GEORGE II. " exhibit a complaint against him in the House of Lords for a breach of

" privilege. Mr. Stainbank, terrified at the impending danger, begged " his advice and assistance, for which he promised to reward him hand

somely. Warburton, after some consideration, said, he had hit on a " method to bring him out of a very ugly scrape, which was, that he " should purchase a coat of arms, which he would devise for him, as like

as possible to that on the achievement, and that he would shew it to "the Ambassador, and confirm its being his legal coat of arms, and say " that the similitude complained of, was owing to the blunder of the

painter. The arms were granted in due form, and paid for; when "Warburton, over and above his share of the £40, asked and obtained " a particular reward for appeasing the representative of his Portugueze Majesty." Mr. Grose subjoins to this scandalous, yet laughable story, "that, notwithstanding this, and many like dirty tricks, he clearly proved "the truth of that proverb, which says, Honesty is the best policy-by

dying a beggar." Impartiality has compelled me to give what I found relative to a character which I admire for his love for science, and despise for his dishonesty and querelous scurrility. He married twice: one of his wives was a widow with children; for he married her son, when a minor, to one of his daughters. Amelia, another, married October 23, 1750, to captain John Elphinston, afterwards vice-admiral and commander in chief of the Russian fleet, who died very greatly respected by the late Empress, Catherine II, who created him Knight of the Order of St. George: he was deservedly honored and beloved by all who knew him. This gallant officer died in November 1789, at Cronstat, after a short illness, only thirty-one years of age; at which time he was captain of the Prince Gustaaf, and a lieutenant in his British Majesty's service. By his last wife, Somerset herald had John Warburton, Esq. who resided many years in Dublin, and was pursuivant to the Court of Exchequer in Ireland: he married, in 1756, Ann-Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Edward-Rowe Mores, rector of Tunstal in Kent, and sister of EdwardRowe Mores, Esq. M. A. and F. R. and A. S., so well known for his skill in antiquity, and the large collections of choice MSS. and books he left at his death,

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death, which were sold by Mr. Paterson in 1779.* This Mr. Warburton, GEORGE II. leaving Dublin, became one of the exons belonging to his Majesty's yeomen of the guard at St. James'. Going into France since the troubles in that kingdom, he was one of the few English who fell victims to the sanguinary temper of the usurpers, being guillotined for a pretended sedition, by order of the National Convention Committee at Lyons, in December 1793.

1769. RALPH BIGLAND, Esq. See next reign.

RICHMOND.

Geo. 1. CHARLES WHINYATES, Esq.
Mr. Lane resigned his tabard to his successor.

June, 1755-FRANCIS GROSE, Esq. -See next reign.

LANCASTER.

Ann.-JOHN HESKETH, Esq.

Richmond.

Lancaster.

Chiefly resided at Exeter, where he had practised as an attorney. This office was purchased for him upon his marriage with Penelope, daughter of Sir Arthur Northcote, of Pynes in Devonshire, Bart. by his second wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Honorable Sir Francis Godolphin, K. B.; but he disposed of it again, in 1727, to his successor. had a grant of arms, Ermine on a Bend, Sable, three Garbs, Or; on a sinister Chief a Rose, Gules: for a Crest, on a Wreath a Garb, Or, charged with a Rose, Gules, the Stalk and Leaves twisting round the Garb. A gentleman gave an half length portrait of him to the College, now hanging

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GEORGE II. hanging in the Hall, said to have been painted by Tucker, Hoyman's

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Pursuivants.

Rouge-croix.

master. He left no issue.

1727.-STEPHEN-MARTIN LEAKE, Esq. - See Norroy.

Dec. 8, 1729.- CHARLES GREENE, Esq.

Third son of William Greene, of Thunnercliffe-Grange, in the parish of Ecclesfield, near Sheffield in Yorkshire, descended from an ancient and genteel family. His mother was Alice, daughter of Mr. Smithson, who was of the family of the Duke of Northumberland. William Greene, of Thunnercliffe, Esq. the herald's eldest brother, left a son, William Greene of York, M. D., who disposed of the estate to Thomas Earl of Effingham. Lancaster obtained this preferment from his interest and connexion with the Duke of Norfolk's family, who possess the manor of Ecclesfield-Hall, near Sheffield, and was privately buried on Sunday the 16th, in the chancel of that church, with his ancestors.

April, 1743-THOMAS BROWNE.-See next reign.

PURSUIVANTS.

ROUGE-CROΙΧ.

Geo. 1.-JOHN POMFRET, Gent.

