1643.

The Marquis of Newcastle, who was also governer to the Prince Creat. of Wales, was so attached to the Muses, that he could not, like 27 Oct. the Marquis of Hertford, leave them behind him; he must carry them to the camp, and make Davenant, the poet-laureat, his lieutenant-general of the ordnance. Upon the eruption of the civil war, he raised a very considerable army in the northern counties, with which he was successful against the parliament forces, and defeated Ferdinando, lord Fairfax, at Adderton Moor: but his sub. In June, sequent conduct has been justly censured, and seems to have con- 1643. tributed greatly to the ruin of the king's affairs. After the defeat of Marston Moor, he transported himself beyond the seas, and was, during the Interregnum, chiefly at Antwerp, where he amused himself with writing books. He was master of many accomplishments, and was much better qualified for a court, than a camp. He understood horsemanship, music, and poetry; but was a better horseman than musician, and a better musician than a poet. He died in December, 1676. See the reign of CHARLES II.

EARLS.

ROBERT VERE, earl of Oxford, &c. in armour. Stent; 4to. scarce.

ROBERT VEERE, earl of Oxford, &c. W. Richardson.

1255.

Robert Vere, earl of Oxford, after the example of several of his Creat. ancestors, addicted himself to arms. He, in the Low Countries, commanded a regiment in the service of the States. Having, on several occasions, given sufficient proofs of his valour, he was killed at the siege of Maestricht, the 7th of Aug. 1632. According to the inscription on his print, he was the twenty-third earl of Oxford, of the line of Vere; but Sir William Segar and Heylin agree in his being the nineteenth. His son Aubrey, who was also of a martial spirit, was the twentieth and last earl of this illustrious family.

JAMES STANLEY, earl of Derby. See the Interregnum.

Creat.

1514.

Creat.

8 Dec. 1529.

HENRY SOMERSET, earl of Worcester (afterward marquis) on horseback; in a field of battle; 4to.

HENRY SOMERSET, earl of Worcester; oval. P.Stent exc. 4to. This is Henry, duke of Beaufort, in the reign of Charles II.

HENRY SOMERSET, first marquis of Worcester. Harding sc. quarto, in Core's "Tour in Monmouthshire."

The Earl of Worcester, when he was about eighty years of age, raised the first horse that were levied for Charles I. in the civil war; and entered into his service with all the ardour of a volunteer. No man of his years seemed ever to have retained more of the fire and activity of youth; and the readiness and sprightliness of his wit are said to have been no less extraordinary. His castle of Ragland, which had several times been a place of refuge for the king, was taken after he had bravely defended it in person; and the terms of capitulation were shamefully violated. This was the last garrison in England that held out for his majesty. He died in the custody of the parliament's black rod, in December, 1647,* in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was remarkable for the singularity of wearing a frize coat, in which he always was dressed when he went to court.

HENRY HASTINGS, earl of Huntingdon. Hollar f. small oval.

HENRY HASTINGS, earl of Huntingdon; small oval. W. Richardson.

Henry, earl of Huntingdon, was one of the first that rose for the king in Leicestershire; but, as he was far advanced in years, it was beyond his power to be as active in his cause as his inclination

* Heylin.