Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/collinsspeerageo07colliala AMS PRESS, INC. NEW YORK COLLINS'S peerage of Cnglanti: GENEALOGICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND HISTORICAL. GREATLY AUGMENTED, AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME, BY SIR EGERTON BRYDGES, K, J. IN NINE VOLUMES. VOL. VII. LONDON: miNTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON, OTRIDGE AND SON, J. NICHOLS AND CO. T. P\YNE, WILKIE AND ROBINSON, J. WALKER, CLARKE AND SONS, W. LOWNDES, R. LEA, J. CUTHELL, LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND CO. WHITE, COCHRANE, AND CO. C. LAW, CADELL AND DAVIES, J. BOOTH, CROSBY AND CO. J. MURRAY, J, MAWMAN, J. BOOKER, R. SCHOLEY, J. HATCHARD, R. BALDWIN, CRADOCK AND JOY, J. FAULDER, OALE^ CURTIS AND CO. JOHNSON AND CO. AND G. ROBINSON. 1812. Reprinted from the edition of London, 1812 First AMS EDITION published 1970 Manufactured in the United States of America International Standard Book Number: (Complete Set) . . . 0-404-01740-1 (Volume 7) 0-404-01747-9 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 70-115003 AMS PRESS, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. 1000.3 CONTENTS OF VOL. VII. BARONS FROM THE REIGN OF KING JAMES I. TILL THE COMMENCEMENT OF MR. PITT'S MINISTRY IN 1784. Page Petre, Lord Petre 1 Spencer, Lord Spencer of IVormleighton 15 Tu'isleton, Lord Say and Sele l6 Arundel, Lord Arundel of JVardour 40 Bligh, Lord Clifton 5S Dormer, Lord Dormer 66 Roper, Lord Teynham jy Byron, Lord Byron 8g Scot, Lord Tyndale 113 Camplell, Baroness Lucas 114 Clifford, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh 117 Ashhurnham, Lord Ashhirnham, (since mergedj 132 Hamilton, Lord Dutton 133 Boyle, Lord Boyle, (Earl of Cork in Irclandj 134 Hay, Lord Hay, (Earl of Kinnoul in ScotlandJ 197 Witloughly, Lord Middletoil 215 King, Lord King 223 Monson, Lord Monson 228 Bromley, Lord Montfort 24/ Ponsonby, Lord Ponsonhy of Sysonhy 258 Lcgge, Lord Stawel 269 Watson, Lord Sondes 283 Rolinson, Lord Grantham 286 Curzon, Lord Scarsdale 2^4 Irby, Lord Boston 301 Fox, Lord Holland 308 Perceval, Lord Lovel and Holland 319 Vernon, Lord Vernon 30(5 Morton, Lord Ducie 410 IV CONTENTS. Page Camphell, Lord Sundridge 4l6 Hawke, Lord Hatvke 458 Oust, Lord Brownlow 476 Pitt, Lord Rivers 484 Foley, Lord Foley 4C)3 Rice, Lord Dlnevor 504 De Grey, Lord Walsingham 510 Bagot, Lord Bagot 522 Fitzroy, Lord Southampton 540 Dunning, Lord Jshhurton 543 Norton, Lord Grantley 546 Rodney, Lord Rodney , 555 jp5- The Reader is requested to turn also to the Addenda at the end of the Volume for the latest dates, and a few corrections, of every article. THE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND, PETRE LORD PETRE. In ] 2 Edward IV. William Petre, on an inquisition' taken after the death of Alice Slorke (the wife of Jolni Storke, .who had first been married to John Petre), was found to be her grand- son and heir, viz. son of John Petre, son of the s.iid Alice, and at that time twenty-foi-r ) car> of age. The said William had by his wife,'* Jane, two son^ 1. John, of whom hereafter. And, 2. Tliomas, \\ hose son, Otho, was of Rowhay, in Devonshire, and had a son, Jolin Petre, of the same place, who married a daughter of Hurst, of the same county 5 their son, Otho Petre, married Frances, daughter of Thomas Soutncote, l^^sq, by whom he had a son, John, living in iCriO, and a daugliter, Eliza- beth, wife of James Dawbe-ney, of Wagford. John, the eldest son of the above-mentioned William and Jane Petre, was of Torre llrian, in Devoiisliire. He n;arried Alice, daughter of John Collings, of AV'oodiaiul, in Di:vonsliire, ami had issue three daughters; 1. Alice, married to Thomas Puad, of Uphmiar. 2. Thomasinr, to William Parkin, of Cornwall, EjQ. 3. Millicent, to John Petre, of Exeter, Esq. Also six sons. *■ I/il'.rs 1\-l'. of Nob. MS. 1'. 1C9, b. VOL. YII. B l> iLld. 2 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 1. John, whose son of the same name, married, first, Joan, daughter of Michael Ridgeway, of Newton Abbey; secondly, Alice, daughter of Jacob Blackaller, of Totness. 2. John, who died without issue. 3. William, ancestor to the Barons Petre. 4. William J 5. Robert, who both died without issue. And, 6. Alexander, Chancellor of Exeter, and Arch-deacon of Hunt- ingdonshire. Robert, the fifih son, was Receiver of the Exchequer to Qneen Elizabeth, died at West Thorndon, in Essex, September 20th, 1593, and was buried at Ingerston in that county. He gave lOOl. to the use of the poor of St, JVIargaret's^ Westminster, as appears by a memorial set up by his widow, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Tyrrell, of Gipping, in Essex, Knt. j who was, secondly^ married to Edward English, Gent. William Petre,, the third son, was born in Exfiter, about the beginning of the reign of King Henry VUI. and, having his education "^ at Exeter college, in Oxford, became so great a pro- ficient in the studies there, that he was elected Fellow of All-* Souls college, and afterwards became Principal of Peckwaters Inn. In 24 Henry VIII.'' he arrived to the degree of a Doctor of Laws, and grew so eminent therein, that he was employed by that King in divers affairs of consequence, especially in what tended to the dissolution of religious houses, then in agitation; being in 153.5," with some others put into commission by Thomas Cromwell, the general visitor, to repair to all the monasteries throughout Eng- land, and to inquire into the government and behaviour of the votaries of both sexes, whereby to pick up sufficient matter to ground an accusation; and, that groundwork being afterwards fully accomplished according to the King's mind, his Majesty, as a reward for the good service of the said William therein, granted to ' him and Gertrude his wife, in fee, the priory of Clattercote, in the county of Oxford, in the 30th year of his reign ; and, the year after,? the manor of Gynge- Abbots, in the county of Essex, parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved monastery of Berk- yng, in that county; with the advowson of the rectory of Ingar- j»ton, alias Gyng ad Petram. In those commissions for visiting the religious houses, he had the title of one of the Clerks in Chan- cery, and was also Master of the Requests. But, in these em- c Wood's Fast. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 683. << Ibid. « Kerb. Hist. Henry VIII. p. T,^>i. <" Pat. 30 Henry VUI. p. 6. e, Pat. IX Henry VIH, p. Q. LORD PETRE. d ploTtnents, his great learning and abilities being observed by the King, he was, in the 35th year of his reign, first sworn of the Privy-Council, and soon after (the same year), constituted *» one of the Principal Secretaries of State. In 36 Henry VJII. the King declaring his intentions of in- vading the French dominions for the recovery of his right to the crown of France, he' appoints this William (then a Knight, and one of the Principal Secretaries of State), one of the Council^ to be aiding and assisting to Queen Catharine, his consort, in. the administration, during his absence; and, being so aggrandized, he, in 37 Henry VIII. obtained special licence*^ to retain twenty men, besides his own menial servants, and to give them liveries, badges, or cognizances. Likewise in 38 Henry VIII, the King then lying on his death-bed,' and appointing such as should be of the Counsel to Edward, his son and successor, in matters of great consequence, he was nominated one of those who were appointed assistants to them. Nor had he less esteem from King Edward VI. who continued him in the office of Principal Secretary of State. In the third year of that reign, he was ""constituted Treasurer of the Court of First-fruits and Tenths, for life; and in 4 Edward VI." one of the Commissioners to treat of peace with the French at Guisnes. He was also commissioned ° with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and others, in confidence of their sound knowledge, zealous faith, innocency of life and behaviour, and readiness to dispatch affairs, to punish and correct all rectors, vicars, and other ecclesiastics, as well as laymen, of what condition soever, who shall despise or evil speak of the book called, * The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, after the use of the church of England;' with power to imprison the guilty, and load them with irons, if neces- sary, or admit them to bail. He also was in several other com- missions for ecclesiastical aff'airs. Nevertheless, he was so much in the favour of Queen Mary, that she also f made him her Principal Secretary of State, and Chancellor 1 of the Garter, in the first year of her reign, with the fee of 100 marks per ann. but then discerning, that the restaura- tion of tlie Romish religion might endanger his enjoyment of ^ Pat, 35 Henry VIII. p. ij, » Herb. Hist. Henry VIII. p. 511. '^ Pat. 37 Henry VIII. p. 17. 1- Godw. p. 20^.' " Pat. 3 Edward VI, p. 7. " Hayw. p. lOj. • Strype'j Mennsfials. p Pat. j Mar. p. 11. 1 Ibid. p. d- 4 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. those abbey-lands which he had formerly acquired, he got a spe- cial dispensation'' from Pope Paul IV. for the retaining of themj ' affirming, that he was ready to employ them to spiritual uses/ as by his bull, bearing date 4 cal. Dec. anno 1555, appeareth. That Queen also entrusted him with 'concluding the treaty of marriage between her and Philip, Archduke of Austria, Likewise, to Queen Elizabeth he was for some time Principal Secretary of Srate, and was one of her Privy-Council till her death. He was commissioned^ with others, in 1 Eliz. to admi- nister the oath of supremiacy to all persons enjoying any post or trust under her. Also, in 8 Eliz. having the title of Chancellor of the order of the Garter, he was in commission" with Sir Ni- cholas Bacon, Knt. Lord-Keeper, in consideration of their pru- dence, dexterity, and integrity, in transacting affairs, to search into the records of the Tower of London, Exchequer, and the Rolls in Chancery, in order to give what light they could to the Queen's deputies at Bruges, who were on a treaty with Philip, King of Spain, where certain difficulties were started, touching matters relating to the Queen and her subjects. Hollinshed, in his Chronicle, gives these further particulars of him: ' The 13th of January, 15/2 (14 Elizabeth), deceased Sif William Petre, Knt. who for his judgment and pregnant wit, had been Secretary, and of the Privy-Council, to four Kings and Queens of this realm, and seven times Ambassador abroad in fo- reign lands: he augmented Exeter college, in Oxford, with laiids to the value of an hundreds pound by year; and also builded ten alms-houses in the parish of Jngerslone, for twenty poor people j tea within the house, and ten without the house; having every one two-pence the day, a winter gown, and two load of wood, and among them feeding for six kine, winter and summer, and a chaplain to say them service daily.' The learned Camden, in his Britannia, in Essex, saith, that ' he was a man of approved wisdom and exquisite learning, and not so much memorable for those honourable places and offices of state which he bare, and for his oftentimes being sent in em- bassage to foreign Piinces, as for that, being bred and brouglit up in good learning, he well deserved of learning in the uni\ er- sity of Oxford, and was both pitiful and bounteous to his poor neighbours about him, and of Ligerston," where he lies buried. ■■ Mon. Ang. Vol. III. p. zc". ' Rymcr's F.sJ. T. 15. p. 377. ' Ibid. p. 5 ly. 1 Tbi>i. p. 65 3. * History of Essex, V,)l. I. p. 249. LORD PETRE. 5 On the South side of the Chancel of Ingerstone church, is an elegant marble monument,, with the following inscription! Hie sepelitur Dominus Gulielmus Petr?sus, Eques auratus, cum Domina Anna secunda ipsius lixore, Filia Gulielmi Browne qui obiit Praetor Lpndinensis. Praedictus Honora- bilis Vir Dominus Gulielmus Petraeus Ascitus est ab Hen- rico Rege Angliae ejus nominis octavo, ad officium Secre- tarii, et etiam ut esset a privatis Consiliis. Quo in statu sub Edwardo sexto Rege perseveravit^ a quo primitiarum et decimarum Thesaurarius est constitutus. Kdwardo mortuo apud Reginam Mariam eadeni munia obivit quae illicum Cancellareatu (juoque illustris ordinis Garterii cu- mulavit, Consiliarius etiam fuit Dominae Reginae f^liza- bethae. By this last will and testament^J' and the preamble thereof, it appears that he died a Protestant. He orders his body to be • bu- ried in the new isle of the church of Ingerston, if it should for- tune him to die within 50 miles thereof, or otherwise so be com- mitted to the earth in such place, order, and sort, as his executors think most convenient. And that, in the same new isle at In- gerstone, there be erected some monument, with the names of him and his two wives, the ordering whereof he wholly commits to the discretion of his executors. He wills, that immediately after his death there be bestowed on the poorest inhabitants of inger- ston, alias Ging-Petre, Writtle-Ging Hospital, Buttfsbury, Stoke, Ging-Mountcney, Ging-Margaret, £ast-l'horneden, and Heron- Green, and other places within the county of Essex, the sum of 40l. to be distributed by the direction of his executors. And to the poorest inhabitants of Torrington Magna, in Devonsliire, 5l. To the poorest inhabitants ut Hiawkehurst, in the county of Kent, live marks: To the poorest inhabitants in the parishes of Mon- tagu and Tyntenhull (being lord of tlie said manors), in the county of Somerset, 61. 13. s. Id. To the poorest inhabitants of Kingsbridge and I'hurstoe, in Devon>hire, 4l. To tiv poorest inhabitants of his manor of Brent, alias South Brent, in the said county, 41. To the poorest inhabitants of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, in London, 61. 13 s. 4d. To the prisoners in Lon- don and Southwark, 201. and tl;e like sum to the rcliet of the y Ex Reg. vocat, Petre 55, qii. I. in Cur. Pra;roj. Cant. 6 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. poor in the hospitals belonging thereto. He was also bountiful to his servants, ^bequeathing them a whole year's wages, besides legacies. ' To his good and loving wife. Dame Ann Petre, he bequeathed much plate, and one ring with a diamond, given him by Queen Mary, of good memory. To his son and heir, John Petre, his other jewels, plate, &c. but if he died without issue, before he- arrived to twenty -two years of age, to be divided into four parts . one to his wife, if living ; another amon? his daughters, and their children then living; as also his wife's part if not living; and the third and fourth parts among the poor, and in deeds of charity, in such sort, as to his executors and supervisors of his will, or the survivor of them, shall seem best.' It further appears, that he had seven manors in Devonshire, the manor of Charmouth, in Dorsetshire; nine manors in Essex; the manors of Todenham and Sutton, in Gloucestershire; the manors of Cheriton, Montagu, and Tyntenhull, in Somersetshire; the manor of Kenet, in Kent;*^ and the manor of Kentford, in Suffolk; all which ' he entails on John, his son and heir, and the heirs male of his body, and in default thereof, on (he son and heir of his brother, John Petre, of Tor-Brian, in Devonshire,' ' He constitutes his wife's son-in-law, Richard Baker, Esq. and his brother, Robert Petre, executors; and Sir William Gerrard, Alderman of London, and Edmund Tirrell, Esq. overseers. Dated April 12th, J571, 13 Elizabeth, and proved Janivary 29th, 15/2. He left issue by Gertrude his first wife (who died on May 28th, J541, and was buried at Ingerston), daughter to Sir John Tirrell, of Warley, in com. Essex, Knt. a daughter, Dorothy, married to Nicholas Wadham, of Merrifield, in com. Somerset, Esq. who having no issue by her, they were the pious founders of Wadham college, in Oxford; he beginning, she finish- ing, and both richly endowing it; whereby it is become as rich ^s most, and more uniform than many, in England. But the said Sir William Petre, by ^Anne, his second wife (who was also buried at Ingerston), daughter of Sir William Browne, Knt. who died. Lord Mayor of London, in 1514, and widow of Sir John Tirrell, of Heron-Place, in Essex, Knt. had issne John, his only son; and three daughters; viz. Elizabeth, wedded to John Gastwick, of Willington, in Bed- ^ Visitation of Essex. a Qu. Cambridgeshire? LORD PETR£. i^ fordshire, Esq.; Catharine, married to John Talbot, of Grafton, in the county of Worcester, Esq. ancestor to the Earl of Shrews- bury; and Thomasine, espoused to Lodowick Grevil, of Milcot, in Warwickshire, Esq John, iirt Lord Petre, the said only son, was knighted* in 18 Elizabeth, and chosen Knight of the shire for the county of Essex "^ in TJ and 28 Elizabeth. He was advanced to the dignity of a Baron cf England,*^ by the title of Lord Petre, of Writtle, in the county of Essex, by letters patent bearing date July 21st, l603, 1 Jac. 1. and ''died on October 11, 11 Jac. L at West Horndon, in Essex. He is buried in a chapel, appropriated to his family, in Ingerston church, where a monument erected to his memory, is thus inscribed: Johannes Dominus Petre de Writtle, Gullelmi illius filing qui quatuor Princibus, Henrico Octavo, Edwardo sexto, Marise, et Elizabethae, a secretis fult, septies itidem legatus ad exteros Principes missus, et Exoniensis Collegii apud Oxoniensis Fundator secundus. Vir quantecunq; fortune capax, meliorisque particeps; ad magnas siquidem fortunas natus, nee virtutes minores, obse- quens Deo, fidus principi, summa adversus egenos, miseri- cordia, adolescentia, avtibus honestis, ncc nisi quae nobili de- cerent, acta : Mariam, Edwardi Waldegravii Equitis aurati, Mariaeque a Consiliis et Secretis filiam, lectissimara filiam, tantique Mariti Thoro tumuloque dignissimam, uxorem duxit, et tres ex ea filios suscepit adhuc superstites, prae- ceptis foras, domi exemplis, ubique llberaliter, institutos. Hospitalitati indulsit adeo, ut eundem juxta Patrem-familias grovidem putes prodigumque. Raptores contra & corrup- tores, patriae cbaritas, non dominandi libido (quae cunctis affectibus flagrantior esse solet) pulcherrimum pectus exti- mulavit. Amorem plebis procerumque amicitias habuit magis qudm arabivit, familiares semper eligens optimos, non semper optimates, potentiumque iras nee meruit, nee metuit; inerat quippe menti robur et heroica qusedam constanlia animi corporisque. Is habitus fuit, ut nescias meliorne an major decentior an sublimior fuerit. Utriusq; sexus, utriusq; gentis principes, Eiizabetha in Equitem, Jacobua » Jekyl's Ca*. of Knts. *> Ex Collect. B. Willis, Arm. c Pat. I Jac. p. 14. •* Cole's Escael. lib. u g. 114. not. 6i. A. 11. in Bibl. Harley. 8 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. in Baronem, uterque ob merita, provexerunt. Talis tan- tusq; vir. ad omnia quae bona essent ortus, ad meliora mori- turus, lenta et lanquida febre, vix biennio (quis credat) extinguitur, sine Cruciatu omni & lucta, non sine omnium luctu et lachrimis. Gulielmus Dominus Petre qui Possessionibus (utinam et vir- tutibus) successit Patri Filius moerens moerenti posuit. He had to wife Mary, dauglit-er of Sir Edward Waldegrave, of Barclay, in Essex, Knt. and by her, who died 3d August, l(;05, had issue four daughters 3*" Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Anne, who died infants j and four sons. 1. William, his successor, as second Lord Petre. 2. John, who *^ was seated at West-Hannyngfeld, and died on Januury 2d, 20 Jac. L leaving by Dorothy his wife, daughter of William, Lord Morley and Monteagle, John, his heir, five years and a half old ; and was seised at his death of the manors of Cog- ge.->hall, Mashbury, Tackley, alias Waltham-hall, in Fellbridgc, Warley, Loudon-hill, and Heyet, in the county of Essex 5 as ap- pears by the inquisition taken on August 6th, 21 Jac. L 3. Thomas, who was of Cranham, in E.^sex, and by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of William Baskerville, of Wanborough, in Wiltshire, liad issue three sons; Sir Francis Pel re, of Cranham, Knt. who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Johi^ Gage, of Firle, in Sussex, Knt. and Bart.; William Petre, second son; and John Petre, third son, of Fidlers, in com. Essex, Esq. who espou-ed Eli- 7abctli, daughter of John Plncheon, of Writtle, in the said county, and had is,-.ue Philip, his son and heir, baptised on May 1st, lOSS. 4. Robert, who died before his father, unmarried. Willi \.M, second Loud Petre,? was elected one of tlie Kniohts of the shire for the county of Essex, in the 3(jth year of Queen Elizabeth; and, taking to wife Catherine, second daugh- ter of Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester, had issue eight sons. 1. John, who died young. 2. Robert, who became third Lord Pctrc. 3. William, of whom presently. A. Edward. 5. John. (). Thomas, 7. Henry, And, 5. George; for wli(;m the ''following inscri[;tion is now re- mr.r.iiag in an out-house, near Lasingwark-Abbcy, in Wales: c L'ily's Pcdijrccs cf the Nobili'.y, M.S. prci. C.Ac'. Es:. yrji 1. 'i Kx C)ll. B. Willis, Ar.T., 'i Fi;nnaril'2 Tj'.;r In W'd'es, p. 44.i. LORD PETRE. 9 Jesus * * Maria Here, lyeth, the y. Body. of. George. Pe- -tre. late. of. Greenfield, in Flint- -shire. sone. to. W. Lord. Petre, Baron, of. Ingleston. in Essex. &. married. Ane. y*^. Relict, of. John. Mostoin. Esq. being, the. Daughter. of. Henry. Fox. Esq. who. for. the. Ro- mane. Catholique. Faith. &. Loyal- -ty. to. his Ma '"^. left. his. country. &. spending, his. Time, w^ great. Edification, of. his. neighbours. Died. at. Wexford, y'. 26. Day. of. Sep. An. Do. ]647. aged 34. Also four daughters; 1. Anne, who died young. 2. Elizabeth, married to William Sheldon, of Beoley, in Worcestershire, Esq. by whom she was mother to Ralph Sheldon, Esq. the great Anti- quary and Herald. 3. Mary, wife of John, third Lord Teynham. And, 4. Catharine, wedded to John Carrell, son and ht-ir to Sir John Carrell, of Harting, iti the county of Sussex, Knt. The mo- ther of these children is buried at Ingerston, as appears by this inscription: Hie jacet D. Katiierina Petre, Quondam Uxor Gulielmx Domini Petre, de Writ tie, Filia secunda genita iilustrissimi Domini. EuwAKDi Somerset, Comitis de \\'orCester, &c. Anno iEtatis suae XLIX. Conlestis habitationis Avidior Quam lonoioris vitas, Migravit Die XXX Octobris, Anno M.DC.XXIV. Co'lonc; dignior An Alun do- lls est. William, their third son, who was born at his father's house at Wtst Th(jrndon, became a gcntlenmn commoner (with his elder brother, llobert), of Exeter college, in Oxford, in the year 10 PEERAGE OF ENGLANt). 1612, being then but ten years of age, but afterwards removed to and became the first Nobleman of Wadham college, after its erection; he soon after went to the Inns of Court, and at length travelling into several parts of Europe, became a gentleman of great Accomplishments. He died January 15th, 1677, aged seventy-five, and was buried at Stanford Rivers, in Essex, having been married to Lucy, daughter of Sir Richard Fermor, of Somer- ton, in the county of Oxford, Knt. by whom he had Lucy, who died October gth, 1637, and is buried at Standford Rivers j and son and heir, William, who married Ann, daughter of Mr. Cald- well, of Cants-hall, in Essex; he died November 12th, 1086, and was b»ried with his wife, at Stanford Rivers. William was his son and heir; he married, first, Anne, daughter of Robert Poultrel, of Derbyshire, Gent.; secondly, Penelope, daughter of John Wolphe, Esq. Barrister at Law, by whom he had issue Wil- liam, his son and heir, who married a sister of James Earl of Der- wentwater. RoBEKT, the eldest son, succeeded as third Lord Petke on the death of his father, on May 5th, I637, In 1620,' he married Mary, daughter to Anthony, Viscount Montagu, and by her had issue three sons. 1. William. 2. John. And, 3. Thomas, successively Lords Petre. And two daughters; 1. Mary, married to Edward, son and heir apparent to William, tenth Lord Stourton; and, 2. Dorothy, to John Thimelby, of Irnham, in com. Lincoln, Esq. By the inquisition taken after the decease of the said Robert, Lord Petre, December 14th, 14 Car. I. at Stratford, in Essex, tlie jury found, that he made his will on October 20th, 1638, 14 Car. I. and died three days after; and that William, Lord Petre, was his son and heir, and of the age of eleven years, the 30th December before the taking of the inquisition; and that he was heir to the following manors, whereof his father died seised, viz.*^ the manor of Great Bursteed, alias Bursteed-grange, with the appurtenances, with the rectory and advowson of the vicarage thereof; the manors of Gurneys, alias Garners, Whites, Challi- veden, Writtle, East-Horncion, Crondon, Bluntswalls, and Wa- termans, and farms of Westlands; the manor of Bacons, &c, t Coke's Esc. lib. v. n. Ci. A. 16, p. 283, 284, in Bibl. Hailey. k ibid. LORD PETRE. II with messuages and lands called Goughlands, Cutle, Seabrights, Puckhouses, Stiles, Mitchley, Browns, &c.j the rectory of But- tersbury, and manors of Cowbridge and Margaretting, with a messuage and farm called Woodbarns ; and three parks, &c. called Hornfrith park, Writtle park, and-Crondcn parkj lands In East and "West Horndonj tythes of arable land, pasture, and wood in Ingatston park, &c. and the manors of Ingatston, Ging-Petre, and Hanleyj with lands and tenements called Barnards, Cophall, Broadmede, Christbrook-croft, with the Swan and the Cock there; the manor of Mountneysing, with appurtenances; the manor and farm of Ingrave, alias Ging-Raffe; the manor of Tris- tinghall, and a messuage and lands called Lawnes, in Mountney- sing; also one messuage and inn, called the Lion, in Chelmsford; the manor, messuage and farm of West Horndon; the manors of Fieldhouse, East, West, and South Hanningfield, and lands called Stodden-place, in Stoddon; and lands called Blith-hedges, all in the county of Essex, the manor of Osmington, and its rectory, in Dorsetshire; the manor of Tatworth, &c. in Chatworth, and Chard, in Somersetshire; the manors of South Brent, Church- stowe, Kingsbridge, Shute, South Leigh, Axminster, North Leigh, Wermingston, Laytwey, Uphay, Humfravile, Dowlshards, Hac- comb-fee, Challonger, Comb-Payne, and Downe-Humfravile, with all the messuages, lands, and tenements; and divers mes- suages, lands, &c. in South Leigh, Shute, and Colliton ; the manor and hundred of Axminster, and site of the monastery of Nevvham, alias Newman, and the lands thereunto belonging} and capital messuage called Shipwreck-grange, and all lands thereto belonging, in the county of Devon ; the manors of Tud- denham and Tutton, in the county of Gloucester; the mnnor of Kennet, in Kentford, in the county of Cambridge; and one mes- suage called Petre-house; and divers other messuages in the pa- rishes of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, and St. Bartholomew^ adjacent, in the city of London. L^pon the North side of the .chapel afore-mentioned, is an Altar Tomb, which has the following inscription : D. O. M. Maria Vidua Domini Roheiti Petre Baronis de Writtle, Gulielmi, Johannis &: Thomae, una trium Baronum Mater, 12 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Quae 13 Januarii Ann. Dom. 1684-5, Annum ^tatis agens 82^^°. in Terris devixit, ut iEternum in Coelo viveret. Quo illam singularis in Deana Fietas, Siiavis in omnia Benevolentia, Profusa in egenos Liberal! tas, Inconcussa in adversis Patientia^ Ceu Igneus Eliae currus totidem rotis, Haud Dubie evexerunt. Sicut Sol oriens Mundo in Altissimo Deij sic Mulieris bonaf? species in Ornamentum Domus suae. Eccl. XXVI, 16. WiLtiAM, his eldest son, succeeded as foukth Lord Petre. He first married Elizabeth, daughter of John, Earl Rivers, by whom he had no issue, and, secondly, Bridget, daughter of John Pincheon, of Writtle, in com. Essex, Esq. by whom he had issue an only child, Mary, born in Covent-Garden, March 25th, 1679, married to George Heneage, of Hainton, in com. Line. Esq. The said William, Lord Petre, her father, in the year ]678, was committed to the Tower, with the Earl of Powis, the Vis- count Stafford, the Lord Arundel of Wardour, and th.e Lord Bel- lasyse; and they were impeached by tlie Commons of treason, and other high crimes and misdemeanors 5 where this Lord Petre died under his confinement, January 5th, l683, and was succeeded in the family honours by, John, fifth Lokd, his next brother and heir, who died un- married in the year 168-I, and was succeeded by his only surviving brother and heir, Thomas, sixth Lord, who, in l6S7, was constituted Lord Lieutenant of the county of E:-sex, and town of Colchester, and Custos R{;tulorum thereof. His Lordship married Mary, daugh- ter of Sir Thomas Clifton, of Latham, in com. Lancaster, Bart. by whom he had issue, Hubert, his only son; and a daughter, IVIary, wlio died at Jngerston Hall, in Essex, April 10th, 1713. Tlie said Thon'ias, Lord Petre, died June ^Ith, l/O^j 'Tud his Lady, surviving him, departed this life February 4th, \y'2g-30. lloBFRT, SEVENTH LoRD Petke, liis Only SOU, married, March 1st, 1711-12, Catharine, daughter of Bartholomew (and sole heir LORD PETRE. 13. to her brother, Francis), Walmesley, of Dunkehalgh, in com. Lane. Esq. His Lordship died of the small-pox, on March 22d, 1712-13, at his house in Arlington-street, in the twenty-third year of his age, leaving hii> Lady then big with child, who on the third of JunK following, was brought to bed of a son, Robert- James, eighth Lord Petre; which Lady, in April 1/33, was mar- ried, secondly, to the Right Hon. Charles Stourton, fourteenth Lord Stourton, and died January 31st, 1/85. Rob BRT James, eighth Lord Petre, married on May 2d, 1/32, Anne, daughter of James, Earl of Derwentwater, by which Lady, who died in 1/42, he had issue one son, and three daugh- ters; viz, Catharine, married to George Heneage, of Hainton, in Lin- colnshire, Esq. and died October 13th, J783j Barbara, t/) Tho- mas Gilford, of Chillinglon, in Staffordshire, Esq.; and Julia, to John Weld, of Lulworth-castle, in Dorsetshire, Esq. and died June 16th, 1772. His Lordship rebuilt the church of West Horndon, in Essex, as appears by an inscription over the W^estern door, and dying in July 1742, was succeeded by his only son, Robert-Edward, ninth Lord Petre, Which Robert-Edward, ninth Lord Pktre, on April ipth,^ 1762, married, first, Anne, daughter of Philip Howard, Esq. of Buckenham House, by whom, who died January l(5th, l/bj, he had issue, 1, Robert-Edward, the late peer. 2 George-William, born 176Q, married Maria Howard, second daughter of Philip Howard, of Corby, Esq. and dying October 20th, 17,97. left issue, George, Emilia, Henry, Philip, William, and James. 3. Anne, born 1769. only daughter, married, August 7'h, 1796. Daniel, eldest son of Middleton Onslow, Esq. of Sussex, who died \vit:l:out issue, September 23d, 1708. His Lady remar- ried in January 1S02, Lieut. -Col, W, H. Espinasse, of the fourth regiment of foot. His Lurdsiiip married, secondly, January 17th, 1/88, Juliana, second daughter of Henry Howard, of Glossop, Esq. and left the following is-.ue, Bobert-Edward, Juliana. And, I Qw re, if no: zjth .Vpr:!, 1762 ? 14 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Cathar'me. Dying July 2d, 1801, he was succeeded by his son, Robert-Edwabd, tenth Lobd Petre, born September 3d, 1763. His Lordship raarried, February 14th, 1786, Mary-Bridget, eldest daughter of Henry Howard, Esq. of Glossop, in Derbyshire, by whom he had, 1. William-Frances-Henry, present Peer. 2. Charles-Berney, born December 1 7th, 1794. 3. Henry-Thomas, horn April Ist, 1797. 4. Robert-Thomas, born January 6th, 1802. 5. Maria, born January 22d, 1787, married, April 30th, 1805, Stephen Phillips, Esq. 6. Juliana-Anne, born September 18th, 1789. 7. Henrietta-Maria, born August 5th, 179I. 8. Elizabeth- Anne-Mary, born December l4th, 1798. 9. Anna-Maria, born November 2d, 1800. And two sons, twins, born August 29th, I8O6, died infants. His Lordship died March 28th, I8O9, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William-Francis-Henry, present, and eleventh Lord Petre, born January 22d, 1793. Titles. William-Francis-Henry Petre, Baron Petre of Writtle. Creation. Baron Petre of Writtle, in com. Essex, by letters patent, 21 July (l603), 1 Jac. L Anns. Gules, a Bend, Or, between two escallop shells, Ar gent. Crest. On a wreath, two lions heads crazed and addorsed, the first Or, the other Azure, each gorged with a plain collar coun- ter-changed. Supporters. On the right side, a lion reguardant. Azure, col- lared. Or 3 on the left side, a lion reguardant. Or, collared. Azure. Motto, Sans Dieu rien. Chief Scats. At Thorndon, Ingatestone, and Writtle Park^ all in the county of Eisex^ and at Buckenham, in Norfolk, LORD waRMLErOHTON, 15 SPENCER, LORD SPENCER OF WORMLEIGHTON. Geor for the body to that King, he had a grant of lOOl. yearly pension, to be paid by the Prior of Lewes out of a certain rent due by him unto the Exchequer. Moreover, in 23 Henry Vi. being then a ' Knight, he had a grant from Henry Beauchamp, Farl of Warwick, of a yearly pension of 201. sterling, issuing out of the manor of Rotherfield, in com. Sussex. And in 1446-/, by reason that Joan his mother, was third ^ sister and coheir of William de Say, as before taken notice of, he had, by a special writ, bearing date at St. Edmundsbury, on March 3d, summons to that parliament then held there^ by the title of LoKD Say and Sele. Whereupon, the third day after, in consideration of his eminent services, performed as wel^ beyond the seas as in this realm of England,' he was in open par- liament there, by the assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the same title of Lord Say and Sele. And for farther corrobora- tion of that title and honour, on November Ist^ next following, he had a full confirmation and quit claimer thereof from John, Lord Clinton, as also of the ar7ns of Say ; which, by reason of the de- scent of the said John, Lord Clinton, from Idonea, the eldest sister of the before specified William de Say, did or might belong unto him. On February 24th, 1446-7, he "' obtained a grant of the office of Constable of Dover, and Warden of the Cinque Ports, to hold to him and tlie hr.irs male of his bodyj and having bfcen made Lord Chamberlain to the King, as also one of his Council, on « Rot. N.jrm. 6 Henry V. p. z. m. ii. f Holliiished, p. 571. t Hot. Franc. S Henry VI. m. i8. •> Claus. 1^ Henry VI. m. lo. 1 Autog. penes Ric. Fiencs dc Broughton, Arm. Anno. 1586. ^ ilot. Fin. 6 Her.ry IV. m. 7. ' ¥x AuLog. pens prxfa:. Ric. Ficnes. ^ Pat. zs Henry VI. p. ;. m. i. LORD SAY AND SELE. 19 June 1 8th, the same year, in consideration of his exercise of that office," he had a grant of 100 marks per ann. to be received out of the customs of wools, in the port of London, On August 7th, next ensuing, he was " made Constable of the Tower of London, during the minority of Henry, son and heir to John, Duke of Exeter J and on October 30th, 1449, was constituted Lord Trea- surer of England. But about the Octaves of Easter following,? the parliament be- ing adjourned to St. Edmundsbury, the Commons there laid trea- son to his charge, as also to the Duke of Suffolk, and some others, who had assented to the release of Anjou, and delivery of Maine to the French. Whereupon the King, to appease them, banished the Duke, and sequestered this James Lord Say from his office of Treasurer; and shortly after, on the insurrection of the Kentish men, under the command of Jack Cade, the King, to qualify their passions, committed him to the Tower of London, in regard he discerned how much they clamoured against him. But this riotous mob entering the city of London, and finding their num- bers increase, fetched him thence to Guildhall, and there arraigned him before the Lord Mayor, and other the King's Justices, not- withstanding his request to be tried by bis Peers; whence hurry- ing him to the Standard in Cheapside, they cut off his head, and carried it on a pole, causing his naked body to be drawn at a horse's tail into Southwark, to St. I'homas of Waterings, and there hanged and quartered. This his untimely death happened 1 on July 4th, 1451, leaving Sir William Fiennes, his son, by Emmeline his "■ wife, daugh- ter of Cromer, of Willingham (and by her mother, one of the coheirs of Trillovv), then about twenty-four years of age. He had also three daughters; viz, Elizabeth, married to Wil- liam Cromer, of Tunstall, in Kent, Esq.; secondly, to i.aurence Rainsforth; Emmeline, and Jane. Sir William, sfxond Lord Say and Sele, by special writ, was ' summoned to parliament the same 29 Henry VI. Before the end of wliich year being 'seised of an estate in tail (to himself, and the heirs male of his body), of the office of Constable of Do- Ycr Cattle, and Warden of the Cinque Ports, by virtue of a pa- " Pat. 25 Henry VI. p. z. m. zi. o Ibid. m. 4. P Scow's Annals. »l Esc. 29 Henry VI. 11.29. >• MS. 12. in Oihc. Aim. b. 4. a. s C:aus. 29 Henry Vi. p. I, m. 3. ' Pat. 29 Henry VI. p. 2. m. 3. W PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. tent thereof to James his father, he granted all his right and titl« thereunto to Humphry, Duke of Buckingham, and to his heiri male. In 30 Henry VI. he was " retained to serve the King in hi wars in France, and continued there to the 3Sth of that King'* reign. In I4(3l, he '^obtained a grant of the office of Constable of Porchester Castle for life, and the like of Pevensey Castle, and, being one of ihe Lords who y attended the King into the North, the same year was made " Vice-Admiral to Richard Nevil, the great Earl of Warwick, then High Admiral of England. In 10 Edward IV. he was ^ one of the Lords that fled with the King into Flandersj and on his return landed with him at Ravenspur, in Holdernesse, but soon after was slain ^ in the battle of Barnet, on April 11th, 14/]. This William married *^ Margaret, the daughter and heir to Wil- liam Wickhaiu, son and heir to Sir Thomas Wickham, Knt. son of William Perot, by Alice his wife, daughter of William Champ- neis, by Agnes his wife, sister to William of Wickham, Bishop of Winchester, and founder of New College in Oxford 3 and by that match "^ had the lordship of Broughton, near Banbury, in the county of Oxford. He had summons ° to parliament from 29 Henry VI. to Q Edward IV. inclusive. By his said wife, who was afterwards married to John Harvey, and died in 17 Edw. IV, he was father of three sons, Henry, his heirj John] and Richard, who died unmarried. It is said by Leland, in his Itinerary, that the last of the Lords Say, which was this William (fur after him, for divers descents, none had summons to parliamentj , being in renown, was twice taken prisoner, whereby he suffered much, and was forced to mortgage the greatest part of his lands, so that the barony became extinct) and that the heirs male of the family were only called Fienes. Henry, the eldest son and heir of this hist mentioned William (residing at Broughton), though he used tlie title of Lord Say, had never summons to parliament. He died' on August 1st, 147C, leaving isiue, by Anne his wife,^ daughter of Sir Richard " Ex Auto^r. penes Cler. Pull. x Pat. i EJ.va:d IV. p. i. m. 3. >■ Stow's Annals. z A'Jtogr. ut supra. ■' Stow's Annals. '' HoUinshed, p. 68^. c .M3. G. 5. iu Offic. Arm. * Ex C)I1. R. Gl, Som. t CJaus. de ilsJ. inn. in cLrio. ^ Eic i(j Edward IV. n. 34. t G. 5. in Oiic. ^\im. LORD SAY AND SELE. 21 Harcourt, Knt. ancestor of the present Earl Harcourt, Richard, his son and heir, then two years of age. Which Richard married ''Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Crofts, of Chipping-Norton, in com. Oxon. Esq. and by her had, at his death, in I486, one son, Edward, and three daughters j Anne, married to John, Lord Zouch, of Haringworth; Elizabeth, wife to William D'Anvers, of Culworth, in Northamptonshire, Esq. and Mary, a nun. The said 'Elizabeth surviving him, was secondly, married to Richard West, Esq. and died 18 Henry VIII. Which Edward Fienes refused to take up the title of Baron Say and Sele, because his mother held the capital seat, and the greatest part of the estate. He took to wife Margaret, daughter of Sir John Danvers, of Dantsey, in com. Wilts, Knight of the Bath J and, having made his will, on June 12th, 1527, died at Broughton, in Oxfordshire, as appears by ^ inquisition, taken at Ivelchester, on September 25th, 1529, seised of the manors of Burnham, and Brerie, in the county of Somerset, leaving Richard, his son and heir, of the age of eight years and fourteen days, at the taking of the inquisition. He had also two daughters^ Elizabeth, successively wedded to Francis Barentlne, of Hasely, in Oxfordshire, Esq.j Richard Ex.- ton, James Hilmot, and, lastly, to Thomas Richards, of Chiping- Norton, in Oxfordshire, Gent, she died in i60i, and is buried at Chiping-Norton ; and Diana, who died young. This last mentioned Richaku Fienes, married Ursula, daugh- ter of Richard Farmer, of Easton Neston, in Northamptonshire, Esq. ancestor to the Earl of Pomfret^ and deceased, August 3d, 15/9, leaving, by her, Richard, his son and heir. Lord Say and Sele, who, first, married Constance, the daughter of Sir William Kingsi-nili, of Sid- manton, in Hampshire, Knt,; secondly, 'Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Henry Coddingham, Esq. Auditor of the Mint (widow of William Pawlett, of Winchester, Esq. but had no issue by her.) In the year 1592, this Richard was >" knighted; but by reason of that discontinuance of summons to parliament of his great grand- father, grandfather, and father (though the two first had used the title of Lord Say), he obtained letters patent from King James I. ^ Ex Stemmatf. ' MS. St. George praed. k CoIl-'s E.c L'l. J. p. S2. II. 61. A. i;. ia Bibl. Har!. ' Monu.Tient in Great Bartholomew's church, SmuhhclJ. « Jekyl'sCat. of Knightt. 22 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. •whereby the said title of Baron Say and Sele was fully recog- nised and confirmed to him, and the heirs of his body, on August Qth, l603. And it appears^, by inquisition, after his decease, taken at Oxford/ on May 28th, l6l3, that he died seised of the manors of Broughton, and the advowson of the church of Bloxham-Fenys, alias Bloxham-Wickham, and the Hundred of Bloxham; the ma- nors of Bloxham-Beauchamp, North-Newington, and Shutteford, in Oxfordshire; and the manor of Norton, with the appurtenances, in Weston, in Gloucestershire; and that William, by Constance his wife, was his son and heir, and of the age of twenty-eight years the said 2Sth of May. Which William, first Viscount Say and Sele (as the said inquisition farther shews), in 43 Queen Elizabeth, in his fa- ther's lifetime, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Temple, of Stow, in com. Bucks, Esq. and by letters patent, dated on July 7th, 1624, was created Viscount Say and Sele. By his said wife he had four sons. 1. James, second Viscount. 2. Nathanael," who was Colonel in the Parliament's army. Commissioner of the Great Seal, Privy Counsellor, and Speaker of the other (or Lords) House, under Oliver Cromwell jP he died 16th December, 1669, and was burled at Newton Toney, in Wiltshire, near his daughters, Frances and Anne, whom he had by his second wife, Frances, daughter of Richard Whitehead, of Tuderley, Hampshire. (See Wood's Athejice, Oxon. Vol. II. p. 454). His son, Williain, was third Viscount. 3. John, who was a Colonel for the Parliament, and afterwards one of Oliver's Lords ^ His son, Lawrence, became fourth Vis- count. 4. Richard, ancestor to the late Viscount Say and Sele. Also tive daughters; Bridget, married to Theophilus, Earl of Lincoln; Elizabeth, to Richard Norton, of Southwick, in Hants, Esq.; Constance, to Sir Francis Boynton, of Barmpston, in com. Ebor, Bart.; Susan, to Thomas Earle, of Charlebury, in Dorset- shire, Esq. ; and Anne, to Sir Charles Wolseley, of Wolseley, in com. Staff. Bart. On the restoration of King Charles IL he was made Lord Privy Seal; and dying on April 14ih, 1662, was bu- ried at Broughton, in Oxfordshire. Lord Say and Sele appears to have been far from a virtuous or an:iable man. He was poor, proud, and discontented; and • Colt's Esc. prKfl. Lib. I. p. 500. ' Lives of Lords Chancellors-. P Ssc Noble's Meii.oirs of the Cromwell family. LORD SAY AND SELE. 23 seems to have opposed the Court, partly at least with the view of extorting preferment from hence. To this, historians of very opposite principles bear testimony. Arthur Wilson says, " Say and Sele was a seriously subtil peece, and always averse to the court wayes. something out of pertinatiousnesse; his tem- per and constitution balancing him altogether on that side, which was contrary to the wind 3 so that he seldom tackt about or went upright, though he kept his course steady in his owne way a long time. Yet it appeared afterwards, when the harshnesse of the humour was a little allayed, by the sweet refreshments of court favours, that those sterne comportments supposed naturall might be mitigated; and that indomitable spirits, by gentle usage, may be tamed and brought to obedience."! The following is Lord Clarendon's account of him. " The Lord Viscount Say was a man of a close and reserved nature, of a mean and narrow fortune, of great parts, and of the highest ambition; but whose ambition would not be satisfied with offices and preferments, without some condescensions in ecclesi- astical matters. He had for many years been the oracle of those who were called Puritans in the worse sense, and steered all their counsels and designs. He was a notorious enemy to the Church, and to most of the eminent Churchmen, with some of whom he had particular contests. He had always opposed and contradicted all acts of state, and all taxes and impositions, which were not exactly legal; and so had as eminently, and as obstinately, re- fused the payment of ship money as Mr. Hampden had done: though the latter, by the choice of the King's Council, had brought his cause to be first heard and argued, with which judg- ment it was intended the whole right of that matter should be concluded, and all other causes over-ruled. The Lord Say would not acquiesce, but pressed to have his own case argued; and was so solicitous in person with all the Judges, both privately at their chambers, and publicly in the court of Westminster, that he was very grievous to them. His commitment at York the year before, because he refused to take an oath, or rather subscribe a protes- tation, against holding intelligence with the Scots, when the King had marched against them, had given him much credit. In a word, he had great authority with all the discontented party through- out the kingdom, and a good reputation with many who were not 1 Wlhon's Lift of King James, Vol I. p. 162. 24 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. contented, who believed him to be a wise man_, and of a very useful temper in an age of licence^ and one who would still ad- here to the law."'' James, second Viscount Say and Sele, took to wife, Frances^ one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledonj and on March 11th, l677> was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. He died on March 15tii, l673-4j and by his said wife (who, secondly, wedded Joshua Sprigge,' an Independent Divine, at Crayford, in Kent), had issue three sonsj James and William, who died in their infancies^ and another William, who died in France, before he arrived at man's estate j as also two daughters. Elizabeth, married to Sir John Twisleton, of Barley, in com. Ebor. Knt. ancestor of the present Peer. And, Frances, to Andrew Ellis, of Aley, in the county of Flint, Esq. Whereupon the title of Viscount Say and Sele devolved on William, the only surviving son of Nathanael Fienes (second son to the before specified William, Viscount Say and Sele), by Eli- zabeth his wife, daiighter of Sir John Eliot, of Port-Eliot, inthe county of Cornwall, Knt. William, third Viscount Say and Sele, took to wife, Mary, one of the daughters of his uncle, Richard Fienes, fourth and youngest son of the aforesaid William, Viscount Say and Sele; and by her had issue two daughters 3 Susan, married to Robert Hawley, Esq.; and Margaret, who died young; also an only son, iNathanael, of whom his mother died in childbed, on October 23d, 1676, and was buried at Broughton, in Oxfordshire, near her grandtallier, William, Viscount Say and Sel?. The said William married, seccncily, on September 8th, l685, Anne, daughter to John Walker, of Banbury, in com. Oxon. by whom he had no issue; and, dying in IOqO, was succeeded by his only son, Nathanael, fourth Viscount Say and Sele, who took his scat in the Plouse of Peers, on May 3d, 1699, died unmar- ried on January 2d, 1709-IO, and was buried at Broughton; whereupon the ti'.le devolved on Laurence Fienes, son of John i'ienes, third son of William, tirst Viscount Say and Sele. ^\■hich John Fienes married Susannah, the daughter and sole heir of 'j'honias iT[obbs, of Amwell-ALigna, in com. Hertf. Esq. 2nd had issue six sous and four daughters; viz. ^ lord Clarendon, Vol. I. p. liiZ. 5 Authr of .-%/;.( RrM'vh.i. See Wood's Ath. II. 761. indCens.Lit. X. ^z(. LORD SAY AND SELE. 25 1. John. 2. Thomas. And, 3. Henry, who all lived to men's estate, but died unmarried. 4. William, who married Cecilia, daughter of Ellis, Esq. widow of Richard Langley, Esq. and granddaughter of James, second Viscount Say and Sele, but left no issue by her, who died at Bath the 22d of July, 1715, ret. 58, and was buried at Brough- ton by her near relation, Colonel Fienes Twisleton, whom she left her sole devisee and executor. 5. Laurence, lifih Viscount. And. 6". Richard, who died young. The four daughters were, Susanna, married to Thomas Fllmer, Esq.; Hannah, to John Knight, of Broughton, in com. Oxon.; Elizcibeih, who died young; and Martha, who died unmarried, iu May, 1733. The said L.\urence, fifth Viscount, took his seat in the House of Peers, on February 24th^ 1709-10, but dying without issue in September, 1/42, I shall now take notice of the descend- ants of Richard, fourth and youngest son of Williain, firstViscount Say and Sale, and uncle of this Laurence. Which Richard married two wives; first, Margaret, daughter and heir of Andrew Burrell, of Wisbech, in the Jslc of Ely, Esq. and by her, who died 17th April, i66q, and was buried at Broughton, had issue surviving him, 1. Pharanius, who died unmarried. And, 2. William, second son, who married Prudence, only surviving daughter of William Cold well. Prebendary of Ely, and Vicar of Wisbech, in that isle, by whom he had two daughters; and died on October Gch, IQ8Q, aged thirty -hve, and was buried in the church of Wisbech aforesaid. Also tive daughters; Elizabeth, married, first, to William Dan- vers, of Broughton, in Oxon.; secondly, to John Brawn, of the county of Gloucester; Mary, to William, third Viscount Say and Sele, as is already mentioned; Anne, married to Dr. Beaumont Percival, of Harding, in com. Flint.; Arabella, unmarried; and Alice, married, first, to John Horn, of Winchester, Esq.; and, secondly, to Sir John St. Barbe, of Broadlands, in the county of Southampton, Bart. He married, secondly, Susanna, daughter of Sir William Cobb, of Adderbury, in Oxfordshire; she died 31st March, 1712, xt. 63, and is buried at Adderbury, by whom he had issue one son, Richard, who, having taken holy orders, was Rector of Oakley, in Buckinghamshire; and, by Penelope his wife, daughter «i' 26 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. George Chamberlain, of Wardington, In com. Oxon. Esq. left issue one son and four daughters; viz. Richard, last Viscount Say and Sele. Susanna, married to Alexander Gordon, of Greenwich, Esq. Vere- Alicia, married to Richard Wykham^ of Swaclifte, in com. Oxon. Esq.' Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Mr. Henry Quarlly, Rector of Wicken, Northamptonshire; and Cecilia. '^ Which Richard, sixth Viscount Sa\ and Sele, married, on January 28th, l 754, Isabella, daughter of Sir John Tirrell, of Buckinghamshire, Eart. relict, firat, of John Knap, Esq.; se- condly, of John Piggot, of Doddershall, in com. Buckingh. Esq. His Lordship was likewise LL.D^ He died suddenly at Dodder- shall, Bucks, 29th July, 1/81, and was burled at Grindon, when the Viscounty of Say and Sele became extinct. In the mean time, Col. Thomas Twisleton preferred his claim to the Bakony of Say and Sele, as great grandson and heir of the body of Elizabeth Twisleton, daughter and coheir of James, second Viscount Say and Sele; in which claim he finally suc- ceeded. The name of the family of Twisleton was probably assumed from their residence at Twisleton, in the West Riding of York- shire, in which county they were originally settlt-d, and intermar- ried with some of the most respectable families there; but their lineal descents cannot now be ascertained. The pedigrees, which I have met with of this family, begin •with John Twisleton, who was an eminent Goldsmith and Al- derman of the city of London; he died in the year 1525, and was buried in St. Matthew's church, Fridny street,'' leaving a son and heir, Christopher Twisleton, who removed to Barley, in the county of York, at which place several of the family had before resided; and having married Ann, daughter of John Beere, of Dartford- Place, in Kent, Esq. (by his first wife, Alice, daughter and heir of William Nysell, of Wrotham, in the same county, Esq.j, had by her two sons; 1. George; 2. Bryan, who, by his wife, Ann, daughter of George Lawson, of Cumberland, had issue six sons; 1. Bryan, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Hazelwood, • She ditd, February 7th, 1768, a widow. t But see Gent. Maij. August 1781. • Stow's Survey of London, Ldit. 1653, ;ol. ^^0. LORD SAY AND SELE 11 of Maldwell, in Northamptonshire. 2. George, 3. William. 4. Henry, 5, Ralph. And, 6. Arthur.'^ George, the eldest son of Christopher, succeeded hig father in the estate at Barley: he was a Justice of the peace for the county of York, and by the name of George Twisleton, of Barley, in Yorkshire, Esq. son of Christopher Twisleton, son and heir of John Twisleton, sometime an Alderman of London, had a confir- mation of the arms used by his ancestors j viz. Argent a Chevron, between three moles Sable, with a mullet for difference, and a grant of the crest; viz. out of a wreath an embowed right arm vested sable, turned up argent, holding in the hand proper, a mole Bpade, Or, headed and armed Argent, with the motto, Vidi Vici, which confirmation and grant bear date November 22d, l002.y His first wife was the daughter of Aldred, of the Charter- house, near Hull, in Yorkshire; his second, Margaret, daughter of Holmes, of PauUer Holme, in Holdernesse, in the same county; by each of whom he had two sons; those by the latter, were George and Bryan ; George dwelt at Woraerslcy Park, in Yorkshire, and was married on December l6tb, l6ll, to Pro- thesia, daughter of George Gascoigne, of Kirkby, in Northamp- tonshire, Esq. Counsellor at law, sixth son of John Gascoigne, of Lasingcrofte, Esq.^ The sons by the first venter were, Christopher and John. Christopher, the eldest son and heir, succeeded to the pa- ternal inheritance at Barley; and by Alice his wife, daughter of Hazelwood, of Maidwell abovementioned, left an only son, GcoRGE, who, by the name of George Twisleton, of Barley, in Yorkshire, Esq. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, by letters patent, dated April 2d, l6'20; he married the daughter of Henry Stapleton, of Wighill, in Yorkshire, Esq. but dying with- out issue, the baronetage became extinct, aad the estate went to his uncle, John Twisleton, second son of Christopher, who was settled at Drax, in Yorkshire, and became possessed of Horseman's Place, and other lands in Kent, by the will of his cousin, Edward Beere, who died in 1627;» he married Margaret, daughter of William Constable, Esq. descended from that ancient family in Yorkshire, by whom he had two sons; 1 . John, of whom hereafter, 2. Philip, '' Harl. MS. No. 1 174. fol. ico. r Aspidora Segarian.i, MS. ' Har!. MS. No. 1354, fol. ^63. » HasteJ's Kent, Vol.1, fol. i;3. 28 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. who had four sonsj l. John, who had the estate at Horseman's Place, by the will of his uncle, John, but died without issue, and lies buried, with his wife, in Dartford church, with the following inscriptions on their grave stones:'^ " Here lies entcrred, the body of John Twisleton, late of Horsman's Place, in this parish. Esq; who departed this lite on the 28th day of July, 172I, in the seventy-second year of his age." *' Underneath this stone, lyeth interred the body of Ann Twisleton, wife of John Twisleton, of Horseman's t'lace, in this parish. Esq; who departed tliis life, the 19th day of November, anno Domini 1717, in the 88ih year of her Over the inscription, on each stone, are the arms of Twisleton, impaling a Chevron between three bugle horns, stringed. Philip, second son of Philip Twisleton, died without issue; as did Henry, the fourth son; but Thomas, the third son, who died before his elder brother, left a daughter, Mnry, who married the Reverend Josiah Cockshutt; and a son, John, who inherited Horseman's Place, by the will of his uncle, John, and died pos- sessed thereof, in April 1757, without issue, whereby the male issue of Philip, second son of John Twisleton, and Margaret Con- stable, became extinct. To return to John Twisleton, eldest son and heir of the above John and Margaret. Pie was possessed of Horseman's Place, and other estates in Kent, for which county he served the office of High Sheritfin the year 1672. In the south chancel of Dartford church is a mural monument of ■white marble erected to his m.emory; on which is the follow- ing inscription, which shews his marriages and issue i'^ " Near this place lieth Interred the body of John Twisleton, of Horsman's Place, in this Parish, Esq; son and heir of John Twisleton of Drax in the county of York, Esq. who was uncle and heir of Sir George Twisltton of Barley in the said county, Bart, the ancient and paternal seat of the iamily. This John had lour wives; the first, EHza- ^ Thorpe's Reg'Strum Roflcnse, fol. 976. ^ Ibid. fol. 976. LORD SAY AND SELE. 29 betb, daughter and heir of Angustin Skinner of Tolsham in this county. Esq; the second, Lucy, fifth daughter of Samuel Dunch, of Baddesley m the county of Berks, Esq; who also lyeth buried near this place; the third, Elizabeth, eldest daughter and coheir of the right honourable James, Viscount, and Baron Say and Scale, by whom he had issue two sons and a daughter, who died soon after they were born, and lye buried here, and also a daughter now liv- ing; his fourth wife was Anne, daughter and heir of John-Cin-istopher Meyern, a German, which survived him."^ He departed this life, the 4th day of December, in the year of our Lord mdclxxxii, in the LXixth year of his age, " Vir bonus, plus, c\' Justus." Cecil Twisleton, the only surviving child, was heir both to her fitber and mother, and died in 1723, having had two husbands-, the first was George Twisleton, Esq. of Woodhall, in the parisli of Woraersley, in the county of York;" the second, Robert Mig- non : by the former of whom, she had issue a son and heir, FiENXES Twisleton, who was a Colonel in the army, and died September 4th, ]730. He married Mary, daughter of Clarke, of Ireland, by whom he had is-ue,'' three daughters; 1. Alicia, who died unmarried. 2, Idonea-Cecil, wife of Richard Burdet, of Slates, in the county of York, Esq. and died in l/Sg. 3. Charlotte, married to John Crompton, Archdeacon of Tuam, in the kingdom of Ireland; and an only son, Jon.v Twisleton, Esq. who resided at Broughton Castle, in Oxfordshire, and dying in 17G3, was buried in Broughton church. Ann his wife, daughter of William Gardner, of Little Eourton, in the same county, died January 14th, 17U9, and was likewise buried at Broughton: their issue were three sons. ** She was afterwards maiiied to Sir John Piatt, Knr. Ilast^d's His'', of Kent. Vol. I. p. :23. <^ He was probably descendeJ from Gj-tjc Tvii'ct.-p., of WoTUfrslfv (or Wormcsley) Parle, before •mentioned. Durir.n the Civil W.irs. a Gcorijc Twisl - ton was an active officer in the Parliament arrr.y, w.is nviJc a Li"u',cmiit-C'j!onel and Governor of Denbigh Castle, in N-irrli Walr^; ai.d, as ap;vj,irs in the reg's- tcr of baptisrns, in the parish of Chiphani, in Surrey, h.'d a s^n, George, bjin tlie 6th, and baptized the 14th Deccn.bcr, 1^5.:. ^ From his lordship's pedigree, entered in the Tljuse of Puers, with whick ill; latter part of this account hts been compa;rJ. so PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 1. John, born in 1/24, who was a Lieutenant in the Coldstream regiment of foot guards, and lost his life at the battle of Bruker Muhl, in Germany, June 24th, 1762, being unmarried. 2. Thomas, Lord Say and Sele. And 3. Francis, born in 1736, married to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Joseph Thompson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the county of York, Merchant, and took the name of Thompson, by virtue of his Majesty's sign manual, in 1774, but had not any issue. He died January 3d, 1793, and his Lady December 2d, following. Thomas, Lord Say and Sele, the eldest surviving son and heir, having, by a petition to his Majesty, exhibited his claim to the said barony, it was finally referred to the Lords Commit- tees of Privileges, to whom his case was stated by his council, a» follows : The Case of Colonel Thomas Twisleton, of Broughton Castle, in the county of Oxford ; in relation to the barony of Say and Sele. In letters patent of his Majesty King James the first, s dated the ninth day of August, in the first year of his rsign, it is re- cited, That James Fenys, Knight, son of William Fenys, Knight, who was son and heir of Joan, one of the daughters of Geoffry Saye, Lord of Saye, was, by King Henry the sixth, summoned by writ,'' the 3d of March, in the twenty -fifth year of his reign, to the parliament at St, Edmundsbury, by the name of James Fenys, Knight, Lord of Saye and of Sele.' That on the fifth of the same month of March, in the presence of the three estates of the same parliament, and with the consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the aforesaid James was raised, made, and created a Baron of England, by the style, title, and honour, of Baron of Saye and Sele, That William Fenys, Knight, Lord of Saye and of Sele, the son and heir of the said James, was by writs summoned to Par- 8 Twelfth part of the patents, at the Rol.'s, first of James the first. •' Rotal. clauso, ann. zj Heniy VI. mcnib. i6 dorso. At the Tower. 1 Sir James Feneys, Lord Saye and Sele, had other summonses, besides these taken notice of in this patent, viz, :7th of Henry the sixth (Rot, Claus. M. 24 Dorso), and 28th of Henry sixth (Rot. Claus. M. 26.) And it appears by the printed Rolls of Parliament (Vol. V. page 1711, tha: he was in tlic last year one of th.e committee for receiving pttiticns. LORD SAY AND S£LE. 31 liament, as well in the thirty- third '^ and thirty eighth' years of King Henry the sixth, as in the first,'" second," sixth," seventh, and ninths' years of King Edward the fourth.i That Henry Fenys, Lord of Saye and Sele (the son and heir of the said William Fenys, Lord of Saye and Sele), had by right of inheritance enjoyed the honour of Baron of Saye and of Sele. And that Richard Fenys, Knight, was the son and heir of Ri- chard Fenys, Knight, who was the son and heir of Edward Fenys, who was the son and heir of Richard Fenys, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid Henry Fenys, Lord of Saye and of Sele, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid William Fenys, Knight, Lord of Sinyc and Sele, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid Jame.i Fenys, Knight, formerly Lord of Saye and of Sele. And his said Majesty, King James the first, by his said letters patent, not only recognized, allowed, ratified, and confirmed, to the said Sir Richard Fenys and the heirs of his body, the title and dignity of Baron of Saye and of Sele; but also constituted and created the said Sir Richard Fenys (the claimant's ancestor). Ba- ron of Saye and of Sele, to hold to him and the heirs of his body. Upon the death of the said Sir Richard Fenys, Baron of Says and of Sele, the honour descended to William Fenys, his son and heir, who, by letters patent"" 7'h of July, in the twenty-second year* of tlie reign of the same King James, was raised, made, and created a Viscount, by the style and title of Viscount of Saye and of Sele, to hold to him and ilie heirs male of his body. The lineal descent of the said William Fenys, Lord of Saye and of Sele (from Sir James Fenys), summoned by wiit in the reign of King Henry the sixth, as stated in the former patent, is recited in this patent, and the confirmation of the barony of Saye and of Sele to Sir Richard Fenys, father of the said Lord Viscount William, is therein also recited. ^ Rot. claus. ann. 33 Henry VI. m. 36. dorso. ' R<'t. claus. ann. 38 Her.ry \'I. m. 2. doiscj. '" Rot. claus. I Edv.ar.i IV. m. 35. djiso. " Rot. claus, z Edv.-.rd IV. m. 3. doiS'\ " Rot. claus. 6 EJsvard IV. m. 1. rioiso. V Rot. claus. 9 Edwird iV. m. 23. dors ). At t'le Tower. T Sir William Fenys appears, thou^jh not n :lwid in tliis patent, to ha\e been summcned by special writ, ;9tli of Henry the sixth (Rot. claus. m. 40- dots.}, immedia'.cly after the dea'.h of his father, who l,sc his life und.r Jack Cade'b iu- surrecticn, 29th of Henry the sixth. •■ Twelfth par: of the patcno,. z:i Ja.xei I. At the Rjl's. 32 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. The said William Fenys (or Ficnnes, as the name was thcB usually spelt), Baron and Viscount Saye and Sele, died in the year 1062, leaving issue, James, his eldest son and heir;* Na- thaniel, his second} John, his third; and Richard, his fourth ion. James, the eldest son, succeeded his fiithcr, as Baron and Vis- count Sdye and Sele, under the said respective patents, and died in 1673, without issue male, leaving only two daughters, Eliza- beth and Frances, his co-heiresses; whereupon the said barony of Saye and of Sele became in suspension or abeyance^ and the vis- county passed to William, son of Nathaniel, the second son of Lord William, the first Viscount, as the heir male of his body, and he took his seat accordingl;,', 13th of April, 1675.' The honour of Viscount of Say and of Sele, on the death of the •aid William, the third Viscount, descended to Nathaniel, his son and heir, who took his scat third of May l6p9:" and on his death, in January 17tO, without iss«e male, passed to Lawrence Fiennes, son and heir of John, third son of William, the first Viscount Saye and Sele. This Lawrence, on the death o^ the said Nathaniel, Lord Vis- count Saye and Sele, preferred his ijetitioa of claim to the said yiscounty, staling his pedigree; and which being referred to the House of Lords, was first read tliere 13th of February I/O/J-IO; and on the 17th of the same month the Lords Committees of Pri- vileges made their report upon his claim, and the House allowed his right, and he took his seat 24th of February, 1709.^ On the death of the said Lawrence, the first Viscount Saye and Sele without issue male, in 1742,''' the said dignity passed to Ri- chard, the present Viscount, grandson and lieir male of Richard, the fourth son of Lord William, the first Vj.scount. To return to the said barony, so in suspension or abeyance, be- tween the two daughters and co-htrlrcsscs of James, Jjaron and Viscount Snyc and Sele, as before i-; mentioned. Liizabeth Fiennes, the eldest daughter, intermarried wifn Jolin Twisleton, Esq. and left is^^ue orily one dauglitcr, Cecil, her hf ir at law, who intermarried, fi^st, with George Twisleton, E-^q, of Woodhall, in the parish of Womcrslsy, in the county of Y.)rk, and after with Robert ^lignon, Esq. and died in the year 1/23, '' Lords J(-unn!3, 1 V-^ '■^•'if^ 1 7th Fobr-,i.iry, i7ciy-io. « Ljrus J.jiir.ial,,, i y.\\ .\p;i:, 107^. >* Lor.. .■, Jour::.i's, May l6:/j. ^ Laids Jouruais, i 3C11, i 7th, and 24'li I'c'orii.'.i y 17.^- o. y L?ius ju',ii;iul«, ijti) January i7^:,-3. LORD SAY AND SELE. .]j caving issue (by her first husband), Fiennes Twisleton, her eldest son and heir.'^ Frances, the second and youngest daughter, and co-heiress of James, last Baron of Saye and of Sele, married Andrew Ellis, Esq. and left issue opiy one daughter, named Cecil, who married, first. Sir Richard Langley, and afterwards William Fiennes, Esq. who was the elder brother of Lawrence, afterwards the fifth Viscount Saye and Sele, and the said Cecil Fiennes, Lady Langley, died without issue, in 1715; whereupon the suspension or abeyance of the barony of Saye and of Sele was determined. Fiennes Twisleton, the son and heir of Cecil, daughter and heir of Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of the said Lord James, in i6Q2, being then a Lieutenant in the King's service, and in Ireland, married Mary Clarke, spinster, at the Castle of Dublin j and had i>ssue one son, John Twisleton, the present claimant's father, and three daughters; Alicia, Idonea, and Charlotte, and died 11th of September 1730, leaving the said John Twisleton, his son and heir. It does not appear that the said Fiennes Twisleton, who, after the death of Cecil Mignon, in 1723, stood entitled, as the heir general of the body of Sir Richard Fenys, to the said Barony of Say and Sele, ever preferred his claim, nor can the present claim- ant, his grandson, assign any other reasons for such neglect or omis- sion of his grandfather, than that he has heard and believes, that after long and hard services in the army, in Ireland, Flanders, Spain, and America, soon after the peace of Utrecht, he settled himself at his seat at Broughton Castle, and was for several years before his death in a declining state of health; and having but a small fortune, and several children, probably preferred retirement to a more public situation. From many manuscripts, cases, and drafts, in the hand-writing of INIr. Henry I'aramor, deceased, late one of t!ie secondaries of the. cdurt of Common Fleas, usually employed as Solicitor to the fjinily, it can be siiewn the claim was in coutemj)lation of the iainily; for that Jo!hi Twisleton, the son and heir of the said Fi'i^nes, in the year 1730, almost immedi.Uely after the death of his fit!)er, to-^k opinions of sonic eminent counsel ^particularly Mr. Reeve, aftcr-.vards Lonl Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Mr. Fen\\ick), and was coUcctin';; evidence and materials to assert his right to the said barony of Saye and Sele. z Tor f roc, f of these uc's, tec the .-\pper.,d'.x. VOL. Vn. D S4 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Early in the year 1733, the said John Twisleton actually pre- sented his petition to his late Majesty King George the second, claiming the barony of Saye and of Sele, as heir-general of the body of the said Sir Richard Fenys, in which the descent of the said barony from the said Sir Richard Fenys to him, is stated in the same manner as in the present petition of Colonel Thomas Twisleton J and the same was referred by his said late Majesty to his then Attorney-General, afterwards Lord Chief Justice Wjlles; who reported thereupon, That the said John Twisleton had clearly proved his pedigree, as stated in his petition, and that he was the heir-general of the body of the said Richard Fenys, Baron of Saye and of Sele ; wherefore it seemed to him that the then petitioner had made out his claim, and that he had a right to be summoned to the then Parliament, by the title of Baron of Saye and of Selej which petition, and report thereupon, his said late Majesty was pleased to refer to the House of Peers, and the House referred the same to the Lords Committees for privileges, who were to hear the then petitioner, and report their opinions there- upon. By the book of minutes of the Committee of Privileges at the Lords office, it appears, that the committee sat on the iSth and 20th of March 1733, and 1st of April 1/34, upon the matter of the petition, and examined several records, and parole evidence, to the title and pedigree of the then petitioner j and were attended by the council, as well on the part of the said John Twisleton, as on the part of Lawrence, Viscount of Saye and Sele; and on the first of April adjourned the further hearing to that day fortnight: but it does not appear that the committee did meet pursuant to their adjournment, or that any further proceedings were had thereon, the Parliament being prorogued on the l6'th day of April 1734, and immediately afterwards dissolved. And it does not appear that the said John Twisleton, the then petitioner, who lived till the year 1/62, ever took any measures to revive his claim to the said barony. At this time it may be difficult to assign a satisfactory reason for this neglect 5 but if the present claimant might be allowed to conjecture what might influence the mind of his father in this re- spect, the fear of offending Lord Lawrence, his near relation, who was heard by his counsel respecting the said claim, Vvho had not any issue, and from whom the said John Twisleton might have expectations of considerable advantage, his improvident marriage, aK after stated, his small fortune, which could not well admit of LORD SAY AND SELE. 35 the expense of a further prosecution of this said claim, with an increasing family, and a visible decline of health, which early confined him as an invalid at Broughton Castle, where, during the space of a great many years before h'^ died, he scarcely stir- red out of one room. These concurrent circumstances may rea- sonably be presumed to have discouraged him from reviving his claim to a peerage. On the 30th of December, 1/33, the said John Twisleton mar- ried Ann Gardner, Spinster, the daughter of William and Eliza- beth Gardner, who possessed a small estate at Little Borton, near Banbury, in the county of Oxford j and t!)e better to conceal the same from the knowledge of his own relations, or for some other reason, he was married at the Fleet, where marriages were at that time frequently celebrated, ^c. &c. The claiiDant, as heir general of the body of the said Sir Ri- chard Fiennes, became entitled to the barony of Saye and of Sele, on the death of his father, in 1703j but did not intend to have claimed it during the life of the present Viscount Saye and Sele, upon whose death, and failure of male issue, the said honour and tiilc of Viscoimt will become extinct: but in the year 1/79, ^n estate in Yorkshire falling to him on the death of Mrs. Judith Tu'i>leton, of Rnvclifte, widow, and jointress of part of the estate heretofore of John Twisleton, Esq. of Dartford, and under the ddvise in whose will, dated the 7th July, 1/04, the residue of the tiic same estate, not in jointure, was recoveied by the claimant's father in 1757. his the said Thomas Tvvisleton's entry, as the heir in tail of Fiennes Twisleton, was opposed by Josias Cockshutt, Esq. and an ejectment was necessarily brought for the recovery of these jointure lands; which came on to be tried at York before a sjiecial jury, at the Spring assizes, 178O; when several witnesses, whose lives, from their great age, are precarious, were examined. Just before the assizes, it appeared, that Mr. Cockshutt, the de- tnidant, who opposed the petitioner's entry, rested his claim solely u\)on a supposed extinction of the tenancy in tail under the devise in the will of the said John Twisleton, of Dartford, in 1/04, and that t)ie remainder or reversion in fee had consequently come into possession. The question, therefore, to be determined on this ejectment V, h.Llher the said llionias Twisleton could claim, as heir of the body of John Twisleton, his father, deceased, who was heir of the body of the said Fiennes Twisleton, deceased, who was devisee in tail-n:ale under the said will, 36 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. And the lessor of the plaintiff was thereupon obliged to prove the marriage of his father, antecedent to the birth of the present claimant. The cause was heard before Mr. Justice Willes, and a special jury 5 and such proofs of the marriage of his father and mother, as are herein before stated, were adduced, supported by the testimony of many aged witnesses; one of whom, the Rev. Dr. Harrison, is since deceased; and after a thorough invtstigation of the matter, to the satisfaction of the court and jury, the said Tho- mas Twisleton obtained a verdict without hesitation, and recovered the actual possession of the estate he then claimed. Such his right and title have remained unimpeached, and he has since suf- fered a recovery to bar the remainder over, and is now seised thereof in fee. From this unexpected question of legitimacy, and to have the benefit of such evidence as was adduced at the said trial at York, in support thereof (if a further scrutiny or investi- gation should be deemed necessary after the said trial at law), the said Thomas Twisleton was advised to assert his right to the said barony of Saye and of Sele without further delay, several of his witnesses being very aged and infirm; and he accordingly pre- sented his petition to his Majesty, who was graciously pleased to refer the same to his Attorney-General, who has been attended" by the claimant's counsel; and such evidence has been adduced before him, that he hath reported to his Majesty, that the said Thomas Twisleton, the petitioner, had proved to him his pedigree as stated in his petition, and that he is the heir-general of the body of the said Richard Fiennes created Baron of Saye and Sele by King James the first. And further, that it appeared to him that the petitioner. Colonel Thomas Twisleton, had made out his claim, and that he is entitled to be summoned to this present Parliament, by the title of Baron of Saye and of Sele. His Majesty has been further graciously pleased to refer the said petition to the House of Lords, who have referred the same to the consideration of the Lords Committee fur privileges. And the petitioner humbly hopes that, upon adducing such proofs and evidence, as to your Lordships shall seem sufficient to support the case here stated, your Lordships will be of opinion, that he is justly entitled to the said barony of Saye and Sele, and that the same dignity and honour will be accordingly allowed and confirmed to him and the heirs of his body. A. Macdonald. J. Lee. J. HOLLIDAY. LORD SAY AND SELE. 37 rhe PEDIGREE of Colonel Thomas Twisleton, from Sir James Fenys, summoned to Parliament the 2jth of Henry the Sixth Sir Jaires Fenys, Lord Saye and Sele, summoned by writ 3d March, 2j Henry VI. 1446-7. William Fenys summoned by writ as Lord Saye and Sele. I H?nry Fenys, Lord Saye and Sele. Richard Fenys. 1 Edward Fenys. Richard Fenys. Sir Richard Fsnys, Knight, confirmed and created Baron of Saye and of Sele, to him and the heijs of his body, i James I. by patent, 1603. William, Baron Saye and Sele, created Viscount Saye and Sele, to him and the heirs male of his body, 22 James I. by patent. fJathaniel Fiennes who died in the life-time of his brother, James. 3| John Fiennes. 1 I James, Baron & Viscount Say & Sele. Richard Fiennes, who died in 1674. William 3 Vise. Lawrence, 5 Vise. Elizabeth Fiennes, Frances Fiennes, RichardFiemies Say and Sele, died Say and Sele, died who married Jn. who married An- in 1698. 1742) without is- Twisleton, Esq. drew Ellis, Esq. I sue. Nathaniel, 4th Vis- count Say and Sele, died 1709, without issue. Cecil Twisleton, Cecil Ellis married, Richard, now Vis- married, 1. Geo. 1. Sir Rich. Lang- count Say and Twisleton, Esq. ley; 2. Wm. Fi- Sele, heir-male 2. Robert Mig- ennes, Esq. died of Will am txit non, Esq. without issue. Viscount. Fiennes Twisleton married Mary Clarke, and died 4th Sept. 1730. 1 John Twisleton married Anne Gardner, 30th Dec. 1733, and died iu 1763. 1 John TwisI'!on, killed in Ger- many, o'j. S.P, 1762. Thomas Twisleton, the present claimant, heir-general of the body of Sir Richar'l Fenys, confirmed Baron of Saye and of Sele, and heir general, lineally descended from Sir James Fenys summoned by Writ, as Lord S.iyc and Sele. 1 , . I . ord Arundel} who, at his return, ordered a mine to be sprung under his own castle, and thus sacrificed that noble and magnificent structure to his loyalty. On the ruins of this old castle, over the great gate-way, is an image of our Saviour, under which, in golden letters, is. Sub Nomine tuo stet Genus & Domus. ^ See Mercurlus Rustlcus. LORD ARUNDEL OF WARDOUR. 4^ And a little lower tlie following inscriptions: Gentis Arundeliae Thomas Lanhcrnia Proles Junior, hoc meruit, primo scdere Loco. Ut sedit cecidit, sine Crimine plectitur ille Insop<, insontem, Fata sequunta probant. Nam quae Patris erunt, Maltheus Filiu=; emit, Empta nuxiv: Studio Principis aucta manent. Comprecor ancta diu maneant augenda per iEvum; Hsec dedit, eripuit, restituitque Deus. Here branch of the Arundel Lanherian race, Thomas first sate, and he deserv'd the place. He sate and fell, merit the fatal crime. And Heaven, to mark him faultless, blessed his linej Mattl)e\v his offspring, as the father great. And happier in his prime, regain'd the seat. Confirra'd, enlarg'd, long maj its fortune stand, His care, who gave, resum'd, restored the land. This Thomas, second Lord, raised, at his own expense, a regi- ment of horse for the service of King Charles L at the time of the usurpation 5 and being in the battle of Lnnsdown, fighting for the King, was shot in the thigh by a brace of pistol bullets, of which wounds he died in his Majesty's garrison at Oxford, and was buried with great funeral pomp at Tisbury. His Lady dying at Winchester, was also buried at Tisbury, where on two marble monuments are the following epitaphs: D. O. M. Hie parte sua mortali quiescit, qui in ccelo potiori parte vivit immortalis, Thomas Arundel, Baro Arundel de Warder, sacri Romani imperii comes, primogenitus nempe Thomas Arundel, Ba- ronis etiam de Warder, qui, ob insignia et pietatis et forlitudinis exempla in communem Christiani nominis hostem in Hungaria ad Slrigonium praestita, h.nereditarium hunc honoris titulum a Rodolpho se- cundo meruit ipse, et ad posteros transmisitj cujus dignitatum virtutumque hie hceres, dum vixit, sic Deo in constant! pietatis exercitio militavit in tcrris, VOL. VII, X 50 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ut debitum sibi in cffilis triumphum expectare vide- retur, ita se totum in Regis Caroli Primi obsequium, imniinente in Anglia hello civili, impendit, ut in illud opes fortunaraque profuderit, ac vitam deni- que ipsam lubentissime contulisset, ex qua excessit Oxonii die 19° Maij, ann. astatis 5Q, annnque re- paratse salutis 1043. Here, while the better part of him enjoys everlasting life in Heaven, lie the mortal remains of the Right Hon. Thomas Lord Arundel, Baron of Wardour, and Count of the sacred Roman Empire, eldest son of Thomas Arundel, also Baron of Wardour, &c. whose virtue and noble exploits at Gran, in Hun- gary, against the common enemy of Christianity, deservedly procured him and his descendants the above honourable title from the Emperor Rodolph IL This heir to his virtues and dignities, by a steady and continual execution of his duty to God, while living, his spiritual combat so successfully fought as to acquire well grounded hopes of a tri- umph in Heaven. He so devoted himself to the service of his sovereign King Charles the First, that during the civil wars, he spent his fortune in sup- port ot his crown; always ready to have sacrificed, for the cause, that life which he finlsh'd at Oxford on the JQth day of May, in the 59th year of his age, and of our Lord 1(543. Requiescat in pace. On the other is, D. O. M. Hie Conjugi Conjux amantissima adjacet Don)ina Blancha Somerset, filia Edwardi Somerset.Wigorniae comiiis, privati sigilli custudis, magistri equitum, &c. quae marito par gcticris splendore, CAercitio virtiUuni non impar, in Aula Rcv,ia quasi in cella privata \l.\it, quaiUo dignitale tcrrcna sublimior, taiito pietails fulgore splendidior, quantoque Regiae viciniur Maje^tati, tanlo ((juud parum est intef raoHalL-s) Supremo dilectior Numini quo ut propius LORD ARUNDEL OF WARDOUR. 51 frueretur coelo natura mortalitatem exuit Wintoniae die 28° Octob. ann. aetat. 66, annoque Dom. 1049. Here, near her husband, liefh the most loving wife Lady Blanch Somerset, daughter of Edward Somer- set, Earl of Worcester, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, Master of Horse, &c. who equal to her hus- band ill splendor of birth, not inferior in virtue, lived in the Royal Court, as in a private obscure cell: by how much the higher in earthly dignity, by so much the more distinguished in the lustre of her piety; and by how much the nearer to Majesty (a rare thing on earth) by so much the dearer to the Sovereign of sovereigns, whom that she might nearly enjoy, now ripe for Heaven, she finished her mortal life at Winchester, on the 28th day of Octo- ber, in the 6'6th year of her age, and of our Lord ]649. Bequiescat in pace. Their children were, Henry, his successor; Catharine, who married Francis Cornwallis, Esq.j Ans, who married Roger Vaughan, Esq.; and Clara, to Humphrey Weld, of Lulworth Caslle, Esq. Hknky, third L<.rd Arundel, his son and heir, succeeded hira in his honours and titles. In 10/8, he was with William Herbert, Earl of Fowis; William Howard, Viscount Stafford; William, Lord Peljc; and John, Lord Bellasis, committed pri- soner to the Tower, upon the information of the profligate Titus Oats, and oti sr abandoned miscreants, and they afterwards were impeaclied by the House of Commons of i)igh crimes and offences, without being brought to their trial. He continued conrined with the other unjustly aspersed Lords, till the year l0&3, when they were admitted to bail. On King James II's. accession to the throne, he was sworn of his Privy Council in l0"85, was constituted Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, March 1 1 th, lOSO, and Knight of the Bath; also, when that monarch began his journey towards Salisbury, he committed the administration of affairs in his absence to the Lord Chancellor, the Lords Arundel, Bellasis, Preston, and Go- dolphin. ^% PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. On King James's abdication, he retired to Breamore, in Wilts (a seat now belonging to Sir Edw. Hulse, Bart, where the family resided after the destruction of the castle of Wardour), where he lived with great hospitality, and died December 28th, A.D. 1694, and was buried at Tisbury. He married Cecily, daughter of Sir Henry Compton, of Brambletye, in com. Sussex, Knight of the Bath, and widow of Sir John Fermor, Knight, of Somerton, in com. Oxon. She died in 1675, and was buried at Tisbury, where is a monument erected to her memory, with the following in- scription: D. O. M. Hie certa spe immortal itatis quiescit Caecilia Compton Filia Henrici Compton Equitis de Balneo, Uxor Nobilissimi Domini Henrici Arundel Baronis de Warder S. R. Imperii Comitis, quae, ut paucis multa complectar, tarn robustas in corpore infirmo et delicatulo, tam solidas in scxu fragili virtutes, tantam in sublimi fortuna modestiam in rerum om- nium abundantia, tam solicitara egenorum curam constant! pietati servavit, ut, quam Dei imaginem a natur2 sibi impressam, sustineref, eam mortis simi- litudine divinaeque virtutis expressione longe felicius efFormavit, cujus ut debito frueretur praemio mor- talibus ereptam, ad placidissimam aeternse felicitatis quietem benignissimum Numen evocavit21 Martii an. aet, Q7, anno redemptionis huraanae 16/5. Requiescat in pace. D. O. M. Here lieth. In sure hopes of a blessed immortality, Cecily Compton, Daughter of Henry Compton, Knt. of the Baih, wife to the Bight Hon. Henry Arundel, Baron of Wardour, Count of the sacred Roman Empire, who, to say much in few words, exerted such a firmness of mind in a feeble and tender body, such solid virtues in a frail and weak sex, maintained so modest a deportment in an exalted station, such a constant, pious, and watchful solicitude in behalf £;f the poor in great afflucncCj a^; to express that LORD ARUNDEL OF WARDOUR. 5* image of God, stamped in the soul, much more happily by a lively resemblance of tlie Deity through her invariably religious demeanours. That she might meet its duereward, our merciful God called her out of this mortal life, to a most sweet repose in everlasting bliss, on the 21st of March, in the 67th year of her age, and of our redemption 1O75. Requiescat in pace. The children were, 1 . Thomas, his successor. 2. Henry Arundel, who married Mary, daughter of Edmund Scroope, Esq. of Danby, in the county of York, and widow of Kemp, Esq. by whom he had two sons, Henry and Tho- mas, who died young; and he, dying in 1721, was buried at Tis- bury, where is the following inscription on marble: Here lies the body of The Hon''''^ Henry Arundel, Count of the sacred Roman empire. Son of the Right Hon. Henry Arundel, of Wardour, and Count of the sacred Roman empire. He died Aug. 9, Anno Dom, 1721, aged (j6 years. Requiescat in pace. Cecily, daughter of Henry, Lord Arundel, was a nun at Roan, in Normandy. Thomas, fourth Lord Arundel of JFardour, succeeded his father in his honours: he died A.D. 1712, and was buried atTis- bury. By his wife, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Spencer, of Ufton, com. Warwick, Esq. and widow of Robert Lucie, of Cherlecote, in the same county, Esq. he had, 1. Henry, his successor. 2. Thomas, who was killed at the battle of Boyne, uiunarried, as he was fighting for King James IL And, 3. Matthew, who died unmarried at Roan, in Normandy. Henky, fifth Peer, succeeded his father in his honoursj he married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Panton, of St. Martin's in the Fields, com. Middlesex, Esq. and by her had, 1 . Menry, his successor. 54 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 2. Thomas, born 1 696, who married Anne; daughter of John Mitchel, Esq. She died at Rawden-Hill^ in \Vilts, on October 1st, 1778. And he dying at his seat at Stanley-house, near Chelsea, April 6th, 1752, was buried at St. Pancras, com. Midd. where, on a tomb in the church-yard, is the following inscrip- tion : To the memory of The Honourable Thomas Arundel, Count of the most sacred Roman empire, and uncle to the present Lord Arundel, of Wardour castle: an affectionate, indulgent husband, a faithful friend, exact pay-master, and always ready to serve the poor. He died the 6th of April, 1/52, aged 56. Requiescat in pace. Amen. Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Arundel, boru September J 5th. 1693, married James Touchet, sixth Earl of Castlehavcn, and thirteenth Lord Audley, and mother to the late Lordj and, she dying in July 1743, was buried at St. pancras. This noble Lord dying at Wardour castle, April 20th, 1726, was buried at Tisbury, and succeeded by his eldest son. Henr-^, sixth Peer, born on October 4th, 1694, who first married Elizabeth-Eleanor, daughter and heir of Earon Everaid, of the principality of Liege, one of the Barons of the empire, by whom he had, 1 . Henry, his successor. 2. Thomas, who, on May 19th, 176O, married Mary, eldest daughter of John Porter, of the county of Lincoln, Esq. and died June 11th, 17683 and his Lady, September 14th, 1799. And, 3. James Everard, who on June 24th, 1/51, married Anne, daughter and heir of John Windham, Esq. of Aslicombe, com. Wilts, and by her, who died April 10th, 1796, he had, 1. James Everard, who died young, and was buried in Salisbury cathedral, 2. James Everard, born March 4th, 1763, now Lord Arundel. 3, Thomas Raymond, born March Qth, 1705; married August 21st, 1792, Miss Smythe, daughter of the late Sir Edward Smythe, Bart. 4. Eleanor Anne, born at Wardour castle, No- vember 2d, 1752. 5. Mary-Wyndham, born December 2d, 1757 i married, March 9th, 1779, to the Hon. Bartholemew Bou- LORD ARUNDEL OF WARDOUR. 