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THE BERKELEY MANUSCRIPTS

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THE BERKELEY MANUSCRIPTS

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Cities of X\\t ffiirhilegs
LORDS OF THE ,
HONOUR, CASTLE AND MANOR OF BERKELEY
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From 1066 to 1618
WITH A DESCRIPTION 'OF THE
HUNDRED OF BERKELEY AND OF ITS INHABITANTS
BY JOHN SMYTH, OF NIBLEY

VOL. II

Edited by Sir JOHN MACLEAN, F.S.A., etc.
FOE THE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

GLOUCESTER: PRINTED BY JOHN BELLOWS
FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS
MDCCCLXXXIII

PREFACE TO VOLUME II
The fecond volume of the feries of the Berkeley Manufcripts will
be found to be not lefs valuable than the firft, indeed it is of more com-
prehenfive and wider intereft. James Lord Berkeley, in the 2nd Henry
vj., married Ifabel eldeft daughter of Thomas Mowbray ift Duke of
Norfolk of that houfe, his fecond daughter Margaret having become tfye
wife of Sir Robert Howard Kn*- Upon her marriage Ifabel brought to
her hufband feveral manors in Warwickfhire, and upon the failure of
iffue of John Mowbray the fourth Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Notting
ham and Marfhall (17th Edw. IV.) the heirs of the aforefaid Ifabel and
Margaret inherited the vaft eftates of the Mowbray family in divers
counties, the faid Ifabel bringing, Smyth fays, "the greateft maffe of
land to this family of any lady that was before her." Thefe lands con
fifted of many manors in each of the feveral counties of York, Lincoln,
Effex, Buckingham, Bedford, Warwick, Huntingdon, Salop, Leicefter,
Derby, Hertford, Cambridge, Suffex, Middlefex, and Surrey, together
with divers manors in the Marches of Wales, and feveral Hundreds and
Baronies both in England and Ireland. The acquifition of which of
neceffity very largely increafed the topographical range of this work.
This great alliance, however, through the jealoufy and inordinate
ambition of William Lord Berkeley, the eldeft fon and fucceffor of the
Lord James by the marriage above mentioned, very nearly brought ruin
upon this ancient and noble houfe. We know of no parallel in ancient
or modern hiftory to the lavifh and extravagant alienations of this lord.
In 1483 the King conferred upon Sir John Howard, fon of Sir
Robert by Margaret the younger Mowbray co-heir, the Dukedom of
Norfolk and the Earldom of Nottingham and Marfhalfhip of England, at

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at the fame time creating his fon Thomas Earl of Surrey, both of whom
were flain at Bof worth fighting for the White Rofe, and were thereupon
attainted. The honour granted to his coufin fired the anger and ambi
tion of Lord Berkeley, and determined him to obtain, at whatever coft,
a fimilar rank, or if not fo high, at leaft the next in degree. This
depended upon the King's favour, to obtain which he was prepared to
make any facrifice, however great. For fubftantial confiderations, one
of which was that the King fhould difcharge him and James, Maurice
and Thomas, his brothers, of ^34,000, payable by them and James their
late father to the Earl of Shrewfbury and Margaret his wife and John
late Vifcount Lifle their fon, he had received from Edward IV. the rank
of Vifcount Berkeley, and was made a Privy Counfellor ; but, in the
words of Smyth, " having in his ambitious opinion too much land and
too little honour," in 1483 he induced Richard III. to create him Earl
of Nottingham. "This Earledom fatisfying not; for to climb higher" he
agreed to convey to the King thirty-five manors, to hold to the faid King
and the heirs of his body, but fortunately in default of fuch iffue the re
mainder was limited to himfelf and his heirs. " Howbeit," Smyth fays,
M this profufe fcattering at a clap hurt him not ; for this eftate tayle in
the king determined the 22nd Auguft following by the kings death at
Bofworth field." "Soe prudent," Smyth fays, "was this Earles cariage
between thofe adverfe princes (Richard III. and the Earl of Richmond)
ayding the one w* men and the other with money, neither of both with
his perfon, That hee preferved the favor of both, at leaft loft neither of
them," and Henry vij foon afterwards created him Earl Marfhal and
Great Marfhal of England, and it would feem plain that he was in
debted to the good offices of Sir William Stanley the Lord Chamberlain
in obtaining thefe honours, for at this time he granted to the faid Sir
William his purparty in fome twenty manors, two caftles, and divers
lands in Shropfhire and the Marches of Wales. Still grafping at higher
honours, and without the inducement as in the firft inftance of the fub
ftantial releafe of a bond due by his family for a large fum of money
in 1487 he "affayleth" (fayth Smyth) the king for the Marquifate of
Berkeley, and covenanted to convey by good affurance to himfelf and the
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heirs of his body the Caftle and Manor of Berkeley and divers other
manors, and, in default of fuch iffue, remainder to the faid king and the
heirs male of his body, and in default of fuch iffue remainder to his own
right heirs. Whereupon in the following year he was created Marquis
Berkeley to him and his heirs male, a limitation apparently not of much
value, for he had not, and was not likely to have, iffue. But this was
not all, for, for their good offices with the king, he eftated the Earl of
Derby and other courtiers in all other his lands except a few manors
which he fettled upon his wife for the term of her life as dower, with
remainder to the king under the fame limitations as above. Maurice,
his brother and heir apparent, who is believed to have juftly remonftrated
with the Marquis, perhaps with fome natural intemperance, at the wanton
and recklefs manner in which, to gratify a felfifh, overweening, perfonal
ambition, he was bringing ruin upon an ancient and honourable houfe,
had given him great offence, fo that upon his death no lands whatever
devolved upon his heirs. Nor in his will does the Marquis name his
brother Maurice, or either of Maurice's three fons, or the four fons of
his younger brother Thomas, nor did he leave fufficient perfonalty for
the payment of his debts, which neverthelefs Maurice, for the credit of
the family, took upon himfelf to difcharge. Through the obliging
courtefy of the Rev. R. H. O'fflaherty, vicar of Capel, Surrey, I am
enabled to lay before the reader the text of this extraordinary teftament,
received fince the volume has been made up, or it would have been
introduced into the body of the work.
Ce^t'm tint WSl'i 2$awf)iomss 2&arMep & Comitig $otitt0jj'm
9(n bet nom'i 3ftmen the v* day of the mointh of ffebruary the yere of our
Lord God M'cccclxxxxi. And the vijth yere of the Reigne of King Henry the viith
I Willyam Markes of Berkeley erle marchall and Notingham and grete marchall
of Englond being of goode and hole mynde Loving and preyfing be vnto my
Savior make and ordeyne this my f}nt teftament and Laft will in mara and forme
enfuying that is to fey furft and principally I bequeith and recomend my foule to
allmighty God my feid Maker and Savior And to the bleflid virgyn our Lady feint
Mary and to all the holy company of hevin And my body to be buried in the church
of ffrires Auguftin in London And I bequeith to the mother church of our Lady of
Worceftyr

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Worceftyr O Itm I bequeith to the Vicar of the piffh church of Barkeley for my
tithes negligently forgoton and w'drawn In difcharge of my foule xls Itm I will
that myn executours Vndrewreten do by veftimentis and ornamentis to the valure
of xx marc' to be occupied in the feid fryre Auguftines at the auter of Seint Rooke
as longe at [fic] they endure. Alfo I will that my feid executors ordeyn ij freres
ppetually to fing in the White freres in ffleteftrete In the fubbarbes of London at
the auter of Seint Gafcon there to pray for my foule my Lord my fathers foule my
moders foule my wiff foule And the foules of my fonne fyr Thomas Barkeley for
euyrmore Alfo I will that my feid executours ordeyne an other ffryre ppetually to
fing in the grey ffryres at Glouceftyr foreuyrmqre to pray for my foule and the
foules aforefeid Itm I bequeith to the bilding of the feid Grey ffrires xxu Alfo I
will that my feid executours purchefe Londes and tenements to the valure of x
marc' yerely ou' all charges And therw' make and founde A ppetuall chauntry at
the aulter of our Lady of Pite in Epworth in the Counte of Lincoln to pray for the
foules aforefeid foreuymore Itm I will that my feid execute's purcheffe Londes and
tenements to the yerely valure of xxij marc' And therw' to founde and ordeyne ij
ppetuall preeftf at Longbrigge oon of them dayly to fing in the chapell of the
Trinite there And that other dayly to fing in the chapell of the church of Berkeley
Where as my feid lord my fader and my feid fonne lieth buryed to pray for the
foules aforefeid for euyrmore Or elfe I will that the xxij marc' of Rent in fframpton
be difpofed to the pforming of the fame Alfo I will that my feid executors fpend
and difpofe in bilding of an houfe at Longbrigge aforefeid for ij p'eftys to Inhabit
[fic] to dwell in C marc' of money Alfo I will that my feid executors do by vefti
mentis and ornaments to the feid chapell of Longbrigge to the valure of xl marc'
Alfo I will that my feid executors do purcheffe a pdon from the court of Rome as
Large as it may be had at Longbrig aforefeid from evenfong to evenfong in the
feft of the Trinite for the playne Remiffion to them that wilbe confeffid and contrite
And ther then to fey iij pat'nofters and iij Aves for my foules [fic] and the foules
aforefeid Itm I bequeith to. John Wyting xlu to be payd w'in x yere after my
deceefe Itm to Richard Butteler xu Itm I bequeith to John Sky 11 xx marc' to be
paid in x yeres next after my deceefe Itm I bequeith to Margarete Babbam xu
Itm to Elifebeth Kelton Cs Itm to Symonet Stoute v marc' Itm to Elianore Gough
x marc' Itm to Margery Brugh v marc' Itm I bequeith to Elifabeth Berkeley xx
marc' Itm [fic] to be paid to hir w'in x yere after my deceefe Itm I bequeith to
Margery Berkeley x marc' Itm to Agnes Mounceney v marc' Itm I bequeith to
Richard Berkeley xls Itm to humfrey Stauerton xls Ite I bequeith to Richard
Style xxvjs viijd Itm I bequeith to Thomas Heme xxvj5 viijd Item to fyr Willyam
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ffayreway xls Itm to ffrere John Wikes xxs Itm to Robert Alinfon thelder xls Itm
to Robert Alynfon the yonger xxs Itm to Nicholas Mody xls All thefe to be payd
to the pfones abovefeid w'in x yeres after my deceefe Itm I will that my feid
executours after my deceefe fatisfie & Recompenfe all trefpafis and wrongf by me
doon and not recompenfed afore my deceefe in difcharge of my foule fuche as fhalbe
fhewid and prouided [fic] before them w'in x yeris next after my deceefe And that
to be proclaimed in euerie place where I have had moft refort unto in tymes paft to
thentent my detts and the feid wrongis may be truely content and fatisfied after euery
true and refonable mannes defire Alfo I will that all my aray plate ftuffe of houfehold
and of the chapell after my deceefe be deuided in ij partes that is to fay the oon halfe
therof to my welebeloved wiff Anne to hir owne vfe w'out any Lett fraude or delay
And the other halfe therof to be difpofid and diftributed in pformyng and fulfillyng
of this my Laft will and teftament And I will that myn executours have take and
pceyne all the iffues pfits and revenues comyng and growing of my Lordfhippis and
Maners of Wing Segrave in Penne And Marlow in the counte of Berks for the
terme of xv yeris next after my deceefe And after that if it fortune me to dye w'out
iffue of my body Then I will that the feid Lordfhippis and Maners Remayne to
Thomas Erie of Derby And to the heires males of his body Lawfully begoton
according to endentures betwene me and the feid Erie therof made And for Lake
of fuch iffue I will that the feid Lordfhippis and Maners Remayne to Anne my
wyfe for terme of hir Lyfe and after hir deceefe the Remaynder therof to John [fic]
Berkley and to his heires males of hyr [fic] body Lawfully begoton And for Lacke
of fuch iffue the Remayndre therof to my Right heyres foreuyrmore Alfo I will that
myn executos have take and pceyne all the iffue pfites and revenues of the maners
of Seleby and Mountforell and of the hundreth of Gofcote w' thapptenncs in the
Counte of Leyceft' now being in feoffees Handes from the tyme of my deceefe vnto
the tyme that my debts and Legacies be content and payd and this my Laft Will
Truely executed and pformed Alfo I will that if Elifabeth Ducheffe of Norff'
deceefe be fore that my detts and legacies be paid and my Will pformed Than my
feid executours have take and perceyne all the iffues profites and revenues of the
Maners of Thurlefton in the counte of Warwik . the man! of Sehame in the Counte
of Leicefter the, maners of Alcambury Wefton in the Count of huntingd the Maners
of Bretby Lynton, Cotton Repingdon" Reftlafton and Affheburne in the Counte of
Derby And of the Maners of ffuntyndon and Thorney w' thapprtennces in the Counte
of Suffex from the deceefe of the feid Ducheffe unto the tyme that my feid dettis
and Legacies be paid and content And this my Laft Will truely executyd and
pformed And alfo I will that the fame Dame Anne my Wyfe after my will pformed have

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have the feid Maners of Thurlafton Segrave Alcumbury Wefton Bretby Lynton
Cotton Repingdon Roftelafton and . Affheborne w' thapprtenncis for terme of his
Lyfe Alfo I will that if I the feid Markes dye w'out iffue of my body comyng Than
after my feid Will pformed I will that the feid Anne my wyfe have the feid maner
of Seleby for terme of hir lyfe Itm I will and bequeath to my feid wyfe all my
tenementis in London and in Chelchehith in the Counte of Midd'x to have to hir
that is to fey the tenementis in London to hir in fee fimple and at Chelchithe
for terme of his [fic] Lyfe The Remayndre therof to John Wytyng abovefeid in fee
fimple And that my feid Wyffe fhall paye for the tenementis in London to the
fryrers Auguftines cc marc' for ij freres there ppetually to fing and pray for
the foules aforefeid for evYnore Alfo I will that fir Thomas ffit3 Willyam Knyght
Roberd Rede feriaunt of the Lawe and Garter King of Armes be truely content
and paid of ther fees for terme of ther lyfe acording to the Graunts to them made
And I bequeath to Thomas frere Late Prior of the White ffryres in fleteftrete and
to his felowe for to fing for my foule xx marc' Alfo I bequeith to the feid ffreres
euery yere x marc' in to the tyme the fundation be made Itm I bequeith to Watkyn
taylo1 xxs And of this my pnt teftament and Laft Will endentid I mak and ordeyne
myn execute's- that is to fey my feid wyfe the Reuerent fader in God Edmunde
Biffhope of Rocheftr maift' Richard ffit3 James and Richard Withir And I make
and ordeyne Ouerfeers of the fame my Laft Will The mooft famous and criften
prince and my mooft finguler goode and gracious Lord King Henry the vijth
Thomas Erie of Derby aforefeid and John Whiting And I bequeith to euerich of
my feyd executors for ther Labors in that ptic to be had xxu And to eu'rey of myn
ovfeers xu in money In witteneffe wherof to this my fjfit teftament and laft will I
haue fette my feale of myn Armes The day and yere abouefeid Item I bequeith to
Thomas Armerer xxvjs viijd Itm to Thomas Creyford xxs to Thomas Tide Cooke
xxs to John Goodyf xl5 to John Doland xx?. Probatum fuit fuprafcriptum teftamentu
coram etc' apud Lamhith feptio die menfis Aprilis Anno dni Miitimo cccc° nona-
gefimo fecundo juramento Edwardi Konyngifby et Diie Anne Relifte eiufdem Ac
approbat' etc' Et comiffa fuit admiftratio omnia bonorum etc' dicte diie Anne de
bene etc' Ac de pleno Inuentario etc' cit' feftu Penthecoft Alijs executor' refutam
etc' Maurice Berkeley was as extraordinary a man as his brother, but
of a totally different character. The former was intenfely felfifh, unfor
giving, and greedy of perfonal rank, rafh and unprincipled in feeking it,
and regardlefs of the honour of his family or of his own ; the latter was
prudent,

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prudent, cautious, laborious, and perfevering, not in the purfuit of his
own advantage but for the benefit of his fucceffors, in the endeavour to
raife again the grand ftructure of his ancient houfe from the ruin into
which it had been caft down by his brother's folly. Seeing himfelf and
his heirs, in all human probability, for ever deprived by his brother's act,
within a period of lefs than feven years, of the inheritance of every of
his anceftral manors, and efpecially of the poffeffion of Berkeley Caftle
by the tenure of which the Barony was at that time confidered to be
held, he did not, as many would have done, fet himfelf down and fubmit
to the inevitable. He at once commenced a careful examination of his
brother the Marquis's deeds of faies, and finding therein many flaws of
title, with great legal acumen and patient perfeverance, beginning with
the King himfelf, he fucceeded in recovering in the fhort fpace of another
feven years, out of broken and controverted titles, upwards of fifty manors
befides other lands and poffeffions, of which he died feized, and the whole
defcended to his fon Maurice, his able affiftant in his legal ftruggles ; for,
throughout, he acted as his own lawyer in all the courts. Smyth gives
a pathetic account of him as "with a milk-white head in his irkfome old
age of 70 years, in winter terms and frofty feafons, with a buckram bagg
fluffed with law cafes, in early mornings and late evenings walking with
his eldeft fon between the four Inns of Court and Weftminfter Hall,
following his law fuits in his own old perfon, not for himfelf, but for his
poflerity, to regaine part of thofe poffeffions wich a vaft brother had pro-
fufely confumed."
As an evidence that the Barony of Berkeley was at this date deemed
to be held by tenure, Maurice Berkeley, though he ftill claimed to be
Lord Berkeley, and the title was generally conceded to him, it was rudely
rejected by Sir Robert Poyntz, whom Henry vij had appointed as
.Steward of the Manor and Hundred of Berkeley. That it was con
fidered a Barony by tenure is alfo fhewn by the fact that Maurice
Berkeley was never fummoned to Parliament, and that when his fon
Maurice, in the 14 Henry viij (1522) had fummons by reafon that the
Caftle and Manor of Berkeley was then veiled in the Crown he had not the

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the precedency of his anceftors but was affigned the loweft place as the
youngeft baron. Moreover this Barony, if a new creation fhould have
become extinct on the death of Maurice Lord Berkeley in 1523, s.p., and
his fon Thomas would not have had any claim whatever to fummons,
neverthelefs in the very next Parliament, viz., that fummojned to meet at
Weftminfter 9 Aug. 21 Henry viij, Thomas Berkeley was fummoned
under the flyle of " Thomas Berkeley de Berkeley Chevalier," (though
Smyth does not appear to have noted this fummons,) and was given
precifely the fame precedence as that affigned to his fon Henry after he,
on the death of Edw. vj, fucceeded to the Caftle and honour of Berkeley.
We fhall abftain from entering further into the vexed queftion of the
Baronial tenure of Berkeley. It will fuffice to refer the reader to Smyth's
difquifition thereon (Vol. II. p. 50,) and to mention that the claims of
William Fitzharding Berkeley in 1829, and that of his brother Admiral
Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzharding Berkeley, G.C.B., in 1838, to be
fummoned to Parliament as being feized of the Caftle and honour of
Berkeley, were rejected by the Houfe of Lords, the former in 1831 being
created Baron Segrave, the former titles having become extinct, and
ten years later, the latter Baron Fitzharding in 1841.
This Volume, like the former, will be found to contain many par
ticulars of great intereft illuflrative of the manners and cuftoms, which
are now extinct and forgotten, of the period which it covers, and vivid
pictures of the habits and ufages of the great baronial families.
The third Volume of the feries, containing the " Hiftory of the
Hundred of Berkeley," will be fent to prefs immediately. Its contents
will be no lefs valuable and ufeful than thofe of its predeceffors.
Though thefe to fome extent will be of a more local character, there
will be much of wide general intereft relating to the tenures of lands
and manorial cuftoms, to fay nothing of the valuable pedigrees with
which the Volume abounds. J. M.

Stye Cife of Stomas tlje Jfottrtl) 447
Clje life of Thomas lord Berkeley the fourth of that
name ftiled in writings, Thomas de Berkelee chivaler, And
Thomas dns de Berkele miles. And Thomas de Berkeley
dns de Berkeley. And dns Thomas dns de Berkeley. And
dns Thomas de Berkeley dns de Berkeley. And Thomas
Berkeley miles diis de Berkeley. And dns Thomas Berkeley
miles dns de Berkeley. And jdns Thomas diis de Berkeley
et de infula. 31rtb in ffrench le honorable feignior mounfieur
Thomas de Berkeley fur de Berkeley 3Gitfc trefhofi et noble
feignior mounfieur Thomas &c : And nobilis vir Thomas
Berkeley dns de Berkeley.
5lnb may bee called Thomas the magnificent.
Contemporary with Edward the third, Richard the fecond
Henry the 4th and Henry the fifth, from . 1368 . till . 1417.
€&e life of this lord I deliver to his pofterity under thefe
fifteene titles . viz1.
1. — J|Jig birth and courfe of youth . fol : [448]
2. — i^ijsf hufbandries and hofpitality . fol : [452]
3. — j^ijg? forraigne imployments . fol : [454]
4. — JjjJtjS recreations and delights . fol : [459}
5. — ipijg purchafes and faies . fol : [460]
6. — Jjltjg lawe fuites . fol : [464]
7. — JjjJijJ almes and devotions . fol : [466].
8. — Jj## rewards to fervants . fol : [468}
9. — JplijS mifcellaines . fol : [471]
10. — IjMg wife . fol : [476J
1 1.— Jpig iffue . fol : [477]
12. — i^ijgf feales of Armes . fol : [483]
13. — ij^i# death and place of buriall . fol : [484J
14. — CljC lands whereof hee died feized . fol : [485]
1 5. — Cjje Application and ufe of his life . fol : [486]

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1368

448

Efcset. in turre
London. 42. E. 3.
poft mortem
Mauric : de
Berkeley.

|>i£ Bhrttj anti course of poutf).
I}£ birth of this lord was at Berkeley Caftle in the vigill of the Epiphany
the fifth of January called the twelvth Eve in the 26th of Edward the
third . Anno . 1352. And now at the death of his father aged fifteen years
five months and three days.

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C|)e longe ficknes of the laft lord Maurice (occationed by his bloud fpilt in the
battle of Poytiers twelve years before) and the minority of this Thomas his heire,
may feem to have quickned the treaty of this Thomas his mariage, to prevent
thereby the wardfhip of his body by a fpeedy mariage of his fon, if his own
carta in caftro de growing ficknes fo conflrained . whereupon at Berkeley on wednefday next after
Berkeley. ^ feaft of the ^oly Trinity in the 41* of Edward the third (a year before hee
dyed) It was agreed betweene him on the one part And Gerrard Warren lord de
Lifle of ye other part, That Thomas de Berkelee his eldeft fon fhould marry
Margaret daughter of the faid Gerrard : And that with her hee fhould pay to the
lord Maurice one thoufand and one hundred markes,1 whereof 400" at the mariage,
And 700" at fower days in three years following, And that after the mariage
folemnized the lord Maurice fhould allow them two hundred marks by the yeare
for their maintenance, And one hundred marks prefently : And that the faid
Margaret by reafon of her tender age (then about feaven) fhould for fower years
remaine with her father, And this Thomas de Berkeley with his father.

original : 50 : E: 3.
rot 40. in fccio
claus : 47 E. 3.
m. 28. dorfo.
fin. 24. E. 3. m. 5.

3HltO it will bee to the illuftration of divers paffages following, to declare in this
place That this Gerrardus Warren diis de Infula ufually called Warrinus de Infula,
by Margaret his wife one of the heirs of S? Wittm Pipard had iffue only one fon
called Gerrard who fhortly after dyed without iffue, And that the faid Margaret
now to bee maryed to this Thomas de Berkeley was the daughter of the faid
Gerrard de Infula fon of Warren de Infula and of Alice Tyes his wife daughter
and heire of Henry lord Tyes and of Margaret his wife fon of Henry lord Tyes
who died the firft of king Edward the fecond. Two antient Baronies now to bee
grafted into the third of 25erftdcp.
2&ut
1 Query : pounds as after ftated? [Ed. J

1417

&ife of Chomag the f ourth

449

Comp : garderob :
41. E. 3. in caftro
de Berkeley.

Rot. fin. 42. E.
m. 9.

25ut the ficknes of the lord Maurice Berkeley increafing, notwithftanding the
former agreement of fower years ftay : they were by | his requeft maryed at the
faid lord Lifle his houfe at Wengrave in Buckinghamfhire in November next
following And being himfelf unable to travell to his fons marriage, fent with his fon
to attend him three of his houfhold knights. Sf Richard de Acton, Sr John Tracy
and S* Nicholas de Berkeley, and 23 . of his houfhold Efquiers (all named in his
houfhold Accompt ;) Che knights were futed in their liveries of fine cloth of ray
furred with miniver, And the Efquires in their liveries of courfer ray and Lefs coftly
furre : And the young bridegroom himfelf was in fcarlet and fattin and a filver
girdle 3Unb the lord Maurice himfelfe that kept home, infirmed in body, in honor
notwithftanding of the mariage, made himfelf a fute de panno deaurato, which I
thinke I may Englifh, cloth of gold ; 3flnB at the day of the folemnization of the
marriage, S' Richard de Acton gave the minftrels fourty fhillings : Out of this
houfhold Accompt I can pick no more of this mariage.
Che bridegroome and his knights returne to Berkeley. The lord Maurice dies
the 8* of June following. The lands of Thomas his fon (now lord) becomes the
kings in ward for two parts, hee then of the age of fifteen years and upwards as
aforefaid, the firft wardfhip that ever had happened in the line of Berkeley ; Co
his father in lawe Warren de Infula, the king the firft of October following grants
the cuftody of two parts of the young lords lands till full age for the rent of 400!'
by the yeare.
Che infants mother the lady Elizabeth bringeth her writ of dower which to her Rec:infcacio: 16.
is affigned in Cowley, Upton S' Leonards and Awre, as before hath been touched, ' ^ ° j^' e
and as after more fully is declared.
Che guardian having hufbanded his fon in lawes eftate to the advancment claus : 48. E. 3..
thereof without detriment, The ward, this lord, attaineth to full age the fifth of m" 3°-
January in the 47'!1 of Edward the third Anno . 1373 . fueth his livery for his lands
difcended unto him in the Counties of Somerfet, Glouc : Wilts, Effex and the City
of Briftoll, And accordingly enters upon the Eftate difcended unto him from his
father : of new ftocketh his demefnes, And falleth upon the old courfes of father
and grandfathers hufbandries, that in this place need no repetition ; And forthwith Rot. franc : 48.
paffeth to the warrs of ffrance as after followeth in his forraigne imployments, being E. 3 m : 8.
knighted at this time.
31t the time of this lords marriage and for eight or- ten years- after this lords
wife had a brother living called Gerrard after his fathers name maryed | to Anne 450.
b 2 daughter

Che Hitoejt of the S&etftelepjef

1368

claus : 47. E. 3. daughter of Mounfieur Michael de la Pole, but dying without iffue about the
begining of Richard the fecond, the wholl lands of the two baronies of Lifle and
Tyes difcended upon this lords wife and this lord her hufband, which fell the more
entirely through the death of ,her mother who died in 49* of the fame kinge.

comp. de Slim
bridge 6. R. 2.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

Che lord Thomas bringeth his wife the lady Margaret to Berkeley about the
fifth of Richard the fecond, whom her faid father accompanyeth ; And in fewe
months declareth his affection foe entirely to him, her, and the place, That the
thirtieth of November in the fifth of Richard the fecond in a french deed Indented
between them, they publifh their mutuall agreements That hee the lord Lifle fhall
at his pleafure come, goe and dwell in his Caftle at Berkeley at all hours, fhall have
free hunting in all his fon in lawes chaces, parks, warrens, -and in his free fifhings,
And that in all voyages of warre they two travell togeather, And his faid fon in
lawe bee unto him an unfeparable companion, And that hee and the iffues that hee
fhall beget upon the body of his daughter, will alwayes ufe and beare the Armes of
him the faid lord Lifle, when time, after his death fhall come.
comp : Recept. in 3lltD accordingly the Armes of the faid lord Lifle and Tyes were by this lord
caftrode Berkeley. Thomas fet up quartered in divers places within his Caftle of Berkeley, whereof
thofe in the windows in the great Chamber and at the head of the hall ftayres
before the Chappie doore do there yet remaine . Anno. 1624.

cartae in cailro
de Berkeley.

Efcaet. 6. R. 2.
n?4i.
451
fin. 6. R. 2. m: 6.
fin : 15. R. 2. pars.
1. m : 6.
claus: 18. R. 2.
m. 17.
cart : 6. H. 4.
m : 1.

%Vib to fit the clofer to the humor of the good old lord, this witty fon in lawe
maketh his daughter a Joynture of all the lands of his inheritance which were then
held by the lady Elizabeth his mother, and the lady Katharine his grandfathers
widow, in dower or Joynture from either of their hufbands ; which two ladies left
their lands and lives, the one in the ninth the other in the thirteenth of the faid
king Richard, as is before expreffed, the .better thereby to catch that great eftate
of his father in lawes, which snow comes tumbling upon him.
ffbE the good old lord de Infula the 28* of June next after thefe fweet and
fociable agreements, in the fixth of ^Richard the fecond, ] dyeth : And by offices the
fame year found and returned his faid daughter is found to bee his fole daughter
and heire, and to inherit thefe manors & lands, which then and fhortly after by the
death of Jone and Margaret two wives who held part of them in dower and Joyn
ture, fell all in hand to this lord . viz'
The manor of Wengrave in the County of Bucks.
The manor of Kiflingbury )
The manor of Stowe | I* the County of Nortftton
The

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%rk of Chomag the fourth

In the County of Wiltefs.

In the County of Berks

The manor of Chilton foliot
The manor of Nethercote
The manor of Draycote
The manor of Horewell
The manor of Kinge
The manor of HordweH
The manor of Colcot
The manor of Ordefion
The manor of Buden
The manor of Collicote
The manor of Shirborne
The manor of Noke
The manor of Fretwell
The manor of Aylwerton
The manor of Trewarnake
The manor Penfans
The manor of Charleton
The manor of Tetcote
The manor of Clonton
The manor of Norbony
The manor of Langdon
And divers Advowfons of Churches,, and many faire farmes, lands and Tenements 452
in ffullam, ffavelore, Uplamborne, Leverton, Bockhampton and other places, As cartse et compi in
the faid offices and many deeds Accompts and the great Chartulary in the Caftle
of Berkeley do fhewe : fhee then of the age of . 22 . years, whereby the poffeffions
of the two baronies of Lifle and Tyes came to the Berkeleyan family, which by this
mariage doubled the eftate thereof.

In the County of Oxon.

In the County of Cornwall

In the County of Devon

caftro de Berkeley.

p£ hu0fianbrie£ ano ho£$ttafttp.
31H thofe years of Edward .the thirds raigne, after this lord Thomas came to Comp : divers
7 ° manors.
full age, and untill the 8* of Richard the fecond or neere thereabouts, hee purfued
the prefidents of his Anceftors hufbandries as hath Been faid; Chen began the times s.tow et How in
to alter, and hee with them (much occationed by the infurrection of Wat Tyler and mult. al:
generally of all the Comons in the land,) And then inftead of manureing his de
mefnes in each manor with his own fervants, oxen, kine, fheep, fwine, poultry and
the like, under the overfight of the Reeves of the manors, who were (as ftill they
are) each year chofen at the halimot Court of the manor holden about Michaelmas, and

Che Eitoeg of the 2&erMep£ *368
and were bound to the fame and collection of the lords rents without fallary, by the
tenure of their Copihold meffuages and lands for which the Reeve was yearly
chofen,) This lord began to joyft and tack in other mens cattle into his pafture
grounds by the week, month and quarter ; And to fell his meadow grounds by
the acre ; And fo between wind and water (as it were) continued part in tillage,.
and part let out and joyfted as aforefaid for the reft of that kings' raigne 3finp
after, in the time of Henry the fourth let out by the year ftill more and more
by the acre as hee found chapmen and price to his likeing : And fo left his
eftate in the fifth of Henry the fifth when hee dyed, 2£>ut in the next age that
fucceeded, his nephewe and heire male the lord James who fucceeded in thefe
manors, (as did all other great lords of manors almoft throughout the wholl king-
dome,) in the times of Henry the fixth and Edward the fourth and after, yea to this
prefent day, hee and they let out their manor houfes and demefne lands, fometimes
at racked improved rents according to the eftimate of the time, And fometimes at
453 fmaller rents, taking a fyne or incombe | of their tenants as they agreed, which is
the generall courfe and hufbandry for farr the moft part, to this very day. And (to
conclude with the voucher of my felfe,) it is that courfe whereunto after much toyl-
ing and turmoylinge with the plough, fervants and hufbandry, I am now fallen into,
Hopinge that the litle remainder of my life, fhall thereby have more profit, and
Country quiet, then the foure and irkfomenes of toile and hind fervants would
hitherto permit mee to taft of : And let me conclude in him that is the true period
of all I write or fay, And without whom I had neither written nor brought to birth
any thing that is herein fpoken, as being my principale movens and the caufa
caufans fine qua non, George now lord Berkeley, And the rather becaufe henceforth
I meddle no more in thefe relations with this title of Hufbandry : when hee fhall
attaine to one and twenty years, enjoy his lady, and they a family anfwerable to
their births and dignities, and fettled themfelves to live at Berkeley Caftle, or elce
where in the County of Gloucefter, as all his noble and worthy Anceftors hitherto
have done, (his degenerating grandfather in part excepted,) hee will have no better
courfe then to advance his demefne lands to an improved rent payable quarterly,
(as that Country fafhon is,) And rather to fupply his proviffions for wheat, oates, &
Straw, by the Tithes of fome appropriate parfonage not farr from his abode, or by
refervacon upon fuch leafes monthly or quarterly to be brought in, than to keep
much tillage in his own hands, (the natures of hind fervants, bayleys of hufbandryes
and other incidents confidered ;) And no more (at moft) of other grounds, then may
fupply his proviffions of beefe and muttons : But for the plough, none gaineth there
by but hee that layeth his eye or hand daily upon it ; And as Clownes get it,
Clowns

1417

Hife of Chomajsf the f outth

Clowns againe fpend it : Contrary arguments (for the ftate of that Country) are
drawn, but out of the region of S* Thomas Moores Vtopia.
5Hjef for the days works which his Copihold tenants at each feafon of the year Comp. de Slim-
according to the nature of hufbandry, did to him in each of his manors, in helping caffrock Berkeley
to drefs, till and manure his demefne lands, after a proportionable rate for a yard 9. R. 2. et divers:
land, half yard land, and farrundell, they alfo were turned into money and made as 1J'
pcell of the old Copihold rents, In which condition they continue to this day now
undiftinguifhable ; As alfo were his rent hens, eggs, and maft money.
3Hn& (to the praife of this lords hufbandry) for foe much as hee kept in hand,
none was more profitably hufbanded by any of his Anceftors | fervants, which foe 454
frugally was accompted for, As in the time of Henry the fifth (when his eftate was £°Mge e^Hurfl
at the higheft, and hee in old age) they accompted not only for the broken wooll, 2. 3. et4. H. 5.
but for the taggs and locks arifinge at the belting1 of his fheep in the folds. m ca ro pre

(for the proviffion of his own table, this lord had yearly divers oxen fatted at comp:deSimonds-

all temp. R. 2. in
caftro de Berkeley.

Simondfall cum avenis in garbis with oates in the ftraw, which manner of feeding I
have not formerly obferved in the dayes of any of his Anceftors, neither do I well
conceive the reafon thereof: Hee having fo rich and fweet feeding grounds for
grafs and hay in places more neare unto his caftle where his abode then was ; And
henceforth I bid (in effect) farwell to this harmleffe trade and title of Hufbandry
which hath on its fide above all trades, better warranty, a fairer name, a more virgin
fame and all feniority. ^i0 forrcn imptopmcntg.
3fn tfje 48* year of the raigne of Edward the third in the 22* of his age hee franc: 48. E. 3.
went to the warres in ffrance in comitiva Edmundi de mortuo mari Comitis Marchie,
At what time went alfo with him many of the principall gentlemen his neighbours.
3CnB being returned from thofe warrs, this lord and Hugh Earle Stafford are franc: 49. E. 3.
authorized to array all men at Armes in the County of Gloucefter between fixteen
and threefcore, And to erect Becons (beknes) to give tokens by fire from thefe hills,
of the enemies landings &c.

^fn the firft and fecond years of "Richard the fecond, this lord was imployed Rot. franc. 2. R.
both by fea and land in the warrs that then were hott both againft ffrance and compde Ham
Spaine. 0[n *• 2- R- *•
1 To belt is to fhear the buttocks and tails of the .fheep.

8

Che Hitoeg of the g&erftelepg

1368

Rot. franc. 4. R. 2.
m: 14. 15. et 16.

455
eode dorfo.

3fn the 4'.h of Richard the fecond, this lord was fent into Brittaine againft the
French with a regiment of men at Armes and Archers, whom his third brother S?
John Berkeley accompanies : And upon the 30* of March the king commands all
his officers to provide lodging, victualls, and carriage, for them and their Armes :
And for the good fuccefs of this Army | (over which the Earle of Buckingham the
kings unckle, after Duke of Gloucefter, went generall,) were publicke prayers com
manded to bee made, for that (faith the record) the French making fhew of peace
under colour of treaties, with great fubtilty had deceived the king.

claus : 8. R. 2 . dorfo.
pat : 8. R. 2. p! 2.
in dorfo :

3[n July in the 8* year of his raigne, this lord went with the king againft the
Scots, after hee had all the former part of that year been travelled in muftering and
Arming of foldiers, to withftand the invafion of the ffrench, intending a deftruction
of the kingdome, as the records are.

comp : de Slim
bridge "9. R. 2.
How : et at :
froifard :

%Xl the 9* year of Richard the fecond, this lord Thomas with a great troup of
his fervants and tenants went with the king into Scotland, who, faith the hiftories
of thofe times, ledd an Army, than which there hath not been feene a fairer, ftronger
or greater, which harroweth over that Country, And foe returned.

comp : de Slim- Che next year the king cometh to Berkeley Caftle, whom this lord royally
bridge et aj= x°- entertained, As by the Accompts of the Reeves of his manors in that hundred may
Berkeley, bee collected, from whence hee drew a great part of his proviffions what time the
How : et at. wholl kingdome was in preparation to withftand the invafion of the French, then
ready to have invaded the land ; if wind had ferved for his tranfportation between
the firft of Auguft and the laft of November.

Rot. franc: 16. R.
2. m : 10. bis.

3[n the 16^ year of the kings raigne, this lord went beyond feas into ffrance
and other Countryes, And upon his departure in September had the kings licence
to take fhip at Dover, Orwell, or Leiftoft, as hee fhould choofe with fifteen fervants
and fo many horfes and their Armes„ and with one thoufand markes in money in
exchange for his and their expences beyond feas : This was no martiall expedition,
but occafioned as it may feeme upon greefe conceived by the death of his wife, or
to avoid the danger of Court ftormes, which then began to bluffer with an hollow
wind.

Hollinges:fo:498. 3@htl£t King Richard the fecond in the laft of his raigne was in Ireland re-
504. 505. et a . vengmge the murder of Roger Mortimer Earle of March and Ulfter, comitted by
the

Hi 7 Hife of Chomag the fourth 9
the Irifh, Henry Duke of Lancafter returneth from his banifhment into England,
(whom this lord Thomas too much favoured,) And fhortly after his arrivall cometh
to Berkeley, in the church whereof and in the Caftle of Berkeley upon the funday
after S- James's day was held that famous affembly betweene the Duke and Edmond Anno. 1399.
of Langly Duke of Yorke the kings unckle, Earle alfo of Cambridge, This lord 23"
Thomas and many other the great peeres of the Land, which fhortly after coft
kinge | Richard his Crowne, which was fet upon the head of the faid Duke of 456
Lancafter : In which affembly how the affections and Counfell of this lord Thomas
fwayed, his prefent imployments declared, for within a fewe days after, hee made
himfelf a fpetiall witnes at fflint Caftle of king Richards promife to renounce the
Crowne ; And on Michaelmas day following teftified the fame in the Tower of Walfingham,
London before king Richard, who then there fubfcribed the fame to bee true : And
the morrow after when by the three eftates of the land, affembled in parliament, A
Bifhop, An Abbot, an Earle, a Baron, a Judge, and a knight, were out of that
reprefentative body chofen, to take, publifh and pronounce the kings actuall refig
nacon of his Crown and kingdome, and accordingly to depofe him, This lord
Thomas was the 25aron in that waighty and dangerous imployment, having till that
time infeparably accompany ed the Duke of Lancafter in purfuit of King Richard
fince his departure from Berkeley.
Che 31'!" of July in the third year of Henry the fourth the king fends to this claus : 3- H. 4.
lord to meet him at Hereford, the 27* of Auguft next, thence to goe with him
againft his malitious enemies Owen Glendourdy whom with his complices hee
purpofeth utterly to overthrow. >
3[n July in the 4* year of Henry the fourth, the king ordained this lord one of Rot. voiag. a. 1.
the guardians for fafe keeping the Marches of Wales againft the incurfions of Owen * ' "" 4' m'
Glendourdy and other rebells : And commanded the Sherifes of fix Counties to bee pat. 5. H. 4. ps.
attendant to him as need fhould require.

1. m. 8.

Che 22* of March in the fifth* year of his raigne, the kinge made this lord claus: 5- H- 4-
Thomas Admirall of his fleet of fhips from the mouth of Thames weft and fouth- eode par's. 2.
ward, with power alfo over his fubjects in the Counties of Devon, Cornwall,
Somerfet, and Dorfet, who are to bee attendant ovt his directions : And himfelfe to
bee at Sandwich by the ninth of Aprill following. 3fin0 a lirle before was hee
chofen and fworn one of the kings privy Counfell in open parliament, where I con- Rot. parliam. 5,
ceive alfo hee was chofen Admirall. mno
C VOL. II

10

Che Hioeg of the V&zzMzp$

1368

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

457

claus : 5. H. 4.
pars. 1. m: 29.
eode : dorfo. m. 4.
5. 6. et. 7.

3GnD by Indenture dated the firft of May in this fifth of Henry ye fourth It was
agreed between the king and this lord, That for fafe .guard of the Realme hee
fhould for one quarter of the year have with him upon the fea, 300 men of Armes
whereof five to bee Banets himfelfe | accompted, eleaven knights, 285 . Efquires,
which fhould bee of his own retinue : And to have further in his voyage . 600 .
Archers, and feaven fhipps feaven barges and feaven ballingers double manned with
mariners ; And with thefe to bee at Southampton the 1 2'i1 of that month : And
the king to have the fourth part of all gaine got at fea from the enemies, And this
lord and his company the other three parts. 2£>ut if any great cheiftaine was taken,
hee to remaine to the king, yet to bee recompenfed reafonably for him ; And further
that this lord fhould continue on the fea with his company till Michaelmas, if the'i
king gives him a monthes warning before the three months bee out ; Howbeit hee
kept the fea till December following, And the 24'!1 of that month the king comands
him to goe to Plymouth where hee then was with fome of his fhips, to Burdeaux
for fome fervice there to bee attempted : And for the better furnifhing of this
voyage, fold his manor of great Wenden in Effex.

comp. rec: 5. H. 4.
in caftro de Berk.

Rot. voiag. a. 1.
ad n. H. 4. m :
18. 19 in arce
London.

3[n the fame 5* year of Henry the fourth upon the tumults raifed by Owen
Glendour and his partakers in Wales, this lord was fent thither with a great power
for the appeafing thereof, which for that time hee did, wherein hee fpent the later
part of the yeare; what time the king made him keeper of his Caftle of Brecknock,
And then alfo gave him a Comiffion to take up fix barges in the Counties of
Briftoll, Somerfet and Glouc, and fo many mariners as fhould fuffice for them to
goe to fea #vith them at the kings wages, with all diligence, which hee did.

Walfingh
Hollingfh:fol:S3i

Che ffrench were enemies to the Englifh, And the more to endamage the king
of England in the 6th of his raigne came with a Navy of one hundred and forty tall
fhips to ayd Owen Glendour then alfo in Arms againft the king, and his moft
How, fol. 333 dangerous enemy: Thefe, this lord and Henry Pay a Captaine under him, valliantly
fet upon neere Millford haven, where they intended to have landed, And after longe
fight burned fifteen of their fhips, and tooke 14. others fluffed with men, munition,
and victualls, And foe returned with honor and profit.

Walfmgham SUniJ at another time this lord and Pay, and Thomas Swynburne (one of his
domeftick knights) tooke fourteene other French fhipps as they failed towards
Wales to the fouccor of, the faid Owen Glendour, wherein the Senefchall of ffrance
and divers Captaines of note were taken prifoners. 3lno

1417

ttife of Chomag the fourth

ii

3fiub in the fixth year the 28* of October the king writes to his Collectors of claus- 6- H- 4-
the Tenth of the Clergy granted at the laft parliament in the province | of Canter- ^e'g
bury in the Arch deaconryes of Exon, Totton, ' and Barnftable, declaring that
whereas the lord Berkeley his Admirall hath lent him one thoufand pounds towards
his warres by fea, That ^iey do repay him out of the firft moneys of the fubfidy of
thofe Counties of Devon, Cornwall,, and Dorfet,. And for default thereof out of the
faid Tenth of the Clergy, And it fhould bee allowed them upon their accompt.

3fintl the 15^ of July in the faid 6* year, the king authorizeth this lord alone Pat: 6. H. 4. m. 15.
to mufter and Arme all the able men in the Counties of Glouc, Briftoll, and Somer
fet, to withftand the in-curfions of the Welfh. And willeth him if need fhould fo
require whilft hee fhould bee in his fervice in. the North, That then hee make Wittm
Beauchamp lord of Abergavenny his Leivtenant in South Wales to execute his
directions. 3fi.nb in the 7* year of Henry the fourth, hee was the generall commander and Rot. voiag. a. 1.
Ingeneer in the Timber works ufed in the Welfh warrs, for the feige and debella- j^"^1' ,4'm'9,
tion of the Caftle of Lampadervar in Wales, held by the kings enemies.
3fn March in the third of Henry the fifth this lord was required with his fon pat; 3: H. 5. pars.
in lawe the Earle of Warwicke to mufter and trayne men in the Counties of Glouc:
Somerfet and Briftoll ; And in June following by a fecond cSmand, to defend with eode pars. 2. dorfo.
them the borders of Wales, and to refill the welfh, wherein that fomer was fpent.

<©f this lord, Michaell Drayton in his defcriptibn of the battle of Agencourt
fought againft the wholl power of the ffrench in the year. 141 5 . in two flanzaes
hath thus : Berkeley and Burnell two brave Englifh lords,
fflefht with ffrench bloud and in their valors pride,
Above their Armed heads, brandifhing their fwords
As they tryumphing through the Army ride,
Finding what prizes fortune her affords
To every Soldier, and moft wiftly eyde •
A gallant prifoner by his Arminge, fee,
Of the great Bourbon family to bee. |
And from the foldier they this prifoner take,.
Of which the ffrench lord feemeth wondrous faine,

Lewis Duke of
Bourbon taken
prifoner by a mean,
foldier and after
flab'd by him.

459

c 2

*v

Thereby

12

Che Hibeg of the 2&erMep£

1368

comp. temp. R. 2.
manor de Slim
bridge, Ham,
Cowley et divers.
al. in caftro de
Berkeley.
Comp. de Hurft
6. R. 2. in caftro
prdi<ft.

comp. 12. R. 2. in
caft.prdict. de
Slimbridge et al :

Thereby, his fafety more fecure to make,
Which when the foldier finds his hopes in vaine,
Soe rich a booty forced to forfake,
To put himfelf and prifoner out of paine
Hee on the fodaine ftabs him, and doth fweare
Would th'have his ranfome, they fhould take it there.
1$ig recreation^ ano be&ght£.
4£f all his Anceftors this lord was the moft magnificent ftately and fumptuous,
and more given to the fports of the field, (if more may bee,) then any of his fore
fathers ; As may be collected, from his yearly charges in keeping of hounds and
gray hounds for the chace of the hare, deere, fox, and badger, which hee' not only
did at his own manfion houfes, but at moft of his granges and farm houfes : where
at Hurft thofe hounds of that place in the 6'!1 of Richard the fecond eate him eigh
teen quarters of Barley and Oates. 2fi.no of his feveral kinds of hawks for the feild
and river. Hee alfo would to the threfhing of the cock, pucke with hens, blindfold,
and the like ; Hee alfo kept his feverall flables of great horfes at Berkeley and
Wotton, And at Berkeley hee kept great ftore of tame Pheafants, As by the wheat
allowed for their feeding and wages of their keeper appeareth.

comp: de Berkeley $ee had alfo at Berkeley his barge houfe at the Caftle bridge foote, and his
13. . 2. e^. karge £0f kjg dgijgta and recreations, afwell upon the haven as the river of Seavern,
in which were his fea furnitures in a fumptuous manner.

comp. de Berkeley
9et. 10. R. 2. ibm.

J^ee much inlarged the ditch of Berkeley Caftle, by taking a part of the Church
yard, which hee recampenced with an yearly rent of . 6? 8d to the prifhioners for-
amends, out of three tenements in Berkeley, and for the buying and maintaining of
a litle fans bell, whereby the garden that was formerly in that place was deftroyed ;
And this hee did with better fucceffe then Maurice the firft that committed the
like act. I

460
cartae. 12. H. 4. in
caftro de Berkeley.

f$ZZ alfo inlarged divers of his parks, As Newparke, Over, and others, increas
ing therewith -his games of deere ; And by buying in the freeholds of Robert Hurd
and others made the Worthy, (called the Worthy or Caftle park,) firft a parke ; In
the further end whereof, called the Twichen, next Newport, was the Capitall
meffuage or Scite of the manor of Alkington, where the Courts of that manor were
ever kept, ftill difcernable by the mott that compaffed that houfe ; In the floore or
* pavement

1417

Hife of Chomaiaf the fourth

13

pavement whereof are ftill, (though divers of late years have been cut down and
fold,) many faire great Elmes growing.
1$i$ putcha£e£ anb galeg of lanoo".
Che care which this lord Thomas had to irilarge his eftate, (notwithftanding
his coftly delights and pleafures,) feemes litle inferior to the carefulleft of his
Anceftors ; which addeth the more honor to his memory, in that hee had noe iffue
male of his body to inherit him, as after appeareth.
3(n the 49? of Edward the thirds (affoone as hee had fued livery,) hee pur
chafed divers meffuages lands and Tenements in Slimbridge prifh of Ralph Wallies,
which at this day are the greateft part of the manor of Sages.
3[tt the 4* of Richard the fecond, this lord purchafed of one S' John Roch one
knights fee and one acre of land in Cricklade in Wiltfhire, & the Advowfon of that
Church. IBftcrcupon take this note, That an entire knights »ffee confifteth of fower
hides of land, one hide of fower yard land, one yard land of fower farrundells. And
one farrundell of ten acres ; A proportion throughout this barony, in all the old
grants made by this lords fower firft Anceftors, of lands by them enfeoffed ,in the
hundred of Berkeley and elcewhere ; As in my regifter booke of the lord Berkeleys
tenures by knights fervice I have touched ; which booke if God grant health I
intend hereafter to reviewe.

claus : 49 : E : 3 :
pars : 2 :
Efcaet : 5 : H : 5 :
, poft mort. Tho :
dni : Berkeley.
Cartae in caftro
de Berk.

tMO *<*.

5fn the feaventeenth of Richard the fecond, this lord purchafed of Walter lord maSn.: d""ft : ff L
•"" . 239- m caftro de
fit3 wauter the Advowfon of Saint Andrews church by Baynards Caftle in London. Berkel.
3|it the 18* of that king, nee purchafed one fayre to bee holden at his | Towne 461
of Berkeley, in the vigill and day of the invention of the holy croffe, called hollirood ^'^.'j,' *9'
day, in May, with all liberties and free cuftoms to fuch a faire appertaininge, dated
the 16* of ffebruary ; which foe continueth to»this day . Anno . 1624. And feems
to have been wanting thitherunto : And the reafon in part may feeme to have been
becaufe in times fo ftirring as former ages had been, the lords of that Burrowe
Towne would not draw fuch concourfe of people to their Caftle gates, wherunder fo
great danger and fo eafy a furprize might by their oppofites have been practized.

.¦> 3fU tne 22^ °f Richard the fecond hee purchafed of S? Thomas Arthur knight carta in caftro
divers meffuages and Tenements in Wefton in Gordano in the County of Somerfet,

inlarging thereby his antient manor of Portbury.

Che

H

Che Hibes* of the 2&erMeng

1368

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

Che fame year hee purchafed of Thomas Norton, an antient meffuage called
Whelpfplace, and divers other lands in Wraxell in the faid County whereby hee
further inlarged his faid manor of Portbury.

cartse in caftro Che fame year hee purchafed of Al'maricus de Sancto Amando, the manors of
Southcerny and Cerniwike in the County of Glouc'

cart : 2. H. 4. ps.
2. m : 1.
pat : 1. H. 5. pars.
1. m : 11.

Che 24* of Auguft in the fecond of Henry the fourth hee purchafed of the
king free warren in his manors of Walton, Wefton Portfhead and Charelton in the
County of Somerfet, which alfo in the firft of Henry the .fifth were by that king
confirmed unto him : As alfo then was the grant of free warren made to his
Anceftor Maurice the fecond in the 8* of Edward the firft, As in his life is
expreffed.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

3Itt the 12* of Henry the fourth hee purchafed divers lands and tenements at
Wixtowe near the woods end of Hill ; and two groves there called cat grove and
See before hanginge grove, for1 the inlarging of Newparke, part whereof his grandfather the
L324j ionj Thomas the third, before in the 33* of Edward the third, got in.

fin. in banco Term
Micfiis. 12. H. 4.

Che fame year hee purchafed of Robert Stanfhawe and Ifable his wife a
meffuage and fixteen acres of land in Bradley near Wotton under edge.

carta in caftro ^[n the 1 3* of Henry the fourth hee purchafed the manor of Wike in Wilt-
e ey. ^jre q£. gr ¦^/•jujam Efturmy knight.

carta in caftr.
de Berk :
finis. 13. H. 4.
in banco.
462
carta in caftro
de Berk :
claus: 13.H. 4. m.
17. et. 18. dorfo.

Che fame year hee purchafed a meffuage and divers lands in Horton and Yate
of Robert Stanfhawe and Ifable his wife aforefaid. |
Che fame year hee purchafed the Advowfon of the Church of Portefhead in
Gordon, and goreacre, of Reginald Hall in the County of Som? now the inheritance
of the mayor and Cominalty of Briftoll ; And alfo at the fame time the Advowfon
of Walton in the faid County.

finis in banc : 3fn the fame year hee purchafed the Advowfon or foundacon of the Abby of
antiently4caned Kingfwood, otherwife called the Abby of Myryford by Wotton under edge, of the
s^fiJi' Ciftertian order, of Richard Chedder and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of
Robert Cantelo, fon of Robert and Maud his wife, fifter and heir of S1: NicholasBerkeley

See fol.

t4i 7 tltfe of Chomag the fourth 15
Berkeley lord of Durfley ; (In which Nicholas failed that antient Saxon name of
Berkeley of Durfley,) as formerly hath been faid in the life of Robert the firft.
%n the 14th year of the.fjtid king hee purchafed of John More and Margery carta in caftro de
his wife, daughter and heire of .Reginald Walleis, a meffuage and carucate of land,-
and divers other lands, wood, and cheife rents, in Wike, Berkeley, Hame, and
Alkington. -*.
%tl the firft year of Henry the fifth this lord purchafed of Julian Banifter the carta in caftro de
moytie of the manor of Nethercote in Wiltfhire for her life, And the fee thereof chart : fo^o.
of Trevilines and Alet. ;
. Che fame year hee purchafed divers fair lands and tenements in Eftpike in the carta in caftr0 de
Tything of Tetcote in Devonfhjre. , ,
Che fame year hee obtained a confirmation from the king of free warren fin : 1 H. 5. ps. 2.
throughout all Berkeley herneffe, and in Portbury in the County of Somerfet #
3fn the fecond of Henry the fifth hee purchafed of John. Ap-Adani<* and carta in caftro de
Margaret his wife, the manor and lordfhipp of Sherncote in Wiltfhire. , : * 11 '¦¦ * chart, fo. 399.
¦ v »
3fn the third of Henry the fifth hee purchafed by fine the manor of Tykenham finis in banco. 3.
in the County of Somerfet, of Sf Thomas fitz Nicholl knight, a difcendaht from' y'^'
the lord Robert the firft, as formerly I have written in his life. ¦'* - - ^ , .»' Efcaet. s.-^H. 5.
3Gnb to eafe my pen, If this family caft an eye into the feverall Inquifitions"* Thom^ ^
found after the death of this lord in the fifth of Henry | the fifth, and into, the 463
Inquifition in the 17* of Henry the 6* And into a quae plura the fecond jrear aflei^
all found after the death of Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke, who nad# H.C6?1n arce *
married this lords only daughter and heire, they fhall' find nigh fowerfcore jotfier London, ^,
purchafes made by this lord of houfes and lands in the City of Glouc: Berkeley, ^.* '^
Wotton, Awre, Arlingham, and other places in the County of Gloucefter; 3finb in.,>?"*
Portbury, Bedminfter and other places in the County of Somerfet; 5finb in Gfiick- ^ Carta ir^ caftro de
lade and other places in the County of Wilts ; none of w* are formerly mentioned ; */ * •*.
(of all which the faid lord made a feoffment to Walter Poole on midfomer day" ;„ /
before hee dyed, not declaring to what ufe ;) 2finb if this family will looke further AV 5* J%.
into a heap of little deeds themfelves remaining in Berkeley Caftle, and into certaine
rolls or abftracts of many other deeds in Berkeley Caftle alfo,, (whofe originalls are
perifhed,) they fhall find above five hundred other fmall purchafes more, by this
lord +

16 Che £ibe0 of the SSerMeug 1368
lord and by his father and grandfather, (fome of leffe then an acre,) of free hold
lands that lay intermingled with their demefnes and the Copiholds of their tenants,
none of which are formerly quoted by mee ; which gave this lord, (as they did
them,) the means to inclofe the Worthy or Caftle parke, and to make a parke of
it, as this lord' firft did, And to reduce many other faire inclofures into feveralty ;
And no one endeavour was greater with this lord and them, thofe two precedent
Anceftors, then to huy out as many of fuch freeholds as would bee fold, the maine
obftacles to their inclofures improvements and conversions, and to the beauty and
inriching of their barony.
2£>Ut infteed of this title of purchafesy. I fhall in the lives of thofe lords that
follow, have faLes of manors, without rebuyings ; And infteed of hufbandry I fhall
,.,' * have fwarmes of law fuites without gaine or recoverings, And the like a cleane
contrary way, as after followeth.
claus : 5. H. 4. 5finb for the faies of this lord Thomas, hee fold only, (for ought I find,) the
pars. 1. dorftf : manor of great Wenden in Effex, in the fifth of king Henry the 4^ to Wittm
Loveny ; which was done to furnifh himfelf to fea, then made lord Admirall, the
king wanting money to fet out his fleet, which this lord in part thus fupplyed ; And
, the1, rather becaufe hee was caft into that office by the appointment of the parlia- .
ment, as already is touched. |
464 $i$ gutter in latoe.
Trim. 16. R. 2. 3fa the i6tH year of Richard the fecond, hee was queftioned in the Exchequer
cum'rerrithefau^0 ^or a ^-e^eefe f°r thofe manors and lands which the lady Katharine his grandfathers
Baronia fecond wife held of his inheritance in the Counties of Gloucefter and Somerfet,
(there named,) eftimated to a third part of his lordfhipp of Berkeley, fhee dead then
feaven years paft ; And which were holden of the king in Capite by five knights
fees, faith the record ; In avoydance of which demand, hee pleadeth that no releefe
was due, for that hee was in ward to king Edward the third after the death of his
father, afwell for the revercon of thofe manors and lands held by the faid Katharine,
as for his other manors and lands difcended upon him in poffeffion. whereof the
faid king by his then Efcheator was anfwered the profits ; As of the Caftle and
Town of Berkeley with the members thereof, as Hame, Alkington, Appleridge,
Hinton, Slimbridge, with the Advowfon thereof, Cowley, Upton S? Leonards, and
two parts of the hundred of Berkeley ; 3finb further fet out That to the lady Eliza
beth his mother, was then affigned for her dower after his fathers death, the manors of

141 7 ftife of Choma£ the fourth 17
of Cowley, Upton S' Leonards, and Awre, as the third part of two parts of his
fathers lands : And further averreth that Warren de Infula (his wives father,) had
the profits of the faid two parts of his fathers lands, by the kings grant made to
him the firft of October in the 421!1 of Edward the third, during his minority ; And
from his fathers death till that grant, the kinge himfelf by his faid Efcheator was
anfwered the profits, as in his Accompt appeareth : which longe proces was con
tinued upon the roll, till the 1 1* of Henry the fourth, And then was this lord over
ruled to pay . 6" I5f for a releefe for thofe manors, which the faid lady Katharine Baronia
held in dower, as the tenth part of the barony of Berkeley.
Che fame year arofe another Exchequer buifines more full of trouble, about l6- R- 2-
the hofpitall of S! Katharines in this lords manor of Bedminfter, whereof his
Anceftor Robert the fecond was founder as in his life appears ; wherein the maine
queftion was, whether the faid hofpitall, and the Chantry founded in the Chappie
there were one and the fame or not ; which was by Jury found foe to bee, And fo
avoided the charge | of the record ; which tooke begininge from an injurious In- 465
quificon found before the Efcheator of that County of Somerfet.
%Xi the ninth of Richard the fecond, the faid Lady Katharine his grandfathers ftn : 9- &¦ 2- m- 4-
fecond wife being then dead, this lord fued livery for fuch lands as fhee held for her
life of his inheritance in the Counties of Gloucefter and Somerfet, And for twenty
fhillings hath his homage refpited..
3|n the 13'!' of Richard the fecond, the lady Elizabeth his mother dying, this claus: 13. R. 2.
lord entred upon the lands which fhee held in Joynture and dower, As the manors p
of Cowley, Upton S! Leonards and Awre, with Etlowe and Blakeney and the hun
dred of Blediflowe, and one meffuage and yard land in Saintly, And the manor of
Hurft, and twenty and two marks rent in fframpton, And — 121)- 12? rent in Came;
And upon great Wenden in Effex, and upon two parts of the manor of Portbury,
And three meffuages and two yard land and one dove' houfe in Portefhned, Crifton
and Uphill, with the Advowfon of Brene, And ten pounds rent out of the lands of
the lord Zuch in Bridgwater, And upon the I fie of Stepholmes, in the County of
Somerfet ; And a meffuage and threefcore acres and ten fhillings rent in Chicklade
in Wiltfhire. %tl the 11th of Henry the fourth, this lord Thomas brought his Affize of Rec : exemp : in.
novell diffeifin againft Wittm Teft and two others of Frampton upon Seaverne for callr0 de Berk :
fix
D VOL. II

1 8 Che Hibeg of the 2&erftefepg 1 368
fix hundred acres of land in Slimbridge, wherein upoh a Tryall before Judge Hulls
at Gloucefter Affizes hee recovered^his feifin,' and five pound's for damages: This
vide fol : was of Slimbridge Warth, which his heir male the 'lord James in the fifteenth of
Henry the Sixth exemplified, when further fuite was about that warth. |
466 $$i$ %Mmz$ anb bcuotiona.
Bulla papal : tub 3f>0Jje Vrban the fixth in the fecond year of his popedome, the 9* of July in the
caftro de Berkeley! f°urth of Richard the fecond. Anno : 1380, by his Epifcopall bull gave leave to this
lord Thomas and to the lady Margaret his wife to chufe for their confeffor fuch a
fit and difcreet prieft as they pleafed, to heare their confeffions, give them abfolu-
tion of their fins, and to enjoyne them whqjfome penance, unles it bee in thofe
cafes, wherein the Apoftolike fea is firft to bee confulted with : Affuring all men
that infringe this his holines grant, that they incurre the indignation of Allmighty
God and of the bleffed Apoftles Peter and Paul.
5Hnb the fame day and year by his other bull, granted to this lord Thomas and
Margaret his wife to have a portable altar, whereat either by their own prieft or
any other they might fay maffe and other divine fervice in their own prefence. t
3finb the fame day and year by his third bull granted that the Confeffor which
either of them the lord Thomas and Margaret fhould choofe, fhould have from the
Apoftolike authority by vertue thereof, full power to give them full remiffion.- of all
their fins, for which they were contrite in hart and which they had confeffed with
their mouthes once only in the inftant of their deaths, they then perfifting in fin-
cerity of faith, and in the unity of the holy Roman Church, and in the obediance :
anddevotion of his holines or of his fucceffors canonically entringe into that chaire :
yet foe that what their confeffor fhould enjoyne them, bee by them' performed if
they live, or by their heir if they dye ; And foe that for this grace obtained they
bee not made more prone, (which God forbid,) to unlawfull things, which, if upon
confidence of this remiffion of their fins, they doe the rather comit, That fhen as to
thofe fins the forefaid remiffion fhall not extend.
3finb hereupon I may by a pardonable digreffion fay, That at this time the
Schifme in the papacy continued, Clement the feaventh was now alfo pope and held
? his fee at Avignion in France; And was, (as many hiftories iri^ thofe and thefe
/J times report,) generally acknowledged for lawfull pope by the ffrench, Spaniards and
467'! Englifh ; Howbeit it | feemeth the perticuler affection of this .lord and his wife went
' { after Vrban, or els graces were of him obtained at an eafier price than of Clement. m

14 x 7 • ttife of Chomag the fourth 19
<©f which Vrban it ' is thus written, That he was the . 204* Bifhop of Rome,
chofen pope in the year — 1378. A Neopolitan, Arch -bifhop of Bari and no Cardi
nal^ created pope a^the purfuite of the Romans, hee being abfent : That hee was
a cunninge, feditious, and revengefull man, not feeking the peace of Chriftendome,
as his duty required, but ftriving to revenge the injuries which his Cardinalls and
Jone Queen of Cicely had don's- unto him ; which was the caufe of the 26th-fchifme:
And haveing* caufed five Cardinalls to bee drowned hee dyed, having held his
See eleaven years fix months and five days, And that hee celebrated the third
Jubile. 3ft feems this lord Thomas relyed muth on this grace from pope Vrban, for I vlt. voluntas in
find not any one a!ct of devotion which hee performed to any monaftery Chantry cantuar^3*
or order of religion, nor ought elfe which was done for his wives foule after her
death, As by all their Anceftors had been accuftomed for their predeceffors, untill I
come to this lords will made the fecond of ffebruary in the year . 141 5 . in the third
year of Henry the 5* which was one year fower months and eleaven days before
hee dyed. "And thereby hee gave to the mother church of Worcefter fourty fhill
ings, To the church of Berkeley fourty fhillings and one greene pair of veftments
with all . their furniture ; And to the Church of Wotton five pound, And to the
Church of Slimbridge fourty fhillings, And to the Church of Cowley fourty fhillings,
And to the Church where his body fhould bee buried his beft pair of veftments
with all their furniture, and twenty pound in money, and one gilt croffe with all the
relikes inclofed in the fame, with all his beft gilt cruetts, And alfo one white paire
of veftments with all their furniture, And alfo the beft pair of his black Veftments,
and his beft miffale with a good Chalice ; And to the Chappie within Berkeley
Caftle one pair of fatten veftments, one miffale, two Chalices and one pair of cruets;
And to the fifters of Mary Magdalens hofpitall by Briftoll, one pfalter with a gloffe,
and the legends of Saints in Englifh, one paire of veftments one Chalice and five
pound in money. And to the Church of Kingfwood his beft collar of the kings
livery, his paire of gilt veftments wrought with white.. Angells ; And to the Church
of Portbury one pair of veftm'5, | one pfalter, one porter, and fourty fhillings. And 468
to every of his houfhold chaplens ten markes to pray for his foule one year after
his death ; 3fiub all his goods whatfoever not by his will difpofed hee appointed
fhould by his Executors bee diftributed for the health of his foule and of the foule
of the lady Margaret his wife ; And to a knight to goe to the holy land when any
goinge fhould bee, one hundred pound, which fum was heretofore devifed by his
Anceftors, faith the will.
d 2 $i*

20

^tjz 3ttbe£ of the &ztMep$

1368

^& rctoarb^ to gerbantgf.
magn: chart. Chtg lord TJiomas in the 7* of king Richard the fecond gave to Walter Dyar
de Berkel : f°r his n^e' an Anuity of fourty fhillings by the year out of Charelton in Wiltfhire
in recompence of his fervice.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

carta in caftro
prdic~t.

3[n the 1 3'? of the faid [King] hee gave to Thomas Rig, all his lands and
Tenements in Chicklade for his life, in recompence of his fervice.
3fn the twentieth of the faid king hee granted to Wittm Cauleigh one of his
Efquires, for his life, in recompence for his fervice, a meffuage mill and lands in
Woodford, and a meffuage in Church lane in Berkeley.

carta in caftro de 3|U tne 21* of the faid kinge hee gave to John Banbury his manor of Upton
er e ey . gt Leonards by Glouc : for his life, in recompence of his fervice, whereof the old
rent then was ten markes.

carta in caftro Che fame year hee gave to John Harsfeild a meffuage and divers lands and
pr l ' Tenements in Bradley and Wike Dangerfeild for his life in recompence of his
fervice.
469 3fh the 2 2'!1 of the faid king, hee gave to John Dyar for his own life | and of his
carta in ca _ r^: wjfe an(j daughter, a meffuage in Berkeley and divers lands in Hame and Alkington.
carta in caftro de Che fame year hee gave to John Copiner for his life in recompence of his
y' fervice, divers lands and Tenements in Durfley.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

3fn the firft year of king Henry the fourth, this lord gave to John Winter and
to Elizabeth his wife in recompence of his fervice, divers houfes in Berkeley, and
divers lands in Hame and in Came, And in the tenth of the faid king did the] like
for Alice his fecond wife.
carta in caftro de Che fame firft year of Henry the fourth hee gave to Thomas Browne and
Berkeley. jfabie his wife, a meffuage and yard land in Clapton in Hame for their lives in
recompence of his fervice : And in the tenth of the faid king did the like for Mawd
his fecond wife. And the 1 3* yeare rewarded him as bountifully and made him
keeper of Whitcliffe park.
carta in caftro de 'Che fame firft year of Henry the fourth, hee gave to Phillip Waterton and
Berkeley, cicely his wife for their lives in recompence of their fervices, all the lands and tene
ments

Hi 7 SXife of Chomag the fourth 21
ments within the lordfhip of Berkeley which late were of Robert Poyntz. 3llnb in
the firft year of king Henry the fifth, gave to them and the heirs which hee fhould
beget on her body, eight feverall Tenements and divers lands in Berkeley, Hame,
Hinton. and Alkington, Rendringe unto him and his heires the rents and fervices of
old due and accuftomed ; which entayle yet continueth, And whereof I fhall fpeak
after in the iffue of Thomas Berkeley fon of the faid James the firft of that name.
9fn the fame firft of Henry the fourth, this lord gave to Robert Herblinge and carta in caftro de
Alice his wife for their lives in recompence of his fervice, five houfes in Wotton, er e ey-
and divers lands in his manor of Wotton Forren.
3fn the third of the fame king hee gave to John Chinham for his life and Jone carta in caftro de
his wife, in recompence of his fervice, a meffuage and divers lands, in Chepinge
lane in Wotton. cartaincaftr.p'jdicT:
5fn the 11* of Henry the fourth hee gave to Wittm More and Edith his] wife, 470
in recompence of his fervice, two houfes and fix fhops in Glouc : for their lives.
Sffiout the fame time hee gave his litle manor of Wike neere Rodlyes weare Comp: ballivi de
by Arlingham, to Richard Ecton and Alice his wife for their lives without rent, who et°f°nH ¦ g fc "'
longe enjoyed the fame.
5finb about the fame time hee gave Bayes place in Horwood to Nicholas comp. prdi<5t.
Alderly for his life.
3fn the firft year of Henry the fifth, this lord gave to Robert Shottefbroke magn : charta.
one of his Efquires in recompence of his fervice, for his life fourteen pounds by the °: 2?9'
year, out of his manor of Ordefton in Barkfhire.
^fn the fecond year of the fame kinge, hee gave to Nicholas Alderly for his carta in caftro de
life in recompence of his fervice, all his lands in Horton & Yate called Bayes. Berkeley.
3fn the fame year hee gave to Phillip Chamberlen for his life in recompence carta in caftro de
of his fervice, a meffuage in Wotton, and divers lands in Wotton fforren. '
3fn the 5* year of the faid king (three months before his death) hee gave to carta in caftro de
John Plomer and Jone his wife for their lives in recompence of her fervice, a Ber e ey-
houfe in Wotton, with liberty to buy and fell tollfree within the faid Burrow. 2&P

22

Che flibejS of the 25etftefep£

1368

In cur : prerogat. jgp his will hee gave to Robert Knollis Citizen of London, his Inne called.
Berkeleys Inne at Baynards Caftle in London.
Co every gentleman in his houfe by his faid will hee gave — 100s.
Co every yeoman and groome, (valettus et garcio) in his houfe by his faid
will, hee gave forty fhillings.
Co every of his fower Executors (being fower of his fervants) hee gave
twenty pounds.
\\ IBhat more I have not obferved. |
471 $i$ mt£cettaine£ or toanou£ gaggajjejS not antln to hee rebuceb unber the
former titled.
fo : [401] <©f the learned labours of John Trevifa vicar of Berkeley Chaplen to this lord,
Bale in cent. 7. as aif0 to hjs father and grandfather, I have formerly, written ; who concludinge one
Hollingfhed other of his tranflations of Bartholomeus de proprietatibus rerum, which hee dedi
cated to this lord Thomas, in the end thereof hath thus : Endles grace, bliffe and
Trevifa. man thankinge to our lord God alweldinge, thefe tranflations ended at Berkeley the fixth
Cm Berk: day °f February the year of our lord 1398 . the year of king Richard the fecond
after the conqueft of England the 22* The year of my lords age Sf Thomas lord
of Berkeley that made mee to make this tranflation, the 47*

Reg: Wigorn. Chi£ Trevifa dyed the 13'!1 year of king Henry the fourth, whom John Bone-
John fucceeded in that vicarage, whom this lord made one of his Executors ; And
proved a falfe preift to the heir male of his faid lord as after I fhall touch.

pat. n: R. 2.
ps. 1. m: 16.

0fn the 1 1* of Richard the fecond, this lord and his cozen S' John Berkeley of
Beverfton with others, were indited before the Juftices of the forreft of Dean, for
unlawfull killing of fome of the kings deere there, for which they now obtained
their pardons.

3Hmona;£t the wills of the dead, I find that in the 8* year of king Richard the
fecond, one Margery Legat of Wotton widowe gave to this lord for a legacy, a
braffe morter and an Iron peftle ; And to the lady Margaret his wife a ringe of
fine gold, And to Elizabeth their daughter an other gold ringe, And to the -lady
Katharine de Berkeley an other gold ringe, making this lord Supervifor of her faid
will. tEhen

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H&hen in the tenth of Richard the fecond, the kings purveior came to purvey comp. de Wotton
in the manor of Wotton, hee gave him fecretly — 3L 4! and his man . 4! to fpeak de Berkeley.03 *
a good word to his mafter, (faith the Accompt,) And for their freindfhip bellowed
more on them in wine — 12? |
3ftt the Twentieth of Richard the fecond, Ivo fitz Waryn knight made this 472
lord his Atturney to govern for him his manor of fframpton upon Seaverne. B^rkeley?^0 dC
9fn the third of Henry the fourth "the king awarded his fpetiall Comiffion to pat. 3 ^ H. 4. pars.
this lord Thomas to punifh divers mallefactors in the County of Glouc.

2. dorfo :

3fn the fourth of that king this lord bought of Henry Talbot 24 Scottifh comp. recept. in
prifoners, taken by him upon the land by the feafide, in way of warre, as the kings
enemies.

5fn the fixth of Henry the fourth this lord obtained of the kinge to have a cart: 6. et. 7. H.4.
market each Wednefday and three fairs each year in his wives manor of Penfans m' I-
in Cornwall. 3fn the eleavenm of Henry the fourth the king writes to this lord Thomas, claus: n. H. 4.
That whereas hee had by his tres patents in the 8'? of his raign granted for ten m- 34- et in dorfo.
years, liberty to the Marchants of Jenoa with their carracks to bring into England
any their wares and there to fell them, And to carry out into fflanders and other
parts cloth and wooll from England paying the cuftoms due and doinge noe damage;
That hee is given to underftand That divers of this lords men and fervants in-a
fhipp of his failing towards Burdeaux, have violently fet upon one of the carraks
called the S' Mary and S? Bridget loaden with wines and other marchandize to the
valewe of Ten thoufand pounds, as fhee was failing towards. London, And have
carry ed that fhipp to Millford haven, and taken away their wines and other mar
chandize, And therefore jrequires this lord either prefently to caufe restitution to bee
made, or himfelf Jo come and anfwer the fame before his privy Counfell forthwith.
Che fequell whereof was, That the fervants of this lord, ST John Greyndore and
others of Briftoll. did the wronge, who made reftitution for part, but went away with
a great part of the reft .of the Jenoa goods. #

* %Xi the 8'? of Henry the fourth, this lord was one of thofe lords, who by his
feal of Armes in parliament tlaat year confirmed the Crown to | that king and 473
entayled the fucceffion upon his* iffue, to the utter abolitoon of the houfe of Yorke.
., ' " . '* - Jfchen*

Rot. parliam. 8.
H. 4. pat : 8. H. 4.
ps. 1. m. 4.

24 Che Hibeg of the SBerMeng z368
3Bhen for the good fervice of the hufband this lord rewarded both hufband and
wife with an eftate for their lives in fuch lands as hee beftowed upon them, as
almoft ftill hee did ; hee ever reftrained by a provifoe in his deed, the fecond
marriage of the wife, without his confent, if fhee furvived her hufband ; which out
of a double refpect was a prudent courfe in him.
Pat : 49. E. 3. ps. ^|j£ tenth of October in the 49^ of Edward the third, a Comiffion was awarded
to this lord to enquire of divers conventicles in the County of Glouc : tending to.
the difturbance of the government and peace of the Realme, requiring him as hee
loved the king and his hon* and would avoid his greevous indignation, that hee
would carefully looke into and punifh the fame.
Pat. 51. E. 3. 3fin0 in the one and fiftieth of that king was a comiffion awarded to this lord
and others to mufter and Arme all able men in the faid County to withftand the
intended invafion of the ffrench.
Pat: 5. R. 2. 2fln the fifth of Richard the fecond were three feverall Comiffions directed to
Pat* 6? R? 2° tn^s l°rd and others to repreffe thofe mifcheevous perfons, who in hoftile manner
pars. 2. m : 13. had taken and put to death the Arch-bifhop of Canterbury, lord Chancellor, and
others, without any fault by them committed ; In which fervice this lord was im
ployed into divers other Countyes.
Rot. fin : 6. R. 2. ^jn the frxth year of the faid king, hee granted to this lord Thomas the cuftody
of the manor of Lye neer Deerhurft which was the land of John fon of Wittm de
Rodborrowe and then in the kings hands.
fin: 8. R. 2. m. 16. Che 16* of December and 19* of January in the 8^ of Richard the fecond,
the king comitted to this lord the government of the wholl County of Glouc. in a
more ample and different manner then I have elfwhere obferved : %t this time the
wholl kingdome feemes in Armes to withftand the French and Scotts.
claus : 12. R. 2. ^jje 13* of ffebruary in the 12* of Richard the fecond, this lord was commanded
to proclaime*the keeping of the kings peace at Wittenden and other places adjoyn-
474 ing according to the Statute of Northton, for | not doing whereof, proces went out
againft him for that omiffion and contempt : But upon his oath taken in Chancery
That hee received not the Comiffion nor heard thereof, the proces by the kings
command doth ceafe : Howbeit this foe awaked him That within one month after hee

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hee fent divers both preifts and laymen to the comon Goale of Gloucefter; As their
fupplicavits for their bayles, body for body, do declare.
3fn the 16* of Richard the fecond, one Ruyale and Otho late Clark of the fin- 16. R. 2. m. 3.
peace certified falfly into the Chancery a record concerning this lord Thomas and pars. 1. m : 26.
the king, fuppofed to bee before Judge Gaffey and his fellow Juftices of the peace ;
for which unjuft fact, (in times fo dangerous,) this lord complaines ; And upon hear
ing thereof Ruyale is fined one hundred markes, and Otho five markes, which either
of them doe pay ; And foe obtaine their pardons, the one this year the other in the
eighteenth,

Chi£ lord Thomas was one of thofe that were on Michaelmas day fent to
Richard the fecond then in the Tower of London from the parliament then in being
to mind him of his promife made to the Arch-bifhop of Canterbury and the Earl
of Northumberland for renouncing the Crowne, which hee now did, and fubfcribed
it, and gave therein his oath alfo.

Rot. parliament.
1. H. 4. n° 10.

3Hnb after at the fame parliament, this lord was the only procurator for the Rot- predict.
Barons to declare to king Richard his deprivation by parliament ; And how none
of the great eftates of the Realme nor Comons would for time forwards beare him
faith, or doe to him obeifance as to their, kinge.
3finb in the name of Richard the fecond, did renounce from him his kingdome Rot. predict.
to that parliament ; whereupon king Henry the fourth did claime it by title from n? 74-
king Henry the third,. And foe by that parliament was chofen kinge.

3finb was one of thofe fpetiall lords in that parliament who gave advice and Rot- prasdidt.

confent That Richard the king fhould bee fafely kept, and in fecret place where noe
concourfe fhould bee to him, nor any of his frends or acquaintance admitted to him,
And to bee continually guarded by fure and fufficient perfons.
5finb in the firft of Henry the fourth the king directed his Comiffion | to this
lord to mufter Arme andtrayne all able men within the County of Glouc : The like
the king did in the fourth year of his raigne.

n°74.

Pat. 1. H. 4. pars.
5. dorfo.
475 Pat. 4. H. 4. ps. 2..
dorfo.

2fiub in the third of that kings raigne this lord was one of thofe eleaven lords
chofen out of the wholl ftate to fecure the payment of forty thoufand nobles, being franc : 3- H- 4-
the m " 7'
E VOL. II

26 Che Hibe0 of the 2&erMepg 1368
the mariage portion of Blanch the kings daughter, maryed to Lewis Earle palatine
and of the Rene, and Duke of Bavaria, fon of Rupert king of the Romaines, allways
Auguftus.

Rot. pari: 5. H. 4. ^f the parliament holden the fifth of Henry the fourth, It is recited That for
the good government of the Realme and remedy of many complaints, greevances
and mifcheifes, fhewed to the king in that parliament, The king at the reverence of
God, and at the great inftance and fpetiall requeft to him oftentimes made in this
parliament by the Comons of his Realme, Hath for the eafe and comfort of all his
Realme ordained fix Bifhops, one Duke, two Earles, fower Barons, and eight others
claus : 5. H. 4. to bee of his grand and continual! Counfell : The firft of all the fower Barons is this
' \ ' ' lord : which being concluded upon in parliament by both houfes, was to him a
1. m : 18. fingular honor, and an affured teftimony to his pofterity, That this their Anceftor
was an able and wife man, being at this time about the age of fifty yeares. $finO
now alfo was this lord chofen Admirall by this parliament as before is written.

pat : 7. H. 4. pars. 3filtb in tne 7* of Henry the fourth was this lord fpetially imployed in the
1. m . 1. (3ount;es Qf Q]oug an(J Hereford to borrowe moneys for the king and to give fecuri-
.2. m: 13. ties for repayment; 3lnb in the 11* of Henry the 4* was imployed in the like
borrowinge of money in the Counties of Warrwicke, Worcefter, Gloucefter, and
Briftoll, to bee repaid out of ye fifteenth granted unto the kinge at the laft parlia
ment then before.
Rot. parliament. ^[ finb this lord prefent in perfon at moft parliaments holden beetween his full
age and death : And at the parliaments holden in the firft, fourth, fixth, feaventh,
ninth, eleaventh, and thirteenth of Henry the fourth, was a tryer of the petitions;
31lnb foe in the firft, fecond, third and fourth of Henry the fifth.
a^amfolb others were the imployments of this lord Thomas Afwell in Com-
iffions of feverall natures, as in the extraordinary affaires of State, Church and
Comon wealth, befides his conftant travell in the ordinary Comiffions of the peace,
476 from full age till death ; fome of | which extraordinaries in divers Counties and
corporate Cities the records hereunder vouched will guide fuch of his poflerity unto
as defire to bee fatisfied in the particularityes of that kind, none of which are formerly
mentioned . viz^ Rot parliament. 5. E. 3. / 2. R. 2. pars. 1. in dorfo/ 3. R. 2. pars.
2. in dorfo. / claus : 8. R. 2. m. 14. / pat : 8. R. 2. pars. 2. in dorfo : et eode bis
dorfo. / pat. 9. R. 2. pars. 1. in dorfo ter. / et eode poftea. / pat. 21. R. 2. pars. 3.
m. 23.

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27

m

. 23. dorfo. /pat. 22. R. 2. pars. 3. m. 9. in dorfo / pat. 1. H. 4. pars. 7. dors/
Rot. parliament. 2. H. 4. / pat. 2. H. 4. pars 3. m. 7. dorfo / pat. 3. H. 4. pars. 2. in
dorfo ter : / claus. 5. H. 4. pars. 1. m. 4. dorfo : / Rot. parliament. 7. H. 4. pars. 2 :
m : 15. et at /pat. 7. H. 4. pars. 2. m. 33. /pat. 8. H. 4: pars. 1. dorfo / pat. 13. H.
4. pars. 2. in dorfo : /pat. 1. H. 5. pars 1. dorfo. /pat. 22. R. 2. pars. 3. m: 9. dorfo.
Befides divers others which with a dry foot I paffed by.
^i£ toife.
3Bho£e daughter the lady Margaret wife to this lord was, And when, where fo1 : [448J451]
and at what age maryed, what portion in money & land fhee brought to her hufband,
when firft fhee came to Berkeley with other circumftances, is before in the firft title
of this lords life declared.
Che courfe of her life went with her hufbands in often removes from one of
their houfes to another, which then, (contrary to the proverbe that the rolling ftone
gathers noe moffe,) was held the greater honor. 3fi<$ at Berkeley, Wotton, Portbury,
London, Syde and at ffulham, and fome other houfes of her inheritance. 3ft feemes
fhee was a very mild and devout lady but nothing active in her family.

3fn the prime of her age fhee brought her hufband a daughter called Elizabeth
of whom much hereafter is to bee fpoken ; And for any thinge I have obferved,
never conceived more, before or after, yet lived fhee and her hufband in a moft
fweet and contented fociety; | therein much refe[m]blinge the lady Elizabeth Spenfer,
maryed to Geo : lord Hunfdon, (of whom after,) who having brought her hufband
not longe after mariage, Elizabeth, (mother of the now lord George Berkeley,) held
it fufficient honor and frutefullnes to have been the mother of a child foe peerleffe.

477

Rot. franc: 16. R.
2. m : 10. bis.

Chig lady Margaret died at Wotton under edge, the twentieth of March about Newhped. in caft;
the fifteenth year of Richard the fecond, then about thirty years of age ; having Efcaet poft mort
been maryed' at feaven ; And lyeth buried in the parifh Church of Wotton under a Gerard Warren
faire Tombe by the fide of her hufband, whither her bones were tranflated as after
followeth : The greefe of whofe death foe faftened upon the affections of her lord
and hufband, That hee never after affected manage; although hee was at her death
but thirty eight years of age, and of an able conflitution, and then without iffue male
to uphold his name and barony : whereat I have not only mufed, but at the caufe
why, in fewe monthes after her death, hee betooke himfelfe to a forraigne pilgrimage
As in the title of his forraigne imployments is already written.

m$

E 2

28

Che %iMz0 of the S&erfteleng

1368

Efcaet. 5. H. 5.
poft mort. Tho :
dni Berkel :

•Magn : chart, fol :
240. in caftro de
Berkeley.

478

^U^aheth was this lords onely daughter and heir of the age of twenty fix and
upwards, at the time of his death. 3!n September in the io'!1 of Richard the fecond
this lord entred into covenants w'.h Thomas Beauchamp Earle of Warrwike concern
ing a mariage to bee had between Richard his fon and heir, and his faid daughter
fhee then under the age of feaven yeares, That their mariage fhould bee affoone as
conveniently it may ; That her Joynture fhould bee three hundred markes by the
year, after the death of the faid Earle and of Margaret his wife ; That hee the faid
lord Berkeley would grant the manors of Kiflingbury Draycote and certaine others
to the faid Richard and Elizabeth for their lives, and fower | hundred markes more
to them by the yeare of thofe lands which were the inheritance of Margaret late
wife of him the faid lord Thomas ; To hold to them after his death ; And that hee
would pay fower hundred pound in money for the mariage portion of his faid
daughter ; for performance of which agreements, either of them became bound to
other in two thoufand pounds.

Efcaet. 17. H. 6.
poft mort. Rici
Beauchamp.
vlt. voluntas Rici
Beauchamp.i8.H.
6. in prerog : Cant:

liber Gloveri ats
Somerfet Herald.
vetus manufcript.
et divers : at.

Che faid Elizabeth by her hufband, (who after his fathers death was Earle of
Warwike, and Regent of France,) had iffue onely three daughters, Margaret,
Ellenor, and Elizabeth ; And dyed the 28* -day of December in the firft of Henry
the fixth, then about the age of one and thirty years, and lyeth buried at the faid
monaftery of Kingfwood, whereof fhee was hereditary foundres, by her fathers pur
chafe of the patronage as afore is mentioned, with this Epitaph upon a goodly
Tombe of marble nowe demolifhed fet up by her hufbands Executors according to
the direction of his will. Hie jacet dna Elizabetha nuper comitiffa et prima vxor
Rici de bello campo nuper Comitis Warwici ac filia et haeres Thomas nuper dni de
Berkeley et de Lifle. Quod quidem dominium de Lifle idem Thomas tenet per
legem Anglise poft mortem Margaretae nuper vxoris fuae, matris predicts Elizabethae:
qui qudem Ricus et Elizabetha habuerunt exitum inter fe Margaretam Elianoram
et Elizabetham, quae vero Elizabetha comitiffa obiit vicefimo octavo die Decembris
Anno domini . 1422. Cuius animae propicietur deus Amen,

3lnb hef hufband, afterwards marying, (and haveing other iffue wherewith I
meddle not,) dyed the laft of Aprill . 1439 . in the 1 7* of Henry the fixth ; Between
whom and their faid three daughters and their iffues, and James the heire male of
this lord Thomas were the greateft futes in lawe and of longefl continuance that
were in thofe times or fince, As after will bee declared.
Che

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Che faid Margaret was the fecond wife of John Talbot the firft Earle of Shroef-
bury of that name, by whom fhee had iffue John Talbot created vifcount Lifle, And
dyed the 14* of June in the 7* of Edward the fourth, And lyeth buried in Jhefus
Chappie | in S' Paules Church in London, with this Epitaph ; Here before the
image of Jhefu lyeth the wor1.1 and right noble lady Margaret Countes of Shrewf-
bury, late wife of the true and victorious knight and redoubtable warriour John
Talbot Earle of Shrewefbury, which worfhipfull man dyed in Gwyen for the right
of this land : Shee was the firft daughter and one of the heires of the right famous
renowned knight Richard Beauchamp late Earle of Warwike, (which dyed in Roan,)
and of dame Elizabeth his wife, the which Elizabeth was daughter and heire to
Thomas late lord Berkeley on his fide, and on her mothers fide lady Lifle and
Tyes, which Countes paffed from this world the 14* of June. 1468 . on whofe foule
Jhefu have mercy, Amen.

Survey of London
479

Efcaet. 21. H. 6.
poft mort : Tho :
Chedder.

Che faid John Talbot vifcount Lifle by Jone his wife, one of the two daughters Efcaet : 7. E. 4.
and coheires of Sf Thomas Chedder, had iffue Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle, who yxoris Tofiis
maryed Margaret daughter of Wittm Harbert Earle of Penbroke, and was flayne Talbot.
by Wiftm lord Berkeley the 20* of March in the Tenth year of Edward the fourth, pat. roll : 15. E. 4.
without iffue ; Elizabeth, and Margaret ; which Margaret was maryed to Sr George '
Veer knight and dyed without iffue in the 14* of Edward y° fourth.
Che faid Elizabeth fifter and heire of Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle, was ?-ot; ca^- 15- E- 4-
in vlt. dat. 14.
maryed to Sf Edward Gray, who in fhe fifteenth of Edward the fourth was created marcij.
lord Lifle, in right of his wife ; fhee dyed in the third of Henry the feaventh, And J^q^^0
hee fower years after, leaving iffue by her John, Margaret, Anne, and Elizabeth. Berkeley.

Che faid Sf John Gray fon of Sf Edward was vifcount Lifle ; And by Myriell Efcaet. 20. 21.
his wife daughter of Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey, lord Treaforer of England, jofiis Gray vie :
had iffue Elizabeth onely, born after his death the twentieth of March in the lifle in„ div's Com:
pat: 18. H. 7.
twentieth of Henry the feaventh ; And after being very younge was maryed to pars. 2.
Henry Courtney Earle of Devon, And dyed without iffue about the ninth of Henry carta in caftro
the 8* And the faid Myriell was after marryed to Sf Thomas Knevet. de Berkeley.
d$argatet the eldeft fifter was maryed to Edward Stafford Earle of Wiltfhire,
And dyed without iffue. 3Ilnne the fecond fifter was maryed to John Willoughby
of Wollaton, And dyed without iffue ; | 4EIi$aheth the third and youngeft fifter of 480
John Gray vifcount Lifle, was firft maried to Edmond Dudley, who was beheadded in

30 Che £tbe£ of the 25erMe»g 1368
in the firft of Henry the eighth, And after to Arthur Plantagenet bafe fon to
Edward the fourth ; fhee dyed the 33'!1 of Henry the 8'Heaving iffue John Dudley,
who by feverall patents was created vifcount Lifle Earle of Warwike, and Duke
of Northumberland;. ¦>
Che faid John Dudley, fon of the faid Elizabeth and Edmond, was duke of
Northumberland ; And by Anne his wife daughter of Sf Edward Guilford left
iffue, (of whom only I need to write,) Ambrofe, Robert, Katharine and Mary ;
And was beheadded in Anno . 1553 . in the firft year of Queen Mary for treafon :
Of whom fee more in the life of Henry lord Berkeley the firft of that name. '
3Umhto£e Dudley was in* thet 4*' year of the raigne of Queene Elizabeth
created Earle of Warwike, and maryed for his third wife Anne daughter of
Francis Ruffell Earle of Bedford, (of whom I need to write onely,) And dyed in
the 32* of Elizabeth without, iffue 'by any wife; As alfo did the faid Anne in the
firft of king James.
ftohett Dudley- was created Earle of Leicefter in the 6':h of Elizabeth; and
marryed Lettice daughter of Sf Francis Knolles, And dyed in the thirtieth of Eliza
beth without lawfull iffue ; And Lettiee is yet livinge. 1628. The Tombe of whofe
only fon, interred at Warwicke, hath thus ; &ZXZ refteth the body of the noble Impe
Robert of Dudley, Baron. of Denbigh, fon of Robert Earle of Leicefter, nephewe
and heire unto Ambrofe Earle of Warwicke, brethren, both fons of the mighty
prince John late Duke of Northumberland, that was Cozen and heire to Sf John
Gray vifcount Lifle, cozen and heire to Sf Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle, nephewe
and heire to the lady Margaret Countefs of Shrewfbury eldeft daughter and co
heire of the noble Earle of Warwicke Sf Richard Beauchamp, here interred, a child
of great parentage, but of greater hope and towardlinefs, taken from this tranfitory
unto everlafting life in his tender age, at Wanfteed in Effex on funday the 19'!1 of
July. 1584. the 26* year of the happy raigne of the moft vertuous and godly
princeffe Elizabeth And in this place layd up amongft his noble Anceftors. |
481 5lnb about the tombe of Ambrofe Earle of Warwicke, elder brother of the
faid Robert Earle of Leicefter, is thus. <£bltlonb Dudley Efqf, one of the privy
counfell to king Henry the feaventh, maryed Elizabeth fifter and fole heire of John
Gray vifcount Lifle, difcended as heir of the eldeft daughter and co-heire of Richard
Beauchamp Earle of Warwike, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of the
lord

Hi 7 3Ufe of ChomaiS the fourth 31
lord Berkeley and heir of the faid lord Lifle and Tyes, And had John Duke of
Northumberland &c.
Catharine was maried to Henry Hailing* Earle of Huntington by whom fhee
had no iffue.
fl^arp was maried to Sf Henry Sidney prefidenfeof Wales, And had Sf Phillip
Sidney knight, and Sf- Robert and others. >
J>ir Phillip Sidney had iffue Elizabeth, and dyed' in the 28* yeare of Queene
Elizabeth in the low Country warrs ; And the faid Elizabeth his daughter and heir
was maryed to Roger Manors Earle of Rutland and dyed without iffue.
Jbtc Robert Sidney, brother of Sf Phillip, was created lord Sidney, vifcount
Lifle, and Earle of Leicefter ; And by Barbara his wife daughter and heire of John
Gamage Efqf had Wiftm Sidney knight, who dyed unmaryed in. Anno. 161 2. in
the tenth of king James : Robert Sidney after his father Earle of Leicefter, and
others, Anno . 1627 ..of whom much is to bee written in the life of Henry lord See fol: [775]
Berkeley the firft of that name.
2. Alienor the fecond daughter of Elizabeth Counteffe of Warrwike fole
daughter of this lord Thomas, was firft maryed to Thomas lord Roos of Hamelake,
And after to Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerfet, by both whom fhee had iffue ;
And dyed alfoe in the 7? of Edward the fourth. By her firft hufband fhe had
iffue Thomas lord Roos, and Margaret marry ed to Thomas A-Burrough of whom
is iffue ; The faid Thomas lord Roos dyed in the life of his mother, leaving iffue
Edmond and Ellenor ; Edmond was an Ideot, and dyed without iffue ; And Ellenor
his fifter & heir was maryed to Sf Robert Manors, who had iffue between them
Geo : Manors lord Roos, who had iffue Thomas Manors created Earle of Rutland
in the 17* of Henry the 8* to him and the heires males of his body, And dyed in
the 35th of Henry the eighth, leaving iffue Henry Manors lord Roos Earle of Rut
land, who dyed in the fifth of Elizabeth, leaving iffue Edwd | lord Roos and Earle 482
of Rutland, and John Manors : Edward dyed in the 29* of Elizabeth, haveing
iffue onely Elizabeth maryed to Wittm Cicell nowe Earle of Exeter, fon of Thomas
late Earle of Exeter : which Wittm and Elizabeth had iffue Wittm lord Roos who
deceafed in Anno . 161 8 . without iffue, who maried the daughter of Sf Thomas
Lake, whereon arofe that famous Starchamber fute, heard by king James then
fitting in Court John

32 Che Xibeg of the 2&eritelep£ 1368
John Manors,, brother and heire male of the faid Edward, was after his death
Earle of Rutland, And by Elizabeth his wife daughter of ffrancis Charelton had
iffue Roger Manors Earle of Rutland, who maryed Elizabeth daughter of Sf Phillip
Sidney aforefaid ; And John dyed in . Anno . 1587. But of the faid Roger Manors
Earle of Rutland and of the faid Elizabeth his wife is noe iffue, as aforefaid.
Che forefaid Ellenor by Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerfet her fecond
hufband, (flaine at Sf Albans. 1455,) na(i iffue Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerfet
eldeft fon ; beheaded in Anno . 1463 . father to Charles lord Harbert, of whom are
Inquis. in Cane, the Earles of Worcefter : And Edmond duke of Somfet, fecond fon, who dyed
21 H. 8. in Com. without ;ffue . Enenor whGfe fecond hufband was Sf. Robert Spenfer knight, (of
whofe iffue in this place I will only write,) and fower other daughters, called
Margaret, Elizabeth, Jone, and Anne, of whom is much honourable iffue.
Che faid Ellenor and Sr Robert Spenfer had iffue, Margaret maryed to Thomas
Carey Efqf. And Katharine maryed to Henry the fifth Earle of Northumberland,
of whom is difcended the Earle that now is . 1624.
Che faid Thomas Carey and Margaret had iffue John Carey and Wittm ; which
Wittm maryed Mary fecond daughter and co-heire of Thomas Bullein Earle of
Wiltfhire and Ormond, and of Elizabeth his wife daughter- of Thomas Howard
Duke of Norfolk ; and had iffue Henry Carey and Katharine maryed to Sf Francis
Knolles, of whom is iffue.
Che faid Henry Carey, (created lord Hunfdon,) by Anne his wife daughter of
Sf Thomas Morgan knight, had iffue George Carey lord Hunfdon, Henry Carey,
John, William, Edmond, Robert, Katharine marryed to Charles lord Howard, Earle
of Nottingham and Admirall, Philadelph. and Margaret.
483 Che faid George Carey lord Hunfdon by Elizabeth his wife fecond | daughter
of Sf John Spenfer knight, had iffue Elizabeth maried to Sf Thomas Berkeley
knight, father of George now lord Berkeley, and of Theophila wife of Sf Robert
Coke knight Anno . 1624. the noble dedicatees of thefe collections ; of whom more
is hereafter written in the life of Henry lord Berkeley the firft of that name.
3. Che forefaid Elizabeth third daughter of Elizabeth Counteffe of Warwicke,
fole daughter of this Thomas lord Berkeley, was maryed to George Nevill lord
Latimer,

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33

Latimer, a younger fon of Ralph Nevill Earle of Weftmbrland by his fecond wife ;
which George dyed in the ninth of Edward the fourth ; And the faid Elizabeth
his wife the Twentieth of Edward the fourth ; And had iffue Henry Nevill lord Latimer, id eft
Latimer, who dyed alfo in the ninth of Edward the fourth. Sfinb was father of InterPreter<
Richard Nevill lord Latimer who dyed in the twentieth of Henry the 7* 3Hnb was
father of John Nevill lord Latimer, and Wittm, (from which Wiftm is iffue male at
this day ;) Che faid John Nevill lord Latimer dyed in the 34* of Henry the 8*
leaving iffue John Nevill lord Latimer, who dyed in the 19* of Elizabeth, leaving
iffue fower daughters and co-heires . vizf Katharine maryed to Henry Earle of
Northumberland, Dorothy maryed to Sf Thomas Cicell late Earle of Exeter, Lucy
marryed to Sf William Cornwallis,, And Elizabeth maryed to Sf John Danvers
knight, And after to Sf Edmond Carey aforefaid. <©f whofe multiplyed pofterityes
flourifhing at this day, to write in particular would enoble fome pages in this place ;
which I here omit, As onely pointing at the honorable pofterity of this lord Thomas,
now livinge Anno . 1628 . which the labours of moft heralds do performe.
$i£ &eaie£ of Sfirme**.
1. Cl)e Seales of Armes which this lord ufed were different : At firft when hee
attained full age, hee fealed with the Cheveron and ten croffes, about two Inches
diameter, without fupporters or creft, circumfcribed figillum Thomas de Berkelee. |
2. 3(tt the middle part of his life, hee fealed with the Cheveron and ten croffes 484.
fupported by two- mairmaides without creft, fircumfcribed figillum Thomas dni de
Berkeley, in bredth as aforefaid.
3. 3(u the later part of his life hee fealed with the Cheveron and ten croffes
cornerwife, with the mairmaides for fupporters, and the helmet for creft, The
circumfcription and bredth as laft aforefaid. Seethe reprefentations.

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Che £ttoe£ of the 2&erhe{ep£

1368

Newl : ped. in
caftro de Berkeley.
Efcaet. poft mort.
Tho: dni Berkeley 5- H. 5-
et bis fub magno
figillo in caftro de
Berkeley

$& beath anb nlace of huriafl.
ClUOll the 13* of July in the fifth year of that victorious king Henry the fifth
Anno. 1 417 .'the glalfe of this lord Thomas runneth out, at Wotton Vnder edge,
hee then of the age of 64 . yeares fix monthes and eight days, whereof hee had
fate lord . 49 . yeares one month and . 5 . dayes ; And lived a widdower the laft
twenty fix years thereof or neer thereabouts ; And lyeth buryed in the parifh
Church of Wotton vnder edge with the tranflated bones of the lady Margaret his
wife refting by him, under a faire Tombe there
Nos quos certus amor primis conjnnxit ab annis
Iunxit idem tumulus, junxit idemque polus.
In youth our parents joyn'd our hands, our felves our harts,
This Tombe our bodyes hath, th'heavens our better parts.

Vlt. volunt. in
Cur. prerog : Cant.
anno 5. H. 5.

4«5
Efcaet : 5. H. 5.
poft mort. Thomae
dni : Berkeley.
Inquis : fub magno
figillo in caftro de
Berkeley :

30

12.

Efcaet : 5. H. 5.
poft mort. Tho :
dni Berkeley :

Co his onely daughter the Countes of Warwicke by his will, this lord gave his
beft pair of morninge mattens, and one boll and twenty pound in it. 5Hnb to his
nephewe and heire male James Berkeley hee gave his beft bed, and his great boll
of Jett, And twenty compleat Armors and twenty lances, which will was proved the
tenth day after his death. |
$i£ fanb£ tohereof hee bpeb gei3eb.
2£>cttoeene the faid Elizabeth this lords onely child, and James Berkeley his
brothers fon, were all this lords lands divided ; Co Elizabeth difcended all the
mannors and lands which came by the lady Margaret her mother, before mentioned
in the life of this lord ; And alfo all the manors and lands whereof this lord her
father died fefeed in ffee fimple or in ffee tayle generall, whether of his own pur
chafe, or which came to him by difcent, in the Countyes of Gloucefter, Somerfet,
Buckingham, Wilts, Nortfcton, Devon, Cornwall, Oxon, and Berks ; and in the
Cities of London and Briftoll, and fome other places, which were about thirty
manors, befides Advowfons of Churches, Abbathies, Chantryes, hundreds, knights
fees, and many lands, tenements, fifhings, and liberties, not being parcell of any
manors; As by divers Inquifitions found after his death in moft of the faid Counties
appeareth ; fhee then of the age of twenty fix yeares and upwards.
5llnb to the faid James, (then of the age of twenty three years and upwards,)
difcended the Caftle and Barony of Berkeley; And the manors of Berkeley, Hame,
Appleridge, Alkington, Hinton, Slimbridge, Came, Cowley, Wotton-Burrow, Wotton fforren,

Hi 7 £ife of Chomag the fourth 35
fforren, Simondfall, and Vpton Sf Leonards, and the hundred of Berkeley in the
county of Glouc : by force of the fine leavyed in the faid 2 3* of Edward the third,
to the heires males, and by the affurances as is before declared ; 3finD the manor of
Portbury and Portefhned, and the hundred of Portbury in the County of Somerfet,
by force of the like fine lieavyed to the heires males, by the faid lord Thomas in
the 2611 of the fame kinge : And alfo the manor of Hurft and two and twenty
markes rent in fframpton upon Seaverne, by force of a conveyance thereof made in dated 26. Septemr
the fixteenth of Edward the third, As formerly in his life and of Maurice his fon apud Beverfton-
is declared. Che fame James had alfoe at this time of his tinckles death, or fhortly there
upon, from his own father and mother and younger brother, the manors of Ragelon,
Talgarth, Tore, Edifhall, Straddewy, and divers others in Wales, Daglingworth in
the County of Gloucefter, And alfo by other mixt means | the manors of Sages, 486
litle Marfhfeild, and Arlingham, in the faid County of Gloucefter, as after followeth
in his life.
jSoe that an honorable and opulent revenue ftill remained to the male line for
fupport of the honor thereof, notwithftanding the great and rich poffeffions caryed
from it by the faid Elizabeth cozen germane of the faid James.
Che agnntation anb uge of ht# life.
1. Cht£ lord Thomas to the fmart of his double pofterity (nephewe and daughter, The ufe.
line mafculine and femynine) greatly erred, either by too longe a deliberacon or by
an inconftancy in his refolution, as a man feeming over-combated in himfelf, betweene
name and nature, whether to leave his barony lands and name to his heire male his Rot. parliam. 23.
brothers fon, or to the frute of his own body, his onely daughter the Countes of
Warwicke, then wife to the firft Earle of the land : The ill effect wherof, the lives
of the two next lords at large bewailes : whereby it might have been reproached
and fully faid to him, as the prophet Elijah faid to the children of Ifraell before
Ahab their kinge, pottle longe halt yeebetween two opinions, If the lord bee God 1. Kings, chap. 18.
follow him, But if Baall bee hee then followe him. Che counfell of Ifaiah the
prophet to king Ezekiah was good, becaufe fent from God, put thine houfe in order 2. : Kings, ch. 20.
for thou fhalt dye and not live, which this lord Thomas neglecting, hee hath thereby ^g^ifaiah vers, t
damnifyed his pofterity more ,then one hundred thoufand pounds, And infteed of 2. 3.
fetlinge a perpetuity of good to his pofterity, which a conftant Teftament would
have done, By | omiffion thereof hee caft both his heires male and female on their 487
knees, as the fequell alonge the lives that follow will make too manifeft. r
f 2 2. Che

36 Che Hibeg of the 2&erReIep£ 1368
2. Che faireft mold that this lords pofterity can caft this error in, is to fay, That
this their Anceftor beinge a deep wife man, (as the double ufes hee made of both
the oppofite houfes of Yorke and Lancafter in advancement of his own ends, if
nothing els there were, declares,) Hee would on the one fide ferve himfelfe with the
' Court favour of his fon in lawe, one of the moft powerfull and beft favored fubjects
of his time, loaden with honors and offices of ftate, And on the other fide, fimul et
femel, in the fame feafons make harveft of the perfon of his faid nephewe and heire
male, by a double fale of his mariage, firft to Sf John Sf John, and after to Sf
Humphry Stafford, not flicking in thofe agreements to declare his faid nephewe
to bee heir to all his inheritance intailed. Sfinb yet turning to the other fhoulder
declares to others about him his purpofe to bee, That his daughter fhould inherite
the wholl lumpe of his lands, as in the next life is depofed : Not more certainly
declareing by any overt act, who. fhould bee his heire, or lord Berkeley after him,
then Queene Elizabeth did her fucceffor, to keep thereby all competitors and parties
in hope, fear, and love, and foe make ufe of all : But this altum fapere with this
lord almoft marred all.
3. , 3Unb againe, That by not declareing his heire, both parties had care, if not
to ferve yet not to difcontent him ; And againe prevented envy and practice in the
one of them towards the other, and preferved his own reputation and authority with
both, And kept all dependance of fervants and others upon himfelfe.
4. $figaine let this lords pofterity take into confidercon how this their Anceftor
counfelled and aided the fall and depofition, (I will not fay death,) of king Richard
the fecond his Soveraigne lord, for the love hee bare to Henry the fourth, and the
advancement of his own ends:; 3finb how that difloyalty and doublenes feemes to bee
punifhed by the fearcher of all fecrets, afwell in his bereaft of iffue male of his
body, As in the blouddy and irkfome controverfies of more then fc;wer generations,
that fell into his family through his waveringe and ill fettlement of his eftate, and
other judgments of God. | % sshort CoroHarp.
488 ^0 fumme up all that hitherto from Hardinge hath been faid : It is to bee
acknowledged that this antient family of the lords of Berkeley was in the dayes of
this lord Thomas, and in him, (who in ftatelynes and magnificence peramounted all
his Anceftors,) in the higheft exaltation that it had before reached unto, and in-
riched with the ampleft poffeffions for fupport of the honor thereof, with a likely
outwardnefs

hi 7 ftifc of Chomag the fourth 37
outwardnefs foe to have continued, which alfo this lords opinion of himfelf feems to
bee futable unto : who after the manner of Princes in his tres and writings would
joyne the pronoune plurall to his name in the fingular number, And write, hos not, ego.
Thomas Berkeley dns de Berkeley, Wee Thomas Berkeley lord of Berkeley ^ 3Unb
dat. in manerio noftro de Portbury, Dated in our manor of Portbury ; And the not meo
like, which none of his Anceftors had foe prompoufly before ufed to doe.
3Unb it is an eminent enfigne of the greatnes and pious merits of this family,
That one no more travelled than my felfe, fhould have feen above one hundred
churches and oratories in the Counties of Gloucefter and Somerfet, and in the
Cities of Gloucefter, Briftoll, and Bath, (befides as many more In other Counties
and places, as mine acquaintances have faithfully related to mee,) having their
coates of Armes and Efchucheons, yea fome their pictures, fet up in their windows
and walls, in and before this lords dayes, and their croffes formees, in their true
bearings, to bee as the fimbriae, edges or philacteries in the fkirts and borders of
many of them, not yet in thefe devaftating times, demolifhed.
3finb my old age, (now in my great climaterique year of 63,) would think the
knowledge rare for any Antiquary now living in this Kingdome, to fhew mee any
other race of the Englifh Nobility foe to- have continued unattainted for twenty
fucceffive generations in a male line, And" to have foe eminently excelled in Armes
and Almes, as this Berkeleyan family hitherto had done : 2£>ut now cleaves this
noble houfe in funder, rending her poffeffions into fundry parts, by the | default of 489
this overwife lord Thomas, And lyes preffed under blouddy brauls and lawe futes
of. 192 . years agitation, between the faid heire male, and heire generall, two cozen
germans and their iffues, before they came to peace; Sfinb as old Sf Thomas Harris
a ferjeant at lawe in the time of king James once merrily faid to a Sollicitor of the
then lord Berkeleys, had with their longe walkings beaten fmooth the pavements
betweene Temple barre, and Weftminfter hall, To leave a memoriall whereof, in
vited my effayes to thefe collections.
Sllnb henceforth in the lives that follow, it is a kind of misfortune to my labors,
That with the life of this lord Thomas ended all that regularity which for many
ages had been obferved in th'eftate and houfhold affaires of thefe lords, in the
Accompts of their Receivors, keepers of the wardrobe, Steward of houfhold, Clark
of the kitchen, Reeves & Bayleys of manors and hundreds, and the like accomp-
tants, which were by their Auditors with fingular care and exactnes, yearly caft up,
and

38 Che %i\tzg of the S&erftriepjef 1368
and preferved ingroffed in parchment, As the marginalls hitherto have witneffed,
which henceforth are neglected : And, vbi nullus eft ordo, ibi eft confufio ; All for
want of order, is found. out of order, and come to waft.; 3finb k is a true obfervation
in all great families, That where noe government or order is obferved, there con-
fumption followes, if not of alL. yet of too great a part of that great mans eftate.

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Stye ittfe af Jtanu* % Sxx&t m

Che Eife of James lord Berkeley fon of James, called
James the firft, ftiled in writings Jacobus de Berkeley
chivaleir. And Jacobus de Berkeley diis de Berkeley, 5lnb
Jacobus Berkeley de Berkeley miles 9lnb Jacobus dns de
Berkeley miles. Mtto Jacobus de Berkeley dns de Berkeley
miles. And Jacobus de Berkeley miles diis de Berkeley.
31nb nobilis vir dominus Jacobus Berkeley miles dominus
de Berkeley.
Sllnb was tritavus to George now lord Berkeley, the fixth
lineall difcendent from this lord James.
3lnb may bee called James the Juft.
Contemuorarap with Henry the fifth, Henry the fixth and
Edward the fourth from . 141 7 . till . 1463.
i©ho#e troubled life I prefent to his pofterity under thefe
thirteen titles . viz1.

Anno. 6. H. 6.

i. — Ij^ijGJ birth and education . fol : [492]
2. — JJM£ futes in lawe . fol : [493, 512]
3. — % difcourfe of the barony of Berkeley and of the precedency
thereof . fol : [502]
4. — f$i$ rewards to fervants .fol : [535]
5. — J^tjaf mifcellaniae or various paffages . fol : [536]
6.— j$g wives . fol : [538]
7.— Jj$$ iffue . fol : [541]
8. — 2&erReIep of Worcefterfhire . fol : [546]
9^ — 2£»erfedep of Herefordfhire . fol : [545]
1 a — Jj=>t£ feales of Armes . fol : [553]
1 1. — ^ig death and place of buriall . fol : [554]
12. — J^'ijB? lands whereof hee dyed feized . fol : [555]
13. — Che application and ufe of his life . fol : [556]

40

Che Xibe£ of the ?2>ztMzp0

141;

492

j^ijef birth anb cbucation.

rfyts

CtylS lord James fon and heire of that Sf James Berkeley whom formerly I
have diftinguifhed by the name of James the welfhman, was born at
Ragelan in Monmouthfhire, where his father then dwelt upon his wifes
inheritance, under whom hee was fomwhat top indulgently, brought up till the
death of his father, when fhortly after upon the remariage of his mother to Willm
Thomas a gentleman of that nation,, his unckle the lord Thomas the fourth of that
name, (whofe life is laft related,) then a widdower, and without iffue male, and- not
intending, (as the fequell declared,) to marry againe, font for this James and his
younger brother Maurice, about the 8* year of king Henry the fourth ; where with
him at Berkeley Caftle, and at Wotton and other his removeing houfes, this James
and his brother Maurice continued, being generally reputed as heires males and
carta in caftro de inheritable to the barony of Berkeley by virtue of their great grandfathers entaile ;
And the 19* of Aprill in the eleaventh yeare of the faid king Henry the fourth It
was by Articles mutually, fealed between the faid lord Thomas, and S' John Sf
John knight, agreed, That the faid. lords two nephews and heires male James and
Maurice, (the one then fixteene years of age, and the other fourteen,) fhould marry
the two daughters of the faid Sf John Sf John, wherein they are declared to bee the
heires males of their faid unckle, and inheritable to all the lands intayled, if their
faid unckle fhould dye without iffue male of his body ; And each of them gave to
the other fecurity of . 6oo'f- penalty to performe the agreements ; H&hith agreement
(if it tooke effect) was foone diffolvedby the death of this James's wife ; for the
faid Thomas by like articles fower years and three monthes after, bearing date the
25* of July in the fecond year of king Henry the 5* agreeth with Sf Humphry
Stafford knight, for a mariage to bee had between his faid nephewe James, and the
daughter of the faid Sr Humphry ; whofe portion was agreed to bee fix hundred
markes ; And herein alfo his faid uncle declares this James to bee his heir male to
the inheritance intail'd. And this mariage alfo tooke effect, as under the title of the
493 wives of | this lord James more largely doth appeare : But whether the faid lord
Thomas really intended, as his agreements purported, that his faid nephews fhould
foe inherite him, I determine not, becaufe proofe by oath was made after his death
to the contrary.

carta in caftro de
Berk:

1463 ttife of Sjameg the f trot 41
ipg Suites? in latoc.
Chi£ lord James at the deceafe of his faid unckle the lord Thomas was neer
about twenty three years old, and at the houfe of the faid Sf Humphry Stafford in
Dorfetfhire, whofe daughter not longe before hee had maryed according to the fore
faid later articles, whofe chriftian name, (neither of the daughter of Sf John Sf
John,) I could never find in any writing or record. Che Earle of Warwicke and
the lady Elizabeth his wife were either at Wotton or at Berkeley Caftle at the f?
lords death, whereby they had the advantage to enter upon the faid manor houfe
and Caftle, and to po-ffeffe themfelves of all the evidences of the faid lord Thomas,
whereof forthwith they caufed abftracts in many longe rolls of paper of each manor
to bee made of all fuch deeds as they tooke not away, moft of which rolls at this
time are in the faid Caftle, regained by Wittm lord Berkeley fon of this lord James fc
in the tenth year of king Edward the fourth ; when having flaine the lord Thomas
vifcount Lifle great grandchild of the faid Countes Elizabeth, hee forthwith en
forced and plundred the faid manor houfe of Wotton, whereof much is- after written
in the life of the faid lord Willm. 3fittb to the faid Earle and his wife, as to the
more noble and potent party, did all the Executors and greateft fervants of the
family of the faid lord Thomas prefent their fervices and adhere.
3fiflb the provident Earle to. make the poffeffion of the faid Caftle and of the
entayled manors, (which hee then alfo. got,) the more legall and faire unto him,
or at leaft foe to feeme, Hee the 21^ of July, (the ''8th day after the lord Thomas's
death,) obtained of king Henry the fifth a grant of the cuftody of all the faid lords
lands and Caftle, as longe as they fhould bee in the kings hands, under fuch a valew
as fhould bee mentioned in the | offices to bee found, by the manucaption of Thomas 494.
Berkeley Clarke become the Earles Receivor; which rent the, 12* of June in the pat" ' •S-m:29-
next year was remitted to the Earle ; And by force of the faid grant in the fame
year and in the two next, the faid Earle received the rents,, and kept Courts in all, ,,.
the faid manors entayled to the heires males, as the rolls thereof in the names of Courtfolls. 5.6.7:
himfelf and of the lady Elizabeth his wife, without any relation to the kings grant, Berk : * " '
doe fhewe : whereby it appeareth that the Earle and his wife pretended, right to the %
Barony of Berkeley and to all the manors andlands thereto belonging ; whichs.alfoe
the anfwer of the lady Margaret. their eldeft daughter and co-heire made in Chan- Refpon:: in Cane:
eery, (mentioned at large in the life of this lords fon,) fheweth to bee true. 6' K 4-
v . f *?*
Cht£ lord James on the other part, the fifteenth' of July, (which was the fecond.^
day after his unckles death whereby their polling on both fides appeareth,) fueth
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Rot. fin: '5. H. 5,
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1. pars breviu
regis. 5. H. 5. .

Efchaet. 5. H. 5
poft mort. Tho
de Berkeley,

out of Chajicery a writ of diem clit extremum directed to the Efcheator of the
Counfc«|,df Glouc, to enquire of what manors and lands and of what eftate" his faid
unckle dyed feized, and who was inheritable thereunto, (I fpeak not of other the
like writs into fowerteen other -^Counties fued out by the Taid Earle,)1 whereupon
twelve pf the moft worfhipfull gentlemen and of the beft liveliode within the County
of Gl«>uc, (thejware the words of an old record,) were impanelled at Gloue theimun-
day before Micnaelraffe. day then next following, And fworne to prefent according
to the tenure of the faid writ ; what time through the oppofition then arifing upon'-;
the evidence, the jury was adjourned to a further day : But the Earle Shaving, (as it .
feemeth, )-tafted the purpofe of the Jury to find againft himy procureth the 22* of
October following, a fecond writ out of the faid Court, in the nature of a fuper-
fedeas, to coulitermaund the former ; This lord James laboreth to have the Jury
proceed, and an Inquifition to bee found, .And obtaineth a third writ out: of the faid
Court commanding the Efcheator to .appear in that Court in perfon ; when all the
Judges of both benches are fent for by the lord Chancellor, by whofe advice an
other writ dated the fifth of Novemf is awarded, whereby the former countermand-
ment is recalled, and the Efcheator- commanded to proceed upon his, firft writ of
diem clit extrein ; And foe the Jury at Jength give up their verdit, And found this
lord James heiremale to his faid unckle Thomas, And that hee was. to inherite the
faid Caftle of Berkeley and the twelve manors of Berkeley, Hame, Applei-idge*,
Alkington, Hinton, Hurft, Wotton, Simondfall, Came, Cowley, Slimbridge, and
Upton Sf Leonards, with Advowfons of, the Churches of Wotton and Slimbridge
and the .hundred, of Berkeley, and twenty two marks 1 rent in Frampton upon
Seaverne in the .County of , Glouc, by vertue of the faid fine leavyed by the lord
Inter prefent. et. Thomas the third in the 23^ year of king Edward the third, and by other affurances
rec". H. ,6. rotl'^Y n^m ma^e, as. formerly in his life hath been declared; And that the fame were5
holden of the Ling in capite by two knights fees and an half; But to all other
manors and lands of the faid lord Thomas, (Portbury in Somerfetfhire excepted,)
they find the faid Elizabeth wife to the faid Earle of Warwicke to bee heire:
Accordingly fhee and her hufband, the fifteenth of December following, fue their
livery for the fame manors and lands', And for five markes paid to the king have
their homage refpited ; And in the fifth of Henry the ; fixth the faid Earle paid his
Releefe according, fetting '-?gyer the Rf leefe of fhe intayled lands upon this lord
James, in perticular names, accordingly to the faid InquTicon ; And likewife the
lord* James the firft of the fame December for the faid Caftle and manors intailed
his fealty; And lor ten markes paid into th% Hanaper hayjh his homage f
3lnb

495
Rot. fin, 5. H. 5.
m. 1. et 12.

Hillar;- 4. H. 6
TQt. 2.
HillarV'5. H. 6.
rot. 3.0.
Orig:2.H.6.rot.3o.Trin. 14. H. 6. rot.
6. et H15: refior
Hillar 5. H. 6.
cum rem thefaur:
comp. Efcaet. 5.
H. 5. in bag.
*»• Hillar : 5. H. 6.
rot 30. m. fea.
Fines : 5. H. 5. in
turre m : 1. et. i4*$.(Joth
Orig: in fcacio. 5.
H. 5. rot. 30. refpited,

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%ifz of SJameg the f ir£t

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43

wi

3fi.nb becaufe this fcwjily is now rent afunder,"* And this. Inquifition- after the
death or the,laft lord Thomas, the very wedge, (as it were,) that cleaveth it between
the two brothers children, the heir male and the heir generall, I will here prefent
this family with the words; of an old writing of that time, which age and bad keep
ing have made almoft illegible, in thefe words. 31t'm after deces of Thomas late
lord ^Berkeley, unckle to James that now claymeth, upon a diem claufit extremu take
before one Robert Glbt, Efchetor of the Shire of Glouc, which was a fuffitient
learned man, & a fadde, And in his precept to the Shreve of the faid County which
returned tweive the worthiefl Squires of the faid fhire at Glouc, And the having
grete deliberacon of divers dayes by the -fpace of nyne weeks, And both parties
and their Counfells being prefent, That is to fay, Richard Earle of Warr and
Elizabeth his wife e^ghter to the faid -Thomas, and her counfell on the one party,
and the faid James and his counfellon that other pty, And all matters fhewed to
them at that time, as is now, They found the Taill of the faid James, or the faid
ferdfhipp and manors, and would not in noe wife allowe the matteirs on the faid
Erie is-rperte ; whereby it appereth evidently, That though that were an enqueft o|
office, yet fin it was don openly and by gode Courts of lawe, And the perties bein
in travers thereof having knowledge and. being thereat," and hadden their refonable
challenges to the polles by the which all fuch perfons were avoyded and put out by
the difcretiofi of the faid Efcheter, And by the which it was founden, [ that the faid
James had right according' to his evidence fhewed to them, notwithftanding the
great might of the faid Earle And that hee and his wife that time were in poffeffion
in the Caftle of Berkeley, And in all the whollUordfhip, having- in ward all the
evidences ^thereof with them ; upon which office the faid James had livery of record-

duo veter : manu-
fcr : in caftro de
•Berkeley.

496

' r*#.

.'•*•

¦

5(t'm after the faid livery was awarded to the faid James upon the faid office,
the faid Richard Earle and Elizabeth his wife kept the faid Caftle lordfhff) and
manors with ftrength divers years, unto the time of our Soveraigne lord king Harry ,
k the fifth father to our foveraigne loi# that nowe is't upon a remonftrance of the right
of this lord James, being greatly^fiifpleafed with the faid Earle, comaunded him to
voyd the poffeffion thereof*.; And then after decefe of our faid Soveraigne lord, the
faid Richard Earie^e/ntred agen in jthe faid manors of Wotton .and others, And laid
about the faid Caftle of Berkeley grete multitude of people in maner of warre ; In
which time were many peffons hurt and maymed, and fome flayne, for which caufe,
by mediation and labor of the worfhipfull in God Phillip late Bifhop of Wirceftr, the
faid parties were put in ordinance of the faid Bifhop and Sf John Iuyn Juftice, which
to pefe the mattet' for a tyme, ordained to the faid Earle the manors of Wotton,
** Cowley,
G %

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1417

-*

497
An untrue oath
certainly.

Cowley, and Simondfall, for the terme of his life by expres words in writing, not
fpecifying as by the courtefy of England as it appeareth ; And to the faid James all
the remnant comprifed within his fine, to him and to his heires males of his body
according to his title : Thus the two old writings of that time.
Chig lord James laboureth alfo to fue his livery and to pay his Barons releefe,
and to have thefe his lands, (according to the ceremony of the lawe,) out of the
kings hands, which through the favor'of the time, and the overgreatnefs of the
Earle, (not fattisfied with the Inquificon,) hee could not procure.
Che ninth of June following in the fixth year of king Henry the fifth, Lionell
Sebroke late Steward of [the] houfhold to the faid lord Thomas, is by procurement
of the faid Earle brought before the Mayor of Southton, and there depofeth That
the faid lord his late mafter, in Chriftmas time in the fourth of that king, (the laft
before his death,) | beinge in his withdrawing chamber in his manor of Wotton,
fhewed to him, (amongft many other writings,) one old deed of entaill of the caftle
and lordfhipp of Berkeley with all. the members thereof, made in the time of Robert
fit3 Harding, which hee then faw and read over ; upon his reading whereof his
faid lord very haftely matched the fame from him, fayinge hee well remembred
the contents of that writing.

cartae in caftro. de
Berkeley.
¦comp. de Slimbr:
4. H. 5. pro. rec :
in caftro de
Berkeley.

3finb about the fame time John Bone-John vicar of Berkeley, (fucceffor to
learned Trevifa,) and one of the faid Lord Thomas Executors, and till his death
his Receiver, before the *Mayor of Briftoll made oath That the faid lord Thomas
about the time of his paffage towards the parts of Britayne, to conduct from thence
the Queene of England into England, or about the time that hee was created lord
Admirall by king Henry the fourth, enfeoffed him and others of the Caftle lordfhip
and hundred of Berkeley and of all his lands within ,;the County of Glouc, and of the
manor and hundred of Portbury and of the raKrd part of the manor of Portifhned,
and of the manors of Walton and Bedminftre, wim the hundreds of Bedminftre and
Hareclive, To hold to them in fee without any Condicon, And that the Deed was
executed by livery and feifin, & by Atturneament of the Tenants, And that Courts
accordingly were holden in the feoffees names.

Cures :

6. H. 5.
pars. r.

Chege and others the like made the Earle foe confident of his right to the
wholl Barony, That the fifteenth of June in the fixth of Henry the fifth, hee pro^
cured of the king a confirmation of the firft charters of King John- of the manor and
barony of Berkeley and of all Berkeley herneffe. fftotn

1463 £tfe of 3(ameg the f inert ; 45
(from the time 'that this lord James did his fealty in the Exchequer, and was
thereby .and by the refpiting of his homage accepted the kings tenant in cheife for
iiis Barony, hee for two years togeather continued the poffeffion of his faid Caftle
of Berkeley and of moft of his faid entailed manors: After which time the faid caftrode Berkeley.
Earle, incouraged afwell by the former Affidavits and other of like kind, as by the
affiftance of all the greateft fervants to his late father in lawe, (as after I fhall
touch,) came with great force and befeiged the faid Caftle, wherein the faid James
then was : Howbeit upon the refort thither of Phillip Morgan then Bifhop of
Worcefter, (in whofe | dioces it then was,) and of divers others of great worfhjp, 498
they ceafed that great ryot, and caufed the faid Earle to leave the Seige and to *^111- in Canc- 6'
depart: Thus faith that record.

3filtb yet in that mean time, the firft of Aprill in the feaventh of Henry the Ro^ franc- 7< H-
this Earle of Warwicke had a privy feal from the
bee fued or impleaded by this lord James or any other.

fifth, this Earle of Warwicke had a privy feal from the Cuftos of England, not to

Chi£ lord not finding in himfelfe fufficient ftrength to wraftle w* foe potent,
an adverfary, And confidering that all the old and principall fervants of his unckle
had turned their intelligences againft him, And that hee was deprived of his
antient evidences, wifely winneth with his purfe the affiftance of Humphry Duke carta in caftro
de Berkeley.
of Gloucefter the kings brother ; And privately at London the firft of November in
the 8* of Henry the fifth, (about one year after the faid Seige,) bectometh bound
to Tyrrell and Sherington, (men whom the Duke much trufted,) in ten thoufand
markes, to pay them one thoufand markes within one year and an half after hee
fhould havejued livery of his Caftle and lordfhip of Berkeley and. have the quiet ,
poffeffion thereof, (from whence it feems the faid Earle had lately ejected him,)
And to grant, to the faid Duke the revercon in ffee Simple of all his lands in Wales
and elfe where to the valewe of four hundred markes by the year, which were the
inheritance of his mother; favinge only to himfelfe an eftate therein for his* own
life aft|g the fame fhould bee recovered : But if by means of the faid Duke hee the
faid*James could not get livery of his faid Caftle and lordfhipp of Berkeley out of
the kings hands, Then the faid bond of ten thoufand markes to bee void.
* ?" *
25p this clofe compact this lord James who before was as a^weak hopp^havinge
now got, a ftrong pole faftly to wind about, grew up and Ipse the fruite of his own Rec. in fccio. cum
defires ; And within few months after in Michaelmas Terme in the ninth of the term Mlch9rot.' 1!
faid king, upon a petition to the king feconded by the Said Duke of Glouc, had lib: retiors. 9. H^ 5.
*¦ * ° r r. ° ' cm rem thefaur.
$U. licence
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46

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1417

licence to fiie his livery of the faid Caftle and lordfhipp of Berkeley, And payeth,
as the Releefe of a Baron and peere of the Realme, one hundred markes according
to the Statute of magna charta for his inheritance foe intailed, and"' found by Inqui*
499 ficon | fower years paft as. aforefaid; which faith this record are holden per fervicium
Dnia. vnius baronia^ integrae, by the fervice of an intire barony, And for better proofe of
the tenure, foe to bee, voucheth that excellent record in the fame office in the fourth
Comp. Efcaet : 2. of Edward the third, formerly mentioned in the life of his great grandfather, Thpmas
^ertiAnl^cto lord Berkeley the third of that name. And herewith alfo agreeth the Efcheators
cum rem : thes : Accompt of this County in the fecond year of Henry the fixth.

pat: 9. H. 5. ps. 1.

Rot. parliam. 9. H.
5: in dorfo.
claus : 9. H. 5.
do$b.

pat. roll. 9. H. 5.
pars. 1. in dorfo.
patiio.H.s.dojfo.

3finb then alfo the fecond of September is this lord firft brought into the
Comiffion of the peace in this County of Glouc, and firft of all other therein named.
And the king the twentieth of the next month fent his writ to this lord to bee at
the parliament the firft of December following, as hee then did to other peeres of
theSfRealme : And being in the faid fomons of parliament named the laft of all other
Barons, it may bee conjectured That his writ was fealed and fent by it felf after hee
had paid his Releefe in the Terme before, for in other fomons of parliament hee is
named, with the firft, or firft of all. Sfittb by his being in the faid Comiffion of the
peace the faid fecond of September the fame ninth yeaue named the firft Comiffioner
of all the fowerteen therein, And this being feaven weeks before the fomons of
parliament, And hee placed before the Judges, It may give affurance That hee
was taken for a Baron from his unckles death, though not called to the parliament
till after, w-

Rotrecogn.tenen. 3finb now at whitfontide this yeare did the Tenants of the manor of Cowley,
manerij e ow ey. ancj ^^ otners as jia(j f^00(j out or were drawn againft this lord, (now become their
landlord,) Atturne and recognize their tenures and fervices, and pay to him their
rents ; And this was the influence of the forefaid private Articles with the Duke' of
v> * "Gloucefter, at this time protector of the Realme, That in this fort foe changed the
feafon of the times, and the benefit of the lawes in them ; And as a further.jaddition
claus : 1. H. 6. m: of honor to that private bargaine, (as it may feeme,) this lord James was alfo about
19 in dorfo. tnis time knighted, for the. 17* of November in the firft year of Henry the fixth, I
find the Bffhop of London, Chancellor of the dutchy of Normandy, to deliver up
that feale to the young king at Windfor in the prefence of the faid duke of Glouc.,,
Richard Earle of Warwicke, and this lord James, by the name of Jacobus de
500 Berkeley chivaler, when, no doubt | they were met at Court about their arbitre
ment ; for the tenth of September before, the faid Earle of Warrwicke and this '
,t lord

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47

lord James, (by the name of Jacobus diis Berkeley without miles or chivaler,) had claus : 1. H. 6. m.
mutually entred into feverall recognizances of ten thoufand markes-1 the peece each I2> m °r *
to 9ther to ftand to the arbitrement of Phillip Bifhop of Worcefter, Judge Iuyr^and
others, concerning all articles wanting any declaration, contained in two Indentures
late made betweene the faid Earle and lord Berkeley'; Provided allways that the.
Arbitrators meddle not with any fecurity of any \ manors in the faid Indentures &
contained, or of the manous of Wotton, Portbury, Cerney, and Cernecote ; And
'alfo doe ftand to their award for all futes and debates touching their fervants here
tofore moved or depending, (excepting thofe that arofe between thejfe fervants at
Hamerfmyth by London, and of the blows then given, which they have fubmitted
-to the Duke of Gloucefter ;) Soe that the award bee made before Chriftmas day
next. r '*
$: • " •* i$i
SJ^anp were the bickerings of the faide Earle and lord James and of their
fervants wherefoever they met : And dftener were the inrodes incurfions and de
predations which each of them made upon each others tenants, as after will more
perticularly appeare.

3fi*S for the Indentures mentioned in the Condicon of the faid recognizances, I
could never have the hap to receive that light which their perufall would have
given, to the ground of the troubles which fell out upon the faid Earles death.

m.

#-

Sjjon the faid referance nothing feemes to have been done, for that the Twen
tieth of May following they entred into new recognizances of ten thoufand markes
apeece either to other, to performe the award of the bifhops of London* and Wor
cefter and of three others, or of any tnree of them, or of any other three fit perfons,
1 by the faid Earle and lord Berkeley to bee named, Sge that the award bee made
before mldfomer day next.

claus: 1. H. 6. m.
2. in dorfo.

Jottjing being done upon that fecond reference,, A third was to the fame
parties, for performance whereofiddie faid Earle and lord Berkeley became bound
mutually each to- other in the fum of ten thoufand | pounds apeece, Soe that the
award were made before all Sf day then next, whereupon though noe award was
made, yet upon another reference, an award was in part made the 24^ of November
in the third year of king Henry the fixth compofing part of the differences between
the faid Earle of Warrwicke et reverendum dominum Jacobum dominum de Berke
ley, by the faid Phillip -Bifhop of Worcefter and John Iuyn, through the great and
unwearied

claus : 2. H. 6. m:
18. in dorfo.
501
ex vetufto codice
manuffcr: cm Witto
Cftdifworth Ar: de
medio templo. fo.
265.

48 Che !Dbe£ of the SSerftelepg HV
unwearied labor of the lord Henry Bifhop of Winchefter, wherein alfo the faid
Arbitrators promifed their further award before Michaelmas day next after, which
was performed on the fixth of October in the fourth year of king Henry the fixth,
carta in eaftro by the faid Phillip Morgan bifhop of Worcefter and John luyn cheife Juftice of the
e er e ey. ^mgS bench, whereby the manors of Wotton, Simondfall, and Cowley, and divers
'* lands, tenements, and rents in fframpton upon Seavern, Cromall, Acton, Kingfcote,
Michelhampton in the County of Glouc, and the hundreds of Hareclive and Port
bury and the manor of Portefhned, Limeridge wood, Wefton in Gordan, and ''
certaine lands in Uphill and Crifton in the County of Somerfet, were awarded to
the faid Earle for his life, And the manors of Came, Hinton, and Slimbridge, and
all lands tenements and hereditaments in thofe manors in the County of Gloucefter)
were (amongft others) awarded to the faid Lord James and the heires males of his
body. 3finb thus was peace fetled for the Joynt lives of the faid Earle and this lord
James, which held for thirteen yeares, till the Earle dyed, both of them then newly
marryed to their fecond wives, as in fit places fhall bee delivered : what the Earle
gained I know not, but this peace I am affured coft the lord James foe deere,
[ | having no perfonall eftate from any of his Anceftors, and none of the portion of his
|| firft wife, that hee became much indebted ; a continuall borrower, and often of fmall
fums, and fome of thofe upon pawnes, yea of Church veftments and Altar-goods ;
And recovered not himfelf in eftate, (through the worfer troubles that fell upon him
after the death of the faid Earle,) whilft hee lived, "Soe that he lived and dyed in a
farr meaner port and condition than any of his Anceftors from the dayes of Harding
the Dane. |
502 #f the 25aronn |if 2&erftelen anb of the grecebentn thereof,
l^atoinge now the advantage of a place moft proper for that purpofe, I will
deliver mine opinion of the place and precedency of George now lord Berkeley
amongft his fellow Barons, in the affembly of parliament or other honorable meet
ings ; which is the dSfcharge of the promifes I made in the life of Robert the firft,
when 1 treated of the firft grant of thiss,»Barony of Berkeley made to the faid Robert
and his heirs, makeing the queftion to bee, (as made it is,) whether the lord George
fhall take his precedency from the faid Robert the firft, made a Baron by king
Henry the fecond in the firft of his raigne, Or from the death of the faid lord
Thomas the fourth that dyed in the fifth year of King Henry the fifth, Anno. 141 7.
leavinge iffue Elizabeth his onely daughter and heire, maryed to Richard Beauchamp Earle

1463 Itife of %amz$ the firtft 49
Earle of Warwicke, as often formerly hath been declared ; Or from the call by writ
of king Henry the eighth in the fourteenth year of his raigne, made to Maurice the
fixth, As after followeth in his life. foi : [634]
3In tne hfe °f *he faid lord Robert the firft, I have mentioned three forts of foi :[37]
Baron, ift by tenure . 2? by writ, and 3? by patent or creation ; And how the faid
lord George is a Baron by tenure, And not called originally by writ nor by any
patent creation, which is a truth paft all queftion upon the records hitherto men
tioned in the life of each lord untill the death of the faid lord Thomas the fourth.
3finb that this lord James tooke not his place of precedency from the time of his
unckles death, neither was called anew by any writ, but that hee was, upon the
inherency of the dignity to the honor and fplendor of the Caftle and manor of
Berkeley, fetled at this his firft parliament in the ninth of king Henry the fifth,
within a few weeks after his Every faed, (what time the faid Elizabeth was livinge,)
upon the cufhion of his old Anceftors, is alfo as certaine.
3ft will bee denyed at the firft chop, That at the parliament in the 9* | yeare 503
of Henry the fifth when this lord James was firft called thereto, That the faid Eliza
beth was then livinge ; And urged will this family bee to prove it ; for foe (as I
have heard) more then twenty years paft. was this lord Abergavenny put to doe,
when hee. vouched this prefident in proofe of his affertion, before Robert Deverox
Earle of Effex then Earle MarfhalL
firgt therefore to prove her death- is her Epitaph before mentioned, which fol: [478]
declareth That fhee dyed the 28'!1 of December in the firft year of Henry the fixth .
Anno. 1422. as are the collections of Heralds in their traditionary bookes, and divers
old manufcripts ; which is much confirmed by the will of her hufband, proved in the
prerogative Court of Canterbury feaventeen years after. And there is one Court
roll amongft the evidences of the lord George Berkeley, holden in the ninth year
of Henry the fifth after the fomons of the faid parliament, ftiled Curia Rici de bello Rot. Curiae in
3 r . . . T caftr. de Berkeley.
campo et Elizabethae vxoris ejus &c: And at a reference to Judges in ferjeants Inne
hall, in the times of controverfy between Henry lord Berkeley and Robert Sidney
now Earle of Leicefter, in October Anno quinto Jaeobi Regis, his Counfell, (himfelf
then prefent,) fhewed forth an Accompt of a manor proving her livinge in the firft
of .Henry the fixth, And no doubt but with his lordfhip and Sf ffulke Grevill lord
of Warwicke Caftle are many others of like kind. Amongst
H VOL. II

50 Che HibejS of the 2&erftelep0 14*7
Trim : 4: H •. 6. 9fimong3t the prefentations in Trinity Terme in the 4'f1 of Henry the fixth in
rem°thefeur:?nter the Exchequer, it doth appear that the Sheriffs of Gloucefter and other Counties
prefentacoes et hac\ {n Micfcmas Terme in the firft and fecond of Henry the fixth returned her
dead : And thefe kind of Records and the writs of Hillary Terme in the firft of
Henry the fixth, in divers Counties where fhee had lands of inheritance, (formerly
mentioned,) do make the time of her death certaine after that parliament of the
ninth of Henry the fifth was ended.
fol: [37] % habe alfo faid in the life of the lord Robert the firft, That a Baron by tenure
is hee that holdeth any honor Caftle or manor as the head of his barony in capite
per baroniam which is grand Serjeanty : Now if the Caftle honor or manor foe
holden in Baronage, (as moft affuredly this of Berkeley is,) bee alyened without the
504 kings licence or confent it is forfeited to the kinge ; | And fuch dignity or eftate is
Coke: s:part: no longer to continue and bee borne, but to bee refumed and extinguifhed in the
Crown from whence it was derived, As in ye cafe of Wiflm de Brufe in the time of
Edward the firft, who aliened part of his barony of Brember without licence.
3llnb it is a generall received orthodox opinion amongft all heralds and Anti-.
quaries, That till the time of king Richard the firft or of king John his brother and
heire, each man to whom the Crown gave lands to hold by knights fervice in Capite,
was thereby made a Baron and peere of the Realme, & had voice in parliament ;
And that all thofe mentioned in the red booke in the Exchequer, (formerly:vouched
by mee,) whereof this Robert the fon of Harding was one, to have accordingly
certifyed their tenures to king Henry the fecond, father of the faid king' Richard
and king John, about the 14* of his raigne, where the Barons of that time : But
after Barons had a more fpetiall creation by patent, and laftly by writ.
25ut to draw a little nearer to the point I aime at ; If the alyenation bee by
licence, it is either made for continuance of his barony honor and lands, in his own
name bloud and iffue male, (as this of Thomas the third in the fourteenth of Edward.
the third was,) or els the fame alienation is made for money or other recompence,
or otherwife to a meer ftranger; And hereof enfueth this fecond conclufion" or
affertion . vizf That if fuch alienacon bee made for the continuance of the barony in
his name and bloud or iffue male, (as many befides the faid lord Thomas Berkeley,
have" in all ages made the like,) Then have fuch iffues male togeather with .the
Barony bee it Caftle manor or honor foe holden; held alfoe and lawfully enjoye'd
the name ftile, title, and dignity of a Baron with their Anceftors place of precedency; And

1463 Hife of 3iamejSf the firgt 51
And thereof the heires generall or next heires female have been utterly excluded
and debarred. 3flnb for the proofe of this conclufion or affertion manifold prefidents
may bee produced, whereof fome have happened almoft in every age for . 300 .
years fpace, namely foe longe in effect as there have beene obfervacons thereof ; of
which kinds take thefe ten here enfuing . vizf
1. 3ft appeares by Inquifition after the death of Wittm de fferrarijs lord] of 505
Groby in Leicefterfhire, That Margaret lady of Groby gave to William fferrars her
fecond fon and to the heirs of his body the manor of Groby &c, by vertue whereof
the faid Willm fferrars and his heires were ever after Barons of Groby.
2. Robert Walleron Baron of Killpeck dyed in the firft of Edward the firft
without heires of his body, And Robert Walleron fon of William brother of the
faid Robert was his next heire ; yet notwithftanding the faid Robert dying gave to
Allen Plogenet fon of Alice his fifter the Caftle lordfhip and manor of Killpecke
with appurtenants, To hold to the faid Allen and the heires of his body, as appeareth
by the faid inquificon ; by vertue of which entaile, the faid Allen was Baron of
. Killpecke and fomoned amongft other barons to the parliaments, And dyed in the
27* of Edward the firft.
3. %t appeareth by divers Inquifitions in the time of Edward the third, That
John Handlowe in right of- Mawd his wife, was feazed of the manor of Holgate*
Acton Burnell, and others, for terme of her life, The remainder to Nicholas Hand
lowe als Burnell- fon of the faid Mawd and John, by a fyrie in the kings Court
leavyed, And that John Lovell was next heire of the faid Mawd, and her firft born
fon -by her firft hufband ; And afterwards the faid Nicholas was fomoned amongft
other lords to parliament by reafon of the fyne aforefaid, And not the faid John
Lovell who was next heire to Mawd.
4. Choma£ de Beauchamp th'elder Earle of Warwicke, by a fyne leavyed in
the 1 8* of Edward the third, entailed the Caftle and manor of Warwicke with other
poffeffions to himfelf for terme of his life, The remainder thereof to Guy his eldeft
fon and to the heires males of his body ; And for want of fuch heires males, The
remainder to Thomas Beauchamp brother of the faid Guy and to the heires males
of .his body &c : Afterwards the faid Guy dyed without heires males of his body,
leaving two daughters and heires livinge : Afterwards the faid Earle dyed, And the
faid Thomas the fon entred into the Caftle and manor aforefaid with the other
poffeffions,
H 2

52 Che flibeg of the Sforfeelepi* 141 7
poffeffions, And was Earle of Warwicke by reafon of the Entayle aforefaid, not-
506 withftanding that Katharine daughter | of Guy and next heire to Thomas th'elder
the Conuzor,1 was living thirty yeares after his death : 3finb this later Thomas was
father of our Richard Beauchamp, and the man that articled the mariage with
Thomas lord Berkeley the fourth, as before in his life is declared.
5. JUicharb Earle of Arundle, by a fine leavyed in the firft of Edw? the third,
entailed the Caftle, Town and manor of Arundle with other lands, to himfelf and
his heires males begotten on the body of Ellenor his wife ; by vertue of which en
taile John lord Maltravers was Earle of Arundle after the death of Thomas the
Earle, who dyed without iffue in the third of Henry the fifth ; Although the fifters
of the faid Earle Thomas poffeffed divers manors and honors, of the which the faid
Thomas dyed feized in ffee fimple.
6. 5Iohn de Vere Earle of Oxford feized in his demefne as of ffee taile to
him and his heires males of his body iffuinge, of the honor and County of Oxford,
with divers other lands, dyed in the 18* of Henry the 8'f1 without heires males of
his body, And his three fillers were his next heires generall ; But John de Vere his
next heire male was Earle of Oxford by reafon of the faid entaile, And none of the
three fifters obtained the dignity.
7. UE>iIIiatll lord Paget of Beaudefert was feized in his demefne as of ffee of
the Baronies of Langden and Hawood and of and in the manors of Beaudefert
Langden &c : And being foe feized, by fine in the fifth of Queen Mary, entailed
the baronies and manors aforefaid to him and the heires males of his body iffuing,
And afterwards in the fifth year of Queen Elizabeth dyed, leaving Henry his fon
next heire male ; which Henry entred into the faid baronies and lands, and dyed
thereof feized in the 1 1* of Elizabeth, leaving Elizabeth his only daughter and
heire ; After whofe death Thomas Paget brother and heire male of the faid Henry
entred into the Baronies and manors aforefaid, and was fomoned to the parliament
by vertue of the faid fine.
8. ftobett lord Ogle entred into the Barony of Bothall and Ogle w1!1 divers
507 other manors and lands in the County of Northumberland, by | conveyance, which
was to himfelf for terme of his life, the remainder to the heires males of his body
begotten ; And hee tooke to his firft wife Dorothy Withrington, by whom hee had
* iffue Robert Ogle his eldeft fon, and Margaret his daughter maryed to Gregory
. Ogle
1 Conuzor— from Fr. Connoifant, knowing or understanding : as, "if the fon be conufant and agree
to the feoffment, &c."—Co. Litt., 159.— [Ed.]

1463 atife of Slanted the f tri# 53
Ogle of Chippington ; And the faid Robert the father, after the death of the faid
Dorothy his wife, tooke to his fecond wife Jone Ratcliffe, by whom hee had iffue
Cutbert his fecond fon, and after dyed : After whofe death Robert the fon was lord
Ogle, from whom the fame difcended to Cutbert, being brother of the half bloud,
by vertue of the faid entaile, and not to the faid Margery nor unto her heires being
of the wholl bloud unto the faid Robert the fon.
9. Choma£ de la Ware dyed feized in his demefne as of ffee taile to himfelf
and to the heires of his body iffuing, by reafon of a fine leavyed in the time of his
Anceftors, of the Barony de la Ware, with divers other lands in divers Counties, and
dyed in the fifth of Henry the fixth without heires of his body ; And Reginald
Weft knight of the half bloud, was nephew and heire by reafon of the Entaile
aforefaid, and was fomoned to the parliament by the name of Reginald lord de la
Ware knight, Although John Griffith was heire generall of the aforefaid Thomas
de la Ware being of the wholl bloud, as appeareth by the genealogy enfiiing . vizf
John de la Ware fon of Roger had iffue John de la Ware, and Katharine maryed
to Nicholas Latimer ; The faid John fon of John had Roger de la Ware, who by
Elizabeth his wife daughter of Adam lord Wells had iffue John de la Ware, who
dyed without iffue, and Thomas de la Ware who alfo dyed without iffue ; The faid
Roger de la Ware, by Elizabeth his fecond wife daughter of the lord Mowbray, had
iffue Jone maryed to Sf Thomas Weft knight, who had iffue Sf Reginald Weft, lord
de la Ware by the faid Entaile : The faid Katharine,, wife of Nicholas Latimer, had
iffue Katharine maryed to [Thomas-1] Griffith who had iffue John Griffith heire
generall to the lord de la Ware.
10. 3finb quid obftat, what lets, That I may not paralell the forefaid Thomas
lord Berkeley and this lord James his nephewe with thefe former prefidents, And
made their cafe thus.
Choma# lord Berkeley, grandfather of the faid Thomas, was feized in his de-j
mefne as of ffee df the Caftle. manor and barony of Berkeley &c : And by him a 508
fyne was leavyed in the kings Court by licence in the 23* of Edward the third of
the faid Caftle manor &c : To him for terme of his life, The Remainder to Maurice
his fon and to the heires males of his body coming, with other Remainders over ;
The which Maurice had iffue Thomas lord Berkeley and James Berkeley, knight ;
which James dyed in the life of his brother leaving this James his fon and heire
livinge. Afterwards the faid Thomas lord Berkeley dyed in the fifth of Henry the
fifth,
Banks' Baronage. Vol II. p. 161.— [Ed.]

