dayes he dyed at his House in Cornbury-Park in the County of Oxford in the 71 year of his Age. Laus Deo Sacred Marble safely keep His Dust who under thee must sleep Vntill the years again restore Their Dead and time shall be no more Meane while if He which all things â—ears Does ruine thee or if thy Tears Are shed for him dissolve thy frame Thou art requited for his fame His vertue and his worth shall be Another Monument to thee G. Herbert Lord Gerard of Bromley 1 Iac. IN the first year of Queen Mary Gilbert Gerard a branch of the antient Family of the Gerards of Brin in Com. Lanc. which derive their descent from the great Geraldine-stock in Ireland having been a Student of Gray's Inne for some years was at length by reason of his profound Learning and Knowledge in the Laws made choice of for the Autumn-Reader there in the first year of Queen Maries Reign and in 2 and 3 Ph. M. joyn'd with Nicholas Bacon afterwards Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in the office of Treasurer for that Society In the time of which Queen as by credible Tradition I have heard upon the Lady Elizabeth's being question'd at the Council-Table he was permitted to plead there on her behalf and perform'd his part so well as that he suffred imprisonment for the same in the Tower of London during the remaining terme of Queen Maries Reign For which faithful service and other his great merits upon the 22 th of Iune in the first year of Queen Elizabeth he was constituted her Attorney-general and Knighted in 21 Eliz. In which trust he continued until the 23 d of her Reign and then upon the 30 th of May was made Master of the Rolls This Sir Gilbert built that stately Quadrangular Fabrick of Stone Leaded on the roof at Gerard's Bromley in Com. Staff his principal seat And by his Testament bearing date 8 Ian. An. 1592. 34 Eliz. bequeathed his body to be buried in Christian-burial and died shortly after as may seem from the probate thereof in Aprill next ensuing and lyeth buried at Ashley in Com. Staff where there is a noble Monument erected to his Memory but without any Epitaph leaving issue by Anne his wife daughter and heir to William Râ—tcliffe of UUâ—mersley in Com. Lanc. Esquire two sons Thomas and Ratâ—liffe and four daughters Frances married to Sir Richard Molineux Knight Margaret to Peter Leigh Esquire Catherine to Richard Houghton of Houghton in Com. Lanc. Esquire and Ratcliffe to ... Wingfeâ—ld of ... in Com ... All which four sons in Law had formerly been in Ward to him as I have credibly heard Which Thomas in 39 Eliz. being then a Knight and constituted Knight-Marshal of the King's Houshold for life upon the 21 th of Iuly 1 Iac. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Gerard of Gerard's Bromâ—ey before-mentioned Also in 14 Iac. 7 Martii to be the King's Lieutenant in the Marches of UUales commonly called Lord President He married two wives first Alice daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Rivet Knight by whom he had issue three sons Gilbert William and Iohn Secondly Elizabeth daughter of ... Woodford of ... in Com ... but had no issue by her and departing this life in An. 1618. was buried at Ashley before mentioned To whom succeeded in his honor Gilbert his son and heir who took to wife Eleanore the sole daughter and heir of Thomas Dutton of Dutton in Com. Cestr. Esquire by whom he had issue two sons Dutton and Thomas which Thomas died in his infancy and three daughters Allice married to Roger Owen son and heir to Sir William Owen of Cundover in Com. Salop. Knight Frances to Robert Nedham son and heir to Robert Vicount Kilmorey and Elizabeth to Sir Peter Leicester of Nether-Tabley in Com. Cestr. Baronet This Gilbert died An. 1622. leaving Eleanore his wife surviving who afterwards married to the said Robert Vicount Kilmorey Which Dutton his eldest son and successor had two wives first Mary daughter to Francis Earl of UUestmorland by whom he had issue only one son Charles and Mary a daughter married to Sir Anthony Cope of Hanwell in Com. Oxon. Baronet His second wife was Elizabeth daughter and coheir to Henry Earl of Thomond in Ireland by whom he had issue Elizabeth married to William Spenser of â—shton in Com. Lanc. Esquire a younger son to the Lord Spenser And dying the 22 th of Apr. An. 1640. being then 28 years of age was buried at Ashley To whom succeeded Charles his only son who married Iane the only surviving daughter and sole heir to George Digby of Sandon in Com. Staff Esquire and by her had issue one only son named Digby born 16 Iulii An. 1662. and departing this life upon the 28 th of December An. 1667. was buried at Ashley before-specified Lord Gerard of Brandon GReat-grandson to the before-mentioned Sir Gilbert Gerard Knight was Charles Gerard of Halsall in Com. Lanc. Esq viz. son and heir to Sir Charles Gerard Knight by Penelope his wife sister and coheir to Sir Edward Fitton of Gosworth in Com. Cestr. Kt. son of Raâ—cliff Gerard second son to the same Sir Gilbert