midst of London to Tybourn and there to be Hang'd until thou art half Dead thy Bowels to be taken out and Burnt before thy Face thy Head to be Cut off and thy Body quarter'd and thy Head and Quarters to be at the Queens Will and Pleasure and our Lord have Mercy on thy Soul Duke You have said unto me as unto a Traytor God forgive you and wash my Innocent Blood from your Souls that it rise not in Judgment against you I condemn not you and yours I die no Traytor but a True man both to my Queen and Country And since you have put me out of your Company I hope to go where I shall find much better who will regard that Innocence which you have rejected I am at a point never to beg for Mercy where I have no Guilt but the Suit I have to you my Lords is that you will move the Queen to be good to my Children and Family and to see the Discharge of my Debts Thus fell that Illustrious Prince whose greatness in Estate and Title was his only Crime for being of an Antient and Splended Family the Blood-Royal of England and France not being out of his Veins and being Allyed to all the Considerable Families of England and having an Estate to support that Greatness of a hundred thousand Pounds a year Besides the Fortunes he obtain'd by his Marriages which was also very large All his Paternal Estate was dispos'd of by the Queen without regard to the Innocence of his Children the hard measure of his Accusations and his Obedience which led him to the pursuit of Her Commands upon all occurrences Which Estate as it is divided and Improv'd is valu'd at five hundred thousand Pounds a year My Lord of Leicester who was the Leading man at that time and sat with watchful Diligence at the Helm which he manag'd as his Interest or Passion inspir'd him First propos'd the Marriage of the Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk which he refus'd till importun'd by the Perswasions of those that appear'd to be his Friends and assur'd by a Letter under Queen Elizabeths own Hand of Her Consent all which ensnar'd him till the Consummation of the Marriage which was made evident by a Letter kept long in the Family from the Hands of the Queen of Scots in which she Subscrib'd her self Your most Obedient Wife Mary of Scotland and Norfolk And this great Family thus Eclips'd remain'd under the Cloud of a severe Deprivation till the last King Charles of Blessed Memory restor'd them to their former Titles and Dignities that excellent Prince considered their long and silent Sufferings with what forwardness most of them engag'd their Lives and Fortunes in the Service of his Royal Father there being but two of all that great and numerous Family that drew a Sword against their King may those two be Bury'd in the dull ashes of Oblivion for ever and wip d out of our way as perhaps they are out of the Book of Life A Brief Account of the Noble Family of the HOWARDS THe Family of the Howards came into England with the Saxons being from a vast length of time very considerable in that Country having the Title of Barons and the Name in that Language being Hoffwerd as some Antient Books there Testify which signifies the chief Office in the Court William the Conquerour found them in a great Condition of Estate and Quality here according to the Mode and Method of those Times bearing Distinctions proper to Barons They continued most Eminent in their Country and link'd themselves into the greatest Families in the Kingdom as with all Evidence appears behold here A Brief Account of the Descent of the Dukes of NORFOLK THomas of Brotherton second Son of King Edward the First by Margaret of France his second Wife was Earl of Norfolk and High Marshal of England whose Daughter and Heir being Married to John Lord Segrave was created Dutchess of Norfolk and Elizabeth their Daughter and Heir being Married to John Lord Mowbrey was Mother to Thomas Mowbrey created Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Second in the year one thousand three hundred ninety seven and first Earl-Marshal of England Which Thomas by Elizabeth his Wife Sister and Heir of Thomas Fitz-Allen Earl of Arundel was Father of John Mowbrey Second Duke of Norfolk and of Margaret his Eldest Daughter Wife to Sir Robert Howard Knight whose Son John Mowbrey the Third Duke of Norfolk was Father of John the Fourth Duke of Norfolk whose Daughter and Heir Dying without Issue in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth The Honours and Lands of Mowbrey were divided between John Lord Howard Son of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret Mowbrey who was Created Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Third and William Lord Berkley Son of Isabella Second Daughter of