54 * €he Uibejf of the 2&erfeelcp$ 141 7
fifth, leaving Elizabeth hi? onely daughter and heir maryed to Richard Beauchamp
Earle of Warwicke : After whofe death James his nephewe on his brothers fide
entred into the faid Caftle, manor, lands and remainder aforefaid, by vertue of the .
faid entaile, And was fomoned to the parliament as Baron of Berkeley in the ninth
yeare of Henry the fifth affoone as his livery was fued, Although Elizabeth was
then living, and dyed not till the firft of Henry the fixth as before is declared.
3filib if all thefe noble families mentioned in thefe forefaid nine prefidents have
had their places of precedence according to the places of their Anceftors, (whereto
more may bee added,) why not then this lord James, And confequently the- lord
George Berkeley that now is, as his heire male, Anno . 1620. And that- this lord
James fo tooke his place in that parliament in the nynth of Henry the fifth, and in
Rot : claus: in the fomons of parliaments in the. 4*7* 10* 11* 12* 13* 15* 18* 20'!' 23* 2^ 27?
IJturre fn dorfo 2^ 29'^ and .38* yeares of Henry the fixth, And in the firft and fecond of Edward .
eodem the fourth, appeareth by the Rolls of fomons thereof, in all which hee was placed the
firft Baron of all. And if noe juft order were therein obferved, yet it feemes ftrange
that it fhould ftill fo fall out by chance : But if order of place were obferved, then
certainly it was for his true place of precedence, and not for the honor of his age,
(then under forty,) nor for any office of ftate, for hee had none 3tnb as the fathers .
place flood in thefe rolls of fomons to parliament, foe was his fon the lord Wiitm
claus: 9. E. 4. ranked after him all the refidue of Edward the fourth his time, .till hee was created
vifcount Berkeley : Neither is any thing (for ought I know) to the' contrary, fave
whilft Thomas de la Ware Clark was lord de la Ware- in the times, of [Rich.- 1 1.,
Hen". IV., Hen. V.,] and of Henry the fixth, who for the honor of his preifthbod
was ranked before others. |
509 • 3finb if queftion fhould arife hereafter between the faid lord George Berkeley
and the lord de la Ware, (both at this time in their minorities,) for precedency of
place,. As I have heard it is likely to doe, irr that the lord Berkeley thinketh his
Anceftor was -unevenly in the time of Queene Elizabeth placed next above his
grandfather : mee thinks the place and honor of • precedence fhould belonge of
right to the faid lord Berkeley, whether wee confider their places from their firft
Anceftors,' or whether but from the difcents of their Anceftors feverall Entailes ;
Sith this of the- lord Berkeley was caft upon . his Anceftor this lord James in the
fifth of Henry the fifth ; And that of his upon Sf Reignold Weft but in the 'fifth of
Henry the fixth, ten. years after ; and hee alfo but of the halfe bloud, as is before
declared ; And the fine of the Lord Berkeley in the xxiiith-of Edward the third, to
"the

1463 3tife of Siameg ti>e f«#t 55
the heires males was, (as I take it,) before the entayle that advanced the faid Sir
Reignold Weft to the Barony of de la Ware.
3finb fomewhat the better to informe the younger yeares of the lord George
Berkeley, I will comend to his confideration the cafe of the late lord de la Ware,
and the refolution it received, not unfit for this place and queftion, mentioned by Sf
Edward Coke in the 11* part of his reports, which was thus.
Thomas lord de la Ware, in the third of Edward the fixth, being in fome dif- Goke- "j Part-
pleafure with Wittm Weft his nephewe and heire, who was father to Thomas late wares cafe.
lord de la-Ware, procured an act of parliament by the which the faid Willm Weft
was during his naturall life cleerly difabled to claime demand or have any manner of
right, title, or intereft, by difcent, remainder or otherwife, in or to the manors lands
Tenements or hereditaments, title or dignity of Thomas lord de la Ware his uncle.
Afterwards the faid Thomas de la Ware dyed, and the faid Wittm Weft was in the
time of Queene Mary attaynted of treafon by verdit, And afterwards pardoned by
Queene Mary, And afterwards by parliament in the time of Queene- Elizabeth
reftored ;¦ And after in the eighth yeare of her raigne was created lord de la Ware
by patent, and had place in parliament according to his creation by patent, for that
by the faid act of parliament in the third of Edward the | fixth hee was excluded to 510
challenge the former antient Barony, And after hee dyed': whether, the now lord de
la Ware fhould take his place according to the antient barony by writ, or according
tohis fathers creation by patent, was the queftion : The opinion of her Maf^5 Attor
ney generall. and Solilcitor was, That the acceptance of the new creation by the faid
Wittm Weft, could not extinguifh the antient dignity, in him at the time of his-
creation ; but the dignity was at that time by the act of parliament in the third of .
Edward the fixth in abeyance, fufpenfe, or confideracon" of law, and* hee thereby
utterly difabled to have the fame duringe his life. only. Soe as other. acceptance
could, not extinguifh that dignity which hee then had, nor could not exclude, his
heire, who was difabled by the faid Act of the third of Edward the fixth to claime
the antient Barony : w* opinion of theirs was feen and allowed by the refolution of
the cheife Juftice of England and lord cheife • Baron, and foe fignifyed to the lord
Keeper." ' . ¦'¦ ~ ..
.But note by the reafons made for the faid refolution ; That if the faid Wittm
Weft had been Baron and intjtuled or in poffeffion of the antient dignity when hee
accepted the faid creation, the lawe perchance might have been otherwife, but that
remaineth

56 * . Che atibeg of the 2&erftefep£ 14 17
Coke, reports ps. remaineth as yet unrefolved: Neverthelefs the rule is Eodem modo quo quid
conftituitur, diffolvitur ; But by a grant which is but a matter of fact, a man cannot
transfer his title of honor. Whereupon at the faid parliament in the 39* of Eliza
beth the lord de la Ware in his parliament robes, was by the lord Zouch, fupplying
Coke. ps. n. fo. 1. the place of the lord Willoughby within age at that time, And Henry lord Berkeley
fol : 30! alf° in his robes, brought into the houfe, and placed in his place next after the lord
Berkeley, (faid the booke,) but therein is the queftion. Thus Sf Edward Coke.
3tnb further That in all the aforementioned foirunons to parliaments, the lord
de la Ware is almoft the laft in place in thofe Rolls » And alfo I. have obferved,
That from the firft fomons of parliaments, that is of record in rotul : claufaa in the
Tower, vizf from the 49* of Henry the third to the forefaid fifth of Henry the fifth,
the writs directed to the lord Berkeleys are almoft allways entred in thofe Rolls
511 before | the writs to the : lord de la Ware, whereof I. have obferved the moft parlia
mentary yeares. j;l >T> --; : li;i
, >u ¦ :¦ . .- ¦!
fol: [654] 2[flg for calling Maurice the fixth to the dignity of lord. Berkeley, conferred!
upon him by Henry the eighth before mentioned, the fame was but perfonall ; at
what time the barony of Berkeley, by reafon of the entaile of Wittm lord Berkeley
in the third of Henry the feaventh made to that kinge, and the heires males of
his body, as followeth in the next life, was in abeyance fufpence or confideration of
the lawe, as before is refolved in the cafe of the lord de la Ware ; Neither was the
faid Maurice, nor Maurice, his father brother and heire of the faid William, either
Barons in effe or in poffeffion of the antient dignity, when that honor was by king!
Henry the 8* conferred upon him : Neither could the acceptance or continuance of
the dignity by Thomas his brother, or by Thomas fon of the faid Thomas, bee any
barre or hindrance to his fon Henry, when through want of iffue male of the body
fee after fol: [727] of king Henry the feaventh, the faid Henry entred upon his Anceftors dignity
Barony honor and manor of Berkeley in the firft year of Queene Mary, both as
right heire to the faid lord Wittm the Conuzor, (the laft remainder, man in the faid
fyne,) And alfo by difcent of the antient dignity from the firft lord, which could not
bee extinguifhed ; And whereto the faid lord Henry feemes the rather remitted by
his minority, being at the death of King Edward the fixth but nineteen years old,
as after followeth in his life : And foe I conclude That the now lord George, not
withftanding all objections to the contrary, ought to have his honor and precedency
'from the firft year of Henry the fecond, And before the lord de la. Ware : 3fin&
now I returne to the former troublefome title of this lords fuites in lawe/ !

1463 ttifc of 3fame0 the f ir£t 57
<&f th& forbtf latoe gutted 512
Che faid Richard Earle of Warwicke dyeth the thirtieth of Aprill in the 1-7* of Efcaet: 18. H. 6.
""Icing Henry the fixth, Anno. 1439. And the 6* day of September following, an Rec. fub maeno
Inquifition after his death is taken at Gloucefter, finding that hee dyed feized as figillo.
Tenant by the curtefy of England after the death of Elizabeth his wife, (amongft fin: I7-H. 6. m:4.
other lands,) of the manors of Hinton, Came, Cowley, Wotton, and Symondfall, n:I9' ' •m"11-
with the Advowfon of the Church of Wotton, And that the revercon thereof in ffee
taile belonged to Margaret, Ellenor and Elizabeth his daughters, as heires to the
faid Elizabeth his late wife, by force of an entaile made in the time of kinge Henry
the third, by Maurice then lord Berkeley, to himfelf and Ifable his wife and to the
heires of theire two bodies, the remainder to the right heires of the faid Maurice ;
And accordingly the faid Inquifition deduceth down the difcent of that entaile to
the faid Countes Elizabeth and her three daughters, Avoiding the fine to the heires"^
males in the 23* of Edward the third, (often before mentioned',) by a remitter in
Maurice fon of the lord Thomas the Conuzor.
3finb further finding, That as Tenant by the curtefy of England the faid Earle
Richard likewife dyed feized of the manor of Slimbridge with the Advowfon there
of, the revercon in ffee taile after his deceafe to his faid three daughters belonginge,
by force of a guift in franke mariage made by Roger Berkeley lord of Durfley, longe
after the coronation of king Richard the firft, to Maurice Berkeley and Alice his
wife daughter of the faid Roger ; And in like manner deduceth down the difcent in
taile to the faid three coheires, And avoyd thereby the fine to the heirs males by a
Remitter in Maurice aforefaid.
3tgain£t this Inquifition or office and thefe old rufty Entailes therein found,
(which begat more trobles and expence then is credible,) it may feem this lord ciaUs. roll. r7..HL
James had roughly refilled ; for the fecond of July before, the greatnefs of his 6. m : 5.
eode. m : 5. in.
adverfaries had caufed him to bee committed to the Tower, from whence the 14* dorfo.
of that month hee was brof | before the king into the Chancery, and there entred 5I3
into a recognizance of one thoufand pounds to appear againe there perfonally, tres
Miches after, and foe from day to day till hee fhould bee difmiffed, and further
to abide the order of that Court : Whereupon I gather hee was then releafed out of
the Tower, for the 28* of September following hee was fomoned to the parliament Rot. parliam. 18,
which began the i2l.h of November, where hee was one of the tryers of petitions
% iifee courfe whereuntb they tooke by turning him out of the Comiffion of the dorfo.
[ luftre or
authority

H. 6.
claus: 18. H. 6.

peace, and fubfedy, and all other Comiffions that refented any command luftre or ^"^ \3°'et ult '

I VOL. II

58

Che fcibeg of the 2SerfteIep£

1417

Vafcon : 31. H. 6. authority in his Country, when in the 29* and 30* yeares of this king they oppreffed
m' a' S" 7" him and his fons, as after followeth ; At what time his adverfaries had the greateft
authorities and offices of honor and power the Crowne could give, And indeed were
themfelves the upholders of the kings, regality and Crowne.
Efcaet. 19. H. 6. €tDO years after, vizf the fecond of November in the 19* of kinge Henry the
poft mort. Rici flxtj1) was ajf0 another Inquifition after the faid Earles death, by vertue of a quae
eauc amp. ^^ found at Cirencefter, which intituled the faid three coheires partly as heires
in fee Simple, and partly as heires in generall taile, to a great quantity of land
within every of the aforefaid manors, and of the other manors of this lord James,
more then was comprehended in the former Inqufition of the 17* of king Henry
the fixth ; which apparently declareth how all the deeds and evidence of the lord
Berkeley had been under the canvafing and moft narrow view of the faid Earle and
his Counfell, which Inqufitions not only remaine in the Tower of London, but their
tranfcripts alfo in the Exchequer, and in the bags of the Efcheators Accompts there
to this day : whereto I may add the two offices found in one yeare in the fame
County of the like quality in the 7-h of king Edward the fourth, the one after the
death of the faid lady Margaret, the other after the death of her fifter the lady
Ellenor.
in turre! % lifte Office was alfo, the forefaid 17* of king Henry the fixth, found after
Orig:mfc»eio.i7. ^ ^j^ Earies death, in the County of Somerfet; whereby his faid daughters and
Portbury coheires were intituled to the manor of Portbury and other lands there : Howbeit
fines. 17. H. & ^ ^d jQr(j james j^ the i8*pf July before, obtained the cuftody of them from |
514 the king from the death of the faid Earle till the feaft of all Saints after, according
to the Statute of the eighth of king Henry the fixth.

Hillar: 18. H. 6. CJpon returne of which Inquifitions, (which paft all queftion were very in-
rot. 2. in fccio (jireftiy carryed,) this lord James found himfelf much wronged; but being over-
cum rem. regis. J ¦> '' , J ° °
preffed with the greatnefs of the three Co-heires and theire powerfull hufbands, and
with the extraordinary favour which they had with that weake kinge, and efpetially
with Queene Margaret who ruled and over ruled all affairs, could not avoid them :
yet for three years or thereabouts after the returne of thofe Inquifitions hee kept
the poffeffion of the manors of Cowley, Wotton, and Symondfall, (as always hee did
of Came and Hinton,) but thereupon fprunge up fuch contentions, fuites, quarrel-
ings, bloudfheds and other mifcheifes, as are irkfome in theire very remembrance,
fub figillo in caftro continuing five or fix years togeather. A fmall tail whereof, take[n] out of a Star-
chamber

1463 ftife of 3fame£ the f ir£t 59
chamber order made on Satturday the 12* of September in the 23* of king Henry
the fixth, then fitting at Weftminfter, the kings Counfell, the Chancellor, Treaforer,
privy feale, the Duke of Suffolk, and the cheife Juftice ; where, the parties them
felves all appearinge, It was agreed That all diftreffes taken between them and
their tenants fhould bee delivered by a writ of replegiare, And not to be eloyned1
into forren fhires ; And that both the faid parties fhould thenceforth bee of peace
able bearing for themfelves their tenants and fervants, not attempting any thinge
to the breach of the peace ; And thereupon the faid James had licence to depart
into his Country, with this comaundment, That hee fhould againe appeare in Hillary
Terme following in his own perfon ; for which and for obferving of this order hee
became bound in two thoufand pounds, And the Earle of Shroefbury hufband to
the faid Margaret in the like fum, by his Counfell : And hee that fearcheth into the
books of that Courts orders from the times of thefe firft offices till the end of that
kings raigne, fhall find matter of riot, force, .violence, and fraud, enough to blot
more paper then I intend in the wholl life of this lord : And fhall alfo find Wittm bTia regis : 24.
this lords eldeft fon, the 1 1'!1 of May in the 24* of Henry the fixth, comanded under pars. 1. in turre.
the great feale of England upon his allegiance to appeare forthwith' before the kings
Counfell to anfwere his mifdemeanors in thefe buifineffes. Mjc}i . term ig
H. 6. 
#f thefe ftirrings take alfo a litle further taft out of the Court of Common 567.12 4" C
pleas in the 18* of king Henry the fixth, which thews how David | Wodburne with 515
divers others of his fellow fervants, by direction of their mafter John Talbot vifcount term's . " 8 H 6
Lifle, (fon and heire of the faid Margaret,) cominge to Wotton, ferved this lord rot : 279. et. 180.
James with a fubpena for his appearance in the Chancery : Infteed of obeying the
proces, this lord James not only beat the parties, but will hee nill hee, inforced the
faid David to eat the fubpena; wax and parchment ; for which feverall actions were
forthwith brought againft this lord James and his men, by the faid lord Lifle and
his man David.
#f thefe ftirrings alfo in thefe times, take a further taft out of the Court of Billa dni Berkeley
Chancery, wherein William lord Berkeley fhewes, That after the faid Earle of
Warwicks death, this lord fent fower of his fervants and tooke a quiet poffeffion.
of the manors of Wotton, Simondfall and Cowley, which hee continued by three:
years and more, untill the faid Margaret Countefs of Shroefbury by great fubtilty
and might entred againe upon him, whereupon was made great difpoile, robbery,
murder, and many other inconveniences and heynous mifcheifes, to. the importable: hurt
1 Eloine, (from the Fr. Efloigner) fignifies to remove— to fend a great, wa^ off,— [Ed.]
I 2

60 €he Eibejsf of the S&erftelepief 141 7
hurt of the faid lord James and the lady his wife, and in effect to their utter deftruc-
tion and of their children : Thus the bill.
fran : 18. H. 6.
m: 9.
SIelK fcSo ^M& the fame year> the fai<1 three Coheires and theire hufbands arraigned an
Mich: 3. E. 4. rot. Affize of novell diffeizin againft this lord and the lady Ifable his wife, and Willm
Pafch :Ye. 4-<r°t.' Berkeley knight their fon and heire, for the forefaid manors of Came, Slimbridge
9. in fc^cio cm and Hinton.
rem. thes : 3llnb contrarily this lord James arraigned his Affize of novell diffeifin alfo
againft the faid three Co-heires and theire hufbands for the faid manors of Wotton
under edge and Cowley.
claus: 19. H. 6. *€he£e fuites and many others, the 18* of ffebruary in this 19* yeare, brought a
m:.2o. in dorfo. reference to Hody cheife Juftice of the kings bench, Newton cheife Juftice of the
Comon-pleas, and ffray cheife Baron, arbitrators indifferently chofen by all the faid
parties to decide the controverfies that were amongft them, for any the lands that
were Thomas late lord Berkeleys in the Counties of Gloucefter and Somerfet, Soe
that their award were made before midfomer day then next ; And to ftand to their
award each party became bound to other in feverall recognizances of 5000 markes
the peece. ,|
ei6 3Unb when noe end was by that day made by the faid Arbitrators, All the faid
eodem in dorfo parties renewed their reference to them againe in like maner as before And each
became bound to other in the like fums the is'!1 of July after, foe y1 theire award
were made before Octabis Michis then following : Neither came any end from this
Rot. franc: 20. reference, But the 24** of October following John lord Talbot hufband of the faid
H. 6. m. 24. ia(jv Margaret obtained from the king a protection from all fuites for a year then
followinge.
Rot. parliament. J©f)erefip (as it feemes) this lord James finding himfelf bound up from the
20* H. o. m. ii* comon liberty of a fubject and peere, tooke fuch exception, That the lord Talbot in
January following petitioned to the parliament then in being, to have from the
parliament a protection allowed to him, and a flay of all fuites, duringe his abfence
in France in the kings fervice, which hee obtained for a yeare ; But with this pro-
vifoe That if either hee or Margaret his wife, Edmond Earle of Dorfet or the lady
Allienor his wife, or Geo : Nevill lord Latimer and Elizabeth his wife, or any of
them,

1463 tlife of %&mz$ the f irj« 6i
them, or any in their names or. by their commandment, enter into any lands or
Tenements whereof James lord of Berkeley, and Wittm Berkeley knight fon of
the faid James, or either of them are feized or were feized the firft day of this
prefent parliament, Then in that cafe the protection fpecifyed in the faid petition to
bee difallowable in any action fued upon the lands or Tenements upon which entry
is thus made : Provided alfo, That if the faid three Coheires or their hufbands or
any of them or theire heires, fue any action againft this lord James or Wittm his
fon or their heires, or againft any of the faid lands or Tenements of the which the
raid lord James or Wittm is or was feized the firft day of this prefent parliament,
within the faid yeare, Then the faid protection to bee void and of no force in lawe.
iChe 19* of ffebruary in the faid twentieth yeare of king Henry the fixth, near flaus : 20- H- 6-
about the time of the former ftirrings in parliament, A like new reference was by all
the faid parties to Fortefcue cheife Juftice of the kings bench, and to Newton and
ffray aforefaid, Soe that their award was made before palmfunday then followinge ;
And like recognizances of . 5000 . marks each party gave to other to perform the
lame, j cart, ab anno. 1.
vfque 2r. H. 6.
m : 11. 20 n° 14.
3fn which times the faid John lord Talbot was by L'res patents dated the 517
twentieth of May in the Twentieth of king Henry the fixth created Earle of pat : 8. E. 4. pars.
Shroefbury ; And fower years after was leaden with new honors in England, pat. 24. H. 6. pars.
France, and Ireland ; And Edmond Earle of Dorfet was created Marques Dorfet *;m: l6- et z6*
^ H. 6. pars. 1. m: 6.
in the 21'!" of Henry the fixth, And Duke of Somerfet in the 26* of Henry the Camden in Ireland
fixth ; And was great grandchild of king Edward the third : And John Talbot fon cart^i^M^f'et
of the faid Earle of Shroefbury by the faid lady Margaret his fecond wife, was 24. H. 6. m. 26.
made lord Lifle, by reafon of the tenure of the manor of Kingfton Lifle in the "art ab anmQ 'jf
County of Berks. vfque 27. H. 6 :
~r" n°. 9. m. 7.
carta in caftro
%&Zt all thefe quarrellings and outrages from the 1 7* to the 26th of Henry the de Berkeley.
fixth, between the faid three Co-heires and their hufbands of the one part, And this 15. e. 4. pars. 1.
lord James on the other part, the fifth of Aprill that year An award was made Pro Wenlocke-
between them at Cirencefter by the lord Ferrars, lord Beauchamp, Judge Fortefcue,
Judge Yelverton and others Arbitrators ; wherein they recite the former award
made by the Bifhop of Worcefter and Judge luyn in the fourth of Henry the fixth;
And now award to the faid three co-heires the manors of Wotton, Simondfall and
Cowley in fee fimple : And all the other lands and Tenements which in the 4* of
Henry the fixth were by the then Arbitrators awarded to the faid Earle of War
wicke,

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wicke, except the twenty two marks rent in fframpton upon Seavern and ten pound
rent in Slimbridge, (now called Sages manor;) And to the faid James and the heires
males of his body they awarded the manors of Came, Hinton, Slimbridge, Hurft,
Portbury, and all the other lands then in, controverfy in thofe places ; And that
each party fhould make to other fuch further affurance thereof as the f? two Judges,
ffortefcue and Yelverton, fhould devife.
carta in caftro de ^Jje faid Judges fifteen months after, in July in the 27th yeare of Henry the
CT e ey' fixth, did for further affurance mutually to bee made each party to other, further
award ; That all the faid parties fhould labour inftantly to the parliament then in
being, That an act might bee had for ratifying their former award ; But if the fame
518 could not bee procured, Then either party to make to other fuch | fecurity and
difcontinuances, for to take away all entryes by either party, as they the faid
Arbitrators hereafter fhould further devife.
3irjain#t this award this lord James much oppofed, neither would by any
meanes at any time bee drawn to give affent thereto during his life, much lefs to
labor for the parliaments ratification thereof, as was by the Arbitrators directed.
<©tt the other part as great violence was ufed to enforce him to the performance
of that award as law or greatnefs could caft upon him ; which ftorms to avoid, hee
was enforced to keep home and to man his Caftle with fome ftrength, for his de
fence and prefervacon : And his fons being alfo imbroiled in many troubles, kept
clofe with their father : And the good lady Ifable his wife was by meere neceffity
inforced to travell to London, And to become the fole Sollicitor of her hufbands
law caufes ; from whence let us hear what that vertuous lady did and howe her
hufbands caufes proceeded, by "a tre of her own hand remaining in Berkeley Caftle
in thefe words. €0 mp right toor^hipfufl anb reberenb lorb anb husbanb
hee thi$ Ire beltbereb.
flight worfhipfull and reverend lord and hufband, I commend mee to you with
all my whole hart, defyring alwayes to heare of your good wellfare, the which God
maintayne and increafe ever to your worfhip. And it pleafe you to heare how I
fare, Sf Squall and Squall ; Thomas Roger and Jacket have afked furety of peace
of mee, for their intent was to bringe mee into the Tower, But I truft in God to
morrow That I fhall goe in bayle unto the next Terme, and foe to goe home And then

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then to come againe ; And Sur I truft to God and you will not treat with them, but
keep your own in the moft manlyeft wife, yee fhall have the land for ones and end:
Bee well ware of Venables of Alderley, of Thom Mull and your falfe Counfell ;
keep well your place, The Earle of Shroefbury lyeth right nye you, and fhapeth all
the wyles that hee can to diftruffe you and yours, for hee will not meddle with you
openly noe manner of wife, but it bee with great falfdome that hee can bring about
to beguile you, or els that hee caufed that yee have fo fewe peopull about you, then
will hee fet on you, for hee faith hee will never come to the king againe | till hee
have done you an ill turne ; Sur your matter fpeedeth and doth right well, fave my
daughter cofteth great good ; At the reverence of God fend money or els I muft
lay my horfe to pledge and come home on my feet : keep well all about you till I
come home, and trete not without mee, And then all thinge fhall bee well with the
grace of the Almighty God, who have you in his keeping : written at London the
wednefday next after whitfunday. Your wife the lady of Berkeley

519

Chig lord James hereupon borroweth twenty two markes of Mr. Nicholas
Pointz, whereof to repay twelve marks on midfomer day following, and the other
ten markes on Michaelmas day after following^; for affurance whereof hee pawned
to him one guilt maffe booke, a chalice of Silver weighing eighteen ounces, A
chefipull with ftolys and fanons of red fattin, three aubes, three amices, one white
Autercloth with croffes of black filk therein, with one valence fringed fewed thereto,
of red cloth of gold, one cloth of red palle to hange afore an aulter of the fame,
an other cloth of the fame for a reredote, and two ridles of red tartryn.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

Hereby this family feeth the true fidelity of mariage in a juft hufband to a
correfpondent wife, who would rather feeme to disfurnifh God of the ornaments of
his worfhip, then leave her neceffitous eftate unfupplyed.
3Dnb becaufe this lady diredteth her Ire to her worfhipfull lord, and wifheth of the word
increafe to his worfhip, I will by a fhort digreffion comend to my reader the great Worfl"P-
1 honor and eftimation of the word Worfhip, fomewhat before, at, and fomewhat after
'thofe dayes, and how fublime the acceptation thereof then was.

1. 3|n this time of Henry the fixth, bills and petitions in Chancery were pat: 23. H. 6. pars.
dire&ed unto my right worfhipfull and gratious my lord of Canterbury, chancellor "' m * l '
of England.- < 2. i©hen

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claus : 8. H. 5. 2. I©hcn king Henry the fifth out of France, advertized the Duke his brother
Cuftos of the Realme in his abfence, the Arch-Bifhops, Bifhops and lords of his
Counfell, of the peace hee had made with ffrance, and of his mariage with the
daughter of France, hee directed his ires, To the worfhipfull and right worfhipfull. |
520 3- The Earle of Devon having been acquited of the treafon whereof he was
Rot. parliament. accufed, complained at the next parliament in the 31^ of Henry the fixth That falfe
accufation did right nigh touch his worfhip, honefty, and truth.
Rot.indic.i.H.4. 4. ^fn the firft of Henry the fourth It was adjudged in parliament That for
their offences the Dukes of Aumarle and Exeter, the Marques Dorfet, and the
Earle of Gloucefter, fhould loofe their names and the worfhip thereof.
Rot. parliament. ^ Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland in excufe of the crime objected,
did by his petition pray the kinge: to have in remembrance his coming into his
worfhipfull prefence to Yorke; of his own free will.
Rot. parlia : 7. 6. In the feaventh of Henry the fourth, Sr Henry Boyton was authorized to
treat with the worfhipfull prince, Robert the king of Scotland and his Counfell.
Rot. parliament. 7. In the twentyfeaventh of Henry the fixth, it is ordered in parliament, That

27.H.6.articl: 18.

Wittm Earle of Arundle fhall have his place as worfhipfully as any of his Anceftors
Earles of Arundell.

claus : 4. H. 6. 8. In the fourth of Henry the fixth the Earle of Huntingdon, touching the
0 °" payment' of his ranfom, fweares by the truth of our lady and our worfhip, and in
word of true knight, That &c.
Caxton. fol: 316. 9- I John Trevifa, vicary of Berkeley, at the requeft of the right worfhipfull
lord Thomas lord of Berkeley, have tranflated Polichronicon out of latin into
Englifh, &c. Anno = 1357, in the thirtyfirft of Edward the third.
Caxton fol: 317. 10. In the thirty fixth yeare of Edward the third Anno : 1361 . came into
England the three kings of France, Cipres and Scotland which were worfhipfully
received. — tjEhejft ten from more then one hundred the like, in thefe times obferved
by mee, fuffice in this digreffion. [
521 $Ott)e what followeth within three monthes after this ladies tre, read out of a
\ TL% billin Chancery exhibited by Wittm lord Berkeley, fon of this lord James, againft the

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the faid Margaret Countefs of Shroefbury ; wherein hee fets forth, That the fixth
of September in the faid thirtieth year of Henry ye fixth, The faid Countefs and her
hufband being then unjuftly feized of the manors of Wotton, Symondfall, Cowley,
the warth, newleyes, and Sages lond, by their fubtile and damnable imaginations,
labored, intreated and hired one Rice Tewe, being then fervant to the lord James,
to deceive and utterly to deftroy him the faid lord James and his fower fons, Wittm,
James, Maurice, and Thomas, then being in the Caftle of Berkeley with the faid
lord James their father : which faid Rice, having the keeping of the keys of the
faid Caftle, early in a morning let in the lord Lifle, fon to the faid Earle and
Countefs, with great numbers of people warlike arrayed, And there tooke the faid
lord James and his faid fower fons in their beds, and there kept them in prifon in
great dures by the fpace of eleaven weekes, by the commandment of the faid
Countefs ; they by all that time knowing noe fuerty nor certainty of their lives, but
ever awaiting the hour of their eruell death : And there the faid Counteffe com
pelled and coharted1 them to enfeale certaine Indentures of Covenants againft all
right and confcience, And after enforced them by might to reherfe the matter con
tained within the faid unlawfull Indentures, to fuch perfons as were affigned by .
the faid Counteffe, to their great forrow and heavinefs : And the fourth day of
November then next following in the faid thirtieth yeare of Henry the fixth, the
faid Counteffe made the faid lord James and his' faid fower fons to bee brought to
the gray fryars at Briftoll„ with great multitude of people warlike arrayed, with'
force, And there brought to them the Maior and Conftable off the Staple, And there
by Dures, compelled them to bee bound in divers feverall obligations and recog
nizances of the Statute of the Staple in twelve thoufand two hundred and fowerfcore
pounds to the faid Earle and Counteffe ; At which time they did as they were
compelled, for foe much as they durft none other doe, for dread to bee murdered
by the faid Earle and Counteffe and their fellowfhipp : And after that they were
carryed by the faid Earle and Counteffe and their faid riotous fellowfhip unto the
faid Caftle of Berkeley, and there kept ftill in ward, unto the time that | the faid 522
Earle and Counteffe, at that time being in foe great favour with the Kinge, purchafed
an oier determiner, granted before certaine of the kings Juftices and Comiffioners
at Circefter ; At which time the faid lord James and his faid fons were brought.
thither by force, And there by Dures compelled to anfwer to actions of trefpas;
brought againft them, and to plead fuch pleas before the faid Judges and Com
iffioners as the faid Earle and Counteffe and their Counfell advifed and miniftered unto
1 Coarted— compelled, forced. " Dyues by dethe was ftrayteley Coartid of his lyf to make a fodeyne
tranflacion."— MS. Land, 416, f. 101. See Bayley, Afhmole's Theat. Chem. Brit. p. 276, Halliwell. [Ed.]
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66 Che ttibeg of the 25erfeelep0 14 17
unto them : And alfo the faid Earle and Counteffe compelled them there to make
and enfeale feverall releafes of all their right and title that they had or might have
in the faid manors, and all other actions, and to knowledge them to bee inrolled of
record, which they did for fear of their death : Soe the bill.
Anfwer in Cane : Jiotoe heare what anfwer the faid Counteffe in her own words likewife maketln
6> E# 4" Chat Thomas lord Berkeley grandfather to her the faid Countefs was feized of the
faid manors of Wotton, Simondfall, and Cowley, (amongft others,) of a general!
eftate tailed to him and the heires of his body cominge, and of fuch eftate of the
faid manors dyed feized ; After whofe deceafe the fame manors difcended to Eliza
beth his daughter and heire, who entred, and tooke to hufband Richard Earle of
Warwicke, and by him had iffue her the faid Counteffe and her Copertioners; And
that after the death of the faid Elizabeth, The faid Earle of Warwick held him in
as Tenant by the curtefy of England, And dyed thereof foe feized ; After whofe
death the Earle of Shroefbury and fhee his wife and her copertioners, as daughters
and heires to the faid Elizabeth, into the fame manors entred, and thereof was"
feized by force of the fd. Entayle, unto the time that Wittm Berkeley by the affent,
-commandment, agreement, and will 'of the fd. lord James his father, (which at that
time kept within the Caftle of Berkeley a great number of right riotous, unlawfull,
and evill difpofed people, afwell in felonies, as ryots, affrayes, and Other mifgovern-
ances, and unruly demeanings amongft the kingsleidge people,) and there affembled
to them a great multitude of fuch misgoverned people arrayed in manner of warre,
523 the faid Earle of Shroefbury (late lord and hufband | to the faid Counteffe) then
being in Normandy upon the fafeguard of the dutchy of Normandy, ryotoufly came
to the faid manor of Wotton, and entred into the fame, And the gates and doores
of the faid manor they brake, and all to hewe and cutt the great and principall
timber of the roofes and galleryes, and other nefefaryes fawed and cut in two, The
walls, vautes, quines of doors and windows they razed and tere a down, The fer
ments of iron in the windows, hingyngs for doares and windows, gutters and
condutes of lead, afwell Upon the houfes as under the earth, they brake and beate
away ; And the faid manor of Wotton in all that they could defaced and deftroyed,
infomuch that the reparations thereof coft the faid Earle Counteffe John vifcount
Lifle and their fervants then there being, to the valewe of fower thoufand markes,
difpoiled, robbed and beare away ; And upon the which ryot and robbery the faid.
Earle of Shroefbury fued an oier and determiner ; And at a Seffion holden at
Glouc: by force of the faid oyer and determiner, the faid James lord Berkeley,
Wittm his fon and other were indited ; But the faid James,' Wittm and the other,
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allwayes intendinge the continuance of their mifcheevous rule and governance,
continually enforced them and kept them within the faid Caftle of Berkeley, which
is a ftronge and mighty place, Soe that the Sherife nor none other officer of the
Shire of Glouc, might not in any wife execute any precepts againft them : And
right oftentimes they iffued out of the faid Caftle, and beat robbed and difpoiled
many of the kings leidges of that Country, And when they or any of them had
done fuch a mifcheevous deed, they allwayes reforted into the faid Caftle, and there
were received, defended, and kept, and all that they might rob and pill brought into
the fame : whereupon the people of the faid Country came to the faid Vifcount
Lifle, then being one of the Juftices of the peace in that County, and in great
number full piteoufly and lamentably complained to the faid vifcount of the heinous
and mifcheevous governances aforefaid, befeeching him to put himfelf in devoire
for their remedy releefe and fuccour in this behalf ; And the faid vifcount, intend
ing to reforme that abhominable mifgovernance, bade the people enquire and efpye
fecretly when any of thofe theeves and robbers or any of their maintainers were
about | ryot and robbery, and hee would affay • to take them, and bringe to an 524
anfwer after the kings lawes : And on a night the fame Wittm Berkeley fent twenty
of that fame mifcheevous men to a Tenants houfe of the faid Earle of Shroefburyes
called Richard Andrewes, which was a blind man, dwelling from the faid Caftle ten
miles, to rob the faid Richard Andrews, whereof the faid vifcount had warning that
fuch a fellowfhip were iffued out of the faid Caftle ; And hee tooke a company with
him and rode, into the Country to affay if hee might meet them ; And of the Country
that had been evill treated before by the fame Wittm and his felyfhip followed them,
till they had befet the faid blind mans houfe, And as hee Went homewards againe,
hee fortuned to meet fome of the faid vifcounts fervts, and told them how it was,
And then the faid vifcounts fervants fent the fanie man to their mafter to tell him
thereof; And they rode ftraite in all that they could or might thither as the theeves
were, to refcue the blind man if they might, And yet ere they came thither, the
Theeves had gotten the houfe and all the people that were therein, and had up
turned every place . of the houfe : And for caufe they found but litle good in
fubftance, they tooke a brand iron and fet it on the fire till it was glowing hott,
And then they tooke the blind man and would have fet him upon it, for hee would
bee a knowe of noe more good, And through that dread that they foe put him in,
hee told them where his good was, and limetted them a place under earth in the
fame houfe, wherein they had in money eoined as the fame blind man did fwear
and avowe before them, two hundred and fowerfcore pounds : And even as they
were departing out of the faid houfe, the faid vifcounts fervants fet upon them, and
with
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with right great and fore fight tooke divers of them, amongft the wch, the forefaid
Rice Tewe was one ; And the faid Rice in favation of his life offered to them that
had taken him to get them into the faid Caftle, foe that they might take the refidue
of the faid riotous mifgoverned and endited people ; And ftreight they rode to the
faid Caftle, And wn they come to the Caftle gate Rice called upon the watch," And
anon the faid watch went to the faid lord James who had the keys in his own keep-
525 mg> And hee them delivered to one Thomas fflefhewer then being | yeoman of his
chamber, who came and opened the wicket gate of the Caftle, And the fervants of
the vifcount Lifle entred to take the faid mifg9verned men, And tooke the place
without any hurt or mifdoing to any perfon ; And faithfully, otherwife then thus
was never the faid Rice hired entreated or defired by the faid Earle Counteffe nor
none other perfon for them, nor had noe keeping of the keys of the faid Caftle :
And further faith, that after fhee came into the faid Caftle of Berkeley where fhee
found the faid James and his faid fower fons, they nor none of them neither were
imprifoned nor indureffed nor coarted to make feale declare plead nor confeffe, the
Indentures obligations pleas releafes before reherfed, nor noe parcell thereof; but
were fuffered to bee in the faid Caftle at their large, And had their learned Counfell
and all other their frends and fervants continually repairing and- attending upon
them at their pleasures : And then they confidering amongft them the great ryots
Offences and trefpaffes in breaking difpoiling and robbing of the faid manor of
Wotton, and other divers abhominable deeds which they had done to the faid
Earle Counteffe, vifc', and others, whereof of part they were indited, and con
fidering alfo the great and huge cofts which they diverfly put the faid Earle and
Countes too through their mifguiding, and alfo the great punition which they
underftood they had deferved after the due courfe of the lawe, likely upon them
to enfue and fall, by the advice of their faid learned Counfell and of their own
frends;, freely offered to the faid Earle and Counteffe, the faid lands and Tenements
called the warth, newleyes, and Sagiflond, To have to them and their heires for
evermore, And made thereof as good eftates as could bee devifed by the Counfell
of both parties, and more liveries accordinge, and one thoufand pounds in money ;
wherefore furetie was made before the Maior and Conftable of briftoll aforefaid,
in recompence of the ryot beating" down and defaceing the manor of Wotton afore
faid, and difpoiling and bearing away their goods aforefaid : And to the faid vifcount,
they offered two hundred pounds for the ftealing and bearing away of his goods
there, which drewe in value better then feaven hundred markes ; for the payment
526 of which fums they made feverall obligations | before the faid Maior and Conftable
of the Staple of Briftoll ; And over that the faid lord James and his faid fons, by
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the advice of their faid learned Counfell and frends, offered to the faid Earle and
Counteffe to remit, releafe and extinct to the faid Earle and Counteffe and her Co*
pertioners and their heires, all fuch title intereft and clayme as they had, might, or
pretended to have in the faid manors of Wotton, Simondfall and Cowley, and to
make it fure to the faid Earle Counteffe and her copertioners, as the faid Earle and
Counteffe counfell fhould devife, And made there oath in forme aforefaid ; for the
performing wherof the faid lord James and his faid fower fons bound themfelves
their heires and executors to the fame Earle and Counteffe in the fume of ten
thoufand pounds: And all thefe things aforefaid were offered by the faid lord
James and his fons, they having with them their frends and their learned Counfell,
without any Dures conftraint coartion or quarrell by the faid Earle and Counteffe,
or of any perfon on theire behalfe, other then is as aforefaid. <3Thu£ the anfwere.
Jj&bittge heard the complaint and defence of both parties, who indeed in their
own cafes are partiall, Take the truth from him that partakes with neither party ;
Thus, Ctu£ lord James and his fower fons with him, are in the night time the fixth
of September in the thirtieth of king Henry the fixth, by the falfhood of Rice, fur-
prifed in their Caftle : And forthwith a Comiffion of Oyer and terminer is fued
forth of the Chancery directed to Judge Bingham, Wittm Lucy, and others : The
firft feffion whereupon, is at Campden in the remoteft part of Gloucefterfhire, five
and thirty miles from Berkeley, upon the fourth day of October following, w.n the
faid three lady Copertners and their hufbands put in their declaration againft this
lord James and hrs fower fons, Wittm, James, Maurice, and Thomas, grounded
upon the Statute of the fifth of Richard the fecond, for forceibly entringe into their
manors of Wotton, Simondfall, and Cowley ; And prayed proces of Attachment to
bring the Def? to anfwer at Cirencefter againft the ninth of December following.
At this time this lord James and his faid fower fons, (being prifoners | in the 527
power of as angry a lady as I have obferved in all my readings,) were between the Bancusreg. 30. H.
faid two Seffions enforced to feale twelve feverall deeds, dated on the 8* 12* 20* 6* rot 4°' 4I*
and . 26* days of October - whereof <©ne was a leafe for two years to the faid three
lady Coperceners and their hufbands of the Caftle of Berkeley ; Saving therein
habitacon and houfroome for themfelves and fix fervants ; <©thet£ were deeds of
Covenants to make fure to the faid Coperceners their faid three, manors, And that
neither this lord James nor his fons fhould fue, implead, vex, greeve, nor trouble, the

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the faid ladies nor their hufbands by the law nor otherwife, nor none of their fer
vants, adherents, nor Counfellers, but .fhould bee their true cozens, faithful! men,
and fervants ; with an obligation of ten thoufand pounds to perform the fame ;
<©ther£ were releafes of all their rights and interefts in the faid three manors of
Wotton, Simondfall, and Cowley, with generall warranties, and of all actions 'and
carta in caftro de appeals, made to them and to eighteen of their fervants and kinfmen : <©ne other
de Berkeley, deed was in the nature of a bond of feaven hundred markes for payment of two
hundred markes to the faid vifcount Lifle, in recompence and fatisfaction of divers
trefpaffes and wrongs done to him by the faid Wittm Berkeley, in riotoufly taking
away his goods out of the manor houfe of Wotton, to the valewe of feaven hun
dred markes : 3Enb one other was a feoffment of the manor of Sages the Warth and
1 Newleyes to the faid lady Margaret and her heires, in part of recompence for horrid
great trefpaffes and wrongs done to her hufband by them arid their riotous people,
in takinge away the value of two thoufand pounds of ,the faid Earles goods out of
Wotton ; And a releefe of the faid manor and lands accordingly.
3Ellb, the 4^ of November following, were by an Armed band of men carryed
to the gray ffryars to Briftoll, whither John Stanley, then Maior, was fent for; And
there before him conflrained to acknowledge three Statutes, whereof one of ten
thoufand pounds, defeizanced by an Indenture between the parties, That if this
lord James and his faid fower fons fhould performe all feoffments and grants, and
fhould keep all covenants and promifes made between the faid parties, Then the
fame to bee void.
carta in caftro de Che fecond Statute was of two thoufand pound to the faid vifcount Lifle. And
er e ey. ^e third Statute was by the faid Wittm and James his brother alone, of two hun
dred pounds abfolute without any defeizances ; which done, Then were this lord &
his fons hurried back to Berk? with the fame rout yl caryed y1? to Briftoll. |
528 3fittb on the ninth of December followinge, this lord James and his fower fons
were againe carried from Berkeley to Cirencefter, the day and place for the fecond
fittinge upon the faid Comiffion, where in their own perfons, (not by Atturny,) they
plead, not the generall iffue, but their title at large as heir male under the faid fyne
of the 23* yeare of king Edward the third : Upon which day alfo cometh in the
barre, replication, reioynder and furreioynder ; whereupon iffue being joyned A
venire facias is the fame day awarded to the Sherife to returne a Jury againft the
next morninge : <Che Jury are returned from many the remote parts of the County, And

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71

And fomoned, (as may feeme,) and appeare, And the fame morning try the iffue ;
3fin& find the entayle made in the time of Henry the third to Maurice lord Berkeley
the fecond of that name and to Ifable his wife and to the heires of their two bodies,
according as was laid down in the Inquificon of the 18* of king Henry the fixth,
after the death of Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke : 3filtb affeffe damages Efch : poft mort.
to one hundred pounds, and cofts of fute to twenty pound, which the pl'-s forthwith m^r „ ^j er e"
remit to the faid lord James and his fons, two of whom at this time were under
eighteen years of age.
3fubge Bingham lived twenty eight years after thefe irregular proceedings, yet
never could certify this record thus taken, in all his life time : But the fame was
certified by his widow upon a writ of certiorare to her directed in the fourth of king
Henry the feaventh, as the record it felf fheweth : whereby may bee gathered that
hee held the fhuflinge fowle, howfoever the dealing might feeme faire before him.
Chi£ lord James is not yet foe freed but another Inquiry upon the like
Comiffion is at Glouc, where this lady and wife following her hufbands buifinefs
as Sollicitor, found worfe fucceffe, as a petition by her fon Wittm exhibited to king
Edward the fourth- in the fourth of his raigne fhall declare in his own words . viz?
Chat the Earle of Shroefbury and lord Lifle beinge of Counfell and fingular favor
with king -Henry the fixth, by that fupport and favor the Counteffe his wife came
to Glouc, And there caufed an Inquiry by her own men, and ftrangers, upon the

Efch : in Com.
Wilts 20. E. 4. poft
mort. Bingham.
fine roll : 20. E. 4.
m : 14.

Bill in Cane :
4. E. 4.

Shee was great,
great grandchild

oyer and terminer, and there againft all right and confcience, his faid lady and of Tho: Brother-

mother tooke and imprifoned in the Caftle of Glouc; And by the faid fupport and
favor her there kept, Soe that by lawfull proceffe nor | otherwife fhee might not bee
delivered, till fhee was dead in the moft piteous wife that ever was lady of her birth,
being difcended of your high bloud : And further that the night of the faid enquiry,
the fervant of one Lacon murthered his faid mafter, who longe time had been
greatly cherifhed of him, who being for that murther taken and adjudged to death,
confeffed hee was tempted to murder his mafter for his untrue dealing in the faid
enqueft : 3Unb that the faid Counteffe flood foe high in that kings favor,, y' fhee
feared nothing to doe, were it never foe unlawfull ; And how fhee tooke the lord
James his father, himfelfe, and his brethren, and carryed them to Ciceftre, And they
were plainly told by the faid Counteffe, that if they "would not in each thing do as
they were rrequired, they fhould plainly dye : whereupon to their great heavinefs
they did whatfoever they would, how prejuditiall fo ever to their inheritance and
contrary to all right and confcience : 5llnb fetteth out further, how fhee the faid
Counteffe

ton fon to king
Ed : ye i*
529

72

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1417

Counteffe put the people of the County to fine and ranfome at the utterance of
their goods, And they that might not bere^. fhee caufed them by the members to
bee hanged : And that fhee afterwards caufed James and Thomas his brethren
to goe beyond feas with her hufband, where James was flaine, and Thomas taken
prifoner and put to fynance to him importable : 3Gnb that afterwards the faid
Counteffe for two years kept the faid lord James his father out of his Caftle of
Berkeley, and all the tenancyes and lordfhipps thereto belonging utterly wafted.
€hu£ hee :

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

530

Che 2.9* of September following in the 31 'I1 of Henry the fixth the faid
Counteffe drew from this lord James and his fons one other Indenture, whereby it
was of newe agreed, That if this, lord James and his faid fons would fue a writ of
Attaynt of the faid verdit given at Cirencefter in an Inquiry between the faid
parties, And the fame Attaint purfue with effect without nonfute or difcontynuance,
And plead not, nor evidence challenge, nor any other matter, but fuch as fhall bee
devifed by the faid Earle, the lord Lifle, and their Counfell, ne nothing doe ne
labor, ne procure to bee done ne labored, but by their faid advife, That then the
faid Earle, nor lord Lifle his fon, will take noe benefit ne advantage againft the faid
lord James nor his faid fons by way of forfei | ture of the bond of ten thoufand
pounds dated the 8* of October laft which they had of them, but thereof, every of
them to be difcharged and pardoned.

Rec : 31. H. 6. 31nb the more to quicken this lord James and his faid fons, in the fhort dif-
fuper e*tei£ patch of this plot, the fecond of October following (being the third day after) was
the faid ftatute of ten thoufand pounds,, (acknowledged the fourth of November
before,) extended upon the lands of the faid lord James, by James Clifford then
Sherife of the County ; whereby all his manors and lands, (perticularly named and
valued,) are taken from him, both in this County of Glouc. and alfo of Somerfet :
And proces is fued out againft all their perfons alfo, whereby now was left to this
lord James and his faid fons neither lands nor liberty.

pafch :3i. H. 6.
in banc : regis, rot.
et in falacijs il5m.

Camden in Shrop-
fhire pag : 598. E.

thereupon the attaint goeth forward, And upon a tryall the Jury find, That
the former* Jury at Cirencefter had made a good and lawfull verdit in all that they
had faid : Howbeit by reafon of the death of the faid Earle, and lord vifcount Lifle,
and of James fon of this lord James, no Judgment was after entred upon the faid
verdit : And this Earle is that noble foldier of whom the ffrench made the proverbe,
The Talbot comes, And wee called our Englifh Achilles ; And was buryed at
Whitchurch

1463 Utifc of 3!ame£ the f irgt 73
Whitchurch with this Epitaph, orate pro anima praenobilis domini D. Johis Talbot Inq = C!iT>}> aPud
quondam Comitis Salopiae, marifchalli franciae, qui obijt in bello apud Burdeux. 7. Salop, obijt. 20.
Julij 1453 . Anno. 31 . H . 6. And was created the firft Earle of Shroefbury of his JullJ-
name of Talbot in the one and twentieth of King Henry the fixth ; As his eldeft
fon by the faid lady Margaret his fecond wife, was in the 23* of Henry the fixth,
vifcount Lifle, as hath been faid.
Co deliver the exceptions which upon the later tryalls in the time of Queen
Elizabeth were by the lord Berkeleys Counfell, (when time and diligence had
ripened their knowledge,) taken to the forefaid Inquifition of the 18* of Henry
the fixth, after the death of the faid Earle of Warwicke ; 5Hnb to the faid award of
the 271" of Henry the fixth ; 3Unb to the faid action upon the ftatute of the fifth of
Richard the fecond ; 31nb to the faid attaint thereupon brought in the 31* of Henry
the fixth ; 1 3Unb to the forefaid twelve deeds made and acknowledged as aforefaid ; 531
would alone require like leaves to this lords life ; for thefe were the principall pillars
and fuporters of the adverfaries title, and the places of retreat to which they ever
fled and trufted ; wherein I had the honor to Collect ye breviats for Counfell, which
now fleep in peace amongft the other evidence of the now lord George at Berkeley
Caftle ; which upon reading hereof, hee may perhaps bee moved to awake and read,
when this hand of mine w*:h thus feemeth to glory in the remembrance of its own
labors, is turned into duft.
SD0U&tIe£ the inrodes and fpoiles that each party and their followers made each
upon others lands and tenants, as the lord Lifle into Berkeley, Hame, Alkington,
Hurft, and other manors of this lord James's : And the lord James and his fons into
Wotton, Paynefwike, Whaddon, Moreton, and other manors of the faid Earle and
Counteffe and lord Lifle their fon, in the fame County, produced the ill effects and
deftructions of a petty warr : wherein the burrowe Town of Berkeley, for her part, j-^P :^m1^0^
fawe the burning and proftration of many of her antient houfes, as her old rent et. E. 4.
which till that time was — 22? by the year and upwards, and by thofe devaftations
brought down to eleaven pounds and under, where it fticketh to this day, without
recovery of her antient luftre or greatnefs.
Che£e unjuft incurfions and depredations thus reciprocally retorted each upon ^ot- Pdon : IS-
other, made both parties fly to the king for pardons, the eafier to wind out from the 28. H. 6. ps. 1.
juftice of the lawes : <©f which fort this lord James for his part, had one the tenth ^tIO-don H
of July in the fifteenth of Henry ye fixth ; 5tnb an other the third of July in the 6. m. 41. claus •.
24* of it5m'
L VOL. II

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Che Hibeg of the SSerfeetepg

1417

Rot. pdon. 30. H.
6. m. 25. et. 32.
pat. 30. H. 6.
pars. 1. m. 14.
Rot. pdon : 36.
H. 6. m. 27.
Rot. pdon : 36.
H. 6. m. 27.
Rot. pdon: 1. E.4.
m. 41. et at.

24* of Henry the fixth ; And an other the 22*!1 of November in the 28t.h of Henry
the fixth ; And an other the twentieth of July in the 30* of Henry the fixth ; And
an other the 20* of November in the fame thirtieth yeare ; 3Unb the like at the
fame time to Willm, James, Maurice, and Thomas the fower fons of this lord ; 5Hnb
an other the firft of November in the 34* of Henry the fixth ; And an other the
tenth of January in the 36* of Henry the fixth, and to Jone his wife ; 3lnb an other
the fixth of February in the firft of Edward the fourth ; And fome others. |

532 3Unb the lady Ifable his wife had her pardon alfo, dated the 29* of May in the
thirtieth of Henry the fixth, not longe before fhee was murdered at Glouc, as hath
been faid.

pat: 30. H. 6. pars.
2. m: 15. 22.

3fittb the faid Earle of Shroefbury and Counteffe his wife, and lord Lifle their
fon, had as many pardons or more, which fufficiently fhew the ill humors where
with either party abounded ; 3Unb befides alfo the fifteenth of July in the thirtieth
of Henry the fixth, the faid Earle wrought with the king to take them for their
perfons, lands, tenements, goods and chatties in his protection, And to free him the
faid Earle and his fons from all mens actions and futes efpetially duringe their
abfence in France.

Term:Micfcis. 27.
H. 6. rot. 25. in
fcacio cum rein
thefaur.

3(n the 27I1 of Henry the fixth, this lord James, by the putting on of his
adverfaries, was called into the Exchequer to anfwer the meane rates of the manors
of Slimbridge, Hinton, Came, Cowley, Wotton and Simondfall, from the laft of
Aprill in the 17* of Henry the fixth, (on which day the Earle of Warwicke dyed,)
untill the finding of his office the year after ; in which record, the feverall titles of
the faid Earles heires are laid down againft the lord James, as in the faid office they
are found.

Chi£ lord James in difcharge thereof, doth not plead his title as heire male to
his uncle by force of his grandfathers entayle, as hee might well have done, though
with a longer plea and more charge ; but taketh a courfe more fpeedy and of lefs
coft, efpetially againft the king himfelf, And pleadeth his Ma*f pardon to him
granted the third of July in the 24* of his raigne, as afore is mentioned, And fo
avoided the charge :

ChijS record, I remember, was at a tryall in the Comon pleas in yfc 39* of
Queen Elizabeth ftrongly urged by the Counfell of Anne Counteffe of Warwicke, widow,

1463 Site of %amz$ the f irgt 75
widow, then demaundant, in a writ of pertition againft Henry lord Berkeley, tenant
for the third part of the faid manors of Slimbridge, Came and Hinton, as being, (in
their opinion,) unanfwerable ; for that this lord James had himfelf therein waved
and departed from his own title of heire male, confeffing thereby as was inferred,
the right of the title to bee on the other fide in the heire generall : whereto, as the
allegation of the record was fodaine, (for it was then unknown to the Counfell of
the lord Berkeley,) old Serjeant Harris, of Counfell with the lord Berkeley, | gave 533
this fodaine anfwer ; If the lord James had done otherwife, hee had done foolifhly :
for who will refufe the benefit of Gods bleffings. and the kings pardons ; And
having two ways to difcharge himfelf, hee tooke the beft cheap and fpeedieft courfe,
efpetially againft the kinge ; which blunt and prefent anfwer feemed to fattisfy the
Court. 3lnb upon a fecond putting on of his adverfaries in the fame Court, of another Micfias: 28: H. 6.
fute in the like nature for the meane profits of the manor of Portbury and other rot" 23' m ca°10<
lands in the County of Somerfet, whereto an untrue Inquificon had entitled the
Coheires, found by them in the 18*? of Henry the fixth, as is afore rehearfed, This
lord James out of the fame reafons pleaded an other of the kings pardons granted
to him the 22'!1 of Novem' the fame yeare.
Che Earle of Shroefbury being (with his fon the lord vifcount Lifle) flaine in
France as is before declared, The time of his widdows mourning for the loffe of
fuch an hufband and fon, gave to this lord James and his two fons Willm and
Maurice, left at home with him, fome reafonable time of breathing, yet not free
from as great forrow, for that James his fecond fon was flaine with the faid Earle
in France, and Thomas his youngeft fon at the fame time , taken prifoner by the
French in that overthrowe; which alfo on the part of this lord James and his family
was the more redoubled through the unnaturall difcord that at this time ranckled
between the faid lord and his eldeft fon Sr Willm, which alfo feemes the more to
fefter by the jealoufyes infufed by a ftepmother the lady Jone, whom this lord
James had not longe before maryed, by beating upon ye weake pulfe of her huf
bands old age : which inteftine diffention had not a little advanced the affaires of .
the adverfe parties for divers of ye late years.
©Otdbeit the twentieth of Auguft in the 38th of the faid king Henry the fixth, carta in caftro
de Berkeley.
the father and fon came to an agreement under their feverall feals of Armes, upon
thefe ten capitulations : fir#t that the faid Sr William fhould not henceforth greeve 1.
vex
l 2

76

Che Eibeg of the S&etftriepg

1417

6. 7-
8.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley dat. 15.
Maij. 33. H. 6.
carta in caftro de
Berkeley dat. 5
Maij. 18. H. 6.

vex nor trouble the faid lord James his father, nor any of his fervants Counfellors
or tenants of any of his Lodps manors in Gloucefterfhire, by lawe nor otherwife :
2. Chat hee fhould not fupport nor favor noe perfons that his faid father fhall put out
534 of his | fervice : Chat the faid Wittm fhall keep the peace againft his faid lord father
3. and his fervants duringe his life, but provided that neither his fathers nor his fer
vants fhould give no occation of provocation to the faid Wittm or his fervants :
4. Chat the faid Wittm fhould bee at large in all matters againft Thomas Mill and
5. John Poyntz, except the faid James own matters : Chat the faid Wittm fhall not
come into the lordfhip of Berkeley, (for hee now dwelt at Portbury,) with more
perfons then ten by day or night duringe the life of this lord his father without his
leave : Chat hee and they fo coming fhall come peaceably, and fend word to his
father of their coming half a day before hand, but not to flay at any their comeings
above feaven dayes : Chat the faid Wittm fhall not alyen, nor feoffment make of
the manor of Portbury nor of any part thereof : Chat if the faid lord James fue any
9. perfon by lawe, the faid Wiftm fhall bee with him in fuch fute lawfully : Chat for
the obfervance of thefe Covenants the faid Wittm fhall enter into a Statute at
Briftoll of one thoufand pound to his faid father, And then hee will amit and
10. receive him as his fon and heire to his favor and good faderhood : 3llttb Ha$tlp that
none of thofe feaventeen fervants of the faid Willm, (mentioned in the fchedule to
this Indenture annexed,) fhall at no time come within the manors of the faid lord
James in Gloucefterfhire, but as ftrangers to baite and goe their way : 3tnb the like
in effect, both Covenants and Statute from this lord James with his faid fon Wittm,
mutatis mutandis, whereby they purged the foure leaven of one the others family :
which difagreements between this old lord and his faid fon feems alfo to have drawn
ill nourifhment from a difobedient leafe which this Wittm, three years before againft
his fathers mind, had made of his manor of Portbury to James Earle of Wiltfhire
and of Ormond for twelve years, contrary to Williams promife as it feemeth ; when
his faid father in the 18* of that king Henry the fixth, had for his better mainten
ance, granted the fame for his life ; Co the demifinge or fale whereof, this good old
lord was the more averfe, becaufe it was the firft land his Anceftors had ever pur
chafed in England. |
535 ^i£ retoarbg to gerbantg.
$0e lord from Harding the Dane had more ufe for men, and wife men, then
this lord James, from his firft age of discretion to the houre of his funerall, and
confequently more ufe for bounty to tye fuch men to his affaires : Howbeit, whether
it was his fhallow purfe, never halfe full, or whether the memory of his liberalityes
have perifhed with time, I have only obferved thefe. viz' %Tl

1463 ttife of 3[ame£ the f irgt 77
5?n the third of Henry the fixth hee gave to Richard Venables one of his carta in caftro
de Berkeley.
Efquiers, an Anuity of ten marks yearly out of his manor of Hurft for his life;
And alfo let to him the Scite of the faid manor called Hurft Farm at fixteen marks
rent, which is the old rent to this day . 1624.
^fn the feaventh of that king, hee and the lady Ifable his wife gave to Nicholas Efch : n. H. 6.
Stanfhawe, for the life of the faid lady, the manor of ffiekenhoe in the County of ^bray J°&S'
Warwicke, rent free, which this lord held in her right.
3In the 11* of the faid king, hee gave to Elizabeth Ithell for her life, an carta in caftro
de Berkeley
Anuity of fourty fhillings by the year, for the paines fhee had taken in nurfing of H
Wittm his eldeft fon, and an houfe in Berkeley rent free. 6.incaftr:deBerk:

the 19'? of the faid king, hee gave to John Grevill, one of his Efq^, for his carta in caftro
de Berkeley
life, an Anuity of — 4= 61 81 by the year, out of his manor of Alkington, and two
pafture grounds called cowmoor and hurdham in the faid manor, of like value.
9(n the twentieth of that king, hee gave to John Phillip ats Morgan, for his carta in caftro de
life, an Anuity of twenty nobles by the year, whereof three pounds out of his manor er «"
of Appleridge, And — 3'! 61 81 out of Clapton, And — 61 8d out of Hame.
9(n the fame 20^ year, hee gave to John Dunftable for his life, an anuity of carta in caftro de
fourty fhillinges by the year, out of the warth and new leyes in Slimbridge.
9[n the fame year hee gave to John With for his life, an Anuity of fourty | Berkeiey.
fhillings by the year, out of the faid warth and new leyes. 536
fn the 21* of the faid king, hee gave to John Biford, for his life, an Anuity of JjJ^^jjJ™
forty fhillings by the Yeare, out of the faid warth and new leyes.
fn the 23* of that king, hee gave to William May for his life, an Anuity of ^l^am de
forty fhillings by the yeare, out of culver feild in Alkington.
Che fame yeare hee gave to Gilbert Johnfon for his life, an Anuity of forty carta in caftro de
fhillings by the year out of the faid feild.
%JX the 3-5* of the faid king Henry the fixth, hee gave to George Pullen, one comp. de Port-
-,. ^ r n •tt- 11 bury : m caftro de
of his Efquires, for his life, an Anuity of fourty fhillings by the yeare. Berkeley. 36. H. 6.

78

Che SUbe£ of the 25erftelep£

1417

carta in caftro de ftt the 34* of the faid king, hee gave to Sr Walter Deverox for his life, in
Berkeley. confideration of his fervice, an Anuity of twenty markes by the year out of his
manor of Hinton.

Comp:de Berkeley %ti the 37* of the faid king, hee gave to Thomas Holt Steward of his houfe,
37- Hdf Berkek0 for his life> an AnuitY of fourty *hillings by the year' out of the new Inne in
Berkeley. Co know more I have not attained.
$i# migceflani* or barioug aja&saseg not nroperip rebuteable unber
anp the former titled
Chi^ lord James of all his forepaft Anceftors from Harding the Dane, and of
all his pofterity to George lord Berkeley that now is, in minority, ftands fingle in
his generations from wearing Armes in any martiall voyage, abrode or at home.

Polichron:fo. 313.

Caxton. cap : 248.
fo : 335-

claus : 1. H. 6.
m: 19. in dorfo.

3(n the 4* of Henry the fixth, the Duke of Bedford, Regent of ffrance and
uncle to the kinge, returned into England ; And on whitfunday at Leicefter dubbed
the king knight ; And forthwith after, the king dubbed kn'f many Dukes, Earles,
and lords, Amongft whom, this lord James was one, as thofe hiftoryes fay ; After
which time hee always affumed into his ftile, the title of knight ; Howbeit I have
already truly fhewed him to bee written, Jacobus de Berkeley chivalier, three yeares
before this time. I

537 3fa the 7* of Henry the fixth, this lord James borrowed nine hundred marks
carta in caftro de of John Merbury of Hereford Efq^ ; for repayment whereof hee mortgaged to him
his manors of Portbury in the County of Somerfet, and of Alkington in the County
of Glouc, And befides gave his Statute acknowledged at Briftoll for repayment of
the faid money.

Berkeley.

Rot. pari : n. H. 6. Chi£ lord James was at the parliament holden in the 11* of Henry the fixth,
H^V ds fworn witn other lords not to keep or harbour any ryotous or notorious diforderly
2. m : 29. perfons, nor to maintaine the quarrells of others, nor to conceive any difpleafure
againft any Judge for doing his office and juftice &c.

claus

18. H. 6.
dorfo.

Che 30* of Auguft in the 18^ of Henry the fixth, the king fent to this lord his
Comiffion in the nature of a patent of Leivtenancy, requiring him to make procla
mation in the County of Glouc, for the peace of the Country to bee preferved, And
to prevent all conventicles, unlawfully affembled, And to carry a watchfull eye to
prevent

1463 ttife of 3|ameg the f ir# 79
prevent ryotous congregations and affemblyes ; And if fuch appear to arife, to
deftroy them forthwith, leaft greater evill enfue.
3[n the 34* of king Henry the fixth, this lord James by his conge de lere, gave carta in caftro de
leave to the fifters and covent of Nuns of S! Magdalens by Briftoll, to choofe them Berkelev-
another prioreffe infteed of Jone Waleis their late prioreffe, lately dead : 5llnb what
more I have to fay of prefentations and matters of this kind made by this lord or
his Anceftors to Abbyes, Nunry es, pryory es, Chantryes, or the like religious places,
of any of their foundations, I doe referr this pious family to the life of their foi : [699]
Anceftor the lord Thomas the fixth of that name, where they fhall read their loffe |,
in honor and profit, by thatjdifmalL and black Statute of the diffolution of monaf- ]'•
teryes in the 31* of Henry the 8* and of others in. his raigne.
for the extraordinary Comiffions, befides thofe annuall of the peace, wherein
this lord was often imployed in divers Counties, As in railing of money by lones
for the king, takinge of mufters, Arming of Soldiers, appeafing of tumults and in-
furredtions, and the like, thefe following records will direct to the principall of thofe
I have obferved, none of which are before mentioned ; As : pat : 4. H. 6. pars. 2.
m. 8. / pat. 6 : H. 6. pars. 2. m : 16. / pat. 7. H. 6. pars . 1. dorfo. / pat. 8. | H. 6. 538
pars., 2. m. 3 . / fin. 12. H : 6. m : 13. / fines. 14. H. 6, m. 20. / pat. 14. H. 6. m. 1.
dorfo. / pat : 17. H. 6. pars. 1. m. \2. / fines. 18. H. 6. m. 12. 17. / pat : 20 H. 6.
pars. 3. m. 22. et. pars. 2. m. 40. in dorfo. / fines. 28 H. 6. m. 6. / pat. 1. E. 4. pars.
3. in dorfo.

3^t£ toibe£.
Chig lord had three wives (if not fower) ajfood or ilLhap that had not formerly
befallen any of his Anceftors from Harding the Dane.

\ i

Che firft was the daughter of S' Humphry Stafford of Dorfet- carta in caftro
fhire, whom by the direction of his uncle the lord Thomas, hee maryed in the third de Berkelev-
yeare of king Henry the fifth, with the portion of fix hundred marks, purfed by his
faid uncle ; Shee dyed very young without iffue ; Howbeit an old breviat written
about the 17th of Henry the 61!1 hath thefe words ; %tmt Thomas late lord Berkeley vetus manufcr : in
aiell1 to my lady Dorfet and her Coperceners, and uncle to James now lord of
Berkeley, in his life, tooke the faid James for his heire of all the manors comprized within
1 Forefather—" To gyve from yoiire heires that youre aids you lefte." Piers Plowman, ?• 3*4- See
HalliwelL

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within the faid fyne, And fold his mariage twyes for a thoufand markes, and
another time for one thoufand two hundred markes : whereby it may bee gathered,
That this lord James had a former wife to this.
Jj)i£ fecond wife, (if but three,) was Ifable the eldeft daughter of Thomas lord
Mowbray, Duke of Norfolke, Earle Marfhall and of Nottingham, (who was banifhed
the Realme by king Richard the fecond, in which banifhment hee dyed at Venice
the 27* of Decern' in the firft year of king Henry the fourth,) and of Elizabeth his
wife eldeft fifter and one of the Coheires of Thomas fit3 Alen Earle of Arundle
and Surrey. |

539
comp : rec : de
Mowbray 2. H. 6.
in caftr. Berk :
hillar : fin : 24. H.
6. in fcacio.

fol: [479]

Cht$ lady Ifable was firft maryed to Henry fferrars, fon and heire to William
fferrars lord of Groby, in the fecond yeare of king Henry the 5* by whom fhee had
iffue Elizabeth, maryed to S' Edward Gray lord fferrars and Groby, who had iffue
between them S' John Gray flaine at ye battle of S' Albons in the 33^ of Henry
the fixth, whofe widowe the lady Elizabeth was after maryed to king Edward the
fourth : And Edward Gray their fecond fon, who in right of Elizabeth his wife
fifter and heire of Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle, was in the firft of Richard the
third, created vifcount Lifle, of whofe iffue between them, I have formerly written
in the life of Thomas lord Berkeley the fourth of that name.

finis levat. apud 3Hnb fecondly the faid Ifable was maryed to this lord James Berkeley in the
manerio de Raee^ fecond year of Henry the fixth, And continued his wife twenty nine yeares ere fhee
lond. dyed, By whom fhee had iffue fower fons and three daughters, as after followeth.

Efch: 11. H. 6.
poft mort. Jofris
Mowbray et 31.
H. 6. poft mort.
diet. Ifable in arce
London.

IBtth her this lord James had in mariage the manors of Afpley, Alfpath and
fflekenho in the County of Warwicke, And fome other lands in Effex, and in other
Counties, which her brother John Duke of Norfolke in the 4* of Henry the fifth
conveyed to her, what time fhee was wife to the faid fferrars : S^otDbcit fhee brought
further the greateft maffe of land to this family of any lady that was before her, as
after will bee declared in the life of the lord Wittm her eldeft fon.

fol: [518]
Efch : in Com :
Effex 31. H. 6.
poft mort. diet.
Ifabellae.

dStjee was a lady of great vertue, entirely lovinge her hufband, and the children
fhee had by him ; And in their diftreffes the principall flay and follower of their
futes and buifineffes ; whereof noe other teftimony needeth then her tre from
London to her hufband formerly mentioned, and the manner and means of her
death at Gloucef', the fatterday before Michmas day in the 31* of Henry the fixth,
Anno.

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81

Anno. I45 2 . under the, rigorous hand of that mercileffe lady Margaret Counteffe Rot. fin. 31. H. 6.
of Shroefbury, as before is touched out of the complaints of her fon Wiftm to king
Edward the fourth and to his Chancellor againft the faid Margaret; And whofe Newland:pedigr.
bloud, hee and her other fons after revenged in the death of her grandchild and
heir ;. And lyeth buried in the Chancell of the Church of the ffryars mynorf ats gray B°rkeiey i^H^S
ffryars at Glouc, which place her grandchild the lord Maurice | Berkeley in honor 540
of her memory in the 21'^ of king Henry the 8* afterwards repaired.

Southing this lady Ifable, Mr Mills in his catalogue of honor hath a four fold
error ; f irot in telling us That fhee was firft maryed to this lord James And after
to Henry fferrars laft lord fferrars of Groby ; whereas fhee was firft the wife of the
faid Henry and after of this lord James, as formerly is delivered : ^econblp in fay
ing that by this lord James fhee had iffue Wittm and Maurich : whereas they had
iffue between them fower fons and y three daughters, as after followeth, but none of
them called by ye. name of Maurich ; neither doth the lord. Berkeley that now is,
Anno . 1620 . or the lord Henry that was when Mills wrote . Anno . 1557 . difcend
from any of that name ; which I would have made the printers error, but that I find
it not in the errata of his booke directed to bee reformed : Chirblp by makeing this
Ifable younger then her fifter Margaret, whereas fhee was the elder, and maryed
longe before her fifter; Howbeit its true, That the iffue of the younger fifter was
advanced in honor before th' elders, which was the fole ground not only of Mills
conjecture, but of Vincents and fome other late writers alfo : EflStlp, in writing,
That this Ifables hufband was the laft lord fferrars of Groby of that ftock ; whereas
Henry fferrars her hufband was fon and heir of Willm lord fferrars, And dyed in
the life of his father, as formerly is faid.

Catalouge of
honor fol : 880.

Vincent fol: 346.

Efch : 36. H. 6.
poll mort. Edi
Gray.
hillar: rec: in fcacio
15. E. 4. rot: 311.
Pafch : 16. E. 4.
rot. 410. in banco
coi.

fol : [539]

Che laft wife of this lord was Tone fifter to John the fecond Earle of Shroef- carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
bury, whom hee maryed in the end of the 35th year of king Henry the fixth, and
daughter of the often mentioned John Talbot Earle of Shroefbury flaine in France
five yeares before : A litle before which mariage, on the 25* of July in the faid 35*
of Henry the fixth, it was agreed' between John then Earle of Shroefbury and this
lord James, That hee fhould marry his fifter Jone, if foe hee the faid Earle might
get an obligation of one thoufand pounds in which the faid lord James flood bound
to the king, and deliver it to the faid lord James on the mariage day or before ;
And that the faid Earle fhould pay to the faid lord James on the marriage day, one
hundred marks, and provide his fifter her mariage apparell as may bee worfhip to
him the faid Earle and to. the faid lord James and to her. And fhould bee alfo
good
M VOL. 11

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good lord to all the Counfellors, Tenants, and fervants of the faid lord Jarfites that
bee to him well willed and true : And fhall fupport him by his CounfeM in all futes
541 that bee taken againft | him. And that the faid lord James fhall make to her an
eftate of one hundred and twenty pounds by the yeare for her life, And fhall bee
feized the day of the mariage of all his other lands and Tents of fuch eftate as y'
the faid Jone may bee dowable of them.
5Hnb to fpeake as I conceive of this mariage, It was of much pollicy in this old
lord James, then in his great climactericall yeare of fixty three : for hereby hee not
only gave ftrength to his own affaires, but hee weakened the. power of the adverfe
party, not only by drawing from the faid Margaret her two greateft pillars, her fon
in lawe and daughter in lawe, with an intelligence of her private purpofes and
practifes paft and prefent, but by oppofing their endeavors againft her by expreffe
covenants. *.-

carta in caftro de 2£>P this Jone, this lord James had noe iffue, but after fix yeares and fower
Berkeley, months mariage, hee by his death left her his widowe : And within twp months
after, her fon in lawe the lord Wittm Berkeley agreed by Indenture to pay her one
hundred pounds yearly for her life, in lieu of her dower and of fuch manors and
carta in caftro de lands as were by her hufband conveyed to her ; And about fower years after fhee
Berkeley : et maryecj Edmond Hungerford Efqf to whom the faid hundred pounds Anuity was
many years paid.
^ig Wuz.
1. 3. <©f Wittm who dyed without iffue, And of £tt)aurtce his brother lord
Berkeley alfo after him, and of his iffue I fhall after write in their feverall turnes,
under whom this family faw, as various alterations, as in the life of this lord James
had happened. Each ftate is fubject unto change,
Why then to us fhould this feeme ftrange,
Yea, th'eavens and earth muft paffe away
And not continue at one flay.
542 2. fames' who was fecond fon of this lord James and Ifable, was, in the|floure
of his youth after hee had fuffered imprisonment with his father and brethren, and
been made a party to all thofe enforced conveyances as formerly is declared,
petitio Wiftmi ad hurryed into France by the faid Earle of Shroefbury and lord Lifle, againft his
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will, b]t the procurement of his Counteffe the often mentioned Margaret ; where
with them hee was flaine the fame year, before hee tafted the fweet or foure of
nuptiall fruit, And feems to lye by the body of this lord James his father in the
Chappie on the fouth fide of Berkeley Church, differenced in his bearings with a
file of three lambeauxes, fables, though of the transportation of his body out of
France, I have found nothinge.

M I I I I I I I
MIUIIHUIIHH
1W1W1W

4. Chotna$ fourth fon of this lord James and Ifable, was alfo both at home and
abrode in ffrance, partaker of his brother James double misfortunes, onely hee had
the hap to have his life faved in that overthrow Wherein the faid Earle and his fon,
in the 31* of Henry' the fixth, perifhed ; but his body was taken prifoner, And (as
his brother the lord Wittm complained after to king Edward the fourth,) was put petitio predia.
to ranfome importable for him to beare ; At which time hee was under nyneteen
years of age : of whom, and the difcendants from him, I will inlarge my felf, (as I
have formerly done in other branches of this noble family continuing to this day .
1634.) And the rather alfo becaufe this Thomas is flock-father of the Berkeleys,
comonly called of Worcefterfhire, and of Herefordfhire, multiplyed into many
generations ; whofe later difcents have not been foe fully infilled upon by the
geneologifts of this family, as feemed due to male branches lately bloffomed from
foe noble a ftocke, as this lord James and the lady Ifable his wife.

Berkeley of
Worcefterfhire Berkeley of
Herefordfhire.

Chi£ Choma$ in his fathers life time was ftiled Thomas Berkeley Af. fit Jacobi cartse cum Wiftmo
Berkeley dni de Berkeley mit, And after his death, Thomas Berkeley Af frater dni ^u4nday' 2- et- 7"
Wittmi Berkeley dni de Berkeley.

3fn the 34* of Henry the fixth upon the petition of this Thomas and for Vafcon. 34. H. 6
fpeedier payment of his finance, the king grants leave for three of his factors to
goe with the fhip called the Chriftopher with any lawfull merchandize, and to fell
the fame, and returne, and goe againe. And the year before, this Thomas and Vafcon- 33- H- 6-
two of his partners had the like licence to goe with their fhipp called the Trinity
of Berkeley, to Burdeaux, and there to unlode, & lode againe, & bring any mer
chandize into England. | ffor his portion hee had by the feverall conveiances of his 543
father, the manor of litle Marfhfeild and divers lands in Clapton, late the lands of g^eiey.
John. Edwards, and all other his lands, Tenements and hereditaments in the county
of Gloucefter, which the faid lord James held in ffee fimple, whereof fome lay in
Berkeley, Durfley, and Hinton : And the 13* of December in the 22* of king
Edward the fourth, Wiftm vifcount Berkeley his brother and Jone his then wife,
gave

carta in caftro de
Berkeley. .

M 2

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carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
dat.4Nov. 13H.6.

gave to this Thomas his brother, for his laudible fervice, an Anuity of nineteen
pounds p anii for his life, whereof . 6= 1 3L 4! to bee iffuing out of his manor of
Wotton, And — 12= 61 81 out of his manor of Hame. And alfo this Thomas had
by conveyance from his father in the xiii* of Henry the fixth, then very younge,
the manor of Daglingworth, and the moytie of the Manor of Brokenburgh, with
the alternate courfe of prefentinge to the chantry of our Lady in Almondefbury,
entayled upon him and the heires of his body, with remainders to his elder brothers
in tayle

carta cum Jone
Smyth de
Midleton.

Humphry duke of Buckingham, by his patent dated the eighteenth of March
in the 32th of Henry the fixth, made this Thomas Berkeley receivor generall of all
his lands in the County of Gloucefter, Wiltefs, and Hampfhire, with the fee of five
pounds p ann, And two fhillings for his wages for each day hee fhould travell in his
buifinefs ; which feemes to bee upon his firft returne after hee had taken order for
his ranfome in ffrance.

Chi# Thomas was prefent with his two elder brothers, Wiftm & Maurice at
the death of the lord vifcount Lifle, flayne by them at Nibley greene in the Tenth
of king Edward the fourth, as after followeth.

carta 20. E. .4. in
caftro de Berk.:
volunt. Marchion.
Berkeley: 7. H. 7.
carta in caftro de
Berkeley 3 H. 8.

J0ee marryed Margaret the daughter and heire of Richard Guy of Minfter-
worth, heire to Phillip Waterton of Waterton in Wales, an antient family, to whom
Thomas lord Berkeley had formerly given divers meffuages and lands in; Berkeley,
Alkington, Hinton, and in the lordlhip of Berkeley, under the rent of 24L paid by
the heires and affignes of this Thomas Berkeley to this day. 1634. 2£p her this
Thomas had iffue 1 John Berkeley, 2 Thomas, 3 Richard, 4 Edward, 5 Margaret,
6 Ifable, and 7 Margery ; And dyed the fecond day of July . Anno . 1484 . in the
fecond yeare of king Richard the third, as the braffe about his marble Tomb in
the chancell of Berkeley Church doth witnefs, whereout twenty four years agone,
I copied forth this Epitaph; Hie jacet Thomas Berkeley infignis armiger frater
illuftriffimi domini Wiftmi Comitis Nottinghamiae, qui quidem Thomas obijt fecundo
die Julij, Anno Domini . 1484 . cujus animae propitietur deus . Amen. I

544
carta. 3. H. 8 : in
caftro de Berkeley.
Rental! de
Berkeley 8. H. 7.
in dicto caftro.

3[0hn eldeft fon of the faid Thomas Berkeley and Margaret, by Margery his
wife had iffue John and Thomas, And dyed in the 27* yeare of kinge Henry the
8* And the faid John fon of John was fervant to Anne lady Berkeley widowe, And
dyed without iffue at Callowdon in the County of Warwicke in the 31* of the faid
king

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king Henry the 8* Sllnb Thomas, brother and heire of the faid John fon of John, Moyles furvey
by Suzan his fecond wife daughter of Curnocke of Cowley, (for by his firft wife caftrode Berkeley.
hee had noe iffue,) had iffue two daughters, Jone and Frances, And dyed in the
twentieth yeare of Queen Elizabeth at Berkeley, where hee lyeth buryed.
Che faid Jone by Morgan Griffith her firft hufband, had iffue Edward, ffrances,
and Blanch maryed to Thomas Barber of Berkeley-heath, by all which is iffue.
And by Richard Oldland her fecond hufband had iffue Thomas and James, neither
of whom are yet maryed, And Richard who maryed Jone Richards of Wanefwell,
Anno . 1622.
Che faid ffrances fecond daughter and coheire of the faid Thomas Berkeley,
was maryed to John Smith of Middleton in Hinton, (hee yet living, blind. 1622,) y
by whom fhee had iffue John Smith, Wittm Smith, Henry, Elizabeth, Margaret,
Mary, Jone, Edith, and Agnes ; The faid John by Martha his wife daughter of
Robert Cloterbooke hath iffue Thomas and Henry.
The faid William is not maryed.
The faid Henry by Jane his wife, daughter of James Bayly of Swanley, hath
iffue John, Wittm, Henry, Elizabeth, and Mary.
The faid Elizabeth was maryed to Phillip Wither of Littleton who had iffue
Katharine, firft maryed to John Atwood of Berkeley by whom fhee had no iffue,
And after maryed to Charles Jay, between whom is iffue ffrancis . Anno . 1634 . an
infant very young.
The faid Margaret was firft maryed to Thomas Nelme, by whom fhee hath
iffue Thomas : And fecondly maried to John Nelme by whom fhee hath yet noe
iffue, 1622.
The faid Mary was firft maryed to Mathew Skull of Newport, by whom fhee
had iffue, John, Thomas, Henry, and Nicholas ; And 2d!y to John Noote of Old-
bury, by whom fhee hath noe iffue. |
The faid Jone is maryed to John Hurne of Hinton, by whom fhee hath iffue 545
Sara maryed to Nathaniell Mallet. 1635.
The

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The faid Edith is marryed to John Clutterbooke, by whom fhee hath iffue
John, maryed to ffortune Lawrence, and Agnes . 1634.
And the faid Agnes is maryed to James Hurne lately deceafed, by whom fhee
hath iffue John, Mary, and Edith.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley et cum
Rofrto ffowler de
Alderly

Ex archivis civit.
Herefordiae.

546

carta cum Wiftmo
Berkeley de
Killrud :

Richard third fon of the faid Thomas Berkeley and Margaret, (to whom his
uncle Wittm Marques Berkeley by his will in the feaventh of king Henry the
feaventh, gave a legacy of forty fhillings,) poffeffed part of his fathers lands in
Durfley fower miles from Berkeley, where fometimes hee dwelt, which are now the
inheritance of Robert ffowler of Alderley and others ; And by Margaret his wife,
daughter of Dyer, had iffue 1 Richard, 2 Thomas, 3 Edward, 4 William, 5 Humphry,
6 Jone, and 7 Edith, of whom in order as followeth : jUitharb eldeft fon of the faid
Rich? had iffue John, who maryed the daughter of Slead, between whom was noe
iffue ; And alfo the faid Richard had another fon of the fame name of John, who
was written John Berkeley of Hereford, and was twice Maior of that city, viz' in
the 8* and 24* yeares of Queen Elizabeth ; And by Jone his firft wife daughter of
Havard had iffue Thomas, who after dyed without iffue ; And by Margaret his
fecond wife daughter of Hues had iffue, William, Humphry, Ofwald, John, Nicholas,
Richard, James, Mary marryed to Whittach, Margaret maryed to — Mynors, and
Ellenor maryed to — Cofby : <©f whom, the faid Wittm the eldeft fon by Elizabeth
daughter of Wiftm Burghill had iffue Wittm Berkeley, now living at Killruddon in
the county of Limbricke in Ireland, Anno . 1632. 3Unb the faid John Berkeley of
Hereford, who (as aforefaid) was twice Maior of that city, hath his portraiture to
bee yet feen in the houfe of Wittm Norman a Mercer in Hereford, pictured in an
Aldermans gowne, blacke faced with Ermins, fent him, as report there goes, out of
Ruffia by his fon then Interpreter between the Englifh and the Ruffian, with this
infcription ; Vera effigies Johannis Berkeley gen bis quondam hujus civitatus Here
ford praeturam gerentis, prius Anno Eliz . 8? poftea vero eiufdem imperij . 24'? Anno.
aetatis facta . 65 . et Anno dni . 1585 . with | this motto under it fervire deo regnare
eft, with the coat of Armes of this James lord Berkeley differenced by a bordure
argent1; which houfe the faid Wittm Berkeley of Kyllruddon in Ireland fold to the
faid Wiftm Norman ; And the ground whereupon that houfe was built was by the
faid John Berkeley grandfather of the faid Wittm purchafed of John Kinge and
others in the firft of Queen Mary, as by the deed appeares. Chomag
1 We cannot gain any intelligence of this portrait. [Ed.]

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Choma^ Berkeley the fecond brother of Richard fon of Richard fon of Thomas Regiftrm civitat
Berkeley, was of Allenfmore in the jurifdiction of the deanry of Hereford, And
dyed in the 4* and 5* of Phillip and Mary, As by the adminiftration of his goods
then comitted to Anne his wife appeares, Of whom I find noe iffue ; Neither have
I found any iffue of <£bh)arb his next brother.

JDiflni Berkeley 4^ brother of the faid Richard, fon of Richard, fon of Thomas
Berkeley, dwelled in Hereford, And was' in the 35th of Henry the 8th Anno Dni.
1545 . Maior of that City ; And by Elizabeth his wife had iffue fifteen fons and
daughters, viz! 1 Richard who dyed without iffue, 2 Robert who alfo dyed without
iffue, 3 Wiftm who had iffue George who dyed in the eaft Indies leaving a fon yet
living, 1634. 4 Henry, doctor of the civill law and a mafter of the Chancery, who
dyed without' iffue, whofe originall will dated in May in ye 26* of Eliz : 1584 I have
feen, fealed with Berkeleys ten croffes ; 5 Thomas who alfo dyed without iffue ;
6 John Berkeley fometimes a fellow in New Colledge in Oxford, from whence hee
went to Ipfwich where hee dyed ; 7 Edward Berkeley a mercer in London and a
benefactor to that company, whofe Efchochen, (the Berkeleys ten croffes,) is fet up
in the hall at Mercers chappie in London, and dyed without iffue ; 8 Rowland
Berkeley, (of whom after,) Leonard Berkeley who dyed w*out iffue, Margaret
maryed to Richard Bramwich and fix other daughters.
Che faid Rowland Berkeley the 8* fon of the faid Wittm the maior of Here
ford, dyed at his manor of Specheley in the County of Worcefter the firft of June
in the ninth year of king James Anno Dofn . 161 1 : whofe monument is in the
chancell of that Church ; Howbeit his funerall was the 18* of the next month
folemly folemnized at the | Cathedrall Church in the City of Worcefter, where for 547
the moft part hee had lived, Chefter Herald then prefent marfhallinge the funerall,
in prefence of Wiftm and Robert his two eldeft fons, his executors : Howbeit I am 1;
bold in love to truth, with reverence to the memory of learned Campden, to write ;
That in his regifter booke of certificates of funeralls, fol . 330 . remaining in the
office of Armes at London, (a place much to bee honored,) is a miftake in the gene
alogy of this Rowland Berkeley, the rather here foe precifely by mee purfued for
rectifying the error therein recorded.1 This Rowland Berkeley maryed Katharine daughter
1 Through the courtefy of Stephen Tucker, Efq., Somerfet Herald, we are enabled to annex a copy
of the Funeral Certificate referred to in the text, but we do not fee any difcrepancy between it and the
Author's ftatement. In the recorded Pedigree (1. 16, fo. 330) however there are fome few flight difcrep-
ancies, e.g. Rowland Berkeley is fhewn to have married .a .daughter of Heywood, inftead Hayward, arid
Mary, the daughter of Rowland, is ftated to have married Wyn, inftead of Mynne.

Regiftrm civitat
Hereff. cm maiore
ibm.

voluntas Henrici
cum Rob'to
Berkeley mitte.

88 Che fttbeg of the SSernefeng Hi 7
daughter of — Heyward by whom hee had iffue fix fons and nine daughters ;
whereof Wiftm the eldeft fon was high Sheriffe of the County of Worcefter in the
14* of Kinge James : 5lnb Robert Berkeley fecond fon of the faid Rowland was
in the life time of his father, called to the degree of an vtter Barrifter in the Midle
Temple, my felf then and fome yeares after of the fame fociety : And in the 1 2*
year of king James was high Sheriffe of the County of Worcefter, two yeares
before his eldeft brother ; After which office in the minifteriall part of the lawe
expired, hee returned to the Midle Temple, where hee foe enabled himfelf for the
juditiall part, That in Michalmas Terme in the firft yeare of king Charles, (then
by reafon of the plague in London held at Readinge,) hee was called to the Bench
amongft the Readers of that houfe, And defigned to read in the Summer following;
which done, in Efter Terme in the third year of king Charles, hee was made
Serjant at lawe, And the fame Terme one of the faid kings Serjants, And then alfo
honored with knighthood by his Majt:.e And in Michaelmas Terme in the eighth of
that kinge, was made one of the Judges of his Majt!.es Court of kings bench : The
faid ST Robert Berkeley maryed Elizabeth one of the daughters and Co-heires of
Thomas Coniers Efquier, difcended of the family of the Coniers of Sackborne in
the Bifhopricke of Durham, whofe bearing I take to bee, A manch or in a feild
Azure ; By mariage with his faid wife hee had, (inter alia,) an houfe and lands in
Eaft Barnet in the County of Hertford, ten miles from London, whither in vacation
times hee often retireth himfelf. €btoari»
Rowland Barkeley De Spechleyin com Worcefter obijt (1) Die Junij 161 1 (8) Jacobi
R>s. Angl : ffr et hibnie et Scotie (44) his bodye buried the 2 June att Spetchely his funerall
folemnized July 18. 161 1 att the Cathedrall Churche in the citie of Worcefter.
Chefter Herauld prefent, William Barkeley and Robert Barkeley his (2) eldift fonnes
Executours. Ro : Barkeley. (I 10,205.)
The Arms exemplified are : Gu. a Chev. betw. ten Croffes ar. differenced by a Crefcent furmounted
by a mullet. Creft a bears head Couped ar. muzzled gu.
Extracted from the Record now remaining in the Herald's College, this 21 July, 1883.
Stephen Tucker, Somerfet Herald.
Rowland Barkley, only fon of William eldeft fon of this Rowland, born 16 13, was knighted at
Worcefter, 30 June, 1641, and was nominated by Charles II one of the Knights of the Royal Oak. He
married Dorothy daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, Knt., of Stamford.
Robert, fecond fon of the above mentioned Rowland, became one of the King's Serjeants at Law,
as ftated in the text, and was knighted 14 April, 1627. [Ed.]

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dEbtbarb, ^Ohn, ^enrp, and C^omajBf, the third, fourth, | fifth, and fixth fons of 548
the faid Rowland Berkeley, have theire names onely here mentioned by mee.
<©f the forefaid nine daughters, Dorothy is maryed to Thomas Wild; Katharine
is maryed to Wittm Worfeild ; Elizabeth is maryed to Rob1 Crofby ; Ellenor is
maryed to ffrogmere : Jane is maryed to Stinton ; Jone is maryed
to Henry Bright ; Mary is maryed to Mynne of London ; Anne is maryed
to Thomas More ; And Joyce is maryed to Newton of London, of whom
is a numerous pofterity.
^limphrp Berkeley fifth brother of the faid Richard fon of Richard fon of
Thomas Berkeley, was a profeffed Monke in the monaftery of S' Peter in the City
of Glouc. at the time of the diffolution thereof; To whom king Henry the 8* the Irr: in Curia
tenth day of February in the 31s' of his raigne granted an yearly penfion of eight AuSmentac:
pounds for his life, which hee received till the 14* year of the raigne of Queen
Elizabeth ; And is beleeved by many to have outlived all of the like Monkifh
penfioners in England.
<©f Jone and Edith fifters of the faid Humphry, I can fay nothing, fave that
I here conclude with them, the, iffue of the faid Richard Berkeley third fon of
Thomas Berkeley youngeft fon of this lord James and of the lady Ifable his wife.
<©f Edward fourth fon of the faid Thomas Berkeley and Margar' I can fay
nothing, fave that
Margaret, eldeft daughter of the faid Thomas and Margt was maryed to
Shipward gent., an honeft and carefull Agent in all the waightieft buifineffes of
Maurice lord Berkeley the fixth and laft of that name, efpetially whilft hee lived at
Calais, as many of his tres in Berkeley Caftle written to that lord doe plentifully diverfa muniment
witnes, which declare him to bee, as I here deliver him ; who had' iffue between m caftr0 de Berk :
them Shipward father of | Maurice, father of Maurice and Wittm, which 54^
Maurice was of Alvefton, and dyed without iffue about the twentieth year of the
raigne of Queen- Elizabeth leaving the faid Wittm his brother and heire ; which
Wiftm had iffue five fons and daughters, viz? 1 Maurice Shipward of the City of
Weftinfter, father of divers children ; 2 Wittm who by Elizabeth the daughter of
Anthony Halfe EfqT is alfo father of divers children, 3 Giles Shipward, 4 Elizabeth,
and 5 Ellenor. Stable
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3f^abfe fecond daughter of the faid Thomas Berkeley and Margar? (to whom
her uncle Wiftm Marques Berkeley in the feaventh of Henry the feaventh gave a
legacy of twenty markes,) was in the third yeare of king Henry the 8* maryed to
Humphry Lluellin gent, fon and heire of Wiftm lluellin of Pucklechurch gent,
between whom was iffue John ffluellin, [ficj who by Anne his wife daughter of John
Atwood had iffue, Wittm, and Hugh.,: which Wittm by Cicely his wife daughter
and heire of Robert ffrize of Pucklechurch had iffue Chriftopher, Agatha, Ellenor,
Anne, and Mary. t
The faid Chriftopher by Anne his wife, daughter and heire of John Burnell of
Wefterly, had iffue William, who by Anne his wife daughter of John Brittaine of
Bitton hath iffue William, John and fower daughters.
The faid Agatha was maryed to Wittm Organ of .Wefterly and hath iffue John
and George. The faid Ellenor was maryed to John Gregory of Wike, who had iffue Wiftm
lately dead without iffue, and Walter who had a fon. And the faid Mary was
maryed to John Mayo who have iffue John Mayo, and a daughter called Elleanor,
maryed to Wiftm Buckle.
The faid Hugh ffluellin brother of Wiftm, fon of John, had iffue Wittm, of
whom is iffue.
7 Jifl^argerp youngeft daughter of the faid Thomas Berkeley and Margaret,
(to whom her uncle Wittm Marques Berkeley by his will in the 7* of Henry the
feaventh gave a legacy of five marks,) dyed, as I conceive, w*out iffue ; And thefe
carta in caftro de three daughters Margaret, Ifable, and Margery, had, by the conveyances of their
RoSffowler™ father and Mother> divers lands and remainders in tayle limited to them in Berkeley
Alderly. and Durfley &c, Hitherto of the faid Thomas and his iffue, fourth fon of this lord
James.

550

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

5. <£ft$abeth, eldeft daughter of this lord James and Ifable his wife, was | in
their life times maryed to Thomas Burdet of the County of Warrwicke EfqT And
had two hundred pounds for her mariage portion, And from her hufband forty
pound Joynture pf ann ; which Joynture land was entayled to them and the heires
of their two bodies, as the Deed it felf dated on thurfday after S? Katharines day in

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91

in the 27* of Henry the fixth doth witneffe, A litle before which time they were
maryed : And for any thing I yet underfland fhee dyed without iffue.
6. "J^ablc, the fecond daughter of this lord James and Ifable, was maryed to
Wittm Try of Hardwike in the County of Glouc, Efq>. to whom by deed dated
the 18* of Auguft in the 16* of king Edward the fourth, Wittm lord Berkeley her carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
brother granted an yearly cheife rent, (which the lord George Berkeley receiveth at ' w-*fa
this day, 1628,) of forty fhillings paid him by the faid Wittm Try and his Anceftors TrydeHardwike.
out of certaine lands and woodground called Inwoods in Stinchcomb within the
parifh of Came ; To hold to the faid W? Try and Ifable his wife in part of pay
ment of three hundred marks, (the like portion to her elder fillers,) untill the fame
bee paid, according to the will of James lord Berkeley his late father, as the mariage
portion of the faid Ifable.
This Wittm Try dyed in the 13* yeare of Henry the feaventh, whofe office
then found fheweth. That the third of September in the 2 1* of Edward the fourth
hee had enfeoffed her brother Thomas Berkeley and others of his manor of Park-
court in Hardwike, To the ufe of himfelf and Ifable his wife and of the heirs of
their two bodies, And that fhee was now dead : Howbeit fhee was livinge in the
fourth of Henry the feaventh, when by the kindnes of her faid huband, her
Joynture was further enlarged with his lands in Beoly and Clehungre in Berkeley
hundred. This Wittm Try was difcended from Sf Robert Berkeley fecond fon of Maurice Rec^ in banco :
lord Berkeley the fecond of that name, as in the title of his iffue is to bee read, H ? 10t
from whofe conveyance came the faid lands in Beoly and Clehungre, and the forty vejius manufcr. in
fhillings rent charge out of Vley there mentioned, which that family poffeffe to this vide fol : [177]
day, 1620.

The faid Wittm and Ifable Berkeley had iffue John Try, who dyed without
iffue, and Wittm Try, who by Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas | Bainham and
widowe of Mr Clifford, had iffue Edward Try, and Thomas Try of Callowdon,
a wife and faithfull fervant to this family, of whom much is after written, And dyed
in the 16* of Henry the eighth.
The faid Edward Try fon of Wittm and Anne, by Sibill his wife, had iffue
John Try, Arthur, and George, which Arthur and George dyed without iffue ; And
Wittm
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Wittm Try of Pucklechurch, who by Cicely his wife daughter of Whitokefmead,
had iffue Sibill maryed to Henry Denis, and Anne maryed to Roger Kemis of
Wickwicke ; and the faid Edward had alfo iffue Katharine maryed to Hugh Denis
of Pucklechurch, of whofe iffue fee after ; And the faid Edward dyed in the 18* of
Henry the 8*
The faid John Try by Elizabeth his wife daughter and coheire of Mr Gurney
of Suffolke, had iffue John Try, Edward Try that dyed without iffue, Anthony Try,
Anne, Elizabeth, and Katharine maryed to Mr Serjeant of Stone.
The faid John fon of John by Margaret his wife daughter of Mr Skipwith had
iffue, Wittm, Henry dead without iffue, Thomas, Peregrine, John, Edward, Suzan,
Elizabeth, Margaret, and Frances.
The faid Wittm eldeft fon of John maryed Mary daughter of Sr Edward
Tirrell knr, by whom hee had iffue Wittm, Henry, Edward, John, Frances, and
Mary ; And was in a private quarrell flaine at Gloucefter, Anno 8. Jacobi.
The faid Thomas third fon of John maryed Vrfula daughter of Mr Fofter, by
whom hee had iffue, Wittm, Elizabeth and ffrances.
The faid Peregrine, fourth fon of John, is" yet unmaryed ; Anno . 1618.
The faid John the fifth fon, maryed Elizabeth daughter of John Chambers of
Trefham, by whom hee hath iffuq, Thomas.
The faid Edward the fixth fon maryed Millicent then attendant on the lady
Elizabeth Berkeley widowe ; At what time alfo the faid Edward was her gentleman
vfher, And have iffue, 1628.
Suzan and Elizabeth are yet unmaryed . 1620 . Margaret is maryed to M.
Drayner of the Inner Temple, And ffrances is dead without iffue. |
552 The faid Katharine fifter of the faid John Try fon of Edward was maryed to
Hugh Denis of Pucklechurch Efqr by whom fhee had iffue Henry that dyed with
out iffue, John, Walter not maryed, Anne maryed to Mr Petit and have iffue, Cicely
not maryed, and Audely maryed to Mr Bryers of Coventry ; ffrances maryed to
Mr Thomas

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Mr Thomas Ligon of Elfton, and have iffue, Thomas Ligon, Wittm, Richard, John,
and Katharine maryed to Mr Jerrat, who have iffue ; And Jone dead without iffue,
and Alice firft maryed to Mr Brokefby and after to Mr Berry, who alfo have iffue.
John Denis brother and heire of Henry, fons of the faid Hugh and Katharine,
by Ellen his wife daughter of Thomas Millet of Sowe hath iffue henry Denis, who
hath maryed Margaret daughter of Sr George Speake and have iffue ; Wittm Denis
not maryed, Cicely maryed to Wittm Guyes fon and heire of Sr Wittm, and have
iffue, And Katharine not yet maryed . Anno . 1624.
7. Stlicc third daughter of this lord James and Ifable his wife, was maryed to carta irr : in Cane:
Richard Arthur of Clapton in Somerfetfhire near Portbury, and had iffue John and banco eode anno
Ifable ; which Ifable was firft maryed to Mr Stanfhawe, And after to Mr Harrifon, Term Mictiis rati.
both whom fhee furvived, And as I take it, dyed without iffue. See fo :
The faid John Arthur fon of the faid Richard and Alice, by Margaret his wife
daughter of John Butler of Badmington, had iffue Thomas, and Margaret maryed
to Roger Porter in the 22* year of Edward the fourth, of whom after.
The faid Thomas Arthur by the daughter of Mr Shipman of Briftoll had iffue,
whereof many remaine at this day.
The faid Margaret maryed to Roger Porter had iffue Arthur, who by Alice
daughter of John Arnold had iffue Thomas Porter of Lanthony by Glouc : knight,
Tacy maryed to Edward Oldifworth, Ifable maryed to Giles Codrington, and
Bridget maryed to Chriftopher Bainham of Clowerwall.
The faid Sr Thomas Porter, by Anne daughter of Richard Denis of | Sifton, 553
had iffue Arthur Porter knight and others, of whom fee after in the iffues of Maurice fol : [625]
the fifth, third fon of this lord James.
The faid Tacy maryed to Edward Oldifworth had iffue Arnold Oldifworth late
Clark of the Hanaper, who by Lucy his wife daughter of ffrancis Barty a ffloren-
tine gentleman of a noble family, had iffue Edward maryed to Elizabeth Mailers
late of Cirencefter, by whom hee hath iffue Bridget ; Michaell Oldifworth Secretary
to the Earle of Penbroke lord Chamberlaine, and Elizabeth maryed to Alexander
Bainham of Weftbury by whom fhee hath iffue.
The

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The faid Ifable maryed to Giles Codrington had iffue ffrancis Codrington of
fframpton upon Seaverne, Richard Codrington of Dodington, and Cicely maryed to
Wittm Rufwell of Dunkertdn in Somerfetfhire.
The faid ffrancis Codrington by Mary his wife daughter of Sr Nicholas Poyntz
had iffue Margaret, firft maryed to Edward Bromwhich of Frampton upon Seavern,
And fecondly to John Sydnam ; of whom fee more in the life of the lord Thomas
fol: [683] the fifth. The faid Richard Codrington brother of ffrancis, by Joyce his wife daughter of
John Burlace Efcfe, hath iffue Samuell, who hath maryed Elizabeth daughter of
Thomas Stephens of Lippiat Efqr and fifter of Edward Stephens of Sodbury, Efij
(farmer alfo of the impropriate Tythes of Berkeley Rectory,) Richard, Robert,
Wittm, Giles, Anne, Elizabeth, ffrances, Joyce, and Ifable Codrington ; Of whom
the faid Ifable is maryed to Samuell eldeft fon of Chriftopher Stokes of Stanfhawes
by Sodbury gent.
And the faid Bridget was maryed to Chriftopher Bainham of Clowerwall, who
had iffue George Bainham, dead without iffue.
$ ig £ealeg of %tmz$.
Cf)i£ lord James in his firft acceffe to his Barony fealed with the Cheveron and
ten croffes cornerwife, the two mairemaydes fupporters, and the helmet and myter
554 for creft, (the miter not charged,) circum | fcribed, figillum Jacobi domini de Berke
ley ; And afterwards, upon what grounds I find not, the miter was charged with the
croffes alfo ; And the circumfcription of that feale was figillum Jacobi domini de
Berkeley militis, in other things agreeing : both of one bredth of two inches and an
half diameter, without any reverfe or privy feale on the dorfo : Behold the refem-
blances.

The mitre is fhewn charged in the feal as " tricked " by the Author. Seefacfimile. [Ed.]

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95

pg beath anb place of buriaK.
Che 22* of Oaober in the third yeare of king Edward the fourth, it was
agreed between this lord James and the often before named Margaret Counteffe of
Shroefbury, That they would thenceforth ceafe Ante's & the refidue of their lives
live in reft and peace togeather ; And that either of them fhould enjoy fuch manors
lands and Tenements in fuch fort and form as either of them then held and were
poffeffed of, without interupting one of the other.
3Ht this time was the lord James of the age of . 69 . years and upwards, and the
faid Margaret about fifty and two ; Neither of whom* fince. their ages of difcretion
having till that time enjoyed any three months of freedom from lawe fuites : And
with this peace enters the everlafting peace of this lord James, an honeft humble
and juft lord ; for within thirty fix days after, hee dyeth at Berkeley Caftle in the
end of November Anno . 1463 . where hee had lived all his life time fince his
unckles death ; And lyeth buryed under a fair tomb of alablafter beautifyed with
the Efchucheons of his Armes in y? Chappie on the fouth fide of the high Altar in
the parifh church of Berkeley, which Chappie himfelf formerly had built, then
entred into | the feaventieth yeare of his age, whereof hee had fit lord forty fix
years fower months and about twelve days.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

Rot. fin. 3. E. 4.
m. vlt.
Newl : pedegr : in
caftro de Berkeley.
claus: 3. E. 4. m.
Ne wland pedegree
faith hee dyed.
1462. but falfly.
vlt : vol : wiffi
Marchion
Berkeley . 7. H. 7.
555

And now Gods holy angells are attendinge
To crowne him with thofe joyes that know noe endinge.
<©f whom this teftimony is juftly tranfmitted to his pofterity ; That amongft all
the generations of his houfe before and after him, none is found to have walked
more with God in a vertuous and harmleffe life, not once obferved to have flipt into
diforder, vice or paffion ; much refembling the pious part of king Henry the fixth
his life, in whofe raigne the greater part of this lords life ran out.
3Bnb in the uneven parrallell between this lord and the lord Wittm his eldeft
fon, is verifyed, That parents beget the bodyes, not the minds, nor manners of. their
children ; for two more diffenting from the cradle to the grave are not to bee found
in the wholl catalogue of their generations, as by their lives appeareth.

That hee made a will it is apparent by the deed of his daughter Ifables mari
age, but to have been proved of record I find not in any place Contra

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Contra vim mortis non eft medicamen in hortis ;
Noe herbes do growe in any mould
Gainft ftroke of death that can bee found :
The graffe that grows, to-morrow's hay,
And man that's now, affoone is clay.
Che lanbg toftereof hee tyzb geijeb.
By the death of this lord James difcended to the lord Wiftm his eldeft fon,
The manor of Berkeley burrowe
The manor of Hame
The manor of Appleridge
The manor of Alkington
The manor of Hinton
The manor of Hurft
The manor of Slimbridge
The manor of Came
The manor of Daglingworth
The manor of Upton S! Leonards
The hundred of Berkeley j
556 The manor of Portbury and Portefhead, with the hundred of Port
bury, in the County of Somerfet.
pat:s. E. 4. pars.i. And certaine lands in the County of Hereford, as his pardon for
intrufion fhewes. >

m : 22.

In the County of
Glouc.

All the refidue of his antient patrimony were othe[r]wife fcattered and entred
upon, as his life in part hath declared, And now further follows to bee fpoken of in
the life of the lord William, his eldeft fon.
Che application anb u$z of hig life.
The ufe i. Che power and malice of the adverfaries of this lord James kept him for
the moft part within doors like a prifoner, from youth to age, as his life hath
declared : That malice God turnes to the fafety and prefervation not only of him
felf but of his pofterity alfo ; freed thereby from adluall fidinge with either of the
two royall houfes of Yorke and Lancafter, all this lords time by the eares for the
Crown : wherein noe other family of like eminency to this is found that deeply
fuffered not in the alternate fortunes of thofe two houfes, ^through the various
fucceffes of their Armes : Soe the more oppreffed, the more preferved ; the more
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dejected, the more bleffed was this lord, and in him, his pofterity : A ftrong con-
fideration, raifing his difcendants to joyne in Chore with the angell and that
multitude of heavenly foldiers with him, in that celeftiall himme of alleluiah
recorded by Sr Luke. Glory bee to God on high . &c. who in his bleffed provi- Luke. 2. vers: 13.
dence turned the evill of this lords reftraint, wrought by malice and greatnefs, to I4'
the prefervation of himfelf and his pofterity, as farr as humane wifdome may divine :
whereby hee and his in their fucceffive generations are invited to double and | treble 557
the remembrance and acknowledgment of that benefit and prefervation : A prefer-
vacon which the able and active fons of this lord make more remarkable, not
otherwife then by this reftraint to have been reftrained from diverfly pertaking in
unnaturall Armes with either of thofe two houfes, to the mutuall unfheathing of
their fwords againft one the other, as the fequell fhewes their feverall affections
would have driven them ; And as often and againe happened amongft brothers and
parents in thofe inteftine warres, which divided not the kingdome alone and
Counties, but Cities alfo and private families.
2. 3Unb againe let the example of this lord, (Then whom, non illo melior
quifquam, nee amantior sequi, none more juft in words and deeds in all his genera
tions,) affure his pofterity, That howfoever through the power of time they may
wrongfully fuffer for a feafon, as this lord longe did, yet God the juft re warder of
every man according to his works wilHn due time give deliverance, as hee did to
him ; And that godlynefs of life hath the promife both of good things in this life,
and of better in the life to come, from the mouth of him that lyeth not : And there
fore let. this lords pofterity allways inveft themfelves with a prudent patience, as
with an individuall companion, and Counfellor, which ever atcheiveth that fair
victory whereat honeft ends are levelled. 558)559 } blank
56o)

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©fje Cife of tDilltam ittarques fikrkeleg
Che life of Wittm lord Berkeley the firft of that name,
ftiled in writings, Wittm Berkeley knight ; 9Unb Wittm
Berkeley of Berkeley kn4. ; 3tnb Wittm lord Berkeley ; And
Wittm lord Berkeley vifcount Berkeley ; And Wittm Earle
Marfhall and of Nottingham. 3tnb Wittm Marques Berke
ley ; 3lnb after the 4* of king Henry the 7l> his ftile was,
Wittm Marques Berkeley, Earle Marfhall and of Notting
ham, great Marfhall of England, vifcount Berkeley, lord
of Berkeley, lord of Mowbray, and Segrave, and Baron of
Bedford ; with thefe and the like words in Indentures and
dedications fet before his ftile ; As, Between the . &c. or,
Co the right high mighty and noble lord, Wiftm Marques
Berkeley, Earle . &c, as before.
SILnb may bee called Wittm the waft all.
Contctnporarp, with Edward the fourth, Edward the fifth,
Richard the third, and Henry the . 7* from . 1463 . till . 1491.
Che life of this lord I doe prefent under thefe twelve titles,

viz1.

1. — ^i0 birth and education, fol : 562.
2. — J^ijS acceffe to honor and offices, fol : 563.
3. — j^ijS lawe fuites with the death of the lord Lifle at Nibley
greene, fol : 564.
4. — 3$ftat lands this lord was at one time feized of, fol : [586]
5. — JjjJig alyenations and faies of lands, fol : [590]
6. — J^ijf Almes and devotions, fol : [597]
7. — j^ijS mifcellaneae or various paffages, fol : [601]
8.— JS#£ wives, fol : [604]
9. — |pi«sf feales of Armes, fol : [613]
io.— ^ij$ death and place of buriall, fol : [614]
11. — Che lands whereof hee dyed feized, fol : [614]
12. — Che Application and ufe of his life, fol : [617] | $t£

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562 J)i£ birth anb rbucation.
^^^t^tS lord Wittm, eldeft fon of the lord James and of the lady Ifable his
\^ wife, was born at Berkeley Caftle in the 4'!* yeare of king Henry the fixth,
Anno. 1426, And there bred up with his parents, who then had not any-
other removinge houfe.
Repl: Wittmi in 3lbOUt the . 1 3* of his age hee betooke himfelf to the fervice of Henry Bifhop
anc. . .4. Qj. wrinchefter and Cardinall, with whom at that time in the 17* of Henry the fixth,
hee went over fea to Calais ; And not longe after his returnee before full age,
Carta in caftro received the order of knighthood ; At what time his father gave him the manor of
Portbury and all his lands in that County of Somerfet for his maintainance ; At the
death of his father hee was of the age of thirty eight years and unmaryed. \
Chig lord Wiftm clofeth the fecond feptenary number from Harding the
Dane ; and much differing from his laft anceftors as the lord Thomas the firft
feptenary lord did from his fix former forefathers.

IBhilo the Jewe de
legis Alleg: lib. 1.
Hipocrates. Bodyn de
republica lib. 4.
cap. 2.
'fee the practize of
;piety.fol:4i8. 410.
Cenforiu de die
natali. cap: 12.
Seneca : varro in
Gellius, lib. 3.
Bucholcer.
Jerom:inAmos.S.

% toill not bee fuperftitioufly opinionated of the mifleries of numbers, though
it bee of longe Handing amongft many learned men ; neither will I poffitively affirm
that the number of fix is fatall to weomen, and the numbers of feaven and nine to
men : <©r, that thofe numbers have, (as many have written,) magnam in tota rerum
natura poteftatem, great power in kingdoms and comon wealths, in families, ages of
bodies, ficknefs, health, wealth, loffe, &c : #r, with Seneca and others, feptimus
quifque annus, &c, Each feaventh year is remarkable with men as the fixth is with
weomen ; #r, as divines teach, That in the numbers of feaven there is a mifticall
perfection which our underftanding cannot attaine unto ; And that nature her felf is
obfervant of this number.

$Ut hee that marketh well the difcent of the generations of this perticular
vide fol: [184] family fhall find in their feptenary numbers extraordinary men and extraordinary
changes : The firft, a man of men, the very Salomon of his age, as his life hath
declared :
Che

1491 *ife of JEiHiam at)aro.ueg 25erMen ioi
Che relation of this lords life, (taking in what hath been already faid of him 563
in the life of his father,) will raife an opinion, That hee was a caufeleffe re|pudiator 1.
of his firft wife ; 3Un unaturall contender with his own father ; % fhedder of inno- 2. 3.
cent bloud in the time of peace ; 3Un irreconciliable hater of his brother and heire ; 4.
3d difinheriter of his race and family ; 31 confumer of the fower baronies of Berke- 5. 6.
ley, Mowbray, Segrave and Bedford, and of half the dukedome of Norfolke ; v
% man above meafure ambitious ; % frequent leader of ungratious multitudes in 7. 8.
night fallyes and inrodes upon his adverfaries tenants and fautors ; 3Hnb exalted 9.
in honor and dignities above all his predeceffors ; Quod nova tefta capit, inveterata
fapit, vices grafted in the bones, are like to flick faft in the fiefh : But,
Happy his eftate above the fate of Kinges,
That could but truly know the caufe of things.
And,
Right happy doe 1 count that man,
Of things, the reafons give that can.
tyx$ accede to honors anb office^.
*3In November in the third yeare of kinge Edward the fourth, by the death of
his father, hee became lord Berkeley as hath been faid ; And at ye parliament in Rot. claus : 6. E.
the fixth of Edward the fourth was rancked the fourth baron in the roll. 4" in arce londini'
Che 21* of Aprill in the 21* yeare of king Edward the fourth, (not the twen- Catalog: of Honor
tieth yeare as M' Mills faith,) hee was created vifcount Berkeley, by the name of f*
y '' . cart : de anno 15.
fidelis miles nofter, to him and the heires males of his body, without fee ; Howbeit E. 4. vfqz 22. m. 6.
there is a faire deed under feale in Berkeley Caftle dated the tenth of Aprill in carta in caftro de
the fifteenth yeare of king Edward the fourth, made by Wittm vifcount and lord Berkeley.
Berkeley, which as I reject not, foe I may not approve it.
2tnb the & of March in the 23* yeare, the fame king made him one of his Pat= 22- 23- E. 4.
,. tii/ !Pars- 2- m- 2- m
privy Counfell; And for his better attendance thereat, gave him one hundred// va rotulo.
marks p ann, out of the fubfidyes of London and Briftoll, during life.
Che 28* of June in the firft yeare of king Richard the third, the 6* day after
that kings coronation, hee was created Earle of Nottingham to him and the heires
males of his body, with the yearly fee of twenty pound out of the Sherifwicks | of 564
Nottingham and Derby.
Che 26* of Oaober in the firft yeare of King Henry the feaventh, hee was pat: 1. H. 7. ps. 3.
created Earle Marfhall at the kings pleafure, with twenty pound fee. Che

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1463

Che 19* of February next after in the fame firft yeare of Henry the feaventh,
hee was created Earle Marefchall and great Marefchall of England, to him and the
heires males of his body, with twenty pound ffee ; And by reafon of a miftake in
thefe tres patents about the faid fee of twenty pound, (as I take it,) had a new
grant, the . 17* of ffebruary in the fifth of Henry the feaventh, of the fame dignity.
memor. Sccii. Che 2 8* of January in the 4* of Henry the feaventh, hee was created Marques
Prot \ exparte Berkeley, to him and the heires males of his body, with thirty five pound ffee out
rem. regis, of the leffer cuftoms of London.

cart. 4. H. 7. m. 13.
cart, fubfigillo in
caft. de Berkeley.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

pat: 5

E. 4. pars.
1. m : 22.

]j^0 latoe £uitcs\
f)auhlgc compounded with his motherinlawe the lady Jone, and thereby drawn
into his own poffeffion all the mannors and lands which fhee was to have held in
Joynture and dower, which was one of his firft and wifeft works after the death of
his father, (wherein hee found her kind above the comon condition of ftepmothers),
as formerly is declared, His next was the procuringe of a pardon and releafe from
king Edward the fourth for his intrufion into the Caftle of Berkeley and other his
lands difcended unto him after the death of his father, in the Countyes of Glouc,
Somerfet, and Hereford, and of all debts, Accompts, fynes, forfeitures, amercia
ments, and other demaunds, which had any manner of ways before that time
accrewed to the kinge ; which bearing date the ninth of March in the fifth of that
king, hath a marginall note in the originall record, (vacat quia aliter in anno quarto,)
But in that fourth yeare, it is not now to bee found.

Rot. fin. 3. E. 4.
in vlt.
565

3Hnb though a writ of diem claufit extremu. was within ten days after his father
James death, fued out by him the fifth of December in the third yeare of king
Edward the fourth, direcled to the Efcheator of | the County of Glouc, yet noe
Inquifition was thereupon taken, through the controverfies which forthwith upon
the lord James death began the ftream afrefh between this lord Wittm and the faid
Margaret Counteffe of Shroefbury, (two mercileffe natures not unevenly encoun-
tringe,) which omiffion drave this lord Wittm to the forefaid pardon ; which done,
and havinge thereby fet his eftate recTus in curia, hee foone turned himfelf by a
contrary courfe upon the faid widowe, malitious Margaret Countefs of Shrewfbury,
whofe mutuall hatreds each to other, ended not before their breaths : Againft whom
vetus manufcr. in hee exhibited a petition to king Edward the fourth by the name of his Alder liege-
lord, Shewing therein, how that hee, (this L* Wittm,) ought by right to have and
inherite the manors of Wotton, Symondfall, Cowley, Newleyes and Sagiflond ;
And

caftro de Berkel :

i49* tUfe of IBiHiam fl^arqueg? 2£>erftelep 103
And how that the late Earle of Shroefbury and the Lord Lifle his fon, (fince dead,)
and the faid Margaret his Countes, tooke his father, his brethren, and himfelf by
their practice with one Rice their fervant and porter, in their Caftle in the night
time, and there imprifoned them in places apart, And conflrained them to feale
writings and acknowledge Statutes to fifteen thoufand pounds and more ; And alfo
tooke and imprifoned the wife of the faid James in Gloucefter Caftle, to which time
fhee by Dures of imprifonment there dyed : (then follow divers lines worne out with
wet,) And therefore beinge not to bee helped by the Uridines of the laws, prayeth
that his Judges and other learned of the lond by his authority may call the faid
Countes, and heare & determine their interefts and rights ; And hee will bee ready
to ftand to and abide their order therein ; Thus that old writinge.
3[t may feeme, that the king referred over the confideration of this petition to vetus manufcr: in
the lord Chancellor, to whom the faid Counteffe (upon notice) addreffeth herfelf by caftrodeBerkeley-
her counterpetition ; And by way of recrimination greevoufly complaineth of the
great and manifold wrongs offered to her and her tenants of Wotton, Symondfall,
and other lands by this lord Wittm, who (faith fhee) without any title or caufe of
right, with many riotous people, brake into her manor houfe of Wotton, fawed the
great window timber and pofts afunder, razed the walls, iron works and windows,
carrying away the barrs and goods of her hufband and felf and her fon to a great
value ; for fattisfaction whereof Statutes were given which yet in fubftance^ are un
paid : for which forcible entry an a6lion upon the ftatute of Richard the fecond was
brought, and a recovery therein had ; but the faid Wittm lord Berkeley, neither
dreading God, the kinge, | the breach of his lawes, nor the wrongs nor oppreffions 566
of the kings leige people and fubjedls, dayly vexeth and troubleth her, in forbidding
her rents, woodfales, and other profits of the faid manors, and menaceth her officers,
fervants, and tenants, that they dare not imploy themfelves in her fervice ; Soe that
fhee can neither have her debt of him, nor enjoy her lawfull old inheritance, And
therein prayeth releefe :
hereto this lord Wittm maketh a kind of remonftrance, fhewing f. his father ^^g^
and mother, himfelf, and his brethren, have fuffered as great injuryes and oppreffions
at the hands of the faid Counteffe, as ever did any of their worfhip, or leffe, within
the Realme. 25llt this lord Wiftm upon a fecond deliberation, to draw thefe troubles into a Bill in Cane. 6.
... ~, , r v E. 4. m turre.
readier way for tryall, exhibiteth his bill of complaint into the Chancery, the iixtn exempi.
yeare of the faid king Edward the fourth,; And fheweth, Chat fhortly after the
death

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death of the lord James his father, the faid Counteffe of her evill difpofition damn
ably imagining and purpofing the utter deftruction of him, and his perpetuall
difinherifon, where hee intended to have ridden from London to have feen his
livelyhood, and to have communed with fuch as had eftate in his faid manors
and lands afore that time, the faid Countefs havinge knowledge of his intent of
departing, intreated and hired one called Chamberlen, being a fanctuary man at
Weftminfter, to have accompanyed himfelfe flrongly and to have murdered him the
faid Wittm by the way ; The which act the faid Chamberlen enterprifed and tooke
upon him to doe ; And after, that the faid matter was difclofed to a well difpofed
man called M' Thomas Oldbury, And hee perceiving the faid great mifcheife and
murther like to fall, ftirred and moved the faid Chamberlen to give warning to him
the faid Wittm, And foe hee did ; And afterwards the faid Chamberlen brought
certaine fervants of his the faid Williams into a fecret place to heare a fervant of
the faid Counteffe, which exorted and ftirred the faid Chamberlen to perform and
fullfill the intent of all the murder aforefaid, as it fhall bee evidently proved ; And
fince that time the faid Counteffe hath divers times moved and ftirred and fent
writings to one Thomas Holt that had the keepinge of his Caftle of Berkeley, as
fervant to him, That hee fhould keep the faid Caftle to the behoofe of her the faid
567 Counteffe, And | that hee fhould keep out of the faid Caftle him the faid Wittm, to
his utter difherifon and finall deftruction ; which writing is, and at all times fhall
bee ready to bee fhewed ; And foe the faid Counteffe both keepeth away the live-
lode of him the faid Wittm, and continually laboreth to have his body and lands in
execution, to the utter deftruclion of his perfon, livelode, and goods. Thus the bill.
Co this bill the faid Counteffe anfwereth ; Chat where the faid Wiftm lord
Anfwer in Cane. Berkeley of his finfull and feditious imagination, intendinge to eftrange her from
londinenfi. the lord Chancellors grace and right wife favor, untruly and damnably accufeth her
of that fhee fhould have intreated and hired one Chamberlen a fanctuary man of
Weftminfter to have murdered him in his going. home into his Country, which had
been too abhominable for a chriftian creature to have done, whereof as God knoweth,
fhee was never guilty in deed nor thought ; And that fhee is, and allways fhall bee
ready to prove and declare her felf off, as can be thought moft convenient and
behoofefull to bee done; And befeecheth that there may bee fuch order and
direction fet and taken in this matter for the punition of the untruth therupon,
That the faid Wittm and other of fuch damnable difpofition may have caufe of
dread to accufe any of the eftates of this Realme wrongfully of foe great a crime,
and according to a Statute in that cafe provided : And as touching the fanctuary man,

1491 3Ufe of IBtHiam fl^arcjue^ S&erftelep 105
man, that hee fhould have enterprized that foule deed, It was foe that the faid
Wiftm Berkeley for fuch confideracons as moved him, tooke the fanctuary of
Weftminfter, And that fanctuary man perceived a fervant of her the faid Countefs
hearing maffe in Weftminfter church, and came to him and told him, That Sr Wittm
Berkeley had taken fanctuary there ; And hee afked the faid Countefs fervant
whether the faid Wittm Berkeley were through with the faid Countefs for fuch
bonds as it was faid fhee had of him ; And the faid Counteffe fervant faid, nay.
Then faid Chamberlen, That if fhee had any fuites againft him, for a reward hee
would find the way how an officer fhould meet with him and arreft him ; And
thereupon there was divers writs of capias vtlagatum directed to feverall Sherifes
upon divers outlayries pronounced againft the faid Wiftm, which yet ftandeth in
their forces, and an officer of the kings purveyed: to have executed it, if |; hee might 568
have been met without the fandluary, which the fanctuary man enterprized to bring
about; And other matter or defire then this was there never any with that fanctuary
man by her the faid Counteffe, nor any of her fervants by her commandment : And
for the more proof of the fame, the faid Wiftm Berkeley the 4* yeare of the kings
raigne, raifed fuch a foule flanderous fame againft the faid Counteffe of the fame
matter, which came to the Abbot of Weftminfter his eare ; And the Abbot fent
for the faid Chamberlen, and called to him his Archdeacon and other perfons, and
examined the faid Chamberlen of his demeaninge in that behalfe ; And upon his
own confeffion, for foe much as fuch a heinous noife of an intended mifchiefe was
made and had without caufe, as hee confeffed himfelf and by his affent, the Abbot
decreed him to bee had to an open place in the fanctuary of punifhment and reproofe,
And made him to bee arayed in papires painted with fignes of untroth, fedition, and
doubleneffe, And was made to goe before the proceffion in that aray, and afterwards
foe fet in the flocks, that the people might behold him : 3flnh whereas the faid Wittm
Berkeley complaineth him of that, That the faid Counteffe fhould have moved,
ftirred, and fent writings to one Thomas Holt that had the keeping of the faid
Caftle of Berkeley, That hee fhould keep the faid Caftle to the behoofe of her the
faid Counteffe, The fame Counteffe faith, That fhee was feized of the fame Caftle
in her demefne as of ffee till fhee was diffeifed by the forefaid James lord Berkeley,
this Wittm, and his brethren ; And afterwards fhee wrote and defired the faid
Thomas Holt to have delivered her the faid Caftle, or to have kept it to her ufe,
according to her right and title, as lawfull was for her : Thus fhee.
Co thijSf anfwer of the Counteffe this lord Wiftm replyed, maintaining his bill
to bee true ; 3Unb the Counteffe rejoyned, maintaining her anfwer, whereby they
defcended
P vol. n

1 66

Che Hibcg of the SSerftriepje?

1463

569
Efcaet. 7. E. 4.
n° 20.

carta. 1 5 : Nov. 6.
E. 4. in caftro de
Berkel :

Efcha : in turre
lond : 7. E. 4.
n? 20.
Comp. efcaetor.
15. E. 4. rot 9.
in fcacio.
memor : fcacij.
Mich. 1. E. 4.
rot. 25. ex pte
rem : thes.
Rot. cur : de
Wotton 7. E. 4. in
ccaftro de Berkeley.

defcended to iffue ; but before any witneffes were examined on either part, or any
further proceeding thereupon had, (for any thing I have found,) the faid Counteffe
dyed, the I4'!1 of June next in the feaventh | yeare of the faid king Edward the
fourth, Anno . 1468, as formerly in the life of Thomas the fourth her grandfather,
is declared : And by her death left to Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle her grandchild
and heir, the manors of Wotton, Symondfall, the burrowe of Wotton, the moytie of
the manor of Erlingham, and divers meffuages, lands, Tenements, and fifhings in-
Erlingham, Cromhall, Alkington, Hurft, Durfley, Nibley, Shernecliffe, Kingfcote,
and of the fixth part of the manor of Acton Ilger, and Iron Acton, and of divers
lands in Horwood, Morecofce, and Glouc, the manor of Wike by Arlingham, Sagef-
place and Sageflond in Slimbridge, the hundred of Wotton late called the hundred
of Berkeley, and the Advowfon of the Church of Wotton in the County of Glouc ;
Co all which this lord Wittm pretended title ; And which by a petition made the
fifteenth of November before the Counteffe death between herfelfe and the Dutches
Eleanor and the lady Elizabeth, her fifters, were alotted to her in feveralty in lieu
of other lands thereby alotted to her other fifters ; To fome alfo whereof, (as the
manor of Cowley and the manor of Portefhened allotted to the faid Dutcheffe
and alfo to Limeridge wood in Portbury allotted to the faid Elizabeth,) this lord
Wiftm alfo pretended title : 3Hnb alfo by her death difcended to her faid grandchild,
the manor of Sages in the parifh of Slimbridge, and the advowfons of the Chantries
of S? Giles in Hillefly, and of S' John baptift in Wortly by Wotton, (mentioned in
the offices found after the deaths of the faid Countefs and dutches the fame yeare,)
whereto likewife this lord Wittm pretended title ; The faid Vifcount Lifle, then
being of the age of nineteen years and upwards and maryed to Margaret daughter
of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke, then refidinge at Wotton.

fine 7. E. 4. in
banc.
pat. 7. E. 4. pars.
2. m : 3. 5.

pat. dat : 6 Julij
1. E. 4.
570
Mich : rec : 1. E.
4. in fcacio cum
rem. regis rot. 25.

5Hntl thus in this yeare, (which was of jubile to this lord,) death rid him of
three great lady widowes his great adverfaries, the faid Countefs Margaret,
Dutches Alienor, and viconteffe Jone late wife of John vifcount Lifle ; And the
26* of October the fame year were all the manors and lands of the faid Countefs
Margaret and vifconteffe Jone comitted by the king to the faid Earle of Penbroke,
during the minority of the faid Thomas Talbot vifcount Lifle, his fon in lawe.
IDhat angry charge or motherly command the faid Countefs Margaret left to
her ward and grandchild Thomas Vifcount Lifle, for purfute | of thefe titles againft
her enemy this lord Wittm, charity forbiddeth mee to conjecture ; Sure I am fhee
left in him an high fpirit, foftered by malignant attendants mortally hatinge this
lord

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107

lord Wittm, who forthwith fell into the plotts of the faid Counteffe ; And havinge
their maine Ayme (as hers was) to get from him this Caftle of Berkeley, which hee
now kept as his fanctuary and fubterfuge from detts utlagaryes Statutes- and the
like ; And which if they had effected, by all probability hee had been ruined ;. They
fell in practife againe with the faid Thomas Holt, then alfo his keeper of Whitcliffe
parke, whom they corrupted, and with Maurice King porter of his Caftle gates :
Che method of which trecherous plott and treaty the tres bonds and patents that cart et muniment
paffed between them and Robert Veell the vifcounts Ingineer, which to this day m c£ ,ro
remaine in Berkeley Caftle, fhall fpeake themfelves in their own language.

Maurice Kinge, I grete you well and hartely pray you as you will your one Thomas Holt to
wellfare, and as I may fhewe you fuch true and faithfull good will and kindnefs as Mau«ce Kinge.
of old time hath bene and continued between us, according to our oathes and
enfurance, the which I have in mind and ever fhall have ; and fpetialfy for the
great truth and faithfull love that I found in you at the appointment between the
lord Berkeley that now is, and us ; and by the token that when M' Thomas had A chaplein
gave up the matter and failed us, That ye and I yede into the Chappie out of the
great chamber, And there I found you true, as you ever have bene hyderto ; And
by the token that wee lay togeder at Micheldene* in one bed, and cofiiuned there of
fuch purpofes as now is brought to the poynt, which will not faile, foe God bee
"pleafed, wherein I fuppofe you know my old dealing; wherefore by the tokens
afore rehearfed, I heartely pray you for all the lovis that hath been between us, and
as you will your- own wele, That ye wele geve very faythfull credence unto M*
Robert Vele, which ye know for a worhipfull gentleman and never non hafter, but
his worfhip is known nie you, and me : And fuch affurance my lord and I have vjfc . nfle_
taken about the matter, that of my life ye may truft thereto, wherein alfo I will that
ye take the fame furete of him, and care that your comunication bee fecret between
ye, And upon both your comunication yl ye do agree well togeder what night ye
may in hafty time fpeke with mee, which fhall be to your perpetual! weal, And thus
I leave you w* goddis grace.
By your fworn brother in the Parke of Whitcliffe in the out houfe
without the logge. Thomas Holt. |
Wv moft trufty and welbeloved frend, I grete ye wele, praying ye hartely 571
_, J ° T , r , „ The fame Holt tc«
1 hat ye will remember the matter that ye and I comoned of laft ; And for your tne fame Kinge.
matter, it is fpede, your patent is fpede of five markes and Wotton parke, with all
that belongeth theirto, and your obligacon alfo, and all other that ye underftand
that can prevaile you to grant them ; fee by patent, terme of life.
p 2 $otoe

io8

Che Hibeg of the 2&erftelep£

1463

JpotDC take the obligacon and condicon.
Vele to Kinge. $ob'int VnivYi p prefentes me Robertm Vele teneri et firmiter obligari Mauricio
Kinge in centum libris flerlingorm legalis monete Anglie, Solvend eidem Mauric
Kinge heredibus aut affigrtat fuis in fefto purificacois beate Marie virgin proxime
futuro poft datm prfentiu, Ad qua quidem folucoem bene et fideliter faciend obligo
me heredes et executor meos per prefentes, In cujus rei teftimoniu huic prfenti
fcripto figillum rneii appofui, daf. 26'? die Januar Anno regni Regis Edwardi quarti,
Nono. The Condition of this obligation is fuch, That if the Caftle of Berkeley bee
brought into the hands of Thomas Talbot lord Lifle by the faithfull help guyding
and means of the faid Maurice Kinge, And thereupon, That ye faid Maurice have
his fufficient patent delivered him under the feale of Armes of the faid lord Lifle,
of the park of Wotton with the fees and wages of the keeping of the fame of old
time due and accuftomed ; And moreover by the fame patent have five marks
annuite duringe his life to bee had and received yearly of the lordfhip and revenues
of Wotton ; That then this obligation to bee void, or els it doe ftand in his full
ftrength and vertue. Cake also the patent.
1 d l'fl h' t <©mttibU3' xpi fidelibus ad quos prfens fcriptm pervenerit, Thomas- Talbot
to Kinge vicecomes Lifle, falutem in dno ; Sciatis me prfatm vie Lifle in fidelitate diledli
mihi Mauricii Kinge plene confidentem, pro bono et gratuitu fervicio fuo mihi et
hered meis impendend, cpneeffiffe eide Mauricio officium cuftodis parci mei de
Wotton fubtus Egge in Coin Glouc, ac ferarii ibm exiften, et ipsm cuftodem eo^dem
ordino et per pfentes conftituo : Habend et occupand' et exercend officii! pMict pro
term vite fue, Capiend pro officio pMict exercend anuatim feoda et vadia eide officio
572 de antiquo debita et confueta ; Ac | etiam fciatis me pYat vie conceffiffe eidem
Mauricio Kinge quenda anuale redditm quinque marca^ exeunt de et in oibus terris
et tentis meis in Wotton fub Egge in Corn Glouc ; Habend et percipiend redditm
pMict anuatim pYato Mauricio ad terfn vite fue : In cuius rei teftimoniu pYentibus
Sigiltm meu appofui, dat 26'? die January Anno regni Regis Edwardi quarti poft
conquestm Anglie, Nono.

carta cum Wiftmo Chi£ Robert Vele at this time was owner of Tortworth Charfeild and Hunting-
Throgmorton cQr^ which laft hee held of the vifconts faid manor of Wotton by knights fervice ;
whofe well contriving of this plott foe highly pleafed the faid vifcount, That by his
other

149 1 ttife of i©iHiam a^arnueo" S&erftelep 109
other deed under his feale of Armes of the fame date, hee gave to Wittm Vele his
fecond brother, (or rather to him the faid Robert in his brothers name,) the office
of Stewardfhip of his manor of Wotton, and the office of keeperfhip of his chace of
Michaelwood, with the yearly fee of — 13',! 6* 8d — for exercife thereof, to bee iffuinge
out of his manor of Wotton, payable at the feafts of Efter and of S^ Michaell by
equall portions : IBhich manor and chafe are adjoyning to the other lands of the
faid Roberts. Ct«£ plot thus contrived and brought to ripenes was foon after revealed to
this lord Wittm, And, as I take it, by Maurice Kinge himfelfe, whereby in all
probability the ruin of the perfon of this lord Wf was prevented ; And how deeply
the blowe had alfo pearced into the pofterity of this family, I take noe comfort to
confider. Che vifcount Lifle underftanding by the flight of Holt and his repair to him
how the plot was difcovered, And the former writings under the feales of Armes of
himfelf and Robert Vele come to the poffeffion of his enemy the lord Wiftm, hee
then begins to unmafk himfelfe, & openly to act his ill cogitations, whereby may
bee read the former purpofes of himfelf and his Counfell ; 3Unb let the frute of the
tre of challenge which from Wotton hee writes to this lord Wiftm tell us the
nature of the tree ; Chu&
JDilliam called lord Berkeley, I marveill ye come not forth with all your Carts
of gunnes, bowes, with oder ordinance, that ye fet forward to come to my manor of
Wotton to bete it down upon my head : | I let you wit, ye fhall not nede to come 573
foe nye ; for I truft to God to mete you nere home with Englifh men of my one
nation and neighbors, whereas ye by futtle craft have blowin about in divers places
of England, That I fhould intend to bring in Welfhmen for to deftroy and hurt my
one nation and Cuntry ; I lete the wit, I was never foe difpofed, nere never will
bee ; And to the proof hereof, I require thee of knighthood and of manhood to
appoynt a day to meet me half way, there to try between God and our two hands,
all our quarrell and title of right, for to efchew the fhedding of Chriftian menns
bloud, or els at the fame day bringe the uttermoft of thy power, and I fhall mete
thee ; An anfwere of this by writinge, as ye will abide by, according to the honor
and order of knighthood. Thomas Talbot the Vifcont Lifle.
Ch& tre was fent the nineteenth day of March in the tenth year of king J^JJjJ.gg.
Edward the fourth, Anno: 1469 . about feaven weeks after the former plot was 7 E 4.
contrived ; r°t. fin. 9. E. 4.

no

Che &ibe0 of the 2&erkriep£

1463

Inq : poft mort
Tho: Talbot: 10.
E. 4. in Com :
Glouceff
pat. 9. E. 4. ps. 1.
m. 1.
fin: 10. E.4. m:vlt.
vetus exten t terrar^
in caftro de
Berkeley.

contrived ; The faid vifcont then fomewhat under the age of twenty two yeares,
having fued his livery but the 14* of July before, whofe lands then valued 1873 :
marks twelve fhillings and three pence in old rent : And the lady Margaret his
wife then priviment enfent with her firft child.
Chig lord Wittm receiving this tre at Berkeley Caftle, the fame day returneth
this anfwer.

Chomao' Talbot, otherwife called vifcont Lifle, not longe continued in that
name but a new found thing brought out of Strange Contryes : 1 marveill greatly
of thy ftrange and lewd writinge, made I fuppofe by thy falfe untrue Counfell that
thou haft with thee, Hugh Mull, and Holt : As for Hugh Mull it is not unknown
to all the worfhipfull men of this Relme, how hee is attaynt of falfenes and rafinge
of the kings records ; And as for the falfe mifchevous Holt, what his rule hath be
to the deftruction of the kings lege pepull in my lordfhip of Berkeley, afwell to the
hurt of their bodyes, as the loffe of their goods, againft Goddys lawe, confciens, and
all reafon, it is openly known, Soe that every worfhipfull man fhould refufe to have
them in his fellowfhip ; And alfo of his own free will undefired of mee, before
worfhipfull and fufficient witnes, was fworn on a maffe booke, That hee never
574 fhould bee a | gainft mee in noe matter that I had a doe, and efpetially in that
untrue title that ye clayme, which ye hold my lyvelode with wronge ; 3Hnb where
thou requireft mee of knighthood That I fhould appoynt a day and mete thee in
the myd way between my manor of Wotton and my Caftle of Berkeley, there to
try betwyxt God and our two hands all our quarrell and title of right, for to efchewe
the fcheddihg of Chriften mens bloud, or els the fame day to bring the uttermoft of
my power, and' thou would mete me : %$ for the determining betwixt our two hands
of thy untrue clayme, and my title and right of my land and inheritance, thou
wotteft right well there is noe fuch determinacon of land in this Relme ufed, And
I afcertaine thee That my livelode, afwell my manor of Wotton as my Caftle of
Berkeley, be entayled to mee by fine of record in the kings Courts by the advice of
all the Judges of this lond in that dayes being ; And if it were foe That this matter
might bee determined by thy honds and myne, the king our Soveraigne lord and his
laws not" offended, thou fhouldft not fo longe defire but I would affoone anfwere
thee, in every poynt that belongeth to a knight : for thou art, God I take to record,
in a falfe quarrell, and I in a true defence and title : 3Enb where thou defireft and
requireft mee of knighthood and of manhood to appoynt a day, And that I fhould
bee there with. all the power that I could make, and that thou would mete mee half

1 49 1 3Ufe of iBifliam a$arque£ S&rkelrp m
half way, I will thou underftand, I will not bring the tenth part that I can make,
And I will appoint a fhort day to eafe thy malitious hart and thy falfe Counfell
that is with thee : faile not to morrow to be at Niblyes green at eight or nyne of
the clock, And I will not faile with Gods might and grace to meete thee at the fame
place, the which ftandeth in the borders of the livelode that thou keepeft untruly
from me, redy to anfwere thee in all things, That I truft to God it fhall be fhewed
on thee and thine to thy great fharhe and difworfhipp : 3Hnb remember, thy felf and
thy falfe Counfell have refufed to abide the rule of the grete lordis of this lond,
which by my will fhould have determyned this matter by thy evidences and mine,
And therefore I vouch God to record and all the company of heaven, That this
facl: and the fcheddinge of Chriften mens bloud which fhall be atwixt us two and
our fellowfhipps, if any hap to bee, doth grow of thy quaryll, and not of mee, but
in my defence, and in efchewing of reproche, and onely through thy malitious and
mifchevoufe purpofe | and of thy falfe Counfell, and of thy own fimple difcretion ; 575
And keepe thy day, And the trouth fhall be fhewed by the marcy of God.
JDifliam lorb of 2£>erhelep.
Ct)e day and place is kept by both parties, The battle is ftroke, and the lord
vifcount Lifle is flaine with fome others of his fellowfhipp.1
%t this time both before and after the State was in much combuftion, for upon Rot. fine: 10.E.4.
the 1 3* of this March, feaven days before this fkirmifh, the king declared by his marcij in.io Com.
proclamation in all fhires his victory againft the rebells in Lincolne Shire and their claus : 10. E. 4.
Captaine Sr. Robert Wells : %nb the 2 1* of Mar: (the next day after this lord Lilies dorfo'
death,) the king proclaimes his brother the Duke of Clarence and Richard Nevill
Earle of Warrwicke, then in Arms in Lancafhire, to bee Traytors and Rebells,
with the reafons leading him therunto ; whereby that trobled time was foe farr
from takeing notice of this ryot, That the 26* of that month the king fent his Patm *°-rf^ 4> m :
Comiffion to this lord Wittm to find out fuch rebells as had been againft him in claus. „ Ei 4<
this County of Glouc: 3lnb at Efter in the n* of his raigne was the battle of m. vlt:
Barnet, with the death of the faid Richard Nevill Earle of Warrwicke ; And the
27* of Aprill proclamations as before of treafon againft the wife of Henry the fixth
and prince Edward her fori.; Soe noe time to take notice of thefe Nibley tumults.
3finD in the 13* of this kinge was this lord Wittm fpetially imployed w* pat: 13. E. 4. pars.
Anthony Earle Ryvers, for the difcovery of Traytors and their goods in the
Counties of Gloucefter, Worcefter, and others. SJ^arcjaret
,. 1 An interefting account of the great Berkeley Law Suit and of this battle, by Mr. J. H. Cooke, is
given in the : Tranfaclions of the Briflol and Gloucefterfhire Archceok Society, Vol. III., p. 305.— [Ed.J

112

Che Hibe£ of the 2£erfeelepg

1463

Trin: term: n. E. S^argaret the widowe of the faid vifcount daughter of the Earle of Penbroke,
4. rot. .1 .et. 1. ^ ^ j^^ Qf ^gj. hufband, bringeth her appeale againft this lord, by the name of
William Berkeley of Berkeley knight, Maurice Berkley and Thomas Berkeley his
brethren, James Hiet Efqf, John Beley, Richard Hilp, and others ; 3Qtltl after as
many delays ufed by the defendants as might bee invented, And after a certificat
enforced out of the Exchequer, That fuch a liberty as Barkeley hundred was with
return of writs, (the Sherrives of the County in their returnes of the proces favour
ing the delayes,) The faid Margaret, in Efter terme in the 12* year of Edward the
fourth, declared againft the faid Beley, (who only appeared as principall,) That hee
of malice prepenfed the Twentieth day of March in the Tenth yeare of the faid
57^ kinge, at Nibley at ten of the clock in the forenoone, felonioufly | with the faid Sf
Wittm Berkeley, Maurice and Thomas his brothers, James Hiet, Richard Hilp and
others, ftroke her faid hufband with an arrowe on the leaft part of his face to the
braine, And after with a dagger thruft him into the leaft fide ; &c. Beley demands
judgment upon the originall writ, becaufe there was (faith hee) never any fuch man
as Richard Hilp, therein named, (an other delay,) 5Hnb to the fact pleadeth not
guilty. Shee purfueth the reft of the defendants by proces untill the 6* day of
October in the twelvth of the fame kinge, when the parliament beginneth at Weft
minfter, whereat upon the joynt petition of this lord W™ and of lone his wife, and
of the faid Margaret vifcounteffe Lifle, it was enacted, That for the appeafing divers
and many great variances and other exorbitant caufes and quarrells between them
moved and of longe time continued, That the faid lord Berkeley and his wife and
the heires of the faid lord fhould quietly enjoy the manor and burrowe of Wotton
Vnderedge, and the manors of Simondfall and Arlingham, againft the faid vif
counteffe, paying to her one hundred pounds yearly at S'. Peters Church at
Gloucefter at the fower ufuall feafts in the yeare, of equall portions, with a claufe
of diftreffe in the faid manors, and a nomine pena? of five pound for non payment
after fourty dayes ; And a re-entry and holding for her life without impeachment of
waft for non payment after a yeare and three monthes : Sayinge to everyj«other
perfon their eftate title and intereft in the faid manors ; And with a provifoe, that
this Act fhould not bee prejuditiall to the faid lord Wiftm and his wife nor to the
heires of the faid lord, for their right title and intereft in and to the faid manors.

Rot. parliam : 12.
E. 4. m: 26.

carta exempl : in
caftro de Berkeley.

pat: 12. E. 4. pars.
1. m: 21.
carta in caftro de
Berkeley, fub
figillo dat. 1.
Marcij. ir. E. 4.

3Unb tne fi^ and 16* of March in the faid 11 '.h yeare, for the fyne of fourty
fhillings, this lord Wiftm had a confirmacon of all his old chres of Berkeley. and
Bedminfter granted to his Anceftors by Henry the fecond, Richard the firft, kinge
John, and by Edward the third, upon oath made in Chancery that the fame were
cafually loft, as by the roll and parchment is fuggefted. JjfjoethJ

1491

%ik of JEittiam aparqueg 2&erfeelep

113

<•**

£hort!p after peace thus eftablifhed between this lord Wiftm and vifconteffe
Lifle, fhee maryed Henry Bodrugan of Bodrugan in Cornwall Efqf, whofe acquit-
ances fhew the receipt of this hundred pounds many years after : In readinge
Whereof I have obferved, That fhee allways wrote her name before her hufbands,
And hee onely wrote, Bodrugan, without his Chriftian name ; 3©hat bad and good
conditions were in him let the | parliament rolls in the 14* of Edward the fourth,
and other records here marginally vouched declare.1
ffor further manifeftation of the day of battle and manner of the death of the
faid vifcount Lifle, are the writs into ten Counties to enquire after his death, dated
the Twentieth day of March in the Tenth of Edward the fourth, And an office in
the County of Stafford the fame yeare, And another under the great feale in the
County of Glouc : (whereof the originall is perifhed,) at Berkeley Caftle ; And
the kings licence dated at Banbury the fixth of Aprill in the Tenth of Edward the
fourth, to Elizabeth and Margaret his fifters and heirs to enter into the manors and
lands that were the faid vifconts their brothers : Before which time, (being but
fixteen days after their brothers death,) their fifter in lawe the vifcounteffe feemes
to have been delivered of her child, whom (perhaps) forrow for the untimely death
of her hufband, (lamenting like a virgin girded in fackcloth for the hufband of her
youth, as the prophet Ioell hath,) caft into an abortive travell : And the more
probable becaufe the fame day, perhaps the fame hour, of this victory, this lord
Wiftm with his riotous company advanced forwards to Wotton, where fhee then
was, rifled her houfe, And thence, (amongft other pillages,) brought away to Berke
ley Caftle many of the Deeds and evidences of the faid Vifcounts own undoubted
lands, many of which remaine there to this day ; Togeather with a peece of Arras,
wherein the Armes of the Vifcount and of the lady Jone his mother, daughter and
coheire of Sr Thomas Chedder, were wrought, which twenty years agone I there
' alfo fawe. tit^anp fteps not yet worn out poynt unto this family how ftrongly the faid
vifcounteffe and other her frends, with the kindred of her hufM, purfued this lord
-Wittm Maurice and Thomas his brethren for the death of the vifcount her hufband ;
infomuch as to acquit Phillip Mead, (whofe daughter the faid Maurice Berkeley had
maryed, as after followeth in the relation of his life,) and of John Shipward, two
Marchants of Briftoll, The Maior of that City the fecond day of May next after,
examined
1 Sir Henry Bodrugan was attainted and convicted of treafon,. 9 Nov., 1487. As he efcaped to
Foreign Countries the date of his death is not known^ but it occurred before 1503. The Vifcountefs pre-
deceafed him. See Hiftory of Trigg Minor, Vol. I., pp. 553, 555. — [Ed. J

Acq : in caftro de
Berkeley.

Rot. pari : r4. E. 4.
m : 1. 20. 26.
577
pat. 14. E. 4. ps. 2.
dorfo. m. 20. et. at.
poft mort. Tho :
Talbot
fin: 10. E.4.m:ult.
pat. 9. E. 4. ps. i.
m. 1.
pat. 10.E.4. m:n.
orig:infcacioeodeanno rot. r6.
orig: 10. E. 4. rot.
n.et. i5.infcacio.
claus: 10. E. 4.
m. 7. in dorfo.

Joell chap : 1.
verfe. 8.

Q VOL. H

114 ^be Hibejef of the S&erMepg 1463
examined twenty feaverall pfons upon oath upon fufpition conceived againft them, to
carta in caftro de have fent Armed men in manner of warre to the aid of this lord Wiftm Berkeley,
y" againft the lord Lifle ; All which Examinates acquit them of that fcandall and v
imputation, faith the faid Maiors teftimonialL yet extant under the feale of that
57.8 City : Howbeit I have feen other notes | and memorialls of a ftronger dye That
Taftro deBerkel1- affure mee That many came both from that City, procured by Maurice and them,
and out of the forreft of Deane, that morning wherein the fkirmifh was, to the ayd
of this lord Wiftm : And from Thornbury, (of whence the faid Richard Hilp was,)
and where the faid Maurice Berkeley then dwelt, came both himfelf and all the
ftrength that on foe fhort a fomons hee could make : 3Cnb if traditions might bee
here allowed, I would affure this noble family, That within thirty two yeares laft, by
reafon of my dwelling at Nibley, and of my often refort to Wotton and to the
villages adjoyning, I have often heard many old men and weomen in thofe places,
as Wittm Longe, John Cole, Thomas Phelps, Adrian Jobbins, Thomas Dykes of
Woodford, Thomas Roberts of Woodford, Wiftm Legge of Wike, John Smyth of
Nibley, mother Birton, mother Purnell, mother Peeter, and others, many of whofe
parents lived in the time of king Edward the fourth, and moft of themfelves were
born in the time of king Henry the feaventh, as their leafes and copies declared,
fome of them one hundred and ten yeares old, divers an hundred, and none under
fourfcore, relate the reports of their parents kinsfolks and neighbours prefent at
this fkirmifh, fome with the one lord, and others with the other ; and of fuch as
carryed victualls and weapons to fome of .thofe companies, as this lords party lay
clofe in the utter fkirts of Michaellwood chace, out of which this lord Berkeley
brake, when hee firft beheld the lord Lifle with his fellowfhip difcending down that
Thill from Nibley Church, and after climbed up into trees, (being then boys of twelve,
| and fixteen yeares,) to fee the battle : And how the lord Berkeleys number wasf
' about one thoufand, and exceeded the other in greatnefs : That the place of "StailD '
was at fowlefhard, whence this lord Wiftm fent upon the lord Lifle the firft fhower
of his arrowes ; That one black Will, (foe called) fhould thoot the lord Lifle, as his
beaver was up ; And that Thomas Longe father of the faid Wiftm was fervant to
one of them who helped to carry the lord Lifle when hee was flayne, and of many
other perticularyties, (which I purpofely omit,) not poffible almoft by fuch plaine
Country people to be fained : And that a fpetiall man of the lord Lifles company
was then alfo flaine, and buryed under the great ftone tomb which yet remaines in
the fouth fide of Nibley Church yard ; infomuch as I cannot otherwife but deliver
579 .them as | truths ; And much the rather for the full difcourfe thereof which old M'
Charles Hiet, (whofe great grandfather James is one of the Def'f in the faid
appeale,*)

149 1

Eife of IMIiam Stparqueisf SSernelep

115

appeale,) had with the lord Henry Berkeley at Berkeley Caftle the 25* of Septem
ber . 1603, which my felf then heard foe perticularly delivered from the relation of
his father and grandfather as if the fame had been but yefterday : The faid lord
Henry himfelfe feconding moft of what Mr Hiet related, from the reports of divers
others made to himfelfe in his youth, fome of whom were then born and of the age
of difcretion, as his Ld?p then affirmed : But enough of thefe traditions and reports,
wherein I have exceeded mine own Inclination becaufe this paffage is of moft
remarkablenefs in this family ; And the bloud now fpilt was not cleane dryed up
till the feaventh year of kinge James, as after in many places of thefe relations
appeareth : 3Utlb thus did all the fons joyne in revenge of the innocent bloud of
that virtuous and princely lady Ifable their mother, malitioufly fpilt at Gloucefter
feaventeen yeares before by Margaret this vifcounts grandmother, and whofe heire
and ward hee was : 3Hnb this wound flroke the deeper for that the blowe thereof
fwept away all her iffue male from the earth, And in the fame quarrell where[i]n
the bloud of the faid lady Berkeley was fhed, as formerly is written.

fols: [528, 529]

<©f this fkirmifh Camden writeth, That Wotton underedge yet remembreth Camden Bnt :
1_ n 1 r TM ^ ~~"^~7r -r t .n 1 n • • i ¦ r , • m Com. GloUC
the llaughter of 1 homas 1 albot vifcount Lifle here flaine in the time of king fo : 464.
Edward the fourth in an encounter with the lord Berkeley about poffeffions, fince
which time have continued fuites between their pofterities, untill now lately they
were finally compounded.

