1660672516614619166242751663466716643335
Another account, kept by Mr. Thomas Donkley, Keeper of his Majesty's Closet belonging to the Chapel Royal, continues the Numbers as follows:
16673078166835431669298316703377167135681672377116734457167450791675347116764454167746071678345616793752168037961681246116828577Summa Totalis92,107
It appears by the Newspapers of the time, that on the 30th of March, 1714,two hundredpersons were touched by Queen Anne[217]. Amongst these wasSamuel Johnson, afterwards the justly celebrated Moral Writer. He was sent by the advice of Sir John Floyer, then a Physician at Lichfield; and many years afterwards, being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, said, "he had a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a Lady in diamonds, and a long black hood."
The Honourable Daines Barrington[218]has preserved an anecdote, which he heard from an old man who was witness in a cause with respect to this supposed miraculous power of Healing. "He had, by his evidence, fixed the time of a fact, by Queen Anne's having been at Oxford, and touched him, whilst achild, for the Evil. When he had finished his evidence, I had an opportunity of asking him, whether he was really cured? Upon which he answered, with a significant smile, "that he believed himself to have never had any complaint that deserved to be considered as the Evil; but that his parents were poor,and had no objection to the bit of gold."
The learned and honourable Writer very properly observes on this occasion, "that this piece of gold, which was given to those who were touched, accounts for the great resort upon this occasion, and the supposed afterwards miraculous cures."
Although this Monarch, who succeeded to the Crown in 1714, had the good sense not to pretend to this miraculous Gift, it was assumed by the Descendants of the race of Stuarts. And it is well recollected, that Mr. Carte's (in other respects very excellent) "History of England" fell into almostimmediate disrepute, on his making, in one of his notes, a bold assertion, the substance of which shall be here given:
"Whatever is to be said in favour of its being appropriated to the eldest Descendant of the first branch of the Royal Line of the Kings of France, England, &c. I havemyselfseen a very remarkable instance of such a cure, which could not possibly be ascribed to the RoyalUnction. One Christopher Lovel, born at Wells in Somersetshire, but when he grew up residing in the City of Bristol, where he got his living by labour, was extremely afflicted for many years with that distemper, and such a flow of the scrophulous humour, that, though it found a vent by five running sores about his breast, neck, and arms, there was such a tumour on one side of his neck, as left no hollow between his cheek and the upper part of his left shoulder, and forced him to keep his head always awry. The young man was reduced, by the virulence of the humour, to the lowest state of weakness; appeared a miserable object in the eyes of all the inhabitants of that populous city; and, having for many years tried all the remedies which the art of physic could administer, without receiving any benefit, resolved at last to goabroadto be touched. He had an uncle in the place, who was an old seaman, and carried him from Bristol, at the end of August, A. D. 1716, along with him to Cork in Ireland, where he put him on board a ship that was bound to St. Martin's in theIsle of Ree. From thence Christopher made his way first to Paris, and thence to the place where he was touched, in the beginning of November following, by the eldest lineal Descendant of a race of Kings, who had, indeed, for a long succession of ages, cured that distemper by theRoyal Touch. But this descendant and next heir of their blood had not, at least at that time, been crowned oranointed. The usual effect, however, followed: from the moment that the man was touched and invested with the narrow riband, to which a small piece of silver was pendant, according to the rites prescribed in the office appointed by the Church for that solemnity, the humour dispersed insensibly, his sores healed up, and he recovered strength daily, till he arrived in perfect health, in the beginning of January following, at Bristol, having spent only four months and some few days in his voyage. There it was, and in the week preceding St. Paul's fair, that I saw the man, in his recovered vigour of body, without any remains of his complaint, but what were to be seen in the red scars then left upon the five places where the sharp humour had found a vent, but which were otherwise entirely healed, and as sound as any other part of his body. Dr. Lane, an eminent physician in the place, whom I visited on my arrival, told me of this cure, as the most wonderful thing that ever happened; and pressed me as well to see the man upon whom it was performed, as to talk about his case with Mr. Samuel Pye, a very skilfulsurgeon, and I believe still living in that city, who had tried in vain, for three years together, to cure the man by physical remedies. I had an opportunity of doing both; and Mr. Pye, after dining together, carrying me to the man, I examined and informed myself fully of all particulars, relating as well to his illness as his cure; and found upon the whole, that if it is not to be deemed miraculous, it at least deserved the character given it by Dr. Lane, of being one of the most wonderful events that has ever happened."
