SALISBURY.

Robert Cecill, (second fonne of William Cecill, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, and Knight of the Garter, by his second Wife Mildred) was first created at the Tower of London, the thirteenth of May, 1603. Baron Cecill, of Effenden in Rutlandshire: And at White-Hall, the twentieth day of August, 1604. hee was created Viscount Cranborne, in Dorsetshire; and lastly, at Greenwich, the fourth of May, 1605. hee was created Earle of Salisbury, by King James. Hee was also Master of the Court of Wards, Chancellor of the Vniuerfitie of Cambridge, Lord high Treasurer of England, and Knight of the Order of the Garter. Hee married Elizabeth, daughter of William Brooke, Lord Cobham; and had issue, William Cecill, Earle of Salisbury; and a daughter, named Francis, married to Henry Lord Clifford, fonne and heire of Francis, Earle of Cumberland. Hee died at Marlborough, on Sunday, the foure and twentieth of May, 1612.

Et portoit, burellee de dis d'argent & d'azur, sur le tout fix eschuchons,
3, 2, 1. sable, charge de fix Lions rampant à la premier, au Creffand
pur le difference.

William Cecill, Baron Cecill of Effenden, Viscount Cranburne, and Earle of Salisbury; married Katherine, youngest daughter of Thomas Howard, Earle of Suffolk, and Lord high Treasurer of England, and had issue.

Et portoit, les armes de son père.

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A Catalogue of the Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of Suffolke, their Armes, Wiues, and Children.

Obert de Vfford, Knight, sonne of Sir Robert Vfford, Knight, (Steward of the Household to King Edward the second) and of his Wife Cecily, daughter and co-heire of Robert de Valonij, Lord of Orford, was created Earle of Suffolke, in the eleuenth yeare of King Edward the third, 1336. as also Knight of the Garter: He was Lord of Eye and Framlingham in Suffolke. Before this Robert, did the Family of Bigots hold Norfolke and Suffolke together, as one Countie. This Robert, and William Mountague, Earle of Salisbury, were Generals of King Edward the thirds Armie in Flanders, when hee went to make his clayme to the

Crowne of France, defcended to him by his mother, and kept from him by Philip de Valoys, the Vfurper, 1338. Hee ferued vnder the Blacke Prince, at the Battaile of Poictou, where Iohn the French King was taken prifoner, 1359. and married Margaret, daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich, of Mettingham Caftle in Suffolke, and Aunt and heire of Iohn her Nephew, (by Walter her brother) by whom hee had iffue, William Vfford, Earle of Suffolke, and three daughters; Cecily, married to Iohn Lord Willoughby; Katherine, married to Robert Lord Scales; and Margaret, married to William Lord Ferrers of Groby. Hee died in the three and fortieth yeare of King Edward the third.

*Et portoit, de fable au croix engrefle d'or.*

W**illiam de Vfford,** sonne and heire of Robert aforefaid, was the second Earle of Suffolke of that furname, Lord of Eye and Framlingham. Hee married Ifabell, daughter of Thomas Beauchampe, Earle of Warwicke; and had iffue, Thomas, William, and Edward, who died all without iffue. This William, Earle of Suffolke, died suddenly in the Parliament-Houfe at Westminfter, the fifteenth day of February, 1382. leauing his three fifters his heires, who were married as aforefaid.

*Les armes de ſon pere.*

*Michael*

SVFFOLKE.

Michael de la Pole, Knight of the Garter, fonne and heire of Sir William de la Pole, Banneret, and Katherine his Wife, daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich, Knight, and grand-child to another Sir William de la Pole, Knight. Hee was by King Richard the second made Lord Wingfield, Lord Chancellor of England, and by the said King after created Earle of Suffolke, in the yeare 1385. and had giuen him a thoufand Markes by the yeare, out of the Kings Treasurie. But when King Richard began to decline, by reafon of the difcord of the Nobilitie, the honour of this Michael (being newly rayfed) decreafed also: For by a publike Decree, hee was banifhed England, the twelftth yeare of the said Kings Reigne, as a great corrupter of the King; in which banifhment, hee died with grieſe at Louaine in Brabant, in Anno 1389. but Thomas Walsingham ſaith, hee died at Paris in France, and was after buried at Hull. Hee married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Iohn Wingfield, Knight, and ſifter and heire of Sir Thomas Wingfield, of Wingfield Castle in Suffolke, Knight; and had iffue, ſue ſonnes and three daughters: Thomas de la Pole, borne 1366. William, borne 1367. Michael, borne 1368. Richard, borne 1369. and Iohn, borne 1373. Margaret, the eldest daughter, married William Lord Ferrers, of Groby; Elizabeth, and Anne.

M. Camden in his Britannia, page 469. affirmeth, That this Michael de la Pole, Earle of Suffolke, was a Marchant of Hull, and ſonne to William de la Pole, Marchant and Maior of Kingſton vpon Hull; That hee was borne of meane Parentage, and that King Edward the third did make him a Banneret; which I hold to be very vntrue: for it was William de la Pole, this Michael Vncles ſonne (they meane) that was the Marchant of Hull, and which did leaue his Paternall Coat of Armes, to beare Azure two barres waue Argent (as a token of his employment at Sea.) And for further proofe hereof, this Michael was a Knight of the Garter; which hee could not haue beene at that time, by the Statutes of that Order, had hee not beene a Gentleman of three Difcents (as hee was;) for his father and grand-father were both Knights. And that it was not this Michael de la Pole, but William his father, which King Edward the third made a Banneret, theſe Letters Patent following will teſtifie.

Edward, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, &c. Know you, that when our faithfull and welbeloued Subieſt, William de la Pole, preſently after our comming into the parts on this ſide the Sea, hearing and understanding that our Affaires, for which wee tooke our Iourney, were for want of Money very dangerouſly deferred: And being ſensible of our Wants, came in perſon vnto vs, and to vs and our folowers, hath made and procured to be made ſuch a ſupply of Money, that by his meaneſs our honour and the honour of our followers (thankes be to God) hath beene preferred, which otherwife had beene expoſed to great danger, &c.

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And afterwards, the said William continuing our supply with exceeding Bountie, hath undertaken the payment of great Summes for vs, to diuerse persons, for which hee hath engaged himselfe by Obligations: That if his ayde had not extended to our Confederates, and for our expences, and the securitie of our Subjects, with us in Brabant; wee could not by any meanes haue beene supplied: But otherwise our journey (not without our reproach) had beene hindered. By whose meanes being thus furthered, wee were to come to Hanowe, neere the Marches of France; from whence, wee could goe no further, without a great summe of Money, whereof wee were altogether vnprouided: And when it was held for certaine, that our journey was altogether stayed; the said William hauing still a care to relieve our extreme necefitie, engaged himselfe and his whole Estate, and procured a great summe of Money, deliuering us at that time out of exceeding great Danger.

Wee therefore hauing worthie consideration of the premisses, as also of the importable burthen of expences, which the said William hath undertaken for vs, and at this time doth undergoe: Therefore wee willing to aduance him in Honour, and to make the Voyage famous; haue adorned him with the Girdle of Knighthood: Commanding him, that hee take vpon him and hold the State and Honour of a Banneret. And that hee may the better, and with more reputation, support the foresaid Honour and State, both himselfe and his heires; wee haue graunted to the said William and his heires, within our Realme of England, Lands and Rents, to the value of five hundred Markes by the yeare, &c.

Moreover, for so much as the said William, in our ayde, and for the reconuerie of our Right of Inheritance within the Kingdome of France, hath most liberally expended himselfe and his Estate; wee promise and graunt to the said William, That if it so fortune, that wee recouer and get our foresaid Right of Inheritance, wee will giue and aſsigne to him, out of our Lands and Rents so reconuered, in some conuenient place within the said Kingdome, to the value of one thousand Markes sterling by the yeare; to haue and to hold, to him and his heires, of vs and our heires for euer.

VVitnesſe Henry, Bishop of Lincoln, William Northampton, William Salisbury, Robert Suffolke, Earles, Henry de Ferrers, our Chamberlaine, Percy, Steward of our House, and others.

Ginen under our hand, at Marcoyne in France, the senes and twentieth of September, in the thirteenth of our Reigne.

Et portoit, d'azur à la face entre trois testes de Leopards d'or.

Michael

SVFFOLKE.

Itam, Lord Sturton; Anne, the second daughter, was a Nunne at Sion;
Dorothy, was the third daughter; and Elizabeth, the fourth daughter, was
married to Henrie Louell, Lord Morley. This Iohn died in the yeare 1491.
and was buried at Wingfield, of which he was Lord and Owner.

Et portoit, les armes de son pere.

Edmond de la Pole, Knight of the Garter, (and second sonne and heire of Iohn de la Pole, Duke of Suffolke, by Elizabeth his wife, sifter of King Edward the fourth) was the last Earle of Suffolke of that Family, (a bold, stout, and courageous man, but very intemperate in his anger.) This Edmond upon a time killed a meane man, which fact King Henrie the eleuent pardoned, notwithstanding hee tooke it so ill, that he was arraigned for the fame. As hee shortly after (without the Kings licence) went into Flanders to his Aunt Margaret, Dutchesse of Burgundie, but after returning backe againe: hee excused himselve so, as hee obrayned the Kings fauour; and not long after, while Prince Arthurs marriage with Katherine of Spaine, and the peoples heads were occupied with delights; he, with his brother Richard departed the second time into Flanders, against the Kings will and knowledge, where he remayned as an exile, hearing that some of his friends were put to death, and others committed to perpetuall imprisonment. He wandered vp and downe, both in France and Germanie; but finding no place of rest or safetie, at last, yeelding himselve into the hands of Philip, Duke of Burgundie and Flanders, and was at length brought into England, and beheaded at Tower-Hill for treason, in the yeare 1513. being the first of King Henrie the eight. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard, Lord Scrope, and had iffue, Anne, a Nunne in the Minnories at London.

Et portoit, d'azur a la face entre trois tefles de Leopards d'or.

Charles Brandon, (sonne of Sir William Brandon,
Knight) was Knight of the Garter, and Mafter of
the Horfe to King Henrie the eight, and by him crea-
ted Viscount Liffle, in the yeare 1514. and after Duke
of Suffolke in the fame yeare. In which yeare, there
was a solemne triumph at Tilt and Turney proclaimed
in France by the Dolphin: to which, this Charles, with
the Marques Dorfet, and many other Noble Lords
and Gentlemen, went with the Kings licence. And in
the firft dayes triumph, the Marques Dorfet bare him-
felfe so valiantly againft Monsieur Grue (an Almanois)
that

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SOMERSET.

