being Martial to introduce him into the Favour of the greatest Captains of his time particulary those that were applied unto the Sea whom with his Company in every occasion he did so well humor as he became the future Hopes of that calling In intervals of Martial occasions he followed the King and Ministers who found him of so solid and useful a Temper as they thought him fit serve the Crown in any important capacity He followed the King to Boloigne at the magnificent enterview with King Francis And in the Twenty sixth of Henry the Eighth was sent into Scotland to present King James with the Order of the Garter and his Master's desire that he would come through England to accompany him and be present at the enterview The Duke his Father had been instrumental in the greatest disasters of Scotland But in those Heroick times Generous Princes had a value for Noble Enemies King James was taken with the Nature and Manners of the Lord William Howard and perceiving in his Merit much hopes of future greatness he did so cultivate his friendship as when there was business to be transacted between the Crowns that King did shew an inclination more ready to hear this Lord than any other wherefore King Henry having at that time a great desire to draw the King of Scotland to an enterview he sent him to Edenburgh in the ..... Year of his Reign together with the Bishop of St. Asaph to perswade him thereunto as also to make him propositions of very great advantage In the Three and thirtieth Year of the same King he was sent Extraordinary Ambassador into France in his discharge of which Employment having much satisfied the King and his Ministers he expected a chearful welcome at his return but from the Faults or the Misfortune of another he found such a disappointment as lodged him in the Tower instead of the Palace and gave him the Frowns due to the ill behaviour of the Queen instead of the Applauses his own endeavours had deserved For Katharine Howard the Fifth Wife of Henry the Eighth was his Niece and had in a short space after her Marriage so conducted her self as she fell into his Majesties disgrace and lost her Head Thereupon the old Dutchess of Norfolk with this Lord William and his Lady were Indicted for Misprision of Treason in concealing as was alledged what they knew of that Queen 's former behavior and Condemn'd to perpetual Imprisonment But after that for reason of State and to justifie the King something had been done under an appearance of Anger and Severity the King that knew the Lord William was never Author of that Match and that it could not be expected he should have taken great pains to hinder the Honor and Advantage of his Niece who he could not foresee would have made so ill a use of so great a good Fortune his Majesty set at liberty this Noble Lord and his Relations who had suffered this restraint Although they did remain under some sort of discouragement during the short remainder of this King's Reign who for other reasons had Beheaded the Noble Earl of Surrey that was Brother to this Lord and Imprisoned the Duke his Father a Servant and Subject that had deserved more than any other of his time But after the Death of King Henry when the State began to grow jealous of the French for designing to recover the Key of their Kingdom the considerable Town of Calis King Edward's Council cast into the Arms of the Lord William Howard and to make it safe made him Lord Deputy thereof in the Sixth Year of his Reign After the Death of King Edward the Queen his Sister being notable for the Council she chose and the Ministers and Servants she imployed in every purpose took this noble Lord into the nearest of her Trust and Confidence she knew his Valour his Experience and the opinion the World had of it and therefore thought none so fit for the great Office of High Admiral of England which she conferr'd upon him in the First Year of her Reign creating him at the same time Lord Baron of Effingham whereof in the succeeding Parliament he took his place she also made him Lord Chamberlain of her Houshold and he was afterwards Lord Privy Seal When this Queen was dead her Sister remembering the behaviour of this Lord to have been tender towards her and obliging during the times of her troubles and Persecution she conferred the same Office of Chamberlain upon him in the First Year of her Reign He was also sent by Queen Elizabeth with the Lord Cobham Ambassador to the Spaniard into the Netherlands on an important Negotiation and in the Twelfth of that Queen joyned with the Earl of Sussex in Command of those Forces that were sent to suppress the Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland He was also one of the Peers who sate upon the Tryal of his unfortunate Nephew the Duke of Norfolk Thus after having been imployed as has been express'd in the Service of so many Kings in management of the Highest Offices and Imployments of the State he dyed full of Honor Esteem and Reputation the Fifteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth at her Palace of Hampton-Court By his Will bequeathing his Collar of Gold and his Robes of the Order to Charles his Son for he was also a Knight of the Garter and was honorably Interred in the Parish Church of Rygate He Married Two Wives The First Katharine Daughter to Sir John Braughton of Tuddington in the County of Bedford The Second Margaret Daughter of Sir John Gammage Issue by his First Wife Mary Married to William Paulet the Third Marquess of Winchester Issue by his Second Wife Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham William Howard of Lingfield Edward Howard Henry who died Young Dowglas Married to John Lord Sheffield after to the Earl of Leicester Mary Married to Edward Lord Dudly after to Richard Mountpesson Frances Married to Edward Earl of Hartford Martha Married to Sir George Burcher Knight CHARLES Lord Howard Earl of Nottingham Lord High-Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain Justice and Heir of all the Forrests on this side Trent Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of the Privy-Council to Queen Elizabeth and King James the First CHAPTER III. CHARLES HOWARD the eldest Son of the Lord William Baron of Effingham of whom we have last Treated was bred under a Father who knew that great Birth and Dignities were things that weighed much upon those that wore them and could never be honourably supported without equal Merit and Capacities in those that would pretend to be advantaged by them He had therefore in his Youth been bred to the Theories of all the Noble Arts that could render a Man useful to his King and Country and as soon as he was of a fit strength he was thrust by his Father into the practice of them upon every necessary occasion He was with him in
all his Expeditions at Sea becoming thereby very expert in Navigation He was in all the Land Services of his time and followed his Father in every Embassy where he was imployed These practices made him fit for great Imployments as indeed such Imployments were fit for him because the truth was that his Father's perpetual custom of keeping his hands clean in all the great Trusts had been committed to him being ever fonder of Fame and Faithfulness than of Money or Estate he had not left his Son so superfluous a Fortune as it might have been easie for him to have suitably subsisted to his desert and great Spirit without the Favour and Assistance of his Princes But the times wherein he lived were very Active and in them usefulness made Men considered more than phancy And the discerning Queen Elizabeth thought she had a jewel in this Youth whose hopefulness and merit shone in the Eyes of every Man The first Imployment we find he had was to be one of those noble persons chose by the Queen to conduct the Lady Anne of Austria Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor from Zeland into Spain Afterward we find him a Commander of some Forces under his Father that were sent for the suppression of the Earls Rebellion And in the Registers of that Order it appears That he was chosen a Knight of the Garter in the Fifteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth In the Twenty eighth of that Queen upon the Death of the Earl of Lincoln he was made Lord High Admiral of England being at that time Lord Chamberlain as his Father had formerly been And in the Year 1588. when the King of Spain sent his greatest Fleet under the Conduct of his greatest Subject the Duke of Medina Sidonia with a design to take the Kingdom with the very sight of so formidable a power the Queen then and her admirable Council pitch'd upon this Lord Howard to be the Buckler of England making him with an extraordinary Power Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Forces on the Sea from the estimation they had of his excellent Virtues as being a Man of great Moderation much knowledge in Maritine Affairs Discreetly Wary throughly Valiant Industrious in Action and a Person whom the Mariners entirely loved The success gave the approbation to this choice the Spaniards appeared the Admiral gave them Battel and they were overthrown England was delivered and the Noble Lord received the Applauses his Valour and his Conduct did deserve But after this there remaining still great jealousies of future dangers from the Enmity of Spain who did design much by the Assistance of the Irish who were at that time Rebelliously disposed he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex for defence of this Kingdom both by Sea and Land He was also in this Year on the Fifteenth of June constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life And in the Two and twentieth of October following in consideration of his Eminent Services in Anno. 1588. in defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado as afterwards of the Sacking of Cadiz in Spain and for destroying the Spanish Fleet then in the Port there he was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham as descended from the Mowbrays whereof some had before been Earls of that Country In the One and Fortieth Year of the same Queen this Admiral continuing still in great Reputation and there remaining some supition of the Spaniard's ill intentions he was made Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Field Forces and one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England And in these great Trusts he imploy'd his time during the Reign of this Happy and Victorious Queen And the wife Successor upon his Arrival thought it a material testimony of his kindness to the Kingdom he did Inherit to give all marks of his Esteem and Favor to those who had contributed so many Cares and Labours to the Glory and Safety thereof Therefore at his Royal Coronation he made this Earl Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion And in the Second Year of his Reign at the renewing the Commissions unto several Great Lords for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England he was likewise constituted one of that number But by this time the Noble Earl was grown very Antient and his Body being less able than before to support the Labours and Cares of War or of the Court he by the advice of his Friends resolved of a retreat he resigned the great Office of Admiral into the King's Hands for which he was notwithstanding allowed great Pensions for his Life and other very considerable advantages After which he was engaged in going Extraordinary Ambassador on a most splendid occasion into Spain to Make and Sign that Peace which was so agreeable to King James the First as he thence did design such an Alliance as by Marriage of his Son should make lasting Friendship between the two Crowns This was the last great occasion wherein the Earl of Nottingham did appear the rest of his Life was Peace and Prayer His Lordship departing this World at Hayling in Kent at the Age of Eighty eight Years having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two This Noble Earl had Married Two Wives His First was Katharine Cary Daughter to the Lord Hundsdon His Second was Margaret Stuart Daughter to James Earl of Murray in Scotland Issue by his First Wife William Lord Howard of Effingham who Married Katharine Daughter and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Blefso Charles Howard who by reason of his Brothers Decease without Male Issue did succeed him in his Honors and Married Mary Cockain Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell Frances Countess of Kildar Margaret Married to Sir Richard Leusson Issue by his Second Wife James Howard who died young Charles Howard afterwards Earl of Nottingham but dyed without Issue WILLIAM Lord Howard Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham Lord Baron of Effingham CHAPTER IV. WILLIAM Lord Howard was a Youth of extraordinary expectation and had given early proof of many rare Virtues he was Active he was Ingenious he was applicable to every thing that was for the Honor of the Court or the Use of the Kingdom In the days of Queen Elizabeth the Pastimes and Triumphs of the State were very Martial Courses at the Tilt were much in fashion and Fights at the Barriers no Man had greater applause at these Exercises than this Young Lord And when Monsieur was here with his great Followers who are held Masters at these Exercises he got the esteem of all the French-Men He was with his Father at the Encounter with the Spanish Fleet though but Young at that time he was with him at the Sacking of Calis and also in most of his Embassies He was Grave of his Nature and entring into the favour of the Ministers as Man likely to be fit for Business when unhappily he fell
say more anon 2. Thomas who taking to Wife the Lady Margaret Douglas Daughter to Margaret Queen of Scots by her Husband the Earl of Angus Niece to King Henry was attainted of Treason upon some suspition of his intents for aspiring to the Crown and departing this life in the Tower of London 1. Nov. Anno 1537. 29. Eliz. was Buried at Thetford 3. Richard who died Anno 1517. 9. H. 8. and was Buried at Lambeth And Four Daughters Anne Married to John Earl of Oxford Dorothy to Edward Earl of Derby Elizabeth to Henry Earl of Sussex and Katharine first Married to Sir Rice ap Thomas Knight but afterwards to Henry Daubeny Earl of Bridgwater Polydore Virgil pag. 567. Reckoning up those the King chose for his Council ET Thomas Howardus Comes Surriae vir Prudentia Gravitate Constantia summa Polydore Virgil pag. 621. JAM dies Concilii ad Westmonasterium habendi advenerat ubi Henricus cum Katharina Uxore à Cantuariensi Archiepiscopo corona redimitur sacraturque Octavo Kal. Julii Anno qui fuit salutis humanae MDIX quo ejus pater è vita excesserat qui dictus est Henricus eo nomine octavus dum publicum gaudium celebratur Laetitiam moeror velut saepe Comes sequitur Margareta enim Henrici avia moritur ob cujus obitum non nihil respublica damni fecit quippe mulier erat prudentissima atque sanctissima quae cum videret Henrico per aetatem non licere suum officium praestare ita à principio providere consulere prospicere coepit ut summa imperii penes optimos quosque principes esset quo ne quid ipsa respublica detrimenti acciperet quae aliquot menses communi multorum Concilio gubernata postremo ad duos Ricardum Wintoniensem Episcopum Thomam Comitem Surreium administratio pervenit qui inter se secretas habebant simultates quas authoritatis aemulatio in dies singulos magis magisque augebat In iis diversa erant studia Wintoniensis suis amplis rebus contentus Regis tantum republicae utilitatem quaerebat Comes vero qui olim paternae haereditatis majori ex parte propter Civilia Bella Factionum Seditiones Naufragium fecerat suo interim privato commodo inservire cogebatur qui idcirco ad latus Regis quotidie adhaerens bene magna identidem ab eo beneficia habebat quae ille tam suis quam aliis postea ad arbitrium suum daret tribueret deferret Ista Wintoniensi visa sunt eo brevi tempore evasura ut Comes primas apud principem teneret omnino nisi maturè obviam ejus conatibus praeiretur id quod sibi modis omnibus faciendum deliberavit Accessit in eandem palaestram tertius Guilielmus Conton in Regio cubiculo primus Minister sed is cum magis rei familiari quà m potentiae studeret nihil dabat suspicionis Interea Christopherus Benbricus Eboracensis Archiepiscopus Romam Legatus ad Julium Romanum Pontificem Mittitur Thomas Ruthal designatur Dunelmensis Episcopus WILLIAM HOWARD Peer of England Lord Baron of Effingham Lord High Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain Lord Privy Seal and Privy Councellor to the Queens Mary and Elizabeth CHAPTER II. Baronage of England Pag. 278. Howard of Effingham HAving thus Finish'd with the Principal Stemm of this most Noble Family I come to those Collateral Branches as are not yet spoke of And first to William Son to Thomas the Second Duke of Norfolk of this House by Agnes his Second Wife Daughter of Hugh Tilney and Sister and Heir to Sir Philip Tilney of Boston in Com. Linc. Knight This William in 24. H. VIII was one of the Attendants of that King to Calis and so to Boloigne at such time as he was there Magnificently received by Francis the First King of France And in 26. H. VIII sent into Scotland to present King James the Fifth with the Order of the Garter Also to acquaint him with the intended Interview betwixt King Henry and King Francis of France And intreating his Presence thereat to desire his Coming through England to accompany King Henry to Calis In 27. H. VIII he was sent with Dr. William Barlow Bishop of St. Asaph to the same King of Scots to perswade him to enterview with King Henry as also to make certain advantageous Propositions to him And in 35. H. VIII upon that unhappy Deportment of Katharine Howard his Niece Fifth Wife of King Henry for which she lost her Head being newly return'd from an Embassy into France he was Indicted as was also his Wife and the old Duthess of Norfolk for Misprision of Treason in concealing what they knew of that Queen's Behaviour therein and condemned to perpetual Imprisonment But at length through the King's Favour enlarged and in 6. Edw. VI. made Deputy of Calis being a very valiant Person and perfectly Loyal to both those Kings He had such Esteem from Queen Mary as that by Letters Patents bearing Date 11. Martii in the First Year of her Reign he was advanced to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Howard of Effingham as also the Twentieth of the same Month made Lord Admiral of England Ireland and Wales And upon the Second of April next ensuing took his Place in Parliament amongst the rest of the Peers Also upon the Eighth of that Month constituted Lord Admiral and Lieutenant General of all her Forces at Sea He was likewise Lord Chamberlain of her Household And in the 1. Eliz. had the same Honourable Office conferred on him by that Queen After this he was sent Ambassador with the Lord Cobham to the Spaniard into the Netherlands and in 12. Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex General of those Forces then sent against the Earls of Northumberland and VVestmoreland at that Time in Rebellion In 15. Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk And by his Testament bearing Date 6. Maii 11. Eliz. being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chancel of the Parish Church of Rygate in Com. Sur. appointing a Tomb to be there made for him And to Charles his Son and Heir bequeathed his Collar of Gold and all his Robes belonging to the Order of the Garter He Married Two Wives first Katharine Daughter and Co-heir to Sir John Broughton of Tuddington in Com. Bedf. Knight by whom he had Issue only one Daughter called Agnes Married to VVilliam Pawlet the Third Marquis of VVinchester Secondly Margaret Daughter of Sir Thomas Ganiage Knight which Margaret departed this Life ..... Maii Anno 1581. 23. Eliz. by whom he had Issue four Sons viz. Charles who succeeded him in his Honour VVilliam Howard of Lingfield in Com. Sur. Edward and Henry who died Young Also Five Daughters First Douglas Married first to John Lord Sheffield afterwards to Robert Earl of Leicester as hath been pretended and thirdly
others with him having a power with them of seven thousand Men being almost at their heels but also by the Earl of Warwick and the Lord Clinton with a far greater Army of Twelve thousand Men raised by the Queen's Majesty's Commissioners out of the South and middle part of the Realm in which Army besides the Earl of Warwick and Lord Admiral chief Governour of the same there were also Walter Devereux Viscount Hertford High Marshal of the Field with the Lord Willoughby of Parham Mr. Charles Howard now Lord Howard of Effingham General of the Horsemen under the Earl of Warwick young Henry Knowles Son to Sir Francis Knowles his Lieutenant Edward Horsey Captain of the Isle of Wight with five hundred Harquebusiers out of the same Isle and Captain Leighton with other five hundred Harquebusiers Londoners and many other worthy Gentlemen and valiant Captains The Baronage of England Pag. 279. WHich Charles so succeeding him in 13. Eliz. his Father then living was one of those noble persons who by the command of Queen Elizabeth conducted the Lady Anne of Austria Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor from Zeland into Spain And in 16. Eliz. 24. April was Install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 28. Eliz. upon the death of Edward Earl of Lincoln Lord High Admiral of England being then also Chamberlain to the Queen as his Father had formerly been he was constituted his Successor in that great Office Whereupon in Ann. 1588. 30. Eliz. when that formidable Armado from Spain so much threatned an Invasion here he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen 's whole Fleet at Sea of whose prosperous success she had no small opinion well knowing him by his Moderation and Noble Extraction to be a person of great knowledge in Maritine Affairs Discreetly Wary througly Valiant Industrious in Action and a person whom the Mariners entirely loved And in 39. Eliz. further dangers being threatned from the Spaniard through the help of those Irish who were Rebelliously disposed he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex for the Defence of this Realm both by Sea and Land vix Essex for the Land and this Lord Admiral for the Sea the first squadron being led by him the second by Essex the third by Thomas Howard and the fourth by Sir Walter Rawliegh In this Year also 15. Junii he was constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life And upon the 22th of October following in consideration of his eminent Services in in Ann. 1588. by defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado and afterwards in Sacking of Cadiz in Spain as also in destroying the Spainsh Fleet then in the Port there was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham as descended from the Family of Mowbray whereof some had been Earls of that County In 41. Eliz. still continuing in high reputation at Court some danger from the Spaniard being again threatned he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen's Field Forces And in 44. Eliz. made one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England In 1. Jac. I. in order to the Solemnity of that King's Coronation he was made Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion And in 2. Jac. I. upon renewing the Commission unto seven of the great Lords for exercising that great Office of Earl Marshal was likewise constituted one of that number But in Ann. 1619. 17. Jac. I. he surrendred his Patent for the Office of Lord Admiral into the King's hands whereupon it was conferr'd on the Marquis of Buckingham This Noble Earl Married to his first Wife Katharine Daughter to Henry Lord Hunsdon by whom he had Issue Two Sons William who Wedded Anne Daughter and sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletso but died in his life-time leaving Issue Elizabeth his sole Daughter and Heir Married to John Lord Mordaunt of Turvey in Com. Bedf. afterwards Earl of Peterborow 2. Charles his Successor in his honours As also three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Rising in Com Norf. Knight Frances first Married to Henry Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare in Ireland afterwards to Henry Lord Cobham and Margaret to Sir Richard Leveson of Trentham in Com. Staff Knight and Vice-Admiral of England To his second Wife he Married Margaret Daughter to James Steward Earl of Murrey in Scotland which Margaret was naturalized in the Parliament of 1. Jac. I. by whom he had Issue Two Sons James who died young and Sir Charles Howard Knight And died at Hayling near Croydon in Kent 13. Dec. Ann. 1624. 22. Jac. I. being at that time Eighty eight Years of Age having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two Years his Wife surviving him who afterwards Married to Sir William Munson Knight afterwards Viscount Castelmayn in Ireland To whom succeeded Charles his second Son the elder dying before him without Issue Male which Charles first took to Wife Charitie Daughter of ..... White Widow of ..... Leche a Londoner afterwards Mary Daughter to Sir William Cockaine Knight Alderman of London and thirdly Margaret Daughter to James Earl of Marrey in Scotland by whom he had Issue James who died unmarried and Charles Which Charles succeeding him in his Honours Married Arabella Daughter of ...... Smith of ....... but as yet hath not any Issue so that Francis Howard of Great-Buckham in Com. Surr. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Charles Howard Knight Son and Heir to Sir Francis Howard Knight Brother and Heir to Sir Edward Howard Knight Cup-bearer to King James the First Son and Heir to William Howard of Lingfield in Com. Surr. second Son to William Lord Howard of Effingham is his next expectant Heir Male. Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 42. ILLA tamen ut mortuo constaret Regius honos exequias ut regi amico in Templo Paulino Londini magna pompa persolvit Simulque per Carolum Baronis Howardi Effinghamii filium Francisco successori de patris obitu condolet de successoris gratia ut amicitiam nuper initam Sanctè coleret admonet Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 186. ILLI enim aliis curis erant occupatissimi Hispanus totus in nuptiis apparandis cum Anna Austriaca Imperatoris Maximiliani filia sua ipsius è sorore nepte quae hoc tempore è Zelandia Hispaniam versus solvit Ad quam per mare Britannicum in Hispaniam deducendam Elizabetha Carolum Howardum cum Bellicosa Classe selectis nobilibus misit Summa cum honoris amoris in Austriacam familiam festificatione Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 389. INeunte hoc anno diem obiit Edwardus Clintonus maris Praefectus sive Admirallus qui Comes Lincolniae anno MDLXXII ab Elizabetha creatus Windesorae sepultus fines sepulchrali inscriptione falsò cognominatus quod adnoto non ut arguam sed ne ipse arguar Successit in dignitate Henricus filius in maris Praefectura Carolus Effinghamius Reginae Camerarius
Willielmo Domino Compton ac etiam dilictis fidelibus Conciliariis nostris Willielmo Knolles Milite Contrarotulatore hospitii nostri Roberto Cecilio Milite principali Secretario nostro aliis In cujus rei c. Teste Regina apud Westmonasterium vicesimo secundo die Octobris Anno Regni Reginae Elizabethae tricesimo Per ipsam Reginam Concordatum cum Recordo Examinatum per me S. Killingworth The History of Queen Elizabeth by Cambden Pag. 610. HE was very much offended that the Council were let loose several Papers he cast into the Fire lest as he said they should tell tales and prepared himself for defence And being now reduced to his last hope of expecting Aid from the Londoners he Fortified his House on all sides The Lord Admiral presently Besieged the House to Land-ward He assigned the Earls of Cumberland and Lincoln the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Grey the Lord Burghly the Lord Compton and others with Forces of Horse and Foot every Man his Post He himself with the Lord Effingham his Son the Lord Cobham Sir John Stanhop Sir Robert Sidney Sir Fulk Grevill seized upon the Garden by the Thames side Being now ready to assault the House he summoned him by Sidney to yield Southampton asked him to whom they should yield To their Adversaries That were to run themselves headlong to ruine Or to the Queen That were to confess themselves guilty But yet said he if the Lord Admiral will give us Hostages for our security we will appear before the Queen If not we are every one of us fully resolved to lose our lives fighting The Lord Admiral returning word by Sidney That neither were Conditions to be propounded by Rebels nor Hostages to be delivered to them signified to Essex That for the sparing the weaker sex he would permit the Countess his Wife the Lady Rich his Sister and their Waiting-Gentlewomen who filled all places with their womanish Shrieks and Lamentations to come forth Which Essex took as a favour only he desired that an hour or two's time might be granted him to fortifie the place by which they should go forth which was also granted Before the hour was expired Essex holding all things now for desparate and lost resolved to make his way out And the Lord Sands who was more aged than the rest earnestly urged him so to do often repeating that saying That the resolutest Councels are the safest That it is more honourable for Noble Persons to die fighting than by the hand of the Executioner But Essex wavering in his resolution began presently to think of yielding and gave notice that upon certain Conditions he would yield But when the Lord Admiral would admit of no conditions he said he would not give conditions but rather take them Yet Three things he requested First That they might be civilly dealt withal This the Lord Admiral promised Secondly That their cause might be justly and duly heard He answered That there was no reason to doubt thereof And Lastly That Ashton a Minister of God's Word might be with him in Prison for his Soul's comfort The Lord Admiral answered That for these things he would make intercession to the Queen When presently all the Noblemen falling upon their Knees and delivering their Swords up to the Lord Admiral yielded themselves at Ten of the Clock at Night There were no more slain but Owen Salisbury and one or two who were killed in the House by shot and as many of the Besiegers And again out of the same Pag. 659. UPON which day whether thinking on her Death or presaging what would ensue she happned to say to the Lord Admiral whom she always dearly affected My Throne hath been the Throne of Kings neither ought any other than he that is my next Heir to succeed me And the Courtiers observed That she never before more frequented Prayers and the Service of God than now WILLIAM Lord Howard Lord Baron of Effingham Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham that was Lord High Admiral of England CHAPTER IV. HE is recorded in several Writers of the Heralds Books to have bore a part in most of the Tilts Fights at Barriers and other Marshal Games and Triumphs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Cambden's History of Queen Elizabeth Pag. 519. THE English Ships which by reason of the shallowness of the Channel could not hitherto come near them now when it was flood came in with great alacrity Essex also with his Ship thrust himself into the midst of the Fight as likewise did the Admiral himself with his Son Ibidem Pag. 521. ABout Sixty Military Men were Knighted for their Valour viz. Robert Earl of Essex Count Lodowick of Nassau Don Christophero a Portuguese Sir William Herbert Sommerset Bourk an Irish-man William Howard the Lord Admiral 's Son Robert Dudley George Devereux Henry Nevill c. Milles's Catalogue of Honour Pag. 894 895. CHARLES Howard Son of William Lord Howard of Effingham Lord Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth one of her Privy Council and by her made Knight of the Garter who was younger Son of Thomas Howard second Duke of Norfolk one of the Lords of the Honourable Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth and King James Lord Howard of Effingham Knight of the Garter Lord Admiral of England was for his most right honourable Service at the Sacking of Cales with Robert Devereux Earl of Essex by Queen Elizabeth created Earl of Nottingham in right of his descent from the Mowbrays Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Nottingham The First Wife Katharine Daughter of Henry Cary Lord Hundsdon who being Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth one of her Honourable Privy Council and Knight of the Garter was Son of William Cary by his Wife Mary Bollen Sister to Queen Anne Bollen Mother of Queen Elizabeth was first Wife unto Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham The Second Wife Margaret the Daughter of James Stuart Earl of Murray was the second Wife to Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham now living 1610. Children by his First Wife William Howard was by King James created Lord Howard of Effingham a Baron of the Parliament House who Married Anne Daughter and Heir of John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe by his Wife Katharine Daughter of Sir Robert Dormer of Eythorp in Buckingham-shire Charles Howard Knight Keeper of the Castle at Windsor Elizabeth Wife of Sir Robert Southwell of Riseing in Norfolk Knight Frances Wife of ..... Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare Margaret Wife of Sir Richard Leuson Children by his Second Wife James died lately young 1610. ELIZABETH HOWARD Countess of Peterborow CHAPTER V. The Second Part of the Baronage of England by Dugdale Pag. 279. THIS Noble Earl took to Wife Katharine Daughter to Henry Lord Hundsdon by whom he had Issue Two Sons William who wedded Anne Daughter and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe who died in his Father's Life-time leaving Issue Elizabeth his Sole Daughter and Heir Married to John Lord
but their happening a conjuncture which rendered those of his profession under much suspicion and jealousy from the Proceedings of that Conspiracy called The Gunpowder Treason which if it had succeeded would have been of so cruel a consequence This worthy Lord was envolv'd in the unhappy troubles it produc'd to most of his perswasion For upon surmise of his holding correspondence with the Traytors the innocent Lord in the Seventh Year of King James the First was seized in his House and committed Prisoner to the Tower for which there could be never produc'd other grounds than his professed Religion his being absent from that Parliament which was upon leave and some neighbourly correspondences he had held with Sir Everard Digby and certain others of the conspirators which were but slender Reasons for so large Sufferings His Lordship thereupon was severely Fined and so long kept a Prisoner that by the distruction of his Health it brought him finally to his Grave after which his Innocency sufficiently appear'd to convince his persecutors of the Injustice of their severe dealings His Issue John Lord Mordaunt first Earl of Peterborow James Mordaunt first married to Mary Tirringham after to ....... Gostwick from whom is descended John Mordaunt of ...... in the County of Leicester Lewis Mordaunt that dyed without Issue by his Wife ...... Smith the Widow of Sir Robert Throgmorton Frances Mordaunt married to Sir Thomas Nevill Eldest Son of the Lord Abarganey Elizabeth that dyed unmarried Margaret that dyed unmarried Anne that dyed unmarried JOHN Earl of PETERBOROW Peer of England Lord Mordaunt Lord Baron of Turvey and Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton CHAPTER XVI JOHN Lord Mordaunt being young and under years at the Death of his Father and remaining in the care and government of his Mother the Lady Margaret Mordaunt who was a Zealous as well as a Publick Professor of the obnoxious and suspected Religion after he came of an age capable of taking important impressions was by the command of King James the First as an act of State taken out of that Lady's custody and committed to be brought up in the House and under the direction of his Grace George Abbot at that time Archbishop of Canterbury Where he lived for a while till he was thought fit to be sent to improve his Studies at Oxford In this University this young Lord flourished in the liking and esteem of every body He enjoy'd many perfections of Body and Mind He was very Beautiful Ingenious Affable and Applicable to all was good and useful and there he remain'd the Star of the University till King James the First coming to Oxford in a Progress took him from that place to follow the Court designing him to such kind of farther improvement as might render him in time more useful to his Service and the Government The first testimony he gave him of his Favour was to quit him of the Fine had been imposed upon his Father of Ten Thousand Pounds for his being suspiciously absent from the dangerous Parliament and to set him at liberty from any burthens of Obligations might come upon him by reason of his Wardship of which by the King's Command he was discharg'd He commanded his attendance in his first Journey he made back to Scotland during which that Gracious King gave him so many particular marks of his Favour and Kindness As to standers by Fortune and occasion never seem'd to present themselves to any with more fairness to be taken hold upon than to this young Lord. But in fine he was not born to the advancement of his House and a humor he had which was averse to Constraint and indulgent to all his own Passions gave way afterward to anothers entrance into Favour who was design'd for all the Greatness England could give Notwithstanding the Great and Unfortunate Charles Son and Successor to this King conferr'd upon him the Dignity of an Earl under the Title of Peterborow gave him the Lieutenancy and Government of the Province where he lived besides many invitations to his nearest Affairs and Councils But the destiny of this Lord carried him to other purposes for having Married Elizabeth Howard the Daughter of William Lord Howard of Effingham and sole Heir to that Family which had bred so many Admirals and Great Officers of State he was invited by her that had receiv'd some disgust at Court and was a Lady of a very haughty Spirit to take part with those unhappy Reformers who at last destroy'd all they pretended to amend and this Lord with much regret for having been engag'd among those unfortunate Politicians at last ended his life of a Consumption in the Second Year of the Civil War leaving Issue Henry Earl of Peterborow John Lord Viscount Mordaunt Married to Elizabeth Cary. Elizabeth Mordaunt Married to Thomas Lord Howard of Escrick HENRY Earl of PETERBOROW Peer of England Lord Mordaunt Lord Baron of Turvey Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to King JAMES the Second Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northampton and One of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council CHAPTER XVII HENRY Lord Mordaunt although at his coming into the World he found the greatest part of Men enclined to Rebellion and defire of change both in the Government of Church and State Yet having been bred under well principled Masters in the Royal College of Eaton in the Company of several young Lords of great Quality whose Education was inspected by the Learned and Memorable Sir Henry Wotton at that time retired from sundry Embassies and Employments to the Provostship of that place He received such a tincture of Duty to his Prince and Love to the Monarchy as neither Hazards Disappointments Hard Usage nor any difficult Circumstances could ever afterward extinguish I leave the particulars of his Childhood and early Youth and come to meet him at his first appearance in the City of York where he accompanied his Father who came to attend the King at his Great Council which he had called in order to take Resolutions about the Scotch War and the ensuing Parliament The English Army that had been Raised for the Defence of the Kingdom lay Encamped about the Town among the Souldiers this young Lord continually appear'd at the Musters at the Reviews and at the Exercises whereat he was always present and being not then in his Seventeenth Year he intended if the War had proceeded to have personally engaged in all the Actions and Successes of it In the Assemblies of the Council he did ever constantly attend to hear the Debates of the most important matters were agitated there being admitted thereunto in Quality of a Peer's Son who had all place behind the King as in Parliament But at last the Cessation being made and a Parliament resolv'd upon the King return'd to London and the Young Lord with his Father to his House in order to â—â—ake preparation for their attendance in that occasion The time come for the
or any other before or after him held the same and with such Liveries and Lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office Being also one of the Kings Justices Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Page 248. Charta Alberici Regis Camerarii EGO Albericus Regis Camerarius Terram de Twivell quamdiu vixero de Domino Abbate Guntero Monachis de Thorneya per talem conventionem teneo ad firmam ut per unumquemque annum eis sex libras pro ea reddam ante Nativitatem quadraginta solidos ante Pascham quadraginta solidos ad Vincula Sancti Petri extremos quadraginta solidos Insuper pro remissione peccatorum meorum illis de una mea Decima scilicet de Islip unoquoque anno ad Festivitatem Sancti Michaelis decem solidos reddam Totum verò surplus quod miserim in eadem Villa ultra quà m recepi in extremo die vitae meae pro salvatione animae meae Sanctae Mariae Patribúsque meis simul cum terra eorum concedo solidum quietum ab omni Calumniâ De alia Terra quam pro servitio dimidii Militis in eadem Villa de Willielmo de Blosvilla teneo in feudo de dimidio unius Hidae quam certè emi pretio Sanctam Mariam meósque Fratres post me concedo esse Haeredes in quantum id eis concedere possum Hujus Conventionis sunt Testes Hardewin de Escatere Radulphus Dapifer Willielmus de Whitlesege Simo imo omnes Fratres illius loci alii quamplures Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penès Comitem de Peterborow ALbericus de Twivell Camerarius Regis dedit Ecclesiae de Thorney duas Garbas Decimae trium Villarum de Islip Adington Drayton de Dominico suo The Baronage of England Page 190. HE in the Fifth of King Stephen with Richard Basset then Justice of England executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey Cambridge Huntingdon Essex Hartford Northampton Leicester Norfolk Suffolk Buckingham and Beadford and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Com. Canter certain Lands in Islip But before the end of this year he was killed in London His Wife was Adeliza de Clare leaving Issue by Adeliza his Wife Daughter of Gilbert of Clare three Sons Alberic his Son and Heir ........ a Cannon of Saint Osiths in Chieche and Robert which Robert in the twelfth of Henry the Second upon levying the aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified that he then held half a Knights Fee He also held the Lordship of Twivell in the County of Northampton of the Monks of Thorney in Fee-Farm as his Father did ROBERT de VERE Second Son of Alberic de Vere Great Chamberlain and Chief Justice of England Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Pag. 417. ANNO Millesimo Centesimo Tricesimo Quinto Rex Henricus primus obiit apud Castrum Leonis sepultus fuit apud Radingas ubi Coenobium Ducentorum Monachorum condiderat in Honorem Sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Robertus de Vere alii Milites de Angliâ Satellites Ministri Regis apud Pontem Audomari atque bonam Villam Feretrum Regis apud Caddomum adduxerunt Baronage of England pag. 190. Second Column Speaking of Maud the Empress SHE likewise gave to Robert de Vere the other brother of this Earl Alberic a Barony to the value of that so given to Jeffrey and other Lands of equal worth to possess within a Year after she should enjoy the Realm of England Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Pag. 248. Charta Roberti Filii Alberici Camerarii Regis EGO Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii Regis Terram de Twivell quamdiu vixero de Domino Abbate Roberto Monachis de Thorneia per eandem Conventionem in feodi firmam teneo per quam conventionem pater meus ante me tenuit Decimas de quinque Carucis quas pater meus Deo Sanctae Mariae Thorneyae concessit scilicet Drayton Islip Edington Deo atque Sanctae Mariae atque Monachis Thorneiae concedo Hujus conventionis sunt Testes Robertus de Jakesley Ertnoldus Willielmus de Cesterton Ogerus Terri de hominibus ipsius Roberti Hugo Waze Adam imo omnes fratres ipsius loci Ex antiquo Pergameno penes Comitem de Peterborow RObertus filius Alberici Anno primo Imperii Henrici Regis Junioris feria quinta in Hebdomada Pentecostes tempore Galterii Abbatis qui successit Gilbertum Abbatem ejusdem loci anno Domini Millesimo Centesimo Quinquagesimo quarto in praesentia Henrici filii sui quietum clamavit Manerium de Twivel Monasterio de Thorney Alexander tertius Papa Donationem confirmavit Abbati de Twivel videlicet de duabus garbis Decimarum trium villarum Islip Drayton Edington In libro rubro Feodorum de Scaccario inter Chartas Dominorum irrotulatas de annis septimo octavo decimo quarto decimo octavo Henrici Secundi à secundo octavo Richardi Primi DOmino suo Charissimo Henrico Regi Angliae Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii Salutem Sciatis Domine quod Ego teneo de vobis feodum dimidium Militis Valeat In Anno octavo in Northamptonshire Robertus filius Alberici dimidium Militis In Anno decimo quarto in Northamptonshire Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii dimidium Militis In Anno decimo octavo in Northamptonshire Robertus filius Alberici decem solidos In Anno secundo Regis Richardi fecit Scutagium Walliae assessum ad decem solidos In Northamptonshire Robertus filius Alberici quinque solidos dimidii Militis In Anno octavo Regis Richardi Scutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos Rotulo duodecimo adhuc communi de Termino Pasch de Anno tricesimo octavo Henrici Tertii Consideratio contra Monachos de Hortune HEnricus Avus Domini Regis concessit Chartâ suâ confirmavit Deo Ecclesiae Sancti Johannis Apostoli Evangelistae de Hortune Monachis ibidem Deo servientibus Tintonam Hortunam cum pertinentiis habendum tenendum cum omnibus Libertatibus liberis Consuetudinibus in quibus Robertus de Vere Adelina uxor ejus meliùs liberiùs tenuerunt iisdem Monachis per Chartam suam confirmaverunt Et ideo consideratum est quòd praedicti Monachi facient Domino Regi pro praedictis Maneriis illud idem servitium quod praedictus Robertus Adelina facere consueverint Sir HENRY de VERE the Son of Robert the second Son of Alberic Great Chamberlain of England Hollinsheads Chronicle Pag. 110. BUT in the mean time it chanced that Sir Richard de Walles a Knight of the Realm of France went about to fortifie a Castle in a Village that belong'd to him called Walles scituate between Trie and Gisors whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of Gisors under William Earl of Albemarle was nothing content therewith and therefore got a Company together and went forth to disturb the work Upon this occasion the
