The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe; Wife of the Right Honble. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600-72 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... Page 20. 2. Like that of Sir John Evelyn, of West Dean, the Ludlow family was of Wilts, and a staunch supporter of the Parliament side, the famous republican General, Edmund Ludlow, being a member of it. Lady Fanshawe again discreetly passes over these facts. The family rose to note in the person of William Ludlow, butler to King Henry VI, who died in 1478. His descendant in the fourth generation was high sheriff of Wilts, and married a daughter of Lord Windsor. Their son, Sir Edmund Ludlow, who died in 1624, married twice. His son Sir Henry (died 1643), by tne one marriage, was father of General Ludlow; and a son of the same name by the second marriage wedded Lettice, daughter of Lord de la Warre. Their eldest daughter Lettice married John Harrison, eldest brother of Lady Fanshawe. By his will, dated 21 September, 1669, Sir John Harrison left legacies of 600 to his "grandchild, Mrs. Ann Harrison, daughter of my son John Harrison," and to his "grandchildren Margaret and Letice Harrison, two other of the daughters of my said son John, 35 per annum between them for their maintenance for and during their natural lives." Apparently one of these died between 1669 and 1676, when Lady Fanshawe wrote of two surviving daughters. William Harrison was buried at Oxford on 1 July, 1643, according to the register of funerals of St. Peter the Great. Lady Fanshawe (p. 25) was mistaken in saying that he was buried in Exeter College Chapel. He was M.P. for Queensborough (Memoirs, p. 23--the name is left blank in the MSS.) in the Long Parliament in place of his father, who was elected for Lancaster also, and sat for that place. He joined his father in furnishing 50,000 to pay off the Scots army (Memoirs, p. 23), and the Act of 16 March, 1642, for relief of His Majest...