f He first married Elizabeth, (widow of Thomas Lord Scrope, of Masham,) daughter of Henry Lord Scrope, of Bolton, by Alice his second wife, daughter and heir to Thomas Lord Scrope, of Upsall, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Nevil, Marquis Montacute (and co-heir to her brother, George Duke of Bedford) by his wife Isabel, daughter and co-heir to Sir Edmund Inglesthorpe, of Borough Green, in Cambridgeshire, Knight; and to her, by the name of Elizabeth Lady Scrope, late wife of Thomas Lord Scrope, and wife of Gilbert Talbot, her feoffees & convey divers lands in York, Suffolk, Essex, Lincoln, Kent, and Richmoudshire. And a letter of attorney was made by Gilbert Talbot, Esq.; and Elizabeth Lady Scrope of Masham, his wife, dated December 20th, 1483, to receive seisin of some of these By this lady he had two sons, Sir Gilbert, his heir, and Sir Humphrey, who died without issue in the Holy Land; and also two daughters, Catherine and Jane. On the death of this lady, King Henry VII. wrote to Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Lord Scrope, of Upsall, recommending his servant Sir Gilbert Talbot to her for a husband: but it not taking effect, he had many suits with her about her dowery. manors. However he married, secondly, Etheldreda (or, as commonly expressed, Audrey) daughter of Sir John Cotton, Knight, of Landwade, in the county of Cambridge, the relict first of Thomas Barton, Esq.; and secondly, of Sir Richard Gardiner, Lord Mayor of London; and by her had (at his death, September 19th, 1516) issue Sir John Talbot, of ALBRIGHTON in Salop, of whom afterwards, as continuator of the male line of this noble family. i Sir GILBERT, the eldest son of Sir Gilbert Talbot, of Grafton, Knight, by his first wife, was sheriff of Worcestershire in 31 Hen. VIII. and made his will on October 19th, 1542, the probate whereof is dated June 15th following. He orders his body to be buried in the chapel of St. John the Evangelist, adjoining to the parish church of Whitchurch, in the county of Salop, and a tomb of marble to be laid on him. He bequeaths to Dame Elizabeth Talbot his wife, all jewels she had at her espousals (.. ... Wynter was her first husband) as also legacies to Margaret his daughter, wife to Sir Robert New f In Baronagium Genealogicum she is said to be daughter of Ralph Lord Greystock. Ex Regist Spert. N. 29, Qu. 22, in Cur. Prerog. Cant. port, and Elizabeth Lyttleton, his daughter: to Humphry Talbot, his son, his manor of Longford, a gown of tawney velvet, the lease of Bauton Mills, and the lease of a dove house in Wyche: to Walter Talbot his son, lands in Worcestershire. He likewise mentions his daughter Eleanor Dudley, wife to Jeffrey Dudley, Esq. and his daughter Margaret Talbot. He bequeaths to Gilbert Talbot, Gilbert Astley, Gilbert Talbot, son of Walter Talbot, and Gilbert Lyttleton, son of John the younger, his four godsons, every of them twenty shillings. To his brother, Sir John Talbot, his lease-term and interest that he holds of the dean and chapter in Paul's, lying in Thames-street, within the parish of St. Peter; and constitutes executors his brother, Sir John Talbot, and his own son, Humphry Talbot; and overseer, his right good Lord the bishop of Worcester; and, for his pains taken therein, bequeathed two pots of silver gilt: and, his will fulfilled, he bequeaths the residue of his estate to Walter Talbot, Humphry Talbot, and Margaret, his children. He died on October 22d, 1542, leaving issue by his first wife Anne, daughter and co-heir to Sir William Paston, of Paston in Norfolk (by Anne his wife, third sister and co-heir to Edmund Beaufort, fourth Duke of Somerset) two sons, HUMPHRY and WALTER Talbot, who both died without issue; and three daughters his co-heirs; whereof Margaret was married to Sir Robert Newport, of Rushock in Worcestershire; Elizabeth, to Sir John Lyttelton of Frankley, from whom is lineally descended the present Lord Lyttelton; and Mary, to Sir Thomas Astley, of Pateshull in com. Staff. I now return to Sir JOHN Talbot, of ALBRIGHTON in Shropshire, their uncle. Which Sir John Talbot, who was sheriff of that county in the 19th, 29th, and 33d of Henry VIII. in his last testament writes himself of Grafton; and the probate thereof bears date October 11th, 1549." His monument is at Bromsgrove, in which parish Grafton is situated, with the following inscription, which mentions his death to have happened a year later: "Hic jacent corpora Johannis Talbot, Militis, et domine Margareta primæ uxoris; atque dominæ Elizabethæ uxoris secundæ, filiæ Walteri Wrochelei Arm. qui quidem Johannes obiit Esc. 34 H. VIII. 1 Visit. Com Salop. MSS. m Ex Regist Populwel. Qu. 40. a Cole's Esc. lib 5, N. 61, A. 16, p. 370, in Bibl, Harl. decimo die Sept. A. D. 1550." Underneath: "The Lady Margaret bore to him three sons and five daughters; and the Lady Elizabeth bore to him four sons and four daughters." Nash, vol. i. p. 162. The inquisition