Popes Supremacy and restoring it to the Crown of this Realm he was the only person who with the Earl of Shrewsbury then voted against it Again in 3 Eliz. being highly esteemed for his great Prudence though earnestly devoted to the Romish Religion as a person the more acceptable he was employed Ambassador into Spaine to satisfie the King of those Realms under his power what just cause Queen Elizabeth had to send an Army into Scotland where he laid open the necessity of the War and that the Religion than brought into England was no other then what was warranted by the Holy Scripture and agreeable to the four Oâ—cumenical Councils faintly also requiring that the antient Burgundian League made betwixt the English and that Kings Ancestors might be renewed But all that I have found farther memorable of him is that he was one of the Peers which sate upon Tryal of the Queen of Scots and having wedded two Wives first Iane daughter to Robert Earl of Sussex had issue by her Anthony his son and heir and a daughter called Mary first married to Henry Wriothâ—sley Earl of Southampton next to Sir Thomas Heneage Knight Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth lastly to Sir William Harvey Knight and Baronet created Lord Harvey of Rosse in Ireland And to his second Wife Magdalen Daughter to William Lord Dacres of Gillesland by whom he had Issue three sons viz. Sir George Brown Knight Thomas and Henry and three daughters Elizabeth wife of Sir Robert Dormer Knight afterwards Lord Dormer Mabel the second and Iane married to Sir Francis Lacon of Willey in com Salop. Knight and that departing this life at Horsley in com Sur. 19 Oct. An. 1592. 34 Eliz. he was buryed at Coudray Which Anthony his eldest son by Iane his first wife married Mary daughter to Sir William Dormer of Ethorp in com Buck. Knight and had Issue by her three sons Anthony Iohn and William and three daughters Dorothy Iane and Catherins but died in the life time of his Father scil ult Iunii An. 1592. 34 Eliz. she the said Mary surviving who afterwards married to Sir Edmund Vuedale Kâ— and lastly to Sir Thomas Gerard Knight To the before-specified Anthony Vicount Mountagu succeeded therefore in his Lands and Honor Anthony his Grandson viz. son of Anthony his eldest son so deceased in his life time by Mary his wife daughter of Sir William Dormer Knight Which Anthony took to wife Iane daughter to Thomas Sackvile Earl of Dorset Lord Treasurer of England and departing this life 23 Oct. An. 1629. 5 Car. 1. was buried at Midherst in Com. Suss. leaving Issue Francis his son and heir and six Daughters Mary first married to William Lord St. Iohn of Basing son and heir to William Marquess of UUinchester and afterwards to William second son to Thomas Lord Arundel of UUardour Catherine to William Tirwhit of Retilby in com Linc. Esquire Anne add Lucie both Nuns beyond sea Frances wedded to Iohn Blomer of Hethorp in Com. Glouc. Esquire and Mary to Robert Petre son and heir to the Lord Petre of UUrittle in Com. Essex afterwards Lord Petre. Which Francis now Vicount Mountague took to wife Elizabeth daughter to Henry late Marquess of UUorcester by whom he had issue two sons Francis and Henry and Elizabeth a daughter married to Christopher Lord Tenham Carey Lord Hunsdon 1 Eliz. OF this Family antiently seated at Cokkinton in Devonshire was the same William Carey who being in the Battel of Tewksbury in 10 E. 4. on the part of the Lancastrians upon the loss of that day was taken in the Church whereunto with others he fled for sanctuary and notwithstanding promise of pardon lost his Head This William had two wives viz. Anne the daughter of Sir William Paulet Knight from whom those of Eockington did descend and Alice the daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford Ktby whom he had issue Thomas and he two sons Sir Iohn Carye Knight and William Which Sir Iohn by ... his wife sister of Sir Anthony Denny Knight left issue Sir Edward Carye Knight who by Catherine his wife daughter of Sir Henry Kâ—evet Knight and widdow of Henry Lord Paget had issue Henry afterwards created Vicount Falkland and made Deputy of Ireland Which Henry departing this life in An. 1633. 9 Car. 1. lest issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Sir Laurence Tanfield Knight Lord chief Baron of the Exchequer Lucius his son and heir who married Letice the daughter of Richard Morison of Tooly-Park in Com Leâ—â— Esquire and being a person eminently learned and of exquisite parts was made choice of by the late King Charles of Blessed Memory for one of his Principal Secretaries of State Shortly after which out of the great zeal to his Majesties service in the rebellious times adventuring himself in the Battle of Newberie 20 Sept. An 1643. he there lost his life ¶ Having said thus much touching the descendents of Sir Iohn Carey the eldest son of Thomas I now come to William his second son This William being Esquire of the Body to King Henry the Eighth took to wife Mary daughter to Thomas â—ullen Earl of UUiltshire Sister to the Lady Anne second wife to King Henry the Eighth by whom he had Issue one son called Henry as also Catherine a daughter married to Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter and dyed of the sweating sickness in An. 1528. 20 H. 8. being then of the Bed-chamber to that King Which Henry his Son in regard of his near Alliance to Queen Elizabeth being her Sisters son was knighted soon after her coming to the Crown and upon the thirteenth of Iannary next following advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hunsdon and took his place in Parliament upon the twenty fifth of the same month accordingly In 5 Eliz. he was sent with the Order of the Garter to the King of France then at Lyons And in 10 Eliz. being made Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick upon that Insurrection of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland which hapned shortly after marcht thence and had a smart skirmish with them at the River Gelt being then General of the Horse nevertheless they got from him into Scotland whereupon he prevailed with the Queen to proclaim pardon to all those whom they had drawn in to them in that desperate adventure And the next ensuing year accompanied the Earl of Sussex Lieutenant-General of the North in making divers Inroads into that Realm Also about two years after being still Governor of Barwick having
Devonshire of that Family by whom he left no Issue surviving Secondly Anne the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Anthony Everard of Langleis in Com. Essex Knight by whom he left Issue one only surviving Son named William who succeeded him in his Honours and five Daughters viz. Susan Iane Anne Elizabeth and Mary whereof the two eldest died unmarried and of the rest Anne became the Wife of Sir Henry Wrothe of Durance in Com. Midd. Knight Elizabeth of Iohn Wroth of Longhton in Com. Essex Esq and Mary of Sir Rapâ—e Bovey of Caxton in Com. Cantabr Knight and departing this life upon the eighteenth day of December an 1639. was buried in the Vault of the Parish-Church at Little Estanes before mention'd Which William so succeeding him is now Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold and married two Wives First Dorothy sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Robert Banaster of Passenham in Com. Northampton Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Banaster Maynard and William Which William hath married the Lady Elizabeth Grey Daughter to Henry late Earl of Kent Surviving Dorothy his first Wife he hath since wedded the Lady Margaret Murray youngest Daughter to Iames Earl of Dyzert in Scotland and by her hath Issue one Son called Henry and Elizabeth a Daughter Lord Coventrie 4 Car. 1. THat the study and practise of our Common-Law hath raised many Men to great Wealth and Honour there is demonstration sufficient from sundry examples in all ages Amongst which these of Thomas Coventrie the Father and Thomas his Son are not the least For of Thomas the Father whose Birth was in Worcestershire and descent from Iohn Covenâ—rie Mercer Son of William Coventrie of the City of Coventrie Sheriff of London with Robert Whitington in an 1416. 4 H. 5. and Lord Mayor or of that City in an 1425. 4 H. 6. as also one of the Executors of Richard Whitington founder of Whitington Colledge I find that being a member of that honourable Society of the Inner-Temple London he became so happy a proficient in his Studies there as that in 38 Eliz. he was chosen Reader of that House for the Autumn Lecture though at that time hindred in performing the task by reason of a great Plague which then raged in London so that he Read not till Lent next following And ascending still higher in esteem in respect of his eminent knowledge was elected to the state and degree of a Serjeant at Law upon that Call in Easter-Term 1 Iac. As also in 3 Iac. to be the Kings Seâ—jeant and in Hillary Term before the end of that year being constituted one of the Justices for the Court of Common-Pleas sate on that Bench till xv Martini 4 Iac. inclusive but died shortly after as it seems leaving Thomas his Son and Heir whom he had entred of that Inne of Court Which Thomas pursuing his Fathers steps in those laudable Sâ—udies was made choice of for the Autumn-Reader in 14 Iac. being then Recorder of London Also shortly after that the Kings Sollicitor And upon the 16. of March before the end of that year was Knighted at â—heobalds In 15 Iac. being one of the Senior Benchers of that House he underwent the office of Treasurer there and in 18 Iac. was made the Kings Attorney General Rising by these gradations in 1 Car. 1 Nov. he was advanced to â—hat eminent Office of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and upon the tenth of April 4 Car. 1. dignified with the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of â—ord Coventrie of Ailesboroâ—gh in Com. Wigorn. Aftter which continuing in that Office with much Honour for the full term of fifteen years and upwards he departed this life at Durham-House in the Strand 14 Ian. an 1639. 15 Car. 1. and was buried in the Parish Church of Crome D'abitot in Com. Wigorn. leaving Issue by Sarah his first Wife Daughter to Edward Sebright of Blacksall in Com. Wigorn. Esq Thomas his Son and Heir and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Sir Iohn Hâ—re of Stow Bâ—rdolf in Com. Norfolk Knight And by Elizabeth his second Wife Daughter to Iohn Ardersey of Spursâ—ow in Com. Câ—ster Esq four Sons Iohn Francis Henry now one of his Majesties Principal Secreâ—aries of State and Sir William Coventrie Knight As also four Daughters Anne married to Sir William Savile of 〈◊〉 in Com. Ebor. Baronet Mary to Henry-Frederick â—hynne second Son to Sir Thomas Thynne of Loâ—g-Lete in Com. Wilts Knight Anne to Sir Anthâ—ny Ashley Cooper of Winburne St. Giles in Com. Dorset Baronet since advanced to the titles of Baron Ashley and Earl of Shaftsbuâ—y and Dorothy to Sir Iohn Pâ—ckington of Westwood in Com. Wigorn Baronet Which Thomas his Son and Heir succeeding him in his Honour married Mary Daughter to Sir William Crâ—ven Knight Lord Mayor of London in an 1611. 9 Iac. and departed this life ... Oct. an 1662. lâ—aving Issue two Sons Geoâ—ge and Thomas but no Daughter Which George now Lord Coventrie married Maâ—garâ—t Daughter to Iohn Earl of Thanâ—t and by her hath Issue Iohn his only Son and Margareâ— a Daughter Weston Earl of Portland 4 Car. 1. IN an 1619. 17 Iac. Sir Richard Weston Knight Son and Heir to Sir Hierome Weston of Roxwell in Com. Essex Knight Son of Richard Weston one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas from the first to the fourteenth year of Queen Eliz. reign and descended from the ancient Family of Weston sometimes of Weston subtus Liziard in Com. Staff being a person of great abilities was sent Embassador with Sir Edward Conway into Bohemia to close up the breach betwixt the Emperour and the Elector Palatine and the next ensuing vear was himself imployed to Bruxells in Flanders there to treat with the Embassadors of the Emperour and King of Spain touching the restitution of the Palaâ—inate Soon after which he was made choice of to be Chancellor and under-Treasurer of the Exchequer Which Office he underwent with such Wisdom and Integrity that upon the twenty fifth of May 22 Iac. he had a Commission to execute the Office of Treasurer of the Exchequer during the Kings pleasure Which trust he performed so well as that upon the thirteenth of April 4 Car. 1. he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Weston of Neyland and on the fifteenth of Iuly following constituted Lord Treasurer of England Also upon the ninth of April 6 Car. 1. elected Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and on the 8 th of February next following made Captain of the Isle of Wight Lastly upon the 17 th of February 8 Car. 1. created Earl of Portland He married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to William Pinchion of Wriâ—â—le in Com. Essex Esq by whom he
affections would not give credit to it until in the presence of some Witnesses besides himself and a publick Notary he had regularly taken her to Wife But here I must go back a little This Walter Earl of Essex thus deceased by his Testament bearing date 14 Iunii An. 1567. 18 Eliz. bearing then the Title of Earl of Essex and Ewe Earl Marshal of Ireland Viscount Hereford and Bourchier Lord Ferrers of Chartley Bourchier and Lovaine and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter bequeath'd his body to be buried in the next convenient place where he should happen to depart this life And having married Lettice daughter to Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter left issue by her two sons viz. Robert and Walter and two daughters viz. Penelope first wedded to Robert Lord Rich and afterwards to Charles Blount Earl of Devon And Dorothy first married to Sir Thomas Perrot Knight and afterwards to Henry Earl of Northumberland I come now to Robert the succeeding Earl son and heir to the last Walter In An. 1585. 28 Eliz. this Robert having been first brought to Court by Robert Earl of Leicester who married his Mother amongst divers other persons of great note he accompanied that Earl into the Netherlands who was then constituted General of the English Auxiliaries there and in 30 Eliz. 23 Dec. was made Master of the Horse to that Queen In 34 Eliz. upon overture made to Q. Eliz. by the King of France that in case she would send over Four thousand English soldiers into Normandy with two moneths pay upon the gaining of Roan and Haver du grace then held out by the Rebels they should be put into her hands he thereupon went q over with those soldiers and landing at Diepe marcht to Roan But being come before that City going too near the Walls his Brother Walter was there killed with a Musket Bullet That which I find in the next place most memorable of him is that being constituted Earl Marshal of England in 39 Eliz. upon the 11 th of Ianuary the same year he took his place in Parliament according to the dignity of that office and that upon the 19 th of March next ensuing he was made Master of the Ordnance Moreover that upon preparation of that Navy designed against the Spaniard for diverting his attempt upon Ireland the English then joyning with the Dutch he was constituted one of the Generals in that Fleet and commanded the second of those four Squadrons which were imployed for that service as also that they came before Gadez upon the 20 th of Iune As to the particulars performed in this Naval Expedition I shall not here stand to give instance of them but think fit to take notice that before the return of the Fleet there hapned no small discontents betwixt this Earl and Sir Walter Raleigh Commander of the third Squadron By reason of which the Design failed so that the Fleet came back to England about the end of October And here also it will not be improper to observe that during his absence from the Court of England Sir Robert Cecill whom the Queen had made one of her Principal Secretaries of State the preceding year notwithstanding his opposing it in regard he was his rival in wisdome and a friend to Raleigh was made Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster which he took very ill Again the advancing of Charles Howard Ld. Admiral to the Title of Earl of Nottingham with such an Eulogie in the Preamble of his Patent as he esteemed an Eclipse to his own merits in the Action of Gadez did not a little perplex him Nevertheless in An. 1599. 41 Eliz. he was constituted Deputy of Ireland with more ample power than heretofore unto any and an Army of Thirteen hundred Horse and Sixteen thousand Foot appointed for him Whereupon about the end of March he went thither and made the Earl of Southampton General of the Horse It is reported by our chief Historian of that time that he advanced against some petty-Rebels in Munster without the Queen's knowledge neglecting the Chief Where the fault was is hard to say But sure enough it is that he was not prosperous in that Expedition which afflicted his mind not a little And to add to his grief the Queen farther advanc'd Sir Robert Cecill by making him Master of the Wards which office she had promised to this Earl Upon notice therefore given to the Queen how prejudicial his services had been to her in that Realme whereas she had press'd him to march into Ulster against Tir Oen he laid the fault on the Irish Counsellors promising to haste thither But contrary thereunto he went into Offaly near Duâ—â—n against O Conoros and O Moilos then risen up whom he easily subdued And finding his Army much wasted required a farther supply of Men. Which being sent he signifâ—ed that he could do no more that year than with Fifteen hundred Foot and Three hundred Horse to march to the skirts of Ulster Where Tir Oen desiring a Treaty with him he yielded thereto and made Truce with him for six weeks viz. until the Calends of May but with condition of breach upon fourteen dayes warning Whereof when the Queen had knowledge and that having had so great an Army so much time and money were spent fruitlesly she grew highly incensed and wrote sharply to him signifying her sense thereof in each particular Which gave him such discontent and specially because Cecill was made Master of the Wards that he resolv'd forthwith to return into England with a select number of his men and to reduce his Adversaries by force But whether the Queen had private intimation thereof or that she really feared some dâ—â—â—gn from the Spaniard certain it is that she thereupon raised great Forces and made the Earl of Notingham her General of them Arriving therefore in this Realme some of his chiefest friends accompanying him with six persons only he went to the Queen then at Nonsuch who received him graciously though not with that countenance she had used to do being much offended with him not only for making Truce with Tir Oen by unsafe and dishonorable Articles but coming thence without her leave In so much as she committed him not to prison but to the House of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal which he took very heavily and thereupon retired himself totally to Divine Meditations and writing Letters to his Friends Having continued thus in custody about six moneths by the advice of his well-wishers he quitted himself of Gilli Meric and Cuff his Secretary as persons who instilled evil conceipts into him and deported himself with such piety patience modesty and meekness as was joyful to his friends but not pleasing to
