brother of William Lord Compton now Earle of Northampton 1618. Et portoit d'azur au Lyon rampant seme ' de lices d'or Place this leafe of Buckingham betwixt Follio 20 and 21. A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Bedford their Armes Wiues and Children Et portoit burelle de six vair de Gueulles This Ingelram de Coucy had a base daughter named Mauld married vnto the Lord Strange by whom she had issue Ancarat wife to Sir Henry Husee knight Et portoit France seme D'engletterre escartelle a lambell per pale ermyn azur aule second 9. de Luces d'or The King by aduice and assent of his Lords Spiritual and Temporall and by the Commons of this present Parliament assembled and by authority of the same ordained establisheth enacteth That from henceforth the erection and making of Duke and all the Names of Dignity giuen to the saide George or to the saide Iohn Neuill his Father be from henceforth voyde and of no effect And that the saide George and his heires from henceforth be no Dukes nor Marquesse Earle nor Baron nor be reputed nor taken for no erection or Creation afore made but of that name of Duke and Marquesse Earle and Baron in him and his heires cease and bee voide and of none effect the said Erection or Creation nothwithstanding This George dyed without issue and was buried at Shrief Huton the fourth of May 1483. twelue yeeres after his Father leauing his fiue Sisters his heires viz. Anne married vnto Sir William Stoner Knight Elizabeth wife to the Lord Scrope of Vpsall Margaret married to Sir Iohn Mortimer and after to Robert Horne Luce wife to Sir William Fitz-Williams Earle of Southampton and after wife to Sir Anthony Browne Knight and Isabell the fift Sister was married to Sir William Hudleston Knight all which fiue Sisters had issue Gueulles au Saulttur d'argent aulambell gobonne d'argent d'azur Et portoit eschartelle France D'engletterre au bordur d'azur seme Martlets d'or Et portoit d'argent au Lion rampant de Gueulles arme lampasse d'azur au la chef sable charge de trors coquilles d'argent Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' Et portoit d'argent au Lion rampant d'Gueulles arme lampasse d'azur au la chef sable charge de trois coquilles d'argent A Catalogue of the Dukes and Earles of Britame and Richmond their Armes Wiues and Children ALan sur-named Fergant or the Red Earle of Britaine and Richmond sonne of Hoel second sonne of Alan Caignard by Hawis his Wife daughter and heire of Alan Duke of Britaine and great Aunt to William Conquerour to whom the saide Conqueror in the fourth yeare of his Reigne at the siedge of Yorke did giue vnto him and his heires all the Lands Honours late belonging vnto Earle Edwin in Yorkshire This Alan Fergant married first Constance daughter of William Conquerour who died without issue And after he married Ermingard daughter of Foulk Rechin Earle of Anion and had issue Conan sur-named le Grosse vnto whom also was giuen the Earledome of Britaine but the Earledome of Richmond the saide William Conquerour gaue to his Cousin Alan sur-named Niger or the Blacke Sonne of Eudo the sonne of Geffrey first Duke of Britaine of that name by Hawis his wife daughter of Richard the first Duke of Normandy This Alan Fergant died in the yeare of our Lord 1093. and was buried in the Monastery of Rhedon in the seuenth yeare of King William Rufus Et porteit eschiquettee d'or d'azur à canton ermyn STephen Derien Earle of Ponthiur Lord of Goelo and Treguer was after his Brother Alan the Blacke the third Earle of Richmond vnto whom King Henry the first did giue Waltham with the Soke in the County of Lincolne Hee married Hawis Countesse of Guingamp and had issue Alan sur-named the Sauag Henry Earle of Ponthieur Geffrey sur-named Botterell and others Henry Earle of Ponthieur had issue Alan to whom King Iohn did confirme Waltham with the Soke in these words I Iohn King of England Lord of Ireland Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Earle of Aniou c. Know you that I haue giuen and granted vnto Alan sonne of Henry of Britaine sonne of Earle Stephen Waltham with the Soke c. Witnesse William of London Henry of Winchester Bishops and Geffrey Fitz-Piers Earle of Essex and others of which Henry is descended Lords Fitz-Alans of Bidall This Stephen Derien as Somerset Glouer hath died in the yeare 1104 and was buried at Begar and his heart was buried in the Monastery of S. Maries at Yorke as he himselfe desired ALan sur-named the Sauage Lord of Auangour sonne of Stephen Derien was after the death of his father the 4. Earle of Richmond and married Bertha eldest daughter and co-heire of Conan le Grosse in whose right hee was the third Earle of Britaine and had issue Conan le Petit. This Alan was faithfull to King Stephen in his warres with Mauld the Empresse and besiedged the Citty of Lincolne in her behalfe and Henry Duke of Normandy her sonne Hee dyed in the yeare 1166. and was buried in Britaine in the thirteenth yeare of King Henry the second COnanle Petit sonne of Alan the Sauage was the fourth Earle of Britaine and the fift Earle of Richmond He married Margaret daughter of Henry Earle of Huntington and sister of William King of Scots by whom he had issue one only daughter named Constance his heire who was first married to Geffrey Plantagenet third sonne to King Henry the second afterwards shee married Randolph Earle of Chester from whom shee was diuorced her third husband was Guydo Viscount of Torraine by whom shee had issue two daughters Alice the eldest was married vnto Peter de Dreux Duke of Britaine and Katherine the second daughter was married to Andrew de Vetre All which three husbands the said Constance honoured with the Title of Earle of Britaine and Richmond This Conan founded the Monastery of Richmond and was there buried in Anno 1170. Et portoit les armoiries de Britaine ermin GEffrey Plantagenet third Son of King Henry the second in the 17. yeare of his fathers reigne married Constance daughter and sole heire of Conan le Petit in whose right hee was both Earle of Britaine and Richmond and had issue Arthur and Elianor whom King Iohn kept in prison in the Castle of Bristow where she dyed a Virgin in Anno 1241. and was buried in the Monastery of Ambresbury vnto which Monastery she gaue the Mannour of Mekesham with the appurtenances This Geffrey dyed and was buried at Paris in France the 33. yeare of King Henry the second beeing but twenty and eight yeares old Et portoit gueulles trois Leopards d'or Qui sont composees des armes de Guyenne de Normandy ensemble ARthur Plantagenet Earle of Britaine and Richmond Son of Geffrey aforesaid by Constance his wife the heire of Britaine was proclaimed King of England and Duke of
king of England by the name of king Richard the third Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre d'lambell ermyn charge à trois cantons de gueulles A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Cumberland their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Clifford Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescie was by king Henry the eight created Earle of Cumberland at Bridewell the eighteenth of Iune 1525. the 17. year of the said kings reigne and married Margaret daughter of Henry Lord Percy fift Earle of Northumberland by whom he had issue Henry Earle of Cumberland and Sir Ingram Clifford knight and foure daughters Katherine the eldest was married to Iohn Lord Scroope of Bolton Matilda was wife to Iohn Coigniers of Hornby and Elizabeth was married to Sir Christopher Medcalfe knight and Iane was married to Sir Iohn Hudleston knight This Henry dyed the 22. of Aprill in the 34. yeare of king Henry the eight Et portoit eschequette d'or d'azur à la face de gueulles HEnry Lord Clifford sonne and heire of Henry aforesaide after the death of his Father was the second Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescy married to his first wife Elianor daughter and co-here of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by his wife Mary Queene of France second daughter to king Henry the seuenth by whom he had issue Margaret married to Henry Stanley Earle of Derby by whom he had issue Ferdinando Earle of Derby that dyed without issue Male and William now Earle of Derbie 1618. This Henry maried to his second wife Anne daughter of William Lord Dacres of Gillesland and by her had issue George Lord Clifford the third Earle of Cumberland Francis the fourth Earle of Cumberland and three daughters Frances the eldest daughter was married to Philip Lord Wharton Elianor and Mary dyed both young This Henry dyed in Anno 1569. the 12. of Queene Elizabeth Les armes de son peré GEorge Lord Clifford after the death of Henry his father was the third Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescy and Sheriffe of Westmerland by inheritance a most Noble and Martiall man both by Sea and Land and honoured with the honorable Order of the Garter 1592. He married Margaret daughter of Francis Lord Russell and Earle of Bedford the 25. of Iune 1577. and had issue Francis Lord Clifford and Robert that died young and a daughter named Anne married to Richard Sackuile Baron of Buckhurst and Earle of Dorset This George dyed in the Strand at Landon in the yeare 1605. without issue Male. Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur à la face de gueulles FRancis Clifford brother of George aforesaid succeeded and was the fourth Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland Vescy now liuing 1618. he maried Grizell daughter of Hughes of Vxbridge Esquire and widdow of Henry Neuill Father of Edward Neuill now Baron of Abergauenny 1618. and hath issue Henry Lord Clifford Margaret and Frances Et portoit les armes de sonperé A Catalogue of the Earles of Cambridge their Armes Wiues and Children WIlliam Meschines sonne of Randolphe Earle of Chester and second brother of Randolphe Gernonijs Earle of Chester was the first Earle of Cambridge by that name and title I finde him a Witnesse to the Charter and guift of Alexander Bishop of Lincolne of the Island of Hafreholme which the said Alexander gaue to the religious holy Nuns of the order of Sister-sences bearing date the fourth of king Stephen 1139. Whom hee married or what issue hee had I finde not WIlliam Marquesse of Iuliers or Iuliac vnto whom king Edward the third on the seuenâ— day of â—ay in the 14. yeare of his reigne did giue the Earl 〈…〉 bridge with the Towne and Castle and twenty pounds by yeare in fee to him and the heires of his body begotten and inuested him into the said Earledome at Westminster by the girding of him with a sword and besides gaue him by letters patents a thousand pounds of yearely rent He maried Mary sister and heire of Edward Duke of Gelderland Nephew to king Edward the third and had isssue Mary married vnto Iohn sonne and heire of Iohn Duke of Cleeue Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de sable IOhn of Henault Vnckle to Queene Philip wife to king Edward the third a younger sonne of the Earle of Henault was in the sixteenth yeare of the said kings reigne 1342. created Earle of Cambridge which honour Earledome soone after he lost by reuolting to the French king Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de sable arme lampasse de gueâ—lles escartelle d'or au lion rampant de gueulles EDmond of Langley so called of the kings Mannor house of Langley where he was borne fift sonne of king Edward the third was created Earle of Cambridge in the 36. yeare of his Fathers reigne he was also Lord of Tyndall after Duke of Yorke and married Isabell daughter and one of the heires of Peter king of Castile and Lions and had issue as in the Title of Yorke He dyed in the third yeare of king Henry the fourth 1401. and was buried at Langley by Isabell his wife Et portoit France seme D engleterre au lambell d'argent neuf â—orteaux RIchard of Conesburgh second sonne of Edmond of Langley aforesaid was created Earle of Cambridge at a Parliament held the second yeare of king Henry the fift and in the yeare after by the procurement of the Dolphine of France he with Henry Lord Scroope of Masham then Lord Treasurer of England and Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland knight did conspire the kings death at Southampton as the said king was shipping his men for France for which their treason they were beheaded there He married Anne sister and heire of Edmond Mortimer Earle of March and Vlster and had issue Richard Earle of Cambridge and Duke of Yorke and Isabell married to Henry Lord Bourchier and Earle of Essex Et portoit les armes de son pere ' RIchard Plantagenet sonne of Richard of Conesbourgh in the fourth yeare of king Henry the sixt was created D. of Yorke Earle of Cambridge and Rutland and Lord of Tyndall he was also Earle of Marche and Vlster Lord of Wigmore and Clare by his Mother He married Secily daughter of â—alphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Edward who was after king by the name of king Edward the fourth Edmond Earle of Rutland and Richard D. of Glocester and after king of England by the name of K. Richard the 3. diuers daughters as in the title of Yorke This Richard with his Son Edmond was slaine at the battell of Wakefield 1460. Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Deuon and Marquesses of Exeter their Armes Wiues and Children RIchard de Riparijs sonne of Baldwine Riuers to whom M Camden saith king Henry the first gaue the Towne of Tiuerton and the honour of plimpton and created him Earle of
Deuonshire and granted to him the third penny of the yearely reuennew of the same County being ten Marks Lastly the said king gaue him the Isle of Wight whereby euer after he was called Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle He married and had issue Baldwine de Riuers Earle of Deuon BAldwine de Riuers sonne of Richard aforesaid was the second Earle of Deuonshire and builded three Monasteries viz. Christ-Church Quarara in the Isle of Wight and Lira in Normandy he fortefied the Citty of Exeter against king Stephen and was banished England with his wife and children and had the Isle of Wight taken from him in the yeare 1136. He married Adelizia daughter of _____ by whom he had issue Richard Henry that dyed yong and William sur-named Vernon the place where hee went to schoole or was brought vp in This Baldwine dyed in the yeare 1155. and was buried in the Abbey of Quarara RIchard de Riuers eldest sonne of Baldwine aforenamed was the third Earle of Deuonshire and did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara in the 13. yeare of king Henry the second to pray for the soules of Baldwine his father Adelizia his mother Countesse of Deuon He married Hawis daughter and one of the heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of king Henry the first and had issue Baldwine and Richard both Earles of Deuonshire who dyed without issue This Richard dyed in the Citty of Cenomania in Franc in the yeare 1161. BAldwine de Riuers sonne and heire of Richard aforesaid was after his father the fourth Earle of Deuon and married Alice daughter of Raphe de Dol in Berry as Milles hath pag. 457. he was Earle but a while and dyed without issue leauing Richard his brother to succeed him in his Earledome and lands RIchard de Riuers second sonne of Richard the third Earle of Deuon and brother and heire of Baldwine the fourth Earle of Deuonshire was the fift Earle of Deuonshire and married Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of Iohn Lord Biset and gaue lands to the Abbey of Bruer to pray for the soule of Earle Richard his Father his own health and Margaret the Countesse his wife hee died without issue and was buried at Montbroge in Normandy the thirtieth of King Henry the second Etportoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur This is the first man that bare this Armes that euer I could finde and for the Griffyn which hath bene vsually set downe for their Armes it is but a deuice and no Armes WIlliam sur-named de Vernon of the Towne of Vernona in Normandy where he was borne as some haue but the booke of Forde Abbey hath where he went to schoole after the death of Baldwine and Richard his two Nephewes without issue was the sixt Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Mabell daughter to Robert Earle of Mellent with whom her Father did giue in marriage all his lands of Kiderminster Moreis and Redeliston which were before the lands of her Mother Mauld one of the daughters heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of K. Henry the first by whom this William had issue Baldwine who married Margaret daughter of Waryn Fitz-Gerald Chamberlaine to king Iohn and dyed before his Father leauing issue Baldwine his sonne and heire This William had issue also two daughters the eldest was Iane married vnto William Bruer the younger Lord of Torbay who dyed without issue Mary the second daughter was first married to Sir Robert Courtney knight sonne of Reginald and after to Peter de Prouz and had issue This William de Vernon by his Deed or Charter bearing date the fourth of September 1206. did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara to pray for the soules of king Henry and Baldwine his father and A lelicia the Countesse his Mother and Earle Richard his brother and for the health of Mabell the Countesse his wife and Baldwine his sonne and after dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1216. the first of king Henry the third Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles BAldwine de Riuers the fourth of that christen name Son of Baldwine the third which dyed before his father was after the death of William de Vernon his grand-father the seuenth Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Amicia daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford by whom he had issue Baldwine the fift and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name and Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle the wife of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle This Baldwine in the 25. yeare of the reigne of king Henry the third was created Earle of the Isle of Wight at the sute and petition of Richard Earle of Cornwall the kings brother whose Ward this Baldwine had bene and in the 29. yeare of the said kings reigne the saide Baldwine dyed in his youthfull yeares After whose death his Countesse Amicia gaue lands to the abbey of Bruarne to pray for the soules of Gilbert de Clare late Earle of Glocester her Father and for Isabell the Countesse her Mother and Baldwine late Earle of Deuonshire her husband and for the health of her owne soule Baldwine her sonne She dyed in the yeare 1283. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur BAldwine de Riuers the fift of that name and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name Lord of the Isle of Wight Hee married Auice daughter of _____ a Sauoyan borne and neere kineswoman of Queene Elianor and had issue a sonne named Iohn that dyed yong in France without issue This Baldwine the fift dyed in the 46. yeare of K. Henry the third leauing Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle his sister and heire Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' HVgh Courtney knight the second of that name cousin and heire of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle that is to say sonne of Hugh grand-childe of Mary de Riuers sister of Baldwyne the third that dyed before his Father grand-father of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle was by Letters Patents made the ninth Earle of Deuonshire the ninth of king Edward the third and married Agnes sister of Sir Iohn S. Iohn knight by whom he had issue foure sonnes and three daughters viz. Hugh Courtney the tenth Earle of Deuonshire Thomas the second Son married Murâ—ell daughter of Iohn de Mules Iohn the third sonne was Abbot of Tauestoke and Robert was the fourth Son Elianor the eldest daughter was wife to Iohn Grey Elizabeth the second daughter was married to Bartholmew de Lasle of the Isle of Wight Egelyne the third daughter was wife to Robert Lord Scales This Hugh dyed in the fourteenth yeare of king Edward the third 1340. and was buried at Cowike Et portoit d'or trois torreaux au lambell d'azur HVgh Courtney the third of that christen name sonne of Hugh the second
