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GENERAL AND HERALDIC
DICTIONARY
OP
THE PEERAGES
OF
ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND,
&xtittttt normality anlf in iX'bttimtt.
Loqulmur de tntiquitate Generia, et glorift Majorum.
By JOHN BURKE, Esq.,
AUTHOR OF A GENERAL AND HERALDIC DICTIONARY OF THE PEERAGE
AND BARONETAGE, dtc &c
^ttglanH.
LONDON : HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BURLINGTON STREET. M.DCCC.XXXI.
PREFACE.
Whbn I farmed the resolution of writing upon Titles of Honour, it was my intention to begin with Extinct, Dormant, and Suspended Dignities ; for out of these, I knew, had arisen the most eminent names in the modem roll of nobility, and I felt the great difficulty of rendering any thing like justice to the illustrious living, without the previous opportunity of commemorating the illustrious dead. I discovered, too, that much of the obscurity and unintelligibility of similar works could be traced to the absence of what might be termed an Introductory Volume— to the total want of the slightest information as to the origin of the subject. I had resolved therefore to commence with an Extinct and Dormant Peerage : but from such a course I was eventually diverted by those better versed in the doctrine of chances than myself. I was assured that the probabilities of success would become greatly aug- mented, could I first make my way in public favour by the production of a work wherein the great mass of the public were more immediately interested — ^by postponing the heroes of Cressy and Agincourt to those of Trafalgar and Waterloo. To that opinion, after 8<Hne deliberation, but not without reluctance, I acceded — and my Dictionary of the Exist- ing Peerage and Baronetage, now for the fourth time in the press, was the result
From the admirable scheme of amalgamating the younger children
vi PREFACE.
of our nobility with the community at large, a obade in society has arisen amongst as, not to be found in any other country of Europe-— a GRADE inferior to the noble in nought beside the artificial importance attached to rank. In the antiquity of his family — ^in his education — his habits — his influence, the English gentleman stands hardly one step, if at all, below the English nobleman. Nay, there are few of his order that cannot boast an alliance with, or descent from, some ancient ennobled house ; and it is in this point of view-— in shewing the con- necting link between the existing gentry of England, and her ancient nobility — that a work upon Extinct, Dormant, and Suspended Dignities, may be rendered in the highest degree interesting and valuable* How hr I have succeeded, must rest entirely upon the judgment of my readers. I shall feel, however, greatly obliged by suggestions in exten« sion or amendment of the design.
The Second Volume, comprising the Extinct and Dormant Peers of Scotland and Ireland, is in progress^ and any information regarding their representatives will be most acceptable.
In conclusion, I have only to intreat forbearance towards the inac- curacies, which, despite of every effort, are inseparable from the First Edition of a work of this description.
J. B.
November, 1831. .
NOTES EXPLANATORY.
Abbtancb. On the death of a baroD« whose dignity originated in a Writ of Sammons, without issue male« the barony becomes vested in his daughters ; if he leave an only daughter* she succeeds to the dignity* but if there l^ more daughters than one, the title falls into abbtancb amongst them* and continues in that state until all but one of the daughters, or the sole heir of only one daughter survives ; in which case, the barony devolves on the surviving daugh- ter, or on the heir of her body. The cbown can* however* at any time* terminate an abbyancb in favor of one of the heirs.
Aids patablb to thb king. Among the ancient aids payable to the king, from the immediate tenants of the crown* (and likewise to mferior lords from their immediate tenants,) were these three, namely, to make his eldest son a knight ; to marry his eldest daughter ; and to ransom his person when made prisoner In war.
BtTLLfi AND Bribps. ApostoUcal letters were of two description^^one deno- minated Brief», because comprised in a compendious way of writing, and sealed on wax only 0mm atmuUopiacaiorU, that is, with the impression of a signet ring. The other called Bulls, from the leaden BvUa hanging thereto. BmUa, amongst the antients, is supposed to have been a golden badge, which persons that triumphed over their enemies wore on their breasts like a medal ; and it came afterwards to signify a deed, instrument, or writing, described on parch- ment* or vellum, with a piece of lead suspended thereto by a string. On this piece of lead, the heads of the two Apostles* St. Peter imd St. Paul, were impressed from the papal seal, which being affixed to the pope's letters, iht Bull was considered then to be complete.
Crown lands and rbvbnub. These anciently comprised 1422 manors or lordships* in several counties^ besides farms and lands in Middlesex, Shropshire, and Rutland, in the last of which* the king had also £160 of rent in white money -—to which may be added the escheats and forfeitures. In short, the revenue of the king was so great* that Odbricus Vitalis, says it was reported to be one thousand and sixty pounds sterling, thirty shillings* and one penny halfpenny* of the just rents and profits of Kngland* every day of the year— besides gifts and pecuniary punishments.
