and soon after called to the Degree of a Serjeant at Law John Lord Coventry Baron of Alesbrough in the County of Worcester enjoys an Estate of vast extent and worth as Heir to those two most famous Lawyers of their time the first of which was Thomas Coventry of the Inner-Temple London Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Father of the no less Learned Thomas Coventry a Student in the same Society who for his great Abillities was first Recorder of London next Sollicitor and afterwards Attorney General to King James and lastly further advanced to the Dignity of Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England which Honourable place he Executed with great Honour and Justice for the space of Fifteen years in the Reign of King Charles the first And was longer than any person before or since his time ever held the same and longer he might have enjoyed it had not Death interposed Francis Smyth Lord Carrington and Baron of Woton in Warwickshire is directly descended from John Smyth Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth which John Dyed seized of a very plentiful Estate most of his own acquiring John Lord Colepeper Baron of Thoresway in the County of Lincolne is lineally descended by many worthy Ancestors and men of great quallity in the County of Kent from John Colepeper Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth The Father of this Lord Colepeper was Master of the Rolls for a short time till he was devested thereof for his Loyalty by the Parliament about the year 1642. Thomas Crew Lord Crew and Baron of Stone in the County of Northampton is the Grandson and Heir to Sir Thomas Crew Knight one of his Majesties Serjeants at Law in the Reign of King Charles the First which Sir Thomas purchased a very fair Estate in the County of Northampton himself being a younger Branch of the Antient Family of the Crews of Crew in Cheshire A younger Brother of the present Lord Crew is the Right Reverend Father in God Nathaniel Lord Bishop of Durham Hugh Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudleigh in the County of Devon is the Son and Heir to the late famous and truly honourable Sir Thomas Clifford Baron Clifford of Chudleigh who was of the Society of the Middle-Temple and for his singular Learning and Merits was made Lord High-Treasurer of England which great Trust he faithfully Executed with all the Justice and integrity imaginable Francis Lord North Baron of Guilford in the County of Surry whose descent from Edward North Esq Treasurer and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations I have herein before expressed being a younger Son of Dudly late Lord North applyed himself to the Study of the Law in the Middle-Temple in which he became so eminent for his great Learning and Experience that he was first invested with the Honour of Knighthood and then constituted his now Most Gracious Majesties Solicitor General after Attorney General then one of his said Majesties Serjeants at Law and shortly after Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas from whence upon the Death of the late Earl of Nottingham his Lordship was most worthily removed to the Dignity of Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England in which he now continues Administring Justice and Equity without partiallity to the great ease and satisfaction of His Majesties Subjects and his own everlasting Honour Henry Lord Farfax Baron of Cameron in the Kingdom of Scotland is descended from that Learned Lawyer Sir Guy Farfax Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth which Sir Guy was descended of a Family of great Antiquity and Honour in the County of York in which his now Lordship's residence is Henry Lord Richardson Baron of Cramond in the said Kingdom of Scotland is descended from the late famous Sir Thomas Richardson of Lincolns-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law first Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas and thence removed to the same Dignity in the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King James by which honourable places and his own great Abillities he laid a fair foundation to that Honour and Estate which now attends this Noble Lord. Henry Hare Baron of Colerane in the Kingdom of Ireland is descended from Sir Nicholas Hare Knight Reader of the Inner-Temple in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth made Master of the Rolls in the Reign of Queen Mary and from Hugh Hare Esq who was Reader of the same Society in the last Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Thomas Needham Lord Kilmurry of the Kingdom of Ireland is descended from Sir John Needham of Shevington Alias Sheinton in the County of Salop Knight Serjeant at Law Cheif Justice of Chester and one of the Judges of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the beginning of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Baronets SIR Edmond Bacon of Redgrave in the County of Suffolke Baronet the first of that Dignity within this Kingdom is Descended from the famous Sir Nicholas Bacon of Grays-Inn Knight Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries and Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth a younger Son of which Sir Nicholas was the no less learned Francis Bacon of Grays-Inn aforesaid a person singularly read in the Laws and of incomparable Parts in respect whereof he was Created Baron of Verulam Viscount St. Albans and Lord High Chancellor of England by King James which great Honours and Preferments were soon blasted by some great Offence he committed during the time he had the Custody of the Seal and so became reduced to lead the remainder of his Life in privacy at his Chambers in Grays-Inn till his Death leaving no Issue Male. Sir Henry Hobart of Intwood in the County of Norfolk Baronet a Gentleman of a very fair Estate in those parts is the great Grandson and Heir to Sir Henry Hobart of Lincolns-Inn Knight and Baronet Serjeant at Law Attorney General to King James and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas a person of profound Judgment and Knowledge in the Laws as by his Learned works lately published under the Title of Hobarts Reports is sufficiently manifested which said Reverend Judge was descended by a Younger Son from Sir James Hobart Knight Reader of the same Society and Attorney General to King Henry the Seventh Sir John Shelly of Michelgrove in the County of Sussex Barronet is Descended from William Shelly of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry
