the Monks of St. Peters Abby at Shrewsbury a part of Bradeston Likewise the Town of Ougfort with the Tithes of â—petone as also the Church and Tithes of Beritone And that after his death ... his Wife for the health of his Soul bestowed on them an House in Shrewsbury which was part of her Dowry to the intent that the Fermour thereof should find a Wax light to burn in the Abby Church there every night throughout the year at the Altar of the Holy Innocents Furthermore it is reported that this Warine had a Brother called Reginald who gave to those Monks of Shrewsbury the Town of Leghe and after the death of Warine took his Wife and his Honor. Likewise that he had a Son called Hugh who gave to those Monks of Shrewsbury the Church of St. Oswald and also the Church of Mutle with the Tithes of Nesse and Scrawardine but Fulke his Son succeeded him in his Lands and Honor. Which Fulke being under the tutelage of one Ioos a Knight fell in Love with his Daughter Hawise and married her and having so done took a journey with Ioos into Ireland and assisted him in his warrs against Walter de Lacie This is that Fulke who was called Fulco Vicecomes and gave the Lordship of Pinelege to the Abby of St. Peter at Shrewsbury He was also constituted Lieutenant of the Marches by King Henry the first about the year 1122. 23 Hen. 1. having then been in Wales and settled all in quiet there Moreover ere long Skirmishing with the Prince of Wales he gave him an hurt in the Shoulder and forced him to flee to a Castle called Cayhome but was in that Skirmish wounded himself After which he rode towards Gloucester to meet King Henry of whom he was courteously entertained and made Steward of his House as also Lord and Governor of those Marches He likewise fought with the Prince of Wales near Hereford and had the better of the day for which respect when the Prince of Wales restored to the Lords Marchers their Lands he retained Mallor and Whitington whereupon King Henry the second gave unto him for that loss the Honor of Alston In 2 R. 1. this Fulk paid an hundred pounds for part of the inheritance belonging to his Wife and was made Knight by King Henry at Winchester together with his three Brethren It is said that upon a falling out with Iohn Son to King Henry the second at the Game of Chesse having his Head broke with the Chesse board by Iohn he gave him such a blow that he almost Killed him When he died I do not certainly find but 't is evident that he was buried at Abberbury and that at the time of his death Fulke his Son and Heir was in the Wars of Lumbardy Moreover that he had five other Sons viz. William Guarine Phillip Iohn and Alan This Fulke the second had a Castle at Abberbury the ruins whereof are extant and was by King Richard the first left to defend the Marches of Wales when he went into the Holy-Land Moreover in 7 Ric. 1. he gave a fine of forty Marks to the King for livery of Whitington Castle according to the judgment then given for him thereof in the Kings Court. But after the death of King Richard Maurice Son to Roger who had Whitington-Castle given him by the Prince of Wales being made Warden of the Marches by King Iohn he desired a confirmation of that Castle under the Great Seal having sent a Courser well trapped unto Montgomerie Castle for the King obtainted his request This Fulke therefore and his Brother desiring Justice from the King as 't is said and not prevailing quitted their fidelity and went from Winchester It is also said that one Gerard a Lord of France being sent by the King to encounter them was slain in that adventure Moreover that Hawyse Wife to this Fulke advising him he fled into Britanny Likewise that thereupon King Iohn seized his Lands and afterwards upon his return into England caused him to be pursued constituting Gilbert de Montferrant Captain of those that followed him whom Fulke and his Brethren killed But notwithstanding King Iohn's wrath towards him upon the death of Maurice the Prince of Wales restored Whitington unto him Whereof King Iohn having notice he privily sent to the same Prince Lewelin to surprise him with his Brethren also and to cut off their Heads Of which designe this Fulke having notice by Ioan Wife of Leweline Sister to King Iohn he fled into France and went by the name of Sir Amyce Howbeit notwithstanding he was thus gone King Iohn would not be satisfied but advertised the King of France that he was a Rebell Nevertheless that King bore such a respect to him that he offered him a Barony there which he refused and â—ailing to other parts at length landed at Dovor thence came to Windâ—ore where hearing that the King was coming thither to hunt he changed his Cloaths with a Colliar and standing in the way where the King rode being asked if he saw any Game he answered yes and thereupon took the King under that pretence to his Tent where his Brethren