to oppose him or his Heirs For securing of which promise he delivered up his Son William in Hostage who was after returned as an assurance of the Kings trust He departed this life in the One and fortieth year of Henry the Third leaving Issue by Alice his Wife Daughter of Waleran de Newburgh Earl of Warwick William Lord Mauduit afterwards Earl of Warwick AT the Death of his Father WILLIAM Lord MAUDUIT the fourth of that name was thirty six years old upon the possession of the Estate and Dignity of his Ancestors he received early testimonies of the Kings trust and favour by the acceptance of a moderate relief for his Barony and his Sergeantry and reasonable time for the payment The Lords of his Family had ever the reputation of being Martial and himself was esteemed active and vigorous so as he was usually summoned to attend the King in most of his Expeditions with his power and followers In the forty seventh Year of King Henry the Third doing his homage and paying an hundred pounds for his relief as Son and Heir to Alice the Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick he had livery of all the Lands belonging to that Earldom whereof John de Plessets Earl of Warwick dyed seized and which by hereditary right were descended to him that is to say the Castle and Honor of Warwick and all the Mannors and Lands thereto belonging Whereupon by the Title of Earl of Warwick he had summons that year to attend the King at Worcester on the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to march into Wales against Lewelin ap Gryffin at that time in Hostility But soon after the King was necessitated to leave of his Welsh Expedition to provide against the power and insolence of his Barons who were then gathering together against him at Northampton He sent therefore this Earl to make sure of his Castle of Warwick a place at that time very considerable but such was his unhappiness as wanting diligent Guards they issued out of Kenilworth under the Command of John Giffard Governour of that Castle and surprising this at Warwick slew divers of the Earls men and carried him and his Lady Prisoners to Kenilworth out of which place before he could be delivered they forced him to pay nineteen hundred Marks for his Ransome and threw down the Walls of Warwick-Castle After this unhappy accident I find no more of him than that he married Alice the Daughter of Gilbert de Segrave and dyed without Issue the Eighth of Jan. Anno 1267. 52 Hen. III. ROBERT MAVDVIT Lord of Werminster second Son to Robert Lord Mauduit Chamberlain to King Henry the Second THE direct line of those Mauduits who were Lords of Hanslape and hereditary Chamberlains of the Exchequer ending in William Lord Mauduit who came to be also Earl of Warwick and that dyed without Issue I must return to Robert the second Son of Robert Lord Mauduit who was Chamberlain to King Henry the Second to carry on the Genealogical description of that branch of these Mauduits who were Lords of Werminster from whom the Greene's of Drayton did Descend and that did flourish for many Ages in this Nation under great reputation and Authority Unto Robert Lord Mauduit who was Lord of Hanslape in the days of Henry the Second King Richard and King John there were born of the Lady Isabella Bassett two Sons William and Robert the latter of which was a Youth so esteemed for his Valour and Martial inclinations and particularly by his Father as for a foundation of a greater fortune he bestowed upon him the noble Lordship of Werminster which he had received from the Gift of his old Master King Henry the Second and his Elder Brother the Lord William Mauduit was so far from repining at the Gift as he added to his Estate of his own Grant the Mannor of Shaudedene now called Scaldene And he had moreover from the kindness of Robert de la Mare a great Lord of that Age divers Lands in Bushopstre and Tarenta in Marriage with his Daughter Agnes by whom he left Issue William Mauduit Lord of Werminster WILLIAM MAUDUIT Lord of Werminster became possessed by Inheritance from his Father his Marriage and his own acquests of the Lordships of Werminster Scaldene Samborne and Grately in the County of Wilts as also of Lands in Bushopstre Tarenta and Castle-Holgot in the County of Salop which last were of his Mothers Inheritance In the Fourteenth of King Henry the Third he was sued with Eugenia his Wife by Robert de Passlieu for detaining one Henry the Son of Henry de Cromwell whose custody he pretended to belong to him by reason of the Kings Commission but because the said Robert did not produce the same it was order'd in Court That Henry de Cromwell should remain in the Keeping of William Mauduit and his Wife Eugenia This William gave Lands in Samborne to Thomas the Son of Simon of Deene and he demised the Mannor of Grately to Galfred of Winelford There is extant a Grant unto him of a Faire yearly to be held for three days at his Lordship of Werminster that is to say on the vigil the day and the morrow of St. Lawrence and of a Market to be held every Thursday at his Mannor of Castle-Holgot in the County of Salop. He married Eugenia Daughter to that Foulke Lord Fitz-Warren who was a Lord of much fame in the days of King John and of his Son Henry and left Issue Warren Mauduit Lord of Werminster Sir John Mauduit WARREN MAUDUIT Lord of Werminster received his Christian Name as has been very usual from that Noble Family of which his Mother was descended and much deference and respect was due from him thereunto as from one whence he did derive a great part of his Inheritance as the Mannors of Westbury Lye and other Lordships He was one of those Lords that accompanied King Edward the First into the Holy Land when he was yet but Prince and we find him to have lived much in his esteem and favour as one by whom he was accompanied in most of his War-like Expeditions He was summoned to many of those Parliaments that were called in his Raign towards the latter end whereof he departed this life leaving Issue by his Wife Elizabeth de Lisle Thomas Mauduit Lord of Werminster THOMAS Lord MAUDUIT succeeded his Father in the Lordships of Werminster Westbury Grately Scalden Samborne West-Hacley Lye Castle-Helgot and other great Possessions so as at that time he was accounted one of the most powerful Lords of his rank He received in the Eleventh year of King Edward the Second a Charter from that King of Free Warren for him and his Heirs to have as well upon all his Lands in Westbury Lye and Chaldcoate in the County of Wilts as upon those of Deene and Grately in the County of Southampton These are the words of the Patent He was a Lord of such fame in those days
Third obliging himself by a special Writing to serve the King faithfully all the days of his life and never to oppose him or his Heirs for the better securing of that promise he delivered up William his Son in Hostage Whereupon the King soon after so far trusted him that he restored back that Hostage the next ensuing year Antiquities of Warwickshire fol. 305 306. Of Waleran the Earl of Warwick HE had two Wives Margaret the Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Alice Daughter of John de Harcourt but Widow of John de Limesie before mentioned and departing this life in the sixth of King John left divers Children of which Henry his eldest Son succeeded in the Earldom Waleran another Son had the Mannors of Gretham and Cottesmore in the County of Rutland with certain Lands in Worcestershire but dyed without Issue Alice his Daughter by Alice his last Wife wedded William Mauduit of Hanslape in the County of Bucks and had by her Fathers appointment the Mannor of Wanton now called Walton Mauduit in this County for her Marriage Portion as is evident by King John's confirmation thereof to him bearing Date the thirtieth of November in the tenth year of his Reign WILLIAM MAVDVIT Earl of Warwick Hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer Lord of Hanslape and divers other Lordships Baronage of England Page 399. BUT in the one and fortieth of Henry the Third he departed this life being then seized of the Mannor of Hanslape in the County of Bucks as also of the Mannor of Bergedon and Hundred of Wrangedike with certain Lands of thirty pounds per annum value lying in Cottesmore and Gretham in the County of Rutland as likewise of four Carucates of Land in Hartleigh in the County of Southampton leaving Issue by Alice his Wife Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick William his Son and Heir at that time thirty six years of Age. Which William in the forty first year of Henry the Third had so much favour from the King in payment of a Debt of two hundred Marks due from him as well for his Relief as for the Serjeanty he held videlicet a hundred Pounds for his Relief of his Barony and fifty Marks for his Serjeanty as that it was accepted of fifty Marks per annum The next year following this William had Summons to attend the King at Chester well accoutred with Horse and Arms to oppose the Incursions of the Welsh and in the forty seventh of Henry the Third doing his Homage and paying a hundred pounds for his Relief as Son and Heir to Alice the Daughter of Waleran Earl of Warwick had Livery of all the Lands belonging to that Earldom whereof John de Plessets Earl of Warwick dyed seized and which by hereditary right were descended to him videlicet the Castle and Honor of Warwick and all the Lands and Mannors thereto belonging Whereupon by the Title of Earl of Warwick he had the same year summons to attend the King at Worcester on the Feast day of St. Peter ad Vincula well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to march into Wales against Lewelin ap Gryffin at that time in Hostility Mille 's Catalogue of Honor page 798. William Maledoctus commonly called Mauduit Lord and Baron of Hanslape Cousin and Heir to Margery Countess of Warwick videlicet the Son of Alice the Sister of Henry the Father of the said Margery became Earl of Warwick after the Death of the foresaid Margery in the Reign of Henry the Third who long before had honour'd him with the Sword of Knighthood in the year 1233. and in the eighteenth of his Reign He dyed without Issue the fourth day of the Ides of January in the year 1268. and of Henry the Third the fifty second leaving his Sister Isabell his Heir Alice the Daughter of Gilbert Lord Segrave was Wife to William Mauduit Earl of Warwick ROBERT MAVDVIT Lord of Werminster second Son to Robert Lord Mauduit that was Chamberlain to King Henry the Second Carta Domini Roberti Mauduit RObertus Mauduit Domini Regis Camerarius omnibus hominibus meis Francis Anglicis Salutem Sciatis me dedisse Roberto Mauduit filio meo juniori Manerium totam terram meam de Werminster quae Rex Henricus Dominus meus mihi concessit tenendum sibi haeredibus suis in perpetuum liberè quietè integrè plenariè honorificè ab omni servitio salvo quod domino Regi pertinet in bosco in plano in pratis in pascuis in aquis in molendinis in vivariis stagnis piscariis in viis semitis in omnibus aliis locis rebus ad illud pertinentibus cum omnibus libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus suis Isti sunt Testes Dominus Johannes de Knovill Dominus Ricardus de Verdun Robertus de Sancto Laudo Alexander Pipard Thomas filius Johannis Henricus Transard Stephanus Camerarius Herveius Dapifer SIGILLVM DNI ROBERTI MAUDUIT Carta Domini Willielmi Mauduit Camerarii Regis WIllielmus Mauduit domini Regis Camerarius omnibus hominibus suis tam Francis quà m Anglicis Salutem Sciatis me dedisse concessisse hac carta mea praesenti confirmâsse Fratri meo Roberto Mauduit pro servitio suo Manerium de Scaudedene cum omnibus pertinentiis libertatibus suis sibi Haeredibus suis tenendum de me Haeredibus meis liberè quietè honorificè in bosco in campis in pratis in pascuis in viis in semitis in omnibus ad Manerium illud pertinentibus per servitium dimidiae partis feodi unius Militis Testibus Ranulpho de Glanvilla Gilberto Pipard Bertram de Verdun Willielmo de Bend Radulpho filio Stephani Eustachio filio Stephani Johanne Mauduit Beberto filio Richardi Gaufrido de Insula Roberto Burell Roberto Mauncell Roberto Mauduit filio meo Willielmo filio Walteri Willielmo Nepote aliis multis SIGILLVM DNI WILLI MAUDUIT CAMERARII REGIS Monasticon Anglicanum Pars Secunda pag. 409. 36. 43. inter concessiones de Mayden Bradley EX dono Roberti Mauduit unam virgatam Terrae cum pertinentiis in Bushopstree Ex dono Agnetis de la Mare quae fuit Uxor Roberti Mauduit unam virgatam Terrae cum messuagio Curtelagio in Tarrenta WILLIAM MAVDVIT Lord of Werminster and other Lands and Lordships Placita de Banco Term. Pasch Anno 14 H. III. in pella Scaccarii Regis remanent Rot. 15. RObertus de Passleu per Attornatum suum petit versus Willielmum Mauduit Eugeniam Uxorem ejus quòd reddant ei Henricum filium haeredem Henrici Cromwell cujus custodia ad eum pertinet ratione commissionis Domini Regis quod inde fecit dicit c. Sed quia dictus Robertus non ostendit dictam commissionem dicta custodia remansit penes dictos Willielmum Eugeniam Charta Regis Henrici Tertii HEnricus Dei Gratia Rex Angliae Dominus Hiberniae Dux Normanniae
tertia parte dictarum terrarum dictorum tenementorum cum suis pertinentiis cùm acciderit supradictis Domino Thomae Elizabethae Uxori suae Johanni filio eorum haeredibus supradicti Domini Thomae de Dominis Capitalibus feodorum liberè quietè bene in pace Jure haereditario imperpetuum per servitia inde debita consueta Et Ego praedictus Robertus haeredes mei omnia praedicta terras tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis unà cum tertia parte supradictarum terrarum dictorum tenementorum cum suis pertinentiis cum acciderit supradictis Domino Thomae Elizabethae Uxori suae Johanni filio eorum haeredibus supradicti Domini Thomae contra omnes mortales warrantizabimus imperpetuum defendemus Et ut haec mea Donatio concessio praesentis Cartae meae Confirmatio ratae stabiles imperpetuum permaneant istam praesentem Cartam Sigilli mei impressione roboravi His Testibus Willielmo de Mandeville Johanne Hussege Roberto Plagenet Waltero Setwale Rogero Marnion Roberto Swotyng Johanne Bernard aliis Data apud Westbury die Veneris proximo ante Festum beatae Margaretae Virginis Anno Regni Regis Edwardi filii Regis Edwardi Nono Hollinshed his Chronicle of England Page 329. THere were Letters intercepted about the same time which a Messenger brought out of Scotland three closed and three open for there were six in all The King sent them to the Archbishop of Canterbury who by his commandment published them in open Audience at London The first was closed with the Seal of the Lord Thomas Randulfe Earl of Murrey Lord of Annandale and of Man Lieutenant to Robert le Bruce King of Scotland which contained a Sase-conduct for Sir Thomas Topclive Chaplain and one to be Associate with him to come into Scotland and to return from thence in safety The second was sealed with the Seal of Sir James Dowglas for a like Safe-conduct for the same persons The third was closed with the Seal of the said Earl of Murrey for the Safe-conduct of the Lord John de Mowbray and the Lord John de Clifford and forty Horses with their Pages for their safe coming unto the said Earl into Scotland for their abiding there and returning back The fourth was closed with the Seal of James Dowglas directed to King Arthur The fifth was closed with the Seal of James Dowglas directed unto the Lord Ralph Nevill The sixth had no direction but the tenour thereof was this as followeth You shall understand my Lord that the communication beforehand had is now brought to effect for the Earl of Hereford the Lords Roger Damoriae Hugh de Audelie the younger Bartholomew de Badelismere Roger de Clifford John Gifford Henry Teis Thomas Mauduit John de Willington and all others are come to Pomfret and are ready to make you good assurance so that you will perform Covenant with them to wit for your coming to aid us and to go with us into England and Wales to live and dye with us in our quarrel We therefore beseech you to assign us day and place where we may meet and we will be ready to accomplish fully our business and we beseech you to make us a Safe-conduct for thirty Horses that we may with safety come to your parts Again in the same Chronicle Page 330. IN this Fight was slain the Earl of Hereford the Lord William de Sullye with Sir Roger de Bunghfeild and divers others and there were taken Thomas Earl of Lancaster the Lord Roger Clifford Son to that Roger which dyed in the Battel of Bannocksborne in Scotland the Lord Gilbert Talbot the Lord John Mowbray the Lord Hugh de Willington the Lord Thomas Mauduit the Lord Warren de Lisle the Lord Philip Darey the Lord Thomas Wither the Lord Henry de Willington the Lord Hugh de Knovill the Lord Philip de Beche the Lord Henry de Leiburne the Lord Henry de Bradburne the Lord John de Beckes the Lord Thomas Lovell the Lord William Fitz-William Robert de Waterville John de Strickland Odnell Heron Walter Pavely of Stretton and a great number of other Esquires and Gentlemen This Battel was fought on the fifteenth day of March in the year 1322. after the accompt of them that begin the year at the Circumcision which was in the said fifteenth year of this Kings Reign And again Page 331. of the same Chronicle ON the same day the Lord William Tuchet the Lord William Fitz-William the Lord Warren de Lisle the Lord Henry Bradborne and the Lord William Chenie Barons with John Page an Esquire were drawn and hanged at Pomfret aforesaid and then shortly after Roger Lord Clifford John Lord Mowbray and Sir Gosein de Eevill Barons were drawn and hanged at York At Bristol were executed in like manner Sir Henry de Willington and Sir Henry Mountfort Baronets And at Gloucester the Lord John Gifford and Sir William Elmebrige Knight And at London the Lord Henry Teies Baron At Winchelsey Sir Thomas Culpepper Knight At Windsor the Lord Francis de Aldham Baron And at Canterbury the Lord Bartholomew de Badelismere and the Lord Bartholomew de Ashborneham Barons Also at Cardif in Wales Sir William Fleminge Knight was executed Divers were executed in their Countries as Sir Thomas Mauduit and others Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores Decem Pag. 2547. Ex Henrici Knighton Canonici Leicestrensis Chronico de Eventibus Angliae Part of the Charge against Hugh le Despenser at his Arraignment ET Faitez prendre mon tres honourable Seignour le bon Count de Lancastre Thomas que estoit cousin Germain à nostre Seigneur le Roy de ses freres Uncle à tres honourable de France de sa soere Madame Isabelle Royne d' Angleterre si lui faitez faussement emprisoner despoilier touz lez sons en sa sale proprement deins sa Castele de Pomfrete par vostre reall povare que vous avez purpris nostre Seigneur le Roy luy faitez juger par une faulse recorde encontre leye resone la grant Chartre Ensi faites mordrer martirizer moirir de dure morte piteouse Et cest malvys cruelté tirantie faistez al si digne persone ne vous poez sauler del sanck dez cristenez espandier Ency faitez en mesme tiele journeye pour mon dit Seigneur plus tormentyr sez Baronz sez chivaleuz se enaux vennancez trayner pendre puis juger al mort par cel fausse recorde encontre leye resone pendre dispituosement sans mercy come Monsieur Wareyne del Lyle Monsieur William Tocher Monsieur Thomas Maydut Monsieur Henry de Bradburne Monsieur William Chornel Monsieur Bartholomew de Ashburne à Londres Monsieur Henry Teies à Windesore Monsieur Francis de Aldham à Gloucester le Seignour Gifforde Monsieur Roger de Elmesbrigge à Bristoll Monsieur Henry de Willington Monsieur
Name and Family THE same Name in the same Shire being distinct Families give different Coats as in Northamptonshire Greene of Greens-Norton Azure Three Bucks Trippant Or. Greene of Drayton Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules Leland's Itinerary Vol. 1. Pag. 5. THence a quarter of a Mile to Thrapston-Bridge having an eight Arches of Stone Avon runneth under this Bridge From Fotheringay to this Bridge I left Avon on my right hand and after still on to Northampton on the left hand a lofe At the very end of Thrapston-Bridge stand Ruins of a very large Hermitage and principally well builded but a late discovered and suppressed and hard by is the Town of Islip on Avon as upon the farther Ripe And about a Mile farther but not upon Avon Ripe is Drayton Village and Castle the prettiest place in all those quarters longing as Islip doth in Copartition unto the Lord Mordaunt Stafford Earl of Wiltshire Uncle to the late Edward Duke of Buckingham had Drayton by an Heir general of the younger Greene and kept his House on it The Great Greene gave to his Eldest Son Greens-Norton with a great portion of Lands And he gave Drayton with other Lands to his younger Son This Drayton Castle was most builded by Greene that was so great a Man in King Richard the Second's days His Lands came to two Daughters and one of those Daughters parts came to three Daughters Sir RALPH GREENE Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships Carta Regis Henrici Quarti REX c. dilectis sibi Edmundo Ford ac Escaetori Vicecomiti suis in Comitatu Gloucestriae Marchiis Walliae eidem Comitatui adjacentibus Salutem Supplicavit Nobis Radulphus Greene filius haeres Henrici Greene Militis Matildae uxoris ejus defunctorum Ut cùm idem Henricus tendit die quo obiit diversa Maneria terras tenementa in feodo talliato in diversis Comitatibus regni nostri Angliae ex dono concessione Henrici Greene Militis Patris praedicti Henrici eidem Henrico filto haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus indè factis prout per diversos fines Cartas inde confectas pleniùs poterit apparere ac dicta Maneria terras tenementa per legem Angliae ut de jure haereditate praedictae Matildae uxoris suae quae quidem Maneria terrae tenementa occasione forisfacturae praedicti Henrici filii capta sunt in manum Nostram Volumus eidem Radulpho tam Maneria terras tenementa praedicta quae praefatus Henricus pater suus sic tenuit ni feodo talliato quà m dicta Maneria terras tenementa quae idem Henricus sic tenuit per legem Angliae de jure haereditate praedictae Matildae liberare gratiosè forisfacturâ praedicti Henrici Patris sui non obstante Nos ut in hac parte facere valeamus quod est justum Volentes per Vos super praemissis pleniùs certiorari assignavimus Vos duos vestrum ad inquirendum per sacramentum proborum legalium hominum de Comitatu praedicto per quos rei veritas meliùs sciri poterit quantum terrarum tenementorum idem Henricus filius tenuit de Domino Ricardo nuper Rege Angliae secundo post Conquestum in Capite tam in feodo talliato quà m de jure haereditate praedictae Matildae nuper uxoris suae in Comitatu praedicto die quo obiit quantum de aliis quem statum eadem Matilda in terris tenementis hujusmodi habuit qualiter quomodo per quod servitium quantum terrae tenementa illa valent per annum in omnibus exitibus quo die idem Henricus filius obiit quis propinquior haeres tam praedicti Henrici filii quà m praedictae Matildae de terris tenementis praedictis existit cujus aetatis Et ideo vobis mandamus quod ad certos dies loca quos vos vel duo vestrum ad hoc provideritis diligenter super praemissis faciatis Inquisitiones eas distinctè apertè factas Nobis in Cancellariam nostram sub Sigillis vestris vel duorum vestrum Sigillis eorum per quos factae fuerint sine dilatione mittatis hoc breve Et tu praefatus Vicecomes ad dies loca praedicta venire facias coram Vobis vel duobus vestrum tot tales probos legales homines de balliva tua per quos rei veritas in praemissis meliùs sciri poterit inquiri In cujus rei c. has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Teste c. vicesimo sexto die Maii Anno Regni nostri primo Carta Regis Henrici Quarti HEnricus Dei gratiâ Rex Angliae Franciae Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem Sciatis quòd de gratiâ nostrâ speciali pro eo quòd Thomas Johannes Henricus filii Maria Philippa filiae Henrici Greene Chivaler defuncti Nos de mediocri statu suo ac etiam de magno debito patris sui praedicti informarunt Concessimus eis omnia bona Catalla debita quae suerunt dicti patris sui quae ante vicesimum sextum diem Angusti ultimò praeteriti alteri non dedimus unà cum redditu omnium terrarum tenementorum quae fuerunt praedicti Henrici Patris de termino Sancti Michaelis extunc proximè sequente de quibus donum aut concessionem ante praedictum vicesimum sextum diem Augusti non fecimus simul cum arreragiis si quae inde de anno proximè praeterito aretro existunt Certis vasis Argenteis quae dilecto Clerico nostro Simoni Bache receptori nostro Honoris nostri Leycestrae de mandato nostro deliberantur exceptis Dante 's ulteriùs concedentes dictis filiis filiabus eorum attornatis potestatem authoritatem sufficientes dicta bona Catalla administrandi commodum suum indè faciendi ac etiam praedicta redditus debita levandi colligendi si necesse fuerit pro eisdem secundum juris exigentiam prosequendi absque impetitione dampno aut gravamine nostri aut officiariorum seu Ministrorum nostrorum quorumcunque in futuro Ita semper quòd iidem filii juxta posse suum solvi faciant debita patris sui praedicti In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo primo die Octobris Anno Regni nostri primo London Per Breve de privato Sigillo Carta Regis Henrici Quarti HEnricus Dei gratia Rex Angliae Franciae Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint Salutem Sciatis quòd Nos considerantes quòd bona liberis Henrici Greene Chivaler defuncti per Nos ante haec tempora in auxilium sustentationis suae solutionis debitorum dicti patris
Duc remayning the foresaid Henry Greene hath sett his Seall and to that othir parte of the same Endentures with the said Henry remayning the said Duc hath sett his Seall Yeven the day and yere abovesaid Ultima Voluntas Henrici Greene. THIS is the Will of me Henry Greene Squyer made the third day of September the seaventh yere of the Reigne of King Edward the Fourth upon the Maner of Sudburgh and all the Londs and Tenements with theire appurtenances that byn of my purchase in Sudburgh aforesaid in the Counte of Northampton Thorpe beside Petirburgh Marham Wittelsey Southorp and Luffwyck and of the woodes called Langhyll and Ferthyngshaw in the same Counte and of all othir woodes whâ—che I bought of William Aldwyncle and in the handes of divers persones by Testemenâ— made to theyme for myne use as it appereth in severall dedes to performe my will Whereupon first I will that my Feoffes of and in my Londs and Tenements in Thorpe beside Petirburgh after my decesse make estate of theyme to Margaret my wyfe for terme of her lyve the remaindre thereof to Constance my Doughter to have to her and to the heirs of her body begotyn and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heires Item I will that my Feoffes of the Londs and Tenements in Wittelsey Southorp and Marham of my purchase after my decesse make estate of them to Margaret my wyfe for terme of her lyfe the remaindre thereof to Robert Wittelbury and to the heirs of his body begotyn and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heirs And I will that my Feoffes of the Londs and Tenements in Luffwyk of my purchase called Coles Thynge and Befviles Thynge after my decesse make estate to my Lord John of Buckingham and to my Lady his wyfe and to the heires comyng betwix theyme and for defaute of suche issue the remaindre thereof to my right heires for ever if my said Lord nor Lady nor theyr heires nor any othir by theyme procuryng assentyng or commandement in any part hereof lett not my will to be performyd and if they or any of theyme lett my said will to be performyd then I will that theire estate thereyn be void and that the same Londs and Tenements be sold and disposed by mine Executours in dedes of Charite Item I will that two Priestes shall be made sure ether of them to have fourtene marks yerely on the charges of my purchased Londs or Rentes perpetually to syng in the Parysh Chirche of Luffwyk and to doe othir devyne service there and pray for the sowles of me and of Sir Henry Greene Justice and othir of myne Auncestres and Benefactors and all Crystyn sowles And if hit shall happyn no suche xxiiij marks yerely to be purchesid hereafter be me then I will they shall have sewerly to theyme and they re successours for evermore xxiiij marks yerely perpetuelly of my Maner of Sudburgh Item I will that Thomas Haldenby shall have a sufficiant graunte of one annuite of xiiij marks to have to hym for terme of his lyfe to be taken of the revenue of my Maner of Houghton in the Counte of Northampton if he make his Lettres Patents that he hath of like graunte by me made to hym to be taken of the Maners of Hardewyk and Grateley to be surrendid and cancellid and he to doe lyke service as is contenyd in his said first Lettres Patentes Item I will that Margaret my wyfe after my decesse have the Maneres of Buckworth in the Counte of Huntyngton and Herdewyk in the Counte of Northampton with othir Londs and Tenements before expressed for terme of hir lyve the remayndre of theyme to my right heires Item I will that my Feoffees of my Woods and Assartes called Langhill and Farthingshaw and Tolkithorpewoode after my decesse make a state of my said Lord John and Dame Constance his wyfe my Doughter and to the heires of the body of the same Dame Constance comyng and for defaute of suche issue the remayndre of theyme to the right heires of me the said Henry Greene. In witnesse whereof to these Presents I set the Seal of myne Armes Yeven the daie and yere abovesaid SIGILLVM HENRICI GRENE ARMIGIRI Carta Margaretae Relictae Henrici Greene. NOverint Universi per Praesentes me Margaretam quae sui uxor Henrici Greene Armigeri defuncti fecisse ordinâsse loco meo posuisse Dilectos mihi in Christo Robertum Wittelbury Armigerum Jacobum Barlowe meos veros legitimos Attornatos conjunctim divisim ad recipiendum pro me nomine meo de Thoma Lenton Katherina filia Roberti Long consanguinea haerede Willielmi Aldwyncle Armigeri defuncti vel de eorum in hac parte Attornatis plenam pacificam possessionem seisinam de in Manerio de Comberton cum suis pertinentiis in Comitatu Cantabrigiae secundùm vim formam effectum cujusdam Cartae indentatae per praefatum Thomam Katherinam mihi prefatae Margaretae ad terminum vitae meae inde confectae Ratum gratum habens habitura totum quicquid praedicti Attornati mei nomine meo fecerint aut alter eorum fecerit in praemissis In cujus rei Testimonium Praesentibus Sigillum meum apposui Datum vicesimo sexto die mensis Maii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti post Conquestum nono The Tombe of Henry Greene Lord of Drayton Extant in St. Peters Church in Luffwick CONSTANCE GREENE Countess of Wiltshire Lady of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships Antiquities of Warwickshire Page 729. Writing of Maxton Castle WITHIN the body thereof is a little Chapel in which by special dispensation of Reynold Boaters then Bishop of this Diocess was solemnized the Marriages of John Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury and Katharine Stafford one of the Daughters of the said Duke in the thirty sixth year of King Henry the Sixth and of John Stafford one of his younger Sons after created Earl of Wiltshire and Constance the Daughter of Henry Green Esquire Baronage of England Page 174. Stafford Earl of Wiltshire IN the ninth of Edward the Fourth the fifth of January John Stafford a younger Son to Humphrey Duke of Buckingham was created Earl of Wiltshire and in the twelfth of Edward the Fourth joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others to treat with the Ambassadors of James the third King of Scotland upon certain complaints of grievances from each Realm And having married Constance the Daughter and heir of Sir Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Knight departed this life the eight of May the thirteenth of Edward the Fourth leaving Edward his Son three years of age being then seized joyntly with the said Constance of the Manors of Southo in Com. Hunt of Newinton-Blosmaville Clifton and Pollicote in Comitatu Bucks of the Manors of Stamford Rivers Tracies Suttons Piggesland Bottelles and Briggs in Comitatu
pleaded the King's Cause in defence of his imprisoning certain Bishops which was there laid to his Charge But it fell out that in the succeeding year he was slain in London in a tumult raised by the Seditious Citizens He married Adeliza the Daughter of Gilbert of Clare by whom he had Issue Aubrey de Vere the first Earl of Oxford Sir Robert de Vere Roetia Vere the Wife of Jeffery de Magnavilla Earl of Essex MY business being to deduce the Descent of the Veres that were Lords of Drayton and Addington and not of the Earls of Oxford I am obliged to return to ROBERT de VERE the second Son of the forementioned Aubrey to whom his Father left for his provision and Inheritance the Lordships of Drayton Luffwyck Slipton Islip both the Addingtons and the Land of Twyvell which latter they had held of the Abby of Thorney We find this Robert in a Charter of his under the stile of Robert the Son of Aubrey the Kings Chamberlain did acknowledge to hold the Land of Twyvell for so long as he should live from Robert the Lord Abbot of Thorney and the Monks of that House by the same Covenants under which his Father before him held the same and that for the Tenths of the five Carucates which his Father had given to Saint Mary of Thorney to wit of Drayton Islip and Addington that were of his dominion he did grant the same to God Saint Mary and the Monks of Thorney There is extant of his another Charter wherein by the name of Robert the Son of Aubrey in the first year of the Reign of King Henry the younger in the presence of his own Son Henry he did quit-claim the Mannor of Twyvell to the Monastery of Thorney which gift was after confirm'd by Pope Alexander the third He was one of the most faithful and vigorous assertors of the interest and pretences of Matilda the Empress and the Prince her Son against King Stephen during the heats of all the differences appertaining to that contest and of such esteem were the effects of his Valour and generous endeavours as obliged that Princess to promise him a Barony valuable with that given to Jeffery de Vere and other Lands of equal consideration within a year after she should come to enjoy the Realm of England He Married Matilda the Daughter of the Lord Robert de Furnell with whom her Father gave in free Marriage divers Lands in Cranford by whom he had Issue Sir Henry de Vere And William de Vere HENRY the Son of Robert de Vere that was Lord of Drayton Addington and other Lordships was bred up under the care and conduct of his Cousin the great William de Magnavilla Earl of Essex and Albemarle who was the Son of Roesia de Vere Countess of Essex his Fathers Sister Henry de Vere did give himself to a dependance upon this Earl who was a man of great military fame in that time and from his example and precept became a Knight of much renown and valour For his first essay in Arms he slew with his own hand Ralph de Vaux in an encounter near the City of Gysors who was the Son of a great Lord that would have fortified a strong House of his too near the Borders and had besides injured his Cousin the Earl of Albemarle the King 's Chief Governor in those parts the words are verbis dehonestavit amaris He was made Constable of the Castle and City of Gysors where he commanded with much reputation till that after the death of his Father he was called home to the care of a considerable fortune of his own where we find him afterwards to have been one of those that sided with King John being then but Earl of Moriton against the proud Bishop of Ely whom King Richard had left behind him to govern the Land in his absence being by the same Bishop amongst diverse others of the great Lords of that time excommunicated He had in Marriage with one of the Daughters of a great Lady whose name was Hildeburga ....... the Mannor of Mutford and thirty pounds Land in Ampton which she held of the Barony of Bouden that did belong to her Father Baldwin of Boxo a great Lord of that time Their Issue Sir Walter de Vere Lord of Drayton Sir Robert de Vere Lord of Addington WE find not any Lands were left by his Father unto ROBERT the second Son of Sir Henry de Vere but it is to be esteemed that he inherited no small part of his Vertue and his Valour since his own merits acquired him such a fortune as was sufficient to maintain his descendants in much splendor and reputation for many Ages He was bred up to that renowned calling wherein every well born man aspired to an excellence in that heroick Age Fame in Arms being an Ornament without which no great man could appear with any advantage but it was the subsistance and only hopes of their younger Brothers And herein this Robert did succeed so well as he became the Favorite to the great Warriers of that time from several of which he received great gifts of Lands whose values were in that Age very considerable to engage him in their interests and dependance as those in Dalentune from the Lord Jeffery de Lucy the Lordships of Addington and Twyvell from his Uncle William de Vere and the noble Lordship and Market Town of Thrapston from the Lord Baldwin de Wake in Marriage with his Aunt the Lady Margaret to which King Henry the Third did after in his favour and in the twenty ninth of his Reign grant by his Charter divers liberties and priviledges After the death of his first Wife he contracted a new Marriage with a Lady whose name was Elena that is conjectured to have been of the highest quality from her Seals her stile the complements used towards her in the applications of Ranulph Earl of Chester Jeffery of Lucy and other of the greatest Lords by whom in their deeds she was ever treated with the stile of Nobilis Domina Elena de Vere and it is believed she was that Elena the Daughter of Roger de Quincy the last Earl of Winchester and Widow to Alan de la Zouch a great Lord in the Counties of Leicester and Northampton by the interest she had in several Lands of those shires belonging to that Family as also by other probabilities collected from a Letter that is extant and a rare Antiquity of her Sisters the Lady Margaret Countess of Lincoln and Pembroke to this Sir Robert her Husband being on his Voyage to the Holy Land The friendship he had contracted with the Famous William Longespé Earl of Salisbury natural Grandson to King Henry the Second who had been chosen Captain of those English that were sent unto that enterprise could not suffer so illustrious an undertaking to be unaccompanied with his Sword He attended that Prince in quality of his Standard-bearer and was slain together with his Captain in
others from certain Lords of his Council Several rigours he suffered from this King joyn'd to the indignation of Mankind that had been drawn upon him by his injustice and cruelty incited Sir Henry Vere to be particularly active in the introducing of King Henry the Seventh to whose service he brought a resolute Band of his Tenants and Country-men at whose Head he fought himself in that decisive Day where at Bosworth the unhappy Richard lost both his Kingdom and his Life He thereupon received the Honour of Knighthood at the hands of the victorious King and because of his fidelity and interest was made High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in that first year of his Reign He married Isabella Tresham the Daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham who was Lord of Rushton and of a Family at that time very considerable in the Country where they lived for their Riches and Authority by whom he left only five Daughters Elizabeth Lady Mordaunt Amy married to Robert Mordaunt and after to Humphrey Browne Son of Sir Wistan Browne of Abess Roading Constance to John Parr Lord of Horton Etheldred Married to John Brown that was a Judge Audrey who dyed unmarried ELIZABETH the first of the Daughters and heirs of Sir Henry de Vere was about the eleventh year of King Henry the Seventh Married to John the eldest Son of that Sir John Mordaunt who was Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and Privy Councellor to that King There came unto her by composition with some of the partners and want of Issue in other the greatest part of the interest of these Sisters and indeed it was a large Inheritance compos'd of the Lordships of Drayton Luffwyck Islip Slipton Sudburgh Thrapston both the Addingtons Grafton Hardwick Werminster and sundry other Lands She also brought into her Husbands House the Blood and the Arms of the Noble and Ancient Families of these Veres of the Greenes of Drayton and of the Mauduits that were Lords of Werminster She was a fortunate Lady left a numerous Posterity and from her is lineally descended and is heir and Successor the present Earl of Peterborow AUBERY DE VERE Earle of Guisnes Cheife Iusticiar of England great Chamberlaine to King Henry ye. first Adeliza de Clare Aubery de Vere 1st E. of Oxford Eufemia de Cantelup Sr. Robert de Vere Matilda de Furnel Rossia de Vere Jeffery de Magnaville Earle of Essex Sr. Henry de Vere Hildeburga Sr. Robert de Vere Margaret de Wake Walter de Vere Ld. of Drayton Lucia Basset Sr. Baldwin de Vere Margaret de Seagrave Sr. Iohn de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Anne de Waterville Sr. Baldwin de Vere Sr. Randall de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Elizabeth de Northburgh Randol de Vere Idonea de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Elizabeth de Tay. St. Baldwin de Vere Elena de Mohun alius Kingston Margaret de Vere Thomas Ashby S. P. Sr. Richard de Vere Isabella Greene. Elizabeth de Vere Amy de Vere Elena de Vere Thomas â—sham L d of Pichfley Ann de Vere Iohn Ward L d of Irtlingborow Margaret de Vere Iohn Berners Elizabeth de Vere William Dounhall Sr. Henry de Vere Isabella Tresham Baldwin de Vere Constance de Vere Iohn Boteler Ld. of Woodhall Constance de Vere Iohn Par. Elizabeth de Vere Iohn I st Ld. Mordaunt Amie de Vere HumphryBrowne Etheldred de Vere Iohn Browne Iohn 2d. Ld. Mordaunt GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of that HOUSE of VERE Whence were the LORDS of Addington and Thrapston Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of VERE AUBREY de VERE Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Chief Justice of ENGLAND Spelmanni Glossarium Page 337 338. ALbericus de Vere Comes de Guisnes Camerarius Angliae Portgravius ut perhibetur Londini pater Abrici primi Comitis Oxonii Angliae ponitur Justiciarius Spelmanni Glossarium de Capitali Angliae Justiciario qualis olim quantus fuit JUstitia totius Angliae alià s Capitalis Angliae Justiciarius quantus hic olim fuit usquequaque non liquet Dignitate omnes Regni proceres potestate omnes superabat Magistratus The Baronage of England Page 190. THIS last mentioned Albery called Albericus Junior confirmed all those Grants made by his Father to the Monks of Abingdon and being in high esteem with King Henry the First was by him made Lord Great Chamberlain of all England to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his heirs with all Dignities and Liberties thereto belonging as honourably as Robert Mallet Lord of the Honor of Eye in Suffolk or any other before or after him held the same and with such Liveries and Lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office Being also one of the Kings Justices Tempore Henrici Primi Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Page 248. Carta Alberici Regis Camerarii EGO Albericus Regis Camerarius terram de Twyvell quamdiu vixero de Domino Abbate Guntero Monachis de Thorneya per talem conventionem teneo ad firmam ut per unumquemque annum eis sex libras pro ea reddam ante Nativitatem quatuordecem solidos ante Pascham quatuordecem solidos ad Vincula Sancti Petri extremos quatuordecem solidos Insuper pro remissione peccatorum meorum illis de una mea decima scilicet de Islip unoquoque anno ad Festivitatem Sancti Michaelis decem solidos reddam Totum verò surplus quod miserim in eadem Villa ultrà quà m recepi in extremo die vitae meae pro salvatione animae meae Sanctae Mariae Patribúsque meis simul cum terra eorum concedo solidum quietum ab omni Calumnia De alia terra quam pro servitio dimidii Militis in eadem Villa de Willielmo de Blosvilla teneo in feodo de dimidio unius Hidae quam certè emi pretio Sanctam Mariam meósque fratres post me concedo esse Haeredes in quantum id eis concedere possum Hujus Conventionis sunt testes Hardewin de Escaetere Radulphus Dapiser Willielmus de Whitlesege Simonio fratres illius loci alii quamplures Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penès Comitem de Peterborow ALbericus de Twyvell Camerarius Regis dedit Ecclesiae de Thorney duas Garbas decimae trium Villarum de Islip Addington Drayton de Dominico suo The Baronage of England Page 190. Writing of Earl Aubrey HE in the Fifth of Stephen with Richard Basset then Justice of England executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey Cambridge Huntington Essex Hartford Northampton Leicester Norfolk Suffolk Buckingham and Bedford and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Comitatu Canter certain Lands in Islip But before the end of this year he was killed in London leaving Issue by Adeliza his Wife Daughter of Gilbert of Clare three Sons Alberic his Son and Heir ....... a Cannon of Saint