by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Sir Charles Somerset Knight of the Bath fourth son to Edward late Earl of UUorcester Which Charles having been trayned up in the Discipline of War from his youth in the United Provinces commonly call'd the Netherlands in the year 1642. taking notice of the danger whereunto our late Sovereign King Charls the First of blessed Memory was unhappily exposed by those armed Forces which the predominant party in the late Long Parliament had with an high hand raised against him under color of asserting the establisht Religion the Laws of the Land the Liberties of the Subject and Priviledges of Parliament most loyally and opportunely repaired to His Majesty at Shrewsâ—uâ—y shortly after the erection of His Royal Standard at Notingham the same year And in a little time raising a Regiment of Foot as also a Troop of Horse at his own Charge for His Service behaved himself with great valor in divers sharp encounters First in the Battel of â—â—neton where he received some dangerous wounds and afterwards in sundry other Fights viz. at the taking of Litchâ—eild and Skirmish at Notingham-Bridge in the first Battel of Newberie and Reliefe of Newark Then as General to Prince Rupert in the parts of South-UUales where his great valor and judicious conduct made him famous for his Victories at â—aerdiffe â—idwelly and â—aermarthin and for his success in taking the Castles of Cardigan Emblin Laugherne and Roche as as also the strong Garrison of Haverford West with the Castles of Picton and Carew Besides these his personal Actings 't is not a little observable that he had two valiant Brothers viz. Edward a Colonel
the second who succeeded him in his Honors and Iames who died in his infancy the three daughters being these Frances married to Sir William Maynard Knight and Baronet afterwards created Lord Maynard Mary and Elizabeth who both died young Secondly Elizabeth daughter to Edward Boughton of Causton in com War Esquire and widow of Sir Richard Wortley of UUortley in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he had issue Sir Iohn Cavendish made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Prince Charles but died in his youth This VVilliam Earl of Devonshire died upon the third day of March An. 1625. and was buried at Endsore before-mentioned To whom succeeded VVilliam his son and heir which VVilliam took to wife Christian daughter to Edward Lord Bruce of Kinlosse in Scotland Master of the Rolls in this Realm and by her had issue three sons first VVilliam secondly Charles a valiant Collonel for the King in those Wars whereunto his Majesty was necessitated for his own defence against the several Armies raised by the prevalent Party in the late Long Parliament in which he had the hard fate to be slain near Gainesborough in com Linc. about the begining of August An. 1643. thirdly Henry who died young also one daughter called Anne married to Robert Lord Rich son and heir to Robert Earl of UUarwick And departing this life at his house near Bishopsgate in the suburbs of London 20 Iunii An. 1628. 4 Car. 2. was buryed at Alhallows Church at Derby in the Vault with Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury his Grandmother upon the eleventh of Iuly next following To this last mentioned VVilliam succeeded VVilliam his son and heir made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first who married Elizabeth daughter to VVilliam Earl of Salisbury by whom he had issue two sons VVilliam now Lord Cavendish and Charles who died unmarried and one daughter called Anne first married to Charles Lord Rich only son to Charles Earl of UUarwick and afterwards to Tohn Lord Burghley the only son to Iohn Earl of Exeter Which VVilliam Lord Cavendish married Mary daughter to Iames Duke of Ormund by whom he hath issue two sons VVilliam and Henry and one daughter called Elizabeth ¶ Having now done with the chief branch of this Family I come to Sir Charles Cavendish Knight third son to the first mentioned Sir VVilliam Cavendish Knight This Sir Charles Cavendish by his Testament bearing date at Welbeck in com Not. 27 Martii An. 1617 15 Iac. bequeathed all his personal estate to Catherine his wife excepting his markt Plate and Hangings whereof he gave her the use during her life which he appointed that Sir William Cavendish Knight of the Bath his son and heir should enjoy And departing this life shortly after for the Probate of this his Testament bears date upon the 20 of Iune next following was buried at Bolesover in com Derb. leaving issue by her the said Catherine who was daughter and heir to Cuthbert Lord Ogle two sons William and Charles Which William being made c Knight of the Bath in An. 1610. 8 Iac. at the â—reation of Henry Prince of Wales was afterwards scil 3 Nov. An. 1620. 