I>] A Royal Family-Piece, Reprefenting King Henry VII. of England and His Queen Elizabeth of York, with King Henry VIII. his Queen Jane Seymor, All landing in a Room richly adorned and ornamented. S OON after Hans Holbein , the famous Painter, came in¬ to England , he was recommended to King Henry VIII. by Sir Thomas More , then Lord Chancellor of England y who had employ’d Holbein to do feveral Pictures of his Friends and his Family, which pleafed the King extreme¬ ly, and therefore took him into his Service and Employ¬ ment, fat to him for his own Picture feveral times, fo did his Royal Conforts, and his Children Edward , Mary y and Elizabeth . Afterwards as Holbein grew in efteem with the King, and his Fame encreafed, he drew many Pictures of the Nobi¬ lity of this Kingdom: Numbers of Eminent and Learned Perfons, of all degrees in that Time, prided themfelves to employ his Genius and Pencil. The • * * *■»* .. \ 4 V *' V* ■ V ' , « . . ■ ; '• ' ■ !■ • , . .. . - . I A % > » \ * «- ■ ■« i * ] p \ The King, willing to have fome great Work in his Palace of fo Mafterly a Hand, caufed this famous Picture to be painted of his Father and Mother, himfelf and his new married Queen Jane Seyjnor , all in one Piece, to be done in his Privy Chamber at Whitehall , by this means, as is evident from the Latin Infcription (which was writ on the Picture) to let the World underftand the Royal-Noblefs of his Anceftors and Family, then join’d with the Seymors: as alfo to be a Memorial to perpetuate the JE ra or Date when the Reformation of Religion was fettled in England . As thus was writ on the Original Picture: Si juvat Heroum claras vidijfe Figuras , SpeSta has , majores nulla Fabella tulit: Certamen magnum , lis, quajlio magna , Paterne Filius an vine at j vicit uterque quidem . IJle fuos Hojles , patriczque incendia feepe Sujlulit, & pacem civibus ufque dedit. Filius ad major a quidem prognatus , ab aris Submovet indignos , fubjlituitque probos, Certce virtu ti Pap arum audacia ce{jit y Henrico offavo feeptra gerente manu. Reddita Relligio ejl y ijlo regnante ; Deique Dogmata cceperunt ejfe in honore fuo, Prototypum jufice magnitudinis ipfo teftorio fecit Holbenius, jubente Henrico VIII. To V ' [3 J To the Copy was added, Eftypum a Remigio van Leemput breviori Tabella deferibi voluit Carolus II. M. B. F. E. H. Rex. An, D. MDCLxvir. _ # This famous Work of Uolben , when it was done, was much admired by the Curious of all Nations that came to vi- fit the Royal Court of England , and many Authors in vari¬ ous Languages abroad, have celebrated its Praife. It remain’d for (near) two Centuries in a perfedl and fair Condition, preferv’d with great care, being painted on the Wall of the Palace, and therefore immoveable. However, King Charles I. and King Charles II. would have been at any extraordinary Expence to have remov’d it, but that being impracticable without hazard of the total Deflrudti- on of it, they therefore defifted from trying the Experiments propofed. But immediately after the great Conflagration of the City of London , when every Body’s Minds were terrified with the Thoughts of Fire, King Charles commanded a portable Copy to be taken of it, being about one fourth of the Bignefs of the Original Picture, by a Scholar of Vandyck, for which the King rewarded the Painter very liberally; and, by great good For¬ tune, when the Original Painting perifhed in the Flames of the [4] the Patece in Whitehall , this remaining Copy was preferved by removing it to the Royal Palace of Kenfington, where it now remains. Thereon being the Date, A, D. 1537. it plainly appears to be done originally that Year, when King Henry was married to Lady Jane Seymor his Queen, and the ACt of Parliament pafs’d for fettling Religion according to the Reformation. At Bottom of the Latin Infcription Holben s Name was writ, and faid to be done at the King’s Requefl. And alfo, on this re¬ maining Picture the Painter has taken care to exprefs, this was done at the Expence or Command of King Charles II. Amongfl the curious and rare Collection of Original Pi¬ ctures at Chatejhvorth in Derbyjhire , the Seat of his Grace the Duke of Devonjhire , is preferved a Carton of one Part of this Picture, done for this Work by Hans Holben , as big as the Life, reprefenting King Henry VII. and King Henry VIII. which being a fine Drawing, fhews the great Skill and Care ufed by Holben in fuch Works of Reputation, as has been obferved was the Cuftom with Raphael Urbin i and other fa¬ mous Painters in Italy, Now drawn and engrav’d by the Permifiion of his Grace the Duke of Grafton , Lord Chamberlain to his Majefty, and publilh’d by G. V, ' [ 5 ] , / g N». II. • ‘ \ V> The Ro V al Progress of Qu een ELIZABETH, Anno Regni 14 0 , mdlxxi. menfe Augufti a . This Painting reprefents her Proceflion to Hunfdon Houfe in Hertfordjhire , An Honorary Vifit to the Right Honourable Henry Carey Lord Hunfdon , Governor of Berwick on Tweed , Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Penfioners, Knight of the Garter, and Privy Counfellor. He was Son of Lady Mary Bolen, who was Siller of Queen Anne Bolen, the Mother of Queen Elizabeth of famous Memory. I T HE Queen is feated in a Canopy-Chair