"Whatever is to be said in favour of its being appropriated to the eldest Descendant of the first branch of the Royal Line of the Kings of France, England, &c. I havemyselfseen a very remarkable instance of such a cure, which could not possibly be ascribed to the RoyalUnction. One Christopher Lovel, born at Wells in Somersetshire, but when he grew up residing in the City of Bristol, where he got his living by labour, was extremely afflicted for many years with that distemper, and such a flow of the scrophulous humour, that, though it found a vent by five running sores about his breast, neck, and arms, there was such a tumour on one side of his neck, as left no hollow between his cheek and the upper part of his left shoulder, and forced him to keep his head always awry. The young man was reduced, by the virulence of the humour, to the lowest state of weakness; appeared a miserable object in the eyes of all the inhabitants of that populous city; and, having for many years tried all the remedies which the art of physic could administer, without receiving any benefit, resolved at last to goabroadto be touched. He had an uncle in the place, who was an old seaman, and carried him from Bristol, at the end of August, A. D. 1716, along with him to Cork in Ireland, where he put him on board a ship that was bound to St. Martin's in theIsle of Ree. From thence Christopher made his way first to Paris, and thence to the place where he was touched, in the beginning of November following, by the eldest lineal Descendant of a race of Kings, who had, indeed, for a long succession of ages, cured that distemper by theRoyal Touch. But this descendant and next heir of their blood had not, at least at that time, been crowned oranointed. The usual effect, however, followed: from the moment that the man was touched and invested with the narrow riband, to which a small piece of silver was pendant, according to the rites prescribed in the office appointed by the Church for that solemnity, the humour dispersed insensibly, his sores healed up, and he recovered strength daily, till he arrived in perfect health, in the beginning of January following, at Bristol, having spent only four months and some few days in his voyage. There it was, and in the week preceding St. Paul's fair, that I saw the man, in his recovered vigour of body, without any remains of his complaint, but what were to be seen in the red scars then left upon the five places where the sharp humour had found a vent, but which were otherwise entirely healed, and as sound as any other part of his body. Dr. Lane, an eminent physician in the place, whom I visited on my arrival, told me of this cure, as the most wonderful thing that ever happened; and pressed me as well to see the man upon whom it was performed, as to talk about his case with Mr. Samuel Pye, a very skilfulsurgeon, and I believe still living in that city, who had tried in vain, for three years together, to cure the man by physical remedies. I had an opportunity of doing both; and Mr. Pye, after dining together, carrying me to the man, I examined and informed myself fully of all particulars, relating as well to his illness as his cure; and found upon the whole, that if it is not to be deemed miraculous, it at least deserved the character given it by Dr. Lane, of being one of the most wonderful events that has ever happened."
APPENDIX, No. I.
The Ceremonies for the Healing of them that be diseased with the King's Evil, as they were practised in the time of King Henry VII[219].
Rubrick.—First, the King, kneeling, shall begin, and say,
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritûs Sancti. Amen.
Rubrick.—And so soon as He hath said that, He shall say, Benedicite.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain, kneeling before the King, having a stole about his neck, shall answer, and say,
Dominus sit in corde tuo et labiis tuis, ad confitendum omnia peccata tua, in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritûs Sancti. Amen.
Rubrick.—Or else to say,
Jesus nos exaudiat, in nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritûs Sancti.
Rubrick.—Then by and by the King shall say, Confiteor Deo, Beatæ Mariæ Virgini, Omnibus Sanctis, et Vobis, quia peccavi nimis in cogitatione, locutione, et opere, mea culpa [sic.] Precor Sanctam Mariam, omnes Sanctos Dei, et Vos, orare pro me.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain shall answer, and say,
Misereatur Vestri Omnipotens Deus, et demittat Vobis omnia peccata Vestra, liberet Vos ab omni malo, salvet et confirmet in bono, et ad vitam perducat æternam. Amen.
Absolutionem et Remissionem omnium peccatorum Vestrorum, spatium veræ pœnitentiæ, et emendationem vitæ, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritûs, tribuat Vobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus. Amen.
Rubrick.—This done, the Chaplain shall say, Dominus Vobiscum.
Rubrick.—The King shall answer,
Et cum Spiritu tuo.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain.
Sequentia Sancti Evangelii secundùm Marcum.
Rubrick.—The King shall answer.
Gloria tibi, Domine.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain shall read the Gospel.
In illo tempore, recumbentibus undecim Discipulis apparuit illis Jesus; et exprobavit incredulitatem eorum, et duritiem cordis, qui iis qui viderant eum resurrexisse, non crediderunt. Et dixit eis, Euntes in mundum universum, prædicate Evangelium omni creaturæ. Qui crediderit et baptizatus fuerit, salvus erit; qui verò non crediderit, condemnabitur. Signa autem eos, qui crediderint, hæc sequentur: In nomine meo dæmonia ejicient, linguis loquentur novis, serpentes tollent; et si mortiferum quid biberint non eis nocebit; super ægros manus imponent, et bene [seipsos] habebunt.
Rubrick.—Which clause [super ægros, &c.] the Chaplain repeats as long as the King is handling the Sick Person. And in the time of the repeating the aforesaid words [super ægros, &c.] the Clerk of the Closet shall kneel before the King, having the Sick Person upon the right hand, and the Sick Person shall likewise kneel before the King; and then the King shall lay his hand upon the Sore of the Sick Person. This done, theChaplain shall make an end of the Gospel; and in the mean time the Chirurgeon shall lead away the Sick Person from the King.
—Et Dominus quidem Jesus, postquam locutus est eis, assumptus est in cœlum, et sedet à dextris Dei. Illi autem profecti, prædicaverunt ubique, Domino cooperante, et sermonem confirmante, sequentibus signis.
Rubrick.—Then the Chaplain shall begin to say again, Dominus Vobiscum.
Rubrick.—The King shall answer,
Et cum spiritu tuo.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain. Initium Sancti Evangelii secundum Joannem.
Rubrick.—The King shall say.
Gloria tibi, Domine.
Rubrick.—The Chaplain then shall say this Gospel following.
In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. Hoc erat in principio apud Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt; et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est: in ipso vita erat, et vita erat Lux hominum; et Lux in tenebris lucet, et Tenebræ eam non comprehenderunt. Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen eratJoannes. Hic venit in testimonium, ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine, ut omnes crederent per illum. Non erat ille Lux, sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine. Erat Lux vera quæ illuminat omnem hominem venientem in hunc mundum.