18 Iac. advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Ogle as also of Vicount by the title of Vicount Mansfeild And upon the seventh day of March 3 Car. 1. to the dignity of Baron Cavendish of Bolesovor and Earl of Newcastle upon Tine And being in such esteem with that incomparable King of ever blessed memory as that he was made choice of to be Governor unto the Prince his eldest son then of tender years upon that great and strange defection in An. 1642 18 Car 1. when the leading members of that unhappy Long Parliament which began at UUestminster 3 Nov. 1640. raised divers powerful Armies under colour of altering the Religion here established the Laws of the Land the Liberties of the subject and Priviledges of Parliament he first manned and fortified the Town and Port of Newcastle and Castle of Tinemouth for his Majesties service And afterwards levying other Forces in the midst of winter routed the greatest part of those Rebellious people which had made head in Yorkshire taking the most of their strong holds in that spacious County and some other places witness his Victories at Gaynesborough in com Linc. Chesterfield in Derbyshire Piercebrigg Secroft Tankersley Tadcaster Sheffeild Rotheram Yarum Beverley Cawode Selby Halifar Leedes and Bradford all in Yorkshire In which last having vanquisht their greatest Northern Army himself valiantly leading on he took twenty two great guns and many colours Moreover upon the Landing of the Queen at Burlington in Yorkshire in March An. 1642. with Arms and Ammunition which she had brought with her for supply of his Majesties wants at that time he received her there with much honor and with strong Guards conducted her safe to the King at Oxford through many and no small dangers in consideration therefore of which high services he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 27 Oct. 19 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of Marquess of Newcastle After which persevering still in Arms during the whole time of those unhappy Wars in which he stoutly defended the City of Yorke for three months space against three powerful Armies consisting of Scots as well as English and lastly upon the loss of all suffering banishment during the long continuance of the late woful usurpation in farther consideration of these his most loyal adventures he was by our present Soveraign King Charles the Second farther advanced to more and greater titles of honor viz. to the dignity of Earl of Ogle and Duke of Newcastle 16 Martii An. 1664. 16 Car. 2 He married two wives first Elizabeth daughter and sole heir to William Basset of Blore in com Staff Esquire widdow of Henry Howard a younger son to Thomas Earl of Suffolk by whom he had issue two sons Charles and Henry and three daughters scil Iane married to Charles Cheney of Chesham Boys in com Buck. Esquire Elizabeth to Iohn Earl of Bridgwater Frances to Oliver now Earl of Bolinbroke and to his second wife Margaret daughter of Thomas Lucas of Colchester in com Essex Esquire sister to Iohn Lord Lucas but by her had no issue Which Charles took to wife ... daughter to Richard Rogers of Brianston in com Dors. Esquire but died in the life time of his Father without issue so that Henry is now his only son and heir who beareth the title of Earl of Ogle and having married Frances eldest daughter to William Pierpoint of Thoresby in com Not. Esquire second son to Robert late Earl of Kingston upon Hull by her hath issue one son called Henry and four daughters Elizabeth married to Christopher Duke of Albemarle Frances Margeret and Catherine Lord Arundel of Wardour 3 Iac. THis Family is a branch of that
Hang'd never remembring to crave the benefit of his Clergy which is by some observed to be a just judgment of God upon him for having so much wrong'd the Church and all Learning and had his Head smitten off upon a Scaffold at Tower-Hill After which it was not long ere Infirmities seized upon the King from whom this Duke was little absent and so ordering the matter that whilst he languisht Gilford Dudley his fourth Son did marry with the Lady Iane Grey Eldest Daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolk by Frances Daughter to Mary second Sister to King Henry the Eighth and that a Patent was sealed for the same Lady Iane's Succession to the Crown for drawing whereof and excluding his two Sisters with fair pretences the assistance of the Lord Chief Justice Mountagu and Secretary Cecil were used Which Letters Patents were subscribed by all the Privy-Council as also by the greatest part both for number and power of the Nobility the King 's learned Council and all the Judges at the Common Law excepting Sir Iames Hales one of the Justices of the Common Pleas Some being guided by particular Interest for that they were possess'd of so much Monastery and Chantry-land which if Religion should have been altered through Queen Maries coming to the Crown they might have been in danger to lose and others by fear of or obligation to this Duke then so potent and almost absolute in Government of the State that 't was supposed he could make any title good either by his Authority or his Sword And having thus design'd unto himself the power of a King