Dictum of Kbnilwortb. An edict or award between Henry III. and those barons who had been in arms against him. It was so called because made at Kcnilworth Castle* in Warwickshire, (in the 61st year of that monarch). It provided that those involved in the rebellion should pay a compensation of five years' rent for the recovery of their estates. This celebrated statute is to be seen at large in a MS. copy in the Cottonian Library. It was proclaimed in the camp before Kenil worth* 3 Ist October.
Gbnbral Survby. The survey was begun in the year 1080, and finished in 1086. It was made by verdict or presentment of juries, or certain persons sworn ki every hundred, wapentake, or county, before commissioners consisting of the greatest earls or bishops, who inquired into, and described, as well the possessions and customs of the king, as of his great men. They noted what and
viii NOTES EXPLANATORY.
how much arable land, pasture, meadow, and wood every man had, with the extent and value in the time of Edward the Coitfessor, and at Uie period of makmg the survey. They also noted the mills and fisheries, and, in some counties, the number of nreemen, socmen, villains, borders, servants, young cattle, sheep, hogs, working horses, &c. in every town and manor, and the name of the proprietor. Always setting down the king's name first, then the bishops, abbots, and all the great men that held of &e king in capite. This survey was chiefly intended to afford the monarch a true statement of his own lands and demesnes, and also what were held by his tenants. All England, ex- cept Westmorland, Cumberland, and Northumberland, was described, with part of Wales, and the description or survey written in two books called the Great and LiTTLB Doomsday Books, which were deposited in the Exchequer. The smaller book contains only Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. This survey being the highest record in the kingdom, was then, and is to this day, a decisive evidence in any controversy on which there may be occasion to consult it.
HoMAGB and Livert. When the king's tenant in capite died, his lands were in the king's hands until the heir had done homage, and was of age. When the heir sued to have his estate out of the possession of the crown, his obtaining it was called livery, and the profits received in the mean time by the king were denominated primer »eisin. For this livery or relief the heir paid certain fees. By the laws of the Conqueror, the relief of an earl was eight horses saddled and bridled, four helmets, four coats of mail, four shields, four spears, four swords, four chasers, and one palfrey saddled and bridled. That of a baron, half as much, with a palfrey. That of a vavasor to his lord, his best horse, helmet, coat of mail, shield, spear, sword, or, in lieu of these, a hundred shillings. That of the countryman, his best beast ; and of him tiiat farmed his lands, a year's rent. These were afterwards turned into money.
Knights' Fee. An ancient law term, signifying so much land of inheritance as was esteemed sufiicient to maintain a knight with suitable retinue, which in the time of Henry III. was k^ckoned at £15 per annum ; and, by stat. 1 Ed. II., such as had £20 per annum in fee, or for life, might be compelled to accept of knighthood. But this statute was repealed by the I6th Charles I. Stow says, that in the time of the Conqueror there were in England 60,211 knights' fees.
ScuTAGE. Escuaee or Scutage, was a duty or service arising out of baronies and knights' fees. It denoted Sermtium Scuti, the service of the shield ; and was wont to be rendered thus *. for every knight's fee, the service of one knight ; for every half fee, the service of^half a knight ; and so in proportion. Baronies were charged in a similar manner, according to the number of knights' fees, whereof the barony by its original enfeoffment, consisted. The service of scutage was performed, either personally, in the king's army, or else by pecuniary commutation.
Vavasors. The Vavasors in Lombardy, whence they appear originally to have come, were inferior to the capitanei, which comprehended dukes, mar- quisses, counts, &c. ; but they were invested, either by the sovereign or lord, with some territory of feudal command, without an^ of these designations of nobility. So that vavasor meant a powerful description of vassal ; validue
abbreviations. b. bom. m, married, d. died. «. p. sine prole, a, succeeded.
CONTENTS.
DicTioxAB r— Peerages Alphabetically, by the tumaxne of each Peer. 1
PEBRA6EB omitted in their proper plaoea..,. •••••••••. 688
vUf. Bacon, Viaoonnt St. Albana B&AOSE, Baron Braoie, of (Tower Braosg, Baron Braose Detereux, EaxlofEaBex Dudley, Earl of Leicester
FiTZ-RoT, Duke of Northumberland F0RTIRU8, Earl of Albemarle Grznyille, Banm Glastonbury Ipre, Bad of Kent Lave-Fox, Baron Bingley N0RRI8, Earl of Berkshire Scot (FiTZ-Ror), Ihike of Monmouth Sondes, Earl of Feversham Whitworth, Earl Whitworth Tarle— Peerages Alphabetically, according to the Titles 599
617
ForesU 626
Roll of Battel Arbet > • •..••.. 629
^ « < Magna Charta.