the Dores should be shut upon them saying Have patience a while I will go into the City and acquaint the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs with the cause thereof and then return And accordingly leaving special Guards in the House rode with his Sword the rest accompanying him and taking with them as they passed the Earl of Bedford and Lord Cromwell cryed out For the Queen for the Queen saying also that his Life was sought not making any stay till he came to the House of Sheriff Smith in Fanchurch-street intreating the Citizens to Arm themselves But all in vain for instead of aid the Sheriff on whose assistance he much depended would not be seen getting out by a back door to the Lord Mayor The Lord Burghley with Garter King of Arms following and proclaiming him with all his Adherents Traytors The like did the Earl of Cumberland and Sir Thomas Gerard Knight-Marshal in other parts of the City Finding himself therefore in this forlorne condition he returned to Ludgate but being there stopt made back to Queen-Hithe and so got to Essex-House by Boats Where discerning that the Lord Keeper and the other Privy-Councellors whom he had shut up were set at liberty and returned to White-Hall in great perplexity he endeavored to fortifie the House But the Lord Admiral with considerable Forces suddainly besetting it after several Overtures whereby he would have made his conditions which would not be admitted he with the rest of his Adherents yielded themselves Whereupon it being about ten of the clock at night he was first carried to Lambeth-House and afterwards to the Tower of London And upon the nineteenth of the same Month of February brought to Westminster Hall where before the Lord Buckâ—urst then Lord High Treasurer of England constituted High Steward for that occasion being tryed by his Peers and found guilty of the Treason laid to his charge he had Sentence of death pronounced against him and accordingly lost his Head within the Tower of London upon the 25 th day of the same Month being at that time about thirty four years of age This hapned to be the end of this popular Man unto whose Story it will not be improper to add what is farther said of him by a person of great observation in his time viz. That the Queen being then grown old and the King of Scots not much regarded by the English nor well obeyed by his natural Subjects he began to look up towards the Crown unto which a Title was drawn for him as the direct Heir to Thomas of Woodstoke Duke of Gloucester one of the younger Sons to King Edward the Third This Man the Puritans cry up with most infinite praises both in their Pulpits and Pamphlets telling him that he was not only great in Honor and the Love of the people but temporis expectatione major far greater in the Expectation which his friends had of him And he accordingly applies himself to those of the Puritan Faction admits them to places of most Trust and Credit about his person keeps open House for Men of those opinions to resort unto under pretence of hearing Sermons and hearing no Sermons with more zeal and edification than those which seemed to attribute a power to Inferiour Magistrates for curbing and controling their undoubted Sovereign Which questionless must needs have ended in great disturbance to the Church and State if he had not been outwitted by Sir Robert Cecil Sir Walter Raleigh and the rest of their Party in the Court by whom he was first shifted over into Ireland and at last brought upon the Scaffold not to receive a Crown but to lose his Head which hapned very oportunely for King Iames of Scotland whose entrance might have been opposed and his Title questioned if this ambitious Man had prospered in his undertakings which he conducted generally with more heat than Judgment By Frances his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Francis Walâ—ingham one of the Queens Principal Secretaries of State and Widdow of Sir Philip Sydney he left Issue one Son called Robert and two Daughters viz. Frances who became the Wife of William Earl of Hertford afterwards Marquess of Hertford and Duke of Somerset and Dorothy first Married to Sir Henry Shirley of Stanton Harold in Com. Leic. Baronet but after to William Stafford of Blatherwick in Com. North. Esquire Which Robert with his said Sisters Frances and Dorothy were by Act of Parliament in 1 Iac. restored in Blood and Honor. After which this last mentioned Robert took to Wife the Lady Frances Second Daughter to Thomas Howard Earl of Suff. but that Marriage being nullified in 11 Iac. she soon Wedded Sir Robert Carr Knight of the Garter and Earl of Somerset whereupon though long after viz. in An. 1631. 7 Car. 1. he espoused Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir William Paâ—let of Eddington in Com. Wilts Knight one of the natural Sons of William the third Marquess of Winchester of that Family by whom he had Issue Robert a Son who died an Infant That the discontent which this Earl took upon his first Wifes behaviour towards him which produced that Nullity occasioned him to retire and then viz. in Iuly An. 1621. to go into the Palatinate there to exercise himself in the discipline of War is not unknown to many and that being there he became tainted with some Calvinistical principles there are few I suppose but do believe Nevertheless so great a confidence had the late King Charles the first of blessed Memory in his loyalty as that upon the first Insurrection of the Scots in An. 1639. he made him Lieutenant General of his Army in that Northern Expedition and afterwards Lord Chamberlain of his Houshold How it came to pass therefore that he was drawn off from his due Allegiance to that pious King in An. 1642 and accepted of a Commission to be General of those Forces then raised by Authority of the unhappy Long Parliament at that time fitting under the specious pretence of Safety to the Kings Royal Person preservation of the Religion here by Law established defence of the Laws and Liberty of the Subject How likewise and for what time he acted for them in that capacity how also he fell off and how he dyed which was not without suspition of poyson I leave to the relation of such faithful pens as may more properly represent it to the World in the next Age than now concluding my story of him that his death hapned at Essex House in London 14 Sept. An. 1646. and that he had thereupon a most magnificent Funeral at the charge of that Parliament upon the 22 day of October then next ensuing the proceeding being performed in great State unto the Abby Church of Westminster where he lyeth buried in St. Pauls Chapel Northward of the Capella Regum but without any Issue By reason whereof the Dignity of
Concubine all Knights viz. Sir William Sir Hercules Sir Iohn and Sir Hector to whom as I have heard he granted Leases of Lands for the terme of an hundred years of little less then Four thousand pounds per annum value Which Lands are to this day called the Bastard's Lands And departing this life 24 Nov. An. 1598. 41 Eliz. was buried at Basyng Which William succeeding his Father in his Honors married Lucie daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter and by her had issue six sons William who took to wife Mary daughter to Anthony Vicount Montagu but died in August An. 1621. in his Fathers life time without issue Thomas who died unmarried Iohn Henry Charles and Edward and departing this life at Hackwood near Basyng 4 February An. 1628. 4 Car. 1. was buried at Basyng with his Ancestors To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who married three wives first Iane daughter to Thomas Vicount Savage of Rocksavage in Com. Cestr. and by her had only issue Charles called Lord St. Iohn of Basing He secondly married the Lady Honora the only daughter to Richard Earl of Clanrikard in Ireland by Frances his wife daughter and heir to Sir Francis Walsingham Knight one of the Principal Secretaries of State to the late Queen Elizabeth and widow of Robert Earl of Essex by whom he had issue two sons the Lord Iohn Paulet who died unmarried and the Lord Francis and three daughters the Lady Frances married to ... a Frenchman the Lady Anne to Iohn Lord Bellasses and the Lady Honora who died unmarried He thirdly married Isabella daughter to William Vicount Stafford but by her having no issuâ— departed this life upon the Fifth of March An. 1674. and was buried at Inglefeild in Com. Berks. To whom succeeded in his honors Charles his eldest son who bore the Title of Lord St. Iohn of Basing during the life of his father This Charles first took to wife Christian the eldest daughter to Iohn Freschevile of Stavely in Com Derb. Esquire since created Lord Freschevile by whom he had issue one only son named Iohn who died in his Infancie And surviving her afterwards married Mary one of the natural daughters to Emanuel late Earl of Sunderland widow of Henry second son to Henry late Earl of Nonmouth by whom he hath issue two sons Charles and William and three daughters Iane married to Iohn Lord Brackley son and heir to Iohn now Earl of Bridgwater Mary and Elizabeth Russel Earl of Bedford 30 H. 8. THat this Family hath been very antient in Dorsetshire and possess'd of some fair Lordships in that County for many Ages past is evident from sundry Authorities For in 3 Ioh. by the Accompt of the then Sheriff it appears that Iohn Russel gave Fifty Marks to the King for License to marry the sister of Doun Bardolf a great man in those dayes Which Iohn in 5 H. 3. was also Constable of Corâ—â—-Castle and had issue Raphe his son and heir who took to wife Issabel the daughter and coheir of Iames de Newmarch one of the Barons of that age and in 22 H. 3. had respite of what was due from him to the Kings Exchequer upon the collection of divers Scutages for the moietie of the honor of the same Iames de Newmarch To this Raphe succeeded William his Son and heir Which William in 12 E. 1. obtain'd the Kings Charter for a Market every week upon the Thursday and a Fair on the Eve day and morrow of St. Matthew the Apostle at his Mannor of Kingston commonly called Kingston Russel in that County Which Lordship is still enjoyed by the chief branch of this Family having been held by Serjeantie viz to be Cup-bearer to the King at four principal Feasts in the year But touching the Descendants of this William considering they stood not in the rank of Peers of this Realm I have no more to say until I come to Iohn Russel Esquire whose Residence was at Barwick about four miles distant from Briddeport in that County which Iohn being a very learned Gentleman and versed in divers Languages became the foundation of that honor which afterwards did accrue to this noble Family For in 21 H. 7. upon the landing of Philip Arch-Duke of Austria at Weymouth he being cast upon that Coast by a violent Tempest in his passage from Flanders towards Spain Sir Thomas Trenchard Knight who lived near that Port endeavouring to give him the best entertainment he could till he had sent to Court to acquaint the King therewith invited this Gentleman his near Neighbour and Kinsman then newly come from travel to wait upon him at his House Who being thus qulified became so acceptable to that great person as that he desired the enjoyment of his company to the Court then at Windsore-Castle In which journey being much affected with his learned discourse and generous deportment he recommended him to the King as fitly qualified to serve him in a more than ordinary employment This therefore being the original occasion of making his abilities known to those who could well judge of them King Henry the 7 th soon after departing this life he had the like fair reception from his son and successor K. Henry the 8 th and merited so well for some services he did in the beginning of his Reign that after the taking of Therouene and Tournay in 5 H. 8. where he personally attended the King being one of the Gentlemen of his Privy-Chamber he obtained a grant in Fee bearing date in 8 H. 8 of certain Lands in Tournay In 11 H. 8. upon that Agreement made betwixt King Henry and the King of France he received his Letters for the render of Tournay to the French And in 14 H. 8. being at the winning of Morleâ—s in Britanny in testimony of his merits in that dispute he receiv'd the honor of Knighthood Moreover in 15 H. 8. for his many good services increasing more and more in esteem he was made Marshal of the Marshalsy of the King's House now called Knight-Marshal and employ'd beyond-Sea in sundry Negotiations to Rome as by divers Letters doth appear continuing Lieger there for a time As also into France where King Henry purposing to make war he agitated the business with the Duke of Burbon then Constable of France fomenting his discontents towards that King in order to his revolt from him to the Emperor putting himself into a disguise to the intent he might the more covertly carry on his design Being also entrusted to Treat with the Emperor Charles the Fifth and to take his Oath and the Oath of the Duke of 〈◊〉 as he had special Commission under the Great Seal to do to assist King Henry in that war In this year also he went through Loreine having Letters from
the Regent of Flanders to that Duke bearing date 21 Oct. for his free passage And in 16 H. 8. was at the Battel of 〈◊〉 where King Francis of France had the fate to be overthrown and taken prisoner by the Duke of 〈◊〉 In 24 H. 8. he attended the King to Calaiâ— and so to Bâ—loine where King Francis gave great Entertainment to King Henry and he to him at Calais and Sandingfeild After this for divers years I have not seen any farther mention of him so that I presume during that time he was much employ'd beyond the Seas for so it seemes by divers Letters out of Italy and other parts being without any date as was the use in those dayes But in 29 H. 8. being made Comptroller of the Kings Houshold he was sworn of the Privy-Council 8 Nov. and upon the 29 of March following advanced to the title and dignity of a Baron of this Realm Standing therefore thus highly in the favour of that King in 31 H. 8. upon that wonderful dissolution of the greater Monasteries he obtain'd a Grant bearing date 4 Iulii to himself and Anne his wife and to the heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the whole Site and Circuit of the rich Abby of our Lady and St. Rumon of Tavestoke in Com. Devon As also of the Burrough and Town of Tavestoke and of the Mannors of Hundewyke Morwell and Morwell-Ham Mylton Abbot alias Mylton Legh Lamerton Hole Bren-â—orr UUyke Dabernon Peter-Stavye Ottrew alias Otterye UUhitchurch and Newton with the Hundred of Hurdewyke otherwise called the Hundred of Tavestoke As Also of the Rectory and Vicaridge of Tavestoke Likewise of the Mannor of Antony in Com. Cornub. And of the Burrough of Denbury with the Mannors of Denbury Plymstoke UUorington Cowyke Exwyke Barleigh Olderige Cave-Linch UUhymple Wood-Marston Christenstowe Borington and Cornewode all in Com. Devon and pertaining to the same dissolved Monastery of Tavestoke Also of the Mannor of Hawkewell in Com. Somerset with all the Mines of Tin and Lead in Denbury and Plymstoke the Advousons of the Rectories-Appropriate and not Appropriate and divers other Lands parcel of the dissolved Monastery of Donkiswell in Com. Devon Likewise of the House of the Friers-Preachers in Exeter with the Church c. paying Thirty six pounds per annum to the Court of Augmentation and Two hundred forty eight pounds more for all services And upon the fifteenth of October next ensuing of the Mannor of Cory Fitzpain with the moiety of the Advouson of the Church of Charlton Makerel in Com. Somerset in Fee Also of the Mannor of Abbots Aston in Com. Buck belonging to the dissolved Abby of St. Albans in Com. Hertf. About this time likewise he was made Warden of the Stannaries in Com. Devon and Cornwall And in 32 H. 8. being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter was constituted Lord Admiral of England and Ireland 28 Iulii Furthermore upon the establishing a Council in the Western parts of the Realm he was made President of the Counties of Devon Cornwall Dorset and Somerset And in the same thirty second year upon differences betwixt King Henry and King Francis of France was sent over into those parts accompanied with William E. of Southampton and a few Troopes of Northern Horse Monsieur de Vendosâ—â— having then command to raise Forces in Picardy Likewise not long after viz. in 34 H. 8. 