Chapter VI _passim

CLIFFORD, Lady Anne, 3rd Countess of Dorset, description of herself, 49–50 marries Richard Sackville, 52 her children, 53 her diary quoted, 59–72 her later years, 73–78

COLIGNY, Odet de, Cardinal of Chatillon, entertained by Thomas Sackville at Shene, 36 _seq._

COLYEAR, Elizabeth, marries 1st Duke of Dorset, 153

CONGREVE, William, his opinion of Charles, Earl of Dorset, 141 his portrait at Knole, 151

COPE, Arabella Diana, marries 3rd Duke of Dorset, 192 her character, 192–194 marries Lord Whitworth, 202 living at Knole, 217–218 death of, 219

COPE, Eliza, letter from, 97

Copt Hall, 111, 128

COURTHOPE, History of English Literature quoted, 45

COWLEY, Abraham, his portrait at Knole, 151

CRANFIELD, Lady Frances, marries 5th Earl of Dorset, 111

CRANMER, Archbishop of Canterbury, gives Knole to Henry VIII, 8

Cricket, 155, 181–183

CUMBERLAND, Francis, Earl of, 55 George, Earl of, Queen Elizabeth’s champion, 48 his adventures, 49 his death, 51 his will, 55 Margaret, Countess of, 52–59 _passim_ her death, 62

CURZON, Mary, 4th Countess of Dorset, 84 governess to the children of Charles I, 97–98

DESMOND, Catherine Fitzgerald, Countess of, 14

DEVONSHIRE, Duchess of, her opinion of 3rd Duke of Dorset, 176 his letters to her, 183, 184, 188 her letter about a black page, 191

DERBY, Countess of. _See_ HAMILTON, Lady Betty

Diamond necklace, affair of the, 3rd Duke of Dorset’s dispatches on, 184–185 half the diamonds bought by him, 185

DIGBY, Sir Kenelm, marries Venetia Stanley, 58 friendship with 4th Earl of Dorset, 104–106 his portrait at Knole, 105, 151 Venetia Stanley, Lady, mistress of 3rd Earl of Dorset, 58

DORSET, Earls and Dukes of. _See_ SACKVILLE 1st Duchess of. _See_ COLYEAR, Elizabeth 2nd Duchess of, 173 3rd Duchess of. _See_ COPE, Arabella Diana House, London, 31 3rd Countess of. _See_ CLIFFORD, Lady Anne 4th Countess of. _See_ CURZON, Mary 5th Countess of. _See_ CRANFIELD, Lady Frances 6th Countess of, 128, 150

Drayton House, 169 bequeathed to Lord George Sackville by Lady Betty Germaine, 172

DRAYTON, Michael, his friendship with 3rd Earl of Dorset, 59

DRYDEN, John, his debt to 6th Earl of Dorset, 145, 147, 148 letter from, 149 at Knole, 149 his enmity with Shadwell, 150 his portrait at Knole, 151 satirized by Blackmore, 148 his works dedicated to Dorset, 148

DURFEY, Tom, a pensioner at Knole, 150, 154 verses quoted, 150 his portraits, 150, 151

EVELYN’S Diary, quoted, 123

ELIZABETH, Queen, gives Knole to Thomas Sackville, 34–38 her death, 50

FARREN, Elizabeth, marries the Earl of Derby, 180

FLATTMANN, Thomas, his portrait at Knole, 151

FLETCHER, his friendship with 3rd Earl of Dorset, 59

FOOTE, Samuel, his portrait at Knole, 198

GAINSBOROUGH, Thomas, draws Mme. Baccelli, 189 his receipt for painting, 189, ccviii.

