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wrote) who married Maud, daughter and heir of William Philip Vaughan, of Tilliglafe, by Wenlian his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Barry, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Richard lord Talbot. Which Sir Thomas Barry was fon and heir of Gerald de Barrye, lord of Caftle-Scalt in Herefordshire. Philip Sicelt, by the faid Maud, had iffue, Philip, his fon and heir; and David Sicelt, ancestor to the prefent earls of Exeter and Salisbury.

in Huntingdon, Cambridge, Lin-
coln, and Northampton fhires, for:
the term of thirty years. Alfo in
the reign of Hen. VIII. he was made
one of the king's ferjeants at arms: ́.
and having this employment at
court, obtained for Richard, his fon
and heir, the office of a page of the
crown. Likewife, in the reign of
Hen. VIII. he obtained a grant to
himself and fon, of the keepership
of Clyff-park, in the county of
Northampton. And in Hen. VIII.
(continuing ftill ferjeant at arms)
was conftituted steward of the king's
lordship of Coly-Wefton in that
county; and was efcheator of the
county of Lincoln from Nov. 15,
the twenty-firft year of the reign of
Hen. VIII. to Nov. 15, the twenty-
fecond year of Hen. VIII. In the 23d
year of Henry VIII, on the death of
Sir William Spencer, knight, he was
conftituted fheriff of Northampton-
fhire, for the remaining part of that
year; and was alfo fheriff the next
enfuing year. And having been,
three times alderman of Stamford,
departed this life in the year 1541,.
the 34th year of Henry VIII. as
fhould feem by the probate of his
laft will and teftament, which bears,
date that year. By which tefta-
ment, dated on the fealt of the con-
verfion of St. Paul 1535, being
wrote David Cyfell of Stamford, in,
the county of Lincoln, efq; he or-
ders his body to be buried in the
parish-church of St. George of
Stamford; and that Sr William
Huddlefton fing for his foul, and all
Chriftian fouls for the fpace of a.
year, in the faid church of St.
George. He bequeaths to Jane his
wife all his lands in Stamford, Naf-
fyngton, and elsewhere, for term of
her life; and, after her decease, to

Philip, the eldeft fon, was father of John Sycill (as he wrote his name) of Alterennes, and of the parish of Waterstone in the county of Hereford, who by his laft will and teftament, bearing date the 21ft of June 1551, in the 5th year of Edw. VI. orders his body to be buried in the parish church of St. Peter's in Walterstone, and leaves to Elizabeth Weynfton his wife, his manfionhoufe of Alterennes, with the lands thereunto belonging, for life; and after her decease, to William his fon and heir, and his heirs for ever. And entails his other lands in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire on the faid William his fon; and, in default of iffue, on Thomas his fon, remainder to Philip Sycill his fon, remainder to Anne and Alice his daughters. But I return to David, younger fon of Philip Sicelt, before-mentioned. Which David having purchased a fair eftate in Lincolnshire, in the reign of Henry VII. he founded a chantry in St. George's church in Stamford; and in the reign of Hen. VIII. was conftituted water-bayliff of Wittlefey-mere in the county of Huntingdon; as alfo keeper of the fwans there, and throughout all the waters and fens

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Richard his fon and heir, and to his heirs for ever. And to Joan, his daughter, one half of his houfhold-ftuff at Dewby. He moreover bequeaths to Richard, his eldeft fon, his best gown. To Anthony Villers his fecond beft gown, his beft doublet, and his velvet jacket. To David, his fon, his black gown of cloth lined with damafk, a doublet of fattin ftreaked, with a jacket and his green coats. And the refidue of his goods he bequeathed to Richard Cyffel his fon, to the honour of God, and the health of bis foul, after the most laudable manner that he can do or devife; and ordains him fole executor. The faid Jane his wife was daughter and heir of John Dicons of Stamford, by Margaret his wife, daughter and heiress of John Semark. His fon and heir, Richard Cyffel, the 8th year of Henry VIII. was made one of the pages of the crown. In the 12th year of Henry VIII. he waited on the king at that famous interview with the king of France between Calais and Guiefnes; and in the 25th year of Henry VIII. being groom of the robes to that king, obtained a grant of the office of conftable of Warwick-caftle, then in the crown. In the 27th year of Henry VIII. being one of the grooms of the wardrobe, he had a grant of the office of bailiff of the king's water, called Wittlefey-mere, and the cuftody of the fwans, and thofe waters called Great-Crick and Merys, in the counties of Cambridge, Lincoln, Huntingdon, and Northampton, for the term of thirty years after the expiration of the terms granted to David Cecyll his father. In the 99th year of Henry VIII. he had a grant of divers paf

