S i r A n t h o n y A head of Sir Anthony Brown, a favorite of Henry VIII. with!
bulhy beard, bonnet, and order of the garter. He was matter ofi
the horfe to that prince, and appointed by him one of the executol
of his will ; arid of the council to his young fuccefior.
J o h n L ord Two full lengths of John Lord Lumley : one in rich armour's
grey beard ; dated 1588, set. 54. the other in his robes, withij
glove and handkerchief in one hand ; a little black fcull-cap, wliitej
- beard; dated 1591. This, I believe, was the performance of Richm
Stevens, an able ftatuary, painter, and' medallift, mentioned by M|
W a l p o l e * .
This illultrious riobleman, reftored the monuments that are in tJ
neighboring church, was a patron of learning, and a great collcflJ
of books, afiifted by his brother-in-law, Humphrey Lhuyd, the famoil
antiquary. The books were afterwards purchafed- by James I. anj
proved the foundation of the royal library. Mr. Granger fays, thi
they are a very valuable part of the Britijh Mufeum.
His firft wife, Jane Fitzallan, daughter of the Earl of Arundel; 1
black robes, with gloves in her hand. She was a lady of uncommo]
learning, having tranflated, from the Greek into Latin, fome.oft®
orations of Ifocrates, and the Iphigenia of Euripides into Englijh. Shi
compliments her father highly in a dedication to him, prefixed to 01*
of the orations, which begins, “ Cicero, Pater honoratiffime,illuftrif|
She died before him, and was buried at Cheame in Surry f
E a r l op The Earl himfelf, the laft of that name ; a three-quarters piece.]
His valour diftioguilhed him in, the reign of Henry VIII. when W
• Anecd. Painting, I. i 6 i _
•j- She was dead before December 30th, 1579» 3s appears by her father’s
Vide Ballard's B r i t i s h Ladies,, 86.
L with his fquadron clofe under the walls of Boulogne, and foon re-
Led it. In the following reign, he oppofed the mifufed powers of
L u n h a p p y proteftor, Somerjet-, and yet declined conneftion with the
Ireat Northumberland. He fupported the juft rights of Queen Mary \ L imprifoned by the former, but on the revolution was employed
,arreft the abjeft fallen duke. He was clofely attached to his royal
fciftrefs by fimilitude of religion. In his declining years, he aimed
It being hufband to Queen Elizabeth*. Had her. majefty deigned
lo put herfelf under the power of man, Ihe never would have
liven the preference to age. On his difappointment, he went
»broad; and, on his return, firft introduced into England the ufe
|f coaches ■!-.
A half length of that artful ftatefman, Robert Earl of Saluf-
feiy, minifter- of the laft years of Elizabeth, and the firft of
mss I.
Thomas Ratcliff, Earl of Suffex, a full length ; young and hand-
|bme: his’ body armed, the reft of his drefs white ; a ftaff in his
right hand, his left refting on a fword ; on a table a hat, with a
fail plume. This motto, amando et fidendo troppo, fon ruinato.
this nobleman was a confiderable character in the reigns of Mary
end Elizabeth ; frequently employed in embaffies ; in both reigns
deputy of Ireland ; and in the firft, an aitive perfecutor of the
proteftants. He conformed outwardly to the religion of his
¡tew miftrefs ; Was appointed by her prefident of the north, and
pmmanded againft, and fuppreflfed, the rebellion of the Earls of
Northumberland and TVeJlmoreland, notwithftanding he fecretly ap-
R o b e r t E a r l of
S a l u s b u r y .
R a t c l i f f , E a r l
of S us sex .
wilt Camden's Annals. Kennet, 3^3*
T t 2
f Idem.
proved