Peerage. Adbaston Viscounty and Barony to Earl Whitworth; Anson of Shugborough and Orgrave Viscounty to Anson; Blithfield Barony to Bagot of Blithfield; Dudley-castle Barony to Ward; Fisherwick Barony to Chichester; Gardner of Uttoxeter Barony to Viscount Gardner; Granville of Stone Park Viscounty to Gower; Audley of Heleigh Barony to Thicknesse Touchet; Ingestrie Viscounty to Earl Talbot; Meaford Viscounty and Barony to Jervis, Earl St. Vincent; Newcastle Dukedom to Clinton; Paget of Beaudesert Barony to Marquis of Anglesea; Sandon Viscounty to Ryder, Earl of Harrowby; Stafford Marquisate to family of Gower; Tamworth Viscounty to Earl Ferrers; Trentham Viscounty to Marquisate of Stafford. Members to Parliament for the County 2; Lichfield 2; Newcastle-under-Lyne 2; Stafford 2; Tamworth 2; total 10. Produce. Coal, iron-stone, quarry-stone, lead, alabaster, limestone, marble, copper, iron, corn, fish, excellent sand for making glass. Manufactures. Earthenware, hats, glass-toys, japanned goods, enamelled goods, Queen's ware, potters ware, cotton, silk, leather, woollen, linen, blue brick and tile works, iron, brass, and tin works, morlu or bronze articles. The watch chains, edge tools, files, chapes, augers, buckles, and steel toys, are unrivalled. Hundreds 10. POPULATION. Liberties 18. Whole Parishes 125. Parts of Parishes 12. Market towns 18.—Inhabitants. (1821), Males 171,668; Females 169,372; total 341,040.-Families employed in agriculture 18,285; in trade 42,435; in neither 8,060; total 68,720.—Baptisms. Males 54,283; Females 51,374; total 105,657.-Marriages. 27,093. Burials. Males 32,041; Females 30,216; total 62,257. Places not having less than 1,000 Inhabitants. 28 1. The Censor, No. XV. Sir Samuel Luke. THE CENSOR. No. XV. Memoirs of Sir Samuel Luke, Knt. UDIBRAS, in three Parts, Hwritten in the time of the late Wars; corrected and amended, with large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LL.D. Adorned with a new set of Cuts. The second edition. London, printed for C. Hitch, &c. 1744. 2 vols. 8vo." 2. "Letters, by which it is certified that Sir Samuel Luke tooke at ISLIP, fiftie horse and fiftie pound in money, twentie-seaven prisoners, Sir- Fortescue being one, &c. &c. Testified by Colonell Chadwick. London, printed by F. L. May 28, 1644, 4to, pp. 7." 3. "MERCURIUS MENIPPEUS. The Loyal Satirist, or Hudibras in Prose. Written by an unknown hand in the time of the late Rebellion; but never till now published. Si Cato reddatur, Cæsareanus erit.' London, printed for Jos. Hindmarsh, at the sign of the Black Bull, near the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. 1682. 4to, pp. 24." [Reprinted in 1715, under the title of Memoirs of the years 1649 and 50," in Butler's "Spurious Remains."] The commentators on Butler, confining themselves to the illustration of obscure passages, have done little towards identifying the character of Hudibras, some through disbelief, and others from confidence. To the scanty notices of Grey, nothing has been added; nor have these been collected into a regular form. In offering the following memorials, therefore, we claim only precedence, aware that much remains to be performed, and [July, hoping that future research may decide a question we have barely presumed to discuss. from Sir Walter, a Judge in the Court The Luke family derived its honours of King's Bench, who acquired an estate at Cople, in Bedfordshire, by marrying Anne Launcelyn, nurse to Hen. VIII. His son Nicholas became a Baron of Exchequer; the third in de scent from whom, Oliver, was entered at the Middle Temple, April 24, . . . o He was knighted at the Charterhouse in 1603, served the shrievalty of his county in 1617, and represented it in several Parliaments, where his name frequently occurs in Committees, and in those appointed for provincial business during the war, till the change of politics in 1647. He married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Valentine Knightley of Fawsley, by whom he had three sons, Samuel, John, and Nicholas. He was Samuel, the eldest son of Sir Oliver, was deformed and dwarfish, defects apparently compensated by superior knighted July 20, 1624, represented qualifications of mind. Bedford-town in the Long Parlia ment, and, having raised a regiment in the county, was elected to the command, in which station he carried a magnificent ensign, emblazoned with symbols of religion and liberty, the favourite professions of his party His nomination was approved by the Parliament, who commissioned him to apprehend Sir Lewis Dives, then at the head of the King's interest in Bedfordshire. In this crusade he was confessedly repulsed, and received four wounds, while Sir Lewis saved his life by swimming a river, but the plunder of his house at Bromham rewarded the soldiers, and when the 1 Communicated by Mr. C. Baldwyn. 