Iohn Beaufort, Knight of the Garter, sonne of Iohn, Earle of Somerset, and Grand-childe to Iohn of Gaunt (after the death of his Father, and his elder brother, Henrie, Earle of Somerset) was created the first Duke of Somerset, in the one and twentieth year of King Henrie the fixt. Hee was taken priso-ner before by the Duke of Orleance, at Bangie-Bridge in France, the ninth of the said Kings Reigne, and deliuered vpon ransome. Hee married Margaret, daughter of Sir Iohn Beauchamp of Bletso, Knight, and fifther and heire of Iohn her brother, by whom he had issue, one onely daughter and heire, named Margaret, who by Edmond of Hadham, Earle of

Richmond her husband, had issue King Henrie the Seuenth. (Milles, pvg. 398. faith) Edmond Beaufort, brother of this Iohn, succeeded him in his Dukedome of Somerset, which was thought to bee a great preiudice to Margaret, this Iohns daughter and heire, if according to the old custom, when the Male issue faileth, the Titles, Honours, and Dignities, should not depend vpon the pleasure of the King, to diſtribute the fame to whom he pleafeth. The which, in a word I an-ſwere thus, That if King Henrie the fifth did giue the Dukedome of So-merſet to Iohn, the Father of this Margaret, and his Heires male (as hee did) and as commonly all Kings vfe to doe, when they giue the like Honours: (This Iohn dying without issue male) the King did no wrong to any, in giuing his owne, to whom and where he pleafed? and to ſpeak truely, I haue not ſene but one Letters Patents otherwife, which was by King Henrie the eight to Sir Thomas Bullen, Knight, who had the Earledome of Wiltshire, to him and his heires male of his body, and the Earledome of Ormond, to him and his heires for euer. And this I hope ſhall be ſufficient, to proue that King Henrie the fixt did no wrong to this Margaret, in giuing her Fathers Title of Honour to his brother, nay, had hee giuen it to a meere ſtranger, it had beene iuſtifi-ſable.

This Iohn died in the foure and twentieth year of King Henrie the fixt, and lyeth buried in Winborne Minſter in Dorſetshire.

Et portoit, les armes de ſon pere.

Edmond

SOMERSET.

315

Edmond Beaufort, Knight of the Garter, Earle Morison in Normandie, and Lord of Chirke and Chirkland, in the Marcheſſe of Wales, (brother of John, Duke of Somerſet aforefaſd, and grand-child of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaſter) was after the death of his elder brother without iſſue male, created firſt Marqueſſe Dorſet, 1444. and in the ſiue and twentieth yeare of King Henrie the ſixt, hee was made Duke of Somerſet; and after, hee with Henrie, Earle of Northumberland, Humſrey, Earle Stafford, and Thomas, Lord Clifford, were ſlaine at the battaile of Saint Albons, on the part of King Henrie the ſixt, 1455. and the King himſelfe taken prifoner and brought to London.

This Edmonds death greatly grieued King Heurie, becauſe in him he had put all his truſt and confidence; and for that alſo, ſuch a Chieſtaine as he, who had long gouerned in Normandie, and beene Regent of France, and for his Countries ſake, had ſo valiantly borne himſelfe againſt the French, ſhould now be ſlaine at home by his owne Countrimen. Hee married Elioianor, daughter and one of the Heires of Richard Beauchamp, Earle of Warwicke, and had iſſue, ſoure ſonnes and ſiue daughters, viz. Henrie, the eldeſt ſonne, was after his father, Duke of Somerſet, and was beheaved in the yeare 1463. Edmond, the ſecond ſonne, was alſo Duke of Somerſet after his brother; John, the third ſonne, was ſlaine at the battaile of Tewksburie, without iſſue, 1470. and Thomas, the fourth ſonne, died without iſſue. Elioianor, the eldeſt daughter, was firſt married to James Butler, Earle of Wiltshire, and after to Sir Robert Spencer, Knight; Ioane, the ſecond daughter, was firſt married to the Lord Hoth of Ireland, and after to Sir Richard Fry, Knight; Anne, the third daughter, was married to Sir William Paſton, Knight; Margaret, the fourth daughter, was firſt married to Humſrey Earle Stafford, and after to Sir Richard Darell, Knight; and Elizabeth, married vnto Sir Henrie Lewis, Knight. This Edmonds body was buried at Saint Albons, in the Abbey there.

Et portoit, France eſcartelle d'Engleterre, a vn bordur go-
bonne d'argent & d'azur.

Re a

Henrie

Edmond

STAFFORD.

frey, Earle Stafford, who married Margaret, fister and co-heire of Ed-
mond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and was wounded with an Arrow, at
the first battaile at Saint Albons, the three and thirtieth of Henrie the fixt,
of which wound he died the yeare after, in the life time of his father, 14, 5.
Iohn, the second fonne, was created Earle of Wiltshire; and Richard, the
third fonne, was flaine with the fall from a Horse; George and William
were twins, and died both young: Anne, the eldest daughter, was first
married to Aubrey de Vere, fonne and heire of Iohn, Earle of Oxford, and
had no issue; after shee married Sir Thomas Cobham, Knight, fonne of
Reginald, Lord Cobham of Sterborough, and had issue: Anne, the fe-
cond daughter, was first married to William, Lord Bardolph, and after to
Sir William Kniuet, Knight; and Katherine, the third daughter, married
Iohn, Lord Talbot, Earle of Shrewsburie. This Humfrey was flaine at the
battaile of Northampton, in the eight and thirtieth yeare of King Henrie
the fixt, and his body buried in the Grey Fryars in Northampton. Hee
bare for his Armes, France and England quarterly, within a bordure ar-
gent; which was the Armes of Thomas of Woodstocke, his grand-father
by his mother.

Henrie, Lord Stafford, Knight of the Garter, (fonne and heire of Humfrey, Earle Stafford, by Margaret his wife, fister and co-heire of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset) grand-child to Humfrey Stafford, the first Duke of Buckingham, and Anne Neuill his wife; was after the death of his said grand-father, the second Duke of Buckingham, Earle Stafford, Hereford, and Northampton, Lord of Brecknock, Kimbalton, and Tunbridge, Knight of the Garter, and Constable of England; who falling in dislike with King Richard the third, laboured the returne of Henrie, Earle of Richmond, out of France. Diuers Authors diuerfly report the cause thereof; but one amongst the rest faith, that

Humfrey, the tenth Earle of Hereford, Northampton, and Eſſex, and Con-
ſtable of England, in King Richard the ſecond time, had two daughters
his heires; Elianor, the eldest, married to Thomas of Woodſtocke, Duke
of Gloceſter; and Mary, the ſecond daughter, married to Henrie, Earle
of Derby (after King, by the name of Henrie the fourth) whole ſſue be-
ing ſpent and ended in Prince Edward, ſonne of King Henrie the fixt; this
Henrie Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, made claime to that part of Hum-
frey de Bohuns Lands, which before were conueyed to Mary the ſecond
daughter (they being then in the Crowne) for that this Duke Henrie was
then the onely heire both of Elianor and Mary. At which claime and de-
mand, King Richard the third was greatly offended, and ſaid; Will you
(Duke Henrie) challenge the right of King Henrie the fourth, by which hee
wrong-

SOVTHAMPTON.

Henry Wriothesley, Earle of Southampton, fonne of Henry aforefaid, was restored by King James the one and twentieth of July, the first of the said Kings Reigne. Hee was Baron of Tichfield, Knight of the Garter, Captaine of the Isle of Wight, and one of his Maiesties most Honorable Priuie Councell. Hee married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Vernon, of Hodnet in Staffordshire; and had issue, James Lord Wriothesley, Knight of the Bath at the Creation of Charles, Prince of Wales; Thomas, a second sonne: Penelope, married to Sir William Spencer, sonne and heire of the Lord Spencer; Anne, and Elizabeth.

Et portoit, d'azur à un croix d'or, environed de quatre
faucons d'argent.

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Hugh de Albeney, brother and heire of William a-forefaid, was Earle of Arundell, and the third Earle of Sufflex. He married Isabel, daughter of William, Earle Warren and Surrey, and died in the prime of his youth, without issue, 1243. and was buried with his Ancestors, in our Lady Church at Wymondham, who were Patrons and Founders thereof, leaving his foure fifters his heires. Mabel, the eldest, was married to Sir Robert Tatefall, who had by partition of her brothers Lands, the Castle and Baronie of Buckenham. Isabel, the second fifter, being married to John Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clun and Ofwalstre in Wales, had the Castle and Honour of Arundell; Nicholea, the third fifter, being wife to Roger, Lord Somerie, had the Mannor of Barrow; and Ciceby, the fourth fifter, being married to Roger, Lord Monthalt, had the Castle of Rifting in Norfolke. The partition of these Lands and others, was made and diuided betweene these foure fifters and heires of this Hugh, in the eight and twentieth yeare of King Henrie the third.

Et portoit, de gueulles au Lion rampant d'or, arme
& lampasse d'azur.

John Plantagenet, (sonne and heire of William, the fixt Earle Warren and Surrey, and grand-child to Hamelyne Plantagenet, basé sonne of Geoffrey, Earle of Aniou and Mayne) the feuenth Earle Warren and Surrey, was by King Henrie the third, made Earle of Sufflex; which Honour was then void, by the death of Hugh de Albeney, Earle of Arundell and Sufflex. This John was one of the Noble-men, which King Henrie the third commanded to assemblé at London, to treate of diuers matters. Amongst which, one was, that all men should shewe before the Iustices of the Kings Bench, by what right they held their Lands; which thing did much moleſt and diſquiet the Subjeets, vntill this John made his appearance, who being asked by what right hee held his Lands, sodainly drew out his ſword, and ſaid; By the ſword did my Grand-father hold his Lands; and with this will I keepe them. But Alan Zouch, Lord Chieſe-Iuſtice, told him, That if hee could yeeld no other reaſon, iudgement would be giuen againſt him: whereupon, the ſaid Earle immediately before the Iudges, did cruelly wound and hurt the ſaid Alan, of which wound, he ſhortly after died. For which murder, the ſaid John, Earle Warren, Surrey, and Sufflex, was arraigned, and acquitted by the oath of fiue and twentie Knights: in that hee affirmed vpon his Honour, that he did not commit the ſaid fact vpon any pretenced malice, neither in

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contempt of the King, nor his Lawes; but onely in defence of his ancient
Inheritance; and so was releafed, vpon payment of a Fine of one thou-
land and two hundred Markes, in Anno 1270. After, King Edward the
firſt, in the ſiue and twentieth yeare of his Reigne, made this John, Earle
Warren and Suſſex, Gouernour of Scotland; Sir Hugh Creſſingham, Lord
Treasurer; and William Earnley, Chieſe-Iuſtice. Hee married Alice,
daughter of Hugh le Brun, Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine, and halſe ſi-
fter to King Henrie the third, by whom he had iſſue, as in the Title of Sur-
rey. He died at Kenington, the firſt of the Kalends of October, the three
and thirtieth of King Edward the firſt, and was buried at Lewis in Suſ-
ſex, 1304.

