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APPENDIX G 625 ONSLOW [41] Richard Onslow, (^) of Knowle Manor, in Cranley,() Surrey, 2nd s. of Sir Edward O., by Isabel, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley, of Preston Place, Sussex; b. 1601; sue. to Knowle on the death of his elder br., Sir Thomas Oxslow, 14 Dec. 1616. He was knighted at Theobalds, 2 June 1624. M.P. for Surrey 17 Mar. 1627/8, 4 Mar. 1639/40, 14 Oct. 1640 to 1 648 (when he was secluded), and 1 2 July 1 654; and for Guildford 9 Apr. to 29 Dec. 1660, and 9 Apr. 1661 till his death. ("=) J. P. 1634; Dep. Lieut, for Surrey 1638, and Custos Rot. 1659. He raised a regt. of Foot, which took part in the siege of Basing House, May 1 644, but resigned his com- mand in 1645. Col. of the Surrey regt. i65i.('^) He was sum. to the "Other House," 10 Dec. 1657, and took his seat, as "Richard Lord Onslow,"(°) 20 Jan. 1657/8; he also sat in Richard Cromwell's House of Lords. Councillor of State 25 Feb. to 6 Mar. 1659/60. At the Restora- tion he was included in the Act of Indemnity, 29 Aug. 1660, and obtained a special pardon, under the Great Seal, 25 Nov. 1660. He ;;;. Elizabeth, only da. and h. of Arthur Strangways, of London, " who brought him a very considerable fortune." He i/., at Arundel House in the Strand,(') (*) He bore for arms: Silver a fesse Gules between six Cornish choughs; quarter- ing Kynaston, Frankton, Bond, and Houghton. (Vhitation of Surrey^ 1623). C") Clandon Park, in West Clandon, the present seat of the fiimily, was pur- chased by Sir Richard Onslow in 1642. (=) " He was a man of high spirit, of a large fortune, and of great parts, know- ledge and courage, with the gravity and sobriety of the times, was much esteemed in his own country." {Onslow MSS., Hist. MSS. Comm., 14th Report, App. Part ix, p. 476). C) " He was ordered to join Cromwell at Worcester, but he had no good will towards the service and did not come up to the army till after the fight . . . Cromwell said afterwards, in the House of Commons, that if he had come up before the fight, it would have been uncertain which side he would have taken." [Onslow MSS., as above, p. 478). («) "Sir Richard Onsloe, knight of the old stamp, a gentleman of Surrey, of good parts, and a considerable revenue ; ... he is fully for kingship, and was never otherwise, . . . and, seeing he cannot have young Charles, old Oliver will serve his turn, so he have one; so that he is very fit to be Lord Onsloe." {Second Narrative of the late Parliament). "The good Surrey knight sate with noe delight, but leaned upon the chayre; It greived him that hee left his old companye for his new associates there." [Roxburghe Ballads, vol. ix, App. xcvii). " Sir Richard Onslow our most Noble Knight of Surrey died the 20th day of May 1664 at Arundell-house in the p[ar]ish of St. Clommans [sic} in London and was buried in this his Native parish Church Cranley the 26th day of the same month 1664." (■£■«■ inform. Rev. P. Cunningham, Rector of Cranley). 79