of his Testament should receive the same for the space of five years after his decease out of the Issues and Revenues of the Lordship of Bolingbroke in Com. Linc. Which Lewes having been Naturalized by Act of Parliament in the Seventeenth year of His Majesties Reign and being Captain of the Guards to his Royal Highness the Duke of York did not only undergo that trust with great fidelity and care but in farther token of his high affection personally attended him in that perillous and bloody Sea-fight with the Dutch which happened in the month of Iune An. 1665. wherein he behaved himself with wonderful magnanimity and exemplary courage In consideration therefore of these his eminent Services he was by Letters-patent bearing date at Westminster upon the nineteenth day of Ianuary in the Twenty fourth year of His Majesties Reign raised to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Duras of Holdenby in the County of Northampton and to the heirs male of his body as also to have place in all Parliaments and other Great Councils amongst the rest of the Barons of this Kingdom And having since that time married Mary one of the two daughters of Sir George Soâ—des of Lees-Court in Com. Cantii Knight of the Bath upon the advancement of the said Sir George to the Titles and Dignities of Baron of Throwley Vicount Sondes of Lees-Court and Earl of Feversham all in Kent had the reversion of those Honors after the life of the same Sir George Sondes granted to him and to the heirs male of his body as by his Majesties Letters-patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the eighth day of April in the Twenty eighth year of His Reign appeareth Osburne Vicount Latimer and Earl of Danby 25 Car. 2. AMongst others whose great deserts have inclined his Majesty to confer on them sundry eminent Titles of Honor Sir Thomas Osburne of Kiveton in com â—bor Baronet is not the least Which Sir Thomas being son and heir to Sir Edward Osburne Baronet Vice-President of His late Majesties Council for the Northern parts of this Realm and Lieutenant-General of those Forces which were raised there for His defence upon the first breaking forth of the late Grand Rebellion by Anne his wife daughter of Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh in com Lanc. Esquire by Elianore his wife daughter of Sir Iohn Danvers of Dantsey in com Wilts Knight by Elizabeth his wife the eldest of the four daughters and coheirs of Iohn Nevil late Lord Latimer faithfully cooperating with other of His Majesties most Loyal Subjects in order to His Joyful Restauration and since that time in sundry sorts constantly applying himself to his Service with all fidelity and diligence First as Treasurer of the Navy and next as a Privy-Counâ—â—llor being also by reason thereof created Vicount â—umâ—laine in Scotland and Lord High Treasurer of England was afterwards in testimony of His Majesties gracious esteem of his prudent and faithful deportment in these and all other his great and special Trusts by Letters patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the fifteenth day of August in the Twenty fifth year of His Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of â—iveton as also of Vicount by the Title of Vicount Latimer and to the heirs male of his body And by other Letters-patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the twenty seventh day of Iune in the Twenty sixth year of His said Majesties Reign to the Title of Earl of Danby and to the heirs-male of his Body He married the Lady Bridget one of the daughters of Mountagu late Earl of Lindsey Lord High Chamberlain of England and by her hath had issue two sons Edward commonly called Lord Latimer who married Elizabeth the daughter of Simon Benet of Beachampton in com Buck. Esquire and Peâ—egrine created Vicount Dumblain upon his Fathers surrender of his Patent of that Honor. As also six daughters 1. The Lady Anne married to Robert Coke of Holkham in com Norff. Esquire Great Grandson and heir to Sir Edward Coke sometime Chief Justice of the Court of King's-Bench 2. The Lady Bridget 3. The Lady Catherine married to Iames son and heir apparent of Iames Herbert a younger son to Philip late Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery 4. The Lady Martha 5. The Lady Sophia now wife of Edward son and heir apparent of Sir Edward Baynton Knight of the Bath and 6. Elizabeth who died young Lovisa Dutchess of Portsmouth 25 Car. 2. OF such Honourable Women whom His Majesty hath deservedly raised to high Titles of Honour Lovisa de Querovalle a Noble Lady of French Extraction is the second in number Who being an attendant on the most Illustrious Henâ—ietta late Dutchess of Orleans the King 's Royal Sister and coming with her into England since His Majesties most Happy Restauration was advanced to the state and degree of a Baroness of this Realm by the Title of Baroness of Petersfeild in the County of Southampton and likewise to the dignity and honor of a Dutchess by the Title of Dutchess of Portsmouth to enjoy during her natural life as by His Majesties Letters-patents bearing date at Westminster upon the nineteenth day of August in the Twenty fifth year of His Reign appearth Paston Vicount Yarmouth 25 Car. 2. AMongst others whose undoubted Loyalty to the King did alwayes excite them to express it in the greatest and most opportune times of Tryal I come to Sir Robert â—aston of Paston in the County of Norfolk Baronet a person of a very antient and Worshipful Family in those parts who in the utmost of dangers by reason of the potenâ—y of the late Cruel Regicides ceased not to hazard both life and fortune in whatsoever he could effect either by supply to His Majesties necessities or furtheâ—ance to His Happy Restauration In consideration therefore of these his most acceptable Services he was by Letters-patent bearing date at Wesâ—minster upon the nineteenth day of August in the Twenty fifth year of His Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Paston of Paston in the same County of Norfolk as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount Yarmouth and to the heirs male of his body He married Rebecca the second daughter to Sir Iasper Clayton Knight Citizen of London by whom he hath had issue six sons William Robert Iasper Iohn and Edmund which died young and Thomas As also four daughters Margaret married to Hieronimo Alberto di Conti a German Mary Catherine who died young and Elizabeth Which William his eldest son hath taken to wife the Lady Charlotte Fitz-Roy one of the Natural daughters of our present Sovereign Susan Baroness Belassyse of Osgodby 26 Car. 2. THis Susan being one of the daughters and coheiâ—rs to Sir William Airmin of Osgodby in com Linc.
Marks per Annum And in 22 E. 4. the like from the Abbot and Covent of Merevale in Com. Warr. of all their Lordships and Lands with the Fee of xx Marks per Annum Comines who knew him well reporteth That he was a Person of singular Wisdom and Virtue in great Authority with his Master and not without cause having ever serv'd him faithfully And making mention of the Bounty of the then King of France to King Edward the Fourth's Officers saith That he gave to this Lord Hastings at one time a Present of Plate to the value of Ten thousand Marks Moreover he saith That this Lord Hastings was long laboured ere he could be won to be the King of France his Pensioner and that he himself was the onely Man that wrought him thereto Instancing That he first woâ— him to the Friendship of the Duke of Burgundy whom he served and that he advertised the King of France thereof saying That he would in like manner make him his Friend and Pensioner Adding That he thereupon began his Friendship by Letters Whereupon that King gave him a Pension of Two thousand Crowns per Annum which was double to what he had from the Duke of Burgundy And that upon the Payment thereof he not onely refused to give any Acquittance but to give him three Lines in Writing to testifie the Receipt of the Money saying Put it here it being in Gold into my Sleeve for other Testimonial you get none of me for no Man shall say That King Edward's Lord Chamberlain hath been Pensioner to the French King nor that my Acquittances be found in his Chamber of Accompts He further saith That the King of France more esteem'd him than all the King of Englands other Servants and that his Pension was ever paid without Acquittance And now besides all this to make a farther manifestation of his Greatness in that King's time I shall here exhibit a Catalogue of the Names of such Persons of Note as were retain'd to serve him both in Peace and War during their respective Lives as I find them extracted from the very Indentures themselves in an ancient Roll in the Custody of this present Earl of Huntington his Lineal Descendent ¶ The Names of such Persons as by Indenture of their own Free Wills and mere Motions Covenanted Belafte and faithfully Promised to Aid and Assist the Right Honourable William Lord Hastings and his Part to take against all Persons within this Realm of England during their Lives as well in Peace as Wars their Allegiance to the King's Majesty His Heirs and Successors onely reserved and excepted with so many able Persons as every of them might well make to be Furnished and Arrayed at the Costs and Charges of the said Lord For the which the said Lord promised them to be their good and true Lord in all things reasonable and them to Aid and Succour in all their Rightful Causes so far forth as Law Equity and Conscience required Anno Edwardâ— Quarti decimo quarto Iohn Blount Lord Mountjoye Henry Lord Grey of Codnor William Trussell Knight Bryan Stapleton Knight Walter Gryffith Knight Robert Tailboys Knight Iohn Gryselye Knight Simon Mountfort Knight Thomas Stathom Knight Nicholas Longford Knight Robert Harecourt Knight Thomas Chaworth Esq Iohn Harecourt Esq Iohn Aston Esq Iohn Bonington Esq Rauffe Longforth Esq William Langhton Esq Iohn Thyrley Esq Thomas Cokyn Son and Heir of Iohn Cokyn Esq Iohn Danvers Esq Thomas Greene Esq Richard Boughton Esq Philip Leche Esq Iohn Sacheverell Son of Raufe Sacheverell Esq Hugh Perchall Esq Maurice Barkley Esq Iohn Curson Son and Heir of Thomas Curson Esq Iohn Stanley Esq Nicholas Knevington Esq William Nevill of Rolston Esq William Palmer Esq William Moton Esq Thomas Entwisell Esq Nicholas Kniveton Esq Thomas Staunton Esq Raufe Vernon Esq Henry Longeford Esq Thomas Meverell the Elder Esq Thomas Meverell junior Esq Nicholas Meverell Esq Rauf Shirley Esq Richard Savile Esq Thomas Curson of Croxall Esq Iames Blount Esq William Gryffith of North-Wales Esq Raufe Delves Esq Iohn Babington Esq Iohn Staunton Esq Iohn Cokeyn of Ashburne Esq Thomas Danvers Esq Iohn Gryffin Esq Humfrey Bradburne Esq Henry Columbell Esq Gerves Clifton Esq William Basset Esabque Nich. Montgomerie Esq Robert Leigh of Adlington Esq Raufe Poole of Radborne Esq Robert Slyngesby Esq Robert Eyre of Peelye Esq Thomas Greslye Esq Iohn Wistoe Esq Henry Vernon Esq Son and Heir of William Vernon Knight Raufe Sacheverell Esq Roger Draycote Esq Iohn Turvile Esq Iohn Miners Esq Henry Willâ—ghby Esq ¶ Nich. Agard Gent. Henry Columbell of Darley Gent. Raufe Agard Son and Heir of Iohn Agard Gent. Roger Brabason Gent. Robert Bradshaw Gent. Richard Eyre Gent. Iohn Agard Gent. Iohn Thyrkild Gent. Henry Eyre Gent. William Staunton Gent. William Dethick Gent. Laurence Loe Gent. Humphrey Stanley Gent. Iohn Knyveton of Vnderwood in Com. Derb. Gent. Iasper Rostyn Gent. Reinold Leigh Son of Robert Leigh of Adlington Raufe Fitz-Herbert Gent. William Woodford Gent. Nicholas Ruggeley Gent. Thomas Ruggeley Gent. In toto Two Lords Nine Knights Fifty eight Esquires and Twenty Gentlemen But King Edward's Death which hapned within few years after altered the Scene For having then a new Game to play wherein the Duke of Gloucester had the chief Hand though he was the first who gave that Duke advertisement of King Edward's Death Gloucester being then in Yorkshire yet not complying with him in the destruction of his Nephews as the Duke of Buckingham and some others did he was soon destroy'd himself by that Monster whose sole aim was his own Advancement to the Throne Certain it is that the Queen I mean the Wise of King Edward bore a private grudge towards this Lord Hastings in regard she saw he was so powerful with the King but chiefly for that she suspected him to be a Favourer and Furtherer of his wanton doings with light Women Nor did her Kindred at all brook him by reason he got the Office of Captain of Calais which had been formerly promised to the Lord Rivers the Queen's Brother And therefore upon the death of King Edward he joyn'd with the Duke of Buckingham in the removal of all those of that Kindred from the young King Edward the Fifth and in his Journey towards London at Northampton was of Counsel with the Duke of Gloucester in his taking away the Lord Rivers the Queens Brother and Sir Richard Grey the Queens Son and sending them to Pontfract Castle where shortly after they were basely murthered And so little did he doubt of the Duke of Gloucester's Favour towards himself as that upon the meeting of the Lords when the King got to London he assured them of the Duke of Gloucester's Fidelity affirming That Rivers and Grey were under Arrest for Matters attempted against the Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham And when the Lord Stanley began to distrust the Duke of Gloucester he used all the Arguments he could to satisfie him that