Rubrick.—Which last clause [Erat Lux vera, &c.] shall still be repeated so long as the King shall be crossing the Sore of the Sick Person with an Angel Noble. And the Sick Person to have the same Angel hanged about his neck, and to wear it until he be full whole.
This done, the Chirurgeon shall lead away the Sick Person, as he did before; and then the Chaplain shall make an end of the Gospel.
—In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognovit. In propria venit, et sui eum non receperunt. Quot quot autem receperunt eum dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri, his, qui credunt in nomine ejus, qui non ex sanguinibus, neque ex voluntate carnis, neque ex voluntate viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt. Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis; et vidimus gloriam ejus, gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre, plenum gratiæ et veritatis.
Rubrick.—Then the Chaplain shall say,
Sit nomen Domini benedictum.
Rubrick.—The King shall answer,
Ex hoc nunc et usque in seculum.
Rubrick.—Then shall the Chaplain say this Collect following, praying for the Sick Person or Persons.
Domine exaudi orationem meam [nostram].
Rubrick.—The King shall answer,
Et clamor meus [noster] ad te veniat.Oremus.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, salus æterna credentium, exaudi nos pro famulis tuis, pro quibus misericordiæ tuæ imploramus auxilium, ut, redditâ sibi sanitate, tibi in Ecclesiâ tuâ referant actiones. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.
Rubrick.—This Prayer is to be said secretly, after the Sick Persons are departed from the King, at his pleasure.
Dominator Domine Deus Omnipotens, cujus benignitate cæci vident, surdi audiunt, muti loquuntur, claudi ambulant, leprosi mundantur, omnes infirmorum curantur languores, et à quo solo donum Sanationis humano generi etiam tribuitur, et tanta gratiapro incredibili tuâ ergà hoc regnum bonitate, Regibus ejusdem concessa est, ut solâ manuum illorum impositione, morbus gravissimus fœtidissimusque depellatur: concede propitius ut tibi propterea gratias agamus, et pro isto singulari beneficio in nos collato, non nobis ipsis, sed nomini tuo assiduè gloriam demus, nosque sic ad pietatem semper exerceamus, ut tuam nobis donatam gratiam non solùm diligenter conservare, sed indies magis magisque adaugere laboremus; et præsta ut quorumcunque corporibus in nomine tuo manus imposuerimus, hâc tuâ virtute in illis operante et nobis ministrantibus, ad pristinam sanitatem restituantur, eam conservent, et pro eâdem tibi, ut summo Medico et omnium morborum depulsori, perpetuò nobiscum gratias agant; sicque deinceps vitam instituant, ut non corpus solùm ab infirmitate, sed anima etiam à peccato omnino sanata videatur. Per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Sancti Spiritûs, per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.[220]
APPENDIX, No. II.
From aFolio Prayer Book, printed 1710.
At the Healing.
Prevent us, O Lord, &c.
Gospel.
From the 16th Chapter of St. Mark, beginning at the 14th Verse: "Afterwards he appeared, &c." to the end of the Chapter: "and confirming the Word with Signs following."
Let us pray.
Lord have mercy upon us.Christ, &c.Lord, &c.Our Father, &c.
Rubrick.—[Then shall the Infirm Persons, one by one, be presented to the Queen upon their Knees; and, as every one is presented, and while the Queen is laying her Hands upon them, and putting the Gold about their necks, the Chaplain that officiates, turninghimself to her Majesty, shall say these words following:]
God give a Blessing to this Work; and grant thattheseSick Persons, on whom the Queen lays her Hands, may recover, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rubrick.—[After all have been presented, the Chaplain shall say,]
Verse.—O Lord, save thy Servants;
Resp.—Who put their Trust in Thee.
Verse.—Send them Help from thy Holy Place.
Resp.—And evermore mightily defend them.
Verse.—Help us, O God of our Salvation.
Resp.—And, for the Glory of thy Name deliver us, and be merciful to us Sinners for thy Name's Sake.
Verse.—O Lord, hear our Prayers.
Resp.—And let our Cry come unto Thee.
Rubrick.—[These answers are to be made by them that come to be healed.]
Let us pray.
O Almighty God, who art the Giver of all Health, and the Aid of them that seek tothee for Succour, we call upon thee for thy Health and Goodness mercifully to be shewed upon these thy Servants, that they, being healed of their Infirmities, may give Thanks unto thee in thy Holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Rubrick.—[Then the Chaplain, standing with his face towards them that come to be healed, shall say,]
The Almighty Lord, who is a most strong Tower to all them that put their Trust in him; to whom all things in Heaven, in Earth, and under the Earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore your Defence; and make you know and feel, that there is none other Name under Heaven given to Man, in whom, and through whom, you may receive Health and Salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Grace of our Lord, &c. Amen.
APPENDIX, No. III.
The Ceremonies of Blessing Cramp-Rings on Good-Friday, used by the Catholick Kings of England.
The Psalme "Deus misereatur nostri," &c. with the "Gloria Patri."
May God take pity upon us, and blesse us;* may he send forth the light of his face upon us, and take pity on us.
That we may know thy ways on earth* among all nations thy salvation.
May people acknowledge thee, O God:* may all people acknowledge thee.
Let nations reioice, and be glad, because thou iudgest people with equity,* and doest guide nations on the earth.
