1(531.] THE EARL OE HOLLAND. 17 



Captain of the Guard — has been described " incomparably the 

 most accompHshed English courtier of his time, who, under a 

 veil of universal complaisance and condescension, concealed 

 the purest selfishness." He was elevated to the peerage, by 

 letters patent, dated March 8, 1622, as Baron Kensington. 

 He was subsequently employed to negotiate a marriage 

 between Prince Charles (afterwards Charles I.) and the 

 Infanta of Spain ; and when that negotiation proved abortive, 

 he was sent into France to sound the French court regarding 

 a consort for the English prince. He was advanced, Sep- 

 tember 24, 1624, to the dignity of Earl OF HOLLAND, 

 county Lincoln, and installed shortly after a Knight of the 

 Garter. He married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter 

 Cope, of Kensington, county Middlesex, by whom he acquired 

 the manor of Kensington, and had (with four daughters — 

 Frances, married to Sir James Thynne ; Susanna, married to 

 James, Earl of Suffolk ; Mary, married to John, Earl of Bredal- 

 bane ; and Diana) four sons — Robert, 2nd Earl of Holland 

 and 5th Earl of Warwick, Charles, Henry, and Cope. After 

 Charles I. became a prisoner in the Isle of Wight, the Earl of 

 Holland, at the instance of the immortal Parson Hudson, took 

 up arms, with other loyal persons, to effect the king's restora- 

 tion, but miscarrying at Kingston-upon-Thames, July 7, 1648, 

 the earl was pursued, made prisoner, and committed to the 

 Tower, where he remained until after the execution of the 

 king, when, being brought to trial with the Duke of Hamilton, 

 the Earl of Norwich, Sir John Owen, etc., he was condemned 

 to death, and executed by decapitation before the gates of 

 Westminster Hall, March 9, 1649. 



To Peter Newton Esq'' Gent vsher daily wayter, to his 

 Ma'^ for the allowaunce of himselfe & one gent vsher qurtr 

 .vayter, one yeoman vsher, twoe yeomen hangers, and 

 one groome porter, for ryding wayting and attending 

 on his Ma'- from Whitehall to Newmarkett and backe againe 

 menss January i63o[-3i] xxiiij daies . . . xxij" (Rot. 69). 



To Archiabald Haye esq'' gentt vsh'' daily waif to her 

 Ma*'" for himselfe, one }eoman vsh'' two yeomen hang''^ & 

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