of State, car¬ ried by fix Gentlemen 15 ; feveral Knights of the Garter with their Collars of that Moll Noble Order, walking be¬ fore the Queen, and many favourite Ladies following in the Train. The Yeomen of the Guard follow, and the Band of Gentlemen Penfioners line the Way. a See Strype's Annals , p. .. . b See Stoiv's Account of this Queen’s proceeding to and into St. Paul's Cathedral carried in this manner by the Gentlemen Ulliers of the Privy- Chamber. \ Amongll [ ] \ Amongft the Knights of the Garter Dudley Earl of Leicejier is neareft to the Queen. Henry Lord Hunfdon carries the Sword of State before her Majefty. As thefe Knights walk two and two, the next is Wil¬ liam Cecil Lord Burleigh , Lord High Treafurer with his white Staff in his Hand. Next before him is Charles Howard, Admiral, after¬ wards Lord Nottingham. The other three Knights c of the Garter as thofe before mentioned, each of them having a Ribband about his Neck, with a fmall Gem or Intaglio appendant to it; thereon a Pro¬ file of her Majefty’s Countenance; which additional Orna¬ ment, it is conjedftired, was defigned to reprefent thefe Noble¬ men to be the Queen’s Favourites' 1 . The Place where this Proceffion appears to be is within the Inclofure of the Court-yard of Hunfdon Houfe ; the back Front is the Profpedl in this Pidture: They are paf- fing round, as it were, by the Aquasdudt, to come to the Front Entrance. This Houfe was entirely built by King Henry VIII. e and afterwards the Front f only new rebuilt c Lord Clinton , Lord Rujfel, Lord Sujfex. d I conceive that this Painting, being a Work of a multitude of Figures, was not immediately done, but took a confiderable Tinne to draw the Per- fons. Habits, and the Profpedt of the Place and Buildings, &c. By the Council Books it appears the Queen was at Stanjled Place in 1571, and a- gain in 1576, when fhe flood Godmother to a Daughter of Lord Hunfdon. e See the Accounts of this Building and Expences in a MS. in the Reign of King Hen. VIII. f See in Chauncefs Hertford/hire , a View of the Front of this Houfe, and fome Account of this Family. by [ 7 ] by LordHuNSDON as it ftill remains, both Ways being encir¬ cled with Water, and two arched Bridges to pal's over to the Houfe. As the back Front is the Profpedt in this Picture, To at a Diftance, on a Hill, appears a fmall old Caftle, perhaps Stortford-CaJUe , by which the River Stort paffes, and joins the River Lea at Statijled , where, near the Bridge, are Boats or Skiffs purpofely reprefented. It is much to be admired, that in this Pidhire, fo large and hiftorical, there Ihould be no Date on it, nor Arms, nor other Injignia, unlefs the Story was then fo well known and remarkably public, that the Nobleman who caufed it to be done, and to whole Honour this Ceremonial was per¬ formed, might believe it would never be forgot in his Fa¬ mily, or to Pofterity. So weak is human Forelight, that upon our late Difco- very of it, much Retrofpe&ion and laborious Enquiry was neceffary to come at the probable Truth and Hiftory of it: Some of the Conje&ures and Proofs, as I collected them, are forted in this manner: I was affured & that the Noble Peer, in whole Family it has been at Colefliill in War'wickjhire for fifty or fixty Years paft, had no certain Account handed to him of it, but only that it was painted in Memory of Queen Elizabeth 's doing Honour to a young married Couple, uncertain who, or when, or where. When it was brought to London , to en¬ lighten the Story of it, it was Ihewn to Perfons the molt 6 When I waited on the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford to fee it, at Colejhill in IVarwickJbire, Oftober 17 37. It was brought to London 1738. fkilful [ 8 ] fkilful in this way, Gentlemen, Hiftorians, Antiquaries, Heralds, and Painters, feveral of them eminently judicious: But for five or fix Months it continued imdifcovered. At length, by particular Enquiry and Study, I found out the Site to be Hunfdon in Hertfordjhire ; thither purpofely I went to fee the Place, which upon the firft fight confirmed what I had read of fuch a Vifit mentioned in Strype s An¬ nals , in the Queen’s Progrefs, of the Year and Date firft mentioned, thus: “ From London to Hatfield ,— then to “ Hunfdon and other Places, to Audley End , and in her “ Return to Stanfied , and to St. James's Richmond .” But to account for this extraordinary Honour, it is ne- ceflary to obferve from our Hiftorians how nearly related this Nobleman was to the Queen, being her firft Coufin, the only Son of her Mother’s Sifter, in a degree of Relation neareft to her of any Body living. Before the Queen came to the Throne, he had maintained and aflifted her Right with his Purie and utmofc Intereft, to the Amount of many thoufand Pounds. Immediately on the Day of the Death of Queen Mary h , Elizabeth being pro¬ claim’d at the Gates of Hatfield Palace, where fhe then re- fided ; as foon as fhe came to London y one of the firft Honours beftow’d, was to ennoble this her true Friend and Relation with the Title of Baron of Hunsdon, alia beftowing on him Hunfdon Houfe and the Eftates of three Manors or Lordfhips adjoining to it. h Say Stowe and Speed , firft at Sc. James’s Palace Gate, but