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A16939	A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 Together, vvith their armes, vviues, and children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke Esquire, Yorke Herauld: discouering, and reforming many errors committed, by men of other profession, and lately published in print ...	Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625.	1619 (1619)	STC 3832; ESTC S107111	214,884	345

Henry the seuenth 1485. this Iasper was againe the third time restored to the Earledome of Penbroke in the yeare 1486. he was crcated Duke of Bedford Some haue that this Iasper married Katherine daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers the widdow of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham but howsoeuer he dyed without any lawfull issue the 11. of King Henry the seuenth leauing a base daughter named Hellen married to William Gardiner of London Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordur d'azur semé de Merlottes d'or WIlliam Herbert Lord of Ragland Castle in Monmothshire descended from Henry Fitz-Herbert Chamberlaine to King Henry the first and Alice Corbet his wife Concubine to the said King and of whom he begot Reginald earle of Cornwall This William was Knight of the Garter and after the attaindor of Iasper of Hatfield was created Earle of Penbroke in the 8. yeare of king Edward the fourth and being sent by the said King to encounter Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and George Duke of Clarence who intended the setting vp againe of King Henrie the sixt was at Banbury field 1469. taken prisoner and beheaded the ninth of King Edward the fourth and buried at Tinterne Abbey the said King Edward being also taken prisoner by the Earle of Warwicke at the same time He married Anne sister of Sir Walter Deuereux knight Lord Ferrars of Chartley and had issue William Lord Herbert of Gower and after his Father Earle of Penbroke Sir Walter Herbert and Sir George Herbert of S. Iulians and sixe daughters Cicely was Baronesse of Grestoke Mauld was married to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Katherine wife to George Grey Earle of Kent Anne was married to the Lord Powis Isabell was married to Sir Thomas Cooksey Knight and Margaret the sixt daughter was first married to Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle and after to Sir Henry Bodringham knight This William Earle of Penbroke had issue by Mauld daughter and heyre of Adam ap Howell Graunt his Paramore Richard Herbert of Ewyas Father of Sir George Herbert of Swansey knight and of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke Et portoit party per pale d'azur de gueulles au trois lyons tampant d'argent WIlliam Lord Herbert of Gower sonne and heyre of William Earle of Penbroke beheaded at Banbury aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Penbroke which earledome he surrendred to King Edward the fourth and in lieu therof the said King created him Earle of Huntington by his Letters Patents bearing date at Oburne the fourth of Iuly in the 19. yeare of King Edward the fourth who at that time gaue the said Earledome of Penbroke to his sonne Prince Edward This William married Mary the fift sister and co-heyre of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers and had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Elizabeth married to Charles Somerset Earle of Worcester This William dyed in the 6. yeare of King Henry the seuenth Et portoit les armes de son peré EDward Plantagenet sonne and heyre of King Edward the fourth was in the 19. yeare of his Fathers reigne vppon the surrender of William Herbert of the Earledome of Penbroke created Earle of Penbroke at the Kings Mannor of East Hampsted This Prince Edward was after King by the name of King Edward the fift and liued not long after who being dead King Richard the third held the said Earledome of Penbroke all his life time After whose death Iasper Tuder was restored againe to that Earledome and helde it to his death in the yeare 1495. And then did King Henry the seuenth giue the same Earledome to Prince Henry his sonne who held and enioyed it vntill he was King and long after and passed all things within the saide County vnder the Seale of the said Earledome and by the name of Earle of Penbroke and not as King nor vnder the great Seale of England and so it continued vntill the 27. yeare of his Reigne that Wales was reduced to sheere ground and the authority royall of all Lordships Marchesse in Wales was dissolued by Acte of Parliament and resumed into the Kings hands at which time the great and large authority and iurisdiction Royall of the Earledome of Penbroke being alwayes before a County Palatine was dissolued and the Earles that haue beene sithence haue onely had but the Name and Dignity as other Earles of England where before that time they were as absolute Princes of themselues Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent ANne Bollen eldest daughter and co-heyre of Thomas Bollen Viscount Rochford and Earle of Wiltshire was created Marchionesse of Penbroke at Windesore Castle on Sunday the first of