taken after his decease, at Worcester, recites, that he died on September 10th, 1549, possessed of the manor of Grafton, with the appurtenances, and advowson of the church; the manor of Upton Warren, and advowson of the church; the manors of Shalwarpe (or Salwarp) and Shalwarpe park, and the advowson of the church; and eight salt works in Droitwich, all in the county of Worcester; and that Sir John Talbot, Knight, was his son and heir, and of the age of thirty years. By Margaret, his first wife, daughter and heir to Adam Troutbeck, of Mobberley in Cheshire, Esq. and heir to her uncle, Sir William Troutbeck, he had Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, his son and heir, above-mentioned, of whom hereafter. And by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Wrotesley, of Wrotesley in Staffordshire, Esq. (afterwards wedded to Edward, second son of Sir John Lyttelton, before named) he was father of John Talbot, of Salwarp in Worcestershire, Esq. who married Oliva, daughter and heir of Sir William Sherington, of Lacock, in the county of Wilts, descended of an ancient family, and by her had three sons; first, Sherington, ancestor to the present Earl Talbot; second, John, from whom the Talbots of Badgworth, Okeley, &c.; third, Thomas, progenitor of the Talbots of Worvill, &c. But I return to Sir John's eldest son, Sir JOHN Talbot, of Grafton, who died in June 1555; and by Frances his wife, daughter of Sir John Giffard, of Chillington, in com. Staff. Knt. had issue John Talbot, of Grafton; and a daughter Joan, P married to Sir George Bowes, of Stretlam castle, Durham, Knight. 9 • Thomas Talbot, second son of Sir John Talbot, Knight, was buried at Laycock in Wilts, August 31st, 1683. Harl. MS. No. 1040. P Visit. Com. Dunelin, MSS. At Bromsgrove are the following inscriptions: "Here lyeth the body of Dame Bridget Talbot, daughter to Sir John Talbot the elder, of Grafton, and wife to Sir John Talbot, of Castle King in Ireland, who died 1619" "Here lyeth the body of Dame Margarete Lygon, daughter to the aforesaid Sir John Talbot, and sister to this Dame Bridget Talbot, that lieth here, and wife to Sir Arnould Lygon, of Beauchamp's Court, died February 24th, 1632" Nash, vol. i p. 162. г Which JOHN Talbot, Knight, married, first, Catherine, daughter to Sir William Petre, Knight, principal secretary of state to Queen Mary, and ancestor to the Lords Petre, by whom he left issue two sons, George, who became ninth Earl of Shrewsbury; and John Talbot, of Longford, in com. Salop, Esq. hereafter mentioned, father of John, tenth Earl. He had also three daughters, Gertrude, died young; Anne, married to Thomas Needham, of Shenton in Shropshire; and Gertrude, to Robert Wintour. Margaret, his second wife, was daughter of Edward, third Lord Windsor; he had no issue by her, who died March 31st, 1620, and was buried at St. Dunstan's in the West, London. Which GEORGE, NINTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY, on February 8th, 1617-18, succeeded Edward, eighth Earl of Shrewsbury, before-mentioned, but died unmarried, on April 2d, 1630, and was buried in the church of Albrighton, in com. Salop. t To him succeeded JOHN, TENTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY, his nephew, viz. son to John his brother, by Eleanor his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Baskerville, of Wolvershill, in com. Wigorn, Knight, who had also issue by him (besides three other sons and three daughters, who died unmarried,) a daughter, Catherine, wife of James Pool, of Pool, in com. Cestr. Esq. Which John, tenth Earl of Shrewsbury, first married Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Fortescue, of Salden Hall, in com. Buck. Knight of the Bath, by whom he had issue, First, George Lord Talbot, who married Mary, daughter of Percy Herbert, second Lord Powis, but died childless, in the lifetime of his father, and was buried near his uncle, at Albrighton. He was an intimate friend of William Habingdon, the poet, who married his wife's aunt, Lucy, daughter of William Lord Powis, and who has dedicated a set of elegies to his memory. I select the THIRD ELEGY. "Let me contemplate thee, fair soul; and though I cannot track the way, which thou didst go John Talbot of Grafton, writes to Lord Shrewsbury from Burfield, a seat of the family in Berkshire, July 1st, 16c6, that "he is obliged by his necessitous circumstances to part from his horses; and requests the Earl to accept one as a present." Lodge's MSS. • Visit. Com. Salop. prædict. Habingdon, in his Castara, p. 107, has an elegy on him. In thy celestial journey; and my heart Now glorious to my eye, since it possest And now my sorrow follows thee; I tread So frail that every blast of honour can How small seems greatness here! how not a span His empire, who commands the ocean. Both that, which boasts so much it's mighty ore, For which men quarrel so, is but a ball These are fine strokes of poetry. |