"As required by the above act of parliament, schedules or descriptions of each and every part of the messuages, commons, waste grounds, ancient enclosures, lands, and heriditaments, out of which the corn rents or sums of money are issuing and payable, are annexed to the award of the said commissioners for the Worksop enclosure, which is dated, and was executed on the 2d day of August, 1817; and the schedules of the corn rents have been delivered to the vicar, and also, so much of them as relate to the lands and estates of the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Newcastle, and the trustees of F. F. Foljambe, Esq. deceased. "There are two yearly payments out of the great tythes of Worksop, of £12, payable every Ladyday; one of £6 13s. 4d. payable every Michaelmas-day; £10 per annum is paid to the vicar for having given up his right to the presentation of Shireoaks chapel, in the parish of Worksop: this payment was fixed by an act of parliament, passed on August 1, 1807, (47 Geo. III.) "Easter dues are paid to the vicar. "The vicar receives £5 per annum from Shireoaks, and £5 per annum from Worksop Manor. "Benefactions. Mr. William Medley, in his deed of settlement, ordered two sermons to be preached, the one on St. Thomas's day, the other on Good Friday, for which the vicar receives, on each of these days, 30 shillings—the clerk, 10 shillings." [Here follows an inventory of the contents of the chancel, vestry, and church chest, noticed before.] "The clerk's wages are gathered at Easter by custom, from house to house. "The sexton's wages arise from ringing passing-bells, digging graves, tolling corpses to the church; they are both appointed by the vicar. The vicar also appoints one churchwarden. (Signed) THOMAS STACYE, VICAR.” The Howards-Lords of Worksop—Modern Vistory-Present Howard. ARMS.-Four grand quarters, 1. HowARD. Gules on a bend between 6 cross-crosslets fitchee argent, an inescutcheon or charged with a demi-lion rampant, pierced through the mouth with an arrow, within a double tressure floree counterfloree gules. 2. PLANTAGENET. Gules 3 tions passant guardant in pale or, a label of 3 points argent. 3. WARREN. Checkie or and azure. 4. MOWBRAY. Gules a lion rampant argent. Behind the whole two marshal's staves in saltier or, gorged with a ducal coronet argent. CREST.-On a chapeau gules turned up ermine a lion statant guardant or, gorged with a ducal coronet argent. SUPPORTERS. On the dexter side a lion argent, and on the sinister a horse of the same holding a slip of oak fructed proper. MOTTO.-Sola virtus invicta. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and Nor-Lady Alethea Talbot, youngest dr. of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Edward, after the death of his brother, heir-presumptive to Edward, Duke of Norfolk; but he dying unmarried, the title went to a remote branch of the family, descended of Charles Howard, of Graystoke, co. Cumberland, Esq., fourth son of Henry-Frederick, Earl of Arundel. This, usually denominated the second house of Howard, of Norfolk, furnished to the dignity of the peerage, Charles, tenth Duke of Norfolk, consin to the late Duke Edward. ob. 1786. Mary Ann, first wife, dr. and Catharine, daughter and co-heir of John Charles, eleventh-Francis, second wife, only daughter and heir of Charles Fitz-Roy Scudamore, Esq. of Holm-Lacy, co. Hereford. Duke of Nor- This duke having no issue by either of his wives, the title passed to the third house of Norfolk, in the person of a grandson of Bernard Howard, Esq., eighth son of the above-mentioned Henry-Frederick, Earl of Arundel. Bernard Edward Howard, twelfth Duke of Norfolk, Lady Elizabeth Belasyse, daughter and co-heir of and Earl Marshall of England. Henry, Earl of Fauconberg. The above brief sketch of the direct descent of the dukedom of Norfolk, through the illustrious house of Howard, *is chiefly abstracted from Mr. Hunter's ample and elaborate pedigree of the Old Fuller has a curious notice about the etymology of this sirname. Speaking of John Howard Miles, the historian Bays, "He was son to Sir Robert Howard, and soon after was created a baron by Edward IV. and Duke of Northfolk, by King Rich. III., as kinsman, and one of the heirs of Anne, Dutchess of York and Northfolk, whose mother was one of lords of Hallamshire: to the rich store of information therewith connected, the reader is referred, who may have curiosity on the subject. 