X INTRODUCTION. 12 Dec. 1644. Wishing the Directory for Public Worship,"a and took an active part in almost all other deliberations of that intolerant and unconstitutional body. He had wisdom to discern the tendency and ambitious ends of the army, and boldness to act upon his conviction. Happily he was averse to the extreme measures against the King, and was with his son Edward amongst the members made prisoners, (6 Dec. 1648,) for voting "that the King's answer to the propositions of both Houses was a ground to proceed upon in the settlement of the kingdom's peace." He had been made by Charles I. Master and Warden of b Pat. 2 Car. I. the Mint ;b subsequently displaced by the King; restored, however, quoted by col- line, by an ordinance of Parliament, 6 May, 1643,c and continued to hold C s. Journ. Ho. of the office under the proviso of " the self-denying ordinance," passed Corn. 6 March, 1642 3 Aril 1645. After the death of the King, u on a report of -3. pri , p 3 May, 1643. the Council of State, that the Master of the Mint refused to stamp 5 May, 1643. and coin with any other stamp than formerly, the House ordered a trial of the pix to be made at his expense, and he was put out of the office, and Dr. Gourdon the physician succeeded to it, with Whitelocke's a salary, according to Whitelocke,d of £4000 a-year; which is said Memorials, p. also to have been the salary in Sir Robert's time. 388> ed. 1682. y c MS. Notice of Sir Robert sustained great losses in the civil wars ;e his castles Rectors of destroyed, parks and farms plundered of about 500 deer, of 800 Brampton 11 11 Bryan, inHarl. excellent sheep, 30 goodly cows, and other cattle in proportion, with Coll. B. Mus. a stud of 30 breeding mares and young colts; and suffering much from the detention of his rents, and himself an object of suspicion, he retired into the country, and repaired in some degree the waste of his estate ; but in his later years he was much afflicted with the gout and stone, all which troubles he bore with patience and resig- nation to the Divine will. It is recorded in his funeral sermon, that about three days before his death, when he arose and went to prayer, as he constantly used
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