September 1532. the 24. of King Henry the eight at which time the saide King deliuered vnto her two seuerall Letters Patents one of her said Creation the other of the guift of a thousand pounds a yeare to maintaine her Estate Afterwards the 25. of Ianuary 1533. King Henry married the said Anne Marchionesse of Penbroke and by her had issue the renowned and most famous Princesse Queene Elizabeth who reigned Queene forty foure yeares and died the 24. of March 1602. and lyeth honourably buried in the Abbey at Westminster This Queene was beheaded within the Tower of London the 19. of May 1536. and her body with the head was buried in the Quier of the Chappel of the Tower Et portoit d'argent au Cheuron entre trois testes de Beufs coupé sable WIlliam Herbert sonne of Richard Herbert of Ewyas Esquire and grandchilde to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke beheaded at Banbury was of the priuy Chamber to King Henry the eight and one of his Excecutors he was made Master of the Horsse and Knight of the Garter the third of King Edward the sixt and in the fift yeare of the said kings Reigne he was created Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe and Earle of Penbroke he was also of the priuy Counsell to king Edward the 6. twice Lord President of the Counsell established in the Marchesse of Wales Lieutenant generall ioyned with the Lord Russell and the Lord Grey for suppressing the Rebels in the West Countries and against Sir Thomas Wyat and Generall of all the English Forces at S. Quintins twice Gouernor of Callis of the priuy Counsell also to Queene Mary and Queene Elizabeth grand Master of the Houshold to the late Queene Elizabeth He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Thomas Parre Baron of Kendall sister and co-heyre of William Parre Marquesse of Northampton Earle of Essex Lord Parre Ros of Kendall Fitz-Hugh Marmyon and S. Quintine by whom hee had issue Henry Lord Herbert after Earle of Penbroke Sir Edward Herbert of Red-Castle knight and Lady Anne married to Francis Lord Talbot Son and heyre of George the sixt Earle of Shrewsbury This William married to his second wife Anne daughter of George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury but by her had no issue He dyed at Hampton-Court the 18. of Aprill and was

d'engleterre Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur Et portoit les armes de son peré Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'or lampasse armé d'azur Et portoit lez armes de son peré Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards passant en pale d'or au bordur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit gueulles à vn lyon rampant d'argent lampasse armé d'azur Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre au lambell d'argent trois cantons de gueulles Et portoit gueulles à la bande d'argent entre six croix recroisettes bottonne au pied fiche de la primier Et portoit les armes de son peré Et portoit gueulles à la bande d'argent entre six eroix recroisettees betonne au pied fiche d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Tankeruile their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Grey sonne of Sir Iohn Grey Knight of Ioane his Wife eldest daughter and co-heyre of Edward Charlton Lord Powis for his Martiall prowesse and valour was by King Henry the fift 1417. created Earle of Tanquer-vile in Normandy to haue vnto him and his heyres males by deliuering one Bassinet at the Castle of Roan euery yeare on S. Georges day There were created with him at the same time Gascoine de Foyz Earle of Longevile and Sir Iohn Bourchier Earle of Ewe This Henry married Antigone base daughter of Humfrey Duke of Glocester by whom he had issue Richard Lord Powis Humfrey second sonne and a daughter named Elizabeth married to Sir Roger Kyneston Knight and was after slaine in a battaile at Blangie neere to the Citty of Angiers by the Duke of Alanson where were slaine with him the Noble Duke of Clarence Gilbert Vmfrauile Earle of Anguish the Lord Ros and almost 2000. others the 22. day of March 1420. Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de huit pieces sur la tout à la bande de gueulles A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles and Marquesses of Winchester their Armes Wiues and Children This Saer married Margaret second sister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester and Steward of England by whom he had issue Robert Lord Quincy Roger second sonne after his Father Earle of Winchester and another Robert third sonne and two daughters Hawis the eldest was married to Hugh de Vere Earle of Oxford the second I finde not certainly neyther her name or what became of her He dyed at Acon going to the Holy-Land in the 4. yeare of King Henry the third his body was buried at Acon his heart and bowels being brought into England was buried in the Abbey of Gerondon in Leicestershire 1219. He bare for his Armes in a Seale annexed to his Charter in my custody A fece with a lambell of 12. points but the colours thereof as yet could I neuer finde Et portoit gueulles à sept maseles d'or 3.3.1 Et portoit d'argent escartellé de gueulles frette d'or sur