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 264 COMPLETE PEERAGE arundell ley), 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary, da. of Anthony (Browne), ist Viscount Montague. She was bur. 27 June 1607, at Tisbury, Wilts. He w?., 2ndly, i July 1608, at St. Andrew's, Holborn, Anne, da. of Miles Phiupson, of Crook, Westmorland, by Barbara, sister and coh. of Francis Sandys, of Conishead, co. Lancaster. She d. at Lennox House, Drury Lane, 28 June, and was bur. 4 July 1637, at Tisbury. M.I. Admon. as of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, Midx., i Feb. 1639/40, granted to her da. Catharine Eure, widow. He d. 7 Nov. 1639, (") aged about 79, at Wardour Castle, and was bur. at Tisbury. M.l. Will dat. 5 Nov., pr. 3 Dec. 1639. Inq.p. m. 17 Car. I. II. 1639. 2. Thomas (Arundell), Baron Arundell of Ward- our, s. and h. by ist wife, /?>. about 1586. He was a devoted Royalist, and raised a Regiment of Horse for the King. He m. (settl. after marriage, 11 May 1607) Blanche, 6th da. of Edward (Somer- set), 4th Earl of Worcester, by Elizabeth, da. of Francis (Hastings), 2nd Earl of Huntingdon. She gallantly defended Wardour Castle against the Parliamentary forces under Sir Edward Hungerford, but was finally forced to surrender on honourable terms, which, however, were not observed, and the castle was sacked, and the lady removed as a prisoner to Dorchester. He d. at Oxford, 19 May, of wounds received at the battle of Stratton, 16 May 1643, aged about 57, and was bur. at Tisbury. M.I. Will dat. 7 Jan. 1 641/2 to 14 May 1643, P""- ^7 Nov. 1648. His widow iZ'. 28 Oct. 1649, at Winchester, in her 66th year, and was also bur. at Tisbury. M.I. Will dat. 28 Sep., pr. 2 Nov. 1649. III. 1643. 3. Henry (Arundell), Baron Arundell of Wardour, s. and h., bap. 23 Feb. 1607/8, at St. Andrew's, Holborn. Master of the Horse to Queen Henrietta Maria. He also was very active for the King, and in Mar. 1644 re-took Wardour Castle from the rebels, and destroyed it to prevent its being used by them as a fortress. Having been second to his br. in law, Col. Henry Compton, when he was killed by Lord Chandos in a duel, 13 May 1652, they were found guilty of manslaughter, 17 May 1653, and sentenced to be burned in the hand. (") From Oct. 1678 to Feb. 1683/4, he was, with other "popish" Peers, imprisoned in the Tower, on the accusation of Titus Oates. (°) P.C. (*) His portrait by Vandyke is (19 10) at Wardour. V.G. (*) " Lord Chandos and my Lord Arundel of Wardour were this day upon their trial in the Upper Bench upon the indictment for killing Mr. Compton which had been found at Kingston but manslaughter. They pleaded their peerage that so according to the statute they might not be put to read, but the house of peers being taken away, that plea would not be allowed ; so they read but the burning in the hand was respited till Monday. " (Letter of T.Harley, 21 May 1653. Hist. MSS. Com., 14th Rep., App., Pt. 2, p. 201.) "The Lord Arundell of Wardour, and the Lord Shandoys were indicted at sessions and found guilty of manslaughter, and had sentence to be burned in the hand (a strange doom for noblemen). " {Newsletter, 21 May 1653.) V.G. (°) The other Lords impeached with him were the Earl of Powis, and Lords