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An Inventory of the Effects of Henry Howard, KG, Jearl Of XVI.—An Inventory of the Effects of Henry Howard, K. G., JEarl of Northampton, taken on his death in 1614, together with a transcript of his Will; prefaced by a Letter to Charles Spencer Perceval, Esq., LL.D., Director, from EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, Esq., F.S.A., Local Secretary for Warwickshire. Read June 4, 1869. MY DEAR SIR, THE Inventory which I have the honour to exhibit to the Society of Antiquaries, by the kindness of its owner the Baroness North, was taken on the death of Henry Howard Earl of Northampton, June 15th 1614, and may not be unworthy of the notice of the Society, whether we consider the historical importance which must ever attach to the character of "The Lord Privy Seal," as his Lordship is here officially called, disagreeably connected as his memory is with the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury ; or the still existing " Northampton," or as it is now called Northumberland," House, built by this same Earl, " with Spanish gold," says Osborne, about the year 1605. Of the enduring interest of ancient Inventories, in bringing before us the exact state of manners and times long gone by, there can be no doubt. It has been often pointed out by many antiquaries of note, and yet few such records, comparatively speaking, have as yet appeared in print. Mr. John Gough Nichols, in his Preface to the " Unton Inventories," ably edited by him for the Berkshire Ashmolean Society in 1841, has noticed the publication of several other ancient Inventories; and since that time a few more have been printed, the most remarkable being the volume privately printed by Mr. J. O. Halliwell in 1834, entitled " Ancient Inventories of Furniture, Pictures, Tapestry, Plate, &c. illustrative of the Domestic Manners of the English in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries." Of this collection, the most curious are the Inventories taken upon the death of the celebrated Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester at Kenilworth Castle in 1588, and that on the death of his widow, Lettice Knolles, widow of Walter Devereux Earl of Essex, and afterwards Countess of Leicester (at Dray ton Basset), in 1634 : none of them, however, will yield in importance to the Inventory which is now exhibited; and in the enumeration of plate and jewels it exceeds, if I am not mistaken, any that have been hitherto published. The manuscript was discovered among the large collection of miscellaneous writings belonging to the Baroness North at Wroxton, in Oxfordshire. It is a 348 An Inventory of the Effects of thin folio of twenty-five leaves, in somewhat dilapidated condition, and is evidently coeval with the period (1614), if it is not the original Inventory itself. To the transcript which I have made I have added a few notes in explanation of obscure words; and I here beg to express my thanks to George Scharf, Esq. E.S.A., Secretary and Keeper of the National Portrait Gallery, for his kind assist- ance in elucidating the identity of the portraits mentioned in the Inventory. Believe me, my dear Sir, Very faithfully yours, EVELYN PH. SHIRLEY. Lower Eatington Park, Stratford-on-Avon, May 20, 1869. AN INVENTORY OF THE LATE LO. PRIVY SEALE HIS JEWELS AND PLATE WITH THEIR SEVERALL AVAIGHTES AND VALUATIONS TAKEN THE XVITH DAIE OF JUNE, 1614, TOGETHER WITH AN INVENTORY OF THE GOODES AND HOWSHOLDESTUFFE OF THE SAID Lo. PRIVY SEALE AS WELL IN NORTHAMPTON HOAVSE AS ATT GRENEWICHE. Imprimis a standinge cupp of golde in a case of redd velvett waighinge 23 ounces penny w* ....... lxixu Item another standinge cuppe of golde in a case of redd velvett waighinge 30 ounces wantinge 2d wtt. , . Cx11 Item a cristall bowle of a rocke like unto a shell sett in golde waighinge 8 ounces 3 quarters penny waighte . xvu Item three bowles of golde in a cabonett of redd velvett waighinge 21 ounces dim. di. qr. • . lxiiij1' xs Item a clocke of golde and christall sett withe rubies and diamondes waighinge 12 ounces one qu. 19 graines ...... xlv11 Item a small hower glasse in a frame of golda with fower small diamondes in the one end and one in the other, the sand and all waighinge five ounces wantinge sixe graines ....... xiii11 Item a large gold ringe with a large rowghe saphire uncutt waighinge halfe an ounce and twentie graynes ..... xxxs Bequeathed by Item a longe Jewell with a large Rubie in the Toppe, two great square table will to the Lo. Diamondes, and a pendant pearle, waigliinge one ounce wantinge one penny waighte and 16 graines ...... CCC1' a An hour-glass of this description, richly enamelled and set with jewels, is engraved in the second volume of Shaw's Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. London, 1843. b Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk, Lord High Treasurer 1614-1618. See the words of this bequest and of the others noted in the margin, in the copy of the Earl of Northampton's will, post. Henry Howard, K.G., Earl of Northampton. 