Garter. other members of the College. James sent him, in 1612, with the in- CHARLES I. signia of the Garter to Maurice, Prince of Orange, who gave him a chain of gold, of six pounds weight, and his miniature set with diamonds. His Majesty conferred the honor of Knighthood upon him, November 5, (as Lant says, as others, 9), 1616. In the following month, incurring the royal displeasure, he was imprisoned: he had imprudently given a man the royal arms of Arragon, with a Canton of Brabant, or at least confirmed them, for the small sum of twenty-two shillings; this man was sent by Brooke, or Brookesmouth, York herald, the most vicious and abandoned character that ever disgraced any society; the man who sued and obtained the grant, or confirmation, was Brandon, the public executioner. York, finding his diabolical scheme succeed so far, shewed the grant to the King, who was highly exasperated; but at length the iniquitous business being unravelled, Garter was restored to freedom and favor. Camden, Clarenceux, a contemporary, whose quiet and respectable conduct has been noticed in the College, thus speaks of this scandalous business. "December 17, "1616, William Segar, king at arms, was accused of giving the arms of Arragon, with a Canton of the arms of Brabant, to George Brandon, the hangman of London. This gave great displeasure to the King: but the "matter was detected, that it was done by the infamous malice of Ralph "Brookesmouth, the herald, who by an hired emissary, drew the arms, not dissimilar to those of Arragon, with a Canton of those of Brabant, " and abused the easy credulity of Garter, who for twenty-two shillings "obtained a confirmation of them, and which he took care to shew to the King. December 30, Garter, York, and other heralds, were called before delegates for the Earl Marshal : but the King, as an example of justice to York, for his malicious subornation, and to Garter, for his easy belief "and ignorance, and for displaying the arms for so small a sum of money, "was desirous to punish them; they were therefore both delivered into the custody of the Marshalsea. January 1, 1617, a petition was presented "to the King, in the name of Garter, with the testimony of the heralds " in his favor.” His honesty, integrity, and good carriage, were so strongly urged to his Majesty by the Members of the College, that he was set at liberty, and in the most honorable manner restored to all the privileges of his situation.* He died of a lingering disorder, some months after he had been See Appendix, letter I. Garter. CHARLES I. been with Philipott, Somerset, to attend the Elector Palatine. Garter Anstis says, he died December 13, 1633: perhaps it should read the third; for his remains were interred in the chancel of Richmond church, in Surrey, on the eleventh of that month. He gave the Royal Arms, and glazed the east window of the chancel of St. Giles' in the Fields, London. There is an engraving of him, Delaram, sc. quarto. He bore, first and fourth, Azure, a Cross-moline Argent, for Segar, and second and third, a Chevron, between three Mullets Azure, for Crakenthorp: his mother therefore was an heiress. Sir William Dethick, Garter, before their quarrel says, he "was of twelve years standing, and could write, paint, and had some languages:" afterwards, that he was " a poor, base, beggarly painter, and an ignorant pea"sant." It is probable his descent was humble. That he was well skilled in his profession, and of great application, is undoubted, by his MS. Baronagium Genealogicum," which was so serviceable to Edmondson, in his elegantly superb work, as well as from his "Honor, Civil and Military," printed in folio, 1602, and his voluminous and accurate collections. Sir William married twice: first Helen, or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Somers, of Kent, Knight; she died between 1592 and 1595. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Robert Browne, of Evington, in Herefordshire, Gent. By one he had issue: 1. Jacob, his eldest son, living in 1633; 2. Giles, buried in St. Catherine-Cree church, in London, in 1649, who left a family; 3. Anthony, baptized in St. Ethelburgh's church, in Bishopsgatestreet, in 1586, living in 1633; 4. Catherine, baptized in the same church in 1585, living in 1637; 5. Elizabeth, baptized there in 1592, living in 1670; 6. Penelope, married first to Nicholas Charles, Esq., Lancaster herald, secondly to Timothy Cartwright, of Mashbone, Gloucestershire, mother by him to Thomas Cartwright, the architect, employed to build the Royal Exchange, having been appointed the city mason. The issue of Garter's second marriage was, 7. John, born in 1596, died in Virginia ; 8. Frederick, born in 1599; 9. William, who married and resided in the Heralds' College-he had Ann born there, and baptized at St. Bennet's, Paul's Wharf, July 28, 1623; and Francis, also born in the College, and baptized at St. Bennet's, August 8, 1624; 10. Thomas, who became Blue-mantle; 11. Ann, married to Lewis Latham, of Ellonstow, in Bedfordshire, Serjeant Falconer to James I.-In 1666 she was a widow, aged 60; 12. Sarah, born 1601; and 13. Alice, born in 1603, both of whom died Garter. died infants. Two of Garter's sons went with him, in 1627, to carry the CHARLES I. Garter to Henry Prince of Orange. One of his male descendants became very troublesome to the College: presuming upon the situation of his ancestor, Garter, he thought he could" demand" some post of consequence. Mr. Thoresby acknowledges his obligations to Mr. S. Segar, the great grandson and heir of this head of the College. Dec. 27, 1633.