55 verie, brother to the Earl of Radnor, And, 6. Catharine-Eliza- beth, born January 2d, I752j married, January 3d, 1792, Capt. George Frederic Ryves of the Royal Navy, and has issue. This Lady Arundel, dying at Wardour castle, was buried at Tisbury, where, on a monnment, is the following inscription: Here lieth the body of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Eleanor Arundel, only daughter of the Hon. Ray- mund Everard, Baron of the sacred empire, and wife of the Right Hon. Henry Lord Arundel, Ba- ron of Wardour, Count of the sacred Roman em- pire, who departed this life the 22d day of May, Anno Domini 1728, in the 35th year of her age. Requiescat in pace. His Lordship's second wife was Anne, daughter of William Herbert, Marquis of Powis, by whom he had no issue j and she dying at Salisbury, in September 1757> was buried at Tisbury. Tliis noble Lord died at Richmond, in Surrey, on June 29th, ]7'l6, and was buried at Tisbury. Henry, seventh Peer, his son, born March 4lh, 1718, suc- ceeded his father in his honours in 1746. On January 27th, 1739, he married Mary, youngest daughter and coheir of Richard Arundel Bealing, of Lanherne, in com. Cornwall, Esq. by whom he had two sons. 1. Henr)', his heir. And, 2. Thomas, born October 4th, 1742, unmarried j died at Salis- bury, nth June, 1768. By this marriage the two branches of this ancient family were united, which had been separated above 200 years. Her Lady- ship's eldest sister was Frances, who married, and was relict of Sir John Gitford, of Burstall, in com. Lincoln, Bart, and dying in London without i^sue, February 2Sth, 17'52, was buried at Lanhetp.e, in Cornwall. His Lordship died at Wardour castle, and v\ of John Bligh, Esq. with Lacly Iheodosia Hyde, daughter and heir of Edward, third Earl of Clarendon, as will be hereafter mentioned. The Blighs were an ancient family in Yorkshire,- whereof, it is probable, John Bligh, of London, Esq. Citizen and Salter of that city, as he tells us himself^ (son of William Bjigli, of Ply- moutli, in Devonshire), descended, who was the founder of this noble family in Ireland 5 and being employed as an agent to the adventurers for the estates forfeited by the rebellion in l(J41, in that quality went over in the titne of Oliver Cromwell's govern- ment j when he also became an adventurer himself, by subscrib- ing 6001. Likewise, in August, i654, in behalf of himself, George Gierke, of London, Merchant, and Robert Molesworth, of Dublin, Merchant, he purchased by their joint stock (in pur- suance of divers acts, orders, and ordinances of parliament, made in that behalf), from Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, one of the Com- missioners of the Treasury, the sum of 2001 ; from Peter Knight, of St. Peter's, Chalfont, Bucks, Esq. lOOl.; from John Strange, of London, 4001. j from Thomas and William Rainsborrow, 2001. ; from John Haynes, of Marlborough, in Wilts, 8OI. j from Miles Corbett, Esq, 2501. j and from Edmund Page, of London, Haber- dasher, tool. Upon his casting lots, among other adventurers, the allotment fell in the baronies of Lune and Moghergallen, and county of Meadij in consequence whereof there were set out and delivered » Decree in Chancery, i6.h June, 1657. LORD CLIFTOW b(j to them the several proportions of JOOO plantation acres, amount- ing to 1619 acres, 31 roods, 13 poles, English statute measure; 1J33 acres, II roods, 13 poles, plantation measure, making 1B35 acres, 31 roods, y poles, statute, in the barony of Lune, c;illed by the name of the Lordships of Athboy, Rathmore, Sec. and 50O acres, plantation, making SOg acres, 3 roods, 2(5 poles, statute, were to be delivered in some certain place in the barony of Mog- hergallcn; the third part of which premises was ascertained to him by a decree in Chancery, in June l6th, 165/, and confirmed to his son, Thonips, by two patents, 'under the acts of settlement, bearing date May 12th, and November I'ith, l6'oS. In the first parliament after the restoration, he was returned member for Athboy; and on March 14tli, 1(J6'3, joined in com- mission with William Smith, Thomas Worsopp, Peter Hervey, and William Dodson, flsqrs. for examining, stating, and auditing the arrears of the customs and excise, of tonnage, poundage, and new imposts, from January 30th, l()4b-C), to December 2Gth_, J 603. Al^.o on March 8th, l6C».5, he was made joint commis- sioner of the office, called the duty of inland excise, and licences of all the beer mid strong waters of Ireland. He died in tb.e year \6G6, and by Catliarine his wife, daughter of Thomas Fuller, Esq. and sister to William Fuller, Bishop of Lincoln (translated from Limerick, in Ireland), had ThiOma«, his only son, and Six daughters. 1. Dorothy, buried at St. Audo'en's, on January 23d, ](JS5. 2. , bulled at St. Peter's, on March 20th, \GS4. 3. Mi^ry, to whom her mother,'' by her will (dated April 1 Ith, l66p, and proved on December 8th following), left 5001. English, for her portion, with htr callicoe bed and furniture, and two silver tank- ards. 4. Catharine, to wliom her mother left 6OOI. her bason and ewer, and the whole furniture in her best room, hring that next the dining-room, in her house in Dame-street. 5. Sarah, ro wliom was left 3501. a large salt, e standing plate, ;!nd halt a dozen spoons, with all the furniture in the dining-room. And, 6. Elizabeth, wlio was married to John Boyse, mei chant, and to whom her mother heqneithed one sugar-box, a eaudle-cup, and ](X)1.; and the said F^lizabeth was buried at St. Audoen's on Fel)- ruary i Itb, 1685. '' She st\iea heise!f of Rathmorr, widow snd executrix ot' John B'i.Jh, Fs-]. 60 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Thomas Bligh, of Rathmore, Esq. the only son/ was returned to the parliament of Ireland one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Meath, and was one of the Privy-council to Queen Anne in that kingdom. He departed this life at the Bath, on Au- gust 28th, 1710, and was buried in September, at Trim. He married Elizabeth, youngest daughter to Colonel James Napier, of Loughcrew, in Meath (who died in September, 1676), and sister to Robert Napier, Esq. Lieutenant-general, Colonel of the second regiment of horse, and member of parliament for Athboy (who died on November 23d, 1739), and also sister to Frances, wife of Lieutenant-general Richard Ligoldsby, one of the Lords-justices of Ireland; and by her, who died on March 2d, 1736, and was buried at St. Bride's, had four sons^ and six daughters; viz. 1 . John, created Earl of Darnley. 2. Thomas Bligh, of Brittes, in the county of Meath, Esq. gecond son, born on January 15th, l685, who was chosen, 1715, member of parliament for Athboy, in the said county, aud to se- veral succeeding parliaments. He had a commission as Captain in the arm}', on December 27th, 1717> and W'ls promoted to the post of Lieutenant colonel of the regiment of horse commanded by his uncle. On December 26th, 1740, he succeeded Colonel Alexander Ross in the 20th regiment of foot; was made a Briga- dier-general of his Majesty's armies in 17'15; and on April l6th, 1746", succeeded General Whitshed in the command of the 12th regiment of dragoons. In 1747. he was constituted a Major- general, and on December 22d, that year. Colonel of the second regiment of horse. He married, on August ipih, 1737, Elizabeth, sister to William Bury, of Shannon-grove, in the county of Li- merick, Esq. and by her, who died March 2,0th, 1759, had a son, Thomas, who was born on January 5th, 1739, and died^'oung. He married, secondly, Frances, daughter, of Theophilus Jones, of '^ By patant, r;th May, 166S, he had a coafir.-rsaiion of the lands allotted to his father as an adventurer, in the coun'y of Meath j a:id with his mother, had a grant of laruis on November 12th, under the acts cf settlement j also, on Au- gust 24.th, ifeir, the grant of four yearly fairs at Athboy, to be holden on April 23d, July 25th, and October ist, and 28th. Moreover being proprietor of most of the lands lying in the parishes of Rathrcore, Moyagher, Kildalkey, and Ath- boy, in the barony of Lune, and county of Meath, he had the same erected 'on his petition to King William), June 4th, 1 694, into the manor of Athboy, with power to hold 500 acres in demesne, to impale 800 acres for deer, to hold cou;ts_, and many other privileges. LORD CLIFTON. 61 Leitrifti, in Ireland, Esq. but died in August, 1775, without issue, and was buried at Ratlimore. 3. Robert Bligh, the third son, entered into Holy Orders, and, in July 1742, married Catharine, daughter of Elliot, and widow of Charles Boyle, of Arraghlin bridge, in the county of Cork, Esq. She died, January 15th, 1757- He was presented, in 1746, to the Rectory of Killmaloda, in the diocese of Rossj also the same year to other preferments in the same diocese j and died Dean of Elphin; he married, secondly, March 18th, 1759, Frances, daughter of Winthorpe, Esq. and had issue, 1. Thomas. 2. Robert. 3. Frances-Theodoiia, married, February 1788, to Robert, Viscount Jocelyn, now Earl of Roden. Anthony, the fourth son, was Lieutenant of dragoons, and died unmarried, in the county of Galway, on January 13th, 1/37. Of his daughters, Catharine was married, in 1748, to Thomai le Hunte, Esq. Counsellor at law; Hannah, to Maurice Cuffe, of Killaghy, in the county of Kilkenny, Esq. brother to John, first Lord Desart; Elizabeth, to George St. George, of Woodgift, in the said county, Esq. and dying in 1741, was buried on August 3d, at Freshford; Dorothy was wedded to William Monck, of the Middle Temple, Esq. and died in 1776j Mary died unmarried, 175SJ and Sarah, who, in 1733, wedded to William Gore, of Woodford, in the county of Leitrim, Esq. and had one son, Wil- liam, who died an infant. John, the eldest son of Thomas Bligh, Esq. was in 1704 re- turned member of parliament for Athboy, which borough he represented till created a Peer nf Ireland, by the title of Baron Clifton, of Rathmorc, in com. Meath, by privy seal, dated at St. James's, on July 31st, and by patent on September 14th, 1721 j and on the 23d following, took his seat in the house of Peers. Lie was further created Viscount Darnley, of Athloy, by privy seal, dated December 31st, 1/22, and by patent, March /th, fol- lowing; also was created Earl of Darnley, by patent June 'igihj i725. His Lordhhip, on August 24th, 1713, married the Lady Theo- dosia Hyde, then only daughter and heir to Edward, third Earl of Clarendon, by Catharine his wife,^ Bakoness of Chiton, daughter of Henry, Lord Ibrickan (son and heir apparent of Henry Obrien, seventh Earl Thomoud), by Catharine his wife, •' See, in Henry Lord Clarendon's Diary, a curious account of this, wliich w. s a stolen match, and gave much temporary grief to hi* father, thougli it turj:cJ out a m leaving issue the pre- sent Earl. Edwakd, the second Earl of Darnley , an<\Jirst of his surname Lord Clifton, was born in 171 .3, and after finishing his studies at Geneva, and his travels in foreign countries, on February Ist, 173(3, took his st-at in the British parliament as Lord Clifton, and in Ireland on October 4th, 1737. On February l6th following, he was atlmitted F.R.S.-and appointed in October, 1742, one of the Lords fif the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales. He was alsf) Slcward of the corporation of Gravesend, in Kent; but dying unmarried on the 20t!i (or 22d) of July, 1747. '^'^'^s buried near ills Uiiuher (on August Ist), in Westminster-abbey, and his brother, Jwhn, succeeded to his titles and estate. John, the liilrd Earl of Darnley, and second Lokd Clifton, was bora in Oetc^ber, 1719, and in March 1730, was returned member of paili nient for the borough of Athboy, in Ireland; and aft''rvvai(!s for Maidstorie, in Kent, to tlie niiitli parliament of Great Jjritain, summoned to meet on Jutie 25th, 1 7 4 1 ; ;md sat lor the same till he succeeded his brullier in the Peerage. 1' Wh'Si ('.lughter aivJ h?:r marric-'l the fr it Lord ('::n:-:-jil!ian!, w'.io dieJ l S - .~ 64 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. His Lordship, in September, 1766, married, in Ireland, Mary, daughter and heiress of John Stoyte,' of the county of Westmeath, Esq. Barrister at Law, and Recorder of Dublin, and by her, who died March 27th, 1803, had issue, 1. John, the present Earl. 2. Edward, born September igth, 1769, Major-general on the half-pay of the fifth regiment of foot. 3. William, born September 25th, 1775, married, July 2d, I8O6, Lady Sophia Stewart, youngest daughter of John, the se- venth Earl^of Galloway, K. T. 4. Mary, born July 20th, 1/68; married, August 6th, 1789, Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart, of Halden House, in Devonshire, by whom she had a son, born February 15th, I796j and died the 4th of March following. 5. Theodosia, born February 29th, 177t; married, November 3d, 1790, to Thomas Bligh, Esq. and has issue. 6. Sarah, born February 10th, 1772; died unmarried. 7. Catharine, born May 6th; 1774; married, August 8th, 1804, the Hon. Brigadier-general Charles-William Stewart, second sou of Robert, Earl of Londonderry, by Lady Elizabeth Pratt, daugh- ter of Charles, first Earl Camden. His Lordship died July 30th, 1781, and was succeeded by John, the present and ^0Mr^/^£arZ of Darnley, and third Lord Clifton, born June 30th, 1767. His Lordship married, September 19th, 1791;. Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Right Hon. William Brownlow, of Lurgan, in Ireland, by whom he has had issue, 1. John, Lord Clifton, born June 18th, 1792. 2. Catharina, died January 10th, 1802. 3. Mary. 4. William, died October 18tli, 1807. 5. James. And, 6. Elizabeth. Titles. John Bligh, Earl of Darnley, and Viscount Darnley, of Athboy, and Baron Clifton, of Rathmore, in Ireland; Lord Clifton, of Leigh ton Bromswold, in England; and Hereditary High Steward of Gravesend and Milton, in Kent. ' Grandson of John, Alderman, and Lord Mayor, of Dublin, 17 I 5. He mar- ried, 1746, Mary, eldest daughter of Dr. Robert Howard, Bishop of Elphin ; which Lady remarried the Hon. Robert Butler, brother to the fust Earl of Lanes- borough, and died .(unc 5th, iScy. LORD CLIFTON. 65 Creations. Baron Clifton, of Leighton-Bromswold, in the county of Huntingdon, July pth, l608,6Jac.L (English honour.) Baron Clifton, of Rathmore, in the county of Meath, September 14th, 1/21, 8 George I.; Viscount Darnley, of Athboy, in the same county, March 7th, 1/22-3, 9 George L and Earl of the «ame place, June 29th, 1/25, 11 George \. Arms. Azure, a gryphon, segreant. Or, armed and langued. Gules, between three crescents, Or. Crest. On a wreath, a gryphon's head, erased. Or. Supporters. Two gryphons, witii wings expanded, Or, each having a ducal collar and chain. Azure. Motto. FiNEM RESPICE. Chief Seats. Cobham Hall, in the county of Kent: and Rath- more, in the county of Meath, 66 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. DORMER LORD DORMER. Oeffery Dormer,^ seated at West-Wiccombe, in Bucking- hamshire, had issue by Eleanor his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Dorre, alias Chobbs, Geffery Dormer, also of West-Wiccombe, who married Ju- dith, daughter of Robert Baldington, Lord of the manor of Thame, and afterwards heir of that lineage, from whom proceeded a third Geffery Dormer, who succeeded to the inhpritance of West- Wiccombe, as also, in right of his mother, to the manor of Thame, in Oxfordshire. He very much increased his estate by marriage with t^rsula, daughter and heir of Bartholomew Collingridge, the heir general of Arundel, and had issue five sons ; 1 . William Dormer, ancestor of Lord Dormer. 2. Geffery. 3. Sir Michael Dormer,'' who was Sheriff of London in I52g, and Lord Mayor ^ in ]541, and died on September 2Gth,'' J 545; and by his will and testament made that year, bequeathed his body to be buried in the church -yard of St. Lawrence the Jury, London, where Elizabeth his wife lay; leaving issue by his wife, Catharine, Thomas, his son and heir (then aged forty years); John, Ambrose, William, and Geffery, from whom desrendtd the Dormeis of Yarrlngton, Durton, Farthingho, Steeple-Barton; also a fifth son. Sir Michael Dormer, a comma r;der under the Earl of » Scgar's General Baronag. MS. * Stow's Survey of London, p. 580. = lb. p. 512. •i Cole's Esc. Lib. 3. p. 64. no. 64. A. 13. in PJibl. Hjilcy. LORD DORMER 67 Essex, who died issueless, and was buried at Great Milton, in Oxfordshire, where his monument yet remains. 4. Peter Dormer, fourth son of Geffery, was ancestor to Sir John Dormer, of Lee-Grange, in Buckinghamshire, Bart, whose brother, Robert, was one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the reign of Queen Anne, but this branch is now extinct. 5. Edward Dormer, fifth son of Geffery, made his wille en Ja. nuary 21st, 1*533-0, constituting Catharine his wife executrix, and his brother. Sir Michael Dormer (Alderman), overseerj leav- ing an only daughter, Elizabeth, first married to John Grefiham, of Mayfiekl, in Sussex, Esq. second son of Sir John Gresham, Knt. Lord Mayor of London ; secondly, to Wihiam Plumbv-, son and heir of John Plumbe, of Elth.im, in Kent, Esq. as appears by a monument in Fulham church, Midd!csf;x. I no'v return to William, the eldest son of Geffery Dormer: he married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Launcelyn, a French Knight, and had issue one son, Robert, and four daughters. Margatvt, wife to Thomas Deane, of Wargrave: Joan, wife of Aldburgh, of P>rom\vcll; Agues, married to W iliiam Bald- win, father of Sir John Baldwin, of Aylesbury, in Buckingham- shire, Lord Chief-Justice of the Common-Pleas; and Bridget, married, first, to Brittaync, of London, secondly, to — — Collingbourne. Ths said William Dormer, writing himself of West-V/iccombe,^ made his will on September 12ih, J50(j, the probate wliereof bears date October /th, toUowingj ordering his body to be bu- ri("d in the chancel of West Wiccombe, before the image of St. Laurencej and be(]ueaths 401. to poor people, as also -iOl. to buy a cope and vestment, and a dcicou ;nid subdc^con, to be given to the church of West \\'iccouibe; lik-jwise to m; nding llic l;ig!i- ways40l.; to Joan Aldburgh, his daughter, ten marks; to -M;;r- gery Deane, his dangluer, wife of Tiiomas Dcar.e, ten marks; and the like sum to l)is daugiiter Agnes, Vvifc of V.'iii;i;n. ijaki- win; to Agnes his wife, the tliird part of all l:is lands fcv U'rm of lite, and the reverhion of the same to Hobert, his son a;;d heirj whom, with his said wife, he constituie.s his (rxecuti)rs. Sir Robert Donnf-r, his son and heir,- was Sherilf of ihe coun- ties of Bedford and Buckingiiam, in the 14th, 2;!d, and oO'i. jcurs c Ex Rrg. voc. Alicngrr, qu, i. in Cur. Prxrog. C.^nt. ' El Rrg. voc. A. Dt.ire, q'l. ii, & Fuiicr'j Worlhiei, 68 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. of King fienry VIII. and received the honour of knighthood'' on October 18th, 1537; a"^ in 35 Henry VIII. on the dissolution of the monasteries/ obtained a grant to himself, and Jane his wife, in fee, of the manor of Wenge, in com. Bucks, part of the possessions belonging to the abbey of St, Alban's. His will bears date June 20th, 1552, and the probate thereof on October 20th, following; whereby he gives to the poor of West-Wiccombe 401.} and to Jane, his dear and entirely beloved wife, his manors of "Wenge, Ascote, Broughton, and Grove, with their appurtenances, as also his manor of Abbots-Aston, for life. He orders, that William Dormer, his son, assure the manors of Ethrop and Crend- well to his wife, Dorothy, for the payment of 100 marks per annum for life, in accomplishment of his promise to Anthony Catesby, Esq. her father. He bequeaths to Jane and Anne Dor- mer, daughters of the said William (by his first wife), each 201. per annum, out of his manors of Huchendon and Ravenersmer, alias Ravenersmore, in the parishes of Huchendon and Little Mis- .senden, for terms of their lives, and also 500 marks in money towards their marriages. To Robert Dormer, his godson, and son of the said William (by Dorothy his wife), he bequeaths his best chain of gold. The residue of all his manors, &c. he gives to William, his son and heir; whom, together with Jane his wife, he ordains his executors. The said Jane was daughter to John Newdigate, of Karfield in the county of Middlesex, Esq. serjeant at law. Sir William, their son and heir, in 6 Edward VI. was^ elected one of the Knights for Buckinghamshire; and at the co- ronation of Queen Mary,' was made one of the Knights of the Bath. In 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, he had licence to retain thirty men, besides his menial servants; those so retained wearing only his livery, and attending on special occasions. In 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, he "' served again in parliament as one of the Knights for the county of Buckingham; as also in 13 Eliz. He first married Mary, daughter to Sir William Sidney, Knt. aaoasto^ to the late Earls of Leicester, by whom he had issue two sons, Thomas and Roger, who both died young. And two daughters; Anne, wife of Sir William Hungerford, h Jekyl's Cat. of Knts. 1 Pat. 53 Henry VIII. p. i. * Ex Collect. B. Willis, Arm. i Strype's Mciioiiils. ■n Ex Coll. B. Willis, Aim. LORD DORMER. 69 of Farley castle, in com. Wilts, Knt. son and heir to "Walter Lord Hungerfordi and Jane, who was maid of honour to Queen Mary, and married Don Gomez Suarez de Figueroa y Cordova, Count of Feria, who came over with King Philip, and was after- wards the first Duke of Feria, in Spain ; from whom descended her grandson, Don Gomez, Duke of Feria, governor of Milan, and general of the King of Spain's armies in Alsace, A. D. 1633." The said Sir William Dormer died on May 17th, 15/5, leaving issue by his second wife, "^ Dorothy, daughter of Antlaony Catesby, of Whiston, in the county of Northampton, Esq. 1. Robert, his son and heir. 2. Richard j and, 3. Francis. Also three daughters; Catharine, married to John Lord St. John, of Bletshoe; she died March 23d, l6l4, and is buried in St. Michael's chapel, Westminster-abbey; Mary, first to Anthony Brown, eldest son of Anthony, first Viscount Montagu; secondly, to Sir P Edmund Uvedale,i Knt. second son of Francis Uvedale, of Horton, com. Dorset; and Margaret, to Sir Henry Constable, Knt. of Burton-Constable, in the county of York, father of Henry, first Viscount Dunbar. Sir Robert, first Lord Dormer, eldest son and heir of Sir William Dormer, was ■■ knighted A. D. I5g\, and was made a Baronet* on June 10th, l6l5, as also a Baron of England,^ by the title of Lord Dormer of Wcngc, on the 30th of that month; and having married Elizabeth," daughter of Anthony, Viscount Montagu, had issue three sons, and three daughters. 1. Sir William, his heir apparent, 2. Anthony Dormer, of Grove-Place, in com. Warwick, Esq. grandfather of Rowland, fourth Lord Dormer. And, 3. Robert Dormer, o( Peterlcy , in the parish of Great Missen- den, in com. Bucks, ancestor to the present Lord Dormer. By the inquisition,* after his decease, taken at Ailesbury, on January 19th, 1616-17, the jury found that he died on Novembsr " Vid. Camd. Eliz. sub anno 1560. • Cole's Esc. Lib. 2. p. 248. not. 61. A. 13. in Bibl. Harley. P Hutchins's Dorsetshire, Vol. II. p. 94. H He died 6th April, M DCVI." buried at Winburn Minster church, co. Dor- set. Vid. Hutch. Darset. Vol. II. 94. f JekyPs Cat. of Knts. » Pat. 13 Jac. p. 20. » Ibid. p. 16. " See Granger, III. 133, where mention is made of her hospitable house- keeping, or perhaps of that of her first son's wife, Alice Molineur. * Cole's Esc, Lib. j, p. 248, no. 61. A. 13. in B.bl, Harley. 70 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND, 8th, preceding, possessed of the manors of Winge, alias Askott^ and the manors of Wyngc, and rectory and advowson of the church; the manors of Hoggeston, and advowson of the church; Eavensniccr, Abbots-Aston, alias Aston Abbots, with the rectory of t!ie church; Hugedeji, and rectory and advowson of the church; Dagna'.l and Spigarnells; Ihiier in Aston, and rectory snd advowson of the church; Peterleyal, Peterstone, Hundeidye Rollr-sham, Wingrave J^.Tarteu'^, Wrougliten, and Grove, Ciiawley, Beachendeu, Eiherop. atjd Craniwell, St. Clears, and West-Wic- comb, Studham Budbroke, alias Hampton supra Montem, and Buckland, all in the county of BucKii^ghnm; and divers other lands and messuages elsevvlu re: also tlie oltice of master of the King's falcons, granted to him, his heirs arul successors, held of the King by grand serjeantry; and that Robert Lord Dormer was his grandson and heir, and ihcn ol' the age fjf six years, be- ing son and heir of William, who was eldest son and heir apparent of the said Robert^ Lord Dormer, and died in lus father's life- time. The before-mentioned William, eldest son of Robert, Lord Dormei', married A!iv.e, dau:;;it"r of Sir Richard Molineux, of Sctton, in com. LaMca^t:!, Knc. and Eart, ancestor to the present Earl of Sellon, and by her, who died on July 2d, 16"50, had, be- sides the said Robert, a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Edward Somerset, Lord Herbert, of Rag- land, alter Aiarquis of Worcester, and ancestor by her to the pre- sent Duke of Beaufort. Robert, second I-ord Dormlr, and first Earl of Cah- NARVox, succeeding his grandfather, was advanced to the dignity of >' Viscount Ascot, and Earl of Carnarvon; and being a va- liant loyalist, took up arms in defence of King Charles J. and ■was one of those Lords who, in \Q42, subscribed that declaration of the King's, wherein he jjublished, Tliat he had no intention of making v\ar upon his parliament, or saw any reason for believ- ing he had any such desi:;ns; but that all his eiuieavours tended to the llrm and constant settlement of the true Protestant religion, tlie just privileges of pailiament, the liberty of the subject, .and the law, peace, and prosperity of this kingdom. He was excepted against the same year, when Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, by^ in^truetiiais, was inipowcrtcl to iiroelaim a pardon to all such as AMthin ten days returned to their duty: bis plate, jewels, <.\'c, y Pat. 4 Car. I. p. 35. LORD DORMER. 71 were seized by the parliamentarians, as they were conveying to the King at Oxford, on December 5th, 1(542; and the plate was ordered to be coined for the use of the rebels. In the year 1643 he had the command of a regiment of horse, and went with Prince Rupert, the Marquis of Hertford, Prince Maurice, and Colonel Hos^'ard, into Dorsetshire, and charged as a volunteer in Sir John Byron's -regiment, at the battle of Roundway-down, in com. Wilts, on July 13il); after which, upon some difJerence with Prince Maurice for non-observance of the articles upon the taking of Dorclicster and Weymouth, as he was full of honour and justice in all contracts, he took it so ill, that he quitted the command he had there, and went to the King before Gloucester, being then a general of the horse; but was slain at the first battle of Newbury, on September 20th following, after he had charged and routed a body of the rebels' horse, and, returning carelessly back through some of their scattered troopers, was, by one of them that knew him, run through the body with a sword, of which he died in an hour. The Earl of Clarendon gives this ac- count of him; ' Before the war, though his education was adorned by travel, and an exact observation of the manners of more nation-; than our common travellers use to visit (for he had, after the view of Spain, France, and most parts of Jtalv, spent some time in Tar- kfv, and those ea-.tern countries), he seemed to be wholly delighted uiih those looker exercises of pleasure, hunting, hawking, and the like, in ^\hich the nobility of that time too much delighted to excel. After the troubles began, having the command of the fir>t or second re2;iment of horse that was raised for the King's service, he wholly gave himself r.p to the office and duty of a soldier, no nian more diligently obeying, or more dcxirously com- manding; for he was not only of a very keen courag(; in the ex- posing of his person, but an excellent discerncr and pursuer ot' advantage upon his eneiriy. He had a mind and understanding very present in the article of danger, which is a rare benefit in that profession. Those infirmities, and that licence which he had formerly indulged to himself, he put off with severity, when others tliought them excusable under the notion of a soldier. He was a great lover of justice, and practised it then most delibe- rately when he had power to do wrong; and so strict in thf ob- servation ot his word and promise as a commander, that he rouKI not be persuaded to stay in tlie West, when he found it not in Ills power to perform tlie agreement he had made wit!i Uondv^t^r 72 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. and Weymouth. If he had lived, he would have proved a great ornament to that profession, and an excellent soldier; and by his death, the King found a sensible weakness in his array.' He married Anna-Sophia, daughter to Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, by whom he had issue Charles, third Baron and second Earl, his son and heir, who succeeded him in his honours, and had two wives j first, Eli- zabeth, daughter to Arthur, Lord Cape), and by her (who died on July 30th, 10/8, and was buried at Wenge on August 7th, fol- lowing), had issue two sons, who died young, and three daugh- ters; 1. Elizabeth, married to Philip Stanhope, second Earl of Ches terfield ; grandmother by him of the celebrated Philip Dormer Stanhope, late Earl of Chesterfield. 2. Isabella, to Charles Coote, Earl of Mountrath, in Ireland. And, 3. Anna-Sophia, who is buried at Wenge, with the following inscription to her memory: Neare this place Lieth the Right Honr."*^ y= Lady Anna Sophia Dormer Youngest daughter of the Rt. Honr,'''^ Charles Earl of Carnarvon by Elizabeth his Countesse Daughter of Arthur Lord Capel, sbee died of the small pox the second of February 1 694-5 In y« 22d Year of her age. His second wife was Mary, daughter to Montagu Bertie, Eai of Lindsey; but by her, who died on June 30th, 1709, he ha(J no issue. His Lordship died at Wing, November 29th, 1709 (and was buried at Ascot, in Bucks), whereby the Earldom became extinct, and the barony of Dormer devolved on the issue of Anthony Dor- mer, of Grove-Park, in the county of Warwick, second son of Robert, the first Lord Dormer. Which Anthony took to wife Margaret, the daughter of Sir Antliony Terringham, of Terringham, in com. Bucks, Knight, and by her was father of four sons; 1. Robert. 2. Anthony. LORD DORMER. 79 3. John. 4. Francis; and of two daughters; the ddest whereof jnarried Watson, of Madamscourt, in Kent, and the other wedded Smith,, of Queenby, in com. Leicester; RoBEKT, eldest son and heir to this Anthony, married Anne, daughter of Rowland Eyre, of Hassop, in com. Derby, Esq.; and by her had four sons. J. Rowland. 2. Anthony, Joseph, and Robert; but none of them had issue. The eldest son, Rowland, on the death of Charles, Earl of Caernarvon, without issue male, A. D. 1709> became pourth LoKD DoKMER, but he did not long enjoy the honour, dying a ba- chelor, on September 27th, 1/12, aged sixty-one, and was buried at Budbroke, in Warwickshire, where a handsome monument is erected to his memory. He had two sisters; Margaret, who died unmarried; and Anne, wedded, first, to Edmund Powel, of Sandford, in com. Oxon, Esq. and afterwards to Sir John Curson, of Waterperry, in the same county, Bart. The other three sons of the said Anthony Dormer, of Grove Park, and uncles to the said Rowland, fourth Lord Dormer, leav- ing no issue, we therefore come to the descendants of Robert Dor- mer, of Peterlcy, in com. Bucks, third son of Robert, the first Lord Dormer. This Robert Dormer married Mary, daughter of Edward Ba- nester, of Ilsworth, in com. Southampton, Esq. sister of Sir Ed- ward Bnnester, Knt. by whom he had eight sons; viz. 1. Rooert. 2. Edward, 3. James. 4. Charles, father of the fifth Baron. 5. John. 6. William. 7- Anthony. And, 8. Thomas. And also six daughters ; of whom Elizabeth was married to John Webb, Esq.; Mary, to John Roper, Esq.; Anne, to George Eyston, of Hendrcd, Esq. and she died in 1712, and was buried at East Hendred, in Berkshire; and Frances, Bridget, and Wini- fi'ed, the other three, died unmarried. Charles Dormer, fourth son, by the death of his elder brothers, became heir to his father; he was seated at Peterley, com. Bucks, and died March 22d, iQjJ; and, by Mary his wife, daughter of Cellier, Esq. had issue two sons; 1. Charles. And, 2. Robert, who married Frances, daughter of Windsor Finch, of Rushock, in Worcestershire, Esq. Also three daughters; Mary, wife of William Havers, of Thcl- 74 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. A More, in Norfolk; Margaret, and PJizabeth, married to Frances Newport, of Funieux Pelham, in Hertfordshire, Esq, Chmiles Dormer, iifth Lokd Dormer, the eldest son, on the death of Rowland, fcutth Lord Dormer, succeeded to the title, and departed this life on July 2d, 1/28, having married two wives. The tirai v/as Catharine, daughter of Edmund Fettyplace, in com Oxon, H-^^q by whom he had two sonsj 1. Charles, his successor. And, 2. Joiui, successor to his brother Charles. Y{'s secwUf* La>!y was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Bidulph, of the eouuly of Stadcjrd, E->q and by her, who died at Plowden, an ' VM'S buiicd at Ledbury, in Shropshire, he had seven sons; J William, who died utnarried, June 1757- 2. Robert, who married Ann, daughter of Robert Flynton, of .Newark, Gint. but died uithout isaue, the 17lh May, ]76^.^ 3 Francis, died an infant. 4. WiUtrr, shipwrecked in ] 7-10» ^i^^^iarried. 5. Ednumd, died childless. 0. J:inies, who settled at Antwerp, and had issue. 7. Joseph, died without issue. AIm) h\e daughteis; whereof Frances, the third, was wedded, on Ma)' Iti), 1720', to William Plowden, of Plowden, in Shrop- sliire, Ls(\.; Aiuie and Elizabeth, the two eldest, and Mary and Hi In, the two youngest, died unmarried. Cn.\KLi:s, SIXTH Lord Dormer, the eldest son by the firs'^ L::d\', upon the death of his father, on July 2d, 1728, became Loril Dunncr ; but died a bachelor, on March 7th, 170'J, and was siieceeded by his next brother. John, sfventh Lord Dormer, born June 2d, Kipl, was of Peterley, in Buckinghamshire, and of Grove Park, in Warwick- shire: and having wedded Mary, daughter of Sir Cecil Biasliopp, of Parham, in Sussex, Bart, hail by her (who died on November 2d, 173^)), four sons, and three daughters. 1. Charles. 2. Ri)bert, born May 17th, \J2G, died in June 1729. 3. J'^hn, died young. 4. Jjir.es, who married Mary, daughter of Patrick Purcell, of Cadi/, in Spain j and had issue, James, born February ItJth, 170:^) John, died young; Elizabeth, died an infant j and Anne, bum January 22d, 1707. '"' ViJ. Anr. Rcr. LORD DORMER. ;5 The daughters were, Elizabeth, married to George, Earl of Shrewsbury, and died his widow, in ISOy, at a great agej Catha- rine and Barbara, who died unmarried. His Lordship died October 7th, 1785, aged ninety-four, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, eighth Loud Dor- mer, born in 1723. His Lordship married, first, August Qth, 1749, Mary, sister to George, fifteentli Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom (who died May JSlh, 1/53), he had issue, 1 . Mary, dit- d young. 2. Charles, the present Lord. His Lordship nianied, secondly, Mrs. Mordaunt, relict of Ge- neral Mordaunt, by whom j^who died September 15th, l/Q/), he had issui-, 3. Anne, born in 17695 married Edward Gould, of Wood - house, in Noliingliamshire, Esq. and has issue two sons, Charles and Ertderick} and two daughters,, twins, Evelyn and Lucy, born IVLircIr 1771. 4. liobert-PAelyn Pierrepont, married, November Gth, 17.95, Lady Elizabeth Ker, daughter of ^^'iI!iam-John, fifth Martjuis of Lothian, Knight of the Thistle. 5. Eli^abelh-Lucy, married Plenry-Eerlceley Portman, of Ery- anstonc, in Dorsetshire, Esq. and has a son, born June 4th, lc()4. 0'. John-Stanliope, born in 1/7'-} Major of the Warwickshire Militia. 7. Eranccs, born in 177*3; married, June 12th, 1791j Robert Knight, of Barrels, in W^arwickshire, Esq. and has issue a son, deceased, and two daughters. Bur is separated from him. His Lordship deceasing March 29th, 1804, was succeeded by liis eldest son, Chaklks, the ninth and present Peer, born January 10th, 1 753. Tillcs. Charles Dormer, Lord Dormer of Wenge, and Ba- ronet. Creafiojis. Baronet, June 10th (l6l5), 13 Jac. I.3 Baron Dor- mer of Wenge, in com. Bucks, by letters patent, June 30th (l6]5), 13 Jac. l. jinns. Aziu-e, ten billets, four, three, two and one. Or; on a ehiel of the second, a demi-lion rampant-naissant^ Sable. 75 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Crest. On a wreath, a right-hand glove proper,, surmounted by a falcon. Argent. Supporters, On the dexter side, a falcon proper, armed, mem- bered, and belled. Or; on the sinister, a falcon. Argent, armed, &c. as the dexter. Chief Seats. At Ewdsworth, near Petersfield, in the county of Southampton,' Peterley, in Buckinghamshire j and Grove Park, in Warwickshire,^ * In No. 6365, Harl. MS. in Brit. Museum, arc copies of many monuments for the Dormers at Milton, co. Oxon. LORD TEYNHAM. 11 ROPER I.ORD TEYNHAM. That surnames of families have been often changed, is very evi- dent; and the name of this family has been variously written; for from Musard it changed to Rubra Spatha, Rospear, Rouspee, Robper, Ropere, and Roper, as observed by Mr, Philipot, in his Survey of Kent, under the title of St. Durntans, in Canterbury (the ancient seat of the family.) HA.SCULPHUS Musard, Lord of Stavely, in Derbyshire,* was father to Richard Musard, who died 33 Henry II, and had two sons; 1, Hasculphus, who enjoyed the paternal estates. And, 2. William,'' who assumed the name of Rosper, or de Rulra Spatha (as written in old dateless evidences ) William Rosper, erDe Rubra Spatha, was in the reign of King Henry III. a great benefactor to St. Martin's Priory in Dover. John De Rubra Spatha, or Rosper, did eminent service in Scotland under King Edward III. who rewarded him nnd Wil- liam Clifford (as appears by a deed recorded in the Duke of Dor- set's pedigree), about the 29th year of his reign, with the third part of those forfeitures that were due from the Jews then inha- » irs manors, from, bis s«at at MiserJen, in Gloucestershire, were denomi- r»;ed, B.ironia de AlisrrJtTi. t> From him the Rpt'rs of the jounties of Nottingham and Derby, who con- tir.ued t:ll King Henry VI's reign, derive.! thc-ir original; at wiiich rimj Isolda, o:ily daughter of John Roper, of Tarndich, marrying Richard, elcleac s«i of Ki- chird Furncaux, of Bejghton, co. D r'o. he civer.anted th.it his Sv'P, and cV h's issue by lier, sh juld thenceforth forsake thi-ir paternal name, an! .)ssir"ic that oi Roper; from whence descend^-d the R p^rs, Viscounis R.ilrirgl.'.s>, I'.aroiis af Bantre, in Ireland j and th.se «f Htnl, '.i Vorkshir.. U.utWs Kc-it, 1. jj. 78 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. biting In ondon, for the violation of some penal statutes which had bee r-x^acied against thfm.<^ The Heraldic Visitation of Kent, by Philipot, in l6lQ, begins the pedigree with Edwin Roper, of Kent, whose son, Adam Roper, had two sonsj 1, Thomas. 2, Edmund; who was Prior of Bilsington, in this county. Thomas married the daughter of Thomas Apuldore;'' and by her had one son and heir, Ralph, who married, first, Beatrix, daughter of Sir I'homas Lewknorj and, secondly, the daughter of Thomas KtRipe, of Wye. By his first wife he had issue, 1. Edmund, hereafter mentioned. 2. Agnes, married to Walter Culpeper, of Bedgebury, in Kent, Esq. 3. John, of St. Dunstan's, in Canterbury. In 1377, the King calling on his subjects for money on an emergency,*^ John Roper, of Canterbury, lent 401. to furnish out a fleet against the French and Scots, who had infested the nation; and Henry Ropere, of Redying, in Kent,*' the next year lent 20). and again_, on a loan, in 13bl, he advanced the same sum. The before-mentioned John Ropere, writing himself of i he pa- rish of St. Dinislan, in Canterbury, ^ makes his will on Thursday before the feast of St. Barnaby the Aj)ostle, 1401, ordering his body to be buried before the high altar of St. Nicholas, in the church of St. Dunstan. He bequeaths to the repairing of the said church lOl.; to the Vicar 20s. ,; and to the Clerk tjs. 8d. ; and orders ihnt 100 marks be expended on the day of his burial, and monthly an- niversary. To the priory and convent of Christ church, Canter- bury, he bequeaths -10 marks; to the abbot a; d convent ot St. Angustin, of Canterbury, 20 marks; to the priory and con\riit of St. Gregory, of Cantcrhurv, 10 marks: to the frvers prraclieis of Canterbury, 5l.; and was ;! bioeiactor to divert otJjcr ehurdies and religious houses. To lAlmutid Roju^r, -on of Ralph Ro])er," of St. Dunstan, he bequeaths lOOs. lo Catharine, who was the c Philipot, p. (;;. VristetPs Kent, I. 55. ^ CjUlrs sr.ys, " of De.in Court, in A picture;'' but Hasted records no siicii }i' \cc under Apledorc, Vol. III. *•■ Rymer, Tom. 7. p. 1-7. f 11;. y.. Jic. R ]!x Rl-l:. voc. Arund 1, p. iSy, b. i.n Oftic. rrii^.cii'al. f.^.inr. h Tlic = ^ words raise a susplckn, ili:;i :u-'nher Ralph wms the tf^ito'-'s fjtb.cr, ji'jr Ednruiid his brother. LORD TEYNHAM. ?g ■wife of Edmund his son, 50 mark'', on condition she does not hinder his executors in the disposal of liis good>, &c. in his manor of Bredlee; to Alice, wife of Ralph Roper, 13 s. ^jd j to Richard Roper, 13 s. 4d. The residue of his goods, &:c. he bequeaths to John Collyng, senior, Ralph Roper, and iuiniund Roper, his son, whom he makes his executors. This will was proved at Canter- bury, on April 1st, the year following. Edmund Ropere, Esq. his elder brother, already mentioned, was an eminent Justice of the Peace, and dying on December 1 r.h, 1433, was buried in St. Dunstan's church, in Canterbury. He left issue, John' Roper, of Svvacliff", in Kent, who was one of the Sur- veyors of the Customs of the Cii'ique Ports, and by Ma:g.r'.', daughter and coheir*^' of John Taltersall, of Weli-hall, in Eith:!:n, in the same county, Esq. (by Agnes his wife, d.iugliter of John Chicheley, of Well-hall, Citizen and Chamberlain of London, who died 1446, son and heir to William Chicheley,' Rsq. Alder- man, and Citizen and Grocer of London, brother to Archbishop Chicheley), had issue, 1. John Roper, of Eltham, in Kent, his eldest son and heir. 2. Thomas Roper, of Brenley, in Boughron-undcr-Blean, in Kent j who married "" Alice, daughter of Wiiliarn Took, of Kent, by whom he had a daughter, Benedict, wife of Rnmsey; and a son, John, wjio died 1527, ^'^d whose daughter and heir, Elizibeth, married Robert Eyre, of Hassop, in Derbyshire. 3. Robert Roper," of the county of Norfolk. And a d.iughter, Margery, wife of John Boys, of Nonyngton, in Kent, Esq. 1'heir mother^ the said Margery, has this memorial in the church of Eltham, to which she was a benefactor : Pray for the soul of Dame Margery Roper, late wife of John Roper, Esquire, daughter and one of the. heirs of John Tattersall, Esq; who died Febr. 2, J518. [Her husband died 1488, and his will was proved January 1 1th, 14S9.] ' Hasted names two other sons; Thomas, who died without issue; and Ed- mund. ^ Anne, the other coheir, mrirried Sir Ralph Hastings. ' He died 141^. m St. George's I'cdigrees of Nubility, MS. '• Hauri doubts this thud son, as not being mentioned in any part of the fa- th(.-r'i will ill the picrojativc olRce at Canterbury. 80 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. His son, John Roper, of Well Hall, in Eltham, and of St. Dunstan's, in Kent. Esq. was Sheriff of that county 12 Henry VIII. and Prothonotary of the King's Bench, and Attorney- general to King Henry VIII. as appears by his monument in the church of St. Dunstan's. He gave many benefactions to his pa- rish church in London ; built a fair bridge over the river Wave- ney, between Norfolk and Suffolk," with a firm causeway adjoin- ing j and did many other works of charity. He died on April /th, 1524, leaving issue by Jane his wife, daughter of Sir John Fineux, of Swingtield and Hearn, co. Kent, Knt.P Chief Justice of the King's Bench (and coheir i to her mother, Elizabeth,^ daugh- ter and heir of William Apulderfield, great grandson and heir of Sir William Apulderfield, by Agnes his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Twite, of Marston, in Kent), two sons; 1. William Roper, of Eltham. 2. Christopher, ancestor to the present Lord Teynbam. Also six daughters; 1. Eleanor, married, first, to John More- ton; secondly, to Sir Edmund Montagu, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench ; and, thirdly, to Sir John Digby, Knt. 2. Eli- zabeth, wedded to John Pilborow, one of the Barons of the Ex- chequer; and afterwards to Leonard Sanders. 3. Margaret, wedded to Henry Appleton, of Dartford, in Kent, Esq. 4. Anne, to Sir Edward Mackson. 5, Elizabeth, to Sir John Dawney. And, 6. Agnes, a nun, at Dartford. His eldest son, William,' born A. D. 1495, was some time Clerk of the King's Bench. He married Margaret, the celebrated daughter' of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England. • Fuller, in Norfolk. P Sir John Fneux had, by a second wife, a son and heir, whose descendant and heir female finally carried the blood and estates into the family of Smythe, afterwards Viscounts Strangford, of Ireland. See a curious account of Sir John Fineux's descent in Leland's Itinerary. The estates were long since sold by the Stiangfords. Swingfield Park, alias Hall Manor, is now principally a wood of 200 acres, belonging to the family of Erydges, of the adjoining parishes of Woot- ton and Donton. 4 The other coheir, Mildred, married Digges, of Digges's Place, in the adjoining parish of Barham, ancestor to Sir Dudley Digges. ■■ Lilly's Fed. praed. 5 He wrote the life of his father-in-law, Sir Thomas More. ^ For an account of this accomplished and extraordinary woman, see Ballard's Learned Ladies j Wood's Ath. I. 42; most of our books of British Biography; MacdiarmiJ's and Cay ley's late Lives of Sir T. More; the beautiful new ediiioa •f More's Utopia, by Dibdin, &c. Se« also Granger, I. lOj. LORD TEYNHAM. 81 She died in 1544, and was buried, according to her dying request, with her father's head in her arms. He died on January 4th, 1577, aged eighty-two, having had issue, 1. Thomas Roper, of Eltham, Chief Clerk of the King's Bench, 2. Anthony, of Farmingham, in Kent, who by Ann, daughter of Sir John Cotton, of Lanwade, had issue, Anthony and Henry, who married Philippa, daughter of Henry Zouch. And three daughters; Margaret, wife of Sir William Dawtrey ; Mary, first, to Stephen Clarke; secondly, to James Basset : and Elizabeth, first, to Stephenson; secondly, to Sir Edward Bray, Knt.« Thomas Roper, of Eltham, the eldest son, married Lucia, daughter of Anthony Brown, Viscount Montagu, by whom he had issue, 1. Sir William, of Eltham. 2. Henry. 3. Charles. 4. Francis. 5. Philip. And five daughters; of whom, Ela, wife of John, son of Sir Henry Crispe, Knt. died in 1626, and was buried at All Saints, in the Isle of Thanet; Martha married Thomas Watton, of Addington, in Kent, Esq.; Elizabeth mar- ried Thomas Hadd, of Frinsted, Esq. Their father was buried at St. Uunstan's, February 26th, 1597, and his widow on July 10th, l606. Sir William, eldest son, of Eltham, and St. Dunstan's, mar- ried Catherine (who was buried at St. Dunstan's, February 20th, l6l6),' daughter and coheir of Sir Anthony Browne, Knt. of Ridley Hall, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, by whom he had two sons. 1, Anthony. 2. Thomas, who married Susan, daughter of John Winchcomhe, of Hcnwick, co. Berks; and one daughter, Anne, married to Sir Philip Constable, of Everingham, Yorkshire, Bart. Anthony Roper, eldest son, succeeded at Eltham and St. Dunstan's, and married three wives. First, Maria, daughter of William Gerarde, of Trent, co. Som. Esq. by wlioni he had one daughter, Margaret, who died single, j683. He married, se- condly, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Holte, of Aston, co.Warw. Esq. by whom he had a son, Anthony, and a daughter, Eliza- beth, who both died without issue. He married, thirdly, a daughter of Sir Henry Compton, Knt. of Eramblctye, co Suss. (younger brother of William, first Earl of Northampton), by whom he bad Edward, his successor, and Anne, who died w':lh- ouf issue in 1722, aet. 81. " Has;ed, I. 56. Stemmata Chich. No. 363. VOL. VI I, G 82 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Edward Roper, of Eitham and St. Dunstan's, Esq. son and heir, married. Katharine (buried at St. Dunstan's, April 26th> 1715), daughter of James Butler, of Sussex, Esq. by whom he had two sons, and three daughters. J. Edward, born l673, 7 i ,1 v 1 •,, > both died without issue. 2. Leonard, J 3. Catharine. 4. Margaret, both died infants. 5. Elizabeth, married to Edward Henshaw, of Hampshire, Esq. and becoming her father's sole heir, brought her husband the estates of Eitham and St. Dunstan's. She died in 1722, and her husband in 1726, aet. 64, having had issue one son, Edward, who died an infant, and was buried at St. Dunstan's, August 28th, 172O; and three daughters; their coheirs. 1. Katherine, married to William Strickland, Esq. who died without issue by her in 1788. 2. Elizabeth, first wife, 1728, of Sir Edward Dering, of Surrenden, in Kent, Bart, which Lady died in '\7'^5> leaving issue the late Sir Edward Dering, Bart, who died December 8th, 1798, leaving Sir Edward, born 1757, &c. whose son and heir appa- rent, Edward, died in September, 1808, aged twenty-five, leav- ing an infant son. 3. married, 17-9, to Sir Rowland Wynne, of Nostell, in Yorkshire, Bart. He died August 23d, 1765, leaving by her Sir Rowland, who dying February lOth, 179.5, left Sir Rowland, who died without issue, October 14th, 1805, leaving his estates to his nephew, John Williamson, Esq.^ We now return to Christopher Roper, younger son of John Roper, who died 1524, and Jane Fineux, and younger brother of William, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More. He succeeded his father in the manor of Badmangore, in Linsted, CO. Kent, derived from the families of Fineux and Apulderfield, at the manor house of which he resided. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Christopher Blore, of Rainham, in this county, Esq. In the first year of Queen Mary, endeavouring to resist the rebels under Sir Thomas Wyat, he was taken prisoner by them, and carried to Rochester,> and from thence Wyat took him to " " In the great hall at Eitham (says Hasted), was a most valuable painting, by Hans Holbein, of Sir Thornas More, Lord Chancellor, and his family, in all about twelve figures, all drawn with great strength and beauty, and so large as to take up almost the whole end of rlie hall. It was valued at loool. and had re- mained here from the time of its being painted, till the year i/jr, when Sir Rowland Wynne moved it from hence about the tlinc tliat the estate was sold." Hasted, I. 56. y Hollirishcd's Chron. p. :g95. IC97. LORD TEYNHAM. 83 ^ouihwark; but being sick, he had leave given him to depart and shift for himself. He had issue^ 1. John. 2. Edmund. And, 3. Germane Roper, who all left issue. And live daughters; Susan, wife of Roger Harlackenden, Esq. Mary, of Lewin Butfkin, Esq.; Cecilia, of Norton Green, Esq j Jocosa, of Walter Hastings, Esq. sixth son of Francis, Earl of Huniingdon; and Gertrude, who died unn^arried. His eldest son and heir, John, first Lord Teynham, was"^ knighted on July Qth, l603 j^ and on the Qth of the same month, 1616, 14 Jac. 1. was advanced to ^ the dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Teynham.^ He departed this life'^ on August 30th, 16I8, zt. 8-i, leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir to John Parke, of Malmaine, in com. Cantii, with whom he had Perry-Court, ia Preston juxta Fevershara, and Malmaine, in Stoke, in the said county, Christopher, his son and heir; and two daughters. Elizabeth, married to George, son and heir of William, Lord Vaux, of Harrowdenj' and Jane, to Sir Robert Lovel, Knt. Christopher, secokd Lord Teynuam, made his will on March 23d, 10"22, 19 Jac. I.*" deceased on April l6th following, set. 60 (and was buried at Linsted, in Kent, near his father and mother), as the inquisition taken after the decease of his son, John Lord Teynham, shews. He married Catharine, daughter to John le Bourn, of Sutton St. Michael, in com. Pferef. Esq. and by her, who died in ]6'd4, had issue two sons. z Philpol's Cat. of Knts. ^ Fc built tlve lodge at Linsted, the jiicsent seat of the family, nnd end: s-:d a park lound it. '' Pat. 14 Jac. P. 6, <^ From the secret history uf Court Intiinu. ., it ff^cms that tl'.e peerage wa^ given him as a conij.er.tatio.T for so:r,c f '-'cc, v.liich \ illier'-, ;1.'.' ;\;v>;',i: i:c. '.■• i. > •, ,: from l.'.m. Masted Says, that t'nis not)K:ii:a;i was tiie first m;;i of n ,.^ v.iu pro- claimed the Kin.; in this county. <: C.:.Ie's Esc. Ifib. I. f . 3c,-, in Blhl. F^a:l,y. '"' By her he was father of h.dward, Lord \'.'uv, \^ho ii!uf:',il Eii74'jetl;, wi.j.-A- of William, harl of Bar.bury, the niotlicr of two soir, (i'...';; t!u- voun^ ■,.-: of w h on is (iescendcd l!;e prefer.: claimant to tiieLji!.' m ::! Hoi:'.:uiy. i.a ,tr,i, I, :d "^'iui. died 1C61 . 1" Cole's Lsc. Lib. 1. p. :C5, i:: fill. Hoilty. 84 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 1. John. And, 2. William, who got Malmain in Stoke, aforesaid, but sold it in the reign of Charles I. Also four daughters} Bridget, married to Sir Robert Huddle- ston, of Sawslon, in com. Cantab. Knt. Mary, abbess of the Eng- lish nunnery at Ghent, in Flandersj Catharine, wedded to Sir llobert Thorold, of tlie Haugh, in com. Lincoln, Knt.j and Eliza- beth, first, to John Plunket, of the kingdom of Ireland, and after- wards to Walter Bagnall, Esq. John, third LoudTeynham, eldest son and heir, was, in his father's lifetime, made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Charles, Prince of Wirles, November 3d, 1616, and died on Feb- ruary 27th, 1627; as appears by the inquisitions taken after his decease at Sittingbourn, in Kent, August 4th, l628j and that he died seised of the manor of Teinham alias Tenham, in Tenham, Linsted, Duddington, Newenham, Swade, Norton, Hedcorn, Downwell, Selling, with the appurtenances; the manors of Dean- court, alias Dane-court, in Fairfield, Brenset, and Brookland, the manor of Thorne, in the Isle of Thanetj the manor of Moncton in the said isle; the manor of Goshall in Ashe; the manor of North-court, &c in Stourmouih; the manor of Newenham in Newenham; the manor of Newenham in Wickham; the manor of IVIalmeynes in Stoke; the manor of Gallants in East and West Farley; and divers other lands specified in the said inquisition; all in the county of Kent: and that Christopher, Lord Teynham, was his son and heir, and aged seven years in J 628. He married Mary, daughter to William, second Lord Petre, by whom he had issue three sons. 1. The said Christopher, his successor. 2. Francis, who married Anne, daughter of William Walker, of Bringwood, in com. Hereford, Esq. at that time maid of honour to Catharine, Queen of England, and had issue, John, Mary, Ca- tharine, Frances, and Elizabeth; and William, the third son, drowned in the Seine, near Paris, un- married. Also four daughters ; Catharine, who died unmarried ; Eliza- beth, wedded to Sir John Arundel, of Lanherne, in com, Cornub. Knt. Mary, a nun, at Ghent, in Flanders; and Margaret, who died young. Christopher, fourth Lord Teynham, son and heir of John, : C Is's Esc, Lib. it n. 61. A. 11. LORD TEYNHAM. 85 the last Lord, was in ward to King Charles L He married, first, Mary, daughter to Sir Francis Enplefield, of Wotton Basset, in com. Wilts, Knt. by whom he had issue a son, John, who died young; and a daughter, Frances, married to John Wildman, Escj. of Becket, in Berk- shire. Kis second Lady was Philadelphia, daughter to Sir Henry Knollys, of Grove-Park, in Hampshire, Knt. widow of Sir John Mill, Bart, by whom he had issue three sons. 1. Christopher, who succeeded him. 2. Henry, vvho died young. And, 3. Thomas. Also a daughter, Anne, married to Bernard Howard, Esq. son and heir to the Hon. Bernard Howard, Esquire, eighth son of Henry, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and Norfolk, who died in 1652, ancestor to the present presumptive heir to the dukedom of Norfolk. His Lordship departing this life, on October 23d, iS/S, was buried with his ancestors at Linsted. Christopher, fifth Lord Teynham, his eldest surviving son, on January l6th, 168/ was constituted Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Kent. He married Elizabeth, daughter to Francis Brown, third Viscount Montagu, and by her had issue four sons. 1. John. 2. Christopher. 3. Henry (successively Lords Teyn- ham). And, 4. Thomas, who died young. And eight daughters; Catharine, who died an infant; Eliza- beth, who married Charles Jernegan, third son of Sir Francis Jer- negan, Bart, but died on November 14th, 1736, without issue; Mary and Philadelphia, both nunsj Winifred, espoused to Tho- mas Stonor, of the county of Oxford, Esq.; Frances, wedded to Rowland Belasyse, a younger son of Sir Rowland Belasyse, ances- tor by her to the present Viscount Fauconbergj and Anne Ca- tharine, espoused to William Sheldon, Esq. The said Christopher, fifth Lord Teynham, dying at Brussels, A. D. J 688, was succeeded by John, sixth Lord Tevnham, his eldest son, who dying un- married, Christopher, seventh Lord Teynham, his next brother, succeeded (o the honour, who likewise died unmarried; whereby the title and estate devolved on the third son, Henry, eightu Lord Teynham, who conformed to tl)e Sd PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. established church of England, and took his seat in the House of Peers on February 2C)th, 17 15-16 j on February 1st, 1723,'' he was appointed one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to Geo. I. but died on May l6th, the same year.' His Lordship married to hii first wife, Catharine, daughter of Philip Smyth, Lord Viscount Strangford, of the kingdom of Ire- land; by which Lady, who died at Kensington, in Middlesex, on April 16th, 1711, he had two sons, 1, Philip. And, 2. Henry, successively Lords Teynham. And, A daughter, Anne, who was married to John Webbe, Esq. son and heir apparent of Sir John Webbe, of Heythorpe, in Oxford- shire, Bart, and died July 6th, 1772. He had to his second Lady, Mary, daughter of Sir John, and sister to Sir William Gage, of Firle, in the county of Sussex, Bart, but by her, who died in January 1/1/, be had no issue. His third Lady was Anne, second daughter to Thomas Leonard, Earl of Sussex, and widow of Richard Barret-Lennard, of Belhouse, in the county of Essex, Esq. and his Lordship by her (who was afterwards in her own right Baroness Dacre, and married, thirdly, to Robert, son of Henry Moore, Earl of Drogheda), had three sons, for whom, see title Dane in Vol. VI. His Lordship dying on May l6th, 1/23, at his house in the Haymarket, aged forty-seven, his eldest son, Philip, succeeded as ninth Lokd Tkynham; but dying at Paris,*^ on June 1st, 1727, unmarried, aet. 1 9, the honour and estate devolved on his next brother, Henry, tenth Lord Teynham, who, in July ] 732, married Catharine, daughter of Edmund Powell, of Saudford, in Oxford- shire, Esq. by which Lady, who departed this life on August 26th, 1765, he had issue, 1. Henry, his successor. 2. John, born June 20th, 1734, a Captain in tlie army. He died in September 178O, at Lyons, in France. He was married, 21st March, 176O, to Anna-Gabriella, daughter and coheir of Sir Francis Head, Bart, widow of Moses Mcndez,' of London, Esq. '' G.izette, n. 9134. ■ See Hist. Register, Vol. VIII. Diary, p. jz. '' He was buri«d there in the church of St. Andrew Des Artes. 1 Mr. Mendez had two sons by her, who both took the name of Head. Francis, the eldest, married Miss Stepney, and left a daughter and heir, married to the Hon. George Herbert, younger son of the Earl of Carnarvon. James Roper Head, the younger son, married a »ister of Sir James Bland Burges, Bart, and has issue- LORD TEYNHAxM. 87 she died December lUh, 17/1^ having had an only son, which died an infant. 3. Christopher, who died young. . 4. Francis, born January 25th, 17^^. and n^ariicd Mary,"' daughter of Launceiot Lyttelton, Esq by who;:i he liad Henry, born 1707, who has taken ihe name of Curzon, iur the estate of Waterpe:--v', in OxTtv,.;. shire, and nvriicd. May 21st, 1/88, Bridget, cidcst <1 r.ig;it'*r ■;nd coheir of the kite Tho.;;as Hawkins, Esq. of Nash l.'o';rr, in Keot, by whom he lias had iv;ue, Edward, Maria, Flavia, decascdj Charles, Charlotte, and Francis, who died in France, Seplember 7th, 1793. 5. Philip, born October 13th, I73y, married Barbara,"* another daughter of Launct-lot Lyttelton, Esq. by whom he has issue, 1. Barbara, married, 1 7S7> to Sir Samuel Chambers, of Woodstock House, CO. Kent, Knt. 2. Frances died young, 3. Anne mar- ried, 1793, Gawen Aynsley Midford, Esq, 4. Philip-Henry, lately in the army. 5. Catharine married, 1803, Thomas John- stone Pearce, Esq. 6. Louisa died 1803. 7. Emma-Theresa married, November 2oth, 1803, Frederick Holbrooke, Esq. 6. Anthony, 7vIio died an hifa/it, lorn 1741. 7. Catharine, born December 24th, 17'i3, married April 23d, 1773, to Thomas Mostyn, Esq. third son of Sir George Mostyn, of Flintshire, Bart. 8. Winefrld, born December 5th, 1744, and died in 1794. Q. Thomas, born February 2d, 1740", living at Canterbury, un- ninrried. His Lordship married to his second wife, in March, I766, Ann, daughter of Jo'nn Briiikhurst, Esq. which Lady died January 1st, 1771. And his Lord«hip married to his third wife, on September 7th, 1772, U) , widow of Thomas Davis, Esq. who surviving him, remarried in December, 1"82, to Evan John Gerard, Esq. of Heighton, co. Lane. His Lordship died at Rath, April 29th, I 781, and w^as succeeded by his eldest son, Hk^jhy, eleventh Lord Teynuam, born May 7th, 1733. His Lordship married, tiist, on June 2d, 1/53, to Wilhelmina, eldest daughter and coheiress (jf Sir Francis Head, ot the Hermit- age, near Rochester, in Kent, Bart. She died in iJSSj, without is.sue. '' Buh nieces ot then m >:)>ci -' :.-'.iw^ Anu?, i^CDud wit'c tj tlv.-ii fjlher. 88 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. His Lordship married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Webber, relict of John Mills, Esq. of Woodford Bridge, inEssexj and by her, who is since deceased, left issue, 1. Henry, his successor. 2. John, who succeeded his brother. 3. Betsy-Maria, born August 7th, 176I, married Francis-Henry Tyler, Esq. and died March 1st, 1788, leaving one son. 4. Catharine, born August 2d, 1762. 5. Philip died in his infancy. His Lordship dying December lOth, 1786, was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, twelfth Lord Teynham, born May 3d, 1764, who dying January 10th, 1800, was succeeded by his only brother, John, thirteenth and present Lord Teynham, born in I767, who, during liis elder brother's life, had for a short time a com- mission in a Regiment of Dragoons. Title. John Roper, Lord Teynham. Creation. Baron Teynham, of Teynham in Kent, 9 Julii (1616), 14 Jac. 1. Arms. Party per fess. Azure and Or, a pale, and three roebucks heads erased, counterchanged. Crest. On a wreath, a lion rampant. Sable, holding a ducal coronet between his paws, Or. Supporters. On the dexter side, a buck, Or, on the sinister, a tiger reguardant. Argent. Motto. Spes MBA IN Deo. Chief Seat. At Linsted-Lodge, in the county of Kent. LORD BYRON. 89 BYRON, LORD BYRON. In AT this family had large possessions in the reign of Willinni the Conqueror, is evident from Doomsday book, where it is rC' corded, that ■' Gospatrick held of Ernies dc Enron, four borates of land in Bengeley, in the county of York; and, in Borgescire, he held in Duncthorpe four bovates of land, &c. He also had in the same shire Drantune and Grattune, with three carrucates of land in Caihal, as also Hulsingore, the soke of Chenaresburge, Ripestane, and Homptone, Hatesbi, the soke of Burg, Argendune, and Lotes; Copegrave, Bernekcham, Wipelei, Berneslei, Burle, Dacre, Littlebran, Menson, Wederbi, Bergki, Distone, Holstin- goure soke. Crane, Merdelei, Cotinglai, Colingaward, Denardium, Hageneword, East Reding, Cave, Flundret, Cotewood, and Stet- lingetlct. In Lincolnshire, he held Medeltone, Ulvesby, Broche- lesbi, Haburne, Newhuse, Waragebi, Hatune, Caldecote, Pave- tone, Hardie, Barworde, Teinilo, Langetone, Fulnebi, Raude, Gusebi, Burg, Chinthorpe, Colebi, Wege, Baret, Walcote, Win- tertune, and Graingchanin The wapentake of the West Riding of Lincolnshire witness, that Erneis de Buron ought to have the land which Wege held in Wintringeham, viz. six bovates and one toft in the soke of Gil- bert de Gand, and one other toft with soke and sake. Likewise, in the chapter of claims, in the South Riding of the said county, the wapentake say, that Erneis de Buron, of right, ought to have the soc of four bovates of land in Sagesbi, about which there was a dispute between him and Williacn de Pcrci. What relation this Erneis de Buron was to Ralph de Buron, * I.iber vocat Dcomsday. go PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. cannot certainly be made out; but the said Ralph held divers manors in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire^ and is the direct an- cestor of the present Lord Byion. '"In Nottinghamshire, at the time of the survey (20 Will. I.) he held the manors of Oscintune, Calun, Hochehale, Rampestune, Lamecote, and Cotegrave. In Derbyshire, he held the manors of Westune, Hor.ilei, Denebi, Halun, and Hereby. In the park of Horseley there was a castle (:iome of the *= rnins whereof are yet visible), called' Hores tan-castle, v.'hich was the chief mansion of his successors. To this Ralph succeeded Hugh de Buron, lord of the castle of Horestan, who, in the gth year of King Stephen, together with Hugh, his son and heir, gave to the monastery of l^enton, the church of Oscinton, about which there was a dispute,'* in the 7th of Richard I. with the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jeru- salem 5 when the prior of Lenton produced the grant of the said Hugh, and the prior of the hospital of St. John, that of Roger de Buron, by which he gave to that house the town of Oscinton, with the appurtenances: whereupon no judgment was given by the court, because the prior of Lenton's attorney knew not whe- ther he should put his cause to an issue, before he had his client'* direction. This Hugh de Buron gave likewise in the said reign, by his charter (wherein he is styled lord of Horstone-castle), the church of* Horsley to the then prior of Lenton, and his successors; which was confirmed by the Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, and ra- tified by the Pope. He was succeeded by a son of his own name, Hugh de Bu- ron, Baron of Horestax, who, in the reign of Llenry II. retiring from all secular afiairs, professed himself a monk, and held the hermitage of Kersale, beloiiging to the priory of Lenton, as appears by deed of King John, confrrming tliat Iitrmitage to the said priory. He left issue Sir Roger, his son and heir, and a daughter, married to Peter le Veil. AVhich Sir Roger i:>e Buron (who is by ^ome writers deemed his brother), gave certain lands to the churcli of Swinsied, and the monks there, as appears by a confirmation thereof by Hen. IL in whose reign he paid lOl. scutage for ten knights fees in Not- '" Liber voca'L Doomsday in Scac, ^ Thoioron'f Nctt. p. 260. •^ P'.scita a()t}(l Westm. A. 7 R. ). RoV. 11. ^" t'a'. an. ij E, HI. m. ;.;. per insrcximu";. LORD BYRON. gi tiiigham and Derby shires. ''Also, in the sixth year of Richard I. on ihe aid of 20s. for each kniglit's fees^, for that King's redemp- tion, he raiswered iOl. for ten knights fees in the beforenien- tioned coiinties. Likewise, in the first year of King John, he r.nswered for ten knights fees towards the scJtage of Nortnandy, then assessed at two marks for each kni-^ht's fee. He married Nichola,' daughter of lloeland de Vcr'i..n, who survived him, and had for her second husband Ankeiin de Brikesardj but being married without the King's consent, her kinds were seized, and for some of them she was fined in the second year of the reign of King John. By the said Roger de Buron she had issue two sons. 1. Robert. And, 2. Peter; who had a son, John de Byron, living in the reign of Edward I. who married '^Christian de Birtles, widow of Ro- ger de Manwaringj she had to her third husband, Robert de Vernon. RoBKRT DE Byron, the eldest, is mentioned in a plea between him and the prior of Lenton, concerning two carrucates of land in Cotegrave, which by a 'fine levied at Westminster, in Mi- chaelmas term, in the first y?ar of the reign of King John^ was settled on the said Robert and his heirsj who, in consideration thereof, gave to the said priory three bovates of land in Cote- grave, with his moiety of the plowed land called Gelderhomor; and obliged himself to defend from scutage the whole land of the said priory in Cotegrave, of his fee. He had lands given to him and Cecilia his wife, by Aubert Grelii, in Barnby, to hold by the fourth part of a knight's fee; and had issue by the said Cecilia, daughter and heir of "^Richard Clayton, of Clayton, in Lanca- shire, 1. Robert, his son and heir. 2. Sir Richard Byron, who had issue Sir James Byron, lord of the manor of Cadene, in the county of Lincoln, who married Alice, relict of Jolin de Comyn, of Ulsby, in the said county, and daughter of William de Ros, of Hamlake. In the I4th year ci Edward L 'he paid to the executors of his wife 98 1. 18s. 6A.^ for the third part of her moveable goods, left at the time of tier death; and also gave, for the health of his soul, and that of Alice f Rot. Rip. A. 6. 6 R. I. S Thoroton's Nott. p. 26c. h MS. St. George praed. 1 Ped. Fin. A. i R. I. Jo. in Scr.c. ^ MS. St. George prsed. ' E MS. contin. Transcript, qusedam, Charta Famil. dc Byron. g2 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. his wife^ to the men of Husum, a selion [or ridge] of land. In the 21st year of that King's, reign, he is said to hold lands to the value of 100s. and more, in the county of Lincoln. 3. Henry. And, 4. Peter. Robert de Byron, the eldest son, was lord of the manor of Clayton, Robert de HfSton releasing to him and his heirs all his right in the said manor, and*in all his lands within these bounds: viz. from Hardene, ascending by the the little brook next Drulsden, as far as the ditches, and from them to the little rill next to the land of Sinderland, so descending by the said rivulet as far as the demesne lands of Hardenej in consideration whereof, the said Robert gave him three marks and a half of silver: and, by another deed, he remises to Sir Richard, his brother (aforesaid) and to his heirs, all his right and title in Clayton, Failesworth, and Drylesden, in the county of Lnncasterj also by another deed, all his right in the whole town of Drylesden. King Richard L in the first year of his reign, confirmed to the prior and monks of Royston, in Cambridgeshire ('inter a/ifij, the grant of this Robert de Byron to that convent, of two acres and a half of land in Burley. This Robert was also a witness to a grant, made by 1 heobald Walter, of Pyling-Hay, in Lancashire^ to the monks of Cocker- sand, for the souls of King Henry IL and Richard L Maud his wife, was living in the 2d year of the reign of Ed- ward L and had issue by him two sons, William and John. 1. William Byron was in the King's service in his army in Scotland, under the command of William de Ros, of Hamlake, as appears by the King's grant of a protection to him. 2. John de Byron, together with the sheriff of Yorkshire, William de Laiimer the Elder, and Ralph Fitz-Wiljiam, received a praecipe from Edward L dated at Wethtrby, in Yorkshire, Ja- nuary 14th, 127P-SO, declaring his intention of being at Carlisle on Midsummer-day then next following, comrvanding them to meet him then there (with horse and arms, in company with such as owe him any service), ready to maich against the Scots, to chastise, with God's help, manfully and powerfully, their rebel- lion, perfidy, and wickedness. He also commands the said sherilT to summon all Knights and others in his said bailiwick, who have 401. per anmun , to meet him there in like manner. In the 25th year oi the said King's reign, he had another sum mons (as holding 20l. per annui/i land in Northamptonshire), to be at London on Sunday following the octave of St. John Baptist, LORD BYRON. 93 ready with horse and arms to go on an expedition with the King beyond the seas, as well for his honour, as for the preservation and profit of the kingdom. And in the 23th year of the said King's reign, as holding 40l. per annum land in that county, he was commanded to meet the King with liorse and arms at Car- lisle, on the feast of the nativity of St. John Baptist, ready to go against the Scots, This John was seated at Clayton, and in the 24th year of King Edward J.'" was gove.nor or custos of the city of York, as he had been, for five or six years before, of the castle of Dover. He married to his fiist wife, the Lady Joan, daughter of Sir Baldwin (Teutonick, or) Thies, and relict of Sir Robert Holland, Knt. (son of John, son of Ingelram de Holland, of Holland, in Lanca- shire), secretary to Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who had in mar- riage with her, by gift of the said Sir Baldwin, all his lands in Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster; viz. Bostworth, Gleggs, Gartside, Akedon, the two Llolinworths, and Halcht. He was succeeded by his son and heir, Sir John- ue Byron, Knt. (lord of Clayton, in the 2()ih year of King Edward I ) who was witness to the confirmation of King Edward II. of his father's grant to the convent of Bur-cough, of a weekly market on Thursday, at Ormeschurch, in Lancashirej and of a fair every year there, on the eve, day (August 2C)th) and morrow of the decollation of St. John Baptist, and on the two succeeding days. This said John, and Alice his wife, by deed dated at Clayton, the Sunday after the feast of St. Peter, in 1313, grant to Sir Ri- chard de Bj'ron, Knt. and to Agnes his wife, the manor of Far- lington, in Yorkshire, together with all goods and chattels found upon the premises on the day of making the said grant. This Alice was cousin and heir of Robert Baiiaitre, of Hyndeley, in the county of Lancaster, and, after the decease of Sir John de Byron (by whom slie had issue Sir Richard de Byron), was mar- ried to Sir John Strickland, Knt. whom she also survived; for, in the r2lh year of King Edward II. she is called his widow. Sir Richard de Bykon, Knt. aforesaid, was of Cadenay, and also lord of Clayton, &c. King Edward {I. by charter dated at York on June 28th, 1308, grants to him and his heirs" free war- ren in all their demesne lands in Clayton, Boterwonh, and Ris- ton, in the county of Lancaster; CaJenaV; Walesby, Uliby, and "> T'norcton's Nott. p, ;'o. " MS. ut antej. 94 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Croxton, in the county of Lincoln} Hudrefeld, Hunshelf, and Hollugh, in the county of York. Also, by the title of Richard de Byron, son of Sir John de Byron, Knt. he, by deed without date, grants to Sir James Byron, Knt. his son, his manor of Al- ton, together with the reversion of all the lands and tenements, which Lady Alice de Byron (grandmother of the said Sir James), held in dower, by gift of John, his father. Anno 1320, he had a discharge, dated at York on November 20th, from John Woston, late chamberlain of Scotland, for lOOl. due on recognizance. In 1322, he grants ° to his son, Sir James Byron, Knt. and to John his brother, his manors of Cadenay, Husum, and Walesby, and in the same year served in parliament for the county of Lin- coln. He served again for the same county in the council held at Northampton, in the 4th of Edward IIL before the 2lst of whose reign he departed this life, for then his son and heir, Sir James Byron, Knt. and PJohn his brother, released to Elizabeth, hii widow (who was his second wife, and afterwards married to John Colepepper), the manor of Walesby, with the advowson of the church, as also all those lands and tenements, which the said Sir Richard, and the said Dame Elizabeth, formerly held of the feoffment of Sir William de Cadency, chaplain, and others, in the towns of Ulseby, Croxton, Kernington, &c. Which Sir James Byron, Knt. married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Bernake,'i whom he left a widow before the 24th year of King Edward IIL as appears by an agreement dated at Cadenay, made between John Colepepper and Elizabeth his wife, of the one part, and Elizabeth, late wife of Sir James Byron, Knt. on the other part; whereby the said John confirmed to the said Eliza- beth, all the lands, &c. which accrued to her as her dower, ia the manors of Clayton and Boterworth, in the county of Lan- caster. This Sir James left issue two sons; 1, Sir John Byron; and, 2. Sir Richard Byron. Sir John, the eldest, served in the wars of France, under King Edward III.'' and was knighted for his valour at the siege of Ca- lais; but died without issue, and was succeeded in his estate by his brother. Sir Richard Byron,'' before the fourth year of Richard II. when Thomas de Pynchebec confirmed to him the manor of 0 MS. ut nn'.c.i, p. 23. F lb. p. 25. n MS. ut aiitea, p. 27. f Car. (t K-nigh'!,, MS. per T. M. s MS. prseil. p. 28. LORD BYRON. 95 Armcston, in the parish of Poolebrook, in the coanty of North- ampton, and all other lands, &c; rents and services, of which he was enfeoffed, by Sir John Byron, Knt, brother to the said Ri- chard. Which Sir Richard Byron married Joan, second daughter of William de Colewick, of Colewick, in com, Nottingham, and sister and heir of ThomaS de Colewick,' who was two years old at the death of his father, in 35 Edward III By this match a considerable estate came into the family, the said William Cole- wick having married Joan," daughter and heir of John Peche, and of his wife, Alice, daughter and heir of Sir William Hayward, Knt. by Joan his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Saier de Hunt- ingfield, of South-Stoke. Sir Richard died in 139S, leaving an only son, John le Byron, and Joan his widow, surviving^ who, in the year 1397^" vowed perpetual chastity before Robert, Archbishop of York, Which John le Bykon also received the honour of knight- hood before the 3d year of King Henry V. when he >' settled all his lands in the counties of Lancaster, York, Lincoln, Northamp- ton, and Derby, on Robert and William Booth, in trust, having married Margery, daughter of John Booth,'- of Barton, Esq. and sister of the said Robert Booth, who was afterwards knighted. He had issue by her three sons. 1 . Richard. 2. Nicholas, hereafter mentioned. And, 3. Ralph, As also five daughters,^ Elizabeth,'' wedded to Sir Thomas, ,son of Sir John Ashton, of Ashton under Lune, in Lancashire, t Esc. 3^ E. III. u Ex Evid. de Famil. de Colewick. '^ MS. Famil. de Byron, p. 29. y lb. p. 31, 3^. '^ B_v Joan, diughter of Sir Henry Traffbrd, of Traffoid, co. Lane. He was son anil heir of Sir Thomas Booth, of Barton, by Ellen, daughter of Robert da Workcsley, son and heir of John Booth, living in the reign of King Edv/ard, by Agnes, daughter and heir of Gilbert de Barton, Lord of Barton, near Eccles, co. Lane. His descendant. Sir VVilliam Booth, of Dunhann, wlio died 15 19, married Ca- therine, daughter and coheir of Sir William Ashton, of Ashton; and their sorj and heir, George Booth, Esq. married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Bote- ler, of Beausey. His great grandson, Sir Georg» was crcit^d a Baronet 161 1, and was grandfather of George, first Lord Delamcr. a E MS. Brudenell, Not. t. p. ir.. b. ^ Quere? Vide Ped, cf /ls/:tQn. 96 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Knt. ; Margaret, first married to Sir William Atherton, of Athef- ton, in Lancashire, Knt.; and, secondly, to Sir Maurice Berkley, of Wimondham, in com, Leicester, Knt ; Jane, wife of William RatclifF; Ellen,'^ to Walter Blount, Lord Montjoy; Catharine, to William Breretoo, of the county of Gloucester. Richard le Byron, eldest son of Sir John, died in his father's lifetime, having married Lucy, daughter of Sir John Ashton, aforesaid, Knt. who to her ''second husband had Sir Bertram Entwysell, Baron and V^iscount of Brykbek, in Normandy; and, thirdly, Sir Ralph Shirley, of BraiKford, in com. Derby, Knt. and dying on February 12th, 1481, was buried at Brailsford. By her first husbai>d she had a son, James Byron, who married Joan, daughter of Sir Edmund Tratlbrd, of TratFord, in com. Lane, and died without issue;* also a daughter, Margeiy, first married to William, son of John Leke; and, secondly, to Thomas Walshe, of Onlepe, in com. Leicester, Esq. So that the chief heir male remaining, was Sir Nicholas By- rcn, second son of Sir John le Byron, and uncle to James, last mentioned. Which Sir Nicholas Byrov, of Clayton, Knt. married Alice, daughter of Sir John Eoteler, of Beausey, in com. Lancaster, Knt. and had issue two sons, John and Nicholas Byron, and a daughter, Alice, wife of Henry, son and heir of 5ir Robert Sutton, of Aram, in com. Nott. Knt. from which match was descended Robtrt, late Lord Lexington. His eldest son, Sir Johx Byuon, Knt. taking part with Henry Earl of Richmond, was, soon after his landing at Milford-haven, knighted'' by him, and was with him at the battle of Bosworth. Whereupon, when he ascended the throne by the name of King Henry VII. he w^s much in his favour, as appears from the in- scription on a monument erected to his memory in Colwick church, in Nottinghamshire; viz. c Wittis, f. 1:19. <^ E. MS. Bnidenel', p?ed. p. 13. a. ' J lan, d.iugiiter and heir of Richard B)ron, ]■, cj. S'jn and heir of Sir Jihn Bvron, Kn;. (who couin be no oilier than the above u^rsonb), married WjUiam BiSbgr, Lord xf Blore and Lang'ey, iii S.p.tY. Esq. whicli W'liiam di;d November i;th, i^y'^. See the inscription f r them in Rlorc church. Tupogr. I. 325. Their son and heir, William, vas father of Sir W'iiii.in Bss-t, of Biore, \vh.oss son ant heir, William, had is;-ue William Biss?', if Bi 'le and La-^ley, living 1588, whose sole daughter and heir, Eliiabcth, w..» fiist wifj wf Wiiliani Caven- dis'i, Duke of Njwcas'.le. Ibui. p. -^i;. • E. l,ib. MS. entit. Num. Equit. penes N:c. Jelc)!!, Arm. p. I'. LORD BYRON. ^7 tterfc lyes Sir John Byron, Knt. late constable of Not- tingliara castle, master of Sherwood forest, cuslos or lieutenant of the Isle of Man, steward of Manchester colledge. Which John dyed the 3d of May, in the year of our Lord 14S8. On whose soul God have mercy. Amen. He married, in 6 Edward IV. Margery, daughter of Sir Robert Fowlehurst, of Fowlehurst, in Cheshire, Knt. and died without issue, leaving Nicholas, his brother and heir, thirty years old. Which Sir Nicholas Byron married sJoan. daughter of Sir John Bushier, of Houghton, in com. Lane, who survived him, and, secondly, married Sir Gervase Clifton, of Clifton, in com. Nott. Knt. He was made one of the ^ Knights of the Bath, at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of King Henry VIII. on November 17th, 1501, and this memorial of him is in Colwick church, be- fore he was knighted: Pray for the soul of the worthy man Nicholas Byron Esq and of Joan his consort who made this window in the year l4gQ and 12th of H, 7th. He died on 'January 13th, 1503-4, leaving John, his son and heir, sixteen years old. Also five daughters) Mary, married to Jasper, son of John Wimbish, of Norton, in com. Lane. Esq.; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Ratcliff; Elen, wedded to John, son and heir of Thomas Booth ; Jane, to Matthew Kniveton, son and heir of Richard Kniveton, of Bradley, in com, D^-rby, Esq. 3 and Dorothy, to Ed- mund Pierpoint, of Holm-Pierpoint, in com. Nott Esq. His only son. Sir Johx Eykon, Knt. had a grant,'^ on May 28th, l.'>40, of the priory of Newstede, with the m.lnor of Papil- wick, and rectory of the same, with all the closes about the priory, and commons in Raven shede and Kygell in the forest; and all in Newbtede, Paplewyk, and Liiidby; which Newstede has ever S Visit, of Lancashire, Anno i ;')7. 1' MS. Claudius, C. 3, in Blbl. Cotton. ' Esc. !., H. VII. '^ Fat 3; H, VIII. par, 4. VOL, vii, H 98 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. since been the principal seat of this noble family, having before resided at Clayton. He was • steward of Manchester and Rochdale, as also lieute- tenant of the forest of Sherwood. By his first wife, Isabel, daughter of Peter Shelton, of Lynn, in com. Norf. he had no issue; but by his second, Elizabeth, daughter of " John Costerden, of Blackley, in cop. Lane, and relict of George Halgh, of Halgh, in com. pal. Lane. Esq. he had four sons. 1. Nicholas. 2. John. 3. Anthony, who married Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Beaumont, of Coleorton^ in com. Leicester, Esq. Who all died without issue. But his fourth son. Sir John Byron," knighted anno 1579, having married Alice, daughter of Sir Nicholas Strelley, of Strel- ley, in com. Nott. Knt. had issue three sons. 1. Sir Nicholas. 2. Anthony. 3. Sir John ; ancestor to the Lords Byron. Also five daughters; viz, Alice, married to Sir John RatclifF, of Ordsa], in com. pal. Lancaster, Knt.j Margaret, to Gilbert Arrastroag, of Thorp, in com. Nott. Esq.j Anne, to John Ather- ton, of Atherton, in Lancashire, and Skelton-castle, in com. Ebor. Esq.; Margery, to Sir Thomas Hutchinson," of Owthorpe, in com. Nott. Knt.; and Mary, who died unmarried. Sir John had another wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland. His eldest son. Sir JMicholas Byron, distinguished himself in the wars of the Low Countries; as also in the time of the rebel- lion against King Charles I. at the battle of Edgehill, on October 23dj 1642, as colonel-general of Cheshire and Shropshire, and governor of Chester; being (as Lord Clarendon writes p) ' a per- son of great affability and dexterity, as well as martial knowledge, which gave great life to the designs of the well-afFected there ; Thoroton's Niitdnghamsh. p. 262. "i Visitation of Lancashire, praed. » Jekyll's Cat. of Knts. MS. t> By whom she had Col. John Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Cistie for the Parliament, whose Memoirs, by his widow, have been published, i8c6, 4to. In which .some curious parliculars of the Byron family at ihat dme may l»e found. P Higt, ofRebeU. 8vo. Vol. IH. p. 145. LORD BYRON; 99 and, with the encouragement of some gentlemen of North "Wales, in a short lime raised such a power of horse and foot, as made frequent skirmishes with the enemy j sometimes with notable advantage, never with signal loss.' He married Sophia, daughter of Charles Lambert, of Nimeguen, governor of Breda, and had issue Charles and William, who both died issueless. His brother. Sir John Byron, was made Knight of the Bath at the coronation df King James L and having married Anne, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Molineux, Bart, ancestor to the present Earl of Sefton, by her had eleven sons, and a daughter. Mary, married to Sir Thomas Lucas, father by her of John and Thomas, who were both Lords Lucas, of Shenfield, in Essex ; and of the loyal Sir Charles Lucas, as well as of Marga- ret, Duchess of Newcastle. His sons were, 1. John, created Lord Byron. 2. Sir Richard, who succeeded his brother as Lord Byron. 3. Thomas, who died unmarried j as did 4. William, fourth son, drowned at sea, coming from Ireland. 5. Sir Robert Byron, who was a colonel of foot in the civil wars in the service of King Charles L and died without 'male issue. 6. Gilbert, who died unmarried. /. Sir Philip Byron, who, after many signal services in Yorlc- shire,'! was killed at the head of his regiment in that general storm made by the parliament army on York, in 1644. He never went out with his regiment, but he would tell them, ' That never brave men came to any thing, that resolved not either to conquer or perish. The other sons were, Thomas, George, Charles, and Francis, who all died unmarried, except Sir Thomas, who was knighted j and, as Lord Clarendon vvrites, was a gentleman of great courage, and of very good con- duct. He commanded the Prince of Wales's regiment under the Earl of Northampton, in the fight at Hopton-heath, near Stafford, on March 19th, 1G42-3, when the Earl was killed; and charging with good execution on the enemy, received a shot in the thigh, whereby he was not able to keep the field. He married Catha- rine, daughter of Henry Braine, Esq. by whom he had two sons, lliomas and John, who died infants. % Lloyd's Mem. of Loyal Persons, p. 4S9. f JHist. of the Rtb. Vol. IIL p. ip. J 00 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. I now return to the eldest son, John, first Lord Byron: in the 21st year of King James I, he was returned to parliament for the town of Nottingham,* as also In the first parliament called by King Charles I. at whose coro- nation he was made one of the Knights of the Bath. In the 3d year of that King, he was chosen one of the knights for the county of Nottingham j and being 'one of the gentlemen of the bed-chamber to his Majesty, and giving proofs of his courage and fidelity, was made "Lieutenant of the Tower in l64l. But, in those turbulent times, this change gave no satisfaction to them, who, desiring a creature of their own, used all their arts to re- move Sir John Byron. On which pretence, as Lord Clarendon •'' writes, ' there was a petition brought and delivered to the houses, in the names of several merchants, who used to trade to the mint; in which they desired that there might be such a person made Lieutenant of the Tower, as they could confide in (an expression that grew from that time to be much used), without which no man would venture bullion into the mint, and, by consequence, no rnerchant would bring it into the kingdom; whereas, in truth, there was no gentleman in the kingdom of a better reputation amongst all sorts of men, and there had been more bullion brought into the mint in the short time of his being Lieutenant, than had been in many months before. However, the house entertained the complaint as very reasonable, having great apprehensions, by observation made, that he took great store of provisions into the Tower, as if he made provision for a greater garrison Where- upon they sent for a conference with the Lords, with whom they prevailed to join with them in a desire to the King to remove Sir John Byron from being Lieutenant of the Tower, which at that time he refused to do.' And shortly after, when the King re-- moved to Hampton-Court, the Commons resuming the conside- ration of the Lieutenant of the Tower,>' and, on new information that much provision was sent in thither every day, they sent for Sir John Byron, who appeared at their bar, and gave so full an- swer to all the questions they asked of him, that they could not but dismiss him. Yet they sent again to the King to remove him, and put a fitter man in the place, and recommended Sir Tolin Conicrs to him; and because they did not speedily receive « Not. Pari. MS. per Rrown Willis, Arm. ' Ex Stem, penes W. niip. Dom. Dyron. '■'Clare-nd. Hist. Svo. Vol. II. p. ^^^^. x ib. p. 374. y tl'St. praed. p. 384; LORD BYRON. 101 ^ach an answer as they liked, they appointed their major-general, Skippon, lo place such guards about the Tower as might prevent the carrying in more provision of victual thither, than would serve for one day's consumption 3 notwithstanding which, the King would not consent to their desire. But at length, on January 20th, 1641, the ^ King sending a message to the parliament, advising them ' to digest into one body all the grievances of the kingdom, and to send them to him, promising his favourable assent to those means which should be found most effectual for redress, wherein he would not only equal, but exceed the most indulgent princesj' they took the opportunity again to renew their request, desiring, that '^ for a ground of their confidence, and removal of jealou- sies, that they might apply themselves to give his Majesty satis- faction in the method he proposed, his Majesty would presently put the Tower of London into the hands of such a person as both houses should recommend to himj' in which the Lords ditfered with them, as well ' for that the disposal of the custody thereof was the King's peculiar right and prerogative, as likewise, that his Mtijesty had committed the charge thereof to Sir John Byron, a person of a very ancient family, an honourable extraction, and good fortune, and as unblemished a reputation as any gentleman in England.' The Commons, much troubled that the Lords should again take the courage to dissent from them in any thing, resolved to press the King upon their own score, and to get the recommendation of so great an officer to themselves^ and, on January 2f}th, sent a petition to him, in the name of the knights, citizens, and burgesses of the Commons house, assembled in par- liament. Nevertheless, his Majesty did not then consent to the removiij of this loyal person, telling them in answer thereto, ' That ''he lioped his gracious message would have produced some such over- ture, as by offering what was fit on their parts to do, and by asking what was proper for him to grant, might have begot a mutual confidence in each other. Concerning the Tower of Lon- don, that he did not expect, having preferred a person of a known fortune and unquestionable reputation to that trust, he should have been pressed to remove him without any particular charge objected against him: however, that if, upon due exami- nation, any particular should be presented to him, whereby jt 2 Whitlock's Memorials, p. 52. a Clarend. praed. p. 399, ^ laid. p. 4CC. 102 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. might appear he was mistaken in his good opinion of, the gentle- man^ and that he was unfit for the trust committed to him, he would make no scruple of discharging him; otherwise, he was obliged, in justice to himself, to preserve his own work, lest his favour and good opinion might prove a disadvantage and misfor- tune to his servants, without any other accusation; of which he hoped his house of Commons would be so tender, as of a business wherein his honour was much concerned; as, if they found no material exceptions against that person, they would rather endea- vour to satisfy and reform the fears of other men, than, by com- plying with them, press his Majesty to any thing which did so much reflect upon his honour and justice.' But when the Lords (many of whom had withdrawn themselves, out of a just indig- nation to see their honour and their liberties sacrificed), had been awed by the tumults of the rabble, to pass the bill ' for settling the militia and forts in such hands as the commonwealth might confide in;' the King was again pressed to confer the custody of the Tower on Sir John Coniers. ' With which (as Lord Cla- rendon relates*^), being surprised, and desired likewise by Sir John Byron to free him from the agony and vexation of that place, which had exposed his person and reputrition to the rage and fury of the people, and compelled him to submit to such re- proaches as a generous spirit could not brook without much regret; for he had, upon frivolous surmises, been sent for as a delinquent, and been brought upon his knees at the bar of both houses; his Majesty consented to that alteration, and made Sir John Coniers Lieutenant of the Tovv'cr. Sir John Byron had served in the Low-Country wars,'' and the States-General committed to him the care of their ordnance and ammunition; so that he was a very useful officer to his Majesty on the breaking out of the rebellion in l642, when he repaired with a good body of men wirh arms and ammunition to the stand- ard at Nottingham, and brought a large sum of money to the King for his supply at Shrewsbury. From Nottinghamshire he passed with some troops to counte- nance the conmiission of array in other counties,'' and particularly ill Oxfordshire, to secure tlie university from the rebels, when assaulted by the* forces from Northampton, and betrayed by th? town of Brackley, He was on that occasion obliged to march c Clarend. praed. p. 4^0. '^ Lloyd's Memoir?, p. ^'^X- <^ Ibid, LORD BYRON. 