after that called a Parliament wherein he attainted this Earl with all other persons who were fled out of the Realm for fear or otherwise as Enemies to him and to their Native Country Likewise foreseeing his future danger he did not only make peace with the Scots but sent over new Embassadors to the Duke of Britanny with ample rewards for the getting this Earl within the limits of his own power if possible or at least to prevail that the Duke would keep him and those of his friends which then were within his Territories in perpetual prison promising that in consideration thereof he should receive the yearly revenue of all their lands in this Realm But the Duke at that time being much out of order by reason of some infirmity Landoise his Treasurer managed all business of State and thereupon for his own private lucre accepted the offer Which being discovered by the Bishop of Ely at that time sojourning in Flanders he imploy'd Vrswyke into Brittanny to hasten this Earl out of those parts Whereupon being then at Uannes he sent immediately to King Charles the 8. desiring his leave to come into France which being granted he hasted his Nobles before to the Duke of Britanny who then lay for change of air near the borders of France under colour of a friendly visit privately giving charge to his Uncle the Earl of Pembroke the Conductor of his company that when they approacht the skirts of Britanny they should presently get into the adjacent parts of France as they accordingly did and so into Anjou where they staid this Earls coming who departed not from Uannes till two dayes after with only five servants in his company as though he had gone to make a private visit to a friend in some small Village no man suspecting that he had absolutely left the Country in regard so many Gentlemen of his followers were still in that City But after he was ridden five miles on his way turning into a solitary wood he put on the Apparel of one of his servants and as a Page rode on so till he came to Angiers By which means he escaped out of the hands of Landose who the fourth day after not knowing of his departure had provided a certain number of Souldiers under colour of serving him to have laid him fast Of which design when the Duke of Britanny heard being not a little displeased he sent for those English Gentlemen which were so left behind at Uannes and gave them money to defray the charge of their journey from thence to Angiers Being therefore thus supplied with his own Retinâ—e he took his journey to King Charles then at Langes upon the River Loyre of whom he had an Honourable reception with promise of aid And thence removed with him to Montargis Where long he had not been but that Iohn Earl of Oxford a trusty friend to the House of Lancaster who had been kept prisoner in the Castle of Hammes in Picardy getting thence by the favour of Sir Iames Blount the Governour repaired to him After this following the King of France to Paris divers English Gentlemen fled thither for fear or being there to study good literature came also and offered their service to him amongst which was Richard Fox afterwards Bishop of Winchester the Castle of Hammes being likewise delivered up to him by Blount Whereupon King Richard caused the Garrison of Calais to be sent to besiege it Which proved of no inconvenience to this Earl the Souldiers within it making their conditions to march out with Bag and Baggage which somewhat increased his Field-forces Having also obtained some few men and certain money for the payment whereof he left Thomas Marquess Dorset and Sir Iohn Vaughan in pledge he went to Roan making preparation at Harâ—lew an Haven at the mouth of Seine for his adventure into England And having soon after received intelligence out of Wales that Sir Ries ap Thomas a person of great interest in those parts and Sir Iohn Savage an expert Commander would engage themselves in his quarrel Also that Reginald Bray had gotten large sums of money for the payment of his Souldiers wishing him to make all possible speed and to land in some part of that Country Accompanied with two thousand Men he set sail from Harflew in the month of August and on the seventh day ensuing arriv'd at Milford-Haven in Pembroke-shire Whence he marcht to Dalle and so to Haverford-West where he had a joyful reception And before he went thence having News that the Town of Pembroke would assist him he marcht to Cardigan where some Welch Gentlemen came to him with all the power they could make Hereupon he sent messengers to the Lady Margaret his Mother as also to the Lord Stanley her Husband to Sir William Stanley his Brother Sir Gilbert Talbot and other his trusty friends signifying to them his intention to pass the Seâ—erue at Shrewsbury and thence directly to advance for London desiring that they would meet him by the way with all their strength In which passage to Shrewsbury Sir Ries ap Thomas whom he had promised to make Governour in chief of all Wales coming in to him with considerable Forces they marcht from Shrewsbury to Newport Where encamping his Men on an Hill near hand Sir Gilbert Talbot brought to him all the Men and Arms that the young Earl of Shrewsburies interest could make which were about two thousand Thence to Stafford where Sir William Stanley fell in with his Men. Next to Litchfield whence the Lord Stanley hearing of his approach had diâ—lodged about two days before and remov'd to Atherston being somewhat fearful to join with him too soon in regard that King Richard being then at Notingham had his Son the Lord Strange in Hostage and hearing of this Earls advance removed to Leicester Passing from Litchfield to Tamworth there came to him Sir Walter Hungerford and Sir Thomas Bourchier Knights with divers other Men of note who forsook their Captain Sir Robert Brakenbury near Stony-Stratford then on his march towards Notingham Being thus at Tamworth to make sure of the Lord Stanley he rode privately from his Army to Atherston and there meeting in a little close consulted with him in what manner to give Battel to King Richard The same day also came to him Sir Iohn Savage with divers other persons of quality King Richard therefore having intelligence of his motions marcht forthwith from Leicester to Bosworth and about two miles South of that Town marshall'd his whole Army for Battel whereof Iohn Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Earl of Surrey his Son led the Van. This Earl therefore hasting up with his Forces and placing
Catherine Married to Iohn Digby of Gothurst in Com. Northt Esq Son and Heir to Sir Kenelm Digby Knight and the Lady Elizabeth to Alexander Mac-Donald Grandson to the Earl of Antrim by a younger Son and departing this life at Arundell-House in the Strand in Com. Midd. 17 Apr. 1652. was buried at Arundell in Sussex Which Thomas Eldest Son to the said Henry succeeding him in his Honours and Titles of Earl of Arundel Surrey and Norfolk through the special grace and favour of his Majesty that now is at the humble Petition of Iames Earl of Suffolk Thomas Earl of Berkshire William Vicount Stafford Charles Lord Howard of Charlton Edward Lord Howard of Escrick Henry second Son to the said Henry late Earl of Arundell Surrey and Norfolk and Charles Howard of Naworth all Lineally descended from Thomas the last Duke of Norfolk who was attainted in 15 Eliz. and other of the English Nobility in all to the number of ninety one obtain'd a special Act in the Parliament begun at Westminster 8 Maii 13 Car. 2. for his Restoration unto the Title of Duke of Norfolk and to the Heirs Male of his Body with limitation thereof to the Heirs Male of the said Henry late Earl of Arundel Surrey and Norfolk and divers other Remainders with all Priviledges Precedencies and Preheminencies thereunto belonging as fully amply and honourably as the said Thomas Duke of Norfolk did or might at any time before the said Attainder hold and enjoy the same Henry the second Son to the before-specified Henry Earl of Arundel and Surrey in consideration of the eminent services perform'd by his noble Father and Grandfather to King Charles the First of blessed Memory and to the Crown of England both here and abroad to their great peril and costs as also of his own personal services to our present Sovereign King Charles the Second in the times of the late Usurpation when he was necessitated to be in Foreign parts in a banish't condition being also by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster 27 Martii 21 Car. 2. advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Howard of Castle-Rysing in Com. Norff. And by other Letters Patent bearing date 29 Oct. 24 Car. 2. Created Earl of Norwich and Earl Marshal of England with limitation of that great Office to the Heirs Male of his Body with several remainders This Henry Married the Lady Anne Daughter to Edward Marquess of Worcester and by her hath Issue two Sons Henry and Thomas and three Daughters Anne-Aâ—athea who departed this Life in her Infancy Elizabeth and Frances Howard of Effingham ¶ HAving thus finisht with the principal stem of this most noble Family I come to those collateral Branches as are not yet spoke of and first to William Son to Thomas the second Duke of Norfolk of this House by Agnes his second Wife Daughter of Hugh Tilney and Sister and Heir to Sir Philip Tilney of Boston in Com. Linc. Knight This William in 24 H. 8. was one of the Attendants of that King to Calais and so to Boloine at such time as he was magnificently received there by Francis the first King of France and in 26. H. 8. sent into Scotland to present King Iames the Fifth with the Order of the Garter Also to acquaint him with the intended Enterview betwixt King Henry and King Francis of France And intreating his presence thereat to desire his coming through England to accompany King Henry to Calais In 27 H. 8. he was sent with Dr. William Barlow Bishop of St. Asaph to the same King of Scots to perswade him to an Enterview with King Henry as also to make certain advantageous Propositions to him And in 33 H. 8. upon that unhappy deportment of Katherine Howard his Niece fifth Wife of King Henry for which she lost her Head being newly returned from an Embassy into France he was Indicted as was also his Wife and the old Dutchess of Norfolk for Misprision of Treason in concealing what they knew of that Queen's behaviour therein and condemn'd to perpetual Imprisonment but at length through the King's favour enlarged and in 6 E. 6. made Deputy of Calais Being a very valiant person and perfectly loyal to both those Kings he had such esteem from Queen Mary as that by Letters Patents bearing date 11 Martii in the first year of her Reign he was advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Howard of Effingham as also the xxth of the same Month made Lord Admiral of England Ireland and Wales and upon the second of April next ensuing took his place in Parliament amongst the rest of the Peers Also upon the 8th of that Month Constituted Lord Admiral and Lieutenant-General of all her Forces at Sea He was likewise Lord Chamberlain of her Houshold And in 1 Eliz. had the same honourable Office conferr'd on him by that Queen After this he was sent Embassador with the Lord Cobham to the Spaniard into the Netherlands And in 12 Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex General of those Forces then sent against the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland at that time in Rebellion In 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk And by his Testament bearing date 6 Maii 11 Eliz. being then Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Chancel of the Parish-Church of Reygate in Com. Surr. appointing a Tomb to be there made for him And to Charles his Son and Heir bequeath'd his Collar of Gold and all his Robes belonging to the Order of the Garter He Married two Wives First Catherine Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Broughton of Tuddington in Com. Bedf. Knight by whom he had Issue only one Daughter called Agnes Married to William Paulet the third Marquess of Winchester Secondly Margaret Daughter of Sir Thomas Gamage Knight Which Margaret departed this Life ... Maii an 1581. 23 Eliz by whom he had Issue four Sons viz. Charles who succeeded him in his Honour William Howard of Lingfeild in Com. Surr. Edward and Henry who died young Also five Daughters 1. Douglass Married to Iohn Lord Sheffeild afterwards to Robert Earl of Leicester as hath been pretended and thirdly to Sir Edward Stafford of Grafton Knight 2. Mary First to Edward Lord Dudley afterwards to Richard Montpesson Esq 3. Frances to Edward Earl of Hertford 4. Martha to Sir George Bourchier Knight third Son to Iohn Earl of Bath and 5. Katherine who died young And departing this life at Hampton-Court 11 Ian. 15 Eliz. was honourably buried at Ryegate in Surrey upon the 29th of the same Month. Which Charles so succeeding him in 13 Eliz. his Father then living was one of those noble persons who by the Command
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