the fame Day at Hatfield Houfe , where the Princefs Elizabeth refided in Queen Mary’s Time. Afterwards / * , ■ [ 9 J • ' • , / \ Afterwards the Queen made him Knight of the Garter, Privy-Counfellor, Governor of Berwick on Tweed, and Commander of all the Forces in thefe Expeditions to the Northern Parts, againft the Rebels in the North at that Time. This Noble Lord behav’d with fo much Conduct and Courage in her Service, that (he heap’d other Favours on him, made him Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Penfioners; alfo a Letter 1 in Print, under her own Hand, fhews how much Hie defign’d him all the Honour pofiible, which Letter appears to be writ juft preceding this Royal Vifit. He was made Lord Chamberlain to the Queen k , and higher Titles fhe defign’d him, which in fome meafure ' ftir’d up the Jealoufy of her moft powerful Courtiers, and likely enough was the Reafon why many Years after he had no additional Honour, tho’ often promis’d to him, faving only a remarkable Vifit of the Queen to him on his Death-bed 1 , to whofe gracious Offers and Intentions he with a Spirit truly noble made this Reply: Madam , Seeing you counted me not worthy of this Honour whilji I was living , I count my/elf unworthy of it now I am dying , and can do you no Service. After his Death a moft noble and magnificent Monument, ftill ftanding in JVejlminJler Abby m , was eredted by his Widow, Lady Anne, Daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan of 1 See Cabala of State Letters, 1571. k After the Death of the Earl of Suffer: See The Peerage of England, and Dugdale’s Baronage. 1 Some Time he liv’d in Somerfet-Houfe in the Strand ; but he had a Houfe in Black-Friers , which, remain’d to the Family afterwards. m Dart's Monuments of We(Iminfter-Abbey. \ Arkfden t [ 10 ] Arkfden in Herefordjhire , and his Son and Heir George Lord HunJ'don , who inherited all his Titles, Honours, and Places. His Sifter Katherine Carey was married to Charles How¬ ard Knight of the Garter, Admiral, and on that Account {lie is one of thofe reprefented in this Proceffion. This Title and Honour of HunJ'don being continued in the Family, in diredt Succeffion, thro* feveral Branches, above an hundred Years, defcended to a Lady, who was mar¬ ried to Lord Willoughby of Parham , and at her Death the Eftate at Hunfdon was, with all the Goods and Chattels fold, and the Houfe and Manor was bought by Matthew Black Efq. whofe Defendants now enjoy it n . About or at this time it might poffibly happen that this Pidture was fold, or changed its Situation or Poffeffor, without the Hiftory of its original Delign, becaufe every Part of it is fo juftly and judicioufly difpofed, that, I think, it is demonftrable to have been diredted by its noble Au¬ thor, Lord Hunfdon. To difcover the Painter that perform’d it, I carefully confidered feveral Works of the moft eminent Artifts of that Reign, and having feen a Roll 0 of the Proceffion of the Knights of the Garter at Windfor with Queen Elizabeth (drawn and printed about the fame time) fome few of which R When I went to Hunfdon , enquiring of ancient People concerning this Family, a very old Man was brought to me, who liv’d a Servant in that Houfe, till the Death of Lord and Lady Willoughby , and the Eftates were fold to the prefent Poffeffor, who could give me no other Informa¬ tion about it. % ° This Roll confifts of many Sheets, firft loofely etch’d, printed on feve¬ ral Plates, and colour’d. It is fo fcarce, that upon fhewing it to Mr. Anjlis y he declared he never had feen another compleat of the fame. were / 1 1 ‘ •v' . , - * ' . / t, < • * - ■* ■ ' I ■ V. I / * ■ ■f •• I •. > > % ' t! ' * ‘ ' • . > ' r > - « - > . • . • i < i ' ' ' ^ t«.! i v' ' - * * ' < - • ; -> JS • > were illuminated in proper Colours, in which there is fome Regard had to the Likenefs of the Faces, I found amongtt them this Lord Hunjdon walking, and his Countenance is agreeable to the Face of him in this Painting. From this Projedl of the Roll of the Knights of the Garter, it is highly probable the fame Painter was employ’d to draw out this Proceffion at Hunfdon , and therefore, and from fuch Cir- cumftances of Art and Manner of Painting, I conjecture it to be the Work of Marc Gerrards p. Painter to Queen Elizabeth , and afterwards to Queen Anne , in whofe Favour he continued, and liv’d to a good old Age,* and died 1635, as Hollar has exprefs’d under his Picture engrav’d by him. From feveral Pi&ures I have leen of his Painting, he appears to have been a Matter of fome Merit, and well etteemed, efpecially in that Queen’s Days, and fome Part of the fucceeding Reign. In this Painting the Faces are done from the Life, the principal ones with great Likenefs and Variety of the Ha¬ bits, which are juttly defcribed j but the Pi&ure of the Queen is the moft valuable, for being a Reprefentation of her Countenance, not in the Decline of her Life ‘i, but of an agreeable Age, as ttie was at that Time when this Pro- cettion happen’d. I have fome Reafons to think, that amongtt: the Ladies that follow the Queen, the foremoft in White may be the p Marc Gerrards of Bruges (Son of a Father of the fame Name) a Painter. q Many and moft of the Painted