Memoires of the lives, actions, sufferings & deaths of those noble, reverend and excellent personages that suffered by death, sequestration, decimation, or otherwise, for the Protestant religion and the great principle thereof, allegiance to their soveraigne, in our late intestine wars, from the year 1637 to the year 1660, and from thence continued to 1666 with the life and martyrdom of King Charles I / by Da. Lloyd ...

THE Life and Death OF GEORGE Lord GORING, Earl of Norwich.

DEscended from the Ancient Sussex Family of the Gorings, Sheriffs of that County successively from Edward the Fourths time, to King Iames; bred in Sidney-colledge in Cambridge, to which he was a Benefactor, the second year of King Iames 1603. Subscribing (I suppose, up∣on the Importunities of his Mother, much addicted to that party) the Millemanus Petition about Church-government, concerning the reason of which subscription King Iames used to make good sport with him; till, being ashamed of himself, he went in Sir Francis and Sir Horace Veres Company into the Low-country wars, where by his resolute attempts, and good faculty in projecting, ei∣ther in the way of Entrenching in Garrisons, or Incamping in the Field, he attained to the Command of the best Regiment of Foot (Veteranes all, that he was very chary, knowing there was a great deal of time requisite to make a brave man) in which Command he continued there till he was called by his Majesty to Com∣mand against the Scots; in which business, and the design of bring∣ing that Army to London 1640. and 1641. to bring the Parliament and Tumults to reason, the old irreconcileable differences upon a Duel in Holland, between him and my Lord Willmot, made no little obstruction.

In the beginning of our English wars, he was made Captain-Go∣vernor of the Garrison and Fort of Portsmouth, where he caught the Country-men that assailed him in a Net, till he was overpower∣ed, and for want of Relief, by the Kings Order, forced to yield, and take a Pass for Holland; whence (using his old interest there effectually) he returns December 15. with a good sum of Money, great store of Armes, some Piece of Ordnance, and fourscore old Commanders, joyning to the Earl of New-castle, and rendring him formidable, and assisting him in settling the Contributions of the Country, till the fatal fight of Marston-moor (which was begun against the Lord Gorings minde, though managed in the left wing, which he Commanded, with success, beating the right wing of Sir Tho. Fairfax, and the Scots Horse upon the Lord F. and the Scots Foot, with great, if not too much execution) after which, with

that incomparable Souldier Sir Richard Greenvill, he laid the Plot for entrapping Essex in Lestithiel, with 1500. horse, stopping all provision from coming in at Saint Blase, and reducing them to streights, by keeping their horse and foot close together; about which time, making use of their distress, he set on foot the Subscri∣ptions for an accommodation, August 8. 1644. The next news we hear of him, after a Consultation about carrying on of the war, between him, the Lord Hopton, and the Lord Gerard, (who left all he had, sticking to his Majesty in all conditions since the Restau∣ration) at Bristol, was the siege of Taunton, the taking of Welling∣ton-house by storm, the clearing of the passage for the King from Oxford to Bristol, to break into that Association; interesting the States Ambassadors, Borrel of Amsterdam, and Reinsworth of Vlrecht, both made Barons by his Majesty, in the Kings Cause, forming the Protestation in the Western Counties, in opposition to the Cove∣nant; hampering the Forces of Glocester-shire with his horse and dragoons, whither he brought his Majesty, writing to him after∣wards not to fight at Nazeby, until he came to him with 4000. horse; and pursuing the siege of Taunton (where he fomented the tumult of the Clubmen, lending them some Officers) till the whole Parliament Forces coming upon him, after a stout and cunning maintenance of several Passes that divided the Enemy, and Lines and Hedges that secured the Men, who retreated nobly to Bridge-water, with 2000. in spight of 14000. men, and thence to the North of Devon-shire, where being able to do little good (his Souldiers having no Pay, observing no Discipline, provoking the Country against them, as much as they did the enemy; and he, in the Dutch way of good fellowship, loosing opportunities, which admit no after-games) he slipped away, under pretence of leading some French Forces that were promised into Holland, with some contri∣butions in his Pocket, to assist the Prince of Wales; (for whom he gained all the civilities imaginable in the States Ports, Counsels, Treasuries, Magazins, and Armies) and with whose Commission he returned, to form the general design all over England, 1648. for his Majesties Restauration; particularly in Kent and Essex, where by chance, he met the Commissioners in his way to Sussex; the loyal Inhabitants whereof (in pursuance of the Petition for Peace, which some of them had lost their lives in the delivery of) he (having given direction for seizing all the Armes and Ammuniti∣on of the Country) modelled into an Army, that moved up and down, to incourage the Loyalty of the whole Country to an in∣surrection, confining the factious as they went, giving out Com∣missions to several Land-officers (when upona 1.1 Mr. Hales, Sir William Brockham, Mr. Matthew Carter, Sir Anthony Aucher, Sir Rich. Hardres, Col. Hatton, Mr. Arnold Brium, Sir Iohn Mynce, Sir Io. Ro∣berts, Colonel Hamond, and the rest of the Country Gentlemens im∣portunity, he had accepted the charge of General, which the Duke of Richmond had waved) and dispatching Letters to the Sea-officers, and Messages for Armes and Ammunition into France and Holland, with a Copy of the Engagement; taking in Deal and

