Oskellyswade, Bedford (Est. of Office, Edward VI. to Elizabeth). And in
the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber there are mentioned among
the "Extraordinary Yeomen of the Guard, 1570," "William Arden and his
son Robert Arden."

[398] Somerset House, 8 Porch.

[399] The name Collins appears in connection with the Ardens in
Wiltshire also.

[400] See Visitation of Worcester, 1569: "Richard Muklowe of Hodon,
Worcestershire, married Katherine, daughter of John Arden." The
Gloucester Visitation records that Richard Cotton of Sedenton, married
Agnes, daughter of Sir John Arden of Park Hall, sister of Thomas.

[401] Commissary Wills, Somerset House, 31^a Clyffe.

[402] Dugdale's "Warwickshire."

[403] "Stratford-on-Avon Miscell. Papers," see p. 410, _Genealogical
Magazine_, 1897. He was also trustee in a settlement made by Sir John
Arden of Park Hall, in association with Sir Richard Empson and others.
See Petition of Simon Arden, p. 184.

[404] It is curious that in a will of Sir William Trussel of Cublesdon,
1379, there is a bequest mentioned as having been made to him by his
"cousin Sir Thomas d'Ardene" (Sir N. H. Nicolas, "Testamenta Vetusta,"
i. 107).

[405] Glover's "Heraldry," vol. ii., ed. 1780.

[406] Fuller's "Worthies."

[407] 7 Alen. Inquis. P.M. at Warwick, June 27, 37 Henry VIII., Edward,
son and heir, aged twelve.

[408] See Close Roll, 32 Henry VI., m. 11. Saltley came into the family
with Elizabeth Clodshalle (who married Robert Arden in the time of Henry
VI.), and remained in it till the death of Robert Arden, 1643, when it
fell to the share of his sister Anne.

[409] By some family arrangement, the old family seat of Pedmore seems
to have been settled on him, as he was always styled Francis Arden of
Pedmore.

[410] Anne married John Barnesley of Barnesley (see Visitation of
Worcester, 1569); Bridget, Hugh Massey; Barbara, Richard Neville, son of
the last Lord Latimer, and claimant of that title and the earldom of
Westmorland; Joyce, John Ladbrooke. Was this Jane Arden the lady of this
name who married into the Brownlow family about 1553? See Pedigree of
Brownlow.

[411] "Originalia et Memoranda." Lord Treasurer's side of the Exchequer,
Hilarii Recorda, 7 Elizabeth, Rot. 82.

[412] _Ibid._, Hilarii Recorda, 15 Elizabeth, Rot. 55.

[413] Coke's "Entries," f. 39_b_.

[414] In an account of the Grevilles, when the eldest son still resided
at Drayton, it is noted: "Though a great part o