issue Iohn afterwards Lord Latimer who died without issue whereupon his Lands came to Ralph Earl of Westmorland his Brother by a special Feoffment the Inheritance whereof were given by that Earl to his Son George This is all that I have seen of him till his death which hapned at Newcastle upon Tine 17 Octob. 12 Rich. 2. being the Feast day of S. Luke the Evangelist and that he was buried on the Southside the Body of the Church at Durham Being then seised of the Mannor and half Hundred of Clavering in Com. Essex the Mannors of Isenhamstead Lacimer Crowley and Broughton in Com. Buck. Dylewike Wotton Kerkington Ronhale Bromham Sutton and Stratton juxta Biecleswade and Potton juxta Sutton in Com. Bedf. Wiâ—lby and Carlton juxta Rockingham in Com. Northampt. Of the Mannor of Carbroke called Woodhal in Com. Norf. Helpringham and Skekington in Com. Linc. Bolton Gamelesby and Unthank in Com. Cumbr. Bywel Styford and the Castle of Bamburgh in Com. Northumbr Danby with the Hamlets of Cromecliff Glassdale and Leâ—om the Mannors of Thornton in Pickering-Lithe Scamston Sinelington Tiverington Leverton Sheriff-Hoton Duenby two parts of the Mannor of Walton the Mannors of Risebergh Stokesley Hemelington Sutton in Galtres Well with the Advowson of the Hospital Snape Crakehall Middleham Carleton Coverdale and Thoraldby all in Com. Ebor. Twenty Knights Fees in Sharnebroke Pabenham Hinewike Thorncote Carlton Turbey Stachesden Wotton Bromham Bidenham Houghton Conquest Horcliff Chalgrave Eversholt Potsgrave Chikesand Stotfold Stondon Helew South Yevel Stanford Wardon Rerdinton Conpoll Wiliton Harewedon Wrastlingworth Caddelow Wiâ—olâ—ston Bereford Ronhale Ravensden Goldington Rish Belnhurst Eaisho Aspel and Astwike as also of divers Lands in Bâ—â—daâ—e and Scotton and four pound Rent issuing out of ten Ox-gangs in Rillington in Com. Ebor. Leaving Sir Ralph de Nevil Knight his Son and Heir then twenty four years of age Which Elizabeth second Wife to the deceased Ralph being afterwards married to Sir Robert de Willoughby Knight departed this life 5 Nov. 19 Rich. 2. leaving Iohn de Latimer her next heir then thirteen years of age At the Funeral of Mand his first Wife there were offered in the Church of Durham six Cloaths of Gold whereof several Vestments were made viz. Two for the High Altar as also one Chesible and two Tunicles But I return to Ralph In 7 Rich. 2. this Ralph was joyned in Commission with Henry Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Nevil of Raby his Father with others for receiving that twenty four thousand marks formerly mentioned in full satisfaction of the Ransome of David de Brus King of Scotland In 9 Rich. 2. he was together with Thomas Son to the Lord Clifford made Governor of the Castle and City of Carlisle and likewise a Commissioner for the Guardianship of the West Marches all this being in his Fathers life time And in 12 Rich. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands Moreover the same year after his Fathers death he was joyned in Commission with the Earl of Northumberland and others in the Government of the City of Carlisle and custody of the West Marches About which time he also obtained the Kings Charter for a weekly Market every Munday at his Lordship of Middleham in Com. Ebor. As also an yearly Fair on the Feast day of S. Alkeld the Virgin and likewise leave to inclose his Woods at Raskelff adjoyning to the Forest of Galtres and to make a Park there with three Deer-leaps being then constituted Warden of all the Kings Forests beyond Trent for life In 14 Rich. 2. he was made one of the Commissioners to treat with those from the Kings of France and Scotland touching the observation of the Truce made betwixt the King of England and them And in 18 Rich. 2. was joyned in the like Commission to treat of Peace with the Scots In this year he obtained License from the King to enfeoff Iohn de Nevill his Son and Heir and Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent in all his Lands at Sutton in Galtres to hold to them and the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten And in 20 Rich. 2. obtained the Castle of Warke upon Twede from Sir Iohn Mountague Knight in exchange for certain other Lands In 21 Rich. 2. 21 Dec. he was made Constable of the Tower of London Shortly after which viz. in the Parliament begun after Christmas the King advanced him to the Title of Earl of Westmorland Being of the Privy Council to that King he obtained from him the Honor of Penreth with its Appurtenances as also all those Royalties in the County of Westmorland which justly belonged to the Crown and which had been unduly withheld by the Heirs of Robert de Vipount to enjoy during his life And from Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster had a Grant of Fiendeleze in Richmondshire but upon the landing of Henry Duke of Lancaster at Ravenspur who had been banished in 21 Rich. 2. this Earl with other of the Nobles who feared the Kings tyranny met him and was one or those who attended him at Westminster upon the morrow after Michaelmas-day where and at which time King Richard made a formal resignation of the Government desiring that the same Henry Duke of Lancaster might succeed him therein Which Henry thereupon King by the name of Henry the Fourth in the first year of His Reign gave unto this Earl the County and Honor of Richmond for term of life constituting him likewise Earl Marshal of England Soon after which adhering firmly to that King he stoutly reâ—isted the Earl of Northumberland in his Rebellious attempts and forced him with his Army which was advanced almost as far as Durham back to Proudhoâ— whereupon Henry Hotspur Son to that Earl was routed and slain in the Battle of Shrewsbury In 2 Hen. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with Rupert King of Romans touching a marriage betwixt Lewes the eldest Son of Rupert and Blanch eldest Daughter to King Henry the Fourth and the same year made Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle as also Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland And in 3 Hen. 4. Governor of Roxborough Castle in Scotland for ten years Moreover in 6 Hen. 4. one of the Commissioners to treat with the King of Scots or such persons as he should appoint upon the twenty fourth of March at Hanâ—en-stank upon a Truce betwixt both Kingdoms In which year he obtained a Charter for Free Warren in his Lordship of Kettâ—ewel in Craven with liberty to Impark three hundred Acres of Land there And the same year upon that Insurrection of Richard Scrope Archbishop of York and Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal at Schupton-Moor near York making a seeming compliance with that Bishop he took him
For in 1 H. 7. so much did that prudent Prince discern of his abilities that he constituted him one of his Privy Council and in 2 H. 7. being then a Knight made him Constable of Helmstey-Castle in Com. Ebor. In 3 H. 7. he was Admiral of the Kings Fleet then at Sea So likewise in 4 H. 7. being also first Vice-Chamberlain and afterwards Chamberlain of that Kings Houshold Which eminent favours were doubtless the chief furtherances to his marriage with Elizabeth the sole Daughter and Heir to William Herbert Earl of Huntington by reason whereof he bore the title of Lord Herbert and in 19 H. 7. by the same appellation was made Constable of Payne-Castle within the Territory of Elwell in Wales In 20 H. 7. he was made Constable of Montgomerie-Castle and in 1 H. 8. and 3 H. 8. had Summons to those Parliaments then held by the name of Charles Somerset de Herbert Chivalier Being thus Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the seventh he continued in the same office to King Henry the 8th upon his coming to the Crown and was made choice of for one of his Privy Council in the first year of his reign as also Constable of Montgomerie-Castle The same year likewise he had a grant of the Constableship of the Castle of Ruthyn in North Wales being also made Sheriff of Glamorgan-shire and Governour of the Castles of Caerdiffe Cowbrige and Nethe In 2 H. 8. he was again made Constable of Pain-Castle as also of the Castles of Caerdiffe Cowbrige and Nethe In 5 H. 8. upon the Kings expedition into France which was in Iune he followed him thither with six thousand Foot where he had the command of that part of the Army which sate down on the East side of Therouene upon the siege of that City whence the first approaches were made thereto and gave a great defeat to a strong party of the Enemy which sallied out on that side where he lay Whereupon the French reported him slain but by mistake the Master of the Ordinance being then kill'd by a Bullet shot the first night into his Tent. Therouene being in a short time gain'd and the English-Army marching to Tournay he led the Reâ—â— thereof thither and encamped on the west part of the Town Meriting therefore so highly for these his heroick adventures and exemplary valour upon the first of February next ensuing he was made Lord Chamberlain of the King Houshold for life And by reason of his noble descent and near alliance to the King in blood as the Patent it self doth import was upon the day following it being the Festival of the Blessed Virgins Purification advanced to the dignity of an Earl by the title of Earl of Worcester his solemn Creation being performed at the Archbishops Palace in Lambeth the same day After which before the end of that year he attended the Lady Mary the Kings Sister upon her Coronation at St. Dennis in France by the Kings special appointment And in 9 H. 8. upon that overture made by the Emperour Maximilian for rendring his Imperial dignity to King Henry and that he would come in person into England was sent with Dr. Cuthbert Tunstall unto him into Flandere In 10 H. 8. he was imployed into France with the Bishop of Ely for confirming the Articles of Peace betwixt King Henry and the French Whereupon the City of Tournay was rendred and the Princess Mary the Kings Daughter betrothed to the Dolphin At the taking of which City having formerly been he would not suffer the Marshall de Chastillon to enter with Banners displayed because it was not gain'd by conquest In 12 H. 8. upon the Agreement made by King Henry and Francis the first of France for an enterview betwixt Guisâ—es and Ardres he was joined with Monsieur de Chastillon to lay out the ground for those Triumphs which were then to be made there And in 13 H. 8. imployed together with the Bishop of Ely to mediate a Peace betwixt the Emperour and the King of France Before the end of which year upon the attainder of the Duke of Buckingham he obtained a grant in general tail of the Mannour of Ealding in Kent with the advouson of the Church then in the Crown by reason thereof To his first Wife he married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to William Earl of Huntington as hath been already observ'd and by her had Issue Henry his Son and successor as also a Daughter called Elizabeth married to Sir Iohn Savage Knight To his second Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Lord la Warr by whom he had Issue Sir Charles Somerset Knight Captain of the Tower of â—ysebank in the Haven of Calais Sir George Somerset of Badmundesfield in Com. Suff. Knight and Mary a Daughter married to William Lord Grey of Wilton And to his third Wife Eleanore Daughter of Edward Lord Dudley but by her he had no Issue By his Testament dated 21 Martii an 1524. 15 H. 8. bearing then the title of Earl of Worcester Lord Herbert of Gower and Chepstow and Chamberlain to the King being then also Knight of the most noble order of the Garter he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of our Lady and St. George within the Castle at Windsore by his first Wife in his Chapell of our Lady where her Tomb was then made by the consent and agreement of the Dean and Canons of the same place at such time as he founded a Priest to say Mass daily and perpetually there to pray to God for his Soul and for the Soul of Elizabeth his first Wife his own her friends and Mothers Souls and all other Appointing that in case he should depart this life in London Kaiho or near the River of Thames that his Body should be brought by water to the said Church of Windsore as privately as might be without Pomp or great charge of Torches or cloathing Herse Wax or great Dinner but only for them that must needs be had that is to say twenty men of his own servants to bear every Man a Torch and to have cloathing and the Bier or the Herse to be covered with black cloth and his Body under the fame with a white Cross upon it Also that no Month's-minde-Dinner should be kept for him but only an Obit of an hundred Masses to be said for him at Windsore or other places where his Executors should appoint He likewise bequeathed to Eleanore his Wife six hundred marks in Plate To his Son Henry all his Harneys Artillery and Habiliments of War except the Harneys for his own Body which he gave to his Son George And to his said Son Henry all his Robes of Estate and Robes of Parliament with his Mantle Gown and Hood of the Order of the
Halifax He first Married Dorothy Daughter to Henry Lord Spenser Earl of Sunderland by whom he hath Issue three Sons Henry William and George and one Daughter called Anne Secondly Gertrude Daughter to William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Esq second Son to Robert late Earl of Kingston upon Hull Wentworth Earl of Strafford 4 Car. 1. ABout the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Sir Thomas Wentworth Baronet Son and Heir to Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse in Com. Ebor. Baronet the chief branch of that antient Family being a person of a fair Estate and one of the Knights for that spacious Shire in divers Parliaments did by his management of sundry Conferences with the House of Lords in those great Conventions and otherwise make his abilities so conspicuous as that the King having notice thereof soon chose him into the number of his Privy Council and in short time discerning his parts to be such as did worthily merit some special mark of Honour by his Letters Paâ—ents bearing date 22 Iulii in the fourth year of his Reign first advanced him to the Title of Baron Wentworth of Wenâ—worth Woodhouse Next viz. upon the tenth day of December following to that of Vicount-Wentworth After this constituted him Lieutenant of Ireland and upon the 12 th of Ianuary in the xv th year of his Reign to the farther dignities of Baron of Raâ—y by reason of his Descent from that great Family of Nevill sometime Lords of that place and Earl of Strafford and lastly elected him into that honourable Society of Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter Which great Trust of that Lieutenancy he underwent with such gravity and prudence administring Justice impartially to every one as gave no little satisfaction to his Majesty and all good people And upon that Insurrection of the Scots in an 1639. being call'd back from that charge after he had form'd an Army there of eight thousand men which might have been useful to that Kingdom had not those who design'd his destruction prevented it was constituted Lieutenant-General of those Forces then raised for the repâ—lling of those Invaders who had at that time possess'd themselves of some of the Northern Counties But the good King considering that it was not a Foreign Enemy who had thus entred this Realm and therefore deeming it safest to call a Parliament here by the advice whereof he might receive best direction how to get them out found the leading Members in that unhappy Convention secretly confederated with that rebellious people whose Principles being Anti-Monarchical nothing but the absolute extirpation of the Religion establisht and the total ruine of this peaceful Government whereby they might share the Revenues both of Church and King would serve their turn To which end the removal of every impediment in their way being design'd they first began with this incomparable person exhibiting a Charge of High-Treason against him Whereupon he was brought to Tryal before his Peers but when they came to the particulars of proof though they searcht into all the actions of his life from the first time that he ever had any publick imployment of Trust and found nothing that amounted to a considerable misdemeanour Nevertheless by diveâ—â— unjustifiable devices they at length passed a special Bill for his Attainder but with this particular clause that the like should never be drawn into practice again And having so done by sundry other indirect practises extorted from that good King his Royal assent thereto and then cut off his Head at Tower-Hill upon the 12 th of May ensuing an 1641. An Act in truth of such Injustice and Cruelty as that not only some of those who had been seduced to concur with them therein when they themselves afterwards came to be destroy'd by the hands of the Common Executioner infinitely bewailed and repented of but which lay heavy upon the Conscience of that most pious and devout Martyr the King himself when he suffered Death by that barbarous Generation in whose destruction they had design'd the utter ruine and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing and famous Monarchy But the particulars of the unhappy sufferingâ— of this worthy person and the steps by which his and those Enemies to Monarchy did tread in order to the accomplishing their pâ—â—nicious purposes I leave to the relation of some more able Pen which may transmit them to future ages in due time it being not yet so needful to bring them upon the Stage of this World considering that there are many yet alive who cannot forget what themselves have seen so lately acted and whom it will highly concern to impart what they know thereof to their immediate descendents This most noble Earl married three Wives First Margaret Daughter to Francis Earl of Cumberland by whom he had no Issue Secondly Arabella Daughter to Iohn Earl of Clare by whom he had Issue one Son called William and two Daughters the Lady Anne married to Edward Lord Rockingham and the Lady Arabella to Iustin Macarti Son to Donâ—gh Earl of Clancarti And lastly Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Godfrey Rodes of Great Houghton in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Margaret Being thus barbarously cut off his Body was carried to Wentworth Woodhouse and there buried To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir who married the Lady Anne the eldest of the three Daughters of that most Heroick and truly Loyal Iames Earl of Derby who suffered death also by the hands of those Antimonarchists and since the restoration of our present Sovereign hath by him been honoured with an election and Investiâ—ure into the Society of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Privy Council Francis Lord Dunsmore Earl of Chichester 4 Car. 1. AMongst the many whose ample Fortunes did much conduce to those advancements which their Posterity afterwards obtained to several eminent Titles of Honour Sir Thomas Lâ—igh Knight was not the least who being Son to Roger Leigh of Wellington in Com. Salop. dâ—scended by a younger Branch from that antient Family of the Leigâ—s of High-Leigh in Cheshire and bred up under Sir Rouland Hill an opulent Merchant of London became at length his Factor beyond Sea and underwent that trust so well that Sir Rouland having no Issue matcht Alice his Niece Daughter to ... Barker of Hâ—ghmon in Shropshire unâ—o him and bestowed upon his Children the substance of his estate Which Sir Thomas being â—ord Mayer of London in the first year of 〈◊〉 Elizâ—beths reign departed this life in that Câ—ty 17 November 14 Eliz. and was buried in Merâ—ers-Chapell with this Epitaph upon his Tomb Sir Thomas Lâ—igh bi civil life All offices did bâ—are Which in this City worshipfull Or honourable were Whâ—m as God blessed with great wealth So losses did be feâ—le Yet nâ—ver châ—ng'd he constant minde Tho' Fortune turn'd her wheele Learning he lov'd and helpâ— the poore
