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 WARWICK. 65 finily, Anne, da. and h. of William Whorwood, Attorney Qeo. to Hen. VIII., by OwMndra, da. of Sir Edward Grit. She d, s.p.a., 26 May 1662, at Otford, co. Kent He m. Koondly, before IS Sep. 1658, Klissabeth, iuojure Baroviss Tailbots (tee that dignity), widow of Thomas Wtmbish. She d. e. p., probably about 1660. He m. thirdly, with great state, 11 Not. 1666, at Westminster, Anne, Ist da. of Franoia (RuasKLL), 2d Earl or Brdforo, by his first wife, Margaret, da. of Sir John St. JoHif. He <f. ap.8.,(*) At Bedford house, in the Strand (from the effects of the AmpntHtion of his legf in consequence of wounds received, 28 years before), 20 or 21 Feb. 1689/00, aged about 62, nnd was httr. 9 April 1690, with considerable state, in Warwick chapel, when (his brother Robert, the well known Rarl of Leioester having d. s.p. legik previoufily), all hit honourg becnme exHnei,{}*) M.I. Will pr. 1690. His widow d, 6 Feb. 1608/4, and was hnr. at Gheniee, Buoks.(«) M.L Will pr. 1604 and 1606. XXII. 1618. 1. RoBSRT (Rich), Baron Rioh, 2d bat Ist sunr. a. and h. of Robert, 2d Baron Rich, by Blinbeth, da. and h. of Qeorge Baldrt, 6. about 1660, being 21 years, 2 months and 2 days old when he Me. io the peerage, 27 Feb. 1680/1 ; was sum. to Pari., 16 Oct 1686 ; Oapt. of a troop of horse, 1689 ; cr. M.A. of Cambridge, 20 Feb. 1696 ; Volunteer with the fleet sgainst Cadis, May to Aug- 1696 ; P.C (extra) 1608, being, apparently owing to his great wealth, er. 2 Aug. 1618,(«l) EAKL OF WAKWICK.(«) He m., firstly, in or shortly after Oct. 1681,(0 Penelope (then aged about 20), 1st da. of Walter (DxTBRcnx), 1st EARii OF Eflssx, by Lettioe, da. of Sir Francis Kvoixtb, X.O. She after a career of profligscT(K) during which she gave birth to 12 children (of whom five were "fathered " on her afterwards husband), was divoroed by the eccles. court {a meniA et tkoro) and went thro* the ceremony of marriage (in her husband's life- time), 26 Dec 1606,(^) at Waosteitd House, Essei, with Charles (Bloumt), Earl OF Drvovbhirr, better known a^ Baron Moontjot (the father of her more recently born children), who d, s p. legit soon afterwards, 3 April 1606, the Lady Rich (some> timea, tho' erroneoufly, styled Countess of DcTonshire), dying 16 months later, in or (*) His only son, John, by his 1st wife, d, an infant, before (1662) it's mother's death. (*>) '* He was popularly known as * The good Lord Warwick,' and was attsched to the Puritans. He was Qovemor of the possessions and revenues of the Preachers of the Gospel for Warwickshire. He also encouraged maritime enterprise and was the chief promoter of Martin Frobisher's first voyage in 1676. Portraits are at Hatfield, Wobum Abbey and Lumley Ci^tle. An engraving appears in Holland'a Heroologia.*' [Nat, Biogr.] There is also an engraving of his long sour looking face '* after a Painter unknown " in "Doyle," («) She is spoken of as " a lady of ezoellent character and of most refined parte and education. She was one of Elisabeth's few female favourites." (^) One of the 4 Earls er, that dsy, all of whom obtained nicknames, that of this grantee being " Cornucopia," alluding to his wife's infidelity. (See toL iii, p. 113, note " e," iub, '* Devonshire." (•) He was refused the tiUe of " Clare" (see vol. ii, p. 272, note "o," iub. " Clare,") and probably fell back on that of Warwick, merely as being the name of a county (a great desideratum in those times) which happened to be then vacant, as he does not appear to have had any interest in Warwickshire. For the same resson, spparently, William (Cavendish), Baron Cavendish of Hsrdwick, was er. at the same date Earl of Devonshire, tho* his estates were in JDerbythire, &c., not in the west of England. (>) " My lady and mistress will be married about Allhallow's tide to Lord Rich." [Letter of R. Brakinbury, 18 Sep. 1681.1 (») See vol. V, p. 401, note ^'a," tuS. '*Mountjoy," to which may be added a reference to Craik*s " Romance of the Peerage," yoI. i, where the career of thia unhappy woman is fully described. She is the '* Stdla** in the ** Aitrophel and 8uUa " of her first lover, the famous Sir Philip Sidney, inspiring [108 1] sonnets and 11 songs. (b) See voL v, p. 400. note "d" eub, '^Mountjoy," as to Wm. Laud (afterwards the w^l known Archbishop) having performed the ceremony. F