the Lands of Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight his Wifes Father reversing his Attainder which was at Salisbury on Munday next after the Feast of St. Hillary 8 E. 4. This Edward Lord Hastings therefore to manifest his Gratitude for so high a Favour upon that Insurrection of Iohn Earl of Lincoln in 2 H. 7. fought stoutly against him and his Fellow-Rebels in the Battel of Stoke near Newarke upon Trent and worthily shared in the Honour of that Victory there obtained Shortly after which he was sent into Flanders by King Henry in Aid of Maximilian the Emperor against the French In 3 H. 7. being then of full Age he had Livery of all the Lands whereof William his Father died seised bearing then the Title of Lord Hastings and Hungerford In 7 H. 7. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve the King in his Wars beyond the Seas for one whole year with five Men at Arms each of them having his Custrel and Page fifteen Demilances sixteen Archers on Horseback forty Arches on Foot and two hundred Bills In 11 H. 7. I find him stiled Edward Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreaux Molins Moels and de Homet His first Summons to Parliament was in 22 E. 4. the Writ being thus directed viz. Edwardo Hastings de Hungerford Chivalier So likewise in the time of King Richard the Third and King Henry the Seventh By his Testament bearing date 4 Nov. 22 H. 7. he bequeath his Body to be buried in the College of Windosore near to his Father's Tomb appointing That an honest Priest should be provided to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father and Mother in the Chappel or Church where his Body should be Interred by the space of seven years next after his Decease and that his Feoffees should make sale of his Mannors of Welford in Com. Northampt. Lubbesthorpe Wistow and Braunston in Com. Leic. Bewyk Alacborough and Slingsy in Com. Ebor. to pay his Debts and to perform his Will And departing this Life upon the eighth day of the same Month of November was buried in the Church of the Friers-Preachers commonly called the Black-Friers in the City of London leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight Son of Robert Son of Walter Lord Hungerford George his Son and Heir and Anne a Daughter married to Thomas Earl of Derby Which Mary surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Sir Richard Sacheverell Knight This George the next ensuing year viz. 23 H. 7. had a special Livery of all the Lands of his Inheritance and in 5 H. 8. was in that Expedition made by King Henry into France at which time Therouene and Tâ—urnay were won In 19 H. 8. by the Favour of that King he obtain'd a Grant to himself and the Heirs male of his Body of the Mannor of Evington in Com. Leic. which came to the Crown by the Forfeiture of Sir William Stanley Knight And upon the eighth of December in 21 H. 8. at York Place now White-Hall was advanced to the Title of Earl of Huntington Moreover in 22 H. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed that Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh intimating to him That in case he did not comply with King Henry in that Business of the Divorce betwixt him and Katherine of Spain then his Queen he must expect that they would shake off his Supremacy And in 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection in the North call'd the Pilgrimage of Grace occasion'd by the Dissolution of the Monasteries he offered his Service to the King against those Rebels By his Testament bearing date 13 Iunii 26 H. 8. which was many years before his death wherein he stiles himself Earl of Huntington Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreaux and Molines he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of St. Elyne in Ashby de la Zouche in Com. Leic. and gave to that Church his best Pair of Altar-Clothes of Crimson-Velvet which were Embroydered with the Blessed Name of IESVS as also the Copes and whole Sute of Vestments belonging thereto Likewise one Pair of Candlesticks of Silver gilt a Pair of Basins Silver gilt a Pair of Censers of Silver a Cross of Silver and gilt with a Flower-de-Luce on the top and a Flower-de-Luce on either side Also one flat Ship of Silver and gilt and his best Chalice of Silver gilt Likewise his Water-stock of Silver gilt with the Sprinkle belonging thereto His best Pax of Silver and gilt with a Crucifix whereon were Mary and Iohn a Pair of Cruets of Silver gilt and a Sepulchre-Cloth of Crimson-Velvet Embroyder'd with Drops of Gold Likewise another Sute of Vestments of White Tinsell with two Copes of the same as also a Sute of Vestments of Crimson-Velvet which had the Cross thereof Embroyder'd with Acorns To the Abbot and Covent of Repyndon in Com. Derb. he bequeath'd the Vestment with the Tunicles and Stuff thereto belonging of Black Tinsell And to the Chappel of St. Bartholomew at Kirby in Com. Leic. he gave another Vestment To every Gentlewoman unmarried that had done Service in the Houshold to his Wife within the space of six years before his Decease he bequeath'd six Pounds Sterling and ordain'd That his Executors should cause a thousand Masses to be said or sung in as short a time as might be after his Decease by Secular Priests and others in Com. Leic. and other Places adjoyning To Francis his eldest Son he bequeathed all his Furrs of Sables And appointed That all the outsides of his Gowns and Apparel fit for that purpose should be made in Vestments and deliver'd to poor Churches within his Lordships To his Daughter Dorothy he bequeath'd a thousand Pounds to her Marriage To his Daughter Catherine the like Sum. And ordained That his Executors out of the Revenues of his Lands in Wodcote and Burton Hastings in Com. Warr. should provide two Priests to sing in the Parish-Church of Ashby for the space of xx years
He was also Custos Rotulorum for the same County of Leicester and Steward of the Dutchy of Lancaster Moreover he was one of the Peers upon the Trial of the Earl and Countess of Somerset 15 Maii 1616. 14 Iac. for poysoning Sir Thomas Overbury He married Elizabeth third Daughter and Coheir to Ferdinandâ— Earl of Derby and departing this Life at Ashby de la Zouch 14 Nov. Anno 1643. 19 Car. 1. lieth buried there with his Ancestors leaving Issue two Sons Ferdinands and Henry and two Daughters viz. Alice married to Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton in Com. Nott. Baronet and Elizabeth to Sir Hugh Calveley of Lea in Com. Cestr. Knight Which Henry the younger Son to Earl Henry being a Person of great Valour and Military Conduct as also the first that appeared in Arms on the behalf of King Charles the First of Blessed Memory in the time of the late Rebellion having conducted the Queen with safety out of the North where she Landed unto Oxford notwithstanding the Power of the Enemy at that time in sundry Places and planted divers Garrisons with his own Forces especially at Ashby de la Zouch the Noble Seat of his Ancestors since much demolished by those unhappy Troubles was by Letters Patents bearing date 23 Oct. 19 Car. 1. worthily advanced to the dignity of a Baron by the Title of Lord Loughborough And departing this Life at London ... was buried in the Collegiate Chappel-Royal of St. George within the Castle at Windsore in the Isle on the North-side the Quire not far from the Tomb of William Lord Hastings his Ancestor But I return to Ferdinand his elder Brother and Successor to the last Earl Henry his Father in his Honours This Ferdinand was born 〈◊〉 Ashby de la Zouch 18 Ian. Anno 1608. In 14 Car. 1. he was joyn'd in the Lieutenancy of the Counties of Leic. and Rutl. with his Father and 13 Nov. 16 Car. 1. summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm during the Life of his Father by the Title of Lord Hastings Having married Lucie Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Iohn Davies of Englefeild in Com. Berks Knight Primier Serjeant at Law to King Iames and King Charles the First as also Sollicitor and afterwards Attorney-General in Ireland by the Lady Elianore his Wife youngest Daughter to George Lord Audley Earl of Castle-Haven had Issue by her four Sons viz. Henry Ihon Ferdinand who all died unmarried and Theophilus Likewise six Daughters viz. Alice and Alianore who died young Elizabeth married to Sir Iames Langham of Coresbrâ—ke in Com. Northampt. Knight and Baronet Lucie died unmarried Mary and Christian now living He died 13 Febr. Anno 1655. and was buried with his Ancestors at Ashby de la Zouch leaving the said Theophilus his Successor in his Honours Who being born at â—enington-Park in Com. Leic. 10 Dec. Anno 1650. marriâ—d Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Lewes of Lâ—dsâ—on in Com. Ebor. Knight 19 Febr. Anno 1671. Hastings Lord Welles ¶ OF this Family also was Richard Hastings ... who in 10 E. 4. by the Name of Richard Hastings Esq with Ioane his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Richard Welles Knight Lord Welles and Willughby Sister and Heir to Sir Robert Welles Knight Son of the said Sir Richard Welles had a special Livery of the â—astles Lordships Lands c. of the same Robert Lord Willughby and Ioane the Daughter of the same Robert Lord Willughby which by the death of the said Richard and Robert Lord Welles descended to her And in 15 E. 4. by the Name of Sir Richard Hastings of Welles Knight was made Surveyor of the Constable's Office of Notingham-Castle and Wardenship of all the Forests and Chases within the Counties of Notingham Derb. Leic. and Staff William Lord Hastings then Constable of that Castle and Warden of those Forests and Chases going at that time into France Moreover in 22 E. 4. and 1 R. 3. he was summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Welles and by his Testament bearing date 18 Martii 18 H. 7. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Gray-Friers in London and died without any Issue then alive Ioane his Wife surviving by her Testament bearing date ... 20 H. 7. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Church of the Gray-Fryers within Newgate London in the Vault made for her Husband and her self By which Testament she gave to the four Orders of Fryers four Pounds to pray for her Soul as also to sing Placebo and Dirige and Mass of Requiem with a Trentall of Masses for her Soul and the Soul of her Lord and Husband and the Soul of Richard Pigot her other Husband Fitz-Swaine IN the time of King Henry the First Swein the Son of Aluric gave to the Monks of Pontfract in Com. Ebor. the Church of Silkeston and six Ox-gangs of Land He likewise gave to the Canons of Nostell one Caâ—ucate of Land in Crofton with the whole Mannor of Winterset Also the Churches of Felkeric and Adewic and moitie of the Church of Machesburg To him succeeded Adam his Son and Heir commonly called Adam Fitz-Swain who ratified his Father's Grants In 3 H. 2. this Adam gave C Marks of Silver for Livery of his Lands in Cumberland To the Abby of St. Maries at Yorke he gave the Hermitage of St. Andrew and to the Knights-Templars eight Ox-gangs of Land in Kelintone Moreover he founded the Priory of Monk-Bretton in Com. Ebor. and amply Endow'd it Leaving Issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Maud the Wife of ... Montbegon and Annabil Espec IN the time of King Henry the First Walter Espec a Person of great Note as is evident by that memorable Character which Ailred then Abbot of Riebaulx gives of him viz. Quick-witted prudent in Counsel serious in Peace discrect in War a trusty Friend a loyal Subject of Stature more than ordinary large yet comely his Hair black his Beard long Forehead high great Eyes big Face but beautiful hrill Voyce in Speech elegant and of Nâ—ble Extraction wanting Issue â—f his Body gave the greatest part of his Estate to Pious Uses Founding and Endowing no less than three goodly Abbies the first of Canons Regular of St. Augustine's Order at Kirkham in Yorkshire the second at Riebaulx in the same County and the third at Wardon in Bedfordshire both of Cistertian Monks This Walter was Lord of Helmestey heretofore called Hamlake in Yorkshire but it should seem that Kirkham was one of his chief Mansions for there saith my Author Palacia sua thalamos suos cellaria sua in servorum Christi habitacula commutavit He converted that his pleasant Seat to a Religious House Of these his Devout Works I thought sit first to
pursuance of that advice went with him into Gascoigne the King of France having then invaded those territories Moreover in 23 Edw. 1. he had Summoms to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm So likewise afterward to all the succeeding Parliaments of his time And in 25 Edw. 1. was again in the Wars of Gascoigne being then of the retinue unto that great Prelate Anthony Beck Bishop of Durham and Patriarch of Hierusalem In 28 and 29 E. 1. he was in the Wars of Scotland And having setled his Mannor and Barony of Graystoke with the Advowson of the Church as also of the Mannors of Duston Ulgham Crosthwait in Tesedale Conesclive with all his purparty of the Mannor of Morpeth upon Ralph the Son of William Fitz-Ralph Lord of Grimethorpe in Com. Ebor. Son of Ioane Aunt to him the said Iohn his Brothers and Uncles being then all dead without issue male departed this life without issue in 34 Edw. 1. Which Ralph in 10 Edw. 1. paid a Fine to the King of an hundred Marks for Licence to marry Margery the Widdow of Nicholas Corbet Daughter and Coheir to Hugh de Bolebec and in 24 Edw. 1. was Brother and Heir to Geffrey Fitz-William of Yorkshire doing his Homage had livery of his Lands After which the next ensuing year he was in that expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 26 E. 1. and 27 E. 1. At which time also being made Lieutenant of Yorkshire and Warden of the Marches he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to take care of fortifying the castles in Scotland And in 28 Edw. 1. was in the Wars there So also in 31 Edw 1. and 34 Edw. 1. being then in the retinue with Adomare de Valence Likewise in 4 Edw. 2 In which year he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesne Lands at Brunnum Butterwyke Thorp Basset Scakelthorp Thorneton-More Morton super Swale and Welbery in Comit. Ebor. as also in Benton Killingworth Hepiscotes Tranwell Stannington and Horsle in Com. Northumb. In 7 Edw. 2. he was made Governor of Barwick upon Twede and joyned in Commission with Iohn Lord Moubray and others in the Wardenship of the Marches as also Governor of Carlisle in 8 E. 2. Moreover he founded a Chantery at Tinemouth for the Soul of the before-specified Iohn Lord Greystoke his Kinsman and all his Ancestors And having been summoned to Parliament by the name of Ralph Fitz-William from 23 Edw. 1. till 9 E. 2. inclusive died an aged Man about the Feast of All-Saints in Ann. 1316. 9 Edw. 2. and was buried i at Nesham in the County Palatine of Durham being then seized of the Mannors of Morpeth and Ulgham in Com. Northumberl Wiboldeston in Comitat. Bedf. Brunham Grimethorp and Hynderskelf in Com. Ebor. Greystoke in Com. Cumberl as also of divers Lands in other Counties And in right of Margery his Wife Widdow of Nicholas Corbet one of the Coheirs of the Barony of Bulbeck of the fourth part of the Mannors of Styford Hedoun on the Wall Angerton and Dodington in Com. Northum with the Hamlets belonging to them To whom succeeded Robert his second Son for William the eldest died without issue Which Robert was with him in that expedition made into Scotland in 4 Edw. 2. but died in 10 Edw. 2. being then seised of the moity of the Barony of Merley in Com. Northumb viz. Morpeth c. Likewise of the the moity of the Mannors of Stifford and Heddon on the Wall Angreton Dodington c. as also of the Barony of Bolebeâ— Likewise of the Mannor of Grymthorpe in Com. Ebor. Crossthwayt and Thorpe-Basset in Com. Northumb. and Neesham in the County Palatine of Durham leaving Ralph his Son and Heir eighteen years of age and was buryed at Botyrwick Whereupon Elizabeth his Widdow had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Butterwyk Marton super Swale Osmunderley the third part of the Mannors of Thorpe Basset Brunnum and Nidde in Com. Ebor. Graystoke in Com. Cumbr. Duston in Com. Westmorl Morpeth and Ulougham in Com. Northumb. as also the Town of Heppescotes the moity of the Mannor of Tranwell the moity of the Towns of Stanyngton and Benton with part of the Town of Horsley in the same County the third part of the Mannors of Consclyff and Nesham the third part of an annual Rent of fifty pounds per annum issuing out of the Mannor of Brareton in the Bishoprick of Durham as also of seventy five shillings and six pence yearly Rent issuing out of the Mannor of Thornton in Com. Ebor. Which last mentioned Ralph by vertue of a special Dispensation from the Pope took to Wife Alice de Audely Daughter to Hugh Lord Audeley they being within the third and fourth degrees of Consanguinity And in 13 Edw. 2. was with Hugh de Audley the younger in that Expedition then made into Scotland This Ralph assumed the sirname of Greystoke and in 14 Edw. 2. making proof of his Age had livery of all the Knights Fees belonging to him by inheritance which the King had reserved in his hands after the death of Ralph the Son of William his Grandfather till that time And in 14 15 and 16 Edw. 2. was summoned to the Parliaments then held But all that I have else seen of him is that he besieged Gilbert de Middleton and divers other with him in the Castle of Mitford for certain traytorous actions done by them in Northumberland and that not long after being in Gatesheved at Breakfast he was through the contrivance of the same Gilbert and his party there poysoned 3 Id. Iulii An. 1323. 17 E. 2. and buried in the Abby of Newminster near the High Altarâ— leaving issue by Alice his Wife Daughter to Ralph Lord Nevill William his Son and Heir three years of age Which Alice surviving had an Assignation of the Mannor of Grymethorpe in Com. Ebor. as also of divers lands in other Counties for her Dowry Whereupon the Wardship of William his Son thus in minority together with his Lands was shortly after scil in 2 Edw. 3. in consideration of five hundred Marks committed to Hugh de Audley But in 16 E. 3. this William making proof of his age and doing his Homage had livery of them all and the same year was in that expedition then made into Brittany being of the retinue of William de Bohun Earl of Northampton And in 19 Edw. 3. in the Wars of France but then of the retinue with Ralph Earl of Stafford Moreover the next year following upon the death of Elizabeth his Grandmother he had also Livery of those Lands which she held in Dower his Homage