First and likewise a Ratification of the Lordships of Eresham Walesham Alvergate and Aclay Notwithstanding which favors in 19 Hen. 2. he took part with Robert Earl of Leicester in that disloyal Insurrection then began by him adhering to young Henry whom King Henry had Crowned in his Rebellious practises against his Father and received from him a Grant of the whole Honor of Eye in Suffolk as also the custody of the Castle at Norwich And the better to support himself therein received the French and Flemings into all his Castles But in these his extravagant enterprises he thrived not long for the King prevailing demolished his Castle at Walton and advanced towards his other places of strength at Franâ—ngham and Bungey wherein having no more than Five hundred Soldiers many of which discerning their danger fled away despairing also of any farther supply he made his peace with the King for a Fine of a thousand marks and rendring those Castles with much difficulty obtained leave from the King that the Flemings might return into their own Countrey Not long after this he went into the Holy Land with the Earl of Flanders and died in An. 1177. 23 Hen. 2. Whereupon the King seised upon all his Treasure and retained it in his hands ¶ To this Hugh succeeded Roger his Son and Heir whom King Richard the First by his Charter dated at Westminster 27 Nov. in the first year of His Reign did again constitute Earl of Norfolk as fully as Hugh his Father enjoyed that Honor in the time of King Henry the Second And moreover rendred to him his Office of Steward to hold as freely as Roger his Grandfather or Hugh his Father held the same He likewise ratified unto him those Lordships of Eresham Walesham Alvergate and Aclay And restored and confirmed unto him all the Lands of Aubrey de Insulâ— beyond Humber and on this side Humber id est Setrington and Holebrock with their Appurtenances and specially those Lands which did not any service to Belvoir Castle in the time of King Henry the First Moreover within the compass of the same year he made him one of his Ambassadors to Philip King of France for obtaining Aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land But for this favor from the King of enjoying the Earldom of Norfolk and that Hugh his Brother should not have Livery of any Lands which were his Fathers except by judgment of the Kings Court and his Peers he gave no less than a thousand marks to the King Shortly after this viz. in 3 Rich. 1. he was one of the Sureties for William de Longcamp Bishop of Ely then Chancellor to the King for performance of those Articles of Peace which were then concluded on betwixt Iohn Earl of Noreton and that Bishop King Richard then being in the Holy Land And when tidings were brought into England that King Richard was made captive in Almaine he received command from the same Bishop who was then newly returned from those parts to go back with him thither Moreover after the return of King Richard from his captivity 6 Rich. 1. he attended him with the rest of the Nobles in that great Council then held at Nottingham And at his second Coronation was one of those Four Earls that carried the Silken Canopy over his head In 2 Ioh. he was sent together with Philip Bishop of Durham with Letters of safe conduct unto William King of Scotland to require his speedy repair unto Lincoln where the King then held his Parliament to do his homage to King Iohn And in 15 Ioh. attended him into Poictou But afterwards scil in 17 Ioh. taking part with the Rebellious Barons was one of those that met together in an hostile manner first at Stamford and next at Brackley and discerning their own power exacted from him those strict Covenants whereby the Government was put into the hands of Twenty five of their party himself being one for which unparallel'd insolence he was with the rest of his complices excommunicated by Pope Innocent the Third In 5 H. 3. there being a determination made in the great Council then held at Oxford of that dispute which had in former times been raised betwixt the Earl of Leicester and this Earl Roger concerning the Stewardship of the Kings Houshold command was given to Ranulph Earl of Chester who had then the custody of the Earldom of Leicester that he should render unto this Earl Roger what was then remaining of the Ten Knights Fees belonging thereto In which fifth year of King Henry the Third he died as it seems for Hugh his Son had then Livery of his Lands performing his homage Another Son he had called William unto whom Robert de Sutton gave in Frank-Marriage with Margaret his Daughter all his Lands in Sutton and Bures with the Advowson of the Church as also the Serjeanty of the Hundred of Berstaple and Suit of all his Lands at Langedon with the Advowson of that Church which Grant was confirmed by King Iohn in the Eleventh of His Reign He had also a Daughter called Margery Wife of William de Hastings Son of William and had by the gift of her Father the Mannor of Little Bradley in Frank-Marriage But I return to Hugh In 7 Hen. 3. this Earl Hugh being with the Kings Army in Wales had Scutage levied upon all his Tenants that held of him by Military service in the Counties of Norfolk Suffolk York Essex and Leicester But of him I can say no more than that he took to Wife Maud the eldest Daughter of William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke by whom he had issue Roger who succeeded him in his Honors as also Hugh a younger Son who in 41 Hen. 3. was by the then prevalent power of the Barons made Justice of England And that departing this life in An. 1225. 9 Hen. 3. Alexander King of Scotland for the sum of Five hundred marks obtained the Wardship of Roger his Son and Heir Which Roger had formerly married Isabel Sister to the same King Alexander scil in 9 Hen. 3. In 17 Hen. 3. the King celebrating the Feast of Pentecost at Slocester girt this Roger with the Sword of Knighthood But soon after he was one of those that adhered to Richard Mareschal Earl of Pembroke in his Rebellious Actings In 18 Hen. 3. he had Livery of Framelingham Castle by the Kings special Precept In 21 Hen. 3. there being great animosities betwixt the Nobles of England a Tourneament was held at Blithe in Nottinghamshire where those of the South sided against them of the North In which Tourneament they falling to hostility the Southern Lords had the better of the day But in that Action none behaved himself more bravely than
he was made Admiral of the Kings Fleet from the Mouth of Thames to the West and South and sworn of His Privy Council in open Parliament He was likewise retained by Indenture to serve the King with three hundred Men at Arms upon the Sea for one quarter of a year himself accounted with eleven Knights two hundred eighty five Esquires six hundred Archers seven Ships seven Barges and seven Ballingers double manned with Marriners having command to â—ail from Plimouth with some of those Ships to Bourdeaux In the same year also he was sent to appease the tumults in Wales raised by Owen Glendowr and his partakers being then made Governor of the Castle of Brecknock with Commission likewise to go to Sea taking up six Barges and as many Mariners as should be requisite at the Kings wages About which time he encountred with the Fleet of Owen Glendowr near Milford-Haven burnt fifteen and took fourteen And at another time took fourteen more wherein the Seneschal of France and divers Captains of note were taken prisoners In 6 Hen. 4. he had Commission to Muster and Arm all able Men within the Counties of Glocester Bristoll and Somerset to withstand the incursions of the Welsh In this year he obtained a Grant for a weekly Market on the Wednesday and three Fairs yearly at his Town of Pensans in Cornwal viz. One upon the Eve and Day of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin another on the Eve and Day of S. Peter in Cathedrâ and the third on the Eve and Day of the Nativity of our Lady In 7 Hen. 4. he was the cheif Commander and Engineer for the Timber-works used in the Welsh Wars and Siege of Lampadervaur in Wales There is one thing more the relation whereof I am not willing to pass by viz. That he was a great lover of Learning an especial favorer of that worthy person Iohn Trevisa Vicar of Berkley in his time of whom Bale gives this Character that he was Vir multâ eruditione atque eloquentiâ clarus Which Iohn moreover was a Cannon of the Collegiate Church of Westbury in Com. Wilts and translated into English the Old and New Testament as also Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus rerum and dedicated it to him Likewise the Chronicle of Ranulph Higden a Monk of Chester commonly called Polycronicon adding his Continuations thereto for fifty five years and many other Works This Thomas about a year before his Fathers death took to Wife Margaret the Daughter to Gerard Warren Lord l'Isle by Alice his Wife Daughter and Heir to Henry Lord Tyes the Marriage being solemnised at Wengrave in Com. Buck. the said Lord l'Isles House Which Margaret by the death of her Brother without issue became Heir to her Father who soon after went to Berkley Castle and made it his residence in his later days His Son in Law therefore having the prospect of so fair an estate covenanted with him That he and the issue which he should beget on his Daughter would after his death alway use and bear the Arms of the said Lord l'Isle the Lordships and Lands which he had by her being these viz. Charlton Tâ—tcote Cloncon Norbory Langdon Donn-Cary Larkbear in Com. 〈◊〉 Wengrave in Com. Buck. Kislingbury Stow and Church-Brampton in Com. Northampt. Chilton-Foliot Nethercote Draycote Horewell Chikeld Frishedon in Com. Wilts Kingston l'Isle Hordwell Colcot Ordestone Buden Caldicote Cakewode in Com. Berks. Shirbourne Noke Fretwell in Com. Oxon. Aylwerâ—on Trewarnake Pensans Mosshole in Com. Cornub. Besides divers Advowsons of Churches and many Lands and Tenements in other places Which Lady Margaret died at Wotton under Edge 20 Martii 15 Rich. 2. and lieth buried in the Parish Church there under a fair Tomb Thomas her Husband then surviving who long afterwards viz. Upon Sunday the Purification of the Blessed Virgin An. 1415. 3 Hen. 5. by his Testament then declared bequeathed unto the Fabrick of that Church wherein his Body should happen to be buried a Cross gilt with all the Relicks included therein To his Daughter the Countess of Warwick he thereby gave his best pair of Mattins as also one gilt Cup with twenty pound contained therein To Iames his Nephew viz. his next Heir-male being Son of Iames his Brother already deceased his best Bed and great Cup of Jet as also twenty Coats of Male twenty Brest-plates twenty Helmets and twenty Lances and departing this life at his said Mannor of Wotton under Edge before specified upon Tuesday the thirteenth of Iuly 5 Hen. 5. then seised as Tenant by the curtesie of England after the death of Margaret his Wife already deceased and of the Inheritance of Elizabeth then the Wife of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick his only child by her the said Margaret of the Lordships and Lands before-mentioned which Elizabeth was then thirty years of age was buried in the Church at Wotton under Edge near to the same Lady Margaret his late Wife being then seised in his own right of the Borough of Bridgewater the Mannor and Hundred of Bedminster the Hundreds of Harcliff and Portbury the third part of the Mannor of Portshead the Mannors of Weston and Portbury and the sixth part of the Hundred of Milverton all in the County of Somerset As also of the Mannor of Aure with its Members Wike juxta Rodleswere Acton Vlger the Castle and Hundred of Berkley with the Mannors of Ham Appulrugge Aldington Hinton Wotton Simondfall Came Coveley Slimbrigge and Upton S. Leonard in the County of Glocester By another Inquisition it was also then found That Thomas de Berkley Grand-father to this deceased Thomas being seised in his Demesn as of Fee of the Castle of Berkley and of the Mannors of Berkley Ham Appultugge Alkinton Hinton Wotton Simondshale Came Covely Slimbrigge and Upton S. Leonard as also of the Hundred of Berkley view of Frank-pledge with its Appurtenances and of the Advowsons of the Churches of the said Mannors of Wotton and Slimbâ—igge did levy a Fine in 23 Edw. 3. of the said Castle Mannors c. unto William de Syke and others who thereupon reconveyed them to the said Thomas the Grand-father to hold for life with the Remainder to Maurice his Son and the Heirs-male of his Body and for default of such issue to the Heirs-male of the said Thomas by Catherine then his Wife and for want of such issue to the right Heirs of him the said Thomas And that he the said Thomas the Grand-father took to Wife Elizabeth by whom he had issue Thomas de Berkley his Son and Heir and Iames a younger Son Which Iames took to Wife Elizabeth and had issue Iames then living And that afterwards the said Maurice died seised of that Castle and other the premisses whereupon they descended to him the said Thomas the Son of Maurice as Son and Heir-male who dying seised of them leaving no Issue-male of his
upon the first day of September well fitted with Horse and Arms thence to attend the King in his expedition for France And shortly after viz. in 23 E. 1. was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but not by the Title of Earl of Angus till 25 Edw. 1. At which time it is said our Lawyers of England were somewhat startled and refused in their Breves and Instruments to acknowledge him Earl by reason that Angus was not within the Kingdom of England until he had openly produced the King's Writ and Warrant in the face of the Court whereby he was summoned by that Title And in 27 E. 1. was constituted one of the King's Commissioners for manning and fortifying the Castles and strong Holds within the Realm of Scotland and to appoint Wardens of the Marches But he had an elder Son called Gilbert who died before him Which Gilbert in 24 E. 1. was questioned in the Parliament held at Barwick upon the Octaves of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin for striking of Hugh de Lowther an Officer to the King there and died in 31 E. 1. without Issue He had also another Son called Thomas who was a servant in Court to King Edward First to whom he gave certain Lands in Redesdale I come now to Robert Son and Successor to the before-specified Gilbert This Robert in the life-time of his Father scil 31 E. 1. was in the Wars of Scotland and the same year obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Faldingworth in Com. Linc. In 33 E. 1. he had License for a Market every week upon the Wednesday at Barewesfourd in Com. Northumb. As also for a Fair yearly upon the Feast-day of S. Martin in Winter with Free-warren in that Lordship and likewise in all his Lands at Ingon and Floteweyton in the same County And in 1 E. 2. upon the death of his Father as before is observed doing his Homage had Livery of all the Lands whereof he died seised Soon after which viz. before the end of that year he was joyned in Commission with William Lord Ros of Hamlake and Henry Lord Beaumont in the Lieutenancy of Scotland bearing the title of Earl of Angus his Father being then dead But this power continuing to him not much above one year he was afterwards constituted joynt Governour with the same Lords of that part of Scotland lying betwixt Barwick upon Twede and the River of Forthe as also of the Marches of Anandale Carrik and Galwey And in 4 E. 2. had summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to be at Rokesburgh upon the Feast day of S. Peter ad Vincula thence to march with the King against the Scots After this in 11 E. 2. he was appointed one of the Commissioners to Treat with Robert de Brus and his Complices for a Truce betwixt both Realms And had summons to Parliament from 2 E. 2. till 18 E. 2. This Robert marryed two Wives viz. Lucie the Daughter of Philip de Kyme and at length Heir to her Brother William by whom he had issue Gilbert his Son and Heir and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Gilbert de Burdon with which Lucie he had in marriage the Mannor of Faldyngworth in Com. Linc. The name of his second Wife was Alianore but whose Daughter I have not seen by whom he had issue Sir Robert de Vnfranvill and Thomas as also a Daughter called Annore Wife of Stephen Son and Heir to Sir Richard Waleys Which Gilbert his Son and Heir in 5 E. 3. favouring the title of Edward de Baillol as divers other noble Persons did attended him to King Edward when he made his claim to the Crown of Scotland But King Edward having given his Sister in marriage to David the Son of Robert de Brus did not at all incline to Baillol Whereupon Baillol entring Scotland near Dumfermelyn this Gilbert with many other of the English accompanied him and obtained a great Victory over Brus his party near Gleddismore In 9 E. 3. this Gilbert was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 11 E. 3. had an allowance of cclxxiv l. i s. viij d. for wages due to himself and his men in those Wars In 12 E. 3. upon the death of William de Kyme without issue doing his Homage he had Livery of the Mannors of Sâ—tby Stalyngburgh Hesyll and Paddokthorp in Com. Ebor. Kyme Asewardby Meâ—hringham Baumburgh Calseby Elkyngton and Ivyngham Likewise of one Messuage one Carucate of Land sixty Acres of Meadow as also of seven pounds yearly Rent in Somercotes Saltfieâ—by and Skydbroke in Com. Linc. which thereby descended to him as next Heir to the said William by Lucie his Sister All which were by a Fine levyed in 8 E. 3. so setled for want of issue of the said William de Kyme And the same year had an Assignation of liij l. iv s. in arrear to him and his men at Arms for their service in Scotland under the command of the Earl of Warwick then General of the King's Army in those Wars In 13 E. 3. upon the marriage of Robert his eldest Son with Margaret the Daughter of Henry Lord Percy he granted to them and to the Heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten the Mannor of Stalingburgh in Com. Linc. In 14 E. 3. he was joyned in Commission with Henry Lord Percy and Raph Lord Nevill to treat and conclude of a Truce with the Scots and in 16 E. 3. was again in the Wars of Scotland Furthermore in 17 E. 3. he was in Commission with the Bishop of Durham and others to see the Truce then made to be well observed in all parts where the King's Interest lay And being thus possessed of this great Inheritance in Lincolnshire by descent from his Mother as hath been observed obtained a grant from the King of two Fairs yearly at his Mannor of South Kyme in Com. Linc. one on the Eve and morrow after the Feast of S. George the other on the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of S. Peter ad vincula In 19 Edw. 3. he was in another Expedition then made into France and the same year again joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Carlisle and others to see the Truce with the Scots firmly kept in the Marches In 20 Edw. 3. he was one of the chief Commanders of the English Army in the Battel of Durham where the Scots had a great overthrow David de Brus their King being there taken Prisoner And in 25 Edw. 3. by his Petition exhibited to the King and his Council in Parliament setting forth that he and his Ancestors time out of mind used to have the custody of all Prisoners taken within his liberty of Redesdale to be kept in
he came to his Estate with Walter Bishop of Durham Henry Earl of Northumberland and others in that Treaty for Peace betwixt the King and his Adversaries the Scots In 4. Hen. 4. he was one of those who on the behalf of the Lord Grey of Ruthyn undertook for the raising of ten thousand Marks for his ransom the same Lord Grey being then a prisoner in Wales In the same year upon the 29 th of September he was constituted Lord Treasurer of England in which office he continued until 15 April 7 Hen. 4. And in 6 Hen. 4. in consideration of his good and acceptable service to the King obtained a Grant of an hundred Marks per Annum to be paid during his life out of the Exchequer In 13. Hen. 4. being one of the King's Council and in such esteem that his residence near the Court was thought necessary he had the Town of Chyngilford in Essex assigned unto him for lodging of his Servants and Horses In this year it was that he exhibited his complaint in Parliament against Robert Tirwhit one of the Justices of the King's Bench for withholding from him and his Tenants of his Mannor of Melton-Roos in Com. Linc. certain Common of Pasture and Turbary in â—rawdy in the same County and with laying wait for him with five hundred men Whereupon Sir Robert Tirwhit confessing his fault in the presence of the King and craving pardon for the same offered to stand to the order of two Lords of the kindred of this William Lord Ross and such as he should chuse Whereunto the King assenting he made choice of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Richard Lord Grey then Lord Chamberlain of the King's houshold who having heard the proofs of what was alledged did ordain and award touching the same Common of Pasture and Turbary that both parties should stand to the Ordinance and Arbitrement of Sir William Gascoine Knight then chief Justice of the King's Bench who at the costs of both parties should come to the same place of Common at such reasonable time as it might like this William Lord Ross to assign And that at the same time the said Robert Tirwhit should bring two Tuns of Gascoigne Wine to Melton-Roos and afterwards upon some other day to be assigned by this William Lord Ross should also bring to the same place two fat Oxen and twelve fat Sheep to be spent on a Dinner amongst them who should then come thither And moreover that he the said Robert Tirwhit should then cause to come thither all the Knights Esquires and Yeomen of his party and in the presence of this Lord Ross and all other that there should be to rehearse all the words which he had spoken to the King in the same Parliament and specially that he should say to this William Lord Ross. My Lord Roos I know well that you being of such Birth Estate and Might that if you had liked you might have comen to the foresaid Law-day in such a way that I had been of no might to have made any party but that it like you to come in such a case having consideration to your degree and of all that by sinister information I having doubt of harm of my body in mine intent for Salvation of my self did assemble those persons that here be and others moe not for to do any harm ne offence to you my Lord the Roos and that I will here excuse me as ye will devise that forasmuch as I am a Iustice that more than a common man should have had me more discreetly and peacefully I know well that I have failed and offended you my Lord the Roos whereof I beseech you of grace and mercy and offer you five hundred Marks to be paid at your will And they farther ordained that this being done this Lord Ross should say At reverence of the King who hath shewed himself to be a good and righteous Lord I will take nothing of the said Robert but the foresaid nine Oxen and Sheep for the dinner of them that have been here present And furthermore that this William Lord Ross in the presence of all persons then there being should openly forgive him the said Robert and all other that in the array abovesaid were assembled their offences and trespasses except only four persons viz. Sir Richard Haunsard Knight William Keble Roger Warneston and Roger Keble Son of the same William Which four persons they ordained that the said Robert Tirwhit should bring at the appointment of the Lord Ross to his Castle of Belvoir there to acknowledge their offences and submit themselves to the same Lord Ross praying him of grace and mercy And this submission being thus made the Lord Ross to do so to them as that they should hold themselves well satisfied with his favour and grace This William Lord Ross was summoned to all the Parliaments from 18 Ric. 2. till 1 Hen. 5. inclusive And by his Testament dated 22 February An. 1412. 14 Hen. 4. bequeathed his Body to sepulture in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury near unto the Chapel ordained for the Chantry of Thomas Arundell Archbishop of Canterbury in case he should depart this life in London or thereabouts But if he should dye within the Diocess of Lincoln then his Body to be buried in the Priory of Belvoir and if in the Diocess of York then in the Priory of Kievaulx By which Testament he also bequeathed four hundred pounds for the finding of ten honest Chaplains to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father Mother Brethren and Sisters as also for the Souls of all his Friends and Good-doers but specially for the Soul of his brother Thomas for the space of eight years within his Chapel in Belvoir-Castle to the end that one of them should every day celebrate a Mass with Note and for that time to be accounted as Dean amongst them and all the other nine subject and obedient to him To the Lady Beatrice his Mother he gave a gilt Cup with a cover and a white knop on it and dying at Belvoir the first of September Anno 1414. 2 Hen 5. was buried in the midst of the Quire of that Priory leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife daughter of Sir Iohn Arundell Knight five Sons viz. Iohn William Thomas Robert and Richard and three Daughters viz. Alice Margaret and Elizabeth Which Margaret surviving him had her Dowry assigned in February next following and dyed not till 3 Iulii 17 Hen. 6. This Iohn Lord Ross Son and Heir to the last mentioned William in 4 Hen. 5. was retained to serve the King in that Expedition which he was then to make in person into the Realm of France with ten men at Arms himself accounted for one the rest Esquires as also with thirty Arches and to take Shipping at Southampton on the first day of May being then scarce eighteen years of age as