May people acknowledge thee, O God, may all people acknowledge thee,* the earth has sent forth her fruit.
May God blesse us, that God who is ours:may that God blesse us,* and may all the bounds of the earth feare him.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, and now, and ever,* and for ever, and ever. Amen.
Then the King reades this Prayer:
Almighty eternal God, who by the most copious gifts of thy grace, flowing from the unexhausted fountain of thy bounty, hast been graciously pleased, for the comfort of mankind, continually to grant us many and various meanes to relieve us in our miseries; and art willing to make those the instruments and channels of thy gifts, and to grace those persons with more excellent favours, whom thou hast raised to the Royal dignity; to the end that, as by Thee they Reign, and govern others, so by Thee they may prove beneficial to them, and bestow thy favours on the people: Graciously heare our prayers, and favourably receive those vows we powre forth with humility, that Thou mayst grant to us, who beg with the same confidence the favour which our Ancestours, by their hopes in thymercy have obtained: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Rings lying in one bason or more, this prayer is to be said over them:
O God, the Maker of heavenly and earthly creatures, and the most gracious Restorer of mankind, the Dispenser of spiritual grace, and the Origin of all blessings; send downe from heaven thy Holy Spirit the Comforter upon these Rings, artificially fram'd by the workman; and by thy greate power purify them so, that all the malice of the fowle and venomous Serpent be driven out; and so the metal, which by Thee was created, may remaine pure, and free from all dregs of the enemy: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Blessing of the Rings.
O God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, heare mercifully our prayers. Spare those who feare Thee. Be propitious to thy suppliants; and graciously be pleased to send downe from Heaven thy holy Angel, that he may sanctify ✠ and blesse ✠ these Rings; to the end they may prove a healthy remedy to such as implore thy name with humility, andaccuse themselves of the sins which ly upon their conscience: who deplore their crimes in the sight of thy divine clemency, and beseech, with earnestness and humility, thy most serene piety. May they in fine, by the invocation of thy holy name, become profitable to all such as weare them, for the health of their soule and body, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Blessing.
O God, who hast manifested the greatest wonders of thy power by the cure of diseases, and who were pleased that Rings should be a pledge of fidelity in the Patriark Judah, a priestly ornament in Aaron, the mark of a faithful guardian in Darius, and in this Kingdom a remedy for divers diseases; graciously be pleased to blesse ✠ and sanctify ✠ these Rings; to the end that all such who weare them may be free from all snares of the Devil, may be defended by the power of celestial armour; and that no contraction of the nerves, or any danger of the falling-sickness, may infest them; but that in all sort of diseases by thy help they may find relief. In the nameof the Father, ✠ and of the Son, ✠ and of the Holy Ghost. ✠ Amen.
Blesse, O my soule, the Lord,* and let all things which are within me praise his holy name.
Blesse, O my soule, the Lord,* and do not forget all his favours.
He forgives all thy iniquities,* he heales all thy infirmities.
He redeemes thy life from ruin,* he crownes thee with mercy and commiseration.
He fils thy desires with what is good:* thy youth, like that of the eagle, shall be renewed.
The Lord is he who does mercy,* and does, iustice to those who suffer wrong.
The merciful and pitying Lord:* the long sufferer, and most mighty merciful.
He wil not continue his anger for ever;* neither wil he threaten for ever.
He has not dealt with us in proportion to our sins;* nor has he rendered unto us according to our offences.
Because according to the distance of heaven from earth,* so has he enforced his mercies, upon those who feare him.
As far distant as the east is from the west,* so far has he divided our offences from us.
After the manner that a Father takes pity of his sons; so has the Lord taken pity of those who feare him;* because he knows what we are made of.
He remembers that we are but dust. Man, like hay, such are his days;* like the flower in the field, so wil he fade away.
Because his breath wil passe away through him, and he wil not be able to subsist,* and it wil find no longer its owne place.
But the mercy of the Lord is from all eternity;* and wil be for ever upon those who feare him.
And his iustice comes upon the children of their children,* to those who keep his wil.
And are mindful of his commandments,* to performe them.
The Lord in heaven has prepared himself a throne, and his kingdom shall reign over all.
Blesse yee the Lord, all yee Angels of his; yee who are powerful in strength:* who execute his commands, at the hearing of his voice when he speakes.
Blesse yee the Lord, all yee vertues of his:* yee Ministers who execute his wil.
Blesse yee the Lord, all yee works of his throughout all places of his dominions:* my Soule praise thou the Lord.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,* and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, and now and ever,* and for ever and ever. Amen.