Concubine all Knights viz. Sir William Sir Hercules Sir Iohn and Sir Hector to whom as I have heard he granted Leases of Lands for the terme of an hundred years of little less then Four thousand pounds per annum value Which Lands are to this day called the Bastard's Lands And departing this life 24 Nov. An. 1598. 41 Eliz. was buried at Basyng Which William succeeding his Father in his Honors married Lucie daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter and by her had issue six sons William who took to wife Mary daughter to Anthony Vicount Montagu but died in August An. 1621. in his Fathers life time without issue Thomas who died unmarried Iohn Henry Charles and Edward and departing this life at Hackwood near Basyng 4 February An. 1628. 4 Car. 1. was buried at Basyng with his Ancestors To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who married three wives first Iane daughter to Thomas Vicount Savage of Rocksavage in Com. Cestr. and by her had only issue Charles called Lord St. Iohn of Basing He secondly married the Lady Honora the only daughter to Richard Earl of Clanrikard in Ireland by Frances his wife daughter and heir to Sir Francis Walsingham Knight one of the Principal Secretaries of State to the late Queen Elizabeth and widow of Robert Earl of Essex by whom he had issue two sons the Lord Iohn Paulet who died unmarried and the Lord Francis and three daughters the Lady Frances married to ... a Frenchman the Lady Anne to Iohn Lord Bellasses and the Lady Honora who died unmarried He thirdly married Isabella daughter to William Vicount Stafford but by her having no issuâ— departed this life upon the Fifth of March An. 1674. and was buried at Inglefeild in Com. Berks. To whom succeeded in his honors Charles his eldest son who bore the Title of Lord St. Iohn of Basing during the life of his father This Charles first took to wife Christian the eldest daughter to Iohn Freschevile of Stavely in Com Derb. Esquire since created Lord Freschevile by whom he had issue one only son named Iohn who died in his Infancie And surviving her afterwards married Mary one of the natural daughters to Emanuel late Earl of Sunderland widow of Henry second son to Henry late Earl of Nonmouth by whom he hath issue two sons Charles and William and three daughters Iane married to Iohn Lord Brackley son and heir to Iohn now Earl of Bridgwater Mary and Elizabeth Russel Earl of Bedford 30 H. 8. THat this Family hath been very antient in Dorsetshire and possess'd of some fair Lordships in that County for many Ages past is evident from sundry Authorities For in 3 Ioh. by the Accompt of the then Sheriff it appears that Iohn Russel gave Fifty Marks to the King for License to marry the sister of Doun Bardolf a great man in those dayes Which Iohn in 5 H. 3. was also Constable of Corâ—â—-Castle and had issue Raphe his son and heir who took to wife Issabel the daughter and coheir of Iames de Newmarch one of the Barons of that age and in 22 H. 3. had respite of what was due from him to the Kings Exchequer upon the collection of divers Scutages for the moietie of the honor of the same Iames de Newmarch To this Raphe succeeded William his Son and heir Which William in 12 E. 1. obtain'd the Kings Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday and a Fair on the Eve day and morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle at his Mannor of Kingston commonly called Kingston Russel in that County Which Lordship is still enjoyed by the chief branch of this Family having been held by Serjeantie viz to be Cup-bearer to the King at four principal Feasts in the year But touching the Descendants of this William considering they stood not in the rank of Peers of this Realm I have no more to say until I come to Iohn Russel Esquire whose Residence was at Barwick about four miles distant from Briddeport in that County which Iohn being a very learned Gentleman and versed in divers Languages became the foundation of that honor which afterwards did accrue to this noble Family For in 21 H. 7. upon the landing of Philip Arch-Duke of Austria at Weymouth he being cast upon that Coast by a violent Tempest in his passage from Flanders towards Spain Sir Thomas Trenchard Knight who lived near that Port endeavouring to give him the best entertainment he could till he had sent to Court to acquaint the King therewith invited this Gentleman his near Neighbour and Kinsman then newly come from travel to wait upon him at his House Who being thus qulified became so acceptable to that great person as that he desired the enjoyment of his company to the Court then at Windsore-Castle In which journey being much affected with his learned discourse and generous deportment he recommended him to the King as fitly qualified to serve him in a more than ordinary employment This therefore being the original occasion of making his abilities known to those who could well judge of them King Henry the 7 th soon after departing this life he had the like fair reception from his son and successor K. Henry the 8 th and merited so well for some services he did in the beginning of his Reign that after the taking of Therouene and Tournay in 5 H. 8. where he personally attended the King being one of the Gentlemen of his Privy-Chamber he obtained a grant in Fee bearing date in 8 H. 8 of certain Lands in Tournay In 11 H. 8. upon that Agreement made betwixt King Henry and the King of France he received his Letters for the render of Tournay to the French And in 14 H. 8. being at the winning of Morleâ—s in Britanny in testimony of his merits in that dispute he receiv'd the honor of Knighthood Moreover in 15 H. 8. for his many good services increasing more and more in esteem he was made Marshal of the Marshalsy of the King's House now called Knight-Marshal and employ'd beyond-Sea in sundry Negotiations to Rome as by divers Letters doth appear continuing Lieger there for a time As also into France where King Henry purposing to make war he agitated the business with the Duke of Burbon then Constable of France fomenting his discontents towards that King in order to his revolt from him to the Emperor putting himself into a disguise to the intent he might the more covertly carry on his design Being also entrusted to Treat with the Emperor Charles the Fifth and to take his Oath and the Oath of the Duke of 〈◊〉 as he had special Commission under the Great Seal to do to assist King Henry in that war In this year also he went through Loreine having Letters from
Sir Iohn Leigh Knight at that time son and heir apparent to Sir Thomas Leigh of Stonely in com VVar. Knight and Barronet To his second wife this Thomas Vicount Brackley married Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Moore Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wolley Knight Chancellor of the Garter And to his third wife Alice daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in com North. Knight widdow of Ferdinando Earl of Derby but by neither of these had he any issue His eldest son dying in his life time as hath been observed Iohn the second succeeded him in his honors Which Iohn upon the 27 of May An. 1617. 15 Iac. was advanced to the degree of an Earl by the title of Earl of Bridgwater and having married the Lady Frances one of the daughters and coheirs to Ferdinando Earl of Deroy had issue by her four sons Iames and Charles who died young Iohn and Thomas who survived him and eleven daughters 1. Frances married to Sir Iohn Hobert of Blickling in com Norff. Knight and Barronet son and heir to Sir Henry Hobart Kt. and Bar. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas 2. Arabella to Oliver Lord St. Iohn son and heir to Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke 3. Elizabeth to David Cecill Son of Sir Richard Cecill Knight second Brother to William Earl of Exeter 4. Cecilie who died unmarried 5. Mary to Richard Herbert son and heir to Edward Lord Herbert of Chirbury 6. Penelope to Sir Robert Napier of Luton Hore in com Bedf. Knight and Barronet 7. Alice who died young 8. Catherine to William Cartein son and heir to Sir William Cortein Knight a great Merchant of London 9. Magdalen to Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainoutgh in com Ebor. Knight 10. Anne who died young 1â— and Alice wedded to Richard Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery in Ireland He died 4 Dec. An. 1649. and was buried at Little Gadsden near Asherugge in com Hertf. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who by Elizabeth his wife daughter to William Duke of Newcastle hath issue five sons Iohn his son and heir called Lord Brackley Sir VVilliam Egerton both made Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Soveraign King Chales the second Thomas Charles and Stewart and Elizabeth a daughter married to Robert Sidney only son to Philip Viscount Lisle eldest son to Robert now Earl of Leicester Which Iohn Lord Brackley first married Elizabeth eldest daughter and cohen to Iames Earl of Middleseâ— by whom he had issue one son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and afterwards Iane eldest daughter to Charles now Marquess of Winchester Lord Petre. 1 Iac. ABout the begining of Henry the Eights Reign William Petre son of Iohn Petre of Corbigan in com Devort born at Exeter in that County having his education at Exeter-Colledge in Oxford became so great a proficient in his Studies there as that at length he arrived to the degree of of Doctor of the Law in which profession he grew very eminent so that he was imployed by that King in divers affairs of no little weight especially in what conduced to the dissolution of the Religious Houses being in 27 H. 8. with some others put in Commission by Cronwell the general visitor to repair unto all the Monasteries throughout all England and to make enquiry into the Government and Behaviour of the Votaries of both Sexes so that all their enormities might be discovered To which end they were urged to accuse their Governors and likewise each other as the Instructions which those Visitors had gave them direction to do That grand work being therefore accomplisht in 30. of that Kings Reign as a reward for that good service he thereupon obtained to himself and Gertâ—ude his wife in â—ee the Priory of Câ—atercote in com Oxon. and in 31 H. 8. a grant of the Mannor of Gynge Abbots in com Essex parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Abby of Berkyng in that County with the advouson of the Rectory of Ingerston otherwise called Gynge ad Petram and in 35 H. 8. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Voyage Royal into France and constituting his Queen Catherine Parr Regent here during his absence amongst other Assistants to her as to matter of Council he appointed this Doctor Peter then a Knight for one Being therefore arrived to this greatness in 37 H. 8. he obtained special licence to retein twenty Men besides his own Menial Servants and to give them Liveries Badges or Cognisances And in 38 H. 8. the King then lying on his death bed and appointing such as should be of the Council to young Edward his son and successor with special assistants in matters of great consequence he was nominated for one of those assistants Nor had he less esteem in the days of King Edward the Sixth for in the third year of his Reign he was constituted Treasurer of the Court of First-Fruits for life and in 4 E. 6. one of the Commissioners to Treat of Peace with the French at Guisnes Nor from Queen Mary who continuing him one of her Principal Secretaries of State made him Chancellor of the Gatter in the first year of her Reign with the see of an hundred Marks per annum but then discerning that the Restauration of the Romish-Religion might endanger his enjoyment of those Abboy-Lands which he had formerly acquired he got a special Dispensation from Pope Paul the fourth for the reteining of them affirming That he was ready to imploy them to Spiritual Vses the particulars being these viz. the Mannors of Ingarston Hauley Barnes Croudon Cowbridge Weselands Est-Borndon Bluntmall Matching Toddenhin Sutton South-Brent and Churchestow with the Rectories of Brent Ging Montney and Buttisbury lying in sundry Counties and Diocesses as by his Bull bearing date 4 Cal. Dec. An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. appeareth And in 1 Eliz. having also the favor of that Queen was made choice of for one of her Privy-Council Having therefore by his many and great services which he performed with much applause raised to himself an ample fortune for he had been Secretary and of the Privy-Council to four Kings and Queens and seven times Embassador in Forreign parts he became a good Benefactor to Exeter-Colledge in Oxford wherein he had been educated He also built an Alms-house in the Parish of Ingerstone for twenty poor people with allowance to every one of them two pence a day a winter Gown and two load of Wood and amongst them all feeding for six Kine winter and summer also a Chaplain to read service to them daily and departing this life upon the thirteenth day of Ianuary An. 1572. 15 Eliz. lyeth buried at Ingarston leaving issue by Gertrude his first Wife daughter to Sir Iohn Tirrel
