Henry Guldeforde, or Guilford, was one of the greatest ornaments of the court of Henry VIII. In the early part of his life, he served with reputation in the wars with the Moors in Spain under Ferdinand and Isabella. His learning and personal qualities recommended him to the esteem of the great Erasmus, with whom he held a correspondence. In the seventh year of Henry VIII. he was constituted master of the horse for life. Ob. Et. cir. 40.The mother of the Lord Guilford Dudley, who was also mother to the earls of Warwick and Leicester, was of this family.

HENRY FITZROY, duke of Richmond. Clamp sc. In Harding's " Biog. Mirror."

Henry Fitzroy was natural son to King Henry VIII. by the Lady Elizabeth Talboys, daughter of Sir John Blount, knt. and widow of Gilbert Lord Talboys, born at Blackmore, in Essex. King Henry had a particular fondness for this child; at the age of six years, June 18, 1525 (17 Henry VIII.) he was first made knight of the garter, then advanced to the dignity of Earl of Nottingham, and the same day created Duke of Richmond and Somerset; the ceremony being performed at the royal palace of Bridewell, in the city of London. Among other honours, the lieutenancy of Ireland was granted him; but, on account of his juvenile years, Sir William Skeffington was appointed his deputy. Leland informs us, that he had a spirit turned to martial affairs, was master of the languages then in vogue, and had an excellent taste in polite literature. This taste, no doubt, was not a little improved by the mutual intercourse between the young duke and the celebrated Henry, earl of Surrey, with whom he was educated at Windsor; and both went in the royal train of Henry VIII. to attend his interview with Francis I. Such an affection grew between these noble youths, that, to cement the tie of friendship, the duke, on their return, married the earl's sister, Lady Mary Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, third duke of Norfolk. The nuptials were, probably, never consummated, the duke dying without issue 1536. Et. suæ. 17. See Harding's "Biographical Mirror."

AUDLEY, lord-chancellor. Hans Holbein. P. W. Tomkins. From the original, in the possession of Lord Howard, at Audley End; in Harding's Shakspeare.

The plate was engraved at Lord Howard's expense, and was

considerably larger than at present; but, after a few impressions were taken for private friends, Mr. Harding was permitted to insert it in his work.

Thomas Audley, speaker of the House of Commons, on the resignation of Sir Thomas More, was made lord-chancellor; at which time the king conferred on him the honour of knighthood; and, being a great favourite of Henry's, in 1538 he was created Lord Audley of Walden. He in part founded and endowed Magdalen College, Cambridge, for the maintenance of able poets.-He died 1554, Et. 56, and was buried at Saffron Walden, Essex.

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAMS, earl of Southampton. Holbein. F. Bartolozzi sc.

WILLIAM FITZWILLIAMS, &c. Holbein. R. Dalton. From a drawing in the Royal Collection.

William Fitzwilliam, third son of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Aldwarke, in the county of York, knight, was not only eminent for his military skill in the reign of Henry VIII. but was also appointed to divers high posts and offices of honour, and advanced to the dignity of Earl of Southampton in 1537. He died in 1543, while having the command of the van of the English army then marching into Scotland. In such estimation was he held, that, to honour his memory, his standard was borne throughout that whole expedition.

ROBERT RATCLIFFE, earl of Sussex. J. Thane ex. From his monument in Boreham Church.

Robert Ratcliff, baron and viscount Fitz-Walter, was in 1529 created Earl of Sussex; and obtained a special patent, to himself and his heirs, to exercise the office of server, at the time of dinner, upon the coronation day of any future king or queen of this realm, with the fee of £20 per annum. He was also made lord highchamberlain for life. He distinguished himself in the wars of France, and was the complete courtier to his capricious sovereign. He died at Chelsea 1542.

LORD VAUX. Holbein. F. Bartolozzi.

LORD VAUX. Holbein. Dalton.

LORD VAUX. Holbein. L. Schiavonetti. In Hard

ing's Shakspeare.

NICHOLAS LORD VAUX. Holbein. In "Royal and Noble Authors," by Park, 1806.

Sir Nicholas Vaux was a great ornament to the courts of Henry VII. and VIII. His father, by adhering to Henry VI. in the contention between the houses of York and Lancaster, had forfeited his estates they were, however, restored to the son, with the honour of knighthood, on his fighting valiantly at the battle of Stoke, on the side of Henry VII. against the Earl of Lincoln; and in the reign of Henry VIII. for his martial spirit, he grew so much in favour, as to be one of the ambassadors for confirming the peace between Henry and the French king, and also one of the commissioners for preparing the famous interview between those monarchs near Guienes. He was advanced to the dignity of a baron, by the title of Lord Vaux of Harwedon, the 15th of Henry VIII. and died soon after, according to Mr. Lodge, 1524.