Baron of Buckhurst and the third Earle of Dorset and sonne and heire of Robert Sackuile the second Earle of Dorset of that Family married the Lady Anne Clifford daughter and sole heire of George Clifford Earle of Cumberland by whom he hath issue now liuing Lady Margaret Sackuile Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles au baston de vair A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Essex their Armes Wiues and Children GEffrey Magna-uilla sonne of William and Grand-childe to Geffrey Magna-uilla which came into England with William the Conqueror was created Earle of Essex by King Stephen vnto whose Lettes Patents or Charter were Witnesses William de Ipres Henry de Essex Iohn Son of Robert Fitz-Walter Robert de Newborough and others After Mauld the Empresse winning him to her Faction gaue him the Tower of London the Towne of Walden in Essex with the Shriffealty of Middlesex Essex and Hertfordshire to hold them as Geffrey his Grand-father held them as also all the lands which Eudo his grand-father by the Mother the Sewer to king Henry the first held in Normandy He married Rohesia daughter of Alberick de Vere Chiefe-Iustice of England and had issue Arnold banished by king Stephen Geffrey and William and was after slaine with the shot of an Arrow out of the Castle of Burwell in the 9. yeare of King Stephen 1143. Rose his wife was after married to Payne Beauchamp Baron of Bedford Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles GEffrey Magnauile or Mandeuill second sonne of Geffrey aforesaid after the banishment of Arnold his elder brother without issue and the disinheriting of his Father by K. Stephen was restored by king Henry the second to the Earledome of Essex with the third penny of the pleas within that County In which his Charter he had confirmed vnto him all honours priuiledges and lands held by Geffrey his great grand-father William his grand-father and Geffrey his Father aswell in England as in Normandy commanding that he and his heyres should haue and hold the said County of Essex as freely and lawfully as any Earle in England or Normandy held his Earledome Vnto which his Charter were Witnesses Reginald Earle of Cornwall Robert Earle of Leicester Roger Earle of Clare and others He married Eustachia kineswoman to king Henry the second but had no issue by her He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1165. Et portoit les armes de son pere WIlliam Mandeuill brother of Geffrey aforesaid was the third Earle of Essex vnto whom king Henry the second gaue license by his Charter to fortefie his Castle of Plessy in Essex He married Auice daughter and heire of of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle in whose right he was also Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse in Yorkshire and to his second wife he married Christian daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter Lord of Woodham Water in Essex and after dyed at Roane without issue in the second yeare of King Richard the first leauing Beatrix de Say his Aunts grand-childe his heire who was married to Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall the fourth Earle of Essex Et portoit elcartellé d'or de gueulles GEffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall-Castle in Wilishire Chiefe-Iustice of England married to his first wife Beatrix eldest daughter of William Say son heire of Will. Say Beatrix his wife sister of Geffrey Mandeuile Earle of Essex In whose right the said Geffrey Fitz-Piers at the Coronation of K. Iohn was made earle of Essex the family of Mandeuils being then spent He had issue 3. sons and one daughter viz. Geffrey sur-named Mandeuile Earle of Essex William his brother also Earle of Essex and Henry that was Deacon of Wolfren-Hampton Mauld the daughter was married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford after this Geffrey married to his second wife one Auelyne and by her had issue Iohn Fitz-Pters Lord of Berkhamsted and Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland who had to wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Ralphe Bigot and widdow of Gilbert Lacie This Geffrey dyed in the 14. yeare of King Iohn 1212. Et portoit gueulles à trois Cheurons componnee d'argent d'azur GEffrey Fitz-Piers sirnamed Mandeuile eldest son of Geffrey de Ludgarshal was after his Father Earle of Essex Lord of Plessy He married Isabell third daughter heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn for which he was fined to pay the king twenty thousand Marks and so to haue all the Lands and Fees belonging to her except the Castle of Bristoll and the Chases belonging to the same He was slaine at a Tournament held neere London without issue 1216. and was buried in the Priory of the Trinity in London after whose death the said Isabell tooke to husband Hugh de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout WIlliam Fitz-Piers second brother of Geffrey aforesaid was after his brothers death the next Earle of Essex and tooke part with Lewis the French kings sonne against king Henry the third He intayled all his Lands with the Earledome of Essex vpon Mauld his sister and heire married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Lord high Constable of England He dyed without issue in the three and twenty yeare of king Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere viz. Escartelleé d'or de gueulles à l'escarboucle pommette fleutette d'or brochant fur le tout HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry de Bohun and Mauld his wife sister and heyre of Geffrey and William Fitz-Piers aforesaide was Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England and married Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Issodon Earle of Angi in Normandy and brother of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Earles of Hereford Et portoit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottizes entre six lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that name was after the death of Humfrey his grand-father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock He married Mauld daughter of Ingelram de Fines and had issue Humfrey the eight and dyed at Plessy in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. Et portoit les armes de son pere HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that name sonne of Humfrey the sixt which dyed before his Father was Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England He married Elizabeth daughter of king Edward the first being the widdow of Iohn Earle of Holland and had issue Iohn Humfrey and William all three Earles and Edward and William twins as in the Title of Earles of Hereford This Humfrey was slaine at Borough-bridge the 15. of king Edward the second 1322. IOhn de Bohun sonne and heire of Humfrey de Bohun the eight after the death
and sister of William Lord Knolles Baron of Grais and Viscount Wallingford by whom he had issue Robert Earle of Essex Sir Walter Deuereux slaine at the siedge of Lisbon Penelope married to Robert Lord Rich and Dorothy first married to Sir Thomas Perrot knight and after to Henry Percie Earle of Northumberland This Walter dyed at Dublyn in Ireland 1575. and was buried at Carmarden in Wales where he was borne Et portoit d'argent à la face de gueulles trois torteaux en le chef RObert Deuereux sonne of Walter was Earle of Essex and Earle Marshall of England Viscount Hereford Baron Ferrars of Chartley Lord Bourchier and Louaine Master of the Horse and Ordenance to Queene Elizabeth Knight of the Garter one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell and Chancellour of the Vniuersity of Cambridge married Frances daughter and heyre of Sir Francis Walsingham principall Secretary to Queene Elizabeth being the widdow of Sir Philip Sydney knight by whom hee had issue Robert now Earle of Essex This Robert was attainted of high treason and for the same was beheaded within the Tower of London the 25. of February 1601. Et portoit les armes de son pere RObert Deuereux sonne and heyre of Robert after the death of his Father was by king Iames restored in blood and liuing and is now 1618. Earle of Essex Viscount Hereford c. A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes Marquesses and Earles of Excester their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Holland knight second Son of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent was created Earle of Huntingdon in the eleuenth yeare of king Richard the second and in the 21. of the same Kings reigne he was created Duke of Exeter And because Aubrey de Vere Earle of Oxford who held the Office of Lord Chamberlaine of England had released his right therein the said King Richard bestowed that great Office vpon this Iohn and the heyres male of his body begotten by Letters Patents bearing date the 21. of the said Kings reigne He married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and Blanch his wife and had issue Richard that dyed young Iohn Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntingdon Edward that dyed without issue and Constance a daughter first married to Thomas Mowbrey sonne heyre of Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke banished by King Richard the second and after to Iohn Lord Grey of Ruthyn This Iohn Holland in the first yeare of King Henry the fourth was deposed by Parliament from being Duke of Excester and after in the same yeare he was beheaded at Cicester Et portoit D'engleterre à la bordure de France THomas Beauford sonne of Iohn of Gaunt begotten of the lady Katherine Swyneford his third wife was created Earle of Perch in Normandy and made Lord Chancellour of England the 12. of king Henry the fourth and in the foureteenth yeare of the said kings Reigne hee was created Earle of Dorset and lastly in the fourth yeare of king Henry the fift he was created Duke of Excester and made Knight of the Order of the Garter He had the leading of the Rereward at the battell of Edgincourt and the gouernement of King Henry the sixt at his Coronation committed vnto him during his minority He married Margaret daughter of Sir Thomas Neuill of Horneby-Castle but by her had no issue He dyed at his house of East Greenwich in Kent and was buried at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke the fift of Henry the sixt leauing the King his heire Et portoit escartellé France D'engleterre au bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn Holland sonne of Iohn aforesaid was Earle of Huntington and of Iuory in Normandy Lord of Sparre Lieutenant generall of the Dukedome of Aquitaine Admirall of England and Constable of the Tower of London whom King Henry the sixt created Duke of Excester in the yeare 1443 at Windsore He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford by whom hee had issue Henry Holland Duke of Excester And to his second wife he married Anne daughter of Iohn Mountacute Earle of Salisbury and by her had issue a daughter named Anne first married to Iohn Lord Neuill sonne and heire of Ralphe Neuill the second Earle of Westmerland by whom she had no issue Secondly she married Sir Thomas Neuill knight brother of Ralphe Neuill the second Earle of Westmerland and Vnckle to Iohn her former husband by whom she had issue Ralphe Neuill the third Earle of Westmerland the said Anne the 4. yeare of Edw. 4. married to her 3. husband Iames Earle Douglas This Iohn Holland died in the 26. yeare of K. Henry the 6 and lyeth buried by his two Wiues in S. Katherines Church by the Tower of London Et portoit les armes de son pere HEnry Holland onely sonne of Iohn Holland Duke of Excester aforesaid by his first wife the Lady Anne Stafford was after his Fathers death Duke of Excester Earle of Huntington who in the first yeare of king Edward the 4. was disinherited by Acte of Parliament with Henry Duke of Somerset and Thomas Earle of Deuonshire and in the 13. yeare of the said kings Reigne he was found dead in the Sea betweene Douer and Calice He married Anne daughter of Richard Duke of Yorke and sister to king Edward the 4. but by her had no issue She was after married to Sir Thomas sainto Leodegario or S. Leoger knight and had issue by him a daughter named Anne married to George Mannors Lord Ros of Hamlake This Henry Holland so found drowned was buried at Westminster on the South-side of the Chappell with these Armes on his Toombe and Targe Et portoit les Armes D'engleterre au bordure de France HEnry Courtney Earle of Deuon Lord of Ochampton and Knight of the Garter sonne of William Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Katherine his wife daughter of King Edward the fourth was created Marques of Excester at Bridewell the 8. of Iune 1525. in the seuenteenth of King Henry the 8. He maried two wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter and heire of Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle who dyed without issue His 2. wife was Gertrude daughter of William Blount L. Mountioy and heire to Elizabeth her mother who was daughter and heire of Sir William Say knight by whom he had issue Edward the last Earle of Deuonshire who dyed without issue This Henry Marquesse of Excester was attainted of high treason for ayding of Reginald Poole Cardinall and a fugitiue with money c. as in the Title of Deuonshire and was beheaded with Henry Poole Lord Mountague and Sir Edward Neuill knight in the thirtieth yeare of king Henry the eight His last wife Gertrude was also attainted of high treason the same yeare but not executed she dyed afterward and was buried at Wynborne Mynster in Dorsetshire in the yeare 1557. Et portoit escartelleé France D'engleterre à vne bordure escartelleé de lun en l'autre escartelle Courtney qui est d'or trois torteaux
le tiers le mesme le quart Riuerijs qui est d'or au lion rampant d'azur THomas Cecill Baron of Burghley sonne and heyre of William Cecill Baron of Burghley and Lord high Treasurour of England was created Earle of Excester at Greenewich in the third yeare of King Iames. He married Dorothie daughter and one of the co-heyres of Iohn Neuill Lord Latymer and had issue foure sonnes and sixe daughters viz. William Cecill Lord Burghley who married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Edward Mannors Earle of Rutland and had issue William Lord Ros Sir Richard Cecill Knight Sir Edward Cecill knight and Thomas Cecill Esquire fourth sonne Luce the eldest daughter was married to William Paulet Marquesse of Wynchester Mildred the second daughter was married first to Sir Thomas Read knight and after to Sir Edmond Trafford of Lancashire knight Mary the third daughter was married to the Lord Denny Elizabeth the fourth daughter first married to Sir William Hatton alias Newport knight and after to Sir Edward Coke knight Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the kings Bench one of his Maiesties most honorable priuy Counsell Dorothy the fift daughter was married to Sir Gyles Allington of Hounslow-Heath knight and Francis the sixt daughter was married to Sir Richard Tufton knight Et portoit burelle de six pieces d'argent d'azur sur le tout six escussons de sable charge de six lyons d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Ewe or Augy in Normandy their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam Earle of Ewe and Mutterell came into England with William Conqueror who gaue him the Mannors of Tudenham Woleston and Aluerdeston with all other such lands as hee could get or conquer from the Welsh He was after banished England for rebellion and his lands giuen away to Walter Fitz-Richard sonne of Constance sister of this William Earle of Ewe The saide Walter Fitz-Richard conquered Nether-Gwent and halfe the Country of Lege He founded the Abbey of Tynterne and dyed without issue in the third yeare of King Stephen leauing his inheritance to Gilbert sur-named Strongbow Earl of Pembrooke his Nephew and was after buried at Tynterne IOhn Earle of Augie sonne of Iohn married Alice daughter of William Daubigney Earle of Chichester by Alice his wife late widdow of king Henry the first and had issue Henrie Earle of Augie Iohn de Augie Matilda and Margaret and after dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1171. the 18. of Henry the second HEnry Earle of Augie sonne of Iohn gaue to the Monks of Bermondsey in Southwarke his lands called Oswareston neere Romenelin in the Parish of Lida and the lands of Iohn the Clarke in Belsinton and married and had issue Alice his onely daughter and heire married to Ralphe de Isodon 1241. 26. Henry the 3. RAlphe de Isondon sonne of Geffrey de Luzigna Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine in France and brother of Hugh le Brun married Alice daughter and heire of Henry Earle of Angy in Normandy and in her right was Earle of Angie after the death of Henry her Father aforesaid This Ralphe in the first yeare of king Iohn was one of the Noblemen that swore the league betweene the saide king and the Earle of Flanders Hee had issue one onely daughter his heire named Mauld married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England Et portoit barre d'argent d'azur au lambell de gueulles de cinq pieces WIlliam Bourchier created Earle of Ewe at Maunt in Normandy the fift of king Henry the fift and married Anne daughter of Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester and sister and one of the heyres of Humfrey her brother and had issue Henry Bourchier Earle of Ewe and Essex William Lord Fitz-Warrin Iohn Lord Bernes and Thomas Arch Bishop of Canterbury and Cardinall of S. Cirac in Rome and Anne his daughter was married to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke This William dyed in the eight yeare of King Henry the fift at Troys in Champaine and his body being brought ouer Sea into England was buried at Eyston in Kent Et portoit d'argent au croix engreslee de gueulles entre quatre buffeux de fable HEnry Bourchier sonne and heire of William aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Ewe in Normandy vntill the 28. yeare of king Henry the sixt that Charles the French king had recouered that earledome to the crown of France Afterwards he sate in Parliament by the name title of Lord Bourchier vntill the 35. yeare of the said Kings Reigne that he was created Viscount Bourchier king Edward the fourth in the first yeare of his reigne created him Earle of Essex and in the 13. of king Edward the fourth he was Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England as in the title of Essex is more at large Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Glocester and Hartford their Armes Wiues and Children RObert sur-named the Consull of Glocester base sonne of King Henry the first begotten of Nest the daughter of Rhice ap Tewder Prince of South Wales who was after married to Girald de Wyndesore Constable of Penbroke-Castle and auncestour of the Earles of Kildare in Ireland in the 11. yeare of his Fathers Reigne was created Earle of Glocester He assisted and tooke part with Mauld the Empresse his halfe sister against K. Stephen the Vsurper which Stephen being taken prisoner and imprisoned in the Castle of Bristoll This Robert very shortly after was likewise taken by King Stephens forces whereupon it was concluded that a King for an Earle and an Earle for a King should make an exchange and eyther set the other at liberty He married Mabell daughter and one of the foure heyres of Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Corboil in Normandy Cardiffe in Wales and Tewksbury in England and had issue William Earle of Glocester Roger Bishop of Wynchester Richard Bishop of Bayon in Normandy and Hamon slaine at Tholouze with William King Stephens sonne 1160. He had also two daughters one named Mabell married to Aubre de Vere the second was Matilda married to Randolphe Gernonijs Earle of Chester This Robert builded the Castles of Bristoll and Caerdiffe in Wales and the Monastery of S. Iames by Bristoll and dyed in the 12. yeare of King Stephen and was buried in the saide Monastery 1146. Et portoit de gueulles au trois Restes des Armes d'or WIlliam sonne and heire of Robert Consull was after his Father Earle of Glocester and Lord of Glamorgan in right of his grand-father Robert Fitz-Hamon who wonne the said Lordship from Iustine ap Gurgan Lord of Glamorgan in King William Ruphus time and made his abode in the said Castle of Caerdiffe where the saide Robert kept his Courts Monethly and vsed therein Iura Regalia hauing his twelue Knights to attend him the first day they hauing senerall Lodgings giuen to them their heires for euer within the said Castle He married Hawis