Wee humbly implore, O merciful God, thy infinit clemency; that as we come to Thee with a confident soule, and sincere faith, and a pious assurance of mind: with the like devotion thy beleevers may follow on these tokens of thy grace. May all superstition be banished hence; far be all suspicion of any diabolical fraud; and to the glory of thy name let all things succeede: to the end thy beleevers may understand Thee to be the dispenser of all good; and may be sensible, and publish, that whatsoever is profitable to soule or body, is derived from Thee: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
These Prayers being said, the King's Highnes rubbeth the Rings between his hands, saying,
Sanctify, O Lord, these Rings, and graciously bedew them with the dew of thy benediction, and consecrate them by the rubbing of our hands, which thou hast been pleased according to our ministery to sanctify by an external effusion of holy oyle upon them: to the end that what the nature of the mettal is not able to performe, may be wrought by the greatnes of thy grace: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then must holy water be cast on the Rings, saying,
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
O Lord, the only begotten Son of God, Mediatour of God and men, Jesus Christ, in whose name alone salvation is sought for; and to such as hope in thee givest an easy acces to thy Father: who, when conversing among men, thyself a man, didst promise, by an assured oracle flowing from thy sacred mouth, that thy Father should grant whatever was asked him in thy name: Lend a gracious eare of pity to these prayers of ours; to the end that, approaching with confidence to the throne of thy grace, the beleevers mayfind, by the benefits conferr'd upon them, that by thy mediation we have obtained what we have most humbly begd in thy name: who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
Wee beseech thee, O Lord, that the Spirit, which proceedes from thee, may prevent and follow on our desires; to the end that what we beg with confidence for the good of the faithful, we may efficaciously obtaine by thy gracious gift: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
O most clement God; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; wee supplicate and beseech thee, that what is here performed by pious ceremonies to the sanctifying of thy name, may be prevalent to the defense of our soule and body on earth; and profitable to a more ample felicity in heaven: who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
ORIGIN OF THE TITLESOF SOME OF THEENGLISH NOBILITY.
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"When Adam dolve, and Eva span,Who was then a Gentleman?Then came the Churle, and gather'd Good;And thence arose the Gentle Blood."
"When Adam dolve, and Eva span,Who was then a Gentleman?Then came the Churle, and gather'd Good;And thence arose the Gentle Blood."
"It is an ancient received saying, that there is no Poverty but is descended of Nobility; nor no Nobility but is descended of Beggary."
History of the Gwedir Family, p. 94.
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Westmoreland, Earl.—From the County.
Burghersh[221], Baron (Fane).—Bartholomew, Baron of Burghersh, was the TenthKnight of the Order of the Garter, at the Institution 1350; who left a Daughter and Heir, who married Edward Le Despenser; which official Title was afterwards erected into a Barony by Summons, A. D. 1285; and was for a long time merged in the Family of Fane, Earl of Westmoreland, till the failure of Male Issue in a direct line, 1762. The Earldom and Barony of Burghersh passed to a distant branch, of the name of Fane; but the Barony of Le Despenser went by a Female to Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart. in right of his Mother.
Le Despenser, Baron (Stapleton).—A nominal Title from official derivation. It was held originally by Descent and Summons, A.D. 1295. Anno 23 Edward I. it passed by Marriage to the Earl of Westmoreland; and, being a Fee, descended to Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart.; and after him to his Sister, Lady Austen, and now, 1788, is vested in Sir Thomas Stapleton, Bart. of Oxfordshire.
Wentworth[222], Viscount (Noel).—After the Barony ofWentworthhad continued for several successions in the name ofWentworth, of Nettlestead in Suffolk, the Title devolved on Anne, the Wife of John Lord Lovelace, whose Daughter Martha inherited the Barony ofWentworth, and to whom the Title was confirmed, by Descent, in Parliament, A.D. 1702; and she walked at the Coronation of Queen Anne as BaronessWentworthin her own right. She dying without Issue, 1745, the Title devolved on the Descendants of Sir WilliamNoel, Bart. who had married Margaret, another Daughter of Lord Lovelace, by Anne, the Heiress of Wentworth LordWentworth. Hence the Title passed to Edward, the eldest Son of Sir CloberyNoel, Bart. who succeeded to his Father's Title of Baronet, 1733; and to the Barony ofWentworth, as Heir of Margaret,1745. He was created Viscount Wentworth of Wellesborough, co. Leic. 1762.
Howland, Baron (Russell).—A Barony in the Duke of Bedford, granted in honour of Elizabeth, Daughter of John Howland, Esq. of Streatham in Surrey (by whom the Family acquired that estate), who married Wriothesley, Grandson of the first Duke of Bedford, and the eldest Son of Lord William Russell, who was beheaded 1683[223].
Normanby, Marquis, extinct (Sheffield).—The second Title of Sheffield Duke of Buckingham, taken from an obscure place in Lincolnshire.
Chandos, Duke (Brydges).—The Patent is dated April 29, 1719, wherein the Grantee is styled "Duke of Chandos in the County of Hereford." The Dukedom became extinct, by the death of James the third Duke, s. p. 1789. The Barony exists (1790), if a claim to it can be established, as that creation bears date A. D. 1554.
Arundel OF Wardour, Baron (Arundel[224]).—From Wardour Castle in Wiltshire. He is a Count of the Empire by Grant of Rodolph II. A. D. 1595[225].
Sondes, Baron (Watson).—A revived Title, from the inheritance of part of the estates of Lewis Watson, Earl of Rockingham and ViscountSondes. Lewis Watson, having married the Heiress of Sir GeorgeSondes, K.B. was created Earl of Rockingham and ViscountSondes, in honour of his Wife's Father, 1714; so that the present Title is nominal. The Estate at Lees-Court in Kent came by the above marriage.
Onslow and Cranley, Baron (Onslow).—This Barony is both nominal and local, for the Family came from Onslow in Shropshire. Their first settlement in Surrey was at Knowle, in the Parish ofCranley, whencecame the second Barony by creation to George Onslow, the Son of Arthur (the Speaker), in the life-time of his Cousin Richard, then Lord Onslow, 1776. The original Patent, 1716, to Richard (who was Speaker also) the eldest Son of Sir Arthur Onslow, Bart. was limited to the Heirs Male of his Father, which carried the Title of Baron Onslow of Onslow and Clendon[226], to the Son of Arthur (the Speaker), on the death of his Cousin Richard Lord Onslow, 1776[227].