Charters op Freedom, \ _. ^ _
) Charter of Fon
£ JKlvA. jT A.
Awhmr, Banm Audley, of Hdeifh, was mimmoned to parttatmoitlii the 8th Edward II., 8tb Januarj,
1313, Instead of the Mth Edward II., 15th May, 1381. Cars, Viscount Rochester— fbr Rochdale, at the conclusion of the artide, read tioeheiter, HohLMB (PeDiam) Duke of Newcastle. His grace d. In 1768. MUX.TOK, Barons 'kulum, of Gillesland. In the note to this article, the father of Maud de Vaux should
be Hubert, not Thomas de Vanz.
• IN THE PRESS,
The Fourth Edition, revised and much enlarged, of
A GENERAL AND HERALDIC DICTIONARY
OF THE
PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE
or THE
BRITISH EMPIRE.
Dedicated, by Permitsion, to Hts Most Oracxous Majestt,
Bt JOHN BURKE, Esq.
This Woik, which has undergone another very laborioutTCvisal, will be found to com- prise a great mass of new matter, and sevezal curious documents long out of print, or neyer printed befirae.
The armorial bearings have been newly and splendidly engraved.
This popular work justly deserves to be considered as a History of the British Nobility. It is enridied by a variety of personal anecdotes, never before published, relative to mai)y illustrious houses, in addition to numerous authentic details connected with their lineage, and oommunicated to the audior by the noble inheritors of the titles. The Editor's atten- tion having also been directed to collaterals, he has introduced all those who come within the most remote remaindeiship of fiunily honours ; and he has used more than ordinary care in tracing presumptive heirs. To the Baronetcies of Scotland and Ireland, apper- taining to more than 200 ancient families, whose lineage is given ezduaivdy in this Work, the utmost attention has also been paid.
«• The work which Mr. Burke has Just given to the public is equally well planned and well executed. The author Justly ohserves in the preface, that the grand object in a work of reference Is the ftdlity allbrded to the reader, of finding any infbnnation he may want. Mr. Burke's airangement is excellently adapted to this purpose. Great ability is also shewn in the condensation ct all the requi- site matter, which, owing to the clear and beautiful mode of printing and engraving, is justly entitled to be called a cheap one, not only in comparison with the tedious and expensive works on the same subject, but in reference to the quantity of reading it contains, and the superior style of iu execu- tlao.'*-^JfiHiiii<fMr.
Also preparing for publication,
A DICTIONARY OP THE COMMONERS OF ENGLAND,
QUALIFIED BY LANDED PROPERTY
TO
BECOME COUNTY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT,
BUT UNDISTINGUISHED BY AN HEREDITARY TITLE OF HONOUR.
Bt JOHN BURKE, Esq.
Author of the *' Oeneial and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage."
This original work has been undertaken by Mr. Burke as a sequel to his very popular Dictionsnr of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom, and upon an exactly similar plan ; so that when completed, the two pubUcatione will embrace the entire of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Gentry of Um empire.
Communications for the Author, in answer to the circular letters transmitted .to the parties intemtsd, are requested to be addressed, free of expense, to the Publishers.
PEERAGES OF ENGLAND,
EXTINCT, DORMANT, AND IN ABEYANCE. .
ABR
ABRINCIS_EARLS OF CHESTER.
Created by William the Conqueror, Anno 1070*
3Cineage.