la tout au band de sable He married Margaret daughter of Henry de Borselle Lord of Vere Sandeburgh and Phalix and had issue Iohn de Brugges Lord of Gruthuse Father of Reginald Brugges Lord of Gruthuse His ancient Armes was D'or à la croix sable and his Wiues Armes were Sable à la face d'argent Et portoit sable trois espees àuec le pointz embas d'argent au cresant d'or This Iohn dyed at his house at Chelsey 1576. and was buried at Basing the 19. of Queene Elizabeth Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cresant d'or Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Worcester and Meullen their Armes Wiues and Chlidren This Walleran founded the Abbey of Bordesley in England in King Henry the seconds time and dyed in the yeare 1166. and was buried at Worcester Others haue that he dyed a Monke at Pratelles in Normandy Et portoit fizelle d'or d'azur en bande à vn bordure de gueulles Et portoit d'or an lyon rampant d'azur à eressant gueulles Et portoit gueulles à vn face six croiseletz botones d'or à vn croissant sable en la face Et portoit d'argent à vn Saulteur engresley de gueulles Et portoit les armes de son pere Et portoit lez armes de France d'engleterre escartelle à vn bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur au baston finester d'argent sur le tout à vn escusson per pale d'azur de gueulles au trois lyons rampant d'argent Et portoit d'or à la face France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur Et portoit lez armes de son peré He married Lady Elizabeth daughter of Francis Hastings Earle of Huntington and Katherine his Wife daughter and heyre of Henry Pole Lord Montague and had issue William Lord Herbert that dyed without issue Henry L. Herbert now liuing who married Anne daughter and sole heyre of Iohn Lord Russell sonne and heyre of Francis Earle of Bedford Sir Thomas Somerset Knight of the Bath Master of the Horse to Queene Anne Sir Charles Somerset Knight of the Bath and Sir Edward Somerset Knight of the Bath fift sonne Lady Elizabeth Somerset wife to Sir Henry Guilford Knight Katherine second daughter married William Lord Peter of Writile in Essex Anne Wife to Sir Edward Wynter of Glocestershire Knight Francis married to Sir William Morgan of Llantarnam in Monmouthshire Blanch wife to Thomas Arundell sonne heyre of the Lord Arundell of Warder Castle and Katherine the youngest daughter was married to Thomas now Lord Windsore 1618. Et portoit d'or à la face escartelle France d'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of VViltshire their Armes Wiues and Children LIonell Plantagenet sur-named of Antwerpe the place of his birth third sonne of King Edward the third was by his Father in the 26. yeare of his Reigne created Earle of Wiltshire and in the 36. yeare of his Reigne he was created Duke of Clarence He married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of William Lord Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland and of Mauld his wife sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster by whom he had issue Philip his onely daughter and heyre married to Edmond Mortimer Earle of March This Leonell dyed comming from Mellent in the yeare of our Lord 1368. c. Et portoit les armoities de France d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'ermyn chargeé au trois cantons de gueulles WIlliam Lord Scroope sonne of Richard Lord Scroop of Bolton Lord Chancellour of England was by King Richard the second in the 21. yeare of his Reigne created Earle of Wiltshire the yeare after he was made Lord high Treasurer of England and Knight of the Garter Whō when Henry of Bullingbroke Duke

Earle of Cornwal and by the Electors chosen to be Emperor of the West and crowned King of the Romans and Almany at the Citty of Acon in Germony others haue at Aquisgraue He married three wiues the first was Isabell daughter of William Marshall the younger Earle of Penbroke widdow of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester by whom he had issue Henry slaine at Vitirbo in Italy Iohn who dyed both without issue His second wife was Senchia daughter of Raymond Earle of Prouince and sister of Queen Elianor his brothers wife who was crowned with him at Acon and by whom he had issue Edmond Earle of Cornwall others His third and last wife was Beatrix Niece to the Archbishop of Coleyne This Richard dyed at his Mannor of Barkhamsted the 20. of Aprill 1271. others say 1272. and his body was buried in the Monastery of Hayles in Glocestershire and his heart in the Abbey of Reuly at Oxford which was of his foundation Ioane the eldest daughter was married to Alexander the second King of Scots who comming into England to see her Brother King Henry the third dyed at London and was buried in the Nunnery at Tarent in Dorsetshire the fourth of March 1236. Elianor second daughter was first married to William Marshall the younger Earle of Penbroke who dyed before the wedding Feast was ended She married after Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester sonne of Simon Earle Mounfort in France who maintaining the Barons warres against King Henry the third was slaine at the battaile of Euesham 1265. After whose death