for no less he would have had in Cafe the Lady Iane had been Queen he contrived to get the Princess Mary into his hands causing the King to write his Letters for her coming to him in his sickness But she being made sensible of the Plot when she was within half a days journey of London diverted her course another way After which the King immediately dying he caused the Lady Iane to be Proclaimed Queen But the Tide of the peoples affections flowing towards Mary the Kings Eldest Sister she was likewise Proclaimed first by the Citizens of Norwich and afterwards in the Counties of Buck. and North. neither was there want of numbers in sundry parts of the Realm that began to put themselves in Arms on her behalf It being therefore now no sitting still as Champion for Queen Iane with a Commission under the great Seal of England He marcht out of London with six hundred Horse to suppress any power which should appear for Queen Mary having a promise from the Lords of more Forces to be sent after him But before he came to encounter the opposite party such a change he discern'd in the affections of his own Souldiers whereof many forsook him that to daub up the matter he return'd to Cambridge and there without either Herald or Trumpet accompanied with the Mayor and Marquess of Northampton he Proclaim'd Queen Mary himself in the Market-place and in token of joy threw up his Cap. But all this would no whit secure him for the very next day the Earl of Arundel coming thither from Queen Mary arrested him of Treason Whence he was with three of his Sons Iohn Ambrose and Henry convey'd to the Tower of London and from that place ere long to his Arraignment Where being condemn'd for a Traytor he suffered Death on Tower Hill 22 Aug. and was buried in the Tower-Church by Iohn Cock then Lancaster-Herald who having been his old Servant was willing to shew some respect to him dead from whom whilst living he had received many favours and therefore beg'd his Head only from the Queen that he might bury it in the Tower upon which Suit he had also his whole Body given him Some who write of his Death do affirm that at his end he professed the Romish Religion and it is said that for a witness of his Faith he voucht Dr. Heath Archbishop of Yorke afterwards Lord Chancellor Yet that being much blinded by ambition and apprehending that the alteration of Religion might be a chief means for the accomplishing of his Worldly ends he told Sir Anthony Brown afterwards Vicount Mountagu when he moved him for restoring the Romiâ—â— Religion that albeit he knew the same Religion to be truâ— yet seeing a new Religion was begun Run dog run Devil he would go forward It is also said that having two days before received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper upon the xxii of August he was brought to the place of Execution Where by the perswasion of the before-specified Nicholas Heath soon afterwards Archbishop of York making his own Funeral Oration to the people he acknowledged himself guilty and craving pardon for his unseasonable ambition admonished the standers by that they should embrace the Religion of their fore-fathers rejecting that of later date which had occasioned all the miseries of the forepassed thirty years And for prevention for the â—uture if they desired to present their Souls unspotted to God and were truly affâ—cted to their countrey they should expel those Trumpets of Sedition the preachers of the reformed Religion As for himself he professed that whatsoever he might pretend his conscience was fraught with the Religion of his Fathers and for testimony thereof he appealed to his good friend the Bishop of Winchester But being blinded with Ambition he had been contented to make wrack of his conscience by temporizing for which he professed himself sincerely repentant and acknowledged the desert of his death By what artifice he gain'd the Castle of Dudley in Com. Staff with divers fair Lordships thereto belonging I have briefly toucht in my discourse of that Lord Dudley who was his contemporary Which place he much affected by reason of his descent from the antient Lords thereof and beautified it with those Buildings on the North side called the New-work He likewise adorned the Gate-house Tower with the Arms of Malpas Someri and the Lion Rampant assumed by him for the Coat of Sutton curiously cut in large Shields of Stone and fixed in the wall over the Port-cullice By Iane his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Edward Guilford Knight Warden of the Cinque-Ports who had his wardship as hath been observ'd he had issue eight Sons and five Daughters viz. Henry who died at the siege of Boloin Iohn who had the title of Earl of Warwick in his Fathers life-time Ambrose afterwards created Earl of Warwick and Robert Earl of Leicester as I shall shew by and by Guilford who suffered death in 1 Mariae as his Father did another Henry slain at St. Quintins in 4 M. and Charles who died a child His Daughters were these Mary Wife of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter and Lord President of 〈◊〉 from whom the now Earl of Leicester is descâ—nded Katherine Wife to Henry Hastings Earl of Huntington Margaret Temperance and
