Sir Thomas Walmysley, Lancashire. Sir Robert Clarke 4, of Essex. Sir John Savill 5, of Yorkshire. Sir William Daniel 6, of London. Sir David Williams 7. Sir John Hele 8, of Devonshire. will be noticed when knighted in 1613, and Sir Christopher, the son of the latter, and afterwards a Baronet, when knighted in 1623. Sir Thomas Walmysley, of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, had been made a Serjeant at Law in 1580; and a Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas in 1589. * Sir Peter Warburton had been appointed a Serjeant at Law in 1594; and a Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas in 1601. He was of Arley, Cheshire, grandfather of Sir George, first Baronet of that place; had been elected M. P. for Chester in 1586, 1589, and 1597; and Sheriff of the County in 1583. • Sir George Kingsmill had been appointed a Serjeant at Law and Queen's Serjeant in 1594; and Puisne Judge of the Common Pleas in 1599. • Sir Robert Clarke, of Pleshy in Essex, had been constituted a Serjeant at Law in 1589; a Baron of the Exchequer in 1603; and died Jan. 4, 1607-8. His son Robert was knighted, and died in 1629. 5 Sir John Savil, of Methley, Yorkshire, was made a Serjeant at Law in 1594; Baron of the Exchequer in 1598; and published "Cases in his own Court, and those in the Common Pleas, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth." He was father of Sir Henry, knighted this same day, and who was created a Baronet, and is noticed hereafter. Sir William Daniel had been appointed a King's Serjeant in 1594; and a Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas in February 1602-3. 7 Sir David Williams had been elected Serjeant at Law in 1594; and a Puisne Justice of the King's Bench in February 1602-3. • Sir John Hele, ancestor of the Heles of Wimbury, Devonshire, was Lent Reader of the Inner Temple in 1591; Recorder of Exeter 1593; and Queen's Serjeant 1602. He died in 1609, aged 66. See Prince's Worthies of Devon. He was father of Sir Warwick, noticed in page 157; and brother of Thomas, created a Baronet in 1627. 9 Sir Edward Heron became a Serjeant at Law in 1594, and Baron of the Exchequer in 1607. 10 Sir Edward Philips, of Montacute, co. Somerset, had been made a Serjeant at Law on the 17th, and King's Serjeant on the 24th of May (see p. 157). He was M. P. for Somersetshire; and, having served in several Parliaments, was, in 1603, also chosen Speaker of the House of Commons. He was constituted, in 1608, Master of the Rolls; was father of Sir Robert, and brother of Sir Thomas the Baronet, both knighted this day, and noticed hereafter. "Sir Henry Hobart, of Intwood, Norfolk, had been a Governor of Lincoln's Inn in 1597, and the same year elected M. P. for Yarmouth. He was Lent Reader at Lincoln's Inn in 1601; appointed a Serjeant at Law in 1603; Attorney of the Court of Wards 1607; Attorney General in the same year; created a Baronet with the first, May 22, 1611; and constituted Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in that year. He died in 1625, "a great loss," says Sir Henry Spelman, "to the weal publick;" and has a handsome monument in Christ Church, Norwich. After his death were published, “The Reports of that reverend and learned Judge, the Right Honourable Sir Henry Hobart, Knight and Baronet, Sir Daniel Dunne, D. C. L. of London. Sir Thomas Harris 3, of Essex. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, and Chancellor to both their Highnesses Henry and Charles Princes of Wales." Sir Thomas (see p. 120) was his nephew; and John, knighted this same day, and noticed hereafter, his son. 'This military hero, who had distinguished himself in 1595 at the Siege of Cadiz, was a Favourite of Queen Elizabeth, who appointed him President of Munster and Master of the Ordnance in Ireland. In 1603 he was made Governor of Guernsey; in 1605 created Baron Carew of Clopton, co. Warwick; and in 1625 Earl of Totness. He died s. p. March 27, 1629, aged 73. Sir Edward Stanhope was Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1615. Sir Thomas Harris had been made a Serjeant at Law in 1589. ♦ Sir Thomas Flemyng became a Serjeant in 1594, and Solicitor General in 1595. This eminent Lawyer, grandson of the Lord Chief Justice Montagu, had been chosen M. P. for Higham Ferrers in 1601. In 1603 he was elected Recorder of London, and one of the Members for that City; he was, as his brother Sir Edward (noticed in p. 225), very active in the House of Commons. He became Autumn Reader of the Middle Temple in 1607; Serjeant at Law and King's Serjeant in 1610; Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1616; Lord High Treasurer of England, Baron Montague, and Viscount Mandeville 1620; Lord President of the Council 1621; Earl of Manchester 1625; and Lord