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
Halifax He first Married Dorothy Daughter to Henry Lord Spenser Earl of Sunderland by whom he hath Issue three Sons Henry William and George and one Daughter called Anne Secondly Gertrude Daughter to William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Esq second Son to Robert late Earl of Kingston upon Hull Wentworth Earl of Strafford 4 Car. 1. ABout the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Sir Thomas Wentworth Baronet Son and Heir to Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse in Com. Ebor. Baronet the chief branch of that antient Family being a person of a fair Estate and one of the Knights for that spacious Shire in divers Parliaments did by his management of sundry Conferences with the House of Lords in those great Conventions and otherwise make his abilities so conspicuous as that the King having notice thereof soon chose him into the number of his Privy Council and in short time discerning his parts to be such as did worthily merit some special mark of Honour by his Letters Paâ—ents bearing date 22 Iulii in the fourth year of his Reign first advanced him to the Title of Baron Wentworth of Wenâ—worth Woodhouse Next viz. upon the tenth day of December following to that of Vicount-Wentworth After this constituted him Lieutenant of Ireland and upon the 12 th of Ianuary in the xv th year of his Reign to the farther dignities of Baron of Raâ—y by reason of his Descent from that great Family of Nevill sometime Lords of that place and Earl of Strafford and lastly elected him into that honourable Society of Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter Which great Trust of that Lieutenancy he underwent with such gravity and prudence administring Justice impartially to every one as gave no little satisfaction to his Majesty and all good people And upon that Insurrection of the Scots in an 1639. being call'd back from that charge after he had form'd an Army there of eight thousand men which might have been useful to that Kingdom had not those who design'd his destruction prevented it was constituted Lieutenant-General of those Forces then raised for the repâ—lling of those Invaders who had at that time possess'd themselves of some of the Northern Counties But the good King considering that it was not a Foreign Enemy who had thus entred this Realm and therefore deeming it safest to call a Parliament here by the advice whereof he might receive best direction how to get them out found the leading Members in that unhappy Convention secretly confederated with that rebellious people whose Principles being Anti-Monarchical nothing but the absolute extirpation of the Religion establisht and the total ruine of this peaceful Government whereby they might share the Revenues both of Church and King would serve their turn To which end the removal of every impediment in their way being design'd they first began with this incomparable person exhibiting a Charge of High-Treason against him Whereupon he was brought to Tryal before his Peers but when they came to the particulars of proof though they searcht into all the actions of his life from the first time that he ever had any publick imployment of Trust and found nothing that amounted to a considerable misdemeanour Nevertheless by diveâ—â— unjustifiable devices they at length passed a special Bill for his Attainder but with this particular clause that the like should never be drawn into practice again And having so done by sundry other indirect practises extorted from that good King his Royal assent thereto and then cut off his Head at Tower-Hill upon the 12 th of May ensuing an 1641. An Act in truth of such Injustice and Cruelty as that not only some of those who had been seduced to concur with them therein when they themselves afterwards came to be destroy'd by the hands of the Common Executioner infinitely bewailed and repented of but which lay heavy upon the Conscience of that most pious and devout Martyr the King himself when he suffered Death by that barbarous Generation in whose destruction they had design'd the utter ruine and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing and famous Monarchy But the particulars of the unhappy sufferingâ— of this worthy person and the steps by which his and those Enemies to Monarchy did tread in order to the accomplishing their pâ—â—nicious purposes I leave to the relation of some more able Pen which may transmit them to future ages in due time it being not yet so needful to bring them upon the Stage of this World considering that there are many yet alive who cannot forget what themselves have seen so lately acted and whom it will highly concern to impart what they know thereof to their immediate descendents This most noble Earl married three Wives First Margaret Daughter to Francis Earl of Cumberland by whom he had no Issue Secondly Arabella Daughter to Iohn Earl of Clare by whom he had Issue one Son called William and two Daughters the Lady Anne married to Edward Lord Rockingham and the Lady Arabella to Iustin Macarti Son to Donâ—gh Earl of Clancarti And lastly Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Godfrey Rodes of Great Houghton in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Margaret Being thus barbarously cut off his Body was carried to Wentworth Woodhouse and there buried To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir who married the Lady Anne the eldest of the three Daughters of that most Heroick and truly Loyal Iames Earl of Derby who suffered death also by the hands of those Antimonarchists and since the restoration of our present Sovereign hath by him been honoured with an election and Investiâ—ure into the Society of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Privy Council Francis Lord Dunsmore Earl of Chichester 4 Car. 1. AMongst the many whose ample Fortunes did much conduce to those advancements which their Posterity afterwards obtained to several eminent Titles of Honour Sir Thomas Lâ—igh Knight was not the least who being Son to Roger Leigh of Wellington in Com. Salop. dâ—scended by a younger Branch from that antient Family of the Leigâ—s of High-Leigh in Cheshire and bred up under Sir Rouland Hill an opulent Merchant of London became at length his Factor beyond Sea and underwent that trust so well that Sir Rouland having no Issue matcht Alice his Niece Daughter to ... Barker of Hâ—ghmon in Shropshire unâ—o him and bestowed upon his Children the substance of his estate Which Sir Thomas being â—ord Mayer of London in the first year of 〈◊〉 Elizâ—beths reign departed this life in that Câ—ty 17 November 14 Eliz. and was buried in Merâ—ers-Chapell with this Epitaph upon his Tomb Sir Thomas Lâ—igh bi civil life All offices did bâ—are Which in this City worshipfull Or honourable were Whâ—m as God blessed with great wealth So losses did be feâ—le Yet nâ—ver châ—ng'd he constant minde Tho' Fortune turn'd her wheele Learning he lov'd and helpâ— the poore
Brucius Edwardus situs hîc Scotus Anglus Scotus ut ortu Anglis sic oriundus avis Regno in utroque decus tulit auctus Honoribus amplis Regi à Consiliis Regni utriusqueâ—uit Conjuge Prole Nuru Genero spe reque beatus Vivere nos docuit nunc docet ecce mori Leaving Issue by Magdalen his Wife Daughter of Sir ... Clerke Knight two Sons Edward and Thomas and Christian a Daughter married to William Earl of Devonshire Which Edward was made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry Prince of Wales in an 1610. being one of the Gentlemen of his Bed-chamber And succeeding his Father in his Honour had the hard fate to be slain in a Duel by Sir Edward Sâ—ckvile Knight of the Bath afterwards Earl of Dorset Whereupon Thomas his Brother became his next heir Which Thomas was first scil 21 Iunii 9 Iac. created Earl of Elgine in Scotland and afterwards by Letters Patents bearing date 1 Aug. 17 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Râ—alm by the title of Lord Bruce of Whorlton in Com. Ebor. And having married two Wives First Anne Daughter to Sir Robert Chichester of Raleigh in Com. Devon Knight by Anne his Wife Daughter and Coheirs to Iohn Lord Harington of Exton Secondly Diana one of the Daughters and Coheirs of William commonly called Lord Burghley Son and Heir to Thomas Earl of Exeter Widow of Henry Earl of Oxford departed this life 21 December an 1663. and was buried at ... leaving Issue by Anne his first Wife Robert his Son and Heir Which Robert being Lord Lieutenant of the County of Bedford and having given much testimony of his Loyalty to the King in the late troublesome and perillous times as also been not a little instrumental for the happy Restoration of his Majesty that now is was by Letters Patenâ— bearing date at Westminster 18 Martii 16 Car. 2. advanced to divers other titles of Honour viz. Lord Bruce of Skelton in Com. Ebor. Vicount Bruce of Ampthill in Com. Bedf. and Earl of Aylesbury in Com. Buck. He married Diana Daughter to Henry Earl of Stanford and by her hath had Issue eight Sons Edward Robert Charles Henry and Bernard who died young Thomas Robert and Iames now living and eight Daughters Diana first married to Sir Seamour Shirley of Stanton Harold in Com. Leic. Baronet and after to Iohn Lord Roos Son and Heir to Iohn Earl of Rutland Anne to Sir William Rich of Sunning in Com. Berks. Baronet Christian Mary Isabella Anne Charlotte and Henrietta now living and Christiana and Elizabeth who died young Lord Newport 18 Car. 1. OF this Family which hath been long eminent in Shrop-shire was Sir Richard Newport of high-Ercall in that County Kt. who meriâ—ing highly for his many and great services to King Charles the first of blessed memory and to the Country where he lived was by Letters Patents bearing date at Bridgnorth upon the fourteenth day of October in the eighteenth year of his reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Newport of High Eâ—call This Richard Lord Newport having suffered much for his Loyalty in the times of the late unhappy troubles and being aged for the better security of his person from the violence of those Usurpers then predominant reâ—ired into Foreign parts and at Moulins in France departing this life 8 February an 1650. was there buried leaving Issue by Rachel his Wife Daughter to Iohn Leveson of Haling in Com. Cantii Esq Sister to Sir Richard Leveson of â—renâ—ham in Com. Staff Knight of the Bath two Sons Francis and Andrew and seven Daughters Beatrix married to Henry Bromley Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Bromley of Sâ—rawarden-Castle in Com. Salop. Knight secondly Christian who died unmarried thirdly Mary Wedded to Iohn Steventon of Boâ—hill in Com. Salop. Esq and afterwards to Francis Forester of Warlingstrete in the same County Esq fourthly Margaret to Richard Fowler of Harnage â—Grange Esq fifthly Anne to Edward Corbet Son to Sir Edward Corbet of Longnoze Knight sixthly Christian yet unmarried and seventhly Elizabeth Wife of Henry powle of Williamsthorpe in Com. Glouc. Esq To whom succeeded in this Honour Francis his eldest Son who in his Fathers life time manifested his Loyalty to the late King by taking up Arms on his behalf when numerous Forces were in all parts under specious pretences raised against him and valiantly acted in North-Wales and elsewhere until by the Fortune of War in an 1644. he became their prisoner In consideration whereof and other his personal merits he was since the happy Restoration of our present Soveraign King Charles the Second First made Comptroller next Treasurer of his Houshold and afterwards Vicount Newport of Bradford in Com. Salop. by Letters Patents bearing date 11 Mâ—rtii 27 Car. 2. And having married the Lady Diana Daughter to Francis late Earl of Bedford hath had Issue by her five Sons Richard Thomas and Francis now living with Thomas and Andrew who died young And five Daughters Elizabeth married to Sir Henry Littleton of Frankley in Com. Wigorn. Baronet Katherine who died young and Katherine Anne and Diana surviving Wilmot Earl of Rochester 19 Car. 1. IN the nineteenth year of the late King Charles the First Henry Wilmot the only Son of Charles Vicount Wilmot of Athloâ— in the Realm of Ireland being at that time Lieutenant General of the Horse in his Mâ—jesties Armies throughout all England and Wales as also famous for his military conduct was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford upon the 29 th of Iune advanced to the â—ignity of a Baâ—on of this Realm by the title of Lord Wilmot of Adderbury in Com. Oxon. And continuing faithful to that King of blessed memory throughout the whole course of those unhappy Wars atchieved no little Honour specially in that successful Victory at Rownd-Way dowâ—e in Com. Wilts And afterwards farther manifesting his Integrity to the Crown by his ready constant and most faithful services to our present Soveraign King Charles the Second not only during the chief time of his Abode beyond the Seas in his greatest wants and distresses there but upon his coming into England in the year 1651. and loss of all his Forces at â—orcester continuing with him contriving and assisting in his miraculous escape adventuring through the greatest hazards and perils imaginable and at length through the merciful protection of Almighty God bringing him safe on Ship-board and so to land upon the Coast of France was in Testimony of these his unparallel'd services advanced to the degree of an Earl by the title of Earl of Rochester as by his Majesties Letters Patents bearing date at Paris upon the thirteenth day of December an 1652. and fourth year of his reign appeareth And was sent the same year by the said King Charles 2. to the Diet at Ratisbonne in Germany to seek assistance on his Majesties