103 to their relief with such expedition, that he lost his carriages and cabinet; which falling into the custody of Mr. Clark, of Crow- ton, he wrote to him to restore them 3 concluding, ' Which if you do, I shall represent it to his Majesty as an acceptable service; if not, assure yourself, I shall find a time, with advantage, to re- pay myself out of your estate: and consider, that as rebellion. is a weed of an hasty growth, so it will decay as suddenlyj and that there will be a lime for the King's loyal subjects to repair their losses sustained by rebels and traitors.' Upon sending of which letter to the parliament, and their proclaiming him and his adhe- rents traitors for their allegiance to their Sovereign, he marched to Worcester; wherein he had not been many hours, before a strong party of horse and dragoons, sent by the Earl of Essex, under the command of Nathaniel Fienes, son to the Lord Say, came to surprise the town, which was open in many places, though in some it had an old decayed wall, and, at the most usual and frequented entrances into the city, weak and rotten gates. However, finding them shut against them, and not that quick appearance of a party within the town the con>mander promised himself, he retired in great disorder. But Prince Rupert coming up the same day (September 23d, l642), a rencounter ensued at Powick-bridge, wherein the enemy were vanquished; which was principally owing to the courage of Sir John Byron/ and the rest of the officers, who charged them sword-in-haud, most of the sol- diers in that city being wearied with a long march. He afterwards ? commanded the body of reserve at the battle of Edgehill, on the 23d of next month; and the victory of Round- way Down, on July 5th, 10"43, wherein Sir William Waller was rolited, was chiefly owing to the bravery and conduct of Sir John Byron, who, at the head of bis regiment, charged Sir Arthur He- bilrigge's cuirassiers, and after a sharp conflict, in which Sir Arthur received many wounds, that impenetrable regiment (as Lord Clarendon '' writes), was routed, and in a full career chased on their other horse, which in half an hour were so totally dis- persed, that there was not one of them to be seen on that large »pacious down; every man shifting for himself with greater dan-^ ger by the precipices of that hill, than he could have undergone by opposing his pursuer. On November 1st, l6'42, he 'was, with other loyalists, created f Clarcnd. 8vo. Vol. III. p. 2,'. ? lb. p. 45. '' lb. p. J^c. i Wood's Fasti Oxon. p. 707. 104 PEERA.GE OF ENGLAND. doctor of (he civil law at Oxford ; and in the first Newberry fight, September 10th, 1643, which was disputed with great fierceness and courage, he "^warily and valiantly led on the King's horse, which were so far too hard for the troops on the other side, that they routed them in most places, till they had left the greatest part of thpir foot, without any guard at all of horse. The Lord Byron having given such proofs of his courage and military conduct, and being otherwise a person of great abilities, and his six valiant brothers also at that time following his loyal example, be was, in ' consideration thereof, advanced to the de- gree and dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the tiile of Loro Bykon of Rochdale, in com. Lane, with limitation of that honour, m default of issue male of his own body lawfully begotten, to every of his brothers, and the issue male of their respective bodies, viz, Richard, William, Thomas, Robert, Gilbert, and Philip, by letters patent bearing date at Oxford, October 24th, l643. He was afterwards made Field-Marshal General'" of all his Majesty's forces in the counties of Worcester, Salop, Chester, and North-Wales: also, on his uncle, Sir Nicholas Byron, Go- vernor of Chester," being taken prisoner, he was Governor of Chester; in which station he was appointed to take care for the reception and accommodation of some regiments of foot, that, on the cessation of arms in Ireland, were to land there. And the Lord Clarendon ° gives a particular account of their successes, and of the Lord Byron's being at length forced to retire into Chester. Nevertheless, the Lord Byron was not discouraged; but by his lionourable 1' and obliging deportment, soon got together a body of 5000 men, and forced Sir Thomas Micldleton to retreat from Montgomery-castle; whereunto laying siege, and the parliament forces under Sir William Fairfax marching to raise it, a tight ensued in October I(i44,'i wherein the Lord Byron routed their hor.-e, and both parties came to push of pike; but, after a hot •^iigngeuK'ntj the parliament forces rallying, he was obliged to retire. ' The next year, the King's cause declining, he was besieged m Cliesler, wherein he made a brave defence,'^ and, by his judi- , !ous management, kept both town and garrison contented with '-■ IJ<::.d, pr:r1. p. 4'S'<. ' P* Whidofk, p. iSq. y P. 190. z p, ,,,-. ' P. '94. 'V^ io6 peerage: of England. was begun ^ about the surrender thereof, but nothing concluded. And the Lord Byron's letter to the King at Oxford was inter- cepted, ' That if they had not relief by the last of January, then of necessity they must surrender Chester.' On February 5th, let- ters came to the Speaker from Sir William Brere^on,'^ * That his care of preserving Chester, the most considerable city in those parts, from ruin, invited him to entertain a treaty, which was continued ten days, and delayed by the enemy, hoping for relief> for which there were strong preparations, by conjunction of Ashley, Vaughan, and the Welsh and Irish forces, and those Irish nc-wly landed. That he sent forth a strong party under Colonel Mitton, who prevented their conjunction 5 and then those in Chester, hopeless of relief, came to a treaty. They desired far- ther time for the treaty to be continued, but Sir William Brereton refused it, and thereupon they came to an agreement, on both parts, to surrender the city to the parliament upon articles 3 in it they had all the arms, ammunition, ordnance, and provisions, the county-palatine seal, swords, and all the records, &c,' On March 10th, 1045, there was a debate between the two houses concerning the ^ Lord Byron, whom the Lords thought fit not to except from pardon. In April, 1645,*^ he commanded in Conway, in Whales; and, in June l646, was besieged in Caernar- von castle j but the King being in the hands of the Scots, and the parliament having brought all places to their devotion, he sur- rendered on honourable terms. He was afterwards appointed, by King Charles I. Governor to his Royal Highness the Duke of York j'' and being at Paris when his Majesty was under confinement, he was sent on importunities from Scotland to get as many to declare in England, in several places, as might distract the army, and keep it from an entire en- gagement against themj also, to dispose his old friends about Chester and North-Wales to appear as soon as might be. There- upon, with the help of Colonel Robinson, he presently possessed himself of the island of Anglesey, and disposed all North Wales to be ready to declare, as soon as the Scots should enter the king- dom. And though there were risings in several counties, yet, on the defeat of the Scots army under Duke Hamilton, at Preston, on Auc,ust 17th, 10"4S, they all proved unfortunate. The Lord Byron had again the good luck to escape from the hands of the •> Whitlocic, p. i(y6. c P. 19-. <1 P. 2CZ. <= P. :.cS. f Clarcnd. Hist. Vol. V. p. 13?. LORD BYRON. lo; rebels, and repaired to Paris to his charge, as Governor of Ihc Duke of York 3 but, duing his absence/ Sir Edward Herbert and Sir George Ratclitr had so far insinuated themselves into the Duke's favour, that he resolved on a joarney from Paris to Brus- sels, to visit the Duke of Lorrain, without the advice of his Go- vernor, or the Queen his mother. But, at the request of the Queen, the Lord Byron waited on him, as he did when the Duke visited his sister at the Hague, and from thence returned with him to Paris.* He afterwards'' accompanied that Prince, when he made the campaign under the Marshal Turennej and return- ing to Paris, died there in the year \652, whereby (as the Earl of Clarendon ' relates), the Duke was deprived of a very good servant. Pic first took to wife Cecilia, daughter of Thomas, Lord De la War, who dying anno 1(338, he, in lOl-i, married Eleanor, daugh- ter of Robert Needham, Lord Viscount Kilraurrey, in Ireland, and widow of Peter Warburton, of the Lodge, and of Arley, in com. Cest. Esq. '^she died at Chester, January 20ih, l663, and \v;is buiied in Trinity church. His Lordship died in France in lG52, leaving no issue by either of them, and was succeeded in his honour by Richard, his next brother and heir, which RiCHAKD, SECOND LoKD Byron, kuightcd by King Charles I. was one of those 'valiant colonels at the light of Edgehill; and, on November 1st, lO~42, was created Master of Arts at Oxford. He was Governor'" of Appalby-castle, in the coanty of West- morland j and Lloyd, who wrote the Lives" of the Loyalists in the reign of King Charles I. says, he deserves to be chronicled for his government of Newark, and many surprises of the enemy about it. He married two wives; first, Elizabeth, daughter of George Rossel, of Rateliff on Trent, in com. Nottingham, Esq. and widow vt Nicholas Strclley, of Slrchey, in the same county, Esq. by whom he had issue 1. William, his son and IvAr. 2. Richard, who died an infant, Elizabeth; Anne; Cecilia; and Catherine, married to Sir WiL- llaai Stanhope, of Linby, in com. Nottingham, Knt. E Cla-.cnJ. Hist. Vol. VI. j). 3S7, 3S9. h Jb. p. 437, 441. ' lb. p. 4,3. ^ Lodges Peerage of Ireland, Vol.11, p. 310. ' Wood's Fasd Oxon. p. 70:. '^ Life of ihe Duke of Newcastle, p, 124. " Mcmoiis, p. 48S. 108 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. He married, secondly, Elizabeth, youngest dangliter of Sir George Booth, of Dunham-Massey, in com. Cest, Bart, aunt of George, Lord De la Mcr j but by her had no issue. He lies buried in the chancel of Hucknal-Torkard church, where a monument is erected to his memory, with the following inscription : Beneath, in a vault, is interred the body of Richard Lord Byron, who, with the rest of his family, being seven brothers, faithfully served King Charles the First in the civil war, who suffered much for their loyalty, and lost all their fortunes: yet it plcasf d God so to bless tlie honest endeavours ofthc said Ri- chard Lord Byron, that he repurchnscd part of their ancient inheritance, whicli he left to his posterity with a laudable memory for great piety and charitv. He departed this life upon the 4th day of October, nnno domini 16/9, iii the 7-lth year of his age. In the same vault i,-. interred the Lady Elizabeth, hrs first wife, daughter of George Rossel, Esqj by whom he had ten children; and the Lady Elizabeth, his second wife, daughter to Sir George Booth, Knt. and Bart, who appointed this monument to be erected to the memory of her dear husband, and, for her great piety and goodness, acquired a name better than that of sons and daughters. William, tiiied Loed Byron, his eldest son, married Eli- zabeth, daughter to John, Lord Mscount Chauorth, in Ireland} and by her (who died in December l683), had issue five sons, 1. William. 2. Richard. 3. John. 4. William I.ord Byron, And, 5. Ernestusj but all died young, except William, the fourth Lord. Also five daughters; Elizabeth, since deceased; Catharine, mar- ried to Sir Arthur Cole, Lord Ranelagh, of the kingdom of Irtland; Henrietta Maria died young; Juliana, who died unmarried; and Anne, who died young. To his second wife, this William, Lord Byron married," on June 25th, 1085, in King Henry the Seventh's chapel, in West- minster-abbey, Elizabctl), eldest daughter of Sir John Stonehouse. o Ex Rcgist. Hcclts. LORD BYRON. 109 of Radley, in com. Berks, Bart, but had no issue by her, who,P attec his decease, was married to Sir Richard Stydolph, of Nor- bury, in Surrey, Bart, and dying on December 2Sth, 1703, was buried at Mickleham, in Surrey. Lord Byron dying on November 13th, 1605, was buried at Hucknal-Torkard, in the county of Nottingham. William, fourth Lokd Byron, his surviving son and heir, born on January 4tli, l66g, was one of the Gentlemen of the Bed- chamber to George, Prince of Denmark; in which post he at- tended at the funeral procession of that Prince, November 13th, 17O8, He married to his first wife the Lady Mary, daughter of John, Earl of Bridgwater, and sister to Scroop, Duke of Bridgwater ; which Lady died of the small-pox on Sunday, April l!th, 1703, having been married but eleven weeks, and was buried at Huck- nal-Torkard. His Lordship married, secondly, on December ipth, 1706, the Lady Frances-Williamina,"' third daughter of William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, and by her Ladyship, who departed this life' March 31st, 17^2, and was interred at Hucknal-Torkard, had issue three sons. 1. George, born on October 1st, 1707, and died on July 6th, 1720. 2. William, born on July 6th, 1709, and died a few days after. 3. William-Henry, born on October 23d, 171O, died soon after. Also a daughter, Frances, born on August 10th, 1711^ who died Septembr-r 21st, 1724. His Lordship, in I720, married to his third wife, Frances, se- cond daughter of William, Lord Berkeley of Stralton, and by her (who, in August 17-^0, was married to Sir Thomas Hay, of Al- derbton, in East-Lothian, in Scotland, Bart.), had issue five sons and a daughter, Isabella, born on November 10th, 1721, and married first, in 17-12, to Henry, Earl of Carlisle (mother to the present Eail): and after his death to the late Sir William ^Masgrave, of Haytou- c^stle, in Cumberland, Baronet of Xova-Scolia. The sons were, 1. Wiliiarii, born November 5lh, 1722, late Lord Ryron. 2. John, born on November Sih, 172). He was ths last sur- vivor of the Wager nian ut war, Captain Cheap, one of LcjrJ -7 1) -J Aiib-y's Surrey, V.,I. II. ; er vvii; is in i^i-er. O.T. L'y.i.i. (i;.urie?, 4;.} li \;vv\ M n. An'. VJ. IV. t^. ; ^nd by her (who died in 178I), liad issue two daughters; one died an infant; and the other, Augusta, is wife to her cousin, Lieut. Col Leigh, of the iCth dragoons; he married, secondly, May 12th, 1/85, Miss Gordon, by whom he had isnie, George-Gordon, the present Lord Byron. 2. George Anson, in the royal navy, born November 30lh, 17-'58, and died June 11th, 1/03; married Miss Dallas (who died February 2()ll), 1793), and left isi^ue, Georgiana-Julia, born in 1783, since de- ceased, and George- Anson, born 17S9. 3. Frances, married Charles Leigh, Esq a General in the army, and Colonel of (he 20th regiment of infantry, mother, by him, of Lieutenant-Co- lonel L-eigh, of the 10th dragoons. 4. Juliana-Elizabeth, mar- ried, first, her cousin, William, eldest son of William, fifth Lord I'yron; and, secondly, SepK mber 17th, 1/83,' Sir Robert Wil- mot, of Osmaston, Bart, and died March loili, 1/88. 5. Cliar- lotte-Augusta. 3. Richard, in holy orders. Rector of Houghton, in the Bishop- ric of Durham, born October 28lli, 1/24; manicd, in 1768, at ' At licr fjl'tjc's house, at Pirbrijjht, in Surrey. LORD BYRON. Ill St. James's church. Miss Farmer j and has issue, Richard, John, and Henry. 4. Charles, born April 6th, 1726, and died May l6th, 1/31. 5. George, born April 22d, 1730; married Frances, daughter and coheir of Elton Levett, Esq. and had issue, 1. Isabella, born October 20th, 1754. 2. Williamj and, 3. George, twins, died young. 4. John, born September 14th, 1758, 5. Frederick- George, November 21st, 1764, and died in 1782. And the said William Lord Byron dying at Newsted-abbey, on Sunday, August 8th, 1736, was succeeded by William, his eldest son and heir by his third Lady; which William, fifth Lord Bykon, in his father's lifetime, took early to the sea-service, and in May 1738, was appointed Lieute- nant of his Majesty's ship the Falkland; and was after Lieutenant of the Victory, which he left just before that great ship was lost. On December 5th, 1763, he was declared master of his Majesty's ftag hounds. His Lordship, on March 26th, 17-^7 > married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Charles Shavv', of Besthorp-hall, in the county of Norfolk, E^q, and by her, who died July 5th, 178S, he had issue, 1. William, born on June 7th, 1748, who died in May fol- lowing. 2. William, born on October 27th, 1749, elected member of parliament for Morpeth, 1/74; and married to Juliana-Elizabeth, daughter to his uncle, Admiral Jolm Byron, but died June 22d, 1776) and his widow remarried Sir Robert Wilmot, as already mentioned. And two daughters; Henrietta-Diana, who died on June 1st, 176O; and Caroline, *born January 17th, 1755. His lordship dying May 19th, 1798, without issue malf, Tvas succeeded by his great nephew, George Gordon Byron, grandson of his brother, Admiral Byron; which Georgr Gordon Byrc«n' is thus become sixth LoRiJ Ryron. His Lordship was born January 'i'ld, 178B, and was educated at Harrow school, and at Cambridge. His Lordship, by a vo- lume of Juvenile Pacms, has shewn a mind, not only highly c tivated, but adorned with fancy and feel ui- ' - - - ■ " o 112 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Titles. George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron of Rochdale. Creation. Baron Byron of Rochdale, in com. pal. Lancaster, by letters patent (24ih October l643), 19 Car. L Jrms. Argent, three bendlets cnhansed, Gules. Crest. On a wreath, a mermaid, \Vith her conrib and mirror, all proper. Supporters. Two horses, chesnut. Motto. Crede Biron. Chief Seat. Newsted Abbey, Notts. LORD TYNDALE. 113 SCOTT, LORD TYNDALE. Charles-William-Montagub ScotTj Lord Tynedale, son and heir apparent of Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, K. G. His Lordship was summoned to the Upper House April 11th, 1807, and placed in h'li father's barony of Tvvedale, in North- umberland, of February 15th, l602. Hrs Lordship was born March 24th, 17/2. Married, March 24th, 1795, Harriet-Catharine Townshend, youngest daughter of Thomas, late Viscount Sydney, and has issue, Henry, Lord Esk- dale, born August 15th, 1796, and another son, January 6th, 1798. His Lordship, when a Commoner, represented Luggershall, St. Michael's, and Marlborough, in parliament. For Arms, &c. See title Doncastek, in Vol. IIT. 114 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. CAMPBELL, BARONESS LUCAS. Her Ladyship Is widow of Alexander Hume Campbell, Lord Hume of Berwick (so created 1776)* son and heir apparent of Hugh, last Earl of Marchmont, in Scotland, and eldest daughter and coheir of Philip Yorke, second Earl of Hardwicke, by Je- mima his wife, Marchioness Grey, who was daughter and heir of John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane, by Lady Amabel Grey, eldest daughter and coheir of Henry Grey, Duke of Kent, by Jemima, daughter of Thomas, Lord Crewe, of Steane, son and heir of Anthony, twelfth Earl of Kent, by Mary, daugh- ter and sole heir of John, Lord Lucas, of Shenjield, which Lady was created Baroness Lucas of Crudwell, May 7th, 1663. The family of Lucas flourished for many ages with no little honour in the counties of Essex, and Suffolk. Sir John Lucas, Knt. a man eminent for his learning, and his accomplishments in many languages, displayed unshaken loyalty to King Charles L in l642, which exposed him to the merciless plunder of those who were then in arms against his Majesty. He ventured his person most gallantly in the battles of Lestwithiel, Newbury, &;c. for which he was created Baron Lucas of Sken- Jield, 3d May, 20 Charles I. with remainder, in default of issue male of his body, to his two brothers,^ Sir Charles and Sir Tho- mas Lucas, which last left a son, who accordingly succeeded to the barony. This John, first Lord Lucas, married Anne, daughter of Sir • He had a'so a sister, Margaret, the celebrated second wife ofWilljamCaven- o'ubi tht; Ijyal Duke of Newcastle. LORD LUCAS. 115 Christopher Nevile, of Newton -St.-Lo, in Somersetshire, Knt. by whom he had a sole heir, Mary, above-mentioned, wife of Anthony, Earl of Kent. On whose behalf, considering that he had no issue male, and that Sir Charles Lucas, Knt. his valiant brother, who had with great fidelity and courage served King Charles I. as an eminent commander in many memorable battles, was upon the loss of Colchester, there most barbarously, and against the law of arms, put to death, leaving no issue, he pro- cured from King Charles IL letters patent, bearing date 7th May, 15 Car. n. whereby the dignity and title of Baroness Lucas OF Crudwell, CO, Wilts, was conferred upon her, and of Ba- ron Lucas of the same place, upon the heirs male of her body. As also, that her son and heir by the said Earl of Kent, and all other the sons and heirs descended from her, of his successors Earls of Kent, should bear the title of Lord Lucas of Crudwell. And in default of such issue male, that the said title should not be suspended, but enjoyed by such of the daughters and coheirs, if any such shall be, as other indivisible inheritances, by the com- mon law of this realm are usually possessed by. His Lordship died in 16/6, and was succeeded in the first ba- rony by his nephew, Charles, son of his brother, Sir Thomas j which Charles married Penelope, daughter of Francis, Earl of Scarsdale. The barony of Lucas of Crudwell devolved on the Countess of Kent, who died November 26th, 1/02. Her son, Henry, Duke of Kent, succeeded as third Lord Lucas of Crudwell; and dying June 5th, l/^O, was succeeded by his grand-daughter, Lady Jemima Campbell, as Marchioness of Kent, and Baroness Lucas of Crudwell; her mother. Lady Amabel, having died before her in 1/2/. The Marchioness dying without issue male, January 1 0th, "^797 > was succeeded in the Barony of Lucas, by her eldest daughter. Lady Amabel, widow of Lord Hume, before-men- tioned. Her Ladyship was born January 22d, 1/51, and has no issue. Her nephew, Lord Grantham, son of her younger sister, is her presumptive heir to the Barony of Lucas. Title. Amabella-Hume Campbell, Baroness Lucas of Crud- well. Creation. Baroness Lucas of Crudwell, by patent, May /th, 1663, 15 Car. H. 16 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Jrms, Quarterly of four. 1. Arg. on a saltier, Az. a bezant for Yorke. 2. Gironny of eight pieces. Or, and Sable, for Campbell. 3. Barry of six pieces, Arg. and Azure, for Qrey, 4. Arg. a fesse between six annulets, Gu. for Lucas. Supporters. See wood-cut. Chief Seat. Wrest, Bedfordshire, LORD CLIFFORD. 117 CLIFFORD, LORD CLIFFORD, OF CHUDLEIGH. Walter de Clifford, denominated of his * castle of Clifford^ in the county of Hereford, son of ''Richard Fitz-Ponz, son of William Pitz-Ponz (who came into England with the Conqueror, and was Earl of Angus, in Normandy), lived in Henry II's time, and held the manor of Corfham, in com. Salop, of the King. He married Margaret de Toeni, daughter and heir of Ralph de 1 oeni, a descendant from William Fitz-Osborn, Earl of Hereford, and thereby acquired Clifford -castle, which gave name to his posterity. He had issue, two sons and two daughters; Walter, his son and heirj and Richard de Clifford, lord of Frampton, in com. Glouc. from whom descended those of that place. Of the daugh- ters, Rosamond, the eldest, is taken notice of by most of our his- torians, as concubine to King Henry 11. and dying in the 23d of that reign, was buried at Godstowe nunnery, in Oxfordshire. Lucia, the other daughter, was married to Hugh, Lord Say, Baron of Ricard's-castle, in com. Hereford. The abovesaid Walter, son and heir of Walter, lived in the reigns of Richard L John, and Henry IIL and was a very power- ful Baron in the marches of Wales. He married Agnes, daughter and heir of Roger, son of Osbert dc Condy, lord of Covenby and Glentham, in com. Lincoln, by Alice, daughter and coheir of William de Casneto, lord of the same place, and had issue five sons; viz. Walter, Roger, Richard, Simon, and Gyles. Walter, the eldest, succeeded his father in his lands and ho* nours, and married Margaret de Bruce, lady of CantresclifF, and » MS. St. George prxJ. * Ex Stemmite Fimil. de Clifforii, MS. Lib. i. f. i6i, penes Tho. nuper Com, Leicest. IIS PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. had issue by her one daughter, Maud, married to William de Longespee, third Earl of Salisbury, descended from King Henry II. by Rosamond Clifford above-mentioaed. The said Walter died anno 1203, leaving Margaret his wife, a widow 3 who dying soon after him, was buried at the priory- church of Aconbury,^ in com. Hereford. Roger de Clifford, brother of the last Walter, married Si- bill, daughter and heir of Robert de Ewias, and widow of Robert Lord Tregoz, by whom he had issue Roger, a great Baron, famous for his valour, and experience in military affairs, and was at least eighty-six years old when he died, in 1286, and was buried in Dore-abbey, in com. Hereford ^ leaving issue by the aforesaid Sibiil, his first wife, Roger, his son and heir, renowned for his skill and magna- nimity in the wars in Henry III. and Edward I's days, in whose 10th year, 1262, being in the Welsh wars, he was slain on No- vember 6th, St. Leonard's day, in the Isle of Anglesey, and lies there interred. He married ^ Isabel, eldest daughter and coheir of Robert de Vipont, Lord of Westmoreland, and, in her right, held Brougham-castle in Westmoreland, part of which he built and repaired, causing this inscription to be cut in stone over the door of the inward gate: ^i}i0 matJe Soger. By his wife afore- said, he had issue Robert, his son and heir, born about Easter 1274. Who be- ing a martial man, and often engaged against the Scots, was slain atthe battle of Stirling, or Bannockburn, June 24th, 1314. He married Maud, daughter and coheir of Thomas de Clare (son of Richard de Clare), steward of Walthara forest, and left issue two sons. Roger, the eldest, was born on February 2d, 1299, and suc- ceeded his father in his lands and honours. He was attainted anno 1321, for taking part with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, but restored in blood and honour anno 1327, and dying in 15 "^ Ed- ward II. without issue, Robert de Clifford, his brother, suc- ceeded. Which Robert was born on All-Saints day, 1305, and built some part of Skipton-castie, which had suflered much by the Scots. He was once in the wars in Scolland, in company with Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and other lords, and died ^ Where an old tomb of thi« family still reniaini. « MS, ut antta, Lib. 2. p. 37, 38. ^ Thoroton'i Nottinghamshire, LORD CLIFFORD. II9 in his bed at home; though his father and grandfatlier died in the field, where fell several of his descendants. He was married in Berkley-castle, anno 2 Edward III. to Isabel, only d:iughter to Maurice, Lord Berkeley, of Berkeley- castle, in com„ Gloucester; with whom he had'a thousand pounds and fifty marks, as her portion. He had issue by her, 1. Robert de Clifford (who married Euphemia, daughter of Ralph, Lord Nevil, but died in France without issue, anno 1362, and his widow was re-married to Walter Heselarton). 2. Roger. And, 3. Thomas. Which RoGKit was heir to Iiis brother, and twenty-eight years of age at his death. He was often in the wars of Scotland, as well as in France, and went with the Earl of Arundel to sea, at the time he was sent to aid the Duke of Britany with a great army against the French. He was one of the wisest and gallantest men of all the Clif- fords. He married Maud, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of \^'arwick, and had issue by her three sons. 1. Thomas, Lord Clifford, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Roos, of Hamlake, and from them descended the Earls of Cumberland. 2. Sir William Clifford, governor of Berwick, who married Annt^, daughter and coheir of Thomas, Lord Bardolph;*^ secondly, married to Sir Reginald Cobham, Knt. and died without issue anno 1417; and 3. Lewis, who in 31 Edward III. was a Knight, and received the King's command, *^ to deliver to Thomas, Earl of Kent, the custody of the fort and place of Cruyck, in Normandy. In AJ Edward III. he 8 accompanied John, Duke of Lancaster, in his expedition into France; and in 51 Edward III. when that Duke, espousing Wickliff and his doctrine, had affronted William Court- ney, Bishop of London, and. thereupon the citizens rising, beset the Duke's house, called the Savoy, the Princess of Wales sent three of her Knights,'' whereof Sir Lewis Clitford was one, to in- treai them to be reconciled to the Duke; to which they answered, ' How, lor the honour of the Princess, they would obey, and with all reverence be ready to do whatever she should please to require.' • Thoroton's Nottinghamshire. ^ Rot, Franc, ji Edw. III. na. 5. S Froli. «, 310. f. 153. ft B.irnes'» Hiit. Edw. III. p, 905. 120 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. He was chosen one of the Knights companions of the most noble order of the Garter, before 1384, for then he was one of the twenty-four of that noble order, who, against the feast of St. George, had surtouts given them by the King, of violet in grain. In 9 Richard II. he was commander in chief of the city of Car- lisle, when the Scots and French attacked it; which valiantly defending, he forced them to retire. In 13 Richard II. he signed/ with the King, the Peers, and other great men, a letter to the Pope, dated May 26th, ISyO, complaining of the exorbitancies and encroachments of the apostolical see. In 15 Richard II, he was, with the Lord Percy and Sir Robert Biquet, sent ambassa- dors to the King of France, to declare to him the good affection of the King his master towards peace, and to appoint a place to treat thereof, which was concluded on to be at Amiens, In 19 Richard II. he was, with others,"^ sent again on an embassy to France, to treat of a marriage between the Lady Isabel, daughter to Charles VI. the French King, and the King of England. He died in the 5th year of King Henry IV. and is much taken notice of by our historians, for being seduced by those zealots of that time, called Lollards (amongst which he was one of the chief); but, being at length sensible of those schismatical tenets, he confessed his error to Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canter- bury, and did cordially repent, as is evident from those remarkable expressions in his last will and testament; a transcript whereof, for the satisfaction of the curious, I shall here recite:' ' In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti, Amen. The sevententbe day of September, the yer of our Lord Jesu Christ, a thousand four hundred and four, I Lowys ClifForth, fals and traytour to my Lord God, and to alle the blessed company of Hevene, and unworthi to be clepyd a Christian man, make and ordeyn my testament and my last wille in this manere. — At the begynnynge, I most unworthi and Goddys traytour, recornmaund my wretchid and synfule sowle hooly to the grace and to the mercy of the blessful Trynytie; and my wretchid careyne to be beryed in the ferthest corner of the chirche zerd, in which pariche my wretchid soule departeth fro ray body. — And I pray and charge my survivors and myne executors, as they wollen answere lo fore God, and as all myne hoole trest in this n)atere is in them, that •* Rymer, Tom. 6. p. 673. '' Stow's Annals, p. 310. ^ Resist. March, f. 56. in Cut. Piaerog, Cant. LORD CLIFFORD. 121 on roy stinking careyne be neyther leyd clothe of gold ne of silke, but a black clothe, and a taper at myne hed, and another at my feet; ne stone ne other thinge, whereby eny man may witte where my slinking careyne liggeth. And to that chirche do myne exe- cutors all ihingis, which owen duly in such caas to be don, with- out eny more cost saaf to pore men. — And also I pray my sur- vivors and myne executors, that eny dette that eny man kan axe me by true title, that hit be payd. And yf eny can trewly say that I have don hym eny harme in body or in good, that ye make largely his gree whyles the goodys wole stretche. — And I wole alsoe, that none of myne executors meddle or mynystre eny thinge of my goodys withoutyn avyse and consent of my survivors or sura of hem. ' Now first I bequethe to Sire Phylype la Vache, Knyght, my masse-boke, and my portoos; and my boke of tribulacion to my doughter his wyf. ' £t qnicquid residuum fuerit omnium et singulorum bonorum et catallorum, superius seu inferius legatorum, do integre et lego Philippo la Vache, Johanni Cheyne, et Thomae Clanvow, militi- bus, libere sibi possidendum; ac pro libito voluntatis suae, tan- qu;im de bonis et catallis suis propriis inde disponendum et faci- endum, absque contradictione, calumnia, seu perturbatione cujus- cunque, pro me, vel nomine meo, aliqualitur inde faciendum. Hujus autem testament!, ultimne voluntatis meaj, facio, ordino, et conslituo executores bonorum mccrum, et administratores, Johan- nem Andrew, Johannem Carleton, WaUerum Gaytone, et Tho- mam Barhowe: et ipsi Deum prae oculis habentes, omnia singula praemissa faciant, et fideliter perimpleant, et exequantur, ad honorem Dei, et utilitatem populi sui, secundum dispositionem et concilium atque assensum supervisorum meorum, viz. Philippi la Vache, Johannis Cheyne, et Thoma; Clanvow, militum, vel alicujus eornm. In cujus rei testimonium huig praesenti testa- mento, et ultimae voluniati meae, sigillum meura apposui. Dat. bcc. die et anno superadictis.' Probat. 5 Dec. 1404. (G H. IV.) Besides his daughter, Eleanor, married to Sir Philip la Vache, he had issue by his wife, '" Eleanor, daughter of John Lord De- lawar, a son, W11.LIAM Clifford, Esq. who marrifd I'lcanor, daughter of Sir ■" Ex Stcmmstf. 122 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Arnold Savage, of Bobbing-court^ in Kent, Knt. and sister and heir of Arnold Savage, Esq. who died without issue in 1420, and was Sheriff of Kent in 4 and 13 of King Henry VI. He died l6 Henry VI. leaving issue, 1. Lewis. 2. John, ancestor to Lord Clifford, hereafter mentioned, Lewis, eldest son, resided at Bobbing Court, and married Anne, daughter of Lord Molynes, by whom he had a daughter, Eliza- beth, married to William Leycroft, and a son, Alexander Clif- ford, Esq. who kept his shrievalty for Kent, at Bobbing Court, 5 Edward IV. and dying 10 Henry VII. 1404, was buried at Bobbing," as was Margaret his wife, daughter of Walter Cole- peper, Esq. by whom he had six sons} of whom, Lewis, fhe eldest, succeeded him in that manor, and was Sheriff of Kent, 13 Henry VIT. He had two wives j of whom, the second was Bennet, daughter of Sir John Guldeford, Knt. widow of James Isaac, Esq. (afterwards remarried to Sir William Boys, of Ben- nington, Knt.) by whom he had an only daughter, Anne, mar- ried to Cox. His tirst wife was Mildred, daughter of Bartholomew Bourne, of Sharsted, Esq. by whom he had, 1. Nicholas, -who was of Sutton-Valence, and left issue a sole daughter and heir, married, first, to Sir George Harpur, Knt. 5 and, secondly, to Sir Edward Moore, afterwards of Millefont, in Ireland, Knt. 2. Ri- chard Clifford, who married Anne, daughter of Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire; by whom he had, I. George, hereafter mentioned. 2. Henry, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Devereux, Knt. by whom he had Sir Nicholas Clifford, who left an only daughter and heir, 3. Richard, who married Mary Digby. 4, A daughter, Catherine, George Clifford, Esq. eldest son already mentioned, resided at Bobbing Court, in the middle of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and left by Ursula, daughter of Roger Finch, seven sons and three daughters. 1. Henry. 2. Alexander. 3. Conyeis. 4. Lewis. 5. Richard. 6. Clement, ly. George. S. Elizabeth, y. Mary. 10. Catharine. Henry Clifford, Esq. eldest son, succeeded to the estate at Bobbing; but alienated it to his younger brother. Sir Conyers Clifford, Knt. and Mary his wife, daughter of Francis Southwell, of Windham-Hall, in Nor- folk, Esq. (which Lady had been twice a widow; first, of Tho- mas Sydney, Esq.; and, secondly, of Nicholas Gorge, Esq. Sir Couycrs Clifford was Governor of Couuaught, in Ireland, and a » See W'j?ver's Fun. Mon. p. jSi. LORD CLIFFORD. 12:; Privy Counsellor of that kingdom; and had issue by this Lady, two sons, Henry and Conyers, and a daughter, Frances, who both died yonng. His wife survived him, and possessed Bobbing Court, to which she afterwards entitled her fourth husband. Sir Anthony St. I-eger, Knt. Master of the Rolls, in Ireland (bv whom she had a son, Anthony, and a daughter, Frances). She died, December ipth, l603, and was buried in St. Patrick'* church, Dublin. Her sons, Henry Clifford, and Conyers Clifford, succeeded by her will, in conjunction with their half- brother, Sir Anthony St. Leger, to the estate at Bobbing, but quickly afterwards joined in the sale of it to Sir Edward Duke. When the Kentish branch either expired, or sunk into obscu- rity." John, the second son of William Clifford (son and heir of Sir Lewis), married Florentia, daughter of John St. Leger, Esq. and was succeeded by Thomas, his son and heir. Which Thomas was seated at Borscombe, in the county of Wilts, and had to wife Thomasine, daughter of Jolm Thorpe, of King's-Teighton, in Devon, Esq. by whom he had issue, William Clifford, of Borscombe, who marrying Elizibeth, daughter of Henry Vaux, of Odiam, in the county of Southamp- ton, had issue, Henry Clifford, of Borscombe, who had to wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Carrant, of Tuinber, in the county of So- merset, Esq. and was succeeded by Anthony, his son and heir, seated at Borscombe aforesaid, who made his will on April 19th, 1580, and departing this life o Hasted's Kent, JI. 636, 637. Hasted observes, that " the Ciitiords of B hbiiig bore for their arms, Cheeky, Or. and Sable, a fan and bordure. Gules, on the fat a cetcent, Argent, Which coat they quartered with that of S.iva^e. ThLbe •rms of ClifForU are 'm the roof of the cloisters of Canterbury cathe. 637. See a'sj Dall^n-.iy'i H^r.ild^y, who draws his cxamp'cs ut rhe variations of arnns in the branches or the same fa- mily among other-;, from the CI ffo.ds. 124 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. on September 12th following, was buried in the cathedral at Exeter. He had to wife Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir Peter Court- ney, of Ugbrooke, of the parish of Chudleigh, in Devonshire, bj whom he had issue three sons, 1. Henry. 2. William. And, 3. Thomas, ancestor to Lord Clifford. From Henry, his eldest son, descended the Cliffords of Bors- combe, and King's-Teignton, in Devonshire 3 the last of which name there, James Clifford, Esq. left issue an only daughter and heir, Mary, married to Colonel Hugh Bampfield, the only son of Sir Copleston Bampfield, of Poltimore, in com. Devon, Bart, who had issue by her Sir Copleston Warwick Bampfield, Bart, and John Bampfield. Thomas Clifford, Esq. the third son of Anthony, had the seat of Ugbrooke, in Devonshire; and dying in September, 1634, left issue by Amy his wife, daughter and heir of Hugh Stoplehill, of Bramble, in com. Wilts, Esq. two sons, Hugh and Thomas. Also four dauglitersj 1. Sabina, married to Matthew Hales, of Elf red, in Devonshire. 2. Shelston, married toJamts Eastchurch. 3. Elizabeth, to John Carew, of Haccomb. And, 4. Ann, to I'homas Carew, of the same place, Esquires. Hugh, the eldest son, had also the seat at Ugbrooke, and in l63(j, on the rebellion of the Scots, took up arms for the King, and was Colonel of a regiment of foot; but falling sick on the Northern march, returned home, and died the same year. He married Mary, daughter of Sir George Chudleigh, of Ashton, in the county of Devon, Bart, by whom he had three sons. 1 . Thomas, who was created Lord Clifford. 2. George, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Gforge Price, of Esher, in Surrey, Esq. and had issue, George, his son and heir, Elizabeth and Margaret. 3 Simon, one of" the Tellers of the Exchequer. 15iit before I treat of Thomas, Lord Clifford, who raised him- self, by his great parts and industry, to high preferments, and to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, I shall first, observe,'' that his grandfather, 'i homas Clifford, of Ugbrooke, Esq. in his youth, r AJdit. and Emend, to the Baronage of Eng. by Sir William Dugilalc, MS. LORD CLIFFORD. 125 served in the wars in the Netherlands} and, after taking to his studies in the university of Oxford, he attended Robert, Earl of Essex in his naval expedition to Cadiz, in 1 5q6, and was twice sent envoy to some of the German and Italian Princes. Having passed the age of fifty years, he fell to the study of divinityj in which he became so great a proficient, that doing all his exer- cises, he took the degree of Doctor in the university of Oxford, where he preached a Latin sernaon, and in that function conti- nued, without accepting any preferment in the church, but preached gratis all his time, to shew others the way of avoiding those rocks, whereon he himself had, in his youth, sometimes run (as he often expressed), and died in l634, as before-mentioned. I now return to Sir Thomas, created LoRn Clifford, before- mentioned, borni at Ugbrooke, August 1st, 1630, who was en- tered of Exeter-college, Oxford, May 25th, 16475 and being a person of great natural parts, much accomplished by his education, and a sedulous student of the law in the Middle-Temple, London, was, by the borough of Totness, in com. Devon, elected a mem- ber in that parliament which restored King Charles II. also a member of the parliament which begun at Westminster, May 8th, 13 Car. II. and, having been knighted, he attended the Duke of York in that great sea-fight with the Dutch, which happened June 3d, 1665; and, continuing with the fleet, then commanded by the Earl of Sandwich (as Vice-Admiral), he was in that ser- \ ice at Bergen, in Norway, where the English fleet, on August 2d next following, attacked the Dutch ; soon after which, he was sent to the Kings of Sweden and Denmark, with full power to treat, and make new alliances M-ith them. And the next year he was in another engagement against the Dutch, which continued the tour first days of June, the fleet being then commanded by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle; and likewise in that of July 25tii next ensuing. Returning from those great adventures, he was, November 8th following, made Comptroller of his Majesty's Household; and, on December 5th following, sworn of the Privy-couni„il, Utr (as tlie Gazette expresses it) ' his singular zt-al, wherein he had, on all occasions, merited in his Majesty's service, and more eminently in the honourable dangers in the then laie war agaiu'^l the Dutch and French, where he had been all along a constant actor; and, as it was observed, had made it his choice to take his sliare in the S MS. ui ar.tca, ]26 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. warmest part of those services.' Also on the death of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, Lord Treasurer of England, he was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners for executing that honourable office; and, on June 14th, l668, constituted Treasurer of the Household. In 1672, he executed the office of his Majesty's Principal Se- cretary of State, until the return of the Lord Arlington from his embassy in Holland, and Mr. Henry Coventry from his embassy in Sweden. In all which employments he merited so well, that, on April 22d, 1672, his Majesty advanced him to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, before-mentioned; and on November 28th following, made him Lord High Treasurer of England, and constituted him, by letters patent. Treasurer of the Exchequer. In which high post of Lord Treasurer he ■■ continued till June 19th, 1673 ; but then, chusing retirement, he resigned his staff, and retired into the country, where he ended his days in the forty- thiid year of his age, in September lS73, and was buried in Ug- brooke chapel. It is further memorable of him,' that, in consideration of his faithful services, his Majesty granted him a lease, for sixty years, of Creslow pastures, near Aylesbury, in the county of Bucks 3 and gave to him, and to the heirs male of his body, the manors of Cannington and Rodway-Fitz-Pain, in the county of Somerset; also, that he erected, in iQjl, a fair chapel at Ugbrooke afore- said, which was consecrated by Anthony Sparrow, Bishop of Ex- ter; and afterwards procured an act of parliament for the entail- ing of Ugbrooke, and the rectory of Chudleigh, on the heirs male of his body. In 1665, Burnet says, " Clifford began to make a great figure in the House of Commons. He was the son'^ of a clergyman, born to a small fortune; but was a man of great vivacity. He was reconciled to the church of Rome before the Restoration. The Lord Clarendon had many spies among the priests, and the news of this was brought him among other things. So, when Clifford began first to appear in the house, he got one to recommend him to the Lord Clarendon's favour. The Lord Clarendon looked into the advice that w?.s brought himj and, by comparing things together, he perceived that he must be that man ; and upon that ^ MF. ut antea. s Ibid. ' Grandson, tee htjorc. LORD CLIFFORD. 127 he excused himself the best way he could. So Clifford struck in with his enemies; and tied himself particularly to Bennet, made Lord, and afterwards Earl of Arlington." In 16/2, he says, " The Earl of Shaftsbury was made Lord Chancellor; Lord Clif- ford was made Lord Treasurer; Lord Arlington and Lord Lau- derdale had both of them the Garter; and, as Arlington was made an Earl, Lauderd?.le was made a Duke; arrd this junto, together with the Duke of Buckingham, being called the cabal, it was observed that cabal proved a technical word, every letter in it being the first of those five, Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale. They had all of them great presents from France, besides what was openly given them : for the French ambassador gave them all a picture of the King of France, set in diamonds, to the value of 30001. Thus were the nation, and our religion, as well as the King's fiiith and honour, set to iale, and sold." He held the office of Lord Treasurer, only from November 28th, 16/2, to June ipth, following; when he resigned the staft". This was occasioned thus: he made a violent speech against the Test Act: the King was persuaded that *' Lord Clif- ford had undone himself, and had spoiled their business by his mad speech. In the evening the Duke of Buckingham told Lord Clifford what the King had said. The Lord Clitford, who was naturally a veheixcnt man, went upon that to the King, who scarce knew how to look him in the fcice; Lord Clifford said, he knew how m;iny enemies he must needs make to himself by his speech in the House of Lords; but he hoped that in it he both served and pleased the King, and was therelore the less concerned in every thing else: but he was surprised to ffnd by the Duke, that the King was now of another mind. The King was in some confusion : he owned, that all he had said was right in itself; but he said, that he, who sat long in the House of Commons, should have considered better, what they could bear, and what the ne-. cessity of his affairs required. Lord Clilford in his first heat wag inclined to liave laid down his white siaft', and to have expostu- lated widely with the King. But a cooler thought slopped him. He reckoned he must now retire ; and therefore he had a mind to take some care of his family, in the wayof doing it: so he re- strained himself; and said lie was sorry that his best meant ser- vices were so ill understood." — "■ 7\.s soon as Lord Glidord saw he must lose the while staff', he went to the Duke of Buckingham, who had contributed much to the procuring it to him, and told him he brought him the firat Uuticc that he was to lose that place 128 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND to which he had helped him, and that he would assist him to pro- cure it to some of his friends. After they had talked round all that were in any sort capable of it, and had found great objec- tions to every one of them, they at last pitched on Sir Thomag Osborne."' He married " Elizabeth, daughter and coheir to William Mar- tin, of Lindridge, in com. Devon, Esq. by whom he had issue seven sons, and eight daughters 5 two of which sons were chris- tened by the name of Thomas, but died infants; a third Thomas, born on December 3d, 1652 (a very hopeful gentleman, educated in Queen's college, Oxon), travelled into Italy, and died on March 29th, 1671, at Florence, at the Duke's court, by whom he was much caressed; and George, the fourth son, who succeeded hit father; Hugh, who succeeded his brother; Simon, and Charles. His daughters were, 1. Elizabeth, who died young. 2. Eliza- beth, married to Henry Carew, only son to Sir Thomas Carew, of Haccombe, in com. Devon, Bart. 3. Mary, wedded to Sir Simon Leech, of Cadleigh, in Devon, Knight of the Bath. 4. Amy, married to John Courtney, of MoUand, in com. Devon, Esq. 5. Catharine, who died unmarried. May 6th, 17O8, aged fifty. 6. Anne, who died unmarried. May 27th, 17O8, aged forty, 7- Rhoda. And, 8. Isabel, who died unmarried. George, second Lord Clifford, the eldest surviving son, dying unmarried in 169O, the title devolved upon his next bro- ther, Hugh, third Lord Clifford, who married Anne, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Thomas Preston, of the manor in Furness, com. Lane. Bart, by whom he had issue nine sons, and six daughters. 1 . Francis, born in 1686, who died an infant. 2. Thomas, born l687, who married Charlotte Livingston, Countess of Newburgh, in Scotland, who after his decease wedded the Hon. Charles Ratclifte, Esq. (afterwards beheaded); she died 4th August, 1755, and lies buried with her second husband, in the church-yard of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex; he left issue by her two daughters, Frances and Anne. 3. Francis, who died in Germany, aged about nineteen years. 4. William, who died an infant; as did Qeorge and Charles, fifth and sixth sons. 7. Hugh, born in 170O, fourth Lord Clifford. ^ Burnci'sO.T. i. 305, " MS. ut antea. LORD CLIFFORD, I2g 8. Henry, who died at Cannington, in Somersetshire, unmar- ried. 9. Lewis- Walter, who died young in Flanders. Of the daughters, 1. Elizabeth, was married to William Con- stable, Lord Viscount Dunbar^ of Scotland; and, secondly, No- vember 17th, 1729, to Charles Fairfax, of Gilling, only son of Thomas, Lord Viscount Fairfax, and died of the small-pox, April 25th, 1721. 2. Catherine; and, 3. Mary, were nuns at Ghent. 4. Anne, married to George Carey, of Torr- Abbey, in com. De- von, Esq. She died his widow 31st March, 1762. 5. Amy, who was married to Cuthbert Constable, of Burton Constable, near Hull, in Yorkshire, Esq. son of Francis Tonstall, of Wycliff, in the same county, Esq. by Cicely, daughter of John, Lord Vis- count Dunbar; and by the will of the said William Constable, Lord Viscount Dunbar, who died in 17IS, inherited the estate, and took the name of Constable. [Amy, his Lady, died July 25th, 1731, in the '^twenty-sixth year of her age, and is buried in Pancras cliurch-yard, near London, and a monument erected over her, leaving issue William, in his seventeenth year, Cicily, in her thirteenth, and Winified, in her seventh year, anno I738.] Preston, the 6lh and youngest daughter, was a nun at Ghent, The before-mentioned Hugh, Lord Clifford, departing this life on October 12th, 1730, was succeeded in honour and estate by Hugh, his seventh son, and his Lady, surviving him, died in July 1734. Which PIuGH, FOURTH LoKD CLIFFORD, married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Blount,>' of BJagdon, in com. Devon, Esq. and sister to Mary, Duchess to Edward, ninth Duke of Norfolk, and also to Henrietta, Lady of the late Hon. Philip Howard, only brother to the said Dni•(]. was born in the city of Canterbury, as I find written by my father's own hand, the 3d of October, 1566. * After the decease of my father and mother, I, being the second son of a younger brother, having hten a sciiolar in Ben- netts college, Cambridge, and a student in the Middle Temple, London, finding my means unable to support me to study the laws in the inns of court, put myself into the service of Sir Roger Manwood, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of his Majesty's court of Ex- chequer, whom I served as one of his clerks; and perceiving that the employment would not raise a fortune, I resoj\ed to travel into foreign kingdoms,'to gain learning, and knowledge, and ex- perience abroad in the world. 7\ud it pleased the Almighty, by his Divine providence, to take me, I may say justly, as it were, by the hand, and lead me into Ireland, where I happily arrived at Dublin, on the Midsumn;er-cve, the 23d day of June, 1588. ^ On the tomb lie their effigies at l.-ngth, in white m.uble, against the North wall : and on a squLirc of blacK. m.'.rble is the following ir.scription ; Here lyeth entombed the body of Roger Boyle, late of the parish of Prrston, Esq; who descended of the ancient and worthy family of ihe Eoyles in Herefordshire. As also the bo/y of ijzn, his f.ilihful and loving wife, daughter of Robert Naylor, of the city of Canterbury, gentleman; who, as they lived and loved together, so were bath here buried together; ieaving behind them three sons and two daughters, here nndtr depictured ; Sir Richard Boyle, Knt. Lsrd Boyle, Baron of Youghall, Viscount of Dun- garvan. Earl of Cork, &c. ui-ve of the loids of his M;ijesty's most honourable privy council in Ireland, S'^cond son to the said Roger and Joan, marriec^ Catherine, the only daughter of Sir Gefrale Fenton, Knight, s'jcr<;tary ■ f state in Ireland, by whom he has a plentiful and hopeful p' serity, whereof five sons and eight oaughtcrs ^re now living ; vviio, in meiriory of his virtuous and worthy parents, caused this monument to be erected. On the front of this tomb, In squares of v.'hite marble : Elizabeth Boyle, the eldest daughter Mary Boyle, second daughter of of the said Roger and Joan, in:: ried the said Roger and Joan, m rried Piers Power, Esq; and by him has Sir Richard Smithy Knt. and by issue. him has issue. Hugh Boyle, youngest son to the said Roger and Joan, in his travails in foreign kingdortis, was slain in the wars, before he had issue. LORD BOYLE. 137 I was married at Limerick to Mrs. Joan Apsle)', one of the two daughters and coheirs of WilHam ApsJej', Esq. the 6th of Novem- ber, 1595, who brought me iji 5001. lands per annum, which I still enjoy 3 it being the beginning and foundation of my fortune. And she died at Mo)allo, the 14th day of December, 1599, i" travail of her first child, who was born a dead son; and both of them buried together in Buttavant church, * When I first arrived at Dublin, in Ireland, the 23d of June, 1688j all my wealth was then 2/1. 3 s. in money, and two tokens which my mother had given me; viz. a diamond ring, which I have ever since and still do wear; and a bracelet of gold, worth about ten pounds; a taffety doublet, cut with and upon taffety; a pair of black velvet breeches, laced; a new Milan fustian suit, laced, and cut upon taffety; two cloaks, competent linen and necessaries, with my rapier and dagger, ' And since the blessing of God, whose heavenly providence guided me hither, hath enriched my weak estate in beginning with such a fortune, as I need not envy any of my neighbours, and added no care or burden of nay conscience thereunto. ' And the 23d of June, 16"32, I have served my God, Queen Elizabeth, Kitig James, and King Charles, full forty-fcur years, and so long after as it shall please God to enable me. ' When God bad blesst-d me with a reasonable fortiine and estate. Sir Henry Wallop, of Wares, Sir Robert Gardiner, Chief Justice of the King's-bench, Sir Robert Dillon, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Sir Richard Bingham, Chief Commis- sioner of Ccnnaught, being displeased at some purchases I had made in the province; they all joined together, by their lyes, complaining against me to Queen Elizabetji, expressing that I came over a young man, without a'ny estate or fortune, and that I had made so many purchases, th^t it w?s not possible to do it, without some foreign Prince's purse to supply me with money; that I had acquired divers castles and abbeys upon the sea-side, fit to receive and entertain Spaniards; that I kept in my abbeys ' Having good recommendations he was very scon brought into business, act- ing sometimes in one part of the country, and sometimes in another, but residing chiefly at Dublin, vsheie he was held in very great esteem by the piincipa' piT- sons employed in the government, and was vfry serviceable to many of them, in penning memorials, cases, and answers, which g^ue himi a vast opportunity ot acquiring a perfect knowledge of the kingdom, and of the state of public afi'airs, of which he well knew how to make a right use, P'l^'u.-d': Hhtvi^al Rcfltciioni, p. 191, and Kipfu's Blogr. Brit. II. 4^0. 13S PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. fraternities and convents of fryars, in their habits, who said mass continually; and that I was suspected of my rehgion ; wilh divers other malicious suggestions j whereof having some secret notice, I resolved to go into Munster, and so into England, to justify my- selfj but before I could take shipping, the general rebellion in Munster broke out. All my lands were wasted, as I could say, that I had not one penny of certain revenue left me, to the un- speakable danger and hazard of my life. Yet God preserved me, as I recovered Dingle, and got shipping there, which transported me to Bristol) from whence I travelled to London, and betook myself to my former chamber in the Middle I'emple, intending to renew my studies in the law, till the rebellion were past over. Then Robert Earl of Essex was designed for the government of this kingdom, unto whose service I was recommended by Mr. Anthony Bacon ; whereupon his Lordship very nobly received me, and used me with favour and grace, in employing me in the issuing out his patent and commissions for the government of Ireland J whereof Sir Henry Wallop, treasurer, havfng notice, and being conscious in his own heart that 1 had sundry papers and collections of Michael Kettlewell's, his late under-treasurer. which might discover a great deal of wrong and abuse done to the Queen in his late accounts j and suspecting, if I v.ere counte- nanced by the Earl of Essex, that I would bring those things to light, which might much prejudice or ruin his reputation (al- though, I vow to God, until I was provoked, 1 had no thought of it); yet he, utterly to suppress me, renewed his former com- plaints against me to the Queen's Majesty j when, by her Ma- jesty's special directions, I was suddenly attached, and conveyed close prisoner to the Gate-house, all my papers seized and searched, and although nothing could appear to my prejudice, yet my close restraint was continued till the t^arl of Essex was gone to L'eland; and two months afterward; at which time, with much suit, I obtained the favour of»her sacred Majesty to be present at my an- iwersj when I so fully answered and cleared all thfir objections, and delivered stich full and evident justifications for my own ac- cjuittal, as it pleased the Queen to use these words, viz. " By God's (It ath, these are but inventions against this young man, and .nil his safterings arc for being able to do us service, and those complaints urged to forestall him therein: but we lind liini to be a m:in fit to be employed by ourselves; nnd we uiil employ hiai in our service; and Wallop and his adherents shall know^ that it sinll not be iij t]ie power of any of them to wrong him; neither LORD BOYLE. 139 shall Wallop be our treasurer any longer." Thereupon she di- rected her s]ie''ch to he: lords in her counsel there present, and commanded them presently to give ht r the names of six men, out of which she might chuse one to be treasurer of Ireland; her election falling upon Sir George Carey of Cockiugton. And then the Queen arose from conncil, and gave orders, not only for my present enlargement, but also discharging all my charges and fees during my restraint, and gave me her royal hand to kiss ; which I did heartily, humbly thanking God for that great deli- verance. ' Being commanded by her Majesty to attend at court, it wa» not many days before her Highness was pleased to bestow upon me the office of clerk of the council of Munster, and to recom- *mend me over to Sir George Carey, after Earl of Totness, then Lord President of Munster; whereupon I bought of Sir Walter Rawleigh his ship called the Pilgrim, into which 1 took a freight of ammunition and victuals, and came in her myself by long seas, and arrived at Carrig Toyl Kerry; where the Lord President and the army were at the siege of that castle; which when we had taken, I was there sworn clerk of the council of Munster, and presently after made a justice of quorum throughout all that pro- vince. And this was the second rise that God gave to my fortune. Then, as clerk of the council, I attended the Lord President in all his employments, and waited upon him all the whole siege of Kinsale, and was employed by his Lordship to her Majesty, with the news of that happy victory; in which employment I made speedy expedition to the court; for I left my Lord President at Shannon-castle, near Cork, en the Monday morning, about two of ihe clock; and the next day, being I'uesday, 1 delivered my packet, and supped with Sir Robert Cecil, being then principal secretary of state, at his house in the Strand; who, after supper, held uie in discourse till two of the clock in the morning; and by seven that morning called upon me to attend him to the court, where he presented me tg her jVIajcsty in her bed-chamher, who remembered me, calling me by name, and giving me her hand to kiss, telling me that she was glad that I wns the happy man to bring the first news of that glorious victory. And at'ttr her Majesty had interrogated with me upon sundry questions very punctually, and that therein 1 had given her full satisfaction in every particular, she again gave me her hand to kiss, and rfcom- mended my dispatch for Ireland, and so dismissed rrjc witfi gM\cc and favour. At my reCurq iotQ Ireland, I found my honl Prcii- 140 PEEEAGE OF ENGLAND. dent ready to march with the army to the siege of Beerhaven» castle, then fortified and possessed by the Spaniards, and some Irish rebels; which, after battering, we had made assaultable, wc entered, and put all to the sword. His Lordship fell then to redu- cing those Western parts of the province to subjection and obedi- ence of her Majesty's laws j and having placed garrisons and wards in all places of importance, made his return to Cork; and in hi» way homewards acquainted me with his resolution, it being pre- sently to employ me into England, to obtain licence from her Majesty for his repair to her royal presence; at which time he propounded unto me the purchase of all Sir Walter Rawleigh's lands in Munster, offering me his begt assistance for the compas- sing thereof; which he really performed: for upon my departure for England,*^ he wrote by me two effectual letters; one to Sir Robert Cecil, wherein he was pleased to magnify my service arul abilities; and concluding with a request, that he would make in- tercession with Sir Walter Rawleigh to sell me all his lands in Ireland, that were then altogether waste and desolate. ' To Sir Walter Rawleigh he also wrote, advising him to sell all his lands in Ireland, then untenanted, and of no value to him; mentioning withal, that, in his Lordship's knowledge, his estate in Ireland never yielded him any benefit, but contrariwi'Se stood him in two hundred pounds yearly for the maintenance and sup- port of his titles: whereupon there was a meeting between Sir Robert Cecil, Sir Walter Rawleigh, and myself; where Sir Ro- bert Cecil mediated and concluded the purchase between us: accordingly my assurances were perfected, and this was a third addition and rise to my estate. ' Then I returned into Ireland, with my Lord President's licence to repair to court, where in his way to Dublin (where he pro- jx)sed to embark), he dealt very nobly and fatherly-like by me, in persuading me it was high time for me to take a wife, in hopes of posterity to inherit my lands; advising me to make choice of Sir Jeoffry Fenton's daughter, and that, if 1 could affect her, he would trest with her parents to have the match between us; ^ This must have been in the winter of 1602. Aceording to the lowes: comput.ition. Sir Walter Raweigh's es ate con- xisted of iz.ooo acres, in the counties of Cork and WacerJord. There is no (iouht that the Earl of Cork soon rrade those laniis very vaiua'nie; and ia a very few years, this estate was not only wt-ll-tenanted, hui: the be.-t s" 'I'd a"J abso- lutely in the most thriving con'iirion of any in Ir.hiid. S;e Cox's History t Ire- /.tfliV, VpJ, II. in Preface LORD BOYLE. 141 wherein hft prevailed so far, as the plh of March, \602, I was, in his Lordship s presence, contraeted to her in her father's house at Dublin. * The 25th of July, 1603,"" I was married to my second wife, Mrs. Catharine Fenton, the only daughter of Sir Jeotfry Fenton,"* principal secretary of stale, and privy-counsellor in Ireland, with whom I never demanded any marriage-poriion, neither promise of any, it not being in my consideration; yet her father, after my marriage, gave me lOOOl. in gold with her. But that gift of his daughter unto me I must ever thankfully acknowledge as the crown gf all my bles?ings; for she was a most religious, virtuous, loving, and obedient wife unto me all the days of her life, and the happy mother of all my hopeful children; whom, with their posterity, I beseech God to bless. • The 10th of July, 1020, my eldest brother. Doctor JoI)n Boyle, Lord Bishop of Cork, and Cloyne, and Ross, departed this life at Bishop's-Court, near Cork; snd on the 12th of that instant was buried in my new tomb, erected in the chapel which I re- editied at Youghall. After whose death I obtained those bishop- ricks from his Majesty for my uncle Michael Boyle's son (Richard Boyle), for whom I formerly obtained the deanry of Waterford, who now succeeds my brother in those bi-lhipricks. ' I, Richard Earl of Corke, was knighted by Sir George Carey, Lord Deputy of Ireland, at St, Mary's Abbey, near Dublin, the 25th of July, 1003, being St. James's day, and the very day that 1 was married to my second wife, Mrs. Catherine Fenton. I was sworn a privy-counsellor to King James for the province of Mun ■ ster, at the council table at Dublin, by the Lord Cliichester, then Lord Deputy of Ireland, the 12th of March, l6o(), with com- mandment from the Lord Deputy and council to Henry Dunkard [Brounkard], then Lord President of iVlunster, to admit nie into that council ;" who, upon former direction from this stale, had refused either to swear or admit me a counsellor of that pro- vince. "^ The death of Queen Elizabeth is supposvd to have caused this delay. " He is supposed to be the Sdine, vviiu in his youth was kr.own as an El.z.ibe- than author and translator. " He was by this proiiiotioa put into a condition of consulting his own and the public interest at the same time, ?s he had a v:.st property in this province. He was very industrious in settling and improving' his estates ; taking due care to let his lands to English Protestanis only, and to erect, as occasion required, s:ve.r;«l towns ani bjrougb.s, nay, ai.d ^.;ome c, sties too, for their security. Ci.Vj ut sutr. 142 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ' I was sworn a privy counsellor of state of the kingdom of Ireland by the Lord Chichester, then Lord Deputy, at Chichester- house, the 15th of February, l6l3, being the day that I arrived out of England, at Dublin, l6l2. ' I was created Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghall, on Michael- mas-day, the 29th of September, 1616. * I was created Lord Viscount of Dungarvan, and EarlofCorke, the 26th of October, 162O. ' Adam, Lord Lottos of Ely, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and I, Richard, Earl of Corke, were sworn Lords Justices for the joint government of this kingdom oi Ireland, the 26th of October, 1()29, with the entertainment of lOOl. sterling per month to each of us. I was made Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, and sworn the pth of November, lf)3l.' His Lordship lived till the middle of September, 1643; but gives only this further account of himself: ' The several days of the births of all the children that God hath blest me witlial, with the places where ihey were born, and the names of their god- furthers and godmothers: ' 1. My first son, Roger, born at Youghall, the 1st of August, 1606: Sir Allen Apsley, Sir Thomas Brown, godfathers; and Lady Alice Fenton, godmother. He died at Deptford, in Kent, the 10th of October, l6l5; and was buried there, where his mo- nument is yet remaining. ' 2. My first daughter, Alice Boyle, born at Youghall, the 20th of March, 1607 : Sir Robert Tynt, godfather; Lady Fenton, and Mrs. Barnard, godmothers. [She was married to David, Earl of Barrimore.] ' 3. My second daughter, Sarah Boyle, born at Dublin, the 29th of March, lOOp: Sir William Usher, godfather; Lady Winch, and Lady Elv, godmothers. She was married to Sir Thomas Moore, first [son and heir of George, Lord Viscount Drogheda], and then to Lord Robert Digby, the 15th of Decem- ber, 1626. ' A. My third daughter, Lettice, born the 25th of April, 16IO: Earl of Thomond, godfather; Lady Chichester, and Lady Moore, godmothers. [She was married to George, Lord Goring, eldest son and heir of George, Earl of Norwich.] ' 5. My fourth daughter, Joan, born 14th June, I61I: Sir William Fenton, godfather; and Brown, and Lady Fenton, godmothers. She was married to [George] Earl of Kildare, August ijth, 1628; and had two children, Richard and Elizabeth. LORD BOYLE. 143 6. My second son, Richard, born at the college of Youghall, the 20lh of October, 1612: Earl of Thomond, Sir Richard Aid- worth, and Mr. Thomas Ball, of London, godfathers; and Lady- Anne Parsons, godmother. God grant he may serve and fear him religiously ; and be a faithful subject and servant to the King's Majesty, and his heirsj and live many years full of good works, and have virtuous children; and be a worthy pillar and patriot in this kingdom. He, being Viscount of Dungarvan, was knighted in my house at Youghall, the 13th of August, l024, by the Lord Falkland, l^ord Deputy-General of Ireland. And my said son departed Dublin, to begin his travels into foreign king- doms, the '1th of June, 1(532, I allorvving him lOOOl. a-year in his travels. • 7. My daughter Catharine, born the 22d of March, l6l4: Sir Robert Bolton, godfather; Lady Fenton, and Lady Harris, godmothers. [She was married to Arthur Jones, Earl of Ra- nelagh.] ' 8. My son Jeoffry, born at Youghall, the 10th of April, l6l(j, He died [an infant.] * g. My daughter Dorothy, born 31st December, 1617. She was married to [/Vrthur], Lord Loftus [son and heir of Sir Adam Lofrus, Lord Viscount Ely, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.] ' 10. My son Lewis, born 23d May, I619. And in the year 1628 he was created Baron of Bandon-bridge, and Lord Viscuunt Boyle, of Kinalmeachy. [He lost his life, valiantly fighting in that engagement with the Irish rebels, at Liscarrel, the 3d of September, l042. He married Lady i> Elizabeth, daughter of P In a letter to M. Marrombcs, his son's tutor, directed to G'- nev3, and dsted January iSth, 163^, the Earl of Cork says, ' On St. S:eplicn's J:iy my son Ki- nalmeachy was married in the Kiiig's chapel in court, to the Lady Ei!z.ibfll\ Fielding, daughter to the Countess of Denbigh; the King gave lier in marriage unto him, and the Queen presented her with a jewel valued at i^ool. which the King, with his own hands, put sbout her neck, and did the young couple all honour and grace, b:)th \\ith ravelling, feasting, and bringing them to their bed in court,' In the simc lett?r his Lordship says, ' My daughter Dungarvan was speedily delivered of a boy, and on the 12th of December, it plc;is'.'d the Kiny'> M.ijesty to christen the child by the name of Charles, being assisted by tlie ^L^^quis of Hamilton, and the Countess of SalisbuiV. Your friend Brot^hili is in a fair way of being marri;:d to Mrs. Hariison, one of the Queen's n'.air's '"f honour, about whom a difference hanpcned yts'erday between Mr. Thoiri,-s Howard, the Eail of Berkshire's son and hjni, whi.h brought thtiii into ihe fiel.i ; but thanlcs be to God, Broghili came home v.itiiout any luirt, .nnd the jther gentleman was not much harmed, and now they h:ivc tla'^hed their swords togctiier, they are grown 144 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. William, Earl of Denbigh, but left no issue by her. On the re- storation ot King Charles II. she was created Countjess of Guild- ford, in Surrey, by letters patent bearing date 14th July, 12 Car. II.] * 11. My son Roger, born 25th April, l621. He was created Lord Boyle, Baron of Broghill, 1628. Also, by King Charles II. created Earl of Orrery. And, by the decease of Richard, Earl of Burlington his desendants are now the principal branches re- maining of the hmWy; as I shall shew, when I come to treat of his Lordship.] ' 12. My son Francis, bom 25(h June, 1623. ' 13. My d:iughter Mary, bora 1 1th November, l624. [She was married to Charles Rich, Eiil of Warwick, Which Lady's excellent virtues and morals are particularly set forth among the lives of sundry eminent persons, written by SaiDuel Clarke. She sought all occasions to do goodj and after she came to the posses- sion of that great estate her Lord left her for life, her charities were so extensive and exempbiry, that it was said ' the Earl of Warwick had left all his estate to pious uses.'] ' 14. My seventh son, Robrrl Boyle, born 25th January, 1626. ' 15. My eighsh and last daughter, Margaret, born in Chan- nel-row, in Westminster, 30th April, 1629. [She died unmar- ried, and was buried at Youghall. The said eight daughters were ladifs of great piety and virtue, and an ornament to their sex.] ' The great God of heaven, 1 do humblv and heartily beseech to bless all these my children, whom he hath in his mercy so graciously bestowed upon me, with long and religious livesj and that they may be fruitful in virtuous children and good works3 and conlinue, till their lives end, loyal and dutiful subjects to the King's Majesty, and his licirsj and approve themselves good pa- triots a!id members to his commonwealth j which is the prayer and charge of me their father, in the 67th year of my age, l632. ' Tvly dear wife, the crown of all my happiness, and mother of all my children, Catharine, Countess of Corke, was trai^slated at Dublin from this life into a better the loth of February, l629-.iO; and was, on the l/th, privately buried in the night, in the upper end of the choir of St. Patrick's church in Dublin, in the grave or vault wherein Dr. Weston, her grandfather, and good Lord Chan- good friend'. I thiiilc in rny next I ^hall ar,vis» you that niy daughter, M /y, is nobly manitd, and tluL in the Spring I shall ser.d her htsbar.d :o k:ep cjinpany with my sen in Geneva.' LORD BOYLE. 145 ccUur of Ireland, and Sir JeofFry Fenton, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for this realm, were in tombed. Her funerals were honourably solemnized in publick the 11th of March, anno Domini 1629-30. In the perpetual memory of which my virtuous and religious deceased wile, and of her predecessors and posterity, I have caused a very fair tomb to be erected, with a cave or cellar of hewed stone underneath it. ' r have purchased from the dean and chapter of St. Patrick's church, the inheritance of the upper part of the chancel, wherein the cave or cellar under-ground is made, and whereon the tomb is built, to be a burying-place for me and my posterity, and their children.' There was the greatest harmony, love, and affection between all the brothers and sisters. And, as it is to the honour of their noble father, I shall insert his instructions to them, in the con- clusion of his last will and testament, as follows : ' Moreover, I do, upon my blessing, charge and command not only my said son and heir [Richard, Lord Viscount Dungarvan, after Earl of Burlington], but also all and every of my three younger sons, Roger, Lord Baron of Broghill, Francis, and Robert Boyle, and all my daughters, to be most zealous and constant in that undoubted, true, Protestant religion, now professed and esta- blished in the churches of England and Ireland j in which they have been, by myself, and their worthy, deceased, religious mo- ther, seasoned, trained up, and bred: and that they, and each of them, train and breed up their children in the same true Protes- tant religion. And that my said three younger sons be and con- tinue observant, respective, kind, and loving unto their eldest brother J and that he be helping, comfortable, and assistant unto them, and they lodged and entertained by and with him in his house in Dublin, when their several occasions call them thither. And that all his younger brethren do hearken unto him, incline, and follow all such good counsel and advice, as he, and the over- seers of his will, or any of them, from time to time, shall give unto them. These instructions they constantly persevered in, as was appa- parent through the whole course of their lives,'' insomuch that they had these epithets: Richard, Earl of Cork, the rich; Roger, Earl of Orrery, the wise; Lord Kinalmeakie, the valiant) Francis, Lord S Row's Memoirs of Roger, first Earl of Orrery. VOL. vir, L 146 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Shannon, the juStj and Mr. Robert Boyle, the Divine Philosopher of the world. His last will and testament, dated N'oveniber 24th, l642, 18 Car, I, is so very curious and remarkable, shewing his piety, chanties, sincere and upright dealings, exemplary conduct, and honourable requests j that, to do jnstice to his memory, hardly enough can be said. I shall therefore insert the preamble thereof in his own words, and an abstract of the most material parts : ' First, I bequeath and humbly commend my soul to Almighty God, my maker; and his only-begotten son, my sole Saviour, Jesus Christ, confidently believing, that through his death, pas- sion, merits, and mediation, all my sins are forgiven and washed away by the shedding of his most precious and innocent blood j and that his sufferings are satisfaction for them; and that by his glorious resurrection and ascension, 1 shall be raised again from death, and glorified in his heavenly kingdom amongst the angels and blessed saints everlastingly; and into the hands of the Holy Ghost: being well assured that nothing can perish or be lost, that is committed and willingly yielded up unto the holy, blessed, and individual Trinity; to whom I willingly and joyfully surrender (as their due), my mortal body, and immortal soul, to be both glorified in heaven ; as, by my faith and confidence, I undoubt- edly trust they shall be. And as for my body, as it came whole into the world, so I charge my executor, children, and friends, that it may be decently and privately buried whole, without any boweling or dividing, and without unnecessary pomp or cere- monies; and my funerals to be after solemnized (as my late wife's were), honourably and decently, suitable to my estate and degree. And as it is made of earth, so it may be returned into earth, with- out too much of glorious shews of funeral offices. And if God shall call me to his mercy in or near Dublin, it is my desire that my body be buried (as before), in the vauh of my new tomb, erected over my last dear, deceased wife, in the chancel of St, Patrick's church in Dublin : but if God shall call me out of this world in Mimster, then it is my will that my corpse be interred with my eldest brother. Dr. John Boyle, late Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, and my mother-in-law, the good Lady Fenton, in n:!y vault in my chapel and tomb in Youghall church. But if I shall be in England, when God shall call me out of this vale of misciy, it is my \\\\\ that my body be buried, in manner aforesaid, in the chancel of the parish church of Preston, near Feversham, LORD BOYLE. 147 in Kent, under the tomb that I erected thefe for my deceascfd father and mother, who both lie there. And forasmuch as, by my former will, bearing date the last day of January, anno Do- mini 1637 (which was then by me duly perfected), I bequeathed that, in case my second son. Sir Lewis Boyle, Knt. Lord Baron of Bandon-bridge, and Lord Viscount Boyle of Kinalmeakie, should depart this world in my lifetime, or without heirs of his body lawfully begotten, that then so much of my white plate, and sil- ver vessels, whereupon my said son Lewis's arms, with a crescent, &c. unto my son. Sir Roger Boyle, Baron of Broghill ; now, in pursuance of my said former request, seeing it hath pleased God to take away out of this life my said second son, the Lord Vis- count Kinalmeakie, myself surviving him, I do hereby give, le- gate, and bequeath all that plate and silver vessels, so engraven and marked as aforesaid, unto my said son. Sir Roger Boyle, Knt. Ivord Boyle, Baron of Broghill, &c. He bequeaths to his second son. Lord Broghill, the castle, town, mills, and lands of Balli- cully, in the county of Limerick; as also the manor of Marston, alias Marston-Bigod, in Somersetshire; and also divers houses, messuages, &c. in the city of Dublin, with St. Francis's abbey at Cork; lands, town, &c. of Knocknekenny; and Lewis's gate at Bandon-bridge, &:c. during his life; and after, to the first issue male of his body lawfully begotten ; with such remainders and limitations over of uses and estates, as by indenture septipartite, dated 14th May, 1626, he had assigned and limited. To his third son, Francis, the manor, castles, and lands of Rarries-court and Bellvelly, in the county of Cork; also all his lands in Ballyvo- laghan; the manor and lands of Corbenn, with the appurtenances in the county of Cork; likewise the manor, ike. of Ballymodan, near Bandon-bridge ; with lands, tenements, mills, water- courses, &c. the towns and lands of Rathdrowght, Kill-M*-Simon, and Innlsh Roe; houses, messuages, &c. in Castle-street, Dub- lin; his estate at Monkleigli, in the county of Devon, in England; with his manor of Saltcomb, and rectory of Halberton,' After which he recites, ' Provided always, and my will is, for that I have ever cordially desired the restitntiDn and recovery of the Earl of Barrymore's noble and anciently honourable house, that his posterity may raise the same to its former lustre and greatness again; and in regard that (in my judgment), there is no way so likely and probable (God blessing it), to redeem and bring honif; the incumbered and disjointed estate of the said Earl, and his house, and posterity, as by giving a noble, virtuous, and religious 148 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. education to the said now young Earl (my grandchild, who, by good and honourable breeding, may (by God's grace), either by the favour of the prince, or by his service to his King and coun- try, or a good marriage, redeem and bring home that antient and honourable house, which, upon the marriage of my daughter unto the late Earl, I did, with my own money, freely clear: I do hereby, for his Lordship's better maintenance and accommodation in the premises, bequeath unto my said grandchild, Richard, now Earl of Barry more, from the time of my decease, for, during, and until he shall attain unto the full age of two and twenty years, one yearly annuity of 200 1. current money of England, to be paid unto his Lordship, or his assigns, half-yearly, by equal por- tions, at May day, and All- Saints, or within forty days after any the said feasts, by my said son, Francis, his heirs or assigns, out of the rents, &c. of all and every the manors, castles, towns, lands, &c. within the county of Cork, by me bequeathed to my said son Francis, or to his use; and upon my said son's failure of payment as aforesaid, then I grant the said Earl, or his assigns, full power to distrain for the same, &c.' All which, with every of their members, rights, &c. he bequeaths to his said son, Francis Boyle, with such limitations, as before recited, to his said son, Roger Boyle. He bequeaths to his youngest son, Robert Boyle, all and every his manors, castles, dissolved abbeys, &c. with their appurte- nances, &c. and all mortgages, leases, estates for years, either in possession, or reversion, or remainder, or any other, that to hia use are or ought to be possessed, or may hereafter be enstated in, or possessed in the province of Connaught, which before the troubles were rented at about 4501. per annum; and in the King's county and Queen's county, before these troubles, rented at about 2401, per annum} the manors, lands, &c. in the counties of Clare and Wexford; the monastery of Fermoy, alias Jermoy, alias Ardmoy, with the appurtenances, &c. in the county of Cork; the late dissolved abbey of Castle-Lyon, alias Castle-Oleghan, with appurtenances, as well spiritual as temporal; the castle, town, and lands of Inchineback, in mortgage to him for 600l. sterling; the lands, tenements, &c. of Twormore; the town and lands of Ballygowne; the town and lands of Kilmagner; the town and lands of Ballycloghie; the lands and tenements in Bal- lynehaw, Nockmaple, and Nockdrumcloghie ; the lands called Rosnebrun, Ballyjowran, and Glenurch, mortgaged to him for 1000 1, the town and lands of Balliraorrogh, mortgaged to him LORD BOYLE. 149 for 200I. the chief rent, of 41. per annum, out of Twormore and Ballytrasney, in the said county of Corkj also divers other lands, tenements, &c. and mortgages on manors, lands, &c. whereby it appears, that he Jeft him better provided for, than he did his son Francis: for he also bequeathed to him 86OOI. sterling, which he lent to his noble brother, George, Lord Goring, Vice-chamberlain to the King; with all his right, estate, reversion, &:c. of, in, and unto the manors oi Waltham, with the late dwelling-house of the Earl of Norwich; also the manors of Nasing, and Nasingbury, and rectory, in the county of Essex, conveyed to him by the said Lord Goring, for the better securing of the said 86OOI. All which, with every their members, rights, &c. he bequeaths to his said son, Robert Boyle^ during his natural life; and, after his de- cease, to the first issue male of his body lawfully begotten, with such remainders, as are in his said septipartite deed before re- cited. He further bequeaths to every of his said sous respectively, all rents, and arrearages of rents, due unto him at the time of his decease, out of the several manors, &c. so bequeathed or conveyed to the several uses of every of them, according to his rental book, signed with his own hand. * And whereas I did allow unto my son and heir, Richard, Lord Viscount Dungarvan [after Eari of Burlington], for his maintenance, the full of 15001. per annum; and that he undertook to the King, without my privity, to raise, arm, and provide 100 horse to attend his Majesty in the expedi- tion against the Scots in the North of England; for which, and his other occasions, besides his yearly maintenance aforesaid, I supplied him with the fiill sum of 55531. as by his acknowledg- ment and engagement thereof, under his hand and seal, dated 3d May, 1639, appeareth: which sum he. hath obliged himself, his heirs and executors, to pay, according as 1 sliall dispose thereof by my last will and testament: I do hereby bequeath the sums of money following to be paid by him: Imprimis, to each one of my grandchildren, the two daughters of the late Earl of Barry- more, lOOOl. a-piece; and to my two grandchildren, Lettice and Catharine (daughters of Robert, Lord Digby, and my daughter, Sarah, both deceased), the like sum of lOOOl. a-piecc; and to my niece, Catharine Boyle, now the wife of Mr. William Tynt, 8OOI. above the 200l. paid, since their marriage, to her father-in-law. Sir Robert Tynt, Knt.' He also bequeathed legacies to his nephews, Edward Boyle and John Boyle; his cousins, Roger Boyle, and Michtiel Boyle, ailcr 150 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Primate of Irelandj his cousin, Thomas Boyle; the children of his cousin, Francis Boyle, and Charity his wife, &c. He be- queaths to his daughter. Viscountess Dungarvan, his diamond ring, wiiich his mother, at her death, gave him, which he had wore for fifty-six years; praying her to wear it as a happy, fortu- nate, and lucky stone, during her life, and leave it to her son. To the wife of his son, Francis, his double gilt salt and cover, which stands on four pillars, &c. and to his true and faithful friend, Sir Thomas Stafford, if he survives him, his diamond hat- band, for which he paid him 200). and if his son, Francis, sur- vives him, to bestow it on him at his death; also bequeaths lega- cies to many of his friends, and his chief servants. He makes his son and heir. Sir Richard Boyle, Knt. Lord Dungarvan, Lord Viscount Kiualmeakie, his sole and only executor; and Sir Wil- liam Parsons, Knt. and Bart, one of the Lords Justices of Ireland; Sir William Fenton, Knt. Sir Garret Lowther, Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; and Joshua Boyle, Esq. overseers of his will; whom he intreats to bestow their care in causing this his last will to be punctually observed and performed in all points, so as no contentions inay arise betwixt his said son and heir, and the rest of his younger sons; concluding, * Moreover I do, upon my blessing, charge and command, not only my said son and heir, but also every of my three younger sons, Roger, Lord Baron of Broghill, Francis and Robert Boyle, and all my daughters, to be most zealous and constant in that undoubted, true, Protestant religion, now professed and established in the churches of England and Ireland; in which they have been, by myself and their worthy religious deceased mother, seasoned, trained up, and bred; and that they, and each of them, breed up their children in the same true, Protestant Religion; and-that my said three younger sons be and continue observant, respective, kind and loving unto their eldest brother; and that he be help- ing, comfortable, and assisting unto them, and they lodged and entertained by him in his house in Dublin, as their several oc- casions draw them thither ; and that he, or his heir, be there resident.' His Lordship, in his lifetime, and by his said will, also dedi- cated a portion of his temporal estate to the great Dispenser thereof; having erected in Youghall an hospital or alms-house for the relief of six decayed soldiers and alms-men ; also a free-school, •with convenient !i have to retreat to; which, God knows, is vf.iy weak and ruinous, a Orrcrj's S:atc Letters, p. 4. 