or otherwise, do any thing to the contrary of any thing in this present Protestation contained, and further, that I will in all just and honourable ways endeavour to preserve the Union and Peace betwixt the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland: and neither for Hope, Fear, nor other Respect, shall relinquish this Promise, Vow, and Protestation.-LORDS' JOURNAL, IV. 234.

The Extracts following are made from the original returns preserved at the House of Lords, by permission of Sir William Rose, K.C.B., Clerk of Parliaments.

BRIMPTON PARISH:-Mr. Thos. Bird (minister) and parishioners. CHADDLEWORTH PARISH:-Thomas Nelson, Thomas Tipping, John Blagrave, and several members of the Bartholomew and Pocock families. CHIEVELEY PARISH:-Richard Nixon (vicar), John Money, Laurence Money, Richd. Pocock, sen., Richd. Pocock, jun., Edward Aubery, sen., John Aubery, jun., John Dolman, jun.; Gyles Smith, and Peter Holdways, churchwardens; Edward Paty, and Richard Chaulk, Overseers; Stephen Butler, Constable.

COMPTON PARISH-Richard Hasell, Minister, Richard Pottinger, sen., Richard Pottinger, jun., Robert Ffetiplace.

ENBORNE PARISH:-Edward Blandy, Mr. Wm. Elk, jun., George Mathews, John Mathews, William Lovelock, Bartholomew Hasell, Wm. Elk, Rector of Enborne; Mr. Philip Hedd and Edward Bromley, Churchwardens; Paul Hunt, High Constable. But Wm. Holmes, Sen. above 4 score years old and deaf and feeble; and John Holmes, jun., a simple young man and lame; and Wm. Plantin, 3 score and 12 or above, and infirm and decayed both inwardly_and outwardly in mind and all other means, and Saml. Lyford, and John Warner, poore disabled men, and Francis Belcher, a yonge swageringe stranger who hath lately at Newtown married Margaret Nalder, and is now living with his wife at Enborne, have not made protestation.

FRILSHAM:-The Protestation taken in the public congregation and signed by Samuel Watkins, pastor there, Richd. Smallbone, Luke Hore, and members of the Fisher, Pocock, Newbery, Chamberlain, and other families.

GREENHAM (a Tything of Thatcham). All most willingly took the Protestation, not one refusing. John Howes, John Warde, Thos. Barnes, James Osgood, Edward Kiggill, Thos. Collins, sen., Thos. Collins, jun., Wm. Hawkins, Jno. Degweede, Jno. Pocock, Joseph Hickman, John Hickman; Simon Ffarant, Curate; Thos. Osgood, constable; Thos. Knighton, churchwarden; Edward Green, overseer; Thos. Parker, tythingman.

HAMSTED-MARSHALL:-Thomas Slocock, Jo. Slocock, Ric. Slocock, and others. All the residents in the parish signed, except Wm. Bunn now four score, and Thos. Pary who is in Wiltshire and has not had warning, both are good protestants and would not refuse to sign the protestation. Saml. Paine, curate; John May and Thos. George, churchwardens. The names of Baker, Dore, Bartholomew, Harding, Lovegrove, Tubb, Holmes, Crooke, and Toms appear as residents in the parish at this time.

HAMPSTED-NORRIS:-Wm. Moore, vicar. Protestation signed by the Palmer, Dore, Bosely, Matthews, Abery, Goddard, Marriner, Kimber, and Howse families. The following refused, Henry Prince, Andrew Prince, Richard Brabrooke, Esq.

WEST ILSLEY:-John Head, minister, &c.

EASY ILSLEY:Joseph Warner, minister, &c. Refusals-John Boulton, Henry Lipeat, recusants. Signed, Giles Pocock, Jo. Ambrose, churchwardens; Jas. Pottinger, constable.

younger,

INKPEN:-Richard Money the elder, Richard Money the John Brickenden, rector; Wm. Kirke, Ffortunatus Hamling, churchwardens; Humphrey Banks and William Bayley are from home.