Sandwich, together with Provisions, securing the Passes, and Ren∣dezvouzing at Barham-downs, three miles from Maidston, where he was proclaimed General in the head of the Army; in which ca∣pacity he would have quartered his Army close together, but was fatally over-ruled by a Counsel of War, of generous spirits, ra∣ther than experienced Souldiers, to whom always, after the delive∣ry of his own opinion, he referred himself) to let them lye at large, whereby they were dispersed, and made lyable on all sides to the enemy, without any possibility of relief from one another; the reason why such a number of them was cut off at Maidston; after which Engagement, leaving some to secure the Country about Rochester, the General marched towards London; for the Lord Mayor and Common-counsel promised assistance, where find∣ing all things against him, and nothing for him, after two or three nights absence in viewing the nature of the Essex Engagement, in his own person, for he would trust no body else, and finding the disorders, at his return, of his Forces by continual alarms and want of rest, disposed of them to the best posture for refresh∣ment (he himself having had no sleep in four days and three nights) and then marched them, to quicken the backward Levies at Chelmsford, not far from which place, to encourage them, he drew them to a Rendezvouz; and to regulate them, divided the Volun∣teers that came in, into Troops, whence marching to Colchester, not with any design to stay there, but being surrounded, he made such provisions of Victuals, raised such Works, made such Sallies, kept such Guards, and bore up the hearts of his men by such Orders, Examples, and Declarations, that he maintained an unwalled old Town eleven months together against the Parliament, General, and Army, till all hopes of Relief was cut off; and all Provisions, even the Horses, Dogs, and Cats were spent.

After which, being Impeached before thea 1.2 High Court of Ju∣stice, as it was called, he so artificially pleaded the authority he acted under, and the harmlesseness of the design he acted in, that his case being put to the Juncto, it was carried by one voice, and that was the Speakers, his life and banishment; whereupon going beyond Sea, was very instrumental in order to his Masters service, in making the peace between Spain and Holland, and the war be∣tween Holland and the Faction in England; for all which service b 1.3 and sufferings, being Created by Charles I. Baron of Hurst-Per∣point in Sussex, and (after the death of his Mothers Brother, Edward Lord Denny) Earl of Norwich 21. Car. I. he was made Captain of the Guard of Pensioners to his Majesty, and Clerks of the Coun∣sel, upon the Marches of Wales; the Motto of the Bohemian Nobi∣lity, that sided with Frederick Prince Elector Palatine, viz. Compassi conr••gnabimus, being made good to him, though not to them, he partaking as well of the prosperities of his Majesties Restitution, as he had done of his adversities and afflictions, till he died sud∣dainly at his Inne in Bren••ord Middlesex. 1663.

In his Company it is fit to mention, 1. Sir Iohn Owen of Klinenney, in Caernarvon-shire, Vice-Admiral of North-Wales, a Gentleman of a

noble and an undaunted spirit, and great interest in his Countrey; which he led thrice to the assistance of his Majesty, first 1642. con∣tinuing in the service with much respect from the greatest men, pleased with the Integrity and generosity of his spirit in the Army; much love from the meanest, paying, using, and fighting his Soul∣diers well in 7. Battels, 9. Seiges, and 32. Actions, leading to the most hazardous undertaking; and bringing off from the most de∣sperate onset; till 1646.

Secondly, 1647. and 1648. making as considerable a party in North-Wales, for his Majesties Restauration, in spite of the Sheriffes and other Officers. Of those Countries at Talerheer, Caernarvon, (where after a smart fight, he was taken Prisoner, sentenced at London, but for want of evidence at that distance against one; so well beloved, pardoned.

Thirdly, 1659. raising Anglesea, Caernarvon-shire, and Merioneth-shire, at the same time that Sir G. B. and Sir T. M. did Cheshire, Den∣bigh-shire, and Flint-shire, &c. besides what he did a little before he died, 1665. with great pains and charge, raysing 4. or 500. excel∣lent Souldiers for his Majesties Sea Engagment, and all this without any other design, than the satisfaction of a great Spirit, intent up∣on publick good, ready since his Majesties return to beg for o∣thers, scorning it for himself. One motive urged to save his life, 1649. was, that he would be as quiet alive, as dead; if he once passed but his word! Free above all in his Company, never a∣bove himself or his Estate, observing Mr. Herberts Rule.

Spend not on hopes, set out so, As all the day thou mayst hold out to go.

He dyed 1666. in the 63. year of his Age, with whom it is sit to remember Mr. William Owen of Pontsbury Salop, whose Loyalty cost him 150l. Pontsbury Owen of E••ton Mascal, Salop Esq who paid 601l. composition, Roger Owen of Shrewsbery Esq who paid 700l. Sir William Owen of Candore Salop, who paid 314 l. Edward Owen of Candover Salop, who paid 207l. Morgan Owen Bishop of Lan∣daffe 1000l. Richard Owen of Shrewsbery 250l.

