An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . had not any ifilie by either of his death the title of Warwick became again extin6l,and the lordfhips and lands which he had obtained bygrant, part of the inheritance of the old earls of Warwick,reverted to the crown. This title was again revived by king James I. who, inthe year 1618, railed E-OBERT Lord Rich to
An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . had not any ifilie by either of his death the title of Warwick became again extin6l,and the lordfhips and lands which he had obtained bygrant, part of the inheritance of the old earls of Warwick,reverted to the crown. This title was again revived by king James I. who, inthe year 1618, railed E-OBERT Lord Rich to the dignity of earl of War-wick, in whofe pofterity it continued until the 8th dayof September, 1759, when it againbecame extimSb by the death of Ed-ward Rich, earl of Warwick andHolland, without iflue male. Asthat nobleman was not defcendedfrom the old family of Warwick,his advancement to the dignitywas not attended, as in the two ,. • •^. ^ Ri^ert Rich . Kar/ preceding creations, wita a grant ^ jr^-,^,c/,, of any portion of the inheritance of the old earls : part of that inheritance was already outof the power of the crown. Qiieen Elizabeth had, in theyear 1601, granted the large and ancient park of Wedge-ziock to fir FuLKE Greville, afterwards lord Brooke ; and. [ 64 ] and king James, in the year 1605, had granted to didfame fir Fulke the caftle of Warwick, the family-feat ofthofe old earls, with the gardens and other dependenciesabout it. The manor of Warwick remained in the crowntill the fubfequcnt reign, when it was granted, by kingCharles I. in his 14th year, to the aldermen and com-monalty of London, to be held of the king, his heirs, andfucceflbrs, as of the manor of Eaft-Grenwich in Kent,paying to the crown a fee-farm rent of 138I. 19s. gd. Thealdermen and commonalty, in the year 1631, 16th of kingCharles I. fold it to William Bolton of London j and itcontinued in his family till the year 1742, when it waspurchafed by Francis, the prefent Earl Brooke, and Earlof W
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