KINTBURY:-Sir John Dorrell, John Dorrell, Esq., Alex. Browne, John Gunter, Robert Elgar, John Elgar, Robt. Field, Wm. Hazell, Robt. Ffidler, Richd. Blandy. Wallingtons-Sir Jno. Kingsmill, Charles Gunter, Marmaduke Gunter. Inglewood and Balsden-Thos. Lowder, Thos. Webbe, Willm. Webbe, James Choke. Tything of Holt-Willm. Nalder, James Nalder,-Faithfull; Francis Allen, vicar; Edwd. Butcher, Robt. Field, churchwardens; Thos. Mountigue, Jas. Wiggins, overseers.

LECKHAMSTEAD: -Giles Hatt, Richd. Blagrave, Henry Blagrave. Signed also by parishioners of the name of Adnams, Head, Maskell, Selwood, Whistler, Wernham, Buckeridge, &c. Henry Greetham, clerke, Giles Spicer, constable, Richd. Hatt, overseer, John Spicer, Edwd. Averill, churchwardens.

MIDGHAM:-John Tull, absent, Thos. White, Thos. Bird, absent at court, Thos. Prior, curate, Thos. Tull, Richd. May, churchwardens.

NEWBURY:-Willm. Pearse, maior, Willm. Twisse, rector, Timothy Avery, gent., Richd. Tomlyne, Esq., Richd. Avery, gent., Richd. Waller, gent., Hugh Hawkins, gent., John Houghton, gent., John Cooke, gent., John Wheatly, curate, John Barksdale, gent., John Edmonds, Gabriell Cox, Richd. Holwell, Edd. Trenchard, Esq., Henry Trenchard, gent., Thos. Knight, Adam Head, John Hamblin, Joell Dance, Richd. Cox, John Bruce, Mr. Dunce, Esq., Philip Weston, Wm. Waller, Wm. Bew, John Merryman, gent., Nathaniel Hempsteed, Edwd. Blandy, Ed. Avery, James Purdue, Thos. Pearse, John Dibley, Francis Norris, Willm. Smart, John Waulter, Thos. Wilson, Joseph Gilmore, Alexdr. Gilmore, sen., Alexdr. Gilmore, jun., George Cowslade, Thos. Cowslade, Richd. Shaw, John Mundy, gent., Thos. Virtue, Thos. Sansum, Wm. Curteis, Joseph Nalder, W. Arundell, W. Nash, Mr, E. Lovelock, gent., Wm. Goddin, Richd. Bowyer, Thos. Jemmett, John Hoare, Thos. Somersby, Thos. Gray, &c., &c. No refusals to sign the Protestation in the parish of Newbury, Wm. Twisse, rector, Briant Linch, Ralph Kingham, church wardens. The Protestation taken before Humphrey Dolman and Roger Knight, two of His Majesty's Justices of the County of Berks,

1641.

PEASEMORE:-Edd. Lyford, rector, John Stampe, gent. Signed also by Dew, Bew, Drew, Tanner, Fisher, Aubery, Garlick, Hide, Caulcott, Hatt, Clark. Harding, and others.

SHAW-CUM-DONNINGTON:-Francis Rowland, sen., Francis Rowland, jun., Wm. Besley, Thos. Dolman, Richd. Money, John Blagrave, John Nalder, John Graye, Richd. Kinge, Wm. Portlucke, Mr. Griffin Doncastle, and Mr. Richard Smith, of Grange, John and Robt. Hastinges, Gyles Stampe, John Royston, rector, Roger Whatley and Wm. Snowswell, churchwardens, Thos. Shipton, John Norcroft, and John Challis, overseers of Poore.

LITTLE SHEFFORD:-John Prime, rector. With the exception of the Rector, none of the parishioners could sign their names, but all put their "mark."

