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fufpicions have been juftified, his integrity has made him once more a poor and a private man; he was difmiffed for the vote he gave in favour of the right of election in the Tubject.'

Here the North-British Lord, who lately made a remarkable declaration about the Revolution, and talked of foreign force, called Lord Chatham to order. The Confrerie of Sixteen and the Magpies clamoured-To the bar-To the bar. L-d Mt moved, that L-d C- -m's words fhould be taken down.

Lord CM,

I neither deny, retract, or explain thefe words; I do re-affirm the fact, and I defire to mest the fenfe of the Houfe; I appeal to the honour of every Lord in this Houle, whether he has not the fame conviction."

Lord Rockingham, Lord Temple, and many other Lords, did, on their honour, moft folemnly affirm the fane.

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The Compendious Peerage of England, continued from Page 40, of our Magazine for January laft, with the Arms finely engraved, and a genealo gical Account of the Noble Family of FIELDING, Earl of Denbigh.

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HIS family is of a very noble extraction, being defcended from the Earls of Hapsburgh, in Germany, which is appar.nt fiem divers authentic evidences, whereof I shall instance a letter of attorney made by Geffery de Fielding, bearing date at Munfterton, in com. Leic. on the feat day of St. Barnabas the apofile, 9 Edw. II. in which he calls himself Filius Galfridi, Filii Galfridi, Comitis de Hapsburgh, and Domini in Lacfenburg, and Kinfilding in Germania : And therein, by the confent of Agnes de Napton his wife, he gives power to William Purefoy to deliver feifin of his manor of Munfferton to Sir Rauf de Stanlow; as alfo one yard-land in Lutterworth, which his mother Maud de Colvile fometime held : Alfo in an acquittance made by the faid Sir Raufe, on the receipt from him of X 1. fterling, he therein mentions his defcent as abovefaid; which bears date at Westminfter 5 Juli 12 E. II.

And how it came about, that a foreigner, fo eminent for his parentage, fhould thus fet tle in England, it is neceifary to relate what is written in an ancient MS. about King Edward the IVth's time, which manifefteth the occafion thereof, viz. that, Geffery Earl of Hapsburgh, by the oppreffion of Rodolph, Emperor of Germany, being reduced to extreme poverty, one of his fons, named Geffery, ferved King Henry 1, in, his wars in England, and because his father Earl Geffery

had pretenfions to the dominions of Laufenburgh and Rinfilding, he took the name of Filding, and by Maud de Colvile, his wife; left iffue three fons, Geffery, John, and Thomas, then in their infancy.

It further appears, that King Henry the IIId, tendering the low condition of the faid Geffery, who was thus in arms on his bes half, here in England, gave him a confiderable fupport in rents and fees lying in feve ral places: For, in a roll of them yet extant, and written in King Edward the IIId's time, whereunto the title is, Redditus & Feoda Willielmi Filding, filii Galfridi, filij Galfridi, filii Galfridi, comitis de Hapsburg, Lauffenberg, & Rhinfelden; in the margin thereof is this infertion, Ex dono quondam Regis Henrici filii Regis Johannis.'

As thefe teftimonies are of much honour to this family, it is alfo apparent that here tofore they had a regard in tranfmitting to potterity their decent; for, in an old hook fometime belonging to the hospital of St. John Baptist, in Lutterworth, is written :

Notum fit omnibus hunc librum vifuris, quod ego Willielmus Veyfey, magifter hofpitalis St. John Baptift de Lutterworth, præfens fui quando Johannes Fylding, qui poftea erat miles; eodem anno, quo inforve rebat Johannem Ducem Bedfordiæ, in bells contra Gallos tradidit multas veteres fcripturas cuftodiendas, Theme Bellers Gentilman; quæ certificabant dominum Galfri

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dum Feldyng filium fuiffe Galfridi comitis de Hapsburgh, &c. And likewife this following certificate was made by Sir William Fielding, Knt. who lived in the time of King Henry the VIIIth: The evidence of all these things was left with William Cave, the fon of Thomas Cave, Gentleman, by Sir William Fielding, before the battle of Tewksbury; and a bill of remembrance of the fame after given to Richard Cave, which was alfo written in the fame book of William Veyfey, mafter of the hofpital of St. John Baptift of Lutterworth.