Thomas Mowbrey First Duke of Norfolk This John Lord Howard Duke of Norfolk was slain at the Battle of Brosworth one thousand four hundred eighty five and Attainted leaving Thomas Howard Earl of Surry his Son Who in the fifth year of King Henry the Eighth was Restor'd Duke of Norfolk and Dying Thomas Howard his Son was Duke of Norfolk and Father of Henry Earl of Surry who was Beheaded the last of Henry the Eighth which Henry Earl of Surry was Father of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk who was Beheaded and Attainted for the Marriage of the Queen of Scots the Fourteenth year of Queen Elizabeth whose Son Philip Earl of Arundel in right of the Mother dyed in the Tower his Son Thomas the great Lord Marshal whose memory is a lasting Honour to his Family left his Son Henry of unblemish'd Honour and Reputation also whose Son Thomas was restor'd by the last King Charles the Second of Happy and Glorious Memory to the Dignity of Duke of Norfolk whose Brother Henry surviv'd him and left two Sons Henry the present Duke of Norfolk and the Lord Thomas Howard who hath Issue This flourishing Family has spread it self into many Eminent Branches as the Lord Viscount Stafford the Earls of Suffolk and Barkshire the Lord Escrick the Earl of Carlile and the rest of the Descendants from the Lord William Howard of Naworth whose Memory is to be preserv'd as Sacred in the Family who for Wisdom Virtue and Honour was the Glory of his Time he was Third Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk whose Tryal and Unfortunate Death you have here had a view of the Sons of which Lord William Howard were men of great Honour and serv'd their King with their Lives and Fortunes his Second Son Sir Francis Howard having raised a Regiment at his own proper Charge and suffer'd a long Imprisonment in the Tower Collonel Thomas Howard the Fourth Son of the Lord William also raised a Regiment for King Charles the First of Sacred Memory and Bravely lost his Life at the Head of it having refus'd very Advantagious Conditions from the King of Portugal who had invited him into his Service
he being a Souldier of long Experience Abroad and much esteem'd for his Courage and Conduct and detain'd here by the Commands of his Prince whom his Honour Religion and Conscience oblig'd him to obey he fell a willing Sacrifice for the Service of his Prince to the rage of the Rebels Here is also an Account of such Families as are Descended from the House of Howard taken in the year 1660. BY the Daughter and Heir of Sir John Howard who was of the same Family with the Duke of Norfolk and Married to John Vere Earl of Oxford are descended by the Heirs of Wingfield and of Nevil Lord Latimer the Families of Wingfield now remaining Percy Earls of Northumberland Cecil Earl of Salisbury Danvers late Earl of Danby who quarters the Arms of Howard Norris late Earl of Barkshire the Lord Pawlet of Somersetshire and many other Noble Families namely the Antient and Honourable Family of the Lacies and from John Howard first Duke of Norfolk of that Name by his Daughter Married to Windham and from them by Lutterel and Rogers descended the Marquess of Hartford the Lord Seymor and many other Antient Families in the West and by other Daughters the Families of Knivet and Gorges From Lord Edmond Howard Third Son of Thomas Second Duke of Norfolk is descended the Lord Arundel of Warder From the said Thomas Second Duke of Norfolk are descended first all those of the House of Nottingham and Iffingham and from them by Daughters the present Marquess of Winchester the Earls of Mulgrave and Peterborough the Viscount Mordant the Lord Fairfax and many other Eminent Families By his Daughter Married to the Earl of Darby are descended at this day the Earls of Darby Bridgewater the Lord Sturton Morley Dudley Stafford Shandois Powis and many other Noble Families By his Daughter Married to Sir Rice ap Thomas the Earls of Carbary and many other Noble Families in Wales are descended By his Daughter married to Sir Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond are descended the Families of Carie Earls of Dover and Monmouth the Viscount Faulkland and by the Daughter of Carie Married to the Family of Knowles the Earls of Banbury Northumberland Essex Warwick Holland Newport and the Lord Paget and many others From Thomas Howard Third Duke of Norfolk are descended the Heirs of the Lord Scroope of Nevil Earl of Westmorland the Lord Berkley and the Heirs of the Viscount Binden From Thomas Howard Fourth Duke of Norfolk the present Duke of Norfolk the Viscount Stafford the Earles of Suffolk Barkshire Carlile Lord Howard of Escrick all the Howards of the North the Earl of Dorset the late Duke