*Et portoit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur.*

John Plantagenet, Earle Warren and Suffex; as alſo
Earle of Stratherne in Scotland, Lord of Bromfield
and Yale, and grand-child and heire of John, the ſeuenth
Earle Warren by his ſonne William; who after the
death of his grand-father, enioyed all his Lands and
Honours, for the ſpace of one and fortie yeares, and
died without iſſue, 1347. leauing Alice, his onely ſi-
fter and heire, married to Edmond Fitz-Alan, Earle of
Arundell, to ſucceed him in all his Inheritances. Maſter
Camden in his Britania, pag. 320. denieth this John, and
John his grand-father, to bee euer Earles of Suffex, in
theſe wordes. After the death of Hugh de Albeneio,
the last Earle of Arundell and Suffex of that ſur-name;
the Title of Earle of Suffex lay hidden and loſt, vntill King Henrie the eight,
in the one and twentieth yeare of his Reigne, created Robert Radcliffe, Earle
of Suffex. But to proue the contrarie, and that they were both Earles of
Suffex, yon ſhall haue theſe proofes following. (Thomas Walſingham, pag.
60.) About the Feaſt of Saint Michael, 1294. Elianor, daughter of King
Edward the firſt, was giuen in marriage at Briftow, vnto Henrie, Earle of
Barry, by whom ſhee had iſſue, a daughter named Ioane, married to John
de Warren, Earle of Surrey and Suffex. (Againe, the fame Author further
ſaith,) This yeare 1305. died John de Warren, Earle of Surrey and Suffex;
after whom, his grand-child alſo named John, did ſucceed, taking to wife
the Kings Niece, by his daughter Elianor, who the Earle of Barry had
married. (And thus much for the firſt John.) Now to proue this ſecond
John (his grand-child) to be Earle of Suffex, take this out of an old origi-
nall Deed. A tous ceus que ces letters verront & erront, Antoni, par la
grace de Dieu, Patriarch de Ieruſalem, & Eueſque de Dureſme, Henrie de
Lacy, Comite de Nicole; Iohn de Garrone, Comite de Surrey & de Suffex;
Eymar de Valence, Comite de Penbroke; Humfraie de Bohun, Comite de
Hereford & de Eſſex; Robert de Clifford, &c. a Boloigne le d'arein jour de
lanuer, l'An de grace M. C C C. & Septſm.

Richard

33°

SVSSEX.

This Earle Robert dyed at Chelley, the eight and twentieth of November, 1542. the foure and thirtieth of King Henrie the eight; but the Booke of the Knights of the Garter, faith, Hee dyed the foure and twentieth of Henrie the eight.

*Et portoit, d'argent a la bande engreslee de sable.*

HEnrie Radcliffe, sonne and heire of Robert afore-faid, after the death of his father, was Earle of Suffex, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont and Burnell, and Knight of the Garter, and married two wiues; the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolke, by whom hee had issue, Thomas, the third Earle of Suffex of this Family, and Henrie, the fourth Earle of Suffex; and Francis. His second wife was, Anne, daughter of Sir Philip Calthrop, Knight, by whom he had issue, Egremont Radcliffe, attainted of treason; Mary, married to Sir Thomas Mildmay of Efflex, Knight. This Henrie dyed in the fourth yeare of Queene Mary, 1557. and was buried in Saint Laurence Poulneyes Church, neere London-stone in London.

*Et portoit, les armes de son pere. d'Argent a la bande engreslee de sable.*

TThomas Radcliffe, sonne and heire of Henrie afore-faid, was after the death of his father, Earle of Suffex, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont, Burnell, and Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlaine of the Household to Queene Elizabeth, and Iustice of Eyre, of all the Forrefts and Parks beyond the Trent, and Lord President of the North.

Hee married two wiues, the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, Earle of Southampton, by whom hee had issue, Henrie, and Robert that died young, without issue. His second wife was Frances, daughter of Sir William Sidney, Knight, and sifter of Sir Henrie Sidney, Knight of the Garter. He died without issue, at his House at Bermondsey in Southwarke, the ninth of June, 1583. and was very honourably carried through London,

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to New Hall in Effex, and there buried with a Hearse, and the Officers of Armes giuing their attendance, the ninth of July after.

HEnrie Radcliffe, second Sonne of Henrie, the se-
cond Earle of Suffex, and brother and heire of
Thomas, the third Earle of Suffex of that Name, was
after the death of his brother, the fourth Earle of Su-
flex, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont and Bur-
nell, Knight of the Garter, and Captaine of Port-
mouth. Hee married Honora, daughter and heire of
Anthony Pound, of Hampshire, Esquire, and had
iffue, Robert Radcliffe, the fifth Earle of Suffex. Hee
died in the yeare 1593.

ROBERT Radcliffe, Sonne and heire of Henrie afore-
faid, was after the death of his father, the fifth
Earle of Suffex of that Family, Viscount Fitz-Wal-
ter, Lord Egremont and Burnell, and Knight of the
Garter, 1621. Hee married Bridget, daughter of
Sir Charles Morison, Knight, by whom hee had if-
fue, Henrie Radcliffe, Lord Fitz-Walter, who mar-
ried Iane, daughter of Sir Michael Stanhop, Knight;
Thomas Radcliffe, second Sonne; Elizabeth, wife to
Sir John Ramsey, Viscount Hadington, and Earle of
Holdernefle; Honor, the second daughter, died yong.

Et portoit, d'argent a la band engreslee de sable.

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332

A Catalogue of the Earles of
Surrey, their Armes, Wines,
and Children.

William de Warren, sonne of William de Warren, a Norman, begotten of the daughter of Herfaustus the Dane. This William, with Roger Mortimer his younger brother, came into England with William the Conqueror, whose daughter *Gundred*, the said William married, and had giuen him in marriage with her, all Chirckland, Bromfield and Yale, and after was by the said Conqueror made Earle of Surrey, and Lord of Dinafbrayne in Wales. Hee built the Castle of Holt, and founded the Priory of Lewis in Suffex; and had iffue by the Countesse *Gundred* his wife, *VVilliam de VVarren*, the second Earle of Surrey; and a daughter named *Gundred*; and after died, the eight of the Kalends of Iuly, 1088. the first of King *VVilliam Rufus*, and was buried at Lewis. His wife *Gundred* died in child-bed at Castle-Acre in Norfolke, the fixt of the Kalends of June, 1085. three yeares before her husband, and was buried alfo at Lewis. About this *VVilliams* Creation, and who made him Earle of Surrey, there hath beene some queftion, (which here I hope to giue satisfaction of) M. *Camden* in his *Britannia* fetteth downe, that King *VVilliam Rufus* made him Earle, and not William the Conqueror: and for his authority, voucheth the said William de Warrens Charter, of the Foundation of the Priory of Lewis, (as he faith) in these words.

Donau i &c. pro salute Domini mei Willielmi Regis qui me in Angliam ad-
duxit, & pro salute Domina mea Matildis Regina matris uxoris meae, & pro
salute Domini mei Willielmi Regis filij fui, post cuius aduentum in Anglicam
terram, hanc Chartam feci, & qui me Comitem Surregiæ fecit, &c.

Againft which vnperfit note, take this out of the Originall Booke
of Lewis, which I hope will ende this Controuersie, and cleare the
doubt.

Williel-

340

SVRREY.

Thomas Howard, Knight of the Garter, **fonne** and heire of John Howard, firft Duke of Norfolke, was by King Richard the third created Earle of Surrey, in the life time of his father, 1483. and after his fathers death, hee was also Duke of Norfolke, and Lord Treasurer of England. Hee fought the battell at Floddon-Field, in Northumberland, againft James the fourth, King of Scots, in the absence of Henry the eight, in France. Hee married two Wiues, and had issue by them both: His firft Wife was Elizabeth, the onely daughter and heire of Sir Fredericke Tilney, Knight, (the Widdow of Humfrey Burchier, Lord Barners) by whom hee had issue, three fonnes and two daughters: Thomas, the eldeft fonne, was Duke of Norfolke; Edward, the second fonne, being Lord Admirall, was flaine at Breft, without issue; Edmond, the third fonne, married Ioyce, daughter of Richard Culpepper, of Kent, and had issue two fonnes, and a daughter named Katherine, Wife to King Henry the eight: Elizabethe, the eldeft daughter of this Thomas Duke of Norfolke, was married to Thomas Bullen, Earle of Wiltshire; and Muriell, his second daughter, was Wife to John Grey, Viscount Lisle, and after shee married Sir Thomas Knyuet, Knight. This Thomas, Duke of Norfolke, his second Wife, was Agnes, daughter of Philip Tilney, Esquire; by whom hee had issue, three fonnes and foure daughters: William, the firft fonne, was Baron of Efingham, Lord Admirall and Chamberlaine of the Household to Queene Elizabeth; Richard, the second fonne, and Thomas the third fonne, died in Prifon, in the Tower of London, for contracting marriage with the Lady Lenox: Anne, the firft daughter, was married to John Vere, Earle of Oxford; Dorothy, the second daughter, was Wife to Edward Stanley, Earle of Derby; Elizabeth, the third daughter, was married to Henry Radcliffe, Earle of Suffolk; and Katherine, the fourth daughter, was firft married to Sir Rice ap Thomas, Knight of the Garter, and had issue. Shee was after married to Henry Danbeny, Earle of Bridge-Water. This great Duke died in the fixteenth yeare of King Henry the eight, 1524. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke.