so great perfection that his most gracious Majesty as a mark of his Royal Favour hath been pleased to make choice of him to execute the Office of his Solicitor General being but an entrance to those future preferments which his great Learning Loyalty and Elloquence do most justly intitle him to He is the Second Son of the late Famous and most Incomparable Lawyer Heneage Earl of Nottingham Lord High Chancellor of England and the true inheritor of his great Abilities and Judgement who as in the Catalogue of the Nobility I have there mentioned was the Son and Heir of another great Lawyer of the same Society namely Sir Heneage Finch Knight Serjeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London a younger Son of Sir Thomas Finch and Brother to Thomas Finch Earl of Winchelsea Roger North of the Middle-Temple Esq Chief Justice of Chester and one of His Majesties Learned Council in the Law is a younger Brother to the Right Honourable Francis Lord North Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Sons of Dudley late Lord North of Carthlidge who was descended from Edward Lord North a person eminently Learned in the Laws and Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations in the Reigns of Henry the Eighth Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary Evan Seys of the City of Gloucester and of Boverton in the County of Glamorgan Esq several times one of the Members of Parliament for the said City was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law by the Arch-Traytor Oliver Cromwell in the year 1656 and again by his present Majesty in the year 1660. which said Evan Seys being by Birth of the Ancient British Race is descended from Roger Seys of Boverton aforesaid a Man of great Note and Attorney General of the whole Principality of Wales in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Tristram Coniers of the Middle Temple Serjeant at Law and of Walthamstow in the County of Essex Esq a person of great Judgement and knowledge in the Law is descended from William Coniers Esq a Learned Member of the said honourable Society and one of the Readers thereof in the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Gyles Strangwaies of Melbury-Samford in the County of Dorset Esq a Gentleman of a very fair Estate is the direct descendant of James Strangwaies Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of King Henry the Fifth and Sixth John Caryll of Harting in the County of Sussex Esq a person of great Learning and Integrity is the eldest Malebranch directly descended from Sir John Caryll of Harting aforesaid and of the Inner-Temple Knight one of the Readers of that Honourable Society in the Thirty Sixth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth after which by Queen Mary in the Second year of her Reign he was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law and lastly by Queen Elizabeth was constituted her Attorney of the Dutchy of Lancaster which Sir John Caryll was the Son and Heir to the no less famous and learned John Caryll of the Inner-Temple aforesaid Esq advanced to the like dignity of a Serjeant at Law by King Henry the Eighth in the Second year of his Reign by which two great Sages of the Law was considerable part of the Estate of this Honourable Family raised which remains to their Posterity at this day Francis Plowden of Shiplake in the County of Oxon Esq and Cotton Plowden of the City of London Gentleman are lineally descended from that famous and excellent Lawyer of his time Edmond Plowden originally of Plowden-Hall in the County of Salop a Family of great Antiquity there and of the Middle-Temple Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of Queen Mary by whom he was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law whose Learned Works now extant do sufficiently evidence his great Abilities Thomas Markham of Allerton in the County of Nottingham Esque a person of great Integrity and Repute is the Son and Heir to the late valiant and Loyal Thomas Markham of Allerton aforesaid Esq who discerning the Flames of Rebellion breaking forth upon this Kingdom which threatned no less then those Miseries and Calamities which afterwards befel this distressed Nation did Cordially put himself in Arms on the behalf of His late Majesty in whose Service he was slain at Gainsburgh in Lincolnshire fighting stoutly against the Parliament forces in the year 1643. to the no small diminution of his Estate which Thomas was descended by many Ancestors of the greatest note in this County from Sir John Markham Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fourth and he the Son of Robert Markham and Grandson of John Markham both Eminent Lawyers John Lukener of West-Dean in the County of Sussex Esq a Gentleman of a very ample Fortune is descended from Sir Roger Lukener Knight one of the Readers of the Middle-Temple and made a Serjeant at Law by Queen Elizabeth in the latter end of her Reign which Sir Roger was descended from Geffrey de Lukener one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the beginning of the Reign of King Edward the First John Stoner of Stoner in the County of Oxon Esq a Family of great Honour and Antiquity in this County is descended from John de Stoner Esq Serjeant at Law Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reigns of King Edward the Second and Edward the Third Thomas Sympson of the Inner-Temple Esq is the Son and Heir to the late Learned and Judicious Sir John Sympson of the same Society Knight one of His Majesties Serjeants at Law Recorder of the Town of St. Albans in the County of Hertford and one of the Judges of the Sheriffs Court held in the City of London Thomas Gawdy of Claxton in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from Thomas Gawdy of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of that House and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the beginning of Queen Elizabeths Reign William Fortescue of Buckland in the County of Devon Esq is descended from the famous Sir John Fortescue of Buckland aforesaid Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth he was a Man of profound knowledge and experience in the Law as his Learned Works some part whereof still extant do manifest and by Birth was a younger Son to Sir Henry Fortescue of Wood in the said County of Devon Knight Chief Justice of Ireland and descended of a Family of great Honour and Antiquity in the West of England Edward Tildesly of Morlies in the County of Lancaster Esq is the Son and Heir to that great patern of Loyalty and Valour Sir Thomas Tildesly of Morleys aforesaid Knight who being in Arms on the