Pictures in Gil and in Limning of this Queen, appear to be hard-featured Lines, old or crabbed Looks. Lady [ 11 J Lady Hunfdon \ on her Right Hand Lord Hunfdon' s Sifter Lady Katherine , who was Wife to Admiral Howard , and next behind in a dark grave Habit Lady Mary Bolen r ; Mother of Lord Hunfdon: All the Ladies are richly ad¬ orn’d with Jewels, ©V. to grace the Solemnity of this Pro- ceffion. And as this Noble Lord was Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Penfioners, he might order or appoint their Attendance (as they appear) to line the Way with their Partizans in their Hands. The Populace that was there to fee this Sight are pru¬ dently avoided, and not reprefented, that the moft confpi- cuous Part of it without Croud or Incumbrance might be feen in the Pi&ure, as I prefume this Nobleman had ap¬ pointed and directed the Painter. g, v ; December 20 , 1740 . r t imagine fo from two Pi&ures, one of Anna Bolen , and another of Mary Bolen , remaining in the Poffeffion of a curious Lady of an ancient Family, and related to this Carey Family — That of Lady Mary Bolen , a round Face, younger much, but the fame Sort of Features as in this Picture of the Proceffion. I C *3 ] O BSER V ATI ONS on aPicTURE, The Cenotaph of Lord Darn ley. T H E Right Honourable the Earl of Pomfret being pofTeft of a very remarkable Old Painting relating to the Death of K. Henry Darnley , of Scotland , which he pre- fented to her Majefty, Mr. James Anderson, the eminent Scotifh Antiquary and Publifher of the four Volumes of Hi- ftorical Collections, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, when he faw it, judged it a Piece of fo much Curiofity, as to de- ferve very particular Notice, and accordingly drew up an ex- aCt Defcription of it, with Remarks in the Year 1727, for the Right Hon. the Earl of Oxford , in whofe Hands it now is, together with a fine Copy of the Picture itfelf, in Water Colours, which his Lordfhip had caufed to be done. Since this his Grace the Duke of Richmond Lennox , and Aubigny , going over into France , after the Death of the Duchefs of Portfmouth , found in his Caftle of Aubigny , a duplicate or very old Copy of the fame Picture, which tho’ it has fuffered by Time, happens to be perfeCt in feveral parts where the other was defective or decay’d: and has caus’d the fame to be brought over into England , that by a careful comparifon of the two together, one complete Picture might be made out, and the whole Defign of the Work by that means better underftood. And of this comparifon the fol¬ lowing Pages are the Refult, into which we have taken the Liberty of tranfcribing Mr. Anderfons Paper fo far as we judg’d neceflary; adding thereunto fuch other Particulars and Remarks as have further occurred to us. 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The Piece in general reprefents a Chapel pav’d with Mar¬ ble, before the Altar of which is expos’d a fort of Monument of black, with Trophies of the Deceafed, the Effigies of King Henry Darnley lying on it, and near the fame, are King fames his Son, the Earl and Countefs of Lennox , his Father and Mother, and his younger Brother, all on their Knees, as befeeching God to puniffi and revenge his Murder. The Altar is towards the right Hand, and upon it Hands the Image of our Lord treading on a Death’s head, pointing with his left hand, to the Wound in his Side : And holding the Crofs in his right, on which is a Paper with the ufual Letters, I. N. R. I. and on either fide of the Altar are green Silk Cur¬ tains upon Rods and Rings, as is common in Catholick Chapels. Beneath the Altar, in the corner of the Pi&ure, is plac’d the Reprefentation of a Landfkape in a Frame 23 Inches by 17 Inches, in which are Hiflorical Figures that ffiall be defcribed after the other Parts of the Work. Near the Altar is feen a Paperfaftned to the Wall, in¬ tended to appear as fixed upon the Picture, being an Account of the Perfons therein reprefented. Upon it is to be read, En Subfeqiientium Heroum Effigies vivas. Henricus ejus nominis Primus , Fama digniffima , nufer Scotiae Rex, a Comite Bothwello fuifque conjuratis , [ confen - tiente Conjuge Regina ,] atrociffime catjus una cum fuo fervo Ca - merario. Quce Regina mox ab interempto amantiffimo fidiffi- moque Mar it 0 fuo,fe eidem Bothwello Uxorem junxit . Demp - tus ejl prudentijjimus hie fpeciojiffimufque Princeps non Jine magno civium Juorum dolore ludluque, cum annos vixerat tantum xxi. cujus animam Deus fufeipiatffibi m Gloriam. Jacobus ejus Nominis Sextus, interempti Henri ci Fi¬ lins, Dei Gratia Regni illius jam Rex, Mtatis inter faciendum hoc me?ifium xvi, quem confervet Deus incolumem , longavum, *. 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And here alfo, as before in the Earl of Pomfret’s Picture, the Words immediately reflecting upon Q^Mary, have been defignedly fcratch’d out. Beyond the Bier on the fide Wall of the Chapel, are feen three Pilafters, embelifh’d with Go¬ thic Work, to each of which is fixed a Spear, twilled Red and Gold, and bearing a Banner fringed with Gold and Silver. On the firfl is only the Lyon of Scotland , in the double Treflure fleury counter fleury, as King. In the fecond is a white Sattin on St. Andrew s Crofs, in a blue Shield, charg’d with a Ducal Crown in the Center, being probably the Ban¬ ner of his Houfe: And on the third are his own Paternal and Feudal Coats, viz . In the firfl quarter his Father’s Arms being Aubignie and Stewart , quarterly; and over all Le?inox , is an Innefcotcheon of Pretence, with the Fyle of three Lam- beaux on his own Perfonal diftinCtion. 