3 Dec. he was made Lord Keeper of the King's privy-Seal and in 36 H. 8. Captain-General of the Vant-guard of his Army for that Expedition into France Boloin being then won But some say though by mistake I presume that he led the Reare-ward at that time Which Army was appariled in Blew-Coates guarded with Red with Caps and Hose party-coloured their Caps being fitted to their Head-pieces In 38 H. 8. he was by that King then lying on his Death-Bed appointed one of the Sixteen Councellors to his Son Prince Edward and in 1 E. 6. 17 Febr. constituted Lord High-Steward of England for the 20 th of February being the day of his Coronation Upon that Insurrection in 2 E. 6. occâ—sion'd by the pulling down of Images he was sent with Forces into Devonshire Where attempting to releive the City of Exeter then besieg'd by the Country people he had a sharp skirmish with them at Fennynton-Bridge in which with little loss he slew six hundred releiv'd that City and took to the number of Four thousand prisoners And meriting so highly for his many great services was advanc'd to the dignity of Earl of Bedford upon the nineteenth of Ianuary 3 E. 6. After which the next ensuing year he was one of the four Embassadors sent to Guisnes in France there to meet with the like number from the French to treat of Peace betwixt both Realms And in 5 E. 6. there 〈◊〉 a discovery of some Intentions to transport the Lady Mary the King's Sister from England to Antwerp divers persons being sent with Forces to the Sea-coasts for prevention thereof and some into Essex where she then lay amongst those he had the command of Two hundred men After this upon the death of that King and Coronation of Queen Mary he obtain'd a new Patent bearing date 3 Nov. for that great Office of Lord Privie-Seale and in 2 Mariae was sent into Spain to attend King Philip in order to his Nuptials with her By his Testament he assigned no particular place for his Sepulture appointing only that his Body should be interred in Christian-Burial and gave to the Lord Francis his eldest son his Collar and Robes of the Garter with his Parliament-Robes and departing this life 14 Martii the same year at his House situate betwixt the Hospital call'd the Savoy and Ivy-bridge in the Strand London sometime the Bishop of Carlisles Inne but since re-built by Sir Robert Cecill Principal Secretary of State to Q. Elizabeth and was buried at Cheneys in Com. Buck which Lordship he had in right of Anne his wife daughter and sole heir to Sir Guy Sapcotes Knight leaving issue Francis his son and heir Which Anne surviving him by her Testament bearing date 19 Aug. 5 6 Ph. M. bequeathed to the Lord Edward Russel her Grandson her Mannor of Thornhawe and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten I now come to Francis his son and successor in his Honors At the Coronation of King Edward the Sixth he was one of the Knight of the Bath then made and in 1 Mariae his Father then living with Sir Maurice Berkley Sir William Fitz Williams and Sir Henry Nevill Knight Proclaimed Q. Mary putting themselves in Arms on her behalf as appeareth by Letters from the Lords of the Council then at London who promised to joyn with them if opposition should be made she
daughter to Henry Earl of 〈◊〉 as also for ratifying his Marriage with the said Elizabeth and Legitimating the children which should be begotten betwixt them but the Earl of Derby with the Bishops of 〈◊〉 and Norwich as also the Lord Stourton dissented to the Bill Shortly after this he was sent Embassador to the King of France to Present him with the Order of the Garter and to Treat with him touching certain private Affairs being accompanyed with the Bishop of Ely and certain other persons of Note And before the end of that year sate with other of the Peers upon Tryal of the Duke of Somerset But upon the death of King Edward and Proclaiming of the Lady Iane Gray he accompanyed the Duke of Northumberland at his going out of London with Horse and Foot for the suppressing of those who were risen in Suffolk on the behalf of Q. Mary For which being first committed to the Tower of London 26 Iulii in the first year of that Queen he was Arraigned before the Duke of Norfolk then sitting as High Steward upon the eighteenth of 〈◊〉 following and had Judgment of death passed upon him Howbeit notwithstanding this sharp Sentence Execution was forborn and before the end of that year was restored in blood by Act of Parliament but not to his Honors so that he had no other Title than William Parr Esquire late Marquess of Northampton and stood in no higher a degree until Queen Elizabeth began to Reign But she graciously considering that through the Potency of his Adversaries he had been bereaved of those Titles by her Letters Patent bearing date at the Tower of London 13 Ian. 1 Eliz. advanced him again to the dignity of Marquess of Northampton restored him to his Lands and made him one of the Lords of her Privy-Council She likewise joyn'd him in Commission with some of the Bishops and other learned Divines for Reforming that Liturgie set forth by her Brother King Edward the Sixth and made him Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Overliving Elizabeth Cobham his second wife he lastly married Helen daughter of Wolfangus Suavenburgh born in Sweden but had no issue by any of them and departing this life in An. 1571. 14 Eliz. was buried at the upper end of the Quire of the Collegiate Church at Warwick on the North-side where the Atchievements hung up at his Funeral did remain till of late years And where his Body about Fifty years since being dig'd up to make room for the Burial of an ordinary Gentlewoman was found perfect the skin intire dryed to the bones Rosemary and Bayes lying in the Coffin fresh and green All which were so preserv'd by the dryness of the ground wherein they lay it being above the Arches of that fair Vault which is under the Quire and of a sandy condition mixt with rubbish of Lime as hath been related to me by those who were eye-witnesses thereof Dying thus without issue Henry Earl of Pembroke his Nephew by one of his Sisters became his next heir Helen his last wife surviving him who married afterwards to Sir Thomas Gorge of Longford in Com. Wilts Knight and having many children by him dyed in April An. 1635. 11 Car. 1. Lord Parr of Horton I Now come to William Parre Uncle both to this VVilliam Marquess of Northampton and to Queen Catherine the sixth and last Wife of King Henry the Eighth This VVilliam residing at Horton in Com. Northampt. being Chamberlain to that Queen his Neice was shortly after her marriage with King Henry viz. 23 Decem. 35 H. 8. created Lord Parr of Horton And in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Royal Expedition into France and thereupon constituting his then Queen Catherine Parr General Regent of this Realme during his absence amongst other her Assistants as to matter of Council he appointed this VVilliam Lord Parr of Horton to be called upon some occasions By his Testament bearing date 20 Iunii An. 1546. 38 H. 8. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Horton Shortly after which he died as may seem by the Probate thereof leaving issue by Mary his wife the daughter of Sir VVilliam Salisbury Knight four daughters his heirs 1. Maud married k to Sir Raphe Lance Knight 2. Anne to Sir Iohn Digby of Ketilby in Com. Leic. Knight 3. Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas VVoodhall Knight 4. And Mary to Sir Thomas Tresham Knight Thomas Lord Audley of Walden 30 Hen. 8. OF what Extraction this Thomas was I have not seen for of the Family of the old Lords Audley I suppose he was not the Armes which he bore being totally different from theirs Nor have I observed any thing of him till 18 H. 8. that he became the Autumne-Reader in the Inner-Temple Whereby it appeares that having been a diligent Student of the Laws he arrived to a great proficiency in that commendable Learning in which within a short time after he grew so famous that in 21 H. 8. he was made choice of for Speaker in the House of Commons in that Long-Parliament which began upon the third of November the same year and continuing by Prorogation till 27 H. 8. proved fatal to the Religious Houses by the Dissolution of all those whose Revenues were not certified to exceed the value of Two hundred pounds per annum In which his service was so acceptable to the King as that the next ensuing year viz. 22 H. 8. he was constituted his Atturney for the Dutchy of Lancaster Also in Mich. Terme Graft Mart. advanced to the state and degree of a Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of November following made the King's Serjeant Nor was any farther Promotion thought too great for him for in 24 H. 8. upon the Resignation of that worthy Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Moore he was Knighted and made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and before the end of that year Lord Chancellor of England Being therefore thus raised to that high place discerning the Pope's Supremacy newly abolish'd whereupon the Title of Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England was vested in the King who consequently took upon him by his own absolute power to suppress the Priory of Canons of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ-church near Algate in the City of London he obtain'd the Scite and Precinct of that Religious House and converted it to a fit Mansion for his own residence having likewise all the Plate and Lands thereto belonging bestowed on him And in 30 H. 8. sate High-Steward upon the Arraignment of Henry Courtney Marquess of Exeter then accused for Conspiring the advancement of Reginald Pole afterwards Cardinal to the Crown That this Thomas had been not a little instrumental in carrying on that great design for dissolving the lesser
Edwardo Comiti Oxoniae Elizabetham Guâ—ielmo Wentworth filio primogenito Baronis Wentworth Leaving issue by Mary his first wife daughter of Peter and sister to that great Scholar Sir Iohn Cheeke Knight Thomas his Son and heir And by Mildred his second wife daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke of Giddy-Hall in com Essex Knight another son called Robert and two daughters Anne married to Edward Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth to William son and heir of Thomas Lord Wentworth Which Thomas Lord Burleigh in 41 Eliz. was constituted Warden of Rokingham-â—orest and Constable of the Castle there for life And in 43 Eliz. upon that Insurrection then made by Robert Earl of Essex went into the City of London with Garter principal King at Arms and proclaimed him and his adherents Traytors In 3 Iac. he was by Letters Patents bearing date 4 Maii created Earl of Exeter which is observed to be the first President whereby it appears that any Man was advanced to the title of Earl of the principal City when another had the dignity of Earl of the same County Charles Blount being then Earl of Devonshire This Thomas had two wives first Dorothy second daughter and one of the heirs to Iohn Nevill Lord Latimer and by her had issue five sons and six daughters viz. William who succeeded him Sir Richard and Sir Edward both Knights Thomas and Christopher drowned in Germany His six daughters were these Lucie married to William Marquess of Winchester Mildred first married to Sir Thomas Read Knight and afterwards to Sir Edmund Trafford of Trafford in com Lanc. Knight Mary to Edward Lord Denny Elizabeth first to Sir William Hâ—tton Knight and afterwards to Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench Dorothy to Sir Giles Allington of Horfheath Knight and Francis to Sir Nicholas Tufton of Hothfeild in com Kanc. Knight afterwards Earl of Tanet To his second wife he wedded Frances daughter of William Lord Chandos widdow of Sir Thomas Smith Knight but by her had no other issue then only one daughter called Sophia who died young And departing this life 7 Feb. An. 1622. was buried in the Chapel of St. Iohn Baptist in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster where there is a fair Monument erected to the memory of him and his two wifes I now come to William Earl of Exeter his son and heir This William had two wives first Elizabeth sole daughter and heir to Edward Mannours Earl of Rutland by whom he had issue one only son called William who bore the title of Lord Ros. Which William marryed Elizabeth daughter of Sir Thomas Lake Knight principal Secretary of State and was sent Embassador to the Emperor Matthias in 13 Iac. But the next ensuing year this his title of Lord Ross was disputed by the Earl of Rutland though the King had afforded it to him in his Letters of Credence Whereupon the arguments on each part being heard before the Lords Commissioners for the office of Earl Marshal they adjudging that title unto him he had the Kings Declaration thereupon dated 22. Iulii 14 Iac. Shortly after which viz. in An. 1617. 15 Iac. he travailed out of England and died at Naples in Italy without issue but not without suspition of poyson The second wife to this William Earl of Exeter was Elizabeth sister and coheir to Sir Robert Drury of Dalsted in com Suss. Knight by whom he had only three daughters Elizabeth wife of Sir Thomas Howard Knight of the Bath afterwards created Lord Howard of Charltâ—n Vicount Andâ—ver and Earl of Berkshire Diana first married to Henry Earl of Oxford and afterwards to Thomas Lord Bruce Earl of Elgin in Scotland and Anne to Henry Lord Grey of Grâ—by afterwards created Earl of Stanford this William was made Knight of the Garter in ... Car. 1. and departing this life in An. 1640. was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster The issue Male of William being thus extinct David Cecill son and heir to Sir Richard Cecill second son to Thomas Earl of Exeter by ... his wife daughter to Sir Anthony Cope of Hanwell in com Oxon. Knight succeeded in the honor Which David by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Iohn Earl of Bridgwater had issue Iohn now Earl of Exeter and Frances a daughter married to Anthony Lord Ashley now Earl of Shaftsbury Which Iohn by the Lady Frances his wife daughter to Iohn Earl of Rutland hath had issue Iohn now Lord Burleigh and David who died young as also one daughter called Frances married to ... Vicount Scudamore in the Realm of Ireland Cecill Vicount Wimbleton ¶ HAving thus deduced the chief line of this Family to this present I come to Sir Edward Cecill Knight third son to the before-specified Thomas Earl of Exeter This Sir Edward being a person of a military disposition followed the Wars in the Netherlands for the space of thirty five years being first Colonel of Foot and at the Battle of Newport commanded the English Horse He was also Marshal Lieutenant and General of the Forces sent by King Iames and King Charles the first against the Spaniard and Imperialists and in 2 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of Baâ—on Cecill of Putney and Vicount Wembleton Moreover after his return from the Wars he was made one of his Majesties Privy-Council Lieutenant of Surry and Governor of Portsmouth He married three wives first Theodosia daughter of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby in com Leic. Knight by whom he had issue four daughters first Dorothy secondly Albinia married to Sir Christopher Wray of Barlings in com Linc. Knight thirdly Elizabeth to Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham and fourthly Frances to Iames son and heir of William Vicount Say and Sele his second wife was Diana daughter to Sir William Drury of Halstede in com Suff. Knight one of the coheirs to Sir Robert Drury of Halstede Knight by whom he had issue one sole daughter called Anne who died in her infancy his third wife Sophia daughter to Sir Edward Zouche of Woking in com Sur. Knight by whom he had Issue one son called Algernon who likewise died in his infancy And dying at Wymbleton 16 Nov. An. 1638. 14 Car. 1. was there buried Cecill Earl of Salisbury ¶ I Come next to Robert son to the before-specified William Lord Burghley by Mildred his second wife This Robert in 38 Eliz. being then a Knight was made one of the Queens Principal Secretaries of State and in 41 Eliz. Master of the Wards in which year he was sent into France with some other Commissions to mediate a Peace betwixt the Spaniard and the French In 1 Iac. 3. Maii he was created Lord Cecill of Esingdon in com Rotel at the Tower of London and upon the thirteenth