Sir Iohn Owens Eldest Son, Mr. William Owen, had all his Portion with Mrs. Anwill Sequestred and seized; Sir Iohns Brother, that wise and sober Gentleman, Mr. William Owen of Porkington Salop, the beloved Governor of Harlech in Merioneth-shire, and the con∣triver of the General Insurrection 1648. in North-wales and South-wales at London, besides several years banishment, paid 414l. 6s. 8d. composition. And

Dr. Iohn Owen, Son of Mr. Iohn Owen,* 1.4 the worthy and grave Mi∣nister of Burton Latimers in the County of Northampton, where he was born, bred Fellow of Iesus Colledge in Cambridge, preferred beyond his expectation Chaplain to King Charles the I. whilst Prince, and made without his knowledge Bishop of St. Asaph 1629. by him (when much troubled with two Competitors, as an expe••dient to end the Controversie) when King; well beloved by all,

because related to most of the Gentry of North-wales, one whose Poetical studies sweetned his modest nature, and that his Govern∣ment, besides Imprisonment in the Tower for the Protestation; the loss of all his Spiritual preferments, he patiently laid down 500 pound for his Temporal Estate. To whom I may adde worthy Mr. Owen of Wrexham, the Church whereof he had extraordinarily beautified, a good Scholar, and a holy man, the Honoura 1.5 and Oracle of the Orthodox Clergy, and the great disgrace and trou∣ble of the Adversaries, who could not in Interest suffer him to preach, no•• a great while (till their guilts had hardened them beyond all regrets) in Conscience silence him, being so charitable a man to the poor, so useful a man in that Country among the Rich; and so well-beloved of all, as a great example of his Do∣ctrine, the reason why with our Saviour (who could say, Who of you accuseth me of sin?) he preached with Authority, giving strict mea∣sure to his people, and yet making more strict and severe to all Cler∣gy-men and himself; having a great command over all his affecti∣ons, easie and bountiful, moderate (To avoid litigiousness, which render so many Ministers useless) in demanding his dues; taking care not to make the name of the Church a pretence to covetous∣ness, never conditioning for before, and seldom receiving wages af∣ter the Administration of any Ordinance, very careful against the least appearance of Pride, or any concernment in the Affairs of the world, exact in the knowledge of himself, that he might under∣stand others; more careful of duty than fame, and therefore sweetly and temperately undergoing the Obloquies of those times, which he would say could not speak worse of him, than he thought of himself; being a great Artist in patience, Christian simplicity and ingenuity, being none of those (he said) though he had a good one that trusted more to their Memory, than to Truth.

[unspec II] Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland, and Lord Wentworth of Net∣tlestead, 1 Car. 1. 1625. much in favor with King Iames, because a young Noble man of a plain and practical temper, more with the Duke of Buckingham, (who would never be without him, he being the next man to him at his death atb 1.6 Portsmouth) for his pleasant and frank way of debating things; and most of all to King Charles I. and II. for his many Services and Sufferings (having a special faculty of obliging the Souldiery, which he learned from Prince Maurice in the Low-Countries, and Count Mansfield in Germany.) 1. Leading the Kings Rear at Cropredy 1644. where he faced a∣bout against Waller, charging him through and through so effe∣ctually, the King of Swedens way, that he was utterly routed. 2. Drawing up (with General Goring) his Brigade at the East-side of Spiene in the second Newbery fight to secure the Kings Guards in much danger with such old English Valor (telling his men they must now charge home) that he scattered the enemy till too far engaged and over-powered, he was taken Prisoner, as the King himself was like to be. 3. Assisting beyond his years in the rising in Kent and Essex, and induring all the hardships at Colchester.

4. After a tedious Imprisonment, and a strange escape from the High Court of Justice, of which he was as glad as Vlysses was of that out of Polyphemus Den by one mans absence, who went out to make water for the Stone (which Stone gave him as it did the Lord Mordant, the casting Vote) with the great Intercession of the Lady Lovelace hisa 1.7 Daughter, with banishment to his dear So∣veraign, hazading his life with him in his troublesome Voyage both intob 1.8 Scotland and England, where at Worcester September 1651. he was taken and banished, living with his Majesty all the Usurpation beyond Sea; (his brave Estate at Stepney and other places being all either spent in the Kings Service, or Sequestred for it) and returning upon the Restauration home, where upon the 29th. of May 1660. he led 300. Noble-men and Gentlemen in his plain Gray-Suit before his Majesty to London, with whom he continued, being after the Earl of Norwich Captain of the Guard of Pensioners, and dying 1666. in a good old Age, to which much contributed the great habit he had got of taking muchc 1.9 To∣bacco.