(Upon the death of the faid vifcount Lifle this lord Wiftm entred alfo into the
mannors of Wotton forren, Wotton burrowe, Simondfall, Arlingham, and Sages, and
into the Newleyes and the Warth in Slimbridge, and into divers other lands in
Kingfcote, Horwood, Acton, Cromhall, and other Hamletts thereabouts, which had
been the inheritance ©f his father James : J^ofrlheit this lords poffeffion was not
three yeares peaceable, (though hee had pleafed the Kitchen of the vifcounteffe
with one hundred pound anuity, and her bed with a youthfull hufband,) before hee
was powerfully fet upon by S*. Edward Grey, his mothers grandchild, as being
fecond fon to Elizabeth Lady fferrars daughter of the lady Ifable, this lord Wittms
mother, as before hath been declared : who by | mariage of Elizabeth eldeft fifter
and coheire of the faid Thomas Talbot, as in her right the I4'!1 of March in the
fifteenth of king Edward the fourth created lord Lifle, And after created vifcount
Lifle by king Richard the third, in the firft yeare of his raigne, what time Margaret
her other fifter and fellowe coheire, maryed to Sr George Vere, was dead without
iffue. 25ettoeen
Q 2

Efch : 9. 10. E. 4.
origin: 10. E. 4. rot.
n:et. iS.infcacio.
origin: n. E. 4.
rot : 1 5. in. fcacio
origin : 15. E. 4.
rot. 26. in fcacio
cm rem. thes :
580
cart. 15. E. 4. m.
vlt.pat. 18. H. 7.
pars. 2.

116 Che Hibeg of the 2&r&efepief 1463
55cttDcen thefe two, this Sf Edward Grey, and this lord Wittm, was longe
toffed with equall malice and greatnes the title of thefe manors and lands, like a
ball of difcord, taken up and banded, with much toyle and expence ; untill by the
carta counfell : in mediation of Thomas Grey Marques- Dorfet, elder brothers fon to the faid lord
Grey, (ffend alfo and near kinfman to the faid Wittm,) It was by Indenture dated
the 25* of ffeb : in the 2i*.h of Edward the fourth, agreed between this lord Wittm,
(then vifcount Berkeley,) on the one part, And the [faid] Edward Grey lord Lifle
and Elizabeth his wife on the other parte, That for the fetling of thofe great dif-
cords, quarrells and debates, which of longe time had been for the burrowe and
manors of Wotton underedge and Simondfall, the advowfon of Wotton Church,
the rent of affize of — 34I4? in Nibley and Shernecliffe, the fixth part of the manor
of Acton llger, Newleyes, the Warth, Sages, Weftmancotes land in Arlingham
&c, That the fame fhould bee fetled to the faid vifcount Berkeley and to the
heires male of his body, with remainder to the faid lord Lifle and Elizabeth his
wife and to her heires for ever, by fyne or otherwife : 3llnb that the faid vifcount
Berkeley fhould grant an Anuity of twenty pound p ann : to -them and the heires
of the faid Elizabeth, going out of the faid manors and lands, but to ceafe upon the
death of Margaret Vifcont Lifle, And then the fame to bee one hundred pound p
ann : #e if the faid vifcount Berkeley bee difcharged of the hundred pounds w*
hee now payeth to the faid Margaret, Then the faid hundred pounds annuity to
begin prefently : 3Unb they the faid Edward Grey and Elizabeth his wife to bee
barred from claiminge any of the faid^manors, or lands contrary to the purport of
claus : 22. E. 4. in this Indenture : Howbeit they fell off from this agreement, but by whofe default I
find not, and betooke themfelves to their former difcords ; Infomuch as, the ninth of
May after, this vifcount Berkeley was convented before the kings Counfell for his
581 mifdemeanor, and there enforced to enter into a recogni | zance of a thoufand pound
to appeare againe that time twelve month before the king and his counfell, And in
the meane time to doe noe damage to the faid Grey lord Lifle, or his fervants.
31nb the ftiffe purfute of the faid lord Lifle againft this lord Wittm Berkeley
in nothing more ftrongly appeareth, then in that hee obtained in the fourth yeare
of king Henry the f^ to have the irregular proceedings that were in the thirtieth of
Henry the 6'!\ upon the Statute of the fifth of Richard the fecond, of forcible
entries againft this lord Berkeley, his father and three brethren at Cirencefter before
Judge Bingham, to bee certifyed thirty feaven years after by Margaret Judge
Binghams widow and Executrix ; And to procure the fame to bee exemplifyed
under the great feale of England, notwithftanding all refiftances of this lord
Berkeley

1491 3Ufe of t©ifliam a?arque£ S&erftelep 117
Berkeley to the contrary, then Earle Marfhall and Marques Berkeley ; A mani-
feftation of eagernes, potency, and prudence.
SDltring the time of thefe contentions, this vifcount Berkeley was not alto
geather paffive, as warding blowes and returninge none : for with the like weapons
of Weftminfter hall, hee flroke both the lord Lifle, and thofe that were favored by
him. Snb not onely himfelf but his two brethren, Maurice Berkeley and Thomas, Mich: 15. E. 4.
affailed John Wenlocke, Nicholas Daunt, John Daunt, John Howell, Clark, and banco coi: '
others his efpetiall mynions with feverall actions of falfe imprifonment, for that by Mich- JS- E- 4-
„ _ rot 66. coram
their means and affiftance they were taken and imprifoned from the 23? of Septem- rege.
ber in the 30* of Henry the fixth untill the 10* day of December following ; which
aftions in~ both Courts were, after iffue Joyned and ready for tryall, flayed by
Injunction out of the Chancery obtayned by the faid Wenlocke upon his bill petitio in Cane :
exhibited againft this lord Berkeley and Maurice his brother, untill the matter of
the faid aclions fhould bee there firft heard ; wherein Wenlocke declareth at large
the great variances that were between them and the Earle of Shroefbury, whom
hee then fearved in ordinary, for the manors of Wotton, and other lands in the
County of Glouc' And how the fame were then ended by the mediation of John
lord Beauchamp, Wittm lord fferrars, and ffortefcue and Yelverton Judges, as by
their award (faith hee) under their feales *ready to bee fhewed may appear : 2&ut
therein hee miftooke, for the falfe imprifonment was three years after that award,
as formerly is declared ; yet this falfe allegation for this time ferved his turne. | 582
Other fome this lord Berkeley by fairer courfes took off from the affiftance of his ^7n ctftro'de"
faid adverfary, (for great guifts are lide gods,) Amongft whom Kenelme Digas by Berkeley.
deed under his feale of Armes, promifeth, That for the good lordfhip which the
right noble lord Wittm Berkeley knight lord Berkeley of his great noblenefs, hath
diverfly of late time fhewed unto him, That hereafter hee will not bee of Counfell
againft him nor his heires, in his great matter touching the title of the lordfhip
manor and burrowe of Wotton and other manors, of longe time in debate ; Soe the
words of the deed. Some others there bee of like ftraine, which I pafs by.
%t the parliament begun the. 1 7'.h of ffebruary in the 17* of king Edward the Rot. parliam. 17.
fourth, it is fhewed how Richard the kings fecond fon had been created Duke of pa^"l7/E. 4.
Yorke and of Norfolke, Earle Marfhall, Warren, and of Nottingham, And that for pars. 2. m. 6.
fupport thereof, the king hath now maryed him to Anne daughter and heire to
John

n8

Che 3libe£ of the 2&erhelep£

1463

583

pat: 1 7. E. 4. ps. 2.
m: 6.
pat: 18. E. 4. ps. 1.
m : 2. et. 16.

John late Duke of Norfolke, to the great honor of her and of her bloud, fhee being
but fix years old. $obJ for reafons in this Act laid down, It is enacted, That if
fhee dye without iffue, Then the faid Duke of Yorke her hufband fhall for his life
hold the half of fifty nine manors named in this Act, lying in the Counties of Salop,
Suffex, Surrey, Middlefex, Leicefter, Effex, Lincolne, Norfolke, Yorke, Bedford,
and Derby ; And the moitie of twenty knights fees in divers places, (named in this
Act,) befides divers other chafes hundreds and houfes, Of which Katharine Dutches
of Norfolke holds part for her Joynture : 3Cnb that whereas Elizabeth late wife to
the faid Duke of Norfolke holds in Joynture and in dower many manors and other
great poffeffions of the faid Dukes her late hufbands, Now in regard of the great
advancement and honor of her daughter Anne with the faid Richard the kings fon,
fhee is content to reft fattisfyed with thefe manors following, and to depart with the
refidue to her faid fon in lawe the Duke of Yorke ; viz^ Duningworth, Hofeley cum
Sutton, Staverton cum Bromefwell, &c. in the County of Suffolk, Dalby Chalcombe,
Coldoverton, Segrave, Melton Mowbray. &c. in the County of Leicefter ; Bofham
and others in the County of Suffex, and with others, (all named in this Act,) in the
Counties of Norfolke, Cambridge, Warwike, Derby, and Hereford, which fhee is
to hold for her life without impeachment of waft ; And in regard of her kindnes in
departing with the refidue, her eftate in thefe is hereby con | firmed, And after to
Richard Duke of Yorke for his life againft the heires of the faid Anne, if fhee dye
without iffue ; with a provifoe that this Act bee not pr[e]juditiall to John lord
Howard and Margaret his wife for the manor of Pritwell in Effex, nor to Jone wife
to Wittm lord Berkeley for the manors of Newfam, Kirkby Malfart, Burton in
Londefdale, Brind, Gribthorp, and Thorneton, in the County of Yorke, to her made
by Katharine Dutches of Norfolk her mother, nor bee prejuditiafl to S* Humphry
Talbot for th' eftate hee hath in Callowdon for his life by the grant of John late
Duke of Norfolke. 3©hich Act of parliament is after feverally exemplifyed by all
the faid parties.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

TohnDukeofNorf:
died: 10. Jan: 15.
E. 4.

3[n thefe times alfo this lord Wiftm winneth even the king himfelf favorably
to partake with him in thefe futes ; an argument both of an haughty fpirit, and of a
willfull difpofition: for the 28* of May in the 16th of king Edward the fourth, It
was agreed by Indenture between the king and him, That hee fhould convey to
Richard Duke of Yorke the kings fecond fon, and to the heirs of his body, all fuch
right title and intereft as hee hath or claimeth to have in all fuch manors and lands
as for defalt of iffue of John late Duke of Norfolke fhould come to him the faid lord
Berkeley ; And for default of iffue of the body of the faid Duke of Yorke, Then to
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the king himfelf and the heires males of his body, The remainder to this lord Wittm
and his heirs : And after fecurity foe made, the king on his part promifeth to bee
his good and gratious lord according to his lawes, And to caufe to bee delivered up
unto him all fuch Statutes and Obligations wherein the faid Wiftm ftands bound to
John late Earle of Shroefbury, Margaret his late wife, and to Jn° Talbot late
vifcount Lifle or any of them, or els to difcharge the fame : And if in the mean
time this lord Berkeley bee arrefled for any of them, the king will difcharge him
thereof: Che twerttyfirft of Aprill in the 21* of his raigne the king created him
vifcount Berkeley. 3finb for performance of this agreement the faid vifcount
Berkeley the twentieth of ffebruary following enfeoffed the Arch-bifhop of Yorke
and others, of his Caftle and manors of Berkeley, Hame, Appleridge, Alkington,
Hinton, Hurft, Slimbridge, Came, and Upton S' Leonards ; upon condicon, That
if this vifco' Berkeley , doe performe the faid Covenants and agreements made
between the king and him, contaiaed in the faid Indenture, Then this feoffment to
bee void : And foe alfo that the king at his own charges both require and make
fuch conveyances before that time twelvemonth, j
get did not the king foe rely upon this feoffment, but at the parliament begun
the twentieth of January after, (whereat this vifcount Berkeley was one of the
Tryers of forren petitions,) It was at the kings defire, with confent of this vifcount
Berkeley, enacled, That in confideracon that the king fhould difcharge him and
James Maurice and Thomas his brothers, of fower and thirty thoufand pound
payable by them and James their late father to the Earle of Shroefbury and
Margaret his wife and to John late vifcount Lifle their fon, And in confideration
of other grants to bee made by the king to the faid vifcount Berkeley, That all
the part and intereft which to this vifcount Berkeley belonged of all the Caftles,
honors, lordfhips, manors, and other hereditaments whatfoever in England, Ireland,
Wales, or Calais, which for defalt of iffue of Anne late daughter and heire of John
Duke of Norfolke late wife of the faid Richard Duke of Yorke the kings fon, ought
to come to this vifcount Berkeley and his heirs, fhould remaine to the faid Duke
of Yorke and the heires of his body ; And for default of fuch iffue to the king and
the heires males of his body ; And for defalt of fuch iffue to veft in this vifcount
Berkeley and his heires, as though this Act had never been made : And that all
debts owing by this vifcount Berkeley James' Thomas and Maurice his brethren,
to the king or to the faid Earle of Shroefbury, Margaret his wife, and vifcount
Lifle, bee difcharged, And henceforth bee void.
Che nynth of Aprill following dyed the faid king Edward the fourth, and
within a few months after, the kings two fons, king Edward the fifth and his
.brother

Anne his daughter
and heire died. 16.
JanP'i7.E.4.i478. Shee was maryed
to Richard fecond
fon of. E. 4. duke
of York 15. Jan :
1478. 17. E. 4.
who was also. 7.
feb : 16. E. 4.
created duke of
Norf : and Earle
Warren.cart:i6.E.4.m:i2.
pat: 16. E. 4. ps. 2.
carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

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4. m: 13.

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brother Richard the faid Duke of Yorke, were murthered by their unnaturall unckle
and protector Richard Duke of Gloucefter called Richard the third ; whereby, (they
being all the iffue male of king Edward the fourth,) thefe eftates in tayle deter
mined, And this vifcount Berkeley was againe veiled in ffee Simple in all the faid
manors and lands, as though the faid Act of parliament, or former conveyances,
had never been.
Che lord Berkeleys motives to affent to this Act of parliament feemes to bee
three, fir£t to bee freed, himfelf and his brethren, their lands and goods, from that
heavy fum of . 34000!' . mentioned in the faid Act of parliament, noe inferiour courfe
585 remaining to evacuate | thofe Statutes in the hands of a potent adverfary : ^ctonblp
to have the kings favor and to bee created Vifcount : 3ftnb Ia£tlp to receive other
benefitiall grants from the king : But what thefe fhould bee, I have not found :
Onely the fifth of March following, the king made him one of his privy Counfell,
pat 22. et. 23. And for his attendance thereon granted him the yearly fee of one hundred marks
during his life out of the fubfedyes of London and Briftoll, as hath been already
faid : It may bee that the death of the king, which followed within thirty fower
days, hindered the refidue of .thofe benefitiall grants : But the blouddy tragedy
which Richard the third acted upon his two nephews by their murder, returned
againe upon this vifcount Berkeley all that part of the Duke of Norfolks lands
which hee had made away as aforefaid, And the faid Statutes alfo difcharged : An
ill wind it is (faith the proverb) that bloweth noe man profit.
3Uttb if this vifcount Berkeley could have contained his ambition and held
himfelf contented in the pitch hee was now mounted unto, hee had foared in height
of honor and greatnes of Eftate above the heads of all his Anceftors, yea above his
great uncle Thomas the fourth, in whom I have noted this family to bee in its
higheft fomers folftice : ffor by the death of Anne the fole daughter and heire of
A<St of parliam: John Mowbray Duke of Norfolke, the fixteenth day of January in the feaventeenth
' 4' year of Edward the fourth, fhee then under feaven years of age, (her father ending
his dayes the tenth of January in the fourteenth of the faid king,) And by the death
Stow : fo : 708. of y* king himfelf, and his two fons, To the younger of whom, (if Stowe bee true,)
fhee was maryed but the day before her death, This Vifcount Berkeley, as heire to
the lady Ifable his mother, great Aunt to the Duke of Norfolke, had now the one
, entire moitie of all the Dukes eftate ; As to the lord John Howard, (fhortly after
by Richard the third made Duke of Norfolke, and his fon Thomas, Earle of Surrey
the fame day) had the other mdytie, as fon and heire of the lady Margaret his
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mother, fifter and fellowe Copartner with the lady Ifable : And upon the partitions
made thereof, (fome of which were after confirmed by Act of parliament,) this lord
Berkeley had for his part thefe manors and lands allotted to him and his heires,
as followe. I

The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor

of Donyngton,
of Twaytes,
of Thrifke,
of Hovingham,
of Kirkby Malfart,
of Thornton,
of Brynd,
of Gribthorpe,
of Newfam,
of Burton in Lonefdale,

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In the County of Yorke.

The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor

of Eppeworth,
of Cothorpe,
of Belton,
of Weftburrowe,
of Oufton,,
of Haxey, .
of Wrote,

The manor of Mawvy,
The manor of Dovercourt,
The manor of Herwich,
The manor of great Chefterford,
The manor of Denge ats Dengy,
The manor of Segrave in Pen,
The manor of Marlowe,
The manor of Winge,
The Caftle and manor of Bedford,
The manor of Scotfeild,
The manor of Haunee,
The manor of Bromham,

In the County of Lincolne.

In the County of Effex.

- In the County of Buckingham

In the County of Bedford

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The manor of Callowdon,
The manor of Thurlaflon,
The manor of fflekenhoe,
The manor of Alfpath,
The manor Mereden,
The manor of Afpele,
The manor of Kington, |
The manor of ffenyftanton,
The manor of Hilton,
The manor of Auconbury,
The manor of Wefton,

In the County of Warrwicke.

In the County of Huntington.

The manor of Stodefdon, in the County of Salop.

The manor of Melton Mowbray,
The manor of Coldoverton,
The manor of Mountforrell,
The manor of Sileby,
The manor Segrave,
The manor of Dalby Chacombe,
The manor of Witherly,
The manor of Twyford,
The hundred of Gofcot,

¦ In the County of Leicefter.

The manor of Bretby,
The manor of Linton,
The manor of Cotton,
The manor of Repington,
The manor of Roftlafton,
The manor of Afhborne,

In the County of Derby.

The manor of Wefton Baldocke, in the County of Hartford.
In the County Lof Cambridge.

The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Kenet,
The manor of Kentford,

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The manor of ffuntington,
The manor of Bofham,
The manor of Thorny,
The manor of Buckfold,
The manor of ffindort,
The manor of Slagham,

¦ In the County of Suffex.

The manor of North pedle in the County of Worcefter.
Divers lands and Tents in Weftminfter in the County of Middlefex.
Divers lands and Tenf in the Town of Calais.
The manor of Wiffelee in the County of Surrey, j

The fourth part of the manors, of, viz?
Brighthelmefton,
Clayton, Middleton, Mechinge,
Seford,Alington,

588

' In the faid County of Suffex.

In the faid County of Suffex.

The fourth part of the moytie of the manors, of, viz}
Cokefeild, Hounden,
Kymer,
The Chace of Cleers,
The forreft of Worth,
The burrowe of Lewis,
The barony of Lewes,
Nomanfland, Divers rents in Ilford,
The fourth part of the manors of Rigate and Dorkinge, in the faid County of
Surrey.
The fourth part of the moytie of the Toll of Guilford and Southwerke, in the
faid County of Surrey.
The fourth part of the moytie of the manor of Tiborne ats Maribone ; in the
faid County of Midlefex. The

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The Caftle of Holt,
The l?fhip and manor of Bromfeild,
The manor of Yale,

In Northwales.

The moytie or halfe part of the manors, of, viz?

Pickhill,
Seffewike, Bedewall, Ifcoyd,
Hewlington,
Cobham, Heme,
Wrexham, Burton, I

In Wales and the Marches of
Wales, to the County of Salop
adjoyning.

589 3Unb, Allington, Eftclufam,Eglefecle,Ruabon,
Abinbury, Dymill, Morton faboy,
Armere,Ofbafton,Sonford, Ofelefton,The caftle of Leons,
The town of Leons,
Almore,
Wolfton, Groffard advowfon,

The moytie of the lordfhips or Seignioryes, of, vizj
Catherlagh, Oldcroffe, and of two
baronies and divers other manors • In Ireland.
and lands.

ft1^

In Wales and the Marches of
Wales, to the County of Salop
adjoyning.

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And which are mentioned in the Acts of Parliament in the fourth, fifth, 7* 1 7* and. carta in cailro de
19* years of king Henry the feaventh and in the feverall deeds in the poffeffion of Berkeley-
the now lord Berkeley.

¦ In the County of Gloucefter

3Uttb of his own paternall inheritance, which difcended to him after the death
Nof his father the lord James, hee now alfo had, as hath been already written,
The Caftle, Burrough and hundred of"
Berkeley,
The manor of Hame,
The manor of Appleridge,
The manor of Alkington,
The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Hurft,
The manor of Slimbridge,
The manor of Came,
The manor of Cowley,
' The manor of Daglingworth,
The manor of Upton Sl Leonards, |
The manor of Portbury
The manor of Portefhead,
The hundred of Portbury,
And divers lands ki the County of Hereford

¦ In the County of Somerfet.

590

3Hnb alfo this lord Wiftm now had more in his own poffeffion, which hee entred
upon imediately after the death of Thomas Talbot Vifcount Lifle, as before is
touched, The burrowe of Wotton,
The manor of Wotton fforren,
The manor of Simondfall,
The manor of Sages,
The manor of Arlingham, /
22 . marks rent in fframpton,
Newleys and the warth in Slimbridge,
Divers lands and rents in Kingfcote, ¦
Horwood, Cromhall, and Acton,
The Advowfon of Wotton Church
and of the Chantries of Hillefley, ;
and Wortly,

- In the faid County of Glouc.

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carta in caftro 3HgO hee now had by the lady Jone his wife fix manors in Yorkfhire, and the
manor of Pritwell in Effex.
Pafch: 1 :R^ 3- ^[jnb likewife hee now had in fees pentions and Annuities, fome in ffee and
rot. 2. in icacio
carta in caftro fome for life, from the king and other great parfonages, by feverall patents — 478^
de Berkeley. 6s gd ^ t^e vear . ^nd divers other more both lands and fees, which I comforted
not myfelfe in feeking after.
j&OZ that if any refpect or hufbandry towards himfelf, confcience towards
God the giver, care of reputation towards the world, love or regard towards his
pofterity, had been in this lord, hee had advanced this family beyond the pitch of
the worthieft of his Anceftors ; And to his eternall fame in all generations of his
houfe paft and to come, had been highlieft honored in their memorialls : 2E>ut to
his ever during obloquy and reproach, hee in lefs then ten years following, fcattered
gave and caft away all the forementioned poffeffions, (a thing fcarce credible to bee
591 written,) not leaving any acre | to pofterity, nor ought els, fave tears and tongues
to complaine, whereof my weeping pen now mournfully begins to write.
$ig alpenationg anb £aleg of lanbg.
Chi# vifcount Berkeley beheld his Cozen germaine and fellowe Copartner,
John lord Howard, to bee created Duke of Norfolke ; his ambition labored, if not
to bee dignified as his equall, yet to fit in the next throne, for in the moulds that
caft them both, hee found noe difference, nor in the mettall ; Sifters fons they were,
And this vifcount difcended of the elder ; only the kings favor made the ods ; which
hee cafteth about to gaine, And thus compaffeth :
Robing in his ambitious opinion too much land, and too litle honor, hee is upon
the 28* of June the fixth day after the coronation of Richard the third, created
Earle of Nottingham, to him. and the heires males of his body, with the fee of
twenty pound p ann out of the Sherifewicks of Nottingham and Derby: Chig
carta in caftro Earledom fattisfyeth not : for to climb higher, hee agreeth with that ufurping king
y' the 2* of March following in the fame year, by Indenture, That when hee fhould
bee required, hee would make to the king and to the heires of his body a good
eftate in his manors of Melton Mowbray, Segrave, Coldoverton, Dalby Chawcombe,
Twiford, Witherly, Sileby, Mountforrell, and the hundred of Gofcote, in the county
of Leicefter : $tnb in the manors of Donyngton.Twaytes, Thrifke and Hovingham
in the County of Yorke : And in the manors of Harewich, Dovercourt, Mawney, and

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and Chefterford, in the County of Effex ; 3tnb in the manors of Winge and Segrave
in Penne, in the County of Buckingham ; 5Hnb in the manors of Calthrop, Wefl-
borrowe, Eppeworth, Belton, Haxey, and Oufton, in the County of Lincoln ; 5Hnb
in the Caftle and manors of Bedford and Bromham in the County of Bedford :
3U.ltb in the Caftle of Holt with the lordfhip of Bromfeild and yale in Northwales :
9Hnb in the revercon of the manors of Kirkby Malfart, Newfam, Thornton, Grip-
thorp, Brind, and Burton in Lonefdale, in the faid County of Yorke, after the
deceafe of Jone his wife;. And for default of fuch iffue of the kinge, to remaine to
him | the faid Earle of Nottingham and his heires for ever. 3Unb it was further
agreed between them, That the king fhould grant to the faid Earle for his life,
when hee fhould require it, an yearly rent of fower hundred marks out of the great
Cuftoms of the City of London ; And for performance thereof, for foe much as was
by him to bee performed, hee the faid Earle of Nottingham became bound to the
king in a recognizance of ten thoufand pounds; 2Hnb accordingly by Indenture claus: rolls. i.R. 3.
dated the 23? of October in the fecond year of the faid king, the fame manors were claus: rolls. 2. R. 3.
by this Earle conveyed to the faid king accordingly : And the fifteenth day of the
next month, The faid king Richard by Indenture under his hand and feale, Afwell carta m caur0
for the true and faithfull fervice that this Earle of Nottingham in manifold wife
hath done to his highnes, in the fame, did promife and grant to the faid Earle,
That at all times thenceforth, hee will ayd, comfort, and affift the faid Earle, as
lawe, right, and confcience will, afwell in and for his inheritance and all titles
concerning the fame, As of and in all other caufes that the faid Earle hath to doe ;
At what time this Earle was not releafed from a recognizance of one thoufand
pound, wherein hee flood bound for his perfonall appearance in the Starr chamber,
And to doe noe damage to the faid Edward Gray lord Lifle or to his fervants :
©Otofceit this profufe fcatterinp- of thofe thirty five manors at a clap hurt him not ;
for this eftate in tayle in the king determined the 2 2* of Auguft following, by the
kings death at Bofworth feild, And by the death of his wife and of his only child
the prince, dead a litle before his father : Soe willing was Gods gracious eye to
have made this Earle looke back, and to retire himfelf into the confideration of
himfelfe, and to have preferved thofe poffeffions which had been from heaven
fhowred upon him : But hee rather chofe to bee branded by S? Paull with the 2. Tim : 5 :
livery of IffideTity, then to have any care of his family houfe or kindred, prefent \
or to come. I

de Berkeley.

ordo in Camera
ftellat 9. Maij.
22. E. 4.

i^enrp the feaventh, by the overthrow and death of Richard the ufurper,
obtaineth the Crown and weareth it ; And foe prudent was this Earles cariage
between

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between thofe adverfe princes and their adherents, (ayding the one wl1 men, the
other with money, neither of both with his perfon,) That hee preferved the favor
pat. 1. H. 7. m. of both, at leaft loft neither of them : 3Cltb as a teftimony of this kings good
acceptance of his fervice, upon the 26th of October following (fower days before
pat. 1. H. 7. m. his own coronation,) hee created him Earle Marifchall, To hold during pleafure,
pafch: rec: 1. H. 7. with the fee of twenty pound: And the 19* of February following, created him
rot. 3. in fcacio. Ea.rie Marifchall and great Marefchall of England, To hold to him and the heires
males of his body, with the like fee of twenty pound : _Jfn which patent of creation,
593 the king gives him | power, afwell in his prefence as in his abfence, to have and
bear a flaff of gold wth a black ringe at both ends, with the kings Armes at the
pat: 1. H. 7. m. upper end, and his own Armes at the lower end thereof: 5Hnb in the meane
between his two patents, the 1 2* of December, grants him a generall pardon for
all offences comitted before the 7* of November then laft.

^ft feemeth fomewhat plaine That a precontract was concluded upon between
S? Wiftm Stanley lord Chamberlaine to the king, and this Earle, for furthering him
de Berkeley. mto thefe great offices of honor: for upon the fame 19th of ffebruary, this great
Marefchall by his deed of the fame date with his patent of creation, And with his
new ftile of Wiftm Earle Marfhall and of Nottingham, vifcont Berkeley and lord
of Berkeley, hee gave to him the faid Sr Willm Stanley, (by the name of cozen,)
and to the heirs of his body, All his part and purpart of his manors of Pickhill,
Seffewyke, Bedewall, Ifcoyd, Hewlington, Cobham, Hem, Wrexham, Burton,
Alington, Eaflclufan, Eglofecle, Ryabon, Abinbury, Dimill, Morton faboy, Armere,
Ofbafton, Sonford, and Ofelefton, And of the Caftle and manor of Dynefbran, and
of the Caftle and town of Leons, Bramfeild, Yale, Wrexam, Almore, Wobfton,
and Sonford, in Wales and in the marches thereof to the County of Salop adjoyn
ing ; And for defalt of fuch iffue of the body of Sr Willm Stanley To remaine to
the faid Earle Marfhall and to his heires : 9|nb thus for the confideracon of honor
did this Earle Marfhall _runne .put of two Caftles and twenty eight manorsand^arts
of manors : 3Unb yet was not his ambitious humor fattisfyed : 3Unb juftly might
Maurice Berkeley his brother and heire apparant, and Maurice his fon and heire,
Peciarftc^derBiJrkn- comPlaine' as they did> Tnat out of a high and pompous mind, hee afpired to
bee made a 3l£nrquc££ ; Between whom, great difpleafures now arofe, never after
reconciled, upon the occation of thofe and other like affurances, fynes, and re-
coveryes, (whereof many now enfue,) which this lord Willm paffed : ffor the better
v'to cut off the antient entaile to the heires male, created by his Anceftor the lord
Thomas the third, as in his life appeareth, This vaine and pompous -Earle did in
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Michmas and Eafter Termes in the fecond of Richard the third, upon feverall
writs, de recto praecipe in capite fuffer recoveryes of the advowfon of Slimbridge In banco coi
Church, and of the manor of Portbury, and of the Caftle and manors of Berkeley, ™|.: JJJ.: JS&?
Hame, Appleridge, Alkington, Hinton, Came, Hurft and Slimbridge, and of divers et JS4-
others : In many of which by his feoffments after thefe recoveryes executed in
Auguft in the firft of Henry the feaventh, hee for defalt of iffue of his own body, dT Berkeley™
eftated Thomas Marques Dorfet in tayle : | which notwithftandinge, within two years 594
after, hee againe altered and eftated upon the king, as now followeth.
3Ultb having twice made advantage of honor and profit, (but againft his purpofe
or will,) by two contracts with king Edward the fourth, and with king Richard the
third, hee affayleth a like chapman, king Henry the feaventh, for a third fortune,
(for Marques Berkeley, the Earle Marefchall of England will bee at leaft :) 51nb JJ"^ : term- Xl
, JYL3X18& CX p3.rtC
thereupon by Indenture dated the 10 . day of December in the third year of Henry rem regis inter
the feaventh, (by the name of Wiftm Earle Marefchall and of Nottingham, great [™PCq etiec:m
Marefchall of England,) hee covenanteth with the king to convey by good affurance carta in caftro
the Caftle and manor of Berkeley, and the manors of Hame, Appleridge, Hurft, e er eey"
Slimbridge, and Cowley, To the ufe of himfelf and the heirs of his body, And for
want of fuch iffue, To the faid king Henry the feaventh and the heires males of his
body, And for want of fuch iffue To the ufe of his own right heirs : 3_J.nb to convey
the manors of Alkington, Came, Hinton, and Portbury, To the ufe of himfelfe and
Anne his wife and the heires of his body, And for want of fuch iffue, To the faid
king and the heires males of his body, And for want of fuch iffue, To the ufe of his
own right heirs as aforefaid : 3}n lieu whereof the king gives him leave to convey
twenty five of his other manors, feverally named in the faid Indenture, to what
ufes and to whom hee pleafeth, without any fine to bee paid into the Hanaper^
upon fuch alienations : And promifeth to confirm unto him all manner of franchifes Pat-i-H.7.pars.4.
and liberties granted heretofore by him or his progenitors to him the faid Earle,
or to any of his Anceftors.

pat.3.H. 7. pars. 1.

3Uttb according to thefe covenants are recoveries fuffered of the faid Caftle and Hillar. 3. H. 7.
manors, And of the manors and Advowfons of Wotton underedge Simondfall, *° £54- 3 °- 357-
Arlingham, and others : And feverall fines alfo are by him leavyed of the faid Hillar : et Trin :
Caftle and manors at the fame times, with renders of like eftates ; and of many 7_ jj. 7.
others in feaverall Counties ; As with fmall labor is (at once) to bee read in the
feverall Inquifitions found in the. 7* 8* and 9* yeares of king Henry the feaventh'^ Efchaet . in Canc .
after this Marqueffe death, remaining of record in the Chancery. temp. H. 7.
3Gnb
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130

Che 3tibe£ of the SSerMepg

1463

Act of pari : annis
4.7. 17. et 19.H. 7.

pat: 4. H. 7. m: 13.

3Hnb to conclude, hee thus eftated upon the king and the heires males of his
body for defalt of iffue of his own, _©i# Caftle of Berkeley, twelve manors and three
advowfons in the County of Glouc; CiBO manors in the County of Somerfet;
if OtOer manors in the County of Warwick ; <!_£igbt manors and one hundred in
595 the County of Leicefter ; Jbis manors in the | County of Derby ; ffoiber manors
in the County of Effex ; ffibe manors, a fforreft, a chace, and a barony in the
County of Suffex; CtdO manors in the County [of] Surry; ffotDer manors in
the County of Huntington ; <©ne manor in the County of Hartford ; Chree manors
in the County of Cambridge; 311 barony, and fower manors in the County of
Bedford ; 3Hnb others in other Counties, And in Calais, Ireland, and Wales, befides
divers advowfons of churches and chappies, And divers hundreds and other regali-
tyes, with a great multitude of knights fees ; j&oz that by increafing in the kings
favor, hee proved more profitable to the king then his firft covenants comprized in
the faid Indentures ; 5Httb hereupon the 281.11 of January in the fourth of his raigne,
the king created this Earle Marfhall 3tE)arnuc$ Berkeley, to him and the heirs males
of his body, with the fee of thirty five pounds pf ann out of the leffer Cuftoms of
London.

hillar : 3. H. 7. 3Unb befides thefe forefaid Conveyances to the king and the heirs males of his
Cde Berkele^ body' ^Ce furtner fold and gave divers others to the faid Sf William Stanley lord
cl : roll. 3. H. 7. Chamberlaine, and to others ; $Eltb alfo in the third of king Henry the feaventh
Bacon in vita gave to S' Reignold Bray knight, (whom Sf ffrancis Bacon calleth a Counfellor of
H. 7. fo. 236. antjent authority with his king,) his manor of Haunce in the County of Bedford,
and his manors and lands in Kenfington and Marybon ats Tiborne in Midlefex, in
ffee Simple, which were but rewards for his Court favour.

Inq : poft mort.
Marchion, Berke
ley. 8. H. 7.
Com. pleas Mich:
21. H. 7. rot.
et 17. H. 7. ibm.
His will 7. H. 7.
in Cur. prerog.
carta. 4. Nov. 3.
H. 7 in caftro de
Berkel :
com: pleas: Mich.
17. H. 7. rot.

5lnb the 23* of February in the third yeare of Henry the 7^ gave for like
Court favor to Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby the kings father in law, for defalt
of iffue of his own body, The manors of Donyngton, Twaites, Thrifke, Hoving-
ham, Kirkby Malfart, and Burton in Lonefdale, in the County of Yorke ; 3Hnb his
manors of Winge, Segrave in Pen, and Marlowe, in the County of Buckingham ;
5lnb the manor of Denge ats Dengy in the County of Effex ;. And the manors of
Eppeworth, Belton, Haxey, Owfton, and Wrote, in the County of Lincolne ; 5En&
the manors of Alfpath and Mereden, in the County of Warrwike ; To hold to the
faid Earle of Derby and the heirs of his body ; |©f)o had alfo by like conveyance
the manor of Slagham in the County of Suffex, 3Unb the manor of Wiffelee in the
County of Surry, which coft him like Court-holywater, as aforefaid.

1491 3Ufe of iMIiam a$arque$s SSeeftelep 131

3(tt the fame month and year hee feverally conveyeth the manors of Hinton carta in caftro
and Kenet in the County of Cambridge, to the ufe of himfelf for life, The remainder iicent_a regis
to Richard Willoughby for his life, The remainder to the heirs of the body of him 8- Feb: 3- H. 7.
the faid Earle, The remainder to the heirs male of the body | of the faid Richard 596
Willoughby, The remainder to Edward Willoughby Efq* and to the heires males
of his body, The remainder to the right heires of him the faid Earle ; which manor
at this time was in the hands of Elizabeth Dutches of Norfolke for her life : Of
which manor of Kenet, fee after in the life of the lord Henry the firft. fols : t8o6> 8o?]
Sdttb in July following, in the felf fame manner hee conveyed the manor of carta. 10. Julij. 3.
Callowdon in the County of Warrwicke, with like remainders to the fame parties, Berkel"
which at this time was in leafe for life to S? Humphry Talbot : And for better con- fin. 6. H. 7.
firmation of this affurance, did in the 6* of Henry the 7* leavy a fine thereof.

in banco.

5Hnb alfo the faid Earle of Darby, (for defalt of iffue of the body of this faid !ais wiu- 7- H. 7.
' v ¦'in cur. prerogat :
Marques Berkeley,) had alfo divers other manors and lands, As by the will of the
faid Marques appeareth.
31nb to his wife the lady Anne Berkeley and her heires, hee devifed by his His Will. 7. H. 7.
in Cur* Prcros.
will all his meffuages and lands in London, paying. 200. marks to the ffryars
Auguftines; SUnb his houfe in Chelfey in Middlefex hee by his faid will gave to gnginb;£gSa;.e5-
John Whitinge and his heires with a legacy of fourty pounds ; 3Hnb to conclude, cuper : in banco.
what by fines and recoveryes and other conveyances of record, and what by deeds ^ |" s; ca^_ in
executed by livery and by Atturnement, And what by his laft will and Teftament, ijfdem annis.
hee foe conveyed and gave away all the forementioned maffe of Caftles, Baronies, £%%'. cgm 'J^
manors, hundreds, Chaces, Parks, knights fees, and other hereditaments in all the mort. Marchion.
faid Countyes in England and Wales, and in Ireland and Callais, as that nothing 7 ^ 7 memor.
remained to his heire ; And made more effectuall thofe to the king by an Act of &apj
' Trin. 9. H. 8. rot
parliament in the 7* of his raigne. primo.
%Vto having in Michaelmas Terme in the feaventh of Henry the 7* by fine f^^. 7'
and other affurances, fetled the manor of great Chefterford in Effex, upon himfelf
and the lady Anne his wife and the heires of his own body, with remainder to the
king and the heirs males of his body, As though it was not enough to give the king
his land, but hee would build him an houfe alfo ; Hee, the eleventh of December carta ln caftr0
following, agreeth by feverall deeds under feale, with Carpenters Mafons and other de Berkeley.
workmen, forthwith to build him a fpatious houfe upon the fame manor ; %t which time
s 2

132

Cfje £ibe£ of the 2&erftelep£

1463

time, without a like miraculous bleffing as was fent to Abraham and Sara, there
was noe hope of iffue between him and his wife, And himfelf before the finifhing
could not but fall into his grave, as hee did, as after followeth ; yet hereby alfo
appeares, | the power of an over-rulinge wife, that for her own end could draw her
hufbands old age this exceffive building upon a peece of ground wherin neither of
them, upon the matter, had any longer an eftate then for their own lives.
3(n the vail volume of which his faies, none feemes more difpleafinge to his
pofterity then the fale of his Caftle and Barony of Bedford, and of the honourable
fervices whereby he held the fame ; beinge by the tenure thereof, at each kinges
coronation, Ellemofiner or Almoner, havinge for his fee the cloth which the Kinge
on his coronation day went upon from his hall or chamber to the church doore
where hee was crowned : And after dinner had the filver difh which ufed of cuftome,
as the Almefdifh, to ftand before the Kinge at dinner, and one tun of wine : where
by alfo hee fold one of his titles of honour, ceafinge thenceforward to be ftiled
Baron of Bedford : An office of honor which had defcended from the antient family
of Willm. de Bello Campo, who in the 7* of Edward the firft leaft it to his daugh
ters and Co-heires, the eldeft of whom was maried to the lord Mowbray ; and from
them it came to Willm. de Latimer, and John de Mowbray Earle of .Nottingham ;
and from Latimer, by Elizabeth his daughter and heire, to John Nevill of Raby ;
and upon, the partition of Mowbrayes lands, Duke of Norfolke, was allotted to this
Marques and his heires, that which to the Dukes of Norfolk appertayned.
|M£ %lmz$ anb bebotiong.
Che lands which this lord gave to the prioreffe of our ladies houfe within
Carleton parke als Wallinge wells, were of fuch value, That in return thereof the
pryoreffe and her covent granted to accept him and his heirs for ever as one of
their founders, And to doe them fuch honor and in fuch fort to pray for them arid
their good eftate, as they doe for their founders in each thinge ; 3flnb to obferve all
fuch orifons prayers obfervances obites and other divine fervices, for his foule and
of his heires, and of his fader and moder, and for the good eftate of Dame Anne
his wife, as the faid prioreffe and Covent have ufed to doe for their founders;
And fpetially to pray for the foule of the lady Jane his late wife, and for the good
eftate of Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby and his heires, and for their foules health
for ever.
carta. 4. H. 7. in <&ty like liberality this lord extended to the pryor and Chapiter of the
caftrode Berkeley. Cathedrall Church of Worcefter ; 3Jn recompence whereof the faid pryor and
Covent

597

Liber feod.mittum
in fccio. temp.H.3.
Rot. fervicr. in
rubeo libro in
fccio. fol. 232
Rot. claus. 1. R. 2.
m. 45
Rot. fervic. 1. H4.
m. 2.
Efch. 1. H.4. poft
mort.Thom. Ducis
Norf. Bedford.
claus 1 H. 5. apud
le coronnac. coram
Rico Beauchampe
nuper Com.Warw.
Fin. 8 R. 2. m. 20
Claus. 7 E. 1. m.
6. 8.

carta. 3. H. 7. in
caftro de Berkel:

M91 3tife of il&iHiam £B-)arque£ 25erfeelep 133
Covent accepted this lord Marques and the lady Anne his wife into their fpirituall
fociety and fraternity ; And admitted them to the participation of all the benefits
workes and merits wrought by them, afwell in maffes hours prayers watches failings
difciplines and hofpitalityes ; as in Almes and other benefites which hereafter fhall
bee done or had in their Cathedrall Church ; 3©ith this addition from their fpeciall
grace and bounty, (faith the deed,) That when the deaths of this lord and his wife
fhall bee intimated to them, there fhall bee as much | faid and done for their foules 598
as for the brothers and fifters and other benefactors of the faid place, and for the
foul of John ffynes father of the faid lady Anne, and for the foules of the children
of the faid Marques and of Jane his late wife.
3llnb furely this invention of fpirituall fraternityes which are appurtenances or
annexaries to the orders of ffryars, Nunns, &c. which in thefe times was grown
frequent, was a prudent and profitable late devife ; for into it lay people of all forts,
men and weomen, maryed and fingle, defired to bee inrolled ; as thereby enjoying
the fpirituall prerogatives of pardons indulgences and fpeedy difpatche out of
purgatory. Co the pryor of the fryar Auguftines in London, this lord gave in hand one carta : 3 : Nov : 6.
hundred pounds in money ; 3fo lieu whereof and of other benefits and guifts, (faith Berkeley °
the deed,) which this Marques intends to give to that place, The faid pryor and
covent agree to fay two maffes prefently and for ever at the altar of our lady and
of S' James, where the body of Jane iCountes of Nottingham his former wife
lyeth buryed, between the faid Altars ; And to pray for the profperous eftate of
the faid Marques and of Anne his now wife, and of Edward Willoughby, Richard
Willoughby, Anne Beauchampe, Elizabeth Willoughby, and John Whitinge his
gentleman ufher ; with all the iffue of the faid Marques and Jane ; And efpetially
for the faule of the faid Jane and of Katharine her mother, fometime Dutches of
Norfolke, and for the foules of James lord Berkeley and of Ifable his wife father
and mother of the f* Marques, and of Thomas Berkeley brother of the faid
Marques, And after the deaths of the faid Marques and Anne Then the faid two
maffes to bee funge for their fouls alfo ; which they the f? pryor and Covent doe
promife to doe unto the worlds end ; And alfo to fay a folemne obite yearly in the
faid place on S? Mathias day in ffebruary for the foules" of the faid ladyes ; And
the like then for the faid Marques and Anne his wife when they fhall die : 9tnb
that this Indenture of agreement fhall bee yearly read in their Chapiter houfe in
the feaft day of S? Michaell, for the better performance thereof,, as they fhall anfwer
afore God at the dreadfull day of doome. | ^"b

134 Che mibe£ of the 2&erftelep£ 1463
599 SUttb the fifth of february twelvemonth after in the feaventh of the faid king
\ H 7 in cur Henry tne feaventh, This Marques by his will bequeathed his body to bee buryed
prerog. in the faid Church of ffryar Auguftines, and gave thereto twenty marks to buy
veftments to bee ufed at the Altar of S' Rooke there. 3tnb alfo two hundred marks
more for two fryars there perpetually to finge for his foule, 3finb twenty marks for
two other fryars to finge in the white ffryars in ffleetftreet at the Altar of S' Gafion
there, for his own foule, and for the foules of his father and mother, and of his fon
S' Thomas Berkeley, for ever: And befides to bee endowed with ten marks yearly;
3Hnb likewife ordained, That another fryar fhould finge at the gray fryars at Glouc,
in like maner, for the faid foules ; To the repair whereof hee gave twenty pound
in money. 25p his faid will, this Marques ordained, That his wife and other his Executors
fhould after his death purchafe ten marks yearly rent, therewith to found a Chantry
at the altar of our lady of pitty at Eppeworth in the County of Lincolne.
Co fryar John Wikes hee gave twenty fhillings. 3Unb appointed that his
executors fhould recompence all treffpaffes and wrongs by him done, in difcharge
of his foule, as fhould bee proved before them within ten yeares after his death ;
And this to bee proclaimed in every place where hee hath had moft refort unto in
time paft, after every true and reafonable mans defire.
Cfje one half of his array, plate, ftuffe of hufhold, and of Chappie, hee gave to
his wife Anne, And the other half to goe towards the performance of his will.
To Ifable Berkeley hee gave twenty markes.
To Margery Berkeley hee gave five marks.
To Richard Berkeley hee gave five marks.
And to twenty other of his fervants hee gave the like legacies : And made his
wife, the Bifhop of Rochefter, Judge fitj James, and M.1. Wythers, his Executors ;
To each of whom hee gave twenty pound a peece ; And for his overfeers made
king Henry the feaventh,. and the faid Earle of Derby, and John Whitinge his
gentleman uftier, To each of whom hee gave ten pound a peece. |
600 y$M a^° m n*s hTe time gave divers Anuities pentions and fees, whereof thefe
following are the cheifeft I obferved . viz! $[n

1491 - ftife of iMftam flparque^ S&erfeelep 135
3fn the Tenth year of Edward the fourth hee granted to his brother Maurice carta in caftro
ten markes by the yeare for his life, out of his lordfhipp of Nibley, for the great de Berkeley*
fervice hee that year did to him at the incounter with the lord Lifle.
The fame year in confideracbn of fervice, hee granted an Anuity of fower hillar .- in banco
markes p ann to John Caffey Efq? out of this manor of Slimbridge, for his life, who ~ ' "'4I° ' 3S2'
was at the fkirmifh at Nibley green with him.
31bOUt the fame time hee granted an anuity of five pound p ann to Wittm lord Acq:. in 15. E. 4.
Haftings for his life.
Che 2 2* of Edward the 4* hee granted to Thomas his brother, in confidera- carta in «aftro
tion of his laudable fervice, an Anuity of nineteen pound p anii : out of his manors de Berkeley-
of Wotton and Hame.
3Enb about the firft of Henry the feaventh granted an Anuity of ten pound p comP : recept. in
arm, to the lord Daubeny for his life, out of his manor of Portbury : 3tnb alfo an
Anuity of fower pound p ann, to Ralph Skelton for his life.
3fn the third of Henry the . 7* hee gave an Anuity of ten marks p anii to carta in caftro de
Thomas Tiler for his life, who alfo was his generall Receivour. er e ey"
Che fame year hee granted to Thomas Sampfon for his life, all his land in carta in caftro de
Calais, rendring the third part of the revenue. Berkeley.
3dbOUt the fame time hee granted to Sf James Blount an Anuity of ten marks Acq : in caftro de
for his life out of his manor of Sileby in the County of Leicefter ; Some other the " *'
like, there were, which I paffe by. |
$i# mi#ellant« or barioug pa$$a$z$. 601
; | 2£>p. comon intendment thofe that feek often to the phifition have difeafed
i bodyes ; what conftitution this lord was off not onely his life paft but the many
j pardons hee purchafed from thofe kings whofe laws hee had tranfgreffed, which
, now followe, doe declare.
Cfje . 17* of March in the 36* of Henry the fixth, the king pardoned this lord cut ineaftr. de
Wiftm all offences generall. rot. pdon : 36. H.
Cfie 6-rot-3°-

1 36 Che £ibe£ of the 2£>erferiepg 1463
cart, in caftr. de Che firft of May in the fecond of Edward the fourth, the king pardoned him
rot. pdon : 2.^4. a" offences untill the fourth of November then paft.
m. 32.
Rot. pardon: 10. Qfyz 25* of May in the 10* of Edward the fourth the king pardoned him all
. 4. m : 2. 0£rences tjjj ^g 2:jth 0f December then paft.
carta in caftro de Che twentieth of May in the 1 2* of Edward the fourth, the king pardoned
rot. pdon f 1 2. E. mm au" treafons murders rebellions and offences untill the firft of September before;
4. m. 23. whereby hee ftood difcharged from the vifcount Lifles death, and his iitlagaryes
thereupon.
carta in caftro de Che tenth of March in the firft of Richard the third, the king pardoned him
y' all offences untill the 21* of ffebruary paft.
carta in caftro de Che 9* of December in the fecond of Richard the third, the king efpetially
Berkeley. parcjoned him all offences debts recognizances &c, untill the tenth of November
before.
Trin 13. H. 7. cum Cl)e fifteenth of ffebruary in the third of Henry the feaventh, the king
rem. thefaur : parcJoned him all offences and matters whatfoever ; which in difcharge of divers
debts demaunded of him by proces out of the Exchequer, hee pleaded in Trinity
Terme after : #ne or two more there are, which I omitted in my notes.
ffor the better difcharge of his houfhold port, when hee abode at Berkeley
Caftle, which was from the death of his father, untill fuch time as king Edward the
cKres: in Berkeley fourth with an augmentation of his ftile and honor, drew him to his Counfell table,
Caftle. ^jee ufe(j veariy to fen(j a fhipp for wines to Burdeaux in ffrance : 3tnb in the year.
1477, being the feaventeenth of the faid king, upon returne of his fhipp, hee
602 retained twenty Tunns, for | his own provifion : the refidue the mafter of the fhipp
had : Some of which charter parties for furnifhing the faid voyages yet remaine in
Berkeley Caftle, efpetially for the fetting forth of the fhipp called the George of
Berkeley, whereof the Cftre fheweth this lord to bee owner, and John Pembroke
his fervant to bee mafter.
Che abidinge of this lord Wittm in his fathers life time, was for moft part at
Portbury, Afterwards at Berkeley Caftle, between which places his ufuall travell
was by water, and over at the paffage called Crokarfpill ; The paffer whereof in the
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time of Henry the fixth, exhibited a petition againft this lord Wiftm to Richard petitio cumThoma
Duke of Yorke, (father of king Edward the fourth,) then lord of the manor of MorSanArm:
Eafton, whereof one part of the faid pill is accompted to bee parcell ; complaining
that this lord and his fervants paffed and would paffe at their pleafure without pay
ing anything for their feryage, to the difinheritage of the faid Duke and his faid
Tenants wronge ; And prayeth, that at the dukes faid manor hee might fhew his
evidence for his difcharge and freedome in paffage, or els to pay as other men in
paffing over there between the two Countyes of Glouceff and Somerfet, doe pay.
Che firft of January in the 21* year of king Edward the fourth, the Duke of Warrant in caftro
Buckingham by his warrant charged all his keepers and officers, That whenfoever e er e ev-
and as oft as the right worfhipfull and his right entirely welbeloved cozen the vif
count Berkeley lift to take his pleafure to hunt within any of his fforrefts, parks or
chaces within the Counties of Kent, Surry, and Effex, That every of them fhould
give him due attendance, and to make him as good difport as they can, as they
intend to pleafe him, from year to year and time to time.
ChijSf lord having in the 17'? year of Edward the fourth been outlawed at the Trin : 17. E. 4.
fute of Richard Seintle of London for non-payment of debt of 9", Reverfed rot. 191. in banco.
the fame by error, for that hee was fued and outlawed by the name of Willm
Berkeley of Berkeley knight, whereas hee was at that time one of the lords and
peeres of the realme ; And for proofe pleads verbatim his writ of fomons to the
parliament the fame yeare.
3lnb it is not improper here to fhewe, That this lord dyed indebted to Wiftm Bill in Cane :
Moore his fecretary for thirty old nobles which hee lent him, | And for. 70? wages, 5^
for which his brother Maurice was fued in Chancery feaven years after his death,
by Wiftm Gifford Executor to the faid Wiftm Moore, whofe title and proofe was,
That this lord Marques lying ficke, a litle before his death willed that the faid
Moore fhould bee paid thofe fums before any others ; which the faid Maurice did,. • ;
though hee was neither heire nor Executor, and not having any Affets in land or j ;
perfonall eftate from his faid brother ; whereby appeares a great diflance between \ ;
the difpofition of thefe two brothers ; The Marques hatinge Maurice at his death, j
Maurice lovinge his memory and the repofe of his foule after life ended.
3In the 33* of Henry the fixth, Edward lord Abergavenny granted to this lord carta in caftro
Wiftm the Stewardship of Chepflowe in Wales for his life, with the fee of twenty de Berkelev-
marks by the yeare.
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I

8 Che £ibe£ of tfje 2&erMep£ 1463

carta in caftro

%Xl the 39* of Henry the fixth, Anne Dutches of Buckingham made this lord
de Berkeley. Wittm mafter of her games of Deere, and fupervifor of all her parks forrefts chafes
and warrens in the County of Gloucefter.
3fn the 31 -of Henry the fixth John Mowbray Duke of Norfolke made this
^e^rkeley! ^ora^ Wiftm -Supervisor of his dominions of Gower and Kilvey in Southwales, and
his fteward of Chepftowe, for his life, with the yearly fee of twenty pound.
3In the firft year of king Edward the fourth, the forefaid Anne Dutches of
^^erkelev' Buckingham made this lord Wiftm Steward of her lordfhip and manor of Thorn
bury, for the life of his father the lord James, taking the fees thereto belonging and
accuftomed ; And at this time was this Wittm foe feared of his fathers tenants, or
grown foe potent over his old fathers affairs, as none of his Tenants would take any
leafe or eftate from that old lord, but that they would either have thiss Wiftm to
confirme the fame by his deed, or joyne with his father in the grant.
£Dibcr£ perfonall differences being between this lord Wiftm and John Lord
Beauchamp, afwell for fuch of his fathers goods the lord James as came into his
hands, as for other caufes, they referred themfelves in the fixth of king Edward the
fourth to the award of the lord Chancellor and of the Bifhop of Bath, whereto they
promifed to ftand upon their faiths of Knighthood. |
604 p£ toibeg.
<©Ut of what humor I know not, but longer did this lord folace himfelfe in a
fingle life then any of his Anceftors from Harding the Dane, neither could any
perfwafion work him to wivinge in the life of his father : §Jet, in a contrary quality
more forward to contract his own fon and heire at younger years then any of his
Anceftors, as after followeth. «
Chi$ lord had three wives, who in their fimpathies and antipathies ftood thus
in relation to him : Che firft hee loved not, nor fhee him : Che fecond hee loved
entirely both living and dead, and fhee him : Che third hee loved, and fhee over
ruled hiffl for her own ends, to the advancement of her felfe and her kindred.
Vincent: fol: 631. ^jg firft wife was Elizabeth the daughter of Reginald Weft, lord de la ware,
and of Magaret his wife daughter and heire of Robert Thorly Efqf whom hee
maryed in the fixth yeare of king Edward the fourth in the third yeare after his
fathers

1491 &ife of SBiHiam a^arqueg 25erftdep 139
fathers death, then about the age of one and forty yeares : jfrom her hee was
divorced fhortly after, before any iffue had between them, by the fentence of
Carpenter the Bifhop of Worcefter ; which fhee held, (and I beleeve,) to bee un-
juft and partially given in his favor ; from which fhee appealed to the Court of
Rome, and procured thence from pope Paul the fecond, tres compulfary dated the
twentieth of November. 1467. being the feaventh year of the faid king, to have carta in caftro
all the writings a6ls fentences difpofitions and myniments touching the faid divorce
to bee fent to Rome, As by the in[f ]trument thereof under feale in the Caftle of
Berkeley may appeare : i)er hufband and the partiall Bifhop held it wifdome to flop
the ftream, ere it flowed to Rome, And foe ended that fute.
$otD, for that I have obferved fome differences in opinion amongft fome
worthy branches of this family about this lords lawfull or unlawfull putting away
of this wife, (admitting it to bee for adultery,) and his mariage with another in her
life time ; fome of them making this unlawfull A61 one of the greateft outward
caufes, (in the eye of man,) of this lords dying iffueleffe after foe hopefull a pofterity
had, and of | the confumption that followed of his patrimony, with other croffes, 605
Gods angry hand feeming ftreched out againft him in a troubled life ever after : I
will a litle inlarge my felf upon this "point, And tell his pofterity That his fecond
mariage as I conceive it was adulterous, wherein hee longe lived, and had iffue that
mifcaryed ; And that though the adultery were proved, and the fentence of divorce
¦ "recorded, yet was not hee foe fet at liberty that hee might, in her life, marry with
another, as hee did.
1. ffirgt, the A61 of adultery doth not diffolve the knot, or (as wee fpeake,)
break the bond of mariage ; for then it would follow That the party offending
could not upon reconciliation bee received againe by the innocent to former fociety
of life, without the folemnizing of mariage anew ; which is a thing never heard off,
and contrary to the continuall pracTife of all churches.
2. &eCOnbIp, the fentence of divorce cannot releeve him neither, for there is
, noe lawfull fentence in any Court in cafe of divorce but it ever containeth an exprefs
inhibition to either party to marry with another ; with intimation in flat termes,
That from the time that they or either of them fhall goe about an other mariage,
Quod extunc prout ex nunc, et ex nunc, prout extunc, (it is the ftile of the Court,)
That prefent fentence upon record fhall bee utterly void to all purpofes, and they in
the fame cafe as if it had never been given.
3. %aine,
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3. 3HgahiC, if the comitting of Adultery fhould diffolve mariage, Then both
parties are in the fame cafe as they were before they were maryed, free and at
liberty ; And then may either of them, afwell the guilty as the innocent, marry
Ambr:in.i.Cor.7. againe, which is the very gaine the Adulterer or Adulterefs propounds to themfelves ;
And foe would the comitting of fin, bee made gainfull or benefitiall to an offender.
4. SUgainc, if adultery diffolve the marriage bond and all, (as with this lords
practice it did,) Then not onely every chriftian is excluded from that charity of
receiving his wife againe, (having been faulty) to conjugall duties, without a new
mariage, as hath been faid : but which is worfe, the innocent party, if hee have
Auguftine knowledge of the body of his wife, having been falfe that way with another, fhould
606 in foe doing comitt adultery himfelf, in as much as hee hath had the | ufe of her
body that is now none of his ; I fay none of his, becaufe their mariage is utterly
diffolved by the act precedent of his wicked wife, if this opinion bee allowed.

Iherom

in Math. 19.

5. 3d gaine, if at the pleafure of every lewd man, or light woman, by comitting
the fin with another, they might diffolve as many former mariages, and make way
to as many new mariages as they lift ; for being weary of the firft, it is but to bee
lewd of body and prefently the bond is broken, & liberty given to make choice of
another ; And upon the like wearinefs, by the like Act, of a third and fourth ; It
would bring with it a world of troubles and confufions and evill confequences, as
the fecond mariage of this lord Wiftm in the life of this his former wife might have
done, between his iffue of his fecond mariage and his next brother and heire.

6. 3lnb againe, if the word of God bee fought to, whether any favor may bee
had there, it will appear, That duringe the primitive church even till of late years
the Judgment of many great divines and the prefent practice of the law ecclefiafticall
were one and the fame, and great reafon why : for the authority of the fathers was
the ground of the antient Canons, by which the law in this cafe is ruled : Soe that
but for the opinion of fome later divines, there need not bee fought any oppofition
between lawe and divinity in this queftion, nor that diffraction happen, wherein wee
fee divines to give, their hands for licence to that for which law will convent men
and cenftire them too.

7. 3lnb againe laftly, it feems an unanfwerable ground, viz' That one may not
in any wife have two wives at once ; for by the originall inftitution there can bee
but two in one ftefh-: But this lords wife, though fhee profaned mariage with
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another, was not thereby become the wife of him with whom fhee prophaned, but
remained this lords wife ftill, whofe firft fhee was, and whofe only fhee can bee foe
longe as hee liveth : And the word of God feems to mee plaine in this, The woman Rom. 7. 2.
is bound to the man foe longe as hee liveth ; Soe that if while hee liveth fhee be-
cometh another mans fhee fhall bee holden an Adultereffe ; from which very words
the vow of mariage feemeth to have been framed, which then was and ftill is made
in the congregation by either party, forfakinge all other keepe thee onely unto her
foe longe as you both fhall live : And againe, To have and to hold for better for
worfe till death us do part : 3Hnb thefe plainly fhew, (as I conceive,) That the bond
of mariage is not broken but by death, And that though fhee fhould become another
mans, yet | fhee is not become his wife : Che places of Sf Mark and Sf Luke feem 607
plaine, That a man having put away his wife cannot marry againe; And for the Mark. 10. n.
place of Sf Matthew, where it feems to bee qualified with (unles it bee for adultery,) Math: 19. 9.
it is all the fhewe that can bee made for thefe mariages ; Che rules both of divinity
and reafon are, That when there falleth out any diverfity in places, firft to expound
the leffer number by the greater and not contrary, That is one Evangelift by two,
and not two by one : Secondly, to expound the former writer, (which is granted Sf
Mathewe was,) by the later that writ after him, as both Sf Marke and Sf Luke did,
and not contrary ; efpetially where both may ftand, as here methinks both may ;
They two interpreting it, It is thus, Hee that putteth away his wife, (which but for
Adultery is not lawfull,) and maryeth an other, comitteth^adultery himfelf : hotttbeit
becaufe the pofition, that a man putting away his wife for her adultery may lawfully defence of John
marry an other, is maintained by the learned writings of foe many late juditious l6Yo.a sprmi
divines, in moft of the reformed Churches at this day, And hath foe troubled the
pulpit in Sf Maryes In Oxford, which my younger yeares there heard neere forty
years agone, I ftand an unable man to determine of either opinion, leaving this
family to the cenfure of this fact of this great lord their Anceftor as it felf fhall
affecl: : <3_5ut mee thinks, That a wife yl Is an Adultereffe doth not ceafe.to bee a
wife, unles at leaft fhee bee manifeftly divorced, and difpoyled of her mariage ringe.
% babe feen an old writing of this lords time, laying the pedegree of this In caftro de
Elizabeth to bee the daughter of Reginald Weft lord de la ware, fon of ThofS er eey'
Weft and Jone his wife, daughter of [Roger] lord de la Ware and Alienor his wife,
daughter of John lord Mowbray and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heire of John
lord Segrave ; which John lord Mowbray and Elizabeth his wife had iffue alfo
Thomas created Duke of Norfolke father of Ifable maryed to, James lord Berkeley
mother of this lord Wittm ; Averring thereby That they were within the forbidden degrees

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608
Vincents difcovery
of errors fol : 631.
4. cartae in caftro
de Berkeley.
Efch : poft mort.
Wiftmi Haftings.
pat : 15. E. 4. in
arce London.
4. cartse in caftro
de Berkeley.

pat. roll : 8. E. 4.

claus:8.E.4.m.i2:

capt. et recognit.
30. Octobris.

degrees of mariage, hee in the third, and fhee in the fourth, And the divorce to bee
thereupon : _ttDf)icft, if a caufe then and at this day, then more then twenty maryed
couples within five miles of Berkeley Caftle, (not to fpread my knowledge further,)
may bee divorced ; But to this old writing I wholly fubfcribe not.
_©i$ fecond wife was Jone, (written alfo Jane,) who had formerly been maryed
to Sf William Willoughby, and was daughter, (as Mf Vincent faith,) of | Sf Thomas
Strangwayes and Katharine his wife, daughter of Ralph Nevill Earle of Weftmer-
land and widowe of John Mowbray Duke of Norfolke; which Katharine was
thirdly maryed to John Vifcount Beamond, and laftly to Sf John Woodvile; And
dyed in the firft year of King Richard the third.
Chig faid Jone was maryed to this lord in November Anno* 1468 . in the 8'!1
year of king Edward the fourth ; And for her mariage portion brought the manors
of Kirkeby Malfart, Burton in Londefdale, Thornton, Newfame, Brind, and Grib-
thorp in Spalding moore, in the County of Yorke, And the manor of Donver in
Norfolke, for her life, of the inheritance of John Duke of Norfolke, fon of the faid
John ; And one hundred marks p anii out of the kings Cuftoms of London.
Che agreement about the mariage of this fecond wife will beft appear out of
this lords obligation dated the 18* of October in the 8* of King Edward the fourth,
whereby hee became bound to the Arch-bifhop of Yorke, Robert Danby cheife
Juftice of England, and to Richard Pigot Serjeant at lawe, in three thoufand pound,
with Condicon. That if before Chriftmas next hee maryed Jone Willoughby
daughter of Katharine Dutches of Norfolke and fifter of John late Duke of Nor
folke, And fhall before Candlemas day next following caufe himfelf and her to be
enfeoffed of the manor of Hame in the County of Glbucf, of the yearly value of
one hundred and threefcore pounds p ann, To hold to them and to the heires males
of his body, with the remainder to his heires, And alfo fhall permit her to take the
profits of the faid manors of Kirkby Malfart, Burton in Londefdale, Thorneton,
Newfam, Brend, and Gripthorp in Spalding moor, in the County of Yorke, and of
the man" of Donver in the County of Norfolke, And of one hundred marks yearly
rent out of the kings Cuftoms at London, to bee difpofed of at her pleafure, for the
maintenance of her felf and her children, and of her weomen fervants, without the
interruption of him the faid Wiftm, Then the faid bond to bee void.

IBhich forefaid hundred marks yearly rent out of the profits of the cuftoms in

pat : 8. E. 4. ps. 2.
m: 25 :
60g the Port of London, king Edward the fourth | had by his tres patents dated but the

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the. 18* of Auguft before, granted to the f? Jone fifter of John late Duke of Nor
folke, late wife of Sr Wittm Willoughby Knight, To hold to her and the heires of
her body untill the king fhould provide her of foe much land with like eftate ; And carta in caftro de
for the other manors, they were the inheritance of her brother the Duke of Norfolke. Berkeley.
3^er Joynture from this lord was at feverall times made extraordinary great, as cart: ?• «• et- "7-
, _- Ai j _- r, , . , . , , . . / a > E. 4. in caftr. de
the Caftle and manor of Berkeley, the manors of Hame, Apleridge, Alkington, Berk :
Hinton, Hurft, Slimbridge, Wotton, Cowley, Cam, Simondfall, Daglingworth, Port
bury, and many others : Nothing thought too much, The greateft too litle, for her.
3lnb to declare his further affection by adding what more hee had to give, hee claus\ TS- E. 4-
the 28* of January in the fifteenth of king Edward the fourth, gave all his goods m'
and Chatties to Thomas lord Stanley, Thomas Berkeley Efqf and others, to difpofe
off, as their proper goods ; And by another deed of the fame date declares, That
the former is made to them upon this great truft, That hee fhall ufe thofe goods
during his life without their contradiction, And if hee dye before Jone his wife
daughter of Katharine Dutches of Norfolke Aunt to our Soveraigne lord king
Edward the fourth, Then they by their deed to grant thofe goods and chatties to
the faid Jone as her proper goods, within ten days after his death, And not to come
at all to his Executors.
Chijs? Jone by her firft hufband had iffue Edward Willoughby, Richard, Cicely carta : 6. H. 7. in
maryed to Edward lord Dudley, and Anne maryed to Sf John Beauchamp knight
fon and heir apparent of Richard lord Beauchamp in the Twentieth of king Edward ca^a- f °'BE'k4' m
the fourth ; To whom this lord Wiftm, in advancement of her mariage, gave his
manor of Erlingham for their lives.
%Vto by this lord Wittm her fecond hufband, fhee had alfo iffue Thomas
Berkeley, and Katharine Berkeley.
Cfiomag was born that year the lord Lifle was flayne at Nibley Green, as Stow, in vita: E. 4.
formerly hath been faid ; And on the eighteenth of Aprill in the fifteenth year of
king Edward the fourth, at the creation of Edward [ his eldeft fon prince of Wales, 610
and of Richard his fecond fon duke of Yorke, and the faid Thomas made knight of
the Bath : At what time, though hee was not paft the age of five years, yet his ^SodeBSwlCT.
father in June following enters into an agreement about his mariage with Mary
daughter of Anne Counteffe of Penbroke ; And befides the portion received in
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hand, tooke of her nine feverall obligations of one hundred pound the peece for the
refidue of the mariage portion of the faid Mary : wherein it was alfo agreed, That
if fhee dyed before mariage or before carnall knowledge had, And that Wiftm then
Earle of Penbroke had none iffue female within five years after to bee maryed to
the faid Sf Thomas Berkeley, Then the faid obligations to bee voyd.
516 out one year before hee had by the faid Jone the faid daughter called
Katharine, to whom her grandmother the dutcheffe her godmother gave name;
carta : 9 : ffebruar And to her in the fame fifteenth year of Edward the 4* this lord conveyed his
I5' Ed4Bm kfT° manor °f Came in generall tayle, after the deceafe of himfelf and his wife: J^oiBheit
both the faid Sf Thomas and Katharine very fhortly after deceafed to the great
voluntas Marchiofl- forrow of their parents, And lye buryed in the Chappie of Berkeley church w* the
Berkeley. 7. H. 7. body of their grandfather the lord James.
Cftough the manner of thefe two childrens deaths bee by many old tales
diverfly delivered, As that they fhould dye by the biting of a mad dogg ; others
that they fhould bee drowned in one, of the caftle wells ; And others that they
fhould fall from off the leads over the Caftle wall ; (all which by feverall perfons at
feverall times I have heard related,) yet I find not otherwife then that they dyed
by natures ordinary vifitation, And foe I beleeve.

carta. 6. H. 7. in
caftro de Berk :
611

2Cnb not many years after, (without further iffue,) on Sf Mathias day in ffebruary
in the firft year of king Richard the third, dyed the faid Jone, after that her huf
bands creation had advanced her to the degree of a Counteffe ; And lyeth buryed
in the pryory Church of the -ffryar Auguftines in London, between the Altars of our
lady and Sf James ; for the repofe of whofe foule her hufband ordained two maffes |
to bee there fung for ever, and a folemne obite yearly to bee there kept on the faid
day, as formerly hath been faid.

Vincent: fol 1631. Che third wife of this lord was Anne daughter of Sf John ffynes lord Dacres
of the fouth, and of Alice his wife daughter and heire of Henry lord fit3 Hugh.
whom hee maryed about two years after the death of the faid lady Jone, towards
Catalog : of honor the end of the firft year of king Henry the feaventh, by whom he had noe iffue :
Comp • Will freme ®$& Anne was this lords wife about feaven years, And after his death lived
efcaetor : r4. H. 7. his widowe, and the wife of Sf Thomas Brandon, almoft the like time : And dyed
carta in caftro de the tenth of September in the . 13* of the faid king Henry the feaventh, by whofe
death the faid king had a full poffeffion of all the manors and. lands conveyed to
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him by this lord Marques ; A great part whereof and of divers other manors fhee divers : comp. in
held for her life in joynture and in dower, As Came, Cowley, Wotton manor, caftro ^Berk*.111
Wotton burrowe, Simondfall, Wotton liberty, Arlingham, Slimbridge, Portbury, l8- H- 7- et : al :
.... tt- . tt ^-tvt 1 i 1 -i-ir 1 ann: Comp: 10.
Alkington, Hinton, Hame, Newleyes, and the Warth. (H. 7. ibm.

Cf)i$ lady Anne wrought profitably upon the age of her old hufband both for
the advancement of her felf and of her kindred ; And, if not the raifer yet certainly
a continuer of the ftorme that blew foe unnaturall a vapour between her hufband
and Maurice his brother and heire. JJnon whom alfo Henry the feaventh played claus: 9. H. 7. m.
as handfomely, in getting from her into his hands forthwith after her hufbands .breve de privat.
death, fuch of thofe manors as lay neareft to Berkeley Caftle, as, Hame, Hinton, Sigillo in Cane : 9.
Alkington, Hurft, and Slimbridge, as though hee had longed for the prefent -
poffeffion thereof ; which hee defires forthwith to fee, as alfo thofe others ftill held
by the Marques widowe, And in preparation againft his coming and ten days flay comp : rec : 10.
H 1
att Berkeley Caftle, takes down the hall at Wotton houfe, And makes therewith ^h^'-m cafiro ,je
the roofe of the great kitchen in Berkeley Caftle, adding to the fheets brought from Berkeley.
Wotton five fodder of new lead, whereby that prime manfion feat of Wotton became
wholly devafted ; which for the fpace of. 280. years had been as a Queen of houfes
to this noble family; having thereby nothing left her but ruins and thofe ill witneffes
of her perifhed beauty, declaring thereby that houfes as well as men have their ages
and deftines ; In rakeing up of which rubbifh, after John Staunton in the feaventh
year of king James had pur | chafed the fee farm of the Scite place of Henry lord 612
Berkeley, Hee then fhewed mee and others many fignes in guilded bricks ftones (
and peeces of timber, digged by him out of the depth of the rubbifh earth, which
witneffed a perifhed excellency.

And now by the king are Sf Tohn Walfh, Sf Robert Poynz and others, placed orig : fcacio. 7. H.
r , i-ii ,. 7. rot. 28. et. 36.
stewards Receivors Surveyers baylyes keepers woodwards and porters, over tneie orjg . g. h. 7. in
manors Caftle and lands, (called in all accompts henceforth in the kings Courts, by fcaciorot.i6.et.i9.
, et. 9. il. 7. rot. 42.
the name of Berkeleis lands;) which after threefcore years (fhorter by ten then et.i3.H.7.rot.38.
(Iheremies Babilonian captivity of the Jewes,) God revifits this family againe with et21.H7.rot.16.
all, upon the death of king Edward the fixth, As after followeth in the life of Henry fol: [727]
lord Berkeley.
Mf Mill in his Catalogue of honor maketh this Anne to bee daughter of Sf catalog: of honor
Thomas Strangwayes, and the widowe of Sr. Willm Willoughby ; And T : T : as ° " 4"
hee there affirmeth maketh her the Daughter of the lord Beamont and of Katharine Dutches

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Vincent fo : 53. Dutches of Norfolke his wife : 3llnb Vincent affirmeth her to bee the widowe of
Sf Thomas Brandon knight when this lord maryed her ; miftakes on all three fides,
as formerly appears; fomwhat by my means corrected by Mf Vincent in his dif
covery of Yorks errors, printed 1622, out of the notes fomewhat before (for the
Vincent fol: 630. fove of truth,) given him by mee, which hee accordingly helped in the later part of
that booke. |
613 $i£ -tfeafeitf of 2trme£.
Chi£ lord in the feals hee ufed feems to taft too much of the mother, for in the
eighth and tenth of king Edward the fourth and other years, before the difcent of
the inheritance of Mowbrayes land was caft upon him and his fellow Co-partner,
hee, for his manuall or tre feale ufed the lyon born by Mowbray ; And for his
greater feale, the Arms of Brotherton and Berkeley in one Efchucheon cornerwife ;
And for creft the helmet and Bifhops miter ; And for fupporters, two unicorns,
circumfcribed . S : honorabilis dni Witti de Berkeley et Wotton. Behold the
refemblances in true proportion.

$& heath anb place of buriafl.
Efchaet: j. H. 7. Qftpg lord in the fifth year of king Henry the feaventh tooke an houfe within
Wigorn : Warr : the precinct of the fanctuary at Weftminfter for five years at five pound rent, where
Glouc: for a[s more comodious attendance at the Court hee lived till his death, which
happened on Sf Valentines day the 14* of ffebruary. 1491 . in the feaventh yeare
of the faid king, then of the age of 66 . years and three months or thereabouts ;
whereof hee had fit lord, Vifcf, Earle, and Marques, about . 28 . years and three
monthes ; And lyeth buryed in the Church of the Auguftine ffryars in London
aforefaid.

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M$ lanbg tohereof hee bpeb £ci3cb.

H7

% habe hitherto in the end of each lords life fet down what lands each of them Exemp : Sub
left to his heire, whereof I nowe have better means to inform my felf then at any caftro de Berkeley
time before ; The Inquifitions after the death of this lord Marques in the Counties 8 : H : 7.
of Gloucefter, Warwick, Leicefter, Wigorn, Effex, Suffex, Somerfet, Ebo£, and
other Counties, ftill fairly remaining in the chappie of the Rolls, And thofe in the
County of Glouc: under feale in Berkeley Caftle: But when I look into them, I find
king Henry the feaventh and many other perfons intereffed, and already entred into
the poffeffion of the great maffe thereof, by their feverall remainders and convey
ances therein found : *_But unto Maurice his brother and heire, Or to his three fons,
Maurice Thomas and James, all at mans eftate and of apparent hopes, or to the
fower fons of Thomas his youngeft brother formerly mentioned, I find noe difcent,
or conveyance ofany land at all.

3fn forgetting thefe, I feared this lord had forgot his name, for they were all
the males then living, difcended from the loynes of his father, | and princely pious
mother : And therefore I hoped for better in his laft will, for, dies dabit quod dies
negabit, what is not of this day may bee of too morrow ; But quanta de fpe decidi,
how farr was I deceived in this great Marques I

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% founb in his will that which was more harfh ; To Ifable Berkeley daughter Volunt. Marchion:
of his faid brother Thomas, a legacy of twenty markes given her by this lord, to prerog : Cant.
bee paid in ten yeares ; And to Margery Berkeley her fifter five markes ; And
to Richard Berkeley their brother, a' legacy of forty fhillings; And to John
Berkeley another brother, a remainder of leffe valewe then the leaft of all the
former legacies : Sl^anp manors and lands and great legacies given to divers
ftrangers, for life and in ffee fimple ; but noe more, or other, to any of his brothers,
nephewes, or neeces.
% feareb that at the making of this will ficknes had bereaved this lord of
tmderftanding, but the date and compofure thereof declared it to bee in the time
of health and memory ; I called to mind that this lords brethren, Maurice and
Thomas, were adventurers of their lives with him and for him and for the honor
of their fathers pofterity in the fkirmifh at Nibley green ; That Maurice out of
brotherly love to him and his honor, upon y* fhort warning of one night at moft,
ftole from his young wife and tender fon, (the hope at that time of both their
pofterities,) and met him with a fair band of men, Mf Hilpe, and others, fuddainly
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raifed from Thornbury, where hee then dwelt, early the next morning neer Nibley
green ; Chat for his fake and in his quarrell, both their lives were foe farr in-
dangered That they ftood outlawed for felony, and ranne the hazard of an appeale
of murder, ftrongly profecuted ; Chat Thomas till his death, And Maurice till this
lords. vaft havocking of his patrimony, were as fervants under his direction.
carta in caftro de 3Cnb calling mine eye into the distribution of his lands given to charitable ufes,
Berkeley.- an(j tQ pray cQr fouieSj j faw tfoe foule 0f Thomas remembred with an Ave Maria,
Cicero : and Pater nofler ; but the foule of Maurice, malitioufly and purpofely omitted ; 6
curvae in terris animse et csleftium inanes ; This man was born for himfelf and
616 intended his houfe and family fhould | end in himfelf ; A pofition that the heathen
v abhorred.

Rot. pari: 17. E. 4.
m : 12. n? 16.

49. 50.

nupt : lib. 4. fol
354

J^ee was prefent at the parliament in the 1 7* of king Edward the 4* when
George Nevill Duke of Bedford, fon and heire of John Nevill Marques Mountague,
Vincent fol : 48. for want of means to fupport that eftate, was degraded from the degree of Duke /
Marques Earle and Baron; And the reafon by this lord Wittm with other his fellow
peeres in that parliament then given to bee, for that the law is foe when any
wanteth livelode to fupport the dignity : for it nothing availeth to have honor to
difcend to the heire of the houfe, and litle or nothing to maintain that eftate or
Nevizati filva dignity : A learned civilian holdeth, That diminutis divitijs, diminuitur honor, nam
dat cenfus honores, cenfus amicitias ; And that if a noble mans eftate bee decayed,
hee fhall noe more, (faith hee,) bee accompted noble, becaufe hee cannot maintaine
that ftate and title of honor : 3Hnb thereupon, faith the gloffe, Baro non poteft dici
baro, nifi fit potens ad tenendum equos et arma : And that when fitting means and
livelodes are wanting to maintayne thofe great callings and titles of honor, divers
inconveniences cannot but happen in" the Country in which fuch needy nobility fhall
abide : 5lnb that learned man concludes, That paria funt perdere vitam ac perdere
dominium, nam bona temporalia .funt vita hominis, et per divitias decus et honor in
family's confervatur, et propter paupertatem familiae fordefcunt ; A like it is (faith
hee) for a great man to loofe life, and to loofe lands ; for temporall poffeffions are
the life of man, And by Riches is worfhipp and honor preferved in familyes, where
as by poverty they grow contemptible ; And therefore this lord leaving nothing to
difcend upon his brother and heire, hee declared his malice to bee eternall, even in
bereaving him of the dignity of a Baron : who nevertheleffe is not found to have
given any other offence then in contefting againft his cutting off the old entaile of
the Barony of Berkeley, and in eftating (he fame and a threefold greater maffe, upon

149 1 ttife of JEiUtam fl^arque^ S&erftelep 149
upon ftrangers, for aire and vain glory ; forgetting withall the rule of the divine
lawgiver, SDoe not to another that which thou wouldefl not another fhould doe unto |
thee; otherwife hee would have thought upon his forefathers, And not have expofed 617
their pofterity to mine or bafenes, as though hee had defired that all their honor
and antiquity fhould end in him, and himfelf in his own infamy : |^ot now remem-
bringe what his own petition to king Edward the fourth had affirmed of his faid
brother Maurice and himfelf, to Bee the fons of that lady that was difcended of his
high bloud ; inftancing that lineage as an argument for favour from that king, and
for better fpeeding in his fuites ; 25ut God otherwife difpofeth than this Marques
did purpofe ; And how could' hee purpofe good at his end, that did foe litle in his
life ; 2&ltt his harveft day is come, let him reape as hee hath fowed ; tyee deferveth
noe honorable memoriall in this Catalogue of the generations of his fathers.
Che amplication anb u£e of big life.
\ 1. ffTom the foule life of this lord may bee drawn many faire inftructions for his The ufe.
pofterity ; firft to begin with God in onr youth, That our elder years may rellifh
him the better ; The proverbe is wicked, A young Saint, and an old devill ; for
quod nova tefta capit, inveterata fapit : All veffells taft of their firft feafonings ;
j&oone crookes the tree that a good cambrill will bee ; Quickly pricks the tree that
a good thorn will bee ; Seldome doth that man end well, that began ill ; J)ee that
walketh mad a mile, feldome comes homes wife ; 3fig in this lord, whofe ill led life
in youth grew worfe in age ; % man that from the font to the grave, from his
fwathing bonds to his winding fheet, walked alwayes byafwife.1
2. .Seconblp not to dipp the tipp of their finger in bloud leaft the wholl body
bee defiled, as hear wee fee it : Margaret Countes of Shroef | bury, lawlefly powring 618
out the bloud of the lady Ifable this lords mother, had the fame meafure returned
upon the head of her grandchild and_^ heire, the lord vifcount Lifle, by this lord
Wiftm, fon and heire of that lady Ifable; 91nb the cry of bloud in both foe prevailed
' with God, That againft hope and likelihood they left noe iffue to pofterity, as before
appears ; 2finb it is to bee noted, That howfoever this fac\may in honor and reputa
tion feeme juftifiable, yet^evill doing is oyer attended with ill fucces ; for this family
feeth That this their Anceftor who made another childlefs had by the returning
hand of heaven his own children fhortly after taken from the earth, and the bodies
of himfelf and his wife,' contrary to hope, dryed up in barrennes. 3. Cflirblp,
1 In a Hoping or flippery manner. — [Ed.]

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3. Chirblp, not to daube up our titles with the morter of violence or bloud, as
this lord did, which notwithftanding all poffible art ufed in the fmoothing, yet never
left fhaking till it diffolved and fell about the workmans ears : flea, and from the
pofterityes of all this lords brethren alfo, for that their partaking hands were im
brued in the fame bafon, The flaine whereof remained till fower generations did
wafh it out, As in the life of Henry lord Berkeley appeares.
4. ffburthlp, That it is not much having That maintaineth a family in a plenti-
full eftate or maketh rich, for none of this lords Anceftors had fo much as hee ; But
a provident faving and a wife hufbanding what wee have, which this vaft lord
neglecting, fcarce found fufficient for his later years, and left nothing to pofterity
fave a thriftlefs prefident ; which if they ferioufly viewe this example in their own
meridian of this unadvifed prodigall man, may ferve as a reclaymer from inordinate
prodigality, And bee a perfwader to difcreet frugality, the true conferver of ftate
and families.
5. ffifthlp, not to tranfgreffe that morall duty required by God and nature, our
obedience to our parents ; a commandment which this lord for many yeares groffly
tranfgreffed, And fped thereafter.
6. _$i£thlp, not to make our malice or difpleafure immortall towards any, but
619 leaft of all to our brethren or Allies ; An offence of this lords | which I pray the
heavens may blot out from the remembrance of men, and never bee againe beheld
in this family
7. &eabentf)lp, not to bee too popular or ambitious : for mens titles are but
mens breath, a blaft of air and wind ; 3(f popular titles, the wind of a vulgar pair
of bellowes ; 9.f of a higher ftraine, the wind of a guilt pair of bellowes, Soe all but
wind. <§>todl all thou canft, thou art but a fhadowe ; Cafee the wall of the gods if
thou wilt, All thy glory is but vanity ; 3lnb under thy name, (man,) are compre-
Seneca trag : hended all the vanities and miferies of this world, Quemcunque miferum videris,
hominem fcias :
8. <£igf)thlp, fith rj00bne£ and greatlteg are the true ends whereto each man
intends, And according to that choice, of being good or great, each man doth frame
the practice of his life : Sith this lord by choofing greatnes did nothing benefit
himfelf but hurt his pofterity, I wifh his prefent heire may, (by this error of his
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Anceftor,) after that choice, And furely by being Good hee will be great alfo, And
better fpeed with God and man.
9. 2Ugatne, it is not the leaft of wifdoms meditations for this lords poflerity to
confider, how this great lord and Anceftor of theirs was befool'd or flattered out of
his eftate, or fuffered himfelf foe to bee ; And to obferve the miferable fate of
princes and great perfonages, to bee eaten up and their pofterities alfo, by flatterers,
the cruelleft of all beafts, Beafts that bite fmiling ; whereas'wife men are never
much affected with the applaufes of the rude and unfkilfull vulgar, but hold faft to
their own well chofen and well fixed refolutions : Every foole knows what is wont
to bee done, But what is beft to bee done is known onely to the wife : The wifer
the man, the lefs hee will looke after the vain and popular multitude.
10. _Ka$tip, by the death of this Marques children, and his dying iffueles, his
pofterity may conceive That hee paid thereby the debt of bloud w* himfelf had
fhed; A crying fin, which I pray may never houle in the generations of this family:
And take his character from this, That hee was much trufted And received alike
honors and favors from thofe four kings, Henry the fixth, Edward the fourth,
Richard the third, and Henry the feaventh ; as oppofite | and difcording amongft 620
themfelves, as man might bee to man ; And yet this lord held unfufpected by each
of them : But, whether with this ferpentine prudence hee had columbine fimplicity,
I leave his life to declare, and his pofterity to Judge, and thereafter to make their
ufe.

©he Cife of Jttatmre the .fifth 59/
Clje Eife of Maurice Lord Berkeley the fifth of that
name, ftiled in writings, Maurice Berkeley of Thornbury
Efqr ; 5lnb Maurice Berkeley, brother and heire of William
late Marques Berkeley; 3lnb Maurice lord Berkeley, brother
*and heire of William" late Marques Berkeley and Earle of
Nottingham ; 3flnb Maurice lord Berkeley ; 3Unb Maurice
Berkeley, lord Berkeley.
5ttnb was Attavus, or as our Anceftors the Saxons called
him fiftha fader, to the now George lord Berkeley; And
wee at this day in Englifh, great-great-great-grandfather,
or great grandfathers grandfather.
3Gnb may bee called Maurice the Lawier.
Contemgorarp with king Henry the feaventh, from the year
1 49 1 till 1506.
i©hojBfe life I deliver under thefe Nine titles, viz'.
1. — J^ig birth and education, fol : 598.
2. — ^\0 Suits in law, fol : 599.
3. — <0f the Advowfons of Wotton and Slimbridge Churches . fol :
613, 615.
4. — l|Jt£ wife, fol : 618.
5.— J^i£ iffue, fol : 623.
6. — I^ig feales of Armes, fol : 633.
y. — j^JiSf death and place of buriall, fol : 633.
8. — C&e lands whereof hee dyed feized, fol : 634.
9. — ^ftje application and ufe of his life, fol : 636.
1 The numbers of the folios in paffing from Vol. II. to Vol. III. of the MS. overlap. Vol. II. ends
with fo. 620, and Vol. III. begins with 597.— [Ed.]
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598

H

Efcha : 8 et 9.
7. m. 7. Com.

£

©i£ 2£irth anb <£bucation.
tjtS lord Maurice was the third fon of the lord James his father and of the
lady Ifable his wife, born at Berkeley in the yeare of our lord 1435, in the
fourteenth year of king Henry the fixth, if the Inquifitions after the death
of his brother Marques Berkeley have his age aright ; And now at his age of fifty
fix years, (by the death of the two elder fons without iffue,) becometh in this. 7*
of Henry the . 7* heire to his fathers Barony, but withdut any of that land ; wild
being the firft of third feaven, by his induftry recovers all, As Maurice the firft of
the fecond feaven, by his Rebellion loft all.

Che education of this lord Maurice was likewife at Berkeley under his parents,
untill the forceing of the Caftle by the lord Lifle in the 30* of king Henry the
fixth, and the murder of his vertuous mother in the year after, about the 17* of his
age ; what time himfelfe with his father and three brothers were made prifoners,
holding their lives at the mercy of thofe that hated them, as in the two laft lives of
this lords brother and father, is at large related.

Diverfse cartas in
caftro de Berkeley.

599

3ftt the fifth yeare of king Edward the fourth, about one year and a halfe after
his fathers death, this lord Maurice, then in the thirtieth year of his age, maryed
and lived with his wife at Thornbury, (where of his own and hers hee had faire
lands, and thereby was comonly called Maurice Berkeley of Thornbury,) untill the
fifth year after, when hee affifted his elder and younger brothers in the encounter at
Nibly green, whereat the lord Lifle by them was flaine ; for which fellonious fact,
hee was outlawed, and inforced for fome time after, (till peace was made and pardon
procured,) to withdraw himfelf and leave Thornbury, as formerly is related; whither
after hee returned and for many yeares remained. |
f$i$ guitg in Satoe.
%t fuch time as this lord Maurice beheld all his elder brothers Children dead
without iffue, And the lady his wife whereby hee had them not more likely to live
then unlikely to have more: when after hee faw her dead, and his brother as unlike
by reafon of age and other defects to beget any other : but more efpetially when
afterwards

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afterwards hee faw his brother remaryed to another wife, as unlikely by reafon of
her years to conceive, as hee to become a father, his pulfe could not otherwife beat,
then with a ftrong affurance that himfelf, (at leaft his fon,) fhould inherite that eftate
whereof the Earle his elder brother was in thofe times feized ; wherein hee was foe
confident, That upon the mariage of Maurice his own fon and heir in the fecond
year of king Richard the third, (as at fome other times,) hee covenanted under his
hand and feale to affure unto his daughter in lawe one hundred marks Joynture by
the yeare, out of the manors of Came Slimbridge and others, which fhould difcend
to him after the death of his faid elder brother ; never fufpecting that any paffion
could foe prevaile as to work his difinheritance of the Barony lands of Berkeley :
ffaith and Hope can never forfake an honeft man, And every noble creature upon
earth liveth under hope ; So did hee : 2£>ut this Accompt hee caft without his hoft,
for within lefs then feaven years hee had nothing that was his Anceftors left unto
him, or to his fons, in poffeffion, in reall or perfonall eftate, more then a tongue to
complaine of the injuftice of a brother ; And foe might have ftood upon the tune of
Jobs naked coming, and naked againe returning ; And how that that God that gave Job : cap. 1.
V pre • o t
had againe taken away what hee had given ; And have contented himfelf with the
confideration of fortunes change in this great theatre of the world, and to have
acknowledged it to bee but as the perfonating of a player, or change of garments,
on the leffe th«atre ; And have faid,
That man is not unlike a tenis ball,
Now toft aloft, now dafht againft a wall.
But hee turned another way, and added a wife induftry to every ordinary meanes ; |
The date tree mounteth moft, when burden preffeth down, 600
And virtue moft doth fhine, when fortune moft doth frown.
And according to the Nobler parts of his excellent fpirit, refolved in this his
fficonomicall diftreffe to turn every ftone, and to begin with a juditious examination
of the validity of his brother Marques Deeds of faies, as his firft attempts of rowf-
1ng up of fortune; wherein hee found a greater fpring of Gods mercy flowing upon
thofe endeavours than at firft hee might have hoped for, leaving thereby a more
memorable example to his pofterity then himfelf had found in any of his anceftors ;
which his induftry was foe bleffed from heaven That hee juftly hath the honorable
teftimony amongft his generations to bee the reftorer of his houfe, and a fecond
father to his family.
Wfytn the Inquifitions after his brothers death the Marques were returned into
the Chancery, which prefented unto him out of all Counties the Alyenations which hee
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hee had made, hee then perceived himfelf born under the fame conftellation with
his father and brother, That with them hee muft enter with fuites and as unlike as
they to end them but with his own days, which proved true ; In this only different,
they to defend their old Inheritance difcended upon them, hee to regaine part of
that, (if hee could,) which his elder brother had profufedly given away and fcattered,
with the fufpention of his Barony.
C^e firft of his brothers conveyances which this lord took into confideration
was the fine leavyed in the third year of king Henry the feaventh of the manor of
Slimbridge with the appurtenances, (amongft others,) in the County of Glouc; with
a render therein to himfelf and to the heirs of his body, the remainder to the faid
king and the heirs males of his body, the remainder to the right heirs of him the
faid Marques: Hee found withall, Chat in Slimbridge was another litle manor called
carta in caftro de Sages, which his Anceftor Thomas the third had in the time of king Edward the
er e ^ third, purchafed of one John Sage, confifling of feaven Tenements and 290 acres
of Land, of the value of 1 5* p ann or thereabouts, lying fcatteredly difperfed within
the parifh of Slimbridge : Here hee efpyed the firft glimpfe of the dawning of a
faire day, for under colour of that fine, (of the manor of Slimbridge cum ptinen,)
601 the king, (the | Marques being dead without iffue,) had entred alfo into the little
manor of Sages, And as part of Slimbridge manor tooke the rents, and profitts.

Rec: in fccio
Recdncur.Augin.

H&hereU£On this lord exhibits his petition to the kinge, fhewing that this Sages
manor, (called alfo Sages livelode,) was an antient manor of it felf and noe part of
the manor of Slimbridge, nor comprehended in any fpetiall or generall words of the
faid fyne ; And that the king befides this manor of Sages, had as much in Manors
acres and rent as was contained in the fine ; %\l which, after furvey taken by
Comiffion, and certificate from the kings Auditor Surveyor and Receivor, (returned
into the Excheqer,) being found to bee true, hee was licenced to enter into and
hold the faid manor of Sages ; And this was the harveft of his firft labours, and
part of the crop of five years paines. Ctje tenth of Aprill following in the 14*
Rec. cur in caftro yeare of Henry the 7* hee enters and holds his firft Court for the faid manor of
de Ber e ey. Sages, whereat each tenant did atturne and recognize what feverally they held; And
carta in caftro de the twentieth of May following, (mindfull of his faid Covenant made upon his
61 e ey' daughter Anne her marriage,) demifed the faid manor, (by the name of Maurice
lord Berkeley,) to Wiftm Denis his fon in lawe for nine years, which was part of
her mariage portion.

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__j^t0 fecond onfet was againe upon the king, to whom, (whilft the former for
Sages manor was in chafe,) hee exhibits a fecond petition, wherein hee layeth down
the words of his brothers fines levyed, (with like remainders as aforefaid,) of the
manors of Berkeley, Hame, Apleridge, Cowley, Alkington, Came, Hinton, Wotton,
Simondfall, and Arlingham, and of certaine meffuages, lands Tenements and rents
in Slimbridge, Kingfcote, Horwood, Horton, Nibly, Sherncliffe, Erlingham, Iron
Acton, and Acton Ilger, in the County of Glouc. ; And fhews, That under colour
thereof John Walfh his Maj'V* Receiver had taken from him two and twenty marks
of yearly rent in Frampton upon Seavern, which was not comprifed in any of the
faid fynes, and whereof his brother Marques dyed in ffee, as of a rent in grofs out
of the fi manor of Frampton, And was not a rent appertaining to any of the faid
manors : 3Uttb for proof, layeth down the firft creating of that rent by his Anceftor
Thomas the fecond in the 33* yeare of king Edward the | firft ; And alfo how it
appeared by the laft will of the faid Marques That it was not contained in any of
the faid fines, for that his intent therein was That two Preifts fhould after his death
bee maintained with the fame to fing for his foule ; And therefore defired to bee
reftored to the faid rent, And to have tres of difcharge to his Majt;fs officers ; which
was done in the like courfe of Survey and certificates as of Sages manor ; And
this was the further crop of his fecond harveft.

Petitio in caftro
de Berkeley.
finis Hillar. 3.
H. 7. in banco.
fin. Trin. 3. H. 7.
in banco.

finis. 32. &$$.
E. 1. in banco.
602
carta in caftro de
Berkeley.,Voluntasmarchioii 1491. 7-
H. 7.

J^ijf third induftry, (labored alfo whilft the two former were on foot,) was with
S' Thomas Brandon knight, Afwell whilft hee was hufband to Anne the third and
laft wife of his brother Marques, As after her death ; between whom upon a fuite
in Chancery at laft it was agreed, (fhee being dead,) That the faid ST Thomas fhould
fuffer this lord Maurice to receive all the rents and profitts of the manors and lands
that were his faid brothers, which the faid ST Thomas had to difpofe for the per
formance of the faid Marques will, from Michaelmas before, And to releafe all his
right and intereft in them, and to deliver up all the evidences concerning them, And
to doe his beft endeavour that others enfeoffed with him fhould doe the like: And to
juflifie all fuch fuites as this lord Maurice fhould bringe in his name againft any
perfons as adminiftrator to the faid Marques his brother, for any debts covenants or
duties due unto him : J^ee on the other part covenanting to fave harmleffe the faid
Sr Thomas Brandon from all a&ions that fhould bee brought againft him as Ad
miniftrator to the faid Marques, And to pay all the Marques debts, or to compound
for the fame : And thus did this lord wifely winde himfelf into the poffeffion of the
manors of Winge, Segrave in Pen, and little Marloe in the County of Buckingham;
And into the manors of Sileby, and Mountforrell, and the hundred of Gofcote, in the
County

carta: 25. Junij
16. H. 7. in caftro.
de Berkeley.
Bill in cane. 15.
H. 7.

carta. 16. H. 7. in
caftr. de Berkeley.
Volunt Marchionis
Berkeley. 7. H. 7.
in cur. prer. Cant.

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County of Leicefter, and divers others ; And alfo enabled himfelf to take the benefit
of his brothers Covenantors, and the better to dive into his titles and conveyances,
none of which the gall of Anne the Marques widow whilft fhee lived would permit
him to doe.
3Dftil£t thefe and many other queflions raifed by this lord Maurice were con
troverted, the manor of Tetbury in the County of Glouc, and of Maningford Brewes
in the County of Wilts, the moitie of the manors of Leigh, Cothorne, and Gate
Burton, in the County of Line, and of Woverflhorp in the County of Yorke, dif-
603 cended upon him as being one of the two coheirs of the lord Breoufe ; | whereby
hee was the better enabled both in eftate and reputation to purfue the Weftminfter
hall warrs, wherein hee dyed imbroyled, as after followeth.
5tboUt this time a declaration or claime was drawn by this lord and his counfell
of his title and his fellow copartners to divers other manors and parts of manors,
and lands, wherein the difcent and title is in thefe words thus laid down, as in an
old hand-writing of that time in the Caftle of Berkeley appeares ;
1. Maurice lord Berkeley is cozen and one of the heires of Thomas fometime
duke of Norfolke, Earle Marfhall and Warren, lord Mowbray, Segrave, Gower, and
Brewes ; of the Caftle and lordfhips of Holt, Bromfeild, Yale and Wrexham; That
is to wete, The faid Maurice is fon of Ifable, fifter of John, fader to John, fader of
John late Duke of Norfolke, which third John late Duke of Norfolke had iffue
Anne, married to Richard the fecond fon of king Edward the fourth.
2. ^.tettl, That Thomas Earle of Surrey is another Cozen and heire unto the
faid John third Duke of Norfolke ; That is to fay, fon of John Howard knight laft
Duke of Norfolke, fon of Margaret fifter to the faid Ifable, and fifter to the faid
John fader of John, fader of John ; which third John was fader to Anne that was
maryed to Richard fecond fon to king Edward the fourth. 3lnb fo the faid Maurice
now lord Berkeley is cozen and one of the heires to all the faid three dukes, And
to the faid Thomas fometime Earle Marfhall and afterwards Duke and fader to the
firft of the faid three Johns Dukes of Norfolke, &c. and comperciner with the faid
Thomas Howard now earle of Surrey, and inheritable with the fame Thomas to
the Dukedom of Norff. Earle Marfhall and Warren, lord Mowbray, Segrave,
Gower, and Breoufe. 3. f tern

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3. %tettl, the faid Moreys now lord Berkeley is Cozen and one of the heires
of Thomas fometimes Earle of Arundle, and of Richard fader of the faid Tho?
That is to fay, fon of Ifable daughter of Elizabeth, one of the daughters and heires
of the faid Richard late Earle of Arundle, and fifter and one of the heires of the
faid Thomas. 4. 3|tem, Thomas Earle of Surrey is Cozen and another of the heires afwell
of the faid Richard late Earle of Arundle, as of Thomas late Earle of Arundle ;
That is, fon of John Howard knight late Duke of Norfolke, fon of Margaret
daughter of the faid Elizabeth, and one of the heires of the faid Richard late Earle
of Arundle, and fifter and one of the heires of the faid Thomas Earle of Arundle. |
5. 0[tem Thomas Standley knight Earle of Darby is a Cozen and third heire 604
of the faid Richard and Thomas late Earles of Arundle ; That is to wete, The fd
Thomas Earle of Darby fon of his moder daughter of the faid Elizabeth late
Dutches of Norfolke, daughter of the faid Richard late Earle of Arundle, and
fifter to the faid Thomas.
6. ^ttSTO* ST John Wingfeild knight is Cozen and one of the heires of the faid
Richard and Thomas late Earles of Arundle ; That is to wete, the fon of John
Wingfeild knight, the fon of his moder daughter of the faid Elizabeth late Dutches
of Norfolke, one of the daughters and heires of the faid Richard late Earle of
Arundle, and fifter to the faid Thomas.
2Htlb then in the faid old writinge followeth thus :
^cmoranDum, that the faitl Elizabeth late Dutches of Norfolke had two hufbands,
That is to fay, Thomas Earle Marfhall, afterwards Duke of Norfolke, by whom
they two had iffue the faid Ifable moder of my faid lord Berkeley and Margaret
grandmother to the faid Thomas now Earle of Surrey.
5lnb then thus :
S^emoranbum, that there was a third daughter of the faid Richard Earle of
Arundle and fifter to Thomas, called Margarett, and maryed to one Lentall, which
Margarett is dead without iffue : And foe the f? Earle of Surrey, lord Berkeley,
the Earle of Darby, and Sr. John Wingfeild, been heires to the faid Elizabeth late
Dutches of Norfolke, and inheritable to the moitye of the Arundle lands that bee
not entailed to the heires males in the form abovefaid. Sftem,

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3(tem, George Nevill knight lord Burgevenny is Cozen and one of the heirs,
afwell to the faid Richard late Earle of Arundle, as to the faid Thomas late Earle
of Arundle, and inheritable to the moitye of all the manors and Caftles that longed
to the faid late Earles of Arundle not entailed to the heirs male hooly ; Againe, the
faid Earle of Surrey, lord Stanley, lord Berkeley, and ST John Wingfeild knight,
That is to wete, fon of George, fon of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas late Earle
of Worcefter, fon of Jane fomtime Lady Burgevenny, the fecond daughter to the
faid Richared late Earl of Arundle, and fifter and one of the heires to Thomas late
605 Earle of Arun|dle, and the faid Jane full fifter to the faid Elizabeth late Dutches
of Norfolke, and one of the heires and compertioners unto the faid Thomas late
Earle of Arundle : Chu& this antient writing, which I have hear laid down in the
fame words, Afwell for the great Noblenefs of the Allience and difcent of this in-
duftrious lord, whofe princely bloud yet ftreameth in the veynes of the numerous
pofterities of himfelf and of Thomas Berkeley his youngeft brother, and others dif
cended of their mother, as before in the iffue of that Thomas and his fifters, and as
after in the iffue of this lord Maurice appeareth ; As alfo for avoiding ^ of often
repetitions in the titles which this lord pretended to divers great poffeffions, which
now doe follow, not otherwife foe fairely to have been avoided.
Efch : in Com ^Jje Inquifition after the Marques Berkeleys death taken in the County of
Cane! York the 30* of Auguft in the . 8* year of king Henry the 7* findeth a conveyance
by him made the 23* of February in the third year of the faid king, of the manors
of Donington, Thwaites, Thrifke, Hovingham, Kirkeby Malafard, and Burton in
Lovifdale, to the ufe of himfelf and yf heires of his body, And for default of
fuch iffue, To the ufe of Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby, and the heirs of his
body ; And for default of fuch iffue, To the ufe of the right heires of him the faid
Marques ; That the Marques was dead without iffue in ffebruary before, And that
the faid Earle of Derby had entred and taken the proffitts of the faid manors,
and that this lord Maurice was brother and heire to the faid Marques, fifty fix years
old and upwards. <©ther Inquifitions alfo in other Counties find the like Con
veyances of eftateing of the faid Earle of Derby, for default of iffue of the faid
Marques, in the manors of Winge, Segrave, and Penne, in the County of Bucks,
And in the manor of Denge ats Dengy in the County of Effex, And in the manors K
of Epworth, Belton, Haxey, Oufton, and Wrote, in the I fie of Exholme in the
County of Lincolne, And in the manor of Alfpath in Meriden in the County of
Warwicke ; 3fi.gain.5St which conveyances this lord Maurice raifeth his utmoft oppo
fition, and foe ftrongly purfueth againft the faid Earle and George lord Strange his
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eldeft fon, And after their deaths againft Thomas Earle of Darby fon of the faid carta irrot. in
George, That the 8* of November in the 21* yeare of the faid king, (after many 2I# jj. 7.
References in five former yeares to divers noble and learned Arbitrators, which bare
noe fruite,) they came to an agreement ; and a finall peace amity and award, (to ufe
the very words of the deed of | Award,) by the mediation and advice of their kinf- 606
folks and friends, and of ST John Fyneux cheife Juftice of the kings bench, and of
ST Thomas Frowicke cheife Juftice of the Comon pleas, was made between the faid
Earle on the one part and this lord Maurice and Maurice Berkeley his fon and
heire apparant on the other part, whereby this lord Maurice had to him and his
heires the lordfhips and manors of Winge, Segrave, and Penne, in the County of
Buckingham, the manor of Denge ats Dengy in the County of Effex, and the
manors of Hovingham Donington and Twaytes in the County of Yorke. Sfitib
the faid Earle of Derby had to him and his heires the faid manors of Belton,
Haxey, Oufton, Wrote, Thrifke, Kirkeby Malfard, Burton in Lovifdale, and Alfpath Recov'y. Trin.
in Meriden, and all lands in any of them. And recoveryes and other affurances rot.42o?Eboa.&c.
were had and fuffered accordingly by either party, each to other. in banco.
Ranging this fuite, which was longe and chargeable, and againft as noble and
potent adverfaries as lived in thofe days, and upon whom fhined the favours of the
time, As many indirect and collaterall courfes were laboured to barre the titles and
claimes of this lord Maurice, by collaterall Warranties and otherwife, as wit, money,
law, favour of time and greatnes could worke ; whereof, (omitting many which I
have obferved,) I hear only mention three Deeds which the faid Earles procured in * Cartae irrot .in
' ' . h <• 1 r - 1 1 • com. banco. Mien:
Aprill in the 13* of King Henry the y% and in Auguft in the 16'? of the faid king ; Term. 17. H. 7.
whereby Ifable Harrifon widowe, daughter and heire of Alice, one of the daughters ^^"' H"
of James lord Berkeley and filler of the whole bloud to the faid Marques Berkeley
and to this lord Maurice, (for fo the Deeds lay down her pedegree,) releafed to
the faid Thomas Earle of Derby and his heires all her right in all the faid manors
particularly, And alfo in Slagham in the County of Suffex, and in Wiffeld in the
County of Surry, And in Segrave in the County of Leicefter. 9Unb the (aid Earle,
the better to ftrengthen his title, did in the 20'? of king Henry the 7* give 1300 carta in caftro
marks to Elizabeth Dutches of Norfolke,. to wind himfelf into- poffeffion by buying de Ber e ey>
out her eftate for life in fome of the faid manors, which (as her death declared,)
would have fallen into his hands within two yeares after, whereby hee made noe
very good markett ; yet did this induftrious lord Maurice breake through all barrs \j
and obftacles, andjarevailed as aforefaid.

^ObJbeit this peace was not fo foundly on each part fawdred, but | that after-
Wards it leaked at certaine crannells, which were once againe cemented by an order

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Cancella? in Chancery dated the 22* of February in the 5^ year of king Henry the 8* made
between Thomas Howard then Duke of Norfolke, the faid Earle of Darby and the
lord Maurice this lords fon ; whereby two chefts of Evidence remaining in the Rolls
Chappie were perufed and forted touching thofe manors and lands which were in
variance, by friends in truft appointed by each of thern : which being done, the lord
Chancellor and the Two cheife Juftices of the kings bench, and comon pleas, did
Ordo in Cam the fourth and 7* days of March after in the ftarrechamber, deliver fuch of thofe
5" ' " evidences to each party as appertained to them ; Appointing notwithftanding many
ftill to remaine there in two canvas bags in a cheft, which for ought I can find
fhould remaine there to this day. Anno. 1628. which through want of leifure I have
carta in caftro de not fearched after, and only talked thereof with the Ufher that keeps other huge
heaps and chefts there alfo.
- 3fi.ttb fomewhat to fattisfie Curiofity and to enlighten the legall part of this
lords life and his fons, I tell his pofterity, That this lords titles to the faid Manors
of Thiflce, Hovingham,, Burton in Lovifdale, and Kirkeby Malfart, fomtime parcell
of the lands of Roger le Bigod Earle of Norfolke, And to the manors of Epworth,
Oufton and Haxey members of the faid manor of Thrifke, were derived from the
grant of king Edward the fecond to his brother Thomas de Brotherton and Mary
his wife, and to the heires of their bodies ; And to the manors of Segrave in Penne
in Coin Buck : and Twaytes in Corn Ebo£; and to Doningworth in Coin Suff. by an
entaile made to John lord Segrave, and Margaret his wife daughter and heire of
the faid Thomas Brotherton. 5tnh to the manor of Winge in Coin Buck, by an
entaile made by Richard Earle of Arundle to Thomas Mowbray duke of Norfolke
and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheire of the faid Richard the Earle : And
fo to thefe and other manors layeth the difcents as aforefaid ; Concluding, That in
the partition between the Howards and his brother Marques, thefe were alotted to
his faid brother, whofe heire hee was.
cetitio in Canceft $<>&_) falleth this lord upon an adverfary fomewhat lefs potent, but more bitter
in caftro de then any of the former ; And by the name of Maurice Berkeley lord Berkeley ex-
Rec: in fccio "s! hiDits his bill in Chancery againft ST Robert Poyntz of Acton knight, then an EfqT
H. 7. rot. 16. inter of the body to King Henry the 7* and whom that king a little before had made his
Thefau?! Steward of the manor and hundred of Berkeley ; demaunding thereby to have
608 divers evidences which hee detained from him | touching his manor of Dagling-
Acco incur augm: WOrth in the County of Glouc, entailed upon him from divers of his Aunceftors, and
10. et. tvH. 7. • ,,...., x , , '
de Berkeleis lands, whereof, (as fpeaks his bill,) hee was peaceably poffeffed and feized. Sir

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Sir RobT Poyntz, (fcornfully flighting as it feemes the honor of the pit and his Refponfit
title of lord Berkeley, and perhaps the rather becaufe hee was the kings high nt^.rot i?.'
Steward of that honor and Barony) maketh anfwere to the Bill of Maurice
Berkeley Squire, And faith, That "that manor of Daglingworth is his rightfull in
heritance difcended to him from his Anceftors, for which hee hath a Scire facias
hanging againft the faid Maurice at the cofnn law for the recontinuance of his right
in the fame, And foe Juftifieth the keeping of whatfoever evidence hee hath.
ChijSf lord Maurice taketh notice of the defendants flighting of his honor Replicatio
dignity title and ftile of lord, And thereupon in his replication to the faid Anfwere,
enlargeth his ftile, and faith, This is the Replication of &f)aurice lord Berkeley
brother and heire of William late Marques Berkeley : 3llttb further faith, Chat after
the death of the faid Marques Berkeley his brother, one efpetiall Deed. of the faid
manor with an obligation of a great fum concerning the right title and fecurity of
the fame manor to and for the Anceftors of him the faid lord, and for the fuerty
of him the fame lord and his heires in the fame manor, with many' other evidences
belonging to him the faid lord Berkeley, were (amongft others) in a cheft within the
Gray ffryars of London, which cheft afwell for the fuerty of divers evidences per-
tayninge to the kinge, as for the evidences ptaining to him' the faid lord Berkeley,
was fealed up by William Maryner then comon preift to the Cardinal! Archbifliop
of Canterbury, unto the time the faid ST Robert Poyntz, pretending title without
ground or caufe to the faid Manor, by finifter, and'corrupt meanes came to the faid
cheft, and there with an hott knife loofed the under part of the wax of the fame
feale from the fame cheft, and opened the cheft and fearched all the evidences
therein at his pleafure ; And thereupon took away the faid deed of entaile and obli
gation, with divers other evidences concerning the faid manor, which were in the
keeping of the faid Marques, and put there by him fafely to bee kept to the' ufe of
him and of his heires, whofe brother and heire hee the faid lord Berkeley now is,
And therefore for the faid evidences hath fued a fubpena againft the faid Robert ;
And that his fuing of his Scire facias is but to colour his wrongfull keeping of the
faid evidences from him the faid lord Berkeley. |

._ defendant ST Robert rejoyneth, and in the title of his rejoynder feemeth 609
more to flight the honor and ftile of this lord then before ; faying, Chi£ is the re- Bewnda
joynder of ST Robert Pointz knight to the replication of Maurice Berkeley, (omitting
the word Squire, which formerly in his Anfwere hee had bellowed,) And faith, That ^
after the death of one John Walfh who held the faid houfe in the gray ffryers in
London,

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London, And before hee the faid ST Robert entred or dealed with the fame, an
Inventory was made of all fuch goods as the faid Walfh had in that houfe, and
prayfed by the faid Maryner, then being preift to the faid Cardinall ; At which time
the faid Maryner found three chefts there well locked with evidences, which hee
then fealed with his own Seale ; And after hee the faid ST Robert tooke the houfe
of the Warden of the faid ffryers for certaine years, and found there the faid three
chefts locked and fealed with the feale of the faid Maryner, (hee fkippeth over the
opening,) which three chefts after that time- at the fpetiall labour of the faid
Maurice, and by the comandment of ST Reginald Bray knight, a Councellor of
ftate, were delivered, fealed with the fame Seale of the faid Maryner, to Wiftm
Heydon and Thomas Try, with other fervants and freinds of the faid Maurice;
And further that the Scire facias was fued to recontinue the true title of him the
faid ST Rooert, longe before the faid Subpena had againft him.
Che titles of either of the faid parties made to the faid Manor of Dagling-
worth ftood thus.
ftalpt) fillet, (in whofe name the faid manor had continued for many difcents,)
entailed the fame upon Ralph his fon and Elizabeth his wife, and the heires of the
faid Ralph the fon begotten on the body of the faid Elizabeth ; who had iffue John
Bluett, who had iffue Elizabeth marryed to ST James Berkeley, who had iffue James
lord Berkeley father of the faid Marques and of this lord Maurice. Chat James
lord Berkeley afterwards enfeoffed Richard Venables and others of the faid manor
to certaine ufes ; and after by fyne the faid lord James and Ifable his wife granted
the fame to Nicholas Poyntz and Elizabeth his wife and to the heirs of the faid
Nicholas, who was father of ST John Poyntz, father of this ST Robert ; The eftate
610 of which Richard Venables | and his fellow feoffees the faid Marques Berkeley had
from whom the faid manor difcended to this lord Maurice as to his brother and
heire, who entred, and thereby was remitted to the entaile made by Ralph Bluett .
the father, And foe is feized ; And foe alfo, That the faid lord James his father and
other parties to the faid fine, had nothing in the faid manor at the time of the fyne
leavyed. Cftere was alfo banded with like bitternes one other fuite at lawe between this
lord and the laid ST Robert Poyntz, for certaine other lands in Daglingworth and
Cirencefter, whereto ST Robert made title under a guift in taile made by Ponce
Poyntz, fon of Nicholas, unto Thomas' Poyntz and Alice his wife and to the heirs of

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of their bodies; And layeth down, That the faid Thomas and Alice had iffue Robert
Poyntz, father of Nicholas before mentioned, who by Elizabeth his wife had iffue
John, father of the faid ST Robert pit. in the Accon. 2&Ut this lord carryed the
aftion and faid lands againft him by like nicety as before.
% ^abe often obferved, afwell in the titles and fuites which I mention in this
lords life, as in divers others which I purpofely omit, (becaufe the lands are longe
fince alyened from this family,) Chat the pinches & advantages which this lord, and
after him his eldeft, fon Maurice, (no way inferior to his father,) took to divers
manors lands fervices and tenures, to help themfelves in pleadings and in evidence,
were foe witty foe ftrict and foe nice, ftanding, (as I may |ruly fay) oftentimes
upon differences without diverfities, That I have wondered, reading the ftraines of
Counfell, That they would faften upon fuch pinches and extremities, and againft
adverfaries foe potent ; And more, how they could bring them to foe gainfull Con-
clufions, for they ever gained the whole or part ; But as they ftood in need of land
to rebuild their houfe which their vaft Anceftor the Marques had burned down, Soe
were .they- learned made wife by adverfity and experience, and excellent Solicitors
in their own perfons : 31nb fuch as the Sollicitor is, fuch commonly is the fucceffe :
They knew how to take every advantage, but to give none.
Clpon this double fuite between this lord and ST Robert Poyntz, (as the root
" from whence the bitternes of many after years contentions did fpring,) I might in
due courfe of Storey fall upon the perticular enumeration of thofe fucceffive fuites,
riotts and braules that afterwards | too often burft forth and bluftered between 611
their feverall pofterityes, for five or more difcents togeather, and which were fcarce
perfectly cured when the late lord Henry dyed ; Yet was an intermarriage between
their grandchildren for that effect fpetially ; 2&Ut I am unwilling to take any occa-
tion to ravell one thread of that coate which among kindred fhould bee feamlefs;
Unfavory vapours will faft enough arife, (fith truth of ftory will not permitt the
omiffion,) and let him that loveth the aiery memory of fuch contentious paffages
feek them in their feverall places ; my pen fhall bee noe index therein.
JjJere alfo might not unfitly bee taken to confider the ground which might lead
the faid ST Robert foe to flight this lord Maurice, as in a kind to untitle and diflord
him ; %xfo whether this Barony of Berkeley at this time ftood foe fufpended in the
poffeffion of the Crown, by reafon of the Marques Berkeleys entaile made to kinge
Henry the feaventh and the heirs males of his body, as that this Maurice was really
noe Baron nor Peere of this Realme ; *&Wt time fhall bee taken for examination thereof

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Act of Parliam.
19. H. 7.
mem in fccij. Trin
Terme. 9. H. 8.
rot. 1. carta in
caftro de Berkeley.

fol: [654] thereof in the life of the lord Maurice this lords fon, being unwilling to make foe
large a digreffion in the midft of this lords lawfuits, whereto I now againe returne.
Sifter long attendance at Court, many petitions delivered to the king, many
freinds rayfed not without great expences and greater promifes, at the laft the lord
Maurice obtained the kings direction to have an Act of parliament 'paffed in the
1 9* yeare of his raigne, to make void two formef Acts of the 5* and 7* of the faid
king Henry the feaventh ; whereby this lord obtained the manor of Chefterford
with the Advowfon thereof in the County of Effex (where his brother was in build
ing at his death, but not for him,) The fourth part of the manors of Brighthemftdn,
Cleiton, Middleton, Meching, Seford, and Alington ; And the fourth part of the
moitie of the manors of Cokefeild, Hunden, and Kymer ; And the fourth part of
the moitie of the Chace of Cleres, the Forreft of Worth, the Burrowe of Lewes,
the Barony of Lewes, the profits of the Courts of No mans land, and of 36?, 2d,
rent in I ford, in the County of Suffex ; And of the fourth part of the manors of
Reygate and Dorking ; And the fourth part of the moitie of the Toll of Guilford |
and Southwerke, in the Qounty of Surrey : And of the fourth part of the manor
of Tyborne ats Marybone in the County of Middlefex ; to bee reftored to him and
his heirs, which (amongft many others,) his brother Marques Berkeley had conveyed
to the king, as in his life is mentioned. But the faid Acts of the 5* and 7* years
of the faid king to ftand in force for all the other manors and lands mentioned in
either of them.

612
Inq : 9. H. 7. poft.
mortem Marchion Berkeley.
Fin : in banco. 5.
H. 7. Micftas terme.

cart. 16 Febr.
19. H. 7.
cart. 2 Julii.
19 H. 7.
Pafch 19. H. 7.
in banco.
Hill rec. 19. H. 7.
rot. 22. in Sccio.

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
Ptita coram rege
in cane: 19. H: 7.
in filas : in le petty bag.
carta: 16: Decern:
6. E. 2. m : 14. in
arce London.

51H which manors and parts of manors and lands and other profitts in the faid
Counties of Suffex, Surrey, and Middlefex, this lord Maurice within four months .
after conveyed to George Nevill lord Burgevenny and his heirs, (retaining the reft,)
in which Affurances his two fons Maurice and Thomas Berkeley joyned with their
father ; And for performance of the Agreements bound themfelves in 3000U- bond
the peece to the faid lord Burgevenny.
_2Kn May in the fame 19* year of king Henry the 7'f1 this lord Maurice exhibited
another petition of right to 'the king, praying to bee reftored to the manor of
Bofham in the County of Suffex ; wherein hee layeth down his title by the grant
of king *Edward the fecond in the fixth of his raigne, made to Thomas de
Brotherton his brother and to the heirs of his body, drawing down the difcent of
that eftate taile to himfelf as heir therunto ; Shewing, That upon his brothers
pertition with Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey, the faid manor (amongft others)
was allotted to his faid Brother and his heires ; And alfo the fine of his faid brother leavied

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leavied'of the f? manor in the fourth year of king Henry the feaventh, with a
render to himfelf in taile, the remainder to the king and the heires males of his
body, the remainder to his own right heirs ; And foe by avoiding the difcontinu-
ance, declareth himfelf to bee in right of law remitted, praying in conclution of his
petition That juftice and right thereupon may by the. king bee done unto him;
whereto, (after his title and truth of his petition found by office pticularly in the faid
County the fame yeare,) the king was outed and this lord reftored to his faid manT
of Bofham, which yet remaineth with his pofterity, Anno 1628.
Che like petiton of right in the fame 19* year this lord exhibited to the faid exfila£: canc:_ m
king, praying therein to bee reftored to the manor of ffenyftanton in the County of carta exempt.
Huntington ; wherein hee layeth down his right under a I fyne leavyed of the faid °T?. , . „
f n , x • ,^. *. ^ -, 1, r,. ^, ,, finis in thefaur.
manor (amongft others) in MicHmas Terme in the 19 . yeare of king -Edward the recept: fcacio. 19.
third by John lord Segrave, with a render to himfelf and to Margaret his wife and E- 3-
to the heirs of their bodies ; And fo deduceth down the difcent of the eftate taile
to himfelf, and making title as formerly is mentioned in the reftitution of Bofham :
And after the like courfe holden for finding his title in that County by Office, the
hands of the king were removed, and this lord reftored to his manor of ffenyftanton : p"ta m Cane :
t©hicf) two reftitutions being exemplyfyed togeather under one feale in October in Exempt :
the 22* of king Henry the feaventh, are expreffed therein to bee ad requificoem
Thome Try, &c, at the requeft of Thomas Try EfqT one of the Cozens of the-faid
lord Maurice, ^Declaring thereby the ambition of a Sollicitor to have his name kin
dred and diligence perpetuated to his mailers pofterity : A modeft pride wherewith
the obferver obferveth himfelf to bee in part infected, as hath already appeared in
the pedegree of his wife and Children laid down in the life of Robert the firft ; 5llnb
this proceeding of this noble lord in this petition of right is to all pofterity made a
prefident in the new book of Entries, printed, 1614 . unter that title of Petition de !lber Intratiofi:
droit, from fol : 428 to fol : 434 . which I wifh the lord George may read ; to value foi. 428.
aright the worth of this lord his Anceftor, and to imitate his induftry for his prefi
dent ; 9Unb the faid Thomas Try fhall for the perpetuating of his memory and
fervices in thefe times to this noble houfe have this teftimoniall of mine avowing,
Chat fince his death this family hath not been ferved with a wifer nor more induftri-
ous fervant and follicitor ; Wtyitfy I wifh may alfo incite others to like diligence and
. fidelity in the generations of this family which are to come
C&e 1 fi of March in the fame 19* year of king Henry the feaventh, this active Ptitam Canc.^
lord exhibites one other like petition of right to the king, praying therein that m ie petty bag :
Juftice AdvocatiodeWott

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Juftice and right may bee done unto him, and to bee reftored to the Advowfon of
the Church of Wotton in the County of Glouc; And for his title of right thereto
layeth down the fine leavyed by his Anceftor Thomas the third in the 23* year of
king Edward the third of the faid Advowfon, (amongft other things,) with a render
therein to himfelf for life, the remainder to_ Maurice his fon and heire and to the
heires males of his body, &c as in his life is declared : Which eftate in taile this
lord deduceth down to his brother Marques Berkeley and himfelf, and fheweth how
his brother in the third year of his highnes raigne leavyed a fine thereof with a
614 render to himfelf and the heirs of his body, the remainder to his | highnes and to
the heirs males of his body, the remainder to his own right heires ; And how that
upon the faid Marques death in the feaventh of his raigne without any iffue, hee
the faid Maurice was remitted to his old eftate taile created in the 23* of king
Edward the third ; WfyZtZUJltttl after this lords title by Inquifition and the advice of
the Judges of both benches taken and the kinges warrant to Hubart his Atturny
generall hee was in June following reftored to the faid Advowfon : Wherein
appeareth this lords admirable diligence and wifdom in effecting a fuite of fo longe
a courfe in two Termes only : And the more becaufe hee then had the fame title
and right without any difference unto the Caftle and barony of Berkeley, and to all
the manors comprifed in the faid fine of the 23* of king Edward the third : 3tnD
\ jperhaps moft of all, in that hee by a prudent and quick carriage of his buifinefs
| -blindfolded the eyes both of the kings Attorney and other his learned Counfell, and
j j the Judges of both Benches and Court of Chancery, from underftanding either a
Hill. 2. E. 4. rot., | Recovery fuffered in the. 2 : E. 4. thereof, and of the manors of Wotton, Simondfall,
mfcfes!^. R.C^ 'Cowley, and others, or the recoveries his brother Marques fuffered in the fecond
rot. 453. of king Richard the third, whereby the faide entaile was docked ; Or the Acts of
147^54. Parliament in the 5* and 7* years of the fame king Henry, whereby the Marques
Canc.5.et. 7.H.7. affurances to him made were made good & confirmed, evidently appearing by their
Trin. rec! rot. 1. inrollments both in Chancery and Exchequer; 5tnb then imediatly alfo obtaining
Act : 19. H. 7 : in the faid Act of reftitution in the prefent Parliament, whereinto hee caft thefe
Wotton Advowfon manors of Bofham and Fenyftanton and the faid Advowfon of Wotton, repealing
carta: dat: 16. the former A6ls of the 5* and 7* of king Henry the 7^ as hath been faid. And
IVtsxcii io H 1 this lord thus being feifed of this Advowfon of the Church of Wotton, Hee,
according to certaine Covenants which the 16* of March before had been agreed
upon between him and Maurice and Thomas his fons on the one part, And the
Abbot and Covent of the Monaftery pf Tuexbury on the other part, For the affur
ance of this Church of Wotton to that Monaftery before the 13* of July next;
Trin. Term. 20. Now they imediatly upon this reftitution affigned the fame accordingly. And noe
H. 7. rot. 825. in .
banco the fooner

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fooner in effect was that Monaftery thus feized thereof, but they the fame yeare
found means to appropriate or incorporate the fame to their houfe, As the compofi
tion about the Viccaridge fhews : What time 20 . marks was thought a competent
living for the Vicar, to bee paid in [ fruits and not in money as now it is ; which at
this day Anno.. 1628 . is more than fourty pounds per anii. And this Advowfon
wascontinued in leafe at the yearly rent of 331? to that monaftery till the diffolution
in the 31* of Henry the 8* ; And fo refted in the Crown till that king by his L
patents dated the 1 Ith day of December in the 38* of his raigne, gave the fame,
(amongft other poffeffions of the value of 2200I p Ann) to Chrift Church Colledge
in Oxford ; And is_at_this day by the Colledge .feverally demifed to Bedle and
Purnell, with foe poore an allowance to the Minifters both of Wotton and of Nib
ley, (a Chaple thereto,) that it fcarcely fufficeth for the bread of , thofe that ferve at
the Altars. 5_5ut 1 would not have this family ignorant, That in the third year of
. Queen Elizabeth the lord Henry Berkeley impleaded the faid Colledgefor the faid
Rectory of Wotton Underedge, and in the year following came to an agreement,
whereby the Colledge granted to the faid lord Henry and his heires,. the Advowfon
and patronage of their Vicaridge of Tetbury in the fame County, upon condition
that they might quietly hold the faid Rectory of Wotton againft him and all claim-
inge from him or under his title or in his name". ^[n recompence whereof this
lord Henry acknowledgeth That the Colledge hath good title to the faid Rectory,
for that the fame was by his Anceftor the true Patron thereof granted to the Abbot
and Covent ef Teuxbury, who after by licence from the king with the confirmation
of the Bifhop of that Diocefe incorporated the fame, And that king Henry the
Eighth, after the diffolution of that Monaftery, fufficiently conveyed it to the
Colledge, And therefore acknowle'dgeth himfelf fully fattisfyed of their right, and
promifeth to make them further affurance at any time within two years after ; %nti
how before, in time of Queen Mary, fhortly after his reftifsution to the manor of
Wotton. hee prefented to this Church one Knight, who had been his Tutor.
who was admitted inftituted and inducted, And, (notwithftanding the Colledge fuite
againft him,) continued Incumbent there till the time of the faid agreement, and
then this church returned to the Colledge as an impropriation againe ; In which
condition it ftill remaineth.

Recovery, et 525.
et ptita. 20. H. 7.
rot. 532.
615

res Irrotut in cane :

carta dat. 19.
Nov. 4. Eliz : in
caftro de Berkel :

Annis. 4. & . 5.
Pfi : & Marr:

* 3(n the fame 19* year of king Henry the feaventh this reftlefs lord attempts
for the Advowfon of the Church of Slimbridge ; And according by his | deed dated
the 16* of January Anno . 19* H . 7 . prefents Edward Bromfeild, Clarke, to
Silvefter Bifhop of Worcefter, to bee by him admitted to the Rectory of the faid
church

SlimbridgeAdvowfon.
6l6
carta in caftro de:
Berkeley.

Z VOL. II

170

Che 3libeg of tljc 25erftelep£

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Pafch

19. H. 7.
in Banco.

Carta in caftro de
Berkeley

Trin : 20. H. 7.
rot : 350 in banco.

Carta dat. 30 maij
20 : H. 7. in caftro
de Berkeley.

pricke fonge.

church, then void by the death of David Liare late parfon there ; which to doe the
bifhop refufeth ; whereupon this lord brings his Writt of Quare impedit againft the
faid bifhop of Worcefter, and againft Richard prefident of Magdalen colledge in
Oxford, (who then was alfo bifhop of Hereford,) and the fchollers of the faid
colledge, and Robert Thay the then incumbent of the faid church : During the de-
pendancy of which Quare impedit, All the parties by their feverall obligations dated
the 20^ of Aprill . Anno . 20* H . 7* fubmit their titles to the award of Robert
Brudnell and William Grevill, ferjents at lawe ; who, having heard the Counfell of
both fides, and fubftantially (faith the award) underftood their titles, Awarded, that
the faid prefident and fchollars fhould hold to them and their fucceffors the patronage
prefentment and guift of the faid Advowfon : And that this lord fhould difcontinue
his faid Writt of Quare impedit, and fhould make to them fuch further affurance as
their Counfell fhould devife, but that- before fuch affurance the faid prefident and
fchollars .fhould pay to this lord Twelve Pounds ; which they did. IBfjcrrUJJon a
difcontinuance was had, and a Coinon Recovery was fuffered of the faid advowfon,
and the fame accordingly fettled upon the colledge and their fucceffors, where it ftill
remaineth, Anno . 1628. <©n the other part the colledge, (to ufe their own words,)
in acknowledgment of this lords conveyance, and of his fingular devotion arid ardent
affection, and of his manifold benefits which hee had fhewed to them, they in re
compence thereof, willing to requite foe great courtefies with fpirituall fuffrages and
prayers for his foule, and of his progenitors, doe grant that hee fhall dayly and for
ever henceforth and his pofterity bee made partakers of all their prayers and fuf
frages, in their collegiate church by them to bee celebrated, without fraud : And that
when hee fhall die, that in convenient time after notice had, they will hold his obite,
with the placebo and dirige, and the maffe of requiem, in the morrow after, folemly
and with note ; ffor performance whereof they bind themfelves to this lord and his
heirs for ever.

31nb though in the laft forty years I have known, that Tirer, Savage, and others,
by obtaining the tres of Henry lord Berkeley to the prefident and fellows of this
colledge grounded upon the guift of this advowfon, have been placed Demyes or
617 fchollars in that corporation, and foe-have con|tinued till they proceeded graduates;;.
yet that*this family fhould have right to fuch fchollerfhips by any agreement in
writing I have not found, though I have heard it affirmed by one or two domeftick
chaplins in the family of the lord as fometimes were members of that colledge ;
But the College draweth yearly from that Rectory Ten pounds paid by the incum
bent for the time being, which I take to bee fpent in a gaudy day in bettering the
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Colledge commons, and therefore with them noe Symony though paid upon an
Oblig[a]con taken at his prefentation. f^oUlbcit, notwithftanding the fair counte
nance caft upon the colledges old title by this award, who claimed by the grant of
the faid Marques Berkeley then Earle of Nottingham, the colledge relyed not foe
confidently thereupon, but that afterwards they procured, (as good caufe they had,)
feverall releafes and confirmations from Maurice and Thomas the two eldeft fons of
this lord Maurice, and from their feoffees and Recoverors, with the like confirmation
alfo from the king himfelfe, as defirous to hold faft an Advowfon of neare three
hundred pounds value by the year.
<©tf>er were the reftitutions to divers other manors, which this lord obtained
upon the defects pretended to bee in his brother Marques Berkeleis conveyances,
by reafon of old entailes and his own remitters, as appears in the Catalogue of the
lands whereof hee dyed feifed, here for brevity by me omitted.
3[n the Toile of the forefaid profecutions this lord finding himfelf, at his firft
coming to vifit Callowdon and other his manors in thofe parts in the 16* of king
Henry the feaventh, not foe honored in his entertainment with the Abbot of the
monaftery of Combe in Warwickfhire as hee conceived to bee his right, being one
of their founders heirs ; (perhaps but out of the Abbots ignorance of his difcent ;)
exhibits his bill in Chancery, and fhews that hee is one of the Cozens and heires -gjjj jn canc .
of Thomas Mowbray late Duke of JMorfolke, Earl Marfhall and Warren, lord Vetus manufcript
Mowbray, Segrave, Gower and Brewes, who was in his life time received in that w
Monaftery with' proceffion and other obfervances as belongeth in fuch a cafe for the
founder ; The right of the foundation of which monaftery, (faith this lords bill,) after
the deceafe of the faid Duke difcended to Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey and to
him the faid Maurice lord Berkeley as Cozens and heires of the faid Duke ; Chat is
to fay, To the faid Earle, as fon of John, fon of Margarett, one of the daughters
of the faid duke ; And to this Lord Maurice, as fon of Ifable one of the daughters
of the faid Duke ; And for | proofe layeth down That the faid John father of the 618
faid Earle was flaine at Bofworth field, And was entred in the faid Abby with due
obfervances as belongeth ; And the faid Earle was lately received there with pro
ceffion and other folemnities as belongeth of right and laudable cuftome ufed in this
Relme of England, which the Abbot hath neglected towards him being thereto
required ; And therefore prayeth that hee may bee compelled to enter him as one of
the founders, and foe to bee accepted and entreated as of right to him belongeth ;
Which honor, upon a referance to Wittm Grevill and Thomas Marrowe arbitrators, this

carta in caftro de
Berkeley

Z 2

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1491

div'sse tre in caftro this lord obtained, and accordingly left it to his pofterity, who were in their feverall
de Berkeley. tjmeg receive(j as founders, till the diffolucon of the Monaftery ; as alfo appeareth by
this Abbots attendance on the dead body of the lady Ifable this lords wife, and his
cenfing and perfuming of her herfe at Binly bridge, in her conveying to London,
the place fhee had appointed for her fepulture ; as after followeth.

/

carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

Acqu[i]t in caftro
de Berkeley.

Volunt Phil Mead
probat A? 1475.
A? 15. E. 4.

619
An antient
pedegree w?1 W™
Denis Efq'

Che 13* of November in the 18* yeare of king Henry the feaventh, Thomas
Earle of Surry granted to this lord Maurice, by the name of Maurice Berkeley lord
Berkeley, and to his heires for ever, one Bucke and one Doe yearly out of his parke
•called Seggewicke park in Suffex, with liberty to enter and kill the fame at pleafure.
JlDftat the offences were which this Maurice had committed I find not, but in the
28'f1 yeare of king Henry the fixth hee paid the Duke of Yorke 1 iu: by agreement
for Injuryes and greeves by him and his two fervants, Cater and Chriftopher, done
to the faid Duke, as the acquittance faith, given upon receipt of that money : 2S»Ut,
being then a batchelor and in the 24* yeare of his age, and living often near to fome
of the Dukes parks, I conceive it was for killing fome of his Deere.
$ig IBife.
Che wife of this lord Maurice was Ifable daughter of Phillip Mead Efq. and
of Ifable his wife ; fon of Thomas, fon of Thomas Mead, difcended of the ancient
family of the Meads of Meadfplace in ffeyland in the parifh of Wraxall near Port
bury in the County of SomersT, ] where antiently they had continued ; whom this
lord marryed in the thirtieth year of his age, about eighteene months after his fathers
death, fhee then a widowe and mother of three children, who all dyed very young.

regifter Rofeti de
Ricart cum Maiore
de Briftoll.

carta. 14. E. 4. in
caftro de Berkeley.
Carta. 20. Oclo. 7.
E. 4. in caftro de
Berk.

%t the time of this her fecond marriage, her father was an Alderman of Briftoll
& at divers times Maior there ; And for her Dowry, befides her perfonall eftate,
fhee brought to this lord her hufband, (then a younger brother,) divers lands in
Somerfetfhire, and others in Thornbury in Glouceflerfhr.e (where this lord then alfo
had other lands both of his own purchafe, and of the guift of his elder brother,) and
a leafe of the faid Meads-place for one and twenty years : and was after one of his
executors, as his will fhewes.

Carta. 9. Decern.
22: H: 7. in caftro
de Berkeley.

ffor her Joynture fhee had from this lord her hufband all the lands in effedl
which hee then had ; which alfo hee in the later part of his life, (for the longer
they lived the more they loved,) much augmented with divers other manors in
the Counties of Huntington, Leicefter, Warwicke, and Gloucefter, and in the
Counties

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Counties of the Cities of Coventry and Gloucefter ; of all which fhee made the
faid Thomas Try her receivour generall foone after her hufbands death.
Cht£ lady Ifable had one only brother called Richard Mead, who firft marryed carta cum Rogero
* Kemis de Wick-
Elizabeth , And after maryed Anne daughter of Thomas Paunsfoot of wicke.
Hasfeild in Gloucefterfh™ EfqT, a family for antiquity inferior to none in that
County, (this of Berkeley excepted ;) But his iffue dying very younge without
iffue, about the third of king Henry the feaventh, this lady Ifable became heire to
divers manors and lands in the County of Glouc, And to divers Meffuages and
tenements in Bedminfter, Felond, Afhton, Wraxall, and Midle Tykenham, in the
County of Somerfett.
Ijjob) little caufe the Marques Berkeley had to complaine of the obfcure yetus manufcript
parentage of the lady Ifable, which he vainly called bafe : and of the unworthynes Berkel :
of his brothers match with fo mean bloud, as hee reproached it, making that a
motive to his own vaft expences, and of the difinheritance of this lord his brother,
leaft any of her bafe bloud fhould inherite after him, may to his further reproof bee
returned upon his memory to-bee but a fained and unbrotherly quarrell picked on
purpofe to give colour for his own exorbitances : Like vaine were his exceptions to
his faid brother and heire, for defending the vertue of his wife and worthinefs of
her parentage. jbfyZZ was a virtuous lady and evermore content with better or harder
fortunes ; | And what goodnes and difpofition fhee was of in her laft widowhood, 620
after this lord her hufbands death, may bee conceived out of thefe few rellicks of
her many devotions. ^
Cf)e 29th of May . 1 5 14 . in the 6* of king Henry the 8* (amongft other
liberalities,) fhee gave to the Pryor of the fryars heremites of, the order of Saint
Auguftine in London the fum of — 72" 13* 04d. towards the repair of their houfe,
grown ruinous with -age ; for which they bound themfelves & their fucceffors in a
full chapitre to fay on the feaventh of November the exiquies of the aniverfaries
of her and her hufband, to bee funge with note by all the Covent in the quire of
their church : And the morrow after, a Maffe of requiem at the high Altar by all
the covent. for the fouls of the faid lady and her hufband the lord Maurice, and for
the fouls of James lord Berkeley and of Ifable his wife, father and mother of the
faid lord Maurice, and of all faithfull deceafed : 3Unb three days in every week for
ever

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Berkeleys maffe.

ever, one prieft, being a fryar in the houfe, to fay a maffe curfarily, with the
fpeciall collects of vnus deus qui charitatis, coin fecreto, et poft com, ad id pertinefi;
And alfo Inclina cum fecreto, et poft coin, ad id pertinen ; As in the table after
wards in this deed is fpecifyed and defcribed, for the foules of her and her hufband
and the fd lord James and Ifable, at the Altar of ST James in the faid Church under"
the high crucifix, on Mundayes wednefdays and frydays, after, the fixt maffe is
faid ; And in every maffe foe faid, after the gofple and before hee goe to the
lavertory, the pfalme of De profundis with the prayers accuftomed ; which Maffe
fhall for ever in the Englifh tongue bee called Berkeleys maffe. 31nb likewife the
maffe de quinque vulneribus. And further, that for an everlafting memory, this
Indenture in the Vigill of S' Michaell fhall for ever bee read yearly in their
Chapitre houfe publickly. And for performance hereof the pryor and covent bind
themfelves in their pure confciences, as they will anfwer at the dreadfull day of
Judgment before the fupream Judge.

621

91nb for better fecurity and performance of all and every thing aforefaid they
further grant, That as often as any failing fhall bee in any part of the premiffes by
the fpace of a month, That they will forfeit and pay — 20? — to the mafter and
brethren of Burton Lazars, in that their houfe to bee charitably beftowed for the
foules aforefaid, which mafter for that caufe was made a party to this deed. 5fjnb,
(w"? was more then formerly I have found,) fryar Hugo lovericus, provinciall | of
this order, doth ratify this Indenture, and binds the faid pryor and covent in the
bond of holy obedience, and under the punifhment of rebellion, That they
faithfully performe the whole contents of this deed.

carta in caftro de CbJO yeares it feemes this was in contriving, And in the end were two deeds
fealed by the pryor, both which remaine in Berkeley Caftle.

Comp : de Feny
ftanton. 8 H. 8.
in caftro de
Berkeley.

£hce dyed at Coventry in the eighth yeare of king Henry the 8^ then aged
70 years, having overlived her hufband about 9 years ; And with him lyeth buryed
in the Auguftine Fryars in London, leaving iffue three fons and one daughter, as
next followeth. And it is fome what obfervable,, That this lady juft foe long
furvived her hufband as to make the period of both their ages alike ; And then in
the fame place to lay down her bones by his in that 70* year that bringeth com-
pleatnes to the daies of man ; As 10 . times, 7 . or 7 . times, 10 . which Mofes in
Pfalm 90. the 90* Pfalme of Davids bundle makes the common age of all men. 3Gnb that
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1506 Hife of Maurice the fifth i75
years, and one feaven months ; As though all their circumferences were clofed in
that number of feaven ; The mariner of whofe death and funerall pompe, with the
conveyance of her body from Coventry to London, take, in the fame words as
Thomas Try, a fpeciall officer and fervant to this lord, and the faid ladies
adminiftrator, fent the defcription thereof to the lord Maurice her fon, then at
Calais, being the proper hand writing of the faid Thomas Try, endorfed thus
This bill bee delivered to his right worfhipfull and fpeciall good Originall in
Maifler, Sir Maurice Berkeley knight. Berkeley Caftle.
3_Me£etb your good mafterfhip, the ordering at thenterement of my lady your
mother hereaft' folowith,
I. firgt, when I peeved fhe bygan to draw from this liff, I caufed certen
prefts to fay dyvs oryfons, And alfo to fhewe hir of the paffion of crift and of the
merits of the fame, wherunto fhee gave merveluous goodly words, for aft' hir
Aneyling fhe cam to good and pfit remembrance.
2. Itm, aft fhe was departed I caufed David Sawter to bee faid continually
untill the day of her buryeng, for as fonne .as oon company had feid on other
company of prefts bygan, and fo fhe was wached with prayer continually fro
wenfday untill monday.
3. Ifm, ryngyng dayly with all the bells continually ; That is to fay, at S' j
MigheUs xxxiij. peles, At Tryntye xxxiij. peles, At S' Johns xxxiij. peles At Babyl- 622
lake becaufe hit was fo nygh hyr lvij peles, And in the mother cherch, the p'orye,
xxx. peles, and every pele xij?
4. Itm. upon fonnday whan her horfe letyr was appeled, and wax and all other
things redy, fhe was fet forwards aft' this maner.
5- f it$t xxx1? women of her levery in blake gownes and kerechews upon their
heds, of oon ele evy kyrchew, which was not furveled nether hemmed bypaufe they
mought be knowen lately cut out of new cloth, and every woman beryng a tapyr of
wax of a li. wyght & a half.
6. I!m after theym fowlowed xxxiij crafts with their lights to. the nombr of
CC. torches. 7. Itm

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7. Itm about hir horfeleter was hir owne ferv'.s and other, berynge torches of
cleyne wax, to nombr of xxx. in blake gownes.
8 Itm the orders of freers whyt and gray, with their croffes, next after the
lyghts of the crafts.
9. Itm prefts to the nombr of oon C. and more wc?" went with their croffes next
before the herffe..
10. Item aft' the horfletyr v. gentylwomen morners.
1 1. Item aft' them Mr Recorder, and I, Mr Bonde, and my cozen Porter, ynftede
of thexecutors and fuprvyfors.
12. Item then Mr Maire, the Mr of Yeld, Aldermans, Shreffs, Chamnlyns, and
Wardens. 13. 5lnb fo fhe was coveid to the mother church, the p:orye, wher fhe refted yn
the quere byfore the high altar all that nyght, and had ther a folem derege, and the
Maire and his bredren went to S? Mighell, ther as was derege in like maSe ; And
aft' dereg, the Maire and his brethren went in to Sr Mary hall, wher as a drynking
was made for theym ; fyrft cakys, comfetts and ale, the fecund courfe marmelet,
Snoket,1 redd wyne and claret, and the 3rd courfe wafers and Blanch powder w?
romney and mufkadele ; And I thanke God, noe plate ne fpones was loft yet ther
was xx'i defyn fpones.
14. £tpon Monday fhe fate forward aft' mafe w^ the faid lights and crafts, the
feyd v. morners rydyng in fedfadells and ther horfes traped with blake, Mr Recorder,
and I, Mr Bonde, and Porter rydyng aft' theym, and then Mr Maire, Aldermen,
Shrefis, Wardens, and ChamWeyns rydyng in lyke order as they were ; And at
623 Bynley brygge met my lord the abbot | of Combe wl. his mitre, fenfyng the herfe,
and in his company Mr Broune Mr Bowghton and many other, ye may be fure to
the nombre of v. or vi. thofand pepuU : I am of a fuerty ther was at every fittyng
above xj™ or xij™ meffej, and the bordes was divs times fet, & Thomas Berkeleis
preft fay the orderyng of all : wry ten at Caloughdon the xvjth day of Aprle.
Yor ferv' Thomas Try.
1 Query, Sonket=Sweets.