some active Nonconformists with Antimonarchical Principles and so without much difficulty drawn in by those Fiery Spirits of the late Long-Parliament who under divers Specious Pretences raised several Armies against the King became the Commander in Chief of those Forces which were sent to assault the Close at Litchfeild then defended by a small Garrison which His late Majesty of blessed memory had most piously placed there for the preservation of that stately Church Against which there being a Battery planted he was unfortunately shot in the Eye as he stood in a dore whither he came to see the occasion of a sudden shout made by the Soldiers of which he instantly died But that which makes it most observable is that this hapned on the second day of March in An. 1642. which is noted in the Kaâ—endar for the Festival of St. Chad the Titulary-Saint of that antient and beautiful Church to the Memory of whom it had been originally dedicated A person he was who for the Nobleness of his extraction as is evident from what before I have shew'd however mistaken by others and many personal endowments deserv'd a better fate at least to have fallen in a better Cause Who had he liv'd 't is believ'd by his Friends would soon have seen through the Pretences of that Faction Dying thus he left issue by the Lady Catherine his wife daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford five sons Francis who next succeeded him in his Honor but died unmarried Robert successor to his Brother Edward and Algernon who died unmarried and Fowke now living Which Robert took to wise Anne one of the daughters and coheirs and at length sole heir to Sir William Dodington of Bremer in com South Knight by whom he hath issue now living two daughters Anne and Dodington Lord Mountagu of Boughton 19 Iac. TOuching that Branch of the antient Family of Mountagu whence those who were long since Earles of Salisbury did spring and which determin'd in one sole daughter and heir female having in the first Volume of this Work already spoke I come to Edward Mountagu of Hemyngton in com Northampt. Esquire a descendeâ—â— of another branch thereof for so 't is generally esteem'd to be This Edward being a person learned in the Lawes and thereupon call'd to the state and degree of Serjeant in Crast. S. Mart. 23 Hen. 8. was made choice of for one of the King's Serjeants 16 Oct. in 29 of his Reign And in 30 Hen. 8. being then a Knight was advanced to that great Office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. In which he continued till 37 Hen. 8. and then upon the sixth of November removed to the like place of Chief Justice in the Court of Common-Pleas Wherein continuing in 4 E. 6. he obtained a special License bearing date 12 Apr. to give Liveries and Badges to Forty persons over and above his own menial Servants and afterwards sate there till the first year of Q. Mary's Reign When he died I do not certainly find but that by Helen his wise daughter to Iohn Roper of Eltham in com Cancii Esquire he left issue Edward his son and heir Which Edward being also a Knight married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Iames Harington of Eâ—ton in com Rutl. Knight by whom he had issue six sons 1. Sir Edward made Knight of the Bathe at the Coronation of King Iames 2. Sir Walter 3. Sir Henry 4. Sir Charles all Knights 5. Iames Bishop of Winchester and 6. Sir Sidney Mountagu Knight Of which sons Sir Edward was by Letters-patent bearing date 29 Iunii 19 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Mountagu of Boughton in com Northampt. and married three wives first Elizabeth daughter and heir to Sir Iohn Ieffrey Knight Lord Chief Baton of the Exchequer by whom he had issue one only daughter called Elizabeth married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eâ—esby afterwards Earl of Lindsey He secondly married Frances daughter of Thomas Cotton of Conington in com Hant. â—squire Sister to the famous Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet by whom he had issue three sons 1. Edward his successor in his honor William Attorney-General to the now Queen Catherine and Christopher And one daughter called Frances married to Iohn Earl of Rutland His third wife was Anne daughter to Iohn Crouch of Cornbury in com Hertf. Esquire but by her he had no issue This Edward Lord Mountagu living to be very aged and standing firm in his Loyalty to our late Soveraign King Charles the First in those times of the late unhappy troubles was for that respect seiz'd on by the command of those Predominant Members who sate at Westminster by the Name of a Parliament and made Prisoner in the Savoy near to the Strand in the Suburbs of London Where he departed this life 15 Iunii Anno 1664. To whom succeeded Edward his son and heir Which Edward married Anne the sole daughter of Sir Raph Winwood Principal Secretary of State to King Iames and by her hath had issue two sons Edward who died unmarried and Raphe as also one daughter called Elizabeth who married to Sir Daniel Harvye Knight lately Embassador to the Turke at Constantâ—â—ople ¶ The third Brother to Edward the first Lord Mountague was Henry who being a sâ—dulous Student of the Laws in the Middle-Temple London became the Autumn-Reader in that Honourable Society in 4 Iac. And shortly after that Recorder of the City of London being then a Knight Next scilicet Octab. Puâ—if 8 Iac. called to the State and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the eleventh of February ensuing constituted the King's Serjeant Nor did his advancement here determine for upon the 18th of November An. 1616. 14 Iac. he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench and on the 14 th of December An. 1620. 18 Iac. Lord Treasurer of England the Staff having been delivered to him at New-Market some time before Whereupon he was by Letters-patent bearing date 19 Dec. next ensuing raised to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of L. 〈◊〉 of Kymbolton in com Hunâ— and Vicount Muâ—devile by reason that he did then possession of the Castle and Lordship of Kymbolton which had been many ages since belonging to the family of Maâ—devile And after this 5 Feb. 1 Car. 1. being created Earl of Manchester was made Lord Privy-Seale upon the Fourth of Iuly in the fourth year of that King's reign Which Henry married three wives first Catherine daughter to Sir William Spenser of Erdington in com Oxon. Knight by whom he had issue four sons Edward who succeeded him in his honors Walter now an Abbot in France Iames and Henry now Master of St. Katherines Hospital near the Tower of London As also two Daughters
Fotherby Dean of Canterbury By neither of which wives having any issue he departed this life at London 20 Nov. An. 1660. and was buried in St. Martins Church near Canterbury within which Parish the Lordship of Mote is scituate where his last wife surviving him hath erected a noble Monument to his memory Lord Finche of Daventre OF this Family viz. Son and Heir of Sir Heneage Finch Knight Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament an 1625. 1 Car. 1. fourth Son to Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell Baronet and the Lady Elizabeth Countess of Winchelsey his Wife is Sir Heneage Finch Knight and Baronet who being a great proficient in the Study of the Laws in that Honourable Society of the Inner Temple London was upon the happy Restoration of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second 6 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Majesties reign made his Sollicitor General and the next year following Autumn-Reader in the before specified Inne of Court Upon the seventh of Iune an 1660. 12 Car. 2. by the name of Sir Heneage Finch of â—aunston in Com. Buck. Knight he was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet and upon the tenth day of May an 1670. 22 Car. 2. constituted the Kings Attorney General Also upon the ninth of November an 1673. made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Shortly after which he was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Finch of Daventre in Com. Northt being then owner of that Mannour by Letters Patents bearing date the tenth day of Ianuary 25 Car. 2. He married Elizabeth Daughter of Daniel Harvy Merchant of London by whom he hath Issue now living 〈◊〉 Sons 〈◊〉 Daniel Heneage William Charles Edward Henry and Robert Edward Iohn and Thomas being deceased He hath also had Issue four Daughters Elizabeth married to Samuel Grimston Son and Heir to Sir Herbottle Grimston Baronet Master of the Rolls Mary and Anne deceased and another Mary now surviving Lord Grey of Werke 21 Iac. THat this Family hath been antient in Northumberland and famous for divers Military exploits is evident from many authorities though none thereof did attain to the dignity of Peerage till of late In King Edward the seconds time Thomas de Grey being Governour of the Castles of Couper and Fife in Scotland came into that Realm shortly after his Coronation And with xxvi men broke through those Forces which Gualter de Bickerton had laid to entrap him Other particulars no less memorable were these viz. that at the Siege of Stryvelin upon the Rescue of Henry Lord Beaumont of whose retinue he then was he received a dangerous wound under his Eyes Likewise that he was afterwards taken prisoner by Thomas Randolph Earl of Murray And Governour of Norham where he was twice besieged by the Scots once for near six months and the other for full seven Likewise that he slew one Cryâ—â—es a Scottish-Admiral who had been a great Robber at Sea Moreover that in 19 E. 3. he had a Charter of Free-Warren throughout all his Lordships of Fenton Nosbytte Dodington North-â—iddleton Middlemost-Middleton South-Middleton Howyke â—worth Heddon and Hankill in that County And that he routed the Earls of March and Sutherland upon their invasion of the North whilst King E. 3. was at the Siege of Tournay Another Thomas there was who in 2 H. 5. being in that conspiracy with Henry Lord Scrope on the behalf of the French suffered death for the same To whom succeeded Sir Raphe Grey of Worke who was Knighted at Leicester upon Whiâ—sunday in 4 H. 6. by Iohn Duke of Bedford the King himself then receiving that honour from the same hand This was that Sir Raphe who soon after raised the Siege which the King of Scots had laid to Roxborough There was one of this Family a man of great note in the time of King E. 4. who being charged by a Gentleman of Scotland of Adultery with the Queen of Scots came with a Band of a thousand men to Edenburgh and there cast down his Glove to encounter in the Lists with his Accuser but departed without Fighting And in 6 E. 6. another Sir Raphe Grey of Chillingham in Com. Northumb. Knight then made Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland From whom descended another Raphe who by Isabell his Wife Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas Grey of Horton Knight had Issue William Grey of Chillingham aforesaid Esq who upon the xv day of Iune 1619. 17 Iac. was advanced to the degree of Baronet and afterwards viz. 11 Febr. 21 Iac. to the honour of a Baron by the title of Lord Grey of Werke and to the Heirs Male of his body Which William married Anne the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosleild in Com. Essex Baronet and departing this life upon the 29 of Iuly An. 1674. was buried at Epping in Essex By which Anne he had Issue divers Sons and Daughters but of these his Sons Raphe only survived him and of his Daughters Catherine only the rest dying young or unmarried who became first the Wife of Sir Edward Moseley of Hough in Com. Lanc. Baronet and afterwards of Charles eldest Son to Dudley Lord North since summoned to Parliament by the title of Lord Grey of Roulston Which Raphe now Lord Grey of Werke married Catherine Daughter to Sir Edward Forde of Hartling in Com. Sussex Knight Widdow of Alexander Colepeper eldest Son to Iohn Lord Colepeper by whom he had Issue now living three Sons Forde who hath married Mary Daughter of George Lord Berkley Raphe and Charles and one Daughter called Mary and departing this life upon the fifteenth day of Iune an 1675. was buried at Harting in Com. Sussex Burgh Earl of St. Albans 22 Iac. OF this Family which derive their descent from William Fitz-Aldelme Sewer to King Henry the second was Richard Burgh Earl of Clanrikard in Ireland who by Letters Patents bearing date 3 Apr. 22 Iac. was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Somerhill as also to the dignity of a Vicount by the name of Vicount Tunbridge and upon the 23 of August 4 Car. 1. created Earl of St. Albans at which time he had likewise other Irish Honours conferred upon him viz. Baron of Imaudy in the Province of Conaght and Vicount of Galloway This Richard Earl of St. Albans married Frances the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Francis Walâ—ingham Knight one of the principal Secretaries of State to the late Queen Eliz. Widdow of Robert Earl of Essex by whom he had Issue Vlick his Son and Successor in these Honours and one only Daughter called Honora who became the second Wife of Iohn late Marquess of Winchester He died 12 Nov. an 1636. and was buried at Tonbridge in Kent within which parish
Common-Pleas conferred upon him and on the 23th of Ianuary 16 Car. 1. that of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Being therefore thus raised to that eminent place of Honour and Trust on the eighteenth of February next ensuing he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Littleton of Mounsâ—ow one of the Hâ—ndreds in Com. Salop. But shortly after the troubles in this Realm taking their rise partly from that Insurrâ—ction of the Scots and their entrance of this Realm which hapned in August next ensuing an scil 1640. and partly from the predominancy of certain Members in the late Long Parliament then called by reason of that Invasion so that the King to avoid the danger of such Tumults as being then countenanced by those Mâ—mbâ—rs threatned his safety retired to the City of York in March an 1642. This Lord Keeper being not a little sensible of his Majesties hard condition and well weighing his own duty in that perillous conjuncture hastâ—d thither to him with the Great Seal in Iune next following and after that ceasing not to continue his dutifull attendance from place to place wheresoever he moved or received command to abide served him with most Loyal affections until his â—wn death which hapned at Oxford 27 August an 1645. 21 Car. 1. where he had an honourable Burial in the North I le of the Cathedral called Christ-Church opposite to the Quire He married Anne Daughter to Iohâ— Littleton of Frankley in Com. Wigorn. Esq who died mâ—ny years before him leaving no Issue Capel Earl of Essex 17 Car. 1. THE first of this Family who laid the â—oundation for supporting that Honour which afterwards his Descendents obtained was Sir William Capel Knight Lord Mayor of London in an 1504. 20 H. 7. which Sir William built a fair Chapel on the South-side of the Church called great St. Bartholmews in the Suburbs of that City and 〈◊〉 there buried From whom descended Arthur Capel of Hadham in Com. Hertf. Esq Which Arthur being a person of great merit was by Letters Patents bearing date 6 Aug. an 1641. 17 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Capel of Hadham And upon that grand defection hapning before the end of the next ensuing year when several Armies were levyed through the influence of a predominant party in the Parliament then held at Westminster under divers plausible pretences whereby much bloodshed and great devastation ensued most loyally put himself in Arms on the King's behalf for the general welfare of his Majesty and these Realms raising at his proper charge some Troops of Horse with which in his own person he served both valiantly and faithful in sundry Battels and other perillous Encounters throughout the long continuance of those unhappy Troubles And when through a second great Invasion of the Scots the King became totally over-powered his Field-Forces disâ—ipaâ—â—d all his Garrisons lost and his Royal Person Imprison'd in the Isle of Wiht being sufficiently apprehensive of the misery which was like shortly after to befal him couragiously adventured himself with all the strength he could raise in hope of his rescue but miscarrying therein suffered Death for that attempt upon the ninth of March an 1648. Whereupon his Corps was buâ—ied at Hadham This most loyal and right valiant Lord took to Wife Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir of Sir Charles Morison of Câ—yâ—ho-berrey in Com. Hertf. Knight and Baronet and by her had Issue four Sons Arthur Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the Second Edward and Charles and four Daughters Mary Married to Henry Lord Beauchamp at that time Son and Heir Apparent to William Marquess of Hertford and surviving him to Henry now Marquess of Worcester Elizabeth to Charles Earl of Carnarâ—on Theodosia to Henry then called Lord Cornbury now Earl of Clarendon and Annâ— to Iâ—hn Son and Heir Apparent to Giles Strangways of Melbury Sâ—ndford in Com. Dorset Esq To him succeeded Arthur his Son and Heir on whom our present Sovereign King Charles the Second shortly after his happy Restoration looking with an high regard both in respect of his noble Father's most eminent actings and sufferings and his own personal merits not only advanced him to the Title of Vicount Mâ—ldon in Câ—m Essex bâ—t to the dâ—gree and dignity of Earl of Essex by Letters Patent bearing daâ—e 20 Apr. in the thirteenth year of his Reign And since that having large experience of his prudence and great abilities constituted him Lord Lieutenant of the Realm of Ireland This Earl Married Elizabeth Daughter to Algerâ—on Earl of Northumberland and by her hath had Issue six Sons viz. Algernon Châ—rles Arthur Henry Algerâ—on and Arthur and two Daughters Elizabeth and Aâ—â—e of all which the last Algernon and Anne are only living the rest dying young Bruce Earl of Aylesbury 17 Car. 1. UPon the coming of King Iames to enjoy the Crown of this Realm in an 1603. amongst many other worthy persons of the Scottish-Nation Edward Bruce of Kinlosse was not the least who though a Native of that Country did descend from the antient Barons of that name sometime Lords of Skelton in Cleâ—eland and other large possessions in the Northern parts of Yorkshire This Edward being a person of great parts was sent Embassador from King Iames with the Earl of Marre in 43 Eliz. unto that Queen to Congratulate her good success in repressing that audacious attempt of the Earl of Essex and his Complices who had then suffered death for the same Which she took very well being not a little pleas'd to hear so much from them in regard of the rumours then dispersed viz. that Essex was made away for favouring the King of Scot's Title Also that had they come in time they would have mediated for him And upon the death of that Queen being eminently Instrumental to the peaceful entrance of King Iames by the Intelligence which he privately held in her life time with Sir Robert Cecill Knight one of her principal Secretaries of State in recompence of those his faithful Services had that great Office of Master of the Rolls conferr'd upon him for life upon the eighteenth of May 1 Iac. and the next ensuing year by Letters Patent bearing date 8 Iulii was advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of Scotland by the Title of Lord Bruce of Kinlâ—sse being of the Privy Council to his Majesty in both Realms But upon the 14 th of Ianuary an 1610. 8 Iac. he departed this life being then Lxii. years of Age and was buried in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery-Lane London where there is a fair Monument erected to his memory with this Inscription upon it Fuimus Sacrae Memoriae Domini Edwardi Bruce Baronis Bruce Kinlossensis Sacrorum Scriniorum Magistri dicatum Quiobiit 14 Ian. Sal. 1610. Aetat 62. Iacobi Regiâ— 8â—