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Gallway, Abermehy , Wifcart of Brechin , and Stewart of Bonhill , quarterly, with the Paternal Coat of the Houfe of Douglafs , in an Efcucheon of Pretence. All which feveral Armorial Bearings are represented in their pro¬ per Colours. On the Monument or Mourning Cloth covering the Bier are embofs’d or embroidered, on the Side in Front, three Ef- cucheons of Arms under Regal Crowns, that in the Middle * being the Royal Lyon of Scotland , is furrounded with the Collar of the Thiftle and Figure of Sr. Andrew , being a Regal Ornament of the Scotip Kings. The other two are enriched with the Collar of the Order of St. Michael, of which he had been inftalled a Companion ; the French King having fent him the Enfigns of it, by Monlieur Rambouillet , his Ambaflador, who came on purpofe into Scotland, in Feb . 1565-6, foon after King Henry's, Marriage with the Queen. Both thefe Efcucheons are parted per pale, as Baron and Femme, and on the firft or that next the Altar, are the above mention’d Bearings of his Father and Mother on the Right, with the Royal Arms on the Left, and on the other his Feudal Arms above likewife mention’d of Albany and RoJ's on the Right, again impal’d with the Royal Arms of Scotland on the Left. Between thefe Efcucheons of Arms, are two round Medalions, or Plates ofGoldfmith’s Work embofs’d, the Contents of which have been quite defac’d in the Earl .of Pomfref s Picture; but in the Duke of Richmond's, it appears that in them are reprefented fome Circumffances of the King’s Murder, agreeably to what Mr. Anderfon has obferv’d of the l \o r:t A ' > tai i .t. i - > Vi . ■ / :ii i IVji'-o :■ ■' r :.t> . . ,'j ‘ : ?. S '5 •* .. l*. « * ’ Cj — * o ;cnO' . 7 .' & 01 q - • . j ♦ L/ sj other, that, tho’ thofe Circles are now blank, fome affirm there had been in each a Bas Relievo, with an Infcription, of which there were Vediges, but fo much effaced and eraced, as to be unintelligible and illegible, further than to ffiew there had been fuch. In the firft of thefe Plates is reprefented the infide of a Chamber, wherein is a Bed with two Perfons Handing by it arm’d, the one at the Head, as directing, and the other at the Feet, as drawing the King’s Body forcibly from the Bed; near the Feet of which is feen a Pallet, wherein is an old Man, dead or deeping, the Chamber Door Handing open the while, and towards the lower part is Written, C^des dicti Regis et Servi Sui in Lectis. In the other Bas Relievo, or Plate are reprefented, firffc a young Man lying dead, and aimed naked under a Tree, and it may be remark’d that he appears to be very tall, by the great length of his Legs and Thighs, as K. Henry Darnley is known to have been. Somewhat Farther off, lyes alio the dead Body of an old Man, in the fame manner, with hardly any Cloaths on. The Tree may be obferved to have no Leaves, which I take Notice of, as an indance of the Care, that was taken, to have this Picture truly reprefent the Hif- torical Fadts, the Murder having been committed in February , when all the Trees are bare. Mr. AnderJ'on fpeaking of the Landfkape to be deferibed by and by, obferves there had been Drawings made of the Lloufe, in which the King was kill’d, and of fome other Particulars, among which it is not impof- iible, were alfo the infide of the Room where he lay, and the Tree under which he was found. In this Plate, a little above the Bodies maybe read, Post casdem in horto reperiuntur prostrati. Above thefe Arms or Circles, are Ornaments of Cheru- bims Heads of Gold, and at the two Corners that appear are two Figures alfo of Gold, gilt, one reprelenting Fame, the other Judice; near the Top of the verge of the Menu- _ 1 9 J ment or Bier, under the Effigies is wrote in the Duke of Richmond's Picture, FliC JACET SERENISSIMUS HeNRICUS ScOTIiE ReX, INTERFECTUS x'lX. DIE MeNSIS FeBRUARII ANNO DOMINI mdlxvii. Which Date fhould however have been mdlxvi, for that was the Year after the manner of dating ufed elfe- where in this Pidture, it being well Painted or fmifh’d, as will be fee n, at lead: in Jan . 