6 On the demise of Edward, the eighth Earl of Shrewsbury, without issue, on the 8th of February, 1617, the title went to a distant branch of the family; while the largest share of the family inheritance, together with the ancient baronies, descended to three surviving daughters of Gilbert, the seventh earl. "LADY ALETHEA TALBOT," says Mr. Hunter, "was the earl's youngest daughter. Queen Elizabeth was her godmother; and gave her a name, till then unknown to the baptismal vocabulary of England, as Vincent informs us, out of her majestie's true consideration and judgment of that worthy family, which was ever true to the state,—Aλndua, signifying, in our English, veritie or truth.' I have somewhere read, that offence was taken at the name, as savouring too strongly of heathenism. She came not behind her sisters in the splendour of her alliance, having for her husband Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshall of England, the only son of Philip, Earl of Arundel, who died in prison in the reign of Elizabeth, and grandson of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who fell a sacrifice to the jealousy of Elizabeth respecting Mary, Queen of Scots."+ By an indenture of four parts, bearing date 22d May, anno 1627, it was covenanted, between the daughters of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Northfolk. Soon after he lost his life in his quarrel, who gave his honour in Bosworth Field. "From him descended the noble and numerous family of the Howards, of whom I told four earls and two barons sitting in the last parliament of King Charles. I have nothing else for the present to observe of this name, save that a great antiquary, (Verstegan, ' of decayed intelligence,') will have it originally to be HOLD-WARD, (L and D being omitted for the easier pronunciation,) which signifieth the keeper of any castle, hold, or trust, committed unto them, wherein they have well answered unto their name. Did not Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, well hold his ward by land, when in the reign of King Hen. VIII. he conquered the Scots in Flodden Field, and took James IV., their king, prisoner? And did not Charles Howard, (afterwards Earl of Nottingham,) hold his ward by sea, in 88, when the Armada was defeated?"- Worthies. Barkshire. Clarendon, who was a master at hitting off a character, has depicted with his nervous pen, a very hard featured portraiture of this illustrious nobleman. Against the fidelity of this draught, several subsequent authors have found good reasons for recording their protests: amongst the rest, the honourable Charles Howard, Esq. (afterwards tenth Duke of Norfolk,) rebuts the calumny of the historian of the rebellion, and defends his relative" on account of his virtue, his unblemished honour, clear judgment, and great learning.” To Clarendon's hints about the doubtfulness of the earl's religious character, Mr. Howard opposed the testimony of his last will; which, as far as such a document can be permitted to depose, is strong evidence in favour of the piety of his ancestor. The noble historian likewise gives, as a match-piece, no doubt, and for the sake of contrast, a masterly sketch of the character of Arundel's brother-in-law, the Earl of Pembroke. The lady of the latter, (if the noble historian's remark has not a more recondite reference than merely to her temper,) seems to have resembled her mother and grandmother, in being a source of domestic unhappiness to her husband; for, speaking of the earl's home delights," he was," says Clarendon, “therein most unhappy, for he paid much too dear for his wife's fortune, by taking her person into the bargain."-Hist. Rebellion, Vol. I. p. 56. Philip, Earl of Arundel, left on the wall of the room in the tower, where he died, a testimony declarative of the satisfaction with which he suffered undeservedly; and Joseph Brown, in his dedication of the trial of this Thomas, to his namesake, the eighth duke, observes:-" I had not presumed to have laid this at your grace's feet, but that I have heard your grandfather and uncle glory in the sufferings of their great ancestor, and vindicate his memory; and, I hope, my Lord, your grace will excuse this from one who is proud his father had the honour to serve three Dukes of Norfolk, and also your truly noble father, particularly in obtaining the grant of the Manor of Worksop from your grandfather, which is at present your grace's happy retirement."