same year was one of the chief Commanders that with the Black Prince led the Van of his Army in that famous Battle of Cressey where the English gained lasting Honor. In 21 Edw. 3. he was at the Siege of Calais with three Banerets threescore and one Knights an hundred and six Esquires and an hundred and fifty four Archers on Horseback In consideration of which notable services and other his heroick exploits the King gave him the summe of one thousand three hundred sixty six pounds eleven shillings and eight pence And the next ensuing year assigned unto him a thousand marks per ann during his life partly in recompence of his faithfull services and partly as wages for his attendance on his person with an hundred men at Arms according to certain Indentures of Covenants made betwixt them In 26 Edw. 3. he was one of the Commissioners assigned for the arraying all sorts of men able aswell Knights and Esquires as other within the Counties of Warwick Leicester and Worcester for defence of the Realm against the French then threatning an Invasion And in this year recovered the Dominion of Gowher in Wales from Iohn Lord Moubray whose title thereto accrued by Aliva his Daughter and Heir to William de Braose to whom King Iohn during the minority of Henry Earl of Warwick wrongfully gave the same In 27 Edw. 3. he was sent with Edward Prince of Wales Henry Duke of Lancaster and Ralph Earl of Stafford to Protect Sir Richard de Willoughby and Sir William de Shareshull Justices Itinerant whilest they sate at Chester for fear of any Insurrection by the people In 29 Edw. 3. he attended Prince Edward into France this being the time that the King hearing that Philip King of France was dead and that Iohn his eldest Son then newly Crown'd had gived unto Charles the Daulphin of Uiennois the Dukedom of Aquitane and whereat being much moved he called the Prince with divers of his Nobles before him and assigned that Dukedom unto him But before the revolution of one year after such their arrival in France hapned that memorable Battle at Poytiers in which the King of France being taken Prisoner this noble Earl gained high renown for his marvellous valor and no small benefit for he had no less than eight thousand pounds for the Ransom of William de Melleun Archbishop of Seinz whom he himself took Prisoner at that time where he fought so long and so stoutly as that his hand was galled with the exercise of his Sword and Poll-Axe In 31 Edw. 1. he was again in the Wars of France Likewise in 33 Edw. 3. In 34 Edw. 3. he obtained the Kings confirmation of Gowherland in Wales and of the Castle of Swinesey And in 36 Edw. 3. being in another expedition thither he marched in the retinue of Iohn Duke of Britany In 37 Edw. 3. he attended Prince Edward into Gascoigne and thence beginning his travail into more remote Countries had at the request of the Pope Leters of safe conduct from the Governor of Dauphine and Uiennois to pass without interruption through those parts having no less than three hundred Horse for his Attendants and Train which consisted of Knights Esquires Archers Friends and Servants Sire Iaques de Artevile with ten persons of his Company being appointed to guide and guard him through those Provinces And having in this Journey spent full three years in warring against the Pagans at his returne brought with him the Son to the King of Lituania whom he Christned at London and being his Godfather named him Thomas In 40 Edw. 3. he was sent by the King upon special service into Flanders having an allowance of five marks per diem and two marks and an half assigned unto him by way of reward out of the Exchequer In which year his Commission for Marshal of England was renewed In 41 Edw. 3. he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to supervise the Marches of Scotland and to treat with David de Bruys concerning certain injuries done by the Scots contrary to the Articles of Truce formerly made at Barwick In 42 Edw. 3. he was sent with the Earl of Saâ—sbury and others to Calais with five hundred men at Arms and five hundred Archers and marching thence to S. Omers had a Skirmish at the Gates of the Town But having now no more to say to his publick imployments saving of that wherein he died and that he was one of the Founders of the most noble Order of the Garter instituted by King Edward the third I will here take notice of his pious works and likewise of his Testament and then come to his death with the circumstances thereof To the Collegiate-Church of Warwick he gave the Advowson of the Church at Pillerton Hercy in Com. Warr. To the Canons of Kenilworth two Messuages and one Yard-land lying in Radford Semeli To the Prioâ—y of Clatercote in Com. Oxon. the patronage of the Church of Rotley in Warwickshire To the Hospital of S. Iohn Baptist in Warwick the moity of the Church of Morton d' Aubenei in Comit. War To the Canons of Maxstoke one Yard-land and one Acre lying in Yerdley in Com. Wigorn. with the Advouson of the Church To the Collegiate-Church of Astley the Advouson of the Church of Long-Stanton in Comit. Cantabr And that he was a good Benefactor to the Monks of Abingdon I shall not doubt though I have not seen in what particulars for I find that the Abbot and Covent of that House by their publick Instrument bearing date 5 Id. Martii anno 1344. Which doth give a general Testimony thereof not only make him a special partaker of all their devout Excercises but declared that whensoever the tidings of his death should come to their knowledge they would performe the like solemn Office for him aswell in all the Covents of their Order in this Realm as in their own and not only so but in the the Houses of divers Canons Regular also as was usually done for any of their own Fraternity Friends or Benefactors His Testament bears date at Chelchench id est â—helsâ—y juxta Westminster on Tuesday 6 Sept. Anno 1369. 43 Edw. 3. whereby he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the midst of the Quire of the Collegiate Church of Warwick To every Church within each of his Mannors he gave his best Beast which should there be found in satisfaction for his Tithes forgotten and not paid To Thomas his Son and Heir a Ring and Cup with a Cover the best next that which his Daughter Stafford should choose with the Sword and Coate of Male sometime belonging to that famous â—uy of â—â—â—wick appointing that all his Harness Weapons and such like habiliments aswell for Peace as Warr should be equally divided
summoned to Parliament in 3 4 Edw. 6. And in 5 Edw. 6. accompanied the Marquess of Northampton and some other Lords in a solemn Ambassie into France as also to present the Order of the Garter to that King and departing this life 20 Febr. An. 1586. 29 Eliz. was buried at Birling leaving issue by Frances his Wife Daughter of Thomas Mannours Earl of Rutland one sole Daughter and Heir called Mary who became the Wife of Sir Thomas Fane of ... Knight and thereupon challenged the title of Baroness Bergavenny against Edward Nevill Son of Edward a younger Brother to this last mentioned Henry by Eleanor his Wife Daughter of Andrew Lord Windsor next Heir-male of this Line unto whom the Castle of Bergavenny was setled both by Testament and Act of Parliament Which Dispute was not determined until 25 May 1 Iac. And then after great Arguments on each part the title of Lord Bergavenny was both by Judgment of the House of Peers and Order of the Lords Commissioners for the Office of Earl Marshal of England decreed for the Heir-male Whereupon to give some satisfaction to the Heir-female the King by his Letters Patents granted the Dignity or Barony of le Despenser to her and to her Heirs Which Edward thus enjoying the title of Lord Bergavenny was one of the Peers who sate in judgment upon the Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay in October next following and departed this life in 31 Eliz. leaving issue by Catherine his Wife Daughter of Sir Iohn Brome of Hatton in Com. Oxon Knight Edward his Son and Successor in this Honor as also three other Sons viz. Francis George and Henry Which Edward took to Wife Rachel Daughter of Iohn Leonard of Knoll in Com. Kanc. Esquire by whom he had issue six Sons viz. Sir Henry Nevill Knight who succeeded him Edward who died unmarried Christopher who took to Wife Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs of ... Darcy of Tolston Darcy in Com. Essex Esquire Iohn Thomas and Charles who died young and five Daughters viz. Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Iohn Grey Knight eldest Son to the Lord Grey of Groby and afterwards of Sir Iohn Bingley Knight Mary Wife of Sir George Goring of Denny in Com. Suss. Knight afterwards Lord Goring and Earl of Norwich Catherine Wife of Sir Stephen Lessieur of Cheswike in Comit. Middles Knight Frances and Margaret who died unmarried And departing this life 1 Dec. An. 1622. 20 Iac. was buried also at Birling To whom succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who first married Mary Daughter of Thomas Sackvile Earl of Dorset Lord Treasurer of England by whom he had issue Sir Thomas Nevill Knight Which Sir Thomas married Elizabeth Daughter to ... Lord Mordant and died in his Fathers life time leaving no issue surviving he had also issue by her four Daughters viz. Cicely Wife of Sir William Coninsby of Hampton-Court in Com. Heref. Knight Elizabeth who died unmarried Mary Abbess of Pontoise in France and Anne who died also unmarried To his second Wife he wedded Catherine k Daughter to Edward Lord Vaux of Harowden and had issue by her two Sons viz. Iohn and George and three Daughters viz. Catherine first married to Sir Robert Howard Knight a younger Son to Theophilus Earl of Suâ—folk afterwards to Robert Berry of Ludlow in Com. Salop. Gent. Frances yet unmarried and Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Stonore of Stonore in Com. Oxon. Esquire Which Iohn succeeding Henry his Father in this Honor took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir of William Chamberlaine of Sherburne Castle in Com. Oxon. Esquire and died 12 Dec. An. 1660. without issue To whom succeeded George his Brother which George married Mary Daughter of Henry Giffard Doctor of Physick and had issue by her one Son called George now Lord Bergavenny and one Daughter called Mary And departed this life ... Iune An. 1666. Nevill Lord Latimer THe first of this Family that bore the title of Lord Latimer was Iohn Nevill Son to Ralph Lord Nevill of Raby by Elizabeth his second Wife Daughter and Heir to William Lord Latimer of Danby for so was he stiled in 1 Hen. 5. by those Covenants with Iohn Lord Lumley to sojourn with him in his House from Wednesday the sixth of December 1 Hen. 5. so long as they should both of them like thereof the Lord Latimer bringing with him as many Gentlemen Yeomen and Grooms as he thought fit paying for himself twenty shillings by the week for every Gentleman two shillings for every Yeoman sixteen pence and every Groom twelve pence And in 4 Hen. 6. was Knighted at Leicester on Whitsunday by the King himself who had then received that honor at the hands of his Uncle the Duke of Bedford This Iohn was summoned to Parliament by the title of Lord Latimer from 5 Hen. 4. till 9 Hen. 6. inclusive and having married Maud Daughter of Thomas Lord Clifford and Widow of Richard Earl of Cambridge departed this life upon Sunday next after the Feast of S. Lucy the Virgin 9 Hen. 6. without issue being then seised of the Mannors of Skampeston Sinâ—ington and Marton super Sevene in Com. Ebor. Stiffoâ—d in Com. Nortumbr Corby in Com. Northampt. Dilwike Bromham Wotton and Ronhale in Com. Bedf. Helpringham Thorpe-Latimer and Skreedington in Com. Linc. leaving Sir Iohn Willougâ—by Knight Son of Elizabeth his Sister his next Heir then thirty years of age But divers of these Lordships whereof he so died seised being for want of issue of his Body Entailed upon Ralph his elder Brother Earl of Westmorland he the said Ralph setled them by Feoffment upon George Nevill one of his Sons by his second Wife Which George was thereupon summoned to Parliament as Lord Latimer the next ensuing year viz. 10 Hen. 6. And in 12 Hen. 6. with Richard Earl of Salisbury his elder Brother and others was made Commissioner to treat with such as the King of Scots should then intrust for redressing of certain injuries committed by the Subjects of each Realm contrary to the Articles of Truce formerly made betwixt both Kingdoms In 13 Hen. 6. this George upon intelligence given to the King that the Scots had raised Forces with purpose to besiege Barwick and other places of strength in the Marches towards Scotland was constituted one of the cheif Commanders of the Kings Forces then raised in the Northern parts for the defence of those places And the same year came to an accord with Maud Countess of Cambridge Widow of Iohn Lord Latimer to this effect viz. That if they should by Advice of their Council grant unto Sir Iohn Willoughby Knight any Lands for the increase of Amity betwixt them all three and avoiding of Sutes for those Lands which were formerly belonging to
domini Strange de Blackmere Mareschalli Franciae qui obiit in bello apud Burdews vij â— Julij MCCCCLIII The next year following viz. 32 Hen. 6. Margaret his Wife surviving had her Dowry assigned to her and departing this life 14 Iune 7 Edw. 4. left Thomas Talbot Vicount l'Isle Son of Iohn Vicount l'Isle her Son who was slain with his Father in the Battle of Chastillion then nineteen years of age her next Heir For which Margaret who lieth buried in a certain place called Iesus Chappel scituate within the Cathedral of S. Paul in London it was intended that a fair Monument of an a hundred pound value should have been erected but instead thereof this Inscription only remained upon a Pillar there viz. Here before the Image of Iesus lyeth the right Worshipful and Noble Lady Margaret Countess of Shrewsbury late Wife of the true and victorious Knight John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Which Worshipful Man died in Guien for the right of this Land She was the first Daughter and one of the Heirs of the right Famous and Renowned Knight Richard Beauchamp late Earl of Warwick which died in Roan and of Dame Elizabeth his Wife the which Elizabeth was Daughter and Heir to Thomas late Lord Berkley on his side and on her Mothers side Lady l'Isle and Tyes Which Countess passed from this World the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1468. On whose Soul Iesus have mercy Amen The issue which this great Earl had by Maud his first Wife was as followeth Thomas who died in his life time in France Iohn who succeeded him in his Lands and Honors and Sir Christopher Talbot Knight And by Margaret his second Wife Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick another Iohn who was created Baron l'Isle and afterwards Vicount Sir Humphrey Talbot and Sir Lewes both Knights On which Sir Lewes he Intailed the Mannors of Penyard Credenhill and Strangeford in Com. Heref. I now come to Iohn his Successor in this Earldom In 4 Hen. 6. the King himself being made a Knight at Leicester on Whitsonday by the Duke of Bedford his Uncle amongst divers other noble Persons Knighted this Iohn then Lord Talbot After which viz. in 20 Hen. 6. he went to the Wars of France and in 24 Hen. 6. was made Chancellor of Ireland all this being in the life of his Father In 32 Hen. 6. his Father then dead he had Livery of his Lands his homage being respited In 35 Hen. 6. he was made Lord Treasurer of England And in 38 Hen. 6. 