GEORGE I, accession of, 160–161

GEORGE II, accession of, 161–162

GERMAINE, Lady Betty, her rooms at Knole, 12–13 as a guest at Knole, 167–172 Sir John, 169–171

GERBETZOW, Countess, her affair with Lord Whitworth, 202

GOLDSMITH, Oliver, his portrait at Knole, 198

GORBODUC, 33, 41–42, 43

GOSSE, Edmund, quoted, 32

GWYNN, Nell, 122–127

HAMILTON, Lady Betty (Countess of Derby), in love with 3rd Duke of Dorset, 179 married off to Lord Derby, 179–180, 188

HENRY VIII obtains Knole from Cranmer, 8 makes a garden there, 21

HEYWOOD, Jasper, quoted, 32

HOBBS, Thomas, his portrait at Knole, 151

HOPPNER, John, his portrait of the 3rd Duchess of Dorset, 192 stays at Knole to paint the three children, 193 his portrait of the children, 196 asked for his own portrait by the 3rd Duke of Dorset, 198

HUMPHREY, Ozias, quarrels with 3rd Duke of Dorset, 194 receipts for pictures, 197

JAMES I, interviews with Lady Anne Clifford, 65–66

JAMES II at Edgehill, 107

JONSON, Ben, his friendship with 3rd Earl of Dorset, 59 poem on his death by 5th Earl of Dorset, 112

JOHNSON, Dr., quoted, 116, 119

KNELLER, Sir Godfrey, portraits by him at Knole, 29, 153

KNOLE described, 1–19 early history of the house, 5 becomes the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 5 repairs and expenses, 6–8 acquired by Henry VIII, 8 acquired by Thomas Sackville, 34, 38 lead-work at, 39 list of servants at, 78–81 raided by Cromwell’s soldiers, 82–83, 101–104 expenses at, in time of Charles I, 91 banquet and menus, 93–94 household stuff at, 95–96 arms at, 99–100 acquisitions from Copt Hall, 101 the Cellars at, 133, 178 Horace Walpole’s opinion on, 181, 190 the Green Court, 3 the Stone Court, 3, iii the Water Court, 4 Great Hall, built, 6; altered, 39 Great Staircase, built, 6, 39 the Ball-room, 6; frieze in, 11 Bourchier’s Tower, 7 Bourchier’s Oriel, 8 Queen’s Court and Slaughter-house, 7 the Brown Gallery, built, 7; described, 13 the Cartoon Gallery, described, 10–11 Lady Betty Germaine’s Rooms, described, 12, 13 the Leicester Gallery, described, 13–14 the King’s Bedroom, described, 15 the Venetian Ambassador’s Bedroom, described, 15–16 the Chapel, described, 16–17 the Garden, described, 20, 218 Garden Accounts, 21–24 the Park, 24–26; additions to, 92

LEBRUN, Mme. Vigée, stays at Knole, 197

LEICESTER, Robert Dudley, Earl of, his brief ownership of Knole, 13

LENNOX, Lady Sarah, her letters quoted, 180

LOCKE, John, his portrait at Knole, 151

MACAULAY, quoted, 138, 143–145, 147–148

MANN, Sir Horace, a cricketer, 182

MARIE ANTOINETTE, her friendship with the 3rd Duke of Dorset, 184, 187

MILLER, a cricketer, 182

MINSKULL, a cricketer, 182

Mirror for Magistrates, 33, 43; quoted, 44 Professor Saintsbury on, 45–47

MONTGOLFIER, his aeronautical projects, 185–187

MORETON, Archbishop of Canterbury, makes alterations at Knole, 8

MOTTE, Mme. de la, 185

MUSCOVITA, Mme., 173

NORFOLK, Duchess of, marries Sir John Germaine, 170

OPIE, John, his portrait at Knole, 197

“ORANGE MOLL,” 123, 125

OTWAY, Thomas, his portrait at Knole, 151

PARSONS, Nancy, taken abroad by 3rd Duke of Dorset, 178 abandoned by him, 179

PEEL, Sir Robert, letters to Lord Whitworth, 208–214

PEPYS, Samuel, quoted, 116, 117, 124, 125

POPE, Alexander, his epitaph on 6th Earl of Dorset, 151 his portrait at Knole, 151