issue This Edmond was Lieutenant of Gascoigne in the first yeare of king Edward the first being sent into Aquitaine with an Army dyed at Bayon in the yeare 1296. and his body being brought ouer Seas into England was buried at Westminster on the North-side of the high-Altar Et portoit gueulles au trois leopards passant d'or au lambell de cinq pointz seme de France Or thus d'engleterre au lambell de France THomas Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond Crouchbacke was after the death of his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby and Lord Steward of England Hee married Alice daughter and heyre of Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne by the daughter and heyre of William Longspee Son and heyre of William Longspee Earle of Salisbury by whom he had no issue This Alice was held to be a very loose and vnchaste woman of her body for in the life time of this Thomas her husband she maintained Sir Richard S. Martyn for her Sweet-heart and after her husbands death she married two other husbands the first was Ebulo Lord Strange of Knocking and the second was Hugh de Frenes by whom she neuer had any issue Notwithstanding she gaue all her lands and inheritance to Thomas her first husband and to his heyres for euer This Thomas siding with the Barons against king Edward the second in hatred of the Spencers was taken prisoner at Burrough Brigge by the treachery of Robert Holland and Andrew of Hercley and brought to Pomfret a Castle of his owne and without the Walles thereof was beheaded in the 14. yeare of King Edward the second leauing Henry his Brother his heire Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth brother and heire of Thomas Earle of Lancaster beheaded at Pomfret aforesaid was restored to the Earledome of Lancaster Leicester Derby with the Office of high Steward of England in the first yeare of king Edward the third He married Mauld daughter and heire of Sir Patrick Cadurcis or Chaworth knight Lord of Kidwelly and Ogmore in Wales and had issue Henry Earle of Derby and first Duke of Lancaster and sixe daughters Blanch the eldest was married to Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell Mauld the second was first married to William Lord Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland and after to Sir Ralphe Vfford knight Ioane the third daughter was married to Iohn Lord Mowbray of Axholme Isabell was Abbesse of Almesbury Elianor the fift daughter was first married to Iohn sonne of Henry Lord Beaumond and after to Richard Earle of Arundell and Mary the sixt daughter was married to Henry Lord Percy of Alnewike He dyed at Leicester and was there buried in the Monastery of the Channons in the yeare 1345. Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au band d'azur HEnry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll sonne heyre of Henry Earle of Lancaster and grand-childe of Edmond Crouch-backe aforesaid was created Earle of Derby in the tenth yeare of king Edward the third his Father being then liuing after whose death he was also Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Lord high Steward of England and at a Parliament helde at Westminster the 25. of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Lancaster and about two yeares after the saide King gaue him the Earledome of Lincolne He married Isabell daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont cousin-germane to Queene Isabell wife to king Edward the second by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Mauld married William Duke of Bauarre Earle of Henault Holland Zeland and Frizeland Blanch the second daughter was married to Iohn of Gaunt fourth sonne of king Edward the third and after Duke of Lancaster This Henry for some disgracefull words supposed to be spoken by him against the Duke of Brunswicke was by the saide Duke challenged to a single combate before king Iohn of France which this Henry gladly accepted of and at the appointed time they beeing both prouided entred the listes with haughty courage for the triall of their cause but King Iohn reconciled them to the great contentment and honour of the Duke of Lancaster This Henry dyed of the plague and was buried in the Collegiate at Leicester which himselfe founded and placed therein a Deane twelue Maior Canons and so many inferior Brethren in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third Et portoit d'engleterre au band d'azur IOhn of Gaunt so named of the place where he was borne fourth sonne of king Edward the third was created Earle of Richmond in the yeare 1355. and in the 38. yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee sate in Parliament with the title of Duke of Lancaster and Earle of Richmond and did write in his stile Iohn sonne to the King of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earle of Derby Lincolne and Leicester high Constable of England and as some haue high Constable of France but of that I doubt For Robert de Morell Lord of Fiennes was then Constable of France And in the fiftieth yeare of King Edward the third he sate in Parliament by the name of Iohn King of Castile and Lions also in the 14. yeare of king Richard the second his Nephew he was made Duke of Aquitaine by deliuering him a golden Rod and putting vpon his head a rich Bonnet He married three wiues the first was Blanch daughter and co-heyre of Henry the first Duke of Lancaster by whō he had issue Henry after king of England Phillip wife to Iohn king of Portingall and Elizabeth married to Iohn Holland Duke of Excester His second wife was Constance daughter and one of the co-heyres of Peter king of Castile by whom he had issue Katherine married to Henry sonne of king Iohn of Spaine with the Title to the kingdomes of Castile and Lions His third wife was Katherine daughter of Payne Ruet alias Guien king of Armes and Widdow of Sir Otes Swynford knight by whom he had issue before marriage Iohn sur-named Beaufort Earle of Somerset and Marquesse Dorset Henry Beaufort Bishop of Winchester and Cardinall of S. Eusebius as also Chancellor of England Thomas Beaufort Earle of Dorset Duke of Excester and Chancellour of England Ioane Beaufort first married to Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and after to Robert Ferrars Lord of Ousley This last marriage with Katherine Swynford the legitimating of her children was made good by a Bull from Rome This great Duke and Prince dyed in the 22. of king Richard the second and lyeth buried in Paules Church in London Et portoit semé de France escartellé d'engleterre au lambell d'hermines HEnry Plantagenet borne at Bullingbroke sonne and heire of Iohn of Gaunt was created Earle of Derby in the life time of his Father 1385. by king Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was made Duke of Hereford and by that name and title sate in the Parliament held at Westminster and after being accused of treason by Thomas Mowbray Duke of
he was generally accounted a man of singular vertue and vnto him was ioyned Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Kent and Henry Plantagenet Earle of LaÌ„caster as assistants A Parliament being held at Northampton 1328 a dishonourable peace and marriage was made wherein the King by the directions of his Mother and this Roger Mortimer released to the Scots their homage fealty and seruice due to him for that kingdome and deliuered vp to them also the grand Charter called Ragman which vnder the hands and seales of their late King and of the Nobility of Scotland testified their tenure and subiection to the Kings of England This Roger in the fourth yeare of king Edward the third was taken at Nottingham Castle at midnight in Queene Isabell the Kings Mothers chamber with whom he had bene ouer familiar by William Lord Montague others and sent to the Tower of London and condemned of high treason at Westminster in presence of the whole Parliament and after drawne to the common Gallowes and there hanged two dayes and two nights and then taken downe and buried in the Grey-Fryars Church He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Peter Iamuile Lord of Mede Vaucolour and Trime in Ireland and had issue Edmond Mortimer knighted at the Coronation of King Edward the third with his Brother Sir Roger Mortimer and Geffrey Mortimer Lord of Cowich Iohn the fourth sonne of this Roger was slaine at a Iusting at Shrewsbury Katherine the eldest daughter was married to Thomas Beauchampe Earle of Warwick Ioane married to Iames Lord Audley Agnes married to Laurence Hastings Earle of Penbroke Margaret married to Thomas sonne and heyre of Maurice Lord Berkeley Mauld married to Sir Iohn Charlton Lord Powis Blanch wife to Peter Lord Grandison and Beatrix the seuenth daughter was married first to Edward sonne and heyre of Thomas of Brotherton Earle of Norfolke and after to Thomas Brews Et portoit barre d'or d'azur au chef palee les corners geronne à vn escuchon d'argent ROger Mortimer grand-childe to Roger Mortimer the first Earle of March aforesaid by his sonne Edmond was restored in the 29. yeare of king Edward the third to the Earldome of March and all other lands honours and possessions which his said Grand-Father was possessed of for that he was contrary to law as the Lawyers then saide put to death being neuer brought to answer which course of Iustice was vsed before at the triall of the Earles of Lancaster Winchester Glocester and Kent by the aduice of the said Roger and Queene Isabell This Roger was one of the first Founders of the Order of the Garter and married Phillip daughter of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury and had issue Roger Mortimer that dyed without issue before his Father and Edmond Mortimer that was the third Earle of March Margaret married to Robert Vere Earle of Oxford and Margery married to Iohn Lord Audley He dyed in Burgundy at a Towne called Roueray in the three and thirtieth yeare of King Edward the third and his body being brought into England was buried by his Auncestors at Wigmore Et portoit barre d'or d'azur au chef palee les corners geronne à vn escuchon d'argent EDmond Mortimer second sonne and heyre of Roger Mortimer the second Earle of March was after the death of his Father the third Earle of March and Lord of Wigmore He married Phillip daughter and onely heyre of Lionell of Antwerpe Duke of Clarence Earle of Wiltshire and Vlster Lord of Conaught and Trime in Ireland by whom he had issue Roger Mortimer the fourth Earle of March and Sir Edmond Mortimer knight that married the daughter of Owen Glendour Sir Iohn Mortimer knight the third sonne was beheaded for treason the third of king Henry the sixt Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Percy sur-named Hotspurre Philip first married to Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbroke and after to Richard Earle of Arundell and lastly to Iohn Lord S. Iohn and dyed without issue This Edmâ—nd recâ—â—ered from William Mountague Earle of Salisbury the Castle and honour of Denbeigh which king Edward the third had giuen before to Roger Mortimer Earle of March this Edmonds Grand-Father This Edmond died at Corke in Ireland the fift of king Richard the second and was buried at Wigmore Et portoit burelle de six pieces do'r ' d'azur au chef de la primier deux paletts entte deux base equites de la second sur le tout à vn escuchon d'argent ROger Mortimer after the death of Edmond his Father was the fourth Earle of March of that sur-name whom king Richard the second nominated for his successour in the kingdome of England 1387. being descended of the body of Philip onely daughter and heyre of Lionell Duke of Clarence third sonne of king Edward the third He married Elianor daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent Lord Wake and Duke of Surrey and sister and co-heyre of Thomas her brother by whom he had issue two sonnes and two daughters Edmond the first sonne was the fift Earle of March Roger the second sonne dyed young Anne was married to Richard of Coningsbourgh Earle of Cambridge sonne of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and Elianor married to Edward Courtney Earle of Deuonshire He was writ and stiled Earle of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore Trime Clare and Conaught and was slaine by the wilde Irish being then Lieutenant of the Kings Forces in Ireland in the two and twentieth yeare of King Richard the second and bare the Armes of his Father EDmond Mortimer sonne and heyre of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father the fift Earle of March and Vlster and Lord of Wigmore Trime Clare Conaught and married Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford and dyed without issue in the Castle of Trime in Ireland the third of King Henry the fixt and was buried at Stoke neere Clare leauing Richard Duke of Yorke his Nephew and heyre to succeed him Anne his widdow was after married to Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington Les armes de Mortimer RIchard Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard of Conesburgh Earle of Cambridge by Anne his wife sister co-heyre of Edmond Mortimer the fift Earle of March after the death of his Father and Edmond Mortimer his Vnckle did write himselfe Duke of Yorke Earle of Cambridge Vlster March and Rutland Lord of Wigmore and Clare He married Cecily daughter of Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Edward Earle of March after king by the name of king Edward the fourth and others as in the title of Yorke This Richard was slaine at the battaile of Wakefield 1460. and the 39. of king Henry the sixt Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à bordure d'argent seme lyons rampant purpre EDward Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard Duke of Yorke aforesaid was after the death of his Father Earle of March and Vlster and Lord of Wigmore and Clare and lastly king of England by the
married first to Simon S. Lize who in his wiues right was after Earle of Northampton and after shee was married to Dauid sonne of Malcolme king of Scots Iudith the second daughter was married to Rafe de Toney sonne of Roger de Toney Baron of Flamsted Alice the third daughter was married to Robert Fitz-Richard Sewer to King Henry the first This Waltheof was beheaded at Winchester by commandement of William the first in the yeare 1075. and his body first buried without the walles of the said Towne and afterward remoued and interred in the Abbey of Crowland in Lincolneshire as more at large is set downe in the Title of Earles of Northumberland Et portoit d'argent au lyon rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles SImon S. Lize a Norman borne and sonne of one Randall le Rich had the Earledome of Northampton and the Hundred of Falkley giuen him by king William Ruphus He married Mauld the eldest daughter and one of the heyres of Waltheof Earle of Northumberland Huntington and Northampton and had issue as in the Title of Earles of Huntington is more at large He built the Castle of Northampton and hee with Mauld his wife in the sixt yeare of king Henry the first founded the Abbey of S. Andrew in Northampton This Simon after going to the Holy-Land to fight against the Sarrazans at his comming homewards dyed in the yeare 1152. in the Priory called Charity and there lyeth buried After his death king Henry the first gaue his widdow in marriage to Dauid brother of Alexander king of Scots By which marriage the saide Dauid obtained of King Henry the first to be Earle of Huntington during the minority of young Simon S. Lize sonne of this Simon and Mauld Et portoit party per pale endente d'argent de gueulles SImon S. Lize the second of that name after the death of his Father was Earle of Northampton and being very young at his Fathers death was committed to the custody of Earle Dauid who had married Mauld his Mother who sent him ouer Seas into Normandy to be nurtured broght vp where he serued in the wars Meane time Henry sonne of Earle Dauid his halfe brother by the Mother enioyed and carried the Title and Honour of Earle of Huntington And although this Simon did oftentimes sollicite King Henry the first by Petitions and other meanes to bee restored to the saide Earledome of Huntington his Mothers Inheritance yet could he neuer obtaine the same so long as King Henry liued After whose death and that Henry Earle of Huntington dyed also in the life time of Dauid his Father by whose meanes he had held the same this Simon obtained the said Earledome of Huntington and enioyed it quietly with the Earledome of Northampton by the fauour and good liking of King Stephen He married Isabell daughter of Robert Bellomont sur-named Crouch-backe Earle of Leicester and Chiefe-Iustice of England and had issue Simon S. Lize the third of that name Earle of Northampton Amicia and Hawis two daughters and dyed in the yeare 1152. Et portoit les armes de son peré SImon S. Lize the third of that name and the fourth Earle of Northampton and Huntington had great suites with the Scots for king Henry the second in the time of this Simons Wardship did giue the Earledome of Huntington to Malcolme king of Scots sonne of Earle Henry aforesaid and after his death William king of Scots brother of the saide Malcome had the same and resigned it to his younger brother Dauid who enioyed the same vntill William king of Scots and Robert Earle of Leicester with others sided with king Henry the second who then caused Richard de Lucy Chiefe-Iustice of England and William Marshall Earle of Penbroke to inuest this Simon S. Lize into that Earledome as the true heyre and by this meanes did Simon come to haue and enioy the said Earledome of Huntington by iudgement of the King and Peeres of the kingdome as of right belonging to him He married Alice daughter and heyre of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne and died without issue in the yeare of our Lord 1184. Et portoit party per pale endente d'argent de gueulles WIlliam de Bohun fourth sonne of Humfrey de Bohun the eight Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England was created Earle of Northampton in the 12. yeare of king Edward the third and Deputy for his Brother Humfrey for the Office of Constable of England the saide Humfrey being olde and vnfit to vse the same He married Elizabeth daughter of Bartholmew de Badelismere Baron of Leeds Castle in Kent and had issue Humfrey de Bohun the last of that Family and Name Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England after the death of his Father and Vnkle and Elizabeth married to Richard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and Surrey This William dyed before his elder brother Humfrey de Bohun the 9. Earle of Hereford Essex Constable of England in the yeare 1359. and was buried at Walden in Essex Et portoit d'azur fur le bande d'argent trois muletz de sable entre deux cottices six lyons rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the last of that name sonne and heyre of William Earle of Northampton his Father and Nephew and heyre of Humfrey de Bohun the 9. Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England In all which Titles and Honours he succeeded both his Father and Vnkle and married Ioane daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue onely two daughters his heyres Elianor the eldest was married to Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester by whom the Title of Northampton did descend to the Family of Staffords Mary the second daughter was married to Henry of Bullingbroke who in her right was created Duke of Hereford and after king of England by the name of king Henry the fourth This Humfrey dyed in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third and was buried by his Wife at Walden in Essex The Dukes of Buckingham from the 23. yeare of king Henry the sixt vntill the thirteenth of king Henry the eight did write and stile themselues Earles of Northampton and Hereford because they were descended of the eldest daughter and heyre of Humfrey de Bohun the tenth and last Earle of that Name and Family Et portois d'azur à la bande d'argent entre deux cottices six lyons rampant d'ot VVIlliam Parre Knight of the Garter sonne of Sir Thomas Par of Kirby Kendall knight was created Baron of Kendall the 9. of March in the 30. yeare of King Henry the 8. And in the 36. of the said kings Reigne he was created Earle of Essex in regard he had married Anne the daughter and heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex And lastly in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Marquesse of Northampton and writ in his Stile Earle of Essex Vicegerant great Chamberlaine of England Keeper of the
