Richard Sackville, third earl of Dorset
Richard, earle of Dorset (eldest son and heire to the Lord Treasurer) : he lived in the greatest grandeur of any nobleman of his time in England. He had 30 gentlemen, and gave to each 50 li. per annum, besides keeping his horse. George Villiers (after, duke of Bucks) was a petitioner to have had a gentleman's place under him, and miss't it, and within a 12 moneth was a greater man himselfe ; but the duke ever after bore a grudge to the earl of Dorset. From the countesse of Thanet.