she and her Children were banished England and dyed in the Nunnery at Montarges in France as in the Title of Earles of Leicester is more at large Isabell youngest daughter was borne in the yeare 1214. who being 21. yeares of age married the Emperour Frederick in the Citty of Wormes in Germany the 20. of Iuly 1235. She being his sixt Wife had issue by him Henry elected King of Cicily and Margaret Wife of Albert Landgraue of Thurin She dyed in child-bed the first of December 1241. Base Children of King IOHN Richard base sonne of King Iohn with Hugh de Burgo Earle of Kent ouerthrew the Nauy of Lewis the French Kings sonne in the second yeare of King Henry the third He married Rohesia daughter and heyre of Richard de Douer sonne and heyre of Fulbert de Douer who built the Castle of Chilham Geffrey Fitz-Roy base sonne of King Iohn who transported Soldiours into France when Arch-Bishop Hubert forbad King Iohn his Father to go thither Ioane base daughter of King Iohn begotten of Agatha daughter of William Earle Ferrars and Derby was married to Lewellin Prince of Wales 1204. with whom her Father gaue in marriage the Castle and Lordship of Elinsmere in the Marchesse of South-Wales King Henry the third HEnry sonne and heyre of king Iohn was borne at Winchester the first of October in the yeare 1208. being the 10. yeare of his Fathers Reigne being of the age of nine yeares was crowned King at Glocester the 28. of October 1216. by Peter Bishop of Winchester and the Protection of him and his Realme was committed to William Marshall the elder Earle of Penbroke and after his death 1218. hee was committed to Peter Bishop of Winchester by whose counsell he was crowned the second time at Westminster in the fift yeare of his Reigne He had great trouble and wars with his Barons and was taken prisoner at the battaile of Lewis in Sussex 1263. and with him Richard King of Romanes his Brother and Prince Edward his sonne with many others Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Robert Earle Ferrars and Derby being the Ring-leaders of the rebellious Barons Not long after the King Prince and others were set at liberty and raising new Forces fought a battaile at Euersham in Worcestershire where the Barons were discomfited and Simon Earle of Leicester with his eldest sonne Sir Hugh Spencer and many others of great account were slaine This ouerthrow did vtterly defeat the Barons and depriued them of all their hopes and so reuiued the melancholy King that now he began againe to be sensible of his strength and resolued with all speed possible to breake those chaynes with which so lately he was so strongly bound He married Elianor second daughter and one of the co-heyres of Raymond Berengarius Earle of Prouence by Beatrix daughter of Thomas Earle of Sauoy and sister to the Earles Amee and Peter and Boniface Archbishop of Canterburie She was married at Canterbury the 14. of Ianuary 1236. and was crowned at Westminster the 19. day of Ianuary after He fell sicke at S. Edmonds-bury in Suffolke and dyed the 16. of Nouember 1272. when he had liued 65. yeares and reigned 56. yeares and 28. dayes and was buried at Westminster She was his Wife 37. yeares his Widdow 19. yeares and dyed a Nun at Almesbury the 25. of Iune 1291. and was buried in her Monastery the 11. of September after Et portoit d'engleterre gueulles trois lyons passant gardant d'or arme lampasse d'azur His Issue Edward eldest sonne was borne at Westminster the 28. of Iune 1239 he was sur-named Long-shanks of his tall slender legs he was made knight in Spaine by Alphonsus King of Castile and Earle of Chester by his Father after the death of Dauid Earle of Chester without issue male Edmond second sonne borne the 26. of Ianuary 1245. sur named Crouchbacke of bowing in his backe He was entituled King of Cicilia and Apulia was created Earle of Lancaster He had the lands of Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester and Robert Ferrars Earle of Derby giuen him who were disinherited for raising war with the Barons against the King He dyed at Bayon in Gascoigne the fift of Iune 1296. being 50 yeares old as in the Earles of Lancaster is more at large Richard third sonne dyed young and was buried at Westminster Iohn fourth sonne dyed also young and was buried at Westminster William fift sonne dyed young and was buried in the new Temple at London Henry fixt sonne dyed young and was buried at Westminster Margaret eldest daughter was the first Wife of Alexander the third King of Scots Beatrix second daughter borne at Burdeaux in Gascoigne married to Iohn the first Duke of Britaine who had issue Arthur and Iohn Katherine third daughter borne at London 1252. dyed young King Edward the First King Edward being returned out of Wales diuers complaints were presented vnto him against diuers of his Iustices namely Sir Thomas Weyland Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the Kings Bench Adam Stretton William Brampton Roger Leicester and Iohn Luneth all Iustices of the said Bench. with Robert Lithbury Master of the Rolles Sir Thomas Weyland by a Quest of twelue men was found guilty accessary of a murder for releeuing the murderer after the deed done For which he tooke Sanctuary in the Church of the Fryars Minors at S. Edmonds-bury from whence he was had and