and Friends were and having him there alone threatned him for his Banishment so sore that he obtained promise of pardon But the King being loose caused him again to be closely pursued that he was constrained to flee to Sea so that he went into Barbary and there fell in love with a noble Lady called Idonea Howbeit at length returning again into England through the mediation of Ranulph Earl of Chester the Earl of Gloucester Hugh Bigot Earl Marshal and Hubert Archbishop of Canterbury he obtained restitution of his Castle at Whitington Our publick Records say that rebelling against King Iohn he was outlawed and that thereupon Weenoc Son of Meurich of Powys gave to the King an hundred pounds and four Palâ—reys for Whitington with the appurtenances whereof his Father had been seised at the time of his death and whereof he had King Henry the second 's Charter as also the confirmation of King Iohn And moreover that the same year through the Mediation of I. Bishop of Norwich and Will Earl of Salisbury the Kings Brother the King was pleased to pardon that his Flight and the Utlary pronounced against him and to receive him to favor Also that thereupon giving two hundred marks and two Coursers he had Livery of the Castle of Whitington as his hereditary right Command being given to the Sheriff of Shropshire to yield him possession thereof accordingly And in 9 Ioh. gave
and Henry de Hastings to the Siege 〈◊〉 Castle at Rochester and so to Lewes where the King being with his Army ready for Battel this Nicholas desired that he might have the Honour to make the first On-set which he did with the Londoners who were worsted in that Encounter though otherwise the day proved fatal to the King he being there taken Prisoner with the Prince and all the chief of his Friends After which calling a Parliament in the King's Name he was one of those who had Summons thereto amongst such of the Nobility whereof their House of Peers then consisted But long they prospered not in this their Success for within the compass of sixteen Months following the Prince making his escape out of their Hands through the help of the Lord Mortimer and some other as I have elsewhere shewed raising a powerful Army within a very short time utterly vanquish'd them in the Battel of Evesham where this Nicholas being wounded and taken Prisoner his Lands were given to Edmund the King's Son afterwards Earl of Lancaster Howbeit after this being admitted to Composition by virtue of the Decrâ—e called Dictum de Kenilworth upon the undertaking of Geffrey Genevill and some others for his future fidelity and that he should strictly observe the Tenor of that Decree he obtained full pardon for his former Actings and a Confirmation of his Lands which had been seised thereupon as also Power to receive Aid from all his Tenants towards the raising of his Fine And within four years after had leave to attend Prince Edward to the Holy Land as also Letters of Protection and some special Immunities be reason of that Journey Whereupon he constituted Iohn de Diggeby his Attoney to prosecute all Suits for him in his absence as occasion should require And when that Prince arrived to the Crown continuing in his favour in the fourth year of his Reign he attended him in that Expedition then made into Wales in which the Castle of Rothelan was taken and the Welch subdued After this scil in 15 E. 1. he was employ'd into Ireland in the King's Service and in 19 E. 1. into Scotland And in 20 E. 1. obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Caludon and Kington in Com. Warr. Bretteby Koxlauston and Cotes in Com. Derb. Staunton in Com. Hunt Overton Segrave Sâ—leby and Dichesworth in Com. Leic. and Chaucumbe in Com. Northampt. As also for a Market at Mountsorell in Com. Leic. upon the Munday every Week and a Fair yearly upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and five days ensuing But in 23 E. 1. he departed this Life leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirty nine years of age who doing his Homage the next year following had Livery of his Lands Which Iohn in 54 H. 3. his Father then living and by his consent married Christian the Daughter of Sir Hugh de Plessets Knight and had with her in Frank-marriage the Mannor of Stodesoone Iohn the Son of the said Hugh at that time also taking to Wife Annabil the Daughter of the said Nicholas giving her in Frank-marriage the Mannor of Burton Hanred This Iohn having been taken Prisoner in the Wars of Scotland in 9 E. 1. obtain'd from the King in consideration of his Services there the Grant 〈◊〉 One thousand Pounds towards the Paymâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 his Ransom deducting onely so much as upon Account was due to the King upon any Monies by him received since the time he had been Warden of the Forests beyond Trent and Constable of Notingham-Castle And in 13 E. 1. attended the King in his Expedition into Wales In 19 E. 1. he accompanied his Father into Scotland that being the time when the Competitors for that Kingdom submitted the determination of their Dispute to King Edward who staid then in Northumberland for that purpose And in 24 E. 1. was Constable of the English Army then in Scotland In 25 E. 1. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve Roger le Bigod Earl of Norff. with six Knights himself accounted as well in the time of Peace as War for the term of his whole Life in England Wales and Scotland viz. in times of Peace with six Horses so long as the Earl should think fit taking Bouche of Court for himself and his Knights and for his Esquires Hay and Oats as also Livery for six more Horses and Wages for six Grooms and their Horses Likewise for himself two Robes yearly as well in times of Peace as War as for a Banneret and for his five Knights the like Robes as for his other Bachelors viz. two yearly Moreover he was by these Covenants oblig'd to bring with him in time of War his five Knights with twenty Horses and in consideration thereof to receive for himself and his Company with all those Horses xl s. per diem but if he should bring no more than six Horses then xxxii s. per diem It being likewise agreed That the Horses should be prized to the end that Allowance might be made in case any of them should happen to be lost in the Service For the performance of which Agreement he had a Grant from that Earl of the Mannor of Lodene in Com. Norff. In 25 E. 1. he had Summons to be at London on the Octaves of St. Iohn Baptist to attend the King in his Expedition beyond-Sea And the same year in the Month of October to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the day of St. Nicholas thence to attend Prince Edward the King's 〈◊〉 in his Wars against the Scots In 26 E. 1. he had Summons to be at Carlisle on Whitson-Eve well fitted with Horse and Arms to attend the King into Scotland In which Expedition the English obtain'd that great Victory at Faukirke And in 28 E. 1. was again in those Scottish-Wars In which year he procur'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands at North Newenton in Com. Oxon. and Lodene in Com. Norff. In 29 E. 1. he obtain'd Licence to make a Castle at his Mannor-house of Bretteby in Com. Derb. And in 30 E. 1. was constituted Governour of Barwick upon Twede as also Warden of Scotland In which year riding out of that Garrison with a small Party he was wounded in a Skirmish by an Ambuscado of the Scots and taken Prisoner About this time he had another Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Alkmundbury in Com. Hunt And the next ensuing year the King marching into Scotland with great Forces he again attended him thither and was at the Siege of Caerlaverok At this time the King being Victorious there march'd through the whole Realm all Places of Strength yielding
pretence of going against their Enemies the Welsh but really fearing that the King and his Brothers who were Poictovins would bring in strangers against them Moreover they caused Guards to be set upon all the Port-Towns pretending great danger from Aliens which might invade the Realm But being thus met and discerning their strenght they then boldly required the Kings Confirmation of that Charter of Liberties which had been granted by King Iohn and which he had frequently before that time allowed They likewise required such a Justice of England as might do equal right as they expressed to rich and poor To all which the King being well aware of their power assented though Iohn Earl Warren William de Valence and many others refused Having thus gotten head they caused the Sea-Ports to be more strictly kept as also the Gates of London to be shut up every night And continuing the sitting of that Parliament in the House of the Dominican Fryâ—rs at Oxford they there established certain Ordinances as they called them and concluded that those who were Aliens should have nothing to do in matter of Rule or Council Whereupon most of the places of strength being put into the hands of those Barons William de Valence refusing to deliver up his this Earl told him plainly that he should either give them up or lose his head Before the end of this year viz. An. 1258. 42 Hen. 3. there being a Parliament to be held at Cambray to treat of certain Matters betwixt the Kings of England France and Almaine this Earl Simon was with the Bishops of Worcester and Lincoln and Roger Bigod Marshal of England sent thither And the next ensuing year scil An. 1259. 43 Hen. 3. he was imployed with the Earl of Ciare and others by the advice of the Parliament then sitting to the Great Convention of the Estates of France met in Parliament there to treat of the most important affairs of both Realms Moreover in An. 1260. 