king to France, and was one of the chief commanders under the Black Prince in the memorable battle of Cressy. In the Parliament held 28 Edward III. it being adjudged that the earl, his father, had been unjustly put to death by the procurement of Mortimer, in the tumults which ushered in that reign, he was fully restored as his heir. He died in 1376, and was succeeded by his eldest son RICHARD, who in the first ten years of Richard II. was a brave and successful commander of the king's fleet; but his exploits abroad created him enemies at home, at the head of whom was Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland. The Earl of Surrey, however, with the Earls of Warwick and Derby, whose ruin had also been resolved on, raised forces and displayed such firmness, that the duke was obliged to leave the country in disguise, and at length died an attainted, outlawed exile, at Louvain. The Earl of Surrey now returned into the service of his country; but the king conceived such a jealousy of this nobleman, who, he feared, might stand in the way of his designs against his own uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, that, in 1397, he caused him to be impeached of treason, and the earl, after a short hearing, was found guilty by his judges, and on the same day beheaded. He had not been dead above a week when, 29 September 1397, THOMAS HOLLAND, Earl of Kent, and sister's son of the late earl, was created Duke of Surrey. In the year following, on the disgrace of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, he was appointed Earl Marshal of England, and in 1399 Lieutenant of Ireland for three years. The fall and disgrace of Richard was only the prelude to that of this nobleman, whose title of Duke was annulled by Parliament, and an order issued for rescinding all grants made in his favour, since the meeting of the preceding Parliament. Exasperated at this treatment, he entered into a conspiracy for the destruction of the new king; but the plot being discovered, the accomplices dispersed. The Duke of Surrey, with some others, being seized at Cirencester by the inhabitants, was there, in a tumultuous manner, put to death in the market-place, in Ja nuary, nuary, 1400; and his head being sent to London, was set upon the bridge. On this occasion THOMAS FITZ-ALAN, son of Richard, the tenth earl, (whose attainder had been reversed in the first Parliament of Henry IV.) being restored to the estates of his family, resumed also the title of Earl of Warren and Surrey. He married Beatrice, illegitimate daughter of the king of Portugal, and in 1 Henry V. was appointed constable of Dover castle, Warden of the Cinque ports, and Lord Treasurer of England. He died in 1415, without any surviving issue, leaving his three sisters, Elizabeth, Joan, and Margaret, his heirs. After his death the title lay dormant more than thirty-five years, when it was revived in the person of JOHN MOWBRAY, son of John, Duke of Norfolk, and great grandson of Elizabeth, eldest sister of the late earl; who, in 1451, his father being then living, was created Earl of Surrey. He died at Framlingham, in Suffolk, in 1476, leaving an only child, Ann, contracted to Richard, Duke of York, second son of Edward IV. though not more than two years old. In 1477, this RICHARD, was created Earl of Warren and Surrey. The tragical end of this prince is too well known to need repetition. His countess also died without issue, and the posterity of Elizabeth, co-heiress of the Fitz-Alans, by her son John de Mowbray, having thus become extinct, the honors of the family were revived in the issue of Margaret, her daughter. This lady had married Sir Robert Howard, a knight of a very ancient and honourable family, and John, her son by him, was, 1 Richard III. created Duke of Norfolk. At the same time THOMAS HOWARD, son of this John, was created Earl of Surrey; and though this nobleman was attainted 1 Henry VII. yet that politic prince was so sensible of the prudence, gravity, and fidelity, of his character, that he soon received him into favour, appointed him one of his privy-council, restored him to the title of Earl of Surrey, and all the lands which belonged to his wife's inheritance. His valour and conduct at the battle of Flodden Field, in 1513, procured him the farther restitution to the duke dom of Norfolk, and other honors. He died in May 1524, and his eldest sou THOMAS Succeeded him in his several titles, having been previously created Earl of Surrey, at the same time that his father was restored to the dukedom. Of this nobleman a brief account has been given in a preceding part of this volume.