of Richmond and by Marriage at present many other Noble Families are nearly Allyed as the Earls of Northumberland Bedford Salisbury Devonshire the Lords Darcy Sandis Fairfax of Imulleth Mac Donell and many other Antient and Honourable Families are descended This great Duke of Norfolk whose Tryal you have read first Married the Daughter and Heir of Fitz-Allen Earl of Arundel by whom he had Philip who was Poison'd in the Tower the Dukes second Marriage was to the Daughter and Heir of the Lord Audley by whom he had Thomas Earl of Suffolk and the Lord William Howard of Naworth who was long detain'd a Prisoner in the Tower after the death of the Duke The Dukes third Marriage being to the Widow of the Lord Dacres of the North who by the said Lord Dacres had two Daughters Anne and Elizabeth to whom the Duke Married his two Sons Philip and the Lord William Howard Thomas the Great Lord Marshal who is never to be mention'd without the memory of his Honour was the Son of Philip Earl of Arundel and Anne the Eldest Daughter of the Lord Dacres which Thomas Married the Lady Alathea Talbot Daughter and Heir to the Earl of Shrewsbury by whom he had Henry Lord Matrevers and William Viscount Stafford which Henry Married the Lady Elizabeth Stuart Daughter to the Duke to Lenox and the Lord Viscount Stafford Married the Daughter and Heir of the Lord Baron Stafford This Henry after Earl of Arundel left Eight Sons and two Daughters Thomas who died at Padua and was restor'd to the Dukedom Henry last Duke of Norfolk Philip Lord Cardinal Charles a person of much Honour and Integrity Edward Francis Bernard and Esma Henry who after the Decease of Thomas was Duke of Norfolk Married the Lady Anne Somerset Eldest Daughter to the Marquess of Worcester and Sister to the present Duke of Beaufort by whom he had two Sons Henry the present Duke of Norfolk who Married the Lady Mary Mordant Daughter to the Earl of Peterborough and the Lord Thomas Howard who Married the Daughter and Heir of Sir George Savil of the Family of the Marquess of Halifax by whom he hath Issue Also the said Duke had two Daughters the Eldest Married to the Duke of Gordon of Huntly the youngest to the Marquess of Waperiso Charles the fourth Son Married Mary the Eldest Daughter and Co-heir of George Tatershall of Hinshamsted in the County of Berkshire Esquire a Lady of great Virtue and extraordinary Parts of an Antient and Honourable Family which came into England with the Saxons and long retain'd the Title of Baron as is recorded by many Authors by whom he hath a Hopeful Son named Henry-Charles Howard Bernard Married to Catharine the Younger Daughter of the said George Tatershall Esq who hath also Issue one Son Named Bernard and three Daughters The Lady Elizabeth Teresa the youngest Sister of the last Duke of Norfolk was Married to Alexander Mac Donell Eldest Son to Sir James Mac Donell Baronet and Nephew to the late Marquess of Antrim by whom she had one Son Named Randal Mac Donell She after Married to Bartholomew Russel Esq of Seaton in the County of Dublin of the Family of the Earls of Bedford The Lord Thomas Howard after Earl of Suffolk second Son to Thomas Duke of Norfolk who so unfortunately lost his Life for Espousing the Interest of the Queen of Scots Married the Daughter and Heir of Sir Ppilip Tenevit whose Eldest Son Married to the Daughter of the Earl of Dunbar his Eldest Daughter to the Earl of Salisbury 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ‑ bury and the third to 〈…〉 Eldest had many Sons an◠〈…〉 Berkshire being the second 〈…〉 Daughter of Cecil Earl of Saâ—â—◠〈…〉 Sir Robert Howard of Clun Marrâ—â—◠〈…〉 Nevil Lord of Abergaveny The 〈…〉 created Lord Howard of Escrick Marrâ—◠〈…〉 of the Lord Butler One of the Dâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 said Earl of Suffolk Married Percy Earl o◠〈…〉 â—â—â—land another to Boil Earl of â—rory one 〈…〉 and another to Walsingham all of which haâ—â—â— But to return to Philip the Eldest Son of tâ—◠〈◊〉 William Howard of Naworth who Married inâ—â—â— Family of the Carols by whom he left one Son â—â—led William who Married the Daughter of the Lord Evers by whom he had Sons and Daughters Charles the Eldest Son late Earl of Carlile having Married the Daughter of the late Lord Escrick Howard by whom he had Edward the present Earl of Carlile who Married the Daughter and Heir of Sir William Vdall by whom he hath a Hopeful Off-spring Also two Daughters one Married to the Lord Preston the other to Sir John Fenwick Sir Philip Howard Brother to the late Earl of Carlile Married the Daughter of Sir William Newton by whom he hath one Son Sir Francis Howard the second Son of the Lord William Howard Married the Daughter