Son of the Rev. John Pomfret, the poet, rector of Maulden in Bedfordshire: his grandfather was also a clergyman, being rector of Luton in the same county. Rouge-croix' father, the poet, died in London, at the early age of thirty-five. He also had a taste for the Muses, having written some satirical verses on the removal of those family portraits of the Howards from the Hall of the College to Arundel Castle. His death happened at his apartments in the College, March 24, 1750-1, aged forty-nine. His body was conveyed to, and interred at Harrowden in Northamptonshire. He was in great favor with the younger Anstis, Garter.

BLUE-MANTLE.

Geo. 1.-JAMES GREENE, Gent.

Mr. Brooke, Somerset, says he drew out many pedigrees for private families, in books which he never entered in the office: he was also accused of misplacing the books in the library, in order that his brother officers might not find them. He died at the College at Arms, on Sunday, September 4, 1737, aged fifty-four, and was buried on the 8th, at St. Bennet's Church, Paul's Wharf. In the Hall of the College is a portrait of him, in his tabard, with his name, office, dates of his death, and age upon it. Query, Whether it was the same which Mr. Townley possessed, and came into the hands of Mrs. Townley, his widow. Mr. Greene, by Sarah his wife, had a daughter, Sarah, born February 24: she was baptized at St Bennet's, March 22, 1720.

Oct. 1737. THOMAS BROWNE, Gent-See Lancaster.
Dec. 1743.-JOHN PINE, Gent.

An eminent engraver. Mr. Pine, Lord Orford observes, " need but " be mentioned, to put the public in mind of the several beautiful and " fine works for which they are indebted to him." He published, in folio, a very splendid Ceremonial of the Installation of the Knights of the Bath upon the Revival of that Order in 1725. From his hand we have also, in folio, ten prints, representing the tapestry hangings in the House of Lords, in which are given the several engagements and final destruction of the Spanisk Invincible Armada, sent to invade England in 1588, each ornamented with a curious border, containing portraits of our noble commanders who assisted in our glorious defence, and ten charts of the coast of England, shewing the places of action between the English and Spanish fleets, with the track of the latter, from its entrance into the Channel to its return, in a shattered condition, along the coasts of Scotland and Ireland; also the fortifications ordered on the occasion on each side the Thames, and on the coasts of Cornwall and Devon, printed on eight sheets of imperial paper, elegantly embellished with emblematical ornaments, portraits of conspicuous characters, and medals struck to commemorate that great event. The Parliament adjudging these national works, passed an Act

GEORGE II.

Pursuivants,
Blue-mantle.

GEORGE II. to secure the emolument arising from their publication to him. These,
Pursuivants, with the letter-press, form a volume, " rivalling the splendid editions of

"the Louvre." Nothing can look more deplorable than these hangings
do at this time; the engravings evince how valuable they were when new.
The order of the battle, and other circumstances relative to this memorable
event, are most accurately executed: the portraits of the admirals and
captains of the English fleet are not the least valuable part of the whole.
These works are ornaments to a princely library. He engraved five other
plates of the same size, to accompany them, being, 1. A Plan of the House
of Peers; another of the House of Commons; A View of the Creation of
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by Henry VIII., from a drawing in the
College at Arms. 2. The House of Peers, with Henry VIII. on the
Throne, the Commons attending, from a Drawing by the then Garter King
at Arms. Another View of the House of Peers, with Elizabeth on the
Throne, the Commons presenting their Speaker at the Bar, from a painted
print in the Cottonian Library. A copy of a beautiful Illumination of
the Charter of Henry VI. to the Provost and College of Eton. 3. The
House of Lords, shewing his Majesty on the Throne, the Lords in their
proper Robes and Seats, the Commons at the Bar, and the Speaker address-
ing the Throne. 4. The House of Commons, shewing the Commons
assembled in their House, the Speaker in his Chair, and Sir Robert
Walpole, the Minister, standing forth in his usual Posture toward the
Chair. A View of the Lord High Steward, in both Houses of Parliament,
Judges, &c. assembled in Westminster-hall, Lord Lovat, the criminal at
the Bar, on his Trial. He also engraved the whole Text of Horace,
illustrating it with ancient bas reliefs and gems. These are his principal
works. His head, painted by Hogarth in Rembrandt's manner, is well
known from the print, says Lord Orford. He engraved the Magna Charta:
presenting one of the copies to the Aldermen of London, they gave him a
purse with twenty guineas in it. He, with Tinney and Bowles, published
a large Plan of London and Wesminster, with all their buildings, on a large
scale, from an actual survey taken by John Rocque. His Majesty, George
II. gave him the appointment of marker of the dice, and afterward his
engraver of the signets, seals and stamps: places which he held to his death,
which happened in the College, May 4, 1756, aged sixty-six. Mr. Toms,
Portcullis,

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