*Et portoit, gueulles à la bande d'argent entre fix croix
recroifettes bottonne au pied fiche de la primier.*

Thomas

SVRREY.

341

Thomas Howard, sonne and heire of Thomas, the second Duke of Norfolke, was after his father, the third Duke of Norfolke, and second Earle of Surrey of that Family, Earle Marshall, and Lord Treasurer of England, Knight of the Garter, Lord Mowbray, Segraue, and Bruse of Gower. Hee married two Wiues: The first was Anne, daughter of King Edward the fourth; by whom hee had issue, two Sonnes, that died young. His second Wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; by whom hee had issue, Henry Howard, Earle of Surrey, and Lord Thomas, Viscount Byndon; and Mary, married to Henry Fitz-Roy, Duke of Richmond. This Henry, the first Sonne, being Knight of the Garter, was arraigned of high Treason, at the Guild-Hall in London, the fifteenth of January, 1546, the eight and thirtieth of King Henry the eight, and was found guiltie, by twelue common Iuriats; and the nineteenth day of the same moneth, was beheaded at Tower-Hill. Hee married Frances, daughter of John Vere, Earle of Oxford; and had issue, Thomas Howard, the fourth Duke of Norfolke, and Henry, who was after Earle of Northampton: and three daughters; Jane, Katherine, and Margaret. This Thomas, third Duke of Norfolke, died in the first and second yeares of King Philip and Queene Mary.

Thomas Howard, sonne and heire of Henry, Earle of Surrey aforefaid, and grand-child to Thomas, the third Duke of Norfolke, was restored by Queen Mary, and made the fourth Duke of Norfolke, Earle of Surrey, and Earle Marshall of England, Lord Mowbray, Segraue, and Bruse of Gower, and Knight of the Garter. Hee married three Wiues: The first was Mary, daughter and heire of Henry Fitz-Alan, Earle of Arundell; by whom hee had issue, Philip, Earle of Arundell. His second Wife was Margaret, daughter and heire of Thomas Audley, Lord Audley of Walden in Essex, and Chancellor of England, by whom he had issue, Thomas Howard, Earle of Suffolk, and Lord William, third Sonne; and Margaret, married to Robert Sackville, second Earle of Dorset. His third Wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Leyborne, Knight, the Widdow of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillefland, but by her had no issue. This Thomas was beheaded for Treason at the Tower-Hill, in the year 1572.

Et portoit, gueulles à la bande d'argent, entre six croix recroisées botonne, au pied fiche d'argent.

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A Catalogue of the Earles and Mar-
queffes of Winchefter, their Armes,
Wiues, and Children.

Aherus de Quincey, Lord of Groby in Leicestershire, was created Earl of Winchester, the thirteenth of March, in the eight yeare of the Reigne of King John, and had giuen him by the said Kings Charter, a Rent or Annuitie, iffuing out of the profits of Hampshire; and was one of the Noblemen, to whom the reft of the Kingdome gaue authoritie, to caufe the King to abide and stand to his Edict, which (with the consent of the whole Body of the Realme) was enacted by a Parliament held at Rowning-Mead, betweene Windesore and Staynes, in the ſeuenteenth yeare of the said King John. Hee was also the chiefe man the Barons employed, to bring into the Land Lewis the French Kings ſonne, to ayde the Barons againſt King John. Hee did giue and confirme by his Charter, vnto Robert de Quincey, his eldeſt ſonne, to innow Hawis his Wife, ſifter to the Earle of Cheſter, Buceheberdar, Granteſſet, Bradham, and Herdewich, with their appurtenances, for one hundred pounds Lands; with condition, That if thofe Lands were not worth one hundred pounds the yeare, hee ſhould make it vp so much of other his owne Lands of Inheritance in England, by the iudgement of lawfull Knights, to wit, men of the Earles of Cheſters, and his. And further, the said Saer did giue to his ſaid ſonne Robert, and Hawis his Wife, two Knights Fees, viz. the Fee of Matthew Turpin, of Winterflawa in Wiltshire, and the Fee of Richard Turuile, of Helmeden. Witneſſe to this Deed, Earle David, William Earle Ferrars, Philip de Orby, Henry Bra-broke, &c.

This Saer married Margaret, ſecond ſifter and co-heire of Robert Fitz-Pernell, Earle of Leicester, and Steward of England; by whom hee had iffue, Robert, Lord Quincey; Roger, ſecond ſonne, after his father, Earle of Winchefter; and another Robert, third ſonne; and two daugh-
ters: Hawis, the eldeſt, was married to Hugh de Vere, Earle of Oxford;
the ſecond I finde not certainly, neyther her Name, or what became of
her. Hee died at Acon, going to the Holy-Land, in the yeare 1220. the
ſift yeare of King Henry the third: His Body was buried at Acon; his
Heart

WINCHESTER.

Heart and Bowels being brought into England, was buried in the Abbey of Gerondon, in Leicestershire.

Hee bare for his Armes, in a Seale annexed to his Charter (in my cultodie) A fece, with a Lambell of twelue points; but the Colours thereof (as yet) could I neuer finde.

Roger Quincey, (second sonne of Saeer aforefaid) after the death of his father, and in the absence of Roberts his elder brother, in the Holy-Land, affumed the Title and Name of Earle of Winchefter. For which, Roberts his elder brother, vpon his returne againe into England, brought an Aflize, for entring and vsing the Title of Earle of Winchefter, it being the said Rogers Freehold: Which being come to be tryed at Westminfter, the King being there in person, gaue Iudgement for Roger, the second sonne; by reafon hee had beene inuefted in the said Earledome, and had place and voyce in the high Court of Parliament, and elsewhere, as Earle of Winchefter, hee was to hold and continue the Title still, during his life. Hee married Hellyn, daughter and heire of Alan, Lord of Galloway in Scotland; in whose right, hee was Conftable of Scotland, and Lord of Galloway; and had three daughters, his heires: Margaret, the eldeft, was married to William de Ferrars, Earle of Derby, with the Barony of Groby; Hellen, the second daughter, was married to Alan, Lord Zouch, of Ashby de la Zouch in Leicestershire; and Elizabethe, the third daughter, was married to Alexander Comyn, Earle of Bucqhaine in Scotland. Hee died the fiue and twentieth of Aprill, the eight and fortieth of King Henry the third, 1264.

Es portoit, gueulles à sept masques d'or. 3. 30 1.

Hugh Lord Spencer (sonne and heire of Hugh, chiefef Justice of England, flaine at the battell of Euefham, 1256, taking part with Simon Mountfort, Earle of Leicestershire, againft King Henry the third) was created Earle of Winchefter, in the fifteenth yeare of King Edward the second; to whom the King gaue the Castle and Honor of Donnyton; and in the fixteenth yeare of the said Kings Reigne, hee was made Lord Treasurer of England, and Lord of Denbigh. This Hugh, and Hugh his sonne, were the great Fauourites to King Edward the second; who being suspected to be corrupters of the King, were by the Nobilitie banifhed the Realme: But after, the King being minded to recall them home againe to his Company and

WINCHESTER.

345

W
illiam Powlet, Knight, Sonne and heire of Sir
John Powlet, Knight, defended of a second
brother of the Powlets of Wiltshire, was created Lord
Saint John of Basing, the ninth of March, in the thirtieth of King Henrie the eight, and Knight of the Garter, in the fiue and thirtieth yeare of the said Kings Reigne; and in the third yeare of King Edward the fixt, he was created Earle of Wiltshire: and the eleuenth of October, in the fift yeare of the said Kings Reigne, he was created Marqueffe of Winchester: he was also Lord high Treasurer of England, and Master of the household to King Edward the fixt, and President of the Counsell. He was borne in the yeare 1483, and was of

the priuie Counsel to King Henrie the eight, King Edward the fixt, Queene Mary, and Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie. Hee liued to see one hundreth and three persons issue out of his loynes, and died at Basing in Hampshire, the tenth of March, 1571. where he was honourably buried, when he had liued foure score and seuen yeares. Who being on a time afked, how he carried himselve in thofe tempeftuous times (wherein he made of all forts miſcarried) his anſwere was; By being a Willough, and not an Oke. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Capell, Knight, and had issue, foure ſonnes and foure daughters; John Powlet, Marqueſſe of Winchelſter; Sir Thomas Powlet, Knight, who married Mary, daughter and co-heire of Thomas Moore of Dorſetshire; Sir Chidioc Powlet of Wade, Knight, third ſonne, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas White; and Sir Giles Powlet, fourth ſonne, married daughter of Trapes. Alice, the eldeſt daughter, was wife to Richard Stowell of Somerſetshire; Margaret, ſecond daughter, married Sir William Berkley, Knight; Margery, the third daughter, was married to Richard Waller of Oldſtoke; and Elianor, the fourth daughter, was wife to Sir Richard Peckfall, Knight, Maſter of the Buck-Hounds.

Et portoit, fable trois eſpeces avec le pointz embas d'argent, au creffant d'or.

I
ohn Powlet, ( Sonne and heire of William aforeſaid) succeeded his father, and was Marqueſſe of Winchelſter, Earle of Wiltshire, and Lord Saint John of Basing. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Willoughby, Lord Brooke, and had issue, William Powlet, the third Marqueſſe of Winchelſter after his father; and Lord Thomas Powlet, ſecond ſonne. Lady Mary Powlet, eldeſt daughter, was married to Henry, Lord Cromwell of Oukham in Rutlandshire; and Elizabeth, the ſecond daughter, was firſt married to Sir William Courtney of Powderham, Knight, and after to Sir Henrie Oughtred, Knight. This

A Catalogue of the Earles of
Worcester and Meullen, their Armes,
Wiues, and Children.