by sufficient Witnesses Whereupon the Earl of Cornwal and those who had formerly been acquainted with their deceitful dealing being well satisfied with his justification he was sent back again But the Archbishop and other the Ambassadors sâ—aying behind took their opportunity by his absence and so wrought with the King that he constituted his eldest Son Prince Edward Seneschal of Gascoâ—gne whereupon they presented him with large gifts and did homage to him saving to the King the cheif Dominion thereof as Superior Lord. But being got thither he raised so great a power as that notwithstanding all their Confidence and Courage in a fierce and doubtful Battle he became victorious utterly vanquishing all their Forces and returned triumphantly Nevertheless the Kings affections being totally alienated from him he called together divers of his Nobles to consult with them touching the state of that Countrey where it was said that after that great Victory he did unadvisâ—dly retire to the strong Castle of Mount-Alban which being destitute of Victual and Ammunition was thereupon besieged by the Countrey people so that he was necessitated to deliver up some of those prisoners taken in the late Battle for composition to go securely thence Howbeit upon further deliberation the Nobles thus assembled in Council freely expressed their judgments that they thought fit he should still continue Seneschal there according to the Grant formerly made to him there being three years and an half yet to come of the time he was to hold that command But the King bearing an evil eye towards him would not be satisfied resolving not only to remove him from that trust but to use him as a Traytor Whereof having advertisement he said he was not ignorant that the King had a purpose to ruine him and to advance some Poictovin or Alien to his Earldom Yet notwithstanding the Kings displeasure to him was so great he did not proceed against him with severity but in A. 1253. 37 H. 3. by composition for a large sum of Money procured him to resign his Patent of that Seneschalsie having so granted it to Prince Edward as abovesaid Whereupon Aldephonsus King of Castile laid claim thereto having the Popes countenance on his behalf deriving his title from the Grant of King Henry the Second urging a Confirmation thereof from King Richard and King Iohn and for his farther advantage therein gained divers of the Nobles of that Countrey to his party Which being represented to King Henry by the Citizens of Bourdeaux and others and that the Province stood thereby in hazard to be totally lost he began to repent what he had done Whereupon overtures were made for restoring this Earl to that command But being highly displeased with this hard dealing though much intreated he refused to stay longer in England and thereupon went into France where the great Men of those parts received him with all respect importuning him that by reason of their Kings absence and the death of Queen Blanch he would be their Assistant and Seneschal there But thereof he refused to accept in regard it might reflect upon his loyalty to the King of England Having therefore thus refused the Seneschalâ—ie of France he repaired again to King Henry then in Galcoigne offering him his service to reduce the Rebellious of that Countrey to obedience and brought with him to that end a great strength raised at his own proper charge Whereupon the King received him with all seeming joy Which when the Gascoignes discerned having had such large experience of his Military Prowess they soon submitted But after this scil in An. 1257. 41 Hen. 3. there hapned great dissention betwixt this Earl and William de Valence the Kings Brother by the Mother Valence bearing himself so highly on the Kings favor as that he exercised great oppression upon many and amongst others upon him in some of his Lands Whereupon hot words passing betwixt them Valence called him Traytor which so irritated him that the King himself being present could hardly prevent him from killing of Valence before his face Which animosity betwixt them was never after thorowly reconciled nevertheless before the end of this year he was sent with the Bishop of Worcester and some others upon an important Ambassie to the King of France touching the restitution of King Henries Rights in those parts but returned without any satisfactory answer After this the next ensuing year viz. An. 1258. 42 Hen. 3. a Parliament being held at London wherein the King required aid against the Welsh who had made great spoil in the adjacent Marches and William Bishop of Bathe and Wells made great complaint of the frequent excursions of that unruly people the King told him of his wealth bidding him bring out his Money to supply those wants that then were for it Whereupon the Bishop being much moved fell foul on this Earl supposing he had incensed the King to say what was spoken and called him old Traytor which so provoked him as that those who were present had much ado to save the Bishop from knocks In this year upon the fourteenth of March he had Summons amongst others to attend the King at Chester well â—itted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Hostilities of the Welsh Whether he went or not I cannot say but that Parliament still sitting the animosity of Valence so far farther appeared that this Earl required Justice against him It then likewise hapned that the discontents from divers of the Nobles towards the King began more and more to appear in regard he suffered himself to be much swayed by the Councils of Aliens Whereupon the Parliament was adjourned to Oxfod until the Feast of Saint Barnabas Shortly after which this Earl obtained Letters Patents under the Great Seal declaring the Kings promise to stand to the judgment of twenty four of his Baronage chosen by himself and the rest who were to meet within a Moneth after Whitsontide or the major part of them for an Assignation of certain Lands to him in satisfaction of his debt then due from the King and for his Annual Fee But notwithstanding this great favor he in the interim discerning high discontents then harbored in the Brests of divers great Men confederated with them so that at the appointed time for their meeting at Oxford they came thither with a mighty power of Armed Men pretending fear that otherwise they could not be secure of their Liberty and gave notice to all persons who held their Lands by Military service that they should repair thither at that time with them sufficiently armed to defend themselves against all forcible attempts Which thing they accordingly did but palliated their coming thus accoutred under the
Lands in Wylauston and sixty shillings yearly Rent payable by the Monks of Thame out of the Mannor of Stoke-Cal mach and departed this life ... 28 Ed. 1. being then seised of the Honors of Eye St. Waleries and Wallingford as also of the Castle and Honor of Knaresburgh Likewise of the Mannor of Launceton of the Castle and Town of Reshmell of the Borough of Salithiell and Castle of Tintagell with the Borough in Com. Cornub. Also of the Castle and Town of Trematon with the Borough of Ashe and Mannor of Calistoke in the same County Of the Mannor of Fordington in Com. Dors. Mere with the Castle Corsham Walton and Clalton in Com. Wiltes Little Weldon in Com. Northampt. Of the Castle of Ocham with the Mannors of Egelton and Langham in Com. Rutl. And likewise of the whole County of Rutland Moreover he died seised of the City of Chichester in Com. Suss. of the Castle of Berkhamstead in Com. Hertf. And of the Mannors of Bensington and Watlington with the four Hundreds viz. the Hundred and half of Celtren the Hundreds of Piniton Lewekenore Benfield and Law ... rer likewise of the half Hundred of Swabby the Castle and Honor of Wallingford and Mannor of Henley in Com. Oxon. Upon this his death which hapned at Assherugge on the Calends of October An. 1300. 28 Edw. 1. without issue the King by his Letters to the Bishop of Hereford signified That he resolved to have him buried in the Abby at Hales upon Thursday after Palm Sunday next ensuing and therefore for the more honorable solemnity of his Funeral purposing to be there himself desired that Bishop to meet him and to give his assistance in the celebration thereof The like Letters he wrote to the Bishops of Worcester and Exeter as also to the Abbots of Evesham Tewskbury Winchcomb Pershore Eynesham Cirencester Osney Stanley in Com. Wiltes Bordesley Rewley near Oxford Glocester and to the Prior of Worcester At the solemnising of this great Funeral there was likewise Prince Edward with the Bishops of Durham and Chester as also the Earl of Warwick and divers other of the Nobility After which viz. the next ensuing year I find that through the Mediation of the Peers in the Parliament then held at Lincoln the King was pleased to allow unto Margaret his Widow five hundred pounds per annum for her support And that for the making good thereof these Lordships Lands and Rents were assigned viz. The Castle and Mannor of Ocham in Com. Rotel with the Hundreds of Martinesley Alnestow and East-Hundred the Hamlet of Egilton part of the Mannor of Langham in the same County Also fourteen pounds sixteen shillings four pence yearly Rent issuing out of the Court-Leets and Sheriffs Aid in Keten Preston Okeham Hameldon and divers other Towns in that County The Mannor of Baketon in Com. Norf. the Mannor of Haghleigh in Com. Suff. the Castle and Mannor of Eye the Hamlets of Dalingho Alderton and Thorndon in the same County the Mannor of Kirketon with the Towns Hamlets and Hundreds of Kirketon Haselhou Coringham and Maule with the issues of the Soke-mote of those Mannors all in Com. Linc. the Mannor of Harewell in Com. Berks. the Mannor of Isleworth with the Hamlets of Heston Twikenham and Wicton in Com. Middles twenty one pounds yearly Rent out of Queenhithe in the City of London the Town of Rockingham and Mannor of Little Weldon in Com. Northampt. the Mannor of Glatton with the Hamlet of Holme in Com. Hunt the Mannor of Fordington with the Hamlet of Whitwell in Com. Dorset twenty pounds yearly Rent of the Ferme of the Town of Malmsbury in Com. Wiltes twenty pounds fifteen shillings six pence yearly Rent of the Ferme of the Borough of Ivelcester in Com. Somers ten pounds seventeen shillings seven pence yearly Rent out of Old Shorham in Com. Suss. the Mannor of Cippeham and Hamlet of Stor in Com. Buck. with the Mannor and Town of Henley in Com. Oxon. Camois THe first mention of this Family that I have seen is in the first of Henry the Third Ralph de Camois who had been an adherer to the Rebellious Barons in King Iohns time then returning to his obedience Whereupon the Sheriff of Huntingdonshire had command to restore unto him those his Lands in that County which had been seised into the Kings hands by reason thereof After which viz. in 26 Hen. 3. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey and Sussex the last half of that year So likewise from that time till the one half of the thirtieth year of that Kings Reign Moreover in 42 Hen. 3. being then called Ralph de Camois Senior amongst other the great Men of that time he had Summons to attend the King at Chester â—on Munday preceding the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the insolencies of the Welsh and departed this life in 43 H. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Wodeton in Comitat. Surr. Ditton in Com. Cantabr and Burewell in Comitat. Oxon. as also of divers Knights Fees in other Counties leaving Sir Ralph Camcis Knight his Son and Heir at that time forty years of age Which Sir Ralph thereupon doing his Homage had livery of his Lands And in 48 H. 3. obtained Licence for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Torpel in Com. Northampt. as also for a Fair yearly upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Giles But when Montfort Earl of Leicester with other the discontented Barons of that age armed themselves under colour of asserting the Laws of the Land and Liberties of the Subject he joyned himself to them and after their Victory at Lewes where the King was taken prisoner stood in such esteem with them as that they constituted him one of their Council of State by whom the whole Realm should thenceforth be governed and as one in whom they chiefly confided summoned him to that Parliament which they then held in the Kings name This Ralph died in 5 Edw. 1. being then seized of the Mannors of Torpel Uptone Cotherstoke Glapthorne and Pilketone in Com. Northamp which he held of the Abbot of Peterburgh by the service of six Knights Fees Likewise of the Mannor of Styvekele in Comit. Hunt of the Mannor of Burwell in Comit. Oxon. Orewell in Comit. Cantab. with the Abvowson of the Church and of the Mannor of Hengeston in the same County which he held by the service of half a Barony leaving Iohn his Son and Heir twenty six years of age who paying an hundred pounds for his Relief and doing his Homage had thereupon Livery of his Lands About that time also he had livery of the Lands of Mabel de Torpell whose Cousin and Heir he was then doing his Fealty for them
obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Bosezate in Com. Northampt. and Sâ—â—â—ington in Com. Linc. And in 3 E. 3 in all his Demesn-Lands at Dilewike 〈◊〉 â—eâ—dington and Ronhale in Com. Bedf. â—eâ—broke in Com. Norf. Iiuerington in Com. Ebor. and Bromâ—le in Com. Cantii In which year having without Licence purchased the office of Coynage in the Tower of London and City of Canterbury from Maud the Widdow of Iohn de Botetourt who held it by Inheritance of the King in Capite obtained his pardon for that transgression And having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 1 E. 3. till 9 E. 3. departed this life in the same 9 th year being then seised of the Mannors of Wodeton in Com. Surr. Helpringham and Skredynton in Com. Linc. Bosezate and Corby with the Hundred of Corby in Com. Northampt. Isenhamstede Chenduyt with the Advouson of the Church in Com. Buck. Gamelesby with the Hamlet of Unthanke in Com. Cumbr. Tyverton Danby Lyverton Scotton Thornton in Pykeringlythe with the Moiety of the Mannors of Scameston and Syvelington in Com. Ebor. And jointly with Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of ... Lord Botetourt Baron of Weoâ—egh in Com. Wigorn. of the Mannor of Dilewike the Moiety of the Mannors of Rerhale Kerdynton and third part of the Mannor of Wotton in Com. Bedf. leaving William his Son and Heir six years of age the said Elizabeth having for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Skamston Scotton and Syvelington with certain Lands in Ridelington in Com. Ebor. the Mannors of Helpryngham Skredyngton and Swxnesheved in Com. Linc. with certain Lands in Pymmore in Com. Northumb Which William in 25 E. 3. making proof of his age had Livery of his Lands his Homage being respited by reason of his abode at that time in the Kings service at Calais and in the Marches thereof and in 33 E 3. was in that Expedition then made into Gascoigne In 34 E. 3. this William then residing at Danby in Com. Ebor. was Governor of Becheâ—ell in Bâ—â—â—anny and in 35 E. 3. Lieutenant and Captain General to Iohn Duke of Britanny in that Province Where he also served in 38 E. 3. In which year being with Iohn de Manifort at the Siege of Doveroy with scarce sixteen hundred Men English and Britons he encountered with Charles de Bloys who came to raise the Siege with no less then three thousand six hundred And in a sharp Battle slew him with almost a thousand Knights and Esquires taking Prisoners two Earls twenty seven Lords and fifteen hundred Men at Arms. In 40 E. 3. he still continued in those Wars of Britanny and in 42 E. 3. was constituted Warden of all the Forests beyond Crent In which year he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Wileby in Com. Northampt. In 43 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France being at that time Steward of the Kings Houshold and in 44 E. 3. Lieutenant Captain and Governor of the Castle Town and Vicountie of St. Saviours in Normandy In 45 E. 3. he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Carlisle and others in guarding the West Marches towards Scotland and in 46 E. 3. was again in the Wars of France so likewise in 49 E. 3. But in 50 E. 3. in the Parliament then held at Westminster the Commons complaining aginst him he being at that time Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold as also against the Duke of Lancaster by reason of some misdemeanors they were both of them removed from their Trusts The particulars laid to the charge of this William Lord Latimer were That he had withheld from the King divers great Sums of Money which he had received for his behoof whilst he was Governor of Becheâ—el in Britanny Also that whilst he was of the Kings Councel he had unnecessarily expended his Treasure Likewise that he had gained Letters Patents to transport Wools unto other places besides the Staple at Calais and laid Impositions upon Wools without consent of Parliament to the prejudice of that Staple for which at the desire of the Lords and Commons he was not only put out of all his Offices and Imployments but committed to the Marshalsy untill he should make Fine and Redemption for the same at the Kings pleasure Nevertheless after all this coming to the King at Haveryng atte Boure and totally submitting himself to his Mercy though he had been fined at twenty thousand Marks the King was pleased wholy to remit both it and his Imprisonment The Parliament Roll of that year expresseth that the loss of the Town of St. Saviours in Normandy and of Becherell in Britanny were laid to his charge but afterwards that the Lords and Commons representing to the King that he had been deprived of his Offices and put from the Privy Councel by untrue suggestion he was restored unto them again But it is said by one of our Historians that these things were done in the Kings Weakness after he had taken his Son the Duke of Lancaster to be his assistant in the Government and therefore not pleasing to the people Upon the Death of King Edward the Third who departed this life at Shene upon the Eve of St. Alban he was one of those whom King Richard the Second sent to London to acquaint the Citizens therewith and soon after that made choise of for one of his Privy-Councel as also constituted one of the Commissioners to rectify all abuses which had been committed by the Subjects of either Nation contrary to the Articles of Truce concluded betwixt King Edward the Third and David Bruys King of Scotland And the same year it being notified to the King that divers Spanish-Ships lay wind-bound at Scluse in Flanders whereupon a resolution was taken that the English should fall upon them in revenge of the loss they had sustained by the Spaniard with the assistance of the French the summer before he was one of the chief Commanders of that Fleet so sent out to attack them Which Fleet by a violent Tempest being disperst and shattered they returned ingloriously In that year likewise upon the delivery up of the Earl of St. Paul unto King Richard whom this William had obtained as a Prisoner above three years before the King appointed that he should be re-imbursed in what he had laid out in keeping him Prisoner till that time which amounted to six hundred Marks as also in a thousand Marks more which he had given for the purchase of him About this time likewise he was reteyned by Indenture to serve the King as Governor of Calais with one hundred and sixty Men at Arms and one hundred and ten Archers of which
Pontfract but afterwards in the Quire of the Collegiate-Church at Fotheringhay Thus have we seen the Tragique conclusion of this great Dukes life Of whom as I have read it was said by the Duke of Somerset his chiefest opponent that If he had not learned to play the King by his Regency in France he had never forgot to obey as a Subject when he returned into England The issue which he had by Cecilie his wife daughter to Raphe Nevill Earl of UUestmorland was as some say eight sons viz. Henry who died young Edward Earl of March afterwards King by the name of Edward the 4 th Edmund Earl of Rutland barbarously stab'd in the Town of Wakefeild by the Ld. Clifford shortly after the Battle being then but 12 years of age Iohn William and Thomas who all died young George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocester afterwards King by the name of Richard the Third and four daughters Anne married to Henry Holand Duke of Exeter after to Sir Thomas St. Leger Kt. Elizabeth to Iohn de la Pole Duke of Suffolk Margaret to Charles Duke of Burgundy and Vrsula Which Cecilie surviving him a long time by her Testament bearing date 1 April An. 1495. 10 H. 7. bequeathed her body to be buried beside the Body of her said Husband and in his Tombe within the Collegiate-Church of Fotheringhay And gave to her daughter Anne her largest Bed of Baudekyn with a Counterpoint of the same To her daughter Catherine a Traverse of Blew Sattin To her daughter of Suffolk her Chair with the covering all her Cusheons Horses and Harnesses for the same with all her Palfreys To her son in Law of Suffolk a Cloth of Estate To her son Humphrey two Altar-Cloaths of Blew Damask To her son William a Traverse of white Sarcenet and to her daughter Anne Prioress of Syon a Book of Bonaventure Which Testament was proved 27 August the same year Whereby it seemes that the Catalogue of his children above expressed is somewhat mistaken I come now to his Sons of which Edward who bore the Title of Earl of March in his Father's life-time though not by any Patent of Creation but as the eldest surviving son of that Duke by reason of his descent from the Mortimers Earls of March through an heir female as hath been already observed This Edward being at Glocester when his Father was thus slain hearing the tidings thereof remov'd to Shrewsbury And being there had by reason of the descent from that great Family of Mortimer very large offers of aide from those of the Marches thereabouts so that he soon raised in Army of Twenty three thousand men wherewith he quickly advanc'd Northwards against that of the Queens by which his Father lost his life But hearing that Iasper Earl of Pembroke half brother to King Henry with Iames Earl of UUiltshire were marching towards him with a great power of Welch and Irish he diverted his course and hasted towards them And at Mortimer's-Cross not far from Hereford East giving them Battel utterly routed all their Forces and slew many And having this success sped towards London joying with the Earl of UUarwick at Cheping-Norton near Cotswould By which conjuction having a considerable Body of men he entred the City in the first week of Lent very great numbers from the Counties of Kent Essex and other places coming in to his aid Where calling a great Council of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal he related the Tenor of the Articles made betwixt his late Father and King Henry which had been ratified in Parliament Whereupon the Lords declared that for as much as King Henry had made breach of them on his part and done contrary to the Ordinances in that Parliament they deem'd him insufficient to Rule and therefore fit to be deposed admitting this Edward for King Where I shall leave him with the remainder of his life and actions to our publick Historians But take notice in order of time of what Honors he conferred upon his two sons though not as they stood in seniority For in the seventh year of his Reign being upon St. George's day at St. Iohn's accompanied with other Knights of the Garter after Even-song in his Bedchamber in the presence of his Lords and his Council as also of Norroy and Guyen Kings of Armes he did by express command appont that Richard his second son then Duke of York for so it seems he had been declared though not formally created till long afterwards should bear for his Armes the like Armes as he himself did with this difference viz. A Label of three points Silver and on the first of them a Canton-gules and for his Badge a Falcon volant silver membred with two Sewels gold within a fetterlock anlocked and somewhat open gold Which Fetterlock was devised by the first Duke of York locked who was the fifth son of King Edward the Third as who should say he was far from the Inheritance Thus far my Author And upon the 28 th of May An. 1474 in the Fourteenth year of his Reign created him Duke of York as by his Charter then bearing date appeareth Next viz. 12 Iuii in the 16 th year of his Regin Earl of Nottingham and lastly 7 Febr. then next following Duke of Norffolk and Earl UUarren After which viz. 15 Ian. the ensuing year this young Duke married Anne the sole daughter and heir to Iohn Moubray Duke of Norffolk and Earl Marshal of England And as to his eldest son Edward having created him Prince of Wales 16 Iunii in the Eleventh year of his Reign upon the fifteenth of February in the 17 th he conferred on him the Title of Earl of Salisbury and upon the Eighth of Iuly in the Nineteenth the Titles of Earl of March and Pembroke But both these Royal Branches were not long after most execrably lop't off by their unnatural Uncle Richard Duke of Glocester who caused them to be privately Murthered in the Tower of London to make way for his own Title to the Crown by the name of King Richard the Third as is sufficiently known to those who have any whit lookt into the Story of that time and as I have elsewhere shewed Having now done with these his Children I come next to his two Brothers George and Richard Upon the death of their Father and Brother at Wakefeild these two were sent by their Mother unto the City of Utrecht Where having a fair reception by Philip Duke of Burgundy they remained till Edward their Brother attain'd the Crown of this Realm Of which Brothers being now to discourse severally I shall first begin with George that elder of them This George being created Duke of Clarence in the Parliament held shortly after King Edward the Fourth's Coronation was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland upon the 28 th