tures and clofes in Maxe; and in the 31ft year of Henry VIII. he was fheriff of Rutland fhire. In the 32d year of Henry VIII. being wrote Richard Cecyll of Burley in the county of Northamptom, efq; he had a grant to him, his heirs, and affigns for ever, of the fcite of St. Michael's priory near Stamford, and the church; and 299 acres of arable land, lying near Stamford in the county of Northampton. In the 34th year of Henry VIII. being then yeoman of the wardrobe, he was made fteward of the king's manors of Naffyngton, Garwell, and Upton, in the county of Northamp ton for life. In the 36th year of Henry VIII. he purchafed the manor of Efyngdon, in the county of Rutland, then alfo in the crown, as parcel of the earl of Warwick's lands. In the 37th year of Henry VIII. he furrendered his cuftody of Warwick-castle. And departing this life March the 22d, 1553, was buried in St. Martin's-church in Stamford, leaving iffue by Jane his wife, daughter and heir to William Heckington of Bourn, in the county of Lincoln, efq; William his fon and heir, and three daughters, Anne, married to John White of Tuxford, in the county of Nottingham, efq; Elizabeth to Robert Wingfield of Upton, in the fame county, efq; and fecondly to Hugh Allington, efq; and Margaret to Roger Cave of Stamford, in the county of Northampton, efq; Which William his fon and heir, born at Bourn in Lincolnshire, anno 1521, being (as our hiftorians write)" a perfon of great learning and fingular judgment, admirable moderation, and comely gravity, came to be the chiefeft ftatefinan of the age wherein he lived; unto

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whofe prudence in council much is attributed, for the bleffings they enjoyed, by that profperous and happy government, throughout the long reign of queen Elizabeth of famous memory." All which is particularly manifefted in his life, wrote by one who was converfant with him for the last 25 years of his life. Not long before his death, his lordship was defirous of leaving his queen and country in perfect peace and tranquility; to which end he e deavoured to bring about an accommodation with the king of Spain. But in this he was oppofed by the earl of Effex, and the fwordfinen his adherents, who (as Camden has obferved, in the life of queen Elizabeth) laboured bard again any motions for peace, fiffly arged the impoffibility of making any honourable treaty with Spain, or, indeed, any terms but what they would break; upon thefe and the like fuggeftions, "That the Spaniards were a subtle and enterprising people, and very ambitious of extending their empire; that they bore a most inveterate averfion to England, and profeffed a religion quite contrary to it; that the pope's difpenfing power was unlimited; and the axiom generally cfpoufed, Faith is pot to be kept quith heretics. Thefe arguments, and the apprehention of future dangers, and inconveniencies, he much infifted on; infomuch that the lord-treafurer was provoked to fay, that he feemed intent upon nothing but blood and flaughter; and after a very warm debate upon this point, he took out a prayerbook, and, without ufing any words, pointed to this paffage, Men of blood Bhall not live out half their days.'

Some, however, there were, who approved Effex's meafures, as conceiving he was principally concerned for the honour and welfare of his country. His lordship, therefore, to filence thefe men, wrote a formal kind of defence, wherein he exhibited fuch weighty arguments to fupport his opinion for peace, as convinced all difpaffionate men. And though they produced not the defired effect, yet whilft his lordfhip lay fick, by his provident conduct a treaty was fet on foot with the ftates of Holland, whereby the queen was eafed of yearly expence, no less than 120,000 1. English. He had by his first wife Mary Cheek, daughter of Peter Cheek, and fifter of Sir John Cheek, a gentleman of known learning, Thomas earl of Exeter, a perfon remarkably bleffed in a numerous iffue. He was married to her in 1541, and she died in the fame year. In 1546 he had his fecond wife Mildred Coke, daughter of Sir Anthony Coke of Giddyhall, in Effex, knt. who was preceptor to queen Elizabeth; by whom he had Robert earl of Salifbury, who fucceeded him in his moft honourable employments (a happiness which is very rare and unufual) befides two daughters, both of which he outlived; (as alfo his fecond lady who died in 1589) viz. Anne countefs of Oxford, whọ had three daughters, Elizabeth, wife to William earl of Derby ; Bridget, married to the lord Norris ; and Sufan, wife to Philip earl of Montgomery; as likewife Elizabeth, married to William Wentworth, who had no children.

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The DEFINITIVE TREATY of Friendship and Peace,
between his Britannick Majefty, the Moft Chriftian King, and the
King of Spain. Concluded at Paris, the 10th Day of February 1763.
To which the King of Portugal acceded on the fame Day.

In the Name of the Moft Holy and Undivided Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. So be it.

BE it known to all thofe to whom

it fhall, or may, in any manner, belong.