Alleran de Bellomont, or Beaumont, sonne of Robert de Beaumont, Earle of Meullen in Normandie, was by King Stephen created Earle of Worcester, in the yeare 1144. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Mountfort, Earle of Eureux in Normandie, and Aunt of Simon Mountfort, Earle of Leicester in England, by whom he had issue, Robert, Earle of Meullen, and Lord of Pont-Audamare, who married Mauld, one of the daughters and co-heires of Reginald, Earle of Cornwall (bafe sonne of King Henrie the firft) and had issue, Henrie, Peter, and Mabel; Henrie, died without issue; Peter was Earle of Meullen, and reuolted to

the French King, 1166. deliuering vp to him his Castle of Bellomont; Mabel, the daughter, was married to William de Riueris (fur-named de Vernon) Earle of Deuonshire, and had issue, Baldwin and Mary, which Mary was firft married to Sir Robert Courtney, Knight; and after to Peter Prouz of Deuonshire, of whom there are many remayning at this day. To which Peter de Prouz, the said Robert, Earle of Meullen, gaue in franke marriage with the said Mary his grand-child, the third part of his Lands in England; and vnto Baldwin de Riueris, her brother, he gaue other Lands in Normandie, with the Mannors of Eſtruminifter, Moreys, and Riddleſton in England.

This Walleran, founded the Abbey of Bordeſley in England, in King Henrie the ſecond time, and died in the yeare 1166. and was buried at Worcester. Others haue, that he died a Monke at Pratelles in Normandie.

Es portoit, Lozengie d'or & d'azur a un border de gucules.

SM

348

WORCESTER.

S Ir Thomas Percy, Knight, Vice-Chamberlaine to King Richard the Second, (sonne of Henry, Lord Percy, and yonger brother of Henry Percy, first Earle of Northumberland) was Steward of the Household to the said King; and in the yeare 1398. was created Earle of Worcester, and Lord high Admirall of England. But afterwards (enuying King Henry the fourths v Surpation, and obtrayning the Kingdome) entred into a conspiracy with Henry Hotspur, his brothers Sonne, and many other Noblemen and Knights, to Surprize King Henry, whileft hee was bufied in his warres in Wales. Which plot being discovered, they were confrayned to abide the hazard of a battaile at Shrewsbury, the fourth of the said Kings Reigne. Where, vpon the rumour of the death of Henrie Hotspur, who was then flaine with a Launce; all the reft fled, but this Thomas, Earle of Worcester, who was taken prifoner, and the next day after beheaded at Shrewsbury, 1403. Hee married Elizabeth, eldft daughter and co-heire of David Strabolgie, Earle of Atholl, by whom he had iffue, Henry Percy, Earle of Atholl, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Matthew Brus of Scotland, and had iffue, two daughters his heires; Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Burgh, Knight, of whom the Lord Burgh of England defcended; and Margaret.

Et portoit, d'or au Lion rampant d'azur, a croissant gueulles.

R ichard Beauchamp, (sonne and heire of William Beauchamp, Baron of Aburgauenny) was created Earle of Worcester, in the ſeventh yeare of King Henry the firſt, and married Isabel, daughter of Thomas, Lord le Despencer, and ſifter and heire of Richard, Lord le Despencer, and had iffue, Elizabeth, his daughter and heire, wife to Sir Edward Neuill, Knight, younger Sonne of Ralphé Neuill, firſt Earle of Westmerland, who was ſummoned to Parliament by Writ, as Baron of Aburgauenny, the nine and twentieth of Henry the fixt. This Richard, Earle of Worcester, was Leader of the warres in France, in King Henry the fifths time, and in befieging the Citie of Meux in Bry, was flaine with a ſtone throwne out of an Engine, in the tenth yeare of King Henry the firſt, and was buried in the Abbey of Tewksburie.

Et portoit, gueulles a vn face & ſix croifeletz botones d'or,
a vn croiffant fable en la face.

John

WORCESTER.

John, Lord Tiptoft and Powis, Knight of the Garter, (sonne and heire of John Lord Tiptoft, and I voice his Wife, daughter and co-heire of Edward Charlton, Lord Powis) was created Earle of Worcester, in the Seuen and twentieth yeare of King Henry the fixt ; and the yeare after, hee was made high Constable of England. Hee was also Lieutenant of Ireland, vnder George Duke of Clarence, and Lord Steward of the Household to King Edward the fourth. Hee married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hopten, and fifter and heire of Sir Walter Hopton; by whom hee had issue, Edward Lord Tiptoft, who was after restored, and made Earle of Worcester by King Edward the fourth. This John, Earle of Worcester, was taken in the top of an high Tree, in the Forest of Weybridge in Huntingtonshire, and brought to London, and attainted by Parliament, and beheaded at the Tower-Hill, the tenth of King Edward the fourth, 1470. and his body was buried in the Preaching Fryars in London, now called the Blacke Fryars.

Et portoit, d'argent à vn Saulteur engriffée de gueulles.

Edward Lord Tiptoft, after the death of his father, was restored in bloud, and made Earle of Worcester by King Edward the fourth. Hee died without issue, the twelfth of Augustt, in the third yeare of King Richard the third, and was buried at Ely; leauing his fathers foure fifters his heires, viz. Philip, married to Thomas Lord Ros, of Hamlake; Ioane, Wife to Sir Edmond Englethorpe, of Cambridgehire; I voice, married vnto Edmond Sutton, sonne and heire of John, Lord Dudley; and Margaret, the fourth daugh ter, profeffed her felfe a Nunne.

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Charles

350

WORCESTER.

Charles Somerset, Banneret, and Knight of the Garter, (bafe sonne of Henrie Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, begotten of Ioane Hill, his Concubine) was Vice-Chamberlaine to King Henrie the Seuenth, and after Lord Chamberlaine, both to King Henrie the Seuenth and King Henrie the eight. Hee married three wiues, the firft was Elizabeth, daughter and heire of William Herbert, Earle of Huntington, by whom he was Lord Herbert of Gower, and was after created Earle of Worcester, at Lambeth Houfe on Candlemas day, 1513. in the firft yeare of King Henrie the eight. His second wife was Elianor, daughter of Edward Sutton, Lord Dudley. His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Laware: By his firft wife he had iffue, Henrie Lord Herbert, after Earle of Worcester; and Elizabeth, married to Sir John Sauage, Knight. By his second wife hee had iffue, Sir Charles Somerset, Knight, Captaine of Rifebanke and Callis; Sir George Somerset of Badmansfield-Hall in Suffolk; and a daughter named Mary, married to William, Lord Grey of Wilton. By his third wife he had no iffue.

This Charles, in the tenth yeare of King Henrie the eight, surrendred and yeelded vp to Monsieur Chastillion, (to the vfe of the French King) the Citie and Castle of Tourney, for foure hundreth and fixtie thousand Crownes, to be paid to King Henrie. At which surrender, the said Chastillion was not suffered to enter with Banner displayed, but rolled vp, becaufe the said Citie was not wonne by force, but yeelded vp by composition (which is to be noted.) He was Knight of the Order of the Garter, and died in the seuenteenth yeare of King Henrie the eight, and was buried at Windsor.

Et portoit, les armes de France & d'Engleterre escartelle, à vn bonté dure gobonne d'argent & d'azur, au baston finestre d'argent, sur le tout à vn escuffon per pale d'azur & de guenilles au trois Liens rampant d'argent.

Henry

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A Catalogue of the Earles of
Westmerland, their Armes, Wies,
and Children.

Alph, Lord Neuill (or de Nona-Villa) of Raby, and Branfpath in the Bishopricke of Durham, Warkeworth in Northumberland, Sheryhuton in Yorkehire, and Middleham in Richmondhire, &c. was created Earle of Westmerland, in the one and twentieth yeare of King Richard the second; And in the first yeare of King Henry the fourth, he was made Earle of Richmond, for terme of Life, Lord Warden of the Marches towards Scotland, Knight of the Garter, and Marshall of England, as by his Patent worthie of noting hereafter followeth.

The King to all, &c. Know yee, that wee of our especial grace haue granted vnto our well-beloued brother Ralph, Lord Neuill, Earle of Westmerland, our Office of Marshall of England, to haue and hold to him during his life, together with all and singular Offices, Profits, Commodities, and other things whatsoeuer, as well in our Courts as elsewhere, to the said Office, belonging or appertayning, in the same manner, and fully, amply, and peaceably, as Thomas Brotherton, late Earle of Norfolke, and Marshall of England, or as Roger Bigot, sometime Earle of Norfolke, and Marshall of England, or any other after the death of the said late Earles, or as Thomas, late Duke of Norfolke in his time held and enioyed the said Office of Marshall of England: And wee doe further will and grant, that the Office of Marshall before us in our Bench which Iohn Wykes holdeth for terme of his life, by the Grant of Richard, late King of England, of that name the second after the Conquest; And the Office of the Marshall of our Exchequer, which R. G. holdeth for his life, by the Grant of Thomas, late Earle of Kent, Marshall of England, and by the Confirmation of the said late King, and also the Office of the Marshall Cryer before our Steward and Marshall of our Household, which Guy Allefley holdeth for his life, by the Graunt of Edward, late King of England, our Grandfather, and by the Confirmation of the afore said late King, which said Office after the death of the said Iohn, Richard, and Guy ought to returne to us and our heires, shall and may after the said Iohn, Richard, and Guy, remayne and abide to the said Earle of Westmerland: and that the same, and all other Offices, in whatsoeuer our Courts and elsewhere, (which time out of mind) to the said Office of

WESTMERLAND.

of Marſhall of England doe or of cuſtome did belong, may to the ſame fully
for euer be ioyned, knit, and united; and that the ſaid Earle of Westmer-
land, after the ſaid Offices by Death, Cefſation, Reaſignement, or Surrender,
or otherwise howſoever ſhall become void, may freely and fully giue, graunt,
and beſtow the ſame to any fit perſon or perſons, any our Letters Patents made
to the contrary in any wife notwithstanding.

And further regarding the Dignitie and Worthineſſe of the ſaid Earle
of Westmerland, and that hee may with more Decencie and Honor from hence-
forth execute and exerciſe the ſaid Office; Wee haue graunted vnto him,
That hee, by reaſon of his ſaid Office, may haue, beare, and carry, as well in
our preſence as absence, a golden Staſſe, ringed about both ends with blacke,
and with our Seale of Armes ingrauen in the upper end, and the Seale of
Armes of the ſaid Earle of Westmerland in the lower end of the ſaid
Staſſe: Notwithstanding, that the ſaid Earles, or any other, which in time
paſt had the ſaid Office of Marſhall of England, were accustomed to beare
and carry a Staſſe of Wood. Witneſſe the King at Westminſter, the ſixteenth
of December, 1399.