priuy Seale Chancellor of the Exchequer and Iustice of the Forrests Chases to the Riuer of Trent Northward He married three wiues the first was Anne daughter and onely heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex from whom hee was diuorced His second wife was Elizabeth daughter of George Brooke Lord Cobham And his third wife was Helen daughter of George Suaueburgh a Swedian borne but had no issue by any of them He dyed in the yeare 1571. and was buried at Warwicke leauing Anne his sister married to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke his heyre Et portoit d'argent deux barres d'azur à la bordure engresleé de sable HEnry Howard Esquire second sonne of Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded in Anno 1546 and brother of Thomas Howard the last Duke of Norfolke of that name was restored in blood by Queene Mary and by king Iames created Baron of Marnehill at the Tower of London the 13. day of March 1603 and the same day and time he was also created Earle of Northampton c. and died at his house by Charing-Crosse in the yeare 1614. His body was conueighed to Douer Castle and there buried without any solemnity Et portoit les armoiries de Howard à vec la cressant VVIlliam Lord Compton knight of the Bath sonne of Henry Compton knight who was made Baron Compton by writ the eight of May 1572. was created Earle of Northampton by king Iames at Salisbury the second day of August 1618. He married Elizabeth daughter and onely heyre of Sir Iohn Spencer knight sometime Alderman and Maior of London had issue Spencer Lord Compton knight of the Bath at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales 1616. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of NOTTINGHAM their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Ferrars sonne of William Earle Ferrars and of Margaret his wife daughter of William Peuerell Lord of Nottingham disinherited by king Henry the second 1155. for consenting to the poysoning of Randall Earle of Chester was made the first Earle of Nottingham in the life time of his Father and Mother He gaue lands to the church of S. Oswalds by the name of Robert Earle of Nottingham and after died without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Lenton Et portoit vaire d'or de gueulles IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Elizabeth his wife daughter heyre of Iohn Lord Segraue and Margaret his wife daughter and heire of Thomas of Brotherton was created Earle of Nottingham at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and after dyed at London without issue 1381. being but 18. yeares of age his Mother then being liuing After whose death king Richard bestowed the said Earledome of Nottingham vpon Thomas Mowbray this Iohns yonger brother who was after created Duke of Norfolke This Iohn was buried in the White-Fryars or Carmelites Fryars in London the sixt yeare of King Richard the second Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur THomas Lord Mowbray younger Brother of Iohn Lord Mowbray aforesaid was after his brothers death made Earle of Nottingham the sixt of Richard the second and by a Charter bearing date the 12. day of Ianuary the 9. of King Richard the second he had giuen him the name and honour of Earle Marshall of England to him and the heyres Male of his body Before which time they were but Lord Marshals And after in the 21. of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Norfolke permitted to beare the Armes of S. Edward the Confessor impaled with the Armes of the Marshalshippe of England viz. Per pale d'or vert an lyon rampant Gueulles After al which fauours king Richard the second banished this Thomas with Henry of Lancaster Duke of Hereford Vpon which he tooke such exceeding griefe that he dyed at Venice and was buried there in the Abbey of S. George in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth He married Elizabeth sister and one of the co-heyres of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue Thomas Iohn both Earles of Nottingham and Dukes of Norfolke Isabell married to Sir Iames Berkeley knight and Margaret married to Sir Robert Howard knight He writ in his stile Thomas Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Mowbray Segraue Bruse of Gower and Stuteuile Et portoit les armes de son peré THomas Mowbray after the death of Thomas his Father in banishment at Venice was Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England He married Lady Constance daughter of Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester but by her had no issue He was after accused and found guilty of high treason and for the same was beheaded with Richard Scrope Arch-Bishop of Yorke in the sixt yeare of king Henry the 4. and his body was buried at Yorke Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray second brother of Thomas Mowbray beheaded at Yorke was Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England and in the fourth yeare of king Henry the sixt he was created Duke of Norfolke He married Katherine daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland had issue Iohn Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower c. and dyed at his Mannor of Epleworth in the Isle of Axholme and was buried in the Abbey or House of Carthusians there in the yeare 1432. Et portoit les armoiries de son frere IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne of Iohn aforesaid was after the death of his Father Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower He married Elianor daughter of William Lord Bourchier and sister of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex by whom he had issue Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey and after Duke of Norfolke and dyed in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth 1461. and lyeth buried at Thetford Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn and Elianor Bourchier in the life time of his Father was created Earle Warren and Surrey by king Henry the sixt after the death of his Father he was Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and of Gower He married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Talbot first Earle of Shrewsbury of that name and had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Anne married to Richard Duke of Yorke second sonne of king Edward the fourth who dyed both without issue leauing all the Mowbrayes lands and liuings to be diuided betweene the two Families of Howards and Berkleys He dyed at Framingham Castle in the yeare 1475. and was buried with his Auncestors at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam Lord Berkley of Berkley Castle in
Glocestershire sonne of Iames Lord Berkley and of Isabell his wife daughter of Thomas Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke by Elizabeth his wife sister and one of the heyres of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell was created Viscount Berkley the 21. of king Edward the fourth And in the first yeare of King Richard the third he was made Earle of Nottingham Earle Marshall of England And in the fourth yeare of king Henry the seuenth he was created Marquesse Berkley and married Anne daughter of Iohn Fynes Lord Dacres of the South and dyed without issue the seuenth of King Henry the seuenth and was buried in the Augustine Fryars in London giuing to the saide King most part of his Lands Et portoit de gueulles au Cheuron accompaigne de dix croix formies d'argent HEnry Fitz-Roy base sonne of King Henry the eight begotten of the Lady Talboys daughter of Sir Iohn Blount Knight was created Earle of Nottingham in the 17. yeare of his Fathers Reigne and after in the yeare 1525. he was created Duke of Richmond and Somerset at Bridewell and at the same time he was made Lieutenant Generall from Trent Northwards and Lord Warden of the East West and middle Marchesse towards Scotland He married Mary daughter of Thomas Howard second Duke of Norfolke dyed without issue at S. Iames house by Charing-Crosse the 28. of king Henry the eight and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre au bordur escartelle ermyn gobonne d'argent d'azur au baston finestre d'argent sur le tout au eschutcheon escartelle de gueulles vaire d'or de vert à lyon rampant d'argent au le chef d'azur à Castell entre deus test du cert cabushed d'argent CHarles Baron Howard of Effingham and Lord Admirall of England Son of William L. Howard of Effingham was created Earle of Nottingham at White-Hall the 23. of October 1597 by Queene Elizabeth He married Katherine daughter of Henry Cary Baron of Hunsdon L. Chamberlaine of the house to the said Queene by whom he had issue William Howard Baron of Effingham and Charles Lord Howard of Effingham Elizabeth married to Sir Robert Southwell knight Francis married first to the Earle of Kildare and after to Henry Lord Cobham Margaret the third daughter was married to Sir Richard Lusun of Staffordshire knight This Charles married to his second wife Margaret daughter of Iames Stewart Earle of Murrey and had issue Iames a sonne Et portoit les armes de Howard sur le tout au Molette de sable A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Oxford with their Armes Wiues and Children AVbrey de Vere sonne of Aubrey de Vere Chamberlaine to King Henry the first Portgraue of London and Chiefe-Iustice vnder king Henry the first slaine by the Commons in London in the yeare 1140. descended from the Earles of Guisnes and that sur-name from Vere a Towne in Zeland as M. Camden hath others in Normandy was by king Henry the second and Mauld the Empresse his Mother restored first to the Chamberlainship of England and the Portgraueship of London which hee had lost before in the ciuill warres and after had giuen him the choise of foure Earledomes in England viz. Oxford Huntington Cambridgeshire and Wiltes with this condition that if Dauid of Scotland did challenge the Earledomes of Huntington and Cambridge he should not haue eyther of them and for that the said Dauid did challenge Huntington and Cambridge as his due and right inheritance the saide Aubrey made his choise to take Oxford In which Earledome when the saide Henry the second came to the Crowne hee by his Charter did confirme and make the said Aubrey Earle of Oxford This Aubrey married Adelizia daughter of Henry of Essex Baron of Raleigh the kings Constable by whom he had issue Aubrey and Robert Vere both Earles of Oxford one after another and a daughter named Rohesia first Countesse of Salisbury and after wife to Geffrey Magnauile Earle of Essex and lastly she married Paganus de Beauchamp Baron of Bedford She founded the Church and built the Towne of Royston This Aubrey the first Earle of Oxford dyed in the yeare 1194. the sixt of king Richard the first Et portoit escartellé de gueulles d'or le premier canton chargé d'une Molette d'argent AVbrey de Vere sonne of Aubrey aforesaid was after the death of his Father the second Earle of Oxford and Lord high Chamberlaine of England This Aubrey did confirme the guift of 7. liberatis terre which Aubrey his Father did giue to the Canons of S. Edith or Esith in Essex and married Adelizia daughter of Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke by whom he had no issue He dyed in the yeare 1214. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré RObert Vere the third Earle of Oxford and great Chamberlaine of England brother of Aubrey the second aforesaid paide a fine of one thousand Markes to King Iohn in the 16. yeare of his reigne for the seizure of those lands which lately were of the inheritance of Earle Aubrey his elder brother and thereby was seized of the Castles of Heuening ham and Caneuil with their appurtenances and had also giuen him the Wardship of William Fitz-Otho to bestow in marriage with his Niece Notwithstanding all which fauors he tooke part with the Barons who maintayned Lewis the French Kings sonne against king Henry the third in the year 1215. He married Isabell daughter and heire of Hugh Lord Bulbec of Bulbec Castle in Buckinghamshire and of Swefham Bulbec in Cambridgshire and Founder of Wiburne Abbey in Bedfordshire and had issue Hugh de Vere Earle of Oxford and Sir Henry Vere knight of whom the Lord Mordant and others are descended He had issue also one daughter named Isabell married to Sir Iohn Courtney knight great Grand-father of Sir Hugh Courtney first Earle of Deuonshire of that name She founded the Preaching Fryars in Oxford and lyeth there buried in Anno 1245. This Robert also founded the Priory of Hatfield Brodoke where he lyeth buried crosse-legged in the yeare 1221. with this Epitaph Sir Robert Vere the first and third Earle of Oxford lyeth heere God if he please haue mercy of his soule Whosoeuer shall pray for his soule shall obtaine forty dayes pardon His Armes depicted vpon his Shield or Pauice is gold a quarter of France Seme charged with a Molet Argent HVgh de Vere sonne and heyre of Robert aforesaid was restored and made Earle of Oxford and Lord great Chāberlaine of England in the yeare 1233. and married Hawis daughter of Sayre de Quincy Earle of Winchester and had issue Robert de Vere after Earle of Oxford Aubrey Richard Margaret married to Hugh de Cressi with whom her Father gaue in marriage the Mannor of Keteringham with the appurtenance Robert Lord Quincy and Lord William Blande being Witnesses to the said Charter sanz date Mauld second daughter and Isabell Vere the third daughter This
OF THE Earles of Penbroke their Armes Wiues and Children GIlbert sur-named Strongbowe of drawing of a Strong Bowe second sonne of Gilbert Earle of Clare in Suffolke and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent and grand-childe of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Sewer to William Conquerour and Rohesia his wife daughter of Walter Gifford Earle of Longeuile in Normandy was created Earle of Penbroke in the 4. yeare of King Stephen hee was also Marshall of the Kings Pallace and Lord of Chepstow Strighull Tudenham Wolaston Aluerdeston and halfe the Country of Liege Hee was heyre of Roger and Walter Fitz-Richard his Vnkles which Walter was a great Baron and Lord of Caer-went in Monmouthshire and Founder of Tinterne Abbey in Wales 1131. He married Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Mellent and Robert Earle of Leicester twin brothers and had issue Richard Strongbow Earle of Penbroke and Basill married to Raymond sonne of William Fitz-Gerald of Ireland This Gilbert dyed in the 14. yeare of King Stephen and was buried by his Vnkle Walter Fitz-Richard in the Abbey of Tinterne Et portoit d'or trois cheurons de gueulles au lambell de cinq points d'azur RIchard of Clare sonne of Gilbert sur-named Strongbow of whom it is saide that this Richard standing vpright with the Palmes of his hands would touch his knees he was after his Father Earle of Penbroke L. of Strighull Chepstow and Caer-went and Lord Marshall Dermoc Mac-Murough sonne of Patricke King of Leinster in Ireland whose Subiects rebelling against him prayed this Richards ayde who being a most valorous Captaine granted his request went with sufficient strength and conquered all Leinster In recompence whereof this Dermoc gaue his daughter Eua vnto him in marriage with all the Country of Leinster which contayned weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossory and Carlogh Al which Lands he enioyed with the good liking of King Henry the second eight whole yeares He had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Isabell who being 14. yeares Ward to King Henry the second was giuen in marriage to Willliam Marshall the elder Earle of Penbroke This Richard dyed and was buried at Kilkenny in Anno 1176 and afterwards his body was taken vp againe and buried at Dublyn in Ireland Et portoit les armes de son peré VVIlliam the Kings Marshall sonne of Iohn grand-childe of Gilbert was in right of his wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Richard Strongbow aforesaid created Earle of Penbroke by King Iohn on the day of his Coronation 1199. and had giuen him the Marshalship of England King Richard the first in the first yeare of his Reigne 1189. gaue this Isabell in marriage to this William Marshall she being then his Ward by whom he had issue fiue sonnes William Richard Gilbert Walter and Anselme all Earles of Penbroke and Marshals of England and dyed without issue Hee had also fiue daughters who were married as followeth Matild the eldest was married to Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke with whom he had in marriage the Marshalship of England and Hemsted Marshall in Barkshire by which the said Office is held Ioane the second daughter was married to Warin de Montchensey Lord of Swanescamp Isabell the third daughter was first married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and after to Richard Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall younger sonne of King Iohn Sibill the fourth daughter married William Ferrars Earle of Derby and Eua the fift daughter was married to William Bruse Lord of Brecknock This William after the death of King Iohn had the gouernment of King Henry the third being but ten yeares of age vntill the said William dyed which was in the yeare 1219. and was buried in the Temple in London the 16. of March the fourth of king Henry rhe third This Williams Father did beare for his Armes Gueulles à la bande fizelle d'or as his Seale doth witnesse But after he and his sonnes came to be Marshals they vsed for their Armes D'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout arme lampasse d'azur WIlliam Marshall the younger sonne and heyre of William Marshall the elder was the fourth Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Strighull Chepstow Caer-went Leigh or Liege Weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossorie and Carlogh and married two wiues the first was Alice daughter and heyre of Baldwin de Betun Earle of Albemarle and Holdernesse by Auis his wife daughter and heyre of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle His second wife was Elianor daughter of king Iohn and sister of king Henry the third He dyed without issue the 6. of Aprill 1231. the 15. of king Henry the third and was buried by his Father in the Temple of London leauing Richard his brother to succeed him Et portoit les armoiries de son peré RIchard Marshall second sonne of William Marshall the elder who after the death of William his Brother the 5. Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Strighull Chepstow and Caerwent c. did giue to the Church of S. Maries of Thame certaine Woods in Crendon to pray for his owne soule and Geruasia his Wife and as Mathew Paris hath when king Henry the third did vpon the suggestion of Peter Bishop of Winchester remoue all his home-bred Subiects from their Offices in his Court and preferre certaine strangers of Poictiers in their roomes this Richard not liking thereof came boldly vnto the King in the presence of many the Nobility others and tolde him that by ill counsell he had sent for strangers into the Land to the great hurt of his kingdome and subiects to the impeachment of the Lawes and Liberties of this Realme For redresse whereof he vowed he would sight so long as hee had any life and thereupon ioyned league with Luellyn Prince of Wales others But whilest the King was busied in leuying an Army to send against him and Luellyn word was brought to this Richard that Morice Fitz-Gerald and other Irish had sacked his Countries and Lands in Ireland Vpon the hearing whereof he hasted thether with fifteene Knights to encounter with his enemies and ioyned battaile with them vpon Satterday the first of Aprill 1234. and fought eleuen houres vntill his horse was slaine vnder him And he then falling to the ground one of the Irish perceiuing his backe part ill armed lifted vp his habergeō thrust a knife into his backe vp to the haft giuing him his deadly wound and then brought him to a Castle of his owne named Kilkenny which the said Maurice Fitz-Gerald had taken a little before from him where he dyed fifteene dayes after withoutissue hauing beene Earle but three yeares Hee was buried in the Quier of the Fryars Minories at Kilkenny the 18. of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere GIlbert Marshall third Son of William Marshall the elder after the death of Richard his brother was restored to King Henry the thirds fauour and grace to all his
