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Howard, of Croglin Hall; 4, col. Thcnnas Howard, who was slain in 1643, at Piercebridge; 5, Sir Wm. Howard, who died without issue; 6, Roberl Howard." One of the daughters was married to Sir John Winter, and the other to Sir Thomas Cotton, Bart. Sir Francis Howard, Knt. fixed his residence at Corby Castle, and was succeeded by his eldest son Francis, who, says Sandford, "was a great house· keeper and horse courser, and in all jovial gallantries expert, and beloved of all men,'' and possessed of an estate which descended to his brother William, and from him to his son Tlwmas, who died in 17 40, and by his second wife left issue a son, PMlip, and two daughters, both nuns. Philip Howard, Esq. who died in 1810, demised his estates to the late , Esq. who was born in 1757, and died in 18-12, when he was succeeded by his son, the present Pltilip Henry Howard, Esq. JJ[. P. The late Henry Howard, Esq. was distinguished for his liberality in the encouragement of literary and all other laudable institutions, and the same generous feeling is mainfestly inhe­ ritted by his son, who has lately enfranchised all his tenants, so that the land is now all freehold, except two small lots. The boon services, &c. have been discontinued long since. Biographical sketc/-, of some of the wortMes.. of the :- Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, born 1520, -was renowned for his poeti<'al genius and writing, hi~ military prowes~, and his accomplishments as a gentleman. He wa~ beheaded on suspicion ofhis designing to m

''Matchless was his pen, victorious wa.s his lance, .Bold in the lists, and graceful in the dance.''

Lord William Howard, a younger son of Thomas, duke of Norfolk, having married one of the Dacres, settled at N a worth Ca~tle, and though a catholic, was made one of the Wardens of the Marches, by Elizabeth and J ames I. He is one of the distinguished cha­ racters in W altt>r Scoft's " Lay of the Last Min~trel.'' He is the common ancestor of the earl of Carlisle and the Corby family; he died of the plague at GreyFltoke, in 1640. Sir Francis Howard, his !-lecond 8on, raised a regiment of 400 horse, in 1642, in aid of Charles I. which he commanded; and besides other services contributed greatly to the victory obtained on Adwalton Moor, near Leeds, in 1642, 011 which occasion, colonel Thomas, his eldet~t son, was killed. " To maintain this regiment, he sold two considerable estates in the county of Durham, now worth upwards of £3000. a year. The remainder of his estates were confi..:cated during the Commonwealth; nor did his services, losses, and sufferings, or those of his Rons, preserve the family from the sequestration of the residue of their property, as catholic recusants, during the religious persecutions in the reign of Charles 11.'' Charles Howard, ~f Greystoke, duke of Norfolk, published biographical anecdo~es of his noble and illustrious family; and "Moral Essays," in whic!J. may be traced the benevolence of his beart, the liberality of his sentiments. and his true regard for moral and religious principles. Frtulerick Howard, the late earl of Carlisle, was justly esteemed a literary character. He published a volume of poems, and a tragedy, called "The Father's Revenge.'' Thomaa Howard, of Corhy, who died in 1740, author of ''The Landscape, or the Banks of the Eden.'' Philip Roward, of Corby, who died in 1810, wrote an excellent work, "Thoughts on the Structure of the Globe/' the object of which is to explain philosophically the Mosaical account of the Creatioll and Deluge, and to deduce from this the causes of the actual struc­ ture of the earth. " His literary talents and refined taste gave lustre to a life of exemplary piety, and mild benevolence,'' and to him, it is said, Cumberland owes much of its agricul­ tural improvement~. The late Henry Howard, Esq. of Corby, " united in his exalted and active mind, both the virtues of his ancestor11, and their love of literature.'' He pubtiahE'd