. Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. excusing his stubbornness)his great heart humbled itself to the Lords, betwixt a letter anda petition, in these words :— &c. p. 163. Lord Arundel, (saysthe recent Editor of Collins) was, in truth, a very proud andinsolent man. The remainder of the life of this virtuous nobleman, was devotedto his senatorial duties and rin-al occupations. He was a greatdefender of the rights of the people against the en
. Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana. excusing his stubbornness)his great heart humbled itself to the Lords, betwixt a letter anda petition, in these words :— &c. p. 163. Lord Arundel, (saysthe recent Editor of Collins) was, in truth, a very proud andinsolent man. The remainder of the life of this virtuous nobleman, was devotedto his senatorial duties and rin-al occupations. He was a greatdefender of the rights of the people against the encroachments ofthe kingly prerogative; and was once reprimanded by his RoyalPatron as being the chief promoter of a petition respectingthe injury arising from certain titles and dignities of Scotland andIreland. Consult Collins, vol. i. p. 392. From the year 1624,to the time of his death, he was in most committees on public ? See page 6, ante. There was a tradition that the first Lord Spencer couldnover possess 20,000 sheep; as a mortality would attend them between the19th and 20th thousand. He is said, however, to have made up his number asnear as it could go: namely, to 19,999!. From the Ori^inaLin the rofsefsion of Earl Spencer, at AlthoiTi. i r 1< n .«/• . / . llf^ 1627.] ACCOUNT OF ALTHORP. xxiii affairs, a constant promoter and maintainer of the manufactories,trades, and liberties of the realm, an opposer of all arbitrarygrants, monopolies, or other indirect practices : and finally, wasseasoned with a just tincture of all private and public died in 1627 ; having been a widower thirty years. His wife,Margaret, was daughter and coheir of Sir Francis Willoughby, ofWollaton in Nottinghamshire; by whom he had four sons andthree daughters. She died in childbed in Such a lengthof widowhood has been justly attributed to his intense affection,and deep respect, for the memory of the deceased. A passagein Jonsons Entertainment, described a
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