a white Lyon the beast which he beare before as the proper Ensigne of that house standing over a Red Lion the peculiar note of the Kingdome of Scotland and tearing the same Red Lyon with his pawes This Tho. Duke of Norfolke married two wives his first wife was Elizabeth the daughter of Fredericke Tilney Knight by whom he had issue Thomas Earle of Surrey after Duke of Norfolk Edward slaine at Brest Admiral of England and Edmond Howard with Elizabeth married to Thomas Bulline Earle of Wiltshire and Muriell married to Iohn Grey Lord Lisle His second wife was Agnes daughter of Philip Tilney Knight by whom he had yssue William Lord Howard of Effingham with many others This Thomas Duke of Norfolke died in the 16. yeare of King Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1544. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke Thomas Howard sonne to the said Thomas Duke of Norfolke being Earle of Surrey possessed the place of the Lord Treasurer in the 15. yeare of Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1523. the which office he continued in the 38. yeare of the said King in An. Dom. 1546. in the which yeare on the 28. of Ianuary the said King Henry died so that this Duke and his father were Lord Treasurers of England almost 48. yeares But about some few daies more then a Moneth before the death of the said King that is to say on the 12. day of December this Duke with his sonne Henry Earle of Surrey were committed to the Tower the one by water the other by land Shortly after which the said Henry was beheaded at Tower-hill the 19. day of Ianuary about 9. dayes before the death of the King And the Duke remained as condemned to perpetuall prison till the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary who then set him at liberty He married for his first wife Anne the daughter of King Edward the fourth but had Thomas that died young after he married Elizabeth daughter to Edward Duke of Buckingham by whom hee had yssue Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded as before Thomas Viscount Bindon and Mary married to Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond Hee died about the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary Edward Seymer Earle of Hartford was after the death of King Henry the 8. made Lord Treasurer of England in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1546. in which yeare hee was also made protector of England and Duke of Somerset of whom thus writeth Matthew Parker calling him Regni Camerarium in the life of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury in these words pag. 397. In testamento meaning King Henry the 8. Edwardo Principi minori novem annis nato haeredi suo Sexdecem tutores ex Episcopis solos Thomam Cranmerum Cantuariensem archiepiscopum Cuthbertum Tonstallum Dunelmensem Episcopum dedit And a little after pag. 398. followeth Verum pluribus ut diximus ei minori that was King Edward a patre constitutis curatoribus ne numero suo atque multitudine ad dissentiones faciles essent proclives unus electus est qui ex consilijs reliquorum impuberis regis tutelam solus administraret Is futit Edwardus Seimerus Comes Herefordiensis totius regni Camerarius regisque Auunculus Qui suscepta tutela regis totius regni atque dominiorum suorum proctteor Somerseti Dux nuncupatus atque creatus est This Duke of Somerset being Treasurer of England continued in the same office untill his death which was more then 4. yeares and was beheaded in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Sir William Paulet Knight Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer upon the death of the Duke of Somerset in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Which office hee kept by the space of Twenty yeares and more a longer time then ever any other Treasurer had done before except the two last Dukes of Norfolke This man being a man of extreame age as attaining to the yeares Ninetie Seven died Lord Treasurer of England the tenth of March in An. Dom. 1571. being the 14. yeare of the Raigne of the famous Queene Elizabeth at his Mannor of Basing Hee in his life time did see the Children of his Childrens Children growne to the number of One Hundred and Three a rare blessing of God to men of his calling He maried Elizabeth the daughter of Sir William Capell Knight by whom he had issue Iohn Marquesse of Winchester Thomas Chidiocke and Giles Alice married to Richard Stowell Margaret married to Sir William Berkeley Margery married to Richard Waller and Eleanor married to Sir Richard Perckshall Sir William Cecill Knight principall Secretary of State created Lord Burghley upon the death of the Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer of England the 13. Iuly 1572. being in the 14. yeare of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life being also elected unto that most noble Order of the Garter Chancellor of the Vniversity of Cambridge and a Commissioner for the Office of Earle Marshall of of England Thomas Sackvill Barron Buckhurst heire Male of that ancient Familie that have flourished in a continued series from the Conquest and comming over out of Normandie deserved Nobly in that action was made Lord Treasurer the 15. of May in the 41. