SAYE. 67 next of kin and heir( n ) to former Lords of Saye and Sele, and obtaining a confirmation of (he title " to him and the heirs of his body " with a proviso "that lie should cliiim no place or precedence by reason of the ancient Barony, but rank next after such other nobles as were then Karons of Ene , l*nrl."(*'l He was accordingly sum. to Pari, by writ 19 March (1603/1), 1 Jar. 1., and took his sent therein as a junior Karon. He m. firstly in or before 1581, Constance, da. of Sir William KlNusMii.l, of Sydmantou, Hauts, by Bridget, da. of George Kai.kioh, of Thorn borough, co. Warwick. He m. secondly Elizabeth, widow of William Pawlktt, da, and coheir of Henry Codinoha.m, Auditor of the Mint, He (/. 1612/3, aged 56. Will dat. 17 July 1612, pr. 6 Feb. 1612/3 lnq. pout mortem, 23 May 1613, at Oxford. His widow, by whom he had no issue, d. 1632. Will dat. 5 Feb. 1631/2, pr. 10 May 1632. VIII. 1613. $ wt.% m} i. William (Fiennes), Lord Saye and „. SELE, only s. and h. by 1st wife ; b. 28 May 1582 ; ed. at Winchester Viscountcy. an(J nt JJ ew Coll., Oxford of which in 1600 he was a I. 1G'2I. Fellow; knighted v.p.; sue. to the peerage in 1612/3; took a prominent part in the opposition to the Court measures both under James I. and Charles I. but, by the influence of the Duke of Buckingham, was cr., 7 July 1621, VISCOUNT OF SAYE AND SELE. He was a zealous Puritan and took a considerable part in divers colonisation schemes, being the only adherent of that party in the Upper House. The King endeavoured to gain him to his side and lie was made B.C. and Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries( c j in 1641 ; a Lord of the Treasury. 1641-42 ; Hit;h Steward of the Univ. of Oxford, 1641-42. an office that was continued to him from 1616 to 1660. Joint Commr. of Regency, Aug. to Nov. 1641. In 1612 he was made by the Pari. L. Lieut, uf Oxfordshire, Cheshire, and Gloucestershire; Col. of a Reg. of Foot,(i &c. In 1643 he was a Member of the Assembly of Divines. Joint Commr. for the Pari, to treat with the Scots in July 1646, and with the King, Sep. to Nov. 1648, having in the struggle between the army and Pari, taken part with the former and signed the engagement of 4 Aug. 1647.C) After the execution of the King he took no prominent part in public affairs. He was, however, in 1657-58, a member of Cromwell's " Hocse of Lords "(f) being, notwithstanding, made by Charles It. in 1660, P.C. and a Councillor for the Colonies. He m. about 1602 Elizabeth, 6th da. of John Tkmtle, of Stow, co. Bucks, by Susan, da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Spencer, of Everdon, co. Northampton. She d. in 1648, and was bar. at Broughton. He d. 14 April 1662, at Broughton, and was bur. there, aged 80.(«) Will dat. 3 March 1659, pr. 19 Nov. 1662. (') He was both heir male of the body and heir general of the original grantee. (*>) "Creitions, 1483-1646," in ap. 47th Rep. D.IC. Bub. Records. It may be remarked that this proviso, which is at variance with the act for placing the Lords, is probably inoperative. Courtbope remarks hereon that " the following notice of Sir Richard Fienes's restoration to the Barony of Say and Sele occurB in a letter from Francis Davison, the poet, to his father, Secretary Davison, dated Lucca, 20 Nov. 1596, ' Here hath been of late with the great Duke, Sir Richard Fiennes, for whose restoring to an old undeterred Barony 1 remember you were a suitor at your being at Court.' (Memoir prefixed to ' The Poetical Rhapsody,' edit 1S25.) It would from this passage appear that altho' the patent of 1603 was intended to operate as a new creation, still that Sir Richard'* object a few years before was to obtain a confirmation tn the original Barony." (°) When this Court was abolished he obtained £10,000 [!] as compensation ; and with £4,000 of this sum he obtained Lord Cottington's estate at Hauworth, which was worth £14.000. See Holies' tracts as quoted in the Nat. Biogr. ( d ) See vol. i, p. 299, note " d," sub " Bedford," for a list of Beers, &c, who held command under the " Commonwealth." {*) Clarendon says of him in 1 648 that he « had not the least thought of dissolving the Monarchy and less of levelling the ranks and distinctions of men," being "as proud of his quality and of being distinguished from other men by his title as any man alive." ( r ) See vol. ii, p. 84, note " c, sub " Burnell," for a list of the 62 members of this house. (B) Sir E. Brydges [Collins, vii, p. 22], says he " appears to have been far from a virtuous or amiable man. He was poor, proud, and discontented, and seems to have F
