cousin, John Fanshawe.

The portraits of the Parsloes branch remained in the old Essex house
until some thirty years ago, when they were removed to a town
residence. They included Lady Fanshawe's portrait (reproduced here),
the original of that engraved in her Memoirs in 1830 (by no means too
faithfully); portraits of her husband Sir Richard, by Dobson
[Footnote: An interesting portrait of Sir Richard in fancy dress by
Dobson is at West Horsley Place.] and Lely; Sir Simon (the rake), with
Naseby Field in the background: Sir Richard's grandfather, Thomas,
Remembrancer to Queen Elizabeth; Alice, the second wife of Sir
Richard's cousin, John of Parsloes (the daughter of his cousin Sir
Thomas Fanshawe of Jenkins, and the mother-in-law of the Duke of
Monmouth's half-sister, Mary Walter); Sir Richard's nephew, Thomas,
the second Viscount (in breastplate and flowing wig), and his second
wife, Lady Sarah, the daughter of Sir John Evelyn and widow of Sir
John Wray. [Footnote: The ancient Lincolnshire family of Wray is
mentioned in the Introduction of "King Monmouth" in connection with
the remarkable portrait of the Duke after decapitation, which formerly
was in the possession of Sir Cecil Wray. Since writing on this subject
it occurs to me that it is very possible that the picture may have
come originally to the Wrays through Lady Sarah Fanshawe, her husband
being a cousin of the Duke's sister's second husband. Mary Fanshawe,
nee Walter, it is very possible may have come into the possession of
the portrait (perhaps after Henrietta, Lady Wentworth's death, for
whom there is a tradition the picture was originally painted), and her
straitened circumstances may have induced her to part with the work to
the relatives of her kinswoman.]

The original MS. of the Memoirs (of which, thanks to the courtesy of