Sir Thomas Snagge, of Somersetshire'.
Sir Francis Cheney, [of Cheshire.]
Sir Henry Longfield 3, of Bucks.
Sir Henry Drury 4, of Buckinghamshire.
Sir William Burlacy 5, of Bucks.
Sir Thomas Denton, of Bucks.

Sir John Sandys, of Buckinghamshire.
Sir Richard Hintley.

Sir Thomas Hyll, of Kent.

Sir Thomas Cave, of Northamptonsh.
Sir John Carrell, of Sussex.

Sir Henry Billingsley, of London.
Sir Adrian Scroop, of Lincolnshire.

Sir Anthony Tirringham 7, of Bucks.
The next removal was to Aylesbury, where the King and Queen and their
Train were enterained with unusual magnificence by Sir John Packington 10.

'One Sir Thomas Snagg, of Marston, Bedfordshire, served as Sheriff of that County in 1607.
* Sir Francis Cheney, of Chesham, was at this time (1603) Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
Sir Henry Longueville, of Wolverton, was Sheriff of Bucks in 1606.

A Pedigree of the Drurys, of Hegerley, Bucks, (in which this Sir Henry occurs) may be seen in Sir John Cullum's "Hawsted," ed. 1813, p. 133.-The Drury's are not noticed by Mr. Lysons.

s Sir William Burlace had been High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1601.

* Sir Thomas Denton, of Hillesdon, was High Sheriff of Bucks in 1600.

7 Sir Anthony Tyringham, of Tyringham, had been Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1596.

8 Sir John Sandys, of Latimer in Buckinghamshire, was the son of Miles Sandys, Esq. a younger brother of Abp. Sandys (the ancestor of Lord Sandys, of Ombersley).—Hester, daughter of Miles Sandys, is the Lady celebrated by Fuller, in his "Worthies," as the parent stock of a posterity of 700 persons, whom she lived to see descended from her to the fourth generation; her own children were thirteen. Fuller assures us, that he speaks within compass, having bought the truth by a wager which he lost on the subject.

• Sir Thomas Cave, of Stanford Hall, in the Counties of Leicester and Northampton. His son, of the same name, was knighted at Greenwich June 26, 1615; and his grandson, Sir Thomas, was created a Baronet June 30, 1641.

10 Sir John Packington was bred at Christ Church College in Oxford, under the tuition of Dr. Lewis, Dean of Gloucester, and became a great favourite with Queen Elizabeth, was one of her Privy Council, and received from her the honour of knighthood. He died at his house at Westwood in Worcestershire, aged 77, and was buried at Aylesbury Jan. 18, 1625.-Naunton says, "Sir John Packington was a Gentleman of no meane family, and of forme and feature, no waies disabled, for he was a brave Gentleman, and a very fine Courtier; and for the time which he stayed there, which was not lasting, very high in her grace, but he came in and went out, through disassidutie, drew the curtaine betweene himselfe and the light of her Grace, and then Death overwhelmed the remnant, and utterly deprived him of recovery, and they say of him, that had hee brought lesse to her Court than he did, he might have carried away more than he brought, for he had a time on it, but an ill husband of opportunitie." He had issue by his wife, the widow of Benedict Barnham, one of the Aldermen of London, two daughters, one married to Sir Humphry Ferrars of Tamworth; surviving him, she married the Earl of Chesterfield; the other married Sir Robert Brooke, of Suffolk, Knt.; and one son, Sir John Packington, who succeeded him."-Sir John Packington was very popular in the country.

At Aylesbury the King knighted Sir William Smith; and about the same time, either before or after visiting that place, he conferred the same honour, at Great Hampden ', on his host Sir Alexander Hampden 2; Sir Henry Barker, of Berkshire; Sir William Willoughby3, of Buckinghamshire; and Sir Edward Pynchon, of Essex; and, at Great Missenden 5, the seat of Sir William Fleetwood 6, on Sir William Pawlet, of Wiltshire; Sir Gerrard Fleetwood, of Buckinghamshire; Sir Thomas Eversfield 9, of Sussex; and Sir Arthur Porter, of Gloucestershire.

"His Majestie having deferred the Feast of St. George untill his being at some of his own houses, held the said Feast at Windsor the second of Julie, where the young Prince was enstalled Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter 10; and after that, being in his robes, presented unto the Queene's Majestie; and whilest he was in the chamber with her, I heard the Earles of Nottingham and NorthampHe built a noble mansion at Westwood in Worcestershire, which became his principal residence ; and upon his son's marriage gave him the house at Aylesbury, about the same time procuring him a Baronetcy (see vol. III. p. 610). In 1623 the Baronet was elected one of the Representatives for the borough in Parliament, but died the next year; and in the entry of his burial in the Parish Register, he is styled "the Hopes of Aylesbury."