19 Dec. in consideration of the charge he had been at in the Kings service obtained a Grant â— of a hundred marks per annum during his life out of the Revenues of the Lordship of Wakefield in Com. Ebor. then in the Crown by reason of the forfeiture of Richard Duke of York But of this Grant he had little benefit for upon the tenth of Iuly next ensuing he was slain in the Battle of Northampton with Christopher his Brother fighting there stoutly for the Lancastrian Interest and buried in the Priory of Wyrksop within the Chappel of our Lady with this Epitaph Sepulchrum magnanimi atque praepotentis domini domini Iohannis de Talbot Comitis Salopiae secundi ex Regio sanguine ducentis originem Qui Henrico Regi fidissimus Bello apud Northamptoniam gesto ante signa strenuè pugnans honestâ morte occidit die decimo Iulii anno domini nostri Iâ—esu Christi MCCCCLX cujus animae propitietur Deus Amen Salopiae Comitis Lapis hic tegit ossa Iohannis Cui nihil antiquius quà m fuit alma fides Hic ut serviret Regi tormenta subivit Intrepidus ferri sanguineamque necem Ergo licet parvum condat sua Viscera saxum Virtus Angligenum lustrat in omne solum This Iohn first married Catherine one of the Daughters and Heirs to Sir Edward Burnall Knight Son of Hugh Lord Burnel and secondly Elizabeth Daughter of Iames Earl of Ormond by whom he left issue five Sons viz. Iohn his Son and Successor in this Earldom at that time twelve years old and upwards Sir Iames Talbot Knight Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton in Com. Wigorn. Knight Banneret and Captain of Calais Christopher Archdeacon of Chester and Rector of Whitchurch and George As also two Daughters viz. Anne Wife of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon in Com. Derb. Knight and Margaret Which Elizabeth in 39 Hen. 6. had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Castle and Lordship of Sheffield in Com. Ebor. with its members the Mannors of Southhagh Bradfield Ecclesfield Halifield Granow Whiston and Treton as also four Messuages twenty Acres of Land and five Acres of Meadow in Rotheram in the same County likewise one Messuage in London called Furnivals Inne And departed this life on Saturday next following the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in the thirteenth of Edward the Fourth I should now come to Iohn the third of that name Earl of Shrewsbury Son and Heir to the last mentioned Iohn but before I proceed with my discourse of him I shall look back to Iohn Son of Iohn the first Earl of Shrewsbury by Margaret his second Wife This Iohn in respect of his descent from Margaret Daughter and Heir to Warine Gerard Lord l'Isle by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir of Henry Lord Tyes Wife of Thomas Lord Berkley Father of Elizabeth Wife of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Father of Margaret Mother of him the said Iohn was created Baron 〈◊〉 26 Iuly 22 Hen. 6. Sibi haeredibus assignatis by reason that he possessed the Mannor of Kingston l'Isle in Com. Berks. And afterwards sâ—il 30 Octob. 30. Hen. 6. Viscount l'Isle Sibi haeredibus masculis de corpore sâ—o Of whom that which I conceive to be most remarkable is That the year next ensuing scil 31 Hen. 6. his Father being then constituted Lieutenant of the Dutchy of Aquitane and he one of the Captains there under him as hath been already observed he was by Indenture retained to serve the King there for one quarter of a year with two Bannerets four Knights seventy three Men at Arms on Horsback and eight hundred Archers on Foot receiving for himself six shillings per diem for his two Bannerets four shillings apiece for his seven Knights two shillings for the Men at Arms twelve pence and for the Archers six pence apiece As also that he married Ioane Daughter and Coheir of Thomas Chedder of Chedder in Com. Somers Esquire Widow of Richard Stafford Esquire and that he was slain with his Father in the Battle at Castillion beforementioned Being then seised of the Mannors of Wrocwardine Cheswordine Sutton Madoc Brogton Tassley Abberbury and 〈◊〉 in Com. Salop. Moreover that he left
in Normandy 30 Oct. In which Grant he is called his Beloved Esquire And of the same date in consideration of the Surrender of two Annuities another Grant of the Mannor of Cotingham in Com. Ebor. for life paying xv s. yearly Rent In which Grant that Duke terms him his Beloved Counsellor By his last Will bearing date 8 Oct. Anno MCCCCLV 34 H. 6. this Leonard being then a Knight declar'd That whereas he had Enfeoffed the Right High and Mighty Prince his gracious and special Lord for so he calls him Richard Duke of York Henry Grey and others of and in the Mannors of Wystewe Flekney and Newton Harcourt with the Appurtenances in the Shire of Leicester and all other his Lands lying in the Counties of Leic. Warw. Northampt and Yorke he did in most humble wise beseech his said Lord and pray and require the said Henry Grey and the rest to make an Estate after his Decease of all those Lands situate in Burton Hastings in Com. Warw. to Alice Hastings his Wife for term of her Life the Remainder to his Right Heirs Also to his Son Richard of his Lands in Brantingthorp and Appulby with the Advowson of the Church of Brantyngthorp for term of his Life the Remainder to his Right Heirs Likewise to his Son Raphe of the Lands in Wald-Neuton in Com. Ebor. for Life with Remainder to his Right Heirs And to his Son Thomas of his Lands in Little Ashby in Com. Leic. and Drakenage in Com. Warr. for term of Life c. But all that I have else seen of him is That he left Issue by the said Alice his Wife Daughter of the Lord Camoys William his Son and Heir and Anne a Daughter married to Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth Castle in Com. Warr. Esq Which William became a Person of extraordinary Note in his days as by his eminent Imployments and singular Trusts will appear of which I shall make some brief mention in order of time In 34 H. 6. being Sheriff of the Counties of Warw. and Leic. he was made Ranger of the Chase of Were in Com. Salop. by Richard Duke of York as his Father had been And the next year following obtain'd from that great Duke in consideration of his good and faithful Service done and to be done the Grant of an Annuity of Ten pounds per Annum to the end he should serve him before all others and attend him at all times required his Allegiance to the King excepted In which Grant bearing date at the Castle of Fodringhey 23 Apr. that Duke calls him his Beloved Servant William Hastings Esq But after this erâ— long upon the death of Robert Pierpont Brother of Henry Pierpont Esq which Robert had been slain by Thomas Hastings Brother of this William and Henry Ferrers whereupon the said Thomas Henry Ferrers were question'd by the said Henry Pierpont and other of the Kindred of the same Robert this William became one of the Parties for a Reference of that Controversie to the Arbitrement of Richard Duke of York Which Duke by his Award bearing date 17 Oct. 37 H. 6. did thereupon Order and Decree That thenceforth all the Parties should keep the Peace to each other and That this William de Hastings or his Executors should pay to the said Henry Pierpont his Heirs or Executors in the Church of St. Thomas of Acres in London within one Month next after the Feast of the Nativity of our Lady next ensuing Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence as also other Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence in the same Church within one Month after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and That therewith the said Henry Pierpont should find a Priest to sing Divine Service for the Soul of the said Robert Pierpont by the space of two years next following the Feast of the Purification of our Lady next coming and likewise pay to the said Henry Pierpont his Heirs or Executors in the said Church Ten pounds on the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangel Anno 1460. or within a Month after and other Ten pounds on the Feast of St. Michael then next following Also Six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence more in the Feast of St. Michael th' Archangel Anno 1462. or within a Month following in recompence of all manner of Offences and Trespasses done by them the said William Thomas and Henry Ferrers to the said Henry Pierpont his Uncle and Brethren As this William had been a trusty Servant to that Duke he approved himself no less to Edward his Son and Heir afterwards King by the Name of Edward the Fourth in whose Esteem he stood so high that in the first year of his Reign sundry Persons of Honour taking notice thereof bestow'd their Favours on him Amongst which Iohn Moubray Duke of Norfolk gave him the Stewardship of his Mannors of Melton Moubray Segrave and other in Com. Leic. with the Fee of x l. per Annum during his Life Anne Dutchess of Buckingham the Stewardship of the Mannor of Okeham in Com. Rutl. and Constablewick of the Castle there for Life Iohn Lord Lovell the Stewardship of the Mannors of Bagworth and Thornton in Com. Leic. with the yearly Fee of x l. for Life Sir Henry Stafford Knight Son and Heir to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham an Annuity of xx l. per Annum out of his Mannor of Billing in Com. Northampt. for Life Richard Widvill Lord Rivers and Iaquet of Luxemburgh Dutchess of Bedford an Annuity of xxvi l. xiii s. iv d. to be paid out of the Issues and Customs due to the said Lady Iaquet out of the Dutchy of Cornwall to continue so long as this William should be Receiver of the Revenues of that Dutchy for the King And of the King 's peculiar Munificence the same year he had first a Grant of the Office of Master of his Mint in the Tower of London and Town of Calais for twelve years Next of the Stewardship of the Honour of Leicester as also of the Mannor and Castle of Donington in Com. Leic. of the Mannors of Higham Ferrers and Daventre in Com. Northampt. and of all other Mannors within the Counties of Warw. Leic. Nott. Northampt. and Hunt parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster Likewise of the Constableship of the Castles at Leicester Higham Ferrers and Donington and of the chief Rangership of Leicester Forest with the Parks called Leycester-Fryth Barrow-Park Tooley-Park and those adjoyning for Life Furthermore being then made Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to that King as also Chamberlain of North-Wales in consideration of his signal Adventures in divers Battels against King Henry the Sixth and his Party as also against Iasper Earl of Pembroke Iames Earl of Wiltshire and others who had been stout Asserters of the Lancastrian Interest he was the same year advanc'd to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this
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 might marry her to his Son Richard or to Richard Gernon his Nephew As also for the moytic of the Lands of the before-specified Walter Briton then in the King's Hands Whereupon Richard de Hascumbe came into the Court and quitted to the King and to this William all his Right in that moytie to the use of the said Richard de Briwere Moreover in 5 Ioh. he procured from the King those ten Knights Fees in Cornwall which Nicholas de Middleton formerly held with the Marriage of the Heirs of the said Nicholas And in 6 Ioh. obtain'd a Grant in Fee-farm of the Mannor of Chesterfeild in Com. Derb. with Brunâ—inton and Wittinton and of the Soke and whole Wapentake of Scarvedale paying yearly for the Mannors of Chesterfeild Brunninton and Wittinton with the Soke Lxix l. and for the Wapentake of Scarvedale x l. and that the Mannor of Chesterfeild should have the like Liberties as the Borough of Notingham By the same Grant he likewise had the Mannors of Snotinton in Com. Nott. and Axeminster in Com. Devon pass'd to him in Free-farm excepting the Hundred of Axeminster paying yearly for Snotinton viii l. and for Axeminster xxiv l. And that he should have a Fair at Chesterfeild every year for eight days beginning upon the Festival of the Exaltation of the Hâ—ly Cross As also a Market two days every Week viz. Tuesday and Saturday with Free-fishing in Kingswere in Com. Somerset in Fee-farm also for xx s. per. ann In this sixth year of King Iohn he was constituted Governour of Bolesover-Castle and for the Sum of Eight hundred Pounds procur'd a Grant of the Wardship and Marriage of the Heir of Rohert de Dover with the custody of the Dowrie of Rohese de Dovor his Widow during the King's pleasure and in 14 Ioh. obtain'd from the said Rohese the Inheritance of all the Lands and Fees which she had by Descent in the County of Cornwall viz. Trewrok Menely and Trenant and the moytie of Treglestane and Treneru with the Advowsons of those Churches as also nine Knights Fees which William de Boterell held of the Honour of Richard de Luci with the Service of half a Knights Fee which Gervase Bloye held of that Honour and likewise her Lands at Newintone in Kent Which Grant King Iohn afterwards confirm'd And in 15 Ioh. in consideration of a thousand Marks had Livery of all the Lands of Hugh de Aubervill Moreover standing faithful to King Iohn in those times of his greatest trouble by the Rebellious Barons he obtain'd a Grant of those Lands in Chellesey in Com. Dorset which did belong to Raphe de Raleghe and likewise of all those who held by Military Service of the Barony of Baldwinwake in the Counties of Lincoln Leicester Northampton and Hertford In which year viz. 17 Ioh. the King having raised two great Armies the one to restrain the Irruption of those Rebellious Lords who staid in London the other to march into the North for the wasting of those Countries he constituted this