of arms; Portcullis, with the patent; Mr. Charles Mawson, between "Richmond and Somerset heralds. They all made their obeisances, as before. Mr. Charles Mawson "and his supporters kneeled down at the Earl Marshal's feet, and laid his right hand on the Bible, whilst Garter read the oath, viz. "First, You shall swear, that you will be true to the most high, most mighty, and most excellent Prince. 66 nors. "Also you shall dispose yourself to be lowly and humble, and service"able to all estates universal that Christian been, not lying in wait to hurt "nor blame none of the said estates, in any thing that may touch their hoAlso you shall dispose you to be secret and sober in your port, not "too busy in language, ready to commend and loth to blame, and diligent "in your service, eschewing from vices and taking you to virtues, and true "in your reports, and so to exercise while you be in the office of a pur"suivant, that your merits may cause your prefering in the office of arms "in time coming. All such articles and things as belongeth to a pursui"vant of arms to keep, you shall well and truly keep:-So help you God, "&c. which done, he kissed the book. 66 "Then the patent being presented to the Earl Marshal, his Grace re"turned it to be read, and at the word erigimus,' the Earl Marshal put on the coat of arms. At the words nomen imponimus,' the wine was I poured on his head by the Earl Marshal, and the name of Rouge-croix being pronounced, as before, the patent was read, as the former, and being presented to the Earl Marshal, his Grace delivered it to the new "created Rouge-croix, who then standing up with his supporters, having "received the patent, the ceremony ended." There can be little doubt, but that King James would have greatly favored the heraldic body had he sat longer upon the throne, from which he was driven by the blindness of his zeal to the Romish superstitions, the detestation his conduct was held in by his enemies, the treachery of his pretended friends, the ambition of William Prince of Orange, and the hatred of his daughters to their mother-in-law, his Queen. The heralds in England, with a single exception, quietly acquiesced in the Revolution, though many of the members were devoted to the interest of their unfortunate, misguided In Scotland, they of the tabard seemed foremost to acknowledgeWilliam and Mary for their Sovereigns, proclaiming the Duke of Gordon a traitor, JAMES II. JAMES II. a traitor, because he would not surrender Edinburgh Castle, of which James had appointed him governor: he, with an appearance of good humour, giving them some guineas, desired " they would not proclaim men "traitors with the King's coats on their backs, or at least, not before they had "turned them." They had gone to the entrance of the Castle in all their formalities, habited in the coats of James, having then not received others from their new acknowledged Princes. Garter. GARTER, PRINCIPAL KING OF ARMS. Cha. 11-Sir WILLIAM DUGDALE, Knight. The Dugdales had long resided in Lancashire. James Dugdale, of Cletherow in that county, Gent. of St. John's College, Oxford, M.A. Clerk of the Accounts of that College, and Steward of their Courts, left John Dugdale, Gent., tutor to William, only son of Lord Giles Paulet, a younger son of William, the first Marquis of Winchester of that noble family. He was so attached to his pupil, that determining to reside near him when they left St. John's College, he disposed of his paternal estate, and purchased a long lease of sixty years of the impropriate rectory of Shustock, in Warwickshire Finding a ruinous mansion, he rebuilt it. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Swinfen, a younger son of William Swinfen, of a place of that name in Staffordshire, Esq., by whom he had Mary, baptized at Shustock, December 7, 1597, who became the wife of Mr. Richard Seawall, son of Mr. Henry Seawall, an Alderman of Coventry, and William Dugdale, who became Garter. The * Sir William's father is buried at Shustock, where is a monument bearing this inscription: Garter. The life of this great herald the antiquary has been frequently written, I JAMES II. shall here speak of him only as the head of the College, chiefly too from his own account of himself, as given by Mr. Dallaway. He was born at Shustock, near Coleshill, September 12, and baptized there 14, 1605. He was educated by the Rev. Thomas Sibley, curate at Nether-Whitacre, near Shustock, until ten, and under Mr. James Cranford, in the free-school at Coventry, until near fifteen. Then he studied the law under his father, who having had a paralytic stroke, married him early. He went to reside with his wife's father until his own died, on July 4, 1624. He then seated himself first at Fillongley in Warwickshire, which his father had purchased; but in the following year, having bought the seat and manor of Blythe, in the parish of Shustock, he sold his house at Fillongley, and in 1626 went to Blythe-hall. As antiquities were his favorite study, he gave himself up wholly to them, having acquired such a circle of friends and patrons round him, as his abilities, industry, and worth merited. He accompanied Sir Simon Archer, of Tanworth, a very judicious antiquary, to London, who introduced him to Sir Henry Spelman. Sir Henry recommended him to Thomas Earl of Arundel, Earl Marshal, whose taste and learning is so universally known and praised, and Sir Christopher, afterwards Lord Hatton, also zealously attached to