1567. about eleven Months after the King’s Murder. On either dde of his Effigies towards the Feet, lie in his Pidture, his Helmet, Sword and Gantletts, which have un¬ doubtedly been alfo in the Earl of Pomfret’s-, but worn out be¬ fore that Pidture was repaired, when fome Parts of it, here¬ about efpecially, were intirely Painted over. Upon the foreground of the Piece before the Monument or Bier, is a Cloth or Carpet of Purple Velvet (in the Earl of Pomfret's White) Fring’d, with the lame Colour, on which the Young King James is reprefented, kneeling with his Crown on his Head, and uplifted Hands before a little Desk covered with the fame Colour, and whereon lyes upon a Cufhion the Scepter: His Robes are alfo in the Earl of Pomfret's White, in the other Purple Velvet j and about his Neck is the Collar of St. Andrew's. Over his Head a Scroll, as pro¬ ceeding from his Mouth, with thefe Words. Exaudi, Domine, et vindicasanguinem innocentem Regi s Patris mei, atque tua dextra defendas rogo. Upon the Floor to the left Hand, or behind the Head, are xeprefented the Earl and Countefs of Lennox , his Father and' Mother, and his younger Brother, as in the Mourning Habits of the Time, looking towards the Altar with uplifted Hands, having new Gloves, and Prayer Books laid down before them. In the Earl’s Countenance is reprefented a fedate manly Con¬ cern, while the Countefs and their Young Son appears as in Tears. Over all their Heads are Scrolls, as from their Mouths, with the following Words, i,\ i t -y.jc : ' ' . : .... v*..a ■' 1, - -■ ' \ t* • ' - 1 c H :i ;; .*:■>< . £ In V v 'iCY 31 > - ' * ’ - 1 V' V »■ «-« « * *7 . ’ ' , . fc ... 2 • ■' *' :>. i t ' ydAQiti f •• ’ r^o 2 Exatjdi, Domine, clamorem nostrum et vindica SANGUINEM INNOCENTEM ReGIS CHARISSIMI FlLII NOS- TRI. Da ReGI FILIO SUO PIAM FORTUNAM ViTAMQUE LONGAM PRECAMUR. Vindica, Domine, sanguinem innocentem Regis PATRIS ME 1 , ME VINDICT^E TUiE INSTRUMENTUM FACIAS ORO. Near thefe three lad Figures and Scrolls, is another In- fcription, as on a Table hung by a Ring, to the Wall of the Chapel, containing the following Account of the Dcfign, and Intention of this Work: Operis hujus causa. Quod hoc fieri fecerunt Honoratissimus Comes Lennoxi.®, et Domina Margareta Douglass il- lius uxor, Londini mense Januarii Anno Domini, 1567, UT, NIMIS QUI JAM SENESCENTES, SI ANTE EX- cellentissimi Scotorum Regis illorum prolis ^eta- TEM PERFECTAM HAC VITA PR1VARENTUR, AB EIS MoNIMENTUM HABERET IN QUO ATROCISS 1 MA C^EDES, NUPER REGIS PATRIS Sui, NON EXCLUDATUR ILLIUS E MEMOR 1 A, DON EC DeUS EANDEM FACIAT PER ILLUM VINDICARI. Whence appears both the Time and Place when and where this Picture was Painted, viz. in January , 1567, at London by Direction of the Earl and Countefs of Lennox , who already growing into Years, defign’d, that if they came to die before the Young King their Grandfon grew up, he might from them receive this Piece, to preferve and keep up the Memory of the King his Father’s Murder, till God fhould caufe the fame to be avenged by him. On the Uppermoft Step of the Altar, in the Earl of Pom - fret’s Picture (nowin KenJingtonV-Azce) which we look up¬ on as the firft Original, is to be read in fmall Letters, Levi- nus Venetianus, or Vogelarius, me fecit, being the Name of the Painter employed to perform this Work.* v [«] The Transactions at Carberry Hill near Edinburgh, 15 June 1567. When Queen Mary Surrrendered her felf to The Confederate Lords of Scotland . T HIS Hirtorical View, painted at the Corner of the Picture or Cenotaph of King Henry Lord Darnley , is one of the moft curious Parts of the whole, as it repre- fents the remarkable Tranfadlions at Carberry Hill about five Miles to the Eaft of Edinburgh when Queen Mary parted from Earl Bothwell , and furrendered herfelf into the Hands of the Nobility, that had joyned in Arms to revenge the Death of the King. The Queen’s Army and Bothwell's is feen drawn up toward the Top of the Hill, where the Royal Standard is difplay’d, with feveral Enfigns of St. Andrew s Crofs. They have fome Cannon before them firing, and are ported within Trenches, which were the fame the Englijh had cart up about 20 Years before, when they were here under the Command of the Duke of SomerJ'et , Lord Protestor to King Edward VI. who fought a bloody Battle at Pinkie in this Neighbourhood. The Queen herfelf is here to be dirtinguiihed with one of her Women on Horfeback, as alfo Earl Bothwell on a lars;e white Horfe, with feveral others in Armour about O J him r * ... . . ■■■• ' .S'- • * * * c * * ... - > ■ < - > 1 t . ..... r • [ 2 * ] him, and before them are two Trumpets founding; there having been a Proclamation made to encourage the Men to fight, by promifing that whofoever fhould kill an Earl in the Field fhould have a Reward of 40 /. Land, for a Lord 20 /. for a Baron 10/. and for a Yeoman’s Head his Efcheat or perfonal Eftate. At the Foot of the Hill, as in low Ground, where they may be fhelter’d from the Fire of the Queen’s Artillery, are reprefented the Forces of the confederate Nobility, marching in Battle Array: The Foot in two Bodies with Bowmen in their Rear, and the Horfe at fome Diftance before them to the Left, as endeavouring to get round the Hill on that Side; the better to attack the Enemy, and avoid the Inconvenience of the Sun in their Faces when they fhould come to engage; which is here very particularly expreft in the Pidture. Before the larger Body of the Foot, is an Officer with a Halbert, then two Files of Firelocks; after them one playing on a Reed; then a Drummer, and immediately after, one carrying the great Standard of the Confederates, whereon is painted the King’s dead Body, lying under a Tree, near which is the young King his Son kneeling, with his Hands lifted up to Heaven, and this Infcription: Judge and revenge my Cause, O Lord. After this Banner follow two other Files of Firelocks, and then the larger Body of Foot, the