title and arms of the crown of England, and had not renounced the same, as was agreed upon in the treaty of Edinburgh: that, for the full possessing herself thereof, she had treated of a mar. riage with the Duke of Norfolk, without acquainting the Queen therewith, &c. In April, 1589, he was one of the peers on the trial of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Strange, of Chesterton in com. Glouc. Esq. by whom he had issue, Thomas, his son and heir;

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Also three daughters; Jane, first married to Thomas Wenman (son to Sir Richard Wenman, Knight); secondly, to James Cressy; thirdly, to Sir Thomas Tasburgh, Knight; and, fourthly, to Ralph Sheldon, of Beoley in com. Wigorn, Esq.; Elizabeth, second daughter, was wedded to Richard Blount (brother to Sir Michael Blount, Knight), of Dodsham in Sussex, Esq.; and Mary, third daughter, died unmarried.

By inquisition taken after his decease, at Winchester, on April 6th, 1596, it appears, that he died at Wherwell, on December 30th, 1595, and that Sir Thomas West, Knight, was his son and heir, and aged forty years.

Which SIR THOMAS, SECOND LORD, was knighted' in 30 Eliz. and, by title of Thomas de la Warrre, in 38 Eliz. was appointed one of the commissioners m for putting in execution an act passed in the first year of her reign, intitled, "An acte restoringe to the crowne of the auncient jurisdiction over the state, ecclesiasticall and spirituall, and abolishing all foreigne power repugnant to the same." Also, in 39 Eliz. the commission being renewed," he was again in it: and, in the same year, exhibiting his petition to the Queen, in the parliament then held, to be restored to the place and precedency. of his ancestors, he was thereupon placed between the Lord Willoughby of Eresby, and the Lord Berkeley. In 1601, he was one of the peers P on the trials of the Earls of Essex and Southampton, in Westminster Hall; and when they were pronounced guilty, the Earl of Essex, before he left the lords, " asked pardon of the Lord de la Warr, and the Lord Morley, for bringing their sons into danger, who

Camden's Life of Queen Eliz. in Hist. of Eng. p. 551, 552.
i Visitation of Hampshire.

Ibid.

* Cole's Esc. lib. i. p. 252, n. 61, A. 12, in Bibl. Harley.

'Jekyll's Cat. of Knights,

m Rymer, tom. xvi p. 291.

• Journal of Parl. 39 Eliz.

MS. penes meips.

■ Ibid. tom. xvi. p. 324. ▸ Camden in Hist. ut supra. p. 633. Ibid. p. 636.

were unacquainted with the whole matter. He died on March 24th, 44 Eliz." and by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, Knight of the Garter, and treasurer of the household to Queen Elizabeth, had issue five sons. *

First, Sir Robert, who died in his lifetime, without surviving issue by his wife, Elizabeth, youngest daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Cock, of Broxborn in Hertfordshire, Knight, who, after his decease, was secondly married to Sir Robert Oxenbridge, of Husborne, Knight.

Second, Thomas West, Lord de la Warr.

Third, Francis.

Fourth, John.

And, fifth, Nathaniel.

Also six daughters; Elizabeth, married to Herbert Pelham, Esq. of Michelham in Sussex, and of Compton Valence in the county of Dorset: she died, January 15th, 1639, aged fifty-nine, and was buried at Compton Valence; Lettice, wedded to Henry Ludlow, of Tedley in Hants, Esq.; Penelope, married to Herbert Pelham, Esq. son and heir of Herbert; Catherine died unmarried; Eleanor, the wife of Sir William Savage, Knight; and Anne, married to John Pellett, Esq. of Bolne, in com. Sussex, Knight.

Which THOMAS LORD DE LA WARR, THIRD LORD, in the lifetime of his father, * was knighted in 42 Eliz. and, on the death of the Queen, was one of the twenty-five lords, privy counsellors, who sent a letter, dated at the palace of Whitehall, on March 28th, 1603, to the Lord Eure, and the rest of the commissioners for the treaty of Breame; notifying to them the accession of King James to the throne, and ordering them to make the best conditions they could, in such points as they had in charge, with the imperial commissioners. In the first year of King James I. he was in commission with John Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury, Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, lord high admiral, Sir John Herbert, Knight, principal secretary of state, and others, to inquire and call before them all such persons as shall advisedly maintain or affirm any doctrine repugnant to any of the articles of

Vincent's Baronage, MS. p. 204, n. 20, in Offic. armor. and Cole's Esc. lib. i. p. 252, in Bibl. Harl.

• Visitation of Hampshire.

'Mont. in Broxborn church.

u Hutchins's Dorsetshire, vol i. p. 348.
Cat. of Knights, MS. penes meips.

Rymer's Foed. tom. xvi. p. 493, 494

Ibid p. 546 to 560.

religion, which concern the confession of the true christian faith, and the doctrine of the sacraments, as agreed on by the archbishops and bishops of both provinces, and the whole clergy, in convocation, in 1562.