1614. 12 Iac. whereupon he had Burial in the Church of Dovor-Castle under a goodly Monument of white Marble with this Epitaph which briefly pointeth at what is farther memorable of him Henricus Howards Henriei Comitis Surriae filius Thomae secundi Ducis Norfolciae nâ—pos Baro Howard de Marnhill Privati Sigilli Custos Castri Doverensis Constabularius Quinque Portuum Custos Cancellarius Admirallus Iacobe magnae Britanniae Regi ab intimis Conciliis Ordinis Periscelidis Eques auratus Academiae Cantabrigiensis Cancellarius inter Nobiles literatissimus Inspem resurgendi in Christo hic conditur Obiit xv die Iunii MDC xiv Inclytus hic Comes tria Hospitalis fundavit latefundiis dotavit Vnâ—m Grenewici in Cantio in quo viginti Egeni Praefectus Alterum Cluni in Comitatu Salopiae in quo xii Egeni cum Praefecto Tertium ad Castrum Rising in comitatu Norfolciae in quo xii Paâ—perculae cum Gubernatrice imperpetuum alantur Iohanne Griffitho huic Comiti ab Epistolis curante positum ¶ Having done with this collateral branch I come to Thomas the eldest Son to Henry Earl of Surrey so cut off in 38 H. 8. as hath been observed which Thomas upon the death of his Grandfather Thomas Duke of Norfolk in 1 Mariae became his next and hereditary Successor being the same year fully restored in blood the Act for his Grandfathers attainder being then made void And in 2 Mariae upon that Insurrection of the Kentish-men in opposition to the Queen's marriage with King Philip of Spain headed by Sir Thomas Wyat was sent with some small Forces of the Queens Guards and other of the Londoners to suppress them In 1 Eliz. he was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and in 3 Eliz. constituted Lieutenant-General for the Northern-parts of this Realm Whereupon he went to Berwick and made a League with the Scots But they flying out again he had some sleight skirmishes with them In An. 1566. 9 Eliz. he was by the French honoured with Knighthood of the Order of St. Michael But in 11 Eliz. the Queen of England suspected him for too great a favourer of the Queen of Scots So that shortly after 't was rumour'd that he would marry her having been sollicited thereto by Sir Nicholas Throkmorton and encouraged through the assistance of Robert Earl of Leicester to obtain Queen Eliz. assent many of the Nobility liking well thereof in case the Queen were content But she being utterly averse thereto rebuk'd him much for his attempts in that kind Whereupon he quitted the Court and retired into Norfolk Nevertheless resolved to make her his Wife Which being discovered he was cast into prison in 14 Eliz. And the next ensuing year sc. an 1572. upon the sixteenth of Ianuary brought to his Trial in Westminster-Hall before George Earl of Shrewsbury made Lord high Steward of England for that occasion The charge laid against him being that he conspired the dethroning of Queen Eliz. and bringing in Foreign-forces Likewise whereas he knew that the Queen of Scots had quartered the Arms of England and aspired at the Crown he had without consulting Queen Eliz. gone about to marry her and lent her great sums of Money contrary to his promise and his own Hand-writing Moreover that he had supplied the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland with moneys who having broke out into open Rebellion were fled into Scotland Also that he had sought for Auxiliary forces from the Pope the Spaniard and the Duke of Albany for setting that Queen at liberty and restoring the Romish Religion in this Realm and had been aiding to Heriz and other the enemies to Queen Eliz. in Scotland Putting himself therefore upon the Trial of his Peers they pronounced him guilty whereupon he had Judgment of Death and accordingly was beheaded on Tower-Hill upon the second of Iune 15 Eliz. to the great grief of many This last mentioned Duke married three Wives First Mary Daughter and one of the Heirs to Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Which Mary died at Arundel House in the Strand 25 Aug. 1557. 4 5 Ph. M. and was buried in St. Clements-Church near Temple-Bar by whom he had Issue Philip his Son and Heir He secondly married Margaret Daughter and sole Heir to Thomas Lord Aâ—dley of Walden and Chancellour of England Widdow of the Lord Henry Dudley a younger Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland slain at St. Quintins in Picardy An. 1557. by whom he had Issue two Sons Thomas afterwards made Earl of Suffolk and William and two Daughters Elizabeth who died in her Infancy and Margaret married to Robert Sackvile Earl of Dorset He lastly married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Francis Leiburne Knight Widow of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland but by her had no Issue The title of Duke of Norfolk being by the attainder of this Thomas