of Sir Henry Widrington by whom he had Heirs Francis his Eldest Son Married the Daughter of Sir William Gerrard by whom he had two Daughters and after Married the Daughter of John Townly of Townly Esq by whom he hath Issue 〈…〉 Son of Sir Francis Married 〈…〉 Dawson Esq hath Issue also 〈…〉 â—â—ving taken Religious Orders 〈…〉 â—â—ain in the late Wars 〈…〉 Son of the Lord William Marâ—â—◠〈…〉 â—â—â—er of Sir Henry Widrington by 〈…〉 William the Eldest Son being 〈…〉 Daughter and Heir of George Cuningâ—â—◠〈◊〉 by whom he had one Son Charles who Marâ—â—â—d the Daughter of John Mear Esq Dorothy the Daughter of Sir Charles Howard Married William Sâ—lâ—â—â— of Croxdale in the County of Durham and hath Issue Another Daughter Religious Collonel Thomas Howard the fourth Son of the Lord William who so eminently Serv'd his King and lost his Life in that Service Married Margaret Daughter to Sir William Evers second Son to the Lord Evers by whom he had one Son named Thomas and six Daughters Thomas married the Daughter and Heir of George Heron of Chip-Chace Esq by whom he hath three Daughters Mary the Eldest Daughter of Collonel Thomas Howard married Ralph Fetherstonhalgh of Stanop in the County of Durham of an Antient Family in the North Margaret and Antonia were Religious Catharine married to Nathaniel Lacy of Deeping in Lincolnshire Esq whose Family were formerly Earls of Lincoln and after married to Edward Lacy of Brewry Castle in the County of Limerick Esq descended from the Earls of Vlster in Ireland Teresa the youngest Daughter of Collonel Thomas Howard married to Ralph Booth of the County of Durham Esq of an Antient Family related to the Lord Delamer bearing the same Name and Arms who hath Issue Thus hath this Illustrious Family spread it self over the three Kingdoms and hath acquir'd so much Glory Abroad that in all places where Nobility is known and understood the Name of Howard is Honoured Germany claims it by its Original and France by Allyance Italy by Respect having had that Object of Honour Thomas the great Lord Marshal among them whose Generous and Noble Disposition planted such lasting Obligations there that even in these present times some of his Descendants have reap'd the Benefit Courage has been so essentially due to this great Family that never any was known of that Blood that did not possess an excessive share of that Virtue which they generally imploy'd in the Service of their Prince few of them having been in Rebellion and 't is wish'd they may never Sully themselves with so black a Crime and as they are descended from Princes so they may Unite themselves in a True Obedience to their Soveveraign which is the best Defence of Families nothing being so 〈◊〉 as Faction and Sedition which has aâ— all â—imes prov'd a Canker to consume them FINIS
Books to inform my self and direct but must Fight without Weapons Yet I have heard in the Cause of Mr. Humphry Stafford in the time of Henry the VII in a Case of Treason had Councel Assign'd him Dyer The Case you speak of was concerning the pleading of a Sanctuary by prescription Duke I must submit then to your Judgments I must plead for my Life Lands Goods and Children and for that which I esteem much more Dear to me my Honour and Honesty my Blood will Cry aloud for Vengeance if I am Condemned Unjustly One Request I make to you my Judges to tell me if the Indictment be perfect in all or in part and in what part that thereto I may give my Answer Catlin The Cause being true the Indictment is sufficient Duke I should know whether they are all Treasons or no Sands How sayest thou Thomas Duke of Norfolk art thou Guilty of these Treasons or not Guilty Duke Not Guilty Sands How wilt thou be Tryed Duke By God and my Peers I am in a great Consternation at the Treasons that 's imputed against me but am comforted by the Justice of the Queen in giving me that Tryal which the Law alloweth me and it is such as I require But this Suit I make to the Lords that I may have Justice and not be opprest with Un-necessary Diversities my Memory is ill of it self and rendred much worse by evil usage since my severe Imprisonment I pray God I may forgive it And concerning you my Peers I hope I may call it my Happiness that I shall be Try'd by You in whose Hands I must put my Life and I think I dare into the single Hands of a great many of you whom I know profess Religion and I hope will not burthen your Consciences contrary to Law and Justice depending upon the clearness of my Innocence I would not take a needless and cowardly Flight I have what I expected and wish'd a Tryal I crave it with Justice and must confess I have neglected my Duty in matters under Treason I desire those Omissions be not