of KING RICHARD the SECOND UNTIL This Present Year 1676. DEDUCED From Publick Records Antient Historians and other Authorities BY WILLIAM DUGDALE NORROY King of Arms. TOME the Third LONDON Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Abel Roper Iohn Martin and Henry Herringman at the Sun in Fleetstreet the Bell in S. Pauls Churchyard and at the Anchor in the Lower-walk of the New Exchange 1676. THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND The Third TOME Beauchamp of Kederminster 11 Rich. 2. TO this Third Tome of the present Work consisting chiefly of Barons by Patent I shall not need to prefix any Preface at all Of these the first on whom that dignity hath been conferred was Sir Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt in Com. Wigorn. Knight Grandson to Iohn de Beauchamp of Holt a younger son to William de Beauchamp of Elmely by Isabell his wife daughter and heir to William de Mauduit E. of Warwick as in my discourse of that great Family I have in due place already shewed Of which Iohn and what is most memorable of him under the Title of Beauchamp of Holt I have also given a full account Where inter alia it is observ'd that he was not only Steward of the Houshold to King Richard the Second but in such high favour otherwise as that he had a Grant from him of all the Mannors and Lands belonging to the Priory of Deorhurst in Com. Glo◠then seised into the King's hands by reason of the Wars with France as all other the possessions of the Priories-Alien at that time were which Grant bears date 5 Oct. 11 R. 2. and by other Letters Patent bearing date at 〈◊〉 upon the tenth day of the same moneth in consideration of his many services and by reason of the place he held at that King's Coronation as also which he might thereafter hold in the said King's Councils and Parliaments Likewise in consideration of his noble descent great judgment and circumspection was advanced to be one of the Peers and Barons of this Realm so that he and the heirs male of his Body should enjoy the state and dignity of Barons and be stiled Lords Beauchamp and Barons of Rederminster But of this Honor he had no long enjoyment for through the Potencie of the great Lords then Predominant the King being forc'd to call a Parliament shortly after the Feast of the blessed Virgin 's Purification then next ensuing he had for the reasons which in my former discourse of him are inferred sentence to be drawn and hang'd but by special favour had his Head smitten off on Tower-Hill That the solemn Investiture of this Iohn and all other the Barons who were thenceforth created by Patent was perform'd by the King himself by putting on a Robe of Scarlet as also a Mantle with two Gards on the left shoulder and a Hood all furr'd with Minever there is no doubt Which forme of Creation continued until the Thirteenth year of King Iames that Sir Iames Hay a Scothman was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Letters Patent bearing date 29 Iunii by the Title of Lord Hay of Sauley in Com. Ebor. the Lawyers then declaring that the delivery of the Letters Patent was sufficient without any ceremony But now besides this honorable Robe through the special favour of our present Soveraign King Charles the Second there hath been granted to the Barons a Coronet of Gold with six Pearls placed upon the circle thereof as by a special Instrument under his Majesties Royal Signet bearing date upon the sixth day of Iuly 1661. in the Thirteenth year of his Reign appeareth The forme of which is by divers Painters and Carvers already so much mistaken as that they commonly advance the Pearls thereon in such sort as those are wherewith the Earls Coronets be regularly adorn'd though not as yet to the full heighth Whereas they being devised in imitation of the Vicounts Coronets the Pearls ought to stand as theirs do without any advancing at all Berners ... Hen. 4. OF this Family because very antient though not then Noble I shall take notice of what I have seen from our publick Records notwithstanding it is but little In the time of King William the Conqueror Hugh de Berners possessed Evresdone in Com. Cantabr And in 6 R. 1. Robert de Berners gave a Fine of Two hundred Marks for obtaining the King's favour and restitution of his Lands In 8 H. 3. the King sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Sussex to make Livery unto Iohn Bishop of Ely of all the Goods and Chattels of Raphe de Berners then being in his Mannors of Bromfeild Black-Nuttelegh and Newenton to distribute for the health of his Soul After that there was another Raphe de Berners who in 49 H. 3. took part with the rebellious Barons of that age Which Raphe for I take it to be the same in 13 Edw. 1. was Sheriff of Berkshire for the last quarter of that year as also for half the fourteenth year and departed this life in 25 E. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Yseldon vulgo Islington in Com. Midd. West-Horslegh in Com. Surr. of the inheritance of Christian his Wife Ikelingham in Com. Suff. and of the Mannors of Bernestoue Rothings and Berwyke in Com. Essex leaving Edmund his son and heir twenty six years of age then in Gascoigne From whom descended as I ghess Sir Iames de Berners Knight a great Favorite to King Richard the Second Who in that Kings Reign when the great Lords were prevalent amongst others then accounted Enemies to the publick was Arrested of Treason and committed to Prison Whence being brought to judgment in the ensuing Parliament he underwent the sentence of death as a Traitor and suffered accordingly To whom succeeded Richard his son and heir Which Richard residing at West Horsley in Com. Surr. had the reputation of a Baron of this Realm though nothing of his Creation or summons to Parliament that I could ever see doth appear thereof And Married Philippa the daughter of Edmund Dalingrig but departed this life in 9 H. 5. leaving issue Margery his daughter and heir first married to Iohn Feriby Esquire and afterwards to Iohn Bourchier fourth son to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe Which Iohn bore the Title of Lord Berners as is shewed where I speak of that Family Thomas Duke of Clarence 13 Hen. 4. THis Thomas being second son to King Henry the Fourth by Mary his wife daughter and coheir to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England was Knighted upon the Eve of his Father's Coronation by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies having the like Accoutrements for that Solemnity allow'd out of the great Wardrobe as were for his Brother Iohn Duke of Bedford And being shortly after made Steward of England in the
required to do his Homage for the Mannours of Little Hoyland and Tolleshunt in Com. Essex to this Ingelram as he had formerly done to Robert In 37 H. 3. this Ingelram had command to send Baldwin de Fienles his Brother well fitted with Horse and Arms into Gascoine there to stay in the Kings service as also William his own Son to be educated with Prince Edward And furthermore to provide lxxx sufficient Men at Arms besides those xl for whom the King had formerly written And the next year following was himself in his service beyond Sea In which year upon collection of the aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight he paid xii l. for those six Knights fees he then held And in 47 H. 3. in consideration of his long continued and laudable services obtained the custody of the lands of William de Beauchamp of Bedford then deceased to hold untill the Heir should accomplish his full age Moreover in consideration of his great fidelity and constancy to the Royal interest in the time of the Barons Wars so soon as the King recovered his liberty and rightful power by that happy Victory at Evesham in 49 of his Reign he obtain'd his precept that all those his lands whereof he had been dispossessed in the time of those troubles should forthwith be restored to Robert de Amnese his Bayliff To this Ingelram de Fienles succeeded another William who in 54 H. 3. preparing for his journey to the Holy-land constituted William de Amnese his Attorney to transact all businesses for him in his absence giving power also to Reginald de Fenes his Brother to constitute any other Attorney for him during the space of five years In 10 E. 1. this William was in that expedition then made into Wales and in 21 E. 1. possessed the Honour of Chokes in Com. Northt In 22 E. 1. he had command to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Portsmouth upon the first of September thence to sail with him into Gascoine It seems that upon the differences which were about that time betwixt King Edward and the King of France he favoured the French and that his lands in England were thereupon seized But in 27 E. 1. making his peace command was given for the restoring them again After which ere long viz. in 30 E. 1. he departed this life being then seised of the Mannour of Clopham in Com. Surr. and xx Marks yearly rent issuing out of the Mannour of 〈◊〉 in the same County As also of the Mannour of Wendovre in Com. Buck c. and Mertock in Com. Somerset leaving Iohn his Son and Heir xxiv years of age as saith the Inquisition But by another Record it appeareth that proof could not be made of his age according to the custome of England in regard he was born beyond-sea Nevertheless by reason that William his Father had done his Homage to the King and died a Loyal Subject his Homage was also accepted and Livery made to him of all his lands In 10 E. 2. this Iohn de Fienles having lands in Flanders wherein much damage had been done by the Inhabitants of St. Omers he obtain'd the Kings Letter to the Mayor and commonalty of that Town for satisfaction therein in which Letter King Edward calls him his Kinsman And in 18. E. 2. his lands in England having been seised in respect of his residence within the power of France upon security given for his fidelity restitution was made of them until farther Order should be given therein Contemporary with this Iohn was Robert de Fienles who in 5 E. 2. had a Charter for Free-Warren at Wendovre in Com. Buck. And in 7 E. 2. in consideration of his good service done and to be done obtain'd an Annuity of Cx. marks per annum out of the Issues of that County Moreover in 10 E. 2. he had Livery of that Mannor of Wendovre which had been by him demised to the King for a certain time but being afterwards attainted for adhering to the French he lost all A descendent of this Family was Sir William de Fenys Knight viz. Son of William Son of Iohn and Ioane his Wife third Sister and Coheir to William de Say Which Sir William Fenys was made Sheriff of Surr. and Suss. in 20 R. 2. As also in 1 H. 4. and left Issue two Sons Roger and Iames. Which Roger doing his Homage in 6 H. 4. had Livery of his Lands though then within age And in 1 H. 6. being a Knight was made Sheriff of Surr. and Suss. as his father had been This Roger in 19 H. 6. obtained Licence to make a Castle of his Mannor House at Herst Monceaux in Sussex which Lordship first came to this Family by the Marriage of Iohn his great Grandfather with the Heir Female of Monceaux As also to enlarge his Park there with six hundred Acres of Land and left Issue Richard Who being afterwards a Knight and Chamberlain to King Edward the Fourth Married Ioane the Daughter and sole Heir of Thomas Son and Heir to Thomas Lord Dacre by reason whereof in 37 H. 6. he was by Letters Patents bearing date 7 Nov. accepted and declared Lord Dacre and to be a Baron of this Realm And in 1 E. 4. obtain'd a grant from the King to himself and the said Ioane his Wife and to the Heirs of the Body of her the said Ioan of the Mannors of Irthyngton Dacre Kyrk-Oswald Black-hall Farlam Brankanwapt Lasyngby Brampton Burgh upon the Sand Ayketon â—ouclyff and Glassenby and of CCC Acres of Land CC. Acres of Pasture xl Acres of Wood xl s. yearly Rent in Newbigging Mosdale Stafhull and Glossenby and moity of the Mannor of Castell-Kariott in Com. Cumbr. the Mannors of Barton and Hoff in Com. Westmorl Holbeche in Com. Linc. Halton Fishwyke Kelette and Eccleston in Com. Lanc. As also of all other the Lands of the said Sir Thomas Dacre which came to the Crown by Act of Parliament begun at Westminster 4 Nov. in the same first year of that King's Reign After which in 13 E. 4. he was made Constable of the Tower of London and in 15 E. 4. one of the King's Council having a grant of C. marks per annum issuing out of the Customs in the Port of London for his attendance on that service And having been summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Dacre from 38 H. 6. till 22 E. 4. inclusive departed this Life in 2 R. 3. being seised of the Mannors of Herst Monceaux Batisâ—ord and Strete in Com. Suss. leaving Thomas his Grandson his next Heir viz. Son of sir Iohn Fenys Knight his eldest Son who died in his life time twelve years
being Usher of the Chamber to Queen Margaret he had the title of Esquire and soon after being Knighted was made Constable of Baâ—â—burgh-Castle in Northumberland Iohn Heron Esq the former Governour being deceased In 28 H. 6. he became Chamberlain to that Queen And in 33 H. 6. being in the first Battel of St. Albans on the Kings part was â—ore wounded But in those offices and employments he thrived so well as that the King wanting money borrowed of him the sum of one thousand thirty three pounds six shillings eight penâ—â— for the payment whereof he had an assignation out of the fifteenth and tenth granted in the Parliament of 35 H. 6. And in 36 H. 6. was sent to Antwerp in Brabant and other places within the Dominion of the Duke of Burgundy for dispatch of the most important affairs in those parts Soon after which he was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter Howbeit notwithstanding his obligations to that Queen and what other favours he had received from the King in 38 H. 6. when he saw the Duke of York appear in Arms he sided with him for which cause with many other of that partie he was attainted in the Parliament held at Coventre the same year But by this his attainder he lost not much For King Henry's deposal hapning soon after he marcht with King Edward to Towton-field and upon that great and absolute Victory there obtain'd a grant of the Office of Chief Butler of England as also of the stewardship of the Castle and Lordship of Berkhamsted in Com. Hertf. And the same year being advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron for the Record calls him Lord Wenlok as also one of the Kings Privy Council he was constituted one of the Embassadours then imploy'd to the Duke of Burgundy to treat for an amicable entercourse of Trade betwixt the Merchants of England and those of his allegiance being then likewise summoned to Parliament And the next ensuing year was again sent Embassadour to the same Duke to treat touching the prorogation and continuance of that Truce which had been concluded betwixt King Edward and him as also for the like free entercourse betwixt the subjects of England and those of Burgundy He likewise the same year attended the King in his Northern Expedition the Lancastrians having again possessed themselves of divers strong holds in Northumberland and assisted at the Siege of Dunstanburgh Castle Moreover in 4. E. 4. he was imply'd in that Embassy with Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick and others to treat of Peace with King Lewis of France and in 5 E. 4. was again sent with others to treat with the Commissaries of Philip Duke of Burgundy touching matters of Trade as also with other Commissioners of Francis Duke of Britanny for a league of amity betwixt King Edward and the Duke In 6 E. 4. he was again sent to treat of peace with the French and had summons to the Parliament held that year In all which services he behaved himself so acceptably as that in 7 E. 4. by way of remuneration he obtain'd a grant of all the moveable goods of Henry Duke of Somerset and Andrew Trollop and their servants forfeited to the King for their respective rebellious actings and in 10 E. 4. was constituted Lieutenant of Calais and the marches adjacent But as Nevill Earl of Warwick had been the chief Instrument in advancing King Edward to the Royal Throne so was he the principal of those who through private respects endeavoured to pull him down In which adventure this Iohn Lord Wenlok took part with him for it appears that after the Battel at Barnet wheâ—ein the Earl was slain when Queen Margaret landing at Weymouth came to Beaulieu-Abby in Hantshire he was one of those that hasted to her with endeavor to raise new Forces for the restoring of King Henry then kept prisoner in the Tower of London but in that great attempt he unhappily miscarried being slain fighting stoutly in the Battel of Tewksbury which fell out soon after viz. 4 Maii An. 1471. 11 E. 4. leaving neither Wife nor Issue that ever I could see Some say that the Duke of Somerset who with his Brother Iohn led the Van coming out of his Station and finding this Lord Wenlok who with the Prince commanded the Middle-Ward standing still whom he expected to have followed him turn'd to him and calling him Traytor knockt out his Brains with his Axe Howard 12 E. 4. THere are those perhaps who will expect that I should ascend much higher in manifesting the greatness of this honourable and large spreading Family in regard I do not make any mention thereof above the time of King Edward the first Some supposing that their common Ancestor in the Saxons time took his original appellation from an eminent Office or Command others afterwards from the name of a place And some have not stuck to derive him from the famous Hereward the Chief Conducter of those Forces which so stoutly defended the Isle of Ely for a time against Kind William the Conqueror and his Army But to this last I cannot well assent by reason that Inguâ—ph then Abbot of Crouland who was his contemporary affirms that Hereward left no other Issue than an Heir female named Turfrida Wife to Hugh de Evermue Lord of Deping in Com. Linc. I shall therefore after much fruitless search to satisfie my self as well as others in this point begin with William Howard a learn'd and reverend Judge of the Court of Common-Pleas for a great part of King Edward the first 's and beginning of Edward the Second's Reign before whom there are memorials of Fines which were levyed from xv Ioh. Bapt. 26 E. 1. until crastin S. Ioh. Bapt. 2 E. 2. This William had large possessions in Wigenhale in the North-West part of Norfolk as also in divers other places thereabouts being one of the Commissioners of Sewers for the repair of the Banks and Drains in Middelton Rungeton and Sechithe in that part of Norfolk in 22 E. 1. And in 23 E. 1. had summons amongst the rest of the Judges of the Courts at Westminster and the Kings learned Council unto the Parliament then held there So likewise to those Parliaments of 25 28 and 32 E. 1. as also of 1 E. 2. To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and heir Which Iohn in 34 E. 1. being one of the Gentlemen of the Kings Bedchamber obtain'd the wardship of the land and Heir of Iohn de Crokedake a person of note in those parts And in 4 E. 2. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland He was also Sheriff for the Counties of Norf. and Suff. from 11 E. 2. till 16. of that King's Reignâ— inclusive and Governour of