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Anne.

the faid Ifable this lord Maurice had iffue, Maurice, Thomas, James, and

i. a^aurice the eldeft fon fucceedeth his father in the Barony, advancing his
houfe with honor and reputation ; And after dyed without lawfull' iffue, as his life.
that followeth doe declare.
2.. Choma£ the fecond fon was alfo lord Berkeley after the death of his faid
elder brother, whofe life in due place alfo followeth.
3. 3Iamc£ the third fon and youngeft, maryed Sufan the daughter of Ml Veill
and the widow of -William Vele Efqr, and furvived her.. hufband : By her hee had
iffue John Berkeley who dyed at mans eftate before marriage, and Mary Berkeley,
firft marryed to Sr Thomas Perrot fon of Sr Owen Perrot, .who had iffue Sr John
Perrot, Elizabeth and Jane. . ¦**
S>\ 3l0f|tt Perrot had iffue Sr Thomas, father of Sr James Perrot yet living.
1 61 8. And of Penelope maryed to Sr William Lover1 knight, And of Lettice firft
maryed to Rowland Langharne Efij, and after to Walter Vaughan Efqr, And at
this day wife to Sr Arthur Chichefter lord Deputy of Ireland ; and of Anne Perrot
married to John Phillips of Picton Efqr yet living. 1618.
- Cf)e faid Elizabeth fifter of Sr John Perrot was maryed to Mr Price Efqr who
had iffue Sr Richard Price of Gogarthan kn', & others yet living. 1618. |
Che faid Jane the. other fifter of the faid Sr John Perrot was marryed to 624
William Phillips Efqr, who have iffue two daughters, the one marryed to George
Owen, and the other to Alban Stepneth Efq1?
%tfa fecondly the faid Mary Berkeley, daughter of this James Berkely, was
marryed to Sr Thomas Jones knight who had iffue Sr Henry Jones, father of Sr
Thomas, father of Sr Henry Jones that now is, 161 8: And Katharine marryed to
Mr Vaughan, who had iffue Sr Walter Vaughan knight that now is ; And Ellenor
marryed to Mr Griffith Rice, who had iffue Sr Walter Rice knight that now is, and
others, Anno, 1618.
SJnb, as Sr James Perrot formerly named hath informed mee, all the cheife
gentlemen of moft eminency in the three fhires of Pembroke Carmarthen and
Cardigan
1 Sir William Lower of Treventy, Co. Caerm. and St. Winnow and Trelafke, Co. Cornw. (Hift. of Trigg
Minor, Vol. III. 386.)— [Ed.J
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Cardigan at this day living, are difcended of this Mary Berkeley, of whofe memory
in thofe parts is made moft honorable mention to this day.
Carta dat. 19. H. 7 Cfje faid James Berkeley, for a third brother's portion, had the manor of
irrot.'in Cane. Hilton in the County of Huntington, to him and the heires males of his body, and
Rec: in fcacio. 21. J ° J
H. 7. rot. 16. 'twenty pounds p ann, by the graunt of this lord his brother ; And the Conftable-
fhip and Porterfhip of Berkeley Caftle, and the keeping of the Caftle park, and of
Comp : de Man- Chefelhunger and Redwood, and the gale and profit of other fifhings in Seaverne
caftrode Berkeley, with the fee of 3".- from the kinge ; and was to Henry the 7* vnus generoforum"
hoftiariorum camere Regis, one of the gentlemen porters of the king's chamber,
which hee enjoyed till the 6* yeare of king Henry the 8* when hee left both it and
the world, and his faid wife Sufan to furvive him, which fhee did about fix years ;
And fome of his offices* to his 'elder brother Thomas.
4. Cfje faid Anne Berkeley only daughter of this lord Maurice was in the
time of king Henry the 7* married to Sr Wittm Denis of Dirham knight ; who had
Denis, iffue between them 1 Sr Walter Denis, 2 Sr Maurice Denis, 3 William Dennis, 4
Ifable, 5 Elleanor, 6 Anne, 7 Margaret, 8 Katharine, 9 Mary, and eight others
that dyed young without iffue ; Of thefe nine, as followeth;
1. Cf)e faid Sr Walter Denis by Margaret his wife 'daughter of Sr Rich1?
Wefton knight, had iffue four fons and two daughters, Richard, Thomas, Francis,
William, Jane and Anne ;• of whom ffrancis is dead without iffue.
625 Che faid Richard Denis by Anne his wife daughter of Sr John | Sr John of
Bletfoe, had iffue, Walter, William.^ Gilbert, Maurice, Anne, ffrances, Katharine,
Mabill, Mary, and Margaret; of whom Gilbert Maurice and Mary are dead with
out iffue, And Wiftm is yet unmarryed ; Of the other fix in order.
The faid Walter fon of Richard by Margaret his wife daughter of Richard
Pigot. Paunsfoot Efqr. had iffue two daughters; Katharine, firft marryed to Mr Lewis Pigot,
Coplefton. of Bedfordfhire, and after to Mr Coplefton, of Devonfhire, yet living Anno. 16 18.
Cokeine. And Jane marryed to Mr Cokeine of the faid County of Bedford.

Porter.

The faid Anne daughter of Richard Denis was maryed to Sr Thomas Porter
knight, of Lanthony by Glouc; (of whom read before in the iffue of James the
firft,) who had iffue Sr Arthur Porter, Ambrofe, Anne, Katharine, ffrances, and
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Scuddamore.

The faid Sr Arthur Porter, by Anne his wife daughter of Sr John Danvers,
had iffue Elizabeth lately maryed to John, fon and heire of Sr James Scuddamore
of Homelacy in the County of Hereford.
The faid Ambrofe Porter hath maryed Frances the daughter of George
Chancey of Yardlebury of Hartfordfhire, by whom as yet hee hath no iffue, 1618. *"
Anne fifter of the faid Sr Arthur Porter is maryed to Sr Gabriel Pyle of Pyle.
•Collingborne in Wiltfhire, who have iffue Francis, William, Thomas -and Gabriell,
which ffrancis hath lately marryed the daughter of Sr Francis Popham.
Katharine, another fifter of the faid Sr Arthur Porter, was marryed to Sr
Richard Walfh of Shelfey in the County of Worcefter, who have iffue Anne, Walfh.
marryed to Sr Thomas Bromley, mother of four children by him ; And Joyce, Bromley.
maryed to Sr Rowland Cotton, as yet having noe iffue, A°. 1618. Cotton.
ffrances, another fifter of the faid Sr Arthur Porter, was maryed to Mr. Peter
Marten; who have iffue Thomas, Edward, Anne, Martha, and Lucy, Anno, 161 8. Marten.
And the faid Margaret, the youngeft fifter of the faid Sr Arthur Porter, was
marryed to George Thorpe, of Wanefwell Efquire, by Berkeley, by whom he had Thorpe.
noe iffue. The faid ffrances, another daughter of the faid Richard Denis, was maryed
to John Gwittm, Efqf who wrote that methodicall book called A Difplay of Gwittm.
Heraldry ; And have iffue Saint John, John, Margaret, ffrances, and Prifcilla. |
The faid Katharine, another daughter of the faid Richard Denis was maryed 626
to Wittm Chefter of Almondfbury in Berkeley hundred, Efqr who have iffue Thomas Chefter.
Chefter, who firft maryed Anne, daughter of Samuell Bacchus Efqr, by whom
hee hath iffue Anne ; And fecondly maryed the daughter of Sr George Speake
knight, And in this prefent year 161 7, as I am writing hereof, high fheriffe of the
County of Glouc; William Chefter a batchelor ; Katharine Chefter maryed to
Phillip Langley, of Mangotesfeild, Efqr who have iffue ; And Alice Chefter married
to Mr Perfival of Somerfetfhire. ~

The faid Mabill, another daughter of the faid Richard Denis, was maryed to
Anthony Dowle of Duntifborne Abbot in the County of Gloucr gent, who have
iffue Edward; Walter, and others. And

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And the faid Margaret, (the laft of the daughters of the faid Richard Denis,)
was firft maryed to Maurice Hill of Tockington in the County of Glouc. gent, by
whom fhe had iffue Walter Hill ; and fecondly to one Mr Spencer.
Che faid Thomas Denis, brother of the faid Richard by Jone his wife
^daughter of Mr Paunsfoot, had iffue Thomas and Margaret ; which Thomas fon of
Thomas, (yet living in Glouc, Anno, 1618,) by Dorothy his wife daughter of Mr
Compton, hath iffue William and divers others.
And the faid Margaret was maryed to Wittm Evans of Glouc, an Attorney at
lawe, who have iffue Thomas Evans and Elizabeth.
Che faid William Denis another brother of the faid Richard, by Anne his wife
daughter of Mr Raffle, had iffue William Denis only now living Anno . 161 8.

Compton. Che faid Jane fifter to the faid Richard Denis was maryed to Wittm Compton
of the County of, Glouc, who have iffue Walter Compton and others.
3finb the faid Anne the laft of the fifters of the faid Richard Denis was maryed
to Simon Codrington Efqr, who is dead without iffue.
2. Che faid Sr Maurice Denis, fecond fon of the faid Anne Berkeley and of Sr
William Denis her hufband, dyed without iffue ; As alfo did Wittm Denis his
brother, but longe remarkable in their generations. |
627 3. Che faid William Denis third fon of the faid Anne Berkeley, and of Sf
William Denis her hufband, dyed alfo without iffue.

4. Che faid Ifable Denis, daughter of the faid Anne Berkeley and Sr William
Berkeley. Denis her hufband, was maryed to Sr John Berkeley of Stoke Gifford knight, who
fffeofSauricethe hath iffue Sf Richard Berkeley, Mary, and Elizabeth maryed to Henry Ligon,
third fol: 273. 274. whereof I have formerly written amongft the iffues of Maurice the third.
The- faid Sr Richard Berkeley, by Elizabeth his firft wife daughter of Willm
Read of Mitton by Tuexbury Efqr, had iffue Henry, Elizabeth, Marye, Katharine,
Anne, and Dorothy ; And by Eleanor his fecond wife, daughter of Robert Jermy
Efqr and widowe of Robert Rowe Efqr, fon of Sf Thomas Rowe knight, had noe
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The faid Henry, fon of Sr Richard Berkeley by Mirriell his wife, daughter of
Thomas Throgmorton of Cawghton in the County of Warr., Efqr had iffue Richard
Berkeley, Elizabeth, and Margaret.
The faid Richard Berkeley by Mary his firft wife daughter of Robert Rowe
aforefaid hath iffue, Sr Maurice Berkeley knight, John, Thomas, Giles, Richard,
Robert, Elizabeth, Hellena, Myriell, Katharine, Mary, and Margaret ; Of whom I fol. 275. 276.
#have in part formerly written in the life of the lord Maurice the third.
The faid Elizabeth daughter of Sr Richard Berkeley, formerly mentioned
to bee maryed to Sr Thomas Throkmorton of Tortworth, knight, have iffue Sr
William Throkmerton created Baronet, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth.
The faid Sr Wiftm Throkmerton by Cicely his firft wife, daughter and Coheire
of Thomas Bainham of Clowerwall Efq,, hath iffue Baynham Throkmerton and Throkmerton.
many others : As alfo hee hath by two other wives his maides, maryed fince the
death of the faid Cicely.
The faid Margaret fifter of Sr Wiftm Throkmton was maryed to Sr Barnaby
Samborne of Somfetfhire knight, who have iffue. Samborne.
The faid Mary, another fifter of the faid Sr Wiftm ThrokrSton, was firft maryed
to Sf Thomas Bafkervile knight, by whom fhee had iffue Hannyball : And after Bafkervile.
marryed to ST James Scuddamore knight, by whome fhee hath" iffue Sr John
Scuddamore, who by his wife onely daughter of Sf Arthur Porter hath iffue, John. Scuddamore.
And the faid Elizabeth, youngeft fifter of the faid Sr Wiftm ThrokmW, liveth
the widow of Sr Thomas Dale knight, having noe iffue . 1626, . Dale.
The faid Mary, another Daughter of the faid Sf Richard Berkeley, was maryed
to Sr John Hungerford of Down Amny knight, who have iffue, Sf Anthony Hunger | Hungerford.
ford knight, John, Bridget, Elizabeth, Barbara and others ; Of whom is a plentifull 628
pofterity with opulent poffeffions.
' The faid Katharine, another daughter of the faid Sr Richard Berkeley, was
firft maryed to Sr Rowland Lee of Longbarrowe in Gloucrfhire Efqr, by whom fhee Lee.
had iffue. And fecondly remarried to Thomas Babington Efq'. Babington.
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The faid Anrie and Dorothy two other daughters of the faid Sr Richard Berke
ley are dead without iffue.
The faid Mary, daughter of the faid Ifable Denis and of Sr John Berkeley her
Walfh. hufband, was maryed to Nicholas Walfh of Sodbury Efqr who had iffue Henry
Walfh, flaine in fingle combat by Sr Edward Wintour, without iffue, and three
Herbert, daughters : And after his death the faid Mary was remarried to Sr William Herbert
of Swanfey. And the faid Elizabeth, fifter of the faid .Mary, one other of the daughters of
Ligon. the faid Ifable and of Sir John Berkeley, was maryed to Henry Ligon Efqr, who
had iffue Sr Arnold Ligon knight, Henry Ligon, Mary, & Elizabeth.
The faid Sr Arnold Ligon, by Jone his wife the widow of John Baker, had
iffue Henry, Thomas and Elizabeth.
The faid Henry, brother of Sir Arnold, is dead without iffue.
Clinton. The faid Mary, fifter of Sir Arnold, was marryed to Samuell Clinton gent, who
have iffue Samuell, Richard, Elizabeth, Anne, Mary, Margery, and ffrances ; where-
Hall. of Elizabeth was maryed to Mr Hall ; Anne marryed to Mr Longe of Afhelworth;
^ ' the other three daughters not marryed, Anno 1628. The faid Samuell maryed the
daughter of John Nell of Chafely in the County of Worcefter, who have iffue :
And Richard is dead without iffue.
And the faid Elizabeth the other fifter of Sr Arnold, was maryed to Edward
Baffet Baffet of Ewley Efqr of whom read before in the life of Thomas the firft ; who
fol: [144] had iffue Wittm Baffet, Barnaby, Edward, Giles, Elizabeth, Margery, Sufan, and
Jane. ¦ '. >
The faid Wittm marryed the daughter of Wittm Davy, who had iffue William
Baffet now in ward to the king, Anno . 16 18.
The* faid Barnaby Baffet by Elizabeth his wife daughter of John Dorney of
Ewley, hath iffue Wittm Baffet, Edward, Robert, Elizabeth, Jane, & Hefter.
The faid Edward Baffet maryed the daughter of Mr Danyell of Marleborowe,
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The faid Giles is not yet maryed ; Since executed at Glouc, 1640. for mur-|
dering of Chriftopher Willis of Wotton. 629
The faid Elizabeth Baffet was firft marryed to William Clavile by whom fhee
had noe iffue ; And after to Thomas Poyntz by whom fhee hath iffue Matthewe, Poyntz of Uley.
Thomas, Jofeph, John, Elizabeth, Sara and Martha, Anno . 1624.
The faid Margaret is married to Samuell Shellam of Woodchefter, who have Shellam.
iffue five children, Anno, 1624.
The faid Sufan is married to Michaell Dorney who have iffue Thomas and Dorney.
Elizabeth, Anno, 1624.
And the faid Jane is married to John Deighton of Glouc, Surgeon, who have Deighton.
iffue John and five others, Anno, 1624.
5. Che faid Ellenor Denis, another daughter of the faid Aniie Berkeley and
of Sr Wiftm Denis her hufband, was maryed to William Ligon of Madresfeild in
the county of Worcefter, who had iffue Richard, Thomas, Ralph, Hugh, ffrances,
Margery, Ellenor, Elizabeth, and the lady Gorges, of each of whom in order.
The faid Richard Ligon maryed the daughter of Sr John Ruffell, and have
iffue Wittm Ligon, Henry, ffrances, Penelope, Elizabeth, Elleanor, and one other.
The faid Wittm by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Mr Horwell, hath iffue Sr
William Ligon, Richard, Thomas and Elizabeth.
The faid Henry and ffrances are dead without iffue.
l: The faid Penelope was married to Mr Wallin of Woodfeild in the County of Wallin.
Worcefter, who have iffue.
And the faid Elizabeth Ligon is married to Doctor Miles Smyth lord Bifhop
of Glouc. : who hath no iffue.
. And the faid Elleanor, (fifter of the faid Elizabeth,) was firft maryed to John
Wafhborne of Wichingford in the county of Worcefter, who have iffue. Wafhborne.
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And the faid (younger fifter of the faid Elleanor) was married to
Ligon of Elfton. The faid Thomas Ligon called of Elfton in the county of Glouc, fecond fon
of Wiftm and Elleanor his wife, maryed ffrances daughter of Hugh Denis of
Pucklechurch, who have, iffue Thomas Ligon, ffrancis, William, Richard, John
Katharine, and Jone. |
630 The faid Thomas was Receivour to Henry Lord Berkeley, and is now farmer
of Callowdon ; And by his wife daughter of Denys Pratt hath iffue.
The faid ffrancis and William are lately dead without iffue. Richard is alfo
unmarried, 163a
John was attendant on George lord Berkeley in Oxford at the finifhing of
thefe collections, a partaker of his firft travells, And fince dead without iffue.
Gerrard. Katharine is married to Mr Gerrard of Stanford in the county of Soim" who
have iffue fix daughters.
And the faid Jone youngeft daughter of the faid Jone was married to
The faid Ralph Ligon, third fon of the faid Wiftm Ligon and Ellenor Denis,
fince the beheading of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke in yf 13* of Elizabeth,
hath lived beyond feas and hath noe iffue.
The faid Hugh Ligon, 4* fon of the faid William and Elleanor; hath iffue
Henry Ligon, Hugh, Ralph, William, and others.
The faid ffrancis, fifth fon of the ' faid Wittm Ligon and Elleanor Denis,
maryed Grace daughter of John Bub of Bentham neare Glouc, who have iffue
Hugh and John.
The faid Margery Ligon, eldeft daughter of the faid William Ligon and
Ruffell. Elleanor- Denis, was firft marryed to Sr Thomas Ruffell, by whom fhee had iffue,
Thomas, who hath maryed the widowe of Frances Brace; And fecon[d]ly, fhee
was maryed to Sr Henry Berkeley of Bruton in y? County of Somerfet, by whom
Berkeley of fhee hath iffue Sr Maurice Berkeley and others ; of which remarkable line fee in
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The faid Elizabeth, daughter of the faid William Ligon and Ellenor Denis
his wife, was maryed to Thomas Foliot of Perton in the County of Worcefter, who
have iffue Sr John ffoliot, Sr Henry ffoliot, Wittm, Elleanor, and Conftance.
The faid Sr John ffoliot by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Doctor John Elmer
late bifhop of London hath iffue Elmer, Thomas, ffrancis and others.

Sr Henry and Wiftm are not yet maryed.
Elleanor ffoliot is maryed to Sr John Bucke.
Conftance is maryed to Mr Baugh.

Bucke.
Baugh.631

The faid Elleanor Ligon, daughter of the faid Willm Ligon and Ellenor
Denis, was maryed to Wittm Norwood of Leckhampton in the County of Glouc, Norwood.
Efqr fon of Henry Norwood ; of whofe iffue, (by falling into a neerer degree,) fee fol : 682,
after at large in the life of Thomas the fifth fon of this lord Maurice.
And the fourth daughter of the faid Wiftm Ligon and Ellenor Denis, was
married to Sr Edward Gorges of Wraxall in the County of Somerfet, who have Gorges.
iffue Sr Edward Gorges, Sr Ferdinando Gorges, and others, from whom is a
plentifull pofterity.
6. Cfje faid Anne Denis, an other daughter of the faid Anne Berkely and of
Sr William Denis her hufband, was firft married to Sr John Ragland, and after to Ragland.
Sr Edward Came. ' Came.

2£>p her firft hufband fhee had iffue Sr Thomas Ragland, father of Thomas and
others : And Margaret married to Mr Carne : and others : Which Margaret had
iffue Cicely married to Mr Kemys : Barbara marryed to Mr Turvill : And one Kemys.
other married to Mr Baffet ; and one other married to Mr Griffiths ; And one other TurvllL
' Baffet.
marryed alfo to  . Griffith>
3Hnb the faid Anne Denis by Sr Edward Carne her fecond hufband had iffue
Thomas Carne ; who married the daughter and coheire of Sr Walter Hungerford,
who had iffue : And one other married to John Huntley Efqr fon of George, fon of Huntley
John (called with the great legge,) who had iffue George Huntley of Frocefter knight,
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knight, who by Ellenor his wife daughter of Sr William Wintour of Lidney had,
iffue feaven fons and daughters, viz! William Huntley who married Elizabeth the
" daughter and heir of Mr Read, both dead without iffue : And 2 Edward not married
Read in 1634, And 3 George dead without iffue: And 4 Jane marryed to Mr Read of
Fofter Mytton, who had iffue : And 5 Mary married to Mr Giles ffofter, betweenywhom is
Abrahall a numerous pofterity : And 6 Elizabeth marryed to Mr Abrahall : And Elleanor
Huntley not yet married, Anno, 1634.

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Lucy

7. Che faid Margaret Denis, an other daughter of the faid Anne Berkeley and
of Sr William Denis her hufband, was in the 20* of Henry the 8* marryed to Sr
Nicholas Arnold fon and heire of John | Arnold, to whom her uncle Thomas lord
Berkeley, the ffifth, by his will gave two hundred marks to her marriage ; who had
iffue Rowland Arnold, who by Mary his wife daughter of John Bridges created lord
Chandois, had iffue Dorothy marryed to Sr Thomas Lucy, who had iffue Joyce
Cooke maryed to Sr William Cooke knight, whom Henry lord Berkeley made one of his
executors in truft ; who had iffue Sr Robert Cooke, William Cooke flaine at the
Scudamore Ifle of Ree without iffue, Thomas Cooke, Elizabeth married to John Scudamore
Efqr ffrances not married, Mary not maried, Dorothy marryed to another John
Scudamore, Anne married to Peter Ball of the Middle Temple Efqr, who have
iffue William Anno . 1629. And Mildred maryed to John Maxey Efqr, who
have iffue William, Anno, 1629.

Ball
Maxey

The faid Sr Robert Cooke, by Dorothy his wife daughter of Sr Miles ffleetwood,
are the fruitful parents of many hopefull children, Anno, 1629.
8. Che faid Katharine Denis, another daughter of the faid Anne Berkeley and
Tame of Sr William Denis her hufband, was marryed to Sr Edmond Tame fon and heir of
Sr Edmond of ffayreford in the County of Glouc; And fecondly to Sr
Buckley knight ; And thirdly to Mr Ligon ; but had no iffue by any of them.
9. 5Hnb the faid Mary Denis, the youngeft daughter of the faid Anne Berkeley
and of Sr William Denis her hufband, was a profeffed Nunne at Lacocke, And dyed
at Briftoll longe after the diffolution of jthat monaftery.

Chu£ have I let in a little light in the delineation of this lords iffue, branched
from his youngeft fon and onely daughter, James and Anne ; That this lords prefent
pofterity might behold as in a glaffe of Gods own making, how by an immortall bleffing

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bleffing conferred upon this good and pious lord, (who according to his own ordi
nance did eat his own bread in the fweat of his own browes,) his divine goodneffe
hath multiplyed his pofterity in a handfull of years into many thoufands, difperfed
through the veins of the moft illuftrious families in moft of the countyes of this
kingdom : Whereto I fhall after add thoufands more of like eminency and remark-
ablenes, when I come to write | of the iffues of the lord Thomas this lords fecond 633
fon, and foe fucceffively from him.
^ig jsfeaics? of 3Grme0.
% habe not obferved any odier feales that this lord Maurice ufed then a fmall
feale manuell with the ancient coat of Berkeley only, without creft fupporters or
circumfcription : And a little feale with the Lion rampant, the coat of Mowbray : The
like whereof Henry lord Berkeley fometimes ufed, as followeth in his life. fol : [875]

pes beath anb place of burialL
.September is now come, when within one month after king Henry the feaventh
had entred into the 22^ yeare of his raigne, Anno. 1506, This lord Maurice then origin : in fcacio.
22. H. 7. rot. 24.
in action ftrikes faile ; And from his warrs of Weftminfter hall obtaineth that port
which the toile of his life, through care for his pofterity, would not afford ; for his
labors found no haVen but the grave ; then of the age of threefcore and ten yeares
and odd months, whereof hee had been lord in ftile of writings and generall reputa
tion fince his brother the Marques death, fourteene yeares and feaven months or neer
thereabouts ; 3Hnb is buryed in the Auguftines Fryars at London, with fome other of 1
his Aunceftors, leaving behind him the teftimony, vitae bene acta?, of a life well lead, Jni^erkeley ""!.
and an example of admirable induftry to all his pofterity. | H. 8.
Che Ianb£ tohereof he bpeb ge&eb. 634
Chat no lands were left by the Marques Berkeley upon his death to difcend to
this lord his brother and heire hath in both theire lives been declared : |PobJ, behold
what this lord left to his fon and heire ; And let his pofterity tell their fucceeding
generations whether this their Anceftor did not foe well hufband the laft fowerteen years
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claus: 22. H. 7.m.
Origin in fcacio
22. H. 7. rot : 24.
carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
Pat. 22. H-7.ps. 3.

years of his life as Juftly hee may bee faid to bee the reftorer of his houfe and
Barony ; And a perfect lawier, to gaine thefe goodly poffeffions for the moft part
out of broken and controverted titles ; As
The burrowe and manor of Tetbury,
The manor of Sages,
Twenty two marks rent in Frampton,
Divers lands in Thornbury,
The manor of Daglingworth,
The manor of Upton St. Leonards,

In the County of Glouc.

The manor of Winge,
The manor of Segrave in Penne,

}

In the County of
Buckingham.

The manor of Denge,
The manor of Bridgewicke,

J- In the County of Effex.

The manor of Hovingham,
The manor of Donington,
The manor of Twaytes,
The moitie of Winefthorp manor,

In the County of Yorke.

The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor
The manor

of Bretby,
of Linton,
of ;Coton,
of Repingdon,
of Roftlafton,
of Afhburne,
of Howys,

¦ In the County of Derby.

635

The manor of Melton Mowbray,
The manor of Coldoverton,
The manor of Segrave,
The manor of Witherly, |
The manor of Sileby,
The manor of Mountforrell,
The hundred of Gofcote,
The manor of Dalby Chawcombe,

In the County of Leicefter.

The

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The Advowfons of Coldoverton,
Segrave, Howby, Kegworth, Sutton-
Bonington, and fome others,

In the County of Leicefter.

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The manor of Thurlaflon,
The manor of ffleckenhoe,
The manor of Afpely,

In fhe County of Warrwicke.

The manor of Callowdon, in the Counties of the Citie of Coventry
and Warwick.

The manor of Auconbury,
The manor of Wefton,
The manor of ffenyftanton,
The manor of Hilton,
The manor of Guyherne & Murrow,
The manor of Bofham and Buckfold,
The manor of Thorney,
The manor of Funtington,
The manor and Park of Bewbufh,

In the County of Huntington.

- In the County of Suffex.

Fifteen houfes and fower gardens in Calais.
A Meffuage in Churchftreet in Berkeley purchafed by him of
Richard James.

The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Kent and Kentford,

) In the Counties of Cambridge
j and Norffolk.

ffower pounds yearly rent out of the manor of Bromley in Surrey.
The manor of Maningford Brufe in the County of Wilts.
(for which manors and lands foe difcending, his fon Maurice did the 5* of May pat:.f2; H.7.PS.3.
next after his fathers death fue his fpeciall livery, wherein the fame are mentioned ; h. 7.rot.24.exprte
but found no offices at all, though hee tooke out writts of Diem Claufit extrem. remein. Thefaur.
0 Carta exempl : m
dat : caftrode Berkeley.

m*

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dat : 13* Octo : in the 22* of Henry the 7* to have inquired after his fathers death
according to the courfe of the Chancery. 3Hhb thefe manors and lands, thus by this
lords wife induftry gleaned up and brought back into the old barne, is that faire
graynary whereon his pofterity in their feverall fucceffions have ever' fince foe fedd
and feafted, upon the invitements of their prefent occations, by feverall. faies, as
- fcarce a fifth part now remaines unfold for the repaft of future generations, An :
Purchafers. 1628. Upon which alienations alfo fuch numberles peeces of evidence have to the
feverall purchafers been delivered out. of their Evidence houfe, as I much miffe
hundreds of them, for the further beautyfying and inlarging of this hiftory. |
°36 Ctje application anb u£e of big life.
The ufe. Gfr. being an inherent truth, That the love which man naturally oweth to his
progenitors is felt in every mans heart as a forcible motive to draw on imitation of
their vertues and goodnefs with their pofterity, I cannot but hope from the noble
worth and induftry of this lord, That as his virtue ripened in his two fons, (both
lords,) that next followed, neither was any wayes blafted in their fucceeders ; foe it
will invite the lord George, (lyneally from them,) in his maturity of years, reading
this his Anceftors life, to beare like fruite ; not only as a reall acknowledger of his
eftate and dignity, renated (as it were) by this lord Maurice, But to become a true
imitator of his induftry and providence for his own future pofterity : <©f whom I
may truly fay, hee was a king of worthyes ; And to know, that although our cheifeft
hopes ought to bee fixed in the goodneffe of God, yet by puting to that account our
own endeavors the remedy is made more eafy, and wee the fooner matters of our
ends, as lively wee fee in this lords example.
2. ^ftgaine, from the example of the mean eftate wherein this Lord Maurice
was left by his laft Anceftor the Marques, whofe heire hee was, his pofterity may
compound a foveraigne treacle againft worldly pride, unbrotherly contention, infta-
billity of greatnes, and the like : 3Gnb may alfo apprehend, That all greatnes honor
wealth and the like, are but a fhadow, dull and wind : And may more truly com
prehend whence men and honor come, and whither they are to goe.
3. 3dgaine, That to the laborious God is propitious; And that neceffity makes men
fkilfull Artifts who never meant to have practized : And that where honor and profit
are propofed greater fpurrs cannot bee fet to a man that hath fpirrit, even to perform
actions and bring bufinefs about that feems beyond power, As this lords pofterity fees

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fees in the life of this their induftrious Anceftor ; which I wifh may ever lye open
before them.
4. 3Ugaine, when this noble family fhall by way of object reflect itfelf to fee
this their Ancefler, with a milk white head in his irkfome old age of 70. years, in
Winter Terms and frofty feafons, with a buckerom bagg fluffed with lawe cafes, in
early mornings and late evenings walking with his eldeft fon between the fower Inns
of Court and Weftmr hall, following his law fuites in his own old perfon ; not for
himfelf, but for his pofterity, to regaine part of thofe poffeffions which a vaft
brother had profufedly confumed ; to leave thereby whereon to live honorably like
his forefathers : It cannot but ftirre up an active care in his pofterity to pre | ferve 637
and frugally to hufband thofe poffeffions thus painfully obtained ; The end, why
this application and ufe is propofed.
5. 3f_jainc, this noble family may obferve that this their Anceftor erred in his
refolution, holding it better to prove the evill once, then always to fear it ; A caufe
why hee fell fodainly out with the lord Marques his elder brother, whereby hee was
the fooner difinherited of his barony : whereas hee fhould have confidered the con-
clufions of things, rather than their beginings : Of helps wee oft make hindrances.
There are many herbs very fweet when they are gently handled, but they loofe
their favour when they are roughly rub'd : This with this lord fell out too true ;
But femper fapere vix Iovi conceditur, the wifeft are not alwayes wife ; Sometimes
not to erre is beyond the power of Humanity.
6. Sfigaine, let this lords pofterity fweeten their meditations with the
remembrance of the bleffings which Heaven, from the death of this lord to the
prefent infancy of his great-great-great-grandchild the lord George, hath fhowred
down upon this lords generations, as a vifible reward of a life well lead, according
to the ordinance of the Almighty, his lawgiver and creator : ffor further ufe
whereof I returne this family to what is written in the end of the title of this lord's
iffues, which I wifh may bee of ufe to them in their generations to come ; And that fol: [632]
" the fupreme hand of divine providence may uphold the honor of- this lord in a
bleffed perpetuity, which hath done this good for his pofterity.
7- 3Hgaine, the life of this lord tells his pofterity, how much thofe men miftake
the nature of God's divine ordinance, who neglecting the reafon that God hath
given them, do noe otherwife avoid the perills and croffes of this life then as if they
were

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were ftupified in the groffe opinion of fate or deftiny, neglecting either to beg
counfell at Gods hands, or to exercife that wifdom or forefight wherewith God hath
inriched the mind of man.
8. 3dgaine, This lords pofterity feeth that this their Anceftor contented not
himfelf to fit ftill and fay That God was pleafed to have it foe and foe with him,
and thereon to reft ; which had been a true but an Idle anfwer, (for who knoweth not
that Gods fecret will is the caufe of all things ; ) But to know with all That God
giveth fpirit, courage and invention, when and where it pleafeth him to give an
happy iffue to our undertakings and defires ; Yet not fo altogeather to reft upon our
felves, that wee will noe longer feeme to ftand in need of God ; ffor the iffue of
humane wifdome is commonly unfuccefsfull when it depends upon that proviffion
which it felf hath made : 3tnb let this family obferve withall, That the All-powerfull
1 Sam1, cap: 16. God difdained not to inftruct Samuell to avoid the fury of Saul by the accuftomed |
638 cautious waies of the world, when hee fent him upon that dangerous fervice of
anoynting David for that kings fucceffor in the Crowne : And how, though Mofes
Exodus 13 ct. 14 well knew that hee came out of Egypt under the mighty hand of heaven, And that
P- God guided his underftanding in all his enterprifes, yet hee lay not ftill in the ditch
crying for help ; but ufing the underftanding that God had given him, hee left
nothing unperformed becoming a wife man and a valiant and fkillfull conductor, as
by all his actions and counfells well appeared, And found his fucceffe accordingly ;
as this lord alfo did, And his pofterity after may, ufing the fame meanes.
9. Sfrjahtc, from this memorable Anceftor this ufe may bee drawn ; That as noe
adverfity accompanied with the leaft or poffibility of recovering, could ever
vanquifh his endeavor, but would firft looke over every promife, true or falfe, that
the prefent time could make him, and accordingly fucceeded happily in his
tryalls : And knowing that wife men work out their own ends by the medium of
mens affections and naturall appetites : Hee fo perfevered in a wife conftancy,
That hee ever went away mafter of his own ends to his great profit and honor ;
Yet with fuch a magnanimity of fpirit, that hee fcorned to fawn upon or fear the
greateft, as his life hath declared ; And as a man of motion foe perfonally beftirred
himfelf, That to the example of his pofterity hee brought all his purpofes to execu-
' tion : adverfity never leffening his courage, nor profperity his circumfpection. .

c

the Cife of iHanritt the Bijrih
Clje life of Maurice lord Berkeley the fixth of that
name, ftiled in Writings, Maurice Berkeley Efqr, 9Unb
Maurice Berkeley knight, 3Unb Sr Maurice Berkeley of
Yate, knight. 3£nb Maurice Berkeley knight pro corpore
dni regis, for the body of the king ; 5llnb Maurice lord
Berkeley, 3Unb Maurice Berkeley lord Berkeley ; 2flnb
Maurice Berkeley knight, Ld Berkeley; 3Unb Maurice
Berkeley of Berkeley, knight, lord Berkeley.
2Hnb was Ab-patruus,' great-great-great-uncle, to George
now lord Berkeley. 3tnb may bee called Maurice the
Courtier.
Contemnorarp, with king Henry the &11 from the year 1506,
[fic] till 1523.
Cfte life of this lord is delivered under thefe eight titles,
viz*.
1. — J^ijf birth and education, fol : 64L
2. — l^ig forreigne imployments, with his law fuites, fol : 644.
3. — 1$ig creation of 25aron, fol : 654.
4. — J^ijgf wife, fol : 658.
5. — J^i<sf feales of Armes, fol : 660
6. — _^ij_f death and place of buriall, fol : 660.
7. — Che lands whereof hee dyed feized, fol : 663,
8. — Che Application and ufe of his life, fol : 665.
f$ig birth anb ebucation.
I}tS lord Maurice was born in the feaventh year of king Edward the fourth,
Anno . 1467 . and his youths education under his father, who for moft part
continued at Thornbury, as in his life hath been faid.

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3Jn the fecond year of king Richard the third, Anno. 1484, then in the 17'!* carta in caftro de
year of his age, hee was by his fathers means marryed to a gentlewoman of his own er e ey-
age
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1506

642 age and name, as after followeth ; But their nuptiall | bed not bleffing them with
iffue, or giving hope thereof, this lord with his^wives liking betook himfelf to travaile
and to a martiall life ; In which faculty hee became a great foldier and commander,
as the fequell of his life declareth.
% great part of the later ten years of the raigne of king Henry the 7* hee
was his fathers lawbook bearer, extreamly toiled in the paper warrs of Weftminfter
hall ; And in fuch fort for moft part continued till the death of his father, two years
before that king. 1.

diverfi compi
hofpicij in caftro
de Berkeley.

3Ht fuch time as this lords father dyed, and all his life after, if this lord were in
England, hee was either at Yate in Gloucefterfhire, or attendant on the kings perfon ;
If abroad, yet his wife and ftanding houfe were ufually refident at Yate, where alfo
fhee continued during the two years fhee furvived her hufband ; As alfo did the lord
Thomas his brother and heire, as followeth in his life.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

Che 22* of November, Anno .22. H. 7. this lord granted the ftewardfhip of
Bofham with the yearly fee of Ten Pounds, to Edmond Dudley, which is the firft
work I find done by him ; foe wifely willing hee was to have a frend about the
king.

cartae in caftro
de Berkeley.

C()OUgh upon the death of his father and for one year after, this lords ufuall
addition of ftile was but Maurice Berkeley Efqr, yet in the 23* and laft of Henry
the 7^ and in the firft of Henry the 8* then fallen into their fervice, hopes altered
his pen, And his ftile was, Maurice Berkeley fon and heire of Maurice Berkeley
carta in caftro lord Berkeley deceafed, and cozen and heire of Willm Marques Berkeley Earle

de Berkeley.

Marfhall and of Nottingham, Vifcount Berkeley and Lord Berkeley.

9|n the firft of Henry the 8* hee was made knight, and as I think of the Bath,
at that kings Coronation.

'Cartadat:3o.Apr:
4. H. 8.

3(n the 4* of that king, hee was fworn, pro corpore regis, a knight for the body
of the king ; for that year and not before I find that addition of ftile.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

3tnb in the 7* of king Henry the 8* hee increafed his eftate in the fcite of the
manor of Yate with the parke, by a new leafe taken of Henry lord Dawbeny for
fowerfcore years from the death of the furvivor of himfelf and his wife ; (having a
leafe

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195

leafe for their lives before;) where, within ¦ two years after, hee began to build a
faire houfe, the accompt of which charge in building appeareth in a book kept by iib . in caftro de
George Sheppard his principall Survayor, yet extant; fetching moft of the ftones Berkeley. 9. 10. et.
from hafelbury quarre, and the Timber from Kingfwood forreft. | " "
3Ilt September in the 6'!1 of If enry the 8* this lord was by fpeciall appointment 643
one of that princely traine that attended the lady Mary the kings fifter into ffrance, Annat: of England
to bee maryed to Lewis the twelvth, fhee then accompted the faireft lady of the Martin^o^S
world ; And returned for England before Xmas following ; And on newyears-eve
dyed the faid French king after hee had been marryed to the faid lady . 82 . dayes.

3flt the 6* and 7'.h years of Henry the 8* this lord was high Sheriffe for the
County of Glouc; And John Strange his underfherriffe, who alwaies directed his
If To my moft fingular good Mr, Sr Morys Berkeley knight, Sheriffe of the County
of Glouc. ; And foe did Edward Spenfer keeper of the coinon gaole at Glouc. ; An
argument that hee was not then accepted as a peere of the Realme, As after alfo
more fully doth appear : In which year, and after, hee procured many of the
Quarter Seffions for the peace to bee holden at Tetbury, for his own eafe and that
markett town's advantage, himfelf being lord thereof.

Pat fub figillo in
caftro de Berkl :
divers trse in caftro
de Berkeley.

Comp : de Bitton
Manor : 9. H. 8.
et at in caftro de
Berkeley.

SDuring that time of his Shreevewicke, and for many years before and after,
hee was a great houfkeeper under a large expence at his houfe in Yate aforefaid ;
yet fuch hevertheleffe was his providence, as each fatturday hee caft up his
houfhold books of accompts, for what was difburfed by his Steward, Clarke of the
kitchen, Cator, and for his Stable ; And fubfcribed each weeks totall Summe with
his own hand, as the books themfelves doe fhew.

Books in Berkeley
Caftle.

.§UCh alfo was the exact methods by him and his houfhold officers obferved, Comp : joKis
that the perticular expences of each kind of provifion, in each day appeared : 3Unb jjjofpi™ ^Jt I2
when the ordinary allowance was exceeded above the coinon fet rate, the margent H. 8.
renders the reafon, by fuch and fuch ftrangers being there, with their number of comp : de Bitton
attendants and their horfes. As the Duke of Buckingham in . 10 . H. 8 . and **¦ ^el^ny caflr0'
others, when as I conceive a reconciliation was laboured between them. f|ea>
the good lady this lords wife appears alfo in thofe marginall notes, taking exception
to fome perticular Acates that were in redundance, and to other forts that wanted ;
giving direction to y? Steward for time to come what fhee would have done, which
for his better memory hee entred into the margent of his faid houfhold book ; As,
thus

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thus and thus, commanded by my lady : 3ilnb fuch was this lords liking to his feate
at Yate, and his hopes of repoffeffing really the Caftle and Barony of Berkeley
with the members thereof, That hee fold himfelf out of the manor of Wing in the
County of Buckingham, and fome others in remote Counties, as after appeareth;
644 And with the moneys thereby raifed, bought the manors of Bytton and | Hannam,
Mango ttsfeild, Aylmington and divers lands in Henbury in the County of Glouc,
lying near to his faid houfe at Yate ; declaring himfelf thereby to bee a reall
Gloucefterfhire man as his forefathers had been, and that himfelf henceforth would
bee a forreigner in all other Counties ; as more largely fhall bee delivered in an
hiftory of thofe and other manors, which I have, in effect, already finifhed, by
it felf.

pat : dat : 9. Nov1:
6. H. 8. in caftro
de Berk :
Cartae in caftro de
Berkeley.

3Hnb fcarce was this lord difcharged of the office of being high Sheriffe, but
hee procured from the king a generall pardon of all trefpaffes, forfeitures, &c,
made to him, by the names of Maurice Berkeley of Yate knight, ats. Maurice
Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, knight, ats Maurice Berkeley late of Tetbury knight,
ats Maurice Berkeley late of Melton Mowbray knight, als, Maurice Berkeley
knight one of the Juftices of peace in the County of Glouc, ats Maurice Berkeley
late Sheriffe of the County of Glouc, ats Maurice Berkeley knight.

Berkeley.

IjHg forraigne implopmentg.
Che king purpofing warrs with france, great preparations were made, and
Carta in caftro^ de fpetiall Captaines affigned, whereof this lord Maurice was one ; between whom and
the king, it was by Indenture, fubfcribed with the proper hand of the king, dated
the 30^ of Aprill in the fourth of his raigne, (wherin hee is ftiled one of the knights
for his body,) agreed, That hee fhould do the king fervice of warr in the Army
which hee now fendeth under the conduct of Thomas Gray Marques Dorfet his
Leivtenant generall into Gafcoigne and Gwyen, for reduceing them under the kings
obedience, & to have in his retinue in that fervice, fower hundred and eleaven able
men, defenfibly arrayed for the warre, himfelf being one of the number : And to
place for his faid retinue, Leivtenants and petty Captaines under him, and to make
his own mufters and the like, as by .the Indenture appears.

Hollingfi : Stow :
div'f alij

%}X June after, the whole Army took flapping at Southton, and returned in
ember following ; The fucceffe of which Journey I leave to
Annalls of thofe times, who all agree That much was not done.

Marten, et div'fi December following ; The fucceffe of which Journey I leave to the relation of the

%n

1523

ttife of Maurice fhe £i*th

9jlt July following in the 5* of his raigne, the king in perfon went into ffrance
with a powerfull Army, what time hee tooke Tirwine and Turney | and fome other
Cities, And returned into England in October following; with whom went and
returned this lord, But what charge or comand hee had in that royall Army I have
not found.1

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i^otobeit, this lord (then in the 46'.h year of his age,) being required to expreffe
his opinion for the ordering of the Army fent into Gafcoigne, I find as followeth,
which I the rather here infert, Afwell becaufe the fame is this lords own rough
draught and proper hand writing, As for his pofterity to difcerne the difference of
military difcipline in thefe times from thofe of the 4'.h of King Henry the eighth.

<©rber£ to bee obgerbeb for the 3trmp.
Imprimis, to divide the Army into three parts ; That is to fay, the Voward, Maurice Lord
Battle, and Rereward. Berkeley Manufcr.
in caftro de
Berkeley.
Item, to appoint the cheifeft Captaine of the Voward, and what Captaines and
number fhall goe with him.
Item, to appoint the Captaine and number of the battle.
Item, to appoint the cheife Captaine of the rereward, and what Captaines and
number fhall goe with him.
Item, the high Marfhall for the Army.

Item, the provoft Marfhall.

Item

1 Little mention is made of Maurice Lord Berkeley in the State Papers of Henry viij. He is named
ma letter of Cardinal Wolfey, dated 20 Aug., 1523, to be required with Lord Sandes "for affiftance to
be gyven unto the Lieutenant (the Duke of Suffolk,") Vol. I. p. 123 ; and in another letter from Wolfey,
dated at Hampton Court, the 30th of the fame month, it is mentioned that, " the Kinges Grace hathe
levied a puiffant armye of as tal active and ele£t perfons, with as expert and good Capitains, as hathe
paffed out of this Realme at any tyme this 100 yeres ; whiche armye largely furnifhed and pourveyed of
Ordenaunces Artillarye and other abilyamentes of werre, and femblably of vitailes in fufficient quantite
is commytted unto the governaunce and leding of the Kinges entierly beloved Coufm and Counfaillour
the Duke of Suffolk as his Graces Lieutenaunt General of the fame. In whofe company be affigned
diverfe Lords and other difcrete and experte Counfaillors and Capitains, as the Lords Mountjoy,
Montague, Ferrers, Sandes, Berkeley, &c." (Vol. V. 170.) We do not however fee Lord Berkeley named
in the proceedings againft Therouenne and Tournay. [Ed.]

198 Che Ulibeg of tfje 25erftelepisf 1506
Item, the Treaforer.
Item, the mafter of the ordinance.
Item, three Captaines of the pyoneers, whereof one to bee with the voward,
Another with the battle, And the third with the rereward.
Item, a principall Captaine for the Scowtes.
Item, feaven Captaines to have the rule of the watch nightly, whereof one to
watch. And to have the rule of the ftale1 in the market ; And the fcoute to fend
word to the Captaine of the ftale from time to time if the cafe foe require, And
' hee to advertize the Lievtenant ; And the faid Captaine to fend certaine of the
ftale to view the watch of the Ringe fower times of the night.
Item, before two of the clock in the morning the watch and fcout to bee
releived with others.
Item, the Marfhall to goe daily before, and to take and appoint the place
646 where the Campe fhall lye ; And every lord and Captaine to fend a furrier | to
receive the ground and place for their mafters lodgings.
Item, to appoint one man with three officers under him to have the overfight
of the carts and carriages, and to fee them conveyed out of the campe, from the
tents unto the outfide of the feild ; And foe to march in that order as they fhall bee
appointed, not fuffering any carriage to goe ten fcore before the voward, nor ten
fcore behind the rereward ; And alfo at their coming to the Campe, having
difcharged their carriages and fetched their forege, to place them for the fortifying
of the campe as they fhall bee appointed by the Marfhall.
Item, one principall man to have the rule and charge of all kind of victualls,
and to fee the diftribution thereof, And alfo to receive money for the fame ; And
hee to have a convenient number under him for the better order and execution of
that charge ; and to bee Clarke of the Market.
Item, the campe to bee fet every day at a convenient houre.
Item, the voward to remaine in order of battle untill all the carriages of the
fame bee come where they fhall bee appointed, and the tents almoft fet up, And
then they of the voward to goe to their lodgings. Item,
1 flail.

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Item, the battle to remaine in order till the coming of the rereward, and then
to goe to their lodgings.
Item, the rereward to remaine in order of battle till all the carriages bee come
into the campe, and then they to go to their lodgings.
Item, every day a Captaine with a convenient number to bee appointed to goe
for the forrage ; And that noe man to goe out of the forrage untill the faid
Captaine be ready and in order for their defence.
Item, the faid Captaine to fend out good fqyryors (fic) before his going forth.
Item, that noe man goe to the forrage but fuch as their Captaines will appoint;
And they to goe noe further nor tarry longer then the captaine of the foriage fhall
appoint them.
Item, every morning when the trumpets fhall give warning, every man to take
down their Tents and lade their carts ; And the captaine of the voward to bee ready
in order of battle before the going forth of any of the carts.
Item, the battle to do the like.
Item, the like order for the rereward.
Item, the voward and rereward to have good fqyriors out in every fide. |
Item, that no man after the campe fet goe forth of the campe without licence 647
of the Lievtenant, the Scouts only excepted.
Item, to appoint to the voward a Captaine of Horfmen.
Item, the like for the battle.
Item, the like for the rereward. Chu£ this lords writing.
Wfyftgt this voyage was in preparation and this lord bent towards the Journey,
Hee for his better provifion borrowed one thoufand pound of John Heron Sergeant
at lawe ; And for the fetling of his eftate and repayment of the faid money in cafe
hee fhould dye in that warre, by his Deed tripartite dated the 26* of March in the
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cartas cum Edro third year of Henry the 8* by the name of Maurice Berkeley knight, enfeoffed Sr
baronft.'dat^o! William Read knight, Richard Brook Sergeant at law, and others, of his manors of
m'cij. 3. H. 8. Bofham ffuntington and Thorney in the County of Suffex ; 2tnb of his manor of
Winge in the County of Bucks, And of his manors of Bretby, Roftlafton, Cotton
and Linton in the County of Derby, And of the manor of Wetherly in the County
of Liefter, And of the manor of Denge in the County of Effex, and of his manors
of Auconbury and Wefton in the County of Huntington ; To the ufe of himfelf
and his heires and to performe his laft will.

Subfcrib : Morys
Berkeley.

Duae cartae cum
pdco Edro
Deringe mil[i]te
et barronetto.

3Ultb by another Deed of the fame date, It was between all the faid parties and
the faid John Heron agreed, And this Maurice did accordingly covenant, That the
faid ffeoffees fhould ftand feized, To the ufe of the faid John Heron and his heires
untill hee were paid one thoufand pounds w* his charges in levying the fame, which
fomme hee hath borrowed of him, And after to the ufe of himfelf and his heires,
and to performe his laft will.

Pafch : 4. &. 5.
H. 8. rot. 333. in
banco :

Volunt Sub
Sigillo. 5. H. 8.
in caftro de Berk:

648
Funtington

Office. 29. H. 8.
poft mort. Thomae
Dm' Berkeley, vi*
vide in vita Jacobi
Dni. Berkeley,

5(n Eafter term in the 4'.h and 5* of king Henry the 8* then upon his faid voy
age into Gafcoigne as hath been faid, hee fuffered conion Recoveries of all or moft
of his lands, thereby to cut off all old entayles, and to draw a fee fimple to himfelf,
the better thereby to difpofe of his eftate in fettling of his affairs by his laft will ;
Having alfo the year before made divers feoffments of the fame manors the better
to perfect the faid Recoveries : 5HH which hee declared to bee, To the ufe of himfelf
and his heires, and to the intent to perform his- will ; which,, firft in the third year,
and after in the fifth year of Henry the 8£.h hee did at large ; 31nb declareth that the
manors of Melton Mowbray, Coldoverton, Sileby, Mountforrell, Segrave, Thur-
lafton, fflekenhoe, Tetbury, Daglingworth, and Sages, fhould bee To the ufe of
Katharine his wife for life in lieu of Joynture and Dower ; And the manors of
Bofham, ffunt | ington, Thorney, Winge, Segrave in Penne, Bretby, Cotton, Roft
lafton, Lynton, Repington, Witherly, Auconbury, and Wefton, fhould bee to the ufe
of John Heron untill hee were paid the faid thoufand pound borrowed of him,
according to Indentures thereof made in the third of king Henry the eighth as
before is touched ; And then his feoffees, to grant thefe Annuities to thefe perfons
following Tor their feverall lives, viz? To James Berkeley Efqr his brother, Twenty
pounds p Anii. To Thomas Try his Sollicitor Ten pounds p Ann. To Margaret
Shippard. 3" 6s. 8? To Raph Butler. 4V1 To Thomas Berkeley 4? (of whom were the
Berkeleys of Berkeley Town,) To Richard Berkeley 4" (of whom are the Berkeleys
of Worcefter and Herefordfhires,) To Peter Swift. 6" 13? 4d. To George Shippard
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4? To James lluen. [fic] 6!' 13^4?: And foe to twelve others for their feverall lives out
of the manors laft mentioned ; And after for payment of his debts; And after to his
right heires ; wherein his providence, (leaft his will fhould bee fuppreft,) was fuch
that, with the privity of his faid follicitor, hee left three feverall wills, (one and the
fame,) all ingroffed in parchment under his hand and feale at Armes in three feverall
freinds keepings ; All which came after togeather, and are now in Berkeley Caftle.
Slntl afterwards in the 12* of king Henry the 8* hee added a Codicell to the former yahint. 12. H. 8.
will, and thereby gave five hundred marks to the faid Mary Berkeley his brother
James daughter, fo that in her marriage fhee bee ruled by his executors and by the
Pryor of Bath and by the Mafter of the Gawnts at Briftoll ; And appointed alfo a
great portion of money towards the building of the body of the Church and
Monaftery of Sr Auguftines, And in making of a Chappie of our bleffed lady within
the fame Church, wherein, (faith the will,) I intend by Gods grace my body after
my deceafe fhall lye. And for the reedifying and building of the church and chancell See fol : [540]
and flails of the ffryars minors in Glouc, whereof (faith his will) I am founder, And
where dame Ifable Berkeley my grandame lyeth buryed ; which work (faith the faid
will) I have now began, and in cafe I dye, Then my executors fubftantially to finifh
the fame : 3flnb this Lord further declared by his faid will, That if any perfon fhould
put out or moleft his faid Cozen Thomas Try out of the manor of Callowdon, which
hee hath for Terme of his life by the joynt demife of him and his mother in the 5*
of Henry the 8* or fhall avoyd any leafe, grant by Copy, or anuity by him made or
to bee made, Then his executors to fell his manor of Bretby from him and his heirs,
And with the money arifeing, to fattisfy his faid Cozen Try, and every of his leffees
and Grantees which fhall happen to bee expulfed. | 3Enb by an addition the fame 649
year to this will and Codicill, hee giveth his leafe of Yate of 80 yeares after his
wives death to his nephew Thomas, (after lord Berkeley,) fon of his brother Thomas;
And to his faid wife the one half of all his plate and goods both at Yate and elfe-
where, And the other half to the faid Thomas his nephew. 2lnb now at Calais, the Volunt. Mauric
11* of Septr 1523, in the fifteenth of king Henry the eighth, by a further codicill caftrode Berkeley..
annexed to the former will, appointeth his body to bee buried in Trinity Chappie in
S? Nicholas Church in Calais ; And that his two chaplins Handly and Afkwith
fhould celebrate and pray twenty years for his foule, The firft ten years in Trinity
chappie, and the other ten years in Sr Auguftines monaftery in Briftoll, And to have
ten pounds a peece yearly wages out of his manr of Bofham. And gave further
feaven other anuities, (befides thofe afore mentioned,) to feaven fervants during
their lives. 3Enb further increafed his wives joynture with the manor of Tetbury
for her life. Sifter
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Che Hibeg of tfje 2&er&riep£

1506

carta cum Edro
Deering milite et
Barronett[o].

Sifter whofe death his executors, Sr John ffit3-James cheife baron of the
Exchequer and others, (per noia executor tefti dni Mauricij Berkeley militis rtni
Berkeley,) having difburfed great charges about his funerall, had their difcharge
from Thomas Wolfey then Cardinall and Legate, And from William Archbifliop of
Canterbury and Legate alfo, by deed under both their feales dated the 1 2* of
February . 1523 . Anno 15* of Henry the 8*

pat: dat : 25.
Odtob. 24. H. 7.
in caftro de
Berkeley.
mich : rec : 24.
H. 7. rot. t. in
fcacio cum rem
Thefaur.

Carta dat. 6. Nov.
1. H. 8. in caftro
de Berkeley.

f^cncp the 7* in the 24* of his raigne granted to this lord for his life the ranger-
fhip and cuftody of the forrefts of Kingfwood and ffillwood, and the ftewardfhip of
the manor and hundred of Portbury ; Upon furrender of which tres patent, (found
infufficient,) hee had a new grant the 20* of July in the 3* of King Henry the 8*
with the fee of feaven pence halfpeny by the day for Kingfwood and ffillwood, and
Ten pound fee for Portbury.
3fn the firft yeare of king Henry the eighth, Sr Adrian Fortifcue knight made
this Sr Maurice fteward of his manors of Bradfton and Stinchcomb and of all other
his manors and lands in the County of Glouc, for his life, for the fee of twenty
fhillings.

carta in caftro Che fame year Sr Thomas Knevet and Mirriell his wife made this lord
de Berkeley. Steward of their manors of Paynfwick, Moreton, and Whaddon, in the Com of
Glouc, for the life of the faid Mirryell, with the fee of 53L 4? #f which Mirryell
fol : [479] fee before in the life of Thomas lord Berkeley the fourth.
^e^erkeley! ^Ihb in the 4* of king Henry the 8* Sr Charles Brandon made this lord
650 fteward of his manors of Paynfwick, Whaddon, Moreton Valence, and | Rengworth,
in the county of Glouc, and mafter of his game of Deer, with a few buck and few
Doe and 53L 4? fee, for his life.
Carta. 27. m'cij. 31n the 6A of king Henry the 8^ Adrian, Cardinall and bifhop of Bath and
J51P' Wells, granted to this lord the keeperfhip of Pucklechurch parke, (not two miles
Berkel from Yate,) for the terme of his life.

Carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

5(n die 1 2* of king Henry the eighth, Sr Arthur Plantagenet made this lord
fteward of his manor of Panefwick and of all other his manors and lordshps in the
County of Glouc, and mafter of his game of Deere there, with the fee of 3" 61 8? for
his life : And doubtles this lord Maurice was a very able man, And, befides his
military knowledge, better fkilled in the laws and flatutes of the realme than any of

i523

Eife of Maurice the £>ut§

20.'

Volunt : 12. H. 8
in caftro de
Berkel :

of his Anceftors, his father excepted, whofe follicitor hee was, as in his life hath
been faid.
3[n the 7* of king Henry the 8* this lord bought of the king the wardfhip of pat: dat 24. Maij
the body and lands of John fonne and heire of Richard Berkeley of Stoke Gifford ; £e Berkeley?3 "*
for which hee paid five hundred marks ; And by his will five years after, directed,
that at fixteen years of age hee fhould marry Ifable Denys his fifters daughter ;
And if fhee dyed or refufed, Then to marry Ellenor Denys her fifter, And fo to
Margaret another fifter : But the marriage held with the faid Ifable, as in the lives
of the lord Maurice the third and of the lord Maurice the fifth is formerly written, fol : [315]
propagateing an eminent pofterity of many thoufands at this day 1627.
3(n the 14* of king Henry the 8'.h this lord Maurice bought of the king the Carta in caftro de
wardfhip and mariage of Thomas fon and heir of Sr Owen Perrot, whom by his will
hee directed to marry his brother James Berkeleys daughr, which after his death
tooke an happy effect, fhee proving as matchleffe a lady as lived in her days ; from
whom an army of eminent gentlemen and a fair race of great nobillity at this day
living, (1627,) are difcended, as in the life of the lord Maurice the fifth this lords
father hath appeared.

25p the award of Sr Edmond Tame, Sr John ffitz James chiefe baron, and
Robert Bowringe, the 24* of ffebruary in the 5^ of Henry the 8* That great con-
troverfy which had many years been tumbled with variable fucceffe, between this
lord and his father And Sr Robert Poyntz, was ended ; whereby this lord had to
him and his heires the manor of Daglingworth, And the moitie of the moitie of
the manor of Brokenburrow, extending into the Townfhipps of Tockington,
Almondefbury and others, fometime yf lands of John Knull fon of Rys ap Evan ;
3Htlb the faid Sr Robert had to him and his heirs the manor of litle Marfhfeild, and
the other moitie of the moitie of Brokenburrow : And they to prefent to the chantry
of Al | mondfbury called Brokenburrows Chantry by alternate turnes : And that
Ifable mother of this lord, and John Berkeley fon of Thomas this lords uncle,
fhould feverally releafe, viz? Ifable, all her right in Brokenburrow, and Jn? Berkeley
all his right in litle Marfhfeild, to Sr Robert Poyntz. 3lnb this alfo finifhed that
tryall at lawe which had paffed againft this lord, And the writt of Error which hee
had brought for the reverfall of the judgment given upon that verdict.
9fn the tenth of king Henry the 8? began this lord Maurice to allow 6!! 13L 4?
p anii, ex eleemofyna fua, out of his almes and bounty, towards the repaire of the
church of the Gray ffryars in Glouc. ; which liberallity hee continued many years, yea
2 d 2

Carta in papir
in caftro de Berk :

651

In banco. A° 5.
H. 8.

Comp : manerij
de Vpton SI
Leonards cum
Am : Ligon milte
Voluntas Mauricij
12. H. 8.

204 ®$t 3titiej6f of t&e 2&erfttfepg 1506
yea after his death, till the fame was finifhed ; Of which place this family were
fol : 648. founders ; as before is touched in this lords life.
rec. in fccio cum «|jn tne nintn vear 0f king Henry the 8* what time this lord held himfelf half
rot. 55! affured of a reftitution, the king, (by this lords own meanes noe doubt,) awarded his
comiffion to this lord and others, to find out what wafts and fpoiles of Deere wood
and timber were committed upon his lands called Berkeleys lands, within his
hundred of Berkeley : Of the carefull execution whereof and returne, fmall queftion
needs bee made.
carto in caftro de ^jjg 7* of July in the year 15 16, in the 8* year of king Henry the 8* This
y' lord Maurice and eleaven others of the like ranke joined in a devout petition to the
popes holines, And obtained graces of having power to chufe each' of them a
preift to bee their confeffor, And hee to bee by this grace enabled to abfolve them
and give them abfolution ab omnibus fuis peccatis, criminibus, exceffibus et delictis,
quibufcunque, de quibus corde contriti et ore confeffi fuerint, from all their fins,
crimes, exceffes, and offences, whereof they fhould bee contrite in heart and
confeffed with their mouthes ; with many other graces, one whereof was, to enter
into any nunnery, et cum monialibus converfari dumodo ibm non pernoclent, And
to converfe with the Nunns there, fo that they flay not with them all night &c :
And fome other of the graces were de coinutatione votorum et relaxiacone jura-
mentorum, of changing their vowes and releafe of oaths ; And de plenaria remiffione
et abfolucone peccatorum, femel in vita et in mortis articulo, of plenary remiffion
and pardon of their fins once in life and in the inftant of death ; And de ingrediendo
monafterio monialium, to have recourfe to the Monafteries of Nunns as before ;
' And divers others, All which they obtained from his holinefs as they had petitioned :
(Upon the power and efficacy of which Indulgence, paft queftion this lord greatly
relyed.
Liber ordinis i©hcrea£ in the fcruteny for Election of new knights of the honorable order of
gartenj, manufcr the garter) to fuppiy anv one deceafed, each knight of that order nameth three
652 princes, three of the baronage, and three knights, whereout the king | as foveraigne
of the order choofeth as beft him pleafeth j1 This Maurice was in the fixth yeare of
king
1 At the foot of the Manufcript is the following note to this paffage, in a different hand-writing :—
" 1723. I dont know how it might bee in thofe days, but now it is only for forms fake they are named
but never any choofe but whom the Sovereign appoints but is an eafy miftake for fo did this Prince of
Wales when L? Halifax carried him the Garter from Queen Anne and fhewed him all the form of chufing
he ftarted and faid : ' How came I to have it, you have the moft votes ? ' " — [Ed.]

1523 £ife of Maurice tfjc £i*th 205
king Henry the eig[h]th named for one by Thomas Howard the Duke of Norfolk,
and by Charles Brandon duke of Suffolk, by the Earle of Worcefter, and by Sr
Thomas Lovell, but miffed the election.
3(tt the 8* year hee was againe in the fcruteny named by the faid Duke of g H 8
Suffolk, Sr Thomas Lovell, and Sr Henry .Marney, after Lord Marney.
3[n the 10* year hee was againe in the fcruteny named by Thomas Gray 10. H. 8.
Marques Dorfet, Sr Thomas Lovell, and the lorfcLEeynings.
3ftt the 14^ year hee was againe in the fcruteny named by the Earles of Devon I4. h. 8.
and Worcefter, and Sr Thomas Lovell.
3(n the 15* year, (about five months before hee dyed,) this lord was againe in
the fcruteny named by the Duke of Suffolk, the Earles of Devon and Effex,
Sr Thomas Lovell, and Sr Richard Wingfeild, but allwayes miffed the Election ; All
which five times hee was named a knight and not a baron.1
3fn the 7* of king Henry the 8*? the king made him Leivtenant of the Caftle Volunt: 15. H. 8.
of Calais, and Captaine over so men at Armes, whereof one was to bee Conftable of Pretd : Mauncij.
' r J ' Pat : 7. H. 8. in
the faid Caftle; which was of great profit unto him in regard to the fees and caftrode Berkeley.
allowances belonging to thofe offices : And what great fervices hee often did againft
the French whilft hee was lievtenant the marginall will informe his pofterity. Marten, fol : 396.
5lnb many tres remaine in Berkeley Caftle directed to the right reverend and
worfhipfull Sr Maurice Berkeley knight and Leivtenant of the Caftle of Calais :
Amongft others, one from Thomas Norton mafter of Burton Sr Lazar, wherein after
hee had acknowledged that their Mills neere Melton Mowbray were given to that
monaftery by his noble progenitors fower hundred years agoe and more, hee tells
him his officers at Melton are by his direction, as they fay, about to fet up Mills at
Melton, to their great prejudice in their fucconi, which none of his progenitors lords Toll.
nor ladies have ever attempted : 3filtb further, that our holy fathers, popes of Rome,
have confirmed all fuch guifts, with many dangerous words and fentence to them
that either hurt, harme, leffen, or minifh any poffeffions of their faid houfe ; Trailing,
that it is not his mind to bee any of thefe, whereon it feemes, that that project was
laid afide for a time. Wfytify tre alfo fhewes, that at this time this lords wife was
with him at Calais. I S?anp
1 In the fame hand-writing as the laft is this note in the margin :— " James Earl of Berkeley was the
firft of this family that was a Knight of the Garter 1617 [1717 ?] and Vice Admirall of England, firft U
of the Bedchamber to King George y« firft, Commiffioner of the Admiralty &c." — [Ed. J

206 C|)e Hibe£ of the Sfcerftefepg 1506
653 0r)anp were the petitions of right which this lord Exhibited at feverall times to
king Henry the 8* to have reftitution according to right and the laws of England
of the Caftle and Manor of Berkeley, and of the manors of Hame, Appleridge,
Alkington, Hinton, Came, Hurft, Wotton, Simondfall, Cowley and Simbridge, in
the County of Glouc. ; and of Wefton befides baldock in the County of Hartford;
and of Portbury in the County of Somerfet ; And of Kington in the County of
Warwick ; (which were all that remained in the kings hands of the Marques
Berkeleys entayles made to his father king Henry the feaventh ;) And divers kinds
of propofitions at feverall times were made by him to the king, the better to fweeten
his fuites and draw on expedition ; wherein at laft hee foe farre prevailed that hee
had the kings hand to bee reftored to them : 3in one whereof hee ufed thefe words,
That this lord William his unkle conveyed thofe manors to his maj".es father without
any money receiving, but onely from an high and pompous mind to bee exalted to
the degree of a Marques, and to bee created Marques Berkeley. Howbeit death
prevented this lords defires, caufing all that labor to bee loft, which was never after
profecuted by any of his heires, till the hand of heaven returned thefe manors and
lands to the lord Henry the firft, upon the death of king Edward the fixth, As after
followeth in; his life.
25etb)een Edward Stafford duke of Buckingham, (who by divers writers is
noted to bee a man of an high fpirit, and very ambitious, and a daily plotter of
Treafon againft king Henry the eighth, for which at laft hee loft his head in the 13*
of that kinge,) and this lord Maurice was much bitternefs, which continued till neare
the Dukes death ; fome ill relifhes of whofe impofthumed malice are not yet wafhed
out of divers papers in Berkeley Caftle ; As the Dukes- calling this lords wife, falfe
chorle and wiche ; And him, falfe unnaturall Maurice : And that the leaft that is
then at Yate neere towards him, fhould fet right nought by him at his own doors where hee dwelleth ;
And that hee fhall be faine to feed piggs, as hee did afore when hee dwelled at Port
bury, the which is more meet for him then any other worfhip both for his reafon
and his perfon, or for any goodnefs or vertue that is in him, fave falfe covetoufjiefs
and falfe defire of that hee hath noe right to. 3lnb on the other fide, this lord
Maurice caufed one of his fervants to tell the duke, that thofe words belonged to
the duke and to his Earldome, and that hee fent them back againe to flop muftard
pots with ; And that hee loved him not, nor none of his, nor never would ; <©f which
hatred between thefe two neighbors the country towns in thofe parts had foe open
654 notice, That the Duke coming in his ] way towards London to lodge the firft night
at Tetbury, ten miles from his houfe at Thornbury, the Baily and burgeffes, (hopeing

1523 £ife of Maurice the &isth 2Qy

(hopeing belike to pleafe thereby this lord Maurice their landlord,) kept him from
their Town, not fuffering him to lodge in any of their Inns or houfes : whereof this Lres in Berkeley
lord Maurice was forthwith advertized, then at Calais, by the tre of one of his preifts. °a e'
3lnb it is more then probable, that this lord had a finger in removing the Dukes
head from his fhoulders, within two years after thefe unfavoury vents.
9In the 14* of king Henry the 8* this lord is celebrated in the Annalls of Marten : fol : 396.
thofe times to bee one of thofe cheife and valerous Captaines, worthy of all praife,
who under the Earle of Surrey, generall of the Army, did fo great fervice againft
the french king, in facking of his Towns and Caftles, with the gaine of an incredible
booty ; And other martiall imploym? of this lord, afwell at home againft Perkin
Warbeke in the time of Henry the 7'Vas againft the Scots and ffrench in the time
of Henry the 8* each fecond year at leaft till hee dyed ; Witnes his valour and Marten, fol : 348.
worth in Martiall affaires. tyig creation of 2&aron.
Chis is the place promifed in the lives of the lord Robert the firft and of the folio 39.
lord James the firft, and of the lord Maurice the fifth this lords father, to fpeake S02
further and more largely of the Barony of Berkeley, and of this lords new calling
by writt to the eftate, ftile, and dignity of a Baron or peere of the Realme, And
really to bee lord Berkeley ; and of the place of precedence which the lords
Berkeleys now have or ought to have in Parliament amongft their peeres, then in
the lives of thofe three lords I have done : Che nominall title of lord Berkeley
afwell this lord Maurice himfelf, as his father before him, had frequently ufed in
their fliles, in moft of their own Deeds and Indentures ; And foe alfo ufed
many great perfons, as the Duke of Norfolk and others in writing to them to
call them ; And fuch alfo was the ufuall fpeech of fervants in their families at home
and abroad: J^otODCit, neither was this lord Maurice, nor the lord Maurice his
father, re vert and really, a peere of the realme, nor a Baron of Parliament, nor
called to | any parliament fince the death of Willm Marques Berkeley in the 7'.h 655
year of king Henry the 7* till the end of this 14* year of king Henry the 8*. So
that for thofe 31 yeares this barony of Berkeley, (as the phrafe of comon law is,)
was in Abeiance, fufpence, or confideration of law ; for it may not bee faid, That
the Marques Berkeley by the grant of the Caftle and manor of Berkeley, which is
but
1 Sir Maurice Berkeley is mentioned by Hall as one of thofe who followed the King to Taunton on
this occafion. Chron. p. 485. [Ed. J

208 Che ftibeg of tfje 2&crKefep£ 1506
but a matter in fact, did transferr his title of honor to king Henry the 7'.h and foe the
king to bee lord Berkeley ; Neither, in truth, in all the Marques his grants to that
king is any fuch word as Barony, dignity, title, ftile, or honor, found, but only
words fitting for transferring the corporeall fubftance of the caftle of Berkeley and
of the hundred and manors and fervices thereto belonging. 3lnb therefore in
regard of fuch the kings poffeffion in the Caftle and manor of Berkeley, the name,
honor, ftile, and dignity of hd Berkeley, was fufpended in the Crown ; 3ln0 now
upon this calling of the faid Maurice by writt, hee became puifne or youngeft baron
of all others, loofinge, by acceptance thereof, his Anceftors ancient place of pre
cedency in parliament, as himfelf, upon receipt ©f his Writt, brought him to Calais
by George Scheppard his kinfman, and fervant, judicioufly conceived : Upon whofe
returne back into England, three of his deareft and moft intimate wife friends, in
their reply, thus wrote unto him.
Co the lorb 95erMep, liebtenant of the Cagtle of Caiaig.
Letter in ye caftle %Xl OUT right hearty manner, wee recomend us to your good L?fhipp : So it
of Berkeley. ^ wee perceive DV y0ur fervant George Scheppard, That yee would bee content
to know our advice in taking of this honor, which the kings grace by his writt hath
lately called you too ; Sr, wee all will advife you to take the honor ; and howbeit
that as yet yee have not the roome in the parliament chamber that the lord
Berkeleys have had of old time, yet wee will advife you to take this roome
appointed to you at this time, and to make noe labor of the higher roome at this
time, for caufes to longe to write : And yet divers lords your frends here would
have had you labor for the lord Berkeleys roome, howbeit peradventure yee fhall
have more convenient time hereafter then now ; And for your farther fpede in this
matter, wee have caufed your name to bee enterid into the parliament roll, with your
writt, and have defired the lord Mountgoie to appier there for you, and to give his
voice for you in like manner as in time paffide hath bene ufied one lord to doe in
656 the abfence of another ; So that you | ftand now by matter of record in the full
eftate and degree of a Baron, wherein wee pray God to fend you good continuance,
An": 15. H. 8. .. ,&, , , „ ,. S
1523. Wlth as much honor as ever had Baron before you.
At London the 6* of May 1523. Your own affurede John ffitj James.
Richard Weyfton.
William Denys. 1. m

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1. <©f whom Sr John ffit.3 James was lord cheife baron of the Exchequer, and
then one of his feoffees, trufted with his eftate, and the principall executor in his
will. 2. Sit Richard Weyfton, was of the kings privy Chamber, a difcreet valiant Marten chron.
and temperate man, as Marten and others call him. : 391-
3. 9lnb William Denys had maryed his only fifter, Anne Berkeley, of the
kings privy chamber alfoe ; Who all knew That the king at this time had figned
with his hand his petition of Right, for his reftitution to the barony Caftle and
manor of Berkeley, and of the other manors formerly named, the true effentialls fol: [653]
thereof; And therefore, (if noe other caufe were,) their advice was good, that this
lord fhould not bee too earneft at firft for the fhadowe but to flay a while for the
fubftance, till a more convenient time fhould inveft him in the actuall poffeffion of
his faid caftle and lands, either by that kings reftitution, or by the kings death
without iffue male, then having none, nor likely by his wife to have any ; and then
the place of precedence would follow of courfe and by lawe.
get for all this would not this lord take- this Stile and Calling upon him, unles
withall hee had his Anceftors place in parliament, as another- tre written to him by
his faid kinfman and fervant George Schipward the 1 31!1 of the faid May doth inti
mate ; wherein he tells him, That the lord Cheife Baron and Mafter Denys have Lres in Berkeley
knowledge that yee ufe not your name within your houfe according, wherein they e"
think, that if you fhould foe doe ye doe not well : And alfo their advice is, that yee
fhall provide a fadd gentlewoman in the court, to wayte upon my lady, to attend
upon her according : meaning according to her new honor of Baroneffe ; Where
upon this lord at laft accepted of the Honor conferred by the faid writt, And con
tented himfelf with the kings pleafure of being the youngeft Baron in place at that
Parliament. 3lnb at this time, many tres congratulating this his new | honor, were 657
written to him, (as alfo many others were, upon buifines,) which from henceforth
were directed, To the right honorable and my efpetiall good lord, my lord Berkeley,
Lieutenant of Calais ; which words of right honorable, neither hee_nor his father
had received before. 3lnb amongft others, Thomas Burghull preift, in his tre from
London dated the 5* of that May, writes, (inter alia) to him, That where the kings
grace hath create you lord Berkeley, this is a good preparative for the hope that his
grace will hereafter endue you with the very lordfhip of Berkeley, your inheritance,
which I pray God I may fee. Slnb
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3lnb thus, (for ought I have perceived to the contrary,) ftood the place of this
lord Maurice in his precedency, but from the end of this 14* yeare of king Henry
the 8'.h And foe alfo of Thomas his brother and heire, and of Thomas his fon and
heire, and foe alfo of Henry his pofthumus fon and heire, till the 19* of his age,
when by the death of king Edward the fixth without iffue male the Ancient dignity
barony honor caftle and manor of Berkeley reverted to the faid lord Henry, both as
right heire to the lord William Marques Berkeley, the conuzor in the fyne often
before mentioned, And alfo by difcent of the ancient dignity from the firft creation
of the lord Robert the firft, in the firft year of the raigne of king Henry the fecond,
Anno Dom . 1 1 54. which by the former acts or conveyances made to the heirs males
of king Henry the feavenths body, could not bee extinguifh ed ; As that profound
Coke: 11 rep: learned Judge Sr Edward Coke hath in the cafe of the lord De la Ware, (formerly
mentioned,) delivered : ^either could the acceptance of the dignity by this lord
Maurice, or the continuance thereof by the two next lords, Thomas and Thomas,
bee any barre hindrance or eftoppell to the lord Henry, when through want of iffue
male of the body of king Henry the feaventh, hee entred upon his anceftors honour,
and dignity in the firft yeare of Queen Mary : whereto alfo hee is the better remitted
by reafon of his minority and his then wardfhip to the Crown, as in his life will more
fol : [727 et feq.] fully appear. JtDtycrcitpQtt I conclude, That the lord George, grandchild and heir of
the faid lord Henry, notwithftanding any thing to the contrary, hath and of right
ought to have, place of precedence and anteriority from the faid firft year of king
Henry the fecond, Anno . 1 1 54 . and confequently before the lords De la Ware, or
any other now in the ftate of a Baron in England, for ought I have found to the
contrary : neither needs any paynes to bee taken to looke after reftitutions in bloud,
for none of his Anceftors have at any time been attainted.
3lllb befides, this lord, howbeit hee had his proxey, as by the former Lre [
658 appeareth, yet never came perfonally to that parliament, but ftill kept at Calais,
where hee dyed in September followinge, as after appeareth.
1$ig toife.
carta in caftro de C|)i£ lord Maurice married Katharine the daughter of Sr Wiftm Berkeley of
Berkeey. gtoke Gifford, knight, in the fecond year of king Richard the third, then in the 17*
year of his own age, and fhee not much under, with the good liking of their parents,
as hath been partly before touched ; As alfo that fhee brought in portion as her
dowry Forty marks in hand, and feaven hundred marks more payable by five marks
every quarter, for fecurity whereof the faid Sr Wiftm made a leafe of his manor of
Kingfton

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211

Kingfton Seamor in the County of Somerfet, for 35 years, and alfo gave his obli- Obli:dat:28. Jan

2. R. 3. in caftro

gation of one thoufand marks ; Howbeit, neither party fully performing their cove- de Berkeley'
nants, the fame was afterwards by another indenture between this lords father and carta in caftro de
Richard Berkeley fon and heire of the faid Sr Wittm, dated the 17* November in Berkeley-
the 17* of Henry the 7* reconciled and performed without fuite, each remitting to
other their mutuall breaches.

Che Joynture of this lady at the time of her marriage was agreed only to bee
one hundred marks by the year, and noe more, in regard of her hufbands apparant
poffibillity to the Barony of Berkeley : his unkle vifcount Berkeley and Earle of
Nottingham then being without iffue, whereby the hope of each parents fide, (all
parties then ftanding upon brotherly terms,) feemed affured of poffeffing one day
his faid unkles eftate; whereof not only the Covenants of this lord Maurice of
eftating the faid Katharine in one hundred markes Joynture out of his faid brothers
manors of Cam Slimbridge and others, which were to difcend upon him after his
faid unkles death, but alfo the ftile w"? this lord therein gave himfelf of being brother
and heire of the faid Earle of Nottingham, doe fufficiently declare.
2But when her hufbands father and himfelf had raifed their eftates, her Joynture
fucceffively by them was increafed alfo, infomuch as now upon her hufbands death,
fhee had left unto her for her life in leiu of Joynture and dower as hath been faid,
the Manors of Melton Mowbray, Sileby, Coldoverton, Mountforrell, and Segrave,
in the County of Leiceftr; | The manors of Thurlafton and fflekenhoe in the County
of Warrwick; The manors of Tetbury, Daglingworth, Sages, and Yate, in the County
of Glouc. ; And the one half of all her hufbands perfonall eftate whatfoever ; which
intimates to pofterity, her vertue and their affections.

cartas: dat 28. Jan:
2. R. 3. in caftro
de Berkeley.

3. carta? in caftro
de Berkeley.
Volunt. dci Mauric
in caftro de Berke
ley. Inq: p.' mort Maur
16. H. 8. in div's
Com659^
Origin in fcacio.
16. H. 8. rot.

3[n the later two years of her hufbands life, this lady Katharine being but Comp : hofpicij
lately returned from her hufband, then at Calais, came twice from Yate to Berkeley,
not 8 miles afunder, what time her brother in lawe Sr Thomas Berkeley had the Pat: 6. H. 8. in
keeping of the Worthy Parke under king Henry the 8* ; In the one of which
Journeys of pleafure, fhee was attended with 36 Horfes, and in the other with forty
of her own fervants.
%X6X when fhee and the faid Sr Thomas, (then lord,) a fewe months after Carte cky JDec.
her hufbands death, parted into two parts fuch houfhold furniture, (according to her de Berkeley.
hufbands will,) as then was at Yate, the faid Thomas brought from thence in the
behalf

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1506

Carta indent, in
caftro de Berkl :

behalf of his fon and heire, as part of his half, a truffing bed and teller of cloth
of gold, divers peeces of Arras imbroidered with gold, divers cufhions of gold,
embroidered w* ramping lyons of filver, a fhaving bafon of filver weighing three
fcore ounces : Candlefticks with their prickets and fnuffers of filver of thirty ounces,
two great flagons of filver, two potts of filver parcell guilt, a filver chafing difh,
two great falts of filver with covers double guilt two gobletts of filver with covers
parcell guilt, a great goblett of filver double guilt with a hind upon the cover, and
three flatt bowles with covers pcell gilt, &c ; leaving the like for her, as by the
note indented between them appears ; which argueth the furniture to bee the more
honorable, and fhee a lady of the more ftate, for that the Weft Indies had not at
this time fhowred her barrs and Ingots of filver and gold upon Europe.

Acq : 26. Apr :
25. H. 8.

3lnb this Thomas the fon not longe after received from the executors of his
father, one chaine of gold with a croffe, containing — 324 . links and a hook of gold,
a gown of ruffet velvet furred with Martens, one rich coat of tinfel, one plagardxand
foreftocks of cloth of gold rayfed, and a roll of parchment of his fathers pedegree,
which I mention for the caufe aforefaid.

3ft was not her good hap to have any iffue by this lord her hufband, but his
hap to have a bafe fon by another woman, whilft hee lived at Calais, whom hee
called Humphry Berkeley, but by what woman I could never find, neither would
this lord ever mention it, Which Humphry dyed in youth without iffue.
3lnb further fuch was this lords difcretion, that hee would never in his life- |
660 time fuffer his bafe fon to fee England ; 3lllb fuch this ladies wifdom and love to
Comp : hofpic : her hufband, as fhee never tooke exception to that dalliance, but lived with great
caftrode Berkeley. refpect and obfervance towards him ; And noe lady more carefull in government
over her hufbands family, nor more for his profit, then this good lady to the laft of
her hufbands dayes.

Chig Joynture thus lovingly from time to time increafed by this lord her
hufband, this lady enjoyed not full three years after her hufbands death, before by
her death fhee left it to the faid lord Thomas her hufbands brother and heire, and.
her foule to him that gave it, and her body to bee buried at Yate, fhee then of the
age of fifty feaven years, whereof marryed to her hufband forty years and upwards,
by whome for any thing I have obferved, fhee never conceived with child,
1 Query ? " Placket," a woman's pocket. See Halliwell.

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%i$ Sea\z$ of Slrmeg.

213

Cbi^f lords ufuall feale was the Armes of Berkeley and Brotherton in one
brode efchucheon of two inches and an half diameter, borne cornerwife ; The creft
was the helmet with a half lyon on the top thereof ; The fupporters were, two
lyons rampant, fupporting the helmet, circumfcribed figillum Mauricij Berkeley
militis. $lnb for his privy feale, this lord ufed a little Lyon rampant, the old paternall
coate of the Mowbrayes : Behold the figures.

fol: [649]

l$i& beath anb plate of buriafi.
Chat this lord purpofed his body fhould have been buried in Sr Auguftines volunt. *. 5. 12.
Monaftery by Briftoll amongft the clufters of his honorable Anceftors, (where for 15- H. 8 in cur:
that purpofe hee had built a Chappie,) his three wills made in 3* 5* and 12* of ^Be^keley.0* *
Henry the 8* before | touched doe declare ; 2_5ut God difpofed that hee fhould dye 661
in Calais, beyond feas, and bee buryed in Trinity Chappie within the parifh Church fo1 : [6481
of S' Nicholas there, with fuch devotions for the repofe of his foule as formerly is
declared out of the Codicill annexed to his laft will made the day before hee dyed ;
And having perfect memory during a lingring ficknefs, it canot otherwife bee con
ceived but that his confeffor, (who feemes by the popes grace formerly mentioned
to have been purpofely provided againft that day of death,) then gave him a plenary
remiffion of all his fins, efpetially having that fair advantage of time, to bee Corde
contritus et ore confeffus, repentant in heart and his fins acknowledged with his
own mouth ; 2£>ut I may not prefumptuoufly looke into this fecret cabinet ; But
doubtles this lord fo much relyed upon the efficacy of this papal grace, That the
prints

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1506

prints of his Almfdeeds and other works of piety are found to be fewer then of
moft of his Anceftors.
Che lord Sands, (ftiled in his will his entirely beloved freind,) was prefent at
his death, to whom hee bequeathed ffive hundred marks to purchafe lands to the
ufe of the faid Humphry Berkeley his baftard fon and his heires, to whofe rule and
cuftody hee comitted him : 3lnb this is the firft and laft bafe child in all the genera
tions of this ancient family of the Berkeleys, or of their branches, which I have
obferved in the fpace of five hundred and fifty years ; whofe pofterity ended in
himfelf ; Baftard flipps feldome take deepe rootes.

Inq: in com.
Hunting : Warr :
Leic1: Glouc^
Suffex : 16. H. 8.
in Cane :

Chi£ lord dyed the 1 2th of September, the feaft day of the exaltation of the
holy croffe, Anno . 1523 . in the fifteenth year of king Henry the 8* the Autumnall
equinoctiall day ; A day wherein all creatures of the Earth beheld the fun, and hee
the funs creator ; then of the age of fifty five years or neare thereabouts, whereof
hee had been lord in ftile and reputation from the death of his father almoft
feaventeen years ; but re vera, really, fince his calling to the ftate of Baron by the
writt of Henry the 8* not halfe one yeare ; Chen whom amongft his generations
none more wife and prudent, a foldier, Courtier, and great houfe keeper ; neither
any man more loving to his brothers and fifters and their children, which in life and
death hee cherifhed and provided for, as a naturall father.

Inq : in Com.
Hunt : 16. H. 8.
662

3lltb for his fervants, befides the Anuities before mentioned and many other
by mee omitted, and befides, thofe that time hath hidden from my finding, let this
Inftance of bounty to Thomas Try his follicitor, in his perticuler, fpeake for many ;
who out of ffenyftanton in the County of Huntington | had an Anuity of Twenty
marks p anil for his life.

Inq : prdict : 3U#0 a leafe of certaine pafture grounds called Sart feild and the hermitage, in
Auconbury in the fame county, for 3 1 years at nyne pounds rent, worth at this day
— 200!' p Anil.
Inq : in com %l$a a leafe of the manor of Afpele in Warrwickfhire for one and forty years,
Warr : 16. E 8. ~ ' , f . r J J
at I en pound rent, of a great value.

Volunt: 15. H. 8. %l$tt a leafe of the manor of Callowdon in the Countyes of the City of
Coventry and Warrwick for his life, at 33H.- 8s; 4d rent, worth — 360" at this day.

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215

511^0 other anuities out of other manors, of ten pound ; and — 61! 1 3? 4? for 4- cartae in caftro
being his generall Suprvifor and governour of all his lands in England and Calais, comp^Rec7: &L.
And fteward of many of his manors. And fome others. H- 7- ftm. et at.

5lfl which, like a provident man, (not knowing whether a new king after this Adts. 7. v : 18.

lords death might arife that knew not Jofeph,) hee fortified by finding them in the
offices after the death of this lord Maurice, which himfelf follicited : 3lnb furely hee
was a wife diligent and trufty fervant, neare forty years, to fower difcents in this
family ; whofe reciprocall bounties rayfed his eftate and reputation to bee of princi
pall authority and in Commiffion of the peace in the Countie of the Citie of
Coventry, and a fteward of great power in that Corporation ; And a wife Com-
miffioner in many imployments for neere ten years before his death, which happened
in the 36* yeare of king Henry the 8* #f whofe excellent Counfells given by a
pen of fpirit to this lords brother and heire, I fhall after write in his life : 3lnb fhall
alfo after that in the days of his grandchild, againe bring him to the Tell, whether
hee continued of perfect mettall and faithfull to his end to this family or not ; till
when I adjourne his further tryall, truth being the foule of this my hiftory : |

Exodus : 1. v. 8.

Che lanbg tohereof hee bpeb geijeb.
JDere it not that I will conftantly purfue my former method unto the end of
thefe relations, I would have here omitted this title, having formerly mentioned
almoft all this lords lands perticulerly out of his Will and other conveyances, before
mentioned ; But take them as in a table here together.

663

The manor of Tetbury,
The manor of Sages,
The manor of Daglingworth,
Twenty-two marks rent in fframpton,
Divers meffuages and lands in Thornbury,
The 4* part of the manor of Brokenburrow
with the Advowfon of the Chantry there,
Divers lands in Tockington, Hempton, Al
mondfbury, and Winterbourne,
The manor of Bitton and Hannam, pur
chafed by him of Robert Dormer,
The manor of Mangottesfield purchafed
by him of Rob? Dormer,

In the County of Gloucr

The

2l6

664

Che tribes of the S&er&elepg
The manor of Aylmington, purchafed" by

1506

him of Wittm Huffy,

In the County of Gloucr

The manor of Upton S? Leonards in the County of the City of Glouc?
The manor of Hovingham in the County of Yorke.

The manor of Bretby,
The manor of Linton,
The manor of Coton,
The manor of Repington,
The manor of Roftlafton,
The manor of Melton Mowbray,
The manor of Coldaverton,
The manor Segrave,
The manor of Witherly,
The manor of Sileby,
The manor of Mountforrell,
The manor of Dalby Chawcomb,
The hundred of Goftcote,
The advowfons of Coldvton, Segrave,
Howly Kegworth, and Sutton Bonny ng-
ton, |
The Advowfons of the Abbathies of Crox-
ton, Combe, and Burton Lazers,
The manor of Thurlafton,
The manor of fflekenhoe,
The manor of Afpele,

- In the County of Derby.

In the County of Leicefter.

r In the County of Leicefter.

In the County of Warrwicke.

The manor of Callowdon, in the Counties of the Citie of Coventry and
Warrwicke.

The manor of Auconbury,
The manor of Wefton,
The manor of ffenyftanton,
The manor of Hilton,
The manor of Guiherne and Murrowe,

¦ In the County of Huntington.

The

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The manor of Maningford Brufe in the county of Wilts.

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The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Kenet and Kentford,
The manors of Bofham and Buckfold,
The manor of Thorney,
The manor of ffuntington,
The manor and Parke of Bewbufh,

In the counties of Cambridge
and Norfolke.

In the County of Suffex.

ffifteen houfes and tofts and 4 gardens in Calais.
A Meffuage in Berkeley.
ffower pounds rent out of Bromly in Surrey.
$111 tufftch, (then of the value of— 12071! 7s. 6? in old rent,) difcended upon the
lord Thomas his brother and heire, then ififty years old and upwards, as by feverall
Inquificons the next year after his death returned into the Chancery appeareth ;
wherein moft of the Recoveries, Fynes, feoffments, and other affurances formerly
mentioned, are found.
(for which the faid lord Thomas fued his fpeciall Livery the fame Yeare, not
withftanding the not finding of any Office, or not probate of his age.
Che refidue, not found in this lift but mentioned in the life of his father to
have difcended upon him, as Winge, Bedford, &c were either eftated upon this
lords brothers, or by him fold or exchanged, as hath before in part appeared. |

Comp : Rec : 13.
14. H. 8. in caftr
de Berk :
Pafch : fines. 18.
H. 8. rot. 5. in
fcacio. pa: 17. H. 8. cum
rem regis in fcacio.
Hill : 16. H. 8.
rot. 29. in fcacio
cum rein thefaur.
Pat. 10. ffebr: 16.
H. 8. ps. 1. in
Cane.
Trin. rec. in fcacio
23. H. 8. rot. 19.
Claus : 7. H. 8. in
cancell.

Che amplication anb u#e of hig Eife. 665
1. CJje imitable practice of this lord invites his pofterity not to deferre the
fetting of their eftates till old age or ficknes ; And alfo to leave behind them a tefti
mony of care and confcience, That neither kinfmen nor ferv'.5, rewarded for their
well defervings, be molefted ; 3lnb to confider, as this lord did, That a new king Exod: 1. v. i
may arife that knew not Jofeph. 3finb alfo to provide, as this prudent lord did,
That his tenants bee not difquieted in thofe eftates which they have bought and
paid for, leaft the cry of violence or oppreffion, (however dawbed with the colour of
2 F VOL. II

3\

S\

218 Che ftibeg of the 2&erjtdep0 1506
of the lawes,) drawe from heaven the difpleafure of that God, that will reward each
one according to their moft fecret workings and intentions.
2. 2lgaine, this lord, to all elder brothers in the generations of this family that
have noe children of their own bodies, becomes a prefident, That brothers and
collaterall kindred fhould bee to them inftead of children, and as dearly cherifhed ;
wherein this noble lord equalled the beft in his generations.
3. 31 gaine, it was not foe truly faid of Uliffes, That having been ten years
abfent the fmoke of his own country Ithaca was fweeter to him then the fire of any
other, As it may of this lord Maurice ; ffor, though all his faireft poffeffions did lye
in other Counties, where alfo hee had better feats and fweeter aire ; Yet, out of an
inbred affection and memory of the place where his father and all his forefathers
were born, bred, flourifhed, and buryed, hee allways aimed his endevors to become
a Gloucefterfhire man, and to bee a ftranger in all other counties ; As his purchafes
of Yate, Bitton, Mangottsfeild, Elmyngton, and other lands do manifeft ; And his
father and himfelf having now been thrice ten yeares out of the poffeffion of Berke
ley, hee never ceafed to follicite the king for a reftitution, at what rate fo ever, As
being out of the proper fpheare where his ancient honor dwelled ; but dying in the
purfuite thereof, though thrice ten yeares more expired before that Caftle with her
members reverted, as in the life of the lord Henry will bee delivered, Yet his
pofterity ftill held themfelves till that time faft unto their County, where they lived
with ample honor and command, as by the lives that follow will appeare. 3ln& it
will bee manifeft to him that duely confiders of thefe relations, that the lives of fuch
of this family as have eftranged themfelves from this County have leffe profpered
666 in their eftates ; And how the fame may bee ve | rified hereafter, let the life of the
lord George and his pofterity become further wittneffes. SMj»p application hereupon
is, That fith few or none can in thefe days bee of remarkable honor and eftimation
in many counties at once, or where noe former memoriall or footfteps have been of
their forefathers, That this Berkeleian family fhould ever profeffe themfelves natives
of this County, as the proper Orbe of their ancienteft poffeffions, and wherein the
greater half of the gentry are their kinfmen and allies ; «_£ut efpetially not to fpend
their days in London, or in the Court, which none of their forefathers have done
!,fave the Marques Berkeley who thereby wafted all ; And to make a lord Berkeley
'any other then a Gloucefterfhire man is to turne him from his ancient honor eftima
tion and Inheritance : 3ff any others otherwife conceive, I hold them Ignorant of
the ways and antiquity of this ancient family. Liberavi animam meam.
4. %atne.

1523 &*k °f Maurice tyz £iith 219
4. Againe, the awe and reverence borne towards this lord, efpecially with the
Clergy, hath in nothing more clearly fhined, then that fewe or none of the Abbots
Pryors or other heads of thofe religious monafteries whereof hee was founder by
difcent from his anceftors, made any leafes to their farmors or tenants but that hee
was made acquainted therewith and a party to the fame, and therein mentioned,
That fuch leafes were made by his affent, being their patron ; whereof I have in
the firft ten years of king henry the 81* feen many. A fpeciall obfervation of his
greatnes and of the refpedt hee carryed with thefe monafticall governors ; By whom
hee was allwaies received into their houfes by proceffions cenfing and other rights
belonging to a founder.
5. 3lnb Laftly, noe obfervation can bee more honeft and ufefull to this family
then the prefident of this prudent lords care and courfe taken for the true payment
of his debts owing at his death ; Wherein to the honor and due memoriall of him
And of this family in twenty generations, I have not obferved, (heaven is my
witnes,) that any man or woman have juftly complained and gone away unfatisfied,
or had caufe to fay of any of them, Thy duft is my debtor for a penny. | IS } bl-k

@l)t Cite of @homa0 tlje Jiftr,
Che life of Thomas Lord Berkeley the fifth of that
name, ftiled in Writings after his brothers death, Sir
Thomas Berkeley knight lord Berkeley, 5lnb Thomas
Berkeley knight lord Berkeley Mowbray and Segrave.
3lnb was proavus, or as our Anceftors the Saxons called,
fortha - fader ; And wee at this day great - great - grand
father, or the grandfathers grandfather to George now lord
Berkeley.
3lnb may bee called Thomas the Sheepmafter.
Contemporary with Henry the 8* from 1523. till 1532.
Che Life of this lord, I deliver under thefe eleaven titles,,
viz1.

669

1. — 1$i$ birth and manner of education, fol :
2. — ffrig fmployment in warre and" peace . fol :
3. — $ijS? Almes and devotions ; fol :
4. — ^ig fale of lands, fol :
5. — 1$i$ Hufbandries, fol :
6. — J^ijsf wives, fol : 676.
7— ^i£ iffue, fol : 677.
8. — J^iief feales of Armes, fol : 686.
9. — 1$i& death and place of buriall, fol : 687.
10. — JjJijBf lands whereof hee dyed" feized, fol : 691,
1 1. — Che application and ufe of his life, fol : 692.

669

$i£ 25irth anb <£bucation.
yp_prr Inq. 16. H. 8. in
7\H$ Inquificons found after the death of this lords elder brother declare his div's : Com. poft •
^^^ birth to bee about the 12* year of king Edward the fourth, Anno . 1472 . Berkley.
what time and for many years after, his father lived | at Thornbury, where 670
during his pupillage this lords education was, in that populous market town : 21nb
as affaires then ftood with his parents, his inftruction and practice more bowed
towards

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1523

towards a country life, befitting a younger brothers younger fon, then for the Court
or greatnes, as the fequell of his life declared : And to render this lord that honor
able mention which hee deferves, Hee, for the moft part of his elder brothers life,
both before hee went to dwell at Hovingham in York fhire and after his thence
returne to the keeping of Berkeley Caftle, was a perfect Cotfwold fheppard, living
a kind of graziers life, having his flocks of Sheep fommering in one place and
wintering in other places, as hee obferved the feilds and paftures to bee found, and
could bargaine beft cheape. 3lnb the better to bee his own Auditor, hee kept a
Liber in caftro de book of his own hand writing, of all his receipts and payments gaines and loffes
C m iBe*ClH toucmng thofe flocks : during which time hee fold his wooll ufually for. 12L 81 the
todd : 5lnb this kind of hufbandry in thefe his daies of a younger brother became
to him foe habituate, That when hee was a baron and a great hous keeper at Yate
after the death of his fifter in lawe his elder brothers wife, hee obferved the like
order of Accompts keeping with his own hand for all his receipts, houfhold Ex-
pences, and buildings : knowing what happines that houfholder brings to himfelf
and family, that with the morning faith to himfelfe, as the page was appointed to
fay to the king of Perfia, Arife Sir, and take order for your affaires :

8. in caftf de
Berkley.

Comp: 18. 19. 29.
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.

5lntl as a further fru'ite of this lords prudence and frugallity, hee upon the death
of his elder brother, fojourned with his wife children and family with his brother in
lawe Jn° Arnold at Hynam by Glouc, the fooner to recover his eftate, furnifh his
houfes, and get before hand ; at what time a great part of his land was in Joynture
to his brothers widowe, and in feoffees hands for payment of his brothers debts and
performance of his Will : A confiderable prefident for pofterity, which his fon
and' grandchild immitated, as in their lives appeares.

cartae in caftro de
Berkeley.
671

%

-wV

3ln the twentieth year of king Henry the feaventh, then in the 31* year of his
age, hee married Alienor the widow of John Ingleby Efq^, what time and fhortly
after, his father and elder brother conveyed to him the man" of Hovingham in
Yorkfhire, Sages, and Upton S' Leonards, and their lands in Thornbury, and in
fome other places in Gloucefterfhire, and the manor of Hinton in Cambridgefhire.
2$Ut the next year after his fathers death, hee for eight hundred marks fold
away the manor of Hinton to Robert ffewrother a Goldfmith | of London and cove
nants it to bee — 321! pfann old rent : 31 CataH jortune that hath befallen this noble
family for the fix Jaft generations to enter upon their inheritance with a fale of part
thereof, as after more fully will appear. Slbout

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3Ub0Ut a year after that hee and his wife were fetled in Hovingham, (fhee then Carta : 1508. 23.
either great with child or newly delivered of her fon Thomas) they went in a kind Berkel™ °
of Pilgrimage to vifit divers religious houfes ; And amongft others thofe at Yorke, c°mp: h°fpi£ :. "*
where in recompence of their great bounty beftowed on the Covent of the ffryars
mynors, fryar William the guardian thereof beftowed on them celeftiall prayers and
bleffings, and by his deed granted unto them perpetuall. participation of all their
maffes, prayers, failings, afperities, watchings, preachings, and: of all other good
things there done under his government, afwell in life as after their deaths; Adding
alfo of his fpeciall grace, (the words of the Deed,) That when notice of their deaths
fhall bee given to their Chapiter, the fame recomendations fhall bee made to God
for them that is done for their own brethren newly departed the world.
3n the 18* of king Henry the 8* the warden of the fryars Mynors in Glouc. Carta : 22. Marcij
and his covent, did by their deed covenant with the lord Thomas and in their de Berkeley.
confciences bind themfelves thenceforth, to fay during the life of the faid lord, for
the foules of his father and mother, and for the foule of his brother Maurice late
lord, and of Katharine late wife of the faid brother, and for the foules of himfelfe
and of Alienor and Cicely his wives, and for all chriftian foules, thefe divine
fervices ; viz! Every munday placebo and derige with nine leffons, And every
teufday one maffe of requiem, And every thurfday placebo and derige with nine
leffons, And every fryday a maffe of the five wounds, with the collect deus qui
juftificas impium ; for which this lord doth covenant to pay to them fower pounds
by the yeare, The one half for the warden, and the other halfe for the pitances
of the Covent to amend their fare.
#n the back of which deed one with a hand of fomewhat a later time hath
written thefe words ; % f the Clergy could fell and make perfect fale of the remiffion
k'f, of fins with affurance of the life to come, for money, they fhould fhortly have more
coyne then the king ; And 41! was too little for all thefe prayers ; but cafuall ware
[_ is fold good cheap ; God pardon us all, Chu0 the dorfe of the deed.

3(n the firft year of the raigne of King Henry y° 8* this lord had from the Pat- <kt. 1. ffeb. 1.
king a generall pardon, not procured to purge himfelf from offences comitted | ' Berkeley.

againft the lawes, but out of providence taken up at the kings Coronation.

672

J^ee was a Captaine over a bond of men, and a fpeciall comander at the great Annales Angli

ie in

battle called fflodden feild, where was prefent 100,000 Scots, foughten the nynth of div'fis fcnptis
1 01 Marten fol. 361.
September 362.

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Pat : 15 Maij. 6.
H. 8. in caftr de
Berk:
Comp : Manerij de
Alkington. 9. et. 10
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.

Carta . fub privato
figillo. ro.febr. 13:
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.

pat: 14. H. 8. in
caftro de Berkeley.

673

September Anno . 15 13 . in the 5* of Henry the 8* if hiftories may bee beleived ;
whereat ^amzg the fourth king of Scots was flayne ; whilft his brother in law the
king of England, (with whom at the fame-time this Thomas his Elder brother the
lord Maurice was in perfon, at the taking of Tyrwin and Tourney, and at the battle
there fought with the ffrench ;) And for his good fervice here at this battle of fflod
den this lord Thomas received the honor of knighthood in the feild, by the hands
of Thomas Howard Earle of Surrey his Cozen germane in the fecond remove,
fhortly after created duke of Norfolk.
&hl0 Henry the 8* in the fixth of his raigne gave this lord Thomas the
Conftablefhip and Porterfhip of Berkeley Caftle, and the keeping of the faid Caftle
park called the Worthy, and of the palerfhip thereof; And the keeping of the red
and fallow deer in Chifelhunger and Redwood, and the fifhings of Smethmore and
of the gale in Seaverne, as amply as James Berkeley his brother now lately dead
had held the fame, with the yearly ffee of three pound duringe his life.
2lnb in the 1 3* of his raigne the king caufed this lord Thomas to inlarge the
faid caftle park called the Worthy by taking into it the grounds called Hamftalls and
Coltenleys ats Culverheys, the Twichen (where the fcite of the old manor houfe of
Alkington flood,) and Manmead, with a peece of the Oakleys called the Ragge;'
And to repaire the pales of the refidue, for that complaint by petition (faith the
king) had been made to him of the great damage his deere did in the corne and
graffe of his tenants ; jfor this family is to conceive That till this time that parke
was not greater then the ground called the Worthy extending to Hurdpoole, fcarce
three-fcore acres : 3lnb forthwith after upon a fecond petition removed all thofe red
deere which were in Redwood Chefelhunger and Branwood into that park, and
into his park of Eftwood which hee had the year before by the attainder of the
Duke of Buckingham.
3flt the 14* of king Henry the 8'!1 this Thomas was high Sherife of the County
of Glouc.; and kept his houfe at Mangotsfeild which not longe before hee had much
repaired, and where his ftanding family for moft part had continued fince his returne
from Hovingham in Yorkfhire; | And now dies the lord Maurice his elder brother at
Calais, before this Thomas was (as I conceive) difcharged of his Shreevewick of
Gloucefter?

Privat. Sigill: 16. ^cnrp the 8* in the 16* of his raigne having proclaimed open warrs againft
m Berkeley6 Francis tne ffrench king, whom hee called infeftiffimum inimicum fuum, his moft
deadly

1 532 Uife of Chomag the fifth 225
deadly enemy, and wanting money to make good the warre, fendeth to this lord
Thomas a Comiffion and withall private inftructions how to handle his fubjects in
this County of Glouc, and to work them to the kings ends : which being matter of
State, and not within the lifts of this hiftory, I leave, with this, That this lord
laboured more then this his country then thanked him for.
3fn the 17* of king Henry the eighth, It was articled between Thomas Duke carta in papiro in
of Norfolke (whofe father dyed the year before) on the one part, and this lord caftrode Berkeley.
Thomas on the other part, Chat Thomas this lords fon and heire, or if hee dyed
before his age of nineteen years, then Maurice his brother before his age of fifteen
years, fhould marry Katharine daughter of the faid duke, whofe marriage portion
fhould bee one thoufand pounds, whereof 2001! at the fealing, and 2001! each year
after at Martlemas, till the thoufand pound was pd; 3lnb if by death or otherwife
the mariage held not, then this lord Thomas to repay what hee had received by
fifty pounds a yeare ; And that this lord Thomas fhould make the faid Katharine a
Joynture of five hundred marks, And allow fifty pounds a year for their maintenance,
And this lord to leave his faid fon one thoufand pound a year land after his
death ; ffor performance whereof this lord Thomas gave a Recognizance of one
thoufand pounds ; Howbeit this marriage held not, as after doth appeare. fol: [702.]
3(t may bee written of this lord Thomas, that hee did not more really inherit
his elder brothers honor and lands then his affection and defire of being a meer
Gloucefterfhire man, and of being imbowelled into the foile of that County ;
accounted by them the proper and genuine Climate of their Anceftors, And in which
meridian the fun had happily fhined by a fweet influence upon fixteen of their
generations : And according to this his affection, having many fair poffeffions in J
other Counties, which hee accounted as forreigne, hee entertained fundry communi-;
cations with divers gentlemen of other fhires having lands in this County of Glouc. ,|
of exchanging fuch his lands with them as lay in the counties where they dwelt, and,
more commodioufly for them ; 3lnb therein amongft others proceeded foe farre with
one S* Richard Sacheve | rell, that this lord and hee, (then being togeather in London,) 674
articled under their hands and feales of Armes for an exchange of all this lords
manors and lands in the Counties of Leicefter and Warr. where Sr Richard dwelt,
in lieu of Sr Richards lands in the County of Glouc; But by whofe only means the
fame brake of, let the tres of Thomas Try often before mentioned then dwelling at Div'sLres bundled*
Callowdon, (very averfe thereunto,) written to this lord then at Yate and Mangotf- B|^^erc°ftle
feild in the County of Glouc, in the faid 17* year of king Henry the 8* tell this
family
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10 Augufti.
bragged.

family in M'. Trys own words ; viz', Chat Sf Richard had faid to him with great and
high flanderous words and crackes, That hee would have this lords lands in thofe
counties whether hee would or not : Telling this lord further by his Lres ; That S'
Richard upon S' Lawrence day fent a great company to keepe the faire at Melton
Mowbray, jelling there, that hee had caught his Lordstip within fuch a compafs,
that he could not flart from him, and foe had enflamed in all the Country ; 3lnb
that S? Richard had difcharged all his L?shps officers in thofe manors, Which (faith
My Try) greiveth mee full fore That S' Richard fhould foe craftily delude you from
fixteen lordfhips and feignories, warranted to your Lops Anceftors by the kings noble
progenitors under the great feale, with many other coinodities : %$ unto the lordfhip
of Segrave dependeth eight Advowfons, which are great, 40", fifty marks, 40 marks,
201!, &c, befides your goodly foundations, that I know noe man (faith M*. Try) there
abouts have none fuch, if you regard them well, as at my coming to you I fhall make
declaration : "5lnb as touching your knighten fees, yee have . 300 . longing to yo'
knights fees, honor, befides your other Lordfhips : 3lnb as for two of your faid knighten fees, I
truft to get you an hundred marks and better towards your charges, as I fhall fhew
to your Lo? at my coming which fhall bee fhortly.

deceiveablenefs. annulling.

675

This tre is indeed
a very hafty
fcribled Ire and
blotted.

3$r. Crp having by this and other like tres gained upon this lord as to paufe
upon this exchange, and to promife that hee would fend his Counfell to him to
Callowdon to confider fully of thisbuifinefs, Hee by his other Lres, (returned by the
fame meffenger as themfelves do fhew,) declareth his marvelous comfort therein,
faying Chat then it fhall appear before his Counfell the great deceit fallaxity and
crafty waies caft and invironed to deftroy and holy to an nyntyffement of your
honor for ever, if God that is infinite, cui nihil incognitum eft, had not lede the
penne, for there was never man of honorable bloud foe near taken and trapped by
perverfe finifter and falfe meanes as your good lords? had beene, not only to your
endles reproche, but alfo to the defolation hin | drance and decay of your noble
fucceffe after your departure, loofing two fuch baronies as Segrave and Mowbray
is, whereby ye are lord Segrave and lord Mowbray, And thereby your ftile of honor
fhould bee loft from you and your honorable iffue for ever ; Therefore (faith Mf
Try) infomuch as they falfly mindeth to deceive and difhonor your noble bloud,
force your felf with the help of Jhefu to retraite and annull their mifchevous and
froward purpofe ; And God will increafe your honor and give you ftrength, and fo
fhall daily bee my prayer for the increafe of your honor, longe in good life to endure,
written this 1 7* of this month of Auguft, with the blotting hand of your humble
fervant. Thomas Try. hereupon

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hereupon this lords Counfell came to Callowdon, where this honeft and wife
gentleman foe made good his informations, That the next Term this lord himfelf
went to London taking with him thefe tres, as the words of this lords own hand
writing on the back of one of them implies, whom Mr. Try, (though then not
recovered of a broken leg,) there mett ; where followed a finall breach of this
intended exchange, much furthered alfo by the duke of Norfolk, to whom Mr Try
had free acceffe on all occations, as other tres of his do declare ; And afterwards
other exchanges intended likewife by this lord Thomas with other gentlemen fell
of alfo.

3lnb it is apparent That the Counfell here mentioned to bee fent by this lord Comp: receptor: et

were the Steward of his lands, the Auditor of his revenue, the receivor of his rents,
and Sollicitor of his law caufes, whom this lords fon moft coinonly accompanied ;
and thefe once in the yeare vifited all his man?, and lands, And then not only held
his courts and granted eftates to his tenants in each manor where they came, but
alfo took the accompts of the Bayliffes and Reeves, caufing them there to pay in the
moneys in their hands to the receivour ; And from Callowdon at this time they went
to Bretby and other manors of this lbrds.

hofpicij in caftro
de Berkeley.

3fn the 31* of king Henry the 8^ was a fuite in Chancery between Thomas Carta exempl: m
Woodward and other inhabitants of Slimbridge pi1? And Edward Trotman and
others def?, touching the feverall coinonings of their fheep upon Slimbridge Warth,
wherein from the depofitions of divers witneffes therein examined appears the
hufbandly courfes of this lord, who in the 20* of H. 8'!\ then dwelling at Mangotef-
feild, built a fheep houfe on a pcell of ground by the Warth, And having hired
common of Rich* Hannis one of the coheirs of Rivers, kept there a flock of fheep,
which hee afterwards withdrew, faith thofe depofitions, upon remonftrance to him
made by the inhabitants of Slim | bridge, (for at this time hee was not lord of that 676
manor,) That noe perfon by the cuftom of the faid Warth might have fheep going
there unles hee perfonally dwelled in Slimbridge or fframpton parifhes ; which how-
foever it went for currant in that fuite, yet I am fure for forty years paft the contrary
hath been ufed, and ftill is. 2£>Ut tnis fuite, (whereto this lord was noe party,) fets
out his hufbandly courfe of life, which is the end I Vouch it for.
ty\$ toibej*.
Chijf lord Thomas in the twentyeth of king Henry the 7I1 not two years before carta in caftro de-
his fathers death, maryed Alienor the daughter of S': Marmaduke Coneftable of Berkeley-
Yorkefhire,
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228 Che tubes' of the 2&erfetfep0 1523
Yorkefhire, knight, then the widow of John Ingleby Efqr, fon and heir of Sr William
Ingleby knight, by whome fhee had iffue a fon called Wittm Ingleby ; whofe ward-
Carto. 14. Maij. fhip of body and lands, this Thomas and Alienor the 14* of May in the third year
"'^de Berkek0 of the BifhoPs tranflation, bought of the Bifhop of Durham,1 of whom the fame
were holden by knights fervice : <©f which William is an honorable pofterity with
opulent poffeffions, flourifhing at this day.
Carta 5. H. 7. in ^be Joynture which this Alienor had for her life from her firft hufband, was the
caft? de Berley. manor of Spridlington in Lincolnfhire, and divers meffuages and lands in Rowcliffe,
Skelton, and Eftharleifey, in Yorkfhire, affured to her upon her firft marriage in the
5* of Henry the feaventh ; whereby I conceive fhee was fomewhat elder than this
lord her fecond hufband : 3lnb for her fecond Joynture upon this her fecond marriage
. . with the lord Thomas, had affured to her the manor of Hovingham in Yorkfhire,
Rec: mien: terme: _ °
24. H. 7. rot. 327. (where fhee and this lord her fecond hufband lived the moft part of the firft twelve
rot. claus: in cane: yeares after their Marriage,) And the manors of Sages and Upton S' Leonards in
Gloucefterfhire, with fome other lands.
carta in caftro de 3lnb the better to enable this younger brother for fuch a wife, his father and elder
Berkeley, brother conveyed to him and the heires males of his body the faid manors of
Hovingham, Sages, and Upton S? Leonards, and all their lands in Thornbury ; And
the manor of Hinton in Cambridge Shire ; Some of which by new agreements were
after reconveyed to the faid Maurice his elder brother. |
g«« Chio" Alienor was a mild and vertuous lady, taking great care for the education
and marriage of thofe two fons and two daughters of whom this fecond marriage
had made her yl mother, as by divers tres and muniments in Berkeley Caftle may bee
collected ; ©otubrit before fhee could fee thofe works performed, fhee left her bleffing
to them, and her foule to God, in the 17* yeare of king Henry the 8* having been
baronefs near two years ; And lyeth buried in the monaftery of S5 Auguftines by
, . r, 1 Briftoll, to whofe fide her hufbands body was after brought, as followeth.
Volunt: 24. H. 8. ^be fecond wife of this lord was Cicely the widow of Richard Rowdon of
3. carta in caftro Gloucefter, Efq! and daughter and coheir of whom hee
de Berkeley. married in the 18* of Henry the 8*; And whom againe after fix years hee left
a widdow, with her own eftate fhee brought, And the manors of ffenyftanton,
Mich:rec:38.H8. Hilton, Auconbury, Wefton, Guiherne, Charters and Murrow, Bitton, and Upton S'
rot. 25. cum rem: Leonards,
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Leonards, in recompence of her Joynture and dower by him ; which within fower
months after her hufbands death, fhee affigned to his fon and heire for the yearly carta in caftro de
rent of 1421! 061 8? which was paid her till the laft of Queen Mary, when fhee Berkeley-
dyed at Briftoll, where fhee lyeth buryed ; And for her continuall abode there was Divers: compi
called my lady Cicely of Briftoll.

miniftr in caftro
de Berkel :

23p which later marriage of this lord hee hemmed in ffrances one of the two
daughters and coheirs of the faid Richard Rowdon to bee wife to Maurice Berkeley
his fecond fon, as followeth ; (the other called Katharine being after married to
Wittm Read,) which alliance was partly the caufe why this lady Cicely took part
with the faid Maurice in the unkind fuites w"?1 his elder brother the lord Thomas,
and after him the lady Anne his widowe, preffed againft him, as after is related.
5lnb it is truly faid, That thefe two ladies Alienor and Cicely were the laft
wives to the lords of this family that have not had private ends for their own
advantages upon their hufbands affaires, and too often prevailed over them, As in
the lives that follow to the end of this hiftory will appeare : 3lnb like to hold for one
generation further.
JS#g Wuz.
Chig lord Thomas, by the lady Alienor his firft wife, had two fons Thomas and
Maurice, and two daughters Miriell and Jone, Of whom in order. |
1. Choma£ the eldeft was lord after his father, whofe life followeth by the 678
name of Thomas the fixth.
$r)aurife, the fecond fon, had by the conveyance and will of his father fetled
upon him for his life, the manors of Dalby-Chawcombe, Mountforrell, Mangotsfeild,
and other lands ; And the manor of Aylmington, to him and the heires males of his
body : wherewith hee had fmall quiet, through the fuites that arofe about them
between his elder brother and his widowe the lady Anne, as in their lives appeares.

Chi£ Maurice married ffrances daughter and coheire of Richard Rowdon, Shee dyed. 4. Eliz:
brother and heir of Walter, fons of John Rowdon, after remarried to Richard ' ng"~

Danvers, by whom alfo fhee had iffue remembred in the laft will of Thomas lord
Berkeley her father in lawe with a chaine of gold and other legacyes,) by which
ffrances this Maurice had two fons, and fower daughters, viz! <£btoarb

mort Rowdon.
Volunt: Thomaede
Berkeley. 11. Jan:
24. H. 8.

230 Che £ibeg of the 25erfteiep£ ^23
€btDarb Berkeley of Bradley by Wotton, who marryed Elizabeth daugT, and
heire of Brice Berkeley of Bradley, and died without iffue, and is buryed in the
Chappie of Berkeley Church with this infcription, ®ZXZ lyeth the Body of Edward
Anno 19. Eliz: Berkeley Efqr, who deceafed the, 23* of March : Anno Doin : 1576.
Maurice younger brother of the faid Edward dyed alfo without iffue.
Matthewe. ffrances their elder fifter was married to George Matthew, who had iffue
Thomas Mathewe, who by Judith his wife daugh? of Henry Towenfend of Oldbury
hath left iffue, Richard Mathewe that now is, Anno . 1628. And lyeth buryed in
Portbury Church, with this miftaken infcription upon his tombe, Here lieth the body
of Thomas Mathewe, gent : and cozen germane to the Lord Berkeley, who departed
this life the 14'!* day of Decern1: 161 5. For hee was in the third difcent, And George
now lord Berkeley (in whofe time hee dyed) in the fourth difcent from this lord
Thomas, their common Aunceftor.
Morris. Alienor, their fecond fifter was maryed to John Morris, who had iffue Mary
fince dead without iffue : 3I3S alfo is another fifter of the faid Alienor, married to
Clifford. James Clifford of fframpton, who lived not longe togeather, before death took her
away without iffue.
Weftley. Anne the fourth fifter was marryed to Leonard Weftley, who had iffue ffrancis
Weftley borne after the death of his father, now of Cromhall in the hundred of
Berkeley ; who by Anne his wife daughter of William Trotman of Wotton hath
iffue Henry, now attendant upon George lord Berkeley ; And after, the faid Anne
Rowdon. was remarried to Anthoney Rowdon of Bromyard in the county of Hereford ; by
whom fhee had iffue Richard, ffrancis, Ifaacke, and Dorothy Rowdon - Which faid
Richard Rowdon, hath iffue EdwarcL ffrancis, John, and Awdry ; And the faid
ffrancis brother of the faid Richard, hath iffue Thomas, ffrancis, and John. The faid
Ifaack is lately dead without iffue ; And the faid Dorothy their fifter is lately Married
to Mr Blunt of Wye in the County of Hereford ; And this Maurice fecond fon of
this lord Thomas lyeth buryed in Temple Church by Briftoll, in a faire tomb,
with his portraiture and Efchucheon of Armes thereupon ; as I am informed.
3. S&^iriefl eldeft daughter of this lord Thomas, was in the 18* yeare of king
Throgm'ton of Henry the 8* maryed at Yate to Robert Throkmerton of Caughton in the County of
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his wife daughter of Nicholas lord Vaux ; Che marriage portion of Miriell was 750
marks, as by an Indenture containing many other covenants and agreements Carta: dat. io.Nov:
appeareth ; And her Joynture, as the faid Indenture fheweth, was the manors of de Berkeley.
Blacknonton in Worcefterfhire, and Birdbury in Warrwickfhire ; ffor payment of
which marriage portion many acquittances remaine on a file in Berkeley Caftle :
Where alfo it appeareth, That her wedding hofe and fhoes coft, 22"! Jbfycz was a Comp. Georg.
lady of a fmall ftature, lived longe and vertuoufly ; And faw ere fhee dyed difcended i^rV6"11'
from herfelf — 220 — perfons, as I have very credibly been informed, by fuch as
undertook to recount them, Many of whom now follow ; UBhirh S' George Throk
merton was fon of S* Robert, fon of Thomas, fon of John Throkmerton, who lived
in the time of King Edward the third.
Chi£ Miriell Berkeley and Robert had iffue between them Thomas Throg
merton, Elizabeth, Mary, Emme, and Katharine, of whom in order.
Che faid Thomas Throgmerton maryed Margaret daughter and heire of William
Horwood, Atturney generall to king Henry the 8*?, by whom hee had iffue John,
Miriell, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Elleanor.
The faid John the fon of Thomas maryed Anne daughter of Thomas Wilford
of Kent, who had iffue Robert, Margaret, Ellenor, Winefred, and two or three
younger fons. The faid Robert firft married Dorothy daughter of S' ffrancis Fortefcue.
ffortefcue of Buckinghamfhire, And fecondly married Anne daughter of S' ffrancis Smyth.
Smyth of Leicefterfhire, by neither of whom hee had any iffue. Of the faid
Margaret, Elleanor, Winifred, and the reft, I am not inabled to write.
Myriell eldeft daughter of the faid Thomas Throgmerton and Margaret, fifter Berkeley of Stoke
to the faid John, was marryed to Henry Berkeley of Stoke Gifford, of whofe iffue g^274' 275'
fee before in the lives of Maurice the third, and of Maurice the fifth.

Mary the fecond daughter of the faid Thomas Throgmerton and Margarett is
not yet marryed. j
Margaret third daughter of the faid Thomas Throgmton and Margaret was 680
married to Rice Griffin of Dingly in Northton™ who have iffue Edward, Nicholas, Griffin
Thomas, and Lucey ; whereof the faid Edward hath maryed the daughter of M.'.
Draycote of Staffordfhire, who have iffue, and the faid Nicholas hath married Jane
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daughter of Mr Edmond Peers of Warwickfhire, who have iffue, Thomas and Lucey
are not yet married.
Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of the faid Thomas ThrogrSton and Margaret,
Griffith was married to Sr. Henry Griffith of Wigmore in Shropfhire, who have iffue, Henry
and Elizabeth; which Henry hath married one of the Coheires of Sr ffrancis
Willoughby Willoughby, who have yet noe iffue: And the faid Elizabeth is married to Sr
Boyton Matthew Boy ton of Yorkfhire, who have iffue, 161 8.
Elleanor, the fifth and youngeft daughter of the faid Thomas ThrogrSton and
Jermingham. Margaret, was married to S? Henry Jerningham of Coffy in Norfolke, who have
iffue John, William, Thomas, Katharine, and Elizabeth.
The faid John maried Mary daughter of Sf ffrancis Moore of ffawley in Berk-
Saunders. fhire, who have iffue Henry, The faid Katharine is maryed to Francis Sanders of
Shankton in Leicefterfhire, Efquire.
And the faid Thomas and Elizabeth are not yet maryed
The faid William is (Anno 1624) maryed to Mary the widow of Mf John
Younge. Che faid Elizabeth eldeft daughter of Miriell Berkeley and fifter of the faid
Goodwyn. Thomas Throgmton, was marryed to ST. John Goodwyn knight of Winchington in
Buckinghamfhire, who had iffue two fons ; John, who by Anne his wife daughter of
Stukeley. S' John Baker of Kent have iffue a daughter marryed to ST Thomas Stukeley,
between whom are divers children now living. 1618.
And ffrancis Goodwyn knight, brother of the faid John, who by the daughter
of Arthur lord Gray, hath iffue Arthur, and Edward who is dead without iffue, and
one daughter.
, And the faid Arthur by Jane his wife fecond daughter of S' Richard Wayneman
of Tame Parke in Oxfordfhire hath iffue a daughter : And the faid
Elmes. filler of Arthur Goodwyn, is marryed to William Elmes of Greenfnorton in the
County of Northampton EfqT 1618.
Che faid Mary, fecond daughter of the faid Miriell Berkeley and Robert
Arden. Throgmton, was maryed to Edward Arden of Parkhall in the County of Warrwicke Efquire,

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Efquire, by whom fhee had iffue Robert, Katharine, Margaret, Myriell, Mary, and
Elizabeth, who are married as followeth.
The faid Robert Arden by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Reignold Corbett, |
a Judge of the kings bench, hath iffue ST Henry Arden, and Anne Arden ; which 681
ST Henry Arden by Dorothy his wife daughter of Bafill ffeilding of Newenham in
the county of Warrwick Eftjj, hath iffue, Robert, Elizabeth, Judith, Dorothy and
Anne : And the faid Anne Arden was maryed to Walter fferrars EfqT fecond brother Ferrars.
to Sr John fferrars of Tamworth caftle, who have iffue, John, Walter, and Dorothy.
The faid Katharine Arden fifter of the faid Robert, was married to Sr Edward
Deveraux of Caftle Bromwich in Warrwickfhire, Baronet, who have iffue, Walter, Deveraux.
William, George, Henry, Edward, Margaret, Anne, Howarda, and Grace ; of whom,
William, Henry and Edward are dead without iffue. The faid Margaret is maried
to ST Hugh Wrothefly of Staffordfhire ; And Anne is maryed to Mr Leighton of Wrothefley
Shropfhire ; And Howarda is maried to Thomas Dilke of Maxtock caftle in Dilke.
Warrwickfhf; And the faid Walter Deverox the eldeft fon maryed Elizabeth
daughter of Thomas Knightley of Prefton, in Northhamptonfhire Efquire, who have
iffue Effex, Leicefter, Katharine, Walter, Edward and John Deverox.
Margaret Arden another fifter of the faid Robert was firft maryed to John
Somerfeild, who was attainted of Treafon in the 25* of Queen Elizabeth, by whom Somerfeild.
fhee had iffue "Margaret and Elizabeth ; And fecondly to one De la hay. De la hay.
Myriell Arden another fifter of the faid Robert, was maryed to William
Charnells, who have iffue Edward, Robert, Godfrey, Anne, Myriell, and ffrances Charnells.
Charnells. Mary Arden another fifter of the faid Robert, was maryed to ffrancis Wafery Wafery.
of London. And Elizabeth Arden the youngeft fifter of the faid Robert was married to Shugburrow.
Simon Shugborrow of Shugborrow in Warrwickfhire, who have iffue, George flaine
at the Ifle of Ree, and two daughters.

Che faid Emme another daughter of the faid Myriell Berkeley and Robert
Throgmton was marryed to Ralph Shelden of Beoly in the County of Warwicke, by

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Sheldon by whom fhee had iffue Edward Sheldon, Elizabeth, Mary, Myriell, Margaret,
Katharine, Phillipa, and Jone.
The faid Edward Sheldon by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Thomas
Markam EfqT hath iffue William, who hath maryed Elizabeth daughter of William
lord Peter, Ralph, unmarried, Edward Sheldon maryed to Anne fifter of Thomas
Morgan of Wefton, EfqT, Frances, Anne and Jone ; which Anne is maryed to Henry
Lucey. Lucy of Pinchburge in the County of Hartford EfqT, And the faid Jone is maryed
Apleton. to ST Henry Appleton of South benfleet in the County of Effex, Baronett, who
have iffue, Henry, Anne, and Mary, 1630.
The faid Elizabeth Sheldon fifter of the faid Edw? is married to ST John
Ruffell. Ruffell knight, who have iffue ST Thomas Ruffell knight. |
682 The faid Miriell Sheldon an other fifter of the faid Edward is maryed to ST
Clare ffrancis Clare of Worcefterfhire, knight.
The faid Margaret Sheldon another fifter of the faid Edward is maryed to
Standen William Standen of Berkfhire, EfqT
The faid Mary Sheldon, another fifter of the faid Edward is maryed to John
fflower fflower of Hambleton in the county of Rutland EfqT
The faid Katharine Sheldon another fifter of the faid Edward is maryed to
Trentan ffrancis Trenton of Roceter in the county of Stafford EfqT
The faid Phillippa Sheldon another fifter of the faid Edward is maryed to ST
Sulliard John Sulliard of Wetherden in Kent.
And the faid Jone Sheldon another fifter of the faid Edward is maryed at
Andwerpe beyond feas.
Che faid Katharine, fourth daughter of the faid Myriell Berkeley and Robert
Norwood. Throgmton, was marryed to Henry Norwood of Leckhampton in GloceftT fhire
EfqT, by whom fhee had iffue William and Jane.
fee fol: 631. The faid William Norwood, (who yet liveth, 1628,) by Elizabeth his wife
daughter of William Ligon EfqT had iffue Richard, William, Henry, Raph, Thomas,
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The faid Richard Norwood fon of William, by Elizabeth his wife daughter of
Nicholas Stuard Doctor of the civill lawe, hath iffue, Auguftine, ffrancis, John,
William, Richard, Edward, Thomas, Elleanor, and Dorothy, A° 161 8.
William Norwood brother of Richard, is dead without iffue.
Henry the third brother of Richard, by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Sr John
Rodney hath iffue, Charles, Henry, and Jane, that now are, A? 161 8.
Raph the 4^ brother of Richard, liveth a fouldier in the low Countryes.
Anno. 1618.
Thomas the fifth brother of Richard, hath yet noe iffue.
Maurice the fixth brother of Richard, is dead without iffue.

The faid Elleanor fifter of the faid Richard Norwood, was maryed to George
Blunt of Sellington in the county of Worcefter EfqT, by whom fhee hath iffue, Blunt.
Walter, ffrancis, George, Elizabeth, and Elleanor.
And the faid Elizabeth, the other fifter of the faid Richard Norwood, was
maryed to Richard Moore EfqT, by whom fhee had iffue divers children. Moore.
The faid Jane, fifter of the faid William Norwood, was maryed to Mr
Bracebridge ; who hath noe iffue. Bracebridge.
4. 3I°hr Berkeley youngeft daughter of this lord Thomas, was on Midfommer
day in the nineteenth year of king Henry the 8'f1 maryed at Yate, her fathers houfe,
to Nicholas Poynz, (after knight,) fon and heir of ST Anthoney Poyntz of Acton. p0ynz:
knight, whofe marriage portion was fix hundred marks, whereof one hundred pounds
at the marriage, and one hundred marks each year after ; wherein the agreements
were further, Chat if Nicholas dyed before the marriage, then fhee to be marryed script : dat: 20 :
to his brother Giles Povnz : Each father at his own charge to apparell his own JumJ I9- H- 8- ™
iMi 1 papiro in caftro de
child after his degree : The charges of the wedding diet to be equally borne by Berkeley.
either party: Her Joynture to bee — io6'l- 13?- 4d: by the year in land; And 280'!-
land by the year to bee by ST Anthony fettled upon the faid Nicholas and the heires
males of his body ; If Jone dyed, then all payments to ceafe then unpaid ; If by
the
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the death of his fons this lords inheritance fhould difcend upon this Jone and her
fifter, Then Sr Anthony to repay fo much of the portion as hee had received, and
one thoufand pound more in lieu of that difcent ; And if her fifter Myriell dye
without iffue, whereby Jone becometh fole daughter and heire, Then ST Anthony to
pay . 20001'.- and repay the 600 marks alfo : If differences arife, The fame to bee
referred to Thomas then Duke of Norfolke : for performance of thefe agreements,
Sr Anthony gave his flatute of iooo1'.- with fureties ; And the faid lord his bond of
five hundred pounds : 3@hat fruite fprange from thefe two plants thus conjoyned,
obferve in the vintage now following : {for the faid Jone and Nicholas had iffue
1 Sr Nicholas, 2 ffrancis, 3 Edmond, 4 Anthony, 5 William, 6 John, 7 Anne, 8 Jane,
and 9 ffrances, of each of whom in order : 5lnb this ST Nicholas dyed in the third
and fourth years of Phillip and Mary, And Jone furvived, and was in her Elder
years marryed to ST Edward Dyer, and dyed in the fixth of Queen Elizabeth.
1. Che faid ST Nicholas Poynz fon of the faid Jone and Sr Nicholas, by Anne
his firft wife, daughter of ST Raph Varney, had iffue Sr John Poynz knight yet liv
ing, and Mary, Anno, 1628.
The faid ST John Poynz by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Alexander Sydnam
Efq,,, had iffue Robert Poynz a knight of the Bath, who by ffrances his wife, daughter
and coheir of Jervais Gybbon, Efqr, hath iffue Grefill and Margarett, that now are,
1628 ; Enjoying the quiet contentment of a peacefull country life at Acton in the
County of Glouc, the Auncient feat of his Anceftors fince ST Nicholas Poynz in the
time of king Edward the firft marryed Mawd the daughter and heir of ST John
Acton to his fecond wife, of whom the faid ST Robert is lineally difcended.
684 And the faid Mary, fifter of the faid ST John Poynz, was firft married | to
ffrancis Codrington of fframpton upon Seaverne, by whom fhee had iffue Margaret,
firft maried to Edward Bramidge, by whom fhee had iffue Ifaack, Mary, and
Rebecca ; And fecon[d]ly to John Sydnam, by whom fhee had iffue three daughters,
vizT Anne maryed to John Poynz of Surrey Efqr, by whom is iffue ; And Urfula
maryed to Richard Molinieux EfqT by whom alfo is iffue ; And Elizabeth marryed
to Poynz Mill of Harfcombe, by whom alfo is iffue.
3lnb the faid Sr Nicholas Poynz by Margaret his fecond wife, daughter of
Edward Stanley, Earle of Darby, had iffue Edward, Hugh, and Robert, yet living.
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2. CJje faid ffrancis fon of Jone Berkeley, by [Ann] the daughter and heire of
[ . . . Stawker1] had iffue Jone, marryed to John Wykes of Doddington, by Wikes.
whom is much iffue difperfed in feverall Counties.
3. 4. 5. 6. The faid Edmond John Anthony and William fower fons of the
faid Jone Berkeley are dead without iffue.
Che faid Anne Poynz daughter of the faid Jone Berkeley was marryed to ST
Thomas Heneage knight, of Cophall in the County of Effex, vicechamberlaine to
Queen Elizabeth and of her privy counfell, who dyed, 1 592 . leaving iffue Elizabeth
only, maryed to ST Moyle ffinch knT, and Baronet, by whom fhee hath iffue eight
fons and four daughters, as followe ; 3lnb furviving her hufband, was in her widow
hood created by king James, Vicounteffe Maidftone ; And after by king Charles,
Counteffe of Winchelfey, with qualification to all her children to precede as the
children of Earles ; Of which eight fons four are dead without iffue, as alfo two of
the faid fower daughters ; The reft have iffue, as followeth, viz',
1. Thomas the eldeft fon is Earle of Winchelfey, and hath iffue Heneage
Finch vicount Maidftone, John ffinch, William ffinch, ffrances married to Sr William
Strickland of Bointon in Yorkfhire, between whom is iffue Thomas Strickland :
Other 4 daughters of the faid Earle, viz', Anne, Cecill, Diana, and Katharine, are
yet unmarryed, Anno, 1635.
2. John ffinch, fecond fon of the faid Counteffe Elizabeth, married Anne
daughter of Mr Walker, and left iffue now livinge, John, and William.
3. Heneage ffinch, third fon to the faid Countefs Elizabeth, knight and
Recorder of the city of London, firft married ffrances daughter of Sr Robert Bell
of Norfolk knight, by whom hee had iffue, Heneage, ffrancis, John, and Elizabeth
marryed to the fon and heire of Sir Raph Maddefon of Lincolnfhire knT; And 2d.ly
marryed the widow of Mr Bennet of Lond, by whom hee hath iffue left, ffrances
and Anne. |
4. ffrancis ffinch 4* fon to the faid Countefs maryed Anne daughter and heire to 685
Mr Walter of Suffolk, by whom was iffue a fon and a daughter, who died younge. 5. Anne,
1 See Chancery Proceedings Queen Elizabeth, 16 Nov., 1590, William Hobbes of London, Yeoman,
verfus Francis Poyntz, of Mowbray, Gent., and Ann his wife. [Ed.]

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Twifden. 5. Anne, eldeft daughter to the faid Countes, is married to ST William Twifden
of Eaft Peckam in Kent, Baronett, who have iffue, Roger, Thomas, William,
John, ffrancis, Elizabeth, and Anne ; Which Roger knight and Baronett, married
Ifabella, daughter to Sr Nicholas Sander of Ewell in the County of Surrey knight:
Cholmeley. And the faid Elizabeth is married to ST Hugh Cholmely of Whitbey in the county
of Yorke, knight : And the faid Anne is married to Sr Chriftopher Yelverton in the
County of Northton knight, who have iffue.
6. Katharine, fecond daughter to the faid Countes Elizabeth is married to
Wentworth. ST John Wentworth of Gofefeild in the county of Effex, Baronett, who have iffue
Ld Gray. Cecill married to William lord Gray of Warke in the county of Northumberland ;
And Lucy Wentworth yet unmarried . 1634.
8. Che faid Jane daughter of the faid Jone Berkeley was married to John
Seimor EfqT bafe fon of Edward Seimor Duke of Somerfet, by whom fhee had iffue
Sir Thomas Seimor of fframpton Cotterell knight, Jane and one other daughter;
Which Sr Thomas Seimor by Jane his firft wife daughter of Mr Webb, hath iffue
John Seimor knight, Gabriell, Elizabeth, and Anne ; And by Anne his fecond wife,
had iffue Edward, Elleanor dead without iffue, Jone married to John Afide, ffrances,
Strickland. Anne, and Mary dead without iffue, and Elizabeth married to Sr Thomas Strickland
of Yorkfhire knight, as followeth.
The faid Sr John Seimor by Alice his firft wife daughter of William Pawlet
EfqT, hath iffue Katharine, Agnes, and one other daughter : And by 
his fecond wife daughter of Mr Symes, hath iffue Thomas, and others.
The faid Gabriel, brother of Sr John Seimor, by Katharine his wife daughter
of Richard Cave of Briftoll hath iffue, Thomas, John and Mary.
The faid Elizabeth, fifter of the faid Sr John Seimor, was married to Edw4
Watkins. Watkins of Bridgewater, who have iffue, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Anne.
And the faid Anne, fifter of the faid Sr John and Gabriell, is marryed to
Nuce. Thomas Nuce, who have iffue : Hee lately dead in Virginia ; fhee there yet living,
Anno 16 18.

The faid Jone, fifter of Sr John Seimor, was married to John Afide of Upton
Cheyney his fecond wife, by whom fhee had iffue fower fons, and a daughter all
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And the faid Elizabeth, youngeft daughter of the faid Sr Thomas Seimor, was
married to Sr Thomas Strickland of Yorkfhire, who had iffue 4 fons all dead Strickland.
w^out iffue, And Alice married to Sr Jn° Webb of London, kn! who have iffue. | Webb.

9. Che faid Frances daughter of the faid Jone Berkeley, was maryed to ST John 686
Berkeley of Beverfton caftle, knight, by whom fhee had iffue John Berkeley, Jone, Berkeley of
Katharine and Margaret. Which John, by Mary his wife daughter of John Snell
EfqT, had iffue, 1 Maurice, 2 John, 3 Henry, 4 William, 5 Edward, 6 Thomas, See fol : 375.
7 Mary, 8 ffrances, 9 Elizabeth, and 10 Anne. Whereof the faid Maurice, by
Barbara his wife daughter of Sr Walter Longe, hath iffue Edw?; and others ; And
the faid Mary his fifter is marryed to Edward Conway of Gloucefter fhire, The Conway.
other eight are unmarryed . 1623. As alfo is Jone the eldeft fifter of the faid John
Berkeley, leading a Nunnes life at Bruffells, beyond feas ; And now lady Abbeffe
there. 1630.
The faid Katharine, fecond fifter of the faid John Berkeley, by Thomas
Symonds, a minifter, hath iffue Thomas, Anno . 1620. Simonds.

And the faid Margaret the other fifter by Jefper Merricke of Berington, a Merricke.
minifter, hath iffue, Sibill, Anno . 1620.

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^ig Szalz$ of 3firmeg.
Chi$ lord Thomas, a fewe years before his death, ufed (wherewith alfo hee
fealed his laft will,) a great broad Seale fower inches diameter, with the Armes of
Brotherton, Berkeley, Warren, Mowbray, Segrave, and Breoufe, quartered." The
helmet for his creft with a lion paffant on the top thereof : And two lions for
fupporters, circumfcribed, Sigillum Thome Dni de Berkeley, et Mowbray Segrawe
militis.

687
Annis. 4. et. 5.
H. 8. et. 8. et. 11.
H. 8.

Carta. 30. Nov. 1 8.
H. 8.
Carta. 1. Julij. 19.
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.
Carta. 9. Julij :
20. H. 8. et. 12.
Nov : 20. H. 8. in
caftro de Berkeley.
Volunt : 28 Aprill
24. H. 8. in caftro
de Berkeley.
Trin. fin.: in fcacio
23. H. 8. rot : 19.

3lnb for his privy feale, A fmall lyon rampant. Behold the figures. |
Jpi£ bcatb anb place of buriaH.
Che lord Maurice elder brother to this lord Thomas, did by feverall Deeds,
fynes, recoveries and other affurances at feverall times, eftate Judge Brudnell and
others in all his manors formerly mention'd, To fuch ufes as before in his life hath
been declared.
|^0b) Katharine the widow of the faid lord Maurice being dead, as alfo the
lady Elleanor the firft wife of this lord Thomas, And hee remarryed to the lady
Cicely, And his fonns and daughters maryed, and ready to bee marryed, Hee now
procures his brothers feoffees and Recoverors to grant over the fame to Thomas
Earle of Surrey and twenty others to divers ufes : whereof
Che manors of ffenyftanton, Hilton, Auconbury and Wefton in the county of
Huntington : And Guyherne, Chatteryes, and Murrow in the county of Cam
bridge ; And Bitton and Upton ST Leonards, called Grove court, in the county of
Glouc. ; To the ufe of the lady Cicely his wife for her life, in recompence of all
dower and Joynture that fhee any ways might claime, And after her death, to his
fon Thomas in taile, with many remainders over, to his other fon, daughters and
neeces : 3lnb the manors of Dalby Chaucomb, and Mountforrell in the County of
Leicefter, And the manor of Mangottsfeild in the County of Glouc, To the ufe of
Maurice his fecond fon for the terme of his life, the remainder to Thomas his eldeft
fon in taile with like remainders over. 5lnb the manors of Melton Mowbray,
Segrave, Sileby, and Coldoverton, and the hundred of Gofcote in the County of
Leicefter ; and the manor of Sages in the County of Gloucefter, To the payment
of his debts, and legacies, and performance of his will, And after to the ufe of
Thomas his fon and heire in taile, with the like remainders over, and the manors
of Tetbury and Daglingworth in the County of Gloucefter, To the ufe of Thomas his

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his fonne and heire in tayle with like remainders over. 5lnb the Manors of Cotes,
Thurneby, and Witherly, in the county of Leicefter ; The manors of Flekenhoe,
Thurlafton, and Afpely, in the county of Warr, The manors of Bretby, Coton,
Roftlafton, Repingdon, and Lynton, in the county of Derby, The manors of
Bofham, ffuntington, and Thorney in the county of Suffex, and 14'!- rent going out
of the man1? of Bromeley in Suffex, and Leigh in the county of Lincolne, Twenty Carta. 9. Julij. 20.
two marks rent out of fframpton upon Seavern, and fower meffuages and 1 70 Acres **• ?• .m caftro de
of Land in Thornbury, And the fourth part of the manor of Brok- 1 enbury in the 688
County of Glouc, To the ufe of himfelf and his heires, and to performe his will.

3£>p this will and other his deeds, hee gives thefe penfions and Anuities for the
lives of the parties, his kinfmen, allies, fervants, and well deferving freinds, vizT
Co John Arnold EfqT, his brother in lawe ; Ten pounds, whom hee made high
Steward of all his Manors and lands in England.

carta in caftro
de Berkeley.
Vol : 24. H. 8. in
prdic"t. Carta. 4. Junij. 17.
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.

Co Thomas Lane, 51!.- To David Broke . 31!- To Thomas Hennege EfqT 4'!-
To Henry Wefton . 4 marks. To Henry Wikes . 40? To Arthur Porter. 40? To
Edward Chaple . 40? To Nicholas Arnold . 40? To Katharine Rowdon . 50'!-
To Richard Arnold . 51!- To Richard Hawkins . 40? To Robert Coekes . 53L 4d
To Maurice Denys, 40? To Margaret Denys, 40! To John Falkener . 40? To
Edith Martin, 66? 8? To Bridget Paris, 2o'l- To Thomas Simonds, 20? To
Matthewe Bucke . 20? To John Berkeley his unkle Thomas fon . ioi* w"*, (faith
his will) hee is bound in confcience to fee him truly paid.

Inq : 29. H. 8.
poft mort Thome
dom : Berkeley

5lnb by his faid will hee further gave, Ten pounds towards the amendment of
the highwayes at Mangotesfeild, where hee then dwelt. And Twenty pounds
towards the repaire of Keinfhams bridge fower miles off. And 100 markes towards
the building of the high Altar at ST Auguftines by Briftoll. And Ten pounds
towards the repairing of the Cloifter of the black ffryars in Briftoll ; And divers
other like legacies to his houfhold fervants, to the feverall orders of fryars, poore
prifoners in Goales in divers places, &c. 3lnb eight pound by the yeare for ten
years to his godfon Thomas Harcourt preift, to finge and pray for his foule : And
to buy veftments for Mangotesfeild church eight pounds. Che laft remembred was
his eldeft fon, to whom hee gave all his Armour and parliament robes ; 3lnb of this
Will hee made his three loving freinds, fitj James and Inglefeild Judges, his fore
faid brother in law John Arnold, and Ciceley his wife, his Executors, to whom hee
gave
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gave ten pound each ; which fit3 James was alfo one of his elder brothers the lord
Maurice his executors, as before hath been declared.

2. Kings. 20. 1.

Vol : 28 Apr. 24.
H. 8. in caftro
Berkley. 689

Chu£ did this good and prudent lord Thomas followe the prophets counfell
given to Ezekias, that pattern of Princes and their peeVes, by fetting his houfe in
order, in Aprill in the 24th of king Henry the 8* knowing, not as Ezekias from the
prophet Efay, That hee fhould then dye, and not live, but out of a wife and re
ligious meditation of mans | mortality, his own old age, and the decaying conftitution
of his body.

3fn January following hee takes his chamber in his houfe at Mangottesfeild,
And the 11* of that month reviews his will and approves it, made in Aprill before,
And Adds thereto a Codicell, wherein (amongft other things) hee takes order for
Vol : 24 H. 8. prdt. his Tombe and funerall ; And then takes his bed and draws unto him company
Comp : Sefili fitted for the longe journey hee was to take, the Abbot of ST Auguftines by Briftoll,
h°fpide Berkfey0 the Abbot of Kingfwood, the Deane of Weftbury Colledge, the Doctor and pryor
of the black ffryars in Briftoll, and fome other of the moft devout and learned
divines of thofe parts ; And on wednefday the 22* of that January, Anno . 1532 .
in the faid 24*.h year of king Henry the 8* in the midft of their prayers and bleffings,
doth (as it were) clofe up his own eyes from the further fight of the tranfitories of
this life, hereafter to fee with them God his creator and redeemer, and fuch things
in his celeftiall paradife and third heaven (as ST Paul fpeaketh) as are not poffible
for man to utter, fuch as eye hath not feen nor eare heard neither have entred into
the heart of man, even the things that God hath prepared for them that love him.

Job. 19. 25. 27.
2 Cor. 12. 4.
1 Cor. 2. 9.

\

Chu£ lived this lord, thus dyed hee ; dye ill hee could not, that lived foe well :
well to God, well to the world, well to himfelf, well to his heire and pofterity, well
to his friends, kindred and fervants ; ever within compas, never exceeding his
circumference, or the fphear of his revenue : Happy will bee his now grandchilds
George L4 Berkley grandchild, if hee apply to himfelf the actions, life and death of this Anceftor for
his example. %$ hee lived like a noble honeft lord, foe hee dyed like a Saint, yea hee did
rather migrare quam mori ; abire, quam obire ; not dye, but fall afleep: Never hath
my reading found any fo great a lord, that left this world more refolved, more pre
pared : As though hee had unbraced himfelf for his bed, rather than for his grave :
3lnb thus paffed hee from a mortall day to an everlafting morrow. Summum homi- nis

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nis bonum, bonus ex hac vita exitus.
this life.

The felicity of man is his good leaving of

Comp : Senli :
hofpicij 24. H. 8.
69O
in caftro de
Berkeley.

Co the earthly happinefs of this lord, this may bee added, (greater then that
of king Solomon,) That hee left behind him a wife fon to fucceede ; A bleffing
that that king had not ; And honeft executors that performed his will.
Che manner of whofe funerall and devotions for him done after death by
preifts and fryars, read out of the accompt of his funeralls, deli- [vered by his
Steward of houfhold, to his faid Executors, as breifly as I could abftract the fame ;
wherein note, that his body according to his will was firft buryed in the Church of
Mangottesfeild where hee dyed, And after, as hee had appointed, it was removed
to his owne tombe fet up in the church of the monaftery of ST Auguftines by V°J" 24- **• -• in
Briftoll, and there buryed by the fide of Alienor his firft wife, as his Will directed.
To fower preifts to fay maffes the 24^ of January, the corps being then not
buried — 16?
To thirty preifts and two clerks finging at the buriall — 15s. 4?
To eight men ringing two dayes and a halfe — 6s. 8?
To eighteen preifts for maffes — 9?
To 24 preifts — 12?
To poor people the day that the corps was brought to the church — 38? 8?
The fame day to forty preifts and twenty clerks — 30?
To poore people in money doaled and given in Almes the day of the
buriall of the Corps — 61!.- 13? 4?
To ST John Nelme preift for a derige and maffe at Slimbridge — 2? id
To men for ringing there — 4?
To 8 preifts for each a maffe the wednefday the 29* of January after the
corps was buryed — 2? 8?
To 6 preifts the 30* of January for 6 maffes — 2?
To fower preifts the laft of January for 4 maffes — 16?
To two preifts the fecond of ffebruary for 2 maffes— 10? this was candle
mas day and thefe extraordinary maffes.
The third of ffebruary to 4 fryars for 4 maffes — 16?
The 4* of ffebruary to two preifts for two maffes — 8?
The 5* of ffebruary to 4 preifts for 4 maffes — 16?
The 6* of ffebruary to 4 preifts for 4 maffes — 16?
The 7* of ffebruary to 6 preifts for 6 maffes — 2?

4d was y? ordinary
price of a maffe,
as certaine as 8d
is to a day laborer:
or 20 eggs were
for id

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The 8* of ffebruary to 6 preifts for 6 maffes — 2?
The 9'!1 of ffebruary to 5 preifts for 5 maffes — 20?
The iot of ffebruary to 6 preifts for 6 maffes — 2?
The 1 1* of ffebruary to 4 preifts for 4 maffes — 16?
The 1 2'!1 of ffebruary to 6 preifts for 6 maffes — 2s
The 13* of ffebruary to 10 preifts for 10 maffes— 3? 4?
The 14* of ffebruary to 5 preifts for 5 maffes— 20?
The 15* of ffebruary to 7 preifts for 7 maffes — 2? 4?
The 16* of ffebruary to 2 preifts for 2 maffes — 8?
The 17'!1 of ffebruary to 4 preifts — 16? |
6QI The i8'.h to 4 preifts— 16?
The 1 9* to 6 preifts — 2?
The 20'!1 to 9 preifts — 3?
The fame day being ST Mildreds day to poore people in Almes, 4? 8?
The 21* to 4 preifts— 1 6.d
The 22* to 4 preifts — i6d his monthes mind day.
To poore people in Almes the fame day, the day of the months mind —
10? iod. Soe all maffes ceafed at Mango ttesfeild.
To the Pryor of the black ffryars in Briftoll and his brethren for faying
of maffes — 5?
ffor derige, maffes and fervices in the church of Berkeley, 13? 4?
And foe in other places ; And for tapers — wax, &c, — 53? 4? Thus the
accompt of the Steward of houfhold delivered to the Executors.
j$ZZ dyed as hath been faid the 22* of January, Anno, 1532 . in the 24* of
Henry the 8* then of the age of 60 years and upwards, whereof hee had fit lord
nine years fower months and ten dayes ; And lyeth buried under a fair tombe
with his firft wife Alienor, upon which hee appointed by his will forty pounds to
bee beftowed : which was done. Where in the Sepulchre of his anceftors, (Gods
fervants,) waiting for the hope of Ifraell, the raifing of their bodies in the refur-
rection of the juft, hee fleepeth in peace. 3lnb pofterity may not, without a fpice of
flattery call thofe that fucceed after true and naturall branches of this excellent tree,
that fhall not in their times beare fruite fomewhat relifhing this roote, that gave
fuch fap as his life and death hath done, for the imitation of his Pofterity.
Happy is hee whofe Anceftors
of vertue made profeffion,
^ And from himfelf example leaves
of vertue to fucceffion. " ^u^

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245

Cfje Ianb£ tohereof hee b^tt $zi$zb.
Che lands whereof this lord dyed feized are under the laft title before particu
larly mentioned, And were all the fame in effect which | his elder brother left unto 692
him, and hee to his fon ; ffor this family in this lord may bee faid neither to have
fuffered any remarkable eclipfe, or increafe, but the moon in this lords hemifpheare
to have continued in the fame afpedt as fhee ftood when hee firft beheld her rifing
upon the death of his elder brother.