It has pleased the Most High to diffuse the spirit of union and concord among the Princes, whofe divifions had spread troubles in the four parts of the world, and to infpire them with the inclination to cause the comforts of peace to fucceed to the misfortunes of a long and bloody war, which, having arifen between England and France, during the reign of the most ferene and most potent Prince, George the Second, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, of glorious memory, continued under the reign of the most ferene and most potent Prince, George the Third, his fucceffor, and, in its progrefs, communicated itfelf to Spain and Portugal: Confequently, the most ferene and moft potent Prince George the Third,

by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenbourg, ArchTreasurer, and Elector, of the Holy Roman Empire; the most ferene and most potent Prince, Lewis the Fif teenth, by the Grace of God, most Christian King; and the moft ferene and most potent Prince, Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Spain and of the Indies, after haying laid the foundations of peace in the Preliminaries, figned at Fountainbleau the 3d of November laft; and the moft ferene and most potent Prince, Don Jofeph the Firft, by the Grace of God, King of Portugal and of the Algarves, after having acceded thereto, determined to compleat, without delay, this great and important work. For this purpofe, the high contracting parties have named and appointed their respective Ambafladors Extraordinary and Minifters Plenipotentiary, viz. his Sacred Majefty the King of Great Britain, the moft illuftrious and most excellent Lord, John Duke and

Earl

Earl of Bedford, Marquis of Tavif. tock, &c. his Minifter of State, Lieutenant General of his Armies, Keeper of his Privy Seal, Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and his Ambaffador Extraordinary and Minifter Plenipotentiary to his Moft Chriftian Majefty; his Sacred Majefty the Moft Chriflian King, the most illuftrious and moft excellent Lord Cæfar Gabriel de Choifeul, Duke of Pralin, peer of France, Knight of his Orders, Lieutenant General of his Armies, and of the Province of Britanny, Counsellor in all his Councils, and Minifter and Secretary of State, and of his Commands and Finances: his Sacred Majefty the Catholick King, the most illuftrious and most excellent Lord Don Jerome Grimaldi, Marquis de Grimaldi, Knight of the moft Christian King's Orders, Gentleman of his Catholick Majefty's Bed-chamber in employment, and his Ambaffador Extraordinary to his moft Chriftian Majefty; his Sacred Majefty the Moft Faithful King, the moft illuf. trious and moft excellent Lord, Martin de Mello and Caftro, Knight Profeffed of the Order of Chrift, of his moft Faithful Majefty's Council, and his Ambafador and Minifter Plenipotentiary to his moft Chriftian Majefty.

Who, after having duly communicated to each other their full powers, in good form, copies whereof are tranfcribed at the end of the prefent treaty of peace, have agreed upon the articles, the tenor of which is as follows:

Art. I. There fhall be a chriftian, univerfal, and perpetual peace, as well by fea as by land, and a fincere and conftant friendship fhall be reestablished between their Britannick, Moft Chriftian, Catholick, and Moft Faithful Majefties, and between their heirs and fucceffors, kingdoms, dominions, provinces, countries, fubjess, and vaffals, of what quality or condition foever they be, without exception of places, or of perfons: So that the high contracting parties

fhall give the greatest attention to maintain between themfelves and their faid dominions and fubjects, this reciprocal friendship and correfpondence, without permitting, on either fide, any kind of hoftilities, by fea or by land, to be committed, from henceforth, for any cause, or under any pretence whatfoever; and every thing fhall be carefully avoided, which might, hereafter, prejudice the union happily re-established, applying themfelves, on the contrary, on every occafion, to procure for each other whatever may contribute to their mutual glory, interefts, and advantages, without giving any affiftance or protection, directly or indirectly, to thofe who would caufe any prejudice to either of the high contracting parties: there fhall be a general oblivion of every thing that may have been done or committed before, or fince, the commencement of the war, which is just ended.

Art. II. The treaties of Weftphalia of 1648; thofe of Madrid between the crowns of Great Britain and Spain of 1667, and 1670; the treaties of peace of Nimeguen of 1678, and 1679; of Ryfwyck of 1697; thofe of Peace and of Commerce of Utrecht of 17133 that of Baden of 1714; the Treaty of the Triple Alliance of the Hague of 1717; that of the Quadruple Alliance of London of 1718; the Treaty of Peace of Vienna of 1738; the Definitive Treaty of Aix la Chapelle of 1748; and that of Madrid, between the Crowns of Great Britain and Spain, of 1750; as well as the Treaties between the Crowns of Spain and Portugal, of the 13th of February 1668; of the 6th of February 1715; and of the 12th of February 1761; and that of the 11th of April 1713, between France and Portugal, with the guaranties of Great Britain; ferve as a bafis and foundation to the Peace, and the prefent Treaty and for this purpofe, they are all renewed and confirmed in the beft form, as well as all the Treaties in general, which fubfifted between the high contracting

parties

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