thus taken away Philip his eldest Son was called Earl of Arundel as owner of Arundel-Castle by descent from his Mother it having antiently been adjudged in Parliament to be a local dignity so that the possessors thereof should enjoy that title of Honour Whereupon he had by that appellation summons to the next ensuing Parliament begun at Westminster 16 Ian. 23 Eliz. and after that in the same Parliament was by a special Act restored in blood But not long after this by the Artifices of Robert Earl of Leicester and Secretary Walsingham for the entrapping of those eminent persons who were of the Romish Religion counterfeit Letters being disperst this Earl Philip was confin'd to his own House as was also Henry Earl of Northumberland By reason whereof and because he was shortly after much terrified with the severity of certain Laws then made against Jesuits and Priests and in regard he stood much devoted to the Religion of the Church of Rome he resolved to betake himself unto an austere and retired life beyond the Seas but in the first place to represent his grief to the Queen by a Letter which he determined should be delivered unto her after his departure wherein he complained of the malice of his powerful adversaries which he could not withstand and their triumphing over his Innocencie putting her also in mind of the unhappy fate of his Ancestors his Great-Grandfather suffering in like manner his Grandfather also losing his Head upon a slender occasion and his Father who never bore any evil thought to his Prince yet being circumvented by his adversaries came to the same end And therefore that he might not so perish but live retired for his Souls-health he left his Countrey but not his Loyalty to Her his Sovereign But before this Letter could be delivered being gone into Sussex there to take shipping in
him with Letters of Thanks to the Palatine and some Jewels for a Present to sollicite the King of Pole that under his Seale they might enjoy what favours he had by his Letters so honourably offered Which being granted they set forth from Winheim in April An. 1557 3 4 Ph. M. towards Frankford but in their travel underwent divers great hardships with no little danger of their lives by the Lantgrave's Soldiers who by reason of a quarrel for a Spaniel which they had along with them thrust Boare-speares into the Waggon where the Dutchess with her Child and the other Women were and upon the pursuit of this Richard into a Village had murthered him but that he forsook his Horse and ran up a Ladder set to a Garret-window near the top of an house By which meanes escaping their sudden fury one of the Burgh masters came to him and brought another person who could speak Latine to whom submitting himself he presently dispatcht Letters to the Lantgrave and Earl of Erbagh dwelling within eight miles who thereupon repairing thither shew'd them such respect as properly belong'd to persons of their quality so that they passed on quietly towards Poland where they receiv'd curteous entertainment from the King and were honorably placed in the Earldome of Crozan in Sanogelia In which place having the absolute power of Governning they continued in great quietness and honor till the death of Queen Mary which shortly after hapned and then return'd into England In the time of those their Travels this most noble Lady brought him a Son whom by reason of his forrein birth he named Peregrinde His daughter whom he carried with him being called Susanna afterwards married to Reginald Earl of Kent and next to Sir Iohn Wingfeild Knight Which Peregrine was made a free Denizen in the Parliament of 1 Eliz. And upon the death of Catherine his mother hapning 19 Sept. An. 1580. 22 Eliz. having summons to that Parliament begun at Westminster by Prorogation upon the Sixteenth of Ianuary next ensuing as Lord Willoughby of Eresby took his place in the Horse according to the seniority of that Honor. Being thus possess'd of that great Inheritance and Dignity and having married Mary the daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford by Margaret his second wife sister and heir of the whole blood to Earl Edward in An. 158â— 25 〈◊〉 to gether with the Earl of Leicester and divers other honourable persons he attended the Duke of Anâ—ou to Antwerp by the Queen's command which Duke had stay do 〈◊〉 England three Moneths in hopes of gaâ—â—ing her in marriage And before the end of that year was sent to Frederick the second King of Denmarkâ— with the Ensigns of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 29 Eliz. at the siege of Zutphen in the Netherlands upon a sharp encounter with the Forces of that Garrison in a Salley he overthrew George Cressiat at that time Commander in chief of the Horse and took him prisoner and in 30 Eliz. upon the â—â—ecess of Robert Earl of Leicester then General of the English Auxiliaries in those Provinces had the chief command of them in his stead After which in 31 Eliz. he most valiantly defended Bergen ap Zoam whereunto the Prince of Parma laid siege and for a farther encouragement to valour at that time conferr'd the honor of Knighthood upon Sir Francis Vere Sir Thomas Knolls and some others Sir Robert Naunton in his Fragmenta Kegalia says that he was one of the Queen's first Sword-men and a great Master of the Art Military In 32 Eliz. he was one of the Peers which sate upon Tryal of Philip Earl of Arundel and the same year sent General of Four thousand Auxiliaries into France in aide of the King of Navarr By his Testament bearing date at Barwick 17 Aug. An. 1599. 