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life Hee was after by King Iames Created Earle of Dorcet the 13. of March 1603. being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Chancellor of the Vniversity of Oxford Sir Robert Cecill second son to William Lord Burghley being Principal Secretary of State to Queene Elizabeth and after to King Iames was by the said king created Baron Cecill of Essendon the 13. of May 1603. vicount Cranborne the 20. of August 1604. and Earle of Salisbury the 4. of May in the sixt yeare of King Iames and upon the death of the Earle of Dorcet hee was made Lord Treasurer of England and continued in the place till his death Thomas Lord Howard of Walden second sonne to Thomos Howard Duke of Norfolke created Earle of Suffolke by King Iames being then Lord Chamberlaine and Knight of the Garter was made Lord Treasurer of England the 12. of Iuly in the 12. yeare of the raigne of King Iames. Sir Henry Montague Knight Lord chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 14. of December in the 18. yeare of King Iames and the 19. day of the same moneth and yeare he was Created Baron of Kimolten Castle in Huntington-shire and Vicount Mandevile and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Manchester Lyonell Lord Cranfield of Cranfield in the County of Bedford so created by Letters Patents bearing date the 9. of Iuly 1621. was made Lord Treasurer the 19. of October following and created Earle of Middlesex the 19. of October 1622. Sir Iames Ley Knight and Baronet Lord Cheife Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 22. of December in the 22. yeare of the raigne of King Iames and upon the 31. day of the same Moneth he was created Baron Ley of Ley in Devonshire and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Marleburgh in Wiltsshire Richard Lord Weston Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the remove of the Earle of Marleburgh was made Lord Treasurer of England upon the 15. day of Iuly in the 4. yeare of King Charles and was after that created Earle of Portland in Dorcetshire by Letters Patents bearing date the 17. day of February in the eighth yeare of the raigne of King Charles Vpon the death of the said Earle of Portland his Majestie appointed Commissioners for the said office viz. William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his Grace Henry Earle of Manchester Lord Privie Seale Francis Lord Cottington Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Iohn Cooke and Sir Francis Windebank Knights Principall Secretaries of State The right reverend Father in God William Iuxon first Lord Bishop of Hereford then translated to London and made deane of the Kings Chappel and called to be of the Privy Councell and was made Lord Treasurer of England the Ninth day of March 1635. FINIS
Yorke was upon New-yeares day in Anno dom 1555 being the third yeare of the raigne of Queene Mary advanced to the honorable dignity of Chancellorship But Queene Mary deceasing on the 17 day of November in Anno dom 1558 and the sixt yeare of her governement this Heath upon the placing of Queene Elizabeth upon the throne of the English governement was remooved from his Office and Master Bacon advanced Nicholas Bacon Esquire Atturney of the Court of Wardes was made Knight and Lord Keeper of the great seale the 22 of December in Anno dom 1558 being the first yeare of Queene Elizabeth Which name of Lord Keeper he still kept during his life and the time of his Office In whose time there was an Act of Parliament established to make the power of the Keeper of the great seale equall with the authority of the Chancellor This man continued in this office and worthily executed the same being a man of rare wit and deepe experience during the time of his life which continued untill the 20 of February in Anno dom 1578. after the Accompt of England being the one and twentith yeare of Queene Elizabeth which place this man kept eighteene yeares Thomas Bromlie the generall Sollicitor of Queene Elizabeth a Councellor of the Law and one of the Inner Temple was advanced to the dignity of Lord Chancellor on the 25 day of Aprill in Anno dom 1579 being in Anno 21 Elizabeth Sir Christopher Hatton being Vice-chamberlaine to Queene Elizabeth was constituted Lord Chancellor of England and Keeper of the graat seale upon Sunday the 29. day of Aprill in the 29 yeare of the said Queenes raigne Anno dom 1587. John Puckring Serjant at law was made Knight and sworne of the privy Councell at Greenewich upon Sunday the 28. day of May in the 34. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and at the same time was made Lord Keeper of the great seale of England Sir Thomas Egerton Knight being Master of the Rolles had the great seale of England delivered unto him at Greenewich and sworne of the Privy Councell upon the 6 of May 1596 being in the 38. of Queene Elizabeth and so continued in both those places till the first yeare of King James who created him Baron of Elsmere at Hampton Court 21 Iuly 1603 and made him Lord Chancellor and lastly created him into the dignity of Vicount Brackley the 7. day of November 1616 but severed the place of Master of the Rolles which was given to Edward Bruce Lord Kinlosse Sr. Francis Bacon Knight Atturney generall to King Iames and at the same time of the Privy Councell second sonne of Sr. Nicholas Bacon sometime Lord Keeper