Salisburie, for theis lands; the trial being by combate, and the champions readie to fight, the King E. 3 tooke up the quarrell for 2000 mks., and soe the b'pp had theis lands againe, and there they rested vntill E. 6 time, when the Duke of Som'sett had these lands, and he noe sooner gott them but hee fell, and afterwards lost his head. "Afterwards B'pp Capon* exhibited a bill in Chancerie, p'tending the Duke, as Protector, had gotten the lands from him by threats; and thereupon, by decree in Chancerie, they came back againe to the B'ppricke. "And in 34 Eliz. Sr Walter Raleigh gott theis lands, who p'sentlie after fell into her Mats dislike, and afterwards hee fell from that to what he now is; then Prince Henry gott them, but enioyed them but a small time, to the great grief of all the world that lost him soe soon. "And now lastlie, the Earl of Somersett hadd those lands, whose fall is much feared to be greate.' Sir John Digby was not more fortunate than his predecessors in the possession of this estate. At the time he received it he stood high in the favour of his sovereign, who showered upon him numerous honours; but within a very short time he was crushed by his rival Buckingham, and cast into prison. After his release he lived in seclusion until the commencement of the troubles of the succeeding reign. At first he put himself forward as a leader of the popular party, but deserting that cause, and adhering to the King, he incurred their implacable hatred. He was obliged to retire into France; all his property was seized by the Parliament, for which he was not permitted, like other Royalists, to compound. He died in exile 16 Jan. 1652-3, and was succeeded by his son George, K.G. who had been summoned to parliament in his father's lifetime by writ as Baron Digby, 9 June, 1641; and he, upon the restoration of Charles II., received back his estates, but, having changed his religion whilst abroad, was incapable of holding any office. He died 20 March, 1676, leaving one surviving son, who succeeded him as third Earl of Bristol, but died 1698 without issue, when all his honours became extinct. The manor now devolved upon William fifth Lord Digby in the Irish peerage. But the curse seems still to cling to it. This nobleman had five sons and seven daughters. His three eldest sons and four daughters died unmarried, and his fourth son died during his father's life. Lord Digby died Nov. 1752, and was succeeded by his grandson, Edward, eldest son of his fourth son. Edward died unmarried 27 Nov. 1757, and was succeeded by his brother Henry, created Earl Digby and Viscount Coleshill. Henry was twice married. By his first wife he had an only child Edward, who died in infancy. By his second wife he had four sons and two daughters, of whom one son and one daughter died young, and another son without issue. He died 25 Sept. 1793, and was succeeded by his son Edward, second Earl, who died unmarried 11 May, 1856, when the dignities of Earl Digby and Viscount Coleshill became extinct; but he was suc. ceeded in the title of Baron Digby of Sherborne in the peerage of Great Britain, created in 1765, by his cousin the present Lord Digby. INDEX. Abbot, George, Archbishop of | Angola, 116 Canterbury, 5, 21 n. Maurice, 5, 5 n. Abercorn, Earl of, see Hamilton Abergavenny, Lord, see Neville Adolph Frederick I. Duke of Albert VI. Duke