3lnb after this lords death, his eldeft fon found the favor to avoid the charge of
finding of Inquifitibns; But the 12* of ffebruary following tendereth a fchedule
of the manors and lands with their yearly values, whereof hee defired to take
benefit by his fpeciall livery and oufter le maine, in the Counties of Leicefter, Glou
cefter, Huntington, Cambridge, Suffex, Darby, Yorke, Warwick, Wilts, Lincolne,
and Calais, all of the yearly value of — 92o"- in rents of affife, (befides the demefnes
in hand,) or near thereabouts, And fuch as were in ffeoffment to ufes ; And the 24*
of November in the 25*? of the faid king procured the fame under the great feale,
which yet remaines in Berkeley Caftle.
Che application anb u£e of hh? life.
1. Che courfe of this lords life verifies what Is faid of learned men, That none
ever faw a great fcholler arrogant, for the more hee knows the more of his weak-
nes hee underftands ; And that the leaft knowledge is ever moft proud : ffetDe or
none of this lords time in the county where hee lived milder or more provident,
ever feeming rather defirous to learne then to teach others : 3[t was alfo in requeft
with this lord to fay, Malo me divitem effe quam haberi, better to bee rich then fo
accounted ; Hee rightly underftood the text of, vive tibi : Hee was foe lowly and
moderate in his whole life That to the mean hee was freely affable, And to the
gentry noe taller then a companion ; whereby through humility and moderation of
life, hee was honored of all : 3lnb (to tell truth to his pofterity) commanded without
contradiction throughout the whole County of GloucT wherein for the laft nine
years of his life hee lived a Baron after his brothers death. |

Sched : indent.
dat. 1 2. febr : 24.
H. 8. in caftro de
Berkeley.
Trin. rec : in fcacio
23. H. 8. rot. 19.

Pat: 2 ps.25.H_ 8.
carta in caftro
de Berkeley.

2. 3lgaine, having lived in the condition of a younger brother till ye. 52'!" yeare 693
of his age, And fparingly bred in youth under his fathers and elder brothers
hufbandly examples, hee little changed that frugality of condition whilft hee lived
a Baron and Peere of the Realme ; 3lnb knewe, that for the regulating of an
houfhold where the ruler himfelf runs at randome the fervants will beare noe byas :
And

246 Che Eibeis. of the 25erftelepg 1523
And that for order & thriving it was better to have in houfhold two too few then
one too many : And having foe lived, his death could not bee but bleffed, as you
have read.
3. 31 gaine by the example of this lords life, the words of his pofterity fhould
bee fewe but advifed, forethinking whether that which they are to fpeake bee fit to
bee fpoken ; And rather to bee filent then fpeake to an ill or noe purpofe ; And
to let heart and tongue goe togeather in honefty and truth ; hating diffembling in
others and detefting it in themfelves ; the known vertues of this noble lord by the
, witnes of many that converfed with him living fince the midft of my daies : whofe
directions alfo to his fteward of houfhold, (being lord,) were, That nothing fhould
bee fpent which might honeftly bee fpared, nor any thing fpared which might
honeftly bee fpent.
4 3tgaine, this family may learn from the wifdom and example of this their
Anceftor, how by following the counfell of his old and prudent fervant Thomas
Try hee avoided the baites and craft of Sacheverell, to his comfort and benefit of
his pofterity : And not to fcorne the advice of the aged and experienced, though
fervants of their own family : Or to thinke foe highly of their own abilities, as if
1. Kings, cap. 12. they had a prerogative to bee free from error or overfight : What Rehoboam loft
by young counfell & flatterers, What hee had gained if hee had gone along with
the advice of his fathers old fervants let the fpirit of God in the text tell for both,
And let their practice bee thereafter.
5. 3lgaine, This lords character I thus conceive; hde equalled not his father or
elder brother nor many other of his ranke and time in proweffe or in the depth of
Worldly wifdomes, neither did his education bowe him that way : But was not
inferior to the beft of them in an honeft and religious life : Apt to beleeve well,
loath to heare ill, farre from credulous affenting to a firft tale never condemning
any man unheard, and his accufer face to face : many Lres, and copies of his Lres
and refcripts of others to him intimate his great diflike of fecret traducers, efpecially
694 when thofe calumnyes or afpertions | were in the generall : One of his Lres hath
thus, A falfe accufer hides his mallice under generall words, as I have found this
man did of*thee. His difpofition ran neareft parallell with his two AnceftorSj—
Thomas the firft, and James the firft, of any I have obferved.
God grant his heires may runne
The race that hee hath done.

695
696

j blank finig Chome zjn&zm nomintis. quinti

®l)e Cife 0f @f)0mas tlje Sixtl) 697
C||e life of Thomas lord Berkeley the fixth of that
name ; ftiled in Writings, Thomas Berkeley kn4. lord
Berkeley Mowbray and Segrave : 3lnb was abavus, or as
our Anceftors the Saxons called thirda fader, And wee at
this day great grandfather, to George nowe lord Berkeley.
3lnb may bee called, Thomas the hopefull.
Contemporary with Henry the 8'.h, from 1532 . till 1534.
U&hooe fhort life I deliver under thefe nine titles vizf,
1. — J^ijSf birth and education, fol : 697.
2. — ^i<af Mifcellania^ or various affaires . fol : 698.
3. — J^ijgt lawe fuites, fol : 701.
4. — J^i«sf wives, fol : 702.
5--^i£ Iffue, fol : 705.
6. — J^ijsf feales of Armes, fol : 706.
7. — $^i$ death and place of buriall, fol : 707.
8. — Che lands whereof hee dyed feized, fol : 710.
9. — Che application and ufe of his life, fol : 713.
^i$ 2&irth anb ebucation.
Ct}tS lord Thomas was born at Hovingham in Yorkfhire in the 21* yeare of
king Henry the 7* about one yeare before his grandfather the lord Maurice
the fifth dyed, And within one year after his fathers marriage with M?
Ingleby ; where hee continued till his parents returned into Gloucefterfhire about
the 7* of king Henry the 8* as hath been faid : At what time his unkle the lord Ex relacone
Maurice the fixt, then newly made Leivtenant of the caftle of Calais, carried him |
beyond feas, where by his means, (accompting him as the heire apparent of his 698
family,) hee was carefully bred up at ST Omers in Artpis, about 25 miles from
Calais,

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Calais, till himfelf dyed in the 1 5* of that king : And then returning, was till his
Diu'fi compi et marriage Termly imployed as his fathers Agent and Solliciter in his Lawe fuites ;
caftrode Berkeley. And efpetially about the reftitution of Berkeley from the crowne, which his unkle
the lord Maurice at his death left in fuch forwardnes, that his petition of right was
figned by the king, as hath been noted in his life ; And as teftimonies of this lords
towardlines and fufficiency in thofe unripe years, there yet remaine in Berkeley
Caftle divers of his Termes remembrances of his own hand writing ; As, what
fuites were depending, how left at the former termes end, and in what fort to bee
further profecuted, And what of new was to bee begun, and the like : And of all
his Anceftors wrote the beft hand, and beft underftood the latin tongue, whereby
it feemes hee made good ufe of the time hee fpent at ST Omers.

Carta in caftro de
Berkeley.
dat. 12 Maii, 25
H. 8.

8>isf migeeflania* or barioug jja&efegeg.
Chi.g lords father having left the manor of ffenyftanton and others to the lady
Cicely his fecond wife, for her life, as before appears ; Hee within two months after
gaines from her a grant of all the lands fhee held of his inheritance, for threefcore
years if fhee lived foe longe, at the yearly rent of — 14211/ 6s. 8d; whereby hee wifely
wound in himfelf to have the manageing of his own lands in poffeffion, And this
hee wrought under the advantage of his fecond marriage with Anne Savage, as
after will appeare.

pat

8 marcij
24 H. 8.

3[n March, fix weeks after the death of his father, hee obtained of king Henry
the 8* a grant to bee Conftable and Porter of the Caftle of Berkeley, and keeper
of the caftle parke with the worthy enclofed in it, and to bee paler of the fame; And
to bee keeper of Hinton woods called Cheflanger and Redwood, and of the red
Smeth is in the deere there; And to have the fifhing of Smethmore, (now excellent pafture ground,)
pldnroTfmooth! and the fifllmg of the gale in Seaverne without rent, Taking the fees accuftomed,
6gg which his father held for his life, as afore is written. %t w^ltime, fith king Henry
the 8* had been 24 years marryed to feverall wives and had noe iffue male, hee
could not but cherifh an inward expectation of a Reverter in fee of the wholl Barony
of Berkeley, whereof hee now was glad to take a fmall morfell, at will.

Comp. 29. H. 8.
in caftro de
Berkeley.
carta: dat: 20
Maij 25. H. 8. in
caftro de Berkeley.

Che 20* of May in the 25* of king Henry the 8* hee gave Thomas Cromwell
EfqT, then Secretary to king Henry the 8'.h (after Earle of Effex) 131? 6?8d Anuity
for his life, and then made him his high fteward of Sileby, Thornby, Mountforrell,
and of Gofcote hundred. 5lnb

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249

3lnb 4" 13*4* yearly to the Earle of Huntington and to ffrancis Haftings his
fon and heire, for exercifing under him the office of high fteward of his manor of
Melton Mowbray, Segrave, ColdovVm, Dalby, Thorpfachvill and Witherly. 3lnb
on May day the fame 25* of king Henry the 8'!1 hee gave to David Broke of
Briftoll gent, for his good fervice done to him, the fourth part of his manor of
Brokenburrow in the parifh of Almondfbury for his life at 4? rent.
3[n Aprill before his death hee prefented Robert Derby for Abbot of Croxton,
of the order of premonftratenfes, which (as the Deed fpeaketh) to his prefentation
by Inheritance belonged, then void by the death of Attercliffe late Abbot there,
commanding the pryor and covent of the faid monaftery to receive and obey him
as Abbot.

Comp : 29. H. 8.
ibmcarta: 25. H. 8. ifcm
Inq: 28. H. 8. in
cane. carta dat. 1. Maij
25. H. 8. in
caftro de Berkeley
Inq: 29. H. 8. poft
mortem Thofn
Dni Berkeley in
Cane.Carta: 27. Aprill
26. H. 8. in caftro
de Berkeley.

¦ 3£nb, this fhall bee the place, whither I have often referred this antient and pyous
family to viewe at once, the damage it fuffered both in honor and profit by thofe
devouring Acts of the diffolution of Monafteries in the 27* and 31* yeares of king
Henry the 8* whereby and by the ftatute of Chantries (amongft other things) this
family loft the Advowfons and prefentations to divers Abbyes, Nunryes, and Pryories,
As this of Croxton, and of Kirkeby, and of Chawcomb, and of Burton lazers, and
of ST John Baptift in Melton Mowbray in Leicefterfhire ; Of Combe in Warrwick
fhire, Of ST Auguftines, and of ST Katharines, and of Mary Magdalens by Briftoll,
and Of Longbridge by Berkeley, and of Tinterne in Gloucefterfhire, Of the Pryories
of Newenham and of Eppeworth in the Ifle of Axholme ; Of ffountaines, Of the
Abbey of Byland, and of the Pryory of Newburgh in the county of Yorke, and of
divers others, as fcatteringly appeares in thefe relations, where alwayes with folemn
proceffions and other honorable rights and ceremonies (I might fay with incenfe and
perfumes) they were received as founders, And where the memoriall of their honor
able atcheivements were recorded ; And of 80. knights fees at leaft, which thofe and
other Ab-|byes and houfes of religion held of them, as ST Peters of Glouc, the
Abbot of Kingfwood, the Pryor of Sempringham, the Abbot of Leicefter, the Pryor
of Lewes, The Pryor of Axholme, the Abbot de valle dei, the Pryor of Haver-
holme, the Abbot of Geroduu, [fic] the Pryor of the hofpitall of ST Johns Jerufalem
in England, the Pryor of Lawnd, the Pryor of Grace dieu, the Pryor of Nuneaton,
the Pryor of Kirkeby, the Abbot of Sileby, the Abbot of Stonly, the Abbot of
Myrivale, and of more then, forty Chantries mentioned in thefe relations ; for which,
befides their daily prayers for the happinefs and welfare of the livinge, (wherein was
noe fuperftition,) they paid to this family many anuall rents and fervices, and alfo
paid
2 K vol. n

See before fol :
[537] Annis. 27* et. 31.
H. 8.
Anno. 1. E. 6.
Clans: 52. E. 3.
m. 28.
Pat: 7. E. 3. ps.
1. m: 15.
claus : 45. E. 3.
m. 36.
Pat. 48. E. 3. m.
23-
Pat. 14. E. 4. ps.
2. m. n.
Pat. 9. R. 2. ps.
2. m. 25. 26.
Efch: 11. H. 6.
poft mortem
Thorn, ducis
Norfolk.
pat: 14. H. 6. ps.
700 1. m: 6.
pat. 1. E. 4. ps.
6. m. ult.
Ptita in fcacio. 13;
H. 6.
pat. 19. R. 2. ps.
1. m: 26.
pat. 20. R. 2. ps.
2. m. 14.
pat. 20. R. 2. ps.
2. m. ult.
Efch: 1. H. 4. poft
mort Ducis Norfi'

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1532

Efch: 27. E. 1.
et. 35. E. 3.
et. 1. H. 4.
et. 1. E. 4.
poft mort de
mowbraies
claus: n. H. 6.
m. 8.
fee before in ye
life of Maurice y*
S* [615]
And of James the
firft. fol: [537]
Stat: 27. 31. et. 38.
H. 8. et. 1. E. 6.

701

paid them releifes and efcuage, did them fealty and homage, fent their men to ayd
and attend them in their voyages in the warrs, yeilded them aid and contribution for
the marriage of their eldeft daughters, and for making their eldeft fons knights;
brought up, and inftructed divers of their children, received and kept as Corrodies,
many of their old unferviceable fervants ; fuch as old ffran Inchmore and Richard
Cooke ats Miller now are in the family of the lady Elizabeth Berkeley at Cranford ;
with other like duties incident to founders right, and to the tenures of the manors
and lands and quantities of the knights fees which they held of them by knights
fervice, and in focage, now extinct and devoured by thofe mercileffe Acts, ^either
therein hath ended the damage which this noble family fuffered by thofe acts of
diffolution ; for the Crown having fince given and fold away not only thofe manors
and lands holden of this family as aforefaid, but almoft all the reft of thofe monafti-
call poffeffions, and therein referved tenures of themfelves by knights fervice in
capite ; now at this day each manor and almoft each freeholder in each Village hath
fome fmall pcell or other of that Capite land intermixt or inclofed with their elder
poffeffions, formerly held of this family by knights fervice : whereby I have known
this family within my memory to have loft more then ten thoufand pounds, wc?
otherwife, but for thofe lands in cheife, had juftly and legally accrued to it ; A
mifcheife alfo daily increasing to this and other great lords of Seigniories, through
the frequent exchanges and inclofures, (the effects of peace,) And by y? parcelling
out of Manors made by great lords upon faies to their feverall ten'?, for ye. better
advancement of their prifes : whereby as not one wardfhip amongft twenty now
accrueth to this family w* otherwife had happened : foe, the Court of Wards and
liveryes bringeth | an hundred fold more profit to the Crown then formerly before
thofe Statutes it did, A growing perticular mifcheife likely to proceede to a generall

inconvenience.

$& latoe guiteo\
Scarce was the laft lord cold under the Tombe, before an unkind controverfy
broke out between this lord and his only brother Maurice, about the poffeffion of
the manor of Mango ttesfeild, the place where their father gave up his foule to God,
and that manor to them that now contended about it.
3©ith Maurice, his brother in lawe ST Nicholas Poynz and his mother in law
the lady Cicely tooke part, And to the uttermoft of their powers abetted his caufe,
who made title by the expreffe words of his fathers will, proved by the Judges and
others his fathers executors, and approved of by the lord Thomas himfelf, who alfo
was a witnes thereto, and prefent at his fathers death and laft confirmation thereof. 25ut

1534 Hife of Chomag the &ixty 251
55llt this guift by will this lord Thomas would not admit, for that (faith hee) the
feoffment of that manor made by the lord his father to the Duke of Norfolk and
others, to the ufe of his laft will and for performance thereof, was never executed in
this manor of Mango ttesfeild by the exprefs inhibition of his faid father ; And on
purpofe foe to declare it hee kept Courts there in his own perfon and in his own
name, and not in the name of the faid Duke and his Co-feoffees, which was other-
wife in all the reft of the manors comprized in the faid feoffment ; Alledging further,
That his father builded upon Mango ttesfeild houfe with the goods, knotts, trayles,
carved works, and other ornaments of his, fetched from his houfe at Yate, which
his unkle the lord Maurice gave him, to the value of two hundred marks, another
manifeft figne (faith this lord) that the lord his father never meant That his brother
Maurice fhould have it, but hee whofe goods had built and adorned it. 3lnb further
alleadged, That whereas his father had allotted unto him in marriage with the lady
Mary his wife, divers lands to the value of 100!' p ann : for their maintenance, his
father retained fifty marks yearly of that hundred pound by the fpace of three years
towards the building of Mangottesfeild houfe, which amounteth to one hundred
pounds, Another declaration of his fathers mind (faith hee) That | hee meant not 702
that his fon Maurice fhould have it ; Alfo this lord Thomas alleadged further, that
the manor of Mangottesfeild and the manor of Bitton doe adjoyne togeather, and
have continued togeather in one mans poffeffion many hundreds of yeares, And that
there is an hill called charnells hill parcell of the manor of Bitton, and in the bottom
of the faid Hill is a great fquare poole called charnells poole adjoyning to Man
gottesfeild hill, and in the end of the middle of the faid poole his faid father builded
a newe mill from the ground, which is parcell of the manor of Bitton, which his
brother fince the death of his father hath entred into, and fifhed and deftroyed the
fifh to the value of forty pound. 5lnb laftly (fo farre prevailed hee) that hee caufed
the lady Ciceley, mother in lawe to them both, (yet fhee tooke part with Maurice,)
to avow That fhee kept as well the Seale of Armes as the Signet of her hufband by
the fpace of five daies after his death, And in that time fealed two parts of the faid
will, being tripartite, (called Counterpanes,) with the faid Seal of Armes. Chlt£, chartulse in
with much unbrotherly agitacon was toft that controverfy till the death of this lord, Caftrode Berkeley
what time Maurice had the poffeffion of the houfe and conigre^and this lord of the
reft of the manor ; After whofe death his widowe the lady Anne in behalf of her
young fon the lord Henry, banded this ball of difcord anewe and with more bitternes,
as after followeth ; Declaring thereby, that her incantations had more powerfully prevailed
1 Rabbit Warren. [Ed.]
2 K 2

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1532

carta in caftro
de Berkeley. fol: 673.

703
His firft wife.

div'fa munimenta
in caftro de
Berkeley.

div'fi compi in
¦caftro de Berkeley.
Inqu : in com.
Glouc. 20. H. 8.
p^ mort Thom
Volunt: Thome
de Berkeley : 24.
H. 8.
originall: 25. H.
8. rot : 34. in
fcacio.

Stow et at.

prevailed with her hufband then ftood with the affection of a brother, or the honor
of their fathers memory. <©f which lady it now follows that I write, as the fecond
of this lords wives. $i£ 3©ibc£.
©i£ tfitgt W$z.
Chat it was intended and accordingly articled under feale That this lord fhould
have marryed Katharine daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, and that
part of the marriage portion was accordingly paid, hath been already written in the
life of this lords father ; But whether nearnes of bloud, they being cozens in the
fourth degree, or the death of Katharine, or diflike either of | the parties to the
other, or what elfe hindered the confummation of that marriage, I find not : 2&Ut
the fame 17* yeare of king Henry the 8* hee tooke to wife Mary the daughter
of George lord Haftings ; the greateft part of whofe marriage portion the lord
Thomas his father in the fecond yeare after affigned over to St George Throgmerton,
for payment of part of the Dowry hee gave with his daughter Mirriell Berkeley,
marryed to his eldeft fon Robert, as hath been faid : 5lnb for maintenance, this lord
and his wife had one hundred pounds a yeare from his father ; 25p her this lord had
noe iffue, though they lived lovingly togeather neare eight yeares ; And dyed in
the fame 24* yeare of Henry the 81!1 about fix weekes after this lords father; ffor
whofe Joynture and dower the faid lord her father in lawe tooke fpetiall care that it
might bee quietly enjoyed by her, if fhee furvived her hufband, without the impeach
ment of his own wife, As by his will made but a few dayes before his death appeares.
Ij^Otobeit, this lords forrow for her death was not foe ftronge or prevalent to
hinder him many monthes from flying to the marriage bed of another as followes.
%i$ Sztotto 3©ife.
Che fecond wife of this lord Thomas, was Anne the daughter of ST John
Savage of ffrodfham in Chefhire knight, of whom Stowe, & others thus write ; That
on the 25* day of January in the 24* yeare of his raigne, king Henry the 8*
privily married the lady Anne Boleine, what time M? Anne Savage bare up her
traine, and was her felf fhortly after marryed to the lord Berkeley ; which marriage
feemes to have been contrived by the faid King and Queen, or one of them.
Che father of this lord dyed on the 22* of January as hath been faid; The
lady Mary this lords firft wife dyed within lefs then two months after, And in Aprill
following was this lords marriage with the faid Anne Savage. Che

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Che portion which fhee brought in marriage was five hundred marks in money, Carta. 21. Maij
paiable at certaine days after, fome whereof incurred not in her hufbands life time, de Berkeley.04 r°

Che Joynture affured by her hufband in May next after mariage | were the
manors of Melton Mowbray, Segrave, and Sileby in the county of Leicefter;
Bretby, Roftlafton and Coton in the County of Derby ; and Callowdon in the
county of the City of Coventry ; which was after increafed with the manors of
Mountforrell, Gofcote hundred, and Coldoverton, And w* the thirds of the manors
of Sages, Tetbury, Daglingworth, fframpton, Manygford, Afpele, Hovingham, and
of the lands in Calais, affigned to her in lieu of Dower.

704Carta prdi<Sa.
Efdi : 2. 3. Ph :
et. M. in Cane.
Carta. 3. 4. Ph :
Mar in Caftro de
Berkel :
Comp: 20. H. 8. in
caftrode Berkeley.

Countes of
Ormond :

S$ZZ was a lady of a mafculine fpirit, over-powerfull with her hufband, feldom
at reft with her felf, never wanting matter of fuite or difcontent to work upon, till
the full age of that fon which fhee carryed in her womb nine weeks and fower days
after the death of her hufband : Sfycc was in the way to have proved a fruitfull lady,
and to have replenifhed this family with males and females, whereof much fcarcity
hath in late difcents been in the eldeft line ; for in the tenth month after marriage
fhee brought her hufband as faire a daughter as lived in her time ; And conceived
againe the next night after her churching day, and "brought a fon, (of whom I am
next to write,) as fhee declared the time of her conception to him, and hee to mee, > Ld Henry.
and as the fequell manifefted to bee true, the birth being juft forty weeks after,
though the father lived not to fee the day ; <©f completion fhee was of a comely
. brown, of a middle ftature, And, above all the ladies of her days, noted to bee moft
tender hearted to her children ; And to them foe over and above reafon indulgent,
as not contentedly fhee admitted them out of her fight, whereby they after com-
playned of that want of Learning which a jufter education fhould have afforded
their eftates and parentage ; ffor whofe fakes and the memoriall of her hufbands
love fhee continued a widowe all her life : noe lady more conftant to her religion,
for from the inftruction of her youth wherewith in the ten firft years of king Henry
the 8'!1 fhee was feafoned, fhee never would depart ; which was the caufe why V
Queene Mary and the Clergy of her time exceedingly favoured her.

Che places where moft fhee lived after her hufbands death were firft at ST
Auguftines green by Briftoll, then at Yate, then at Kentifh Towne by London,
then at the Bifhop of Bangors great houfe in Shewelane by ST Andrews Church in
Holborne, which fhee held by leafe. Then againe at Yate in Gloucefterfhire, And
laftly at Callowdon by Coventry, where fhee dyed inteftate in October in the fixth
yeare of Queen Elizabeth, A° 1564. then of the age of 58 . yeares or neare there
abouts ;

Div'fi compi
hofpic in caftro
de Berkeley.
Ex relacone Hen:
Dni Berkeley.
Depos : in Cane :
Sub mag : Sigillo
in ca:de Berkeley.

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1532

705

Adminiftr : dat :
31 Jan: 7 : Eliz:
1564. fub figillo
in Caftf de
Berkeley.

Ex relacone ipius
Henrici : et Han-
corne et Burbage
tunc attenden.
Anne Gaftrell her
waiting gentle
woman.

Inqu : 29. H. 8.
in fcacio : 1 year
old poft mort
Thome
Comp : Franfh
recept 1. et 2.
Eliz. in caftf de
Berkeley.
706

abouts ; And lyeth buried in the Church of ST Michall in Coventry ; who may not
foe fleep in peace, but that I muft after and often call her fuites and actions into
queftion, in | the life of the lord Henry her fon, to whofe time I doe tranfmit many
of them, as being profecuted in his name, and concerned his inheritance.
Cfte adminiftration of the goods, and chatties of this lady was the 31* of
January following committed to the lord Henry her fon, who for the honor of her
memory, paid more then her goods which came to his hands amounted unto, which
fometimes after, for his difcharge, hee pleaded.
CoiUltrp hufwifery feemed to bee an effentiall part of this ladies conftitution ;
A lady, that living at Yate, Callowdon, and other her Country houfes, would be
times in Winter and Somer mornings make her walkes to vifit her ftable, barnes,
day houfe, pultry, fwinetroughs, and the like ; Which hufwifery her daughter in lawe
the lady Katharine Howard, wife to the lord Henry her fon, feeming to decline,
and to betake her felf to the delights of youth and greatnes, fhee would fometimes
to thofe about her, fweare, by Gods bleffed facrament, this gay girle will begger my
fon Henry : As the lord her fon, and other of her fervants have told mee : 3lno if
fhee were to bee judged as Phillip de Comines doth King Lewis the 11* his mafter,
That hee was a good King becaufe hee had more vertues than vices, I would foe
conclude of this lady : But foe much remaines to bee faid of her in the life of the
lord Henry her fon as I will leave my Judgment in Sufpence.
5lnb it might feem tedious to this family for mee to write foe largely of this
lady as I have received from Anne Gaftrell the widow of Thomas Harsfeild of
Nibley, there living for ten years after I maryed into that towne, the neareft and
eldeft attendant about her of all this ladies gentlewomen untill her death.
$i$ i^ue.
Che children which this lord Thomas had by his laft wife were only two;
Henry born nine weeks and fower dayes after his fathers death, whofe life is half
a Volume of it felf; And Elizabeth then fcarce three quarters old, who was in the
firft of Queen Elizabeth marryed to Thomas Butler Earle of Ormond, whom in y
2'!1 of Eliz : fhee followed into Ireland accompanied with her mother and brother
from London to | Yate, thence to Briftoll, where fhee tooke fhipping for Ireland.
3@hat portion the Earle had with her in marriage, I have not found ; Howbeit
having noe certainty left by her father, her brother gave her one hundred pounds
by the yeare for many years togeather, both before and after her marriage. $er

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©er Joynture was altogeather of lands in Ireland, made in the 4^ yeare of Carta in caftro de
Queen Elizabeth: But afterwards fhee and her hufband not agreeing, An award
was upon the labor of the lord Henry her brother made in the 11* of Queen Carta in caftro de
Elizabeth between them, by the mediation of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk er e ey-
and of Thomas Ratcliffe Earle of Suffex, to whom their differences were referred ;
That fhee for her prefent alimony and maintenance, (then being feperate from her
hufband meerely arifing from the antipathy of their natures,) fhould have 90" p Ann
out of her hufbands lands, which was duly paid by his Receivor during her life,
which ended at Briftoll in the 24* yeare of Queen Elizabeth, Anno, 1582. leaving
noe iffue behind her, nor for ought I could learne ever conceived by him : A lady
whom the lord Henry her brother, and others of his old fervants, would report to
have been the faireft that lived in the Courts of Edward the fixth and of Queen
Mary, and foe noted in thofe dayes.

©ig Szalz$.
Chi$ lords time was fo fhort after his fathers death, And the name of Thomas
one and the fame to them both, As alfo the ftile, That hee never altered either his
fathers broad feale or privy Signet : Only I have obferved, That on the reverfe of
his broad feale fixed to his laft will and Teftament, The privy feale or fignet, (being
Mowbrays Lion rampant,) is five times imprinted, one, three, and one. See the
figures in his fathers life.

©#

256 Che ttibeg of the S&erftelepg J532
7<>7 $# beath anb nlace of 25uriaH.
Inq -in Cane- 91 toiH fatisfy this title with two records of Inquifitions found after the death
of this lord Thomas, in one yeare in one county; The one at Wotton Underedge
the 20* of Auguft in the 29'.h of king Henry the 8'!\ by Commiffion, in the nature
Inq : in Sccio : rf & Mandamus> the other at Marfhfeild the 10* of October following, by the
Efcheator alone, virtute officij fui ; The firft returned into the Chancery, the other
into the Exchequer. The firft layeth down the recoveryes had by Judge Brudnell
and others againft this lords unkle in Efter Terme in the 4* and . 5 4* of Henry the
841 of the manors of Tetbury, Daglingworth, Sages, and the reft of his lands
formerly mentioned, And how this lords father dyed the 24*.h of Henry the 84"
indebted — 6271! 3s. 6d — over and befides — 488lL 16? 6d — in legacies given by his will;
And the Anuities given by him for life, whereof many are formerly mentioned ;
And this lord Thomas his fon dyed the 22* of September in the 26* of Henry the
8* Anno. 1534.
Che fecond Inquifition layeth down the purchafes of Bitton and Mangottef-
feild, made by the lord Maurice of MT Dormer in the 1 1* of Henry the 8'?; And
hee of Huffey in the 7* year of the faid kinge ; and how the faid lord Maurice
purchafed the manor of Elmington of MT Wiftm Huffey, fon and heire of Margaret
Blunt maryed to John Huffey, father of the faid William, by fine in Efter Terme
in the 12'!1 of Henry the 8'!1; And how, when this lord Thomas dyed the 22* of
September in the 26* of Henry the 8'J1 Anno. 1534, Then Elizabeth was his
daughter and heire, one yeare old ; But that Anne his wife was then with childe,
who fince brought forth a fon called Henry, the 26* of November following. Chug
thefe Inquifitions.
ChhS lord Thomas in the firft yeare of his Barony, wifely taking into confider
ation the debts of his father and unkle wherewith the lands difcended upon him
were charged ; And the Joynture and dower of the lady Cicely his mother in lawe
of feaven of his manors, whereof mention hath been made in his fathers life ; And
the lands alfo which his younger brother had for his life : And having alfo fome
fcores of his own uncut out incurred in his fathers life, in thofe eight years of his
firft marriage, what time hee had but one hundred pounds p anii. exhibition, for the
maintenance of himfelf his wife and family, And part of that alfo not well paid as
708 before appeares ; And obferving withall the many Anuities iffuing | out of thofe
lands given by his faid Anceftors and himfelf ftill in being, And of the charge of
children like to grow upon him, determined to caft off for a time the popular and
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vaine fame of great houfkeeping, and the many expences incident thereto, And to
fojourne at a certaine rate, w0!1 hee would not exceed ; And doth bargaine accord
ingly with the Counteffe of Wilfhere, who then lived at Stone by Thames fide, a
mile from Dartford in Kent, for the lord of himfelf, his wife, two gentlewomen, and
fix men, at the rate of 25! 4f the weeke for them all ; And foe in June in the 26*
yeare of Henry the 8* fets from hisj houfe at Yate in Gloucefterfhire towards
London, and from thence comes to Stone the 15* of the next month, where, after
a fhort ficknefs, hee dyes on Satterday the 19* day of September in the faid 26*
yeare of the raigne of king Henry the 841 Anno . 1534. And was there buryed the
Teufday after, the 22* of that SeptT, which the faid Inquifitions make the day of his
death, then of the age of 29 years or neare thereabouts, whereof hee had fit lord
one yeare and eight months after the death of his father ; And of all his anceftors
had the fhorteft life, yet longe, by the well imployment of his life.

div'fa muniment
in caftro de
Berkeley.

Liberac : Thome
dni Berkeley. 24.
H. 8. et Henrici
dni Berkeley 2. et.
3. Ph : et Maf.

3(tt an accompt of one of his houfhold officers of that time, are thefe words, Comp: in caftro de
which I beft beleive and followe ; 30emoranbum, paid to my lady Wilfhire the 21 'I1 Berk.eley et a*
. munimenta.
day of September in the 26 . yeare of the raigne of King Henry the 8 . in full con
fideration for the board of my lord Berkeley, my lady, and all their fervants, unto
the faid twenty firft of September in the faid year and raigne — 12" 13* 4d — which
further fhewes that hee came to fojourne there the 1 5'!1 of July before, himfelf, wife,
two gentlewomen, and fix men ; And foe for nyne weeks till hee was buryed, paid
as aforefaid after — 25? 4d. the weeke.
Concerning whofe death and funerall are thefe further fragments, remaining in
the accompts of his fervants of that time, made to his wife the week after, which
are all I have found of him.
Charged about the funeralls of my lord Berkeley the 19* day of September in
the 26* yeare of Henry the 8*

iod-

ffirft to a mafon for raifing the foote of the herfe
For making of his Cheft — 12?.
For half a hundred of boards — i4d.
For 4 Bufhells of bran to lay within the Cheft — 12*!
For a winding fheet — 20d. |
For maffes the ig°i day of September at his death — 3
For dirige the fame day — 2!

709

To

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1532

A maffe conftantly
rated at 4d a peece.

To the poore in Almes the fame day — i2d.
To Hall and three children for bearing of torches-
Itm at dirige on Thurfday 2 . preifts — 84
Itm at dirige on Fryday 7 . preifts — 4! 84
Itm 5 maffes of the five wounds — 2o4
Itm . 3 . maffes downe of the trentall — 124
Itm, remaineth more of the trentall — 9*
Itm offering pence — 2! 84
Itm to the clarke — 44

-12°

And in another bill thus,
A place neare Itm for the hire of a horfe from London to Stone in Kent, to ride to my lords
Stone by Thames . . , .A
f,de. month mind — 16.

710

And in another bill thus
Itm received of my lady on Thurfday the 17* of September in the 26* of Henry
the 841 xx4 whereof paid for a wherry for Doctor Nicholas a Phifition to Greenhithe
— 2? For the doctors cofts at Greenhith all night — 6?
I have been told from his fon the lord Henry, and by two other of this lords
fervants, That hee dyed of a forfeit of cherries ; which I beleive, though their
feafon feem gone longe before his death ; Neither is any of his anceftors found to
bee better bred nor of greater hope, who for his fweet condition and for a mind as
innocent as his years, and for his rare endowments, well deferves to bee commended
to everlafting memory, that hee may bee permanent foe much the longer in the life
of an Hiftory, by how much the thred of his naturall life was cut fhorter by the
fates. 1 Short was thy life, yet liv'ft thou ever,
Death has his due, yet dyeft thou never.
All well may wonder how foe youthfull years,
Could frame a life where foe much worth appeares |
Che fanb£ tohcteof hee tipeb $zi$zb.
The manors and lands which this lord Thomas left to difcend to Elizabeth his
only daughter and heire at his death, And after to the lord Henry his fon, borne
nine weeks and fower days after his death, were in effect the fame whereof his
father and unkle dyed feized, vizT The

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i\

The manor of Melton Mowbray,
The manor of Segrave,
The manor of Sileby,
The manor of Coldoverton,
The manor of Mountforrell,
called fuperior et inferior.
The manor of Dalby Chawcomb,
The manor of Thurneby,
The manor of Thorpe Sachevill &
Twyford,
The manor of Witherley,
The hundred of Gofcote,
Divers Lands in Welby ats Oleby.
The manor of Sages,
The manor of Bitton,
The manor of Ailmington, which was
to Maurice his brother.
The manor of Upton S' Leonards,
called Grovecourt.
The manor of Mangottesfeild,
The manor of Tetbury,
The manor of Daglingworth,
The manor of Yat^f was but a leafe
for yeares.
The fourth part of the manor of
Brokenburrow, in Almondfbury
prifh,
Divers lands and Tenements in
Thornbury, containing - 190 - acres,
A meffuage and divers lands in
Berkeley,
Two and twenty marks rent out of
fframpton upon Seaverne, |
The manor of ffenyftanton,
The manor of Hilton,
The manor of Auconbury,
The manor of Wefton,

In the County of Leicefter.

In the County of Gloucefter.

711

In the County of Huntington.

The

2 L 2

260 Che 3libe£ of the 2£>erfeelep0 1532
The manor of Chatterys, 1 T , ~ c ~ , .,
„,, r ^ 1 1 ¦»*¦ fin the County of Cambridge.
The manor of Guvherne and Murroe. )

The manor of Guyherne and Murroe. ¦ In the County of Suffex.

The manor of Bofham with Buckfold, *
The manor of Thorney,
The manor of ffuntingtqn.

The manor of Bretby,
The manor of Linton,
The manor of Coton,
The manor of Roftlafton,
The manor of Repingdon,

In the County of Derby.

The manor of Hovingham, in the County of Yorke.
The manor of Maningford Bruce, in the County of Wilts.
Certaine Lands and tents in Thorpe, and Kingfton in the County
of Nottingham.
The manor of Callowdon in the County of the City of Coventry
and Warrwicke,
Divers lands and tenements in Stivechall, by Coventry.

The manor of Afpele, in the Parifh "
of Tamworth.
The manor of Thurlafton,
The manor of fflekenhoe.

In the County of Warrwick.

The moities of the Lop.s of Catherkgh, 1 T , _, . , r T , .
~. . rr , , , , fin the Kingdome of Ireland.
Oldcrone, and other lands. /
Lands and Tenements in Calais of the value of — 61!- 13! 4? of old
rent.
ffowerteen pounds pT Ann out of Bromly, Lee, Gateborne, and
^j\^ Scothurne, in the Counties of Lincolne and Surrey.
Origin. 2. et. 3, ffor thefe lands feverall Inquifitions, (in all or moft counties,) were found after
^h2: rot^s] tne death of this lord in the 28* and twenty ninth yeare of the raigne of Henry
the 8* and in the third of king Edward the fixth ; And of them Henry lord
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In the County of Gloucefter.

Berkeley aforefaid, after hee had been one and twenty years in | ward, fued his 712
livery in the fecond and third of Phillip and Mary : And therein were valued to
him at — 992"/ 18? 03d.
9lt which time alfo reverted unto him upon the death of king Edwd the fixth,
for default of iffue male of the body of king Henry the 7^, according to the entaile
of Wittm Marques Berkeley, as in his life is related, thefe manors, viz!
The Caftle and manor of Berkeley,
The manor of Hame,
The manor of Appleridge,
The manor of Slimbridge,
The manor of Hurft,
The manor of Cowley,
The manor of Alkington,
The manor of Came,
The manor of Wotton underedge,
with the Advowfon,
The manor of Symondfall,
The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Erlingham.
It The manor of Portbury in the County of Somerfet.
The 441 part of the manor of Tyborne als
Marybone, in the County of Middlefex.
The manors of Kington magna, and Kington parva, in the County
of Warrwicke.
And thefe later were valued to him at — 6871? 5T
3lnb alfo in the fecond yeare of Queen Elizabeth reverted unto him the Lib: incur Ward:
. /-* Too-nr Spec: lib: 16 Junij
manors of Kenet and Kentford in the Counties of Cambridge and Suttolk, tor 2 Eliz .
default of iffue male of the bodies of Richard Willoughby and Edward Willoughby,
according to the entaile of Wittm Marques Berkeley made to them, as in his life fol: 569.
hath been related ; And thefe, in the livery which hee then fued, were valued at —
34"T 6? and then yielded in rent but — 59? 44 more.

Snz all the lands for which Henry
lord Berkeley fued livery m. 2.&-3.
Ph : & Mary, were valued at

li. s. d.
1714 = 9 = 3

3lnb

262 Che Xibeg of the Sfcerftrfepg 1532
, 3lnb alfo hee further had the Manor of Wefton iuxta Baldocke in the County
of Hartford, recovered upon the fuite in lawe from yl patentees of king E. 6., (as
after followeth in his life,) valued at 3 64 or thereab'f |
713 Che fine which the lord Henry paid upon his livery for the lands difcended
Rate of his Livery from his father, was — 496"; 9.1 1 4
Cftr fine which hee paid for the lands reverted to him after the death of king
Edward the fixth, was — 3434- 12s: 6?
Che 5lppIication anb u£e of hig life.
The ufe. 1. ^n Berkeley Caftle on a file of bills, is one for the laft fuite of Clothes that
ever were made for this lords wearing, which hee made at Stone, the 4'!1 of Septem
ber, but fifteen dayes before hee dyed, then in the 29* of his age ; Thus, j. 6.
Itm paid for a yard and a quarter of black kerfie for my lords hofe, 2 ,, 1 1
Itm for two yards and a half of black fuftion for a doublet for my lord, 2 ,, 1
Itm for two yards of Lininge for the fame doublet) - - 1 ,, 3
And fo of the reft of the parcells. In the whole makeing and all, 9 ,, 7
Sum — gs. ,,07?
Which I hope the divine providence hath referved for his pofterity as an example
of moderation, and to avoid exceffe in this kind : Poore is the condition of that
.man that muft from his taylor take his reputation.

\rr

2. 51 gaine, from the fhort life of this lord his pofterity is admonifhed, not to
rely the everlafting affaires of their life to come upon the gliding flipperines and
running ftreame of this uncertaine life ; Neither to fojourne longe in finfull fecurity,
but to frame their premifes as they would have the conclufion ; And by confidering
how the bud of this their Anceftors life was cut from the ftalk before it flowered, to
meditate often on the fall of theire leafe, for none more likely than hee to have feen
the feed ripened. And to defire with this their anceftor rather a good life then a
longe, non quam diu fed quam bene ; And to know with him that one day vertu-
oufly fpent* is to bee highlier valued then a longe life confumed in vanity and
prophanenes. |
7*4 3. Slgaine, when this family fhall ferioufly confider the generous fraternity and
love that alwaies floured between this lord Thomas father and his elder brother the
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1534 ttift of Chomag the Sixty 263
lord Maurice, whofe individuall foules foe entirely comunicated their true affections
each to other, that they feemed at once to bee all in all, and all, in every part of
each other ; And when in the next difcent this family fhall as ferioufly confider the
bitter enmity of the two fons of the faid lord Thomas, this Thomas the fixth and
Maurice his brother, which reconciled not till death, with the ill effects, It cannot
butxacknowledge, That tribulations and croffes waite and are let in as well at their
doores as of inferior families : And therefore when they fee but one morrowe day
to bee interpofed between fuch fweet affections and unnaturall difcords, It muft
needs know it felf ftill fubject to the like adverfities, And beare theire faile
thereafter. 7xi}blank

fim$ Cfioma?, ejugbem nomini£, &erti

@l)c Cife of fijmrg tt)t fxt&l
Cf)e life of Henry lord Berkeley the firft of that
name, ftiled in writings Sir Henry Berkeley knight, Lord
Berkeley, Mowbray, Segrave, and Breoufe; never otherwife
written from his cradle to his grave ; 3lnb was Avus, or as
our Anceftors the Saxons called, eald-fader, And wee at
this day grandfather to George now lord Berkeley.
5finb may bee called Henry the harmleffe, or pofthumus
Henry.
Contcmporarp with King Henry the 81?1, Kinge Edward the
6^, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and King James, from
1534. till 1613.
Che longe life of this lord Henry I deliver under thefe
fixteen titles ;
1. — $ft$ birth and education, fol : 718.
2. — $fri$ reftitution to Berkeley Caftle and to the Barony of Berke
ley : fol : 727.
3. — ^i£ lawe fuites, fol : 741.
4. — ^ fale of lands, fol : 817.
5- — ©titf buildings, fol : 825.
6. — J)ig recreations and delights, fol : 826.
7. — i^i<gf hofpitality, fol : 828.
8: — |j)i£ rewards to Servants, fol : 832.
9. — Jjji$ Almes and devotions, fol : 833.
10.— -Jl^ig mifcellaniae or various paffages, fol : 835.
11. — J^ljsi Wives, fol : 849.
12.— ^hU iffue, fol: 863.
13. — &i$ feales of Armes, fol : 875.
14. — l|>ig death and place of buriall, fol : 876.
15. — Che lands whereof hee dyed feized, fol : 882.
16. — C||e application and ufe of his life, fol : 883. |

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Che £ibe£ of the 25erhelep^

1534

718

Comp. miniftr. 14.
Eliz:
pat. 1 Sept. 34
H. 8.
Mich. rec. 14 Eliz:
rot. 72. cm rein
thefaur in Scacio.

$t£ 2$trth anb ebucation.
^^OtD pioufly the grandfather of this lord Henry left his life at Mangottesfeild
J^ 1 in the 24* of king Henry the 8th, and peace (as hee fuppofed) between his
( two fons Thomas and Maurice ; how his eldeft fon Thomas, this lords
father, endeavored to wreft that manor of Mangottesfeild from the faid Maurice
his younger brother, and how the faid Thomas dyed within two years after at Stone
in Kent, in the 26* of that king in the midft of that catching contention ; leaving
Elizabeth a fucking infant not one year old, his daughter and heire ; And the lady
Anne great with child, delivered of this lord Henry nyne weekes and fower days
after his death, To whom king Henry the eighth that gave his name was godfather;
ha.th in part already been declared.
%t hath alfo formerly been written in the life of the faid lord Thomas the 5*
this lords grandfather, how by his Will hee gave to the faid Maurice his fecond fon,
(amongft other lands,) the Manors of Dalby in Leicefterfhire for his life in prefent
poffeffion, And alfo the manor of Mountforrell in the fame county for his life alfo,
after his will fhould bee performed ;

|5oto after the death of the lord Thomas her hufband, It was by the procure-
Inqu : 28. H. 8. ment of this lady Anne found by Inquifition, That her hufband dyed feized of the
poft mortThrane faid manors 0f Dalby and Mountforrell, and alfo of the manor of Thorpe Sachevill
in the fame County ; which the faid Maurice conceived to bee to his double preju
dice, efpetially this lord Henry fon and heire of the faid Thomas being then in
minority and the kings ward : firft becaufe Thorpe Sachvill is part of his manor of
Dalby, which now is taken from him under the pretence of being a Manor of it
felf; fecondly, becaufe by the faid Inquifition the king is intituled prefently to thofe
two Manors of his : Wtytzag Dalby fhould prefently bee to him in poff'ion, And
Mountforrell alfo after his fathers will performed : Hereupon Maurice tenders his
plea in Chancery in nature of a traverfe, to avoid this part of the Inquifition foe
unjuftly found by meanes of this lady Anne his fifter in lawe, who loved him not ;
whereupon iffue is joyned between Maurice and the kings Atturney generall tryable
by Jury, urged and defended by this lady Anne, in behalf of her felf and her fon
Henry the Kings ward. Che

Ptita in Cane.
oftabis martin
28. H. 8.

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Che Lady on the contrary maintained, That Thorpe Sachvill was noe part of Berkd? Caftle
Dalby manor, but a Manor of it felf, with a court baron | arid a Leete yearly kept 719
there ; $lnb alfo, that the tenants of Dalby never atturned to the feoffees, whereby
Maurice could have noe eftate in that Manor from his father. 3lnb alfo, that there
is both, great Dalby and litle Dalby in that County, And in the feoffment which
paffed by tre of Atturney it is not expreffed whether was meant unto him by his
father great Dalby or litle Dalby. 3lnb alfo that Henry her fon was heir in taile
to that manor, which Maurice claimed by vertue of a fine levyed by Maurice Fine: 10. H. 7.
Berkeley his grandfather to himfelf and Ifable his wife, and to the heires males of in banc0-
their two bodies.
3lgain$t Maurice alfo, for Mangottesfeild manor, fhee alleadged, That her
hufband was feized of all that manor fave the houfe and the Conigre, and thereof
dyed feized, And fo her fon (the kings ward) was in by difcent from his father :
3tgainst Maurice alfo, for the manor of Elmington given him likewife by his
fathers will and to the heirs males of his body, fhee alleadged, That that guift was
to him by a firft Will, which by making of a fecond was revoked : And that after
the feoffment made by the faid lord Thomas his father to the ufe of his will, hee
made a Leafe for lives of the manor place demefnes and Tenem1?, referving a rent
to him and his heires, with a claufe of diftrefs for nonpayment ; Which rent muft
refort to Henry her fon ; Ci)U£ this lady Anne drew into fuite and queftion what
foever lands this younger brother Maurice had in any County.
3finb becaufe her mafculine fpirit would beare noe coales at Maurices hands,
whereas hee and his company had not longe before endamaged her hufband in
fpoiling of Mangottesfeild poole and the Mill there, whereof hee had gotten the
poffeffion, as hath alfo been faid ; fhee incited James Berkeley of Bradley by
Wotton, John Berkeley and Brice Berkeley his two fons, and thirty others who
by her means they brought with them, the 12* of June in the 26'.h of Henry the
841, immediately after her hufbands departure from Yate towards London, to reenter
againe upon the faid Mill and poole, and riotoufly to break down the head thereof,
And from thence to carry away tench and breames to the value of forty fhillings :
For which fact by the purfuite of the faid Maurice, they were fhortly after indicted
and fined. iBhith riotous deed the malice of the faid lady borne to Maurice foe
well approved, That (her hufband dying the 19* of September following,) fhee the
28* of the next month, by an ample patent made the faid James Berkeley her Carta jn caftro ^
Receivour, Surveyor, Auditor, and Woodward, of all her manors and lands in the Berkeley.
Counties
2 m 2

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720 Counties of Derby, Leicefter, Huntington, and Gloucefter, which fhee | either had
in joynture or by leafe from the lady Cicely as Adminiftratrix to her hufband, as a
reward for his faid riotous fact.

Pat : 1 Sept. 34.
H. 8.
Mich : rec : 14.
Eliz. rot. 72. in
fcacio cum : rem :
thefaur
Comp : minis. 14.
Eliz : in Scacio.
Carta dat : 2.
Januar : 26. H. 8.
in caftro de
Berkeley.

Ex relacone H:
dni Berkeley et
di'ri. at.

721

3lnb this is that Brice Berkeley whofe daughter and heire Elizabeth was after
maryed to Edward Berkeley fon and heire of this Maurice, as formerly hath been
written. 3lltb for the wardfhip of this lord Henry, It was firft granted by Henry the 8*
to Robert Earle of Suffex his Chamberlen, with the exhibition of— 141! 6s- 84 iffuing
out of fframpton upon Seaverne and after by him affigned to this lady Anne.
3ft now followeth to declare, that forthwith after her hufbands funerall the faid
lady Anne came to live at ST Auguftines greene, and from thence returned to her
houfe at Yate ; And in the meane time, within one week after her churching, the
more to increafe the flame of the former fire (which by her addition of fuell had too
much flamed between the two brothers,) fhee wound in one Alexander Dowle of
Thornbury, fon of Walter, fon of Thomas and of Alice his wife, daughter and heire
of one Phillpot and of Alice his wife, to fell unto her in fee fimple for twenty pounds
in money a meffuage and threefcore acres of Land in Acton Ilger, which was wrong
fully with power and force held from him by Giles Poyntz, (brother of Sir Nicholas,)
And that hee being a poore man and not able to fue in the kings Courts for the
fame againft the faid Giles, did therefore fell his right and title to the faid lady and
her heirs ; Thus the Deed fpeakes.
|5oto whilft thefe and other fuites travelled up and down WeftmT hall, Maurice
on the other part, accompanyed with his brother in law Nicholas Poynz, and the faid
Giles Poynz his brother, to work like difpite to this lady, They one night fpecially,
(as often they did the like,) with a riotous company of their fervants and others,
entred her parke at Yate, and having havoked her deere at pleafure fware amongft
themfelves, they would, to fret and damage her the more, fet the great hay ricke
on fire ; meaning a great ricke of hay for winter provifion inclofed with a high pale
at the ftable end adjoyning to the houfe, wifhing the fire might catch the houfe and
burne the lady with her werifh boy in the midft of it, And then, Maurice (quoth
Giles Poynz) thou fhalt bee heire, and wee have an end of all our futes.
3Jt chanced at the fame time another company of Hunters to bee | in the fame
parke ftealing alfo of this ladies deere ; who perceiving a ftronger pack of theeves then

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then themfelves to bee in place, and better provided, had drawn themfelves fecretly
to fhelter under the faid hay ricke, where clofely ftanding and hearing what was faid
and determined, and fearing either to bee defcried or burned, prefently ran away and
fled ; which being perceived by Maurice and his company, and by them thought to
bee of the ladies family, and fuch as fhee and her keepers had drawn togeather,
They alfo, as -loth to be defcryed or taken, fled as faft another way ; And foe by
this chance was a great danger prevented, And Maurice and his company by the
other company peached, and a Starchamber fuite commenced. Chi£, this noble
lord Henry hath merily related unto mee, with many the like paffages in thofe
times by his unkind uncle Maurice, and his faid brother in lawe ; wherewith I might
blot more leaves of paper and tell this family of divers of their ftrange actions, not
(I think) before practifed fince the lawles daies of Robinhood ; the remembrance of
many whereof are yet of frefh memory in thofe parts.
%\\ March the yeare after in the 29^ of King Henry the 841, Sir Nicholas
Poynz aforefaid, John Butler, Edward Arden, Thomas Tovy, and others of his
company, in a lewd riotous manner brake down the wall and head of Mangottesfeild
poole aforefaid, which was now the faid ladies, and deftroyed the mill of late there
built, and took and fpoiled the fifh and fry therein, to her very great damage, and
the little profit of themfelves; which was the third attempt upon this mill and poole;
for which riotous fact, this lady Anne exhibits another bill in the Starchamber; And
fending her man Thomas Stephens to ferve the defendants with proces, the faid
Arden and others foundly beat him, for which battery and contempt of Juftice,
another newe fuite was likewife raifed and profecuted.
Sit Nicholas Poynz and Maurice Berkeley being ftrictly preffed with the fuits
of this lady, for the riot committed upon the faid mill and poole, fomewhat to give
colour to their fact, procured an Inquifition to bee privately found at Wotton by
the Efcheator, virtute officij, in the 30* yeare of king Henry the 841, declaring how Inq: 33 H- 8-
Henry the 841 in the 24* of his raigne leafed the Manor and Hundred of Barton to
his father ST Anthony Poynz for one and twenty years, whofe executor hee was ;
And that the watercourfe running between the manor and | hundred of Barton and 722
the manor of Bitton was eftopped by Thomas lord Berkeley the fifth of that name,
when he new built that mill, And thereupon had overflown two acres of ground,
one of the manor of Barton, the other of the manor of Bitton, which is now called
Mangottesfeild poole ats Charnells poole, which Anne lady Berkeley now holds,
but by what title they of the Jury fay they know not : This presentment the lady
traverfed,

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1534

traverfed, And hereupon fo many bills in divers Courts, Indictements and other
Suites, were multiplyed between them, That at laft the faid lady to give fome eafe
to her felf, fled to her old mafter king Henry the 8* who granted her a fpeciall
Comiffion under the great feale, to enquire heare and determine thefe riots and
other mifdemeanors, and made her one of the Comiffioners, and of the Quorum ;
Whereupon fhee came to Glouc, and there fate on the Bench in the publique
Seffions hall, impanelled a Jury, received Evidence, found ST Nicholas Poynz and
Maurice Berkeley and their fellowes guilty of divers riotts and diforders, and fyned
them; And hence it is, that the coinon people in thofe parts of Yate and Mangottef-
feild will with fome ftifnefs of opinion to this day, to the honor of this lady, (as they
fuppofe,) maintaine that fhee was a Juftice of peace, and in the Comiffion of the
peace, and fate with them upon the bench, But I have not otherwife obferved it,
then as aforefaid.
5f toill not further weary this noble family with more of the braules and jarrs
between thefe two families; I come to the end they tooke for the time ; ST Nicholas
Poynz for two hundred markes, in the fecond and third years of Phillip and Mary,
Carta in caftro de fold to this lord Henry the patent hee had from the Crown of the Rangerfhip and
r'ey" keeping of Kingfwood fforeft, which his Anceftors Anthony and ffrancis before
had held, And which Maurice lord Berkeley the Sixth, before them had alfo held ;
for payment of which money the faid lady Anne became bound with her fon as a
fuerty ; And the next yeare this ST Nicholas, leaving another ST Nicholas his fon
to fucceed him, dyed ; the faid Maurice Berkeley his brother being dead before.

Efcheat: 13. H.4.
poft mort : Tho :
Mowbray Coin :
Marefc. 723
Diverfa muni
menta in caftro
de Berkel :
Diu'fi compi inter
record et fupervis:
Tho. Jenifofi, et
Dfise Eliz: nuper
regine.

Sot troubled was this lady Anne with thefe diffentions at home, that fhee
fuffered this lord her fon to fuftaine loffe of treble more moment abroad; for whereas
by difcent of inheritance hee had the one moity of the feignories and lordfhips of
Catherlagh, Oldcroffe, and divers other Manors and lands in the County of Wexford,
(yea two baronies,) | in Ireland, as a copercener with Thomas then Duke of Norfolk,
A parliament was holden for that kingdome at Dublyn, the firft of May in the 2841
of king Henry the 841, whereat all lords and owners of lands were, by a law then
made, under forfeiture enjoyned by a fhort day to come and inhabite upon them,
whereby this lord became difinherited.
<©f the Juftice of this act I will not fpeake, becaufe it was grounded upon
reafon of State, as affaires then ftood ; But, as to the lord Henry, then but feaven-
teen monthes old and the kings ward, and his whole lands under the kings rule and
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protection, and of his Courts, in refpect of his minority, it feemeth hard, and with
fome unreafonable ; And the more becaufe the Crown then feized upon them, and
longe time after let them for yearly rents paid into the Exchequer there, untill king tempore Jacobi.
James fold them away in ffee fimple.

^either would I have this family ignorant, that many lres and fome meffengers
in the life of this lord Henry after his full age, and the marriage of his fifter with the
Earle of Ormond, were fent to him about thefe lands ; But what through the Jarre
that fell between that Earle and his wife, and of the fuits that continued between
Queen Elizabeth and this lord Henry, and with her potent favorites and patentees,
till her end, and for feaven years after her dayes, and for many other troubles that
preffed hard upon this lords eftate, as alfo through his own indifpofition for Court
fuites, nothing was effected or brought to any apparent forwardnes for ought I have
underftood : Since his death I remember the new Earle of Thomond had twice
fpeeches with the lady Elizabeth Berkeley mother and gardian of his grandchild
and heire touching thefe lands, whereof I think hee hath part, and of the act that
did difinherite this lord Henry ; And after wrote to her about a fearch to bee made
amongft this lords evidences, but I knowe hee obtained nothing to the prejudice of
her fon the lord George ; To whom I can leave noe other hope herein, then that
the Crowns injuftice, (if I may ufe foe harfh a word,) to his imediate Anceftor,
may bee the ground for fome future fuite from his Ma4e

Anno: 14. Jaco :
et. 16. Jacobi.

%$ablz lady Berkeley, widow, having by her firft hufbands conveyance an
Eftate in the manor of Callowdon for her life, And the revercon after her death to
Maurice lord Berkeley her fon in ffee, joyne in a leafe in the 5* year of king Henry
the 8* of the faid Manor, to Thomas Try their Cofen and fervant, (often before
mentioned,) for his life, paying for the life time of the faid lady — ^334-18^44 And
after her death lefs by twenty pounds a year to the faid Maurice and his heires ;
which leafe, the faid lord Maurice | enjoyned his heire by his will, fhould bee quietly
enjoyed; After that ladies death the faid Maurice in the 12* yeare of king Henry
the 84\ not only confirmed that former leafe made by his mother and himfelf, but
granted twelve years more to the faid Thomas Try, to bee accompted from his
death, in recompence of the great charges hee had been at, and the many good and
faithfull fervices hee had done to him, at the feidges of Tirwin and Tournay, and
other places ; Thomas Try dies at Callowdon tthe Tenth of ffebruary in the 36'!* of
king Henry the 8'.h ; This Manor being part of this lady Annes Joynture, fhee
comes now to take poffeffion, but is kept out by Walter Horton EfqT, in behalf of
his

finis: 10. H. 7. in
banco. Carta. 5. H. 8. in
caftr de Berkel i
Com.pleas:Pafcfi: 38. H. 8. rot. 448.

724
carta. 12. H. 8. in
caftrodeBerkeley.

272

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J534

Pleadings in Cane.
36. et. 37. H. 8.

Pafcrt:38. H. 8.
rot. 448. in Comon pleas.

his mother the widow and executrix of Thomas Try, by colour of the twelve years
granted by this later leafe ; This leafe the faid lady Anne accufeth to bee forged,
And exhibits her bill againft them in Chancery ; they anfwere, Witneffes farre and
neare are fetched and examined, and amongft others one Gerrard Try a Soldier
from Bullen, a bafe fon of the faid Thomas Tryes; And the caufe coming to hearing
was fent to bee tryed by action at coinon lawe, which by extraordinary labour and
means paffed with the faid lady ; And fo after two years and a half Strugling, fhee
obtained the poffeffion and overthrew that leafe, I will not fay unjuftly : But know
ingly, I may fay, favour and freinds much helped and prevailed ; And in that fpace
many forcible entries and riotous affaults were made, a part of the mote about that
houfe filled up with faggotts, and foe affaulted by the faid lady, howbeit kept out
both of the houfe and the greateft part of the Manor till tryall : After which the
lady Anne to fortify her recovery foes out a fpeciall Comiffion in the nature of a
Mandamus, to enquire what lands in the County of the City of Coventry her
hufband dyed feized of; Whereupon an Inquifition was taken-before Bradfhawe the
kings Atturney generall and others, by jury, in the 3* yeare of king Edward the
fixth, who found the faid firft leafe, and as much more fpeciall matter as would
befreind the faid lady : All which, befides the records which fpeake at large, I have
had from the relation of old Robert Burbage father of Thomas the now bayly of
Gofcote hundred, then fervant to the faid lady, and many years after to this lord
Henry her fon, and imployed in this fervice, with many other paffages by mee
omitted.

carta in caftro de Chi£ Thomas Try purchafed an houfe and certain lands in Binly by Callowdon,
Berkeley. (wherein John Prowtinge and Hugh ffowler, two of this lords fervants, of late
dwelt,) And by his will left the inheritance of it to the faid Gerrard his bafe fon,,
725 formerly mentioned, then at Bullen, | who having depofed moft advantageoufly in
the former fuites for the f4 lady, loft him the love of his faid mother in lawe and of
her fon MT Horton ; And alfo kindled in them a defire to doe him any mifcheife ;
And on the other part, the hatred the lady carried to the memory of his father
Thomas Try for forginge the faid leafe, as fhee affirmed, (but untruly,) caufed her
to caft injuftice upon him his bafe fon ; for, having now the poffeffion of Callowdon
fhee feized upon this houfe and lands at Binly as parcell thereof, under colour that
they were by one and the fame man longe occupied togeather ; Gerard Try comes
from beyond feas, and petitions this lady for his right, but is rejected : Hee feeks
to the Bifhop of Ely, then lord Chancellor, by petition, who refers him to the lady
againe, efpecially charging him that hee fhould bee at quietnes with that good lady, (for

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(for fuch were his words;) whereupon hee went with his writings to Kentifh Town
by London, where at this begining of Queen Maryes raigne fhee often lay with this
lord her fon, And telling her what the lord Chancellor had faid, and the caufe there
upon of his coming, hee declared to her his right to the land in Binly out of his
evidence, which (as hee accufeth her) fhee craftily catcheth up, and kept referring
him to come to her to Callowdon where fhee fhould bee fattisfyed ; Thither fhee
repaires, and thither hee follows in lent after, where hee found her with Bifhop
Bond, that kept with her there that lent : Hee importunes, fhee denies, And in the
end giving him 2o4 to beare his charges becaufe hee was come thither by her
appointment, fhee bids him begone, and trouble her noe more, for the land fhee
would have, or by Gods bleffed Sacrament, (that was ever her oath,) fhee would
make him burne a fagott : And another time, upon his further importunity, fhee
charged him to bee quiet, or (fwearing the like oath,) fhe would caufe him to bee
burned for his religion.

45ctrarb packs againe to Bullen, and with the change of religion turns preift,
and prefently after the ladies death getts into poffeffion of the faid houfe, but by
force ; whom this lord Henry indicies at Warwicke Seffions upon the ftatute of the
841 of king Henry the 641, of forcible entries : But hee (having his right favoured)
avoids reftitution of the poffeffion. This lord thereupon brings his ejectione firmse,
whereupon iffue is joyned whether this houfe and lands bee the freehold of this lord
or of the faid Gerrard : This fuite being mifcarried, this lord repaireth it by another,
wherein hee prevaileth not ; Gerrard now poorly beneficed at Childewickham in
the faid county, holding thefe multiplicity of fuites for vexations, delivers a writing
of his own hand writing to the proper hands of this lord Henry, wherein, (befides
his laying down all the former paffages,) hee plain | ly advifeth him not to inrich
himfelf with wrongfull gotten goods, leaft it confume the reft of all his fubftance ;
for confirmation whereof hee vouches to him five texts of Scripture, (not unaptly
apply ed,) And tells him as plainly, That his father Tryes labour care and diligence
redeemed to his Anceftors and him better than 1 700 markes a yeare ; And that hee
himfelfe came from Bullen to teftify for his lordfhips mother in the title of Callow
don, whereby hee loft his mother in lawe, and Mr Horton her fon ; And was by
them thrice maimed and hurt for anfwering of matters on her Laps fide, (hee means,
I think, in the affaults given about the poffeffion of the houfe,) who promifed him
fourty pounds by the yeare for thofe fervices, but never had penny of her, but in
the end was forced to get over againe to Bullen.
Co

10 Eliz :

Pafcti : 10 : Eliz.
Rot: 238. in banco
regis.Trin. 12. Eliz:
Rot : 430. fbm.
Manufcr : in caftro
de Berkeley.
726

Hee meanes the
feverall reftitu-
tions temp : H. 7.
&. H. 8. vide fols :
[613, 674]

2 N VOL. II

274

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1534

Co bee fhort, Gerrard had good title but this lord had now the poffeffion and
was powerfull ; Gerrard upon compofition releafeth all his right and title, And in
recompence had from this lord an Yearly Anuity of fourty fhillings duringe life,
carta dat : 28 and competent fum of money in hand : Chi£ is that houfe and land of late fold in
Jacobi fee to Edward Woodward and Henry Lucas, to the ufe of the countes of Bedford,
and by her and them to the lady Craven of London by the lady Elizabeth mother
and guardian of the lord George, for two hundred pounds, with whom hee joyned
in a fyne in his minority : And thus is this ill got peece flipt from the reft, before
the full age of the third heire.

Exodus. 1. v. 8.
Ads: 7. v. 18.

%t'& noe unapt digreffion in this place to fay, That its eafy to find a ftaffe
wherewith to beat a dogge : when a new Pharoe arofe that knew not Jofeph, it was
eafy to quarrell at the multiplication of his and of his fathers pofterities : Howbeit
Mofes, from God, had. told all generations of Jofephs defervings towards Pharoes
forefathers, and of their ill requitall of Jofephs pofterity : %nb the ftory of this
Thomas Try, droppingly by mee delivered as occation required, in fower of the
former lords lives, hath fufficiently affured this family of his great fervices to each
of them in their fucceffive generations. And now by the cominge of this lady
Anne, who knew him not, as fhee ought to have done, his reward for thofe fervices
is quarrelled, and his fidelity and reputation wounded after his death, I may fay,
unjuftly overthrowne : A fortune which I wifh none other fervant to this noble
family may, without worfe deferving ever find.

727
Carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

Carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

%t this time, in the fourth of Q[u]eene Mary, Anno 1556, Cardinall | Poole
out of his Apoftolicall authority and Legatefliip from the Bifhop of Rome, abfolved
this lord Henry from all dangers of Excommunications, which in the late time of
Schifme in England hee had incurred : And granted to him the faculty to ufe
his Chappell in his manor of Callowdon, as of ancient time before the fchifme his
Anceftors had ufed the fame : And to have there a portible Altar to fay maffe, to
receive the body and bloud of Chrift, and to keep the fame in a box covered with
a faire findon or Linen cloth, with candle burning before it.
3lnb by another inftrument at the fame time, the faid Cardinall by like
Authority, grants to this lord Henry to have all the Tithes to his faid Chappie of
Callowdon, which heretofore were granted by Pope Gregory ; And which fince
have been accuftomed to bee paid thereto untill the late moft pernitious fchifme
in England happened, what time the grant of the faid Pope was loft, which the
Cardinall

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Cardinall doth now by his faid Apoftolicall authority and legatefhip, repaire, re-
newe and reftore.
tyi$ restitution to SfcerKeleu €a£tle, anb to the S&aronn of 2£>erfeelen.
Cfjusf have I brought this lord and his active mother to the death of king
Edward the fixth and entrance of Queen Mary, and him to the 19* yeare of his
age ; At which time fuch accidents fell togeather upon this family, as I fhall feeme
to thofe that read parcelwife and by broken houres, to relate them fomewhat out
of order. 3f bflbe not only in the life of William Marques Berkeley, but upon occations
almoft in each lords life fince him, touched in what fort that Marques for default
of iffue of his own body, entailed the greateft part of his Inheritance upon king
Henry the 7*, and the heires males of his body, And for default of fuch iffue male,
the fame to returne. againe to his own right heires; And how the faid Marques
dyed in the 7^ yeare of that kings raigne without any iffue of his body, And how
that king entred thereupon, and was feized, and tooke the profits accordingly.
% babe alfo related in what fort Maurice the Marques brother and heire | and „ 728
Maurice his fon were afterwards reftored to part, and regained other parts of thofe
poffeffions ; Infomuch as of all thofe manors fo by the Marques entailed upon king
Henry the 7* none remained in the Crown upon the death of king Edward the
fixth, (the laft of that kings iffue male,) fave the Caftle, Manor, and Hundred of
Berkeley, the manors of Hame, Appleridge, Alkington, Came, Hinton, Cowley,
Wotton underedge, Simondfall, Erlingham, Slimbridge, and Hurft, in the County of
Glouc, And the hundred and manors of Portbury and Portefhead in the County
of Somerfet, And the manor of Kington in the County of Warrwick : As for the
manor of Wefton iuxta Baldocke in Hartfordfhire, which was granted away in fee
by king Edward the fixth in the firft of his raigne, it hath (as the cafe deferveth) a
memoriall by it felfe.
% habe alfo fhewed how at the death of king Edward the fixth, this lord
Henry was within age, and in ward to the king for his manors of Tetbury, Bitton,
and other manors in divers Counties, which difcended upon him by the death of
the lord Thomas his father, holden by knights fervice in capite ; whereupon arofe
a cafe of rarity and intricacy, which that venerable Judge of the Comon pleas, the
lord James Dyer in his booke thus reporteth. IMIiam
2 N 2

276

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J534

Dyer. Trin
Term. i. Mar.
fol : 102.

BMIiam Marques Berkeley levyed a fine of the manor of Berkeley to one
Logge, come ceo que il avoit de fon done, by which fine Logge rendred the faid
Manor to the Marques and to the heires of his body, the remainder to King Henry
the 7* and to the heires males of his body, The remainder to the right heires of the
Marques : That the Marques enters into the faid manor and dies without iffue,
After whofe death Henry the 7* enters, and was feized in taile, and dies ; And the
fame difcended to Henry the 8*, and from him to Edward the fixth, who enters
and dies without iffue : By reafon whereof the remainder came to Henry lord
Berkeley as Cozen and heire of the Marques, being within age and in Ward to
Queen Mary : And that the faid manor of Berkeley was holden by knights fervice
in Capite ; whereupon (faith Dyer) the queftion arofe, Whether the faid manor
fhould bee in Ward to the Queen or not, by reafon that the Seignory was fufpended
in Edward the fixth at his death ; And at laft (faith hee) it was refolved by the
judges, That the Queen fhould have the wardfhip of the faid manor, not by her
prerogative becaufe other his lands were holden in Capite, but by reafon of the
tenure which is revived by the death of Edward the fixth in the perfon of the Queen:
And it ought to have efcheated to her for want of heires of the Marques ; There
fore (faith hee) the fee fimple was in confideratione legis. Thus Dyer. |

729
Pr : Seale : Dat :
8: Sept: 1. et. 2.
Pfi. et Mar.
Pat: n: Decr r.
et. 2. Pfc. et Mar.

2£>Ut to take away all fcruples whether the Queen fhould have the profits of
thefe manors thus reverted during the lord Henries minority or not, Shee the 8* of
September in the fecond year of her raigne, awarded her privy feale, reciting therein
the faid cafe, and the doubt in lawe arifing thereupon ; And to take away that doubt
doth command the mafter and officers of her courts of Wards to paffe a fpetiall
livery of all the faid Manors to this lord Henry, though hee bee not yet come to
his full age : By which grace, clemency, and pitty, (for foe are Queen Maries words,)
hee gained two whole years rents and more of thefe manors, as not coming to his
full age till November in the third of her raigne.

Ind: dat: 6. Dec :
1. et. 2. Pfi : et
Marise.

Lib. fub: figillo
dat. n. Dec. 1. et
2. Pfi. et. Marise.
Idem fub privato
figillo de dat fM.

5lnb for the more certainty of what manors and lands this lord was thus to fue
livery and to take benefit by the faid privy feale, hee in December following ex
hibited a perticular note of the names and values of each manor and lands as were
to him reverted after the death of king Edward the fixth, and whereof hee meant
to fue livery ; which were not only the manors formerly mentioned in the Counties
of Glouc : Somerfet, and Warwicke, but alfo this lady Anne and her follicitors
ignorantly caft into the fame livery the fourth part of the moitie of the manor of
Tiborne ats Maribone in the County of Middlefex, whereof noe benefit could bee
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taken, for that Maurice the fifth after reftitution thereto had, amongft others, fold it
away to the lord Burgeveny, as in his life hath been declared.
3lltb in this livery, which is inrolled in fix Offices or places of record, is laid Mich: rec: 1. Mar.
down all the Marques Berkeleys fines affurances and eftates by him created, as _ .' '
before hath been related ; And how by the death of king Edward the fixth the faid 2. Pfi.et Maf: rot.
Caftle Hundreds and Manors reverted to this lord Henry as right heire to the faid '. in c C10-
Orig: 2. ps. 2. & 3.
Marques, which alfo Queene Maries Atturney generall, by the advice of the Judges pfi: et Maf. rot.
of both benches, confeffed to bee true. 5lnb thus entreth the lord Henry upon 73; m fcaci°-
thefe poffeffions, being the whole lands of his Barony of Berkeley and more, whereof Mar. ' ^m' Audi-
none of his fower laft Anceftors had any poffeffion, but had refted in the Crown for tof bis.
61. yeares, 4. months, and 20. dayes ; And which then were of the value of — 3g -m fcagi0
687. 5! p Ann, in old rent, not accounting the Parks and Chaces therein. 3lnb the
more to fortifie his new gotten poffeffions, this lord had alfo a pardon and a releafe Pat. dat. 22: ffeb:
the 2241 ot February in the faid third yeare of Queen Maryes raigne. | 2 et 3. e ar.
3lnb the 8* of January in the 4t.h of her raigne the faid Queene, having recited 730
fower of the old charters and grants of this Barony, as well of the lands as liberties, 2: Carta? dat: 8.
made by her progenitors, king Henry the fecond, Richard the firft, king John, and et Maf. in caftf
Edward the third, (formerly by mee mentioned,) doth for her and her fucceffors, for de Berkel:
33? 4? fine, grant and confirme the fame to this lord Henry and his heires : And by
her other Charter of the fame date confirmed likewife to him and his heires many
of the old charters and grants of free warren within his demefne lands of Berkeley
and all the herneffe nookes or corners thereof : And in Portbury and Portefhead in
the County of Somerfet.
25ut whereas this lady Anne and her agents in behalfe of this lord her fon Ind: 20: Nov. 1.
~ r 1 ^ r tkt j ^ r et. 2. PK. et Mar.
covenanted with the Mafter and furveyor of the Court of Wards, not only to lue
livery of the forementioned Barony and of the manors and lands in the Counties of
Gloucefter and Somerfet, which was well ; But alfo of divers other lands in the
counties of Suffex, Surrey, and Middlefex, (indeed the felf fame whereof Maurice
the Marques brother had reftitution in the time of Henry the 7* And which hee
fhortly after aliened, as in his life appeareth,) It was a fecond groffe ignorance in
them all, for which this lords purfe fmarted — 2 2o4-
before I clofe up thefe paffages, I muft, though with fome forrow, recount to
this noble family, That at fuch time as this lord was reftored to thefe manors and
lands

278 Che Eibeg of the 25erftelep$ 1534
lands by.Queen Mary, That title whereby this lord after loft a great part of them
was alfo in her by the Attainder of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland ; which
whether then perceived by this lords Councell, or out of their general providence
to make all fafe and fure, with knowledge thereof in particular, I know not ; but
certainly they earneftly advifed this lady Anne and this lord her fon to take them
^ from the Queen, not by way of reftitution, which was the longer way and more
chargeable, but as of her guift by dedi et conceffi, and with the ufuall words in all
fuch grants, of ex fpetiali gracia, certa fcientia, et mero motu, which was much
fhorter in time, labor and pleadings, more fafe and leffe chargeable ; whereto Queen
Mary her felf alfo more inclined, afwell to enlarge her grace and favour the more
amply to this lady Anne and this lord her fon, As to oblige this lord the more
731 ftrictly to her fervice : But this lady Anne who then ruled all the | roft, (this lord her
fon then under one and twenty, unexperienced, indulgently foftered, thinking on
nothing but the delights of Youth,) would by noe perfuafion affent thereto, out of a
covetous purpofe which fhee had to avoid .divers leafes made of . thofe lands : by king
Henry the 841, and Edward the fixth, which, as fhee was told by Counfell, were
determined in lawe with the Crowns remainder ; As both this lord himfelf, (out of
greife for that groffe overfight of his willfull mother,) hath told mee, and as I have
heard from old MT Thomas Denis of Gloucefter at that time Sollicitor in thefe
buifineffes, and from divers others, and as the fequell of her proceedings convinceth
to bee too true : And therefore I may heare throw in the face of her memory thofe
evills which this family fuffered by that her womanifh wilfullneffe, to the expence of
above fifty thoufand pounds, as the refidue of this lord Henrys life, his faies of land,
and other troubles, (nay all his troubles,) hence occationed and arifeing, will mani
feft to bee true, whereof I will not forget upon the clofe of them, (for examples
fol : 793. fake to pofterity,) to give her a fecond reproofe by the double accufation of this lord
her fon. Chi£ lord Henry thus by way of reftitution in poffeffion of the faid Caftle
Hundreds, and Manors, A generall veiwe, by vertue of his Comifion directed to
Hugh Denis and others, was taken the fame yeare, declareing the eftates that each
tenant had in each part of the faid Manors lands and liberties, in the Counties of
Gloucefter; Somerfet, and Warwicke, foe reverted upon the death of king Edward
the fixth, either by Copy, or by Indenture or at will, and digefted into a folio booke,
Shellitoes booke. called Shellitoes booke, remaining to this day in Berkeley Caftle ; which paines of
theires, though not great, was largely rewarded to each one of them with one or
more of the beft of thofe eftates ; Howbeit in fome of thofe officers this humor
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abounded, that much defired more, And fome of the old tenants muft bee thruft out
of their beft leafes, made by kinge Henry the 841 and king Edward the fixth, before
their covetoufnes could creepe in, under colour and pretext That their eftates for
years or lives were in lawe determined with the Crowns remainder by y". death of
Edward the fixth without iffue male, as hath been faid : Six of thofe tenants (where
of fower had the Sirnames of Trotmans) | fpying the net, Joyntly fly by their petition 732
to the feete of that mercifull lady Queen Mary; whereupon fhee addreffeth her Lfe dat: 13. Maij
tre to the lord Henry, fubfcribed with her own hand, telling him that fhee marvailed Berkeley Caftle.
that hee would foe flenderly waigh the validity of her fathers and brothers leafes,
confidering that hee foe lately enjoyed the inheritance of the faid lands by her
liberality and favour, And therefore fhee being moved in confcience with the piteous
complaint of the faid poore men, required him to permit them quietly to enjoy their
faid lands according to the grants of her father and brother, And to doe fuch Acts
for their further affurance, at their charges, as they fhould require, which would bee
to her very acceptable and give the poore men caufe to pray for him. Thus the
Queene. ChC fruite was, noe more quarrells were picked againft their leafes, but this
noble lord, (that out of himfelf never meant them, damage,) permitted them to bee
at quiett. before I enter upon the two unthrifty titles of this lords law fuites and of the
faies of his land, I will deliver him to his pofterity in the other actions of his life,
from the firft of Queen Mary forwards, (then in the nineteenth yeare of his age,)
That the caufes of the faid unthrifty titles which next fhall follow may more
groundly bee conceived.
€btoarb the fixth being dead in July : Anno . 1553 , and Queene Mary fetled
in the Crowne, her marriage was concluded upon with Phillip prince of Spaine,
during which time this lords mother was bufied in regaining her fons forefaid
Barony and poffeffions ; And Sir Thomas Wiat and his Kentifh complices in raifing
Armes againft that forraigne marriage, and the entry of ftrangers into the land :
Brett and others of the Queenes captains and Subjects then alfo falling unto Wiat
from their own faith and her Allegeance, the Queene, diffident of many of her
nobi[li]ty, refolved amongft others, (partly out of the correfpondance of this lords
mother with her felf in religion, and partly out of the bounty fhee then had and was
in powring upon her fon then but nineteen years of age,) to truft him more then
many

280 €he %iMz$ of the S&erfteleng 1534
many others more aged and experienced ; Whereupon fhee fends her tres to him
733 togeather with her Commiffion, in January in the firft yeare of her raigne, | (hee
then at Yate in Gloucefterfhire,) forthwith to Arme 500 of his truftieft tenants and
fervants, and with all poffible diligence to attend her perfon then at Whitehall.
Chijf lord, to his great charges, readely prepareth armeth and apparelleth that
number, All of them drawn out of the parts about Yate and Berkeley ; for help
whereto hee obtained a lone of money from his tenants from fourty fhillings to
Twenty pound a peece, and gave bills of repayment, in like refemblance as kings
by their privy feales borrow of their fubjects ; And for further fupply pawned his
mothers and Anceftors plate, (much of which was never after redeemed,) And hav
ing conducted thofe five hundred men about half the way towards London, (with
many of whom I fince have talked,) the Queens Lres met this lord upon his way in
the beginning of the next month, fignifying That Wiat was taken and prifoner in the
Tower, and, his complices difperfed, willing them to returne into his Country and
with his utmoft care and induftry to keep the fame in quiett ; Two hundred or more
of which Armors yet remaine in Berkeley Caftle, rather as memorialls of this in
tended fervice then fit for any moderne ufe : Which forwardnes of this lord in his
Princes fervice in a time foe wavering and unfetled, and in his minority, when fhee
knew not well whom to command or where Jto truft, Queen Mary the next yeare
both remembred and commended in the warrant fhee figned for this lords fpeciall
livery of the reverted lands ; makeing it a leading motive why fhee granted to him
Priv • figill 8 livery of thofe lands with their rents and profits from the death of her brother, two
Sept : 1. et. 2. Pfi. years and more before hee came to full age.
et. Maf.
in caftro de 3lnb alfo the faid Queene fent other tres to this lord, fignifying That where
er e ey* fhee was by fundry wayes enformed That Thomas Wiat and fome others had of late
by fpreading abroad moft falfe and vain rumors, procured to ftirre her fubjects of
her County of Kent to arife againft her crown and dignity royall, Albeit fhee
hath already taken fuch order as fhee doubted not fhall bee fufficient to repreffe and
overthrow the unnaturall , conspiracy, yet hath fhee nevertheleffe thought good to
require and charge him forthwith upon the fight hereof, to put himfelf in full order
with as many of his fervants frends and tenants as hee can make, both on horfeback
and on foote, to bee in a readines to march and fet forward upon one houres warn
ing, either againft the faid rebells, or fuch other waies as fhall . bee fignifyed unto
734 him from her ; And in the meane time, to have good regard to the quiet | order of
the parts where hee dwells, caufing all fuch idle and lewd perfons as fhall either by
fpreading abroad of untrue rumors, or by any other ways, attempt to ftirre or dif-
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quiet her loving Subjects, to bee apprehended and punifhed as the quality of, their
offences fhall deferve ; given at her Manor of ST James the 26* day of. January, in
the firft of her raigne, Mary the Queen, with her own. hand..
$0t longe after, (like a young lord left to much to the bverfight of his own
education,) hee came to London, fetled at Tower hill, frequented the Court, and
fpent all his time at tenys, bowles, cards, dice, and in the company of his huntfmen
and faulkeners, delights that drew on greater totalis in his Accompts at the years
end then his revenue would fupport, efpetially two Joyntures of his fathers and
grandfathers widows draining a third part thereout.
3fn ffebruary in the fecond and third of Phillip and Mary, this lord fueth livery
for all thofe manors and lands which difcended to him after the death of his father,
which, with their values are particularly inentioned in the end of his life : which noe
fooner finifhed, but the lady Anne his mother bringeth againft this lord her fon her
writt of Dower, wherein fhee was foe quick that fhee aver ran her fuite in time :
but being an error betweene mother and fon, and hee looking after nothing but his
fports, and all his fervants at her devotion, hee fealed what by her or them was
tendered ; And foe befides her Joynture made by her hufband upon marriage, fhee
now in lieu of Dower from this lord her fon, had the manors of Coldeverton,
* »
Mountforrell, and Gofcote hundred in the county of Leicefter, And the thirds of
his manors of Sages, Tetbury, Daglingworth, and fframpton upon Seaverne in the
county of Gloucefter, And of Manyngford Bruce in the County of Wilts, And of
Afpele in the County of Warr, And of Hovingham in the County of Yorke, And
his.lands in Calais ; Which later this lord her fon obtained after. .to rent of her at
one hundred pounds pT Ann, for fourty yeares if fhee lived foe longe ; for true
payment whereof hee gave her a ftatute of two thoufand pounds ; for it is to bee
underftood, That till the Statute made in the 27^ of king Henry the 8* of tranf-..
ferring ufes into poffeffion, That Joynter might bee had', and Dower alfo, of lands
foe transferred to poffeffion ; And thus with releafes of actions one to another, the
mother and her fon parted their poffeffions. |
3lt this time, in the .micldle of Queen Maries raigne, what through this lords
living with his mother at .Kentilh Town and Shoolane in London, and his daily
hunting, in Grays Inne feilds and in all thofe parts towards Iflington and Heygate
with his hounds, whereof hee had many and thofe excellent good, And what
through the company of many gentlemen of the Innes of Court, and others of
lower condition that daily accompanied him, And what through the fame amongft thofe

Indent dated: 10:
et. 22. ffebruarij
Orig: 2:ps:2.et,3-
PK : et : Mar. in
fcacio.

Carta : 5. Nov. 2.
et. 3. Pti : et : Maf
Carta. 3. Marcij :
4. et. 5. PR. et :
Maf.Comp : 29. H. 8.
in caftro de :
Berkeley.

Stat: 27. H. 8. cio.
Coke. 4: rep: fol. 1.
Coke pla: fol: 171.
172.
Dier fol : 61. 97.
228. 248. 266.717.
340.
cartae in caftro de
Berkeley. 735

2 O VOL. II

282 Che £ibe$ of the 2£>erftelep£ 1534
Plow : Coin, fol : thofe ftuderits of his cafes of Reverter of his Barony and lands, and of the cafe
223;. touching Wefton Baldocke, (reported by MT Plowden in his comentaryes,) and of
; others partly before mentioned, that termly walked all this Queens raigne up and
v down Weftrhinfter hall, and were points for every reporter and fludents note bookes
;in thofe Innes of Court; And what through his marriage .in one of the greateft
" Check roll in families then of favor and obfervation, And of his one hundred and fifty fervants
. Berkley Caftle. i-in livery, that, daily then attended him in their Tawny coates, And the opinion of
-,-. ., _ "- . , his, mothers vertue and chaftity, then the only Sollicitor of her. fex in her own per-
. .- . , fon, in -her own and fons caufes,- hee- was of as great note and hope as any of his
• . ' v age and of that time ; But How longe that heigth of opiniqn held, and how by
¦y\ ' degrees' it wayried, the reft- of his life will tell his pofterity.
Mich : 5. et, 6. . .: . . 3tnb in this time alfo began that great fuite inthe Comon pleas,; in an Ejedlio'rie.
:?t '"••' banco1 ^rmS£- concerning the- manor of Wefton iuxta Baldock in the County of Hartford,
Plowd. C,omv fol, . between Henry Wi.libn pft tenant for years' under ST Henry Cocke, And this lord
' .¦-.. ' ¦ -.'Henry defenT ; which continued frorn this tinie in argument and agitation at. barre.'
-..".. : ¦ arid ' Bench, through' the power and mean-s of the pits leffor, and the . intricacy and
..'•'" corifequence of . it felf, untill the fifth year of Queen Elizabeth, when' this' lordvhad
¦ . . • ¦ Judgrnent and. recovered •;¦ wherein the principall point was, Whether the king was
Stat: r-2, E. i. .bo'urrd'by the ¦Statute ;of. donis .cohditionalibus'or not, 'arifing- upon the- entaife of
'. '¦ this manor created inthe 5* year of "kinge Henry the .7?, by. the Marques Berkeley
• '• ¦-" • "tothe heires males .of the body of that king with the remainder to the right- "heires .
• '; . of the Marque's,' as .'in. his life: 1 have already mentioned ; And uppii the Alienation^
,;J ¦ of his grandchild king. Edward the 641, (now dead without iffue malej) in the firft of
. •. -.his raigne to Sir' Wiftm; Herbert, after Earle of Perhbrooke, and to his heires, who
fold.. the fame to St Henry .Cocke afore faid; Than which, the laws- have not afforded:
Liber: comp:' a more learned cafe .'of that argument : $Htth 1 'having out of the. houfhold books of
caftrodeSeley" this lord yet remaining, obferved' the lawiers fees of thofe daies, I find; That what.
.736 time two or three- Sergeants. 'at lawe | and- other-great , counfell were drawn from .
their Chambers to. conferences -at a tavern' in ffleetftreet, where'at this lord and his
induftrious mother were prefenti there was given noe greater fee -then ten fhillings
the peece to any of them. '-. .'"¦.'. ; .-
Wt)\\$t the former fuite .depended; brake forth another in the third year of
Queen Elizabeth, which had been fome former 'years in Hahlerin'g,' .And- Was •
grounded upon an. old pretence of ritlepfetended;: by/ this lord.-.and Ms Anceftors
to a place called Barrow Court iji. Tickingham in the Couiy;y:'Qf. Somerfet, with
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Other poffeffions there, fometime the inheritance of Phillip Mead of Briftoll and. of "
Richard his fon, father and brother of the lady. I fable, wife of the lord Maurice the
fifth, of whom I have written in his life, againft Roger- Kemys of Wickwicke then- . ..' •¦ '•'
in minority, forty years after receivour to this lord Henry ; Infomuch' as William ' ' * ' '
Coneftable and Jone his wife mother of the faid Roger and Executrix to' Thomas '-
Kemys her former hufband exhibited their bill in Chancery againft the Major and. Bill- in Cancel*
Aldermen of the City of Briftoll, And amongft other paffages fet forth, That two' 3-Ellz: " •¦/•'
chefts of evidence of the faid Thomas Kemys were in" the 3"7*'6f king- Henry the .-/,.•• • --¦' -'
S'T'upon her departure from thenceinto DevpnfhT, committed to .the. fafe keepihg- of- • \ -.' 'y'\
the Churchwardens .of the parifh "church of Ratcliffe by Briftoll,. from whence; ..';.' '.'¦'
fhortly after, upon a "tre written -by Marques Pa wl'et after ford' treafuro'r. and then
Mafter of the wards, to the Maior of ¦Briftoll> ihe (faid chefts were thence -refnoyed ..'•* •
info the Town hall of the faid Citie; arid fealedj-with' thfee'lock's '; -And "was foe done- order:. 3: Eliz:"
upon a pretence of Title That Artne lady Berkeley in behalf of this lord her'fon, .. . . *-*. •*""¦''• . ¦
then the kings ward; made to the. faid lands ; Anfwere fwas inade" to. that bill, And-^ '•<•* • '•' .--.
. the'caufe coming to hearing; 'And" the chefts by this fords means,' (who -put himfelf* ' . -.;- '* ¦ ';'
as- a party into this fuite,) brought" .by dr!der into the. Chappie <?f -the RoHs> and. ' ¦'¦'¦•-.. -."-"
' opened, and p'ernfed. oy Cordell then Mafter- of the Rolls' in prefence bf'Cpunfell on • . ' '••¦ »: ' •
both fides,: -This -lord 'Henry 'was found -to. have noe. title to; fhe faid' lands", but was'. , .: '"'• ' '.
-barred by-jinatter of -record found in the fai<i-cheft"s-;:Whe^eupohbyi'order of- Court . 'i:- ' • •
- the -chefts, arid'. Evidences were delivered to the Cqrnplaina-hi?. :A!title, had-itfo 'QrderVr'o;- Junij /
. been known^that was fetledlonge before in t.he.2ji41;Qf'klrig^Beriry<the..8v''by ffitj r'.'s^ '"'¦- . ¦ . ¦
-James and Port'er. Juftices of. the Confonp^ •, '. ' „
thelfifth then' ford. Berkeley and' -Arthur -KemyS.father of the. faid. Thomas 'Ketfiys,; ...fceThysfi'K© Rogeri
And this fuite was originally" frayfed through' a. certificateV.rnade b'y-the Major;of 737 ;. ,. '
Briftoll. under the >comrrion" feale- of that-'City, declaring that -the. fifth, of October coin Glouc.' ' .'
in. the. fifth of Edward the fixth .Thomas . Paey Alderman and- juftice' of the peace, ;. / • '
.and William Appo^ell, marcharit-,- depofe ' :. .. . ¦
, difcended from one Phillip Mead/ fometime Maior- of that Citje, lying in the faid _•_ ¦'¦'/••
Citie- and- Subprbs,' -which ought" 'arid fhould appertaine Xo' the. honorable lord ¦ '.
Berkeley and his heires, And that they know, that- bne' Arthur Kemys 'deceafed held ' - '
all the faidlandsv Arid- the .lord Berkeley arid "Kemys wereWn ..contention for the
fame, which variance, was -referred.- to! ffit'i James cheife Juftice, wher awarded the
v poffeffion to Kemys -foir: 'his life, Arid after " to the faid lord and his heirs : But
•'4uefy6ri^es;;.thiswas. a' lying .certificate in the .ma'teria'll" point, gotten by the faid lady
Anne-and made-'partially in-'ne'r favoiiri' as' the priginall award undef.: thofe Judges Award with Arthur
hands which r have read'plainly declareth, .convincirige it of groffe falfhood. • wic™ey
.. -• .-•' '/*':'' - - - ' • •-••¦' ^' ''• ' fn

2- O 2

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1534

Comp : Walter
Shipw : fenli :
hofpicij 2 Mar. in
caftro de Berkeley.

Comp: Hofpicij. i.-
Eliz. in Caftro de
Berkeley.

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3fn September in the fecond of Queen Mary this lord maryed the lady
Katharine Howard, at the Duke her grandfathers houfe in Norfolke, (of the life,
death, and funerall of which lady Katharine I have much to write,) whom fhortly after
hee brought to his houfe at Tower Hill ; from whence going by water to Green
wich, (where Queen Mary and her hufband king Phillip kept their firft Chriftmas,)
to the Mafque on Twelvth day, thefe chargeable ornaments were provided, as the
Stewards booke of houfhold hath them ; vizT ; Paid for 2 pair of fine hofen for my
lady to weare on twelvth day — 4? 84 for a Velvet hatt for my lord — 3T for a fine
boungrace and a mufler for my lady the fame day — 8f ffor two fine fmocks — 3s. 9?
3llnb more, (the fame yeare,) for two paire of hofen for my lady — 4? 3finb being
now accidentally entred into this lord and ladies Wardrobe, Take their apparell five
years after made againft the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth ; vizT for one Dublet
of crimfon fatten laid with filver lace,; with filver buttons, lined with crimfon farcenet,
And his breeches of crimfon velvet lined with crimfon fatten ; One other dublet-of
white fatten, and breeches of white Velvet lined w4* white fatten, laid with filver
lace; His points of black, white, and red ribbond ; his hatt of crimfon filk and
filver, And another hatt of velvet fet with aglets, with a white feather, (fome of
which aglets I after faw with this' lord ;) The fcabbards of his two rapiers and
daggers were the one of white velvet, the other of crimfon.; His guilt fpurrs with
velvet leathers of the fame colours, And his fhoes of crimfon and white velvet : As
for the aparell of his wife, 1 obferved only, (out of the faid. Accompt, ) That her |
petticote was of crimfon fatten, And her gowne Pf cloth of gold, and her fhoes of
crimfon velvet.

Comp : hofpicij 91nb two years after, hee furnifhed himfelf with a white fpanifh leather Jerkin
3" EdeR^rCw ^a"* w'tn wn*fe filver bone lace, (foe are the words,) with filver buttons, and white
leather bufkins.

de Berkeley.

3Jlnb thus up and down all the time of Queen Mary removed this lord and his
wife, with feldom leffe (often riiore) then one hundred and fifty fervants in livery;
between Yate, Mangottesfeild; London, Callowdon,' and other places ; And ufed to
hauke as hee travelled thofe waies, making his removes from thofe places to London
eight days at leaft, and as niany back againe. . -

Comp. hofpicij in J^abing in his firft fower years after his marriage' much over ranne his purfe,-
eifdem annis m u • 1: 1 n. r r\ * * - '• • ¦ ' " '
caftrodeBerkeley. Wee in the. laft of Queen Mary and fomewhat before fojourned w* the Counteffe of
Surrey his wifes mother'at Ryfinge in Norfolk, himfelf and his lady at ten millings 'the.

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the weeke, her gentlewomen at 4T — And their gentlemen and yeomen at 3T the
weeke ; from whence they came to London the 5'.h of January, And thence returned
againe the ninth of ffebruary by Ware, Barkeway, Newmarket, Soffam, and foe to
Ryfinge, whither when hee had brought his wife, hee in fewe days after returned
to London ; And living with his mother at "her faid houfe in Shoe lane, fpent moft
of his time at cards, dice, tenys, Bowling-ally, and hawking and hunting neere that~~
Citie. 3(n July in the faid firft of Queen Elizabeth hee returned to Ryfinge, And
from thence with his wife and family by the waies of Newmarket, Cambridge and
Northhampton, came to Callowdon by Coventry : where the firft worke done was
the fending for his buckhounds to Yate in Gloucefterfhire : His hounds being come
Away goes hee and his wife a progres of buck hunting to the parks of Barkewell,
Groby, Bradgate, Leicefter forreft, Toley, and others on that fide his houfe : And
after a fmall repofe, Then to the parks of Kenilworth, Afhby, Wedgenocke, and
" others, on the other fide his houfe : And this was the courfe of this lord (more or
leffe) for the thirty next fomers at leaft ^ not omitting his own at Callowdon and in
the county of Gloucefter. 2tnb his wife being of like honnor and youth, from this
firft of Queene Elizabeth to the beheadding of her brother the Duke of Norfolk v
thirteen years after, gave her felf to like delights as the Country ufuailly afferdeth ;
wherein fhee often went with her hufband part of thofe hunting Journeys^ delight
ing her crofbowe : kept commonly a caft or two of merlins, which fometimes fhe
mewed in her own chamber ; | which falconry coft her hufband each yeare one or 739
two gownes and kirtles fpoiled by their mutings : ufed her longe bowe, And was in ( \. . -
thofe daies amongft her fervants foe good an Archer at butts, as her fide by her;
was not the weaker:, whofe bowes, arrowes, glove, bracer, fcarfe, and other lady- .: . :
like accomodations, I have feen, and heard alfo her felf fpeak of them in her elder 1 :
yeares; which. partly by the death of that noble Prince her brother, -and partly by
the troubles thai then invaded her hufbands eftate, were, broken of, and much dif- ¦ •
.continued. . . » -
5lhb- thus lived this lord and his wife betweene London, -the Dukes houfes in ¦
Norfolke, Callowdon, and Berkeley, never longe at one place, the firft thirteen©
yeares of Queene" Elizabeth-: 0!n which their travells, (if both togeather,) they were
feldom or never attended with fewer then one hundred and fifty fervants .in their
tawny cloth coats in funimer, with the badge of the white Lyon rampant inabroi- See fol. 8.
.dered on -the left fleeve ; And in coat's of white frize lined with crimfen taffety in
the

286. €he Eibejef of tyz 2&erheiep£ 1534
, the winter, ThisUord allowing, only cloth, buttons, and badge ; amongft whom many
- ,. were gentlemen and ' Efquiers of rerriarkeable families and difcent, and of alliance
• to this houfe ; Many of whom I lived to fee and know and to talke of thefe times :
: .•• -And have .with fome of them then in neareft relation arid place of his revenue,
. , -. ; expoftulated why they would fuffer their young lord and lady his wife to runne
'."'•- yearly i5oo4- at. leaft into expence above their utmoft incombe, each year, (orjecond
.' - . , ' -atjeaft,) fhortning the fame by fale of a Manor, having noe fuites in Jawe^ nor
.'-'daughters then marryed away, forraigne embaffies, domeftike,,. fervices in Court or
'.- - - Country, noV any other extraordinary caufes of expence in the world.; And not
/' .).'•' ¦ either as kinfmen out of affection, or as fervants out of Duty, to advertize them
;'•' .' .thereof; And "to pray them- to think on the end in this their beginning and middle.
'•'..; . ' v -Whereto Jeffry Ithell,. (that lords Auditor from the firft yeare of Queen .Elizabeth ¦
• * till. after the fortieth;) once gave mee this.. infteed of anfwere; My prayer fhall bee
v . •- • -that youvfee' noth'is fon Sir.Thoftias (now your young mafter) doe the like, or worfe
;. ••'-... * hereafter- in a worfe manner then ' houfkeeping,' and to bee attended with, many
• •• • ¦: - ".' followers; And- -(all they now dead) I reply, (after twenty fix years' filence,) and
'.'pray, That his fon- the now lord George may riot after his full, age tread in thefe
. ' unprofitable- fte'pps of his father: and -grandfather : What' ST Thomas did, -thefe rela- .
¦»-'.' tioris will declare : What his fon the forcj George will doe, I hope himfelf ' (Julius j .-
.•'¦ .740 Csefar like,)'by'his own-oomentariesof his- own life, will tell- that male pofterity of
' .. t his,- which . I. pray the- God- of heaven fhortly. to blefs him withall ; 5H'true way-to,
attaine the knowledge of himfelf' and to difcerne the"hpnor or errors of "his -own
- - . .actions ; ' But moft fure it is, That in the. tithe of Queen Mary when' this lord' Henry-
•• .,' entred upon his lands' difcended to'hirh from his father, and alfo upon his Barpriyof '
Berkeley and thofe manors which reverted to him after, the death pf "king Edward:''
the fixth, as before hath been faid, That hee had rnany flatterers arid ficOphants^ as
well of his. own family as out' pf London, Captaines, Schollers, Poet'ts, caft-' courtiers^
and-the like, -That for their private ends huriiored hirri and his wife, riiaking them
to conceive "that their eftate and yearly revenue w.a's greater .thenX'that "they could.
| exceed it ';.-' which would -afford an expence at pfeafure, And-to give without fear
« of- want ; whereto . they liftenfrig with too open an. eare, for; facile' crediriius quod
yo'lumus, It came • to p.afs, that within two or- three years, they 'we're unknowingly '
caft into a great debt, ere.they earn© to, difcerne their eftate ;¦ A-nd'.:to take off-. the- :
fa'me, (after- borrowing upon -mortgages;'." Statute*, and. pawnes;)- this lord began to •
fell his land; A courfe hee pverlonge aftei: continued in, as that title' too manifeftly/
caftrodeBerkeley. 'declares, expending one year with-'ahpthef -all that time of Queen. Mary arid-divens.'
years ' after- 1 5106".- p anfl at leaft, as 'by.; the' medium, .-.'(which I with foiriehpurs
, ¦ "-.''• • . , . • expence .

div'fi compi: Rec
et at- offie : in

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r

expence drew out of his officers accompts of thofe times,) appeares; above his j
ordinary, revenue, arid the fines and other cafualties that his eftate prefented :. <3Che •
obfervation whereof 1 held the more remarkable through the knowledge I after '
tooke of his principall Officers which in thofe times managed his eftate and affaires, . ' ..>•'-•- '
as Thomas Duport, .a wife man, Hugh Denis, Martin Petit, Walter -Shipward, ; . <,
Thomas Denis, Thomas ffranfham, Robert Cox, William Shillitoe, Anthony Corbet, ¦/'..'
¦Edward, Bucknam, fferdinando Ligon, Henry Ligon, Richard Bedale,' Thomas .- !-.
Jevais.and Jeffry Ithell his Auditor ; fix of them his ktnfiheri, as in 'the! proper"' v-
places of their difcents appears.. . • .. - .'. •..'.-.'•. --.-.-.--. ¦':
S?n the fecond of Queen Elizabeth began this lbrd'to prefent her Ma'Te. with *Con%: Thome ;
¦" - :, ..- '-.j -j- j i.i -f - '• \ V ' 1' - ' , .;ftranfham:2..Eliz:
ten pounq yearly in gold at new years tide, and his wife with -five pound ; which' in'caft:.de Berke-
courfeftiee held during her life, And this lord the reft of, the Queens daies : % nb ley- ' iV
was never unmindfull of yearly fending, Lamprey pyes, . Salmon,;. Venifon -red* and.-. '.'¦'.. i ..
fallow, and other fmall tokens, to Judges, great officers of Stated privy Counfellors '.'•„¦';
and Lawyers, whereof hee reaped both horior. and- profit, an hundred- tirries. more An«o.. 2»,Ehz i .
than the charge. «S£he fame year hee fent the lord, keeper for his |" new-years guift '.-741
ten- old angells, which gave him the mmdfullries of 'putting ljim into the'Corriiffion ' - '." .;
.of the peace, wherein afwell in that\Couhty; of Gloucefter as. in two others : hee con- '".' y ¦;•
tiriued all the refidue of his life; ffor which, implpyment; becaufe through' his jnothers '-. . •-.-
fault his education was not fitted, ;hee brought his. fervant Thomas Duport irito->~ .' " ,r " ••
equall .authority With him, Wherebyhis own unaptnes was' fofs perceived, and the
buifines of the Country riot, worfe difcharged. ¦ • - •
i f ig'Chriftmas, (as'mpft part of this fecond year-of Queen Elizabeth;) hee ke.pt sm^waSn r fdem
at -Yate with great port and fplertinity,- as the e'xtraprdiriary guilded difhes, the ¦ temp: in caftro de
vanities of Cookes arts, (having none, other guefts-hiit .the gentlemen' arid -rurally of. Berkel?y-
the' Country,). ferved to the table on. Twelvth day, well declare ; whereof one was
a; whMe bore ^riclofed 'in- .a pale workriianly giiilt by a Cooke hired ffbm Briftoll", - ,-• ...-
as the "Clarke pf. the Kitchens booke 'declareth :• In perufall whereof"; I -.could not . • •.."¦''
obferve how that' di'fti iwas i brought unto i the table.. , ¦' '.. ' *'• ..
• Sfn Which yeare haying in. March, extreamly heated, himfelf- by chafing on foot
a, tame Deere in Yate .Parke, -with the violence thereof fell into an imo.derate ble'ed.-
ing at the nofe; for the ftay' whereof by the ill counfell of fome about him, .hee elapt
¦his-whole face'into a bafpn of cold water, whereby .that flufh and fumes of his nofe •
which- forthwith arofe, could never bee'tentedied;. though- for prefent help hee had
.... . Phyfitia'ns

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*534

Phyfitians in fewe daies from London, And for better help came thither himfelf not
longe after to have the advice of the whole colledge, and lodged with his mother
at her houfe in Shoe-lane. %i$ Haine guitejS.
% am by courfe of ftory and promife now fallen upon the time wherein I fhall
deliver to this noble family the fecond greateft blow and wound that the poffeffions
thereof at any time received ; The roote whereof, (watered with the powerfull
prerogative of the Crown,) thus grew up and bore thefe difaftrous fruits, as now
followe.

742

fol : 480.

<3Ehe fifth of October in the firft of Queen Mary, (her brother king Ed- 1 ward
the fixth being dead in July before,) began the parliament at WeftmT which con
tinued by feverall prorogations till the fixth of December ; In w* John Dudley
Duke of Northumberland, John Dudley Earle of Warwicke, ST Ambrofe Dudley
knight, (after Earle of Warwicke,) Guilford Dudley EfqT and the lady Jane Gray
his wife, Henry Dudley EfqT, ST Andrew Dudley knight, and fome others, having
before been convicted and attainted by courfe of the Comon lawes, And the faid
Duke (with others) executed the 2 2'!1 of Auguft hefore ; their faid convictions and
attainders were approved and confirmed, And they by this Act againe cpnvi<5ted
and attainted of High Treafon, and adjudged to forfeit all their honors, manors,
lands, tenements, rights, &c. By reafon whereof that right of entry (nbt of adlion)
which the faid Duke had at the time of his attainder as heire to the lady Margaret
Countes-of Shroefbury eldeft daughter and coheire of Elizabeth daughter and fole
heire of Thomas lord Berkeley the fourth of that name, to the manors of Wotton,
(comprehending the burrowe of Wotton, and the fower hambletts of Nibley, Sin
well, Combe, and Wortley, which make the manor of Wotton fforren,) Simondfall,
Erlingharii, Sages, .the third part of the manors of Came, Hinton, and Slimbridge,
And to divers -lands in Came called Corrietts, And to divers lands in Alkington
called Holts, difcended and came to. Queen Mary ; The pedigree of which Duke in
the life of the faid Thpmas.the fourth from the faid Elizabeth that lords daughter
and heire, is at large already there laid down.

Pfe^Mar^ot' <©Uem Mary upon this title againft this lord Henry, (whom to thefe manors
;4- in fcacio cum and lands, amongft others, fhee had reftored not fower years before,- upon his
rem regis, remainder for want of Iffue male of the body of king Edward the fixth,) exhibited
an Information of Intrufion in the Exchequer for intruding thereinto without title.
'" " . This

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This lord pleadeth thereto, And foe that fuite flayed, upon what caufe I know not,
neither could this lord remember, when a fewe years before his death I afked him, ... .
hut thought, upon the death of Queen Mary ; But the fame Terme Twelvemonth
after, was the like Information put in in the name of Queen Elizabeth upon the Pa: 1. Eliz: rot.
fame title, And fomwhat better couched then the former ; At what time ST Thomas 36-
Parry then Treforer of the Queens houfhold and one of her privy Counfell, after
mafter of the Wards, openly fhewed himfelf therein as an abettor of the fuite, as
hee was in the former : 0[t was the | wifdome of this lord and of Thomas Duport 743
his fervant, whom only hee advifed withall, to put nothing to the hazard of a tryall,
(efpetially fuch a Counfellor of State in the Queens behalf declaring himfelf an
adverfary and Sollicitor) And thereupon a nihil dicit was entred, with a-falvo jure
for the Queen, and foe relied ; which to mee would feeme more ftrange, fave that
ST Thomas Parrys eyes were blinded and his hands bound with a leafe of Siriiondfall
farme made the 8* of May that fame Terme this- information came in, for three
fcore years from Michaelmas 1578 . at the rent of ten pound two fhillings ; And Arm,°- 20. Eliz:
a fine the next Terme leavyed by this lord for confirmation thereof, by the name fig;ij.' f^. g4g
of the manor of Symondfall and Wotton underedge ; which I fuppofe liked him
the better becaufe it adjoyned to his manors of Caldicote Lafborrow and others
in thofe parts ; Howbeit, it proved little beneficiall unto him, dying within two
yeares after.

fat difcharge of which alienation by the faid fine, being without licence, A
pardon was after pleaded ; And the mouth alfo of Richard 'H ewes an Atturney then
dwelling in Wotton, and the title bringer and Sollicitor to ST Thomas Parry, was
clofed by Thomas Duport aforefaid with an Annuity of ten pounds. pT Anil for his
life; The death of which H ewes was after in a ditch upon London way by the
bridge a mile and half on this fide ffairford.

Mich: g. Eliz: rot.
169. cum rem
thes : in fcacio.

Chu*f flept this title, (what ever it was,) in the Crown, quietly without awaking, Leices? comon
till Thomas Duke of Norfolke, (whofe fifter Katharine was wife to this lord,) was printed : 1584'.
at the kings bench barre condemned for Treafon. the 1-6* of- January in the 14* of
Queen Elizabeth ; whofe fall, whether furthered by the policy of that prudent
Statefman Robert Dudley Earle of Leicefter fon of the faid Duke of Northumber
land, (as fome have written,) or not, I have not to determine ; But when that great
and affectionate friend arid brother in law of this lords was foe caft down, (and his
head taken off the fec.ond pf June after,) forthwith came in the next Terme an Hillar: 14. Eliz
Information of Intriifion into the Exchequer againft this lord, (longe before plotted and

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2Qo €he Eibeg of the SfcerMepg 1534
and prepared,) for intruding into the faid Manors of Wotton and Symondfall and
for taking the profits thereof fince the firft of her raigne ; wherein after pleading
and iffue Joyned, a tryall was by jury at the Exchequer barre, whereat the Earle. of
Leicefter was prefent in perfon as the promoter and follower of that fuite, who now
like a ftorme amongft weakened waves wrought high, and all to bee rufled this
744 family into a fome of fury, bringing with | him divers other Courtiers of eminency
to countenance the caufe : Hee at this time having a private promife in writing
under the Queens hand and fignet to have this land, which I after met withall and
is now in Berkeley caftle. The verdidt paffed againft this lord ; (hereafter I fhall
fhew how and by what means,) Judgement was- given againft him in Efter Terme
in .the 15^ of Elizabeth, And the I8'!1 of May removed out of the poffeffion ; But,
veniet iterum, qui te in lucem reponet, dies ;
' Time againe will bringe the day •
' Of thy returne, to flay for ay.
¦3The third of June following were thefe manors extended and valued by the
Sherriffe at — 251". 3? 4d. ob. old rent per Ann ; And the firft of July following was
a perfect furvey made of thefe Manors by Comiffion out of the faid Court, by ST
Giles Poole and others, whereby alfo this lord was found to have unjuftly received
of the rents, fines, heryotts, woodfales, and other profits, 50241? 1 2s. 8d, Each tenant
and occupier of any part being- fworne to deliver his knowledge, for anfwering
Anno : 15. Eliz: whereof this lord ftood charged : (Che. 7* of the faid July by vertue of another
Commiffion directed to the faid ST Giles Poole and others,. the Queens title to thefe
manors was found in this county by Jury at large, with all the mean conveyances,*
As Atfeilds old deed of entaile, The fine to the heires males in the 23^ of king
Edward the third, The particon. amongft the three lady-co-heires in the fixth of
king Edward the fourth, the attainder of the faid duke of Northumberland in the
firft of Queen Mary, And by her death difcent and right of thefe manors to Queen
Elizabeth. '
<Chig buifines thus prudently prepared, the Queen the 25* of the fame -July
granted thefe manors of Wotton and Symondfall to the two fons of the faid Duke,
i Ambrofe then Earle of Warrwicke, and the fd. Robert then Earle of Leicefter,
and their heires. Which Earle of LeicT fhortly after, wjth an extraordinary nurh-
ber of Attendants, and multitudes of country people that' reforted to him, (whom .
my neighbors parrallell to Bartholomew faire in London,), came to Wotton, And,
thence to Michaelwood lodge, calling down part of the pales which like a little
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parke then enclofed that lodge, (for the gates were too narrow to let in his traine,)
and thence went to Wotton hill, where hee played a rnatch at Stoball ; And a fewe
days after this popular entry, having flayed at Wotton, departed from this ill gotten
pur- 1 chafe ; And to tye cup and cover togeather, though fomewhat out of time,
both the faid Earles of Warwicke and Leicefter in the fecond year after the later
recovery had againft this lord Henry and Queen Elizabeths grant to them thereof
made, came the fecond time to Wotton and to thofe new gotten poffeffions with a
greater troup of Attendants then before ; what time the faid Earle pf Leicefter,
the more to grace ST Thomas Throgmerton, made him his daily coach companion ;
And amongft other vifits they came to Rolls Court in Slimbridge, to remove that
poffeffion, which Arnold Ligon Efq^, fon of Henry Ligon oft before mentioned, a
flout gentleman, there maintained againft them, in right of his leafe for life, which
hee held under this lord Henry ; which at that time they did not. But to returne.

745

%\\ the year after this lord and his wife kept London and the Court,, as
petitioners for pardon of foe riiuch of the .forefaid meane rates and arrerages as
were then unlevyed by Sheriffes, who had by proces out of the Exchequer fhortly
after the faid recovery, extended all the lands of this lord in what County foever ;
So that (upon the matter) all his means for maintenance of his eftate and calling
was taken from him ; 3Unb at laft for 500" paid into the receipt, obtained from the
Queen a pardon for the fame, dated the 23* of June in the 16* of Eliz : And, as
I have heard this lord himfelf report, this Court fuite coft him in the meanes hee
ufed — 1800H in ten weekes : %ti one paffage about which pardon, his Lordfhip
'added to mee, That what time his wife was upon her knees before the Queen
delivering a petition touching thefe arrerages, Her Ma'!e replyed, Noe noe, my lady.
Berkeley, wee know you will never love us for the death of 'your brother ; meaning
the Duke of Norfolke, beheaded about two yeares before.

Sexta ps. Patent.
23. Junij. 16. Eliz:
fub figillo.

3Enb for defraying of this their exceffive expence and payment to the Queen,
they were. enforced, (amongft other caufes,) to morgage to Thomas Markam Efq,
the irianor of Alkington, extending welnigh to the walls of Berkeley Caftle ; which indenture dated
being by deed inrolled and without licence, and holden by knights fervice in Capite, *7; 0(aoD- l6-
this lord Henry was 28 years after in the 44* yeare of Queen Elizabeth, driven to Pardon : 44. Eliz.
his pardon, which coft 301'/ in the Alienation office, befides other charges ; And alfo
by pleading the fame after in the Exchequer in the office of the Treaforers refnem-
brancer ; And what other faies this lord now made, the lift thereof hereafter
mentioned will declare. fol: 817
3Unb
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Carta in caftro de
Berkeley dat. 25.
Nov: -3. Eliz. 746

3flnb fo deeply were his two principall officers Thomas Duport and Thomas
Franfham, (befides others,) engaged for his Debts, That in the third of | Queen
Elizabeth they had from this lord for their indemnity a leafe of the Manors of
Bofham, ffuntington, Thorney, Tetbury, Sages, fframpton, Daglingworth, Maningr
ford Bruce, Auconbury, Wefton, ffenyftanton, and Hilton, for one and twenty yeares,
with power to receive the rents of- thofe manors, and pay the debts they were
ingaged in for this lord ; Which as they are fcheduled then were above — 2000"

Anno. 12. Eliz.:
1570.

747

% am now, for ought I know to the contrary, almoft left alone alive? that can
teftify the truth of this digreffion, (if a reall circumftance may foe bee called,) which,
together with my love to truth, fhall bee my motive to leave the fame to the know
ledge of this noble family ; As namely, how one of the preparations or practices
of the faid Earle of LeicT, before the beginning of this fuite, was his outward
. demonftration of great affection to this lorcl Henry, inviting him to his Caftle of
Killingworth, fix miles from Callowdon, lodging him as a brother and fellowe
huntfman with hirn in his own bedchamber, with femblance of great familiarity ;
gave him liberty without reftraint over his Deere- in his Parks and chace there ;
fairly relating unto him how it was his greateft honor, (as in deed it was,) to bee
difcended from his ancient houfe ; defiring that the fame by fome good herald might
by his means bee warranted unto him, with their matches, out of his evidence ;
To a fweet note the fowlers pipe is fet
When hee the bird betrays into the nett.
This motion was affented to by this well meaning lord ; One Harvey an herald, not
longe after, was by the Earles tre commended for ye. fervice and fent to Callowdon,
where after a fmall paines in perufall of thofe few evidences that then there re
mained, And fome notes taken importing no other end but difcents, Hee was thence
with tres of Comiffion fent (as hee defired) to Berkeley Caftle, where the maine
body remained of thofe Berkeley evidence, having about hirii pfidious inftruftions
to draw away from this lords evidence houfe fome Deeds and exemplifications of
records, (whereof the originalls was either loft, or taken from the files,) which the
herald performed ; And being fomewhat in drinke, through the kind entertainment
hee received at Berkeley Caftle, in the houfe of one Thomas Bolton, then an In-
holder (and an old brewer to this lord,) faid' unto him upon occation of fpeeeh, (as
Bolton twice told mee and oftner others,) That this Journey by -reafon of what hee
had ] found and had would bee his making for ever ; which words I received from
Thomas Boulton to whom Harvey fpake them, upon occation of Boltons queftion,
when hee would end his fearch. ffalfe friends are the greateft enemies, worft when they

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they feem beft, and moft dangerous when they fpeake faireft ; Ovid faid truly ;
Tuta frequenfque via eft, fub amici fallere riomen,
Tuta frequenfque licet, fit via, crimen habet.
It is a fafe and comon way, by freindfhipto deceive,
But fafe and comon though it bee, its knavery by yoT leave.
And I my felf doe here avow, That about twenty fix years now paft my felf dif-
courfing of thefe and the like words with MT John Savage, hee told mee That this
herald in his way from Callowdon towards Berkeley came to his houfe to Sainbury,
(two miles from Camden, w'.h the ford Berkeleys tre of comendacon for his firft This was in anno
nights lodging on the way, (as my felf have often done,) where, having liberally
fupped, hee opened his portmanteau, and turning over a long roll of Armes to fhew
him the coate borne by the name of Savage, hee obferved the coate of Berkeley,
well known to him ; And how that a note of paper was pinned over the fafne, which
MT Savage fufpecTing, (yet hee knew not what nor wherefore,) tooke a copy of the
fame out of the roll, whilft Harvey the herald flept in bed, (left by forgetfullnes in
his parlor below ;) And when hee could make noe conftruclion thereof hee caft it
into a cubbord in the fame roome, amongft a heape of old cancelled bonds ters and
the like trafh ; which note after fome fearch I found, and thereby vifibly difcovered
the treafon ; Quicquid fub terra eft in apricum proferet stas,
Time will reveale each fecret, fublunary thing ;
Noe hidden thinge there is, but time to light will bring.

3llnb doubtles, one of the evidences then taken away was an exemplification
under the great feale, of the office found in the firft of king Edward the third in
the county of Glouc., after the death of the lord Maurice the third, the ' originall
whereof was not longe before filched from the file in the Tower ; And one other Tms note is in
& . - . Berkeley Caftle
concerning Erlingham, as the faid note imported. 3Ilnb let mee by a fhort digreffion
in this place ingenioufly profeffe to this noble family, that by the happines of my
poore endeavors, more then 300 peices of evidence have been returned into their
Evidence- houfe from many corners, but whether foe fcattered by falfhood or
forgetfullnes, | or by what other, accidents, 1 may not determine ; But fure I am, 748
that many of thofe peeces have been out of their poffeffion fince the death of
Queen Mary : which is not here otherwife remembred, then to pray this noble
family to bee carefull to whom they committ the keyes of their Evidence houfe ;
For fuch as ST Luke mentions the unjuft fteward to bee will in great families bee Luke. 16. v. 1.
found in all ages, that will ferve themfelves and theire own ends. Sifter

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Sifter the faid Informacon was put into the Court, and the iffue in joyning,
The Earle of Leicefter fent for his inward freind Edmond lord Chandois, (efteemed
in thofe .'daies as king of Cotfwold,) And at Langly agreed of fixteen fpeciall free
holders names, to bee with others returned of the Jury for tryall of that caufe ; what
Sr N. P. time they had alfo the help of another knight fince deceafed, who gave the natries
[Nicholas Poyntz] Qc tne. otfoer eight, whofe name I forbear for his grandchilds fake, noe malevolent
.- kinfman to this family ; which twenty four foe corruptly packed, tryed the iffue
againft this lord : And this was told mee in the hearing of MT Edward Green vicar
of Berkeley, (who is yet living,) in Berkeley Caftle the 25'!* of September. 1603.
by" MT Charles Hyet, which (as hee faid) hee knew of his own knowledge to bee
true ; what time hee was very neare the lord Chandois in attendance ; who then
affirmed further, That MT James Bramidge his familiar freind and neighbour after
told him That hee was prefent as a fpeciall fervT by the death bed of the lord
Chandois, (who dyed the 17* of March in the 16* of Elizabeth,) when hee heard
him in that ficknes fay, That nothing greived him more at that time Then what hee
did about the Jury for the Earles of Warrwick and Leicefter againft the lord
Berkeley. 3lnb further, on Munday the 18* of September in the firft of king James, as
William Chefter of Almondfbury EfqT, my felf, and MT Edward Trotman walked
togeather in Eaftwood parke, (fower rniles from Berkeley,) after dinner, whither
MT Trotman (then there dwelling and now living at Came,) had purpofely at my
requeft invited MT Chefter and my felf, MT Chefter then told mee, (as a token of
' the love and friendfhip then by MT Trotmans means purpofely fetled between us,)
| that hee being a page to the Earle of Leicefters chamber, obferved the herald
Harvies repaire unto him with Evidence from Berkeley ; And that the Earles
I words to him, (which hee then heard,) were, That thefe titles had ever fucceeded
749 between | their houfes, accprding to the kings favour in their times: And hee then
j further told mee, That MT Henry Goodyeare, (after knight,) a gentleman in great
*: truft with the lord Berkeley, held in this caufe fecret intelligence with the faid Earle
of Leicefter, and brought him fome evidence alfo about the beginning of this fuite,
as hee then obferved alfo, waiting the more near to Leicefter '.becaufe hee was allied
to him ; Words heard by MT Trotman as well as my felf : I hate the tooth that bites
the dead : But this gentleman, whom . 34 . years paft I remember to have feen, and
fome of whofe tres (admirably penried) written to this lord I have read, had his
eare and his heart as much in thofe times as any man that lived ; And was often
prefent at this lords requeft at divers meetings and conferrences of his CounfellTas the

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the faid, lord hath fince told mee ; To whom I once related what Mt Chefter had
faid to mee : But being againe to write of the like packing ftuffe in another tryafl
and recovery, I will now returne from this digreffion:
Sifter, the Survey of thefe manors of the firft of July in the 15* of Elizabeth
was returned into the Exchequer, It appeared, (amongft other things,) to bee
prefented by that Jury under the title of woods, That the Queens Ma'!e was feized
of a wood called Michaelwood chace, which extendeth from the Towns of Nibley
and Huntingford unto the redford, and foe going all alonge the faid river or place
where the water commonly runneth called redford, unto the woods end, unto Robert
Jobbins houfe of the woods end ; Wherein the Maior and Burgeffes of the Town
of Wotton and the Inhabitants of Huntingford arid Nibley doe comon with their
Cattle ; And wherein the Inhabitants of Alkington, Woodford, and Wyke, have
entercommon becaufe of vicinage, That is^to fay, in refpecf of the Comon that the
Maior and Burgeffes of the manor of Wotton and the Inhabitants of the faid
Townes of Nibley and Huntingford have in the other part of Michaelwood over
the red ford, being the Inheritance of Henry lord Berkeley : Which wood on this
fide the red ford is the free hold and waft ground of the Queens Ma'T6, and parcell
of the manor of Wotton, and extendeth as- aforefaid, and is by eftimation — 207.
acres. <Chu£ the Survey.
3In the compofing of this furvey it was foe partially carried, That Maurice
Harding of Cowley, (yet living,) Richard ffourds of Pinelfend in- Cowley, Robert
Hale of Wotton, and Nicholas Cornock of Nibley, (grandfather to John Cornocke
now fervant in houfhold to the lady Elizabeth Berkeley,) being of the Jury, would
by noe perfwafion or threats give confent to foe | untrue a prefentment in the 750
former point, which ready drawn by the Commiffioners was tendred unto them, as
the three firft have often feverally told mee ; whereupon their names, after they had
been -fworne, were ftrooke out of the panell from their fellowes who prefented the
fame, being all of them tenants to this manor of Wotton : of which manner of
proceedings wee have fince had many times conferences togeather.
Chig Survey thus returned and remaining of record in the Exchequer, and
the faid manor the fame month granted to the Earles of. Warwicke and Leicefter
and their heires, as hath been faid, They immediately thereupon placed one William Div'fe exam : in
^ .,, ~ , , . ^ • , r f„. , 1 , , r r caftrodeBerkeley.
CeciU'as Ranger, to overfee their Deere in that part of Michaelwood chafe foe Diu'fe'tre NicKi
prefented to bee part of their manor of Wotton : Between whom and Dunning and Poyntz et Thome
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Throkm'ton Coin Kimmerly his men, And the Ranger and keepers of this lord Henry, many bicker-
1578. 79. 80. 81! ings often times happened, to the drawing of bloud, continuing in that troublefome
83. in caftrode courfe t;n the death of the faid Earle- of Leicefter, 1588, in the thirtieth of Oueen
Berkeley. Elizabeths raigne.

Trin : Pafch: 31.
Eliz : rot. 462.
in banco regis.

^fttimebiatelp upon whofe death, this lord, relying himfelf upon the coinon
Juftice of the Realme, (for potent Leicefter only medled in thefe matters, and the
whole manor furvived to the Earle of Warwicke his brother then much infirmed
with ficknes,) brought an adlion of trefpas againft the faid William Kimmerly. for
treading of his grafs in Michaelwood chafe, and killing of a bucke there in July
before the fd Earle dyed, to his damage of ten pound ; In which fuite this lord
recovered upon a non fum informatus.

751

ChijS Kymerly fome years after upon a fuite in the Court of Wards profecuted
againft this lord, and examined touching his behaviour in thefe times of his keeper-
fhip in this part of the faid Chafe, depofed, That twelve years togeather hee was a
keeper in that part of Michaelwood lying between Redford and Wotton, under
William Cecill Ranger there to the Earles of Warwick and Leicefter; And that
all that time hee walked in great feare, and for the moft part in the high waies,
and durft not goe out of them into the faid chace, but was always interrupted and
threatned by the lord Berkeleys Rangers and Keepers, and had a warrant for a
bucke taken from him by one William. Hallam ; And in that- twelve years did not
kill any Deere in that fide of the chace where hee was appointed Keeper : And
that afterwards hee was difcharged from being keeper by MT Arnold .\ Oldifworth,
for that his M1? the Counteffe of Warwicke would not allow any fee for :| any
keeper to walk there, as hee faid, fince which time to this his examinacon, there
hath been noe keeper there by the faid Counteffes appointment.

€hege Manors of Wotton and Simondfall by the death of the Earle of Leicefter

Hill. 37. Eliz : rot.
92-Trin irec "si coming by Survivor to the faid Earle of Warrwick, as aforefaid, hee conveyed them
Eliz : rot ; 123, .(amongft many others) to Anne his wife and her heires, and dyed within two years
Mich : 40 : Eliz. ri_-iiiT-i/-T.„
rot. cum rem-thes.- at ter his brother the Earle of Leicefters death.

in fcacio.

3ft chanced fhortly after, That Henry Parmiter then of Stone an Atturney at
lawe, Giles Daunt then of Oulpen, George Smallwood then of Durfley, and feaven
others, all men of tnettall and good woodmen, (I mean old notorious deereftealers,)
well armed, came in the nighttime with deere-netts and doggs to fleale1 deere in
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this chace of Michaelwood, who MT Anthony Hungerford, yet livinge, then Ranger
there for this lord, foone found in that part of the chace which was formerly pre
fented to bee part of the manor of Wotton, then the inheritance of the faid lady
Anne Countes of Warrwicke ; And prefently drew from Nibly and other bordering
places nine or ten of his own tenants and friends, as good men with their flaves
as the hunters, whom they roughly fet upon in that part of the chace : betweene
which two companies of true men and theeves, many fore blowes were exchanged,
divers on both fides beaten to the ground, and much bloud drawn ; which violence
they ceafed not on either fide till the fall of Smallwood by his deaths wound, where
upon leaving him as dead, the reft of the Deereftealers fled : But by this means
being known, And fuite commenced againft them in the Starchamber, the faid
Counteffe of Warrwicke fent unto the faid Parmiter a copy of the faid Survey and
prefentment, And earneftly by Arnold Oldifworth and other her officers, laboured
him and the reft to juftifie their entry and hunting in the faid chace under her
authority and licence ; And the rather for that Parmiter being an Atturney of the
coinon place, and drawing his maintenance from his practice, might otherwife in-
curre noe fmall damage and fine alfo with imprifonment, with other like perfwafions:
Howbeit the hunters having made their peace with this lord and his Ranger, And
that practice of the Counteffe, (which Parmiter difcovered to mee with delivery of
the copy hee had received,)" not prevailing, And this lord having a good opinion
of the juftnes of his title to that part of the chace, notwithftanding the faid prefent
ment, afwell as the reft, hee did in the 41* of Queen Elizabeth, enlarge the enclofure Anno. 1598.
which of old time had been about the lodge in the faid chace, And with a pale for
the more comely proportion enclofed about 10 acres more then formerly was in the
old enclofure ; for | which fact, (though not to the damage of the faid Counteffe or 752
any of her tenants of 2d. by the year,) fhee caufed Robert George her Receivor and
William Trotman one of her woodwards to fawe down the raile and pale in fuch
places as the faid addition was made ; And thereupon alfo brought her adlion of
trefpas againft Thomas Hewes and other of this lords palers and workmen therein;
During which fuite at the common lawe, fhee alfo exhibited her bill in the Court of Mjcn . ten^ 4I
Wards in Michmas Terme in the 41* & 42* of Queen Elizabeth againft this lord and et- 42 Eliz : in Cu?
Anthoney Huntley his fervT and Woodward there, Setting forth therein how fhee
was feized of a meffuage and one hundred acres of land called Holts, and of Coinon
of pafture thereto belonging in the faid part of Michaelwood ; And alfo fet forth,
That that part of the faid Chace which extended from the Towns of Nibley and
Huntingford unto the river or water called the redford, and foe alonge the faid river
or place where the water runneth commonly called the redfourd, unto the houfe late of
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of Robert Jobbins at the woods end, is parcel of her manor of Wotton underedge ;
And that this lord by the inftigation of the faid Huntley had not only forbidden
her farmer of Holts to have any Comon in the faid Chace, and driven back his
Cattell, but alfo had inclofed about two hundred acres of that part of the chace
with a pale, which did lye as aforefaid and which was part of the manor of Wotton,
with fuch other fuggeftions as are too comon in Englifh bills ; <Co which this lord
and Huntley made anfwer and fhewed, That if any fuch coinon had of old belonged
to the faid farme of Holts, that the fame was extinguifhed by an unity of poffeffion;
And alfo, that the whole chace of Michaelwood was the inheritance of this lord, as
in their anfwers at large is contained ; Whereupon after both the def? had according
to the ufage of that Court been examined upon Interrogatories, the plT replyed, and
the def? rejoyned, And a Comiffion was fued out and executed at Wotton aforefaid
September, 42. tne nynth of September in the 42* yeare of Queen Elizabeth, whereat in fowerteen
Eliz. days were fifty witneffes examined ; And afterwards my felf and William Hallam
(an old keeper) with the Examiner in Court : publication fhortly after awarded, and
copies amounting to — 400 . fheets of paper taken ; whereby appeared that both plT
and defendants had aimed at one and the fame end, by bending their maine proofes
for the intereft of the foile, and for the bounds of the faid manors of Wotton and
Alkington, which was labored by as many ways means and devices as well might
fall | into the hart of man : Che conolufion was That the Countefs finding her proofs
overwaighed, fuffered her bill without hearing to bee difmiffed : Neither would fhee
afterwards bee urged to proceed to tryall upon her action of Trefpas againft
Hughes, but difcontinued it, and paid cofts.

753

Mich : terme. 43.
et. 44. Eliz : rot :
382. et 383. in
banco regis.

3HH which may more largely bee read in my parchment booke dedicated to this
lord, Intituled a regifter of the tenants by knights fervice from the 378* leafe to
the 388* leafe ; And thefe two fuites are both in Berkeley caftle exemplifyed under
the feales of thofe Courts. €hu£ was the greater half of that Chace preferved
which the Counteffe and her officr? had devour'd, with foe ftronge an affurance that
the faies of the woods and timber were propofed in the country, whereof the truer
owner not longe after raifed 2000'!- Yet left the like value for his pofterity, as after
followeth. But that compofition which was afterwards made in the feaventh pf
Michaelwood. king James between this lord and ST Robert Sidney then Vifcount Lifle, after Earle
Anno 8. Jacobi : 0f Leicefter, gave ending to thefe and many other fuites ; And thereby alfo the
fol : 792. means of this lords fale of all the trees in this chace growing without the faid Parke,
(except — 3000 . of the beft,) to one Thorn? Hacket after a certaine rate by the
Tunne for Timber and by the cord for fire-wood ; which hee coaled, And errecled both

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both a forge and furnace, bringing his iron oare out of the fforreft of Deane ; And
which hee, (having made little benefit,) affigned to ST Wittm Throkmerton, And hee :
(as little,) to others : of which this lord Henry made. 2ooo'l- towards payment of the
faid compofition : 3Hnb the end of that iron work begott the agreement that prefently
after followed between this lord and the Inhabitants of Alkington, Comoners in this Tria term . ^
Chace ; which was, That this lord fhould inclofe with a pale and keep in feveralty Ann? 10. Jaco&i
to him and his heires for ever, fower hundred acres on the South eaft part of the
Chace, at eighteen foot to the pearch, (accompting the forementioned little park and
lodge therein to bee parcell,) free and difcharged from yl claim of Comon therein
by any of the Comoners, And that this lord fhould leave the refidue of the faid
Chace to bee a free coinon for the Cattell of the faid I nhabitants of the manor of
Alkington ; And the deere of this lord feeding within the faid parke or chace fhould
bee for ever excluded from that part of the chace and from their grounds adjoyning
therto, which was agreed to bee left to the faid Comoners Inhabitants of Alkington
for their faid, Comon ; And that this lord fhould leave ftanding upon the foile of the
Ground parcell of the faid chace, to bee | left out of the faid parke, one thoufand 754
oaks (fince marked out) for maft and fhadowe, which neither this lord nor the in
habitants of Alkington, freeholder or coiiioner, fhould any otherwife ufe fell or
difpofe of ; And that affurances fhould accordingly bee made by indifferent Counfell
on both fides ; whereupon this lord forthwith enclofed his — 400 . acres, And in
Trinity Terme following exhibited his bill into the Chancery, fetting forth the faid Anno. 1612.
agreement between him and the Comoners, with fuch other circumftances as feemed
dependant upon fuch an agreement, And how thereupon hee had purchafed other
lands adjoyning for the circular and more uniforme proportion of his pale : iBhere^
lttttO the def? Comoners made anfwere, confeffing the agreement. 3flnb thereupon
by the confent and defire of both , parties, It was decreed by the faid Court of
Chancery That the agreement fhould ftand and bee inviolably for ever after
obferved of all parties, which at this day continueth accordingly, A0. 1626. Which
fmall fervice this lord fo acceptably received, That in recompence of my contriving
and finifhing thereof hee by Deed granted mee a fee bucke and a fee doe yearly
during my life, out of the faid new parke. get foe refted not this chace or park,
But that George lord Berkeley after his. full age wholly difparked it, And carried
away the pales railes and polls thereof for the mending of his three other parks of
Whitcliffe, Newparke, and the Worthy ; And then demifed the fame for years to
divers tenants, who forthwith at their charges according to their agreem1? with his
Lo1!, divided the fame into many clofes, grubbing up the thornes furres and other
brambles thereof; In the three firft years of whofe leafes, the faid lord carried thence
2 q 2

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755

Trin Term. 22.
Eliz : rot : 124. in
fcacio cum rem
regis.

Anno. 26 : Eliz

Survey under feale
in caft : de Berke ley.
Liber recogn: hill.
28. Eliz: in fcacio.

thence alfo great ftore of that timber for his buildings at Simondfall and at new
parke and at the grange by Berkeley, and at other places, And fold much of the
reft, coking alfo a great part of the firewood thereof and felling and burning the
refidue at Newparke and Berkeley caftle, where hee then abode.
€0 this difparking it may feeme the lord George was led by the prefident of
his Grandfather, this lord Henry, who in the time of Queen Mary upon his firft
entry quite difparked Hawe-parke by Wotton, and let the fame at 6? 8d. the acre,
taking a fine of 26I 8f for each acre ] for one and twenty yeares ; which a fewe
years before ST Thomas Thinne, under the then Protestors favour, had in the later
days of king Edward the fixth made thin, both of deere -timber and woods therein
growing. Robing thus purfued this recovery of the Manors of Wotton and Simondfall
had againft this lord, with fuch Inqufitions and circumftances as followed thereupon,
I now returne to a like recovery of other manors had in like manner ten years after,
againft this lord alfo.
(JBUCCII Elizabeth, in the 22* of her raigne, exhibited another Informacon of
Intrufion againft this lord Henry, (which was likewife profecuted by the faid Earle
of Leicefter,) charging him thereby to have intruded into the Manors of Sages and
Arlingham, and intp the third part of the manors of Came, Hinton and Slimbridge,
and into the ffarmes of Holts and Corrietts, Newleys, the warth, and other lands
in the county of Glouc, from the firft of December in the firft yeare of her raigne
untill the exhibiting of this information ; And by all that time to have unjuftly taken
the rents and profits : <3To this Information this lord pleaded divers pleas according
as his Counfell conceived his feverall titles to bee, All which for all the faid Manors
and lands were in Hillary Term in the 26* of Elizabeth found by jury at the
Exchequer barre againft him, And next terme Judgement entred accordingly. The
fifteenth of Auguft following by vertue of a Comiffion dated the 8* of July before,
was this lord by the Sherriffe of the County put out of poffeffion, And the 20* of
the faid Auguft, the faid manors and lands were extended and valued to the Sherriffe.
Che 1 7* of September following by vertue of a more fpeciall Comiffion directed to
the forefaid ST Giles Poole and others, a perticuler Survey was made of all the faid
manors and lands, and of all the rents and profits received by this lord from the
faid firft of December in ye. firft yeare of the faid Queen to that time, which, (befides
fines and all other cafualties,) amounted to the fum of— 39531! 15s. iof wherewith this

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this lord was chftrged. "Hlgnineft the payment of which meane rates and arrerages,
this lord foe ftrugled, that I verily fuppofe noe one Terme for Thirteen years next
following is without orders in the Exchequer touching the fame, befides the many
petitions to her Mati.e, wherein at laft hee was much helped by St Edward Coke her )
Atturney generall.
Che fecond of July following, the Queen granted all the faid manors and Anno" 27" Ellz"
premHes foe laftly recovered againft this lord to the faid Earles of Warr. and LeicefT
and their heirs, to hold by the 4* pT of a knights fee. |
Che Earle of Leicefter dyed in the thirtieth of the faid Queen, Anno, 1588. 756
without lawfull iffue, whereby all thofe manors and lands mentioned in thefe two
recoveries had againft this lord furvived and came to the faid Earle of Warwicke,
being his elder brother ; who by his conveyances, (moft whereof is inrolled in
Chancery,) in the 32* of the faid Queen, granted the fame to certaine feoffees, To
the ufe of himfelf for life And after his deceafe to the lady Anne his wife and to her
heires for ever, as formerly hath been touched, And dyeth the 21* of ffebruary the
fame yeare ; All which are at large found in the Inquifiton or office after his death
the 15* of December the yeare after in the 33* of Queen Elizabeth.
2£>p this office, the Queen was intituled to the moitie of a third part of all the Inqu : 33, Eliz. ^
faid Earle of Warrwicks lands during the minority of Elizabeth the daughter and q0^ war?.
heire of Sir Phillip Sidney, (after maryed to the Earle of Rutland,) as by the office
at large appeareth : Upon returne whereof, the Queen hy Indenture under the feale
of the Court of wards and liveries dated the 4'? of June in the 33* of her raigne, Carta 4 Junij
in confideration of Twenty pound fine and 261! 13? 4? yearly rent, demifed to the
faid Anne Counteffe of Warr. the third part of the faid manors of Came, Hinton,
and Slimbridge, the faid Newleys, the warth, Holts, and Corietts, in lieu of the
moitie of the third part of all the Earle of Warrwicks lands, To hold during the
minority of the faid Elizabeth Sidney then but fower years old, which was an
Extraordinary favor that the gfeatnefs of this Counteffe found under a gracious
Princefs, on whom in neareft place fhee waited, and of a freindly mafter of that
Court, then William lord Burleigh, lord Treaforer alfo ; By which favour this lord
was as deeply prejudiced in effect as by the recovery had againft him in the
Exchequer : for, being thereby under the prerogative of the Crown and the pro
ceedings in that Court turned out of that poffeffion, which notwithftanding the
recovery in the Exchequer hee had ftill maintained for the third parts of the Manors
of Cam, Hinton, and Slimbridge, efpecially ; And his poore tenants fent for daily by

302 Che tttbejsf of the 2&erftefep0 1534
by proces, and committed for their faithfull adhereing to their landlord, This lord
to help himfelf and them exhibited even a world of bills, and made as many anfwers,
whereupon, as alfo upon bills of Traverfes to the faid office, followed an Army of
orders, Injunctions and affidavits for feaven or more yeares togeather ; A fruitlefs
refiftance of himfelf and his counfell in thofe times, whereby hee not only loft all
757 that was demanded againft | him, (for what the faid Counteffe would fhee obtained,)
but alfo with the exceffive expence and payment of cofts, exhaufted his coffers;
Suits much better not to have been defended at all, then not defended in the
fucceffe ; And if better times fhould ferve, the regaining made more difficult.
% ghoillo make the life of this lord a volume of it felf if I fhould perticularize
but a fowerth part of the toiles and turmoiles, troubles and difquiets, that arofe about
the poffeffions alfo of the faid Newleyes, Holts, and other of the faid lands, kept
33. Eliz : loft and regained, and loft againe, by this lord and his fervants : of the indictments
HilT- JyE&L anc* travei"fes tnat followed thereupon at Gloucefter and other places, purfued by
Trin. 32 Eliz. St Henry Winfton efpetially in behalf of the faid Counteffe : And of the multitude
iwlch " 5 2 fit "Z "i
Eliz. °f Starchamber bills in thofe years alfo exhibited by her againft this lord, Rich*!
Thomas, Anthony Huntley, and other of his fervants and tenants, touching entries
ryotts and forces, Termly attendants in the chamber of MT Thomas Chamberlayne,
then this lords Sollicitor, (after a Judge ;) And how this lord by the injurious
fuggeftion of the faid Counteffe was twice convented before the Counfell table at
Whitehall, to anfwere fuppofed mifdemeanors by her objected, which could not bee
proved ; And at another time at Oatlands, where the 16* of Auguft . 1590 . in the
32* of Elizabeth hee was ordred to enter into a recognizance of ten thoufand
marks, That hee his fervants followers and freinds fhould from thenceforth keep
the peace towards the tenants fervants followers and freinds of the faid Countefs
during the controverfies between them : At what time alfo another recognizance of
500 marks was taken of Humphry Alfop this lords then Steward of his Gloucefter
fhire lands, and one of the Sollicitors of his lawe caufes : As alfo of the many
proceffes ferved upon many of this lords fervants and tenants at thefe times to
appeare in the kings, bench and Crown office, to give bonds for their good be
haviours, with an endles number of brawles and broiles about thefe times raifed
and purfued by the faid ST Henry Winfton and Arnold Oldifworth her greateft
Agent and Sollicitor.
Cbb* is that lady of Warrwick whom Mr Rowland Vaughan, in his booke of
Waterworks, reporteth, That to ferve turnes was able in Court to work miracles in
lay

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303

lay matters ; which this lord Henry found true, to his extreame coft and trouble, as
herein appeares.
% forbear alfo to fpeake of the action brought by this lord in thefe times Anno. 33. Eliz:
againft the faid ST Henry Winfton, upon the Statute de Scandalis magnatum, who
malitioufly and falfly had given out That this lord faid hee would come | with . 140. 758
men, and get his poffeffion againe of the Newleafe with the fword ; %$ alfo I omit Mich. 40. et 41.
to write of the bill Anfwere proceedings and decree in the Court of wards, touching lz' I599'
the watermill and carucate of land called Corietts, in Cam, wherein who defireth to
bee inftrucfed in the learning of favour and prerogative, and to fet a fair gloffe upon
a foule Text, may have recourfe to the faid decree, which paffed in Eafter Terme Pafcfi. 42. Eliz :
in the 42^ of Queen Elizabeth in the Court of Wards for the faid Counteffe againft
this lord and his tenant John Somers, thereby caft out of poffeffion; A fuite follicited
by the wily diligence of the faid Arnold Oldifworth then interreffed in the fame for
many years by her demife, who, (after the compofition in the 7'.h of king James with
the lord Lifle,) having purchafed the fee farme thereof of this lord Henry, fhortly
after fold the fame 60 Wittm Harding and his heuses, As not longe after hee did all
the reft of his eftate to others, And yet fattisfyed not his debts by — 400o'.i: at the
leaft ; And laftly dyed in Virginia.
Neither doe I here remember the extents upon all this lords lands in what
County foever hee had any lands for the leavying of the faid meane rates, nor the
great fums which in part payment thereof hee paid into the Exchequer, nor the Hitt. 28. Eliz :
recognizance of — 40ooB.- which hee was by orders in the Exchequer inforced to
enter into, with condition to pay all the rents and profits of the faid manors and
lands foe recovered againft him ; wherein the preffures were farre more violent
upon this lord then the ufuall courfe, either of the Crown, or that Court ordinarily
inflicted upon the fubject, in regard the one moitie of the faid arrerages or meane
rates was granted by the faid tres patents to the faid Earles with the lands, with
all the means which the Crowns prerogative had to recover it, and fo came to the
faid Counteffe, who not only with the fame coveted to defray the charges of thefe
fuites, but to reward the diligence of her fervants, freinds, and Counfell employed
therein : And this guift of the moitie of the meane rates filled five years vacations Annis 28. 29. 33.
with Inquiries in this County of Glouc. by Juries, to find out the value and profits
of the lands recovered, in rents herriots fines and woodfales received by this lord,
to the extreame expence of both parties : ffor fome eafe and releife wherein, this
lord exhibited his petiton to the Queens perfon, prefenting alfo his greife therein by Anno : 36. et at.
word

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Che Hibejef of the Sftrftelepg 1534

1599. 41. Eliz.

word of mouth to her Ma'le For the countermining whereof, and to fruftrate that
court fuite which to this lord was both tedious and coftly, the faid countefs exhibited
alfo her petition, (for fhee that perpetually waited next her perfon, could not be any
759 fmall time ignorant thereof) praying the Queen to | have allowance by her privy
feale of the faid arrerages according to her Ma'.5 grant under the great feale; And
that the further difpatch thereof might bee referred to fome of her Officers, To the
end the debts of her late hufband the Earle of Warrwicke might the fooner bee
Cert: dat: 26. Maij pa;d by her his executrix ; Which being referred to Buckhurft lord Treaforer, hee
certifyed almoft all the former proceedings in perticularity, but in fuch fort as this
lord gained nothing but further loffe for all his paines and expence.
^either doe I here, other then in curfary manner, ficco pede, remember how
this lord Henry after the faid verdict and Judgement upon the faid Informacon
given againft him, often moved that Court of Exchequer to have allowance of
certaine errors to reverfe the faid Judgement and verdict, and to have his writ of
error figned by ST John Popham then atturney generall; who after counfell at
feverall times heard on both fides, held them to bee errors unanfwerable : but his
remove to the place of Cheife Juftice hindred the fame: whom ST Thomas Egerton
fucceeded, who, all his time of Atturney generall delaied it : After him Sir Edward
Coke fucceeded, To whome upon new motions the Court referred the examination
of the errors anew, who alfo for his better refolution before hee would deliver his
opinion, heard Counfell on both fides, And at laft in Court told Peryam cheefe
Baron That if fuch errors were depending in any other court, hee thought them
fufficient to reverfe judgment, but what they were in this Court, hee referred to his
Lop.s confideration.
3tt laft, after long preffures, the faid lord cheife Baron referred this lord to his
petition to the Queen for allowance of the faid writ of Error ; her Ma'1' referred the
confideration of the fame to the two cheife Juftices, the mafter of the Rolls, Egerton,
and to her Atturney generall, who with much Sollicitation met in Hillary Terme in
the 37^ of Elizabeth, and having heard Counfell on both fides, refolved, that the
proceedings upon the faid Information were erronioiis : But notwithftanding directed
this lords Counfell firft to fearch for prefidents in the Exchequer from the time of
king Edward the third, wherein any writ of Error had been brought for any matter
of forme, or for mifjoyning of iffue, or tryall, or pleading ; And alfo to fearch for
petitions, whether by the Statute of 31. E. 3. a writ of Error may bee brought
between her Ma'.ie and a Subject without a petition ; And to fee alfo the manner of
the

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the petition for the proceeding therein in forma juris, And then they would certifie
their opinions.
Search* (the coftly work of a longe time,) was made accordingly, And many
prefidents found wherein the fubject had been allowed his writ | of error in that 7°°
Court, both by and without petition; Copies thereof were praied by this lord Henry:
Anfwere was made, None might bee given without an order from the lord cheife
Baron : Hee being by this lords Counfell often moved thereto, finally anfwered,
hee fhould have none except it were by warrant from her Ma"', feeing the prefidents
intended the fubvertion of the eftate of the Queens patentees, (meaning his deareft
lady and freind the Countefs of Warwicke;) and therefore this lord fhould ufe his
petition to the Queen if hee would have any ; which referment of his is entred of L*er ordinurn in
* ¦ /-> i i ^ •/- fine term MicEis
record in the booke of orders of that Court ; whereby Certificate was never made. 37. et. 3S. Eliz.
31 marriage at this time went on between Thomas the only fon of this lord and
Elizabeth the only child of ST George Carey knight marfhall, fhortly after lord
Hunfdon and Chamberlaine to her Mat!.' To whom a breife collection with the
orders annexed of all thefe proceedings was delivered ; hee undertooke. with the
Queen, and effected it : The cheife Baron by like art, as hee had delayed, deluded
the faid writt of error : And after, this lord turned himfelf to looke after other
Counfells and Courfes- that gave at laft a winding out from thefe irkfome laborinths
and perplexities. 3Hnb I remember a Sollicitor of the lord Berkeleys in the clofe of that day caft
before thofe referrees, the confideration of the Statute of the 33* of Henry the 8*
which giveth the actuall poffeffion of the lands of perfons attainted without any
Office found, Saving the poffeffion of all Strangers : which, faid hee, is expounded
as if an office had been found at Comon lawe : And if the office at the comon lawe
•had found the feifin and diffeiffin, yet the king could not have granted away the ^^^P ^
land before feifin, or a Scire facias fued ; Inferring thereby, That noe informacon of
Intrufion at all would lye againft the lord Berkeley by reafon of the favinge in the
faid Statute : which they (not difliking) held worthy of further confideration, but, I
fuppofe, forgott it foone after.
2$p defire in thefe relations is nothing more then to informe the now lord
George truly, though with prolixity, of the paffages of this his immediate anceftor
jn thefe paper warrs ; whereby I will looke back to the Jury that tryed this laft
iffue
2 R VOL. II

306

Che 3tibe£ of the *&zvMzp$

1534

Bill and Anfwere
in Canceit.