twenty five Marks of Quit-Rent out of the Mannor of Thrapston Lands and Tenements or twenty Pounds in Land during hyr life and that she have twenty Mark in money for hyr Chambre so that she aske ne take no stofe out of the Mannor of Addington Alsoe I will that as in Shepe Nete and allodyr Cattell she have hyr part accordyng to the Lawe and let hyr chuse whedyr she will have twenty Pound in Land or the said Quit-Rente Alsoe I will that she have the two littel Salts that goe daily abroad with the Silver Spones and a Pese that Thomas Ashe have Alsoe I will that all such Goods as I have in the Mannor of Addington unbequest remayne to the said Mannor while the World last or the said Goods endure that is to say Bedding Chests Tables Brasse Pewter and a Coffer of Plate with Harnesse Gold Rings Owches and a Chene of Gold with other Jewels in the same Coffer Alsoe I will that my Dawter Elizabeth have the same Mannor in parte of hyr Chose and all my purchased Land in the same Towne and also in Addington parva more than hyr chose to meynteyn the seyd Mannor Alsoe I will that my Dawters Anne Constance and Audre have an odyr Coffer called a Gardewyn with certain Plate a Chene Girdyll and odyr Stoffe to be partyd among them when they come to Age and if the one dye the t' other to depart it than if one dye the t'other to have all if they all depart the said Coffer to remain to the Mannor again Alsoe I will that William Marbyry have the Rule and the gyding of my Children till they come to Age to gyde themselves Alsoe I will that the said William have the Receits of my Land till the said Children come to lawful Age alsoe the kepyng of all other moveable Goods that I have bequeathed to them and when they come to lawful Age or els happyn to be marry'd then to deliver to them syche as I have besett them as he think most profit to them Alsoe if it happe the said William Marbyry decesse ere all this be fulfilled and performed then I will that the foresaid William Marbyry to chose or to assigne such a person or persons as he can bethink best with the avise of Mr. John Bloxham if he be then alive or els of Sir Thomas Thornton now Parson of Addington Alsoe I will that if it happe my Children all decesse and noe Issue of them then I will that my Goods and Stoffe in my Mannor of Addington and odyr not delivered to them be sould and done for my soule and the soules of my Fadyr and my Modyr and all Christen soules and if there be any of nere kin that have need in their Marriage I will that they be holpyd and succuryd before odyrs Alsoe I will that eche of my Sisters have ten Shillings and eche of their Children six Shillings eight Pence alsoe William Marbyry during his life three Pounds six Shillings eight Pence Alsoe Robert Marbyry to be Steward of all my Lands haveing for his Fee six and twenty Shillings eight Pence for terme of life Alsoe I will that my Servaunts that will byde till our Lady Day shall have their Wages and eche of them three Shillings four Pence over their Wages Alsoe I will that John Daundely have every Yere three Shillings four Pence to pray for me dureing his life Alsoe any Preste that comes to the Day of my Beriall seventh Day or Months every one six Pence a pese Alsoe every odyr Clarke two Pence Alsoe I will and I charge my Children that they nor none of them nor no odyr shall troble ne vex William Marbyry whom I have made Receyver of my Londes and of all odyr Goods for to call him to accompt or reckynnyng but to make it after his owne Conscience and soe I put my trust in him Alsoe I will that there be given twenty Shillings to the Abbey of Crowland to pray for me Item to Sir Thomas Whotton six Shillings eight Pence besides his Wages Alsoe I will that if that Maister William Marbyry may not have the Rule ne the Marriage of my Children to syche as he will with his counseil so if any of my Children will not be rulyd be him then my Executors shall have my purchased Land in their kepeing and possession unto the time that my Will be fulfilled and than to gyff hit to them or one of them as they think best in all manner of things the Stoffe both Plate and all odyr to dispose them for my soule Alsoe I will that William Dounhall have the Lond that I shuld have in Harawld for the Wyfe of William Milner terme of hyr life as they of Harawld and I have agre Alsoe I will that myn Executors be suffred to receyve the profitts as well of all my Londs in Fee-tayl as of my Londs in Fee-simple ....... my Children to be kept and maryed be their assents then I will all such Goods as I have assigned to remaine in the Mannor of Addington aforesaid be taken and kept be my said Executors and the profitts of my Londs in Fee-simple unto the time my Children be of reasonable Age and then to dispose the said Goods and profitts of Londs after their discretion as they find cause and se my Childrens disposition Provided alway that and my said Executors may not have and receyve the revenue and profitts of Londs aforesaid to performe this my last Will then I will they see it performyd with my moveable Goods and the revenues and profitts of my Fee-simpul Lands SIGILLVM HENRICI DE VER Fuller's History of the Worthies of England Page 298. HEnry Vere was the Son of Richard Vere of Addington Esquire by Isabel his Wife Sister and at last sole Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton Esquire of whom formerly This Henry was after Knighted and dying without Issue Male Elizabeth his Daughter and Coheir was married to John first Lord Mordaunt to whom she brought Drayton in this Country and other fair Lands as the Partage of her Portion Here lyeth the Body of Sr Henry Vere Knt. who was once Lord of this 〈◊〉 He was Father of Elizabeth Wife to Iohn the first Lord Mordaunt vnto whom his eldest Daughter Coheire did decend the Greatest part of his Ancient 〈◊〉 In heritance On whose Soule God have Mercy ELIZABETH VERE Lady Mordaunt Lady of Drayton Thrapston Addington and Inheritrix of all the Lands that belonged to the Greenes and Veres her Predecessors Specialis Liberatio Terrarum Greene Vere assignata per Regem H.R. REX c. omnibus c. Sciatis quòd Nos de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia mero motu nostris concessimus licentiam dedimus ac per praesentes damus concedimus pro nobis Haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis est dilectis fidelibus nostris Thomae Cheyne Militi Elizabethae Uxori ejus Filiae
Prince King John the disorderly rigours of whose Government was become unsufferable to the greatest part of the Nation He was at first received with all the applause which sometimes follows Novelties of this nature He was crown'd at London He had Homage done him and Allegiance sworn as to a lawful King He proceeded with their assistance in divers warlike Undertakings wherein he had admirable success and acted in all the other Parts of the Government as one who expected to be soon establish'd During this time among the great Lords of his Party there happened to be one who to all his Concerns was most useful and to his Person most officious This Lord whose Name is omitted out of respect to the Descendants of his Family had no Issue of his own and only for his Heirs three beautiful Sisters The youngest whereof whose Name was Philippe by her admirable Qualities had so engaged the Prince's love as it made the Conquest of her heart to share his cares with that of the Kingdom But against a King that was young and seemed happy it was not strange that a Lady did not long resist She yielded at last and the Prince enjoyed the effects and her misfortune began to appear together She found her self with Child and by the fatal loss of the Battel of Lincoln that her Lover was like to be abandoned by his Friends and by his fortune He was obliged to retire to London whence from the Tower where he had refug'd himself he made Conditions to depart home in safety by relinquishing to the young King Henry his farther pretences The poor Lady left in this condition owned her disaster to her Brother who pitying her state from the greatness and merit of the Author gave her a comfortable assurance of his kindness and protection She was after secretly delivered and the Child named Lewis Which Fruit of her Loves being nourished under this Great Lords Care and Education he having no Children of his own afore his death bestowed upon the Youth the noble Lordship of Westhornedon with divers other Lands in the County of Essex obliging him to bear himself and transmit to his Descendants the Name of Fitz-Lewis for ever after Among his three Sisters this Lord coming to dye did leave his vast Inheritance with whom the Lady Philippe hath her share and her misfortune either conceal'd or else gilded over with the advantages of her Riches did not hinder her from being afterwards married to an Husband of great Quality in whom she was happy for her time and brought him a Posterity whence are descended some of the greatest Lords that flourish in this Age. Sir LEWIS FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships LEwis Fitz-Lewis having been bred under his Uncle in the Notion of a more distant relation than in the truth of the matter he did indeed stand towards him at the time of that Lord's death found himself possessed by his favour and affection with such an Estate as was capable to support the generous inclinations of his heart which did altogether incline him to the love and practice of Armes the only application of Gentlemen in that Age and therefore he made himself very considerable especially toward the end of that Kings Reign where he attained the Honour of Knighthood and having allied himself to a very notable Family by his Marriage with Margaret of Essex he left Issue Sir John Fitz-Lewis Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships JOhn Fitz-Lewis flourished in the days of King Edward the First and followed him in several of his Expeditions He won his Spurs in the first Scotch War and became after very considerable in his Country when he married Elizabeth de Harpden an Inheritrix whose Lands did plentifully add to his former Patrimony but after the death of this great King we find he was unfortunately drawn into the adherence of Thomas Earl of Lancaster and that he did unhappily perish in the War caused by that Rebellion leaving to succeed him his Son Richard Fitz-Lewis Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships RIchard Fitz-Lewis being with divers others through the Grace and favour of King Edward the Third restored to his Rights and Lands that had been seised upon pretence of his Father's trespass in the former Reign he became much considered from his own merit and the opulency of his fortune notably encreased by the accession of his Mothers Inheritance He was very useful to the Government of his Country during the King's absence in his long Wars and always contributed his best cares towards the service and supplies of the King's occasions from the Parts where he had interest being always zealous for the honour of his Prince and Country He married Elizabeth de Baude a Lady of a Family very antient and considerable both from their Riches and good same whose true Name was de Baden but corruptly otherwise called and by her he left his Son Sir John Fitz-Lewis Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships THE great consideration wherein this Family was in these days held may be judged by the alliance contracted by Sir John Fitz-Lewis who to his first Wife took Alice the Daughter of Aubery the tenth Earl of Oxford and to his second Anne Mountague Daughter of John the third Earl of Salisbury of that House and that was after his death Dutchess of Exeter Issue by his first Wife Sir Henry Fitz-Lewis Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis Issue by his second Wife Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis married to Sir John Wingfield of Suffolk Sir HENRY FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships SIR Henry Fitz-Lewis that had signalized himself in an adherence to the House of Lancaster was so esteemed by the chief Supporters of that Faction as he had given him in Marriage by Edmund the noble Duke of Somerset the Lady Eleanor his youngest Daughter by whom he had Issue Mary the second Wife of Anthony Woodville Earl of Rivers But for want of Issue Male his intailed Lands descended to his Brother Sir Lewis Fitz-Lewis with the other Interests of that Family Sir LEWIS FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships LEwis Fitz-Lewis liv'd in his Brother's time in Marriage with a Lady called Margaret Stonore of whose life and actions we are ignorant but it is recorded He left Issue his Son and Heir Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon and other Lands and Lordships THis Richard Fitz-Lewis appears to have had some Controversie with his Cousen Mary Countess of Rivers about his Inheritance by a Judgment recorded in his behalf whereby he was declared Heir of all the entailed Lands of that Family she to inherit only such as had been her Father 's by Gift or acquired by proper Purchace Richard Fitz-Lewis was a busie man in his time much imployed in the interest of King Henry the Seventh against the Usurper with whom he was in immediate action at the
found and provided for my Daughters Margaret Anne Winefryd and Ursula Mordaunt Meat Drink Apparel Learning and other Necessaries meet for their desire for them and every of them until they be married or otherwise provided for if they shall determine their minds not to marry And also shall give unto every one of them four hundred Marks at the day or days of their several Marriages or any other time or times after as yeu may be levied of the Issues and Profits of the Premisses so that they and every of them be ruled and ordered as well for their Education and bringing up until they be married as for the order and disposition for their Marriages by the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond or the Survivor of them And if any of my Daughters shall determine their mind or minds not to marry but to live without a Husband then I will that the Part or Portion of her or them determined not to marry be bestowed to her or their most profit to purchase to her or them a Living during their life or lives And also shall find and provide for my Son Edmond Mordaunt Meat Drink Apparel and Learning until he come to the Age of one and twenty Years And also shall give and deliver unto the said Edmond two hundred Marks after that the said Money be levied for the Preferment of my Daughters in manner and form above-written and after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the Age of one and twenty Years so that the said Edmond will be ruled by the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt and the Survivor of them until the said Age of one and twenty Years And also I will that Dame Joan my Wife shall occupy and enjoy my Mansion-house of Westhornedon with all Houses Orchards and Garden-Plats thereunto belonging for the space of nine Years next and immediately following my decease Provided always that if the said Dame Joan my Wife do depart out of this transitory World before the said Years be expired or that my Son Lewis do come to his full Age before the said time then the said term to be void any thing before to the contrary notwithstanding Also I will that if my said Daughters or any of them do marry themselves against the Will and appointment of the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and the said Edmond or the Survivor of them or if any of my said Daughters doth refuse any lawful and convenient Marriage tendered and offered by the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt or any of them to the intent to marry themself or selves at their own pleasure or pleasures that then her or their Part or Portion shall not be delivered to her or them until all and every of my said Daughters so lawfully provided for be preferred to Marriage and the Portion or Summs of Money before bequeathed to every of them be delivered and paid And if she or they dye before the said delivery then I will the said Parts or Portions to be equally divided and delivered to their Daughter or Daughters which shall so live until they be married And for lack of Daughters to the Son or Sons of my said Daughter or Daughters marrying themselves against the Will of the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond as is above-mentioned And also for Beatrice Lewis Aunt to my late Wife Dame Ely Mordaunt I will that she shall have Meat Drink Cloathing and all other Necessaries meet for her during her life so that she suffer the Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt to perceive and take one yearly Pension of three Pounds six Shillings and eight Pence granted to the said Beatrice by our late Sovereign Lord of famous Memory King Henry the Eighth And if it happen any of my said Daughters intending to marry to depart out of this life unmarried I will that her Part Portion or Summ of Money that to her shall belong by reason of any former bequest be divided and bestowed in manner and form following after that the said Summs of Money before bequeathed to my said Daughters and to my said Son Edmond be levied in manner and form abovesaid that is to say if one of my said Daughters happen to dye before Marriage then I will one hundred Marks to be delivered unto Lewis Mordaunt after that he cometh to the Age of one and twenty Years and one hundred Marks to be delivered to my said Son Edmond Mordaunt after that he hath accomplished the Age of one and twenty Years And if any of my said Sons dye before delivery made Then I will the Survivor of them shall have the part of his Brother deceased to be delivered to him after his said Age of one and twenty Years And the residue that is to say Two hundred Marks to be distributed amongst the poorest and neediest of mine and Dame Ely's my late Wife's Kinsfolk for their Preferment in Learning Marriages and other things according to the discretion of the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt or their Assigns And if any other of my said Daughters happen to depart from this transitory life I will that two hundred Marks of her Portion deceased be delivered and equally divided amongst the residue of my said Daughters then living until they be married and other two hundred Marks to be distributed in repairing of High-ways and to the Marriages of poor Maids or in other Deeds of Charity in such places as I have any Lands and Tenements in the County of Essex Norfolk Bedford or Northampton And if that all my said Daughters shall live until they be married or otherwise preferred if they intend not to marry in manner and form abovesaid Then I will that two hundred Marks be levied of the Premisses and distributed to the preferment of the poorest and neediest of my Kinsfolks or of the Kinsfolks of Dame Ely my late Wife And other two hundred Marks to be distributed in other such Deeds of Charity as is abovesaid according as by the discretion of the said Lord Mordaunt Dame Joan and Edmond Mordaunt or their Assigns shall be thought meet and convenient Also I will that if my said Son Lewis doth depart from this transitory life before all and every of my said Daughters be married or otherwise preferred in manner and form abovesaid and more than two of my said Daughters departed out of this life unmarried or afterward happen to dye before Marriage or otherwise preferred if they intend not to marry That then the Parts Portions or Summs of Money of her or them so dying before Marriage and also the said Summs of Money before bequeathed to my said Sons Lewis and Edmond by the reason of the Death of any of my said Daughters if they happen to dye before the said Summs of Money be delivered to them likewise to be bestowed in such Deeds of Charity as is abovesaid Also I will and devise the Mannors of Amys and Cranham otherwise called
every important business this Wise King believing he might trust a Man who had proved so faithful to another Master There having then happned a great Commotion in the North occasioned by the raising of a Subsidy and of that importance that the Earl of Northumberland was slain therein who was the greatest Lord of all those parts The King raising a great Army for suppressing of the same he gave the whole Command thereof to the Earl of Surrey and sent under his Obedience the greatest Lords and the best Captains of his Court as the Earl of Shrewsbury the Lord Hastings Sir William Stanly his Chamberlain Sir Rice ap Thomas Sir John Bourchier Sir John Savage Sir John Risely and divers others And he was after in the Eighth of the same King imployed again for suppressing the Incursions of the Scots His Deserts and great Abilities appearing every day more and more to this Sagacious King in the Sixteenth Year of his Reign he conferr'd upon him the great Office of Lord High-Treasurer of England and in the Two and twentieth of his Reign finding the Earl worthy of all the acknowledgments he could make King Henry granted him a special Livery of all the Lands whereof his Father died Seized Mowbrays Howards and what ever he had acquired This put him in a condition to support his great Merit his great Blood and his great-Condition And after the death of this King which soon succeeded his Young Successor King Henry the Eighth found the Earl of Surrey in a condition of Fortune and Reputation as much to do as to receive Honor from the Court or any Imployment whereunto he could be called He therefore chose him into the number of his first Counsellors renewed his Patent for Lord High-Treasurer and constituted him Earl Marshal of England for his Life In the Fourth Year of this King there happned a great Crisis of State The King was Engaged with an Army consisting of the flower of England to go for France where he Besieged and took several Towns At the same time he had cause to believe the King of Scots would enter England with his utermost Power the Defence whereof would be enough for the greatest Captain he could appoint He thereupon chose the Earl of Surrey under whose Protection he left all that could be dear to him his Country and his Wife and it falling out as he did apprehend and the Scottish King entring the Kingdom with a mighty Army the Earl with all power he could make Marched to meet him He found the King had taken Norham Castle and being resolved now to do something should render him worthy of the Trust he had received or to die in the endeavour he brought by several industries of which the Historians are very particular the Scottish Army to a necessity of Fighting Which they did under the Example and Sight of their Valiant King with all the Valour and Resolution that was possible But such was the Conduct the Valour and the Ascendant of this Earl as their Resistance did prove fruitless the whole Scottish Army was overthrown and their King who for his Valour deserved a better Fortune was slain Fighting upon the Field If ever the Action of any Subject was opportunely Fortunate to a King or his Affairs this Victory proved so to King Henry at that time Engaged in the War with so Potent an Enemy as the King of France and the consequence would have proved of the last misfortune if the Earl had otherwise succeeded The applauses of the Court of the King and Kingdom were of mighty satisfaction to the great and publick Spirit of this Earl but the Generous King forbore not to add Rewards suitable to the Great Merits of his Service He did him several Honors but as the greatest was his restitution to the Illustrious Dignity of his Ancestors the Dukedom of Norfolk of which his Father was possessed and that by his Grandmother had Descended to him from the Mowbrays in former times Dukes of that Country He gave him for the support of this Dignity many Mannors and great Lordships and continued him during the rest of his Life in the greatest Honours of the Kingdom But at last loaden with Years as well as with Felicities he yielded to Death in the Castle of Framingham the Twenty first of May in the Year 1524. in the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the Eighth Having Married Two Wives The First Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Frederick Tilney Knight Widow of Humphrey Burcher Lord Barners The Second Agnes Daughter of Sir Philip Tilney Knight Issue by his First Wife Thomas afterwards Duke of Norfolk The Lord Edward Howard Knight of the Garter Edmund Howard And Five that died young Elizabeth Married to Thomas Viscount Rochford Muriell Married to John Viscount Lisle Mary Married to Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmond and Sommerset Issue by his Second Wife William Lord Howard of Effingham Knight of the Garter Lord Privy-Seal and Lord High-Admiral of England Thomas who Married Margaret Dowglas Daughter to the Queen of Scots which Thomas died in the Tower Richard who died young Anne Married to John Earl of Oxford Dorothy Married to Edward Earl of Darby Elizabeth Married to Henry Earl of Sussex And Katharine first Marrid to Sir Rice ap Thomas and afterwards to Henry Daubeny Earl of Bridgwater WILLIAM Lord Howard Lord Baron of Effingham Lord-High-Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain Lord Privy-Seal and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and Privy-Counsellor to Henry the Eighth to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth and eldest Son by his Second Wife to Thomas the Second Duke of Norfolk CHAPTER II. WILLIAM Lord Howard though he had the advantage of so great and so fortunate a Father yet it was not to that he owed the least part of his Fame or of his Fortune The Duke his Father loved Virtue and Industry and to a Son that would have been Great without Care or Labour he would have afforded little assistance The Earl of Surrey the Lord Howard and the Lord Edmund were the Sons of his Prudence by his Dutchess Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Philip Tilney who brought her Husband a great Inheritance But the Lord William was the Son of his Love and Born of Agnes Tilney his Second Wife that was a young Virgin Cousin to the former Dutchess and who brought in partage but her Beauty her Virtue and her Fruitfulness To this young Lord the Duke had indeed a secret partiality but his great Lands were already all to be inherited by the Children of his First Wife and it was the principle in those days for Great Men to do little in detriment of them that were to sustain their Names and Dignities He resolved then so to cultivate the Virtue and noble Inclinations of the young William as should make him deserve any Fortune what ever his own were like to be He gave him therefore admirable Education and thrust him betimes into the World He made use of his Inclination
having intelligence That the Scots had Intrench'd themselves on a Hill called Floden on the edge of the Mountain Cheviot and finding the Country so Forraged that he could not long continue there he sent Rouge-Cross Herald on Sunday the Fourth of September conducted by a Trumpet with instructions to tell that King That having violated his Faith and League and Hostily entred England he resolved on the Friday next following to bid him Battle if he would accept it Whereupon King James accepting the Challenge he March'd within Three Miles of Floden and discerning that the Scots still kept the Hill he sent Rouge-Cross again with a Letter subscribed by himself and his Son the Lord Admiral with divers others moving them to come down into the Plain Unto which no satisfactory Answer being given he March'd on with his Army to cut off their Victuals in case they would not draw down The Scots therefore being aware of that danger fired their Huts and dislodged covertly by the advantage of the Smoak but kept still on the higher Ground This Earl therefore traversing some Bogs and Marshes till he came to the bottom of the ascent and finding it not very steep encouraged his Men to Fight marching speedily on his Two Sons Thomas and Edmond leading the Van of the Battle himself and Sir Edward Stanly the Rear The Lord Dacres with the Horse being appointed as a reserve Whereupon the Fight began which was stoutly maintained on both sides for Three hours till at length the Scots for the better avoiding the storm of Arrows opening their Ranks the Lord Dacres came in with his Horse and put them so to it that they were constrain'd to cast themselves into a ring doing all that Valiant Men could do and no Man more than the King himself yet he lost the day himself being slain upon the place by a mortal Wound with an Arrow and another with a Bill For which memorable Service this Earl had thereupon a special Grant from King Henry to himself and the Heirs Male of his Body of an honourable augmentation to his Arms to bear on the Bend thereof the upper half of a Red Lion Depicted as the Arms of Scotland are pierced through the Mouth with an Arrow And by Letters Patent bearing date the First of February next ensuing was advanced to the Dignity of Duke of Norfolk which Title John his Father deriving his Descent through the Heirs Female of Mowbray and Seagrave from Thomas of Brotherton Son to King Edward the First did enjoy the Ceremony of his Creation being performed at Lambeth the Day following which was the Festival of Our Ladies Purification And by other Letters Patent bearing date the same First of February obtained a Grant in Special Tail of the Mannors of Acton-Burnel Holgat Abeton Millenchop Langdon Chatwall Smithecote Wolstanton Vppington and Rushbury in Comitatu Salopiae Solihull in Com. Warr. Wolverhampton in Com. Staff Birehust and Vptonlovel in Com. Wilts Erdescote in Com. Berks Honnesdon Estwike Barley and Hide in Com. Hertf. Kentcote and Kerdwike in Com. Oxon. Eastwickham in Com. Kanc. of the Castles of Balesover and Horeston and Mannor of Horsley in Com. Derb. and of the Mannors of Clipston Limby Mauncefield Wood-house and Sutton in Ashfield in Com. Nott. to be held by the Service of one Knight's Fee Upon the Second of March next following he had a new Patent by the Title of Duke of Norfolk for the Office of Lord Treasurer of England And in the Sixth Year of Henry the Eighth upon the Contract of Marriage betwixt Lewis de Longueville on the behalf of Lewis the Twelfth of France and the Lady Mary Sister to King Henry the Eighth the King himself conducting her to the Sea side recommended her to the care of this Duke who Landing with her at Boloigne brought her to Abbeville where upon the Ninth of October King Lewis himself solemnly Consummated the Marriage But in the Seventh of Henry the Eighth observing that the Kings Coffers were much exhausted by his Wars and Triumphs and not finding it easie to supply these vast Expences which in Pageants and other devices increased daily he wisely withdrew himself In the Thirteenth of Henry the Eighth 13 Maii he performed the Office of Lord High Steward upon the Tryal of Edward Duke of Buckingham and gave Sentence of Death upon him but not without Tears And in the Fourteenth of Henry the Eighth obtained a Grant in Special Tail and to his Son Thomas Earl of Surrey of the Mannors of Welles Shyringham Stafford Barningham Warham and Waveton in Com. Suff. with the Advousons of the Churches part of the Possessions of the before specified Edward Duke of Buckingham attainted By his Testament bearing date ult Maii Anno. 1520. 12. H. VIII he bequeathed his Body to be Buried in the Church of the Priory of Thetford in Com. Norf. before the High-Altar appointing that his Executors should cause a Tomb to be made and set up there with the Images of himself and Agnes his Wife thereon allowing for the charge thereof CXXXIII l VI s VIII d He also bequeathed to his Son and Heir Apparent who should be living at his Decease his great hanged Bed paled with Cloth of Gold white Damask and black Velvet broidered with these Two Letters T and A as also one suit of Hangings of the story of Hercules made for the great Chamber at Framingham in Norfolk And departing this Life at his said Castle of Framingham 21 Maii Anno 1524. 16. H. VIII had Burial in the Priory of Thetford accordingly He Married two Wives first Elizabeth Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Frederick Tilney Knight Widow of Humphrey Bourchier Lord Berners Which Elizabeth by her Testament bearing Date Nov. 6. Anno 1506. 22. H. VII bequeathed her Body to be Interr'd in the Nuns Quire of the Minoresses without Aldgate in London nigh unto the place where Anne Montgomery lay Buried appointing that no more than Twenty Torches should be used at her Burial and Months-mind also that no Dole or Money should be given at either of these Solemnities but instead thereof a Hundred Marks to be distributed to the poor folks viz. to every poor Man and Woman in the Parishes of White-Chappel and Hackney vij d. By this Elizabeth he had Issue Eight Sons 1. Thomas created Earl of Surrey in his life time 2. Sir Edward Howard Knight of the Garter 3. Edmond The other Five viz. Henry John Charles Henry and Richard all dying young And Three Daughters 1. Elizabeth Married to Thomas Viscount Rochford afterwards Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond 2. Muriell first Married to John Grey Viscount Lisle afterwards to Sir Thomas Knevet of Buckingham in Com. Norf. Knight And 3. Mary Married to Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmond and Sommerset Natural Son to King Henry the Eighth To his Second Wife he Wedded Agnes Daughter to Sir Philip Tilney Knight by whom he had Issue William afterwards created Baron Howard of Effingham of whom and his Descendants I shall
to Sir Edward Stafford of Grafton Knight Secondly Mary first to Edward Lord Dudley afterwards to Richard Montpession Esquire Thirdly Frances to Edward Earl of Hertford Fourthly Martha to Sir George Bourchier Knight Third Son to John Earl of Bath And Fifthly Katharine who died young And departing this Life at Hampton-Court 11. Jan. 15. Eliz. was honourably Buried at Rygate in Surrey upon the 29th of the same Month. A Patent whereby Queen Mary does create William Lord Howard Baron of Effingham MARIA Dei Gratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Regina Fidei Defensor Archiepiscopis Episcopis Ducibus Comitibus Baronibus Justiciarils Vicecomitibus Praepositis Ministris omnibus Ballivis Fidelibus suis salutem Cum enim praeteritorum Magnifica gesta Principum saltem qui sua Industria atque Virtute famam nobis reliquere Immortalem ad mentem revocemus nil Prudentius nil laude Dignius pro prospero atque Felici ipsorum Statu Salute securoque Successu eos fecisse arbitramur qui quando Fideles Diligentes strenuosque suos servientes Facultatibus Regimine Honore condigne remunerari caeterisque praeferre decreverint sicque sua iis Beneficia juxta eorum Virtutes atque Merita benignè conferre curarunt Nos eorum mores imitantes non solum Nobilitatem atque Constantiam imo probitatem ac in Armis strenuitatem caeterasque virtutes Domini Willielmi Howard militis nostri intime dilecti non modica cum deliberatione maturè considerantes ipsum Willielmum Howard in Baronum Parliamenti Regni nostri Angliae ex mero motu gratiaque nostris ordinavimus deputavimus creavimus constituimus prout per praesentes ordinamus deputamus creamus constituimus atque titulum nomen stilum Baronis Howard de Effingham locumque in singulis Parliamentis infra idem Regnum nostrum Angliae posthac celebrandis caeteraque jura Privilegiaque nostra ipsius Regni Baronibus ejusdem ex Lege consuetudine aliove quovis pacto pertinentia eidem Willielmo damus concedimus eisque ipsum adeo liberè amplè uti gaudere sicut unquam aliquis Baro hujus Regni nostri usus fuit aut debuit volumus habendum hujusmodi statum titulum nomen stilum Baronis Howard de Effingham praedicta atque locum in Parliamentis praedictis ac caetera praemissa praefato Willielmo haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo excuntibus in perpetuum eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore animi aut de certitudine praemissorum sive eorum alicujus aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus per nos seu per aliquem progenitorum nostrorum praefato Willielmo ante haec tempora factis in praesentibus minime factum existit Aliquo statuto actu ordinatione provisione sive restrictione inde in contrarium ante haec editis factis seu ordinatis seu provisis aut aliqua alia re causa vel materia quaqunque in aliquo non obstante his testibus Reverend ' in Christo Patre ac praedilecto fideli Conciliario nostro Stephano Wintoniensi Episcopo summo nostro Angliae Cancellario charissimis consanguineis Conciliariis nostris Willielmo Marchione Winton praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite ac Thesaurario nostro Angliae Henrico Comite Arundel praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite ac Domino senescallo Hospitii nostri Johanne Comite Bedford praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite ac Custode privati sigilli nostri Henrico Comite Sussex Willielmo Comite Pembroke praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite praedilectis fidelibus Conciliariis nostris Willielmo Domino Paget de Bewdesert praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite Reverendo in Christo Patre Cutberto Dunelmens Episcopo Johanne Gage praenobilis ordinis Garterii Milite Domino Camerario nostro Roberto Rotchester Milite contrarotulatore Hospitii nostri Henrico Jernynham Milite Vicecamerario nostro Willielmo Petre Milite uno Primariorum Secretariorum nostorum Johanne Bourne Milite altero Primariorum Secretariorum nostrorum Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium undecimo die Martii Anno Regni nostri primo per ipsam Reginam Sigillum Eden Herbert's History of Henry the Eighth pag. 535. BUT it rested not here for the Lord William Howard the Queen's Uncle newly returned from an Embassage in France and his Wife and the old Dutchess of Norfolk and divers of the Queen's and the said Dutchess's Kindred and Servants and a Butter-Wife were Indicted of Misprision of Treason as concealing this Fact and condemned to perpetual Prison though yet by the King's Favour some of them were at length Released Commission of Queen Mary To be High Admiral of England MARIA Dei Gratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Regina omnibus ad quos c. Salutem Sciatis quod nos ob certas causas considerationes nos specialiter moventes ac in consideratione boni veri fidelis Servitii per dilectum Conciliarium nostrum Willielmum Howard Militem Dominum Howard de Effingham ante haec tempora facti impensi de gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa Scientia mero motu nostris dedimus concessimus ac per praesentes pro nobis haeredibus successoribus nostris damus concedimus eidem Domino Howard officium magni Admiralli nostri Angliae Hiberniae Walliae ac Dominiorum Insularum eorundem Villae nostrae in Cales ac Marchiarum nostrarum ejusdem Normanum Gastonum Aquitanum ac ipsum Dominum Howard magnum Admirallum nostrum Angliae Hiberniae Walliae ac Dominiorum Insularum nostrarum eorundem Villae nostrae Cales Marchiarum nostrarum ejusdem Normanum Gastonum Aquitanum necnon praefectum generalem Classis Marium dictorum Regnorum nostrorum Angliae Hiberniae ac Dominiorum Insularum eorundem fecimus constituimus ordinavimus ac per praesentes facimus constituimus ordinamus Et ulterius sciatis quod nos de Gratia nostra speciali ac ex certa scientia mero motu nostris dedimus concessimus ac per praesentes pro nobis haeredibus successoribus nostris damus concedimus eidem Domino Howard magno Admirallo nostro Angliae praefecto Classis Marium nostrorum praedictorum omnia omnimodas jurisdictiones autoritates libertates officia feoda proficua vadia emolumenta wrecum maris maris ejectum regardia advantagia commoditates praeminentia quaecunque eidem officio magni Admiralli nostri Angliae Hiberniae ac aliorum locorum Dominiorum praedictorum qualitercunque spectantia pertinentia sive incumbentia vel aliquo modo ab antiquo perantea debita sive consueta necnon tam bona catalla quorumcunque praedictorum piratorum homicidarum felonum qualitercunque infra nostram jurisdictionem Admiralitatis nostrae Angliae inferius limitatam delinquentium quam bona debita catalla omnium singulorum eorum manutenentium accessariorum consulentium auxiliantium vel assistentium quorumcunque
Mordaunt of Turvey afterwards Earl of Peterborow and Charles his Successor in his Honors as also three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Riseing Frances first to Henry Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare and Margaret to Sir Richard Levison of Trentham and Vice-Admiral of England An Indenture by which Elizabeth Countess of Peterborow doth settle the Mannor of Blechingleigh upon her Son Henry Earl of Peterborow THis Indenture made the Four and twentieth day of April Anno Domini 1648. and in the Four and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. between the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Peterborow of the one part and the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath Sir Oliver Luke of Hawnes in the County of BEdford Knight and Sir Samuel Luke of Woodend in the said County of Bedford Knight of the other part Witnesseth That the said Countess Dowager for the settling of the Mannor and Lands hereafter mentioned in the Name and Blood of her the said Countess And in consideration of the summ of Five shillings of lawful Money of England to her in hand paid by the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke whereof she acknowledgeth the receipt and for divers other good causes and considerations her the said Countess hereunto especially moving hath Granted Bargained Aliened Sold Enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these Presents doth Grant Bargain Alien Sell Enfeoffe and Confirm unto the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke all that the Mannor of Blechingly alias Bletchingley alias Blechingleigh in the County of Surrey with the Rights Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and all Houses Lands Tenements Hereditaments Commons Wasts Warrens Courts Court-Leet view of Frankpledge Privileges Goods of Felons Deodands Franchises Profits Emoluments and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Mannor belonging or appertaining or as part parcel or member thereof commonly accepted reputed taken or known and also all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of her the said Countess Dowager scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Blechingly alias Bletchingley alias Blechingleigh aforesaid Godstone Cateram and Horne or any of them in the said County of Surrey To Have and to Hold the said Mannor Lands and Premises with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances to the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke their Heirs and Assigns for ever to the use behoof intents and purposes and with upon and under such limitations as are hereafter in and by these presents limited expressed and declared and to and for no other use intent meaning or purpose whatsoever That is to say To the Use of the said Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Peterborow for and during the Term of her Natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of Wast And after her Decease then to the Use and Behoof of Henry Earl of Peterborow Son and Heir Apparent of the said Countess for and during the Term of Fourscore and nineteen Years if the said Earl of Peterborow shall so long live without Impeachment of Wast And afterwards to the Use of the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke for the Life of the said Earl of Peterborow upon Trust and to the intent that the Contingent Remainders herein after limited may not be prevented defeated or destroyed without the Consent of the said Countess And nevertheless That the said Earl of Peterborow may have and receive the Rents and Profits of the said Mannor and Premises for the term of his Life And after the Decease of the said Earl of Peterborow to the Use of the Daughter or Daughters and Younger Son or Sons of the Body of the said Earl of Peterborow lawfully to be begotten And of and for such Estate and Estates either in Fee Simple Fee Tail for Life or Lives or Years or otherwise of the said Mannor and Premises and every or any Part or Parcel thereof And to the intent that such Son or Sons Daughter or Daughters may have and receive such Rent or Rents Summ or Summs of Money out of the Premises or any Part thereof as the said Earl of Peterborow at any time during his Life by any Writing or Writings under his Hand and Seal testified by Two or more Witnesses shall limit and appoint And for Default of such Limitation and Appointment or as the Estates so limited shall respectively end and determine and charged or chargeable with such Rent or Rents Summ or Summs of Money as shall be so limited Then to the Use and Behoof of the First Son of the said Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Second Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Second Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Third Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Third Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Issue then to the Use and Behoof of the Fourth Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fourth Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Fifth Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fifth Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Issue then to the Use and Behoof of all and every such other Son or Sons of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully to be begotten as they shall be in Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Heirs of their several and respective Bodies lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the use and behoof of the Daughter or Daughters of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body or Bodies of such Daughter or Daughters lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the use and behoof of John Mordaunt Esq Second Son of the said Countess for and during the term of his Natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of Wast And after his Decease then to the use and behoof of the First Son of the said John Mordaunt lawfully to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son lawfully to be begotten And for default