William one of the Principal Commanders of that which staid near London In 18 Ioh. being in the City of Exeter for the defence of that Place he procur'd the King's Precept to Robert de Curtenay Governour of the Castle there to be receiv'd into it together with the Citizens in case the Town could not withstand the Force of the Rebels And in 1 H. 3. being made Governour of the Castle of Lidford in Com. Somerset obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Lands of Maude Candos as also of the Lands of Henry de Columbers in Wollaveton Whereupon the Sheriffs of Somerset and Dorsetshires had command to deliver possession of them accordingly Furthermore in 2 H. 3. he had a Grant of the Wardship of the Heir of Alan de Archis with his Lands in Reminton in Com. Ebor. whereof he had been dispossess'd by reason of the War And in 5 H. 3. was made Governour of the Castle at the Devises in Com. Wiltes In 7 H. 3. he was constituted Governour of Newcastle upon Tine And in 8 H. 3. the King coming to a Conference with the Lords wherein they requir'd of him those Rights and Liberties for which they had so stoutly contested with his Father the Archbishop of Canterbury then speaking on their behalf and urging to the King That he could not refuse of yield thereto by reason that upon the Recess of Lewes of France whom the Barons had call'd in to bear Rule here both himself made Oath to them That he would so do and that the whole Peerage of England did the like this William then one of the King's Council standing up said That those Liberties having been by force extorted ought not to be observed Whereunto the Archbishop replied thus William if thou didst love the King thou wouldest not be an impediment to the Peace of the Realm The King therefore discerning the Archbishop to be moved said We have sworn that they shall be observed and will observe our Oath In this eighth year of Henry the Third he was constituted Governour of Bolesover -Castle in Com. Derb. and obtain'd the Wardship of the Heir of Reginald de Mohun whom he afterwards married to one of his Daughters And as in the time of King Henry the Second and King Richard the First he had for divers years undergone the Care and Trust of the Sheriffalty in several Counties of this Realm as before is observed so did he in like sort for many years of King Iohn's and King Henry the Third's Reign during the time he lived viz. for the Counties of Nott. and Derb. in 1 and 6 Ioh. For Dorset and Somerset in 11 and 12 Ioh. For Hantshire in 1 3 10 12 14 and 17 Ioh. For Wiltes in 10 11 and 12 Ioh. For Cornwall in 1 4 and 5 Ioh. For Berks. and Oxon. in 3 and 4 Ioh. For Devon in 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 Ioh. For Sussex in 11 and 12 Ioh. and for Glouc. in 5 H. 3. Having thus done with his Secular Employments I come lastly to his Works of Piety which were great and many For first in the time of King Richard he founded the Abby of St. Saviour at Torre in Com. Devon for Premonstratensiâ—n Canons for the health of the Soul of that King and the Soul of King Henry the Second Next viz. in 3 Ioh. he began the Foundation of the Abby at Dunkiswell in the same County for Cistertian-Monks After that the Hospital of St. Iohn at Bruggewalter in Com. Somerset for the health of the Souls of King Henry the Second King Richard the First and King Iohn for xiii poor People besides Religious and Strangers Then the Priory of Motisfont in Com. Suthampt. for Canons-Regular of St. Augustine
Blood issued out of it Touching Alice his Wife who survived him I shall observe That upon his marriage with her she was endowed at the Church door with the Castle and Borough of Newcastle under Lime the Towns of Penkhill Sheprugg Walstatton and Clayton in Com. Staff And all other Hamlets belonging to the same Castle and Borough as also with divers Mannors and Lordships lying in other Counties Of which she had Livery in Iuly 16 Edw. 2. And immediately thereupon viz. 9 Iulii 16 Edw. 2. quitted unto King Edward all her right to the Lordships of Winterbourne Ambresbury and Troubrigge in Com. Wiltes Kaneford in Com. Dorset Hengstrigge and Charleton in Com. Somers with all the Hamlets and Advowsons of Churches to them belonging in which Iohn Earl Warren had an estate for life they being of her Inheritance Moreover soon after this taking to Husband Ebulo le Strange a younger Son to the Lord Strange of Knokin she had farther Livery as Daughter and Heir to Henry-de Lacy Earl of Lincoln of the Court of the Fee of De la Hay and the Gaol standing before the Gate of Lincoln Castle as also of an Annuity of twenty pounds as the third penny of the County of Lincoln All which by reason of the forfeiture of her late Husband had been seised into the Kings hands It is said That divers years before the death of Thomas Earl of Lancaster her Husband she was by him repudiated and that she had been familiar with this Ebulo le Strange whom she so married afterwards Also that taking him to Husband without the Kings License all the Lands of her Inheritance and otherwise which were held of the King in Capite were seised and detained till she delivered up those of her Inheritance which lay in the Counties of Lanc. Cestr. and Ebor. And gave the Castle and Lordship of Denbigh in Wales as also the Castle of Bolinbroke in Com. Linc. with its Appurtenances and all other her Lands in that County and many in other parts of the Realm unto Hugh le Despenser the great favorite of that time And that the Lands which she had left after all those were so extorted from her amounted to no less in value then three thousand marks per annum It is farther said That she departed this life without issue in An. 1348. 22 Edw. 3. about the Feast of S. Matthew the Apostle being then Sixty seven years of age Also that she was buried in the Conventual Church of Berling near to the Grave of Ebulo her Husband And that thereupon all the Lands of that great Inheritance which descended to her from Henry de Lacy late Earl of Lincoin her Father by vertue of the Render and Grant made by the said Henry and by the Grant of King Edward the First came to Henry Earl of Lancaster Son of Henry afterwards Duke of Lancaster which Lands lay in Blackburnshire Rachdale Totington and Penwortham in Com. Lanc. Halton in Com. Cestr. Bouland and Snaithe in Com. Ebor. and in divers other parts of England ¶ I come now to Henry Brother and Heir of Thomas This Henry upon the death of Edmund Earl of Lancaster his Father in 24 Edw. 1. doing his homage had Livery of the Castle Town and Honor of Monmouth as also of the Castles of Skenefrith and Blanch-Castell with the Mannors of Radley and Menstreworth and all other his Fathers Lands beyond Severne and in 25 Ed. 1. was in that expedition then made into Flanders In 27 Edw. 1. having taken to Wife Mary the Daughter and Heir of Sir Patrick Chaworth he had respite for payment of his Releif In 28 32 Edw. 1. he was in those expeditions then made into Scotland And in consideration of his eminent service in that War obtained a discharge of so much debt as was due from him to the Kings Exchequer for his Releis viz. Upon on the death of Hawise de London Grand-Mother and Pain de Chaworth Uncle to Maud his Wife by reason of the Lands which descended to her by their respective deaths Which discharge bears date at Dumfermelin 28 Ian. the same year In 34 Edw. 1. being again in the Wars of Scotland he had in consideration thereof Livery of the Mannor of Hertley in Com. Southampt without performing his homage Which Mannor by the death of Isabel the Wife of Hugh le Despenser descended to Maud his Wife as her next Heir In 8 Edw. 2. he received command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin thence to march against the Scots And in 10 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren to himself and the said Maud his Wife and to her Heirs in all his Demesn Lands within his Lordships of Swinburne Langstoke Stokebrigge and Weston Patrick in Com. Southampt In 11 Edw. 2. he was charged with providing one hundred Foot Soldiers out of his Lands in Ridwelly and Radewaâ—han in Wales and to bring them to Newcastle upon Tine within three weeks after the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist to march into Scotland And in consideration of his eminent services had so great an esteem from the King as that notwithstanding his Brothers Attainder having had Livery of his Lands upon the twenty nineth of March 17 E. 2. he obtained such farther favor That he should thenceforth enjoy the title name and honor of Earl of Leicester and be thenceforth so written in the Kings Courts But after this Roger Lord Mortimer and Queen Isabel bearing such a sway that the people grew much discontented he confederated with Thomas de Brotherton then Marshal and Edmund of Woodstock the Kings Uncles to amend what was amiss if they could Also in 19 Edw. 2. upon the putting to death of Hugh le Despenser the elder by the Authority of the great Lords then powerful Prince Edward being by them constituted Governor of the Realm the Chancellor and Treasurer being likewise appointed by them he was sent into Wales and by the assistance of the Welsh took the King with Hugh le Despensers the younger and other of the Kings Fathers Familiars near the Castle of Lantrussan And having thereupon the person of the King committed to his custody forthwith carried him by Monmouth Ledbury and other places to his Castle of Kenilworth where he staid the whole Winter following Moreover in 20 Edw. 2. the King being still in his custody through his interest with the Lords then ruling he obtained a Grant of the custody of the Castles and Honors of Lancaster Tutbury and 〈◊〉 But shortly after this by a Command from King Edward the Third he delivered up Edward the Second unto Thomas Lord Berkley who conveyed him to Berkley Castle And upon the proclaiming of the Prince by
French with condition that if he should then be worsted he would never make further challenge to the Crown of France But the next ensuing year there was a Peace concluded betwixt both Realms After which finding nothing more of his military employments I shall next take notice of his works of piety Of these the chief and principal was his foundation of the Collegiate-Church of our Lady at Leicester consisting of Twelve Prebends besides the Dean and Choristers as also of the Hospital there which Iohn of Gant afterward Duke of Lancaster in fulfilling of that his devout design perfected The next being the gift of a certain Livery to the two Recluses in the House of S. Helen at Pontfract called the Blanch Liveries which did appertain to his Donation as Lord of the Honour of Pontfract to be paid every day out of the Hospital of S Nicholas there for the finding of a Priest to celebrate Divine Service in the Chappel of S. Elene for ever Moreover by his Deed bearing date Ian. 2. in the Tenth year after he was Duke which was in 35 E. 3. he gave to the Monks of Whalley in Com. Lanc. and to their successors two Cottages seven acres of Land an hundred eighty three acres of Pasture two hundred acres of Wood called Rommesgreve all lying in the Chase of Blakburn Likewise two Messuages a hundred twentyâ— six acres of Land twenty six acres of Meadow an hundred and thirty acres of Pasture called Standen Holcroft and Grenelache lying within the Towns of Penhulton and Cliderhou with the Fold and Foldage of Standen to support and maintain two Recluses in a certain place within the Church-yard of the Parochial Church of Whalley and their successors Recluses there as also for two Women-servants to attend them there to pray for the Soul of him the said Duke his Ancestors and Heirs That is to say to find them every week throughout the year seventeen Loaves of Bread such as usually were made in their Covent each of them weighing fifty shillings Sterling and seven Loaves of the second sort of the same weight as also eight gallons of their better sort of Beer and three pence for their food Moreover every year at the Feast of All-Saints to provide for them ten large Fishes called Stock-fish and one Bushel of Oat-meal for Pottage one Bushel of Rye two gallons of Oyl for their Lamps one pound of Tallow for Candle six load of Turfe and one load of Faggots for their fewel Likewise to repair their Habitations And to find a Chaplain with a Clerk to sing Mass in the Chappel belonging to those Recluses every day as also all Vestments and other Utensils and Ornaments for the same Chappel Upon the death of which Recluses he the said Duke and his Heirs to nominate their Successors Besides this he built that stately Palace in the Suburbs of London called the Savoy whereon he expended fifty two thousand marks which he got at the taking of Brigerak After all which by his Testament bearing date at his Castle of Leicester the 15 th day of March next ensuing viz. Anno 1360. 