Moneth after set at liberty and restored to the King's Favor Which so incensed the vulgar sort of people in sundry parts of the Realm as that there was no small danger of a General Insurrection And though that heat did somewhat abate so that the Parliament was again Adjourn'd to Leicester the Commons there fell upon him fiercely for the giving up of Anjon and Maine The King therefore seeing him so generally hated to appease their wrath Banished him the Realm but with design â—â—â—call him when their fury should be allay'd he being a person so highly beloved of the Queen Whereupon putting to Sea at Ipswich in Com. Suff. upon the third of May with purpose to sayl into France he was boarded by the Captain of a Ship of War belonging to the Duke of Exeter then Constable of the Tower of London called the Nicholas of the Tower and being brought into Dovor-Road had his Head cut off on the side of the Cock-Boat After which his Body and Head being found by one of his own Captains was conveyed to the Collegiate Church of Wingfeld in Com. Suff. and there buried It is recorded b of this William that he served in the Wars of France full Twenty four years and for Seventeen years together never returned thence Likewise that being once taken Prisoner when he was but a Knight he paid for his Ransome twenty thousand pounds of English money Also that he was of the Kings Privy-Councel fifteen years and a Knight of the Garter thirty years Having taken to Wife Alice the Daughter and sole Heir of Thomas Chaucer of Eweâ—me in Com. Oxon. for the love of her and benefit of her Lands residing much there he augmented the Mannor House with Building as also his Seat at Dunnington-Castle in Com. Berks. which was of her Inheritance And founded an Hospital at Dunnington as he had done at Ewelme every poor Man in each of them having forteen pence a week Likewise that he built the new Fabrick of the Parish Church of Ewelme By his Testament bearing date 17 Ian. An. 1448. 27 H. 6. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the Charter-House at Hull appointing an Image for himself and another for his Wife to be made in Stone and desiring that the Masses which he had founded there for himself and her might be daily sung over his Grave The time of his death viz. his Murther in the Cock-boat was 2 Maii 28 H. 6. he being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Donâ—ington and of the Mannors of Pessemere Stretteleye Phelberdes and Hanteford in Com. Berks. of the Mannors of Thorpe and Carsyngton in Com. Oxon. Greâ—â—horpe and Normanton in Com. Nott. of the Castle Town and Mannor of Eye with the Mannors of Haughle and Thorndone the Hundreds of Hertesmere and Stow the Mannors of Sylhom Fresyngfelde Stratbrooke Swannes Hurtes Maundeviles Huntingfeld Beuhale Bokling Cantelee juxta Suape Ueyses Mannor in Stratford Walsham Westhorpe Hall Menshall Wyverston Watlesfeld Cotton Frestenden Dagworth Cretyng St. Olave the Mannor and Hundred of Mutford the Mannors of Honell Neddyng Kettelberston Bulcam pe Henham Stratford juxta Benghale Lovistok and the Hundred of Lodynglond with the Castle and Mannor of Wyngefelo in Com. Suff. of the Mannors of Causton Burgh Costesey Saâ—lyngham called Nether-Hall and Stocton with the Soke in Com. Norff. of the Mannors of Gestyngthorp Langham Hatfeld Peverell and Hatfeid Iermynes in Com. Essex of the Mannor of Wâ—â— Grenewiche in Com. Cantii Norton subtus Hamedou in Com. Somers and of the Mannors of Myton and Faxflete in Com. Eber. as also of the Mannors of Blyburgh Appulby Weâ—â—wode and Frisby called Potesse in Spridlington in Com. Line Iohn his Son and Heir being at that time seven years of age It is said that this William first Married the Countess of Henault privately and begot on her a Daughter who became the Wite of ... Barentine But that afterwards solemnly taking to Wise the before-specified Alice the Daughter and Heir of Chaucer by whom he had vast possessions she proved that Daughter Married to Barentine to be a Bastard This last mentioned William Duke of Suffolk had a younger Brother called Iohn who being Captain of Aurunches in Normandy got together the strength of the Garisons in the base Marches of Anjou and wasted the Suburbs of Angiers with the Country adjacent but being overladen with plunder was set upon by the French and taken Prisoner After which being enlarged he assisted this his Brother in the affault of Montargis and in 7 H. 6. was again taken Prisoner by the French upon their storming of Ieargeur I now come to Iohn Son and Heir to this William by her the said Alice In 3 E. 4. the King taking into consideration that the before-specified William Earl of Suffolk Father of this Iohn was advanced to the Title of Duke of Suffolk and to the Heirs Male of his Body as also that his Creation to that Dignity was by reason of his Attaynder afterwards utterly void being desirous to do this Iohn all honor befitting his condition in regard he had Married Elizabeth his Sister did then renew the same title unto him and the Heirs Male of his Body by Letters Patents bearing date 23 Martii the same year giving him forty pounds yearly payable out of the Issues of the Counties of Norff. and Suff. and to the Heirs Male of his Body for his better support After which in 11 E. 4. amongst other the Lords then assembled in Parliament he did recognise u the title of Prince Edward eldest Son to that King and made Oath of Fidelity to him In 15 E. 4. the old Dutchess Alice Widdow of Duke William departed this life upon the ninth of Iune and was buried in the Parish Church of Ewelme on the South side of the high Altar under a rich Tombe of Alablaster with her Image thereon in the Habit of a Vowess crowned and this Epitaph Orate pro anima serenissimae Principissae Aliciae Ducissae Suffolciae bujus Ecclesiae fundatoris primae fundatricis hujus Elemosynariae quae obiit xx die mensis Maii An. MCCCCLXXV But I return to Iohn In 1 H. 7. he was made Constable of the Castle of Walingford and by the before-specified Elizabeth his Wife Sister to King Edward the Fourth had Issue five Sons viz. Iohn Earl of Lincolne Edmund who had the Title of Earl of Suffolk after the death of Iohn his Brother as a Dukes Son and Heir Humphrey a Clerk Edward Arch-Deacon of Richmund and Richard slain in Battle at Pavia in Italy An. 1525. As also four Daughters viz. Catherine the Wife of William Lord Sturton Anne a Nun at Sion and Dorothy and Elizabeth who Married Henry Lovel Lord Morley And departing this life in An. 1491. 7 H. 7. was buried in the Collegiate Church
Devon Plymtre 16 15 06. Dupford 30 11 04. Langford-Leicester 26 01 08 ob q. South-Poole 25 06 06. Harleston 06 12 06. Wick-Cobham tertia pars 02 10 08. Wulmaston 02 13 04. Stanborough Hundred 06 13 04. In Com. Cornub. Codford Farley 03 09 11. Hervena mediet 01 06 03. Hilton tertia pars 02 19 09. Retyres and Hyres 02 19 11. Hendre magna parva 01 16 01. Pengelly 13 10 02 ob Parke mediet 08 11 11. Hamelethey Tresoderen mediet 09 11 00. Daunant and Nanfrith 01 10 00. Penhale 02 09 04 ob Trevigo cum aliis 02 07 11 ob Rillaton-Peverelmedietas 01 14 02 ob q. Crackhampton 13 17 06. Newland medietas 01 09 04. In Com. Buck. Stoke-poges and Estburnham 48 13 06 ob Begington 20 00 00. Chippenham 50 12 11. Cherdesley 13 02 05. Eaton and Nova Windsor 01 10 01. Ludgarshall 22 11 04. Illmere 11 17 00. Weston-Turveyle 10 00 00. In Com. Oxon. Henley super Thames 05 10 00. In Com. Wilts Britford 56 12 06. Bremelshane 02 06 04. Somerford Maudytt 36 08 07. In Com. Somers North Cadbury 64 08 01 ob q. South Cadbury 25 04 05 q. Halton 11 07 02. Holbrooke 08 00 06. Mapton Hatherley and Clopton 29 19 04. Kilmersdon2nd Walton 41 12 01 ob Hundred of Kylmersdon Babington and Welne 07 00 00. Wooton-Courtney 33 13 06. South-Petherton 40 00 00. In Com. Cornub. Bâ—treaux-Castell 07 02 04 ob Northevale 35 07 11 ob q. Lavant 45 02 07 ob q. Bodelet 57 01 08 q. Penhele 56 03 08 ob In Com. Warw. Wâ—odcote juxta Kenelworth 07 06 08. Besides all this Richard Duke of Glouc. afterwards King by the name of Richard the III. obtain'd a considerable part of the Hungerford's Lands as Farley