eight was created Viscount Rochford at Bridewell in the 17. yeare of the saide Kings Reigne and in the yeare 1529. Earle of Wiltshire He married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Howard second Duke of Norfolke and had issue as in the Title of Earles of Wiltshire is more at large He dyed in the 30. yeare of King Henry the eight Et portoit d'argent au cheuron entre trois testes de Boef cope de sable armé d'or EDward Seymour knight of the Garter and vnckle to king Edward the sixt was first created Viscount Beauchampe in the 28. of Henry the eight 1536. and Earle of Hartford the 29 of Henry the eight and lastly Baron Seymour and Duke of Somerset the first of King Edward the sixt 1547. He married two wiues and had issue by them both as before in the Title of Hertford is set foorth He dyed beheaded for fellony at the Tower-hill by London the eleuenth of Ianuary 1551. the 5. of King Edward the sixt Et portoit gueulles à deux Ailes l'aigle en leurre d'or WAlter Deuereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley sonne of Iohn Lord Ferrers and Cecily Bourchier his Wife Sister of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex and cousin and heyre of Anne the wife of William Parre Marquesse of Northampton was created Viscount Hereford the first of King Edward the sixt and married Mary daughter of Thomas Grey Marquesse Dorset and had issue Sir Richard Deuereux knight who dyed before his Father leauing issue by Dorathea his Wife daughter of George Lord Hastings and Earle of Huntington Walter Earle of Essex who married Lettice daughter of Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold to Queene Elizabeth and had issue Robert late Earle of Essex c. Et portoit d'argent à vn face gueulles au trois torteaux in chef LOrd Thomas Howard second sonne of Thomas Howard the third Duke of Norfolke was created Viscount Howard of Bindon the first of Queene Elizabeth He married Elizabeth daughter and one of the co-heyres of Iohn Lord Marney and had issue Henry Viscount Byndon Thomas Viscount Byndon that died in the yeare 1610. Francis and Gyles and three daughters Elizabeth Grace and Douglas married to Sir Arthur Gorge Knight Et portoit les armes de Howard avec la cressant pur la difference ANthony Browne Knight of the Garter was created Viscount Mountague at Hampton-Court the second of September 1554. the first of Queene Mary and married two Wiues the first was Iane daughter of Robert Radcliffe Earle of Sussex by whom he had issue Anthony Browne his eldest sonne who married Mary daughter of Sir William Dormer of Ethorp in Buckinghamshire and dyed before his Father leauing issue Anthony Browne now Viscount Mountague 1618. and Mary married vnto Henry Wriothesley Earle of Southampton Father of Henry now Earle of Southampton 1618. This Anthonies second wife was Magdalen daughter of William Lord Dacres of Gillesland in the North by whom he had issue Sir George Browne Knight Thomas and Henry and three daughters Elizabeth wife to Sir Robert Dormer sonne of Sir William aforesaid Mabell second daughter and Iane Browne was the third daughter This Anthony dyed at his house of Medhurst in Sussex and was there very honourably buried with foure Officers of Armes Et portoit fables trois lions passant en la band entre quatre cottice d'argent SIr Robert Cecill Knight second sonne of William Cecill Baron of Burghley Lord high Treasurer of England being Secretary to Queene Elizabeth and Master of the Court of Wards and Chancellor of the Vniuersity of Cambridge was by King Iames first created Baron of Essenden in the Tower of London the 13. of May 1603. and after Viscount Cranburne the 20. of August 1604. and lastly Earle of Salisbury the 4. of May 1605. He married Elizabeth daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham and had issue William Cecill now Earle of Salisbury 1618. and Francis wife to Henry Lord Clifford sonne heyre of Francis Clifford now Earle of Cumberland 1618. Et portoit burelle de dix d'argent d'azur sur le tout six Eschuchons 3.2.1 sable six lions rampant d'argent à vn cressant pur la second difference SIr Robert Sidney Knight of the Garter sonne of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter Lord Deputy of Ireland and Lord President of the Counsell of the Marches of Wales was first created Baron of Penshurst in the Tower of London the 13 of May 1603. and after Viscount Lisle at Greenwich the 4. of May 1605. And lastly was created Earl of Leicester it Salisbury the second day of August 1618. being then Lord Chamberlaine to Queene Anne He married Barbara daughter and sole heyre of Iohn Gamage Lord of Coytie in Glamorganshire and had issue Sir Robert Sidney Knight of the Bath and Lord Lisle now liuing 1618. and others as in the Title of Earles of Leicester is more at large Et portoit d'or à la pheon d'azur SIr Robert Carr Knight borne in Scotland was first created Viscount Rochester at White-Hall on Monday in the Easter weeke being the 25 of March 1611. and lastly by Letters Patents bearing date 1614. made Baron