35 E. 3. wherein he styles himself Duke of Lancaster Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester Steward of England as also Lord of Bragerak and Beaufort he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Collegiate Church of our Lady at Leicester on that side the High Altar where the Corps of his Father lay interred appointing that it should be buried within three weeks after his death And in case he should die at Leicester to be first carried to the Parish Church the third day before his Funeral and that Divine Service should there be performed in due manner with twenty four Torches whereof twelve with two Cloths of Gold to remain to that Church Moreover that the Curate of that Church should have his best Horse or the Price in name of a Principal And that from thence his Corps should be carried to the before-specified Collegiate-Church of our Lady and there buried but without pomp viz. of armed men or Horses covered or other vanities onely an Herse withâ—five Tapers every one being an hundred pound weight four great Morters fifty Torches about his Body fifty poor people whereof twenty five clothed in white raiment and twenty five in blew bearing those fifty Torches After which there hapning a great Pestilence in England which destroyed many amongst other he died thereof at Leicester upon the Eve of the Annunciation of our Lady and was buried on the South-side the High Altar in the Collegiateâ—Church at Leicester so by him founded as hath been observed leaving issue by Isabel his Wife Daughter to Henry Lord Beaumont two Daughters his Heirs viz. Maud first married to Raphe Son and Heir to Raphe Lord Stafford and after to William Duke of Zeland And Blanch by virtue of a special Dispensation from the Pope in regard of their near alliance to Iohn of Gant Earl of Richmund Fourth Son to King Edward the Third afterwards Duke of Lancaster Betwixt which two Daughters partition of the Lordships and Lands of their Inheritance being made 16 Iuly 35 E. 3. Maud the Elder had for her purparty an assignation of the Mannors of Tyverton Rodâ—eye and Mynâ—treworth in Com. Gloâ—c the Castles and Lordships of Monmouth Hodenak Blanch-Castle Skenefrith Grossemont Ettelowe Eggemor Kedewelly the Provostship of Kedewelly the Office of Messore the quarter Cadugan the quarter Peynryn Rarwathlan Iskoyt and quarter Mory Leirwith de Karn and Kedewelly Iskenny and Maherdyf with the Appurtenances in the Marches of Wales the Mannors of Somburne and Briggestoke in Com. Southampt Est-Gartone Standone Poghele Sandone and Hungerford with the Meadows of Kentebury and Hungerford in Com. Berks. the Mannors of Lavynton Colingbourne and Everle in Com Wilts the Mannors of Shapwyk Kingston Chauton Lecchelade and Eton-Meysy as also a certain parcel of Wood in the Forrest of Braddene in Com. Dors. the Mannor of Nrittesgrave in Com. Sur. the Castle and Mannor of Newcastle under Line with its Members in Com. Staff the Mannors of Shulton and Dersford in Com. Leicest the Bayliwick of the Honour of Leicester in Com. War the Bayliwicks of Carleton and Glenfield the Bayliwicks of Sylby and Hetheley the Castle and Mannor of Leicester with its Members the Gaol and Mills of Leicester the Bayliwick of the Fees of the Honour of Leicester in Com. Northamp and Roteland the yearly Ferme of Sixty four pound four shillings out of the Town of Huntendon the annual Ferme of an hundred and twenty pounds out of the Town of Gurmecestre in Com. Hunt as also the Lordships of Beuford and Nogent in France And to Iohn Earl of Richmund and Blanch his Wife the other Daughter and Coheir whose Homage was then taken by reason of issue betwixt them the Castle and Town of Pontfract the Mannors of Bradeford Almanbury Altofts Warnfeld Rothewel Ledes Roundehay Scoles Berewyk
the Gallies in that Fight with the French near Conquet in Britanny And in 15 H. 8. in that Expedition into France then made by Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk with design to make War with the French Also in 17 H. 8. constituted Justice of South Wales being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 36 H. 8. he was with King Henry at his taking of Boâ—ome And in 4 E. 6 2 Febr. advanced to the dignity of Viscount Hereford and to the heirs male of his body This Walter had two Wives first Mary daughter of Thomas Marquess Dorieâ— secondly Margaret daughter of Robert Garnish of Kenton in Com. Suff. Esquire afterwards married to William Lord Wilioughby of Parham By the first of them he had issue two sons and one daughter viz. Sir Richard Devereux Knight who married Dorâ—thy daughter to George Earl of Huntington and dying in his life time was buried in the Chapel of our Lady at Berkyng near the Tower of London Secondly Sir William Devereâ—x Knight Which Sir William married Iane daughter to Iohn Scudamâ—re of Home Lacy in Com. Heref Esquire and by her had issue two daughters his heirs viz. Barbara first married to Edward Cave Esquire afterwards to Sir Edward Hastings Knight a younger son of Francis Earl of Huntingdon Secondly Margaret the Wife of Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton in Com. Staff Knight His daughters name was Catherine wedded to Sir Iames Baskervile Knight By Margaret the second wife this Vicount Hereford had issue one only son viz. Sir Edward Devereux of Castle Bromwich in Com. War Baronet of whose posterity I shall speak by and by And by his Testament bearing date 3 Aug. An. 1558. 5 6 Ph. M. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Stow near Chartley in Com. Staff and dying shortly after was there interred under a fair Monument erected in his life-time To whom succeeded Walter his Grandchild and heir viz. son of Richard Devereux Knight who died in his life time Which Walter upon that Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland in 12 Eliz. was Field-Marshal of those Forces then sent against them And by reason of his descent from Cecilie the sister and heir to Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex being created Earl of Essex 4 Maii 14 Eliz. was one of the Peers upon the Trial of the Duke of Norffolk in An. 1572. 15 Eliz. And the same year upon that Insurrection of Brian Mac-Phelimon commonly called The great Oneale who had possess'd himself of a large proportion of the Country of Clandeboi in Ireland was by the advice of those who desired his absence here under colour of doing him honor imployed thither to the end that he might be exposed to danger Whereupon being a person of an active disposition and affecting Military imployments he undertook the service little suspecting what those who had a mind to have him gone did aime at and therefore moved That in case he should prevaile against those Rebels he might have part of that Countrey to himself and his fellow-soldiers obliging himself that for the defence thereof he would maintain Two hundred Horse and Four hundred Foot there And accordingly took up Ten thousand pounds of the Queen to make his provisions in order thereto Mortgaging his Lands in Essex for the same And though Sir William Fitz. Williams then Deputy of Ireland fearing lest the lustre of so eminent a person might eclipse him in that Realm advised the Queen to keep him at home representing to her the danger of a total defection of the Irish throughout the whole Province of Ulster nevertheless he was sent and with special command that the Deputy should make him Governor of Ulster Hereupon he embarqued at Leverpole 16 Aug. and landed at Knoc-Fergus 6 Sept. following But after a while some of the chief persons who accompanied him being weary of the Country came back Whereupon he complained by his Letters thereof to the Queen and to his own Friends Adding that some of his Soldiers fell off to the Enemy as also of other wants and defects and that he had not received his Commission of Ulster from the Deputy Moreover he sollicited the Earls of Sussex and Leicester and the Lord Burghley all powerful men in that time that they would mediate with the Queen for One hundred Horse and Six hundred Foot to be sent him and that she would give him the Peninsula of Maia But the Queen being advertised of the tumultuousness of Munster intended to have recalled him had not the Earl of Leicester and some others advised the contrary At length having got his Commission he marcht against Turlogh yet did little considerable that year After which I find no more mention of him until 18 Eliz. In which year being in great distresses and hearing that he was to be sent for back he silently deplored his condition bewailing the state of that Realm which in his opinion he could have setled in peace with Two thousand soldiers and again and again petitioned that for his own honor he might accommodate the business with Turlogh Nevertheless notwithstanding all this and that he had delivered up his trust in Ulster to the Lord Deputy because he had so slender a force assigned him for the defence thereof he was commanded to reassume it Which he had no sooner done and marcht against Turlogh than Letters came to prohibit his prosecution of the War any farther commanding him to make as honourable a Peace as he could And though he had beaten the Hebridian-Scots which had possessed themselves of Clandeboy and forced them to flee into their holes and by the help of Norris entred the Isle of Rachlin slain Four hundred of the Inhabitants taken the Castle and put a Garrison into it Yet in the very midst of this good success he was required to desist and lay down his power being made Captain only of Three hundred men no Artifice at Court being omitted which might add to his affliction Whereupon with great diminution of his Estate he returned into England But by the contrivance of the Earl of Leicester was again sent into Ireland with the airie title of Earl-Marshal of that Realm where with great grief of mind he died of a Flux 22 Sept. An. 1576. 18 Eliz. but not without suspition of Poison and was buried at Caermarthin in South-Wales Which suspition did the more augment by reason that the Earl of Leicester then forsook the Lady Douglas Sheffeild his Wife as 't was beleived by many by whom he had a Son and more openly shewed his Love to the Lady Lettice the Widow of this deceased Earl Whom though as 't was said he had privately Married her Father Sir Francis Knolles who well took notice of Leicester's wandring
obtain'd a special Patent to himself and his Heirs to exercise the Office of Sewer at the time of Dinner upon the Coronation-day of any of the future Kings and Queens of this Realm with the Fee of xx â— per annum for that service payable out of the Exchequer And in 32 H. 8. was made Lord High Chamberlain of England for life Which Office Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex then newly attainted had enjoyed In 33 H. 8. he obtain'd a grant in special Tail of the scite of the Abby of Cleve in Com. Somers with divers Lands thereto belonging And by his Testament bearing date 17 Oct. an 1542. 34 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in Christian-Burial Shortly after which upon Munday 27 Nov. departing this life at Chelsey he was Interred in the Church of St. Laurence Poultney in the City of London with this Epitaph Robertus Radcliffe Miles Dominus Fitzwater Egremond Burnell Vicecomes Fitzwater Magnus Camerarius Angliae Camerarius Hospicii Regis Henrici octavi ac â—idem à Consiliis Praeliis in Galliâ commissiâ— aliquoties inter primos ductores honoratus In aliis Belli Pacisque consultationibus non inter postremâ—â—â—abitus Aequitatis Iusticiae Constantâ—â— Magnum aetatis suae monumentum Obiit xxvii die Novembris An. Dom. MCCCCCxlii This Earl Wedded three Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Henry Duke of Buckingham by whom he had Issue three Sons 1 Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 George and 3 Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Thomas Earl of Derby by whom he had issue two Daughters Anne married to Thomas Lord Wharton and Iane to Anthony Vicount Montagu And thirdly Mary Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight by whom he had Issue Sâ—r Iohn Ratcliffe Knight who died without Issue and lieth buried in the Church of St. Olive in Hart-street in the City of London To this Robert succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who in 25 H. 8. his Father then living upon the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen was one of the Knights of the Bath then made And in 1 E. 6. upon that expedition then made into Scotland had the command of sixteen hundred Demi-lances in which service being unhorst he escaped with life very narrowly Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared on the behalf of Queen Mary by reason whereof in the first year of her reign he was constituted Warden and Chief Justice-Itinerant of all the Forests South of Trent Bâ—ing also one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter by his Testament bearing date 27 Iulii An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Attiborough in Com. Norf. appointing a Tomb to be there erected over his Grave And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norf. by whom he had Issue three Sons Thomas Henry and Francis Secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Philip Calthorp Knight by whom he had Issue Egremond Ratcliff who having been a principal Actor in the Northern Rebellion and thereupon attainted of Treason 〈◊〉 out of England was afterwards put to 〈◊〉 at Namurs by Don Iohn of Austria for purposing to Murther him being for that end 〈◊〉 of his imprisonment in the Tower of Londâ—n by Secretary Walsingham and thither sent He had also Issue by the same Anne one Daughter called Frances 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Mildmay of 〈◊〉 in Com. Essex Knight But from this last Wife being divorced he obtained a special Act of Parliament in 2 3 â—h M. to debar her both from Jointure and Doweâ— and departing this life at Sir Henry Sydney's house in Chamâ—â—-Row within the Liberties of Westminster on Wednâ—sday 17 Febr. An. 1556. 3 4 Ph. M. was buried in the North Isle of the said Church of St. Laurence Pultney near to his Father and Mother To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in his Fathers life time was sent Embassador into Germany by Queen Mary unto the Emperour Charles the fifth to treat of a marriage betwixt that Queen and Prince Philip the eldest Son to the Emperour And afterwards into Spain unto Philip himself for â—atâ—â—ying thereof In 2 3. Ph. M. being then a Knight he was constituted Lord Deputy of Ireland And in 3 4 Ph. M. which was shortly after his Fathers death was made Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent In 4 5 Ph. M. being then Knight of the Garter and Captain of the Pensioners his Commission for Deputy of Ireland was again renewed and he once more constituted Warden and Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent Also upon the death of that Queen he was again made Deputy of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her reign having special Instructions for preventing any insurrection of the Natives in that Realm as also for building of Forts in Offalie and to grant the inheritance of divers lands to the old Souldiers Likewise to reduce the Revenues of Ireland to the example of England In 3 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland In 9 Eliz. sent to Uienna unto Maximilian the Emperour with the order of the Garter and in 10 Eliz. again imploy'd to the same Emperour to treat concerning a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and Charles Archduke of Austria Which he endeavoured to effect with all his power though the Earl of Leicester opposed it In 12 Eliz. he was Lord President of the North And in 13 Eliz. upon an Incursion of certain Scors assisted by the disaffected English received command to raise certain Forces in those parts whereupon he entred Scotland by Tivydale burnt several Towns belonging to the Lord Buchlu and Carr of Ferniâ—erst who had been the chief Ring-leaders of those bold invaders demolishing the Castles of Ferniberst and Craling which belong'd to Carr. After which he marcht to Edenbourgh and returning thence so battered the Castle of Hamilton with his great Guns that it yielded to him making also much spoil in the Hamilton's lands Before the end of that year entring Scotland again he burnt divers Towns in Anandale and demolished the Castles of Anand and Caerlaveroc by reason that Heriz and Maxwell the owners of them had thence committed divers Robberies in England And upon his return was sworn one of the Queens Privy Council In 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers wâ—ich fate upon the Duke of Norfolk's Tryal And by a certain Feoffment bearing date 20