Hee married two Wiues : The firſt was Margaret, daughter of Hugh
Earle Stafford ; by whom hee had iſſue, two ſonnes and ſeuen daugh-
ters : Iohn, Lord Neuill, his ſonne and heire, married Elizabeth, ſifter and
co-heire of Edmond Holland, Earle of Kent, and had iſſue, Ralphe, ſecond
Earle of Westmerland, and others; and died in France, before his fa-
ther : Ralphe, the ſecond ſonne, was Lord of Oufley in Warwickliſh,
in right of Mary his Wife, daughter and co-heire of Robert Ferrars,
Baron of Oufley. Mauld, the eldeſt daughter, was married to Peter Lord
Mauley, of Moulgraeue ; Alice, Wife firſt to Sir Thomas Grey, of Heton,
and after to Sir Gilbert Lancaſter ; Philip, Wife to Thomas Lord Dacres,
of Gilleſland ; Margaret, married to Richard Lord Scroope, of Bolton;
Anne, Wife to Sir Gilbert Vmſreuile, of Kyme in Lincolnſhire ; Margerie
was Abbeſſe of Barking; and Elizabeth was a Nunne in the Minories in
London. His ſecond Wife was Ioane, daughter of Iohn of Gaunt, Duke
of Lancaſter, by the Lady Katherine Swinſord; by whom hee had iſſue
also, eight ſonnes and ſiue daughters : wiz. Richard Neuill, Earle of Sa-
lisbury ; William Neuill, Lord Falconbridge ; Edward Neuill, Lord of
Aburgauenny ; George Neuill, Lord Latymer ; Robert Neuill, Bifhop of
Dureſme ; Cuthbert, Henry, and Thomas Neuill, died without iſſue. Ka-
therine, the eldeſt daughter, was married to Iohn Mowbray, ſecond Duke
of Norſtolke, by whom ſhee had iſſue ; Elianor, the ſecond daughter,
was Wife to Henry Percy, Earle of Northumberland ; Anne, the
third daughter, was married to Humfrey Stafford, Duke of Bucking-
ham ; Iane, a Nunne ; and Cicely, the firſt daughter, was married to
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Yorke; who had iſſue, King Edward
the fourth, and King Richard the third. Which Richard, Duke of
Yorke, by the greatneſſe and the number of his Wiues Kindred,
was

A Catalogue of the Earles and
Dukes of Warwicke, their Armes,
Wiues, and Children.

Henry de Nouoburgo (a Castle or Towne in Normandie, where the said Henry was borne) fonne of Roger de Bellomont, and Adelina his Wife, daughter of Walleran, and sifter and heire of Hugh, Earle of Mellent (father and mother also of Robert, Earle of Leicester) was created Earle of Warwicke, by King Henry the first, and had giuen him the Borough and Liberties of Warwicke, as fully and surely, as when they were belonging to the Crowne of England. This Henry, by the name of Earle of Warwicke, did by his Charter giue to the Church of Saint Nicholas, neere vnto Warwicke, and to the Nunnes of the fame place, the Towne of Clopton, with the appurtenance, for the health of his Soule, and Margaret the Countesse, his Wife, and Roger his fonne, and R. the Earle, his brother.

Hee married Margaret, sifter and heire of Rotroc, Earle of Perch; by whom hee had iffue, fiue fonnes: Roger de Bellomont, Earle of Warwicke; Rothericke, Archbifhop of Roan; Robert, furnamed of Newburgh; Geffrey, and Henry; and two daughters. Hee founded the Priorie of Saint Sepulchres in Warwicke. I finde also, that hee and his Wife founded the Colledge of Saint Maries in Warwicke; and that Roger his fonne, tranflated the fame into the Caftle of Warwicke: And died in the three and twentieth yeare of King Henry the first, 1123; and was buried with his Aunceftors, at Pratum (or Preaux) neere the Towne of Pont-Adamare in Normandie.

Et portoit, Lozengie d'or & d'azur au bordure
de gueulles.

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Thomas, sonne and heire of Henry, the fixt Earle of
Warwicke, after the death of his Father, was the
feuent Earle of Warwicke; and married Ela, daugh-
ter of William Longsbee, Earle of Salisbury, baſe ſonne
of King Henry the ſecond, by whom he had no illue.
He died illue-Jesse, the fixe and twentieth of King Henry
the third, 1242. leauing his Sifter Margery his heire, and
to poſſeſſe his Inheritance; Shee being married to John
Marſhall, as aforefaid.

Et portoit, eschiquetee d'or & d'azur, au
cheuron d'herrines.

John Marſhall, ſonne of John, the Kings Marſhall in
King Henry the ſecond time, and brother of William
Marſhall, the elder, Earle of Penbroke, (whom M. Milles
hath greatly miſtaken in his Booke, pag. 794.) as may
appeare by this Deed following, ſealed with theſe
Armes in the margent. John the Kings Marſhall,
ſonne of John the Kings Marſhall, To all Minifters and
faithfull friends, aſwell Englifh as French greeting.

Know yee, that I haue giuen, granted, and confirmed,
to Alice the Neece of Wallerand Delamare, and to her
heires for euer, all my lands in the Towne and Fieldes of
West Burton, &c. To hold of mee and my heires by the
ſeruice of halfe a Knights fee, &c. Witneſſe Matthew
the Abbot of Burton, Anſelme my brother, William Galerand, Richard
Sexi, and others.

This John married Margery, Sifter and Sone heire of Thomas, the ſeuenth Earle of Warwicke, in whose right, hee was the eight Earle of Warwicke, by the permission and favour of King Henry the third, and after died without issue, the ſeuen and twentieth yeere of the faid Kings Reigne.

Et portoit, de gueulles à la band fizelle d'or.

John

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Thomas Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, after the death of Thomas his father, and Guy his eldest brother, was the fifteenth Earle of Warwicke, &c. This Thomas vpbraided King Richard the second, with the murder of Thomas, Duke of Glocefter his Vnkle; for which, he was euer after very hatefull vnto him, and was in the one and twentieth yeare of the said Kings Reigne, at a Parliament, adiudged & condemned with the Earle of Arundell, of high treason; the Earle of Arundel was beheaded, and this Thomas confined to the custody of William Lord Scroope, and Earle of Wiltshire, into the Isle of Man : A great part of his Inheritance being taken from him, was giuen to Thomas Hol-

land, Earle of Kent and Duke of Surrey, half brother to King Richard. But after, in the second yeare of King Henrie the fourth, hee was restored againe, both to Honour and Lands. Hee married Margaret, daughter of William, Lord Ferrars of Groby, and had issue, Richard, Earle of Warwicke, and Margaret, married to Iohn, Baron Dudley. He died the 6. Ides of Aprill, in the second yeare of King Henrie the fourth, in his Castle of Warwicke, and was there buried by his Ancestors. 1401.

*Et portoit, les armes de son pere.*

Richard Beauchamp, Knight of the Garter, sonne of Thomas aforefaid, was after his fathers death, the fixteenth Earle of Warwicke, and by his wife, Lord Lisle. He was Gouernour of Normandie, and Lieutenant generall vnder Iohn, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, for King Henrie the fift, who made him Captain of Callis, and of the Citie and Castle of Meaux in Bry, and at the Coronation of the said King, he was made Lord Steward of England. Hee married two wiues, the firft was Elizabeth, daughter and heire of Thomas, Lord Berkley, and Margerie his wife, daugh-ter and heire of Warren, Lord Lisle and Tyes, by whom he had issue, three daughters, who were heires to their

mother; Margaret, the eldest, was married vnto Iohn Talbot, Earle of Shrewsbury, and had issue, Iohn Talbot, Viscount Lisle. Elianor, the second daughter, was firft married to Thomas, Lord Ros of Hamelake; and after to Edward Beauford, Duke of Somerset. Elizabeth, the third daughter, was wife to George Neuill, Lord Latimer. This Richards second wife was Isabel, daughter of Thomas Spencer, Earle of Glocefter, and fifter and heire of Richard, Lord Spencer, by whom he had issue, Henrie, Duke of Warwick, and Anne, married to Richard Neuill, Earle of Salisbury, who (in her right) was after Earle of Warwick. This Richard, the fixteenth Earle of Warwick, died at Roan, the last day of Aprill, in the yeare 1439.

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and his body being brought into England, was buried in the New Col-
ledge at Warwicke, the feuenteenth of King Henrie the fixt. And becaufe
there hath been question of some thing herein contayned, I haue thought
good for anſwere, to the fame; to ſet downe this Deed being in my culto-
die, to manifeſt the fame which followeth.

This Endenture, made betweene Richard, Earle of Salisbury, on yat one party; and Richard, Earle of Warwicke; William Mountfort, Knight; John Verney, Clerke; and John Throgmorton, one yat other partie, bereth wittinſe, yat where the fame Earle of Warwicke, William Mountfort, &c. er jointly and ceueralty bounden in a Statute of the Stapull of 4750. Markes, to be paid to the ſaid Earle of Salisbury, at the Feſt of the Purification of our Lady Saint Mary next comming; Neuert heles, the fame Earle of Salisbury wol and graunts by yis indentur, that if it happen Harry, ſone and heir appa- rant to the ſaid Earle of Warwike, afore yage of 15. yeres of the fame Harry, diſagree to the weddyng made betweene him and Cecile, doghter to the ſaid Earle of Salisbury, by the which diſagrement the fame weddyng ſhalbe defai- ted and adnulled, and the weddyng made betweene Richard, ſone and heir ap- parent to the ſaid Earle of Salisbury, and Anne daughter to the ſaid Earle of Warwike, by not wndo by diſagrement of the ſaid Richard the ſone, And then the ſaid Earle of Warwike his heirs, executers, or aſignes, content, ſatisfie, or paye to the ſaid Earle of Salisbury, his Executors or Aſignes 4750. Markes of lawfull money, that is to ſay, 1750. Markes, the day of the ſaid diſagrement, and eueric eyere during, from yere then next following 500. pounds, then the ſaid Statut be void and of no value, &c. yefen the first day of December in the 15. of King H. 6.

Et portoit, degueulles a la face entre fix croix croifettees d'or.