This was the book of my fader,
Sir Everard Fylding.

Geffery Fielding, fon of Geffery, who first came into England, was living in the reigns of King Edward the Ift and IId, and married Agnes, daughter and heir of John de Napton, by Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Richard de Munterton, whereby he had the lordship of Munfterton; and by her was father of William Fielding, who took to wife Joan, daughter and heir of William Prudhome, by Julian his wife, daughter and heir of Robert de Newnham, and became thereby poffeffed of the manor of Newnham-Padox, in Warwick hire, which from that time has been the feat of the family. He had iffue Sir John Fielding, who, having ferved in the wars of France, was dignified with the honour of knighthood, and by Margaret his wife, daughter to William Purefoy, of Drayton in com. War wick, left ifiue William, his fon and heir.

Which William was a perfon fo well affected to the Lancaftrians in the civil wars betwixt them and the House of York, that no fooner did King Henry the VIth regain his fovereignty (viz. in the 49th year of his reign) but that he conftituted him Sheriff of the counties of Cambridge and Huntington, he being then a Knight; in which year, fighting on the behalf of that King, in the battle of Tewkbury, he loft his life, and was there buried. This Sir William, by Agnes his wife, daughter and heir to John St. Liz, otherwife called de Seyton, with whom he had the lordship of Martinefthorp, in com. Rutl. and a defcent in blood from thofe great families of Vaux, Longvile, and Bellers (a younger branch of Moubray) had iffue three fons, and a daughter, viz. John, Everard, Edward, and Martina.

John, the eldest fon, dying before his father, Everard, the fecond fon, fucceeded to the inheritance. He left iffae four fons and a daughter-William Fielding, the eldeft, fucceeded, and he was in fuch efteem with Queen Jane (third wife to King Henry

VIII.) that in 29 Henry VIII, on her delivery of Prince Edward, the fent a Privy-feal unto him, fignifying the fame, with defre of his congratulation and prayers. This Sir William left heir, Bafil, whofe heir was William ; and he having married Dorothy, daughter to Sir Ralph Lane, Knight, by Magdalen his wife (daughter and coheir to William Lord Parr, of Horton, uncle to Queen Catharine Parr) had iffue by her Bafil, his fon and heir, who, in 9 Jac. I, was Sheriff of Warwick fhire; and by Elifabeth, his wife, daughter to Sir Walter Aston, of Tixhall, in com. Staff. Knt. was the father of William, afterwards created Earl of Denbigh.

Which William, waiting on King James on his first entrance into this kingdom, was knighted at Belvoir-caftle April 23, 1603; and after made Cuftos Rotulorum of Warwickshire. In 18 Jac. he was advanced to the degree of a Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Fielding, of Newnham-Padox, in the county of Warwick, as alfo to that of Viscount Fielding. In 19 Jac. I. he was made Mafter of the King's great Wardrober And, on the 14th of September, 20 Jac. created an Earl, by the title of Earl of Denbigh, ob generis claritatem, & nuptias admodum honorandas; fed præcipue ob eximiam virtutem & erga nos & coronam noftram fidem,' as are the words of the patent.

On the breaking out of the Civil War, adhering ftedfaftly to King Charles the Ift, he performed the part of a flout and valiant foldier in feveral engagements; but at length had the hard fate to receive divers mortal wounds in a fharp fkirmish with the enemy near Bermingham, in com. Warw. April 3, 1643, whereof he died the 8th day of the fame month, to the great concern of the King and his friends; and his corpfe, being conveyed to Monks-Kirby in that county, was there buried with his ancestors.

He married Mary, daughter to Sir G. Villiers, of Brokesby, in com. Leic. Knt. (fifter to George, Duke of Buckingham) by whom he had iffue three fons, and four daughters, Bafil, George, ancestor to the prefent Earl of Denbigh, and Philip. His daughters were the Lady Mary, married to James, Marquis of Hamilton, in Scotland; (afterwards created D. of Hamilton) Anne, to Baptift, fon and heir to Edward Vifcount Campden; Elifabeth, to Lewis Boyle, Viscount of Kenelmeky, in Ireland, fecond for to Richard, Earl of Cork, and created Countess of Guildford, by King Charles the IId, 14 Julii, in the 12th year of his reign; and Henrietta-Maria, who died young.