Heightredbury c. Walter Lord Hungerford who was beheaded temp H. 8. possessing also divers fair Lordships by virtue of an Intail on the Heirs Male ¶ Having thus done with the chief Line of this Noble Faâ—ily I may not omit to take notice that Robert the last Lord Hungerford of that Christian name had a second Wife called Catherine Daughter to Reginald West Lord La Warr by whom he had Issue as before is observed two Sons Walter and Leonard and one Daughter called Fridiswide who became a Nun at Sion Which Walter upon the landing of Henry Earl of Richmund at Milford Haven in 2 R. 3. being suspected for a Well wisher to him was sent for by King Richard But being on his way towards him a little below Stony-Strasord in the Custody of Robert Brakenbury Lieutenant of the Tower of London he made his escape in the night and hasting to the Earl of Richmund met him not far from Temworth Whereupon he had his share in the benefit of that glorious Victory which was soon after obtain'd against that King at Boswarth field After which in 13 H. 7. he put himself in Arms again for King Henry against the Cornish men then risen on the behalf of Perkyn-Warbeck that Counterfeit Duke of York of whom our Historians make ample mention And afterwards being one of the Privy Council to King Henry the VIII married Iane Daughter of William Bulâ—â—rode by whom he had Issue Sir Edward Hungerford of Hayresbury in Com. Wilts Knight and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Sir Iohn Bourchier Which Sir Edward by Iane his Wife Daughter to Iohn Lord Zâ—uche of Haryngworth had Issue Walter who having Summons to Parliament in 28 H. â— there took his place 8 Iunâ—i the same year But in 31 H. 8. he was attained in Parliament and upon the 28 of Iuly 32 H. â— suffered Death on Tower-Hill with Cromwâ—ll Earl of Essex the Crimes laid to his charge being the retaining a Chaplain called William Bird who had called the King an Heretick Likewise that he had procured certain persons by Conjuration to know how long the King should live and that he had practised the Sin of Buggery Leaving Issue by Susan his first Wife Daughter of Sir Iohn Danvers Kt. Sir William Hungerford of Farley-Castle in Com. Wiltes Knight Who by Anne his first Wife Daughter to Sir William Dormer of Ascot in Com. Buck. K t had Issue Edward who died young and three Daughters Susan Married to Michael Ernley of Cannings in Com. Wilts Esquire Lucia to Sir Iohn St. Iohn of Lydiard and Iane to Sir Iohn Kerne of ... in Com. Glamorgan Knight And by Alice his second Wife Daughter to William Lord Sandys two Sons Sir Edward Hungerford Knight one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to Queen Elizabeth who died without Issue and Sir Anthony Hungerford of Burton Inges in Com. Oxon. Knight As also a Daughter called Mary who became the Wife of ... Baker of ... in Com. Essex Sir Iohn Cornwall Knight Lord Fanhope 11 H. 6. AS to the Parentage of this person forasmuch as I cannot say any thing certain I shall come to what I have seen most memorable of him in order of time In 20 R. 2. being retain'd to serve the King during his Life he obtain'd a grant for C. Marks per annum to be paid out of the Cunage of Cornwall And in 2 H. 4. having behaved himself gallantly in Justing against a Frenchman at York the King himself being there present obtain'd Elizabeth his Sister Widdow of Iohn Holland Earl of Huntington in Marriage Whereupon he had a grant from Henry Prince of Wales eldest Son to King Henry the Fourth to himself and to the said Elizabeth his Wife of the Castle and Mannor of Trematon with the Mannors of Calestroke Asheburgh the Castle and Park of Restormel the Mannor of Restormel the Mannors of Penlyn and Penknyth the Burroughs and Towns of Lostwithiel and Camelford the whole Fishing of the River of Fowey with the Mannors of Tewynton Moresh and Tyntagel to enjoy during the life of her the said Elizabeth After that in consideration of his laudable Services unto King Henry the Fourth as also to the Prince his Son as well in Peace as War he obtained from the same Prince a grant of an Annuity of four hundred Marks for his own life in reversion after the death of his said Wife payable out of the before-specified Castles Mannors and Lordships And in 7 H. 4. in another Tournament held at London justed there against a ScotishKnight In 3 H. 5. he was with King Henry in that famous Bartel of Agincourt where the English were Victorious And in 5 H. 5. was constituted one of the Commissioners together with Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick to treat with William Lord of Mountenay Captain of the Castle of Caen in Normandy touching the surrender thereof Also in 9 H. 5. upon the return of King Henry from France he was left behind for the defence of those parts And in 4 H. 6. in consideration
called Margaret married to Robert Earl of Sussex Which Anne surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Iohn Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter By his Testament he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Priory of Bourscough in Com. Lanc. in case he should die within that County otherwise in the Monastery of Syon in Com. Midd. or in the Colledge of Asherugge in Com. Buck. And departing this life at Collam in Com. Midd. 24 Maii An. 1521. 13 H. 8 was buried at Syon accordingly To whom succeeded Edward his eldest surviving Son which Edward in 19 H. 8. was one of the principal persons that accompanied Cardinal Wolsey in that notable Embassy to King Francis of France then at Amiens touching the making a War in Italy to set Pope Clement the seventh at liberty at that time prisoner to the Duke of Burbon upon his sacking of Rome And in 22 H. 8. having there Livery of his Lands amongst other of the Peers subscribed that Declaration sent to the same Pope whereby they gave him intimation that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his divorce from Queen Catherine his Wife which he then eagerly desired the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy here would be in much danger In 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection of the Northern-men called the Pilgrimage of Grace the King directed his Letters to this Earl exciting him to raise what Forces he could with promise to repay his charges And in 34 H. 8. King Iames the fourth of Scotland having entertained divers of the chief Northern Rebels he was one of the Lords which for that and some other reasons entred Scotland upon the 21 of October under the conduct of the Duke of Norff. then Lieutenant-General of the English Army but staid not long there About the beginning of King Edward the sixth's Reign he was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter And in 4 E. 6. was one of the Peers of this Realm then party to the Articles of peace made by King Edward with the Scots and French in which the Emperour was also comprehended Also in 1 Mariae constituted Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation-day of that Queen who was solemnly crowned upon the fifth of October Likewise in 2 Eliz. one of her Privy-Council This Earl married three Wives 1 Dorothy Daughter to Thomas Howard Duke of Norff. by whom he had issue three Sons and four Daughters viz. Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 Sir Thomas Stanley Knight who married Margaret one of the Daughters and coheirs to Sir George Vernon of Haddon in Com. Derb. Knight and Sir Edward Stanley of Eynsham in Com. Oxon. Knight His Daughters were these Anne first married to Charles Lord Stourton and after to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight Elizabeth to Henry Lord Morley Mary to Edward Lord Stafford and Iane to Edward Lord Dudley To his second Wife he married Margaret Daughter of Ellis Barlow of ... in Com. Lanc. Esq by whom he had issue one Son called George who died young and two Daughters Margaret married to Iohn Iermyn of Rushbroke in Com. Suff. Esq after to Sir Nicholas Poyntz Knight and Catherine to Sir Thomas Knyvet Knight And to his third Wife Mary Daughter to George Cotten of Cumbermere in Com. Cestr. Esq by whom he had no issue Which Mary surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Henry Earl of Kent By his Testament bearing date 24 Aug. An. 1572. 14 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Ormeskirk appointing that a Chapell and Tomb should be there erected for that purpose correspondent to his Dignity and Honour And departing this life at Lathem on Friday 24 Oct. next following was Honourably buried there on the fourth of December next following the Monastery of Bourscough where his Ancestors lay Entombed being totally demolished in that general destruction of all other the Religious Houses made in the time of King Henry the 8. To whom succeeded Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry being summon'd to Parliament in 18 Eliz. took his place there upon the 8 of February the same year and in An. 1525. 