Ex pte Nicholfon
in cane. Michis
36. Eliz.

Orders. 19. Junij.
36. Eliz : and . 6.
15. 25. Nov. 37.
Eliz.
Order. 25. Nov :
37. Eliz. in Cane :
inter Henricum
itm B.queret Hall
et Alfop def.ts

iffue in the 26* of Queen Elizabeth in the Exchequer againft this lord, And tell
him truly, as I have done in the former recovery, That they were likewife plotted |
761 and named by the faid Earle of Leicefter, with the affiftance of ST Thomas Throk
merton and Sr. Nicholas Poynz, (then at enmity with this H,) And the whole 24
names ready written were delivered by the firft of them to Richard Adams of
Wotton fervant to the faid Earles, And by him delivered to Mr. Hall then under-
fherriffe to Thomas Baynham of Clowerwall "Efq^, as fent with them from the faid
High Sherriffe, with a coinandment in the name of the faid Earle of Leicefter that
hee fhould ingroffe and returne them, mixed with the delivery of forty fhillings then
given to Hall, and fome threats if hee did not : And this did Hall himfelf out of
remorfe of confcience, (when hee faw the ill effect,) make known to Humphry
Alfop then follicitor to this lord, who thereupon, to continue the memoriall thereof,
exhibited a bill againft the faid High Sheriffe and Underfherriffe for this mif
demeanor in the Chancery, (not in the Starre chamber as hee fhould havedone,)
whereto they made anfwere and confeffed the whole matter as aforefaid, this being
the next yeare after the tryall ; And foe it relied ; Whereof the Counteffe of
Warwicke having notice fome years after, And knowing well how deeply this
packing and nomination of a Jury, (though in the Queens cafe,) might trench into
her title, that ftill continued reftles and in Termely agitation, Shee to damme this
bill and thefe anfweres, complained in Chancery in Michmas Terme in the 36^ of
Queen Elizabeth : Whereupon Hall and Alfop being examined at the fuite of the
faid Counteffe, confeffed upon oath the truth of the premifes, which to this day yet
remaineth with the faid examiner, But in regard that her title was hereby fcandal-
ized, and for other reafons, movinge the court, After order upon order, this lord
Henry was compelled to bringe in the Exemplification of the faid bill and anfwers,
which hee had under the great Seale, into the Court, where it was broken and
cancelled, and bill and anfwers orderd alfo to bee taken from the file and cut to
peeces, w* was done : howbeit true copies were taken and fufficiently teftified and
caft into the Evidence houfe at Berkeley Caftle, where they yet remaine f About
fower years after, my felf ferved MT Hall with a Subpena to teftifie his knowledge
herein upon a tryall at the comon pleas barre, touching fome of thefe lands, (whereof
I fhall after write,) thereby to extenuate the validity of the former verdict ; what
time hee told mee and others the whole matter, with all the circumftances aforefaid;
And accordingly appeared, but in regard his anfwere had been damned by Decree
in Chancery as aforefaid, the Court would not heare him upon oath, but left the
762 confideration to the | Jury of what they had heard by this lords Counfell at the
\\ barre, w* I know did noe harme. %# for Richard Adams, (who dyed fhortly after,) the

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the inftrument of this unconfcionable and unjuft practice, returning from London to
Wotton, where his dwelling was, having failed after much fuite in obtaining of a
protection to preferve him from divers creditors, to whom hee ftood indebted, the
next day after his returne dyed with thought and greife, as publickly then reported,
and ftands yet beleived. Neither could the frefh labour of Thomas his fon obtaine
more favour after his death then an increafe thereby of his fathers ingagements, and
his own lefs means to pay what himfelf as fuerty for his father ftood alfo bound for;
who being now alfo dead, after much penury, hath left a miferable male and female
pofterity, not of worth to divide five pounds amongft feaven of them : And his wife
at this day 1626 . by my meanes an Almefwoman in the hofpitall of Cheineis.
3lllb to knit the Cup and Cover here togeather, the faid RicW Hughes, firft an
Atturney at lawe and of the ftanding fee of this lord, then dwelling at Wotton and
this lords Steward there, hee falfly turned away to this lords Adverfaries with a
perfidious revealing of all his ill gained knowledge ; And after a fecond regaining,
thirdly revolted ; And laftly miffing of his promifed (at leaft hoped,) reward, preffed
with poverty, returned from Diftaffe lane and other places in London where hee
had fome years covered himfelf, towards Wotton, perifhed in a ditch on this fide
Fairford in Gloucefterfhire, as hath been faid, where hee was found dead early in a
morning ; whofe children, (long fince in the condition of beggars,) have nothing
remaining to them but the ignominy of their father ; Of whome, not the leaft un
happy, was John Hughes, made, foone after the firft recovery, a woodward of
wotton, who fhortly after, (grown not worth the bread hee wanted to eat,) dyed
bellowing and roaring in Wotton, whereof hundreds yet living give teftimony.
, 3Unb to touch but light[l]y on Thomas Trotman of Stancombe, an other prime
. fervant and trader in thefe practices, rewarded after the faid recovery of Wotton
with a baylywick and woodwards office, being at a faire in Wiltfhire, and offering
(perhaps in drinke) to put. his foot into the ftirrup with intent to ride home, fodainly
died ; of whofe eldeft fon Wittm, lately departed his houfe for debt I forbeare to |
write what juftly is occafioned ; my felf diflikeing thofe juft occations that have 763
through truth of ftory^aft mee upon foe unpleafant relations, efpecially wherein the
perfon is taxed or afperfed.
(for more affurance of the packing and plots about this Jury that tryed the faid
caufe, heare a tre of the proper hand writing of ST Thos Throkrrfton, directed to his tre in caftro de
loving Nephewe MT John Tracy, (then a fervT to the Earle of Leicefter, now knight,)' Tortworth. 30. Jan:
and x583- & Eliz.
2 R 2

3o8

Che Hibeg of the S&erMepg

1534

John Garlicke was
the bearer.
Earles of War? &
Leic?

and who after had an eftate given him in Rolls Court in Slimbridge, and yet liveth
at Tuddington. 4$00D Nephewe, according to my good lords defire, I have fent up a fufficient
Jury for the tryall of the matter between the Queen and y' lord Berkeley, And
to the end their appearance may bee the more ready, I have fent up this bearer to
attend upon them ; If I had thought mine own fervice there in any fort neceffary
to the behoofe of my fords, I would not have fpared my travell, thinking it un-
neceffary to make a greater fhew of good will then needeth ; And that I have
fufficiently performed what I have undertaken for the apparance of the Jury it fhall
well appear; And leaft the apparance of ST Thomas Porter fhould bee requifite,
what pollicy I ufed for the fame this bearer can informe you ; All which I pray you
informe both my good lords the Earles of Warrwicke and Leicefter, As alfo I pray
you informe them that they are to give thanks unto ST Nicholas Poyntz and your
father, for the apparance of fome of the Jury, whofe names this bearer will informe
you ; further I pray you credit the bearer, And foe commending mee heartily unto
Anno: 26. Eliz. you, and your brother, I comityou to God. At Tortworth the 30^ of January. 1583.
Your loving Uncle
Thomas Throkmorton.
%t 10 not yet three months fince I talked of thefe paffages with John Garlicke,
that's mentioned to bee the bearer, of what hee had to deliver upon the credence
given by this ire unto him ; It fuffices the plot and pack was foule ; what before is
written was too true for the lord Berkeley : for the verdict of the faid Jury turned
him out of his ancient inheritance, And fome of it, (as Cam and Hinton,) fuch
whereof hee and his Anceftors and thofe who held under them had been in quiet
poffeffion, and never year or month out of poffeffion, fince the begining of thefe
relations in the lord Robert the firft of that name. I

Old Sr John Tracy.

764 5Ht the fame time went alfo the tre of ST Nicholas Poyntz to the Earle of
Lfe in caftro de Leicefter himfelf, wherein hee intimateth that convenient means is now offered, by
Berkeley change of'Officers in Ireland, to benefit MT Throkmorton of Tortworth, than whom
an honefter man liveth not, very wife to govern in place of Juftice, and is intirely
your lordfhips : I write the very words of his proper hand writing, The reft need
not ; It fufficeth hee was an old Courtier, And wholly alfo the Earle of Leicefters,
And dyed in fewe weeks after.

1613 ttife of i^enrp the firjft 309
3(n thefe times alfo, was one Edward Andrews of the county of Leicefter, an
utter barretter of Graies Inne, of Counfell in thefe and other fuites with this lord
Berkeley, who was wrought to bee falfe to his Client, and to make known before
hand his Evidence and breviats to the adverfe party ; which as MT Alfop hath told
mee, yet living and then this lords follicitor, and the difcoverer thereof, hee did to
have the faid Earles favour in his own great and tedious fuite with the lord Crom
well for the manor of Allexton in that County, wherein at laft, (out of the wilines Cokes rep. 2. pts
of his own brain,) hee was overtaken with lofs of the Land, after that fower or five : 9-
verdidls formerly paffed for him; which cafe is reported in print by ST Edward Coke gon 0f Leic? Shire
in the fecond part of his reports. fol : IO : "•
3Hnb heere, (though fomewhat out of place and order,) may bee remembred Annis. 22. Eliz.
the often references that were to freinds, and their meetings thereupon, to have ft gt Eliz- n8i
(by way of arbitrament) determined thefe fuites, afwell before as after the fecond
recovery ; As to Phillip Earle of Arundle, Thomas Earle of Suffex, lord Chamber
lain, and ST Chriftopher Wray, cheife Juftice, for this lord Berkeley ; And to Henry
Earle of Huntington, ST Chriftopher Hatton, and Judge Anderfon, cheife Juftice of
the Comon pleas, for the faid Earles ; and of their often meetings and hearing of
Counfell on both fides, at Ely houfe in holborne, at Leicefter houfe in the Stran,
And in the Inner chamber of the Starchamber, and other places : and how upon Leicr? comon
the death of the faid Earle of Suffex, which happened in June 1583, A° 25 . Eliz., ^printed: 1584.
this lord Berkeley chofe Henry Earle of Northumberland, who alfo after divers
meetings concluded of nothing : And foe breaking off, the tryall went forward in
the 26* of Elizabeth, at the Exchequer barre, whereof it now followeth that I write; Div,fa munimenta
with this remembrance to pofterity, That thefe meetings of foe great lords were m caftro de
folicited and procured by the perfonal travell of the lady Katharine this lords Wife,
of whom I have after to write. I

Berkeley.

Jibing fomwhat outrunne the order of time, the better to avoid fuch fractions 765
as the multitudes of fuits and occurrences that came togeather would otherwife have
caft mee into, I now returne to declare, That amongft the manifold lawe-fuits of
this lord Henry, none was of greater confequence, nor wherein his honor more
fuffered, then that for the Tythes of Oldminfter in Hinton within the parifh of
Berkeley, between himfelf and the faid Thomas ThrokrSton of Tortworth Efqure,
after knight, father of ST William the now Baronet ; nor profecuted with more
violence and difcontent both between the parties themfelves and alfo their follicitors
and fervants ; which took begining about the Twentieth of Queen Elizabeth. Chig Annis : 19. 20.
lord

3io

Che 3libe£ of the 2&crhelep0

J534

tre dated at Cal
lowdon. i Aug :
1578. A° 20. Eliz: 766
Hilt. 22. Eliz: rot
596. in banco.
inter Thorn :
Throkm'ton pl«.
et Bourcher
defendant.

lord was in poffeffion of the leafe thereof as adminiftrator to the 'lady Anne his
mother, who about two years after the death of the lord Thomas her hufband, did,
in the 28* yeare of king Henry the 8* take a leafe thereof from one Burton then
Abbot of ST Auguftines by Briftoll, for threefcore years, at eight pound rent, who,
the next year dying, Abbot Morgan him fucceeded in that Monaftery; In whofe
government two years after, that Monaftery was by king Henry the 8'.h diffolved,
And three years after that, by the faid king, converted into a Bifhoppricke, Deane,
and Chapiter, as formerly I have written ; from which leafe, (not expired at the time
of this fuite,) this lord Henry made his title; And ST Thomas Throkmerton claimed
by a leafe made by the faid Deane and Chapiter in the time of Queen Elizabeth in
reverfion of the former leafe : The fuits raifed between them were many, and in
moft of the Queens Courts togeather, whereof the Starre chamber in the 22* and
23* of Elizabeth was at one time poffeffed with thirteen feverall bills, The kings
beanch and Comon pleas with twelve, And the Chancery had her fhare : Tryalls
by Jury both at the barre and Weftminfter and in the proper County at the Affifes
were more then too many : Inditements for riots and forcible entrie at feverall
affifes and Quarter Seffions, held at Gloucefter Cirencefter and Tewkfbury, were
almoft numberles, wherein at one time in fower inditements forty of this lords
fervants were indited and fined : The fucceffes of both partes were variable, but
much the worfe fell on the part of this lord and his forwardeft fervants, who much
fmarted by cenfures in the Starchamber ; wherein over many of them, (whereof
their children and themfelves yet complaine,) were (otherwife then this lord had
promifed by his tres,) left to themfelves and payment of their fines, And this lord
to the loffe of his leafe for all the years hee had to come : | And yet, without doubt,
the title of this lord thereunto was good and unavoidable, had his Sollicitors under
ftood as they fhould : The maine queftion, upon iffues joyned between them, was,
dimifit, or non dimifit ; whether Abbot Burton made fuch a leafe to the lady Anne
Berkeley, or not : Sir Thomas Throkmerton furmifing, That if any leafe under
Burtons name were at all made, it was made by the kings Comiffioners without any
authority after the diffolution of that Monaftery, which in that year wherein this and
other Monafteries were diffolved, was too often practiced ; And that noe poffeffion
was had by the faid lady Anne till after the diffolution ; proofes of which furmifes,
hee had none at all that were direct, And taken in their beft condition were but
weak probabillities, uncertaine and in themfelves meerly falfe : Howbeit (whereof I
would not write but truth enforceth, (for I hate to fcratch the dead) this lords cheife
Sollicitors that then in this County of Gloucefter governed his affaires, (himfelf and
family then abiding at Callowdon,) were Henry Grantham, a better Italian then
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lawyer, And Anthony Huntley th'elder, then alfo in the beginning of thefe fuites
his high Steward in this County, whofe falfe orthography in more then an hundred
of his tres yet in Berkeley caftle will affure all that read them that hee underftood
not a line of latin ; who ufed to keep his Courts with a white feather in his cap,
and to read his charge to the Jurors at the Courts hee kept out of his papers ; A
man fitter for ffaires and Markets of Cattell and faies of wood, wherein hee had
good fkill, then to graple with foe watchfull an adverfary in the combates of Littleton,
who knew how to take all advantages, but to give none. %g for Humphry Alfop
aforenamed, (yet living,) hee was then an unexperienced young man, and in Trinity Anno: 1618.
Terme in that 22* yeare firft preferred into this lords . fervice, from being a Clarke
to'MT Lewkner then this lords Steward of Bofham manor in Suffex ; All w* took
their directions, (when they pleafed to traVell foe farr as GloucT for them,) from old
Thomas Denys, (father of him of the fame name that yet liveth there,) a true
hearted gentleman to this family, (though neither read nor practiced in thefe
affaires,) then receivour of this lords Revenue, and allyed to him in the fourth
degree, of whom I formerly made a double mention ; 3lnb to have proved the
iffue ] whereupon the leafe was loft, this lord Henry then had amongft his Evidences 7^7
both the leafe of Abbot Burton under the covent feale fubfcribed with his own
hand, who dyed two years before the diffolution, And five or fix Acquittances for
each half years- rent both under the faid Abbot Burtons hand, and Morgans his
fucceffor, upon whom the diffolution came, with a conftant unqueftioned poffeffion
to the very time of thefe fuits : of which leafe it felf and the acquittances thefe
ignorant Sollicitors were ignorant, relying only upon teftimony of Witneffes, viva
voce, which after forty three years could not bee certaine or direct ; 3Jn mp fortings
of the evidence of this lord, finding thofe and other evidences, (which in all Tryalls
this lord Henry was ftill urged to fhew forth or directly to prove,) And which done
(as done it might have been) had ended the controverfy And knowing that the
charges of fuits And the payments of fynes coft this lord above — 1500'!, befides
the loffe of the leafe and the difhonor which thefe overthrowes caft upon him,
And the . damage done to freinds whom this lord embarked in thefe fuits, and
consequently loft ; 3Unb alfo how the eftates of many of his tenants whom the faid
follicitors led into ryots were never able to pay the cofts of fuite damages fees and
fynes, wherein they were condemned, and wherein they were left to themfelves, as
hath been faid : And knowing alfo how this politick gentleman ST Thomas Throk
mton, by many wily devices, put on the forefaid Exchequer Information of Intrufion
in the 22* of Elizabeth with the Earle of Leicefter, as a diverfary means to fhorten
his own fuite, wherein this lord received one of his greateft loffes ; knowing, I fay,
thefe

312 Che £tbe£ of the 2&erftriep£ 1534
thefe and other croffe accidents after happening "which hence took fapp and rooting,
I cannot but bewaile what's paft, And for the time to come advife the now lord
George and his heires after him, to ferve themfelves with wife and underftanding
men, trained up and profeffing the fame faculty; (my felfe already entred into the
fuburbs of my grave, and a derelict of that profeffion :) for if the Sollicitor bee not
at home with himfelf, v If ignorant or carelefs, Counfell that are ftrangers to the
caufe and muft take up^their knowledge at the fecond hand cannot bee inftructed ;
neither can breviats for them (efpecially in matters of title) bee drawn really and to
life, wherein much of good fucceffe in each tryall confifteth ; I could never in this
768 later half of my life perceive otherwife but that the | life" or death of the fuite, as
well in inftructions for pleadings, as for evidence, was in the Sollicitor : His follow
ing, his follicitation in all Courts, efpecially in the Englifh, maketh or marreth ; yea
often in a bad caufe it gaineth, and in a good, loofeth ; Let others think what them
lifteth, I write what I have feen eaten and digefted ; Clyents witneffes Jurors
Counfell and Judges, are men and noe angells, the fons, as the poets allude, of
Prometheus, not Epimetheus, neither will bee otherwife foe longe as men are men,
neither may a paradice bee expected to bee where any man may innocently fall by
the lawe, As by ignorance or mifprifion; by his Atturney or Counfellor; by practice
or combination of the adverfary ; by perjury of witneffes ; by forgery of Deeds ; by
fubornacon or corruption of witneffes Jurors or officers in Courts : by affection,
inclination, or corruption of the Judge ; and by many other by and black ways,
whereof many men have made experience, in leffe or greater meafure, fufficiently
veryfying what I write.
3Ufter fuch time as a reconciliation was wrought between this lord Henry and
Sir Thomas Throkrnton in the later end of Queen Elizabeths raigne, by the means
of his wives father ST Richard Berkeley ; In the firft feaven years of king James
that now is, what time hee did good offices towards this lord in his fuite againft the
lord Lifle, And was to mee an intelligencer of times paffed, I often talked hereof,
both with this lord Henry and with ST Thomas, And told them at feverall times,
what evidence I had found, and bound up togeather with the former unhappy
papers, which both of them feemed earneftly to wifh they had at firft, or before the
fuits, been found ; for then, (faid this lord Henry,) I had faved many waies much,
and kept my leafe and prevented other mifcheifs that fell upon mee, and my houfe.
Slnb, quoth ST Thomas, I had then faved what I fpent in thefe fuits, more by one
thoufand pounds then the leafe I overthrew was worth ; befides that fome great
freinds of my lord Berkleys deeply afterwards revenged his quarrells upon mee in
other

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other law fuites I had ; and oppofed my preferrment at Court with yT Queen ; |
with other like words on either part : 31lnb both of them blamed the provocatipns
of their fervants ; And (as this lord then told mee) the reprochfull words caft out
by ST Thomas Throkmerton againft Henry Grantham, calling him bottle nofed
foole, wherein hee reproched the worke of nature in his face-: And objecting to
Anthony Huntley, beggarry and the illegitimation of his birth, with rudenes of con
dition ; And taunting the youth, forwardnes and religion of the faid Humphry
Alfop, foe overheated the two former, That they multiplyed fuits againft Sir
Thomas like the heads of Hidra : Soe farr forth fuffering their paffions to tranfport
them, That infteed of rakes and Sheafpikes to gather Tithe in Harveft in the 22*
of Elizabeth, they carried their workfolks out of Berkeley Town armed with fwords
and bucklers, halberds and fuch like weapons ; By which improvidence they gave
great advantage to their adverfary, whofe warines quickly apprehended it, And caft
upon forty of themfelves, the fortune to bee juftly endicted at one Seffions and fined
for their folly. 31nb afterwards when the right of the leafe in point of title came
to receive tryall at the kings bench barre, This lords faid Sollicitors thought it
fufficient to give in Evidence fower or five witneffes, (of hearfay and credibly
beleiving,) exemplifyed under the great Seale ; And never looked at or after thofe
materiall proofes, (omni exceptione maipres,) before mentioned ; Nor into the certi
ficates, Nor Surveyes of thofe Commiffioners imployed by king Henry the 8'.hat the
diffolution of that Monaftery, Nor into the accompts of the lady Anne Berkeleys
receivor in the firft fower- years of her leafe, Nor afterwards in the Court of Aug
mentations till the erection of that Bifhopricke, Deane, and Chapiter, where they
might have found both the leafe proved, and the rent alfo each half year paid.

769/

Hitt : 22. Eliz.
rot: 596. in banco
regis.

2 2* of

31fter the faid Tryall at lawe at the barre in Efter terme in* the
Elizabeth, thofe two Sollicitors, Grantham and Huntley, complained to this lord
of the partiallity of the Jury, wherein they further erred,, for they fhould have
complained of the indifcretion and infufficiency of themfelves, as meerly unable to
make head againft foe powerfull and plotting a gentleman as they had to buckle
withall ; And I have heard the faid Humphry Alfop, (who after grew to a better
underftanding in the lawe fuites and tenures of this lord,) expreffely cenfure Grant
ham and Huntley out of his knowledge | to have both foolifhly and infufficiently 770
followed thefe caufes : which Alfop fhortly after did this lord Henry good fervice
in caufing him to depart from a propofition made by the Earle of Leicefter, clofely
put on alfo by Sir Thomas Throknfton, for an exchange of thefe and more lands pf
this lords in the county of Gloucefter, parcell of his Barony of Berkeley, for longe
Itchington
2 s VOL. 11

Banco regis
22. Eliz: Hitt:
rot. 596.

3H

Che Hibeg of the 25erhefep^

1534

Anno. 1581. 22.
et. 23. Eliz.

Itchington and other the faid Earles lands in the County of Warwicke, which was
likely by their wilines to have taken effect, whilft this lord Henry and his lady lay
at Ivy-bridge, at that time commanded by Queen Elizabeth to attend the cominge
of Monfieur out of ffrance ; An attendance which in thirteen weeks coft this lord
and lady two thoufand five hundred pounds.

Pafcfi. 19/ Eliz:
rot 324. et. 224 m
banco regis.

Annis.

29. et. 30.
Eliz.

before thefe fuits began there were fome others precedent concerning certaine
Trees which Sir Tho. Throkmton had cut down upon his leafe of Appleridge by
newparke, which hee held of this lord for one and twenty yeares by a demife in the
1 2tf1 of Eliz :, raifed fomewhat harfhly againft him, thofe times confidered.
5lnb after thefe fuites, (as a fiery comet drawes her taile,) pulled on many
more, for huntings in this lords parks by ST Thomas and his fervants and others
in relation to him, which in the Starchamber and Marches of Wales were not
quenched of feaven years after.
3Ullb befides, when, upon a fpetiall verdict given, the faid ST Thomas Throkmton
perceived the Court upon the firft argument or reading of the record to encline
againft him, hee corrupted one Green, (as this lord Henry then charged him, and
like enough to bee true,) his then Atturney, to fuffer Judgement againft him for
want of looking after ; Notwithftanding the Court in favor of this lord and of that
caufe, whereof they had well conceived, gave rule upon rule for divers termes
togeather.

" Hum : Alfop
Tho : Dennis

3Unb two of thefe Sollicitors, (as this lord longe after told mee,) caufed to bee
burned in his chamber in his prefence, a great bundle of Court rolls Accompts and
other Evidences, as feeming hurtfull to that title ; which in the 26* of Elizabeth
(formerly menconed) was in the Exchequer tryed againft him ; and efpecially about
771 the Leet of the upftarted hundred of Wotton ; whereas to one that | knew how to
handle thofe weapons, they were ftronge defences in his hands, and to have been
turned to the adverfaries reproofe ; As fome of the like kind which efcaped that
fire were in the firft fix years of king James, as after will appear.
Chi£ I know, that as I once expoftulated this unadvifed martirdom of thofe
evidences with one of thofe Sollicitors, who yet liveth, whofe advife efpecially con
demned them to the fire, which hee could not then defend, Soe I now miffe them
for the more compleat enlargmT of thefe relations in the lives of thofe lords that
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lived in the time of king Henry the fixth, Edward the fourth, and king Henry the
feaventh : And to make more apparent foe much of thefe former paffages, (which,
with diflike, 1 confefs to fcrape fomwhat harfhly upon the dead,) I have within two
years laft caft into the evidence houfe at Berkeley divers breviats, notes, tres, and Anno I0lfi-
copies of Lres, written by this lord, Sir Thomas Throkniton, Sir Nicholas Poyntz,
and others, to Judges, honorable freinds,. Officers and fervants, received from John
Garlicke, in theis times fpecially imployed by Sir Thomas Throkmerton, whofe
follicitor and underfherriffe hee was ; and principally alfo imployed in thofe affaires
under Sir Nicholas Poyntz his firft mafter, who (as his tres declare) made himfelf
a freind and party in favor of Sir Thomas Throkmerton againft this lord Henry ;
and laftly was fervant to this lord Henry by my preferrment, as Clark of his
Kitchen at the time of his death, and yet living at Tortworth ; which -make good Anno. 1618.
all and more, (eiufdem farinas, of the like courfe bran,) then is formerly written ;
two of which tres, the one from Sir Thomas the other from Sir Nicholas, 1 have f0i: 763, 764.
inferted verbatim a few leaves before.
3£fter Queen Elizabeth had in the 26* of her raigne granted to the faid Earles
of Warwicke and Leicefter and their heirs (amongft other lands,) the third parts of
the manors of Came Hinton and Slimbridge, as before is written, They in the year
following brought againft this lord a writt of Partition, to have the faid Third parts Trin. 28. Eliz : rot
of the faid Three Manors allotted to them in feveralty ; whereto this lord pleaded, 639- ln Scots
non tenet infimul et proindivifo, And upon tryall at the comon pleas barre the Jury
gave a fpeciall verdict, which being of length, (this lord nothing haftning himfelf
in a bad market,) the Earle of LeicefT, before it could bee entred of record, dyeth
the fifth of September in the thirtieth of Elizabeth, and foe that fuite abated : Anno. 1588.
Howbeit to the end that that verdict might bee in one kind or other of record, A
bill | was afterwards in the 42* of Elizabeth exhibited into the Court of Wards by 772
the faid Anne Countefs of Warrwick againft this lord Henry and others, wherein Anno : 42. Eliz:
1 • 1 Tr -1 / 1 1 n t 1 • 1 1 in Cur. Wardorum
this longe fpeciall verdict was made an I[n]terrogatory, (the longeit I think that
ever was,) And MT Scot the prothonotary, Mr Waller then his Secondary, (now in
like office to his mafter,) and MT Ethrington a clarke of that office, were examined
thereupon as witneffes ; by that means to make the fame of record to pofterity,
which afterwards the faid Counteffe exemplifyed under the Seale of that Court, and
is now amongft the lord Berkeleys Evidence in Berkeley Caftle.
%Vti\ truth bids mee tell this family from the mouth of the forenamed Humphry
Alfop, then this lords Sollicitor, and of old William Bourcher then his Atturney in
this
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1534

this Exchequer Court, That upon this tryall in the 26* of Elizabeth the Queens
Counfell at the barre waved all the quillets, faying they would give noe evidence
for them ; Howbeit by practize and greatnes becaufe they were in the Information
they were foifted into the verdict, which themfelves drew up and entred of record,
whereby without any evidence or verdict given, Judgement was entred, and this lord
turned out of Corriets, Holts and other parcells, which hee could never help ;
Whereat let thofe only marvaile that knew not the parties, plT and defT, nor what
time and Court greatnes can doe in the Exchequer court in the kings cafe.

vide antea fol :
8. et 81.

j^OU) thefe lands with many others after the deaths of the faid Earles of Warr
wick and Leicefter came to the faid Counteffe of Warr and her heirs, I have before
written ; who defiring as the faid Earls had done to have the faid third parts of the
faid three manors of Cam Hinton and Slimbridge fet out in feveralty from this
Hill: 39. Eliz: rot lords other two parts, thereby the better to make her profit, fhee likewife in Hillary
327. m coi banco. „, , , . .. . . ,
1 erme in the 39 . of Elizabeth, brought a writt of partition againft this lord, who
pleaded as before a non-tenure in.coifton ; the Jury at the barre the 22* of Novem
ber in the 40* of Eliz., being all knights and Efquires of remarkeable houfes, found
fpecially as the former Jury had done twelve years before ; After argument by
Counfell on both fides Judgment was given, That partition fhould bee made for the
third parts of the two manors of Cam and Hinton, but not for the third part of
the manor of Slimbridge, wherein the law fell out for this lord : Af which tryall |
773 was this lord Henry himfelf, accompanied with his brother in lawe the lord George
Hunfdon lord chamberlaine to her Ma'Te, and others ; As alfo were many honorable
perfons on the behalfe of the faid Counteffe : The evidence at barre lafted from
eight in the morning till fower in the afternoone, nothing I think left unurged or
defended that art or learning might afford, or at Barre or Bench bee uttered:
The Sollicitors on both fides had the publicke commendation of the Court and of
the parties, wherein though this lord Henry prevailed only for Slimbridge, yet
 Careat fucceffibus opto,
Quifquis ab eventu facta notanda putat.
Ever let him want an hopefull happy end,
Which by the iffue, doth the Act coihend.
The event is noe juft mete-wand of mens endeavours.
<©ne of which Jury was ffrancis Heydon, an Efquire dwelling in Hartfordfhire
but a ffreeholder in the County of Gloucefter, (as many others were refident in
feaven other Counties,) fomtimes a Counfellor at lawe, which was not unknown to
this

1613 Hife of $enrp the tftrot 317
this lord Henry nor his Sollicitor, And therefore had been challenged, (upon other
fufpition of not ftanding indifferent,) but that one Wiftm Cotton, a gent depending
wholly on the faid lord Hunfdon, undertooke for his indifferency yea and favour as
for his own foule, for foe to my felf were his words when I told him the caufes of
my fufpition of him ; whereto againe hee replyed, That if hee were challenged wee
above meafure weakened our tryall and good hopes, And that for him hee would
undertake at his perill, with other like confident words, wherein I affure my felf hee
meant faithfully, though hee was extraordinarily deceived : But furely many of this
Jury were beforehand acquainted with the caufe by both parties, which was not
unknown to either fide : After their departure from the barre and longe debate
amongft themfelves, they all agreed to find for this lord Henry the tenant a nop
tenet pro indivifo generally for all the three manors, whereto this MT Heidon gave
confent with his fellowes : Howbeit telling them That to find fpecially as hee would
draw it up in notes would amount to as much for this lords benefit as a generall
non tenet would, And foe alfo fhould they deale refpectively towards the memory
of thofe Jurors who had in former tryalls found otherwife, And | alfo more modeftly 774
towards themfelves in not taking upon them over boldly to determine the lawe in
points that feemed fomwhat doubtfull, And alfo lefs offend the loofing party :
whereto they affenting, hee purpofely (doubtles having the fame formerly prepared,)
foe drew up the note of their verdict That the law fell out againft this lord for
Came and Hinton, as hath been faid ; And foe (by his advantage of learning)
abufed the truth of his own confcience, and of all his fellow Jurors : ffor which
Tracy, (now baronet,) Pleadall, Lambert, Carter, and Webb, Efquires of good
underftandings, his, fellows in that Jury, termed him a devill in their joynt and par
ticular conferences afterwards with mee and fome others, gentlemen ; with whom
many years before and after I familiarly converfed, And with the fifters daughter of
MT Webb, after maryed.
$[n Hillary Terme in the 41* of Elizabeth went out the writ to ye. Sherriffe,
then ST Edward Wintour of Lidney, to make partition of the faid Manors of Cam
and Hinton, which hee in perfon began to execute affifted by a fubftantiall Jury the
27* of March, continuing his paines therein till Efter Terme, with fuch uprightnes
as I could not in all that time, though daily prefent, obferve to whether party hee
inclined ; yet was hee challenged from of the principall pannell in this tryall for
kindred by his wife, daughter to the Earle of Worcefter, to the demandant ; The
verdidT: of which Jury, which containeth a perfect Survey of thefe two manors, Terme Pafcti
refteth filed in the office of the faid Scot the prothonotary. 4I"
Che

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x534

Trin: 41. Eliz: Che next..Terme after, this lord brought a writ of error removing the record
into the kings bench, hoping to reverfe the Judgement formerly given for the third
Pafcli: 1. Jacobi parts of Came and Hinton, and affigned errors which were in Efter Terme in the
firft year of king James that now is, argued by MT George Crooke and MT John
Dodderidge, (after Judges in the fame Court,) and ST Edward Coke then Atturney
generall, (after lord cheife Juftice and Counfellor of State,) for this lord Henry;
And by MT Thomas Stephens, (after Prince Henries Atturney,) and Serjeant
Trin. 1. Jac. Tanfeild, (now lord cheife Baron,) for the faid Counteffe of Warrwick : In Trinity
terme after, the Judges themfelves purpofed to have argued but that Terme was
775 adjourned in regard of the plague then | raginge in London, And alfo the greater
part of Michmas Terme was cut off for the fame caufe, and the refidue adjourned
to Winchefter; whereupon the Judges were againe moved to have argued in Hillary
terme following, which was prevented by the death of the faid Counteffe the de-
maundant, happening on the ninth of ffebruary ; whereby the faid writ of Error
abated.

Term Hilt

Michis 1. Jac.
: 1. Jac.

Sept. 1. Jac.

Carta fub figillo
in Caftro de Berk:

58nb, (as by office after her death found in Her[t]fordihire in SeptT following
appeared,) all the Manors and lands formerly mentioned- to bee recovered upon
both the faid Informations againft this lord Henry, were by her conveyed to Sir
Robert Sidney then lord Sidney, after vifcount Lifle, and now Earle of Leicefter,
and his heires ; Againft whom this lord to the utmoft of his Strength purfued his
Weftminfter hall warrs, hoping to change his fortunes with the change of time and
perfons ; The faid Counteffe having charged thofe lands with payment of Thirty
pound p ann for ever towards the releife of twelve poore men and women in her
hofpitall of Cheyneis, whereof it is of late agreed, That two men and one woman
fhall perpetually bee taken from this lords markett town of Wotton and fucceed one
another.

%g toell at the death of Queen Elizabeth as at the death of the faid Countefs
of Warrwick, eleaven monthes after, were divers fuits in divers Courts depending,
not only between this lord Henry and the faid Countefs in their own names, but in
Banco regis, the names of their freinds tenants and fervants alfo ; whereof one was brought by
rot. 147! mY fe'f againft John Denton and Thomas Horfman, two under baylies to the faid
Counteffe of her pretended hundred of Wotton, wherein the iffue was, Whether any
hundred called Wotton hundred was within the County of Glouc, or not : They
affirmed it ; I denyed it, whereby the proofe relied on their parts being def? ; The
other was brought by Thomas Payne of Uley againft the faid John Denton and one
John

MicKis 41. 42.
Eliz:

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John Morris another of the faid Counteffes underbailies of her faid pretended hun- rot. 25. 56. in coi
dred, wherein the iffue was Whether that village of Uley was within the Leete of
her manor of Wotton, and within the hundred of Wotton, or not ; Payne, the PIT
denyed it, the def? Morris and Denton affirmed it, whereby the Proofe alfo refted
with them. Of both which it after followeth.
Sifter Queen Elizabeth had recovered the manor of Wotton, and had granted
the fame to the Earles of Warwick and Leicefter in fee, | and that they had ex- 77^
tended the fame to confift of the Burrow or market town of Wotton and of the
fower villages and hamletts of Nibley Sinwell Comb and Wortley, They endea
voured alfo to erect a liberty therein and to call the Tame the hundred of Wotton,
and to make fuch an hundred appendant to their manor of Wotton ; wherein they ¦
at laft prevailed, And an hundred of Wotton was really in effe, And an high Bayly,
underbailies, high Conftables, high Steward, and underfteward, and all other officers
appertaining to fuch a liberty were elected and erected, who executed their feverall
Offices and places the fpace of thirteen years or thereabouts : And the like officers
of this lord Henries within his hundred of Berkeley were inhibited to intermeddle
in any fervice appertaining to any of their offices or places within the parrifhes and
villages of Wotton, Simondfall, Nibly, Bradly, Huntingford, Combe, Wortley, Sin
well, Oulpen, Erlingham, Uley, Cam, Cowley, Durfley, Woodmancote, Cromhall,
Kingfcote, and Warrens Tenants in Nibley ; As though thofe Townfhips had been
removed out of this lords ancient hundred and liberty of Berkeley and fetled within
this new created hundred and liberty of Wotton.
2£>p mariage of the widowe of John Drewe Efquire in October in the 39* of
Elizabeth my felf fetled in Nibley aforefaid, and all I could oppofed daily in all
meetings in the County againft this Ufurped hundred of Wotton, the rather becaufe <f
I was then become acquainted with the law fuites of this lord, quarum pars parva ^lne v'fus_ffouch
fui, and his lord1? Steward of his liberty and hundred of Berkeley, under his fee : 1154. in banco —
And not only an hundred or liberty of Wotton was thus erected, but a Court of Qoun of plfeas.
pleas alfo for tryall of all actions every three weeks at Wotton where the debt or
damage exceeded not forty fhillings, And alfo a Court Leete or view of frankpledge
of the refiants within almoft all of the forefaid parifhes and villages, to the great
difhonor and diminution of the inheritance of this lord, his profits and regalities :
Againft thefe ufurpations I oftentimes upon occations publikly protefted, afwell
before the Judges and Juftices of the peace at affizes and quarter Seffions, as at
other meetings ; And fomtimes, (which I commend not,) I fell upon the perfons of

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of thofe officers and fervants, telling them, partly plainly partly ironically, what
dangers they caft themfelves into by this ufurpation over the kings fubject, minif-
tring oaths at their Courts and otherwife without authority, having neither warrant
by Comiffion nor prefcriptibn foe to doe. By which means many Inhabitants in
thofe places withdrew themfelves, and the whole building began to totter, and much
777 talk was of thefe | their and my proceedings ; whereupon by direction of the faid
Counteffe or her faid learned Counfell in London, or by her officers in the County
of Glouc, an action of debt, (meerely imaginary,) of a beggerly fum. of fixpence was
in the name of Ambrofe Jobbins, a tenant to the faid Counteffe and dwelling in
Nibley, fcornfully entred againft my felf in the hundred Court held each three
weeks at Wotton for that hundred, where they were affured I would not appeare :
Somoned I was with a loud voice to appeare in the hearing of all my neighbours
as I came out of my parifh Church on a funday ; And my man at the fame time
arretted at my heeles in the churchyard upon noe better a ground then the former
action, by vertue of a Warrant from the Sherriffe directed to the Bailies of the
hundred of Wotton : The Court day came, I appeared not ; An Attachment was
awarded and two of my cowes taken by the faid Denton and Horfman, to draw
mee to appearance ; for which taking and chafing of my kine I brought the faid
action againft them, wherein the iffue was as before is mentioned, I denying that
any fuch hundred as Wotton hundred was in the County of Glouc; 5fnb if the now
lord George or his pofterity fhall defire to underftand what proofes either party had,
they to prove their Wotton hundred, I the negative that there was noe fuch : but
that afwell the markett Town of Wotton it felf as all the other parifhes and villages
were within. the hundred of Berkeley, I referre them to the .large breviats which
with the pleadings I have bound togeather and caft amongft the Evidences at
Berkeley ; And if they Judge the proofs overlarge in each kings time, from the
Conqueft to the 37* of Elizabeth, let them think that my reputation was ingaged
in the fuite, and the purfe this lords that defrayed the charges of thofe fearches and
exemplifications ; This iffue was joyned in Michaelmas Terme in the firft of king
James, And by the deft.s motion ordered to bee tryed at barre in Efter Terme
following ; but in Hillary terme before, the faid Counteffe dyed, as hath been faid :
The Jury appeared in Efter Terme according to their fommons, And being ready
to bee called, the lord Sidney being himfelf in Court, prayed by his Counfell to
have the tryall deferred till Michmas Terme following, for that the title thereof by
the conveyance of the faid Counteffe now appertained to him, And that none of her
Evidence that fhould prove this iffue were yet come to his hands, with divers other
allegations ; wherto I did in open Court affent, foe that this lord might exhibite his
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bill in Chancery | againft the lord Sidney, and that hee would without proces forth- 77^ -
w* appear and anfwer thereto, And that the Witneffes which then were brought up
out of the County, being very aged men, might bee examined thereupon and publica
tion forthwith granted, All which was by the Court ordered accordingly : The bill
was exhibited, Anfwere made, and eight witneffes on the part of this lord Berkeley
examined that Terme upon Interrogatories, who depofed fully and directly to many
excellent purpofes touching Berkeley hundred and the liberties therein ufed, in
granting Replevins, felons goods, &c. And touching Wiftm Chefters divideing of
Berkeley hundred in the 37^ of Elizabeth, then high Sherriffe of the County
of Glouc, and his eftablifhment of Wotton hundred, not fully before created,
And of this lords tres and meffengers to him about the fame, and his anfwers
thereto, with other neceffary matter, which otherwife then by this means had never
remained to the knowledge of pofterity : All which are exemplified under the great
Seale, and reft in the evidence houfe in Berkeley caftle, whofe materiall ufe alfo for
other purpofes elfwhere is declared in thefe relations ; but on the part of the lord
Sidney was noe witnes at all examined.
3{n the beginning of Michaelmas Terme following, the lord Sidney twice in
perfon, ST Robert Wroth his brother in lawe, and ST Henry Mountague his cozen,
(now cheife Juftice,) came feverally to the black fryars in London, where ST Thomas
Berkeley this lords only fon and the lady Elizabeth his wife then dwelt with her
mother the lady Hunfdon, and earneftly follicited an end of this and other like fuits
then depending; And at my coming to London from labouring my Juries apparance
ten daies within the Terme, ffrancis Woodward the faid lord Sidneys Sollicitor came
divers times to my chamber in the middle Temple, and .in his lords name moved
mee to have thefe fuits referred to the ending of freinds, alleadging the love that
was between this lord Henry and his lord : how kindly in extraordinary falhion his
.lord tooke the noble entertainment which the lord Berkeley gave him at Berkeley
Caftle not feaven weeks before, And how this reference was like to draw to con
clufion all other titles of land between them, with the like pTfwafions : The end was,
That the evening next before the tryall fhould have been at the barre, all matters
touching the faid liberty and hundred of Wotton, and | the Leet aforefaid, and 779
returne of Writts, were by the over-rulinge hand of ST Thomas Berkeley and his
wife, referred to the arbitrement of ST Thomas Fofter Serjeant at lawe and the faid
ST Henry Mountague ; And as well that Jury of mine as ohe other which was the
fame Terme to have appeared in the Comon pleas upon like iffue between the faid Coin, pleas. 45.
Jobbins plT and Oty and Benyard, two of this lords undf-Bailies of his hundred of term Hill;37
Berkeley,
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322 Che Eibeg of the S&erMepg 1534
Judic: de Pafcfc Berkeley, def!5, to bee difcharged. Of the Jury wherein I was plT, nyneteen the
next day upon calling appeared ; To every of whom by affent was given twenty
fhillings by this lord Henry and ten fhillings the peece by the lord Sidney, towards
their charges, and foe returned into their Country.
Che two arbitrators met three times that Terme at the faid black ffryars, and
twice in the vacacon following, and heard Counfell on both fides ; At which times
were prefent both the lord Sidney and ST Thomas Berkeley and his wife ; And
after perufall of all evidence fhewed on either part, and moft affured I am, of all
that could bee fhewed for the lord Sidney, (though I kept back half at leaft, I mean
five hundred deeds and peeces of evidence, which I had drawn togeather in feverall
ages from the Conqueft, fearing noe end would have enfued in the liking of this
lord Henry ;) An award after much turmoiling was agre'ed upon and fealed, dated
March : 2 : Jac : the fifth of March following, wherein it was awarded and declared That all the
°4" Villages and Hamletts pretended to have been within the hundred of Wotton were
within the hundred of Berkeley ; That there was not nor ought to bee any fuch
hundred of Wotton in the County of Glouc : That the liberty of returne -of writts,
afwell within the hundred of Berkeley as within the fuppofed hundred of Wotton,
did of right belong to this lord and his heirs : That the lord Sidney nor his heires,
fhould not keep nor ufe any hundred Court, or Court of pleas, with other branches,
as by the fame appeareth ; both parts whereof are now in Berkeley Caftle.
Ctpon the conclufion whereof, the bailies high Conftables Stewards and other
officers of the faid Hundred of Wotton and Courts thereof, by verue of the lord
Sidneys Lres fent to them, (whereof I had the cariage,) furceafed their places and
all further intermedlinge : And thus was the fall and ending of that pretended
liberty leet and hundred of Wotton, and of all the officers and Minifters thereof,
780 which had for twelve years | or more extreamly troubled the Country at each affize
and Quarter Seffions, and in eight or ten bills at leaft before the Counfell in the
Marches of Wales : And the lord Sidneys receivo-r had direction to pay mee for
my two kine, And the faid Thomas Payne for two young beafts of his, for which
hee brought his forefaid action : which was performed.
Hill : 40 : Eliz : Chig Thomas Payne brought, in behalf of this lord, one other action againft
r0tcoi Sico1! Jonn ffouch an underbauy to the faid Counteffe, for breaking his houfe at Uley
within the hundred of Berkeley, and thence taking away his gelding ; Wherein the
iffue was, Whether Paynes houfe in Uley was within the hundred of Wotton or
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not: In this fuite, a repleader was awarded, and afterwards a demurrer : Afterwards,
by unufuall pleadings, this matter came about againe, And in the end Payne had
Judgment upon the former iffue : In this fuite the labor was laborious and coftly, as
the large breviats, foe plentifull of records and proofs on Paynes part, which re
maine in Berkeley caftle will witneffe.

Micfeis : 43 et 44.
Eliz : rot : 2447.
in coi. banco.

Trin : Terme. 41.
Eliz : in Cuf
wardos.

3[n the times of the former fuits the faid Counteffe of Warrwick exhibited her
bill in the Court of Wards againft this lord, Humphry Alfop, and my felf, touching
a fuppofed razure of a Deed of the Manor of Slimbridge, made by Alice de
Berkeley the widow of Maurice the firft unto Robert her fon and heire, whereby See fol: 771. 772.
fhee deftroyed the guift of frankmarriage of that manor ; wherein witneffes were
examined, and much labor and money fpent, And in the end difmiffed ; whereby the
title of this lord Henry to that manor was the better ftrengthened. 3lnb in the five
laft years of Queen Elizabeth were many other fuits in feverall Courts, put on
afwell by this lord Henry as by the faid Counteffe, both in their own, names, and in
the names of their freinds, fervants and tenants, both touching the faid upftart
hundred of Wotton, and other their poffeffions ; 31$ the faid Ambrofe Jobbins was
plT againft James Oty and Thomas Benyard two of this lords underbailies of his
hundred of Berkeley, wherein after iffue joyned, which was whether a place in
Nibley called Moore clofe, wherein the def? diftrained the plls oxe, was within the
hundred of Berkeley or not ; and the apparance of feaventeen of the jury at
the comon pleas barre the 2* of May in the fecond year of king James, the plT
before evidence became nonfute, and paid cofts. |

Hill : 45. Eliz :
rot: 637. in banco
micfiis. 42. et. 43.
Eliz:

3fn the 39* of Elizabeth, Thomas Crofts of Arlingham who is by cuftom
perpetuall tythingman of that Townfhip, by the inftigation of the Counteffe of.
Warrwick his landlady, brought an action of trefpaffe againft William Atwood this
lords Baily of his hundred of Berkeley, for entring his houfe and taking thence his
goods : Atwood anfwereth That the plT dwelling within the leet of Berkeley hun
dred was thereat amearced for non-apparance, for which amerciament hee entred
his houfe and diftrained, as was lawfull for him to doe. Atwood died in January
the next yeare, by whofe death that fuite ended.
3Hnb the faid Counteffe of Warwick was pll in the kings bench againft Thomas
Williams another of this lords underbailies of his hundred of Berkeley, in an accon
of the cafe, for infringing her fuppofed hundred and liberty of Wotton ; wherein a
non vult profequi was had againft her, and cofts of fuite awarded to the defT which
fhee paid.
»0
2 T 2

78l
Hill: 39. Eliz:
" rot. in banco
regis. Glouc :

Mich : 38. 39.
Eliz : Glouc :• rot.
313. in banco
regis..

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Pafch. 41. Eliz :
Glouc : rot. 331.
in banco regis.

31130 the faid Counteffe of Warrwick was pll in the kings bench againft
William Davis this lords high-baily of his hundred of Berkeley, in an accbn of the*
cafe for his entries into her hundred of Wotton, in execution of his office as Baily
of the hundred of Berkeley, wherein fhee after much ftruggling, fearing tryall by
Jury, entred a non vult profequi.

Pafch. 40. Eliz : 3Ul£o this lord Berkeley, in the fortieth of Elizabeth, was pi? againft John
rot : Denton an Underbaily to the counteffe of Warr of her fuppofed hundred of
Wotton, for ferving of proces within his hundred of Berkeley, whom this lord
punifhed by that action.
Pa: 2: Jac: in 3li£0, in the firft and fecond years of king James, Richard Browne of Cam
banco regis, et in an(j Edward Trotman of the fame, John Andrews and others of Cowley, tenants
at term t. et. 2. - J J\
Jac : in banco et to this lord Henry, were pits feverally againft the fd. Denton for entring their houfes
m banco regis. at Came and Cowley, fomoning them by vertue of his office to appear at the Affifes
and Quarter Seffions ; at what time my felfe in Trotmans houfe was holding the
Halimot Court of that manor ; which hee juftified as Baily of Wotton hundred,
and that Came and Cowley were within the fame hundred : 3In which times the
wily officers and freinds of the faid Countefs clofely endeavoured the inditing a
Stat: 8: Eliz : ca: 2. Sollicitor of this lords at Gloucefter Affizes upon the Statute of 8. Eliz : cap. 2.
but prevailed riot.

782 Which Sollicitor, (ftudying for mettall of the like refining the better to | repay
! his debt with like coine,) obferved that one John Goodman, an ancient Barrifter of
Lincolnes Inne, who had for divers years been a follicitor and of Counfell with the
Earles of Warrwick and Leicefter in their faid fuits againft this lord, and after
fteward of their Courts, had for divers years been neglected and of late difgraced
by one of thofe officers under the faid Countefs, repaired privately to his Chamber,
and at laft foe fairly agreed with him That hee became of Counfell with this lord
Henries fon and heire ; and foe well conceived of the language which this lords
faid Sollicitor ufed, That fhortly after hee gave him leave to fearch, afwell amongft
the papers in his ftudy at Lincolns Inne, which were very many, as at his houfe in
Hartfordfhire, from whence a fervant of that Sollicitors brought at feverall times a
great Cloke-bag-full of Deeds under feale, exemplifications of records, accompts,
courtrolls of thofe Manors foe recovered of this lord, breviats prepared for Counfell
and other mynuments, with many tres and copies of Lres, copies of Accompts of
the faid Earles, lawe charges againft this lord, and notes of what rewards the faid
Earles

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Earles of Warrwick and Leicefter gave to every Juror that tryed that iffue in the
14^ of Elizabeth againft this lord Henry ; whereby the evidence houfe in Berkeley
caftle is reftored to what it had formerly loft; And thefe relations the more inlarged
and better warranted then otherwife they could have been in thofe works of darknes
thereby made manifeft to this family.
3llnb it may not bee omitted, That the faid MT Goodman and one MT Nuttall
the two Stewards to the faid Earles of Warrwick and Leicefter, at the firft Courts
of Recognition which they held after the faid recovery, did by direction of the faid
Earles draw into their hands from each tenants of thofe lands and Manors not only
all the leafes and Copies which any of them had by grant of this lord Henry, but
alfo all the Deeds Court Rolls and other evidence they poffibly could get wherein
the name of Berkeley was mentioned, with intent to extinguifh the memoriall
thereof from out of thofe manors for ever, as MT Goodman faid ; which being near
fower hundred peeces foe drawn in are now by the divine difpofall of the Almighty
in the poffeffion of this lord Henrys grandchild, whereby his name is by that their g
act the more perpetuated to pofterity ; And not one tenant now living | holding 783
any parts of thofe manors that hath not that name of Berkeley in the forehead or
frontifpeece of fuch their leafe or Copy : whereas on the, other part there is not one ^s"
Lymme difcended from the loynes of either of thofe Earles to piffe againft a wall ;
And the booke alfo by them then made ingroffed in Vellam, with all their glorious
titles in Rubricks and guilt letters, is now likewife in the evidence houfe of this
family. 3db0Ut this time alfo it was, That the faid Sollicitor obferved, in this lord
Henry (then in the 70* year of his age) a difpofition to caft off all further fuits
in lawe, and to leave thefe titles to his fon and pofterity ; which to prevent, the faid
follicitor obtained of his Lo? to draw to a Conference at Callowdon two or three of
his freinds and as many of his Counfell, with fome other of his officers ; before
whom the faid Sollicitor opened fuch new matter not before known or given in
evidence in any former tryall, as this lord, by their unanimous advice, refolved to .
call againe the wholl lump of all that had been loft by him into queftion, by feverall
actions according to the diverfity of his titles ; And to begin with the manor of
Sages ; And thereupon made a leafo for years to his fervant John Machin, for the Sages.
bringing of an accon of Ejectione firmse in the Comon pleas for part of yT Manor Pafch : 3 : Jac ^
againft Edward Beard, a Copy hold tenant of parcell thereof under the faid Robert ^jj,44 m °m
Sidney vifcount Lifle ; who pleaded not guilty : wherein to the Jury at the barre were

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. were delivered more then three hundred peeces of evidence in that fix hours the
tryall lafted ; whereat were prefent both this lord and the faid vifcount Lifle, with
divers honorable perfonages which came as freinds to the hearing thereof ; wherein
the pit Machin recovered ; At what time ST Thomas Walmefley one of the Judges
of that Court, fpeaking as much almoft at the bench on this lords behalf as any of
his Serjeants at the barre, gave this for anfwere publickly, That having been of this
hd Berkeleys Counfell from the 1 3* of Queen Elizabeth, and thereby privy to all
the paffages of his fuits till hee was made Judge, hee held himfelf bound in
confcience to direct the Jury as hee did, which was a great furtherance of the
Verdict : At what time this lord towards the end of the Evidence demanded of his
faid Sollicitor where hee thought the verdict would bee ; who anfwered, wee are
beaten from all our difcents whereon wee mainly relyed, and have caft it upon
784 equity and the deeds of dures, And therefore the Jury may goe either way | with
fafety ; Then, quoth hee, 1 fhall the better judge of your labors and my Countries
love if 1 have the verdict ; as the next morning hee had.

31fter Judgment was given upon that verdict, the lord Lifle brought in an
Attaint in the kings bench againft the Jury, being much unfatisfied with their

regis.
Hill. 4. Jac : rot.
6. in banco regis.

Pafch : 5 : Jac.
rot : 20. in banco regis.
Midi. 4. Jac : rot. verdict, wherein after fome ftrugling a Jury of knights and Efquires was returned ;
which Attaint having depended two years was discontinued, by him, though this lord
Henry and the firft Jury urged him by many provocations to proceed, which noe
doubt out of prudent grounds and obfervations hee thought not fit to doe, hee
being in his own- perfon a Very able lord and a dilligent follicitor : The Evidence
houfe in Berkeley caftle will witnes to after ages the preparations towards the tryall
in the attaint by feverall forts of Collections from lawyers, Antiquaries, Sollicitors,
and others, and what forts of breefes for lawe, prefidents, reafon, fact, and. equity,
were delivered to each of the petite Jury, and by them to others, containing alfo
the reafons that moved them to give their verdict for the pit, as they did.

Pa : 4 : Jac :
in Cancel! :

Chi£ lords now thinking the times more opened towards his titles, refolved to
loofe as little thereof as hee could ; And thereupon exhibited his bill in chancery
againft the faid vifcount Lifle, fetting forth That in the 1 2* of Elizabeth and longe
before hee was feized of the Manors of Simondfall, Wotton, Arlingham, and Sages,
the third part of the manors of Cam and Hinton, and of lands called Holts, &
Corriets, and divers others in the County of Glouc; That about the 15* of
Elizabeth the Earles of Warrwick and Leicefter wrongfully entred into, and
expelled him out of the fame ; And that they have fince levyed or caufed to bee
levyed

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levyed divers fines of the premiffes, thereby to barr his right and title ; Into which
manors and lands, hee to preferve his right and title, hath made entries in the
pretence of honeft witneffes which will teftify the fame : That the Earle of LeicT
dyed, And the Earle of Warwick him furvived and conveyed the premiffes to Anne
his wife and her heires, and dyed ; That fhee likewife conveyed the premiffes to the
deft, And that likewife both the defendT and the faid Counteffe have levyed fines to
barre the pit as aforefaid ; And that hee, for like prefervation of his title, hath made
like entries in the prefence of honeft witneffes willing to teftifie the fame, | who are
foe aged that they are not able to travaile to any Court of Juftice to teftifie the fame,
whofe teftimony not being had would greatly prejudice him, And therefore this lord
prayed that his witneffes might bee examined : |©heretO the vifcount Lifle after
many delaies on his part and as many preffures on the pits, made anfwer in
November following, fetting forth all the particular verdicts in effect which had
been had againft this lord, and all the other proceedings formerly mentioned, And
concluded thereupon That if hee had any right the fame by that means was bound,
And foe demurred : But the demurrer at laft was overruled and many Witneffes
were examined both by Comiffion and in London by the examiner, And foe refted,
which was the fole end of the fuite : Amongft which entries one was proved to bee
by this lord himfelf in his own perfon into Weftridge woods in the moft confpicuous
place of all that manor, attended with too many for that buifineffe, though not for
the honor of his Nobility.

7«5

Ordo : 26 Nov.
5. Jacobi
Robinfonexaminer.

%t this time alfo William Bower fervant to this lord, brought an action againft Trin. 3 : Jac : in
John Willis Wiftm Trotman and others, wherein the title of the meffuage and lands banco Te^s- rot
called Holts came in queftion ; which by Jury was tryed at the barre the 2itfi of
May the year after, wherein the pit recovered his damages to 15" after abated by Terifi PafcK

the Court to-

-101! And

13'!- 11?- for cofts of Suite.

4 : Jacobi.

3ln0 in Michaelmas Terme next after the former action, the faid Wiftm
Trotman brought his adlion in the fame Court againft William Bower for a trefpas
on the fame grounds called Holts, wherein the pleadings were curious, but pro
ceeded not to tryall ; And before thofe, between the faid Trotman and Richard
Thomas, were alfo fuites in the Marches of Wales, and many Witneffes examined
between them touching the faid lands, wcT" in the end was difmiffed that Court.

Mich : 3. Jac
in banco regis.

Anno primo
Jacobi

Che fame Michmas Terme, James Atwood a fervant to this lord was PI! Pafcfi. & Midi
t. Telc * in bsnco
againft Thomas Gilman a Copihold Tenant of the faid Manor of Sages, wherein ^gJis *
after

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after longe pleadings upon the title, they at laft grew at iffue, which came not to
tryall.

Midi : 3. Jac :
rot: in. in banco regis.

Trin. 4. Jac : rot.
in banco regis. 786

Che fame Terme William Mallet fervant to this lord was pit againft the faid
William Trotman, Wherein the iffue was Whether Shobenafh park in Hinton was
the freehold of Robert Vifcount Lifle, (whofe tenant Trotman was,) or of this lord,
who had leafed the fame to Mallet, which was never tryed through the default of
Jurors, and after difcontinued by the pit.
3lnb the like iffue, upon the freehold of the faid parke, was next yeare | joyned
between John Merrit pit and the faid Mallet and others def'ts, wherein are pleaded
the conveyances from the Countes of Warwick to the lord Lifle.

Hill. 4. Jac.
rot : 848. in
coi banco.

6 : Jac :

Pafch : 7. Jac :
in banco regis.

5(n the 4* of king James, William Knight a tenant to this lord broT an action
of trefpas againft John Green Sollicitor to the lord Vifcount Lifle and Edward
Horwood his tenant for part of the Manor of Sages, who juftifyed their entry under
the recovery of Queen Elizabeth in the Information in the 26* yeare of her raigne,
and of her conveyance to the Earles of Warr and Leicefter, and from the furvivor
of them by mean conveyances to., the lord Lifle their mafter : Knight replies^ That
Maurice lord Berkeley brother of the Marquis dyed thereof feized, and the fame
difcended thereby to Maurice his fon and heire, And foe to this lord as heire, and
foe confeffeth and avoideth their plea; But after, thefe and other pleadings, which
were large" learned and chargeable, they fecretly corrupted the pit Knight, And the
17* of November in the fixth of king James obtained of him a releafe of all actions
and demands, which in Hillary Terme after they pleaded of Record, And foe ended
that action with the infamy of the pit ; whofe perfidious treachery caufed this lord
fhortly after to bring his accon of the cafe againft him, for falfly delivering up the
poffeffion of a Meffuage and divers lands parcell of his manor of Sages to the lord
Vifcount Lifle, which hee had taken for three years ; To requite which fuite the
faid Vifcount, in the name of his faid Tenant Horwood, exhibited an angry bill in
chancery againft a Sollicitor of this lords and one William Cloterbooke, then tenant
to the faid meffuage, whereto was riiade fuch an anfwer the fame Terme, as that
hee in that fuite' proceeded noe further : And thefe were folded up in the Compofi
tion made between thefe two lords in Michmas Terme following, to the private
loffe of that Sollicitor of — 80" and more, through the interreft hee had purchafed in
that faid Meffuage and lands ; to the loffe whereof hee rather gave way then to
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%$ for the longe and tedious fuits touching the new warth and new grounds
in Slimbridge, raifed by Arnold Oldifworth and George Thorpe Efq^T tenants to the
faid vifcount, againft the Inhabitants of fframpton upon Seaverne upon the clofe of
the faid compofition, I have mentioned them before in the life of Thomas y* 2* | fol: [225]
Che faid John Machin fervant to this lord was in the fecond of king James pit 787
againft James Dangerfeild and John Hobbs in an Ejectione firmae touching Haw- r0"?ii4 ^"
park at Wotton, which upon bringing the writs, of right for that Manor was in the banco regis.
fifth of king James difcontinued by the pit.
%\0O the faid John Machin was pit in the Comon pleas againft Thomas Adams Pa : 4 : Jac :
Willm Trotman and Richard Trotman three of the faid lord Lifles fervants, con- rot I943 jn'
cerning another part of Sages Manor ; wherein they largely pleaded all the meane banco regis.
Conveyances of their lord, whereof good ufe may bee made ; The entry whereof
taketh up fower rolls of parchment at the leaft, which came not to tryall through
the writs of right which at this time were by this lord brought for ending of all
fuits, as after followeth.
JBifliam Machin was pit, John ffouch and John Morris- two under bailies of M^ch : 4- Jac : in
coi banco : rot.
the lord Lifle of his hundred of Wotton defendants, for an arreft made upon the 1656.
pit at Berkeley, and confequently a falfe imprifonment of him, the place being in
the hundred of Berkeley ; Judgement was given for the pit, and damages to —
261! 13* 4d. After by double rules in Court qualifyed to ten pound- damage, and
— 3" r5s- 6* cofts which, was paid.
%t the fame time this lord was pit againft the faid ffouch and Morris for in- Mich: 4. Jac. rot.
fringing of his liberty in the hundred of Berkeley upon the former arreft, wherein
the pit recovered 20T damages and- his cofts to 7h:
%t this time alfo this lord in my name profecuted an Ejectione firmae againft ' JJjj-^ 4 y Jac : in
Charles Clough and William Clough tenants to the grounds in Slimbridge called
Newleyes, which after was compounded.
9ftt this toffed and reftles manner many parcells of thefe controverted poffeffions ;
having been banded by each party againft other, as either of them held moft advan- ^
tageous to gaine profit or reputation upon the other; This jojrd_Henry jow prudently ;
obferving that time with a fairer countenance Imiled uponhim then formerly it. had
-done,
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done, And that his Counfell and follicitors had dived deeper into the abftrufe under
ftanding of his title then heretofore, refolved with his Counfell and freinds to hazard
the wholl at the next caft ; And thereby either to bring back all his lands into the
old fould, or elfe unrecoverably to loofe them, and foe to end his daies in freedom
from fuits ; And thereupon according to the three fold difference of his titles to the
788 manors and lands formerly recovered againft him, hee forted the fame | into three
feverall writs of right, which hee now fued out againft the faid Vifcount Lifle, as
being the laft higheft and finall fuits of the laws of England, and fuch as none can
bringe but tenants in fee fimple.

Pafch: 7. Jac: rot.
172. in coi banco.

3ill the firft writ was comprehended the manors of Wotton and Symondfall,
and the third parts of the manors of Came and Hinton.

Eifdem terme et
rotulo.

3fn the fecond, the manors of Arlingham and Sages and newleys, and the
warth in Slimbridge.

Trin. 7
rot

Jac :
123.

3llnb in the third, the lands of Holts and Corriets, by the names of a meffuage
and two hundred acres of land in Alkington and Cam : In all which fomons was
folemly given, and proclamations at. the parifh Churches doors made in formall
maner, according to the laws ; which though the wife and prudent tenant, the lord
Vifcount Lifle, feemed to Sleight and to bee glad of, as whereby hee -would finally
barre this lord Henry, and foe hold thefe manors and lands at quiet ; Yet this lord
Henry had affured intelligence by a follicitor of his, That hee was much troubled
thereat, And the more, becaufe by the unexpected coming of Thomas Adams, (the
fon of the former falfe Adams,) into the Chamber of the faid MT Goodman of
Lincolnes-inne, fomtimes Thomas Adams mafter, and whom of feaven years before
hee had not feene, (fuch are the chances of humane things,) yet hee found this
lords faid Sollicitor fecretly in his inward chamber, perufing of fuch old breviats
and other writings as MT Goodman had, (upon a precontract between him and the
faid Sollicitor with the privity of the faid ST Thomas Berkeley,) drawn togeather, as
before is touched ; from whence alfo by fecret watch not poffible to be prevented,
becaufe unfufpected, The faid Thomas Adams faw John Cornock the faid follicitors
then fervT to bring away a Clokebaggfull of evidence and papers, as before alfo hath
been mentioned : All the delaies that either the laws admitted in fuch reall actions,
or which learning and experience could devife, were ufed on the part of the lord
Lifle, But in the end feverall iffues were joyned upon the meere right, Whether
the tenant the lord Vifcount Lifle had more right to hold the lands as now hee held
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7 : Jacobi.

them, or the demandant this lord Henry to have them in fuch fort as hee demanded
them : The principall Elizors who appeared | with their fwords and fpurrs to returne
the three Juryes for tryall of the faid iffues, in the beginning of Michmas Terme in
the 7* of king James, were ST Henry Poole, St Edward Wintour, St Willm Cooke,
ST George Huntley, St William Throkrmon, and ST Thomas Efcourt, knights:
Thefe earneftly labored an end by applying themfelves to the faid Vifcount Lifle,
and to Henry lord Howard Earle of Northton, whofe fifter this lord had maryed,
and who openly fhewed himfelf a favorer of his brother in laws fuits, this lord
Berkeley himfelf then being at Callowdon ; with each of which Elizors my felf had
often conferrence, as alfo with the faid Vifcount Lifle ST Thomas Tracy and others,
from him : 9fn the end by their mediation an accord was made, and Articles drawn oftobris. 1609.
and figned the fame Terme bearing date the laft of October in the faid feventh 7 : Jac :
yeare of king James, made between the faid Vifcount Lifle on the one part, and
this lo/d Berkeley on the other part, by the mediation of the faid ST Henry Poole,
ST Edward Wintour, Sir William Cooke, ST George Huntley, ST Wittm Throk
merton, and ST Thomas Efcourt, knights ; Whereby it was agreed,

1. That all the manors, lands, liberties, and hereditaments of the faid lord!
Lifle fometimes belonging to the faid lord Berkeley or his Anceftors, and then in
queftion between the faid lords, fhould bee affured to this lord Berkeley his heires
or affignes by the faid lord Lifle, as Counfell fhould devife.
2. That all eftates rents and Annuities granted in writing by the late Earless
of Warrwick and Leicefter, or the late Countes of Warr, or by the faid lord Lifle:
before Michmas laft, contained in a fchedule, to bee allowed and enjoyed in like
ftrength as then they were.

3. That the lord Berkeley fhall pay in two years next at certaine daies ex
preffed — 8333!' 6? 8d which was after agreed to bee paid in hand, And— 7320"- to'
bee accepted in lieu of fuch ready payment, whereby much labour was faved in
drawing up the affurance in that point ; wherein fome of the lord Lifles Counfell
declared themfelves more than defirous to break off the faid agreement. And
conveyances were drawn up and fealed accordingly, whereby afwell the faid
Vifcount Lifle and William his then fon and heire, (fince dead without iffue,) as Carta 27 Novemb.
the lord Henry, joyned in the conveyance of all the faid Manors and lands to
Wittm Dutton Efquire and my felf, for the better uniteing of both titles, and
fecuring our engagements for all that money; And was executed by livery of
feizin
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feizin the 23* of December following on Weftridge Hill, the moft confpicuous place
790 of all thofe Manors by | the fower Atturnies therein named, in the prefence of one
hundred perfons at the leaft, Whereof the Maior of Wotton arid thirty three others
^ in the fame place fubfcribed their names as Witneffes, as by the indorfment of the
Deed appears.

ffine : Hillary
7 : Jac :

Recovery. Pafch :
8. Jac: rot. 57.

Licence. 1. Sept.
[Dec. ?] 7. Jac.

3Jh Hillary Terme after, afwell the faid Vifcount Lifle and the lady Barbara
his wife and the faid Wiftm their fon, As alfo the lord Henry and ST Thomas
Berkeley his fon, leavyed a fine, afwell of the faid Manors and lands thus moving
from the faid VifcT, as of the Manors of Cam, Hinton, Cowley, Slimbridge, and
Hurft, to the faid William Dutton and my felf; %vto in Efter Terme following was
a comon recovery of the faid Manors and lands w'T1 a double Voucher againft the
faid lord Lifle alone ; for the better perfecting whereof, Surrenders upon Conditions
were had of all the tenants for lives of any of the faid lands; And the kings Licence
for thefe alienations was dated the firft of December before.

Trin rec: 38. Eliz:
rot : 123. in fcacio
Hillar rec =37. Eliz.
rot: 52. et. 106. in
fcacio.
Mich rec: 40. Eliz:
rot : in fcacio
Origin 1 : 2. Ph :
Mar ps. 2. rot. 68
'in fcacio.
Trin. 5. Jac : rot.
1 943. in coi banco.
et 4 Jac. rot.
in banco regis.
Hillar. 4 Jac. rot.
848 in coi banco.

3lnb thus thefe manors of Wotton and Symondfall contained in the firft Infor
mation, after thirty eight years ; And the manor of Sages and the others contained
in the fecond Information, after. 24. years, And the forefaid Hundred and liberties
by violence for. 15 . years, wrefted from this lord Henry, returned againe into their
old fheep fold ; whereby this lord was as it were of new reinvefted in thofe his
Ancient inheritances, being effentiall parts of his barony of Berkeley, then valued
to bee worth — 350001'.' Which compofition money foe paid for the fame, this lord
raifed againe with the intereft in the next fower years, out of rents fynes and other
cafualties of the fame Manors and lands, as by a particular accompt delivered unto
him, and now in Berkeley Caftle, appears. %vSX the Records heere marginally
quoted will declare what conveyances were made by every of the owners of every
of them in their feverall times after the lres patents of Queen Elizabeth ; And how
all Allienations without licence, and meane rates and iffues, were difcharged and
pardoned, very neceffary to bee known, afwell for avoydance of Exchequer troubles,
as repofe of the title. And a pardon in the 3T1 of King James to Robert Vifcount
Lifle of all arrears inrolled in memo? fcacij. 5. Jac : ex parte Rein Thefaur, and
with 5. Auditors. |

79 x 3Unb thus ended that trita et vexata queftio, that old intricate and perplexed
192 : years title, title, as it was ufually in all Courts called, that had continued the fpace of 192. years,
from the 5* of king Henry the fifth to the feaventh of king James, between the
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heires generall and the heirs males of this noble family ; wherein befides more
then fower times the value of the inheritance of the lands, that had by both parties
in that longe trail of time been fpent, the bloud of divers eminent perfons on both
fides had been fpilt, from the guilt whereof, (more then fower generations on either
fide now being paffed,) good God effree and deliver all thedifcendants and 'branches
on both fides to all pofterity, Amen,
3(n the clofe whereof, the forenamed Sollicitor in that caufe received this com
fort, that his endeavours were accepted and valued by this noble lord Henry above
their defervings, who recompenced the fame with an Anuity of ten pound pT ann
during his life ; with this his further teftimony, That had not his perfwafions been,
hee had never looked more after thefe lands nor now had had them ; 5Hnb from the
faid lord Lifle had- thefe words, That if hee had dyed in the year before in his fick
nes at Glouc, hee would not have given this lord Henry 200'! for his releafe; which,
(as confcious of his faithfull and utmoft endeavours, is held noe arrogance here to
bee written,) was publickly fpoken by him in Serjeants Inne hall in ffleetftreet upon
the lord Cokes commendations, (then lord cheife Juftice" of the Comon pleas,) of
the cariage of a branch of this caufe then .referred to his opinion and other Judges,
whereat both thefe lords were prefent : As alfo they had been at fower or five other
meetings of Counfell on both fides in the fame place, in the months of June October
and NovemT 1607, Anno quinto Jacobi regis; what times all differences of titles were
referred by thefe fords to ffleminge and Coke cheife Juftices, Tanfeild cheife Baron,
and Judge Yelverton, when after great debates on both fides, falling from all hopes
of peace by compromife, thofe writs of right were forthwith refolved on to be
brought ; which in the fecond year after, rendred an end to a perplexed title of
192 .years agitation, as formerly hath been faid.
|^0t longe after, this lord, (partly the better to pay the faid compofition money Benevolence
to the lord Lifle, and partly to purfue the prefidents of his Anceftors, then fhewed monev
to him,) had a benevolence from all his tenants, whether holding by Copy of Court Aid money
roll, or by Indenture : And alfo Aid pur faire fitz chivaler, according to the Statutes
of . 3. E. 1. | and. 25. E. 3. from all his freeholders, whether holding by knights 792
fervice or in focage, whereby the fum of — 7ooal- and upwards was raifed, And for f^-^ii^ii
any thing I perceived, (being a Comiffioner in both the fervices,) willingly paid.
JNe alfo at the fame time bargained with one Thomas Hackett for all his Aprill. 8. Jac :
Timber and firewood in Michaelwood chace, not growing in the parke there,
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excepting alfo three thoufand of the beft Timber trees in the Chace, which this
v'efol:753. 754- ford referved to himfelf; whereby was raifed above three thoufand pound towards
this Compofition money and his other debts ; which the faid Hacket affigned over
to Sir Wiftm Throkmerton then of Tortworth, after hee had, to his loffe as was
generally conceived, more then one year ufed the fame in making of iron, bringing
his oar out of the faid fforreft ; And which alfo the faid ST Wiftm with the loffe of
one thoufand pound, (as hee hath written and protefted,) affigned over to two
Citizens of Briftoll: A courfe that was taken in the fame place and in the lordfhips
of other men in their manors adjoyning in the times of king Edward the third, as
appeareth in Accompts of that time ; whofe Sinders and other remains of thofe old
works, at this time in many places digged up, was now both ufefull and profitable.
SCrjiUnst which iron making Sir Edward Wintour of Lidney, partly through the
difpleafure that then raged between the faid ST William ,and himfelfe, And partly
for ST Williams entring into his trade of iron making foe near his doors, from
whence alfo hee fetched his oare, oppofed by private tres and informations fecretly
delivered, which in the end brake forth to objections and anfwers, untill thofe
premifes brought forth this certaine conclufion, which pleafed both parties, That
this lord Henry gained, Sir Wittm and his affignes loft : And when thefe Michael
wood woods failed ST Willm was deftitute of other woods to continue them : 3tnD
of thofe three thoufand choice trees foe left, the lord George in the fower firft years
v'e folio. 753. 754. after his full age, made his profit by faies; And for his buildings at Simondfall,
Newparke, the Grange by Berkeley, And at Brownfmill, Berkeley town mill, The
Inne by Berkeley Caftle, and other places, as before hath been touched, befides
what hee gave to Wotton and Nibley Churches, and to the Vicaridge houfe in
Berkeley. |
793 ^itbertO I have in the laft 60 . pages related in a continuall feries thofe law
fuits without interruption, which concerned the title of Wotton and thofe other
Manors and lands, parcell of the Barony of Berkeley, with the confequences which
thereupon followed, afwell for avoiding of fractions that otherwife would have inter
rupted that entire narration, As that this noble family might difcerne running what
travaile and expence for 38 . years togeather this lords mother the. lady Anne, by
v'e fol: 731. her over-ruling will, in a learning wherein fhee had not been bred nor experienced,
threwe upon this lord her fon, and confequently upon her own pofterity ; by her
willfull refufall to take thefe manors and lands with the refidue of this lords Barony

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the defire of that Queen, as before is noted ; upon which lady this lord her fon,
fhortly after this compofition, faid to my felf and others That hee might juftly caft
all the blame thereof; And then alfo, (turning to my felf,) further faid, That hee
would make mee judge whether hee had loft or gained by following another per-
fwafion of his late wife, and neglecting the advife of a noble and faft freind of his,
who a few daies before the firft Exchequer tryall in the 14^ of Queen Elizabeth
privately came to him, and earneftly advifed that hee fhould in noe wife give any
evidence or make any defence at all, but to fuffer his land to bee loft by default ;
rendring many great reafons for fuch his Counfell, whereto of my felf, faid this lord
Henry, I did incline ; Howbeit, the great fpirit of my wife whom I privately
acquainted therewith would not fuffer that advice to bee followed, though fhee
refted affured of the true heartednes of that noble freind, and hee knew much of
the Earle of Leicefters clofe workings of the caufe ; And the more to divert mee,
faid this lord, my wife drew Thomas Walmefley then of my fpeciall Counfell to bee
ftrongly of her opinion, who in her prefence told mee That my title was foe cleere °f this tryall fee in
that I fhould not fear the verdict what ever the Jurors were ; Adding further, That weitn printed.
the remembrance hereof was noe doubt a fpeciall motive for MT Walmefley, (come IS84- fol: 34- et.
to bee Judge of the Comon Pleas,) to bee foe affectionate to my caufe, as at the
laft tryall you faw hee was : And indeed, quoth this lord, hee only ftucke to mee at
that firft tryall with great boldnes when | all other of my Counfell were drawn away, 794
on whofe brother I conferred the Viccaridge of Tetbury ; The name of this noble
freind I could never obtaine from this lord, but by circumftances I conceived it was
his wives kinfman Thomas Ratcliffe Earle of Suffex, lord Chamberlaine to Queen
Elizabeth ; who ten years after, told the faid lady when in perfon fhee follicited an
end by Compromifes, That fuch was the potency of her adverfary the Earle of Leicr comon welth
Leicefter both in Court and Country, and his reaches, That what hee had hee folg: 8o' Pnnted
would keep, And that it was gaine to her to win him not to feeke for more, And
that his drift by yeilding to referrences was only to dive into her hufbands evidence
and noe other; This is that Earle of Suffex whom Cambden in his Britania ftorieth Cambden. fol:
321. in Suffex.
to bee a moft worthy and honorable perfonage, in whofe mind were feated joyntly Lek, co~ welth
both policy wifdom and martiall proweffe, as England and Ireland acknowledged ; fol: sa-
who dyed in June the 25* year of Queen Elizabeth; Anno, 1583. But inftead of
anfwere, I obtained pardon ; 31nb here alfo both time and place and refemblance of
matter call upon mee further to informe this noble family, That in the 1 3'!" yeare
of Queen Elizabeth, before the firft fuite for Wotton began, (what time this lord
Henry had by his wives means fetled all his manors lands and Barony upon his
daughters,) An overture was made from the Earles of War? and Leicefter for a
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fee fol : 443. 444.

fol: [743]
Tho : Duport. 795

Lre in Berkley Caftle.

faithfull counfell
is the cheefeft of
benefits.

double marriage, between ST Philip Sidney and ST Robert Sidney their fifters only
fons and this lords two eldeft daughters, Mary and ffrances ; which being more
flighted by this lords wife then either reafon or direction warranted, foe offended
the faid Earles and others of their bloud, That her brothers trouble Thomas Duke
of Norfolke went on, and his head off; And the fame month of his Attainder the
Information againft this lord Henry touching Wotton and Simondfall was exhibited
againft him by their means and profecution, as formerly hath been written : where
upon judgment, being given againft this lord in Efter Terme, Anno 1 5* Eliz : and
hee fhortly after turned out of poffeffion of thofe manors ; And the like black cloud
being by a wife fervant of this lords difcerned to bee in gathering, (who prudently
was willing but unable to refill the will of a woman, who as before fhee liked not,
fo now hated | the Earles bloud in their two nephewes,) wrought foe farr with this
lord Henry to, afk the advice of his beft kinfman and freinds touching the faid over
ture, which that prudent fervant and freind fecretly knew would againe come on, if
intended to bee accepted -y Whereupon this lord by his lre prayed the advice and
Counfell of ST Nicholas Poyntz, ST Giles Poole, ST Richard Berkeley, and of ST
Thomas Throkmerton, his neareft kinfmen and allies, and all of them at that time
in perfect freindfhip with him, and the cheifeft in reputation of that County: who,
the 26* of October 1573 15* Eliz: returned this grave and folid anfwere and
advice. — Chere fhall come from us noe advice (in our own judgements) unfit for
your Lo? to follow : yoT good and prosperous eftate is the thing wee defire ; Affured
freinds doe fufficiently declare themfelves by plaine fpeeches and freindly actions :
Every man may behold good policy to bee your fureft defence : We will not nor
may not devine what fhould bee the caufe of your Lop.s late great loffes ; but by
confidering the circumftances of that is paft, wee may fear what will followe, and
advife you in time to prevent the fame : And becaufe your \ov. is overrefolutely
determined to leave your daughters to inherite your land, not to give the fame to
any heire male of your houfe,. (which is great pittie,) Wee therefore think it nefceffary
for you upon refonable conditions to accept the offer of MT Phillip Sidney if the
fame bee again made : if alfo a further offer bee made of MT Robert Sidney for one
of your younger daughters, wee likewife hold the fame nothing neceffary for you to
refufe : Your lo? cannot bellow your daughters more honorably in this land, as wee
think : for their poffibillities are in very deed certaine, or to bee made certaine : the
Earle of Leicefter greatly tendring the younger fon for that hee is his godfon and
beareth his name : That match cutteth of all lawe and loffe that may followe ;
bindeth thofe to favour you and yours that may doe good to whom they lift ; See
ing therefore it is honorable rich fafe and ftrong for you to bee affected that way, if
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ill Counfell or wilfullnes draw you back, we fhall bee forry, and fhall hope you will
ftrongly appoint your felf by patience to beare thofe burthens that are like to bee
laid upon you : ffor our parts, wee bee affuredly your lordfhips freinds, foe can the
fame doe you noe fervice, for our acts will bee but fhewes and fhaddows ; Wee fpeak
not this that you fhould fpare to command us, | or that wee will bee cold to execute 796
what is reafonable and meet for honeft freinds and kinfmen, but you may make your
accompt before hand ; and wee are doubtles affured there will bee nothing offered
againft you that your Lop. and all your freinds can defend : In thefe fewe lines wee
fhewe your Loi what wee wifh you fhould neither fue for nor lightly efteem, if it
bee offered ; and doe commit your Lo? to the protection of Almighty God, this 26Th
of October, 1573; your Lop.s affured. N: Poyntz, Giles Poole, Richard Berkeley,
Thomas Throkmton. Directed, To the RT Honorable our very good lord, the lord
Berkeley. But the fame womanifh power that quafht the firft motion queld alfo
this fecond found Counfell, Alliened by degrees her hufbands affection from thofe
freinds that foe really advifed, And foe frowned upon that prudent fervant that
wrought herein that hee retired himfelf to his paternall inheritance, and but once in
fifteen years after, eare hee dyed, came to Callowdon ; Howbeit had this advice
been followed, her two daughters had enjoyed two as eminent gentlemen for their
hufbands as England afforded, And they not flayed 14 . years after for meaner pre-
ferrments ; The great lump of .land that after was loft, (according to the propheticall
forefight of thofe freinds,) prevented : her felf and hufband freed from a world of
forrow attendance travell and expence : And yet this lords land and Barony had,
as it was then fetled, wholly fallen to her fon Thomas, borne within two years after.
3tltb now I tranfmit the Judgment to this- lords pofterity upon confideration of
what followed, in the faid thirty eight years till this compofition ; whether hee
fuffered not extreamly by being thus doubly over-ruled by his wife ; And whether
the will of this wife was in mariage foe given up to her hufband, as that fhee was
noe longer her own but at her hufbands difpofing.
3ft'$ now time to turne to fuch other of this lords law fuits as feems moft Other lawe fuites.
materially to import the knowledge of his pofterity, not formerly mentioned.
3(n the feaventh of Queen Elizabeth this lord humoring the greatnes of his
wives mind, (whom about the fame time Queen | Elizabeth called her golden 797
lady,) bought a lute of mother of pearle, (her felf an excellent lutift,) for which
the Queen formerly had offered one hundred marks ; for this lute this lord paid a
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fum of money in hand, and gave a recognizance to pay to Beft the owner thereof
three pound a year more during his life, which for ten years after was duly paid ;
what time this lord growing either negligent or weary of the payment, neglected
it, whereby his'recognifans becoming forfeited, Beft fued out a Scire facias and
foone had judgment thereupon : This lord for releife flyeth into the chancery,
where after bill and anfwer and witneffes on both parts examined, thefe offers in
Court were made to Beft by this lords Counfell ; Either to take twenty marks in
money for the only default of one three pounds, and the paym! to bee continued
after ; Or to take 321! 13T 4^ —in ready money, and the Anuity to ceafe ; Or to bee
quit of the 341! which already hee hath received and to have the lute againe to his
own ufe, as fafe and faire as at firft it was ; Or to referre the caufe to the ending of
any two Aldermen of London whom himfelf would chufe ; Or to his own two
Counfellors Bell and Puckering, (the one after Baron of the Exchequer, and the
other lord keeper,) fetting lawe and affection toward their Client apart : None of
Order : 18. Nov : which Beft would accept of, but refufed all ; whereat Bacon then lord keeper being
moved, awarded an Injunction and flayed him from taking any benefit by the faid
recognizance untill the caufe fhould otherwife bee ordered in that Court ; After
wards Beft accepted of much lefs then was formerly offered.
Chio* Lute, this lord, about two years after the death of his faid wife, .gave to
the Dowager Counteffe of Derby, whom in his widowers freedom hee called
miftris ; and hee afterwards almoft maryed Mr.s Ratcliffe one of her gentlewomen.
$£Hl(h about this time this lord had brought home to him by one Holloway his
tailor a fuite of clothes, of doublett, breeches w* panes, and jurkin without fleeves,
laid very thick with filver lace ; And withall the tailors bill was delivered by his
| direction to Giles Yate one of the grooms of his chamber, who on the next day
| well obferving his imodarate proportion of ounces of the filver lace, (which the
| tailor himfelf had bought, as alfo hee did all the other ftuffe of the Suite,) waighed
{ the wholl fuite, which was not foe many ounces of like waight as the bill made the
79^ ' lace alone to bee : And thereupon | fecretly, unknown to this lord, caufed all the
lace to bee ripped off and weighed alone, And found the bill falfe by more then
fower fcore ounces : whereupon for nonpayment of noe part of the bill, a fuite was
longe time after commenced by the Taylors executor againft this lord, which was
compounded. flobcrt Burton of Linley dyed feized of the Manor of Lindley in the county
of Leicefter, leaving Ralph his fon and heire within age, whofe wardfhip this lord
Henry

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Henry gave in the fecond of Queen Elizabeth to Thomas Duport his fervant, a
prudent man : Duport after affigned to Purefy, and hee againe to Agard, who
brought a Valore maritagii1 againft the faid Raph Burton, tried at the Affizes
holden at Leicefter about the tenth of Eliz. and recovered ; which I had the rela
tion from William his fon and heire, Author of the defcription of Leicefterfhire.
And this grant from the lord Berkeley is entred in his great black booke of Inroll-
ments. Chia? lord had a cheife rent of five pounds p Ann paid to him as to his Manor
of Wefton near Baldocke in the county of Hartford, iffuing out of certaine lands
called Broughtons, in Toddington, the inheritance of Henry lord Cheney : which
this lord Berkeley, (out of what humor I know not,) referved to himfelf in the con
veyance whereby in the 14'!" of Queen Elizabeth hee fold Wefton to MT Burgoine,
who then for that rent, (as this lord told mee,) would have given him one hundred
pounds : This rent was fomwhat before detained : whereupon many Ires and
references to Counfell paffed between this lord and the lord. Cheney, as the tres yet
extant doe fhewe, wc.h coming to noe effect, this lord in- the faid 14^ of Elizabeth
exhibited his bill in chancery, wherto the lord Cheney made Anfwer ; But after
replication and rejoynder and witneffes examined, the lord Cheney before hearing See after fol. 819
dyed : And foe hath refted ever fince.

Carta. 28 Nov1:
14. Eliz :

Anno : 1569. 11.
Eliz. tres in Berk:
Caftle.Cane : 14. Eliz.

3!tt the I71!1 year of Queen Elizabeth was a troublfome fuite in Chancery Cancellar..
between this lord plT and one MT Yaxley, which I touche noe further upon, for that
it concerned lands in Derbyfhire which this lord hath longe fince fold away.
3fn the 19th of Queen Elizabeth this lord brought an Action againft j Edward ygg
Bucknam fomtimes an officer much trufted and imployed by him, for not accompt- Civit Coventry
ing for the rents and profits of the Manor of Callowdon, (whereof hee was Baily,) ™co regi?' rot "*
for . 7 . years next after the death of this lords mother,, when to him it fell in hand :
wherein it was found by verdict, That Bucknam had formerly accompted for the
firft fix years, but not for the laft of the feaven ; for which laft year hee after
accompted in prifon, as the record fpeaketh ; which fuite I the rather here remem
ber, for that it containes a refonable furvey of the perticulars of that ManT
%\\ the 39'!1 of Queen Elizabeth, in the fame Court of kings bench, was an In banco regis
action depending profecuted by ffrancis Smyth EfqT, after knight, againft Henry
Shipward
1 A Writ by which a Lord was entitled to fue an infant tenant, who had refufed a fuitable marriage
offered to him by the lord, for the value of his marriage. [Ed.]

2X2

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J534

Melton Shipward Baily of Melton Mowbray, upon a diftres taken by him for Toll ; wherein
though the pleadings were much laboured by great Counfell, yet the Court upon
argument found error in the Avowry of Shipward, which to know may bee of ufe
hereafter.

Anno : 25. Eliz :

Anno : 26. Eliz :

Anno : 27. Eliz :

BillintheExcheqr
chamber: 27. Eliz:
800

3(n the 25* of Queen Elizabeth William Brown being keeper of Cam woods
under this lord, impounded the Sheep of Richard Tindall Walter Hampton and
Richard Nelme of Stinchcomb, and of Thomas Trotman and John Selman of
Stancombe, for which they preferred their bill in the Marches of Wales againft
Browne ; And thence had a Comiffion to Richard Pate EfqT, lord of the manor of
Stinchcombe, and one of the Counfell there, to examine witneffes ; who in January
in the 26^ of Elizabeth examined Tindall, Trotman and Selman aforefaid and others
interefted as parties and Commoners ; who depofed the ufage of their coinon in the
faid woods time out mind . ffor which perjury this lord in the 26* of Elizabeth
exhibited his bill againft them in the Starre chamber ; And alfo againft Edward
Trotman Henry Parmiter John ffrancombe Simon Codrington and others, (creatures
to ST Thomas Throkmerton,) for hunting and killing his Deere in Whitcliffe park
New park and Michaelwood. In the Court of the Marches of Wales it was, the
firft of July in the 27^ of Elizabeth, at Salop, ordered, That the pits fhould ufe
their Comon for their Cattell and pawnage for their fwine in the faid woods untill
the fame fhould bee difproved ; which order in their anfwers in the ftar chamber
they fett out ; And how it was not Edward but Richard Pate that examined the
witneffes; And foe took advantage of the pl'f miftaking in this bill ; And this order
is carefully preferved amongft them to this day ; but certainly in right they have
noe Comon in thofe woods, which is like hereafter to come in queftion.
3|n the 26* of Elizabeth this lord diftrained Henry Goldefon for an amercia
ment of fower pence impofed for his not appearing at this lords | leete holden for
his Manor of Melton Mowbray in the county of Leicefter ; whereupon Thomas
Chancey ais Giles whofe tenant the faid Goldfon was, exhibited his bill in the
Exchequer chamber againft this lord Henry, fetting out that hee had a Manor in
Melton called the manor of Lewes, which was of late belonging to the Prior of ST
Pancraffe of Lewes in the County of Suffex, to which manor was a leete or viewe
of frankpledge belonging ; which Pryor and Covent, by their Indenture dated the
i~7'.h of Aprill in the 23* of Henry the 8* demifed the fame to Wittm Gonfon EfqT,
for fifty five years, whofe eftate for the terme to come, hee the plT hath, the reverfion
to the Queen that now is : And that Henry lord Berkeley having another manor in
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34i

Melton, goeth about to conftraine the Queens tenants of her faid manor of Lewes
to doe fuite to his manor and Leete, and hath amerced fome of them for refufing
the fame, &c. Whereto this lord anfwereth, That to his Leete in Melton all refiants
whatfoever in that Town have ufed to come, And for that the faid Goldfon'made
default, hee was amerced at 4? for wc.h hee being diftrained, hee replevyed, which is
now ready for tryall at lawe ; And traverfeth the Pryors leete and the reft of the
bill : ^n which fuite Witneffes on both parts were examined in September in
the 27* of Elizabeth, who fwore pro et contra, And upon hearing it was ordered
that [refult not given. Ed.]
3Hnb this is now, Anno 1628, the inheritance of Robert Hudfon of London
this lords Baily of Melton aforefaid, And was purchafed of Queen Elizabeth the
27* of October in the 23^ of her raigne by Edward Downinge and Peter Afhton,
and foe by meane conveyances came to him. Touching which fuppofed manor of
Lewes and of the originall guift thereof to the faid Pryory, fee my tract of Melton
Manor in a book by it felf, where is matter enough to break the neck of this
fuppofed Manor of Lewes and of the Leete thereof, Whereof Humphry Alfop who
followed this fuite, and then Steward to this lord of this Manor, was altogeather
ignorant. And in the mean time take thefe marginalls, which are unanswerable. |

Rotulj 4. E. 4. in
recept Scacij
coram Rogero de
Saham. Rot: cart. 16. E.4.
m : 5. et. 6. et
ultima in arce
Londin :
Efchaet.p' mortem
Jotiis de Mowbray
16. E. 3.
Rot: pat: 18. E.3.
pars. 2. m : 8.
Rot. claus. 2,
m : 14.
Rot : Romas,
3. m: 2.
Efchaet : 2. E. 3.
n°. 73. Pro priore
de Lewes.
801

E.3- 2. E.

See fol : 200

Cfjis lord and his Anceftors for . 300 . years and more had received a cheife
rent of three pound ten fhillings out of the manor of Acton Ilger, paid by ST
Nicholas Poyntz and his Anceftors to the Reeve of this lords manor of Hame,
and reputed as parcell of the fervices thereof, as by many records deeds rentalls
accompts Courtrolls and other evidences appeareth. This rent ST Nicholas Poyntz,
though cozen german to this lord yet then at enmity with him, and pertaking with
the Earles of Warwick and Leicefter and Sir Thomas Throkmton in the fuits afore
mentioned, denyed any longer to pay ; whereupon this lord in the 26* of Elizabeth Anno : 26- Ellz :
exhibited his bill in Chancery, whereto ST Nicholas anfwered, And after replication,
rejoyned ; in which rejoynder ST Nicholas having the faid Earles Counfell of
Counfell with him, intitled the Queen thereto by the attainder of their father the
Duke of Northumberland in the firft of Queen Mary, To the Anceftor of which
Duke faith hee, the fame was allotted in pTtition in the fixth year of king Edward
the 4* whereof I have formerly written, afwell in the life of this lord as in the
lives of James the firft, and William Marques Berkeley his fon ; By which means
upon the motion of ST Nicholas, the fecond of June in the 27* of Elizabeth, It was 0rd^- 2 Junii
t-i 1 27- Ellz:
ordered That the Queens Counfell fhould firft bee confulted with, before any further
proceedings

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'534

Hill. 32. Eliz :
1589.

proceedings were had : And Sr Nicholas dying in ffebruary next after, the fuite
abated. But after fuch time as ST John Poyntz his fon and heir had fued his livery,
this lord fenfible of the manifeft wronge offered him in detaining of this rent, did
in Hillary Terme in the 32'!" of the faid Queene, exhibite another bill in the faid
Court (by way of reviver) againft him for the faid rent unpaid for Ten years in
the life of ST Nicholas his father, and five years fince by himfelf; who in his
eTlibe'r^'de anfwere denyed that any fuch rent was going out of his faid manor of Acton Ilger
Wotton. 12. 14.15. to his knowledge ; what further became hereof I find not : But of this I am affured,
Berkeley. That this lord had and his grandchild the lord George now hath, (if the Statutes
Anno: 31. H. 8. 0f limitation prejudice him not,) as good right thereto as to his manor of Hame,
et i. Jacobi. r J >/ & &
whereof the faid rent is pcell.

Starch : 29. Eliz :

802

Mich : 29. et. 30.
Eliz: in banco
regis rot :
Hackburne cum
que?.
Shirborne cum
def'.s

Trin. 5. Jac : in
banco regis rot.
Bryan pro quer
Brown pro defi
Claus : 35. E. 3.
m. 3. et. 4. in
dorfo.
mich terme. 8.
Jac.
A bill in y? Ex
chequer Chamber.

^ill the 29^ of Elizabeth a fuite in Starchamber arofe between this lord and
his then neighbour Sir John Harrington of Combe, (after lord,) and other of his
fervants and tenants of Binley, who committed a great ryott by night in cutting
down all the corne that grewe upon a tenement of this lord there, let by him to
Edward Jones | a blackfmyth, upon whom, for not payment of his rent and not
doing his farriers work, hee re-entred ; who had affigned his terme to Walter Pyle,
and hee to Sr John Harrington ; which difcurtefies were agravated by the reapers
fcoffingly fetting up an handfull of corne at each lands end, like a poefy ; which
this lord conceived to bee in mockery and defpite : But this was never brought to
hearing : And this is that houfe and land which formerly in this lords life I have
noted to bee unjuftly gotten by this lord and his mother from Gerrard Try, that
like ill gotten goods never profperred in his hands.
3?11 the 30'!' of Elizabeth this lord brought an accon of covenant againft
Nicholas Brown of Melton for not payment of his laft half years rent, and not
repairing of the comon bakehoufe in Melton with the Ovens there,, in fuch fort as
by this leafe, then ended, hee was to have done, As alfo for not baking at the faid
ovens, who reformed and made his peace.
3filtb touching this bakehoufe, Abraham Sheldon leffee to this lord, brought his
action of the cafe againft William Archer of Melton for not bakeing his bread
thereat according to the cuftome of the faid Town : which I mention becaufe the
Declaration was curious ; And the action is like to prove frequent, for the lords
Court there is fcarce able to preferve his inheritance in this cuftome of bakeing.
3tllb in 8? Jac : this lord exhibited a bill in the exchequer chamber againft Edward
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Wormwell and three others, for not baking at the faid comon oven or bakehoufe,
who thereupon conformed and made their peace.
3i'n the faid 30^ of Elizabeth arofe divers fuits both in the Chancery and at Ann0 : 3°- Eliz :
the comon lawe, between this lord and Arden his tenant at Mangottsfeild houfe 0rcl£j-: I4 : ^un^'
parke and conigre, whereof followed much trouble and expence ; And the violence pafch : 32. Eliz:
at feverall times ufed between the fervants of this lord, and the faid Arden drew In ance '
Peport : 7. ffeb?
often bloud, with much danger in taking of diftreffes refcouffes1 and poffeffions, 36. Eliz :
which lafted fix years; Howbeit I pafs them over in generallity, becaufe that manor
is fince fold away, as after followeth under that title.

3fn the 33* of Elizabeth Wiftm Bower in behalf of this lord purfued an accon
againft John Birton, tenant to an antient meffuage called Baffetts Court in Nibley,
for a cheife rent of 33T 4d. which fince the 7^ year of king James hath been duly
paid to the manor | of Wotton fforren, and the fervices acknowledged, of which
meffuage and the firft creation of that rent, fee before in the life of the lord Thomas
the fecond.

Mich. 32. et. 33.
Eliz. rot. 808. in
coi banco.
803
fol : 171.

Che fame year this lord recovered in an action of Waft againft Thomas Anno : 33. Eliz :
Printhorpe for cutting down divers trees in a clofe called ridhay alias Callowdon
clofe in Exall in the County of the City of Coventry, And an Inquifition for the
damage thereof returned accordingly.
^fn the fame 33th of Elizabeth Thomas Chamberlin of Graies Inne, then an
utter Barrifter and after knight and cheife Juftice in the Marches of Wales, became
follicitor to this lord, under his fee of 1 51'.- p Ann, And the firft fuite he travelled in
was an Affife of Comon brought by Richard Barker of Aufty againft this lord by
the name of Henry lord Berkeley, in regard of an Enclofure not longe before made
in Sowe waft parcell of his manor of Callowdon, to the pi'? diffeifin, who claimed to
have Comon of pafture therein ; whereto this lord pleaded, nul tort, nul diffeifin ;
In which Barker had to prove, firft bis title to the meffuage and Yardland and an 1
halfe whereto hee claimed his Coinon. 2d!y That the yardland and halfe had alwaies 2
been belonging to the faid Meffuage and to none other. 3diy his prefcription modo 3
et forma, as hee laid it down, 4* That the comon of pafture was belonging to the 4
meffuage and yardland an half undivided, for if the comon bee certaine to every
yardland, Then hee failed in his prefcription, in that it was laid joyntly ; whereas it
fhould have been laid feverally for the number of cattle to every yard, and half
yard of land. 5th!y The diffeifin of this lord of the faid Comon of pafture, who had 5
left
1 Refcues from Refcous. a. n.=Refcue. [Ed.]

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J534

Mich : 32. et. 34.
Eliz: 804
Order in Hi it
terme 33. Eliz :
Anno : 35 : Eliz :

Mich : 32. ^33.
Eliz : in comuni banco.

Hill 132: Eliz :
Starchamber.

Anno : 35. Eliz

left fufficient gaps in his inclofure for the cattle of the Comoners. And laftly,
whether the land were fowen or not at the time of the diffeifin : The verdict paffed
againft this lord, but partially, which hee afterwards avoided by the miftaking of his
name, for hee was a knight of the bath and therefore fhould have been ftiled Henry
Berkeley knight lord Berkeley : Many other good notes arofe upon this fuite for
the inftruction of young practicers ; As that the meffuage and yard land and half
were purchafed by the plT of feverall perfons ; That fome of it was in leafe for
years or life ; That hee had noe cattell of his own but borrowed other mens, and
the like. 3fibOUt the time of this tryall was the ditch of this inclofure riotoufly caft
down in the night time by Peers, Pettifer of Aufty, and others, whereof followed a
troublefome and un- | profitable Starchamber fuite ; In perufall whereof I gained
this knowledge, That a child of fowerteen years old may bee made a defendant in
that Court ; All which were, afterwards in the 35* of Elizabeth concluded by arbitre
ment : And that agreement upon Barkers bill in Chancery and this lords Anfwere,
acknowledging the agreement, ratifyed by the Decree of that Court, That hee and
others fhould have Comon when the corne is out, and the enclofure to ftand ; This
caufe was as well preffed and defended by both parties as I think lay in the power
of learning.
¦ 3!h tne 32* °f Elizabeth,. Thomas Clark recovered againft this lord an action
of the cafe for not paying him— 491! 13? 4d, after the rate. of 6s. 8d by the day,
according to promife, for Surveying and meafuring the Manors of Sileby, Melton,
Mountforrell, and Segrave, in the county of Leicefter : for reverfall of which Judg
ment, this lord brought a writ of Error, But not prevailing, Clark by Elegit took
in execution the Manors of Melton, Coldoverton, Segrave and others. Howbeit
this lord in Hillary terme in the 32* of Elizabeth, brought Clarke into the Star-
chamber for fubornation of perjury in the former proceedings, whereby they came
after to compofition.
3?lt the 35* of Elizabeth or near that year, William Harvar of Keinfham yeo
man was at Bitton leete amerced— 23? 4? for furcharging the Comons in Bitton
with his fheep : ffor which John Brittaine Baily there diftrained a gray gelding of
the faid Harvars in Sidnam mead, impounding him in the common pound at
Bitton: Harvar replevyed, The fuite from the county court was removed into the
common place : By Harvars default a writ of Withernam1 was had, and two of
Harvars
1 Withernam is where a Diftrefs is driven out of the County, and the Sheriff upon a Replevin cannot
make a deliverance to the party diftrained : In this cafe a Writ of Withernam is direded to the Sheriff
for the taking as many of his beafts or goods that did thus unlawfully diftrain into his keeping until the
party made delivery of the firft diftrefs. [Ed.] (

s

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Harvars kine taken in that meade : whereupon hee acknowledged his offence, paid
the 23? 4d. amerciaments, and 40! for cofts of fuite.
<%n the 37'.h of Elizabeth this lord was plT againft William Deane and Robert Trin : 37. Eliz :
Deane for a trefpas comitted upon a clofe called Potters green, part of his manor banco regls' rot"
of Callowdon, which was tryed againft him at Coventry affizes, but without all
colour of truth ; for noe manner of evidence was given on the defendants behalfe,
which I write out of knowledge, being prefent ; For which groffe perjury this lord
Henry brought the jury into the Starchamber, who were upon motion difmifed with pafch : 38. Eliz :
cofts, becaufe they were charged | fix and fix in two bills, and MT Chamberlyn the 805
Counfellor reprehended that foe drew thofe bills and marfhalled them ; hee then a
young barrifter of Graies Inne and this lords Sollicitor, as hath been faid.
3fn the 38'.h of Elizabeth this lord Henry was plT in two feverall actions of Mich : 38. & 39.
trefpas againft John Brock John Champion and others for cutting and carriage regjsj
away of divers loads of wood out of Woolcombe and other places, parcell of the
Downs or waft grounds of his Manor of Portbury in the County of Somerfet ;
which fact the defT3 feverally juftifyed under John Wake EfqT as holding in comon
with this lord, in regard of a manor called Portbury Pryor which hee had in Port
bury purchafed by Godwyn his wifes father of king Henry the eighth, and late
belonging to the pryory of Brimmore in HamplhT upon which tenancy in Comon
the iffues were joyned, And the two records of Nifi prius taken out : whereupon
John Crefwell fteward of houfhold to this lord and cozen to MT Wake, labored an
end, And w* faire words and fattisfaction for the wood made the def'.5 peace, the
very day that I fhould have ridden from Callowdon towards the affizes about thofe
tryalls then holden at Taunton.

%t the fame time this lord brought an action of dett for five pound againft
Richard Baily, declaring That hee being feized of the hundred of portbury, had
time out of mind ufed to have a veiwe of frankpledge belonging thereto, To which
the Tythingman of Clyvedon and fower men with him, (called his fower pofts,)
have alwaies accuftomed to come, And upon oath to prefent fuch things as are
prefentable in a Leete ; And becaufe the def? refufed to bee fworne and to prefent,
the Steward impofed upon him the fine of five pound : for which hee brought this
adlion : The faid MT Wake lord of Clyvedon defended the fuite, and alleadged
That the Thirdbarrow or Tithingman ought to come to Portbury Leete, and pay
4? in name of his fower pofts that come with him, but not to prefent any offences. This

Mich: 37. et. 38.
Eliz : in banco

regisrot.

Sorfifet.

2 Y VOL. II

346

€he %iMzg of the •£crRrfcp£

1534

This came to a communication before Serjeant Nicholls, after Judge, his freindly
neighbour, who was foe well Sattisfyed with the evidences which this lord fhewed
fince the Inquifition in the 12* of Edward the firft, That hee openly advifed him
to acknowledge the fuite to bee juft : which with payment of cofts of fuite and the
perfwafion of MT Crefwell fatisfyed the plT, the fervice ever fince being duly per
formed.

Gloucefter.

3lt the 39* of Queen Elizabeth, Thomas Phelps leffee to John Yowen and |
806 Mary his wife, tenants for life to John Harvy of Bradfton, of Divers lands in
Hill -. 39. Eliz: rot Bevinp-ton within y? manor of Hame, brought an action of Ejectione firmae againft
c6i banco. Scotts ^ 3 . ~ ., ,
office William Danfeild fervant to John Huntley and Jone his wife, Copihold tenants to
this lord of a meffuage and divers lands in the faid manor, fuppofing they with
held from him nineteen acres of his land under colour of this lords copyhold graunt
to them ; upon tryall whereof one fmall parcell of a clofe called gromballs hay con
taining about a quarter of an acre, (whereout this lord hath a cheife rent of 3? 4d.
p Ann, and whereon the leafe was fealed,) was found for the plT ; for all the reft the
def? were found not guilty, And foe ever fince hath flept at peace : Howbeit in
the 31* of Elizabeth was a verdict for much more againft this lords then tenant,
but the plT dyed before judgment : And likewife a troblefome fuite was fhortly
after at the Counfell in y? Marches of Wales, whereat many Witneffes were
examined, but without fruite.

Mich : 31. et. 32,
Eliz : rot : 524
Glouc

Mich : 40. et. 41.
Eliz: rot: 3127. et
Trin 41. Eliz :
coin, pleas.

3llt the 40th of Elizabeth Mary Gawfell widowe, late the wife of John
Willoughby, brought a writ of Dower againft ST John Peter for the third part of
the manor of Kenet in the County of Cambridge, which this lord in the third
of Elizabeth fold to ST Wiftm Peter his father, wherein this lord is by ST John
vouched to Warranty : who pledeth the grant of king Edward the fecond made
the I6'!1 of DecemT in the fixth of his raigne, of this manor (amongft others.) to
Alice Bigod widow, late wife of Roger Bigod Earle of Norfolk, for her life, the
remainder to Thomas of Brotherton his brother and the heires of his body ; which
Thomas had iffue Margaret maryed to John lord Segrave, who had iffue Elizabeth
maryed to John lord Mowbray, who had iffue Thomas lord Mowbray created Duke
of Norffdlke, who had iffue Thomas, John, Margaret, and Ifable ; which Thomas
died without iffue, And the faid John had iffue John, who alfo was Duke of Nor
folke, and had iffue John, who alfo was Duke of Norff, and had iffue Anne maryed
to Richard Duke of Yorke fecond fon to king Edward the fourth, who dyed without
iffue : That the faid Margaret was maryed to ST Robert Howard, who had iffue
John

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347

vide antea,
fol: [587, 596]
807

John Howard created duke of Norfolke ; And that the faid Ifable was maryed to
James lord Berkeley, who had iffue William after Marques Berkeley, and Maurice
lord Berkeley : That the faid Wiftm Marques Berkeley had this manor, (amongft
others,) alotted to him by ptition with the faid John Duke of Norfolk, And after- 1
wards conveyed the fame to Richard Willouhby and the heires males of his body,
The remainder to Edwd. Willoughby & the heirs males of his body ; which Richard
dyed without iffue, And the faid Edward entred and had iffue John Willoughby,
who maryed the faid Mary Gawfell, and after dyed without iffue male : After the
death of which John Willoughby this lord Henry fon of Thomas, fon of Thomas,
brother of Maurice, fon of the faid Maurice, entred, And by fine in the third of
Elizabeth alyened the. fame to ST William Peter father of the faid ST John Peter,
And foe demandeth judgment of the Court, whether by lawe fhee ought to bee Terme Pafch :
endowed. 3lhC widow Gawfell confeffeth all the former pleadings to bee true, but
further faith That the faid Edwd Willoughby by Izable his wife had iffue John her
hufband, And that the faid Edward enfeoffed one Logge parfon of Wotton, againft
whom in the 22'!" of Henry the 7* a comon recovery was had of the faid manor, Rec: 22. H. 7.
(amongft others,) to the ufe of the faid Edward and Ifable his wife and of the
heires of his body, The remainder to the faid Maurice brother of the faid Marques
Berkeley and of his heires ; whereupon it appeared that fhee was dowable, neither
would fhee henceforth accept the 1 11?' 10? which till then had fattisfyed her from the
death of her hufband for near forty years ; And thereupon this lord through the
ftridlnes of his covenants in his conveyance to ST William Peter was inforced to
compound with her for — 18'.'- 10? p Ann for her life, which hee paid her about five
years ere fhee dyed.

3Cltb this action and pleadings I have the rather here mentioned becaufe the
manor of Bofham is at this day enjoyed by the lord George under the fame entaile
of the 61!1 of Edward the fecond.' Yet fuch was the ignorance of the follicitors and
Counfell of this lord Henry in thofe times, That they fuffered him to covenant with
ST Willm Peter That hee was feifed in fee of that manor And that noe revertion
was in the Crown ; which were two untruths, and a double breach of his Covenant;
By which ignorance this further inconvenience happened, That Sir John Peter
finding the faid covenants broken and that the reverfion was in the Crown, brought
his action upon the faid Covenant, laying down the grant and difcent as aforefaid, Mich jn2^^ .3°'
concluding thereby that this lord was feized in taile and not in fee ; whereupon this com pleas.
lords manor of Alkington in the County of Glouc, (whereof hee as Humphry Alfop
his then Sollicitor depofed was feized in fee,) was recovered over in Value and |
warranty,
2 y 2

348

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r534

808 warranty, ut tunc pro nunc, et nunc pro tunc, with fifty two pounds cofts, which
this lord paid.

Hill : 28. Eliz : in
banc : regis : rot.
838.
Mich: 27. 28. Eliz:
in banco regis, et.
26. &. 27. Eliz :
rot. 474.
Hill. 5. Jac : in
banco regis.
Pa: 3. Jac: rot. 399.
in banco regis.
Mich. 3. Jac : rot.
1 10. in banco regis.
Pafch : 5: Jac: rot.
404 et pars 2. in
banco regis.
Hill : 5. Jac : rot.
810. et. 811.
Hill : 28. Eliz : in
banco regis.
Bill in cane : in
Mich : 3. Jac :
Certificate in chan
cery 30. Jan^i 608.,

809

Throkm'ton. pi1:
Eftcourt deft
Mich: 3. Jac: rot.
1 io.in banco regis.

Choma£ Eftcourt of Tetbury a bencher of Graies Inne, father of Sir Thomas
Eftcourt knight and of Edmond Eftcourt, fet on foot two fuits againft John Savage
gent a farmer to this lord Henry, touching comon of pafture in the feilds of Tetbury
for a flock of Sheep of 400 . or more called the lords flock, never ufed to bee ftinted,
as all other freeholders fheep are within the manor; And (by miftaking the pre
fcription) had two verdicts and Judgments againft the faid John Savage : Thomas
Eftcourt dying, left his lands in Tetbury to the faid Edmond his younger fon and
his heires, who all his life for many years permitted the continuance of the faid
flock (as his father alfo had done after the faid verdicts ;) Afterwards, George
Eftcourt a younger brother to the faid Thomas, an other freeholder in Tetbury,
fet on foot three or more the like fuits againft the faid John Savage, and had like
verdicts upon Severall Tryalls at lawe. After divers years, (when all iffues that
might well be joyned upon any prefcription were foyled,) MT Savage acquainting a
Sollicitor of this lords with the former proceedings, and of the vexations of the faid
George Eftcourt ftill continuing, was advifed by him to feek peace by a bill in
Chancery ; which in the name of this lord was exhibited againft the faid George
Eftcourt ; whereupon many witneffes were examined, And amongft others, thefe
points fully proved. 1? That the faid lord and his Anceftors and their tenants time
out of mind have ufed to have pafture or feeding in the feilds of Tetbury for a
flocke of fheep called the lords flocke, of about . 400, all the year longe when the
feilds lye fallow ; And when the feilds are fown, then from ST Lukes day till they
bee fown againe, peaceably enjoyed without interruption of any, fave the def
George Eftcourt and his brother Thomas the lawyer, proved by 25 . witneffes
2d.ly That the lords flock was never ftinted, though all others were ftinted after
three fheep for an acre. 3d!y That the faid flocke hath ufed to departure in a place
called the Height w'Mn Tetbury warren from Holliroode day in May till holliroode
day in SeptemT, And from thence till the Annunciation of our lady. And none elce
to have any Comon of pafture there at thofe times. | 4* That every perfon holding
a burgage houfe in Tetbury hath accuftomed to have pafture for three beafts within
the Stubble feilds of Tetbury from the 13* of September untill Michmas eve. 5*
That the lords flock may not feed in the faid Warren out of the fleight between
Holliroode day in May and Holliroode day in September, nor in the Stubble feilds
from Holliroode day In September till Michaelmas eve, Nor in fouth hayes till the
town herd of cattle have firft grazed it, with divers other particularities incident to

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349

a fuite of this angry quallity. JDhat ftrong refiftance the defendant made appeareth
by the orders of the 12* and 19* of November in the 4* of king James, And of the
28'? of January, and 4* 6* and 18* of ffebry following, And of the 29* of Aprill in
the 5* of king James, and divers others: But in conclufion, in Michmas terme in the
6* of king James, the caufe was heard, And the flock was eftablifhed with this lord
till hee fhould bee evicted by order of lawe, and foe continueth to this day. All
which proceedings in Chancery remaineth exemplyfyed with the executors of the
faid John Savage, As alfo doe the verdicts with the heires and affignes of the faid
Eftcourts ; The fucceffe whereof and the paines of the faid Sollicitor who advifed
this fuite, the faid John Savage gratefully requited by a guilt boll of twenty Nobles
price, bequeathed by his laft will a fewe years after to the faid Sollicitor.

Mich : 6. Jac. in
Cane :
Certificate in chan
cery 30. Jan. 1608.
Exemplified the 9.
Jac : 161 1. under
2 feales, cum Ca-
rolo Savage de
Tetbury.

Chisf George Eftcourt being tenant to this lord of the Tolfey and weights in Hitt: 39. Eliz: rot
Tetbury brought divers actions upon the cafe againft John Lany and others, 73'm ancoreSls-
touching the cuftome of the Toll taken for weighing of woole, yarne, and the like Pafch : 39 Eliz.
merchandife; The proceedings wherein the records marginald will declare, whereof , ,
that of Efter terme in the 39^ of Elizabeth may bee a good prefident for pofterity,
whereof much ufe is like to bee.

rot. 180 in banco

3fn the 1 7* of Queen Elizabeth was an exchange of divers lands in Callowdon
and in Wiken a village adjoyning, between this lord and ST ffrancis Willoughby
knight lord of Wiken, whereby this lord with much conveniency drew his out lands
together, neare to his manfion houfe at Callowdon ; And ST Francis enabled himfelf
for enelofing divers parts of Wiken with like profit and conveniency ; which fhortly
after hee fold to Richard Greene his fervant, then tenant to a farme in Wiken,
againft whom in the 41* of the faid Queens raigne, this lord | Henry exhibited his
bill in Chancery, thereby to flay his fuite at comon lawe, upon a counterbond hee
had to fave himfelf harmlefs from a bond of this lords entred into to MT Edward
Deveroux for one hundred pound hee had borrowed of him : -wherein Green was .
never damnified nor fued, nor the originall bond, at the time of his proceffe fued
out, forfeited : which unneigbourly courfe of Greenes, drewe on fhortly after other
fuits and queftions between this lord and him touching Tythes Comons wayes
and divers parcells of land intermingled in each others faid manors of Callowdon
and Wikeri : fome of which differences brought forth alfo Inditements at Coventry
Seffions ; And after followed peace by another agreement and exchange of other
lands, one with the other in the 43'!" of Elizabeth. And afterwards againe in the
8* of king James brake out new fuites at lawe, and crofs bills in Chancery ; In
which

Carta in caftro de
Berkeley dat. 1.
Sept. 1 7. Eliz :

Hitt. 41. Eliz. in
Cane.

8lO

Carta. 20. October
43. Eliz. in caftro
de Berkeley.
Cane: Hill. 8. Jac:

35°

€he Jlibcg of the 23erhelep£

'534

Carta: 21. Julij
10. Jac : in caftro
de Berkeley.

Pafch : 43. Eliz :
rot 2084. in coifi
banco.

which I was a Comiffioner for this lord, ryding purpofely from my houfe in Glou
cefterfhire to Coventry for execution thereof; And thefe alfo tooke ending by
arbitrement in the tenth of king James. 161 2. At what time by mediation of the
Comiffioners an other exchange of divers parcells of lands and tithes was had
between them, in either of their faid Manors of Callowdon and Wiken; In penning
whereof more then ordinary curiofity was ufed on both parts, as by the fame will
appeare.

3Jn the 43* of Elizabeth this lord was pit againft

Hunt def in an1

Hill: 43 Eliz: rot.
250. in banco reg5.

^n the fame yeare James Atwood an underbaily to this lord was pit againft
William Millard in an1

3!n the fame yeare this lord Henry was pit in an action of det upon a bond of

Triii : 43. Eliz :
811 one hundred pounds againft William Davis his | Baily of Berkeley hundred, whofe
courfe was to receive all that was levyable upon his extracts, if not more, but to
accompt for little ; wherein this lord recovered upon a nihil dicit.

Mich : 44. et. 45.
Eliz : rot. 32. in
banco regis.

3fn the 45'!1 of Queen Elizabeth, upon a diftrefs taken by Henry Shipward
baily to this lord of his manor of Melton Mowbray, for a releefe of ten pound due
by Thomas Mackworth for his manor of Epingham in the county of Rutland,
holden of this lord as of his manor of Melton Mowbray by two knights fees, where
of George his father dyed feized in fee, Hee thought to have helped himfelf by the
lawe, for that hee the faid Thomas was for other lands holden by knights fervice in
Capite in ward to Queen Elizabeth after the death of his faid father; And therefore
conceived the lawe to bee That hee was not to pay releefe to any other lord at his
full age, ajter his livery fued : And foe demurred upon the plea of Henry Shipward,
which upon argument both at barre and bench was adjudged againft Mackworth ;
And was the firft expreffe Judgment in the lawe in that point as was then affirmed,
whereof Many Students then prefent in Court have fince had the number roll.
1 Not completed. [Ed.]

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^[n the 44* of Queen Elizabeth, James Hervey an Underkeeper to this lord
in Newpark, did with a forker out of his crofs bowe in the night time, cut the throat
of one William Olive then with Richard Haynes and others paffing through his
parke ; whofe intentions were, (as after appeared,) firft to fleale fifh out of putts
and weeles at Seaverne, And in their returne to Steale Deere in Whitcliffe parke :
Harvey by a notable plott clofely carried was at the next affizes at Glouc, on a
fodaine indited of Murder : And imediatly thereupon, (the purfuants knowing him to
bee in the Seffions Hall,) was called by proclamation upon the inditement againe
and againe ; And the Judges being informed of his being there caufed that call to
bee redoubled : Hervy by chance being by mee, And I by more chance then there
by him, charged him to kneel down and fhade himfelf under my cloke, (being not
leffe in Stature then in Courage a Coward,) and not to fpeak a word or elfe hee
would with all help to the contrary bee hanged : The calls ended, away I fent him
inftantly out of Glouc. as faft as hee could ride : forthwith that inditement was
removed, And hee the next Terme at the kings bench barre, difcharged from his
offence, which was held by the Court not to bee foe much as a breach of the peace :
The Coroners inqueft taken the 8* of Auguft in the 43'!* of Elizabeth found the
death of Olive to bee by Harvey, the 6'!1 of that month, per infortunium ; And | this
plot was pradliced againft him the lent affifes after.
3n tne fecond of king James, William Thorpe leffee to Thomas Chamberlyn
was pit againft George Jerrat and others def? in an action of Ejedlione firman for an
acre of land in Mountforrell in the County of Leicefter ; upon not guilty pleaded,
and evidence by the def that the fame was parcell of this lords manor of Mount
forrell, -the Jury found for the def, and foe this lord enjoyeth it to this day.

44 Eliz : in banco
regis.

Stat: de malefadto-
ribus in parcitt
21. E. 1.
8l2

Pafch: 3. Jac: rot
911. coin pleas
Brownloe. Mich. 2. Jac : in
banco, inter ptes
verdict : rot.
Hill. 3. Jac. in coi
banco. Pafch : 5. Jac : in
banco.

Che fame year a fine of five pound was impofed upon one Edward Ithell of Pafch : 2. Jac:
Slimbridge for a contempt committed by him in the leet held at Berkeley, for which banco reSls-
this lord brought his action of debt : Ithell confeffeth his offence gave fattisfaction,
And foe ceafed that fuite.

in

"Jn the third of king James, this lord Henry brought his Writ of ravifhment Pafch. 3. Jac : in
de gard1 againft Robert Hill Clarke, for taking away the body df John fon and heire
of Godfrey Goldefborrowe late Bifhop of Glouc, who dyed feized of the manor or
farme
1 Ravifhment de gard was a Writ that lay for the guardian for Knight's-fervice, or in Socage, againft a
perfon who took from him the body of his ward. By Statute 12, Charles II. c. 24, this writ is taken
away as to lands held by Knight fervice, &c, but not where there is guardian in Socage, or appointed by
will. [Ed.].

352

Che tlibeg of the 2&erfteleps'

!534

farme of Goffington in the parifh of Slimbridge, holden of him as of his manor of
Berkeley by knights fervice : Not guilty was pleaded, And upon a tryall at Glouc.
Affifes the Jury found for this lord, And gave damages to . 400 . marks, And Judg
ment was after entred accordingly.
Hill : 3. Jac : rot : 3fl|l0 afterwards, this lord brought an accon againft William Clutterbooke tenant
Trin : 4. Jac : to the faid farme for the meane rates, wherein hee recovered alfo ; And upon a writ
the writ filed. to inquire of damages had threefcore pound given him by the jury.
Hill : 3. Jac : rot. ^ftg fame year this. lord Henry brought his Accon of the cafe againft one
Pafch. 4. Jac. the Bendall for infringing his liberty of Berkeley hundred and arrefting one Cafwell at
writ to inquire of Berkeley, wherein hee recovered his cofts and damages : In the pleadings whereof
damages. . .
are perfectly laid down the grant of king Edward, the third, in the 4* of his raigne,
of returna brevium, to Thomas lord Berkeley the third of that name, and his heires;
And how afterwards hee entailed the fame to himfelf and the heires males of his
813 body, with all the | meane difcents after to this lord Henry ; which may bee of
frequent ufes in the like cafes, I having purpofly omitted many others of the like
nature.
Pafch = 3. Jac: ^jjp fame year Henry Shipward, Baily of Melton, diftrained the Goods of
regis. Thomas Grococke of Eftwell in the County of Leicefter, fuppofing the tenure of
that manor to bee of this lord as of his manor of Melton by knights fervice : After
iffue joyned upon the tenure, ST Edward Brabazon owner of the faid Manor of
Eftwell fled for fuccour into the Dutchy court, and there exhibited his bill againft
this lord and Shipward for flay of the fuite, fuggefting the tenure to bee of the king
as of the Dutchy of Lancafter, by the fourth part of a knights fee ; which the def'
Hill: 3. Jac: anfwering in Hillary Terme after, an Injunction was awarded to flay the fuite at
lawe, and foe hath refted..

Triii : 4. Jac : in ^jn the 4* of king James, John Driver this .lords Baily of Tetbury was plT againft
William Tamer def, for carrying away without the lords leave the dounge or foile
out of the waft ground called the Cheeping, (the golgotha of that markett Town,)
which Driver under the prerogative of his office would appropriate to himfelf,
wherein Driver had compofition from the def.
Trin: n. Jac: rot. 3fn the n* of king James this lord was plT againft John Huntley, a man of
BolTn^tt T wit kUt Voi<* °f k°nefty> his lop.s coppyhold tenant in Bevington, for killing a brace
quer- t of

<SS* ,**-.

1613 Hife of i^enrp the firjrt 353
of Bucks in Whitcliffe Parke, near the pale whereof Huntley dwelt ; who after
hee had before this lord and other Juftices of the peace with incredible impudency
forfworne the fact, And with bafe and upbraiding termes infulted over thofe under-
keepers who firft drew him into fufpition ; whereof they complayning to a Sollicitor
of this lords, and hee taking it to heart, found means by Huntleys fervants that
then were, (for great guifts are like Gods,) to difcover not only who fetched the
bucks out of the park to Huntleys houfe, but to whom hee gave feaven quarters
of them, and by whom fent : Which they upon examination acknowledging, And
Huntly confronted, Huntly for anfwere and excufe faid to the Sollicitor, That it
was held a rule and noe offence with deereftealers to forfwear the fact and out "
brave the keepers, as hee formerly had done ; But the pl'.s death and Huntleys alfo
not longe after happening, took off a great part of that punifhment which | other- 814
wife moft defervedly had been inflicted upon foe ungratious a man.
3[n the fourth of king James this lord exhibited his bill in Chancery againft Mich: 4. Jac.
William Dunning and five others, concerning his liberties of fifhing in the river of
Seaverne within his hundred of Berkeley : which in the end of ffebruary in the 7*
of the king were decreed for him : In this fuite is contained a full declaration of all
the liberties and jurifdidtions which the lord George now claimeth in Seaverne,
which is like to bee of great ufe to his pofterity : 3tnb more then one other Cu? Augiii. 34. H.
fuite which was in the 34* of king Henry the 8* between Richard Williams ats 5'^^^
Cromwell plT And Richard Byriat and others def.% I have not mett withall, touch
ing thefe liberties of fifhing, whereof in the forefaid fuite good ufe was made.
9|n the fame year Wiftm Chamberlyn brought an Action of Ejedlione firmae Hill : 4 Jac. rot.
againft George Terrat of Mountforrell for two acres of land there ; the evidence of ,.,. ' T
° & J . Mich. 4. Jac . rot.
the defT was That it was the inheritance of this lord Henry, parcell of his manor Coin pleas.
of Mountforrell ; And of the plT That it was parcell of the land of the feoffees of
that Town, called the Town land ; wherein the plT after evidence became nonfuite ;
And hath quietly been enjoyed ever fince as the inheritance of this lord, more land
ftanding upon the fame title.
3Httb for fetling divers cheife rents in Mountforrell amounting to 24! 4? Mien1 = 8 : Jac : in
claymed by this lord Henry and denied by divers the inhabitants there, This lord
in the 8* of king James exhibited his bill in Chancery againft Nicholas Fowler
John Hood and Thomas Monke, wherein hee prevailed, and fet his faid rents
afoot, now paid accordingly : In which, other wrongs offered to this lord in that
Town were alfo contained and certified.
2 Z VOL. II

354

Che %itizg of the 25erhelep^

J534

Anno. 4. Jac

Crown office. 5.
Jac:

3fn the fame fowrth year of king James, the grand-jury at Coventry Seffions
indicted this lord Henry for not repairing the way in Callowdon lane between Afh-
more gate and Wiken lane : The inditement was removed and avoided ; A work
that ought to bee done by the County or the parifh of ST Michaells and not by the
particular charges of the owner of Callowdon manor.

Hill. 4. Jac :
Starchamber. 815

Chi?" yeare alfo this lord exhibited a bill in Starchamber againft Thomas
Mainfton John Cerney John Weft and divers others, | a compact neft of deere*
ftealers, for hunting and killing his deere in Michaelwood chace ; for which their
purfes after fmarted, And bonds with fureties taken of them and above twenty
others, (whom they peached,) to bee afterwards true to all his Lop.s games; By the.
diffolution of which knot of Deereftealers his games refted more quiet then in fifty
years before they had done.

Pafch : 6. Jac :
rot. 1559. in coi
banco : or 1159.

3fn the fixth of king James this lord brought his writt de valore maritagij
againft Thomas Bowfor, brother and heire of Anthony, who dyed feifed of divers
lands and tenements within the Manor of Hame, parcell of the manor and lands
called Serjeants lands : The iffue was whether the faid Thomas Bowfer was within
the age of one and twenty years at the death of his brother or not : The pi* finding
afterwards that hee was a weeke above one and twenty at his brothers death, who
dyed beyond feas, proceeded noe further, though hee had taken out his writ of Nifi
prius for tryall thereof.

Com. Pleas 3fn the faid fixth of king James this lord brought his Writ of ravifhmT of ward
rot ^141 Suffex againft Agnes Payne widowe, for keeping from him her fon Thomas Payne from
in coi banco, the death of Thomas his father, for that hee dyed feized of the Scite of the manor
of Southmundam called Bowley ffarme, and of . 120. acres of land thereto belong
ing in the parifh of Pagham in the County of Suffex, holden of this lord as of his
manor of Bofham by knights fervice, wherein hee recovered great damages, as by
the record appeareth.

lib: Ward: fol: 16.
in caftro de
Berkeley.

Pafch : 8. Jac.
rot. 1752. comon
pleas Waller.

Che Inhabitants of fframpton upon Seaverne clayming comon of pafture for
their fheep upon Slimbridge old warth, encouraged John Savacre the vicar there to
put in his fheep alfo : which Richard Byford an Attorney, noe lefs factious in
Slimbridge then the minifter contentious, impounded as a Comoner ; And not only
brought him but many others of the faid Inhabitants upon colours of Surcharges,
to compofitions, Taking of fome ten fhillings, of fome . 30s, of fome 31!-, and of
fome

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fome others more, to the value of ten pound in the year ; whereby for three or four
years whilft this courfe lafted they were reconed Byfords tributaries.
ft'
3Utl action of Accompt was by this lord brought againft Cyprian Wood one of Trin : 38. EUz :
the Groomes of his firft wives chamber, fuppofeing hee had remaining in his hands m banC°"
one hundred pounds, received from her a fewe daies before her death : wherein after
pleadings, Auditors | were affigned' by the Court, before whom hee accompted, and 816
paid what was found by them to remaine uniffued in her life time : A fuite the
rather profecuted upon advertifement given to this lord that two trunks of his fineft 1
" Linnens were by him, (as an inftrument to a gentlewoman in that houfe,) to have j
been conveyed away by night; The truth whereof was That the trunks being to bee I
ferryed over the mott at Callowdon in one of the brew houfe coolers, the bunhole
in the midft fell open, and foe the ferry boat being heavy laden began to finke 'ere
it was two yards from the fhore ; whereof this lord had early notice by fuch as lay
in waite to have intercepted them, And foe faved his- linnens and other things
therein, but never difcover'd that his intelligence came from a Sollicitor of his, one
of the watchmen in that darlc night.
Qpon the death of Thomas Tomfon rector of the Church of Sutton iuxta
Bonyngton in the County of Nottingham, Chrift church Colledge in Cambridge who
pretended title thereto prefented Edward Barwell as their Clerke, in the 21* of
Queen Elizabeth ; And this lord Henry prefented John Savage, who being refufed Trin : 22. Eliz :
by the ordinary this lord brought his Quare impedit and recovered ; upon which ^j' 97 ' in anco
recovery the colledge brought a Writ of Error, wherein the former recovery and
Judgment was affirmed, and this lords Clerke eftablifhed, ftill the Incumbent there ; Hill : ^30. Eliz :
Hereof I have more largely written in another booke ufefull to this family, in a
tract of the Manor and Barony of Segrave by it felf.

rot. 484. in banco
regis.

(Upon the death of Richard Smyth Rector of the church of Howby in the
County of Leicefter, ST George Villers of Brokefby prefented thereto John Bifhop ; Pafch : 22. Eliz :
And this lord Henry prefented Wiftm Read, in the 22* of Elizabeth ; who being
refufed, this lord brought his Quare impedit and recovered, And Read this lords Trin : 23. Eliz :
Clerke eftablifhed, who ever fince hath been incumbent there ; 0fn the longe plead- m banca
ings whereof, the difcents afwell of this family as of the lord Mowbraies, And the
ptition of the Mowbraies lands between the family of Berkeley and the family of
the Howards, are foe erronioufly laid down and pleaded on both parts, that each
party might thereupon have trounced the other, | Howbeit ignorance being alike 817
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comon to the Counfell and Sollicitors of both fides, neither party was able to
reprove or take advantage of the others errors or miftakes, And foe a double
falfhood had by ignorance the paffage of a double truth. Of this Advowfon I have
more largely written in my other booke laftly mentioned.
3lnb tf\Ug endeth this longe title of this lords lawe fuites, of. 85 . pages ; the
moft toilfome of all my labors, yet pleafing in the finifhing, becaufe likely to bee of
much ufe to this noble family in this and ages to come.

carta

16. ffebr:
3. Eliz :

m$ Salzg of Eanb.
leaning ended the longe title of lawe fuites, I now returne to a fhorter but
worfe, the fale of lands ; too foone begun and too longe continued.
3!n the third yeare of Queen Elizabeth in confideration of 893"- 19? 4d, this
lord fold his manors of Kenet and Kentford in the counties of Cambridge and
Suffolke, with the Advowfon of Kenet, to ST William Peter and his heires ; And
covenants them to bee of the yearly value of. 37^ 5T 4d. And that noe reverfion
was in the Crown ; whereupon that trouble and expence arofe which I formerly
have mentioned amongft the lawe fuits of this lord ; And thefe were | thofe lands
that reverted to this lord for default- of iffue male of the body of MT Willoughby
according to the entaile of William Marques Berkeley, And whereof hee had fued
livery but in June before as formerly hath been faid.
3ftt the fifth year of Queen Elizabeth in confideration of 20501! this lord fold
the manor of Hovingham in the county of Yorke to ST Thomas Gerrard and his
heires, the manfion houfe of his grandfather the lord Thomas, as in his life
appeareth.
carta 30. OcT: : 3In the fixth yeare of Queen Elizabeth in confideration of . 2001! this lord fold
6. Ehz : an n{s meffuages lands and tenements in the hamletts or parifhes of Brokenburrow
and Almfbury in the county of Gloucefter, accounted the fourth part of that manor,
to John Hollifter Thomas Harper and Margaret Wade, and their heires.

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Liberac;
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2.
Eliz:
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carta
26. Maij.
7. Eliz :
3(n the feaventh year of Queen Elizabeth in confideration of. 6ooT\ this lord
fold the leafe of Yate in the county of GloucT to ST Nicholas Poynz, wherein hee
had forty two years to come, the ancient habitation of his father grandfather and
great unkle, and where they had beftowed great charges in building, as in their
lives hath been delivered. 3fa
1613 3tife of l^enrp tyz first 357
3(n the fame yeare in confideration of. iooo1! this lord fold the Manor and carta : 8. ffebr :
Advowfon of Maningford, Breoufe in the county of Wilts, to Edward Nicholas
and his heires. ' -- ;
3Jn the eighth of Elizabeth in confideration of — 3001! this lord fold a rent of — carta : 28. October
141! p Ann referved for equallity of ptition out of the manor of Bromley in Surrey,
and out of Lea Gateburton and Schothurne in the county of Lincolne, in divifion
of Breoufes lands,~to Thomas Duke of Norfolke his wifes brother and his heires.
0[n the nynth of Elizabeth in confideration of 450" this lord fold the manor of carta = 14- Novr
Afpele in the county of Warrwicke | to Charles Raynesford Efquire, and his heires. 810
'•In the Tenth of Elizabeth in confideration of 304'!- 10T this lord fold the carta> ?S- Aprill
** .10. Eliz :
manor of Cotes with the members of Preftwold and Houghton, and all his lands in
Wimefwold Thurmafton and Burton on the olds, in the County of Leicefter, and
in Stanford in the County of Nottingham, to Henry Skipwith EfqT and his heires.
<gfn the eleventh of Elizabeth in confideration of 22201! this lord fold the Carta. 10. Decem.
manors of Roftlafton Coton and Linton in the County of Derby, And all his lands
in Greifly, Caldwell, Durandfthorpe, Lollington and Walton upon Trent in the
counties of Derby and Leicefter, to ST William Greifly and his heires.
3[n the 1 4* of Elizabeth in confideration of . 3200" this lord fold the manor of Carta. 28 Nov-:
Wefton near Baldocke in the County of Hartford, to George Burgoyne and his
heires, excepting a cheife rent of five pound p Ann going out of B rough tons lands
in the County of Bedford the inheritance of ST Henry Cheney knight ; of which
cheife rent I have before written amongft this lords lawe fuites. fol : 798.
3fn the fame I4'.h of Elizabeth in confideration of 336'!- 7* id. hee fold the Carta: 6. Decern'
"" ^ 14. Eliz :
manor of Thurlafton and all his' lands in Dunchurch in the County of Warrwick,
to Alice the widowe of ST Thomas Leigh knight late Alderman of London, And
covenants the fame to bee 61! 14* 6d. ob. p Ann of old rents.
0[n the of Elizabeth in confideration of 800" hee fold the manor of Carta
fHekenhoe in the faid County of Warrwick to MT Broughton and his heires.
S!n the 1 5* of Elizabeth in confideration of V- H- hee fold to Thomas Walton Carta. 4 : Nov.
1 K Eliz *
and Michael his fon and theire heires, two meffuages and three yard land and an
half in Thurneby in the county of Leicefter. 3(n

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Carta. 4- Nov. ^fn the fame 15* of Elizabeth in confideration of 241; 4s. hee fold to Robert
IS" 820 Read and his heires> a meffuage and certaine lands which | hee held in Thurnby
aforefaid.
Carta 6 Nov • 3in the fame *S* of ElizaDeth in confideration of— i6o'i- hee fold all his lands
15. Eliz : Tenements and hereditaments in Welby ats Oleby in the county of Leicefter to
William Digby and his heires ; whereby through the ignorance of his officers the -^
tenure of Welby it felf, being by knights fervice of the manor of Melton Mowbray,
was releafed, which was not intended to paffe. *
Carte- 1 ffebr 3tn the l6* of Elizabeth, in confideration of 4201!, hee fold the Manor of
16. Eliz : Thorpe Sachevill and Twyford in the County of Leicefter, to Thomas Cave EfqT
and his heires.
Carta : 30. Apr. 3ft tne fame l6* vear °f Elizabeth, in confideration of 500", hee fold the
16. Eliz : manor of Witherly in the County of Leicefter, to Michael Ludford and his heires.
Carta ••? Sept 3!n the 17* of Elizabeth, in confideration of — 720", hee fold the manors or
17. Eliz: hamletts of Kington parva Brockhamton and Combroke, with all the lands hee
held in Kington magna, in the county of Warrwicke, to William Burton and his
heires, except the wood there called Kingfwood.
Carta: 3. Sept 3Jn tne fame T7* of Elizabeth, in confideration of — 520'?, hee fold to Francis
17. Eliz: Aylworth and his heires the manor of Kington magna in the County of Warrwicke.
Carta : 28. Julij %W the fame 1 7* of Elizabeth, in confideration of 40", hee fold a meffuage and
17. Ehz: tnree ci0fes adjoyning in Thornbury in the county of Glouc, to John Davis and his
heires.
Carta: 21. Maij. %X\ the 18* of Elizabeth, in confideration of — 3001!, hee fold the wood called
18. Ehz : Kingfwood in Kington in Warwickfhire, (excepted in William Burtons convey
ance,) to Andrew Ognell of Badefly Clinton and his heires.
Carta. 7. Julij ^[n the 20* of Elizabeth, in confideration of— 371! 6T 8% hee fold three houfes
in Thornbury, (then in leafe to John Tayer at ys. rent for divers years to come,) to
John Hilpe and his heires, who was the great grandchild of that Richard Hilpe
821 prefent with William | lord Berkeley and his two brethren at the death of the
Vifcount

20. Eliz

/

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Vifcount Lifle, flaine at Nibley Greene, and againft' whom Margaret his widow
brought her appeale, as before is declared in the life of the faid lord William. fol : 548.
3fn the 22* of Elizabeth, in confideration of 17001!, hee fold the Manor of Carta : 8. m'cij
Elmington and all his lands in Henbury in the County of Glouc, to Thomas fineHiir:
Wilmare and his heires : Which manor and lands this lord but the Terme before a2> Eliz:
had drawn from Edward Berkeley of Bradley and Elizabeth his wife, to whom in
recompence, hee gave forty pounds p Ann for theire lives : And which this lord
in the firft of Elizabeth had conveyed, (for better ftrengthening of his grandfathers
entaile before remembred,) to the faid Edw? and the heires males of his body, the
remainder to Maurice his brother and the heires males of his body, The remainder
to Frances their mother for life, wife to Richard Danvers, the remainder to his own
right heires.
Che fame year in confideration of 1 6o"-, hee fold all his lands in Stichall in the Carta : 4. Nov :
county of Warrwicke and in the County of the Citie of Coventry to Arthur 22' 1Z :
Gregory and his heires ; And thefe formerly were fold to Richard Turner, and
after repurchafed and fold as aforefaid ; And were efteemed as a member or
Hamlett of Callowdon Manor.
0[n the 27* of Elizabeth, in confideration of 2 56o'T, this lord fold the manor carta. 22. Apr.
Caftle and lordfhip of Bretby and all his lands in Repington and other Hamlets 27- Eliz:
there in the County of Derby, to Edmond Scarlinge and Lawrence Wright and
their heires, perfons trufted by the lord Stanhope, whofe now it is ; Of the parke
whereof this lord in the eleventh of Elizabeth had given a leafe for 21 years to his
fervant Thomas Duport, which was excepted in this fale.
3ftt the 29* of Elizabeth in confideration of 2500" this lord fold the manor of Carta : 14. Aug :
Dalby Chawcombe, and all his lands in Ardeburrowe South croxton and Kirkby 29- E :
belers, to ST John Burrow knight and his heires. |

3Jn the fame 29* of Elizabeth, in confideration of — 3200J!, this lord fold the 822
manor of Sileby and all his lands in Thurneby in the County of Leicefter to Coart^;72a oa°b:
George Shirley Efquire and his heires ; who in the fame year had maryed his
daughter ffrances Berkeley, As after in the title of this lords iffues followeth.

29. Eliz :

3ftt the 42* of Elizabeth in confideration of ten thoufand pounds all paid in Carta : 18. m'cij
hand, this lord fold to ST John Spencer Alderman of London and his heires, The 42, 1Z:
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42. Eliz :

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7. Jac. Regis.

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manor of Coldoverton (30001!) with the Advowfon thereof in the County of Leicefter,
And the manors of ffenyftanton (30001!) and Hilton, And of Auconbury (40001!) and
Wefton in the County of Huntington ; 3tnb in regard that 30001! the price of
Coldoverton, came wholly to his fon ST Thomas Berkeley, It was by Deed con
cluded between them That the fix hundred pound Annuity agreed upon at his
marriage fhould thenceforth bee but: — 533" 8s. ; Howbeit the 40001! received by this
lord for the price of Auconbury and Wefton flept not foe quietly in his purfe, but •
that (through the generall warranty hee gave to ST John Spencer) hee departed
with — 4001! thereof befides charges to kinge James upon a compofition for a clofe
of — 480 . acres, parcell thereof, called great fartfeild and other lands, wherto his
Ma''.6 made title as parcell of his fforreft of Sapley and Weybridge in the faid
County, And fometime affarted thereout : And the faid ST John Spencer for his
better affurance did afterwards bring againft this lord and his fon, two writts of
Warrantia chartae.

Carta : 1 2. Maij
44. Eliz :

3fn the 44'T* of Elizabeth, in confideration of 1320^, hee fold the Manor of
Daglingworth In the County of Gloucefter to Sir Henry Poole and his heires ;
And this money coming alfo to his fon ST Thomas Berkeley, (for payment of whofe
debts hee joyned in fale thereof) It was agreed That Thirty three pounds and eight
fhillings of his Anuity fhould bee abated, And the fame thenceforth to bee but
five hundred pounds by the yeare.

Carta. 16. Septemr «jjn fae nynth 0f kmg James, in confideration of 22 2 51!, hee fold to Phillip
Langley EfqT and Mary his mother and their heires the manor of Mangotsfeild in
the County of Glouc. ; To which grant ST Thomas Berkeley and the lady Elizabeth
his wife were alfo parties. |
823 ^fn the 8^ of king James, in confideration of 800!!, hee fold to Thomas Yate
8. Jac • anc^ h's neires the manor of Erlingham in the county of Glouc, which was part of
that land hee had by compofition the year before from the lord Vifcount Lifle.

3(n the fame year alfo for fatisfadlion of that fum of money which hee paid to
the faid "Vifcount Lifle, and for difcharge of his own former debts, hee raifed —
11831! by the fale of twelve tenements in Wotton, Nibley, and Cam, in ffee farme,
which hee fold to Walter Ofborne, William Ven, John Staunton, Arnold Oldifworth,
Thomas Perry, Thomas Adams, Robert Dawe, RobT Smyth, Thomas Trotman,
William Marten, John Wilkins, and Edward Trotman junT ; In all which this lord
referved

1613 3Ufe of J^enrp the jfir0t 36*
referved the former old rents Heriots fuite of Court and all other fervices before
paid or done.
3Hnb at the fame time for the fame caufes hee fold certaine outlands in Horton
Kingfcote and Minchinhampton to Arthur Camev William Shipton, and Edward
Barnefeild, for which hee had fix hundred pounds.
%g for the lands in Calais, they were loft when that Town was in the time of
Queen Mary taken by the ffrench. .3tltb the lands in Thorpe and Kingfton in the
County of Nottingham hee gave to Thomas Read his bayly of Segrave ; which
were after fwallowed up by the great manor of the Earle of Shrewefbury, wherein
they were.
3Cllb in place of all thefe manors and lands thus fold for — 413991! 13s. hee pur
chafed of MT Beconfale in the 1 3l.h year of Eliz. the little poor manor of Canonbury,
of the value of — 51! 11! 8d. p Ann., out alfo of which is iffuing to the Crown an
yearly tenth of 2s. 4d. ; fometime parcell of the poffeffions of the oft. menconed
Monaftery of ST Auguftines by Briftoll, of the foundation of the lord Robert the
firft, fate Thomas Sackviles lord Buckhurft ; which is all the land heretofore given
to any monaftery or other religious ufe which this family hath had fince the firft
fuppreffion of Monafteries or | other religious houfes ; Whereby this noble family 824
feems plenarily abfolved from that black obfervation of divers modern hiftorio- Heyward in vita
graphers and divines, who write to have obferved many great families, purchafers ^iv^ Sii = ISS **
of church lands, to melt to nothing ; And wifh that the refidue might bee obferved
in times to come, whether they alfo confume not by riot or improvidence.
%g for Tythes heretofore belonging to Church or Monaftery, this family hath
none at all, no not in their own manors ; whereby none of the fharpe pens of
divines cenfuring thofe as facrilegious perfons that receive tythes or any other thing
that hath heretofore been fet apart and confecrated to Gods fervice ; making it fin
and facriledge to take or keep them from Gods Minifters, doe at all fmutt or point
at this family : Neither did the minority of this lord Henry, (although then a
Baron,) permit him to bee any of thofe parliament men in the 27. 31. and 38. H.
8. or in. 1. E. 6., (all thofe times under fourteen years,) that fuppreffed religious
houfes and Chanteries ; cryed down in print by Armies of divines in thefe daies, to
have done like wicked Judges, who banifhed the theeves but took the ftolen goods
unto themfelves.
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Warrant under
feale in Berkeley Caftle.

get was, upon a title pretended to this wholl manor of Canonbury by the
Crown, a new patent enforced to bee procured in the end of Queen Elizabeth,
whereby this lord welnigh made a new purchafe thereof, in the name of John
Denis and others. | Mg 2£>i!ilbing£.
Che 27* of March in the tenth year of Queen Elizabeth, Anno 1568, this lord
from Callowdon directed his warrant to his fervant Henry Ligon to new build a
Lodge in that part of Michaelwood upon the hill where now it ftandeth, called the
park hill ; for that the old is the former place and one other in another place of
that chace were grown into utter ruin and decay, (faith the warrant,) ; which was
done, and paid for by William Lawrence his then Receivor who likewife had a
warrant to iffue out the money.

311 bout the 22* of Elizabeth was the porters lodge, the buildings towards the
great poole on the northweft part, of Callowdon houfe, with the brewing houfe,
the ftables, and many other out houfes both within and without the mot, built of
new ; And the roofs of divers of the houfes of thofe old caftle buildings taken
down and foe far altered that the whole houfe might bee faid to have been moulded
and made new ; But for the banquetting houfe on the northfide of the faid poole, it
was. the polite work of the lady Elizabeth wife of ST Thomas Berkeley in the
fortieth and one and fortieth years of Queen Elizabeth, And the retired Cell of her
foules Soliloquies to God her creator.

Annis. 35. et. 39.
Eliz:

%t other times this lord built all the new timber buildings at new park lodge
with fome of the out houfes, whereto his grandchild the lord George hath lately
given a fair addition ; And put alfo the lodge in Whitcliffe parke into that comlines
it now rej'oyceth in.

Anno. 29. Eliz : Chis? lord alfo made of new the ftone bridge leading "into Berkeley caftle,
826 which before was a draw bridge of timber ; And fet | up thofe faire ftone pillers
and buttreffes, whereby the Keepe and great kitchen feeme fupported.

<®tyttg of like condition at Yate Mangottsfeild and other places hee repaired,
which being now fold away I pafs over, and come to the title of this lords recrea
tions and delights, wherein hee tooke too great a delight.