Upon the detention, s prisoner in in«nder»» of GHsasoj), ft Fleming who first held the Earldom of Chester, that dignity was conferred by the Coir- guKROB, upon (his sister's son)
HUGH DE ABRINCIS, sumamed Lupvs, and called by the Welch, Fnw, or •• the Fat." *« Which Hugh,** says Dogdale, '• being a person of great note at that time amongst the Norman nobility, and an expert soldier, was, for that respect, chiefly placed so near those unoonquered Britaitu, the better to restraki their bold incunions : for it was, ' coDsilio prudentum,' by the advice of his coun- cil, that King William thus advanced him to that government; his power being, also, not ordinary; having royal jurisdiction within the precincts of his earldom — which honor he received to fuM tu/re^tf by Ote noord aa the King hinuei/heU England hy the crown. But, though the time of his advance- ment was not till the year 1070, cerUin it is, that he came into England with the conqueror, and there- upon had a grant of Whitby, in Yorkshire, which Imdshlp he soon afterwards disposed of to William de Percy, his associate in that fiunous expedition." In the contest between William Rurus, and his brother Robbrt CuRTHoax, this powerful noble- man tided with the former, and remained faithful to him during the whole of his reign. )ie was sub- •equcntly in the confidence of Henry the First, and ooe of that monarch's chief councillors. "In hii youth and flourishing age," continueth the author *bove quoted, ** he was a great lover of worldly ptessures and iccular pomp ; profuse in giving, and much delighted with interludes, Jesters, horses, dopt and other like vanities ; having a large at- tendance of such penonSf of all sorts, as were dis- powd to those sports: but he had also in his family ^b clerks and soldiers, who were men of great ^*ooor, the venerable Ansdme (Abbot of Bee, and ■''Qrwards AxchUshop of Canterbury) being his confessor ; nay, so devout he grew before his death.
ABR
that sickness hanging long upon him, he caused himself to be shorn a monk in the abbey of St. Wer- burge, where, within three days after, he died. Anno 1101." His lordship m. Ermentrude, daugh- ter of Hugh de Claremont, Earl of Bevois, in France, by whom he had an only son«
RicHARn, his successor.
Of his iU^timate issue, were OttiweU, tutor to those children of King Henry the First, who perished at sea. Robert, originaUy a Mcmk in the Abbey of SL Ebrulf in Normandy, and afterwards Abbot of SL Edmundsbury in Suflblk, and Geva.* the wife of Oeflbry Riddell, to whom the Earl gave Drayton Basset, in Staflbrdshire.
That this powerful nobleman enjoyed immense wealth in England is evident, Arom the many lordships he held at the general survey ; for, be- sides the whole of Cheshire, excepting the small part which at that time belonged to the bishop, he had nine lordships in Berkshire, two in Devon- shire, seven in Yorkshire, six in Wiltshire, ten in Dorsetshire, four in Somersetshire, thirty-two in Suflblk, twelve in Norfolk, one in Hampshire, five in Oxfordshire, three in Buckinghamshire, four in Gloucestershire, two in Huntingdonshire, four in Nottinghamshire, one in Warwickshire, and twenty-two in Leicesteishire. 1 1 appears too, by the charter of foundation to the Abbey ot St. Wer- burge, at Chester, that several eminent persons held the rank of Baron under him. The charter runs thus:—*' Hsdc sunt itaque dona data Ab< batic S. Werburge, quK omnia ^go Comes Huoo et RicHARDUS filius mens et Ermentrudis Comi< tissa, et mei Barones, et mei homines dedimut. Arc," which Baronet et Hom<fie«' mentioned therein, were the following:—
L^
• The legitimacy of this lady is maintained flrom the circumstance of her father having bestowed upon her the Manor of Draytcm, in Aree marriage* which the lawyers say could not be granted to a bastard; but had she been legitimate, she would surely have succeeded to the earldom before her aunt.
B 1
ABR
ALB
1. WilUAm Malbanc.
2. Uobert, son of Hugo.
3. Hugo, son of Norman.
4. Richard de Vemun.
5. Richard de Rullos.
6. Ranvlph Venator. 7> Hugo de Mara.
8. Ranulph. son of Ermiwin.
9. Robert de Fremouz.
10. Walkdinus, nephew of Walter de Vernon.
11. Seward.
12. Gislebert de Venables.
13. Gaufridus de Sartes.
14. Richard de Memilwarin. U. Walter de Vemun.
The charter concludes— " Et ut haec omnia enent rata et stabilia inperpetuum, ego Comes Hugo et mei Barones conflnna^imus, (&:c ) ita quod singuli nostrum propriA manu* in testimonium posteris signum in modum Cruds facerent :"— <and is signed by the Earl himself,
Richard — ^his son.
Her%'eyt Bishop of Bangor.
Ranulph de Meschines, his nephew, who eTen- tually inherited the earldom.
Roger Bigod.
Alan de Perd.
William Constabular.
Ranulph Dapifer.
WiUiam Malbanc
Robert Fits-Hugh.
Hugh Fitz-Norman.
Hamo de Masci.