154 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. great part of the wall being- fallen down within these two nights, which we are not able to repair. There is none in it but myself, my son Dungarvan, with his troop ; and we have but 200 Eng- lishmen to guard it, of my tenants, whom I am forced to pay every day, or else they will not stay here. God bless us, for we are compassed with an innumerable company of enemies, and have neither money nor munition. We are now at the last gaspj and, if the state of England do not speedily supply us, we are all buried alive, &c.' In February following, Sir Charles Vavasor arriving there with his regiment of foot, the English were inspired with fresh couragej but, bringing with him the proclamation against the rebels, they grew desperate, and executed the same day eight of his Lordship's tenants; and, as he writes in a letter to the Earl of Warwick, Fe- bruary 25th, the cruelties exercised on the Protestants wews so many, and so unchristian-like, they were inexpressible} adding, * Before this rebellion, my revenue, besides ray houses, demesnes, parks, and other royalties, did yield me 50l. a-day rent. I do vow unto your Lordship, that I have not now 50 pence a week coming in to me, so as I fear I must come a begging to you, to allow me to be one of your beads men. But God's will be done, lo whom I am thankful for granting me patience to undergo these great afflictions and losses.' In July, 1642, he was commissioned by the Lords Justices, as Gustos Rotulorum of the counties of Cork and Waterford, to hold a quarter-sessions for the indictment of high treason of the rebels in thofe counties; when above eleven hundred, which en- tered into rebellion there, were accordingly indicted; as in a let- ter to the Speaker of the House of Commons in England,"^ dated August 25th, 1642, his Lordship sets forth j and that he sent him the said indictments to be presented to the house, to be consi- dered by such members thereof as are learned in the laws; and, if wanting in any point of law, they may be reformed and recti- fied, and returned to him, with such amendments as they shall think fit; and, if the house pleased to direct, they should all be proceeded against to outlawry, whereby his Majesty may be en- titled to their lands and possessions, which he dare affirm were, at the beginning of the insurrection, not of so little yearly value as 200,0001. ' This course of proceeding (says his Lordahip) against the Lords and the rest, was not by them suspected, and, I t Orrery's State Lettersj p. 6, & sc(j. LORD BOYLE. 155 do assure you, doth much startle them; for now they begin (though too late), to take notice that they are in a good forward- ness to be attainted, and all their estates confiscated, to the cor- ruption of their blood, and extirpation of them and their families. And the height of their revenge is principally bent against the Earl of Barrymore, myself, and my sons, which we all foresaw before we entered upon this work of works. Sir, I pray give roe leave to present to yourself and the honourable house, that this general rebellion broke forth in October last, at the very instant when I landed here out of England; an3 tho' it appeared first in Ulster, yet I (who am 76 years of age, and have eaten the most part of my bread in Ireland these 54 years, and by my several employments and commands in the government of this province and kingdom), could not but apprehend that the infection and conta- gion was general, and would, by degrees, quickly creep into this province; as forthwith it did: And for that I found, to my great grief, that by the courses the late Earl of Strafford had taken, all or the greatest part of the English and Protestants in this province were deprived of their arms, and debarred from having any pow- der in their houses; and the King's magazines here being so weakly furnished, as in a manner they were empty; I, without delay, furnished all my castles in these counties with such ammu- nition as my poor armoury did afford, and sent 300l. sterling into England, to be bestowed in ammunition for myself and tenants; and pat in sufficient guards, and nine months victuals, in every of my castles: which, I thank God, 1 have hitherto preserved and made good, not without giving great annoyance out of these castles to the rebels. And for that the late Lord President did judiciously observe, that the preservation of this important town and harbour of Youghall was of principal consequence to be kept for the service of tlie Crown ; and presuming that no man ex- ceeded me in power and ability to make it good, he prevailed on me, for the advancement of his Majesty's service, to secure it; whither I brought two companies of 100 foot apiece, all of Eng- lish Protestants, and well disciplined, and them at ray charge arc armed. And hitherto (I do thank my Gcd), this town and har- bour are made good, and is a receptacle not only for all shipping, but also for thousands of distressed Englishmen, which have been stripped by the rebels, atid have found succour and safety here. And these 200 men 1 have kept all the last winter until now to defend this town, and weekly paid by poll 3 s. 6d. a week, until the first of March last, 8cc. Ihe troop of horse, and 100 foot^ 156 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. which are garrisoned at Lismore^ I have also paid weekly by poll, as I do the foot company to this day. But I hura^.ly ihank the parliament, they have been pleased, the beginning of last month, to bring my son Broghill, with his troop of horse, into his Ma- jesty's pay : which favour he will, I hope, by his service merit. I then likewise employed my second son, Kinalmeaky, to govern a town, in the West, of my erection, called Bandon-bridge, the walling and fortifying whereof stood me in 1400). wherein are, at least, 7000 souls, all English Protestants, and not one Irishman or Papist dwelling therein ; where there have been ever since, and yet are maintained, 100 horse, and 400 foot. Which town (not- withstanding several violent assaults and attempts), hath not only been maintained and defended, but they have made many sallies on the rebels, and given them several great overthrows; and in- deed beyond expectation (even almost to admiration), have gained seven strong castles from the traitors ; some of which they have burned, and the rest they maintain with good wards, being great bridles on the enemy; and yet, these nine months, have not had one penny of entertainment from the King or parliament, &c.' He further sets forth in his letter, that the loss of Limerick would have been prevented, had the forces come over the parliament long since had ordered; the cannon of which place had served them to reduce all the castles in that county, except Loughir, de- fended for the Earl of Bath; and his own castle of Askeaton (in which he maintained 100 men since the breaking out of the re- bellion), which was then besieged by 4000 Irish, and in danger of being lost. That the forces maintained by him, and com- manded by his sons, had destroyed above 3000 rebels since the insurrection ; but was forced to sell his plate to pay the soldiers. He concludes, * I have, with a free heart and a liberal hand, spent all that I have, and am able to do no more. I grieve not at my own losses or wants, though they have been very great; but to see these seasoned and well-disciplined companies (100 whereof for the present are more serviceable than 300 fresh men), to be without clothes, or pay, afflicts me at the soul.' In a post- script to the said letter he adds, * The towns of Wexford and Dungarvon are both, by sea, lately furnished with store of powder and ammunition, whereof I had certain advertisement this day; and an admonition to the commanders of those ships that are in pay from the house, to range and watch the seas better, is humbl}' desired, as most requisite.' In this, and other few letters of his, that did not perish in the conflagration of CharleviUe-house, may LORD BOYLE. 157 be traced his intrepidity, generosity of his heart, superiority of his understanding; and also delineate him to be a ibrave, benevo- lent, and wise man, even in his last years. His noble spirit thought nothing too much to venture for the service of his King and country, risquing his whole family and fortune on the same bottom with the Protestant interest in Ireland; having in the battle of Liscarrol, fought September 3d, l642 (when the English obtained a complete victory), four of bis sons engaged, who all behaved with great valour; and lost his second son, the Lord Ki- nalmeaky, who in several rencounters had defeated the rebels. At length, this great Earl, in the midst of these confusions, de- parted this life at Youghall," aged seventy-seven ; and there was buried, near the date (if not on the day), of the cessation con- cluded at Sigginstown, September 15th, 1643, ' unwilling" to survive what he suspected might not be auspicious to the English, or conducible to the end for which it was designed; wherein he prophesied not ill.' y Mr. Borlase gives this character of his Lordship. ' He was a person, for his abilities and knowledge in the affairs of the world, eminently observable, inasmuch as (though he was no Peer of England), he was admitted to sit in the Lords house upon tthe woolsacks, ut consiliarius. And for all the estate he arrived at (which was the greatest in the memory of the last age), none ever taxed him with cxorbitancies, but such as thought princes had too little, and religious men not enough.' Sir Richard Cox,^ who was both a knowing and very impartial writer, and could not but be perfectly acquainted with the mat- ters of fact which he mentions, gives this account of him. * The noble Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer, was one of the most extraordinary persons, either that or any other age hath produced, with respect to the great and just acquisitions of estate that he made, and the publick works that he began and finished, for the advancement of the English interest, and the Protestant religion, in Ireland; as churches, alms-houses, free- schools, bridges, castles, and towns; viz, Lismore, Tallow, Cloghnakilty, Iniskeen, Castle- town, and Bandon (which last place cost him 14,0001.), inso- much that, when Cromwell saw these prodigious improvements, which he little expected to find in Ireland, he declared, " Tliat • Borlase's Reduction of Ireland, p. 209. * Ibid. Y IbiJ. • Vide Cox's introducuoa to th» second volume of his Hist, of Iiclaml. 158 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. if there had been an Earl of Cork in every province, it would hare been impossible for the Irish to have raised a rebellion." And whilst he was carrying on these solid works, he lived in his family at a rate of plenty that exceeded those who consumed great estates in the lavish ways of ill-ordered excess. His motto, ' God's pro- vidence is niy inheritance,' shews from whence he derived all his blessings; the greatest of which was, the numerous and noble posterity he had to leave his estate unto.* He lies interred in his chapel in the parish-church of Youghall, the south wing of which his Lordship purchased March 29th, 1606, from the mayor and corporation; he repaired the chapel, and in his lifetime erected an handsome monument for his family (according to the taste of those times), in marble and alabaster, whereon is his effigies lying (at full length), on his left side, in armour, his head reclined on his left hand, and below are the figures of nine of his children, with their names, and dates of their births on the pedestals. Over the effigies of the Earl is this in- scripiion on black marble : E1CHARDU8 BoYLK Miles, Dominus Boyle, Baro de Youg- HAiL, Vicecomes Dungarvan, Comes Corcagiensis, Dominus sunmus hujus regni Hibernise, Thesaurarius et de Private Consilio Dcmini Regis tam Anglije quam Hibekni^ ex antiquissim^ BoYLORUM familia Herbfordiensi oriundus, qui Patrem babuit BoGERUM Boyle Armigerum, Matrem itidem generosam Joa- XAM Nayleram, e solo Cantiano profectam, cum duas sibi invicem junxisset uxores, primam Joanam filiam, et cohseredera GuLiELMi Appesly Armigeri, nulla superstite prole; alteram prcclare secundam Catherinam natam Domini Galfridi Fen- ton i Equitis, Regiae Majestati hoc regno a secretis, postquam varios pro republica cepisset labores, nee immeritos honores, con- scendisset, ipse jam septuaginta septem Annos natus, ac mortem indies imminentem expectans, sibi et posteris suis hoc posuit mo- nunTiCntum sacrum memoriae. * Though he has been represented under different characters, he ii openly «nd heartily commended by those who designed that their labours should see the light; and the reflections on his character are chiefly to be met with in the pri- vate letters of men, who were his declared enemies, or in histories written since his time on the credit of such memoirs. bee his life in Kiffit's B'ltgraphia, Vol. II. where, at p. 470, is a cha- racter of him, extracted from an intended work, entitled, Q«rf« Iilizabeth''s fVorlhies. LORD BOYLE. 159 Ipse de se Sic posui tumulum, superest intendere votis, Parce animae, carnem solvito, Christe veni. Beneath this inscription are others for Doctor John Boyle, Bi- shop of Cork; for Elizabeth, Mary, and Margaret, daughters of the Earl of Cork, and for David, Earl of Barrymore, his son-in- law On the right hand side are inscriptions, containing the names, marriages, &c. of his sons, to each of which is an escutcheon of their arms, with their proper differences, and those that were married impaled with the arms of their Ladies; and on the left are the like for his daughters. His Lordship, in the account he has given of himself, before recited, has related his Lady's decease, and the births, &c, of all his children. I shall therefore only mention, that on an elegant monument in St. Patrick's church, in Dublin, is this inscription : God's providence is our inheritance. This monument was erected for the Right Honour- able Sir Richard Boyle, Klnt. Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghall, Viscount of Dungarvan, Earl of Cork, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, and of the King's privy council of this realm, and one of the two Lords Justices for the government of tliis kingdom, in me- mory of his most dear, virtuous, and religious wife, the Lady Catharine, Countess of Cork, and their posterity; as also of her grandfather. Dr. Robert Weston, some time Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and one of the Lords Justices for the government thereof j whose daughter, Alice Weston, was married to Sir Geoffery Fenton, Knt. principal secretary of state in this realm; and they had issue the said Lady Catha- rine, Countess of Cork, who lieth here interred with her said father and grandfather, whose virtues she in- herited on the earth, and lieth here intombcd with them. All expecting a joyful resurrection. Obiit 16 die Februarii, anno 1629. Of his Lordship's children, from Roger Boyle, the fifth sou 160 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. created Baron of Broghill, and Earl of Orrery, is descended the present Earl of Cork; of whom I am principally to treat. Francis, his sixth son, was created Lord Viscount of Shannon He served King Charles I. with his brethren, against the Irish rebels; and the great Earl of Cork, in a letter dated at York, Oc- tober 7th, lC»l2, to the Marquis of Ormond, gives the following account of his son Francis: ^' Your Lordship's two commissions were not brought hither till after my son, Kinalmeaky, was killed at the battle of Liscarroll, where I had four of my sons; and [Francis] the youngest of them (if report speaks truth), carried himself with an undaunted resolution, and did narrowly endanger his life, in recovering his dead brother's body and horse, both which he brought from the rebels; and hath ever since kept both troop and foot company together, in hope (his brother being thus killed), that he shall be graced with the command of them. My humble suit is, that your Lordship will confer on him the foot company, and troop of horse, which you were pleased to confer on his deceased brother. This Francis, whilst in Ireland, was very active against the rebels, till the cessation of arms, concluded with the Papists, on September 15th, 1643;*= after which, he, with his brother, the Lord Broghill, went over to England, and waited on King Char, I. at Oxford. That which I find next of him, is his going over to Holland with his wife; and in February 1647-8,'^ was visited by his brother, the Hon. Robert Boyle, partly to see the country, and partly to accompany his said brother, and his wife, on their re- turn to England; where they arrived April 15th, 1648, On May 13th following, Mr. Robert Boyle being at Stalbridge, Mr. Francis Boyle and his lady accompanied him there; ^also at Marston, in Somersetshire, the seat of their brother, the Lord Broghill; the greatest harmony being between all the brothers and sisters. He adhered to the royal interest; and, in Jtisy, when his brother, the Lord Broghill, had made a party for the restora- tion of King Charles II. and had secured all Munster, he dis- patched his brother Francis to the King, then at Brussels, to in- vite him to land at Cork, with assurance of his being received there; and that he had got all the army of the South, as Sir Charles Coote had that of the North, in readiness to declare for ^ Orrery's State Leltcis, p. 9. = Morrice's Life of Roger, Earl of Orrery, before his State Letters, p. 9, ^ Birch's Life of R, Boyle, p. Sy. « Bitch praed. LORD BOYLE. l6l his Majesty. He embarked in Cork-haven for Flanders; and, on his arrival at Brussels, presented his letters of invitation to the Kincr, who received him with great joy, and gave iinmediate di- rections to prepare for his transportation; and four days after, just as his Majesty was taking horse in disguise for Calais, in order to his going for Ireland, Monk's message for his coming to England put a stop to his journey to Calais; and soon after came on the restoration of the King, He came over with his Majesty from Holland; and, in Sep- tember \660, was created discount Shannon in the county of Li- merick ; was sworn of the privy-council ; made captain of a troop of horse, February /th, 160O; received two grants of lands under the acts of settlement; and, August 20th, 16/2, was constituted governor of the city and county of the city of Cork. The Hon. Robert Boyle, byhis last will and testament, dated the 18th of July, in the 3d year of King William and Queen Mary, 1O9I, says, ' Item, I give and bequeath unto my dear brother, the Lord Viscouut Shannon, the best watch I shall die possessed of, to put him in mind of my constant kindness and affection, which I endeavoured to express by my voluntary yearly expense, in keeping uj) the manor-house of Stalbridge, without intending to live in it, tor his sake.' His Lordship married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Killigrew, and sister of Sir William Kil- ligrew, by whom he had issue two sons, Richard and Charles j and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to John Jephson, of Moyal- lovv, Esq. Richard, the elJest son, in iG/S, married Elizabeth, only daugh- ter of Sir John Ponsonby, of Besborough, and had issue three sons, Richard, Francis, and John; also a daughtt-r, Elizabeth; and died in the lifetime of his fither: so that Richard, his eldest son, succeeded his grandfather in the honour of Viscount Shan- non, &c. The said Richard, before he was twenty years of age, was at the battle of the Boyne, July 1st, 169O; and, in lG()3, went over with the Duke of Ormond, served in the campaign that year in tlic Netherlands, and was in the battle of Landen, July 19th, where his Grace was taken prisoner; and his Lordship behaved so well, that, on February lO'th foHowii^.g,' ne was con- stituted cornet of horse. He after served in the several campaigns in the Xrtherhinds, till the peace of Ryswick, in ltjp7, in which year he was made Majcr in the second troop of horse-guards, f MiUan's Succciii,:)n of Colonels, iic. VOL. VII. M 162 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. under the command of the Duke of Orraond.s On March 21st, 1701-2, the first of Queen Anne, he was constituted Colonel of Prince George's regiment of marines; and in June following, embarked with his regiment on the expedition to Cadiz, com- manded by the Duke of Ormond. On their return, the Duke re- ceiving Intelligence of the French and Spanish fleets being with the galleons in the bay of Vigo, he had the command of the gre- nadiers that attacked and carried the fort of Rodendallo. His gallant behaviour and conduct, in that memorable action, induced the Duke of Ormond to send him express to the Queen with the particulars of his successj of which the following account is given in our Gazette: ' St. James's, Oct. 31, 17O2. This day the Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Shannon arrived, sent express from the Duke of Ormond. in her Majesty's ship the Pembroke, with the good news, that on the I2lh her Majesty's fleet and land-forces at- tempted the port of Vigo, and took and destroyed all the shipping there, consisting of fifteen French men of war of the line of battle, two frigates, a fireship, and three advice-boats, with se- venteen Spanish galleons j of which glorious action a particular account is contained in the letters from his Grace, and Sir George Rooke, which are directed to be made public' The said letters, published by authority, bore date from Vigo, October l6th, I702j reciting, ' That on the resolution of a ge- neral council of war, the army should land, and attack the fort on the South side of the Rodendallo, and from thence where it should be most useful for anneying the enemy. And pursuant thereto, the Duke of Ormond landed, with great diligence and expedition, about 2000 men on the South side of the riverj and ordered the grenadiers to march, under the command of the Lord Viscount Shannon, directly to the fort that guards the entrance of the harbour, where the boom lay; which he performed with great gallantry. There appeared about 8000 foot between the fort and the hills; but, on the advance of cur men, after a little skirmish with the grenadiers, they retired; who likewise pushed another party of the enemy, and, following them to the fort, pos- sessed themselves of the lower battery. After which the enemy retired into a stone castle, and there fired on our men for some little time; but, opening the gate with intent to make a sally, the grenadiers, headed by the Lord Viscount Shannon, forced into t Millan's Succession of Colonels, Sec. LORD BOYLE l63 the castle, and possessed themselves of if; in which were 300 French marines, 50 Spaniards, and 40 guns. This success con- tributed greatly to Admiral Hopsons breaking and cutting the boom, whereby the Queen's ships got into the harbour.' It is further recited, tiint the attack was made with great reso- lution and bravery, and the good conduct of the land-forces con- tributed much to the success. On August 24th, 1701, his Lordship was made Brigadier- General of her Majesty's forces; on January ist, 1706-7, a Major- General; and on January 1st, 1703-9, Lieutenant-General of her Majesty's forces; and was by her Majesty appointed one of the Commissioners to inspect and regulate the clothing of the army, and the accounts thereof. On the conclusion of the peace of Utrecht, his regiment was broke; and on the accession of Geo. f. he was constituted Colonel of the twenty-fifth regiment of foot^ January 27th, 1714- 15.'^ On June 17th, 1721, his Majesty con- ferred on him the tliird regiment of horse; and on March pth, 1726-7, he was constituted Colonel and Captain of the fourth troop of horse-guards. On October 27th, 1735, he was made General of horsey and on a promotion of general officers, July 17th, 1730, his Lordship was constituted Field-Marshal of all his Majesty's forces. His Lordship, in 1720, was constituted General and Commander in Chief of all his Majesty's forces in Ireland; and was one of the Lords Justices of that kingdom, and Com- mander in chief of all his Majesty's forces there till his decease. He died at his house in Arlington-street, St. James's, on Saturday, December 20th, 1740, and was buried at Walton upon Thames, in Surrey. His death was generally lamented; being of a most affable deportment, and possessed of very amiable qualities and virtues. His Lordship's first lady was Mary, widow of Lionel, Earl of Orrery, by whom he had no issue. He, secondly, married Grace, daughter and coheir of John Senhouse, of Netherhall, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. and by her, who died on May 10th, 1755, left an only daughter, named Grace, sole heir to his estate, late wife to Charles, Earl of Middlesex, who afterwards succeeded his father as Duke of Dorset. Robert Boyle, the youngest spn, though dignified with no tiile of honour (as it is remarkable all his other brothers, who arrived to years of maturity, were), yet became no less famous tha4] the •" Miil.tn\ Succession, praJ. 164 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. rest, for many rare and eminent qualities ; as if Providence de- signed every branch of this noble stem to do good in their gene- ration, and leave an example for our imitation. His life and studies were an ornament to our nation; whereupon a short ab- stract thereof, taken from a celebrated 'author, is here exhi- bited. ' The promising blossoais of his great piety and capacity (snys Bishop Burnet), began to nppear very early; and after he had passed the trivial schools in Ireland, he studied at Leyden,. in Holland; from whence he travelled into France, Switzerland, Italy, &c. without receiving the least tincture of the vices of the places or times. He often owned, that his piety received a great increase by his converse with the godly and learned Archbishop Usher, who daily cultivated the hopeful seeds which he foresaw would produce such a glorious harvest. He did for many years so exactly study the holy scriptures in the original languages, that he could readily quote both the Hebrew and Greek ; and under- stood that sacred book so well, as few, whose profession did oblige them to it, could equal him in it. * His veneration for the name of God was so profound, that he never pronounced it without a discernible pause. He was con- stant in his secret addresses at his throne; and in all his inquiries into nature, his chief design was, to raise higher thoughts, in himself and others, of the greatness, glory, wisdom, and goodness of God: and in that article of his will, relating to the Royal So- ciety,, he recommends it to them, and other searchers into physical truths, to refer their attainments to the glory of the great Author of nature, and the comfort of mankind, ' Having possessed himself with such an amiable view of Chris- tianity, separated from the superstition or sourness of parties, he rejoiced in every discovery from nature, which might either illus- trate it, or remove objections against it, having always considered it as a system of truths which ought to purify the heart and practice. ' He loved nothing that might lessen that, nor nny nicety which occasioned divisions among Christians; so that tor the ad- vancement of pure and disinterested Christianity, he left by hii will a liberal provision for a certain number of well-digested ser- mons, on purpose to evince the truth of the Christian religion in general, without touching upon subdivisions among Christians in ' iPr. Burnet, Biihop of Salisbury's sermoii at his fuRcral. LORD BOYLE. 165 particular; which are annually preached, and are remembered as Mr. Boyle's Lectures. ' He was so zealous for propagating our holy religion, that he was at the charge of a translation and impression of the New Testament in the Malayan tongue, which he sent over all the East Indies, He gave a noble reward to htm who translated Gro- tius's incomparable book of the Truth of the Christian Religion into Arabic; and was at the charge of an impression, which he took care to have distributed where that language obtains. He resolved also, to have an impression in the Turkish language; but the company, thinking it became them to do it, suffered him only to contribute his large share. He gave 700I. towards the charge of the Irish Bible, which he ordered to* be distributed in Ireland; and contributed liberally towards the Welch Bible; and to that in Irish, for the Highlands nf Scotland. * He gave in his life 3001. per ann. towards propagating the Christian religion in America; and gave lOOl. to the East-India Company towards their designs of the like nature in the East- Indies; intending a much greater sum, when the work should be set on foot to purpose. And as his zeal was lively towards the greatest concerns of religion, he avoided entering too far into those things which have weakened and distracted Christianity; had an utter aversion to whatever was destrucli\e of morality and charity; and was particularly zealous against all severities and persecutions upon the account of religion. * He approved of the church of England's doctrine, and never separated from her communion ; was charitable in his opinion towards dissenters, and plentifully supplied their necessities; so that as he shut himself up in no party, neither did he shut out any party from him. He had been soliciied to take orders, but declined it; conceiving that what he wrote in defence of religion might have more authority when he did not share in the church's patrimony. ' His charity to those in want, and bounty to learned men, was extraordinary, but without ostentation. He was particularly liberal to persons in distress, without letting them know from whence it came ; that for several years his charity exceeded 100(Jl. per annum. And as he had a good estate, he made a good use of it; denying himself in all worldly pomp, and apply- ing himself constantly to his studies, and philosophical experi- ments. * He was decently chearful, and had notliing of that morose- 166 PEERAGE OF ENGLA.ND. ness, which philosophers, and men of extraordinary devotion, are sometimes incUnable to: he made true jndgaients of men and things; his advices were sound, yet cautious and modest; and his invention fruitful to suggest good expedients. ' He withdrew early from courts and public affairs; yet was always honourably treated by his princes. He was very sagacious in discerning men's talents; and had such a vast scheme ol pro- jects, that he could quickly set those at work who had leisure and capacity ; and, when he saw them engaged, would enable them by a handsome present to carry it on. He was very well versed in Rabbinical learning, and the fathers; had nicely consi- dered the whole controversies of religion, and thoroughly under- stood the body of divinity"; he was absolute master of the aiathe- matics, and knew the utmost in geometry; geography in its seve- ral parts, with history and books of travels, were his diversion. He was expert in all the parts of physic; but for the history of nature, of the productions of all countries, of the virtues »ud im- provements of plants, ores, and minerals, with their varieties in different climates, he was, perhaps, the perfectest and exactest man in the world, which enabled him to make a greater number of different experiments, than any man that ever we read of; and he delivered his discoveries so exactly, according to truth, that they may be safely depended upon. But his peculiar and bek,ved study was chemistry; in which he engaged with no avaricious design, but only to find out nature, to see of what principles things were compounded, and into what they might be resolved; and to prepare good medicaments, without spending his estate and time upon high pretensions, but kept always within compass. *■ He made chemistry much the better, and hiinself never the worse or the poorer by it, making it an entertainment to himself, and a charity to others; the products being disposed by his sister, Eanelagh, &c. to whom he entrusted it. In short, his knowledge and great performances this way are valued through the world, P.nd his numerous writings universally esteemed.' * In a word (says the writer of his Life in the Biographia Bri- tamiicaj, considered in every light as a Man, as a Pliilosopher, and as a Christian, he came as near perfection as the defects of hu- man nature would allow; and though he never sought it, yet the most universal praise, both at home and abroad, waited on his labours living, and have constantly attended his iDcmory: for it may be truly said, that never any faine was n:iore unquestioned, than that of Mr. Eoyle's both was and is; and we may with great LORD BOYLE. 167 safety add, that as he is the peculiar honour of his family, and the great glory of this nation, so foreigners, who cannot contend with us in these points, endeavour to outyie us in their commen- dations."'^ He died on December 30th, 169I, aged sixty-four; and was buried on the South side of the chancel of St. Martin's in the Fields, Westminster, near the body of his sister Ranelagh; who, as ' they were pleasant in their lives, in iheir deaths they were not divided; as he did not survive her above a week; the grief for her decease "^ putting him into convulsion fits, which earned him off. The Countess of Ranelagh lived to a great age, deceasing on December 23d, 169I ; and her character in life was so amiable, as deserves particular mention. Her learned, virtuous, good brother, the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq. made her by his last will and testa- ment one of his executors, with an honourable testimony of her great merits; but she died before him, as already mentioned. She had lived the longest on the most public scene, and made the greatest figure in all the revolutions of these kingdoms, for above tifiy years, of any v.oman of her age. She employed her whole time, interest, and estate, in doing good; and as her great under- standing, with the vast esteem she was in, made all persons, iii their several turns of grandeur, desire and value her friendihip, it gave her a title to use her interest with them for the service of others, though she never made advantage of it to any end or de- sign of her own. She was contented with her fortune; and though she was twice stript thereof, it made no impression on her; but was the general intercessor for all persons of merit or want. This had in iicr the better grace, and was both more Christian and more effectual, as it was not limited within any narrow compass of parties or relations. She divided her charities and friendships, her esteem as well as her bounty, with the truest regard to merit, and her own obligations, without any difference on account of opinion. She had a vast reach both of knowledge and apprehension; an universal affability, and easiness of access: an humility that descended fo the meanest persons and concerns; an obliuin? kindness and readiness to advise those who had no ^ Biogr. Brit. II. 513. Sfe also the details of this great philosophei's Life in 1 bookf of British, and most of Foreign, biography. ' Bp. Burnet's Funeral Sermon ofi Mr. Boyle, " Wood's Fasti Oxon. Voi. IJ. p. 838. IQQ PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. occasion for any furthf r assistance from her. And, with all these and many oiher excellent qualities, she had the deepest sense of religion, with the most constant turn of thought and discourse that way, known in that .ag.'. Her honourable brother, the cele- brated Robert BoyU^ lived with her for the greatest part of forty- seven yfars, with such mutual confidence, as improved the relation under which they were bcjrn," to the more exalted and endearing name of friend, I now come to Rich/\kd Boyle, the son and heir aforesaid, second Ecrl of Coru,an>i f ikst Earl of Burling i ox, who is men- tioned in his noble father's True Rcniem trances, as I have cited, and distinguished himself by many brave actions in Ireland. On July .5th, 1635, he was "married, in the chapel in Skipton-castle, in Craven, to the Lady Eli/.abeth, sole daughter and heir of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.'' In l042, his Lordship and the Lord Incliiquin had the C0141- mand of those forces"' that defeated the Irisli army near Liscarrol. But, after other successes, a cessation of arms being agreed on ■with the Irish, September 15th, 16'43, he carried over his forces into the King's service in E. 'gland : landed with them near Chester/ in Febrnary, i6J3 4; and from thence mardiing into Dorietshire, joined his sovereign; who, in coiisideralion of that real assistance and ready supply by him then seasonably given, and by reason of his marriage uith tlie L;,dy Liizabcth, sole daughter and heir of Henry, Earl of Cumberland, was, by letters- patent bearing date November 4th, l6!4, the 20th year of his reign, advanced to the dignity of a Baron of tJi'is realm, by the title oi Lord Clifford, of Lanesbokougu, in the connitj of York. His Lordship continued in England till all places were delivered up to the power of the pariiairient, and was then suti'crcd to compound for his estate; but, going beyond the seas before he had perfected his composiiion,^ the House of Commons, in Ja- nuary l(;-4o, ordered a committee to consider of several debts owing by the Earl of Cork. This noble Earl was serviceable in the restoration of Kiu'-^ 1 Burnet ut antca, p. 3;, 34, » MS. Record, de Farr.il. Clifford, penes Tho. Cam. Lsicest. Vol. III. p. 141 . P S -c some Letters and Remarks en this marriage, in Wh'Mnkci'i H'nlorv of Cr.iven. 1 Cox's His:, of Iieland, p. i\z. ^ \Vl,i;]ocJ;'i Memorials, p. 78. ' ^bid. p. 237. LORD BOYLE. 169 Charles IL who, in consideration of his faithful services, both in England and Ireland, as also for the great merits of the said Henry, Earl of Cumberland, was pleased to create him, by other letters- patent bearing dat<- on March 20th, 1063 4, the 16th year of his reign, Earl of Burlington alias Bridling Ion, in com. Ebor, On March 13th, 1O66, he was constituted Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and of the city of York and county of the same; also on February 2d, lOyg, Custos Roiuloruni then^of. Li 1669, in King James's parliament in Ireland, be was attainted; but King William caikd his Lordship to his privy- council, and confirmed him in his post of Lord High 'treasurer of Ireland. This Earl died, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, on January 15th, ] 697-8; and by Elizabeth his wife, aforesaid (who died on January 0th, i6qO), had issue three sons and five daughters; viz. I'rancis, baptised on April 6tb, 1O36, who died young; Charles, Lord Clillbrd; Richard, third son, wiio going to sea a volunteer against the Dutch, in the same ship with his Royal Highness the Duke of York, lost his life with the Earl of Falmouth, and the Lord Muskerry, who fell all three by one cannon-shot, in the great engagement, June 3d, l0o5, in Solebay; Lady Frances, eldest daughter, man led, lirst, to Colonel Courtney; secondly, to Went worth Dillon, Karl of Roscommon, in Ireland; Lady Ca- tharine, wi)(j (lied in her childhood; Lady Eiizabetl), married to Nicholas Luf'loi), Larl ofThanet; Lady Anne, n)arried to Edward Montagu, tarl c.f Sau'-lwich; and Lady Henrietta, to Laurence Hycir, h;Mi ot Roclioter. ('hakli-s, his seconci, but eldest survising son, in 1 Will, and IMary, was called up to tl;«- H(juse of Peers, by the titl.* of Lokd CiiifoKD 01- Lanksbokough, and died in the lifetime of his father, on October 12th, ]0|-)4. He married, fir'^t, Jane, the youngest daugliicr and tolu-ir 10 William, Duke of Somerset, by whom he had is;ue tour suns and six daughters. 1. Richanl, who died on April pth, IO75. 2. Charles, who aflfi wards succeeded in the earldom. 3. Henry Boyle, Chancrllor of the Exchequer, and Principal Secretary of Siate in the reign of Quern Ai.nc, who was created a Peer ot this realm, ty tlic title of Ia.kd Ca i'liton, October 20th, ly^'i, 1 George 1. and died Prcsidnit ot tht Council, un- married, on March ]4lh, \'/24-5, at his liou-e in Pail-Mall, which lie be(iueathed to Frederick, late Prince of Wales, and his successors, 170 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 4. William, who died in his infancy. Frances, eldest daughter, died young; Elizabeth was married to James, Earl of Barrimore, of the kingdom of Ireland j Jane died young;* Mary was married to James, Duke of Queensberry, in Scotland, after Diike of Dover, in England; and Arabella was wedded to Henry Petty, Earl of Shelburn, in Ireland; and an- other Frances, that died in her childhood. The Lady, their mother, departed this life on November 23d, 1679, aged forty-two years, four months, and seventeen days; and on December 8th following, was buried in St. Nicholas's chapel, in Westminster-abbey. Whereupon this Charles, Lord Crfford, married to his second wife the Lady Areihusa, sixth daughter of George, Earl of Berke- ley, by whom he had issue one daughter, Arethusa, married to James Vernon, Esq. son of James Vernon, Esq. one of the Prin- cipal Secretaries of State to King William. Chakles, the eldest son, who succeeded his grandfather, Ri- chard, as SECOND Earl of Buklington, was oi^e of the gentle- men of the Bed-chamber to King William, and sworn of his Privy-council; and, on September 29th, IO99, constituted Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire; and appointed one of the commissioners to treat of a union with ScotLind, in the reign of Queen Anne. His Lordship married Juliana, sole daugh- ter and heir to Henry Noel, of Norih Lutftnham, in Rutland- shire, Esq. second son of Edward, Viscount Campden; and de- parted this life, universally lamented, on Febiniary 9th, 1703-4: his Lady surviving, who died in tlie seventy-third year of her age, October 17th, 17-50, and on the 31st of the same month was car- ried to be interred by her Lord at Lanesborough, in Yorkshircj leaving Richard, Earl of Burlington, and four daughters. Lady Elizabeth, married on August 28th, 1719, to Sir Henry Bedingfield, of Oxborough, in Norfolk, Bart. Lady Juliana, to Charles, Lord Bruce, son and heir apparent of Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury; Lady Jane, unmarried, died at her house at Parsons- Gretn, Middlesex, 28th of January, 178O, and was buried at Lanesborough ; Lady Henrietta, wedded to the Hon. Henry Boyle, of Castle-Martyr, in the kingdom of Ireland, and Earl of Shan- non, in Ireland, after-mentioned: also Mary, a daughter, first- born; and Catharine, third born, who both died young. Which RicHAKD, TUiRD Eakl of Burlington, born on April 25 ih, 1695, was married on March 21st, 1 720-1, to the LORD BOYLE. 17 1 Lady Dorothy Savile, eldest of the two daughters and coheirs .of William Savile, Marquis of Halifax} and by her (who died on September 2lst, 1/58), he had issue three daughters, 1. Lady Dorothy, born on May 14th, 1/24, and married on October lOlh, 1741, to George, Earl of Euston, son and heir ap- parent to Charles, Duke of Grafton, but died, leaving no issue by him, on May 2d, 1742. 2. Lady Juliana, born on April 21st, 1/27, died on March 1 1th, 1730-1. 3. Lady Charlotte, born in the year 1734, married to William, Marquis of Hartington, son and successor to William, third Duke of Devonshire. His Lordship, on June 18th, 1730, was installed one of the Knights Comp:^nions of the most noble order of the Garterj and in the eighteenth stall in St. George's chapel at Windsor, is a plate of his arms, and the following inscription under it: Dj tres noble et puissant Seigneur, Richard Boyle, Comte de Burlington, et aussi de Cork, Visconte dc Dungarvan et Kinalmeaky en Ireland, Baron Clifford de Londesburgh, et aussi Baron Boyle de Youghall, et Baron de Bandon en Ireland, grand trisorier d'Jreland, seigneur lieutenant et gsrde des rolles de I'Occidental Riding de York, seigneur lieutenant de la cite, province ou aynsty de York, vice-admiral de Yorksliire, garde des rolles du Septentrional Riding de Yorkshire, governeur en chef de la province de Cork, et de la cite et pro- \incc dc la ciic dc Cork, connestablc et senechal du chateau, siigneurie et de 1 honneur de Knares- burgh, conseillcr du Uoy en son conscil prive, che- valier du tres noble ordre dc la jarretiere, inslalle au chateau de Windesor, le 18 jour dc Juin, 170O. On June 21>t, 1731, his Lordship was constituted Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, in 1732, his Lordship bcii.g at the city of York, the Lord Mayor, Aldernit-n, \c. hcnt a de- putation to leturn their thanks to him for the fa\(uir Lc had done lli«m in building their assembly room, ami oiIkt benefactions to the cily, and to beg his Lordship's k-avc to pnsait him uiih the lrecdon> thcreotj whereuiito giving his ccnisent, they pieseiited him with it in a gold box. In 173.;, he lesigncd his place of 172 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Captain of the Band of Pensioners. His Lordship afterwards lived retired, busying himself in his fine gardens at Chiswick, and em- ploying himself in architeclurCj wherein he was consulted by seve- ral of the nobility, and was a benefactor towards the buildmg of several public edifices. This noble Lord was also known for his patronage of genius j and celebrated as the friend of Pope, the Poet. Lord Orford says, *' Never was protection and great wealth more generously and more judiciously diffused than by this great person, who had every quality of a genius and artist except envy. Nor was his munificence confined to himself, and his own houses and gardens. He spent great suras in contributing to public works 3 and was known to choose that the expense should fall on himself, rather than that his country should be deprived of some beautiful edi- fices."' He departed this life at his seat at Chiswick, on December 3d, 1753; and seven days after;, his remains were carried from his house in Piccadilly to be interred at Lanesborough. In him his English honours became extinct j but his Lordship's titles in Ireland devolved on his heir male, the Right Hon. John, Earl of Cork, and of Orrery, i,ord Viscount DuHgarvan, Baron Boyle of Marston, in the kingdom of England, Baron of Youg- ha!I, and Baron of Rrdgliill. I shall therefore now proceed to treat of Roger, the fifth son of Richard, Earl of Cork, created by King Charles I. Earl of Orrery, and Lord Broghill. Which Roger BoylP," Jirst Earl of Orrery, was knighted before he was seven years of age, viz. on April 7th, l628; and at the intercession of his father, the E.irl of Cork, King Charles J. by letters patent, bearing date on February 28th iollowing, created iiim a Peer^ of the kingdom of Ireland, by the style and title of Lord Brogliill, Baron of Broghill, in com. Cork; after- wards erected into a lordship and manor. After his education in the college of Dublin, he was sent to travel 3 and, returning to the English court in 1030, appeared so accomplished, that Alger- non, Earl of Norlhunjberland, conferred on him the command of Lis own troop of horse, in that expedition into the North of Eng- land against the Scots. t Anecdotes of Fainting, IV. 2x9. " E< Collect, per Hen. St. George, MS. penes Joh. Com. Egmont. X l>ji. :; Cai I. S;c an Exiract oi the King's Letter for h'.s creation, djted \V( s'.minircr, 30''' Novenabci', anno 3 Car. I. in Smith's Hijcory of the County of Coik, \'o!. I. p. j 14. LORD BOYLE. 173 In 1641, he had the command >' of a troop of horse raised by his father, ti;e Rarl of Cork, and distinguished himself in several encounters with the Irish rebels. On July 4th 1(342 (as observed in the history of » Ireland), the Lord Broghill, on his return from the relief of Knockmore, met a party of rebels strongly posted near Capoquin; and though he had but 60 horse, and 140 foot, yet he boldly charged them, killed two of their best captains, and 200 of their soldiers, with very little loss. He was afterwards, the same year, in the battle of Liscarrol. Fe, with three of his brothers, by their gallant behaviour, obtained a complete victory- over the rebels, headed by six lords of their party. In the en- gagement, his brother, the Lord Kinalmeaky, was killed; and his Lordsliip ventured so far, that he was taken prisoner, but imme- diately rescued by the courage of some of his own men. His Lordship acted with vigour against them, till the cessation of arms, September 15th, l643, which he earnestly opposed, fore- seeing it would be destructive to the Protestant interest in Ireland. On which account his Lordship was at the head of a petition of the Protestants at Munster, to the Marquis of Ormond, I.icute- nant-General, and the council of Ireland, setting forth, with great weight, their grievances, and beseeching them to call to mind, that his Majesty gave his royal assent to an act of pailiament, obliging himself not to grant any pardon or terms of peace to the rebels, without the consent of his par]ian:ent of England. And being afterwards dai'y alarmed with plots of the Papists; who, among other contrivances, had formed a design on the city of Cork, he, with the Earl of Inchiquin, Sir William Fenton, and others, did, on July 1 8th, l644, write to his Majesty, ' I'hat no peace could be concluded with the Irish rebels, which would not bring unto his Majesty, and the English in genera!, a far greater prejudice, than the shew of a peace there would bring theni advantage, &:c. And iheteupon besought him, that lie would not so much regard so inconsiderable a handt'ul of people 'as they were, as to purchase but a seeming security, by leaving thereby the Protestnnt rt-hgion, in all likelihood, to be extirpated, and his Majesty obnoxious to the loss of that kingdom; further beseech- ing his Majesty, that he would be pleased to proclaim a£;ain the Irish to be rebels, and not to pardon those who have committed so many barbarous crimes, that they are as far above description, y Cox"» Hist, of Irthiid, p. 95. ■ Ibid. p. II a. Love's MS. Mem<.irs of the Eirl of Orrcrv, p." 307. 17-i PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. as they are short of honesty; the Irish professing they had his Majesty's commission for what ihey did. The true sense of which devilish aspersion cast upon his Majesty, with other rea- sons, made them resolve to die a thousand deaths, rather than condescend to any peace, referring themselves in other things to their declaration.' But such a dissatisfactory answer had they from the King, that the Lord Broghill (wiao was made Governor of Limerick), with the Eul of Inchiquin, put themselves under the protection of the parliament; and by their courage and conduct, drove the rebels out of most of the port-towns in Munster, and other considerable places there, and formed a body of 12,000 men in arms. His particular successes against the rebels are recited in Whitlock's Memorials, Cox's History of Ireland, &c. and rendered him so considerable, that Cromwell caressed him by all the arts he was master of, and received him as his intimate friend. In a manuscript account of his life, written by Mr. Love, and in the possession of (he late Earl of Orrery, the circumstances of Cromwell's bringing him over to his interests are thus related: ' My Lord did me the honour to converse more intimately with me, than is easily credible, and to honour me with the whole of that threat, that greatest instance of Divine Providence (^tho' at first with the greatest regret), the wisdom of God led him through. ' On the martyrdom of King Charles the First, my Lord re- tired to a private life, to his house at Mnrston-Bigot, near Frome, in the West of England, where he hid a letter from the Royal orphan, King Charles the Second, then in exile; That his Ma- jesty had provided two small ships to cany him to Ireland; that he was sensible his Lordship was beloved, and could influence the Southern Protestants of Ireland; and that he wanted only my Lord Broghill to go with him. * My Lord was pleased with the King's coinmand; and imme- diately sent, in answer, " I'hat he hoped to be very soon with his Majesty: That no one in England knew the secret but his wife, and his sister, Ra- nelagh, at whose house, in the Old Mall, he was to come in the dusk, with only four servants (on a certain day), to take his leave of her, and would then set out." < Aiy Lord came, and was no sooner housed, but heard a voice ask for the Lord Broghill: he thereupon charged his faithful sister with treacliery; but her protestation of being innocent LORD BOYLE. 175 tempered him. The messenger, a sightly Lieatenant, said the Lord General Cromwell sent him to know when and where he might wait on his Lordship, My Lord answered, they were utter strano-ers; and therefore sent the me>senger back, as if he mis- took the name. Cromwell, who was near for the purpose, trou- bled the Lieutenant with several returns. At length, by mutual consent, a meeting was appointed the next morning early in St. James's garden. ' Cromwell was first there, with many officers for the Irish ex- pedition. They both met in the middle of the garden, where all stood back, while he thus began : " My Lord, you owe me the greatest obligation." My Lord answered, if he knew it he would acknowledge it; that he did not owe above lOOl. in the city, and believed his creditor required no such bondsman. ' Cromwell said, "■ It was no such trifle j but body for body to the parliament, who resolved on his life for corresponding with Charles Stuart [so they called the King]. In short, time is pre- cious, &c. Yesterday an express informed the house, that the strong castle of Guernsey is taken : the first papers in Secretary Cooper's cabinet were a copy of the King's It-tter to Lord Brog- hill, and Lord Broghill's answerj and here they both are. I have a respite for your life; but the dilemma is short. If you will go with me on this expedition, to reduce the Irish rebels, you may live, otherwise you c<'rtainly die." ' 'Twas then concluded, that my Lord should have libertv to send to the King, and, if the King consented, he would go. * The King immediately consented; but with a caution^ if ever God gave him an opportunity, to remember his allegi- ance. ' Cromwell and his Lordship set out together for Ireland. Oliver made a bloody entrance at Drogheda. The Lord Broghill went southward, and reduced Kinsale, Cork, Bandon, and Youg- hall, without the effusion of blood.' Sir Richard Cox, in his History of Ireland, recites,^^ that the Lord Broghill brought the whole county of Cork to join against the rebels; being inhabited by English, who could not endure tlic thoughts of joining with the Irish against their own countrymen; and therefore all tlie towns there revolted at once from the Mar- quis of Ormond,and proved very advantageous to Cromwell, who a Vol. II. p. li. 175 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. otherwise had been forced to a long and dangerous march to Dub- lin, or embarked his men on board the fleet, that coasted as he marched. Afterwards the Lord Broghill performed another very considerable service, which is thus related r'^ • Whilst Cromwell was besiegiug Clonmell, which proved the hardest task he under- took ill Ireland, the titular Bishop of Ross had got 5000 men, which were daily increasing, with design to raise the siege, but the Lord Broghill, being at Castle-Lyons, had secret intimation from his brother-in-law, General Barry," " Tiiat the Irish had cast off the King's authority, and had put all into the hands of their clergy; and that Ormond, discovering their design, gave lit>erty to the Protestants of his army to treat with Cromwell; and that 20,(X)0 men would suddenly be in arms, under command of the Bishop of Ross." ♦ Whereupon the Lord Broghill posted to Cromwell, and obtained of him 2000 horse and dragoons, and lOGO foot; he marched with incredible celerity to Carigdroghid, garrisoned by the Bishop's forces; and, leaving his foot there, marched with his horse to Maccroom. The Iri^h, on his ap- proach, fired the castle there, and retired to the rest of their army, which, to the number of 5000, were in the park. The Lord Broghill pursued them, and, coming up with their forces, attacked them with such vigour, that he totally routed them, and took the Bishop prisoner, who promised, if he would sp.n-c his life, he would c luse Carigdroghid to surrender; but when he was brought to the castle, he advised them to hold it out to the last; where- upon he was immediately hanged. However, his Lordship soon after took the castle by a stratagem.' Whitlock," reciting this action, says, that on ?vlay 2-lth, l0'5O, letters came from the leagure before Clonmell, tiiat the Lord iirughill luui slain about 700, took many prisoners, and totally routed the whc le party. Under his Lordship's command, another signal victory was ob- tained over the Irish in Iu51; gained by his vigilance, conduct, and courage. Ireton was besieging Limerick, and resolved to take it, being the last place of any consideration that held out; and therefore, as Sir Richard Cox observes,'' he formed an army voLint, under the Lord Broghill, to encounter the Irish that dis- tressed tb.em in the siege. ' The Lord Broghill proceeded with all the briskness and expedition that a brave and diligent c:iptain was capable of, and in a few days came so near the cncrny, that ^ Vol. II, p. i6. ^ Mcmorialii, p. 439. '1 Hist, of Ireland, Vol. II. p. 67. LORD BOYLE. 177 they could perceive each others fires: they being three miles on the South, and his Lordship three miles on the North side of Black Water. The Irish army were double his number of horse, and thrice as many foot, as the English: nevertheless Broghill passed the river early in the morning, and meeting some Irish gentlemen that were under protection, they told him, they came thither out of curiosity, because of a prophecy, " That the last battle in Ireland should be at Knocknaclashy j" whicli tliey sup- posed would happen, as both armies were so near. Lord Broghill inquired who v. as to have the victory: they shook tlieir heads, and said, " The English." His Lordship marched to Knocknaclashy; and the enemy re- tiring, he marched back again, where he intended to quarterj and then the Irish fell on his rear: so that the battle happened in the very place spoken of in the morning. They fought with great spirit, horse-head to horse-head, sword-in-hand, till at length the Lord Broghill, with the right wing, routed the left wing of the enemy; and then the left wing under Major Wallis, valiantly matli: good their ground; but a fresh party of the Iriih falling on him, had like to have put the victory in dispute, till his Lord- ship bid his men cry, ' They run, they runj' which induced the first rank of the Irisii to Icok back; and tliose behind seeing tlieir faces, concluded th'ey were rniuiing, and so fled. However, thev had a stand of, pikes, which stood so firm, that with great dilfi- cultv they were broken, and then tlieir wliole army were e'.itircly routed with great slaughter, by a fierce and vigorous pursuit, which lasted till night. Sir Richard Cox"- observes of th'.s battle, that it was the last fought in that war, according to tl.e Irish prophecy; and tliat it was fair both before and after the fight, but during the conflict, there was a great storm of thunder, lightning, and rain; and that amongst the baggage were taken a peek of charms, whereon was written, ' Tliis is the print of our lady's foot; and whoever wears it, and s:iys twenty Ave-Marics, shall be free from gun- shot.' Wliillock ^ recites, that the Irisli army was commanded by the Lord Muskerry, ;!nd tiiat l^ie charge was very desperate on both sides; the Lord Broghill had ] 20 horsemen shot, and 30 killed: that his Lordship charged him tliat led up the opposite wing, and killed him; but tiie Irish were so numerous, liiat his own troop, •■ Hlbt. of Ireland, VJ. II. p. 6s. i MsmoriAls, p 4:5. VOL. VII. N 178 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. which consisted of gentlemen reformadoes, was charged in front, flank, and rear, both by horse and foot; amongst which his Lordship was so far engaged, that they offered him quarter ; and upon refusal thereof, they cried, ' Kill the fellow in the gold- laced coat;* which had been effected, if a lieutenant of his troop had not come in to his rescue, whose horse was killed under him, and himself twice shot; whereby the Lord Broghill got off with a dry beating by the pikemen; but his horse received three shots : that the Irish lost 600 men; but few were taken, besides some officers of the field : that the defeated army had designed con- junction with the Leinster forces, and the relief of Limerick. The Irish afterwards were so dispirited, that Limerick surren- dered; and they never made head again, but were in general re- duced. His Lordship had several other encounters with the enemy (recited by Sir Richard Cox and Whillock), which were so concerted, and with such vigilance and intrepidity executed, that victory ever attended him, though he always engaged with forces very superior to him in number. And it may jusly be said, it was owing principally to his Lordship's conduct and valour that the Irish so soon submitted to the English government. At the end of the war his Lordship returned to England; being in l654,s elected one of the representatives of the kingdom of Ireland, to sit that year in the parliament at Westminster; and was caressed by Cromwell, and the heads of his party, to engage him in their interest. When the crowns of these kingdoms were by that parliament offered to Cromwell, he was desirous of hear- ing their arguments to induce his acceptance thereof; and on that occasion the Lord Broghill, being one of the committee sent to him, made two learned speeches in favour of a regal govern- ment; which, with others on that subject, were then printed in a small octavo, page 25 and 6/; to which I refer. Mr. Love, in his account, hath these further particulars : ' Cromwell sent his Lordship to Scotland; where, by methods of lenity, he brought that people to a decorum, having dealt with Mr. John Douglas, David Dick, Gillespy, and Campbell, whom he pleasantly called, " The four Popes of Scotland." His pru- dent government opened a passage for General Monk's easy suc- cession. ' Cromwell, not long before he died, began to grow jealous of his Lordship3 and so narrowly watched him, that, before his re- S Diurnal Occurrences, 16^4, p, i;4. LORD BOYLE. 179 turn from the Bear-tavern at the bridge, where he supped with Cromwell's children (Lord Falconbridge and Lord Carlisle), the tapster sent him notice " of their drinking the King's health." ' After Oliver's death, his son, Richard, who succeeded, was persuaded by Lieutenant-general Desborough, a violent man, to summon a council of all the military officers to meet at Walling- ford house. His Lordship soon perceived this must end in a flux of blood, and persuaded Richard suddenly to dissolve that dread- ful assembly. This put the aspiring General into such a fret, as made England too warm for his Lordship; who retired to his country-house, near Cork harbour, in Ireland, having the bare and empty title of Master of the Ordnance. *■ The strange proceedings '' of the long parliament (called the Rump), gave his Lordship hopes that matters began to ripen for the restoration of the royal family. Among other fears, they grew jealous of the Lord Broghill, and sent Serjeant Steele, Lord Chancellor, Judge Cooke, Corbet, and another, to Dublin, to secure his Lordship, if he did not engage for all the Protestants of Munster. But he screwed them to the dilemma, either to give him the command of that prnvinre, or his private liberty. Being commanded to an antichamber, he overheard Steele very worthily baffle the others in favour of himself, who only threatened him, and sent him home. ' His Lordship (having formerly hinted matters to General Monk), at his return to his country retirement, seeing the go- vernment rup into wild measures, took that occasion to treat with the chiefs of Munster; such as Brodrick (father of the Lord Chancellor Brodrick of Ireland), Coulthorp, Clayton, Kyrl, Dil Ion, Pyne, Denny, King, Poulke, Jcphson, Purdon, &c. In a little time he brought them all into his interest except Wilson, Governor of I/imerick, whom he ventured at distantially. Wilson assured him, he would be for him, be the design what it would. Thereupon his Lordship put to him, ' Sui)pose a King \^as to be set up;' Wilson consented to it, and at his return from his Lord- ship, stopped at Rathcormick (Colonel Barry's seat), and thence sent his servant (to prevent my Lord's jealousy), giving him assu- raticc undtr his hand, to his confusion, it' he was not sincere. ' His Lordship thereupon sent his bi other, the Lord Shannon, >* When Lud Brnglilll (says the writer of liis Life in B'logr. .Brit.), saw that (.he honesty and good nature of Richard Cromwill, would infallibly render him a prey to l.is enemies, of whom seme were of his own household, he di.i not think it at all necessary to s'nk with a man he could not iave." 180 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. with eight lines in a small scrip of paper, nicely quilted in the collar of his doublet, to assure the King he had 5000 Protestant subjects, all tried resolute men, at or near Cork, ready to attend his Majcst}'. The Lord Shannon found the King at Brussels, who agreed to go to Ireland, and had provided disguises for that purpose: but, in the interim, the King received certain advice, that Monk, designed his restoration in England; and acknowledg- ing Lord Broghill's singular loyalty, gave him all assurances of his favour. And, the first time he spoke in council after his restora- tion, he mentioned his obligations to the Lord Broghill, and the Protestants of Ireland.' His Lordship had the chief care in disposing all those who were in the King's interest in Ireland, to declare for a free parliament. And in January 1659-6O, as Sir Richard Cox observes in his His- tory of that kingdom, surprized the castle of Dublin, and seized those who were entrusted with the government, and sent them to England. After which, their first act was to order a fast and humiliation for their sins; among which, the murder of the King was enumerated; and all their actions were suitable: so that they seemed to contend with England, which should be most foru'ard in restoring the King. On February 14tt), they published a me- morable declaration for a full and free parliament in Ireland, and the re-admission of the secluded members in the parliament of England, And the convention meeting in Ireland pursuant to it, on March l4th, published a declaration to the same purpose; also on May 14th, accepted of his Majesty's declaration from Breda, of April 14th, and chearfuUy concurred in his restoration.' On September 5th, l6t^0, in consideration of his services, he was created Earl of Orrery, in the kingdom of Ireland; and, at the same time, made Lord President of the province of Munster. Also, in October i(iUO, he was declared one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland, who managed affairs there with great candor and moderation, as observed by the Continuator of Sir Richard Baker's Chronicle. The next year he hnd t)ie conirrtand oi a re- giment, and an independent company, in his Majesty's service; i " It is somewhit str:iiigj, that afier tr.kin::; so much [•aiiis, an'l running so many hazJrtls in bringing this importjnt cr tt-rprizc; to bear, vriv few of our public or general hibtorlcs ascribe 'o niufli to him in ibis p.nicular as he de- served. But on a jtrict and inijjTr ial c:x.ii":;inati()r., there aie t'le .stroi'gfsl proof j that his loyal intentions were clear, his conduct p;ud:'nt and discreet, and hi^ de- claration prior in point of iinie to Sir Charles Cootii'j." Life In Biogr. Bni. II. 4*i. LORD BOYLE. J8I and, with John, Lord Viscount Massareen^ was made collector of all such monies as were prescribed by his Majesty's declaration of November 30lh, I6G0. Likewise, on January 14th, 1661, he and the Lord Chancellor were sworn Lords Justices. And, on April 30th, 1662, they published an indulgence to Dissenters, and continued in the government until July '28ih, ]662. The King cliicfiy entrusted the whole settlement of Ireland to his Lordihip's conduct; and it is observed by the writers of his life, that the Protestants there may bless the day the Lord Orrery was born, who confirmed those old soldiers in their possessions^ who had given their children liberal education, so that they became pro- fessors of law, divinity, and ])hysic. Li the year lOfiS, he obtained a patent for fairs and m.arkets to be held for ever in his two viUages of Rathgogran, called Charle- ville, and Rallymartra, now Castlemark : and, by his great credit with the King, he sometime after procured those two places to be erected into boroughs, which returned four members to the parlia- ments in Ireland tiil the union; with the nomination of recorders, town clerks, clerks of tlic market, and other oflicers^ to him and his heirs tor ever. Being Lord President of ^Slunster, where he had full power, both civil and miliiary, his Lordship was very active in diverting any designs prejudicial to the interest of liis country. Sir Richard Cox takes notice,"^ tliat, in the year 1063, the Earl of Orrery dis- covered to the Lord Lieutenant a design of the fanaticks to seize the cattle of Dublin on May '21st, whereby it was seasonably prevented. Li 1665, he went over to England, when he was offered the Seals on the intcntled r(raoval of the Earl of Clarendon; M'liich Jic t'cciined on accoiip.t of liis want of boviily vigour.' And the writ:n- of his life ir.iijrms us, that, on the French war, in the year l()(>7, havint; intelligence that the Duke de Beaufort, Admiral of France, was preparing to make a descent on Kinsale, Ik;, with hardly credible application and dispatch, immediately encamped all tlie militia and standing army of Munster, and brought some of the biggest guns out of his Majesty's ships of war, planted batteries along the shore, laid a boom or chain across the channel to sece.re the ships in the harbour, and was in a few days so well provided in every particular (being all the time nobly entertained and assisted by Sir Robert Southwell, and attended by ^ Hist, of Ire'jnd, p. 6. ' Bio^r. Brit, ut supr. p. 485. 182 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. all the gentry of Munster), that Monsieur Beaufort gave over his design. Nevertheless, being sen^ble, that, on any war with France, the kingdom lay very much exposed to an invasion j and that as Kinsale was the best harbour throughout his Majesty's dominions, yet being without any fortiiication':, whereby it might protect our ships from foreign enemies j he prevailed with his Ma- jesty to permit him to erect a fort there, which was begun about the year 16/0, and almost finished in three years \iir.c; which in 10/8, being reviewed by the Duke of Oraiond, his Grace, in honour of his then Majesty, named it Chailes-furt, and it was rendered one of tlie best sea-ports in tiic kingdom, both for our East and West India fleets.'" His Lordship and the Duke of Ormond had continued in an intimate correspondence from the restorLUion3 but in iou.Q, a mis- understanding happening between them," he was dep.rivi J ■ :f the presidentship of Munster about the year 10/2. Yet, as a lecom- pence for the loss of that placej° his AInjesty prtseiiled hiu] with 80001. and mediated a reconcilement between iiim and the Duke of Ormond. His Lord?hip afterwards conceriied himseif very little in public affairs, i' but spent the remainder of his life cidefly in a Christian prejjaration for eternity. He made his last will and testament, September 30tli, lO/Oj with a codici! annexed, dated September 18th, lO/P; and lies buried at Youghail, where a mor nument is erected to his memory, with this inscription: Memoriae sacrum RoGERi BovLE, primi Comitis de Orrery and Baronis de Broghillj f" See the vast importance of this port explained by the Earl himself, in his Letters to the Duke of Ormond, July iSth, 1667, p. 271. But a tiifierent cha- racter of this fort is given in the Additional Notes to his life, in Biog. Brit. 40I. n Both Peers very soon felt the bad tflects cf itj and resorted to England to defend their respective interests and pretensions. '^ He u'3s glad to accept this, from a conviction of the power of his enemies at the time to force the place from him. P He made three more voyages to England, In the fi;st, 1669, his enemies prevailed so far as to prefer an impeachment against him; but it dropped. On his going back to Ireland the second time, he resolved to lead a quiet life, dividing his lime between his houses at Charleville and C?stle-Marter ; but being attacked more cruelly than ever by the gout, his physicians advised him to go over to England for advice, which he did accordingly in May 1675, but did not stay long, LORD BOYLE. 183 qui dum vixit multis pariter & summis honoribus & officiis fungebatur: Mortuus vero summo cum viventium luctu obiit decimo sexto die OcTOBRis, Anno Domini iG/Q, Annoq; ^tatis suee SQ. De quo non hie plura requirat lector, quoniam, omnia de ingenio & moribus vel ex fama, vel ex operibus dignoscere possit. By his said will, writing himself, ' Roger, E.irl of Orrery, Go- vernor of his Majesty's castle and city of Limerick, Major-Gene- ral of his Majesty's army in Ireland, and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy-council of England and Ireland, First, I humbly commit my soul to Almighty God, hoping only in his nrercy, through faith in the meiitorious death of my Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, to be made a blessed partaker of the eternal happi- ness which he hath purchased with his blood for all those who trust in him, and obey his word. And my body, if I shall die in the province of Munster, I desire may be decently buried in the collegiate church at Youghall, in that isle or part thereof, where my dear deceased father erected a monument or tomb, and to be laid at his feet. And I desire my executrix, or overseers, here- after named, that I may be buried there without vain pomp or ostentation J and that not above lOOl. sterling be laid out for a tomb for me.' The rest of his will shews his excellent prudence and judgment in settling his estate, and tender affection to his Lady and chil- dren. He constitutes Margaret, Countess of Orrery [hh wife), sole executrix; and overseers, Richard, Earl of Cork and Bur- lington, Fraficis, Lord Viscount Shannon, Joan, Lord Bishop of Li- merick and Kerry, Henry Howard, Esq. brother to James, Earl of SutTolk, Sir Francis Foulk, Knt. Colonel Edward Villiers, his bro- ther in-law, Standish Hartstrong, Esq. William Worth, Esq. and Dr, Jeremy Hall. He enjoyed very great employments with an universal reputa- tion, courted and respected by all parties; for, however he might temporise under Cromwell's government, it is rather an argument of his prudence, than of his disloyalty, considering the suspicions lie lay under by the discovery of his design to engage with the King. His personal courage he had manifested in several en- 18-j PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. counters^ and was little inferior to any of the greatest captains of that age in military experience. He wrote four plays in heroic verse, amongst which that of Muslapha, was once esteemed. He was also a man of great wit and solid sense ;i serious in his whole deportment^ though easy and afi'able to the meanest per- sons; and so pleasant, and withal so instructing in his conversa- tion, that whatever he said, at once delighted ar.d informed the mind. The writer of his life says, his table was a noble academy of pleasure, divinity, and morality; and that it was really esteemed an honour for a young nobleman, country 'squire, divine, gentle- man, or merchant, to tell what my Lord of Orrery discoursed on at dinner. He was sincere in the exercise of the Protestant reli- gion ; and his charity appears, in erecting a noble hospital in his own country, to maintain six poor men for ever. He was (as Wood, in his Fasti Oxonienses observes), ' a great poet,"" states- man, soldier, and great every thiui:, which merits the name of great and good.' Llis brother, the celebrated Robert Boyle, Esq. dedicated to him '' some Considerations touching the Style of the Holy Scripiures;' which shews the excellency of that great philo- sopher, and the just opinion he had of ihe Earl his brother: therefore an extract of it will, J h-pe, be entertjiuing to my readers, being some addition to his character. He begins his address, ' My dearest Brother, ' That sacred book, which furnishes our preachers both with their texts, and a great part of their discourses on them, being the subject about which I am to entertain you, I presume it will not much surprise you, if v.liat i sliall^bay, in presenting to you some considerations on lliat book, rciisli more of a sermon, than of a letter of coa;plimcnt.' After setting forth the usefulness of his treatise, he invites Lis Lordship to rescue so excellent a theme as the Scriptures from so dull a pen as his, by employing his hnppy one in its defence and cckbi'aticn; enforcing it as follows: 1 Lord ClarenJon, in his own Li:c, spciks liiglily of his parts; and on the whole speaks weU of him. •" His poetry, however, his lon^ since n')t. only censed to please, b;:t bfcome tlic subject of ridicule. " His Lordsliip (savs Lord Oiford), never made a bad figure but as an author. As a sol iier, his brave.y was distinguiili-d, Lis strata- gems remarkable. As a statesman, it is sufricient to ::;y, tliat he had the confi- dence of Cromwell. As a man he was grateful, and would have supported the son of his friend, Like Cicero and Richlicu, he could not be crncent without being a poet," R, and N. Authnrs. LORD BOYLE. 158 *■ And certainly, your pen having no less served your fame, than either your sword or your employments (how high soever), it could not but bring the Scripture more than a few of the most witty and illustrious votaries, if that eloquence were employed to enamour them of that divine book, that hath made them so gene- rally in love with your celebrated Parthcnissa/. I will not re- present to you so pious an exercise of your rhetoric and muse, as a duty, for fear of lessening the disinterestedness of the employ- ment I recommend to you, by implying you cannot decline it without a fault. I shall rather invite your pen to prefer itself to, and grace religious subjects, by assuring you, that as there is none more worthy of your pen, so there are few pens more likely to succeed upon some of them than yours. Those handsome essays, your muse hath charmed me with upon some parts of the Bible, have given me longings, equally great and just, to see her, by a devoted ness to such heavenly themes, as happy in the choice of her subjects, as she is wont to be in the embellishing of them, and to have her make that her chief employment, wherein 'tis best to do, what she doth always, succeed well.' And proceeding further in his discourse on that subject, he recites, ' Towards the latter end of the ensuing papers, you will find something said to persuade our Thcophilus, that the choicest poetical and rhetorical ornaments may, without injury to their lustre, be employed about such subjects as may be chosen in the Scripture: but more and better things, to the same purpose, have since been said by our ingenious friend, Mr. Cowley 5 who not only has employed much eloquence to persuade that truth in his preface to his poems, but has in one of them given a noble example, and consequently a proof of it: I need not tell you, I mean his Davideis^ a work and way of writing, which, since your muse has already thought fit to celebrate, I hope she will hereafter think fit to imitate: and this 1 wish ttie more earnestly, because it hath been observed that secular persons of quality are generally much successfuller in writing of religion (to gentlemen especially), than scholastics, or men in or>.!(.rs; not only because their style and way of writing is observed to have in it something pleasing, je-ne-scay-quoy, something easy, genuine, and handsome, that is peculiar to it (differing from regular eloquence, as a good mien doth from beauty), and relishes of the native gracefulness wont to attend on what they do or say; but because their writings attract more - P,iil/iciiis ha\e suppressed it. u Hist, of £ng. Vo!. Ill, p. 598. LORD BOYLE. is; Elizabeth, who died without issue by her husband, Brettidge Baddham, in the county of Cork, Esq, and Margaret, married to Joseph Dean, of the county of Meath, Esq, and died in 1717. RoGEK, second Earl of Orrery, was Vice-President of Munster, as appears by a bill drawn on him by the Earl of Orrery, his fa- ther, for 4101. sterling, dated at London, March l6th, 1(J68, and thus addressed: *■ To the Lord Broghill, Vice-President of Mun- ster:' Accepted on April 6th, 1669, and paid on June 3d follow- ing. He is characterized by the writer of his father's life to have been a person of a most refined temper, and serious and contem- plative disposition j and that, perceiving the vanity of too great application in state affairs, he led a retired life to his death, in the month of September, lOgS; having had issue by the Lady INIary his wife, daughter to Richard Sackville, Earl of Dorset (ancestor to the present Duke of Dorset), three sons and two daughters: whereof Roger and Elizabeth died young; and those who sur- vived to maturity, were, J. Lionel, third Earl.. And, 2. Charles, fourth Earl of Orrery. And the Lady Mary, married to Ciotworthy Upton, of the king- dom of Leland, E^-q. and died without issue, anno \6g4. Lionel, third Earl of Orreri/, who succeeded his father, was not of age when he died. He was first sent to Utretcht for edu- cation, and from thence set out on his travels through France and Italy. His scat called Charleville, where Roger, first Lord Or- rery buiit one of the finest and largest houses in Ireland, was burnt in iGgO. I have seen the ruins of it (says the •'■ late Earl of Cork), and could perceive, by the few remains that were stand- ing, it had been a very extensive pile of building. The Duke of Berwick, in King James lis wars, in October IOqO, dined in the house, and then ordered it to be burnt, giving the furniture to be pillaged by the soldiers; though at that time, Lionel Earl of Orrery was a minor in l^^ngland, and could have committed no oft'ence towards either ])arty: but being looked upon as a garri- son, and a very strong hold, was the occasion of its demolition. His Lord-hip was likewise a further sutrcrer by King James's forces ravaging his estate. After he came of age, he took his seat in the parliament of Ireland, on June 1.1th, 100/. Pie mar- ^ Copies of papers relating to the fami'y of Bjylc, p. 9, penes Joh. Cc Cork. 188 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ried Mary, natural daughter of Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; and dying without issue on August 23d, 1703, was succeeded in honour and estate by his only brother and heir, Charles, fourth Earl of Orrery; and his Lady vvjis afterwards married to Field- Marshal Richard Boyle, late Lord Viscoutit Shannon, Which Charles, fourth Earl, of Orrery, and first Lord BovLE OF Makstos', was born at Little Chelsea in August, I676, and in consideration of his great merits and services, was created a Peer of Great Britain, by her Majesty Queen Anne, on Septem- ber lOth, 1711, by the style and title of Lord Boyle, Baro?i of Marston, in Somersetshire; a lordship descended to him from his great-grandfather, the Earl of Cork. The preamble to the patent has been thus translated: ' As it is a glorious awd honourable thing to have a place amongst the Peers of our kingdom of Great Britain, so are We firmly determined to confer such great honours upon none, but who shall again add some splendor to the illustrious order of our Nobility; nor shall we seem to depart from this resolution, when we call our well-beloved and very faithful cousin and counsellor, Charles, Earl of Orrery, in our kingdom of Ireland, to sit in the august assembly of our British Lords: for he is sprung from that stem, which (having spread itself over England and Ireland), does at this time boast of several branches of Noblemen; and which has produced a race, either extraordinary for human literature, or highly renowned for their most profound knowledge in Natural Philosophy. Excited by the examples of his family, and the glory which he has derived from his ancestors, he has cultivated and adorned his mind in the most useful learning, even from his youth. To these studies he has diligently applied himself; with these he has been delighted; yet, when our atlairs required him, he has suffered himself to be withdrawn from his learned retire- ment; and the war daily increasing, he expressed an equal desire and readiness to discharge the employment of a soldier. But, when we understood that he had also a genius capable of managing political affairs, we s( nt him our Envoy to the States of Brabant and Flanders, with full commission to treat of the most important concerns. In the administration of this province, he has ap- proved hiujself with very great praise, and has given as singular instances of his ability in negociations, as of his military valour. Since, indeed, en both accounts, he is entitled to some mark of LORD BOYLE. 1&9 our favour, We have thought fit that he, who wras born a Peei of our kingdom of Ireland, should enjoy his deserved degree of honour in that of Great Britain. Know ye, &c. His Lordship had academical education in Christ-church col- lege, in Oxford, where he was entered a nobleman in \6gO; and having for his tutors. Dr. Francis Alterbury, afterwards Bishop of Rochester, and the Rev. Dr. Friend, applied himself so closely to his studies, that he impaired his constitution. Dr. Aldrich, the head of that society of which he was a member, observing his uncommon application and thirst after learning, conceived a very particular esteem for him, and drew up for his use that Compen- dium of Logic, which is now read at Christ-church, and in which he calls him, ' The great ornament of our college.' Whilst he was a student, he translated the Life of Lysander. This induced Dean Aldrich to recommend to him a new edition of the Epistks of Phalaris, to which he applied himself with such diligence, as to publish it in 1695. This book became acciden- tally trie cause of a very long and furious dispute, in which he gained much reputation; and wrote so well in defence of his per- formance, that Dr. Bentley, his adversary, from suspecting the Epistles of Phalaris to be none of his, because they were written with so great skill, begarj, from the learning shewn in Mr. Boyle'^s pieces, to doubt whether they were of his composing. To Bent- ley's answer Boyle replied with so much spirit and learning, and the controversy soon grew so warm, that many considerable au- thors engaged in it with great heat and violence.''' Besides what he wrote in that dispute, he was author of a co- medy with this title, ' As you find it:' and of some particular copies of verses^ which discover his wit, good sense, ai:d poetical genius. After he left Christ-church, he was, in the 12lh of William IIL chosen member of parliament for Huntingdon,^ as also in that called in 1/01, the year after; and in 1/02, the first of Queen Anne. y The truth of the matter was, that It bicanic rather a party qu.Tirel between the friends and the enemies of Chrlst-cliuicb, Oxford, than a serious dispute as to the tenuinencss of I'halarls's Epistles. So that the critics being on one side, and the wits on t'ne otlicr, it became very (lirticult to know whetiier truth was with either, li'iji^y. Brit. II. 517. ^ His opponent was Mr. Wonley, with whom, in consequence, he fought a duel in Kensington Gravel Pits, and lost so much blood by the wound he re- ceived, that it was with difficuhy that he rccovcrer*. IpO PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. On his brother Lionel's death, in 1703, he became Earl of Orrery, had the command of a regiment of foot conferred on him, on March 1st, \y03-i; and, on October 13th, 1/05, was elected one of the Knights of the Order of St. Andrew, or the Thistle. In March 1705-6, he married the Lady Elizabeth Cecil, daughter to John, Earl of Exeter, by Anne his wife, only sister of William, Duke of Devonshire; which Lady died within a few years after her marriage, leaving issue by him an only son, John, his succes- sor as fifth Earl of Orrery, and second Lord Boyle, born January 2d, 1 706-7. His Lordship was constituted Brigadier-general of her Majesty's forces, on August 27th, I709; and on January 2d following. Ma- jor-general of the foot. His Lordship with his regiment made several campaigns under the Duke of Marlborough, and among other services, was on September 11th, N.S. 17O9, at the battle of Tanieres, or Malplaquet, wherein the English suffered more than in any engagement in that war, having attacked the enemy in their intrenchmentsj and the fight was so obstinate, and the slaughter so great, that the slain and wounded on both sides were computed at 30,000 men His Lordship led on his regiment with the utmost gallantry, where the action was hottest, and where most of his men fell on each side of him. On his return to England, his signal services were distinguished, in promoting him, on December 8th, 1/10, to be Colonel of the royal regiment of North British fusileersj'^ and, on January 1 1 ih, 171O-II, he was declared Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary to the States of Brabant and Flanders; also, on Februaiy ytli following, was sworn of her Majesty's most honourable privy- council in England. The treaty of Utrecht being near a conclusion whilst his Lord- ship resided at Brussels, the magistrates knowing they were soon to become the Emperor's subjects, and that the Queen of England would have nothing to do with them, they took the liberty to shew less respect to her minister than they had before done. But the Earl of (jrrcry looking ou their behmiour as an indignity to the crown nf Ciitat Britain, managed with so njueh resolution and dexteiity, that Ijc got ovcry one of them turned out of their posts. Vuv these ser\iees he was made an Eiiglhli peer. ( )n the accession of George L to the throne, his Lord.-^hip was not onlv continued in his command of the army,'' but made one a PoliUfr'b Chron. History of Kngland, Vol. H, p. 668 ^ Poin'xr, p. 775. LORD BOYLE. 191 of the Lords of the bed-chamber to the King, on October 16th, 17 14 J and, on the removal of the Duke of Ormond, was, on De- cember 3d, 1714, constituted Lord Lieutenant of the county of Somerset, and Custos Rotulorum of the same; likewise on the 12th of the same month, was among the lieutenant-generals that were appointed of the new board of general officers. In 17 16, his regiment was taken from him, and he resigned his post of the bedchamber After this time he did not meddle-much in public affairs, though he attended parliament, and voted in all important matters; but was no speaker. On September 28th, 1722, he was committed prisoner to the Tower, on suspicion of high-treason, on account of Layer's plot; and, the Habeas Corpus act being suspended, was under confinement there, till March 14th follow- ing, when, upon the application of the learned Dr. Mead, setting forth how low he was reduced by a confinement in the highest degree dangerous to one of his tender constitution, he was admit- ted to bail; the Earl of Burlington, and Henry Boyle, Lord Carl- ton, his relations, entering into a recognizance of 20,0001, each for his appearance; and his Lordship himself into a recognizance of 30,0001. more. But after the strictest inquiry, there was no- thing found that could be esteemed a sufficient ground for a pro- secution of any kind, so that he was discharged. This accident is thought to have had considerable effect on his declining constitu- tion, though he survived it several years, and maintained the same freedom, liveliness, and sweetness of temper to the last. His Lordship died, after a short indisposition, on August 28th, 1737, ia the fifty-seventh year of his age, extremely beloved and regretted. He resembled in his temper and character, and not a little also in his fortunes, his illustrious ancestor, the first Earl of Orrery. Like him, he was an author, a soldier, and a statesman. His parts were very quick; and yet with much vivacity, he was ca- pable of close thinking, and profound meditation. His learn- ing was solid, not pedantic; and though he did not afiect the orator in public, yet in private, no man spoke with greater ease to himself, or pleasure to those who heard him. His .studies were of a mixed nature; and his application to them much greater than the world imagined : of which, however, convincing proofs remain. As an officer he was generally esteemed and beloved; for with a courage fearless of danger, he had as much prudence and circumspection as those who h;;d much greater experience. His soldiers loved him entirely; his superior officers admired and 192 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. confided in him; his Sovereign knew him fit for, and trusted him in the most important negotiations. As a statesman, his notions were perfectly clear, as his intentions were entirely up- right. He had a juBt concern for the interest, honour, and glory of his country, which he manifested upon all occasions, without courting popularity, or fearing power. He was a lover of learn- ing, and a friend to learned men;<= an excellent master, a tender father, and beneficent to all with whom he had any thing to do. His frailties were few; and those of a nature the most excusable, as proceeding chiefly from his constitution, and tending rather to his own detriment than to that of others. He was happy in the general esteem of his country, and in the particular affection borne him by his friends; which was the less to b° wondered at, since he was himself remarkably steady in his affections, and never thought any ditference of fortune could justify the slightest de- clension in friendship ; but with all his warmth of this kind, he had a coldness in another, which is no less extraordinary; he not not only forgave, but forgot, injuries; and never revenged them otherwise, than by rendering unexpected services to those from whom he had received them.'' Jouti, Jlfth Earl of Orrery, second Lord Boyle, Baron of Marston, and also fifth Earl of Cork, Viscount Dungarvan, and Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghall, on the death of Richard, Earl of Burlington, aforesaid, was born on January 2d, 1706-7; and on May 9th, 1728, espoused Lady Harriot Hamilton, third and youngest daughter of George, Earl of Orkney. By that Lady his Lordship had two sons, 1. Charles, Viscount Dungarvan. 