whence his bones were removed at the dissolution to Framlingham. The description of his monument is preserved in Blomefield's Norfolk. See the reign of Henry VIII.

JOHN BEAUFORT, first duke of Somerset. Thane.

John de Beaufort, the second natural son of John duke of Lancaster, was eminently conspicuous in most of the military campaigns in the reigns of Henry V. and VI., and by the latter was created duke of Somerset and earl of Kendal, 1442. Ob. 1444; buried in Winborn Minster, Dorsetshire. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Beauchamp, of Bletshoe, by whom he had a daughter, named Margaret, the grandmother of Henry VII.

THOMAS HOLLAND, duke of Surrey; in Strutt's "Regal Antiquities;" plates XXIV. XXV. and XXVI.

DUKE OF SURREY. E. Harding sc. in Harding's Shakspeare.

Thomas Holland, son and heir of Thomas earl of Kent, by Alice, sister of Richard Fitz-Allan, earl of Arundel, &c. was created duke of Surrey by Richard II. 1398; but in the early part of the reign of Henry IV. he forfeited his life and honours, by conspiring with the duke of Aumerle and Exeter, earl of Salisbury, &e. against the life of the king. Ob. 1401.

HENRY BEAUCHAMP, duke of Warwick; small whole length, in Lord Orford's Works, 4to.

Henry Beauchamp, son of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, by his second wife, Isabel, daughter of Thomas earl of Gloucester, was a great favourite of Henry VI. and by him created duke of Warwick, 1444, with precedence next to the duke of Norfolk, and before the duke of Buckingham; which so extremely displeased the duke, that an act of parliament was passed, declaring they should take place of each other by turn every year. He was also by Henry himself crowned King of Wight. These high honours he did not long enjoy, dying on the 11th of June, 1445, when only twentytwo years of age.

RICARDUS FITZ-ALLAN, Comus Arundelliæ, &c. Crown on his head, kneeling, with his Countess Eleanor. J. Basire sculp.

Richard Fitz-Allan, 5th earl of Arundel, earl of Warran and Surrey by right of his mother, was one of the most distinguished men in the reign of Edward III. He was in the expedition to Flanders, and in several of the French wars, particularly at the battle of Cressy. He filled many high offices, and executed several important embassies. Ob. 1376. His first wife was Isabel, daughter to Hugh Lord Despenser, from whom he was divorced: his second was Eleanor, daughter of Henry earl of Lancaster.

THOMAS OF BROTHERTON, earl of Norfolk; in Strutt's "Regal Antiquities."

Thomas Plantagenet, surnamed de Brotherton, from the place of his birth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where his mother, Queen Margaret, second wife to King Edward I. when a hunting, was delivered. He was by his brother Edward II. created earl of Norfolk, 1315, and soon afterward earl marshal of England. Ob. 1338, and buried in the abbey of St. Edmunds Bury.

HENRY PERCY, earl of Northumberland; Clamp sc. in Harding's Shakspeare.

HENRY PERCY, earl of Northumberland; in Strutt's 'Regal Antiquities;" plates XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. and XXXIII.

Henry Percy was made earl marshal of England at the coronation of Richard II. anno 1377, and at the same time created earl of Northumberland. After a long series of public services, he was banished the realm, for reflecting upon the unconstitutional measures at that time pursued. He immediately joined with Henry duke of Lancaster, and assisted him in his advancement to the throne.-On the accession of Henry IV. he was raised to the high office of constable of England for life. At the battle of Homilden, he gained a complete victory over the Scots army; but the king took all the prisoners (which the earl regarded as his right), intending to detain them, that he might make a more advantageous peace with Scotland. The earl, enraged at this act of injustice and ingratitude, as he conceived it, for raising Henry to the throne, joined Edmond Mortimer, earl of March, Owen Glendower, and other disaffected persons, in a plan to depose Henry: but at the battle of Shrewsbury the insurgents were defeated, with the loss of the earl's son, the celebrated Hotspur. Northumberland was afterward pardoned,

but deprived of his honours and estates, though they were at length restored to him again. Reflecting on the death of his son, and finding himself slighted by the king, he joined with Thomas Mowbray, son of the duke of Norfolk, and Scrope, archbishop of York, who lost their lives: the earl was forced to seek refuge in Scotland, and was slain at Branham Moor, near Haslewood, 1407. ROBERT VERE, earl of Oxford, with Philippa de Courcy, his countess; an old print, 4to. ROBERT VERE, &c. profile in an oval. From the original at the Hon. Tho. Walpole's.

Hall sc.

Robert, the ninth earl of Oxford, a great favourite of Richard II. was created marquis of Dublin and duke of Ireland: but after some time enjoying the royal favour, his insolence and ambition became intolerable; his absolute rule and authority excited the indignation of the nobility, which terminated in his being accused of high treason, and sentenced to banishment. He died at London, 1392, of a wound received by a wild boar, in great distress. His wife was Philippa, daughter of Ingelram, earl of Bedford, whom in the height of his prosperity he forsook.