N.B. George Lord Onslow andCranleywas created into the latter Title, May 14, 1776; and succeeded his Cousin Richard in the Title of Onslow, on the 8th of the following October.
Berkeley, Earl.—From Berkeley Castle, the present Seat of the Family, in Gloucestershire. The Barony of Berkeley is a Feudal Honour by the Tenure of the Castle of Berkeley; and the Possessor of it hadSummons to Parliament as a Baron by that Tenure, anno 23 Edward I.[228]
Dursley, Viscount.—From Dursley in Gloucestershire, the original Seat of the Family.
De Clifford, Baron (Southwell).—From Clifford Castle in Herefordshire; where Walter Fitz-Ponce, whose Father possessed it by marriage, resided, and took the name of Clifford. The first Fitz-Ponce came hither with the Conqueror, to whom he was related. The Barony passed in the Female Line to the Family of Southwell, to which it was confirmed A.D. 1775. The first Summons to Parliament was anno 23 Edward I. 1295.
Ducie, Baron,of Morton and Tortworth (Reynolds).—The Peer of the name ofDuciewas descended from Sir Robert Ducie, Lord Mayor of London, 1631;and who had been created a Baronet[229]. The Issue Male of the name ofDuciefailing, the Title was renewed by Patent, 1763, to Matthew Ducie, Lord Ducie ofMortonin Staffordshire; with a Limitation to Thomas and FrancisReynolds, his Nephews, and their Heirs Male successively, by the Style of Lord Ducie ofTortworthin Gloucestershire.ThomasReynolds succeeded to this Title on the death of his Uncle, 1770; and dying without Issue 1785, it devolved on his BrotherFrancis;who dying in 1808, was succeeded by his Son Thomas, present Lord Ducie.
Powis, Earl (Herbert).—Powis is a part of Shropshire bordering on Wales; and was formerly a little Kingdom, still known by the name of Powis-Land. The first Baron was created by Henry I. on a surrender of the actual Territory, and an acknowledgment of service[230].
Ludlow, Viscount.—From the Town of that name in Shropshire[231].
Audley, Baron (Thicknesse-Touchet). Audley is in Staffordshire. John Touchet married Joan, eldest Daughter of Lord Audley of Heleigh, whose Descendant was found Heir, and had Summons to Parliament, A.D. 1296[232]. The honour of Peerage in the name of Touchet, who was also Earl of Castlehaven in Ireland, ended in a Daughter (Lady Elizabeth), who married Philip Thicknesse, Esq. and died in 1762, leaving Issue; the Barony (being a Fee) passed to George Thicknesse, her Son, on the death of the Earl of Castlehaven, 1777; and who has taken, by sign-manual, 1784, the additional name of Touchet. The Earldom is extinct.
Abergavenny, Earl (Nevile).—This is a Title derived from a Lord Marcher, and taken, among many others now merged orextinct, from the place conquered. Mr. Pennant says, it is the only surviving Title of that nature[233].
Nevile, Viscount.—From the Name.
Middleton, Baron (Willoughby).—From an obscure Village, near Sutton-Coldfield, in Warwickshire[234].
Coventry, Earl.—From the City, or the Name.
Deerhurst, Viscount (Coventry).—From a place in Gloucestershire.
Stanhope, Earl.—A nominal Title. The first Peer of this Branch was created Viscount Stanhope of Mahon, and Baron Stanhope of Elvaston, in the County of Derby, 1717, from his having taken Port-Mahon, in the Island of Minorca, 1708.
Mahon, Viscount (Stanhope).—The same Peer was created Earl Stanhope 1718, by which his second Title became "Viscount Mahon."
Dudley and Ward, Viscount (Ward).—The Barony ofWardis nominal, and was conferred in 1644. The Viscounty (by creation in 1763) is derived from a Village near Birmingham in Warwickshire.
N. B. The Viscounty includes both Honours; the Title being ViscountDudley and Ward.
Dorchester, Earl (Damer).—Lord Milton, a Baron both of England and Ireland, was created Earl of Dorchester inDorsetshire, 1792.
Milton, Viscount.—From Milton Abbey, the Seat of the Family, in Dorsetshire. The Title of Viscount was granted by the Patent in 1792.
Dorchester, Baron[235](Carleton).—Sir Guy Carleton, K. B. was created Baron of Dorchester inOxfordshire, 1786. Sir Dudley Carleton was created Baron Carleton 1626, and Viscount Dorchester inOxfordshire1628. It is, however, denied by the Heralds that Sir Guy is of that Family.
Leeds, Duke (Osborne).—From the Town of Leeds in Yorkshire.
Carmarthen, Marquis.—From Carmarthen in Wales.
Danby, Earl.—From a Castle of the name in Cleveland, a District of Yorkshire.
Albemarle, Earl.—otherwise Aumerle, and Aumale [Albo Marla, or White Marle], from a Town in Normandy, which gave Title to a Peer of France. It was conferred by William III. when at war with Louis XIV.
Bury, Viscount (Keppel).—In Suffolk.
Harrington, Earl (Stanhope[236]).—From a Village in Northamptonshire.
Petersham, Viscount (Stanhope).—A Village near Richmond in Surrey[237].
Suffolk, Earl.—From the County.
Bindon, Viscount (Howard).—In Dorsetshire. It was the Seat of Lord Marney (A. D. 1607); and came to this Branch of the Family of Howard by a Marriage with the Heiress of Lord Marney[238].
