INDEX

ANNE, Queen, as Princess Anne, [138]
- her death, [160]
ARMISTEAD, Mrs. Elizabeth, mistress of 3rd Duke of Dorset, [179]
BEAUMONT, Francis, his friendship with 3rd Earl of Dorset, [55]
BACELLI, Giannetta, mistress of 3rd Duke of Dorset, [188]–192
BERKELEY, Lady Betty. See GERMAINE, Lady Betty
Berkeley Castle, [169]
BLACKMORE, his poem Prince Arthur quoted, [148]
BOURCHIER, Archbishop of Canterbury, buys Knole from Lord Say & Sele, [5]
- Builds on to Knole, [6], [7]
- Encloses the park, [21]
- Allows glass-making in the park, [24]
BOWRA, a cricketer, [182]
BRUCE, Lord, his duel with Edward Sackville, [84]–90
BUCKHURST, Lord. See SACKVILLE, Thomas
- house at Withyham, [18]; and mentioned passim
BUCKINGHAM, Duke of, his opinion of Charles, Earl of Dorset, [144]
BUTLER, Samuel, his opinion of Charles, Earl of Dorset, [144]
- his portrait at Knole, [151]
BURKE, Edmund, letter from, [197]–198
- his portrait at Knole, [197]
BYRON, Lord, quoted, [28], [204]
- friendship with 4th Duke of Dorset, [203]–204
- his letters to Thomas Moore, [204]–205
CARTWRIGHT, William, his portrait at Knole, [151]
CHAMPCENETZ, Comte de, a French fugitive, [188]
CHARLES I, verses on the death of, [106]–107
CHARLES II, anecdote of his childhood, [98]
- at Edgehill, [107]
- 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]

[1]. State papers of Henry VIII.

[2]. Slea = unravelled.

[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.”

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

[5]. Glecko, or Gleck: a three-handed game played with 44 cards (eight left in stock). The gleck consisted in three of a kind.

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

[7]. Runts: young ox or cow.

[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.”

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

[10]. See Appendix.

[11]. The butler, not the biographer.

[12]. The powdered dried root of Sweet Sedge (Acorus Calamus).

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

P. [vii], changed “1556 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI” to “1552 KNOLE resold by Warwick to EDWARD VI”.
P. [ix], changed “1552 Succeeded his father, EDWARD” to “1662 Succeeded his father, EDWARD”.
Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.