whatever related to antiquity. Lord Arundel sent for him, in September, 1638, having obtained the King's warrant to create him Blanch-lion pursuivant extraordinary. That ceremony was performed at the Royal Palace of Richmond, in Surrey, on the twenty-fourth of the same month. On the removal of Walker, Rouge-croix, to the office of Chester herald, his Lordship obtained his Majesty's letters patent for creating Garter. JAMES II. creating him Rouge-croix pursuivant in ordinary, March 18, 1639, by which mean having a lodging in the Heralds' College, with some benefit by funerals, and other perquisites of office, and the yearly salary of £20 out of the King's Exchequer for his support, he spent the greatest part of his time in London, to augment his collections out of the records in the Tower, and other places, until 1640, when the civil war unhappily commenced. Its direful consequences having been foreseen by Sir Christopher Hatton, then a member of the House of Commons, he dispatched our pursuivant, and his servant, Mr. William Sedgewick, a skilful arms-painter, to take the inscriptions, drawings of monuments, arms, painted glass, and whatever else the fury of the fanatics might lay their sacrilegeous hands upon. They faithfully performed the task imposed upon them, by taking proper notice of all that was worthy attention in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Westminster Abbey, and such cathedrals, collegiate, conventual, and parochial churches, as they judged the most worthy their attention. Amongst these were those of Peterborough, Ely, Norwich, Lincoln, Newark, Beverley, Southwell, Hull, York, Selby, Chester, Lichfield, Tamworth, and Warwick. These, carefully tricked by Sedgewick, were lodged in the hands of their judicious and prudent employer. His Majesty, by his warrant under his sign manual, dated June 1, 1642, having commanded Mr. Dugdale to attend him, according to the duty of his place, he very loyally obeyed the summons, and remained with the King until about the middle of the next month, when he was deputed to the Earl of Northampton, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Warwick, who was raising the force of oppose the designs of his Majesty's enemies. His Lordship sent for, and obtained a special warrant, dated from York, August 4, directed to Mr. Dugdale, to summon the castles of Banbury and Warwick, held chiefly by Robert Lord Brooke, and to command that nobleman and his adherents to lay down and surrender their arms to the King, with their ammunition, and to return to their respective homes; and on their refusal, to proclaim them traitors against the King, his crown, and dignity. Performing this duty in his coat of arms, and trumpets sounding before him, the castle of Banbury, with all its arms and ammunition, was delivered up; but Sir Edward Peto, of Chesterton, would not give up Warwick, declaring he held, and would defend it for the Parliament, who had intrusted it to his care. Whereupon he proclaimed him and his adherents traitors Garter. traitors, at the gates of the castle, in obedience to his warrant. He JAMES II. next received, August 20, a warrant to summon the city of Coventry, which being crowded with its own sectaries and schismatics, with those of the populous town of Birmingham, who brought with them arms and ammunition, and trusting to the strength of its walls, bid defiance to the royal power; he therefore proclaimed them also traitors. The King was at this time at Stoneley-house, about four miles from Coventry; but seeing the obstinacy of the city, he returned to Nottingham, from whence he sent Sir Richard Willis, accompanied with Mr. Dugdale, to draw off the garrison of Kenilworth, which was endangered by that of Coventry, and the disaffected round them. Mr. Dugdale was fixed upon for this service, from his perfect knowledge of the place and its neighbourhood. Marching from Mountsorrel, in Leicestershire, on Sunday morning, they reached Kenilworth at ten o'clock that night, and used such dispatch in gaining carriages for their ammunition, that they left the castle at seven o'clock the next morning; yet not so secretly but that the rebels at Coventry, marching in great force, obliged him to face about, and attack them in Curdworth-field, two miles north of Coleshill. Though the rebels were five to one most numerous, yet defeating them, they took many prisoners, whom they brought that night to Tamworth, and the next morning to Fulbury Castle; where leaving them, Mr. Dugdale hasted to Nottingham, to acquaint the King of their success. From this time he remained with his Majesty in his official capacity, attending the court in Oxford, where he, with many others, was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts: he was a spectator at the battle of Kineton, or Edge-hill, and in the following February, accompanied with some gentlemen of note, and a skilful surveyor, he rode from his Majesty's garrison of Banbury to the spot where the battle had been fought, and by the assistance of Mr. Holsted the surveyor, exactly noted down all the particulars; as where each army had been drawn up; how, and where the cannon on each part had been placed, as also the particular graves in which the slain were buried; observing, from the relation of the neighbouring inhabitants, the certain number of bodies interred in every grave, which, in the whole, did not amount to quite one, though the vulgar swelled them to no less than five thousand. |