2 Chronological Account of Eminent Persons, &c. MS. in the library of Dr. Daniel Williams, Red Cross-street. The year is not mentioned. The author of Mercurius Menippeus has left us a half-length portrait of Sir Samuel. Speaking of Cromwell, he says, "I wonder how Sir Samuel Luke and he should clash, for they are both cubs of the same ugly litter. This urchin is as ill-carved as that Goblin painted. The grandam bear sure had blistered her tongue, and so left him unlicked. He looks like a snail with a house upon his back, or the spirit of the militia with a natural sknapsack, and may both serve for tinker and budget too. Nature intended him to play at bowls, and therefore clapt a bias upon him. You may take him for St. Christopher, with the Devil at his back. O that knot-grass should purge the kingdom! We must be ridden by a Camel, and reformed by the sign of the Dolphin. You would think him levelled sufficiently, but Harvey will have him lower yet, and down with the wall, though it be built with a buttress," &c. Similar passages appear in various diurnals and pamphlets. Conf. Hudibras, I. i. 287. 4 Prestwich's Respublica, 1787. com 1823.] The Censor, No. XV.-Sir Samuel Luke. In October he was present at the battle of Edge-hill, where he charged valiantly; and in May met the Earl of Essex at Thame, preparatory to a junction with Hampden. Although deserted by Urrey, they ventured an action at Chinnor (June 18), in which they were defeated with considerable loss: three of Sir Samuel's standards were taken, while he "so guarded himself with his short sword, that he escaped without hurt, though thrice taken prisoner, yet rescued, and those to whom he was a prisoner slaine:" the last time he was overpowered, but saved by his servant, who pistolled the cavalier. He rewarded his preserver 29 with a hundred pounds, and redeemed the credit of his regiment soon after in a skirmish at Wycombe. From thence he proceeded to Leighton in Bedfordshire, where he levied troops to oppose a body of Royalists under Sir John Digby, Dives, and Urrey, who commanded the Northern parts of the county, and supported themselves by plunder?. These officers, pursuant to directions from Oxford, having taken-in Olney, seized upon Newport-Pagnel, where they proposed to establish a garrison of 1500 men. Sir Lewis issued orders for bringing in provisions, and compelled the inhabitants to work at the fortifications, as he designed to establish a barrier between Bristol and Peterborough, and 5 Perfect Diurnal, No. 8. Addit. MSS. Mus. Britt. 5494. The Ouse near Bromham seems to have been the scene of action.-Two stories are related by Ryves, which cast some discredit on Sir Samuel. 1. The ejection and imprisonment of Thorne, the Clergyman at Bedford. 2. The searching and plundering of the Duc de Vendome at Uxbridge, in violation of a pass from the Close Committee. The first contains no positive evidence of his interference; and in the second it is allowed that he acted under orders from the Earl of Essex. The Duke was probably suspected of acting for the King, and expedience may extenuate what it cannot justify. Conf. Merc. Rust. iv.-viii. Butler observes, "For words and promises that yoke The conqueror are quickly broke- By rules of military laws, And only do what they call just, The cause would quickly fall to dust." P. i. ii. 1091. 6 Certain Informations, June 26, 1643. Parliament Scout, No. 1. The Knight's Sword, we are told, a dagger had, his page, That was but little for his age; It was a serviceable dudgeon, Either for fighting or for drudging," &c. P. i. ii. 375. This circumstance is introduced in the second canto, where the Squire rescues his master from Crowdero. L. 933, et seqq. 7 Parliament Scout. The following intercepted warrant may serve to illustrate his way of raising recruits : "To the Constables and Inhabitants of Salford: "These are to signifie, that it is Sir Samuel Luke's desire that it be published in your parish with all speed, that he will no longer dally with, or by any more faire wayes or meanes claw his countrymen, seeing that it is altogether vaine and fruitlesse, but he is resolved that if all persons in every parish between 16 and 60, being able to carry armes, shall not severally appeare at Laighton on Monday morning next by 7 of the clock, with all provisions with them, and armes and weapons for the service of the State and their own safety; he will proceed against such cold and insensible persons and parishes of this county with that rigour and severitie as is done