ON THE REGALIA OF ENGLAND. BY THE REV. MARK NOBLE, F. A. S. OF L. AND E. THESE items are given in the Gentleman's Magazine, for June, 1798, and were most undoubtedly written by the above Mr. Carew (Harvey) Mildmay, of whom I shall speak particularly in a note, as it seems, and no wonder, to have in vain been attempted to discover who he was*. The * Of the family of Mildmay there seemed no end; in Essex alone there were at one time nine branches, the heads of these were, a baropet, five knights, and three esquires. These were,-1. Sir Thomas Mildmay, of Moulsham, bart. who had eight sons and seven daughters ; from his eldest son, Sir Thomas, the Barons and Earl Fitzwalter descended. 2. Sir Henry Mildmay, of Woodham-Walter, knight. 3. Sir Humphry Mildmay, of Danbury, a brave and loyal knight; the parliament fined him, as a delinquent, 1275l. 4. Sir Henry Mildmay, of Wanstead, knight, Master of the Jewel Office to Charles I. He was usually styled Sir Whimsey Mildmay, the pestilent Republican, and rampant Rumper. This ungrateful regicide, sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, at length had permisssion to retire to Antwerp, where he died in universal disgrace. 5. Sir Thomas Mildmay, of Barnes, in Springfield, knight. 6. Sir Harry Mildmay, of Graces, in Little Baddow, a soldier in the Irish wars, and knighted for his gallantry in the field; he died in October 1639. 7. Walter Mildmay, esq. of Great-Baddow. 8. Robert Mildmay, esq. of Terling; and 9. Carew Harvey Mildmay, esq. of Marks, who is mentioned below. All these came from Thomas, William, Jolin, and Sir Walter, the four sons of Thomas Mildmay, esq. Auditor of the Court of Augmentations, at the dissolution of religious houses, who obtained much of the alienated property of the Church. The Mildmays, of Cretingham, in Suffolk, were from John's elder soul, as those of Terling were from the younger one, Sir Walter Mildmay, the founder of Emanuel College, in Canbridge. He had two sons, Sir Anthony Mildmay, of Apthorpe, in Northamptonshire; and Sir Humphry Mildmay, already noticed as seated at Danbury. An extraordinary instance of the spreading of a family, as well as its being enriched, but the plunder of the Church was prodigious, and an Auditor had many advantages. Moulsham-hall, which he made his seat, though it had long been used only by fermers and under-fermers, was rebuilt so very beauB B-VOL. V,* tifully, The Archæologia, and the items in Mr. Mildmay's Almanack, explain tifully, that it was accounted the greatest esquire's building in Essex: it was enlarged by Sir Thomas Mildmay, knight, his grandson. Carew Harvey Mildmay, esq. second son of Sir Thomas Mildmay, of Springfield-Barnes, by Margaret, daughter of Sir George Harvey, Lieutenant of the Tower, and nephew and heir of Sir Gawen Harvey, knight, who left him the seat, manor, and estate of Marks, at his death, Feb. 1, 1627. He received his baptismal name of Carew from his direct maternal ancestor, the Baron Carew, or from his collateral one, George Carew, Earl of Totness. In gratitude to his uncle, Sir Gawen Harvey, he adopted his name; yet, it is often used with an alias, as Carew Harvey, alias Mildmay, but it was at length dropped. Though he had amply sufficient to support himself as a private gentleman, resident upon his estate, yet, desirous of farther riches, he went to court, and ob tained a place in the Jewel-office, to Charles I. under the master of it, Sir Henry Mildmay, of Wanstead, his relation. On the breaking out of the civil war, it might reasonably have been supposed that both of them would either have joined the royal standard, or have given up their places under his majesty, but though they forfeited their loyalty, they retained their posts under the crown. The parliament appointed him one of their committee to receive the taxes in Essex. After the king's murder, he asked of the council of state, and received, a remuneration for the loss of his office, it being abolished when the jewels were sold. He had on this account 3000l. and Mr. Gerrard's place in the Petty-Bag Office, worth 400l. per annum. He had great sway in Essex; to him was committed the care of paying the army, and he was appointed surveyor of Waltham Forest. We see him very busy in having trees fallen there for the use of the Commonwealth's fleet. His sagacity made him perceive that the republican interest would give way to that of the general of their army, he therefore paid early attention to the future Protector, and Oliver rewarded his conduct by keeping him in all his places. At the Restoration he was preserved, not having gone to any extreme during the civil war, nor been personally offensive to the late or present king; but I suppose he had the precaution to take out a pardon under the great seal. The wealth he had gained was very considerable; but, less fortunate in his obtaining ecclesiastical possessions than his ancestor, I believe he lost some money by having dabbled in Dean and Chapter leases, if not lands. He was religious, but he had a contempt for the fanaticism of the times; he remarks a sermon of this kind preached on a public fast day, May 17, 1649. On October 11, following, he kept a thanksgiving at home, for the recovery of one of his explain and elucidate each other; from them we learn that there were his sons, who returned again to Cambridge. Mr. Mildmay married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, bart. By this alliance he had Francis Mildmay, esq. of Marks, who married the daughter of Robert Honeywood, esq. in Kent. They had Carew Harvey Mildmay, esq. sheriff of Essex in 1713, who died May 1, 1743. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Lennard Barrett, esq. a lady of superior capacity and accomplishments. Their issue was two sons, Carew-Howel Mildmay, esq. of Marks, and Hazelgrove, in Somersetshire, who had no issue by the daughter of - · Eastwood, esq. of Sherborn, in Dorset; he died the last of all the Mildmays, in 1784, aged 96; and Humphry Mildmay, esq. who married Lætitia, daughter and heir of Haliday Mildmay, esq. son of Henry, and son of Sir Henry, the regicide; so that in them, two branches of the Mildmays were united. They had-1. Carew Mildmay, esq. an accomplished gentleman, who died in 1768, leaving only daughters and co-heirs, spoken of below. 2. Anne; and, 3. Catharine. Anne marrying Sir William Mildmay, bart. comprised by that union three branches of the Mildmays. Sir William was sheriff of Essex in 1765, in which year he obtained his title of Baronet. The eldest branch of the Mildmays made him their heir. To explain this the better, I shall remark, that Thomas Mildmay, esq. of Moulsham, the first son of the Auditor of the Augmentation, marrying Avise, daughter of William Gernon, of London, esq. had eight sons and seven daughters. Sir Thomas, the eldest son and heir, by Frances, only daughter of Henry Radcliffe, earl of Sussex, had Benjamin Mildmay, who claimed, and was allowed, in 1669, the barony of Fitzwalter; he was succeeded by Charles, second lord Fitzwalter, his eldest son, and he by his brother Benjamin, created Earl Fitzwalter, who leaving no child, devised the ancient seat of Moulsham to Sir William Mildmay, bart. and he, having no issue, left it, by will, to Lætitia, his widow, who dying in 1795, left the seat and estate to the husband of the daughter of the last-named Carew Mildmay, esq. who having married Jane, daughter of William Pescod, esq. Recorder of Winchester, had three daughters; the eldest of whom, Jane, married to sir H. Meaux St. John, bart. he has taken the name and arms of Mildmay, and resides in the ancient seat of the Mildmays, Moulsham-Hall, where are many select portraits of the Mildmays; but Marks, the seat of Carew Harvey Mildmay, esq. within two miles of Romford, a moated quadrangular edifice, built, of half timber, upon a brick foundation, formerly long uninhabited, is hastening to ruin; however, Sir Henry P. St. John Mildmay, besides this seat of Marks, has Moulsham-Hall, in Essex; Dog. mersfield Park, and Shawford, in Hants; and Hazlegrove in Somerset. were found the king's, or imperial crown, of massive gold, weighing 71b. 6oz. enriched with nineteen sapphires, 37 rubies ballast, 21 small rubies, 2 emrods, and 8 diamonds, 168 pearls ; the gold (6 ounces being deducted for the stones) valued at 2801. the sapphires at 1987. the ballast rubies at 149/. the small rubies at 167. the emrods at 57. the diamonds at 2887. the pearls at 1747. amounting in the whole to 1110%.; so that this crown appears to have been of far less value than that of Edward I. so many hundred years before Charles the First's reign. The Queen's crown of massive gold, weighed 3lb. 100%. enriched with twenty sapphires, 22 rubies balass, and 83 pearls. The gold (5 ounces being deducted for the weight of the stones) valued at 40l. per pound, the sapphires at 1207. the rubies balass at 40%. the pearls at 417. 10s. which in the whole amounted to 338/. 3s. 4d. These were what their Majesties wore at the coronation; their value, as a national concern, was inconsiderable. [To be continued.] NOTES ON ATHENÆUS. 1 BY GRÆCULUS. No. XXI. "The wit and genius of those old Heathens beguiled me, and as I despaired of raising myself up to their standard upon fair ground, I thought the only chance I had of looking over their heads, was to get upon their shoulders." CONTINUING in the Tenth Book, we find Critias, at p. 433, speaking of the moderation of the Spartans in eating and drinking, always leaving table, according to Casaubon, p. 728, with an appetite. Here, at 433. B. Casaubon would, for wgos to Qaver, Hai To wovely read Qayɛw and wily, but it will be enough to change φανεν into μαχαν. In the next verse, for αποτακτον read επιτακτον and ήπεδανωσασθαι for Ημερα οινωσαι. The Spartans were not permitted to debilitate their bodies. with immeasurable potations αμετροισι ποτοις. An immoderate addiction to drinking, as it relates to wine, in which man is the unsuccessful rival of a hogshead, is entirely to be ascribed to Noah. BUTLER tells us, that when he came to anchor on Mount Ararat, and had set all his passengers ashore on the new world, He made it next his chief design To plant and propagate a VINE, Which since has overwhelm'd and drown'd Far greater numbers, on dry ground, Of wretched mortals, one by one, Than all the flood before had done! Satire upon Drunkenness. In the same page E. we have versus senarii, by Sophocles, which assure us that a man who is dry, takes no pleasure in eloquence. Give him some liquor, and he'll not only be delighted with your eloquence, but become eloquent himself. "Facundi calices," &c. Casaubon proposes two new readings, see p. 729. but for Tegas, it will be enough, perhaps, if we read reg↓ais ou. A misprint 7808 for 7878, p. 434. B. Here the drinking of Alexander is treated of in a way, which sets all modern drunkenness at nought. His worngiov, or cup, according to Dalechamp, "duos congios capiebat," held something more than two of our gallons, and with this cup he used to drink to his friends, who drained it in their turn. At a symposium with Alexander, Callisthenes refused the cup as it was going round, and being asked the reason, he said, “ I do not wish that Alexander should make Æsculapius necessary to me." This passage is mutilated, to restore it, see, says Dalechamp, Plutarch de cohib. irâ. The 9th Chap. of the 10th Book concludes with a very notable Epitaph, signifying that the departed was able to drink a great deal of wine, and to bear it like a gentleman—xai Tuтov Qegeiv naλws. April 2. WALTER SCOTT'S POEMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONTHLY MIRROR. SIR, ALTHOUGH I undoubtedly subscribe myself a most profound admirer of the poetical talents of Mr. Walter Scott, I must venture to suggest, that some few passages in his works, have struck me as being most glaringly copied from greater originals. |