41 Eliz. he bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Spillesby in Com. Linc. He also gave to Peregrine one of his younger sons afterwards Knight of the Bath that Ring with a Diamond which he had from the King of France when he served him there with a charge upon his blessing to transmit it to his heirs And departed this life in An. 1601. as seemeth by the Probate of that Testament leaving issue Robert his son and heir and three other besides Peregrine viz. Henry Vere and Roger as also Catherine a daughter married to Sir Lewes Watson of Rokingham-Castle in Com. North. Knight Which Robert in 1 Iac. having then summons to Parliament as Lord Willoughby of Eresâ—y upon the seventh of May took his place accordingly And thereupon making his claime to the Earldome of Oxford as also to the Titles of Lord Bulbeck Sandford and Badlesmere and to the Office of Lord High Chamberlain of England as son and heir to Mary the sole heir female of that great Family After much dispute had judgement on his behalf for that Office of Lord High Chamberlain as in my discourse of the Family of Vere Earl of Oxford is more fully shewed And being admitted into the House with his Staff upon the thirteenth of April the same year was seated above all the other Barons After which viz. 22 Nov. in the second year of King Charles the First he was advanc'd to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Lindsey And in April 6 Car. 1. elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter Also in 7 Car. 1. made Constable of England 24 Nov. in order to the Tryal of the Lord Rea and David Ramsey in the Court Military Which Patent was revoked 20 Maii next ensuing And in 11 Car. 1. constituted Lord Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet. Also in 18 Car. 1. General of the Kings Royal Army for suppressing that unparallel'd Insurrection then raised by the practises of certain Members of that unhappy Long Parliament begun at Westminster 3 d Nov. An. 1640. under pretence of defending the Religion by Law establisht the Laws of the Land Liberties of the Subject and Priviledges of Parliament Whereupon being in the Head of his Command in the Battel of Kineton fought upon the 23 d of October An. 1642. and there receiving a mortal wound he was taken prisoner and brought to Warwick-Castle where he departed this life the same night After which his Corps was carried to Edenham in Com. Linc. and there buried Leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife the only child of Edward Lord Mountagu of Boughton by Elizabeth his first wife daughter of Sir Iohn Geffrey Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer eight sons viz. Sir Mountagu and Sir Roger Knights of the Bath Peregrine Francis Robert Henry Vere and Edward and five daughters Catherine Elizabeth Anne Sophia and Mary Which Sir Mountagu bearing the
Wentworth the Lord Rich the Lord Willoughby of Parham the Lord Hunsdon the Lord Russel the Lord Compton the Lords Norris Gerard Cavendish and Dormer With the Lady there was not much ado she with many teares confessing the Fact and desiring mercy But this Earl being the next day presented made some defence which served to no purpose for the Confessions of those who had suffered death already for the Fact and a Letter which he himself had sent to the King did so clearly convince him of being at least an Accessory that both himself and his Lady had Sentence of death passed upon them Nevertheless through His Majesties great Clemency their lives were spared The Issue which this Earl had by that Lady was only one daughter called Anne who at her Mothers death which hapned 23 Aug. An 1632. 8 Car. 1. was sixteen years of age and afterwards became the wife of William Earl of Bedford All that I have farther to say of him is that in Ianuary An. 1621. 