in other places, that the good may not remaine always scoft and derided at, but that they may receive such ease and comfort by such his proceedings as is agreable to all manner of equitie and good conscience, and to let them know that all such as do come are to march away presently, and therefore desire them to come provided for that purpose: fayle you not hereof, and to bring a list of the names of every man, at your perils. "Toddington, July 1, 1643. Mercurius Aulicus, July 2. THOMAS POTTS." to 30 The Censor, No. XV-Sir Samuel Luke. to cut off supplies from the metropolis. Of his movements as Governor, we are only informed, that he retaliated the plunder of Bromham upon his enemy's house at Hawnes, and apprehended some Committee-men at Ampthill; but his seasonable presence enabled the Royalists in Bedfordshire to collect their scattered strength, and to hold a commission of array at Shesford, probably in the mansion of Sir Charles Ventris 10. These proceedings excited great apprehensions in the Parliament, who determined to recover a spot, in Needham's phrase "geometrically situated for the defence of the associated counties," and committed this affair to the Earl of Essex, assisted by Skippon, Harvey, Wilson, and Luke. The troops halted at Dunstaple on Monday (October 30), and on the Saturday proceeded by way of Brickhill to Newport, which they entered in the evening, not without resistance. The Governor does not appear to have neglected his trust; he fortified the town, and encouraged his soldiers by reports of a disaffection among the trained [July, bands, till, finding his means unequal to the object, he quitted his post, and retired to the court at Oxford. The Lord Biron had advanced as far as Broughton, but was seemingly unable to render any assistance, as he departed immediately "1. Several engagements took place in the neighbourhood, all tending to confirm the measures of the Parliament, at Towcester, Stony-Stratford, Alderton, Olney, and finally before Newport, when Sir Charles Lucas was repulsed by the Earl, who left it in December, the works being finished 13; and a solemn thanksgiving was held in Cornhill (Jan. 19) for the safe return of the Green and Orange regiments. The date of Sir Samuel's appointment as Governor of Newport Pagnell does not appear, but we soon find him acting in his situation; and Dec. 11, the sum of 1000/, a month was voted for the support of the garrison'. Having provided for security at home, he commenced operations by attacking the neighbouring forts. Grafton and Hillesdon were taken by storm', and a body of Royalists un 8" Several cavaliers came into Bedfordshire, which county they have woefully plundered; they have seized upon the towne of Newport-Pannel, in the upper part of Buckinghamshire, which lieth between Bedford and Stony-Stretford, and have forced the inhabitants thereabouts to come in and intrench it, and they are drawing the water about it, the better to strengthen and fortifie it, their drift being to intercept all cattell and other provisions, that shall come out of the adjacent counties to London, hoping thereby to cut off all victuall from this citty, and so to starve it, if they be not timely prevented and unnestled out of that place."-Certain Informations, Oct. 30. The following paragraph is more curious: "Wee heare from Newport Pagnel in Buckinghamshire, that the Cavalliers make creat fortifications to keep awle her cood cattels and Welch runts and other provision, from coming to London, and by keeping out the fat beasts was make her have a verie leane citie. ......if her should stop awle passages, yet some of her sheeses have a creat many leg (her will not say maggotts) that will in despight of the Cavalliers carrie them up to London, with superscriptions upon them to deliver them to her cousin sheese-monger."-The Welch Mercurie, Nov. 3. Conf. Parliament Scout, No. 18. 9 Lysons's Beds. 10 Certain Informations, Oct. 30. For an account of this gallant Cavalier, see vol. xci. ii. p. 136. Merc. Civicus, Nov. 2. Clarendon's account is rather improbable, and inconsistent with the character of Sir L. Dives. 12 Merc. Britt. Nov. 9. Compleate Intelligencer, No. 14. 13 Our Post bringeth intelligence from Newport-Pagnel, that Serjeant-Major Skippon is made Master of the Workes there, and that the carpenters and pavioneers, are fortifying the towne very strongly, that as the water doth compasse the towne as it were, on two sides of it, so trenches from the said moate are digged, with draw-bridges and sluces, to be compleated according to the Serjeant-Major's directions, all which goeth forward very fast."