In 1609, he was constituted captain-general of all the colonies planted, or to be planted, in Virginia; and went thither the same year, with three ships and one hundred and fifty men, principally artificers, a

"This of Virginia" (says the author of "An Account of the European Settlements in America," supposed to have been Mr. William Burke,) b" is the most ancient of our colonies, though, strictly speaking, the first attempts to settle a colony were not made in Virginia, but in that part of North Carolina which immediately borders upon it. Sir Walter Raleigh, the most extraordinary genius of his own, or perhaps any other time, a penetrating statesman, an accomplished courtier, a deep scholar, a fine writer, a great soldier, and one of the ablest seamen in the world; this vast genius, that pierced so far, and ran through so many things, was of a fiery eccentric kind, which led him into daring expeditions, and uncommon projects, which not being understood by a timid Prince, and envied and hated by the rivals he had in so many ways, ruined him at last. In person he ran infinite risques. in Guiana in search of gold mines; and, when this country was first discovered, he looked through the work of an age at one' glance; and saw how advantageous it might be made to the trade of England. He was the first man who had a right conception of the advantages of settlements abroad; he was then the only person who had a thorough insight into the trade of England, and who saw clearly the proper methods of promoting it. He applied to court, and got together a company, which was composed of several persons of distinction, and several eminent merchants, who agreed to open a trade, and settle a colony in that part of the world, which in honour of Queen Elizabeth he called Virginia. Raleigh had too much business upon his hands at court, and found too few to second him in his designs, to enable him to support the establishment with the spirit in which he began it. If ever any design had an ominous beginning, and seemed to forbid any attempts for carrying it on, it was that of the first settlement of Virginia. Near half of the first colony was destroyed by

a How's Additions to Stow's Annals, p. 492.

Cousin to Edmund Burke.

savages: and the rest, consumed and worn down by fatigue and famine, deserted the country, and returned home in despair. The second colony was cut off to a man, in a manner unknown; but they were supposed to be destroyed by the Indians. The third had the same dismal fate; and the fourth quarrelling among themselves, neglecting their agriculture to hunt for gold, and provoking the Indians by their insolent and unguarded behaviour, lost several of their people, and were returning, the poor remains of them, in a famishing and desperate condition to England; when just at the mouth of Chesapeak Bay they met the Lord De la War, with a squadron loaded with provision, and every thing for their relief and defence, who persuaded them to return.

"This nobleman travelled with as much zeal and assiduity to cherish and support the froward infancy of this unpromising colony, as some have used in better times for purposes of another kind. Regardless of his life, and inattentive to his fortune, he entered upon this long and dangerous voyage, and accepted this barren province, which had nothing of a government but its anxieties and its cares, merely for the service of his country; and he had no other reward than that retired and inward satisfaction which a good mind feels in indulging its own propensity to virtue, and the prospect of those just honours which the latest posterity take a pleasure in bestowing upon those who prefer the interest of posterity to their own. After he had prevailed upon the people to return, he comforted them under their misfortunes; he painted out the causes, and, uniting the tenderness of a father with the steady severity of a magistrate, he healed their divisions, and reconciled them to authority and government, by making them feel, by his conduct, what a blessing it could be made.

<<< When he had settled the colony within itself, his next care war to put them upon a proper footing with regard to the Indians, whom he found very haughty and assuming, on account of the late miserable state of the English; but by some well-timed and vigorous steps he humbled them, shewed he had power to chastise them, and courage to exert that power; and having awed them into very peaceable dispositions, and settled his colony in a very growing condition, he returned home for the benefit of his health, which by his constant attendance to business, and the air of an uncultivated country, had been impaired; but he left his son, with the spirit of his father, his deputy; and sir Thomas

This seems a mistake, unless he had a son, not mentioned in the Peerages,

Charles, his successor.

Also two daughters; Elizabeth, married to Francis Bindlose, Esq.; and Mary, wedded to the Rev. Mr. Orme.

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By inquisition taken after his decease, on June 15th, 1628, 4 Car. I. the jury found that he died on the 1st of that month, seised of the hundred of Wherwell, with the manors and lordships thereunto belonging; the manors of Middleton, Tatkinton, alias Tufton, Bollington, Goodworth, Clatford, Little-Anne, and rectory of Goodworth, all in the county of Southampton; and that Charles Lord de la Warr was his son and heir, and then aged two years and four months.

Of which CHARLES, FIFTH LORD DE LA WARR, 1 find, that he, with the Earl of Warwick, were named by the Lords, on May 28th, 1647, commissioners to go to the army, and assist in the disbanding of the foot regiments; but the General and the officers refused to submit thereto. On the rising of Sir George Booth, in order to the restoration of King Charles II. his Lordship, with the Earl of Oxford, and the Viscount Falkland, were apprehended, on August 13th, 1659, on suspicion of being assisting to him, and were sent to prison, as Whitlock recites, p. 683. He married Anne, daughter and heir of John Wild, of Droitwich, in Worcestershire, Esq. and serjeant at law; and by her, who died on December 24th, 1677, had issue,

1. Charles, his son and heir, who married

-daughter of

Hudleston, Esq.; and, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Robert Pye, of Bradenham, in com. Bucks, Bart. but died without issue, on June 22d, 1684.

2. Horatio, who also died in the lifetime of his father, at Barbadoes.

3. John Lord de la Warr.

And a daughter, Cecilie, married to Dr. William Beaw, Bishop of Llandaff; as also Anna and Sophia, who died unmarried. This Charles Lord de la Warr departed this life, in the sixtyfifth year of his age, on Thursday, December 22d, 1687, and was succeeded by John, his only surviving son.

Which JOHN, Sixth Lord de LA WARR, was, in the reign of King William, made, first Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and Groom of the Stole, to Prince George of Denmark. And, in