His Son the Lord Wentworth, a Gentleman of a very strong Con∣stitution and admirable Parts for contrivance, and especially for dispatch (much addicted to the foresaid herb) being (though he took little notice of it sleeping very little, and studying when others were a-bed) very ready in our Neighbours and our own Affairs, Interests, Intrigues, Strengths, Weaknesses, Ports, Garrisons, Trade, &c. continuing in his Majesties Service from the time he went when Prince to raise the West, (where he gave by his Addres∣ses to the Country and Carriage in it, great instances of his Abili∣ties) to his dying day,* 1.10 for disbanding with my Lord Hopton (those Forces left under his Command in the absence of the Earl of Nor∣wich gone into France, after a shrewd Plot, like that at Lestithiel, to have gained the King and Parliament Armies to joyn for an ac∣commodation) upon honourable terms, being allowed himself twenty five Horse and Arms, with 8. men; and scorning the Civi∣lities offered by the Parliament as it was called, he repaired to his now Majesty to promote his Overtures in France, Holland, and the Fleet where he was in the Quality that much became him of Ma∣ster of the Ceremonies, attending his Majesty throughout the Scot∣tish Treaty at Breda in a very useful way; and in the Scottish re∣gency all along to the Battel of Worcester, in a very prudent and active way, whence escaping wonderfully as his Majesty did, taken with Lesley about Newport, he served his Majesty in a well-ma∣naged Embassie in Denmarke, where besides present supplies for his Majesty, he made a League Offensive and Defensive, between the Dane and Dutch against the English; and in a brave Regiment, which with the Honourable Lord Gerards, &c. lay 1657. quartered about the Sea-Coasts, as if they intended an Invasion. Besides that, both beyond Sea and at home, he was one of the Lords of his Majesties most Honorable Privy-Counsel, dying 1665. Leaving this Character behind him; That he had a great dexterity in repre∣senting the worst of his Majesties Affairs, with advantage to those

Princes and People that measured their favours to him, by the possibility they apprehended of his returning them; so keeping their smiles, who he knew, if they understood all; would have turned them into srowns: And the ancient Barony of Wentworth extinct in him, as the Earldom of Cleaveland was afterwards in his Father.

[unspec III] The Right Honorable Iames Stanley, Lord Strange, and Earl of Derby, &c. Who with his Ancestors, having for their good services by their Soveraigns been made Kings of Man, did often preserve their Soveraigns Kings of England. Our good Lord being King of Hearts as well as Man, by his Hospitality (which they said expired in England, at the death of Edward Earl of Derby) by his being a good Land-lord (as most are in Lancashire and Cheshire, Letting their Land at the old Rent) people thriving better on his Tene∣ments, than they did on their own Free-holds; by his remarkable countenancing both ofa 1.11 Religion, and together with the continu∣ed obligations of his Ancestors Iustice, gained upon the Kings Leige-people so far, that he attended his Majesty (as he said on his death) for the settlement of Peace, and the Laws, with 40000l. in money, 5000. Armes, with suitable Ammunition 1642. leaving his Son, the Honorable Lord Strange, now Earl of Derby, as Leiutenant of Lan∣cashire and Cheshire, to put the Commission of Array in execution against Sir Thomas Stanley, Mr. Holland, Mr. Holcraft, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Booth, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Moore, July 15. making the first warlike attempt (wherefore he was the first man proclaimed* 1.12 against by the men at Westminster) against Manchester with 4000. men; whom after∣wards the Earl disposed of several ways, particularly to Latham∣house, which the Heroick Countess, not to be paralelled but by the Lady Mary Winter, kept thirteen Weeks against one siege 1644. and above a twelve month against another 1645. never yielding her Mansion House, until his Majesty did his Kingdom, Decem. 4. 1645. The Noble Earl in the mean time attending Prince Rupert in Che∣shire, Lancashire (particularly at Bolton, where he saved many a mans life at the taking of it 1644. and lost his own 1651.) and York-shire, especially at Marston-moor, where he rallied his Country-men three times, with great courage and conduct, saying, Let it never be said, that so gallant a Body of Horse lost the Field and saved themselves. Whence he escaped to the Isle of Man, watching a fair opportuni∣ty to serve his Majesty; to which purpose, entertaining all Gen∣tlemen of quality, whose misfortune cast them that way, and so keeping in Armes a good body of Horse and Foot, he seized seve∣ral Vessels belonging to the Rebels, and by Sir Iohn Berkenhead kept constant correspondence with his Majesty; at whose summons, when he marched into England 1651. he landed in Lancashire, and joyned with him, adding 2000. Gentlemen, with 600. of whom he staid there after his Majesty to raise the Country, but being over∣powered before he got his Levies into a consistency, after a strange resistance, which had proved a Victory, had the gallant men had any Reserves, he Retired much wounded to Worcester, at which Fight exposing himself to any danger, rather than the Traitors

