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tributed), returned as a member of the House of Commons 

 for Lynn, in Norfolk, in September, 1649. After being ex- 

 pelled with the rest by Cromwell, in 1653, he joined the 

 Rump at its meeting in 1659, to be again expelled and again 

 restored. A transcript of the inventory of the royal stud at 

 Tutbury was made for his special use, which is still preserved 

 among the state papers and family archives of the Cecils at 

 Hatfield. " His insignificance," says Mr. Fosse, " probably 

 saved him, on the restoration of Charles H., who probably 

 thought that the contempt which all men felt for the degraded 

 earl was a sufficient punishment." He died December 3, 

 1668. 



^^2 Sir Edward Howard (Lord Howard) — seventh 

 son of Lord Thomas Howard, who had been created Earl of 

 Suffolk in 1603 — having derived the barony of Escrick from 

 his mother, Catherine, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir 

 Henry Knevitt, and heir of her uncle Thomas, Lord Knevitt, 

 of Escrick, was elevated to the peerage April 12, 1628, as 

 Baron Howard of Escrick. Lord Clarendon attributes Sir 

 Edward Howard's rise at court to the Duke of Buckingham, 

 who " made him a Baron." Previously, he had an appoint- 

 ment in the household of the Prince of Wales (Charles H.). 

 Afterwards withdrawing himself from the court, he attached 

 himself to the interest of the party most adverse and ob- 

 noxious to the court. During the civil war he filled several 

 posts under the Parliament. He was a member of the 

 Council of State, was nominated Keeper of Hyde Park, but 

 that appointment was not confirmed by the Commons, it 

 having been conferred by them upon the Earl of Warwick. 

 On May 5, 1649, by a resolution of Parliament, it was de- 

 clared, *' that Edward lord Howard being newly chosen and 

 returned a burgess or citizen for the city of Carlisle be now 

 admitted into this House as a member of this House upon 

 the new election." He entered on his duties, apparently, in 

 full determination to make the most of his new position, and 

 take a prominent part in the affairs of the Commonwealth. 

 Whitelock notices that " for an hour " the Earls of Pembroke 