Blgod de Loges. Those barons, be it remembered', were eadi of them men of great indiyidual power, and large territorial possessions. Hugh Lupus, Earl of Ches- ter, was succeeded by his only son (then but seven years of age),
RICHARD DE ABRINCIS, as second earl. This nobleman, after he had attained maturity, attached himself faithfully to King Henry I., and never subsequently swerved in his allegiance. His lord- ship espoused Maud, daughter of Stephen, Earl of Blois, by Adela, daughter of William the Con- queror, but had no issue-^imsdf and his countess being soon afterwards amongst the victims of the memorable shipwreck, (Dec, 1119,) wherein the king's two sons, William and Richard, with their tutor Ottiwell, the earPs bastard brother, Gefllny Riddell. his sister Geva's liusband, and many others of the nobility perished. This melan- choly event is thus recorded by Ordericiu.
** The master of the ship was Thomas, son of Stephen, who came to King Henry the First, then in Normandy, and ready to take shipping for England, and offered him a mark of gold, desiring that as Stephen, his father, had transported the conqueror when he fought against King Harold, and was his constant mariner in all his passages between Eng- land and Normandy, so that he himself likewise might now have the transportation of King Henry and an his attendants, as it were, in flM { fw he had a very good vessel, called ' Candida Navis,* or « the White Ship,* well famished fat that purpose. The king thanked him : but withal told him, he
had already made choice of another ship, which he would not change; yet, he would commend him to his two sons, William and Richard, with many oihen of his nobility ; whereat the mariners much rejoiced, and desired the prince to bestow some wine upon them to drink. He gave them *tres modioB vini,* three hogsheads of wine, wherewith they made themselves sufficiently drunk. There were almost three hundred in this unfortunate ship, besides the young gaDants who were to be trans- ported : as well as fifty skilful oars or galleymen, who, had they not been Intoxicated, would have been fully able to manage her ; but having neither the power to govern themadves nor the vessel, they sufibred her to split upon a rock, and so all were drowned, except oneBerolde, a butcher of Roan, who was taken up the next morning by some fisher- men, after a cold ftosty night's shipwreck; and with much ado recovered, and lived twenty years after." * •
Upon the demise thus of Richard dr Abrincis, second Earl of Chester, the male line of the family becoming extinct, the earldom passed to the deceased nobleman's first cousin, r!ahvlpr db Mrschiitis, son of Ralph de Meschines, by Maud de Abrinds, sister of Earl Hugh Lupus — (see Mes- chines, EarU of Chester).
Arms— as. a wolf's head erased, ar.
AIR£MIN£— BARONESS BELASYSB
OF OSOODBY.
Created by Letters Patent, 85th of March, 1674.
Xincagc.
SIR WILLIAM AIREMINE, Bart., of Osgodby, in the county of Lincoln, m. Arme, daughtorand co-heiress of Sir Robert Crane, Baronet, of Chilling- ton, in the county of Suflblk* and left two daugh- ters, his co-heirs, of whom the elder,
SUSAN AIREMINE, m. 'first, the Honorable Sir Henry Belasyse, son and heir of John, Baron Belasyae, of Warlaby, and had a son,
HxifRY Brlahybr, who«. to the title of Bela- syse of Warlaby, upon the decease of his grandfather, his father. Sir Henry, dying previously — (see Belasyae of Warlaby).
Lady Bblabysr m. seo(»dly, Fortrey, Esq.,
of Chequers, but had no issue. Her ladysihip was created a peeress for life, by King Charles II. by letters patent dated 25th of Mardi, 1674, as Baro- NR88 Bblasysb OP Osoooby. She d. 6th Msscfa* 1712-13, when the dignity bxpirro.
ALAN, surnamed FERGAUNT, Earl
OF Richmond.
(See De Dreauz, Earls of Richmond.)
ALBINI-EARLS OF ARUNDEL.
By feudal tenure of Arunobl Castlb, in the County of Sussex, A. D. liaO.
ICincafif.