1

Hampden-house had been honoured by a visit from Queen Elizabeth in 1563 (see her "Progresses," vol. III. p. 660). It descended with the family estates to the late Viscount Hampden (who died in 1824); but it had long been deserted as a residence.

? Sir Alexander had been Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1591.

3 Of Marlow, Sheriff 1604.

4 Of Turges in the parish of Writtle, in which church there is a noble monument to him and his lady. He died May 6, 1625. See Morant's Essex, vol. II. p. 66.

5 The estate of Great Missenden had been Crown property, and was confirmed by letters patent to Sir William Fleetwood in 1612. It was purchased out of chancery in 1787 by James Oldham Oldham, Esq. who wholly re-built the mansion.

6 Son of Sir William, Recorder of London, a letter of whom to Lord Burghley is printed in the Progresses of Queen Elizabeth," vol. I. p. 355. The son was knighted at Hendon in 1603 (see before, p. 165).

One of the four natural sons of William third Marquis of Winchester, of whom hereafter, p. 219; vol. III. pp. 491, 564. Sir William was Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1613.

* Called by Noble "Sir Gervace Fleetwood, of Crowley in Northamptonshire, knighted by King James at the seat of his brother Sir William. He was returned M. P. for Chipping Wycombe, the fourth of that reign, and, adhering to King Charles, was fined by the Parliament." Memoirs of the Cromwell Family, vol. II. p. 352.

• Who had been Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex in 1599.

10" St. George fallinge on Good Friday, it being then the 22d day of April, there assembled at Whitehal divers Knights of the Garter (King James then beinge on his way and comynge towards

ton highly commend him for divers his quicke wittie answeres, pryncely carriage, and reverend performing his obeyzance at the altar; all which seemed verie strange unto them, and the rest of the beholders, considering his tender age, being until then altogether unacquainted with the matter and manner thereof,

"There were likewise with his Highnesse enstalled Knights and Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter, the Duke of Lenox, the Earle of Southampton, the Earle of Marr, and the Earle of Pembroke.

"There were also elected the King of Denmarke and the Duke of Wertenberg. "The same time the great Ladies of England, in honor of the Queene, and discharge of their duties, came to the Court to performe their homage unto her Highnesse, who with great reverence, kneeling one by one, kissed her Majestie's hand, being hard to discerne whether the mildnesse of the Soveraigne, or humilitie of the subject was greatest; the names of which Ladies, as I then knew and now remember, were, the young Ladie Marquesse of Winchester, the Countesse London out of Scotland, and as yet not come to London), the names of some of which Knights were as ensueth : Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham and Lord Admyral of England. Edward Somersett, Erle of Worcester, Master of the Horse.

Thomas Lord Buckhurst, Treasorer of England.

Gilbert Talbot, Erle of Shrewsburie.

Thomas Howard, Lord Howard of Walden.

Edmund Lord Sheffeild.

Henry Lord Cobham.

William Stanley, Erle of Derby.

"Theis Knights, at that daie in the afternoone calling a Chaptre in the King's Closett next the Chapple at Whitehall, chose into the Order of the Garter the Kinge of Denmark, and Henry Frederick, then Prince, son and heire apparant to King James, and adjorned the solempnytie of the Feast of St. George untill the 2d of July then next following, beinge Saturday, on which day, it beinge made the Eve of St. George's Feast, it was kept at Windsore; where were then present of the Knights of the Gartier in the Quyer, the Knights whose names followe:

Charles Howard, Erle of Nottingham.

The Lord Tresurer.

The Erle of Shrewsbury.

The Erle of Comberland.

The Erle of Northumberland.

The Erle of Worcester.

The Lord Sheffield.

The Lord Thomas Howard.

Sir Henry Lea.

The Erle of Derby.

The Erle of Sussex, the Lord Mountjoy, Lord Burleighe, and Lord Cobham, having licence to be absent."

Harl. MSS. 5877.

Lucy, daughter of Thomas Lord Burleigh (afterward Earl of Exeter), and wife of William the fourth Marquess.

of Oxford', the old Countesse of Darby and her daughters, the Countesse of Shrewsbury 3, the Countesse of Pembrooke and her daughter [Anne], the Countesse of Sussex 5, the Countesse of Bedford; neere attendant unto her Majestie, the Countesse of Hertford, the Countesse of Suffolke, the Countesse of Kildare9, having then the chief charge of the Lady Elizabeth, the Lady Berkeley 10, the Lady Rich 11, the Lady Petre 12, the Lady Guilford 12, and the Ladie Hatton 13, wife to Maister Atturney General. There were divers other right noble and honorable Ladies, whose names I knew not, being all of them most sumptuous in apparell, and exceeding rich and glorious in jewels like the wearers 14"

Lady Anne Clifford thus notices the Dinner and subsequent movements:

"I stood with my Lady Elizabeth's Grace in the schrine in the Great Hall at Windsor, to see the Kinge and all the Knights sit at dinner. Thither came the Archduk's Embassador, who was receaued by the Kinge and Queene in the Great Hall, wher ther was such an infinit companie of Lords and Ladies and so great a Court as I think I shall never see the like.