EARL OF SALISBURY. S. Harding del et sculp. From the original in the British Museum.

EARL OF SALISBURY; in Strutt's " Regal Antiquities;" plates 24-27.

John de Montacute, the third earl of Salisbury, was almost the only temporal nobleman that remained firm to King Richard after the invasion of the duke of Lancaster. When Richard was deposed, he joined in a plan for his restoration; which being discovered, he, with the earl of Kent and others, was seized by the citizens at Cirencester, who beheaded them in 1400.

THOMAS MONTACUTE, earl of Salisbury; whole length, standing in armour; John Lidgate presenting him with a book; in Strutt's " Regal Antiqui

ties." No XLV.

Thomas, 4th earl of Salisbury, was concerned in most of the military exploits during the reign of Henry V. He died in the service of his country, being mortally wounded when commanding the English army at the siege of Orleans, 1428.

"In the tower that was taken at the bridge end, there was an high chamber, having a grate full of barres of yron, by the whiche a man myghte looke all the length of the bridge into the citie, and devising in what place it were best to give the assault. They within the citie well perceived thys peeping hole, layde a piece of ordinance directly against the windowe.

"It so chanced, the 59 day after the siege was layde, the earl of Salisburie, Sir Thomas Gargrave, and William Glasdale, with divers other, went into the saide tower, and so into the high chamber, and looked out at the grate; and within a short space, the sonne of the master-gunner, perceiving men looking out at the window, took his match, as his father had taught him, who was gone down to dinner, and fired the gunne, the shot whereof brake and sheevered the iron barres of the grate, so that one of the same barres stroke the earle so violently on the heade, that it stoke away one of his eyes and side of his cheeke," &c. See Strutt, p. 89.

JOHN BEAUFORT, earl of Somerset, with his granddaughter Margaret, countess of Richmond; small oval.

Sir John Beaufort, knight, eldest son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by Catharine Swinford, his third wife, was created earl of Somerset 1396 or 1397, and the next year marquis. In 1398 he was created marquis of Dorset, but was deprived of this title in the beginning of Henry the Fourth's reign, as having been one of the accusers of Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester; but being reinstated in the king's favour, he was promoted to several great offices. Ob. April 21, 1410. He was brother to Henry, cardinal bishop of Winchester.

THOMAS BEAUCHAMP, earl of Warwick; in Strutt's "Regal Antiquities;" plate 44.

Thomas earl of Warwick was appointed governor to king Richard II.; but the young monarch being rather weak and untractable, and not to be managed by any but a few turbulent favourites, who pushed him on to all kind of iniquity, the earl was soon dismissed from court, and retired to his castle at Warwick. He was seized at an entertainment by the king, under pretence of having joined the duke of Gloucester, and condemned to lose his head. This sentence was, however, suspended; but his castle and other estates were granted to Thomas earl of Kent. Henry the IV. on his succession restored

him to his liberty, honours, and estates, which he did not long enjoy, dying in 1401.

RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, earl of Warwick. R. Clamp sculp. From a drawing in the British Museum.

Richard Beauchamp succeeded his father, and became the most eminent of his family for marvellous deeds of chivalry and tournaments; in all of which he acquitted himself with so much valour, as to obtain universal admiration. Henry V. in 1416 created him earl of Albemarle for life. He was constantly employed at home or abroad in some great offices, and was one of the most accomplished noblemen of his time. He died in the castle of Roan, in 1439. His body was brought to England, and deposited in the collegiate church of St. Mary, at Warwick, where a most magnificent tomb is erected to his memory. See Hutchins's Dorset, vol. p. 172. Banks's Extinct Baronetage.

RICHARD NEVILLE, earl of Warwick; in Lord Orford's Works, 4to.

Richard Neville, son of Richard earl of Salisbury, by his marriage with Anne, daughter and heir of Beauchamp earl of Warwick, acquired the title of earl of Warwick, is well known by the appellation of The King Maker, and distinguished himself by his magnificence, hospitality, and gallantry; not less than 30,000 persons are said to have daily lived at his board. He was at last slain fighting for Henry VI. in the battle of Barnet, April 14, 1471.

CLASS III.

PEERS.†

BERTRAM ASHBURNHAM.-The following inscription is at the bottom of the print:

"This portraiture is in memory of Bertram Ashburnham, in Sussex, who, in the time of King Harold, was warden of the Cinque

See a list of his martial achievements in Guillim Abridged, Vol. I. p. 69.

+ There is a print in Dugdale's "History of Warwickshire," of Hugh Lupus, earl of Chester, sitting in his parliament. It was engraved by Hollar. This cannot, in strict propriety, be placed with portraits.