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where the Oueene then laye, and the Mayor, Recorder, and most of the 

 fower-and-twentie went thither and presented vnto him a banquet pre- 

 scntlyc after the meate was taken from his table, which cost xxiii" and 

 something more, and three gallons of clarrett, and three gallons of white 

 wine which was verye kindely accepted by the Prince, and M' Maior and 

 his brethren most curteouslye vsed by him." — Records of the Corporation 

 of Leicester. 



^^® Basil Fielding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, eldest son of Sir 

 William Fielding, Knight, who was created December 30, 

 1620, Baron and Viscount Fielding, of Newnham Paddock, 

 Warwickshire, and Earl of Denbigh, September 14, 1622. On 

 the breaking out of the Civil War, Lord Denbigh, adhering 

 faithfully to Charles I., performed the part of a stout and 

 valiant soldier in many engagements, but was at length mor- 

 tally wounded in a sharp skirmish near Birmingham, April 3, 

 1643, 3-^d died a few days afterwards, when he was succeeded 

 by his son Basil, the 2nd Earl. This nobleman espoused the 

 opposite side to that of his father in the Civil War ; and at 

 the battle of Edge Hill, the Earl fought under the royal 

 banner, while his son, Viscount Fielding, had a commission in 

 Essex's army, and was in the right wing of the Parliament's 

 horse, which broke the left wing of the king's cavalry. The 

 2nd Earl of Denbigh was subsequently one of the most 

 eminent of the Parliament's military commanders, and after- 

 wards took an active part in the administrative affairs of the 

 Commonwealth ; but eventually concurring in the restoration 

 of the monarchy, he was created, February 2, 1663-4, Lord 

 St. Liz, with remainder to the heirs male of his father, in 

 commemoration of his descent from the noble family of St. 

 Liz, Earls of Northampton and Huntingdon. His Lordship 

 married, ist. Lady Anne Weston, daughter of Richard Weston, 

 Earl of Portland, Lord High Treasurer of England ; 2nd, Bar- 

 bara, daughter of Sir John Lamb, Knight ; 3rdly, Elizabeth, 

 daughter and co-heiress of Edward Bourchier, Earl of Bath ; 

 and 4thly, Dorothy, daughter of Francis Lane, Esq., of 

 Glendon, Northamptonshire, but dying s. p. November, 1675, 

 his honours reverted to his kinsman, the 2nd Earl of Desmond 

 and 3rd Earl of Denbigh. 