Giles did survive his Father and possessed his Acquisitions by a Charter wherein he gave to his Brother Osbert who from some occasion was call'd Le Mordaunt and was the beginner of this House and Name the Lordship of Radwell in the County of Bedford and other Lands that were of his Father's Partition And from this Osbert all the Mordaunts do derive as will appear by a continued Series of Extant Proofs He lived after to a great Age and being engaged in assistance with the first Conquerors of Ireland we find him to have received from the Gift of Harvey de Montmorency who is stiled Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae the Lordship of Balinaeeros Tobenere and many great Possessions When or where he died doth not appear but He left Issue Osmund Mordaunt And Baldwin Mordaunt Which latter was a Witness to many Antient Charters that are Extant OSMVND le MORDAVNT Lord of Radwell Felmarsham and Chellington CHAPTER II. OSMVND le MORDAVNT flourished in the time of Henry the Second and became possessed of the Lordship of Radwell of the Town of Felmarsham of Lands in Wahull and other places which were of those his Father Osbert did possess in this Kingdom and it is possible may have been a younger Brother and that an elder Son of Osbert Mordaunt did remain settled upon his Lands in Ireland under some other Name However he was a Knight of much Renown as may appear by the Alliance he contracted with one of the most famous Knights of his time Sampson Fortis of whom was held many Fees by Knight Service This Sampson was so called from his great Strength and Valour being a great Champion and Associate in War with Simon de Saint Lis and David of Scotland and the Earls of Huntington and Northampton and was Lord of several Towns and Villages of Chellington among the rest which he gave in Marriage to Osmund Mordaunt with his Daughter Ellen of whom the said Osmund had Issue Eustace Mordaunt Robert Mordaunt EVSTACE le MORDAVNT Lord of Radwell Felmarsham Chellington of the Moiety of the Noble Lordship of Turvey as of Lands in Wahull and in Brayfield CHAPTER III. EVSTACE le MORDAVNT was a Valiant and a Fortunate Knight he did Accompany King Richard the First among the Troops that followed him into the Holy Land and served in all the Enterprises of that Expedition At his return he found his Father Deceased and a Devolution to him of his Inheritance He began with an Action of Piety in acknowledging the mercy of his Return and Establishment and gave under the Name of Eustachius le Mordaunt certain Lands in Turvey in free pure and perpetual Alms to the Church of St. John Baptist and St. John Evangelist of Caldwell and the Canons of that place for the good of his Soul for that of Alice his Wife and for that of all his Ancestors and Successors He had indeed by his merit and worthiness acquired a Wife out of the House of Alno or de Alneto who from the Conquest had been Lords of Turvey and other fair Possessions which by the death of Hugh of Alno without Issue were devolved to Two beautiful Sisters Alice and Sarah whereof he Married the first the second being the Wife of Sir Richard of Ardres and with this Lady he became possessed of the Moiety of that Noble Lordship from thenceforth called Mordaunts Mannor having a large Extent and very particular privileges He had a Sute with Gilbert Fitz-Williams in the Ninth Year of Richard the First about some Lands in Radwell which was Adjudged on his behalf and granted several Lands in Turvey for their Homages and Service and other considerations to William Cooke to Simon of Turvey to Raignold le Bray and to others Toward his latter end about the Sixteenth Year of King Henry the Third he had a Contest with Sir John de Traylly and the Cause was decided against him and we find he died near that time Leaving Issue William Mordaunt Agnes Mordaunt WILLIAM MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Felmarsham Esthull Radwell of Lands in Wahull and in Yerdley CHAPTER IV. WILLIAM de MORDAVNT for from this time in the old Deeds the le is changed into the de after the death of Eustace became Lord of the Lordships of Radwell Turvey and several other Lands In the Twenty ninth of Henry the Third he paid a Releif to the Lord William de la Church and the Lady Matilda de Traylly his Wife for certain Lands he held I suppose they were those about which Eustace his Father was cast in the behalf of John de Traylly in the Sixteenth of the said King's Reign About the same time Henry the Son of Fulk Huriel Roger le Soc of Wybaudston and Albreda the Daughter of Robert of Saint George do by several Deeds Release and Quit Claim to this William under the stile of William de Mordaunt their Lord divers Rights and Lands And Richard of Ardres unto the said William for such proprieties the Lords of this Mannor of Turvey had in these and after-times Gives Grants and Confirms for Six Marks of Silver which he gave to him in Gersumam one of his Villanes called Adam Pite with all his sequel and procreation gotten and to be gotten for ever There passes afterward between William Mordaunt and Hugh Poore Prior of the Monastery of St. Neads an exchange of divers Lands with an advantage given by the said William in free pure and perpetual Alms. And as the last testimony of him there is Extant an Accompt given unto him under the Seal of one William de Wikely who terms himself therein Serviens Willielmi de Mordaunt in Manerio suo de Turvey Dated the Ninth of Edward the First Not long after which he is supposed to have deceased Amice of Olney the Daughter of Sir William of Olney was the Wife of William Mordaunt and by her he had the Lordship of Esthull and a Mannor with diverse Lands in Yerdley which last had been given her Father by John Scot Earl of Huntington a Prince of the House of Scotland Her Husband is stiled in a Deed wherein Matilda the Daughter of Lettice of Esthull does remit unto him and Amice his Wife her Right and Claim to certain Lands Lord of that place The Charter runs Willielmo de Mordaunt Domino de Esthull Amiciae Vxori suae Sir William of Olney the Father of this Amice was one of the Sons of that Sir Richard Sutton that flourished in the time of Henry the Third from whence the Lords of Dudley did descend He assumed the Name of Olney from certain Lands he held therein that his Father had received from the Grant of Ralph Earl of Chester After the death of William Mordaunt this Amice took into her Second Bed Aegidio de Albeny Lord of Demster and under the Name of Amicia de Albeny she Granted afterwards in the Ninth Year of Edward the Second unto William Mordaunt her Son and to Robert the Son of the
said William five Virgates and five Acres of Land in Yerdly with the five Villanes that then occupied the same Their Issue William de Mordaunt And Richard de Mordaunt WILLIAM de MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Chicheley Clifton Yerdley Esthull and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER V. WILLIAM de MORDAVNT the Son of William Lord of Turvey and of Esthull in the Fourteenth year of Edward the First purchased the Mannor of Chicheley and diverse Messuages therein of William the Son of Samson le Mansell and of Gualfridus de Stachesden In the Twenty second of the said King's Reign he had a dispute with the Lord Reignald de Gray then a great person and from whom the Earls of Kent are descended who continue to this day large possessions in those parts It was about a Fishing of a certain part in the River Ouse joyning to the Lord Grey his Lands which by reciprocal Indenture was accorded that it should be thenceforth free unto them both And in the Twenty fifth of the same Henry he obtained a Patent to Empark certain Lands in his Lordship of Turvey The last Act of his we find to be in the Eleventh Year of Edward the Second at which time he made a Grant Release and Quit-claim for ever unto God the Church of St. Need's and the Monks of that House of all his Right and Claim which he had or could have unto three Messuages Eighty eight Acres of Land and One Acre of Meadow in Turvey with their Appurtenances for the which he together with his partner Hugh of Ardres had Sued the Prior of that place in the King's Court as also fo other Lands and Tenements which the said Monks held of his Fee and in his Fee all which Lands their Predecessors had received from the Gift of his Ancestors in the said Village saving always to him and to his Heirs and unto Hugh of Ardres his partner the Services due unto them Roesia or Rose de Wake was the Wife of this William Mordaunt She was the Daughter of Sir Ralph de Wake who was Lord of Clifton which was a Family in those and elder times when there were no Dukes and but few Earls in England and the Degree of the Baronage wherein several of that Name sate was so illustrious did yield to few in splendor of dignity greatness of power and opulency of fortune It had brought forth a number of Hero's famous for Valour and Wisdom It had become worthy the Alliance of the Royal House And had Fortune persevered in her own work and not always delighted in the change and subversion of great Families there had not any in probaility arrived at greater eminency With this Roesia there was at that time given in part of Portion the Land and Mannor in Clifton which to this day remain unto the Mordaunts under the Name of Wake 's Mannor unto which a very Noble Royalty and Privilege do belong Their Issue Robert Mordaunt William Mordaunt ROBERT MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Clifton Yerdley Knotting Chicheley and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER VI. IN the Sixteenth Year of Edward the Second while William Mordaunt his Father was yet alive Hugo Bossard that was Lord of Knotting did Enfeoffe ROBERT the Son of William Mordaunt of all his Homages Services Natives and other Royalties of his Mannor of Knotting to him and to his Heirs Several Records and Rolls of his Court are extant that express upon the decease of his Father the Homages he received and the Noble Royalties which in Right of his Mannors he was invested in He was Lord of the Lordships of Turvey of Chicheley of Esthull of Yerdley of Clifton and of Knotting We find that he made over in the Seventeenth of Edward the Third in trust unto one William Campion of Stachesden all his Lands and Tenements which he had and held of the Fee of Gloucester in Turvey in Lands in Houses in Woods in Gardens in Meadows in Pastures in Paths in Ways and in Reversions in Homages in Wards and in Releiffs in Escheats in Rents of the Freemen and of the Villanes of their sequels and of all other things these are the words of the Deed. And the same William Campion does by another Deed return to Robert Mordaunt and to Johane his Wife all the said Mannors Lands Tenements and Services for the Term of his life with the Reversion over to Edmond Mordaunt Son and Heir to the said Robert and Johane Dated of the same Year The first Wife of Robert Mordaunt was one Mary of Rutland unto whom he was Married in his Father's time as we find by a Deed Dated of the Thirteenth of Edward the First wherein one Robert de Hulier of Turvey does sell unto them and the Heirs of their Bodies a certain piece of Land but she dyed early without leaving him any Issue His Second Wife was Johane de Bray the Daughter of Roger de Bray that was Lord of Silesho which Brayes were a Family of a long continuance in that Tract Their Issue Edmond de Mordaunt their only Son EDMOND de MORDAVNT Lord of Turvey Clifton Chillington Staggesden Shephaell and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER VII EDMOND de MORDAVNT flourished in the Twenty seventh of Edward the Third at which time we find several transactions that past between him Sir Henry of Brussels and others about the Lands that came unto him in Right of his Wife But in the Twenty ninth of this King there happened a memorable dispute between this Edmond and one Roger Cooke of Newton Blosmavile that is at this day upon Record in the Court of Exchequer which I have seen there and taken a Copy thereof under the Hand of the Keeper of those Records Edmond de Mordaunt was Attach'd to Answer in the Term of St. Michael unto this Roger Cooke upon a Plea of Trespass by Bill and thereupon the said Roger came in his own person and complain'd That our Edmond upon a certain day in the Twenty Ninth of the said King's Reign had come into his House and had taken away by force the words are vi Armis scilicet gladiis c. a large proportion of Wooll Carpets and Linen Cloth and Forty Shillings in Money Whence he expresses himself to have been damnified in the Sum of One Hundred Shillings and thereupon produces his Sute In order whereunto Edmond Mordaunt comes likewise in his own person and defends the Force and the Injury Alledging That the aforesaid Roger unto his Bill ought not to be Answered Because he said he was a Native of him the said Edmond of his Mannor of Turvey in the County of Bedford And that his Ancestors from time without mind were and had been seized of the Ancestors of the said Roger as of their Natives of the Mannor aforesaid And likewise the said Edmond had been seized of Roger himself as of one of the Natives of his said Mannor And he desired Judgment Whether the said Roger were for these causes to be answered unto his Bill
which Service and the example of it the Queen did so esteem as upon her coming into the Government she took him into the Dignity of a Privy Councellor wherein he served during her short Reign And so much favor she had for him and the Lady Joane his Second Wife that had God afforded her a longer life there was no advancement he might not have expected under her Countenance and Government But about this time it pleased God to punish this Family with a Division in it self Sir John Mordaunt after the death of his first Wife the Lady Elly Fitz-Lewis who left him only one Son for the stay of her House called Lewis after the Sirname of her Family Married the Lady Johanne his Second Wife who was the Daughter of Sir John Farmer of Eston Neston in the County of Northampton and at that time the Widow of .......... and that likewise when she was a Maid attended upon Queen Mary then but Princess This Lady Johanne had Children of her own and of them a beautiful Daughter to whom the young Lewis Mordaunt as is should seem had made Love and as it was pretended to the passing of some engagement His Mother therefore greedy of such an establishment for her Child press'd hard for a proceeding unto Marriage but the young Man who had his chief dependance upon the old Lord Mordaunt his Grand-Father who was entire Master of the great inheritance comprehended in the Shires of Northampton and Bedford whereupon he lived at a distance from his Son durst not for all his Father's Commands engage in a matter of that Nature without his leave and Council that Lord ever loving to be a Master of all the interests of his Family so as when he became acquainted with his Sons intentions finding the subject far short of what he design'd for his Grandson both in Relations and Advantage it was rejected by him with the circumstances of severe commands and menaces both to his Son and Grandson which latter he recall'd unto his own House and Custody Hereupon the Lady whom the disparagement of her Daughter did much concern engag'd into those passions might be expected from an offended Woman she exasperated her Husband both against his Father and his Son Lewis and the testimonies of very great differences are extant in several instruments so that the Father would out of displeasure have alienated from his Son the Fitz-Lewis's Lands which were of his own Mother's Inheritance And the Grandfather intended to have disinherited Sir John Mordaunt of all the Mordaunt's Lands infinitely of greater consequence At last mutual fears of General ruine by disagreement made the peace and they both concurr'd in Marrying the young Lewis Mordaunt to Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy After which his Grandfather the old Lord Mordaunt dying in the Second of Elizabeth this second Lord John his successor surviv'd to the 13th of the same Queen Leaving Issue by his First Wife Lewis Lord Mordaunt Elizabeth Married to George Monox By his Second Wife Margaret Mordaunt Married to William Aclam Anne Mordaunt Married to Clement Tanfield Vrsula Mordaunt Married to Thomas Welbore of Clavering in Essex Sir LEWIS MORDAVNT Knight Peer of England Lord Mordaunt and Lord Baron of Turvey CHAPTER XIV LEWIS Lord MORDAVNT after his Father's Decease succeeded unto a Noble and Free Fortune to the Mordaunts to the Latimers to the Veres to the Greenes and to the Fitz-Lewis's Lands comprehending an interest in the Counties of Bedford Buckingham Hartford Northampton Essex Dorset and Sommerset in every of which he had fair Seats and Lordships He had a large Soul and a Disposition incompatible with either Craft or Servitude and would by no means subject the happiness of his mind to an uncertain Ambition nor give up his freedom by applying himself to the arts and ways of the Court but rather chose to enjoy the Fortune he had received from his Ancestors in the peace and opulency of his House and Country He was a person of great Nobleness Justice and Affability very well parted and ingenuous He was the Idol of the Province where he lived and by his proceeding drew unto him more respect than all the Great Men of those parts He lived indeed in much magnificence and in a port that was a pattern for the Great Men of that time so as his Hospitality is to this day famous although he was not immediately of the Court yet as a Peer and a great Councellor he had his part in most of the great actions of that Reign and as an instance of the great Prerogative of the Baronage of England he was call'd by the Queen's Summons to sit one of the Judges of the Life and Fortunes of that great and unfortunate Princess Mary Queen of Scotland unto whose Sentence he did most unwillingly concur And upon the like occasion he was again a Judge in the Arraignment of that great Subject Thomas Duke of Norfolk He sate in many Parliaments and Commanded the Troops of those parts assembled at the general Rendezvouz that were prepar'd against the Spanish Invasion He was besides this a Lover of Art and an Encourager of Learning as also a Builder and added much to the Noble old Castle of Drayton the beloved Seat of his Grandmother and although I cannot say but he did Alienate from his Family several great Possessions as the Fitz-Lewis's which were His Mother's and the Latimer's Lands which were the Possessions of his Great Grandmother yet it cannot be denyed but what he spent was employ'd with honor Though he was no Courtier yet he was much honor'd by them all and he had a near Friendship with the Earl of Leicester and the Lord Chancellor Hatton He Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy Knight who was Brother to the Lord Darcy of the North and that passed with much honour several great Employments in that Reign He lived a long and prosperous life and departed out of this World soon after the entry of King James the First and lies Buried in his Church of Turvey under a Tomb of Black Marble His Issue Henry Lord Mordaunt Mary Mordaunt Married to Sir Thomas Mancell of Morgan Katherine Mordaunt Married to John Henningham Elizabeth Mordaunt HENRY Lord MORDAVNT Peer of England and Lord Baron of Turvey CHAPTER XV. HENRY Lord Mordaunt the only Son of his Father after whose decease he Inherited his Honor and his Lands was of a Family wherein it was hard to extinguish their Inclination to the old Religion and besides he had married the Lady Margaret Compton Daughter to Henry Lord Compton and the Lady Frances Hastings that had been bred to much Strictness and Zeal therein The Incompatibility of his Religion with the Favour of the Court and the Employments thereof made him satisfied with the enjoyment of his great Estate and large Possessions whereupon he lived in the exercise of great Nobleness and Hospitality and in continual Expressions and Testimonies of Duty and Service to the Crown
meeting of the Parliament the Earl with his Son came to Town here the Young Lord began to be acquainted with Great Men and gave such early testimonies of his Prudence Generosity and Zeal for the concerns of 〈◊〉 Crown as acquired him the particular notice and esteem of the King with the Favor of the first Men of the Court who from the pregnant appearances of his merit began severally to wish and design him into their Alliance The Parliament growing now every day into greater heats than other and the Earl apprehending the consequences of the Factious Proceedings of that time thought it not amiss to have his Son free from the beginnings of the Troubles that he might the better discern to what they were like to tend He sent him therefore into France to learn his Exercises and acquire those Improvements were necessary for the qualification of a young Man whose Birth and Fortune was so considerable The young Lord out-did the expectation of his Parents and became Master of every quality was necessary for him to possess But after too years spent in that Kingdom England his own Country was now in a flame the Rebellion broke out and a Battel had been fought yet it was far from a decision and the War like to draw out in length And the Earl his Father not knowing by what accidents his Fortune might be so intercepted or encomber'd as it would be out of his power to maintain his Son abroad as he did desire thought it best to recal him home But at the time he had the unwelcome orders for his return he receiv'd worse News which was That of his Father's being engag'd in the Parliament party It had like to have made the Lord Mordaunt desperate it was a stroke he look'd upon as sent from Heaven to punish him and his Family for all their Sins But he was then resolv'd to expiate that Crime by the hazard of all could be dear to any Man and to wash out his Father's Faults with his own Blood that with his Life he was resolv'd to expose in support of the good King and his Authority But to enable him thereunto it was necessary he should at present obey and dissemble too so he return'd and was receiv'd into the Embraces of his Friends as one they hoped to make useful to their designs and the party wherewith they were engag'd And to the end they might charm the Inclinations of the Young Lord whom they found to be Active Generous and fond of Business and Command the Earl his Father who was then Field Marshal of the Army and had besides a Regiment of Foot and a Troop of Horse did consign the command of the Troop to the charge of his Son that he might busie himself therewith and practise the Trade of a Souldier under the Command of Robert Earl of Essex at that time Captain General of all the Parliament Forces The Lord Mordaunt receiv'd a Commission to that purpose and in appearance busied himself a whole Winter in the Care of the Troop but in the mean time by the intermise of a Noble Gentleman called Sir John Manwood whom he had known abroad he cultivated a correspondence at the Court made the King understand That the colour of his engagement in that Army was but to enable him the better and more usefully to make his escape from the Party and so settled the understanding of his proceeding and intentions there as he was sure to be receiv'd with open Arms at Oxford when ever it would be fit for him to quit the Rebels In order hereunto the Lord Mordaunt retired to Henly which was at that time his Quarters and intending to leave the Parliament Army prepar'd his Servants his Equipage and all other necessaries which could be useful in the future Service he intended to his King and Country And so upon the Twenty first day of April in the Year 1643 in company only of a French Gentleman that had been his Lieutenant and Fifteen Servants with about Twenty good Horses he rode into the King's Quarters and came into the Town of Reading which was at that time well Fortified and whereof Sir Arthur Aston an experienced Souldier was tâ—â— Governor After he had made and receiv'd the Complements usual upon such an occasion he intended to have left that place and pursued his Journey to the Court but there happ'ning to be at that time in the Garrison and in a Post very considerable an old Friend and Acquaintance of the Earl his Father's called Colonel Richard Fielding the Treatment the Respect and the Attendance he paid to the Lord Mordaunt would not permit him decently to leave that place without affording to a particular Friend of his Family his company for a day longer He stay'd therefore the next day which was employ'd in seeing the Works in being enform'd of the condition of the place and understanding the designs of the Enemy But in the Evening Intelligence was brought them That the Earl of Essex was upon his March with his Army and Train of Artillery in order to Besiege the Town Hereupon the Lord Mordaunt's business not being in that place he resolv'd to have departed in the Morning But his Friend the Colonel who had business himself at Oxford did much desire to accompany his Lordship to the Court and no way believing the Intelligence of the Enemies approach for many reasons which he did alledge he assur'd him That if he would but stay another day he would take leave of the Governor and not fail to attend his Lordship to Oxford which he thought would be very much for his Lordships Service and convenience The young Lord let himself be perswaded and pass'd the night in expectation of the morrow's Journey But by the break of day he heard the Alarm and now the whole Garrison was employ'd in preparation to receive the Enemy whose Scouts appear'd and that were upon their March ready to invest the Town This render'd it now too late to leave that place where was like to be occasion of serving the King by Fighting in defence of it and encouraging the Souldiers who love to see Great Men participate of their toils and hazards This young Lord prepar'd then to do the part of a Volunteer wherein he had soon occasion to signalize himself by the sudden advance of the Enemy the Earl of Essex with his whole Army sitting down before this Town upon the 25th day of April just Three days after the arrival of the Lord Mordaunt The next day there was a Sally resolv'd upon wherein the Young Lord went out with a Musquet on his Shoulder and so distinguish'd himself in this first adventure as made him admir'd and lov'd by all the Garrison The day after by an accident the Governour was hurt and so as it made him uncapable of farther Function and in his default the whole command of the place devolv'd upon Colonel Richard Fielding who whether it were that he did really want the
their Chambers and that Night were Bathed and Shriven according to the Old Usage of England and the next Day in the Morning the King Dubbed them according to the Ceremonies thereto belonging Whose Names ensue The Marquess of Dorset the Earl of Darby the Lord Clifford the Lord Fitz-Water the Lord Hastings the Lord Mounteagle Sir John Mordaunt the Lord Vaux Sir Henry Parker Sir William Windsor Sir Francis Weston Sir Thomas Arundell Sir John Hulston Sir Thomas Poynings Sir Henry Savill Sir George Fitz-Williams Sir John Tindal Sir Thomas Jermine Stow 's Chronicle page 610. 40. THE same Twelfth of July word was brought to the Council being then in the Tower with the Lady Jane That the Lady Mary Eldest Daughter to King Henry the Eighth was at Kenhinghall-Castle in Norfolk and with her the Earl of Bath Sir Thomas Wharton Son to the Lord Wharton Sir John Mordaunt Son to the Lord Mordaunt Sir William Drury Sir John Shelton Sir Henry Beddingfield Mr. Henry Jermingham Mr. John Sutierd Mr. Richard Treston Mr. Serjeant Morgan and Mr. Glement Higham A Letter from Queen Mary to Sir John Mordaunt and to the Lady his Wife To our Trusty and Right welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt Knight and to the Lady his Wife Mary the Queen By the Queen TRusty and right welbeloved we greet you well And whereas we have received certain Advertisements That our dearest Cousin the Prince of Spain was Embarqued at the Groyne Six Days past Forasmuch as we considering that the Wind serving as it doth it cannot be but that he is near the Coast of this our Realm We have therefore thought good both to signifie unto you the Premises and also to require you to put your self in Order withal Diligence to repair hither towards our Court to the intent ye may give your Attendance upon us at the Solemnity of this our Marriage as shall appertain whereof we require you not to fail Given under our Signet at our Maner of Bishopswaltham the Fifteenth Day of July the Second Year of our Reign Vltima voluntas Johannis Secundi Domini Mordaunt probata IN the Name of God Amen The Sixteenth Day of April in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith I Sir John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt calling to Remembrance the uncertain State of these our Transitory Lives and minding to reduce and set in order such Goods Chattels and other things as God hath endued me withal being somewhat weak in Body yet thanks be to God of perfect Remembrance do make my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following First I do bequeath my Soul to Almighty God my only Maker and Redeemer my Body to be Buried within the Church of Turvey within the County of Bedford in such decent Order and Sort and with such Funeral Charges and Expences as by mine Executors shall be thought meet and convenient for my Estate and Degree Item I will chiefly and above all things That mine Executors shall pay or cause to be paid unto all and every Person and Persons unto whom I shall at the Day of my Decease be indebted and all and every such Summ and Summs of Money as I shall owe unto them or any of them Item I give and bequeath unto Vrsula my Daughter Four hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of England to be paid her by my Executors at such time as they conveniently may And in the mean time I Will That mine Executors shall find unto the said Vrsula sufficient and convenient Meat Drink Apparel and Clothing necessary for her Degree Item I give unto George Monox and to Humphrey his Son Forty Marks of good and lawful Money of England to be bestowed upon a Bason and Ewre of Silver Guilt parcel Guilt Item I give and bequeath unto Anne Actem one of the Daughters of Margaret Actem my Daughter Two hundred Marks of good and lawful Money of England at the Day of her Marriage or at her Age of Eighteen years which of them shall happen and if it happen the said Anne Actem to dye before her Marriage or before she shall accomplish the Age of Eighteen years then the Gift to her to be void And then my Will is That the said Two hundred Marks bequeathed unto the said Anne Actem shall be imployed and bestowed among the rest of the Sons and Daughters of my said Daughter Margaret Actent as shall be then living Item I give and bequeath unto the rest of the Sons and Daughters of the foresaid Margaret Actem my Daughter Six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence a piece to every of them at their several Ages of Eighteen years Item I will and bequeath to every one of my Servants being no Officers One years Wages over and besides the Wages as shall be unto them due at the time of my Decease Item I will to Anne Witney my Wife's Daughter Forty Pounds Item I will to Mary Price Fifty Marks towards her Marriage Item I will to the Three Children of Henry Witney Five Marks a piece Item I will That my Executors shall bestow Two hundred and fifty Pounds of good and lawful Money of England upon an I le to be builded and made upon the South-side of the Church of Turvey within the County of Bedford aforesaid and for a Tomb for me to be erected and set up within the said I le Item Whereas I the said Sir John Mordaunt Knight Lord Mordaunt and Lady Joan my Wife and Sir Lewis Mordaunt Knight by the name of Lewis Mordaunt Esquire by one Indenture Tripartite bearing date the Third Day of November the Fifth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lady the Queen's Majesty that now is did amongst other things Infeoff Sir William Peter and Sir Henry Tervel Knights John Talbot Thomas Lucas Edward Tirrel George White Thomas Brownly and Thomas Nichols Esquires and their Heirs of all and singular the Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of me the said John Lord Mordaunt within the County of Essex late the Inheritance of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis Knight Deceased to certain Uses as by the same Indenture Tripartite bearing date as is aforesaid more at large it doth and may appear Amongst which the Maners of Cranham Gingeraff Tiptofts and Amies in the County of Essex and all Lands and Tenements known by the name or names of Amies and Nokehall and the Farms called Pinkneys and Wareleys with their Appurtenances and all those Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Brownfordmagna in the County of Essex then late in the occupation of one Rowland Walhead or of his Assigns or appointed after the decease of me John Lord Mordaunt and Lady Joan my Wife unto the use and behoof of the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of me the said John Lord Mordaunt for the term of Ten years next ensuing the decease of me the said John Lord Mordaunt and the Lady
As for and concerning all and singular the said Maners Lordships Lands Tenements Rectories Advowsons Rents and Hereditaments whatsoever in the said Fine or Fines Recovery or Recoveries or in any of them to be mentioned and expressed to the use of the said Henry Lord Mordaunt for and during the term of his natural Life without impeachment of or for any manner of Wast And from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt as concerning the Maners of Turvey Staggesden Carleton Chillington Snelston Lavenden aliàs the Castle-Maner of Lavenden Delwike Bosomes and Westcotton with their and every of their Appurtenances aforesaid after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt the said Recovery and Recoveries shall be and enure and the Recoverers and their Heirs and the Survivors of them shall stand seized thereof and of every part and parcel thereof to the use of the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley and their Assigns for and during the Life of the Lady Margaret now Wife to the said Lord Mordaunt and from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Margaret then to the use of the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley and of their Executors Administrators and Assigns for and during the term of One and twenty Years from the Day of the decease of the Survivor of them the said Lord Mordaunt and Lady Mordaunt if no Heir of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt shall before the end of the said One and twenty Years accomplish such Age as that the same Heir by the laws of this Realm may have and sue Livery out of the Hands of our Sovereign Lord the King's Majesty that now is his Heirs and Successors of and for such of the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments as is before in these Presents limited and appointed to descend And from and after the exspiration of the said term of One and twenty Years or in the time wherein such Heir shall come to such Age which of them soever shall first happen then to the use and behoof of John Mordaunt Son and Heir apparent of the now Lord Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten and to be begotten And for default of such Issue to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt And for default of such Issue to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt And for default of such Issue to the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever And as for and concerning the Maner of Hardwike with the Appurtenances in the said County of Northampton and the Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt in Hardwike aforesaid from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt then the said Recovery and Recoveries and the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized of the said Maner of Hardwike and of every part thereof and of all the said Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of the said Lord Mordaunt in Hardwike aforesaid to the use of themselves the said Recoverers and of their Executors and Administrators until such time as James Mordaunt Esquire second Son of the said Lord Mordaunt shall or should accomplish his full Age of One and twenty Years and afterwards to the use of the said James Mordaunt for and during the natural life of the said James Mordaunt and then to the use of that and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt as the said James Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him at the time of the death of the said James Mordaunt for and during the natural life of that and such Wife of the said James Mordaunt And afterwards to the use of the said John Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt And for default of such Issue then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt And for default of Issue then to the use of the right Heirs of the said John Mordaunt for ever And as for and concerning the Maner of Furnells in Ramides and Ringsted with the Appurtenances and the Parsonages of Denford and Ringsted in the County of Northampton from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt the said Recovery shall be and the said Recoverers their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized thereof and of every part thereof to the use of themselves the said Recoverers and of their Executors and Administrators for during and until such time as Henry Mordaunt Esquire third Son of the said Lord Mordaunt shall or should attain to his Age of One and twenty Years and then to the use of him the said Henry Mordaunt and after the decease of the said Henry Mordaunt to the use of that and such Wife of the said Henry Mordaunt as the said Henry Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him at the time of the decease of the said Henry Mordaunt for and during the natural Life of that and such Wife And afterwards to the use of the said John Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue then to the use of the Heirs of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt for ever And as for and concerning the foresaid Maner of Woughton upon the Green aliàs Woughington upon the Green and Willen and the Advowson of the Rectory or Parsonage of Woughton with the Appurtenances in the said County of Buckingham from and after the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt Then the said Recovery shall be and enure and the said Recoverers their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized thereof and of every part thereof to the use of themselves the said Recoverers and of their Executors and Administrators for and during and until such time as Lewis Mordaunt Esquire Fourth Son of the said Lord Mordaunt shall or should attain to his full Age of One and twenty Years and then to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt for term of the natural Life of the said Lewis Mordaunt and after the decease of the said Lewis Mordaunt then to the use of that and such Wife of the said Lewis as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall happen to leave behind him at the time of the death of the said Lewis for and during the natural Life of that and such Wife and after to the use of the said John Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten And
for default of such Issue then to the use of the Heirs Males of the Body of the said Lord Mordaunt lawfully begotten And for default of such Issue then to the use of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt And as for and concerning all other the Maners Lordships Rents Lands Tenements and Hereditaments whatsoever of him the said Lord Mordaunt in the foresaid Counties of Bedford Buckingham and Northampton and in every of them whereof no use after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt is before in and by these Presents limited and appointed The Recovery and Recoveries aforesaid shall be and enure and the Recoverers therein their Heirs and Assigns shall stand and be seized thereof and of every part and parcel thereof after the death and decease of the said Lord Mordaunt to the use of them the said Recoverers their Executors Administrators and Assigns to the end and until that they shall and may have gathered levied and received of the Rents Issues and Profits of the same and of the other Maners Lands and Tenements of the said Lord Mordaunt before in these Presents to the said Recoverers limited and appointed so much Money as shall and will satisfy to pay such Debts Portions and Summs of Money as are hereafter in these Presents mentioned and expressed And as concerning what Debts and Summs of Money and Portions are meant by the said Lord Mordaunt to be raised and paid as well with the Rents Issues and Profits of the Premises before mentioned as also with the Rents Issues and Profits of the Premises before limited for the life of the said Lady Mordaunt after her decease and of the Rents Issues and Profits of the Premises limited to the said James Henry and Lewis until they shall or should respectively come to their Age of One and twenty Years The said Lord Mordaunt doth by these Presents express the same to be such as followeth that is to say All such Debts as the said Lord Mordaunt shall justly owe at the time of his decease together with all the necessary Costs Charges and Expences which they the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley shall necessarily expend disburse pay or lay out in about or concerning the same and such other Summ and Summs of Money as the said Lord Mordaunt by a note in Writing under the Hand and Seal of the said Lord Mordaunt shall limit and appoint to be paid and disbursed And also the several Summs and Portions hereafter following videlicet The Summ or Portion of Two thousand Pounds of lawful English Money for and unto the use of Elizabeth Mordaunt Eldest Daughter of the said Lord Mordaunt to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years or at the Day of her Marriage which of them shall first happen And the Summ of Two thousand Pounds lawful English Money for and to the use of Frances Mordaunt another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years or at the Day of her Marriage which shall first happen And also the Summ and Portion of Two thousand Pounds of like lawful Money of England for and unto the use of Margaret Mordaunt one of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years or at the Day of her Marriage which of them shall first happen And moreover the like Summ or Portion of Two thousand Pounds of like lawful English Money for and unto the use of Anne Mordaunt another of the Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt to be paid unto her at her Age of One and twenty Years or at the Day of her Marriage which of them shall first happen And also the several Summ and Summs of Two thousand Pounds a piece to each and every of the Children of the said Lord Mordaunt both Sons and Daughters which hereafter shall happen to be Born to the said Lord Mordaunt to be paid at his her or their several Ages of One and twenty Years or Days of their Marriages which of them shall first happen But it is nevertheless meant and intended That if any of the said Children so appointed to have take and receive Portions as aforesaid shall happen to dye before the several time and times limited and appointed for the payment thereof That then his her or their Portions so deceasing shall not be paid at all to the Executors Administrators or Assigns of such of the Children so dying but the same shall go to the benefit of the right Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt And also the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley their Executors and Administrators shall after the death of the said Lord Mordaunt yearly allow and pay unto the said James Mordaunt Henry Mordaunt and Lewis Mordaunt Sons of the said Lord Mordaunt for and towards their maintenance from the time of the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt until every of them severally shall attain and come to their several Ages of One and twenty Years aforesaid or Days of Marriages aforesaid the several yearly Summs following videlicet Fifty Pounds yearly at the Feasts of All-Saints called Hallowmas-Day to the said James Mordaunt during his said minority and Fifty Pounds yearly at the Feast aforesaid to the said Henry Mordaunt during his said minority and Fifty Pounds yearly at the aforesaid Feast to Lewis Mordaunt during his minority and also Fifty Pounds a piece yearly and at the Feast aforesaid to every Son and Sons hereafter to be Born unto the said Lord Mordaunt during the minority of such Son and Sons respectively And if it shall happen the said Lady Margaret do dye before the foresaid Daughters of the foresaid Lord Mordaunt or any of them shall attain to her or their several Ages or Times aforesaid on or at which her or their several Portions aforesaid be or ought to be paid Then the said Recoverers their Executors Administrators or Assigns shall yearly pay at the Feast of All-Saints aforesaid unto such of the Daughter and Daughters of the said Lord Mordaunt then not attained to the Age and Time of her having or wherein she ought to have and to be paid her foresaid Portion according to the appointment of these Presents the yearly Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece for and towards her and their Maintenance respectively to and unto the time when by the appointment and limitation of these Presents her or their said Portions ought to be paid as aforesaid And also the like Summ of One hundred Pounds a piece at the Feast aforesaid and in manner and sort aforesaid unto all and every the Daughters and Issue Females of the said Lord Mordaunt hereafter happening to be born unto the said Lord Mordaunt either in the life time of the said Lord Mordaunt or after his death And it is further the absolute Meaning and Intent of