Keeper 1627. He died in 1642, at a lucky time, when neither religion, loyalty, law, nor wisdom, could have provided for any man's security. The present Duke of Manchester is his immediate descendant. • This great man, son of the Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon, nephew of Lord Burleigh, and cousin to Sir Robert Cecil, was born in 1560-1, and shewed early signs of great genius. He was appointed Reader at Gray's Inn, and Queen's Counsel in 1588; Solicitor General in 1607; Judge of the Marshal's Court in 1611; Attorney General 1613; a Privy Councillor soon after; Lord Keeper 1616-17; Lord Chancellor in 1618; Baron of Verulam 1619; and Viscount St. Alban's 1620. In 1621, being convicted of corruption, he was sentenced, by the House of Peers, to be fined £.40,000, imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, and to be for ever incapable of holding any office in the State, never to sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the Court. After a short confinement, he was discharged, and somewhat regained the King's favour; he died in 1626. For a full account of his life, character, and writings, the Reader may be safely referred to Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary, or the Life of Sir Francis, by Mallet. 7 Sir Richard Conisby was a Gentleman Usher. * Sir John Drummond, Baron of Hawthornden, Gentleman Usher to the King, died in 1610, aged 57, and was father of William, the Poet, who will be noticed in the King's Visit to Scotland in 1617. Sir John Willoughby, of Lincolnshire. Sir Francis Vincent9, of Surrey. Sir Alexander Cave 13, of Leicestershire. ' Of Springfield Hall, Essex. He died, at an advanced age, in 1675.—One of his descendants was created a Baronet. Sir Thomas Dabridgecourt had been Sheriff of Hampshire in 1583. Sir Ralph Boswell, of Brabourne, was son of Sir Ralph, Clerk of the Court of Wards. Sir William Roper, of Eltham and St. Dunstan's, Kent, was eldest son of Thomas Roper, Esq. Clerk of the King's Bench. He was the uncle of Sir John Roper (afterwards first Lord Teynham) who had been knighted July 9; see p. 201. He married Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir Anthony Brown, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. • Sir Anthony Roper was the younger brother of Sir William. Sir Christopher Roper was son and heir of John Lord Teynham, whom he succeeded in title and estate; and died April 20, 1623, aged 60. 7 Sir Thomas Smith, of Chester, was Mayor of that City in 1622; Sheriff of Cheshire in 1623; and had 22 children; his son Thomas was advanced to a Baronetcy in 1660, which became extinct with his nephew. • Sir John Gilbert and the fifteen following were Gentlemen Ushers. 9 Sir Francis Vincent, of Stoke D'Abernon, was eldest son of Sir Thomas, whom Queen Elizabeth visited at that place in 1601. He was created a Baronet in 1620; and was M. P. for Surrey in 1625. 10 Sir John Cotton, of Cunnington, had been Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1591. "Sir Nicholas Gilborn, of Charing, was Sheriff of Kent in 1610. "Sir Samuel Sandys was son and heir of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, who died in 1588, and from whom he inherited the manor of Ombersley in Worcestershire. He was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1618; and brother of Edwin and Miles, noticed in pp. 115, 116. Samuel Sandys, his immediate descendant, was created Baron Sandys of Ombersley, Dec. 20, 1743; and died, at an advanced age, in 1770. His son Edwin, the second Lord Sandys, was an accomplished scholar; and dying in 1797 without male issue, the title became extinct. His niece, Mary, daughter of Colonel Martin Sandys, became his heir. This Lady married, in 1786, Arthur Hill, Marquis of Downshire; and in 1802 was created Baroness Sandys, with remainder to her second son by the said Marquis. 13 Sir Alexander Cave, of Bagrave, Leicestershire, was Sheriff of that County in 1620. 2 E VOL. I. Sir Robert Varnam, of Cheshire. Sir Thomas Penruddock, of Wiltshire. Sir John Tracy, of Gloucestershire. Sir Rafe Lawson, of Kent. Sir William Meredith. Sir George Selby 3, of Northumberland. Sir Thomas Windebanck 4, of Berksh. Sir Thomas Clarke, of Essex. Sir John Wood 5, of Essex. Sir Lewes Mansfield, of Glamorgansh. Sir Robert Alexander6, of Herts. 'Sir Edward Cooke, of Gidea Hall, Essex, was son and heir to Sir Anthony Cooke. See the "Progresses of Queen Elizabeth," vol. I. p. 253. • Sir John Tracy, of a family that took its name from Traci in Normandy, came to England with the Conqueror, and was of Todington in Gloucestershire, was Sheriff of that County in 1609; and was created an Irish Peer by the title of Viscount Tracy in 1642; the title became extinct in 1797. Sir George Selby is said, in Brand's Newcastle, to have entertained the King at that place, see p. 70, and to have been "probably knighted on that occasion." As he was not then knighted, it may be presumed he did not entertain his Majesty. Sir George was Sheriff of Northumberland in 1607. 