2. Hamilton, who succeeded to the honours and estate. And a daughter. Lady Elizabeth, born on May 7th, 1731, and wedded to Sir Thomas Worsley, Bart, of Pileweil, in Hampshire, who died 17G8, leaving her, who died January l6th, 1800, with one son, the late Sir Richard Worsley, Bart, who died 1805, and one daughter, Henrietta, who married, 1784, John Bridgeman Simpson, younger brother of the present Lord Bradford, whose only daughter, by her, married, in 1804, the Hon. Charles An- derson Pelham, eldest son of Lord Yarborough. His said Countess departing this life, at Cork, on August 22d, c Tie celebrated astronomical instrument clkd The Orrery, was not ccntr'ved by him, but by Graham, tho wat-iima^cr, wi;o honoured it with liis patron's name. '' Kippib's iJiogr. Brit. II. 51S. LORD BOYLE. iga If 32, was buried at Britwellj and his Lordship m^med, sefcondly, on June 30th, 1738, Margaret, daughter of John Hamilton, of Caledon, in the countj of Tyrone, in Ireland, Esq. and by her, who died on November 24th, 1762, had a son, Edmund, seventh Earl, &c. And also two daughters; Lady Catharine- Agnes, who died an infant; and Lady Lucy, born at Marston, on May 27th, 1744, married July 10th, 17^5, to George Byng, Viscount Torring- ton. Charles, Viscount Duvgarvan, his Lordship's eldest son, was born on January 27th, 1728-9, and on May 1 1th, 1753, married Susanna, daughter of Henry Hoare, of Stourhead (or Stourton- castle), in Wiltshire, Esq. He departed this life at Bath, on September l6th, 17593 having had by his said Lady (who, on February 17th, 1761, took Thomas, Lord Bruce of Tottenham, since created Earl of Aylesbury, to her second husband, and died February 4ih, 1783), a son, Henry, who was born on January 19th, 1754, and died about two years of agcj aqd a daughter, Henrietta, who on October 18th, 1777^ married John O'Neile, of Slanes, in Ireland, Esq. afterwards created Viscount O'Neile; and killed by the rebels in Ireland, June 4th, 1798' She died, September 3d, 1793, with a high character for her talents and accomplishments.^ The said John, Earl of Cork, &c. distinguished himself in the learned world in a very eminent manner. His tutor was Fenton the puoet. His marriage, in 1728, was the source of a dissention with his father, which produced a cruel piece of resentment in the father's will — the devising awayhis library to Christ-church. A subsequent reconciliation came too late to cancel this mark of unkindness, which the son felt severely : in addition to this, he inherited an estate incumbered with debts; which he endea- voured to pay off. Retiring to Ireland for this purpose, he became acquainted with Dean Swift. In October 17^3, he returned to England, and retired to his seat at Marston, in Somersetshire, an estate bought by the first Earl of Corke, which having been much neglected by his ancestors, and little more than the shell of a large old house, he amused himself in building offices, in fitting up and furnishing apartments, and in laying out gardens and other plantations. And as study and retirement were his principal * She was aurhor of the beautiful Ode to the Po, py 3 first published in Mrs, Smith's novel of Dcsmoju!. VOL. VII, O J 94 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. pleasures, his father having bequeathed his books to Oxford, he furnished his library anew with the best authors. In l/Sp, he published a new edition of the dramatic works of his great grand- father, Roger, Earl of Orrery, in 2 vols. 8vo. and that Earl's State Letters, in one vol. folio, 17^2. He again retired to Ire- land, in ly-lS, where he resided till 1750, happy in that domestic tranquillity, " that studious retirement and inactivity, from which he was scarce ever drawn but with the utmost reluctance. ' At his return to Marston, he continued his alterations and improve- ments in the house and gardens there. Meantime, the amuse- ment of his winter evenings was his Translation of the Letters of Pliny the Younger, with Observations on each Letter, and an Essay on Pliny s Life, 2 vols, 4to. 1751. In 1751, he published his Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dean Swift. In 1/53, he succeeded to the title of fifth Earl of Cork. At length an here- ditary gout, which all his temperance could only parry, not sub- due, put an early period to his existence, at Marston-house, on November l6th, 1/62, ast. 56, "" In every domestic and social relation (says Duncombe), in all the endearing connections of life, as a husband, a father, a friend, a master, he had few equals. The lustre, which he received from rank and title, and from the personal merit of his family, he reflected back unimp«ired and undiminished, and though ' the post of honour' which he chose and preferred was a ' private station,' though he was neither a statesman nor a soldier, like the first Lord Corke, the first Lord Orrery, and his own father; the rival of Palladio, like the late Lord Burlington) or the rival of Bacon, like Mr. Robert Boyle; yec in a general taste for literature, or, as they are commonly called, polite studies, he was by no means inferior to his ances- tors. ' Being much in the great world,' to use his own words, at the beginning of his life, he despised aiuJ detested it when he ar- rived at year« of reflection. His constitution was never strong, and he was very thankful that it was not so; as his health was a true and no very irksome excuse to avoid those scenes, by whicli his body would have been huit, and his mind offended. He was a real Christian; and, as such, constantly hoped for a better life, there trusting to know the real causes of those eftects, which here struck him with wonder, and not with doubt." His Lordship was succeeded, in his titles and estate, by his elccst surviving son, Hamilton, thikd Lord IjOvle, Is'c. sixth Earl of Cork, who was born on February 3d, ] 729-30. He early displayed the LORD BOYLE. 19$ hereditary talents for literature, and wrote some papers in the periodical publications of his day, which do him great credit. But dying unmarried on January 17lh, 17^4/ Edmund, his only surviving brother, succeeded to the peerages and estate. Edmund, fourth Lord Boyle, seventh Earl of Cork, i^c. was born at Marston, on December 2d, I742j and married, Au- gust 25tb, J/S-i, Anne, daughter of Kellaud Courtenay, Esq. of Penisford, co. Devon, niece to John, fourth Earl of Sandwich, from whom he was separated in 1782, having had issue,. 1. Richard, Viscount Dungarvan, born in 1705, died young, 2. Lucy-Isabella, born August 10th, IjQQ, and died September 7th, 1801, having married, July 28th, 1792, the Hon, and Rev. George Bridgeman, brother to Orlando, second Lord Bradford, and by her had issue. 3. Edmund, the present and eighth Earl, 4. Courtenay, born September 3d, 1760. a Captain in the royal navy, married, in 1799> Caroline Amelia Poyntz, daughter of the late William Poyntz, Esq, of Midgham House, in Berkshire, and has issue one son and one daughter. 5. Charles, born in Oclober 1775, died unmarried in Novem- ber 1800. Her Ladyship died December lOtb, 1785, and his Lordship re- married, June 17th, 1/86, the Hon. Mary Monckton, youngest daughter of John, first Viscount Galway, His Lordship died in October 1798, having been many years Colonel of the Somersetshire militia, when he was succeeded by liis son, Edmund, fifth Lord Boyle, eighth Earl ef Cork and Or- rery, born October 21st, 1767. His Lordship married, October pth, 1795, Isabella-Henrietta Poyntz, third daughter of the late William Poyntz, Esq. of Midg- ham House, in Berkshire, and has Issue, 1. Edmund William, Viscount Dungarvan, born April 2d, J/QS. 2. Isabella, 3. Elizabeth, born February 4th, 1797' 4. George-Richard, born September 22d, 1799. 5. Charles, born December 6th, 1800. 6. John, burn March l6th, 1803. 7. Lucy-Georgina, born March 19th, 1804. •' lie continued student of Christ-churcli on a faculty till hii death-. 196 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 8. A daughter, bom Scptembeif i6tb, 1806. p. A son, born in March ISOg. His Lordship is a Major-general in tbe army. Titles. Edmund Boyle, Lord Boyle, Baron Marston, in Eng- Undj and Earl of Cork, and of Orrery, Viscount Dungarvan, Lord Boyle of Youghall, and Lord Boyle of Broghill, in Ireland, Creations. Baron Boyle of Youghall, in the county of Cork, by letters patent, dated September 29th (1616), 14 Jac. I.j Vis- count Dungarvan, in the county of Waterford, and Earl of Cork, on Octoberl6th (1620), 18 Jac, I.j Baron of Broghill, in the county of Cork, in Ireland, February 28tb (1627-8), 3 Car. I.; Earl of Orrery, in the said county of Cork, September 5th C166O), 12 Car. T.J and Baron Boyle, of Marston, in com. Somers. (Bri- tish honour), September 10th (1711), 10 Queen Anne. Arms. Party per bend crenelle. Argent and Gules. Crest. On a wreath, a lion's head erazed, party per pale cre- nelle. Argent and Gules. Supporters. Two lions, party per pale crenelle j the dexter Gules and Argent j the sinister of the second and frst. Motto, Honor virtutis tr^^mium. Chief Seats. In England, at Marston-house, in the county of Somerset} and at Caledon-castle, in the county of Tyrone, in Ireland. LORD HAY. iigjr HAY, LORD HAY. [£af / of Kinnoul, in Scotland.'] Ov the surname of Hay there are many eminent and illustrioua families, which have flourished for divers centuries in Scotland, as well as in Italy and Normandy. From this province, where there were lands and a lordship denominated from them, several of the name of Hay accompanied William> their martial Duke, in his victorious descent upon England, A.D. 1066; for in the list of the great warriors that came over with him, Le Sieur de la Haya is expressly mentioned, besides others of the same name; and Humphrey de Vetulis, Lord of Pont-au-de-mer, married Al- breda, or Auberia de la Haye, ^nd hy her was father of Roger de Beaumont, who had a numerous issue (as may be seen in the pe- digree of Earl Harcourt), and was also one of William's com- manders in the conquest of England. The two most ancient families of the surname of Hay, in Scot- land, are those of Errol and Tweedale: but although they use the same armorial bearings, as also do those in Italy, France, and England, there are no certain documents of their original con- sanguinity. The noble house of Errol, which is generally acknowledged to be the principal and chief brancli, is said to be descended from a countryman called Tkomas Hay, who, with his two sons, Se- rald and Achaius, distinguished themselves on the following oc- casion ; The Danes bad invaded Scotland, and worsted the natives in battle neai Loncartie, in Perthshire, about the year 98O: and the •aid Thomas and his two sons, observing the foremost of the run- aways making towards a narrow pass, left their ploughs, and ad- IQ8 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. vancing to meet them, addressed them in very pathetic terms, telling them, that it was more glorious to die fighting for their King and country, than survive by an ignominious flight, to be subject to the rnge and dominion of lawless invaders, &c. The fugitives being recovered from their consternatron, and reanimated by this address, stopt their flightj and being led back by the brave old marj and his two sons (who were only armed with such wea- pons as their ploughs afforded), soon collected a considerable body of men, many of whom had fled more on account of the desertion of their companions, than for want of courage. They returned to the field, and made a most furious onset, shouting aloud, ' Help is at hand.' The Danes, ^terrified with the vigour of this- second attack, and believing that they were fallen upon by a fresh army, soon gave way: and thus the Scots snatched the victory from the hands of their enemies, and freed their country from the detested apprehension of being subjected to the sway of a foreign power. After the action, the old man was presented to the Scottish monarch, Keiinith III. who was pleased to bestow on him, and his sons, in reward of their bravery and heroism, as much land, bordering on the river Tay, in the Carse of Gowry, a fruitful dis- trict in the shire of Perth, as a falcon, set off a man's hand, should fly over before settling. When the falcon was let off, its flight extended over six miles of ground in length, which got the name of Errol, or Hcrrol, and thus becoming their property, afterward gave title of Earl to their descendants, among whom have been many renowned patriots, statesmen, and heroes. These lands continued in the family until about the middle of the last, or l/th century, when they were sold, some superiorities being only re- served, which still remain in the family. His Majesty is said to have exalted them among those of the first rank in Scotland, and to have assigned them the coat of arms now borne by tlieir poste- rity, viz. ylrgent, three Escutcheons, Gules: though it is more probable, that he confirmed these armorial bearings to them, for the same were used by the Hays in Italy and France before that period; and the application of the three Escutcheons to them, as the three Bucklers of Scotland, was proper enough, as they ia fact were the Bulwarks of their country at that critical junc- ture. These circumstances are related by all the Scottish historians: and Mary, the truly noble and magnanimous Countess of ErroJ, who died on September IQih, 1/58, received a most elegant letter LORD HAY. 1Q9 ffom the learned Hay, Archbishop of Marnis, wherein he mentious the preceding account of the battle of Loncartie, as a piece of history contained in the Memoirs of the Hays in Italy; but writes, that the Hays in Scotland and Italy came both from Armenia.^ History is silent, for some generations, as to the successors of the said Thomas and his sons: and the first on record is William Hay (styled, in public writs, Willielmus de la Haya), who lived in David J. 's reign, which commenced in 1124, and terminated in 1153, and was a great man at the court of his successor, Mal- colm IV. King of Scoil ind, to several of whose charters he was a witness, being called p'lncerna c'^mini regis. By his wife, Julia, or Juliana, sister of Ranulph de Soulis (at that time one of the most considerable men in Scotland), he left a son, William Hay (also designed, in Latin records, Willielmus de Haya), who made no less a figure in the court of King William ^surnamed The Lion), who succeeded to the Scottish throne, on December 10th, 1165, than his father had done at that of his predecessor, Malcolm IV. He made a grant to the abbey of Cupar, of the lands of Edinpolis, for the health of the soul of the before-mentioned Malcolm, King of Scotland, of his uncle, Ra- rulph de Soulis, Sec. and obtained from the said King William a charier, erecting his lands of Errol, with their appurtenances, into a barony, f(jr the service of two knight* fees. He died be- fore the year liyy; and having wedded Eva, daughter of Alan, hostiarius doviini regis, had by her six sons. I. Sir David Hay, his heir. '2. William, who for he health of his own soid, the souls of Ada his wite, of William his father, Eva his mother, ike. granted to tiie convent of Cupar aforesaid, all the lands which he pos- sessed in the Carse of Gowry, and had got from Sir David, his brother, tor iK);hage and service. 3. Jonn, who is styled ot Ardnaughton, in a donation he made ot" a yair, on the river lay, to the convent of Cupar, with the consent ot Feter, tiis scju, for the health of the soul of Juliana de Lasci Us, late hi^ wile. 4. Thutiias, wl.o, for the health of the soul of King William, and of tue souls ot William and Eva, his father and mother, ot Ada hii wite, &:e. gi anted to the same convent a right of fishing upon ilie river i'a) . » Sir Robert Douglas's Pierage of Scotland. 200 PEEUAGE OF ENGLAND. 5. Robert; and, 6. Malcolm; who were both witnesses to the said Thomas's grant. Sir David Hay, the eldest son and heir, got a charter from the said King William, of the lands and barony of Errol: and also obtained from King Alexander II. a charter, confirming that granted to his father by the aforesaid King William. He was also a benefactor to the abbey of Cupar; for he made a donation to that convent, with consent of Gilbert, his eldest son, for the soul of King William, the soul of liis father William, his own soul, the soul of Helen his wife, &c. The said Helen was daughter to David (or Gilbert, according to Edmondson's Baronagium Genea- logicumj, Earl of Strathern; and at his death, about the year 123/, he had by her two sons. 1. Sir Gilbert, his successor. And, 2. William, of whom afterwards, as ancestor to the Earls of Kinnoul, and Lords Hay of Pedwarden. Sir Gilbert succeeded his father in the lands of Errol. He was father of Gilbert Hay, who died a young man, but left a son. Sir Gilbert Hay, heir, and successor to his grandfather, in his lands at Errol, who adhered faithfully to Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, in all his vicissitudes of fortune, and was a strenuous assertor of the freedom and independency of his native country. After the death of King Robert, on June 9th, 1329, he was no less the faithful and valiant adherent to the cause of his son, King David, in whose service he fell at the battle of Halidon-hill, on July igih, 1333. The said King Robert, A. D. 1308, in consi- deration of Sir Gilbert's eminent loyalty conferred on him, during pleasure, the office of Lord High Constable of Scotland, then for- feited by John Gumming, fourth Earl of Buchan, for his adherence to the party of John Balioi, rival to Robert, for the Scottish crown: and his Majesty, upon the forfeiture of David de Strath- bogie, Earl of Atholl, who had got the said office of Constable conferrfdon him, in 1311, during the King's pleasure, but was outlawed for espousing the interest of the said John Balioi, was pleased to bestow the constabulary of Scotland on his worthy friend, this Sir Gilbert de Haya, and his heirs for ever, in feodo & haepeditate cum hostilagiis (a lodging in every burgh where the parliament sits), ad dictum ofHcium pertinentibus, &c. by char- ter, dated November 12th, 1315. The Constable's staff which Robert gave to Sir Gilbert on that occasion, has been, notwith- standing the iniquity of intermediate times, preserved in the LORD HAY. 201 family of Errol ever since, and was never out of Scotland; those used at the coronation processions at London, since the Union of the two kingdoms, having been made on purpose for those solem- nities. King Robert also granted to Sir Gilbert the barony of Slains, with all its a\)purtenances, in the county of Aberdeen, which had fallen to the crown by the forfeiture of the aforesaid Earl of Buchanj and that extensive, but contiguous, estate has remained with his posterity to this time. This last-mentioned Sir Gilbert's posthumous son, David Hay, was father of Sir Thomas Hay, of Errol, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Robert II. ihe first Scottish monarch of the surname of Stew- art: and his descendants by that Princess several times inter- married with the same royal family. This Thomas's eldest son and heir. Sir William Hay, was created Lord Hay of Errol, by his cousin. King James L in the year 142/. He married Margaret, daughter to Lord Graham, and dying at Turriff, in 1434, left two sons, Gilbert and William, Gilbert, the eldest son, succeeded his father, and married Alice, daughter of Sir William Hay, of Yester {ancestor to the Marquis of Tweedale) : by her he had six sons, and died in 1436. His successor was William, the eldest son, who being a person of singular merit, was, by King James II. in 1452, advanced to the dignity of Earl of Errol. He died at Slanes, in 146l, leaving issue by his wife, Beatrix, daughter of William Douglas, Lord Dalkeith, a daughter, Margaret, married to Sir Alexander Frazer (ancestor to tiie Lords Saltoun), and one son. Nicholas, second Earl of Errol, was of the privy-council to King James HI. and died at KilHmur. in I467, He married Elizabeth, daughter of Gordon, Earl of Huntley, by whom he left William, third Earl of E.rrol ; he was High Constable of Scotland, and married Jane, daughter of John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, by whom, at his death in 1478, he left a daughter, Agnes, m;irried to George, Earl of Huntley, and one son, Willi AM, ybwr^/t Earl of Errol, who married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of George Lesley, Earl of Rothes, and dying in \4Q5, waj succeeded by William, his son and successor, rs fflh Earl of Errol, slain in the battle of Floddon, 1513. He married, first. Christian^ 202 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. daughter of John Lyon, Lord Glamis, ancestor to the Earl of Strathmore, and by her had William, his heir; Sir Thomas Hay, of Logic; and two daughters; of whom^ Isabel married Laurence^ Lord Oliphant. William Hay, the eldest son, became sixth Earl of Errol, was highly in favour with King James V. and of his privy-council. He married Eleanor, daughter of John Stewart, Earl of Lennox, and had issue, William, his successor, and Jane, who married An- drew, the ninth Earl of Errol. William, the seventh Earl of Errol, dying without issue, his titles and estate descended to Sir Geo: ge Hay, of Logic, grandson of William, the tilth Earl. George, eighth Earl of Errol, married jVLirgaret, daughter of Sir Alexander Kobertson, Laird of Strouan; and dying in 1553, was succeeded by his eldest son, Andrew, ninth Exirl of Errol, who was of the privy-council to Queen Mary (of Scotland). He married to his first wife Jane, only daughter of William, sixth Earl of Errol, as before observed, by whom he had three sons; Alexander, who died before his fa- ther; Francis, his successor; and Tliomas; also a daughter, Eleanor, married to Alexander, Earl of Linlithgow. His second wife was ALnry, sister to George Sinclair, Earl of Caithness, by whom he had Sir George Hay, of Kiliour. Francis, tenth Earl of Errol, succeeded his father in 15S5. He married, tirst, Mary, daughter of James Stewart, Earl of Murray; secondly, Ann Stewart, daughter to the Earl of Atboll; thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Douglas, Earl of Morton. He had no issue by the two first; by the last he was father to William, eleventh Earl rf Errol, who married Ann, daughter of Patrick Lyon, Earl of Kinghorn, ancestor to the Earl of Strath- more, by whom he had issue a daughter, Margaret, successively married to Henry, Lord Ker, son of Robert, Earl of Ivoxburgh; and John Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis; also a son and heir, Gilbert, twelfth Earl of Errol, who was very active and ser- viceable in the restoration of King Charles 11. to whom he was a privy-counsellor. Dying in 16/4 without issue by his wife, Catha- fine, daughter of James Carnegy, Earl of Southcsk, the title de- scended to Sir John Hay, son of Sir Andrew, who was son of George, youngest son of Andrew, the ninth Earl; which John, thirteenth Earl of Errol, married Lady Ann Drummond, daughter of James, third Earl of Perth, and had Charles, his suc- cessor, Lady Mary, and Lady Margaret. LOtlD HAY. 203 CaAULES, fourteenth Earl of Errol, was a true patriot; anc departing this life, unmarried, A, D. 17^7) was succeeded h dignity and estate by liis said sister, Mary, Cou>fTESS of Errol; who also dying, on September 19th, 1758, without issue by her husband, Alexander Hay, Esc. (which surname he assumed on his marriage), second son of Si" David Falconer, of Newton, Bart, who was President of the Couit of Session, and also father of David, fourth Lord Halkerton^ thi titles and estate, togetht-r with the ofEce of Lord High Constabb of Scotland (which was the only heritable jurisdiction of thjt kingdom, not abolished by act of pafliament, A.D. i7'i7)> tlt- volved upon James, Lord Boyd, heir thereto, by his mother, Anu(, Countess of Kilmarnock, only daughter and child of James Liv- ingston, Farl of Linlithgow and Calendar, by his wife. Lacy Margaret, second daughter of John, thirteenth Earl of Errol, bt- fore mentioned. The said James, Earl of Errol, would have also enjoyed the title of Eal of Kilmarnock, if it had not been for the misfortunes of his fi- mily; and was heir of line, by his mother, to the late Earls of Linlithgow and Calendar, hereditary Keepers of the palace of Linlithgow, {governors of the castle of Blackness, and Sheriff of the county of Stirling. He died April 27th, 1778> and was suc- ceeded by his eldest son, George, nineteenth Earl, who dying without issue, June 14th, 1798, was succeeded by his only brother, William, present and twentieth Earl, who has been twice married, and has two daughters. Having thus brought down the offspring of Sir Gilbert, eldest son of Sir David Hay, and Helen, daughter of David, Earl of Strathern, we bhall now return to William, their second son, pro- genitor of this noble branch of the illustrious house of Errol. The said William obtained, from Alexander III. Kirig of Scotland, ou April 29th, 1251, a charter confirming a grant of two carucates ot land, &:c. in Errol, which had been given by his brother. Sir Gilbert Hay. He was lineal ancestor of Sir Fdmuxd IIay, of A/cIginch (or iMegginchJ, who was a very eminent man in ths time of Jan^ s IV. He is frequently men- tioned in the charters of the family of Errol, of all whose atfairs, in Perthshire, lie had the principal management ; being designed Edmundus de Haya de Mclginch, balivus Comitis de Errol, in 204 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Ihe year 1502. He was succeeded in his estate of Melginch, by his son. Sir Peter Hay^ who was also styled balivus Comitis de Errol, n the reign of James V. from whom be obtained charters, under ihe great seal, of the lands of Inchonne. Sir Peter also got char- ters from Queen Mary, the said King James's successor on the Scottish throne, of the lands of Mureage, of the Kirklands of Errol, &c. He married Margaret, daughter of Crichton, ♦f Ruthven, descended from Sir William Crichton, of Crichton, vho flourished in the reign of King David Bruce, before mentioned, aid was chief of all the Crichtons in Scotland, and ancestor of the lords Viscounts Frendraught. Sir Peter, by the said Margaret, lad three sons. 1. Sir Patrick, bi« heir. 2. Sir James Hay, of Kingask, who was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice 1607, Comptroller of Scotland 16O8, was, h 1609, created Lord Bcwlic, and by Margaret his wife, daugh- terof John Murray, of Polmais, was father of James, Lord Bew- lie, in Scotland, Lord Sawlie, Viscount Doncaster, and Earl of Carlisle, in England, who had a great share of the favour of his Sovereigns, James L and Charles L Kings of Great Britain. " The Earl of Carlisle (says Lord Clarendon), a younger bro- ther of a noble family in Scotland, came into the kingdom with King James^ as a gentleman, under no other character than a per- son well qualified by his breeding in France, and by study in human learning, in which he bore a good part in the entertainment of the King, who much delighted in that exercise; and by these means, and notable gracefulness in his behaviour, and affability, in which he excelled, he had wrought himself into a particular interest with his master, and into greater affection and esteem with the whole English nation, than any other of that country, by choosing their friendships and conversation, and really preferring it to anj^ of his own : insomuch, as upon the King's making him Gentleman of his Bedchamber, and Viscount Doncaster by his royal mediation, in which office he was a most prevalent prince, he obtained the sole daughter and heir of the Lord Denny to be given him in marriage, by which he had a fair fortune in land provided for any issue he should raise, and which his son by that Lady lived long to enjoy. He ascended afterwards, and with the expedition he desired, to the otlier conveniences of the court. He was Groom of the Stole, LORD HAY. 205 and an Earl, and Knight of the Garter; and married a beautiful young lady,'' daughter to the Earl of Northumberland, without any other approbation of her father, or concernment in it, than suffering him and her to come into his presence after they were married. He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any friend- 6hip with the favourites; having credit enough with his Master to provide for his own interest; and he troubled not himself for that of other men; and had no other consideration of money than ior the snpport of his lustre; and whilst he could do that, he cared not for money, having no bowels in the point of running in debt, or borrowing all he could. He was surely a man of the greatest expense in his own person of any in the age he lived j and introduced more of that expense in the excess of clothes and diet than any other man; and was indeed the original of all those inventions from which others did but transcribe copies. He had a great universal understanding, and could have taken as much delight in any other way, if he had thought any other as pleasant and worth his care. But he found business was attended with more rivals and vexations; and he thought with much less plea- sure, and not more innocence. He left behind him the reputa- tion of a very line gentleman, and most accomplished courtier; and after having spent, in a very jovial life, above four hundred thousand pounds, which, upon a strict computation, he received from the Crown, he left not a house, nor an acre of land to be remembered by. And when he had in his prospect (for he was very sharp-sighted, and saw as far before him as most men), the gathering together of that cloud in Scotland, which shortly after covered both kingdoms, he died with as much tranquillity of mind, to all appearance, as used to attend a man of more severe exercise of virtue; and with as little ;ipprehension of death, which he expected many days."'^ He died at Whitehall in 1636. His only son, James, second Earl of Carlisle, died without issue by his wife, Margaret, danghter of Francis, Earl of Bedford, in 1660, on which the titles became extinct. But he had a half-sister. Lady Agnes (whose mother was l^ady Lucy Percy), who married, first. Sir George Preston, of Craigmiller; and, secondly, James, Earl of Glencairn, and had issue. 3. Edmund Hay, who was a gentleman of great knowledge »> The celebrated Lady Lucy Percy, the theme of Waller, and other poets. Her sister married Lord Lisle, afterwards Earl of Leicester. See a curious ac- count of a quarrel between the two husbands in the f>yd»ey Faf/rs, by Collins, c Hist. Reb. I, 61. i06 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. and learning, Professor of the Civil and Canon Law, and Rector to the Scottish college, at Douay. Sir Peter, by the same l,ady, had also two daughters; viz. Catharine, successively wedded to Robert Moncur, of Balumby, and George Drummond, of Blair, Esqrs. and Janet, married to Sir Patrick Murray, of Auchlertyre. Sir Patrick, the eldest son of Sir Peter Hay, of Melginch, was a man of great honour, loyalty, iiitegritv, and worth, and highly esteemed by King James VL By his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvie, of Inchmartin, paternal ancestor to the Earl of Finlater, he was father of three sons. 1. Patrick, his successor in the estate of Melginch, whose male line is now extinct. 2. Sir George Hay, of Kin fauns, created Earl of Kinnoul. And, 3. Peter Hay, of Kirklands of Melginch, of whom afterwards as ancestor of the present Lord Hay. Sir George Hay, of Kinfauns, Jirst Earl cf Kinnoul, the said second son of Sir Patrick Hay, of IVIelginch, had very good natu- ral parts, which, by the care of his father, were improved by a liberal education at home, and in France, where he spent some years under the tuition of the aforesaid p]dmund Hay, his learned uncle; and on his return, when about twenty-one years old, he was brought into the court of King James VL by his kinsman. Sir James Hay, afterwards Earl of Carlisle (before mentioned), with the character of a gentleman, well qualified by his breeding^ and conversing with the Muses, for any service his Majesty should honour him with. By that introduction and his fine accomplish- ments, he so far enagaged the King's esteem, that he soon raised him to be one of the Gentlemen of his bedchamber; honoured him with thv dignity of knighthood; and on February I8lh, 15()S, gave him the dissolved Carthusian priory of Perth, When King James was, by the artifice of John Ruthvcn, third Earl of Gowry, and his brother Alexander, decoyed, on August 5th, lO(K), from Falkland to Perth, Sir George was one of his Miijesty's retinue, and had the honour to be instrumental in res- cuing him from the horrid attempt of those two noblemen, which ended in their de-^truction, and the forfeiture of the dignity and estate of Gowry. The said King well discerning Sir George's great abilities, made him Clerk register of Scotland, A. D. 1016. He continued in that ofilce till \622, when he A\as appointed Lord High Chan- cellor of SiOiland; and acquitted himself in that great and LORD HAY. 207 weighty employment with such integrity and honour, ai recom- mended him to the favour of King Charles I. who created him Lord Viscount Dupplin, and Lord Hay of Kinfauns, on May 4th, 1627. His IvLijesty, as a furtl.'er mark of his favour, advanced him to the dignity of Earl of Kinnoul, on May 25lh, 1()33, with limitation of those honours to his heirs male whatsoever. He enjoyed the Chanc had three sons, 1. George-Henry, seventh Earl of Kinnoul, and first Lord Hay. 2. William, who died without issue. And, 3. Colonel .lohn Hay, of Cromlix, who wedded Marjory, daughter of David Murray, fifth Viscount Stormont, and having engaged in John, Earl of Marr's insurrection, A. D. 1/15, and following the fortunes of the Chevalier de St. George, got from him the title of Earl of Inverness, but died without issue in 1740. His Lord->hip, by the same Lady, had also two daughters; viz. Lady Mary," wedded to John Erskine, the eleventh Earl of Mar, and eighteenth Lord Erskine, by whom she was mother of Thomas Lord Erskine J and Lady Elizabeth, the first wife of James Ogilvie, fifth Earl of Finlater, who by her was father of James, late Earl of Finlater, and of two daughtersj viz. Lady Margaret, wife of Sir Lodowick Grant, of Grant, Bart, who has issue by herj and Lady Anne, married to John Hope, second Earl of Hopeton. His Lordship departed this life in January, 1719j and was suc- ceeded by his eldest son, Gkorge HfcSRY, seventh Earl of Kinnoul, &c, and first Lord Ha\ 0/ Pedwardin, who, when a commoner, and bearing the title of Viscount DuppUn, was returned a member for Fowey, in Cornwall, to the third parliament of Great Britain, summoned to meet at Westminster, on November 'i.jlh, l/lOj and the year ^fter being made one of the Tellers of the Exchequer, a writ was ordered, December 8th, 1/11, lor a new election, and he n-as re- f Seymoui's Survey, Vol. I. YOL. V]|, P 210 pe£:rage of England. chosen. He continued to sit for that borough, until her Majesty Queen Anne, in consideration of his Lordship's great merits and services, was pleased to create him a Baron of Great Britain, by the title of Lobd Hay, Bakon Hay of Pedwardin, in com. Hereford, by letters patent, bearing date on January 1st, 1712,? 10 Queen Anne. In January 17I8-I9, his Lordship succeeded his father in the earldom of Kinnoul; and by George IL was ap- pointed ambassador extraordinary to the Grand Seignior at Con- stantinople; from whence he returned the latter end of the year 1737, and died July 29th, 1758. His Lordship married, in l/Op, the Lady Abigail, '' second daughter of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain; and by her Ladyship (who died, and was buried at Broadsworth-hall, near Doncaster, oa July 16th, 1750), had four sons, and six daughters. 1, Thomas, second Lord Hay, &c. 2. Robert Hay, D.D. Archbishop of York, who took the name and arms of Drummond, as heir of entail to his great-grand- father, William Drummond, Viscount of Slrathallan, beforemen- tioned. He was appointed one of his Majesty's chaplains in ordi- nAry, in 173/; and a prebendary of Westminster in 1743. In 1748, he was consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph; from whence he was, on May 30ih, 1/61, tran«lated to the see of Salisbury, from which he was promoted, on September 19th, to the archbishopric of York, and sworn of his Majesty's pi ivy-council on November 7th, the same year. His Grace married Henrietta, daughter and coheir of Peter Auriol, of London, merchant, by whom, besides thrte sons, Williara-Auriol, Henry-Auriol, and Thomas; and two daughters, both named Henrietla-Auriol, who died infants, he had issue the following children, who all take the name of Auriol Drummond, viz. 1. Abigail, born March 23d, 1750, and died in August, 1766. 2. Robert-Auriol, born March ISlh, 1751, late Earl. 3. Peter-Auriol, born January 21st, 1754, and married, '28lh November, l77->> f^t Kroadworth, com. Ebor. by special licence, to Bridget, the only daughter of Pemberton Milnes, of V\aktlieid, in Yorkshire, Esq. and dird without issue, March 21st, 1799. 4. John-Auriol, born July 4tli, 175(i, and was lost in the Beaver, prize ship of war, in October, 178O. 5. Edward- Aurii'l, 1). D. in Holy Orders, a King's chaplain, t PcJ.of Milnts. h Ibid. LORD HAY. 2fl t'rebendary o^ York, and Rector of Hadley, Suffolk, bom April loth, 1758; married, December 12th, 1782, Elizabeth DeVisme, daughter of De Visme, Esq. by whom (who died February J 4th, l/yO), he had issue, Edward-William, born April 4th, 1785; Henrietta, born March 30th, 1/88. He married, secondly. May 24tb, 1791, Miss Amelia Auriol, by whom he had Amelia, boin in July 1795. 6. George-William-Auriol, A.M. in Holy Orders, Prebendary of York, and Vicar of Broadsvvorth, Yorkshire,' born March 13lh, 1761, lost by shipwreck off the coast of Devon, December 7th, 1807; married, April Tith, 1785, Elizabeth-Margaret, daughter of the late Sir Samuel Marshal, by whom (who died February 15th, 1799) he had Robert-William, born January 9th, 1786} Henrietta -Elizabeth, born December 1st, 17S6; and Alexander, born February 4th, 1797- His Grace died on December 10th, \']Ti ; his Lady departed this life on April 22d, 1773. 3. John Haj', A.M. of Christ-church, Oxon, Rector of Ep- worth, in co. Lincoln, by the King's gift, pleno jure; who was born in 1719^ and died unmarried in 1751. His excellent quali- ties and fine parts are elegantly described in a Latin inscription on a marble monument, erected in the cloisters of Westminster- abbey, by his brothers, the Earl of Klnnoul and Archbishop of York. 4. Edward Hay, born June 3d, 1/22, who was, in 1/52, ap- pointed his Majesty's Consul at Cadiz, and Consul-general in Portugal, A. D. 1754. He was constituted B>nvoy-extraordinary to his Portuguese Majesty in 1757; a»d Plenipotentiary to the same Monarch in 1762. He was afterwards Governor of Bar- badoes, and died in January 178O. He married October 8th, 1752, Mary, daughter of Peter Flower, of London, merchant, by whom he hath issue, three sons, and three daughters) viz. 1. Hen- rietta, born August 20th, 1753; married Isaac Hawkins Rrowne, Esq. of Badger, co. Salop, M. P. and died in 1802. 2. Mary, born July 25th, 1/54; married the late Dr. Lewis Bagot, Bishop of St. Asaph, who died 1802. 3. Margaret, born October 20th, 1755. 4. Edward, born May 19th, 175/; married to Elizabeth, daughter of William WagstalTe, Es(]. of Manchester, who died October 24th, I/pS. 5. Thomas, born April 14th, 1759; mar- ' He was author ot' a vclunic of ingenious Poems; and edited his fjther'i Sei .ijoiis. il2 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ried to Anne, daughter of Bragge, Esq. of Clevedale, co. Gloucester. And, 6 William-Robert, born December 3d, 1761 ; married to Mary, daughter of William WagstafFc, Esq. of Man- chester. His Lordship's six daughters were, the Ladies Margaret, Eliza- beth, Ann, Abigail, tienrietta, married (on July 30th, 1/54) to Robert Roper, of Trimden in the county of Durham, LL.D. and Chancellor of that diocese, and died in October 1798} and Mary, wedded on August 5th, 1758, to Dr. John Hume,'' then Bishop t)f Oxford, and Dean of St. Paul's, but afterwards translated to Salisbury; who died 26th June, and was buried 6th July, 1782, in Salisbury cathedral, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.' His Lordship lived to a great age, and died on July 29th, 1758; leaving his titles and estate to his eldest son, Thomas, aforesaid. Thomas, eighth Earl of Kinnoul, and second Lord Hay, was born in 1710- In his father's lifetime (when he bore the title of Viscount DupplinJ, he served for the town of Cambridge in the 9th, 10th, and 11th parliaments of Great Britain, respec- tively summoned in 1741, 1747^ and 1754> and in the two last was chairman of the committee of privileges and elections. In May, 1741, his Lordsihip was appointed one of the commissioners of the revenue in Ireland; and, on November 22d, 17-46, com- missioner of Trade and the Plantations. In 1754, he was consti- tuted one of the Lords of the Treasury; and in 1/55, joint Pay- master-general of his Majesty's guards, garrisons, and land forces. On January 24th, 1758, his Lordship was declared Chancellor of the duchy and county-palatine of Lancaster, and on the 27th was sworn a member of his Majesty's Privy-council. He was also, in the same month, chosen Recorder of Cambridge^ and on Novem- ber 27th, 1759, was nominated Ambassador-extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the court of Portugal, from whence he returned to England in November, the year following. When the present King ascended the throne, on October 25t!i, 176O, his Lordship was continued as a Privy-counsellor, and in the office of Chancel- lor of the duchy and county-palatine of Lancaster ; but voluntarily resigned the latter in December, 1762. His Lordship was aNo Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews. In the latter part of life his Lordship retired to his seat in Scotland, and amused himself with planting, and other rural improvements, benelici^il to himself and to his country. " 1 was delighted (says his friend, t P 10 Queen Anne; Viscount Dupplin, May 4th (l627), 3 Car. I.] and Earl of Kinnoul, May 26th (1633^, 9 Car. L Jrms. Quarterly, first and fourth. Azure, an unicorn saliant. Argent, armed, crested, and unguled. Or, within a Border, Or, charged with eight half thistles, proper, and as many demi-roses. Gules, leaved, barbed, and seeded, proper, joined together, per pale, upon one stem, granted by way of augmentation to the fa- mily, when advanced to the rank of Earls; the unicorn and bor- der being part of the royal achievement of Scotland, and the thistles and roses conjoined, representing the union of the two crowns, in the person of King James L Second and third. Argent, three escutcheons. Gules, for Hay. Crest. On a wreath, an husbandman couped at the knees, ha- bited in dark grey, with russet breeches, a red waistcoat, and Scotch bonnet. Azure, holding over his right shoulder a double ox-yoke, proper. Supporters. Two husbandmen, habited as the crest, their stockings russet, and shoes brown; the dexter bearing over hi» shoulder the culter of a plough, and the other the plough paddle, all proper. Motto. Renovate Animos. Chief Seats. At Dupplin-house, and Balhousie, near Pert^, iq, the kingdom of Scotland. LORD MIDDLETON. 215 WILLOUGEIBY, LORD MIDDLETON. Having, under the title of Baroness Willoughby of Eresby, observed, that Sir Christopb.er Willoughby, Knight of the Bath, by Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir William Jenney, of Knots- hall, in com. Suffolk, Knt. had issue five sonsj whereof Williamj the eldest (on the failure of issue male of John, Lord Wells), had the title of Lord Willoughby, in 14 Henry VIL and that from Christopher, the second son, descended the Lords Willoughby of Parham; and that Thomas, the youngest son, was ancestor to the present Lord Middleton, I now come to treat of him. The said Thomas Willoughby,"* was made serjeant at law in 13 Henry \'III.^' constituted King's serjeant ; and, having received the honour of knighthood, ' was advanced to be Lord Chief Justice uf the Common- pleas, on October 2pth, 'ig Henry VJIL He married '' Bridget, daughter and heir to Sir Robert Read,'' of Bore-place in Chidingstone, in Kent, Knt. King's serjea»t, and afterwards a Justice of the Common-pleas. He was married to her^ in 2 Henry VHL and died on September 2Qi\\, 1545, 37 Henry VTIL leaving Robert, his heir, then thirty-four years of age, who was seated at Bore-place. He wedded Dorothy, daughter of Sir Edward Willonghby,'? of IVhllaton, in the county of Nottingham, Knt. and had issu^ a Dugd. Chron. Series, p. Sr. ^ r^at. iz H. VIII. p i. « Pat. 2y H. VIIl. p. I. d £x S:eminate, '^ See Haitcd's Kent, I. 405. II. Z4'j, &c. f Coli's Esc. lib. 5. No. 64. A. 16. p. 41. in Bibl. Harley, % This was i dirTereni family from liis own, and bore different arms; vii. thrti ■u-attr-hent called in the reign of King James I. and died about the beginning of the civil war, leaving the estate to his eldest son, Sir Francis Willoughby, who, dying in the year 1665, left issue by his wife, the Lady Cassandra, daughter to I'homas Ridg- way. Earl of Londonderry, in Ireland, one son, Francis Willough- by, Esq. and two daughters; Lettice, married to Sir Thomas Wendy, of Haslingfield, in Cambridgeshire, Knight of the Bati; and Catharine, to Clement Winstanley, Esq. W^hich Francis Willoughby, Esq. was justly admired both at home end abroad for his enyinent virtues and knowledge in all degrees of learning,'^' He was, from his childhood, addicted to study, and, when he came to the use of reason, so great a husband of his time, that he let slip no opf>ortunities of improving himself, detesting no vice more than idleness; and addicting his studies chiefly to those sciences which were most abstruse, had a deep insight in the Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Observing, in the busy and inquisitive age he lived in, that the history of animals had in a great measure been neglected, he made the study thereof his province, applying himself closely to the illustrating of it. For that end he made a voyage into foreign countries, in company with the famous Mr. John Ray, to peaich out and de- scribe the several species of nature; and ihough he was not long abroad, yet he travelled over most pan of Fiance, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the Low Countries; in all which places he was so out lES'.ie male, th: title became extinct. Anne, his S'.le daughter and heir, mar- tied Sir Thomas Aston, of Astou, co. Chest. Bart, by uhotn he h^d Sir Wil- ioughby /\ston, Barr. &c." ^ Phiipot's C^t. of Knts. i Thoroton's An(iq. of Nott. p. 213. k Ibid. 1 Ex Collect. B. Willis, armig. " Wood's Fasti Oxon. Vol. II, p. 816. 218 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. diligent and successful, that not many sorts of animals, described by others, escaped his observation. He drew them out with a pencil, and they were afterwards, with great curiosity, engraven on copper-plates, at the ch.^rge of his relict, Emma, daughter of Sir Henry Bernard, Knt. and printed with this title: Ornilho- logue lihri tres: in quihus aves omnes hactenus cognittB in met/io- dum, naturis suis convenientem redactce, accurate describuntur, descriptioncs iconibus elegantissimis, ei vivarum avium similli- miSfCeri incisis illustrantur, Lond, 1676. Viewed, corrected, and digested into order, by John Ray, Fellow of the Royal Society." Afterwards translated into English, with an appendix added to it, by the said Mr. Ray, Lond, 1678. He also wrote a piece, en- titled. Historic Piscium libri quatuor, &c. Oxon. 1686', which ■work was with great pains viewed, reviewed, made fit for use, and the two first books entirely completed, by the said eminent virtuoso, Mr. Rayj and adorned with very many cuts of several sorts of fishes, never before known in England, He had likewise published a letter, containing some considerable observations about that kind of wasps called Ichneumones, &c. dated August 24th, iS/l. See in the Philosophical Transactions, No, 76, p. 2279. And another letter, about the hatching a kind of bee lodged in old willows, dated July 10th, 1671, See in the said Transactions, No, 74, p. 2221. He had, of the gift of Sir Wil- liam Willoughby, the lordaliip of South Muskham, in Notting- hamshire; and, by his last will, ordered a monument to be erected for the said Sir William, in WoUaton church, Nottinghamshire, with the following inscription in black capitals, on a white marble : This monument is here placed in memory of Sir William Willoughby, of Selston, in the county of Nottingham, Baronet, who gave the lordship of South Muskham, in the county of Nottingham, to his kinsman, Francis Willoughby, of W^oUaton, Esq. By whose order in his will, this is here set up by Sir Thomas Willoughby, his son, that Sir Wil- liam's kindness therein may be ever acknowledged by the family. He married Margaret, the sole daughter of George Abbot, Esq. by whom he left no issue. He died at Selston Feb, 10, 1670, in the 50th year of his age. " See Pennanr'a Life and Works. LORD MIDDLETON. 2ig The said Francis Willoughby, Esq. was not only famed for his great learning, but was a gentleman of eminent humility, sobriety, temperance, exemplary chastity, justness, constancy, charity, and all other virtues that could adorn a man; and died, to the great reluctancy of all curious and inquisitive persons, especially those of the Royal Society (of which he was a member and orna- ment), to his friends, and all good men that knew him, and the great loss of the commonwealth of learning, crn July 3d, 1672, aged thirty-seven years. He left issue by Emma his wife, daugh- ter and coheir of Sir Henry Bernard, Knt.'^ before mentioned, two sons, Francis and Thomas; also a daughter, Cassandra, late Du- chess of Chandos.P Francis, his eldest son and heir, was created a Baronet, with remainder to Thomas, his brother, on April 7th, I677; and dying unmarried, in the twentieth year of his age, anno 1688, the title and estate devolved on the said Thomas, who was afterwards created Lord Middleton. Which Tho»as, first Lord Middleton, whilst he was a commoner, served in six several parliaments in the reigns of King William and Queen Anne, as one of the Knights of the shire for the county of Nottingham, and was member for the borough of Newark: and Queen Anne, in consideration of his great merits, advanced him to the dignity of a Baron of Great Britain, by the style and title of Lord Middleton, by letters-patent, dated Ja- nuary 1st, 1712, 10 Queen Anne; being the fifth of the ten raised to that rank by patents of the same date. His Lordship married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir to Sir Richard Rothwell, of Stapleford, in the county of Leicester, Bart, by whom he had issue four sons. 1 . Francis, the second Lord Middleton. 2. Thomas, of whom hereafter, as ancestor to the present Lord Middleton. 3. Rothwell, 4. Henry, who died unmarried. His Lordship departed this life on April 2d, 1/29, ^nd was succeeded by his eldest son, Francis, second Lord Middleton, who, whilst a com- moner, served in the last parliament of Queen Anne for the county ° They wsre married at Biidgenorth, in 1667. The other daughter married James, eighth Lord Chandos. Sir Henry lies buried in the little church of Acoiibury, in Herefordshire, where the Chandos family then h»d a 5e*t. f First gousin to her husband. 220 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. of Nottingham j and also in the first of George I, He likewise served for Taraworth, in the succeeding parliament summoned to meet on May lOth^ 1722. His Lordship, ©n July 25th, 1/23, married Mary, second daughter to Thomas Edwards, of Filkins, in Oxfordshire, Esq. member for Bristol in the last parliament of Queen Anne, and for Wells, in Somersetshire, in the last parlia- ment of George I. and the first of George II. and by her Lady- ship, who died on March 12th, 1/62, he had issue, 1. Francis, third Lord Middleton. 2. Thomas; and a daughter, who deceased young, and was buried at Middleton. His Lordship died at Bath on August 1st, 1758, and was suc- ceeded, in his titles and estate, by his eldest son, above men- tioned. Francis, third Lord Middleton, who died unmarried De cember 15th, 1774, and was succeeded by his brother, Thomas, fourth Lord Middleton, who was born 19th De- cember, 1728, and married on April 14th, 1770> to , daugh- ter of Chadwick, Esq, He died ipth January, 1/81 3 was buried at Wollaton S. P. and his widow remarried, on January 14th, 178S, Edward Miller Mundy,'i Esq. M. P. for Derbyshire, and died June 29th, 1789. Francis, third Lord Middleton, dying, December 2d, 1/80, without issue, and there being no male issue remaining from Francis, the eldest son of Thomas, first Lord Middleton, we must return to Thomas, his Lordship's second son. Which Thomas, who became seated at Birdsall, in the county of York, was born June 11th, 1694, was elected representative in parliament for the University of Cambridge, on December 19th, 1720, in the room of Dr. Thomas Paske, deceased; also in the succeeding parliament, which was summoned to meet on May 10th, 1722: and was a member for the borough of Tamworth (of which he was High Steward), in the county of Stafford, in the parliament summoned in 1727. He was married, in 17195 ^^ Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Southeby, of Bird- sall aforesaid} and by her (who was buried at Birdsall, April 25th, 1752, as himself Avas on December Gth, 17-12) had issue, five sons and four daughters. 1. Thomas, born £t York, and baptized in that cathedral, April 16th, 1722, but died at Nottingham, unmarried, and was buried at Wollaton, April 12th, 17^8. S By him she had an only daughter, rrwrricii, in 1S07, to the present Duke of Newcastle. LORD MIDDLETON. 221 2. Henry, the lifth Lord Middleton^ as will be seen below. 3. Francis Willoughby, of Hasseley, in the county of Notting- ham, Esq. who was born at York, and baptized in the cathedral there on March 8th, 1/2/, and married at Austerfield, in the parish of Blythe, in Nottinghamshire, on May 25th, 17G2, to Octavia, daughter and coheir of Francis Fisher, of Lincolnshire, Esq. by whom he had issue two sons 5 Digby, baptized at Har- worth, in the county of Nottingham, November 2f)th, 17^9, appointed a Master and Commander .in the Royal Navy, 1802} and Francis, baptized at Harworth, March 31st, 1771; also a daughter, Jane, baptized in the chapel of Bawtry, in the parish of Blythe, September 7th, 1767. 4. Rothwell, who died August 28th, 1764, unmarried, and was buried at Birdsall. 5. James, Rector of Guiseley, in Yorkshire, and married at St. Michael Belfray, in co. York, November 4th, 1772, to Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Hobson, of Kirkby Moreside, in Yorkshire, by whom he had issue, Henry, born 15th, and bap- tized 19th December, 178O, at Guiseley (three other sons, who died infants), and a daughter, Elizabeth, born 24th, and baptized 28th February, 1 774, at St. Michael's le Belfray. The four daughters of the above Thomas Willoughby, Esq. and Elizabeth Southtby his wife, were, Cassandra, who died unmar- ried, and was buried at Birdsall, January 23d, 1/50; Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Edmund Garforth; Emme, married to the Rev. Nathaniel Hodgson, of Appleton le Street, in Yorkshire, and died at Ganthorpe, in that county, November 11th, 1781 ; and Antonia, wife of the Rev. Henry Hewgill, of Saieaton, in Yorkshire. Henky, fifth Lord Middleton, was born at York, De- cember lyth, 1726, and baptized in that cathedral on January 4th following; and having succeeded 10 the estate at Birdsall, on his father's death, served the office of High Sheriff of the eouuly of York, in 1757. On December 25tli, 1756, he was married at Gartun, in that county, to Dorothy, d.aughier aiul coheir of George Cartwright, of Ossington, in Nottinghamshire, Esq. by Mary hii; wife, daughter of John, and sisier and coheir to John I)igb\-, of iMansticld WoodhiAise, in tiie .same county, E^c}. by whom hii Lordship had issue one son, Henry, piesenl Pcc.r. And tiirec dauglitcrs; viz, l^orothy, born at Y(;rk, July l.'Jtli, 1758, and baptized in the cathedral 17th August luliuwing ; 222 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. married, November 24th, 1784, Richard Langley, Esq ; Henrietta, born at York, June 30th, and baptized in the cathedral, July 29th, 3766^ married. May '25th, 1787, the Hon. Richard Lumley Sa- ville, now Earl of Scarborough j and Cassandra, born at York, April 1st, 1770, baptized in the cathedral May 9th following, and buried at Birdsall, on the 17th of the same month.' His Lordship died June 14th, 1800( and was succeeded by his only son, Henrv, present and sixth Lord Middleton. His Lordship was born April 24th, 176I, at York, and bap- tized in the cathedral there. May 28th following. In March 1/83, he was appointed Colonel of the Nottinghamshire militia, which he afterwards resigned. His Lordship married, August 21st, 1793, Jane, daughter of the late Sir Robert Lawley, Bart, but has at present no issue. Titles. Henry Willoughby, Lord Middleton, and Baronet. Creations. Baronet, on April 7th, 1677, 29 Car. II.; Baron of Middleton (the name of a town), in com. War, on December 31st (1711), 10 Queen Anne. Arms. Quarterly, first and fourth, Or, fretty, Azure, for Wil- loughby of Parham, and Eresbyj second and third. Or, on two bars. Gules, three water-bougets. Argent, for Willoughby of Mid- dleton, and WoUaton. Crest. On a wreath, the bust of a man, coupcd and affrontee, proper, crowned ducally, Or. Supporters. On the dexter side, a Pilgrim, or Grey Fryer, in his habit, proper, with his beads, cross, &c. and a staff in his right hand. Argent. On the sinister, a Savage with a clnt) in his exterior hand, wreathed about his temples and middle with ivy, all proper; each supporter holding a banner, Gules, fringed. Or, ensigned with an owl, Ar_gent, gorged with a ducal coronet, col- lared and chained, Orj the owl being the crt^t of Willoughby of Middleton, and Wollaion. Motto. Veuite sans peuk. Chief Scats. At Wollntnn-hall, in Xotlinghainshirej and at Middleton, in the county of Warwick. I Ptdi^r: t j-roved in ;h-: llous: of Lords. LORD KING. 223 KING, LORD KING, That the study and practice of the laws hath in all ages been reputed honourable, and that many have been raised thereby to the highest employments in the state, is evident from many ex- amples, both ancient and modern, among which I am now to treat of Peter, Lord King, Baron of Ockham, son and heir of Jerome King, of the city of Exeter, * descended from a genteel family of the name in Somersetshire. Which Peter, Lord King, was born at Exeter, loop. His father was a grocer and salter there; and though of considerable substance, and descended of a good family, resolved to bring up his son to his own trade. For this purpose he confined him to his shop for some years: but the son's bent to learning surmounted his situation, and caused him to devote all his leisure hours to study, by which he became an excellent scholar before the world suspected it. His maternal uncle, the celebrated John Locke, surprised at his prodigious attainments, advised him to perfect his studies at Leyden, and to pursue the law, Mr. King, accord- ingly, entered himself of the Inner Temple, and soon made a rapid progress in that profession: but not without having, in the inte- rim, diilinguished himself by publishing " An Inquiry into the Cunslitutlon, Discipline, Unity, and JVbrship, of the Primitive Church, thai flourished within the first three hundred years after Christ, faithfully collected out of the extant writings of those ages," 1(JQ\, at which time be was only twenty-two years old. In iG-gQ, }ie was returned n;iember of parliament for Beer- Alston, in De- vonshire; for which place he also sat during the five succeeding » Fx Inform. Pet. i.up Dora. King. 224 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. parliaments, in the reign of Queen Anne. But he did not neglect his old studies J he published, " The HislQry of the uipostlcs' Creed" 1702. In the first year of George I. (in Michaelmas term, 1714) he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Common-pleas; and on April 5th following, was sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy- council. Also, in consideration of his great merits, was created, on May 29th, 1725, a Peer of this kingdom, by the style and title of Lord King, Baron of Ockham, in the county of Surrey, and on June 1st, ^725, declared Lord High Chancellor of Eng- land; and was one of the Lords Justices for the administration of the government during his Majesty's absence. He was again, on May 31st, 1727, appointed one of the Lords Justices; and, on the demise of George I. the great seal was on June 15th, 1727, delivered to him by his successor, George IL and his Lordship took the oath of Lord Chancellor. He had likewise a pension of 6OOOI. a year, payable out of the post-office; and departing this life on Monday, July 22d, 1734, at his seat at Ockham, in Surrey, was interred in the parish church there, on the 29th of the same month; where a monument is erected to his memory, with a fine marble statue of his Lordship, and an inscription on a marble pe- destal, relating these farther particulars: He was lorn in the city of Exeter, of worthy and sub- stantial parents; hut with a genius greatly superior to his birth. By his industry, prudence, learning, and virtue, lie raised himself to the highest character and reputation, and to the highest posts and dignities. He applied himself to his studies in the Inner Temple ; and to an exact and complete knowledge in all the parts and history of the laiv, added the most extensive learning, theological and civil. He was chosen a member of the fiouse of commons in the year l(5gi}; Recorder of the City of London in the year l/OS; made Chief Justice of the Covimon Pleas 1714: o« the accession of King George I. created Lord Kinn, Boron of Ockham, and raised to the post and dignity of Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, 172,5. Under the labour and fatigues of u'hich u'cighiy place, sinking into n paralytic disease, he resigned it November 2C)th, 1733; and died July 22c/, 1734, aged sixty -five. A friend to true religion and liberty. Ih- married Anne, daughter of Richard Seys, LORD KING. 225 of Boverton, in Glamorganshire, Esq. with whom he lived to the day of his death in perfect love and happi' ness. And left issue by her four sons, John, now Lord King; Peter, William, and Thomas; and two daugh- ters, Elizabeth and Anne. He is not supposed to liave made such a figure, as Chancellor, as was expected from the character that raised him to it; and it is said that more of his decrees were repealed by the House of Lords, than of any other chancellor's in the same space of time. However, he took extraordinary pains in the discharge of his office, which impairing his constitution by degrees, brought hina. at last into a paralytic disorder; and his distemper increasing, he resigned the seals, November 26th, 1733, and died July 22d, 1/34, aged sixty-five. John, his eldest son and heir, who succeeded him in honour and estate, as second Lord King, was appointed Out-Ranger of his Majesty's Forest of Windsor, on July 1st, I 726; and was a mfember for Lannceston (nlias Dunivid), in Cornwall, in the first parliament called by George II. and elected for the city of Exeter, and also for Launceston, in the parliament summoned to meet on June 13th, 1734; but succeeded to the peerage, before it met for the dispatch of business. His Lordship, in May, 1726, married Elizabeth, daughter to Robert Fry, of Yarty, in the county of Devon, Esq. which Lady departed this lite in the twenty-third year of her age, on January 28th, 1733-4, leaving no issue, and was buried at Ockham. And his Lordship, after- wards, being in an ill state of health, was advised, for change of air, to go to Portugal; but in his voyage to Lisbon, departed this life, on board his Majesty's ship the Ruby, on February 10th, 1739-40, and was buried at Ockham. Whereupon die honour and estate descended to Peter, his brother, third Lord King, who, on April 1 8th, 1740, was appointed Out-ranger of Windsor forest, in the room of his said brother, John, Lord King; and dying on March 22d, 1754, unmarried, was buried at Ockham; being succeeded in the honour and estate by his brother William. AVhich William, fourth Lord King, was Cursitor of Lon- don and Middlesex, but died unmarried, April lO'ih, 1 7O7, and was buried at Ockham; and the honour descended to his bro- ther, VOL. VII. a 226 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Thomas, born March igtb, 1/12, fifth Lord King. In 1/34, he married Wilhelmina Catherina, daughter of JohnTroyc, one of the Sovereign Council of Brabant, and by her, who died June 3d, 1/84, he had issue, 1. Peter, sixth Lord Ring. 2. Thomas, born in London, April 1 Ith, 1740; died June 26th, ^779- 3. Ann, born at Delft, January 10th, 1735 j died October 3d, 1797. 4. Wilhelmina, born at the Hague, March 4th, 1738; married in 1784, Admiral George Murray, uncle to the Duke of Athol, and died December 29th, 1795. His Lordship dying April 24th, 1779> ^g^^ sixty-seven, vv^as succeeded by his eldest son, Peter, sixth Lord King, who was born at the Hague, Oc- tober 6th, 1736, and married in December, 1774, Charlotte, daughter of the late Edward Tedcroft, of Horsham, in Surrey, Esq. and by her had issue, 1. Peter, the present Peer. 2. William, born February 24th, 178O; died December 3d, 179s. 3. George, born January 28th, 1/83; married, in November 1808, Miss Tedcroft, daughter of Nathaniel Tedcroft, Esq. of Horsham, in Sussex. His l,ordship died November 23d, 1793, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Petek, present and seventh Lord King; who was born Au- gust 31st, 1775. His Lordship married. May 26th, 1804, Lady Hester Fcirtescue, daughter of Hugh, present Earl Fortescue, by whom he has issue, 1. A daughter, born May 2d, I8O6. 2. Another daughter, born November 27th, I8O7. His Lordship is an ingenious man, and has shewn himself emi- nent in the science of political arithmetic.'' Title. Peter King, Lord King, Baron of Ockham. Creation. Lord King, Baron of Ockham, in Surrey, May 29th, (1725), 11 George L •' See his Thoughls oti the Restrictions of Payment in Specie at the Banks sf England and Ireland. London, 1803, Svo. reviewed in Edinb. Revitw, II. 402. LORD KING. 227 Arms. Sable, three spears heads, Argent, the points sanguine: on a chief, Or, as many battle-axes. Azure. Crest. On a wreath a dexter arm couped ^t the elbow, habited. Azure, adorned with three spots. Or, the cufF turned up, grasping a truncheon of a spear. Sable, the head Argent. Supporters. Two English mastiffs reguajdant, proper, each having a plain collar, Giiles. Motto. Labor ipse voluptas. Chief Seat. At Ockham, in the county of Surrey. 228 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. MONSON, LORD MONSON. 1 HE surname of this noble family, according to some antiqun- ries, is derived from the German word, Muntz, i. e. Money, in English; or Numraus, in Latin; and according to others, from Muntzum, which in the German language signities Rich. Sir William Monson^ the Admiral, in the reign of Queen Eli- zabeth, dedicating the account of his services to his son. Sir William Monson, recites, that his ancestor had an ancient house called after his name; and an old pedigree of this family derives the present Lord Monson, of whom I am now to treat, from John Monson, Mounson, or Munson, as variously wrote in ancient times. Which John was living in 1378, and denominated of East Reson, in Lincolnshire. He left issue, John, his son and heir, who was in the wars of France, under that victorious monarch. King Henry V. in the fifth year of his reign, "* wherj he had letters of safe conduct going into Normandy. He left another, John Moxson, who took to wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William H.uisard, Knt. and had issue Sir John Monson, of South Carlton, in the county of Lincoln, Knt. Which Sir John Munson lies buried in South Carlton church, under a marble tomb, whereon arc the effigies in brass, of a knight and his lady, and the arms of Monson impaling gules, three water-budgets ermine, for Meers, with this inscription: Hie jacet Johannes Monson, Miles, qui oliit 26 die Mail unfio dom. 1542, ct Dorothea uxor ejus, tsfc. a Rot. Norm. 5 Hen. V. m. 1.;. LORD MONSON. 22^ He had by a former wife, Beatrix, daughter of — Thurst, merchant, a son, Thomas, who was of South Kelsey, and had many children, but left no issue male.)'' By the Lady mentioned in the inscription, daughter of Meers, of the Marsh, he had three sons. 1. William. 2. Robert Munson, of Belton. And, 3. George, of Northrop, in com. Lincoln. William, the eldest son and heir, with his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Tirwhit, of Kettelby, in Lincolnshire, Knt. lie buried at Carlton, with the following inscription to their memory : Hie jacet Willielmus Munson, arm. qui oliit 15"^ die Octohris, anno 1558, el Elizahetha uxor ejus,Ji/ia Rolerti Tirwhit, militis, qui ohiit 8"' die Octohris, anno domini 1546, ^c. They had issue ^ three sons. 1. John, his heir. 2. Robert, presently mentioned. And, 3. George, who, by marriage with the daughter and heir of Robert Fermery, of Northorp, in com. Lincoln,' became possessep of that estate, and left issue, Robert, his son and heir, born in 15/1, and married to Mary, sister to William Tirwhit, of Ketleby-, in com. Lincoln j but his estate was afterwards possessed by An- thony, a younger son of Sir John Monson, son of John, eldest son of William, Robert, second son of the said William, was brought up in the study of the laws in Lincoln's-Inn,'* of which he was Autumn reader in / Eliz. whereunto none but persons of great learning were elected; and in 1572, 14 Eliz.^ Avas, by special mandate of the Queen, in Michaelmas term, elected Serjeant at Law, in or- der to be constituted one of the Judges of the Common-pleas,'" ^ This seems a mistakp, according to a passage in Sir W. Monson'i dedica- tion to his Naval Tracts, hereaftfr cited; where it is observed, that " the son of John, and nephew of Wiiliam, became disabcdii-n', negligent, and prodi^^^^id; and spent all his patrimony, so chat in conclusion, he anJ his son ex'.injju'shed their house, and there now remains no memory of them." ^ Ex Cnllecr. Oreg. King. Lane. Fecial. •* Dugd.iie's Origines Juridic. p. 23^. * Pat. i.^ F.liz. p. S. et D'jgd. Chron. S;r:es, p. 93. * Pat. 14 ElrZ. ^. 7, 230 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. which he was, by patent dated October 31st, that year. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Dyson, Esq. and dying without issue on September 23d, 1583, was buried in the cathe- dral of Lincoln, in the middle ayle of which church is his grave-stone, with the following inscription engraved on a brass plate : Quern tegat hoc marmor si forte requiris (Amice) Lunam cum Phoebo jungito, nomen babes. Luce Patrum clarus, proprio sed lumine major De Gemina merito nomina luce capit. Largus, doctus, amans, aluit, coluit, recreavit Musas, jus, vinctos, sumptibus, arte, domo. Tempora Iseta Deus, post tempora nubila misit, Laeta dedit sancte, nubila ferre pie. Et tulit et vicit, super et sua lamina vectus Fulget apud superos stella beata face. Circumscriptio ejusdera tumuli. His jacet Robertus Monson, nuper unus Justic. dc Communl Banco, qui duxit in ux.orem Elizabethain, filiam et haeredem Johannis Dyson, armigeri, et obiit die 23 Septembris, A. D. 1583, Sine exilu de corpore suo, prsedicta Elizabetha superstite quae hoc suis sump- tibus fieri fecit. John, his elder brother, was wrote, John Munson, sejiior, Esq. in 32 Henry VIIL when he was possessed of lands in Bekyngham and Boyle, in com. Nottingham. He married Mary, daughter to Sir Robert Hussey, of Blankney, in com. Line, and coheir to her mother, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir William Say, Knt. by whom he had issue two daughters and four sonsj viz. 1 . Robert, who died without issue. 2. Sir John. 3. George Munson, of Southam, Ksq. And, 4. William-George, who, by Eleanor his wife, had issue two sons, Robert, baptized at North Carlton, on January 27th, 15/ I ; and George, baptized at the same place, on June 29th, 15/8; in which year (according to their stile), his tather deceased, and was buried in Nortli Carlton, on March 21st, 1578. A memorial in the church of South Carltcn, gives this account of ilrt death of Jc.hn Munson, Esq. LORD MONSON. 231 Hie jacet Johannes Munson, Jilius et hcercs apparent Willielini Munson, arm. qui oliit 17" die Novemlris anno domini 1552. Sir John Munson, second son of the said John (anJ eldest surviving), succeeded in the inheritance at Carlton. He was knighted at Greenwich in 28 Eliz. and likewise lies buried at South Carlton, and a monument is erected there to his memory. The crest to his arms s is a Moon griping the Sun, Or: and his motto, P res i pour mon pais. The inscription is as follows: ^ternitati sacrum, et beatissimae memoriae Johannis Monson, eq. aur, Johannis Monson, armigeri, ex Maria, Rob. Husseii, eq. aur. filia filii; Janne insupcr Diglitonae, Rob. Dightoni, arm. iiliae, coiijuge ejus; Oi qua xiii liberos sustulit, mares vii^ Johannem, Thomam, eq. aur. Guliel, eq. aur. Rob. Rober. alte- ram, eq. aur. Anthon. et Joann. fosminas item vi. Elizabetham, Jocosam, Mariam, Annam, Janam, ct Katliarlnam. Concordi postquam et mutua sem- per veneratione vixerant, prior marltus concessit, vidua diu superstite, summa vitae et morum sancti- tate, eorum etenim neuter, neque ex eorum posteris quisquam matrimonia iteravit. Officii et pietatis memor, Tho. Monson, eq. aur. fil. et hacres, sumptu suo, comitantibus fratrib. Gulielmo, Rob. et Antho- nio, lachrymasq. et manus miscentib. pie sibi ct suis et posteris eorum. Ille Vixit A M D H Ille Ob. 20 die Decembris, anno domini 1593. By the inquisition taken at the castle of L-incoln, on March 2:!d, 15g3'4, he is said to decease on Dcciniber 20th, in 3(J Eliz. and that by Jane'' his wife, he had issue 1. John, his son and heir, who died in Ids lifetime. 2. Ti)oinas, of the age of twenty-seven years on his father's death. 3. \^'illiam. 4. John. 5. Robert. And, 6. Anlhoj^v. g Ex Col!. G TV H I'cs. ^ CjIc's Esc. lik 3. net. 61 A. 14. in B bl. Hailey. 232 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. And that he died possessed of the manor of South Ingleby, alias Ingleby Dawbeny, in com. Line, and Netting, lands in Brauneby, and advowson «f the church ; Rroxholm, with the appurtenances; lands in North Carlton J a capital messuage and lands in South Carlton, called Read s lands; the manor of North Kelsey, called Monson 8 manor; the manor of Burton juxta Lincoln, called Sal- far's lands, and advowson of the church j the manor of Keelby, and lands in Caborne and Wilton; the manors of South Carlton, and Owserby; the rectory of Kirby, and advowson of the church of Dunnitigton upon Bane, all in the county of Lincoln ; and the manor of Dunham, v/ith the appurtenances, in Nottingham- shire ; to all which the said Thomas, his son, was found to be his heir. He had issue by Jane his wife, daughter of Robert Dighton, of Little Sturton, in com. Lincoln, Esq. who survived him several years, and was buried at South Carlton, on October l/th, 1624, thirteen children; seven sons, and six daughters, as mentioned on his monument, whereof three sons died infants: the four surviving were. Sir Thomas, Sir William, Sir Robert, and Anthony Mon- son, Esq. seated at Northrop, in com, Lincoln, all hereafter men- tioned. The six daughters were, Elizabeth, married to Sir Valentine Brown, of Croft, in Lincolnshire] Joyce; Mary, married at South Carlton on June 3d, 1,^88, to Thomas Rercsby, of Thriberg, in Yorkshire, Esq.; Anne, married to Sir Edward Dymock, of Scri- velsby, in Lincolnshire, Knt ; Jane, who died )^oung; and Catha- rine, married to Sir Thomas Gritfin, of Dingly, in Norihampton- shire, Knt. Sir W^iLLiAM MoNsoN, third surviving son, was, from his youth, in the sea service, and served many j-ears in several capa- cities, till merit raised him to the degree of an Ad.miral, by commission from Queen Elizabeth. In the expedition under the Earl of Essex, on the Spanish coast, in 1 5g0, when Cadiz was sacked and taken, he, with many moie, for their valour, were knighted. The next year, being likewise in commission under the said Earl, in order to intercept the Spanish plate-fleet, this Sir William, and the Earl of Southampton, had their station on the West side of Gratiora, and were the first discoverers'^' of that fleet ; but the Earl of Essex, and most of the ships, being at .some dlst;ince, the Spaniards escaped into Tercera, all but three ships ' ('^mJ. A' n. of Q^ r.:;iab?ih. p. 463. ^ Ibid. p. 474- LORD MONSON. 233 that were taken. He was afterwards employed in several sta- tions j and, in the year l602, had, with Sir Richard Levison, the principal command of a royal fleet to annoy the coasts of Spain. This service they performed so effectually, that, for many days together, no vessels dared to go in or out of their harbours. But their chiefest glory was the taking a vast carract of 1600 tons, just arrived from the Indies at Sesimbra, a small city of Portugal, fortified with a castle of twelve great guns, under which the car- ract lay; and on the West side had eleven gallies, each of them with five guns mounted, and their stems foremost. These advan- tages of the enemy did not defer the Admirals from venturing on her; and, after seven hours dispute, the Marquis of Sancta Crux (wlio was on board, with 300 Spanish gentlemen), capitulated, delivering the carract and cargo, worth a million of ducats.' " At the accession of King James (says Campbell), no seaman appeared to have a fairer title to his favour than Sir William Monson, whose attaclMnent to his interest, had engaged the Lords of the Privy-council to place an extraordinary confidence in his management of the fleet; of which we have before taken notice. It does not, however, 'appear, that Sir William throughout that reign received any extraordinary gratifications, but rather the contrary. He had the charge of the narrow seas for twelve years; that is, from the beginning of the year l604, to the year 1616; in which time he did remarkable service, in supporting the honour of the English flag against the encroachments of the Dutch and French, and in his remarkable voyage round Great Britain and Ireland, to scour the seas of pirates; of which like- wise we have given an account in its proper place. " After so many and so great services rendered to the Crown, and so many years spent in duty to his country. Sir William had the misfortune to fall into disgrace; and to find all that he had done, and all that he had advised, which perhaps was of no less consequence, misunder^ood, and turned to his disadvantage. As this is the most remarkable part of his personal history, so it seems to deserve our and the render's attention on another ac- count, I mean the relation it has to the state of maritime affairs in those days; and therefore I shall give as clear and concise a detail thereof as I can. It is a very dangerous thing, either to offend the great, or to incur the dislike of the many. Sir William Monson was go unlucky to run into both these misfortunes; the ■ Camd. Ann. of Q^Elizabeth, p. 573. 234 PEERAGE OF ENGl^AND. former he incurred, through a desire of serving his country, and the lattef, by his zeal in discharging his duty on a ticklish occa- sion. His great knowledge of maritime affairs, and the confi- dence which the seamen had in him, brought to his view most of the grievances in the navy, which he honestly laboured to redress. This gave rise to a commission for that purpose, which has been often mentioned; and that commission gave great distaste to the Earl of Nottingham, then Lord High-admiral, and to those who under him had the chief management of the fleet. It went on notwithstanding; a great reformation was made, and the King saved abundance of money in this article; which, however, did not lessen the spleen conceived against Sir William Monson, for having set this design on foot. The other accident which hurt him with the people was this; the Lady Arabella having made her escape, orders were sent to Sir William Monson to prevent, if possible, her getting either into France or Flanders; and though he did not receive these orders till twenty-four hours after her de- parture, yet he executed them effectually, and retook her in a bark bound for Calais, within four miles of that place. This was the same lady, concerning whom so much noise had been made in the business of Sir Walter Raleigh's plot; and as she was a great object of popular pity, so upon this occasion many strange stories were circulated, which served to raise an odium on him for retaking her; though it was his duty, and what the Court ought to have looked upon as an important service. The Dutch too, who were angry with him for his conduct in the narrow seas, found means to do him ill offices; so that upon some very slight pretences he was committed close prisoner to the Tower in 1616: but after he had been examined by the Chief Justice Coke and Secretary Winwood, he was discharged; and he afterwards wrote a large vindication of his conduct while admiral in the narrow seas."'" His services, however, so far recommended Admiral Monson to the favour of King James, that in i6l7, he was called to give his advice before the Lords of the council, how the pirates of Algiers might be supperssed, and the town attempted; which he set forth, and is printed in the Collection of Voyages, Vol. III. p. 231. In \635, he was Vice- Achiiiral " of that fleet under Ro- bert, Earl of Lindsey, which departed from Tilbury Hope the "> Cai-npbell's Lives of Admirals, 174^, Svo. 11. iz(). " Coliecr. of Voyages, p, 26.), 265. LORD MONSON. 233 26th of May, with direction and resolution to give no occasion of hostility, or to make any nation enemy to his Majesty; only to defend his and the kingdom's honour, lavishly taxed by the vain boasting of French and Hollanders, which joined off Portland the last of May, to question his Majesty's prerogative of the narrow seas. But this fleet made good our seas and shores, gave laws to our neighbour nations, and restored the ancient sovereignty of the narrow seas to the King, as was due to his progenitors. He has recited (printed in the Collection of Voyages), the names of the ships he served in, during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, King James, and King Charles, as follows: ' In the Charles, whereof I had no command, in 1588 [the year of the Spanish in- vasion]; in the Victory, in which voyage I was Vice- Admiral to my Lord of Cumberland, 1589; i" the Garland, 15^1; the Lion^ 1593; the Rainbow, 15^5; the Repulse, 15[)6; the Rainbow, 1597; the Defiance, 1599; the Garland, I6OO; the Nonpareille, 1601 ; the Swiftsure, l602; the Mary Rose, l602; the Mere Honour, l602; the Mere-Hononr, l60i; the Vengeance, l604; the Rainbow, l605; the Assurance, 1606; the Rainbow, l607; the Vengeance, ]60Q; the Assurance, 161O; the Rainbow, iSllj the Adventure, 1612 ; the Assurance, l6l3; the Lion, 16143 the Nonsuch, l6l5; the James, 1635.' He lived till the civil wars,^ with an untainted reputation for conduct and bravery, dying in February 1642, and was buried in St. Martin's in the Fields, London. He was seated at Kinners- ley, in Surrey, and by his wife, daughter of Goodwin, and widow of Mr. Smith, had nine daughters,f and three sons; 1. John, his eldest, died an infant. 2. Sir William Monson, who died without issue. And, 3. John, who resided at Kinnersley , in Surrey, and married Anne, daughter of . She died his widow, August 29th, 1667, set. 50, and lies buried at Coughton, in Warwickshire.11. Brown Willis, Ai-m'g. LORD MONSON. ^1 his loyalty: but at length was permitted a quiet retirement.* Having married Ursula, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Oxen- bridge, Knt. (by hii wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Cook, of Broxburn, in com, Hertf. Knt.) he became pos- cssed (anno l645), of the manor of Broxburn, &c. at which seat he afterwards resided, for the most part of his life, having made a fair park about the manor house, keeping a free and bountiful table, very hospitable to his neighbours, and very charitable to the poor: as Sir Henry Chauncey, in his Antiquities of Hertford- •hire, says of him, also, * That he was qualified with excellent parts, both natural and acquired, which rendered him a great patriot to his country, being endowed with a rare spirit, a wise understanding, and a singular judgment, which naturally led him to a strict observance of all moral duties, but made him some- what severe in acts of justice. He was exemplary in his devo« tions, firm to his church, and loyal to his princej' and, having lived to the age of eighty-four years, was buried with his ances- tors in South Carlton, on December 29th, 1683. Ursula hii wife (by whom he had issue an only son. Sir John Monson, who died in his life-time), surviving him, and having lived to an ad- vanced age, was buried by her husband on December J 0th, 1602. Which Sir John, born in 1628, served'" for the city of Lincoln in the parliament that restored King Charles If, was made Knight of the Bath at his Majesty's coronation, and \\ as a Justice of Peace, and one of the Deputy-lieutenants for Hertfordshire. ' He was (says Sir Henry Ch.iunccy), admired by all that knew bim,<^ being a gentleman of a chearful temper, ready wit, quick apprehension, good elocution, free from partiality, of greirt pru- dence and moderation, and, in all things, well accomplished for business, which made him acceptable in all companies, and his death generally lamented.' He deceased on October l4th, 1674, aged about forty-six years, in the life-time of his father (as above said), and was buried at South Carlton, on the 24lh of the same mouth; Judith his wife, survived him till December 21st, 1/00, when she died in the seventy-second year of her age, and is bu- ried at Broxburn, in Hertfordshire;" she was eldest daughter (by the first wile), of Sir Thomas Pelham, Knt. and Bart, (great- grandfather to Thomas, formerly Duke of Newcastle). They had <: Ex Coll. Brown Willis, Armig. * Chauncey's Hertford, p. iSj. f Salmon's Hertfyrdihire, p. iS. y9L. Til. R 242 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. a numerous issue, ten sons; whereof five lived to mens estate, Henry, William, George, James, and Philip; and a daughter, Bridget, was married to Sir Charles Barrington, of Hatfield Broad- oak, in com. Essex, Bart. Of vhich sons, George was ancestor to Lord Monson. James, who was the ninth son, died in the twenty-eighth year of his age, in 1083; and Philip, tenth son, died the year after, at the age of twenty-two, and are both buried at Broxburn, in Hertfordshire. The eldest. Sir Henky Monson, third Baronet (successor to his grandfather), was elected for the city of Lincoln in the two last parliaments but one called by King Charles IL and in that parliament called by King James II. He was also returned for that city to the convention in 1 688-9, t)ut vacated his seat by re- fusing to take the baths to William and Mary, when that assem- bly, after dcclitring them King and Queen, had voted themselves a parliament. He was a gentleman much esteemed, all the good qualities of a Christian, friend, and benefactor, being inherent in him. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Lord Cheney, Viscount Newhaven, in Scotland, and, dying without issue on April 6th, 17 18, was buried at South Carlton, leaving his Lady surviving, who died the 20th, and was buried by him on April 29th, 1725, WiLLiAit, his next brother, succeeded him in the title and estate, and served in parliament for the city of Lincoln, in the third parliament of King William; and was elected for the bo- rough of Aldborough, in Yorkshire, in the first pailiament called by George I. He married Letitia, daughter of John, third Lord Poulet; and sister to John, first Earl Poulct; and, dying on March 7ih, 1726-7, without issue, was succeeded in the title of Baronet by Sir John Monsou, Knight of the Bath, his nephew, son and heir of George, his youngest (surviving) brother. And his Lady, who Burvived him, died on April 25th, 1734. Which George Monson, Esq. died October l6th, 1/26, hav-r ing married Anne, daugiuer to Charles Wren, of the Isle of Ely, Esq. and by her (who died at Edmonton, in Middlesex, in the sixty-seventh year of her age, on June 20ihj 1732), had issue five sons. J. John, fir-.t Lord Monson. 2. (ieorge, who tcrvcd in parliament for Great Grimsby, in Lincoinsliire, and died unmarried on July /th, 1739. 3. Charles Monson, Esq. who was chosen a member for th» LORD MONSON. 243 city of Lincoln, in the parliament summoned to meet on June 13th, 1734/ also in the next parliament summoned to meet on June 25th, 1741 ; and in the parliament, which sat first on bu- siness, November I2th, 1747. In May I737, be was appointed Deputy Paymaster of his Majesty's forces, which he held till 1745, when he chose to resign it. He died unmarried, at his house in Spring Gardens, on August 26th, 1/64. 4. Henry, Doctor of Laws, and Fellow of Trinity -hall, in Cam- bridge, and his Majesty's Professor of the civil law in that univer- sity, died unmarried February 28th, 1757. 5. William Monson, Esq. who was several years at Madras, called Fort St. George, in the service of the East-India company; and, soon after his return to England, was appointed one of the Commissioners of the revenue in Ireland, and died on October 28th, 1753, unmarried. John, first Lord Monson, the eldest son, whilst a com- moner, was chosen memhfr fors the city of Lincoln, in the par- liament summoned to meet on Mfiy 10; h, 1722. On June J 7th, 1725, he was installed one of the Knights companions of the most honourable order of the Bath, on the revival of that orderj and on the decease of his uncle^ SirWilliain Monson, Bart, on March 7th, 1726-7, succeeded to that title, and also to his estate. He was again chosen, in 17-^7^ one of the members £oT the city of Lincol;i, to the first parliament called by George II. and on the conclusion of the session, liis Majesty, taking into consideration his attachment to his royal family, his great merits and abilities, was pleased to advance him to the diti,nity of a Peer of Great Britain, by the style and title of Lf)RD Monson, Baron Monson of Burton, in the county of Lincoln, by letters patent, bearing date May 2(-th, 1728, in the first year of his reign. In June 1733, his Lordship was made Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pen- sioners. On June 25th, 1737, was appointed first Commissioner of trade and the plantations j and sworn of the privy-council at Hampton-court, on July 21st following. On May 7th, 1745, on a new commission passing, he was continued first Lord Commis- sioner of trade and the plantations. His Lordship, on April 8th, 1725, married the Lady Margaret Jf7itson, youngest daughter to Lewis, first Earl of Rockingham, to whose memory, at her Ladyship's expense, a stately monument is erected in the church of Rockingham. I lis Lordship departed ihis lile on July ISlh, 174S, at his house in Piccadilly, and lies f British Pir!. Rfgist, No. 104. 