Ancient Families as also that for any Advantage or Prerogative the House of Mordaunt is oblig'd but only to Vertue to Antiquity and to Truth A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY OF THE House of Alno or Alneto Justified by Publick Records Ancient and Extant Charters Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD To the House of Alno or Alneto is ascribed for Arms Argent a Lion Rampant Gules charged on the Shoulder with a Shield bearing Or three Martlets Azure Of the Name Antiquity Greatness Alliances Posssesions and Arms of the House of Alno or de Alneto THE Lords of this House received their Appellation from Alnetum a Town in France of which at the time of the Conquest or a little before they had the Dominion In those elder and little curious times they were often indifferently called of Alno Alnoto and Alneto and the Antiquity of this Name hereby appears to be so great as there are few that by just proofs can be traced to a higher Degree The Quality Prerogative and Greatness of this House was such as besides the Liberties they had upon their own Lands of peculiar Courts and particular Justice the Chief thereof had the Priviledge of Banner-bearing Ferendi Banneriam which was the same as is called in high Dutch a Banner heer and was at that time the greatest that could be in the Fortune of any Man who was not an immediate Sovereign and as much as to say a Power of obliging his Kindred his Relations and his Vassals to follow him to those Wars whereunto he should be pleased to engage There did belong unto it in Propriety within the Dutchy of Normandy a Town and Castle called at that time Alnetum they had great Lands in the Territory of Pont-Audomare and large Possessions in the Vicounty of Contonville In the Stile used by this Family in their Deeds and Transactions after they came into England whereof I have seen divers that are extant and well preserved are all the circumstances of Dignity as omnibus hominibus suis tam Francis quam Anglicis and in their Seals were engraven their Images like Knights at Arms in Military Postures as was then in peculiar use with the great men of that time Their Alliances did also answer all the other parts of their Greatness for of four they contracted after their Arrival in this Country one was with a very Famous House and the other three with Families of the greatest and most eminent Nobility Vide Cam. Re. p. 276. But I am so far from undertaking to ascertain the Arms they bore as I am obliged to say I believe there were very few if any in Hereditary use at that time of their Conjunction with the House of Mordaunt which was about the end of the Reign of Henry the Second or in the beginning of King Richard the First Yet I shall not forbear to apply those that have been ascribed to them from very many Ages as may appear by several Pedegrees with other pieces of Sculpture and Painting remaining at this day in divers Churches and Noble Houses of this Kingdom which were Argent a Lyon Rampant Gules charged on the Shoulder with a Shield bearing in a Field Or three Martlets Azure PAINE of ALNO or de ALNETO Lord of Turvey Maydford and other Lands and Lordships PAINE of ALNO or de ALNETO was one of those Illustrious Adventurers which came over with William Duke of Normandy to the Conquest of England in whose Service the Valour of our Hero prov'd so considerable as in the Partition this Prince did after make to his Followers he had allotted to him for his share several fair Lands and large Possessions and among the rest the Noble Lordship of Turvey in the County of Bedford with the Royalties and Priviledges belonging thereunto As the Advowson of the Church the Jurisdiction of many Families that held thereof in Villanage the particular Courts Leet and Baron the right of Free-Warren and Free-Fishing for a long and great Tract with those of Waifs Strays and Felons Goods It containing in the whole Four Thousand Five Hundred Fifty five Aeres of rich and fertile Land with a Treasure of fair Woods growing upon the same After that to the disorder of the War there had succeeded a Settlement in the Kingdom Paine of Alno did receive in Marriage as the Crown of all his Virtue Emelina de Burdet from the hands of her Father Sir Hugh de Burdet another great Companion of this Conquest and as her Portion the Town and Lordship of Maydford in the County of Northampton being part of those Lands which the said Sir Hugh had received for his Service from the Bounty and Acknowledgment of King William the First This Family of Burdet was of great Antiquity having possessed a very Honourable Rank in the Dutchy of Normandy before the Conquest For we find Sir William de Burdet Father or Ancestor to this Sir Hugh de Burdet to be mentioned in that antient Roll which contains the Names of all the Lords that owed Knights-Service to the Dukes of that Country and it had the Fortune for many Ages to produce men Famous and Renowned for Military Valour and Virtue Their Issue Henry of Alneto Lord of Turvey and Maydford Herbert of Alneto that was a Witness to a Charter whereby King Henry the First gave Lands to St. Peters and St. Maries in Exeter HENRY de ALNETO Succeeded his Father in his Lands and Lordships for we find by a Charter which is extant how be did confirm several Grants of Lands in Turvey that had been given to the Church of St. James in Northampton and to the Canons of that place by Robert the Son of Durand and his Heirs by his Brother Herbert and by others It appears that he gave to the Priory of our Blessed Lady of Luffield within the County of Northampton in the Forest of Whittlewood one Messuage with the Appurtenances in the Town of Maydford He married into the House of Lisors Lizures or de Lusoris as is seen by a Deed wherein Ralph de Caines does Witness that he was present when the Lord William de Lizures did give to Sir Henry of Alneto his Lands in Lichborow and Everton to him and to his Heirs to be begotten on the Body of his Daughter Agnes on Condition That if it did so fall out as he should die without Issue of the said Agnes they should then revert to him and his lawful Successors This William de Lizures was a great Baron at that time Chief Forester of the County of Northampton and of so great Authority in that Country as it occasioned a Letter to be written to him from Queen Elianor the Wife of King Henry the First wherein she prays him for the Love of her to protect one Malgerius a Monk and his Followers at that time retired within his Jurisdiction He was the Son of the Lord Foulke de Lizures that in the time of Henry the First had the Custody of the Forests of Rokingham
Selveston and Huntingdon and that was Heir to another William that came in with the Conqueror and held by Baronage several great Possessions We find no further of this Henry of Alneto than that he left for the Support of his House and Succession Halenald of Alneto Lord of Turvey and Maydford Hugh de Alneto HALENALD of ALNETO flourished in the Reign of King Stephen and the Second Henry He was a great Benefactor to the Monasteries of St. Needs and Caldwell in the County of Bedford to which he gave several fair Possessions for the good of his Soul and those of his Father and Mother whose Bodies he expresses did rest in the first of those places He married the Lady Philippa of Pinkney one of the Daughters of Gilbert de Pinkney a very great Lord of that Age and who held by Baronage the Lordships of Wappiam and Wedon This Gilbert being the Son of Ralph the Son of Gilo that came into England with so great Power in the Service and Company of King William the First Of the Decease of Halenald of Alneto there is no mention but he had Issue William of Alneto Lord of Turvey and Maydford Hugh of Alneto Alexander of Alneto SIR WILLIAM of ALNETO with Sir Adam de Bavent and Sir Ranulph de Archis Knights as they are termed in the Charter were Witnesses to a Deed made by Bartholomew de Crec in the Reign of King Henry the Second wherein he gave Lands to the Monastery of St. Osithes in Chich for the Soul of Hervey de Glanvill his Mothers Grandfather This Sir William besides his other fair Possessions held of Robert de Beamount Earl of Leicester the Castle of Raunston and it seems being a bold and active man he happen'd to have so offended Ranulph the great Earl of Chester upon some of whose Jurisdictions he was a Borderer as oblig'd that Earl in the memorable Agreement made between him and that forementioned Earl Robert to insist upon the demolishing of the Castle of Raunston and bringing of William of Alneto to a Tryal in his Court if he should have cause of action against him unless for the said Demolishment and endeavour of Tryal William of Alneto should recede from his Fidelity to the Earl of Leicester In which case he oblig'd himself to give him afterward no Protection This William of Alneto was one of the Noble Knights that did Accompany King Richard the First in his Voyage to the Holy Land for which we find he made very Honourable preparations Of his Success or Return we are ignorant but after his Death it appears that his Brother Hugh was oblig'd to Testify of the Dower and Marriage of his Wife the Lady Joyce of Engain who was Daughter of Richard the Fourth Lord of that Family This House of Engain or de Ingannio held Blatherweeke Colon and divers other Lordships by the Tenure of Baronage They were then and many Ages after of great Power and Dignity in this Kingdom It appears She had afterwards a Difference with the Prior and Monks of Luffield about a Wood called Harts-Grove which was composed according to the Expression of the Deed by the Interposition of good men Their Issue Hugh de Alneto Alice of Alneto Sarah of Alneto HUGH the Son of Sir William of Alneto did in his time become possessed of the Lordship of Turvey and Maydford with the other Lands and Interest belonging to that Family It may be conjectured he did never marry certain it is he left no lawful Issue his Estate coming to be inherited by his two Sisters and there remains of him only a Testimony of his Continuance in that Piety which was Hereditary to his Family and his particular Addiction to the Church of St. Neods by his large concession of several Lands to that Monastery ALICIA the Eldest Sister of Hugh de Alneto was the Wife of Eustace Mordaunt and after the Death of her Brother inherited the Moyety of the Noble Lordship of Turvey and of all the Royalties and Priviledges that did belong unto it By reason of the Division with Sarah of Alneto the other Sister that married Robert of Ardres this Lordship continued after for some years under the Laws and Priviledges of two distinct Mannors The one called Mordaunts-Mannor the other Ardres-Mannor until the fourteenth year of Edward the Third at what time they were re-united by the Care and Industry of Robert Mordaunt who did exchange with Thomas of Ardres his Mannor of Shephale in the County of Hertford for the Lands and Mannors of the said Thomas in Turvey Their Issue William Mordaunt Lord of Turvey Radwell Felmersham Esthall and Yerdley Agnes Mordaunt Concerning the House of Ardres AND now by reason of the Alliance of Robert of Ardres and Eustace Mordaunt proceeding from the Marriages of these two Sisters and the Kindred that thence did after grow among their Descendants I think it very proper to mention the Honourable Original of this Family in England which after subsisted with much reputation here for many Generations Arnold the Second called the Old Lord of the Castle Town and Territory of Ardres in Picardy was a Nobleman of Great Renown Reputation and Authority and that held his Lands with Sovereign Jurisdiction making War on his Neighbours and giving Laws to his own Subjects at his pleasure as may be found in the History of this Family written by Andrew du Chesne At the undertaking of the Conquest of England he was introduc'd by Eustace Earl of Bologne with his Brother Sir Jeffrey of Ardres into the Service of King William the First who for their great and useful endeavours bestowed upon them besides their Stipends and other considerable allowances Stevinton Dokesford Tedford Toleshond and Hoiland of which Sir Jeffrey of Ardres did afterward exchange his part with his Brother Arnold for the Land of Markisis in France of which He and his Descendants had from that time their Appellations and the Lands in England were left by Arnold Lord of Ardres to his two Younger Sons Elinantus and William who as the History relates were begotten of an English Virgin during his aboad in this Kingdom and it is certain that one of these Lordships particularly that of Stevinton was enjoyed by this Family their Descendants under the Name of Ardres many Ages afterwards PAGANUS DE ALNETO To whom King WILLIAM gave the Lordshipp of Turvey And Hugh de Burdett 10th his daughter Emetina the towne of Maydford HENRY de Alneto Ld. of Turvey Agness de Lisures HERBERT de Alneto ALAN de Alneto Ld. of Turvey Phillippa de Pinkney HENRY de Alneto HUGH de Alneto WILLIAM de Alneto L d of Turvey Ioyce of Engain ALEXANDER de Alneto ALICE de Alneto EUSTACE de Alordaunt HUGH de Alneto Lord of Turvey died without Issue GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of Alno or de Alneto Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS Of the HOUSE of Alno or de Alneto Historiae Normannorum
France This Gilo had Issue Ralph his Son and Heir who in the fifth of King Stephen gave a Fine to the King for Livery of his Fathers Lands To this Ralph Succeeded Gilbert de Pinkney his Son and Heir who in the third fifth and sixth of Henry the Second was Sheriff of Barkshire and in the twelfth of Henry the Second upon the Assessment of that Aid levied for marrying the Kings Daughter Certified his Knight-Fees to be ex vetere Feoffamento eleven in Number and in those de novo three and a half To this Gilbert Succeeded Henry to that Henry Robert and to him divers others until the time of that Henry de Pinkney who made King Edward the first his Heir and enfeoffed him with all his Lands and Lordships Atlas novus Pars Quarta or Britannia Cambdeni Folio 236. ET inde Wedon Napiham vidimus quos Familia de Pinkney per Baroniam tenuêrunt donec Henricus de Pinkney Regem Edwardum primum haeredem scripsisset quem optimum Principem multi mali haeredem scripserunt Willielmus de Alnoto or Alneto Lord of TVRVEY and MAYDFORD Charta Willielmi de Alneto SCIANT praesentes futuri Quòd Ego Willielmus filius Halenaldi de Alnoto Concessi hac meâ Chartâ Confirmavi in perpetuam liberam Eleemosynam Deo Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti Monachis de Becoi in eâ Deo servientibus pro Salute mei meorum Donationem patris mei quam ipse fecit eidem Ecclesiae de Terris illius hidae in villâ de Turveiâ quae vocantur Muclepit scilicet Tredecim acras quae vocantur Gores de Dominio illam dimidiam virgatam Terrae quam tenuit Robertus filius Ailmari in quadrantes Terrae unam quam tenuit Radulphus Dulcere unam quam tenuit Gilbertus filius Gaufridi unam quam tenuit Radulphus Coquus sic Charta Patris mei testatur Quare volo praedicti Monachi praedictas Terras habeant teneant in perpetuum liberè quietè pacificè honorificè cum omnibus illarum Terrarum pertinentiis Hi sunt Testes Hugo filius Willielmi Robertus de sancto Georgio Robertus Persona de Hacley Eustachius Capellanus Ricardus Francis Willielmus Harell Elias de Alnotho Willielmus Igellry Hugo de Alnotho Johannes de Wimbis Bertramus de Gebrug Marcinus SIGILLVM WILLI FILII HALENALDI DANO The Baronage of England Pag. 38. In the Articles made between Ranulph Earl of Chester and Robert Earl of Leicester MOreover that Rauston-Castle should be demolished unless Earl Ranulph should be otherwise content and if any person should hold that Castle against the Earl of Leicester Earl Ranulph to give his real Assistance for the destroying it That if Earl Ranulph should have cause of Action against William of Alneto the Earl of Leicester should bring him to Trial in his Court so long as he should hold any Lands of him and in case the said William should recede from his Fidelity unto the Earl of Leicester for demolishing that Castle or for bringing him to such Trial in his Court Earl Ranulph not to give William de Alneto any Protection Charta Willielmi de Alnotho EGO Willielmus de Alnotho Dominus de Turveiâ Notum omnibus fieri volo Quòd dum arriperem iter Jerusalem in Capitulo sancti Neoti constitutus pro salute animae meae Antecessorum meorum Concessi hac Chartâ meâ Confirmavi in perpetuam liberam Eleemosynam omnes Donationes quas Pater meus Avus vel aliquis Parentum meorum aliquo tempore dederunt concesserunt Deo Ecclesiae sancti Neoti Monachis de Becoi in eâ Deo servientibus Concessi etiam iisdem Monachis Decimas omnium Boscorum meorum Nemorum consistentium in Turveiâ Concessi etiam iisdem Monachis summarium unum habere in Nemore quod dicitur Hudwike ad mortuum Nemus in meis aliis Nemoribus Ut autem haec Concessio rata inconcussa permaneat praesentem cartulam sigilli mei munimine roboravi Data anno Gratiae M.C.XC. His Testibus Willielmo Ruffo Vice-Comite de Bedford Fulcone de Trailly Thomâ de Lega Stephano de Oreby Gervasio de Hobrigg Thomâ de Papiâ Johanne de Elnesto Ogero filio Stephani Ernulpho Presbytero Ricardo Dapifero Charta Hugonis de Alno IN Nomine sanctae Individuae Trinitatis Ego Hugo de Alneto notum facio praesentibus futuris Fratrem meum Willielmum de Alneto in Uxorem accepisse Dominam Jocosam de Engannio secundum Ecclesiae morem ei Dotem assignasse Maydford videlicèt cum principali situ totum Manerium cum omnibus Appenditiis quam Dotem ipse in praesentiâ meâ illi recognovit Prece igitur Domini Ricardi fratris ejus pro honestate Dominae Honestatis ipsius Testimonio praesentibus sigillum meum apposui His Testibus Domino Stephano de Bellocampo Domino Thomâ de Kaines Gervasio Le Fitz Nigell Hugone de Deringhall Ricardo de Bedford Henrico de Billing Stephano Forrestario multis aliis Charta Jocosae Dominae de Maydford JOcosa Domina de Maydford Uxor quondam Domini Willielmi de Alno Omnibus ad quos praesentes Literae pervenerint salutem Noveritis quod cùm querela verteretur inter Me ex unâ parte Monachos de sanctâ Mariâ de Luffield ex alterâ parte super quaedam nemora quae sunt in Dominio de Maydford quorum videlicet Nemorum unum vocatur Hartsgrove alterum vocatur Maydenwood tandem bonis viris intervenientibus compositum est in hunc modum Praedictum Nemus de Maydenwood remaneat in Forrestâ vendetur de Septimo anno in Septimum annum accipiemus Ego haeredes mei post decessum meum medietatem denariorum istius Venditionis Prior dicti Monachi alteram medietatem Actum apud Maydford Anno Gratiae MCXCIV Hugo de Alnoto Lord of TVRVEY and of MAYDFORD OMnibus Sanctae Matris Ecclesiae filiis Hugo de Alnoto filius Willielmi de Alnoto Salutem Noverit Universitas vestra me concessisse praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmâsse Ecclesiae Sancti Neoti Monachis in eâ Deo Servientibus illam virgatam Terrae quam tenuit Willielmus Faber in villa de Turveia Messuagium cum Crosto quod est juxta illud Messuagium quod fuit Aliciae Camerariae illam quarteram terrae quam tenuit Johannes filius Roberti filii Baldewini quatuor acras ad implementum praedictae quarterae pro prato Messuagio quod ei deerant scilicet duas acras ad Kokesfort quas Alicia Cameraria tenuit integras sicut jacent duas acras in Langfurlong juxta Culturam quae vocatur Hangre ex parte Aquilonis Has Terras Concessi confirmavi praedictis Monachis tenendas liberè quietè salvo Servitio Domini Regis Insuper Concessi Confirmavi jam dictis Monachis illam dimidiam virgatam Terrae quam tenuit
more plainly shall appear Which recoveries of the said Mannors and other the premisses were had for the only surety of payment of one thousand pounds to the use of the late noble King of Memory Henry the Seventh our most dear Father by the said John Mordaunt Son and Heir of John Mordaunt Knight Deceased to be paid And after the said thousand pounds were fully content and paid then ye and your joint Recoverers should be Recoverers or Feoffees to the use of the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son and his Heirs for ever as by certain and divers Covenants in certain Indentures specified between Giles Dawbeny late Lord Dawbeny for the part of our said dearest Father of the one party and the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son of the other party made the xxth day of January the year of the Reign of our said Father the twenty second more plainly may appear Of the which sum of a thousand pounds four hundred pounds were paid to the use of our said Father to John Heyron Knight late Treasurer of the Chamber of our said Father by the said John Mordaunt the Son And we for certain Causes and Considerations us moving have remised and pardoned two hundred pounds parcel of the said thousand pounds to the same Sir John Mordaunt the Son And one hundred pounds parcel of the said thousand pounds the said Sir John Mordaunt the Son hath paid to Sir Harry Wyat Knight Treasurer of our Chamber to our use And for three hundred pounds residue of the said thousand pounds the same John Mordaunt the Son by the name of John Mordaunt Knight is bounden by several Obligations to certain persons to our use for the sure payment of the same three hundred pounds to be paid to our use as by the same several Obligations thereof made and remaining with the same Sir Harry Wyat to our use it may appear Wherefore we signifie unto you that our Pleasure is and we will and Command you that ye without any delay do seal the said two Releases and deliver them as your Deeds to the bringer of them to the use of the said Sir John the Son And these our Letters Signed with our Hand and Sealed with our Seal shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in that behalf Yeven under our Signet at our Mannor of Greenwich the _____ A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON Justified by Ancient and Extant Charters Publick Records Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Armes of the House of Drayton were Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules Of the Name Original Descent Possessions Alliances and Arms of the House of Drayton THE Mannor of Drayton being one of the fairest and most Noble of the Country wherein it lies both for its Commodities Situation and the Royalties belonging thereunto was in the dayes of those Kings that did precede the Conquest among the Possessions of one Oswinus a famous Saxon. But upon the distribution of the Lands acquired by King William it became part of the Estate of Aubrey de Vere who first Entred England with that Prince From this Earl Aubrey the Elder for so he was termed the Lordship of Drayton did descend to Earl Aubrey the Second who was Father to the first Earl of Oxford Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Lord Chief Justice of England and from him it was given in Partage as a Foundation of his Fortune to Robert his second Son with the Lordships of Adington the greater and the less as likewise the Lands he held in Twyvell of the Abbey of Thorney and other fair possessions This Mannor and Lordship consisted at that time of a fair ancient Castle encompassed with four large high Walls Embattailed round with such Fortifications as were necessary both for resistance and offence It had as parcels thereof very useful Demesnes a Park a Warren and flourishing Woods besides the Villages of Luffwick Islip Slipton and certain Lands in the Parishes of Aldwinkle and Tichmarsh in each of which the Lords had Courts of their own the Advowsons of the three Churches belonging thereunto with free Warren upon all those Lands and free Fishing for a long Tract upon the River of Avon To this Robert de Vere Lord of Drayton did succeed Sir Henry de Vere who left his Inheritance to Sir Walter de Vere his Son who from the Excellency of the place and his great love thereunto did assume the Name thereof to remain to him and his Posterity ever after A thing in those days very usual as may be instanced in several Examples too long for this Occasion This Sir Walter de Vere having among other Heroes of that time design'd his Application to the Holy War took for his Arms as a mark of his Intention Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules which was afterwards constantly born by the Successors of this Family and under that same Name and Ensign did flourish a fair Posterity of several Noble Knights which upon this Lordship of Drayton did long live in much honour and opulency in possession of that Noble Mannor with other Lands in Sudborow in Brigstock and in Irtlingborow in the County of Northampton of fair possessions in Luton and Flamstead in Bedfordshire of the Mannors of Bottlebrigg and Stoke-Goldington in the County of Huntingdon and of the Lordship of Southnewenton in Oxfordshire Their Alliances were not less Illustrious than their Original they having been contracted with the Houses of Bassett and de la Zouch of the great and ancient Baronage and other Families famous for high Actions and the faithful Service of their Princes This Lordship notwithstanding with its Name and Arms came afterwards to be incorporate into the House of Greene and by them as to what is most remarkable through a fatal revolution of humane things after near four hundred years unto the Original Veres again by Isabella Greene who being Married to Sir Richard Vere that was Lord of Thrapston and Adington and descended from Robert Brother of that Walter we first mentioned by the Issue which she brought Created such a Title as for default of Posterity from Constance Countess of Wiltshire the Daughter of the last Sir Henry Green the Lordship of Drayton came to Elizabeth Grandchild of this Richard Vere and by her to the Mordaunts that were descended from her Sir WALTER of DRAYTON Lord of Drayton Luffwick Islip Addington Twyvell and other Lands and Lordships WAlter de Vere the eldest Son of Henry the Son of Robert that was second Son of Aubrey Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Chief Justice of England being then very young and in the Life-time of Sir Henry his Father did attend King Richard the First into the Holy Land and on that Occasion assum'd for his Arms Argent a Cross Engrail'd Gules After he had there won his Spurs by divers generous Actions and received the Honour of Knighthood at the hand of that victorious King he returned home with several Companions of that
vel haeredes ipsius Constanciae aut praefata Margareta per Nos vel haeredes nostros Justiciarios Escaetores Vicecomites Coronatores aut alios Ballivos seu Ministros nostros quoscunque ratione praemissorum occasionentur molestentur impetantur in aliquo seu graventur aut eorum aliquis occasionetur molestetur impetatur in aliquo seu gravetur In cujus rei testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium decimo octavo die Maii Anno Regni nostri nono Iver Per breve de privato Sigillo de data praedicta auctoritate Parliamenti Carta Thomae Lenton Katherinae filiae Roberti Long. SCiant praesentes futuri quòd Nos Thomas Lenton Katherina filia Roberti Long Consanguinea haeres Willielmi Aldwyncle Armigeri defuncti de licentia Domini nostri Regis Edwardi Quarti per Literas suas Patentes concessa tradidimus dimisimus hac praesenti Carta nostra confirmavimus Johanni Stafford Militi filio Humfridi nuper Ducis Buckinghamiae Constanciae uxori ejusdem Johannis filiae haeredis Henrici Greene Armigeri defuncti Manerium de Alba Rothynge cum pertinentiis in Comitatu Essexiae ac advocationem Ecclesiae de Alba Rothynge praedicta Habendum tenendum eisdem Johanni Stafford Constanciae haeredibus ipsius Constanciae de dicto Domino Rege haeredibus suis per servitia inde debita de jure consuera imperpetuum Fecimus etiam constituimus dilectos Nobis in Christo Willielmum Warner Johannem Gissynge nostros veros legitimos Attornatos conjunctim divisim ad deliberandum pro Nobis nominibus nostris praefatis Johanni Stafford Constanciae vel eorum in hac parte Attornato plenam pacificam possessionem seisinam de in Manerio ac advocatione praedictis cum suis pertinentiis secundum vim formam effectum istius Cartae nostrae Ratum gratum habentes habituri totum quicquid praedicti Attornati nostri fecerint aut eorum alter fecerit in praemissis In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Cartae nostrae Sigilla nostra apposuimus Hiis Testibus Thoma Tyrell Willielmo Tyrell seniore Willielmo Tyrell juniore Militibus Waltero Writell Armigero multis aliis Dat' vicesimo sexto die mensis Maii Anno Regni Regis Edwardi Quarti supradicti post Conquestum nono Ultima Voluntas Johannis Comitis Wilts IN the name of God Amen The one and twentyeth day of the moneth of April the year of our Lord God one thousand four hundred seaventy and three I John Earl of Wyltshyre of holle minde and in goode memorie bequeth my soule to Allmithi Gode my Creatur and Savior to our Lady Saynt Mary and to all the Holy Sayntes in Heven and my body to be beried in the Colage of Plassy in the midell Arch. And I wyll that myne Executors cause a convenient Tombe there to be made for me of marble playne with an ymage gilte like a Knight of the Garter thereupon with such Armes as I bere by myne Auncestres Also I wyll that twelve markes of the Manoir of Grimmisbry in the Counte of Bedford be disposed unto a Prest perpetually to sing for my soule within the said Colage of Plassy chargyng on Godes behalfe the Master there now beyng or eny other that hereafter shall be that they and ever ich of them chese allway a goode and able Prest to be bounden to the service and customes of the same Colage as largely in all thinges as eny Felow of the same been Also I wyll that my servant Edward Mandeby have forty shillings yerely during his lyfe of the said Manoir of Grimmesbry And I wyll that my said Manoir the residue hereof yerely be disposed to a pore man to pray for me within the said Parish of Plassy And with the residue over that if eny be I wyll yerely to be disposed for myne obite And also I wyll that the land I purchased of William Heton the which joyneth unto my Lordship of Newenton remayne unto my Sonne and heire that it be not put from the Lordship of Newenton in recompence of the Lordship of Gretwell in Lyncolnshire and I have put in exchaunging for this Lislode and other Also I wyll that all such plate as I had by wyfe remayne still agen to the use of her and my Sonne and hers And as for the two gilte potis six new bollis gylte two gylte basynnes that I bought and a gylte cup being in the kepeing of Oliver Sutton with all other plate that is myne undisposed be sold to the most avayle and with the money thereof coming my depts to be payed And I bequeth to my Sister of Shrewsbury two gilte Saltes that I bought For all such stuff as I bought my self beding or any other thing be at the disposition of my Executors soe all that comen by my Fader-in-Law and my wyfe remaine styll to the use of my said wyfe terme of her lyfe and after to my Sonne and heire And I bequeth unto Berushaw my manne and servant my long black Gowne furryed with blake lambe and three pounds six shillings eight pence in money and I beseech my Lady my Moder to be his goode Lady and that it will please her to take him to service Also I bequeth unto the Parish Church of Luffwyk an hole Gowne of blake velvet And I bequeth the Gownes of silke unto the Colage of Plassy Also bequeth my grey Coarser and Alisaunder my henchman unto my Lord my Nevue And as for my blake coarser I bequeath him unto my Lady my Moder And if it please the Kinges goode grace for all the trew service that ever I did him I desire that my Lady my Moder may have the keeping of my said Sonne and I beseche the Kinges goode grace that my said Sonne be never maryed under the estate of a Baron Also I bequeth unto Thomas Cheney the next bay coarser after my Lady my Moder have chosen Also I will pray William Merbury to be attendaunt unto my Sonne and he to have rule aboute him Also I bequeth unto my Mother-in-law the cope that I had of my Sister Veere Also I bequeth unto Anne Wittelbury the cheyne of Golde that Cornish hath in pleage Also I bequeth unto every Gentylman and Gentylwoman whit in my howsehold five markes of money and to every Yoman twenty shillings to every Groome thirteene shillinges four pence and to every Page three shillings four pence Also I bequeth unto Bertelmew Chesnale my bay Geldynge And I wyll that all my detts which I owe to eny persone of ryght be duly and truly payd of the which I have putte a greate parte to my knowlage in a bill hereunto annexid And if my detts may be payd of myne owne goodes by the meane of myne Executors without the sale of my Manoir of Babenho Then I wyll that the revenues and profites of the said Manoir with the
Henrici Greene Patris praedictae Constanciae nuper Comitissae matris praedicti Edwardi nuper Comitis Et dicunt insuper Juratores praedicti quòd praedicta Elizabetha nuper uxor dicti Thomae Cheyne Militis obiit tertio die Aprilis Anno Regni Henrici nuper Regis Angliae septimi decimo septimo sine exitu de corpore suo exeunte post cujus mortem medietas omnium maneriorum praedictorum advocationum caeterorum praemissorum cum eorum pertinentiis descendebant praefatis Elizabethae uxori Johannis Mordaunt Annae Constanciae uxori Johannis Parre Etheldredae ut Consanguineis haeredibus dictae Elizabethae Cheyne videlicet ut filiabus haeredibus dicti Henrici filii Isabellae sororis dictae Margeriae matris dictae Elizabethae Cheyne Et dicunt Juratores praedicti quòd dicta Constancia nuper uxor dicti Johannis Parre obiit ...... die Augusti Anno Regni dicti Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae Septimi decimo septimo sine exitu de corpore suo exeunte post cujus mortem quarta pars praedictorum Maneriorum advocationis ac caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis descendebant praefatis Elizabethae Mordaunt Annae Etheldredae ut sororibus haeredibus ipsius Constanciae Parre Et dicunt ulteriùs Juratores praedicti quòd dicta Anna cepit in vitum Humphridum Browne habuerunt exitum Georgium Browne Et quòd dicta Anna postea obiit videlicet decimo quinto die Septembris Anno Regni dicti Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae Septimi vicesimo secundo Et quòd idem Georgius Browne est aetatis sex annorum ampliús Et dicunt Juratores praedicti quod praedictum Manerium de Drayton cum pertinentiis tenetur de Domino Rege in Capite per quae servitia juratores praedicti penitus ignorant Et quòd Willielmus Merbury exitus proficua ejusdem Manerii à tempore mortis dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis usque primum diem Octobris Anno Regni Domini Henrici dicti nuper Regis Angliae Septimi vicesimo octavo percepit habuit Et quod Robertus Merbury à dicto primo die Octobris usque ad diem hujus Inquisitionis percepit habuit Et ulteriùs dicunt quòd praedictum Manerium de Luffwyck cum advocatione ejusdem Ecclesiae de Luffwyck cum eorum pertinentiis tenetur de Abbate de Peterburgh per fidelitatem per quae alia servitia Juratores praedicti penitus ignorant Et quòd dictus Willielmus Merbury exitus proficua ejusdem Manerii à tempore mortis dicti Edwardi nuper Comitis usque dictum primum diem Octobris dicto Anno vicesimo octavo percepit habuit Et quòd Robertus Wittelbury à dicto primo die Octobris usque primum diem Maii Anno Regni Domini Regis nunc primo exitus proficua ejusdem Manerii percepit habuit Et quod ....... Clement ...... uxor ejus exitus proficua à dicto primo die Maii usque diem hujus Inquisitionis perceperunt habuerunt Et dicunt Juratores praedicti quòd praedicta Ecclesia de Luffwyck vacavit circa decimum octavum diem Octobris Anno Regni Domini Henrici nuper Regis Angliae vicesimo quarto Et quòd Johannes Mordaunt ad eandem Ecclesiam praesentavit Willielmum Hamswayte Capellanum qui ad suam praesentationem fuit admissus institutus inductus In cujus c. Et postea praedictus Johannes Mordaunt Elizabetha uxor ejus Georgius Browne Johannes Browne Etheldreda uxor ejus prosecuti fuerunt breve de forma donationis in distender versus Thomam Mountegue Willielmum Pemberton de Manerio de Drayton cum pertinentiis in Comitatu praedicto continuatur processus quousque praedicti Johannes Mordaunt Elizabetha uxor ejus Georgius Browne Johannes Browne Etheldreda uxor ejus recuperaverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis versus praedictum Thomam Mountegue Willielmum Pemberton prout pro termino Trinitatis Anno octavo Henrici Octavi apparet Virtute cujus recuperationis ipsi Johannes Mordaunt Johannes Browne intraverunt in Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis Et aliàs praedicti Johannes Mordaunt Elizabetha uxor ejus Georgius Browne Johannes Browne Etheldreda uxor ejus prosecuti fuerunt breve de forma donationis in distender versus Thomam Mountegue de Manerio de Luffwyck cum pertinentiis in Comitatu praedicto continuatur processu quousque praedicti Johannes Mordaunt Elizabetha uxor ejus Georgius Browne Johannes Browne Etheldreda uxor ejus recuperaverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis versus praedictum Thomam Mountegue prout pro termino Sanctae Trinitatis Anno octavo Regis octavi apparet Virtute cujus quidem recuperationis praedicti Johannes Mordaunt Johannes Browne intraverunt Manerium praedictum cum pertinentiis An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Mannor of Drayton TO all Christian people to whom this present writing Indented shall come heare or see Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot two of the Kings Justices send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there have been diverse variances and debates moved and had between the Right Honourable Lord George Earle of Shrewsbury on th' one partie and John Mordaunt Squire and Elizabeth his Wife one of the Cossyns and heires to the Right Honourable Edward late Erle of Wiltshire on his Mothers side that is to say by Constance Mother of the said Erle and Daughter and heir of Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Squire and Humphrey Browne Squire late Husband to Amye and George Browne his Son and heir apparent and Son and heir to the same Amye another Cossyn and another of the heirs to the said Erle of Wilshire after the forme aforesaid and Sir Wistan Browne Knight and John Browne his Son and heir apparent and Audrey his Wife the third Cossyn and heir to the same Erle after the manner abovesaid on th' other partie of and upon the right title reversion and possession as well to the aforesaid Mannor of Drayton with th' appurtenances as of all other Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their appurtenances in the said County of Northampton or elsewhere which late were to the said Constance or to the foresaid Henry Greene or to any other person or persons to th' use of them or th' other of them which Mannors Lands Tenements the foresaid Erle of Shrewsbury claimeth by a Will supposed to be made by the said Erle of Wiltshire by which Will the foresaid Erle of Wiltshire should Will to the said Erle of Shrewsbury all his Fee-simple Land Whereupon the foresaid parties have compromitted themselves to abide th' Award Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and between the aforesaid parties to award ordain and deme as well of and upon the premisses as for and upon all manner
pace honorificè in bosco in plano in Campis in pasturis in pratis in viis in semitis in omnibus libertatibus ad terras illas pertinentibus reddendo inde annuatim mihi haeredibus meis dimidiam libram piperis ad Festum omnium Sanctorum pro omnibus secularibus servitiis salvo forinseco Domini Regis servitio Ego verò dictus Johannes haeredes mei warrantizabimus dictam terram dicto Roberto haeredibus suis contra omnes gentes imperpetuum Ut autem haec mea donatio concessio ratae stabiles perseverent praesentem Cartam Sigilli mei munimine roboravi Hiis testibus Mauricio Dandeli Willielmo de Muscha Henrcio de Draitone Willielmo de Paumes Waltero Deneford Henrico de Aldwincle Radulpho filio Willielmi de Craneford Luca de Thrapston aliis Carta Thomae Curthun SCiant praesentes futuri quòd Ego Thomas Curthun dedi concessi quietum omnino clamavi pro me haeredibus meis Domino Roberto de Vere haeredibus suis vel assignatis Rogerum filium Willielmi praepositi de Craneford cum toto jugo servitutis cum tota sequela sua Ita quod nec ego nec haeredes mei nec aliquis per me vel per haeredes meos in praedicto ut supra scriptum est unquam aliquid poterimus exigere Et Ego praedictus Thomas haeredes mei praedicto Roberto de Vere haeredibus suis vel assignatis praedictum Rogerum cum tota sequela sua ut dictum est warrantizabimus imperpetuum Et ut haec mea donatio concessio quieta clamatio rata stabilis imperpetuum perseveret huic Scripto Sigillum meum apposui Hiis testibus Willielmo de Trayli de Wodeforde Richardo de Gatesdene Richardo de Aldwincle Willielmo de Bruere Richardo de Cotes Luca de Thrapston Roberto Caper de Twyvell Galfrido de Walecote Rogero Clerico aliis Sir HENRY de VERE the Son of Robert the second Son̄ of Alberic Great Chamberlain of England Hollinshead's Chronicle Page 110. BUT in the mean time it chanced that Sir Richard de Wallis a Knight of the Realm of France went about to Fortifie a Castle in a Village that belonged to him called Walles situate between Trie and Gisors Whereupon Henry de Vere Constable of Gisors under William Earl of Albemarle was nothing content therewith and therefore got a Company together and went forth to disturb the work Upon this occasion the Servants of the said Sir Richard Walles came forth and encountred with him in the Field insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walles was slain and the residue that were with him fled many of them being sore beaten and wounded Historiae Anglicanae scriptores decem ex imaginibus Historiarum Radulphi de ..... Pag. 631. RAdulphus filius Hugonis de Vallibus habitationem habens cum patre suo prope Gisortium infra Limites Regis Francorum Willielmum de Magnavilla Illustrem Comitem de Albemarle verbis dehonestavit amaris in ultionem contumeliae postmodum Henricus de Vere interfecit Radulphum in Kal. Decembris Quod Injuria Regis Francorum esse factum aliqui reputantes Garnerium quendam Anglorum Regi familiarissimum intra muros Gisortii Domicilium à diebus multis habentem paratis insidiis crudeliter trucidaverunt ut sic paria delicta compensatione mutuâ delerentur Rotulo Secundo adhuc de Communi Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno vicesmo septimo Henrici Tertii Norfolk Suffolk REX Vicecomiti c. Constat Nobis per Inquisitionem factam tempore Johannis Regis Patris nostri quòd Rex Henricus noster proavus dedit Balduco de Boxo Manerium de Mutford pro triginta libratis terrae in Amptonae Baroniae suae de Bouden quod quidem Manerium tenuit postmodum Hildeburga haeres praedicti Baldewini qui terram illam dedit Henrico de Vere cum filia sua Stephano de Lulham cum alia filia sua Sir ROBERT de VERE Lord of Addington Thrapston Twyvell and other Lands and Lordships Carta Walteri de Drayton SCiant praesentes futuri quòd Ego Walterus filius Henrici filii Roberti dedi concessi hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo Patrunculo meo totam terram de Twyvell quam Robertus Avus meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis totam terram de Addington quam praedictus Robertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis tenendam sibi haeredibus suis legitime procreatis de me haeredibus meis liberè quietè pro istis praenominatis serviciis Et si fortè praedictus Willielmus sine haerede quam habuit de Uxore desponsata obierit praedictae terrae ad me haeredes meos redibunt Pro hac Intratione Recognitione donatione praedictus Willielmus mihi homagium fecit unum annulum aurem dedit Hiis testibus Richardo Bassett Radulpho Dandelyn Willielmo de Sidenham Osmondo de Carleton Willielmo de Aiston Gervasio de Sutborne Rogero Monacho Roberto Sancto Marco Rogero filio Pagani Richardo de Aldwincle Willielmo de Musta Gilberto Flamens Eliah de Carleton Alano de Hale Gervasio de Bernak Roberto de Vere Henrico de Tichmarch aliis Carta Willielmi de Vere SCiant tam praesentes quà m futuri quòd Ego Willielmus filius Roberti dedi concessi hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Deo Sanctae Mariae Sancto Johanni Baptistae beatis pauperibus Hospitalis Sancti Johannis de Northampton fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus sex seliones terrae cum Cheveciis de meo Dominio in agris Twyvellie illos scilicet qui jacent juxta Fullewellemor in liberam puram perpetuam Eleemosynam pro salute animae meae uxoris meae pro animabus omnium antecessorum meorum Hiis testibus Roberto de Leicestria Willielmo de Perie Waltero filio ejus Anketill de Passeha Richardo Pellipario Richardo filio Radulphi Capellani Philippo Clerico vernasio multis aliis Carta Willielmi de Vere SCiant praesentes futuri quòd Ego Willielmus filius Roberti filii Albrici dedi concessi hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto de Vere Nepoti meo per voluntatem concessionem Walteri de Drayton totam terram de Twyvel quam Robertus pater meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis totam terram de Addington quam praedictus Robertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis quas omnes habui de donatione graciosa praedicti Domini Walteri de Drayton tenendas sibi haeredibus suis pro istis praenominatis servitiis imperpetuum Hiis testibus Domino Richardo de Lucy Alano de la Zouch Richardo Basset Willielmo de Sidenham Eustachio de Watford
in contrarium factis editis sive ordinatis non obstantibus In cujus rei testimonium c. Sub Sigillo Magno An Indenture septipartite between Edward Duke of Buckingham and the Coheirs of Greene and Vere THis Indenture septipartite made the second Day of September in the fifteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Between the Right Noble Prince Edward Duke of Buckingham Earl of Herford Stafford and Northampton on the one partie Margaret Countesse of Wiltes late Wife of Edward late Earl of Wiltes on the second partie Thomas Cheyne of Artlingburgh Knight and Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Heir of Margery Hodleston Daughter and oon of the Heirs of John Greene and Sister and oon of the Heirs of Herry Greene late Lord of Drayton in the County of Northampton on the third partie Richard Gilford Knight Comptroller of the Kings most honourable Houshold Garden of Audre youngest Daughter of Henry Vere late of Great Addington in the County of Northampton Esquire Son and Heir of Isabell Daughter and another of the Heirs of the said John Greene and Sister and another of the Heirs of the said Herry Greene on the fourth part Alice Lady Fits Hugh late the Wife of William Fits Hugh Knight Lord Fits Hugh Garden of Constance the third Daughter of the said Harry Vere now married to John Parre on the fifth Partie John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford oon of the Kings Sergeants at Law Garden of Elizabeth first and eldest Daughter of the said Harry Vere and married to John Mordaunt Son and Heir Apparent of the same John Mordaunt of the sixth partie And the same John Mordaunt Garden alsoe of Amye second Daughter of the same Henry Vere now married to Robert Mordaunt second Son to the same John Mordaunt the Fader of the seventh partie Witnesseth That where upon Communication and Agreement of Marriage had and concluded between Edward late Earl of Wiltes and the said Margaret Countesse of Wiltes It was fully covenanted bargained and agreed That the said Countesse should have in Joynture for terme of her life Mannors Lands and Tenements of the same late Earl of suche yerely value as Sir Reynald Grey Knight would name And alsoe such other as the said Sir Reynald would name And after the said Sir Reynald by the assent and agreement of the said late Earl named that the said Countesse should have in Joynture for terme of her life Mannors Lands and Tenements of the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes to the yearly value of three hundred Marks above all Charges and after the same naming a Youes was made to the same Edward and Margaret and to other persons for terme of life of the same Margaret to the use and behoof of the same Margaret of the Mannors of Newton Blosmavile Clifton Watershall Brafeld and Policote in the County of Bucks Sutton Peggislond Botellis Tracies and Stamford-rivers in the County of Essex Which Mannors Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the Right Noble Prince Humphrey Duke of Bucks Aile to the said Edward late Earl of Wiltes and bene of the yearely value of one hundred twenty one Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence And towards the recompence of the residue of the said Joynture the said Edward late Earl and Margaret and other had Estate of the Mannors of Wamiden Empton and Moche Wolston in the County of Bucks and Chalton in the County of Bedford Which Mannors Lands and Tenements were sometimes of the said Herry Greene and be of the yerely value of forty one Pounds ten Shillings eleven Pence All which Mannors Lands and Tenements as well such as were late of the sayd late Duke of Bucks as of the sayd Herry extend to the yerely value of one hundred sixty three Pounds fower Shillings and three Pence And soe the sayd Margaret now Countesse lacked of her Joynture to her belonging by reason of the same Covenant Bargain and Agreement thirty six Pounds fifteen Shillings nine Pence And whereas after that the sayd Earl in his life for the tender favour and love which he had to the sayd Edward now Duke of Buckingham was in very mind and fully agreed that the sayd Joynture Lands and Tenements that were of the Inheritance of the sayd Duke of Bucks should be changed and that the sayd Margaret now Countesse should have in recompence of them other Mannors Lands and Tenements that were of the same Herry Greene of like value And where Estate was made to Robert Wittelbury William Merbury Esquires Robert Bayston Clerk Thomas Montague John Freman and one John Feld Clerk now dead of and in the Mannors of Raunds Ringstede Cotes Stawike Luffwike Sudburgh and Harringworth in the County of Northampton Emton and Mochewolston in the County of Bucks Chalton in the County of Bedford Warmester Westbury Grately Dichrich in the Countye of Wiltes and Southampton Buckworth in the County of Huntington and Combton in the County of Cambridge and of all other Lands and Tenements which sometime were of the sayd Constance late Wife of John late Earl of Wiltes and Moder to the sayd Edward late Earl of Wiltes in the sayd Countyes of Northampton Wiltes Southampton Bedford Bucks Huntington and Cambridge To have to them and to their Heirs for ever to the use of the said Edward late Earl and of his Heirs And where alsoe Estate was before that made of and in the said Mannors of Wamiden Emton Mochewolston and Chalton in the Countyes of Bedford and Bucks and of divers other Lands and Tenements in the same Countyes the which late were of the sayd Harry Greene to the sayd Edward and Margaret then his Wife Johane Vicountesse Lesle John Vicount Lesle Thomas Grey Esquire Thomas Kebell one of the Kings Sergeants at Law Edward Hungerford Esquire Humphrey Connesby Thomas Frowike Sergeants at Law John Tichbourne John Smith John Gardiner Thomas Bayall and Thomas Haywode To have to them for terme of life of the sayd Margaret the Remainder thereof to the right Heirs of the sayd Edward late Earl of Wiltes And of the residue of the sayd Mannors Lands and Tenements whereof the sayd Robert Wittelbury and his Cofeffez were infeossed they were satisfied thereof at the time of the death of the sayd Edward late Earle and yet thereof be seised And where alsoe the sayd Edward Duke of Bucks hath before this time pretended Title to part of the sayd Mannors Lands and Tenements and other Mannors Lands and Tenements late of the sayd Edward late Earle of the Greenes Lands as Cosyne and next Heir to the sayd Edward late Earle of the Faders side of the sayd late Earle And where alsoe the same Countesse claymeth to have dower of parcel of the same Mannors Lands and Tenements over and beside her sayd Joynture And where alsoe the sayd Richard Alice Lady Fits Hugh and John Mordaunt the Fader as moche as in them is for their interest for causes comprized in their Indentures have promissed to the sayd Sir
