BERKSHIRE 151 III. 1669. 2. Charles (Howard), Earl of Berkshire, ^c, s. and h., t. about 1615; K.B. at the coronation of Charles I, i Feb. 1625/6. M.P. for Oxford, 1640 (both Short and Long Paris.). He was sum. to Pari, v.p., in his father's Barony 3 Nov. (1640) 16 Car. l,{^) by writ directed Carolo Howard de Charlton Chivaler, and took his seat 19 Nov. following. Gent, of the Bedchamber, 1658, but not after the Restoration. He m., 10 Apr. 1637, Dorothy, da. of Thomas (Savage), Viscount Savage, by Elizabeth, sm jure Countess Rivers.^") W&d. s.p.m., at the Hospital called "Z-^ Charite^' at Paris, Apr. 1679, and was bur. in the cloisters thereof Will dat. 5 Sep. 1673, signed 24 Oct. 1678, pr. 4 June 1679. His widow d. 6, and was bur. 10 Dec. 1691, at Ewelme, Oxon, aged 80. Will dat. 4 Dec. 1688, pr. 9 Dec. 1691, IV. 1679. 3. Thomas (Howard), Earl of Berkshire, tfc, br. and h. male, bap. 14 Nov. 16 19, at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields. M.P. for Wallingford 1641-44, when he was "disabled" as a Royalist. Col. of a Reg. of Horse {ex parte Regis) Sep. 1643. As a Peer he supported the Tories. He m., istly, Frances, da. of Sir Richard Harri- son, of Hurst, Berks, by Frances, da. and coh. of George Garrard, 2nd s. of Sir William G., sometime Lord Mayor of London. She, who was some- time Maid of Honour to Queen Henrietta Maria, d. s.p.m., 8 May 1658, at Prior, Berks. He ?;/., 2ndly, Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Parker, of Ratton, Sussex, by Philadelphia, da. of Henry (Lennard), Lord Dacre. She was bap. 15 May 1637, at Willingdon, Sussex. He d. 12 Apr. 1706, "in his 90th year,"('=) and was bur. at Charlton afsd. Will dat. 24 Sep. 1705, pr. 21 June 1706. V. 1706. 4. Henry Bowes (Howard), Earl of Berkshire, i^c, cousin and h. male, being only s. and h. of Craven Howard, the only s. and h. of William H., 4th s. of Thomas, ist Earl of Berkshire abovenamed. On 22 Apr. 1745, he sue. his cousin as Earl of Suffolk, with which title the Earldom of Berkshire, i^c, has since been united. See "Suffolk," Earldom of, cr. 1603. BERMINGHAM I. William of BERMiNGHAM,s.andh. of William B., of Birmingham, CO. Warwick, by Maud his wife, was knighted before 5 Edw. Ill, and is called "senior" 9 Edw. III. He was sum., 5 Apr. (1327) i Edw. Ill, by (^) Not 1 5 Car. I, as in Dugdale's Summonses. For a list of eldest sons of Peers sum. v.p. to Pari., see vol. i, Appendix G. C") " Lord Andover hath lately married Mrs. Dorothy Savage, contrary to his father's liking and his protestations to him, but si violandum est Jus it was to be done for her." (Letter of Viscount Conway, 21 Apr. 1637. Hist. .MSS. Com., 14th Rep., App., Part ii, p. 42). V.G. (■=) Hearru; 17 Apr. I 706. His da. Eh'zabeth m. the poet Dryden, i Dec. 1663, aged about 25.
