Henry Yelverton

, Son [•] f Sir Christop. [〈◊〉] of Eston-Man [•] uit in Northamptonshire, one of the Justices of the Kings- [〈◊〉] , and a descendant from an ancient and gentile Family of his name living sometimes at [〈◊〉] in Norfolk, was born on S. Peters day in 1566. educated for a time [〈◊〉] the Oxonians, and afterwards among the Students [〈◊◊〉] -Inn near London; where, after some time of continuance in the degree of Inner Barr [•] ster, he was elected Lent-Reader in 1606. being then accounted a religi [•] us Gentleman, and a person well read in the Municipal [〈◊〉] . In 1613. he was made Solicitor [〈◊◊◊◊◊〉] the endeavours of Carr Earl of [〈◊〉] March 1616. he was constituted Attorney [〈◊〉] that time committed Prisoner to the Tower for denying to appear and plead publickly against his Patron Carr, in the matter of Sir Thomas Overbury’s death. In 1621. May 5. he was (†)(†) Camden in Annal. [〈…〉] discharged of his office of Attorney, fined, and committed Prisoner to the Tower again, upon a late sentence in the Star-Chamber, for passing some clauses in the City-Charter of London, when he was Attorney Gen. not agreeable to his Majesty’s Warrant. These things being mostly done by the power and aggravation of the D. of Bucks, who hated him because he had been a friend to Somerset, Yelverton continued where he was without any hopes of release or future advance. At length upon some things utter’d in Buckingham’s care when he came incognito to speak with, and examine, him concerning certain matters in the Tower, he was afterwards released, taken into favour, and in 1625. was made one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench, and afterwards of the Common Pleas, (which last he enjoyed to the time of his death,) and had not the Duke been untimely cut off, he would in all probability been made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal. Under his name goes,

Several Speeches spoken in Parliament.—One of which was in answer to matters charged against him by the Commons before the H. of Lords, in 1621. Soon after the Lords declared that for sundry things uttered in the said Speech which touched the Kings honour, he should be (*)(*) [〈…〉] fined to the K. ten thousand marks, be imprisoned during the Kings pleasure, and make a submission to his Majesty: And for the scandal committed in some words against Buckingham, he should pay him five thousand marks, and make his submission to him. Several years after his death, was published under his name this book following.

Reports of divers special cases in the Court of Kings Bench, as well in the latter part of the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, as in the first ten years of K. James. Lond. 1661. and 74. fol. It was printed by the original in French, written with the authors own hand, remaining with Sir Tho. Twisden Knight, one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench, and published by Sir Will. Wild Knight and Baronet, then (1661.) Serjeant at Law, the Kings Serjeant and Recorder of the City of London, and since one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench. He died near Westminster 23. Nov. or thereabouts, 1679.

Rights of the People of England concerning impositions. Lond. 1679. oct. He also gathered and published 32 Sermons of Edw. Philips a zealous and Puritannical Preacher, as I have told you under the year 1603. and other things, as ’tis probable, of the like nature, but such I have not yet seen. He gave way to fate in sixteen hundred twenty and nine, 1629 (in winter time before February,) and was buried, I suppose, where his chief Seat was, viz. at Eston-Manduit or Maudet in Northamptonshire, leaving then behind him a Son named Robert; and a Brother called Sir Christopher, who was about that time one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. From this Sir Hen. Yolverton was descended Charles Yelverton who was called up to the House of Lords by the name of Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen, as being the Son and Heir of Sir Hen. Yelverton Baronet, by Susan his Wife, Daughter and sole Heir of Charles Lord Grey of Ruthen.