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Esteem with y^ Princess of Orange, y^ General Killigrew intro- 

 duced his Sister Elizabeth into her service, from whence Count de 

 Kinski, of y^ Empire, marryed her. Upon a prospect of War with 

 y* Dutch a few years after y'' Restoration of Charles 2nd, y*" said 

 King, with y^ rest of his subjects in y^ service of y^ Dutch, called 

 over y^ said General Killigrew, gave him a Eegiment of foot — Sir 

 Charles Littleton his Lieutenant Col' — and by patent created him 

 a Baronet, and for failure of Heirs Male, y^ honor descending to 

 Sir Peter Killigrew, his nephew, son of y^ first Sir Peter; and 

 who, dying a Bachelor in 1678, left his said Nephew what he had 

 composed, more of honor than of real substance. 



"In 1667 Sir Peter KilHgrew died on y^ Road at Exeter, 

 leaving his son. Sir Peter Killigrew, with his Estate, about £7000 

 in money. Having in 1662 happily marryed Frances, daughter of 

 Sir Roger Twysden, of East Peckham, in Kent, one of y*^ finest 

 women of her time, mistress of good sense, and endowed Avith 

 virtue and beauty, and was y"^ greatest worldly happiness of Sir 

 Peter's life to y'^ time of his death. Who no sooner found him- 

 self in his said Estate, but Ambrose Jennings, y? said Collector of 

 ye Customs, dec*^, and Bryan Rogers, his son-in-law, possessed of 

 his house in Falmouth, also by cunning sinister means took pos- 

 session of y^ Corporation, bringing his own Litle Creatures into 

 it as Aldermen and Burgesses, and for more than twenty years, 

 to y^ time of his death, nosed and sat hard on all occasions upon 

 Sir Peter's interest in y^ heart of his Estate, and greatly to y^ detri- 

 ment thereof; Sir Peter residing^ much at Court, and leaving all 

 his domestic affairs to Draper, his Steward, who sacrificed and 

 betrayed his Master's Interest to y*' said Rogers in all things re- 

 lating to y*^ Corporation, and j^ Estate to y^ Tenants, for Bribes, 

 of w'''* there are scores remaining to this day, at y*^ end of 50 

 years. Soon after Sir Peter's coming into y^ Estate afs^, y^ said 

 Rogers, by y^ help of Dennis Russell, an Attorney, and one of 

 his Aldermen, drew in and influenced Sir Nicholas Slaning, an 

 easy unthinking Gentleman, to attack Sir Peter in his Inheritance, 

 in claiming a certain field in Pristloe, of about 20s. a year value ; 

 W'^^ at y^ end ofyabout 10 years contest at Law and in Equity, 

 y^ field remained with Sir Peter, to y^ damage of about £3000 to 

 ye said Sir Nicholas, and £1000 to Sir Peter; who, tho' his bent 

 was to speculative learning, he was indefatigable in defending and 