28 Eliz. was sent to carry the Ensigns of the most noble order of the Garter to the King of France In 29 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at Fotâ—eringhay upon tryal of the Queen of Scots and in 31 Eliz. being then Knight of the Garter sent into Flanders with other Commissioners there to treat of Peace with the Prince of Parma General of the King of Spâ—ins Forces in those parts In 32 Eliz. he was constituted Lord High Steward of England upon the Tryal of Philip Earl of Arundell And having married Margaret Daughter to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland and of Alianore his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Charles Brandon Duke of Suff. by Mary the Queen Dowager of France one of King Henry the seventh's Daughters he begot on her three Sons Edward who dyed young as also Ferdinando and William successively Earls of Derby By his Testament bearing date 21 Sept. An. 1594. 35 Eliz. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his Chapell at Ormeskirk and departing this life upon the 25 of Sept. ensuing was there interred To whom succeeded Ferdinand his surviving Son and Heir who overlived him but a short time For having by his Testament bearing date 12 Apr. 36 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his said Chapell at Ormeskirk he departed this life in the flower of his youth soon after not without suspicion of poyson whereupon he was there interred upon the sixth of May next ensuing leaving issue by Alice his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Spencer of Althorpe in Com. Northt Knight three Daughters his Heirs Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Chandos Frances to Sir Iohn Egerton Knight afterwards Earl of Bridgwater and Elizabeth to Henry Lord Hastings afterwards Earl of Huntington Whereupon William his Brother and Heir Male succeeding him in his Honours a dispute arose betwixt those Heirs Female and him touching the title to the Isle of Man The Queen therefore being not ignorant that not only divers Runagates of the English but Spaniards her Enemies might resort thither committed the charge thereof to Sir Thomas Gerard Knight afterwards Lord Gerard till that controversy should be judicially determined The decision of which point being brought before her learned Council they declared that the right thereof did solely appertain to her Majesty and that the Stanleys and Earls of Derby had no good title thereto by reason that King Henry the fourth shortly after he attain'd the Crown of this Realm upon the Outlary of William Scrope then Lord thereof bestowed it on Henry Earl of
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
Howard Knight of the Bath He had also Issue four Daughters 1 Elizabeth first married to William Earl of Banbury and afterwards to Edward Lord Vaux 2 Frances to Robert Earl of Essex from whom being divorced she became the Wife of Robert Earl of Somerset 3 Katherine to William Earl of Salisbury 4 and Margaret who deceased in her Childhood And departing this life at his House near Charing-Cross 28. Maii An. 1626. 2 Car. 1. was buried at Walden To whom succeeded Theophilus his Son and Heir who in his Fathers life time bore the title of Lord Howard of Walden and in 8 Iac. 26 Martii was made Governour of the Isle of Geresey and Castle of Cornet for life This Theophilus was installed Knight of the Garter shortly after the beginning of King Charles the firsts reign and married Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to George Lord Hume of Barwick Earl of Duâ—bar in Scotland by whom he had Issue four Sons Iames made Knight of the Bath in An. 1625. at the Coronation of King Charles the first Thomas George and Henry And five Daughters Catherine married to George Lord Aubigny Elizabeth to Algernon Earl of Northumberland Margaret to Roger Earl of Orrory in Ireland Anne to Thomas Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury in Com. Cantii Knight and Frances to Edward Villers a younger Son to Sir Edward Villers Knight who was Brother of the half blood to George late Duke of Buckingham And departing this life 3 Iunii in An. 1640. was buried at Walden Which Iames succeeding him in his Honours married two Wives 1 Susanna Daughter to Henry Earl of Holand by whom he had Issue one only Daughter surviving named Essex married to Edward Griffyn Son and Heir to Sir Edward Gryffin of Dingley in Com. Northt Knight He secondly married Barbara Daughter to Sir Edward Villers before mentioned and Widow of ... Son and Heir to the Lord Wenman by whom he hath only one Daughter named Elizabeth married to ... Felton one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to our present Soveraign King Charles the Second Howard Earl of Berk-shire ¶ HAving now done with the chief branch of this House of Suffolk I come to Thomas second Son to the before-specified Thomas Earl of Suffolk and of Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Knevet of Charlton in Com. Wilts Knight This Thomas upon the 23 of Ianuary 19 Iac. being advanced to the titles of Lord Howard of Charlton and Vicount Andover was before the end of that Kings reign installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter also 1 Febr. 5 Car. 1. created Earl of Berkshire And having married Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Coheirs to William Lord Burghley Son and Heir to Thomas Earl of Exeter by her had Issue eight Sons viz. Sir Charles Howard Knight of the Bath commonly called Lord Andover 2 Thomas 3 Henry 4 William 5 Edward 6 Sir Robert Howard Knight 7 Philip 8 Iames and 9 Algernon And four Daughters Elizabeth married to Iohn Dreyden Esq Diana ... Frances to Conyers Darcy Son and Heir to Conyers Lord Darcie and Coniers and Mary And departing this life upon the sixteenth day of Iuly An. 1669. was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster To whom succeeded Charles his Son and Heir who in his Fathers life time had summons to divers Parliaments by the title of Lord Howard of Charlton and married Dorothy second Daughter of Thomas Vicount Savage by whom he hath had Iâ—â—ue three Sons Thomas Henry and Iohn who died in their youth as also two Daughters Anne married to Sir Henry Bedingfield Son and Heir to Sir Henry Bedingfield of Oxborough in Com. Norf. and Elizabeth who died young Lord Howard of Escrick ¶ THE next is Sir Edward Howard Knight another Son of the before specified Thomas Earl of Suffolk This Sir Edward upon the 29 of April 4 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Howard of Escrick in Com. Ebor. by reason he did possess that Lordship which came to Thomas Earl of Suffolk his Father by the marriage of Elizabeth the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Sir Henry Knevit of Charlton in Com. Wiltes Knight as heir to Thomas Lord Knevit of Escrick her Uncle who died without Issue as I shall shew in due place and Married Mary one of the Daughters of Iohn Lord Butler of Bramfeild in Com. Hertf. by whom he had Issue three Sons viz. Thomas William and Sir Cecill Howard Knight As also Anne a Daughter Married to Charles now Earl of Carlisle And departing this life 24 Apr. an 1675. was buried at the Savoy in the Suburbs of London To whom succeeded Thomas his eldest Son who Married Elizabeth Daughter to Iohn late Earl of Peterborough Howard Earl of Carlisle ¶ I Lastly come to the Lord William Howard third Son to Thomas Duke of Norfolk by Margaret his second Wife Daughter and Heir to Thomas Lord Audley of Walden This William taking to Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas and Sister and Coheir to George Lord Dacres of Gillesland in her right became possess'd of Naworth-Castle in Com. Cumbr. the chief and antient seat of the Lord Dacres in that Northern Tract which still continues to his descendents and being restored in blood by Act of Parliament 1 Iac. had Issue by the same Elizabeth 1. Sir Philip Howard Knight his Son and Heir 2. Sir William Howard of Brafferton in Com. Ebor. Knight 3. Sir Francis Howard Knight and divers other who died young As also three Daughters Mary Married to Sir Iohn Winter Son and Heir to Sir Edward Winter of Lydney in Com. Glouc. Knight Elizabeth to Sir Henry Bedingfeild of Oxborough in Com. Norf. Baronet and Margaret to Sir Thomas Cotton of Conington in Com. Hunt Baronet And departing this life ... Augusti an 1640. was buried at Ereistocke in Cumâ—erland Which Sir Philip dying in his Father's life time left Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter of Sir Iohn Câ—rrell of Harting in Com. Suss. Knight three Sons 1. Sir William Howard Knight 2. Iohn and 3. Philip slain at Rowton-Heath in the service of King Charles the First As also two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Bartholmew Fromund of Cheme in Com. Surr. Esq and Alathea to Thomas Lord Fairfax of Emeley in Ireland Which Sir William took to Wife Maâ—y the eldest Daughter of William Lord Evre by whom he had Issue five Sons William who died in his life time Charles Philip Thomas and Iohn And five Daughters Mary Married to Sir Ionathan Atkyns Knight Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Gower of Stittenham in Com. Ebor. Knight Catherine to Sir Iohn Lawson of Broughton in Com. Ebor. Knight Frances to Sir George Downing of East-Hatley in Com. Contâ—br Knight and Baronet and Margaret to the Earl of Leven in Scotland Which Charles having been highly instrumental for the happy restoration
