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when he would be free in feasting, placed him next to himself. 

 Before my Lord did return with the ambassador into England, 

 the said Duke proffered my Lord, that if he would stay with 

 him, he would not only confer upon him the best titles of 

 honour he could, but also give him an honourable command 

 in war, although my Lord was but young, for the Duke had 

 then some designs of war. But the ambassador, who had 

 taken the care of my Lord, would not leave him behind with- 

 out his parents' consent. 



At last, when my Lord took his leave of the Duke, the Duke 

 being a very generous person, presented him with a Spanish 

 horse, a saddle very richly embroidered, and with a rich jewel 

 of diamonds. 



Some time after my Lord's return into England, Gilbert, 

 Earl of Shrewsbury, died, and left my Lord, though he was 

 then but young, and about twenty-two years of age, his 

 executor 1 ; a year after, his father, Sir Charles Cavendish, 

 died also. His mother, being then a widow, was desirous 

 that my Lord should marry : in obedience to whose commands, 

 he chose a wife both to his own good liking, and his mother's 

 approving ; who was daughter and heir to William Basset of 

 Blore, Esq. ; a very honourable and ancient family in Stafford- 

 shire, by whom was added a great part to his estate, as here- 

 after shall be mentioned 2 . After my Lord was married, he 

 lived, for the most part, in the country, and pleased himself 

 and his neighbours with hospitality, and such delights as the 

 country afforded ; only now and then he would go up to 

 London for some short time to wait on the King. 



About this time King James, of blessed memory, having a 

 purpose to confer some honour upon my Lord, made him 

 Viscount Mansfield, and Baron of Bolsover 3 ; and after the 

 decease of King James, King Charles the First, of blessed 

 memory, constituted him Lord Warden of the Forest of Sher- 

 wood and Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, and restored his 



1 The Earl of Shrewsbury died May 8,1616. His will is printed in Hunter's History 

 of Hallamshire, ed. Gatty p. 101. 



2 The rents of the Duke of Newcastle's Staffordshire estates amounted to £2349 17s. \d. 

 per annum. See the account of the Duke's estates given later. This lady was the 

 widow of Henry Howard, third son of the Earl of Suffolk. The marriage probably 

 took place in 1618. 



c- 3 ,™? took P lace aite r the King's visit to Welbeck in 1619. The patent creating 

 Sir William Cavendish Lord Ogle of Bothal and Viscount Mansfield is dated November 

 3, 1620. — Collins, Historical Collections of the Noble Families of Cavendish, Holies, etc., 

 p. 29. 