of Branspath and Earle of Somerset He was also Lord Chamberlaine of the Houshold to King Iames. He married Frances daughter of Thomas Howard Earle of Suffolke This Robert and his Lady Frances were both arraigned at Westminster Hall the 24. and 25. of May 1616. for being priuy and consenting to the poisoning of Sir Thomas Ouerbury Knight the said Earles great friend and fauouret and were found guilty by Peeres and had their iudgement to dye for the same as in the Title of Somerset is more at large Et portoit gueulles au cheuron d'argent chargé de trois estoilles de sable brise de vn leopard passant d'or du primier canton de l'es●u SIR George Villers Knight a younger sonne of Sir George Villers of Brookesby in Leicestershire Knight was first created Baron of Whaddon and after Viscount Villers at Woodstocke the 27. of August 1616. and the 16 of Ianuary after he was created Earle of Buckingham at White-Hall and lastly the first day of Ianuary 1617 he was made Marquesse of Buckingham by the deliuery of a Letters Patents He was also Knight of the Garter Master of the Horse one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell one of the Lords Commissioners for the Office of Earle Marshall of England 1619. Et portoit d'argent au croix de gueulles chargé de cinq coquilles d'or SIr Thomas Egerton Knight beeing Lord Chancellour of England was created Baron of Elesmere at Hampton-Court the 17. of Iuly in the first yeare of King Iames and the 7. of Nouember 1616 hee was created at White-Hall Viscount Brackley He married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Rauenscroft of Flintshire and had issue Thomas that dyed before his Father and Sir Iohn Egerton now Earle of Bridgwater 1619. and a daughter named Mary married to Sir Francis Lee

A CATALOGVE and Succession of the Kings Princes Dukes Marquesses Earles and Viscounts of this Realme of England since the Norman Conquest to this present yeare 1619. TOGETHER With their Armes Wiues and Children the times of their deaths and burials with many their memorable Actions Collected by RAPHE BROOKE Esquire Yorke Herauld Discouering and Reforming many Errors committed by men of other Profession and lately published in Print to the great wronging of the Nobility and preiudice of his Maiesties Officers of Armes who are onely appointed and sworne to deale faithfully in these causes Quam quisque norit Artem in hac se exerceat Printed by WILLIAM IAGGARD and fold at his house in Barbican 1619. TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Prince IAMES King of Great-Britaine France and Ireland c. Most Gracious Soueraigne ALthough I thinke not the meane fruite of my Studies worthy so great a Patron as your selfe and therefore dedicate the same onely to those Honourable Lords your Commissioners for the Office of Earle Marshall of England vnto whose Censure and Office all matters of Honour and Armes belongeth and are committed yet after fiftie yeeres labour and experience Now treating of Nobility Honour and Armes which are deriued from the fountaine of Royall authoritie of Kings and Princes and being heereunto partly led by vertue of my Office of Herauld wherein I haue serued your MAIESTY and the late Queene ELIZABETH of famous memory these forty yeeres I held it my bounden dutie thus much at least by humble Praeface to intimate vnto your HIGHNESSE that heere I discouer and reforme many things heeretofore grossely mistaken and abused by ignorant persons who venturing beyond their owne element and skill to write of this subiect haue shewed themselues more bold and busie then skilfull in Herauldry and haue thereby so troubled the cleare fountain of Honorable Titles and Descents flowing from your MAIESTY and former Princes that true Nobilitie is greatly blemished and obscured thereby For the amendment and preuention of these and the like abuses hereafter I most humbly pray a reformation and that vpstarts and Mountebankes within this our profession may be prohibited to make their profite and credite vpon the discredite and impouerishing of your MAIESTIES poore seruants the Officers of Armes who labor daily and spend both their bodies and substance faithfully to preserue and keepe in Register the Descents and Achiuements of the Nobilitie and Gentrie of this Kingdome with their Noble and worthie Actes Marriages Issues and Armes which is no easie thing now to do And much more harder it will be heereafter if these busie bodies catching by chance the imperfect Notes of Heraulds deceased shall be suffered to publish in print their owne inuentions as true and infallible verities whereby in time to come it will be hard to distinguish light from darknesse and truth from falshood vnlesse your Princely care and feeling heereof may bee signified vnto the Lords Commissioners to redresse the same So most humbly praying your MAIESTIES pardon I beseech the King of Kings long to continue and prosper your happy Reigne ouer vs. Your Maiesties most humble deuoted Subiect and Seruant RAPHE BROOKE Yorke Herauld TO THE RIGHT HONOVrable Edward Earle of Worcester Lord Keeper of the Priuy Seale Lodowicke Duke of Lenox Lord Steward of his MAIESTIES Houshold George