in case he should die without any Issue of his own body lawfully begotten that then Edward Grey his Illegitimate Son by the same Iane Orwell should have and enjoy his said Barony and Mannor of Powys his Castle and Mannor of Poole and all other his Lordships in the County of Montgomery and the reversion and inheritance of the Castle and Mannors of Charleton and Pontysbury to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to remain to that Child in case it should be a Son wherewith the same Iane Orwell was then great by him and to the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten but if it should not be a Son or if a Son die without Issue then that the whole Barony of Powys and all the premisses before-mention'd should come to Iane Grey his Daughter and to the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to Anne Grey his other Daughter and the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue to such Woman Child as should be born of the Body of the said Iane Orwell This Edward Married Anne one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk for so by her Testament she calls her self but by her had no Issue Which Anne surviving him became the Wife of Randle Hauworth Esq and by her said Testament bearing date 29 Oct. an 1557. 5 4 Ph. M. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the City of London upon the right hand above the steps going up to the Altar or else in the Abby of Westminster Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter 1 H. 7. OF this Family that which I have first observ'd to be most memorable is that in 7 H. 5. Sir Iohn Ratcliffe Knight being Constable of the Castle of Frounsak in Aquitane had a thousand marks per annum allow'd to him for the guard thereof and in 1 H. 6. being retain'd to serve the King as Seneschal of that Dutchy had an assignation of four shillings by the day for his own Salary and xx Marks a piece per annum for CC. Archers Also that in 4 H. 6. in consideration of two thousand Marks then due to him by the King for his Wages in that Service he had a grant of the Wardship of Raphe Earl of Westmorland then in Minority Moreover that in 7 H. 6. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve in the Wars of France with C. Men at Arms of which number himself to be one four other Knights the rest Esquires and CC. Archers And that in 11 H. 6. upon his humble Remonstrance that there was by computation then in arrear and due unto him for those his services upon the last of Iune 9 H. 6. no less than the sum of seven thousand twenty nine pounds thirteen shillings and a penny he obtain'd an assignation of all the Kings Revenues issuing out of the Counties of Caernervon and Merionyth in North-Wales as also out of the Lordships of Chirk and Chirk-land to hold until the arrear of what was then so due unto him should be fully satisfied In 13 H. 6. being sent to Arras there to treat with the Dolphin of France he had Licence to carry with him Gold and Silver in Coin with Plate to the value of five hundred Marks for his necessary uses in that imployment And in 14 H. 6. being Lieutenant of Calais the Duke of Burgundy laid Siege to that Garrison for three Weeks But he lived not long after For in 19 H. 6. upon a farther computation of the Debts due for his Services as Seneschal of Aquitane and Constable of the Castle of Frounsak until the sixth of November 15 H. 6. which amounted to seven thousand and fifteen pounds two Shillings half penny farthing besides Lxviii due to him for his charges in that Embassy to Arras being then a Banneret Thomas Ratcliff and Robert Lâ—thum his Executors obtain'd a grant from the King for the reception of all the Revenues arising by the Subsidies and Customs in the Ports of Poole Welcombe Exmouth Dertmouth Plymmouth Fowey and Bridgwater until those sums should be clearly discharged This deceased Sir Iohn Ratcliff being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Married Elizabeth the Daughter and Coheir of Walter Lord Fitz-walter and by her had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who in 39 H. 6. obtain'd a Pardon of Intrusion for entring upon the Lands of his Inheritance without Livery And in 1 H. 7. being summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Fitzwalter was joyn'd in Commission with Sir Reginald Bray Knight for exercising the Office of Chief Justice of all the Forests beyond Trent being at that time Steward of the King's Houshold In 3 H. 7. he was associated with Iasper Duke of Bedford and others for exercising the Office of High Steward of England upon the Coronation-day of Queen Elizabeth Wife of that King But in 11 H. 7. being attainted in Parliament for divers Rebellions and Treason as the Record in general telleth us whereof the chief was his attempt to set up Perkâ—n Warbek who personated Richard Duke of York the younger Son to King Edward the Fourth and being carried Prisoner to Calais whence he endeavoured to make his escape by corrupting his Keepers he there lost his Head Nevertheless Robert his Son and Heir found much favour being in 21 H. 7. by Letters Patent bearing date 3 Nov. fully restored to his Honour And in 1 H. 8. obtain'd an Act of Parliament for Revocation of that attainder After which in 4 H. 8. he attended the King in that great Expedition then by him made to Therovene and Tournay And in 14 H. 8. lâ—d the Van of that Army then sent into France under the Command of the Earl of Surrey In which and other his imployments he merited â—o well as that he was by Letters Patent bearing date 18 Iulii 17 H 8. advanced to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount Fitzwalter And in 21 H. 8. was one of the Peers who subscribed those Articles which were then presented to the King against Cardinal Wolsey Moreover upon the 28th of December the same year being then Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter he was Created Earl of Sussex And in 22 H. 8. join'd with the rest of the Peers in Parliament in subscribing that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the Seventh whereby they represented to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his so much desired Divorce from Queen Catherine his Supremacy here would not long be acknowledged Also in 24 H. 8. he was one of the Nobles which then attended the King into France In 25 H. 8. this Earl
amplum obsequii amoris ergo Patriverâ— pio verè Catholico Thomas mâ—stissimus filius haeres multis cum lachrymis scripsit posuit Beati qui in Domino moriuntur Leaving Issue one only Son viz. Thomas and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Dixey Hickman of Kew in Com. Surr. Esq and another Elizabeth to Andrew Windsor Esq her Kinsman Which Thomas succeeding him in his Honours Married Katherine the Daughter to Edward Earl of Worcester but dying Issueless 6 Dec. an 1642. was buried at Tarbick with his Ancestors Whereupon the Title of Lord Windsor being in the King's disposal so that he might confer it on the Issue of either of these Sisters before-mention'd or retain it His Royal Majesty King Charles the Second considering that this last Thomas Lord Windsor had setled the greatest part of his antient Inheritance upon his Nephew Thomas Windsor Hickman Son of Dixey Hickman by Elizabeth his elder Sister was pleased to dispose and confirm to him and his Heirs the said Title of Lord Windsor with such place in Parliament as his Predecessors had formerly enjoy'd as by his Letters Patent bearing date 16 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Reign appeareth Which Thomas thus hearing the Title of Lord Windsor Married two Wives Anne Daughter to Sir William Savile of Thornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet Sister of George now Vicount Halifax by whom he hath Issue one Son called Other and Mary a Daughter Married to Sir Thomas Cokesey of Bentley in Com. Wigorn. Baronet Secondly Vrsula Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Widdrington of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Thomas and Dixy and a Daughter called Vrsula Iohn Lord Hussey 21 H. 8. WHat relation in blood this Iohn Lord Hussey of whom I am now to speak had to that Family of Hussey whereof I have already made mention in the first Volume of this work I have not seen nor can I discover more of him than that he was Son to Sir William Hussey Knight who being a learned Lawyer was first constituted Attorney General to King