-Kingdome's Weekly Post, Nov. 15. From Merc. Britt. Nov. 30, we learn that "strict discipline," and "constant prayer," were enjoyned by his Excellency. 14 Merc. Aul. p. 710. 15 Vicars' England's Worthies, edit. 1821, p. 9-21. The Court Journalist charges Sir Samuel with a share in the cruelties committed at Hillesdon-house, with some aggravating circumstances.-Merc. Aul. March 9, 1643-4. But such statements cannot be read 1823.] The Censor.-Fragments of Lancashire. der Sir John Fortescue, were surprised at Islip16; on the other hand, the Earl of Cleveland maintained a station at Stony-Stratford, defeated the rebels in sight of Newport, and repelled an attack upon his own quarters, where, however, he did not long continue 17. In the mean time the King, who had been at Aylesbury, passed through Stratford to Woburn, where he reposed at "Bedford-house:" on his departure in July, Brown and Waller followed him, with 200 of Sir Samuel's dragoons, but were foiled, owing to his superiority in cavalry 18. A warrant issued about this time for pillaging the Royalists, has fortunately reached us, and throws some light on his official transactions : "By vertue of a warrant from the Committees for Sequestration of Estates of Delinquents and Papists to me directed, these are to will and require you to present warn ing to all tenants, bailiffes, and officers of all delinquents and papists within your parish, particularly of the persons hereafter named, to bring in all their rents to the Committees at Newport, at the Sarazen's head, upon the 25 day of this instant April, by nine of the clocke in the morning, to be paid for the use of the King and kingdome; requiring you to warne two or three able men in your parish to appeare before the said Committees at the place and time appointed to do such further service as they shall be required unto. And your selves there, as you and they will answer it at your peril, dated the 17 day of April, 1644. "The Earl of Northampton (Castle Ashby), Sir Robert Throckmorton (WestonUnderwood), Sir John Digby, the Ladie Digby (Gothurst), Sir John Tyringham (Tyringham), Sir Thomas Dayrell (Lillingstone-Dayrell), the Ladie Farmar (Easton Neston), Spencer Lucy, esq. (Haversham), Th. Longfield, esq. (Longueville of Wolverton?) Mr. James Digby, Dr. Newell, Dr. 31 Giles (King's physician), Dr. Dillon (Shenley), Mr. Coates, Mr. Roger Hacket (North Crawley), Mr. John Crome (Crane of Loughton?) Mr. Stiles, Edward Bolsworth (Leighton-Bossard). "All rents due to any Bishops, Deanes, Chapters, and Prebends, or any rents due to any College or Hall in Oxford or Cambridge."19 (To be continued.) Mr. URBAN, Liverpool, June 2. Fragments of Lancashire," INCE the publication of the much additional matter and valuable information having come to my hands, by the liberal assistance of many friends, and having been solicited to continue my endeavours, I propose shortly to add a fourth Part to those which have already appeared. But the more I investigate the subject, the more deeply do I regret the want of coadjutors in the collection for, and compilation of, a general History of Lancashire. One parish alone has hitherto engaged the studies of a Topographer of acknowledged worth *. Sixty-seven more parishes remain unnoticed, or at least unfinished; all of which, together with five places termed extra-parochial (viz. Old Laund Booth, Rough Leet, Wheatly Car, Toxteth Park, and Croxteth Park), are highly deserving of most diligent investigation; the two latter I shall hereafter notice. This is not, however, a task for one Topographer to undertake. It would be necessary to have one for every Hundred-I had almost said for every Parish-to produce a History worthy of our County. There is much rich and valuable record connected with Lancashire, the greater part widely scattered, and some locked up, which read with too much distrust; and the same writer estimates the exaggeration of news in another place, on a scale of 50 to 500: "the citizens (he observes) would be ill paid, if they had not something for their money,' '-a fair test of his own veracity. 16 Letters by which it is certified, &c. This pamphlet contains only one paragraph relating to Sir Samuel.-Conf. Parliament Scout, and Weekly Account, May 30. 17 Merc. Aul. p. 1053. 18 Weekly Account, June 25. Parliament Scout, July 11. Butler says "Did they not swear at first to fight For the King's safety and his right? And after march'd to find him out, And charg'd him home, with horse and foot?"-P. 2, ii. 159. 19 Merc. Aul. April 27. The list of delinquents, as printed in the diurnals, is extremely corrupt; a few of their residences are here supplied. * Rev. Dr. Whitaker's "Whalley." + See "Fragments of Lancashire," pp. 134, 135, and 143. would |