See also:JOHN See also:ASHBURNHAM (c. 1603-1671)
, See also:English Royalist, was the son of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Ashburnham of Ashburnham in See also:Sussex
.
He See also:early entered the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's service
.
In 1627 he was sent to See also:Paris by his relative the See also:duke of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham to make overtures for See also:peace, and in 1628 he prepared to join the expedition to Rochelle interrupted by the duke's assassination
.
The same See also:year he was made See also:groom of the bedchamber and elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Hastings, which See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough he also represented in the See also:Long Parliament of 164o
.
In this capacity he rendered services by See also:reporting proceedings to the king
.
He made a considerable See also:fortune and recovered the Ashburnham estates alienated by his See also:father
.
He became one of the king's See also:chief advisers and had his full confidence
.
He attended See also:Charles at See also:York an the outbreak of the See also:war with See also:Scotland
.
In the See also:Civil War he was made treasurer of the royal See also:army, in which capacityhe aroused See also:Hyde's See also:jealousy and remonstrances by infringing on his See also:province as See also:chancellor of the See also:exchequer
.
In 1644 he was a See also:commissioner at See also:Uxbridge
.
He accompanied Charles in his See also:flight from See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford in See also:April 1646 to the Scots, and subsequently escaped abroad, joining the See also:queen at Paris, residing afterwards at See also:Rouen and being sent to the See also:Hague to obtain aid from the See also:prince of See also:Orange
.
After the seizure of Charles by the army, Ashburnham joined. him at See also:Hampton See also:Court in 1647, where he had several conferences with See also:Cromwell and other army See also:officers
.
When Charles escaped from Hampton Court on the 11th of See also:November, he followed Ashburnham's See also:advice in opposition to that of Sir John See also:Berkeley, who urged the king to go abroad, and took See also:refuge in the Isle of See also:Wight, being placed by Ashburnham in the hands of See also:Robert See also:Hammond, the See also:governor
.
" Oh, See also:Jack," the king exclaimed when he understood the situation, " See also:thou hast undone me
!
" when Ashburnham, " falling into a See also:great See also:passion of weeping, offered to go and kill Hammond." By this fatal step Ashburnham incurred the unmerited See also:charge of treachery and disloyalty
.
See also:Clarendon, however, who censures his conduct, absolves him from any See also:crime except that of folly and excessive self-confidence, and he was acquitted both by Charles I. and Charles II
.
He was separated with Berkeley from Charles on the 1st of See also:January 1648, waited on the mainland in expectation of Charles's See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape, and was afterwards taken and imprisoned at See also:Windsor, and exchanged during the second Civil War for Sir W
.
See also:Masham and other prisoners
.
He was one of the delinquents specially exempted from See also:pardon in the treaty of See also:Newport
.
In November he was allowed to See also:compound for his estates, and declared himself willing to take the See also:covenant
.
After the king's See also:death he remained in See also:England, an See also:object of suspicion to all parties, corresponded with Charles II., and underwent several terms of imprisonment in the See also:Tower and in See also:Guernsey
.
At the Restoration he was reinstated in his former See also:place of groom of the bedchamber and was compensated for his losses
.
He represented Sussex in parliament from 1661 till the 22nd of November 1667, when he was expelled the See also:House for taking a bribe of £500 from See also:French merchants for landing their wines
.
He died on the 15th of See also:June 1671
.
He had eight See also:children, the eldest of whom, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, See also:left a son John (1656-171o), who in 1689 was created See also:Baron Ashburn-See also:ham
.
John's second son, John (1687-1737), who became 3rd Baron Ashburnham on his See also:brother's death in 1710, was created See also:Viscount St See also:Asaph and See also:earl of Ashburnham in 1730
.
The 5th earl (b
.
184o) was his See also:direct descendant
.
See also:Bertram (1797-1878), the 4th earl, was the See also:collector of the famous Ashburnham library, which was dispersed in 1883 and 1884
.
A See also:Letter from Mr Ashburnham to a Friend, defending John Ash. burnham's conduct with regard to the king, was published in 1648
.
His longer Narrative was published in 183o by See also:George, 3rd earl of Ashburnham (the latter's championship of his ancestor, however being entirely uncritical and unconvincing) ; A Letter to W
.
Lenthali (1647) repudiates the charge brought against the king of violating his See also:parole (See also:Thomason Tracts, Brit
.
Museum, E 418 [41)
.
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