-Tryal of T. Duke of Norfolk, 8vo. 1709. the three co-heiresses, and their lords, of the first, second, and third parts, and Sir Edward Leech and John Dix, of the fourth part, that the three former parties should levy a fine to the two latter, and the heirs of Leech, of certain property therein specified; including, inter alia, the manor and park of Worksop, and all privileges happening or renewing in the towns, parishes, hamlets, and fields, (amongst others) "in Worksoppe, and the neither towne of Worksoppe, Gateford, Giltonwells, Woodsets, Harworth, Shireoaks, Kilton, Ratcliffe, Steetley, Darfold, and the Lathes, and in Harworth, in the county of Nottingham, to the use of the Earl of Pembroke, and his lady, for their lives, and the longer liver of them, with several remainders over; remainder to Henry, Lord Maltravers, for life; remainder to Thomas Howard, Esquire, for life; remainder to the first son of the said Thomas, and the heirs-male of his body; with like remainder to every other son of the said Thomas, and their heirs-male, successively; remainder to the younger sons in succession of the said Lord Maltravers, father to the said Thomas, and the heirs-male of the body of every such sons successively, with several remainders over; remainder to the heirs of Alethea, Countess of Arundel, in fee: which fine was accordingly levied in Trinity term, 3 Charles I."* The reader of English history is well aware, that its most material and important feature, during the former half of the seventeenth century, consists of the details of those civil wars, between the king and his parliament, which so unhappily distracted this country, and which, after having effected the annihilation of the royal prerogative, and the execution of the sovereign, termimated with an interregnum of five years, by the death of Oliver Cromwell, who had been constituted Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. As the operations of this calamitous period affected the kingdom from one side to the other, the events connected therewith have entered with no less preponderance of interest into the details of local, than the summaries of general history: indeed, so fruitful was the period in memoirs, diaries, or other memorandums, written by royalists or cavaliers, that few places are to be found, which have not had an annalist of one or other of these descriptions. Worksop, however, so far as I know, is one exception, nor does it appear that the dæmon of discord inflicted any signal evil upon this little town:+ but as the footprints of • Hallamshire, p. 99. The inhabitants of Worksop, appear at this time, to have been taken up with the report of a marvellous thing alleged to have happened at an adjacent village, namely, the death, revivification, and prophecy, of a female, at Carlton. In 1642, a pamphlet of eight pages, was published with the following title:" The Wonderfull Works of God, declared by a strange Prophecy of a Muid, that lately lived neere Worsop, in Nottinghamshire; who dyed the 16th of November last, and being dead the space of twenty houres, did arise againe, and lived five dayes, in which time she spoke to this effect:-1. What judgment shall befall this kingdom for the sinne of pride. 2. What desolations, warres, feares, and sorrowes, shall befall and seize upon the most people of the world. 3. What divers strange signes and visions that shall be seene. 4. All which shall shortly come to pass, to foretell that the end of the world is at hand. And having spoken these, and many other things, to the great astonishment of all that heard her, shee departed this life, November, 21, 1641."-As the pamphlet is scarce, and the story curious, the whole, though somewhat long, is given for the amusement of the reader. "In November last, there was a marriage solemnized at Carlton, two miles distant from Worsop, in Nottinghamshire, between one James Turner, an honest townesman, and one Margaret Holbeck, the daughter of Thomas Holbeck, of Blith, deceased : this James had been servant and clerke to the right worshipfull Sir Francis Thorny the time of twelve years, who was, by his master, and sundry other persons of good calling, brought to the church, and, at their returne, were conducted to his master's house againe, who had prepared for him and his guests a sufficient feast, at his owne cost and charges; and al |