come hear or see Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot two of the Kings Justices send gretyng in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers variances and debates moved and had betwyne the Right Honourable Lord George Earle of Shrewsbury on th' one party and John Mordaunt Esquyer and Elizabeth his Wife oon of the Cosynes and Heires of the Right Honourable Edward late Earle of Wiltshire oon his Moders side that is to say by Constance Moder of the sayd Earle and Daughter and Heire of Henry Greene of Drayton in the Countye of Northampton Esquier and Humfrey Brown Esquier late Husband to Amye and George Brown his Sonne and Heyre apparent and Sonne and Heire to the same Amye another Cosyne and another of the Heires of the sayd Earle of Wiltshire after the forme aforesayd and Sir Wistan Brown Knight and John Brown his Sonne and Heyre apparent and Audree his Wife the third Cosyne and Heire to the fame Earle after the manner abovesayd on the other party of and upon the Right Title Reversion Inheritance and Possession as well of the foresayd Mannor of Drayton with th' appurtenances as of all other Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their appurtenances in the sayd Countye of Northampton or elsewhere which late were to the sayd Constance or to the sayd Henry Greene or to any other person or persons to the use of them or th' other of them which Mannors Lands and Tenements the aforesayd Earle of Shrewsbury claymeth by a Will supposed to be made by the sayd Earle of Wiltshire by which Will the foresayd Earle of Wiltshire should will to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury all his Fee-simple Lond Whereupon the foresayd Partyes have compromitted themselfe to abide the Award Ordinance and Judgment of us the sayd Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliott Arbitrators indifferently named and chosen by and betwyne the foresayd Partyes To award ordein and deme as well of and upon the premisses as for and upon all manner Evidences Charter Escripts Writeings and Aminiments concerning the premisses or any part of them and of all manner of Actions Suites Quarrels and Demands had or moved betwyne the foresayd Partyes or other Servaunts or Frynds before the Date of these Presents concerning the premisses And we the sayd Arbitrators takeing upon us th' auctority and power to award ordein and deme of and upon the premisses calling before us the Counsells of the foresayd Partyes hereing and seeing their Tytyls Answers Replications Evidences Proffes and all other their Alleadgeances concerning their foresayd Tytyls and Interesse by good deliberation and by consent of the sayd Partyes award ordein and deme of and upon the premisses in manner and forme following that is to say Forasmuch as the foresayd John Mordaunt Sir Wistan Humfrey Brown George and John Brown have shewed to us the Arbitrators a Will supposed to be made by the same Earle of Wiltshire and sealed with his Seal in which Will he revoked all former Wills and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue and for his last Will And in that Will there is no Clause whereby the same Earle of Shrewsbury should have any of his Mannors Lands or Tenements as by the same more playnly appeareth And alsoe they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deedes and other Writings proveing the aforesayd Mannor of Drayton and other the sayd Mannors Lands and Tenements and Hereditaments to be yeven in tayle to the Auncestors of the sayd Constance Moder of the sayd Earle of Wiltshire And the sayd Earle of Wiltshire had and enjoyed the same by reason of the same Tayles And that the sayd Elizabeth and George Brown and Audree be Cousyns and next Heyres to the same Constance Moder to the sayd Earle of Wiltshire and to the same Earle on his Moders side and heritable to the foresayd Mannors and other the premisses by reason of the same Tayles Wherefore we award ordein and deme that the aforesayd Elizabeth George Brown and Audree shall have and enjoy all the foresayd Mannors Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and other the premisses to them and to their Heires according to their foresayd Tytylls of Inheritance And that the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury shall by his severall Deedes sufficient in the Law to be enrolled release unto the sayd John Mordaunt and Elizabeth Humfrey Brown George Brown and John Brown Audree his Wife and to such persons or person as they shall name to the use of the sayd Elizabeth George and Audree and their Heires and all such Right Tytyl Clayme Interest and Demand as the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury or any person or persons to his use hath in the foresayd Mannors Lands and Tenements or other the premisses by reason of any guift or Will in the premisses or any part of them made by the aforesayd Earle of Wiltshire to the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury at the Costs and Charges of the sayd John Mordaunt John and George Brown in all things And furthermore the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the sayd John Mordaunt Humfrey Brown John and George Brown or to their Deputy or Deputies in London all such Charters Evidences and Writeings as he to his own use or any other to his use to his knowledge hath only concerning the premisses as soon as it may be conveniently done For the which Releases and other things above-specified and for other Costs and Charges which the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury hath had by occasion of the premisses We the sayd Arbitrators award ordein and deme That the sayd Sir Wistan John Mordaunt Humfrey Brown and John Brown shall content and pay to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury his Executors or Assignes two hundred Marks of lawful money in forme following that is to say The sayd John Mordaunt shall content and pay to the foresayd Earle of Shrewsbury his Executors or Assignes in the Day of the Feast of Sainct George the Martyr next comeing after the Date above-written at the Rode of the North-Door in the Cathedrall-Church of Pauls in the Citty of London betwyne the howrs of nine and eleven of the Clock of the same Day a hundred Marks And the foresayd Wistan Humfrey Brown and John Brown shall content and pay to the foresayd Earle his Executors or Assignes in the Day of the Feast of Sainct Andrew the Apostle then next ensueing at the sayd Rode in the same Church betwyne the howrs of nine and eleven of the same day a hundred Marks residue of the foresayd two hundred Marks Alsoe we award ordein and deme that the sayd John Mordaunt Sir Wistan Brown Humfrey and John Brown by their Deede and Deedes as sufficient as the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury or his Counsell shall advise shall release to the sayd Earle of Shrewsbury and to as many persons as the sayd Earle shall name and appoynt in Writeing before the Feast of Sainct Michael th' Arch-Angel next comeing after the Date hereof which hath done laboured or spoken for the
Matrimonio copulavit cum Domino Johanne Mordaunt Milite Filio suo Primogenito cui illius jure devenit tota Haereditas hujus clarae antiquae Familiae Sir JOHN FITZ-LEWIS Lord of Westhornedon In a Book called Vincent's Discovery of the Errours of Ralph Brooke page 405. AUbrey de Vere after the banishment and death of Robert Duke of Ireland his Nephew was the tenth Earl of Oxford Lord Bulbec and Samford 1393. But the Chamberlainship of England saith Mills which his Ancestors held in fee he surrendred to King Richard the Second who bestowed the same upon John Holland Duke of Exeter his half Brother by the Mother He married Alice Daughter of John Lord Fitzwater of Woodham-water in Essex and had Issue Richard Earl of Oxford and John that dyed without Issue and Alice a Daughter that was married to Sir John Fitz-Lewis Knight This Aubery dyed in the first Year of Edward the Fourth and was buried in the Priory of Earls Colne in Essex in the Year 1400. In the same Book of Augustine Vincent page 450. JOhn Mountacute Knight Son and Heir of Sir John Mountacute Knight and Nephew and Heir of William Earl of Salisbury his Uncle was the third Earl of Salisbury of that Name and was one of the Noble men that conspired the death of King Henry the Fourth at a Justs held at Oxford but being disclosed divers of them were put to death and this John and Thomas Holland Earl of Kent flying to Circester were by the rude Townsmen there brought into the Market-place and had their heads smitten off The first Year of Henry the Fourth He married Maud Daughter and Heir of Sir Adam Francis and Widow of Sir Allan Boxhull Knight Lieutenant of the Tower and had Issue Thomas Mountacute Earl of Salisbury Richard that dyed young and three Daughters Anne the eldest was first married to Sir Richard Hanckford and after to Sir John Fitz-Lewis Knight and thirdly to John Holland Earl of Huntington and Duke of Exeter Margaret the second was married to William Lord Ferrers of Groby and Elizabeth the third was married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Earsby Carta Johannis Montgomeri Militis Dominae Annae Ducissae Exon. HAEC Indentura tripartita facta quintodecimo die mensis Februarii Anno Regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo septimo Testatur Quòd Johannes Montgomeri Miles nomine Cofeoffat ' ac Domina Anna Ducissa Exon nomine Elizabethae Fitz-Lewis Filiae ejusdem Ducissae ac nomine dict feoffat dimiserunt ad firmam tradiderunt Thomae Greene Johanni Mongeham Cun ' Tellur ' London omnia illa Terras Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinent ' in Enfield in Com' Middlesex in Villa de Hatfield Episc ' Esenden in Com' Hertford vocat ' Hornbeingate Blountiis nuper recuperat ' in Curia Domini Regis per dictum Johannem Mountgomeri Militem Lodovicum John Militem jam defunct ' ac alios Habend ' tenend ' omnia praedicta Terras Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinent ' praefat ' Thomae Johanni Mongeham Executor ' Assignat ' eorum à Festo Sancti Michaelis Archangeli ultimo praeterito ante dat' praesent ' usque ad finem decem Annorum extunc proximè sequent ' plenar ' complend ' reddend ' inde annuatim in Ecclesia Cathedrali Sancti Pauli Londin ' praefato Johanni Montgomeri Haeredibus Assignatis suis pro parte sua sex Libras Sterling praefatae Ducissae pro parte dictae Elizabethae Haeredum suarum sex Libras Sterling ad Festa Paschae Sancti Michaelis Archangeli per aequales portiones durante termino praedicto Nec non solvendo supportando Domino nostro Regi omnibus aliis omnia singula dicta Terras Tenementa incumbr ' Et si contingat dictos annuos redditus aut eorum alterum post aliquem terminum quo ut praefert ' solvi debeant per unum mensem aretro fore non solut ' in parte vel in toto contra formam praedictam durante anno praedicto extunc bene licebit praefato Johanni Montgomery dictae Ducissae ac eorum utrique seu Attornat ' eorum in omnibus praedictis Terris Tenementis cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis in qualibet parcella eorundem intrare distringere districtiones sic captas licet asportare abducere fugare penes se retinere quousque eis de praedictis annuis redditibus cum omnibus arrearagiis eorundem plenariè fuerit satisfact ' persolut ' Et si sufficiens districtio pro praedictis annuis redditibus cum omnibus inde arrearagiis ibidem adtunc non numeratur extunc bene licebit praefato Johanni Mountgomery ac dictae Ducissae nec non praedict ' Feoffat ' in omnia praedicta Terras Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis reintrar ' illaque rehabere possidere ut in eorum statu pristino dictósque Thomam Johannem Mongeham Executores Assignatos suos inde totaliter expellere amovere hac Indentura in aliquo non obstante Et praedictus Johannes Montgomery omnia praedicta Terras Tenementa cum omnibus eorum pertinentiis praefatae Thomae Johanni Mongeham Executoribus Assignatis eorum pro praedictis annuis reddit ' modo formâ praedict ' contra omnes Gentes warrantizabimus per totum dictum terminum In cujus rei testimonium unae parti hujus Indenturae tripartitae penes dictos Thomam Greene Johannem Mongeham remanent ' dict' Johannes Montgomery Ducissa Sigilla sua apposuerunt alteris verò partibus ejusdem Indenturae tripartitae penes dict' Johannem Montgomery Ducissam alternatim reman ' dict' Thom ' Greene Johannes Mongeham Sigilla sua apposurunt Dat' die anno supradictis JOHN FITZ-LEWIS HENRY FITZ-LEWIS MARY Conutess of Rivers and Sir RICHARD FITZ-LEWIS Lords of Westhornedon Vincent's Discovery of the Errours of Ralph Brook page 432. THomas Bledlow Alderman of London and others gave certain Lands called Okefield and Shortcroft in Nevengden in Essex to Henry Fitz-Lewis son of Sir Lewis John Knight and Eleanor his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies coming and for want of such Issue to the right Heirs of Henry By virtue whereof he was thereof seised and so dyed the ninth of May 1480 in the twentieth of Edward the Fourth Upon whose death for Lands intailed to the Heirs Males the Jury find Richard Fitz-Lewis Son of Lewis Fitz-Lewis Son of Sir Lewis John Knight to be Cousen and next Heir but for the other that was given sibi Haeredibus to the Heirs general they deliver upon their Oaths Quòd Domina Maria Comitissa Rivers Uxor Anthonii Widevyle Domini Rivers est Filia propinquior Haeres praedicti Henrici Fitz-Lewis aetatis 15 annorum which plainly shews he had a second Wife called Mary Daughter and Heir of Henry Fitz-Lewis although here omitted
side of the Altar a Tomb of Marble meet and convenient to serve for the Sepulcher at the Feast of Easter and also that the said Edmond shall pay or cause to be paid during the space of twelve years next and immediately after the decease and death of the said Joan Matthew Widow every year six Pounds eight Shillings four Pence to my Executors toward the performance of this my last Will. Also I will That the said Lord Mordaunt and Edmond shall receive my Aunt Petre's Pension and during the said term shall find her Meat Drink and Cloathing and other Necessaries meet for her Degree during her life as long as she shall be content to be at my Executors appointment And if it chance that she will refuse to be ruled after the said Lord Mordaunt and Edmond or the Survivor of them then I will that my Executors shall suffer her to receive her own Pension and to deliver her thirty three Shillings four Pence yearly and to go whither she will And if it chance that she happen to over-live the said term that I do demise unto her yearly four Pounds Rent to be perceiv'd and taken out of my Mannor of Westhornedon aforesaid at the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady and Saint Michael the Archangel by even Portions And if it chance the said Rent of three Pound to be behind unpaid by the space of a Month after any of the said days of Payment that then I will and grant that the said Petres or her Assigns shall enter into the said Mannor of Westhornedon and there to distrain and the distress so taken to carry away and to retain until she be fully satisfied and paid of the Rent and the Arrearages of the said Rent if any shall appear to be behind Furthermore I will that the said Lord and the said Edmond shall suffer my Heir when he comes to the Age of two and twenty years to have occupy and enjoy all the premisses so that the said Heir will be bound by such ways and means as shall be demised or thought most convenient by the said Lord and Edmond or the Survivors or Survivor of them or the Executors of the Survivor to perform the execution of this my last Will the residue of this my last Will which shall chance to be at that time unperformed allowing unto my Executors all their Costs and Charges had or sustained in executing of this my last Will and that hath not been taken and lowed of the Issues and Profits of the foresaid Lands and Tenements any thing in this my last Will and Testament to the contrary notwithstanding Occasions of Disagreement between the Lord Mordaunt and his Son Lewis Mordaunt THE late Lord Mordaunt bought the Wardship of Ely Fitz-Lewis Daughter and sole Heir unto Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis Knight for which he paid thirteen hundred Marks Her Lands which she had by Descent were five hundred Marks a year The late Lord Mordaunt afterwards did couple her in Marriage unto the now Lord Mordaunt then being his Son and Heir apparent for the Marriage of which now Lord Mordaunt the last Lord Mordaunt might then have had divers great Summs of money Afterwards the late Lord Mordaunt for the better advancing of his own House procured the said now Lord Mordaunt and the said Dame Ely then his Wife to levy a Fine of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands to one William Hemmyng Clerk who rendred the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt and to the said Dame Ely then his Wife and to the Heirs Males of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and for default of such Heirs to the Heirs Males of the Body of the now Lord Mordaunt with divers remainders over Afterwards the said now Lord Mordaunt and Dame Ely then his Wife had Issue between them Lewis Mordaunt and after the said Dame Ely Mordaunt dyed after whose Death the said now Lord Mordaunt took to Wife the Lady Johan Mordaunt now his Wife after which Marriage the said now Lord Mordaunt for that his said Son Lewis would not marry his Wife's Daughter suffered a recovery of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands to trust of himself for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after his decease to trust of such as at pleasure himself to appoint for the term of ninety two Years without any Penny of Rent paying therefore to the intent that not only he but also my Lady his Wife may declare their wills thereof during the same ninety two Years whereof the late Lord Mordaunt had certain intelligence not knowing how nor to whom the Fee simple and the Inheritance thereof is bestowed or appointed Whereupon the late Lord Mordaunt as well for Conscience sake for that he was the cause why the now Lord Mordaunt had such Estate of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands as he might by the Law suffer such recovery thereof to the disherison of the said Lewis Mordaunt being right Heir of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands as also for the stay of his own Inheritance and the bringing of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands to the right course of Inheritance again did suffer recoveries of his own Lands to the uses and upon condition following To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt and of his Heirs until the said Lewis Mordaunt was married and after to the use of the said Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of such Wife as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be married unto at the time of his death To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of such Wife as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be married unto at the time of his death To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of his Executors until the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel next ensuing the death of the said late Lord Mordaunt and further to the same Executors for twelve Years towards the performance of his Will And after to the use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life if he will assure the Fitz-Lewis's Lands as hereafter appeareth To the use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without impeachment of waste and after to the use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life to the intent that he of the Issues and Profits thereof might fully answer to the Queens Majesty as much money as shall amount to one Years value of the full third part of all the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands for the primier season thereof and twenty Pounds over Memorandum That it
into a consuming Sickness that after some time brought him to his end in the Life-time of his Father to the great mortification of that Noble Lord and of all the rest of his Relations leaving by his Wife the Lady Anne Saint John Daughter and sole Heir of the Lord John Saint John of Blefso for his sole Heir Elizabeth Howard ELIZABETH HOWARD Countess of Peterborow CHAPTER V. ELIZABETH HOWARD was the only Daughter and Sole Heir of William Lord Howard eldest Son to the Admiral and she was Inheritable to all the Lands that at his Marriage had been settled upon her Father and to what ever else had not by Will or otherwise been disposed of by her Grand-Father to any of his other Sons And if Margaret Stuart Countess of Nottingham the Admiral 's Second Wife had not by being present with the old Lord at the time of his Death been possessed of his personal Estate which was vast in Jewels Plate and all kind of Precious Moveables she had proved the greatest Fortune of her time However she was possessed at her Marriage with the Castle of Dunnington with the Park and a large Lordship of fair Revenues that had Royalties of great Extent and Consideration She had the Noble Lordship of Blechingleigh in expectance after her Mother and the Priory of Rygate after the death of the Countess of Nottingham all which she lived to enjoy She was a Lady of extraordinary Beauty in her time and before she was Married the hopes and expectation of every one that was Great and Considerable in England But her Mother being of a Family that was of Kindred as well as Neigbourhood to the Mordaunts of Turvey proved favourable to the Merits the Person and Noble Qualities of the Lord Mordaunt afterward Earl of Peterborow to whom she gave in Marriage her Daughter and all her pretences This Lady had much Wit and a great Spirit which inclined her to be Generous and Bountiful to a degree of a little too much valuing the uncertain applause of needy persons She lived in Unhappy Times the Rebellion beginning and ending in her days dying after the King's Restauration in the Year .... leaving Issue by her Husband John Earl of Peterborow Henry Earl of Peterborow John Lord Viscount Mordaunt Elizabeth Mordaunt Married to Thomas Lord Howard of Escrick Elizabeth Tilney Thomas Howard the second Duke of Norfolk Agnes Tilney Anne Daughter to K. Edward the 4th Thomas Howard third Duke of Norfolk Elizabeth Stafford Catherine Broughton William Lord Howard Baron of Effingham Margaret Gammage Agnes Howard William Pawlet Marquess of Winchester Catherme Cary. Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham Margaret Stuart Sr. Willm. Howard of Hingfeild Frances bouldwell Doaglas Howard Iohn Lord Sheffield Mary Howard Edward Lord Dudley Frances Howard Edw Seymour Earle of Hertford Martha Howard Sr. George Bourcher Margaret Howard Sr Rich. Leueson Frances Howard Henry Fitzgerald Earle of Kildare Eliz Howard Sr. Robt. Southwell Charles Howard E. of Nottingham Mary Cockaine Will m Ld. Howard Baron of Effingham Catherine St. Iohn Charles Howard 3d Earle of Nottingham Smith Eliz Howard Iohn Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Henry Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Penelope Obrian GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of HOWARD of Effingham THOMAS HOWARD Second Duke of Norfolk Lord High Treasurer and Earl Marshal of England CHAPTER I. The Baronage of England Part II. pag. 267. Mentioning the Will of Margaret Dutchess of Norfolk ORdaining her Son-in-Law Thomas Earl of Surrey surviver of this her Testament to whom she gave a Cup of Gold and a Cross with the Pots of Silver Gilt. The probate of which Will bears Date the Thirtieth of December 1494. Which Thomas being Squire of the Body to King Edward the Fourth his Father then living was retained to serve in his Wars in the Fifteenth of Edward the Fourth with six Men at Arms and Two hundred Archers And the next ensuing Year constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk he was also created Earl of Surrey at such time as John his Father was made Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Third And though he took part with that King and Fought valiantly on his behalf at Bosworth Field where he was taken Prisoner yet did King Henry the Seventh afterwards receive him into Favour and made choice of him for one of his Privy Council being a person of great Prudence Gravity and Constancy whom he served faithfully during the whole time of his Reign In the Fourth Year of Henry the Seventh he was in Parliament restored to his Title of Earl of Surrey and to all those Lands which were of his Wifes Inheritance And the same Year upon the Insurrection in the North occasioned by the assessing of a Subsidy wherein the Earl of Northumberland was Murdered through the fury of the Multitude he was sent with a strong power for the suppressing thereof And in the Eighth of Henry the Seventh was again imployed into the North to restrain the incursions of the Scots In the Thirteenth of Henry the Seventh upon the Siege of Norham Castle by those bold Invaders being then in York-shire he March'd towards them but before he could reach to Norham they quited their ground and retired into their own Country whereupon he followed them with his Army and made great spoil within their borders About this time he made partition with Maurice Brother of William Marquess of Berkley of the Lands which came to them by Inheritance by reason of their Descent from the Coheirs to Mowbray Duke of Norfolk And in the Fifteenth of Henry the Seventh attended the King and Queen to Calis In the Sixteenth of Henry the Seventh 25 Junii he had that great Office of Lord Treasurer of England conferr'd on him And in the Two and twentieth of Henry the Seventh obtained a Special Livery of all the Lands whereof his Father died seized In the First of Henry the Eighth being likewise made one of the Privy Council to that King he had his Patent for Lord Treasurer renewed And in the Second of Henry the Eighth was constituted Earl Marshal of England for Life In the Fourth of Henry the Eighth upon that Expedition then made by that King into France at which time Therouane and Tourney were taken he was sent Northwards to prevent the Scots Incursions during the Kings absence But before he got far enough to make resistance King James the Fourth of Scotland having entred the borders with a powerful Army took Norham Castle Of which this Valiant Earl being advertised he made the more speed thitherwards his Army consisting of Twenty six thousand appointing Thomas his Son then Lord Admiral to come by Sea and meet him at or near Alnwick in Northumberland Which he accordingly did bringing with him a Thousand stout Men some say Five thousand Hereupon
Elizabeth in English Pag. 516. NOT many days passed before a far greater and more choice Army was raised in England into which many Noblemen and Gentlemen voluntarily listed themselves For a constant rumor grew every day stronger and stronger That the Spaniard with all his might and main prepared for War against England and Ireland encouraged the rather because he was now in possession of Calice from whence it was but a short cut over into England Hawkin's and Drake's voyage had had ill success and the Irish Rebels earnestly urged the succours out of Spain The queen to scatter this Storm that was gathering supposed it the best course to set upon the Enemy in his own Ports and to that end rigged a Fleet of 150 Ships whereof 17 were of her Navy-Royal 22 Low-Country Ships which the Confederate Estates joyned with hers the rest Pinnaces and Victualers In these were 6360 Souldiers under pay Volunteer Gentlemen 1000 Seamen 6772 besides Low-Country-men Robert Earl of Essex and Charles Howard Lord Admiral of England who were at great Charges towards this expidition out of their own Estates were made Commanders in chief with equal Authority under the title of Generals yet so as the Lord Admiral should have the principal Authority and Dignity at Sea the Earl of Essex at Land To these were joyned for a Council of War the Lord Thomas Howard Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Francis Vere Sir George Carew and Sir Coniers Clifford The whole Fleet was divided into four Squadrons the first the Lord Admiral commanded the Earl of Essex the second the Lord Thomas Howard the third and Sir Walter Raleigh the fourth The Officers of the Army were Sir Francis Vere Lieutenant-General or Marshal Sir John Wingfield Quarter-master-general Sir George Carew Master of the Ordnance Sir Coniers Clifford Serjant-major The Colonels were Robert Earl of Sussex Sir Christopher Blunt Sir Thomas Gerrard Sir Richard Wingfield Sir Edward Wingfield Captain of the Volunteers and Anthony Astley Secretary of the Council of War who was to register the Councels with every Man's Reasons and to record all their Actions and Enterprises Again out of the same Pag. 518. UPON Sunday the 20th of June betimes in the Morning they cast Anchor near Saint Sebastian's Chappel on the West side of the Island Essex full of courage and youthful heat was of opinion That the Forces were presently to be Landed Raleigh and especially the Lord Admiral were of a contrary mind which Lord never approved of rash and heady Councels yet upon much intreaty he consented that some should make trial Whether they could conveniently Land there but all in vain the Sea beating violently with vast Waves upon the Shoar Again out of the same Pag. 519. THE English Ships which by reason of the shallowness of the Chanal could not hitherto come near them now when it was flood came in with great alacrity Essex also with his Ship thrust himself into the midst of the Eight as likewise did the Admiral himself with his Son In the Miranora they Fought smartly from break of day till noon when the Spaniards their Galleons being shot through and through and miserably torn and many Men slain in them resolved to fire their Ships or run them a ground Many of the Seamen for fear cast themselves over-board some whereof got to the shoar some were taken some drowned others as they swam cried for Quarter and the Admiral pitying them many of them were saved Again out of the same Pag. 520. AT the same instant almost the Lord Admiral with the Lord Thomas Howard Sir William Paget Raleigh Sir Robert Southwell Richard Levison Philip Woodhouse Robert Mansfield and the Sea-men Sir Edward Hobby bearing the Flag before them following hastily entred the Town Now did the Spaniards give over Fighting and retired into the Castle and Town-house The Town-house was presently yielded the other the next day after upon these conditions That the Citizens should depart in safety with the Garments they wore and the rest should go to the Souldiers for pillage That 520000 Ducats should be paid for their ransom and for the payment thereof Forty of the principal Citizens should be sent as hostages into England Shortly after Proclamation was made That no Man should offer violence to the Spaniards The Women Church-men and Citizens were conveyed to Porta Santa Maria. Again out of the same Pag. 521. ABout Sixty Military Men were Knighted for their Valour viz. Robert Earl Sussex Count Lodowick of Nassan Don Christophero a Portuguese King Antonio's Son Sir William Herbert Sommerset Bourk an Irish-man William Howard the Admiral 's Son Robert Dudley George Devereux Henry Nevill Edwin Rich Richard Levison Anthony Astley Henry Lennard Horace Vere Arthur Throgmorton Miles Corbet Edward Conway Oliver Lambert Anthony Cook John Townsend Christopher Heydon Francis Popham Philip Woodhouse Alexander Clifford Morrice Barkley Charles Blunt George Gifford Robert Cross James Scudamore Vrian Leigh John Lea Richard Weston Richard Wainman James Wotton Richard Rudal Robert Mansell William Mounson John Bowles Edward Bowes Humphrey Druell Amias Preston Robert Remington Alexander Ratcliffe John Buck John Morgan John Aldrige William Ashinden Matthew Brown Thomas Acton Thomas Gates John Stafford Gillie Merrick Thomas Smith William Pooly Thomas Palmer John Lovell John Gilbert William Harvey John Grey John Vanduvenvord Melchior Lebben Peter Regemort Nicholas Medkirk A Patent constituting Charles Lord Howard of Effingham Earl of Nottingham ELizabetha Dei gratia Angliae Franciae Hiberniae Regina c. Universis singulis Archiepiscopis Ducibus Marchionibus Comitibus Vice-comitibus Episcopis Baronibus ac omnibus aliis ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint Salutem Cum hi quos divina providentia in Monarchia Regali solio constituit collocavit ut in terris quasi Vicarii coelestis illius Majestatis benè justè piè decent salutariter praesint regno atque quaecunque suae custodiae gubernationi regimini divinitùs mandatae commissae sunt Ipsique monarchae in monarchia sua idem repraesentant quod oculi in corpore quorum officium est dirigere omnia corporis membra ita summi monarchae principes tanquam oculi reipublicae intentivè circumspicere perlustare debeant omnes status ordines imperii sui sine quibus haud dubiè nullam civilem administrationem nullam politiae gubernationem institui aut fieri posse fatendum est Atque usque necessaria est ordinum in magnis imperiis conservatio postquam viderint statum ordinem nobilitatis temporis diuturnitate antiquitate vel aliter convulsum immunitum conquassatum aut ut multa humaniter accidunt morte afflictum debilitatum maturè resarcire instaurare augere amplificare ita quòd aliis quos cum virtutis suae tum generis majorum suorum gloria nobilitavit ad nobilitatem honorem accitis ordinem statum in nitore splendore suo perpetuatim conservent Jam idcirco videntes illustrem ordinem
one Estate for One and twenty Years of the said Mannor and Premises granted to Francis late Earl of Bedford Oliver late Earl of Bullingbrooke Sir Henry Compton and Sir Rowland Saint John to Commence immediately from and after the Decease of the said Countess Dowager for the raising of Four thousand Pounds for the Portion of the Lady Elizabeth Howard Daughter of the said Countess according to the Purport and true Meaning of One Indenture bearing Date the First Day of November in the Fourteenth Year of His now Majesty's Reign as by the said Indenture may appear And that the Uses Estates and Limitations herein before mentioned shall be Subject to and Charged with the said Rent-Charge of Three hundred Pounds per Annum and term of One and twenty years any thing in these Presents contained to the contrary notwithstanding In witness whereof the parties above named have to these present Indentures Interchangably set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written E. PETERBOROW Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Tho. Farrer Will. Preston Sam. Holland A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT Justified by Antient and Extant Charters Publick Records Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Arms of the House of Mordaunt were Argent a Cheveron Sable between Three Stars Waved of the same Of the Name Antiquity Descent Alliance Possessions Greatness Actions and Arms of the House of Mordaunt IN the Preface to these Genealogies there has been exposed to the Reader the Nature and Antiquity of Sur-names and the grounds causes and occasions upon which they were assum'd in general To ascribe why the Lords of this House took to themselves the Name of Mordaunt is not in my power but that they did so near Six hundred Years ago and have continued it to their descendants unto this very day will be as easie as to read the unquestioned Proofs shall be exposed upon that matter The obvious and natural conjecture will be the quality of the occasion where they first appeared an occasion of War Chivalry and Conquest a Souldier a younger Brother and a brave fellow set out to make a Fortune by adventures of Arms it was proper to such a one dare mortem to Wound Kill and Destroy his Enemy whence le Mordaunt which was the first Epithet assum'd by Osbert the beginner of that House might appear no unproper sobriquit for him that did deserve it The descent of this Osbert is not affirm'd to be certain neither by one of who detestes to advantage his undertaking by any thing he cannot prove but it is evident his Father Robert was a great deserver in the Conquest and that by the assistance he brought Duke William and the share he acquired as the reward of his labour He bore the illustrious appellation of de Sancto Aegidio or of Saint Giles which at that time was the Name of the Soveraign Earls and Princes of Tholouse of which House he was in all probability a Son a Brother or a near Relation and from his Brother Eustace the eldest Son of this Robert our Osbert did receive several noble provisions as the Lordship of Radwell that of Brayfield with Lands in Wahull in Lavendon and in other parts and for the Blood of the Gentlemen who were his descendants it has been so fortunately pure as never to have been mis-allyed since the first knowledge of the Family but the chiefs thereof have always Married into Names of great Authority and Nobleness as that of Fortis Alno Olney who were of the first Conquerors those of Wake L'Estrange Latimer Vere Darcy and Howard all of the prime Nobility And as they have taken Wives out of the greatest Families so they have given them to the chiefest Gentlemen and prime Houses of England to Strangeways to Fettyplace to Browns to Henningham to Mansell to Danvers to Radney to Nevill and to Howard To these circumstances has been added their felicity that by the Prudent Conduct of their Affairs and successful undertakings they have ever flourished in an eminent degree of Riches and opulency They had been before the time of the first Sir John Mordaunt Lords of great Mannors Lands and Lordships but from his time to which was design'd the exaltation of this Family and his Alliance with the House of Latimer his Sons with the Heir of Vere and his Grandsons with the Inheritrix of Fitz-Lewis The Riches and Patrimony of this House was such as there was scarce a Gentleman in England whose Estate was comparable to it After this as the occasion of their coming into this Kingdom was the Military Service of a victorious Prince so the Lords of this House have continued to serve divers of their Kings in their Wars they have served them likewise in their Councils they have deserved to be called into the supreme Dignity of the Peerage and thereby made hereditary Grandees Judges and Councellors in which they have remain'd for divers Ages There have been of them Privy Councellors to several of the greatest Kings Ministers of State Captains Ambassadors and Governours of Provinces And in all these qualities they have served without reproach So as if Antiquity of Original Illustrious Derivance Descent from noblest Blood great Alliances high Dignities and Employments worthy Actions and large Possessions be of Virtue to make a Family considerable there will be little cause for Envy to bark at my endeavouring to establish the Honour and Memory thereof according to what is due to the merit of a Name so Illustrious For the Arms of this House from the time they have been in use and born hereditarily in Families were Argent a Cheveron Sable between Three Stars Waved of the same OSBERT le MORDAVNT Lord of Radwell and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER I. IN the Year 1066. against which Providence had prepared so great a change for the People and Government of England as did ensue by their subjection to the total Conquest of a Victorious Prince At that time among the other Hero's who joyn'd their hopes and assistance to the Fortunes of the famous William Duke of Normandy there was a Noble Knight called Robert of Saint Giles in the Latin Tongue Robertus de Sancto Aegidio who brought to his Service Fourscore Knights Milites out of the South parts of France and joyn'd himself to the Duke 's other Troops at the Imbarcation for this great undertaking Of this Robert of Saint Giles no more is extant of what he was than the assurance that the Soveraign Earls and Princes of Tholouse did all at that time use the Name and Appellation of Saint Giles or De Sancto Aegidio That the Attendance of Fourscore Kinghts was an Equipage suitable to a Prince Adventurer and that after his labors in this War he was rewarded by the generous Conqueror with great Lands and noble Possessions How long this Robert of Saint Giles lived or remain'd in this Kingdom we cannot tell but we find his Son Eustace of Saint
King and from which Elizabeth descended to the Mordaunts the Noble Lordships of Drayton Thrapston Addington Sudburgh Islip Luffwick Slipton and many other great Possessions Many disputes notwithstanding arose about the pretences of these Heirs even with the greatest Lords in England as the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Shrewsbury but the Credit of Sir John Mordaunt and his interest with the King joyn'd to his Wisdom and great Knowledge in the Laws had ever influence upon them But after his decease they set up great pretences to Drayton and the Green 's Lands and the Young Mordaunt soon found how much his Fathers Life had conduc'd to the settlement of that Estate In the Agitations of the Establishment whereof and the Agreements made with those great Lords he spent the remainder of King Henry the Seventh's Reign and was by that time become a person greatly accomplish'd After this King's Death he apply'd himself wholly to the farther designs of the Honor and Advantage of his House and made his Court to the Young Successor follow'd him in his First Wars and got so successfully into his Favour and Opinion as upon his return he received the gratification of a Patent containing the grant of several Noble Privileges and Immunities Among the rest to be Pilo Copertus in the presence of the King or of any of his Judges Ministers or Magistrates The Consideration he was at this time in appears by several Letters directed to him when he was yet but a private Gentleman He was Knighted by him after this and made a Privy Councellor wherein his Wisdom Fidelity and Zeal to his Majesty's Service were very Exemplary He was at one time Surveyor General of the King's Woods and Wood-sails and the Chief in another Commission for providing Necessaries for the Fortifications of Calice and the other Ports and Castles within the English Pale in the Country of Picardy and in many other matters he was Employ'd of great Importance wherein he so behaved and discharg'd himself as his generous Master thought fit for a reward of his many Services to take him into the Illustrious Dignity of the Peerage calling him by Writ a Baron into the Parliament in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign After this upon the Revolutions which happned by the change of the Church Government whereunto he was not able to shew that compliance which others of more supple tempers did condescend to do his Favour did decline and his Master's Kindness to him So as being retired to his own House and Country he did not remain without several mortifications which his Enemies of the prevailing Faction that Govern'd in the Court did endeavour to put upon him several hard Letters he received from the King about matters which they imputed to him concerning his backwardness in suppressing the Interest of the Old Religion and as the last endeavor of their Revenge they strove to make the King oblige him to an Exchange of the Noble Lordship of Drayton and the other Towns lying about it of his Wives Antient Inheritance and that he had in his Old Age settled against all Competitors at great Labour and Charges with certain of the Abby Lands newly acquired unto the Crown with which his Conscience as well as his Interest were altogether incompatible From this oppression he had not been able to have defended himself notwithstanding all his great Friends and Antient Services if the King's Death had not succeeded which in this point set him at liberty The Reign of King Edward he spent in peace But at the beginning of Queen Mary he labor'd a little under an imputation of his Enemies who would alledge he favoured the Dudleys and the claim of the Lady Jane but it was blown off with the improbability of an Inclination so contrary to his Principles and Profession and he lived out her time too and to the Second Year of her Successor Queen Elizabeth when he being very Old departed this Life in great Honor and Happiness Leaving Issue by his Wife the Lady Elizabeth Vere Sir John Mordaunt his Son and Heir Edmund Mordaunt William Mordaunt from whom are the Mordaunts of Oakely and that Married Agnes Booth George Mordaunt from whom are the Mordaunts of the Hill Married to Cecilia Harding Edith Mordaunt Married to John Elms. Anne Mordaunt Married to John Fisher Margaret Mordaunt Married to Edmond Fettyplace Dorothy Mordaunt Married to Thomas Moore Elizabeth Mordaunt Married to Silvester Danvers Winifreid Mordaunt Married to John Cheyney of Chesham Boys Sir JOHN MORDAVNT Knight Peer of England Lord Mordaunt Lord Baron of Turvey and Privy Councellor to Queen Mary CHAPTER XIII JOHN MORDAVNT was the early fruits of his Father's Marriage with the Lady Elizabeth Vere and the Lord Mordaunt being but young himself when his Son was born this John grew up to early Manhood while his Father was yet in the vigor of his own years and so they had the happiness to live long together in the same Generation The Lord Mordaunt in the time of his favor had the opportunity to purchase of the King at an easie rate the Marriage of Elly Fitz-Lewis who had become Heir of that Antient Family by the untimely Death of her Brother as has been expressed in the relation appertaining thereunto She was a very rich and considerable Fortune bringing with her the noble Lordship of Westhorndon and many other fair possessions And unto this Lady he Married John Mordaunt his Eldest Son who with his Wife lived long in his Father's life time upon her Estate in great Plenty and Reputation He had for several Years participated with the Lord Mordaunt much of King Henry's Favour and in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign and in the same wherein his Father was made a Baron he was summoned to come and receive at his Majesty's hands the Honourable Order of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne of Bollen which he did at that time in fellowship of the Marquess of Dorset the Earl of Darby the Lord Clifford the Lord Fitz-Waters the Lord Hastings and the Lord Mounteagle But with his Father being entirely addicted to the old Religion the change that succeeded in the one produc'd the same in both their Fortunes which was to retire to their Houses from all further applications in that Reign and at home Sir John Mordaunt continued likewise during that of the young Successor But at the Death of King Edward and the early difficulties of Queen Mary he was of the first that put themselves into the Field at the head of the Essex Men where his interest and reputation was very great offering unto her his and their Services in defence of her Person and Government at the Castle of Framingham in Suffolk where she was then retired in expectation of being assaulted by the Troops raised in behalf of the Faction of the Lady Jane and her Husband upon whom the Dukes of Suffolk and Northumberland intended to settle the Crown of England The considerableness of
