England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
The husband of Charles' mistress, Barbara Palmer, née Villiers, is created earl of Castlemaine. Pepys' Diary, ed. 1854, vol. i., p. 240. Dec. 7, 1661.
To the Privy Seal, and sealed there: and among other things that passed there was a patent for Roger | |
52 | Palmer, Madame Palmer's husband, to be earl of Castlemaine and baron of Limerick in Ireland; but the honour is tied up to the males got of the body of his wife, the lady Barbara; the reason whereof everybody knows. |