this his laudable service was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster â—the twentieth day of April in the thirteenth year of his Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Crew of Stene and to the heirs male of his body He married Iemima daughter and coheir of Edward Walgrave of Lawford in com Essex Esquire By whom he hath had issue four sons the rest dying young viz. first Sir Thomas Crew Knight secondly Iohn thirdly Nathaniel Bishop of Durham and fourthly Walgrave as also two daughters Iemima married to Edward late Earl of Sandwich and Anne to Sir Henry Wright of Dagenham in com Essex Barronet Which Sir Thomas by Mary his wife daughter of Sir George Touneshend late of East Raynham in com Norff. Barronet hath had issue Iohn who died in his youth and two daughters Anne yet unmarried and Temperance the wife of Rouland Alston son and heir to Sir Thomas Alston of Odell in com Bedf. Barronet And by Anne his second wife daughter and coheir to Sir William Airmin of Osgodby in com Linc. Barronet widdow of Sir Thomas Woodhouse of Wilberhall in com Norff. Barronet one daughter named Iemima Iames Fitz-Roy Duke of Monmouth 15 Car. 2. THe next in order of time advanced to any Title of Honour was Iames Fitz-Roy one of His Majesties Natural Sons whom by reason of his virtuous inclinations and pregnant evidences of an heroick spirit as a proper furtherance to his after great atchievements was created Baron of â—inedale in the County of Northumberland Vicount Doncaster and Duke of Monmouth by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster upon the fourteenth day of February in the fifteenth year of his Majesties Reign having since been installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and constituted Master of the Horse He marryed the Lady Anne daughter and sole heir to Francis Earl of Buckleugh in Scotland by whom he hath had issue two sons Charles born 24 Aug. 1672. and died 9 Febr. 1673. and Iames born 23 Maii 1674. as also one daughter named Anne born 17 Febr. 1675. Lord Frescheville 16 Car. 2. HAving in the second Tome of this Work already pointed at the antient luster of this worthy Family aswell in its eminent matches as otherwise I now come to Iohn Frescheville of Staveley in com Derb. Esquire great Grandson to Peter Frescheville which Peter for his exemplary Valor at the Battle of Muscleborough in Scotland in the time of King Edward the Sixth had the honour of Knighthood then conferred on him This Iohn having served King Charles the First of blessed memory with great fidelity not only in the times of Peace but as an expert Commander in his Armies throughout the whole course of those unhappy Wars which were occasioned through the predominancy of divers Antimonarchical spirits in the late Long Parliament and stedfastly persevering in his Loyalty to our present Soveraign was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster upon the sixth day of March in the sixteenth year of his Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Frescheville of Staveley and to the heirs male of his body He first married Saraâ— daughter of Sir Iohn Harington Knight by whom he had issue three daughters Christian wedded to Charles then Lord St. Iohn eldest son to Iohn Marquess of Winchester Elizabeth to Philip son and heir of Sir Philip Warwick Knight and Frances secondly Anna Charlotta daughter and heir to Sir Henry de Vick Knight late Chancellor of the Garter but by her as yet hath no issue Benet Earl of Arlington 16 Car. 2. THat nothing more encourageth to honorable atchievement than the gracious aspects from such as are in high places towards virtuous endeavors is not to be doubted Hence was it that Sir Henry Benet Knight his Majesties Principal Secretary of State and one of his Privy Council being descended from worthy Ancestors and in his youth trayned up in all general learning taking notice of the late flames of War where with this flourishing Realm was most unhappily imbroiled laid aside his Books and most loyally betook himself to the Camp in the service of the late King Charles of blessed memory in which the testimonies of his courage and valor are yet evidently visible by the wounds he then received Nor was his prudence and dexterity in the transacting of such great affairs wherewith he was entrusted less conspicuous as is apparent from that special imployment which he had to the Catholick King in consideration therefore of these his eminent deservings he was by Letters Patent bearing date the fourteenth day of March in the sixteenth year of his said Majesties Reign advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Aâ—â—â—â—gton of Arlington in the County of Midd and to the heirs male of his body and after this viz. the twenty second day of April in the twenty fourth year of his Reign to the Titles of Vicount Thetford and Earl of Arlington with limitation of all these Honors viz. Baron Vicount and Earl for lack of issue male of his body lawfully begotten unto Sir Iohn Benet Knight his Brother and the heirs male of his body Since which time he hath been made Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and constituted Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold He married the Lady Isabella of Nassau daughter to Lewes of Nassau Lord Beverwaert son to the late Illustrious Maurice Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau by whom he hath issue one onely daughter named Isabella married to Henry Fitz-Roy Earl of Ewston and Duke of Grafton one of his Majesties Natural Sons Berkley Earl of Falmouth 16 Car. 2. HAving in the first Tome of this work spoke at large of the most Noble and antient Family of Berkley of Berkley-Castle in com Glouc. and in this of Iohn Lord Berkley of Stratton a special branch thereof I come to Charles Lord Berkley of Rathdown and Vicount Fitz-Harding in the Realm of Ireland Nephew to the same Iohn viz. second son to Sir Charles Berkley of Bruton in the County of Somerset Knight deceased late Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold This Charles having faithfully served our present Soveraign throughout the whole time of his greatest distresses in forreign parts both by his personal attendance on him and otherwise As also his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke in the Wars of France and in the Netherlands by reason thereof and his descent in blood from the antient Lords Botetort was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster the seventeenth day of March in the sixteenth year of his Majesties Reign advanced to the state and degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Botetort of Langport in the County of Somerset as also to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Falmouth and to
an obscure Creeke what through the treachery of some of his servants and the Master of the Ship he was apprehended and committed prisoner to the Tower And being thus imprisoned a Charge was brought against him into the Star-Chamber that he had supported Romish-Priests contrary to Law As also that he held Intelligence with Cardinal Alen and Parsons the Jesuit the Queens enemies Likewise that he had by a publick writing declin'd the Justice of the Realm with purpose to be gone Whereupon though he professed his Allegiance to the Queen and love to his Countrey excusing himself for his ignorance of the Laws through his Zeal to divine contemplations and submitted himself to the censure of that Court they fined him at ten thousand pounds and doom'd him to imprisonment during the Queens pleasure And as if all this had not been enough upon suspicion that he favoured the Spaniard in 32 Eliz. he was brought to his Tryal by his Peers in Westminster-Hall before Henry Earl of Derby Lord High Steward for that occasion The substance of his charge being that he had contracted a strict friendship with Cardinal Alen and Parsons the Jesuit and other trayterous people who had conspired the ruine of their Prince and Country by stirring up both Forreiners as well as Subjects for restoring the Romish-Religion Also that he had sent Letters to Cardinal Alen by Weston alias Burgesse the Priest for advancing the Catholick cause and upon that account resolved to quit the Realm That he was privy to the Bull of Sixtus Quintus the Pope whereby he had excommunicated the Queen and exposed this Realm to the Spaniard That being a prisoner in the Tower he had caused Mass to be celebrated for the good success of the Spanish Fleet and likewise for that purpose had conceived private prayers To which hepleaded Not guilty But being found guilty had Sentence of death pronounced against him being then but thirty three years of age Whence being carried back to the Tower and his Execution forborn he totally applied himself to his devotions and to an austere and strict course of life until the nineteenth of November An. 1595. 38 Eliz. that he there died leaving Issue by Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas and Sister and Coheir to George Lord Dacres of Gillesland Thomas his only Child Which Thomas being restored in blood in the Parliament held at Westminster 1 Iac. and to all such Titles of Honour and Precedence as the before specified Philip Earl of Arundel his Father lost by his attainder As also to the Honour State and Dignity of Earl of Surrey and to such dignity of Baronies only as Thomas late Duke of Norfolk his Grandfather lost by his attainder was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter 13 Maii An. 1611. 9 Iac. After which he travelled with his Lady into Italy but in November An. 1614 12 Iac. returned And upon the 29 of Aug. 19 Iac. was constituted Earl Marshal of England for life with a pension of two thousand pounds per annum Whereupon reviving that honorable Court which had antiently been held by the Constable and Marshall jointly wherein remedy was given for such abusive provocations as might occasion no little bloodshed by Duels or other more mischievous ways of revenge and some scruple being made as to the Jurisdiction of the Earl-Marshal alone without the Constable the next ensuing year he obtained other Letters Patent bearing date 1 Aug. 20 Iac. whereby that King after mature advice had with the Lords of his Council upon the point did declare that in the vacancy of the Constable of England the Earl Marshal had the like jurisdiction in that Court as both Constable and Marshal jointly ever exercised commanding him to proceed accordingly Which he thereupon did with much Honour to himself and his authority and to the great satisfaction of the Nobility and Gentry of this Realm in cases where they received such affronts and injuries for which by the rule of the Common Law no redress could be had until by the Votes of a predominant party in the late Long-Parliament his jurisdiction in that Court was blasted This most noble Earl a little before the Coronation of King Charles the first was join'd in Commission with William Earl of Pembroke to make such persons Knights of the Bath as the King should then think fit to call to that dignity And in 9 Car. 1. constituted Chief Justice of all the Forests North of Trent Moreover in 16 Car. 1. he was made General of the Army then raised to march into the North the Scots at that time being in Arms with no small numbers And by reason of his special services and great merits as also in respect of his lineal descent from Thomas de Brotherton Earl of Norfolk a younger Son to King Edward the first was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 6 Iunii in the 20. year of the same Kings reign advanced to the title of Earl of Norfolk Shortly after which discerning the flames of War occasion'd by the prevalent party in the late Long Parliament more and more to increase his age being also such as rendred him not fit for further military imployments he obtained leave from the King to travel Whereupon going to Padua in Italy he there departed this life upon the 4 day of October An. 1646. After which his Corps being brought over into England was buried at Arundel in Sussex Leaving Issue by the Lady Alathea his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury two sons surviving 1 Henry called Lord Moubray and Maltravers and secondly Sir William Howard Knight of the Bath who by reason of his marriage with Mary Sister and sole Heir to Henry Lord Stafford was by Letters Patent bearing date 12 Sept. 16 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Stafford and she the said Mary of a Baroness And by other Letters Patent bearing date 11 Nov. next ensuing to the dignity and title of Vicount Stafford the other Sons of the said Thomas Earl of Arundel viz. Iames Thomas Gilbert and Charles dying all in his life time Which William so created Vicount Stafford hath Issue by her three Sons Henry Iohn and Francis and five Daughters 1 Alathea 2 Isabella married to Iohn Marquess of Winchester 3 Vrsula 4 Mary and 5 Anastasia I now come to Henry Lord Moubray and Maltravers for by those Titles he was summon'd to Parliament in his Fathers life time This Henry succeeding his Father in his Honours took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter to Esme Steward Lord d'Aâ—gbignie and Earl of March afterwards Duke of Lenox and by her had Issue nine Sons viz. Thomas Henry Philip Charles Talbot Edward Francis Bernard and Esme And three Daughters viz. the Lady Anne who died young the Lady
in 26 H. 8. Principal Secretary of State as also Master of the Rolls Shortly after this that Long Parliament then siting at Westminster began 3 Nov. 21 H. 8. and held by Prorogation till the 27 th of that Kings reign originally design'd to swallow up those vast possessions which through the bounty of divers pious Kings and many other devout people of this Nation had been bestowed on the Monasteries wherein this Cromwell had been the Principal contriver it was thought fit in order to that grand work to send visitors into all parts for making Inquisition into the demeanor of the Votaries then profess'd in any of those Religious Houses to the end that by representing them more loose in their lives than the strictness of their Rule required the less regret might be had not only to their ejection but to the utter suppression of their Orders Whereupon in October An. 1535. 27 H. 8 being sent with Doctor Lee and others upon that notable errand they put forth all who were willing to depart and all who were under the age of Twenty four year shutting up those who remained that they should not go out of their places And to them which departed assign'd Forty shillings in Money with a Priests Gown for their Habit but to the Nuns no other Apparel than secular women did use Which being done they took the Relicks and chiefest of the Jewels in every House to the King's use This grand Action being over whereupon soon ensued the dissolution of all those which had been by other Inquisitors found under the value of Two hundred pounds per annum he was shortly after viz. 2 Iulii 28 H. 8. made Lord Keeper of the King 's Privy Seale and upon the ninth of the same moneth advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the name of Lord Cromwell of Okeham in Com. Rutl. and within six dayes after viz. 15 Iulii which was the last day of the Parliament then held took his place amongst the Lords in that House Being therefore arrived to this high pitch of Honor and Trust that which I shall next observe is that the Popes Supremacie being here by authority of Parliament abolished and directly declared to be in the King divers businesses thereupon hapening which could not be dispatch'd without his Highnesses consent himself being not able to undergo the burthen thereof confer'd that Authority on this Lord Cromwell making him Vicar-general over all the Spiritualties under himself Not that he thought a Layman more fit for it than one of the Clergy but because under colour thereof he had resolv'd to put in execution some designs wherein the Clergy in probability would have moved but slowly Whereupon he became President in the Synod of that year viz. 28 H. 8. and sate above the Bishops as Head over them By the Authority of which Synod a Book was set forth wherein many points of Doctrine being proposed to be expounded by the Curates to their Parishioners mention was only made of three Sacraments viz Baptisme the Eucharist and Penance as also some Holy dayes abrogated and divers other things pertaining to Religion and Ecclesiastical Discipline somewhat changed And in September the same year sent out under the King 's Spiritual Seal certain Injunctions to the Prelates and Clergy of the Realm charging Curates to Prâ—â—ch and to Teach their Parishioners the Pater Noster Ave Creed Commandements and Articles of Faith with other Articles in the English-tongue In 29. H. 8. he was constituted Chief Justice Itinerant of all the Forests beyond Trent And in September An. 1538. 30 H. 8. sent forth Injunctions to all Bishops and Curats throughout the Realm charging them to place in every Parish-Church the Bible of the largest Volume Printed in English for all men to read on as also a Register wherein all Weddings Christenings and Burials should be entred About this time it was that he obtain'd a grant of the Castle and Lordship of Okeham in Com. Rutl. and was also made Constable of Caresbroke-Castle in the Isle of Wighâ— It is observed that in this great work for dissolution of the Religious Houses though divers of the Visitors petitioned that some might be spared as well for the virtue of the persons in them as for the benefit of the Country the poor receiving thence much releife and the richer sort good education for their children and though that worthy Man Latimer then Bishop of Worcester wisht that two or three might be left in every Shire for Pious uses yet did this Cromwell by the King's permission invade all and what betwixt Threats Gifts Perswasions Promises and whatsoever might make a man obnoxious at length obtain'd from the Abbots Priors Abesses and their Covents of all those greater Monasteries which the Act of Parliament of 27 H. 8. had not suppressed formal Surrenders under their publick Seales It is likewise not unworthy of note that he was a principal Instrument in keeping down the Clergy whom in regard of their Oathes to the Pope he usually term'd the King's half Subjects And that as to the expulsion of the Monks he said It was no more than a restoring them to their first Institution being lay and labouring persons Nor did it move him that so much strictness and austerity was enjoyn'd them in their respective Orders since he said They might keep it in any condition In recompence therefore of this high service he soon obtain'd a grant from the King in Fee of the dissolv'd Monastery of St. Osythes in Essex with all the Houses Buildings Church and other Appurtenances thereunto belonging as also of the Mannors and Lordship of Chich-St Osithes Barnton Coketwyke Wigbargh Erles Hall Westwyke Howyke Lewyke Wyershall alias Withston Hal Cannon Hall alias Can Hall Abbots Hall Cost Hall alias Costed Hall Mylâ—end Hall Broke Hall and Birche Hall with Horsey and all and singular their Members parcel of the possessions of the same Monastery of St. Osythes Likewise of the Mannor or Lordship of Chalwedon in Com. Essex parcel of the possessions of the new Hospital of our Blessed Lady without Bishopsgate in London as also of the Mannors and Lordships of Tollesbury High-Hall Abbesse-Hall and Hackley in the said County of Essex parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of Berkyng And of all that Mannor of Gorewells in Tollesbury aforesaid parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of Bylegh in that County Likewise of the Mannors of Wileghe Brightingsey alias Brykelsey Pichesaye Mondone and Grynstede in the same County parcel of the possessions of the Monastery of St. Iohn at Colchester Also of the Mannors at Dedham and Langham in the same County with the Mannor and Lordship of Stratford Juxta Higham in Com. Suff. with three Mannors the King had by the Grant of Charles Duke of Suffolk Moreover he then obtained from the
