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 COBHAM 349 at Cobham, and was bur. there. (") Fun. certif. in the Coll. of Arms. The death (24 Jan. 1596/7) of his da. Elizabeth, wife of the celebrated Robert Cecil, affected him much, and he himself d. 6 Mar. 1596/7, and was bur. in Cobham Church.C") Will dat. 24 Feb. and sealed i Mar. 1596/7, pr. 23 May 1597. XL 1597 II. Henry (Brooke), Lord Cobham, 2nd but ist to surv. s. and h. by 2nd wife,(°) was b. 22 Nov. 1564, at 1603. Cobham Hall. M.P. for Kent 1588-89; for Hedon 1593. He was sum. to Pari, from 24 Oct. (1597) 39 Eliz. to 27 Oct. (1602) 44 Eliz. Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1597 to July 1603. Nom. K.G. 23 Apr., and inst. 6 June 1599. He sumptuously entertained the Queen at his house at Blackfriars, 16 June i6oo.(*') He was arrested in July 1603, together with his br., George Brooke, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Griffin Markham, and Lord Grey of Wilton, as being involved in a plot against the King, called '■'■the treason of the Maine.(^) His dastardly behaviour at his trial is well known. He was condemned to death, and attainted^ when his honours became forfeited.i^ His execution, however, was never carried out, and he was, on 15 Dec. 1603, re-committed to the Tower of London, where he remained for the rest of his life, except that he was allowed to visit Bath for his health in 16x8. He m. (cont. 27 May 1 601), Frances, widow of Henry (FitzGerald), Earl of KiLDARE [L], 2nd da. of Charles (Howard), ist Earl of Nottingham, by his 1st wife, Katherine, da. of Henry (Cary), Baron Hunsdon. She took no notice whatever of her husband after his trial, but lived in solitary state at Cobham Hall,(s) which, with other his lands, had, on 1 3 May 1 604, (*) It appears from a letter in Cecil's Secret Correspondence, p. 68, that Lord Cobham did not live on good terms with his ist wife, and the same writer says of his 2nd wife, "whom never woman loved or will love besides herself." V.G. C") He added greatly to Cobham Hall, refounded the College at Cobham for the good of the poor, and was also a great patron of literature. (■=) His elder br., Maximilian, was b. at the Blackfriars, London, 4, and hap. 6 Dec. 1560, at Westm. Palace, the Queen (who was present), William (Parr), Marquess of Northampton, and the " Younge Erie of Arundell " being the sponsors. He, who had good abilities, d. unm. and v.p., at Naples, 5 Dec. 1583, aged 23, and was bur. there. (^) " But one degree from a fool." (Weldon's James I). " A worthless mortal known to have neither honour, virtue, principle or veracity." [Carte, as quoted in Brydges' Peers, temp. James I). (") The main plot (so called to be distinguished from the bye plot) was alleged to be to kill "the King and his cubs" and to place Arabella Stuart on the throne. (') On 16 Feb. 1 603/4 his achievement as K.G. was taken down and kicked out of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. See a list of Knights of the Garter who have been degraded, in vol. ii. Appendix B. (8) The reversion of this noble mansion was granted by James I to his cousin, Ludovic (Stuart), Duke of Richmond, in whose family it remained till the death of