I triumph beseeching him that his Church in this Realm being now reformed according to the Institution of the antient Primitive the Members thereof may conform their lives to the purity of its received Doctrine More he would have said but a strange Tumult and suddain consternation of the Assembly interrputed him which being passed over he suffered with admirable constancy neither by voice gesture nor contenance shewing himself any way dejected or moved at the apprehention of death That his death was generally lamented is manifest many there were who kept Handkarchefs dipped in his Blood as so many sacred Reliques Amongst the rest a sprightful Dame two years after when the Duke of Northumberland was led captive through the City for his opposition against Queen Mary run to him in the Streets and shaking out her bloody Hankerchief before him said Behold the Blood of that worthy Man that good Vncle of that excellent King which shed by thy treacherous machination now at this instant begins to revenge it self upon thee As for his life saith Godwin he was a pious just Man very zealous in point of Reformation very sollicitous of the Kings safety every way good and careful of the Weal publick only a little tainted with the Epidemique of those times who thought it Religion to reform the Church as well in its exuberancy of means as of superstitious Ceremonies whereof not a few of our Cathedrals to this day complain Thus far Goodwin He had two Wives the first called Katherine Daughter and Co-heir to Sir William Fillol of Woodland in Com. Dors. Knight by whom he had Issue two Sons Edward Seamour of Bery-Pomeric in Com. Devon and Iohn the posterity of which Edward do still remain in thole parts The second Anne Daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Shelford in Com. Nott. Knight by whom he had Issue three Sons Edward afterwards Earl of Hertford Henry who Married Ioane Daughter to Thomas Earl of Northumberland and another Edward And six Daughters Anne fifth married to Iohn Dudley commonly called Earl of Warwick eldest Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland and afterwards to Sir Edward Vmpton Knight of the Bath Margaret and Iane who died unmarried Mary first Wedded to Andrew Rogers eldest Son to Sir Richard Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Knight and after to Sir Henry Payton Knight Catherine died unmarried and Elizabeth who became the second Wife to Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley in Com. North. Knight ¶ I should now go on with the Descendants of this great Duke but considering that Thomas his younger Brother had no Issue shall first take notice of what is most memorable of him In 32 H. 8. upon that triumphal justing at Westminster on May day being then a Knight he was one of the Challengers to all comers from France Flanders Scotland and Spaine And in the Month of Iuly 35 H. 8. accompanied Sir Iohn Wallap as Marshal with six thousand Men which were sent over in aid of the Emperor against the French In which year being one of the Gentlemen of the Kings Privy Chamber he was also constituted Master of the Ordnance for life with the fee of two hundred Marks per annum and eight pence per diem for two servants attending him in that Office And in 37 H. 8. obtained a Grant of a certain Mansion scituate in the Strand without Temple-Bar then called Hampton-Place alias Bath-place parcel of the possessions of William late Earl of Southampton but since coming to the Earls of Arundel for that respect called Arundel-House In 38 H. 8. he was Knight Marshal of thole Foprces sent into France under the conduct of Eeward Earl of Hertford as also one of those whom the King upon his death-bed appointed Assistants to his Executors especially in matters of great consequence and in 1 E. 6. 16 Feb. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Seymour of Sudley as also made Lord high Admiral of England But soon after this he fell For having Married Catherine Parr the Widdow of the deceased King great emulation hapned betwixt Anne the Wife of his elder Brother Edward Duke of Somerset at that time Protector of the King and Realm the Duke being a person mild free open and no ways malicious this Thomas then Admiral naturally turbulent fierce and ambitious conceiving himself of the two the fitter for publick Government whereupon presently after the death of King Henry through his own over-weaning conceits he resolved to add a luster to his good parts by Marrying the Lady Elizabeth as yet indeed fearce Marriageable but Protector wisely considering how rash and perillous this Project was frustrated that design And by his after Marriage with Catherine a most beautiful and noble Lady abounding with Wealth befitting her dignity most Men were confident that the gulf of his vast desires would have been satisfied But the Law whereby he was condemned though peradventure enacted by strength of â—action will manifest the contrary Having therefore thus fortified himself with Money and Friends and deeming his Brothers lenity to be 〈◊〉 he began to behold him with the eye of contempt and to cast about how to disposâ—ss him of the Saddle and being of like degree in consanguinity to the King to enjoy the seat himself To the furtherance of which project he held it conducible secretly to villifie and traduce the Protectors actions to corrupt the Kings servants especially if in any degree of favor by fair words and large promises by degrees to assure himself of the Nobility to secure his Castle of Holt with a Magazin of warlick provision but above all to take care for Money the nerves of War and assurance of Peace Tâ—â—se things having been ordered with exact diligence and for supply of coyne the Exchequer mightily pilled he unmasked himself to some of the Nobility signifying his intent of setling himself at the Stern by forcible seising on the Kings person Nay his madness so transported him that to one of them conditionally that his assistance were not wanting to the advancement of his designs he promised that the King should marry his Daughter In the mean time the Queen his Wife being in September 2 E. 6. delivered of a Daughter died in Child Bed but not without suspition of Poyson for after her death he more importunately sought the Lady Elizabeth than ever eagerly endeavoring to procure her consent to a clandestine Marriage as was that with the deceased Queen and not untill after the Nuptials to crave the assent of the King or Lords of the Council But this his project being opportunely discovered and a Parliament assembled he was by the authority thereof committed to the Tower and without any trial condemned Shortly after which the Parliament being on the fourteenth of March An. 1549 3 E. 6. dissolved he was on the sixth day after publickly beheaded having first vehemently protested that he never
was constituted one of his Executors as also appointed to be of Council to his Son and Successor King Edward the Sixth And in 1 Mariae being advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by Summons to Parliament took his place in that great Convention upon the seventh of April accordingly After which in 1 Eliz. 18 Dec. he was constituted one of the Lords Commissioners to consider and allow of the claymes which those should make who were to perform any service by Tenure upon the day of that Queens Coronation And by his Testament bearing date 20 Martii 6 Eliz. bequeathing his body to be buried at Kirtling now called Carthlage in Com. Cantab. gave to his Son and Heir Sir Roger North Knight his Parliament Robes beseeching God to bless him and give him his grace truly and faithfully to serve that Queen and this Realm and to beware of Pride and prodigal expences This Edward Lord North Marryed to his first Wife Alice the Daughter of ... Squyer of the South by Portsmouth Widdow of ... Myrffyn of London and by her had Issue two Sons Sir Roger North Knight and Thomas and two Daughters Christian Married to William Earl of Worcester and Mary to Henry Lord Scroope And to his second Wife Margaret Daughter to ... Butler of London Widow of Sir David Brooke Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and departing this life at his House called the Charter-House near London upon Sunday the last of December An. 1564. 7 Eliz. was buried in a Vault under the Chancel at Carthlage on the South side which he had caused to be made for that purpose Which Sir Roger succeeding him in his honor had summons to Parliament in 8 Eliz. and took his place there accordingly upon the 30 of September and in 9 Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Sussex with the Order of the Garter to Maximilian the Emperor then at Uâ—enna And in 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers who then sate upon the Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norffolk Moreover upon the death of Sir Francis Knolles Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold in An. 1596. 39 Eliz. he succeeded him in that Office and by his Testament bearing date 20 Oct. 40 Eliz. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Church of Kirtling After which within less then two Months departing this life he was there buryed 22 Dec. ensuing By Winifride his Wife Daughter to Richard Lord Riche and Widow of Sir Henry Dudley Knight he had Issue two Sons Sir Iohn North Knight who died in his life time and Sir Henry North Knight as also one Daughter called Mary Which Sir Iohn in 21 Eliz. went with Sir Iohn Norris and other brave young Men into the Netherlands there to exercise themselves in the Discipline of War but died before his Father leaving Issue by Doratby his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Valentine Dale Doctor of Law four Sons Dudley Iohn Roger and Gilbert and ... Daughters Elizabeth ... Which Dudley succeeding his Grandfather Married Frances the Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Iohn Broket of Broket-Hall in Com. Hertf. by whom he left Issue two Sons who survived him Dudley his Son and Heir and Iohn Charles and Robert dying in his life time as also two Daughters Dorothy Married to Richard Lord Dacres of the South and Elizabeth who died unmarried and departing this life upon the sixth of Ianuary An. 1666. being then eighty five years of age was buried at Carthlage Which last mentioned Dudley now Lord North was made Knight of the Bath in An. 1616. at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales and by Anne his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Charles Moutagu Knight a younger Brother to Henry late Earl of Manchester hath Issue six Sons first Charles who Married Catherine Daughter to William Lord Grey of Wark Widow of Sir Edward Moseley of the Hough in Com. Lanc. Baronet and by a special Writ of Summons was called to Parliament in 25 Car. 2. by the Title of Charles Lord Grey of Rolleston Secondly Sir Francis North Knight Atturney-General to King Charles the Second and now Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Thirdly Dudley a Merchant in London Fourthly Iohn Fifthly Mountague and sixthly Roger And four Daughters Mary Married to Sir William Spring of Pakenham in Com. Suff. Baronet secondly Anne thirdly Elizabeth to Sir Robert Wiseman Knight Doctor of the Civil Law and fourthly Christian to Sir George Wyneive of Brettenham in Com. Suff. Knight Brugges Lord Chandos 1 Mariae THe Issue Male of the Antient Lords Chandos being extinct as I have elsewhere shewed that Title lay dormant till after some ages it came to be revived in the Family of Brugges Sir Iohn Brugges of Coberley in Com. Glouc. Knight being lineally descended from Giles Brugges Esquire Son of Alice one of the Daughters and Co-heirs to that Sir Iohn Chandos who died in 8 H. 6. This Sir Iohn Brugges possessing the Mannor of Lugwardyn in com Heref. with divers other Lands by descent from Chandos was Knight for the body to King Henry the Eighth and made Constable of Sudley-Castle in 29 of his Reign So likewise in 34 H. 8. Edmund his Son then one of the Esquires for that Kings Body being joined with him in that trust and upon the Eighth of April 1 Mariae advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Chandos of Sudley but died the same year as it seems leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to Edward Lord Grey of Wilton four Sons Edmund Knighted in the Camp near Roxborough by the Duke of Somerset in 1 E. 6. Charles Brugges of UUiffon in com Heref. Anthony and Richard and two Daughters Mary wedded to Henry Tracy of Alderton and Katherine to Edward Lord Dudley Which Edmund for his good services in Scotland in 1 E. 6. was also at that time made a Banneret and in 1 Mariae Lieutenant of the Tower of London Succeeding his Father in this Honor he served at the Siege of St. â—â—â—â—tins in Picardy in 4 Ph. M. and in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers which sate upon the Tryal of the Duke of Norfolk being at that time Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter By his Testament bearing date 1 Martii the same year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Sudley and died shortly after for the Probate thereof 〈◊〉 date 5 Iunii next ensuing leaving issue by Dorothy his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Edmund Lord Bray two sons Giles and William and two daughters 〈◊〉 Married to George Giffard of Chillington in com 〈◊〉 Esquire and Catherine to William Lord 〈◊〉
had Issue one Son called Richard who died in his life time unmarried and two Daughters Elizabeth married to Sir Iohn Nettervile Knight Son and Heir to Nicholas Vicount Nettervile of Bameth in Ireland and Mary to Walter Aston Son and Heir to Sir Walter Aston Knight of the Bath and Baronet Baron of Forfare in Scotland He secondly married Frances the Daughter to Nicholas Walgreve of Boreley in Com. Essex Esq by whom he had Issue three Sons Hierome who succeeded him in his Honours Benjamin and Nicholas and four Daughters Anne married to Basil Lord Fâ—ilding then Son and Heir to William Earl of Denbigh Mary Frances to Philip Draycote of Paynesâ—ey in Com. Staff Esq and Catherine to Richard White of Hatton in Com. Essex Esq And departing this life at Walingford House in Westminster ... Martii an 1634. was buried at Winchester To whom succeeded Hierome his Son and Heir who married the Lady Frances Stuart Daughter to Esme Duke of Lenox and by her had Issue Charles his Son â—nd Heir and one Daugther called Henrietta-Maria and died 16 Martii an 1662. Which Charles succeeding him in his Honours was slain in that great Naval Fight with the Dutch 3 Iunii an 1665. without Issue Whereupon Thomas his Uncle became his successor in his Honours Which Thomas Married Anne the youngest Daughter of Iohn Lord Butler of Bramfeild Widdow of Montjoy late Earl of Newporâ— but hath no Issue So that Benjamin the Brother of this Earl Thomas who hath taken to Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Sheldon of Houâ—y in Com. Leic. Esq Widdow of Christopher late Earl of Anglesey is his Heir Expectant Goring Earl of Norwich 4 Car. 1. IN 4 Car. 1. Sir George Goring of Hurst Pierpont in Com. Suss. Knight Son of George Goring of Obingdene in Com. Suss. Esq one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to Queen Elizabeth by Anne his Wife Daughter of Sir Henry Denny of Waltham in Com. Essex Knight Sister to Edward Lord Denney having been a faithful servant first to Prince Henry and afterwards to King Iames was Knighted at Grenewich by that King 7 Maii an 1608. 6 Iac. and afterwards by Letters Patents bearing date 14 Apr. 4 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Goring of Hurst Pierpont and in 6 Car. 1. obtain'd a grant of the Offices of Secretary Clerk of the Signet and Clerk of the Council within the Principality of Wales Being afterwards made Vice-Chamberlain of the Houshold to that King he readily attended the late Queen in her passage beyond Sea and Travels there at that time through the danger of those Tumults which were rais'd and countenanc'd by the predominant party in the late long-Long-Parliament necessiâ—ated for the safeguard of her Royal Person to quit this Realm in an 1641. and landed her at Bridlington in March 1642. when she brought those supplies of Amunition and Arms of which at that time the King stood in much need Nor was he backward in any service which he could otherwise perform being shortly after employ'd as Embassador into France his valiant Son George who was an expert Souldier being then General of his Majesties Horse In consideration therefore of these his eminent services he was by Letters-Patent bearing date 8 Nov. 20 Car. 1. advanced to the Title of Earl of Norwich at that time void by the Death of Edward Lord Denny his Uncle who formerly enjoy'd that Honour And after the happy Restoration of our present Sovereign King Charlâ—s the Second was made Captain of his Guard He Married Mary Daughter to Edward Lord Bergavenny by whom he had Issue two Sons George and Charles and four Daughters Which George having with great â—idelity and courage serv'd his Majâ—sty King Charles the First of blessed memory as General of the Horse during the whole continuance of the late unhappy Troubles after the render of Oxford and loss of all went into the Netherlands and there serv'd the King of Spain as Lieutenant-General of his Forces in Flanders and the parts adjacent Next into Spain wherâ— being Lieutenant-General under Don Iohn de Silvâ— and finding him corrupted by Cardinal Mâ—zarine then the Chief-States-man of France he took him Prisoner at the Head of his Army Whereupon that great Don had judgment of Death passed upon him and accordingly suffered at Madrid This George commonly called General Gâ—ring took to Wife Lettice Daughter to Richard Earl of Corke in Ireland but had no Issue and surviving her assumed the Hâ—bit of a Dominican Frier in Spain as I have heard where he departed this World during the life of the said George Earl of Norwich his Father Which Earl died upon the sixth of Ianuary an 1662. and was buried in the Abby-Church at Westminster His four Daughters were these Elizabeth Married to William Lord Brereton an Irish Baron Mary to Sir Drue Dene of Mâ—pelsted in Com. Essex Knight Diana first to Thomas Covert of Slaugham in Com. Suss. Esq and after to George Porter eldest Son to Endymion Porter one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to his late Majesty King Charles the First and Catherine to William Scott of Scoâ—ts-Hall in Com. Cantii Esq To this George Earl of Norwich succeeded Charles his only surviving Son who Married ... Daughter to ... Leman and Widdow of Sir Richard Baker Knight and departed this life upon the third of March an 1672. without Issue Lord Mohun 4 Car. 1. HAving in the first Volume of this Work already spoke at large of the antient Lords Mohun whose principal Seat was at Dunster Castle in Somersetshire I now come to Reginald Mohun of Boconnâ—â— in Cornwall the chief Heir Male by a younger branch of that noble Family This Reginald was by Letters Patents bearing date 25 Nov. an 1612. 10 Iac. Created Baronet And by Philippa his Wife Daughter of Iohn Hele Esq left Issue Iohn his Son and Heir as also one Daughter called Elizabeth Married to Iohn Trelauny Esq Which Iohn his Son and Heir was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 15 Apr. an 1628. 4 Car. 1. advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Mohun of Okehampten in Com. Devon and left Issue by Cordelia his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Stanhope of Shelford in Com. Nott. Knight Widdow of Sir Roger Aston Gentleman of the Robes to King Iames three Sons viz. Iohn who succeeded him in his Honour and died unmarried Warwick Mohun who succeeded him and Charles slain at Dertmouth being in Arms for the King in the time of the late Troubles Also three Daughters Cordeliâ— Married to Iohn Harris of Heane in Com. Devon Esq Theophila to Iames Cambell Son of Alderman Cambell a Merchant in London and Philadelphia yet unmarried Which Warwick succeeding his Brother Iohn Married Catherine Daughter to ... Welles of Bramber in Com. Sutâ—t Esq and died
in Capite by Barony were called his Barons So had most of the great Earls in those elder times their great Freeholders under them whom they also called Barons as is evident by their Charters wherein they usually wrote Omnibus Baronibus suis tam Francis quam Anglicis c. So likewise inferior Lords of Mannors their Curia Baronum not Curia Baronis as is now the usual Title of the â—ourt Roll id est The Court of their Free-holders who were antiently Homagers to them as the Kings were to him Whereupon the Iurors in such Courts are to this day in many places called The Homage And as these great Tenants to the King who had their Titles from their principal Seats or Heads of their Baronies were called his Barones Majores so were his other Tenants or Freeholders who held of him by Military service in Capite termed Barones Minores Of which two sorts of Tenants together with the Bishops and Earls the Parliaments of this Realm did antiently consist as I have elswhere shewed only the Barones Majores had Summons by several Writs and the other who held by Military service in Capite by one general Summons from the Sheriff in each County Which Tenants in Capite called Barones Minores did come to Parliament till 48 Hen. 3. for most evident it is from what I have instanced in sundry places of this Work that it was by the multitude of those who met in the Parliament held at Oxford in 47 Hen. 3 and by the strength of their numerous Retainers at that time attending them upon pretence of danger from the Welsh that they forced the King to submit to those unreasonable Ordinances called Provisiones Oxonii there framed whereby the Regal Authority was in effect totally wrested from him And having by that means got the power into their hands by which raising a potent Army they became victorious in the Battle of Lewes the next ensuing year where the King and Prince were both made prisoners they thought it not safe to adventure the calling of any future Parliament whereunto such numbers with their large Retinues should have a colour to resort left after their tyrannous oppressions were sufficiently felt as it is plain they then were by the same Engine whereby they got the Sword from the King it might be recovered again from them And therefore instead of those Barones Minores and their Trains they sent out special Writs in the Kings Name he being then their prisoner to summon only those of the Barones Majores which were of their own Party and the like Precepts to the respective Sheriffs in each County to cause two Knights in every Shire and one or two Burgesses for each Borough to represent the Body of the People residing in those Counties and Boroughs Which rational device for prevention of danger being at that time begun by them hath as we see been continued and practised by the successive Kings of this Realm ever since But in the Conquerors time he who had not forty Hides of Land was not reputed a Baron For by an authentick Testimony it is thus Recorded Abbas Wulfricus habuit fratrem Guthmundum Vocabulo cui filiam praepotentis viri in matrimonium conjungi paraverat Sed quoniam ille xl hidarum terrae dominium minus obtineret licet nobilis esset inter Proceres tunc nuncupari non potuit Certain it is that though the Earls in those days had that formality of Investiture as I have briefly shewed and afterward by a venerable Robe and Coronet I do not find that the Barones Majores had any Creation at all either by Charter or Robe but were Barons by their Tenure only And that afterwards others having Writs of Summons to come to Parliament sate inter Barones that is to say with and amongst those who were Barons by Tenure whereupon they were called their Peers or equals and consequently were reputed Barons Touching the Antiquity of which Writs of Summons I mean of such who held not their Lands by Barony but were called to those great Councils we now term Parliaments by reason of their Prudence some are of opinion that they began towards the later end of King Henry the Thirds Reign which is very probable in regard upon that grand defection of those who had been in Arms against the King and vanquished in the Battle of Evesham most if not all of them were at present set aside But to point out who they were that had their first rise by Writ of Summons until 22 Edw. 1. and afterwards passeth my skill there being no publick Record that doth make mention of them till then excepting that of 49 Hen. 3. which only taketh notice of those who were in the Kings Name summoned by the Rebellious Barons to that Parliament which they held whilst he was their prisoner Perhaps it may be doubted by some whether every Family of whom I have discoursed in this first Tome where strictly Barons by Tenure or not because nothing doth appear by Inquisition of some that they held by Barony nor by any other memorial of their Releifs To satisfie therefore the curiosity of such I say that having found from the Notes of some former Iudicious Antiquaries that they were so reputed I deemed it a safer error to take notice of them in that qualification then by their omission tacitly to conclude them otherwise Peradventure also it may be thought that my omitting the Arms of those Families whereof I do discourse is a fault But thereunto I answer that well considering Hereditary Arms to be of no greater Antiquity then King Richard the Firsts time I might have been too rash in attributing those which from the testimony of good Authority have been since borne to the times preceding which were totally uncertain So likewise as to the Coronets of Earls for which we have no sure authority above King Edward the Third's time neither of Viscounts till King James's nor Barons till this of King Charles the Seconds Reign Besides admitting good evidence for all these throughout all times such hath been the disuse of this age for cutting of Prints in Wood by reason that those in Copper are more beautiful that the Art of Carving in that kind is now so lost as there is little done therein but what would rather blemish the Work then adorn it And as to Cuts in Copper it is very well known that there can be no use of them made by that Press which Printeth the Book but another through which by a chargable expence every single Escutcheon is to pass As to the Scheams of Descents whereby the Reader might be the better assisted in observing the contexture of the Discourse I have inserted such as I thought most necessary deeming the rest perspicuous enough without that pains and trouble If in the first Volume of this Work there shall be any doubt whether the Families be ranked according to their Antiquities in Dignity I must