Pot-pourri, 12; Lady Betty Germaine’s receipt for, 172

POWERSCOURT, Lord, friend of 4th Duke of Dorset, 206

PRIOR, Matthew, visits 6th Earl of Dorset, 140 educated at Lord Dorset’s expense, 147 verses quoted, 147 mentioned by Macaulay, 145

RADCLIFFE, Mrs. Ann, visits Knole, 24

_Religio Medici_, Sir Kenelm Digby on, 105–106

REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, his portrait of Mlle. Bacelli, 189 his portrait of the Chinese page, 191 his portrait of himself, 196–197 his portrait of the Duke of Dorset, 198

ROCHE, Mrs. Ann, marries 6th Earl of Dorset, 140, 141

ROCHESTER, John Wilmot, Earl of, 117 his opinion of Charles, Earl of Dorset, 145 his portrait of Knole, 150

ROWE, Nicholas, his portrait at Knole, 151

Rye House Plot, letter referring to the, 134–135

ROHAN, Cardinal de, 184

SACKVILLES, the, described, 28–29 their origin, 29–30

SACKVILLE, Herbrand de, comes into England with William the Conqueror, 30 Sir Richard, suggests _The Scholemaster_ to Ascham, 30 his London property, 31 Thomas, 1st Earl of Dorset, makes alterations at Knole, 6, 39 his early life, 32 his political career, 34–41 his literary works, 41–47 his armour described, 99 Richard, 3rd Earl of Dorset, marries Lady Anne Clifford, 52 description of, 57 his character, 57–59 mentioned in Lady Anne Clifford’s diary, 54–72 _passim_ his death, 72 Edward, 4th Earl of Dorset, 29, 82 his duel with Lord Bruce, 84–90 his income and expenses, 91–92, 93 his possessions in America, 92–93 during the Civil War, 106–110 Hon. Edward, murdered by the Roundheads, 106 poem on his death, _ibid._ Richard, 5th Earl of Dorset, 111 his marriage settlement with Lady Frances Cranfield, 111–112 his memorandum books, 112–114 Hon. Thomas, epitaph on, 114 Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset; his silver at Knole, 15–29 described, 115 his youth, 116–127 goes abroad, 127 marries; his love-letter, 128 his finances, 129–133 his later years, 137–143 his melancholia and death, 141 his character, 143–145 his literary merit, 145; and songs quoted, 119, 137, 146 his patronage of poets, 147–151 compared to 3rd Duke of Dorset, 200 Lionel, 1st Duke of Dorset; his character and relations with his sons, 152–157 as a child, 157–158 his early years, 158 announces their accession to George I and George II, 160–163 becomes Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 163–167 Lord George, quoted, 140, 157, 161 his relations with his father, 155 his political career, 156–157 inherits Drayton from Lady Betty Germaine, 172 his portrait at Knole, 198 Lord John, a cricketer, 155, 181 his melancholia and death, 177 Charles, 2nd Duke of Dorset, a wastrel, 155 reputed mad, 173 his poems quoted, 173–174 John Frederick, 3rd Duke of Dorset, described, 29, 176–177 his youth and love-affairs, 177–180 as a patron of cricket, 181–183 as Ambassador in Paris, 183–188 at Knole with the Baccelli, 189–192 his marriage and later years, 192–199 his melancholia and death, 199–200 George John Frederick, 4th Duke of Dorset, 29 his childhood, 193, 203 his friendship with Byron, 204–205 killed out hunting, 206–208 Lord Lionel; his unsociability, 11 at Knole, 83 his anecdote of Hoppner’s picture, 196 at Knole, 219–220 Lady Margaret (afterwards Countess of Thanet), mentioned in Lady Anne Clifford’s Diary, 21, 53, 54, 61, 64, 67, 70 her portrait at Knole, 68 Lady Elizabeth (Countess de la Warr), in Hoppner’s portrait, 196 succeeds to Knole, 219 at Knowsley, 180