-Sir JOHN BURROUGHS, Knight. This Garter was grandson of William Burroughs, of Sandwich in Kent, by the daughter of Basil Gosall, of Newchurch in Brabant, and son of John Burroughs of the same place, by his wife, daughter of Robert Denne, of Dennehill in Kent, Esq. Garter Anstis says, some reported him to have been a gardener's, others a Dutchman's son, who was a brewer of Sandwich. It does not appear in what situation Mr. John Burroughs, his father, was; but it is evident, by his marrying into so respectable a family as the Dennes of Dennehill, he must have been in opulence; it is more so by the education given to his son, who was sent to Grey's Inn to study the common law. He was appointed, in 1623, keeper of the records in the Tower, at which time, or a little before, he was made secretary to the Earl Marshal. In the late reign he had been created Mowbray herald extraordinary, to enable him to become a king at arms upon a vacancy. James I. knighted him, July 17, 1624. He attended Charles I. when he went to Scotland to be crowned. In April 1636, he obtained a grant to intitle him to the fees and perquisites of his office, because he had been abroad upon the business of the Crown: this enabled him to take his share of the dues of his office, the same as if he had been personally present in the College. In the year 1640, he attended the treaty held by the Sovereign with his rebellious subjects in Scotland, and upon the civil war extending itself into this kingdom, he withdrew from the College, to attend his duty upon his Royal Master. Whilst in this service at the court in Oxford, that University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, August 5, 1643. Dying in April following, he was buried the next day at the upper end of the Divinity Chapel, on the north side of the choir of the Cathedral Church in that city. He wrote a treatise on the right of the Crown to the British Seas; but it was not printed until 1651. There are many MSS. pedigrees remaining of his drawing up. In the CHARLES I. Garter. Inner Temple library is a commentary on the formulary for combats before April 1644.-Sir HENRY ST. GEORGE, Knight. Eldest son and heir of Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux, in whose life a particular account of the genealogy of the family is given. He was raised, progressively, from Rose pursuivant extraordinary to Garter. The attention he had paid to the College, in visiting for his father and himself, when Clarenceux, with the credit he gained in his duty abroad, made him highly valued by Charles I.; though he had, in 16-, been suspended, for improper conduct in his office of Richmond herald. In 1625, when he was in that place, Charles sent him with York to France, to conduct his Royal. Consort over to England: they performed this duty so much to the satisfaction of the Court of France that Lewis gave them a thousand French crowns. His Majesty, 1627, joined him in commission with Lord Spencer and Peter Young, Esq., to present the insignia of the Garter to Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. That gallant Monarch was so pleased with the aptness of the surname to the office upon which he was sent, that at the royal camp at Darsaw, in Prussia, where his Majesty then was, he conferred knighthood upon him in his tent, amidst his army, at his investiture by him of the orderof the Garter. At the same time the Swedish Hero dubbed Mr. Young, Usher and Daily-waiter to Charles I., Colonels Patrick, Ruthin, Alexander, Lesley, and Thomas Muschamp, with Lieutenant Colonel John Hepburn, all natives of Britain, serving in his army. As a farther mark of regard, Richmond received a grant, dated September 26, in that year, under the great seal of Gustavus, granting him, as an honorable addition, or aug mentation mentation to his armorial bearing, which was, Argent, a Chief Azure, over CHARLES I. all a Lion rampant Gules, crowned Or, in a Canton of the fourth, an Escot- Garter. cheon of the second, charged with three Crowns Or, being the royal arms of the kingdom of Sweden, to use as an addition. At the commencement of the civil war, he attended the standard of the Sovereign: remaining with his Majesty, he was created a Doctor of Laws, May 9, 1643. When Sir John Burroughs died, the King prevailed upon Walker, Norroy, to give up the reversionary patent he had received of Garter's place to him: but he detained it only about six months, dying in Brazen-Nose College, either October 21, or November 5, 1644, and was buried the next day, in the north-east corner of the north aisle, or transcept, of the cathedral of Christ. Church, in Oxford. Sir Henry wrote a catalogue of the nobility of England, according to their creation, as they were 1628, &c. MS. folio. It begins with George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and ends with Sir Francis Cottington, Knt. and Bart., created Lord Cottington of Hanworth. Thomas Walkley involved" it in his catalogue, of the Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, &c. published by him in 1658, octavo. Garter married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Dagnell, of Lillingston Dagnell in Buckinghamshire, Knight. She was buried in the church of St. Dunstan in the West, in London. By this lady he had six children. 1. Sir Thomas, and 2. Sir Henry, successively Garter: 3. Richard St. George, Esq., Ulster king at arms in Ireland, which office he resigned in 1683; he married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir Henry Hastings, of Bramston, in Lincolnshire, Knight; 4. Elizabeth, married to Colonel Richard Bourk, of the kingdom of Ireland; 5. Mary, to Ferdinand Hastings, Esq., fifth son of Sir Henry; and 6. Rebecca, to Robert Cooke, of Mount Mascall, in Cray, in Kent, Esq. She was born November 28, 1622, died in Holborn, in London, May 28, 1710, and was buried, June 1, at Bexley in Kent. Mr. Cooke gave the manor of Bexley to found a professorship of history in the university of Oxford.. Feb. 24, 1644-5.-Sir EDWARD WALKER, Knight. He was sworn into the chapter of the Order held March 2 following. The Parliament deprived him, as far as they could, for his loyalty. He was restored by Charles II.-See next reign. Hh 2 |