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A large and fair Table of all the Knights of the Garter, from their firstInstitution by King Edward III. with their Eniigns Armorial, and by whoul

made.

Three large and valuable Pictures in gold Frames, of King Edward Ill-king Henry IV. of France ; and King Charles I. of England, 6cc.

Colonel Venn aforesaid, leized, and kept in his Possession all the Dean’sthe plate, when he was driven from Windsor, (which by Order of Parliament*LmaS ' should have been restored) among the Parcels whereof were, more especially,Exore.C.w. two large silver Tankards, given by Prince Charles, EleBor Palatine, in Ac-knowledgement of the many Civilities, and respectful Entertainment, hisRoyal Highness had occasionally received in the Deanery-houfe, where helodged, when he was pleased to reside, for a Season, at Windsor.

The EleBor usually expressed a great Satisfaction with this his commo-dious Retirement from Whitehall , (where the Parliament had allowed him aLodging) and- the Opportunity of conversing with the Dean, and some otherPersons of Learning, his Friends, who used to resort there.

Here the Prince lived in a very private Way, with two Gentlemen only ofhis Retinue, a Secretary, and one who waited in the Bed-chamber; and a fewinferior Servants. He dined at a little Table by himself; the others, with theDean and his Family.

May 6, 164,-. The Commons had ordered an Allowance for him of 8,000/. per Annum,M r hklock\t 2,000/. per Annum out of the King’s Revenue, and the rest out of theMemoirs > p. Estates of the Lord Cottington, and Sir Nicholas Crisp.j9 ‘ Upon the Treaty of Wejlphalia, whereby the Elector was restored to a

Part of his hereditary Estate, he notified the fame to the Parliament, desiringthe Continuance of his Stipend, and Payment of his Arrears; so that, itshould seem, the Pension had been but ill paid, (tho’ continually sollicited) tillIbid. p. 376. his Return to his own Country, Feb. 1648. when it was ordered by the House.

There having been such Cause before, to mention Colonel Venn, it may beproper to note, what is extant concerning him upon publick Records.

Echardv Hist. John Venn, Citizen of London , and Member of Parliament for the City,

0 yEngiand, was a Ringleader in the Mob against the Earl of Strafford ; a great Promoterh and Encourages of the Insurrections, and Tumults at Whitehall, and Wesimin-Athen.Oxon..A r > m tlie Year 1641. sending his Summons by his Wife, to assemble the236. Zealots of the City, and declaring he used this Method, for fear the worfer

Ecbard, Ibid. Party fleouldget the better of the good Party, as was offered to be proved inthe House,

Hist. of the In his Majesty’s Proclamation, published at Oxford, June 20, 1643. heReigns of the was of the Number of those excepted from Pardon, as guilty of High-Stuarrs, p . trea f 0I1} by the known Laws of the Land. This deluded Man was one ofEchard, Vol. the Seventy-nine, that actually fat, and assisted as Judges upon the King’sII. p . 636. T rial ; was one of the Sixty-six, who lat when Sentence was given,and formally stood up to testify their Assent > and one of the Fifty-nine, that sealed and subscribed the bloody Warrant for the King’s Execution •Histor of ^. ot ^ un P v * n g the Restoration, and so having no Life to loose, he togetherStuaro, p. w ttF Oliver Cromwell, Ireton, Bradjhaw, and the others in the fame Case,475. was attainted in the Parliament of 1660, and adjudged to the Forfeiture ofLands, Goods, Rights, and Trusts.

The Persecution of the Church and Crown, during the Progress of thehorrid Rebellion, affecting in a most rigorous Manner, the most notedFriends to both, the Dean, (who was eminently distinguished for his Learn'ing, Piety, Loyalty, and the Esteem of his Royal Master) had a large Share,as well as his excellent Brother the Bishop of Ely, in the Severities of Fana-

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