WILLIAM DE ALBINI, surnamed Pfneermt, son of Roger de Albinl, and dder brother of Nigel de Albinl, whose posterity assumed, and attained such eminence under the name of Mowbrat, ac- companied the conqueror into England, and acquired
ALB
ALB
•KtMsire tanrltnial powMiioM bjr royal snnts in tbecoiiBtyo/NotfoUL and other •him. Of which fnals was tba lordahlp of Bokcnham, to behold«D by theierriceof bciiig Butlxr totha Kings of Engtand cm tha day of their coronation, and in conaaqucoca wa find tliis William atylad in diver* diartan, ** Pinetrtta Hmuriei AflSgri* Anglomm.'* Anfeoogat tlw numennia pcnona deipaUed of their huidi by thoae grants, was one ED%ryj«n» a Dana» who ap- pealing to the Cooquerar, told him, that neither before nor altar the conquest, had himself or the other elected Danes, acted or conspired against him ; which complaint induced the king to institute an immediate inquiry throughout the realm, and to Vider that all those who had lived peaceably, should hvrt restitution of their lands, to ei^}oy as fteely as they had done before, and thencetoward to be called Oranges. Edwyne could however recover only a portion of his property, but he was soon alterwasds sent into Normandy for the king's ille- gitimate daughter, whom the mcaiarch bestowed upon his (Edw3rne's) son Aaetwr; and thus the protection of the Dane was aecuied during the semainder of his lift^
William da Albini founded the Abbey of Wy- mundham in Norfolk, and gave to the monks of Homester, the tithes v€ his manor of Elham \ as also one carucata of land in Achastede, with a wood called Acholte. He likewise bestowed upon the Abbey of St. Stei^en at Caen, in Normandie, all his lands lying in Stavdl, which grant he made in the presemoeof King Henry and his barons. He m. Maude, daughter of Roger Bigot, with whom he ob- tained ten knl^ta* fees in Norfolk— and had issue, William. NigaL Oliver.
Oliva, m. to Raphe de Haya, afeudal baron of great power.
At the obsequies of Maude, WiUlam de Albini gave to the monks of Wymundham, the manor of Hapesburg, in pure alms, and made livery thereof to the said monks by a cross of silver, in which, (says Dugdale,) was placed certain venerable re- liques, via. " part of the wood of the Cross whereon onr Lord was crudfledt part of the manger wherein he was laid at hlsUrth; and part of the sepulchre of the Idessed Virgin ; as also a gold ring, and a silver chalice, for retaining tite holy eudiarist, admirably wrought in form of a sphere : unto which pious donation his three sons were wit- nesses, with several other penons.** The exact %me of the itecessn of this great feudal baron is not ascertained, but it Is known that he was buried before the high altar in the Abbey of Wymundham. and that the monks were in the constant habit of pra3ring for his soul, by the name of ** William de Albini the king's butler." He was «. by his eldest son,
WILLIAM DE ALBINI, sumamed «' William with the strong hand," from the following circum- stance, as related by Dugdale—
«• It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, became much in love with a knight of that country, who waa a comdy p«san, and in the flower of Us youth :
and because she thought that no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout her dominions, promising to reward those who should exercise themselves therein, ac- cording to their respective demerits ; and conclud- ing that if the person whom she so weU allbctad, should act his part better than others in those mili- tary exercises, she might marry him without any dishonour to herself. Hereupon divers gallant men, from forrain parts hasting to Paris, amongst others came this our William de Albini, bravely accou- tred i and in the tournament exodled all others, overooming many, and wounding one mortally with hb lance, wUch being obeerved by the queen shee became exceedingly snamoured (MT him, and forthwith invited him to a costly banquet, and afterwards bestowing certain jewels upon Mm, of- fered him marriage I but having plighted Us troth to the Queen of England, then a widow, he refused her, whereat she grew so much discontented, that she consulted with her maids how she might take away his Mfe; and in pursuance of that designe, inticed him into a garden, where there was a secret cave, and in it a fierce lion, unto which she de- scended by divers steps, under colour of shewing Urn the beast ; and when Ae told Um of Yom fierce- ness, he answered, that it was a womanish and not a manly quality to be afraid thereof. But having him there, by the advantage of a folding door, thrust Um in to the lion } being therefore in this danger, he rolled his mantle about his arm, and putting Us hand into the mouth of the beest, pulled out his tongue by the roott wUch done* he fallowed the queen to her palace, and gave it to one of her maids to present her. Returning thereupon to Englahd, with the fame of tUs glorious exploit ; he was forthwith advanced to the EARJuanoMa OP AnuiTonL, and