EARL OF WESTMORELAND. S. Harding del. et sculp. From a miniature in the British Museum. EARL OF WESTMORELAND; in Strutt's "Regal Antiq." plate 33. From the same miniature.

Ralph Nevill, son of Sir John Nevill, one of the most eminent noblemen of his time, was a knight of the garter, earl-marshal of England, and lord-warden of the Scotch Marches. He filled other high offices of state, and was created Earl of Westmoreland 1398. He was an able commander, a shrewd politician; and so managed the fluctuating interest of the day, that he always contrived to preserve himself in power. He died 1425.

CHARLES SOMERSET, 1st earl of Worcester. Harding sc.

Charles, natural son of Henry, duke of Somerset, by Joan Hill, assumed the name of Somerset; and being a person of great abilities, as well in honour as estates, was by Henry VII. constituted one of his privy council, admiral of the fleet, vice-chamberlain of the household, sent ambassador, with the order of the garter, to the Emperor Maximilian; and was with Henry VIII. in his expe

dition into France. For his heroic actions he had the office of lordchamberlain bestowed on him for life, and was created Earl of Worcester. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Herbert, earl of Huntingdon; from whom descended the late Lord Rivers. Ob. 1526.

CLASS III.

PEERS,

AND SUCH AS HAVE TITLES OF PEERAGE.

HENRICUS HOWARD, comes Surriæ; Et. 24. Holbein p. Hollar f. h. sh.

HENRY HOWARD, earl of Surrey. Holbein p. G. V. (Vertue) sc. 4to.

HENRICUS HOWARD, &c. Holbein p. Vertue sc. 1747; h. sh.

HENRY HOWARD, &c. Houbraken sc. Illust. Head. HENRY HOWARD, earl of Surrey; after Holbein. F. Bartolozzi sc. In the Royal Collection.

The same, by Dalton. An outline in Harding's Shakspeare. Harding sc.

HENRY HOWARD, earl of Surrey. Rivers sc. In "Noble Authors," by Park, 1806.

HENRY HOWARD, earl of Surrey. Holbein pinx. E. Scriven sc. In the works of Henry Howard, E. of Surrey, and Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder, by G. F. Nott, D.D. 2 vol. 4to. 1785.

His portrait is at Kensington.

The great and shining talents of this accomplished nobleman excited the jealousy of Henry, who strongly suspected that he aspired to the crown. He was condemned and executed for hightreason, after the formality of a trial, Jan. 19, 1546-7. His father the duke of Norfolk's head "was upon the block;" but he was

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happily delivered by the death of the king. The Earl of Surrey was famous for the tenderness and elegance of his poetry, in which he excelled all the writers of his time. The fair Geraldine, the fame of whose beauty was raised by his pen and his lance, has been proved by Mr. Walpole, from a coincidence of many circumstances, to have been Elizabeth, second daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald, earl of Kildare, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Grey, marquis of Dorset, and to have been the third wife of Edward Clinton, earl of Lincoln.

SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, on horseback, with King HENRY VIII. In the "Vetusta Monumenta," vol. iii. plate 33, &c. "The king is mounted on a stately courser, whose head-stall, reins, and stirrups, are studied and embost with gold. He wears on his head a black bonnet, ornamented with a white feather, and is drest in a jacquet of cloth of gold, and a surcot or gown of brown velvet, with breeches and hose of white silk. His countenance appears serene and sedate. All the features of his face are highly finished, and the portrait hath, by good judges, been esteemed to be of the greatest likeness we now have of that monarch. Behind the king are two persons on horseback; that on the right hand is the Duke of Suffolk, mounted on a black horse, and dressed in a scarlet habit, with a black bonnet on his head; his beard is remarkably white, curled, and parted in the middle. The other is Sir Anthony Browne, mounted on a white courser.”

There is a copy of Sir Anthony Browne, on horseback, without the king, &c.

Sir Anthony succeeded his father in the honourable post of standard-bearer throughout the whole realm of England and elsewhere; he attended his sovereign Henry VIII. in his conquests in France; and was ambassador for conveying the order of the garter to Francis I. &c. 30 Henry VIII. He had a grant of the office of the master of the horse, and of the site of Battel Abbey, and was at the same time with Lord Audley, lord-chancellor, elected knight of the garter. He betrothed Anne of Cleves as proxy for Henry