mercy, he hardly escaped, shewing his Majesty the happy hiding place at Boscobel (which he had had experience of after the defeat in Lancashire) and there conjuring the Penderells by the love of God by their Allegiance, and by all that is Sacred, to take care of his Majesty, whose safety he valued above his own, venturing himself with other Noblemen after Lesley, lest he might discover his Maje∣sty, if he staid with him, and his entire Body of Horse, with whom he was taken at Newport; and notwithstanding Quarter and Con∣ditions given him, against the Laws and Honor of the Nation, judged by mean Mechanicks at Chester (being refufed to make the Ancient, Honorable, Sacred, and Inviolable Plea of Quarter and Commission, before the great Mechanicks at Westminster) and thence (with the Tears and Prayers of the People all along the Road, who cryed, O sad day, O woful day, shall the good Earl of Der∣by, the ancient Honor of our Country, dye here!) conveyed to Bolton (where they could not finde a great while so much as a Carpenter, or any man that would so much as strike a Nail to erect the Scaf∣fold, made of the Timber of Latham-house) October 15. 1651. At which place, 1. After a servent and excellent prayer for his Ma∣jesty, whose Justice, Valor, and Discretion, he said, deserved the Kingdom, if he were not born to it; the Laws, the Nation, his Re∣lations, and his own soul (to which, he said to the company, God gave a gracious answer in the extraordinary comforts of his soul, being never afterwards seen sad. 2. After an heavenly discourse of his carriage towards God, and God's dispensation towards him, at which the Souldiers wept, and the people groaned. 3. After a charge he laid to his Son, to be dutiful to his Mother, tender to his distressed Brothers and Sisters, studious of the peace of his Coun∣try, anda 1.13 careful of the old Protestant Religion, which he said (to his great comfort) he had settled in the Isle of Man, he being himself an excellent Protestant, his enemies, if he had any, them∣selves being Judges. 4. And after a Tumult among the Souldi∣ers and People, out of pitty to this noble Martyr, with a sign he gave twice (the Heads-man first not heeding, whereupon the good Earl said, Thou hast done me a great deal of wrong, thus to disturb and delay my bliss.) He died with this character thrown into his Coffin, as it was carried off the Scaffold, with the hideous cries and lamentations of all the Spectators.

Bounty, Wit, Courage, all here in one Lye Dead; A Stanleys Hand, Veres Heart, and Cecils Head.

The Right Honorable Henry Somerset Lord Marquiss of Worce∣ster. A Nobleman, worthy of an honorable mention, since King Charles the First, that firm Protestant, who could not be moved from his Religion (though he was in the heart of Spain, and France was in his bosom) either by power or love, said of him, when going under his Roof at Naseby fight, that he found not so much faith (as he did in him, though a Papist bred at Saint Omers, and travelled for many years in Spain and Italy) no not in Israel. For

it was he, whose frugality (whereof his plain Freeze cloaths at Court were a great example) enabled him, and his Loyalty (which he said whatever other Romanists practised, was incorporated into his Religion, often relating with pleasure that Gospel for the day, when the Imperialists beat the Bohemians, was, Reddite Caesari quae sunt Casaris, & Deo qui sunt Dei) urged him, when his Majesties Protestant Subjects made him afraid, and ashamed to stay in Lon∣don, to send men with ready money (when the King wanted it, and the Country-people would do no more without it) to bear the charges of his Majesties, and his Followers carriages, and other ac∣commodations to York; besides that, he was seen to give Sir Iohn Biron 5000l. Sterling to raise the first horse that were raised for the King in England; and his own Officers 40000l. Sterling to raise two Armiesa 1.14 1642. and 1643. for his Majesty in Wales, over and above 40000l. Sterling in gold, at three several times sent his Ma∣jesty in person; and the unwearied pains, the close imprisonments, the many iminent dangers of his life (and most of these hardships endured when he was eighty years of age) and the great services he performed in South-wales, where the greatness of his fortune and family, improved by the sweetness and munificence of his per∣son, raised him an interest, that kept those parts, both a sanctuary to his Majestiesb 1.15 person, when he was in streights; and the great relief of his Cause, both with men and money, when he was in want; till that victorious Army, that had reduced the whole king∣dom, besieged him, who hearing of his Son, the Lord Glamorgans landing with considerable Irish forces, writes to them, That if they would make him undelaid reparations for his Rents they had taken, he would be their quiet Neighbor; adding, that he knew no reason he had to render his House (the only House he had, he being an infirm man) and his goods to Sir Thomas Fairfax, they being not the Kings to dis∣pose of; and that they might do well to consider his condition, now eighty four years of age. At last, upon very honorable Articles (three months time, without being questioned for any action in relation to the war, being allowed them to make their compositi∣on) surrendring the very last Garrison in England or Wales, that held out for his Majesty; for whom the Marquiss lost his great estate, being Plundered and Sequestred, and in his old age Banish∣ed his Country, being excepted out of all the Indemnities of his enemies; and, as I am told, left out of the care of his friends, among whom he died poor in Prison, whither he was fetched in a cold Winter 1648. supported only by his chearful nature, where∣of his smart Apothegms and Testimonies, as when his Majesty had pardoned some Gentlemen upon their good words, that had preju∣diced his service in South-Wales, the Marquiss told him, That was the way to gain the Kingdom of Heaven, but not his Kingdom on Earth; and used to reprove him out of some old Poet, as Gower Chawcer, &c. often repeating that passage of Gower to him,

A King can kill, a King can Save, A King can make a Lord a Knave, And of a Knave a Lord also.