in the First Volume of this Work is shewed and Richard called de Graneville who by reason thereof had a real right to those Titles and was one of his chief assistants in the Conquest of Glamorganshire in the time of King William Rufus Which Richard upon the sharing of that Country amongst those that were partakers in that Conquest Founded a Monastery of Cisterian Monkes at Nethe and bestowed on them the whole proportion allotted to his part afterwards seating himself first at Biddiford and next at Kilkhampton in Cornwal which Lordships have since been possessed by his posterity and do so continue to this day A Descendent of which Richard was that famous Sir Richard Greneville Knight Vice-Admiral to Queen Elizabeth who encountring the Spaniard in a bloody Naval Fight near the â—ercera Islands therein lost his life So likewise was Sir Bevill Greneville Knight whose exemplary Loyalty to the late King Charles the First of blessed memory may not be forgot For having at his own propeâ— charge in An. 1638. raised a Troop of Horse wherewith he attended His Majesty in His first Northern Expedition against His Rebellious Subjects of Scotland and afterwards being one of the Knights for the County of Cornwall in that unhappy Long Parliameâ—t begun 〈◊〉 Westminster upon the third day of November An. 1640. Which under several specioâ—s pretences raised many powerful Armies against the King he stoutly led on the Loyal Cornish-Men against the Rebels of Devonshire and the adjacent Counties couragâ—ously giving Battel to them in sundry places obtained several Victories over them especially at Bodmin Lanceston and Stratton in Cornwall as also at Landisdowne near Bath in the County of Somerset though he lost his life in that great Battle leaving issue by Mary his wife eldest daughter and coheir to Sir Iohn St. Leger Knight descended lineally from Anne the daughter and coheir to Thomas sometime Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond Iohn his son and heir Which Iohn following his Fathers steps in all loyal adventures though then but fifteen years of age first headed his Father's own Regiment and soon after became Commander in Chief of five other in all the considerable Fights and Skirmishes of those Western parts as also in the second Battle of Newâ—erie in Berkshire wherein he received many dangerous wounds And when through the prevalency of the Rebels in all parts His Majesty that now is was constrained to quit the Realm having been constituted one of the Gentlemen of His Bedchamber he chearfully attended him in His greatest distresses ceasing not to share with him in Forrein parts throughout all His unparallel'd afflictions and disconsolate Travels in France Flanders Holand and into the Isle of Iersey After which being made Governor of the Silley-Islands he stoutly defended them against no less than Fifty English Ships under the command of those two Notorious Rebels Blake and Askewe Admirals to the then Usurpers And after all this seriously consulting with General Monke his near Kinsman in that great and difficult Work of the King 's most Joyful Restoration acted vigorously therein until the same being most happily consummated His Majesty made His most Welcome Returne to His Rightful Throne of these Realmes Having therefore thus highly merited he was by Letters-patent t bearing date at Westminster upon the twentieth day of April in the Thirteenth year of His said Majesties Reign which was but three dayes preceding the King 's most Solemn Coronation advanced to the Dignities and Titles of Lords Grenevill of Kilkhampton and Biddiford Vicount Grenevill of Landsdowne and Earl of Bathe being at that time Chief Gentleman of His Majesties Royal Bedchamber as also Warden of the Stanneries in Devonshire and Cornwal He married Iane daughter to Sir Peter Wiche Comptroller of the Houshold to the lateâ—King Charles of blessed memory by whom he hath had issue five sons viz. Charles commonly called Lord Landsdowne Iohn and Bevill now living the other dying young and eleven daughters whereof eight dyed young the other three being these 1. The lady Iane wife of William Gower second son to Sir Thomas Gower of Sittenham in Com. Ebor. Baâ—onet now called William Levâ—son as Naphew and adopted heir to Sir Richard Leveson late of â—rentham in com Sâ—aff Knight of the Bath Secondly the Lady Gatherine and Thirdly the Lady Grace married to George eldest son to Philip Carterâ—t sort and heir to Sir George Carteret Vice-Chamberlain to our Sovereign King Charles the Second Lord Cornwallis of Eye 13 Car. 2. IN order likewise to the Solemn Coronation of our present Sovereign for the more Splendor thereof amongst others of great Merit Sir Frederick Cornwallis of Brome in com Suff. Knight and Baronet at that time Treasurer of His Houshold was then made choise of as fit to partake of His Majesties great Grace and Favour A person descended of a very antient and worthy Family of that name which had for a long time eminently flourisht in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk whereof was Sir Iohn Cornwallis Knight his Great Grandfather who for his singular courage and valiant actings under Thomas Duke of Norfolk at the taking of Morlaix in France in the time of King Henry the Eighth had the Honor of Knighthood then confer'd upon him and soon after his return from thence was made Steward of the Houshold to Prince Edward Which Sir Iohn Cornwallis had issue Sir Thomas Cornwallis Knight who being Sheriff of Norfolk in the last year of King Edward the Sixth's Reign raised considerable Forces against the opposers of Queen Mary's Title By reason of which seasonable assistance upon her arrival to the Throne of this Realme he was first constituted one of Her Privy Council next Treasurer of Calais and afterwards Comptroller of Her Houshold This Sir Frederick therefore being in no whit short of his Ancestors virtues having from his youth with great fidelity served the late King Charles of blessed memory both in Court and Camp for which he suffered the loss of his Estate Imprisonment and Exile in testimony of the high esteem which His Majesty that now is had of his Merits was by Letters-patents bearing date the twentieth day of April in the Thirteenth year of His Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Cornwallis of Eye in the County of Suffolk and to the heirs male of his Body He first married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Iohn Ashburnham of Ashburnham in com Suss. Knight by whom he had issue three Sons Charles Frederick and George and one daughter named Henrietta-Maria who died unmarried Secondly Elizabeth daughter to Sir Henry Crofts of Saxham in com Suff. Knight by whom he had issue Iane a daughter married to William son and heir to Sir Iohn Duncombe of Batlesden in com Bedf. Knight And departing this life upon the twenty second day of Ianuary An.
this his laudable service was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster â—the twentieth day of April in the thirteenth year of his Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Crew of Stene and to the heirs male of his body He married Iemima daughter and coheir of Edward Walgrave of Lawford in com Essex Esquire By whom he hath had issue four sons the rest dying young viz. first Sir Thomas Crew Knight secondly Iohn thirdly Nathaniel Bishop of Durham and fourthly Walgrave as also two daughters Iemima married to Edward late Earl of Sandwich and Anne to Sir Henry Wright of Dagenham in com Essex Barronet Which Sir Thomas by Mary his wife daughter of Sir George Touneshend late of East Raynham in com Norff. Barronet hath had issue Iohn who died in his youth and two daughters Anne yet unmarried and Temperance the wife of Rouland Alston son and heir to Sir Thomas Alston of Odell in com Bedf. Barronet And by Anne his second wife daughter and coheir to Sir William Airmin of Osgodby in com Linc. Barronet widdow of Sir Thomas Woodhouse of Wilberhall in com Norff. Barronet one daughter named Iemima Iames Fitz-Roy Duke of Monmouth 15 Car. 2. THe next in order of time advanced to any Title of Honour was Iames Fitz-Roy one of His Majesties Natural Sons whom by reason of his virtuous inclinations and pregnant evidences of an heroick spirit as a proper furtherance to his after great atchievements was created Baron of â—inedale in the County of Northumberland Vicount Doncaster and Duke of Monmouth by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster upon the fourteenth day of February in the fifteenth year of his Majesties Reign having since been installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and constituted Master of the Horse He marryed the Lady Anne daughter and sole heir to Francis Earl of Buckleugh in Scotland by whom he hath had issue two sons Charles born 24 Aug. 1672. and died 9 Febr. 1673. and Iames born 23 Maii 1674. as also one daughter named Anne born 17 Febr. 1675. Lord Frescheville 16 Car. 2. HAving in the second Tome of this Work already pointed at the antient luster of this worthy Family aswell in its eminent matches as otherwise I now come to Iohn Frescheville of Staveley in com Derb. Esquire great Grandson to Peter Frescheville which Peter for his exemplary Valor at the Battle of Muscleborough in Scotland in the time of King Edward the Sixth had the honour of Knighthood then conferred on him This Iohn having served King Charles the First of blessed memory with great fidelity not only in the times of Peace but as an expert Commander in his Armies throughout the whole course of those unhappy Wars which were occasioned through the predominancy of divers Antimonarchical spirits in the late Long Parliament and stedfastly persevering in his Loyalty to our present Soveraign was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the sixth day of March in the sixteenth year of his Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Frescheville of Staveley and to the heirs male of his body He first married Saraâ— daughter of Sir Iohn Harington Knight by whom he had issue three daughters Christian wedded to Charles then Lord St. Iohn eldest son to Iohn Marquess of Winchester Elizabeth to Philip son and heir of Sir Philip Warwick Knight and Frances secondly Anna Charlotta daughter and heir to Sir Henry de Vick Knight late Chancellor of the Garter but by her as yet hath no issue Benet Earl of Arlington 16 Car. 2. THat nothing more encourageth to honorable atchievement than the gracious aspects from such as are in high places towards virtuous endeavors is not to be doubted Hence was it that Sir Henry Benet Knight his Majesties Principal Secretary of State and one of his Privy Council being descended from worthy Ancestors and in his youth trayned up in all general learning taking notice of the late flames of War where with this flourishing Realm was most unhappily imbroiled laid aside his Books and most loyally betook himself to the Camp in the service of the late King Charles of blessed memory in which the testimonies of his courage and valor are yet evidently visible by the wounds he then received Nor was his prudence and dexterity in the transacting of such great affairs wherewith he was entrusted less conspicuous as is apparent from that special imployment which he had to the Catholick King in consideration therefore of these his eminent deservings he was by Letters Patent bearing date the fourteenth day of March in the sixteenth year of his said Majesties Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Aâ—â—â—â—gton of Arlington in the County of Midd and to the heirs male of his body and after this viz. the twenty second day of April in the twenty fourth year of his Reign to the Titles of Vicount Thetford and Earl of Arlington with limitation of all these Honors viz. Baron Vicount and Earl for lack of issue male of his body lawfully begotten unto Sir Iohn Benet Knight his Brother and the heirs male of his body Since which time he hath been made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and constituted Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold He married the Lady Isabella of Nassau daughter to Lewes of Nassau Lord Beverwaert son to the late Illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau by whom he hath issue one onely daughter named Isabella married to Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewston and Duke of Grafton one of his Majesties Natural Sons Berkley Earl of Falmouth 16 Car. 2. HAving in the first Tome of this work spoke at large of the most Noble and antient Family of Berkley of Berkley-Castle in com Glouc. and in this of Iohn Lord Berkley of Stratton a special branch thereof I come to Charles Lord Berkley of Rathdown and Vicount Fitz-Harding in the Realm of Ireland Nephew to the same Iohn viz. second son to Sir Charles Berkley of Bruton in the County of Somerset Knight deceased late Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold This Charles having faithfully served our present Soveraign throughout the whole time of his greatest distresses in forreign parts both by his personal attendance on him and otherwise As also his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke in the Wars of France and in the Netherlands by reason thereof and his descent in blood from the antient Lords Botetort was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster the seventeenth day of March in the sixteenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Botetort of Langport in the County of Somerset as also to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Falmouth and to