1613 life of $cnrp the fitgt 363
^ig recreations* anb beli$jht£.
l^obJ this lord entred upon his pleafures, or rather his pleafures upon him, fo
foone as his youthfull years were capable of delights, it hath already been related
in the title next before his law fuits.
Che hours may feeme too many which this lord fpent in his beft ages at bowles
tenis Cockpit Shufgrote cards and dice, efpecially when hee liked the company ; *
3tnD I will, without blemifh to his honor, tell his poflerity, That his longe and
flender lady-like-hand knew a dye as well and how to handle it as any of his ranke
and time : Infomuch as once about twenty years agone at Callowdon, playing at
the Irifh game at tables with Francis Stafford one of the yeomen of his great
chamber, for three pence a game, And having the game in fuch affurance That
almes-ace would have carried all his table men, hee turned his face to my felf and
others then ftanding by, and merily faid, will you fee mee loofe this game by throw
ing leffe then Almes-ace ? And fo hee did indeed, by calling one dye upon the
other in the corner of the tables, and the ace peepe upwards, on the other dye ;
whereat when wee wondred, hee faid that hee had not done the like, (though often
affayed,) of many years before. 2But | his cheife delights wherein hee fpent near 827
three parts of the yeare, were, to his great charges, in hunting the hare fox and'
deere, red and fallow, not wanting choice of as good hunting horfes as yearly hee
could buy at faires in the North ; And in hawking both at river and at land : 5tnb
as his hounds were held inferior to no mans, (through the great choice of whelps.
which with much care hee yearly bred of his choiceft braches, and his continuall
huntings,) foe were his hawks of feverall forts ; which if hee fent not a man to
fetch from beyond feas, as three or fower times I remember hee did, yet had hee
the choice as foone as they were brought over into England, keeping a man lodging
in London, in fome years a month or more, to bee fure of his choice at their firft
landing ; efpetially for his haggard falcons for the river, wherein hee had two that
fell in one after the other, and lafted twelve or more years, the one called flella, and
the other kate, that were famous with all great faulconers in many counties, and
prized at exceffive rates, efteemed for high and round flying, free ftoopingr and all
other good conditions, inferior to none in Chriftendome ; whom my felf in my
younger years waiting upon his fon Thomas, then not twelve years old, at Binly
Brooke, have in the height of their pitch, loft the fight of, in a cleer evening : 3Hnb
for huntfmen and falkeners, noe man could bee better ferved than this lord ; Of
whom I may not omit the naming of Tooly and Guy Good, men finguler in their
profeffions, And (as may bee faid) borne and bred for the delights of princes and
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their peeres : 2$ut being in a title whereto my felf was neither born nor bred nor
ever much delighted, and loth to borrow words for adorning of thefe his fports out
of the books of thofe who have extolled thefe recreations, I will conclude a world
of matter which mine eye and ear could fpeake hereof with the old verfe, Omne
tulit punclum qui mifcuit vtile dulci,
Hee of all others is the nobleft wight,
That intermixeth profit with delight.
828 And I remember that in the 39* of Queen Elizabeth, after the | death of his
wife and before his fecond mariage, at the firft coming of John Crefwell his Steward
of houfhold, giving him authority of difplacing whomfoever hee found in his houfe
diforderly, hee by fpeciall words exempted his Cookes Huntefmen and faulkeners ;
which intimated to the obfervation of all his family then prefent his inbred inclina
tion to his fports, and to hofpitallity, which was generaly applauded.
]$ig j^ospitaHitp.
IBijat houfhold port this noble lord for his firft twenty years after full age, that
is till the beheadding of his brother in lawe the Duke of Norfolke in the 13'!" of
" Queen Elizabeth, had kept, hath before appeared ; About which time the tide
began to turne with this family, And their full fea ebbed ; Efpetially when the
power of Robert Dudley Earle of Leicefter, often before mentioned, under his
Court greatnes and Queen Elizabeths title, and the fale of eight or more manors by
that time fold away, had drayned foe great a portion of their poffeffions : from
which time, upon this lords returne from fojourning with ST Thomas Ruffell at
Stranfham, the check roll of his fervants was fhortened forty perfons at the leaft,
and many un-ufefull people pared of; Howbeit the faile this family ftill bore for the
next twelve years or near thereabouts, feemed full, and the gale faire ; And his
hofpitallity much renowned in all the neighbourhoods of his abodes ; But then
about the 26'T1 of Elizabeth, upon the fecond recovery of Arlingham with the other
manors and lands contained in the fecond information, formerly alfo mentioned,
And the further faies of feven or eight other manors that had in that time been
829 done away, upon this lords returning from fojourning with ST John | Savage of
Baraper, the former checkroll of his houfhold fervants was againe further fhortened
twenty perfons at the leaft, and a fecond paringe of other unufefull drones : How
beit, removing from Baraper to the white ffryars in Coventry, And my felf at that
time firft becoming a member of that houfhold, I well remember the number^theiT
was about three fcore and ten of all forts ; In which condicon it continued till
within

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within a year or two before his wife the lady Katharine dyed, and the mariage of
his eldeft fon to the daughter and heire of George lord Hunfdon, as after followeth:
And thence forth till his death in the Eleventh of king James, whether hee lived
with his fecond wife at her houfe in Barbican in London, or at Callowdon (as moft
hee did,) it was very honorable and praife worthy though fhort of the former
greatnes : 3Qnb I write what more then . 200 . times I have obferved, That noe
monies went foe cheerfully out of the purfe of this noble lord as thofe which were
delivered to the Steward, Clarke of the Kitching, Purveyor or Cator, for the pro
vifion of his family : And in what honorable fafhion this lords family flourifhed at
Callowdon till the day of his death and fome weekes after is not unknown to my
dedicatees, at their breaking up of that family and their departure, the mother and
fon for London, And the lady her daughter with ST Robert Coke her hufband for
Coventry ; 5lnb for the regulating of this family let thefe ftanding orders enfuing
fpeak for all, compofed by MT George Savage then Archdeacon of the County of
Glouc. and MT Cheney, fometimes Stewards of houfhold, MT Payne the old ladies
gentleman ufher, and two or three others of this lords officers, And by both lord
and lady approved of, as followeth, viz',
1. Che gentleman ufher to bee in the dininge chamber in fummer by feven Gent, ufher and
and in winter by eight of the clocke, or fooner if ftrangers bee there, and to fee
every thing therein fet in order, according to the feafon of the year : That himfelf
bee not only at fervice, but doe fee the reft of the gentlemen to bee there alfo to
heare fervice, when and foe often as any fhall bee either in the great Chamber or
Chappie. 2. That noe gentleman come into the great chamber without his cloake | or 830
livery coate ; And when there are ftrangers, to bee all or moft part in the dining
chamber after dinner and fupper, to fhew themfelves and doe fuch fervice as caufe
fhall require.
3. That noe gentleman bee abfent at dinner or fupper times without fpeciall
lycence, and then not to break their time appointed for their returne.
4. The faid gentleman-ufher to fee all ftrangers of worth and that fhall bee
admitted the great Chamber well entertained for the honT of the houfe, and that
they want nothing neceffary at their Chambers ; And when any gentleman of quality
fhall come, that hee and the reft of the gentlemen bee ready to bring him into the
great Chamber, and when fuch a one goeth away to bring him to his horfe. 5. That

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5. That noe gentleman (the gentleman ufher excepted) fhall come into any of
the Offices befides the buttry or cellar, in abfence of the gentleman-ufher, to give
entertainment to ftrangers.
6. The gentlemen to come to the dreffer at the firft call of the ufher, and there
to behave themfelves. decently without noife or uncivill behaviour.
7. When the lord himfelfe rideth abroad, the gentleman ufher to fee the
gentlemen to ride before, two and two, decently without any lewd fpeech or other
rudeneffe 8. If the Ufher of the hall, hearing great noife at Dinner or fupper times,
fhall bid make leffe noife, noe gentman to feeme to fcoffe or jeft at him, but orderly
to ufe moderate fpeach for the better example of others.
Yeomen. 9- 3MI the Yeomen to bee ready in the Hall before the time of fervice, and to
goe up with the Yeoman ufher to prayers, and none to bee abfent without fpeciall
licence or other earneft imployment.
10. Noe Yeoman to lye out any night, but to bee in their lodgeings by 9. of
the clock at night.
11. Noe Yeoman to come into the buttry, pantry, cellar, kitchen, fcullery or
831 other offices, except they fhall have buifines there by j their lords imployment, nor
to give any ill language to any Officer that fhall reafonably tell them thereof; And
each diforderly perfon therein upon proofe made by the officer before the fteward
of houfhold, to loofe his fervice, or undergoe other punifhment.
1 2. All the Yeomen to come at the firft call to the dreffer, and there to behave
themfelves civilly, and without noife and rudenes, but to carry themfelves as in duty
becometh that fervice.
1 3. The Yeoman ufher, yeoman of the great chamber, and ufher of the hall,
to bee directed by the gentleman ufher how they fhall ufe their offices, by whofe
authority they are to bee commanded touching their orderly fervices.
Porter. I4- The Porter to let in noe ftrangers but by the appointment of the Steward
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1 5. The yeomen of the dininge chamber daily to ftrew the rufhes : to take out Yeomen of the
all fpotts as fhall happen in the carpetts, chaires, or flooles ; to duft the cufhions ;
In the winter to have fire in the chimney, and in the fommer flowers in the
windows : either both or one of the yeomen to bee there continually waiting, to
remove flooles, fnuffe the lights, and to light gentlemen ftrangers to their chambers,
when they fhall goe from thence to bed ; And that they fuffer noe doggs to come
into the dyneing chamber.
16. No yeomen to bee abfent at ferving up of liveries in gentlemen ftrangers Serving up of
chambers, if any ftrangers bee there.
1 7. When the lady fhall ride abroad, the yeoman ufher to difcharge his duty Riding abroad.
in caufing the yeomen appointed to ride to keep togeather, without tarrying behind
their company and fcattering abrode ; And when they come through any Town, the
yeoman ufher to place them by two and two orderly.
18. Noe yeoman upon leave obtained to ride abroad to break the day appointed Keeping of daies.
for his returne, without fome fpeciall and manifeft caufe thereof.
19. Such yeomen as fhall bee appointed by the gentleman ufher to waite in
the dyninge chamber, when my lady fitteth abroad, | fhall with due reverence and 832
diligent attendance doe fuch fervice as they fhall bee appointed by the gentleman Keeping of daies.
ufher in each refpecT.
<©ther orders there were, particulerly reflecting upon this lords wife, here „..-
omitted, little defiring to meddle in the matter -of woemens greatnes.1
Mg retoarDjG? to £erbant&
% b)ill not come too neare the heeles of this title, nor draw a needleffe envy
from the fons and furvivors of fuch whom the bounty of this lord Henry raifed
and rewarded in the firft ten years after his full age and reftitution to his Barony
of Berkeley, what times the leaft deferving of twenty or more then in relation to
this family in the feverall Counties of Glouc, Sonnet, Leicefter, Darby, Huntington
and Suffex, had their barren feilds watered from this lords bounty, fome for years,,
others for lives, with the value of 601? 80" 100" 1501! 200" and 3oo'.! a peece by the
year
1 Certain Orders for the regulation of the Houfehold, found at Candover Hall, were in 1601 given
by this Lord's fecond wife. — See Appendix to this Life. [Ed.J

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year and more, above the rents referved upon fuch leafes, fome of which determined
not till within three years now paft ; the moft of them rather bred to drink fport
and play, then for merit or imployments ; Neither grew this lords bounty much
dryer to fundry others in the riper part of his life, As the living may witnefs, and
the Annuities left iffuing out of his lands at his death doth teftifie, And as in his
laft will and the Office found after his death hereafter mentioned is fpecifyed :
(©nip of my felf I will write in particular, that the faire afpe6l of this lord for
833 almoft thirty years | before hee dyed, and alfo of the lady Katharine his firft
wife and of their fon and granchild the now lord George, with the lady dowager
the grandchilds mother, have by a liberall influence fhoured by former and later
raines more bounties upon mee then I have either means or daies remaining to
deferve, otherwife then by this humble and thankfull acknowledgment : Into which
bountifull catalogue conferred on my felf, let mee alfo bundle up the noble curtefy
of this lords vifiting mee at Gloucefter, in my dangerous ficknes of fix weeks con
tinuance in Auguft and September, 1608 . Anno, 6'? Regis Jacobi, what time I loft
/ the ufe of reafon and all mens hope of recovery ; And by a gratefull memoriall
acknowledge the unicornes home Befaar ftone and exquifite Jellyes, often by him
fent unto mee, whereby my daies feeme repryved to this prefent ; SllnD I defire
this humble digreffion may reach alfo by like thankfulnes to the aforenamed lady
Dowager, mother of my lord George, acknowledgeing her like noble curtefy of
travelling many miles to Wotton Underedge 12. years after, to vifite mee in another
ficknes, which report had declared likely to bee the clofeing of my pilgrimage. By
the memoriall of which memorable curtefies, my defires have inlarged my travailes
about thefe relations.

$ig %lmcg anb bebotioiig.
Che former titles of hofpitallity and of rewards to fervants, challenge this of
this lords Almes and devotions in the next place.

%g touching this lords Almes to the poore, it was three daies in the weeke
834 wherein the poore of 4 . 5 . and fix country | parifhes and villages next adjoyning
to Callowdon were releived, with each of them a meffe of wholfome pottage with a
peece of beoffe or mutton therein, halfe a cheate loafe,1 and a kan of beere ; befides
the private Almes that daily went out of his purfe, never without eight or ten
fhillings
1 The fecond fort of wheaten bread, ranking next to manchet. There were two kinds of Cheat-
bread, the beft or fine Cheat, and the coarfe Cheat, ravelled bread. The fecond fort ufed in the Halles
of the Nobility Gentrie one\ie.—(Halliwell.J [Ed.]

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fhillings in fingle money, of 2d 3d. and groates, And befides his Maundy each thurf
day before Eafter day, wherein many poore men and women were clothed by the"
liberallity of this lord and his firft wife, whilft they lived : And befides twenty marks
or twenty pound or more, which thrice each yeare againft the feafts of Chriftmas,
Eafter, and Whitfontide was fent by this lord to two or three of the cheifeft in
habitants of thofe villages, and of Gosford ftreet at Coventry, to bee diftributed
amongft their poore according to their difcretions ; All which to bee true, befides
mine own knowledge, the living and graves of the dead that relifhed this his pious
Almes and charity, doe teftifie with mee.
3Bnb for his publike frequenting of fervice and fermons, and for his private
devotions in his chamber, I have many and many times feen and obferved him
affoone as hee was out of bed and clothed, to bee upon his knees in his bedchamber,
calling upon that God for mercy and forgivnes to whom his foule is now finging
alleluia for the mercy and pardon it hath received ; And many and many times
hath this right hand of mine that thus tranfmitteth this paffage to his pofterity, laid
his cufhion and brought his prayer books, and againe taken away the fame : And
often and againe have thefe feet of mine attended at his chamber doore for acceffe
whilft thus pioufly hee hath been in his Soliloquies with God : This I tell his chil- joei t vers 3.
dren, and let them tell their children, and their children another generation, That
this was the pious practice of this their Anceftor ; who out of the fervency of thefe
his devotions ftill feemes fpeaking to his grandchild and heire, as king David in his 3 Chron. 26. vers.6
old age a few dayes before his death did to Solomon his fon ; 3tnb thou George
my fon, know thou the God of thy father, and ferve him with a perfect heart and
with a [ willing mind : for the lord fearcheth all hearts and • underft'andeth all the 835
imaginations of the thoughts : if thou feeke him hee will bee found of thee ; but if
thou forfake him hee will caft thee off for ever.
f$ig a^geHanteg, or barious %agga$zg, not rebuceable unber anp of the
former titleo".
i- 3fh the yeare 1593. the Inhabitants of Howby in the county of Leicefter,
by their petition in writing, complayned to this lord Henry againft Sir George
Villers knight for a great inclofure by him unjuftly made of their Cow pafture and^
of a great part of their arrable lands and Comon feilds, wherein hee had alfo in
clofed part of this lords land, and part alfo of the gleabe land of the- Rectory of
Howby whereof this lord was patron : Hereupon my felf was fent to enter and dig
down part of the ditch and quick fet, which I did in feverall places : Sir George came
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came thereupon to this lord at Callowdon, And promifed foe fair to recompence
each party greived, that further proceeding was not, untill another petition or re
monftrance came under the hands of moft of the faid inhabitants efpecially of thofe
holding of MT Brokefby, that they were fatisfied by exchanges and otherwife ;
Howbeit fith noe writing touching that conclufion was amongft them, nor yet is,
It is not unlike but in time to come fome prejudice to this lords pofterity and to
thofe Inhabitants may grow thereby ; the caufe why this memoriall is here fet
down. 2. 3|n the year 1597, one Edmond O-nele, who pretended himfelf to bee a
Romifli Bifhop of Ireland, was apprehended at Nuneaton not farre from Callowdon
where this lord then lived, as a forraigne fpye or intelligencer ; One Edward Pynne
then a fchoolmafter in Nuneaton, publiquely before two Juflices of the peace affirmed
836 That O-neale fhould in private requeft him to | goe to this lord Berkeley in his
name, and bid him come and help him, hee then going towards the comon gaole ;
which brought this lord fome trouble and danger : but in the end hee was dif
charged by the privy Counfell, And Pynne the Schoolmafter laid open to bee a
lewd and factious knave.
3- Che greateft part of this lords abiding after his mothers death, happening
in the fixth year of Queen Elizabeth, was at Callowdon till his own death in the
eleaventh of king James ; from whence once in two or three years hee ufed in July
to come to Berkeley, not comonly by one way, lodging in his journeys at the houfes
of gentlemen his freinds and acquaintances, As at Claredon, Milcote, Clifford, Sain-
bury, Shirborne, Saperton, Lackhampton, Caffies Compton, Gloucefter, Ellmore,
ffrocefter, Laffeborrow. Downamny, and fome others, by bending his journeys
fometimes on the one hand and fometimes on the other, ^[t was an innate dif
pofition in him to avoid lodging at Comon Innes ; %\\ his laft daies Journey to
Berkeley I have often attended, when I have obferved him met by the way and
accompanied with 300, 400, and 500, horfe of his kindred freinds and tenants ere
hee came to Berkeley town, though he ufually fet forth from Callowdon with
feldome above fourteen or fixteen ; which confluence of trayne, how it daily doth
and more is like to degenerate, let his pofterity obferve and declare to their
generacons. 4. J5in8 James the 14* of Auguft in the firft of his raigne, Anno 1603, made
this lord Henry Lievtenant of the County of Glouc. ; whofe deputies were, ST
Richard

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Richard Berkeley knight and William Dutton of Shirborne EfqT, authorized from
him by his feverall writings of deputation under his hand and feale.
5lnb the 26* of May in the 7* yeare of his raigne, the faid king James by his
other ires patents of new granted to this lord the faid Office of Leivtenancy within
the faid County and within the Citie of Gloucefter, more amply then at firft : Both
which remaine in Berkeley Caftle under the great feale of England.
5. Couching all paffages in that office and authority of Leiv- | tenancy his 837
Sollicitor -for his better difpatches kept certaine books, wherin all ires from the 4 libri in Caftro
de Berkeley.1
king the privy Confell or any others and his anfwers were entred ; and alfo
how each particular gentleman and other inhabitants of that County, and in the
County of the Citie of Glouc, afwell of the Clergy and Laity, were charged with
armes, foote, or horfe ; And of what age Stature and abillity each one in that
county was of, were likewife particularly expreffed, with fuch other remembrances
as feemed incident to that honorable office ; And alfo what foldiers were during his
leivtenancy fent into Ireland, and how furnifhed and at what rates and how raifed ;
wherein to y" honor of his memory I will tell his pofterity, That in fending of one
hundred foldiers in the fixth of king James for Ireland, hee obferved that fome
were preffed out of malice and difpleafure, and for other unapproveable ends ;
whereupon calling all the foldiers togeather to Glouc, then accompanied with one
hundred gentlemen at leaft of the county, hee openly publifhed before them all,
That if hee might underftand of any that had given money to flay, hee fhould flay,
for hee would not have any to goe and loofe his money alfoe ; And if any there
could prove himfelf to bee preffed by Conftable or other for malice or difpleafure,
or for other private ends, hee fhould not goe ; By which means hee having dif-
covered many of both kinds, hee caufed reftitution of the money taken to bee
made to a peny, but fent that foldier that gave it; And releafed divers of fuch as
appeared to bee malicioufly preffed, faying, (then in fadnes without diffembling,)
That none of what quality foever fhould make his authority an inftrument of quit
tance or revenge : 3tnb laftly, as each of thofe foldiers was called by name and
deliver'd to their conductor, hee caufed my felf to put 1 2? the peice into the hand
of every foldier out of his own purfe ; which courfe drew upon him a world of good
words praifes and prayers from each one prefent : 3finb 1 alfo remember that at that
inftant of departure, one of the foldiers openly greivedand wept at his going, which all
1 This interefting Volume is now in the poffeffion of Reginald Cholmondeley, of Condover Hall, Co.
Salop, Efq., Smyth's lineal difcendant.— See Pedigree, Vol. I. Preface. [Ed.]
3 B 2

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all the other 99 obferving, they fell upon him with opprobious words, of Coward,
Cotquene,1 milkfopp, difhwafh, and the like, and with one unanimous requeft be-
fought this lord That fo bafe a Coward might not bee of their bond ; whereupon,
838 having been difrobed of his Armes, hee was with much reproach | fent home, and
another put into his place : for which fupplies, if occafions fo required, this lord
had to that inftant kept three or fower in ftore. •

fol : 782.

6. Che Maior of Wotton hath ufually a Mace of filver borne before him by
the Serjeant of that burrowe, with the Armes of the lord of that Town on the
lower end thereof; which were the lord Lifles, And fo had from the time of Henry
the fixth continued till the firft of Queen Elizabeth, when that old Mace was fold,' ¦
and a new made with the Armes of this lord engraven that year upon it : which
againe in the 15* year of that Queens raigne, upon the loffe of that burrowe
town was defaced, And a new Mace made with the Armes of the then Earles of
Warr and LeicT engraven thereupon, which continued till the 8'!1 year of king James;
And then was that mace againe excluded, and a new bought, (much longer then
any of the reft,) with the Armes of this lord Henry engraven thereupon. Co which
laft alteration my advice was guided by the prefident of the fifteenth of Elizabeth
formerly mentioned ; what time alfo the prudent officers of thofe two Earles drew
into their hands each leafe and Copy formerly made in any of thofe manors, then
recovered againft him, whereto the name of Berkeley was, to extirpe the rather
the memoriall of that name : Howbeit that divine providence that often turneth the
actions of men to other ends then they were intended, hath of late years brought
all the fame into Berkeley caftle in great files and bundles, to the perpetuating of
that name whereof they intended noe memoriall, as in part is before touched
amongft the law fuits of this lord.

Carta in caftro de
Berkeley.

7- €h'irle£ Howard Earle of Nottingham, high Admirall of England, by his
patent dated the 14* of November, 1603, in the firft year of king James, confti-
tuted this lord Henry his vice Admirall upon the river of Seavern throughout the
county of Glouc. ; which hee enjoyed till his death. Whofe Steward my felf was
therein.

8. 0fn May - 1609 • in the 7* year of king James this lord caufed a view to bee
839 taken of all manner of trees growing upon any of | his tenants lands holden of him,
Lib[e]r vocat le by Indenture or by Copy, in the counties of Glouc. and Sorrffet, and upon what
Woodbooke in ,
ground
1 A man who bufies himfelf with women's affairs. [Ed.]

caftro de Berkeley.

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ground, with an eftimate of their value; And what trees had been cut by any
tenant within three years before, and how they had been imployed ; which provi
dence begot a faire book fhortly after written by Wiftm Archard one of my Clarks,
and prevented many of thofe wafts that tenants ordinarily do coiftitt, and lords
neglect to punifh.
9. 3K boe afcertaine this noble lords poflerity that I fpent a month and more, Monies raifed.
in tumbling over all fuch bookes of Officers and Minifters accompts as might in
forme mee and I them, what the totall fum was of all moneys which came to this
lords handsi and were raifed in rents, fines, heriots, faies of Coppice woods, and of
timber, and in the faies of the lands hee made, in the benevolences of his tenants
thrice given him, and lones (never repayed,) And in the Aydes hee had from his
freeholders, monies paid for Confirmation of Cuftoms of Bofham, Auconbury and
ffenyftanton manors, And for fuch wardfhips, releefes, and other cafualties as
happened and came to his Coffers and were put into accompt, from the firft of
Queen Mary to his death in the eleventh of king James, the fpace of threefcore
years ; And that the totall thereof cometh to two hundred and fixty thoufand and
five hundred pounds : 3tnb withall, that I am confident (out of the induftry of my
labors therein) that I have not erred two thoufand pounds : Telling alfo his pofterity
out of mine own knowledge, for thirty years before Jiee jlyed, That whatfoever
money this lord received or after iffued out, it was exactly fet down in writing,
And at his generall Audit at the years end caft into the Accompt of his receivor
generall : And that for fuch ready monies r not otherwife iffued but delivered to him
felfe, which was the half of his yearly revenue at the leaft, That hee not only kept
with himfelf a booke of the receipt thereof, and from whofe hands it came, and of
what nature it was, but alfo how each peny thereof was paid out by himfelf againe,
whether deliver'd to the Steward of the houfhold, purveyor, Clarke of the Kitchen
or Cator, or otherwife iffued, for which they againe accompted : Only what thereof
hee would fhould bee concealed, hee entred (as being put into his purfe ;) Some of
thefe books and accompts are in Berkeley Caftle, but more of them came after his
death, (much againft | my defire,) to the hands of his two executors, ST William 840
Cooke and ST Thomas Eftcourt ; with whofe executors the fame ftill remaine as I
conceive : The ufe and application whereof I leave to his grandchild and heire and
his pofterity, as under that title after followeth. foi : [885]
10. % map not omit the mentioning of this lords fynes recoveries and other Fines& recoveries
conveyances for the eftablifhment of his own lands, becaufe the ready finding
thereof

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thereof in one bundle togeather cannot but bee very ufefull to his pofterity, where
at I only ayme.

3&g how in Trinity terme in the firft year of Queen Elizabeth this lord leavyed
a fine fur conufans de droit of the manor of Simondfall, to Thomas ffranfham and

exempl: in caftro
de Berkeley.
Michas rec in
fcacio cum rem William Porter, by the names of the manT of Symondfall, And of 1200 acres of
^rot 160 'and> IO°- acres °f meadow, 500. acres of pafture, and of 200. acres of wood, with
the appurtennts, in Symondfall and Wotton underedge ; which was for confirmation
See fol : 743. of a leafe for three fcore years made to ST Thomas Parry of Symondfall farme, in
revercon of one other then in being for divers years to come.

Licent. dat : 16 :
Apr : 7 : Eliz :
Pafch: rec: 8. Eliz:
rot. 73. cum rem.
thefaur in fcacio.

Trifi : 13. Eliz :
rot: 1055. in
banco.
Ind: irrot. in Cane
15. Eliz:
et. 16. Eliz: ps 36.
claus : rot :
michas: 15. Eliz :
rot:io6o.inbanco.

84I
Hill: 37. Eliz: rot.
106. in fcacio.
Triii rec: 38. Eliz:
rot : 123. cm rein
thefaur in fcacio.
Pardon 6. Junij
36. Eliz : in Cane.

Hill: 37: Eliz:
rot : 92 : cm rem
thefaur in fcacio.

3fn Michmas terme in the 7'!* and 8* of Elizabeth this lord levyed a fine to
William Porter and Savage of his manors of Slimbridge, Hurft, Came,
Cowley, and Sages : And granted by an Indenture dated the 20* of May in the
fame yeare, an Anuity of forty pound p Ann, out of thofe manors to Edward
Berkeley of Bradley and Elizabeth his wife for their lives, in recompence of their
furrender of the cuftody of Hawpark, which with the herbage at ten pound rent
this lord had formerly given unto them ; The licence of which fine coft this lord —
82!* 15? o6d.
"0fn Trinity Terme in the 1 3* of Elizabeth this lord fuffered Coinon recoveries
of the Caftle and hundred of Berkeley, and of the man? of Berkeley, Alkington,
Ham, Hinton, Wotton underedge ats Wotton Serjeant, and of Wotton ats Wotton
fforren, and Erlingham : And in Michmas terme in the 15* of Elizabeth of the
manors of Daglingworth, Tetbury, Bitton, and Hannam : The ufes whereof by
feverall Indentures were to himfelf in taile with remainders to his daughters, (his
fon Thomas not then born, nor hoped for.) |
<3(n the 22* of Elizabeth a fine fur conufans de droit was leavyed (inter alia)
by Robert Earle of Leicefter to Sir John Huband knight, John Dudley and John
Nuthall Efq?, of the Caftle and manor of Kellingworth and divers other lands in
the County of Warr, and in other counties, And of the moitie of the manors of
Wotton underedge and Simondfall, And of the moitie of the Burrow and forren
of Wotton with their rights members and appurtenants in Wotton, Nibley, Crom
hall, or elfewhere in the County of Gloucefter.
5fll Trinity Terme in the 34* of Elizabeth a fine was leavyed of the moitie of
the manors of Wotton and Symondfall by ST Chriftopher Blount and the lady
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Lettice his wife, Countes of Leicefter, to Edward Barker and John Wakeman Efq?,
of the eftate for life of the faid Lettice of the moitie of the manors of Wotton
underedge and Symondfall, and of the Burrow and Hundred of Wotton, and of
300 . meffuages, 200 . cottages, 6 . mills, 6 . dovehoufes, 200 . gardens, 200 . orchards,
1000 . acres of land, 400 . acres of meadow, 400 . acres of pafture, 800 acres of wood,
and of 1000 . acres of furres and heath, with their appurtenants in Sinwell, Combe,
Wortley, Nibley, Serncliffe, Cromhall, Horton, and Baies in Horton, Wotton under
edge, Simondfall and Wotton, And of the moitie of the advowfon of the church of
Wotton. 5(n the 39tT' of Elizabeth, a fine was leavyed by Anne Countes of Warrwick Trm: 39- Eliz:_
, , -,r. ,,¦ r rr -,ii rot : 91. cm rem.
to her fervants Vincent and Vaughan, of three meffuages, three mills, and 330 . thefaur in fcacio.
acres of land, in Berkeley, Cam, Alkington, Wike, Newport, Stinchecomb, and
Durfley ; which in trinity Terme after was pleaded in the Exchequer to bee for the
confirmation of two leafes made by her to Arnold Oldifworth and Richard Danford,
of the two meffuages of Corrietts in Cam, and of Holts in Alkington.
3!lt Michmas Terme in the 44* and 45* of Elizabeth, A fine fur conufance de Hitt :4s. Eliz:
droit was levyed by Thomas Stephens and John Hunt to Thomas Gaddefden and ro\ in fcacio.
Euftace Grubb, of the manor of Sages, Rowles Court and new leyes, by the names in banco: rot: 10.
of eight meffuages, three cottages, three tofts, two dovehoufes, nine gardens, ten Llc^nt : d^-. r-
Orchards, 300 . acres of land, 1 00 . acres of meadow, 200 . acres of pafture, fix acres irrotulat1: in terme
of wood, and twenty fhillings rent, in Slimbridge, Kingfton, Cam, Goffington, Hurft, £a1~i£pdlea in
Berkeley and Hinton. I

%Xl Hill : terme in the 7* of king James Robert Sidney knight, vifcount Lifle, 842
and Barbara his wife, and William their fon and heire, (fince dead without iffue,) ^: 7^fpafc*.
and this lord Henry and Thomas his fon and heire, levyed a fine fur conufans de 8. Jac: rot. 57.
droit to William Dutton EfqT and John Smyth, of the manors of Wotton, ats Wotton Ystpu T- Jac*
underedge, ats Wotton fforren, Symondfall, Came, Hinton, Cowley, Erlingham,
Slimbridge, Hurft and Sages, And of the Burrow of Wotton, and of two water
mills, 800. acres of land, 500 acres of meadow, 1000 . acres of pafture, 200 . acres
of wood, 500. acres of furres and heath, io1!' rent, views of frankpledge, goods and
chattells of felons, and of fugitives and outlawed perfons, deodands, free warren,
faires, marketts, and wrecks of Sea, and pifcaries, with their appurtenants in Wotton
ats Wotton underedge, ats Wotton fforren, Simondfall, Erlingham, Slimbridge,
Sages, Hurft, Goffington, Cam, Cambridge, Holts, Berkeley, Hinton, Alkington, Wike,

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Inq : 1 1 : Jac
poft mort
Henrici dni
Berkeley in Cane.
Licence to alien,
dat. i. Julij. 10.
Jac. in Cane :
Trin: Terme : n.
Jac : in fcacio cm
rein thes :
all alienations are
pleaded and
difcharged.

Wike, Stichcomb, Stancombe, Nybley ats Northnybley, Serncliffe, Uley, Durfley,
Combe, Wortley, Huntingford, Sinwell, Bradley, Kingfcote, Cromhall, Horton,
Horwood, and Baies with their appurtiints in the County of Glouc. ; And the next
Terme after a recovery of the premifes.
IBiHiam Dutton EfqT and John Smyth in Michmas Terme in the 10* of King
James levyed a fine fur conufans de droit to Thomas Spencer EfqT and Thomas
Ligon, To the ufe of this lord Henry and his heires, of the manors of Wotton ats
Wotton underedge ats Wotton Forren, Simondfall, Cam, Hinton, Cowley, Slim
bridge, Hurft and Sages with the appurtenants ; And of the burrow of Wotton,
and of the other pTticulers as in the fine to them formerly mentioned is expreffed,
many of which, (befides the originalls which are in Berkeley caftle,) are alfo found
in the offices of Sir Thomas Berkeley and of this lord Henry after their deaths in .
9 . and 1 1° Jacobi Regis.

Hitt : io. Jac : in
:acio cm refii
thefaur : rot,

3In the io* of king James was put into a plea into the Exchequer for avoiding
harge upon Oakley park, Wotton, Hackmill, &c, as Seymor
with king Edward the fixth, which to know, is like to bee of ufe.

a charge upon Oakley park, Wotton, Hackmill, &c, as Seymors lands exchanged

Sojoumings J I- ^either may I omit the divers fojournings of this lord at the houfes of his
843 kinfmen and freinds, whereby hee both eafed his purfe and tooke | a cleanly occa
tion afwell to fhake of fuch impudents as hanged overlonge and unmannerly upon
his table and ftable, as to rid his houfe of waftfull and diforderly fervants ; and fuch
as were not conformable to his tenets in religion, whom the popifh inclination of an
ancient gentlewoman many years attendant on his wife, and extraordinarily favored
\ by her, had drawn into his family ; not otherwife without an houfhold florme to
have been foe calmly put of. %g firft in the time of Queen Mary this lord and his
1 wife fojourned with the old Duke of Norfolke till hee dyed, at Keninghall in
Norfolke ; And after his death for the laft year of Queen Mary and fomewhat
before, with the Countes of Surrey his wives mother at Ryfing in Norfolke
aforefaid.

%Vi the 1 1* and 12* years of Queen Elizabeth this lord with his wife and
family fojourned with ST Thomas Ruffell at Stranfham. %n the 26* and 27^ of
Elizabeth this lord with his wife and family fojourned with his cozen germaine
Sr. John Savage at Baraper in Hampfhire ; And in the 41* and 42* of Elizabeth
with MT ffeilding at Newnham. £agtlp,

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Eagfip, for moft part of the fourth, fifth, fixth, and feventh years of king James,
hee fojourned with Mr. Peito at the white fryars in Coventry ; and at Stoke, a mile
from Callowdon ; at which times hee was maryed to his laft wife.
Some other fhort removes this lord had with other of his freinds, here omitted,
but not for above half a years continuance at a time : one of which was occationed
upon a letter which in the later daies of Queen Elizabeth hee received from that
reverend prelate Doctor Whitguift Archbifliop of Canterbury, gravely advifing him
to take notice of the difpofitions of his fervants and his wives waiting woemen in
matter of their conformity in religion ; And how comely and honorable it would
bee to fee himfelf and his wife attended upon at fervice and fermons by his wholl
family, praying his lordfhip to take from him the occation of a fecond admonition,
which hee by the means aforefaid fairly did : which tre this lord once fhowed mee.
12. Maurice lord Berkeley the fixth of that name did in the 7* of king Henry Kegworth
the 8* give the Rectory of Kegworth to Chrift Colledge in Cambridge, now worth Advowfon.
2501- p Ann ; In which grant it was agreed, That as often as the church fhould be
come void the Colledge | fhould within one month name two able Clerkes of their 844
Colledge to the faid lord, and his heires, by writing under their comon feale ; which
lord fhould within fix days after by his writing appoint one of them two to have
the faid benifice : Hawford the Incumbent dies in the 25* of Elizabeth, And the
Colledge raifed a queftion whether their two Clerks fhould come perfonally or not,
And thereupon fent their nomination to this lord in writing,, neither of whom hee
would make choice of without fight of their perfons : At laft this difference coming
to the determination of Gawdy and Ailyffe the two Judges of that circuite, they ^
determined, That as often as the faid Church of Kegworth fhould bee void, the
Colledge fhould fend with their writing of nominacon the fd. two Clerkes perfonally
to this lord and his heires, being in England, and not in ward ; which I remember
was in the 4* of king James foe done, when Barwell, yet there living, obtained the
nomination from this lord.
13. Chio' lord about the 16* of Queen Elizabeth advifing with Jeffry Ithell
his Auditor and two others his ancient officers touching his houfhold affaires, was
by Ithell amongft other Counfells advifed to be attended with none of his kindred,
if hee could avoid them ; for, quoth hee, experience tells, that fuch will doe little,
and expect much, and think a great reward too fhort, tho' the merit of their fervice
bee none at all ; which fpeech coming to bee divulged amongft the fervants in the
houfe,
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houfe, malice forthw'T1 added, That Ithell alfo advifed this lord never to keep
fervant above two yeares, for afterwards their diligence would abate and they bee
ever begging ; words hee fpake not : But being from hand to hand delivered and
beleived by credulous fervants, Ithell ever after had each officer of houfe and ftable
againft him and his horfes, when ever hee came for thirty years after ; Which I here
remember as a double caution for after Counsellors to private fords, To keep more
fecret their advifes, And to overlooke the company before they fpeake freely.
845 14. Che ftanding yearly wages of this lord to his houfhold | fervants were
Wages and ordinarily five marks to a gentleman, fower marks to a yeoman, and fourty fhillings
, to a groome, with a tawny coate for fummer and a white frize coat for winter lyhed
1 with crimfon tafaty ; which I note for difference between times fo lately paft and
thefe I write in, and which this family is further like to fee in it felf : And thereby
with more caution to regulate their revenues : and yet fewe Peeres of this lords
time were ferved with better qualifyed gentlemen and yeomen then I have known
\ this lord to bee ; which I might the better note, for that I was his fteward of
ihoufhold from the death of his firft wife till my marriage, and the coming of MT
John Crefwell who fucceeded mee.
Worthy Parke 1 5. ©ueett Elizabeth in her progreffe time in the fifteenth of her raign came
Red Deere tQ Berkeley Caftle, what time this lord Henry had a ftately game of red deere in
the park adjoyning called the Worthy, whereof Henry Ligon was keeper ; during
which time of her being there, fuch flaughter was made, as — 27 . ftagges were flaine
in the Toiles in one day, and many others in that and the next ftollen and havoked:
whereof when this lord Henry, then at Callowdon, was advertifed, having much fet
his delight upon that game, hee fodainly and paffionatly in difcontent difparked that
ground : But in' fewe monthes after, hee had a fecret freindly advertizemT from the
Court, That the Queen was informed how the fame was foe difparked by him in
repyning at her coming to his houfe, (for indeed it was not in her J efts,) and at the
good fport fhee had in that parke ; Advifing this lord to carry a wary watch over
his words and actions, leaft that, that Earle (meaning Leicefter) that had contrary
to her fet J efts drawn her to this Caftle, and purpofely had caufed that flaughter of
! his deere, might have a further plott againft his head and that Caftle, whereto hee
| had taken noe fmall liking, and affirmed to have good title thereto, And was not
j farre from his manor of Wotton, lately recovered againft him : whereof when this
lord Henry many years after told mee, I remembred him of the ftory of Thomas
Burdets white bucke in his park of Arrow in Warrwickfhire, which hee greatly
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efteemed, killed by king Edward the fourth in the 1 8* yeare of his raigne ; upon
the firft hear- | ing whereof MT Burdet in difcontent wifhed the bucks head and 846
horns in the belly of him that moved the king to kill it ; and how that upon the
mifcoaftruction of thofe words hee was accufed of treafon, attainted, and beheaded ;
whereto this lord, more perfect in the ftory then my felf, replyed ; Like foddaine
paffions made little difference between our words and wifh.es ; but that Burdet had
been a great freind and Counfellor to the Duke of Clarence the kings brother, when
between them there was bitter enmity,, which to revenge, the king (faid this lord)
made thefe words but his colour to take off Burdets head.
16. 3Hb0Ut the 23'f1 of Queen Elizabeth, the lady Katharine wife to this lord, Bourne the Wizard
by ill advice, wrote a fecret tre to one old Bourne, then dwelling in the forreft of
Arden in Warrwickfhire, who (though falfly) was with many reputed a conjurer,
witch, or foreteller of events, and of the periods of Princes lives ; fending the fame
by John Bott her fervant) with direction to fee her tre burned, and Bournes anfwer
to bee returned in writing. Bott ignorant of the contents moft difhoneftly opened
the tre, and kept it to himfelf, delivering the fubftance thereof to Bourne by word
of mouth, with the reward: fent to him ; what anfwer Bot brought back (a lye noe
doubt) or what hee changed, or added thereto' I know not : But this I know that
a fewe years after, Bot was caft out of fervice, and by this lord Henry called
to accompt about his receipts and difburfments in the new buildings adjoyning to
Callowdon houfe, and of the gate houfe and other outhoufes whereof hee had. the
overfight ; And touching his purveyance of Beoves and muttons, which hee for
many years had made for this lords houfe : Bot, not able as it feemed to cleare his
reconirigs, caufed this lady by a gentlewoman ever near and deare unto her, and
who had urged and perhaps wrote that tre, to underftand that unles fhee would take
him off from thofe accompts, hee would reveale her tre written to that wizard
Bourne where neither her lady nor her felf fhould anfwer it. The lady and her
gentle- | woman fuppofing that Bourne had both received and burned the tre, 847
defired of Bot to fee it, not feeming to remember the contents thereof: But Bot,
not intending to truft either of their hands therew'!1, offered for fatisfaction to fhewe
the fame to Mr? Anne Try, another Ancient waiting gentlewoman, and in good
favour alfo with her lady, and cozen to the other, but could badly read ; which being
accepted, Bot freindly invited into his chamber a younge man under 18 . years of
age, and lately become a fervant to the ladies fon by Botts meanes, at whofe fathers
houfe hee had often lodged as hee travelled to faires and marketts in thofe parts ;
and obtained of him fecretly to copy out that tre, in a like Romane hand, not im
parting
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parting to him more then barely to copy it out ; But that younge man fufpecting
fomewhat then and getting a little more inckling forthwith after, having obferved
where Bot laid up the originall tre, fecretly got into Botts chamber found the tre
and forthwith burned it indeed ; M"? Try made relation of the contents, which being
well enough remembred, the lady made Bots peace with her hufband ; But when it
appeared that hee had not the originall tre to deliver up, as hee had vowed to do,
the whole buifines was difavowed and Bot threatned with punifhment as the author
of foe great a fcandall ; yet at laft hee was difcharged, and all couched under filence;
The copy alfo was burned, it never being further known either who wrote it or
fol : 886 what became of the originall tre. The profitable ufe that may bee gathered here-
hence fhall appear under the proper title.
dangers efcaped 17- Chio* Lord Henry had three great deliverances from iminent death, as
in his middle age hee would often comfortably remember ; The firft whereof was in
Kingfwood chace neare Briftoll, (where himfelf under Queen Elizabeth was ranger,)
as hee was gallopping upon a full fpeed through the fearne and brakes there to
have rated the forehead of his hounds then in chafe after a wronge bucke. The
fecond was not farre from his manor of Callowdon in WarrwickfhT then alfo in a
fwift gallop after his hounds hunting the hare. At both which times, the gelding
848 hee rode on, called Brimfley, | (than which, I never knew a better,) being within
lefs then his length firft of an old Colepit unfilled up, hid from fight by thofe brakes,
fodainly (in an inftant as it were) upon the glimpfe thereof threw himfelf flat upon
his fide : As likewife the fecond time the fame gelding did, upon the like glimpfe
of a deepe pit of water like a well, kept alfo from fight by like fearne and weeds ;
no other way in mans reafon (as himfelf would fay,) being for his prefervation then
the geldings foe calling down himfelf, without hurt at either time to his rider ;
neither of thofe pits being by this lord difcerned till hee was tumbling on the
ground : The third was neare Holborne bridge in the parifh of ST Andrewes in
London, what time his Coach horfes in a furious courfe down Holborne hill, having
caft off the Coachman, had run the coach and themfelves befides that bridge into a
defparate downfall, (as the paffage at that time was,) if Laughan his Irifh footman,
(a man of extraordinary ftrength and footmanfhip, ) had not by as fwift a courfe and
ftrength overborne the foremoft horfes againft the coine end of a wall, which at
that time ftood neare the faid bridge : Whereunto may bee added a fourth preferva
tion, not much inferior to the former, not 4 months before his death, which fee in
fol: 872 the title of his iffue. This Laughan is that footman which 40 years paft, upon the
ficknes of the lady Katharine this lords wife, carried a tre from Callowdon to old
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Doctor ffryer a phyficion then dwelling in little Brittaine in London, and returned
with a glafs bottle in his hand compounded by the Doctor for recovery of her
health, (a journey of 148 . miles performed by him in lefs then 42 houres,) notwith
ftanding his flay of one night at the phyfition and Apothecaries houfes, which noe
one horfe could have foe well and fafely performed ; for which the lady fhortly after
gave him a new fuite of Clothes.
18. Sixty was the humanity of this lord, That in times of Chriftmas and other
feftivalls when his neighbour Townfhips were invited and feafted in his hall, hee
would in the midft of their dinner rife from his own, and going to each of their
tables in his hall, cheerfully bid them welcome : And his further order was, | having 849
guefts of honor of remarkeable ranke that filled his own table, to feat himfelf at the
lower end ; And when fuch guefts filled but half his bord, and a meaner degree
the reft of his table, then to feat himfelf the laft of the firft rank and the firft of the
latter, which commonly was about the midft of his longe table neare the fait ; This
I tell his pofterity, the better to knowe the practice of that time, and the pofture of
this their noble anceftor beloved by all good men.
19. Chtg Lord having MT Lapworth his accuftomed phifitian, (father of Doctor
Lapworth of Oxford that now is,) at his houfe, (himfelf keeping his chamber,) com
manded his Steward of houfhold to bee carefull of his entertainment ; faying, that
hee would not have his phyfitian for his health fake, his follicitor for his eftates
fake, nor his chaplin for his foules fake, to bee unregarded : which not well
relifhing with his chollericke Steward, becaufe himfelf was not ranked in that
Cattalogue, hee ufed ever after to welcome them, as perfons priviledged from his
lords difpleafure, but their horfes with noe better provender.
f$ig Wtozg.
Cfu£ lords mother having bought the wardfhip of the body of this lord her fon of Mich : rec : }4;
Thomas Earle of Suffex, to whom Henry the 8* had granted the fame as hath been fca&o™
faid and already written, provided for his wife Katharine, third daughter of Henry fol: [720I
Howarde Earle of Surrey and of ffrances his wife daughter of John Vere Earle of
Oxford; which Henry was beheaded at tower hill (in the life-time of Thomas Duke
of Norfolk his father, then alfo prifoner in yf Tower,) the 19'f1 of January, 1547. in
the 38'!* of Henry the 8'.\ but nyne daies before the death of that king. |
Chh? Lady Katharine (then of the age of fixteen) hee married at Kenynghall 850
in Norfolke in September in the fecond year of Queen Mary ; And (as I have been Anno : 1554.
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informed, by the bed fide of the faid noble- Duke her grandfather, who gave her in
marriage as hee lay in bed, then grown weake with age and ficknes ; who having
been toffed to and fro between the reciprocall ebbs and flowes of variable fortunes,
not longe after finifhed his race of mortality in the fame place. »
Act in Berkeley Chhlf Lady Katharine was, at the parliament in the firft year of Queen Elizabeth,
caftle under the by an unprinr.ed act reftored in bloud, occafioned by the attainder of her faid father.
Che portion which fhee brought in marriage was not great, neither had fhee
Act: pari: 13.EUZ: any Joynture affured to her before the 13'!* of Elizabeth ; At what time by act of
in Cs.no * parliament were fetled upon her for her life in lieu of Dower, the manors of Segrave,
Sileby, Mountforrell, Melton Mowbray, Dalby Chawcomb, Coldoverton, Witherley,
and the hundred of Gofcote in the County of Leicefter ; And the manors of Aucon
bury, Wefton, Fenyftanton, and Hilton in the County of Huntington ; And the
manors of Bofham, Thorney, and ffuntington in the County of Suffex ; And
the manor of Callowdon in the County of the Citie of Coventry ; And the manors
of Kington magna, fflekenhoe, and Thurlaflon in the County of Warr ; And the
manor of Bretby in the County of Derby ; And the manors of Bitton and Hannam,
Mangottesfeild, Daglingworth, Tetbury, and newparke, in the county of Glouc. ;
Eliz: irrot in Cane. ^-n^ t":e manor and hundred of Portbury in the County of Somerfet ; Which Joyn-
15. et. 16. Eliz: 36 ture was two years after enlarged with the manors of Ham, Arlingham, and fome
ps. claus: rolls. .
others. %t which time this lord having only three daughters, eftated the inheritance
of his whole lands to difcend upon them for defalt of iffue male of his own body,
under which vaile hee wrought that inlargement as after more perticulerly is
mentioned.

<©f Stature this lady was fomewhat tall, of complection lovely both in the
851 fpringe and autumne of her life, but a little inclin- 1 ing towards an high colour ;
her haire fomwhat yellowifh ; of pace the moft ftately and upright all times of her
age that ever I beheld ; of ftomacke great and haughty, no way diminifhing the
greatnes of her birth and marriage by omiffion of any ceremony, at diet or publike
prayers ; whofe book I have ufually obferved prefented to her w* the loweft curte-
fies that might bee, and on the knees of her gentlewoman : of great expence and
bounty beyond the means of continuance, of fpeech paffing Eloquent and ready;
whom in many years I could never obferve to mifplace or feem to recall one mif-
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taken, mifplaced or mifpronounced word or fillable ; And as ready and fignificant
under her pen ; forty of whofe letters at leaft at feverall times I have received ; her
invention as quick as her firft thoughts, And her words as ready as her invention ;
Skillfull in the french, but perfect in the Italian tongue, wherein fhee moft defired
her daughters to bee inftructed ; At the lute fhee played admirably, and in her
private chamber would often finge thereto, to the ravifhment of the hearers ; wc.h
(to her knowledge) were feldom more then one or two of her gentlewomen ; How
beit I have known divers of her fervants fecretly hearkening under her windows
and at her chamber doore ; whom her hufband hath fomtimes there found, and
privately flayed amongft them ; of which number three or fower times my felf hath
been one.
5tnt> the more to verify what is written of this lady Katharine, I will infert
verbatim one of her tres written to my felf during the treaty of the marriage about
her only fon, which her pofterity fhall find caft by mee into their evidence houfe in
Berkeley caftle. John Smyth, I have received your tre, but doe not think good to
fhew it to my lord leaft hee fhould leave his fuits in law wherof 1 have foe good
hope to a dangerous event, with an imagination that out of his own Judgment hee
could conclude a profitable end upon the overture now made : Thefe imaginations
you know have not produced the beft effects : If the motion for my fons marriage
proceed, I doe then beleive the politicke lady will bee glad to come to an end ; yet An: Co: of War:
doe I fear her proffer rather proceeds of policy then from fincere meaning : I have
obferved that when fhee fees any thing bending to our good, then fhee proffers an
agreement, and yet proceeds in lawe with all extremity. | p'
Write weekly by the carier what is done with ST George Carey ; I beleive 852
fhee hath heard fomwhat of that motion about our children, which makes this fained
proffer of reference, but in any wife goe on with fuch circumspection in our law
fuites that fhee may take noe advantage, and then leave the fucceffe to God. I am
very defirous to know what ST George Carey intendeth to doe, not that I would
have him know that I doe earneftly feek his refolution, for fuch forwardnes in mee
will make him the more fparing in his offers : I doe affect the motion with that dif
cretion, that I wifh it as well for my lords comodity as my fons, but to the laft I
have the greateft regard.
My lord now writes to buy a fuite of apparell for my fon, wherein 1 would
have good regard ufed, to bee of the fafhion, fightly, fit for a young man, and of
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a good fhewe ; not too coftly, not too meane, rather coftly then too meane ; I hope
it fhall bee ufed for fome caufe of comfort.
I have fent you here enclofed — 10T to buy Ciceroes fentences, bound faire and
of a good print ; bee carefull of the reft of my books, and follow my lords fuits with
diligent endeavours.
I hope MT Chamberlaine will ufe the matter according to my laft fpeech with
him, that my lord fhall not bee fent for to come to London : If hee doe, his expences
will bee great and his caufes rather hindred then furthered, not only law caufes, but
the motion for my fon ; hee is plodding upon many changes of devifes, not of the
beft, which I feek to remove what I may ; fome of them, if they fhould bee put in
practice, would dafh all proceedings ; being here with mee I can perfwade fomwhat,
but at London younge crafty Courtiers will lay baites which will bee fwallowed with
danger ; the fafeft way is to keep him from London, foe tell him. Callowdon this
prefent funday in hafte. May. 1595.
3Hnb in another of her tres to mee a few weeks after, hath thus ; Whofoever
intends to match with my fon fhall only deale with my lord and mee : Meanes of
motioning of marriages there muft bee, and that hath been MT Chamberlyn from
ST John Spencer, And now the wholl proceeding fhall bee by my ford and mee,
850 and ST George Carey ; hee is my kinfman whom I love, and | ever have found
freindly ; ffor conclufion, if all offers bee performed, with direct dealing, upon their
motion, to my lord and mee, by fome fufficient freind on their fide, my good will
fhall appear in all reafonable fort, being not to my lords prejudice, and the parties
likeing upon fight : Let my anfwer bee delivered according to the contents of my
tre without either adding or diminifhing, my intent is honorable and plaine.
3!n the firft twenty years after her marriage fhee was given to all manner of
delights befeeming her birth and calling, as before hath been touched ; But after
the beheading of the Duke of Norfolke her brother, and the frownes which State
government had caft upon the reft, and others of her deareft kindred, with the
harfh recoveries (or rather wreftings) of her hufbands poffeffions, as hath been
declared, (then grown towards thirty eight or forty years,) fhee retired her felf into
her chamber and private walks ; which each faire day in garden, park, and other
folytaries, for her fett houres, fhee conftantly obferved : not permitting either
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to her then their* appointed diftance ; When the wether permitted not abroad, fhee
obferved the fame order in her great Chamber or gallary.
3(n her elder years fhee gave her felf to the ftudy of natural philofophy and
Aftronomy. And (the better to continue her knowledge in the latin tongue) in
reading over her grammer rules hath three or fower times called mee to explaine
fomething therein, that fhe feemed not fully to apprehend ; And in Hillary Terme
A". 37. Eliz. I bought for her a globe, Blagraves mathematicall Jewell, a quadrate,
Compafs, Rule, and other inftruments, wherein fhee much delighted her felf till
her death. % remember about three years before her death, one of her fingers in the two
foremoft joynts put her to much paine, which caufed her to fend for an excellent
Chirurgebn from Coventry, who told her plainly, That either it muft bee cut of by
the palme of the hand, or elfe be launced all alonge to the bare bone ; which latter
though farre more painfull fhee made choice of ; At the time appointed her Surgeon
defired her to fit, and- that fome of her ftrongeft ] fervants might hold her, for the 854
paine would bee extreame : To whom fhee replyed, fpare not you in performing
your part, and leave the reft to mee : Shee held out her hand, hee did his office,
fhee never blenched or fo much as feemed to take notice of the paine ; At which
Romanlike magnanimity and fortitude of mind, the Surgeon feemed incredibly to
wonder, as often after hee told my felf and others.
2£>etn0 in the 16* of Elizabeth the mother of three daughters, and almoft with
out hope of more children, efpecially of a fon, which fhee for continuance of her
houfe and hufbands name much defired, extreamly greiving that the male line of
this ancient family fhould end in her default, as fhee accounted it, Shee acquainted
MT Francis Aylworth therewith, then of Kington magna in Warwickfhire, a little
old werifh man, but an excellent well read and practiced Chirurgeon and phyfitian,
And for many years a gentleman living in her houfe ; hee gave her hope of Con
ception, yea of a fon, if fhee and her lord would for a few months bee ruled by him ;
This in a private conference between them three was agreed upon and promifed to
bee obferved. Children are given to men
It's God that giveth them.
Shee conceived and within one yeare after this communication brought forth a fon
called Thomas, father of the lord George of whom I am next to write, to her un-
fpeakable
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fpeakable comfort, but never conceived after ; what time MT Aylworth told mee
this ftory about ten years after at Callowdon, (which I Jiave at fecond hand heard
alfo that this lord hath privately told fome others,) hee added, That fome month or
thereabouts before her time of delivery, fhee fent for him and kept him with her,
And hee, (out of what obfervation I know not) being confident fhee went with a
fon, offered to wage with her ten pound to thirty pound, that foe it was ; Shee
accepted the offer, (moft willing noe doubt to loofe had the wager been thirty
hundred ;) Affoone as fhee was delivered and underftood it was a fon, the firft
°55 word fhee fpake was, carry Aylworth his thirty | pound, which purpofely fhee had
Anno : 17. Eliz : laid ready in gold in her Chamber : This being the eleventh of July, Anno, 1575.
Shee alfo prevailed with her hufband to fell him the faid manor of Kington magna
in September following, for S2o'l- which hee then held in leafe for years, formerly
by mee mentioned amongft this lords fale of his lands.

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ffor the awing of her family, (I fay not regulating the expence according to the
revenue,) and the education of youth, fhee had noe com-peere, which I could much
inlarge by many perticulers : I will only mention one inftance, That as my felf, in
the 26* of Elizabeth (then about feventeen,) croffed the upper part of the gallery
at the ffryars in Coventry where fhee then dwelt, and walked, having a covered
difh in my hands with her fons breakfaft, wherewith I was haftening, and thereby
prefented her, (then at the farther end,) w'T1 a running legge or curtefy, as loth too
longe to flay upon that duty, fhee called mee back to her, and to make, ere I
departed, one hundred leggs- (foe to call them) at the leaft, And when I had done
well and miffed the like in my next affay, I was then to begin againe ; .And fuch
was her great noblenes to mee therein, (then a boy of noe defert lately came from
a Country Schoole, and but newly entred into her fervice,) That to fhew mee the
better how, fhee lifted up all her garments to the calf of her legg that I might
the better obferve the grace of drawing back the foot and bowing of the knee : At
this time the anticke and apifh geftures fince ufed in falutations, nor the ffrench
garbes of cringing, were not arrived nor expected in England : But which is worfe,
fyour humble fervant in fubfcriptions of tres, hath fince that time almoft driven your
'loving freind, quite out of England.
3|t cannot bee faid That any apparant vice was in this lady, But it may bee
faid of a wife as of money, they are as they are ufed, helpers or hurters ; money is
a good fervant but a bad mafter : And fure it is that fhee much coveted to rule her
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of' each of them, which fomtimes brought forth harfhnes at home, and turning off
of fuch fervants as fhee obferved refractory to her intentions therein : As farre as
was poffible, fhee had in her middle and elder years a defire to bee informed from
the | grooms of her hufbands bedchamber and otherwife, of his fpeeches, difpatches, 856
and purpofes ; few fines or Incombes from his tenants were raifed, and never any
land fold, but fhee had a fixt, 8* or tenth thereout, unknown to him, fo ftrictly held
fhee obliged to her the fervants and Officers imployed under her hufband. (I write
mine own knowledge, for many of her laft years,) And received the ufage of former
times from my fellow Comiffioners imployed in that kind many years before my
obfervations ; by us all difliked, but by none of us to bee helped. Moft juft it is,
that all Toll fhould come into the right Tolldifh : For the moft part it falleth out
That where wives will rule all they marre all, words I lately heard from wife lords
in the Starchamber in the cafes of the lady Lake, the Counteffe of Suffolke, and
fome others : Thefe verfes are ancient ;
Concerning wives, take this an certaine rule
That if at firft, you let them have the rule
Your felf with them at laft fhall bear no rule
Except you let them evermore to rule.
jpor many of her firft years after marriage, fhee was allowed from her hufbands
purfe and his Receivors what fhee fpent and called for, but that proved more
burthenfome then her hufbands revenues could beare : After fhee undertooke to
amend much that was amifs, and became his Receivor generall, to whom all officers
forraine and domeftick made their Accompts, But that proving more unprofitable,
foone blafted : Laftly fhee had . 300"- by the yeare for her apparell and chamber
expences, which allowance continued till her death.
Sifter this lady had feen her fon, and two daughters maryed, growing by
degrees into a kind of Dropfey or watery timpany, fhee departed this life the 7* of
Aprill in the 38* of Elizabeth, Anno, 1596 . at Callowdon aforefaid, then of the age Anno : 1596.
of ffifty eight years or thereabouts, And was buryed on Afcention day following,
then the twentieth of May in Saint Michalls Church in Coventry with the greateft
ftate and | honor that for many years before had been feen in that Citie, or in thofe 857
parts of the kingdome, The manner whereof by direction of this lord Henry for his
private fatisfaction (mourning all that time at Callowdon in his private chamber) I
put into writing, A labour the more readily undergone, as the laft fervice 1 could
perform to the memory of her, who had to my younge years and education, both in
her
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her houfe, at Oxford, and in the middle Temple continued my benefactrix by the
penfion of Ten pound per Ann : which here I prefent Verbatim, out of my rough
draught as I delivered it fairer written to this lord Henry, the third day after the
funerall, vizT :
31 ^Declaration of the funerall of the lady Katharine Berkeley, as it was
performed on Thurfday the 20* of May, 1596 . being Afcention day.
J^er Corps having continued at Callowdon in the Chamber where fhee dyed,
honored with all accuftomed Ceremonies afwell by night as by day, from wednefday
the 7* of Aprill before, on wc^ day fhee dyed, untill the fecond evening before the
funerall, when the Coffin with her whole body inclofed was privately by perfons of
good quallity conveyed by night to Coventry to the houfe of Sampfon Hopkins in
the end of Earles Street ; where honored with like ceremonies, it continued untill
the funerall houre, which was in manner following.
Che wholl traine being, as travellers from Callowdon and other places, affembled
by ten of the clock in. the forenoon, were by Garter king at Armes and Chefter
herauld, fet in order and directed thus to proceed from the faid houfe to the Church
of ST Michaell, in this manner.
ffir£t went fix of your principall yeomen called the conductors of the traine,
in longe black clokes, with black flaves in their hands, directed to conduct the
traine all the length of that ftreet, to the Barre yates, and thence to croffe cheeping,
and foe through the north fide of Trinity churchyard, to the great weft doore of |
858 ST Michaells church : Both fides of which paffage neare a quarter of a mile longe,
was impaled by many thoufands of people affembled to behold the honor thereof;
Next after thofe fix conductors, in mourning gownes and Holland kercheefes, came
70 poore weomen ; Then came thirty gentlemens fervants in black coats, Then
followed the fervants of gentlemen and Efquires in black clokes ; Next them the
fervants of knights in black clokes alfo ; Then came your Lop.s yeomen, And after
them your gentlemen (all two by two) with fome of the lady Stranges gentlemen
interplaced with them, yours being 74. whereof my felf went as one of her fecretaries;
Then the officers of your houfhold, as Clark of the kitchen, gentlemen of the horfe,
Auditor, and Steward, in their gowns and hoods, your Steward bearing a white rod
in his hand : Next behind the Steward came MT Henry Beamont bearing the great
banner of honnor ; After him followed the Efquires and cheefe gentlemen of the
Country, as MT Clement ffifher, MT William Cotton, MT Elmes, MT ffulke Butteris, young

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young MT Beamont, &c. Then came your Lops Chaplins, And after them, and
next before the Coffin, went Chefter herald affifted by MT Walter Denis as a
neceffary marfhall to the better direction of the traine. The Coffin was borne by
eight of your cheife gentlemen and yeomen, and fupported by fower other gentle
men of moft note ; vizT MT Edward Deveroux, ST John Spencer, ST Thomas Leigh,
and MT George Shirley your fon in law.
Neere to the fower corners whereof, went fower EfqTs vizT, MT Robert Spencer
fon and heire of the faid ST John, MT Bafell ffeilding of Newnham, MT Samuell
Marrowe, and MT William Norwood, each of them bearing a Baneroll, with her
Armes and your Lop.s quartered.
Next behind the Coffin came MT Richard White as her gentleman ufher, with
a fmall white rod in his hand, accompanied with the gentleman ufher of the lady
Strange, both of them bareheaded, between whom went Garter in his kingly Coate
of Armes. |
Next after them came the lady Strange, eldeft daughter to the late Earle of 859
Derby, and for this day principall mournereffe, in her gown, mantle, trayne, hood,
and tippet of blacke, and in her parys. head, tippet, wimple, vaile, and barbe of fine
lawne ; on whofe right hand went your fon ST Thomas Berkeley, and on her left
hand your brother in law ST George Carey, fupporting her by the Armes, called the
two principall affiftants, who were apparelled in their gowns, hoods and tippetts of
fineft black: Then came Mr? Audeley Denis "bearing the trayne of the principall
mournereffe, apparelled as an Efquireffe in her gowne and lyned hood of black,
with a pleated kercheefe and barbe of lawne.
Then came M? Elizabeth Berkeley your daughter in lawe, and the lady Carey,
fide by fide, apparelled as Baroneffes, and in all points futable to the principall
Mournereffe, fave that their traines were tucked up and not borne.
Then followed in femblable order Mr.s Deveroux and lady Leigh, apparelled
as knights wives, in their black gownes, hoods, and tippetts, and in their round
parys heads, boungrace, and barbes of fine lawnes.
In anfwerable order, next came M1? Beomont and Mr? Spencer apparelled as
knights wives like the former ; which feaven were called the feaven principall
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Next after whom in like correfpondency, two by two, came fower Efquireffes,
viz1, Mr? ffeilding, Mr.s ffifher, and her daughter, and M? Dilkes, apparelled as the
trainbearer, fave that they wanted hoods.
Then followed your late ladys gentlemen, the principall mournereffes two
gentlewomen, knights and Efquires wives gentleweomen, all like apparelled in black
gownes, kercheefes, and barbes of lawn, to the number of fourteen ; And next after
thefe came eight Chambermaids, fervants to the eftates and ladies aforefaid, in
gowns and kercheifs of lawne only, All which were furnifhed at the only charges
of your LHhip.
After all thefe and laft of all came MT Maior of Coventry, the Sherriffs,
Aldermen and Comons in great number, & great proporcon. |
In this order paffed this traine with flow fteps and frequent paufes to the
church aforefaid, In the firft Ifle whereof ftood the forefaid 70 . poore weomen
paling the paffage on either fide, through whom paffed the whole action up to the
eaft end of the church, where the pulpit was purpofly placed, and alfo the hearfe.
The 7 . principall mournereffes were placed by MT Garter king at Armes within
the inward raile of the hearfe with their faces towards the fame ; And the reft of
the Gentlemen, minifters to the funerall, were placed in the utter railes about two
yards diftant from the Pall of the Coffin ; All others in feats next adjoyning.
The company thus placed, And the pfalme ended, (which had received the
corfe at the entrance into the Church,) your Chaplyn Edward Cowper afcended
the pulpit, And towards the end of his learned fermon tooke a fit occation to fpeak
of her learned and virtuous life, (a lady never known to diffemble or heard to
j fwere, which fpeech (modeftly carryed,) fealed alfo with the knowledge of many
hundreds there prefent,) wrought fuch effect, That feldom hath been beheld a more
forrowfull affembly at a fubjects funerall, nor teares more droping down.
The fermon ended another pfalme was begun, during which all fuch mourners
as before are faid to weare heads of lawne, togeather with the two affiftants, walked
in proceffion wife about the hearfe : In which proceffion the waiting gentlewomen
and chamber maids were fevered from the reft, and aptly feated on one fide the Ifle
extending to the offertory, where they continued till all ceremonies were ended :
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But all the reft by their circuler walk were feated in their former places ; which
done, the offertory began, firft by the principall mournereffe, and after by the other
fix each conducted by MT Garter. Then were the banners offered up by fuch as
formerly I have noted to beare them ; which finifhed, MT Berkeley your eldeft fon,
was by MT Garter led to the offertory and there by him invefted with the honor of
his deceafed mother, by delivery and acceptance of the banners and | other cere- 861
monies ; which done, and hee folemly conducted back to his former place, Then
were next brought before the herfe the two principall officers of houfhold, the
fteward and gentleman ufher, who after many obeyfances and humble reverences,
brake their rods, commending them to the cuftody of the corps and herfe : which
ceremony ended, the whole company arofe, And in the order they came returned
to MT Hopkins houfe aforefaid, and thence to Callowdon, where your Lo? for them
and many hundreds more had foe plentifully provided, That the exceffe herein
appeared, when with fuch difhes as for the moft part paffed untouched at former
tables, more then one thoufand poore people were plentifully fed the fame after-
noone : And thus have you performed that part of your late tre to her brother the
lord Henry Howard, That as her life was honorable, foe you intended her funerall
fhould bee. Finis. Thus the paper 1 delivered to this lord.
J^CT body was after interred in a vault in the northeaft corner of that Church
neare the drapers Chappell there ; And I think it hardly poffible to have all things
better performed then were at this funerall, and after at the feaft, wherein noe error
was by any obferved to bee committed, foe carefull were the fervants of this lord
in their feverall offices and charge coiiiitted to them ; who alfo for more comlines
had attired themfelves, the gentlemen in black fattin fuites and black filk ftockings
with gold chaynes folded in black fcarfes, And the yeomen in filk rafhes,1 grograns,2
and taffetyes, of black colours. Reliquit nomen, narrantur laudes.
God graunt us all fuch race to runne,
To end in Chrift, as fhee hath done.3
1 Rafh, a kind of inferior filk.
2 Grograin, a coarfe kind of filk taffety ufually ftiffened with gum.
3 Sir Gilbert Dethick, who at this time held the Office of Garter King of Arms, and Marfhalled the
proceffion, has left in his "Funerals of Nobility," (1584—1603, Vol. II. , pp. 528, 531, MS. in Heralds'
CoUege,) an account of this Funeral, for Notes from which we are indebted to the courtefy of S. I. Tucker,
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1$ig gzzonb toife.
862 ffrig fecond wife was Jane daughter of ST Michaell Stanhope | and widow of
Sir Roger Townfend, whom before hee had two years continued widower hee
maryed at ST Giles Church without Creplegate in London, the Ninth of March in
the fortieth of Elizabeth A° 1597, then aged about 64, who furvived him, And after
dyed at her houfe in Barbican on Satterday the third of January in the 15* of king
James, 161 7, in as ripe an age, loaden with many honorable and well reported daies.
Carta in caftro de JSJotobeit, fuch was not alwaies the accord, but for this lords not performance
marcij : 40. EUz- °f fucn Covenants as hee had entred into the day before his marriage, to the lord
Thomas'
of Smyth in the text, but it gives an account of fome of the charges on fuch occafions, which may be
read with intereft. The following is the Bill of the Heraldic Painter : —
The Painters Bylle for the funeralle of the Righte Honorable the Ladye Berkley —
Item for a great banner of Armes ...
Item for iiij°r Bannerowles at xxvjs viij the pece
Item for iiijor Dozen penfcles at xs the dozen
Item for iiijor Watertables w* fupporters and Crefte
' Item for iiijor Comptement Efcutcheons one pafte borde
Item for vj Scrowles w'h words one pafte borde
Item for one dozen of great buckram Efcutcheons
Item for one Dozen and a halfe of fmalle buckram Efcutcheons
Item for v. Dozen of pap Efcutcheons on meatale
Item for v. Dozen of pap Efcutcheons in Cullers
*Item the Irons and black ftones Som is
Robert Hooker
To which muft be added the following —
M' G[arter] fee
Gown and Liveries
Tranfportafi
Dettes and Charges
To Chefter [James Thomas, Efq. was Chefter Herald at this time] -
Gown and lyveries -
Tranfportaii
*The velvete pall and hearfe
The paynters charges for Ban1? etc.
Mr. John Smyth fervant to the Lo. Barkeley
hathe a note of a pedigre of me. [Ed-]
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Thomas Howard, (after Earle of Suffolke,) and to her brother Sir Michaell
Stanhope and others, which hee was charged in many tres and refcripts to have
broken ; They at her requeft and preffure, extended his lands in Gloucefterfhire
upon a Statute of ten thoufand pounds given by this lord for performance of thofe Refcripts. 1599.
covenants, As by the Inquifition thereof taken at Berkeley the 15* of January in
the 42* of Elizabeth appeareth ; Whereupon fhortly after followed fuch an agree
ment, as occationed the fale of all the manors and lands which this lord had in the
County of Huntington, to Sir John Spencer an Alderman of London, as before is fol: 822.
written. St^aiip learned men have longe fince cenfured this amorous humour or dotage Seneca Plutarch
in old men. And Ovid in this difticke, Comes purtilcaf //
Ovidius Nafo.
Militat in teneris annis amor, hofpes amaenus,
Eft in canitie ridiculofa venus.
In young men love is pleafant to behold,
But t'is rediculous, in one that's old.
And divers Canonifts doe hold, That an old man cannot lawfully bee marryed, for Portius inftitut :
//'fay they, The end of marriage is only twofold, for procreation of Children, and ete^luscons:
/ ' avoidance of fornication ; And that if but one of thefe two ends bee only aymed
at, the marriage is not good.
3Bnb ST Ambrofe in his comentary upon, ST Luke, And ST I Aup-uftine, fay That 863
***, , . , . „, .,j . . ' ° ..'... Ambrofe.
; , iucn a mariage without hope of Children, non matnmonium led concubium dici Auguftine.
debet, is not to bee called an holy wedlock, or mariage, but a copulation or coming Burtons defer :
. .. togeather ; But I write the words of others, my felf being farre from cenfuring this fol: 217:
honorable couple : Howbeit, neither of thofe two ends could bee in this marriage,
nor the third, Of mutuall fociety help and comfort ; ffor as they never bedded
togeather that any of their attendants could obferve, whereby they might have
become one flefh ; foe were themfelves and their families for moft part as farre
afunder as Barbican in London, and Callowdon by Coventry : neither medled hee
more with her lands or goods, or ought elfe that was hers, then with her.

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2&p the lady Katharine this lord Henry had iffue, Thomas, Mary, and ffrances,
of whom it followeth ; And alfo fferdinando, born at Yate in the fecond year of
Queen Elizabeth and was buryed in the Chancell of that church about two years
after :
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after : Katharine there alfo borne about two year after her brother, who alfo dyed
young : And Jane born about the 8* of Elizabeth at Callowdon, and dyed in the
16* of Elizabeth and is buryed at Sowe Church by Callowdon; whofe untimely
death, (If I have been truly informed,) was occationed by mifeating part of a rolled
apple prepared with Arfnicke for the poyfoning of rats ; An accident with great
fecrefy concealed from the parents.

Thomas.

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Choina£ eldeft fon of this lord Henry is of right to bee numbred in the
honorable Catalogue of his forefathers, And juftly in thefe Collections to bee one
of the one and twenty in their ] generations, hee being the maine bridge by which
the Caftle, honor, and Barony of Berkeley, is conveyed to the lord George his fon
and his fucceffion ; Neither doth his death in the life of his father,) prejudice the
number ; whom for diftinctions fake 1 will call, Thomas the fhort liver.

fol: 854. J^ce was born at Callowdon the 11* of July in the 17* of Queen Elizabeth,
1 575. as formerly it hath been written; at what time Queen Elizabeth was at
Kenilworth Caftle the houfe of the oft named Robert Dudley then Earle of
Leicefter, fix miles thence, whereby fhee by Anne Countes of Warrwick her
deputy, became his godmother : The moft part of his education was at Callowdon
under the indulgent inftruction of his mother and her waiting gentlewomen, whom
in nine years they had only taught to fpell and meanly read a little Englifh : Then
was hee provided of the faid Edward Cowper from Trinity Colledge in Oxford, to
bee his Schoolmafter, who after made his mothers funerall fermon ; what time this
lord being with his family newly returned from fojourning with old ST John Savage
his cozen germaine at Baraper in Hampfhire, continuing at the ffryars in Coventry,!
which for three years hee had taken by leafe of one John Hales Efqr.

Anno : 26. Eliz :
1584.

Co this place the io'!1 of November, Anno, 1584, a fewe daies after MT Cowper,
1 my felf then feventeen years of age, happily came from the ffreefchoole of Derby
i to attend to Sir Thomas Berkeley in his chamber ; what time alfo came William
'Ligon (formerly mentioned amongft the iffues of the lord Maurice the fifth,) for the
fol. 629 fame intent, with hopes alfo that one of us might benefit the other at our books :
Here wee all continued for two years more as fervants and fchollers with him ; At
which place as hee (with fome others) played togeather in the paved cloiflers, by a
fmall flipp of his foot hee fell and brake his channell bone foe notwithftanding
borne out by him, That the caufe of his ficknes was not perceived, till it fo drew his
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{from hence this lord his father removed with his family to his | own houfe at
Callowdon ; from thence hee with his tutor, Wiftm Ligon, and my felf went to
Magdalen Colledge in Oxford in ffebruary, Anno 1589, in the 32* year of Elizabeth
where after three years, leaving them, I removed to ftudy the Comon laws in the
Middle Temple in London ; After my departure from Oxford, a dangerous ficknes
befell him in the nature of a burning feaver, (as alfo did a quartan ague his Tutor,)
from the dreggs whereof his future days were never cleared : Being from Oxford
returned to Callowdon, and coming from thence to London with this lord his father
in Michaelmas Terme, Anno, 1595,. fuch affection (upon motion formerly made)
grewe between him (then lodging with his father at Thomas Johnfons houfe in fleet
ftreet,) and Elizabeth Carey only child of ST George Carey, then knight marfhall
and governour of the Ifle of wight, then living at his houfe in the black ffryars,
That on Thurfday the 19* of ffebruary following, Anno 1595, in the faid 38* of
Elizabeth, they were maryed togeather : The articles of agreement concerning w0!1
marriage were drawn and fealed the fame morning, whereof I fhall fomwhat after
wards write ; And on Thurfday the 29* of July following dyed the lord Henry
Hunfdon father of the faid ST George, whofe authority and greatnes in the Comon-
wealth know by his ftile, which in dedications was in thefe words ; To the RT Honb.le
Henry Carey, of the moft honorable order of the Garter knight, Baron of Hunfdon,
lord governour of her Ma^ Town of Berwicke, lord Warden of the Eaft and
middle marches of England againft Scotland, Captaine of Norham Caftle, Captaine
of her highnes gentlemen pentioners, Juftice of Eyer of all her Ma''fs Forrefts,
Parkes and Chaces on this fide Trent, Lord Chamberlaine of her Maties houfhold,
and one of her highnes moft honorable privy counfell : And for his approved
fidelity, wifdom, valour, and circum fpeclion, (the words of the patent under the
proper hand of Queen Elizabeth,) was on the 29^ of July in the 30* of her raigne,
Anno, 1588 . made Lievtenant, principall Captaine and governour of and over the
Queens Army then affembled for- defence of her royall perfon, againft that fearfull
Invafion of the Spaniard, with as ample power as the State and neceffity of that
time required, | or could by termes of lawe bee given ; And the 1 1* of May in the
36* of the faid Queen was made Leivtenant of the Counties of Norfolk and
Suffolke ; Then whom a more loyall fubjecf. to his Prince lived not in his daies ; To
whom hee was cozen germaine, As being fon of William Carey and of the lady
Maty his wife, fecond fifter and co-heire to Anne Bullen, fecond wife to king Henry
the 8* mother of the faid Queen Elizabeth : And they the faid Mary and Anne
were daughters and coheires of Thomas Bullen Earle of Ormond and of Wiltfhire,
and of the lady Mary his wife daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke :
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carta in caftro
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His motto was
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which Thomas Bullen was fon and heire of Margaret one of the two daughters
and coheirs of Thomas Butler Earle of Ormond,
This happy lord, ftill loyall to the Crown,
Hath left an heire, heire to his renown.
For the faid ST George Carey, now by the death of his father become Baron of
Hunfdon, was the 17* of Aprill following fworn of the privy Counfell and made
lord Chamberlaine of the Queens houfhold, And on ST Georges day after, knight
of the moft honorable order of the Garter, which (with other eminencies of honor
and authority) hee enjoyed till the 8* of September in the firft of king James,
Anno, 1 603, when hee left this life, And lyeth moft honorably buryed in the midft of
ST John Baptift Chappie in WeftmT, a place of buriall for the family of the Careys ;
A lord of fuch perfection of perfon and infide, that I cannot parralell his character;
I would render him the right of honor hee deferved, but for robbing his daughter
of that memoriall fhee oweth to the life of foe learned and prudent a father.
Che faid Elizabeth was born the 24* of May in the 18* of Queen Elizabeth,
Anno 1576, who was godmother to her, as before fhee is faid to bee to her hufband.
Che fruits of the marriage appeared by the birth of Theophila their daughter,
born at the faid black fryars houfe on faturday half an hour after fix in the morn
ing, the 11* of December, 42 | weeks and 2 daies next after their mariage, Anno
1596, And was chriftened the 30* of the fame month ; To whom alfo the faid
Queen was godmother, And Robert Deveroux Earle of Effex was godfather ; from
which Stock iffued alfo George now lord Berkeley born the 7* of October, 1601 .
in the 43th of Elizabeth, As after more fully followeth.
Che portion which the faid Elizabeth brought in money, was 1000", and of land
near to the value of iooo1! p Anii, in Tunbridge and Hadlow in Kent, which was
eftated upon her and her heirs after the death of her father and mother, befides
what fhee might further expect from either of them, as being their only child and
heire ; In returne whereof, this lord Berkeley then covenanted to convey, (which in
the next year he performed,) thofe manors and lands hereafter mentioned in the
laft title of his life, whereto the Termes, yeares, and number rolls following, will
guide his pofterity to fuch parts of thofe affurances as are inrolled, or of record ;
vizT, The licence to alien is dated the 2 Aprill . 39 . Eliz : enrolled in the Chancery
that yeare ; And alfo inrolled in the Exchequer in Trinity . 16 . Jac : ex pte Rem
Thefaur :

1613 £ife of J^enrp the jjpirgt 397
Thefaur : And the bargaine & fale made to Sir John Spencer and Arthur Mills is
dated 20 Aprill 39 . Eliz : inrolled in Chancery alfo.
The Recovery of Callowdon is ; Terme Pafche 39 . Elizabeth, Rot : 105.
The Recovery of the honor Caftle and Barony of Berkeley and of all the
Gloucefterfhire lands, is Terme Pafche 39 Eliz : alfo . Rot : 113.
The Recovery of Portbury and Portefhead is eod anno et Terme Rot. 105.
The Recovery of Leicefterfhire lands is eod" anno et terme . rot. 104.
The Recovery of Suffex lands is eod anno et terme . rot. 104.
Ctpon the death of Queen Eliz : ihis Thomas went into Scotland to carry king
James newes of being proclaimed king, whom his wife with other honorable ladies
fhortly after followed ; And at the Coronation of king James this Thomas was
created knight | of the Bath : And for the Parliament begun the fame year 868
was chofen one of the knights for Gloucefterfhire, wherein hee ferved.
Cruth of ftory tells this family, That this noble knight ST Thomas was profufe
in expence beyond his ordinary means : for fupport of which exceffe, hee fold
(without confent of this lord his father) the remainders in the manor of Upton ST
Leonards by Glouc. to ST Arthur Ligon for — 1 100" And in the three parks of Port-.
bury manor with ffluellins farme adjoyning, to ST Edward Gorges for — 14001! And
in Upton farme by Tetbury to M.r John Berkeley for — 330'!- And had alfo — 4320'?
raifed upon the faies of Coldoverton and Daglingworth, wherein his father joyned
in the Conveyances, as formerly is mentioned amongft his Sales ; And fome other f0l : 822.
moneys were raifed by him upon demifes in Tetbury, Hame, Melton, Bitton, Binley,
Sowe and Wiken : which when all thofe monies fufficed not, (that amounted to —
74001!,) his wife alfo in May in the fourth of king James gave free way to the fale carta: dat. 26. Maij
of his revertion in Tundridge and Hadlowe, for which fhee and her hufband re- nn0-4- jac.
ceived of ST John Kenedy — 8450" The greateft part whereof fufficed not for
clearing of debts : So that it is truly tranfmitted to their pofterity, That in the firft
fourteen years after their marriage, (Accompting the compofition monies received
of the lord Rich and fome others for Bullens title, which the faid lady pretended as
heire to Queen Elizabeth on the mothers fide,) they fpent each year more then —
1500^ above that Anuity of — 600" proportioned unto them upon their mariage to
have fufficed for their parents lives. 3lnb 1 well remember, that the faid lady
Elizabeth Berkeley having, in a private accompt of her own hand writing, fet down
how and to whom and for what caufes — 695 5? 7? of the forefaid — 84501: was paid
away

398 Che Hibeg of the *&zzMzpg 1534
away and gone, Shee fubfcribed under that accompt privately to her felf thefe very
words ; Of which I hope in God the like will never bee again ; whereof I the
rather took notice, To the end I might often there to the better fay, Amen. Amen.1 3ft
1 It was probably thefe circumftances which led to the following agreement for the retrenchment of
expenfes, a copy of which we found at Condover Hall :
Articles agreed upon between Sir Thomas Barkly knight, and the lady Elizabeth, his wife, and John
Smyth gent, the 16* day of December 1609 Annoque Septimo Regis Jacobi, touching the expenfes
and government of his houfhold at the lodge in Newparke in the county of Gloucefter.
1. — Imprimis, it is agreed that the faid family fhall not exceed the number of 18 perfons over and befide
the faid Sir Thomas Barkly and his lady and their children.
2. — Item, the faid Sir Thomas Barkely promifeth hereby to deliver every year to the faid John Smyth
towards the charges of the faid houfe the fum of cccc1', by two equal payments to be made within
one month after the feveral feafts of the Anunciation of our lady and of St. Michael tharchangel,
fave that ^65 of the firft payment is now to be delivered to the faid John Smith, which at this
prefent remaineth in the hands of the Right honorable the lord Barkely, being the money of the faid
Sir Thomas.
3. — Item, the faid lady Elizabeth and John Smyth hereby promife to maintain and keep the faid family in
that eftate degree and calling, that ftandeth with the reputation of a knight and his lady, being both
of them defcended of honourable parents, with all manner of neceffaries for houfkeeping in bread,
beer, wine, acates,* fire wood, hay, litter and oats.
.4. — Item, the faid Sir Thomas promifeth not to keep in his ftable at one time together above the number
of four horfes, geldings and mares.
5. — Item, the faid Sir Thomas promifeth on the word of a true gent., that after one or two admonitions
and no amendment he will not keep in his faid family any drunkard, fwearer, incontinent or any
other diforderly perfon, but will give credit to the information of the faid John Smyth touching the
fame.
6. — Item, it is agreed that the faid lady and John Smyth fhall not be charged with reparations of the faid
houfe or ftable, nor with finding any linens, brafs, pewter, implements or furniture of houfhold, but
that the fame is to be at the charges of the faid Sir Thomas or the faid Lo : Barkely.
7. — Item, it is agreed that this agreement fhall ftand during the life of the faid Lord Barkely unlefs the
faid Sir Thomas fhall give three months warning for the diffolution of his family.
8. — Item, it- is agreed that the faid lady and John Smith fhall keep all the year long fix couple of hounds
for the faid Sir Thomas' delight and recreation with the huntfmen.
Signed by T. Barkly, Eliza Barkely and John Smythe.
* Provifions purchafed. I, and all choice that plenty can fend in ;
Bread, wine, acates, fowl, feather, fifii, or fin. — Sad Shepherd, I. 3. LED.]

1613 ttife of i^enrp the tfitgt 399
9(t may not bee denyed, That this noble knight was inconftant | and too 869
fodaine in his determinations : ^[n the years, 1600, 1608 and, 16 10, hee thrice
polled into ffrance, to Paris, Roan, Orleance, and over the Alpes, vifiting Rome,
Naples, Venice, and many other the cheifeft Cities of thofe States and Kingdomes ;
And in their returnes, Bruffells and many principall Towns in the united provinces;
from the laft of which voyages, (much fhortened by the tres of his wife fent after
him by William Ligon before named, whom for that fervice fhee did reward with wiftm Ligon. pat.
an Anuity of ten pound p Ann,) hee returned not a year before his death ; whom dat:24.Apr:i6iT.
alfo hee himfelf had formerly rewarded with a leafe for one and twenty years of
Appleridge grounds in Berkeley parifh, by fine in revercon of the eftate for life held fine : 43- Ehz : to
by his unckle Walter Denys ; which fine foe levyed without Lycence, longe after Licence 3. ps.
brought trouble and expence in the Exchequer, the tenure thereof being by knights oriSin 44-^Ehz :^
fervice in Capite. thefaur.
3llnb having with much weaknes paffed over the later part of Summer after his
faid returne, at Berkeley Caftle with this lord his father, (from whence for change
of air and hope of better health it vouchfafed him to remove to my houfe at Nibley, ,*-
three miles of,) hee returned with his wife and father in the end of September to
Callowdon ; where hee yeilded to nature the 22* of November following, in the
9^ of king James Anno 161 1, then of the age of thirty fix years fower monthes
and eleaven daies ; And was buried in the northeafl corner of ST Michaells Church
in Coventry, within the fame Iron grate wherein his mother lyeth : whofe tombe
(beautifully erected by his forrowfull widow) hath this infcription : Here lyeth Epitaph
expecting a Joyfull refurrection the body of ST Thomas Berkeley, knT, only fon
of the RT Honb!e Henry lord Berkeley and of the lady Katharine his wife fifter of
Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke ; who by Elizabeth his wife fole daughter and
heir of the right honorable George lord Hunfdon, ford Chamberlaine to our late
Soveraigne lady Queen Elizabeth, left iffue George and Theophila the only chil
dren of fix whom death had fpared to attend their fathers funeralls and to bee the
comfort of their mother ; | to whofe perpetuall memory fhee hath erected this her 870
hufbands monument : In which alfo lyeth the body of Henry the youngeft of their born after his
children; The faid ST Thomas Berkeley deceafed the 22* of November, Anno,
161 1, aetatis fua% 370. And the faid Henry his fon deceafed the 4^ of March Anno. 9. Jac:
following. Soe the Tombe.
Che manner of whofe death read out of an Almanack of that year, written
with the proper hand of the faid lady his wife, in thefe words ; Chi0 22l.h day of
November

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Theophila.

November between one and two in the afternoon, it pleafed God to take my
deare hufband from mee, by a moft gentle and milde death without groane or
ftruglinge, to encourage all the lookers on of Gods great mercy towards him, who
like a lambe left this troublefome world to enjoy perfect reft in God, I truft. Jefu
reft his foule. Thus the Lady.
JtombJhat more remaineth of the life of the noble knight, which 1 leave to the
relation of his lady (ftill his widow) whereof to informe her fon, if fhee foe pleafe :
The way hee walked in to mee feems fomwhat foule, which becaufe I will not wade
through I will leap over and foe avoid : Only adding, That after his death a fecret
paper of his own hand writing was found in his Cabinet, amongft other private
remembrances, wherein his nativity by a grand Impoftor beyond feas feemed curi-
oufly and exactly calculated, in quality of a journall of each years accidents and
fucceffes which fhould befall him, with an affured promife of a longe life and an
happy old age ; whereon though hee too much relyed, yet underneath the fame
paper himfelf had written thefe very words ; 2£>Ut although thefe planets doe
promife good fortune, as minifters that doe demonftrate the glory of God, and are
altogeather over ruled by him, and have noe influence or vertue without him ; To
his power and mercy I only comit my felf, affuring that hee never faileth thofe that
put their truft in him ; To whom bee given all honor glory and praife for ever,
Amen. Thus the writing, which I copyed out verbatim. |
His foule afpiringe to an higher fphere,
Is glad that it did reape noe comfort here.
Conditione pares, mortales nafcimur omnes,
Nos rapit et fatum, conditione pares ;
Conditione pares, quamvis non vivimus omnes,
Nafcimur et morimur, conditione pares.
Che education of the faid Theophila was both in Court and Country under the
fole direction of her mother : Towards whom (with thofe that have the means truly
to obferve) is drawn an admiration of her vertues and perfections. A lady whofe
hourly life adds a dayly luftre to the noble families from whence fhee is extracted :
3lt the maryage of the lady Elizabeth to the Prince Palfgrave fhee had the honor
to bee one of her Bridemaids.

Anno. 1613. <©n Thurfday the 12* of Auguft in the 11* of king James in the forenoone,
fhee was at Berkeley Church marryed to ST Robert Coke knight fon and heire of
ST Edward

1613 £n"e of J^enrp tyz fitgt 40 1
ST Edward Coke then cheife Juftice of the comon pleas, and of Bridget his wife
daughter and coheire of John Pafton EfqT, fon of Robert Coke and Winifred his
wife, daughter and Coheir of William Knightley, fon of Robert Coke and of Anne
his wife, daughter of Thomas Woodhoufe, fon of Thomas Coke and of Alice his
wife, fifter and Coheire of Thomas ffolchard, fon of John Coke fon of Robert, fon
of John Coke who lived in the time of king Henry the fifth. Qfin the treaty of
which marriage I had the honor of imployment between Callowdon and London,
(where the parents and freinds of both parties interreffed then remained,) in divers
Journeys for fower months before, (efpecially under her mothers directions,) with
equall truft of all parties : fome paffages wherein might not unprofitably bee derived
to pofterity, fave that all the perfonages themfelves, (this lord excepted,) with the
matter negotiated, yet live the moft affured memorialls to themfelves. But how
contenting on this lord Berkeleys part this mariage of his grandchild was, by this
may bee collected, | That when Henry Briggs his chaplin demaunded in the time 872
of mariage, who giveth this woman to bee maryed to this man, Hee coming out of
his feat in the Church, (where hee fate with ST Edward Coke,) taking her by the
hand, That doe I, quoth hee, with all my heart : By which fweet addition of
the words (with all my heart) hee not only declared the contentment of his own,
but drew tears of joy from the eies of the Bridegroomes father, to both which mine
eares and eyes were witneffes.
3Hnb the lord Coke the fame day after dinner retiring into his chamber, forth
with brought forth thefe latin verfes by him then made, alludeing to the maryage
and the day, being ST Clares day,
Clara dies Claras, virgo qua clara marita eft
Clara priiis virgo, clarior vxor erit.
And alluding to the planets of that day,
Ecce hodie coeunt ca^leftia fidera, pha^bi
Pulchri cum pulchra virgine ludit amor.
And againe alluding to their names,
Clara dies Clarae, conjunxit pignora chara,
Clarum Theophila et nomen et omen habet,
Et prolem numerofam (clare Roberto) precatur,
Sanguis uturque tibi, et magna caterva virum.
A day ftill honored with a feftivall memoriall wherever the Bride and Bridegroome
hap to bee : A wedlock bleffed with fuch a mutuall Sympathy and fweetnes, that
they feem to live one in the other. €>thcr the like fongs of joy and contentment proceeded
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proceeded from that learned phyfition Doctor Edward Lapworth, and other fchollers
then prefent ; which if I had preferved, afwell as the catalogue of the 24 names of
gentlemen of honor and Armes then prefent, and delivered by mee upon the requeft
of the faid cheife Juftice, they had herein alfo appeared.
Neither feemeth it a digreffion to remember, That as this lord brought his
noble guefts on their way towards Cirencefter about a week after the mariage, hee
fol : 848. an(j tne iorcj Co^e riding in one Coach togeather, the fame was by the violent
873 courfe and fury of the fower | Coach horfes overthrown and dragged by their force
a good diftance on the ground : Out of which when they were taken, And con
fideration had of the great danger their lives had efcaped without hurt, It moved
one of them prefently to fay, and the 24* of the fame month to write from floke in
Lre in caftro de Buckinghamfhire with comfort, That hee never heard That out of foe great danger
there iffued foe little harme, efpetially to perfons fo farre ftepped in yeares.

Berkeley.

Mary.
Comp : hofpicij in
caftro deBerekely.

JDr3arp, eldeft daughter of this lord was born at London, whither her mother
was brought in a litter from Yate the fecond of October in the 5* of Queen Mary,
with her midwife fetched from Chedder in SomTfet fhire, whofe reward, for her
fervice in that perill of childbirth was — 6s. 81 at her departure ; And chriflened the
19* of November following in the faid 5* of Queen Mary, to whom Queen Mary
was godmother : And this Mary was after maryed at the white ffryars in Coventry
the I4'!1 of ffebruary (being S' Valentines day) in the 27* of Queen Elizabeth,
Anno 1584, to John Zouch Efquire,8 (after knight,) then fon and heire apparant of
ST John Zouch of Codnor caftle in Derby fhire, who dyed fhortly after ; hee then
of the age of twenty and fhee almoft thirty : whereby out of an youthfull appetite
hee afterwards difcontentedly objected that hee was ignorantly married to his
mother. Her portion was — 25001! in money, befides — 5001! for her apparrell, and Jewells
for the ornament of her perfon.
Her joynture after his death was at her marriage agreed to have been 500*! p
Ann, but the error of thofe of Counfell therein, much leffened the fame. A marriage
whereat no finging was of 1-opean, nor epithalamians to Juno the goddeffe of
marriage, for it was only bleffed in the birth of their two children John and Anne,
which were in fewe years born unto them.
It was not fower years after marriage before unkindnes arofe between them ;
And when (moft caufleffly) fhee had been repudiated by him, hee in the 33* of
Elizabeth

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Elizabeth granted her an Anuity of 200" p annum for her prefent maintenance,
which being not more malevolently yeilded | unto then worfe paid, many fuits arofe 874
againft him by this lord Henry and her freinds put in truft therein ; who alfo ex
tended his lands upon a Statute given and forfeited by him, And after obtained
a Decree in Chancery for better payment of the 200" Anuity. Hill : 33. Eliz :
Neither found the lady Elleanor Zouch his mother much better favor from this
her fon, as the fuits between them in Chancery and other Courts, whereto fhee was
enforced for her Joynture, doe declare ; And in the end having prodigally confumed
his patrimony, felt the heavy waight of want, and dyed in the 8* year of king
James, leaving iffue the faid John and Anne ; which Anne after dyed without iffue :
And the faid John (now knight) of Codnor Caftle aforefaid, which hee by fuite re
covered after his fathers death, maried Ifable daughter of Patrick Lowe of Denby
in the faid County EfqT by whom hee hath iffue, John, Katharine, Ifable, and
Elizabeth, Anno, 1624.
3france& youngeft daughter of this lord Henry was borne at Yate in the third Frances.
year of Queen Elizabeth, And from thence brought in a litter to Callowdon in June Lawrence 7. Eliz :
in the 7^ yeare of the faid Queen, And there married to George Shirley of Aftwell j" caftro de Berke-
in the County of Northton Efqr, (after Baronet) the 22* day of ffebruary in the The licence dated
20* of Eliz : 1586. "• ^ ' is8-6-
y yj ^ *0uw. for their marriage.
Her portion was — 25O01;- And in apparrell and Jewells as her elder fifters :
of the provifions made for Joynture of the wife, and for children, I need not write,
fave that each of their daughters was by the bond of MT Shirley to have — 1500I' a
peece. I have feldom known a more true wedlocke nor more tender love in marriage
then was between them, nor an hufband more truly forrowfull for his wifes loffe
then hee for hers : whofe eies I have feen in his elder years (many times after her
death) to ftand with tears as hee hath talked of her with my felf; Shee was a
gentlewoman as really allied to vertue and devotion as lived in her time : Hee
after married Dorothy daughter of ST Thomas Wroughton knight and widdow of
ST Henry Vinton of ffarington in Berkfhire, between whom was not always foe
fweet an agreement.
By the faid ffrancis hee had iffue Henry Shirley now Baronet, Sir Thomas,
and Mary. | 1. Sir
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404 Che Hibes* of the 2£erMenjGf 1534
875 1. Sir Henry hath married Dorothy fecond daughter of Robert late Earle of
Effex, by whom hee hath iffue Charles and Leta.
2. Sir Thomas Shirley knight of Botulph bridge in the County of Huntington
hath married Mary fecond daughter of Thomas Harper EfqT, by whom hee hath
iffue, Henry, George, John, and Mary ; The incouragement of which Sir Thomas
to thefe relations, I thankfully acknowledge.
3. Mary fifter of the faid ST Henry and St Thomas, is lately dead without
iffue. tyig Szalzg.
3|n the time of Queen Mary and for twelve years after, this lord fealed with
Mowbrayes lion rampant without creft or fupporters, circumfcribed, Sir Henrie lord
of Berkeley, fomwhat more then an inch diameter.
3Unb in the ninth of Queen Elizabeth and for fix years after, with the faid lion
circumfcribed with this motto, deus me refpicit, of like diameter.
311nb in the 1 5* of Elizabeth and after, with the like lion of the fame diameter,
but circumfcribed virtute non vi. Howbeit his more ancient word is, dieu foit avec
nous. And that of Mowbray, Sola virtus invicta.
5Hnb alfo in the 40* of Elizabeth ufed another like feale of the lion without
any motto at all, of like bignes : Soe that in his feales of Armes hee feemed wholly
to rellifh of the wife and her family.
vetus manufcript. ^Hb whereas in old verfes of the bearings of divers noble families, there is
given to this, (Berkeley vigor,) from thence it may feem came the words, (virtute
non vi.) Behold the figures of the former Seales ; |

876 %ig beath anb place of buriall.
Sfifter the death of Sir Thomas this lords only fon, in thofe two years hee
furvived him, his care moft feemed to bee for his two grandchildren, George and
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Theophila ; whom their father dying inteftate and in debt had left foe much
neglected, That his wife as Adminiftratrix, paid for the acquitall of his memory
divers great fums more then his perfonall eftate amounted unto.
{for the obtaining of the wardfhip of George, (the prime arch and hope of his verba vlt volunt.
houfe,) this lord prefently upon his fons death, by fpeedy tres, put the Earle of
Northton his brother in law, lord privy feale ; fuggefting as truth by ftraining
proved, That for his body his faid grandchild would forthwith bee in ward to the
king, And for his lands after his own death : Upon confultacon hereof with his
daughter in lawe the lady Elizabeth, (when thefe tres were to bee difpatched,) two
things were with them in Ayme and hope ; the one, that foe powerfull a privy
Counfellor would without competition of any other Courtier, (efpetially having the
firft notice,) obtaine the wardfhip from all others, And would afterwards call
the wards education upon the tender care of her the mother ; which, to the comfort
of this lord Henry, proved true. The other, That the faid Earle having neither
wife nor child, And this infant the grandchild and heire of his deareft fifter, hee
would in likelihood not only bellow his wardfhip and mariage portion freely upon
him, (whether hee lived or not lived till his full age or mariage,) but alfo a greater
bounty : Neither was it in this conference (whereat my felf was prefent) unrem em-
bred, That the lady Katharine the infants grandmother had for twenty fix years and
more before her death given to him an annuall exhibition of 501! p ann, when left,
flipped from the allowance fhee received of her hufband ; And therefore might
probably expect the Inning of their hopes, if not by way of repayment, yet of a ,,
confcious retribution ; which alfo the Earles tres from his houfe at charing Croffe
(then in building) fodainly and | frankly feemed to affure ; But how performed, it 877
after appeareth, foe that that firft care was taken off and turned into comfort.
5Bjf touching Miftris Theophila, the other Arch of this lords houfe, this lord in
December after that wardfhip of MT George obtained, (and almoft a year before
his own death,) having in July before taken back into his own name his ffee fimple
lands, and increafed his faid daughter in laws joynture, made his Will ; And thereby
beqiiathed towards her mariage portion . 30001! to bee levied out of his fee fimple Carta : 20 Julij
lands : -But her mariage with Sir Robert Coke following in AugT after, as hath
been declared, his further care for her was likewife comfortably taken off, And a
greater portion by Articles enterchangeably fealed agreed upon to bee paid in land,
with the great liking of her mother ; which after coft the manor of Portbury in the
County of Somerfet, worth — 8ooo"- And thereupon a few daies after that mariage at

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at Berkeley Caftle, he took his former will (as it was in parchment under his hand
and feale) in my prefence to one Ambrofe Cowper, directing wherein to have it
altered at his coming to Callowdon, with whom by that means it remained at the
time of his own death in November following : To which effect alfo, my felf was
not only moved by him, but defired afterwards by tre in Michaelmas Terme follow
ing to return that way from London, where I then was, about the perfecting the
affurances on all parts according to the faid Articles, which were agreed upon and
ingroffed : And the writ of dedimus poteftatem fued but, whereby this lord was to
have acknowledged a fine before Judge Warberton in his way homewards through
Coventry, in the end of that Terme ; And the two thoufand pounds which the lord
Coke was alfo to have paid to this lord for Portbury, told out, all or the moft part
which by George Lord Berkeley was after remitted.
f?ofcubcit death prevented whatfoever was intended, for this lord having at
dinner on fryday the 12* of November, taken liking to the taft of fmall cuftards
then ferved to his table, hee willed that fome of them fhould bee referved for his
fupper : whereupon feeding, forfeited, fo that the fame not well digefting, hee grew
diftempered in the night following, ficknes by degrees increafing upon him till that
878 day fortnight after the 26* of that month : In the evening | before in his private
prayers hee cryed, come, come, lord Jhefus, which hee often doubled till the morn
ing ; And when his weak breath caufed the words (lord Jhefus) to bee unfounded,
Then only was heard, come, come, And after when the letter (C) became fomwhat
too harfh, hee was heard to fay, Tome, tome, the letter (T) being more foft and
eafy of found ; And foe without any plunge motion or ftirre of body, at five of the
clock in the morning the faid 26* of November 161 3, in the 11* year of king
James, rendred back his fpirit to him that gave it, his chaplin Henry Briggs (a
learned divine) then on his knees in prayer by him : And thus having the comfort
able memory of a well led life, hee beheld death without dread, and the grave
without fear, And imbraced both as neceffary guides to endles glory : And in this
fort did this pious peere, in this navigation of his life, lett fall his fatall anchor that
never can bee wayed up againe.
3[t pleafed the lady Elizabeth Berkeley by her ires to preffe my coming to
Callowdon, where I attended her the third day after this lords death ; whereupon
tres were forthwith directed to ST George Shirley, ST William Coke, and ST Thomas
Eftcourt, named for his executors, of whom ST George refufed to intermeddle : The
others promifed their repaire thither, but before their arrivall (in regard of their
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protraction) the faid lady Berkeley with the lord George her fon, were with
their family departed for London, And ST Robert Coke with his lady for Coventry,
where fome years after they remained, as is before touched. Che Executors ST
William Coke and ST Thomas Eftcourt having after their coming informed them
felves of the perfonall eftate of this lord, entred into the execution of the will,
and fattisfyed all debts and demands in thofe parts ere they departed thence : And
having in fitting manner provided a Coach and all things neceffary for conduction
of the Corps to Berkeley Caftle according to his will, the 21* of December fet
forward with it, attended with a fair troope of his and their own fervants, to War
wicke ; thence the next day to Campden, thence the next day to Tetbury, thence
on Chriftmas even to Berkeley Caftle ; | in the Chappell whereof it remained till 879
a air Tombe (after fome months) was fet up in his own Chappie and place of
buriall, adjoyning to the Chancell of the faid Church, (his wholl body and bowells
laid thereunder,) with this infcription.
I^ere lieth the body of Sir Henry Berkeley knight lord Berkeley, Mowbray,
Segrave, and Breoufe, lord Leivtenant of the County of Glouc, who departed this
life the 26* day of November in the year of our lord God, 161 3 . being the day Anno: 11 : Jac:
that hee accomplifhed the age of ffowerfcore years : Hee firft maryed Katharine,
fifter to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolke, by whom hee had iffue, Thomas,
Mary, and ffrances ; Thomas being a knight of the Bath maryed Elizabeth only
daughter and heir of Sir George Carey knight lord Hunfdon, Mary the eldeft
daughter was maryed to ST John Zouch knight, And ffrances the fecond daughter
was maryed to Sir George Shirley Baronet : Hee feconly maryed Jane the widowe
of Sir Roger Townfend knight, yet living, by whom hee had noe iffue. — Thus the
Tombe. <©f which monument it may rightly bee faid — Sic oculos, fic ille manus, fic ora
ferebat : The refemblances of both Henry and Katharine are to life : 3lnb hee
whofe coming was to find the loft fheep, to bind up the broken hearted, to call
finners to repentance and by it unto falvation, fave and have mercy upon them,
mercifull in their lives to many.
©ee fate lord from the firft to the laft of his life juft 79 years, not 80 as his
Epitaph hath. A mifinformation of thofe that waited in his ficknes, Telling his
Executors how hee oft told them, That if hee lived till fryday the 26* of that
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i^ee had a longe life with an happy death, the moft pretious guift of Heaven,
which all the gold the fun hath made and fhall make, will never bee able to buy.
% mile before the body of this lord came to Tetbury, it was met by 1 50, at the
leaft of the better fort of his old Tenants, out of Berkeley hundred (without any
880 notice given) out of the defire they had to | condole over the Coffin, the loffe of
foe noble a lord ; And furely I never faw the eyes of Tenants (ufually otherwife
affected) more really mourning : Which number in the next daies journey to Berke
ley, much increafed : who, being by my felf, in the name of his executors, called up
into the great chamber in the Caftle of Berkeley (which his Coffin out of the Coach
was firft brought) to refrefh themfelves with wine and the like, I faw . 100 . pair of
Eyes at leaft pouring out (before that Coffin) fuch paffionate and forrowfull tears,
as if their fpirits fhould have followed thofe teares : which to behold (with the
remembrance of my youths education, and the daily favours 1 had from him, teftified
alfo by his legacy of his filver watch as a teftimony of the good and faithfull fervice
I had done unto him, they are his own words in his will) drew a floud from my felf:
This being their generall teftimony, That they had loft the beft landlord that Eng
land had, whofe like might, not after bee by them expected.
0[t ig bafenes to flatter his memory, but I truly tell his grandchild and pofterity,
honefte vixit, neminem laefit, fuum cuique tribuit ; Hee lived an honeft man, with
out hurt to any, rendring to each man what was their right : none in his time was
found more ready to render juftice to all alike.
<©f body, hee was tall and flender, as were his father and grandfather, as both
from himfelf and more efpetially from divers of their attendants I have been in
formed; faid alfo to bee the naturall pofture and compofure of the name and family;1
Of a found conftitution, his hearing good, his eyes not more dimme then in his
youth : Reading much, yet never ufed fpectacle or other help : hee knew not what
the gout, ftone, Ache, or other greifs incident to age did meane : In the courfe of
his wholl life none could bee more temparate, fpare of fpeech, better conceiving
then expreffing ; Nothing beholding to his youths education, as himfelf would com
plaine : enclining to pitty : ready to releive : exceeding apt to forgive, and to bee
reconciled : And being reconciled, would imbrace them without fcruple or remnant of
1 In the margin of the manufcript is the following note in the handwriting of Lady Elizabeth Germain,
dau. of Charles Earl of Berkeley, and wife of Sir John Germain, of Drayton Co. Northampton, Bart. :—
" Exceedingly degenerated for we are all but a low Race now." [Ed.]

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of gall ; his face was the frontifpice of his mind, hee knew not how to diffemble a
thought : ffor frank well ordered | and continuall hofpitallity, hee equalled, if not 881
outwent, all others in the parts where hee lived : In a word, Noe man (that ever I
could hear, hee, living or dead,) could fay That hee ever defcryed in him any
notorious vice : Only, it may truly bee faid, that hee was too great a lover of
law, knowing it noe better : And that hee did not alwaies foe lend one eare to
the accufer, as that hee kept the other for the accufed.
Gratior eft virtus veniens a corpore pulchro.
Vertue is more lovely much more acceptable,
Proceeding from a perfonage amyable.
God grant thy grandchild fuch a race may run,
As thou throughout thy life haft nobly done. | I

tyig \avtog tohereof hee bpeb gzi$cb.
Che lands hee left unto his heire, (whereof only little Canonbury fcarce worth
yf naming was purchafed by him) were thefe,
The Caftle burrow hundred and manor 1
of Berkeley.
The manor of Hame,
The manor of Appleridge,
The manor of Alkington,
The manor of Hinton,
The manor of Hurft,
The manor of Slimbridge,
The manor of Sages,
The manor of Came,
-The manor of Cowley,
The manor of Wotton, 
The manor of Wotton ff»er
The manor of Symondfar^K
The manor of Canonbury, -
The burrow and manor of Tetbury,
,/ The manor of Bitton & Hannam

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In the County of Glouc.

The manor and Hundred of Portbury
The manor of Portefhead, *-

In the County of SomTfet.

The

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Inquifitio poft
mortem Thome
Berkeley. 10. Jac.
Inqu: poft mortem
Henrici dniBerke-
ley 11? Jacobi.

The ufe.

The manor of Callowdon, —
The manT of Me[l]ton Mowbray -
The manor of Segrave,
The manor of Mountforrell,
The manor of Gofcote
The manor of Bofham,
The manor of Thorney,
The manor of ffuntington,
The manor of Buckfold, I

In y° county of the Citie of
Coventry and' of Warwicke

- In the County of Leicefter

In the County of Suffex.

The Advowfons of the Churches of Segrave, Howby, Sutton Bonington, with
ST Anns, Kegworth, and Tetbury Vicaridge, as in his life are mentioned.
<©f ail which a dying feized by Inquifition was found in the County of Glouc,
in January following his death : As alfo one other Inquifition had been in the faid
County almoft two years before, after the death of ST Thomas his fon and heire,
wherein the forementioned conveyances and anuities are fpecified : And for the
forefaid manors of Tetbury, Bitton, and Hannam, in the county of Glouc, And
the manors lands and Advowfons in the Counties of the Citie of Coventry and
Warrwick, Leicefter, and Suffex, I have at large written of each of them, And how,
and when they firft came into this family, with each antiquity to them belonging, in
a book by it felf finifhed with this hiftory, which may bee of ufe to this family.
Che 3Uj?»lication anb uge of big life.
1. Chi£ lord Henry in the laft and immediate Anceftor preceding the lord
George, clothed (by this lords death) with honor of twenty former generations : ]
Hee had much, fpent much, yet left enough to continue the like honorable port, if I
regulated after that method which hee obferved in the later half of his life ; where
by hee knew to a peny what quarterly hee was to receive, And for what the fame
came in, And how it was againe iffued out ; And was able at the end of each year
in the clofing of his Audit to fay, That fuch and fuch fums and expences might
have been avoyded by providence, but being paft hee would amend it in the year
following : If like providence bee not hereafter found in his heire, that portion
which now difcendeth will bee found fhortened in the next generation : which, my
wifh is, may in time bee ferioufly thought upon. ] 2. SUgahte,

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2. 3Cgainc, this family from the example of this lords firft wife, may learne 884
That nothing is more neceffary in the perfon of a mafter of a family, according as
his eftate and greatnes fhall bee, then Majefty : which, (having moderation and
judgment how to order it,) is then of excellent beauty and ufe. And herein let
every mafter remember Efops fable of the frogs, how contemptibly they efteemed
their heavy and blockifh king. And that, nimia familiaritaes parit contemptum ;
The mailers awe is often the levell of his fervants life and manners.
3. 3trjainc, this lord having in the length of his longe life often outfpent his
purfe, betooke himfelf to fojournings with his kinfmen and freinds, (as before is fol : 842
mentioned,) the better thereby to bring the unruly tide of his former overflowings
into a more orderly channell, and to fhake of at once togeather fuch needlefs and!
diforderly attendants, old Captaines, old Courtiers, unufefull Schollers and com- !
panions, as could not otherwife foe fairly bee put afide : whereby (as himfelf hath '
faid) hee faved a good portion of his land, and ridd his houfe of fome perfons
dangerous to have been kept, and different from him in religion, drawn thither by
fuch as had over great a power in his family ; A phificke by which his father and
grandfather had cured their eftates, And may againe bee of ufe to his grandchild
in his riper years, for whofe fake this his Anceftors modle is here fhaped unto him.
4. 3tgainc, from the fojournings of this lord his pofterity may take example
how to preferve peace within doores, efpetially if they bee matched to wives of
high flying fpirits, or difficult to pleafe ; And how to put off fuch fervants as they
find apt to fofter that humor, And how to fhake from their tables and ftables fuch
as make themfelves menyall fervants without invitements, and have noe modefty in
their abodes ; Of which kind I have known the number numerous in this family ;
Alfo how to eafe expences and fave the fale of a manor, when fuch drones and
other exceffe had drawn | on a debt that grew clamorous ; Alfo how to fpare to- 885
wards the mariage portion of a daughter or a younger fon and the like : And
fomtime under the colour of pleafure or eafe, to retire to an houfe of lefs capacity
and expence : But ever with this -refolution, to hold conftantly the firft intentions ;
And not to exceed the determined proportion of yearly fpendings : wherein this
noble lord would acknowledge, That in fome of his Sojournings hee had departed
from his firft projects, and ftrayed from thofe pathes which himfelf had chalked out
to have walked in.
5. 3dgaine, from the coinon recoveries, fynes, and feoffments of this lord, fol : 840. 841.
formerly mentioned, his pofterity may underftand of what eftate they ftand feized in
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in all their lands and Baronies : and how by operation of law, by reafon of thofe
fynes and conveyances, they may bring titles or queftions pretended againft any
part of their poffeffions to a fpeedy ending and repofe ; which may bee of profitable
ufe in their generations to come.
6. 3Ufjainc, from the obfervation of the flory of Queen Elizabeths coming to
fol : 845. Berkeley Caftle and the deftruction of this lords red deere, before mentioned, his
pofterity may the better avoid thofe Court-traps and toiles wherein this lord Henry
by an over hafty expreffion of his difcontent for a few deer, had almoft been in-
trapped, as his deere were in the Toyle, pitched more truly for him then for them ;
fol : 285. And often to remember the depth of that danger whereinto their valiant Anceftor
the lord Maurice the third did by difcontent plunge himfelf and his pofterity, had
not the favourable hand of heaven miraculoufly redeemed them, As in the lives of
himfelf and his heir hath been declared, And to beware thereafter.
[7-] 3U|jaine, (as my further teftimony of the regularity of the later part of this
lords life,) I tell his pofterity, That for the laft thirty years or more of his life, foe
fol : 838. 839. exactly were kept the books of his receipts and payments, afwell forraigne as
domefticall, of what kind foever, made either by himfelf, Steward of houfhold,
Sollicitor, Receivor, or others, And foe orderly call up and methodiz'd at his Audit
886 in the end of each year ; That before thofe books were, | after his death, taken
away by his Executors, or otherwife caft afide, It was eafy for any man but a little
acquainted therewith to have taken upon him the accompt of his wholl revenues,
certaine or cafuall, raifed in that time ; And foe my felfe, (though I had nothing to
doe therew'!1) offered to his Executors to have done when they took thefe books
into their confideration, about twenty daies after his death ; which they foe much
approved, that they held them fit prefidents for themfelves and pofterity : But on
jthe other fide, the firft part of this lords life hath declared how irregular his firft
jhoufkeeping and the management of his revenues were ; Too many fervants com-
J manders in his family, few under obedience : his monies paffing yearly into the
J hands of many, and iffued out by more : few were called to accompt, and more
unable to have accompted : Of this Aguifh ficknes that foon fhaked his eftate, my
felf have heard his elder years complaine : I wifh his grandchild and pofterity may
not relapfe, leaft they bee conflrained to redeem the like error, with the fale of
I much land as this lord was. Fadix quern faciunt aliena pericula cautum ; Happy
! is that fon that, obferving his fathers ill footing, fafteneth his flepps on a furer
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8. 5Hgaine, from the dangerous paffage of this lords wife and John Bott, fol : 846. 847.
formerly menconed, let all the difcendants of this noble family bee admonifhed, not
to commit fecrets of fuch confequence to unfaithfull fervants, nor to bee beholding
to any living man, (if poffible they may chufe,) for their reputation, ftate, or life ;
ffor the waies of mans heart are unfordable and paft finding out.
9. -Hlgahte, ffrom the daily practice of this lord Henry, his pofterity hath a
vertuous prefident not to let their Anger remaine when the caufe is removed ; And
to diflinguifh betwixt him that offendeth of infirmity or againft his will, And him
who offendeth malitioufly or of fet purpofe.
10. 3Ugatne, Let mee note to this lords pofterity that the life of this their
Anceftor was a meere medley, and like a picture w* fundry faces ; from his birth
(born a peere) to one and twenty, \ none found more happy or hopefull, courted for 887
mariage by many of the greateft ; ffrom 21 . to 38 . in the 13* of Queen Elizabeths
raigne, (what time his brother in law and faft freind Thomas duke of Norfolk loft
his head,) his alliance and freinds in Court and Country foe flowred that adverfity
could not bee feared : from thence for 39 . years togeather with him, finis unius
mali gradus erat futuri, foe toffed in perpetuall ftormes and law fuits, That with
difficulty in Court and Country hee bore up faile ; after which time, in the 7* of
king James, 4- years before his death, hee entred a quiet harbour ; and after thofe
4 . years, peace in the 79'? of his age, anchored in thofe joyes that never fhall have
ending ; To which, oh bleffed God, bring all his difcendants.
11. 2t gaine, in reading over the life of this lord, his pofterity cannot but
obferve his fufferings and loffes by two indulgently following the wills and Counfells
of his mother and firft wife ; Againft whom I will not (as to him) further fay then of
old hath been faid, Non eft bis in bello peccare, hee that in warre errs twice is
without excufe or pardon ; As hee did more then twice ; Nor as to them in the
application further fharpen my pen then to tell his pofterity, That when Eve went
about to expound the text fhee miftooke the text and hurt her hufband : And that v
Englifh wives challenge more liberty and enclyne to more foveraignty then thofe of
other nations : That female counfells are to bee fufpected, as proceeding from an
unproper fphear : Vnicuiq, in fua arte credentum eft, nemini extra ; what advice
can an huntfman give in matters of mufick ? And that prodegy of witt whofe ex- Sir Walt : Raleigh
cellencies have conquered both example and imitation, hath told his fon That wives
were ordained to continue the generation of men ; To obey, not to rule their
affaires : That they are like marchants in a common wealth, the greateft good or
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the worft of evills that can happen to a man ; And to ballence them and their
Counfells thereafter.
1 2. 3Ugaine, this family may obferve how fully the covetous defire of the lady
888 Anne, mother of this lord Henry, labouring to have avoided | the leafes of poore
mentioned. 730. tenants for the enriching of her fon and enlarging her own livelihood, hath verified
73 1# the comon proverbe, That covetoufnes never brought home clear gaines : ffor, fuch
her covetous intent opened the gap which otherwife had been clofed, whereat
Queen Elizabeth by the profecution of Leicefters Earle entred, and laid waft half
the ancient vineyard of this lord, the dolefull relation whereof hath taken up a
great part of his life ; And that of all infelicities ordained to hurt the eftates of
great men, none is greater then to bee foe encountred in marriage, as the wife to
conceive her felf wifer in her hufbands affaires then himfelf or his Counfell.
13. 30gaine* by the paffages of Goodman and Nuthall, tending to the ex-
tinguifhment of this lords memoriall ; A glafs is fet before the eies of this family,
to fee how man may plot and purpofe, but God alone difpofeth as himfelf pleafeth :
And how the Authors of that expurgatory counfell have thereby made that name
which they wbuld have rooted out more durable and confpicuous, when their own
is forgotten in the place. Of all mens purpofes God is the difpofer, In whofe high
Counfell wee fee it was ordained that his then dejected family, fhould againe by
weak means ftand and rife, notwithftanding the powerfull plots to ruin it ; And
thofe to fall whofe ftepps feemed to bee rooted in adamant ; And accordingly, let
this family acknowledge That foundations of Eternity laid by mortall men in this
tranfitory world, are but .like the towers of Babell, either fhaken from heaven or
made vaine ere the frame is raifed to the height, And to turne their waies thereafter.
14. Stgaine, from t^ie two recoveries of Wotton and other manors, un-
confcionably by packing and practice wrefted from this lord, this family may now
experimentally fee that to bee true which the courfes of all times paft (duely
obferved) have verified ; That thofe who have left but little with honeft dealing,
God hath bleffed the fame exceedingly ; whereas thofe that have left great-matters
ill gotten infteed of a bleffing have left a curfe and a fnare behind them, punctually
889 found true" between the parties to thofe recoveries | in the perfons that purfued them.
15. Againe, from the ill requitall of Gerard Try after hee had ferved the turn
of this lord and of the lady Anne his mother and guardian, to their great advantage
fol : 734 To have his own land at Binley wrefted from him by that greatnes, may warn
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fervants not to tranfgreffe the bounds of truth in hope of favour or reward, as hee
did : And matters not to gaine by wronge, leaft it fly away before the third genera
tion as that land hath done : And it verifies alfo what wee read of old, That many
love the Treafon but hate the Traytor.
16. 3tgainr, This noble family may obferve, That noe one vertue hath more
glorioufly comended the life of the lord Thomas the fifth to pofterity, then the
deafe eare and flow beleife, hee accuflomably lent to fuch perfons as prefented him
with fecret accufations againft his more eminent fervants ; Hee wifely confidering,
that factions were in all families ; That malice and envy are oftneft darted againft
beft defervers ; And that each accufer hath his private ends covered under his
accufations ; and therefore that ever memorable lord would never receive complaint
till hee had both parties face to face, whereby as hee avoided his own trouble and
difquiet, foe hee kept the hearts of his more eminent fervants, (whereof greater ufel
was to bee made,) fafter tyed to his fervices ; Which wife and juft courfe if this!
lord Henry had obferved from that his grandfathers example, hee had not caufed]
two of his ableft fervants to have left him, when hee could not well have fparedf Cheyney.
them ; Nor have caufed a Steward of houfhold who fucceeded one of thofe to have £refw .
articled with him not to take to beleife any accufacbn againft him till hee were con
fronted by his accufer ; Nor had hee turned off in times of need a moft able lawyer Ch : Yelv :
A.ls *
and Sollicitor upon a fecret informacon whifpered againft theni, to have delivered
two deeds to his adverfaries, when their feverall oaths in chancery not only denyed
the fact, but the freedom of their hearts from fuch thoughts : Deeds only miflayed
for the time and after found amongft this lords evidences. The fpeech of the Earle
of Dorfet, lord Treaforer, in the Starrechamber, about the 4* of King James, was
by all prefent generally applauded, That if accufation became condemnacon [ with- 8go
out examination, the king would foone have a thin court, and I my felf (quoth hee)
not left mee one able fervant ; Adding withall, That hee that judgeth between two
before hee hath heard both parties is an unjuft judge though hee judge juftly. 3Uttb
by making a wife ufe to themfelves, to choofe with Mary in the Gofple that better Luke : 10. 42.
part which will fticke by them, and have an honorable memoriall with their pofterity.
17- 3Bgaine (that I may not omit any obfervation tending to the behoofe of
this noble family ; The life of the lord Thomas the third hath fhewed what an
excellent fervant that lord had all the daies of his life of Thomas Bradfton, who a Tho : Bradfton,
longe while to the loffe of his own fortunes fupported his mailers ; And when the
errors of his mafters youth, (which Bradfton could not prevent,) had overthrown
them both, Bradfton in the time of his mafters imprifonment made firft his own
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peace with his mafters enemies, And after by his prudence and valour fo inwardly
twilled himfelf into their good opinions, That hee fet his mafter on foot againe, and
ere longe, wrought the downfall of thofe that formerly had been the caufe of his
mafters fall and his ; and got to boote the honb!= dignities firft of a Banneret and
after of a Baron, and an eftate anfwerable for fuport of thofe honr.s as hath been
fhewed. /
The like excellent fervant was Thomas Try, for fourty years in four difcents
of this family under the lord Maurice the fifth the Marques Berkeleys brother, and
under the lord Maurice his fon, and under the lord Thomas the fifth his brother and
heire, and the lord Thomas his fon, by whofe fpetiall induftry a great part of thofe
poffeffions which the Marques Berkeley had vaftly confumed, were againe regained
to this family, the principall means it then had to maintaine it felf, As in their
feverall lives hath been related. And for his reward obtained to bee in Comiffion
of the peace as hath been fhewed.
The like excellent fervant was Thomas Duport, for 35 years under this lord
Henry, by whofe wife conduct and fpeciall follicitation this family was in the time
891 of Queen Mary enriched with the rever- 1 ter of their Barony of Berkeley ; And
had by his prudent Counfells further wrought a durable happines in his mafters
family had not the fic volo of his mafters mother, and after of his miftres his
mafters wife, (woemen too powerfull for the fucceffe of good counfells,) turned
his found advices to his mafters loffes and difhonor ; The greife whereof caufed
fol : 794. Duport to withdraw from Counfell and fervice ; Hee attained alfo to bee in comiffion
of the peace, as hath been fhewed. 3Bhat other fervants of remarkeable meritt
this family hath bred, or found ufefull, let the pen of others render them their
defervings. Chough the rule in hufbandry bee true, That the mafter of a Country family
muft fomtimes carry himfelf pleafant and courteous to his flocke, and not command
them any thing in his chollar, (for boifterous and rough handling will with fuch
vulgar hufbandmen prevaile as little as with ftiffe necked Jades,) And that if hee
fpeak not fomtimes familiarly unto them, laugh and jeft fomtimes with them, or
give them occation thereto, or fuffer them fomtimes to laugh and bee merry
amongft themfelves, hee will too often find his works either not done or ill done :
Yet Mafters in great and. honorable familyes attended with fervants of better
quality and of a more gentile education and imployment, may in their deportment
retaine a more awfull greatnes befitting their eftates, remembring, That as with ill
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bred natures, too much familiarity may breed contempt, foe on the contrary, with
the better fort of their houfhold, a chearfull word and countenance begetts a con
trary effecl: ; And, doubtles works more ftrongly then double wages ; verifyed in
thefe three worthies, Bradfton, Try, and Duport, who feverally poffeffing their
mafters extraordinary ufage and refpedt at home and abroad, thereby doubled
their endeavours of doing anfwerable fervices ; An able man, is longe in breeding,
to gain him by a fair word, is noe coftly purchafe ; Soe of able fervants.
I defire the end of this application to bee underftood, rather to continue in
this family the memory of thefe three excellent fervants, longe fince in dull, to the
raifing up of others like them ; than to inftruct the now lord thereof how or in what
garbe or pofture to carry himfelf toward | his houfhold fervants, in their different 892
degrees of places and imployments ; And to make fuch ufe as beft may [a]dvance
his honorable ends and affaires.
18. 3finaflp, and for the laft of all the applycations and ufes mentioned in the
three volumes of this 25crltclcian hiftory, drawn from the obfervation of the lives of
thefe twenty lords, reflecting upon the piety, vertue, vice, brotherly love or hatred,
frugallity, prodigallity, difcontent, adverfity, profperity, pride, humility, affability,
induftry, liberty, flattery, anger, impatience, moderation, paffion, goods well or ill
gotten, domineering of wives, and weomen, pride in fervants, ingratitude, covetouf-
nes, valour, cowardice, diligence and negligence in fervants and follicitors, ill
education of children, with other like, obferved and applyed by mee in the courfe
of the ftory of this ancient and thrice honorable family, as I have for 550. years
traced the waies wherein they feverally walked, for the better levelling of the life
of the prefent lord George ; I conclude for all, and in an humble and lowly manner
fay to him, as the fpirit of the moft high by the pen of king Solomon, in the laft of Ecclles: 12. v. 1.
his booke of Ecclefiaftes, counfelled and faid to his eldeft fon, and in him, to all I3- I4,
others ; Remember (Oh George) thy creator in the daies of this thy youth, fear
God and keep his commandments, for this is the wholl duty of man ; ffor God will
bring every of thy works into Judgment, whether it bee good or whether it bee
evill ; 3Hnb to put my moft honored lord in mind of this heavenly Counfell, (which
if followed will make him happy,) is the greateft requitall I can make to him, his
father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, for all the benefits which for
many years they have conferred upon mee and mine.
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APPENDIX
It may be well to append to the Orders cited in the text, certain other Orders
for the regulation of the Houfehold given by Jane the fecond wife of this Lord'
found at Condover Hall.
August, 1601. — Orders fet down by my lady to be obferved by the gentlemen in every refpedt the which directions fhall
remain in the gentleman ufhers hands to thende that none of them fhall for their excufe plead ignorance
upon the breach of thefe appointed orders by forgetting any of them but to cute of [cut off?] that in
convenience I do here appoint that every one of the gentlemen may at any time refort to the gentleman
ufher and fuch as can read may here fee from time to time what thofe orders bee whereby they may
be the better inftrucled of their duties and orders appointed to be obferved by them.
Directions for the ) The gentleman ufher to fee my gentlemen in houfhold to live in decent order to be diligent and
gentlemen. ) reverent in their fervices to my lo: and me to obey all other good orders fet down by me in the
yeomans book without any breach or contempt of any of them whereby both you fhall greatly content my
lo : and me with your obedience and well behaviour and tractablenefs and befides be an occafion to pro
cure the meaner fort of my fervants in calling to amend their faults by your good examples ; and though
I do refer you for the moft of them to thofe orders already fet down for brevity yet I thought it not good
to pafs over without directing fome orders unto you as the chiefeft to be obferved.

To come every morning") The gentleman ufher to come every morning into the dining chamber and withdrawing chamber
to see the dining? in the winter feafon at eight o'clock and in the fummer at feven o'clock. If ftrangers be there
CHAMBERS IN GOOD I , ,,,,,, ¦, , ¦ r i.
order. ) then at more earv hours and to fee that the yeomen of thofe chambers do keep fires there in
the winter and order well and drefs up everything in thofe chambers according to my former directions
fet down. And if you find any lack in them to fee thofe faults prefently amended whereby this place
fhall be kept orderly to the contentment of my lo : and me, and befides fhall be in decent order at all
times for the entertaining of ftrangers, likewife in the fummer time to fee the chimneys trimmed with
green boughs and the windows with herbs and fweet flowers and the chamber ftrowed with green rufhes.
To attend at service ") The gentleman ufher all the fervice days appointed to come up daily with the refidue of my
TIME- J gentlemen to hear the fervice faid before my lo : and me, and to come up fomewhat before
the Yomen and after fervice he and reft of the gentlemen to remain in the dining chamber and not to go
down with the yomen, which is moft diforderly ; for as the hall is a fit place for the yomen fo is the
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For wearing their \ Further when any ftrangers be here, though but one in number, if they be of that calling that '
livery coats for > they (j0 come into the dining chamber, then my pleafure is that the gentleman ufher and all
A TI7UTF 1 the reft of gentlemen fhall prefently put on their livery coats for the firft night and all the
next day following, unlets it be funday or holiday, then to put on their cloaks but the next day that is
a working day to wear their livery coats then after how long fo ever any ftrangers do tarry unlefs new
ftrangers do come before the old be gone, then again to wear their livery coats the firft and the next day
after their coming, and all the time after they may with my liking wear their cloaks, fo the former ap
pointed times be obferved ; and from henceforth neither my gentleman ufher nor the reft of my gentlemen
to depart either with their winter liveries or their fummer liveries till new coats be given them ; and I do
further appoint that neither my gentleman ufher nor any other of my gentlemen fhall at any time when
my lo: or I ride abroad during the time of our being in journey, wear any other upper garment either
cloak or other wife, but only his livery coat ; and when their liveries be firft given, though no ftrangers be
here, yet to wear them two days together unlefs it happen to be one holiday or funday, at what time they
do wear their livery coats to keep them on all day without ufing to wear any other garment for that time.
Not to come into the ] Further my pleafure is that neither my gentleman ufher nor any other of my gentlemen fhall
dining chamber with > come into the dining chamber nor fit at play with my lo : and me in his girken or doublett
but either in his livery coat or in his cloak, and I do licenfe from hence forth the gentleman
ufher and refidue of my gentlemen though no ftrangers be here to come into the dining room at any time
when my lord and I am at play there at any kind of game.
To attend in the great ) And when ftrangers be here then my pleafure is that they both after dinner and fupper and at
chamber J other times, both the gentleman ufher and the reft of my gentlemen fhall keep moft in the
dining chamber to make fhow of themfelves both for the honor of my lo : and me and to be ready to do
fuch fervice as fhall be commanded them.
My la : walking abroad. \ Further when I fhall walk any way out of the park as into the fields, as more or any of my out-
1 ward grounds, then would I have the gentleman ufher and the reft of my gentlemen be in a
readinefs to wait upon me.
In the Park. } Further when I do walk in the park then I do licenfe the gentlemen either to walke, bowl,
1 fhoot or ufe any other paftime or a where I walk in this order. If I do walk in the high
walk then they may be in the lower walk ; if I do walk in the lower walk then they may be in the upper
walk. I do not fet down this as an exprefs commandment that I would have them be there only ; I do
licence them to be there or to be abfent as they fhall think good.
Licence to come into \ And at any time when I am in the great garden myfelf, I do for the time of my being there, as
the garden. J weu ^ wjjen no ftrangers be here as when any be here, licence the gentleman ufher and the
reft of my gentlemen to come into the garden and there either to bowl or remain there as long time or
fhort as they will; or to come in or not to come in as they are difpofed, for I do not fet this down as an
exprefs commandment I would have them to be there at /uch times as I walk there, but rather do give
them leave without my miflike to come in where they will during the time of my abode there or to be
abfent as they fhall think good. Diligent
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Diligent attendance ) And during the time my lo : and I am at dinner and fupper and do fit abroad, my pleafure is
dinner and supper j tnat tne gentleman ufher and the reft of my gentlemen fhall with due reverence and great
diligence wholly give their attendance to wait upon us, and none for thofe times to go to reft themfelves
in other places or to be abfent, but to wait diligently and not to go to any bye places to eat meat in
corners, nor to take or give away any meat but by the gentleman ufher's fufferance and licence, but to
give good attendance till they go altogether to take our devercion, and therein JUl to behave themfelves
civily like gentlemen without making any great noife or ufing any other uncivil orders, to ufe no playing
fence nor diforderly paftimes in the hall which caufeth great diforder and gives caufe of offence by the
great noife that comes by that means.
Not to break days ) At what time that either the gentleman ufher or any other of my gentlemen craves leave either

having leave to go V t0 fee tnejr frien(js or to difpatch earneft bufmefs, none of them in any wife but upon great
occafion and apparent caufe to break the day appointed for their return, and befides not to
go unlefs they do obtain leave of myfelf.
For great play. ) Further my pleafure is that neither the gentleman ufher nor none of the reft of my gentlemen
' fhall ufe great play neither at dice, tables, nor cards ; for excefs of gaming impoverifheth
your eftate and caufeth many diforders and contentions to be amongft fellows ; but inftead of thefe games
to exercife yourfelves in all manner of adtivity, as bowling, and chiefly exercife of your long bow wherein
I take great delight.
Entertaining of ) The gentleman ufher to fee all ftrangers well entertained for my lo : honor and mine ; every
Strangers j man according to his calling liking and eftimation that is to be made of him ; to fee thofe
that are of credit to be duly ferved with livery ; none to have any in my houfe under the degree of an
I efquire of an hundred pounds a year of an inheritance at the leaft ; your office being gentleman ufher is
not either yet any other of my gentleman to be at the ferving of any liveries under the degree of a baron;
gentlemens liveries to be ferved only with yomen, unlefs it be a knight's fon and heir or a gentleman of
hundred mark lands of inheritance. An earl's fon or baron's fon then one gentleman to go with his
livery and to place the bread drink and plate upon the cupboard in his chamber.
Entertainment in ") The gentleman ufher to give good entertainment to all gentlemen ; to fee them want nothing
strangers chambers ) jn tneu. chambers ; to fee them have their breakfaft in due time or anything elfe that they
lack or their fervants that is fit to offer to ftrangers for their better entertainment and when any gentleman
of calling comes to the houfe he and the reft of my gentlemen to be ready to bring them into the dining
chamber ; and when they go away the gentleman ufher and the reft of my gentlemen to bring them to
their horfes.
Endeavour of good ) And as for obferving of all other good orders, with the efchewing of any breach to the contrary,
orders ) mv pleafure is that the gentleman ufher and the refidue of my gentlemen fhould endeavour
themfelves to the uttermoft they may to live orderly, the which good orders though they be at large fet
down in the yomen's orders at the end of the book, yet I think good to make a brief reherfal of them
here.
Hours for drinking ) The gentleman ufher and the reft of my gentlemen to keep due hours for drinking, for the
J morning at eight o'clock, at night at eight o'clock, and to come to drinking two and two
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Orderly riding abroad \ When my lo : and I do ride abroad the gentleman ufher to fee the gentlemen ride afore two
1 and two together orderly without ufing any undecentnefs as in loud fpeech or rude fports
one with another.
Moderate speech in ) My pleafure is that when the ufher of the hall, hearing great noife at dinner or fupper time,
the hall ) fhall bid make lefs noife, no gentleman to feem to feoff or rail at him, but orderly to ufe
moderate fpeech for the better example of others.
For the due observing ) Further my pleafure is that both to contribute my lo : and me to make more fervices the more
of my la : directions j acceptable to us who doth fo greatly miflike thofe diforders, and alfo to give good manners
to your fellows of meaner calling, that even as you all tender my favour, the gentleman ufher and all the
reft of my gentlemen to frame yourfelves to the obeying of thefe reafonable orders fet down by my lord
and mee.
To keep private the \ My pleafure is that none of my gentlemen only the gentleman ufher excepted, fhall come into
0FFICES / any of the offices, as Buttry, pantry, cellar, brew houfe, backhoufe, kitchen, fcullery, larders,
neither yet into the landry or dye houfe nor in thofe two laft rehearfed nor the gentleman ufher to come
into them; neither yet he nor any of the reft of my gentlemen to ufe any caroufing in any houfe to make
one another drunk, or to prefs any ftranger to caroufe ; to frequent no alehoufe ; not to ufe great fwearing
nor any other unhoneft kind of life, but to behave themfelves orderly and civily like gentlemen.
Quarrelling ) No gentleman to fall out or quarrel one with another but to live lovingly together, without
' fighting or contention.
For being not a night \ Neither the gentleman ufher nor none of the reft of my waiting gentlemen to ly out a nights
out j Dut to come into their own lodgings, appointed for them by nine o'clock at night.
Tending at the dresser l The gentlemen to come at the firft call of the ufher to the dreffer, and there to ufe themfelves
J decently without loud noife or any rude behaviour and with all duty to endeavour yourfelves
to obey and obferve them without any breach of any of them fo near as you can poffible, and all you
my waiting gentlemen to be obedient to my gentleman ufher to do what you fhall be commanded by him
touching the decent and good ordering of yourfelves and doing diligent and dutiful fervice to my lo :
and me ; and becaufe you fhall well know all thefe orders are fet down by myfelf, hoping you will the
more willingly with obedience frame yourfelves and fervice according to thefe directions, I have in the
end fet to my hand and therefore do expect thefe orders fhall be the . .
In the margin of the laft page is written :— " found at Cranford, June, 1635." And at the top of
the fame page an old hand has written :— " Lo : Berkley's orders."

<aBeorge note Sorb 25erfeelcp.
Sty* Cife of (Jkorige tlje Just 895
#art of the life of George lord Berkeley the firft of that
name, ftiled in writings Sir George Berkeley knight, lord
Berkeley, Mowbray, Segrave, and Breoufe ; And may bee
called George the traveller, or George the linguift.
Contemgorarp with king James, and king Charles from 1613.
till $art of whofe life I will deliver under thefe 5 titles ; viz4.
1. — 3f** n*s abftradts from his Anceftors : fol : [895]
2. — 3(h his parentage and difcents . fol : [897]
3. — 3fo his birth and education . fol : [899]
4. — %Xi his law fuits arifen in his minority . fol : [907]
5- — <3Che Conclufion of the author . fol : [917]
3 It ItJtS Lord George is compleat the third Septenary number from Harding
the Dane, the firft of his Englifh race: what men the two former feptenary
lords, Thomas the fecond and William the Marques, the beft and the worft,
were in their generations, their lives have declared.
%W this lord George are more quadrately compleat, the odd numbers of threes
and Seavens. Chough the bulke whereto this third volume is growne admits noe repetition,
yet breifly let the abftract of this family [bee obferved, firft In threes, in numero
ternario. 3- 0?aurtce the laft of the firft three, by his maryage eftablifhed this Barony,
And fetled fo fure a peace to his family as continues durable to this day. |
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896 6. Maurice the laft of the fecond three, by his fiding in the Barons warrs in
the time of king Henry the third, caft himfelf and his wife into that indigency That
if the faid king her unckle had not beftowed on her lands in Kent, fhee had begged
for want of bread, for foe are the words of that Record of the kings guift.
9. ChomaS" the laft of the third three, by his ever memorable induftry doubled
his revenue ; And to his entaile to the heires males are the laft eight lords of this
lyne b[e]holding for their honor and barony.
1 2. 3tameS the laft of the fourth three ; his fun fet before the rifing : hee lived
not to fee the honor of his Anceftors : born to honor but had it not.
15. Sttr3aurtte the laft of the fifth three ; hee had honor by difcent, but noe land
withall : Infteed of land his brothers malice difcended upon him : His fuits in lawe
were more then the acres of ground left him by his laft Anceftor the Marques.
1 8. dhomaS the laft of the fixth three ; for fhortnes of hon* hee ftandeth
fingle : his baronage faw but one winter folftice.
21. Gttyig lord George, the laft of the feaventh three ; Hee is the center of
threes and feavens, in whom the whole circumference is clofed ; Lord raife up his
fpheare in fumma ange, in height above his Anceftors.
3^00) obferve the abftract of this family in Seavens, in numero feptenario.
7. ChomaS the laft of the firft feaven, like the active king (Edward the firft)
in whofe daies hee flourifhed, was a lord compleatly fitted tarn Marti quam Mer-
curio, the greateft fcholler, fouldier and hufband of All his Anceftors. |
897 14. JBiUtam the laft of the fecond feaven, was the moft ambitious man that
ever lived in his generations ; Hee wafted and gave away fower baronyes and half
a Dukedome ; And left nothing in effect to his heire but a tongue to complaine.
21. Qfyig lord George the laft of the third feaven ; fpeak of him when I am
duft and hee at reft ; numbers are not the caufes of tranfmutations of families :
Lord enoble his character above his Anceftors; I leave him in his minority between
hope and fear, And returne to declare him firft in his parentage next in his life and
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tyig parentage anb btgcentjs.
iChig lord George by Harding his firft Anceftor is a Dane of regali parentage. A Dane.
25p Eve wife of Robert the firft, and by the wholl difcents of Breoufe and A Norman.
Mowbray, a moft honorable Norman.
2£>p Alice wife of Maurice the firft, and by the wholl lyne of Segrave whereof A Saxon.
hee is heire, an Englifh Saxon.
2&p Elizabeth mother of James the firft, heire to the ancient families of Reis,
Bloet, and Pichard ; And by Margaret wife of Thomas the third, (difcended of the A Welfhman.
Princes of Brittaine and Wales,) And by Anne Morgan wife to his great grand- A Brittaine.
father Henry lord Hunfdon, is a Brittaine or Welfhman, whereby hee is priveledged
to weare a Leeke on S' Davids day the firft of March.
25p Ifable wife of Maurice the fecond, and by Ifable wife of James the firft, A ffrenchman.
one of the Coheirs of Thomas de Brotherton eldeft fon of king Edward the firft by
Margaret his fecond wife daughter of Phillip le Bel king of ffrance, A ffrenchman,
And of the royall bloud of England and ffrance : As Alfo difcending from Edmond bloU(je r°ia
fecond | fon to king Henry the third, father of Henry of Monmouth Earle of 898
Lancafter, Leicefter, and Darby, great grandfather of the faid Ifable.
25p Margaret wife of Thomas the third, daughter of Roger Mortimer firft A Spanniard.
Earle of March, fon of Edmond Mortimer lord of Wigmore and of Margaret Powell: 316.
ffendles his wife daughter of William de ffendles, a Spanniard ; Cozen to Queen
Elleanor firft wife of king Edward the firft.
25p the faid lady Ifable wife to James the firft, difcended from fferdinando
Marques of Saluce of the houfe of Saxony in Germany by Alifon his daughter A Germaine.
wife to Richard ffit3 Alan lord of Clun and Ofwaldeftry ; A Germaine.
25p Eve wife of William de Breoufa lord of Brecknock and Gower, ffifth HoweffolTiS2.
daughter and one of the Coheirs of Ifable daughter and heire of Richard Vincent: fol = 411.
Strongbowe Earle of Penbroke and of Eve his wife daughter and heire of po^ji. foi'. 3I3_
Dermot-mac-murrough fon of Patrick king of Leinfter, (from whom hee in three
wayes difcended) An Irifhman ; whereby hee is priviledged to weare a red croffe
on S? Patricks day the 17* of March. 3Cnb
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5Hnb juftly by right of difcent this lord George quartereth thefe twenty coats,
very remarkeable in their generations; viz', Berkeley, Bloett, Brotherton, Mowbray,
Breoufe, Segrave, Chancombe, Bello campo, Longfpey, Albeny, ffit3 Allan, Blun-
devill, Warren, Plantagenet, Marifliall, Strongbow, Murchas, Mead, Read, and
Stanhope ; As formerly in thefe relations hath appeared, and how they are come
into his bearings.
4$rant Lord That in his courfe of age hee may grace this his parentage by his
virtues, as his parentage graceth him ; And to know That proper virtue joyned
with this nobility of birth is enobled with a double honour : 3Unb now to his life. |
tyig birth anb ebucation,
899 QLfyig lord George was born at Lowlayton five miles from London, on Wednef
day the 7* of October in the 43* year of Queen Elizabeth, Anno 1601, between
the hours of ten and eleaven in the forenoone, And was chriftened on munday the
26* of the fame month; his grandfather George lord Hunfdon and Charles Howard
Earle of Nottingham being his godfathers, And the lady Jane fecond wife to his
grandfather Henry lord Berkeley, his godmother.; And was afterwards created
knight of the Bath at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales, after the death of
Prince Henry his elder brother.
3[t fared with the father and mother of this lord George during their joynt
lives, as with younger brethren (though heires to two noble families) who having
Anuities for their maintenance, and noe houfes wherein to fettle themfelves, muft
fojourn with freinds or hire where they may for money ; So consequently it fell out
with this lord, a part of themfelves and the hope of both their pofterities, who
(having been nurfed at Envile) moved with them according to their motion, to
.London, to Claredon, to Newpark, and laftly to Callowdon, where and at Coventry,
till the diffipacon of his grandfathers family a month after his death, hee remained
a fcholler under Doctor Philemon Holland ; And from thence to London with his
mother, as hath been faid ; where between her houfes of Redcroffe ftreet, Mylend,
Durdens, and Cranford, hee continued under the inftruction and example of M*
Henry Aftjwood, his fober and vertuous tutor, till hee was fitted for Oxford.
Novem : 1613. %Xl memoriall of whofe vertue and progreffe in learning, then but twelve years
Anno : n. Jac. 0y an(j one montnj I wfll borrow leave to tranfmit to pofterity a Lfe of his own
writing, which hee from Coventry fchoole fent to my felf then in London in thefe
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words ; Accepi a te domine Smythe, chronicon Johannis Speedi cum chartis
chorographicis in duobus tomis ; opus fane, ut videtur, egregium dignum lectu,
jucundumcjj afpectu; et quod maius eft, perlegi epiftolam ad me tuam, plenam judicij
et gravis confilij, qus ut inditia veri amoris tui, magni | eftimo ; Chronicon quidem goo
diligenter legam, et apud me fervabo, cartifque oculos meos pafcam ; confilium vero
tuum, deo volente, fequar ; pro utrifq^ gratias tibi ago, dabocjj operam pofthac, et te
redamare, et tibi pro viribus gratiam referre ; vale, Coven tria. 9 Novembr. 161 3.
Tui amantiffimus Georgius Berkeley.
4E>f whom it may bee truly faid, That hee is born generous and capable of
vertue ; but wlfdom is not gotten without paine ; folly may bee bought and findeth
many Chapmen, but true honor noblenes and wifdom that makes great and happy,
are the fruits of wife companions and the counfells of the dead ; Hatefull may his
memory bee that by his evill company corrupteth thefe feeds, for honor and reputa
tion in fuch a one as this young lord is like to prove, is fo delicate a thing as a
fmall exceffe may blemifh it, and acts of indifcretion may ruin it ; It is a fpirit that
goes and returnes not againe.
i^the 26* of which November in which hee wrote that tre, his grandfather
Henry lord Berkeley dyed, as hath in his life been faid ; And in December follow
ing, the lady Elizabeth with this noble gent her fon, then lord, came to London,
where fhee found the grant of the wardfhip of his body and marriage paffed by !• g^nt 26 ffeb :
the faid Earle of Northton, both under the feale of the Court of Wards, and of the 2. grant. 16. Junij
great feale, And direction given for finding the office after the death of the faid " Ja^c:
lord Henry: which being returned into the petty bagge in Hillary Terme following,
the faid Earle, whilft hee endeavoured the paffing of a leafe of the faid lord
Henries lands, (whereto the king was now, not before, entituled,) dyed the 15* of
June following, Anno, 1614 . in the 12* year of king James, at Northton houfe by Anno. 12. Jac.
Charinge croffe ; whereby the faid lady apprehending the advantage, prefently
entred into that affaire, as by right of his Ma'? inftructions devolved upon her; And
the 13* of July following got the leafe under feale ; And at the fame time com
pounded with the Counfell | of the Court of Wards for the Cafualties of Copy-hold 901
ffynes, Advowfons, Copice woods, heryotts, and other perquifites which might arife
out of the kings part of her fons lands during his minority, (which were excepted
in her faid leafe,) And obtained a Decree for the better eftablifhment of that agree- Secret in
' i , rr n. j Cur : Wardo[rum]
ment ; All which by her perfonall travell were the fooner and better effected. €htg
3 1 2

428 Che £ibe£ of the 2E>erMen£ 1613
Qlfyig done, it was the prudent obfervation of this lady That in the five laft
difcents her fons family had not received into it the warmth of any other influence,
fave what their Anceftors left to fhine upon them, and themfelves by a temperate
1613. 1614 11 et motion had preferved and held upon their paternall pole ; And thereupon, ftudious
how to enlarge his fpheare, in ffebruary and March before the faid Earle of
Northtons death, by the fpeciall means of the lady Jane the widow of this lords
grandfather, a marriage was concluded upon, (w* the faid Earles confent,) between
this lord and Elizabeth the fecond daughter and coheire of Sir Michaell Stanhope
knight, brother of the faid lady Jane, A prudent gent of an honorable difcent and
family ; Between whom and this lords mother, the paralell was foe equall without
giving or taking or opening at either end, That by Indentures dated the thirtieth of
March in the 12* of king James in confideration of the maryage intended between
the faid parties, hee fetled upon them a great part of his inheritance in the Counties
of Suffolk and Middlefex, then (as hee delivered his pticuler) rented at. 1503"- p
Ann ; giving further hope of the faire and uniforme houfe in S' Johns Street near
ClarkenwelL where hee then dwelt, And which two years after hee performed and
fetled upon his faid daughter ; Neither was the hope unprobable, but that the faid
Elizabeth might enjoy a coperciners part of the poffeffions of Sir Willm Reade of
Ofterly knight, whofe only child (then living) her mother was, which then alfo were
eftimated by him at — 3000'.'- p Ann : And which upon the death of Sir William, the
11* of Auguft in the 19^ of King James. 1621. came home to that hope.
g02 3Decorbhtg to which agreement, on Thurfday in Eafter | weeke following, the
1 3^ of Aprill in the 12* of king James, 16 14. this lord George maryed her the faid
Elizabeth in prefence of both their parents in the church of great S' Bartholomewe
in London, He then of the age of thirteen years and fix months, And fhee the faid
Elizabeth of the age of nine years, upon S' Thomas day the 21* of December then
laft paft ; her elder fifter the lady Jane having about one year before at the fame
church been marryed to Henry Vifcount fitj Water, fon and heire apparant to
Robert Ratcliffe Earle of Suffex, with as great a portion of his poffeffions fetled
upon her ; And having in thefe two honorable families fetled his pofterity, His next
thoughts was reflected upon his own mortallity ; And accordingly not longe after,
erecting his Tombe at Sudburne in Suffolke where hee intended to bee buried, hee
engraved thereupon thefe words, viz!,
Memoria juftorum in manu dei eft.
Sir Michaell Stanhope knight in the County of Nottingham left five fons, Thomas
Stanhope knight of the fame county ; Edward Stanhope knight of the County of
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Yorke, and one of the Counfell there eftablifhed ; John Stanhope knight, lord
Stanhope of Harrington, of the priory Counfell to Queen Elizab*and king James,
Vice-chamberlaine to them both, and Treaforer to them both ; Edward Stanhope
knight doctor of the civill lawe ; Michaell Stanhope knight, lord of this Manor,
who mindfull of his mortality, while hee lived, erected this monument,
J^ecre refteth in affured hope to rife in Chrift, Sf Michaell Stanhope
knight, who ferved at the feet of Queen Elizabeth of moft happy and
famous memory in her privy Chamber, twenty years, And of our Sover-
aigne king James in the fame place the reft of his daies ; who maryed
Anne daughter to Sir William Reade of Ofterly in the County of Middlefex
knight, by whom he had | iffue two daughters ; Jane maryed to Henry 9°3
Vifcount fit3 Walter, fon and heire apparant to the Earle of Suffex ; And
Elizabeth maryed to George lord Berkeley, Mowbray, Segrave, and
Breoufe, of Berkeley Caftle in the County of Glouc, this George being
the 21* Baron by difcent.
All honor, glory, praife, and thanks, bee unto thee O glorious Trinity.
Chrift Jefus came into the world to fave finners, whereof I am cheefe.
I Tim : i. 15.
Thou haft redeemed mee O lord God of truth. Pfa : 31. 5.
I defire to be diffolved and to bee with Chrift. Phil. 1. 23.
Death is to mee advantage. Phil. 1. 21.
I will take the cup of falvation and call upon the name of the lord.
Pfal: 116. 13.
He that glorieth, let him glory in the lord. I Cor. 1. 31.
Faith . hope . charity . on three of the pillers.
Qlfyig his monument was finifhed two years and more before his death, whereby
it may appeare, (if neither his will nor ought elfe were,) what opinion hee held of
M"? Bridget,1 whom his faid wife (whofe daies longe after lafted not) brought into the
world
1 Mr5 Bridget Countefs of Defmond whom Sr M : Stanhope never did own & was brought up in a
Cottage, but after his death came in as Heirefs to Sr Michaell Stanhope upon George Lord Berkeleys
Hitting his Steward a Box of the Ear, he told him it fhould coft* him dear, & carried Mrs Bridget to the
Duke of Buckingham who married her to a near relation of his & went to Law with the L? Berkeley
whofe wives fifter fhee was proved.
2 It was thought Sr M : Poifoned his wife Imediatly after her lyeing in.
[Thefe notes, from the margin of the Manufcript, are in the handwriting of Lady Elizabeth Germain.— Ed.
See Ante p. 408, «.]