Altar where the Lady Anne his first Wife lay interred and the other in the Chappel of our Blessed Lady of the Bridge in Sheffield every of them to have eight marks yearly during that time And departed this life at his Mannor of Wingfield in Com. Derb. 26 Iulii 33 Hen. 8. with this Charactar viz. That he was Vir nobilis sapiens ac in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus a Person noble prudent and moderate throughout the whole course of his life To whom succeeded Francis his Son and Heir born in Sheffield Castle Anno 1500. 16 Hen. 7. Which Francis was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons 17 February 24 Hen. 8. his Father then living And the same year his Father died scil 33 Hen. 8. the greater Monasteries being then totally dissolved obtained from the King by exchange for the Mannor of Farnham Royal in Com. Buck. which he held by Grand Serjeanty to support the Kings Right-Arm during the time he holds the Scepter in his hand at the Coronation of the Kings of this Realm the Inheritance of the scite of the Priory of Worsop in Com. Nott. And certain Lands in Sheffield belonging to the Abby of Beaucheif in Com. Derb. As also the scite of the Priory of Kingsmead near the Town of Derby with certain Lands thereto belonging And likewise divers Lands belonging unto the dissolved Monastery of Roucester in Com. Staff In 34 Hen. 8. this Earl Francis was in that Army which then marched into Scotland by reason that the King of that Realm had entertained some of the Northern Rebels frustrated King Henry of the promised enterview and that his Subjects had invaded the Borders while a Treaty was on foot But in this expedition no great matter was performed So likewise in that of 36 Hen. 8. he then commanding the Rear of the English Army at which time they plundered Leith and made great spoil by burning and rapine in the City of Edenburgh and all the Country thereabouts The quarrel being upon pretence of a desired marriage betwixt Prince Edward and the young Queen of Scotland whereunto the Scots would not readily condiscend The same year he was also constituted the Kings Lieutenant of the North. And in 2 Edw. 6 sent again into Scotland with fifteen thousand Men against the French Almains and Scots then in Arms for the relief of Hadingâ—on at that time besieged Where after he had victualled and reinforced the Town he encamped near the Enemy but finding them not inclinable to fight though they had received great supplies returned unto his Camp and afterwards for England Moreover the same year he was constituted Justice of all the Forests beyond â—rent and in 1 Mariae made President of the Council in the North. In 1 Eliz. he was likewise made one of the Queens Privy Council as also one of the Commissioners for receiving Claims from those who were to perform certain services at the solemnity of her Coronation And in the Parliament of 2 Eliz. was the only person of the Peers besides the Viscount Mountacute who opposed the Bill for abolishing the Popes Supremacy and Reformation of Religion But upon the one and twentieth of September the same year he departed this life leaving issue by his first Wife viz. Mary Daughter to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland George his only Son and Successor his younger Son Thomas dying before unmarried and one Daughter called Anne who was married to Iohn Lord Bray Which George being a young Man in the time of Queen Mary and his Father then General of the English Army against the Scots commanded under him three thousand Soldiers and relieved the Earl of Northumberland then in danger at Lovick After that he was a Colonel of five hundred Horse upon the Borders and in 11 Eliz. had the custody of the Queen of Scots committed to his charge Moreover in 15 Eliz. upon the Arraignment of the Duke of Norfolk he was for that present service made Lord High Steward of England Moreover after the death of that Duke which soon after ensued he was constituted Earl Marshal of England And in those ambiguous times so preserved himself against all outward machinations calumnies at Court and the mischievous practises of his second Wife for full fifteen years as that he thereby deserved no less honor for his â—idelity and Prudence then he did for his Fortitude and Valor as Mr. Camden hath very well observed By his Testament bearing date 24 Iunii An. 1590. 32 Eliz. this Noble Earl bequeathed his Body to be buried at Sheffield in Com. Ebor. thereby likewise appointing that the sum of two hundred pounds should be yearly imployed for ever unto the benefit of the poorest Artificers of the Town of Pontfract in Com. Ebor. for the increase of Trades and Occupations there that is to say That the Major of the said Town and his Brethren or the major part of them with the Major by the assent of the Earl of Shrewsbury for the time being shall upon Munday in Whitson week pay and lend unto every poor Artificer of the said Town so far as the said Money will extend the sum of five pounds for three years then next following putting in good and sufficient security for the repayment thereof And departing this life 18 Novemb. the same year was accordingly buried at Sheffield where in his life time he erected a Noble Monument for himself whereon is this Epitaph viz. Christo opt max. Posteritati Sacrum IN spem certam futurae resurrectionis illustris hic conditur heros Georgius Salopiae Comes sui nobilissimi generis longâ serie à Normannorum conquestu derivati nullaque unquam perfidiae labeculâ aspersi Comitum ordine sextus summus Regni Marescallus à Talbotto Furnivallo Verdun Lovetoft Extraneoque de Blackmere honoribus amplissimis dominus insuper Baro nâ—ncupatus Garteriani quoque equestris ordinis sanè praeclarissimi sodalis dignissimus Francisci comitis unicus qui supererat â—ilius successor omniumque virtutum ex asse haeres Qui quantum Pacis Bellique artibus omnibusque corporis atque animi dotibus eximiis unitis potuit id omne secundâ—m pietatem in Deum uni patriae ejusque principibus impendere solebat Vt qui Mariae Reginae temporibus in Northumbrensis Comitis succursum à patre tum superstite ac Belli duci primario cum tribus armatorum millibus ad Lowicum in Scotiam ire jussus strenuè summaque cum laude bellicam illam praefecâ—uram administrabat Parique cum laude non minori successu paulo post Berwicum hosti in occursum missus quingentorum cataphracâ—orum equitum cohortu stipatus fuit concomitantibus Barone Grayo strenuo equite Drurio aliisque militaris scientiae peritissimis Bellique principatum tum
Lordships of Halstrede Stanstede Manhale Chesterfourd Brenning Little-Fordham Markesale Messings Revenhale Tholeshunt Guynes Tholeshunt Tregos Tholeshunt Chr. Langfourd Meandayces Little-Maldon Great-Maldon Retingdon Lachindon Asshelham Ledetes Râ—iplâ— Pachinhall Wodhalle Grenstede Morton Little-Lanfare Wyfenho Ouesey Totham and Meresey In 8 R. 2. the Dominions of Flanders by the death of Lewes then Earl of that Territory being divolved to the King of England as its superior Lord in respect of his Title to the Realm of France and that the Heir thereof had not tendred his Homage as he ought to have done the King for the better safeguard of the Countrey constituted this Iohn Lord Bourchier chief Governor and Guardian thereof particularly of the Town of Gaunt at the special request of the Flemings and sent considerable Forces to that purpose thither Moreover in 9 R. 2. having been by Indenture reteined to serve the King in fortifying the Town of Calais he was then imployed thither for the safeguard thereof and in 13 R. 2. had farther commands for the Kings Service in France He had also Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 5 R 2. till 1 H. 4. inclusive but being by that time grown aged and infirm he obtained a special exemption from that Service as also for comeing to Councils during the Remainder of his life and died the same year Whereupon Sir Bartholmew de Bourchier Knights his Son and Heir had Livery of his Lands Which Sir Bartholmew had Summons to Parliament from 1 H. 4. until 10 of that Kings Reign inclusive After which it was not long ere that growing infirm and unfit for Action he obtained the like exemption from all attendance at Parliaments or other Councels and from any Military Service in Scotland or beyond the Seas and upon Wednesday 18 Maii 10 H. 4. departing this life was buried at Haulâ—â—eâ— being then seised of the Mannors of Little Bentley Bradefelde Stanstede Langeford Asheldam Onestye Fordham Knypesho in Mayland Lachenden Castle-acre Bourchiers Mannors in Retingdon Tolleshunt Maidon parva Wodhalle Lanfare parva and Grynsted in Com. Essex leaving Elizabeth his Daughter and Heir ten years of age and Idâ—ea his Wife surviving Which Idâ—ea died soon after viz. 12 Sept. 11 H. 4. Elizabeth her Daughter being then Married to Sir Hugh Staffâ—rd Knight who thereupon affirmed the Title of Lord Bourchier having Summons to Parliament by that appellation But this Elizabeth afterwards taking to Husband Sir Lewes Rossbeart Standard-bearer to King H. 5. Knight of the Garter whom she also survived died 1 Iulii 11 H. 6. without Issue and was buried with him in the Chapel of St. Paul within the Abby Church of Westminster being then seised of the Mannors of Ashildam Maldon parva Langford Onesaye Totham magna Toleshunt Fordham parva Stanstede Wodhall Pachinghall Morton Grynstede and Manhale in com Essex Bentley parva and Stanford Rivers with the Advouson of the Priory of Bilegh and Hospital of St Giles of Maldon leaving Henry Bourchier then bearing the Title of Earl of Ewe and Lord Bourchier her next Heir viz. Son of Sir William Bourchier Knight Son of William Brother of Bartholmew Father of her the said Elizabeth her next Heir twenty four years of age But I return Shortly after the death of Bartholmew Lord Bourchier viz. in 12 H. 4. Richard Giffard then Bishop of London with Iohn de Boys and some others obtained License from the King to found a perpetual Chantry for five Priests to celebrate Divine Service in the said Parish Church of Halstede for the Souls of Robert Lord Bourchier and Margaret his Wife Iohn Lord Bourchier and Maud his Wife Bartholmew Lord Bourchier and Margaret and Idonea his Wives their Parents Benefactors and all the faithful deceased Which Chantry was thereupon endowed with six Messuages seven hundred and two Acres of Land twenty nine Acres of Meadow seventy one Acres of Pasture fifty seven Acres of Wood and five pounds thirteen shillings and six pence Rent in Halstede Hengham Sibill Pebemershe Twynsted and Middilton and with the Advouson of the Church of Hengham Sibill. To this Bartholmew thus dying without Issue Male succeeded Sir William Bourchier Knight Son of William younger Brother to the said Bartholmew Which William upon the death of Alianore his Mother Daughter and Heir to Iohn de Louvain had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance his Homage being respited And having obtained from King Henry the Fourth the Grant of an Annuitie of fifty Marks per annum payable out of the Exchequer in 1. H. 5. surrendring that Patent in consideration of his good Services performed and to be performed had a Grant of the like Pension of fifty Marks payable also out of the Exchequer for his life in case the Wars betwixt France and England should continue so long After which viz. in 3 H. 5. he was made Constable of the Tower of London for life being the same year reteyned by Indenture to serve in that Expedition which the King in person them made into Guyen with thirty Men at Arms himself accounted and eighty Archers on Horseback In 4 H. 5. he was again reteyned to serve the King in his Wars of France with forty Men at Arms himself accounted and eighty Archers and to be at Southampton on Munday 22 Iunii there to take Shipping Moreover in 5 H. 5. in consideration of his eminent Services he obtained the custody of the Mannor of Hermanville in Normandy part of the possessions of William de Harmanville Esquire deceased to hold during the minority of Charles the son and heir of the said William being at that time in the French wars as he was also in 7 H. 5. In which year upon the render of Diepe in Normandy he was constituted Governor there and by reason of his farther services in this Realm and in forrein parts had a Grant in special tail bearing date at Mante 10 Iunii of the whole County of Ewe in Normandy paying to the King and his heires at his Castle of Roan in that Dukedome one Gardebrache at the Feast of St. George every year and covenanting that he and his heires should find Ten Men at Armes and Twenty Archers thenceforth to ride with the King and his heires or his Lieutenant in those his present Wars of France This William married Anne the daughter of Thomas of UUodstoke Duke of Glocester sixth son to King Edward the Third Widow of Edmund Earl of Stafford and departed this life in 8 H. 5. being then seised of the Mannor of Estanes at the Tower in Com. Essex and divers other Lands leaving Henry his son and heir as also three other sons viz. Thomas Bishop of Ely afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury William Lord Fitz-warine and Iohn
descended to him and it so clog'd with Debts that for the disengaging thereof he Married the said Frances his Grand-Daughter and Heir to Humble Ward the only Son of William Ward a Wealthy Goldsmith in London Jeweller to the late Queen of which Humble I shall speak farther in due place And departing this Life 23 Iunii an 1643. was buried in St. Edmund's Church at Dudley since pull'd down in the time of the late troubles by reason of its nearness to the Castle ¶ Having now done with this Line of the Barons of Dudley I come to Iohn the second Son to Iohn Lord Dudley This Iohn by Elizabeth his Wife one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn Bramshot Esq Lord of the Mannors of Eatton Calbourne and Whitwell in the Isle of Wiht as also of the Mannor of Brâ—mshot in Com. Suth had Issue Edmund his Son and Heir which Edmund upon her Death 12 Oct. 14 H. 7. was found to be thirty six years of Age. And having been trained up to the Study of the Laws in Grays-Inne as it seems by his Arms then set up and still remaining in a Window of the Chappel there became so great a proficient therein as that though then but young in 1 Henr. 7. he was made choice of to be one of the Privy Council to that prudent Prince proper prudentiam singularem fidem gravitatem saith Polyd. Virg. In 19 H. 7. being then Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament he should have been made Sergeant at Law upon the 13th of November But for what reason appears not he did Petition that he might be discharg'd from assuming that Dâ—gree Whereupon the King directed his Precept to William Bishop of London then Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Commanding his forbearance to make out any Writ for his Call and in 22 H. 7. he obtain'd the Stewardship of the Rape of Hastitings in Com. Suss. This Edmund wrote a Book called Arbor Reipublicae Whether he with Richard Empson another Lawyer Son to a Sive-maker in Touceter as our Historians affirm discerning King Henry to be of a frugal disposition did first project the taking advantage against such as had transgressed the penal Laws by exacting from them the forfeitures according to those Statutes Or whether the King perceiving so fair a gap open to rake vast sums of money from his subjects finding those persons to be fit Instruments for his purpose did put them upon such courses for filling his Coffers 't is hard to say But certain it is that these were they whom he constituted his Iudices fiscales Dudley being an eminent man and one that could put hateful business into good Language as the Lord Verulam saith And merited so well in that imployment as that he obtain'd a grant of the Wardship and Marriage of Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Edward Grey Viscount L'isle whom he made his Wife and by her had issue divers Children But after King Henry had long made use of the services of him and Empson to that end he exposed them to such advantages as the discontented people had any colour to take against them for their manifold Extortions For their course was to proceed secretly to the Outlary against men and then seize their Estates Besides this having also packt-Jurors upon all occasions who were sure to them in any Verdict which serv'd for their purpose they at length had their just reward for those oppressions For King Henry the Eighth in the first year of his Reign being desirous of popularity did by his Proclamation divulge that whosoever had received Injury by the Injustice of any should upon complaint to him have redress Which liberty did so incourage the vulgar who were sufficiently imbittered against them that nothing would then satisfie but their lives so that the King to appease the multitude gave way that they might be legally proceeded against which accordingly was done Whereupon this Edmund being arraign'd at Guild-Hall in London upon Munday next after the xv m e of St. Iohn Bapt. 1 H. 8. before Edward Duke of Buck. Henry Earl of Northumb. Thomas Earl of Surrey George Earl of Shrewsbury Thomas Earl of Derby Thomas Prior of St. Iohns of Hierusalem in England Sir Charles Somerset Knight Lord Herbert Stephen Iennings then Mayor of the City of London Sir Iohn Fineaux Knight Sir Robert Rede Knight Sir William Hodie Knight Robert Brudnell Humphrey Coningesby Sir Iohn Fisher Knight Iohn Boteler William Grevil Sir Thomas Lovel Knight Sir Edward Poynings Kt. Sir Henry Marney Knight Sir Thomas Englefeild Knight and Sir Thomas Drury Knight Justices to inquire c. upon an Indictment of divers high Treasons and thereupon convicted he was on Wednesday next preceeding the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin attainted in Parliament and had his Head smitten off on Tower Hill with Empson who had been-tryed at Northampton for the Peoples satisfaction upon the 28th of Aug. 2 H. 8. by virtue of the Kings Special Precept to that purpose leaving Issue three Sons Iohn Andrew and Ierome and a Daughter Married to William Lord Stourton Which Andrew being afterwards a Knight and in that Conspiracy upon the Death of King Edward the Sixth for raising the Lady Iane Gray to the Royal Throne had with others sentence of Death in 1 Mariae for the same Of these Iohn the Elder scarce of eight years of Age at his Fathers Death had to his Guardian Edward Guilford Esq of the Body to the King Who by his Petition exhibited in Parliament 3 H. 8. obtained a special Act for the Repeal of the said Edmunds Attainder and restitution of this Iohn in name blood and degree so that he might enjoy all his Fathers Lands Being therefore thus young many years passed before he appeared in any publick Employment so that till 15 H. 8. I have not seen any farther mention of him but then it appears that he was Knighted by Charles Brandon Duke of Suff. General of those forces sent into France against the Duke of Bourbon Also that in 19 H. 8. he accompanied Cardinal Woolsey into France who then went Ambassador thither and that in 26 H. 8 being the Kings Servant he was made Master of the Armory in the Tower of London for life with the Wages of xiid. per diem for his Groom in that Office Moreover that in 31 H. 8. he was Master of the Horse to the Lady Anne of Cleve then landed in this Realm in order to her Marriage with King Henry And in 32 H. 8. in those triumphal Justs held at Westm. upon the first of May and several days after was the first and principal of the Challenges against all Comers his Horse being trapt with white Velvet After which about two years by reason of his Descent on