Baronet widdow of Sir Henry Belassyse son and heir to Iohn Lord Belassyse by reason of her great merits was through the especial favour of our present Soveraign by Letters-patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the twenty fifth day of March in the Twenty sixth year of His Majesties Reign advanceâ— to the dignity of a Baroness by the title of Baroness Belassyse of Osgodby to enjoy during her natural 〈◊〉 Lee Earl of Litchfield 26 Car. 2. THough the most men on whom high degrees of Honor have been conferred did partake of their Sovereigns grace and favour therein in respect of some sâ—ecial services by them formerly perform'd to their Prince and Country yet have there been some advanced to 〈◊〉 Titles and Dignities as an encouragement to them in all virtuous endeavours amongst which Sir Edward-Henry Lee of Ditchley in com Oxon. Baronâ—t may be accounted one Who being a person of an ample fortune and fair hopes was by Letters-patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the fifth day of Iune in the Twenty sixth year of His Majesties Reign advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Spellesbury in the County of Oxford As also to the dignity of Vicount Quarendon and Earl of Litchfeiâ—d Iohn Baron of Petersham and Earl of Guilford 26 Car. 2. AMongst others of the Scottish Nation whose great merits have been the occasion of their advancements to English dignities Iohn Duke of Lauderdale in Scotland of the antient Family of Maitland and Lords of Thirlestane in that Realm is specially to be remembred whose Grandfather was deservedly honoured with the degree and Title of Baron of Thirlestane as was his Father to those of Vicount Maitland and Earl of Lauderdale by the late King Iames of famous memory This Iohn not only by reason of his paternal descent as also from other antient and honorable Families but from Iames the second of that name long since King of that Realm having been no whit short of his worthy Ancestors in great and high atchivements when in the times of the late Rebellion his late Majesty King Charles the First suffered under a severe and grievous restraint by divers foul conspirators he was by him together with William late Duke Hamilton sent to raise Forces in Scotland in order to his rescue And after the barbarous murther of that blessed Martyr became one of the first who put himself in Arms on the behalf of our present Soveraign with whom marching into England upon the loss of his Majesties whole Army in the battel at Worcester he was made prisoner and so kept for the space of almost nine years with no little hardship besides the loss of his Estate until that by the happy Restauration of his said Majesty he obtained his liberty Who being fully sensible of his perfect fidelity prudence and dexterity in the managing of affairs of greatest moment imployed him into Scotland to be sole Secretary of State President of his Council and Commissioner for the Regency there constituting him also of his Privy Council in this Realm In all which great trusts deporting himself with much circumspection uprightness and fidelity he was in testimony thereof first raised to the high Titles and dignities of Marquess of March and Duke of Lauderdale in that Kingdom as also elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter and afterwards by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the twenty fifth day of Iune in the twenty sixth year of his now Majesties Reign to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Petersham in the County of Surrey and likewise to the Title of Earl of Guilford in that County He first marryed the Lady Anne second daughter and coheir to Alexander Earl of Home in Scotland by Mary his wife daughter to Edward Lord Dudley by whom he hath issue one only daughter now living called Mary the rest dying young Which Mary is married to Iohn Lord Hay of Yester eldest son to the Earl of Twedale in Scotland And secondly the Lady Elizabeth daughter to William Earl of Dizert widdow of Sir Leonel Talmache late of Helmyngham in com Suff. Baronet but by her hath no issue George Fitz-Roy â—arl of Northumberland 26. Car. 2. THis George being the third natural son of our present Soveraign by Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland was by reason of so near a relation in blood to his Majesty and the more to encourage him unto virtuous and honorable atchievements which these his tender years did already promise advanced to the state and degree of a Peer of this Realm by the title of Baron of Pontfract in the County of Yorke as also to the dignity of Vicount Falmouth in the County of Cornwall and Title of Earl of Northumberland and to the heirs male of his body as by Letters Patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the first day of October in the twenty sixth year of his Majesties Reign appeareth Charles Fitz-Charles Earl of Plimouth 27 Car. 2. THis Charles another natural son of our present Sovereign in the time of his youth giving much testimony of his singular accomplishments to the end he might be the more encouraged to persist in the paths of Virtue and thereby be the better fitted for the managery of great affairs when he shall attain to riper years was by Letters Patent bearing date at UUestminster the twenty ninth day of Iuly in the twenty seventh year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Dartmouth as also to the dignities of Vicount of Totnes and Earl of Plimouth all in com Devon and to the heirs male of his body Charles Lenos Duke of Richmund 27 Car. 2. THis Charles another of his Majesties natural Sons unto whom he hath given the surname of Lenos being a Child of great hopes had the dignity and honour of Baron of Settrington in the County of Yorke conferred on him as also the Titles of Earl of Marcâ— and Duke of Richmund and to the heirs male of his body by Letters Patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the 〈◊〉 day of August in the twenty seventh year of his Reign Sondes Earl of Feversham 28 Car. 2. THe last person of whom I shall speak is Sir George Sondes of Lees-Court in the County of Kent Knight of the Bath This Sir George in consideration of his faithful services to the late King Charles of blessed memory and to our present Sovereign in sundry â—orts most amply manifested was by Letters Patent bearing date at UUestminster upon the eighth day of April in the twenty eighth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Throwley as also of Vicount Sondes of Lees-Court and Earl of Feversham all places of note in that County to
and to the great Infamy of the Kings Highness and the Realm c. if redress should not be had thereof So that without such small Houses were utterly suppressed and the Religious persons therein committed to great and honourable Monasteries of Religion where they might be compelled to live Religiously for Reformation of their lives there could no redress nor Reformation be in that behalf In consideration therof therefore for these are the very words of the Act the Kings most Royal Majesty being supreme Head in Earth of the Church of England daily studying and devising the Increase Advancement and Exaltation of true Doctrine and Virtue in the said Church to the only Glory and Honour of God c. Considering also that divers great Monasteries wherein thanks be to God Religion was well kept and observed were destitute of such full numbers of Religious persons as they might keep did think good that a plain Declaration should be made of the premisses Whereupon the Lords and Commons by great deliberation finally resolved that it should be much more to the pleasure of Almighty God and Honour of this Realm that the possessions of such small Religious Houses c. should be converted to better uses c. and thereupon did humbly desire that it might be Enacted that his Majesty should have and enjoy to him and his Heirs for ever all and singular such Monasteries c. to the pleasure of Almighty God and to the Honour and Profit of this Realm But when by this device which I thought not impertinent here to set forth they followed the Chase with quicker speed in Order to the full fruition of all the rest Which they accomplished within less then three years after by Instruments of Surrender from the respective Covents partly through corrupting the chief in each of them with large Pensions during their lives and partly by terror to such as were not plyant Which being affected to secure what was done all possible haste was made not only to demolish those goodly Structures wherein they did inhabit but the totall Fabricks of their very Churches wherein some of the Kings of this Realm and most of the Nobility and other persons of chief Note were honourably Entombed And then to disperse their possessions into sundry Lay-Hands either by free Gift easy purchases or Advantageous Exchanges and this for fear lest they might ever return to be again imployed unto such uses as the Piety of their well-meaning Founders did Originally designe them Nor did this ravenous practise make a stop here but after the Reformation began in the time of King Edward the Sixth which abolished Indulgences Prayers for the Dead and many of those Devices then called Piae Fraudes which had been used in the Church whereby the temporal profit of the Lay-man was thought to be not a little impared they fell to work again under the specious pretence of taking away those things out of other places as were then thought unnecessary and superstitious Whereby such spoil and destruction was made in the Cathedrals Collegiate and Parochial-Churches of the Nation by defacing those Monuments of the Dead where any gain was to be had as that few of them whereon any Portraicture in Brass or Copper or Epitapths in such mettle had been engraved were permitted to remain but were barbarously torne away and sold to common Brasiers and Tinkers In so much as Complaint being made thereof to Queen Elizabeth she issued out two Proclamations the one in the Second year of her Reign and the other in the Fourteenth for putting a restraint to this execrable dealing But alas all too late that mischief being done which could not be repaired Such hath been we see the specious Mask which Covetousness puts on viz. to pretend Purity Sanctity and the Honor of God but under those holy Veiles to perpetrate the greatest Villanies imaginable Consonant whereunto it cannot easily be forgotten what we have seen of this kind acted over again in our own times In which those few Memorials of the dead that were left undestroyed before have been by the horrid rapine of those Holy-pretended Zealots then in Armes throughout all the Cathedrals of this Realm and most Parochial Churches almost totally eradicated With what difficulty length of time and expence the Materials for this Work have been got together there are not many I am sure that can well Iudge And yet I must expect no less than the censure of some who would have it thought that they know much if they do hit upon any thing that I have not seen and perhaps will tax me with negligence or worse for omitting it though it be as unlikely that I should have cognisance thereof as 't is to know what money another man hath in his Pocket Others there are I doubt who will be apt to blame me for representing the piety of antient times in such sort as I have done looking upon it as vain and superstitious But whatsoever the opinion of those may be as to matter of Merit I think it safest to judge the most charitably of all men As it is much satisfaction to my self that after so many years travel and pains I have thus far brought to light the most remarkable Actions of divers worthy men who have long since flourished in this Realm and been famous in their generations which till now for the most part have lain buried in the depth and darkness of Oblivion So it will be to all other I am sure who have any sense or regard for the Honour of their dead Ancestors and likewise encourage some publick Spirits of greater abilities and better Interest to pursue the work thus begun by doing right in due time to those of this Later age touching whom I have made but a brief mention for the reasons before expressed Some perhaps there are who may be doubtfull as to the certainty of divers things which are related in this Historical Work from the Credit of our Chronologists whose usual course hath been to magnifie the eminent Actions of the Worthies in their times with Hyperbolical Encomiums as they did also the Piety of the Religious unto little less than Miracle But if for this respect what is of that kind delivered shall be esteemed meerly fictitious the renowned Enterprises of those elder Ages would be not a little obscured For though to beget the higher Honor to the same of Heroick men those antient Writers the Monks did assume a Poetical liberty in extolling their glorious Exploits somewhat farther than strictly they ought to the end that the greater Veneration should be had to their Memories if for that reason those their Reports shall be totally exploded there is nothing more certain than that much of Truth will be utterly lost As to what I have related which is beyond the memory of those who have been or are my own Contemporaries my Authorities are exactly quoted But as to what hath happened within that time it is upon their credit