and Arnold Harecourt were slaine neere Caerdiffe in Wales and Walter de Eureux Earle of Salisbury and Hugh Gurney were hurt and after dyed in Normandy Which Walter was Father of this Patricke which M. Camden denyeth to be Earle Et portoit d'azur six lyons rampant d'or 3 2 1. armé lampasse de gueulle VVIlliam de Eureux sonne and heyre of Patricke was the next Earle of Salisbury and Rosemer after his Father He married Eleanor daughter of Tirell de Mainers by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Ella the eldest was married to William sur-named Longspee base sonne of king Henry the second begotten of the faire Lady Rosamond Clifford Mabell the second daughter was married to Lord Nigell de Mowbray with the Mannour of Banested in Surrey This William as Lacok Priory Booke hath dyed the 15. Kalend of May in the yeare 1196. and was buried at Bradenstoke Et portoit les armes de son peré VVIlliam sur named Longspee by reason of a long Sword which he vsed base sonne of king Henry the second begotten of the fayre Lady Rosamond Clifford his Concubine was Earle of Rosemer by king Richard the first his halfe brother was created Earle of Salisbury This William Longspee was the last that writ in their Stiles Earles of Rosemer for after that Philip King of France had gotten Normandy Guyan Poictiers and Britaine about the 6. yeare of king Iohn all such Noblemen of England as had eyther Earledomes or Baronnies in those Countries left to write or entitle themselues of the same Hee married Ella eldest daughter and co-heyre of William Fitz-Patricke Earle of Salisbury aforesaid had issue William Longspee from whom king Henry the third did take both the title of Earle as also the Castle of Salisbury and who after dyed in a battaile against the Infidels in the yeare 1250. Stephen Longspee Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland second sonne vnto whom William his Brother gaue the Mannor of Wamberge This Stephen had to wife Emmelyne Countesse of Vlster daughter and heyre of Walter Ridelesford Baron of Bray in Ireland Nicholas Longspee the third sonne was Bishop of Salisbury and dyed 1296. Richard Longspee was a Cannon at Bradenstoke Isabell the eldest daughter was married to William Lord Vescy Ella married to Thomas sixt Earle of Warwicke and after to Philip Lord Basset and Idona the third daughter was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Bedford This William Earle of Salisbury was Constable of Douer-Castle and sayling with Richard Earle of Cornwall his Nephew and Philip de Albeney into Gascoigne the tenth of Henry the third recouered Poictiers which before was lost by king Iohn and in their return againe into England hardly escaped shipwrack being strangely cast vpon the Cornish shores and dyed in the same yeare 1226. and lyeth buried in the Cathedrall Church at Salisbury in a faire Toomb After whose death Ella his Wife and Countesse professed her selfe a Nunne in the religious house at Lacok in Wiltshire which was of her Foundation and was the first Abbesse thereof Afterward she forsooke her Abbatesse in the yeare 1257. and dyed in the yeare 1261. This William lyeth buried with these Armes vppon his shield D'azur six lyons rampant d'or 3,2,1 which were the Armes of William Fitz-Patricke his wiues Father WIlliam Lord Montacute Son of Simon Monte-acute Baron of Shipton Monte-acute was created Earle of Salisbury in the 〈◊〉 yeare of king Edward the third and had giuen him the Castle and Barony of Denbigh and in the 17. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was crowned King of the Isle of Man and had giuen to him and his heyres a thousand Markes land by the yeare for taking of Roger Lord Mortimer prisoner at Nottingham Castle who had beene too familiar with the kings Mother This William when king Edward the third went to clayme his right to the Crowne of France against Philip de Valois 1138 was taken prisoner and carried to Paris and after ransomed by the exchange of the Earle of Morret who was then prisoner in England At this expedition king Edward prayed the ayde of the Flemings who excused themselues by an oath and bond of a Million of gold which they had taken and made in the Popes Chamber that they should alwayes helpe and ayde the King of France fight vnder his Standard Arms whereupon by the aduice of Iaques D' Artiuille of Gaunt king Edward did quarter the Armes of France before his owne of England and proclaimed himselfe King of France by reason whereof the Flemings helde themselues discharged both of oath and bond and so did ayde and helpe king Edward This William married Katherine daughter and one of the coheyres of William Lord Grantson a Burgonyan borne and a great Baron in England by whom he had issue two sonnes and foure daughters William the eldest was after his Father Earle of Salisbury Sir Iohn Montague knight married Margaret daughter and heyre of Sir Thomas Mounthermer knight sonne of Raphe Mounthermer Earle of Glocester and dyed before his brother William in the 13. yeare of king Richard the second Sibill the eldest daughter was married to Edmond Earle of Arundell for his third wife Philip the second daughter was married to Roger Mortimer Earle of March Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Gyles Lord Badelismer and dyed without issue Agnes the 4. daughter This William founded the Abbey of Bristlesham Montague and dyed at a Iusts and Turney at Windsore in the yeare 1343 and was buried in the White-Fryers in London Et portoit d'argent au trois Lozengies en face de gueulles VVIlliam Lord Mountacute sonne and heyre of William Earle of Salisbury aforesaid after the death of his Father was the second Earle of Salisbury Lord of Denbigh and of the Isle of Man of that name which honour of Denbigh was recouered from him by Edmond Mortimer Earle of March He was one of the Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter and Gouernor of Callis vnder king Richard the second 1380. He solde the Isle of Man to William Lord Scroope Treasurer of England and Earle of Wiltshire who being after beheaded king Henry the fourth gaue the Isle of Man to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland to hold of him and his Successors kings of England by the seruice of bearing the sword at the Coronation He married Elizabeth daughter and one of the co-heyres of Iohn Lord Mohun of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire and had issue William his onely sonne heire slaine at Tilt at Windsore by William his Father the 6. of Richard the second This William the Father dyed in the 20. yeare of king Richard the second leauing Iohn his Nephew sonne of Iohn his Brother to succeed him 1396. Et portoit les armes de son sonperè IOhn Mountacute Knight sonne heyre of Sir Iohn Mountacute knight and Nephew and heyre of William Earle of Salisbury his Vnkle was the third EArle of Salisbury of that name and was one of
part of Humfrey de Bohuns Lands which before were conueyed to Mary the second daughter they being then in the Crowne for that this Duke Henry was then the onely heyre both of Elianor and Mary At which clayme and demand King Richard the third was greatly offended and saide Will you Duke Henry challenge the right of king Henry the fourth by which hee wrongfully held the Crowne and so make way vnto it Which speech of the king went so neere to the Dukes heart that euer after he sought and plotted how he might work the returne of Henry earle of Richmond out of France and to depriue king Richard of his Crowne And to effect the same he raised diuers forces and entred into Armes which King Richard hearing of leuied a greater and went to Salisbury to meete him but the Dukes Army being too weake he was forced to flye for succour to the house of Humfrey Banister his seruant neere Shrewsbury who for hope of gaine betrayed him to Iohn Mitton Shireffe of Shropshire who tooke and conuayed him to Salisbury where without any arraignment or lawfull tryall he was beheaded the second of Nouember 1483. This Duke Henry married Katherine sister and one of the heyres of Richard Wooduill Earle Riuers and had issue Edward Earle Stafford and Duke of Buckingham Henry Earle of Wiltshire and Humfrey that died young He had also two daughters Elizabeth maried to Robert Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter and Earle of Sussex and Anne first married to Sir Walter Herbert knight and after to George Lord Hastings Earle of Huntington Et portoit France d'engleterre escartellé an bordur d'argent EDward Stafford sonne and heire of Duke Henry aforesaid was after the death of his Father restored the first of king Henry the seuenth to all his Fathers honours dignities and possessions which king Richard the third tooke from him and was Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton and Constable of England He married Elianor daughter of Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland by whom he had issue Henry Lord Stafford for after the death of this Edward the Family of Staffords neuer attained other title of honour then onely of Barons He had issue also three daughters Elizabeth the eldest was married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Lord high Treasurer of England Katherine the second daughter was married to Raphe Neuill fourth Earle of Westmerland and Mary the third daughter married George Neuile Lord of Abergauenny This Edward was a Prince of high spirit and very ambitious daily plotting of treason against king Henry the eight by which hee ouerthrew himselfe and all his Noble Family and for the same was beheaded at the Tower-Hill by London the 17. of May 1521. in the thirteenth yeare of King Henry the eight Les armoiries de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Southampton their Armes Wiues and Children BEauois a Saxon and flower of Chiualry in his time was at the siedge of Yorke in the fourth yeare of William Conqueror and the yeare after fought the great battaile at Cairdiffe in South-Wales against the Normans he was made Earle of Southampton by the said Conqueror and was a Witnesse to his Charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of S. Edmonsbury in Suffolke by the name and title of Earle Beauois He dyed without issue knowne the tenth yeare after the Norman Conquest This is that Beauois of Southampton M. Camden in his Britannia pag. 272. saith That whiles the Monkes laboured to set out his fame with their faigned Fables they obscured his doughty and Martiall Actions in Armes VVIlliam Fitz-Williams knight of the Garter Treasurer of the houshold to king Henry the eight Lord Priuy Seale and Lord Admirall of England was created Earle of Southampton at Hampton Court the 29. yeare of the said Kings Reigne He married Mabell daughter of Henry Lord Clifford of Westmerland and sister and heyre of Henry first Earle of Cumberland and dyed without issue at New-Castle vpon Tine the 34. yeare of king Henry the eight Et portoit lozengie d'argent de â—ueulles THomas Wriothesley Knight of the Garter sonne of William Wriothesley Yorke Herald of Armes and grandchilde to Iohn Wriothesley alias Garter king of Armes was created Baron of Tichfield at Hampton Court the first of Ianuary the 35. of Henry the eight Anno 1543. and Lord Chancellor of England in May the yeare after in which Office he continued vntil the beginning of king Edward the sixt his reign when for his obstinacy in the Romaine Religion he was the sixt of March remoued and William Paulet Lord S. Iohn of Basing put in his place He was after created Earle of South-hampton the 17. of February in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt married Iane daughter and heyre of William Cheney by whom he had issue Henry the second Earle of Southampton of that name and foure daughters Mary the eldest was first married to William Shelley of Michelgroue in Sussex and after to _____ Lister sonne of Sir Michaell Lister knight Elizabeth was wife to Thomas Radcliffe Earle of Sussex Katherine married to Thomas Cornwallis Groom-Porter and Mabell the fourth daughter was wife to Sir Walter Sands knight He dyed at his house called Lincolne Place in Holborne the 30. day of Iuly in the fourth yeare of king Edward the sixt and was buried in S. Andrews Church in Holborne Et portoit d'azur à vn croix d'or enuironne de quatre faulcons close d'argent HEnry Wriothesley sonne and heyre of Thomas aforesaid was after the death of his Father the second Earle of Southampton and Baron of Titchfield He married Mary daughter of Sir Anthony Browne Viscount Mountague and knight of the Garter by whom he had issue Henry Wriothesly the third Earle of Southampton of that Family and Mary married to Thomas Arundell Baron of Warder He dyed at Ythell in Hampshire the fourth of October 1581. and was buried at Titchfield the 23. of Queene Elizabeth Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Wriothesley sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaid was the third Earle of Southampton of this Family and Baron of Tichfield Knight of the Garter and Captaine of the Isle of Wight He married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Iohn Vernon of Hodnet in Staffordshire and had issue Iames Wriothersley Thomas a second sonne Penelope Anne and Elizabeth 1618. Et portoit d'azur à vn croix d'or enuironné de quartre faucons d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Sussex their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Albeney the third of that Name grand-childe to William de Albeney and Queene Aelidise his wife the widdow of King Henry the first by his sonne William the second was in the life time of his Father created the first Earle of Sussex by King Henry the second and girded with the Sword thereof Roger Houeden pag. 320. a. line 36. 1177. He was faithfull to the said King in all his wars against Henry Courtmantell his sonne the
in Germany who for memory of their alliance and kindred with the Kings of England bare for their Armes the ancient Armes of the Dukes of Normandy Gueulles deux leopards passant d'or EDmond fift sonne of King Edward the third sur-named of Langley the Kings Mannor house neere S. Albons where he was borne was created first Earle of Cambridge in the 36. yeare of his Fathers Reigne and Lord of Tindale and was Knight of the Garter and in the ninth yeare of King Richard his Nephew hee was created Duke of Yorke He married two Wiues the first was Isabell second daughter and one of the heyres of Peter King of Castile Leon by whom he had issue Edward Earle of Rutland Duke of Albemarle and Yorke Richard after Earle of Cambridge and Constance first married to Thomas Spencer Earle of Glocester and after to Thomas Holland Earle of Kent This Edmonds second Wife was Ioane daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and sister and co-heyre of Edmond Holland Earle of Kent but by her had no issue He was in the absence of his Father in France made Protector of the Realme of England and after dyed in the third yeare of King Henry the 4. his Nephew and was buried at Langley Et portoit France seme d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent chargee au 9. torteaux EDward Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond of Langley aforesaid was created Earle of Rutland of Corke in the 13. yeare of King Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Albermale and Constable of England and after the death of his Father he was also Duke of Yorke and Lord of Tyndall He married Phillip daughter and one of the heyres of Iohn Mohun Lord of Dunster but by her had no issue He was slaine at the battaile of Egincourt the 25. of October the third of King Henry the fift 1414. At which battaile were slaine Charles Lord Dalabreth high Constable of France Iaques le Chastilion Lord of Dampier high Admirall of France Iohn Duke D'Alanson Anthony Duke of Brabant Edward Duke of Barry the Earles of Marle Vawdemont Blawmont Grand preè Russey Faulconbridge Fois and Lastrake 25. Lords 8000. Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of Name Armes This Edwards body was brought ouer sea into England and buried at Fotheringhay Et portoit lez armoiries de son pere RIchard Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard of Conesburgh Earle of Cambridge second sonne of Edmond Langley Duke of Yorke aforesaid was after the death of Edward his Vnckle without issue restored to be Duke of Yorke Earle of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore and Clare c. He was Lieutenant to King Henry the sixt in his Kingdome of France and Dukedome of Normandy 1435. and was Chiefe of the Faction of the White Rose being descended of Lyonell Duke of Clarence This Richard raised a deadly war against the House of Lancaster clayming his lawfull right in the Kingdome of England which after his sonne Edward obtained and was King by the Name of Edward the fourth He wonne the battaile of S. Albons against King Henry the sixt 1455. and in the same yeare he was made by Parliament heyre apparent to the Crowne and Lord Protector of the Realme And after in the 39. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was slaine with his young sonne Edmond at the battaile of Wakefield 1460. at Fotheringhay He married Cecily daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Henry that dyed young Edward that was after King by the Name of king Edward the 4. Edmond Earle of Rutland slaine in the Towne of Wakefield by the Lord Clifford the same day his Father was slaine in the battell Iohn William and Thomas dyed young George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocester after King Anne the eldest daughter was first married to Henry Holland Duke of Excester and after to Sir Thomas Saint-Leoger Knight by whom he had issue Anne Mother of Thomas Mannors Earle of Rutland Elizabeth Wife to Iohn de la Pole Duke of Suffolke Margaret third daughter wife to Charles Duke of Burgundy and Vrsula Et portoit France semé d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent chargee au neuf torteaux RIchard sur-named of Shrewsbury the place of his birth second sonne of King Edward the 4. was by his Father at a Parliament helde at Westminster the 20. day of May 1474. created Duke of Yorke and in the 19. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he married Anne the onely daughter and heyre of Iohn Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle Warren and Surrey Earle Marshall of England in whose right he was Duke of Norfolke c. This Richard beeing but a childe was with his brother King Edward the fift by the command of Richard Duke of Glocester their vnnaturall Vnckle most cruelly murdered in the Tower of London the 9. day of the Kalends of Iune 1483. without issue his place of buriall was neuer knowne certainly to this day His wife died also young without issue and was buried at Westminster Et portoit France d'engleterre escartelle à lambell d'argent chargee au neuf torteaux HEnry second sonne of King Henry the seuenth in the tenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne was created Duke of Yorke in the Parliament house at Westminster and after Prince of Wales and lastly King of England by the name of King Henry the eight Father of Elizabeth that most worthy and triumphant Queene of most happy memory Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre à lambell d'argent chargeé au neuf torteaux CHarles second sonne of Iames King of Great Britaine France and Ireland being Duke of Albany Marquesse of Ormont Earle of Ros and Lord of Ardmanoch was created Duke of Yorke by his Father at White-Hall on Twelfe-day being the sixt of Ianuary 1604. and after created Prince of Wales at White-Hall the third of Nouember in the yeare 1616. A CATALOGVE OF THE Viscounts since the Norman Conquest their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Lord Beaumont sonne of Henry Lord Beaumont sate in Parliament the tenth yeare of King Henry the sixt as Lord Beaumont and was after by Letters Patents bearing date at Reading the 12. of February in the 18. yeare of King Henry the 6. made Viscount Beaumont He maried Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Sir William Phillips Lord Bardolph had issue William and Henry both Viscounts and dyed without issue leauing Iane their sister and heyre married to Iohn Lord Louell This Iohn was slaine at the second battaile of Northampton the 9. of Iuly the 38. of King Henry the sixt Et portoit d'azur au lyon rampant seme de lices d'or I finde before this Iohn Viscount Beaumont Iohn Robsert Captaine of S. Samers in France sonne of Sir Lewis Robsert knight of the Garter to be Viscount Robsert in King Henry the fifts time But by whom or where hee was made Viscount I finde not
