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whereupon the sum of 500/. or thereabout, was 

 accordingly levied for that purpose, and three persons 

 of quality, then deputy lieutenants, were desired by 

 My Lord to receive the money, and see it disposed; 

 which being done accordingly, and a certain account 

 rendered to My Lord, he voluntarily ordered the then 

 Clerk of the Peace of that county, that the same 

 account should be recorded amongst the sessions 

 roles, and be published in open sessions, to the end 

 that the country might take notice how their monies 

 were disposed of, for which act of justice My Lord 

 was highly commended. 



Within some few years after. King Charles the 

 First, of blessed memory, his Gracious Soveraign, in 

 regard to his true and faithful service to his King and 

 country, was pleased to honour him with the title of 

 Earl of Newcastle, and Baron of Bothal and Heple; 

 which title he graced so much by his noble actions 

 and deportments, that some seven years after, which 

 was in the year 1638, His Majesty called him up to 

 Court, and thought him the fittest person whom he 

 might intrust with the government of his son Charles, 

 then Prince of Wales, now our most Gracious King, 

 and made him withal a member of the Lords of His 

 Majesties most honourable Privy Council; which, 

 as it was a great honour and trust, so he spared no care 

 and industry to discharge his duty accordingly; and 

 to that end, left all the care of governing his own 

 family and estate, with all fidelity attending his 

 master not without considerable charges, and vast 

 expences of his own. 



In this present employment he continued for 

 the space of three years, during which time there 

 happened an insurrection and rebellion of His 

 Majesties discontented subjects in Scotland, which 