of the great seale upon the 7 of March 1616 in the 14 yeare of King James a few dayes before the death of the former Lord Chancellor had the great seale committed to him and being created a Baron by the title of Lord Verulam at Wansted the 12 of July 1617 was made Lord Chancellor the 4 of January following and made Vicount of St. Alban the 20 of Ianuary 1620. Vpon the removall of the Lord Chancellor Bacon who was displaced by the Parliament in Lent the 18 yeare of King Iames. The keeping of the great Seale was committed to Henry vicount Mandevile Lord President of the Councell Lodowicke Duke of Richmond and Lenox Lord Steward of the Kings house William Earle of Pembroke Lord Chamberlaine of the Kings house and Sir Iulius Caesar Knight Master of the Rols who continued the custody thereof till July following John Williams Doctor of Divinity Deane of Westminster and one of the Privy Counsell and after that consecrated Bishop of Lincolne was made Lord keeper of the great seale of England the 10 day of Iuly in the 19 yeare of King James Sir Thomas Coventry Knight eldest sonne to Sr. Thomas Coventry Knight one of the Iustices of the Common pleas being the Kings Atturney Generall was made Lord keeper of the great seale of England the first day of November in the first yeare of King Charles and Created Baron Coventry of Allesborough in the County of Worcester the 10 of Aprill in the 4 yeare of King Charles whose exempler vertues in the execution of this great office to the honour of his Majestie and the generall good of the Kingdome I cannot mention without due Attributes and fearing as I justly may that I shall rather shew mine owne defects than be able to set them forth in due characters I shall with much security discharge my selfe in this kinde by reciting the preamble of his Majesties Letters Patents for Creating his Lordship into the dignity of a Baron and Peere of this Realme Rex c. Archiepiscopis Ducibus c. ad quos praesentes literae provenerint Salutem Officio curae Regali nihil magis arbitramur convenire quam virtutum praemia viris illustribus â—itè disponere ac illos Honoribus attollere qui de Rege Republicâ optimè meruerunt Perspicimus enim Coronam nostram Regiam quam plurimum honorari locupletari cum viros cordatos Consilio prudentiâ virtutibus illustres ac praesertim in administrandâ Justicia strenuos insignes ad Honoris dignitatis gradus vocamus erigimus Nos igitur in personâ praedilecti per quam fidelis Consiliarij nostri Thomae Coventry Militis Custodis Magni Sigilli nostri Angliae gratissima dignissima servitia quae idem Consiliarius noster tam praecharissimo Patri nostro Jacobo Regi beatae memoriae per multos annos quam nobis ab ipsis Regni nostri primis auspicijs fidelissimè prudentissimè praestitit impendit indiesque impendere non desistit Nec non circumspèctionem prudentiam strenuitatem dexteritatem integritatem industriam constantiam fidelitatem ipsius Thomae Coventry Militis erga nos Coronam nostraÌ„ Animo benigno Regali intimè râ—colentes pro gratiae nostrae erga praefatum Consiliarium pignore Nec non virtutum benemeritorum ejusdem encomio posteris suis relinquendum ipsum in Procerum hujus Regni nostri Angliae numerum ascribendum decrevimus Sciatis itaque quod nos de gratia nostrâ speciali ac ex certâ scientia mero motu nostris praefatum Thomam Coventry Militem ad statum gradum dignitatem Honorem Baronis Coventry de Alesborough in Comitatu nostro Wigorniensi ereximus perficimus creavimus Jpsumque Thomam Coventry Militem Baronem Coventry de Alesborough praedicta tenore praesentium erigimus perficimus creamus Jn cujus rei c. T. R. apud Westm decimo die Aprilis Anno Regni Regis Caroli quarto per ipsum Regem FINIS Custodes Rotulorum 23. Ed. 1. ADAM de Osgodby Clerke 10. Ed. 2. William Ayremyne after Keeper of the great Seale 17. Ed. 2. Richard de Ayremyne 20. Ed. 2. Henry de Clyffe Clerke after keeper of the great Seale died the 7 of King Edward the third 7. Ed. 3.
the sixt and of Edward the fourth was committed to prison by the King first sending for him to come to his presence Whereupon hee going to the King and resting on an hill from whence he did behold Sudley Castle said It is thou it is thou Sudley Castle and not I which am the traitor After which comming to the King hee resigned the said Sudley Castle into his handes Which Castle came after to Iasper Duke of Bedford is now 1635. in the possession of Giles Bridges Lord Shandois This Ralph being made Baron in the 20. yeare of Henry the sixt married Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Iohn Northberry by whom he had issue Thomas his son that died without issue leaving his Two Sisters to bee his heires whereof the Eldest daughter was married to Sir Iohn Northberry whose heire generall was maried to John Halwell of Devonshire who had issue Ioane his daughter and heire married to Edmund Lord Bray of whose heires generall are descended the Lord Cobham Lord Chandos Sir Edmund Verney Knight Marshall Sir Percivall Hart of Kent The other Sister married to Sir Hamond Bellknap of whom is descended the Lord Wootton of Bocton Maleherbe in Kent The which Ralph Lord Butler of Sudley was vexilifer and high butler of England and steward in house to Henry the sixt Marmaduke Bishop of Carlile was made Lord Treasurer of England in the 25. yeare of