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Miscellaneous 12 SArms atSattey Abbey. • of the sameJrom Tony's Survey J.53O. JOSealcfCbcterfandAbbeyrelatingloZfilt 5 Seal ofJioltonfriory. HZadJJZttenorUrandon. v O Sealofme'i.JSarloflTbrffiiimberland. 12 Sir Jhgram. Clifford •Mis cjsz,z,4iir& o 77$ 7 Arms ofJSrJtstallAbbey at BerkoldswicX Church. 12 Seal ofIsabella deferey. i:de£aiyJPatrffn A I.'TO GRAPHS ta~kru />Tinrijtatty from tlir Eviilfnrrx of-the CIJtTf)l{ 1) /'M3//7.1'. 36 EXPLANATION OF THE THREE PLATES OF AUTOGRAPHS. 1. The second Earl of Northumberland, A.D. 1441. a. Paslew, the last Abbot of Whalley. [1507-1536]. 2. Hammond, Abbot of Sallay. [1506-1527]. 3. The third Earl of Derby, circ. 1537. 4. Major General Lambert. 5. Theophilus Earl of Suffolk. [Theophilus Howard, 1626-1640.] 6. Algernon tenth Earl of Northumberland. [1632-1668.] 7. Sir Andrew Carr, of Fernihurst, 1614. 8. Henry ninth Earl of Northumberland, 1614. 9. Henry second Earl of Cumberland, 1547. 10. Francis fourth Earl of Cumberland. [1605-1641.] 11. Anne Countess Dowager of Cumberland, 1579. 12. The Earl of Rothes, 1641. 13. George third Earl of Cumberland. [1569-1605.] 14.- Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. [1605-1612]. 15. Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, 1614. 16. Howard, Earl of Nottingham. [Query, which ? there were three :—Charles Howard, 1596-1624; Charles Howard, 1624-1642; and Charles Howard, 1642-1681.] b. Lady Anne Clifford, 1603. 17. Sir George Radcliff. 18. Earl of Marr. 19. Edward Lord Wotton. [1603-1604.] 20. Edward Earl of Worcester, 1625. 21. Edward Lord Zouch of Harringworth. [1571-1626.] 22. Sir Julius Csesar, Master of the Rolls. [1614-1636.] 24. Sir Stephen Tempest of Broughton, Counsellor to George Earl of Cumberland, 1602. 25. Richard Viscount Dungarvon. 26. Carr, Earl of Somerset. [1613-1645.] 27. Archbishop Tobias Matthew. [Of York, 1606-28.] 28. Archbishop Abbot. [Of Canterbury, 1611-1623.] 29. Bishop Andrews. [Lancelot Andrewes : Bishop of Chichester, 1605-1609 ; then of Ely, 1609-1619; then of Winchester, 1619-1626.] 31. Lord Keeper Williams. [John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, 1621-1625.] 32. James Stuart, Duke of Richmond. [1641-1655.] 33. Lord Mandevile, afterwards Earl of Manchester. [1620. Created Earl of Manchester, 1626.] 34. Henry Lord Clifford, afterwards the fifth Earl of Cumberland. [1628. Fifth earl in 1641.] 35. Lord Grandison. [Query, William Viscount Grandison, 1630-1643.] 36. The great Earl of Arundel. 38. Lord Keeper Coventry. [Sir Thomas Coventry, Lord High Chancellor, 1625-1640.] 40. Sir George Calvert. 41. 42. Ley, Earl of Marlborough, Lord Treasurer. [1626-1628. Lord High Treasurer in 1624-1625.] 43. William [Knollys] Viscount Wallingford. [1616-1626. Created Earl of Banbury, 1626.] 44. Hay, Earl of Carlisle. [Query, James Hay, Earl of Carlisle, 1622-1636, or his son, James, 1636-1660.] 45. Lord Treasurer Sir Richard Weston, afterwards Earl of Portland. [1633-1634. Lord High Treasurer, 1620; and again in 1624.] 46. The first Villiers Duke of Buckingham. [1623-1629.] 47. Philip [Herbert] Earl of Montgomery. [1605-1650.] 48. Edward [Sackville] Earl of Dorset. [1624-1652.] 49. Secretary [Sir John] Coke. [1625.] 50. Cecil, Earl of Exeter. 51. Neile, Bishop of Durham. [1617-1627.] 52. Dr. Laud, when Bishop of Bath and Wells. [1626-1628.] 53. William [Herbert] Earl of Pembroke. [There were three Earls of Pembroke of the name of William:—1551-1569; 1601-1630; 1669-74.] 54. Sir Humphrey May. [Master of the Rolls, 1629.] 55. Sir Robert Naunton. [Secretary of State, 1618.] 56. Rich, Earl of Hollande. [Query, Henry Rich, 1624-49, or Robert Rich, 1649-1675.] 57. Lord Conway, Secretary of State. [1625.] 58. Erskine, Earl of Kellie. 59. [George] Carew, Earl of Totnes. [1626-1629.] 60. Sir Dudley Carlton. [Secretary of State, 1630.] 61. Neile, when Bishop of Winchester. [1627-1632.] 65. The Earl of Essex, the Parliament's General. 66. Mawe, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1628. 67. Digby, Earl of Bristol. [Query, John Digby, 1622-1653, or George Digby, 1653-1676.] 70. John Lord Powlet of Hinton. [There were three Johns in succession, from 1627 to 1680.] 72. Archbishop Laud. [Of Canterbury, 1633-1645.] 73. Lord Keeper [Sir John] Finch. [1640.] 74. Juxon, Bishop of London. [1633-1660.] 75. James first Duke of Hamilton. 76. Philip Earl of Pembroke. 77. Robert Cecil, a duplicate. 79. The Lord Goringe. [George Goring, 1628-1662.] 50. Sir Thomas Jermyn. 51. Lord Keeper [Sir Edward] Littleton. [1641.] 82. Secretary [Sir Francis] Windebank. [1632.] These names having been entrusted to the engraver to arrange, I am sorry that so little attention has been paid to Chronology. Those which are not explained are either unknown to me, or too well known to my readers to require an explanation. .
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