44 Hen. 3. he came to Oxford with other the Barons of that party fully armed So likewise did William de Valence and the rest of the Poictovins who being then required to submit to those Ordinances called the Provisions of Oxford formerly framed by this Earl and his party and not strong enough to make head against them fled away by night But shortly after this the King having obtained from the Pope an Absolution from his Oath as to the observance of those Ordinances this Earl and his party foreseeing the consequence thereof put themselves forthwith in Arms and came to Winchester he being at that time their cheif Commander Notwithstanding which there then hapned no act of Hostility nor until the forty seventh of Henry the Third that having made choice of the King of France as a Judge of their differences he gave Sentence against them annulling those their Ordinances so made at Oxford as abovesaid But then they raised new Forces and in An. 1264. 48 Hen. 3. plundred all of the Kings party who were within their power especially those Aliens who had been brought into England by the Queen at which time this Earl laid siege to Glocester and took it in four days and so advancing to Worcester Bruges and Shrewsbury took them with little trouble and thence marching Southwards brought all those Countreys to their obedience Furthermore confederating with Leweline Prince of Wales he had the Castle of Windeshore delivered up into his hands But soon after that hapned the defeat at Northampton where the Kings Soldiers took divers of the Barons party prisoners The War being thus begun whereof this Earl was the cheif Ringleader to the end they might the more easily captivate the people the Earl of Clare joyning with him they sent Letters to the King professing their loyalty to him and that they did thus put themselves in Arms as well against his Enemies as their own Unto which the King returned that their intentions were soul though thus disguised with those specious pretences and therefore he set them at defiance in being then the twelfth of May and he at Lewes in Sussex Whereupon this Earl forthwith marched thitherward with all the power he could make the Londouers coming in to him with great numbers but sent Messengers before him for a peaceable accommodation with condition that the Ordinances of Oxford should punctually be observed To which receiving no satisfactory answer approaching near Lewes he quartered the greatest part of his Army in a Town called Fleruenge about six miles distant and preparing for Battle girt Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester his principal associate with the Sword of Knighthood And when he came within two miles of Lewes ascending the Hill he placed his Chariot in the midst of the Carriages with a strong guard about it and advanced his Standard thereon and having brought with him four Citizens of London who had conspired to betray him when he lodged in Southwark not long before he there set a guard upon them resolving in case of ill success to make his best advantage by them Then putting his Army into Battle Array he caused White Crosses to be fixed on the Brest and Back of every Soldier to the end they might be distinguished from those of the Kings party publickly professing that he fought for Justice The King therefore discerning this their preparation drew out his Army and divided it into three parts the Van to be led by Prince Edward the Battle by Richard King of Almaâ—ne and the Rear by Himself This Earl disposing of his Army into four parts the first commanded by his Son Henry and the Earl of Hereford the second by Gilbert de Clare the third wherein the Loâ—doners were by Nicholas de Segrave and the fourth by himself Upon the Alarm given Prince Edward fiercely charged the Loâ—doners and routing them utterly pursued the Chase many miles presuming that the other part of the Kings Army had succeeded as well But not returning timely the Barons prevailed so that after great slaughter the King himself his Horse being killed under him Iohn Earl Warren William de Valence and Guy de Liziniaâ— as also Richard King of Almaine with many other brave Men were taken prisoners Hereupon when the Prince returned and saw their unhappy condition he went to the Castle to inquire for the King his Father and thence to the Priory where he found him a prisoner And hearing that the Barons had in vain assaulted the Castle resolved by the help of those he had left therein and his own scattered men to adventure another encounter on the mâ—rrow