5 Ib'd. 244 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. buried at South Carlton ; and his Lady, surviving him, died at her house in South Audlcy^street, on February 24th, 1752, and was buried by his Lordship. They left issue three sons. 1. John, second Lord Monson. 2. Lewis, of whom under the title of Lord Sondes. And, 8. The Hon. George Monson, who was born on April 18th, 1730, was, at the grneral election in 1754, returned one of the members for the city of Lincoln to the 11th parliament of Great Britain; and was also elected in 1761, for the same city. Be- taking himself to a military life, he passed through the inferior stations of an officer, until he got a Major's commission on August 18th, 1757, soon after which he set out for the East Indies, where in the several operations on the continent, as well as at the con- quest of the important tity of Manilla, in Luconia, the principal of the Philipine islands, he distinguished himself by approved conduct and courage. This brave soldier was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on September 2(ith, 1 7^0, and soon afterwards appointed Commandant of the 96th regiment of foot. Peace being restored between Great Britain and the other bellif gerent powers, by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris, on February 10th, 1763, he returned to London in December, 1764; and being introduced to his Majesty on the 23d of that month, met with a reception equal to his eminent services. On Novem- ber 30th, 1769, he was promoted to the command of the 50th regiment of foot, and Aid de Camp to his Majesty. Upon the regulations made in the affairs of the East India Company under the authority of parliament, he was appointed one of the supreme Council of Bengal, and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Gene- ral in the East Indies, February llth^ ^777 • He married Lady Anne Vane, daughter of Henry Earl of Darliugton, which Lady had been first married to ilic Hon. Charles Hope Weir, son to the Earl of Hoptoun; she died in the East Indies, in 17/6, and he surviving her a few mi.nths, died at Bengal without issue. JoHx, SECOND LoKD MoNSON, bom July 23d, 1727, suc- ceeded his father, on July IBtii, 1748; and in October, l/Go, w-as appointed Chief Justice of his Majesty's forests South of Trent, which he resigned November 27ih, l/GC), was alsoLL.D. and one of the Vice Presidents of the Lock Hospital. On June 23d, 1/3'^, his Lordship married Theodosia, daughter of John Maddison, of Harpswell, in the county of Lincoln, Esq. and by her Ladyship iiad issue. LORD MONSON. 245 1. John, third Lord Monson, born May 2Sth, 1753. 2. Gcorgc-Henry, born October 17th, 1755; married, MarcE 15th, 1784, Mrs. Smith, of Hawkesworth, in Essex, and has issue, one daughter. 3. Evelyn-Tyrwhit, died young. 4. Charles, born March 11th, 1758, a Major-general in the army, died January 11th, 1800. 5. William, a Colonel in the army, and Lieutenant-colonel of the 76th regimentof infantry, born December 15th, 1760; married at Calcutta, January 10th, 178(), Miss Anne Dcbonnair, and had issue, William-John, born May 14th, 1796. He died December 26th, 1807, M.P. for Lincoln. 6. Thomas, in Holy Orders, born May 10th, 1764; married, July 29th, 1790, Miss Anne Shipley Greene, and has issue, John, bom July /th, I791 ; and a daughter, who died an infant. 7. Catharine, born September 12th, 1754. 8. Charlotte-Grace, born March 29th, 1759; married, August 16th, 1777, Henry Pierse, Esq. of Bedale, iu Yorkshire, and died July 19th, 1793, leaving three daughters; Charlotte, Marianne, and Harriet. 9. Theodosia-Margaret, born September 20th, 1762; married, March 9lh, 1782, to Sir John Shaw, Bart, of Eltham, in Kent, and has issue. 10. Harriet-Anne, born 1/66, died 1767. His Lordship departed this lite at his house in Albemarle-street, London, on July 23d, 1774, and was buried at South Carlton; being succeeded in titles and estate by his eldest son, John, the thikd Lokd Monson, born May 25tb, 1/53, and married at Cashiobury, in Hertfordshire, on July ISth, 1777^ to Lady Elizabeth Capel, daughter of William-Annc-HoUes, Earl of Essex, by whom he had issue, 1. John-George, fourth Peer. 2. Elizabeth, born August 24th, 1779. 3. Charlotte, born February J3lh, 1783. His Lordship was LL.D. and Recorder of the city of Lincoln; and dying May 20ih, 1806, was succeeded by his only eon, John George, fourth Lokd Monson, who was born Sep- tember 1st, 1780, and married October 30th, 1807, Lady Sarah Savile, eldest daughter of Jolin, Earl of Mcxborough, by whom he had an only son. His Lordship died November, I8O9, aged twenty-four, and was succeeded by his only son, 246 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. MoNSON, present and fifth Lord Monson, born in March I8O9. Titles. Monson, Lord Monson, and Baronet. Creations. Baronet June 29th, I611, 9 Jac. I. ; and Baron Monson, of Burton, in the county of Lincoln, May 28th, 17148, 1 Geo. IL Arms. Or, two chevronels. Gules. Crest. On a wreath, a lion rampant, Or, sustained by a pillar. Argent. Supporters. On the dexter side, a lion, Or, gorged with a col- lar. Azure, charged with three crescents. Or, with a cordon affixed thereto, passing betwixt the fore legs, and reficxed over his back, of the second. On the minister, a griphon with wings erected. Argent, the beak and fore legs, Azure, and gorged as the dexter. Motto. Pkest pour mon pais. Chief Seats. At Burton, in the county of Lincoln; and at Broxborn, in Hertfordshire. LORD MONTFORT. '247 BROMLEY, LORD MONTFORT. i HE family of Bromley, anciently wrote Bromleghe, is descended from Sir ^Walter Bromleghe, of Bromleghe, in the county of Stafford, Knt. who was living in the reign of King John, and whose issue (_for many years) flourished in the counties of Staf- ford, Salop, and Chester. He married ^ Alice, eldest sister and one of the heirs of Roger de Burwardeslegh, son of Warin de Burwardeslegh, lord of the manor of Estclegh, in com. Stafford, in King John's time; whose second sister was married to John de Ipstones,*^ whose son, John, died without issue in 21 Edward I. This Walter, by tne said Alice, had issue Galfridus de Brom- leghe, who was found to be heir to John, son of John de Ipstonc, in 21 Edward I. Galfridus aforementioned, died 1 Edward I. and left issue two sons. 1. Richard de Bromlegh. 2. Robert de Bromlegh, who was knighted, and had the estate at Asteley, He died m 1 Edward II. and had issue John de Bromlegh, of Asteley, who, dying in 1332, 6 Edward III, left John, his son and heir. Which John died in 22t Edward III. leaving Alice, his daughter and heir, wife of John de Frodesham, of Frodesham, in com. Cestr. Richard de Bromlegh, the eldest son of Galfridus, inherited the estate at Brom/cgh. He was living in 25 Edward I. as ap- pears by deed, dated at Knocton, on the feast of St. Gregory * Ex eju»d. Famil. Stem, per Sampfon Enlswick-, Rob. Cookr, Clarcn. & R. Glover, bomers. ^ Vincent's Silop, No. 134, p. 65, & seq. in College of Armi, London. ' Vincent ibid. 248 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. (MTch 12th, 1296-7), whereby he conveyed lands in Knocton to Peter de Arderne, to which Sir Robert de Stawndon, and Sir Roger Swinerton, Knights, were witnesses. This Richard by his wife, , daughter of Knocton, had issue, Ranulph de Bromlegh,** who. in a deed, in 23 Edward I. is called son of Richard, and left issue, 1. Richard, who is wrote' son of Ranulph, in 11 Edward III. in a deed, whereby he granted to John de le Delves, a third part of Burlemore, within the fee of Knocton. John Bromley, was eldest son of Richard and Agncsj which John ^ rendering himself famous in the wars with France 5 and in 4 Henry V. in that memorable battle of Le Corby, recovering the standard of Guienne, then gained by the French in a fierce charge on that wing, which Hugh Stafford, Lord Bourchier, his near kinsman, then commanded, had for that signal service, not only the honour of knighthood conferred upon him, but lands of great value in the duchy of Normandy, with offices of special power and trust in those parts; as also b an augmentation to his armS; viz. the saine standard of Guienne, for his crest. In the said year he had also a grant, dated at Madeley, on March lOth, from Hngh de Stafford, Lord Bourchier, his kins- man, for his eminent service in defending and supporting the royal standard of Guienne, under the protection of the said Lord Bour- chier, of 401. per annum, during his life, payable out of that Lord's manors, lands, &c. in the counties of Stafford and War- wick, at the feast of Pentecost, and St. Martin, by equal portions. Also the '' King, at Baicux, on April 18th, 6 Henry V. in consi- deration of the good service of his beloved servant, John Bromley, granted to him the hotel of Molay-Bacon, in the province of Baieux, and all tenements, rents, hereditaments, and possessions in the duchy of Normandy, which were Allan de Beaumont's, a rebel j to hold to him and to his heirs male, of the King and his successors, by homage, &c. at the castle of Baieux, and giving every year a belt at that castle, on the feast of St. John the Baptist. 'On August 12th following, 1418 (G Henry V.) writing him- self John Bromley, Captain-general of Dampfronte, Steward and «* Vlncent'i Salop, No. 134, p. 65, & leq. in College of Arms, London. e Vincent ibid. f Paf. 25 Eliz. per inspex. And Hollinshed'i Chron. p. 551, 363. e P«t. 4 Hen. V. in Archiv. Turr. Lond. & Vi»c. de com. Salop pracd. p. 3?. * P«t. 6. Hen. V. ibid. » Ibid. LORD MONTFORT. 2jg Great Constable of Bossc le Rosse^ and of the marches there, he gave to Walter de Audclcy, for his good services to him in Eng- landj and against the French, a yearly rent of 201. issuing out of his manor of Bromley, and all other his lands in England, during the life of the said Walter, with a clause of distress, &c. To thi» deed waa appendant his seal of arms, viz. Quarterly per Jess in- dented, on an escutcheon of pretence, a griphon segreiant; and for his crest, a demi^lion issuing out of a coronet, holding the stand- ard of Guienne and Aquitain between his fore feet. 2. Walter. 3. Sir Roger, Knt. who died 13 Edward III. S.P, 4. John dc Bromley, of Badynton, who by his wife Joan, had issue, 1. Walter. 2. William. And, 3. Roger. Walter de Bromley, the eldest son of John, left issue only a daughter and heir, Letice, married to John Cholmondcley, of Chorley. Roger Bromley, third son of John, was of Barkesford, and by Letitia his wife, daughter of Hugh Cholmondeley, by Isabel his wife, daughter of Robert Harcourt, was ancestor to the Bromley* of Barkesford. William Bromley, second son of John, was of Eadinton; and in 35 Edward III.'' was summoned to be at Westminster, within three weeks of Easter, to attend Lionel, Earl of Ulster, the King's, son, into Ireland, who was appointed to repair thither with a great army, to oppose the incursions of his enemies in that king- domj the King ordering all who had any estates in that realm, and resident in England, to go in company with his said son, Lionel, Earl of Ulster. He married Annabella, sister and heir of William de Chettlelon, son of Matthew, son of Sir William de Chetdeton, son of Henry, son of Robert (called SJiirrard), son of William de Chettleton; by which marriage he had two sons. 1. John, of u'hoin. I shall further treat. 1. Richard, who married Anne, daughter and coheir of Wil- liam Praers, of Badeleighe, in Cheshire, by Letitia his wife, one of tlic heirs of William Wittenhall, of Cholmeston, in the said county, by whom he had John, his son and heir, wiio rcarritd Margery, daughter of Sir Thomas Massey, of Tatton, also in Cheshire, Knt. by whom he had issue Thomns, Edward, Ralph, who all died without issue, and William, who married Margaret, daughter and heir of Ralph Manwaring, of Eadilegh, and kit k Rymci's Fa?dera, Vol. VI. p. 318, 319, ;jo. 25a PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. issue Sir John de Bromley, Knt, who departed this life, in 3 Henry VII. leaving, by Joan his wife, daughter and heir of Wil- liam Hexstall, three daughters his coheirs. I now return to John de Bromley, son and heir of William, by Annabella de Chettelton, as mentioned beforcj which John hav- ing married Agnes, daughter of John Trentham, left issue by her, Walter de Bromley, who took to wife Joan, daughter of Ri- chard de Delves, by whom he had issue, RoGiiR Bromley, of Miiley, in right of Jane his wife, daughter and heir of Richard de Mitle), of the county of Salop, by Ellen, daughter and heir of Sir John Hawkeston, Knt, by Annabella, daughter and heir of Matthew de Chettelton. By this marriage be added to his possessions, and had issne two sonsj 1. Ilogtr. And, 2. Nicholas, whose posterity was of Hampton- Norbury, in Cheshire. Roger Bromley, eldest son and heir, by ■' ■ his wife, daughter and heir of David Broe, of Malpas, in Cheshire, had issue four sons; 1. William. 2. John, who left a daughter, Anne, that died without issue. 3. Roger, who married Jane, daughter of Thomas Jennings, and had issue William Bromley, of Sloke, and Thomas Bromley, second son, who was constituted Lord Chief Justice of Eng~ land^ in the first year of Queen Mary, and left issue Margaret, his daughter and heir, wife of Sir Richard Newport, Knt. who by her was ancestor to the late Earls of Bradford. 4. Hu'.ijfry, living 7 Henry VII. WiLLiAAi Eromley, Esq, eldest son of Roger aforesaid, was seated at JMitley, antl living 7 Henry VII.'-' and married Beatrice, daughter of Humphry Hill, of Blore and Buntingdale; and by her had issue a son, George, and three daughters j Elizabeth, wife of Rowland Jenens ; Joan, married to Richard Sandfordj and Dorothy, to William Leighlon. George Eronjlcy, Esq. son and heir, was seated at Ilodnet,"^ in Shropshirr, and maiTied Elizaheih, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon, ' of Willey, in the sau'.e county, Knt. by whom he had issue, J DagJ. Chronica Series, p. 88. "1 B-iKvolence Roll for Shropshire. " Itawkstor., on his son's toiTih. e Shi ren:,arried to William T^jcrton, of Bet;l"y, co. StafF. LORD MONTFORT. 251 1. Sir George Bromley, Knt. appointed Justice of Chester, in 1581, 23 Eliz. and had a daughter, Mary, married to George Cot- ton, Esq. ancestor to Ihe Cottons of Cumbermercj and, 2. Sir Edward Bromley, of Shifnal-grange, in com. Salop, Kn^, who was constituted onei" of the Barons of the Exchequer in 7 Jac. I. 2. Sir Thomas, the second son of George Bromley, Esq. and Elizabeth Lacon, rose to high advancement by the study of the laws. He was of the society of the Inner Teinple,i of which he was chosen Autumn readvr, in 8 Eliz. being then Recorder of the city of London. Also, on June 12th, 1506,. 8 Eliz.'' he was com- missioned, with William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and others of the court, to hear and determine all treasons, felo- nies^ riots. Sec. committed within the verge of the court. On March 14th, 1568-9, 11 ^1'^- ^^ ' was constituted Solicitor-gene- ral. In l6 Eliz/ he was chosen Treasurer of the society of the Inner Temple3 and in that year the great carved skreen in the hall was put up by his order. And continuing Solicitor-general, he was," on April 25th, 15/9, 21 Eliz. constituted Chancelloxj. OF Englandj in which high post he died, on April I'ith, 158/, 29 Eliz. He lies buried in Westminster-abbey, under a very magnificent monument of alabaster, with pillars of marble and Lydian, gilt 5 between which is his effigy, in a chancellor's gown, lying on his back, his head resting on a pillow, his hands con- joined in prayer, and at his feet a cock; underneath are the figures of his four sons, and four daughters; on the cornice is, * Justicia & /Equitate;' on a compartment is a Latin inscription:'' Cojisilio pietate, ac juris prudentia insigrils, Thomas Bromley miles, a Se'>cni^sima Eiizabetka ^nglue Regina in secretins consilium, ac sumviu cancellarij, i5'c. Which has been thus translated: ' Thomas Bromley, Knt. remaikable for his wisdom, plery, and knowledge of the law, Privy-counsellor to Qutcn Elizabeth, and Lord Ci)ancel]Gr; when he had for ei.:ht years delivered equity with singular integiity and temper of mind, being snatched away to the grief of all good men, was here buried. He lued P Par. 7 Jac. 1. p. 3:. 1 Da-da't's Ori^. JurlJ. p. i4j. ^ Rymer's Focde-a, Vol. XV. p. 660. ' Pat, 11 l.':z. p. 6. t Dugdale's Orig. p. 146, 170. u C'^u^. 21 K>i -.. 1.4. in d ri.'. ^ Djrt's Wes:mo!Kib:(r;iim, Vol. II. p. iS^. 22 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 5"] years, and died on the 12th of April, 1587. He left by his I.ady Elizabeth, of the family of the Fortcscues, eight children. Henry his son has, to the best of fathers, erected this monu- ment.* On one pedestal, *" Lahore et Justitia.* On the other pedestal. Studio et Diligentia.'y He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adrian FortescUe, Knight of the Bath; and by her had issue four sons. 1. Sir Henry Brom- ley, 2. Thomas. 3. Gerard (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Darcll, and left issue two sons, Thomas and Alexander.) 4. Edward. Also four daughters; Anne, wife of Richard Cor- bet, of Stoke, in Shropshire; Muriel, married to John Littleton, of Frankley, in com. Wigorn, Esq.; Jane, wife of Edward Gre- vill, of Milcot, in com. Warwick; and Elizabeth, wifcof Sir Oliver Cromwell, of Hinchingbroke-castle, in Huntingdonshire, Knight of the Bath, uncle to the Protector. Sir Hknry Bromley, his eldest son, was ^knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 15Q2, and chosen one^ of the representatives of the county of Worcester the same year; and that parliament being dissolved on April 10th, 1593, and a new one summoned to meet on October 24th, \5g7, he ^ was then returned one of the Knights for the county of Salop.*^ On the accession of James L a new parliament being called, which began March 19th, l603-4, he was'' again returned one of the representatives of the county of Worcester, being seated at Holt castle in that county. He had three wives. His first was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Pelham, Knt. and by her (who was buried at Holt, sn August 21st, 1589), he had issue Sir Thomas Bromley, and four daugh- ters; Elizabeth, married at Holt, on October 6th, 1604, to Tho- mas Scrivcn,« Esq. of Frodesby, co. Salop; Eleanor; Mary, bap- tized at Holt, on September 5th, 158S, witc of John Prynne, Esq. and Catharine, who died young. He next married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Verncy, of So- y Tnere is a portrait of him in Nash's Worcestershire, I. 594. 2 Catal. Knts. MS. penes meips. » Wiilit's Not. Pari. p. 127, 135. *> Ibid. p. 141. • Being then seated at Shrawardinc castle, co. Salop. she died in 1720. 4. Honora, born February 2d, 1662, was married, in September i6Q5, to William Matthews, of Blanch- field, in the county of Kilkenny, Esq. 5. Anne, first married to George Brabazon, Esq.; secondly, to David Cossart, Alderman of Dublin ; and, thirdly, to George Monk, of St. Ste2)hen's Green, in Dublin, Esq. She died in 1734, and was buried in St. Bride's church, Dublin. 6. Eleanor, born in February 1667, was mar- ried to Sir Nathaniel Whitwell, Knt. Alderman of Dublin. And, 7. Sarah, wedded to Mr. Christopher Hilliard, of Listrim, in the county of Keny. Sir John Ponsonby, Knt. the elder brother, born in 1608, was Colonel of a Regiment of horse, which he had raised for the ser- vice of the Commonwealth 3 and in 1 654, was Sheriflf for the counties of Wicklow and Kildare. Being a widower, and having several children, he settled his estate in Cumberland upon those he left in England, Jrom whom the present family in Cumberland is descended. After the reduction of the kingdom of Ireland, he was also one of the commissioners for taking the depositions of the Protestants concerning the murders committed by the Irish, during the course of the warj and when King Charles II. wai restored, he was appointed, on March 19th, 166O-I, a Commis- sioner for executing his Majesty's declaration of November 30th, for the settlement of Ireland. He represented the county of Kil- kenny in the firs': parliament, called on May Qth, 166I ; had two grants of lands under the acts of settlement; and on July 15th, 1679, an abatement was made of the qmt-rents, imposed on his estate by the said acts; and by acquiring many debentures, and making other purchases, he left a considerable estate. He lies LORD PONSONBY. 361 buried in the church of Fidowne, near Bessborough, with this memorial : Here lieth the Body of Sir Johm PoNsoNBY of Bessborough, who departed this Life A. D. 1678, in the 60th Year of his Age. His wife was Elizabeth, eldest daughter to Henry Lord Folliott, of Ballyshaunon, widow of Richard, son and heir of Sir Edward Wingfield, of Powerscourt, and also relict of Edward Trevor, brother to Marcus Viscount Dungannon ; and by her he had two sons. Sir Henry, and William j and a daughter, Elizabeth, mar- ried in 1673, to Richard Boyle, eldest son and heir apparent of Francis Viscount Shannon. Sir Henry Ponsonby, Knt, the eldest son, had his estate of 15001. a year sequestered (as his mother had her jointure), and was attainted as an absentee. On October 1st, 1674, he married Dorothy, daughter to Captain Shaw, of Drogheda, but dying without issue in the reign of King William, the estate devolved on his brother, William Ponsonby, of Bessborough, Esq. Which William, J?r5< Viscount Duncannon, served in parlia- ment for the county of Kilkenny during the reign of Queen Anne, and to the time he was created a Peer. In September, 1715, he was sworn of the privy-council, and by privy-seal dated at St. James's, July 28th, and by patent at Dublin, September !lth, 1721, was created Lord Bessborough, Baron of Bessborough, in the county of Kilkenny ; and took his seat on the 23d of that month in the House of Lords. The preamble to his patent sets forth his own and his father's services, and the cause of their coming into Ireland, which is translated as follows: ' Whereas ancientness of extraction, valour, unshaken loyalty, and personal qualification, do justly claim favour and esteem of good and equitable Princes: and We having with pleasure ob- served, that our trusty and well-beloved William Ponsonby, Esq. is deservedly recommended to us by all these titles, being descended of noble ancestors of Picardy, in France, who at the Norman in- vasion came into Great Britain, and established themselves in the county of Cumberland J whence his father removed, about eighty years ago, into the kingdom of Ireland, during the distressed con- 262 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. dition of the Protestant interest there, occasioned by the Popish rebellion and their cruel massacres: in the suppressing of which, his valorous actions did not only gain him the preferment of a Colonel, and the honour of knighthood j but his other personal qualifications rendered him worthy the alliance of many Peers of the realm. Nor are the qualities of the soi) less eminent then those of his father: with the same good disposition has he, from his tender youth, risen up an assertor of the liberties, and legal government, of his native country; signalized himself early, and for many years in the army; particularly in the resolute defencq of Londonderry, when the common cause was at the last gasp. Having attended that whole war, and been raised to the rank of a Colonel, he afterwards served constantly in parliament, strenuously asserting there, not only the public good, and the established reli- gion, but likewise our succession to the crown, against all the attempts made to obstruct it; which laudable example, six of his sons and grandsons, at once, virtuously imitated in the same senate. * Now, that so many good and eminent services may not re- main unregarded, and that others may be encouraged to gain the rewards due to merit, we are resolved to raise him, who has so well deserved of us, and the commonwealth, to the dignity of a Peer. Know, &c.' He was further advanced by privy-seal, dated Pecembcr 30th, and by patent, February 28th, 1/22, to the dignity of Viscount Duncannon, with the annual creation fee of twenty marks. He married Mary, sister to Brabazon JNIoore, of Ardee, in the county of Louth, Esq. and both are buried in the church of Fidowne, with the inscriptions to their mem.ory, inserted in the notft below. '^ f^GuLIELMI PoNSONBV Vice-comitis Duncannon quod mortuum est. Hie jacet Depositum. Obiit die Nov. 17. An. Dom. 1724. ^tat. 67. Sis:e Viator, et Memento Mori. LORD PONSONBY. 2(53 They had issue three sons and six daughters. 1. Brabazon, created Earl of Bessborough. 2. Henry Ponsonby, of Ashgrove, in the county of Kilkenny, Esq. wlio, in November 1/15, was chosen member of parliament for the borough of Fethnrd, and in October 1/27, for Clomines, after which he made his election for Enestioge: and taking to a military life was, on August 2d, 1/05, made a Captain of foot j and on May 13tb, 1/35, Colonel of the S/lh regi lent of foot. On February 20th, 1741, he was promoted to the rank of a Pri- gadier-general, and appointed, on April 24th, 1742, in that station, to command the forces sent into Flanders, in aid of the Queen of Hungary^ Also on July 14th, 1743, he was njade a Major-general, and was on June 27th, N.S. that year, in tt»e battle of Dettingen. He had on all occasions shewed his conduct and bravery, and lost his life at the head of his regiment, on May 11th, 1745, N. S. in the battle of Fontenoy, near Tournay. He married the Lady FYances Brabazon, youngest daughter to Chambre, the fifth Earl of Meath, and left one daughter, Juliana, married in 1743, to Lieutenant William Southwell j and one son, Chambre-Brabazon, then Lieutenant in his father's regiment, who on September 2Sth, 17^6, mariied Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Edward Clarke, of Rouske, in the county of Meath, Esq. and by her, who died in February 1758, had a son, born on September 22d, 1748, deceased, and a daughter, Frances, on November 6th, 1749, married to George Lowther, Esq. besides two daughters who died infants. The said Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby, mar- ried, secondly, Louisa Lyons, who died, without issue 3 and, thirdly, Mary, daughter of Sir William Barker, of Kilcooly, Bart, by whom he had a son, William Ponsonby, who succeeded at Ash- grove; born 12th June, 1762, in which year his father died. F''olliot, third son, on Febraary 25th, 1741, had a couimission ef Captain of a troop of horse, and was Aid-de-camp to the Lord Here lieth the body of Marv, the Wife of the Hon. Colonel William Ponsonby of Bessborough, Gfan(1-D59. declared joint rostma-iter-general, and as such continued by his present Majesty, until Noven:iber 17'J2, when his Lordship chose to give lip that employment, but was rc-instated in July, \7^^> 3""^ again resigned in tlie. foHowjng year. His Ljrdsliip was one of his ^Majc^ty's Pj Ivy-counsellors for LORD PONSONBY. 267 England and Ireland, and Vice- Admiral of the province of Alun- ster. His Lordship, in June 1739, married Lady Cnrolina Cavendish, eldest daughter to the beforementioned William, Duke of Devon- shire; and by her Ladyship (who died on January 20th, 1/60, and was buried at Fidowne), had issue five sons. 1. Wi'liam Brabazon Ponsonby. 2. William Ponsonby. 3. John Ponsonby. 4. Henry Ponsonby, all died young. 5. Frederick, present Peer. Also four daughters; of whom Caroline and Sarah died young. Catharine, born October 25, 1/42, marrifd May 4th, M 703, to the Honourable Aubrey Beaucierk, only surviving son of the Right Honourable Vere Beaucierk, Lord Vere; who on the death of George, Duke of St. Albans, succeeded to that title. She died September 3d, 178U, leaving issue the present Duke. And Charlotte, born December 10th, 17-17, married July 12ih, 1770, to the Right Honourable William Earl Fitzwilliam. His Lordship died March 11th, 1793, and was succeecled by his only surviving son, Frederick, present and third Lord Ponsonby, and third Earl of Besshorough. His Lordship was born January 24th, 17-58, and married, No- vember 27th, 178O, Lady Henrietta- Frances Spencer, second daughter of John, first Earl Spencer, .and sister to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, by whom he has issue, 1. John- William, Viscount Duncannon, born August 31st, 178I; married, November l6th, 1805, Lady Maria Fane, third daughter of John, Earl of Westmorland, K.G. 2. Frederick-Cavendish, born July 0th, J 783, Lieut. -Colonel of the 23d Light Dragoons. 3. William-Francis-Spencer, born in February 17t'7. 4. Lady Caroline, born November 13th, 1785;. married, June 3d, 1765, the Hon. William Lambe, eldest son of Peniston, Vis- count Alel bourne. On April Sth, 1783, his Lordship was appointed, during the Coalition Ministry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, which he held only till December following. He sat in parliament for Knarcsborough, till he succeeded to the Peerage. Titles. Frederick Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough, Viscount Duncannon, Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, in Ireland; and Lord Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby, of Sysonby, in England. 269 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Creations. Baron Bessborough, of Bessborough, in the coumy of Kilkenny, September 11th, 1721, 8 George J.; Viscount Dun- cannon, of the fort of Duncannon, in the county of Wexford, February 22d, 1722-3, Q George I.; Earl of Bessborough, October 6tb, 1739, 13 George II. j and Lord Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby, of SysOnby, in the county of Leicester, June 12th, 1749, 23 George II. Arms, Gules, a chevron, between three small-toothed combs. Argent. Crest. In a ducal coronet, Or, five arrows proper, with heads downwards, feathered. Gules, one in pale, the others in saltire, enveloped with a snake, proper. Supporters. On each side, a lion reguajrdant, proper. Motto. Pro Rege, Lege, Grege. Chief Seats. Bessborough, in the county of Kilkennyj Bishop's Court, in the county of Kildarej Sysonby, in the county of Lei- cestcr3 and Rochampton, in the county of Surrey. LORD STAWEL. q6q LEGGE, LORD STAWEL. The ancient evidences and writings relating to the noble famil/ of Stawel (from whose heiress the present Peer is descended), having been lost^ by the devastation made of the effects of the royalists, during the unnatural and horrid rebellion against King Charles I. and King Charks II. and by the fatal conduct of John, second Lord Stawel, the chief information now is from a pedigree drawn by that eminent antiquary Sir William Poole, of Devon- shire, who died in the reign of James I.j and as he was a gentle- man of great learning and accuracy, his Collections concerning the Western Counties have always been allowed to be of good au- thority. The first person mentioned in the said pedigree is Adam de Stawel, who, as his name appears to be English, is not without reason supposed to have been living about the time of the Norman conquest of England, A.D, lOGO", and had a son, Henry de Stawel, the father of Galfridus Stawel, who left three sons, Matthew, Rollo, and Nicholas. The son and heir of Matthew is styled, in that pedigree, Galfridus dk Stawel de Cothelston, Miles, and therein is said to have married Joan, a daughter and heir of John de Co- lumbariis.* * But Mr. Edmondson, in his Earenaglum Gentalogicum, begins tiie pedigree of this family with, Sir Pagan de Stawel, whose son. Sir Pagan, married the daugh- ter of Patton, of Somersetshire; and had issue Sir Leonard, who was summoned to parliament in 29th Edward I. and by his \\\{i, the daughter c.t — — Somerton, Esq. had an only son, Sir Henry, whose wife was daughter *ni heir of Sir Matthew Strattoii, Knt. by whom he had Sir Nicho'.j^, o;:!;. s--a 270 peerage: of ENGLAND It is evident from an authentic record in the old register of the abbey of Gtetonbury, in the library of the Marquis of Bath, at Longleate, that the abovementioned Galfridus (or Geoffrey), de Stawel, Knight, was a grandfather in the month of November, 1270 5 and though he is, in the aforesaid pedigree, styled of Co- thelston (sometimes wrote Colherston), yet it appears from the beforementioned record, that his habitation or chief seat was at Stawel (in the parish of Merlinch, or Murlinch, in the county of Somers<;t), from which place his family had assumed their name, and which continued witli his posterity till the death of John, second Lord Stawel, after which it was (by Act of Parliament which passed in 5 and 6 Will, and Mary), with many other goodly manors, sold to pay his debts. The said record, from the old register of the abbey of Glaston^ bury, runs thus: Cautio Galfridi de Stawel, quod non vendicabit, nee posteri ejus, jus, ratione gratiae sibi factae pro baptismo filii sui. UniveYiis literas prcescntes inspecturis Galfridus de Stawel, Mi- les, Sal. in Domino Noveritis quod cum Venerabilis Pater Domi- nus Robertus Mhas Glaston mild devote petenti, de mera et speciali gratia sua, concederet ut propter locorum distantiam, et viarum discrimina, Puer primogenitus Bardulfi de Cestreton ^ Johanna* Jilice mecSy uxoris sur^, in domo viea apud Stawel exortus, in Ca- peila ejusdem loci Ecclcsue de Murlinch, tancjuam Ecclesits sua Matri suhjecta totaliter, sacri posset Baptismatio fonte purgari. Ego per prasentem scripturam confiteor is' ri'cognoscu, quod hujus occasione gratice, nunquam de coitero aliquod juris aut vendicare, vel habere potero vel debeo, quo minus pueri ex nunc in prtedicto domo mca, vel villa de Stawel, nascendi, debeant ad prcEdictara viatrem Eccle.siam ad Eaptismum diferri, nisi a pradicto Domino ylbbatc vel ejus successoribus, Ego, vel ha redes mei similem in hoc gratiam in venire possimus. In cujus rei testiinjnium huic scripto sigillum meum apposui. Dat. die Veneris prox. post Pest. S, Ca- theriiiae Virginis, A.D. 1270. Ihe wife of the said Sir Geoffrey de Stawel (as before related), was Joan, a daughter and heir of John de Columbanis, whose who, by Chriit an, daughter of Williim Russ-l, wjs father of one son, Sir Adam de Sttwel, who married the daughter of Trunipington, and had three s^ns, Matthew, Rjllo, and Nicholas; Matthew, ihe eldest son, by the daughter of B,ent, was father to .'sir Galfridus, who manieJ Joan, daughter and heir of John do Columbatiis, by whr)in he had a dauciuer, Joan, wife of Bardolpb da Cestreton, and one sob, Sir Geoffrey, who married Julian Gastelin. LORD STAWEL. 271 ancestors^ for four generations, were christened by the name of Philip. They were gentlemen of great note in Somersetshire, of the degree of Barons j and their name (which is sometimes written Columbers, and Columbiers), shews them to be of Norman ex- traction. Tlie charter of Philip de Columbariis (among those of the Barons of the county of Somerset, in the 1 2th of King Henry IPs reign), is still extant in the Red Book of the Exchequer j and thereby it appears, that, from the time of King Henry I. he held ten knights fees, of the old feoffment. Nether Stowy being the head of the barony of the family. In the register of Glastonbury, aforesaid. Sir Henry Stawel is mentioned as a Knight of Somersetsliire, together with Sir Wil- liam Malet, &:c. in 1261, being witnesses to a deed dated ac WelU in that year: but it cannot well be cxplnined, by the pedigree, who that Sir Henry wasj though undoubtedly he was of this family, no other of this name being to be found, in that county, so con- siderable as to have knights in it. In the same register there is likewise notice taken of Nichola* de Stawel, Reginald de Stawel, and Rollo de Stawel, as living in the reigns of Henry III. and Edward J. and who are supposed to be brothers to Sir Geoffrey; though possibly the said Nicholas, and Rollo, might be his uncles beforemcntioned. However, Sir Geoffrey de Stawel, Knight (who was also pro- prietor of Ham, in Somersetshire), left, by the said Joan, a son and heir, another Sir Geoi-frey de Stawel, who ofien occurs as a witness in old charters in King Edward Ill's reign, arid in the 37th'' of which he departed this life; being then possessed of the lordships of Cothelston, Stawel, Stratton, and Regbuiy, in Somer-,etslnie, Frampton-Cotterell, in the county of GUiuccster, and the nianor of Norigg, in Wiltshire, besides what he migiU have in other counties. He married Juliana, sister and lieir to William Gaste- lin; and by her (who died in;>) Edwaid 111.) had several chil- dren, of whom. Sir Matthew S'rAW/,L, Knt. his eldest son, inherited his estate, and wedded Eleanor, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Richard Merton, of Morton, in Devonshire, Knt, descended from a daughter and heir of Matthew, Baron of Torrington, in t!ic sarfte county, whose ancestor, William Fit/.-Robert, was Baron of Torrington, in Richard I's reign. Many knights fees were lirid ^ Esc. 37 E^wari III. n. 6S. 2/2 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. of the honour of Torrington, it being a considerable barony, from the Norman conquest to the time of King Edward I. The Barons of Torrington bore for their arms. Gules, two Bars, and a Lion passant, in chief. Or: but the lands of this barony went at length, by the five coheifs of the last Baron,*= unto the families of Martin, Sully, Merton, Urafraville, and Byran, Of the said family of Merton, Sir William Poole, in his Survey of Devonshire, has given the following account. — " Merton giveth name to an ancient iamily, which from King Henry I. continued in this land to the latter end of King Edward III. Philip de Mer- ton, Henry, Sir Walter, Sir Thomas, Sir Richard, Sir Richard, and Sir Richard Merton, who had issue by Margaret, his first wife, Eleanor, wife of Sir Matthew Stawel, and Joan, wife of John Bamfield, &c. Joan dying without issue, the whole inheri- tance came to Stawel." Sir Matthew Stawel, a* appears from Glastonbury register, was Hving in the 3d year of King Richard II. and by his said wife, Eleanor, left a son and successor. Sir Thomas Stawel, Knt. who, in 15 Richard II. was de- clared heir in tail to Philip Columbers (who died in 20 Edw. III.) lord of the manors of Nether -Stowcy, Honybere, &c. in the county of Somerset. Sir Thomas wedded Joan, daughter of Walter Frampton, of a family of good anticj^uity in Dorsetshire, the said Walter, who departed this life in 13 Richard II. being lord of Buckland-Ripers, Morton, &c. in the said county of Dorset. By Joan, aforesaid (who is called his third wife in the Baronagium GenealogicumJ, Sir Thomas Stawel had, among other children, Walter, bis heir apparent) and departed this life,'* in 1438, being then seised of the manors of Cothelston, Stoney-Stratton, Ever- criche, &c. in the county of Somerset. It is observable, that he bore supporters to his coat of arms, viz. ttvo gOats, or antelopes, as was visible on his seal to a deed in 15 Henry VI. mentioned by Sir William Poole, in his large Collections of Evidences relat- ing to the Western families j wherefore he is not without reason supposed to have been a Knight Banneret. He married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Henry Burton; and, thirdly (or, first, as in Baronagium GenealogicumJ, Jane, daughter of Berkeley ; but had issue by neither of these ladies. He had sepulture in the abbey of Glastonbury, as Mr. Willis assures us, iu his Catalogue ■^ Risdon's Ueicription of Devonshire, Vol. I. p. 87, and Vol. II. p. 34S. '1 E««. Iii Henry VI. LORD STAWEL. 273 of the Abbots of that monastery, in the Appendix to J Leland'i Collectanea, part ii. p. 105. Walter Stawel, the eldest son and heir apparent, died in the lifetime of his father. Sir Thomas; having wedded Joan, daugh- ter and heir of John Farway (or Farraway), by Agnes his wife, third daughter and heir of Sir John Laugland, by Isabella his wife, daughter and heir of John Beaupre (or de Bello Prato, as written in Latin records), and Margaret his wife (A. D. 136o), a daughter of Sir John Carmino, whose family was esteemed the most considerable in the county of Cornwall, as well for their possessions as antiquity. Walter, by the said Joan Farway, left a son, Robert Stawel, who was sixteen years of age when he suc- ceeded his grandfather. Sir Thomas, in J 6 Henry VI. and in 1454, 32 Henry VI. obtained *= a grant of a vessd, of 200 tons, with a captain and mariners, to transport goods, provided they did not belong to the Staple at Calais, and to import others, paying the customs due upon the same, in consideration (as the patent sets forth), that he had been taken prisoner in the duchy of Aquitaine, in the retinue of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and put to a great ransom and expense, which he was not able to pay, if bis kindred and friends had not supported him. This Robert Stawel (who was buried in Glastonbury abbey), espoused Elizabeth, daughter to William, Wadham, of Merrifield, in Somersetshire, Esq. son and heir of Sir John Wadham, Knt. one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. *^ Robert Stawel, by Elizabeth his wife, beforcmentioned, had a son and heir, Edward (or Edmund, according to Mr. Edmondson), Stawel, who married Agnes, daughter of John Chcyney, of Pinhoe, in the county of Devon, and by her was father of Robert Stawel, his successor, who wedded Anne, eldest daughter and coheir of John St. Maur, lord of North-Moulton, • Rymer'i Foedera, torn. ii. p. ^43. f The family of Wadham took their name from the place of their habitation in the paiish of Knowston, iiear South Mouiton, in Devonshire} and both Eist and West Wadham descended, through divers successions, unto Nicholas VVid- ham, who left them to his heir general. Sir John, the Judge, was s;)n of Ni- cholas Wadham, and father of Nicholas, who having no issue by his wife, Do- rothy, daughter to Kir William Petre, father of J ,hn, the first Lord i'etre, was the last of this family, and, together with his said wife, founded aiid endowed Wadham-college, in the university of Oxford. VOL. VII. T a;4 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. in Devonshire/ &c. By the said Ann St. Maur, Robert Stawel had two daughters;" 1. Joan. 2. Elizabeth, married to Henrj Beaumont J also two sons; John, and William. John Stawel, the eldest, was twenty-four years of age, 2 Henry VIII. and married Dorothy, daughtrr to Sir Edmund Ca- rew, a gallant soldier, who was knighted by King Henry VII. at Bosworth-field 1485, and killed by a cannon-ball, at the siege of Terouenno, A.D. 1513, as he sat in council.' The issue of John Stawel, by the said Dorothy Carew, are descended from the Princes of South Wales, fron) the Peverels, the Talbots, the Fitz- Alans (Earls of Arundel), the Bonviles, the Courtenays, the Archdeknes, the Canninoes, the Barons Dinbam, the Hudders- fields, &c. The said John Stawel, by Dorothy his wife, had a son and heir, Richard Stawel, who wedded Lady Alice Powlet, eldest daughter to William, first Marquis of Winchester; and by her (whose mother was daughter of Sir William Capel, ancestor to the Earl of Essex), he had two sons; Thomas, the youngest, mar- ried Thomasine, daughter of John Ic Floyre; and the eldest. Sir John Stawel, who succeeded his father, married Frances, daughter to Sir Thomas Dyer, Knt. and by her left another Sir John Stawel, who was one of the Knights of the Bath created at the coronation of King James 'I. in July, l(J03. He wedded Lady Elizabeth, second daughter to George Touchet, eighth Lord Audley, in England, and first Earl of Castlehaven, in Ireland; and by that Lady (who was descended from the old Barons Tracy and Martin, Lords of Kernels, in Pembrokeshire, and S By that match his descendants became entitled to quarter the arms of the Barons St. Maur; of Richard, Lord Lovel, of Castle-Cary, in Somersetshire; of Alan, Lord Zouch, of Ashby, in Leicestershire; of Willian), Lord Zouch, of Haringworth ; as also those of Erlcgh, another Baroji in Somersetshire, in the reign of King Henry II, and likewise to bear the arms of the several noiiiemen frcra ■whose heiresses the Barons afonsaid issued. Thus, by descent from the Lords Zouch, the present Lord Stawel may quarter the armorial bearings of th« Quin- cies, Earls of Winchester, and by Eriegh, those of Guy, tlie elder. Lord Lryan ; as Sir William Poole, and others, have observed. '' Baronagium Genealogicum. 1 He was the elder branch of the Carevvs of H-iccomhe, a very ancient and bonoura')le f. mily, descended fiom Walter Fitz-Othcr, patriarch likewise to the Earl of I'lyrr.outh, the Marquis of Kildare, the Eavls of Kerry, and Marquis of Lansdowne, of Fitton-Gerald, the last Earl of Macclesfield of his surname, die Loro:, Gerard ot Bromley, the Gcrards of Bryn, In Lancashire, icz. tire Keati, ;_« in Ireland; &c. LORD STAWEL. 275 of Barnstaple and Dertington, in Devonshire, and ^so from the Mortimers, Earls of March; and took to her second husband, Sir Thomas Griffin, of Dingley, in the county of Northampton, Knt. ancestor to Lord Griffin), was father of a third Sir John Stawel, also Knight of the Bath, being so made at the coronation of King Charles I. in February, 1625-6. This Sir John was educated in Queen's college, in the university of Oxford J*"' and being one of the most eminent persons in the county of Somerset, for estate, wisdom, and prudence, and having served the office of Sheriff, Deputy-lieutenant, &c. had a very great interest in that shire, for which he was returned one of the Knights to the fatal parliament, which met at Westminster on November 3d, 1640. Sir John was one of those loyalists who stcdfastly adhered to the cause of King Charles I. and suffered very much on that account. At the first eruption of that unnatural rebellion against that ex- cellent Prince, he engaged with William Seymour, Marquis of Hertford, afterwards second Duke of Somerset, in raising forces for his Majesty in the West; being (as the Earl of Clarendon' writes), one of those who were like to give as good examples in their persons, and to he followed hy as many men, as any such number of gentlemen in England could be. In his first action with the rebels, he, with his two sons,'^ and some volunteers, in the whole not above fourscore horse and fourteen dragoons, charged a greater body of horse, and above 600 infantry, led by a member of the House of Commons; and, without ihe loss of a man, killed seven of them on the spot, wounded very many, took their chief officers, and a great number of other prisoners, and routed the whole body in such a manner, that six of them kept not together, and all threw down their arms. He raised and maintained, at his own " charee, three regiments of horse, one of dragoons, and another of foot, for the service ot his injured Sove- reign : and on the reduction of Taunton, in the county of Somer- set, A, D. 1643," the government thereof was committed to him, beins^, as the noble author before mentioned writes,'' a gentleman nf (ine of the largtst estate^^ that any man possessrd in the If-'esf, who had from the beginning of the parlinment, shewed very great affectinn to the person of the Kimi, and ti> iiie governnwnt that was settled both in church and state; and, from the beginning of If Wood's F was succeeded by his son, Lewis-Thomas, the second Lord Sondes, who was born April 18th, 1754; and married, November 30tb, 1785, Miss Milles, daughter of Richard Milles, Esq.'' of North Elmham, in Norfolk; and of Nackington, in Kent, M. P. for Canterbury from 17SQ to 178O, and had issue, 1. Mary, born December 29th, 1786; married. May 3d, 1808, Henry Palmer, Esq. second son of Sir Henry Palmer, of Carleton, in Northamptonshire, Bart. 2. Grace, born August 1st, 179O; died September 9th, 1/94. 3. Lewis Richard, the present Lord. 4. Henry, born August 10th, 1796. 5. Richard, born January 6th, 1800. His Lordship died June 20th, I8O6, and his widow is re-mar- ried to Brigadier-General Henry Tucker Montresor, of the 18th foot. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Lkwis-Richaed, the present and third Lord Sondes, born May 24th, 1792. » This was the estate of Sir George Sondes, tfterwards Earl »f Fe^trsham, in the reign of Charles II. from whom it passed by heiresses to the Waison family. See HasUci't Kent, Vol, II ami Baiih's Peerage, b By ihe daughter and heir of Dr, Tanner, Prebendary of Canterbury, who was only son of Bis'.ioo Tanner, the celebrated Antiquary »nd Topographer. LORD SONDES. 2ft0 Title. Lewis Thomas- Watson, Baron Sondes, of Lees Court, in the county of Kent. Creation. Baron Sondes, of Lees-Court, in the county of Kent, May 20th, 176O, 33 George IL Arms. Quarterly : first and fourth. Argent, on a chevron en- grailed, Azure, between three martlets. Sable, as many crescents. Or, for Watson J second and third. Or, two chevrons. Gules, for Monson, with a crescent on each quarter for difference. Crest. On a wreath, a griffin's head erased. Argent, gorged with a ducal coronet. Or. Supporters. On the dexter side, a griffin, Argent, gorged as the crest; on the sinister, a bear, proper, gorged with a belt, buck- led with strap pendant. Argent, charged with three crescents. Or. Motto. EsTo auoD esse videris. Chief Seats. Lees-Court,'= near Feveriham, in Kent ; aa4 Rockinghara-Castle, in Northamptonshire. « Supposed to have been buijt by Inigo Jones. MS PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ROBINSON, LORD GRANTHAM. This family is descended from William Robinson, an eminent Hamburgh merchant,* who was Lord Mayor of York in the years 1581, and 1594, and was twice chosen member of parliament for that city; viz. in the years 1584, and 1588; and dying in l6l6, aged ninety-four, was buried in St. Crux church, in York. By his will he bequeathed to the city of York eighty pounds, and a silver bowl doubly gilt, and to the Company of Merchants of the said city forty pounds. He first married to a daughter of John Redman, of Tul worth, in Yorkshire, By whom he had a son, William. And by his second wife, daughter of Thomas Harrison, of the city of York, merchant, Had another son, Thomas, between whom he divided his estates. This last succeeded to those in Richmondsiure, and died with- out issue in the year 1025, at Allethorp,'' near Burniston, where he was buried. William, who had succeeded to his father's estates in and near York, p.nd to the greatest part of his brother's estates in Rich- mondsiure, served the office of Sheriff of York city in l607; on the death of his father he was, on September lOth, l0'l6, elected Alderman of the said city; was Lord Mayor thereof in the year l6l9; and by his last will and testament (the probate whereof is 3 There seems to have bcfn no alliance between this family, and the Robin- son?, firmerlv of" Rcleby in th;s county, naw Irish Barons, who sprung from the R ber'.sons of Strowan, in Scotland. " It muf. b- oi^served, h(>\vrier, that the Robinsons of Rckcby had (and, I be'.ievc, s.ill Have) considerable estates about Allethorp and Burniston. LORD GRANTHAM. 287 dated October 20th, 1626), he bequeathed his body to sepulture in St. Crux church, nigh his father, mother, and children. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Jenkins, of Grirastone, in the county of York, Knt. by whom, besides other children who died young, he had two sons. 1. William, his heir. 2. John, whose wife is buried in St. Crux church, with this memorial : " Here lyeth entombed, Elizabeth Robinson, wief to John Robinson, seconde son to IVilliam Robinson the younger, of this citty, marchante, who departed this lief the 8 of Aug. 1606." William Robinson, his son and heir, was knighted in 1633 j and in 1(538 was High Sheriff of the county. By his first wife, Mary, one of the coheiresses of Sir William Bamborough, of Housam, in the county of York, Bart, he had one son, named William, who died at Paris, before he was of age. By his second wife, Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, of Nappa, in the county of York, Knt. he left two sons, Met- calfe and Thomas, and three daughters; viz. Elizabeth, married to Philip Rycot, Esq. ; Margaret, to William WeddelJ, of Erswick in the county of York, Esq.j and Frances, to Robert Bell, of Overton, in the same count v, Esq. And dying at Rocliffe, near York, in the year l658, was buried in St. Crux church, aforesaid. Sir Metcalie Robin.son, his eldest son and heir, was created a Baronet July 30th, lOOO, and was three times elected by the citizens of York, to represent them in parliament, viz. in the years ]C)60, JOfil, and 1034. By his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir William d'Arcy, of Witton Ca-tle, in the county cf Durham, Knt. he had one son, who died very young. He died, February 6th, 16SS-9, 3t Xewby upon Swale, near Topcliffc, in tlie county of York, where he was buried. His brother. I'iioMAs, above mentioned, married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Tanered, of Arden, in the county of "^ o:k, Esq. by v.-hom be left a daughter, Margaret; and two sojis. 1. ^Vl]liam. 2. Tanered was physician to King George I. and manied Alc- thea, daughter of George Morley, Esq. bv whcjm lie let't one son, na:r:ed William, married to DoKJtliea, dau_htcr of Dr. Coke, of Derby, 3. Margaret married Rowland Xerton, of Disfonli, in tlie county of York, E->q. J88 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. And the said Thomas dying at York, in 1676, several years be- fore his brother. Sir Metcalfe, above mentioned, was buried in St. Crux church in that cily. Sir William Robinson, Bart, his eldest son, and nephew to Sir Metcalfe, succeeded the latter in his estates, was member of par- liament for the borough of Northallerton, in the county of York, in the reign of King James II. and was of the Convention Par- liament at the revolution. In I689, he was High Sheriff of the county J and, in the same year, was created a Baronet, his uncle's title being extinct. He was chosen member of parliament twice afterwards for Northallerton; and from the year 1697, to the year 1722, was chosen eight times to represent the city of York. In the year 170O, he was Lord Mayor of that city j but on Octo- ber 15th, 1718, he resigned his gown as an Alderman, and pre- sented the city with lOQl. towards their capital stock, having been on many former occasions a very liberal benefactor. In 1679, he married Mary, the eldest daughter of George Aislabie,'^ of Studley Royal, in the county of York, Esq. by whom he left six children, viz. 1. Sir Metcalfe, his successor. 2. Sir Tancred, successor to his brother. 3. William, who served in the army many years, till he arrived to the rank of Colonel of a regiment of Marines, in which capacity he went upon the expedition to Cartbagena, in 1740, and died at Port Royal, in Jamaica, June IQth, 1741. 4. Thomas, Jlrst Lord Grantham. 5. John, who was Major of his brother's regiment, and died at Jamaica, in 17'12. 6. Anne, who married Thomas Worsley, of Hovingham, in the county of York, Esq. and died 15th January, 1768. Sir William died 22d December, 1736, aged eighty-one, at Newby, and was buried at TopclifFe, aforesaid. Sir Metcalfe Robinson, Bart, eldest son of Sir William, died unmarried, 26th December, 1736, and was buried at Topcliffc, being succeeded by his brother. Sir Tangred Robinson, Bart, who was bred to the navy, in which service he rose to the rank of Rear Admiral of the White. In 1718, he was Lord Mayor of York the first time, and in 1738, ^ In consequence of which match the present Peer stands next in remainder for a large part of the Aislabie estate, after the death of Miss Lawrence, the pre- sent possessor. LORD GRAMTHAM. 289 second time. He married Mary, only daughter and heiress of William Norton, of Disforth, in the county of York, Esq. by whom be had nine children; six whereof survived him, viz. 1. Sir William, his successor. 2. Sir Norton, successor to his brother; on whose death, 1792, the Baronetage devolved on the late Lord Grantham. 3. Mary, married to Thomas Peirse, of Peirseburg, in the county of York, Esq. 4. Elizabeth. 6. Ale- thea, who died unmarried, July 30th, I767. And, 6. Mar- garet. Sir Tancred died at York, in 1754, and was buried in St. Cryx church, in that city. Sir William Robinson, Bart, his son and heir, married Doro- thea, daughter of John Thornhill, of Stanton, in the county of Derby, Esq. but died without issue, I77O, and was buried at TopclifFe.'' Thomas Robinson, fourth son of Sir William Robinson, above- mentioned, FIRST Lord Grantham, was educated at Westminster school, and at Trinity college, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow in 1719- In 1723, when Horace Walpole, Esq. afterwards Lord Wal- pole, of Wolterton, was Ambassador at the court ot" France, Mr. Robinson was, by commission under the Great Seal, appointed Secretary ^ to that embassy. He immediately obtained the esteem and affection of that Ambassador; who mentions him as display- ing, during his short absence, great prudence and sagacity in treating with the French Ministers, and as having acquired the full confidence of Fleury.'" '' On the lid of his coffi i was fixed a brass pUte, on which was engraved tliis inscription : Sir Wilini Robinson, Bart. Died March 4th, 177c, In the fifty-eighth Year of his age. Over which was his arms; viz. first and fourth, vert, a cheveron between three bucks statant at gaze, Or, for Robinson. Second and third. Azure, a m.\unch, Argcnr, forC.)n3ers. Impaled with those of h's: !,ady above mentioned ; viz. Gules, two bars gemelles and a chief, Argent, for Thornhill. C tsr, in a coronet. Or, the bandages adorned with itr^'wberry leaves and Fl£ur-de-!;s alt:rna:e!y, a mount. Vert, thereon a bucic statant at gaze, Or. <^ He was confidsntial secretary to Walpole. f Coxc. VOL, VII. U 29Q PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. In the first parliament of the reign of King George II. he was returned member for the borough of Thirsk, in the county of York. In 1730, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Em- peror Charles VI. and concluded the treaties of Vienna, between the Emperor, England, and the States General, of the l6th of March, 1731; and between the Emperor, England, and Spain, of the 22d of July, of the same year. In J 740, he was, upon the demise of the Emperor Charles VI. appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. In 1743, upon the conclusion of the peace between their Hun- garian and Prussian Majesties, Mr. Robinson was honoured with the Order of the Bath, and knighted and invested at Vienna, by the Duke of Lorraine, Great Duke of Tuscany. When his Royal Highness was elected Emperor of Germany, in the year 1745, Sir Thomas Robinson was appointed Minister Ple- nipotentiary to his Imperial Majesty. In J 748, Sir Thomas Robinson was ordered to repair from Vienna to Aix-la-Chapelle, to act as Ambassador and Ministc Plenipotentiary, jointly with the Earl of Sandwich, in the nego- ciation that was carrying on there for the general peace of Eu- rope; which being concluded^ he returned to England, after having been constantly employed in foreign service upwards of twenty-five years. At his arrival in England, in 1749, he was appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations, and chosen member of parliament for the borongh of Christctiurch, in the county of Southampton. In 1750, he was appointed Master of the Great Wardrobej and was shortly afterwards sworn of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council 3 and in 1754, was appointed one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State. In 1755^ he was declared one of the Lords Justices of Great Britain, during his Majesty's absence; and in November follow- ing, having resigned the seals, was again appointed Master of the Great Wardrobe, in which office he continued till the accession of his present Majesty, who was graciously pleased, by letters patent, bearing date thf. 7th day of April, l/Gl, to create him a Fen of Great Britain, by the name, style, and title, of Lord Grantham, Baron of Grantham, in Lincohnhire; and in July, 1/65, to appoint him one of the Post-Masters-General of Great LORD GRANTHAM. 291 Britain and Ireland, in which office he continued till the end of December 1 766.8 His Lordship died September 80th, 1770^ having married Frances, third daughter of Thomas Worsley, of Hovingham, in Yorkshire, Esq. By her, who died at Earls Court, near Kensing- ton, in 1 750, he had issue, 1. Thomas, second Lord Grantham, 2. Frances, born February 14th, 1739, died unmarried in Au- gust 1758. 3. Anne, born at Vienna, died an infant. 4. Anne, born March 19th, 1742, 5. Mary, born July 24th, I743j died January 14 th, 1751. i In 1730, Mr. Walpole rewarded his zeal and fidelity by obtaining for him the appointmeat of Envoy and Plenipotentiary to the court of Vienna, where his address, activity, and prudence, during a period of eighteen years, justified the pro])riety of the recommendation. In 1748, he was appointed Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, where he joined with Lord Sandwich, in con- cluding the treaty. He then returned home, was appointed a Lord of Trade an4 Plantations, and was elected member of parliament for Christchurch ; and, in 1750, was made Master of the Great Wardrobe, and sworn of the Privy Oouncil. In 1754, '" '^^ struggle for power between Pitt and Fox, which ensued on, the death of Mr, Pelhati, the two rival candidates were disappointed ; Sir Thomaa Robinson (for he had obtained the Order of the Bath in 1742), was nominated Secretary, and Mr, Bilson Legge, Chancellor of the Exchequer,* " The Duke of Newcastle (says Coxe), gave the ofHce to Sir Thomas Robinson, whose ex- tensive knowledge of fortign affairs, and long residence at the Court of Vienna, rendered him a proper person to fiU the Northern Department," But all parties were dissatisfied v/ith these arrangements. This being the state of parties, the two rival orators naturally repressed their reciprocal jealousy, and though they retained their places, united their endeavours to counteract the measures of the new Secretary of State. Sir Thomas Robinson, though personally agreeable ta the King, and by his diplomatic knowledge, eminently qualified for fulfilling the duties of his office, was yet ill calculated to resist the weight of the combination against him. He was without parliamentary influence, and though he spoke with judgment and information, and conducted the business of government with credit through the second session of parliament, while the two great orators were silent, was yet unable to enter the lists against the gigantic talents of Pitt and Fox, when they meditated opposition. At the close of the session, perceiving the increasing embarrassments of his situation, he determined to resign ; but re- tained his odfice till a successor could be appointed. On his resignation he was re-appointed Master of tne Wardrobe, and on April 6th, 1761, was created Baron Grantham. In 1765, he was appointed one of the Posi-Masters-General, which he retajned till the following year. Coxe, ut supra. * Coxe. 292 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 6. Theresa^ born January 1st, 1744; married, May 18lh, 1769, John Parker, first Lord Boringdon, and died December 21st, 1775, leaving issue. 7. Frederick, born October llth, 1746j married, June, 1785, Catharine-Gertrude Harris, sister to James, Earl of Malmesbury; and died December 28th, 1792. 8. Elizabeth, born April 8th, 1748j died in February, 1749. His Lordship was succeeded by his son, Thomas, the second Lokd Grantham, born November 30th, 1738; who married, August 17th, 1780, Mary-Jemima, daughter and ooheir of Philip, second Earl of Hardwicke, by whom he had three sons. J. Thomas-Philip, the present Lord. 2. Frederick, born October llth, l782j M. P. for Ripon, 1807. 3. Philip, born October 18th, 1783, since dead. His Lordship was appointed the King's Secretary to the Con- gress in 1761, and elected 176I M. P. for Christ-church, in Hants; and on being constituted a Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plantations in 1766, was re-elected for the same borough. His Lordship was, in 1770, appointed Vice-Chamberlain to his present Majesty 5 and in 177 1 was nominated Ambassador to Spain; which court he left in 1779^ in consequence of the dis- agreement between the two crowns, which soon after produced open hostilities. In February 178I, he was made First Lord of the Board of Trade and Plantations, ana on the abolishing of that Board by Act of Parliament, in 1782, he was the same month ap- pointed Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, which high office he held till March 1783. His Lordship died July 20th, 1786, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Thomas-Philif Weddell, third Lord Grantham, who was born December §th, 176I ; and, by permission of his Majesty, has taken the name of "Wiiddell.^ His Lordship married, July 20th, 1805. Lady Henrietta-Frances Cole, youngest daughter of William Willoughby, Earl of Ennis- ^ He is heir in remainder, after the death of his aunt. Baroness Lucas (for whom sec that title ante), to the ancient estate of his grandmother, Marchioness Grey, the patrimony of the Earls and Dukes of Kent., A great part also of the Aislabie estate at Studley, in Yorkshire, is entailed on him after the death of Miss Lawrence, the present possessor. LORD GRANTHAM. 293 kiilen, by Anne, only sister of Armar, Earl of Belmore, and hai issue A daughter, born June 8th, I8O6. Titles. Thomas-Philip Weddel Robinson, Lord Grantham, of Grantham, in Lincolnshire. Creation. Baron Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, April 7th, 1761, 1 George IIL Arms. Vert, a cheveron between three bucks standing at gaze. Or. Crest. Out of a crown of Fleur-de-lis, Or, on a mount. Vert, buck standing at gaze. Or. Supporters. Two greyhounds, regardant. Sable. Motto. QUALIS AB INCKPTO. 291 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. CURZON, LORD SCARSDALE. The ancestor of this ancient and noble family came over to Eng- land with William the Conqueror, from Normandy, and had lands and possessions given him by that prince for his services. The first upon record is GiRALiNE de Curson, or Curzon, lord of the manor of Lock- ing, in the county of Berks, and divers other lands in that coun- ty, with the manor of Fishead, in the county of Oxford. He was a great benefactor to the abbey of Abingdon, in Berkshire, as ap- pears by their register. He had issue three sons; 1. Stephen. 2. Richard. And, 3. Giraline. Stephen, the eldest, succeeded him in his estates in the coun- ties of Oxon and Berks, and had also given him, by William, Earl Ferrers and Derby, the manor of Fauld, in the county of Stafford. He bore for his coat armour. Fairy, Or, and Gules, a lorder. Sable, charged with popinjays. Argent; and his heir ge- neral, Agnes, was married to Nicholas Burton, of Fauld, in her right. GiRAtiNE, the third son, died without issue. RicHAKD, the second son, and continuator of the line, held four knights fees in Croxhale, Kedleston^ Twyford, and Edinhale, in the county of Derby, in the reign of Henry I. and bore for his arms. Fairy, Or and Gules, on a chief, Azure, three horsC" shoes,^ Argent. His second son, Richard, will be presently men- tioned. He was succeeded by his son, Robert de Curzon, who was living in the reign of Henry II and by his wife, Alice, daughter of — ^— de Somervile, had issue, a In allusion to the Ferrerje*; Earls of Derby, their superior lordi. - LORD SCARSDALE. 295 Richard Carzon, who married Petronel, daughter and co- heir of Richard de Caravile^ Baron of Creek, by whom he had issue, Robert de Carzon, of troxhall, who was living in the reign of Henry Ilf. whose line terminated in an heir female; Mary, daughter and sole heir of Sir George Carzon, of Croxhall, Knt. wlio was married to Edward Sackville, Earl of Dorset, and Knight of the Garter. Cardinal de Curzon, so famous about* the time of King John, was of this family. I now proceed to treat of Thomas Curzon, son of Thomasj second son of Richard dc Curzon, of Kedleston, aforesaid, who had issue, Richard de Curzon, Who lived in the reign of Henry IH; The said Richard left issue another Richard, who held the fourth part of a knight's fee in Kedle- ston, 25 Edward I. His son, Ralph de Curzon, was father of Richard de Curzon, of Kedleston, who held three parts of a knight's fee there in 4 Edward III. and, by Joan his wife, left issue Sir Roger de Curzon, of Kedleston, Knt. who was living in the reign of Richard III. His son, Sir John Curzon, was one of the King's Counsel, and married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Twyford, Knt. by whom he had issue, 1. John Carzon, of itedleston, Esq. who was living in 3 and 12 Henry IV, 2. ^Thomas Curzon, of Croxhall, living A" 7 Henry IV. who, by Margaret his wife, had a son; John Curzon, of Croxhall, from Avhom the Curzons of that place descended. The said eldest son, John Curzon, married Margaret, daughter of Sir Nicholas Montgomery, Knt. by whom he had issue, three sons, viz. 1. Richard, of whom hereafter. Walter (third son, according to the visitation of Oxfordshire, taken A" 1574), from whom lineally descended the Curzons of Water Perry,*^ in the co.n^y of Oxford, Barts. which branch of the family is now extinct, and the Cursons of Letheringset, in Norfolk. b Visit. Cdta. DeA. MS. in Bibl. Harl. Brit. Mus. No. i486. * Francis Roper, son of the Hon. Francis Roper (younger brother cf the latt Lord Teynham), has talcea the name, and inherits the estate. apS PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Henry, second son, by his wife, , daughter of ■ Mortimer, was father of Robert, who married Margaret, daughter of Aldred, Lord of Newhall, in Bovani, and by her was father of John, father of Sir Robert Curzon, Knt. who was created a Baron of the Empire by the Emperor Maximilian, in the year ISOO, and a Baron of England, by King Henry VII L but dying without issue, that branch of the family became extinct. Richard, the eldest son, above-mentioned, was Captain of Sandgate castle, in France, in 11 Henry VI. and had issue, by Margery his wife, John Curzon, of Kedleston, Esq. (commonly called John with the White Head;, who was High Sheriff of the counties of Not- tingham and Derby, in 15 Henry VI. and Escheator for the same counties in 1.9 Henry VI. He is buried (as appears by the arms of himself and his wife impaled on their grave-stone), in the church at Kedleston, with this imperfect inscription, " Hicjacent Johannes Curzon, et Uxor ejus, qui Johes ol A Dni, " He married Joan, daughter of Sir John Bagot, of Blithfield, in the county of Stafford, Bart, by whom he had issue one son, and four daughters, Isabel, wife of John Bryd, of Locko, Gent.j Anne, of John Ireton, of Ireton, Gent.j Thomaslne, of Thomas Statham, of Mor- ley, Esq.; and Joan, of Ralph Sacheverel, E^q. Their brother, Richard Curzon, Esq. succeeded his father, and married Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Willoughby, of Wollaton, in the county of Nottingham, Knt. by whom he had issue two sons; whereof Henry, the youngest, married Margaret, daughter of John De- thick, of Bredsal, in the county of Derby, Esq. and a daughter, Elizabeth, Prioress of King's-Mead. He is buried in Kedleston church with this memorial, " Orate P. Animas Ricardi Cursan Dni de Kedellston, et Alicice Uxoris ejus, qui Ricardus ohiit 3'* Die Augusti A° Dni 1496, Quor. Alius propicietur Deus, Amen." John, the eldest son and heir, was High Sheriff of the county of Derby, in 13 Edward IV. 2 Richard III. 2 Henry VII. and<» died in 4 Henry VIII. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Eyre, of Hassop, in the county of Derby, Esq. by whom he had issue, one son and heir, Richard, and three daughters, viz. Cecilia (or Alice), wife of William Trussel, of Billesley, .in the county of ' Inijiiis. post Mortem, 4 Henry VIIJ LORD SCARSDALE. 297 Warwick, Gent.; Mary, of George Whitworth, Gent.j and, Anne, of George Trusset, Gent. Richard Curzon, Esq. the only son, abovenamed, married Helen, daughter of German Pole, of Radborne, in the county of Derby, Esq. by whom he had issue five sons,^ viz. William and John, who died without issue; Francis, Richard, and Christopher; also three daughters; Anne, wife of Roger Brokeshaw, of Hasle- wood. Esq,; secondly, to Forman, Esq. Eleanor, of Henry Bradshaw, of Windley, Gent.; and Elizabeth, of John Wigley, of Wirksworth, Gent, all in the county of Derby. The said Wil- tiAM and John, the eldest, dying without issue, were succeeded by the next surviving brother, Francis Curzon, of Kedleston, Esq. who was of the age of twenty-five years, in 2 Edward VI. He married Eleanor, daugh- ter and coheir of Thomas Vernon, of Stokesley, Esq. by Anne his wife, daughter and coheir of Sir John Ludlow, Knt. by Eliza- beth, daughter of Richard Grey, Lord Powis (by which mar- riage the present Lord hath a claim, with the descendants of the other sister, to the barony of Powis, as coheirs of Edward, the last Lord Powis),*^ by whom he had issue four sons, John, Thomas, Francis, and George, which last was father of Francis Curzon, of Munley, in the county of Bucks, Esq. from whom descended the Curzons, of that place; also two daughters, Eleanor and Anne, He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, John Curzon, of Kedleston, Esq. who was living A° 161I; he married Millicent, daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel, of Staunton, in the county of Derby, Knt. and relict of Thomas Gell, of Hop- ton, in the said county. Esq, by whom he had issue. Sir John Curzon, of Kedlestone, Bart, so created 17 Charles I. who represented the county of Derby, in the parliament of 15 and 16 of that King. He married Patience, daughter of Sir Tho- mas, and sister of John, Lord Crewe, of Stene, in Northampton- «hire (which Lady deceased March 30th, 1 642), by whom he had issue, John, Francis, and Thomas, who all died without issue; Nathaniel, and three daughters; Patience, who died unmarried; Eleanor, wife of Sir John Archer, Knt. one of his Majesty's Jus- tices of the Court of Common-pleas; and Jane, of John Stanhope, Esq. son of Sir John Stanhope, of Elvaston, in the county of Derby, Knt. brother of Philip, Earl of Chesterfield. = Inquis. post Mortem, 2 Edwari* VI. et MS. in Brit. Mus. prxdict. f Sec the case at large, in Collins's Proceedings on barony by writ, and other honours, Appendix, p. 405, also the case of John Kynaston, of Hordley, Esq. who claimed and petitioned for the same barony, ibid. p. 397, which claim was lately reTiyed by the present Mr, Kynaston. See also Cruise on Dignities, 1 71, 175. 298 PEERA.GE OF ENGLAND. He died on December 13th, 1686, in the eighty-ninth year of his age (as appears by the monument erected to his and his Lady's memory, in Kedleston church), but the inscriptions containing nothing more than an account of their marriage, issue, &c. arc here omitted, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, Sir Nathaniel CuRZON, Bart, who married Sarah, daughter of William Penn, of Penn, in the county of Bucks, Esq. by whom he had issue five sons, viz. 1. Sir John. And, 2. Sir Nathaniel, successively Baronets. 3. Francis, a Turkey merchant, who died at Aleppo, in Syria, unmarried. 4. William, late representative for Clitheroe, in Lancashire, who died unmarried. 5. Charles, LL.D. who died without issue. Also four daughters j Sarah, who died unmarried; Jane, wife of Henry Pye, of Faringdon, in the county of Berks, Esq. she died in child-bed March 1 5th, 1705-6, aged twenty-three, and was buried at Faringdon, where a monument is erected to her memoryj Elizabeth and Eleanor, who both died unmarried. A fine monument is erected to the memory of Sir Nathaniel and his Lady, in Kedleston church, on which is the following inscription : This Monument was erected in Honour of the Memory of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart, and Dame Sarah Curzon his Wife, Daughter of Wlliam Penn, Esq. of Penn, of Buckinghamshire, whose Remains lie in this Church 5 Their Hearts were united by the strongest Ties of Friendship, And eminently distinguished in Piety towards God, and Charity to Mankind} Their Deaths all virtuous minds lament. In whom while living, we beheld Minds truly Great and Christian j The Orphan lost a Support, the Poor their Relief, the Rich their Comfort 3 This Place its greatest Ornament, Religion her brightest Example; Their Memory shall never be forgotten, nor our Affections languish for so sincere Friends, Who were both universally Charitable, Generous, and Beneficent, To all Mankind, and justly merited the highest Esteem, LORD SCARSDALE. 299 The best and most affectionate of Parents; They had five sons and four Daughters j They resigned their Souls into the most merciful Hands of Almighty God, In full Trust and Confidence of the All-sufficient Merits Of our Blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ j Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart, on the fourth Day of March 1718-I9. Dame Sarah Curzon, his Wife, on the fourth Day of January 1 727-8. This Monument put up with a grateful Memory by their youngest Daughter, In the year of our Lord 1737. He was succeeded by his eldest son. Sir John Curzon, Bart. ■vfrho represented the county of Derby, in parliament, from 1 Anne to his death, on August 6th, 1727, and was buried at Kedleston. Dying unmarried, he was succeeded in honour and estate, by his brother. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart.s who represented the county of Derby in parliament from that time to his decease. He married Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir Ralph Assheton, of Middlcton, in the county of Lancaster, Bart, she died ] 8th March, 177^, aged eighty-one, and was buried at Kedleston; by whom he had issue, 1 . John, who died in his infancy. 2. Nathaniel, late Lord Scarsdale. 3. Assheton Curzon, now Viscount Curzon, of whom already under that title. Sir Nathaniel died in 1758, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son. Sir Nathaniel, first Lord Scarsdale, who was raised to the dignity of a Peer, by his present Majesty, on June yth, 1761, in the first year of his reign, by the style and title of Baron Scarsdale, in the county of Derby. He married, October 27th, 1751, Lady Carolina Colyear, daughter of Charles, Earl of Port- more, by whom he had issue five sons and one daughter; viz. 1. Nathaniel, present Peer. 2. Charles- William, born March 22d, 1758. 3. a son, born baptized November 1759. 4. John, bom 27th October, 1760. I He counter-claimed the Barony of Pavs s against Roger Kynaston, Esq. ia I 73 I. See Cruiie, ut supra. 300 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. 5. David-Francis, born 18th July, 1762; in Holy Orders. 6. Henry, born 24th May, 1765; a Post Captain in the navy, and Colonel of Marines. Caroline, born 6th May, 1753. His Lordship died December 5th, 1804, having been many Chairman of the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords; and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nathaniel, second Lord Scarsdale, who was born Sep- tember 27th, 1752. His Lordship married, in July 1777* Sophia-Susanna, daughter of Edward, the late, and sister to the present Viscount Wfentworth, by whom (who died at Brompton, June 28th, 1782), he has issue, 1. Sophia-Caroline, born January 13th, 1779 j married, in Sep- tember 1800, Viscount Tamworth, eldest son of Earl Ferrers. 2. Nathaniel, born January 3d, 178I. Titles. Nathaniel Curzon, Lord Scarsdale^ and Baronet. Creations. Baronet, August 11th, l64l, 17 Car. L; Baron of Scarsdale, in Derbyshire, June pth, 1761, 1 George IIL Arms. Argent, on a bend. Sable, three popinjays. Or, collared. Gules. Crest. On a wreath a popinjay, rising. Or, collared. Gules. Supporters. On the dexter side the figure of Prudence, repre- sented by a woman, habited. Argent, mantled, Azure, holding in her sinister hand a javelin, entwined with a remora, proper; and on the sinister, the figure of Liberality, represented by a like wo- man, habited. Argent, mantled, Purpure, holding a cornucopia, proper. Motto Recte et suavitek. Chief Seat. Kedleston, near Derby; rebuilt in a magnificent manner by the late Peer. LORD BOSTON. 301 IRBY, LORD BOSTON- The family of Irby is of great antiquity, and were lords of /r^y or Irely, in Candlesho Wapentake, in Lindsey, near Wainfleet, in the county oi Lincoln, but since gone to another family. Sir William de Ircby, Knt. in 1251, 35 Henry III. was a witness to the charter of foundation, of the Abbey of Hales, in Gloucestershire, granted by the King's brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans; also to a charter of confirmation to the monastery of St. Bega, in Cumberland, granted by William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, and to another charter, of the beforementioned Richard, Earl of Cornwall, to the priory of Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, dated April 10th, 1257. This Sir William was probably in some considerable employment in the reign of King John, and an attendant upon his second son, Ri- chard, Earl of Cornwall. In 5 Edward TIL 1332, John de Ireby appears to be one of the jurors, in an inquest taken before the King's Escheator, for founding a chauntry, in Wigton, by John Gernoun, and Marga- ret his wife, and granting it, together with the advowson of the church, in the abbey of Holmcultrum, in the county of Cumber- land, Anthony Irby, or Ireby, seated at Gosberton, in Lincolnshire, who was living in l6 Henry VIII. by Alice his wife, daughter of John Bounting, was father of three sons: 1. John, who died without issue. 2. Leonard Irby, Esq. was one of the representatives in parlia- ment for the borough of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, from the first year of Queen Mary to 6 Philip and Mary, and again in 5 and 13 Eliz. 1563, and 1571. 302 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. He married , and had issue a son, Edmund, who died vrithout issue, and a daughter, Alice^ married to ■ » Gates, Esq. 3. Thomas Irby, Esq. seated at Whapload,, in the county of Lincoln, where he was buried, April 30th, I56l. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Serjeant, and by her was father of four daughters, who were all married at Whap- load; 1. Audry, who married, April 22d, 1560, Thomas Terrill, Esq. 2. Dorothy, married, June 25th, 1565, John Brison, Esq. 3. Anne, married, September 26th, 1583, Simon Egor, Esq. 4. Beatrice, married, August 3d, 1580, George Walkot, Esq. And one son, Antho-ny Irby, Esq. who served in parliament for the borough of Boston in the 31st, 3Qih, and 43d years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, and also in the first of her successor, James I. On October 13th, 38 Eliz. this Anthony purchased of Robert RadclifFe, Lord Fitzwaltcr, and Earl of Sussex, the ma- nors of Moulton, Fitzwalter, and Medietas Dominorum, in Moulton, formerly the estate of the Lords de Moulton, Barons de Egremont. He was early attached to the study of the law, and being a member of Lincoln's Inn, was held in high estima- tion by that society. He shared with others the highest honours that body has to confer, being called to the bench in the 32d of Elizabeth ; after which, in the ensuing 3'ear, he was consti- tuted their Autumn Reader to the Society. His arms were depicted in the third window of the chapel, towards the north, which were, according to Sir "William Dugdale, Argent, fretty. Sable, with the name " Ant. Irly" over them. He was appointed one of the Masters in Chancery in the reign of James I. He married at Whapload, Alice, widow of — Tash, Esq. and daughter of Thomas Welbye, of Moulton, Esq. He had issue by his lady (who was buried, April 2Ist, i6G2, in Whapload church), five sons, and two daughters, 1. Thomas, baptized July 15th, 15/6, who died young. 2. Anthony, baptized January Qih, 1577, of whom hereafter. 3. Thomas, baptized March 5th, 1580, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Daniel Dunn, but died without issue. 4. Leonard, baptized June 7th, 1582. 5. Kenelm, baptized September 1st, 1583, and was burietl in Whapload church, December 29th, 1585. 6. 7« Anne and Alice, twins, baptized January 3d, 1584. Anne married, June pth, 1606, Sir Francis South, Knt. and Alice mar- ried, September 28th, l603, Robert Ballara, Esq. LORD BOSTON. 303 Anthony Irby, Esq. father of these children, was buried in Whapload church, October 6th, l625. Sir Anthony Irby, Knt. eldest surviving son, served in par- liament for Boston in the 3d and 15th of Charlea I. was High Sheriff for the county of Lincoln in the 13th, and served again in parliament for the same borough in the l6th of the same reign. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Peyton, of Iselham, in the county of Cambridge, Bart, by whom he had issue three sons, and two daughters. 1. Sir Anthony. 2. Edward, who married Anne, daughter of David Hervey, Esq. of Evendin, in Lincolnshire, and died without issue. His ladv married, secondly. Peregrine Bertie, Esq. third son of Ro- bert, first Earl of Lindsey. 3. Thomas, baptized June l6th, l608, married , by whom he bad issue two sons, and one daughter; 1. Anthony, baptized June 14th, l646.* 2, Thomas, baptized August 24th, 1648. 3. Alice, baptized December 4th, l648, and buried in Whapload church, January 23d, 1649, 4. Alice, who married, first, Francis Jermy, of Gunton, in Norfolk, Esq. (by whom she had five sons, and three daughters)} and, secondly, to Edmund de Grey, Esq. of Merton, in Norfolk; she died July 30th, l665, in the fifty-sixth year of her age, abd was buried at Gunton aforesaid. 5. Elizabeth, baptized July pth, 1609, who died young. To the memory of Sir Anthony and his Lady, a monument was erected, and is still standing in the West end of the North Isle of the parish church of Whapload, in the Wapentake of Elloe, in Holland, in the county of Lincoln, where the family then had a large estate and seat. * In a Manuscript History of the family of Massey, now in the possKsion of the Right Kon. Hugh, Lord Massey, of Duntryleagite, in the kingdom of Ire- land, it is mentioned, that Hugh Massey, his Lordship's direct ancestor, settled in Ireland in 1649, being advanced to ample possessions in the Southern parts of that kingdom; and that by his second wfife he had an only daughter, Elizabeth, married to Anthony Irby, Doctor in Divinity, who had planted himself in Ireland, having been presented to ample livings in that kingdom, and was ai the family of the Irbies of Boston, in com. Line, progenitors of the present Lord Boston. The said Doctor Irby had issue, by the said Elizabeth Massey, his wife, a daughter, Alice, married to John Parker, of Dunkip, in the county of Limerick, Esq. (» family of English extraction, whose ancestors have been of considerable note in that kingdom), from whom the Parkers of Castle-Lough, and of CastJc-Town, in the county of Tipperary, and of other places, are descended. 304 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. On the frieze, in Roman capitals, is written, " Here lieth buried Sir Anthonie Irby, Knight, sonne of An- thonie Irby, Esq. and Alice his wife, daughter of Thomas Wel- bye, of Moulton, Esq. which Sir Anthonie tooke to wife Eliza- beth, daughter of Sir John Peyton, of Iselhara, in the county of Cambridge, Knight and Baronet, descended of the noble race of the UfFordes, sometime Earls of Suffolk. By whom he had issue. Sir Anthonie Irby, Knt. Edward, Thomas, Alice, and Elizabeth, who died an infant. Sir Anthonie, the eldest, married, to bis first wife, Fraunces, daughter of Sir William Wray, Knight, and Baronet, aad Frances his wife, daughter and coheir to Sir Wil- liam Drury, of Halsted, in Suffolk, Knight; his second, Marga- ret, daughter of Sir Richard Smith, of the county of Kent, Knight." This monument is painted white, excepting where parcel is gilt, and is surrounded with iron rails; and on the top of the pa- vilion, over all, is a large shield, with the arms of Irby on one side, and on a helmet, on a wreath, Argent and Sable, a wyverns head, Argent, double collared, Gules; on the other side of the same shield, the arms of Irby, impaling Peyton, Sable, a cross tngr ailed, Or, with a mullet of the second in the dexter quarter. Sir Anthony Irby, Knt, eldest son and heir, represented the borough of Boston in parliament in 30 and 31 Charles II. He married, first, Frances, daughter of Sir William Wray, of Glentworth, in Lincolnshire, Bart, by whom he had issue one daughter, Elizabeth, who married, in l645, George Montagu, Esq. of Horton, in the county of Northampton, eldest son cf Henry, Earl of Manchester (by his third wife, Margaret, daugh- ter of John Crouch, Esq.) great grandfather to George, late Earl of Halifax. Secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Smith, of the county of Kent, Knt. by whom he had no issue. Thirdly, Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, Knt. and Alderman of London, by whom he had no issue. Fourthly, Catharine, third daughter of the Right Honourable William, Lord Paget, who died in \QQ5, and had issue one son, Anthony, and five daughters; Elizabeth, who died in February, ] 683, unmarried; Anne; Isabella, second wife of William, sixth Lord Paget; Lettice, living in 1(554; and Frances, married, June I5th, 1679 (then aet. 2(5), to James Macartney, Esq. of Ireland» and died March 3d, l683. Sir Anthony died in 1(5/0. LORD BOSTON. 303 Amthony Irby, Esq. his son and heir, who added to, and im- proved, certain charities, given to poor widows in Whapload and Moulton, by his kinsman, William Tash, Gent. September 8th, l6t34. He married Mary, daughter and sole heir of John Strin- ger, Esq. of Ashford, in the county of Kent, by whom he had two sons, 1. Edward, his successor. 2. Anthony, an officer in the array, who died unmarried. Also one daughter, Anne, who died January 23d, 1680-1, aged sixteen months, and was buried in Ashford church. Sir Edward I''by, eldest son and heir, was created a Baronet by Queen Anne, in the 3d year of her reign, April 13th, 1704' He was representative for the borough of Boston, in Lincolnshire, in I Anne, 1702, and in the 7th year of the same reign. He married Dorothy, daughter of the Hon, Henry Paget, second bro- ther of the Right Hon. William, Lord Paget, Ambassador at Constantinople. By her (who was buried at Drayton, in the county of Middlesex, in October, 1734), he had one son, Wil- liam, and a daughter, Jane, who died young. Sir Edward was buried in Whapload church, November 11th, 17I8. Sir William Irby, Bart, first Lord Boston, only son and heir, was born March Sth, 1707j was Page to George I. and George IL Equerry to Frederick, late Prince of Wales, in De- cember, 172s, upon the first arrival of his Royal Highness in England. In 1736, he was appointed Vice Chamberlain to her Royal Highness Augusta, Princess of Walesj and, in 1761^ was made her Lord Chamberlain. In 1734, Sir William Irby was chosen member of parliament for Launceston, in Cornwall, and served in the ensuing parlia- ment for the same place. In the 10th parliament, he was returned for Bodmin, as also for Old Sarum, but made his election for the former. In the 11th parliament, in 1754, he served again for Bodmin; and his present Majesty graciously taking into conside- ration his great merit, and long services to his royal father and mother, grandfather, and great grandfather, was pleased to raise him to the dignity of a peerage, by letters patent, bearing date April 16th, 1761, by the style and title of Lord Boston, Baron of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, to him and his heirs male. He married, August 26th, 1746, Albiuia, daughter of Henry Selwyn, Esq. (younger brother of John Selwyn, Esq. of Matson, in Gloucestershire), and one of the Maids of Honour to her Royal VOL. VII. X 306 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Highness Augusta, Princess of "Wales. By her (who died April 2d,'' 1769, and was buried in a vault in Whiston church, North- amptonsh're, he had issue two sons, and one daughter: 1. Frederick, the present Lord. 2. William Henry, born September gth, 1/50, was, in his youth, successively Ensign and Lieutenant in the tirst regiment of Fool Guards. He married, 24lh October, 1 78 1 , Mary, youngest daughter of Rowland Blacltman, Esq. and by her, who died July 30th, 1792, bad issue William-Henry Rowland, born March 13th, 1784; and Augusta Priscilla, born September 28ih, 1785. 3. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth, born July 26th, 1747, was one of the Maids of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, and mar- ried, April 30th, 1772, Thomas de Grey, Esq now Lord Wal- singham. William Lord Boston departed this life March 30th, 1773, and was interred in the same vault with his Lady in Whiston church. Frederick, second and present Lord Boston, was born June 9th, 1749, and married. May 15th, 1775, Christiana, only daugh- ter of Paul Methuen, Esq. of Corsham House, Wiltshire, and one of the members in parliament for Great Bedwin, 1774. He has issue, 1. Charlotte, born March 11th, 1776. 2. George, formerly in the army, born December 27th, 1777> and baptized January 28th, 1 778, his Majesty, by proxy, the Marquis of Caermarthen, and the Countess of Stafford, in person, being sponsors. He married, November 24th, 1801, Rachel Ives Drake, eldest daughter and coheiress of the late William Drake, junior, of Amersham, in Bucks, Esq. by whom he has issue, 1. George Ives, born September 14th, 1S02. 