GREAT SHEFFORD:―Jo. Nixon, rector. Geo. Browne, Esq., Elleanor Browne, his wife, Elleanor Browne his daughter-These desired a long time to consider which was refused. George Browne sone of Geo. Browne, aforesaid, and Morrice Jonathan, servant-would sign in all except the part against Popery. Anne Cooper, Anne Northover -professing themselves simple maidens requested time to consider on the part of religion. Elizbh. Wylder, Ursula Wylder, widow, daughter of said Elizabeth-absolutely refuse to sign the Protestation. John Arundell, constable and churchwarden.

SPEEN; Thos. Castillian, Esq., Jo. Barker, and others, John Barker, minister.

WASING:-Thos. Walker or Walthen, rector,

WELFORD:-Hinton, Esq., and others, John Mundy, clerk.

WINTERBORNE DANVERS in the parish of Chieveley:-Henry Greetham, clerk, Laurence Head, Thomas Kimber, and others.

VII.—LIST OF THE SEQUESTRATORS OF THE ESTATES OF "DElinquents, PAPISTS, SPYES, AND INTELLIGENCERS," FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKS; APPOINTED UNDER ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS, APRIL 1, 1643:

Sir Francis Pile, Bart. (1); Sir Francis Knollys, jun. Knt. (2); Peregrine Hobby (3); Henry Marten (4); Roger Knight (5); Henry Powl (6); Thomas Fettiplace (7), and Tanfield Vachell (8), Esquires.

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(1). SIR FRANCIS PILE, second bart. Sat for the County of Berks in the second Parliament of 1640, succeeding on the disablement of Mr. John Fettiplace in 1646. The first of the family who was created a baronet was Francis, of Compton-Beauchamp who received that honour from Charles I, 12 Sept. 1628, for his services to the Crown. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Popham, of Littlecote, knt., and dying in 1635, he was succeeded by his eldest son, the member for the county above mentioned. The baronetcy became finally extinct 4 May, 1761, on the demise of the 6th baronet.

(2). SIR FRANCIS KNOLLYS, JUN, second son of the famous Sir Francis Knollys, K.G., Treasurer of Queen Elizabeth's household and captain of the Guard, who received from his royal mistress the grants of Whitley Park (the Abbot's park mentioned by Leland as being at the entrance to Reading town), and the manor or farm of Battle, which also belonged to Reading Abbey. Sir Francis resided at the Abbey-house of Reading at the period of the civil war. Captain

*This Committee sat at Reading Abbey.

Symonds, who was at Reading in 1644, described the dining-room at the Abbey-house as having the arms and initials of Queen Elizabeth, for whose reception it was probably fitted up. Sir Francis, jun., the sequestrator, sat for the county of Berks in the Parliaments of 1614-25, and for Reading in those of 1625-26-28-40 until his demise in 1645.

(3). PEREGRINE HOBY, son of Sir Edward Hoby, of Bisham, co. Berks, who received the honour of a visit from Queen Elizabeth at Bisham in 1592, who when Princess had spent part of three years here under the guardianship of Sir Thomas Hoby. Edward, the son of Peregrine, was created a baronet 12 July, 1666, a title which became extinct on the death of the Rev. Sir Philip Hoby, fifth baronet, June 29, 1766.

(4). HARRY MARTEN. The Regicide. Son of Sir Henry Marten, of Longworth, near Faringdon, Dean of Arches, Judge of the Prerogative court and of the High Court of Admiralty, who was esteemed the first civilian of the age. His "ungodly son," as Wood calls him, represented the county of Berks in the Parliaments of 1640-40, and was governor of Reading in 1642, but upon the approach of a party of the king's horse Marten quitted the town and fled with his garrison. After the Restoration, Marten surrendered on the Proclamation and was tried at the Old Bailey, he was found guilty, and petitioned for pardon, which he obtained on condition of perpetual imprisonment. He was first confined in the Tower, but soon removed to the Castle at Chepstow, where he was incarcerated twenty years. Marten was buried in the Church at Chepstow, and over his remains was placed a stone with the following inscription, the acrostic epitaph being written by himself.