married Alice Sister by the Mothers side to King Henry the Third for she was Daughter to Hugh le Brun Earl of March second Husband to the Kings Mother In An. 1248. 32 Hen. 2. he was one of the great Earls who met in the Parliament held at London on the Octaves of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin in which Parliament the King was freely told of his many high exactions from the Clergy and Laity In An. 1254. 38 Hen. 3. this Earl Iohn answered One hundred and twenty pound for Sixty Knights Fees for which he then gave Aid to the King upon making his eldest Son Knight with Edmund de Lacy took shipping at Dover and sailed to Bourdeaux And in An. 39 Hen. 3. was one of those who adhered to the King in oppressing the people as our Historians do report Moreover in 40 H. 3. he was with other of the cheifest Peers in Westminster-Hall when the Archbishop of Canterbury and divers other Bishops pronounced solemn Excommunication there with Candles lighted against all that should violate the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest. In which year he had the Tertium Denarium of the County of Surrey yielded him by the Kings Precept then sent to the Barons of the Exchequer In An. 1258. 42 H. 3. when the Rebellious Barons came with such a power to the Parliament at Oxford as that they compelled the King to submit to those Provisions which they then made there he with William Valence and others refused to comply with them And the same year had Summons with the rest of the great Men of England to attend the King at Chester thence to march against Leweline Prince of Wales for restraining his hostile Incursions In 46 Hen. 3. he was one of those who upon the Agreement betwixt the King and the Rebellious Barons did on the Kings part set his Seal for Confirmation of the Accord then made And the next ensuing year had the Castle of Pevenesel committed to his custody In An. 1264. 48 Hen. 3. he was amongst others on the Kings part in the Castle of Rochester immediately after Easter when Simon Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cester and certain of the Rebellious Barons laid siege thereto and joyned with divers other of the great Lords in that Submission to the Award which Lewes King of France was to make betwixt the King and the Barons concerning those Ordinances called Provisiones Oxonii But the same year being with Prince Edward in the Van of the Royal Army at that fatal Battle of Lewes notwithstanding he with William Valence Earl of 〈◊〉 did there unworthily desert him at the very beginning of the fight and fled to 〈◊〉 Castle and thence into France yet the Rebellious Barons having by that days success got the King into their hands seised upon his Castle of Lewes and all the rest of his Possessions Whereupon finding no security here he fled beyond Sea whence returning with Valence in May the next ensuing year and landing in Pembâ—okeshire he sent the Prior of Monmouth unto Hereford where Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cesteâ— had the King and Prince in custody to move for the restitution of his Lands in regard he had done nothing which might deserve the forfeiture of them as the Prior then alledged To whom the answer then returned was That if he would come himself in person thither and submit to a tryal in the Kings Court he should have safe conduct so to do Which deeming not safe he confederated with Clare Earl of Glocester then faln off from Mountfort and other of the Barons who stood for the Royal Interest and upon the escape of Prince Edward from Hereford out of the hands of Mountfort joyning with him and his forces at Ludlow had benefit of that glorious Victory at â—vesham upon the fourth of August following in which Mountfort Earl of Leâ—cester being slain the King was freed from that restraint wherein after the Battle of Lewes he had been so long kept by the power of those Rebellious Barons But after this scil in An. 1268. 52 Hen. 3. all things relating to the Publick Being in quiet some of the great Men fell at private discord with one another amongst which it is reported That upon a difference betwixt this Iohn Earl of Warren and Henry de Lacy afterwards Earl of Lincoln touching a certain Pasture they raised what forces they could purposing to fight for it Whereupon the King having notice thereof commanded that his Judges should either judicially or by an amicable Agreement compose the same Who accordingly upon inquiry by the Oaths of the Countrey adjudged the Right thereof to Lacy. About the same time also there fell out no small contest betwixt this our Earl and Sir Alan la Zouch an eminent Baron touching some title of Land Whereupon discerning that he mast submit to the Justice of the Law having first passionately vented himself in foul language at length assaulted Sir Alan and his Son in Westminster-Hall with such violence that he almost killed the one and much wounded the other And having so done fled to his Castle at Rigare but Prince Edward pursued him so close with a strong power resolving to vindicate this injury thus done to the Kings Authority that our Earl seeing it in vain to make opposition met the Prince on foot and with great humility