A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips].

Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.

Date:: 1679

Credit: A chronicle of the kings of England, from the time of the Roman government, unto the death of King James ... / Faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern; and digested into a method, by Sir Richard Baker, knight. Whereunto is added, the reign of King Charles the First, and the first thirteen years of ... King Charles the Second [by Edward Phillips]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$/ A Catalogue^of the Earls a/Engl and. Eatl of GUmnrgayf^ Baron Herbert of CheffiorVy Kaglandy and Gorver •, One of the Lords of his Majelties Privy Council i Lord Prelident of the Uiirches of iraleSy Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Glouotfer^ HercfordyZnd Monmouth^ and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter : Defcended frotn Henry Beaufort Duke of So- merfety Marquis of Dorfity Earl o^Somerfet and Uerimiy and Lord of Chir\_y Chir^landy and Knight of the Garters Sir Charles Somerfet Knight, Lord Herberty Anceftor unto the pre- fent Marquis, was created Earl of iVorcejlery Yebr.i. 1514. by Henry the Eighth, in the 5th year of his Reign, as appears by part of the Patent of’his Creation of Earls, which differ¬ ing from moll Patentsfis here exprefsM s Con- Jiderantes generU N^bilitatetny & ’priecipue nobU I in fanguine fropincimtatemy probatiffimi viriy a- j mantifjimi conf'angmnei nojiriy Caroli Somcr- j fet, niiiitU Domini Herbert, & Camerarii no- | fhiy q'.ii mtbls cedeits laborilm aut expenfiSy fe no- bU obfequufum Jemper adhibuity volentefque pro- inde eitndem Carolum Somerfet militemy con- ] dignii honoribns & regalibus tramiin ornarey am- ' pliare &Jublimare : de gratia noji-ra fpecialty & j ex certa Jcientia & mero motu noJirUy de ajjenfu Domlnotum Spirituilium & Temporalittniy Pro- cerumque & C ommunitatU liegni nojiri Anglic in prxfenti Parliamento apud Weftmonafterium 3 convocatOy exijienttumy ipfum Carolum in Comi- tem Wigorn. ereximuSy proeficimusy & creavi- muSy & per preefentes erigimuSy proeficimufy & cre- amus y & ei mmen , jlatum, fUlum, iitu- lumy homremy & dignitatem ComitU Wi¬ gorn. cum omnibus & ftngulis prxeminen- tiisy honoribusy & c£tervs qitibujcunque hujufmo- di llatni Comitis Wigorn. permentibuSyftvefpe- etamibusy damns & concedimus per pr^fenteSy ip- fumque Carolum hufujmodi (iatu, fiiloy tituloy ho- norey& dignitatey per dnUuram gladii infignimuSy inveftimuSy & realiter nobiUtamus. Habendumy &c. Datper manum mjlrum apud Weftm.^r/wo die Februarii, Anno Kegni nojiri quinto. He was Vice-Chamberlain unto Henry the 7th. afer- wards Lord Chamberlain both unto him and unto Henry the 8th. He was alfo Lord Herbert of Gorvery Chepfiorvy and Kagland, The Lrhe day he was made an Earl, he was made Lord Chamberlain for Term of his Life, for which he had a particular Patent. He was hy Henry the Seventh made a Privy Coun(ellor, and Knight of the Garter, and Captain of his Guard. He died in 1525. lyHew.S. aged ninety feven years. Which was the Father of the firft Earl Henry y who died aged eighty four years, which two Earls lived ninefcore and one year i the laft of whom was the Father of KirlJFilIiamy who died Febr, 22. 1588. 31 Eliz. at his houfe by St. John\ at Londony and was buried at Kagland April the 30th follow¬ ing, 158^. who was the Father of Earl Ec/- mardy whodied in iday. who was the Father of the the fecond Earl Henry, who, Novemb. 2. 1^42. 18 Car.i. was created Marquis of JFor* cefier s and died in idqd. who was the Father of Mirquis who in id45, was crea¬ ted Earl of Glamorgan, in the life-time of his Father the firft Marquis Hewrj/. Which Mar¬ quis Edpaard d[e.d in iddy. the Father of the Econd Marquis Henry now living. Henry Pierepont Marquis of Dorcbefler, Earl of Kingjion upon Hull, Vifeount Nevpar\ upon Trent, and Baron Pierepoint of Holme-Tierepoint, Manners, and Herris\ one of the Lords of his Majefties Privy-Council, and a Peer confpicu- oufly eminent for his univerfal Learning) fuc- ceeded, as unto that Earldom, his Renowned Father, Robert Eatl of Kinglfon, who was kil¬ led in I<543. in the caufe of his King and Countrey, and was created Baron, Vifeount, and Edit\ o^Kingifon, by the Firft, and his Son Henry was moft dcfervedly created Maiquis oiDorcheJler by the fame King, Match 25. 1^45, 20th of his Reign* The Title of Noble and Potent Prince is given unto'Marquiftes in the Stalls of the Knights of the Garter zilFindfory^xid in feveral Books formerly printed) and the other Titles are likewifegiven unto the other Degrees herein mentioned. The E A %L S of England. I. r|psH E mod Noble, Potent, and Honou- j I rable,' Awberey (in Lztwe Alberius,) a de Fere, the firft Earl of England, Ear 1 of Oxford, Baron Bdbecl^ Sandford snd j Badelfmere, one of the Lords oi his Majefties Privy-Council ) CrJlonel-Commander of his Majefties Regimental Horfe-Guardi Lord Lieutenant of the County ofEj(Jex, and Knight of the Thrice Noble Order of the Garter i Is fucceffively the twenty fecond Earl of this Name; all which have been Earls of Oxford ) one of them Marquis of Dublin, and Duke of Ireland ) thirteen of them Lord High- Chambcrlains of England, ten of them Knights of the Garter, fome of them Governours of Great Counties and Cafllcs-, others of them Founders of Priories, Chappels and Religi¬ ous Houfes •) and moft of them Peers of moft High Renown and Honour. Ji’cdine Percy Earl of Northumherlandy\Eiton Per¬ cy of Alnaicl^ Lucy, Poynings, Fitz-PainyZnd Bryan: Deceafed in or about iSjo. without ilfue male, whofe Anceftor, Henry Baron Per¬ cy of Alnaicl^.vfdii at the Coronation of Richard the Second, 1377. cfeated Earl of Nmto- herland. 2. Charles Talbot Earl of Shrevasbury. Lord TaU hot. Strange oIBlacl^mere, Giford oiBrimsfield, Furnivaly Verdon and Love-toff, Whofe An¬ ceftor John Talbn, Baron Talbot, Strange ot I [_b 23 FwcKjr i$

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