he took his leave and departed home full of indignation against the Times the Nation and Fortune resolving though he were at ease and had made his peace to expose Wife Estate Quiet and his Life upon any undertaking wherein there should be a reasonable appearance of relieving the best of Kings What ensued after this is the King's Story and that of other Men. I shall only relate that after his being at Hampton-Court his escape thence and unfortunate detention in the Isle of Wight the Transactions with the Army and many other Contrivances there came at last to be designed a Rising in his favour to be begun in Surrey of which Henry Earl of Holland was to be General To this there was much contributed in Money and Counsels by the Presbyterian Party and herein under assurances of great partakers the Earl of Peterborow was again engaged who on his part fail'd not to be at the Rendezvous according to appointment in the head of a Hundred Horse well Arm'd and provided that came to follow him out of his own Country But of such numbers as others had undertaken there were so many fail'd as at the Muster and Survey of that Rendezvous it gave a great discouragement to those that did appear which caus'd divers that came in to the first Meeting even of the Surrey Gentlemen after the recess of one Night never to return again The Earl of Holland notwithstanding still in hopes from the great promises wherewith he had been deluded marched on into the Country and the first Night Quarter'd at Darking expecting for the next day great supplies and accession of of Men out of that Country and the City but the succeeding Morning produced no more armed Men nor any change to his desperate condition And being now past any retreat from his Engagement he march'd back towards Kingston in order by passing the River at that Bridge to procede Northward into such Countries wherein he hoped he should find more zealous and trusty Friends But in the Afternoon as he made a small halt upon the way he had Intelligence That Sir Michael Lucy's Regiment of Horse and some other Forces were on their march to overtake and Charge him and by that time he reached Kingston Heath their Scouts appear'd as he was ready to march into the Town The Enemies Troops arriving thereupon he had not time to draw up his few Forces as he should have done but they were Charged and routed in a short time the Lord Francis Villiers Brother to the Duke of Buckingham was killed in the Lane and most of the rest dispers'd to shift for themselves the best they could be able The Earl of Peterborow with Five or Six Gentlemen Volunteers of his Troop had Charged quite through the Enemies Men and were so far engaged That the Enemy being got between them and the Town it was unpossible for them to reach back unto the Bridge or their own flying Party and Night being come on they shelter'd themselves in a Gentleman's House near by and by means of good Guides got the next Night to London where they lay conceal'd in expectation of hearing how and where they might meet with their Friends again The Fortune of the Earl of Holland and the rest of the Party which got from Kingston every body knows and how he was taken at St. Needs and afterwards lost his Head The hopes of this Design being thus unfortunately disappointed and Messengers and Spies employ'd every where to seek and seize all the considerable Persons engag'd or suspected to have contributed to this attempt the Earl of Peterborow whom they did intend to make an example was forc'd to abscond as well as he was able He did it in a Chirurgeon's House called Mr. Lowe by whom he was very faithfully served till by the frequentation of the Earl's Mother the House began to be suspected and there was then procur'd for him a lodging at the Printers in Black-Friars where he lay till a safe passage was provided for him to get below Gravesend where he was received into a small Fisher's Boat which conveighed him to Flushing in Zealand There escaped with the Earl John Mordaunt his Brother afterwards Viscount Mordaunt and Mr. William Stafford of Blatherwick a young Gentleman of Fortune who both follow'd him in this occasion and having presented themselves to the Prince of Wales who was then at the Hague they were all receiv'd by his Highness the Princes of Orange his Sister and his Aunt the Queen of Bohemia and all the Princes their Children with that consideration that appertain'd to persons who were Martyrs for their Service having lost their Estates ventur'd their lives and expos'd all their Friends to vindicate the Honor and Authority of their House and relieve the King out of Prison Winter now did approach and it was in that dead time when the King's Affairs were in their last and worst condition The Duke of Hamilton had been routed and taken the Scotch Army dissipated Colchester was surrendred Lord Capell a Prisoner and Lisle and Lucas Executed In fine to this succeeded the Tryal of the Lords Hamilton Holland and Capell their Murder and after that never to be execrated enough of the King himself and in consequence a seeming settlement of that horrid power of the succeeding Common-wealth At this time the Earl of Peterborow was retired to the City of Antwerp because his Estate being all for the second time sequestred he could withdraw no such subsistance as might enable him to follow the young King as he did desire and the Prince was not Master of so much Treasure and Revenues as he might spare wherewith to maintain such Men without Employment in his Service and the expectation of his remaining hopes lying then in Scotland he was forc'd to employ the Moneys he had to entertain and encourage the Men of interest in that Nation The Earl of Peterborow then being from the young King whom he was not able to follow and in a condition very necessitous useless to his Prince and unprofitable to himself he was advised by all his Friends to try if at any expence he could make way with some of power in England to be admitted to a second Composition His Wife the Countess being an Ingenuous and Industrious Lady found means to obtain it upon notice whereof the Earl acquainting the King and his Ministers therewith had his Majesty's leave and approbation to provide for himself the best he could and to submit to the general Fortune and Condition of his Party He return'd then and after many extreme and perverse difficulties paid another great Composition and was once again settled in the possession of his Fortune In the retirement then to his own House the payment of great Debts acquir'd upon Publick accounts and settlement of his Fortune this Earl spent those years which remain'd between the King's Murther and the Restoration of his Son But upon the return of King Charles the Second the Lord Viscount
overcome allowances were made for the Earl's Equipage and provision of Money design'd for the maintenance of the Embassie Orders were given for Commissions and Instructions And after the Earl had served His Majesty in Raising for him a Regiment of Foot whereof he was to be Colonel design'd for carrying on the Dutch War his affairs being all in a readiness for proceeding on his Embassie he did on the _____ of March in the Year _____ under the Character of Embassador Extraordinary to the Emperor depart from London on that employment having in his custody Jewels of his Royal Highness's particular Cabinet to the value of Twenty Thousand Pound intended for a present to the young Archduchess of Inspruk The Earl arrived at Dover the next day and under a very fair passage came the day following to Calles where having stay'd too Nights in providing for his farther proceeding to Paris on the Third day in the Morning an Express came to him from the Court bringing Letters of assurance from thence and from Germany too That the Empress was dead and the long Treaty of Inspruk broken off by reason the Emperor was now resolv'd to have that Princess for himself The Earl had notwithstanding Letters from his Royal Highness and from the Earl of Arlington by the King's Command That notwithstanding this he should proceed to Paris remaining quiet there under his own particular character attending their farther Commands whereby he was like to be employ'd to procure a Princess that might be a fit Wife for the Duke out of some other Family His Lordship obey'd and after being settled at Paris he had advice from his Royal Highness That there had been proposed to him Four Wives with whom since it was impossible for him to be acquainted he did command his Lordship to endeavor by all the diligence he could use to get sight and knowledge of them or at least their Pictures with the most impartial relations of their Manners and Dispositions The First of these was the Dutchess of Guise whom France most particularly wish'd to favor into this Alliance the next the young Princess of Modena only Sister to the present Duke of that City and Country the Third a Lady called Madmoiselle de Rais and the Fourth Mary Anne Princess of Wirtenbergue This was a great trust to the performance whereof was requisite both Honesty and Discretion the first To render unconsider'd all the advantages might be propos'd to make partial the person trusted against the interest and satisfaction of his Master and the latter To find out and judge what might be most expedient and agreeable to his true humor and circumstances The first and the latter of these did recide at Paris the Dutchess of Guise at her own House and the Princess of Wirtenbergue as a Pensioner in the Monastery of ....... but the Princess of Modena was with her Mother in Italy and Madmoiselle de Rais at her Relations some Hundred Miles distant from Paris The Dutchess of Guise he saw at Court she was the youngest Daughter of Gaston of Bourbon Duke of Orleans the King of France his Uncle but a Princess for whom he knew the Duke had no inclination she not being only low and ill shap'd but under the appearance of a feeble Complection so as though she had much reputation for Innocence and Vertue her Constitution did not promise a likelihood of either many or strong Children and that end appearing to the Earl the chief business of the Duke and of England too all the favor of France a share whereof he might have tasted from the merit of a recommendator to this Alliance could not induce him to promote a matter contrary to the ends of his Trust and the Duke's Service The Princess of Modena Mary of Esté his Lordship could not see but by the means of a Scotch Gentleman that had been conversant in the House of Conty one Mr. Conn he was introduced into the Palace of that Prince whose Wife had been one of the young Princess of Modena's nearest Relations and there he saw her Picture that had been lately sent thither from that Court It bore the appearance of a young Creature about Fourteen years of Age but such a light of Beauty such Characters of Ingenuity and Goodness as it surprized the Earl and fixt upon his Phancy That he had found his Mistress and the Fortune of England An ill Picture he saw of Madmoiselle de Rais but being at such distance as he could not know her self or have any perfect relation of her circumstances he sought no farther encouragement in that matter His whole thoughts were turned upon the young Princess of Modena with whose Character that he might be the better acquainted by the means of the forementioned Mr. Conn he got a meeting such as might seem accidental with a Gentleman called the Abbot Richini a Man that was employ'd at Paris in Negotiating the interests of the House of Esté and it was in a private but commodious place for such an interview in the Cloysters of the Great Charter-House in Paris After usual Complements they fell upon divers indifferent Discourses and by degrees that made it casual coming to matters of England and the Duke's being a Widower with the necessity of another Marriage we talk'd of Divers Princesses that the World named as proper for a Match so Illustrious The Earl had occasion hereupon to enquire of him What Children there were in the House of Esté he told him only too A Son that was the present Duke as yet a Minor and a Daughter of about Fourteen Years of Age to whom although he attributed many excellences yet he endeavour'd to make them useless to us by saying The Dutchess her Mother but more strongly her own Enclinations did design her to a Religious life and that she did seem resolv'd not to Marry This affirmation was an extream blow to the hopes and desires of the Earl of Peterborow and of which he was forced to give an account together with the esteem and great value he had for the Character that from all hands he had received of this young Princess But after this he was induc'd by the Duke 's particular direction to make his access to the Princess Mary Anne of Wirtenbergue that had likewise as has been said been recommended to his consideration This Lady whose Father had been slain in the War and her Mother retired at that time into Flanders of which Country she was did remain in a Monastery of Ladies in company of several others of great Quality And the Earl was introduc'd to a fight of her by Father Gilbert Talbot at that time newly entred into Orders of Priesthood and an acquaintance of her Confessor She was perswaded to receive his Lordship by way of a Visit in the manner as is usual at the Grate of a Parlor design'd to give the Ladies opportunities of speech at seasonable times with their Friends and Relations This Princess who was Daughter of
prevail did undertake it The Princess then at last gave her self up to the will of her Friends a day was set for the Solemnity and his Excellency had liberty to visit her Highness in he own appartment The Earl of Peterborow instead of making a publick Entry which the little preparation he had made by reason of his being incognito would not well admit was notwithstanding in the noblest manner that place was capable of brought to his audience of the Dutchess Regent and the Duke her Son who was but Twelve years old by the Prince Renaldo of Esté the young Duke's Uncle and all that were great or considerable in that Court and indeed the Ceremony Attendance State Guards and other Appurtenances were in that Order and Magnificence as might have become a Prince of far greater Revenue and Territories and herein all the marks of Soveraignty did appear which are usual with Princes who are independant but of God He delivered the King his Master's Letter to their Highnesses in the usual form and after having made a Speech suitable to the occasion retired as he came only instead of being conducted to his Coach he was led into a very noble apartment which was design'd now to entertain his Excellency in quality of Extraordinary Embassador all the time he would have occasion to stay in Modena and therein indeed with great Plenty and Magnificence he was served in all necessary kinds at the Expence of that Generous Princess But now other things being concluded and the Earl pressing his departure the Day for the Marriage was assign'd being the _____ of September Against which the Earl had betimes prepared himself in habit and Equipage suitable to the occasion and about Eleven of the Clock he was fetch'd at his Lodging by the Duke accompanied by his Uncle the Prince Renaldo and all the considerable Cavaliers of the Court and conducted to a Chamber near the Chapel where he reposed himself till so much of the Service was done as seem'd obnoxious to the Religion he did profess after which he was led to the Chapel where the Princes expected him and there between them was perform'd the Ceremony design'd for a perpetual Marriage between this admirable Princess and the Duke of York his Master After which he led her by the Hand to her Apartment and there taking his leave he went to repose himself till he was fetch'd to accompany these Princes at the Dinner That did succeed about One of the Clock and as to the Ceremony of it it was perform'd at a long Table over the upper end whereof was a rich Cloth of State under which in representation of a Bridegroom the Earl of Peterborow sate with the Princess the Duke Dutchess and other Princes of that House sitting on either side according to their degrees This Dinner was served with all the care and curiosity that was possible for any thing of that nature to be contriv'd What the Sea could afford though it was not near and what the Rivers and the Lakes was there what the Land could produce or the Air of Italy was not wanting and all this was made more excellent by the Courtesie and good Humor of the Princes But it ended at last and all arose in order to a greater liberty for Conversation That had also a conclusion for that time too and the company for their repose retired every one to their Apartment and to his Excellency's he was conducted after the same ceremony as he was brought to Dinner To the honor of the Night was dedicated Dancing and a Ball whereunto all the Beauties of that Court did resort It was perform'd with the Order and Ornaments suitable to the other parts of the Entertainment being much to the satisfaction and esteem of all the Strangers that did see it The next Day in a very formal Cavelcade the Duke and his Excellency rode to the Cathedral where a solemn Service and Te Deum was sung in honor of the accomplishing of this Marriage And two or three other days more were spent in triumphal Shows and other testimonies of Publick Rejoycing After all which the time of undertaking the departure being come the Dutchess Mother would by all means accompany her Daughter into England and it could not be diverted by any means although it proved chargeable to her and of ill Consequence to her concerns in that Government Passes were obtained from the Kings of France and Spain and the Italian Princes through whose Territories her Royal Highness was to pass to travel incognito but with orders to provide any accomodations should be necessary for her service She began then this happy voyage the _____ of September in the Year 1673. accompanied by the Dutchess Regent the Duke her Brother his Excellency and the Prince Renaldo of Esté with whatever was Noble and considerable among their own Subjects as many other Men of Quality who made their Court to those Princes upon different obligations and a very Princely Corteggio it was that went with them out of Modena Monsieur d' Angeao and his Brother had gone some days before to Milan and did not rejoyn the Princess till they came into Piedmont After two days the young Duke was perswaded to take his leave of his Sister and return but he did it with all that repugnancy of which an excellent nature could be capable having been ever bred together with that reciprocal kindness which nearness and merit could beget But the Princess was near being dissolv'd in tears she left her loving and hopeful Brother her happy and delicious Country with the kind companions of her youth among whom she had been bred and all these perhaps for ever her Youth and Innocence permitted her not to know whither it was she was to go to what kind of part nor among whom So compassion was to be allow'd to her Fears as well as her Enclinations and it was enough we could procure her to proceed and to be comforted Having passed then through her own Country through the Parmesan and part of the Milanese she came at last into Piedmont where the Princes were almost as it had been by Spirits for several days invisibly lodg'd and provided for after a most magnificent manner but ever at the expence of that Generous Duke till they came out of his Territories where they were met by Officers of the King of France who did accompany and defray them unto the City of Paris bringing them to lodge at the Arsenall where his Excellency was likewise provided for and had a noble Table kept for his own particular at the same Kings expence all the time of his residence there The necessity of our repair into England now drew near but her Royal Highness here fell sick and her Disease for all the power and diligence of Medicines hung so upon her as for some weeks they were not able to think of their remove And when her strength was again return'd the King of France for all her desire of
Iames Mordaunt Gostwick Iohn Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Eliz Howard Lewis Mordaunt Smith Frances Mordaunt Sr. Thomas Nevill Eldest Son to Henry Lord Abergeveny John Lord Viscount Mord â—aunt Elizabeth Cary Henry Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Penclope Obrian Eliz Mordaunt Tho Lord Heward of Escrick Mary Mordaunt Dutchess of Norfolk Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of MORDAUNT OSBERT le MORDAVNT First of that Name Lord of Radwell CHAPTER I. Charta Eustachii de Sancto Aegidio EUstachius de Sancto Aegidio omnibus hominibus Amicis suis tam Francigenis quà m Anglicis Salutem Sciatis me dedisse hac praesenti Chartâ confirmâsse Osberto dicto le Mordaunt fratri meo pro homagio servitio suo terram meam de Radwell cum omnibus pertinentiis libertatibus suis sibi Haeredibus ejus Tenendum de me Haeredibus meis liberè quietè honorificè haereditariè sicut illam Ego inter alia recepi ac tenui de donatione munificentia Willielmi Illustrissimi Regis Angliae pro servitiis quae Pater meus in Conquestu Ego sibi fecimus per servitium dimidiae partis feodi unius militis pro omni servitio seculari Ego verò praedictus Eustachius de Sancto Aegidio haeredes mei praedictam terram praedicto Osberto Haeredibus ejus contra omnes homines foeminas warrantizabimus His Testibus Ranulpho filio Thomae Herveio filio Richardi Willielmo Breto Johanne Calvo Rogero le Puer Johanne Pippard Richardo le Mole multis aliis Charta Osberti le Mordaunt OSbertus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit tam Francis quà m Anglicis Salutem Sciatis me dedisse concessisse hâc praesenti Chartâ confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt filio meo juniori ad terminum vitae suae medietatem Terrae meae de Radwell cum redditibus servitiis libertatibus ad eandem pertinentibus Ità ut illam occupet dimittat obliget vel aliquo modo proficua extrahat Quando illi tamen obire contigerit volo ut mihi terra illa revertat vel haeredibus meis liberè quietè sine impedimento In cujus rei Testimonium praesenti Chartae Sigillum meum apposui His Testibus Joscelino Malherbe Thoma Marescallus Galfrido de Castello Roberto Forestarius Willielmo Piscatore Nicolao de Sancto Laude Johanne Presbiter Richardo Pincerno aliis Ex Antiquo MS. è manu propria Johannis Mordaunt Militis Cancellarii Ducatus Lancastriae sub titulo Le Titre de tous le terres tenements qui fuerent allienez par mes Ancestres Charta tamen Extat De Terris in Hibernia Charta Hervei de Montemorenci Marescalli Domini Regis totius Hiberniae HErveius de Montemorenci Marescallus Domini Regis totius Hiberniae omnibus Amicis atque Hominibus suis tam Francigenis quà m Anglicis tam Wallensibus quà m Hibernensibus Salutem Sciatis me dedisse hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmâsse Osberto Roberti filio quandam villam in Hubarchi quae vocatur Balmacros atque dimidiam villam quae vocatur Chilmor totam aliam terram quae fuit Radulphi de Tobenere die quâ defunctus fuit cum omnibus pertinentiis suis sine ulla retentione dedi praedicto Osberto propter homagium suum servitium quod mihi fecit sibi haeredibus suis tenendum de me Haeredibus meis .... ........... atque de alia terra quae est inter Insulam ....... feudum quindecim Militum per servitium trium Militum quod mihi faciet quandam domum ei firmabo intra illa ubi melius fuerit Concilio meo ac aliorum amicorum suorum hoc insumonsa quare volo quòd praedictus Osbertus post eum Haeredes sui praedictum feudum quindecim Militum per praedictum servitium trium Militum sine ulla occasione teneat bene honorificè liberè in pace quietè integrè scilicet in bosco in plano in viis in semitis in pratis in pascuis in aquis in molendinis in stagnis in Ripis in piscariis in piscinis in omnibus libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus feudo illo pertinentibus velut unquam Radulphus praedictus liberiùs tenuit velut ille in Hibernia qui meliùs liberiùs de feudo Comitis Richardi Nepotis mei in Hibernia tenet Teste Roberto le Puer Rogero le Puer Willielmo le Puer Roberto de Estova Henrico Clement Alario Mallemains Hugone Strangio Alexandro de Berlin Rogero le Butler Richardo Hay Willielmo le Bruce Nicolao filio ejus Hugone de Hargrave Richardo Wallense Rogero .... OSMOND le MORDAVNT First of that Name Lord of the Lordship of Radwell CHAPTER II. Charta Osmundi le Mordaunt OSmundus le Mordaunt omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum pervenerit Salutem Sciat Universitas vestra me concessisse confirmâsse Baldewino le Mordaunt fratri meo ad terminum vitae suae medietatem terrae de Radwell quam Osbertus le Mordaunt pater noster ei concessit cum redditibus servitiis libertatibus sicut in Charta sua continetur quae idem Baldewinus tenet de praedicto Osberto patre nostro Et ut haec concessio confirmatio rata inconcussa permaneat eam praesenti Scripto Sigilli mei appositione roboravi His Testibus Roberto de Camfrey Thoma de Novo Porto Adam de Camuille Elias de Hacley Roberto Sertor Willielmo Mancell Guido Sertor Richardo de Wahull multis aliis Charta Sampsonis Fortis SAmpson Fortis omnibus hominibus Amicis suis tam futuris quam praesentibus Salutem Notum fit vobis me dedisse concessisse Osmundo le Mordaunt haeredibus suis legitimè procreatis ex corpore Helenae filiae meae totam terram de Chillington quam Robertus pater meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis Tenendum de me haeredibus meis sibi haeredibus suis liberè honorificè ab omni exactione salvo servitio Domini Regis quantum ad tantam terram pertinet Hi sunt Testes Walterus de Timainill Huardus de Levendena Robertus de Blosvilla Walterus Dizell Baldewinus Mordaunt Robertus filius Stephani Allanus Bellet Rogerus de Longo prato Almericus de Hallem Bonifacius Scriptor SIGILLVM SAMSONIS FORTIS EVSTACE le MORDAVNT First of that Name Lord of Turvey and other Lands and Lordships CHAPTER III. Charta Willielmi de Alno OMnibus hominibus Amicis suis praesentibus futuris Willielmus de Alno Salutem Notum sit vobis quòd Ego dedi concessi Eustachio le Mordaunt cum Alicia filia mea primogenita medietatem omnium terrarum mearum Villae meae de Turveia
pertinentiis praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt Annae haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis contra omnes homines warrantizabimus acquietabimus defendemus in perpetuum per praesentes Noveritis insuper me praefatum Johannem Mordaunt attornâsse constituisse in loco meo posuisse dilectos mihi in Christo Henricum Handson Richardum Stevynson conjunctim divisim meos veros legitimos attornatos ad intrandum in omnia singula manerium terras tenementa praedicta cum suis pertinentiis seisinam nomine meo in iisdem capiendum post hujusmodi seisinam sic inde captam habitam seisinam de iisdem nomine meo praefatis Willielmo Mordaunt Annae haeredibus de corpore ejusdem Willielmi legitimè procreatis deliberandum secundum vim formam effectum hujus praesentis Chartae meae ratum gratum habendum totum quicquid iidem Attornati mei fecerint seu eorum alter fecerit nomine meo in praemissis In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Chartae meae sigillum meum apposui Data ultimo die Januarii Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi post Conquestum decimo Per me Johannem Mordaunt Charta Regis Henrici Septimi Ad constituendum Johannem Mordaunt unum servientium ad legem HEnricus Dei Gratia Rex Angliae Franciae Dominus Hiberniae Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint salutem Sciatis quòd nos ex mero motu scientia nostra constituimus Johannem Mordaunt unum servientium nostrorum ad legem nec non cessimus eidem Johanni officium unius servientium nostrorum ad legem habendum occupandum exercendum dictum officium nec non ad essendum unum servientium nostrorum ad legem quamdiu nobis placuerit capiendum accipiendum annuatim pro officio illo exercendo ab eodem Johanne vadia feoda vesturam regarda dicto officio debita seu pertinentia prout alii servientes ad legem pro hujusmodi officio exercendo percipient seu habere vel percipere debent In cujus rei Testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Novembris Anno Regni Regis nostri undecimo Charta Edwardi Ducis Buckinghamiae EDwardus Dux Buckinghamiae Comes Herfordiae Northamptoniae Omnibus ad quos praesens Scriptum nostrum pervenerit Salutem Sciatis nos praefatum ducem remisisse relaxâsse omnimodo pro nobis haeredibus nostris in perpetuum quietum clamâsse Johanni Mordaunt de Turveia in Comitatu Bedfordiae uni servientium Domini regis ad legem haeredibus assignatis suis totum jus nostrum statum titulum seu clameum quae unquam habuimus habemus vel in futurum habere poterimus de in quinquaginta acris terrae duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis separali piscaria in aqua de Ose cum pertinentiis in Turveia praedicta de in duabus acris terrae aqua coopertis de separali piscaria in aqua de Ose in Brafeld juxta Lauenden alias vocata Coldbrafeld in Comitatu Buckinghamiae quae omnia singula idem Johannes Mordaunt habuit ex dono feoffamento Edwardi Comitis Wilts consanguinei nostri quibus omnibus fingulis praemissis idem Johannes Mordaunt seisitus existit Ità quòd nec nos praefatus Dux nec haeredes nostri nec aliquis alius pro nobis seu nomine nostro aliquod jus titulum seu clameum de in praedictis terris tenementis aquis separalibus piscariis caeteris praemissis de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus sed ab omni actione juris statûs tituli vel clamei seu aliquid inde petendi sumus in perpetuum exclusi per praesentes Et nos verò praefatus Dux haeredes nostri omnia praedicta terras tenementa aquam separales piscarias cum pertinentiis caetera praemissa praefato Johanni Mordaunt haeredibus assignatis suis contra Abbatem Sancti Petri Monasterii successores suos warrantizabimus acquietabimus in perpetuum defendemus per praesentes In cujus rei Testimonium huic praesenti Scripto nostro duplicato sigillum nostrum apponi fecimus Data undecimo die Februarii Anno Regni Regis Henrici septimi quarto decimo An Indenture between John Mordaunt of Turvey and John Tresham of Rushton THIS Indenture made the Twenty first day of March in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh between John Mordaunt of Turvey one of the King's Serjeants at the Law on the oon partie and John Tresham of Rushton in the County of Northampton Esquire on the other partie Witnesseth That it is agreed covenanted and bargained between the said Parties That the said John Mordaunt shall endeavour him to get the Marriage of Elizabeth Vere to Marry with John Mordaunt the younger Son and Heir apparent of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant and Amey Vere to Marry with Robert Mordaunt the Second Son of the said John Mordaunt the Serjeant which Elizabeth and Amey being Daughters to my Sister Isabel and to give Lands and Tenements in Jointure to the said Elizabeth Vere for term of her Life to the yearly Value of Twenty Pound and to give to the said Amey Lands and Tenements in Jointure to the yearly Value of Ten Pounds for term of her Life for the which Marriage and Jointure and other Considerations the said John Tresham granteth That in case he be disposed to sell any of his Maners Lands and Tenements within the County of Northampton or elsewhere within the Realm of England That then the same John Mordaunt shall have it and all Maners Lands and Tenements Woods Rents and Services that he shall be disposed for to sell after the rate of Fifteen Years purchace of the clear yearly Value of the same Lands and Tenements to be sold It is also agreed and bargained between the said Parties That the said John Tresham at his pleasure shall give to Isabel Daughter of Sir James Haryngton now his Wife all his Lands Tenements Pastures and Hereditaments in Lyneden Churchfeld Owndell Warmyngton Stoke Doyle Aldwyncle Ryngsted Stanwig and Church-Brampton or part of them for the term of her Life and to give unto Isabel Tresham and Clemens Tresham Daughters begotten between the said John Tresham and Isabel Daughter of the said Sir James all the said Maners Lands and Tenements in Lyneden Churchfeld Owndell Warmyngton Stoke Doyle Aldwyncle Ryngsted Stanwig and Church-Brampton or part of them to have to them and to the Heirs of their Bodies begotten And for default of Issue of both their Bodies begotten the same Maners Lands and Tenements to remain to the said Isabel Sister of the said John Tresham for term of her Life the remainder thereof for default of such Issue or if there be no such Gift made of the same to remain to the said
existunt seu seisitus existat ad usum earundum Margaretae Katharinae seu earum alicujus ad terminum vitae earum seu earum alicujus reversione inde in re nomine facto vel in usu praefatae Johannae Sayntmaur haeredibus suis spectante habendum tenendum dicta dominia maneria terras tenementa advocationes caetera praemissa cum suis pertinentiis ad custodiam eorundem ac reversionem omnium ac singulorum praemissorum cum acciderint vel acciderit praefato Johanni Mordaunt executoribus assignatis suis à tempore mortis praedicti Willielmi Sayntmaur quousque dicta Johanna ad plenam legitimam aetatem pervenerit Ac omnes singulas reversiones praedictas omnium praedictorum dominiorum maneriorum terrarum tenementorum advocationum caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis immediate post mortem dictarum Margaretae Katharinae earum cujuslibet cum acciderit quousque praedicta Johanna ad plenam legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit Et si dicta Johanna obierit antequam ad plenam legitimam aetatem suam pervenerit haerede suo infra aetatem existente tunc volumus concedimus per praesentes eidem Johanni Mordaunt quòd idem Johannes Mordaunt executores assignati sui habeant custodiam maritagium hujusmodi haeredis custodiam tam omnium singulorum dictorum dominiorum maneriorum terrarum tenementorum caeterorum praemissorum cum pertinentiis cum acciderint ut praedictum est custodiam reversionum praedictarum cum pertinentiis suis usque ad plenam legitimam aetatem hujusmodi haeredis sic infra aetatem existentis sic de haerede in haeredem quousque aliquis haeres hujusmodi haeredum ad plenam legitimam aetatem pervenerit Concedimus etiam dicto Johanni Mordaunt omnia exitus proficua omnium singulorum dominiorum maneriorum terrarum tenementorum caeterorum praemissorum cum suis pertinentiis à tempore mortis praedicti Willielmi huc usque provenientia sive crescentia absque aliquo compoto sive aliquo alio nobis aut haeredibus nostris pro praemissis seu aliquo praemissorum reddendo faciendo seu solvendo Eo quòd expressa mentio de vero valore annuo aut aliquo alio valore ceu certitudine praemissorum vel alicujus eorum parcellae aut de vero valore dictorum maritagiorum eorum cujuslibet aut de aliis donis sive concessionibus praefato Johanni ante haec tempora factis in praesentibus minime facta existit aut aliquo alio statuto actu sive ordinatione ceu restrictione in contrarium factis editis sive provisis aut aliqua alia re causa vel materia quacunque non obstante In cujus rei Testimonium c. An Indenture between Sir John Mordaunt and Wistan Brown about the Wardship of Thomas Leventhorp THIS Indenture made the Twelfth day of September the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh between John Mordaunt of Turvey on the one Partie and Wistan Brown and Humphrey Brown his Brother on the other Partie Witnesseth That whereas Thomas Leventhorp late of Whethamsted in the County of Hertford held certain Lands and Tenements in the said County of our Sovereign Lord the King by grant Serjeanty and had Issue John Leventhorp and divers other Children and dyed the said John being his Son and Heir within Age by the death of the which Thomas the King our Sovereign Lord ought to have the custody of the said John and of all the Lands and Tenements of the said Thomas whereof he dyed seized and of all the other Lands of the same Thomas of which he made no Will nor otherwise disposed And howbeit that at the making of these Presents there is no Office found in any Shire after the death of the said Thomas whereby the Kings Highness may be lawfully intitled to the said John Leventhorp Yet that notwithstanding our said Sovereign Lord by his Bill Assigned hath Given and Granted to the said John Mordaunt the Custody of the said John Leventhorp and of all his Lands and Tenements with the Issues and Profits of the same Lands and Tenements from the Death of the said Thomas to the said John Mordaunt To have to him and to his Assigns till the said John Leventhorp come to his full Age and further as long as the said Lands and Tenements shall happen to be in the Kings Hands And so from Heir to Heir till one of the Heirs of the said Thomas shall come to his full Age. The said John Mordaunt hath Bargained and Sold and by these Presents Bargaineth Giveth and Selleth to the said Wistan all such Right Title Possessions and Interest as he hath or hereafter shall have in the Wardship of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp and the Marriage of the same be it Son or Daughter or Daughters To have to the said Wistan from the Date of these Presents as long as the Interest of the said John Mordaunt should endure by reason of the Kings Grant Provided That the same Heirs shall not be Married by the said Wistan to any other Person but to be Married with one of the Children begotten between the same Wistan and Elizabeth his Wife Sister to the said John Mordaunt And for lack of such Issue or such Marriage the same John Mordaunt to have again the Marriage of the same Heirs of the said Thomas to his own Use if it be Male immediately after he be fully of the Age of Twentie Years and if it be Female or Females after they be of the Age of Fourteen Years without any thing paying therefore this Indenture notwithstanding for as much as the said Wistan shall take the Issues and Profits of the said Lands all the mean time without any thing paying for the same And the said John Granteth by these Presents That he shall assent what in him is at the Costs and Charges of the same Wistan to cause the Offices to be found after the Death of the said Thomas according to the truth of the Testaments And after these Offices so found to get Grant by the Kings Letters Patents to the same John Mordaunt of the Ward and Custody abovesaid according to his said Bill Assigned And after that Patent made then the same John shall Grant the said Ward and Marriage of the Heirs of the said Thomas Leventhorp with the Custody of his Lands to the said Wistan and his Assigns to be Married as is above limited For the which Premises well and truly to be performed the said Wistan shall pay to the said John Mordaunt and his Assigns a Hundred Pound of lawful Money to be payed and delivered in form following That is to say whereas the said Humphrey is indebted to the said Wistan in One Hundred Pound for divers Considerations and Covenants made between the said Wistan and Humphrey upon the advancement of the same Humphrey to the Marriage of Amey Mordaunt
or the Bishop of Duresme our Secretary before the Feast of Saint John Baptist next coming at the farthest like as we have semblably written to all Lords Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of every Shire within this our Realm and therefore fail ye not to accomplish the premises as ye tender our honour and the surety of us and of our Realm and Subjects so and in such wise that by our preparation of a good number of able Men we may understand your towardly mind to do unto us service which shall be remembred according to your deserts and these our Letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt Henry R. By the King TRusty and welbeloved we greet ye well So it is upon the even of Philip and Jacob last passed a great number of insolent Apprentices and malicious Journey-men of their sensual Appetites and rancorous Dispositions against Aliens and Strangers Artificers and others Inhabited within our City of London suddainly assembled themselves within our said City in the night time under colour of Maying breaking up entring and robbing the houses of sundry French and Dutch men making also great Comminations to other Strangers to the marvellous Inquietation and Commotion of our said City and Disturbances of our Peace within the same And albeit the same Commotion and Rebellious Assembly by the Mayor Sheriffs and other substantial and well disposed Citizens with and by the Policies Powers and Assistance of the Noble Men and others of our Council was not only forthwith repressed and pacified but also a great Number of the Malefactors and Offenders taken and according to our Laws and their Demerits openly convicted and put to execution so that it is now throughly pacified and put in Quietness our Lord be thanked Yet we thought right expedient to advertise you thereof as well for the Declaration of the Truth in putting all Sinister and Seditious Bruits to silence if any such shall be made by indisposed Persons as also that ye by your Wisdom should not only foresee and have good espial in the place and Countries near adjoyning to you to know the disposition of our Subjects if upon untrue reports they should be stirred to any semblable Commotions by perverse Councel against Merchants Strangers or upon any other ground or cause But also by your wisdom and power with the assistance of other faithful Servants and Subjects in these parts forthwith to repress the same by taking as well the principal mover and stirrers thereof as also the offenders accompanying them for such unlawful intent and purpose committing them to Ward And also advertising us thereof with all speedy diligence as our special Trust is in you and as ye intend to do unto us acceptable service and pleasure to be remembred hereafter accordingly Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond the Third day of May. An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Maner of Drayton TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing Indented shall come hear or see Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Two of the Kings Justices send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers Variances and Debates moved and had between the Right Honourable Lord George Earl of Shrewsbury on the one Partie and John Mordaunt Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife one of the Cousins and Heirs to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire on his Mothers side that is to say by Constance Mother of the said Earl and Daughter and Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Esquire and Humphrey Brown Esquire late Husband to Amey and George Brown his Son and Heir apparent and Son and Heir to the same Amey another Cousin and another of the Heirs of the said Earl of Wiltshire after the form aforesaid and Sir Wistan Brown Knight and John Brown his Son and Heir apparent and Audrey his Wife the third Cousin and Heir to the same Earl after the manner abovesaid on the other Partie of and upon the Right Title Reversion and Possession as well of the foresaid Maner of Drayton with the Appurtenances as of all other Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their Appurtenances in the said County of Northampton or elsewhere which late were the said Constance's or to the foresaid Henry Greene or to any other person or persons to the use of them or the other of them Which Maners Lands and Tenements the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury claimed by a Will supposed to be made by the said Earl of Wiltshire by which Will the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire should will to the said Earl of Shrewsbury all his Fee simple Land Whereupon the foresaid Parties have compromitted themselves to abide the Award Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Arbitrators indifferently named by and between the foresaid Parties to Award Ordain and Deem as well of and upon the Premises as for and upon all manner of Evidences Charters Escripts Writings and Amuniments concerning the Premises or any part of them and of all manner of Actions Suits Quarrels and Demands had or moved between the foresaid Parties or their Servants or Friends before the date of these presents concerning the Premises And we the foresaid Arbitrators taking upon us the authority and power to Award Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises calling before us the Counsels of the foresaid Parties hearing and seeing their Titles Answers Replications Evidences Proves and all other their Allegiances concerning their foresaid Titles and Interess by good deliberation and by consent of the said Parties Award Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises in manner and form following that is to say Forasmuch as the foresaid John Mordaunt Sir Wistan Humphrey Brown George and John Brown have shewed to us the said Arbitrators a Will supposed to be made by the same Earl of Wiltshire and Sealed with his Seal in which Will he revoked all former Wills and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue and for his last Will. And in that Will there is no clause whereby the same Earl of Shrewsbury should have any of his Maners Lands or Tenements as by the same more plainly appeareth And also they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds and other Writings proving the aforesaid Maner of Drayton and other the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to be given in Tayle to the Ancestors of the said Constance Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire who had and enjoyed the same by reason of the said Tayles and the foresaid Elizabeth and George Brown and Audrey be Cousins and next Heir to the same Constance Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire and to the same Earl on his Mothers side and heritable to the foresaid Maners and other the Premises by reason of the said Tayles Wherefore we Award
