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great deal of presence of mind, faid,
May it please your highness! I have
a long time courted that young gen-
tlewoman there, my lady's woman,
and cannot prevail : I was therefore
humbly praying her ladyship to in-
tercede for me. The Protector,
turning to the young woman, cried,
What's the meaning of this, huffy
why do you refuse the honour Mr.
White would do you? he is my
friend, and I expect you should
treat him as fuch. My lady's wo-
man, who defired nothing more,
with a very low curtfy, replied, If
Mr. White intends me that honour,

I fhall not be against him. Say'fe thou fo, my lafs, cried Cromwell! call Godwyn; this bufinefs fhall be done prefently, before I go out of the room. Mr. White was gone too far to go back; his brother-par fon came; Jerry and my lady's woman were married in the prefence of the Protector, who gave her five hundred pounds for her portion, which, with the money the had faved before, made Mr. White easy in his circumstances, except that he never loved his wife, nor the him, though they lived together near fifty years afterwards.

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Genealogical Account of D'ARCY, Earl of HOLDER NESS.

THIS
"HIS noble family is defcended
from Norman de D'Arcy, who
came into England with William the
Conqueror, and by that king's gift
enjoyed no lefs than thirty-three
lordships in the county of Lincoln.
From him defcended

Sir John D'Arcy, knt. who ferved
in the expeditions against the Scots
in the reign of Edward I. and was
by Edward II. fucceffively appointed
governor of the caftle of Northamp-
ton, sheriff of the counties of Not-
tingham and Derby, and lord-juftice
of Ireland. In the reign of Ed-
ward III. he was conftituted gover-
nor of the caftle of York, sheriff of
that county, conftable of the Tower
of London, ambaffador to Scotland,
fteward of the king's houthold, twice
lord-juftice of Ireland, and governor
of that country, having an affigna-
tion of certain fums of money for
his fervice in the wars there, and a
grant of divers lands He was alfo
fummoned to parliament from the
28th year of the reign of Edward I.
to the 16th year of Edward III, in-
October 1764.

clufive. He was twice married. By his first wife Emeline, daughter and co heiress of Walter Heron of Hedefton in Northumberland, he had three fons, Sir John, Sir Roger, and Adomar. By his fecond wife Joan, daughter of Richard Burgh earl of Ulfter, he had a fon, William; and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to James, the fecond earl of Ormond Sir Roger, his fecond fon by his first wife, was lord-juftice of Ireland in 1346, from whom the D'Arcys of Effex defcended.

Sir John, his elder brother, was made keeper of the king's liberty of Holderness in the county of York, conftable of the Tower of London, and was fummoned to parliament from the twenty-fecond to the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Edward III. but dying in the thirtieth year of that monarch's reign, left iffue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Menil, two fons, John and Philip; of whom the eldeft died in his minority, and

Philip his brother became heir.
Richard

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Richard II. made him admiral of his fleet, from the river of Thames northward; and he fat in parliament from the first to the twentyfift year of that monarch's reign, when he died. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Grey of Heton, knt. by whom he had John, Thomas, and Philip, and was fucceeded by

John, his eldeft fon, who alfo was fummoned to parliament from the twenty-third year of the reign of Richard H. to the twelfth of Henry IV. and marrying Margaret, daughter to Henry lord Grey of Wilton, left two fons, Philip and John.

Philip, the eldeft fon, married Eleanor, daughter to Henry lord Fitz-hugh; and dying, Auguft 2, 1419, before he came of age, left only two daughters; Elizabeth, who married Sir James Strangeways, knt. and Margery to Sir John Conyers,

knt. fo that

John, the fecond fon, fucceeded; and during the time of his minority, whilst he was under the guardianfhip of the king, having married Joan, daughter of John lord Greytock, without licence, paid two hundred marks for pardon of that tranfgreffion. He died in the reign of Henry VI. having an only fen, Richa d, and a daughter Joan,

Richard married Eleanor, daughter of John Scrope of Upfal; and dying in the life-time of his father,

left

William, his only fon, who fucceeded his grandfather. He married Eufemia, daughter of Sir John Langton of Farnley, in the county of York, knt. and dying in the beginning of the reign of Henry VII. was fucceeded by his only fon