Monasteries in that Parliament wherein at first he was Speaker none can doubt his activeness for obtaining the Surrenders of the rest being so conspicuous for I find that he imploy'd a special Agent to treat with the Abbot of Atheâ—ny in Com. Somers and to offer him an hundred Marks per annum pension in case he would surrender which the Abbot refused insisting on a greater sum Also that he personally dealt with the Abbot of St. Osithes in Essex to the like purpose as by his Letter to the Visitor-general appeareth Wherein he expressed that he had by great sollicitation prevail'd with him but withal insinuated his desire That his place of Lord Chancellor being very chargeable the King might be moved for addition of some more profitable Offices unto him Nay it is evident that hunting eagerly after that great Abby of Walden in Essex which at length he obtain'd as an argument the sooner to get it besides his extenuation of its worth he alleadg'd That he had in this world sustain'd great damage and infamy in serving the King which the grant of that should recompence and that being thus possess'd thereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date 29 th Nov. 30 H. 8. created Lord Audley of the same Walden and to the heirs-male of his Body as also installed Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter But long he did not enjoy this vast Wealth and Honor for having by his Testament bearing date 19 Apr. An. 1544. 35 H. 8. bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Tombe of his new Chappel at Walden and appointed that his Executors should upon the next New-Years day after his decease deliver a Legacie of One hundred pounds to the King from whom as his expression is he had received all his Reputations and Benefits he departed this life upon the last day of the same moneth at his place of Christchurch before-mention'd and was buried at Walden with this Epitaph upon his Monument The stroke of Death's inevitable Dart Hath now Alass of life berest the Hart Of Sir Thomas Audley of the Garter Knight Late Chancellor of England under our Prince of might Henry the Eighth worthy of high renown And made by him Lord Audley of this Town Obiit ultimo Aprilis A. Dom. 1544. Henrici 36. Cancellariatus sui 13 Aetatis 56. Leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Thomas Grey Marquess Dorset two daughters Margaret and Mary Which Mary died unmarried as it seems for Margaret became his sole heir who first married to the Lord Henry Dudley a younger son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland slain at St. Quintins in Picardy in An 1557 4 5 Ph. M. And afterwards to Thomas Duke of Norfolk being his second wife whose son by her viz. Thomas Earl of Suffolk Lord Treasurer of England for almost six years in the time of King Iames built upon the ruines of that Abby that stately Fabrick at Walden now known by the name of Audley-end in memory of this Lord Audley not to be equall'd excepting Hampton-â—ourt by any in this Realm Wriothsley Earl of Southampton 35 Hen. 8. OF this Family the first touching whom I find mention is Iohn Wryothsley commonly called Wrythe who being an Herauld at Armes by the Title of Faucon temp Edw. 4. was in 16 of that Kings Reign constituted King of Armes of the North parts of this Realm by the name of Norroy and in 18 E. 4. made Principal Herauld of the most noble Order of the Garter and King of English Armes in which Office of Garter he was confirm'd by Letters patents bearing date 30 Nov. 1 R. 3. as also in 1 H. 7. and left issue two sons Thomas and William Which Thomas being also train'd up in the like studies was first an Herauld by the Title of Walingford and in 20 H. 7. constituted Garter principal King of Armes as his father had been wherein he was confirm'd i in 1 H. 8. Nor did William his Brother betake himself to any other profession being likewise an Herauld by the Title of York This William had issue a son call'd Thomas who is the person that in process of time received high Advancements as well in point of honor as otherwise For in 27 H. 8. being at that time one of the Clerks of the Signet he was made Coroner and Attorney in the Court of Common-Pleas And in 30 H. 8. being then one of the Principal Secretaries of State was sent Embassador to the Lady Regent for the Spaniard in the Nâ—therlands to treat of a Marriage betwixt King Henry and Christiana Dutchess of Millaine second daughter to the King of Denmark a beautiful Lady and then in those parts In 32 H. 8. being then a Knight he was made Constable of the Castle of Southampton and in 34 H. 8. had the like command for the Castle at Porchester being also constituted one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer upon the vacancy of that Office by the death of Robert Earl of Sussex In 35 H. 8. upon that League made by King Henry and the Emperor Charles the Fifth he was appointed one of the Commissioners for mannaging the Treaty conducing thereto and upon the first of Ianuary the same year advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Wriothesley of Tichfeild in Com. Southampt which Tichfeild being one of the Monasteries newly dissolv'd in that General Ruine of the Religious Houses he had then obtain'd Also in 36 H. 8. the Lord Audley being dead he was made Lord Chancelor of England having the Great Seal likewise committed to his trust upon the third of May and soon after one of the Commissionâ—â— for managing that Treaty then concluded betwixt Mathew Earl of Lenox and King Henry for the peace of this Realm and that of Scotland About the end of this year he was also install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Likewise in 38 H. 8. the king lying on his death bed constituted one of his Executors and appointed to be of Council to Prince Edward his only son and Successor Three dayes before the Coronation of which King he had the Title of Earl of Southampton conferr'd upon him as by his Patent bearing date 16 Febr. 1 E. 6. appeareth But not many days after being over-opinionative and obstinately opposite to the rest of the Lords he was devested of his Office of Chancellor and put from his place in Council the Great Seal being thereupon delivered to William Lord St. Iohn of Basing And in 4 E. 6. when Dudley Earl of Warwick the grand Agent in the ruine of Edward Duke of Somerseâ— taking advantage of that discontent which this Earl had harboured for the loss of his Office and being otherwise
at his Fathers death and having married Anne the daughter to Robert Earl of Essex by her had issue Philip his son and heir and two daughters Mary married to ... Gower of ... in Com. Ebor. and Anne to VVilliam VVolrich of ... in Com. Sussex Esquire and died 14 Eliz the said Philip being at that time seventeen years of age Which Philip took to wife Frances daughter to Henry â—arl of Cumberland and by her had issue two sons viz. Sir George Wharton Knight of the Bath who married Anne daughter to Iohn Earl of Rutland and was slain in a Duel by Sir Iames Steward Knight upon the eighth of November An. 1609. leaving no issue And Sir Thomas VVharton Knight Which Sir Thomas took to wife Philadelphia the daughter to Robert Earl of Monmouth and having issue by her two sons Philip and Thomas died in his fathers life time viz. 17 Apr. 20 Iac. and was buried at Easby near Richmund in Yorkshire This Philip had likewise issue three daughters Margaret married to Edward Lord VVotton Eleanore to VVilliam Thwaytes of Long Marston in Com. Ebor. Esquire and Frances to Sir Richard Musgrave of Edenhale in Com. Cumbr. Knight of the Bath and Baronet And departing this life upon the Twenty sixth day of March An. 1625. was buried at Healey in the County of the City of York Leaving Philip his grandson viz. eldest son to Sir Thomas who died in his life time his successor in his honor Which Philip arrived to his full age in An. 1634. and married three wives Elizabeth daughter of Sir Rouland Wandesford of Pickhay in Com. Ebor. Knight Attorney of the Court of Wards by whom he had issue one only daughter called Elizabeth married to Robert then Lord VVilloughby of Eresby now Earl of Lindsey and Lord Great Chamberlain of England Secondly Iane the daughter and heir of Arthur Goodwyn of Upper Winchendon in Com. Buck. â—squire by whom he hath had issue two sons Thomas and Goodwyn and four daughters Anne married to VVilliam Carr a Scotchman only son to VVilliam Carr Groom of the Bedchamber to King Iames. Margaret to Major Dunch of Pusey in Com. Berk. Esquire Mary to VVilliam Thomas son and heir of Edmund Thomas of Wennoe in Com. Glamorgan Esquire and Philadelphia He thirdly married Anne daughter to the said VVilliam Carr Groom of the Bedchamber to King Iames widdow of Edmund Popham Esquire by whom he hath one son called VVilliam Which Thomas son and heir apparent to this Philip Lord VVharton hath married Anne one of the two daughters and coheirs to Sir Henry Lee of Dichley in Com. Oxon. Baronet Lord Paget 4 E. 6. THe first mention I find of any bearing this name who arriv'd to the dignity of Peerage is VVilliam Paget a person naturally endowed with excellent parts as may seem by his ascent from so low a condition to those high Preferments whereunto by sundry degrees he attained being son a to ... Paget one of the Serjeants at Mace in the City of London who was born near Wednsbury in Staffordshire of mean Parentage where 〈◊〉 were some of that generation till of late years remaining so that he might well say with the Poet Et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco For in 23 H. 8. by reason of his great abilities he came to be one of the Clerks of the Signet And in 32 H. 8. Clerk of the Council As also Clerk of the Privy-Seale with the Fee of Thirty pounds per annum and soon after that Clerk of the Parliament for life In all which employments he deported himself with such sedulity and prudence as that in 33 H. 8. he was sent Embassador into France and upon his return from that honorable Negotiation made one of the principal Secretaries of State for so I find him in 35 H. 8. Moreover in 36 H. 8. being then a Knight he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with Mathew Earl of Lenox touching the advancement of King Henry the Eighth's Interst in Scotland whereupon l that Earl was to marry the Lady Margaret Douglas King Henry's Neice And the same year attending that King in his Expedition to Boloin was associated with the Earl of Hertford and others to Treat with the Embassadors of France in order to a general accord betwixt both Realms In 37 H. 8. he obtained a grant to himself and Iohn Mason Esquire then Secretary to the King for the French Tongue and the survivor of them of the Office of Master of the Posts with the Fee of Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings four pence per an And in 38 H. 8 was one of the Commissioners which treated of and concluded a Peace with the French Shortly after which the King lying on his Death-bed he was constituted one of his Executors and appointed one of the Council to his successor King Edward the Sixth In the second year of whose Reign he obtained a grant in Fee of that House without Temple-Barr in the City of London then called Exeter-place formerly belonging to the Bishops of that See as also of a certain parcel of ground lying within the Garden of the Middle-Temple adjoyning thereto Which House he transformed into a new Fabrick for his own habitation and called it Paget-House But long it held not that name being from after-owners called next Leicester-House and at length Essex-House The next thing which I find memorable of him is that in 4 E. 6. he was sent Embassador to the Emperor Charles the Fifth to signifie how King Edward being on the one side distressed by the Scots and on the other by the French likewise miserably rent by intestine divisions at home necessity required speedy Succors from him else that he must submit to an inconvenient Peace with France And upon the Third of December the same year being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Comptroller of the Kings Houshold Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and called by Writ to the Parliment then sitting by the name of Lord Paget of Beaudsert in Com. Staff he took his place there amongst the rest of the Peers After which upon the 19 th of Ianuary next ensuing he had his solemn creation to that honor and within three dayes following was sent with the Earl of Bedford and Sir Iohn Mason again to treat of Peace with the French Notwithstanding all which great services such enemies he had that in 5 E. 6. upon the fall of the Duke of Somerset whose ruine was effected by the contrivance of Dudley Duke of Northumberland against whom the principal charge was that he had designed the Murther of some Noblemen at Pager-House this Lord was sent to the Tower and bereav'd of his Ensignes of the Garter But Money being not a little wanting at that time whereupon several persons
H. 8. continuing still Sergâ—ant at Arms he was constituted Steward of the Kings Lordship of Coly-Weston in that County This is doubtles the person of whom Sir Rob. Naunton in his Fragm Regalia speaks who being sent to the City as poor Gentlemen do their younger sons came to be a rich man on London-Bridge and purchased in Lincolnshire I now come to Richard his son This Richard in 22 H. 8. being groom of the Robes to that King obtained a Grant of the custody of UUarwick-Castle then in the Crown And in 32 H. 8. residing at Burghley near Stanford purchased the Priory of St. Michaels near that place commonly called UUyrthorp then newly dissolved and in the Crown by that stupendious dissolution of the Religious Houses at that time made In 34 H. 8. being then yeoman of the Wardrobe he was made Steward of the Kings Mannors of Nassyngton Yarwell and Upton in Com. North. for life and in 36 H. 8 purchased the Mannor of Esyngdon in Com. Rutl. then also in the Crown as parcel of the Earl of UUarwick's Lands In 37 H. 8. he surrendred his custody of UUarwick-Castle And having been Sheriff of Northampton-shire in 33 34 H. 8. departed this life shortly after whereupon he was buried in St. Martins Church in Stanford leaving issue by Iane his wife daughter and heir to William Heckinghton of Bourue in com Linc. Esquire William his son and heir and three daughters Margaret married to Roger Cave of Stanford in Com. North. Esquire Elizabeth to Robert Wingfeild of Upton Esquire and Anne to Thomas White of Tuxford in Com. Nott. Esquire Which William being a person of great learning singular judgment admirable moderation and comely gravity came to be the chiefest Statesman of the age wherein he lived unto whose prudence in Council much is attributed for the blessing then enjoyed by that prosperous and happy Government throughout the Reign of the long Queen Eliz. of famous memory The Birth of this William was at Burne in com Linc ... Sept. An. 1520. 12 H. 8. where he was also Christened and his education first at St. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge and next at Gravs-Inne where he studied the Laws But the original of his advancement in Court was by his being Master of the Requests to the Duke of Somerset Unkle and Protector to King Edward the sixth a Title before that time not known in this Realm through whose â—â—vor in 2 E. 6. he obtained a grant of the office of Custos Brevium in the Court of Common-Pleas and in 3 E. 6. was made Custos Rotulorum for Lincolnshire Shortly after which viz. in 5 E. 6. he was constituted one of the Principal Secretaries of State and of the Privy-Council and in 7 E. 6. Chancellor of the Garter with the fee of a hundred marks per annum in which perilous time wherein some prevailed for excluding the Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth in the succession he opposed all he could though he subscribed with them For which respect notwithstanding his differing in Religion he found fair esteem from Queen Mary yet acted privately for the Lady Elizabeth by reason whereof upon the death of Queen Mary he was made choice of by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her Reign for one of her Privy-Council and in the third constituted Master of the Wards As also sent with Doctor Nicholas Wotton Dean of Canterbury to Treat of Peace with the Scots And at length stood in such esteem with that Queen as that in 12 Eliz. divers of the Nobility stomacht at it but to colour their dislike made their complaints against him concerning that money which had been sent to the succor of the French Protestants which he easily answered and growing yet farther in her favor upon the 25 of February 13 Eliz. was advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Burghley Shortly after which he was sent with Sir Walter Mildmay to the Queen of Scots then at Chatsworth in Com. Derb. to Treat with her in order to the composure to the troubles in Scotland and restoring her to her former estate as also for the safety of the young King her son and security of Queen Elizabeth And being found herein and in all other his deportments upright just and prudent upon the fifteenth of September in 14 Eliz. was constituted Lord Treasurer of England The next thing memorable of him is that in 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers upon tryal of the Duke of Norffolke And in 24 Eliz. one of the Commissioners authorised to Treat concerning the intended Marriage of Queen Eliz. with the Duke of Anjou But all that I have farther observed of him is that in 26 Eliz. he was installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and that being likewise Chancellor of the University of Cambridge by his Testament bearing date 1 Martii An. 1597. 40 Eliz. he bequeathed his body to be buried in comely sort as a Baron of Parliament in St. Martins Church at Stanford in Com. North in which Parish his house at Burleigh is scituate where he had made a burial place for his Grandfather Father and Mother as also for himself and others which might succeed but not above a thousand pounds to be bestowed on his Funeral whereof one hundred pounds in Charitable uses And departing this life at his house in the Strand in the subburbs of London then called Burleigh-house but since Exeter-house upon the fourth of August An. 1598. 40 Eliz. was buryed in that Church of St. Martin in Stanford with this Epitaph upon his Monument Deo opt maximo Memoriae sacrum Honoratissimus longè clarissimus D. Gulielmus Cecilius Baro de Burgleigh summus Angliae Thesaurarius Curiae pupillorum praefectus Georgiani ordinis eques auratus serenissimae Elizabethae Angliae c. Reginae à sanctioribus consiliis Academiae Cantabrigienfis Cancellarius sub hoc Tumulo secundum Christi adventum manet Qui ob eximias animi dotes primùm à secretis fult Edwardo sexto Angliae Regi deinde Reginae Elizabethae sub quâ in maximis gravissimis hujus Regni causis spectatus inpriâ—is probatus veram Religionem promovendo concilio aequitate constantia magnisque in Rempub. meritis honores consecutus summos cum naturae gloriae satis patriae autem parum vixisset placidè in Christo obdormivit Vxores habuit duas Mariam sororem Iohannis Cheeke equitis aurati e quâ genuit filium unicum Thomam nunc Baronem de Burghley Mildredam filiam Antonii Cooke equitis aurati quae illi peperit Robertum Cecilium equitem auratum Reginae Elizabethae à secretis Curiae Pupillorum praefectum Annam enuptam
Embassador in France at the time of his death But contenting himself with the Deaneries first of Yorke and afterwards of Canterbury was for some time one of the Principal Secretaries of State to King Edward the Sixth as also of his Privy-Council So likewise viz. of the Privy-Council to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth and so highly esteemed of for his Learning Prudence and Integrity being well skilled in the Latine French Italian and German Tongues that he was twice sent Embassador to the Emperor Charles the fifth once to Philip King of Spaine once to King Francis of France thrice to King Henry the second his son once to Mary Queen of Hungary Governess of the Netherlands and twice to William Duke of Cleve and in An. 1540. 32 H. 8. imployed into France upon the renovation of the Peace betwixt the English French and Scots betwixt Guisness and Ardres Also to the Castle of Cambray in An. 1559. 1 Eliz. and to Edenborough in An. 1560. upon the like occasion And departing this life 26 Ian. An. 1566. 9 Eliz. was buried in the Cathedral Church at Canterbury where there is a noble Monument erected to his memory by Thomas Wotton Esquire his elder Brothers son and heir Which Thomas by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Iohn Rudstone of Bocton Monchensey in com Cantii Esquire had issue Edward his son and heir and two other sons Iames and Iohn Of which Iames being in that adventure to Cadez in Spaine in 38 Eliz. was there Knighted And by ... a second wife daughter to Sir William Finch of Eastwell in Kent widdow of ... Morton had issue l another son called Henry who being a person singularly accomplisht with Learning was Knighted by King Iames sent thrice Embassador to Uenice once to the States of the United-Provinces twice to the Duke of Savoy once to the United-Princes of the upper Germany at Helbrune also to the Arch-Duke Leopald likewise to the Duke of Wittembergh to the Imperial Cities of Strasbuygh and Ulme as also to the Emperor Ferdinand the second And after all this made Provost of Caton-Colledge near Windsore But I return to Edward his elder Brother This Edward in his younger years travailled over the chief parts of Europe and was afterwards imployed Embassador first to Portugal and next to Scotland and upon the thirteenth of May 1 Iac. being then a Knight was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Wotton of Marley After this he was made Comptroller of the Houshold to that King and in An 1616. 14 Iac. Treasurer of the Houshold but that office he held not much above one year This Edward married Hesther daughter and sole heir to Sir William Puckering of Oswald-Rick in com Ebor. Knight by whom he had issue Thomas his son and successor in this honor Which Thomas married Mary the eldest daughter and coheir to Sir Arthur Throckmorton of Pauters Perry in com North. Knight and departing this life at Bocton Malherbe 2 Apr. An. 1630. 6 Car 1. aetatis 43 was buried in the Parish-Church there leaving issue four daughters his heirs surviving Catherine married to Henry Lord Stanhope son and heir to Philip Earl of Chesterfield Hesther to Baptist Vicount Campden Margaret to Sir Iohn Tufton Knight and Anne to Sir Edward Hales then of Tunstal in com Cantii Knight Which Catherine afterwards took to Husband Henry de Kirkhoven Lord of Henfleet in Hollanâ— who by reason thereof was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Wotton of Wotton in Kent by Letters Patent bearing date at St. Iohnstons in Scotland upon the 31. of August in the second year of the Reign of our present Soveraign King Charles the second But enjoying not the title of a Countess in regard that the Lord Stanhope her Husband died in his Fathers life time did by reason of her long attendance upon the Illustrious Princess of Orange daughter to our late Soveraign King Charles the first and her many faithful services to that King of blessed memory as also to King Charles the Second obtain Letters Patents bearing date 29 Maii 12 Car. 2 whereby she was advanced to the dignity of Countess of Chesterfield to enjoy during the term of her natural life Surviving him she lastly married to Daniel O Neille one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to our present Soveraign King Charles the Second and departed this life upon the ninth of Apr. An. 1667. Egerton Lord Ellesmere and Earl of Bridgwater 1 Iac. THomas Egerton natural son to Sir Richard Egerton of Ridley in com Cestr. Knight having studied the Laws in Lincolnes-â—nn for divers years became at length so famous for his knowledge therein as that Queen Elizabeth upon the 28 th of Iune in the 23. year of her Reign made him her Sollicitor-General After which before the revolution of one year he became the Lent-Reader in that noble Society and was constituted her Attorney-General upon the second of Iune 34 Eliz. from which advancements he soon rose higher for in 36 Eliz. being then a Knight he was made Master of the Rolls and in 38 Eliz. 6 Maii Lord Keeper of the great Seal In which eminent office he continued during the whole remainder of that Queens happy Reign and upon the 21 of Iuly 1 Iac. was raised to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Ellesmere also upon the 24 of the same month made Lord Chancellor of England and lastly viz. 7. Nov. 14 Iac. advanced to the dignity of Vicount Brackley But long he lived not after his death hapning at York-House in the Strand 15 Martii An. 1617. 15 Iac. he being at that time seventy seven years of age whereupon his Corps was sent to Dodleston in Cheshire and there privately interred He was a person of quick apprehension profound judgment and of a most venerable gravity having been seldome seen to smile as I have credibly heard And married thrice first Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton in com Flint Esquire by whom he had issue two sons viz. Sir Thomas Egerton Knight who departed this life in Ireland in An. 1599. 41 Eliz. and Iohn afterwards Earl of Bridgwater as also a daughter named Mary married to Sir Francis Leigh of Newnham Regis in com War Knight of the Bath Which Sir Thomas the son by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Thomas Venables of Kinderton in com Cestr. Esquire left issue only three daughters Elizabeth married to Iohn Dutton son and heir apparent to Thomas Dutton of Dutton in com Cestr. Esquire Vere to William Boothe son and heir to Sir George Boothe of Dunham in com Cestr. Knight and Baronet and Mary to Thomas Leigh eldest son of
Sir Iohn Leigh Knight at that time son and heir apparent to Sir Thomas Leigh of Stonely in com VVar. Knight and Barronet To his second wife this Thomas Vicount Brackley married Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Moore Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wolley Knight Chancellor of the Garter And to his third wife Alice daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in com North. Knight widdow of Ferdinando Earl of Derby but by neither of these had he any issue His eldest son dying in his life time as hath been observed Iohn the second succeeded him in his honors Which Iohn upon the 27 of May An. 1617. 15 Iac. was advanced to the degree of an Earl by the title of Earl of Bridgwater and having married the Lady Frances one of the daughters and coheirs to Ferdinando Earl of Deroy had issue by her four sons Iames and Charles who died young Iohn and Thomas who survived him and eleven daughters 1. Frances married to Sir Iohn Hobert of Blickling in com Norff. Knight and Barronet son and heir to Sir Henry Hobart Kt. and Bar. late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas 2. Arabella to Oliver Lord St. Iohn son and heir to Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke 3. Elizabeth to David Cecill Son of Sir Richard Cecill Knight second Brother to William Earl of Exeter 4. Cecilie who died unmarried 5. Mary to Richard Herbert son and heir to Edward Lord Herbert of Chirbury 6. Penelope to Sir Robert Napier of Luton Hore in com Bedf. Knight and Barronet 7. Alice who died young 8. Catherine to William Cartein son and heir to Sir William Cortein Knight a great Merchant of London 9. Magdalen to Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainoutgh in com Ebor. Knight 10. Anne who died young 1â— and Alice wedded to Richard Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery in Ireland He died 4 Dec. An. 1649. and was buried at Little Gadsden near Asherugge in com Hertf. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who by Elizabeth his wife daughter to William Duke of Newcastle hath issue five sons Iohn his son and heir called Lord Brackley Sir VVilliam Egerton both made Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Soveraign King Chales the second Thomas Charles and Stewart and Elizabeth a daughter married to Robert Sidney only son to Philip Viscount Lisle eldest son to Robert now Earl of Leicester Which Iohn Lord Brackley first married Elizabeth eldest daughter and cohen to Iames Earl of Middleseâ— by whom he had issue one son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and afterwards Iane eldest daughter to Charles now Marquess of Winchester Lord Petre. 1 Iac. ABout the begining of Henry the Eights Reign William Petre son of Iohn Petre of Corbigan in com Devort born at Exeter in that County having his education at Exeter-Colledge in Oxford became so great a proficient in his Studies there as that at length he arrived to the degree of of Doctor of the Law in which profession he grew very eminent so that he was imployed by that King in divers affairs of no little weight especially in what conduced to the dissolution of the Religious Houses being in 27 H. 8. with some others put in Commission by Cronwell the general visitor to repair unto all the Monasteries throughout all England and to make enquiry into the Government and Behaviour of the Votaries of both Sexes so that all their enormities might be discovered To which end they were urged to accuse their Governors and likewise each other as the Instructions which those Visitors had gave them direction to do That grand work being therefore accomplisht in 30. of that Kings Reign as a reward for that good service he thereupon obtained to himself and Gertâ—ude his wife in â—ee the Priory of Câ—atercote in com Oxon. and in 31 H. 8. a grant of the Mannor of Gynge Abbots in com Essex parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Abby of Berkyng in that County with the advouson of the Rectory of Ingerston otherwise called Gynge ad Petram and in 35 H. 8. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Voyage Royal into France and constituting his Queen Catherine Parr Regent here during his absence amongst other Assistants to her as to matter of Council he appointed this Doctor Peter then a Knight for one Being therefore arrived to this greatness in 37 H. 8. he obtained special licence to retein twenty Men besides his own Menial Servants and to give them Liveries Badges or Cognisances And in 38 H. 8. the King then lying on his death bed and appointing such as should be of the Council to young Edward his son and successor with special assistants in matters of great consequence he was nominated for one of those assistants Nor had he less esteem in the days of King Edward the Sixth for in the third year of his Reign he was constituted Treasurer of the Court of First-Fruits for life and in 4 E. 6. one of the Commissioners to Treat of Peace with the French at Guisnes Nor from Queen Mary who continuing him one of her Principal Secretaries of State made him Chancellor of the Gatter in the first year of her Reign with the see of an hundred Marks per annum but then discerning that the Restauration of the Romish-Religion might endanger his enjoyment of those Abboy-Lands which he had formerly acquired he got a special Dispensation from Pope Paul the fourth for the reteining of them affirming That he was ready to imploy them to Spiritual Vses the particulars being these viz. the Mannors of Ingarston Hauley Barnes Croudon Cowbridge Weselands Est-Borndon Bluntmall Matching Toddenhin Sutton South-Brent and Churchestow with the Rectories of Brent Ging Montney and Buttisbury lying in sundry Counties and Diocesses as by his Bull bearing date 4 Cal. Dec. An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. appeareth And in 1 Eliz. having also the favor of that Queen was made choice of for one of her Privy-Council Having therefore by his many and great services which he performed with much applause raised to himself an ample fortune for he had been Secretary and of the Privy-Council to four Kings and Queens and seven times Embassador in Forreign parts he became a good Benefactor to Exeter-Colledge in Oxford wherein he had been educated He also built an Alms-house in the Parish of Ingerstone for twenty poor people with allowance to every one of them two pence a day a winter Gown and two load of Wood and amongst them all feeding for six Kine winter and summer also a Chaplain to read service to them daily and departing this life upon the thirteenth day of Ianuary An. 1572. 15 Eliz. lyeth buried at Ingarston leaving issue by Gertrude his first Wife daughter to Sir Iohn Tirrel