2. Rachel Emily, born January 12th, 1805. 3. Charlotte-Isabella born March Uth, I807. 3. Frederick-Paul, born April 18th, 1779, Captain in the Navy; married, December 1st, 1803, Emily Jves, youngest daughter and coheiress of the late William Drake, Esq. and by her (who died August 7th, I8O6), had issue, Frederick- William,^born July 28th, I8O6. 4. William -Augustus, in Holy Orders, born November 28th, J 780, died unmarried March 10th, I8O7. 5. Albiiiia, born March 8th, 1782. 6. ^enry-Edward, in the Army, born August 27th, 1783. 7. Paul- Anthony, born December l6thj 1784. ^ Qijere ist? LORD BOSTON. 307 8, Christian-Elizabeth, born April 4th, 1/S6. Q. Edward Methuen, Ensign in the Foot Guards, born March 21st, 1/88; killed in the battle ofTalavera I8O9. 10 Charles-Leonard, in the royal navy, born October Qth,! 789. 11, Augusta-Matilda, born December 28th, 179O. 12, Anna- Maria- Louisa, born Octooer 2d, 1792. 13, Adolphus-Frederick, born February 24t!i, I797. His Lordship is one of the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber. Titles. Frederick Irby, Lord Boston, of Boston, in Lincoln- shire, and Baronet, LL.D. Creations Baronet, April 13th, 1704, 3 Anne; Baron of Bos- ton, as above, April 10th, I761, I George III. Arms. Argent, fretty. Sable, on a canton, Gules, a chaplet. Or, Crest. On a wreath. Argent and Sable, a Saracen's head, proper. Supporters. On either side an Antelope, Gules, gorged with a chaplft. Or. Motto. Honor fidelitatis frjemium. Chief Seat. Hedsor, in Buckinghamshire. 308 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND, FOX, LORD HOLLAND. It has been already recited in the account of the family of the Earl of Ilchester, that Henuy, the first Lord Holland, waa the second and youngest son, of the second marriage, of Sir Ste- phen Fox, and brother of Stephen, first Earl of llchester, &c. His Lordship was born 1705, and was chosen one of the mem- bers for Hendon, in Wiltshire, on a vacancy, in March, 1735, to that parliament which first met January 23d, 1734; and being constituted Surveyor-General of his Majesty's Board of Works, a Nvrit was ordered, June 17th, 173/^ and he was re-elected. In the next parliament, summoned to meet June 25th, 1741, and which sat on business December 4th, following, he served for Windsor; and in 17-43, being constituted one of the Commission- ers of the Treasury, in the Broad-Bottomed Administration formed by the Pelhams, a writ was issued Dec. 21st, that year, for a new election, and he was re-chosen. Also, in 1746, on the restoration of the old cabinet after the short administration of Earl Granville, being appointed Secretary at War, in the room of Sir William Yonge, a writ issued May 27ih, the same year, and he was again reelected. On July 23d, he was sworn of his Majesty's most honourable Privy-Council. In the parliament which first sat on business, November 12th, 1747> he was again elected one of the members for Windsor; also in the parliament of 1754, and the last, till he was advanced to the peerage. " In 1754, the death of Mr. Pelham produced a vacancy in the Treasury, which was filled by his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, who, though a nobleman of high honour, unblemished integrity, and considerable abilities, yet was of too jealous and unstable a temper to manage the House ef Commons with equal address and activity, and to guide the LORD HOLLAND. 309 reins of government without a coadjutor at so arduous a conjunc- ture. The seals of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State, vacant by the death of Mr. Pelham, and the promotion of the Duke of Newcastle, became the objects of contention. The persons who now aspired to the management of the House of Commons, were Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt, whose parliamentary abi- lities had for some time divided the suffrages of the nation; who had long fostered reciprocal jealousy, and who now became public rivals for power. Both these rival statesmen were younger bro- thers, nearly of the same age; both were educated at Eton, both distinguished for classical knowledge, both commenced their par- liamentary career at the same period, and both raised themselves to eminence by their superior talents; yet no two characters were ever more contrasted. Mr. Fox inherited a strong and vigorous constitution, was profuse and dissipated in his youth, and after squandering his private patrimony, went abroad to extricate him- self from his embarrassments. On his return, he obtained a seat in parliament, and warmly attached himself to Sir Robert Walpole, whom he idoliiced; and to whose patronage he was indebted for the place of Surveyor-general of the Board of Works. His mar- riage, in 1744, with Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond (with whom he ran away), " though at first dis- pleasing to the family, yet finally strengthened his political con- nections. He was equally a man of pleasure and business, formed for social and convivial intercourse; of an unruflSed temper and frank disposition. No statesman acquired more adherents, not merely from political motives, but swayed by his agreeable man- ners, and attached 10 him by personal friendship, which he fully merited by his zeal in promoting their interests. He is justly characterized even by Lord Chesterfield, ' as having no fixed principles of religion or morality, and as too unwary in ridiculing and exposing them.* As a parliamentary orator, he was occa- sionally hesitating and perplexed; but, when warmed with his subject, he spoke with an animation and rapidity which appeared more striking from his former hesitation. His speeches were not crowded with flowers of rhetoric, or distinguished by brilliancy of diction; but were replete with sterling sense and sound argu- ment. He was quick in reply, keen in repartee, and skilful in discerning the temper of the house. He wrote without effort or affectation; his public dispatches were manly and perspicuous, and his private letters easy and animated. Though of an ambi- 310 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. tious spirit, he regarded money as a principal obj'^ct, and power only as a secondary concern."'' This character is altogether con- sistent with that given by Lord Chesterfield j whose editor adds, that " Fox was an excellent husband, a most indulgent father, a kind master, a courteous neighbour, and what the world in ge- neral has little known, but which I now tell them, on the best authority, a man whose charities demonstrated that he possessed in abundance the milk of human kindness."'' In 1/56, he re- signed the office of Secretary of State to Wiiliam Pitt, after- wards Earl of Chatham, In 1757. he was appointed Paymaster OF the Fokces, which he retained till the commencement of the present reign. On May 6th, 1 762, his wife was created Baro- ness Holland; and, on April l6th, 1763, he himself was created a Peer, In the latter part of his life he amused himself by building, at a vast expense, the fantastic villa at Kingsgate, near Margate, which drew forth some severe and admirably sati- rical lines from Gray, the Poet. His Lordship was also a Lord of the Privy-council, and Clerk of the Pells, in Ireland, granted him for his own life^ and that of his two sons. On April l6th, 1763, his Majesty was pleased to raise him to the Peerage, by the style and title of Lord Holland, Baron of Foxley, in the county of Wilts, to him and his heirs male. He married, on May 2d, 1744. Lady Georgina Carolina, eldest daughter of his Grace, Charles, late Duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Aubigny (created Baroness Holland^ May 6th, 1762, 2 George III.) by whom he had issue, 1 . Stephen, his successor. 2. Henry, born October 8th, 1746, who died in the January following. 3. Charles-James, born January iSth, O.S. 1748-9, who was member of parliament for Malmesbury, in the county of Wilts, 177^> 3nd sat afterwards for Westminster, till bis death. Mr. Fox was returned M. P. for Midhurst, 176S, before he was of age. On February 24th, \77^) ^^ ^^s appointed a Lord of the Admiraltyj which he retained till May 6th^ 1772. On Ja- nuary 9th, 1773, he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury ; which he retained till May 12th, 1774. He then went violently into Opposition, and opposed Lord North, and the American War, with his utmost talents. On the fall of the North Administra- a Coxe. k See Ann. Reg. for 1777, p. i2. LORD HOLLAND. 311 tion, he was appointed Secketary of State, March 27th, 1782, which he retained otily till the death of Lord Rockingham in July following. When ths short-lived Lansdown»Ministry ceased, he formed the celebrated Coalition with Lord North; and again became Secretary of State, April 2d, 1/83. His power was again as transient as before; and he was removed on the igth of December following, when Mr. Pitt ascended at once to the Pre- miership. On the death of Mr. Pitt, he became a third time, in February I8O6, aet. 58, by another coalition with Lord Grenville, Secretary of State, in which oftlce he died, to the great grief of the nation, S' ptember 13th, ISOO, without issue, by Mrs. Eli- zabeth Bridget Armstead, whom he married^ at a small church in Huntingdonshire, in l791- Of the numerous characters*^ which have been given of this great man, room can only be allowed to a few extracts. " From the period tliat Pitt triumphed, and drove him from the helm, Fox continued to lead the Opposition with a force of eloquence, and compreht-nsion of mind, which excited the idol- atry of his friends, and the astonishmt^nt of his foes. He was " the people's man;' he was the constant and undaunted advocate for the liberties, and, f miy add, in some degree for the licen- tiousness, of Britons; he pleaded for, and too much supported the excesses of ih^t French Revolution, which lost him the co opera- tion, and indeed the friendship of Burke, with whom he had long acted on terms of mutual intimacy and fondness. Burke, in one of his speeches on the India Bill, had with inimitable eloquence and warmth of colouring pronounced an culogium on him, which would alone have been sutEcient to consecrate his name to poste- rity. But when a new combination of events arose in the political world, that wonderful and almost inspired man broke from the bondage ot private friendship arid public love, and refused farther intercourse with one, whose opinions in his mind were subversive of the peace of the whole civilized globe. Fox, with a tenderness of lieart at which it is impossible to withhold our delight, is said to have wept rather than have shewn resentment, at the bitter reproaches of the enraged orator. In February 1 b06, on the death of his great rival, Pitt, Fox once more attained the seals as Secre- tary of btate tor the Foreign De()artment, but died St-ptember 1 3th, foilovving, aet. 5'J , Of his private characterj his indiscretions, his s Dr. Parr has published, in z vols, 8vo. 1809, " Characters 0/ the lot* Charla James Fox, selected, and in fart "writtin, i>ji Philofatrit Farvicensif,^'' 312 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. dissipation, his follies, the world has heard enough j nor is it un- acquainted with the kindness, and many amiable traits of his heart, " Open as day to melting charity." He was ductile, candid, comprehensive, and unassuming. His talents were eminent for fire, acuteness, extent, and strength. His mind was highly cultivated, and capable of seeing things in every possible combination of lights. From the ductility of his intellect, the pliability of his disposition, and the accidental situa- tion in which he was placed, he is thought by many to have im- bibed too much of the spirit and sentiments of a demagogue, and the perpetual pledges which he had thrown out in this way for a long series of years, certainly fettered his conduct as a minister of the crown, and tended to disqualify him for exercising that wisdom in guiding the helm of public affairs, for which his incomparable abilities would otherwise have peculiarly fitted him. In every trait of personal character, he was totally dissimilar to his rival, Pitt. More adapted for general intercourse with the world, more captivating in social manners, more learned, more susceptible of the charms of literature, more enriched by fancy and sentiment, more open to the arts, more fond of the flowers, as well as the grave and solid business, of life, he possessed more of the esteem and attachment of men of genius."^ Dr. Bisset thus characterises him : " A comprehensive biographer, who should view the whole conduct and character of Fox, estimate excellence and defect, and strike an impartial balance, after allowing grounds of censure, must unquestionably perceive that there remained an immense surplus of subject for transcendant admiration. But perhaps there never was an eminent man whose actions and character, viewed in partial and detached lights, could lead an observer to grosser misconception of the whole. Both his private and public life were of a mixed nature. The most sublime genius, the most simplifying and profound wisdom, did not preclude the indulgence of propensities, and the recurrence of acts, diametrically opposite to reason and sound judgment. Ardent benevolence and patriot- ism did not prevent the encouragement, by both precept and example, of practices and habits injurious to tlie individual, and, according to the extent of their influence, prejudicial to the public * Biogr. Peerage. LORD HOLLAND. 315 welfare. Just and honourable himself, his amusements and re- laxations promoted vices tending to render their votaries unjust and dishonourable. In every part of his conduct, Mr. Fox was extremely open ; if there was ground of blame, it must be known, as no endeavours were used for concealment. His supereminent excellencies could be apprehended but very vaguely and indis- tinctly, unless by comparatively few; but his faults were obvious to the most vulgar examiners. As the multitude of all ranks and denominations were incompetent to form a judgment of such a man themselves, they took up their opinions upon the report and authority of others ; these were favourable or unfavourable ac- cording to the sentiments and wishes of their authors. When his enemies were the teachers of the opinions, in partial views of his conduct, they found plausible grounds of censure and obloquy. Besides the foibles of his private life, his public conduct afforded ample materials to advocates, who chose to assail his reputation. From the time that the American War, by the losses which it produced, and the burdens which it imposed, brought home to the experience and feelings of the people, became unpopular, the most ardent and powerful promoter of peace, was regarded as the patriot who was to extricate his country from impending ruin. His popularity became still higher, as he procured a vote for the discontinuance of the war, and expelled the obnoxious Ministers from the councils of the King. Under the government of the Whigs, the people expected the empire to recover its ancient splendour, and themselves their former comforts and prosperity. The reforming and improving acts of the Rockingham Admini- stration confirmed this opinion. When, on the appointment of Lord Shelburne, Mr. Fox withdrew his abilities from the councils of his country, many began to be staggered in the conviction of his patriotism: but when the coalition took place, the gross and undis- tinguishing multitude was satisfied, that a junction between two parties and two men formerly so hostile, must be bad and mischiev- ous in itself. Its able opponents saw, that the mere junction was neither good nor ill, but that the justness of censure must depend on the objects and subsequent conduct of the confederacy; yet aware that this reasoning was too refined for the comprehension of the multitude, with great skill, dexterity, and effect, they re-echoed, " the monstrous inconsistency of the coalition;" and when its members came into Administration, impressed great numbers of the people with a belief, that a Ministry so formed, must be ua- SM PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. principled and worthless, however able and powerful. The receipt- tax drawing hourly on their pockets, though in so petty sums, teazed and fretted their minds, already sore. The East India Bill, in its objectionable parts, the infringements of charters, and the forcible interference in the administration of a mercantile com- pany's affairs, were perfectly intelligible to the most common ap- prehensions} shocked the minds of a trading people, and suggested probable cases, which, by obvious analogies, should be brought home to their own feelings j whereas the benefit that might accrue to British India, and its native inhabitants, much less at- tracted their attention, affected their imaginations, or interested their passions."* The following is supposed to have been written by Sir James Mackintosh: " Mr. Fox united in a most remarkable degree, the seemingly repugnant characters, of the mildest of men, and the most vehe- ment of orators. In private life, he was gentle, modest, phicable; kind, of simple manners, and sj averse from parade and dogma- tism, as to be not only unostentatious, but even somewhat inactive in conversation. His superiority was never felt, but in the in- struction which he imparted, or ih tlic attention which his gene- rous preference usually directed to the more obscure members of the company. The simplicity of his manners v.'as far from excluding that perfect urbanity and amenity, which flowed still more from the mildness of his nature, than from familiar intercourse with the poliihed society of Europe. His conversation, when it was not repressed by modesty, or indolence, was delightful. The pleasantry, perhaps, of no man of wit had so unlaboured an ap- pearduce. It seemed rather to escape from his mind, than to be produced by it. He had lived on the most intimate terms with all his contemporaiics, disti.gui.ihf-d by wit, politeness, or philo- sophy, or learning, or lijc taUnts of public life. Jn the course of thirty yctirs, he had known almost every man in Europe, whose intercourse could strt-ngthen, or enrich or polisii the mind. His own literature was various and elegant. In cl ssical erudition, which, by the custom of England, is more peculiarly called learn- ing, he was inferioi t) few p.ofessed scholars. Like all men of genius, he delighted to take refuge in poetry, from the vulgarity ^ Bisset's History or" the Reign of George III. Vol. III. p. 470, 471, 4.7?, 473- LORD HOLLAND. 315 and irritation of business. His own verses were easy and pleasing; and might have claimed no low place among those which the French call Vers de Societe. The poetical character of his mind was displayed in his extraordinary partiality for the poetry of the two most poetical nations or at least languages, of the West, tho«e of the Greeks and of the Italians. He disliked political conversation, and never willingly took any part in it. To speak of him justly as an orator, would require a long essay. Every where natural, he carriecj into public something of that simple and negligent exterior which belonged to him in private. When he began to speak, a common observer might have thought him aukward; and even a consummate judge, could only have been struck with the exquisite justness of his ideas, and the transpa- rent simplicity of his manners. But no sooner had lie .spoken for some time, than he was changed into another being. He forgot himself, and every thing around him. He thought only of his subject. His genius warmed, and kindled as he went on. He darted fire into his audience. Torrents of impetuous and irre- sistible eloquence, swept along thfir feelings and conviction. He certainly possessed above all moderns, that union of reason, sim- plicity, and vehemence, which formed the prince of orators. He was the mo'^t Demosthenean speaker since Demosthenes. " 1 knew him (says Mr Burke, in a pamphlet written after their un- happy ditference), when he was nineteen; since which time he has risen, by slow degrrcs, to be the most brilliant and accom- plished debater the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by gieat object*;, the absence of petty bustle, the contempt of show, the abhorrence of ititrigue, the plainness and downrightness, and the thorough gi od nature which distin- guished Mr. Fox, seem to render him no very unfit representative of that o'd English national character, which, if it ever changed, we should be sanguine indeed to expect to see succeeded by a better. The simplicity of his character inspired confidence} the ardour of his eloquence roused entluisiasmj and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. " I adnjired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attrac- tive character, with all the softness and simplici'y of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood. " P'rom tliese qualities of his public and private character, it probably arose that no English statesman ever preserved, during so long a period of adverse fortunes, lo many 316 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. sfFectionate friends, and so many zealous adherents. The union of ardour in public sentiment, with mildness in social manner, was, in Mr. Fox, an hereditary quality. The same fascinating power over the attachment of all who came within his sphere, is said to have belonged to his father; and those who know the sur- vivors of another generation, will feel that this delightful quality is not yet extinct in the race. " Perhaps nothing can more strongly prove the deep impres- sion made by this part of Mr. Foxs character, than the words of Mr. Burke, who, in January 1797> six years after all intercourse between them had ceased, speaking to a person honoured with some degree of Mr. Fox's friendship, said, " To be sure he is a man made to be loved !" And these emphatical words were uttered with a fervour of manner, which left no doubt of their heartfelt tincerity. " These few hasty and honest sentences, are sketched in a temper too serious for intentional exaggeration, and with too pious an affection for the memory of Mr. Fox, to profane it by intermixture with the factious brawls and wrangles of the day. His political conduct belongs to history. The measures which he opposed may divide the opinion of posterity, as they have di- vided those of the present age. But he will most certainly com- mand the unanimous reverence of future generations, by his pure sentiments towards the commonwealth, by his zeal for the civil and religious rights of all men, by his liberal principles, favour- able to mild government, to the unfettered exercise of the human faculties, and the progressive civilization of mankind, by his ar- dent love for a country, of which the well-being and greatness were indeed inseparable from his own glory; and by his profound reverence for that free constitution which he was universally, admitted to understand better than any other man of his age, both in an exactly legal, and a comprehensively philosophical sense." s 4. Henry-Edward, born March 4th, 1/55, now a Lieutenant- General in the army; and Governor of Portsmouth, and Colonel of the 10th regiment of Foot j he married, November 14th, 1786, Marianne, daughter of William Clayton, Esq. of Hade v ford, in e Character of Fox, by Sir James Mackintosh. From the Monthly Reposiiory, September 1807, introduced into Barr't Character!, I. 162. Perhaps Mr. Fox's Posthumous " Historical Fragment" has not answered the public expectation. LORD HOLLAND. 317 Bucks (by Lady Louisa Fermor), and has several children; of whom, Louisa Amelia married, April 4th, I6O7, Lieut.- Colonel William-Edward Bunbury, nephew of Sir Charles Bunbury, Bart. Lord Holland died at Holland-house, near Kensington, July 1st, 1774, in the sixty ninth year of his age, and was buried at Farley. His Lady survived him only twenty three days, being aged fifty- two, and was buried at Farley. Stephen, his eldest surviving son, born February 20th, 1744-5, succeeded as second Lord Holland upon his father's decease, and departed this life on December 26th, 17/4. His Lordship, on April 20ih, 1766, was married to Lady Mary Fitzpairick, daughter of John, late Earl of Upper Ossory : by her, who died October 6th, 1778, he had issue three daughters; Caro- line, born November 3d, 1767i Mary, born in 1769, died young;'' and Emily-Elizabeth, born February 29th, and baptized March 29th, 1772, but died an infant; also one son, Henry-Richard, the third and present Lord Holland, who was born November 21st, 1773, at Winterslow, in the county of Wilts. His Lordship married, July 9th, 1797j Miss Vassall, whose marriage with her former husband. Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. was dissolved by act of parliament. His Lordship has had issue, 1. Stephen, born January 18th, 1799 J died November 22d, 1800, 3. Henry-Edward, born March 7th, 1802. 3. Mary-Elizabeth, born February 19th, I8O6. His Lordship, in the late administration of Lord Grenville, I8O6, held the office of Lord Privy-Seal, His Lordship has also attained celebrity for his literary ta- lents. Titles. Henry-Richard Fox, Lord Holland, Baron of Holland, in the county of Lincoln (by virtue of the limitation in his grand- mother's patent of creation); and Baron Holland, of Foxley, in the county of Wilts, his grandfather's titles. Creations. Baron Holland, of Holland, in Lincolnshire, May 6th, 1762; Baron Holland^ of Foxley, in Wiltshire, April l6th, 1763. * In February 1770, 318 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Arms. Ermine, on a chevron. Azure, three foxes heads crazed, Orj and on a canton. Azure, a Fleur-de-lis, Or. Crest, On a chapeau. Azure, turned up. Ermine, a fox sejant. Or. Supporters. On the dexter side, a fox. Ermine; frett6e, Or; collared dove-tail, Azure j thereon three Fleur-de-lis of the second. On the sinister, a fox, proper ; collared in like manner.' "Motto. Faire sans dire. Chief Seats. Foxley, in Wiltshire; and Holland house, Ken- sington. * Thus blazoned in the former edition of Collinsj but see the present wood- cut of the armi, somewhat different in the colours of the foxes, and the shape of ^e collari. LOUD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 319 PERCEVAL, LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. {^Earl of Egmont, in Ireland.'] This noble and illustrious family^ (eminently distinguished by its antiquity, and by the honours and extensive possessions en- joyed in its different and numerous branches for many ages), appears from circumstances extremely probable, to have sprung from Robert, a younger son of Eudes, sovereign Duke of Britany, in France. Out of which province they are supposed to have been transplanted into Normandy, before the conquest of England j but were certainly at that time possessed of the castle of Yvery, with great estates and power, and invested with the hereditary office of Chief Butler, in that duchy. '^ In the district of Gouel, ia Britany (where it is presumed that they were first seated)^ still continue two noble families. Lords of Mezernou, and Kerenmear, who bear not only the name of Peuceval, but the ancient arms of YvEKY, with a difference of tincture only, descendants of a line for many centuries, of great distinction, Knights of the Er- mine, and employed in very eminent static ns, under the sove- reign Dukes of that country^ before its union with the crown of France. Upon the Norman invasion, in 1006, two of this family came over into England with the Conqueror,, viz. Robert, and Roger de * Vid. Genealogical Ilisiory of ihe Hou^e of Y-very, Vol.1, folio 7. Tl.is history was principally drawn up by the late Lord Et;njonc himself; and from it the pre- sent article, which it has not been thought prcper to abri. ge from the foiiner edition, is entirely borrowed. ^ Certificat du Cabinet de Mons. de Oerenbault, Gcncalog'ste du Roi de France. 320 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND Yvery, who probably were brothers. Of these, Robert,'^ is the icnroediate ancestor of the present Earl of Egmont, to whom the descent is deduced by the clearest and most indisputable proofs of cotemporary historians and records. But, before we pursue that line, we shall give a short account of Roger, taken from Bishop Kennet's Antiquities, who made a curious search into the descent of the Barony op Yvery, in England. This Roger de Yvery,'' and Robert D'Oily, a noble Norman, were contracted fast friends, by mutual oaths, to be joint sharers of the fortunes which might fall to the lot of either in that great adventure. In the same year, or that next ensuing, the Conqueror having given in marriage to the said Robert D'Oily, Alditha, the only daughter and heir of Wigod de Wallingford, a potent Saxon Lord, the whole estate of the said Wigod shortly came by his death to the said Robert, who likewise had obtained two other honours (including Burcester, Ambroseden, &c.) of that Prince. Whereupon, in 106S, by virtue of the agreement beforementioned, the said Roger de Yvery obtained of the said Robert D'Oily one of those honours, which was thenceforward called the Barony of Yvery, of which Beckeley, in the county of Oxford, was the capi- tal seat; he likewise acquired other large possessions, being re- corded in Doomsday-book to have held very great estates in the counties of Gloucester, Warwick, Huntingdon, and Oxford; and was constituted Chief Butler of England, as the other branch of his family at that time were of Normandy. In 1074, in conjunc- tion with Robert D'Oily, he founded the church of St. George, in the castle of Oxford; and in 1077> he founded also a monastery of the Benedictine order, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, near the castle of Yvery, in the diocese of Evreux, in Normandy. And having married Adeline, a most beautiful Lady, daughter of Hugh de Grentmesnil (one of the greatest of all the Barons), by his wife, Adeliza, daughter of Ivo de Bellomonte, Earl of Judea (which Adeline survived him till the year 1 111), he died in 1079, leaving three sons, Roger, Hugh, and GeofFryj and a daughter, Adelize. Roger de Yvery,*^ second of that name, inherited not only his father's barony of Yvery, in England, and his office of Chief Butler, but also his Norman estates, which, in 1086, were greatly wasted and spoiled by Hugh de Stavele, and Ralph de Mauvoisin, two French commanders of the garrison of Mante. In which c Vid. Ordcricus Vitalis. <* Kennet's Paroch. Ant. « Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLi^AND. 321 year also, attending the Conqueror in Normandy, he was made Keeper of the castle of Rouen, and there gave a notable proof of bis fidelity and courage; for a quarrel happening at a town called de L'Aigle, between the King's sons, so great a clamour was oc- casioned thereby, that the King himself was obliged to come down from his own lodgings to part them. Whereupon Robert, the eldest (afterwards Duke of Normandy), in the following night left his father, and with his whole retinne marched to Rouen, where he attempted to seize the casllej of which intention this Roger de Yvcry having notice, diligently strengthened the place, and sent messengers to the King, to inform him of this rebellious attempt. ' Notwithstanding this, the Conqueror dying upon the 29th of September, 108/, and William Rufus, his second son, having usurped the crown, and the English Barons being divided much as to the interests of the two Princes, this Roger de Yvery (as Himingus, the monk of Worcester, relates) a man of infinite riches, and vast possessions, Chief Butler to the King, and his great favourite, honestly adhered to Robert against William Rufus, and joining with Hugh de Grentmesnil, and other of the Barons, raised forces in favour of the Duke, committing great spoil in the county of Leicester; by which means he so incensed the King (soon after established upon the throne), that he was compelled to fly 'beyond the seas for fear of his resentment; where, Salter a short time of[ exile, he died in that or the following year, in deep sorrow and disgrace, deprived by the King of all his vast estates in England. Nevertheless, not long after, ^^Geoffry de Yvery, the only surviving brother (for Hugh it seems was dead before), making his peace with the King, was, upon certain terms, restored to his harony of Yvery, in the county of Oxford. But he dying about the beginning of the reign of Henry IL without issue, this honour fell into the King's hands, aud was by him granted to Reginald, son of Guy de Sancto Walerico, yrom winch time it lost its ancient name, and was called St. IValcria. There yet remained the sister of this Geoffry, "Adeliza de Yverv, but she neither inherited the office of Chief Butler (which was afterwards granted to the family of Albini), nor was suffered to succeed to more of the inheritance than certain lands in Islip, Hedyngton, and Drayton, which she carried to her husband, Alberic <■ Kennet. £ Ibid. * Ibid, 1 Ibid. VOL. VI r. Y 322 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. de Vere, junior, who was made Hereditary Lord High Chamber- lain of England, and had issue by her, Alberic dc Vere, the first Earl of Oxford, of that great family, which maintained that title, in a direct male line, till the year 1627, from whose heir-general the present Lady Willoughby, of Eresby, descends. Having thus traced Roger, and his descendants, we now come to Robert de Yvery, the lineal progenitor of the present Lord Lovel and Holland and Earl of Egmont, and founder also of the great houses of the Barons Lovel of Kerry, Lovel of Techmarch, and Harpetree Gournay, and (as there is great reason to believe, though no regular proof), of the Barons Perceval de ^ Somerie, in England, who in the third of King John, 1203, held no less than fifty knights fees in capite of the crown. He likewise attended William, Duke of Normandy, in his expedition into England, in 1066, and is mentioned by Ordericus, who lived at, or very near that time, as a person of great account : that author positively asserting his alliances to be the most noble, and his relations the most considerable in rank, courage, and fortune, in the whole duchy of Normandy, where he held ihree ' knights fees in "'Yvery, and the castle of Yvery, as a fief under the Duke. The same author farther relates, that this important and memorable place was built by Albereda (wife of Ralph, Earl of Yvery and Baieux), by whom it was at length finished and rendered impregnable, with immense labour and expense, under direction of one Lan- fred (who before had built the famous tower of Pedvers), the most expert architect and engineer that France had till then pro- duced ; but that the works of the said castle were no sooner com- pleted, than this infamous woman caused his head to be stricken off, lest he should ever raise another structure like itj and that afterwards, endeavouring to keep this fortress against her own husband, she was killed by him for the attempt. He was like- wise Lord of Breherval, Montinny, and Fasse, there j and upon the conquest, as appears by Doomsday-book, obtained the lord- ships of Karry, Quantoch, East-Harpetree, &c. in the county of Somerset; and returning into Normandy, joined with his sons, "Gouel and William, °Unfridus Harenc, and Hawisia his wife, Roger de Rolla Crota, and his wife, Basilla, with Guaiardus, her son, in the confirmation of certain grants in the parish of Villariis Vastatis (now Vasse), by them made to the abbey of Utique; '' Dugdale's Baronage, Vol. I. sub tit. Somerie. ' NormwwC' Scriptores, fol. 1057. "> Ordericus Vitalis, fol. 596. " Doomsday-book. • Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 323 himself making at the same time other concessions in that place to the same convent, in lieu whereof he received from the monks one ounce of gold, and privilege of the monastery. This trans- action passed at the castle of Yvery, then in his possession ; but not long after, being visited by sickness and despairing of recovery, he devoted himself to a religious life, and became a monk of the abbey of Bee, in Normandy, where he died, in 1083, the 13th of William the Conqueror, leaving three sons, Ascelin, Gouel, and William. p Ascelin, sometimes called (by the same historian), Ascelia Gouel, Gouel de Breherval, Gouel de Percheval, and Gouel de Yvery, was also surnamed Lupus, or the Wolf, from the violence of his temper and actions, and accompanied his father in the Norman invasion, being mentioned in some accounts of the prin- cipal commanders, by the name of i Perceval, in others by that of "■ Ascelin, or Azeline, alone. By which last he is recorded in Doomsday book, wherein the manors of Weston in Gordano, West-Harpetree, StaweL, and other estates in the county of So- merset; Tichmarch, in the county of 'Northampton, &c, appear to have been allotted to him, besides those beforeraentioned, held at the time of the said survey by his father. In the year 1087, he commanded the Norman forces at the siege of Mante, under William the Conqueror, who there received the hurt of which he died. After the decease of that Prince, William Rufus, his second son, obtaining the crown of England, Robert, the elder, was obliged to content himself with Normandy alone, whose govern- ment being weak to the last degree, every subject acted as an in- dependent sovereign upon his own estate, whereby that duchy became one continued scene of violence and rapine. During which unhappy state, in the year lOpO, 'William, the youngest brother of this Ascelin, having ravished a woman at Pacey, a town belonging to William, Earl of Bretevil, Pacey, Constantine, and Yvery, brother to the Earl of Hereford, in England} and the said Earl endeavouring to revenge the injury, Ascelin Gouel de Perceval, then in Normandy, took his brother under his protec- tion, and began hostilities against the Earl, by seizure of the castle of Yvery (which tiie Duke, Robert, had not long before P Doomsday-book, q Hollingshed's Roll of Battle Abbey, and Cronique de Normandie, par Mei- gissier, CamJen, Sec. But the futhenticity of this Roll has been justly questioned. "■ D,>omsday book. ' Orderi:us Vitalis, fol. 704, &c. $24 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. weakly granted to the said Earl of Bretevil, so that the said As- celin no longer held it under the Duke, but under the said Ea*:!), and, to engage the Duke to entertain a good opinion of his pro- ceedings, delivered up to him the said castle, which (having re- pented of his former concession of it to the Earl), he earnestly desired to get into his hands again. Yet so imprudent (as the historian observes), was the said Duke Robert, that neither re- flecting upon the folly of parting a second time with so strong a place to the Earl, or upon the consequences of the resentment of Ascelin, at this treatment, he soon after restored the castle of Yvery to the Earl of Bretevil, for the sum of I50O1. The said Earl thus repossessed of this castle, and Ascelin being deprived by him of his command thereof, a long and terrible war in Normandy ensued thereon. For the said Ascelin, Miaving for- tified and garrisoned his castle of.Brehcrval, collecting his friends, relations, and dependants, and calling in to his assistance some of the family of Philip, King of France, and associating with Richard de Montfort, nephew to the Earl of Evreux, and son to Almeric, who had been lately killed by the Earl of Brete\il, took the field with great forces against him and his adherents. The Earl on his part raised a great power, with which giving battle to Ascelin, in February IO9O, the 3d of William Rufus, he was in the very "first engagement utterly defeated, with great slaughter of his menj and himself being taken prisoner with Roger de Glotis, and many other persons of note, was confined by the said Ascelin in the castle of Breherval for three whole months, treated there with the utmost severity, and exposed at the upper windows of that fortress, in the depth of winter, to the frost, in his shirt (which was purposely dipped in water), till it was frozen on his back. And the power and resolution of As- celin was so great, and the weakness of the government so cor- respondent with it, ^that the Earl, having no other hopes of being relieved from his distress, was compelled to submit to the terms prescribed by his enemy, obliging him to pay three thou- saod dreux pounds for his ransom, with a mighty quantity of arms and horsesj to resign the possession of the castle of Yvery; and, what was still more galling than all the rest, to give his only daughter in marriage to the said Ascelin. All which articles being fully performed, the Earl obtained his freedom. Yet, notwithstanding this alliance, the Earl of Bretevil, unable t Ordericus Vitalis, fol. 704.^ ice. " Ibid. '^ Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 325 to forgive the >' injuries he had received, in the year IO9I raised fresh forces to renew the warj and having fortified the monastery of St. Mary, near Yvery, which he intended for his principal place of arms, placed a strong garrison therein. But Ascelin sud- denly gathering together a considerable body of troops, set down before that strong hold, in which the Earl then lay, about the middle of Summer, and pressed the siege thereof with so much vigour, that he soon became master of the place, burned the mo- nastery to the ground, and took many prisoners; among whom were William de Alis, Ernold, the son of Popelinc, and eight o'.her knights, the Earl himself escaping with great difficulty. This war continued for three years successively, and so much to the disadvantage of the ^ Earl, that by the devastations of his lands, the loss of his men, and the ransom of his prisoners, he wa-* in a manner ruined. At length, in the year I0(j4, he called in Philip, King of France, to his aid, and agreed to pay him sevca hundred pounds for that service. He found means also to pro- cure the assistance of divers other great men of that time, by promises of great rewards, and even at length prevailed on the supine Duke Robert to engage in his quarrel. The clergy con- curring also against this formidable enemy, vi'ho had given them much offence, by his little reverence to them and their religious houses. In consequence of these different negociations, the confederates assembled their troops in the Lent of the following year, * lOgS; and Philip, King of France, Robert, Duke of Normandy, many great Lords and Knights, all the militia of the duchy, all the forces the chmch could raise, witSi all who held by military tenure of the abbies there, under the personal command of each respec- tive parish priest and abbot, sat down before the castle of Breher- val, to which Ascelin Gouel de Perceval had retired, unable to keep the field against so vast a power. I'he troops who formed this siege were moreover provided in an.extraordiiiary manner for il.^' Robert de Belesme, a very ex- pert officer, and an inveterate enemy to this Ascelin, had the principal direction, and the artillery or engines were the same which had been employed not long before at the siege of Jerusa- lem, invented about that time by a famous engineer in the expe- dition to the Holy Lawd, and esteemed the most terrible that had y Or-L-ricus VJra!;?, f. ^ Ibid. » Ibid. 704, 7c;. k- Ib-'l. f:.\. 705, 706. 326 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ever been till then used in war. These^ being brought in service against this castle, ruined the walls and outworks of the place, destroyed the houses of the inhabitants, and cruelly annoyed the garrison. Yet Ascelin had put himself into such a condition of defence, and sustained his men with such courage, that he re- sisted all the attempts of the confederates for two whole months. And, till wearied with the length of the siege, the prospect of its much longer continuance, the expense of money and loss of men before the place, they offered and concluded a treaty between Ascelin and the Earl, whereby Ascelin was to keep his castle of Breberval, and to remain in every respect as he stood before, this single condition excepted in favour of the Earl, that he should be restored and left quiet in possession of the castle of Yvery aforesaid.'^ Which castle, however, returned again, not many- years after, to the said Ascelin Gouel de Perceval, and his de- scendants, in right of his wife. The next mention made of this Ascelin, is in the year 1102,'^ the second of King Henry I. when, after the death of the Earl of Bretevil, beforemcntioned, William de Guader, Rainold de Craceio, his nephews, and Eustace, his natural son (brother to Isabella, wife to this Ascelin), each claimed his succession; but William de Guader dying soon after, the competitors were re- duced to two; viz, Rainhold de Craceio, and Eustace. William Alls, Radulfus Rufus, son-in-law to Ascelin, and Tedbald, sup- ported the latterj but Ascelin Gouel, Almeric de Montfort, and Ralph de Conchis, supporting the other party, Eustace was obliged to fly from Normandy, to demand the protection and £upport of Henry I. then King of England. The King received him graciously, and gave him Julian, his natural daughter, in marriage,* promising to maintain him power- fully against Ascelin Gouel, and all his opponents; and accord- ingly, in the next year, 110.^, the Earl of Mellcnt was sent into Normandy to support Eustace in his possessions, and to quiet the disorders there; but Rainold and Ascelin gave the Earl much re- sistance. And Ascelin Gouel having taken the son of Stephen de Mellent prisoner, confined him in a dungeon near four whole months; nor could the Earl by any means deliver him, ex ore Lupi, from the jaws of the Wolf, as Ascelin is here styled, till Rainold de Craceio being killed, the Earl.of Mellent (who is re- 0 Cronique de Normai\die, par Mesgissier, i Orderic. Vital, fol. Sie, 8n. « Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 32/ corded to have been as well among the wisest, as most potent of the great men in that age, and highly commended for his art and conduct in this particular transaction), concluded a peace, in which Ascelin Goutfl de Perceval, Earl Eustace, William, Earl of Ev- reux, Almeric, and many other leaders on both sides in that war, were comprehended. In the 13th of the same reign, 1113, King Henry going over to visit his Norman dominions, confirmed all the donations to the abbey of Utique, by a new charter, to which many of the great men subscribed, and among the rest, Gouel de Yvery,* who was evidently the same person with this Ascelin. In the 19th of Henry 1. 11 19, Eustace, before-mentioned, then Earl of Pacey, Bretevil, Constantine, and Yvery, which had been )'ielded to him upon the peace before-mentioned, being jealous that the King intended to deprive him of his castle of Yvery, re- belled, and fortified his other castles of Lira, Glotz, Pont St. Pierre, and Pacey,5 and sent his wife, Julian, to defend the castle of Bretevil against the King, her father. The King soon followed, and attacked the place with so much vigour, as obliged her to surrender, though not till she had attempted to kill him with her own hands, at a conference to which she had treacherously in- vited him. Provoked at this unnatural attempt, he ordered her to be thrown from the castle wall into the ditch, from whence she escaped to her husband, at Pacey, which castle he was suffered to maintain as long as he lived, but forfeited the rest of his estates j of which the King granted part to Ralph de Guader, son to Wil- liam, one of the competitors before-mentiond. But the castle and Earldom of Yvery were given to Ascelin Gouel de Perceval, and his children,'' who had pretensions to a share of that inheritance by his wife, Isabella, sister of Earl Eustace, and daughter of the late Earl of Bretevil. Among the religious acts of this Ascelin, it is recorded, that he joined with his father, Robert, in the grant to the monks of Utique, before-mentioned 5 and afterwards, that he gave all his lands in Villariis Vistatis, and the tythe of Montinney, to the said church, and confirmed this by his charter, to which his wife and sons also signed, at his castle of Bretevil. In consideration where- of, and from the charity of the monks, as it is expressed, he re- ceived sixty shillings. He also granted at Helery, to the monk* f Orderic. Vital, fol. 84.0. E Ibid. fol. 848, 849. *> Histoirc de Normandie, par Mcsgissier, fol. 47. 328 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. of St. Ebrulf, free passage in that place, and in all his other lands j and departed this life in the 19th of Henry I. III9. Isabella, his wife, was natural daughter, as before observed, to William, Earl of Bretevil, Pacey, Constantine, ai^ Yvery, in Normandy,' brother to Roger, Earl of Hereford, in England; which Roger is called the King's cousin in the histories of those limes, and was so in effect, being son to William Fitzosbern, by the daughter of Roger de Toeny, Slandard-beaier of Normandy; which William Fiizosbern was the principal*^ adviser of Duke William's attempt to conquer England, and afterwards appointed High Steward and Joint Regent thereof, with Odo, Bishop of Baieux, the Conqueror's brother, having been farther rewarded for his services with the county of Hereford, and dominion of the Isle of Wight. The said William Fitzosbern was son (by the daughter and coheir of Ralf, Earl of Yvery and Baieux, son of Asperleng, a Norman, by Sprota, widow of William Longespee, spn ot Rollo, duke of Normandy), to Osbernus Crepon, whose father, Herfastus, was a noble Dane, brother to Gunnora, wife to Eichard 11. of that name, and third Duke of Normandy, great grandfather to William the Conqueror. By which Lady, Isabella, the said Ascelin left seven sons; viz. Robert,' William,'" Roger," John, and three more, whose names are not with certainty reco- vered, and a daughter, married to Radulfus Kufus, a noble Nor- man. Of these, Roger, the third, surnamtd Batbus, or the Stut- terer (from an impediment in his speech), was Lord of Grandi- silva," in Normandy, and was in arms with the Earl of Pacey, in Normandy, against King Stephen, in 1136; and again engaged in like manner against the same Prince, with his brother, William Gouel de Perceval, in 1152. John^ the fourth son, being por- tioned by his father in the manor of Hakfetree, in the county of Somerset, assumed that name (which was afierw ards changed to Gournay), and was ancestor to the Earons of Harpetree- Gournay, who were of great eminence, being possessed of twenty- two knights fees and more, in the reigns of Henry 111. and Ed- ward I. but they failed in the chief rnale branch before the esta- blishment of titular honours, and the rights of their Ime returned again into the same stock, passing, in the reign of Henry VII. through the heiress of Delamorc, or By then, or f, to that of Perceval, of which the Earl of Egmont is the chief. ' Ordericus Vitalis. k Mrsgissiei's Hittny ot" Normand)-. ' Ibid. fol. 850, t^z. ir: IbjJ, fo|. S76. ■'• Ibid. fol. 907,911. • Normannlci Scriptores inter fcuda Norm inuisc. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 329 Robert,P the eldest son of Ascelin, succeeded his father as Lord of Yvery, but does not appear to have borne the title of Earl of that place, being possibly deprived thereof on account of his re- bellion; for in the very same year, viz. 11 19, notwithstanding the recent obligations of his family to that Prince, he took arms against King Henry L in conjunction with other malecontents in Normandy, Yet, not long after, the King employing Radulfus Rufus'i (who had married this Robert's sister), to negociate with him, succeeded so well, that he not only returned to his obedi- ence (being the first who led the example), but, drawing over with him many of his allies, stoutly took part himself against the rebels J and the King, intending an assault upon the town of Ev- reux, intrusted to him the command of a great body of his troops, •which were detached to the banks of the river Eure^ near Yvery, to amuse the Earl of Evreux, then himself employed in the de- fence of that place: which stratagem taking effect, and the Earl going out x6 attack the enemy, during the engagement that en- sued, the King stormed and burnt the city 5 of which intelligence being given to the said Robert, he ordered it to be proclaimed i the heat of the fight, whereby the said Earl and his adherents were so disheartened, that they immediately retreated, leaving Robert and his forces masters of the field. From that time forward till his death (which, as Ordericiis ob- serves, happened not long after), in the year 1120 or 1121, he continued faithful to the King. He confirmed the grant made by his father, Ascelin, to the monks of St. Ebrulfj and leaving no issue/ was succeeded by his next brother, William, who joined in the same act of confirmation with him. This William ' Gouel de Perceval, surnamed aho Lupellus, or the littfe Wolf, second son of Ascelin, thus coming to the estate, is in an ancient manuscript of Camden styled Earl of Yvery, '^ though not so called in the histories of that time; but he was lord of Yvery, in Normandy, and of Kary, JVeston, Stawell, &c. in England; and no sooner had obtained possession of his inheritance, than he also engaged in rebellion against the King: for Waleran, Earl of Mellent and Leicester, ungratefully medi- tating mischief to his King and foster-father, and ambitious to essay the power of bis arms, as yet untried, in order to strengthen V Ordericus Vital's, fo!. 8^0, ^^2. S Ibid, r Ordericus Vitalis. ' Ibid. * Camden's MS. of the Nobility created by the Kings of England frum the Conquest, penes Comit. de Egmont. 330 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. hrmself for that his undertaking, gave three of his sisters to the three most powerful persons in castles, men, and money, then in Normandy J viz. to this William Gouel de Perceval, Hugh de Novo Castello, son of (Jervase, and Hugh de Montfortj Who, together with William de Rolmara, Baldric de Braio, and Pagan de Guisortis, conspired against King Henry I. in 1123. And having thus planned his treason, in the Easter following, in the night of the Annunciaticm of tl>e blessed Virgin, 1123, he sum- moned the said William Gouel de Perceval, and his other bro- thers in-law, to garrison his tower of Gatevill ; after which they broke out in open war. In 1 124, the said Earl of Mellcnt, with his associates, venturing to take the field against King Henry, was by him defeated" at the battle of Turold, and thcne taken prisoner, with his brothers^ Hugh de Novo Castello, and Hugh de Montfart, aforesaid j but this William being likewise taken prisoner in his flight by a pea- fraat, he bribed him with hrs arms" to suffer him to escape; and being >' shaved bv him .in manner of an Esquire, and carrying a 6taif in his hand, reached the banks of tl>e Seine, unknown in that disguise, where he was obliged to give his shoes to the boai- man for bis passage over that river, and so to return barefoot fcocnc Yet, notwithstanding this defeat of his party, he still irtain tailed his ground, and continued his rebejlious courses whh Abneric de Montfort and others, till, in the latter end of that year, he found' means to make his peace with the King, providing at the same time for the security of his friends. This William appears to have passed more of his time in Eng- land than either his grandfather or father, and may be therefore more probably supposed to have been the founder of, or at least to have completed the castle of Kary, in the county of Somerset, the- head of his Barony in Englmid^ the vestiges of which castle may be still traced upon th« brow of the hill hanging over that town, a-nd consisted, according to the first construction of the Normans (like Windsor, Marlborough, Warwick, Tunbridge, &:e.) ©fa mount with a great tower or keep thereon, situate at one end fix angle of a very extensive court, which was defended on the other parts by a great gateway, and several towers at proper dis- tances round the said inclosure. In 1 1J7, the 3d of King Stephen, the Barons of England, much " Oidcricus Vkalis, x Ibid. y Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 331 discontented with that Prince/ for non -performance of those con- ditions upon which they had raised him to the throne, confede- rated against him, under the command of Robert, Earl of Glou- cester, in favour of Maud the Empress (mother of King Hen. IL) to which party this William (as Roger Hoveden, and the G^sta Regis Stephani, relate), adhered; and being then in England, manned his castle* of Kary aforesaid; as did also William, son of John de Harpetree, that of Harpetree, William de Moion, that of Dunster, many other Barons then doing the like in different parts of the kingdom. Which William Gouel de Perceval, and Wil- liam de Harpetree, being engaged in a strict friendship with the said Prince Henry Plantagcnet (then only Earl of Anjou), were above all others zealous to seize all occasions for his service; and finding King Stephen much embarrassed in the siege of Bristol, issued from their castles (which both lay not many miles distant in the county of Somerset), ravaging the adjacent country, and carrying away all the provisions and necessaries for the King's army in those parts; whereupon the King, raising the siege, ad- vanced against the castle of Kary, which, after a long battery of his engines, he reduced by famine, but on terms to restore it to the said Willliam, upon assurance of a future quiet conduct; after which he became master also of the castle oi Harpetree, partly by surprise, and partly by assault. In 1152, he was again in arms, with his brother, Roger Bal- bus,^, against Simon, Earl of Evreux, in Normandy, who had made incursions, and committed great ravage on his lands in that province. But not long after, in the same year, the Barons associating again with more animosity than ever against King Stephen, in favour of the Empress Maud, this William returned to England, and again strongly garrisoned his castle of Karyj*^ and in the be- ginning of the year 1 153, Henry de Tracy, Lord of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, a stout adherent of the King,*^ having been victorious over William de Moion at Dunster, advanced farther into the county of Somerset, and besieged this William in his castle, which was soon relieved by Robert Consul, Earl of Gloucester, who came with a powerful army, demolished the works raised against it by the said Tracy, and forced him to submission. z Gesta Regis Stephani, fol. 94;. « Ibid. fol. 974. ^ Ordericus Vitalis, fol. 989. * Gesta Regis Stephani. ^ Dugdale sub tit, Tracj'. 332 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. How long after this he survived is not exactly ascertained, bat undoubtedly not many years j his sons appearing by * record to have been possessed of his lands in ] 159. He married Auberie de Bellomonte (sister of Walenn), and daughter of Robert, Earl of Mellcnt, in Normandy, and of Lei- cester, in England, by his wife, daughter of Hugh, the great Earl of Vermandois and Va^is (brother to Philip L King of France), son of Heniy, King of France, by Anne, daughter of George, King of Russia; which King Henry was son to Robert L King of France, by Constantia, heiress of Provence and Anjou 3 which Robert was son to Hugh Capet, by his wife, Blanch of Navarre; which Hugh Capet was son to Hut^h the Great, Count of Paris (founder of the family which now reigns upon the French throne), by his wife, Alduida, daughter to the Emperor Henry L the di- rect descendant of, and eleventh Emprior from Charlemagne. The issue of this illustrious marriage were five sons, viz, 1, Waleran. 2. Ralph. 3. Henry. 4. William. 5. Richard, ancestor to the present Earl of Egmont. Waleran, *^ the eldest son, in the Scrvitia Militum Normannia;, is found to have been Lord of Yvery, and to have hrld for himself in the bailiwick of Tenchebray, three knights fees for the same, and eight knights fees and one half, and what more pleased the King. He likewise held the office of Chief But J er of Normandy, by the service of one knight's fee; and in a deed dated at Yvery ,s wherein his father is called Gullelmus T.upellus, and himself Ga- leranus fitus ejus, he confirmed to Richamerus, son of Hellwyn, all that land which the said William, and he the said Waleran, had granted when he was in England; but dying in the year 11 77>'' tl'^ K.ing seized his castle of Yvery, which he had long desired, into his own hands. This Waleran appears to have been wholly seated in Normandy, and to have succeeded to his father's inheritance only in those parts, the English possessions being di- vided among his younger brothers. And Normandy i)as3ing, a very few years after, into the hands of the Kings of France, the son of this Waleran and his descendants, of necessity adhering lo their patrimony there, became wholly separate from those who remained here, but continued Barons of Yvery in that duchy, in a direct male line, very great and eminent men, till the 15th century , c Ror. Pip. f" Vld. 3d D. 14. in Officio Armor. f Piiilpot's Stemmata, in Olficio Armor. Loiulini. h Histoire it la Ma.son de Harcourt, fol. 2;i, 21;. — Anselm'i Genealog. Hist, of France. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 333 luhen the casile, estate, and barony of Yvery, passed through fe- males into other houses, upon the death of Charles, the last Baron of Yvery, Oisery, and St. Pathus, Grand-Master of the forests of France; from whom, by heirs-general, are descended the Dukes of Orleans, Retz, Antin and Epernon, Gesvres and Tresmes, and Montmorency-Luxembourg; the Marquises of AJegre, Estampes, Barbesieux, and Mailleboisj the Count of Boulainvilliers, and many others of the greatest houses in France; the Margraves of Baden and Hesse-Darmstadt, and the Princes of Nassau-Siegen, Lobkowit'z, and Hohenzollern, in Germany; the Dukes of Havre, Arscliot, Aremberg, and Princes of Chimay, grandees of Spain; the Dukes of Guastalla, and Bisaccia, of the house of PignatelH, in Italy ; and the Princes of Gavre, and Counts of Egmont, in Flanders, Ralph, second son of William Gouel de Perceval, aforesaid, assumed the name of LupeUus, as did also his brothers, Henry and William; a remarkable instance of the capricious course of sur- rames at that time, this being plainly connected with the appel- lation oi Lupus, ascribed to the father, Ascelin; the dimiiintive of which became a subriquet, or nick-name of his son, William (givea to him also for the like turbulence and activity of his temper), afterwards assumed by some of the children of the said William, then softened into Luvel or Level; and at length, in the third descent, transmitted as the settled name of two great families of the ancient peerage here. This Ralph Luvel' (being then also called SimeltJ, defended the castle of Kary with his father again&t King Stephen, in 1152 (which castle, the capital seat of his fa- ther's barony in England, he obtained at his decease), and married the daughter of Henry de Novo Mercatu,^ from whom he received a grant of Dunkerton, in the county o[ Somerset, but died soon after without issue. To him succeeded his brother, Henky Lupellus,' or Luvel (third son of William Gouel de Perceval), who, so soon as 1159 (which was at most but six years after the death of his lathei", William), appears possessed of the larony of Kary, being charged and paying for it five marks "* to the crown upon the scutfige ' then levied; and in 1 l66, upon the aid for marrying that King'* ' 3 D. 14. in Officio Armor. ^ Carta penes Johannem Ansiis, Garter Reg. Armar. 3 J D. 14. in Officio Armor. "^ Rat. Fip. 5 Henry II, Sjme.'S.-c. " Ibi.i, 334 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. daughter,** certified his knights fees p to be eighteen of the old feofFment, and one of the new. From this Henry descended the Barons Luvet of Kary, whose male line failed in 1351, upon the death of Richard, Lord Luvel, when Muriel, his grand-daughter, viz. daughter of James, son of the said Richard, being then nine- teen years of age, and the wife of Nicholas, Lord St. Maur, was found his heir; whose posterity also failing at length in the male line, tie heir-general, being the wife of William Bamfylde, Esq. had a son. Sir Edward Banafylde, whose daughter, Elizabeth, be- came the wife of George Perceval, Esq. ancestor to the present Earl of Egmont. William, the fourth son of William GoUel de Perceval (who also assumed the name of LuvelJ, obtained for his inheritance the manor of Tichmarch, in the county of Northampton (one of those granted to his grandfather, Ascclin, at the Conquest), and was Lord also of ^Minster Lovel, in the county of Oxford 3 but died before 1197, leaving by Maud by his wife, a son, named Wil- liam. This William Lovel, son of the said William and Maud,'' in the said year 1 1Q7, joined with his wife, Isabel, in a grant to the monks of Thame, of two mills in his town of Minster- Luvel, and was one of the Barons at the coronation of King John. In the first of his reign, 1 199, that Prince confirmed the donations made to the abbey of West-Dereham,= in Norfolk, ratified, among others, a rent of half a mark, to be annually paid out of Tichwell at the feast of Easter, which this William Luvell, there called William Luvel de Yvery, had conferred upon that place. Again, in * 1207, this William Luvel brought an assize against the Abbot of Yvery, concerning a moiety of the church of Minster-Luvelj'' whereupon the Abbot pleaded that no assize ought to be had thereon, producing a charter of Maud, mother of the said Wil- liam Luvel} in which it appeared, that the Bishop of Lincoln, upon petition of the said Maud, wife of William Luvel, and of William Luvel, her s»n, had granted in perpetual alms the pre- sentation of the said church of Minster to the Abbots and Monks of Yvery. This William, in 1212, appears by the Testa de Nei'il, to have been also Lord of Dockinge,"^ in Norfolk, which he then ® Liber Ruber. Scaccarii, iz Henry II. P Lib. Rub. sub tit. Somerset. <3 Julius C. 7, in Bib. Cotton, fol. i6, 26. ^ Ibid. » Monast. Angliae, Vol.1. 6z<;, No. 15. « Placlt. 8 Johan. Mich. Oxon. Rot. 8. dorsj Assii. " Ibid, » Ttsta de Nevil, Norfolk. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 335 held by barony j and by Isabel his wife, before-mentioned, left a son, John, his heir. This John, Lord Luvel, a minor at the time of his fathers death, was in custody of Alan, Lord Basset of Muresdewall, and Wiccombe, in the county of Surrey; and in 1238,^ being sum- moned to answer against his men of Dochinges, upon complaint that he had taken illegal fines from them, put in his plea before Robert de Lexington, and others of the judges, wherein be af- firmed, that he claimed no more than what had been always taken by himself, by Alan Basset, in whose custody he had been during his minority, nor more than his father, William, had takpn at the coronation of King John, He married Aliva, daughter of Alan, Lord Basset, by his wife, daughter of Stephen Gay,^ whom be jointured in his manor of Minster-Luvel, and left by her thretf sons J viz. 1. John, Lord Lovel, o{ Dockinges,^ his heir, 2. Philip, 3. Fulco; and a daughter, Agnes; of which Agnes, the daughter, became the wife of Chetwynd; Fulco, the third son, was Archdeacon of Colchester; Philip Lovel, the second son, the 25th of Henry IIL was Guardian^ of the Jews, and became also Trea- surer of England;"^ but in the 42d of Henry IlL'^ tlie Barons of" England, repining at his high favour, caused him to be brought to trial for a charge of bribery incurred in the office first men- tioned; whereupon the King joining in prosecution of him, re- quired immense ^ sums at his hands, on pretence of trespasses committed in his forests; in consequence whereof, his estate ^ was seized till satisfaction should be given; in which distress, taking holy orders upon him, he retired to Hamestable, where, for grief and vexation, he rendered up his soul in the year following,? 1258, leaving by his wife, the widow of Alexander de Aisick, or Darcy, two sons, Henry Lovel, a priest, and Sir John Lovel, Knt. living in the 54th of Henry IIL who left an only dauglit.er, the wife of Thomas de Borehunt. John, Lord Lovel, second of that name (eldest son and heir of the last John by the said Aliva, daughter of Alan, Lord Bas- set), among other great men of that time, had summons *» to be ;it y Placit. coram Roberto de Lexington, & sotiis, apud Wcstmonat'.er, 2t Henry III. ' Chug. 18 Johan, m. 5. * Miscellan. B. 2, in Officio Armor, by Glover, Som«rt. b M. Pars, No. 30. = Ibid. << Ibid. 978. f M. Paris, No. 30. ^ Ibid, f Ibid. 9Si. '' Ciaus. 41 Henry III. in dor«o, m. 8. 336 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Bristol on ihe octave of St. Peter, in the list of Henry III. well provided with horse and arms, to attend the King into Wales; and in the 45th of the same reign, was appointed * sheriff of the counties of Huntingdon and Cambridge, to continue for two years. In the 48lh of Henry IH. he was made Governor "^ of the castle of Northampton, and in the 54th was signed ' with the cross, in order to a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In the 56th of Hen. HI. he was constituted Governor"" of the castle of Marlborough ; and about this time, by the name of John, the son of John Lovely granted, for the safety of his own soul, and that of Maud de Sy- denham, his wife, and those of his father and motlier, and Alan Basset, and Alice his wife, and of all his predecessors and succes- sors, to God, and the blessed Mary of Stanley, and the monks there, all his lands in Chadendon pure alms. He died in 1287^ seised " of the manors of Minster-Lovel, in the county of Oxford; Elecumle, in the county of Wilts; and Tichmarsh, in the county of Northampton, leaving, by the said Maud de Sydenham, his wife, two sons; John, bis son and heir, and Thomas; of which the younger being a Knight, obtained Tichwell as his portion, and bore a lend Azure over his paternal coat armour for his dif- ference. John, Lord Lovel, third of that name, was thirty two years old at the death of his father, and married to his first wife, Isabel, daughter of Arnold de Bosco, of Thorpe Ernald, sister and heir of William; which lady dying about the 4th of Edward II. left an only daughter by him, called Maud, who received Dockinge as her portion from her father, and became the wife of William, Lord Zouche This Lord Lovel, in the 22d of Edward L" at- tended that King to his wars in Gascony. In the 24th of the same reign, he was summoned, with Roger, Lord Perceval (im- mediate ancestor of the present Earl of Egmont, in a direct male line), to attend the King at Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 1st of March next ensuing, at the great council then and there to be held, for determining how to act against the Scots, well provided with horse and arms, to execute what should be there resolved, la the very next year, the 25th of Edward I. he received sum- mons to that P parliament then held at Salisbury .'i In the 26th i Pat. 4J Henry 111. m. 8. k Pat, 48 Henry III. m. 17. 1 Par. 54 Henry III. m. 11. m Roc. Fin. 56 Hei.ry III. m. 7. 1 Esc. IJ Edward I. n. n. o Ror. Vase, 2 z Edward I. m. 11. P Cla■ Dugdals's Summons to Parliament. ' Ibid. * Ibid. " Ibid. X Ibid. y Ex Original, in the Chapter-house at Westminjter, * Pat. 33 Edward I. p. i. m. 23. VOL. VH, Z 338 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. marsh, in the county of Northampton, and obtained a grant also of a market," and a fair,'' to be held there yearly upon the eve and day, of the Holy Trinity, and seven days next ensuing. This John, Lord Lovel, having received summons to all the parliaments held from the 24th of Edward I. till the 4ih of Edward IL in- clusive, and having married for his second wife, Joan, the daugh- ter •= of Robert, Lord Roos of Hamlake (by his wife, Isabella Dawbeney), died in 1311, seised"^ of the manors of Tichmarsh and Minster-Lovel, as before j and of ^Elescumbe, and Bluntes- don-Gay, in the county of Wilts; leaving (besides a daughter, Maud, by bis first wife before-mentioned), by his second wife two sons 5 John, Lord Lovel, his son and heir; and James Lovel, who bore the arms of his brother, with a Canton, Ermine, for his difference, and left a son. Sir Ralf Lovel, Knt. of whom we know nothing further, but that he was appointed executor to the will of John, Lord Lovel, fifth of that name, hereafter mentioned. John, Lord Lovel, fourth of that name, being twenty-two years old at the death of his father, was soon after, viz. in the 7th of Edward II. in the Scottish *" wars, and had summons to parliament in the 6th, 7th, and 8th, of that reign, in which last named year he died, 8 A.D. 1315, leafing issue by Maud his wife (sister and sole heir^ of Edward, Lord BurnellJ, one only son, also named John. His widow afterwards becoming the wife of Sir John Handlo. John, Lord Lovel (fifth of that name), son of John, Lord Lovel, and Maud, Lady Burnel, his wife, succeeded bis father, being then but two years old. In 1334, being then twenty-one years of age, he was in the expedition then made into Scotland. In the 10th and ISth of the same reign, he was in the wars of France; and in the igth, 20th, and 21st of Edward III. (being then of the retinue ' of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick), continued in the same service; but on the Saturday next after the feast of All Saints (having made his will before), in 1347, he died, seised ^ of the manor 6f Southmere, in the county of Nor- folk; and Minster, in the county of Oxford (which he held in conjunction with Isabel his wife), of Tichmarsh, in the county of Northampton, and of two parts of the manor of Cheriton, in the a Cart. 33 Edward I. n. 66. >> Ibid. ^ Ex Coll. R. G. S. «• Esc. 4 Edward II. n. n. * Ibid. f Rot. Scoc. 7 Edward II. m. 5. 5 Esc. 21 Edward III. n. 49. *< Esc. S Edward II. n. 40. » Rot. Franc, si Edward III. m. i J. ^ Esc. 21 Edward III. n.49. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 3'ig county of Somerset. By which Lady Isabel, daughter of Wllliain, Lord Zouch of Harringworth, he left two sons, both of the name of John, and one daughter, Isabel, the wife of Thomas, son of Thomas Green. John, eldest son, then but six years and an half old at the death of his father, was the sixth Lord Lovel of that namej but be- fore he attained the age of twenty-one years, died,' on the Monday next after the feast of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, in 1359, leaving his brother (of the same name, John), his heir,* then nineteen years of age. This John, Loud Lovel fthe sevejith of that name), being at full age in the 37th of Edward III. had livery "» of all his lands but had respite of homage, and was elected afterwards into the Most Noble Order of the Garter. In the 42d of Edward III. he was in the wars of France, and of the retinue of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, that King's son. And ngain, in the 45th and 47th of Edward III. having married "Maud, the daughter and sole heir of Robert of Holland (who was summoned to parliament 16 Ed- ward III.) son and heir oi Robert, Lord Holland, deceased, cousin and heir to the said Lord Robert, doing his homage, had livery ? of the lands of her inheritance; which Robert, Lord Holland, was elder brother to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent (who married Joan Plantagenet, Countess of Kent, afterwards wife of Edward, Prince of Wales, called the Black Prince, and mother to King Richard II. from whom descended the Earls of Kent and Hunt- ingdon, and Dukes of Surrey and Exeter), and eldest son to Ro- bert, Lord Holland, by Maud, the daughter and coheir oi Alan, Lord Zouch, of Ashby, by his wife, the daughter and coheir of Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester (by his wife, Helena, daughter and coheir of Alan, Lord of Galloway, by his wife, Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of David, Earl of Hunting- don, brother to William, surnamed the Lion, King of Scotland), which Roger, Earl of Winchester, was son and heir to Saier de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, whose wife was Margaret, the second daughter and coheir, with Amicia, her eldest sister (who married the famous Simon de Montfort, Ea^l of Leicester, in her right), to Robert, Earl of Leicester (by Parnell his wife, daughter and heir to Hugh, Lord Greniemesnil), son of Robert le Bossu, Earl of Leicester (by his wife, Itta, daughter and heir of Ralph de ' Esc. 36 Edward IH. p. i. n. "» Ibid. 109. • Clattt. 37 Edwaid IH. m. 27. Ror. Fin. Edward 111. m, n. P Ibid, 340 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Guadcr, Earl of Norfollt), son of Robert de Bellomonte^ Earl of Leicester and Mellent (by his wife, Elizaleth, daughter of Hugh the Great, Count of Vermandois and Valois, son to Henry I. King of France, and sister to Auberie, wife of JViUiam Gouel dc Perceval, Lord of Yvery, common ancestor to this branch of the house of Yvery (surnamed Lovel), of which we here treat, and of that of which the Earl of Egmont is now tha chief in a direct male line. In the 48th of Edward IIL this John, Lord Lovel, was *i again in the wars of France, in the retinue ' of Edmond Mortimer, Earl of March ; and in the 4()th, constituted Governor of the castle of Benelyngham, in France j also, in the 3d of Rich- ard IL 1380, 'erapleyed into Ireland, upon that King's service: but some years after, much discontent *^ arising among diverse of the nobility, by reason that the King was wholly swayed by Ro- bert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, to the great scandal of the realm, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and his party, raising what forces they could, appeared in arms near London, at Bishop's Wood, Waltham, Hackney, and other places, whence they sent this John, Lord Lovel, with the Archbishop of York, to the King, requiring him to deliver up those by whose evil counsel he had been thus seduced. Nevertheless it so happened, that thi* Lord Lovel fell " off from them to the King, being one of those whom they expelled '^ the court, when thus predominant. And in the 18th of Richard IL attending y him into Ireland, so far insinuated himself into his esteem, thai in the 22d of his reign he was again employed ^ on his service in that realm. After this we have seen nothing further memorable of him, but that he gave to the canons of Marlebcrgh, in the county of Wilts, certain lands in Monton-Burback, and West-Grafton; and that the morrovi-, next ensuing the feast of St. James the Apostle, in 1408, by the title ^ of John, Lord Lovel and Holland, he made his ''will at Wardour Castle, in the county of Wilts, whereby he bequeathed his body to burial in the church of St, John, at Brackley, in the county of Northampton, and gave tlicreto a vestment, adorned with stars of gold, as also certain copes, and other things there- anto appertaining of the same suit and colour, appointing Maud (de Holland) his wife, to dispose of part of his goods for the health q Rot. Vas. 48 Edward HI. m. 9. ^ Ibid. » Pat. 3 Richard II. p. a. m. 4. » H. Knighton, 2697, n. 30. * Ibid. 2705, n. 30. * Ibid, y Pat. j8 Richard II. p. 1. m. l5. * Pat. az Richard II, p. 3, m. 19. & ni. 22. » Monast, Anglic, p. 272. a. 18, * Arundel, Vol, I. 255* ^* LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 341 «f his soul, whom, together with John, his son. Sir Humphry Stafford, Knt. and others, he constituted his executors. The day of his death we cannot certainly tell, but it happened not long after, for the probate*^ of that his testament bears date the 12th of September following. The lands whereof he died •* seised be- ing these; viz. the manors of Sntton-Walrond, in the county of Porset; Sparkford, alias Speckesford, North-Cheriton, and Upton - Noble, in the county of Somerset; lichmarch and Oihecote, in the county of Northampton; Minster-Lovel, in the county of Oxford; Mighcnden, Bridesherd, Erdescot, Knoll, Hywishe,Wam- berge, Ubaton, Wardor, Knoweke, Knighton, Saltborpe, Wiche- lescote, Areforde, Stutescombe, and Elecumbe, in the county of Wilts; and in right of Maud Holland his wife, of Hameldon, in the county of Rutland; Southmere, in the county of Norfolk; Broughton, juxta Ailesbury, in the county of Bucks; Yorhale, in the county of Stafford; Baggeworth and Shepesheved, in the county of Leicester; Dochelyngton, Norton-Bruin, and Chelder- ston, in the county of Oxford; Denford, in the county of Berks; as also the manor of Brackley and Hulls, with the hundred of Sutton, commonly called Kings-Sutton, in the county of North- ampton. Maud his wife, surviving, who in the first of Henry V, by a formal ^ release, bearing date under her seal of arms at Bris- tol, the 4th of July, did quit claim to Henry V. of all her right to diverse lordships and landsj whereunto that King did then pre- tend a title, by virtue of a certain grant made of them by King Henry HI. unto Edmund his son, and the heirs of bis body; and having given her *^ manors of Bagworth and Thornton, in the county of Leicester, to the hospital of Brackley, in the Sth of Henry V. procured ? licence for converting it to a house of friars preachers. To this last mentioned John, and Maud de Holland his wife, succeeded John, '' Loud Lovf.l and Holland, their only son, feighth of that name), who in the next year after his father's death, had livery' of his lands, his homage being respited:'^ but he lived not long, for upon the igih of October, in the 2d of Henry V. he 'departed this life, then seised of the manors'" of Mighenden, Elcombe, Erdescot, and Warder-Castle, in the county c Arundel, Vol. I. 255, b, ^ Esc. 9 Henry IV. n. 29. Claus. 10 Henry IV. m. 32, *f 33, « Ex Autogr. penes Tho. Co. Elgin. ^MonasN Angl. Vo). II. 375, 3 46. e Ibid. li Rj-. Fin. 10 Henry IV. m. 17. ■ Ibid. ^ Ib'd. i Isc, i H.-niy V. n. 33. n> Ibid. 342 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. of Wilts; Chelesdon, Minster-Lovel, Norton, Bruyn, Docheling- ton-Breton, Tichmarsh, Hinton juxta Hulls, with the mauor and hundred of Kings-Sutton, in the county of Northampton ; and Broughlon, in the county of Leicester 3 leaving by Alianora his wife, the daughter of Williani, Lord Zouch, of Harringworth, two sons, both of the nanoe of William; the youngest of whom luarried one of the daughters and coheirs of Thomas St, Clere, of Barton St. John, in the county of Oxford, but of him we know nothing farther, William, Lord Lovel and Holland, eldest son and heir of John, Lord Lovel, by the said Alianofe la Zouche, his wife, was, in 1417, by indenture retained" to serve the King with six men at arras, and archers, in his wars of France; and before the end of that year to serve" him in his fleet at sea with two men at arms (himself accounted), and four archers. Moreover, in 1422, he was P again in those wars of France; and in the 1st of Henry VL doing homage, had livery 1 of the lands of his inheritance by de- scent, both from John, Lord Lovel, his father, and Maud, the daughter and heir of Robert de Holland, his grandmother, being twenty-four'' years of age; and in the 2d of Henry VI. having married 'Alice, one of the daughters of John, l,ord Deincourt, sister and coheir to William, Lord Deincourt (widow of Ralf ' Bo- teler. Lord Sudley), performing his fealty, had livery "^ of the lands of that inheritance; which John, Lord Deincourt, her father, married Joan, the daughter and heir of Robert, Lord Gray of Rotherjield, son of Bartholomew, Lord Grey, son of John, Lord Grey, by his wife, Catharine, daughter and coheir of Briant, Lord Fitzalan of Bedal. In the 6th of Henry VI. he was also retained by indenture to serve the King in bis wars of France, with twenty- nine men of arms, and eighty archers ; and in the 29th of Henry VI. procured licence " to deafforest his woods, called Min- ster woods, in the county of Oxford, with two fields thereunto adjoining, and to impark them. This William, Lord Lovel and Holland, was summoned y to parliament frorn the 3d of Hen. IV. till the 33d of Henry VI. inclusive. Though in the 24th of that reign, in consideration of his eminent services in foreign parts, as well in the time of Henry V, as this King, as also by reason of ■ Ex Auicgr. penes Cleric, pell, " Ibid. r Rot. Franc. 9 Henry V. m. 12. 1 R >t. Fin. I Henry VI. m 6. ' Esc. I Henry VI. n. 51. ' Claus. 2 Henry VI. m. I. t Esc. 1 3 Edward JV. ». 54. u Rot. Fit. II Henry VI. m C^it, ii Henry VI. n. i, &(;. 7 Claus, de iJsd. an. iadorso. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 843 his infirmity of body, he obtained a sppcial ex«mption from at- tending parliament for the term of his life. In the 28th of Henry VI. he was made ^ Constable of the castle of Wallingfordj but ^died the 13th of June, the 33d of Henry VI. Alice his wife, surviving, who in the same year, upon the death of Margaret, her sister, wife of Ralph, Lord Cromwell, without issue, was ''found to be her next heir, by which means divers fair lordships and lands descended to her, whereof she had special '^livery soon after. This William, Lord Lovel and Holland, died seised of the follow- ing lands;** viz the manors of Rotherhyth and Berraundsey, in the county of Surrey; Wolverhampton, in the county of Staflfordj Waltham Parva, called Powers-Manors, and BurneU in Berle, in the county of Hertford; Resyngdon, Bassel, in the county of Gloucester; Wevilcote, called Butlers Court, in the county of Oxford; Minster- Lovel, Docklyngton, Norton, Bruyn, and Che- leston, in the county of Oxford , Denford, in the county of Bucks; Elcombe, Blackgrove, Mighenden, Wigtescote, Sulthorpe, Wby- thyll, Uffecote, Erdescote, and Knoke, in the county of Wilts; the third part of the chase of Charnewood, in the county of Lei- cester; the manors of Crnnleye, and Broughton -Lovel, in the county of Berks; the manors of Holgate, Clee, St. Margaret, Wolstanton, Prestes, Weston, Ardulweston, BoUyle, Longiield, Uppington, Wotton, Onebury, Walton, Sutton, Croston, Abbelon, Iiiwdon, Burnell, Millingchope, Busbury, Longedon, Condovere, Astewall, Hope, Bowdlers, Wiggecote, Chatwall, Siuethecotc, Chelton, Acton, Reyner, Cassley, Ronton, Arabaston, Pulleyleye, Rammesharst, Streford, Cantelope, Ac;on-Burnell, and Acton- Pigot, in the county of Salop; the borough of Brackley, the hun- dred of Sutton, alias Kings-Sulton, the manors of Pokebroke, Duston, Tycherr.erghe, Kings-Sutton, and Halls, in the county of Northampton; and of the ^inheritance of Alice his wife, of the manors of Askeham, and Drynghouse, within the liberty of the city of York, and manor of Baynton, in the county of Ebor; of the manors of Cogges, Herdswyke, Rotherficld, Soraerton, and the moiety of the manors of Fringeford, and fourth part of the manor of Stanlake, in the county of Oxford; of the manor of Ordton, alias Ulverton, in Salihull, in the county of War- wick; of the manor of Shobyndon, East-Claydon, Bold-Claydoxi, Woburne, and Fryngford, in the county of Bucks; as also the ■2 Pat. 28 Henry VI. p. 2. m. 17. a Esc. 33 Henry VI. n. z8, '' Ibid. n. 34. c Pat. 34 Henry VI. p. i. m. 19. Flanders, to Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (sister to the late King Edward IV.) Not long after which he was sent by that Princess into Ireland, with ^2000 stout soldiers, under the conduct of Martin Swart, an eminent German commander, on behalf of Lambert Simnel (the counterfeit Duke of York.) From whence he came over into England with John de Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and all the power of that party, in hopes to dethrone the King; but being defeated in the ''battle of Stoke, near Newark upon Trent, on the lO'th of June, in the 3d of Henry VII, underwent the fate of all the chief leaders in that cause, having perished either in that fight, or soon after.'' Whereupon King Henry aspiring after his great inheritance, attainted this Lord^ and confiscated his whole estate, inferior at that time to few or " S'.ow's Ann. Q Cart. 22 Edward IV. n. i. P P.ic. 1 Richard III. p. 1. m. 5. 4 Ibid. ' Ibid. i* Ibid. 1 Polyd. Virgil, p. 564. " Ibid. " IbiJ. 56S. n. 3c. 7 Ibid. 572. an. zo. ■' Ibid. 2 Ibid. 574. n. 3c. Stow s Ann. '' See a s'ngular story or" his supposed concealment under the vaults ot the house of Minstcr-Lovel, in History of the IJottSf of yverv \ and ur.der iVfi.'rifir- I.ere!, co. Oxford, in Tof'o^m^ bicai Miscellanin, 1791. 34(5 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. none in this kingdom. He died without issue^ and all his titles, viz. that of Viscount Lovel, with those ancient baronies of Lovel, Holland, Burnell, Deincourt, Gray of Rother6eld, and Fitz Alan of Bedal, became Jorfeited to the crown, and remained ex- tinguished,'^ till his present Majesty was graciously pleased to re- vive those of Lovel and Holland, in the person of John, Earl of Egmont, in consideration of the consanguinity of the said Earl, and his descent both by the male ano female line therefrom. Notwithstanding which tatal blow, the male line of this branch of this noble family was still continued by William, Lord Lo- vel, of Morley, uncle to Francis, Viscount Lovel, last mentioned, viz. secoiid son of William, Lord Lovel and Holland (by Alice, daughter and heir of John, Lord Deincourt), who obtained of his father's inheritance, the •* manors of Erdescoie, Bridesmith, and Uppadon- Lovel, in the county of Wilts. He married "^ Alianore, the daughter and sole heir of Robert, Lord Morley, who died in the 2 1 St of Henry VL 1443 (by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of William, Lord Roos), son of Thomas, Lord Morley, who died in the 14th of Henry VL (by his wife, Isabel, daughter and coheir of Michael de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk), son of Sir Robert Mor- ley (who died in the lifetime of his father), by his wife, Isabel (daughter of the Lord Molines'), eldest son and heir apparent of Thomas, Lord Morley, who died on the 24 th of September, in the 4th of Henry V. (by his wife, Joan, daughter of the Lord Despencer), son of William, Lord Morley, who died 1380 (by his wife, Cecily daughter, and at length heir of John, Lord Bar- dolf, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Da- morie, Knt. by his wife, Elizabeth de Clare, widow of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, by his wife, Joan Plantagenet, surnamed Joan of Acres, daughter of King Edward I.) Which Thomas, Lord Bar- dolf, was son of Hugh, Lord Bardolf (who died the 32d of Ed- ward I.) by his wife, Isabel, daughter and coheir of William, Lord Aguillon, by his wife, Margaret de Ripariis, Countess of Devon, daughter and coheir of Warrin Fitz-Gerald, Baron of Stokecnrcy, in right of his wife, Alicia de Courcy, daughter and sole heir of William de Courcy, Baron of Stokccurcy, in the county of Somerset; which William, Lord Morley, was son of Robert, Lord Morley, who died in France in the 34th of Edw. III. This, however, does not seem to have been the opinion as delivered in the claim of the Barony of Heaumokl, jnst mentioned. «i Esc. i6 Edward iV. n. 7:. e Ex. Cc!. Ar. R. Gl. S. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 34? (by his wife, Hawisia, sister and sole heir of John, Lord Mares- ehall. Lord Marshall of Ireland, and daughter of William, Lord Mareschall, who died the 8th of Edward IL) son of John, Lord Mareschall, son of another John, Lord Mareschall (brother of William Mareschall, the great Earl of Pembroke), by his wife, Aliva, daughter and heir of Hubert, Lord Rie, who died in the ]8th of Henry H. The abovementioned Alianore, Lady Morley, thus brought to the said William, Lord Level, her husband, the baronies^ of Morlet, Marshall, Hexgham, and Rhie, toge- ther with the office of Hereditary Marshal of Ireland, who hav- ing had respite of his homage, was summoned to parliament in the 9th of Edward IV. 1468, by the title of 8 William Lovel, de Morley Chivaler; and was again called by writ to that parliament intended to be held at York, on the 22d of September, in the same pth of Edward IV. but before the day assigned, viz. upon the 7th of the same month, he received a new writ from the King/' suspending his former summons, because, as the record affirms, there was need of immediate recourse to arms, for resist- ing that invasion of the French and Scots, with which the king- dom was then threatened ; and again was summoned to the par- liament held at Westminster, in the 1 0th of Edward IV. (and 49th of Henry VI.) by the same title. This William, Lord Lovel de Morley," died upon the 23d of July, 1745, seised "^ of the ma- nors of Erdescoie, Bridesmith, and Uppadon-Lovel; and his wife upon the 28th of August next ensuing, seised' of the manors of Halingbiiry-Morley , in the county of Essexj Walkern, in the county of Hertford; Heyngham, Swanton, Morley, Buxton, Matsale, Hocheryng, yllbye, Folsham, and the Hundred of Fourho, in Norfolk; as also of Shotington, East Claydon, Crawley, and IVolourne Deirlcourt, in the county of Bucks; leaving one son, Henry Lovel, Lord Morley,"* and one daughter, Alice. This Henry Lovel, Lord Morley, was little more than ten years old at the time of the death of his father and mother, but nad special livery " of all his lands upon attaining his full age in 1489; soon after which, he vested the "manors of Hingham, Buxton, and the Hundred of Fourho, in Sir William Boleyn, Knt.