Edward the 4 th in 11. of his reign next Serjeant at Law in 17 E. 4. and lastly Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench 7 Maii 21 E. 4. In 2 H. 7. this Iohn was in Arms for the King at the Battel of Stobe against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents and in 13 H. 8. being then a Knight was made chief Butler of England In 21 H 8. he was one of the Knights for the Kings Body and being summoned to that Parliament begun at Westminster 3 Nov. the same year was admitted into the House upon the first of December following In 22 H. 8. bearing then the title of Lord Hussey he had a grant of the custody of the Mannour of Harewode in Com Ebor. and was one of the Lords who subscribed that Declaration then sent to the Pope whereby they intimated to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his divorce his Supremacy would not much longer be owned in this Realm And in 24 H. 8. being then one of the Lords of the Council had a grant of the wardship and marriage of Thomas the Son and Heir of Christopher Wymbushe deceased But in 28 H. 8. being in that commotion in Lincolnshire occasioned by the assessment of a Subsidy he suffered death for it at Lincoln in Iune the next ensuing year Whereupon his lands were confiscate and his Mannour of Sleford in Com. Linc. where he had his chief residence was granted by Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury to Richard Goodrick of London Esq and Mary his Wife in Fee This Iohn Lord Hussey married two Wives and by them had many Children First Anne Daughter to George Earl of Kent by whom he had Issue two Sons Giles and Thomas and five Daughters Bridget first married to Sir Richard Morison Knight afterwards to Henry Earl of Rutland and lastly to Francis Earl of Bedford Elizabeth to ... Hungerford Anne to Sir Humphrey Browne Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Anne to ... Dimock and Dorothy to ... Doâ—wray Secondly Margaret Daughter and Heir to Simon Blount by whom he had Issue Sir William Hussey Knight Giles Hussey of Carthorpe in Com. Linc. Sir Gilbert Hussey Knight and Reginald and one Daughter called Elizabeth All which Sons and Daughters were restored in blood only in the Parliament held at Westminster 5 Eliz. Wentworth 21 H. 8. OF this Family though of great antiquity in Yorkshire the first that became advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm was Thomas Wentworth Son of Sir Richard Wentworth of Nettlesâ—ed in Com. Suff. Knight who after the sitting of that Parliament which met at Westminster 3 Nov. 21 H. 8. and continuing by Prorogation till 27 of that Kings reign gave the first fatal stroke to the Monasteries of England was admitted as a Peer upon the second of December in the same 21 th year by virtue of a Writ of Summons This Thomas having married Margaret the Daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight and by Anne her Mother Heir to Sir William Stonore Knight had a special livery of all the lands which by the death of the said Anne descended to her And upon that Insurrection of the Norfolk Men led by Captain Ket in 2 E. 6. accompanied William Marquess of Northampton then sent against them Being afterwards Lord Chamberlain of that Kings houshold he died 3 Martii 5 E. 6. and was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster leaving Issue eight Sons viz. Thomas Henry Richard Philip Iohn Edward Iames and Roger and nine Daughters scil Anne married to Iohn the Son of Edmund Poley Cecelie Mary Elizabeth Margaret Margery to Iohn Lord Williams of Tame afterwards to Sir William Darcie Knight and lastly to Sir Iohn Crofts Knight Iane Catherine and Dorothy To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who had summons to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and being about that time made Deputy of Calais was shortly after removed from that trust by reason of his youth and want of experience Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared for Queen Mary And in the first year of her reign being one of her Privy-Council was again made Deputy of Calais and the Marches thereof and so continued till the fatal Siege of that Garrison by the Duke of Guise in 5 Mariae whose Army was so great and the assaults made by it so irresistable that seeing no hopes of defending it he craved a parly whereupon it was yielded upon condition that the Inhabitants should depart without carrying any thing away and that the Governour with fifty other such as
Titles had the â—ignity of Earl of Ulvester in the Realm of Iâ—â—â—and conferred upon him the tenth day of Mâ—â— in the Eleventh year of the Reign of our preâ—â—nt Soveraign K. Charles the Second He first married the Lady Anne eldest daughâ—ter to Edward late Earl of Clarendon and by her had issue four sons Charles Duke of Cambridge who died in his Infancy Iames Duke of Cambridge Henry Duke of Kendal and Edgar Duke of Cambridge all which died likewise in their childhood And three Daughters the Lady Mary and Lady Henriettaâ— yet living and the Lady Catherine who died in her Infâ—ncy He afterwards married the Lady Maria Beatrice daughter to the Duke of Modina in Italy by whom he hath had issue one daughter named Catherine-Laura which died in her Infancy Henry Duke of Glocester 11 Car. 2. THe next is Henry the Third Son to the same King Charles the First by the like Letters-patent bearing date 13 Maiâ— the ensuing year created Duke of Glocester and Earl of Cambridge Who having been partaker with our present Soveraign in his greatest Diâ—â—esses during the long continuance oâ—â—he â—â—te Unparrallel'd Usurpation had at lengâ—â— the happiness to see him Peacefully restored to the Royal Throne of these his Realmes accompanying him into England before the end of May the following year but departed this life unmarried upon the Thirteenth day of September next ensuing and was buried in the Royal Chapel of King Henry the Seventh at Westminster under the Tombe of Mary Q of Scotland his Great-Grandmother Monke Duke of Albemarle 12 Car. 2. HAving now done with all such Creations which were made by our present Soveraign King Charles the Second before his Joyful Return into England I now come to those which ensued afterwards and first to that of George Monke of Potheridge in Com. Devon Esq who having sedulously exercised a Military course of life both by Sea and Land in Forrein parts for the chief time of his youth and afterwards applying himself to his late Majesties Service at the beginning of the late unhappy Rebellion in which he had the fate to be taken prisoner at length obtaining his liberty he took up Armes with the Adverse-Party in expectation of a fitter season to manifest his great affections to his King and Country Of which after much devastation and spoile the Cruel Murther of His Majesty and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing Monarchique Government when he discern'd some view he ceased not to improve all opportunities whereby he might accomplish those blessed ends which his Right-Loyal Heart had always though with great Reservation most earnestly designed And accordingly through God's assistance became the Chief and most happy Instrument of Restoring the King to His Just Rights and all these Realmes to their long desired Peace and Tranquillity the pâ—rticulars whereof as they are not unknown to this present Age so are they made publick to the World by divers persons which have given an Historical Account thereof for the better satisfacton of future times In contemplation therefore of these his most Laudable Adventures and as a Lasting Testimony of the real sence which His Majesty had of these his transcendent merits considering also that by the Lady Frances daughter and coheir to Arthur Plantaginet Natural son to King Edward the Fourth wife of Thomas Monke Esq his Lineal Ancestor he was descended from Edward Grey Vicount L'isle and by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Iohn Talbot Vicount L'isle son to the renowned Iohn Talbot sometime Earl of Shrewsbury and with him slain in the Battel of Chastiâ—lion by Margaret wife of that valiant Earl from the famous Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and Aumarle Regent of France whose eldest daughter and coheir she was he had by Letters-patent bearing date the seventh day of Iuly in the Twelfth year of His Majesties Reign these several Dignities and Titles of Honor conferred upon him and the heirs male of his Body that is to say Baron Monke of Potheridge Beauchamp and Tyes Earl of Torington and Duke of Albemarle And shortly after was installed K t of the most noble Order of the Garter He married Anne Sister of Sir Thomas Clarges Knight and departing this life upon the fourth day of Ianuary An. 1669. was honorably buried upon the last day of April next ensuing on the North-side of King Henry the Seventh's Chappel adjoyning to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster leaving