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276 of Oxford, by whom he had the nobleman who was the father of these children. He also had two wives, Penelope, sole daughter and heir to sir Robert Naunton, knt. master of the court of Wards and Liveries, widow of Paul, viscount Banning, by whom he had an only son, William, who succeeded him. His second wife was the mother of the children whose baptisms are here given; she was Catherine, daughter of sir William Villiers of Brookesby, in the county of Leicefter, bart. Their issue, besides the above children, were Thomas, and Ann who died an infant. The Philip mentioned as baptized Jan. 5, 1652, succeeded to the family honours upon the death of his half brother, William, earl of Pembroke, &c. I shall not particularize what was the history of the others, as it is done by Mr. Collins in his peerage, who also has given their baptisms from this register.

It appears from these insertions that at the same time, two noblemen of high rank resided in this small parish, and in the heart of the city. I do not know the exact spot; but from the many children mentioned of the earl of Pembroke he must have made it his constant town residence; and we must suppose it was also of the earl of Caernarvon, for had he had more children, it is most reasonable to suppose we should have had their baptisms registered there, had they been born in London. As the earls of Caernarvon and Pembroke, who resided in this parish, were brothers-in-law, and as one was cut off in 1643, and the baptisms of the other's children do not commence until 1651, it seems not improbable but that the earl of Pembroke might purchase or hire the house of the executors of the earl of Caernarvon, during the minority of that nobleman's son, and continue to rent it for some years after he became of age; but the fact is not so; each had his own house.

That they both had their chaplains in their houses is highly probable by these extracts from the registers.