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

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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}.