leffer being at fome Diftance to the Right; each Party carry the Banners of the Nobility, difplaying their Arms in their proper Colours, and by them ride Officers in Armour with Marfhal-Staves painted red and gold. With the lefler Body, which makes the right Wing, are the Standards of the Earl of Morton, and the Earl of Hume, and a third, which bears the Arms of Erejkine. The firfl C *3 ] firft two are particularly named by Buchanan , as the Lea¬ ders of this very Body of Men: Primee (aciei fc.) praerant Mortonius , adjunfto Alexandro Humio cum fuis clientibus. With the other Body, making the left Wing of the Foot, are feven Standards, the firft of which is that of the Earl of Glencairne t then follow thofe of the Earls of Athol and Marr , the Lords of Lyndfay , Ruthven , Semple , and Grahatn , as it feems, tho’ fomewhat imperfedt: Thefe three Earls are alfo mentioned by Buchanan as leading this Body, and it may be here noted, once for all, that every parti¬ cular in the Picture appears exactly agreeable to what is related in that Hiftorian, as Mr. Anderfon alfo obferves it is, to whatever elfe he had met with in the beft Relations, whether printed or Manufcript, of thefe Tranf- adtions. The confederate Horfe, as was obferved before, are at fome Diftance to the left} they have a Trumpet before them, with the St. Andrew's Crofs of Scotland , and a Standard with the King’s dead Body, like the former, only of a lefler Size. Whilft the Army of the confederate Nobility was thus in Sight of the Queen’s, Botincell fent to challenge any of the Lords, his equal, to meet him in fingle Combat: And whereas there appear two Horfemen in complete Armour as riding up the Hill, from one Army to the other, they are probably defign’d for Bothwell's Meflenger returning, with one to notify the Acceptance of his Challenge, which Bothwell afterwards on frivolous Pretences declin’d. It was at this Time that the Queen delired to fpeak with Sir William Kirkaldy of Grainge; the Refult of which Con¬ ference was, that fhe confented to feparate herfelf from Earl 4 * ' ’ ' ' ' ' _ [ *4 ] Earl Bothwell, and put herfelf into the Hands of the No¬ bility. Accordingly Bothwell is here feen withdrawing him- felf, with another Horfeman, both in complete Armour, they have fpears in their Hands, and Bothville departing , is wrote over him. At fome Diftance the fame two Men ap¬ pear again, riding at full Speed with the Words, Bothville fyand , above them ; and at feveral Diftances they are again reprefented riding in great hafte. along the Mountains Eaft- ward from Carherry Hill, and then turning down to the Caftle of Dunbar , which has Dunbar wrote over it. In all thele feveral Views of Bothwell he is on the fame white Horfe, with his Name above him. In the mean time the Queen came away with Sir William Kirkaldy , and fhe is accordingly reprefented as riding down the Hill with her Woman, and Sir William on foot leading her Horfe by the Bridle towards the confederate Army: Over her Head is wrote, The Queen. At fome Diftance from the Army is feen a Man leading a Horfe laden with two Barrels, another with a Sack on his Shoulders with fome Provifions; as alfo a Woman drawing Liquor from a Barrel into a Pitcher, and another filling Drink from a Pot into a Cup to a Soldier, with Barrels and Pots on the Ground; another Woman with a large Jug on her Head, and Soldiers fitting among Bufhes on the Ground. All which is defign’d to exprefs the Re- frelhments brought from Dalkeith and other neighbouring Villages to the confederate Army, which marched early in the Morning from Edinburgh , and to whom thefe Refrelh- ments were fo much the more acceptable, as the Weather was very hot, it being the fifteenth Day of June. Towards the lower right Hand Corner of this Land- fcape, / [ 2 5 ] fcape, is a Profpedt of the City of Edinburgh with the Name wrote over it. On the South Side of the City was the Kirk-a-Field, where flood the Houfe, and Garden in which the King was murdered. The Houfe flood in the Place where now is the Houfe of the Principal of the Uni- verflty of Edinburgh , and clofe by was a Houfe fometime belonging to the Family of Hamilton, where the publick Schools are now kept. At a little Diftance from the Kirk-a-Field Houfe, was a Ridge of Rocks call’d Salijbury Craigs, and a high Mountain called Arthur $ Seat, both which are reprefented in thisLand- fcape, and as Mr. Anderfon obferves, with great Exadtnefs. Upon the Frame or Border of this Landfcape, was an In- fcription, but greatly damaged and defaced in both Pi&ures: being in the Duke of Richmond's particularly quite new pain¬ ted over; yet upon thewafhingoff the new Colour, and care¬ fully comparing the two Pictures with each other, the whole has been made out, except about three Words towards the End, the Senfe of which alfo may be pretty certainly known. The Infcription was as follows. In Bellum prodeunt Scotorum Regina proditorque Both- wellus , contra quos veniwit Regni illius Proceres, lamen- labile hoc quod videas ferentes vexillum. Projligatus Both- wellus ad Dunbarum in Cajlellum fugit: Regina r cero Jimplici habitu deformat a,fefe in manus Nobilium dedit: in qu . ft . . . dicium in ccedis fu ... . ris Prin- cipes duos . The laft Word but two was in all probability J'uperioris , and dicium the latter Part of Judicium ; fo that the Senfe of the lafl: Line is, that Judgment waspafs’d by the Lords on the two chief Authors of the foremention’d Mur¬ der, meaning their obliging the Queen to reflgn her Crown to " r' ' w . • ' • V- f -f . ■> i * » * • -• ^ ■ ~ r .... < > 1 ( " •» ■ •, • ‘ • > :.