of Mecklenburg, 118 n. Albert Wallensteine, Duke of Bangor, Bishop of, see Row- Barbarico, Signor George, 36 n. Barbin, Monsieur, 102, 103, 105, Barcelona, 26 n. 92 Barclay, John, 37, 37 n. 99 William, 37 n. Barkeley, Sir Francis, 28, 28 n. Apsley, Sir Allen, Lieutenant of Barton, 65 Lady, 91 n. Aremberg, Count of, see Ligne 21 n. Armada, Spanish, 99, 112, 115, Albret, Jean d', Queen of Na- Arminians, 94, 108, 114, 124 Alessandria, 120 Algiers, 29 n. 61, 62, 67, 81, 94 Altamira, Comte, see Mendoza Comtesse de, 93 Alva, Duchess of, 58 Duke of, see Toledo Amazon river, 6, 53, 98 Amboise in Touraine, 104 Ancre, Marquis de, see Concini,- Marquisse, see Dori Anderson, Sir Francis, 66 n. | Basilius, Emp. of Russia, 108 n. Vizier, 67, 112, 136 of Windsor, 88 n. Bedwin, Great, co. Wilts, 2 n. | Bellingham, 65, 86 Belvoir Castle, 12 n. Robert, Bishop of Here- Bisham, co. Berks, 91, 91 n. Bishop, Sir Cecil, 14 n. Bishopsgate, London, 70 Black Sea, 110, 113 Blatherwyke, co. Norfolk, 12 n. Bletshoe, co. Bedford, 6 n. Blois, 104, 120 Blore, co. Staff. 45 n. King of, see Ferdinand Boughton, co. Northamp. 35 n. 89 n. - Duke of, see Tour, de la Bourbon, Charles Count de Sois- Henry de, Duke of Mont- pensier, 42 n. Brandenburg family, 115 n. Elector of, see John Sigis- Brandon, Gregory, 72 Bueil, John, Count de Sancerre, Rene de, Count de Maran, Burgess, Dr. John, 69, 69 n. Bury St. Edmund's, 38 n. -, Lord Mayor of Butler, Sir John, 66 n. London, 72 Brazil, 6, 53, 92 Brecon, co. of, 134 n. Brenchley, co. Sussex, 143 Bretagne, province of France, 76 Brett, Sir Robert, 12, 12 n. Bric, 119 Brill, 32, 34, 88 Brington, 22 n. Brislew, Baron of, 107 Bronchorst, Jean Jacques de, Thomas, Earl of Ormond, Button, Sir Thomas, 7 n." Bylot, Robert, 7, 7 n. Bynyor, Symon, 142 Cabool, 52 Cadenet, Monsieur, 127 Cæsar, Dalmatio, 11 n. Duke of Vendome, 25, 25 n. Sir Julius, 11, 11 n. 106, Lady, 11, 11 n. 106 n. Caluzzo, Marquis of, 112 de, Earl of Sal- danna, 83 de Cambalu, see Pekin Duke of, see Christian II. of, see Frederick Lewis, Count de Soissons, Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Duke Cambridge, 134 n. 141 Camden, William, (Clarenceux,) 62 Campbell, Archibald, Earl of Ar- John Lord, 140 Camul, 53 Cavendish, Sir William, 33, 50 n. Canaries, 129, 130, 132, 133, Cayshoe, co. Beds. 142 Cea, Duke of, see Sandoval Cheke,, 2 n. Lady, wife of Sir John, 64, 64 n. Sir John, tutor of Edw. VI. 2 n. 64 n. Sir Thomas, 2 n. Lady, wife of Sir Thomas, Chichester, Sir Arthur, Lord Bel- Sir Robert, 11 n. Bishop of, see Andrews Challoner, Sir Thomas, his death, Chinon, 46 Chippenham, co. Camb. 19 19 of 117 n. 122 n. 125 n. 141 n. Carleton, Sir Dudley, 31, 75 n. 88 n. 108 n. Dr. George, Bishop Landaff, 131, 131 n. Carlisle, Bishop of, see Snowdon Cascar, in Turchestan, 52, 53 Castlehaven, Earl of, see Touchet Catherine of Sweden, 84 n. Catteshall, cò. Surrey, 19 n. Henry, his death, 50, 50 n. Sir Robert, 56 n. Champagne, province of France, Lady Anne, 15, 15 n. Charles I. of England, 13 n. 15 n. II. King of England, 145 of Austria, 49 n. 69 n. 8, 9, 46, 48, 54, 65, 68, 74, 81, Lewis, Prince of the Rhine, III. King of Denmark, 20 n. Duke of Luneburg, 81, 81 n. Christina, Princess of France, Clarendon, 22 n. 140 Cleves, Duchy of, 82, 100, 115 Duke of, see John George, Earl of Cumberland, Clifton, Sir William, 136 Gervase, Lord Clifton, 136 |