imputed as Treasons Serjeant Berham This Indictment contains three several matters of Treason First It is by Deprivation of the Queens Majesty The second Is the Relief of the Rebels in England The third The assistance of the Scots the Queens Enemies To prove the first there are two matters of Fact declar'd in the said Indictment First knowing the Scottish Queen to have claim'd the Crown he hath attempted Marriage with her Also the Conspiracy to procure Forreign Power to Invade the Realm doth prove him Guilty of the matter Duke The Duke interrupting him said Mr. Serjeant You begin as I thought you would in laying the matters of the Marriage and other things to my Charge which are not Treason to exasperate the matter you may do your Duty but yet Conscientiously and then something smiling I should speak one thing which I had almost forgot A man suspected is half Condemned I have been charged with an Oath I protest I took the Oath as I shall prove I Pray let it not be laid out to my Discredit They desir'd it Barham He that would marry with one that claimeth the Crown hopeth to aspire to the same This matter began at such a time as the Duke was one of the Commissioners for hearing the Cause between the late Scottish Queen and the Lords of Scotland at which time the Duke took an Oath to deal therein directly to weigh indifferently occasions and Answers wherein notwithstanding he dealt indirectly thereby committing Perjury and disclosing the Queens secret Councels if you deny it I 'll prove it Duke This Case hath divers parts not within the compass of Treason Burham I demand if you know the claim Lord Steward Your Grace must Answer directly Gerrard After upon viewing Serjeant Burham and the Queens Attourney the Duke Confess'd the Claim but not the Contrivance c. Burham He shew'd the Contrivance by her Refusal to acknowledge the Queens Majesty to be the Lawful Queen Duke I did not approve it but I must defend her doing it she having a Husband did it which at the Request of Throgmorton was left by the Queen she hath since entred into League with her professing great Friendship and has Christen'd her Child Burham But she has not yet renounc'd her Claim and yet you have as far dealt with her as being the Queens Commissioner to hear the matter open'd to her the Accusations You gave Instructions how she should deal that matters might not come to light and conferr'd with the Bishop of Ross about the same For proof whereof was shew'd the Examination of the Bishop taken the 6th of November one thousand five hundred seventy one declaring that the Duke discocover'd to him all that he knew of that business and promis'd what help he could c. But he spoke nothing of the Marriage but referr'd all to Luddington who had caused the Duke to stay the Conference and shew'd unto him her good Will and how she was set to accompany the Earl of Murray to Convey the Queen where he shew'd that the Duke did Advertise him that they did go about to Degrade the Scottish Queen with the People of England that she might be the less able to attempt any thing against the Queen of England And these matters the Duke answer'd at large the effect was Duke Luddington only mov'd the Marriage to him which He at that time refus'd That he only told the Bishop of Ross he could not condescend to that Proposition and as her Circumstances were stated it would neither be for her Honour nor His He desir'd the Bishop of Ross might be sent for Then was shew'd a Letter of the Bishops wherein was contain'd That it was appointed the Earl of Murray should be Murthered in the North going into Scotland But the Duke having Discoursed with him at Hampton-Court about the Marriage to which he consented the intended Murder was also stopt There was also a Letter to the Duke shew'd moving the Marriage at that time and that it should be for the Advantage of his Family to Marry the Queen who proposed her Son should also Marry the Lady Margaret Howard the Dukes Daughter which Argument inclin'd the Duke to it Yet when it was rumour'd that he design'd the Marriage of the Scottish Queen he appear'd much offended and told the Queen of it and seem'd to dislike her for her former Marriages And said the whole Revenues of the Crown of Scotland the Ordinary Charges deducted was not so Considerable as his Estate in England and that he thought himself as great a Prince in his Bowling-Alley at Norwich as if he were King of Scotland this was affirm'd by Mr. Burham that he heard the Queens Majesty speak it and by the Dukes own Examination taken the sixth of November prov'd plainly It was further shew'd that at Treachfield he had Commandment not to proceed any further in that Marriage and yet it was