349 Item a great Jewell with sixe faire diamondes and other sixe lesse, waighinge two ounces penny waighte 8 graines ..... viiicu Item ten buttons of golde with Rubies waighing two ounces and a halfe wantinge 17 graines ....... x11 Item an olde garnishe for a George and an olde ringe of golde without stones, and waighinge 9 ounces and a half 2d waighte five graines . • xii'1 Item a little crosse with 6 faire diamondes 2d waighte and a halfe, stringe and all . xxviii" Item 16 sparkes of diamondes ...... viiu iiijs Item one round great pearle ...... iiij'1 Item 15 little Rubies ...... viia vid Item one Diamond ....... Is Item a Rubie ....... xxxs Item a picture of Queene Elizabeth sett in agatt with one Diamond fower Rubies waighinge one ounce ...... vu Item 4 buttons of golde sett withe one round pearle a piece and one without, waigh- inge 8 penny waighte dim. ..... xxs Item a hoope Ringe of golde with a Rose of Diamondes fower penny waighte 16 graines ....... xxu Item one golde Ringe withe a Hiacinthe waighinge 3d waighte 3 graines . xs Item a crosse garnished with 8 Table Diamondes and two pointed and two pendant pearles waighinge half an ounce wantinge two graines . lxu Item ablewe Saphire in form of a halfe moone hanginge in a chayne of 7 Diamondes, whereof one is a faire one waighinge seaven penny waighte nyne graines . xviu Item one golde Ringe with a large Table Emralde waighinge one quarter of an ounce two penny waighte ...... xviii11 Item ten rocke Emraldes uucutt . xs Item a boxe withe 38 small Diamondes . xlv11 Item a gold Ringe with a Table Diamond large, waighinge 3d waights, with his stringe Item a faire pendant paire pearle waighing penny waighte and 6 graines . viiih Item a gold ringe sett with 15 Diamondes in a true lovers' knotte with the wordes Nee astu nee ense, waighinge three penny waights thirtene graines . iiij'1 Item a Ringe with a large Table Diamond given by the Counte Palatine, waighinge 6 penny waights 10 graines ... ' . viic1' Item a Tablett of Gold with a picture of my Lord of Essex, waighinge one ounce 3 qrtrs. 2d waighte 3 graines ..... vib Item ten buttons of gold sett with 4 pearles and one Table Rubie, a piece two ounces ....... viu Item 16 gold buttons with eight ragged pearles, a piece 2 ounces 3d waighte wantinge 3 graines ....... viu Item a faire large blewe Saphire cut Diamondwise sett in a half moone of golde seaven penny waighte sixe graines ..... xh VOL. XLII. 2 T 350 An Inventory of the Effects of Item a rope of rounde great pearl orient of one hundred 25 carethes in toto CCCxxxiii11 Item five golde buttons with 4 pearles a piece, the other stones beinge taken out, waighinge one ounce wantinge 8 graines .... Item five other golde buttons with fower pearles a piece, and in eache a sparke of Diamond, waighinge one ounce half penny waighte Item a chaine of golde enamelled, the lincks lozindgewise, 4 ounces 14d waighte Item a seale of cristall of the rocke sett in golde and garnished with sparke rubies, 4 ounces 13a waighte and a half . Item a Tablett in Golde with the picture of our Ladie, waighinge 2 ounces sixe penny waighte ....... vnu Item V sergeantes ringes waighinge one ounce three quarters 4 grainesa. Item a hoope ringe with 9 sparkes, one painted [?], the rest wantinge, 2d waighte . (rafters. Item a Garter, buckles, and pendantes of golde garnished with stones, twelve beinge diamondes and 16 rubies, waighing three ounces and a quarter Item a Garter with buckles and pendantes wroughte with Antiques of golde and gar- nished with 5 small diamondes and eight small rubies, waighinge fowre ounces wantinge three penny waighte ..... Item a Garter garnished with gold onelie and enamelled, waighinge two ounces three qrters three penny waighte ..... vacat. Georges. Item a large agatt Georqe circuled with gold and sett with 57 small diamondes, Ka. of Somer- B & y ° sett.b waighinge two ounces ...... Bequeathed to Item an agatt George, havinge on the obverse the figure of Christ standinge upon the Dragon circled with golde and garnished with 67 small diamondes, waighinge Cxxl! one oz. 4d wtt ....... Item a George cutt in blewe stone called Lapis Lazarus circuled with golde and enamelled onelie, waighinge one ounce 3 qurs 3d waighte . Item a rounde embossed George of gold and enamelled which usuallie hanged at the Collar XXXV1' of the order, and garnished with diamondes small and great, 27 ounces two dim. lxxxiiij11 Item a Collar of the order waighinge twenty eighte ounces five penny waighte vacat.
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