vert sur la tout au Lion rampant d'argent au chefe d'azur vne chastel entre deux testes du cerf d'argent LEwis Stewart Duke of Lenox and Lord Aubigny created Earle of Richmond and Baron of Setterington in England by Letters pattents vnder the great Seale of England without any ceremony of creation in the yeare 1614. He was also Lord Darnley â—rebant and Methuen Lord Great Chamberlaine and Admirall of Scotland Lord Steward of the houshold to King Iames and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell Knight of the Garter and one of the Commissioners for the Office of Earle Marshall of England 1618. Et portoit France a' la boâ—â— de gueulles fermaille d'or de huit pieces escartelle d'or à la face eschiquette d'argent de azur bordure de gueulles sur le tout d'argent au saulteur de gueulles entre quatre quintesuilles de mesme A Catalogue of the Earles of Bath their Armes Wiues and Children PHilibert de Chandew a Britaine borne in France a kinde friend to King Henry the seauenth in the time of his banishment out of England which to requite the said King in the first yeare of his Reigne from the degree of a Baron created him Earle of Bath and gaue him also a hundred markes yearely issuing out of the profits of Somersetshire Dorset IOhn Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin of Tauestoke in Denonshireâ— sonne of Foulke Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin of Tauestoke was created Earle of Bath at White-Hall the ninth of Iuly in the 28. yeare of King Henry the eight He married Cecily daughter of Giles Lord Daubeny and sister and heyre of Henry Lord Daubeny Earle of Bridgwater and had issue Iohn Bourchier second Earle of Bath and two daughters Elizabeth the eldest was married vnto Sir Iohn Chichester of Deuonshire knight Dorothy the second daughter was married to Sir Iohn Fulford knight This Iohn the second Earle of Bath dyed in the 31. yeare of King Henry the eight Et portoit d'argent à la Croix eugreslee de gueulles accompaignee de quatre bouces de sable à lambel d'azur chargee de neaf fleurs de liz d'or Iohn Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin the 2. of that name and 3. Earle of Bath married to his first Wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Walter Hungerford knight and had issue Elizabeth His second wife was Elianor daughter of George Mannors Lord Ros by whom he had issue Iohn Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin that died before his father sir George Bourchier knight and Henry he had also two daughters Mary the eldest was married vnto Hugh Wyot of Exeter Cecily the second daughter was married to Thomas Peyton Customer of Plimouth This Iohn married to his third wife Margaret daughter and heire of Iohn Donington Esquire and had issue Susan Bridget Bridget was married to _____ Price of Montgomerishire in Wales This Earle dyed in the third yeare of Queene Elizabeth Et portoit les aâ—moiâ—ies de son pere WIlliam Bourchier sonne and heire of Iohn Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin that died before his Father grand-childe to Iohn Bourchier second Earle of Bath was the third Earle of Bath of that sur-name and Lord Lieutenant of Deuonshire and Cornwall married Elizabeth daughter of Francis Russell Earle of Bedford and had issue Richard how Lord Fitz-Warin and Frances a daughter 1618. Quiporta d'argent à la croix engreslee de gueulles entre quatre Bouces de sable à lambell d'azur chargee de neuf fleurs de liz d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Bridg-Water their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Lord Daubeny sonne of Giles Lord Daubeny Chamberlaine to king Henry the seuenth on the 21. day of Iuly in the 30. yeare of king Henry the eight at his Mannour of Ocking was created Earle of Bridg-Water in Somersetshire and married Katherine daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and the widdow of Sir Rice ap Thomas Knight of the Garter and dyed without issue leauing Cecily his sister and heire married vnto Iohn Bourchier Lord Fitz-Warin and first Earle of Bath Et portoit gueulles cinq Lozenges en face d'argent IOhn Egerton Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of king Iames second sonne and heire Male of Thomas Egerton Baron of Ellesmore Viscount Brackley and Lord Chancellor of England was by Letters Patents bearing date 1618. made Earle of Bridg-water He married Lady Frances daughter and co-heire of Ferdinando late Earle of Derby and hath issue Iames Viscount Brackely and nine daughters viz. Frances Arbella Elizabeth Cecily Mary Penelope Katherine Magdalen and Anne A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Boughan their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Lord Beaumont of Fokingham came into England with Queene Isabell wife to king Edward the second and married Alice daughter and one of the heyres of Alexander Boughan Earle of Boughan in Scotland which Alexander was sonne of Alexander Comen Earle Boughan by Elizabeth his wife third daughter and one of the heires of Roger Quincy Earle of Winchester had issue Iohn L. Bello-Monte who married Elianor daughter to Henry Earle of Lancaster and had issue Henry Lord Beaumont This Henry Lord Beaumont of Fokingham sate in Parliament held at Westminster the ninth of King Edward the third by the name and title of Henry de Bello-Monte Earle of Boughan and so continued vnto the thirteenth of the same kings Reigne Et portoit d'azur flurette au lion rampanr d'or à vne baston gobonne d'argent de gueulles A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles Palatine of Chester with their Armes Wiues and Children HVgh sur-named Lupas a Norman borne sonne of Richard Viscount of Aurenges in Normandy by Margaret his wife halfe sister by the Mother to William Conquerour came into England with William the first who gaue vnto him and his heires the Earldome of Chester to hold as freely of him by the sword as he the said William held England by the Crowne This Earle Hugh in the 12. yeare of king William Ruphus conquered Anglesey in Wales he married Ermentrude daughter of _____ and had issue Richard the second Earle of Chester Robert Abbot of S. Edmonsbury and Otwell that was Tutor to the Children of king Henry the first he dyed and was buried by Ermentrude his Countesse in the Abbey of S. Werburge in Chester which was of his owne foundation 1103. Et portoit d'azut à vn test de Lou erased d'argent RIchard sonne of Hugh Lupus after the death of his Father was the second Earle of Chester after the Norman Conquest who in the 19. yeare of King Henry the first was married in France to Lucy daughter of Stephen Earle of Bloys and Champaine by Adela his wife daughter of William Conqueror and in the 20. yeare of King Henry the first hee with his wife the Kings sonne and daughter and Otwell his Brother and others to the number of 160. persons were drowned comming out of Normandy into England without issue leauing Randoll Meschines his cousin-germane by Margaret his Fathers sister to succeed
belonging and not by birth He was after king of England by the name of king Henry the fift Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent HEnry Plantagenet sonne and heire of king Henry the fift was borne Duke of Cornwall and being not full 〈◊〉 moneths of age was proclaimed king of England in the yeare 1422. by the name of king Henry the sixt and on the 6. of Nouember 1429. being the eight yeare of his reigne he was crowned king of England at Westminster and in the yeare 1431. he was crowned king of France in Paris in our Ladie Church there and after was murdred in the Tower of London 1470. by Richard Duke of Glocester as the report then commonly went The body of this king was conueyed from the Tower to the Church of S. Paul in London and there laide on a Beere bare-faced which did bleed in the sight of all the beholders From thence by boate it was carried vnto the Monastery at Chertsey fifteene miles from London and there was first buried and after remoued to Windsore and there in a new Vault entoombed Et portoit France D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent EDward sonne heire of king Henry the sixt being borne Duke of Cornwall in the 32. yeare of his Fathers reigne was created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester by Acte of Parliament This young Prince at the battell of Tewkesbury 1470. was taken prisoner by Sir Richard Crofts and after murdered by the Dukes of Clarence and Glocester and by Thomas Marquesse Dorset the Lord Hastings This Prince married Anne second daughter and co-heire of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury but had no issue by her she was after married to Richard Duke of Glocester after king of England Et portoit France D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent EDward eldest sonne to king Edward the fourth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster the 49. yeare of king Henry the sixt was created Prince of Wales by authority of Parliament and Earle of Chester in the eleuenth yeare of his Fathers reigne being before Duke of Cornwall who with his young brother the Duke of Yorke was murdred in the Tower of London by the wicked practise of Richard Duke of Glocester his Vnckle who after vsurped the Crowne of England Et portoit France D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent Edward the onely sonne of king Richard the third was Duke of Cornwall and in the first yeare of his Fathers reigne he was created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester and died being but ten yeares of age without issue Et portoit escartelle France D'engleterre an lambell d'argent ARthur Duke of Cornwall sonne and heire of king Henry the seuenth in the fift yeare of his Fathers reigne was created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester and married Katherine daughter of Ferdinando Duke of Austria and king of Spaine when he was but fourteene years of age dyed in the next yeare after 1501. without issue at Ludlow and lieth buried at Worcester France D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent HEnry Duke of Yorke second sonne of king Henry the seuenth after the death of Arthur his brother was D. of Cornwall and in the nineteenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester after he was king of England by the name of king Henry the eight Et portoit les armes de son frere HEnry Stewart sonne and heire of Iames king of great Britaine France and Ireland was created Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester the fourth of Iune 1610. and died after at S. Iames neere Charing-Crosse without issue and was buried in the Abbey at Westminster the seuenth of December 1612. A Catalogue of the Earles of Carlile their Armes Wiues and Children RAndolphe Meschines sonne of Randolphe Viscount of Baieulx and Alice his wife base daughter of Richard the third Duke of Normandy came into England with William the Conquerour who gaue him the Earledome of Carlile He married Margaret sister of Hugh Lupus the first Earle of Chester after the Conquest and Aunt and heire of Richard the second Earle of Chester by whom he had issue Randolphe the third Earle of Chester William Meschines Lord of Egremont and Geffrey Lord of Gillesland and died Anno Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de gueulles la cowe estant Andrew de Harcla of Westmerland knight for his good seruice in vanquishing and taking prisoner Thomas Earle of Lancaster and other his abetters the kings enemies disloyall subiects was by king Edward the second in the 14. yeare of his reigne girt with a sword and had giuen him the Title and Earledome of Carlile for this was the vsuall making of Earles in those dayes But afterwards this Andrew proued vngratefull to his King and Country in his warres in Scotland receiuing secretly from the Scots a great sum of money for a bribe to betray his Master for which his offence he being apprehended and taken was degraded first of his knight-hood and after of all honourable Titles by cutting off his Spurs from his heeles then by disgirding of him breaking his sword ouer his head and lastly by tearing his Coate of Armes off his body by a Herald This done he was drawne and hanged beheaded and quartered the last day of October 1322. Et portoit les armoiries de seint George au primier quanton à marlette de sable IOhn Plantagenet third sonne of king Henry the fourth was in the second yeare of king Henry the fift his brother created the first Duke of Bedford Earle of Richmond and Lord of Kendall and in the fift yeare of the said kings reigne hee was made Protector of the Realme of England as in the Title of Bedford is more at large and Earle of Carlile which diuers late Writers deny for thus do I finde him written in his owne Deeds and Charters Iohn Regent of the Realme of France Duke of Bedford Aniou and Alanson Earle of Mayne Harecourt Drux Richmond and Carlile and Viscount Beaumont He married in the yeare 1433. Iaquelline daughter of Peter of Lucemburge Earle of S. Paul but by her had no issue He dyed in France the tenth of September 1435. and was buried in the Cathedrall Church in the Citty of Roane in Normandy in a very stately Toombe Et portoit semé de France D'engleterre à vn lambell de cinq ermyn d'azur neuf fleurs de liz d'or RIchard fourth sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother of king Edward the fourth was in the first yeare of the said kings reigne 1460. created Duke of Glocester and Earle of Carlile and after was made Constable and Lord Admirall of England And lastly when hee had caused his two Nephewes king Edward the fift and Richard Duke of Yorke his brother to be murdered in the Tower of London He vsurped the Crowne and was
Peeres was found guilty of high treason and condemned to perpetuall imprisonment during his life where he dyed without issue And Waltheof Earle of Huntington notwithstanding his submission was taken and carried to Wynchester and there beheaded and his body buried in the fields without the Citty but after remoued to Crowland Et portoit les armes de son pete MIlo Fitz-Walter sonne of Walter Constable of the Castle of Glocester and of Emme his wife daughter of Drew de Balun Lord of Abergauenny succeeded his Father in the Constableship of Glocester and was by Mauld the Empresse made Earle of Hereford and Constable of her Court in the sixt yeare of king Stephen He married Sibell daughter and heire of Bernard Newmarch Lord of Brecknock by Nest his wife daughter of Griffith ap Lewellyn Prince of South Wales and had issue fiue sonnes and three daughters viz. Roger Walter Henry William and Mahell all Earles of Hereford and Constables of England sauing William onely who dyed before his elder brother Henry Margaret the eldest daughter married Humfrey de Bohun the third of that name who after the death of his wiues brothers was both Earle of Hereford and Constable of England Bertha the second daughter was married to Philip de Breus Lord of Brember Abergauenny c. Luce the third daughter was wife to Herbert sonne of Herbert and grand-childe to Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlaine to King Henry the first and of his wife daughter of Robert Corbet Concubine of king Henry the first Lord of Alencester in Comit Warwick This Milo dyed the eight of king Stephen was buried by Sibell his wife in the Abbey of Lanthony by Glocester which he founded in the yeare 1135. Et portoit gueulles à la bande d or oue la autre bande d'argent ROger eldest sonne and heire of Milo vnto whom King Henry the second gaue the Mote of Hereford with the Castle and the third peny of the Reuennewes of Pleas of the whole County of Hereford wherof he made him Earle He was also Constable of England Lord of Brecknock Caer-went Gower and of the Forrest of Deane all which sayth Somerset Glouer were confirmed vnto him by King Henrie the second his Letters Patents bearing date at Warwicke the twelfth day next after the conclusion of peace between King Stephen and him This Roger dying without issue Walter Henry Mahell his brothers succeeded him in his lands and possessions and died also without issue Whereby their whole Inheritance was diuided betweene their three sisters who were maried as aforesaid Et portoit gueulles deus bands vne d'or la autre d'argent HEnry de Bohun sonne of Humfrey de Bohun the fourth and Grand childe to Humfrey the third and Margaret his wife daughter of Milo Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and sister and co-heyre of her fiue brothers was in right of the said Margaret his grandmother created Earle of Hereford by Letters patents bearing date the third of Nouember in the first yeare of king Iohn as also Constable of England He married Mauld daughter of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall Earle of Essex and sister and heire of Geffrey and William sur-named Mandeuils her Brothers and had issue Humfrey de Bohun the fift He dyed in the 4. yeare of king Henry the third 1220. going to the holy Land and his body being brought backe into England was buried in the Abbey of Lanthony Et porteit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony and Earle of Essex in right of his mother To this Humfrey did king Henry the third in Anno 1241. release the remainder of a debt of 20000. Markes which Geffrey Magnauile Earle of Essex his Vnckle was to pay vnto him as a fine laide vppon him for marrying Isabell the repudiate wife of King Iohn daughter and heyre of William Earle of Glocester This Humfrey married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Isondon Earle of Angy in Normandy by whom he had issue Humfrey de Bohun the sixt that dyed before his Father in the Castle of Bristew being taken prisoner at the battell of Eusham 1265. and two daughters Mauld the eldest was maried first to Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke and after to Roger Quincy Earle of Winchester and Alice the second daughter was married to the Lord Thony The said Humfreys second wife was Mauld de Auenesbury by whom he had issue Iohn de Bohun Lord of Haresfield Father of Edmond and then died in the third yeare of King Edward the first 1274. and was buried at Lanthony Les arme de son peré HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that Christian name sonne and heire of Humfrey the sixt that dyed before his Father was after the death of Humfrey de Bohun the fift his grand-father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and by his Mother Elianor daughter and co-heire of William de Breose he was Lord of Brecknocke He married Mauld daughter of Ingelrame de Fines a Frenchman had issue Humfrey de Bohun the eight and after dyed at Plaisie in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. and was buried with his wife at Walden Abbey Et portoit d'azur à la bande d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that Christian name son and heire of Humfrey the seuenth was Earle of Hereford Constable of England Patron of Lanthony Abbey third Earle of Essex and Lord of Brecknock He married Elizabeth daughter of King Edward the first Widdowe of Iohn Earle of Holland with whom hee had no dowry but onely the Kings fauour which before he had lost by refusing to go with him into Flanders to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the French King by whom he had issue foure sonnes and two daughters Iohn the first sonne was after his Father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and died vvithout issue Humfrey the second son had all his brother Iohns honours aad dyed also without issue Edward William were twins borne at Caldecot in Wales Edward dyed drowned in Scotland before the death of his brother Humfrey and was buried at Walden William the 4. brother was a Martial man and by K. Edw. the third 1336. was created Earle of Northampton and did execute the Office of Constable of England for his brother Humfrey and dyed before him in the yeare 1359. Elianor the eldest daughter of this Humfrey the eight was married to Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde and Margaret the second daughter was wife to Hugh Courtney Earle of Deuonshire This Humfrey the eight was slaine with Thomas Earle of Lancaster at Burrowbridge by Andrew of Harcla Earle of Carlell the 15. of king Edward the second 1322.