• ^ r t ' ■ • ' ‘ - * > •. i t * ^ 1 ip,. / ' v * f> f |V i. x' < < t V ; ' ■"■ ■ 4riV i ‘ n $ n> . ' '■ *. • * ■ , ■• ;■ v i * A **> . ’ > * ♦ r ’ ■< | ; » .. . , > 4 • 9 * * ‘ . . I**.*.-. iK..i j» • - - . ■ «» * . * . [ ] to her Son; and the declaring Bothwell a Traitor, and for¬ feiting his Eftate, foon after his Departure from Carberry Hill, to theCaftle of Dunbar ; from whence he fled into the Northern IJles , and never returned into Scotland any more. It is obvious the doing this Pidture has been a Matter of Care and Expence, having been a conflderable Time in Hand; for in the firffc Infcription K. James is faid to have been flxteen Months old, which he was in Oflober 1567. So that the Picture was then at lead compos’d; and it appears by another Infcription that it was not fi- nifli’d till January following, about four Months after. The exadt Agreement of it alfo, with the befl: hiftorical Accounts, fhews great Care was taken to reprefent the Fadts truly, and while they were frefh in every one’s Me¬ mory, it being as has been feen in hand within lei's than feven Months after the Murder, and four after the Tranf- adtions of Carberry Hill. Mr. Anderfon alfo obferves, he had feen other old Draw¬ ings of the Enfign of the Confederates exadtly agreeable to that here reprefented, and that all the View of the Country in the Landfcape is happily here imitated, as any one will be fatisfied who takes the trouble of viewing Carberry Hill and the adjacent Grounds. So that the Earl of Lennox took all poflible care, that this Pidture, which he intended for fo remarkable a Legacy to the King his Grand- fon ; fhould be as periedt as poflible. The Earl of Lennox himfelf was afterwards flain at Stirling , in 1571, whilfl: he was Regent of Scotland ; and the Countefs his Wife died at London in 1578. Their Son Charles , was by the King his Nephew afterwards created Earl of Lennox , and died leaving only one Daughter cal¬ led V [ 17 ] led the Lady Arabella , whom it is faid, the Popifi Party intended to fet up for Queen, if the Powder Plot had fuc- ceeded; and this Lady dying afterwards unmarried, the dired Line of Matthew Earl of Le?inox became extind. Having thus finifh’d the Defcription of thefe Pidures, it only remains to give an Account in what Manner the firft came into the Hands of the Earl of Pomfret , and the other of the Duke of Richmond , which is ftiortly thus. The dired Line of Matthew Earl of Lennox failing as above in the Lady Arabella , his Honour and Eftate came to E/'me Stewart Lord Aubigne in France , Son to John Lord of Aubigne younger Brother of the faid Matthew; which Efme after made Duke of Lennox , was Father to Lodowic Duke of Lennox , created Duke of Richmond all'o by K. fames: and in the Defendants of this Efme , did the Honour and Eftates remain, till the Time of Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox , who died without Iftue in Denmark , where he was AmbalTador from K. Charles II. in 1672. by whofe Defcent, all theperfonal Eftate, Pidures &c. came to his Sifter the Lady Catherine Stewart , who mar¬ ried the Lord Obrian , Son to Henry Earl of Phomond: by whom fhe had Donatus , after his Fathers Death Lord Obri- an> who married the Lady Sophia Ojborne $ and alfo a Daughter married to the Lord Cornbury. After the Death of the faid Lady Catherine , the forementioned Lady Sophia her Son’s Wiaow > and her Daughter’s Husband the Lord Cornbury , divided the perfonal Eftate and family Pidures: upon which Divifton this Pidure came to Lady Sophia , who marrying to her fecond Hufband William Lord Lemjler , was by him Mother to the prefent Rt. Honourable Phomas Lord Lemjler and Earl of Pomfret: who becoming thus pofteft of [ >8 ] of it, fomeYears fmce prefented it to her late Majefty Queen Caroline , in whofe Clofet at Kenfington it dill remains. For the other Pidure, it was undoubtedly fent over by Earl Matthew to his Brother John Lord Aubigne in France , where it has ever fince remained in the Caftle of Aubigne: This Lordfhip becoming extind in the Perfon of Charles Duke of Richmond^ who died in 1672. the Ho¬ nour, Eftate and Caftle reverted to the King of France Lewis XIV. who foon after ereded the fame into a Duke¬ dom, in Favour of LouiJ'a de Keroualle Duchefs of Rortf- mouth , with Reverfion to her Son the late Duke of Rich¬ mond and his Heirs: Which Louifa dying in 1735, His Grace the prefent Duke of Richmond and Lennox , her Grandfon fucceeding to that Honour and Eftate, found when he went over into France foon after, among other Fa¬ mily Pidures in his Caftle there, the Pidure here mentio¬ ned, which he caufed to be brought over to England , and by the comparing of which with the other at Kenfington , we have been enabled to give this Defcription. N. B. 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