of KING RICHARD the SECOND UNTIL This Present Year 1676. DEDUCED From Publick Records Antient Historians and other Authorities BY WILLIAM DUGDALE NORROY King of Arms. TOME the Third LONDON Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Abel Roper Iohn Martin and Henry Herringman at the Sun in Fleetstreet the Bell in S. Pauls Churchyard and at the Anchor in the Lower-walk of the New Exchange 1676. THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND The Third TOME Beauchamp of Kederminster 11 Rich. 2. TO this Third Tome of the present Work consisting chiefly of Barons by Patent I shall not need to prefix any Preface at all Of these the first on whom that dignity hath been conferred was Sir Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt in Com. Wigorn. Knight Grandson to Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt a younger son to William de Beauchamp of Elmely by Isabell his wife daughter and heir to William de Mauduit E. of Warwick as in my discourse of that great Family I have in due place already shewed Of which Iohn and what is most memorable of him under the Title of Beauchamp of Holt I have also given a full account Where inter alia it is observ'd that he was not only Steward of the Houshold to King Richard the Second but in such high favour otherwise as that he had a Grant from him of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the Priory of Deorhurst in Com. Glo◠then seised into the King's hands by reason of the Wars with France as all other the possessions of the Priories-Alien at that time were which Grant bears date 5 Oct. 11 R. 2. and by other Letters Patent bearing date at 〈◊〉 upon the tenth day of the same moneth in consideration of his many services and by reason of the place he held at that King's Coronation as also which he might thereafter hold in the said King's Councils and Parliaments Likewise in consideration of his noble descent great judgment and circumspection was advanced to be one of the Peers and Barons of this Realm so that he and the heirs male of his Body should enjoy the state and dignity of Barons and be stiled Lords Beauchamp and Barons of Rederminster But of this Honor he had no long enjoyment for through the Potencie of the great Lords then Predominant the King being forc'd to call a Parliament shortly after the Feast of the blessed Virgin 's Purification then next ensuing he had for the reasons which in my former discourse of him are inferred sentence to be drawn and hang'd but by special favour had his Head smitten off on Tower-Hill That the solemn Investiture of this Iohn and all other the Barons who were thenceforth created by Patent was perform'd by the King himself by putting on a Robe of Scarlet as also a Mantle with two Gards on the left shoulder and a Hood all furr'd with Minever there is no doubt Which forme of Creation continued until the Thirteenth year of King Iames that Sir Iames Hay a Scothman was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Letters Patent bearing date 29 Iunii by the Title of Lord Hay of Sauley in Com. Ebor. the Lawyers then declaring that the delivery of the Letters Patent was sufficient without any ceremony But now besides this honorable Robe through the special favour of our present Soveraign King Charles the Second there hath been granted to the Barons a Coronet of Gold with six Pearls placed upon the circle thereof as by a special Instrument under his Majesties Royal Signet bearing date upon the sixth day of Iuly 1661. in the Thirteenth year of his Reign appeareth The forme of which is by divers Painters and Carvers already so much mistaken as that they commonly advance the Pearls thereon in such sort as those are wherewith the Earls Coronets be regularly adorn'd though not as yet to the full heighth Whereas they being devised in imitation of the Vicounts Coronets the Pearls ought to stand as theirs do without any advancing at all Berners ... Hen. 4. OF this Family because very antient though not then Noble I shall take notice of what I have seen from our publick Records notwithstanding it is but little In the time of King William the Conqueror Hugh de Berners possessed Evresdone in Com. Cantabr And in 6 R. 1. Robert de Berners gave a Fine of Two hundred Marks for obtaining the King's favour and restitution of his Lands In 8 H. 3. the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Sussex to make Livery unto Iohn Bishop of Ely of all the Goods and Chattels of Raphe de Berners then being in his Mannors of Bromfeild Black-Nuttelegh and Newenton to distribute for the health of his Soul After that there was another Raphe de Berners who in 49 H. 3. took part with the rebellious Barons of that age Which Raphe for I take it to be the same in 13 Edw. 1. was Sheriff of Berkshire for the last quarter of that year as also for half the fourteenth year and departed this life in 25 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Yseldon vulgo Islington in Com. Midd. West-Horslegh in Com. Surr. of the inheritance of Christian his Wife Ikelingham in Com. Suff. and of the Mannors of Bernestoue Rothings and Berwyke in Com. Essex leaving Edmund his son and heir twenty six years of age then in Gascoigne From whom descended as I ghess Sir Iames de Berners Knight a great Favorite to King Richard the Second Who in that Kings Reign when the great Lords were prevalent amongst others then accounted Enemies to the publick was Arrested of Treason and committed to Prison Whence being brought to judgment in the ensuing Parliament he underwent the sentence of death as a Traitor and suffered accordingly To whom succeeded Richard his son and heir Which Richard residing at West Horsley in Com. Surr. had the reputation of a Baron of this Realm though nothing of his Creation or summons to Parliament that I could ever see doth appear thereof And Married Philippa the daughter of Edmund Dalingrig but departed this life in 9 H. 5. leaving issue Margery his daughter and heir first married to Iohn Feriby Esquire and afterwards to Iohn Bourchier fourth son to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe Which Iohn bore the Title of Lord Berners as is shewed where I speak of that Family Thomas Duke of Clarence 13 Hen. 4. THis Thomas being second son to King Henry the Fourth by Mary his wife daughter and coheir to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England was Knighted upon the Eve of his Father's Coronation by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies having the like Accoutrements for that Solemnity allow'd out of the great Wardrobe as were for his Brother Iohn Duke of Bedford And being shortly after made Steward of England in the
Chancellor to the late Queen Mother 3 Elizabeth the eldest of the three daughters and coheirs to Edward late Earl of Bath And Fourthly Dorothy daughter to Francis Lane of Glendon in com Northamp Esquire but by none of them hath any issue Iohn Ramsey Earl of Holderness 18 Iac. THis Iohn being a Page to King Iames and attending him to the House of Earl Gowry at Perth in Scotland upon the fifth of August An. 1600. fortun'd to be the happy Rescuer of His Majesty from that barbarous Murther which the same â—arl and his brother Alexander then one of the King's Bed-chamber had Trayterously Conspir'd to act upon him For which most faithful service he was advanced to the Title of Vicount Hadington and for an Augmentation of Honor had an Arme holding a naked Sword with a Crown on the midst thereof with an Heart at the point given him to impale with his own Armes and this Motto Haec dextra vindex Principis Patriae And having deserved thus well after King Iames attain'd the Crown of this Realm received farther benefits and countenance so that in An. 1608. 6 Iac. he gain'd Elizabeth the daughter of Robert Earl of Sussex in marriage But in 17 Iac. upon an emulation betwixt him and the Vicounts Fenton and Doncaster his Country-men be retired out of England with the King's leave yet return'd again shortly after and with higher esteem than before for upon the 22 th of Ian. An. 1620. 18 Iac. he was created Baron of Kingston scilicet Kingston upon Thames and Earl of Holderness with this special addition of honor that upon the Fifth of August Annually which was a day appointed to be kept Holy in giving Thanks to God for that King's preservation that he and his heirs male for ever should bear the Sword of State before the King in remembrance of His happy deliverance He married twice first Elizabeth daughter to Robert Earl of Sussex by whom he had issue two sons Iames and Charles and one daughter named Elizabeth who died young And surviving her took to wife Martha the daughter of Sir William Cokain Knight Alderman of London who overliving him became the wife of Montagu Lord Willoughby at that time son and heir to the Earl of Lindsey Grevil Lord Brook 18 Iac. IN the time of King Henry the Eighth Sir Edward Grevill of Milcote in the County of Warwick Knight being a branch of that antient Family of Grevill seated at Campden in Glocestershire in the time of King Edward the Third upon the death of Robert Willoughby Lord Brook who died 10 Nov. 13 H. 8. leaving Elizabeth Anne and Blanch his Cosins and next heirs viz. daughters of Edward his only son by Elizabeth one of the three daughters and coheirs to Richard Lord Beauchamp of Powyk and Alcester obtain'd the Wardship of Elizabeth the eldest of them and at length sole heir Anne dying afterwards unmarried Blanch who became the wife of Sir Francis D'autrey Knight having no issue with purpose to marry her to Iohn his son and heir but she preferring Fouke the younger in her affections wedded him Which Fouke by this meanes becoming her Husband in her right possessed divers fair Lordships of her Inheritance amongst which â—eating himself at Beauchamp's-Court the Mannor-House to his Lordship of Alcester in com Warr. and being a Knight he departed this life 10 Nov. An. 1559. 1 Eliz. leaving issue Fouke his son and heir and Robert a younger son Which Fouke was Knighted in 7 Eliz. being at that time 29 years of age and died in An. 1606. 4 Iac. leaving issue by Anne his wise daughter to Raphe Nevill Earl of Westmorland Fouke his son and heir and one only daughter called Margaret married to Sir Richard Verney of Compton Murdak in com Warr. Knight This last mentioned Fouke having been a servant in Court to Queen Elizabeth for many years continued so to King Iames by whom he was made Knight of the Bath at his Coronation And in 2 Iac. obtain'd a Grant of the then ruinous Castle at Warâ—â—ck for no part of it was at that time habitable excepting one of the Towers which the County made use of for a Goale with all the waste-Grounds thereto belonging And having also formerly purchased from Queen Elizabeth that antient and spacious Park at Wedgnock formerly belonging to the same Castle took in hand the repair of that decayed Fabrick Which at length being accomplisht but with no small cost he farther beautified it with such comely Gardens and pleasant walks as the like are not in those parts making also divers purchases afterwards of other Lands thereabous which as a noble demesn he annext thereunto After which in 12 Iac. being constituted under-Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer he was made choice of for one of that King's Privy-Council And meriting much for his faithful services in those imployments was by Letters Patents bearing date 9 Ian. 18 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Brooke of Beauchamp's-Court with limitation of that Honor in default of issue-male of his own body unto Robert Grevil son of Fowke son to the before-specified Robert second son to the first Sir Fowke Grevill and to the heirs-males of his body Which Robert being a servant to Queen Elizabeth first brought him to Court. And the next ensuing year surrendring his Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer which was thereupon conferr'd on Sir Richard Weston Knight afterwards Lord Treasurer and Earl of Portland was admitted one of the Gentlemen of the King 's Royal Bedchamber But about eight years after neglecting to reward one Haywood who had spent the greatest and chiefest part of his age in his personal service and being expostulated with thereupon he received a mortal stab on his back by that very person then private with him in his bed-chamber at Brooke-House in the Suburbs of London whereof he died 30 Sept. An. 1628. 5 Car. 1. being at that time 74 years of age Which being done the Assassinate discerning his own condition desperate went into another Roome and there having lockt the dore murthered himself with his own Sword This Noble Lord dying thus his Corps was brought to Warwick and there solemnly interred upon the Twenty seventh of October following in a Vault under that building situate on the North-side of the Collegiate-Church which had formerly been the Chapter-House thereto wherein he had by his life-time erected a fair Tombe with this Epitaph Fulke Grevill Servant to Queen Elizabeth Councellor to King James and Friend to Sir Philip Sidney Leaving no issue for he never married Whereupon Robert his Kinsman on whom the honor had been so entailed as before is observed succeeded him in that dignity and title Which Robert being unhappily tainted by the subtilty of