SAINTSBURY, Professor, quoted, 41, 45–47

SEDLEY, Sir Charles, 117

SHADWELL, Thomas, patronized by 6th Earl of Dorset, 145–150

SMITH, Captain Robert, builds sham ruins in Knole Park, 26

SPENSER, Edmund, sonnet to Thomas Sackville, 43

STANLEY, Venetia. _See_ DIGBY, Lady

STUART, Mary, Queen of Scots, her altar at Knole, 16, 35

SWIFT, Jonathan, quoted, 141 letter from, 153, 168

Theatres in the reign of Charles II, 118, 122–124

Thieves’ cant in the reign of Charles II, 135, _and Appendix_ 221

Tobacco, 40

WALLER, Edmund, his portrait at Knole, 151

WALPOLE, Horace, quoted, 119; on Knole, 17, 150, 181, 190

Waterloo, Sir Robert Peel’s letters relating to battle of, 208–214; other accounts of, 214–217

WELLINGTON, Duke of, letter from, about Waterloo, 215

WHITWORTH, Lord, marries Arabella Diana, Duchess of Dorset, 202 recalled from St. Petersburg, 201 his entanglement with Countess Gerbetzow, 202 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 203 letters to him from Peel, 208–214

WILLIAM III, 158

WITHYHAM, Sackville vault at, 18 Lady Anne Clifford’s visit to, 71 epitaphs at, 114

WOFFINGTON, Margaret, her relations with 1st Duke of Dorset, 165–167 her portrait at Knole, 198

WRAXALL, Sir Nathaniel, quoted, 184, 192, 203

WYCHERLEY, William, his opinion of 6th Earl of Dorset, 144 his portrait at Knole, 151

Footnote 1:

State papers of Henry VIII.

Footnote 2:

Slea = unravelled.

Footnote 3:

The original of this curious paper is now at Appleby, dated April 1st, 1616, and runs as follows: “A memoranda that I, Anne, Countess of Dorset, sole daughter and heir to George, late Earl of Cumberland, do take witness of all these gentlemen present, that I both desire and offer myself to go up to London with my men and horses, but they, having received a contrary commandment from my Lord, my husband, will by no means consent nor permit me to go with them. Now my desire is that all the world may know that this stay of mine proceeds only from my husband’s command, contrary to my consent or agreement, whereof I have gotten these names underwritten to testify the same.”

Footnote 4:

Night-gown, of course, has not the modern meaning, as at that date people slept naked.

Footnote 5:

_Glecko_, or _Gleck_: a three-handed game played with 44 cards (eight left in stock). The gleck consisted in three of a kind.

Footnote 6:

Joistment: the feeding of cattle in a common pasture for a stipulated fee.

Footnote 7:

Runts: young ox or cow.

Footnote 8:

The following account is abridged from the _Mercurius Publicus_ of the day: “Charles Lord Buckhurst; Edward Sackville, his brother; Sir Henry Belasyse, eldest son of Lord Belasyse; John Belasyse, brother of Lord Faulconberg; and Thomas Wentworth, only son of Sir G. Wentworth, whilst in pursuit of thieves near Waltham Cross, mortally wounded an innocent tanner named Hoppy, and ... were soon after apprehended on charges of robbery and murder, but the Grand Jury found a bill for manslaughter only.”

Footnote 9:

This refers to the frequent flooding of Whitehall Palace by an unusually high tide.

Footnote 10:

_See_ Appendix.

Footnote 11:

The butler, not the biographer.

Footnote 12:

The powdered dried root of Sweet Sedge (_Acorus Calamus_).

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. vii, changed “1556 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI” to “1552 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI”. 2. P. ix, changed “1552 Succeeded his father, EDWARD” to “1662 Succeeded his father, EDWARD”. 3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 4. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 5. Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 6. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 7. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.