Shipbrooke, Viscount.—Richard Vernon was possessed of the Barony of Shipbroke,in Cheshire, in the time of Richard the First[239].
Orwell, Baron (Vernon).—Vernon, Baron of Shipbroke, was one of the Barons (of the Palatinate of Chester) created by Hugh Lupus, the first Norman Earl of Chester. Extinct[240].
Beaulieu, Earl;Beaulieu, Baron (Hussey-Montague).—Beaulieu is an Abbey in Hampshire, and was part of the Estate of John (Montagu) Duke of Montagu, inherited by his Daughter and Co-heiress the Duchess of Manchester, who married Sir Edward Hussey, K. B. Upon this marriage he took the additional name of Montague.
Vernon, Baron (Vernon).—The Title is nominal and local, fromVernonin Normandy[241]. The Descent is from Hamon de Massie-Venables, of Kinderton, in Cheshire,who was one of Hugh Lupus's Palatinate Barons, as Earl of Chester.
Harcourt, Earl.—The Title is from the Name, which is local, from a Town in Normandy, and which is also the Title of a French Dukedom.
Nuneham, Viscount (Harcourt).—From the Earl's Seat in Oxfordshire. The Earldom was erected in 1749.
Grafton, Duke.—From a Village in Northamptonshire, which was erected into an Honour, and conferred by King Charles II. on his Natural Son by the Duchess of Cleveland.
Euston, Earl (Fitzroy).—From the Seat in Suffolk.
Devonshire, Duke (Cavendish).—From the County. Descended from a Gentleman Usher to Cardinal Wolsey[242].
Hartington, Marquis (Cavendish).—From an obscure Village (the Property of the Duke) in the Peak of Derbyshire.
Dorset, Duke.—From the County. Sir Lionel Cranfield, Knight, Lord Cranfield, &c. was a Shop-keeper in London, as his Father had been before him[243].
Effingham, Earl (Howard).—From Effingham in Surrey, a Seat of this Branch of the Family, and where there was a Castle.
Sussex, Earl.—From the County.
Longueville, Viscount (Yelverton).—Sir Henry Yelverton, the Second Baronet, married Susan Baroness Grey of Ruthyn, Daughter and sole Heiress of Charles Longueville, Lord Grey of Ruthyn. To this Title the eldest Son of Sir Henry succeeded on the death of his Mother (being a Barony in Fee); and was followed by his BrotherHenry, who was created Viscount Longueville 1690. Talbot Yelverton, the eldest Son of Henry, was created Earl of Sussex in 1717.
Beaufort, Duke.—Henry Beaufort, third Duke of Somerset, temp. Henry VII. had a Natural Son, to whom he gave the names of Charles Somerset (afterwards a Knight), whose Descendant was created Duke of Beaufort. Thus, by a Child of Casualty, the Name and Title have changed positions; as what was Beaufort Duke of Somerset is now Somerset Duke of Beaufort.
Worcester, Marquis (Somerset). From the City.
Manchester, Duke.—From the Town.
Mandeville, Viscount (Montagu).—A nominal Title from Geoffrey de Mandeville, who possessed Kimbolton, the Seat of the Family, temp. Guil. Conq.[244]
Mandeville is a Village in Normandy (a corruption of Magnaville,i. e.Magna Villa), which gave name to the person who accompanied William the Conqueror[245].
Waldegrave, Earl.—Waldegrave is a Village in Northamptonshire.
Chewton, Viscount (Waldegrave).—From a place in Somersetshire[246].
Mount-Edgecumbe, Earl.—Baron Edgecumbe by Creation, 1742. Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe by Creation, 1789. From the Family Seat in Cornwall.
Valletort, Viscount (Edgecumbe).—From an old Norman Barony (De Valle Tortâ), with Lands annexed, in Devonshire, the property of the Family[247].
Gainsborough, Earl.—From the Town.
Campden, Viscount (Noel).—Campden is in Gloucestershire.
Sir Baptist Hicks, created Viscount Campden 1628, left two Daughters, the elder of whom married Lord Noel, one of whose Descendants (Edward) was created Earl of Gainsborough 1682.
Digby, Earl.—This Title, when a Barony, was nominal (though local in itself, from Digby, co. Lincoln) till Henry, the late Peer, was created Earl of Digby in 1790. He dying in 1793, was succeeded by Edward the present Earl.
Coleshill, Viscount (Digby).—In Warwickshire. The Manor of Coleshill was forfeited by Sir Simon Montfort, on a charge of High Treason in supporting Perkin Warbeck; when it was given to Simon Digby, then Deputy Constable of Coleshill Castle[248].
Montagu, orMontacute, Viscount (Browne).—From a high Hill in a Village in Somersetshire; where William Earl of Moreton, Maternal Brother to William theConqueror, built a Castle, which, as it rises from its base to a sharp point, he calledMons acutus. Thus far the tradition; and Bishop Gibson, in his Edition of Camden's Britannia, allows this to have been the place from which Sir Anthony Browne, the first Viscount, had the Title[249].
Rutland, Duke.—From the County.
Granby, Marquis (Manners).—From a Village in Nottinghamshire.
The Barony of Roos of Hamlake[250]gives Title to the eldest Son of a Marquis of Granby, in his Father's life-time.
Kent, Duke.—From the County.
Harold, Earl (Grey), Extinct.—From a place of the name in Bedfordshire.