HEnry Beauchamp, ſonne of Richard aforeſaid, was after the death of his father, the ſeuenteenth Earle of Warwicke and of Albemarle, Baron of Elmefley, Hanſlape, Spencer, and Aburgauenny, and Knight of the Garter. And in the twentieth yeare of King Henry the fixt, he was reſtored to all his Liuings, with great applaud and honour, being crowned King of the Ifle of Wight, by the Kings owne hands, and made chieſe Earle of England. And in the yeare 1444. being the three and twentieth of the ſaid Kings Reigne, hee was created Duke of Warwicke, and had granted him in all meetings and ſ assemblies, both in Parliament and eſtwhere, to haue place and precedence next after the Duke of Norſtolke, and before the Duke of Buckingham. Hee had giuen him alſo the Caſtle of Briftow, with the appurtenances, and the Ifles of Gernſey and Iarſey. He married Cicely, daughter of Richard Neuill, Earle of Salisburie, and ſifter of Richard Earle of Warwicke, and had iſſue, one onely

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onely daughter and heire, name Anne, being but two yeares old at his death. Shee was Ward to William de la Pole, Duke, Marqueffe, and Earle of Suffolke; and died in the yeare 1449. being but fixe yeares of age, and was buried at Reading; and Henrie her father died at Hanley, the place of his birth (being not full two and twentie yeares old, in the yeare of our Lord 1446. and was buried at Tewkesburie) as John Rous of Warwicke hath.

Richard Neuill, sonne and heire of Richard Neuill, Earle of Salisbury, married Anne, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, the fixteenth Earle of Warwicke, by his second wife, and fifth & sole heire of the whole blood of Henrie Beauchamp, Duke of Warwicke afore-faid; in whose right this Richard Neuill, in the eight and twentieth yeare of King Henrie the fixt, was the eighteenth Earle of Warwicke; and by that Name and Title fate in Parliament held at Westminister, the three and thirtieth of the said Kings Reigne; and in the nine and thirtieth yeare of Henrie the fixt, his father being dead, was also Earle of Salisbury and Lord Monther-mer, great Chamberlaine and Admirall of England, Lord Warden of the North Marches towards Scotland, and of the Cinque-Ports, Captaine of Callis, and high Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster.

At what time this Richard was sent into France, to treat a marriage for King Edward the fourth, King Edward fel in loue, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wooduile, Earle Riuers (the widow of Sir John Grey) which procured great hatred betweene this Earle and the King. Which difgrace, this Richard being not able to digeft, plotted a confederacy with George, Duke of Clarence, King Edwards brother, for to restore King Henrie the fixt: and assembling his forces at Banbury, he ouerthrew King Edward in battaile, and tooke him prisoner. But King Edward within a while after (by the helpe of his Friends) made an escape from out the Castle of Banbury, wherein he was prisoner, and began a new war at Stamford, where he was Conquerour, and enforced this Earle Richard to flie into France. But within fixe moneths after, he returned againe into England, and enforced King Edward to flie into Flanders, to Charles Duke of Burgundie, who had married his fifth; fetting King Henrie at libertie, after ten yeares imprisonment.

After all which, King Edward (by the affiftance of his said brother of Burgundie) came into England againe, and waging battaile against King Henries faction, at Barnet, ten miles from London, vanquished his enemies, and flue this Richard, and his brother John, Marqueffe Mountague, in the yeare 1471. being Easter day. And this was the end of this great

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guiltie, and for the fame, the eight and twentieth day of November after,
in the fifteenth yeare of King Henry the Seuenth, was beheaded at the
Tower-Hill. His bodie being conueyed to Bifham, was there buried, hee
being then twentie foure yeares of age, 1499.

*Et portoit, lez armes de son pere.*

Iohn Sutton, alias Dudley (Knight of the Garter) Sonne of Edmond Dudley, and Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, and Aunt and heire of Elizabeth Grey, Countesse of Deuon her Neece; was created Viscount Lisle, the thirtie foure of King Henry the eight, and after Earle of Warwicke, in the first yeare of King Edward the fixt, 1547. And lastly, in the fifth yeare of the said King Edward, he was created Duke of Northumberland.

He married Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Guilford, Knight, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Constable of Douer Castle, and Sifter and heire of Sir Richard Guilford, Knight, who died in Spaine without issue, by whom he had issue, eight Sonnes and five daughters. Henry the eldeft Sonne, married Wynefred, daughter of Richard Lord Rich, and dyed at the Slege of Bollen, 1543. Thomas dyed yong; Iohn third Sonne, was Earle of Warwicke, and married Anne, daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, and dyed without issue, being twentie foure yeares old: Ambroſe the fourth Sonne, was alſo Earle of Warwicke, and dyed without issue; Robert the fifth Sonne, was Earle of Leicester, and married Lettice, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, Knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the Houſhold to Queene Elizabeth, and had issue, Robert, Baron of Denbigh, that dyed yong; Guilford Dudley fixt Sonne, married the Ladie Iane, daughter of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolke, who were beheaded, in the yeare 1553. Henry the ſeventh Sonne, married Margaret, daughter and onely heire of Thomas, Lord Andley of Walden, and was ſlaine at Saint Quintins, 1557. She was after married to Thomas Howard, the laſt Duke of Norfolke. Charles the eight Sonne, dyed yong; Temperance, Margaret and Katherine, dyed all three yong; Mary, was married to Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputie of Ireland, and President of Wales, and had issue, Sir Phillip Sidney, Knight, and Robert Sidney, Earle of Leicester, 1621. and Katherine the yongeſt daughter, was married to Henry Haſtings, Earle of Huntington. This Iohn, Duke of Northumberland, was beheaded at Tower-Hill, in the yeare 1553. with Guilford Dudley his fixt Sonne, and the Ladie Iane his wife.

*Et portoit, d'or au Lyon rampant vert à la queue nonée.*

Ambroſe

YORKE.

This *Edmonds* second Wife was *Ioane*, daughter of *Thomas Holland*, Earle of Kent, and filter and co-heire of *Edmond Holland*, Earle of Kent, but by her had no issue. He was in the absence of his Father in France, made Protector of the Realme of England; and after dyed in the third year of King *Henry* the fourth his Nephew, and was buried at Langley.

*Et portoit, France feme & d'Engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent chargée au 9. torteaux.*

EDWARD Plantagenet, Knight of the Garter, (sonne and heire of Edmond of Langley aforefaid) was created Earle of Rutland and of Corke, in the thirteenth year of King Richard the second; and in the one and twentieth year of the said Kings Reigne, he was created Duke of Albermale, and Constable of England; and after the death of his Father, hee was also Duke of Yorke, and Lord of Tyndall. Hee married Phillip, daughter and one of the heires of John Mohun, Lord of Dunfter, but by her had no issue. Hee was flaine at the Battaille of Egincourt, the fiue and twentieth of October, the fourth of King Henry the fifth, 1415.

At which battaille were flaine, Charles Lord Dalabreth, high Constable of France; *Iaques le Chaftilion*, Lord of Dampier, High Admirall of France; *John*, Duke D'Alanfon; *Anthony*, Duke of Brabant; *Edward*, Duke of Barry; the Earles of Marle, Vawdemont, Blawmont, Grand-pree, Ruffey, Faulconbridge, Fois and Lafrake; fiue and twentie Lords, eight thousand Knights, Esquires and Gentlemen of Name and Armes. This *Edwards* body was brought ouer Sea into England, and buried at Fotheringhay, the firft of December after.

*Et portoit, lez armoiries de son pere.*

RICHARD Plantagenet, Knight of the Garter, (sonne and heire of Richard of Conelburgh, Earle of Cambridge, second sonne of Edmond of Langley, Duke of Yorke aforefaid) was after the death of Edward his Vickle without issue, restored to bee Duke of Yorke, Earle of March and Vlfter, Lord of Wigmore, Clare, Trym, and Connace. He was Lieutenant to King Henry the fifth, in his Kingdome of France, and Dukedome of Normandie, 1435. and was Chiefe of the Faction of the White Rose, being descended of *Lionell*, Duke of Clarence. This Richard, rayfed a deadly Warre againft the Houfe of Lancafter, clayming his lawfull right in the Kingdome of England : which after, his

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Iohn Talbot, second sonne of Iohn Talbot, first Earle of Shrewsburie, by Margaret his Wife, eldفت daughter and co-heire of Richard Beauchampe, Earle of Warwick, was created Viscount Lisle, to him and his heires male, the fix and twentieth of Iuly, in the two and twentieth yeare of King Henry the fixt. He married Ioane, daugh-ter,and one of the co-heires of Sir Iohn Chedder, Knight, and had iffue, Thomas Talbot, who was also Viscount Lisle, and was flaine at Wotton Vnder-edge, without iffue; and Elizabeth married to Edward Grey, who in her right was also Viscount Lisle, This Iohn, was flaine with his Father, in the warres in France, in the yeare 1453. in the two and thirtieth of King Henrie the fixt.

Et portoit, gueulles au lyon rampant, à la bordure en-
greffée d'or; au croiffant d'argent.

WV
William Berkeley, fonne of Sir James Berkeley,
Knight, and of Elizabeth his Wife, daugh-
ter of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolke; was created
Viscount-Berkeley, the twentieth yeare of King Ed-
ward the fourth, and after Marqueffe Berkeley; any
married two Wiues, but had no iffue by either. He gaue
moſt part of his Lands to King Henrie the ſeuenth,
and died the ſeuenth of the ſaid Kings Reigne, and was
buried in the Auguſtine-Eryars in London, leauing
Sir Morris Berkeley Knight, (his brother) his heire.

Et portoit, gueulles au cheuron accompaigne de dix
croix patees d'argent.

F Rancis Louell, Knight of the Garter, fonne of Iohn,
Lord Louell, and Iane his Wife, firfer and heire of
William, Viscount Beaumont; was created Viscount
Louell, at Eltham, in the two and twentieth yeare of
King Edward the fourth; and in his ſtile did write him-
felfe, Viscount Louell, Baron Holland, Deyn-court,
and Grey of Rotherfield. Hee married Anne, daugh-
ter of Henry, Lord Fitz-Hugh, and was after flaine at
Stocke-Field, 1487. without iffue, leauing his two
firſters, Ioane and Friswold his heires; Ioane was mar-
ried to Sir Bryan Stapleton, Knight, and Friswold, to
Sir Edward Norris, Knight.

Et portoit, burelle vndee de fix d'or & de gueulles.