imploring mercy afterwards made his Peace with the King promising satisfaction to the persons injured Which promise was not meerly verbal for it appeareth that he did by a special Instrument bearing date at Creyndone in 54 Hen. 3. oblige himself to come to Prince Edward into the Kings Court and stand to the judgment thereof for that offence lately by him committed against Sir Alan la Zouch and Sir Roger his Son at Westminster and to perform in every point unto his Soveraign Lord the King and all others whatsoever his Peers should deem fit in reference to them and likewise to themselves As also whatsoever the Kings Justices should judge requisite to be done by him in reference to themselves and not to depart the Court until he should both do and receive what was rightful and just according to the Laws and Customs of this Realm And this he did undertake thereby to do upon penalty of forfeiting all his Possessions in England unto the King and his Heirs and of incurring the sentence of Excommunication by all or any the Archbishops Bishops and Prelates of the Land as the King should make choice of to pronounce the same against him and when and wheresoever he should please Whereupon a fine of Ten thousand marks was laid upon him for that misdemeanor Which afterwards by the favor of the King was not only reduced to Eight thousand and four hundred marks
his Chaplains and Servants of his Castle of Berkley together with the Mannors of Berkley Hamme Appleridge Alkinton Hinton Wotton Simondsal Camme Cowley Slimbridge and Upton S. Leonard As also of the Hundred of Berkley and the Advowson of the Churches of Wotton and Slimbrigge with a render back to himself for life and after to Maurice his Son and Heir Apparent and to the Heirs-male of his Body with Remainder to the Heirs-male of the Body of himself by Catherine his second Wife c. The like Fine was levied by him in Trin. Term 26 Edw. 3. of the Mannor and Hundred of Portbury Which upon what foresight cannot be determined did happen to be the preservation of the Castle and Honor to the Heirs-male of his Family Having thus prudently setled the cheifest part of his estate and spent the most of his age in those Military imployments Which much added to his same he departed this life upon the twenty seventh of October being the eve of Simon and Iude in An. 1361. 35 Edw. 3. and was buried in Berkley Church near to the Grave of Catherine his last Wife leaving Maurice his eldest Son to succeed him whose Homage the King respited Roger Thomas and Alfonsus dying without issue ¶ This Maurice in 11 Edw. 3. being then but seven years of age was taken into Scotland by his Father and there Knighted And the year following though but eight years old married Elizabeth the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser In 16 Edw. 3. he was in that voyage of Granado and there continued till 18 Edw. 3. And in 20 21 Edw. 3. was still beyond the Seas In 29 Edw. 3. he attended Prince Edward into Gascoigne And in 30 Edw. 3. being with his Father in the Battle of Poictâ—ers was sore wounded This is all that I have seen in reference to his Warlike Actions Touching his Devotions it appears That in 14 Edw. 3. when he was but ten years of age he obtained License of the King to found a Chantry in the Church of Came and to endow it with two Messuages two yard Land and five pound Rent in Berkley Came and Wotton And that in 23 Edw. 3. he gave divers Lands in Portbury unto one Walter Rope his Chaplain to pray daily in the Chappel there for the good estate of his Father and of the Lady Catherine then his Wife Likewise of himself and Elizabeth his own Wife as also for the Souls of the Lord Maurice and Lady Eve his Grand-father and Grand-mother and for the Soul of the Lady Margaret his own Mother The like Grant he made of divers Lands in Portbury in 28 Edw. 3. unto Richard March his Chaplain And in 40 Edw. 3. gave to William Winchcomb his Chaplain an House opposite to the Gate of S. Augustines Abby near Bristoll with a Garden and Dove-house as also divers Houses in Broadstreet within the Town of Bristoll to pray in that Monastery and especially for the Soul of the Lady Margaret his Mother Moreover to the end that the two Chappels one of our Lady the other of S. Iohn Baptist Founded in his Castle at Berkley might be renewed and frequented at due hours he procured an Indulgence from Pope Vrban the Second of forty days Remission of Pennance to every one who should repair thereto on the Festivals of the year to hear Masses and devoutly say three Aves or give any Vestments or Ornaments thereto And having wedded Elizabeth Daughter of Hugh Lord Spenser as is before observed by whom he had issue four Sons viz. Thomas his eldest Son and immediate Successor Iames from whom the Male-line of this Noble Family sprung Iohn who with Thomas his elder Brother was in that expedition