28 Sporting and Rural Records of the Cheveley Estate. 



Cheveley. 



Sir Thomas 

 Jermyn. 



Henry Jermyn, 



Baron Jermyn, 



Earl of 



St. Albans. 



he subsequently followed up by becoming Treasurer to the House- 

 hold of Charles I. He had two sons — Thomas, 2nd Baron Jermyn, 

 and Henry, who acquired the Cheveley estate at the time now 

 under review. 



This accomplished courtier, soldier, diplomatist, and states- 

 man, filled many important and onerous offices during the reigns of 

 Charles I. and Charles II. He was Master of the Horse to 

 Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I., and subsequently 

 presided over her establishment for many years. Her enemies 

 accused her of having been unfaithful to Charles I., and asserted 

 that after his death she secretly united herself to her Master 

 of the Horse and reputed lover. Unfortunately there was an 

 element of innate French gaiety in her manner and conduct which, 

 though harmless in itself, was quite sufficient to give some 

 warrant to the accusations brought against her bv hypocritical 

 puritanical traducers, seconded by the envy and malice of 

 disappointed courtiers, who should have known that no act of 

 infidelity on her part could be substantiated. There is, however, 

 no doubt of Jermyn's zeal, ability, and devotion in following the 

 fortunes of the Royal Family during the Rebellion. Sir William 

 Dugdale says : " He spared neither pains nor charge in obtaining 

 arms and ammunition from foreign parts ; besides the exposal of 

 himself to no little hazard, in attending on the royal person into 

 England ; landing her at Bridlington, in Yorkshir ■ ; and thence, 

 with all the power he could raise, in conducting her safe, through 

 the enemy's quarters, unto His Majesty at Oxford. As also, since 

 that time, attending her again out of England ; and with great 

 fidelity and prudence, governing her small family, in those woeful 

 times, for full sixteen years." 



This Henry Jermyn was elevated to the peerage, September 8, 

 1643, as Baron Jermyn of St. Edmundsbury, co. Suffolk, with 

 remainder in default of male issue, to his elder brother, Thomas 

 Jermyn. While abroad he was employed in several embassies by 

 Charles II. In consideration of all his faithful services he was 