Marquesse of Buckingham Maister of his Maiesties Horse Charles Earle of Nottingham High Admirall of England William Earle of Penbroke Lord Chamberlaine of his Maiesties Houshold Thomas Earle of Arundell and Thomas Earle of Suffolke Commissioners for the Office of Earle Marshall of England Priuy Counsellors to IAMES King of GREAT-BRITAINE and Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter Right Honourable THE meane Artificer that found fault with Apelles so long as hee presumed not vltra Crepidam was heard and allowed so well that the most Excellent Painter thereupon amended his picture and yet the same being the onely one perhaps of some ordinary person well or ill done could greatly hurt no man But great hurt and preiudice my Lords may ensue vnto many yea euen vnto your selues and your posterity ioyned as they are and may bee with other Noble families by the mishapen ill wrought and deformed Pictures of false Pedigrees and Descents of English Nobilitie which some busie Antiquaries as they would be called of late intruding haue published in Print It were therefore to be wished that Bookes of that kinde should bee examined by experienced Officers and therewith haue your Lordships allowance before they passe the Presse But sithence hitherto it hath bin neglected and lightly passed ouer as a matter of smal importance and of lesse profit I trust I shall with your Honourable fauours doe my Prince and Countrey the seruice yea my selfe and fellow-Officers of Armes the right presuming not vltra Caduceum to examine the writings of these intruders and reforme their errors whereof to giue you a taste Iohn Stow in the Vinnet of his Annales printed 1592. hath made Richard Duke of Yorke and Anne Mortimer to be Father and mother to K. Edward 4. in doing whereof he hath made the said Richard to marry his owne mother M. Milles page 543. saith that Charls Brandon Duke of Suffolk by Margaret Lady Mortimer his second wife had issue Henry Earle of Lincolne Frances wife to Henry Grey Marquesse Dorset and Eleanor maried to Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland whereas the said Henry Frances Eleanor were the children of Charles Brandon by Mary the French Queen M. Martin in his History of the Kings of England page 60. hath That King Iohn of England had issue foure sons Henry who was after King Richard elect King of the Romanes William of Valence Earle of Penbroke and Guydo Disnay which William and Guydo were the sons of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitain in France and not King Iohns What a confusion and trouble may this breed in after Ages both for Descents Armes and true Kindred as also suits of Law Duelloes and Challenges Nay my good Lords were not the Crowne so well established in the King and his Royall issue which God long preserue what a Way is heere opened if it bee not stopt in time for vaine Titularies and Competitors to presume on So dangerous a thing it is for the vnskilfull to deale in matters of Herauldry that are not sworne professed Officers thereto Had I bene as forward to set out mine owne labors as those haue bene to vent the imperfect Collections of others I might I thinke haue written of this subiect before some of them were borne for any time these fiftie yeeres it hath bene my studie And when I had almost finished a true Catalogue of the Kings Princes and Nobles of this Realme that haue bin since the Normane Conquest with intent to leaue it to posterity only in Writing and in the Office and Colledge of Armes which indeede ought to be the Store-house of all honourable Actions and Designes I staide awhile at

Blount Lord Mountioy and brother and heire of William Baron of Mountioy Lord Deputy and Lieutenant of Ireland who expulsed the Spaniards there and compelled the Rebels to submission was by King Iames in the first yeare of his reigne 1603. created Earle of Deuonshire the 21. of Iuly at Hampton-Court He dyed without any lawfull issue in the Dutchy-house in the Strand and was buried at Westminster with great pompe in the Abbey in the yeare 1606. Et portroit burelle vndeé de six d'or de fable WIlliam Cauendish knight was created Baron of Hardwike on Satterday the fourth of May 1605. and after by King Iames in August 1618. he was made Earle of Deuonshire He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter and heyre of Henry Kighley of Kighley in Lancashire Esquire had issue William Lord Cauendish of Hardwike who married Christian daughter of Edward Bruse Baron of Kynlosse and Master of the Rolles Frances wife to Sir Henry Maynard knight Mary and Elizabeth This Williams second wife was Elizabeth daughter of Edward Boughton of Causton and widdow of Sir Richard Wortley knight by whom hee had issue Sir Iohn Cauendish knight of the Bath who dyed without issue Et portoit de sable au trois testes du cerf d'argent les cornes d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles Ferrars and Derby their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Earle Ferrars a Norman borne sonne of Wakeline came into England with William the Conquerour who gaue him the Castles of Tutbury Oucume with diuers other great Seigneuries in