"Here

Sep. 9, in the year of our Lord 1680,
Was buried a true Englishman,

Who in Berkshire was well known

To love his country's freedom, 'bove his own,
But living immured full twenty year,
Had time to write, as does appear,

HIS EPITAPH.

Here or elsewhere (all's one to you, to me,)
Earth, air, or water, gripes my ghostless dust
N one knows how soon to be by fire set free
Reader, if you an oft tryed rule will trust,
You'll gladly do and suffer what you must.

My life was spent in serving you, and you,
A nd death's my pay (it seems) and welcome too;
Revenge destroying but itself, while I

To birds of prey leave my old cage, and fly,

E xamples preach to th' eye, care then, (mine says)
Not how you end, but how you spend your dayes."

(5). ROGER KNIGHT, of Greenham. See Appendix, "Second Battle." (6). HENRY POWLE. Of the family of Powles of Shottesbroke. This Henry Powle was High Sheriff of the County of Berks, 8 Car. i, 1632. Mr. Powle's younger son Henry, sat for Windsor in the Convention Parliament of 1688, over which he presided as Speaker,

became Master of the Rolls, 13 March, 1689-90, and died 21 Nov., 1692. He married, in 1679, Frances, Countess Dowager of Dorset, relict of Richard Sackville, 5th Earl of Dorset.

(7). THOMAS FETTIPLACE, of Fernham, near Faringdon.

(8). TANFIELD VACHELL, of Coley House. M.P. for Reading in the Second Parliament of 1640, succeeding to that seat on the demise of Sir Francis Knollys, jun., knt. in 1645. King Charles was at Coley House in May, 1644, which at this time belonged to John Hampden in right of his second wife, Letitia, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys, brother to William, Earl of Banbury and widow of Sir Thomas Vachell. "Mr. Tanfield Vachell whom the King made Sheriff of Berks in 1643, and who left his service and went to Rebellion, whose house on the south side of the town newly built upon the old priory and now pull'd down, is cousin and heir to ye said Sir Thomas Vachell, his uncle. 'Tis reported in Reading an old story of Vachell, yt would not suffer ye Abbot of Reading to carry the hay through his yard, ye Abbot after many messengers, sent a Monk, whom Vachell in fury kill'd, he was forced to fly, and his kin after adopted the motto, "It is better to suffer than revenge." (Symond's "Church Notes," Harl. MSS., 965, Mus. Brit.)

VIL.*

THE COMMISSIONERS FOR RAISING MONEY AND FORCES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BERKS, AND FOR MAINTENANCE OF GARRISONS WITHIN THE SAID COUNTY FOR USE OF PARLIAMENT, APPOINTED JUNE 27, 1644, were:

William Lenthall, Speaker and Master of the Rolls (1); Sir Francis Knollys, knt., Sir Francis Pile, Bart., Sir Robert Pye, sen. (2); Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, knt. (3); Richard Whitehead, Edward Dunch (4); Henry Marten, Peregrine Hobby, Tanfield Vachell, Daniel Blagrave (5); Major-General Richard Browne (6); William Ball, John Packer, sen. (7); Robert Packer (8); and Cornelius Holland (9).

(1). WILLIAM LENTHALL, (the speaker of the Long Parliament), of Besilsleigh, co. Berks, who purchased this property of the Fettiplaces in 1634. The old mansion which was a magnificent structure, surrounded by a quadrangular court is now destroyed except a picturesque portion of the offices and the massive stone pillars of the gateway. Cromwell and other distinguished characters of the day were frequent guests at Besilsleigh. The elder branch of the Lenthalls became extinct at the decease of William Lenthall, a gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II., M.P. for Wallingford in 1680. The family is now represented by Edm. Kyffin Lenthall, Esq., of Besilsleigh.