4 Sir Thomas Windebanck and the two following were Clerks of the Signet. 5 Sir John Wood, of Stapleford Abbots, died Sept. 1610. Morant, vol. I. p. 177. "Of the Alexander's, see the extract from Lady Anne Clifford's Diary, p. 189. 7 Sir John Brown, of Frampton, was Sheriff of Dorsetshire in 1588; was Rear or Vice-Admiral; and died in the expedition to the Isle of Rhea. Sir Richard Skipwith, of Ormsby, Lincolnshire, "was chief of that ancient family denominated of the town of Skipwith in Yorkshire, the old lands of Hugo, son of Baldrick, a great Baron in his time, whose daughter and heir Eneburga was the wife of Robert de Estoteville, Baron of Cottingham and Gnarsburge, and Vicecomes Eboraci by inheritance, whose predecessors came in Barons with the Conqueror, and were the greatest Lords in Yorkshire. Patrick, second son of this Robert de Estoteville, had, by his mother Eneburga, given him the town of Skipwithe, and was therefore named Patricius de Skipwith in the time of King Henry the First, since which time, in lineal descent, they have continued the name of Skipwith in an equestrious succession, two of them having been knightsbannerets, and matched with heirs of very remarkable families and great possessions, both in Yorkshire, their first seat, and by marriage with the heir of Skipwith in the County of York. They have been linked, and are nearly allied to many honourable houses, as the Earl of Howard, Earl of Bath, Earl of Lindsey, and others." The family seated at Cotes, Leicestershire (see p. 88), was of the same source. Sir Richard Skipwith was son of Sir William, who had been four times High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and Representative for that County in Parliament, 6 Edward VI. He died in 1587, and was buried at Ormsby. The preceding brief history of this family is taken from a monument, now much decayed, in Lambeth Church, which was there placed to the memory of Henry Skipwith, Esq. third son of Sir Richard: "This Henry," as the inscription informs us, "" was bred in the Nether lands, under that famous Generall the ould Lord Willoughby, and afterwards went lasten into Irland, at the siege of Blacwater, where he did divers good services upon the enemie, and at the siege of Sir William Gerard, of Bucks. Sir William Thorny, of Nottinghamsh. Sir William Harman, of Cheshire. Sir John Meres 5, of Kent [Lincoln- Sir Charles Dimmock, of Lincolnshire. Kinsaile, where he slew a Spanish commander hand to hand. He was Lieutenant-colonel to the late Sir William Gerard was of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, which is now the property of Viscount Lake, whose father General Gerard Lake, for his great services as Commander-in-chief in the East Indies, was created Lord Lake of Delhi in 1804, and Viscount Lake in 1807. * One Sir Thomas Palmer, of Kent, has been noticed in p. 116. 3 The Astons, of Aston, Cheshire, were a family seated there in the time of Edward the Confessor. Sir Thomas and Sir Roger Aston, of Cheshire, were both knighted at Grafton, on the 18th of April (see p. 53.)—Sir Thomas was made a Baronet in 1628; of Sir Roger, see hereafter.-The Astons were also of great antiquity at Tixall in Staffordshire. • Sir Henry Longuevile was son of Sir Henry, knighted at Sir John Fortescue's (see p. 192), or vice versa. Edward, a grandson, was created a Nova Scotia Baronet in 1638. 5 Sir John Meres, of Kirton, was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1596. • Sir Valentine Brown, of Croft, had been Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1593. 7 Sir Edward Pitts, of Churwiard, was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1611. • Sir Thomas Rowe (or, as his name was frequently written, Roe) was born at Leyton, about the year 1580, being son of Robert Rowe, Esquire of the Body to Queen Elizabeth. In 1604 he was knighted, and went on a voyage of discovery to the West Indies. In 1614 he was appointed Ambassador to the Great Mogul, from whose Court he removed to that of the Grand Signor, where he procured very essential advantages for his countrymen. He was afterwards employed in various negociations to Poland, Denmark, and Germany. On his return he was made Chancellor of the Garter, and a Member of the Privy Council. In 1620 he represented the Borough of Cirencester in Parliament; and in 1640, the University of Oxford. His works, published in his life-time, were, a Relation of what happened at Constantinople on the death of the Sultan Osman; Letters from the Court of 4 1 |