Henry the sixt in which office hee continued about two yeares in the 27. yeare of Henry the sixt being in An. Dom. 1448. or as some have 1449. Iames Fynes created at Bury Baron and of Say of Seale on the 3. of March in the 25. yeare of King Henry the sixt being in An. Dom. 1446. was Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Treasurer of England in the 28. yeare of Henry the sixt and was from thence removed as some have in An. 29. of the said King And was by the Rebells of Kent Iacke Cade and his fellowes taken of out the Tower to the Guildhall where hee was arraigned before the Major and other the Kings Iustices who desiring to be tried by his Peeres was by the Rebells forceably taken from the Officers and beheaded at the standard in Cheape Which his beheading some doe attribute to the 28. yeare of Henry the sixt being in An. Dom. 1450. He had issue Sir William Fines Knight and one daughter married to Sir William Cromer Knight Sheriffe of Kent beheaded at that time also with his father in law Of which Cromer Sir Iames Cromer of Kent Knight descended Iohn Lord Beuchamp a person of great worthinesse possessed the place of the Treasurership of England in the 29. and 30. yeare of Henry the sixt Iohn Tiptoft Earle of Worcester possessed the place of the Lord Treasurer in the 31. and 32 yeare of Henry the sixt Of whom is more mention made hereafter Iames Butler the sonne of Iames Earle of Ormond being Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond possessed the office of the Lord Treasurer of England in the 33. of Henry the sixt falling in An. Dom. 1455. Henry Vicount Bourchier borne of the noble house of the Bourchiers the sonne of William Bourchier Earle of Ewe in Normandy was Lord Treasurer of England in the 33. yeare of Henry the sixt in which office he did not long remaine Iohn Talbot Earle of Sherwsbury the sonne of Iohn Talbot the first Earle of Shrewesbury of that name possessed the place of the Treasurership of England in the 35. and 36. yeare of Henry the sixt and then gave place to the Earle of Wiltshire This Earle was slaine at the battle of Northampton in the 38. yeare of Henry the sixt being in An. Dom. 1460. He married Elizabeth the daughter of Iames Butler Earle of Ormond and had issue Iohn Earle of Shrewesbury Iames Gilbert Christopher and George Anne married to Sir Henry Vernon and Margaret This man was buried in the Priory of Worksop Iames Butler sonne to Iames the fourth of that name Earle of Ormond was the second time made Lord Treasurer of England about the 37. yeare of Henry the sixt in which office he continued as I suppose in the 38. yeare of the said King In which yeare hee conveyed himselfe out of England into Duchland for feare of the Nobility as the Duke of Yorke and others that rebelled against the King sending backe his souldiers into England which he had before assembled upon the Sea but after he returned into England and was againe put to flight at Mortimers Crosse by Edward Earle of March after King by the name of King Edward the fourth He was made Earle of Ormond in the 39. of Henry the sixt being his last yeare Hee married Elinor the daughter of Edmund Duke of Somerset diep without yssue being beheaded at Newcastle in An. Do. 1461. in the first yeare of Edward the fourth Henry Viscount Bourchier was Lord Treasurer of England the second time in the 39. yeare of Henry the sixt being in An. Dom. 1460. who upon the deposition of the said King by Edward the fourth was also removed from the said office Thrmas Bourchier made Lord Treasurer of England in the first yeare of Edward the fourth in An-Dom 1461. continued not long in that office but gave place to Iohn Earle of Worcester Iohn Tiptoft Earle of Worcester the second tyme possessed the place of the Lord Treasurership of England in the second and third yeare of Edward the fourth Edmund Lord Grey of Ruthine the sonne of Iohn Lord Grey of Ruthine did enjoy the office of Lord Treasurership of England in the fourth yeare of Edward the fourth in Anno Dom. 1464. This man secretly in heart forsaking the part of King Henry the sixt for injuries received at his hands ayded the said Edward the fourth and was the chiefe meanes whereby hee attained the Crowne in Michaelmas Tearme in the said fourth yeare of this King there was a Sergeants feast held in Holbourne in the Bishop of Ely his House to which the Maior and Aldermen repaired being bidden thither But when the Major looked to have kept the state in the Hall forgetting that hee was out of his owne liberties for the Bishops place was an exempt place as it had beene used saith Iohn Stow in all places of the City and liberties of the same out of the Kings presence the Lord Grey of Ruthine then Treasurer of England unknowne to the Sergeants and against their willes as they said was placed in the highest roome whereupon the Major Aldermen and Commons departed This Edmund doth Matthew Parker in the life of Thomas Bourchier Archbishop of Canterbury make to be Treasurer in the Third yeare of Edward the fourth in Anno Dom. 1463. which may well enough stand with the former being Treasurer to Iohn Earle of Worcester in the 3. yeare of the King For upon removing of the said Earle in the 3. yeare of Edward the 4. came this Lord Grey in place The words of which said Matthew Parker with a