of Britanny 4 Rich. 2. but died without issue and Maurice who attended Edward Prince of Wales in his French Wars As also three Daughters viz. Catherine a Nun at Wherwell Agnes and Elizabeth who died unmarried departed this life 8 Iune 42 Edw. 3. and was buried in the Abby of S. Augustines near Bristoll never thorowly cured of those wounds he received in the Battle of Poictiers as it seems being then seised of the Mannors of Wendon Magna in Com. Essex Bedminster Portbury and Porteshed in Com. Somers Of the Castle Town and Hundred of Berkley with its Members viz. Ham Appulrug Alkinton Hinton Slimbridge Covel Upton S. Leonard and Acton Ilger in Com. Gloc. As also of the Mannor of Aure with its Appurtenances viz. Etelow and Blakney and of the Hundred of Blideslaw and Mannor of Hurst in the same County Thomas his Son and Heir before-mentioned being at that time fifteen years of age Which Thomas making proof of his age in 48 Edw. 3. had Livery of his Inheritance and the same year was in that expedition then made into France being of the Retinue unto Edmund de Mortimer Earl of March In 2 Rich. 2. he was imployed by Sea and Land in the Wars of France and Spain In 3 Rich. 2. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of France with an hundred Men at Arms and as many Archers under the conduct of Thomas of 〈◊〉 Earl of Buckingham then the Kings Lieutenant in those parts In 4 Rich. 2. he was sent into Britanny with a Regiment of Men at Arms and Archers his third Brother Sir Iohn accompanying him the Earl of Buckingham being still General In 8 Rich. 2. he was retained to serve the King in his Wars with Scotâ—and for forty days In 10 Rich. 2. he entertained the King at Berkley Castle In 16 Rich. 2. his Wife being dead he procured leave to travel beyond Sea with fifteen persons in his train and a thousand marks in Money for his support in that journey In 18 Rich. 2. he obtained a Grant for another Fair at his Town of Berkley every year upon the Eve and Day of the Invention of the Holy Cross. And being at Flint Castle upon the Resignation of King Richard the Second on Michaelmass day following testified the same in his presence in the Tower of London And the morrow after upon meeting of the three Estates in Parliament a Bishop Abbot Earl Baron and Knight being the Representatives chosen to receive the same there he was the only Baron appointed for that purpose In 2 Hen. 4. obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in his Lordships of Weston Walton Porteshed and Charlton juxta Wroxale in Com. Somerset In 3 Hen. 4. he received command to meet the King at â—ereâ—ord to march against Owen Glendowâ— In 4 Hen. 4. he was constituted one of the Wardens for the Marches of Wales against the incursions of Glendowr with power to command the Sheriffs of six Counties to be attendant on him as need should require In 5 Hen. 4.
Stop-ford bridge but that he rais'd his Siege upon the 27th of May an 1644. and marcht to Bolton a strong Garrison of the Enemy Where with the addition of other Forces to two thousand of his own he made up a Body of two thousand five hundred Foot and five hundred Horse Upon notice whereof to the Prince he marcht directly thither and gave Order for an assault Which though gallantly attempted succeeded not at the first he therein losing two hundred men the Enemy killing all they took upon the Walls in cold blood in his sight Whereupon a second affault being resolv'd this Earl desired to have the Command of two Companies of his own old Foot and the honour of the forlorn Which at his importunity being granted and all things ready the Town was entred in the space of half an hour on every side he himself being the first man that set foot into it upon the 28th of May. Whereupon Rigby made his escape leaving two thousand of his men behind amongst which there was one Bootle a Captain formerly a Porter in Lathom and upon his leaving that House voluntarily swore that he would never bear Arms against the King who being in the heat of the storm encompassed with Souldiers beg'd Quarter of this Earl who answered him thus I will not kill thee my self but I cannot save thee from others Nor did he Nevertheless his death was afterwards most falsly laid to his charge Upon the taking of this rebellious Town Prince Rupert sent all the Colours to the Countess at Lathom And so marcht to Leverpole for reducing that Thence to Lathom where he staid four or five days but before his departure gave directions for repairing and fortifying the House and at the request of the Countess disposed the Governorship thereof to Captain Edward Rawsthorne whom he made Colonel of a Foot Regiment and two Troops of Horse for its defence by which Captain it was stoutly defended for full two years more in a second Siege but at last by his Majesties Order delivered up having cost the Enemy no less than