Christopher his only Son and successor in his Honors now Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter who married the Lady Elizabeth eldest daughter to Henry Earl of Ogle son and heir apparent to William Ouke of Newcastle but by her as yet hath no issue Lord Butler of Lanthony and Earl of Brecknock 12 Car. 2. THe next on whom our present Soveraign after his happy Restauration conferred any Title of Honor was Iames Marquess of Ormond and Earl of Ossory in Ireland of His Majesties Privy-Council both in England and that Realm Lord Steward of His Houshold one of the Gentlemen of his Royal Bedchamber and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Paternally descended from Hervey Walter a great Baron of this Realm in the time of King Henry the Second of whom I have spoke in the First Volume of this Work whose posterity afterwards became Earls of Ormond whereof another Iames surnamed Butler who married Elizabeth the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex Lord of Brecknock and Constable of England by Elizabeth his wife one of the daughters of King Edward the First was the first so created by King Edward the Third Which first mention'd Iames having been Lieutenant of Ireland in the time of King Charles the First of blessed memory where he performed great things and afterwards constantly adhered to His Majesty that now is throughout that tedious time of His Calamitous expulsion meriting much for his most Loyal Actings and Sufferings was by Letters-patent bearing date at Westminster upon the Twentieth day of Iuly in the same Twelfth year of His Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Butler of Lanthony in the County of Glocester his noble Ancestor Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex having divers ages past been the Pious Founder of a great Abby there as also Earl of Brecknock and to the heirs make of his body And the next ensuing year by other Letters-patent dated at Westminster upon the Thirteenth day of March created Duke of Ormond in the Realm of Ireland and shortly after that again Lord Lieutenant of that Realm This Duke married the Lady Elizabeth Preston the daughter of Richard Lord Dingwell who was honoured with the Title of Earl of Desmond by King Iames and by her hath issue three sons first Thomas who beareth the Title of Earl of Ossory Secondly Richard Earl of Arran who first married the Lady Mary daughter toâ— Iames
the heirs male of his body He married Elizabeth daughter to Colonel Hervey Bagot second son to Sir Hervey Bagot late of Blythfield in com Staff Baronet and having issue by her one only daughter named Mary was slain in that blooody sea-fight against the Dutch upon the third of Iune 1665. whereupon his Corps were conveyed to the Abby Church at Westminster and there honourably buried Lord Arundell of Treryse 16 Car. 2. OF this antient and worthy Family whose Ancestor came a into England at the Norman Conquest and which hath been seated b at Treryse in Cornwall from the time of King Edward the third was c Sir Iohn Arundel Knight Vice-Admiral to King Henry the Seventh and King Henry the Eighth which Sir Iohn in a sharp fight at sea encountring d with Duncan Camel that great Scottish Pirate took e him Prisoner Whose lineal heir male was f another Iohn which Iohn having been g one of the Knights for that shire in divers Parliaments some in the time of Queen Elizabeth others of King Iames and lastly of King Charles the First of blessed memory upon the first begining of the late unparralleld Rebellion raised by an Antimonarchical Party in the late Long-Parliament which â—erminated in the horrid Murther of that excellent King most loyally put himself with four of his sons in Arms on his Majesties behalf whereof two lost their lives in his service and most valiantly held out the Castle of Pendennis which was long besieged both by Sea and Land unto the very end of those unhappy Wars Of which Sons Richard the eldest personnally attending that King in his Army was one of his Commanders in the first Battle he had with those Rebels near Kineton in Warwickshire where he made most ample manifestations of his courage and valour Likewise in that at Lansdowne in Somersetshire as also in divers other bloody fights and tedious Sieges wherein he received many wounds And though through the prevalency of those Rebels at length he lost his whole Estate nevertheless he did not at all desert his Majesties just interest for which he had so long most loyally thus hazarded himself In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the twenty third day of March in the sixteenth year of Majesties Reign worthily advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Arundell of Treryse and to the heirs male of his body He married Gertrude daughter of Sir Iames Bagg of Saltham in the County of Devon Knight widdow of Sir Nicholas Slaning Kt. by whom he hath had issue two sons Iohn who died in his Childhood and another Iohn who married Margaret the daughter and sole heir to Sir Iohn Ackland of 〈◊〉 Iohn in the same County of Devon Knight Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland 22 Car. 2. AS in former times the raising of eminent Women to great Titles of Honor hath not been unusual in this Realm in pursuance therefore of those so laudable Examples the like hath been done by our present Soveraign Barbara the sole daughter and heir of William Viscount Grandison who in the times of the late Rebellion being in Arms for the King lost his life in open battel being the first Which Barbara by reason of her noble descent from divers worthy Ancestors and her Fathers death in his Majesties Army as also in respect of her own personal Vertues was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the third day of August in the twenty second year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baroness of this Realm by the Title of Baronesse of Nonsuch in the County of Surrey as also to the dignities of Countess of Southampton and Dutchess of Cleveland to enjoy during her natural life the remainder to Charles Fitz-Roy his said Majesties Natural Son by her and to the heirs male of his body and for lack of such issue to George Fitz-Roy another of his natural sons by her and younger Brother to him the said Charles Which Charles being since installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter manifesting his great inclination to honorable and virtuous endeavors was for his future encouragement to all heroick atchievements by other Letters Patent bearing date also at Westminster upon the tenth day of September in the twenty seventh year of his said Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Newberie as also to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Chichester and of a Duke by the Title of Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewston and Duke of Grafton 24 Car. 2. THis Henry being one of the natural sons of our present Soveraign by Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland in respect of his Maâ—esties dear affection to him and observance of his vertuous disposition for his farther encouragement to great and honorable atchievement was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the sixteenth day of August in the twenty fourth year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount of 〈◊〉 and of an Earl by the Title of Earl of 〈◊〉 all in that County and the heirs male of his body with remainder to George Fitz-Roy his younger Brother and the heirs male of his body And by other Letters 〈◊〉 bearing date at Westminster upon the eleventh day of September in the twenty seventh year of his Reign to the Title of Duke of 〈◊〉 in the County of Northamâ—ton He married the Lady Isabella the only child of Henry now Earl of Arlington Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold by the Lady Isabella of Nassau his wife one of the daughters of Lewes de Nassaw Lord Beverwaert son to the Illustrious Maurice late Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau Lord Duras of Holdenby 24 Car. 2. AS His Majesty in testimony of the High esteem he had of those who had faithfully served His Royal Father and Himself in the late unhappy Wars or otherwise and for their farther encouragement to all 〈◊〉 Endeavours did advance many of his own Native Subjects to great Titles of Honor as hath been already shewed so hath he not been slack in the remuneration of such Forreiners which had cordially done the like as is evident in that of the most valiant and truly Noble Lewes Duras Marquess of Blanquefort brother to the Duke of Duras in France lineally descended from the famous Galliard Dureford Lord of Duras whom King Edward the Fourth for his especial Services in those times not only made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter conferring on him an yearly Pension of an Hundred pounds during his life but granted that his Executors for the better performance