of great Loyalty and Repute is the direct Heir to the famous Sir Thomas Bromley of Holt-Castle aforesaid and of the Inner-Temple Knight Recorder of the City of London Solicitor General and lastly Lord High Chancellor of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth which Sir Thomas was the Second Son of George Bromley of Bromley in the County of Chester and of the Inner-Temple Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Francis Bell of Outwell in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from that incomparable Lawyer of his time Sir Robert Bell of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Edward Vaughan of Yrawscoed in the County of Cardigan Esq is the Son and Heir to Sir John Vaughan of Yrawscoed aforesaid Knight Serjeant at Law late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas and Author of the Learned Vollume Entituled Vaughan's Reports Stephen Anderson of Eyworth in the County of Bedford and Hamstead in the County of Middlesex Esq is descended from the Learned Sir Edmond Anderson of the Inner-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James Anthony Irby of Boston in the County of Lincoln Esq a Gentleman of a very plentiful Fortune is descended from Anthony Irby of the Honourable Society of Lincolns-Inn Esq one of the Readers as also for several years one of the Governours thereof in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth William Lenthall of Besselsleigh and Burford in the County of Oxon Esq is the Grandson and Heir to William Lenthall of Lincolns-Inn Esq Reader thereof in the Reign of King Charles the First After the cruel Murther of which Royal Martyr the said William complying with the usurped Authority of those miserable times became a person of principal Note and Action being constituted Master of the Rolls Elected Speaker of the House of Parliament then Sâ—tting and frequently Honoured with the Title of William Lord Lenthall Richard Lovelace of Wargrave in the County of Berks Esq is descended from William Lovelace Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the beginning of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth John Thymelby of Iruham in the County of Lincoln Esq a Gentleman of great Integrity and of ample Fortune is descended from Stephen Thymelby Esq very eminent for his Learning in the Law and one of the Benchers of Lincolns-Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth George Mordant of Ickwell in the County of Bedford Esq is directly descended by a younger Branch from the Right Honourable John Mordant of the Middle-Temple Serjeant at Law and Attorney of the Dutchey of Lancaster in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh after which by King Henry the Eighth he was created Baron of Turvey in the County of Bedford Nicholas Overbury of Barton on the Heath in the County of VVarwick Esq is directly descended by a younger Son from Sir Nicholas Overbury of Burton on the Hill in the County of Glocester and of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Hugh Trevanion of Treluggan in the County of Cornwall Esq is descended from John Trevanion Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Eighth year of the Reign of King Edward the Third Geffrey Nightingal of Knesworth in the County of Cambridge Esq is descended from Geffrey Nightingal Esq one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Allexander Crook of Studly in the County of Bucks Esq is one of the younger Branches descended from Sir John Crook of Waterstock in the County of Oxon and of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Robert Berkley of Spechly in the County of Worcester Esq a person of rare Accomplishments Singular Repute and of an ample Fortune is the Grandson and Heir to the Learned and Loyal Sir Robert Berkly of the Middle Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and for many years one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of His late Majesty of Blessed memory But at last the dark Clouds of Tyranny and Rebellion over-spreading this miserable Nation and all such as favoured or stood firm in their Duty and Allegiance to their Prince being branded with that ignominious Title of Malignants and enemies to the Arbitrary Government of those unhappy days This great Lawyer had the Honour to be one of those many worthy and Loyal Patriots as were then deposed and bereft of their places of trust and great part of their Estates for not complying with the Barbarous cruelties then practiced Mondeford Brampston of the Middle-Temple Esq Recorder of the Burrough of Maulden in the County of Essex is descended from Sir John Brampston of the same Society Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Charles the First John Mingay of Gimingham in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from Francis Mingay Esq one of the Readers of the Inner-Temple in the Reign of King James John Breerewood of the City of Chester Esq is descended from Sir Robert Brerewood of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law Recorder of Chester and one of the Justices of the Court of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Charles the first VVilliam Noy of Pendrea in the County of Cornwall Esq is descended from that expert Lawyer VVilliam Noy Esq a man of great practice one of the Benchers of Lincolns-Inn and Attorney General to his late Majesty King Charles the first in the beginning of his Reign Alexander Denton of Hillesden in the County of Bucks Esq is descended from Thomas Denton a learned Lawyer of the Middle-Temple and one of the Benchers thereof in the Reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Edward Turpin of Basingbourne in the County of Cambridge Esq is descended from John Turpin Esq one of the Governors of Lincolns-Inn in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Thomas Catesby of Ecton in the County of Northampton and of Harmead in the County of Bucks Esq a Family of great Antiquity is descended from Sir John Catesby Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Francis Meynell of Bradley in the County of Derby Esq is descended from Robert Meynell of Lincolns-Inn Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of King Henry the eighth and afterwards called to the dignity of a Serjeant at Law William Ayloff of Chisele in the County of Essex Esq is descended from William Ayloff Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Readers of Lincolns-Inn in the Reign of