The English Baronetage: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets, Now Existing: Their Descents, Marriages, and Issues; Memorable Actions, Both in War, and Peace; Religious and Charitable Donations; Deaths, Places of Burial and Monumental Iiscriptions [sic], Volume 3, Part 1Tho. Wotton, 1741 - Baronetage |
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alfo anceſtor Anno Argent ARMS Bart Beaumont brother Catherine Cheſhire Chriftopher church coheir Created BARONET daugh daughter and heir daughter of John daughter of Sir deceaſed defcended died unmarried died young dignity and eftate earl Effex eldeſt fon ESQUIRE eſtate Ex infor faid fame father fecond fon fecond wife fervice feven feveral fhall fheriff fhire fifter firft firſt fon and heir fon of Sir four fons Frances fucceeded fucceffor Guife Gules heir of Sir Hertfordshire himſelf honour houſe Ibid infcription Jane Kent Keyt King Charles King Charles II knight lady laft left iffue Leycefter lies buried London lord manor Manwaring Margaret married Elizabeth married to Sir Norfolk parliament perfon prefent baronet rector reign relict Sir Henry Sir Henry Atkins Sir John Sir Robert Sir Robert Hildyard Sir Thomas Sir William ſon Suffex Suffolk three fons Warwickshire whofe Wilfon William Manwaring
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Page 213 - Anne, by the grace of God, queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. Defender of the Faith...
Page 74 - Foot, asChriftendom yielded ; and was fo generally efteem'd ; very difcerning and prompt in giving Orders, as the occafions required, and moft chearful, and prefent in any Action. In Council he ufed few, but very pertinent words ; and was not at all pleafed with the...
Page 90 - Hill, where being attacked by some of the Parliament forces he defended himself till he fell, with most of his tenants about him ; but being taken up, and life perceived in him he was carried away prisoner to Kenilwerth Castle, where he lay a considerable time, and was forced to purchase his liberty at a dear rate.
Page 90 - ... upon which it is reported that he fetched a deep sigh, and asked who that gentleman was that hunted so merrily that morning, when he was going to fight for his crown and dignity ? And being told that it was Richard Shuckburgh, he was or• dered to be called to him, and was by him very graciously received.
Page 74 - In council he used few, but very pertinent words ; and was not at all pleased with the long speeches usually made there ; and which rather confounded, than informed his...
Page 260 - ... son, Robert Bertie, laid claim to the office of Lord High Chamberlain of England, by right of his mother, and took his seat in the House of Lords above all the barons. In 1626, King Charles I. made him Earl of Lindsey. In 1636 he was constituted Lord High Admiral of England, and in 1642 he was chosen General of the King's forces at the breaking out of the Civil War. He fell at the Battle of Edge Hill, and was succeeded by his son, Montague Bertie, who was wounded at Naseby, but lived to fill...
Page 223 - Grace ys ryght well content and ryght thankfully acceptyth the same, 1 Sir Edmund Bedingfeld was made a Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Richard III. He was likewise in high favour with Henry VII., who paid him a royal visit at Oxburgh, in Norfolk. He died in 1496. — F.
Page 116 - Kent, her only husband, who had at her decease, lawfully descended from her, 367 children, 16 of her own body, 114 grandchildren, 228 in the third generation, and 9 in the fourth.
Page 183 - Fenwick, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir William Fenwick of Meldon in Northumberland, kt.
Page 349 - In 1570, he was admitted into the privy council, and the year following, was engaged in a project for tranfmuting iron into copper.