derive themselves from Herbert Fitz Herbert called Finch who was in ward to the King in 28 E. 1. and lineally descended from Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlain to King Henry the first was Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell in com Cantii Knight which Sir Moyle being a person of an ample Fortune was the twenty fifth in number as to precedence of those whom King Iames raised to the degree and title of Baronet in the ninth year of his Reign his Patent bearing date 23 Iunii And not long afterwards by reason of his great prudence in the management of publick affairs should have been more highly dignified in case his death had not prevented it For that consideration therefore and by reason that Elizabeth his widdow was not only the sole daughter and heir to Sir Thomas Heneage Knight Treasurer of the Chamber Vice Chamberlain of the Houshold and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth as also one of her Privy Council but a Lady of excellent endowments the same King by his Letters Patent bearing date 8 Iulii in the twenty first year of his Reign advanced her to the dignity of a Vicountess by the title of Vicountess of Maydâ—â—on in Kent with limitation of that honor to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten After which sâ—il in 4 Car. 1. having obtained from that King the favor of an higher title upon the twelfth of Iuly the same year she was created Countess of Winchelsey in com Suss. with the like limitation and departing this life 13 Martii An. 1633. had burial at Eastwell under a noble Monument there erected for them both The issue which she had by her said Husband was seven sons and four daughters first Sir Theophilus Finch Knight who married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Christopher Hayden of Baconsthorpe in Com. Norff. Knight but died without issue in his life time secondly Sir Thomas Finche Knight thirdly Iohn a Student of the Law of whom there is not now any issue remaining fourthly Sir Heneage Finche Knight Sergeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London fifthly Francis Finche of the Inner Temple who died without any issue surviving sixthly William and seventhly Robert who died both unmarried The daughters were these Anne married to Sir William Twisden of East-Peckham in com Cantii Barronet Catherine to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosfeild in com Essex Knight and Barronet and two others bearing the name of Elizabeth who died young Which Sir Thomas succeeding her in those honors married Cecilie daughter to Iohn and sister to the before-specified Sir Iohn Wentworth and departing this life at his house in Charter House-yard in the Suburbs of London 4 November An. 1639. was buried at Eastwell leaving issue surviving three sons Heneage Iohn and William and five daughters Frances married to Sir William Strickland of Boynton in com Ebor. Knight Anne to Sir William Waller Knight Catherine died young Cecilie to Sir Erasmus Philips Knight Diana 〈◊〉 Nicholas Tooke of Gadington in com Cantii Eâ—quire and another Catherine to Ambrose Moore Esquire To whom succeeded Heneage the eldest of those three sons now Earl of Winchelsey who married thrice first Diana daughter to Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham by whom he hath no issue surviving secondly the Lady Mary second daughter to William then Marquess of Hertford afterwards Duke of Somerset and being descended from the antient Family of Herbert long since of Eastwell before mentioned by reason of his faithful services to our present Soveraign King Charles the second manifested in the time of his unparrall'd distresses not only with great hazard supplying his necessities in forreign parts but by preparing Auxiliaries Horse and Foot upon occasion for his best service in acknowledgment of this his signal Fidelity was by Letters Patents bearing date 26 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Keign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Fitz Herbert of Eastwell before specified Shortly after which he was sent Embassador into Turkey where he continued about eight years By which Lady he had issue six sons first William commonly called Lord Maidston secondly Heneage thirdly Thomas fourthly Charles fifthly Leopald and sixthly Lashley the three last being born in Turkey he had also issue by her two daughters now surviving the rest dying young viz. the Lady Frances married to Thomas Thynne Esquire son to Sir Henry-Frederick Thynne of Caurse-Castle in com Salop. Knight and the Lady Iane. His third wife is Catherine daughter to Sir Thomas Northelyffe of Langton in com Ebor. Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wentworth of of â—msald in the same County Knight by whom he hath issue Catherine a daughter Which William called Lord Maydstone married Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Windâ—am of Felbragg-Hall in com Norf. Esquire but being in that great Fight at Sea against the Dutch in May An. 1672. 24 Car. 2. had the ill hap to be there slain by a Cannon Bullet leaving issue one daughter called Mariamna and his Lady then great with Child of a son whereof she was delivered upon the twenty sixth of September next following whose name is Charles and now called Lord 〈◊〉 Iohn Lord Finche of Fordwiche 16 Car. 1. A Branch of this Family viz. Son of Sir Henry Finch of Mote in com Cantii Knight second Brother to Sir Moyle Finch was Iohn Finch who having his education in Grays-Inne became so great a proficient in his Study of the Laws that in 16 Iac. he was made choice of for the Autumn Reader there as also shortly afterwards viz. in An. 1627. 3 Car. 1. Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament And in 2 Car. 1. 3 Nov. constituted Treasurer for that honorable Society of Grays Inne Likewise upon the 13 of December following made the Queens Atturney General After this 8 Sept. 10 Car. 1. he was called to the state and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of October constituted one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas also upon the twenty first of Ianuary 11 Car. 1. Chief Justice in the same Court Moreover upon the death of Thomas Lord Coventry he had the office of Lord Keeper of the great Seal conferred upon him scil 23 Ian. 15 Car. 1. and lastly upon the seventh of April 16 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Kealm by the title of Lord Finche of Fordwiche But long he continued not in that high place of Lord Keeper the predominant party in the late Long Parliament being so fierce upon him as that in Ianuary the next ensuing year to preserve himself from their severity he fled into the Netherlands and there continued till the happy Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the second He married twice first Eleanore daughter to Sir George Wyat of Boxley in com Cantii Knight secondly Mabella daughter of Charles
Privy Council as also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for some time He married twice First Lucie Daughter of Robert Earl of Warwick by whom he had Issue two Sons Robert who Married Sarab the Daughter of Iohn Bodvile of Bodvile-Castle in Com. Carnarbon Esq and Hinder His second Wife is Isabella Daughter of Sir Iohn Smith Knight Son of Customer Smith by whom he hath Issue three Sons Francis Henry and Warwick and four Daughters Isabella married to the Lord Moore eldest Son to the Earl of Drogheda in Ireland Aramintha Olympia and Essex Lord Conway 22 Iac. THis Family now of Ragley in Com. War a Lordship obtain'd by purchase towards the later end of Queen Elizabeth's reign do derive their descent from Sir Henry Conway Knight Which Sir Henry having been Knighted by Edward Mortimer Earl of March and Uivesâ—er about the beginning of King Richard the Seconds reign was by Indenture bearing date 1 Aug. 5 R. 2 retained to do him service as a Knight during all his life and in times of Peace to have diet for himself one Esq one Chamberlain and four Grooms as also Hay Oates Horshooes and Nails for six Horses or reasonable allowance for the same And whensoever he should be required to make his attendance on him for service of War the like Diet or Wages in lieu thereof for himself his Esquire Chamberlain and five Grooms with Hay Oates c. for eight Horses And likewise allowance of the like wages and reward as he gave to others of their quality for so many men at Arms and Archers as he should bring to him for the service of War From this Sir Henry descended Iohn Conway of Potrithan in Com. Flint Esq who had Issue two Sons Hugh and Edward Which Hugh in 1 H. 7. was imploied by Margaret Countess of Richmund to Henry Earl of Richmund her Son then in Britanny with money as also with direction to assure him of the good affections which most of the Nobility of this Realm did bear to him and to incite his speedy coming into England And being Master of his Wardrobe shortly after he had obtained the Crown of this Realm received the Honour of Knighthood at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Wife to that King and became one of his Privy Council as also Knight for his Body and Treasurer of his Houshold In 7 H. 7. he was likewise retained to serve him in his Wars beyond Sea with xx Men at Arms besides himself But of him I have no more to say the Line continuing from Edward Which Edward taking to Wife Anne the Daughter and sole Heir to Richard Burdet of Arrow in Com. Warr. Esq enjoy'd that Lordship as her right and being a Gentleman Huisher of the Chamber to King Henry â—he Eighth obtain'd a special Licence under the Privy Signet dated 12 Febr. 3 H. 8. to retain certain able men Voluntiers for the King's Service in his Wars and departed this life on Thursday next ensuing the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle 38 H. 8. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir 35. years of Age and upwards Which Iohn being soon after Knighted was in that great Expedition made into Scotland in 1 E. 6. where he merited so well for his valour manifested in those services then perform'd as that upon the 28 th of Sept. the same year he was made a Banneret He Wedded Catherine Daughter to Sir Raphe Verney Knight And by his Testament bearing date 22 Iulii 6 E. 6. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church at Arrow and dyed ... leaving Issue another Sir Iohn Conway Knight his Son and Heir who Married Elene the Daughter of Sir Fulke Grevill of Beauchamp'sâ—Court in Com. Warr. Knight And being a person of great knowledge in military affairs was made Governour of Ostend by Robert Earl of Leicester 29 Dec. an 1586. 29 Eliz that Earl being then General of the English Auxiliaries in behalf of the States of the United Provinces and departed this life 4 Oct. 1 Iac. leaving Edward his Son and Heir Knighted by Robert Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadez in Spain in an 1596. 38 Eliz. where he Commanded a Regiment of Foot After which he served in the Netherlands as Governour of the Brill And upon the 30 th of Ian. 20 Iac. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also upon the 22 th of March 22 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Conway of Ragley And upon the 8 th of December following Captain of the Isle of Wiâ—t Moreover in 1 Car. 1. he was constituted one of the principal Secretaries of State to that King 23 Maii And in 2 Car. 1. Created Vicount Killultagh of Killultagh in the County of Antrim in Ireland Also upon the 6 th of Iune 3 Car. 1. Vicount Conway of Conway-Castle in Com. Caernarvon He was afterwards also made Lord President of his Majesties Privy Council and imploy'd into Germany as Embassador Extraordinary And departing this life at his House in St. Martins â—lane within the Liberties of Westminster 3 Ian. an 1630. 6 Car. 1. was buried at Ragley leaving Issue by Dorothy his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Tracy of Todington in Com. Glouc. Knight Widdow of Edmund Bray Son and Heir to Edmund Bray of Barrington in Com. Glouc. Esq three Sons 1. Edward his Son and Heir 2. Sir Thomas Conway Knight Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel Morgâ—n in the Wars of Germany And 3. Raphe And four Daughters Frances Married to Sir William Pelâ—am of Brocklesby in Com. Line Knight Brilliana to Sir Robert Harley of Brampton Brian in Com. Heref. Knight of the Bath Heligawrth to Sir William Smith of Theyden monte in Com. Essex Knight and Mary Which Edward succeeding him in his Honours First Married Frances Daughter to Sir Francis Popham of Littlecot in Com. Somers Knight and departed this life at Paris in France in an 1655. leaving Issue by her four Sons First Iohn who died young 2. Edward 3. Francis and Fourthly Thomas who died in his Childhood Also two Daughters Dorothy Married to Sir George Rawdon of ... in Ireland Bâ—ronet and Anne And to his second Wife Katherine Daughter to Giles Hueriblock of Gant in Flanders Widdow of ... Fusse a Merchant in London but had no Issue by her To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir Which Edward Married Anne Daughter to Sir Heneage Finche of 〈◊〉 in Com. Midd. Knight sometime Recorder of the City of London by whom he had Issue one Son called Heneage who died young St. Iohn Lord Tregoz 2 Car. 1. A Branch of the antient Family of St. Iohn of Bleâ—sho in Com. Bedf. was Sir Oliver St. Iohn of Lyddiard Tregoz Knight and Baronet who by Letters Patents bearing date
3 Ian. 18 Iac. was Created Vicount Grandison of Lymerick in Ireland by reason of his descent from an Heir Female of that House and made Lord Deputy of that Realm Whence he return'd in 20 Iac. And by Letters Patent bearing date 21 Maii 2 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tregoz of Highworth in Com. Wilts He Married Iohn the Daughter and Heir to Henry Roydon of Batterâ—ey in Com. Surr. Esq Widdow of William Holcroft and departing this life without Issue 30 Dec. an 1630. 6 Car. 1. being then seventy years of age was buried in the Chancel there Dudley Lord Carlton Vicount Dorchester 2 Car. 1. THis Dudley Carlton Son of Anthony Carlton of Baldwin Brightwell in Com. Oxon. Esq and there born 10 Martii an 1573. 16 Eliz. was Knighted by King Iames at Winâ—â—or ... Iunii an 1610. 8 Iac. And afterwards being Vice-Chamberlain to King Charles the First was imploy'd Embassador First to â—enice next to the Duke of Saboy and advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm 22 Maii 2 Car. 1. by the name of Lord Carlton of Iâ—â—bercourt in Com. Surr. The next year following he accompanied Sir William Seagar Knight then Garter principal King of Arms unto Henry Prince of Aurange with the Ensigns of the most noble Order of the Garter And upon the 25 th of Iuly 4 Car. 1. was Created i Vicount Dorchester of Dorchester in Com. Oxon. Also upon the 18 th of December Constituted one of the King 's Principal Secretaries of State He Married two Wives First Anne Daughter and Coheir of George Gerard second Son to Sir William Gerard of Dorney in Com. Buck. Knight by whom he had Issue Henry who died in his Infancy Secondly Anne Daughter of Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Com. Suff. Knight Widdow of Paul Vicount Banning and departing this life at his House in Westminster 15 Febr. an 1631. 7 Car. 1. was buried in St. Pauls Chapel within the Abby Church there where there is a noble Monument erected to his memory leaving his Lady great with Child Which Child being afterwards born a Daughter and called Frances died young Tufton Earl of Thanet 2 Car. 1. THat this Family of Tufton originally assuming its surname from a place long since written Toketon but of later Ages Tufton in the Parish of Northjam in Com. Suss. which to this day is possest by the principal branch thereof hath been of great Antiquity in those parts appeareth by sundry old Evidences whereof some be without date Likewise that they were Lords of Syleham in the Parish of Raynham in Kent and other Lands of good value both in that County and Sussex as also Benefactors to the Hospital of St. Bartholmew at Rye by the gift of certain Lands in Ewehurst thereto Of which was Roger de Toketon who in 30 E. 1. Married Iulian the Sister of Sir Iohn Campain Knight From whom deâ—cended Iohn Tufton of Hothfeild in Com. Cantii Esq Sheriff of that County in 4 Eliz. and departing this life in the ninth year of that Queens Reign was buried at Hothâ—eild leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Baker of Sittinghurst in the same County Knight Iohn his Son and Heir and one Daughter called Cecelie Married to Sir Thomas Saundes Knight Which Iohn underwent the Sheriffalty for that County of Kent in 18 Eliz. And being a person of great worth receiv'd the honour of Knighthood by King Iames upon the eleventh of May in the first year of his Reign as also the dignity of Baronet upon the first erection of that degree viz. 19 Iunii 9 Iac. This Sir Iohn Tufton Married two Wives First Olympia the Daughter and Heir to Christopher Blower of Raynham Esq by whom he had Issue three Daughters Anne Married to Francis Tresham of Ruâ—hton in Com. Northt Esq Elizabeth who died young and Margaret Wedded to Sir Thomas Carill of Shipley in Com. Suss. Knight To his second Wife he Married Christian one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Humphry Brown Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Commonâ—Pleas on whom he begot these six Sons viz. Nicholas afterwards Earl of 〈◊〉 Iohn Sir Humphrey Tufton of the Mote near Maidstâ—r Knight and Baronet Richard Sir William Tufton Baronet and Thomas Likewise four Daughters Cecilie first Married to Sir Edward Hungerford Knight afterwards to Francis Earl of Rutland Mary to Sir Henry Constable of Burton Constable in Com. Ebor. Knight afterwards Vicount Dunbar in Scotland Anne and Elizabeth who both died young And departing this life upon the second day of April An. 1624. 22 Iac. lyeth buried in the Parish Church at Hothfeild To whom succeeded Nicholas his Son and Heir which Nicholas having been Knighted at New-Castle upon Tine 13 Apr. an 1603. King Iames coming then first into England in consideration of his great merits was by Letters Patents bearing date the first of November 2 Car. 1. advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tufton of Tufton in Sussex and upon the fifth of August 4 Car. 1. Created Earl of Thanet an Isle in Kent This Nicholas took to Wife the Lady Frances Daughter to Thomas Earl of Exeter and by her had Issue four Sons William who died in his Childhood Iohn who afterwards succeeded him in his Honours Nicholas and Cecill and nine Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Edward Dering of Surrendenâ— Dering in Com. Cantii Knight and Baâ—onet Frances who died Unmarried Dorothie Wife of Sir Raphe Ashton of ... in Com. Lanc. Knight Mary Married to Sir Edward Bishop of Parham in Com. Suss. Knight Anne and Alice who died young Diana Wife of Robert Curson Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Curson of Water â—irye in Com. Oxon. Knight Cecelie who dieâ—â— Unmarried and Christian Wedded to Milward Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Milward of 〈◊〉 in Com. Derb. Knight He departed this life upon the last day of Iune an 1632. 8 Car. 1. and was buried in the Parish Church of Raynham before-mention'd To him succeeded Iohn his eldest surviving Son who Married Margaret the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs to Richard late Earl of Dorset by Anne his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to George Earl of Cumberland and by her had Issue six Sons viz. Nicholas Iohn Richard Thomas Sackvile and George who serving in the Wars of the Count-Palatine of the Rhene died of a wound which he there received As also six Daughters Anne who died young Margaret Married to George now Lord Coventrie Frances to Henry Drax of Boston in Com. Linc. Esq Cecilie to Christopher now Lord Hatton Mary to William Son and Heir to Sir William Walter of Saresden in Com. Oxon.