Dec. 22 Eliz. setled the Mannour of Beaulieu alias New-Hall with divers other Lordships and Lands in Com. Essex and elsewhere upon the Issue Male of his own Body unto the tenth Son the remainder to his Brother Sir Henry Ratcliff Knight for life and after his decease upon Robert-Ratcliff Son and Heir apparent to him the said Henry and the Heirs Male of his Body and for lack of such Issue upon Thomas Ratcliff Esq Son and Heir to Sir Humphrey Ratclyff of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight deceased and the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Edward Ratcliff second Son of the said Sir Humphrey and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Laday Frances his Sister then Wife of Sir Thomas Mildmay Knight and the Heirs male of his Body by her In 24 Eliz. he was one of the Commissioners made choice of to treat with others from France touching a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Wriothesley Earl of Southampton by whom he had Issue two Sons Henry and Robert who both died young Secondly Frances Daughter of Sir William Sidney Knight Sister to Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter It is reported of this Thomas Earl of Suffex by Sir Robert Nâ—unton in his Fragmenta Regalia p. 26. that he was a goodly Gentleman of a brave noble nature and constant to his Friends and Servants Also that there was such an Antipathy in his nature to that of the Earl of Leicester's that being together in Court and both in high imployments they grew to a direct frowardness and were in continual opposition the one setting the Watch and the other the Sentinel each on the other Actions and Motions For this Earl of Sussex was of a great spirit which backt with the Queens special Favour and supported by a great and antient Inheritance could not brook the others Empire insomuch as the Queen upon sundry occasions had somewhat to do to appease and attain them until death parted the competition and left the place to Leicester Of this Earl it is also confidently affirmed that lying in his last sickness he gave this Caveat to his Friends I am now pâ—ssing into another World and must leave you to your Fortunes and to the Queens Grace and Goodness but beware of the Gipsy meaning Leicester for he will be too hard for you all you know not the Beast so well as I do Being Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth by his Testament bearing date 1 Apr. An. 1583. 25 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Boreham in Com. Essex where he willed that his Funeral obsequies should be performed but that his Executors should not dispend about the same above the sum of fifteen hundred pounds Also that they should see builded and finished on the South side of the Chancel of that Church of Boreham one Chapel of Brick then begun according to a plot and writing thereof made as also to erect in the midst of the said Chapel where he appointed his Body to be buried a Tomb of White-Alablaster Touch and other stones according to a plot or writing thereof made and subscribed with his own hand Likewise that the dead Corps of his Grandfather Grandmother Father and Mother should be removed and brought thither there to be buried in the Vault of that Chapel and himself when it should please God to call him to be interred in the same place And departing this life at his House of Bermondsey in Southwark upon the ninth of Iune next ensuing without Issue was accordingly buried at Boreham leaving Frances his wife surviving who by her Testament bearing date 6 Dec. An. 1588. 31 Eliz. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the collegiate Church of Westminster and appointed that if in her life time her Tomb should not be finished her Executors should bestow two hundred pounds or more if need required for the making thereof with her Picture in Alablaster-stone and other garnishing with a Superscription thereon to be engraven declaring her name and Pedegree She also willed that her Executors should purchase a perpetual Annuity of xxl. a year to the use of a Godly and learned Preacher who for and in the name of Her should read two Lâ—ctures in Divinity weekly every week for ever in the said Church on such several days in the Weâ—k as no other Sermons or Lectures were to be read there Which Preacher to be admitted by the Dean of that Church of St Peter at Westminster for the time being She likewise ordained that her Executors should bestow and imploy the sum of five thousand pounds over and besides all her Goods unbequeathed for the erecting of a new Colledge in the University of Cambridge to be called the Lady Frances Sydney-Sussex Colledge and purchasing of some competent Lands thereunto to be annexed for the maintenance of the Master and ten Fellows as also of twenty Scholars Students there And departing this life upon the ninth of March An. 1589. lieth buried under a noble Monument within the Chapell of St. Paul in the same Collegiate-Church at Westminster with this Epitaph Inâ—lytae Heroinae Francescae Comitissae Sussexiae ex nobili antiquâ Sydneiorum familiâ ortae Illustrissimo sapientissimo bellicosissimo viro domino Thomae Ratcliffe Comiti Sussexiae nuptae feminae multis rarissimisque dotibus tum animi tum corporis ornatae in sanguine conjunctos in amicos in paâ—peres in captivos praecipuè in verbi divini ministros liberalitate charitate prae caeteris insigni quae Lectionem sacrae Theologiae in Ecclesiâ Westmonasteriensi Collegiatâ legendam instituis Et quinque millia librarum per Testamentum legavit quibus vel extrueretur Collegium novum in Academiâ Cantabrigiensi vel ad augmentum Aulae Clarensis in eodem Academiâ perquireretur annuus census de quo perpetuâ— ali possint Mâ—gister unus decem Socii Scholares viginti Opus certè praeclarum nunquam satis laudatum Vixit annos 58. Mortua est 9 Martii sepulta fuit die 15 Aprilis An. Dom. 1589. To this last Earl Thomas succeeded Henry his Brother and next Heir who having thereupon summons to Parliament in 27 Eliz. took his place amongst the rest of the Peers upon the 28th of November Of which Henry all that I can farther say is that he was Captain and chief Governour of the Town and Isle of Portsmouth and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and that by his Testament bearing date 9 Dec. An. 1593. 36 Eliz. he also bequeathed his Body to be buried at Boreham near to the Grave of the Lady Honora his Wife deceased and Thomas Earl of Sussex his Brother And having married Honora Daughter and Heir to Authony Pound of ... in Com. Southt Esq
of August the same year confirmed in his office of Master of the Wards In 2 Iac. 20 Aug. he was created Vicount Cranburne at Whitehail being the first of that degree that ever used a Coronet and in 3 Iac. 4 Maii Earl of Salisbury at Greenwich Also 4 Maii 6 Iac. Lord Treasure of England he was likewise Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge And having married Elizabeth daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham by whom he had issue one son called William and Frances a daughter married to Henry Lord Clifford then son and heir apparent to Francis Earl of Cuâ—berland dyed at Marlborough on sunday 24 Maii An. 1612. 10 Iac. and was buried at Hatfeild in com Hertf. To whom succeeded William his son and heir which William took to Wife Catherine the youngest daughter to Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk by whom be had issue seaven sons Iames who died young Charles Robert Philip William Algernon and Edward and five daughters Anne wife of Algernon Earl of Northumberland and Elizabeth married to William Earl of Devon David who died unmarried Catherine to Philip Lord L'isle son and heir to Robert Earl of Leicester and Mary to William Lord Sandys Which Charles dying in his life time married Iane daughter and coheir to Iames Maxwell one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to King Charles the first afterwards made Earl of Derlton in Scotland and by her had issue seven sons viz. Iames who succeeded his Grandfather as also Robert Charles William Edward Henry and George all dead unmarried Likewise five daughters Catherine married to the Earl of Renoule in Scotland Frances Diana Penelope and Elizabeth who all three dyed young This William Earl of Salisbury being Knight of the Garter died the third of December An. 1668. and was buried at Hatfeild before-mentioned To whom succeeded Iames his grandson who married Margaret one of the daughters to Iohn now Earl of Rutland and by her hath issue four sons Iames Robert William and Charles and four daughters Catherine Francis Mary and Margaret Bartu Lord Willoughby of Eresby 22 Eliz. HAving in my discourse of the antient Lords Willoughby already shewed that Catherine the sole Daughter and heir to William the last Lord Willoughby of Ereâ—by first became the fourth wife of Charles Braundon Duke of Suffolk but by him left no surviving issue and afterwards of Richard Bartue Esquire from whom by her a noble off-spring is since descended I shall now take notice of what I have seen most memorable of this Richard As to his Parentage he was son to Thomas Bertu of Berested in Kent Captain of Hurst-Castle in the Isle of Wiht and had his Education first in Corpus Christ Coll. Oxon. of which House he was a Fellow and afterwards under Thomas Wriothesley Earl of Southampton sometime Lord Chancellor of England Being a person singularly accomplisht as may seem by his abilities in the French Italian and Latin Tongues he happily gained the affections of this great Dutchess a Lady most zealous for the Reformation begun in the time of King Edward the sixth Which being discerned by Stephen Gardner after that by Queen Mary he was restored to his Bishoprick of Winchester he was sent for by him in the first year of her Reign and amongst some questions touching his Religion askt Whether the Lady his Wife was now as ready to set up Mass as she had been to pull it down when in her progress she caused a Dog in a Rochet to be carried and called by his name Whereupon having advertisement by his friends that the Bishop meant to call the Dutchess his wife to an account of her Faith and fore-seeing the danger he made means to get the Queens licence to travail beyond sea under colour of looking after such Debts as were due from the Emperor to the late Duke of Suffolk his Ladies former Husband And having obtained it passed the â—eas at Dover about the beginning of Iune the same year leaving her behind who afterwards in Ianuary next ensuing went by five of the clock in the morning from her house in Barbâ—can in the habit of a mean Merchants wife to Lyon-Key taking with her her only daughter an Infant of one years old four of her meanest Men servants viz. one a Greek by birth an Horse-Rider the second a Joyner the third a Brewer the fourth a fool belonging to her Kitching also one Gentlewoman and one Laundress Thence passing to Leigh in Essex she there took Ship and after much tossing by contrary winds and no little danger by searchers landed in Brabant where she apparail'd her self and her women like those of that Country with Hukes And thence with her Husband whom she met there went to Santon in â—leveland Where staying a while and discerning that they were like to be questioned for their Religion by the Bishop of Arras they were necessitated to hast away on foot with the Child and two of the servants to Wesel a Hanse-Town in the Duke of Cleve's Dominion priviledged with a Company of the Still-yard London-Merchants to which place divers Walloons were also fled having for their Minister one Francis Perusel who had formerly received some curtesies in England from this Dutchess But being got thither extreamly weather beaten with rain and going from Inn to Inn for lodging could obtain none by reason he was suspected for a Lance-Knight and she his woman Resolving therefore to get shelter in the Church-Porch and to buy Coals to warm them there they hapned in the way to hear two young men speak Latine of whom in that Language inquiring to some Walloons house they were happily brought to the very house where Mr. Perusel had supped that night and then was In which being kindly entertained they changed Apparel with the good man and his wife and hired a House in that Town having got a protection from the Magistrats for their stay there But being at length known they could not with safety continue longer by reason of the Lord Pagets contrivance with the Duke of Brunswick to surprize them who was topass that way with some Troops for the Arch-Dukes service against the French Of which having private notice by Sir Iohn Mason the English Resident in the Netherlands they suddenly hasted to a Town called Winherm in High-Dutch-land in the Palsgâ—ave's dominion where they staid till their necessaries began to fail But at length in the midst of their despair received Letters from the Palatine of Uilua and the King of Pole who had heard of their distress by a Baron named Iohn Alasco sometime Resident in England with tender of large Curtesies in order to this great journey they consulted with Dr. Barlow afterwards Bishop of Chichester offering to make him their companion therein and thereupon sent