six thousand men and the Garrison about four hundred it being one of the last places in this Realm that held out for the King After all these great things done by this noble Earl and his incomparable Lady who were then gone into the Isle of Man their Children perfidiously seized and made close Prisoners and he himself tempted with the promise of a peaceable enjoyment of his whole Estate in Case he would deliver up that Isle he stoutly refused even when the Cause was given by all for lost saying be would never redeem his Children by his disloyalty In which Isle he continued until the year 1651. that upon the advancing of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second out of Scotland towards Worcester he receiv'd Command to attend him upon assurance that the Presbyterians would cordially join with the Royalists in Order to his Restauration At which time when he discern'd that their Ministers did obstinately refuse any Conjunction unless he would take the Covenant he said If I perish I perish but if my Master perish the Blood of another Prince and all the ensuing miseries of this Nation will lie at your doors His next misfortune was at that time the Engagement he had with a party which endeavoured to hinder the King in this his march with whom he met in Wigan lane Where with six hundred Horse he maintain'd a Fight for two hours against three thousand Horse and Foot Commanded by Colonel Lilburne in a place of much disadvantage In which encounter he received seven shot on his Breast-plate thirteen Cuts on his Bever over a Steel-Cap and five or six wounds upon his Arms and Shoulders having two Horses kill'd under him nevertheless through all these difficulties he made his way to the King at Worcester Whence upon the loss of the day there 3 Sept. an 1651. he fled with him into Staffordshire Where having seen him hopefully secured in such a place and with such trusty persons by whose means he most happily escaped the cruel Hands of those blood-thirsty Wretches that then sought his Life shifting for himself he had the hard hap to be taken in Cheshire by one Major Edge but upon condition of Quarter Nevertheless against the Law of Arms was most barbarously sentenced to Death by a certain number of faithless men who calling themselves a Court-Marshal sate at Chester viz. Colonel Humphrey Mackworth Major Mitton Colonel Robert Duckenfeild Henry Bradshaw Thomas Croxton George Twisleton Lieu. Col. Henry Birkinhead Simon Finch Alexander Newton Captain Iames Stepford Sam. Smith Iohn Downes Iohn Delves Iohn Griffith Thomas Portington Edward Alcock Ralph Pownall Richard Grantham Edward Stelfax Vincent Corbet Where having voted him guilty of the breach of the Act of 12 Aug. 1651. Intituled An Act for prohibiting correspondency with Charles Stuart or his Party and Sentenced him to be put to Death at Bolton in Lancashire upon the fifteenth of October he there suffered most Christianly and was buried with his Ancestors at Ormeskirk to the no little sorrow of all loyal people unto whom he was known After which his Lady continued in the Isle of Man until it was betray'd by one who had been her own Servant who having corrupted the Inhabitants seised upon her and her Children and kept them Prisoners without any other relief than what she obtained from the Charity of her impoverished Friends until his Majesties most happy Restauration This Noble Earl married the Lady Charlote Daughter to Claude Duke of Tremoüille in France by the Lady Charlote his Wife Daughter to the Renowned Count William of Nassau Prince of Orange and Charlote de Bourbon his Wife by reason whereof the Dukes of Tremüille stand allied to the Kings of France as also to the Houses of Bourbon Monpensier Bourbon Conde Dukes of Anjou Kings of Naples and Sicilie Arch-Dukes of Austria Kings of Spain Earls and Dukes of Savoy Dukes of Millian and divers other Soveraign Princes By which Lady Charlote he had Issue three Sons Charles who succeeded him in his Honours Edward and William who both died unmarried As also three Daughters the Lady Mary married to William Earl of Strafford the Lady Catherine to Henry Marquess of Dorchester and the Lady Emilia to Iohn Earl of Athol in Scotland Which Charles so succeeding him married Dorothy Helen Rupa Daughter to the Baron Rupa a German by whom he had issue which survived him four Sons William Robert Iames and Charles and two Daughters viz. Charlote now married to Thomas eldest Son to Thomas Earl Rivers and Mary who died unmarried And departing this life upon the xxi day of December An. 1672. was buried at Ormeskirk Which William his eldest Son and successor hath married Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Earl of Ossery eldest Son to Iames Duke of Ormund Sir William Stanley Knight HAving thus done with the principal branch of this most Noble Family I come to the collaterals