And when he saw a ghastly old woman, he would say, How happy were it for a man going to Bed to his Grave, to be first Wedded to this Woman. When he was ina 1.16 Bala in Merionith-shire, and the people were afraid to come at him, for fear he was a Round-head; Oh, said he, this misunderstanding undoeth the world! And when the Major came and excused the Town to him, Do you see now, said he, if the King and Parliament understood one another as you and I do, they would agree as you and I do. What? (when forbid Claret for the Gout) said he, shall I quit my old friend, for my new enemy? When a M••••∣quet-bullet, at the siege of Ragland, glancing on a Marble-pillar, in the withdrawing Room, where my Lord used to entertain his friends with pleasant discourses after meals, hit his head, and fell flat on the ground, he said, That he was flattered to have a good head∣piece in his younger days, but he thought he had one in his old age which was Musquet-proof. Excusing a vain-glorious man, as he would put a charitable construction upon most mens actions, he said, That vain-glory was like Chaff that kept a mans spirit warm, as that did the Corn; Adding, if you set a man on his Horse, let him have his Horse. When a conceited Servant told him once, that he should not have done so and so; I would, answered he, give gold for a Servant that is, but nothing for one that seems to be wiser than his Master. Two men very like another, the one a Papist, the other a Protestant; one of them set the other to take the Oath of Supremacy for him, whereupon said the Marquiss, If the Devil should mistake you one for the other, as the Iustices did, he would marr the co••••••it.

When it was told him he should be buried at Windsor, Then, said he, I shall take a betterb 1.17 Castle when dead, than ever I lost when alive. He desired Sir Thomas Fairfax to comprehend his two Pigeons with∣in the Articles, who wondering at his chearfulness, was told, That he suffered chearfully, because he did before reckon upon it. His go∣verment of his family was remarkable, Dr. Bayley protesting, that in three years he saw not a man drunk, he heard not an oath sworn, and though it was half Protestant, half Papist, he observed not a crosse word given; the whole house being as the Master, not only chearful, but sober; and indeed, to keep them so, he would wind up the merriest reparties, with a grave and serious conclusion; no Servants better disciplined, or incouraged than his. With him it is fit to mention,

1. His Son, the Earl of Glamorgan, since Marquiss of Worcester, who was as active in raising Irish forces for his Majesty, having made the pacification there (wherein it was thought he went beyond his Commission) as his Father was in raising the Welch; nay, indeed Commanded the Welch to Glocester and other plaees with success, in the years 1642, 1643. as he would have done the Irish, had he not been obstructed 1644. (as he writes to the Lord Hopton, &c.) to the Relief of Chester; for which services he was Misunderstood by his friends, Sequestred and Banished by his enemies, continuing with his Majesty in that condition till his Restauration: A great Mechanick, eminent both at home and abroad for the Engines and Water-works, he was Author of the benefit of one of which, upon

the Thames, is settled upon him by Act of Parliament, 14 Car. 2. He Died 1666/7.

The Lord Charles Herbert, and the Lord Iohn Somerset, the old Marquiss his Sons. The glory of whose actions redounds to the Father, according to that of Agricola, Nec unquam in suam famam gestis exultavit ad aut horem ducem minister fortunam reserebat, Tacit. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Dion. l. 4••.

3. Sir Philip Iones of Treeowen Monmouth-shire, who after eminent contributions to his Majesties service, under the favour of the Ragland Articles, wherein, being in that Garrison, he was compri∣sed with his Son William, paid for his Loyalty 1050l. as Iohn Iones of Nam-cross, Cardig. Esq did 389l. Gilbert Iones Chancellor of Bristol 43l. Cad. Iones, Exon. Esq 483l. Tho. Iones of Osswell, Devon Clerk 80l. Edmund Iones of Landson-Mannor, 70l. Io. Iones of Halkin, Flint, 156l.

4. Commissary Guillims, and Dr. Bayley, a Gentleman of great Alliance, a good Temporal Estate, and considerable Spiritual Pre∣ferments; who being undone for his Loyaly by the Faction (who for divers years imprisoned him in New-gate (where he writ the book called, The Wall-flower) and by the way he was indeared to my Lord of Warwick, for being an excellent Florist and Chymist) and disregarded, for setting out the Conference between the Mar∣quiss of Worcester and his Majesty, by the Kings party, became of a solid Protestant (such a scandal did the late war give the soundest men of our profession) a zealous Papist, seeing our Church affli∣cted, he thought her forsaken; dying at 〈…〉〈…〉 heart-broken with the report of the Guns shot off a•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a man to whose name we owe much for Bishop L••wis ••••yly's ••ake, the Author of thata 1.18 Book, that hath done so much good in Eng∣land and Wales, I mean, The Practice of Piety.

5. Edward Vaughan, of Old-castle, Monmouth-shire; Io. Vaughan of LLanely, Caerm. who paid for composition 540l. Sir George ••a••ghan Penbrey, Ca••rm. a Colonel in the Kings Army, 2609l. Sir Henry Vaughan of Wit-well, York 659l.