England and Normandy He married one Berta and had issue Eugenulphus William and Robert and two daughters Gundred and Emelyn He founded the Abbey of Tutbury in the yeare 1080. Vnto which Foundation were Witnesses Eugenulphus William Robert his sonnes And for proofe that this Henry was an Earle which some great and late Writers denie I haue heere set downe the said Henries Epitath which I finde printed in the yeare 1577. and dedicated to the late Earle of Essex and said to be found in the Abbey of Tutbury Hic iacet Henricus de Ferrarijs comes huius Ecclesiae fundator Imago nomine cuius Anno milleno domini quater atque viceno Tutburiaque nono domus est fundata patrono It is said that he bare for his Armes argent 6. horse-shooes sable RObert de Ferrars after the death of Henry his Father and Eugenulphus and William his two Brothers without issue was the second Earle Ferrars and by that name was Witnesse to king Henry the first his Charter of lands which he gaue to the Abbey of Tutesbury Also in the 31. yeare of the said kings Reigne hee began the Foundation of the Abbey of Muriuall and dyed in the 19. yeare of king Stephen and was buried at Muriuall leauing issue William Earle of Tutesbury slaine in his lodging in London without issue Robert Earle Ferrars and Wakelyn de Ferrars the third sonne Les armes de son pere d'argent à fix Ferres de cheuall de fable RObert de Ferrars the second of that name after the death of Robert his Father and William his brother was the third Earle Ferrars whom diuers late Writers haue greatly mistaken they affirming him to be the first Robert Founder of Muriuall Abbey and to be Earle of Nottingham when as in truth it was this Roberts Father that was Founder of Muriuall Abbey and another Robert Ferrars grand-childe of this second Robert by his sonne William that was made Earle of Nottingham as heereafter will appeare in his due place And where they say they haue seen Deeds and Charters to approue their affirmation it is vntrue for those they meane are vnperfect Notes and Abstracts taken out of Glouer Somersets Booke of Miscellania which Book I haue and perusing the same finde them of small credite This Earle Robert married and had issue William Earle Ferrars the fourth Earle Ferrars and died in the yeare 1184. the 31. of king Henry the second but others haue that he dyed in the Holy-Land in the yeare 1190. the second of king Richard the first which is mistaken Et portoit lez armoities de son peré Now to the issue which M. Milles maketh this Robert to haue in his Booke of succession of Earles pag. 869. viz. William de Ferrars Earle of Derby Petronell or Pernell wife of Henry Lord Stafford and Elizabeth married vnto William Marshall Baron of Rie I confesse William onely but no daughters at all For by a Record of the 26. of King Henry the 3. it is proued that Henry Lord Staffords wifes name was Mabell daughter of Robert Musegros and Agnes his wife daughter of William Earle Ferrars and Derby great grand-sonne of Robert Ferrars Earle of Nottingham which Milles saith died in the holy-land 1190. And for Elizabe●h the other daughter to be married to William Marschall Baron of Rye and Hengham in Norfolko which died 1266. that is most vntrue for that William hee meaneth had to his wife Alina daughter and heire of Hubert Baron of Rye and died in the 11. yeare of king Edward the first as by an Inquisition of that date it doth appeare VVIlliam Earle Ferrars Lord of Tutbury in Staffordshire and Oucume in Rutlandshire sonne of the second Robert Earle Ferrars married Margaret daughter and heire of William Peuerill of Nottingham whose grand-father William was the base sonne of William Conqueror begotten of the wife of Randolphe Peuerell of Hatfield Peuerell and had issue Robert and William Robert the eldest sonne in the life time of his Father was made Earle of Nottingham and dyed without issue William the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle Ferrars and first Earle of Derby This William Earle Ferrars the Father dyed as Roger Houedon hath Fol. 390. b. at Achon in the Holy-Land in the yeare 1190. But Milles in Glouer Somersets Book of successions of Earles pag. 870. hath that he dyed in the yeare 1247. and Margaret his wife to dye in the same year the 32. of king Henry the third which I doubt of Et portoit d'argent à six Ferres de cheual de sable WIlliam de Ferrars the second Earle Ferrars of that christen name was by king Iohn made the first Earle of Derby of that sur-name He married Agnes the third sister and co-heire of Randolphe Blundeuile Earle of Chester and Lincolne in whose right he was Lord of Chartley and had issue William Earle Ferrars and Derby Robert Hugh and Thomas de Ferrars and dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1242. and was buried at Muriuall the 27. of king Henry the third Et portoit vaire d'or de gueulles à la bordure de azur seme Ferrars de cheuall d'argent VVIilliam de Ferrars the third of that name was Earle Ferrars and Derby Lord of Tutbury and Chartley. He married two wiues the first was Sibell daughter of William Marshall the elder Earle of Pembroke and one of the fiue sisters and heyres of Auncelme Marshall