Edward

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SIR Charles Brandon, Knight, created Viscount Liffle, the fourth of King Henrie the eight, and Duke of Suffolke, in the fifth year of the said Kings Reigne: who, at the request of Mary his wife, second fister to King Henrie the eight, and then Queen Dowager of France, resigned the Title and Dignitie of Viscount Liffle, to Arthur Plantagenet, bafe sonne of King Edward the fourth, who had married the daughter and heire of Edward Grey, Viscount Liffle aforefaid, and had iffue, as is more at large in the Title of Suffolke.

Et portoit, burelle d'argent & de gueulles de dix pieces, a la Lion rampant d'or coronne per pale d'argent & de gueulles, arme & lampasse d'azur.

A Rthur Plantagenet, Knight of the Garter, bafe sonne of King Edward the fourth, was after the surrender of Charles Brandon, created Viscount Liffle at Bridewell, the fixe and twentieth of Aprill, in the fifteenth year of King Henrie the eight, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Liffle, and fister and heire of John Grey her brother, by whom hee had iffue, three daughters his heires, Bridget, Frances, and Elizabeth; Bridget, was wife to Sir William Carden, Knight; Frances, was first married to John Basset, and after, to Thomas Monke of Deuonshire; Elizabeih, the third daughter, was married to Sir Francis Iobson, Knight. This Arthur died in the Tower of London, where he was buried, the first day of March, in the three and thirtieth of Henrie the eight. He bare for his Armes,

Escartelle France & d'Engleterre, contr' escartelle le secon'd & tiers Vlster, qui eft d'or a la croix de gueulles, le quart Mortuo-Mari, qui eft burelle de fix pieces d'or & d'azur a chef de la premier deux paletts entre deux bafe equires de la secon'd, sur la tout a vn eschuchon d'argent, a la cottice finestre de mefme.

Here is to bee noted, that Kings illegitimate children, anciently were writ and named Baftards, and did beare and vfe their Fathers Armes with the difference of Baftards, and their iffue after did not difdayne to continue

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tinue the fame to posteritie. Why then should any now of meaner ranke,
enuy to be named and set downe with their right Armes and Marke, being
of that kinde: nay, why should they not be forced to carry their true
Armes with their difference.

Did not Lewis the eleuenth, King of France, manifeft and acknowledge
his two bafe daughters, the one married to the Admirall of Bourbon,
and the other to the Lord of Saint Vilier, and licenced them to beare
his Armes, with a Baſtards difference: which if you doubt of, reade
this following.

LEWIS, by the grace of GOD, King of France, To all to whom this
present Letter shall come, greeting: Hauing of late treated and accorded,
the marriage of Our deare and louing bafe Daughter, Mary, with Our
deare and faithfull Cousin, Aymard of Poicters, Lord of Saint Valier,
Wee haue thought it expedient to appoint the Armes which it shall please Vs
Our Said Daughter shall carry: Wee therefore giue to understand, that be-
ing affured that the Said Mary, is truly Our bafe Daughter, and defiring
to honour her and her Postjeritie, that Shee may enioy the Honours, Dignities,
and Prerogatiues, which belong to a Baſtard of a Prince, for the great loue
and affection which Wee beare her: Wee will, and ordayne, by these Preſents,
that the Said Mary, Our bafe Daughter, carry the Armes of France, and for
a difference, a Baſton fineſtre d'or, as bafe children haue accustomed to beare,
for the which Wee haue, and doe giue her power and authoritie for euer: In
witneſſe whereof, Wee haue caused Our Seale to be set to these Preſents: Given
at Melsay, the eleuenth of July, 1467. and of Our Reigne the fixt.

John Dudley, Knight, sonne of Edmond Dudley,
and Elizabeth his wife, lifter and heire of John Grey,
Viscount Lisle, was created Viscount Lisle, at the
Kings Palace at Westminfter, on Sonday the twelfth
of March, the three and thirtieth of King Henrie
the eight, and was after made Earle of Warwicke,
and lastly, Duke of Northumberland, as in thofe
Titles is more at large.

Et portoit, d'or au Lion rampant a la double
queue vers.

Robers

VISCOUNTS.

387

father of Henrie, now Earle of Southampton, 1621. This *Anthonies*
second wife, was Magdalene, daughter of William, Lord Dacres of Gil-
lesland in the North, by whom he had issue; Sir George Browne, Knight;
Thomas and Henrie, and three daughters; Elizabeth, wife to Sir Robert
Dormer, sonne of Sir William aforefaid; Mabel, second daughter, and Iane
Browne, was the third daughter. This *Anthony* died at his House of Med-
hurst in Suffolk, and was there very honourably buried, with foure Offi-
cers of Armes.

Et portoit, fables trois Lions passant en la band entre quatre
cottice d'argent, au cressant d'or.

SIR Robert Cecil, Knight of the Garter, second sonne of William Cecil, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, being Secretarie to Queen Elizabeth, and Master of the Court of Wards, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, was by King James, first created Baron of Effenden, in the Tower of London, the thirteenth of May, 1603. and after Viscount Cranburne, the twentieth of August, 1604. and lastly, Earle of Salisbury, the fourth of May, 1605. Hee married Elizabeth, daughter of William Brooke, Lord Cobham, and had issue, William Cecil, now Earle of Salisbury, 1621. and Frances, wife to Henrie, Lord Clifford, sonne and heire of Francis Clifford, now Earle of Cumberland, 1621.

Et portoit, burelle de dix, d'argent & d'azur, fur le tout fix eschouchoins, 3. 2. 1. fable six Lions rampant d'argent, a vn cressant pur la seconde difference.

SIR Robert Sidney, Knight of the Garter, sonne of Sir Henrie Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputie of Ireland, and Lord President of the Counsell of the Marches of Wales; was first created Baron of Penhurst, in the Tower of London, the thirteenth of May, 1603. and after, Viscount Lisle at Greenwich, the fourth of May, 1605. And lastly, was created Earle of Leicester at Salisbury, the second day of August, 1618. being then Lord Chamberlaine to Queen Anne. Hee married Barbara, daughter and sole heire of John Gaimage, Lord of Coytie in Glamorgan, and had issue, Sir Robert Sidney, Knight of the Bath, and Lord Lisle, now liuing, 1621. and others; as in the Title of Earles of Leicestер is more at large.

Et portoit, d'or a la Pheon d'azur.

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SIR Robert Carre, Knight, borne in Scotland, was first created Viscount Rochester, at White-Hall, on Monday in the Easter Week, being the first and twentieth of March, 1611. and lastly, by Letters Patents, bearing date, 1614. made Baron of Branfpath, and Earle of Somerset. Hee was also Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King James. Hee married Frances, daughter of Thomas Howard, Earle of Suffolk. This Robert and his Lady were both arraigned at Westminister Hall, the first and twentieth and first and twentieth of May, 1616. for being priuie and confessing to the poyfoning of Sir Thomas Ouerbury, Knight, the said Earles great friend and fauourite; and were found guilty by their Peeres, and had their Indgement to die for the fame; as in the Title of Somerset is more at large.

Et portoit, d'azur au cheuron d'argent, chargé de trois mollets de gueulles, brise de vn Leopard paflant d'or, du premier canton de Escuchon.

SIR George Villers, Knight, a younger sonne of Sir George Villers, of Brookesby in Leicestershire, Knight, was first created Baron of Whaddon, and after Viscount Villers, at Woodstocke, the feuen and twentieth of August, 1616. and the fixteenth of Ia- nuary after, hee was created Earle of Buckingham, at White-Hall: and lastly, the first day of January, 1617. hee was made Marquess of Buckingham, by the deli- uerie of a Letters Patents. Hee was also Knight of the Garter, Mafter of the Horfe, and one of his Ma- iesties most Honourable Priuy Councell; as is more at large in the Title of Buckingham.

Et portoit, d'argent au croix de gueulles, charge de cinq coquilles d'or, au Mertelote fable.

Sir

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<table><tbody><tr><td>A</td><td>Rundell.</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Albemarle.</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Anguish.</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Atholl.</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Buckingham.</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bedford.</td><td>72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Britayne.</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bath.</td><td>89</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Bridge-water.</td><td>91</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Boughan.</td><td>92</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Berkefshire.</td><td>76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Chefter.</td><td>93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Cornwall.</td><td>103</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Carlile.</td><td>112</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Clare &amp; Clarence.</td><td>114</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Cumberland.</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Cambridge.</td><td>122</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Devonshire.</td><td>124</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Derby.</td><td>132</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Dorfet.</td><td>141</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Essex.</td><td>147</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Excefter.</td><td>155</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Ewe or Angie.</td><td>159</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Ferrars.</td><td>132</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Glofter.</td><td>162</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hartford.</td><td>162</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hereford.</td><td>172</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Huntington.</td><td>179</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Holdernes.</td><td>189</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kent.</td><td>190</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Kendall.</td><td>198</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tbody><tr><td>Lincolne.</td><td>220</td></tr><tr><td>Lancaster.</td><td>206</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester.</td><td>211</td></tr><tr><td>March.</td><td>219</td></tr><tr><td>Mountague.</td><td>223</td></tr><tr><td>Mountgomery.</td><td>225</td></tr><tr><td>Northumberland.</td><td>226</td></tr><tr><td>Norfolke.</td><td>236</td></tr><tr><td>Northampton.</td><td>247</td></tr><tr><td>Nottingham.</td><td>252</td></tr><tr><td>Oxford.</td><td>258</td></tr><tr><td>Penbroke.</td><td>268</td></tr><tr><td>Rutland.</td><td>282</td></tr><tr><td>Richmond.</td><td>77</td></tr><tr><td>Ryuers.</td><td>286</td></tr><tr><td>Shrewesbury.</td><td>288</td></tr><tr><td>Salisbury.</td><td>295</td></tr><tr><td>Suffolke.</td><td>304</td></tr><tr><td>Somerset.</td><td>312</td></tr><tr><td>Stafford.</td><td>319</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton.</td><td>323</td></tr><tr><td>Suffex.</td><td>326</td></tr><tr><td>Surrey.</td><td>332</td></tr><tr><td>Winchester.</td><td>342</td></tr><tr><td>Worcester.</td><td>347</td></tr><tr><td>Wiltshire.</td><td>353</td></tr><tr><td>Westmerland.</td><td>358</td></tr><tr><td>Warwicke.</td><td>363</td></tr><tr><td>Torke.</td><td>376</td></tr><tr><td>Viscounts.</td><td>381.</td></tr></tbody></table>