Fotherby Dean of Canterbury By neither of which wives having any issue he departed this life at London 20 Nov. An. 1660. and was buried in St. Martins Church near Canterbury within which Parish the Lordship of Mote is scituate where his last wife surviving him hath erected a noble Monument to his memory Lord Finche of Daventre OF this Family viz. Son and Heir of Sir Heneage Finch Knight Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament an 1625. 1 Car. 1. fourth Son to Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell Baronet and the Lady Elizabeth Countess of Winchelsey his Wife is Sir Heneage Finch Knight and Baronet who being a great proficient in the Study of the Laws in that Honourable Society of the Inner Temple London was upon the happy Restoration of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second 6 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Majesties reign made his Sollicitor General and the next year following Autumn-Reader in the before specified Inne of Court Upon the seventh of Iune an 1660. 12 Car. 2. by the name of Sir Heneage Finch of â—aunston in Com. Buck. Knight he was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet and upon the tenth day of May an 1670. 22 Car. 2. constituted the Kings Attorney General Also upon the ninth of November an 1673. made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Shortly after which he was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Finch of Daventre in Com. Northt being then owner of that Mannour by Letters Patents bearing date the tenth day of Ianuary 25 Car. 2. He married Elizabeth Daughter of Daniel Harvy Merchant of London by whom he hath Issue now living 〈◊〉 Sons 〈◊〉 Daniel Heneage William Charles Edward Henry and Robert Edward Iohn and Thomas being deceased He hath also had Issue four Daughters Elizabeth married to Samuel Grimston Son and Heir to Sir Herbottle Grimston Baronet Master of the Rolls Mary and Anne deceased and another Mary now surviving Lord Grey of Werke 21 Iac. THat this Family hath been antient in Northumberland and famous for divers Military exploits is evident from many authorities though none thereof did attain to the dignity of Peerage till of late In King Edward the seconds time Thomas de Grey being Governour of the Castles of Couper and Fife in Scotland came into that Realm shortly after his Coronation And with xxvi men broke through those Forces which Gualter de Bickerton had laid to entrap him Other particulars no less memorable were these viz. that at the Siege of Stryvelin upon the Rescue of Henry Lord Beaumont of whose retinue he then was he received a dangerous wound under his Eyes Likewise that he was afterwards taken prisoner by Thomas Randolph Earl of Murray And Governour of Norham where he was twice besieged by the Scots once for near six months and the other for full seven Likewise that he slew one Cryâ—â—es a Scottish-Admiral who had been a great Robber at Sea Moreover that in 19 E. 3. he had a Charter of Free-Warren throughout all his Lordships of Fenton Nosbytte Dodington North-â—iddleton Middlemost-Middleton South-Middleton Howyke â—worth Heddon and Hankill in that County And that he routed the Earls of March and Sutherland upon their invasion of the North whilst King E. 3. was at the Siege of Tournay Another Thomas there was who in 2 H. 5. being in that conspiracy with Henry Lord Scrope on the behalf of the French suffered death for the same To whom succeeded Sir Raphe Grey of Worke who was Knighted at Leicester upon Whiâ—sunday in 4 H. 6. by Iohn Duke of Bedford the King himself then receiving that honour from the same hand This was that Sir Raphe who soon after raised the Siege which the King of Scots had laid to Roxborough There was one of this Family a man of great note in the time of King E. 4. who being charged by a Gentleman of Scotland of Adultery with the Queen of Scots came with a Band of a thousand men to Edenburgh and there cast down his Glove to encounter in the Lists with his Accuser but departed without Fighting And in 6 E. 6. another Sir Raphe Grey of Chillingham in Com. Northumb. Knight then made Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland From whom descended another Raphe who by Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas Grey of Horton Knight had Issue William Grey of Chillingham aforesaid Esq who upon the xv day of Iune 1619. 17 Iac. was advanced to the degree of Baronet and afterwards viz. 11 Febr. 21 Iac. to the honour of a Baron by the title of Lord Grey of Werke and to the Heirs Male of his body Which William married Anne the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosleild in Com. Essex Baronet and departing this life upon the 29 of Iuly An. 1674. was buried at Epping in Essex By which Anne he had Issue divers Sons and Daughters but of these his Sons Raphe only survived him and of his Daughters Catherine only the rest dying young or unmarried who became first the Wife of Sir Edward Moseley of Hough in Com. Lanc. Baronet and afterwards of Charles eldest Son to Dudley Lord North since summoned to Parliament by the title of Lord Grey of Roulston Which Raphe now Lord Grey of Werke married Catherine Daughter to Sir Edward Forde of Hartling in Com. Sussex Knight Widdow of Alexander Colepeper eldest Son to Iohn Lord Colepeper by whom he had Issue now living three Sons Forde who hath married Mary Daughter of George Lord Berkley Raphe and Charles and one Daughter called Mary and departing this life upon the fifteenth day of Iune an 1675. was buried at Harting in Com. Sussex Burgh Earl of St. Albans 22 Iac. OF this Family which derive their descent from William Fitz-Aldelme Sewer to King Henry the second was Richard Burgh Earl of Clanrikard in Ireland who by Letters Patents bearing date 3 Apr. 22 Iac. was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Somerhill as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the name of Vicount Tunbridge and upon the 23 of August 4 Car. 1. created Earl of St. Albans at which time he had likewise other Irish Honours conferred upon him viz. Baron of Imaudy in the Province of Conaght and Vicount of Galloway This Richard Earl of St. Albans married Frances the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Francis Walâ—ingham Knight one of the principal Secretaries of State to the late Queen Eliz. Widdow of Robert Earl of Essex by whom he had Issue Vlick his Son and Successor in these Honours and one only Daughter called Honora who became the second Wife of Iohn late Marquess of Winchester He died 12 Nov. an 1636. and was buried at Tonbridge in Kent within which parish
is Somerhil the place of his residence To whom succeeded Vlick his Son and Heir who in the time of the late Rebellion in Ireland coming hither for refuge was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 21 Febr. 21 Car. 1. created Marquess of Clâ—nrikard He married the Lady Anne Daughter to William Earl of Northampton and by her had Issue one only Daughter called Margaret married to the Lord Muskerry Son to the Earl of Clancartie in Ireland Which Lord Muskerry was slain in that great Sea-fight against the Dutch an 1672. This Vlick died in an 1659. and was buried at Tonbridge Leke Lord Deincourt and Earl of Scarsdale 22 Iac. UPon the 22 th of May an 1611. 9 Iac. the title of Baronet at that time commencing Sir Francis Leke of Sutton in Com. Derb. Knight being a person of a very ancient Family in those parts and of an ample fortune was advanced to that dignity being the sixth in precedence of those who then were honoured therewith and upon the 26 th of October 22 Iac. was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Deincourt of Sutton Moreover in the late turbulent times manifesting his Loyalty most exemplaâ—ily to our late Soveraign King Charles the first not only by yielding much supply to his wants but Cordial advice in Council whilst Newarke upon Trent remained one of his Garrisons as also by readily sending forth two of his Sons in his service whereof the one lost his life in the South and the other in the West was in consideration thereof raised to the degree and dignity of an Earl by the title of Earl of Scarsdale by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 11 Nov. 21 Car. 1. He married Anne Daughter to Sir Edward Carey of Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. Knight Sister to Henry Vicount Falkland by whom he had Issue seven Sons and six Daughters viz. Francis slain in France Nicholas who succeeded him in his Honours Edward and Charles slain in his late Majesties service as abovesaid Henry died unmarried Raphe and Iohn who died Infants His Daughters were these Anne married to Henry Hillyard of Wysteade in Holdernesse Catherine to Cuthbert Morley of Normanâ—y in Com. Ebor. Esq Elizabeth and Muriel yet unmarried Frances Wedded to the Vicount Gormanston in Ireland and Penelope to Charles now Lord Lucas of Shenfeild Having suffered much for his loyalty in the times of the late unparalleled Usurpation in which King Charles the first of blessed memory lost his life by the hands of that Barbarous Generation then predominant he became so much mortified after that wosull Murther of his rightful Soveraign that he apparreled himself in Sack-cloth and causing his Grave to be dig'd some years before his death laid himself down in it every Friday exercising himself frequently in divine Meditations and Prayer And departing this life in his House at Sutton in Scarsâ—ale upon the ninth day of April an 1655. was buried in the Parish Church there To whom succeeded Nicholas his eldest Son then living who married the Lady Frances Daughter to Robert late Earl of Warwick by whom he hath Issue two Sons Robert commonly called Lord Deincourt and Richard and Mary a Daughter Which Robert hath married Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Iohn Lewes of Ledston in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet Fane Earl of Westmorland 22 Iac. FRancis Fane Esq Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell in Com. Cant. Knight by Mary his Wife sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Nevill Knight Lord Bergavenny afterwards created Baroness le Despenser being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames and upon the 29 th of December 22 Iac. advanced to the titles of Baron Burghersh and Earl of Westmorland took to Wife Mary the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Authony Mildmay of Apethorpe in Com. North. Knight by Grace his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Sir Henry Sherington of Lacock in Com. Wilts Knight which Sir Anthony was Son and heir to Sir Walter Mildmay Knight first Surveyor of the Court of Augmentation to King Henry the 8 th and afterwards Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth And he Son to Thomas Mildmay Gent. one of the Auditors to the Court of Augmentation temp H. 8. who upon the dissolution of the Monasteries obtained the Mannor of Mulsham in Essex parcel of the possessions of the Abby of Westminster This Earl Francis had Issue by her seven Sons 1. Mildmay Faâ—e made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first 2. Thomas who died in his Infancy 3. Francis made Knight of the Bath with his Brother 4. Anthony 5. George 6. William and 7. Robert And six Daughters Grace Married to Iames Earl of Humes in Scotland Mary to Dutton Lord Gerard Elizabeth to Sir Iohn Cope of Hanwell in Com. Oxon. Baronet Rachel First to Henry Earl of Bathe and afterwards to Lionel Earl of Middlesex also Frances and Catherine who died Unmarried And departing this life at Westmorland-House in great St. Bartholmews within the City of London 21 Martii an 1629. 5 Car. 1. was buried in the Vault of the Church at Apethorpe before-mentioned To him succeeded in his Honours Mildmay his Son and Heir who being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the First Married to his first Wife Grace Daughter to Sir William Thornhurst of ... in Kent Knight by Anne his Wife Daughter to Thomas Howard Vicount Bindon one of the Coheirs to Thomas her Brother and by her had Issue one Son called Charles and three Daughters Dians first Married to ... Pelham of Brokilsby in Com. Linc. and afterwards to Iohn Bill of Cane-Wood near High-Gate in Com. Midd. Esq Frances to Sir Erasmus Harby of Aldenham in Com. Hertf. Knight and Elizabeth And to his second Wife Mary Daughter to Horace Lord Vere of Tilbury Widdow of Sir Roger Townsend of Raynham in Com. Norff. Knight by whom he had Issue Vere made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and three Daughters Mary first Married to Francis Palmes Son and Heir to Sir Bryan Palmes of Ashwell in Com. Rutl. Knight afterwards to Iohn now Earl of Exeter Rachel to Dr. Gregory Hesket a Prebend in the Kings Royal Chapel of St George in the Castle at Windsore Catherine and Susan Which Mildmay departing this life 12 Febr. an 1665. was buried at Aperhorpe in Com Northt To whom succeeded Charles his Son and Heir who first Married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to ... Nodes of Shephall Bury in Com. Hertf. Esq by whom he had no Issue Secondly Dorothy Daughter to Robert now Earl of Cardigan Ley Earl of Marlborough 22 Iac. IN 44 Eliz. Iames Ley sixth Son to Henry Ley of Tesâ—ont Evias in Com. Wiltes Esq having at the Age
whereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 31 Ian. 18 Car. 1. Created Vicount Fauconberge of Henknowle in the Bishoprick of Durham And by Barbara his Wife Daughter to Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet had Issue two Sons Henry and Iohn and five Daughters Margaret Married to Iohn Lord Darcie of Astâ—n Mary to Sir Edward Osburne of Kiâ—eton in Com. Ebor. Baronet Barbara to Sir Henry Slyngâ—sby of Sâ—ryâ—en in Com. Ebor. Baronet Vrsula to Sir Walter Vavâ—sor of Haselwode in Com. Ebor. Knight and Frances to Sir Thomas Ingram of Shiriff-Hoton Knight a younger Son to Sir Arthur Ingram of Temple-Newsom in Com. Ebor. Knight and departing this life in an 1652. was buried in the Parish Church of Coâ—kswould in Com. Ebor. Which Henry dying before his Father left Issue by Grace his Wife Daughter and Heir to Thomas Barton of Smiâ—â—ells in Com. Lanc. Esq four Sons Thomas now Vicount Fauconbridge Henry who died in his youth Sir Rouland Belasyse Knight of the Bath and Iohn who died young And four Daughters Grace Married to George Vicount Castleton in Ireland Frances to Sir Henry Iones of Aston in Com. Oxon. Knight Arbella to Sir William Frankland of â—hurâ—ily in Com. Ebor. Baronet and Barbara to Walter a younger Son to Sir Robert Strickland of Siâ—er in Com. Westmorl Knight Which Thomas so succeeding his Grandfather in his Honours is now Captain of the Guard of Pensioners to his Majesty King Charles the Second and Married Mildred Daughter to Nicholas Vicount Castleton ¶ The second Son to the before-specified Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge Called Iohn faithfully also adhering to the late King Charles of blessed Memory at such time as through the influence of a predominant party in the late Long Parliament great Forces were ready to march against him rais'd and brought to Notingham upon the erection of his Royal Standard there in August an 1642. a compleat Regiment of stout Foot-Souldiers with which fighting valiantly on his behalf in the Batâ—els of â—ineton and Brainâ—ford as also in the storming of Bristoll and Battel of Newberie he was in consideration thereof advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Belasyse of Worlaby in Com. Linc. by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 27 Ian. 20 Car. 1. He was likewise in farther consideration of his eminent services in those times made Lieutenant-General of the Counties of York Notingham Lincoln and Derby Governour of the City of York and Garrison of Newark upon â—rent as also Captain General of his Majesties Guards And by our present Sovereign King Charles the Second constituted Captain-General of his Forces in Africa and Governour of â—angier Also Lord Lieutenant of the East-Riding of Yorkshire Governour of Hull and Captain of his Guard of Gentlemen-Pensioners But making scruple at the Oath injoined by Act of Parliament in an 1672. to be taken by all such as did then or should hereafter bear any Office under his Majesty he resigned all those his Commands as followeth viz. his Government of â—angier to the Earl of Middleton His Lieutenancy of the East-Riding of Yorkshire and Government of Hull to the Duke of Monmouth his Captainship of the Pensioners to his Nephew Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge and a Regiment of Foot raised during the late Wars with the Dutch to the Earl of Northampton This Iohn Lord Belasyse Married three Wives First Iane the Dâ—ughter and Heir to Robert Butler of Woodhall in Com. Hertf. Knight by whom he had Issue one Son called Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and one Daughter called Mary Married to Robert Vicount Dunbar in Scotland To his second Wife he Married Anne Daughter and Coheir to Sir Robert Crane of Chilton in Com. Suff. Knight Widdow of Sir William Airmine of Osgodâ—y in Com. Linc. Baronet He lastly Married the Lady Anne Daughter to Iohn late Marquess of Winchester by whom he hath Issue three Daughters Honora Barbara and Katherine Which Sir Henry his Son and Heir Married twice First Rogersa Rogers Daughter and Cohâ—ir with her Sister Elizabeth Dutchess of Richmund and Lenox to Francis Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Esq And afterwards Sâ—san Daughter and Coheir to Sir William Airmine of Osgodby in Com. Linc. Baronet by whom he had Issue Henry his only Son and departed this life in an 1668. Lord Lovelace 3 Car. 1. IN 3 Car. 1. Sir Richard Lovelace Knight Son oâ— Richard Lovelace of Hurley in Com. Berks. Esq was by Letters Patent bearing date 31 Maii 3 Car. 1. advanced to the degrâ—e and dignity of a Baron of this Râ—alm by the Title of Lord Lovelace of Hurlâ—y Which place had hâ—râ—tofore been a Religious 〈◊〉 o◠〈◊〉 Monks and a Cell to 〈◊〉 Abby Hâ— Mâ—râ—ed to his first Wife Katherine Daughter of George Hill Widdow of William Hide of Kingston L'isle in Com. Berks. Esq but by her had no Issue and to his second Wife Margaret the sole Daughter and Heir to William Dodsworth Citizen of London by whom he had Issue two Sons Iohn and Francis and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Henry Martin of Langworth in Com. Berks. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Henry Martin Knight then Judge of the Court of Admiralty and Margaret to Sir George Stonehouse of Radley in Com. Berks. Baronet And departed this life 22 Apr. an 1634. 10 Car. 1. To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who took to Wife the Lady Anne Daughter of Thomas Earl of Cleveland and departing this life at Woodstoke Mannor in Com. Oxon. 25 Sept. an 1670. was buried at Hurley before-specified leaving Issue Iohn his only surviving Son who succeeded him in his Honour And three Daughters Anne who died Unmarried Margaret Married to Sir William Noel of Kirkby Malory in Com. Leic. Baronet and Dorothy to Henry Drax a Merchant in Barbados Son of Sir Iames Drax Knight Which Iohn took to Wife Martha one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Edmund Pye of Bradenham in Com. Buck. Baronet by whom he hath had Issue one Son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and three Daughters Anne Martha and Catherine Pierpont Earl of Kingston and Marquess of Dorchester 3 Car. 1 THat the Ancestor of this long continuing and eminent Family â—obert de Pierpont being of French extraction came first into England at the time of the Norman Conquest is clear enough For by the general Survey taken shortly after it is evident that he was then possess'd of the Lordships of Henestede and â—retham in Suffolk and that he held them of the famous William Earl Warren one of the chiefest of thâ—se Nobles that accompanied the Victorious Norman Duke in his signal Expedition hither And though none of the Descendents of this Robert did arrive to the dignity of Peerage till of late years yet were they persons of great note throughout all succeeding
1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Piâ—rpont of Holme Pierpont in Com. Nott. and Vicounâ— Nâ—wark and upon the 25 th of Iuly the next ensuing year was Created Earl of Kingston upon Null This Robert giving many testimonies of his Loyalty to his late Majesty King Charles the First upon the very beginning of the late great Rebellion had thereupon first Commission to raise a Regiment of twelve hundred Foot for his service and soon after that was Constituted Lieutenant General of all his Forces within the Counties of Lincoln Rutland Huntington Cambridge and Norfolk But upon the assault of Eaynesborough in Com. Linc. by the Parliamentâ—Forces fortun'd to be there taken Prisoner 30 Iulii an 1643. which being discern'd by those of the King's party then near at hand they stoutly endeavoured his rescue but with ill success for he lost his life therein by the casual shot of a Bullet against those who were carrying him away by Barge towards Hull This noble Earl left Issue by Gertrude his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Henry Talbot third Son to George Earl of Shrewsbury five Sons Henry who succeeded him in his Honours William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Francis Pierpont of Notingham As also Gervase and George And two Daughters Frances who died in his life time and Elizabeth Which Henry most loyally attending the said King Charles the First in his Garrison at Oxford and sundry other places in the late perillous and troublesome times being one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council was in respect thereof and other his great Merits by Letters Patent bearing date 25 Martii in the twentieth year of his Reign raised to an higher degree of Honour by the Title of Marquess of Dorchester in Com. Dors. He first Married Cecelie Daughter to Paul Vicount Banning and by her had Issue two Daughters the Lady Anne and Lady Grace And afterwards the Lady Katherine Daughter to Iames late Earl of Derby by whom he had Issue one Son called Henry who died in his Infancy ¶ Of the other Sons to the before-specified Earl William Pierpont of â—horesby the second Married Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to Sir Thomas Harris of â—onge-Castle in Com. Salop. Baronet by whom he hath had Issue five Sons 1. Robert who Married Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Evelyn of Dene in Com. Wilts Knight and died in his life time leaving Issue Robert a Son and a Daughter called Gertrude 2. Henry who died unmarried William who died in his Infancy George and Gervase and five Daughters Frances Married to Henry Earl of Ogle Son and Heir to William Duke of Newcastle Eleanore and Margaret who died in their Infancy Grace Wedded to Gilbert now Earl of Clare and Gertrude to George Vicount Halifax Lord Hervey of Kidbroke 3 Car. 1. IN an 1619. 17 Iac. Sir William Hervey of Kidbroke in Com. Cantii Knight descended from an antient Family of that name which were possessors of â—hirley in Com. Bedf. was advanced to the degree of a Baronet upon the one and thirtieth day of May the same year with remainder to William his Son and the Hâ—irs Male of his Body also shortly after that to the dignity of Lord Hervey of Rosse in the County of Wexford in Ireland And lastly by reason of his eminent services at home and abroad both in the times of King Iames and King Charles the First as well in Council as in the Wars and other Foreign Expeditions was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Hâ—rvey of Kidbroke with the like remainder as abovesaid as by certain Letters Patents bearing date 7 Febr. 3 Car. 1. appeareth This William Lord Hervey married two Wives first Mary Daughter of Anthony Vicount Mountagâ— Widow of Henry Earl of Southampton but by her had no Issue Secondly Cordellia Daughter and Coheir to Brian Anslow of Lewsham in Com. Cantii Esq by whom he had Issue three Sons William slain in the German-Wars as also Iohn and Henry who died young and two Daughters Elizabeth married to Iohn Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esq now Treasurer to her Majesty Queen Catherine and Helen who died unmarried and departed this life ... Iunii an 1642. Vicount Bayning 3 Car. 1. UPon the 24 th of Sept. an 1612. 10 Iac. Paul Bayning of Bentley parva in Com. Essex Esq Son to Paul Bayning Sheriff of London in an 1593. 35 Eliz. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet and upon the 27 th of February 3 Car. 1. to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Baron Bayning of Horkesâ—ey in Com. Essex as also on the eighth of March next following to that of Vicount Bayning of Sudbury in Com. Suff. This Paul married Anne Daughter to Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Com. Suff. Knight and dying at his own House in Mark-lane within the City of London 29 Iulii an 1629 5 Car. 1. was buried in the Church of St. Olave Hartstreet London leaving Issue Paul his Son and Heir thirteen years of age and four Daughters Cecilie Married to Henry Vicount Newarke eldest Son to Robert Earl of Kingston Anne to Henry Murray one of the Grooms of the Bed-chamber to King Charles the First afterwards created Vicountess Banning of Foxley by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 17 Martii 26 Car. 2. Mary first to William Vicount Grandison afterwards to Christopher Earl of Anglesey and Elizabeth to Francis Lord Dacres Which Paul married Penelope sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Robert Naunton Knight Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries and by her having Issue one Daughter named Anne died at Bentley-Hall in Essex 11 Iunii 1638. leaving her the said Penelope great with child of another born after his death and called Penelope Which Anne afterwards became the Wife to Aubrey Earl of Oxford and Penelope of Iohn Herbert the youngest Son to Philip late Earl of Pâ—mbroke and Montgâ—mery Lord Maynard 3 Car. 1. IN 3. Car. 1. Sir William Maynard Knight Son and Heir to Henry Maynard of Estonâ— parvâ— in Com. Essex by Susan his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Thomas Pearson Esq Usher of the Court of Star-Chamber having first been dignified with the title of Baronet 29 Iunii an 1611. 9 Iac. next with that of Lord Maynard of Wickbow in Ireland by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster 30 Maii 18 Iac. an scil 1620 in consideration of his farther merits was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster upon the fourteenth day of March in the third year of King Charles the First advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Maynard of Estaines ad Turrim in Com. Essex otherwise called Little Easton This William married two Wives First the Lady Frances Daughter to William Cavendish the first Earl of