6. Sir William Vaughan, a person of excellent conduct and service in South-wales and Cheshire, both for the Sallies he made out of Shrawarding-castle (whence he was called the Devil of Shrawarding) Commanding Shropshire, Cheshire, and the borders of North-wales for his Majesty; and the defeat he gave one day at Rowt••n heath, September 24. 1645. three miles off Chester, to Pointz; who being re-inforced next day, and Sir Williams Command being bestowed elsewhere, totally overthrew his Majesties forces, Sir William hard∣ly escaping to Ragland, and thence to Ireland, where having form∣ed a considerable Army, and incamped them under my Lord of Ormond before Dublin (all Ireland besides being reduced) by the neglect of the Ingeneer, who had the charge of the Guards, he was surprized, and fighting desperately, to gain the whole Army time to Rally, was killed, August 22. 1649. when as Commissary Gene∣ral of the Horse, he had not long before drawn up most part of his Troops, with a considerable body of Foot, to cast up a Work

at Baggot Rath, which would have shut up Dublin so effectually a•• with a few days to force it to a surrender, had not some persons envied him that enterprize; because, as the Romans said of Christ, refusing a share in the Pantheon of Rome, he would have no partner of his honor. A man owing his Success to his Reputation, and his Reputation to his Vigilance, Industry, Civility, Justice, and Sobriety.

7. Io. Williams of Parke Breton 50l. Roger Williams 〈◊〉〈◊〉 206l. Willam Williams, Mothry 102l. Thomas VVh••tely of Aston, Fl••nt 125l. Sir Io. VVeld senior VVilly, Sal. 1121l. 18s. 4d. Maurice Williams of Swarbe, Line. 460l. Sir Trevor Williams, a Colonel of eminent service in the Kings Army, Io. LLoyd Crinvin, Car••, 140l. Sir 〈◊〉〈◊〉 LLoyd Cacrm. 1033l. Hugh LLoyd Gu••rdv••••y, R••••. 76l. Sir R. Lee of Lingley, Sal. with 169l. 9••. 0d. settled, paid 371••l. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 LLoyd LLanvardo, Sal. Esq 300l. R. LLoyd of LLoyd-〈◊〉〈◊〉, Sal. Esq 480l. Walter LLoyd LLanvair, Cardig. Esq 1003l. Anne Lady Somerset 2000l. Tho. Stradling of St. Brides, Glam. 777l.

The Right Honorable the Marquiss of Winchester, who in his [unspec V] house at Basing, commonly calleda 1.19 Basing-house, in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (the greatest of any Subjects house in England, yea larger than most (Eagles have not the biggest Nests of all Birds) of the King Pal∣laces (Hugh Peters in the relation of the taking of it, he made to the House of Common, saying, an Emperor might have lived in it made good the Motto, written in every Window of it, viz. Aimez Loyali, Love Loyalty. In a two years siege, from August 1643. to October 1645. he held out against all the Parliament forces (the good Marquiss being heard tob 1.20 to say, That if the King had no more ground in England but Basing-house, he would adventure as he did, and so maintain it to the utmost) as he did, not yielding, till it was taken by storm, with the richest plunder in money, plate, jewels, houshold stuffe, amounting to 200000l. Sterling (among which a Bed worth 14••••l.) with the assistance.

1. Of Sir Robert P••ake, who had been an Artillery-man forty two years, commanded thither from Oxford 1643. with but 100. men, with whom before October 1645. by vigilant and dexterous Sallies, he did execution upon thousands, with two brave Majors Cu••••and and Lingley (of whom see more in the Journals of this Siege, Printed Oxford by L. L. 1645.) He died a good Benefactor to the City of London, particularly to St. Sepulchres, where he was buried with great military pomp, Iuly 1667.

2. Inigo Iones the great Architect (brought up by William Earl of Pembroke, at whose charge he travelled much abroad, and studied at home) in King Iames and King Charles I. time for Representati∣ons, Masks and more solid Buildings, his skill both in the Theory, and History, of Architecture, in the most excellent discourse writ by him, upon King Iames his motion, called, Stone-henge Restored appears singular, wherein he modestly propoundeth, and more substantially proveth, that Posing Quarry to be a Roman Work or Temple, dedicated to Caelus or Coelum (son to Aether and Dies) the Senior of the Heathen gods.b 1.21

3. Dr. Thomas Iohnson, born in York-shire, not far from H••ll, bred

an Apothecary in London, where he attained to be the best Herba∣list of his age in England, making Additions to the Edition of Ge∣rard: A man of such modesty, that knowing so much•• he owned the knowledge of nothing. The University of Oxford bestowed on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor in Physick; and his Loyalty engaged him on the Kings side in our civil wars. When in Basing-house a dangerous piece of service was to be done, this Doctor (who publickly pretended not to valor, understood, and perform∣ed it, yet afterwards he lost his life, at a Salley ina 1.22 the same siege 1644. generally lamented, even of those that murdered him.

Dr. Thomas Fuller bestoweth this Epitaph upon him.

Hic Johnsone jacet, sed si mors cederet herbis, Arte fuguata tua, cederet illa tuis.

