Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth centuryF.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, 1812 - Aristocracy (Social class) |
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... Compton , Earl of Northampton .... 223 Fielding , Earl of Denbigh ...... .. 265 Fane , Earl of Westmoreland 283 Bertie , Earl of Lindsey .. 307 Mordaunt , Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth 309 Grey , Earl of Stamford ... 340 ..... Finch ...
... Compton , Earl of Northampton .... 223 Fielding , Earl of Denbigh ...... .. 265 Fane , Earl of Westmoreland 283 Bertie , Earl of Lindsey .. 307 Mordaunt , Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth 309 Grey , Earl of Stamford ... 340 ..... Finch ...
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... Compton , son and heir of Sir William Comp- ton , Knight , ( ancestor to the present Earl of Northampton , ) after- wards to William Herbert , Earl of Pembroke . : FRANCIS , FIFTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY , born in Sheffield castle , A. D. ...
... Compton , son and heir of Sir William Comp- ton , Knight , ( ancestor to the present Earl of Northampton , ) after- wards to William Herbert , Earl of Pembroke . : FRANCIS , FIFTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY , born in Sheffield castle , A. D. ...
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... Compton , ancestor of the Earl of Northampton ; but he had no issue by her , who was buried at Erith in Kent , August 8th , 1588 . In 1552 , several lords of the court having agreed to have under themselves a considerable body of men ...
... Compton , ancestor of the Earl of Northampton ; but he had no issue by her , who was buried at Erith in Kent , August 8th , 1588 . In 1552 , several lords of the court having agreed to have under themselves a considerable body of men ...
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... a griffin Or , ducally gorged Azure . Motto . Sic donec . Chief Seats . At Ashridge in the counties of Bucks and Hertford , which the present Earl is rebuilding . DOME JE NE SERCHE QUE UNG COMPTON , EARL OF 222 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND .
... a griffin Or , ducally gorged Azure . Motto . Sic donec . Chief Seats . At Ashridge in the counties of Bucks and Hertford , which the present Earl is rebuilding . DOME JE NE SERCHE QUE UNG COMPTON , EARL OF 222 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND .
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... Compton in com . Warw . appears from several authorities , being descended from ancestors , who were lords of the place before the conquest . Sir William Dugdale , in treating of the owners of the lordship of Compton , has given no ...
... Compton in com . Warw . appears from several authorities , being descended from ancestors , who were lords of the place before the conquest . Sir William Dugdale , in treating of the owners of the lordship of Compton , has given no ...
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afterwards ancestor Anne appointed April arms August Baron Bart Berkeley bishop born brother buried castle Catherine church coheir colonel Compton court custos rotulorum daughter and heir daughter of Sir death decease December died unmarried Duke Duke of Monmouth Duke of York Earl of Derby Earl of Pembroke Egerton eldest Eliz England Essex father February Finch fourth France Garter George Grey heir of Sir Henry VIII Hist honour horse house of peers Ibid Ireland James January July June Kent King Charles King's Knight lands letters patent London lord lieutenant Lord Windsor Lumley Majesty Majesty's manor March Margaret married to Sir Mordaunt noble November October parliament Polyd præd Prince privy-council Queen reign Robert Scotland second wife September Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William sister sons Stanley Stemmate succeeded Suffolk Talbot thereof third VIII Viscount Warwickshire Westminster widow Windsor
Popular passages
Page 123 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 568 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Page 394 - Answer to Mr. Whiston's Letter to him concerning the Eternity of the Son of God, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 570 - He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 569 - Bartering his venal wit for sums of gold, He cast himself into the saint-like mould ; Groan'd, sigh'd, and pray'd, while godliness was gain, The loudest bagpipe of the squeaking train.
Page 596 - Surrey and the heirs male of his body and for default of such issue...
Page 561 - God forbid that I should justify you : Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go : My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Page 334 - I'll go with her willingly. Nothing can be more affecting and melancholy to me than what I see here: yet he takes my visit so kindly, that I should have lost one great pleasure, had I not come. I have nothing more to say, as I have nothing in my mind but this present object, which indeed is extraordinary. This man was never born to die like other men, any more than to live like them.
Page 534 - The house, generally," says he, "was exceedingly disposed to please the king, and to do him service." " It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.
Page 130 - No ceremony was omitted of bridecakes, points, garters, and gloves, which have been ever since the livery of the Court ; and at night there was sewing into the sheet, casting off the bride's left hose, with many other petty sorceries.