43°

Che Hibeg of the tyztkzlepg

1613

fynes. 22. R. 2.
m: 15.
fin. 2. H. 4. m :
34.
pat. 7. H. 4. ps. 1.
claus : 1

world fower years before the erecting of this Tombe ; He dyed the 18* of Decem
ber in the ig* of King James. 1621 . his father in Law Sir Wittm Read being dead
the 1 1* of Auguft before.

3[n honour of which lady Elizabeths difcent, I will (out of my mean collections)
**• S- add, That her faid grandfather Sir Michaell Stanhope, beheaded in the Sixth of
Ing : 46. E. 3. poft king Edward the Sixth, was the fon of S- Edward Stanhope, fon of Thomas
Stanhope, fon of S- John Stanhope knight, who dyed in 9* of king Henry the

mort. Jorlis Stan
. hope.
904

7% [ fon of Richard Stanhope who dyed in the life of his father, fon of Sf
Richard Stanhope knight, who dyed in the 14* of king Henry the fixth, fon of
John Stanhope Efq', who dyed in the 46* of king Edward the third, fon of
Richard Stanhope knight, fon of Richard Stanhope, who poffeffed ample poffeffions
in the North parts of England in the time of king Edward the firft.
5fn which pedegree I omitt the name and place of Anne Stanhope wife to
Edward Seymore Duke of Somerfet, protector of the Realme and of king Edward
the fixth ; The rather for that in the beft hiftories of thefe prefent daies, fhee is
vita : E. 6. p publifhed to bee a woman for many imperfections intollerable, for pride .monftrous,
foT 82C eTat excee(lingly both fubtill and violent in accomplifhing her ends, for which fhee
fpurned over all refpects both of confcience and fhame, &c. And brought to fatall
, deftinies both her hufband and his brother, and fome of her own kindred. But how
defervedly marked with that character, I know not.

dated : 14. Junij
12. Jac: 1614.

Weftiri. 2

Che forefaid Henry Earle of Northton in his will (made the day before His
death) hath thefe words ; I will, That my executors for fuch intereft as I have, fhall
affigne over the Wardfhip of the lord Berkeley to Sir Richard Spenfer and M'
Thomas Spenfer his great uncles, To the ufe of the faid lord Berkeley, Hee paying
1 5001! for the fame to mine executors, being neer about the charge I have been at
concerning the faid wardfhip ; And of his faid will made his three fervants, John
Griffith, William Bynge, and Robert Cole, Executors ; who demaund the 1 5001! of
the lady Berkeley and of Sir Michaell Stanhope; And for nonpayment bring
ca. 35 againft them a Writ of Ravifhment of ward, upon the Statute of Weftfil the fecond :
The fute proceedeth, the cafe is drawn, and deliberatly advifed upon with Counfell
by the defendants in their own perfons ; The writ appeareth to bee miftaken by the
go5 Executors, brought by them as Executors to the faid Earle, | whereas they had the
fame by the Earles Deed inrolled in Chancery two days before his death, the end
and loffe. of a years fuite; A new originall was ready to bee purchafed by the
Executors ; The cafe with the circumftances contained ten poynts, moft of which were

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were doubtfull : propofitions are made for peace, and propounded ; the offer un
braced ; The agreement was That (befides 3001! in hand) 1 2001! more fhould bee
paid at three daies : Security is given, the ravifhment is releafed, the payments are
made accordingly, And the 25* of November in the 14* year of king James, a deed
is fealed to the faid lady and Sir Michaell Stanhope by John Griffith alone, where- Carta in caftro
unto the Earles of Suffolk and Worcefter and the lord William Howard, (three of e e> '
the Earle of Northtons overfeers,) were witneffes; The other two Executors
refufing, who were regnum inter fe divifum, at much variance by mutual fuits in
Chancery, but to Griffith the lords overfeers adhered.
Chough I covet brevity, and know that truth is not to bee followed too near the
heeles, whereby I will omit the tres and anfwers that paffed between this lady and
the lords, overfeers to the Earles will, who would have laid the wholl burthen on
Sir Michll if thereto her vertuous difpofition would have affented; Yet fhall the
Earles gratitude appear to bee fomwhat leffe to this lord George then the merits
of his grandmother deferved, (which mine own often imployments between them
can witnefs,) adding withall the fugred tres wcMiee often wrote to this lady Elizabeth
in affurance thereof; And his eftimate of his fifters memory, delivered oft to mee
under this valuation, That whilft fhee lived fhee was to him the deareft of all Gods
creatures ; his ambition only being, (fuch were his words,) to requite her bounties
to himfelf in the fweeteft image of her felf : A few lynes of one of which, (written
to the faid lady Elizabeth 11 . weeks after the death of her hufband,) read in thefe J^jj- I4> ffebr:
'his words, viz' ,
%t is not ftrange to mee (moft noble lady) that you beftow the favour which I A jewell of great
find by your token upon your true freind and ally, whom you have already bound
by curtefies before this time : But yet 1 am forry you have fent a token of greater
value, then I | would willingly receive from a lady that by her vertues deferves 906
rather to command my fortunes : Your life hath been of proofe, your actions moft
worthy of refpective imitation, And your kind and tender love to all your late
hufbands freinds and Allyes, foe farr above the cuftome and manner of ladies,
matched in like degrees, as wee had all great reafon to efteem you as a pretious
ornament to that honorable houfe in which you were beftowed, and a comfort to us
all that are record1? of your meritt in the life, and your mindfulnes after the death,
of him with whom you lived foe longe with honor.
2. Touching the care of your hopefull fons education, (worthy lady) though it
fhall bee needleffe to repeat what I have written to my brother Berkeley, yet I will
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43 2 Che Utbeg of the S&erftelepg x6l3
add, That fo long as I live, your care your counfell and defires fhall bee regarded
as mine own, in any thing that concerns him in any way ; And when I dye, my will
2 fhall teftify both what I think of your vertue, and in this cafe what I owe to your
affection. During mine own time, I confeffe the height of my ambition is, to ex-
preffe by care of this fweet child in what accompt I held the grandmother, that for
her vertues and rare parts, befides her love to my felf, deferves to bee recorded in
a gratefull memory ; for nothing fhall bee neglected that may tend to the perfection
4 of her fon in all degrees, that both living and dead was moft deare unto mee.
Since it is yor Lap.s defire that I fhould retaine this token of your favour, I will obey
your will, but with this promife, to deferve it to your liking or to fend it back againe
with an obligation of thanks. Comand ever as much as any that liveth.
febr. 14. 161 1. Your affectionate uncle and conftantly
devoted freind : Northton.
Cafte alfo a fewe words more drawn from two paragraphs of another tre
907 written by the faid Earle the ffifth of ffebruary, | Anno, 161 3 . after the death of
5 ffebr : 1613. this jords grandfather, viz',
honorable and worthy lady, I fhould blufh to receive foe many favours as I
have done from your La? at fundry times, if I were not refolved to requite them in
the right time, which if I doe not, beleive that I have offended againft you, that are
foe near both by allyance and bloud, as to this day I never did to any other by
ingratitude. In the mean time retting ready to acknowledge to your La? by any
fervice and means, the noble favours, befides that conftant and kind affection I have
received from your noblenes, I ever reft — Your Lap.s affectionate uncle and true
freind to ferve you Northampton.
Chi£ family having obferved what I wrote of the Manor of Bofham in the life
of Maurice the fifth, is further to bee informed, That this lady Elizabeth defirous
Anno : 1615. to fee that part of her joynture, in the vacation between the two termes of Eafter
13. Jac : ancj Trinity, a year and an half after it accrued unto her, accompanied with this lord
her fon, made thither her firft journey, whom my felf attended : At a Court then
holden at the Manor houfe by Nicholas Holborne her fteward, the wednefday in
Whitfon week, fhee her felf declared to her tenants then affembled the motives of
her journey and of holding that Court, To fee and know them, and to make her fon
known amongft them, whofe the inheritance was ; Holding it fitting, (for continu ance

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ance of mutuall right and accord,) That afwell by fight of each of their Coppies as
by their further ptfentment, (fith part of their Copihold lands were heriotable, part
not, and held by one and the fame copies,) that fuch a diftinction might by their
felves now bee made As neither heryot or other fervice might bee hereafter denyed
when due, nor her Steward exact that through ignorance which was not juftly pay
able, with other like words full of fweetnes towards them ; Anfwere was made by
many, but principally by John Exton an Alderman of the Citie of ^Chichefter, (many
of whofe citizens by reafon of the adjacency of that manor to their Citie are Copy
holders,) denying her power | either to call a Court at that time, or that themfelves
owed any fervice thereat, with much other matter to that peremptory effect ; After
time for further deliberation given, till her return from the Ifle of Thorney, the
Tenants returned with Counfell, upon a fecond and third meeting, (the former
affronts wifely by her diffembled,) promifes were made for fome poore kind of con
formity, but in the end after daies againe and againe given by her Steward, till
Michaelmas and Hillary Courts following, altogeather unperformed ; whereby
Patientia faepe laefa, vertitur in furorem.
Patience often wounded, is converted into fury.
Shee in the end of that Hillary Terme in the 14* of king James, exhibited a bill
in Chancery againft the faid John Exton and twenty or more of the cheifeft of thofe
Copyholders, wherein nine points were afterwards by two Decrees upon that bill
ordered againft them ; viz', The fynes of their Copyhold lands called boordlands
declared to bee arbitrable at her will ; Old works of villenage (for 1 20 . years laft
negledted) reduced to a yearly rent of 74u.- where nothing formerly was paid. Leafes
by them pretended to bee lawfully made for one thoufand years and upwards, re
duced to 21, or under, and for a fyne, and by licence ; Themfelves declared to bee
Copyholders, not freeholders in Ancient demefne in hault tenure, as they mainly
infifted upon to have been ; And their Indenture of confirmation of their cuftoms
made by Henry lord Berkeley in the 7'!* year of Queen Elizabeth, (which they for
the Canonicalnes thereof called Bofham bible,) declared void, and damned, with
other like, as the Decrees doe fhew, And at this inftant themfelves in contempt and
likely the next Terme to bee acquainted with the ffleet for their contempts ; The
fear whereof drives them in much humility to fue for peace in a farre different note
from the firft tune of the faid John Exton and others at their firft appearance upon
fubpeanaes, then proudly affuring | her Lap. That if they were conftrayned to fpend
but five fhillings fhee fhould not bee excufed for five hundred pounds : But the cafe
did in two years much alter ; fhee prevailed above her own expectation, They now
avow before her to have fpent — 900" in the fuite, willing her La? foe an end may bee
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908

1.
2.3-
4- 5-
6. 7-

Triii. 16. Jac :
Thefe decrees
were afterwards
vacated by another
909
decree dated 17
Odtob.in 18 Jacobi
and the tenants
reftored to the
former claimes
and cuftomes, &c.

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bee, to propofe her own conditions, which not fourteen daies paft fhee hath done,
by their payment of — 19601! to redeem their folly, whereof they accepted; Cht£
fuite arifeing from fo unneceffary a provocation through the peevifh refractarynes of
proud tenants, hath made them fabula vulgi, a byword to all their neighbors, and
prefident to pofterity ; wherein though it pleafed her and her brother in lawe Sir
Michaell Stanhope, (who much incited this fuite,) to leave it wholly unto mee, I can
challenge noe more therein then that her good fortune hath brought it and all the
like to like fucceffes.
1. 3(n the time of which Bofham fuite, fhee was enforced unto three others in the
Court of Wards : The firft againft John Ofborne of Bofham for wrongfully detain
ing certaine of her demefnes in that Manor as affignee to John Shelly, a bannifhed
recufant, Leffee for his life by the demife of Henry lord Berkeley in the time of
Queen Mary ; who loft his terme and fhee quietly now enjoys it ; wherein part
of the queftion was whether the leffee or the affignee of his leffee for life fhould
prove the life or death of the tenant for life.
2. Che fecond againft Richard Byford of Slimbridge for his often infringements
of her liberty of Berkeley hundred, the fucceffe of which fuite with his punifhment
more largely followeth.
3. Cfte third againft Sara Tilladam, who claymed her widows eftate in a
Copyhold meffuage in Bevington in the Manor of Hame, after the death of
Thomas Tilladam her hufband, according to the cuftome of that manor ; which
was denyed to her, in regard hee being much weakened by longe ficknefs and
taken in Execution for debt upon a Capias ad fatisfaciend', at Berkeley on a Sattur-
day at two in the afternoon, And being that night conveyed to the houfe of one of
giO the Underfheriffes men in Gloucefter, was the next morning there | maryed to her ;
And that fhee being a fervant in the houfe of James Atwood an Inholder in
Berkeley (where hee was taken) followed him to Glouc, and foe the next morning
by maryage became his wife ; And being within two hours after mariage comitted
to the goale, their dyed of his old infirmity within three weeks after, leaving her
both maid and widow, as was fuppofed ; who hereupon claiming her widows eftate
Hill. 1 5. Jac. 161 7. whilft fhee fhould live fole and chaft, was by an Injunction out of the Court of
Wards removed out of her poffeffion ; for that by noe reafonable intendment fuch
a bed could have a free bench, neither was fraud and Practice to advantage any
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0[n the 18I1 year of the faid king, this lady at her only charges obtained from
his Ma'i" a large grant of liberties in the name of this lord her fon in all his hun
dred of Berkeley, and in his burrough and manor of Tetbury, And in his manor
and hundred of Portbury ; Which liberties were thefe, viz!, A viewe of ffranke
pledge and whatfoever thereto belongeth ; And all felons goods of what kind foever,
whether felons of themfelves or otherwife ; wayved1 goods, Eftrayes.Treafure trove,
Deodands ; year, day, and wafte ; eftrepments2; goods of fugitives and of convict,
Attainted, outlawed, and of wayved perfons, before what Judge foever, or in what
Court wherefoever fuch goods fhall come to bee forfeited, And all iffues and
amerciaments loft or forfeited within the faid hundred ; And all whale fifties,
Sturgeons, and all other great and royall ffifh'es, in whatfoever free fifhings within
the river of Seavern ; And all fuch faires and marketts as have been accuftomed,
Togeather with a Court of Pipowders, with all Stalls, pickages, waights, fines,
Amerciaments, Tolls, liberties, and free cuftomes, to fuch faires and markets be
longing ; And alfo free Warren in all his demefne lands within the faid hundred,
and in all other places where his Anceftors have ufed to have free warren, with
divers others the like ; 3Unb in Tetbury, a view of frank pledge within that burrow
and manor, and whatfoever thereto belong- |eth, and all marketts and faires there
heretofore held and kept, with all Tolls, flails, pickages, waights, fynes, and amercia
ments, to them belonging, or there ufed ; And all waived goods, eftrayes and
deodands, And all goods of felons, fugitives, felons of themfelves, And whatfoever
other liberties any of his Anceftors have there had or ufed, with others more, as by
the faid grant more at large appeareth. Che purchafe whereof with the fucceffe of
the Bofham fuite before mentioned, draweth near to her late purchafe of the fweet
and well feated manor of Cranford in the County of Middlefex, which with the
price of — 70001!, fhee hath this prefent Eafter Terme . 161 8 . in the 16* of king
James, purchafed in fee fimple of the fower Coheires of Sir Robert Afton ; having
alfo ftrengthened her eftate therein by a new tres patents from his Ma'!e, Not only
preferving her fons poffeffions during his minority from all diminution with fome
increafe of his rents, but inriching the wholl with more regali liberties then were
attained unto by any of his former Anceftors ; not fpeaking of the great advance
ment which this lord her fon w* his pofterity is affured to receive by his mariage,
obtained by her care and prudence ; And this is that charter of liberties wherto I
related in the life of the lord Thomas the fecond under his title of law fuits. ^cither may
1 Forfaken. [Ed.]
2 Wafte made by tenants for life to the prejudice of him in reverfion, whether by cutting trees, &c,
or by deterioration of the land by continual cropping without manure or other unfair hufbandry. [Ed.]
3 K 2

Carta. 25. Julij
1616. 14. Jac : in
Caftro de Berkel :
v'e fol :
In Berkeley
hundred and in
Portbury.

In Tetbury.
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Cranford

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may I omit, that in Auguft and September laft, 16 17. in the 15* of king James,
fhee was prefent with this lord her fon at all the Courts of his Manors in the
Counties of Glouc. and Somerfett, and at their feverall Leets and Courts of Pleas,
perufing the perticular eftates of each tenant in each manor, holding by leafe or by
Copy, comparing all the perticular pf of each demife with her own booke to that
purpofe before hand prepared, noting therein with her own hand, the lives in being,
and the rents and other profits referved upon each eftate ; wherein fhee fate fome
times fowerteen houres without departure from her feate, drawing out thofe labours
at fome Manors till near midnight, my felf then Steward and attending her in that
fervice : prefi- 1 dents not more rare in a lady of her birth, then noble incitements
to her fon, prefent alfo moft of thofe daies and hours with her.
Were all wives fuch, this age would happy bee,
But happier that, of our pofterity.
5tt which time many complaints being prefented unto her touching the daily
infringes of the liberty of Berkeley by one Richard Biford of Slimbridge, an
atturney at lawe, with the wrongs and oppreffions thereby thrown upon his neigh
bors, fhee exhibited a bill in the Court of Wards againft him, whereupon after
defence by him made, and witneffes examined : hee was heavily cenfured, fined, and
awarded to pay greater cofts then his ability at that time might beare ; howbeit, by
his fubmiffion, acknowledgment of his offences in writing, and by appealing to her
mercy, hee found greater favor then either his offences deferved, or his guiltines
expected, in remiffion of the heavieft part of the Decree and fentence of the faid
Court.
Anno : 15. Jacobi jfrom which Charter of liberties in Berkeley hundred, fhee in the laft year
1 I7' (amongft fome others) reaped thefe fruits in the Manors and lands of other men ;
1. One Cullen an Inholder in Durfley by ftabbing of himfelf with his own knife, be
coming thereby, felo de fe, his goods efcheated, which fhee had.
(
2. % fervant to John Hollifter working at his water mill in Wike near Berkeley
coveting with a feather in his hand to oyle the coggs, was by their fwift motion
caught and drawn in by the Arme, and ground almoft to peeces, whereby Hollifter
made compofition for the deodand, coggs, wheele, and upper millftone ; for quicquid
movet ad mortem deodandum eft : which the lord of the fee of this mill, a
magiftrate of Briftoll, armed with a double power of the Charters of that Citie,
and with the authority of the generall Eleemoziner to his Ma1!6, would have wrefted
from her, but could not. 3. Che

Bill exhibited in
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3. Che like deodand of wayne and fix oxen happening about | the fame time 913
at Nimpesfeild, a manor of M- John Bridgemans, as it was entring into his gates
with wood, when the owner perifhed under the wheele of the wayne. 3Unb laftly 4-
in this prefent month of May 1618, in the 16* of king James, one Thomas Cafton May. 16 Jac. 16 18.
a tiler in taking down an old farm houfe of Robert Webbs in Cromhall Ligon, the
old inheritance of the Dornyes, found hidden between the tiling and feiling over See my booke of
an old oven, fower and thirty peeces of gold of the coine of king Henry the fixth ^338/ f°l '' ^
as the infcription fhewed, then of 13? 4?, the peece ; which hee with others coveting
to conceale, A bill was by her exhibited againft fower of them into the Court of
Wards, making her title to that treafure trove under the faid Charter of king James;
But they feeking peace, found it, And upon receipt of an accompt of the wholl, fhee
honorably gave back a part, rewarded fome others, retaining the refidue to her felf.
Wity which compofition, (fith finding of gold is held good fortune,) I end thefe
relations, the day this lord George began his firft Journey to Oxford, whither hee
came on Thurfday, before Whitfunday the 21* of May in the I6'!1 year of the
raigne of king James, Anno, 1618 : where in Chrift Church Colledge, I leave him
to his booke, under a difcreet tutor, attended with honeft fervants, carefull of his
health and honor ; himfelf full of ingenuity, quick of apprehenfion, and fweet of
nature ; of a loving affection towards his wife, almoft three years younger then him
felf, And fhee in a like Sympathy towards him, vertuoufly bred under a prudent
father at S' John Jherufalem in the parifh of darken well by London ; In fyliall
obedience towards his mother, fincerely affecting with brotherly love his vertuous
fifter ; Thefe feeds promife a fertile increafe ; how fruitfull the harveft will prove,
God Almighty qui omnia novit et fuaviter difponit, hee only knowes ; The living,
and not my duft, will tell hereafter when the cropp is inned into the barne; Poffeffed
at this time of his ancient caftle of Berkeley, and of more then one thoufand marks
of old rents about the fame, which have infeparably accompanied his ancient and
honorable | family in all thefe former twenty generations, through the various 914
motions of 550 . years : A miracle and bleffing which the God of heaven and earth
hath not by the vifible teftimonies of his mercy, beftowed upon any other family of
like ranke and honour, in generations never attainted, that the records of this king-
doe declare.' $10* noble mother I leave at her new purchafe at Cranford,1 12 miles from
London, amongft her thoufands of books, havinge from the Counfells of thofe
dead,
1 Cranford the Country Houfe my Brother James Earl of Berkeley moft delights in to w?h he has made
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dead, brought wifdom and happines to her widdowhood, according to the rithmicall
diflicke, If that thou wilt true counfell have,
Of dead old men doe thou it crave.
5Hnb the vertuous lady Theophila his fifter with S' Robert Coke her hufband,
at their houfe near Kingfton1 upon Thames ; Of which mother and daughter, I tell
Eccles : ca : 7. their generations to come, That I have found what king Salomon by his own
v- 2?- 2 ' acknowledgment could never find, two good women, And I know (by knowing
them from their youths upwards) it lies not in envies power to reprove this paffage;
And in this I confeffe fortunes liberality to my felf, That the vertuous memory of
thefe two good ladyes will bee fomwhat longer by thefe my labors continued in the
generations to come. I'le pray their name and honor n'ere expire,
But in a melting firmament of fire.
With this addition of comfort to them both, That the one hath a fon the other a
brother in one perfon, who having now continued two years in Oxford, is entirely
well reported of and beloved throughout the body of that Univerfity, and promifing
for life and learning as hopefully as the Univerfity remembreth any of his ranke, in
any age before ; which in my vifits of his Lop. in termly travells that way, I have
often, again and againe, heard and obferved, and here profeffe for truth : And that
even now ready for travell beyond feas, if forraigne vices corrupt not the ex- |
915 cellency of thefe hopes, or difcontent upon returne, hee is likely in ripenes of daies
to parrallell, if not outftrip the beft of his forefathers, which God grant. Howbeit I
may not, in the clafping up hereof, without a flaine of ingratitude leave the memory
of the faid lady Berkeley uncommended to pofterity ; That when I had to the fixth
of king James to the utmoft of my endeavors, in behalf of the lord Henry Berkeley,
fol:[753]and after, purfued for divers years fundry lawe fuits againft the lord Vifcount Lifle, and gained
upon him, as appears in the title of his lawe futes : His wily agents, not without his
privity, obferving that the leafe I dwelt upon in Nibley, (then the greateft part of
my eftate,) might bee avoided, fecretly contracted for the Revertion, before I had
any other inckling, then from a private whifpering, that I fhould fhortly either bee
taken from thofe fuits, or feeke a new habitation : But getting knowledge of the
plot whilft the writings were in drawing, I countermined by my landlady, a power- full
1 1 believe that Houfe near Kingfton was Durdens nearer Epfome w^ her Hufband left in his will to
my Grandfather George Earl of Berkeley W* was fold to the Duke of Argyle & by him fold to L4 Guilford.
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full woman with her hufband, And gayning a little upon time, I polled the
knowledge thereof to this lady Berkeley, and to her hufband, and to the lord
Henry his father, defiring their directions what courfe to ftirre in that florme,
which muft either beat mee from their fervice, or caft mee lower under hatches,
then I hoped ever to have fallen : What I received from the father and fon, a part
of the ladies tre hereafter telleth, But from the lady her felf, I had two fuch tres in
two daies ; which remaining as the choiceft peeces amongft my evidences, are never
to bee forgotten in my generations ; In one of which are thefe words ; 3Hnb I proteft
unfainedly if you try any other freind you have in England, befides my felf, in this
buifines, (fith the father and fon are noe more fenfible,) I will take greater exception
to you then ever I meant to have done. The event was, I prevailed by my land
lady (the night Crowe) and, to the difhonefly of my landlord her hufband, got the
purchafe my felf, being thereto folely and fodainly enabled by the faid lady, whereby
my footing hath ever fince ftood the firmer, and my port the quieter, to record the
paffage to the honor of her memory. [
$otn have I difcharged my felf of part of that' debt which I owed to this 916
ancient family, To the honor of the now lord George and his vertuous fifter, to the
memory of their noble grandfather and grandmother, And to his lordfhips prudent
mother, the widowe of my mafter ; And thefe are thofe that lived in lumbis
Hardingi, that were in the bowells of Hardinge, when, with William Duke of
Normandy called the Conqueror, hee firft entred England, whereby thefe wholl
relations are but the ftory of themfelves in him, And of him in them : Their
Anceftors from him are my circumference, they my center, where all my lynes and
labours meete Joyne and end. |
Che conclusion of the Author. 9*7
Silltttzlp I doe avow before the face of this noble family, That in the volumes
of this their ftory I have dealt clearly without hope or feare ; I have not belyed the
duft of the dead, nor flattered the face of the living ; 1 have reprefented things
truly, I have not adorned, inlarged, or hyperbolized the matter in a lyne or word ;
my free genius is at endleffe enmity with fuch bafenes ; fflatterers I hold to bee the
bafeft of flaves ; I have comended nothing to pofterity, but what I have found of
record, or taken from venerable manufcripts or the fealed Deeds of men, fave that
in a fewe of the laft yeares I have given beleife" in a fewe fallies to the laft lord
Henry lately dead, And to the eyes and ears of my felf, affurances to mee above
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exception ; And I know it lies not in the power of envy or malice to reproach mee
of falfhood or flattery without injuftice.
5fn fuch places as I feeme to depart from the comon chronicles of the kingdome,
in matter, names, dayes, months or years, it is wherein fome of them depart from
others, and all of them from matter of record, which I have followed as the Authen-
tike Judge of truth, whereof my marginalls are my witneffes, in which kindes I
have amended them in many places ; Abfit jactantia verbo.
Chough I know that this and other like noble families have 'been in divers ages
ferved with many worthy men and minds, yet none have ventured on the hiftory of
their lords or mafters lives ; whereby for ought I have obferved, I am the firft and
alone that hitherto have run this courfe of a genealogike hiftory of any patrimoniall
family. Then goe my booke, and ferve without difgrace,
Till better come, and then fee thou give place.
91 habe taken into hand year after yeare moft of the Records in the Tower of
gi8 London, between the firft and laft whereof fome parts of each | of 34 years were fpent ;
And what records and books I have turned over in the offices belonging to the
kings bench, Rolls chappie, Chancery, Comon pleas, Exchequer, Treafory, pipe and
Regift : feodj pell offices, and other places there, let my marginall vouchers, and my books of the
lord Berkeleys tenures declare ; what remaines to bee further done, (as many eares
of the beft graines muft needs have efcaped the reapers hand in fo great an harveft,)
my wifh is, this noble family may fend forth another to perfect what my life prooves
too fhort to finifh ; My travells alfo and other imployments at home and abroad,
whereof each part of my life hath ftood in need, have bereft mee of moft, of that *
time which otherwife I had given to this hiftory : Alfo nine other books of mine
prefented to this family, have been as theeves in ftealing much time from this ; But
why may not my grave expect That this lord George in his maturity of years
fhould, as Caefar did, write his own Comentaries ? And as Octavius the Emperor
did, the hiftory of his own life, as Suetonius reports ? And as king Cirus is recorded
to have tranfmitted to his fonne the memoriall of his own diurnall actions ? And
what now remaines of Caefar foe famous as his Comentaries ? And what of Cicero
as his books of offices written to his fon ? which for this lord, or fome other branch
of this noble family, to performe, would teftifie their ability for the prefent, and
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ity by time, And the more antient it waxeth the more excellent is the eftimation ;
It advanceth their prayfes in the Affemblies of their generations, and becomes a
living prefident for future pofterities ;
Whereas our Oxford books but only Rules doe give,
The examples of our fathers teach us how to live.
3Unb let this noble family bee affured that their own true hiftory in their own
meridian, erected upon the frame of example and caution, will bee more forcible then
a thoufand fictions, fpending their readings upon impoffibillities and views of Caftles
in the aire. |
%Zt it not difcourage to underftand, that I have fpent a wholl week togeather 9*9
in a fearch, and returned without the gleaning of a note to enlarge a line herein ;
nor the application of that of the poet,
.„, Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vafto. Virgin ¦. vEniad
The old Atcheivements and actions of private men, appeare but now and then
floating in the great guife of time.
3[nbU0trp will double what I have but begun ; To the laborious, God is
always propitious : And this family can never think their own hiftory, (the ftory of
it felf,) too voluminous, which in this prerogative will triumph over all hiftories ;
That where others give life and light to the World, this beckens and holds up the
finger to this family alone ; Others, from others ; This family from the Acts and
examples of its own Anceftors, ever fince time hath left any thing in certainty ;
whereby they behold their own lyne tryumphing over time, which nothing but
eternity hath triumphed over ; making thofe of them that now live, as if they had
lived then ; and them to reprefent their dead acts upon the ftage of their prefent
view and judgment, As how they flourifhed, how they ftumbled or fell, how vertue
and piety made them prosperous, how vice and difcontent deformed them ; which
thereby will bee delivered unto them out of the depth and darknes of the earth :
3tnD, fith the fons of noble parents are bound by a kind of neceffity not to degenerate
from the vertue of their Anceftors, let it ever comfort the inlargers of this family to
know, That nothing can bee more acceptable to a noble and heroicke family then to
read it felf; And its felf to bee the fubftance of its own reading; And that their eye
cannot bee caft thereon but their Anceftors feem prefent and reprefented unto them,
And themfelves the glaffe that reprefents them to themfelves, as in their proper
fpheare : If they bee vertuous, it will incite them to goe on in nobler undertakings ;
If otherwife, they will fear the pen, and to avoid reproach with their fucceeding
generations,
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generations, (knowing that books have an immortality above their vices,) will change
g20 their courfe, and | not endure to bee held a baftard branch degenerated from the
ftocke of fo honorable forefathers ; But howfoever the event bee, thou (whofoever
thou art) haft done the part of an honeft man, And thy rewarder is in thy bofome.
31nb further to incite to foe noble an undertaking let this family reft affured, That a
maffe of materialls both legall and hiftoricall reflecting upon this Berkeleian race,
lye hid in manufcripts and in the records of the kingdome, kept in the Tower of
London, Exchequer, Pipe Office, Chappie of the Rolls, in the paper chamber of
State affairs at Whitehall, in the Journalls of Parliaments, And in the regifters of
the Bifhops of Worcefter and divers other old Bifhoppricks ; And in numberles
manufcripts preferved in the publick and private library es of the Univerfities,
Colledges and Halls of Oxford and Cambridge ; And alfo in the libraryes and
Chapiter houfes of many Cathedrall Churches ; And with the old Societies and
Company es of the Citie of London, and other ancient Cities and Burrow townes ;
And in the private ftudyes of many excellent men, as Sf Edward Coke, Sf Robert
Cotton, Sf John Burrowe, Mf John Selden, and divers other ; Into fome of which
places, though I have but pryed, and others fcarce faluted afar of, yet I confeffe to
have drawn the better half of thefe relations out of fome of thofe honorable, and
fpatious feilds, where ftill remaine many fragrant and faire flowers fweetly relenting
upon the perticuler acts and imploymerits of this noble family ; And my grave fhall
blefs that foot that walketh after them, And that hand that picks them up and
bundles them with thefe.
Co ConCUlbC, I have now anatomized the filmes and infides of this noble race,
and confidered of their fecret walkes for 550 . years ; And after my 40 . years
fweeping of each corner of their habitations, And all my tumblings and toffings of
g2l hiftoryes and records, printed and manufcripts, and prying | into the Courts of
Judicature, I avow, (my witnes is in heaven,) That I have not at all obferved foe
good a race, of" twenty difcents, not any one of them in that length of time, and of
times troubles, having been Attainted. 5tnb it is prooable, That it hath been one
of the prefervations of this durable family in all their generations, neither to have
been often clouded with the frownes of their princes, nor to have fate too neare to
their immoderate favors ; but to have had the warmth of the Court in a moderate
diftance, not in too neare nor fcorching an afpect or reflexe.
9[n handling of this Berkeleian hiftory I have not been able to ftand upon
termes of learning, (though hee writes eloquently that writes honeftly;) I am too
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privy to mine own ignorance ; I know well, quam mihi fit curta fupellex, how my
Schoole fludyes, but fhrubbs and brambles at the beft, have been overlonge difcon-
tinued ; And now before the clafping up hereof, fower and thirty years a profeffed
plowman, having all that time eaten much of my bread from the labours of mine
own hands ; And that being but a dwarfe in my beft ftature, I was to creepe upon
the fhoulders of taller men for the furniture of this ftory, And with Zacheus to
climb other mens trees to fee my wayes the better : And in a word, I willingly with
the comicall poet fay That I have herein dealt by way of clofe pilfering ; 31 Onlp
have had the happines to gather things togeather that were fcattered into many
corners of this kingdome, and into fome parts of forraigne nations to bring thofe1
atcheivements to light that longe had lyen in darknes ; And to preferve in one body
for the after ages of this family what would have been loft in parts, and could not
well have lafted half this age : Ch{<$ hi£torp thus gathered is now become a portion An Apoftrophe.
of the lawfull inheritance and birthright of your noble family ; To whom not to
prefent it, is a with-h'olding yeur right ; You not to accept it, how raggedly foever
clothed, is to reject a portion of your ancient poffeffions : | for by the providence of 922
the Almighty, the wholl is fallen to your lotts as the right heires and inheritors of
them. ^either in all this hiftory am I otherwife than as your Anceftors Amanuefis ; I
write as they did ; I am but as the fcribe of their Deeds and fayings ; I am not
guided by my felf but by their works and words : It refts that you the now lord yg^f6 months .
George propofe to your felf in maturity of years the upright fteps of thofe your May.1618.
Anceftors wherein they honorably walked ; than which nothing doth or can more
incite you to their vertue and frugallity : You have of them many admirable peeres
and couples for your prefidents, excellent examples of eminent vertues ; At them to
poynt fufficeth ; Robert the firft, Thomas the fecond, Thomas the third, Maurice
the fifth, Thomas the fifth, &c. their harveft is plentifull and by you to bee Inned ;
your flefh and bloud is made of theires ; Compare you thefe and other your An
ceftors paft with your felf prefent, times ancient with moderne, wherein your own
genius or noble difpofition will receive beft fattisfaction : They as fathers by preced
ing had the happines to bee your patterns ; you by fucceeding thefe famplers have
the advantage of imitating their vertues, and of adding to their honor ; The ufuall
praife of good kings in the Scriptures phrafe, is That they walked in the waies of
their fathers; better prefidents of good fathers you canot have; The firft fruits being
fo holy, the after-lumpe, unlefs you degenerate, canot be foure : The pomegranate
is not more full of kernells then they were in vertuous actions and Almfdeeds ;
And
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And domefticall examples in patronimycall families have with all worthy men ever
moved more then forraigne : And as all noble minds doe endeavour to imitate the
worthy Deeds of their famous Anceftors, foe do fuch by all meanes induftriate
themfelves to avoid that which in their predeceffors was judged worthy of blame.
Anno. 1618. ^^ fina5Hp j doe faithfuiiy teu you my moft honoured lord, That towards the later
g23 dayes of your noble grand- 1 father, I related to him upon occation of the compofition,
for Wotton and other Manors, then made with the lord Lifle, many of the moft
remarkeable paffages of thefe his Anceftors fince Harding the Dane; which hee
feemed exceedingly to delight in, And willed mee, That I would declare as much
to his fon Thomas, the better to know his forefathers ; And when hee was dead,
(wee fallen upon the like fubject) that noble lord once or twice in the next two
years' after, (before himfelf flept with his forefathers,) willed mee, (And his will thus
doubled was to mee more then a treble commandment;) if I lived till the riper years
of his grandchild George, (thofe were his words,) That I would inform him of the
fame, which I willingly then promifed to doe, And* have now performed beyond
that promife : Howbeit I never Intimated to him, (thought then and divers years
before intended it,) my purpofe of writing their lives, as now by the favour of God
I have done ; w"? here I end, with this requeft to you, and to your noble family, (I
fpeak to none other,) That if any of you fhall obferve any flip of pen, number,
marginall, or other fmall miftake, (which 1 hope, at the moft, are few, if any,) That
yee would reforme them favourably, And fairly fay, as often I have herein faid of
others, It was the Scriveners fault, And that no man can depart from the condition
of erring : And that men and the works of men are not born perfect and with
beards upon their chins ; That our beft parts are full of errors, And man is the
child of duft and father of error : ffigures or notes in my pocket-paper-books
curfarily taken in my fearches, may bee miftaken, or my clarks erre in often tran-
fcribing, both in paper and parchment ; And to have reviewed my paynes in both
would have exceeded the paynes I reviewed, which the fmall remains of my
withered age, and the monthly affairs of a turmoyled life, would have denyed at my
entrance; But if I have erred in matter, (as I hope" I have not,) I yet have a
g24 1 happines which fome | want, authority for thofe errors ; Witnes the margents of my
/ books. Che God of all mercy and goodnes who hath been gracious to this Family
throughout all their generations, fhoure down his bleffings in greater abundance
upon you my hopeful lord, your noble mother, and fifter, and your pofterities unto
the end of all eternity : In honour of whofe memories, and as a manifeft of my
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thankfulnes to yee and your honorable family, for the education of my youth and
the many favours yee have conferred upon mee, And 'in fatisfaction of part of that
obligation which I owe by particular duty to each of your vertues, I have undergone
thefe collections, (the labours of my youth and age,) not efteeming with my felf any
travells or expence therein otherwife valuable then that they have iffued from
humble endeavours, neither in further degree to bee meritorious then as yee by
your benigne acceptance fhall value them ; towards whom my gray hairs and decay
ing age fhall more glory to bee always found an honeft and humble fervant, then I
fhall to comand abfolutely in any other calling : With my begging of the All-good,
and Allmighty God, That that hand of heaven which happily hath given you three
to this family may protect and fheild yee in your goings out and comeings in : And
that his mercy may bee evermore nearer unto yee, then yee to any dangers ; The
God of goodnefs perpetuate your happinefs and grant you length and profperity of
daies here, peace at the time of your paffage out of this world, And an happy
refurredlion to eternall life ; The which that it may bee let all that read hereon and
love your family fay, as I pray, Amen, Amen, Amen. |
? Che request of tyig ^igtorp. g25
Read over firft, then judge, condemn not thou before,
With judgement juft reject, or elfe imbrace my lore.
Mine author is the firft, and laft, as I fuppofe,
That ever did affay, thefe lives for to difclofe.
If ought miftaken bee, and feem to thee unfound,
With pen I pray amend, and not with tongue confound.
1$. &. to the Author.
Now with the filke worme thou haft work't thee int' thy Tombe
As having done thy duty in thy roome,
Thy tafk is paft, And all thy labouring toile is gone,
And now it refts for them that read hereon.
That when thy paynes for Berkeleis name they fee,
Thy love with like, they fhould requite to thee.
But if malignant bee, the tongue of any groome,
Thy grave tells them, this work doth fcorne their doome. | Che

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926 Che £amc fy. %. to the Author.
This firft of works framed by thy painfull hand,
A monument of thy deferts fhall ftand,
Which neither time nor malice fhall deface,
Outlafting life, and to thy name a grace.
What forty years both farr and wide hath fought,
Thy toilfome foot into this hive hath brought :
In fpite of thofe that fhall thy paines contemne,
Who Berkeley loves, will honour thee, and them :
ffor why ftill fhall this of thy Chronicle bee read,
It brings back time that's paft, and gives life to their dead.
And now, what needeth Berkeley more, t'inlarge their nanie,
This work itfelf doth Chronicle their living fame.
Che game ^. %. to the Author tyug.
Thefe volumes are a glaffe to fee, how thou thy mind haft bent,
Thy body toyld, thy time beftow'd, and many a pound haft fpent,
In fleeples nights, in reftles days, in places farre and neere,
In fearching this, in finding that, in labors here and there.
Preferring ftill the Berkeleis good, neglecting ftill thine own,
And art content that they fhould reape, the feed wc? thou haft fown.
And when detraction fhall forgotten bee,
This will continue to eternize thee.
The end of the third and laft volume containing the lives of the
feaven laft Anceftors of the ancient and honorable family of the Berkeleis,
including the lord George that now liveth ; wherein 127. years are taken
up, vizf from the 7* year of king Henry the 7* Anno, 1491, till the 17*
year of the raigne of king James, of England, &c. Anno 1618.
tfinig.

The record on folio 925 and what is above, except the laft paragraph, are not in the prefentation
copy in Berkeley Caftle, but. that copy contains the following explanations of the Marginal references. —
[Ed.]

1618 <£s8lanattong of Marginal ffieferenceg 447
The Authorities breefly quoted in the margents of this hiftory, are 927
thus opened and explayned, viz?
Rot. pip. 3. H. 2. underftand the great pipe roll in the pipe office in the
Exchequer of the third year of king Henry the fecond. And fo of yf reft.1
Ptita in banco Mich. 17. H. 3. rot. 1. underftand the record in the comon place
in Michmas Terme in the 17* year of king Henry the third, the firft roll : And fo
of the reft.1
Fin : in banco. 5. E. 2. underftand, a fyne leavyed in that Court the 5* year
of king Edward the fecond : And foe of the reft.1
Rot: cart! 7. Johis. n? 80. m. 9. underftand, the Roll in the Tower called the
Charter roll in the 7'.h year of king John, at the 80* number as it is figured, and the
ninth fkyn or parchment roll ; And foe of the reft.1
Ptita Affis : coram Abbe de Evefh : 5. H. 3. in banco, underftand the pleas or
fuits before the Abbot of Evefham and his fellow Juftices Itinerant, in the fifth
year of king Henry the third, in the Court of Comon pleas. And fo of the reft.1
Efch : 20. H. 6. n? 30. underftand, an Inquifition or office found after the death
of that "man, in the 20* yeare of Henry the fixth, the 30^ Skyn in that bundle ;
And foe of others ; which if it bee before the firft year of king Richard the third,
then it is in the Tower ; if after that year, then it is in the Chappie of the Rolls in
Chancery Lane.1
Aug: cartul : I deft, A great old book of old Charters and Deeds therein
anciently written in Berkeley Caftle.2
Rob : de Ricart : Ideft, An ancient parchment manufcript book written in the
time of king Edward the fourth, in the Cuftody of yf Townclarke
of the Citie of Briftoll for the time being.3
By, cart : pat : fin : claus : 4. E. 3. m. 2. n? 3. or Rot. cart., Rot. pat., Rot. fin.,
Rot. claus : — underftand, the Charter roll, Patent roll, fyne roll, or Roll of the fynes, and
1 All thefe Ancient Records have been collected and are now depofited in the Public Record Office. [Ed.]
•2 The Briftol and Gloucefterfhire Archaeological Society propofe to print this Manufcript in continuation
of Smyth's Manufcripts. [Ed.]
3 This Volume was Edited by Mifs Lucy Toulmin Smith, and printed for the Camden Society in 1872.
[Ed.]

448 ($fte tltbe£ of tyt 2&erfteleng 1613
and the rolls called clofe rolls, in the Tower or Rolls chappie in thofe years, in the
2* membrana or fkin of p[ch]ment, And yf 3* number, as the fame rolls are marked,
And in the 4* year of Edw* the 3d. ; And foe of all the like, wherewith each
g28 margent almoft hath many : And if it hath | pars. 1. or pars. 2. or pars. 3. Then
conceive foe many of that kind of Rolls to bee of that yeare.1
Hill : rec : or Hill : fin, or originall : 4. E. 3. rot. 7. in Sccio. underftand, the
records of Hillary Terme in the 4* year of king Edward the third, the 7'.hroll, in
the Excheqf in the office of the lord Treafurers remembrancer, called Ofbornes
office ; And fo of the roll called the fyne roll, or Rot. finiu and Originalls in the
fame place. The like of all others of that kind, whereof very many are in the
margents.1 Liber feod. milt, in Sccio. — Is an ancient book of knights fees in the Excheqf
w* the kings remembrancer, called ffanfhawes office ; And fo of lib : rei : to bee a
book of Releeves in Ofbornes office aforefaid.1
Ad quod damnu. 2. E. 4. n? 112. — underftand, an Inquificon taken by the
Efcheator upon a Writ called Ad quod damnum, coinonly when lands were to bee
alyened in Mortmayne, in the fecond year of king Edward the fecond, and in the
1 1 2. Skyn in the bundle. And fo of many of the like.1
Pardon, or Rot. pardon. 2. E. 4. m. 5. — underftand the pardon roll of that
year, whereby the king granted pardons to his fubjects in that yeare, entred in the
5* membrane or pchment roll, as they ftand numbred in the roll.1
Liber M. S. — underftand a manufcript or written booke with that man, or in^ t
that place, never printed : And foe of the like.
Ant. Cartae. B. Are the rolls in the Tower called Antiquae cartae, diftinguifhed
by the tres of the Alphabet.1
Rot. -Norman. Rot. Scotiae : Rot. vafcoii : Rot. ffrank : Rot. Romae : Are
called the forreh rolls in the Tower, And containe the buifines of yf kings of
England in Normandy, Scotland, Gafcoine, and Gwien, ffrance, and in the Court of
Rome with the Pope or his Cardinalls.1 Ptita
1 All thefe Records are now depofited in the Public Record Office. [Ed.]

1618 Slife of George tyz tfirgt 449
Ptita coram rege, or in banco regis. — underftand, the records in the Court
called the kings bench, of the year, Terme, and roll there noted : And fo of other
Courts. Comp: de Ham:, Comp: Rec:, Comp : Gard:, and Cart in caftro de Berkeley,
and the like ; — Are Accompts of the Reeves of manors, Receiv" of the lord
Berkeley, and of the Wardrobe there, Deeds and the like remaining in Berkeley
Caftle of thofe years in the Evidence houfe there, w* the keys whereof I have been
entrufted more then forty years.
C||e reft I conceive need no explanacon, by a reader of underftandinge any
whit acquainted with Records. If not let him believe well of that which hee
apprehendeth not.

3 M VOL. II

INDEX TO SUBJECTS

Note. — That in this and the following Indices no attempt is made to diftinguifh the different individuals
of the fame name, or the different modes of fpelling them, and that one reference only is given
notwithftanding the name may occur more than once on the fame page.

239

239.213)

"Acates," explanation of
Agincourt, Battle of 
Aid granted to Lord of Manor
"Aiell," meaning of 
Altar Plate, Pledged 
Arms —
Albiny 
Bello Campo (Beauchamp) ...
Berkeley, 33, 88 n, 94, 146, 213,
Bloett 
Blundeville 
BraoufeBrotherton, de ... 146,
Chancombe ...
Clare, de
Coniers
Fitz Alan 
LongefpeyMarfhal
Mead 
Mowbray ... ... ... 239,
Murchas
Read 
Segrave  239.
Stanhope Warren ... ... ... 239,
' Army, Orders to be obferved in
Array, Commiffions of 
Auconbury M., Cuftoms of

...398 «
n
333. 373
... 79 n
. ... 63
... 426
... 426
240, 255, 426
... 426
... 426
240, 255, 426
240, 255, 426426 426 88
426 426
426426
240, 255, 426426 426
240, 255, 426
426
240, 255, 426 197 7
373

Baking, a Manorial cuftom .. ... ... 342
Baronies, difcent of  50, 56
11 lapfe through poverty ' ... 148, 149
11 by.tenure  ' ... 50
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, his contention
with James, Lord Berkeley, for poffeffion of
the Berkeley Eftates  41
Bedford, Barony of  ior

132
333 2
275

Bedford Caftle and Manor, tenure by Grand
Serjeanty
Benevolence granted to Lord of Manor
Berkeley, Baronies of Berkeley and Tyes united
n Barony re-created, 207 ; reftitution of
the Ancient,209; Argument for, 210; Reftored
Berkeley Caftle and Lands feized by the Earl
of Warwick, 41 ; Retained by force, 43 ; Lord
Berkeley did fealty for the fame, 45 ; and had
feizin ... ... ... ... ... ... 46
Berkeley, confideration of the Barony of 48 — 56
ti Eftates, alienated  118, 119
11 Fair granted at  13
11 Family, their attachment to Glou-
- cefterfhire  218, 225
Berkeley, Henry I., his extravagance  281
11 Ifabel, wife of Maurice V., order of
her burial'  *75— J76
Berkeley, Ifabella, her letter, 63; Cruelty to her, 71, 81

Lady Jane, her Regulations for the
Houfehold  418-

-421

Berkeley, Lady Katherine, her character, 382 ;
her death, 387; ceremonial of her burial, 388
—391 ; Heralds' Certificates  391 »
Berkeley's Mafs  ¦•• *74
Berkeley, Maurice VI., his orders to be obferved
in the Army, 197 ; his Will  201
Berkeley, Vicars of ...  64,294
11 William Lord Berkeley, created Vif
count, 101 ; Earl of Nottingham, ib. Earl
Marfhall, ib., and Great Marfhall of England,
102 ; Marques Berkeley, ib. Alienates his
Eftates  Il8> "9
Berkeleys of Worcefterfhire and Herefordfhire 83
Board and Lodging, coft of  257
Bofham M., Cuftoms of  373
Briftol, Citizens of  334.
Chantries, ... 17,84, 106, 134, 203, 215, 249, 361
" Cheate Loaf," explanation of  368 «

3 M 2

452

INDEX TO SUBJECTS

Church goods pawned  63
Clothing, coft of  262
" Coarted," meaning of  65 n
Commendations of the Author, by H. A. 445 — 446
Compofition between Lords Berkeley and Lifle 331
" Conuzor," meaning of  52 «
Conventicals, Coin to enquire into  24
Coftume  284
" Cotquene," explanation of  372 n
Courtefy at table  381
Coventry, White Friars of  377
Deer, malitious deftruction of  378
11 unlawful killing of, 22, 204, 340, 352, 353, 354
Deodand  436
Divorced Perfons, Argument againft marriage
of  139— 141
Documents, Abftraction of by Harvey the Herald, 292
—294
Economy, Agricultural ... 5 — 7, 206, 222, 299
11 Houfehold, 195, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287
418 — 421
" Eloyned," meaning of ...  59 n
" Eftrepment," meaning of  435 n
Fairs granted  13
Fees of Lawyers... ... ... ... ... 282
Flodden Field ... ... ... .... ... 223
Forfeited lands, the King could not grant them
without firft having had actual feizin ... 305
France, Wars of... ... ... ... 8, 10, 24, 81
Franchifes, Manorial  433 — 437
Funerals, manner of, 243 ; Expenfes of ... 257
Garter, manner of Election of Knights of, 204, 204 «
Gloucefter, Knights of the Shire  397
Grand Serjeanty, tenure  133
Grays Inn Fields, Jiunting in  281
" Grograin," explanation of ... ... ... 391
H. A., his commendations of the Author 445, 446
Harvey, the Herald, his abftraction of Evi
dences..  292 — 294
Houfehold, Regulations of  365 — 367
11 Stuff  212

Kegworth Advow., Cuftom as to prefentations to 377
Knights Fee, contents of  .... I3
Knight Service, tenants who are Minors in ward
fhip of the King not abfolved from paying
relief for Manors held in Knight Service of

other lords

35°

Lady, an accomplifhed  382
Lawlefs proceedings ... ...  69
Lawfuit, the Great Berkeley, termination of, 331, 332
Lifle, Barony of  3,4,28,41
Marriage of Divorced perfons, Argument againft, 139
—141
Maffes, Coft of  243
Mifnomer, fatal in law   344
Monafteries, Loffes by diffolution of, 79, 169, 249, 250
Mowbray, Barony of ... ...  101,226
11 Elizabeth Duchefs of Norfolk, defcents
from  158, 159, 160
Mowbray, Partition of lands of  161
Nibley Green, Battle of, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 135
i47,iS4
Norfolk, Dukedom of ...  101
Nottingham, Earldom of  101
Numbers, Myftery of  100,423 — 424

Orders to be obferved in the Army

197
348

Pafture, Common of — fpecial cuftom ...
Pedigrees —
Arden  232, 233
Arthur... ... ... ... ... ... 93
Baffet  182, 183
Berkeley  158, 159, 180 — 186
11 of Beverfton ... ... ... 239
11 11 Bradley ... ... ... ... 230
11 11 Hereford  84, 86, 89
n m Stoke Gifford  180,181,231
Burnell  90
Carne  185
Codrington  94
Coke  401
Cooke  186
Denis 93, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186
Devereux  233
Finch ... .... ... „. ... 237, 238

INDEX TO SUBJECTS

453

Pedigrees— Continued—
Foliot 
Gregory 
Grey 
Griffith 
Howard 
Huntley 
Jones 
Ligon 
Llewellyn 
Matthew 
Mead 
Mowbray 
Nevill 
Norwood Oldifworth 
Perrot 
Porter 
PoyntzRagland 
Rowdon 
Seymour 
Sheldon 
Shipward 
Shirley 
Smith 
StanhopeStanley 
Throckmorton
Trye 
Willoughby 
Wingfield 
Piracy 
Plague, The 
Poictiers, battle of

 185
•  9°
 80
 85
 158
 185, 186
 177
... 182, 183, 184, 185
 9«>
 230
 172
 346
 160
234, 235
 93
 177
 93ii78,i79
 235, 236
 185
 229, 230
 238, 239
 233,234
 89
 403, 404
 85
 43°, 43i
 159
181, 230, 231, 232, 234
 91, 92
 347
 159
 23
 88, 318 2

"Rafh," Explanation of  391 n
References, Explanations of ... 447,448,449
Regulations of Houfehold  365 — 367
Religious Houfes of which the Berkeleys were
patrons  249
" Refcous," Meaning of  343 »

Richard I., his deprivation, 25; his imprifonment, ib.
Ride, Remarkable  381
Riotous Conduct  204,296,297,304
Royal Oak, Knight of  88 n
Sacrilege, The Berkeleys not guilty of, in refpect

to Church Lands
Sagacity of a Horfe
Scotland, Wars in
Seals 
Segrave, Barony of
Servants, numbers of
" Snoket," Meaning of
Spain, Wars in ...
Sporting 
Sports and Paftimes

361
 380
 8, 24
33, 94, 187, 239, 240, 255
101, 226, 355
... 282, 284, 285, 286
176, 176 n
 7
281, 285, 363
 363

Starchamber, Court of — A child 14 years of age
might be a defendant in ... ... ... 344
Statute of Northampton ... ... ... 24
n transferring ufes into poffeffion ... 281
n de donis conditionalibus ... ... 282
11 Scandalus magnatum .-.. ... ... 303
Summons proclaimed at Church doors... 320, 330
Superftition  379
Tetbury, Tolls of, 349 ; Franchifes of  ,435
Treafure trove ...  437
Trevifa, John, his works,. 22; his death, ib. . . .
Tyes, Barony of, united with Berkeley  2
Wages of Servants ... „  378
Wales, Wars of  9, I0> "
" Wayved," Meaning of  435 n
Wotton, Mayor of  332> 372
Writs of Right, none can bring except tenants
in fee  ••• 33°
Writs of Ravifhment de Gard, explained ... 351 »
11 Valore maritagii, explained  339 «
1 1 of Withernam, explained  344 »
Wyatt, Rebellion of  2 7 9, 2 80
York and Lancafter Houfes, Contentions of ... 36

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

Abergavenny, Lord, fee Beauchamp,
Nevill
Abrahall, 186
A-Burrough, 31
Acton, de, 3, 236
Adams 306, 329, 330, 360
Agard, 339
Ailyffe, 377
Albemarle, Duke of, tee Plantagenet
Alderley, 21
Alfop, 302, 306, 309, 311, 313,
3i5< 323, 34i, 347
Amando, St. de, 14
Anderfon, 309
Andrews, 67, 309, 324
Anjou, Duke of, 314
Anne, Queen, 204 n
Ap Adam, 15
Appleton, 234
Appowell, 283
Archard, 373
Archer, 342
Arden, 232, 233, 269, 343
Argyle, Duke of, fee Campbell
Arnold, 93, 186, 222, 241
Arthur, 13, 93
Arundel, 52, 64, 309
11 E. of, fee Fitz Alan,
Howard
Afhwood, 426
Afhton, 341
Afide, 238
Afkwith, 201
Alton, 435
Atfield, 290
Attercliffe, 249
Atwood, 85, 90, 323, 327, 350, 434
Auguftine's Abbey, Briftol, Abbot,
242, 3°9> 3IQ
Axholme, Prior of, 249
Aylworth, 358, 385, 386
Babington, 181
Bacchus, 179
Bacon, 130
Baker, 182, 232
Ball, 186
Banbury, 20
Bangor, Bp. of, 253
Banifter, 15

Barber, 85
Barker, 343, 375
Barnfeild, 361,
Barty, 93
Barwell, 355
Bafkerville, 181
Baffet, 182, 183, 185
Bath, Bp. of, 138
11 Prior of, 201
11 and Wells, Bp. of, 202
Baugh, 185
Bayly, 85, 345
Baynham, 91, 93, 94, 181, 306
Beamond, 142, 145, 388, 389
Beard, 325
Beauchamp, 11, 15, 28, 29, 30, 41,
42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,
5i, 52, 57, 58, 59, 61, 66, 71,
73, 74, "7, 132, 133, !43
Beauchamp, Lord, fee Ferrers
Beaufort, 31, 32, 60, 61, 64, 79
Beconfale, 361
Bedale, 287 [Nevill
Bedford, Duke of, fee Plantagenet,
Bedford, E. of, fee Ruffell
Bedle, 169
Beley, 112
Bell, 237, 338
Bendall, 352
Bennet, 237
Benyard, 321, 323
Berkeley, Lords of (in fucceffion)
11 Robert I., 15, 48, 49,
67, 361, 425, 443
Berkeley, Maurice I., 154, 423,
425
Berkeley, Robert, IL, 17, 323
m Thomas, I., 100, 246
11 Maurice, II., 14, 57,
71, 424, 425
Berkeley, Thomas, II., 157, 329,
343, 423, 424, 435> 443
Berkeley, Maurice III., 181,
184, 203, 231, 293, 412
Berkeley, Thomas III., 14, 42,
46, 5°, 53, i56, !68, 352, 424,
425, 443
Berkeley, Maurice IV., 2, 3, 168
n James, the Welfhman,
40, 50, 424

Berkeley, Thomas IV., his life,
1 — 38; his birth and courfe of
youth, 2 ; his hufbandries and
hofpitality, 5 ; his foreign em
ployments, 1; his recreations and
delights, 12 ; his purchafes and
faies of lands, 13 ; his fuits in
law, 16 ; his alms and devotions,
18 ; his rewards to fervants, 20 ;
his mifcellanies, 22 ; his wife, 27 ;
his iffue, 28 ; his feals of arms,
33 ; his death and place of burial,
34 ; his lands whereof he died
feized, 34; the application and
ufe of his life, 35 ; a fhort
corollary, 36 ; ftyled Thomas
the magnificent, 1 ; 8, 40, 43, 48,
49, 52, 53, 56> 6°, 66, 79, 80,
106, 120, 202, 288
Berkeley, James I., 6, 18, 34, 35 ;
his life, 39-97 ; his birth and edu
cation, 40 ; his fuits at law, 41 ;
of the Barony of Berkeley, and of
the precedency thereof, 48 ; his
law fuits, 57 ; his rewards to
fervants, 76 ; his mifcellaniee, 78;
his wives, 79; his iffue, 82 ; his
feals of arms, 94 ; his death and
place of burial, 95 ; the lands
whereof he died feized, 96 ; the
application and ufe of his life,
96; 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 119,
125, 138, 154, 161, 164, 173,
174, 178, 207, 246, 347, 425
Berkeley, William Lord, 41, 54,
56, 59, 60, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70,
74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83,
84, 86, 90, 91, 95, 96 ; his life,
99 — 151; his foubriquet, 99; his
birth and education, 100 ; his
accefs to honours and offices,
101; his law fuits, 102; his alien
ations and faies of lands, 126;
his alms and devotions, 132 ; his
mifcellanige or various paffages,
135 ; his feals of arms, 146 ; his
death and place of burial, 146;
the application and ufe of his
life, 149; 154, 155, 157, 158,
160, 163, 165, 166, 168, 171,

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

455

Berkeley, William Lord — Con
tinued —
174. l87, *9°, ^J, x94, 207,
208, 211, 218, 261, 275, 276,
277, 282, 328, 341, 347, 356,
358, 359, 423, 424
Berkeley, Maurice V., 75, 82,
84, 137, i45, M7, 148, 149 ; his
life, 1 53 — 1 9 2 ; his birth and edu
cation, 154; his fuits at law, 154;
his wife, 172 ; his iffue, 177 ;
his feals of arms, 187 ; his death
and place of burial, ib. ; the
lands whereof he died feized, ib. ;
the application and ufe of his
life, 190; 203, 231, 247, 275,
277, 283, 328, 347, 358, 416,
424, 432, 443
Berkeley, Maurice VI., 49, 81,
89, 155, 161, 162, 165, 166, 171,
177, 178, 189; his life, 193-219;
his birth and education, 193 ;
his foreign employments, 196 ;
his creation as Baron, 207 ; his
wife, 210 ; his feals of arms, 213 ;
his death and place of burial,
213 ; the lands whereof he died
feized, 215; the application and
ufe of his life, 217 ; 223, 224,
240, 248, 256, 262, 263, 266,
27°, 275, 328, 377, 416
Berkeley, Thomas V., 56, 147,
160, 166, 168, 171, 177, 178,
186, 194, 201, 210, 217 j his life,
222-263; his birth and education,
222; his wives, 227; his iffue,
229 ; his feals of arms, 239, 240 ;
his death and place of burial,
240 ; his lands whereof he died
feized, 245 ; the application and
ufe of his life, ib.; 252, 262, 267,
283, 356, 416, 443
Berkeley, Thomas VI., 56,79,210,
225, 229, 240 ; his life, 247-263 ;
his birth and education, 247 ; his
mifcellanise or various paffages,
248; his law fuits, 250; his wives,
252 ; his iffue, 254; his feals, 255;
his death and place of burial,
256 ; his lands whereof he died
feized, 258 ; the application and
ufe of his life, 262, 266, 275,
309; 416, 424
Berkeley, Henry I., 30, 49, 56,
74, 81, 115, 131, 145, 150,
I°5, I7°, 184, 187, 206, 210,
2l8, 251, 254, 255, 258, 261,
262 ; his Ufe, 265-42 1; his reftitu-

Berkeley, Henry I. — Continued
tion to Berkeley Caftle, and to the
Barony of Berkeley, 275 ; his law
fuits, 288 ; bis faies of lands, 356;
his buildings, 362; his recreations
and delights, 363 ; his hofpitality,
364 ; his rewards to fervants, 367 ;
his alms and devotions, 368 ; his
mifcellanies, &c, 369 ; his wives,
381 ; his fecond wife, 392 ; his
iffue, 393 ; his feales, 404 ; his
death and place of burial, ib. ;
his lai\ds whereof he died feized,
409 ; the application and ufe of
his life, 410; 426, 427, 433, 434,
438, 439, 444
Berkeley, George I., 6, 48, 49,
54, 56, 73, 75, 78, 81, 91, 167,
184, 190, 210, 218, 230, 242,
247, 271, 274, 286, 299, 300,
305, 312, 320, 325, 334, 342,
347, 353, 362, 368, 369, 385,
394 ; his birth, 396 ; 404, 405,
406, 407, 410, 417 ; his life, 423,
424; his parentage and difcents,
425 ; his birth and education,
426 ; the conclufion of the
Author, 439
Berkeley, Charles Earl of, 408 h,
438 n
Berkeley, James Earl of, 205 n,
437 «
Berkeley, Alice, 93, 161, 323, 425
n Alienor, 223, 227, 228,
229, 243, 244
Berkeley, Ann, 84, 87, 89, 129,
131, I32> J33, r34, M4, 145,
155, 156, 157, 158, 177, 180,
182, 183, 185, 186, 209, 229,
23°, 239, 251, 252, 254, 256,
266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272,
276, 277, 281, 283, 310, 313,
334, 4M, 4i5
Berkeley, Barbara, 239
11 Brice, 230, 267, 268
11 Cicely, 223, 228, 229,
231, 240, 248, 250, 251, 256
Berkeley, Dorothy, 89, 182
1, Edith, 86, 89
n Edward, 84, 86, 87, 89,
230, 239, 268, 359, 374
Berkeley, Eleanor, 86, 89, 240
11 Eliz., 4, 17, 22, 27, 28,
29, 34, 35, 87, 89, 90, 92, 181,
239, 250, 254, 256, 258, 266,
268, 271, 288, 295, 305, 321,
359, 360, 362, 374, 389, 398,
406, 425, 426, 427, 428, 430,
43V 432, 43s, 439, 444

Berkeley, Eve, 425
" Fedinando, 393
11 Frances, 85, 229, 230,
239, 359, 393, 4°3
11 George, 87, 404
11 Giles, 181
n Hellena, 181
11 Henry, 87, 89, 184, 239,
399, 4°7
11 Humphry, 86, 89, 212,
214
n Ifabella, 63, 71, 74, 77,
81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95,
100, 115, 120, 126, 127, 134,
147, !49, *54, -159, 172, 173,
J74, 175, !77, 201, 203, 425
Berkeley, James, 65, 69, 70, 72,
74, 82, 86, 119, 164, 177, 186,
200, 201, 263, 267
Berkeley, Jane, 89, 132, 133, 142,
394, 418—421
Berkeley, Joan, 4, 74, 75, 81, 82,
83, 85, 86, 89, 102, 112, 118,
142, 144, 229, 235, 236, 237, 239
Berkeley, John, 22, 84, 85, 86, 87,
89, 147, 17.7, 180, 181, 182, 203,
239, 241, 267, 397
Berkeley, Joyce, 89
11 Katherine, 4, 16, 17, 22,
87, 89, 143, 144, 181, 211, 223,
239, 240, 289, 291, 365, 368,
379, 380, 381, 382, 383—391,
39z n, 393, 394, 399, 405, 4°7,
.413
Berkeley, Leonard, 87
ti Margaret, 4, 18, 19, 22,
27, 28, 29, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90,
181, 239, 425
Berkeley, Margery, 84, 90, 134, 147
11 Mary, 86, 87, 89, 144,
178, 181, 182, 201, 239, 250,
251, 252, 393
Berkeley, Maurice, 35, 40, 65, 69,
71, 74, 112, 113, 114, 117, 119,
135, *37, 181, 184, 225, 228,
229, 230, 239, 240, 242, 250,
251, 256, 259, 266, 267, 268,
269, 270, 359
Berkeley, Mirriell, 181, 233, 234,
236, 252
11 Nicholas, 3, 14, 86
11 Ofwald, 86, 231
„ Richard, 84, 86, 87, 89,
134, 147, 180, 181, 182, 200,
203, 211, 312, 336, 337, 370
Berkeley, Robert, 87, 88, 88 n, 91,
181
11 Rowland, 87, 87 n, 88,
88 n, 89

456

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

Berkeley, Sufan, 85, 177, 178
11 Theophila, 396, 400, 404,
4°5, 43s, 444
Berkeley, Thomas, fon of Henry,
286, 305, 321, 322, 324, 330,
332, 36°, 362, 363, 375, 376,
385, 389, 39i, 393, 394, 398,
399, 444
Berkeley, Thomas, 21, 32, 41, 65,
69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 83, 84, 85,
86, 87, 89,. 90, 91, 112, 113,
"9, I34, 135, x43, 144, 148,
181, 200, 201, 203, 211, 212,
239, 393
Berkeley, William, 61, 74, 86, 87,
88, 88 n, 210, 211, 239
Berry, 93
Bigod, 162, 346
Biford, 77
Bingham, 69, 71, 116
Blanche, Princefs, 26
Blount, 135, 197 n, 230, 235, 256,
374,375
Birton, 114, 343
Bifhop, 355
Bluet, 164, 425
Bodrugan, 113, 113 «
Boleyn, 32, 257
Boleyn, Q. Anne, 252
Bolton, 292
Bonde, 176
Bone, John, 22, 44
Bott, 379, 380, 413
Boucher, 315
Bourchier, 205
Bourne, 379
Bower, 327, 343
Bowfor, 354
Bowghton, 176
Bowringe, 203
Boyton, 64, 232
Brabazon, 352
Brace, 184
Bracebridge, 235
Bradley, 230
Brad (hawe, 272
Bradfton, 416, 417
Bramwich, 87, 236, 294
Brandon, 144, 146, 157, 197 n,
202, 205
Bray, 130, 164
Breoufe, 158, 425
Brett, 279
Bridgeman, 437
Bridges, 186, 294
Briggs, 401, 406
Bright, 89
Briftol, Black Friars, Pryor of, 242,
244

Briftol, Dean and Chapter of, 310,
3^3
11 Mayor of, 113, 283
11 n and Com. of, 14, 44,
70, 283
n Mayor and Conftable of the
Staple, 65, 68, 70
Brittaine, 90, 344, 425
Brock, 345
Broke, 241, 249
Brokefby, 93, 370
Bromley, 179
Bromwich, 94
Brook, 200
Brotherton, de, 162, 166, 346, 425
Broughton, 357
Brown, 20, 176, 324, 340, 342
Bruce, 50
Brudnell, 170, 240, 256
Bryers, 92
Bub, 184
Bucke, 185, 241
Buckhurft, 304
n Lord, fee Sackville
Buckingham, E. of, fee Plantagenet
Buckley, 186
Bucknam, 287, 339
Bullen, 395, 396, 397
Burbage, 272
Burdet, 90, 378, 379
Burghill, 86, 209
Burgoyne, 339, 357
Burnell, 90
Burrow, 359, 442
Burton, 310, 311, 358
n Lazars, Brethren of, 174
Butler, 93, 254, 269, 271
Butteris, 388
Byford, 354, 355, 434, 436
Bynge, 430
Byriat, 353

Cambridge, Earl of, fee Plantagenet
Camden, 87, 335
Campbell, 438 n
Cantelo, 141
Canterbury, Archbp. of, 24, 25, 63,
163, 164, 377
Carey, 27, 33, 305, 316, 317, 321,
365, 383, 384, 389, 395, 396,
399, 4°7, 425, 426
Carne, 185
Carpenter, 139
Carter, 317
Caffey, 25, 135
Cafton, 437
Cafwell, 352
Cater, 172

Cauleigh, 20
Cave, 238, 358
Cecil, 31, 33, 295, 296, 301
Cerney, 354 .
Chamberlain, 21, 104, 105, 302,
343, .345, 35i> 353, 384
Champion, 345
Chaple, 241
Charles, King, 88
11 P. of Wales, 426
Charnells, 233
Chedder, 14, 113
Cheney, 339, 357, 365
Chefter, 179, 294, 295, 321
Chichefter, 177
Cholmely, 238 ,
Cholmondeley, 371 n
Chriftopher, 172
Clare, 234, 425
Clarence, Duke of, fee Plantagenet
Clark, 344
Clavile, 183
Clement, vij. Pope, 18
Clifford, 72, 91, 230
Clinton, 182
Clough, 329
Clutterbuck, 85, 86, 328, 352
Codrington, 93, 94, 180, 236, 340
Cocke, 282
Cockes, 241 , '
Coke, 32, 55, 56, 210, 301, 304,
309, 318, 333, 365, 400, 401,
402, 405, 406, 407, 438, 442
Cokeiner 178
Cole, 114, 430
Comines, P. de, 253
Compton, 180
Coniers, 88
Conftable, 227
Coneftable, 283
Conway, 239
Cooke, in n, 186, 250, 331, 373
Copiner, 20
Coplefton, 178
Corbet, 287
Corbett, 233
Cordell, 283
Cornock, 330
Cornwallis, 33
Colby, 86
Coffy, 232
Cotton, 179, 317, 388, 442
Courtenay, 29, 205
Cowper, 390, 394, 406
Cox, 287
Craven, 274
Crefwell, 345, 346, 364, 378
Crofts, 323
Cromwell, 205, 248, 309, 353

W 'tywv

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

457

Crooke, 318
Crofby, 89
Croxton, Abbots of, 249
Cullen, 436
Curnock, 85, 295
Cyprefs, K. of, 64
Dacres, Lord, fee Fienes
Dale, 181
Danby, 142
Danfeild, 346
Danford, 375
Dangerfeild, 329
Danvers, 33, 179, 229, 359
Danyell, 182
Daubeny, 135, 194
Daunt, 117, 296
Davey, 182
Davis, 324, 350, 358
Dawe, 360
Deane, 345
Deighton, 183
De la Hay, 233
De la Warre, 210
Denis, 92, 93, 156, 178, 179, r8o,
182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 203,
208, 209, 241, 278, 287, 311,
362, 389, 399
Denton, 318, 319, 320, 324
Derby, 249
n E. of, fee Stanley
Defpenfer, 64
Dethick, 388, 389, 390, 391, 391 n,
392 n
Devereux, 49, 78, 233, 349, 389,
396,404
Devon, E. of, fee Courtenay
Digas, 117
Digby, 358
Dilke, 233
Dilkes, 390
Dodderidge, 318
Dormer, 215, 256
Dorney, 182, 183, 437
Dorfet, E. and M. of, fee Beaufort,
Grey
Doughtie, 305
Dowle, 179, 268
Downinge, 341
Draycote, 231
Drayner, 92
Drewe, 313
Driver, 352
Dudley, 29/30, 143, 194, 278, 288,
289, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295,
296, 297, 300, 301, 302, 303,
3°4, 3°5, 3°6, 3°7, 3°8, 3"i
3", 313, 3i5, 3i6, 318, 319,
320, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
3 N VOL. II

Dudley — Continued —
328, 331, 335, 336, 34i, 364,
374, 375, 378, 394
Dunning, 295, 353
Dunftable, 77
Duport, 287, 289, 292, 339, 359,
416, 417
Durham, Bp. of, 228
Dutton, 331, 332, 371, 375, 376
Dyar, 20, 86, 236, 275, 276
Dykes, 114
Ecton, 21
Edward I., King, 14, 50, 51, 132,
i57, 236, 425
Edward II. , 162, 166, 346, 347
t. III., King, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7,
13, 16, 17, 24, 35, 42, 46, 51,
53, 6l> 64, 7°, 1I2> 156> l6§>
231, 277, 293, 352, 430
Edward IV., King, 6, 29, 31, 33,
39, 4i, 54, 58, 71, 74, 80, 81,
83, 84, 91, 95, 99, 101, 102,
103, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114,
115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 129,
135, !36> *37- 138, 142, 143,
146, 148, 150, 154, 158, 193,
221, 290, 315, 341, 379
Edward V., 99, 119
Edward VL, King, 55, 56, 145, 206,.
210, 255, 260, 262, 265, 272,
275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 282,
286, 288, 300, 376, 430 .
Edwards, 83
Eleanor, Q., 425
Egerton, 304
Elizabeth, Q., 30, 31, 36, 52, 54.
55, 73, 74, 85, 86, 89, 233, 237
253, 254, 255, 261, 265, 271
282, 284, 285, 286, 289, 290,
291, 292, 295, 296, 297, 298
300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305
306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 313
314, 3*5, 3J6, 3J7, 3l8, 321
¦ 323, 324, 325> 326j. 328, 332
335, 33.7, 339, 34°, 34 1. 342
343, 344, 345, 346, 349, 350
35i, 355, 356, 357, 358, 361
. 36z, '364, 37°, 372, 374, 375
376, 377, 378, 379, 38o, 382
.385, 387, 393, 395, 396, 397
399,' 402, 403, 404, 412, 413
414,-426, 429, 433
Elmer, 185
Elmes, 232,. 388
Ely, Bp. of, 272
Effex, Earl* of, fee Devereux
Eftcourt, 331, 348, 349, 373, 406,
407

Etherington, 315
Evan, 203
Evans, 180
Exeter, Duke of, fee Holland
Exeter, E. of, fee Cecil
Exton, 433
Falkener, 241
Feilding, 233, 376, 389, 390
Fendles, 425
Ferrers, 51, 61, 81, 115, 117, 233
Fewrother, 222
Fienes, 144
Finch, 237, 238
Fifher, 388, 390
Fitz Alan, 159, 160, 162, 425
Fitz Hardinge, 44, 50, 207
Fitz Hugh, 144
Fitz James, 134, 202, 203, 208,
241, 242, 283
Fitz Nicholl, 15
Fitz Walter, Lord, fee Ratcliffe
Fitz Waryn, 23
Fleetwood, 186
Fleminge, 333
Flefhewer, 68
Flower, 234
Folchard, 401
Foliot, 185
Fortefcue, 61, 62, 117, 202, 234
Fofter,'92, 186, 321
Fouch, 322, 329
Fourds, 295
Fowler, 86, 2.72, 353
Francombe, 340
Franfham, 287, 292
Frize, 90
Frogmore, 89
France, Kings of, 64, 224, 425
Fray, 60, 61
Frowick, 161
Fryer, 381
Fyneux, 161
Gaddefden, 375
Gamage, 31
Garlick, .308, 315
Gaftrell, 253
Gaunts Hofp., Mafter of, 201
Gawdy, 377
Gawfell, 346, 347
George, 297
11 L, King, 205 n
Germain, 408 n, 437 n, 438 »
Gerodun, Abbot of, 249
Gerrard, 184, 356
Gilbert,- 43
Gifford, 137
Gilman, 327

458

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

Glendower, Owen, 9, 10
Gloucefter, Archdeacons of, 365
it • Bifhop of, 183, 351
n Duke of, fee Plantagenet
11 Sheriffs of, 50, 70, 72,
112, 195, 224
Goldefborough, 351
Goldefon, 340, 341
Gonfon, 340
Goodman, 324, 325, 330, 414
Goodwyn, 232
Goodyeare, 294
Gorges, 183, 185, 397
Grace dieu, Prior of, 249
Grantham, 310, 313
Green, 294, 314, 349
Gregory, 90, 359
Greifley, 357
Grevill, 49, 77, 170, 171
Grey, 29, 30, 80, 115, 116, 127,
129, 196, 205, 232, 238, 288
Greyndour, 23
Griffin, 231
Griffith, 53, 85, 232, 430, 431
Griffiths, 185
Grococke, 352
Grubb, 375
Guilford, 30
11 Lord, fee North
Guife, 93
Gurney, 92
Guy, 84
Gwillim, 179
Gybbori, 236
H. A., 445, 446
Hacket, 298
Hackett, 333, 334
Hale, 295
Hales, 394
Halifax, Lord, fee Montagu
Hall, 14, 182, 258, 306
Hallam, 296, 298
Halfe, 89
Handly, 201
Handlowe, 51
Hannis, 227
Harper, 356, 404.
Harding, 295, 303,444-
Hardinge, 36, 76, 78, 79, 100, 423,
425, 439
Harcourt, 241
Harrington, 342
Harris, 37, 75
Harrifon, 93, 161
Harsfield, 20, 253
Harvar, 344, 345
Havard, 86
Haverholme, Prior of, 249

Harvey, 292, 293, 294, 346, 351
Haftings, 31, 135, 249, 252, 309
Hatton, 309.
Hawford, 377
Hawkins, 241
Haynes, 351
Herbert, 29, 32, 93, 106, 112, 143,
182, 205, 282
Herblinge, 21
Heneage, 237, 241
Henry IL, King, 48, 50, 56, 112
277
. Henry III., King, 56, 57, 71, 425
n IV., King, 1, 6, 9, 10, 14,
16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 36, 44, 54
Henry V, King, 1, 6, 7, 11, 14
15, 19, 21, 26, 34, 41, 44, 48
49, 5°, 52, 53, 54, 64, 79, 80
332, 401
Henry VI. , King, 6, 39, 42, 46
47, 48, 49, 5°, 54, 58, 59, 61
63-, 64, 65, 69> 7i, 72, 73, 74
75, 77, 78, 79, 8b, 81, 83, 84
91, 99, in, 116, 117, 135, 137
138, 150, 154, 172, 273, 315
43°, 437
Henry VII., King, 29,71,86,90,99.
102, 114, 116, 125, 129, 130,
131, 134, 135, 136, 144, i45
146, 150, 156, 160, 161, 162
165, 166, 167, 16.9, 171, 172
196, 194, 206, 207, 208, 210
211, 222, 227, 228, 247, 261
275, 276, 277, 282, 315, 347
43°, 446
Henry VIII., King, 30, 49, 52, 79
-81, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92
162, 169, 173, 174, 194, 195
196, 197, 197 n, 200, 201, 202
203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 211
213, 214, 215, 221, 223, 225
227, 228, 230, 231, 235, 247
252, 253, 256, 257, 258, 260
265, 266, 269, 270, 271, 276
278, 279, 281, 283, 305, 310
3i3, 345, 377, 381
Henry, Prince of Wales, 426 •
Hereford, Bp. of, 170
Heron, 199, 200
Hewes, 289, 297
Hey don, 164,316, 317
Heywood, 87, 88
Hiett, 112, 114, 115; fee alfo Hyet
Hill, 180, 351
Hilpe, 112, 147, 358
Hobbes, 237 n-, 329
Holborne, 433 •
Holland, 64, 426
Hollifter, 356, 436

Hollo way, 338
Holt, 78, 104, 105, 107, 109, no
Hood, 353
Hooker, 392 n
Hopkins, 388, 391
Horfman, 318, 320
Horton, 271, 272, 273
Horwood, 231
Howard, 29, 32, 120, 126, 158,
159, 162, 166, 171, 172, 184,
205, 207, 224, 225, 227, 236,
240, 251, 252, 254", 255, 270,
284, 285, 289, 291, 309, 331,
336, 34i, 346, 347, 355, 357,
364, 372, 376, 381, 382, 384,
387, 39i, 393, 395, 396, 399,
405, 407, 413, 426, 427, 430,
431, 432
Howell, 117, 183
Huband, 374
Hubart, 168
Hudfon, 341
Hues, 86.
Hughes, 86, 289, 297, 298, 307
Hungerford, 82, 181, 185, 297
Hunfden, Lord, fee Carey
Hunt, 350, 375
Huntington, E. of, fee Haftings
Huntley, 185, 186, 297, 298, 302,
3", 3i3,33i, 346,352,353
Hurd; 12
Hurne, 85, 86
Huffy, 216, 256
Hyet, 294; fee alfo Hiett
Ingleby, 222, 228
Inglefeild, 241
luyn, 43, 47, 48, 61
Ithel, 77, 286, 287, 351, 377, 378
James, 189
<¦ King, 31, 37, 49, 87, 88,.
115, 145, 265, 294, 298, 303,.
312, 314, 318, 320, 323, 324,
328> 329, 331, 332, 343, 349,
35°, 351, 352, 353, 354, 36o»
365, 37°, 37i» 372, 373, 375,'
376, 377, 396, 4°o> 4o3> 4°6r
427, 428, 430, 433, 436, 437,
438, 446
James,. King of Scotland, 324
. Jay, 85
Jerrriy, 180
Jerningham, 232
Jerrat, 93, 351, 353
Jerufalem, Prior of Hofp. of St.
John of, 249
Jevais, 287
Joan, Q. of Sicily, 19

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

459

Jobbins, 114, 295, 298, 320, 321
John, King, 50, 112, 277
Johnfon, 77, 395
Jones, 177, 342
Katherine of Valois, Q., 63
Kemys, 92, 185, 283
Kenedy, 397
Kimmerly, 296
Kinge, 86, 107, 108
Kingfwood, Abbot of, 242, 249
Kirkeby, Prior of, 249
Knevet, 29, 202
Knight, 169, 328
Kmghtley, 233, 401
Knolles, 22, 30, 32
Knull, 203
Lancafter, Duke of, fee Plantagenet
Lacon, 71
Lake, 31, 387
Lambert, 317
Lane, 241
Lahgharne, 177
Langley, 179, 360
Lany, 349
Lapworth, 381, 402
Latimer, 53, 132
11 Lord, fee Nevill
Laughan, 380
Laund, Prior of, 249
Lawrence, 86, 362
Lee, 181
Legat, 22
Legge, "4
Leicefter, Abbot of, 249
11 E. of, fee Dudley, Sidney
Leigh, 357, 389
Lewes, Prior of, 249, 340, 341
Leighton, 233
Lentall, 159
Lewkner, 311
Liare, 170
Ligon, 93, 180, 182, 183, 184, 234,
287, 362, 376, 378, 394, 395,
.397, 399
Lifle, de, 2, 3, 4, 17
11 11 Lord, fee Talbot, Grey,
Sidney
Littleton, 311
Lluen, 201:
Lluellin, 90
Logge, 276, 347
London, Bps. of, 46, 47, 183
Longe, 114, 182, 239
Louis, Earl Palatine of the Rhine, 26
it XL, K. of France, 253
Lovell, 51, 205
Loveny, 16
3 N 2

Lovericus, 174
Lowe, 403
Lower, 117, 117 «
Lucas, 274
Ludford, 358
Lucy, 69, 186, 234
Machin, 325, 329
Mackworth, 350
Mac Murrough, 425
Maddefon, 237
Mainfton, 354
Mallet, 85, 328
Maltravers, 52
Manners, 31, 32, 301
March, E. of, fee Mortimer
Margaret, Queen, 58
Markam, 234, 291
Marney, 205
Marrowe, 171, 389
Marten, 179, 360
Martin, 241
Mary, Queen, 30, 52, 55, 86, 169,
210, 229, 253, 255, 265, 273,
274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279,
280, 281, 284, 286, 288, 289,
290, 293, 300, 341, 361, 373,
376, 381, 404, 416, 434
Maryner, 163
Matthew, 230
Maxey, 186
May, 77
Mayo, 90
Mead, 113, 172, 173, 283
Merbury, 78
Merrick, 239
Merrit, 328
Mill, 76, 145, 236
Millard, 350
Miller, 250
Millet, 93
Mills, 81, 101, 397
Molineux, 236
Monke, 353
Montagu, 204 n
Montague, 197 n, 204 n, 321
Marquis, fee Nevill
Moore, 5, 7, 15, 21, 89, 137, 232,
235
' Morgan, 45, 48, 77, 234, 310, 311,
425
Morris, 230, 319, 329
Mortimer, 7, 8, 425
Mowbray, 53, 80, 106, 118, 119,
120, 131, 132, 133, 138, 141,
142, 143, 146, 158, 159, 160,
161, 162, 171, 255, 341, 346,
355
Mull, 63; no

Mynne, 87 n, 89
Mynors, 86
Nelme, 85, 243, 340
Neft, 182
Nevill, 32, 33, 60, in, 132, 137,
138, 142, 148, 160, 166, 277
Newton, 60, 61, 89
Nicholas, 258, 356
Nicholls, 346
Noote, 85
Norman, 86
Norwood, 185, 234, 235
Norfolk, Duke of, fee Brotherton,
Howard, Mowbray, Bigod
North, 438 n,
Northampton, Earl of, fee Howard,
Berkeley
Nottingham, Earl of, fee Howard,
Mowbray
Northumberland, D.of, fee Dudley
n E. of, fee Percy
Norton, 205
Norwood, 389
Nuce, 238
Nuneaton, Prior of, 249
Nuttall, 325, 374, 414
O'Bryen, 271
Ogle, 52, 53
Ognell, 358
Oldbury, 104, 230
Oldifworth, 93, 296, 297, 302, 303,
329, 360, 375
Oldland, 85
Olive, 351
O'Neale, 370
Organ, 90
Ormond, E. of, fee Butler
Ofborne, 360, 434
Oty, 321, 323
Owen, 177
Oxford, E. of, fee Vere
Pacy, 283
Paget, 52
Palfgrave, the Prince, 400
Paris, 241
Parmiter, 296, 297, 340
Parry, 289, 374
Pafton, 401
Pate, 340
Paul IL, Pope, 139
Paunsfoot, 173, 178, 180
Pawlet, 238
Payne, 318, 319, 322, 323, 354, 365
Peers, 232, 344
Peeter, 114
Peito, 377
Pembroke, 136

460

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

Pembroke, E. of, fee Plantagenet
Percy, 25, 32, 33, 64, 160, 309
Perrot, 177, 203
Perry, 360
Perfival, 179
Peter, 234, 346, 347, 356
Peter's, St., Abbey, Glouc, Abbot
of, 249
Petit, 92, 287
Pettifer, 344
Phelps, 114, 346
Phillip, 77
Philip and Mary, K. and Q., 261,
281,. 284
Philip of Spain, 279
Phillips, 177
Phillpot, 268
Pichard, 425
Pigot, 142, 178
Pipard, 2
Plantagenet, 8, 9, 30, 45, 46, 47,
64, 78, in, 117, 119, 120, 137,
143, ^8, 172, 346, 379, 425
Pleadell, 317
Plogenet, 51
Plomer, 21
Plowden, 282
Pole, Cardinal, 274, 275
11 de la, 4, 59
Poole, 15, 290, 300, 331, 336, 337,
360
Popham, 179, 304
Porter, 93, 176, 178, 179, 181,
241, 283, 308, 374
Poyntz, 21, 76, 94, 145, 162, 163,
164, 165, 183, 203, 235, 236,
237, 237 n, 250, 268, 269, 270,
294, 306, 308, 315, 336, 337,
34i, 342, 356
Pratt, 184
Price, 177
Printhorpe, 343
Puckering, 338
Pullen, 77
Purefy, 339
Purnell, 114, 169
Pyle, 179, 342
Pynne, 370
Ragland, 185
Raftle, 180
Ratcliffe, 13, 53, 255, 268, 309,
335, 338, 381, 428, 429
. Raynesford, 357
Read, 180, 186, 200, 229, 355,
358, 361, 428, 429, 430
Reis, 425
Rice, 103, 177
Rich, 397

Richard I., King, 50, 51, 112, 277
11 IL, 11 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12,
13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27,
36, 69, 73, 80, 103, 116
Richard III., King, 80, 99, 101,
115, 120, 126, 127, 129, 136,
144, 150, 155, 193, 210
Richards, 85
Rig, 20
Rivers, 227
11 Earl of, fee Wydm'lle
Robert, K., of Scotland, 64
Roberts, 114
Roch, 13
Rochefter, Bp. of, 134
Rodborrow, de, 24
Rodney, 235
Roger, 62
Roos, Lord, fee Manners
Rowdon, 228, 229, 230, 241,
Rowe, 180, 181
Rupert, King of the Romans, 26
Ruffell, 30, 183, 184, 364, 376
Rufwell, 94
Rutland, E. of, fee Manners
Rynall, 25
Sacheverell, 225, 226, 246
Sackville, 361
Sage, 156
St. John, 36, 40, 178, 38
Saluce, Marquis of, 425
Samborne, 181
Sampfon, 135
Sander, 238
Sandes, 197, 197 n, 214, 232
Savacre, 354
Savage, 170, 252, 293, 348, 349,
355, 364, 365, 374, 376
Scarlinge, 359
Scot, 315, 317
Scotland, King of, 64
Scudamore, 179, 181, 186
Sebroke, 44
Segrave, 141, 162, 167, 346
Selden, 442
Selman, 340
Sempringham, Prior of, 249
Sen tie, 137
Serjeant, 92
Sever, 228 n
Seymour, 238, 239, 430
Shelden, 233, 234, 342
Shellam, 183
Shelly, 434
Sheppard, 195, 200, 208
Sherington, 45
Shillitoe, 287
Shipman, 93

Shipward, 89, 113, 287, 340, 350
Shirley, 389, 403, 404, 406, 407
Shotteibroke, 21
Shugborough, 233
Sidney, 31, 32, 49, 298, 301, 318,
320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 328,
329, 33°, 332, 333, 336, 375
Sileby, Abbot of, 249
Skelton, 135
Skipwith, 92, 357
Skull, 85
Slead, 86
Smallwood, 296, 297
Smith, 85, 114, 183, 231, 298, 331,
339, 355, 36°, 37* », 375, 376,
383, 391 n, 392 n, 398, 427
Snell, 239
Somerfield, 233
Somers, 303
Somerfet, 205, 431
11 Duke of, fee Beaufort,
Seymour
Southampton, Mayor of, 44
Speake, 93, 179
Speed, 427
Spenfer, 27, 32, 180, 195, 359, 360,
376, 384, 389, 393, 397, 43°
Squall, 62
Stafford, 7, 29, 36, 40, 41, 76, 79,
84, 137, 138, 195, 206, 207,
224, 363
Standen, 234
Stanhope, 359, 392, 393, 428, 429,
434
Stanley, 70, 128, 130, 132, 134,
143, 159, 160, 161, 162, 236,
338, 389, 429 «
Stanfhawe, 14, 77, 93
Staunton, 145, 360
Stawker, 237
Stephens, 94, 269, 318, 375
Stepneth, 177
Stewart, 400
Stinton, 89
Stonly, Abbot of, 249
Strange, 195, 389
11 Lord, fee Stanley
Strangwayes, 142, 145
Strickland, 237, 238, 239
Strongbow, fee Clare
Stuard, 235
Stukeley, 232
Suffolk, Duke of, fee Pole de la,
Brandon
Suffolk, Earl of, fee Howard
Sulliard, 234
Suffex, Earl of, fee Ratcliffe
Surrey, Earl of, fee Howard
Swift, 200

INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS

461

Swynburn, 10
Sydnam, 94, 236
Symes, 238
Symonds, 239, 241
Talbot, 23, 29, 30, 59, 60, 61, 63,
65,66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72,
73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 84, 95,
102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107,
108, 109, no, in, 112, 113,
114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 125,
i3*> I35> ^6, 143, !49, *54,
359, 36°, 36i, 372, 438, 444
Tame, 186, 203
Tamer, 352
Tanfield, 318, 333
Tayer, 358
Teft, 17
Tewe, 65, 68, 69
Tewkefbury, Abbot and Convent
of, 168
Thay, 170
Thomas, 302, 327, 388, 391 n
Thorly, 138
Thorpe, 179, 329, 351
Throckmorton, 181, 230, 231, 232,
233, 234, 252, 291, 299, 306,
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312,
313, 3J4, 3J5, 331, 334, 336,
337, 34°, 34i
Thynne, 300
Tiler, 135
Tilladam, 434
Tindall, 340
Tirer, 170
Tirrell, 92
Tomfon, 355
Tovy, 269
Townefend, 230, 392, 407
Tracy, 3, 3°7, 3°8, 3*7, 33 *
Trenton, 234
Trefham, 92
Trevifa, John, 22, 44, 64
Trotman, 227, 230, 231, 279, 294,
z97, 3°7, 324, 327, 328, 329,
34°, 360
Trye, 91, 92, 164, 167, 175, 176,
200, 201, 214, 225, 226, 227,
246, 271, 272, 273, 274, 342,
379, 380, 415, 4i6, 417
Tucker, 87 n, 88 n, 391 n
Tuddington, 308
Tudor, 195
Turner, 359

Turvill, 185
Twifden, 238,
Tyler, 5
Tyrrell, 45
Urban vj., Pope, 18, 19
Valle dei, Abbot of, 249
Varney, 236
Vaughan, 177, 302, 375
Vaux, 231
Vele, 107, 108, 109, 177
Ven, 360
Venables, .63, 77, 164
Vere, 52, 115, 381
Villers, 355, 369
Vincent, 81, 142, 146, 375
Vinton, 403
Wade, 356
Wafery, 233
Wake, 345
Wakeman, 375
Walker, 237
Waller, 315
Walleron, 51, 59
Wallies, 13, 15, 79
Wallin, 183
Walmefley, 326, 335
Walfh, 145, 157, 163, 164, 179, 182
Walter, 237
Walton, 357
Warbeck, Perkin, 207
Warberton, 406
Warre, de la, Lord, fee Weft
Warren, 2
Warwick, Earl of, fee Beauchamp,
Dudley
Wafhborne, 183
Waterton, 20, 84
Watkins, 238
Wayneman, 232
Webb, 238, 239, 317, 437
Wells, 53, i"
Wenlocke, 117
Wentworth, 238
Weft, 53, 54, 55, 138, 141, 354
Weftbury College, Dean of, 242
Weftley, 230
Weftminfter, Abbot of, 105
Weftmorland, Earl of, fee Nevill
Wefton, 178, 241
Weyfton, 208, 209
White, 389

Whitgift, 377
Whitinge, 131, 133, 134
Whittach, 86
Wikes, 134, 237, 241
Wild, 89
Wilford, 231
Wilkins, 360
Will, (Black,) 114
William, Duke of Normandy, 439
Williams, 323, 353
Willis, 183, 327
Willoughby, 29, 56, 131, 133, 142,
143, r45, 232, 261, 346, 349, 356
Wilmare, 359
Wiltfhire, Ormond, E. of, fee Bulleyn
Winchefter, Bps. of, 48, 100
Wingfield, 159, 160, 205
Winfton, 302, 303
Winter, 20, 182, 186, 317, 331, 334
With, 77
Withrington, 52
Wodburn, 59
Wolfey, 197 n, 202
Wood, 355
Woolcombe, 345
Woodhoufe, 401
Woodward, 227, 274, 321
Worcefter, Bifhops of, 43, 45, 47,
48, 61, 169, 170, 442
Worcefter, E. of, fee Percy, Somerfet
11 Sheriffs of, 88
Worfield, 89,
Wotton, Mayor of, 332
11 Rector of, 347
Wray, 309
Wright, 359
Wroth, 321
Wrothefly, 233
Wroughton, 403
Wyatt, 279, 280
Wydville, in, 142
Wyn, 87 n
Wythers, 134
Yate, 338, 360
Yaxley, 339
Yelverton, 61, 62, 117, 238, 333
York, 146
11 Archb. of, 142
11 Duke of, fee Plantagenet
Younge, 232
Yowen, 346
Zouch, 17, 56, 402, 403, 407

462

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

Abihbury M., 124, 128
Acton, 48, 114, 115, 125
n Burnell M., 51
11 Hger, 106, 116, 157, 268,
34i, 342
11 Iron, fee " Iron Acton "
Adderley, 63
Alet, 15
Alington M., Suffex, 123
Alkynton M., 12, 15, 16, 20, 21,
34, 73, 77, 78, 84, 96, 106, 119,
125, 129, 143, 145, 157, 206,
224, 261, 275, 288, 291, 295,
298, 299, 330, 347, 374, 375,
409
Allexton M., 309
AllingtonM., Salop, 124, 128, 166
Almington M., 196, 216, 218, 229,
256, 259, 267, 359
Almondefbury, 84, 179, 203, 249,
259, 294, 356
11 Advow., 215
Almore M., 124, 128
Alps, The, 399
Alfpath M., 80, 122, 130, 160, 161
Alvefton, 89
Andrews St., Baynard's Caftle, 13
Antwerp, 234
Appleridge M., 16, 34, 42, 77, 96,
119, 125, 129, 143, 157, 206,
261, 275, 314, 409
Appleridge grounds, 399
Ardeborough, 359
Arden, Foreft of, 379
Arlingham, 319
n Advow., 129
M., 15, 21, 35, 106,
112, 115, 116, 125, 143, 145,
157, 260, 275, 288, 293, 300,
323, 326, 330, 360, 364, 374,
375, 382
Armere M., 124, 128
Arrow Park, Co. Warwick, 378
Artois, 247
Arundel Caftle, 52
Afhborne M., Derby, 122, 188
Afhby Park, 285
Afhel worth, 182
Afhmore gate, 354

Afhton, 173
Afpeley M., 80, 122, 189, 214,
216, 241, 253, 260, 281
Aftwell, 403
Auconbury hermitage, 214
11 M., Hunts, 122, 189,
200, 214, 216, 228, 240, 259,
292, 360, 373, 382
Auguftine's Abbey, Briftol, 201,
228, 241, 243, 249, 310, 361
Aumarle, Duke of, 64
Aufty, 343, 344
Avignon, 18
Awre M., 3, 15, 17
Axholme, Ifle of, 249
Ayl wefton M., 15
Badlefly Clinton, 358
Badmington, 93
Baies in Horton, 375, 376
Banbury, 113
Baraper, Co. Hants, 364, 376, 394
Barkeway, 285
Barnftaple, Archdeaconry of, 1 1
Barrow Court, in Tickingham, 282
Barton Hund., 269
Baffet's Court, 343
Bath, 37
Bayefplace, 21
Baynard's Caftle, 22
Blandefert M., 52
Bedewall M., 124, 128
Bedford, 217
11 M., Beds, 121, 127, 132
11 Co., 118, 121, 127, 130,
178, 357 .
Bedminfter, 173
n Hundred, 44
" M-> !5, ^7, 44
Belton M., Co. Lincoln, 121, 127,
130, 160, 161
Benfleet, 234
Bentham, 184
Beoly, 91, 233
Berington, 239
Berkeley, Barony of, 13, 17, 28, 34,
40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 84,
101, 165, 168, 196, 207, 209,
210, 211, 248, 261, 277, 282,

Berkeley, Barony of — Continued—
286, 332, 334, 367, 394, 397,
416
Berkeley Borough, 13, 16, 20, 73,
77, 78, 84, 85, 86, 90, 96, 125,
189, 200, 211, 217, 249, 259,
3*3, 334, 37°, 375, 4°9> 434,
436
Berkeley Caftle, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12,
13, I5> l6> J9> 22, 27, 34, 40,
41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49, 5°, 53,
54, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 73,
89, 95, 100, 101, 102, 105,
107, 108, no, 115, 119,. 125,
129, 130, 136, 139, 142, 143,
145, J47, 156, 158, 168, 174,
178, 196, 205, 206,; 207, 208,
209, 210, 222, 224, 228, 245,
248, 261, 262, 275, 278, 280,
285, 290, 291, 292, 293, .294,
298, 3°°, 3", 3I5,-3«o» 3*1,
325> 326, 329, 332, 334, 362,
37i, 373, 374, 376, 378, 383,
394, 397, 399, 4P6, 4°7, 4°8,
409, 412, 429
Berkeley Chapel, 134
.1 Church, 83, 95, 144, 230,
244, 400
Berkeley Grange, 300
ti herneffe, M., 15, 21, 34,
42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 53, 54, 73,
83, 119, 129, 143, 157, 162,
206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 261,
275, 277, 351, 374, 4°9
Berkeley, Honor of, 50, 210, 394,
397
Berkeley Hund., 16, 42, 44, 91, 96,
106, 112, 125, 162, 179, 204,
23°, 275, 320, 321, 322', 323,
324, 329, 35°, 352, 353, 374,
408, 409, 434, 435, 436
Berkeley's Inn, 22
Berkeley Parifh, 309, 375, 399
Berks Co., 21, 34, 232, 234, 403
Berwick, 395
Beverfton, 22
Bevington, 346, 352
Bewbufh M. and Park, 189, 217
Binley, 272, 342, 397, 415

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

4^3

Binley Bridge, 172, 176
11 Brook, 363
Birdbury M., 231
Bitton M., 196, 215, 218, 228,
240, 251, 256, 259, 269, 275,
344, 374, 382, 397, 4°9, 4io
Blacknonton M., 231
Blakeney, 17
Blediflowe, Hund., 17
Bockhampton, 5, 358
Bointon, 237,
Bofham M., Suffex, 123, 166, 167,
168, 194, 200, 201, 217, 241,
3", 347, 354, 373, 382, 410,
432, 433, 434
Bofham and Buckfold M., 189, 217,
260, 292
Bofworth field, 171
Bothall, Barony of, 52
Botulph Bridge, 404
Bouloign, 272, 273
Bourdeaux, 10, 23, 73, 83
Bradgate, 285
Bradley, 14, 20, 267, 319, 359,
374, 376
Bradfton M., 202
Bramfield, 128
Branwood, 224
Brecknock Caftle, 10
Brember,' Barony of, 50
Brene Advow., 17
Breonfe's lands, 357
Bretby, Co. Derby, 122, 188, 200,
201,216,241,253,260,359,382
. Bridgewick M., 188
Bridgwater, 17, 238
Brighrhelmefton M., 123, 166
Brind M., 118, 127, 142
Briftol, 3, 10, n, 26, 34, 37, 70,
76, 78, 101, 113, 120, 186, 228,
229, 238, 241, 249, 253, 254,
255, 268, 283, 380, 436
Briftol, Black Friars, 241
11 St. Mary Redcliffe, 283
11 Grey Friars, 65, 70
11 St. Mary Magd., 79, 249
Bradfton, 346.
Brittany, 8, 44
Brokenburgh M., 83, 203, 215,
^241,249,259,356 Bromefwell, 118
Bromfield M., N. Wales, 124, 127,
158, 169
BromhamM., Beds., 121, 126, 127
Bromley M:, Surrey, 189, 217, 260,'
357
Bromley in Suffex, 241
Bromyard, 230
Broughtoiis, 339

Brough tons, lands, 357
Brownfmill, 334
Brommore Priory, 345
Bruton, 184
Brynd M., York, 121
Buckfold M., Suffex, 123, 410
Buckingham Co., 34, 121, 127,
I3°> I5T, I6o, 162, 188, 196,
200, 231, 232, 402
Buden M., 5
Burton Lazars Abbey, 249
11 11 Advow., 216
11 M., 124, 128
Burton-on-Lonefdale, 118, 127, 130,
142, 160, 161, 162
Burton-on-the-Wold, 357
Byland Abbey, 249
Calais, 100, 119, 123, 130, 131,
189, 201, 205, 207, 208, 211,
213, 215, 217, 224, 245, 247,
248, 253, 260, 281, 361
Caldicote M., 289
Caldwell, 357
Callowdon, 84, 91, 118, 171, 176,
184, 225, 226, 227, 253, 254,
272, 273, 284, 285, 292, 293,
3IO> 325, 331, 337, 343, 349,
354, 355, 3fi2, 363, 365, 368,
37°, 378, 379, 382, 384, 386,
387, 388, 394, 395, 399, 4°i,
403, 406, 426
Callowdon M., 122, 131, 189, 201,
214, 216, 253, 260, 271, 274,
339, 345, 35°, 359, 380, 397,
410
Cambridge, 285, 377, 442
n Co., 118, 122, 130,
131, 217, 222, 240, 245, 26o,
346, 356
Cam Wpods, 340
Came M., 17, 20, 34, 42, 48, 57,
58, 60, 62, 74, 75, 96, 119, 125,
129, 143, r45, ^55, 157, 206,
210, 211, 261, 275, 288, 294,
3°°, 3OI> 3°3, 3°8, 31$, 3t6,
317, 3X8, 326, 330, 332, 374,
375, 4°9'
Came par., 91, 319, 324, 360, 376
Campden, 691, '293, 407
Canonbury M., 361, 362, 409
Canterbury Pro v., n
Cardiganfhire, 178
Carleton Park, ats Walling Wells,
132
Carmarthenfhire, 177
Caffies; 370
Caftle Bromwich, 233
Caftle Park, 16

Catherlegh Barony, Ireland, 124,
260, 270
Caughton, Co. Warr. 230
Cernecote M., 47
Cerniwike M., 14
Cerny, fee Southcerny
Charfield, 108
Charleton M., 5, 14, 20
Charnels Hill, 251
ti Pool, 251, 269
Charters & Murrow M., 228, 240,
260
Chawcombe Abbey, 249
Chedder, 29, 402
Cheeping, 352
Chelfea, 131
Chenies Hofp., 307, 318
Chepinge lane, 21
Chepftow, 137, 138
Chefelhungre, 178, 224, 248
Chefhire Co., 252
Chefterford Advow., 166
11 (Great) M., Effex, 121,
126, 131, 166
Chifchefter, 433
Childewickham, 273
Chilton Foliot M., 5
Cirencefter, 58, 61, 69, 70, 71, 72,
93, 116, 164, 310, 402
Clapton'in Hame, 20, 77, 83
Ciaredon, 370, 426
Clayton M.,'Suffex, 123
Cleers, Chace of, Suffex, 123, 166
Clehungre, 91
Cleiton M.-, 166
Clerkenwell, 428, 437
Clifford, 370
Clinton M., 5
Clowerwall, 93, 94, 181, 306
Clyvedon 'M., 345
Cobham M., 124,' 128
Co'dnor Caftle, 402, 403
Cokefield M., Suffex, 123, 166
Cqlcot M., 5
¦Coldoverton Advow., 189, 216,
ti .. M., 118, 122, 126, 188,
•200, 211, 216, 240, 249, 253,
259, 281, 344, 360, 382, 397
CoUicote M., 5
Combroke, 358
Combe, 342
11 .Abbey, Advow., 216
,. Glouc, 288, 319, 375, 376
11 Mom, 171, 249
Compton, 376
Condover Hall, 367 n, 371 n, 398,
418
Cophall, 237
Cornwall Co., 9, 11, 23, 34, 113

464 '

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

Corrietts, 288, 301, 303, 316, 326,
33°, 375
Cotes M., 241, 357
Cothorne M., 158
Cothorpe M., Lincoln, 121, 127
Cotton M., Derby, 122, 188, 200,
216, 241, 253, 260, 357
Cotfwolds, 294
Coventry, 92, 173, 175, 189, 214,
215, 216, 253, 254, 260, 272,
285, 343, 345, 349, 354, 359,
365, 369, 377, 382, 385, 387,
388, 390, 394, 399, 402, 406,
407, 410, 426
Coventry, Friars of, 364
Cowley, 3, 85, 295, 319, 324, 375,
376
Cowley Advow., 16
11 .Church, 19
» M., 17, 34, 42, 44, 48, 57,
58, 60, 61, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74,
102, 125, 129, 143, 145, 157,
168, 206, 261, 275, 332, 374,
409
Cranford, 250, 426, 435, 437, 437 »
Cricklade, 15, 17, 20
11 Advow., 13
Crifton, 17, 48
Crokarfhill, 136
Cromall, 48, 106, 115, 125, 230,
3i9, 375", 376
Cromhall Ligon, 437
Croxton Abbey Advow., 219, 249
Culverfeild, 77
Culverheys, 224
Daglingworth M., 35, 83, 96, 125,
143, 162, 163, 164, 188, 200,
203, 211, 215, 240, 253, 256,
259, 281, 292, 360, 374, 382,
397
Dalby Chawcombe M., 118, 122,
1.26, 188, 216, 229, .240, 249,
259, 266, 267, 359, 382
Daftford, in Kent, 257
Dean, Foreft of, 22, 114, 29^, 334
Deerh'urft, 24
. Denby, 403
Denge ats Dengy M., Effex, 121,
130, 160, 188, 200
Derby, 394
11 Ca, 122, 130, 188, 200,
216, 241, 245, 253, 260, 268,
339, 357, 359, 367, 382, 402,
425
Derby, Sherifwick of, 101, 126
Devon Co., 9, n, 15, 34, 118, 178,
283
Dingly, 231

Doddington, 237
Doningworth M., 118, 162
Donyngton M., York, 121, 126,
130, 160, 161, 188
Donver M., 142
Dorkinge, 123, 166
Dorfet Co., 9, n, 41, 79
Dover, 8
Dovercourt M., Effex, 121, 126
Down Amney, 370
Draycote M., 5
Drayton, 11
Dublin, 270
Dunchurch, 357
Dunkerton, 94
Duntiiborne Abbot, 179
Durandfthorpe, 357
Durdens, 426, 438 n
Durham, Bifhoprick of, 88
Dunningworth, fee Doningworth
Durfley, 20, 83, 86, 90, 106, 296,
3!9, 375, 376, 43°
Dymill M., 124, 128
Dynefbran Caftle and M., 128
Eaft wood Park, 294
Edifhall M., 35
Eglefecle M., 124, 128, 134
Elmington M., fee Almington
Elmore, 370
Elfton, 184
Epingham M., 350
Eppeworth M., Co. .Lincoln, 121,
127, 130, 160, 162
f Eppeworth Priory, 249
Epfom, 438 n
Erlingham, fee Arlingham
Effex Co., 16, 30, 80, 118, 121, 126,
130, 131, 137, 147, 160, 166,
188, 200, 234, 237, 238
Eftclufam M., 124, 128
Eftharleifey, 228
Eftpike, 15
Eftwell M.', 352
Eftwood,. 224
Etjiowe M., 17
'Ewell, 238
Exall, 343
Exeter Archdeaconry, 1 1
Exholme, Ifle of, 160
Fairford, 186, 307
Farington, 403
Favelore, 5
Fawley, 232
Felond, 173
Fennyftanton M., Hunts, 122, 166,
168, 189, 214, 216, 228, 240,
248,- 259, 292, 360, 382

Fillwood Foreft, 202
Flekenhoe M., 77, 80, 122, 189,
200, 211, 216, 241, 260, 357,
382
Fluellins Farm, 397
Fountains Abbey, 249
Frampton Cotterell, 238
11 M., 17, 23, 35, 42, 48,
62, 157, 253
Frampton- upon -Severn, 94, 125,
157, 188, 215, 230, 236, 241,
259, 281, 292, 329, 354
France, 64, 81, 82
Fretwell M., 5
Frocefter, 185, 370
Frodfham, 252
Fulham, 5, 27
Funtington M., Suffex, 123, 189,
200, 217, 241, 260, 292, 382,
410
Gafgony, 196, 200
Gateborne, 260
Gate Burton M., 158, 357
Genoa, 23
Gloucefter Co., 10, n, 14, 15, 16,
17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 35, 37,
42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 60, 67, 69,
72, 76, 78, 80, 83, 84, 91, 102,
106, 108, in, 113, 115, 117,
125, 137, 138, 142, 147, 156<
157, 162, 168, 172, 173, 179,
180, 184, 185, 186, 188, 196,
203, 206, 211, 215, 216, 218,
222, 225, 228, 234, 236, 239,
240, 241, 245, 247, 253, 257,
, 259, 261, 268, 275, 276, 277,
278, 280, 281, 285, 287, 293,
3°o, 3°7, 3io, 313, 3l6> 318,
320, 322, 324, 326, 347, 351,
356, 359, 360, 367, 370, 372,
374, 376, 382, 397, 4°9, 4io,
434, 436
Gloucefter Abbey, 89
11 Caftle, 71/103
.1 City, 15, 21, 25, 37, 57,
71, 74, 92, 106, 173, 180, 183,
184, 216, 222, 278, 302, 310,
3", 333, 368, 370, 371
Gloucefter, Grey Friars at, 81, 134,
201, 203, 223
Gloucefter, St. Peter's Ch., 112
Gofcote Hund., 122, 126, 157, 188,
216, 240, 248, 253, 259, 272,
281, 382
Gofcote M., 410
Gofefeild, 238
Goffington-, 351, 375
Gower, 138

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

465

Grays Inn Fields, 281
Greenhithe, 258
Greenfnorton, 232
Greifley, 357
Gribthorpe M., 118, 121, 127, 142
Groby M., 51, 285
Grofford Advow., 124
Grove Court, 240, 259
Guienne, 196
Guildford, 123, 166
Guyherne and Murrow M., 189,
216, 228, 240, 260
Hackmill, 376
Hadlow, 396, 397
Hambleton, 234
HameM., 15, 16, 20, 21, 34, 42,
73, 77, 84, 96, "9, I25, 129,
135, 142, 143, 145, 157, 206,
261, 275, 341, 342, 346, 354,
374, 382, 397, 4°9, 434
Hamering, 282
Hammerfmith, 47
Hampton Court, 197 n
Hannam M., 196, 215, 374, 382,
409, 410
Hants Co., 84, 345, 376, 394
Hardwick, 91
Hareclive Hund., 44, 48
Harefcombe, 236
HarwiclfM., Effex, 121, 126
Hasfield, 173
Haunce M., Beds., 121, 130
Hawe Park, 300, 329, 374
Hawood Barony, 52
Haxey M., Lincoln, 121, 127, 130,
160, 161, 162
Heme M., 124, 128
Hempton Advow., 215
Henbury, 196, 359
Hereford, 9, 78, 86, .87
M Co., 26, 96, 102, 118,
125, 179, 200, 230
Hereford Deanery, 87
Hertford Co., 88, 122, 130, 206,
. 234, 262, 275, 282, 316, 318,
T 324, 339, 357
Hewhngton M., 124, 128
Bighgate, 281
Highnam, 222
Hill, 14
Hillefly, Chantry at, 106, 125
Hilton M., Hunts, 122, 178, 189,
216, 228, 240, 259, 292, 360,382
Hinton, 85, 189, 309, 375, 376
i' M., Co, Cambridge, 122,
131, 217, 222, 2-28, 300
Hinton M,, Glouc, 16, 21, 34, 42,
48, 57.-.5S, 60, 62, 74, 75, 78,

Hinton M., Glouc. — Continued —
83, 84, 96, 119, 125, 129, 143,
145, !57, 206, 261, 275, 288,
300, 301, 308, 315, 316, 317,
318, 326, 328, 330, 332, 374,
409
Hinton Woods, 248
Holborn Hill, 380
Holgate M., 51
Holme Lacy, 179
Holt Caftle, 124, 127, 158
Holts," 288, 297, 298, 301, 302,
316, 326, 327, 330, 375
Hordwell M., 5
Horewell M., 5
Horton, 14, 157, 361, 375, 376
Horwood, 21, 106, 115, 125, 157,
376
Hofeley, 118
Houghton, 357
Hounden M., Suffex, 123
Hovingham M., York, 121, 126,
130, 160, i6f, 162, 188, 216,
222, 223, 224, 228, 247, 253,
260, 281, 356
Howby, 369
11 Advow., 189, 355, 410
Howys M., 188
Howley Kegworth Advow., 216
Hunden M., 166
Huntingford, 108, 295, 297, 319,
376
Hunts Co., 122, 130, 167, 172,
178, 189, 214, 216, 240, 245,
259, 268, 360, 367, 382, 393,
404
Hurdpool, 224
Hurft, 375, 376
•1 M., 12, 35,42,62, 73, 77,
96, 106, 119, 125, 129, 143,
145, 206, 261, 275, 332, 374,
409
Ilford, 123
Inwoods, 91
Ireland, 124, 130, 131, 254, 255,
260, 270, 371
Iron Acton M., 106, 157, 235, 236
Ifcoyd M., 124, 128
Iflington, 281
Itchington, 314
Ivybridge, 314
Katherine's, St., Hofp., Briftol, 17,
249
Kegworth Advow., 189, 377, 410
Keinfham, 344
Keinfhams Bridge, 241
Kellingworth Caftle and M., 374

Kenet M., Co. Cambridge, 122,
131, 217, 261, 346, 356
Kenilworth Park, 285
Kenihghall, 376, 381
Kenfington, 130
Kent Co., 231, 232, 234, 238, 257,
258, 280, 396
Kent, Co. Camb, 137, 189
Kentford M., Co. Camb., 122, 189,
217, 261, 356
Kentifh Town, 253, 273, 281
Killpeck, 51
Killruddon, Co. Limerick, 86
Kilvey, 138
Kinge M., 5
Kingfcote, 48, 106, 115, 125, 157,
319, 361, 376
Kingfton, 375
n Co. Notts, 260, 361
11 Lifle M., 61
n upon Thames, 438
Kington M., Warr., 122, 206, 261,
275, 358, 382, 385, 386
Kingfwood Abbey, 14, 19, 28
11 Co. Warr., 358
11 Foreft, 195, 202, 270,
380
Kirkby Malfart M., 118, 121, 127,
130, 142, 160, 161, 162
Kirkby belers, 359
Kirkeby Abbey, 249
Kiflingbury M„ 4
Kymer M., Suffex, 123, 166
Lacocke Nunneiy, 186
Lampadervar "Caftle, 11
Lancafter Co. in, 425 >
11 Duchy of, 352
Langden Barony, 52
Langdon M., 5
Langley, 294
Lanthony, 178
Lafborough M., 289, 370
Leckhampton, 185, 234, 370
Lee, 260, 357
Leicefter, 78, 294, 339
11 Co., 118, 122, 126, 130,
135, J47, 158, 161, 172, 188,
189, 200, 211, 216, 225, 231,
232, 240, 241, 245, 249, 253,
259, 266, 268, 281, 338, 339,
34°, 344, 351, 352, 355, 357,
'358, 359, 360, 367, 369, 38z,
397, 4io, 425
Leicefter Foreft, 285
n Houfe, 309
Leigh M., 158, 241
Leons, Caftle of, 124, 128
11 Town of, 124, 128

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INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

Leverton, 5
Lewes M., 340, 341
n Barony, 123, 166
11 Borough, 123, 166
Lidney, 317, 334 .
Limeridge M., 48
11 Wood, 106
Lincoln Co., in, 118, 121, 127,
13°, x34, 158, 160, 228, 237,
241, 245, 260, 357
Linley M., 338
Linton M., Derby, 122, 188, 200,
216, 241, 260, 357
Lippiat, 94
Little Britain, London, 381
London, 22, 27, 29, 34, 45, 47, 57,
62, 63, 80, 87, 88, 101, 102,
104, 120, 127, 130, 131, 137,
142, 172, 175, 206, 222, 225,
227, 233, 237, 237 n, 239, 253,
254, 257, 258, 267, 280, 281,
284, 285, 286, 288, 289, 290,
291, 3°7, 3*8, 320, 321, 327,
34i, 357, 363, 365, 380, 381,
384, 392, 395, 4°i, 406, 426,
437, 442
London, St. Auguftine's Friary, 132,
133, J34, 144, 146, 163, 164,
173, 174, l87
London, Blackfriars, 321
it Grays Inn, 281
11 Rolls Chapel, 283
it Tower of, 57, 58, 62, 280,
281, 284, 293, 381, 440
Longbarrowe, 181
£ongebridge Priory, 249
Lollington, 357
Low Countries, fee the Netherlands
Loweftoff, 8
Lowlayton, 426
Lye M., 24
Madresfield, 183,
Mangotesfield, 179, 196, 225, 227,
241, 242, 243,. 269, 270, 284
Mangotesfield Ch., 241, 243, 244
Mangotsfield M., 215, 218, 224,
229, 240, 250, 251, 256, 259,
266, 267, 343, 360, 362, 382
Maningford Brews M., 158, 189,
217, 253, 26o> 281, 292
Maningford Brews Advow., 357
Manmead, 224
Marlowe M., Bucks, 121, 130, 157
Marfhfield M., 35, 83, 203, 256
Mary le Bon M., 261
Mawvy M., Effex, 121, 126
Maxtock Caftle, 233
Meadfplace, 172

Mechinge M., Suffex, 123, 166
Melton Mowbray Abbey, 249
ti 11 M., 118, 122,126,
188, 196, 200, 205, 211, 216,
226, 240, 249, 253, 259, 340,
34i, 342, 344, 35s, 382, 409
Mereden M., Co. Warr., 122, 130
Michaelwood, 109, 114, 295, 296,
.297, 34o, 362-
Michaelwood Chafe, 295, 296, 297,
298, 333, 334, 354
Micheldene, 107
Michelhampton, 48
Minchinhampton, 361
Middleton M., Co. Suffex, 123, 166
Midlefex Co., n8, 123, 130, 131,
166, 261, 276, 277, 428, 435
Milcote, 370
Milford haven, 10, 23
Minfterworth, 84
Moore clofe, 323
Morecote, 106
Moreton M., 73, 202
Morton faboy M., 124, 128
Mountforrell M., Leic, 122, 126,
157, 188, 200, 211, 216, 229,
240, 248, 253, 259, 266, 281,
344, 351, 353, 382, 410
Mowbray, 237 n
Myryford Abbey, fee Kingfwood
Mytton,i86Naples, 399
Nethercote M., 5, 15
Netherlands, the, 235
Newburgh Priory, 249
Newenham Priory, 249
Newleyes, 65, 68, 70, 77, 102, 115,
116, 125, 145, 301, 302, 329,
33°, 375
Newmarket, 285
Newnham, 376, 389
Newpark, 12; 14, 299, 300, 334,
34°, 351, 382, 426
Newport, 12, 85, 375
Newfam M., 118, 121, 127, 142
Nibley, 106, 114, 116, 135, 157,
169, 288, 295, 297, 319, 320,
323, 343, 360, 375, 376, 399,
438
Nibley Church, 334
11 Green, 84, in, 114, 135,
H3, 147, J48, 154, 359
Nimpsfield M., 437
Noke M., 5
Nomanfland, Suffex, 123, 166
Norbony, 5
Norham Caftle, 395
Normandy, 46, 66

Norfolk Co., 118, 189, 217, 232,
237, 284, 285, 376
Northampton, 285, 403
11 Co., 24, 34, 231, 232,
233, 238
North pedle M., Co. Wore, 123
Northumberland Co., 52, 238
Norton, 14
Nottingham Co., 260, 355, 357,
361, 428
Nottingham, Sherifwick of, ioi, 126
Nuneaton, 370
Oakley Park, 376
Oakleys, 224
Oatlands, 302
Ogle, Barony of, 52, 53
01dbury,*85 Oldcroffe, Seign., 124, 260, 270
Oldminfter, 309
Omers St., in Artois, 247, 248
Ordefton M., 5, 2 1
Orlean*, 399
Orwell, 8
Ofbafton M., 124, 128
Ofelefton M., 124, 128
Ofterly, 428, 429
Otho, 25
Oufton M., Lincoln, 121, 127, 130,
160, 161, 162
Over, 12
Oulpen, 296, 319
Oxford, 381, 388, 395, 437, 438.
n Ch. Ch. Coll;, 169
11 , Magdalen Coll., 170
11 Univerfity, 87, 441, 442
11 Co., 34, 52, 232
Painfwick M., 73, 202
Pagham par., 354
Paris, 399 •
Parkcourt M., 91
Parkhall, 232
Pay, 10
Peckham, Eaft, 238
Pembroke Co., 177
Penfans M., 5, 23
Pickhill M., 124, 128
Pinchburgh, 234
Pinelfend, 295
Plymouth, 10
Portbury, 93, 106
n Church, 19, 230
11 Hund., 35, 44, 48, 96,
125, 202, 382, 409, 435 , .
Portbury M., 13, 14, 15, 17, 27, 35,
37, 42, 47, 58, 62, 75, 76, 78,
96, 100, 125, 129, 135, 136,
143, 145, 172, 202, 2,06, .261,-

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

467

Portbury M. — Continued —
275, 277, 345, 382, 397, 405,
406, 409, 435
Portbury, Prior M., 345
Portfhead M., 14, 17, 35, 44, 48,
96, 106, 125, 275, 277, 397, 409
Portfhead in Gordon, 14
Potters green, 345
Preftwold, 357
Pritwell M., 118, 126
Pucklechurch, 90, 92, 184, 202
Ragge, 224
Raglan M., 35, 40
Reading, 88
Redford, 296
Redwood, 178, 224, 248
Reigate, Surrey, 123; 166
Rengworth M., 203
Repington M., Derby, 122, 188,
200, 216, 241, 260, 359
Me", Ifle of, 186, 233
Roceter, 234
Rodlyes, 21
Rome, 399
Rouen, 399
Roftlafton M., Derby, 122, 188,
200, 216, 241, 253, 260, 357
Rowcliffe, 228
Rowles Court, 375
Ruabon M., 124, 128
Rutland Co., 234, 350
Ryfinge, Co. Norfk., 284, 285, 376

Sackbume, 88
Sages M., 13, 35, 62, 68, 70,
106, 115, 125, 156, 157,
211, 215, 222, 228, 240,
256, 259, 281, 288, 292,
325, 326, 327, 328, 329,
332, 374, 375, 376, 4°9
Sainbury, 293, 370
Saintly, 17
Salop Co., .73, 118, 122, 128,
233,. 34o
Sandwich, 9, 10, n
Saperton, 370
. Sapley For., 360
Saftfield, 214
Scotfield M., Beds., 121
Scothurne, 260, 357
Scotland, 397
Seford M., Suffex, 123, 166
Saggewicke Park, 172
Segrave, Co. Leic, Advow.,
A 2l6> 253, 361, 409
Segrave M., Co. Leic, 122,
161, 188, 200, 211, 216,
259, 355, 409

102,
200,253,3°°,33°,

232,

189,127,240,

Segrave in Pen M., Bucks, 121,
126, 130, 157, 160, 161, 162,
188, 200, 249, 344
Sellington, 235
Serjeants lands, 354
SeTfewike M., 124, 128
Severn, Riv., 12, 178, 248, 351, 353
Seymors lands, 376
Shankton, 232
Shernecliffe, 106, 1 16, 157, 375, 376
Sherncote M., 15
Shirborne M., 5, 370, 371
Shobenafh Park, 328
Shoe-lane, London, 281, 285, 288
Shugborough, 233
Sidnam mead, 344
Sileby M., Leic, 122, 126, 135,
157, 188, 200, 211, 216, 240,
248, 253, 259, 344, 359, 382
Simondfhall, fee Symondfliall
Sinwell, 288, 319, 375, 376
Sifton, 93
Slagham M., Suffex, 123, 130, 161
Slimbridge Advow., 42, 129, 153,
169, 170
Slimbridge Church, 19, 243
11 M., 13, 16, 18, 34, 42,
48, 60, 62, 74, 75, 77, 96, 106,
115, 119, 125, 129, 135, 143,
145, i55> l69, 206, 211, 227,
261, 275, 288, 291, 300, 301,
3°8, 3I5> 3l6> 323, 332, 374,
409
Slimbridge par., 106, 157, 351, 354,
375, 376, 434, 436
Slimbridge Warth, 18, 115, 354
Smethmore, 224, 248
Sodbury, 94, 182
Soffam, 285
Somerfet Co., 9, 13, 14, 15, l6> *7»
34, 35, 37, 42, 48, 58, 60, 72, 75,
78, 94, 96, 100, 102, 125, 130,
137, 147, 172, 173, !79> l8l»
184, 206, 261, 275, 276, 277,
278, 282, 345, 367, 372, 402,
405, 409, 436
Sonford M., 124, 128
Southampton, 10, 196
Southcerney M., 14, 47
South croxton, 359
Southmundam M., 354
Southwark, 123, 166
Sowe, 93, 343, 394, 397
Specheley M., 87, 87 n, 88 n
Spridlington M., 228
Stafford Co., 113, 231, 233, 234
Stamford, 88 n
Stancombe, 307, 340, 376
Stanford, 184, 357

Staverton, 118
Steepholmes, 17
Stichell, 359
Stinchcombe, 91, 340, 375, 376
11 M., 202
Stivechall, 260
Stodefdon M., Salop, 122
Stoke, Co. Bucks,. 402
h Gifford, 196, 210, 231
Stone, 92, 257, 258, 266, 296
Stowe M., 4
Straddewy M., 35
Stranfham, 364, 376
Sudburne, 428
Suffolk Co., 92, 118, 162, 237, 261,
356, 428
Surrey Co., 118, 123, 130, 137,
161, 166, 189, 236, 238, 260,
277, 357
Suffex Co., 118, 123, 130, 147, 161,
- 166, 172, 189, 200, 217, 241,
245, 260, 277, 311, 340, 354,
382, 397, 410
Sutton, 118
11 Bonington Advow., 189,
216, 355, 410
Swanfea, 182
Syde, 27
Symondfliall, 319, 375, 376
11 Advow., 129
'i .M., 35, 42, 44, 48,
58, 59, 61, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74,
102, 103, 106, 112, 125, 143,
145, *S1> !68, 206, 261, 275,
288, 289, 290, 296, 300, 326,
329, 33°, 332, 334, 336, 374,
409
Talgarth M., 35
Tame Park, 232
Tamworth Caftle, 233
n Par., 260
Taunton, 207 n
Tetbury Bor., 188, 195, 196, 349
11 M., 158, 188, 200, 201,
206, 211, 215, 240,, 253, 256,
259, 275, 281, 292, 348, 352,
374, 382, 397, 4°7, 4°8, 4°9,
410, 435
Tetcote M., 5
11 Tithing, 15
Tetbury, Vicarage of, 169, 335, 410
Tewkefbury, 180, 310
11 Abbey, 169
Thames, Riv., 9, 257
Therouenne, 197, 197 n, 224
Thornbury, 148, 154, 172, 188,
193, 206, 215, 221, 222, 228,
241, 259, 268, 358

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INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES

Thornbury M., 138
Thorneton M., 118, 121, 127, 142
Thorny M., Suffex, 123, 189, 200,
217, 241, 260, 292, 382, 410
Thorpe; Co. Notts, 260, 361
Thorpfachville M., 249, 259, 266,
267, 358
Thrifke M., York, 121, 126, 130,
160, 161, 162
Thurlafton M., Co. Warr., 122, 189,
200, 211, 216, 241, 260, 357, 382
Thurniafton, 357
Thurneby M., 241, 248, 259, 357,
358, 359
Thwaites M., fee Twaytes
Tickingham, 282
Tintern Abbey, 249
Tockington, 180
11 Advow., 215
Toddington, 339
Toley, 285
Torre M., 35
Tortworth, 108, 181, 308, 309, 315,
334
Totnes Archdeaconry, n
Tournay, 197, 197 n, 224
Trevilines, 15
Trewarnake M., 5
Tunbridge, 396, 397
Twaytes M., York, 121, 126, 130,
160, 161, 162, 188
Twichen, 12
Twyford M., Leic, 122, 126, 259
Tyburn, ats Mary le Bon M., 123,
130, 166, 261, 276
Tyes, Barony of, 29
Tykesham M., 15, 173
Uley, 91, 182, 318, 319, 322, 376
Uphill, 17, 48
Uplamborne, 5
Upton Cheney, 238
11 Farm, by Tetbury, 397
11 St. Leonards, 3
11 11 Advow., 16
11 „ M., 17, 20, 35,
42, 96, 119, 125, 188, 216, 222,
228, 240, 259, 397
Venice, 399
Virginia, 238, 303
Wales, 35, 119, 124, 127, 130, 131,
137
Wales, Marches of, 327, 340, 343,
346
Walton Advow., 14
11 M., 14, 44
11 upon Trent, 357

Wanfted, 30
Wanfwell, 85, 179
Ware, 285
Warke, 238
Ware de la, Barony, 53, 55
Warth, The, 65, 68, 70, 77, 115,
116, 125, 145, 227, 301
Warwick Caftle, 49
11 it and M. of, 51
11 Co., 26, 77, 80, 84, 90,
118, 122, 130, 131, 146, 160,
171, 172, 181, 189, 206, 211,
214, 216, 225, 230, 231, 232,
233, 241, 245, 260, 261, 275,
276, 278, 281, 314, 357, 358,
359, 374, 378, 380; 382, 385,
409, 410
Wedgeworth Park, 285
Welby alias Oleby, 259, 358
Wenden M., 16, 17
Wengrave M., 3, 4
Weftridge Hill, 332
Weftburrow M., Lincoln, 121, 127
Weftbury, 93
Weftmancotes land, 116
Weftminfter, 89, 104, 105, 117, 123,
146, 158
Wefton, 234, 292
11 Baldock M., Co. Herts,
122, .206, 262, 275, 282, 339,
357
Wefton M., Co. Hunts, 122, 189,
200, 216, 228, 240, 259, 360,
382
Wefton in Gordano, 13, 14, 48
Weftridge Wood, 327
Wetherden, 234
Wetherly M., 200, 241, 249
Wexford Co., 270
Weybridge, 360
Whaddon M., 73, 202
Whelpfplace, 14
Whitbey, 238
Whitchurch, 73
Whitcliffe Park, 20, 107, 299, 340,
351, 352, 353, 362
Whitehall, 280, 302
Wichingford, 183
Wigmore, 232, 425
Wike, 90, 106, 114, 375, 376, 436
11 M., Wilts, 14, 15, 21, 295
Wiken, 349, 350, 354
Wickwicke, 283
Wilts Co., 14, 15, 17, 34, 84, 158,
179, 189, 217, 245, 260, 281,
307, 357
Wimefwold, 357
Winchefter, 318
Winchington, 232

Windfor, 46
Winefthorp M., 188
Winge M., Bucks, 121, 127, 130,
157, 160, x6x, 162, 188, 200,
217
Winterbourne Advow., 215
Wike Dangerfield, 20
Wiffelee, Surrey, 123, 130, 161
Wither, 85
Witherley M., Leic, 121, 126, 188,
216, 249, 259, 358, 382
Wittenden; 24
Wixtowe, 14
Wobfton, 128
Wollaton, 29
Wolfton, 124
Woodchefter, 183
Woodfield, 183
Woodford, 20, 114, 295
Woodmancote, 319
Worcefter City, 87
11 Church of, 19, 87, 88,
132, 133
Worcefter Co., 26, 87, 88, 88 n,
in, 123, 147, 179, 182, 183,
185, 200, 231, 234, 235
Worth Foreft, Suffex, 123, 166
Wortley, 288, 319, 375, 376
Wortly, Chantry at, 106, 125
Worthy Park, 211, 224, 299, 378
Wotton Advow., 42, 106, 116, 125,
129, 153,-168, 169, 261, 375
Wotton Borough, 34, 40, 106, 112,
115, 116, 117, 145, 288, 295,
296, 3°6, 3°7, 3l8> 3*9, 32o,
37z, 375
Wotton Church, 19, 27, 34, 57, 334
n Forren, 21, 34, 115, 125,
288, 343, 374, 375, 409
Wotton ufurped Hund., 106, 314,
3l8> 3*9, 320, 321, 322, 323,
324, 329, 332, 335, 336, 375
Wotton Liberty, 145
11 M., 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27,
4i, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 57, 58,
59, 61, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 73,
74, 84, 102, 103, 106, 108, 109,
no, 112, 113, 114, 117, 125,
135, J43, U5, W> l68» l69»
288, 289, 290, 291, 295, 296,
297, 298, 319, 326* 329, 336,
332, 374, 375, 378, 409, 4U
Wotton Park, 107, 108
m under Edge, 14, 34, 60,
108, 115, 116, 230, 256, 261.,
267, 275, 289, 360, 368, 374,
376
Woverfthorpe M., 158
Wraxall, 14, 172, 173

INDEX TO NAMES OF PLACES
Wrexham M., Salop, 124, 128, 158 Yate, 14, 21, 194, 195, i96, 201, York, Co.— Continued—

Wrote M., Lincoln, 121, 130, 160,
161
Wye, Co. Hereford, 230
Wykes, fee Wikes
Yale M., N. Wales, 124, 127, 128,
158, 212

202, 212, 218, 222, 225, 230,
236. 253, 254, 257, 259, 267,
268, 270, 280, 284, 285, 287,
356, 362, 403
York, 64, 223
n Convent of Friars Minors, 2 23
11 Co., 118, 121, 126, 130, 142,

r47, 158, 161, 162, 188, 216,
222, 224, 228, 232, 237, 238,
239> 245, 247, 260, 281, 356,
429

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,, 2 Bamford, Rev. R., Poulton Vicarage, Fairford
„ 3 Lang, Robert, Efq., Mancombe, Henbury, Briftol
„ 4 Paul, Alfred H., Efq., The Clofe, Tetbury
„ 5 Miles, Cruger, Efq., Pen Pole, Shirehampton
„ 6 Maclean, Sir John, F.S.A., Glafbury Houfe, Clifton, Briftol
„ 7 James, Francis, Efq., Edgeworth Manor, Cirencefter
„ 8 Niblett, J. D. T., Efq., M.A., F.S.A., Haresfield Court, Stonehoufe
„ 9 Lang, Samuel, Efq., Langford Lodge, Pembroke Road, Clifton
„ io Kerr, Ruffell J., Efq., The Haie, Newnham
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„ 12 Bruton, H. W., Efq., Bewick Houfe, Wotton
,,13 Skillicorne, W. Nafh, Efq., 9, Queen's Parade, Cheltenham
„ 14 George, W. E., Efq., Howe Croft, Stoke Bifhop
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„ 16 Doggett, E. G., Efq., 31, Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Briftol
„ \y Blacker, Rev. B. H., M.A., 26, Meridian Place, Clifton, Briftol
„ 18 Heane, William Crawfhay, Efq., The Lawn, Cinderford
„ 19 Clarke, John A. Graham, Efq., Frocefter, Stonehoufe
„ 20 Arrowfmith, Mr. J. W., 99, White Ladies' Road, Clifton, Briftol
„ 21 Smith, R. Vaffar, Efq., Afhfield, Great Malvern
„ 22 Uren, William, Efq., Crofton Houfe, Clifton Down, Clifton, Briftol
„ 23 Baker, Mr. James, The Mall, Clifton, Briftol
„ 24 Fitzhardinge, Craven Hyde, Efq., Dubbo, N.S. Wales
„ 25 Baker, Arthur, Efq., Henbury Hill Houfe, Briftol
„ 26 Holland, W. H., Efq., Gloucefter
„ 27 Price, William P., Efq., Tibberton Court, Gloucefter
,, 28 Philp, Capt. J. Lamb, Pendoggett, Timfbury, Somerfet
,, 29 Walker, C. B., Efq., Norton Court, near Gloucefter
„ 30 Scrape, Mrs., Bedale, Yorkfhire
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Ackers, B. St. John, Efq., Prinknafh Park, Painfwick
Allen, Rev. William Taprell, M.A., St. Briavels' Vicarage, Coleford
Ames, Reginald, Efq., 2, Albany Terrace, Park Square, Eaft, London, N.W.
Arrowfmith, Mr. J. W., 99, White Ladies' Road, Clifton, Briftol
Baker, Mr. James, The Mall, Clifton, Briftol
Barkly, Sir Henry, 1, Bina Gardens, South Kenfington, W.
Bartleet, Rev. S. E., M.A., Brockworth Vicarage, Gloucefter
Baynes, C. R, Efq., The Lammas, Minchinhampton
Bazeley, Rev. William, M.A., Matfon Rectory, Gloucefter
Beach, The Right Hon. Sir Michael Hicks, Bart., M.P., Williamftrip Park, Fairford
Beddoe, John, Efq., M.D., F.R.S., Mortimer Houfe, Clifton, Briftol
Berkeley, Francis, Efq., Woodfide, Ripon
Berkeley, Rowland W., Efq., 1, Tokenhoufe Buildings, London, E.C.
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Blathwayt, Rev. Wynter T., M.A., Dyrham Rectory, Chippenham
Boevey, A. Crawley-, Efq., Eaft India United Service Club, 14, St. James' Square,
London, S.W.
Bourne, Rev. G. Drinkwater, M.A., Wefton-fub-Edge, Broadway
Bowly, Chriftopher, Efq., Siddington Houfe, Cirencefter
Bramble, James Roger, Efq., Cleeve Houfe, near Yatton, Somerfet
Buckley, Rev. Jofeph, M.A., Tormarton Rectory, Chipping Sodbury
Bute, The Moft Hon. the Marquis of, Cardiff Caftle, Glamorganfhire
Caldicott, Rev. J. W., D.D., Shipfton-on-Stour Rectory, Worcefterfhire (Hon. Sec.)
Cattell, Thomas William, Efq., Blakeford Cottage, King's Stanley, Stonehoufe
Chance, T. H„ Efq., Journal Office, Gloucefter
Cheltenham Library, 5, Royal Crefcent, Cheltenham
Clark, George T., Efq., F.S.A., Dowlais Houfe, Dowlais
Clifford, The Hon. and Right Rev. Bifhop, Bifhop's Houfe, Clifton, Briftol
Clough, R. L., Efq., 13, Bellevue, Clifton, Briftol
Colby, Rev. Frederick Thomas, D.D., F.S.A., Litton Cheney Rectory, Dorfet
Collier, Colonel, Stanley Hall, Stonehoufe

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Collins, J. C, Efq., M.D., Steanbridge Houfe, Slad, Stroud
Cooke, J. Herbert, Efq., F.S.A., Berkeley
Cooke, W. H., Efq., Q.C., F.S.A., 42, Wimpole Street, London
Cornock, Nicholas, Efq., 5, Harold Street, London, S.E.
Cornwall, Rev. Alan Kingfcote, M.A., Afhcroft, Wotton-under-Edge
Cowburn, Major J. Brett, Dennil Hill, near Chepftow
Cox, Alfred, Efq., Thornhayes, Clifton, Briftol
Cripps, Wilfrid J., Efq., F.S.A., Barrifter-at-Law, Cirencefter
Croffman, George D., Efq., Freizewood, near Briftol
Dancy, Charles H., Efq., 6, Midland Road, Gloucefter
Davis, Cecil Tudor, Efq., The Court Houfe, Painfwick
Derham, Samuel, Efq., Henleaze Park, Weftbury-on-Trym
Derham, Walter, Efq,, M.A., F.G.S., Henleaze Park, Weftbury-on-Trym
Dorington, J. E., Efq., Lypiatt Park, Stroud
Downing, William, Efq., Springfield Houfe, Olton, near Birmingham
Ducie, The Right Hon. the Earl of, P.C, F.R.S., Tortworth Court, Wotton-under-
Edge
Ellacombe, Rev. H. T., M.A., F.S.A., The Rectory, Clyft St. George, Topfham
Evans, J. BM Efq., 6, Douro Villas, Cheltenham
Fawn, Mr. James, Queen's Road, Briftol
Forfter, Right Hon. W. E„ M.P., Wharfside, Burley-on-Wharfdale, Leeds
Fox, Alderman Francis Frederick, Efq., 72, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Briftol
Fox, Charles Henry, Efq., M.D., The Beeches, Briflington
Fryer, Kedgwin Hofkihs, Efq., Maitland Houfe, Gloucefter
Gaisford, E. Sands, Efq., 12, Baffett Road, N. Kenfington, London
Gaisford, Rev.Thos. Amyas, M.A., Wells Road, Bath
George, W. E., Efq., Howe Croft, Stoke Bifhop
, George, Mr. William, 26, Park Street, Briftol
Giller, William Thomas, Efq., County of Gloucefter Bank, Gloucefter
Godwin, J. G., Efq., Chifwick Houfe, London, W.
Gofling, Rev. J. F., M.A., Bream Vicarage, Lydney
Greenfield, Benjamin Wyatt, Efq., 4, Cranbury Terrace, Southampton
Gmnnett, William Henry, -Efq., Gordon Cottage, Cheltenham
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Hale, C. B., Efq., Claremont Houfe, Gloucefter
Hale, Robert B., Efq., Alderley, Wotton-under-Edge
Hall, Rev. J. M., M.A., The Rectory, Harefcombe, Stroud
Hallett, T. G. P., Efq., Claverton Lodge, Bath
Havard College, U.S.A.
Havilland, General de, Havilland Hall, Taunton
Hazeldine, Rev. William, The Priory, Tyndall's Park, Clifton, Briftol
Hey wood, Samuely Efq., F.S.A., 161, Stanhope Street, London
Holford, Robert S., Efq., Wefton Birt Houfe, Tetbury
Holland, W. H., Efq., Gloucefter
Hudd, Alfred E., Efq., 96, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Briftol ,
Hutchinfon, Jas. Hutchinfon, Efq., 42, Lancafter Gate, Hyde Park, London
Jacques, Thomas W., Efq., 46, Apfley Road, Clifton, Briftdl
James, Rev. John, M.A., Highfield, Lydney
Jenkins, R. Palmer, Efq., Beechley, Chepftow
Kay, Sir Brook, Bart., Stanley Lodge, Battledown, Cheltenham
Keeling, George William, Efq., Lydney
Kerflake, Thomas, Efq., 14, Wefton Park, Clifton, Briftol
Lancafter, Thomas, Efq., Bownham Houfe, Stroud
Law, W., Efq., Littleborough, Manchefter
Leigh, William, Efq., Woodchefter Park, Stonehoufe
Lewis, Archibald M., Efq., Upper Byron Place, Briftol
Lindfay, W. A, Efq., M.A., Q.C., 17, Cromwell Road, South Kenfington
Lloyd, Capt. Owen, 4, Oxford Parade, Cheltenham
London Library; 12, St. James' Square, London
Lucy, William C, Efq., Brookthorpe, Gloucefter
Maclaine, William Ofborne, Efq., Kington, Thornbury
Macpherfon, J., Efq., Aylefmore Houfe, St. Briavels, Coleford (2 copies)
Margetfon,* William, Efq., Brightfide, Stroud
Metford, Jofeph Seymour, Efq., 31, Berkeley Square, Briftol
Middlemore, Rev. T. M. Whithard, Teighmore, Cheltenham
Middleton, John, Efq., Weftholme, Cheltenham
Middleton, J. H., Efq., F.S.A., 4 Storeys Gate, St. James' Park, London
Morgan, Sir Walter, Naifh Houfe, Nailfea, Somerfet

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Morrell, Frederick J., Efq., Broughton Lodge, Banbury
Mullings, John, Efq., Park Street, Cirencefter
Niblett, J. D. T., Efq., M.A., F.S.A., Haresfield Court, Stonehoufe
Noel, Colonel, Clanna Houfe, Alvington, Lydney
Norman, George, Efq., High Street, Cheltenham
Norris, Venerable Archdeacon, D.D., Lower Cbllege Green, Briftol
Oakeley, Rev. W. Bagnall, M.A., Newland, Coleford
O'fflahertie, Rev. T. R, Capel Vicarage, Surrey
Palmer, Rev. Fielding, M.A., Eaftcliffe,"Chepftow
Perceval, Cecil H. Sp., Efq., Henbury, Briftol
Peter, Thurftan C, Efq., Town Hall, Redruth
PhiUimore, W. P. W., Efq., M.A., B.C.L., 6, Quality Court, Chancery Lane,
London, W.C.
Phillipps, J. O. Halliwell, Efq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Hollingfbury Copfe, Brighton
Playne, Charles, Efq., Nailfworth
Playne, Arthur T., Efq., Longfords, Minchinhampton
Powell, John Jofeph, Efq., Q.C., Fountain Court Temple, London, E.C.
Prankerd, P. D., Efq., The Knoll, Sneyd Park, Briftol
Pritchett, Charles Pigott, Efq., Holme Lea, Redland Grove, Briftol *
Rice, The Hon. Maria Elizabeth, Matfon Houfe, Gloucefter
Riddiford, George Francis, Efq., Barnwood Lodge, Gloucefter
Rogers, R. Rogers Coxwell-, Efq., F.S.A., Dowdefwell Court, Cheltenham
Rolt, Mrs. S., Oakhanger, Berkeley
Royce, Rev. David, MA., Nether Swell Vicarage, Stow-on-the-Wold
Savory, C. H., Efq., St. John Street, Cirencefter
Scott, Charles, Efq., Berkeley
Scro'pe, Mrs. Emily, Danby-upon-Yore, Bedale, Yorkfhire
Selwyn, Rev. E. J., M.A., Pluckley Reaory, Afhford, Kent
Sewell, Edward C, Efq., Elmlea, Stratton, Cirencefter
Sherborne, Right Hon. Lord,. Sherborne Park (2 copies)
Simpfoq, J. J,, Efq., Glen Llyn, Ravenfwood Road, Redland, Briftol
Smith, Alfred Edward, Efq., The Hollies, Nailfworth
Smith, R. H. Soden, Efq., M.A., F.S.A., Science and Art Department, South
Kenfington Mufeum, London, S.W.

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Smith, T. Somerville, Efq., Sittingbourne, Kent
Stanton, Charles Holbrow, Efq., 65, Redcliffe Gardens, London, S.W.
Stone, John, Efq., 12, Royal Crefcent, Bath
Stroud, Frederick, Efq., Lewifland, Cheltenham
Swayne, Jofeph Griffiths, Efq.; M.D., 74, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Briftol
Swayne, S. H., Efq., 120, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Briftol
Taylor, John, Efq., Briftol Mufeum and Library, Queen's Road, Briftol
Taynton, Thomas, Efq., Wotton Hill Houfe, Gloucefter
Thomas, William, Efq., 7, Charlotte Street, Queen Square, Briftol
Thorpe, Difney Launder, Efq., M.D., (Cantab.,) Lypiatt Lodge, Cheltenham
Trinder, Edward, Efq., Perrots' Brook, Cirencefter
Tuckett, Francis Fox, Efq., F.R.G.S., Frenchay, Briftol
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Waddingham, John, Efq., Gutting Grange, Winchcombe
Wefton, J. D., Efq., Dorfet Houfe, Clifton, Briftol
Wefton, John, Efq., Leflie Court, Barnwood, Gloucefter
Wheeler, A. C, Efq., Upton Hill, Gloucefter
Whitwill, Mark, Efq., Redland Houfe, Durdham Park, Briftol
Wickenden, Rev. J. F., M.A., Stoke Bifhop, Briftol
Williams, Rev. Auguftin, Tpdenham Reaory, Moreton-in-Marfh
Williams, Adin; Efq., Lechlade
Wilton, John P., Efq., 10, College Green, Gloucefter
Wifeman, Rev. H. J., M.A., Clifton College, Clifton, Briftol

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