enjoy for term of his natural life the remainder to Lewes Lord Duras of Holdenby and the heirs male of his body which Lewes hath wedded the Lady Mary the elder of his two daughters by Mary his wife daughter of Sir William Villers late of Brokesâ—y in com Leic. Baronet Catherine the other daughter being yet unmarried FINIS THE INDEX A. ANgle Gâ—ischard E. of Hunting 173 Annesley E. of Anglesey 479 Ap Adam 10 Archedekne 91 Arundel of Treryse 483 Wardour 422 Aâ—â—ley of Reading 473 Aton 98 Audley of Walden 382 B. BAcon Vic. St. Alboâ—â— 437 Badlesmere 57 Bartu Lord 〈◊〉 of Eresby 408 Earl 〈◊〉 409 b. 〈◊〉 Norris 410 b. 〈…〉 64 〈◊〉 459 â—â—auchamp of Kederminster 195 Beaâ—fort Iohn Marquess Dorset 121 Edmund Duke of Somerset 123 Beaumont 50 Bedford Duke Iohn â—00 Belassyse Vic. Fauconbridge 456 Lord Bellassyse 456 Susan Baroness of Osgodby 486 Benet Earl of Arlington 483 Benhale 154 Benstede 91 Berkley of Stratton 476 Earl of Falmouth 483 Bermingham 108 Bernerâ— 196 Bolinbroke Henry Earl of Derby and D. of Hereford 119 Bonvile 236 Boothe Lord De la 〈◊〉 481 Botetourt 46 Boteler Earl of Wiltshire 235 of Bramfeild 465 Vide Butler Borough 288 Bourcheir Lord Fitzwarin 131 Earl of Bathe 131 Lord Berners 132 Earl of Essex 129 Lord Cromwell 133 Boyle Lord Clifford vide Clifford of Lansborough Braddeston 137 Brandon Duke of Suffolk 299 Brainford Earl Patrick 472 Bray 311 Bromflet 234 Brooke Lord Cobâ—am 281 Brotherton Earl of Norfolk 63 Browne Vic. Mountauâ— 396 Bruce Earl of Aylesbury 466 Brudnell Earl of Cardigan 455 Bruges Lewes Earl of Winchester 283. Brugges Lord Chandos 395 Bryan 151 Bullen Earl of Wiltshire 305 Burgh Earl of St. Albans 450 Burghersh 34 Burnell 60 Butler of Lanthony Earl of Brecknock 478 of Weston ibid. Byron 469 C. CAilli 56 Capel Earl of Essex 466 Carew Earl of Totnes 423 Carey Lord Hunsdon 397 Earl of Dovor 398 Earl of Monmouth 398 Carr Earl of Somerset 425 Carlton Vic. Doncaster 453 Cavendish Earl of Devon 420 Duke of Newcastle 421 Cecill Lord Burleigh 405 Vic. Wimbleton 407 Earl of Exeter 406 Earl of Salisbury 407 Chavent 27 Cheney 289 Cherlton Lord Powys 71 Cholmley of Wiche-Malbanc 473 Clarence Dukes George 162 Leonel 167 Thomas 196 Cleveland Dutchess Barbara 484 Clifford of Lansborough Earl of Burlington 473 Clifton 168 424 Cobham 65 Colepeper 472 Compton Earl of Northampton 401 Conyers 290 Conyngsburgh Richard Earl of Cambridg and Duke of York 158 Conway of Ragley 452 Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury 481 Cornwall Lord Fanhope 212 Cornwallis 480 Cottington misplaced in p. 213. which should be in p. 465. Coventry 459 Cranfeild Earl of Middleâ—ex 446 Crâ—ven Earl William 455 of Ryton 455 Creting 110 Crew 482 Crosts 476 Cromwell of Tatshall 44 of Okeham Earl of Essex 370 D. DAcres of the North. 22 Dacres of the South vide Fienes Dagworth 148 Damorie 101 Danvers Earl of Danby 416 Darcie of Chichâ— 392 D'auney 108 De la Beche 127 De la Mare 28 De la Pole Duke of Suffolk 182 De la Ward 25 Denney Earl of Norwich 419 Devereux Lord Feâ—rers Vic. Hereford and â—arl of Essex 175 Digby Earl of Bristol 436 Dormer Earl of Caernarvon 428 Dudley Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland 217 Dudley Earl of Leicester 221 Duras 485 E. EChingham 60 Egerton Lord Ellesmere Earl of Bridgwater 414 Eltham Iohn Earl of Cornwall 109 Erdington 111 Everingham 55 Evers 385 Exeter Duke Thomas 125 F. FAlvesle 173 Fane Earl of Westmorland 450 Faâ—congerge 3 Feilding Earl of Deâ—high 440 Felton 64 Fienes 243 Lord Dacre 244 Lord Say and Sele 245 Finch Earl of Winchelsey 447 of Fordwich 448 of Daventre 449 Fitz-Roy Henry Duke of Richmund 305 Iames Duke of Monmouth 482 Fitz-Roy Henry Duke of Ewston 484 George Duke of Northumb. 407 Fitz-Charles Charles Earl of Plymouth 487 Fitz-Williams 105 Foix Earl of Kendal 228 Freschevile of Stavely 6 482 Frevile 103 G. GAnt Iohn Duke of Lancaster 114 Gaveston Earl of Cornwall 41 Gerard of Bromley 417 of Brandon 418 Glocester Duke Thomas of Woodstoke 169 Richard 165 Humphrey 198 Henry 477 Gorges 55 Goring Earl of Norwich 461 Grandison 17 Grey Lord Powys 283 of Warke 449 Grendon 25 Grenevill Earl of Bathe 479 Grevill Lord Brooke 442 Guilford Earl Iohn Duke of Lauderdale 486 H. HAcche 19 Hadham Edmund Earl of Richmund 237 Hamilton Earl of Cambridge 439 Herclaâ— Earl of Carlisle 97 Harington of Exton 99 416 Harvey of Kidbroke 458 Hastang 62 Hausted 126 Hatfeild Iasper Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Bedford 241 Hatton 468 Hay Earl of Carlisle 427 Heinault Iohn Earl of Cambridge 113 Herbert Earl of Pembroke 255 Earl of Huntingdon 258 Earl of Powys 260 Lord Herbert of Chirbury 261 Hicks Vic. Campden 462 Hilton 6 Holand Earl of Huntingdon 78 Earl of Kent 73 Duke of Exeter 81 Holle Earl of Clare 432 of Ifeild 433 Hoâ— and Hastings 233 Hopton 469 Hotham 91 Howard 265. Duke of Norff. 267 Vic. Bindon 274 Earl of Northampton 275 Earl of Arundel 277 Lord of Effingham 278 Earl of Notingham 279 Earl of Suffolk 279 Earl of Berkshire 280 Earl of Carlisle 281 Of Escrick 280 Hume 419 Hungerford 203 Huntercombe 5 Huntingfield 7 Hussey 309 Hyde Earl of Clarendon 478 I. Jermin Earl of St. Albans 469 Ingham 104 Iuliers William Marquess Earl of Cambridge 113 K. KEnt Earl Edmund 92 Kerdeston 112 Kirketon 168 Kirkhoven Lord Wotton 475 Knivet of Escrick 424 Knolles Vic. Walingford and Earl of Banbury 412 Knovill 5 L. LAngdale 475 Langley Edmund Earl of Cambridge and Duke of Yorke 154 Lascells 6 Latimer 30 La Warre 15 Lee Earl of Litchfield 486 Leigh Lord Dunsmore and Earl of Chichester 464 Of Stonley 464 Leke Lord Deincourt and Earl of Sâ—aresdale 450 Lenos Charles Duke of Richmund 487 Ley Earl of Malborough 451 Leyburne 13 Littleton 465 Longvillers 144 Lovelace 456 Lucas 473 Lumley 174 M. MAinard 459 Maltravers 101 Maners Earl of Rutland 296 Manny 148 March Earl Edward and Duke of York 161 Marney 301 Menill 110 Mohun 461 Molins 145 Monke Duke of Albemarle 477 Montgomerie 142 Mordant Earl of Peterborough 311 Vicount Avalon 312 Morle 26 Montagu of Boughton 443 Earl of Manchester 444 Earl of Sandwich 445 Musgrave 153 N. NAnsladron 27 Nereford 8 Newport 467 Noel Vic. Camden 435. North. 394 Northwode 70 Norris Earl of Berkshire 403 404 Norwiche 90 O. OGle 262 Orreby 57 Osburne Earl of Danby 485 P. PAget 390 Parker Lord Morley and Mont Egle. 307 Parr Marquis of Northamptoâ— 380 Of Horton 382 Paston Vic. Yarmouth 486 Patshal 143 Paâ—let Of Hinton St. George 375 Marquis of Winchester 396 Petre. 415. Phelip Lord Bardolf 213 Pipe 109 Pipard 8 Pierpont Earl of Kingston and Marquis of Dorchester 457 Plaiz 〈◊〉 Plantaginet Arthur Vic. L'Isle 312 Plugenet 2 Poinz 1 Pole Lord Mountague 292 Portsmouth D. Lovisa 486 Poynings 133 R. RAmsey Earl of Holderness 442 Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter and Earl of Suffex 285 Riche Earl of Warwick
387 Earl of Holand 388 Roberts of Truro 452 Robsert 202 Roper Lord Tenham 433 Rupert â—r Earl of Holderness and Duke of Cumberland 471 Russel Earl of Bedford 377 Rutland Edward Earl Duke of York and Albemarle 156 Rythre 25 â— SAckvile Earl of Dorset 399 Sandys 303 Savage Earl Rivers 445 St. Amand. 19 St. Iohn Of Lageham 9 Of Bletso and E. of Bâ—linbroke 398 Lord Tregoâ— 453 St. Maâ—r 89 St. Philibert 150 Savile Earl of Suâ—â—ex 462 Vic. Halifax 463 Seymour D. of Somerset 361 Of Sudley 367 Of Troubridge 369 Shaunde Philibert Earl of Bathe 288 Sheffeild Earl of Mulgrave 386 Sidney Earl of Leicester 410 Smith Lord Carington 470 Somerset Edmund D 123 a. Earl and Marquis of Worcester 293 Somervile 106 Soâ—des Earl of Feversham 488 Spenser Earl of Sunderland 418 Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield 434 Of Harington 435 Stanley E. of Derby 247 Lord Mont Egle. 254 Stapleton 70 Stoâ—â—ton 229 Strabolgi 95 Strivelin 143 Stuart Duke of Richmund 426 Sutton Lord Dudley 214 Lord Lexinton 475 Swillington 101 Swinerton 112 T. THweng 37 Tibetot 38 Toâ—neshend 481 Trussell 143 Tucheâ— 28 Tufton Earl of Thanet 454 Tyes 21 V. VAvasour 19 Vaughan 470 Vaâ—x of Harwedon 384 Vfford Earl of Suff. 47 Vghtred 144 Villers Duke of Buckingham 428 Vic. Purbeck 432 Earl of Anglesey 432 W. WArwick Earl Edw. Plantaginet 164 b. Ward 472 Watson Lord Rockingham 474 Welles 10 Wenlok 264 Wentworth 310 a. Earl of Cleveland 310 b. Earl of Strafford 463 West Lord la Warre 139 Weston Earl of Portland 460 Wharton 389 Widdrington 471 Widvile â—arl Rivers 213 Wilinton 142 Williams of Tame 393 Willâ—ughby Of Eresby 82 Lord Brooke 87 Of Parham 88 Wilmot Earl of Rochester 467 Windsore 307 Wodstoke Edmund Earl of Kent 92 Thomas Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Gloucester 169 Wotton 413 Wriothesley Earl of Southampton 383 Y. YOrke Duke Iames. 477 FINIS Cicero de Orat. 202 b. Ailred Rieval col 369. n. 30. Laert. lib. 1. cap. 5. Aeneas Silvius dâ— Dictis Alphonsi Impr. Paris An. 1619. Impr. Paris 1621. a Impr. Lugd. An. 1561. b Impr. Lond. An. 1610. Impr. Lond. An. 1622. e 〈…〉 * Orâ—g Jurid cap. 13 14. * Ex ipso Autogr in Bibl. Cottonianâ Videsis Tit. of Honor by J. Selden part 2. cap. 5. n. 7. * Gloâ—â— Spelm. Vocab Denatius tertius a Claus. â—â— H. 3. 〈◊〉 b MS. in Bibl. Bâ—dl K. 84. Cant. f. 50 â— c Tit. of Honor part 2. cap. 5. d Orig. Jurid cap. 5. e Claus. 49 H. 3. 〈…〉 f Claus. 49 H. 3. 〈…〉 g 〈…〉 h 〈…〉 i Rot. Vascon 22 E. 1. in dorso m. 8. * M. Westm. in Anno 1259. Juvenal 8. An. 461. * M. Westm. in eodem anno An. 489. M. Westm. in eodem anno An. 499. * Matth. Westm. An. 517. Mat. Westm. An. 520. Mat. Westm. An. 542. Mat. Westm. a H. Knighton col 2320. n. 30. b Monast. Anglic Vol. 1. p. 254. b. c Ibid. p. 254. a. n 50. d Ibid. p. 254. a. n 50. e Ibid. p. 258. 259. f Monast. Anglic Vol. 2. p. 206. a. g Matth. Westm. in An. 1013. h Matth. Westm. in An. 1013. i Matth. Westm. in An. 1013. k Matth. Westm. in An. 1013. l Matth. Westm. in An. 1013. An. 1016. m Matth. Westm in An. 1016. n Matth. Westm in An. 1016. o R. Hâ—ved fol. 250 b. n. 20. p R. Hoved. fol. 250 b. n. 20. An. 681. a Monast. Anglic. Vol. 1. fol. 10â— b. n 40 50. b Monast. Anglic. Vol. 1. fol. 10â— b. n 40 50. c Monast. Anglic. Vol. 1. fol. 10â— b. n 40 50. d Monast. Anglic. Vol. 1. fol. 10â— b. n 40 50. e Ib. â— 12â— b. n. 20. â— 137. b. a. â—0 f Ib. â— 12â— b. n. 20. â— 137. b. a. â—0 g Ibid 〈…〉 b. a. 30. h Ibid. p. 120 a. â— 31. i Ibid. p. 120 a. â— 31. k Ib. p. 138 a. n. 10. An. 756. l Ib. n. 2â— 30. m Ib. n. 2â— 30. n Ib. n. 40. o Ib. p. 10â— a. n. 60. â— 113 b. â—â— 20. p Ib. p. 10â— a. n. 60 â— 113 b. â—â— 20. q Ib. p. 10â— a. n. 60 â— 113 b. â—â— 20. r Ibid. p. 124 â— â— 50. s Ibid. p. 124 â— â— 50. t Ibid. p. 138. n. 30. u Ibid. n. 60 a 〈…〉 b 〈…〉 c 〈…〉 d 〈…〉 e Ibid. n. 〈◊〉 Brithric Offere An. 700. f Jorval col 793. n. 30. Matth. Westm. g Jorval ut supra h Jorval ut supra i Jorval ut supra k Mat. Westm. An. 708. An. 953. l R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. 10. n. 30. m R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. 10. n. 30. n R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. 10. n. 30. o Monast. Angl. Vol. â— p. 41 b. n. 20. 30. p Monast. Angl. Vol. â— p. 41 b. n. 20. 30. q Monast. Angl. Vol. â— p. 41 b. n. 20. 30. Osulph Ossar Waâ—theof Senior r Monast. Angl. Vol. â— p. 41 b. n. 20. 30. s R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. â—0 S. Dunelm col 79. n. 50. An. 969. t R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. â—0 S. Dunelm col 79. n. 50. u R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. â—0 S. Dunelm col 79. n. 50. x R. Hoved. fol. 243. n. â—0 S. Dunelm col 79. n. 50. y Ibid. Vchtred z Ibid. col 80. a Ibid. col 80. b Ibid. col 80. c Ibid. col 80. d Ibid. col 80. e Ibid. col 80. * Ibid. An. 1013. f W. Maâ—â— fol 38. b. n. 30. R. Hoved. fol. 248 a. n. 10. Jorval col 891. n. 50. 60. g W. Maâ—â— fol 38. b. n. 30. R. Hoved. fol. 248 a. n. 10. Jorval col 891. n. 50. 60. h W. Maâ—â— fol 38. b. n. 30. R. Hoved. fol. 248 a. n. 10. Jorval col 891. n. 50. 60. i W. Maâ—â— fol 38. b. n. 30. R. Hoved. fol. 248 a. n. 10. Jorval col 891. n. 50. 60. k S. Dunelm col 81. l S. Dunelm col 81. m S. Dunelm col 81. n S. Dunelm col 81. o S. Dunelm col 81. p S. Dunelm col 81. q Ibid. r Ibid. s Ibid. t Ibid. u Ibid. x S. Dunelm col 28. n. 20. y S. Dunel col 79 a. n 60. z S. Dunel col 79 a. n 60. a S. Dunel col 79 a. n 60. b Ibid. col 80. n. 10. c Ibid. col 80. n. 10. d Ibid. n. 20. e Ibid. n. 20. f Ibid. g Ibid. h Ibid. i Ibid n. 30. k Ibid n. 30. l Ibid n. 30. m Ibid n. 30. m Ibid n. 30. n Ibid n. 30. o Ibid n. 30. An. 1016. p W. Malmesb fol. 41 a. n. 10. 40 a. n. 30. R. Hoved. f. 207. b. n. 4. 249 a. n. 20. 250 b. R. Hunt f. 207 b. n. 40. 〈◊〉 q W. Malmesb fol. 41 a. n. 10. 40 a. n. 30. R. Hoved. f. 207. b. n. 4. 249 a. n. 20. 250 b. R. Hunt f. 207 b. n. 40. s S.