* Dying in 1554, he left his honors and estates to his grandson THOMAS, whose father, Henry, Earl of Surrey, had been sacrificed to the malice of the enemies of his family, during the lifetime of the late duke. In the 1st of Queen Mary, he was fully restored in blood, and created a knight of the garter by Queen Elizabeth, whose favor he for many years enjoyed; but being suspected of too great a partiality for Mary Queen of Scots, and even of a design to marry her, he was tried on this charge, and also on a pretence of otherwise conspiring against the crown and dignity of her implacable rival, and executed in 1572. By his attainder, the earldom of Surrey became forfeited, with his other titles, and lay dormant till 1 James I. when it was revived in the person of THOMAS, grandson of the late duke; and since that time it has been enjoyed, without interruption, by the illustrious house of Norfolk. The following is a list of such places in this county as have been the capital residence of Barons, by tenure or by writ of summons; or have given title to peers, created such by letters patent.† Addington." B. Aquillon, William, by tenure of this manor. 18 Henry III. Extinct on his son's death,14 Edward I. 1286. 2. Bardolph, Hugh, by tenure. Extinct by attainder, 6 Henry IV. 1405. See Suffolk, p. 287. Lagham.. In this list, extracted from Manning's elaborate history, B stands for Ba ron; V. for Viscount; and E for Earl." Lagham. B. St. John, John, by writ of summons, 25 Edward I. 1297. Extinct from 23 Edward III. 1349. Sterborough. B. Cobham, Henry, by writ of summons, 6 Edward II. Extinct from 46 Ed ward III. 1372: Beechworth. B. Hussey, Roger, by writ of summons, 22 Edward III. Extinct from 35 Ed Shere. Effingham. Kingston. Putney. Imber Court. Wimbledon. Reygate. Guildford. ward III. 1361. B. Bray, Edmund, by writ of summons, 21 B. Howard, William, by patent, 1 Queen Ma- E. Howard, Francis, by patent 5 George II. 1731. B. Ramsey, John, by patent 18 James I. 16201. Extinct at his death, 1624-5. B. Cecil, Edward, by patent, 1 Charles I. 1625. Extinct at his death, 1638. B. 1 Carleton, Dudley, by patent, 2 Charles I. 1626. Extinct at his death, 1631-2. 2. Onslow, George, by patent, 16 George III. V. Cecil, Edward, by patent, 2 Charles I, 1626. B. Mordaunt, John, by patent, 10 Charles II. 1659. 1 E. Boyle, Elizabeth, by patent, 12 Charles 3 B. North, Francis, by patent, 35 Charles II. Guildford. E. North, Francis, by patent, 25 George II. 1752. Nonsuch. B. Villers, Barbara,* by patent, 22 Charles II. 1670. Extinct by death without issue, 1714. Petersham. Stretham. B. Maitland, John, by patent, 26 Charles II. V. Stanhope, William,† by patent, 15 George B. Russel, Wriothesly, by patent, 7 Wil- Clandon, W. B. Onslow, Richard, by patent, 2 George I. Battersea. Ockham. Ripley. 1716. B. St. John, Henry,§ by patent, 2 George I. 1716. B. King, Peter, by patent, 11 George J. 1725. E. William, Duke of Cumberland, by patent, 12 George I. 1726. Extinct on his death, 1765. B. Ligonier, John, by patent, 3 George III. 1763. Extinct on his death, 1770. B. Onslow, George, by patent, 16 George III. 1776. The names of such gentlemen of this county as have been advanced to the rank of Baronet, are as follow: Vincent, of Stoke d'Abernon, 1620. Brown, of Beechworth castle, 1627. Extinct in 1690. Abdy, • Duchess of Cleveland. At the same time also Earl of Harrington. His title was Baron Howland, of Stretham, and it is vested in the present Duke of Bedford, Also Viscount St. John. Who shortly after inherited the title of Lord Onslow, of Clandon, and was created earl in 1801. |