[unspec IV] Col. Henry Gage, in whose wreath of Laurel, his twice relieving this house in two still foggy nights, not knowing his way, but as he fought it through four times, the number of the wearied men he had with him deserves to be twisted, and whose history is drawn up on his Monument (which after two Funerals, will not suffer him to dye, being likely to continue his worth after our ruins as long as Seth intended his stones should Letters, after both the de∣structions of the world) in Christ Church Oxford thus,

P. M. S.

Hic situs est Militum chiliarcha Henricus Gage equitis aurati Filius, & hares Johannis Gage de Haling, in agro surriens•• Armigeri, Pro∣nepos Johannis Gage honeratissimi ordinis peris celidis equitis, in Belgio meruit supra annos XX. in omnipraeli•• & obsidione, Berghae ad Zomam, Bredae ac praecipue S. audomori ex Belgio ad M. Brit. regem missus attulit armorum VI. M. Cujus imperio Bostalii ae••es expug∣navit. Mox Basingianis prasidiariis commeatu interclusis, strenue re¦jam desperata suppetias tulit castrum Bamburiense cum Northamp∣toniae comite liberavit hinc equestri dignitate ornatus hostes denuo Basinga fugavit jamque gubernator Oxon. creatus, cum ad Culhami Pontem inhostes jam tertio milites audacter duceret plumbea traject us glande occubuit. Die XI. Janua. 1644. aetat. suae 47. funus solemni luctu prosequnti Principes, Proceres, Milites, Academici, Cives ••mnes Iam tristissimi, ex dessiderio viri ingenio, linguarum peritia, gloria militari pietate, fide, & amore in principem, & patriam eminentissimi.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Who was at a vast charge to entertain the Reforma••es from all parts.
• a 1.2

  Note that it ••as the po¦••••nt 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the ••••anish Am∣bassador that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his life, wherupon he said, I was pulling off my Double••, now I wi•••• ••ook ••n on my Br••e••••.
• b 1.3

  He 〈◊〉〈◊〉 800l. composi¦tion, Henry Goring Sul∣lington, Sus∣sex 40l. H. Goring Bur∣ton, Sussex 250l.
• * 1.4

  Bishop John Owen of St. Asaph.
• a 1.5

  He writ several Lear∣ned Discourse how the Loyal Clergy should behave them∣selv••s in the exigencies of th••se times he and Mr. Maurice of ••. Lanbeder Den••. Another und••unted suf¦ferer ma••••yed two daughters of Doctor Williams Warden of Ru••then, one of whom M••s. Maurice su••∣fe••d ••y the barbarousness of the Round-heads beyond expression, as you may see in Mr. Weavers Poems.
• b 1.6

  He having a considerable Command in all his Expedi∣tions.
• a 1.7

  ••ho••e Hus∣band Jo. Lord Lovelace paid for his Loyalty as good as 6951l. be¦sides dec••na¦tions and constant troubles, and his Brother Col. Francis Lovelace.
• b 1.8

  Where the Scotch 〈◊〉〈◊〉 were 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and ••sapn•• they would no come to the ••••••l of Repen∣••auce.
• c 1.9

  Taking 100 Pipes a day, first used to it in I••a∣g••res.
• * 1.10

  Sir George We••worth of Welly York paid for his Loyalty 3185l and Sir George the Earl of S••••of∣fords Brother, his life at Mar∣s••on-moor, Tho, Went∣worth of Bre∣ton, York 340l.
• a 1.11

  See M••. Herles Ded. to him of his Medit.
• * 1.12

  For mur∣dering, killing, and destroying, they are their own words, R ••ertivala Linnen-Webster,
• a 1.13

  His Son hath nobly con∣tributed to Dr. Barrow, the excellent Bishop of Man, towards the settlement of that business. Note that Ferdinando Stanley of Proughton, Lanc. paid for his duty 150l. Will. Stanley of Woodhall Lanc. 46l. Jo Stanley of Dul-yar••••, Cumb. 40l
• a 1.14

  The first in Brigades reaching from Wales to Ox∣ford, clearing Monmouth and Glocester of the little Parliament Garrisons.
• b 1.15

  The stream of the people being at my Lords devoti∣on, keeping out all forces whatsoever but his Maje∣sties, my Lord very watch fully and dili∣gently looking to all those parts, to re∣cruit and se∣cure them upon all occasions with ••••r••s and other ne∣cessaries, as upon the be∣traying of Monmouth, the danger of Chepstow, and Lindsey Garrisons.
• a 1.16

  Where be∣ing lodged in a g••••en T••••••r••h∣ed house, he said ••e ••aid ••n a B••g•• u••der a Meadow.
• b 1.17

  It is s••••d of his A c••••••or the Earl of Worcester, that he kept himself up in the ••••••••able times. ••. 8. E 6. Q. M. Q. E by be∣ing a W••ll••w and not an Oake, &c.
• a 1.18

  Translated by Mr. Row∣land Vaughan of Caerg••y, Morion A great sufferer for his maie∣sly (his house being burned 1645. by Col. Jo. Jones) he did much good in these times by crans••••ting Orthodox Books, such as Bishop Usher••s Catechism, Dr. Pride••ux his Legacies, &c, An excel∣lent Welch Poet and Antiquary)
• a 1.19

  〈…〉〈…〉
• b 1.20

  〈…〉〈…〉
• b 1.21

  His Loyalty cost 〈◊〉〈◊〉 400l. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• a 1.22

  As did Major Cusaw.