said Court of Star-Chamber in order to the making good of his Legitimacy and divers Witnesses were examined there accordingly Whereupon by full testimony upon Oath partly made by the said Lady Douglasse her self and partly by divers other persons of quality and credit who were present at the Marriage with the said Late Earl of Leicester by a lawful Minister according to the form of Matrimony then by Law established in the Church of England and the said Sir Robert and his Mother owned by the said late Earl of Leicester as his lawful Wife and Son as by many of the said Depositions remaining upon Record in our said Court still appear which we have caused to be perused for our better satisfaction herein But a special Order being made that the said Depositions should be sealed up and no Copies thereof taken without leave did cause him the said Sir Robert to leave this our Kingdom Whereof his Adversaries taking advantage procured a special Privy-Seal to be sent unto him commanding his return into England Which he not obeying because his Honour and Lands were denied unto him all his Lands were therefore seized on to the King our Father's use And not long afterwards Prince Henry our Dear Brother deceased made overture to the said Sir Robert by special Instruments to obtain his Title by purchase of and in Kenilworth Castle in our County of Warwick and his Mannors Parks and Chases belonging to the same which upon a great under-value amounted as we are credibly informed to about fifty thousand pounds but were bought by the said Prince our Brother in consideration of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds and upon his faithful Engagement and promise of his Princely favour unto the said Sir Robert in the said Cause to restore him both in Honours and Fortunes And thereupon certain Deeds were sealed in the ninth year of the Reign of our said Father and Fines also then were levyed setling the Inheritance thereof in the said Prince our Brother and his Heirs But the said Prince our Brother departing this life there was not above three thousand pounds of the said sum of fourteen thousand five hundred pounds ever paid if any at all to the said Sir Robert's hands and we our selves as Heir to the said Prince our Brother came to the possession thereof And it appearing to our Council that the said Alice Lady Dudley Wife of the said Sir Robert had an Estate of Inheritance of and in the same descendable unto her Posterity in the nineteenth year of our said dear Father's Reign an Act of Parliament was passed to enable the said Lady Alice Wife to the said Sir Robert to alien her Estate which she had by the said Sir Robert therein from her children by the said Sir Robert as if she had been a feme sole which accordingly she did in the nineteeth year of our said Father's Reign in consideration of four thousand pounds and further payments yearly to be made by us to her out of our Exchequer and out of the said Castles and Lands which have not been accordingly paid unto her by us for many years to the damage of the said Lady Alice and her Children to a very great value Which Sir Robert setling himself in Italy within the Territories of the great Duke of Tuscany from whom he had extraordinary esteem he was so much favoured by the Emperour Ferdinand the Second as that being a person not only eminent for his great Learning and Blood but for sundry rare endowments as was well known he had by Letters Patents from his Imperial Majesty the Title of a Duke given unto him to be used by himself and his Heirs for ever throughout all the Dominions of the sacred Empire Which Letters Patents have been perused by our late Earl-Marshall and Heralds And Whereas our Dear Father not knowing the truth of the lawful Birth of the said Sir Robert as we piously believe granted away the Titles of the said Earldoms to others which we now hold not fit to call in question nor ravel into our deceased Father's actions especially they having been so long enjoyed by these Families to whom the said Honours were granted which we do not intend to alter And yet we having a very deep sense of the great injuries done to the said Sir Robert Dudley and the Lady Alice Dudley and their Children and that we are of opinion that in Iustice and Equity the possessions so taken from them do rightly belong unto them or full satisfaction for the same And holding our selves in honour and conscience obliged to make them reparation now as far as our present ability will enable us And also taking into our consideration the said great estate which she the said Lady Alice Dudley had in Kenilworth and sold at our desire to us at a very great under-value and yet not perform'd or satisfied to many thousand pounds damage And we also casting our Princely Eye upon the faithful services done unto us by Sir Richard Leveson Knight of the Bath who hath Married the Lady Catherine one of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the said Lady Alice Dudley and also the great services which Robert Holburne Esq hath done to us by his learned Pen and otherwise which said Robert Holburne hath Married the Lady Anne one other of the Daughters of the said Duke by his said Wife the Lady Alice Dudley we have conceived our selves bound in honour and conscience to give the said Lady Alice and her Children such Honour and Precedencies as is or are due to them in Marriage or blood And therefore we do not only give and grant unto the said Lady Alice Dudley the Title of Dutchess Dudley for her life in England and other our Realms and Dominions with such Precedencies as she might have had if she had lived in the Dominions of the sacred Empire as a mark of our favour unto her and out of our Prerogative Royal which we will not have drawn into dispute But we do also farther grant unto the said Lady Katherine and Lady Anne her Daughters the Places Titles and Precedencies of the said Dukes Daughters as from the time of their said Father's Creation during their respective lives not only in England but in all other our Kingdoms and Dominions as a testimony of our Princely favour and grace unto them conceiving our selves obliged to do much more for them if it were in our power in these unhappy times of distraction And we require all persons of Honour and other our loving Subjects especially our Earl Marshall Heralds and Officers at Arms to take notice of this our Princely pleasure and to govern themselves accordingly and to cause the said places and precedencies to be quietly enjoyed according to this our gratious intention as they do tender our displeasure and will answer the contempt thereof at their Perils And we further command and require that our said Heralds do make entry of this our pleasure and Grant
called Margaret married to Robert Earl of Sussex Which Anne surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Iohn Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter By his Testament he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Priory of Bourscough in Com. Lanc. in case he should die within that County otherwise in the Monastery of Syon in Com. Midd. or in the Colledge of Asherugge in Com. Buck. And departing this life at Collam in Com. Midd. 24 Maii An. 1521. 13 H. 8 was buried at Syon accordingly To whom succeeded Edward his eldest surviving Son which Edward in 19 H. 8. was one of the principal persons that accompanied Cardinal Wolsey in that notable Embassy to King Francis of France then at Amiens touching the making a War in Italy to set Pope Clement the seventh at liberty at that time prisoner to the Duke of Burbon upon his sacking of Rome And in 22 H. 8. having there Livery of his Lands amongst other of the Peers subscribed that Declaration sent to the same Pope whereby they gave him intimation that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his divorce from Queen Catherine his Wife which he then eagerly desired the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy here would be in much danger In 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection of the Northern-men called the Pilgrimage of Grace the King directed his Letters to this Earl exciting him to raise what Forces he could with promise to repay his charges And in 34 H. 8. King Iames the fourth of Scotland having entertained divers of the chief Northern Rebels he was one of the Lords which for that and some other reasons entred Scotland upon the 21 of October under the conduct of the Duke of Norff. then Lieutenant-General of the English Army but staid not long there About the beginning of King Edward the sixth's Reign he was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter And in 4 E. 6. was one of the Peers of this Realm then party to the Articles of peace made by King Edward with the Scots and French in which the Emperour was also comprehended Also in 1 Mariae constituted Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation-day of that Queen who was solemnly crowned upon the fifth of October Likewise in 2 Eliz. one of her Privy-Council This Earl married three Wives 1 Dorothy Daughter to Thomas Howard Duke of Norff. by whom he had issue three Sons and four Daughters viz. Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 Sir Thomas Stanley Knight who married Margaret one of the Daughters and coheirs to Sir George Vernon of Haddon in Com. Derb. Knight and Sir Edward Stanley of Eynsham in Com. Oxon. Knight His Daughters were these Anne first married to Charles Lord Stourton and after to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight Elizabeth to Henry Lord Morley Mary to Edward Lord Stafford and Iane to Edward Lord Dudley To his second Wife he married Margaret Daughter of Ellis Barlow of ... in Com. Lanc. Esq by whom he had issue one Son called George who died young and two Daughters Margaret married to Iohn Iermyn of Rushbroke in Com. Suff. Esq after to Sir Nicholas Poyntz Knight and Catherine to Sir Thomas Knyvet Knight And to his third Wife Mary Daughter to George Cotten of Cumbermere in Com. Cestr. Esq by whom he had no issue Which Mary surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Henry Earl of Kent By his Testament bearing date 24 Aug. An. 1572. 14 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Ormeskirk appointing that a Chapell and Tomb should be there erected for that purpose correspondent to his Dignity and Honour And departing this life at Lathem on Friday 24 Oct. next following was Honourably buried there on the fourth of December next following the Monastery of Bourscough where his Ancestors lay Entombed being totally demolished in that general destruction of all other the Religious Houses made in the time of King Henry the 8. To whom succeeded Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry being summon'd to Parliament in 18 Eliz. took his place there upon the 8 of February the same year and in An. 1525. 28 Eliz. was sent to carry the Ensigns of the most noble order of the Garter to the King of France In 29 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate at Fotâ—eringhay upon tryal of the Queen of Scots and in 31 Eliz. being then Knight of the Garter sent into Flanders with other Commissioners there to treat of Peace with the Prince of Parma General of the King of Spâ—ins Forces in those parts In 32 Eliz. he was constituted Lord High Steward of England upon the Tryal of Philip Earl of Arundell And having married Margaret Daughter to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland and of Alianore his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Charles Brandon Duke of Suff. by Mary the Queen Dowager of France one of King Henry the seventh's Daughters he begot on her three Sons Edward who dyed young as also Ferdinando and William successively Earls of Derby By his Testament bearing date 21 Sept. An. 1594. 35 Eliz. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his Chapell at Ormeskirk and departing this life upon the 25 of Sept. ensuing was there interred To whom succeeded Ferdinand his surviving Son and Heir who overlived him but a short time For having by his Testament bearing date 12 Apr. 36 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his said Chapell at Ormeskirk he departed this life in the flower of his youth soon after not without suspicion of poyson whereupon he was there interred upon the sixth of May next ensuing leaving issue by Alice his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Spencer of Althorpe in Com. Northt Knight three Daughters his Heirs Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Chandos Frances to Sir Iohn Egerton Knight afterwards Earl of Bridgwater and Elizabeth to Henry Lord Hastings afterwards Earl of Huntington Whereupon William his Brother and Heir Male succeeding him in his Honours a dispute arose betwixt those Heirs Female and him touching the title to the Isle of Man The Queen therefore being not ignorant that not only divers Runagates of the English but Spaniards her Enemies might resort thither committed the charge thereof to Sir Thomas Gerard Knight afterwards Lord Gerard till that controversy should be judicially determined The decision of which point being brought before her learned Council they declared that the right thereof did solely appertain to her Majesty and that the Stanleys and Earls of Derby had no good title thereto by reason that King Henry the fourth shortly after he attain'd the Crown of this Realm upon the Outlary of William Scrope then Lord thereof bestowed it on Henry Earl of
Northumberland and upon his Rebellion about six years after granted it to Iohn Stanley for life Northumberland not then being by Parliament attainted nor his possessions adjudg'd to be confiscate As also for that about a month after Stanley and the King agreed that those Letters Patents to him for life should be surrendred and cancell'd and that he should have an estate thereof in Fee So that considering the grant for life was before such time as the King was legally intitled thereto by Northumberland's attainder they pronounced that the King could not pass unto him any estate for life as also that the other grant which had its foundation from the surrender of the estate for life could not be of any validity Whereupon the Queen referring them to the Law this Earl came to an Agreement with those Heirs Female Daughters to Ferdinando Earl of Derby before-mention'd paying them divers sums of money to quit their claim thereto as also with Thomas Lord Ellesmere then Lord Chancellour of England and Alice his Wife widdow of the same Earl Ferdinando And as to the Kings title obtained a grant from him of the said Isle with all the Regalities belonging to it unto himself and to the Lady Elizabeth his Wife for life as also to the survivor of them And after that unto Iames Lord Stanley for so he is call'd his Son and Heir and to the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Robert Stanley younger Brother to the said Iames and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Heirs Male of the Body of the said Earl Which grant bears date 7 Iulii 7 Iac. and was ratified together with that agreement with the coheirs before mention'd by a special act in the Parliament begun at Westminster 19 Martii 1 Iac. and held by Prorogation until the ninth of February 7 Iac. as by the Record thereof return'd into the Chancery by Writ of Certiorare bearing date 30 Iulii 8 Iac. appeareth but I return This William was made Knight of the most noble order of the Garter in the time of that Queen and married Elizabeth eldest Daughter to Edward Earl of Oxford by whom he had Issue two Sons Iames who succeeded him in his Honours and Sir Robert Stanley Knight As also three Daughters Elizabeth who died young Anne first married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Com. Somers Baronet afterwards to Sir Robert Carr Knight Earl of Ancrum in Scotland and another Elizabeth who died young And departing this life upon the 29 September An. 1642. was buried with his Ancestors at Ormeskirk To whom succeeded Iames his Son and Heir a person highly accomplisht with learning prudence loyalty and true valour Whereof none to whom he was well known are ignorant and as by this brief ensuing Narrative of the last and tragick part of his life may abundantly appear To pass by the great state wherein he lived whilst this Realm continued in peace and his wonderful Hospitality He was one of the first that repaired to the late King Charles of Blessed Memory at York when by reason of the dangerous Tumults at Westminster in the beginning of the year 1642. his Majesty became necessitated to retire thither Whence being ordered back into Lancashire to prepare for that Kings reception upon a resolution taken for setting up the Standard Royal at Warington he forthwith mustred that whole County on the three Heaths near Berry Ormskirk and Preston where he had an appearance of at least twenty thousand men at each place intending the like course in Cheshire and North-Wales by virtue of his Commission as Lord Lieutenant in those parts But in this interim the place resolv'd on for erecting the Standard being chang'd to the great disappointment of the Kings faithful Subjects in those parts and the no less encouragement of his enemies it was set up at Notingham where the Countries not coming in so freely as was expected the King by special Letters desired his Lordship to raise what men be could and to hasten to him Whose answer was that he would do his best but that the Case was then much altered a great part of the Country resolving to stand Neuters and that many others had already joined with the Rebels and seised upon Manchester All this notwithstanding amongst his own Tenants dependants and private friends he raised three Regiments of Foot and three Troops of Horse which he cloath'd and arm'd at his own charge and then posted to the King at Shrewsbury for orders how to dispose of them Whereupon his Majesty commanding him to return and forthwith to make trial of one smart assault upon Manchester and then whether he mastered that Town or not to march up to the general Camp he repaired to those his Forces drew up before that Town and upon his Summons thereof it refusing any Treaty directed an assault at four of the clock the next morning with hopes to carry it But that very night receiving commands from the King to haste to him in two days space he brought up his Regiments and Troops to his Majesty Which being disposed of under the command of other Officers he was desired to return back and take what care he could of the Country Hereupon the predominant party in that unhappy Parliament then sitting at Westminster made offer to him of the largest terms imaginable in case he would come in to them or quit the Kings service but to this he answered When I turn Traytor I may hearken to these propositions but till then let me have no more of these Papers at the peril of him that brings them this being the second time they had in that kind attempted him By this time the enemy having Garrison'd the Towns of Lancaster and Preston and in a manner brought the whole County under their power his Lordship set himself to fortifie his own House at Lathom and though his Arms and Magazine were gone made shift with the assistance of his Friends to cut off three Companies of the Enemy on Houghton Common as also to take Lancaster and Preston by storm in the former leading on his men himself with a half Pike in his hand after one repulse to the second assault which did the business Manchester having in all probability follow'd had not his Auxiliaries and his own Forces been call'd away in that very nick of time when he was ready for the attempt Soon after this upon information that the enemy had a design upon the Isle of Man he was ordered thither for the security of that place And went accordingly having first made some necessary provisioâ—s of Men Moneys and Ammunition for the protection and defence of his incomparable Lady at Lathom to whose charge he committed his Children House and other his English concerns She being therefore thus left in that House the Enemy lookt upon it as their own little expecting from a Woman being a stranger and that a place so unprovided as they