-and T homas Woodhouse, senior, as trustees for the payment of his debts; but being afterwards sent Pinto Flanders with the f Esc. 16 Edward IV. n. 73. I Ifcid. •> Dugd. Summons to Parliament. i Esc. \f> Edward IV. n. 73. ^ Ibid. 1 Ibid. Accedanl votis fac tua vota precof. Vixit Ann. 56. Ob. Ann. 1510. Patri bene merenti gratissimus fiUui, Henricus Parker, Eques Auratus, Morkl Dominus potuit. 350 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. he being killed before Brest, in Brittany, on the 25th of April, 1513, leaving no issue j she herself dying in 1518. In her will, which was dated the Qth of April, and proved on the 22d of Fe- bruary following, in that year,y she orders her body to be buried in the parish-church of St. Andrews, of Yngham, in Norfolk j she bequeaths to Henry Parker, Lord Morley, her son and hAr, her bed of cloth of gold and tawney velvet, also her best bason and ewer of silver, and parcel gilt, a bowl gilt, with a cover gilt with her Lord's arms and her's upon it ; a standing cup with a cover, gilt, that was gotten by her ancestors, and all the orna- ments of her cbapel, with other parcels of plate j also various other legacies to her two daughters, Jane and Alice Parker, and to Sir Thomas Lovel, Knight of the Garter, then Treasurer with the King's Grace, &c. Most probably, in pursuance of this her will, she was at first interred in the church of Hyngham, before- mentioned j but Henry Parker, Lord Morley, her son, piously desiring to transmit the memory of his Noble ancestors to future ages, erected a marble monument in the church of Halingbury- Morley, which, as his own epitaph recites, he designed for the common place of burial of his family, and caused the bones of his grandmother, of his father and mother, and of his wife, to be there entombed j at which time, doubtless, he removed the body of this Alice Lovel to the said church of Halingbury, where her epitaph, among those of many others of his ancestors, remain, in the words * beneath inserted. Of this Alice Lovel, Lady Morley, and Sir William Parker her husband, the direct and lineal descendant, and the sole heir-male, was the late Sir Philip Parker a Morley Long, Bart, and likewise the last male heir of that house, ivhose sister, Catharine Parker, became the wife of John, first Earl of Egmont, and was mother to the late Earl; by which marriage the blood and pretensions of y Ex Reg. Curiae Prerog. Cantur. Ayloffe. 2 Nobills heu tristi concessit foemina fato, Cujus in hoc tumulo coiiJita membra jacent, Morlei dicta Domina cui Alicia nomen A Lovello fui-. VivaC ubique ]>recor. Moribus enituit claris, et stemmate cWx3, Atirea nunc inter sydera clara nitet. Corpus terra tenet, sed spirltus alta polorura Regna teaet felix. Hoc Deus ipse velit. Vlxlt Ann. 60. Ob. Ann. 15 18. Malri benemerenti posult filiui gratis:simus Henricus Parker, E^ues Auratus, MorUi Dominus LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 351 the said Alice Lovel, heiress of this line of the house of Yvery^ derived into itself, viz. into that of which the present Earl is the chief, and which is now the only branch of the same stock sub- sisting in the male line at this day But the internnediate descent* from the said Alice Lovel and the said Sir William Parker, to the present Earl, we shall defer to recite till we. come to give the di- rect deduction thereof in the due order of time and place, which ■will be when we have carried down the account of the line of the Earl of E^„mont to the period of that marriage of the said Catha- rine Parker with the snid late Earl. We will therefore now return to * Richard, the Jlfth or youngest son of "William Gouel de PEKChVAL (the first who was called Lovel'','^ and brother to IViLliam, surnamed I^vel, father to William, Baron Lovel, of Dockingesj which Richard retaining the primitive and paternal name of his family, delivered it down to his descendants, and is lineal ancestor of the present Earl. What portion of his father's inheritance came to his share, is not farther known, than that he received lands in Staivel, in the county of Somerset, parcel of the lands given to his grand- father, Ascelin, at the Conquest; for there is extant a record in the Cotton library, wherein he granted to the monks of Thame,'^ by the name of Richard de Perceval, the son of William Luval, in pure and perpetual alms, one furlong of land in Stawel, and two plough lands and two tofts in the same town, which belonged formerly to Ascelin de Yvery, his grandfather, by the gift of William, the Bastard. He granted likewise, at the same time, the plough lands of Bedecombc, which he the said Richard had re- ceived from Willinm de Moion/ in marriage with his daughter; to which deed assented Robert, Hamelin, and Richard, his sons. In 1161, he was charged for his lands in the county of Somer- set, upon the scutage levied for the expedition to Tholouse, at the rate of two marks for each knight's fee; as likewise, in II68, upon the aid levied for the marriage of Maud, the King's eldest daughter, to Henry, Duke of Saxony; and being nearly related to Richard de Clare, Earl of Strigull, surnamed Strongbow (whose mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert, Earl of Mellent, and sister to the motht-r of this Richard), accompanied him in his Irish expedition. Upon (he scutage of Wales in 11 89, he was * Vide Camden'j Remains. '' Biblioth. Harley. No. 1417, 75. c Ex Autograph. p;nes Robertuai Cotton Mil. ^ A. D. 1 161. 352 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. assessed again j after which, in the year lipi, he was abroad with King Richard I. in the Holy Land, and (as Joscphns Isca- jnus,* Secretary to that Prince, who wrote a particular account of that expedition, relates), a principal commander in the English army there; but being disabled by the loss of his leg, in an action against the Saracens, he returned home/ In 1197> we find him, together with Henry Luval, assessed in the third and fourth scu- tage, at twenty shillings for every fee, to defray the expenses of the Norman army; and afterwards, upon the «id in I'JOl,? he was charged again, together with Ralph, the son and heir of Henry Luval, before-mentioned; but dying, as it is presumed, not long after, was buried in the church of Weston^in-Gordano, in the county of Somerset, with the following inscription: Orate pro amma Rytardi Perceval qui Militavit in Terra Sancta cum Rege Rycardo, A. C. mcxc. He married the daughter of IVilliam de Moion, or Mohun, Lord of Dunster, in the county of Somerset, who, by some of the his- torians in the reign of King Stephen, was styled Earl of Somerset and Dorset; by whom he had Robert, Hamelin, and Richard. Robert, the eldest, seems to have succeeded his father before 1202; for in the pipe-roll of that year he is charged to the King fifteen marks for the seisin of the lands of Bodecomhe, which he held of William de Moion, and then paid ten marks thereof into the King's Exchequer. Rut the said Robert and Hamelin dying without issue. Their brother, Richard de Perceval, second of that name, the youngest son of Richard, cojitinued the line; of whom we know nothing farther, than that he was with his father in the Holy Land; that he joined with him in the grant to the monks of Thame, as aforesaid, and was buried also in the church of Weston, where his monument subsisted in the year \Q()2. He left three sons, Robert, "^^ Hugh,^ and John,^ as appears by a deed of the said John, which will be hereafter mentioned. Robert de Perceval, eldest son of Richard, holding Clywere, in the county of Somerset, and other large estates of the honour of = Penes Dacem de Chandcs. ^ Ror. Pip. 2 Ibid. 1' Title-deeds to the manor of Fairfield, penes Tho. Palmer de Fairfield, \n. Com. Samst. i Annal. o Dempsie. ^ Charta Johannis de Perceval Monachis cle Tham, in Bib. Cotton, ut postcai LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 353 Gloucester, then enjoyed by the House of Clare, became an early adventurer in Ireland, where it is presumed that this family had acquired sonr.e property before, and in 126], went over with Ri- chard de Marlee, Stephen de Burgo,' and near twenty men at arms, where he behaved with so much valour, that he acquired great possessions, which induced him to remain there, and to re- sit^n his paternal estate, or great part thereof, in the county of Somerset, to his brothers. His services to the state were so con- siderable, that he received summons, as a Baron of that realm, to the parliament holden at Dublin, 1285;'" but dying the same year, left two sons; Richard, the second Baron, who dying with- out issue the same year, his brother, Robert, became the third Baron, and was a man of great consideration in the county of Meathj in which he was seated near Portlester, and is presumed to have built the castle of Norrach there. His name is entered in two rolls of the Barons of Ireland, and in 1301, he received letters from King Edward I." requiring his attendance in the Scottish wars; and also other letters of credence from that Prince:* but two years after, engaging in a battle with the Irish, '' was slain the 22d of October, 1303; and having been a great bene- factor to the priory of Youghal, was buried there. He married Grace, eldest daughter of Maurice, the second Baron of Kerry (ancestor to the present Earl of Kerry, and Marquis of Lans- downe), and left an only son,i Thomas, Lord Perceval, the fourth Baron, who dying without issue in 1312, the title ceased. We now revert to John^ and Hugh, the second and third bro- thers of Robert (the first Lord Perceval, in Irel^d), and sons of Richard de Perceval, before-mentioned. Which John and Hugh de Perceval, as appears by the title-deeds of the manor of Fair- field, near Stoke-courry, in the county of Somerset, were witnesses (and therein called brothers), to a charter (without date, but made in the reign of Henry III ) of Philip^ de Columbariis, or Columbers, a great Baron of that age, the capital scat of whose barony was Stowey, under Quantoch Hills, in the said county, and bounded by the manors and lands of this family in those parts. 1 Annal. o. Dempsle, fol. 364. '" Ex Rot. Claus. Hibernia. " Rot. Claus. in Turri Londini. " Ibid. P Anjialsof Irejjnd. 1 Ibid. >" Title-deeds of Fairfield, in com. Soms. penes Peregrine Palmer, Ar. iiunt Dom. de Fairfield. • Dugdalc's Baronsge, sub tit. ColumUeri. YOL. VII. 2 A 354 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. In 1277, the said Hugh * de Perceval granted and quitted claim in favour of the said John (there surnamed de Walton, but styled in the same deed his brother), to all the rights that he might have in Lymbery, a manor there adjoining, in the county of Somerset j which deed was dated at Lymbery, and witnessed by William de Vernay, Lord of Fairfield, John de Perceval, and others. Of this Hugh we know nothing fartherj but John de Per- ceval, his brother, surnamed de Watton, continued the linej and in the year 1260, received "summons among the Barons to attend the King at Shrewsbury upon the feast of the Nativity of the blessed Virgin, with horse and arms, to war against Llewellin,* Prince of Wales. In 1277, he did his homage for that part of his estate held by knights service, of William de Vernay, Lord of Fairfield, viz. the manors of Corville, Lymlury, and Watton, in the county of Somerset j from which last it is evident, that he assumed for a time his name.y There is likewise extant a deed in the Cotton library, bearing date at Stawel, in which (by the name of John, the son of Richard), be grants to the monks of Thame, one yard land in the town of Bodecombe,^ adjoining on the north to a certain plow-land, which the said monks received formerly of the gift of Richard de Perceval, the son of William Luval, his grandfather, in pure and perpetual alms 5 to which deed were witnesses his brothers, Robert and Hugh; his sons, Roger, John, and ^scelin; Robert de Chen,^ and others; but in 128 J, he died, having had issue by two wives, viz. by the first (Alice,'' sister to Odo de Dampmartin, in the county of Surrey), three sons, before-mentioned} viz, Roger, John, and ^scelin; and by the second, whose name is not known, a son, Henry; of which Roger, the eldest, continued the descent in a direct male line to the present Earl of Egmont. And Henry was founder of a considerable branch of this family, which subsisted in the male line till 1485. To prevent confusion in deducing the principal line of the said Roger, and farther, because little account has been yet given of this other branch, we shall first trace the descent from the said Henry Perceval, son, by another venter, of John de Perceval, or de Watton, above -mentioned j which Henry '^ is ascertained only t Title deeds, ut supra. " Claus. 4 Henry III, m. 9, dorso, de exercitu Wallix. X Title-deeds, ut supra. Y In Bibl. Cotton. ^ Ex CharU penes Robertum Cotton Militem. * Title-deed*, ut supr«. ^ Assiz. Hill. 9 Henry III. c Title-desds, ut supra. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 355 by one title-deed (now in the hands of Peregrine Palmer, Esq. present lord of the manor of Fairfield), relating to a claim of John Perceval, of Coreville, in J 464, to a right of common in East' Quantoch, and la JVestmore, in com. Somerset, obtained by this Henry de Perceval (ancestor to the said John), from William de Vernay, Lord of Fairfield, in the time of Edward L The said Henry left two sons, John and Richard j and that he died in the lifetime of his father, or soon after his decease, seems more than probable, as his father, John, surnamed de Walton, was living in 1277, and his son, John de Perceval, did homage for the estate in 1281. John"^ de Perceval, eldest son of the said Henry, Lord of Core- ville, Lymbury, and Watton, did homage for the estates which he held of William de Vernay, son of William, paying relief for the same in 1281, but died five ^ jears after, viz. on the Tuesday next after the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin, 1286. To whom Sir Richard de Perceval, his brother, surnamed de Correville, now Corril (who was born in 1260), succeeded, and being then of full age/ paid relief for the lands which his said brother, John, held at the time of his decease, viz. in Fairfield, Lymlury, Sydenham, and IVatton.^ Which Richard was in the wars of Scotland, where he bore upon his banner the arms of his family, but with the tinctures counterchanged, viz. the Field and the three Cross-pattees Gules, and the Chief Argent, as a differ- ence from the arms of the elder branch. It appears that he was living in 1332, but died before 1350j'' for in the year last men- tioned, Johanna, then his widow, togetTier with John,' Walter,' and Richard ' Perceval, laid claim to certain lands in Fairfield, and being 'sworn in court, presented an evidence, which had been before produced in the same place upon the Sunday next after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by the said late Richard Perceval, formerly husband of the said Joan, and father by her of the said John, Walter, and Richard Perceval, as the deed recites. Concerning Richard, the youngest of which sons, we have no farther account; but Walter, the second son, having married Joan,' sister of Gilbert de Hywish, the said Joan, in 1387 (^t that time the widow of the said Walter), conveyed to her brother, Gilbert dc Hywish, all her rights in her lands and tenements in East Quantoch. '1 Title-deeJs, ut supia. = Ibid. <" Ibid. ; In Lihro Militiini portant. Bannciia In Belio Scotico temp. Edward I. '' Title-deeds, ut SJura, ' Ibid, 356 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. John de Perceval, the eldest of the three said sons, succeeded to th^ estate,° but departed this life in 1415, seised oi the manors of Lymlury, Coreville, &c. and many other estates in IVestlake, Clafferd, Sinderland, and Sydenham,, in the county of Somerset, all held by knights service; leaving by Margaieti' his wife, a son, John, his heir; in which year, viz. 1415, the said Margaret Per- ceval obtained from John de Vernny, then Lord of Fairfield, a release of certain lands in Estrccholt (now ylsholtj, near Quanloch, in the said county. John de Perceval, i' son and heir of the said John and Margaret, at the time of his father's death, was forty years of age, and be- came Lord of Coreville, Lymbury, Watton, wi'h many other fair possessions in those parts, and lived to a great age, but dying in or about 1455, eighty years old, left two sons,'' Hugh and Jol^; and two daughters, Joan and Margaret; all in their minority. Hugh Percevalj the eldest son, succeedi.d his father, John, as before observed, in l455, and being then under age; John de Vernay, Lord of Fairfiehl, released to Margaret before-mentioned, the widow of John de Perceval, ''father of the last mentioned John, and grandfather of the said Hugli, ail his right, title, or claim to the wardship and custody of the two mauois of Coreville and Lymbury, during the minority of the said Hugh. But he dying in or belbre 1404, without issue, was succeeded by John. I'John Perceval, Lord of Coreville, and brother and heir of Hugh, in the same year 1404, laid claim to the cornmon of pas- ture in la Westmore and East Quantoch, in the county of Soiner» set, as abovemeiitioned ; and exhibiting two charters, viz. one from William di- Vernay to Henry de Perceval, his ancestor (as he is styled in that record), of which charter mention has been made above; as likewise another charter from Ralph dc Vernay, iustitied his right thereto. This John, the Inst male of Ids ilne,v died on the Sunday nr.xt after the feast of All Souls, A. U. 1485, seised of the manors of Coreville and Lymbury, and many other lands and tenements in SlnJ'ord, Easi-Qiianloch, Dodington, Stukecuny, Durbrow, Fairjlcld, !kc. with common of l\iibary, in La IVfstmore, ike. in the county of Somerset; John Euerard, the son oi Joan, eldest sister of the said John Perceval, and Margaret his other sister, then the wife of John JFillems, or JVillinnis, being found his next heirs; which John Everard was then above twenty years of age, and 2vLirgaret thirty -five years old and upwards, " Title-desds, ut supra. i' Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 357 Which Margaret became sole heir to this branch by the death of the said John Everard soon after, and left a son,- Sir RegiiiolU iVilliams, Kni;^ht, father of Sir John Williams, of Burfield, in the county of I'erks, who had two son-;, Reginald and John; of whom, John, the second son, was by Qufen Mary I. solemnly created Barony Williams, of Thame, in the county of Oxford, at the palace of St James's, on the oili day of April, in tiie first year of her reign, lji3, from whose heirs general d^^scend the present Earl oi Abingdon, and also descended the late Lord Viscount Wen man. Having thus fully traced the branch of the Pcrcevals of Core- ville, ue shall only add, that in 1402, ;cven years after the de- cease of the said John Perceval,' Sir Reginald Williams before- mentioned, having vested the manors of Coreville and Lymbury (and part of the lands so descended to him, in right of Margaret Perceval his mother), in the Lord Zouche, Sir John Dawbeney, and others his trustees, they were sold by him, together with the capital messuage of Coreville, to Sir Baldu-in Malet, Knight, then lord of the manor of Enmore, adjacent thereto, and in the same county, and p.irt thereof is now the estate of the present Earl of Egmont, We now revert to ^Rogf.r de Perceval, the eldest son of John de Perceval, surnamed de Watton, by Alicia Dampmartin, his first wife, from whom the present Earl of Egmont immediately in the direct male line descends, which Sir Roger Perceval, was Lord of East Qi/antock, Eastlnry, Statvcll, Bridcot, &c. in the county of Somerset,'' 1281, wa.s chargfd to the King for half a Knight's fee in Boderoinbe, in the sarne county; and in 12SI, suc- ceeded, upon the ' death of Sir John Bn'tcdie, his wife's father, to the large estate of that finiily, viz. the manors of Carhampton, Thruiivell, alias Trolteville, and another half Knight's fee in Fodecomli', Sec. in the county of Sonier-,'.:t (Lis wife being then sixteen years of age), and doing his homage, had livery of the laiuls of her inheiitance in the same year. In 12(^0, at the par- liaiv.c'.it then held after the feast of St. Michael, he petitioned the King for remis^i,>n of the line which had been laid upon him^ for X Tltlf-ccfus lit n;pr.i. y Di-igJal; B.uonage, sub tit. Williams 'le Thame. ^- T:t:e-d' edfi, ut ?uprj. a Pl.,cit . e Ban Reg. 13 Henry Vlll. Mich. Rot. 40. ^ Ex Lib. Auj.iI. In Scaccar. 9 Edward I. A. D. I 281. "^ Fsch. ;) )>>:, mort. J-jhannis Bretjche, in Tuirl Londini, ij Edward [. 35S PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. having taken certain sums of money of Walter Parson of Mulso, who had fled upon an indictment of murder; the said Roger pre- tending that his goods and chattels were forfeited to him, whereas in truth they were escheated to the crown. In 1295, he was summoned among the Barons to the great council or parliament, held at Newcastle, previous to the wars of Scotland, against John Baliol, whom King Edward had promoted to that throne, and who had entered into an alliance against him with the French King. The next year, 1296, he had another summons to attend the King at London, upon the Sunday after the octave of St. John the Baptist, well provided with horse and arms, in order to assist Guy, Earl of Flanders, at that time invaded by Philip, King of France. This Lord Roger Perceval is said to have been slain at the battle of Bannocklurn, in Scotland; but it is certain, by re- cord, that he died between the years 1310 and 1314 •* He married Joan, the daughter and heir of Sir John de Breteche, sort of another Sir John, by the daughter of Ralph, Lord Boteler/ of Overley, widow of Warin de Rawleigh (which family of Bre- teche descended from a younger branch of the Counts of Guisnes, in Flanders), and by her had issue two sons; Sir John, his heir; and Richard, who, in 1318, was presented by his mother to the church of Exford, upon Exmore, in the county of Somerset. Sir John Perceval, *^ Lord of Eastlury, Carhampton, Trobbe- ville, Bodecombe, &c. in the year 1300, though under age, and his father living, was returned a knight to serve for the county of Warwick, in the Parliament held at Lincoln;? and a writ was issued for payment of his wages by the county, for his services therein. In 1302, he was Knight of the shire for the county of Somerset. In 1314, upon the death of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, he appears to have held Clywere, in the county of Somerset,. of that honour by Knight's service. And in 1324, he was Knight of the shire, and returned in ^ chancery one of the men at arras in the county of Warwick, by the name of Sir John Percevalj of Somerset, Knight. He made a large addition to his estate, by his marriage with ' Milicent, daughter and heir to Lau" rence (surnamed from his mother), de Saricto Mauro, son and ^ Esch. post mort. G lb. Com, Glouc. « C,»mden's Russet folio Pedigrees. f Placit. de Banco Regis Mich 13 Henry VIII. Rot. 40. S Rot. Claus. in Turri Londini d^cad. Anno, ^ In capell. Rotulor. » £x Registrb, Bathon. & Wellcn. Dp. Ralf, fol. 13. A. D, 1329. 3 Ed- ward III. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 35g heir of Simon de Ludgate, by Maud, daughter and heir of* Peter de Sancto Mauro, Lord of Weston Gordein and Kingston- Seymour in the county of Somerset; and ''dying 1339 (having never had summons to parliament_, a discontinuance frequent in those days), left issue by her (who' re-married the year after with John de Kan- ford), two sons J John, who died before 1346} and Sir Walter Perceval,'" Lord of Eastbitry, Trobbevilie, Brid- cote, Bodecombc, Weston in-Gordano, &c. in the county of So- merset; who was but fourteen years old at his father's death, and put under the guardianship of Sir Richard de Acton, Knightj in the 20th of Edward III. and the twenty-lirst year of his age, he was in the war of France at the memorable battle of Cressey, in which ten Princes, eighty Bannerets, 1200 Knights, and 30,000 soldiers of the French were slain, and so far a partner in the glory of that day, that he was knighted by the King in the field;" but died in 1349, '" 'he twenty- fourth year of his age. He married Alice, daughter and heir of William de Acton, from whom, in process of time, a great inheritance devolved upon this l>ousp; and by her, who survived him many years, had issue three sons; viz. 1. John, who died young. 2. Sir Ralph, who became bis heir. And, 3. Sir John Perceval, Knight, who forfeited his estate for practising with the malecontents at the time of the in- surrection of Walter the Tyler, against King Richard IL Sir Ralph Perceval" (Jirst of that name), born about 1347, succeeded his fathsr, Walter, and in 1349, appears to have been in ward to Hugh, Lord de Despenser, one of the heirs of the honour of Gloucester; of which honour he held Clywere and Thrulwell by Knight's service. Besides which, he had other great possessions; viz. tlie manors of Eastlury and Carhampton, Bodecomle^ Weston-in- Gordano, Bridcot, Avcle, Huntspil, Lym- plesham, Chedder, Axehrugge, Cokelake, Wedmore, Nye, Sandford, Makkesmulle, Wynscoiule, Jfynlred, Barton, JVodeherg, Compton- Episcopi, Draycot, Rolleston, Rowherugh, &c. irvthe county of Somerset; and the manor of Down/iatherley , &c. in the county of Gloucester. He died between the 4th of January and the 24th of March, A. D. 1102, about the fifty-fourth year of his age; leaving, by Elixaleth his wife (who appears to have been the daughter and heir of John de Wyke, of Ninehead, Flory, and ■ Ass'i. in divers C:)rriit;ar. 14. EdwJrd III. Sim. ' Ibid. '■' i'lac t de Biiico Regis, 13 Heniy VIII. M^ch. Rot. 40. " Vi^itat. Dors, ic Sotncrstt, in the Musseum. -' ri Ex Chart Famiiise. " I|)id. " Ginealog. Berkeley de Bruton. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 363 married, first, to Francis Dyer, of Roundhill, Esq.; and, second- ly, to Barnabas Leigh, of the county of Chester, Esq.; Anne, first married to Parsons, Esq.; secondly, to Checke, Esq.; Florence, to Toby Pierce, Esq. of the kingdom of Ireland; Sarah, ^ife of Thome, Esq. near Bruton, in the county of Somer- set; Grace, to James Dugdale, of Evercreech, in the same county, Esq.; and Alice and Mary, who died infants. This James dying on the 26th of May,P 1594, in the sixty-third year of his age. To him succeeded James Perceval, Lord of Easthury, Weston, Hcc. (third of that name), his eldest son, then ten years and three months old, being born in 1584. Upon the death of Elizabeth, the widow and second wife of Edmund Perceval, his grandfather {y/ho had outlived her husband fifty years and fifteen days), in 1601, the said James being in ward, the jointure of the said widow fell, during the minority of the heir, to the crown ;i and was granted by the Queen, together with the whole estate of the minor during that term, to Richard Perceval, Esq. then Secretary to the court of wards, cousin to the said James, and immediate ancestor to the present Earl of Egraont. In l604, being of full age, he had livery of his lands, doing his homage on the 1st of January the same year;'' and was soon after married to Alice, daughter of William Chester, of Amesbury, in the county of Gloucester, Esq. In 1610,' upon the aid levied for making Henry Prince of Wales a Knight, he answered for his Knight's -fees in IFeston-in-Gordano. He died in or near the year l644 (about the sixtieth year of his age), having had by his Lady five sons; James, Thomas, Charles, Robert, and Philip; and four daughters; Catherine, Anne, Mary, and Elizabeth. Of the daughters, Ca- therine became the wife of Edward Trenchard, of Cuttridge, in the county of Wilts, Esq.; Anne, of Thomas Hoi worthy, of Bris- tol, Esq.; Mary, of Nicholas Southcote, in the county of Tippe- rary, in Ireland, Esq. son of Southcote, of Mountsadivy, in the county of Devon, in England; and Elizabeth died unmarried. Of the sons, James, Charles, Robert, and Philip, all died without issue; so that Thomas, the second son alone, surviving his father, succeeded to the estate upon his death, which happened, as we before observed, about the year l644. This Thomas was born in 1013, and coming to his estate mucii P Secunda pars Esc. 36 Eliz. in cap. Rot. "! Ex Lib. Indent. Cur. Wardor. par. 4. '•■ Ei Autograph, penes Com. Egmont, & in Castro dc Duns:i--»- • In Offic. Ducjt, Lancast. 3(54 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. encumbered, contributed greatly to involve it more. Being of an active spirit, he engaged in the civil war on the side of the King, in whose cause he greatly suffered; and after the defeat of the royal party, became a compounder for his estate. He married Catherine, daughter of Robert Lloyd, of Place-Isroyd, in Chirk manor, in the county of Denbigh; and dying the 28th of Septem- ber, 1691, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, was burjed in the church of IFeslon-in-Gordano. He left an only daughter, Anne, his heir,"^ who became, first, the wife of Evan Lloyd, of Llaneminick, in the county of Salop, Esq.; and next of Colonel Thomas Salusbury, of Baehagraige, Esq. in the county ot Flint. But she having no issue .th it sur- vived by either of these husbands, with her determined that branch of this family. This Lady (her father having cut off the old entail which had been mnde by Sir Ralf Perceval, first of that name, who lived in the reign of Edward IIL which was never altered in a course of above 300 years, and by which the Earl of Eg'i.ont, as next heir," otherwise would have bepn entitled to it) sold at diii'ercnt limes tlic who!e estate of that line, which is now passed into many hands no way related to it. -'■^Having thus finished our account of this the elder branch of the line of Edslhiry and IVeston, we revert to Halt Perceval, the younger son to Sir Rlc/mrd (the third oi that name), and Iro- ther to > Ralf the elder. See page 360. Which Ralf the younger, obtained by a 'fine levied on the morrow after the purification of the Bli^ssed Virgin, as we have mentioned before, upon the 3d of Februarv, 1450," from his elder brother, Ralf (second ot that nanie). Lord of Eastbury, Wcston- in-Gordano, &:c. beforementioned, the estate of Tykenliam, to him and his heirs fer ev^r, after the decease of the said Ralf the elder, and his wit'e, Joan, who were to enjoy it during their lives, pay- ing to the said Ralf the younger, the animal acknowledgment of one rose, upon the feast of the nativity of St. John th" liaptist, in lieu of all services, customs, or exaction whatsoever; which estate, together \\\{h Roll cs toil (afterwards acquired by 'i homas Peice- val, the son ct this Ralf the yoiniger, Irom Fvicliard Vincent of that place, \i^x\. his mother's father), conliiuied in his descendants till it was sold by Sir John Perceval, Baronet, in liiSQ. ' In cur. I'lcrog. Cintuar. Fane, 116. " Flacit dc Ba CO, Aiich. i5Hcr.ryVJn. ^ Andcisairs H'St of tlie House of Yvery, Bi.ol; 6. y F.nc Some. set 34 Henry VI. ^ i-.d. ^ ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 305 This Ralf Perceval the younger, holding part of his estate of the honour of Hereford, to which Henry Stafford, the great Duke of Buckingham, in the time of Edward IV. laid claim, being in- vited by the prospect of a great addition to his fortune, if the said Duke should succeed therein, associated himself intimately with him, as the Duke himself had done with Richard, then Duke of Gloucester (afterwards King Richard JIL) upon promise of that honour, if he should help him to the crown.'' And b( ing a per- son of great address, was secretly employed by the said Duke of Buckingham, then in Wales^ upon the death of King Edw. IV. to concert measures with the said Duke of Gloucester, the King's brother, then in the north, and to engage him to usurp the crown, promisiirg to assist him with a thous:!nd brave fellows, if need were, from the western and southern parts of the realm. In which employment his endeavours were but too successful; for the Duke of Gloucester, concurring v-ith the proposal, out-went the intentions of his advisers, putting his nephews to death, as well as making seizure of the crown. But the Duke of Buckingham, dissatisfied as well at this bar- baritv, as moved by the disappointment of his projected reward, which King Richard afterwards refused to ratify, soon endeavoured to dethrone the King he had thus raised: in which attempt, hav- ing failed, he was taken prisoner, and put to death at Salisbury; whereby this Ralf Perceval was del'eated of the advancement he had promi-,ed himself in consequence of this undertaking. But his disgrace was so far serviceable to his postt-rity, that upon the turn of affairs, which soon followed by the accession of lienry VII. his family escaped all punishment, and preserved their fortune, though he fell himself a victim to Ins rash engagements, being slain '- at the battle of Bosworth-field, on the 22d of August, 1485; leaving by his wife;' the daughter, and at length heir of Richard Vincent, of Rollestoii, in the county of Somerset, Esq. two sons, 'Edmund and 'I Injmas. EoMusr), the eKlest, dying young without issue, Thomas, his brother, succeeded to the estate of Tykenham,^ and obtained llol- leston from IlicharJ Vincent, his uncle. He niairied ^liice, daugh- ter of U'lliiam, sister and sole heir ot John Core, Lord of Syden- ham, in the county of Somerset, and heiress of the families of Cave, Sydenham , Kit.ifurd, Redmore, rixtoii; Tilly, .^x. bv whom <» liiWs Chror.iolL". <: Gcn?:il -. Perceval, per Gul. Dah ck.. <^ IbiJ. = In OtTicio Arn.or. H b.rr.'J, f Ex Vis, {\acJ'ii.'.ii D>>is. & Sorn. Z66 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. be acquired the Lordship of Sydenham, and other great additions to his estate. He died about the beginning of the reign of Henry VIIL leaving two daughters, Alice and Dorothy, and a son named David. Which David Perceval was Lord of Tykenham, and Rolleston, Sydenham, Moreland, Weley, and Wolmerton, with part of fFomb- don, Petherham, Dunwere, Mulsey, Slappe, Bawdrip, Bowere, Ballis, and Bradnemede, near Bridgwater, five messuages and burgage houses in the said borough of Bridgewater, &c. He being a man of much profusion, Elizabeth, the daughter of John Marshall, of Ethone, Esq. his wife's mother (viz. widow of Tho- mas Bythemore, or De la More, her first husband), then the wife of James Hadley, Esq. holding a great part of the estate of Cave in jointure, from John Cave, of Sydenham, Esq. her second hus- band, in order to prevent his dissipation of that inheritance, to which, in the course of succession, he was intitled after her de- cease, gave one thousand pounds, a great sum in those days, in consideration whereof the said David bound ^ himself to receive no profit therefrom to his own use, and made over the marriage '' and wardship of his two sons to the said Elizabeth their grand- mother He married Mice, daughter of Thomas de la More, or Bythemore, sister and sole heir of John de la More, Lord of Over- were, &c. in the county of Somerset, son and heir of Roger dc la More, son and heir of William, son and heir of John, son and heir of William, son and heir of George de la More, or Bythe- more, Lord of Nailsay, in com. Som. by his wife, Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas de Gournay, Lord of Overwere (by his wife, daughter and heir of Richard de Countevilte Lcrd of Alwarton, in the said county.) Which Thomas de Gournay, was son and heir of Anselm, son and heir of another Anselm, son and heir of Ro- bert de Gournay, Lord of Overwere, brother of John, Lord Gour- nay, and son of Anselm de Gournay, a great Baron, by his wife, Sibilla, daughter of Hugh de Vivonn, or Ryvun, by his wife, Mabel, daughter and coheir of William Mallet, Lord of the honour of Eye, and of Curry-Malet and Enmore, in the county of So- merset, one of the twenty -four Barons appointed by the great charter for the guardianship of the realm in the reign of King John, by his wife, Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Basset, of Hedendon, by his wife, Alice, daughter and heir of Walter Dunstanville, both Barons of that age. Wiiich last men- tioned Anselm de Gournay, was son and heir of Robert, surnamed £ Unica oar* Clavis, dc eod, ann. * Ibid. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 3O7 de Gournay, who died seised of twenty-two Knight's fees and a half, in the 53d of King Henry IH. son and heir of Thomas dc Harpetre, by his wife, Eva (sometimes called Eva de Gournay, and sometimes Eva de Gant), sister and heir to Maurice de Berkeley (commonly called Maurice de Gant), and daughter and heir of Robert de Berkeley (commonly called Robert de Were, brother of Maurice, the first Lord Berkeley, and third son of Ro- bert Fitzharding), by his wife, Alicia, daughter and heir of Robert de Gant, Baron Garit, of Fo Iking ham ^ in the county of Lincoln, by his wife, Alicia, daughter and heir of William Pagan-ell, a Baron, by his wife, Avicia de Romelly (daughter and coheir of William Meschines, a great Baron, brother to Ranulf, Earl of Cumberland), and mother also of William de Courcy, Baron of Stokecvrcy, in the county of Somerset. Robert de Gant, Baron of Falkingham, was brother and heir to Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln, and son and heir of Walter de Gant (by Maud, daugh- ter of Stephen, Earl of Brittany and Richmond), son and heir of Gilbert de Gant or Flanders, surnamed de Gant, third son of Baldwin, and sixth Earl of Flanders, by Richildis, daughter and lieir of Raynier, the sixth Earl of Hainault, Mho descended in a direct male line of six descents (himself not included), from Gil- bert, Count of Brabant, by Ermengarde his wife, daughter of the Emperor Lothare, the first grandson of Charlemain. — Which Thomas de Harpetre, abovementioned, was son and heir to Wil- liam de Harpetre, who certified the Knights fees of his barony in the 12th of Henry H. to be thirteen and one-half, which he held in capite of the crown. Which William was the son and heir of John, son and heir of another William, son aiTd heir of another John de Harpetre, who was one of the sons of Ascelin Gouel de Perceval, and assumed the name of Harpetre, by reason of that Lordship so called in the county of Somerset, being one of those granted at the Conquest, as before observed, to the said Ascelin, and by him conferred in part of his portion to this one of his younger sons, whose descendants assuming (as this descent evidently shews), the name of Gournay, flourished long as Barons of this realm under that title, till they became, after near four centuries, reunited by the female heir, with that branch of the same stock, of which the Rarl of Egmont is now the chief. The family of Delamore, or Bythemore (whose paternal ancestor, William De la More, was a Baron by tenure in the reign of King John, determined wholly in this Alice, the wife of David Perceval, •f whom we here treatj who, in conse(|uence of this illustrious 308 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. alliance, acquired to his family the manor, town, and borough of Overwere (which formerly sent two members to parliament), as also the manors of Nailsay, Jlwarton, Batilburgh, &c. and a great estate besides in North-Pederton, Pederhinz, Marsh, Chilton, Wembden, Dunster, &c. in the said county of Somerset, with a right to the blood and arms of all those noble houses, whose heiresses have been above deduced. This David Perceval died on the 5th of December, 1534, leaving a daughter, named Blasse, and three sonS; James and George (who were twins), and Thomas (whicii Thomas, the >oungest, iiad a wife named Catherine, and lett a son also named Thomas, of whose descent'' we know nothing flit her.; ' '^ James Perceval, the eldest son of David, was born upon St. Andrew's Day, viz. the 30th of November, 1532, and succeeded his father when he was little more than ' two )'ears old. Six years after, upon the death of his uncle,'" John Eythemoie (the Sth of September, 1540), he was found heir to the greatest part of the estate of that house. But he "died himself without issue, upon the 29th olAIarch, Ij-JS, being then but seventeen years of age. To him succeeded 'George, his twin brother, Lord of Tyke?i- havi, RoUeston, Owencerc, Sydenham, Netherwcre, Batelborow, Kailsay, Moreland, IVely, Sec. and other large possessions, in JVembdon, Hurcot, Littleton, Kingsdon, Dunster, Witldcoinbe, Ch/llon, Hutchyn, Blontsland, Webhouse, Ernesham, Storkeslund, liydon, and Cnlivcre; wiih 50J acres of meadow and pasture in North-Pederton and Hamnie, near Bridgwater, and divers lands and Burgage-houst's in the said borough of Bridgwater, who the next year was married to i' ElizabetJi, daughter oi Sir Edward Bum- j'ljidc, of Poltimore, in the county of De\on. His great uncle, Jolm Bythcmore,'! dying on the Sth of December, 1551, b.e then succeeded to the whole inheritance of that family. And on the feast of St. x\ndrew, 1553, having attained his full age, had livery *> A Sir Anthony I't-rciva!, ;a:d to be a b ;;n~h of thh fainiiy, -nJ who bcre the Sime arrrs, was sca'ed, by [urch-ie, at Dent'-n Caurt, in East K^^rit, temp. Ch.rhs I. See ILutcJ's Kent, TIL HI. t The or -ofs of a'l. ti;j cciccr,t^ traced iu this pi^ragraph may be iound in Diig- dah.-'s B.iiona^e, and Aiicltrson's Genealoiilcsl History of tiie Hoa e ot Yvcry. t; Ks.'. post .;a.r;. David I'ciccxal, ;6 Henry VHI. 1 Esc. p jst moi t. loiiar.iiis C;. th.ermre, 3 i Henry VIH. '•■ Ibid. " Esc. pcsi; n^iOit.J c ;b; I't.'c val d ; Sy^-enham, 6 Edward VI. sccunda pars. " E-iC. pi,S" m,)if. jac.:b I't-rcval ut supra. P \'i=.it. Dors. Son^.ers. . •■ Out ci the council books a: Whitehall. < Ex V-rcCart. Farr.llli;. 37« PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. His second wife was Alice,^ daughter of John Sherman, of Ot- tery St. Mary, in the county of Devon, Esq. by his wife, Mar- garet, daughter of Sir Bernard Drake, Knight, ancestor of the extinct baronet of that name, in the same county, by Gertrude, daughter of Bartholomew Fortescue, of Philiy, of the family of the present Earl Fortescue, and late Earl Clinton ; which Sir Bernard Drake was son of John Drake, of Ashe, Esq. by Amy, daughter of Sir Roger Granville, of Stowe, Knight, ancestor to the late Earls of Bath, Lord Lansdown, and the late Countess Granville. By this Lady he left two sons; ^a//er, born in l602j and Philip, in l603; and two daughters, Norris, married to John Mulys, of Halynton, in the county of Devon, Esq.; and Alice, wife of Richard Fita Gerald, of Castle- Dod, in com. Cork, in Ireland, Esq. the heiress of which family was the wife of Wil- liam Stewart, late Earl of Blessington. Walter,*^ his eldest surviving son, succeeded, and on the 12ih of March, J 621, the Lords of the Council at Whitehall came to a resolution of their board to move his Majesty, King James I. in consideration of the great services of Richard Perceval, Esq. then lately deceased (of which most honourable mention is made in that record), that he would be graciously pleased to confer upon the said Walter, and Philip Perceval, his brother, sons to the said Richard, the reversion of their father's office of Register of the Court of Wards; which they accordingly obtained. But Walter dying soon after in l624, without issue^ in the twenty-second year of his age. Sir Philih, his brother, succeeded to him, and became Lord of Tykenham and Burton, in the county of Somerset, in England; and Lord of Duhallow, Kanturk, Burton, Liscarrol, Sec. in Ire- land. In which year, l624, he was appointed a commissioner for finding the offices, post mortem, of such, as held in capite of the crown; and on June the 23d,'' 1625, Keeper of the Records of Birmingham's Tower ; as alsOj not long after, Keeper of the Rolls of the Upper House of Parliament. On August 2 1 St,' 1626, he obtained a patent to hold his office of Register of the Court of Wards for Life (and afterwards to his heirs), and in the same year passed a patent for the lauds of Cle- antejin, in the county of Wexford. And on May 23d, l62/, he received a grant of 60I. English S Vis. Devon, ill Officio Armor. ^ Vis. Dors. & Soms. per Leonard & St. George, penes Ducers de Kingston. ' r 'd k Family Collectijns, Vol. VI. No. 941. ' Ib'.J. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 373 per ann. in crown-lands, to him and to his heirs, which lands had been formerly passed to Sir Henry™ Harrington, Knight, in the 23d of Elizabeth. On January 31st, l628, he was appointed to the offices of Clerli " of the Crown of the Kings Bench, Chief Prothonotary of the Common-Pleas, and Keeper of the IFrits, Rolls, and all other Records of that Court, which were afterwards confirmed to him for life; and, on the pth of February following, obtained a grant of the estate of Ulich Roche, Esq. which had been forfeited to the crown. °On July 11th, l62Q, he empowered William Archbold to pass patent in his name for the Hospital of St. John of Castle- dermot, with divers lands of gr^eat value therein mentioned. And on the 25th of September, in the same year, was made joint Cus- tomer and Collector of the Port of Duldin, with Sir Edward Bag- shawe (whose name was only used in trust.) In V i(j30, he had a grant to him and his heirs of the manors of Hassarstoiun, Herton, and Blackrath, See. in the counties of Cork and Tipperary, under the rent of 1 1. 7s. 5 d, for all services, and a special exemption of all taxes or charges whatsoever, to be laid by parliiiment, or any other authority. And furthermore, on the 22d of March following, passed patent for the manor of Corlally, in the county of JFejtford. On June ISth, 1634, he was appointed ''> General -Feodary of Ireland, and Escheaior of Munster ; and had a farther grant/ upon the 5th of March, in that year, of Lismurtagh, and other lands in the county of Tipperary, the forfeited estate of William Bret, of that place, Esq. In 16:3/,^ being appointed a Commissioner of Survey, to dis- tinguish possessions and titles of lands in the counties of Cork and lipperary, he obtained divers considerable grants from the crown; and under the commission for remedy of defective titles, on 'Oc- tober Itjth, 1637, had a confirmation of the manors of Armagh, and the castles, towns, and lands oi Annagh, Rochestown, JValshes- toLV7i, PuliiLcrstou'n, Marsliulhtown, Brownstouni, Dunbary, with many others in the said two counties, which were all toge- ther erected into one honour, by the name of the manor of Burton (in regard to his manor and seat in England, of the same name, i'> Family Collections, Vol. VI. No. ;>4l. "Ibid. •Ibid. !' In OlHvio Rotulor. Hibcini;p. 1 Family Collections, ut supra. r Ibid. f Ibid. 1-M4;, and in the Auditor General's office in Ireland, 374 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. in the county of Somerset), with free warren and chace through- out the whole extent thereof, power to impark 16OO acres, and many other privileges; which royalty contains 15,347 acres, two roods, and seven perches of the best land in that kingdom. Not long after he passed patent also for the castle, town, and manor of Liscarrol, contiguous to those of Diihallow, Kanturck, and Burton, beforementioned, containing 6254 acres, one rood, and six perches. And 01; May 20th," l63S, in conjunction with Sir James Ware, obtained the favour of a grant for the sole li- censing of ale and aqua vitce, throughout the whole kingdom of Ireland. In 1639, he inclosed the woods of Garthofinny, parcel of his forest of Loghort; and in that and the year following, built the castle oi Ballynecloghy, in the county of Tipperary. He had likewise the honour to be admitted one of the Privy r^ Council to King Charles I. and before the breaking out of the war, procured divers other grants of lands and wardships to a vast value J being possessed, when the great rebellion commenced in Ireland (exclusive of his English estate), of seventy-eight knights fees and one half, making 101,000 statute acres, all leased either for years or lives; the reserved rents whereof amounted to -lOOOl. per ann. besides the royalties, casualties, and fines; and a stock in woods, houses, Src. valued at 6o,OOOl. together with employ- ments for life of the yalue of 54001. per annum, besides others which he held upon a more uncertain tenure, of greater income. The profits of all which, with his whole personal estate, be lost in those troubles, together with the greatest part of his rents during that whole time; insomuch, that in a schedule annexed to the petition of Sir Jotm Perceval, his son, after the restoration, desiring favour from King Charles II. in settling the taxes and quit-rents upon his estate, the losses of this family, between the years 1641 and ]660, are set down minutely in particular items, article by article, amounting to the sum of two hundred and forty-eight thousand and four pounds, nine shillings, and one penny. In the Summer of 1041, having a strong presage of those evils then impending over both kingdoms, he laboured with great earnestness to make as speedy and secure settlement of his affairs, as the shortness of time could admit, providing a great number of ^rms and horses; which precaution (the rebellion breaking out D F.imily Collcciions, Vol. VI fol. 941. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 375 in Ireland on the 23d of October following), were of great service to that state. He was then in Dublin, and contributed in no small degree to confirm the spirits of the Lords Justices on their first surprize; but finding the government remiss in the care of Munster, where much of his fortune lay, he applied the greatest part of his re- venues in that county to defemd the state;" repaired and fortified his castles of Liscarrol, Jnnagh, Welshestoivn, BaUinliny, Ballin- guile, Templeconnil, Bregoge, aud Ballinegragh, all situate on or near the course of the river Obeg, and upon tlie borders of a large morass, extending many miles between the mountains of Slew- logher and Ballyhowra, and forming a strong barrier on the fron- tiers of the county of Cork, which were much exposed to the attempts of the rebels, being a constant seat of that war.^ These, with the castles y of I^oghort, Dundeady, and others, he garrisoned and maintained^ two of which, viz, Liscarrol and Armagh, were of such Importance, that the former sustained a siege of thirty days, against a regular army of /OOO foot, and 500 horse, under the command of the Lord Muskerry and General Barry, well pro- vided with artillery, and did not surrender till September 2d, l642; which gave time to Lord Inchiquin to come up with the English forces the very next day, when the two armies engaged under the walls of that castle, and the Irish received a memorable defeat; and the latter (by its natural situation deemed impreg- nable), resisted an army of 5000 men for several days, who, after losing 300 of their best troops, took it at last by treachery, on February 12th, l646; in which year Sir Philip lost all his strong holds, and above half his estate in Munster. By maintaining these garrisons, and by this generous conduct, he became a prin- cipal means of that kingdom's preservation; for when the confe- derate Catholics of the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary first assembled, under tlie command of the Lords Mountgarret, Ikerin, Dunboyue, Brittas, and Castleconnel,^ and advat>fed info the county of Cork (in the beginning of the year 1(542), with a for- midable army, as far as the mountains of Ballyhowra, being there obstructed by the difficulties they met with from his garrisons, and afterwards by their own divisions, their measures were utterly broken, and the army dispersed, without then making any further iitlcmpt in that county; which early check was of the utmost " F.riiily Collections, VjI, IX. No. :qi. " Ibid. y Ibid. No. ''j^'^ Vol.V. 3 ihij. 376 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. importance; for, without it, as the English were not at that time in a condition to form an army in those parts, the province of Munster had probably been lost; and, if so, the kingdom must have fallen into the hands of the Irish, who were already so far masters of the rest. During the first part of that winter, J 641-2, Sir Philip remained in Dublin, chiefly consulted how to stem the torrent of the re- bellion; and that "city swarming with multitudes of despoiled Protestants, who flocked thither for shelter, he generously protected and maintained three hundred of them for a year, taking care to provide for them during his absence, when the public afi^airs called him to England in December or January that year, to hasten the supplies from the parliament, which came over in very small pro- portions; in the execution of which charge he employed near three months, with such diligence, that he procured a considerable supply to be sent into Munster, w^hich enabled the English, under Lord Inchiqitin, to take the field on the latter end of the year 1642, and to defeat the enemy at the battle of Liscarrol, before- mentioned. On the ^23d of March, 1041-2, he was appointed Commissary- General of the army, by a vote of the English House of Ccnamons, and his salary settled, with allowance for clerks at 3l. 7 s. 6d. a day; and receiving his instructions from the Earl of Leicester, L,L. he arrived in Ireland on the 30th of April, 1642, when he was also appointed Providore-General of the Horse, with an additional salary; and having the command of a company of firelocks given him by the Earl of Ormond, L. General, and annexed to his office. he armed and supplied them at a great expense, when the state had no money to pay them; in all tvhich different employments he exerted himself with great ability, integrity, and zeal for the public service; expending for provisions only for the ariuy, above 18,0001.'^ of his own money, wliich (notwithstanding his accounts were regularly passed and allowed, and though all the officers of the army in Ireland, 10'45, certified to the parliament. That he was the only instiument, under heaven, of their preservation), was never ''repaid to him or his family. In l643, having done every tiling in his power to prevent it, by furnishing great supplies at his own expense, and by as much opposition as he could give to it in council^ he was compelled to give way to the ccssatiori 2 Vijc C.uti;"s liisto:y of ll;c Duke of Ormond. *> Jou:nal of thr House of Cijmmons, Ma:ch 23d, 1641. ^ Farr:ily Collections, N0.41J. '- Jbid. LORD I.OVEL AND HOLLAND. 377 Xhtn concluded with the Irish; for which, as contrary to the po- sitive resolution of both Houses at Westminster, he underwent much trouble afterwards, being a handle taken against him by the army-faction. In 1644, he was called over, and appointed, by his Majesty's command, a Commissioner at the treaty to be held between the King at Oxford, and the deputies of the Irish confederates, who were then endeavouring to obtain, by a projected peace, unrea- sonable graces and favours; and repairing thither, the Lord Or- mond (in his preparatory letter, relative to these affairs,^ dated the Sth of March, 1643, to the Lord Digby, Secretary of State), refers him to be instructed in all that is necessary by Sir PhiKp Perceval, with the following mention of him and his services: " And now that I have mentioned Sir Philip Perceval, I may not pass him by without a very particular recommendation, as of a roan exceedingly knowing in all the affairs of this kingdom; that hath been before in the war, in the treaty, and since the cessa- tion, extremely industrious to advance the King's service; and particularly, in providing with great dexterity, labour, and fre- quently upon his own credit, provisions for the men, which at several times were sent hence, who else could not have gone so seasonable, or well furnished." At this treaty, the Commissioners exerted so much reason and resolution in exposing the demands of the Irish, which tended to throw the whole power of that state into their hands, that the Court did not dare to venture at a compliance with them, as they then much desired to do (in order to bring over an army of 10,000 Irish against the parliament, which they stipulated), and actually did in the following year. But Sir Philip, as well for refusing to assist in that destructive project, as by bearing the principal part in those debates upon that measure, in which he had much thd advantage of the o'pposite party, as well in method as matter, was looked upon at Oxford as a Roundhead (as Lord Digby ^ himself wrote to the Marquis of Ormond at that time), and having thus rendered himself too obnoxious either to remain there, or to re- turn to Ireland with safety, he privately left Oxford, (|uitted the Royalists, to whom he till then had adhered, and accepting the offers before made him by Pyjri, his near relation, ar.d renewed by HoUis, his intimate friend, retired to the parliament at W'tht- '^ Carte'« Histftry of Ormond, Appendix, No. i.j.j.. ' Carte's History of Ornioncl. 378 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. minster (on the 7th of August, 1&44), where he was received with open arms, and prevailed on to represent the borough of Newport, in Cornwall, which had been long kept vacant on his account, before he would resolve to engage on that side. In ]646, he was made choice of by the province of Ulster, i^ to manage their affairs and interests with the parliament in England, in which he continued to act with great vigour, in prosecution of the true interest of both kingdoms j and incurred such displeasure from the Independent party, by his opposition to their dark de- signs Cwhich he soon discovered), that they made several inveterate attacks upon him, bo'h with regard to his share in the cessation, and conduct in his employments; all which he resisted «ith great spirit, and the utmost proof of his integrity. On the ''28th of May, 1047, the Protestant arnty in Munster, under the Lord Inchiquin, by an unanimous address of the council of war, dated at Cork, in terms of the highest respect and honour, entreated him to take upon him the sole conduct of their interests in the parliament of England; a commission, as things then stood, of great difficulty and hazard, but which he resolutely un- dertook. And being secretly engaged in endeavouring to bring over the Lord Inchiquin, anH that army, to check the insolence of the Independents, and the English army, in defence of the liberties of the parliament, he grew so suspicious and dangerous to that party, that they revived their charge against him upon the score of the cessation with more rancour than ever; passing a vote about five weeks after, viz. on the 5th of July, 1()47 (with a view to get him, if possible, out of the House, and meaning to affect him alone). That vo man who consented to the cessation, sJiould sit in parUument :^ which, however, had not the desired effect; for to this fresh attack he made a gallant defence, in two excellent speeches, manifesting his innocence,^ and shewing his great losses by the rebellion; the proof of which, joined to the general tenor of his conduct, clearing him from all reasonable imputation of being a favourer of that cause, the accusation was, with great honour to him, dismissed, and he maintained his jeat. Soon after this, the army faction finding it time to throw off the mask, impeached Mr. HoUis, Sir Philip Stapleton, and several other leading meiubers, who obstructed their measures, wherer % Family Collections, Vol. V. N0.S04, S05. ^ il^id. i Whitelotk's Memorials. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 379 upon they withdrew; but a brave remnant of that House, not intimidated by these violent measures, persevered in giving such obstructions to their designs^ that they were obliged to advance the army by speedy marches towards London, to force them to a concurrence. In which time of imminent danger, when the city of London and tl^ Parliament expected daily to be sacked. Sir Philip Perceval persevered in his honest opposition; and, standing at the head of the few resolute remaining members, was chairman of those commitiees which were appointed to manage the defence of the city and parliament; to direct the disposition of the troops, and the militia raised for that end, and to draw up those declara- tions, letters, and public papers, which were issued on that occa- sion. Nor did he quit the cause he had undertaken, fill the array actually possessed the city, and there was no possibilit}'- of resist- ance left; but then, justly dreading the effect of their first resent- ment, he retired into the country till the September following; when hearing that new matters of accusation were prepared against him, relating to the exercise of his place as Commissary- General, he returned to demand his trial, which w^as postponed, from the insufficiency of the charge; about which time, though standing in these perilous circumstances, and that the Ind^pen- xlents were then absolute masters of the parliament, he had the courage to deliver to the House a strong remonstrance from Lord Inchiquin's army, against their measures. But this was the last public action of his life; for, overborne by the increasing malice of that party, and worn out with refifction upon the sad condition both of the public, and of his private alFairs, which threatened his total and speed) ruin, he died, after a few days illness, on the lOth of November,^" t647, in the forty-fourth year of his age, so r.espectp.d, notwithstanding the violence of the faction which sought his ruin, that he was buried three days after, by order and at the expense of ihc parliament (who voted 20()1. to his widow, to defray the charge of his funeral), in the chuich of St. Martin jn the Fields,' Westminster, Primate Usher preaching Iiis funeral sermon. He married, on tlie l6'th of October, \62(), Catharine, grand- daughter to Sir William Usher, Knt. Clerk of the Council, and daughter (;f his cklest .=on, Arthur Usher. F]sq. by Judith his wife, daughter to Sir Robert Nevvcomcn, Bart and by her (who lived ^- rjmily Collections, No. o;?}. ' Ex Pvcgis', PirncJi, S.'iicu Martini, Westnon^a", 380 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. till the 2d of January, 168I, and was buried the 6th in St. Att- doen's church), he had four daughters, and five sonsj viz. 1. Judith, born the 25th of December, 1627, married in Fe- bruary, 1653, to Rruidolph Clayton, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, Esq. 2. Anne,, born the 13th of September, l635, and died unmarried. 3. Dorcas, born the 30th of October, l636, was married to Jonas Wheeler, of Grenan, in the county of Kilkenny, Esq. 4. Catharine, born in l640, who died unmarried. 1. Sir John Perceval, Baronet. 2. Richard, who died on the 2gth of May, l638, without issue, and wns buried in St. Audoen's. 3, William, born the 30th of May, 1033, who died the 11th of June following, and was buried also in St. Audoen's. 4. Arthur, born the 7th of September, l634, who died at London in January, 1653, without issue. 5. George Perceval, Esq the youngest sou, born on the 15th of September, l637, who was Register of the Prerogative Court, and by deed, dated on the lOtii of November, 1660, obtained as his inheritance, from his brother. Sir Juhn Per- ceval, the castle, town, and lands of Ballynccloghy,"^ alias Slofie- town, Clancross, Fanogh, Killmorc, Ballinpharis, and Broii'7-ie.- stone, in the county of Tlpperary, with other lands in the county of Sligo. Also, on the 12th of November, 1667, he had a grant from the Crown made to him, and Mary his wile, and to her heirs and assigns, of part of Cloncar, Ranclovin, &c. in the couiuy of Mayo; and on the 14th of September, 16O8, of divers lands ia the county of Limerick, until the respective mortgages thereon were discharged. This George, in a voyage to England, was drowned near Holyhead, with the Earl of Meath, and other per- sons of distinction, on the 29th of March, 1675. He married Mary, daughter and heir to William Crofton, of Temple-house, in the county of Sligo, Esq. and by her had three sons, and two daughters; viz. 1. Philip, who inherited the estate of Temple^ house, born on the 3d of August, 167O (from whom the family now seated there descends.) 2. The Rev.William Perceval, bonj the 14th of December, 10/ 1 (who the 30th of April, J714, was appointed Dean of Emley, and left three sons, Kene, William, and Charles; and a daughter, Catharine.) 3. Charles, born on the 8th of February, 1674 (who, being Major of Withers's dra- goons, in 1710, served in Portugal with great reputation, and gallantly defended the town of Denia, but was killed in a duel at Lisbon, on the fjth of May, 1713, N. S. leaving no issue.) Ca- ™ Vide the Will of Sir John Perccv^il, Bart, dated Nov. 14th, 1675. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. ssi tbarine, born on the 26th of January, 1668 (married to George Brereton, of Carigslan/j In the county of Carlow, Esq.) and Mary, baptized on the 25th of March, 16/3, and buried at St. Mican's, on the J 7th of February, 16/4. Sir John Perceval, Bart. (Lord of Tikenham, Rolleston, and Burton, in the county of Somerset, in England, and of Duhallow, Burton, Liscarrol, Kanturk, Lohort, tsfc. in the county ef Cork; and Castlewarning, in com. Dublin, in Ireland), the eldest son of Sir Philip, wa"s born in Dublin on the "th of November, 1629, and educated in the University of Cambridge, where he was a student at the time of his father's death; and, succeeding to him, became nominally Lord of a great estate, in England and Ireland, but sequestered in both kingdoms, by the arbitrary government of that time: obnoxious to the rebel party in Ireland, from his father's services 3gain^t them; odious to the Royalists, from his father's having quitted that cause; and equally hateful to Crom- well and his adherents, from his father's late opposition to their measures; yet, notwithstanding his youth (being then but eighteen years of age), and the great difficulties of such a situation, he conducted himself with so much address, by cultivating the friendship of the Speaker Lentball, and that of Henry Cromwell (with whom he had contracted a great intimacy at Cambridge), that he soon acquired the esteem and good vopinion of the Protec- tor himself, by whom, after the entire redaction of Ireland, lie was sent over, in lQ5'i, with the Lord Deputy Fleetwood, to sectle the important affair of transplaoting the Papists from their respec- tive habitations, into the province of Connaught, which he had advised, in opposition to other more violent measures, and with which he was chiefly entrusted. He was likewise employed in the union and division of parishes, and consulted upon all the weightiest business of the settlement of the kingdom. In which services he recommended himself so well, that, on the 6th of July, l663, the Commissioners of the revenues of the sequestration, received orders to give him full possession of his estate (tiie first favour of the kind done under that government), though it still continued to be loaded for some time with an assessment of 24001. a year, to support the charge of the state; but he was at length relieved from that burthen, on the 25th ol March, 1055, and re- stored to the office of Clerk of the Crown and Covunnn Plcui, which had been enjo)'ed by liis father. After this, the new parliament having passed an act on Xovcni- ber 27th, 1050, lor the security of the Protector's person, and 38a PEERAGE Of ENGLAND. contiPiUation of the nation in peace and safety," he was appointed one of the Commissioners for the execution thereof j but on the Protector's death, and the anarchy that ensued, he so effectually employed himself with Richard Cromwell, that to his instances was principally owing his quiet resignation of the power of his family J which conduct was so well accepted afterwards, and his moderation and circumspection in his engagements and trans- actions with that government so fully known, that he was named by the secluded members, who then returned to parliament, one of the four Counsellors to the President of Munster, and on May 7th, 1660, appointed by their Commissioners, Clerk of the Crown, Prothonoiary of the Common Pleas, and Keeper of the Public Ac- «ompts. Soon after the Restoration he was sworn of the Privy-Coiincir to King Charles II. and on September 9th, 1661, created a fia- ronet,° with a remarkable clause in the patent, that the eldest son or grandson shall exist a Baronet, after the age of twenty-one years, at (he same lime with the father, or grandfather; and be- ing elected Knight of the shire for the county of Cork,P in the Restoration Parliament, the great work of the act of settlement was principally conducted by the Earl of Orrery and him, whose superior knowledge of the interest of Ireland was universally con- fessed. On August 1st, 1662, he was restored to the place of Register of the Court of IVards; an office of immense profit, but abolished by act of parliament not long after, having never been enjoyed by any but this family, in whose favour it had been erected, and at the same time appointed Register to the Court of Claims. On Octobei^ 24th, l653, he obtained a grant of two markets, on Thursday and Saturday, and two fairs, on St. An- drew's day, 9nd Thursday in Whitsun-week, at Welshestown, in the county of Cork. And a Council of Trade being established in Ireland, he was constituted one of the first 1 members of it, on May 20th, l604j and the next year made Register to the Com- missioners for executing the act (f explanation; as likewise one of tlie Trustees for the connnissioned officers, who had served in ire- land before the 5th of June, 1649. On February 14th, 1655, he married Catharine, daughter of Robert Southwell, of Kingsale, I£sq, sister to Sir Robert Southwell, of King's-Weston^ in the county of Gloucester, Knt. ancestor to >■' .'x.ibcll's Collccii i,s. '1 i;x Aut''[;i'ajih. penes Coniit. de K^inonl. r lourn.ilb of l'.aii.>n,;nt. «j Jyaurens's State of Ireland. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 3«3 the present Lord De Clifford (Secretary of State to King Wil- liam III.) and dying on November 1 st, l665, at the age of ihirty- six, was buried on the 5th of the same month in St. Audoen's church; and she (who was born at Kingsale on September 1st, 1637), died, after having lived fourteen years a widow, near that place, on the 17th of August, I679, and lies buried under a noble monument there, erected by her son. Sir John, in l6d2. By this Lady he had issue lour sons, and two daughters; viz. I. Sir Philip, his successor. 2. Robert, born at Kingsale, Fe- bruary Sth, 16.57, who was murdered by an unknown hand (never yet discovered), on June 5th, 1G77, in the Strand. London^ and was buried under the chapel in Lincoln's-Inn. 3. Sir John, successor to his brother. 4. Charles, born in London, November 4th, 1661, and died ai Kingsale, in July \662. 1, Catharine, born in Dublin, March ipth, l662, first married, October jpth, 1083, to Sir William Moore, of Rosscarbery, in the coun'y of Cork (from whom is descended Sir Charles Moore, Bart.); secondly, to CoU'nel Montgomery ; and, thirdly, to Bri- gadier-General George Freak ; by the two last of whom, she had no issue. 2. Helena, born at Kingsale, February l/th, l665, married to Colonel- Daniel Dering, who was son to Sir Edward Dering, of Surrenden, in Kent, Bart, and had a son, Daniel, one of the Commissioners of the wine-licences, and Auditor to his Royal Highness Frederick, late Prince of Wales, who married Mary Parker (only sister to the late Countess dowager of F^gmont), and died at the Hague, 1730, leaving by her (who died at the Bath, on January 24th, 1731 ), an only daughter, Catharine, wiio died unmarried on the ■■ Itjih of February, 170O. Sir Philip Perceval, sec-ond Baronet, born at Kingsale, January 12th, 1656, was educated at the University of Cambridge, after which he visited the courts of several foreign j)rincc'S: but died on the 11th of September, lO'HO, and was buiied at Burton, wi:ere his brother, in IfiS:-!, erected a monument to his men)ory. Sir John P( rceval, third Baronet, his l)rolher and heir, %\'as born at Egmont, August 2id, ](io3, and wjs educated in the University at Oxford. On May 22d, J O77, i;] consideration of the great services of Ids great-grandfather, grandfather, an.d tather, in defence of the iuiglish (\.use in hxland, and tlie lo-^s oi the ' C fi'.n-D'i.'t . 384 PEERAGE OF ENGLANP- offices of Register of the Court of Wards, and of the Court of Claims/ &c. he jointly with his brother, Robert (their eldest brother. Sir Philip, then living), obtained a reversionary * grant of the office of Clerk of the Croivn, Prothonotary and Chief Clerk of the Common Pleas, and Keeper of the IVrits and other Records of the Court of Kings Bench, and, upon his said brother Robert's death, obtained a sole grant thereof, August 21st, of that year, for three lives. In 1 680, he succeeded to the estate (being then twenty years of age), and in 1683 went over to Ireland. But three years after, in l686, being present at the assizes at Cork, where the prisoners were infected with a contagious distemper, he and others were suddenly seized by the noisome smells that per- spired from them, and died in a few days, on the 29th of April, of that year, at his seat at Burton, where he was buried j and an act of parliament being obtained by his son, the late Earl of Eg- mont, in 1712, for removing the scite of that church, his body, with that of his brother, was removed in 1730, and now lies in a vault under the chancel of Bruhenny, otherwise Churchtown, near Burton. In February, 168O, he married Catharine, daughter to Sir Ed- ward Bering, of Surrenden, in Kent, Bart, son to Sir Edward Dering, Bart, by Anne, daughter of Sir John Ashburnham (an- cestor to the present Earl of that name.) By this Lady (who remarried in August, 169O, with Colonel Butler, died on the 2d of February, l6gl, and lies buried in the church of Chelsea/' Middlesex), he had three sons, and two daughters j viz, 1 . Sir Edward, his successor. 2. Sir John, heir to his brother, created Earl of Egmont. 3. Philip, born at King's-Weston, November 1 3th, l6s6, who was appointed on February 19th, 17ll> with William Watson, Esq. Customer of the Port of Dublin, which he enjoyed to his death; and in November, 1713, was elected a Burgess to serve in parliament for the borough of Askeyton. On the 12th of June, 1712, he married Martha, widow of Nehemiah Donnelan, Esq. Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and daughter to Christopher Usher, of Dublin, Esquire, grandson to Arthur Usher (whose daughter, as already observed, was the wife of Sir Philip Perceval, the first of that name.) By her he had one only son, Philip (bap- tized on the 14th of August, 1715, who died an infant), and he s Ex Au'.ogrjph. penes C.^mir. de Egmont. ' IbiJ. ■ R'-i^ibter in Ciielsea duirch. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 3S5 Ktraself deceased in London, on the 26th of April, 1748, leaving no issue. 1. Mary, born at Burton in l685, who died in December 1686. 2. Catharine, born there also, who died an infant. Sir Edward Perceval, fourth Baronet, was born at Burton, on July 30th, 16823 and on the 15th of June, l686, being not then four years old," was removed to England, by his great uncle and guardian, Sir Robert Southwell, with whom he remained during the disorders in Ireland, which ensued upon the Revolution. But the esta'te of this family suffered again, during the short war that ensued, by destruction of houses and woods, loss of rent and stock, above 40,G00l.y The said Sir Robert Southwell, his guardian, giving in the accounts to the Chancery of England, by which, in the single article of rents alone, their loss amounted to the sum of twenty thousand six hundred and twenty-eight pounds twelve shillings and five-pence halfpenny. This Sir Edward ^ dying soon after in London, viz. on the Qth of November, \6q\, was interred at Henbury, the burying-place of Sir Robert Southwell, near King's-Weston, and was succeeded by his brother. Sir John Vercevzl,^ Jirst Earl oj Egmont, who was born July 12th, l6S3, and educated in Magdalen-college, Oxford 5 which university he quitted in June, 1/01, and having made the tour of England upon the death of King William, and calling of a new parliament in Ireland, went over in 1/04, with the Duke of Or- mond, L, L. and, though then not of age, was elected Knight of the shire for the county of Cork^ and in October appointed a Privy Counsellor, in which honourable station he continued to his death. In July, 1705, he began the grand tour of Europe, which he finished in October, 1707; and going over a second time to Ire- land, was, upon the summons of a new parliament, in 1718, under the Duke of Shrewsbury, again returned for the county of Cork ; and on the accession of King George I. advanced (by privy seal, dated at St. James's, on the 4th of March, I714, and by patent at Dublin, on the 21st of April, 1/15), to the title of Baron Perce- val, of Burton, with limitation of that honour to the heirs male of his father. On the 12th of November following, lie took his seat ^ Family Letters. 7 Out of Sir R(jbert SouthwclTs aLCOunt of the guardlanshiji of this family, i« 4 folio MSS. ^ Ex Chart. Faoii!. a From the Journals of the late Earl of Egmont. yoL. vij. 2 c 386 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. in the House of Peers; and his Majesty being pleased to advance him further in the Peerage, he was created by the privy seal, daied at St. James's, on the 29th of December, and by patt^nt on the 26th of February, 1722,*" Viscount Perceval, of Kanturk, with the annual fee of twenty marks, payable out of the Exchequer, in support of that honour. In the parliament of 1727 x he served for Harwich, in Essex, and was chosen, in June, 1 728, Recorder of that borough, which office he resigned, in April, 1734. His Lordship reflecting with some other persons of distinction, that multitudes, incapable of finding business at home, might yet be rendered useful to Great Britain in the colonies abroad, jointly applied to the Crown for the government of a track of country in America, since called Georgia, then inhabited by Indians only; which province they proposed to people by the assistance of private contributions and parliamentary aids; and a charter being accordingly granted on the 9th of June, 1732, his Lordship was thereby appointed the first President; and created Earl of Egmont, by privy seal, dated at Elampton-Court, on the 4ih of September, and by patent, on the 6th of November, 1733. On the 20th of June, 17 '0, his Lord>Iiip married Catharine, eldest daughter of Sir Fh'dip Parker a Morley, of Erwarton, ip the county of Suffolk, Bart, and sister to Sir Philip Parker a Mor* ley Long, Bart, who died on the 20th of January, 1740, and was the last heir male of this noble family of Parker,*^ of whose de- scent we have as yet treated no farther than to the marriage of Sir William Parker, Knt. Lord Morley, Standard-bearer and Privy Cour.stllor to Richard IIL with Alice- Lovcl, sister and heir of Henry Level, Lord Money, who died by a cannon-shot at Dix- nmde, in the 4th of Henry Vll. without issue; which therefore we shall now resume and deduce in this 'place down to the pre- sent Earl of Egmont, as follows: the said Alice Lovel, and Sir William Parker, Knt. Lord Morley, left Hexry Parker, Lord Mokley, their son and heir, whose family standing in dis- grace, as before observed, he was not admitted to his seat in the House of Lords till 1530, when he was restored to the place of his ancestors as a Baron of parliament, of the 28th of Edward L In the following year, he was one of the Peers who subscribed that declaration to Pope Clement Vil. whereby intimation was given to' his Holiness, tliat unless he complied with King Henry, ^ Ex AutOL'rapli. penes Com. Egmonr. *^ Dug'iale's Bajonaj^e, <% Ex Stemmatt; Fatniliae. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 36; in fils divorce from Catharine of Arragon, his Queen, the farther acknowledgment of his supremacy would be in danger j and in the 25th of Henry VIIF. upon a dispute in parliament, between him and the Lord Dacres, of Gillesland, for precedency, he had judgment given in his behalf. He married Alice, daughter of Sir John St. John, of Bletshoc, Knt. by whom he became allied to King Henry VIII. himself; his Lady being grand-daughter to Sir Oliver St. John, Knt. by his wife, Margaret, the daughter and heir of Sir John Beauchamp, of Bletso, Knt. which Lady Mar- garet being afterwards the wife of John Beaufort, Duke of So- merset, had by him an only daughter, who was mother to King Henry VII. Yet notwithstanding this alliance, by reason of the marriage of his daughter, Jane Parker, to George, Lord Rochford, brother to Queen Anne Bullen, after the unfortunate execution of his son-in-law, and of that unfortunate Queen, he utterly lost the favour of King Henry VIII. again, so that he could by no means obtain the confirmation of his office of Marshal of Ireland, to wiiich he had an indisputable title, and about this time made his claim. This Henry Parker, Lord Morley, died eighty-two years old, in 1556, and lies buried at Hallingbury, with his wife (who died in the sixty-sixth year of her age, four years before him), where both their epitaphs do now remain."* '^ Epitaph of Alice, ff^ife of Henry, Lord Morley. En ego Alicia, rcgio sanguine prognata, uxor fui quondam inclyti Henrici Farkar, Equitls Aurati, Morlei Domini, per lustrorum fere spaua duodecim & tandem hie i-equiesco. Vlxit Ann. 66. ob. Ann. Djm. 155^, mense Decembris, bene merenti pc^suit gralissimus maritus, Heniicus Parkar, Eques Auratus, Morlei Donninus. Epitaph (j/" Henry Parker, Lord Morley. Henricus, Aur.itus Eques, Morlei Dominus, verac nobilita'is specimen qui semper in Deiim optimum maximum, parentes ac sanguine convictis prastaiiu pietnte fuit, marmoreurrj hoc monumentum commune sepulchrum suis esse vi;luir, ave namque atque avise & paicntis ufiiusq; cl.irlssiii a?q; fcer.iinse uxcris s jx ossa, ut sub hjc mole con(Verentur t fflci''. ()uo heruf vivenle vcre alhimjn; licet muito illi.stnorcin fuiSiC Ess- X. am, erat enlm in ta^tu nobil.um gemma vtlu'.i precioiiss m.i, h'ir,arum lite; ari uin Fpl-.-ndorc oinniq; virtu'u.ii gencre re'u lch":. Cujjs suavisiimis manibus optabij li.Tspcs quietem p!icid:ssimam. Vixit Ann. 80. ob. Ann.Dom. 1556, mense Novembris, bene merenti posuit ncpos & hseres HeHricus Parkar, l-.qi;es Auratus, Morlei Uominui. 388 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. ^The issue of this Hei^ry Parker, Lofd Morley, and Alice his wife, was one son, named Henry ; and two daughters, Jane and Marparet, of which Jane (as already observed), was the wife of George, Lord Rochford*" (son and heir of Thomas BuUen, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire), brother to Queen Anne BuUenj and Margaret was married to Sir John Shelton, Knt. Sir Henry Parker,^ only son and heir apparent of the said Henry, Lord Morley, and Alice his wife, was a Knight of the Bath, but never attained the title, having died in the lifetime of his father. He rebuilt the mansion-house at Erwarton, as it now stands, and married two wivesj the first, Grace, the daughter of John Newport, of Brent-Pelham, in the county of Hertford^ by whom he left a son, Henry, Lord Morley, in whose descend- ants the title continued till the reign of William III. when the male line of that branch extinguished, since which the barony has lain dormant, or in suspence. His second wife was ELi- zaleth, the daughter and sole heir of Sir Philip Calthorpe, of Erwarton, in the county of Suffolk, Knight (by his wife, Amata BuUen, aunt to Queen Anne Bullen, the mother of Queen Eliza- beth, and daughter to Sir William Bullen, by Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas, Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire (which Earldoms were granted to descend to the heirs female as well as male, but were barred by the attainder of George, Lord Rochford, abovementioned), which said Sir William Bullen was son and heir to Sir Geoffry Bullen, by Anne, daughter and sole heir of Thomas, Lord Hoo and Hastings. And the said Sir Philip Calthorpe, was son and heir of Sir Philip Calthorpe (by Mary, sister and heir of Sir William Say), son and heir of Sir John Cal- thorpe (by Elizabeth, daughter of Roger, Lord Wentworth, of Nettlested), son and heir of Sir William Calthorpe (by Elizabeth, his first wife, daughter of Reginald, Lord Grey, of Ruthen, by his second wife, daughter of the Lord Astley), which Sir William was son and heir of another Sir William Calthorpe (by his wife, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir John With, who was likewise heir of the /amily of St. Omars), son and heir of another Sir William Calthorpe (by Elianore, daughter and heir of Sir John Maulby), son and heir of Sir Oliver Calthorpe (by Isabel his wife, sister and lieir of Sir Bnrtholomew Bacon, and daughter and heir to Sir Robert Bacon, by his wife, the daughter and heir of Sir Bartholomew Davilers, Knt. Lord of the manor of Erwarton, at ^ Dugdale's Baronage, & Ex Stemmate Familiae. *■ The Poet. g Dugdak's Baronage Ex Stemmatp. Famiiix. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 389 the Conquest, which was held by the tenure of leading the forces of Sutfolk in time of war, and still continued the estate of this family of late years.) Sir Philip Parker,^ Knt. Lord of Erwarton, son of the last Sir Henry Parker, and Elizabeth Calthorpe, his second wife, was High Sheriff of the county of Suffolk, in 15/8, and married Ca- tharine, daughter of Sir John Goodwin, of Winchendon, in the county of Bucks, Knt, by whom he left Sir Calthorpe Parker, Lord of Erwarton, his son and heir, knighted at the coronation of James L who by his wife, Mercy, the daughter of Sir Stephen Soames, Knt. left Sir Philip Parker, Knt. his son and heir. Lord of Erwarton, who served in the long parliament, in 1640, as Knight of the shire for the county of Suffolk, and married Do- rothy, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Gawdy, of Claxton, in the county of Norfolk, Knt. by Winifred bis wife, daughter and co- heir of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, of Stivekey, in the county of Norfolk, Knt.), by which Lady he acquired a considerable estate, together with a right to the blood and arms of Gawdy, Knightley, Pan- tulph, D'Oily, Golover, Burgh, Chauncy, Paiv, and Bacon, of Stivekey. Sir Philip Parker (son and heir of the said Sir Philip and Dorothy), was Lord of Erwarton, and created a Baronet ia the ] 3th of Charles H. He married Rebecca, daughter of Walter, and sister and heir of Sir Walter Long, of Whaddon, in the county of WiltS; Bart, who at length brought a very great estate to this family. Sir Philip Parker,' Bart, son and heir of the said Sir Philip and Rebecca Long his wife, married Mary, daughter of Samuel Fortrey, of Byall-Fenn, in the county of Cambridge, Esq. by whom he left one only son, the late Sir Philip Parker a Morley Long, Bart, and two daughters, Cathar'we and Mary ; of whom, Mary became the wife of the before-mentioned Daniel Dering, Esq. Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall, to Frederick, late Prince of Wales, and left an only daughter, Catharine Dering, who died unmarried, February IQth, 1760. And Catharine was the wile of John, first Earl of Egmont, by whom she was mother of the late Earl. The said Sir Philip Parker a Morley Long,'' brother to the said Countess of Egmont, was the last male heir of this noble family, as already observed j and dying January 'iOtli, 17^10-1, left by Martha, daughter of William East, Escj. only two daughters j * Ex Steinmate Familix. * Ibid * Ibid. 390 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. Martha, born Marck 23d, 17 l5-l6j and Elizaheih, born July 2 1st, 1/17; which Elizabeth married James Plunket, Esq, but died without issue; and Martha married John Thynne How, Lord Chedworth, who died May, 1762, leaving the said Martha, Lady Chedworth, his widow, without issue. Her I. adyship dying No- vember 30th, 1775, the rights of this descent devolved upon the present Earl of Egmont. John,' the first Earl of Egmont, worn out by a paralytic decay, departed this life, on May 1st, 174Sj at London,"' and was buried at Erwarton, having had issue by the said Catharine Parker, his Countess (who died August 22d, 1749, aged sixty, and was bu- ried with him, under a stone of black marble, on the left side of the great altar or communion-table there), three sons, and four daughters. 1. John, his successor, late Earl of Egmont. 2. Philip-Clarke Perceval, born June 21st, 1714, and died an infant, 3. George, born January 28th, 1721, and died July, 1726. 1. Lady Catharine, born in Dublin, January 11th, 17^3, and married April 14th, 1733, to Thomas Hanmer, of the Fenns, in the county of Flint, Esq. member of parliament for Castlerising, in Norfolk (who died without issue, on April 1st, 1737), and she deceased at London, on February l6th, 1747-8. 2. Mary, died an infant. As did Mary, third daughter, who was born Decem- ber 28th, 1716. 4- Lady Helena, born February I4th, 1717, married November 3d, 1741, to Sir John Rawdon, Bart, (first Earl of Moira), and died at Bristol, on June 11th, 1746, by whom he left two daughters, Catharine and Helena. John, the second and late Earl of Egmont, first Lord Lo- VEL AND Holland (Lord of Duhallow, Burton, Liscarrol, Kan- turk, Lohort, &c. in Ireland; and of Enmore, Anderfeld, and Spaxton, Tuxwell and Radltt, Currypole and Charlinch, Asholt, Aley, Plainsfield, Overstowey and Frlron, Quantoch, Weekfitz- paine and Windiates, the borough and honour of Stokecurcy, and the hundreds of Anderfeld, Williton, and Freemannors, in the county of Somerset, in England), was born at Westminster, on February 24th, 1711, and after a learned education at home, and a further improvement by visiting foreign countries, was chosen, ' Ex Stemmate Familix. f" He was a great genealogist and biographer, as well as his son, and had a large share in compiling the account of his family, called tlie Hiitory of iht Roust •fY-vtrjf, 1744. LORD LOVEL AND HOLLAND. 391 in 1731 (though then under age), a Biirscss for Dingley ; and on December 31st, 17-il> unanimously elected representative for the city of Westminster; as he was, in 1/47, for Weolhj, in Herefordshire. In March, 17^7, he was appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to Frederick, late Prince of Wales, in which station he continued till the death of that Prince. On April l/th, 17.'>4, he was elected a Member of parliament for the borough of Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset; and on January pth, 1755, being sworn one of the Lords of his Ma- jesty's most honourable Privy-council (in Great Britain), then took his place at that board accordingly. He was likewise ap- pointed one of the Privy-council upon the accession of his present Majesty to the throne: and was again elected to parliament, on April, 1761, for the borough of Ilchester, in the county of So- merset, and likewise the next day re-chosen for the said borough of Bridgwater, for which place he made his election. He w.^s author of the celebrated pamphlet called Faction Detected, which Coxe calls one of the best political pamphlets ever written; and Coxe adds, that " he was a fluent and plausible debater, warm in his friendships, and violent in his enmities."" On May 7th, 1762, his Lordship was called up to the House of Peers, in Great Britain, by the title of Lord Lovel ano Holland, Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore, in the county of Somerset (two of those baronies, as before observed, which were forfeited by attainder of Francis, discount Lovel, in the 1st of Henry VIL) in regard to his relation (is well by consangui- nity as descent, both by the male and female line, as above de- duced, from that branch of this noble family), and took his scat in the House of Lords accordingly, on the 10t.h of May tlien next ensuing. On November 27th, 1/62, the King was pleased to appoint hitn one of the Postmasters-General j resigning which employment on September 10th, 1703, his Lordship was on the same day appoiuled FIRST CoMMissioNfcK for executing the otiice of Lord High Admiral of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the dominions, islands, and territo;ies thereto belonging. On August 25tli, 1766, appointed Vice Admiral of the county ot So- merset; which office he resigned also in September l/tiu. On February 15th, 1736 7, he married the Lady Cdil;arlne " He was one of the parllanncntary leaders in ths H>)US-: ot C-;mnio:,5, v,