for his arms the LroN given him." He subsequently obtained the hand of the Queen Adelisa, relict of King Henry 1., and daughter of OonraaY, Dukb of LoitnAiNS, wUdi Addita, had the CAaTLi or Arunojh* in dowry from the deceased monardi, and thus her new lord became its feudal earL His lordsUp was one of those who solicited the Empress Maude to come into England, and received her and her brother RonanT, EAni< op Glovckbtbr, at the Port of Arundel, in August 1138, and in three years afrerwards (1149), in the report made of King Stephen's takfaig William de Mandevil at St. Albans, it is stated—'* that before he could be laid hold on, he underwent a sharp skirmish with the king's party, wherein the Earl of Arundell, though a stout and expert souldier, was unhorsed in the midst of the water by Walkeline de Oxeai, and almost drowned." In 1100, Yom lordsUp wrote himself Earl op Chichx8TRR, but we find him styled again Earl op Aruwdbl, upon a very me- morable occasion— namely, the reconcUiation of Hoary Duke of Normandy, (afterwards Henry II.) and King Stephen at the siege of Wallingford Castte in 11«. •• It was scarce possible," says Rapin, *« for the armies to part without fighting. Accordingly the two leaden were preparing for batae with equal ardour, when by the prudent advice of the Earl op Arundrl, who was on the
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king's tide, they were prevented fVom coming to blows." A truce and peace followed this interfer- ence of the earl's, which led to the subsequent accession of Henry after Stephen's decease, in whose favour the earl stood so high, that he not only obtained for himself and his heirs, the castle and honour of Arundel, but a oonflrmation of the Earldom of Sussbz, of which county he was really Earl, by a grant of the Tmiium DenoHMm of the pleas of that shire. In 1164, we find the Earl of Arundel deputed with Gilbert Foliot, Bishop of London, to remonstrate with Lewis, King of France, upon affording an asylum to Thomas A Becket within his dominions, and on the failure of that mission, dispatched with the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of Winchester, London, Chi- chester, and Exeter— Wido Rufiu, Ridiard de Invecestre, John de Oxford (Priests)— Hugh de Gundevile, Bernard de St. Valery, and Henry Fits- gerald. to lay the whole aflOdr of Becket at the foot of the pontifical thron& Upon this occasion the Earl of Arundel is said thus to have addressed the Pope—*' Sir, we being illiterate, are Ignorant what the bishops have expressed ; but we are not to be instructed to what purpose we are sent. We come not to do any thing contumeliously in the pre- sence of so great a person, to whose authority the whole world doth stoop ; but we are to declare, in the presence of this whole court, how great a devo- tion our king hath borne, and doth bear to your holyness t and that if he could have found out any persons more great and noble to have signified the same, than these now sent, he would have em- ployed them on this errand." Upon levying the aid for the marriage of the king's daughter— 12th of Henry IL, the knights* fees of the honour of Arundel were certified to be ninety-seven, and those in Norfolk belonging to the earl, forty-two. In 1173, we find the Earl of Arundel commanding in conjunction with William Earl of Mandeville, the king's army in Normandy, and compelling the French monarch to abandon Vemeuil softer a long siege, and in the next year, with Richard de Lucy, Justice of England, defcating Robert Earl of Lei- cester, then in rebellion at St. Edmundsbury. This potent nobleman, after founding and endowing several rdigious houses, departed this life at Waverley, in Surrey, on the 3d of October U^S, and was buried in the Abbey of Wymundham. His lordship left four sons and three daughters, vis.—*
1. William. • 1 .
2. Godfrey.
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1. Alice, m. to John Earl of Ewe. 9. Oliva.
3. Agatha.
He was «. by his eldest son,
WILLIAM DE ALBINI, second earl, who had a grant fkom the crown, 23rd Henry IL, of the earldom of Sussex, and in the 1st of Richard I., had a con- firmation from that prince, of the castle and honour of Arundel, as also of the Ttrtium DeiMviwm of the county of Sussex. In five years afterwards we find this nobleman paying eighty-four pounds* ten ihil- 4
lingi, for his scutage for King Richard's redemp- tion, and the next year one hundred pounds, for his relief for his lands in Norfolk. His lordship was at Rutfnimede at the signing of the great charters, but upon the king's side; he subsequently, however, swore to obey the determination of the twenty-five barons, chosen to enforce the execution of those charters. In 1218, the earl embarked in the Cru- sade, and was at the celebrated siege of DamieU, but died in returning, anno 1222. His lordship m. Maude, daughter and heiress of James de Sancto Sitfonio, and widow of Roger, Earl of Clare, by whom he left issue.