'Anne, daughter of Thomas Trentham, of Rocester, Staffordshire, and second wife of Edward de Vere, eighteenth Earl of Oxford.

Alice, widow of Ferdinand, fifth Earl of Derby, This Lady and her daughters will be particularly noticed under the year 1606. She is here styled "the old Countess," to distinguish her from Elizabeth, wife of William the sixth Earl, who has been noticed as "the young Countess," in p. 194, and will occur again in the Masque 1604-5.

› Mary, daughter of Sir William Cavendish, and wife of Gilbert Talbot, seventh Earl of Shrewsbury, who had entertained, separately, both the King and Queen at Worksop. See before, pp. 87, 170. • Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Sidney, K. B. and widow of Henry, second Earl of Pembroke. She had only one daughter, Anne, who died young.

• Bridget, daughter of Sir Charles Morison, and first wife of Robert Ratcliffe, fifth Earl of Sussex. See before, p. 174.

7 Frances, daughter of Thomas Viscount Howard of Bindon, and third wife of Edward Seymour, first Earl of Hertford.-She had previously been the wife of Henry Purnell, Esq. of London, and was wedded, thirdly, to Lodovick Stuart, Duke of Lenox.

• Wife of Thomas Howard, third Earl of Suffolk. See the Masque of 1604-5.

• Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Lord Delvin, and wife of Gerard Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare.

10 Elizabeth, only child of Sir Henry Carey, Governor of the Isle of Wight; and wife of Henry eleventh Lord Berkeley. She died April 23, 1635, aged 59.

"Of Lady Rich, see hereafter under the Masque of 1604-5.

"Of Lady Petre and Lady Guilford, see under the Masque of 1608-9.

13 Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Hatton, and wife of Sir Edward Coke, then Attorney General. She also figures in the Masque of 1608-9. 14 Howes' Chronicle.

"From Windsor1 the Court removed to Hampton Court, where my Mother and I lay in one of the Round Towers, round about wch weare tents, wher they died two or three a day of ye Plague. Ther I fell extreamely sicke of a fever, so as my Mother was insome doubt it might turne to the Plague; but wthin two or three daies I grew reasonnable well, and was sent away to my Coz. Studall's at Norburie, Mrs. Carington goinge wth me; for Mrs. Taylor was newly put away from me, hir husband dieing of the Plague shortly after. A litle afore this tyme my Mother and I, my Aunt of Bath3, and my Cozen Fraunces1, went to North-hall (my Mother being extreame angrie wth me for rideinge before wth Mr. Meuerell), wher my Mother in hir anger comaunded yt I should lie in a chamber alone, wch I could not endure; but my Cozen Fraunces got the key of my chamber, and lay with me, wch was the first tyme I loved hir so verie well. The next day Mr. Meuerell, as he went abroade, felle downe suddainly, and died, soe as most thought it was of the Plague, wch was then verie riffe. It put us all in great feare and amasement, for my Aunt had then a suit to follow in Court, and my Mother to attend the Kinge about the busines betweene my Father and her. My Aunt of Warwike sent us medicines from a litle house neare Hampton Court, wher she then lay with Sir Moyle Finch and his Lady. Now was the Master of Orckney, and the Lord Tullebardine much in

"At Windsor ther was such an infinit number of Ladies sworne of the Q. Privy Chamber as made the place of no esteeme or credit. Once I spake to my La. of Bedford to be one, but had the good

fortune to miss it."

" "At Hampton Court, my mother, my selfe, and the other Ladies, dined in the presence, as they used in Queene Elizabeth's tyme; but that custome lasted not longe. About this tyme my La. of Hertford began to grow great wth the Q. and the Q. wore her picture."

Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Russell, second Earl of Bedford, and wife of William Bourchier, third Earl of Bath.

• Frances, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of Bath. She died unmarried; and had two brothers, who both died infants.

5 Of Eastwell in Kent. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1585; created a Baronet by King James in 1611; and was the ancestor of the present Earl of Winchelsea.

John Stewart, second son of Robert Earl of Orkney. He was styled Master of Orkney, (his elder brother being dead) as presumptive heir to that Earldom. He was created a Peer by the title of Lord Kincleven, August 10, 1607. He was advanced, in 1630, to the dignity of Earl of Carrick, a title which till that time had been appropriated to the eldest son of the several Scottish Monarchs. He died in 1652, without male issue.

7 Sir John Murray, of Tullebardine, was in great favour with King James, with whom he had been brought up in intimacy from childhood, which occasioned a confidence that never was shaken. He was constituted Master of the King's Household in 1592; sworn a Privy Counsellor, and knighted;