Suff. as also of the Mannours of Dolyngham and Michell-Hall otherwise called Earles Swasham in Com. Cantabr then in the Crown by the attainder of Iohn Earl of Oxford And in 17 E. 4. was joined in Commission with the Earl of Arundel and others to treat with the French for prolongation of the Truce betwixt both Realms In 18 E. 4. he obtained a grant of the Office of Constable of the Tower of London in reversion after the death of Iohn Lord Dudley and in 19 E. 4. was by Indenture again retein'd to serve the King as Captain General of his Fleet against the Scots with three thousand Men at Arms. He was likewise installed Knight of the Garter in the time of that King And having been thus faithful to the House of York during the whole time of King Edward the fourths reign he continued no less stedfast to King Richard the third after he had got the Crown though I do not find that he had any hand in those evil contrivances and barbarous actions which were exercised by Richard in order thereto So that to oblige him the more he was upon the 28 of Iune in the first year of that Kings Reign made Earl Marshal of England and upon the same day advanced to the dignity of Duke of Norfolk Thomas his Son being about that time also created Earl of Surry and in order to the solemnity of King Richard's Coronation upon the thirtieth of that month was constituted high Steward of England for that day as also Lord Admiral of England Ireland and Aquitane for life upon the 25 of Iuly ensuing upon which day he likewise obtained a grant in special tail of the Mannours and Lordships of Lavenham in Com. Suff. Canfeild Stansted-Montfichet Crepping Langdon Crustwiche Eston Hall Vauce Fyngreton Dodynghurst Bumsted-Melyon Beamond and Bentley in Com. Essex Badlesmere in Com. Canc. Hinkeston in Com. Cantabr Rosteneythe Helston Deby Predannok Poledewe Etheron Dawneth Ratleton Tresaveron Hilleton Heyvenis Newland Harnatethy Park Trewigo Wycoteham Penhall Nausergh with the Hundreds of Trelyghen and Shrobhender in Com. Cornub. Bretford Wellelewe Rustishall Chepenham Teffount Bremilshawe Upton Skydmore Weston Park Wermynster and Winterborne-Stoke in Com. Wiltes Hungerford in Com. Berks. as also of the Castle Lordship and Mannour of Farlegh in Com. Somerset and Wilts And shortly after that obtained another grant in special tail of the Mannours and Lordships of Middelton Hillington Tilney Istelington Clenchwarton Raynham Shakleshewe Skales Hekelyng Wilton Hokkewod Berton Bendish Wigenhale with the Fishing there and Toll in Bishops Lenne also of the Hundred of Frebrigge with its appurtenances in Com. Norfolk Likewise of the Mannours and Lordships of Lavenham and Warde Huton in Com. Suff. Canfeild Stansted-Montfichet Bentley and Wodham Ferrers in Com. Essex Berkeway Rokeley and Newselles in Com. Hertf. Haselingfeild in Com. Cantabr Langham alias Langnam in Com. Dors. Keres and Retire in Com. Cornub. Exton South-Brent Chillington Stratton Yebelton and Spekington in Com. Somers Ber Lortye in Com. Dors. Foxhunt in Com. Suss. Frid in Boderesden in Com. Cantabr Petersfeldâ— and Vp Clatford in Com Southt and Knoke Bedwyn and Orcheston in Com. Wilts to hold by the same services as they had been held before they came to the Crown But long he enjoy'd not this great Honour nor these vast possessions For the next ensuing year being placed in the Front of the King's Army at Bosworth-field where he commanded the Archers he was with that King slain 22 Aug. an 1485. 3 R. 3. and buried in the Abby of Therâ—ord in Com. Norff. As also soon after attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster 7 Nov. 1 H. 7. He Married two Wives First Katherine Daughter to William Lord Molins by whom he had Issue Thomas his Son and Heir and four Daughters Anne Married to Sir Edmund Gorge Knight Isabell to Sir Robert Mortimer of ... in Com. Essex Knight Iane to Iohn Timperley Esq and Margaret to Sir Iohn Windham of Crowherst in Com. Norff. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Sir Iohn Chedworth Kt. by whom he had Issue Catherine Married to Iohn Bourchier Lord Berners Which Margaret surviving him by her Testament bearing date 13 Maii an 1490. 5 H. 7. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Quire of the Church of our Lady in Stoke before her Image on the side of the high Altar Appointing that immediately after her Decease besides the day of her Burying her Executors should find three hundred Priests secular and Religious to say CCC Masses and Diriges for her Soul within eight or ten days after her decease evry Priest having for his labour iv d. Likewise that her Executors with as much speed as might be should find two virtuous Priests to sing in the Church of Stoke by the space of three years for her Soul as also for the Souls of her Husband Iohn Noreys Esq and all other unto whom she was beholden And bequeathed to her Daughter the Lady Berners and to her then Husband all her Houshould stuff except plate and to her Daughter Marney a Chain of Water-Flowers Ordaining her Son in Law Thomas Earl of Surrey Suervisor of this her Testament to whom she gave a Cup of Gold and a Cross with the foot silver and gilt The Probate of which Testament bears date 3 Dec. an 1494. Which Thomas being Squire of the Body to King Edward the Fourth his Father then living was retain'd to serve him is his Wars in 15 E. 4. with six men at Arms and CC. Archers and the next ensuing year constituted Sheriff of the Counties of Norff. and Suff. He was also Created Earl of Surrey at such time as Iohn his Father was made Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Third And though he took part with that King and fought valiantly on his behalf at Bosworth-field where he was taken Prisoner yet did King Henry the Seventh afterwards receive him into favour and made choice of him for one of his privy-Privy-Council vir prudentiâ gravitate constantiâ summâ a person of great prudence gravity and constancy saith Polydore whom he ferv'd faithfully during the whole time of his reign In 4 H. 7. he was in Parliament restored to his Title of Earl of Surrey and to all those Lands which were of his Wives Inheritance And the same year upon that Insurrection in the North occasion'd by the Assessing of a Subsidy wherein the Earl of Northumberland was Murthered through the fury of the multitude he was sent with a strong power for the suppressing thereof And in 8 H. 7. was again imploy'd into the North to restrain the Incursions of the Scots In 13 H. 7. upon the Siege of Norham-Castle by those bold Invaders being then in Yorkeshire he marcht towards them but before he could reach to Norham they quitted their ground and retired
Hundred of Colridge 144 19 07 ob q. Telhamptone 05 11 05 ob q. In Com. Somers Shipton-Mountagu 16 12 08. Chedsey with Cantlous 110 12 02. Dounpole 10 11 06 q. Dunyate 27 19 06. Somertone 72 03 09 ob q. The Fee-ferm of Congresbury payable by the Bishop of Bathe 54 00 00. In Com. Dors. Sooyre 07 07 03. Newton-Mountagu 13 10 01. A Fee ferm payable by the late Abbot of Byndone 20 00 00. In Com. Sutht The Mannor Castle Burgh and Hundred of Christ-Church 100 14 03 q. Ringwode 68 08 02 q. Swaynsone 85 17 00. Warblingtone 33 18 00. Chaltone 18 13 04. Huntone 14 01 06. In Com. Wilts Erle-Stoke 54 11 07 ob In Com. Buck. The Fee ferm of Aylesbury 60 00 00. Aston-Clynton 42 04 10. Aston-Chevery 27 10 09 ob In Com. Hertf. Ware 107 03 01 ob In Com. Essex Clavering 63 03 06. In reversion in the Counties of Essex 28 00 00. Monmouth 41 06 08. Wilts A Rent called the Cr. money of the Earl of Sarum 20 00 00. In Com. Berks. Crokeham 25 12 06. A Fee ferm in Lamborne 05 06 08. In Com. Hertf. Bushe 25 12 10. In Com. Essex North-West Basset 55 05 07. London The Miese called the Herbre with certain Tenements thereunto belonging 12 11 08. In Com. Suff. Newton-Hall 17 00 00. In Com. Northt Estone 23 01 08. In Com. Ebor. A Fee Ferm paid by the Abbot of Kirkshall 13 06 08. In Com. Monmouh Walsh Becknore 07 15 00. Llanvere and Llangyve 20 17 10. In Com. Somers Stapull-Fitz pain 42 08 11 ob In Com. Buck. Elleseburgh 18 07 00. Medmenbam 33 07 09. Â The total 2046 03 11. dim q. Of these her Sons Henry being the eldest had a special Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance in 5 H. 8. so that 't is like his Father died at that time or not long before and in 13 H. 8. by the title of Lord Mountague was restored to the Kings favour After which in 15 H. 8. he attended the Duke of Suffolk then General of the English-Army sent into France But as to any Creation by Patent or other advancement to that dignity I cannot speak until 21 H. 8. that he had summons to Parliament and took his place there amongst the rest of the Peers upon the first of December the same year by the title of Lord Mountague Which was doubtless in respect of his descent from that noble Family by his Mother Howbeit shortly after in 22 H. 8. I find him rankt the first in number of all the Barons who did in full Parliament subscribe that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby they gave him a modest intimation that in case he did not comply with King Henry in that business of his intended Divorce from Queen Katherine the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy in this Realm would be in danger In 24 H. 8. upon that Royal journey made by King Henry into France at which time he had such honourable reception at Boloine by King Francis the first he was one of his attendants thither and the same year with divers other persons of note made one of the Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen But in 30 H. 8. upon the fifth of November being one of those who with the Marquess of Exeter stood charged by his own Brother Sir Geffrey Pole Knight with devising to advance Reginald Pole his other Brother Dean of Exeter then beyond Sea to the Royal Throne of this Realm and to depose the King he was sent to the Tower and with that Marquess and others arraigned of High Treason at Westminster before the Lord Audley Lord Chancellour the High Steward of England for that occasion upon the third of Ianuary and being found guilty suffcred death on Tower Hill upon the ninth of the same month Leaving Issue by Iane his Wife Daughter to George NevillLord Bergavenny two Daughters his Heirs Katherine married to Francis Earl of Huntington and Winifride to Sir Thomas Hastings Knight second Son to George Earl of Huntington afterwards to Sir Thomas Barington Knight which Daughters upon their Petition in Parliament 1 Mariae were restored in Blood and Honour Touching the younger Brethren of this Henry all I have seen is that Geffry the second though he did accuse this Henry of what in substance was laid to his charge he had also Sentence of death passed upon him but suffered not And that Arthur the third Son in an 1562. 5 Eliz. being charged with purposing to go to the Duke of Guise into France and to return with a power into Wales whereby the Queen of Scots might attain the Crown of this Realm and himself be declared Duke of Clarence had judgment of death but by reason of his near alliance to Queen Eliz. no execution ensued And as to Reginald the 4th and youngest his Education being first at Magdalen-Colledge and afterwards at Corpus Christi-Colledge in Oxford he obtained the Deanery of Exeter by the gift of King Henry the 8th Then travelled into Italy and other parts for seven years making his chief abode at Padua At which time King Henry having abolished the Popes Supremacy here sent for him home and for his neglect to come proclaimed him Traytor and disposed of his Deanery to another Also being thought a fit instrument for the English affairs as occasion should serve for he was a person of excellent parts and for his integrity of life and modest behaviour much beloved and reverenced he was made Cardinal 22 Maii an 1536. 28 H. 8. and one of the three that presided in the Council of Trent when Queen Mary began her reign being sent for into England he came as Legate from Pope Iulius the third and obtained a Repeal of his Attainder by a special Act of Parliament Likewise he was then made Archbishop of Canterbury 22 Maii an 1555. 1 2 Ph. M. and so continued till his death which hapned 17 Nov. an 1558. being the very day on which Queen Mary departed this life the tidings whereof as 't is said being much weakned by a Quartan-Ague broke his Heart Whereupon he had Burial on the North side of that little Chapell in the Cathedral at Canterbury which is at the end of St. Thomas Becket's Oratory Somerset Earl and Marquess of Worcester 1 H. 8. HAving in my discourse of Henry Duke of Somerset who lost his life in 3 E. 4. sufficiently manifested that he left no other Issue than one natural Son called Charles begotten on Ioan Hill his Paramour I shall now take notice of what I have seen memorable of the same Charles and his descendents This Charles being a person of great parts arrived to very high advancements in those times wherein he lived aswell in Honour as Estate
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
Chamberlain the Earls of Arundel and Montgomery with the Vicounts L'isle Walingford and Fenton being witnesses thereto And upon the Thirtieth of Ianuary the next year following made him Lord High Admiral of England Ireland and Principality of Wales After which upon the fourth of February he was sworn of the Privy-Council As also about this time made Chief Justice in Eyre of all the Parks and Forests South of Trent Master of the King's Bench-Office High-Steward of Westminster and Constable of Windsore Castle In 21 Iac. being sent with the Prince into Spain to accelerate the marriage then in agitation with a daughter of that King they began their Journey from Court on Tuesday 18 Feb. 1623. with disguised Beards and Names viz. Thomas Smith and Iohn Smith attended only by Sir Richard Grabam Master of his Horse Riding post to Canterbury where they took fresn Horses they were stopt by the Mayor as suspicious persons whereupon this Marquess was constrain'd to take off his Beard and to tell him that he was going in that covert manner to take a private view of the Fleet being Admiral At Dovor they found Sir Francis Cottington the Prince his Secretary and M r Endymion Porter who had provided a Vessel to transport them And landed at Boâ—oâ—ne whence they rode that night to Monstruel and came to Paris on Friday following 22 Febr. Thence having spent one whole day there to view the City and Court they got to Bayâ—ne the utmost Town of France in six dayes and so in four dayes more viz. Wednesday 5 Martii to Madrid Where within a short time there had like to have hapned a great difference betwixt him and Conde d' Olivares upon pretence that he had given some intimation of the Prince his Conversion to the Romish-Religion which he dissavowed As to what passed there in reference to that Match or otherwise I shall not take upon me to make any relation referring it wholly to our Annalists only taking notice that during his stay there a Present was made to him by the Governor of that Rich Cloth of State which was borne over the King of Spain and Prince of England upon the Princes solemn entrance into that Town Also that he there receiv'd a Complemental Letter from the Pope Gregory the Fifteenth inciting him to be instrumental for restoring the Romish Religion in these Dominions Moreover that being there disrelish'd for his heighth of spirit French garb and taking upon him overmuch familiarity with the Prince he receiv'd some affronts which did not a little enrage him against the Conde de Olivares and that before his departure thence he obtained another Patent from King Iames bearing date 18 Maii 21 Iac. whereby he was created Earl of Coventre and Duke of Buckingham His departure with the Prince from Madrid was upon the 12 th of September An. 1623. and arrival at Portsmouth upon the fifth of October ensuing Upon his return he was made Lord Warden of the Cinque-ports and Steward of the Mannor of Hampton-Court That Match being thus broke 't is said that he drew the Prince to take a Popular way and to close with those of the privy-Privy-Council and Nobility who were most opposite to Spaine and best liked by the Puritans and that thereupon he projected the calling of a Parliament to gain the greater credit with the people Which so incensed the Spaniard that their Embassadors aspersed him with a design to take off K. Iames and dispose of him to his Country-Houses and Pastimes the Prince having years and abilities sufficient for publick Government and that he had strucken in with all popular men viz. Oxford Southampton Essex Say and others endeavouring to raise an opinion of his own greatness and to lessen the King As also that thereupon they advised His Majesty to rid Himself of this Captivity But long it was not after this that King Iames died at Theobalds Whereupon he was made Lord High Steward for the Coronaâ—â—on-day of King Charles the First and sent with the Earl of Holand to the States of the United Provinces to Treat with them and with the Ministers of other Confederate-Princes touching a common diversion for recovery of the Palatinate At which time being in those parts he purchased a choice Collection of Arabick Manuscripts gained in remote Countries through the Industry and diligence of Erpinius a famous Linguist Which Manuscripts were after his death bestowed on the University of Cambridge whereof he was Chancelor whereunto he intended them As he had been the chief Favourite of King Iames so was he to King Charles whose marriage with a daughter of France being consummated by a Proxie there he was sent to conduct her into England and accordingly came to Paris upon the 24 th of May An. 1625. Also after his return he was imploy'd with the Earl of Holand to the Hague for entring a League with the States of the United Provinces against the Emperor and King of Spain But before the revolution of that year a Parliament being call'd at Westminster and therein a great noise made of sundry Grievances notwithstanding he had much pleased the people in being the chiefest Instrument for breaking the Spanish-Match the Commons fell sharply upon him as the prime cause of all Publick-miscarriages framing divers Articles against him chiefly grounded on Common Fame Against all which clamour the King Himself did most graciously vindicate him Notwithstanding all which in the Parliament at Westminster the next ensuing year the Earl of Bristoll who had been Embassador in Spain in order to the Prince's Marriage exhibited Articles against him of high concernment the House of Commons also impeaching him very sharply But therein nothing was done by reason of that Parliaments dissolution soon after That which I find in the next place most memorable of him is That the King discerning the House of Austria to aime at the ruine of the Reform'd Religion through Christendome and that they had prevailed with the French to obstruct the landing of Count Manfeild's Army contrary to promise with whom they should have joyn'd for Relief of the Palatinate which proved the loss of the whole Protestant-Party in Germany Also that notwithstanding His Majesty had by His Mediation prevailed for a Peace betwixt the King of France and his Protestant subjects that King did not only block up their Towns and Forts making great spoil upon them but seized no less than an Hundred and twenty English Ships with their Merchandize and Artillery He therefore raised considerable Forces to vindicate these their injurious dealings making this Duke General of them as also Admiral of his whole Fleet to the end that he might demand just reparation therein Whereupon setting saile from the West of England upon Wednesday 27 Iunii An. 1627. 3 Car. 1.
against the Dutch on tuesday 28 Maii An. 1672 He hath also two daughters Diana married to the Baron of Mol in Flanders and Anne to Robert now Earl of Sunderland Francis Lord Verulam Vicount St. Alban 16 Iac. COnsidering that this person was so eminent for his Learning and other great abilities as his excellent works will sufficiently manifest though a short Narrative of his life is already set forth by Doctor William Raleigh his domestique Chaplain I am not willing to omit the taking notice of such particulars as are most memorable of him and therefore shall briefly recount partly from that Narrative and partly from other authorities what I have observed in order thereto As to his Parentage he was the youngest of those two male Children which Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave in com Suff. Knight had by Anne his wife one of the six daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke of Giddy-Hall in com Essex Knight a person much honoured for his Learning and being Tutor to King Edward the Sixth all those Daughters being exquisitely skilled in the Greek and Latine Tongues Which Nicholas having been a diligent Student of the Laws in Grays Inn was made the Kings Attorney in the Court of Wards in 38 H. 8. and upâ—n the death of that King which soon after hapned had his Patent for the same trust renewed by his son and successor King Edward the Sixth In the sixth year of whose Reign he was constituted Treasurer for that Noble Society of Grays-Inn whereof he had been so long a Member And being grown famous for his knowledge was shortly after viz. in 1 Eliz. made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and Knighted which Office in his time was by Act of Parliament made equal in authority with the Chancellours What I have otherwise observed of this Sir Nicholas Bacon is that being no friend to the Queen of Scots then Prisoner in England he was privy and assenting to what Hales had publisht in derogation to her title as next and lawful Successor to Queen Elizabeth asserting that of the House of Sufâ—olk before it for which Hales suffered imprisonment and had not Cecill stood his faithful friend so might he nothing being more distastful to Queen Elizabeth then a dispute upon that point Next that in 14 Eliz. upon those Proposals made by the Nobility of Scotland for her enlargement he opposed it alleadging that no security could ballance the danger thereof Lastly that upon his death which hapned in April An. 1579. 21 Eliz. this Character is given of him by the Learned Camden viz. that he was Vir praepingius ingenio acerrimo singulari prudentia summâ— eloquentia tenaci memoriâ— sacris consiliis alterum columen Of persons very corpulent most quick Wit singular Prudence admirable Eloquence special Memory and another pillar to the Privy-Council Whereupon being interred on the South side of the Quire in St. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London he had a noble Monument there erected to his memory with this â—pitaph Hîc Nicolaum ne Beconem conditum existima illum tam diu Britannici Regni seâ—undum columen exitium malis Bonis Asylum caâ—ca quem non extulit ad hunc honorem sors sed Aequitas Fides Doctrina Pietas unica prudentia Neu fortè raptum crede qui unica brevi vitâ perenni emerit duas agit vitam secundam caelites inter animas Fama implet orbem vita quâ—e illi tertia est Hac positum in arâ est corpus olim animi domus Ara dicata sempiternae memoriae Thus much touching the Parentage of this Francis his Birth being at York-House in the Strand upon the twenty second day of Ianuary An. 1560. 2 Eliz. It is observed that in his tender years his pregnancy was such as gave great indication of his future high accomplishments in so much as Queen Eliz. took notice of him and called him the young Lord Keeper also that asking him how old he was though but a Boy he answered that he was two years younger then her Majâ—sties most happy Reign As to his Education he was of Trinitie-Colledge in Cambridge under the tuition of Doctor Iohn Whitgift then Master there but afterwards the renowned Archbishop of Canterbury Where having with great proficiency spent some time he was sent into France with Sir Amias Paulet her Majesties Leiger Ambassador and thence intrusted with a message to the Queen which he performed with much approbation and so returned After this coming from Travail and applying himself to the study of the Common Law he was seated in â—rays-Inn Where in short time he became so highly esteemed for his abilities as that in 30 Eliz. being then but 28 years of age that honorable society chose him for their Lent Reader and in 32 Eliz. was made one of the Clerks of the Council In 42 Eliz. being double Reader in that House and affecting much the ornament thereof he caused that beautiful Grove of â—lmes to be planted in the Walks which yet remain And upon the 23 of Iuly 1 Iac. was Knighted at Whitehal Shortly after which viz. in 2 Iac. he was made one of the Kings Council learned having therewith a Grant of forty pounds per annum fee and in 5 Iac. constituted his Majesties Sollicitor General In 9 Iac. he was made joint Judge with Sir Thomas Vavasor then Knight Marshal of the Knight Marshal's Court then newly â—rected within the Verge of the Kings House and in 11 Iac. 27 Oct. being made Atturney General was sworn of the Privy Council In 14 Iac. he was constituted Lord Keeper of the great Seal 7 Martii being then fifty four years of age At which time the King admonisht him that he should Seal nothing rashly as also that he should judge uprightly and not extend the Royal Prerogative too high After which viz. upon the seventh day of May which was the first day of Easter Term next ensuing he made his solemn proceeding to Westminster hall in this order first the writing Clerks and inferiour Officers belonging to the Court of Chancery Next the Students of the Law Thâ—n the Gentlemen of his own Family After them the Sergeant at Arms and bearer of the Great Seal on foot Then himself on Horseback in a Gown of Purple Satin riding betwixt the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal Next divers Earls Barons and Privy Councillors Then the Judges of the Court at UUestminster whose place in that proceeding was assigned after the Privy Councellors And when he came into the Court the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal gave him his Oath the Clerk of the Crown reading it Upon the fourth of Ianuary 16 Iac. he was made Lord Chancellor of England On the eleventh of Iuly next ensuing created Lord Verulam and on the twenty seventh of Ianuary