Thomas, who, in the twelfth year

of the fame monarch's reign, was one of those northern lords that marched with the earl of Surry to plunder the borders of Scotland; and, being then knight of the body to the king, was made conftable of Bamborough-caftle in Northumberland, as alfo captain of the town and cafile of Berwick, warden of the eaft and middle marches. towards Scotland, and conftable and marthal of England. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Henry VII. he was conftituted one of the king's com miflioners for receiving, the oath of James IV, king of Scotland, upon a treaty of peace, and afterwards was made of his majefty's privy council. He had alfo the title and dignity of baron revived to him by writ of fummons to parliament the first, fixth, twenty-first, and twenty-eighth years of the reign of Henry VIH. which title and honour had ceased in the two daughters of Philip lord D'Arcy before-mentioned. Henry VIII. likewife made him fteward of all the king's lands north of Trent, as alfo chief-juftice and warden of all his forefts in thofe parts, one of the privy council, and knight of the gatter; and he was afterwards one of the lords who exhibited the articles againft cardinal Wolfey, and fubfcribed the letter to pope Clement VII. But on the twentieth-of June, in the thirty-ninth year of this monarch's reign, he was beheaded on Tower hill, for delivering the caftle of Pomfret to the Yorkfire men, who had then made an infurrection, by the name of The Pilgrimage of Grace. He married, firft, Elizabeth, fifter of William, the first lord Sands, by whom he had an only daughter, Elizabeth, married to Sir Marmaduke Conftable, of Flamborough in Yerkshire, knt.

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but by his fecond wife Doufabella, of Jerfey. Edward VI. appointed

daughter and heir of Sir Richard Tempeft, of Ribbledale in Northumsberland, kut. he had Sir George, his heir, Sir Arthur, and Richard; and a daughter Mabilla. To him fucceeded

George, his eldeft fon, who had a command in the army which defeated the Scots at Braunfton, when king James IV. was flain; was knighted after the fiege of Tournay, at which he was prefent; and was reftored in blood by Edward VI. He married Dorothy, daughter and heirefs of Sir John Melton of Afton in Yorkshire; and, dying in the fourth year of the reign of Philip and Mary, left iffue John, his heir, and fix daughters.

John lord D'Arcy of Afton marsried Agnes, daughter of Thomas Babington, of Dethick in Derbyhire, Efq; by whom he had an only #fon,

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-Michael, who, dying in his father's life-time, left ifue, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Weatworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse, Efq; John, Margaret, and Anne.

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John, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his grandfather in 1587, as lord D'Arcy, and died in July 1635.. He married Rofamond, daughter of Sir Peter Frefcheville, of Stavely in Derbyfhire, by whom he had iffue John, Elizabeth, and Rofamond, who all died in their father's life-time unmarried. We must therefore now return to

Sir Arthur D'Arcy, kat. brother to George, and third fon to Thomas, who was beheaded. This Sir, Arthur, in the reign of Henry VIII. entered the borders of Scotland, where he burned feveral towns, and carried away much booty, and was afterwards made captain of the Ille

him lieutenant of the Tower of London. He married Mary, daughter and, at length, heirefs of Sir Nicholas Carew, of Bedington in the county of Surry, knight of the garter, by whom he had ten fons, and five daughters.

Thomas, the fecond fon, married Elizabeth, daughter and co heiress of John lord Conyers, who was lineally defcended from Margery, daughter of Philip lord D'Arcy, who married Sir John Conyers, as beforementioned; and, dying Nov. 6, 1606, left ifïue an only fon,

Sir Conyers, whofe refidence was at Hornby-Caftle in the county of York; and the faid Sir Conyers, fetting forth in his petition to king Charles I. that after the attainder of Thomas lord D'Arcy, his greatgrandfather, Sir George D'Arcy his eldeft fon, being reftored in blood, obtained a grant of the title of lord D'Arcy to himfelf, and the heirs male of his body; and that by the death of John lord D'Arcy of Alton, without iffue male, the title of lord D'Arcy was utterly extinct, did humbly requeft, that being grandfon and heir male to the before fpecified Sir Arthur D'Arcy, and likewife fon and heir of Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress to John lord Conyers, lineal heir to Margaret, daughter and coheiress to Philip lord D'Arcy, fon of John lord D'Arcy, one of the barons of this realm, in the time of king Henry IV. his petition might be confidered; whereupon his majesty, in the 17th year of his reign, was pleafed to declare and confirm to him, and his heirs male lawfully begotten, the file, title, and dignity of lord D'Arcy, as enjoyed by his ancestors. He married Dorothy, daughter to Sir Henry 3X2 Bellafife,

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