19 Iac. he was freed of his Imprisonment in the Tower of London but confined to the House of the Vicount Wallingford and that departing this life ... Iulii An. 1645. he was buried upon the seventeenth day of the same moneth in the Parish-Church of St. Paul Covent-Garden in the Suburbs of London as appeareth by the Register of that Church Stuart Duke of Richmund 11 Iac. LOdowick son to Esme Stuart Duke of Lenor in Scotland and Grandson to Iohn Lord d'Aubignie younger brother to Mathew Earl of Lenor who was Grandfather to King Iames bearing the Title of Lord Darnley Tarbolton and Methven being also Lord great Chamberlain and Admiral of Scotland Lord Steward of the King's Houshold and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter was upon the sixth of October 11 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Settrington of Settrington in Com. Ebor. as also created Earl of Richmund And upon the 17 th of May 21 Iac. Earl of Newcastle upon Tine and Duke of Richmund This Lodowick married three wives First ... Rutâ—bven sister to the late Earl Gowrie in Scotland Secondly ... sister to Sir Hugh Campbell widow of Robert Montgomerie of Eglinton in that Realm and lastly Frances daughter of Thomas Vicount Howard of Bindon widow of Edward Earl of Hertford But by none of these having any issue he departed this life at Whitehall upon the eleventh day of February An. 1623. 21 Iac. as he was making ready to go to the Parliament then sitting Whereupon he had an Honourable Burial in King Henry the Seventh's Chapel at Westminster and a stately Tombe erected to his memory with this Epitaph Depositum illustrissimi excellentissimi Principis Ludovici Stuarti Esmei Leviniae Ducis silii Joannis propatrui serenissimi Regis Jacobi Nepotis Richmondiae Leviniae Ducis Novi-Castelli as Tinam Darnliae Comitis c. Magni Scotiae Camerarii Thalassiarchae hereditarie Sacri palatii Jacobi Regis Seneschalli Cubiculariorumque principalium primi Regi à sanctioribus consiliis San-Georgiani ordinis equ Scoticorumque per Gallias cataphractorum praefecâ—i Viri excelsi ad omnia magna Bonâ nati ad meliora defuncti Vixit annos 49 menses 4 dies 17. Illustrissima excellentissima princeps Francisca Richmondiae Leviniae Ducissa domini Thomae Howardi Bindoniae filia Thomae Howardi Norfolciae Ducis ex Elizabetha Edovardi Ducis Buckinghamiae filiâ Neptis Ludovici Stuarti Richmondiae Leviniae Ducis uxor Charissimi conjugii nunquam non memor conjugi optime merito sibique posuit hoc Monumentum Obiit octavo die mensis Octobris Anno Dom 1639. Which last Wife survived him and was buried in the same Royal Chapel at Westminster A younger Brother to this Duke was Esmâ— Stuart who bore the Title of Lord d'Aubignie a place so called lying in the Dutchy of Auvbergne in France by reason that Robert Stuart brother to Iohn Earl of Lenox Great-grandfather to the before-specified Iohn had that Lordship of Aubignie given unto him by King Charles the Sixth of France for his singular Valor and Military skill being Commander of certain Forces in his service Which Esme was created Lord Leighton of Leighton Bromswould in Com. Hunt and Earl of March 7 Iunii 17 Iac. And married Catherine the sole daughter and heir to Gervase Lord Clifton of Leighton Bromswould by Catherine his wife the daughter and sole heir to Sir Henry Darcy of Brimham in Com. Ebor. Knight and by her had issue seven sons Iames born at Blackfriers in London 6 Apr. An. 1612. Henry Francis George Lodowick Iohn and Bernard And four daughters Elizabeth married to Henry then called Lord Maltravers son and heir to Thomas late Earl of Arundel Catherine who died young Anne married t to Archibald Douglas son and heir to the Earl of Angus and Frances to Hierome Weston son and heir to Richard late Earl of Portland Lord Treasurer of England And succeding his Brother Lodowick in his Titles of Duke of Richmund c. departed this life the next ensuing year Of these sons Iames the eldest bearing the Title of Earl of March and Baron of Leighton Bromswould was created Duke of Richmund 8 Aâ—g An. 1641. 16 Car. 1. and to the heirs-male of his Body with remainder to all his Brothers successively and the issue-male of their bodies respectively He was also Lord Great Chamberlain and Admiral of Scotland Lord Steward of His Majesties Houshold Warden of the Cinque-ports Gentleman of the Bedchamber and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter And having married the Lady Mary the only daughter to George D. of Buckingham died 30 Martii Anno 1655. and was buried with Lodowick Duke of Richmund and Lenox his Uncle on the South-side of King Henry the Seventh's Chappel at Westminster leaving issue Esme his onely son who succeeded him in his Honors but died in France in An. 1660 being at that time about ten years of age as also Mary a daughter married to Richard Earl of Arran second son to Iames now Duke of Ormund Of the younger sons of Esme Earl of March and Duke of Richmund Henry and Francis died young Lodowick was a Religious-profest having the Title of an Abbot in France And George called Lord d'Aubignie putting himself in Armes for the King against those Forces raised by the power of those predominant Members of Parliament sitting at Westminster under colour of defending the establisht Religion the Laws of the Land Liberties of the Subject and Priviledges of Parliament was slain in the Battel of Kineton 23 Oct. An. 1642. and buried in the Quire of the Cathedral called Christs-Church in Oxford leaving issue by the Lady Catherine his wife daughter to Theophilus Earl of Suffolk Charles his son and heir and one daughter called Catherine Baroness Clifton of