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 174 WINGHRSTBR. tritl of Marj, Queen of Scots, Oet. 1586, noting as L. Stbwabd at her funeral 1 Aug. 1587 ; L.-Ueut of Hants, 1596. He m-, before 1560, Agues or Anne,(*) da. of William (Howard), 1st Baron Howard of Ephnqhaii, by his first wife Katharine (to whom she was only child), da. of Sir John Bbouqhton, of Tudington, Beds, and coheir to her br. John. He d, 24 Not. 1598, and waa bur, at Basing.(^) Admon. 19 June 1605. His widow d. 18 Not. 1601. Will pr. 1601. IV. 1^98. 4- William (Pauubt, or Powmbtt), Marquess of Win- CHSSTKR, &a, only s. and h. ; b. before 1560 ; iiyled apparently Lord St. John, but possibly Eaul ov W]LTsiiirb,(«) 1576-98, and was, y.p., sum. to ParL 16 Jan. 1580/1. in his father's Buruny as LOUD SAINT JOHN(«^) ; aue, to the MarqueuaUof WinchuUr^ &a, 24 Not. 1598, He became involved in great pecuniary difficulties, arising partly from his sumptuous entertainment of Queen Blizabeth at Baaing. He m., 28 Feb. 1586/7, at St. Martin's in the fields (Li& Dean and Chapter of Westm.), Lucy, da. of Thomas (Cboil) 1st Earl ob Exbtbr, by his first wife, Dorothy, da. and coheir of John (Nsyill), Lord Latiicbb. She d, 1 Oot. 1614, and was lur,^ that montli, in the Cecil vault in Westm. Abbey. Will dat. 8 Sep. and pr. 12 Nov. 1614. He (f. 4 Feb. 1628/9, at Hackwood, near Basingstoke, HanU, and waa hut. at Basing. Admon. 16 Feb. 1628/9. [WiLUAU Pauijit, or Powlbit, styled ^ after 1698, apparently Lord St. John, but nomsibly Karl ov Wji.TBiifRK(^) ; 1st s. and h. np. ; b. about 1588. He m. Mary, d«. of Anthony Maria (Huownr), 2d Viscount Momtaou. He d, v.p. and s.p. Aug. 1621. His widow m. the Hon. William Arundell, of Homisham, Wilts, and wad bur, at Tisbury in that county.] V. 1629. 5, John (Paulbt, or Powlbtt), Marqubss op Win- 0HK6T1R, &c, 8d but 1st surv. s. and h.,(«) 6. about 1598 and wtyUd Lord John Powlrtt till 1621 ; ed. at Ex. Coll., Oxford, tho' he never matrio. at that Univ. ; was M.P, for St. Ives, 1620-22 ; %tyled Lord St. John( from 1621, and wsssum. v.p. to Pari. 12 Feb. 1623/4 and 17 May 1625 in his father's Barony as LORD SAINT JOHN ;(d) ««•. to the Marguetsate of WincheHer, &c., 4 Feb. 1628/9, being, for his fidelity to the Crown, generally known as " The loyal Marquen," He waa Col. of a reg. of foot, 1643, and lield as a royal garrison, his own (princely) house at Basing* the siege of which, lasting from Aug. 1643 to 16 Oct. 1645, is well-known as a matter of hbtory.(S) His name waft excepted from pardon in the propositions sent to Charles 1, 18 Oct 1648, and he was a prisoner for a debt of some £2,000 in Jan. 1656. After the Itestoration a proposal was made to recompense him to the amount of £19,000 for his many losses, but nothing was done in the matter. He m. firstly (Lie. London 18 Dec. 1622), he aged 24 and the Lady 26, Jane, da. of Thomaa (Savaqk), let VisoouNT Savaob op Rookbavaqi, by EliEabeth, tuojare Codntbss (*) She is called Agnea in the epitaph at Lambeth on her mother, but Anne in the will of Charles (Brandon), Duke of Suffolk. The marriage was not a happy one, and the partiea were on one occasion, only reconciled by Royal intervention. (^) He ia best known as the author of "The Lord Marquee Idleness," in which is a remarkable and most ingenious acrostic of 6 Latin verses, pub. in 1586 and 1587. See " Dugdale " as to his 4 illegit sons, " all knights," to whom he leased lands for 100 years '* of little less than £4,000 per ann. value." These baatards are entei-ed in the Heralds' Visit, of Hants. («) Seep. 172. note '^c*' (<») Seep. 172. note** b." (*) Thomas, his next elder br., d. v.p. and unm. before their eldest br., who d. 1621. Henry the 4th son, his next yr. br., waw ancestor, after 1794, of tho 12th and succeeding ifirquesses ; Charles the 5th son d, 8.p. about 1654. Admon. 9 Jan. 1664/5 to Elizabeth his widow : Edward the 6th and yst. sou is infamous as a traitor to his brother, in endeavouring to betray Baaing House, during its siege in 1644. (0 He, presumably, was never styled '* Earl of Wiltshire being certainly at his marriage in Deo. 1622, called Lord St. John. See p. 172, note " &" (s) Basing House was burnt to the ground in Oct. 1645, and sacked by Cromwell, whose interesting letter thereupon is printed in ** CoUim," vol. ii, p. 376. The goods . therein were laid to amount to £200,000 in value. On every window was' inscribed Aimes loyault^." One of the most celebrated pictures of Landseer depicts the foene.