William, \ .uceeseors to the earldom. Hugh, j
Isabd, m. to John FiTSALAir» Baron of CIuo
and Oswestry. Mabel, m. to Robert de Tateshall. Nicolaa* m. to Roger de Somery. Cecilia, m. to Roger de Montalt. Colet, m. to The earl was «. by his elder son,
WILLIAM DE ALBINI, third earl, whom. Mabel, second of the four sisters and co-heiresses of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, with whom he obtained landed pro- perty to the amount of £500. per annum. Dying, however, issueless In the eighteenth year of Henry HI., his honours devolved upon his only brother (then in minority),
HUGH DE ALBINI, fourth earl. This nobleman gave two thousand and five hundred marks fine to the king for the possession of all the lands and castles which descended to him ftom his brother, and those which he inherited from his uncle, Hbcmuifht Earl or Chbstsr. . At the nuptials of King Henry III. we find the Earl of Warren serving the king with the royal cup in the place of this earl, by reason he was then but a youth, and not knighted. His lordship m. Isabel, daughter of William, Earl of Warren and Surrey, but dying in 1943, ». p., this branch of the great house of Albini expired, while its large pos- sessions devolved upon the earl's sisters as co- heiresses—^hus, Mabell Tateshall, had the castle and manor of
Buckenham. Isabel Fitaallan, had the castle and manor of Arundel, Jcc., which conveyed the earldom to her husband. Nichola de -Somery, had the manor of Barwe,
in the county of Leicester. Cecilie de Montalt, had the castle of Rising, in
the cotmty of Norfolk. The earl l^ul another sister, Colet, to whom her uncle, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave thirty pounds towards her marriage portion, which gift was con- firmed by King Henry III.
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ALDEBUROH — BARONS ALD£.
BURGH.
By Writ of Summons, dated 8th January, 1371, 44 Edward IIL
WILLIAM DE ALDEBURGH was summoned
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to parliamait m • babow , from 8th Janiury, 1371, to 8th August. IMS, in which Istter jeax hit lord- ship died, and was «. by hit only won,
WILLIAM DE ALD.EBURGH, leeond baron, but nerer gummoiMd to parliamenL Thia noble- man dying without iaaue, the Babony or Aldb- BUBOB hil into ABBYAircB,Bt hja lordahip't deoeaae, bcCweeu his two aiatcrs.
ALLINGTON — BARONS ALLING- TON OF WYMONDLEY.
By Letters Patent, dated 6th Dec., IdBS.
lUneage.
WILLIAM ALLINGTON, Esq., high sherilT of the counties of Cambridge and Huntington, In the nign of Edward IV., said to derive flrom Sir Hilda- brand de Alington, under-maishal to William the Conqueror, at Hastings, m. Elisabeth, only daugh- ter and heiress of John de Argentine, fifth Baron Argentine, and acquired by her the manor of Wy- monddcy, in the county of Hertford, held in grand seijeanty, by aerriceof presenting the first cup at the coronation of the kings of England ; which service was claimed and allowed at the coronation of King James II., and has ever since been performed by the lords of that numor. From this William Al- ^^ Ungton and Elisabeth his wife lineally descended SIR GILES ALLINGTON, who m. Mary, only daughter and hdrcss of Sir Richard Gardiner, Knt., and had several children, of whom three of the younger sons, George, John, and Richard, were the founders of Cunilies. Sir Giles was «. by his ddest ton,
GILES ALLINGTON, Esq.. of Honeheath, in the county of Cambridge; high sherilT of that shire in the S2d of Henry VIIL, and of Huntingdon in the 37th of the same monarch. Mr. Allington appears to have attended King Henry VIIL as mas- ter of the ordnance at the siege ot Bullolgne, by the Inscription of a clock which he brought from that siege, and afllxed over the offices at Horsdieath Han, in which was the alarum-bdl of the garrison of BttUoigne. He died in 1566, and from him U^ neally descended
WILLIAM ALLINGTON, Esq., of Horseheath Hall, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, as Babob Allin otob, of KiUard, on the S8th July, 1042. His lordship m. Elisabeth, daughter of Sir Lionel Tallemarhe, Bart., ot Helminftham, in the county of Norfolk, by whmn he had, with five sons, three daughters ; vis.
Elisabeth m. to Charles Lord Seymour, of
Troubridge. Catherine m. to Sir John Jacob, Bart., of
Gamlinghay, in the county of Cambridge. Diana d. unmarried. Lord Allington was s. by his second, but eldest surviving son,
WILLIAM ALLINGTON, second baron, who was created a peer cf England on the 5th of December, 1683, by the titleof Babon Allibotob, t^Wpmond- lep, in the eountff «if HerU, His lordship st., first, Catherine, second daughter of Henry Lord Stanhope, son of Philip, second earl of Chesterfield, by whom
he had no issue. He m., secondly, Joanna, daughter of Baptist, Lord Campdeu, and had a daughter, Joanna, who m. Scroope, Lord Howe. Lord Al- lington, m., thirdly, Diana, daughter of William RusseU, first duke of Bedford, by whom he had one surviving son, Giles, and two daughters t vis.
Diana m. to Sir George Warburton, Bart., of Arley, in the county of Chester, and d. In 17U9. Catherine m. to Sir Nathaniel