COMES RVTLANDLE BARO ROSS. ETC

bed asthe Act directs Jan? 11795. by W.Richardson Castle Street Leicester Square.

His portrait is at Bulstrode, together with the cat, which was with him in the Tower, in the reign of Elizabeth.

HENRY WRIOTHESLY, earl of Southampton. W. Sharp sc. In Malone's "Shakspeare," 1789.

HENRY, earl of Southampton, on horseback, with Henry Vere, earl of Oxford; small folio. I. Jen

ner ex.

HENRY WRIOTHESLY, earl of Southampton, &c. W. Richardson.

The Earl of Southampton was one of the privy council, but bore Cr. 1547. little or no part in the administration of affairs in this reign; as he was overborne, in the former part of it, by the Earl of Salisbury, who conceived a dislike to him, on account of his attachment to the late Earl of Essex. He was a sincere friend to his country: and such was his patriotic spirit, that he could not help expressing his indignation at the pacific measures of the king; for which he was committed a prisoner to the dean of Westminster, about the same time that the Earl of Oxford was committed to the Tower. Shakspeare gratefully acknowledges the distinguished generosity with which his lordship patronised his literary labours. Ob. 1624.

HENRICUS PERCY, comes Northumberlandiæ. Delaram sc. 1619; eight English verses; 4to. Another of him in a hat, by the same hand. (Both scarce.)

HENRICUS PERCY, &c. bald head; eight English
W. Richardson.

verses.

Henry, earl of Northumberland, was one of the gallant young Cr. 1557 noblemen, who, in 1588, when the kingdom was threatened with an invasion, hired ships at their own expense, and joined the grand fleet under the lord high-admiral. He was afterward one of the volunteers at the famous siege of Ostend. In the reign of James, he fell under a suspicion of being a party in the gunpowder-plot; and, though innocent, suffered a tedious imprisonment of fifteen

Cr. 1572.

Cr. 1579.

*

years He was a great lover and patron of learning. Ob. 5 Nov.

1632.

ROBERT DEVEREUX, earl of Essex, when young; in an oval. R. E. (Elstracke) scarce.

ROBERT DEVEREUX, &c. a small square; hat and truncheon. J. P. (John Payne) 12mo. Another of him on horseback. W. Pass sc.

ROBERT DEVEREUX, &c. R. E. (Elstracke) sc. 4to. Robert Devereux, earl of Essex, son of the unfortunate favourite of Queen Elizabeth, served with reputation in the wars in the Low Countries. He was one of the few noblemen in parliament who dared to attack, or at least to keep at bay, the " great monster of the prerogative."+ But he never appeared to so great an advantage as at the head of an army. See his character among the swordsmen in the next reign; see also that of the Countess of Essex in this.

THOMAS HOWARD, earl of Arundel, &c. Mir. (Mierevelt) p. Order of the George. S. Passaus sc. Sold by C. Holland, 1616; 4to.

The Earl of Arundel was a great promoter of building with brick. It has been erroneously said, that he was the first who introduced that kind of masonry into England. See more of him in the reign of Charles I.

RICHARD SACKVILLE, earl of Dorset. S. Passaus sc. 1617; 4to. Sudbury and Humble; scarce.

*Thomas Percy, a distant relation of the earl, and one of the band of gentlemenpensioners, of which his lordship was captain, was proved to have been with him at Sion House the day before the intended execution of the plot. This unlucky circumstance was the occasion of his confinement.

So called by Sir Edward Coke.

As to brick buildings in England, see Bagford's "Letter relating to the Antiquities of London," p. lxxviii. It is prefixed to Leland's "Collectanea." See also a Dissertation by Dr. Lyttelton, then dean of Exeter, on the Antiquity of Brick Buildings in England, posterior to the time of the Romans, in vol. i. of "Archæologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity," p. 140, &c. See also Mr. Gougli's Preface to his " Anecdotes of British Topography,” p. 21, &c.