Titles had the â—ignity of Earl of Ulvester in the Realm of Iâ—â—â—and conferred upon him the tenth day of Mâ—â— in the Eleventh year of the Reign of our preâ—â—nt Soveraign K. Charles the Second He first married the Lady Anne eldest daughâ—ter to Edward late Earl of Clarendon and by her had issue four sons Charles Duke of Cambridge who died in his Infancy Iames Duke of Cambridge Henry Duke of Kendal and Edgar Duke of Cambridge all which died likewise in their childhood And three Daughters the Lady Mary and Lady Henriettaâ— yet living and the Lady Catherine who died in her Infâ—ncy He afterwards married the Lady Maria Beatrice daughter to the Duke of Modina in Italy by whom he hath had issue one daughter named Catherine-Laura which died in her Infancy Henry Duke of Glocester 11 Car. 2. THe next is Henry the Third Son to the same King Charles the First by the like Letters-patent bearing date 13 Maiâ— the ensuing year created Duke of Glocester and Earl of Cambridge Who having been partaker with our present Soveraign in his greatest Diâ—â—esses during the long continuance oâ—â—he â—â—te Unparrallel'd Usurpation had at lengâ—â— the happiness to see him Peacefully restored to the Royal Throne of these his Realmes accompanying him into England before the end of May the following year but departed this life unmarried upon the Thirteenth day of September next ensuing and was buried in the Royal Chapel of King Henry the Seventh at Westminster under the Tombe of Mary Q of Scotland his Great-Grandmother Monke Duke of Albemarle 12 Car. 2. HAving now done with all such Creations which were made by our present Soveraign King Charles the Second before his Joyful Return into England I now come to those which ensued afterwards and first to that of George Monke of Potheridge in Com. Devon Esq who having sedulously exercised a Military course of life both by Sea and Land in Forrein parts for the chief time of his youth and afterwards applying himself to his late Majesties Service at the beginning of the late unhappy Rebellion in which he had the fate to be taken prisoner at length obtaining his liberty he took up Armes with the Adverse-Party in expectation of a fitter season to manifest his great affections to his King and Country Of which after much devastation and spoile the Cruel Murther of His Majesty and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing Monarchique Government when he discern'd some view he ceased not to improve all opportunities whereby he might accomplish those blessed ends which his Right-Loyal Heart had always though with great Reservation most earnestly designed And accordingly through God's assistance became the Chief and most happy Instrument of Restoring the King to His Just Rights and all these Realmes to their long desired Peace and Tranquillity the pâ—rticulars whereof as they are not unknown to this present Age so are they made publick to the World by divers persons which have given an Historical Account thereof for the better satisfacton of future times In contemplation therefore of these his most Laudable Adventures and as a Lasting Testimony of the real sence which His Majesty had of these his transcendent merits considering also that by the Lady Frances daughter and coheir to Arthur Plantaginet Natural son to King Edward the Fourth wife of Thomas Monke Esq his Lineal Ancestor he was descended from Edward Grey Vicount L'isle and by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Iohn Talbot Vicount L'isle son to the renowned Iohn Talbot sometime Earl of Shrewsbury and with him slain in the Battel of Chastiâ—lion by Margaret wife of that valiant Earl from the famous Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and Aumarle Regent of France whose eldest daughter and coheir she was he had by Letters-patent bearing date the seventh day of Iuly in the Twelfth year of His Majesties Reign these several Dignities and Titles of Honor conferred upon him and the heirs male of his Body that is to say Baron Monke of Potheridge Beauchamp and Tyes Earl of Torington and Duke of Albemarle And shortly after was installed K t of the most noble Order of the Garter He married Anne Sister of Sir Thomas Clarges Knight and departing this life upon the fourth day of Ianuary An. 1669. was honorably buried upon the last day of April next ensuing on the North-side of King Henry the Seventh's Chappel adjoyning to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster leaving Christopher his only Son and successor in his Honors now Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter who married the Lady Elizabeth eldest daughter to Henry Earl of Ogle son and heir apparent to William Ouke of Newcastle but by her as yet hath no issue Lord Butler of Lanthony and Earl of Brecknock 12 Car. 2. THe next on whom our present Soveraign after his happy Restauration conferred any Title of Honor was Iames Marquess of Ormond and Earl of Ossory in Ireland of His Majesties Privy-Council both in England and that Realm Lord Steward of His Houshold one of the Gentlemen of his Royal Bedchamber and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Paternally descended from Hervey Walter a great Baron of this Realm in the time of King Henry the Second of whom I have spoke in the First Volume of this Work whose posterity afterwards became Earls of Ormond whereof another Iames surnamed Butler who married Elizabeth the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex Lord of Brecknock and Constable of England by Elizabeth his wife one of the daughters of King Edward the First was the first so created by King Edward the Third Which first mention'd Iames having been Lieutenant of Ireland in the time of King Charles the First of blessed memory where he performed great things and afterwards constantly adhered to His Majesty that now is throughout that tedious time of His Calamitous expulsion meriting much for his most Loyal Actings and Sufferings was by Letters-patent bearing date at Westminster upon the Twentieth day of Iuly in the same Twelfth year of His Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Butler of Lanthony in the County of Glocester his noble Ancestor Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex having divers ages past been the Pious Founder of a great Abby there as also Earl of Brecknock and to the heirs make of his body And the next ensuing year by other Letters-patent dated at Westminster upon the Thirteenth day of March created Duke of Ormond in the Realm of Ireland and shortly after that again Lord Lieutenant of that Realm This Duke married the Lady Elizabeth Preston the daughter of Richard Lord Dingwell who was honoured with the Title of Earl of Desmond by King Iames and by her hath issue three sons first Thomas who beareth the Title of Earl of Ossory Secondly Richard Earl of Arran who first married the Lady Mary daughter toâ— Iames
the heirs male of his body He married Elizabeth daughter to Colonel Hervey Bagot second son to Sir Hervey Bagot late of Blythfield in com Staff Baronet and having issue by her one only daughter named Mary was slain in that blooody sea-fight against the Dutch upon the third of Iune 1665. whereupon his Corps were conveyed to the Abby Church at Westminster and there honourably buried Lord Arundell of Treryse 16 Car. 2. OF this antient and worthy Family whose Ancestor came a into England at the Norman Conquest and which hath been seated b at Treryse in Cornwall from the time of King Edward the third was c Sir Iohn Arundel Knight Vice-Admiral to King Henry the Seventh and King Henry the Eighth which Sir Iohn in a sharp fight at sea encountring d with Duncan Camel that great Scottish Pirate took e him Prisoner Whose lineal heir male was f another Iohn which Iohn having been g one of the Knights for that shire in divers Parliaments some in the time of Queen Elizabeth others of King Iames and lastly of King Charles the First of blessed memory upon the first begining of the late unparralleld Rebellion raised by an Antimonarchical Party in the late Long-Parliament which â—erminated in the horrid Murther of that excellent King most loyally put himself with four of his sons in Arms on his Majesties behalf whereof two lost their lives in his service and most valiantly held out the Castle of Pendennis which was long besieged both by Sea and Land unto the very end of those unhappy Wars Of which Sons Richard the eldest personnally attending that King in his Army was one of his Commanders in the first Battle he had with those Rebels near Kineton in Warwickshire where he made most ample manifestations of his courage and valour Likewise in that at Lansdowne in Somersetshire as also in divers other bloody fights and tedious Sieges wherein he received many wounds And though through the prevalency of those Rebels at length he lost his whole Estate nevertheless he did not at all desert his Majesties just interest for which he had so long most loyally thus hazarded himself In consideration therefore of these his great Actings and Sufferings he was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the twenty third day of March in the sixteenth year of Majesties Reign worthily advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Arundell of Treryse and to the heirs male of his body He married Gertrude daughter of Sir Iames Bagg of Saltham in the County of Devon Knight widdow of Sir Nicholas Slaning Kt. by whom he hath had issue two sons Iohn who died in his Childhood and another Iohn who married Margaret the daughter and sole heir to Sir Iohn Ackland of 〈◊〉 Iohn in the same County of Devon Knight Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland 22 Car. 2. AS in former times the raising of eminent Women to great Titles of Honor hath not been unusual in this Realm in pursuance therefore of those so laudable Examples the like hath been done by our present Soveraign Barbara the sole daughter and heir of William Viscount Grandison who in the times of the late Rebellion being in Arms for the King lost his life in open battel being the first Which Barbara by reason of her noble descent from divers worthy Ancestors and her Fathers death in his Majesties Army as also in respect of her own personal Vertues was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the third day of August in the twenty second year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baroness of this Realm by the Title of Baronesse of Nonsuch in the County of Surrey as also to the dignities of Countess of Southampton and Dutchess of Cleveland to enjoy during her natural life the remainder to Charles Fitz-Roy his said Majesties Natural Son by her and to the heirs male of his body and for lack of such issue to George Fitz-Roy another of his natural sons by her and younger Brother to him the said Charles Which Charles being since installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter manifesting his great inclination to honorable and virtuous endeavors was for his future encouragement to all heroick atchievements by other Letters Patent bearing date also at Westminster upon the tenth day of September in the twenty seventh year of his said Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Newberie as also to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Chichester and of a Duke by the Title of Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewston and Duke of Grafton 24 Car. 2. THis Henry being one of the natural sons of our present Soveraign by Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland in respect of his Maâ—esties dear affection to him and observance of his vertuous disposition for his farther encouragement to great and honorable atchievement was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the sixteenth day of August in the twenty fourth year of his Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Baron of Sudbury in the County of Suffolk as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount of 〈◊〉 and of an Earl by the Title of Earl of 〈◊〉 all in that County and the heirs male of his body with remainder to George Fitz-Roy his younger Brother and the heirs male of his body And by other Letters 〈◊〉 bearing date at Westminster upon the eleventh day of September in the twenty seventh year of his Reign to the Title of Duke of 〈◊〉 in the County of Northamâ—ton He married the Lady Isabella the only child of Henry now Earl of Arlington Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold by the Lady Isabella of Nassau his wife one of the daughters of Lewes de Nassaw Lord Beverwaert son to the Illustrious Maurice late Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau Lord Duras of Holdenby 24 Car. 2. AS His Majesty in testimony of the High esteem he had of those who had faithfully served His Royal Father and Himself in the late unhappy Wars or otherwise and for their farther encouragement to all 〈◊〉 Endeavours did advance many of his own Native Subjects to great Titles of Honor as hath been already shewed so hath he not been slack in the remuneration of such Forreiners which had cordially done the like as is evident in that of the most valiant and truly Noble Lewes Duras Marquess of Blanquefort brother to the Duke of Duras in France lineally descended from the famous Galliard Dureford Lord of Duras whom King Edward the Fourth for his especial Services in those times not only made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter conferring on him an yearly Pension of an Hundred pounds during his life but granted that his Executors for the better performance
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