twenty Years to come grow descend in possession Reversion or in Use to the said Edmond and to his Heirs for ever Provided alway That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace at his liberty to make a Jointure to any other Woman that he shall fortune hereafter to Marry if the said Dorothy now his Wife fortune to decease of and in Maners Lands and Tenements parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks to the yearly value of Forty Pounds for term of Life of the same Woman only Provided also That it shall be lawful to the said John Fettyplace for to declare his Will of the said Maners Lands and Tenements of the value of Three hundred twenty five Marks during the Non-age of the said Edmond and during the Non-age of the next Heir of the said Edmond if the said Edmond fortune to decease before he shall accomplish the Age of twenty one Years And also for to declare his last Will of Maners Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of Forty Marks parcel of the said Three hundred and five and twenty Marks for the term of Ten Years after the decease of the said John Fettyplace And after the said Edmond shall be of the Age of One and twenty Years for the preferment of the Younger Sons and Daughters of the said John Fettyplace and for the contentation and payment of his Debts Provided also That it shall be lawful for the said John Fettyplace for to give to every of his Younger Sons which shall fortune to be in Life at the time of the Death of the said John Fettyplace severally by himself Ten Marks parcel of the said Three hundred twenty five Marks during their lives only And if any of them happen to decease that then after the Death of every of them that Ten Marks of him that is so Dead to come go and return to the said Edmond and his Heirs for ever For the which Premises and also for other Covenants Grants and Agreements on the Party of the said John Fettyplace his Executors and Assigns for to be performed and kept the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents That he his Executors and Assigns shall pay cause or do to be paid to the said John Fettyplace his Executors or Assigns Six hundred Marks of lawful Money of England in manner and form following that is to say One hundred pounds of lawful Money of England at the sealing of these present Indentures of the which Hundred Pounds the said John Fettyplace acknowledgeth himself by these Presents to be truly contented and payed And the said Sir John Mordaunt his Heirs Executors and Assigns thereof to be quit and discharged by these presents And at the Feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle next coming after the date of these presents Fifty Marks of lawful Money of England at the Feast of Pentecost which shall be in the Year of our Lord God a Thousand five hundred and twenty five or within twelve days next following the same Feast One hundred Marks of lawful money of England and so yearly at the Feast of Pentecost or within Twelve days next following after the same Feast One hundred Marks until the time that the said Six hundred Marks be truly contented and paid And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents That if the said Edmond during the Life of the said John Fettyplace do dye before the said Marriage had between them and before carnal copulation that then Thomas second Son of the said John Fettyplace or he which at that time shall be Heir apparent to the said John Fettyplace shall Marry and take to Wife the said Margaret if the said Margaret will thereto agree and the Law of the Church will so suffer and permit the same and to have like Covenants Grants and Agreements for to be made between the said John Fettyplace and Sir John Mordaunt as well for the payments to be made as for the Marriage of the said second Son or the next Heir apparent of the said John Fettyplace at that time being as the said Sir John should have had if the said Edmond had lived And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents That if the said Margaret during the Life of the said John Fettyplace do dye after Marriage had between the said Edmond and the said Margaret and before carnal copulation that then the said Edmond shall marry and take to his Wife Dorothy Mordaunt another of the Daughters of the said Sir John Mordaunt if the said Dorothy will thereto agree and the Laws of the Church the same will suffer with like Covenants Grants and Agreements and also payments of the same summ of Six hundred Marks as then is and shall be paid for the Marriage of the said Dorothy as should have been if the said Margaret had lived And the said John Fettyplace Covenanteth and Granteth That the said Sir John Mordaunt his Executors or Assigns shall have the keeping and custody of the said Edmond until the time that the said Edmond come to his age of One and twenty Years and that the said Sir John his Executors or Assigns shall have the said Twenty pounds to the use of the said Sir John his Executors and Assigns any Covenant or Grant in these present Indentures to the contrary made notwithstanding to and for the finding of the said Edmond and Margaret And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents That he his Executors or Assigns shall at their Costs and Charges find the said Edmond Apparel Meat and Drink and all other things necessary and convenient for the degree of the said Edmond unto the time that the said Edmond come to the age of One and twenty Years And the said Sir John Covenanteth and Granteth by these presents That the said John Fettyplace shall have the keeping custody and rule of the said Margaret as long as it shall please the said John Fettyplace to have her for which the said Sir John shall content and pay to the said John Fettyplace for the finding of the said Margaret as long as the said Margaret shall be in the House or at the finding of the said John Fettyplace Ten Marks of lawful Money of England And if the said John Fettyplace be not disposed to have the said Margaret and to find her himself that then the said Sir John his Executors or Assigns shall at their Costs and Charges find the said Margaret Apparel Meat and Drink and all other things necessary and convenient for the said Margaret unto the time that the said Edmond come to the full age of One and twenty Years And it is further agreed between the said Parties That after that the said Edmond hath accomplished the full age of One and twenty Years that then the said Edmond shall receive and take the Profits of the said Twenty Pounds And also all other parcels as be appointed by these Indentures for the Jointure of
Maunsell Scr. Probatum fuit Testamentum suprascripti coram Magistro Willielmo Drewry Curiae praerogativae Cantuariensis Commissiario apud London decimo nono die Octobris anno Domini Milesimo quingentesimo septuagesimo primo juramento Justiniani Kidd Notarii Publici Procuratoris dictae Joannae relictae Executricis in hujusmodi Testamento nominatae cui commissa fuit Administratio omnium singulorum Bonorum c. ad sancta dei Evangelia Jurata reservata potestate c. Thomae Farmer Edmundo Plowden Willielmo Goodfellow c. cum venerint c. admissuri SIGILLVM IOHANNIS DOMINI MORDAVNT DNI BARONIS DE TVRVEY Examinatur per me Radulphum Jennings cum Registro praerogativae vigesimo primo Februarii anno Milesimo sexcentesimo quinquagesimo primo The TOMB of JOHN the Second Lord Mordaunt as it is Extant in the Church of Turvey in the County of Bedford Sir LEWIS MORDAVNT Knight First of that Name Third Lord MORD AVNT Peer of England and Lord Baron of Turvey CHAPTER XIV Causes of Disagreements between John the Second Lord Mordaunt and his Son Lewis THE late Lord Mordaunt bought the Wardship of Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis Daughter and Sole Heir to Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis Knight for which he paid Thirteen hundred Marks her Land which she had by Descent was Five hundred Marks a year The late Lord Mordaunt afterwards did couple her in Marriage unto the now Lord Mordaunt then being his Son and Heir Apparent For the Marriage of which now Lord Mordaunt the late Lord Mordaunt might have had divers great Summs of Money Afterwards the late Lord Mordaunt for the better advancing of his own House procured the said now Lord Mordaunt and the said Dame Elizabeth then his Wife to Levy a Fine of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands to one William Hemmyng Clerk who rendred the same unto the now Lord Mordaunt and to the said Dame Elizabeth then his Wife and to the Heirs Males of their two Bodies lawfully begotten And for want of such Heirs to the Heirs Males of the Body of the now Lord Mordaunt with divers Remainders over Afterwards the said now Lord Mordaunt and Dame Elizabeth then his Wife had Issue between them Lewis Mordaunt and after the said Dame Elizabeth Mordaunt dyed After whose Death the said now Lord Mordaunt took to Wife the Lady Joan Mordaunt now his Wife After which Marriage the said now Lord Mordaunt for that his said Son Lewis would not Marry his Wife's Daughter suffered a Recovery of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands to the Use of himself for the term of his Life without Impeachment of Wast and after his decease to the Use of such as it pleased him to appoint for the term of Ninety two years without any Penny of Rent paying therefore To the intent that not only he but my Lady his Wife may declare their Wills thereof during the said Ninety two years whereof the said late Lord Mordaunt had certain Intelligence not knowing how nor to whom the Fee-simple and the Inheritance thereof is bestowed and appointed Whereupon the said late Lord Mordaunt as well for Conscience sake for that he was the cause why the now Lord Mordaunt had such Estates of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands as he might by the Law suffer such a Recovery thereof to the Disherison of the said Lewis Mordaunt being the right Heir of the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands as also for the stay of his own Inheritance and bringing in again of the Fitz-Lewis's Lands into the right course of Inheritance again did suffer Recoveries of his own Lands to the Uses and upon Condition following To the Use of the said late Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs until the said Lewis Mordaunt was Married and after to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of such Wife as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married unto at the time of his Death To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt for term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of such Wife as the said Lewis Mordaunt shall be Married to at the time of his Death To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of his Executors until the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel next ensuing the Death of the late Lord Mordaunt and after to the same Executors for the term of Twelve years towards the performance of his Will and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life if he will assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands as hereafter appeareth To the Use of the late Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast and after to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life To the intent that he of the Issues and Profits thereof might fully answer to the Queen's Majesty as much Money as shall amount to One Years Rent of the full Third part of all the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands for the primier Seisin thereof and Twenty Pounds over Memorandum That it was provided in the same Book That if the now Lord Mordaunt did not assure the said Fitz-Lewis's Lands which are of the value of Five hundred Marks per annum within Six Months next ensuing the Feast of Saint Andrew next after the date of the said Book to Sir Robert Throgmorton and other the Recoverers of the late Lord Mordaunt's Lands That is to say Parcel thereof to the value of Three hundred Marks or under to the Use of the now Lord Mordaunt and the Lady his Wife for term of their lives Dispunishable of Wast during the life of the now Lord Mordaunt And after their Deceases to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs to the Use of the said Lewis Mordaunt and to the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs to the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis and the Remainder thereof to the now Lord Mordaunt for the term of his life without Impeachment of Wast And after his decease to the Use of his Will for the term of Ten years and after to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt and of the Heirs Males of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs to the Use of Lewis Mordaunt and of the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs to the Use of the right Heirs of the said Fitz-Lewis for ever That then the use of such and so much of the Lord Mordaunt's Lands as was appointed to the now
their reasonable Maintenances until their several Marriages and that they and each of them may have sufficient Portions for their and each of their Advancements in Marriage I Will Give and Bequeath unto them and each of them such several Parts and Portions and in such manner as hereafter followeth viz. I Will Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Katherine Mordaunt the Summ of Two thousand Pounds of lawful Money of England to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt his Heirs Executors and Assigns in manner and form following viz. Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage Five hundred Pounds within Six Months after the First Payment and Five hundred Pounds within Six Months after the Second Payment and the other Five hundred Pounds being the rest and residue of Two thousand Pounds in the Eighteenth Month after her Marriage Item I will give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt the like Summ of Two thousand Pounds of good and lawful Money of England to be paid unto her by my said Son Henry Mordaunt his Heirs Executors or Assigns in manner and form following videlicet The Summ of Five hundred Pounds at the Day of her Marriage Five hundred Pounds more within six Months after Five hundred Pounds more within Six Months after the second payment and the other Five hundred Pounds being the rest and residue of the said Summ of Two thousand Pounds in the Eighteenth Month after her Marriage So that my meaning is They shall not have any part of the Summ of Two thousand Pounds to each of them before their several Marriages but as they shall be Married they shall be paid in form aforesaid And hereby I Advise and Charge them and each of them to make deliberate Choice of each their Husbands not rashly to match themselves without the Assent of their Brother my Son Henry Mordaunt and other their good Friends who I hope will have good care of them And if it happen my said Daughter Katherine Mordaunt to depart this Life before Marriage which God forbid then my Will and Intent is That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed shall be divided in manner and form following videlicet Five hundred Pounds to her said Sister Elizabeth Mordaunt then surviving in Augmentation of her part Two hundred Pounds to Arthur Maunsell second Son of my Daughter Mary and the residue of the foresaid Two thousand Pounds to my Son Henry Mordaunt And if it fortune my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt to depart this Life before Marriage which God forbid then my Will and Intent is That her part and Portion to her before bequeathed shall be divided in manner and form following To her Sister Katherine Mordaunt then surviving in Augmentation of her part the Summ of Five hundred Pounds and to Arthur Maunsell the second Son of my Daughter Mary the Summ of Two hundred Pounds and the rest and residue to my Son Henry Mordaunt Further my Will is That my said Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Katherine Mordaunt for and towards her maintenance unto the day of her Marriage and that the same be solemnized the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful English Money at two Feasts in the Year that is to say At the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin by even Portions Further my Will and earnest Desire is That my said Daughter Katherine shall and may be in House and remain with my said Son Henry and be found and allowed by him sufficient Meat Drink Fire and Lodging according to her vocation for her self a Man and a Maid at the only Charges of my Son and his Heirs until the day of her Marriage and that the same be solemnized But if he and she shall not like so to do as I hope they will Then I will my Son Henry after such disliking shall yearly allow her for her Board and in lieu thereof Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence over and besides the said yearly Summ of Fifty Pounds so that she may have a hundred Marks a year for yearly maintenance and finding until she be Married Likewise my Will is That my said Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs shall yearly pay unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mordaunt for and towards her maintenance until the day of Marriage the Summ of Fifty Pounds of lawful English Money at two Feasts in the Year that is to say At the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Feast of the Annunciation of our Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin by even Portions And further my Will is That my said Daughter Elizabeth shall and may be and remain in House with my Son Henry Mordaunt and at his Charges be found and allowed sufficient Meat Drink Fire and Lodging according to her vocation for her self a Man and a Maid until the day of her Marriage and that the same be solemnized which I will shall be performed at the Costs and Charges of my Son and his Heirs But if he and she shall not like to agree or continue together as I hope they will then I Will my Son Henry Mordaunt and his Heirs after such disliking shall yearly allow my said Daughter Elizabeth for and in lieu of her Board the Summ of Sixteen Pounds thirteen Shillings and four Pence over and besides the Summ of Fifty Pounds before bequeathed unto her so that she may yearly have and receive One hundred Marks for her yearly maintenance and finding until she be Married Also I give and bequeath all my other Goods Chattels Jewels and Plate unbequeathed my Funeral discharged Debts paid and Legacies performed unto my loving Son Henry Mordaunt whom I Will shall be mine Executor for this purpose Upon condition that he take the Executorship upon him and enter into Obligation of the Summ of Three hundred Pounds unto my loving Friends Edward Watson and John Wake Esquires for the true performance of this my Will as aforesaid which if he shall not do within Forty Days after my decease Then I will That Edward Watson and John Wake Esquires shall be mine Executors and of my Goods to see my Funeral discharged Debts and Legacies paid and the rest of my Goods to leave unto my Son Henry Mordaunt according to my true meaning Now for the yearly maintenance of my Two Daughters Katherine and Elizabeth and each of them until their several Marriages as aforesaid and for the better Assurance and sure making of their several Portions to them before bequeathed And in respect I have disbursed the Money which I kept for my Daughters Portions in purchasing of Land building of my House lying fit and necessary for my Son and lest that my Son his Heirs Executors or Assigns should not or would not perform this my Last Will and Testament as I verily think he will and so by that means my Daughters be lest unprovided as well of their several Portions as of Allowance for their
vel debuerunt In cujus rei Testimonium has Literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes Datum sub Magno Sigillo nostro apud Whitehall Decimo nono die Januarii Anno Regni praecharissimi Domini Mariti nostri Jacobi Secundi Dei Gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis Fidei Defensoris c. primo Annoque Domini 168⅚ May it please Your Majesty This containeth a Grant from Your Majesty to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborow of the Offices of High Steward and Keeper of Your Courts Leet c. and of General and Chief Bayliff of all Your Majesty's Honours Maners and Lands now or hereafter within the Kingdom of England To hold during Your Majesty's Pleasure with the Annual Fee of Twenty Pounds for the said Office of High Steward and all other profits to the said several Offices belonging And is done by virtue of your Majesty's Warrant to me directed bearing Date the First Day of January 1685 6. Ro. North. OF THE Collateral BRANCHES That have issued out of the HOUSE OF MORDAUNT OF THE Collateral BRANCHES That have issued out of the HOUSE OF MORDAUNT HAVING deduc'd the Succict Genealogies of all the Houses whence were descended and whereunto were Heirs the Mordaunts that were Lords of Turvey in the County of Bedford as likewise particularly that of the same Noble Family and justified them by the Extant and Unquestionable Proofs inserted all along in the foregoing Works I have thought it indispensably necessary to declare the descents of those Branches also that at several times proceded from the Chief House and that in other Countries upon Lordships of their own have since made separated Families and continued in Worthy Estimation to this day That in case of accidents though very improbable which might conduce to the extinction of the Eldest Family there might remain Lights to the right of Succession for preventing future Controversies and wrongful or mistaken Pretences though it cannot be expected instruments of Proof should be inserted here as in the former they remaining in the hands of the Owners who willingly part not with the Evidences of their Estates out of their power or live at such distance as would make it too uneasie or troublesom Here shall therefore hereunto be annexed the Pedegrees of these Collaterals with all the Truth and Justness imaginable to the end those Gentlemen concern'd in them may know what is their Rank in point of Time and the Grounds of any Pretences they can justly make upon any Accidents may happen for the future The Decent of the Mordaunts that were Lords of Wybaldstone Will m Mordaunt Ld. of Turven Rossia de Wake Robert Mordaunt Ld. of Turvey Eldest Sonne Iolianna de Bray Sr. Will Mordaunt Ld. of Wybaldston Mary de Bosco Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Wubaldstone Eleanar Conquest Gohn Mordaunt Ld. of Wubaldston Eliz Raunstou Matilda Mordaunt Filia Heres The Decent of the Mordaunts who were L ds of Hempstead Massingham Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Turvey Agness Peck Sr. John Mordaunt Ld. of Turroen Eldest Sonue Edith Latimer Will m Mordaunt Ld. of hempsted Anne Huntington Robert Nordaunt Ld. of Hempsted Margaret Pooly Sr l'Estrange Mordaunt Knt. and Baronett Margarett Charles Sr Robert Mordaut Knt. Baronett Amie Southerton Henry Mordaunt Barbara Catthrop Will m Mordaunt Robert Mordaunt Eliz Rowse Sr. Charles Mordaunt K Bar. Catherine Talmach l'Estrange Mordaunt Catlin Edmund Mordaunt Lewis Alordaut Sr. John Mordaunt Anne Risely Henry Mordaunt The Decent of the Mordaunts which were Lords of Oakley John the first Ld. Mordaunt Elizabeth vere John the 2d. Ld. Mordaunt Elly Fitzlewes Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Oakely Agnes Booth George Mordaunt Ld. of the Hill Caldcaut Cicely Harding Edm Mordaunt Ld. of Oakely Eliz Sturley Sr. Charles Mordaunt Ld. of Oakly Eliz Snagg S. P. John Mordaut Ld. of Oakely Eliz Pudsey Charles Mordaut Ld. of Oakely Eliz Strozzy Sr. John Mordaunt Eliz Adams John Mordaunt Henry Mordaunt John Mordaunt The Decent of the Mordaunts who were L. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Iohn Lord Mordaunt Elizabeth Vere Iohn the 2 Lord Mordaunt Elly Fitzlewes Edm Mordaut Second Sonne Sine Prole George Mordaut Fourth Sonne Cicely Harding Willm. Mordaunt Third Sonne Agnes Booth Lewes Mordaunt Iane Ncedam Eliz. Mordaunt Edw Maynard Lewes Mordaunt George Mordaut Anne Smith Charles Mordaunt George Mordaunt Eliz Everard Iohn Mordaunt Sonne heire The Decent of the Mordaunts that were Lords of Hardwick Henry Lord Mordaunt Margaret Compton John Eark of Peterborow Eliz Howard James Mordaut Gostwick John Mordaunt Barbara Ludlous Henry Mordaunt Sonne Heire The Decent of the Mordaunts that were L ds of Rygate Iohn L d Mordaunt Earle of Peterborow Eliz Howard Henry Earle of Peterborow Penelope Obrian Iohn Ld. Viscount Mordaunt Elizabeth Cary. George Mordaunt Osmond Mordaunt Charles Ld. Viscout Mordaunt Cary Fraiser Henry Mordaunt Lewes Mordaunt Martin Henry Mordaunt Iohn Mordaunt Sonne Heire
Servants of the said Sir Richard Walles came forth and encountred with him in the field insomuch that Ralph the Son of Sir Richard de Walles was slain and the residue that were with him fled many of them being sore beaten and wounded Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores decem ex Imaginibus Historiarum Radulphi de Diceto pag. 631. RAdulphus filius Hugonis de Vallibus habitationem habens cum patre suo prope Gisortium infra Limites Regis Francorum Willielmum de magna villa Illustrem Comitem de Albemarle verbis dehonestavit amaris In ultionem Contuemliae postmodum Henricus de Vere interfecit Radulphum in Kal. Decembris quod Injuriam Regis Francorum esse factum aliqui reputantes Garnerium quendam Anglorum Regi familiarissimum intra muros Gisortii domicilium à diebus multis habentem paratis insidiis crudeliter trucidaverunt ut sic paria delicta compensatione mutuâ delerentur Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima fol. 52 53. In the declaration of the sickness and last intention of William Earl of Essex and Albemarle ILLI verò obstupescentes sese mutuo silentio aliquamdiu adspicientes tandem unus pro omnibus Henricus scilicet de Vere ejus consobrinus in haec verba prorupit Rotulo Secundo adhuc de Communi Termino Sancti Michaelis Anno vicesimo septimo Henrici Tertii Norfolk Suffolk REX Vicecomiti Constat vobis per Inquisitionem factam tempore Johannis Regis Patris Nostri quòd Rex Henricus noster proavus dedit Balduco de Boxo manerium de Mutford pro triginta libratis terrae in Amptone Baroniae suae de Bouden quod quidem Manerium tenuit postmodum Hildeburga Haeres praedicti Balduci qui terram illam dedit Henrico de Vere cum filia sua Stephano de Lulham cum alia filia sua Sir WALTER de VERE who from his chief Seat took the Name of Drayton to remain to him and his Descendants ever after Charta Walteri de Draytonâ SCiant praesentes futuri quòd ego Walterus filius Henrici filii Roberti dedi concessi hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Willielmo Patrunculo meo totam terram de Twivell quam Robertus Avus meus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium dimidii feodi Militis totam terram de Adington quam praedictus Robertus tenuit die quo obiit per servitium quartae partis feodi unius Militis Tenendum sibi Haeredibus suis legitimè procreatis de me Haeredibus meis liberè quietè pro istis praenominatis servitiis Et si fortè praedictus Willielmus sine Haerede quam habuerit de uxore desponsata obierit praedictae terrae ad me Haeredes meos redibunt Pro hac autem intratione recognitione donatione praedictus Willielmus mihi homagium fecit unum anulum aureum dedit Hiis Testibus Richardo Basset Radulpho Dandelin Willielmo de Sidenham Osmondo de Charleton Willielmo de Aiston Gervasio de Southorne Rogero Monacho Roberto de Sancto Marco Rogero filio Paganii Richardo de Aldwinckle Willielmo de Musta Gilberto Flameus Elia de Carletun Alano de Hale Gervasio de Barnac Roberto de Vere Henrico de Tichmarsh aliis Charta Willielmi filii Roberti filii Albricii SCiant omnes tam praesentes quà m futuri quòd ego Willielmus filius Roberti filii Aubri consensu assensu Haeredum meorum concessi hac meâ praesenti Chartâ confirmavi Hospitali sancti Johannis de Northamtonia fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus in perpetuam eleemosynam pro salute animae meae patris mei matris meae antecessorum meorum donationem quam Radulfus de Stanhern Leza uxor ejus quae fuit filia Wiberdi fecerunt praedicto Hospitali scilicet tres virgatas terrae in Slipton quas praedictus Wiberdus pater praedictae Lezaetenuit cum omnibus pertinentiis suis sine aliquo retinamento tenendas de me haeredibus meis liberè quietè honorificè ab omni servitio praeter forinsecum servitium scilicet quantum pertinet ad servitium feodi tertiae partis dimidii Militis hanc verò terram praedictam ego haeredes mei warrantizabimus praedicto Hospitali fratribus praedictis contra omnes homines Praeterea si fortè contigerit quòd ego vel haeredes mei warrantizare non poterimus praedictam terram Hospitali praedicto praedictis fratribus dabimus eis escambia in dominica haereditate nostra in Angliâ ad valentiam praedictae terrae in omnibus rebus Hiis Testibus Ranulfo Decano Northamtoniae Helia fratre ejus Willielmo Clerico de Buckingham Roberto fratre suo Roberto Bidun Roberto de Nuers Hugone de Hannou Bartholomeo filio Jordani Willielmo Ruffo Philippo filio Jordani Henrico filio Hugonis Radulpho filio Bodwini Richardo filio Walteri Johanne Flamang Michaele fratre ejus Roberto de Harwemeda Rogero de Nugun Aubro fratre ejus Charta Williehni filii Roberti SCiant tam praesentes quà m futuri quòd ego Willielmus filius Roberti dedi concessi hac praesenti Chartâ meâ confirmavi Deo Sanctae Mariae Sancto Johanni Baptistae beatis pauperibus Hospitalis Sancti Johannis de Northamtonia fratribus ibidem Deo servientibus sex seliones terrae cum cheveciis de meo dominio in agris Twivelliae illos scilicet qui jacent juxta Fulewellemor in liberam puram perpetuam eleemosynam pro salute animae meae uxoris meae pro animabus omnium antecessorum successorum meorum Hiis Testibus Roberto de Leicestria Willielmo de Perie Waltero filio ejus Anketill de Passeha Richardo Pellipario Ricardo filio Radulfi Capellani Philippo Clerico Vernalio Clerico multis aliis Northampton-scira In magno Rotulo de Anno sexto Richardi primi DE Scutagio Militum ad redemptionem Domini Regis Walterus de Drayton reddit computum de decem solidis de scutagio suo in Thesaur liberavit quietus est In Rubro libro feodorum de Scaccario sub Titulo Incipit annus octavus Regis Richardi SCutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos in Northamptonshire Walterus de Drayton decem solidos dimidii Militis de feodo Roberti filii Alberici Camerarii In eodem libro ANNO primo Regis Johannis scutagium Normanniae assisum ad duas marcas in Northamptonshire Walterus de Drayton unam marcam dimidii Militis Carta Alani Basset SCiant praesentes futuri quòd ego Alanus Basset dedi concessi hac praesenti carta mea confirmavi Waltero de Drayton Lucae Uxori ejus filiae Domini Richardi Basset fratris mei haeredibus de Corporibus eorum legitimè procreatis omnes terras tenementa in Villa de Pightesli Habenda tenenda omnia praedicta terras tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinentiis praedictis Waltero Luciae haeredibus inter eosdem legitimè
Osiths in Chieche and Robert which Robert in the twelfth of Henry the Second upon levying the aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified that he then held half a Knights Fee He also held the Lordship of Twyvell in the County of Northampton of the Monks of Thorney in Fee-Farm as his Father did ROBERT de VERE Second Son of Alberic de Vere Great Chamberlain and Chief Justice of England Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Pag. 417. ANNO Millesimo Centesimo Tricesimo quinto Rex Henricus Primus obiit apud Castrum Leonis sepultus fuit apud Radingas ubi Coenobium ducentorum Monachorum condiderat in honorem Sanctae individuae Trinitatis Robertus de Vere alii Milites de Angliâ Statellites Ministri Regis apud Pontem Audomari atque bonam Villam Feretrum Regis apud Caddomum adduxerunt Baronage of England Pag. 190. Second Column Speaking of Maud the Empress SHE likewise gave to Robert de Vere the other Brother of this Earl Alberic a Barony to the value of that so given to Jeffrey and other Lands of equal worth to possess within a year after she should enjoy the Realm of England Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Pag. 248. Charta Roberti Filii Alberici Camerarii Regis EGO Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii Regis terram de Twyvell quamdiu vixero de Domino Abbate Roberto Monachis de Thorneya per eandem Conventionem in feodi firmam teneo per quam conventionem pater meus ante me tenuit decimas de quinque Carrucis quas pater meus Deo Sanctae Mariae Thorneyae concessit scilicet Drayton Islip Edington Deo atque Sanctae Mariae atque Monachis Thorneyae concedo Hujus Conventionis sunt testes Robertus de Jakesly Ertnoldus Willielmus de Cesterton Ogerus Terri de hominibus ipsius Roberti Hugo Ware Adam imo omnes fratres ipsius loci Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penes Comitem de Peterborow RObertus filius Albrici Anno primo Imperii Henrici Regis Junioris feria quinta in Hebdomada Pentecostes tempore Galterii Abbatis qui successit Gilbertum Abbatem ejusdem loci Anno Domini Millesimo Centesimo Quinquagesimo quarto in praesentia Henrici filii sui quietum clamavit Manerium de Twyvell Monasterio de Thorney Alexander tertius Papa donationem confirmavit Abbati de Twyvell videdelicet de duabus garbis decimarum trium Villarum Islip Drayton Addington In libro rubro Feodorum de Scaccario inter Cartas Dominorum irrotulatas de annis septimo octavo decimo quarto decimo octavo Henrici Secundi à secundo octavo Richardi Primi DOmino suo Charissimo Henrico Regi Angliae Robertus filius Alberici Camerarii Salutem Sciatis Domine quod Ego teneo de vobis feodum dimidium Militis In Anno octavo in Northamptonshire Robertus filius Albrici dimidium Militis In Anno decimo quarto in Northamptonshire Robertus filius Albrici Camerarii dimidium Militis In Anno decimo octavo in Northamptonshire Robertius filius Albrici decem solidos In Anno secundo Regis Richardi fecit Scutagium Walliae assessum ad decem solidos In Northamptonshire Robertus filius Albrici quinque solidos dimidii Militis In Anno octavo Regis Richardi Scutagium Normanniae ad viginti solidos Rotulo duodecimo adhuc communi de Termino Pasch Anno tricessuno octavo Henrici Tertii Consideratio contra Monachos de Hortune HEnricus Avus Domini Regis concessit Cartâ suâ confirmavit Deo Ecclesiae Sancti Johannis Apostoli Evangelistae de Hortune Monachis ibidem Deo servientibus Tintonam Hortunam cum pertinentiis habendum tenendum cum omnibus libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus in quibus Roberus de Vere Adelina uxor ejus meliùs liberiùs tenuerunt eisdem Monachis per Cartam suam confirmaverunt Et ideo consideratum est quòd praedicti Monachi facient Domino Regi pro praedictis Maneriis illud idem servitium quod praedictus Robertus Adelina facere consueverunt Carta Roberti Furnell RObertus de Furnell omnibus hominibus Francicis Anglicis tam praesentibus quà m futuris Salutem Sciatis me dedisse hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmâsse Roberto filio Albrici de Twyvell cum Matilda filia mea in franco marriagio quatuor acras terrae in Campis de Craneford scilicet apud Wudeforddale tres rodas dimidiam rodam ad Bricluste unam rodam dimidiam ad sorte Brokilhill unam rodam super Langfurlong tres rodas juxta Havedlond Gilberti filii Brikestoni unam rodam super Hepehill juxta terram quam Hosse tenuit duas rodas apud Caldewell in parte Orientali unam rodam in Sortlundale unam rodam super Barlifurlong unam rodam super Nonishill juxta Gilberti filii Brikestoni unam rodam Tenendas de me haeredibus meis illi haeredibus suis liberè quietè honorificè in plano in pasturis in Campis in pratis in viis in semitis in omnibus libertatibus in omnibus locis Reddendo inde mihi annuatim haeredibus meis ad Festum omnium Sanctorum dimidiam libram piperis pro omnibus serviciis consuetudinibus pro omnibus rebus salvo forinseco servicio Domini Regis spectante ad cantam tenuriam Et Ego haeredes mei illas supradictas quatuor acras terrae illi haeredibus suis contra omnes homines debemus warrantizare Hiis testibus Willielmo de Hanred Radulfo de Lingevere Radulfo de Andeli Henrico filio ejus Willielmo filio Radulfi Galfrido fratre ejus Simone filio Remfrei Rogero fratre ejus Galfrido Champiun Waltero Poeir Simone de Loholm Adae Clerico Domini Abbatis de Thorneya Magistro Rogero de Glamesford Mattheo filio Hugonis sacerdotis de Twyvell Richardo filio Baldewini Hugone Halecrist Willielmo filio ejus Radulfo Malherbe de Livdenea pluribus aliis Carta Johannis Furnell SCiant praesentes futuri quòd Ego Johannes filius Matildae filiae 〈◊〉 Furnell dedi concessi hac praesenti Cartâ meâ confirmavi Roberto 〈◊〉 pro servitio suo viginti solidis Argenti quos mihi dedit prae manibus quatuor acras terrae in Campis de Craneford scilicet illas quatuor acras quas Robertus de Furnell dedit Matri meae in libero marriagio scilicet apud Wudefordedale tres rodas dimidiam apud Bricluste unam rodam dimidiam apud sorte Brockilhill unam rodam super Langefurlong tres rodas unam rodam juxta capucium Gilberti filii Bricstan duas rodas super Hepehill unam rodam apud Kaldewelle in parte orientali unam rodam in sorte Lundale unam rodam super Barlifurlong unam rodam super Honishill juxta terram Gilberti filii Bricstan tenendas habendas sibi haeredibus suis liberè quietè bene in
he was forc'd to depart once more from thence to conduct her home according as he had engaged himself to do In order to this he Embarked upon the Friggat the accomodations as well as the safety whereof was esteem'd more proper for both the Voyage and the Company difficulties having been experienced in the last passage aboard the Yatchts which were esteem'd would not have been so dangerous in this other sort of Embarkation His Highness proceeded then but Providence shew'd that all pre-cautions are vain and let the wise take what care they can the event and success of all things are ever in her power For the Duke had not sailed far being over or near the Coast of Yarmouth when from many circumstances of negligence or ill conduct in those who had the leading of that sailing affair the Duke's Ship struck upon a Sand and in a short time sunk down to rights all perishing in this occasion except such as could swim or had the extraordinary fortune to be saved by Boats which may be thought to have had enough to do in so distracted and divided a conjuncture But the Duke himself was preserv'd with a few in his own Pinnace by the care and Loyalty of the Seamen who would neither intrude themselves nor suffer others for their safeties to expose that of a Prince so considerable His Highness came after safely to Land at Leith and once again into the Arms of his incomparable Dutchess who was half dead though she saw him live at the fears of that which though it was now past she had heard had been once so near After some days stay they together left Scotland for the last time and came together to London where they were received with all the joy honest Men could express The Summer they spent with the King at which time was discovered the first part of the desperate Phanatick Plot divers Accusations there were and the Lord Russel was Tryed Condemned and Executed Many were Imprison'd and a great consternation appear'd upon all that Party The Earl of Peterborow was in the mean time restor'd to his place in Council and his part in the Summers actions consisted in causing Presentments to be made and Indictments in his own Country for examples sake of such as had been of Shaftsbury's Party and appear'd disaffected to the Crown with settling the Magistracy and Offices of the Militia in faithful hands so as by the end of the Year of one of the most perverse and worst enclin'd Countries of all England he did with the pains care and diligence that he apply'd render it the most exemplary and readiest to serve the King of any other In October ensuing he attended the Duke his Master to New-market and was with his Highness at the time when that fortunate Fire broke out which burnt that Town and preserv'd the King and his Brother by hastening their return to London sooner than was intended By which the assault of Rye was prevented and those measures disconcerted which in consequence were design'd to the ruine of the Kingdom and all those that loved the Royal House and the Government He continued to serve his Master with the same zeal and concern the rest of the days of King Charles at whose Sickness and sudden Death he was present and a witness of that tenderness wherewith the dying King resign'd his Dominions and all his Interest to his loving Brother as the right of his inheritance by all the Laws both of God and Man After the King's decease great endeavours were used to prevent the Earl of Peterborow from succeeding to the place under the new King wherein he had served his Majesty while he was Duke the space of twenty years together but his Master was too just and generous not to stick to his old Servant that had run so many fortunes and hazards with him He did then give his Lordship the Gold Key and thereby establish'd him Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman and Governor of his Bed-Chamber The Earl served his Majesty afterward at his Royal Coronation in bearing before him St. Edward's Scepter and after the ensuing Parliament and the passing the Bill of Attainder against the Duke of Monmouth one Evening when his Lordship expected nothing less his Majesty with a bounty and graciousness never to be forgotten took him aside and ask'd If he did not remember a promise that had once been made him to which the Earl replied He had a memory only for what pleased his Majesty who answered He had not forgotten the Garter he should have had after his attendance on him at the Sole-Bay Fight and he should find he was as mindful of old Promises as ancient Service Some days being past the King commanded the Earl's attendance at a Chapter in Whitehall and there caused him to be Invested with the George and Garter after which his Lordship was sent into the Country to raise Troops against the Rebellion wherein he did very exemplary Service to his Majesty and upon his return he with the Duke of Norfolk and the Lord Treasurer was Installed in the Royal Castle of Windsor to all the purposes and privileges which do appertain to the Noble Order of the Garter Henry Earl of Peterborow had Issue by his Wife the Lady Penelope Obrien two Daughters Elizabeth Mordaunt that dyed in the Twelfth year of her Age. Mary Mordaunt Married to Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk OSBERT le MORDAUNT a Norman Knight Osmond le Mordawnt Elena Fortis Baldwin Mordaunt Eustace le Mordaunt Alice of Alne Robert Mordaunt William de Mordaunt Amicia de Olney Agnes Mordaunt William de Merdaunt Rese de Wake Richard Merdaunt William Merdaunt Rebert de Mordaunt Ieane de Bray Nichalas Mordaunt Richard Mordaunt Edmund de Mordaunt Elena de Broc Rebert de Mordaunt Agnes le Ejlrange 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 Cheney 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Boys Edmund Fettyplace Margaret Mordaunt John Denton John Radney of Radney Stoak Anne Mordaunt John Fisher Robert de Mordaunt Elizabeth de Holdenby Cassandria Mordaunt a Nun in the Monestery of Elnestow Elizabeth Mordaunt William Mordaunt Margaret Pec. Maud Mordaunt Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Hempsted Anne Huntington Sr. John Mordaunt Edith Latimen Eliz Mordaunt Sr. Willm. Brown Ld. of Abess Reading in Essex William Mordaunt John 1st Lord Mordaunt Elizabeth Vere Robert Mordaunt Amye de Vere Johanna Mordaunt Giles Strangway Ld. of Melborne in Com Dorsell Edith Mordaunt Iohn Elmes Ld. of Lilford George Mordaunt of the Hill Cicely Harding John 2d. Lord Mordaunt Elly Fitzlewes Edmund Mordaunt Willm. Mordaunt Ld. of Oakley Agness Booth 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 Strangway 〈◊〉 Melborne 〈◊〉 Dorsell 〈◊〉 Mordaunt 〈◊〉 of Oakley 〈◊〉 Booth Dowthy Mordaunt Thomas Moore Ld. of Bampton Eliz Mordaunt Silvester Danvers Anne Mordaunt Clement Tanfield Eliz Mordaunt George Monox Lewes Lord Mordaunt Elizabeth Darcy Margaret Mordaunt Willm. Acclam Ursula Mordaunt Tho Welbore of Clavering in Essex Mary Mordaunt Thomas Mancell Lord of Morgan Henry Lord Mordaunt Margaret Compton Catherine Mordaunt Iohn Honingham