274 THE FAMILY OF KILLIGREW. 



long outlive such his divorce, dying in 1632, whose Widow came 

 into her Jointure '* * * wlio lived so possessed to and in y" year 

 1648, when dying, Sir Peter Killigrew, y^ first of y" name and y^ 

 next eldest Brother of Sir John of y^ said 9 Sons, succeeded as of 

 Inheritance to y^ said poor reduced Estate ;'" bred under y^ then 

 Earl of Bristol in Spain, and at home at Court, a fine Gentleman, 

 a Gamester in his youth, when he had nothing to lose, and ever 

 a merry and a desirable Companion, even in those times of dis- 

 traction and cruel mad factions, still in essentials preserving his 

 loyalty to his Prince, but at y^ same Time well with all y® great 

 Men of y" opposite faction. Whilst a younger Brother, and nothing 

 but his wit and agreeable temper to live on, he fell in with one of 

 y^ Sisters of j° Lord Lucas of Colchester, when he was refused, on 

 account of his not being able to make her a Jointure ; which 

 impediment coming to y^ knowledge of y^ then Wm., Earl of 

 Pembroke, t freely and voluntarily, of his own ever noble and 

 generous disposition, jointly with his Brother Philip, by their deed 

 bearing date y^ 13th May, in y^ 5th year of Chas. 1st, between 

 them of y^ 1 st part, and y^ said Sir Peter Killigrew and Dame 

 Mary his wife of y^ other part, did grant and demise. [Then 

 comes a list of "lands, tenements, parcels of ground, meadow, 

 and pasture" near Cardiff, "amounting to a good £300 a year," 

 granted to Sir Peter and his wife by the said Earl of Pembroke]. 

 " As aforehinted of y^ said Sir Peter Killigrew, preserving entire 

 and at heart his loyalty to his Prince, he had opportunity of giving 

 a strong instance, of w''*' he often discoursed Avith tears in his 

 Eyes, in y^ presence and hearing of his Son and Lady Killigrew, 

 [his] Daughter-in-laAV, from whose mouths I had y'' story as thus : 

 King Charles being under force brought to Hampton Court, and 

 in treaty with y^ Parliament, and Sir Peter being apprized of 

 y*^ bad intentions of Oliver to his Majesty, he got admittance to 

 y^ King, showed him y^ iminent danger he was in, and that he 

 had provided horses and a Ship upon y^ coast of Sussex, and with 

 his head would answer y^ carrying him off, j)rovided his Majesty w*^ 

 keep y^ secret especially from his two favorites,:]: then by Sir Peter 



* Its value had been reduced to £80 a year. 



f This was the friend and patron of Inigo Jones and Ben Jonson, the 

 Pembroke of the famous eiDitaph on " Sidney's sister." 

 + Evidently Berkeley and Ashburnham. 