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The Countess of Denbigh, their mother, (as is obferved by Sir Henry Wotton, in the life of the Duke of Buckingham, her brother,) was a very accomplished Lady, adorned with every virtue ornamental in her fex. And 'tis remarkable of her, that, the day her brother was killed, the received a letter from him, whereunto all the while fhe was writing her anfwer, fhe bedewed the paper with her tears. And after a most bitter passion (whereof the could yield no reafon but that her dearest brother was to be gone) the fell down in a fwoon. Her letter ended thus:

I will pray for your happy return, which I look at with a great cloud over my head, too heavy for my poor heart to bear without tor ment; but I hope the great God of heaven will bless you.'

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The day following, the Bishop of Ely, her devoted friend, who was thought the fittest preparer of her mind to receive fuch a doleful accident, came to visit her; but, hearing fhe was at reft, he attended till she should awake of herself, which the did with the affrightment of a dream, Her brother feeming to pafs through a field with her in her coach; where hearing a fudden fhout of the people, and afking the reafon, it was anfwered to have been for joy that the Duke of Buckingham was fick.' 'Which natural impreffion fhe fcarce had related unto her Gentlewoman, before the Bishop was entered into her bedchamber, for a chofen meffenger of the Duke's death. Bafil, his eldest son, fucceeded him in his honours and estate. Concurring in the restoration of King Charles the IId, he was, through the fpecial favour of his Majefty, by reason of his descent from Agnes, the daughter and heir to John de St. Liz, otherwise called Seyton (a branch of the moft noble family of St. Liz, fometime Earls of Northampton and Huntington) created Lord St. Liz on the ad of February, 16 Car. II. He married four wives, but by none of them had any issue, and was fucceeded in his honours by William, Earl of Defmond, his nephew, fon and heir to G. Earl of Defmond, his brother.

Which George was fecond fon of William, Earl of Denbigh ; and on November 22, 20 Jac. I, was created Lord Fielding, of the Lecaghe, and Viscount Callan, in the realm of Ireland; as alfo Earl of Defmond after the death of Sir Richard Preston, Knt. then Earl of Defmond; and, on the coronation of King Charles the First, was made Knight of the Bath. A monument is erected to his memory in the chancel of Eufton church, in Suffolk; which fhews that he died in the 49th year of his age, on the 31ft of January 1665; and that he had five fons and three daughters by his wife Bridget, one of

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the daughters and coheirs of Sir Michael Stanhope, Knt.

William, who fucceeded his father in the Earldom of Defmond, alfo fucceeded his uncle Bafil in the Earldom of Denbigh, anno 1675. He married to his first wife Mary, daughter and coheir to Henry Cary, Earl of Monmouth, by whom he had no iffue; and, to his fecond, Mary, daughter to Sir Robert King, Knight, and fifter to John, Lord Kingston, in Ireland, by whom he had two fons, Ball and William, and a daugh ter, Mary, married to Evelyn Pierpoint, Marquis of Dorchester; and dying on Sunday August 23, 1685, at Canonbury-house, at Islington, near London, he was buried at Monks-Kirby.

Bafil, the eldeft fon, fucceeding his father, was Earl of Denbigh and of Defimond, and thren of the age of 17 years. He died on March 18, 1716-7, having issue by his wife Hefter, daughter to Sir Bafil Firebrafs, Knt. and Bart. four fons and fix daughters. 1. William, late Earl of Denbigh. 2. Bafil, who died in his infancy.

3. Charles, one of the Gentlemen-ufhers to her late Majesty Queen Caroline, and Captain of a troop of horie. In May, 1735, he, was appointed one of his Majefty's equeries; and in November, 1739, Captain of a company in the fecond regiment of foot-guards; and, after other promotions, died in the poft of Lieutenant-general in 1745. ried, in 1737, Mary, daughter of Sir Ihomas Palmer, of Wingham, in Kent, Bart. by whom he had two fons, Charles and William.

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