There was in this Family the Viscounty ofGooderich, fromGooderichCastle in Herefordshire.
Abingdon, Earl.—In Berkshire.
Norreys, Baron (Bertie).—James Bertie, the first Earl of Abingdon (who was the second Son of Montagu Bertie, the second Earl of Lindsey) was the Issue of a second Wife;viz.Bridget Baroness Norreys of Rycote in her own right. He had Summons to Parliament as Baron Norreys in 1572, and was created Earl of Abingdon in 1682[251].
Dacre, Baron (Roper, lateBarrett-Leonard).—Originally both nominal and local, the first Peer having beenDacreofDacreCastle in Cumberland.
Being a Barony in Fee, it has had owners of different names[252].
Godolphin, Earl.—From a Hill (perhaps anciently a Seigniory) in Cornwall.The proper name isGodolcan, corrupted intoGodolphin. The word signifies, in the Cornish language, "White Eagle;" agreeably to which, the Arms of the Family are, "Gules, an Eagle displayed between three Fleurs de Lis Argent[253]."
Rialton, Viscount.—From a Village in Cornwall[254].
Tankerville, Earl.—Originally from a Town and Castle in Normandy[255]. The present Title is derived from Ford Lord Grey of Werk, who was created Earl of Tankerville (a dormant Title in his Family) in 1695. This Earl left an only Daughter, who married Charles Bennet, Baron of Ussulston, who was afterwards (1714) created Earl of Tankerville.
Ussulston, Baron (Bennet).—From one of the Hundreds of Middlesex.
Arlington, Earl.—The Title was derived from Arlington in Middlesex, the Seat of Sir Henry Bennet, who was created Baron Arlington 1664, and Earl of Arlington in 1672. He died in 1685.
Thetford, Viscount (Bennet), Extinct.—In Norfolk.
Bridgewater, Duke (Egerton).—The Lord Chancellor was the founder of this Family, and was a Natural Son of Sir Richard Egerton, Knight, of Ridley in Cheshire, by the Daughter of one Sparks of Bickerton[256].
Grey de Wilton, Baron (Egerton).—The present Peer (Sir Thomas Egerton,Bart.) is descended from Bridget, sole Sister and Heir to Thomas Lord Grey of Wilton, a Female Barony, denominated from Wilton in the County of Hereford[257].
Hertford, Earl.—From the Town.
Beauchamp, Viscount (Conway).—Nominal and local, from a place in Normandy.
Scarborough, Earl.—From Scarborough in Yorkshire.
Lumley, Viscount (Lumley, with the additional name ofSanderson).—From Lumley Castle, in the Bishoprick of Durham.
Rivers, Baron (Pitt).—The first of the name,De Redvers, came hither with William the Conqueror, and was made Earl ofDevonshire. Baldwin deRedveriis(orRiveriis), Earl of Devonshire, had Estates in the neighbourhood of Exeter[258].
George Pitt, Ancestor of the present Lord Rivers (created in 1776), married Jane Daughter of Savage, Earl Rivers of Rock-Savage in Cheshire, Relict of George, the sixth Lord Chandos. She brought a large Estate to her second Husband, partly as Heiress of Savage Earl Rivers, and partly from her first Husband.
Darlington, Earl.—From Darlington, in the Bishoprick of Durham.
Barnard, Viscount (Vane).—From Barnard-Castle, in the Bishoprick of Durham.
Brownlow, Baron (Cust).—A nominal Title; for Sir Richard Cust, Bart. married Anne Daughter of Sir William Brownlow, Bart. Sister, and at length Heir, to JohnBrownlow, Viscount Tyrconnel, of the Kingdom of Ireland, seated at Belton in Lincolnshire.
Hawkesbury, Baron (Jenkinson).—Though this Family is styled of Walcot in Oxfordshire, it was originally seated at Hawkesbury in Gloucestershire.
Heathfield, Baron (Eliot).—Sir George Augustus Eliot, K. B. who commanded at Gibraltar during the celebrated Siege, chose this place in Sussex (his property) for his Title. It is said that the decisive Battle, called "The Battle of Hastings," was fought on this spot[259].
Camden, Marquis.—From his House at Chislehurst in Kent, formerly the residence of Camden the celebrated Antiquary, and now called Camden Place.
Bayham, Viscount (Pratt).—From Bayham Abbey, in Sussex, an Estate in the Family of Pratt, and now in possession of the Marquis.
Dynevor, Baroness (RiceandDe Cardonel).—From Dinevawr in Caermarthenshire. She is the Daughter of the first Earl Talbot, and Widow of George Rice, Esquire. In the year 1780 the Earl was created Baron of Dinevawr, with limitation to his Daughter and her Issue male; and which took place on the Earl's death, in 1782. She enjoyed the Title till her death, 1793, when it descended to her eldest Son George Talbot Rice, who, in pursuance of the Will of his Grandmother, Lady Talbot (whose maiden name was De Cardonel), changed his Name, Arms, and Crest, to those of De Cardonel only, by Sign Manual, in May 1793 [See the Gazette].[260]
Newcastle, Duke (Holles).—From Sir William Holles, Lord Mayor of London[261].
Holderness, Earl (Darcy), Extinct.—For the origin of the Family, see Leland's Itinerary, vol. VI. p. 24.
Northampton, Marquis (Parr), Extinct.—For the origin of this Family, see also Leland's Itinerary, vol. VIII. p. 96.