two heyres of Robert Lord Quincy sonne and heyre of Saire Quincy Earle of Winchester by Hawis his wife the fourth sister and one of the heyres of Randoll Blundeuile Earle of Chester Lincolne by whom he had issue Lord Edmond Lacie that dyed before his Father in the yeare 1257. who before had maried Alice daughter of the Marquesse of Saluce in Italy and had issue Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne and Mauld maried to Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester This Iohn dyed in the 24. yeare of king Henry the third was buried in the Abbey of Stanloe Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de pourpâ—e HEnry Lacie grand-childe of Iohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne by his sonne Edmond was the second Earle of Lincolne of that Family Baron of Halton and Constable of Chester and Lord of Denbeigh by king Edward the first He writ in his stile Earle of Lincolne Constable of Chester Lord Ros and Roweniock and married to his first wife Margaret daughter and heire of William Lonspee grand-childe of William Longspee Earle of Salisbury by his sonne William by whoÌ„ he had issue Edmond Lacie drowned in a Well in Denbeigh Castle in the life time of his father Alice maried to Thomas Plantagenet Earle of Lancaster Leicester Derby This Henry married to his second wife Ioane daughter of William Martyne Lord Camoys but by her had no issue He dyed at his house now called Lincolnes Inne in Chancery-Lane in London 1311. and lyeth buried in Paules Church in London in S. Dunstans Chappell Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de purpre HEnry of Mounmoth sur-named Tortcoll sonne of Henry Earle of Lancaster and brother and heyre of Thomas Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby that married Alice Lacy aforesaid was created Earle of Derby in the life time of his Father after whose death which was in the yeare 1345. he was also Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Lord high Steward of England and in the 25. of king Edward the third he was made Duke of Lancaster and in the 27. yeare of the same Kings reigne he had the Earledome of Lincolne giuen him He married Isabell daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont and had issue two daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest was married to William Duke of Bauarre Earle of Henault Holland and Zeland Blanch the second daughter was wife to Iohn of Gaunt Earle of Richmont fourth sonne of king Edward the third who after the death of this Henry his Father in law was the second Duke of Lancaster This Henry dyed in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third Et portoit d'engleterre au band d'azur IOhn de la Pole sonne and heyre of Iohn de la Pole second Duke of Suffolke was created Earle of Lincolne in the seauenth yeare of king Edward the fourth and married Margaret daughter of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell by whom he had no issue He was slaine in the life time of his Father at Stokefield taking part with Martine Swarth the 16. of Iune in the second of king Henry the seuenth 1487. Et portoit d'azur à la face à trois testes de leopards d'or au lambell d'argent HEnry Brandon sonne and heyre of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by Mary the French Queene being about twelue yeares of age was created Earle of Lincolne at Bridewell in the seuenteene yeare of king Henry the eight and then dyed without issue his Father liuing Et portoit burelle d'argent de gueulles de dix pieces au lion rampant d'or correné perpale gueulles d'argent au lambell d'argent EDward Clinton Lord Clinton was created Earle of Lincolne in the 14. yeare of Queene Elizabeth 1572. and made Lord Admirall of England He married three wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter of Sir Iohn Blount the widdow of the Lord Talboys by whom he had issue Bridget wife to Robert Dymock of Lincolnshire Esquire Father of Sir Edward Dymock his Maiesties most worthy Champion Katherine wife of William Lord Borough Father of Thomas Lord Borough Lord Deputy of Ireland Margaret wife to Charles Lord Willoughby of Parham His second wife was Vrsula daughter of William Lord Sturton by whom he had issue Henry lord Clinton Edward Thomas which Tho had to wife Mary daughter of Iohn Terrell of Warley Anne Clinton maried to William Ascough sonne heyre of Sir Francis Ascough of Kelsey in Lincolnshire knight Francis married to Gyles Bruges Lord Shandos of Sudley Castle His third wife was Elizabeth daughter of Gerald Earle of Kildare in Ireland by whom he had no issue He dyed in the 26. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and was honourably buried at Windesore 1585. Et portoit d'argent six croiseletz de sable au pied fiche au chef d'azur chargé de deux molettes d'or HEnry Lord Clinton Son and heyre of Edward Earle of Lincolne and Lord high Admirall of England after the death of his Father was Earle of Lincolne and married Katherine daughter of Francis Hastings Earle of Huntington by whom he had issue Thomas Lord Clinton and Earle of Lincolne 1616. Sir Edward Clinton knight who married Mary daughter of Thomas Dighton of Sturton and Elizabeth Clinton wife to Sir Arthur Gorge knight THomas Lord Clinton and Earle of Lincolne now liuing 1618. married Elizabeth daughter and one of the heyres of Sir Henry Knyuet knight and hath issue Edward Lord Clinton knight of the Bath Henry and Thomas Clinton Katherine Elizabeth and Francis A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles Palatines of Lancaster their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn sur-named Without-Land brother of king Richard the first was by the said King created Earle of Lancaster and had giuen him also the Earledomes of Nottingham Deuonshire and Cornwall He married Isabell third daughter and one of the heyres of William Earle of Glocester by whom he had the said Earldome conditionally that he should giue yearely betweene the other two sisters foure hundred pounds but from the said Isabell he was diuorced in the first yeare he came to bee King as in the title of Earles of Glocester is more at large Et portoit les armes d'engleterré an baston d'azur brochant sur le tout EDmond sur-named Crouchbacke second sonne of king Henry the third borne in the yeare 1245. and created Earle of Lancaster by his Father in the yeare 1267. He had also giuen him the Earledomes of Leicester and Derby with the Office of high Steward of England after the attaindor of Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester slaine at the battaile of Euesham and the disinheriting of Robert Ferrars Earle of Derby Hee married two wiues the first was Auelina daughter of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle and sister and heyre of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle by whom he had no issue His second wife was Blanch Queene of Nauarre daughter of Robert Earle of Artoys by whom he had issue Thomas Earle of Lancaster Henry Lord of Munmoth and Iohn that dyed in France without
and Pernell his wife eldest daughter and co-heyre of Hugh Grentmesnill which Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke gain-said alledging that that Office belonged to him of right by Alice the other daughter of Hugh Grentmesnill to which this Simon answered That in King Iohns time this Controuersie was agreed That the Earle of Leicester that then was should giue to the then Earle of Norfolke tenne Knights Fees for which the Earle of Norfolke did release all his right and claime to the said Office of Lord high Steward of England Whereunto Earle Roger replied said That of those ten Knights Fees there were yet two a halfe vnpaid To which it was answered That by the Lawes of the Realme the saide Roger might recouer the remainder of those Knights Fees And so Simon was receiued to execute the saide Office at the Coronation of Queene Elianor Et portoit les armes de son pere EDmond sur-named Crouch-backe second sonne of king Henry the third in the fiftieth yeare of his Fathers reigne was made Earle of Leicester and high Steward of England and had also giuen him the Castle of Kenelworth and married Aueline daughter and heyre of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle as in the title of Earles of Lancaster is more at large He married to his second wife Blanch Queene of Nauarre daughter of Robert Earle of Arthoys and had issue Thomas Earle of Lancaster Henry and Iohn and after died at Bayon in France 1295. and was buried at Westminster on the North side of the Altar Et portoit d'engleterre au lambell de France THomas eldest sonne and heyre of Edmond Crouchbacke Earle of Leicester and high Steward of England married Alice daughter and heyre of Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne but by her had no issue He was beheaded at Pomfret in the yeare of our Lord 1322. as is more at large in the Title of Earles of Lancaster Et portoit d'engleterre an lambell de France HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth brother heyre of Thomas aforesaid was restored to the Earledomes of Lancaster Leicester and Derby with the Office of high Steward of England in the eighteenth yeare of king Edward the second and married Mauld or Matild daughter heyre of Sir Patrick Chaworth knight and had issue as in the Earles of Lancaster He dyed in the yeare 1345. and lyeth buried at Leicester Et portoit les armes d'engleterre à la band d'azur HEnry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll sonne heyre of Henry Lord of Monmouth and grand-childe of Edmond Crouchbacke was after the death of his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and high Steward of England and after created Duke of Lancaster in the yeare 1351. He married Isabell daughter of Henry Lord Bellomont or Beaumont and had issue two daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest married to William Duke of Bauary and Blanch the second daughter was married to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster He dyed of the plague and was buried at Leicester the 35. of king Edward the third Et portoit les armes de son pere WIlliam of Bauary Earle of Henault Holland Zeland and Frizland married Mauld daughter co-heire of Henry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll the first Duke of Lancaster by reason whereof he was Earle of Leicester in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third as doth appeare by his Charter bearing date 1360. He dyed withour issue Et portoit les armes de Bauary Perbendee lozengie d'argent d'azur IOhn of Gaunt so named of the place where he was borne fourth sonne of king Edward the third after the death of William of Bauary his brother by marriage was by his Father created Earle of Leicester Lincolne and Derby in the yeare 1361. as in the Earles of Lancaster is more at large He married Blanch the second daughter and co-heyre of Henry first Duke of Lancaster by whom he had issue King Henry the fourth and others He dyed in the yeare 1399. Et portoit France semé escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'hermyns HEnry of Bullingbroke sonne and heyre of Iohn of Gaunt was Duke of Hereford in the life time of his Father and after created Earle of Leicester and Derby as also Lord high Steward of England and lastly king of England by the name of king Henry the fourth Et portoit les armes de son pere RObert Dudley fift sonne of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland was created Earle of Leicester and Baron of Denbeigh in the sixt yeare of Queene Elizabeth 1564. at S. Imaâ—s house on Michelmas day He was Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter and of S. Michael L. Steward of her house and Master of the Horse and one of her Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell He married two wiues the first was Amie daughter and heyre of Sir Iohn Robsert knight who dyed without issue His second wife was Lettice daughter of Sir Francis Knolles Treasurer of the houshold to Queene Elizabeth and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter by whom he had a sonne named Robert Baron of Denbeigh who dyed young without issue This Robert dyed without any lawfull issue at Cornebury Lodge in Oxfordshire 1588. and was buried at Warwick leauing issue Robert a base sonne begotten of Duglasse Howard sister of Charles Earle of Nottingham Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant vert à la double queue ' RObert Sidney Lord Gouernour of Vlishing sonne of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter Lord Deputy of Ireland and President of the Counsell of the Marchesse of Wales and of Lady Mary his wife eldest sister and co-heyre of Robert Dudley Earle of Leicester fift sonne of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland was by King Iames the thirteenth day of May 1603. created Baron Sidney of Penshurst in the Tower of London and on the furth day of May 1605. he was created Viscount Lisle at Grienwich and lastly on Sunday the second day of August 1618. he was created Earle of Leicester at Salisbury he being then Lord Chamberlaine to Queene Anne and knight and companion of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Barbary the only daughter and heyre of Iohn Gamage Lord of Coytie in Glamorganshire by whom he hath issue now liuing Robert Lord Lisle who married Lady Dorothy eldest daughter of Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Lady Mary married to Sir Robert Wroth Lady Phillip wife to Sir Iohn Hubert knight sonne heyre of Sir Henry Hubert knight Baronet and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the Court of common Pleas and Lady Barbara Sidney the third daughter yet vnmarried 1618. Et portoit d'or à la pheon d'azur A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of March their Armes Wiues and Children ROger Lord Mortimer of Wigmore sonne and heyre of Edmond Lord Mortimer of Wigmore was created the first Earle of the Marchesse of Wales in the second yeare of king Edward the third at a Parliament held at Salisbury Vnto this Roger was committed the gouernment of Edward the third for that
Hugh dyed in the yeare 1263. and was buried at Colne the 48. of King Henry the third Et portoit de gueulles escartellé d'or le premier brisé de vn molette d'argenâ— RObert de Vere the second of that christen name sonne heyre of Hugh aforesaid was the fift Earle of Oxford of that sur-name Lord Bulbec and great Chamberlaine of England who siding with the Barons in the ciuill dissentions against king Henry the third was taken prisoner by Prince Edward the kings sonne in a battaile neere Kenelworth in the yeare 1265. He married Alice daughter and heyre of Gilbert Lord Samford and Chamberlaine to Queene Elianor and had issue Robert Vere Earle of Oxford Hugh de Vere second sonne who married Dionisia daughter and heyre of William Montchensey Lord of Swanescamp knight and dyed without issue and Alphonsus de Vere knight third sonne who dyed before his other two elder brothers and was buried at S. Albons the second of king Edward the third Ioane the eldest daughter married William de Warren sonne of Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey Lora the second daughter was wife to Reginald Argentein with whom her Brother Robert as Milles hath pag. 682. did giue in marriage the Mannor of Ketlingham in Norfolke This Robert died in the yeare 1295 and was buried at Colne in the 24. yeare of king Edward the first Et portoit les armes de son peté RObert de Vere the third of that name sonne and heire of Robert the second was after the death of his Father the sixt Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and great Chamberlaine of England and was called The good Earle of Oxford He was sent by king Edward the first into Aquitaine with an Army to releeue his people against the French He married Margaret daughter of Roger Lord Mortimer and sister of Roger first Earle of March and dyed without issue in the yeare 1331. and was buried at Colne in Essex Et portoit gueulles escartelle d'or le premier beise de vn molette d'argent IOhn de Vere sonne of Sir Alphons de Vere knight and Nephew and heire of Robert and Hugh his Vnkles whom hee succeeded and was the seuenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and great Chamberlaine of England He married Mauld daughter of Bartholmew Badelismer Baron of Leeds in Kent and sister and one of the heyres of Giles Lord Badelismer her brother by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters viz. Thomas and Aubrey both Earles of Oxford and Iohn Vere third sonne dyed without issue Margaret the eldest daughter was first married to Henry Lord Beaumont and after to Sir Iohn Deuereux knight Isabell the second daughter was first married to Sir Iohn Courtney Grand-father of Hugh the first Earle of Deuonshire of that Family and after to Sir Oliuer Dynham knight This Iohn Earle of Oxford dyed in the 33. yeare of king Edward the third 1358. Et portoit de gueulles escattelle d'or le prinâ—ier brise de vn Molette d'argent THom as de Vere sonne and heyre of Iohn aforesaide after the death of his Father was the eight Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Lord great Chamberlaine of England and married Matilda daughter and heyre of Sir Raphe Vfford knight Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England vnder King Edward the third and had issue Robert de Vere Earle of Oxford Marquesse of Dublin and Duke of Ireland and after died at Bentley in Essex the 18. day of September the 45. of King Edward the third Et portoit les Armes de son peré RObert de Vere the fourth of that name and 9. Earle of Oxford at eight yeares of age was Lord Bulbec Samford and great Chamberlaine of England and to augment his honour king Richard the second in the 9. yeare of his reigne created him Marquesse of Dublyn and gaue him a thousand Markes lands by the yeare with the Castle of Flynt in Wales also he gaue to him the sonne and heyre of Charles de Bloys theÌ„ a prisoner for whose redemption he had 20000. pounds and in the 10. yeare of the saide Kings reigne he was made Duke of Ireland After all which the King granted him by Letters Patents to hold the kingdome and Soueraignty of Ireland and to beare for his Armes Azure three Crownes gold within a bordure argent quartered before his owne Coate He was much hated of the Nobility for abusing the Kings eares to the hurt of the Sate Hee married Philip daughter of Ingelram de Guisnes Lord of Coucie and Earle of Bedford by Isabell his wife daughter of king Edward the third whom he diuorced and tooke to wife Lantegronia a meane woman that came with the Queene out of Bohemia but had no issue by eyther of them At last he was banished England by the Barons and went into France where about fiue yeares after being a hunting he was slaine by a wilde Boare King Richard hearing thereof out of his loue caused his body to be brought into England and to bee apparelled in Princely Ornaments and Robes and put about his necke a chaine of gold and Rings vpon his fingers and so was buried in the Priory of Earles Colne in Essex 1392. The king being thereat did weare blackes Et portoit les armes de son peré AVbrey de Vere after the banishment and death of Robert Duke of Ireland his Nephew was the tenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec and Samford 1393. But the Chamberlainship of England saith Milles which his Auncestors did hold in Fee he surrendred vnto king Richard the second who bestowed the same vpon Iohn Holland Duke of Excester his halfe brother by the Mother He married Alice daughter of Iohn Lord Fitz-Walter of Woodham Walter in Essex and had issue Richard Earle of Oxford and Iohn that dyed without issue the ninth of Henry the fift Alice a daughter was married to Sir Iohn Fitz-Lewis knight This Aubrey dyed in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth and was buried in the Priory of Earles Colne in Essex in the yeare 1400. Et portoit gueulles escartelle d'or le premier brise de vn Molette d'argent RIchard de Vere twenty foure yeares olde at the death of his Father Aubrey was the eleuenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec and Samford and in the third yeare of King Henry the fift he was made Knight of the Garter He married Alice daughter and one of the heyres of Sir Richard Sergeaulx knight and widdow of Guy S. Albon by whom hee had issue Iohn Earle of Oxford and Sir Robert Vere knight who married Margaret daughter of Sir Hugh Courtney of Hacham knight and heyre to her Mother Phillip one of the daughters and heyres of Sir Warren Archdeacon knight and had issue Iohn who married Alice daughter and heyre of Walter Kilrington alias Colbroke by whom he had issue Iohn de Vere Earle of Oxford This Richard dyed in the 4. yeare of King Henry the fift Et portoit les armes de son pere IOhn de
portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endent de mesme GEorge Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury vpon whose Toombe at Sheffield he is stiled Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter This George being but twenty yeares of age was at the battaile of Stoke where hee fought manfully in the behalfe of King Henry the seuenth who made him Knight of the Order of the Garter and after he was made Steward of the house to King Henry the eight and Generall of the Army at the siedge of Turwin 1513. He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of William Lord Hastings Chamberlaine to king Edward the fourth by whom he had issue Henry Lord Talbot that dyed without issue and was buried at Calke Priory Francis Lord Talbot and Earle of Shrewsbury after his Father Iohn and Iohn both borne buried at Ashby de la Zouche William Talbot fift sonne borne at Sheffield Richard Talbot sixt sonne borne at Chelsey and fiue daughters Margaret married to Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland Anne and Dorothy both borne at Wingfield Mary wife to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland and Elizabeth the fift daughter was married vnto William Lord Dacres of Gillesland This Georges second wife was Elizabeth daughter and one of the heyres of Richard Walden of Erith in Kent knight of whom he begot Iohn that dyed young and Anne married to Peter Compton sonne and heyre of Sir William Compton knight and after to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke This George dyed at Wingfield the 26. of Iuly 1538. and was honourably buried by his first wife at Sheffield Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endenté de meâ—me FRancis Talbot sonne and heyre of George was borne in the Castle of Sheffield in the yeare 1500. the 16. of king Henry the seuenth and was the fift Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakemer knight of the Garter He married two wiues the first was Mary daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland by whom he had issue George Lord Talbot and sixt Earle of Shrewsbury Thomas Talbot that dyed at Sheffield without issue the 25. of king Henry the eight and Anne first married to Iohn Lord Bray and after to Thomas Lord Wharton and dyed without issue His second wife was Grace daughter of Robert Shackerley of Derbishire Esquire He dyed the 21. of September the second of Queene Elizabeth and was buried at Sheffield in the yeare 15â—9 Et portoit les armoities de son pere GEorge Talbot sixt Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer sonne and heyre of Francis aforesaid was made Knight of the Garter in the third yeare of Queene Elizabeth and at the arraignment of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke Lord Steward of England and presently after Earle Marshall of England He married two wiues the first was Gertrude daughter of Thomas Mannors Earle of Rutland by whom he had issue Francis Lord Talbot that dyed before his Father without issue Gilbert second sonne was after his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and dyed without issue male Edward the third sonne was after his Brother Gilbert also Earle of Shrewsbury and dyed without issue Henry Talbot the fourth sonne Katherine Talbot the eldest daughter was married to Henry Lord Herbert after Earle of Penbroke but had no issue Mary the second daughter was married to George Sauell sonne of Henry Sauell of Barraby in Lincolnshire and Grace the third daughter was married to Sir Henry Cauendish knight sonne and heyre of William Cauendish of Chattesworth knight This George his second wife was Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Hardwike of Hardwike in Derbishire Esquire by whom he had no issue He dyed on Wednesday the 18. of Nouember in the Castle of Sheffield and was buried the 13. of Ianuary at Sheffield 1590. Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endente de me sme GIlbert Talbot the seuenth Earle of Shrewsbury of this Family Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer succeeded his Father George and married Mary daughter of Sir William Cauendish of Chatsworth and had issue three daughters his heyres Mary the eldest was married to William Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales and Earle of Penbroke Elizabeth married to Sir Henry Grey Lord of Ruthin sonne and heyre of Charles now Earle of Kent 1618. Alithea the third daughter was married to Thomas Howard now Earle of Arundell 1618. This Gilbert dyed at his house in Broad-streete in London and was conuayed to Sheffield there most honourably buried being Knight and Companion of the Noble Order of the Garter and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell 1618. Et portoit les armes de son pere EDward Talbot second sonne of George and brother and heyre male of Gilbert aforesaid was the eight Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blackmer He married Ioane eldest daughter and co-heyre of Cuthbert Lord Ogle by whom he left no issue Hee dyed in London and his body was priuately buried at Westminster 1618. GEorge Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn Talbot of Grafton Esquire by Ratherine his wife daughter of Sir William Peter of Ingerston in Essex Knight heyre male of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight of the Garter and Bannaret second sonne of Iohn Lord Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury after the death of Gilbert and Edward Earles of Shrewsbury aforesaid without issue male was by King Iames 1618. admitted the ninth Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blackmer Et portoit de gueulles â—u lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endente de mesme A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Salisbury their Armes Wiues and Children PAtricke de Eureux sonne of Walter de Eureux Earle of Rosemer and Sibill his wife Founders of the Monastery of Bradenstoke 1093. was Steward of the house to Mauld the Empresse by whose meanes the Earledome of Salisbury was confirmed vnto him in the 28. yeare of king Henry the second He married Ela the widdow of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey daughter of William Taluaise Earle of Pontine grand-childe to Roger Mountgomery by his sonne Robert de Mountgomery Earle of Shrewsbury by whoÌ„ he had issue William Fitz-Patricke Earle of Salisbury and Rosemer Patricke and Philip Cannons at Bradenstock This Patricke was a Witnesse to the Charter of pacification of the troubles betweene King Stephen and Henry Duke of Normandy 1152 and after was slaine in Aquitaine by Guy de Lusignan in comming as a Pilgrim from S. Iames de Compostella and as the Priory Booke of Lacok hath the 6. Kalend of Aprill 1168 and was buried at S. Hillaries the 15. of king Henry the second Doctor Powell in his description of Wales Fol. 154 saith that about the yeare 1094. Roger Montgomery William Fitz-Eustace
the Noblemen which conspired the death of king Henry the fourth at a Iusts held at Oxford but beeing disclosed diuers of them were put to death and this Iohn and Thomas Holland Earle of Kent flying vnto Circester were by the rude Townes-men there brought into the Market-place and there had their heads smitten off the first yeare of King Henry the fourth He married Mauld daughter and heyre of Sir Adam Francis of London knight and widdow of Sir Alan Boxhull knight Lieutenant of the Tower and had issue Thomas Mountacute Earle of Salisbury and Richard that dyed without issue three daughters Anne the eldest was first married to Sir Richard Hanckford after to Sir Iohn Fitz-Lewis knight and thirdly to Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester Margaret the second daughter was married to William Lord Ferrars of Groby and Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresbie Et portoit d'argent au trois Lozengies en face de gueulles THomas Montacute Son of Iohn Earle of Salisbury slaine by the Commons at Circester was restored to be Earle of Salisbury in the tenth yeare of king Henry the fourth and after in the sixt yeare of king Henry the sixt hee was made Knight of the Garter and in the yeare 1423. he raised the siedge of Crauant in Burgoigne where he with the losse of 21. hundred men slew eight thousand of the enemies After he was substituted Vice-Regent of the Countries of France Bry and Champaigne and Sir Iohn Fastoffe Deputy in the Dutchy of Normandy And in the sixt yeare of king Henry the sixt he with William de la Pole Earle of Suffolke and Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury besiedged the Citty of Orliance in France where he and Sir Thomas Gargraue knight looking out of a high Window in a Tower at the Bridge ende to view the Towne was shot with a Bullet from the enemy which brake the Window and droue the shiuers thereof into his Face and Head vpon which wound hee dyed within eight dayes after Whose body being brought into England was honourably buried by his Auncestors at Bisham Abbey in Barkshire 1428. He married Eleonor daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and sister and one of the heyres of Edmond Earle of Kent and had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Alice married to Richard Neuill a younger sonne of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland This Thomas had a base sonne named Iohn Et portoit d'argent au trois Louzengies en face de gueulles RIchard Neuill third sonne of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland by Ioane his second wife daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was made Earle of Salisbury after the death of Thomas Montague his wiues Father and Knight of the Garter in the 15. yeare of king Henry the sixt and Lord Chancellor in the 32. yeare of the said kings reign He tooke part with Richard Duke of Yorke against king Henry the sixt and was taken prisoner by Queene Margaret at the battaile of Wakefield and beheaded at Pomfret and his head sent vpon the ende of a Speare to Yorke in which battaile was Richard Duke of Yorke also slaine 1460. This Richard Neuill married Eleanor daughter and heyre of Thomas Montague Earle of Salisbury and had issue foure sonnes and sixe daughters Richard the eldest sonne was after restored and made Earle of Salisbury and after Earle of Warwicke Iohn the second sonne was created Marquesse Mountague Thomas the third sonne married the widdow of the Lord Willoughby and dyed without issue George the fourth sonne was Arch-bishop of Yorke and Lord Chancellor of England Ioane the eldest daughter was married to William Pitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Cecily the second daughter was married vnto Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwicke Alice the third daughter was married to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh Baron of Rauenswath Eleanor the fourth daughter was married to Thomas Stanley first Earle of Derby of that name Katherine the fift daughter was wife to William Bonuill Lord Harington and Margaret the sixt daughter was married to Iohn Vere Earle of Oxford This Richards body was first buried in the Priory at Pontfret and after remoued to Bisham Abbey neere Windesore in Barkshire Et portoit gueulles au Saukeur d'argent au lambell gobonne d'argent d'azur RIchard Neuill sonne and heyre of Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury aforesaid was restored to be Earle of Salisbury and in right of his wife he was Earle of Warwicke he was also great Chamberlaine and high Admiral of England Lord Warden of the North Marches toward Scotland and of the Cinque-Ports Captaine of Callis high Steward of the Dutchy of Lancaster and knight of the Noble Order of the Garter This famous and great Earle of Warwicke did set vp and pull downe Kings at his pleasure First he set vp king Edward the 4. and put downe king Henry the 6. and after some breach and vnkindnes between them this Richard took Henry the 6. out of prison where he had bin ten yeares and placed him againe in his Regall Throne forcing Edward to flye into Flanders to seeke ayde of the D. of Burgundy his brother in law But Edward returning againe did encounter with this great Earle his brother Iohn Marquesse Montacute at Barnet field where they were both slain in the year 1471. This Earle Rich. married Anne daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke and sister and heyre of Henry Duke of Warwicke by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Isabell the eldest was married to George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence and Anne the second daughter was first married to Prince Edward and after to Richard Duke of Glocester after king by the name of Richard the third Et portoit les armes de son pere GEorge Plantagenet borne at Dublin in Ireland third sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother of king Edward the fourth was created Duke of Clarence in the yeare 1461. And by Letters Patents dated at Westminster the twenty fiue of March the 12. of King Edward the fourth he was created Earle of Salisbury and Warwicke This George married Isabell sister and co-heyre of Henry Duke of Warwicke and had issue Edward Earle of Warwicke who from his childe-hoode was kept in the Tower of London and in the ende beheaded by king Henry the seuenth leauing no issue and Margaret the daughter of the said George married Sir Richard Pole knight and was beheaded after her brother in the 33. yeare of king Henry the eight This George was secretly murdered in the Tower of London in the yeare 1477 and was buried at Tuekesbury Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent au trois cantons de gueulles EDward onely sonne of King Richard the third Queen Anne his wife was borne in the Castle of Middleham neere Richmond in the County of Yorke 1473 who beeing not foure yeares of age was created Earle of Salisbury the 17. yeare of the Reigne of king
Normandy after the death of King Richard the first his Vnckle and being ayded by King Philip of France whose daughter he had married made warres against King Iohn his Vnckle being taken prisoner at the Castle of Mirobel in Normandie was carried to Roane Castle where leaping from the Wall thereof with intent to escape was drowned in the Ditch without issue in the yeare 1202. Et portoit gueulles trois Leopards passant enpale d'or au lambell de cinq points d'azur GVY or Guydo Viscount of Thouars second husband to Constance the heire of Britaine was also in her right the next Earle of Britaine and Richmond and by her had issue two daughters his heires Alice and Katherine Alice was married to Peter de Dreux and Katherine was the wife of Andrew de Vitre in Britaine Et portoit d'or cinq fleurs de liz d'azur au quanton de gueulles RAndoll sur-named Blundeuille the sixt Earle of Chester third husband to Constance the heire of Britaine and Richmond and daughter and heire of Conan le Petit was in right of the saide Constance his wife and permission of king Iohn Earle of Richmond Anno 1204. and was after diuorced from the said Constance for her incontinency hauing no issue by her he dyed at his Castle of Wallingford in the 17. yeare of king Henry the third Et portoit d'azur à trois gerbes d'or PEter Brian Earle of Dreux after the diuorce and surrender of Randoll Blundeuile Earle of Chester was both D. of Britaine and Earle of Richmond in right of Alice his wife daughter and co-heire of Guy Viscount of Thouars and Constance his wife daughter and heire of Conan le Petit as by this Charter following it doth appeare Petrus Dux Britanniae Comes Richmond habet honorem de Richmond sibi redditum quem Ranulphus Comes Cestriae Lincolne prius habuit Teste Rege apud Nantes 22. Maij. Anno. 1229. He had issue Iohn Duke of Britaine and Ioland that was married vnto Hugh de Brun Earle of the Marches of Picardy PEter of Sauoy Vnckle to Queene Elianor wife to K. Henry the third came into England in the yeare 1241. At which time king Henry the third gaue him the Earledome of Richmond and made him Chiefe of his priuy Counsell and in the 29. yeare of the said Kings Reigne this Peter began to build the house now called the Sauoy in the Strand neere London This Peter surrendred the Earledome of Richmond and after dyed in Sauoy in the yeare 1267. He married Agnes daughter and heire of Aimon Prince of Falcianack and had issue Beatrix wife to Guy sonne of Andrew Dolphin of Vienna Et portoit d'or à l'aigle de sable portant à l'escusson barre de 10. d'or sable à le couronne in band vert IOhn de Dreux sonne of Peter Brien had the Dukedome of Brittaine and Earledome of Richmond made ouer vnto him in these words De comitatu Richmond recepto in excambium a Petro de Sabaudia concessi Iohanni Duci Britanniae Teste Rex apud Northampt. 5. Maij. pat Anno. 50. Hen. 3. So that I hold this Iohn to be both Duke of Britaine and Earle of Richmond although some Writers deny the same He maried Blanch daughter of Theobald King of Nauarre by whom he had issue Iohn the second of that name Duke of Britaine and Earle of Richmond He dyed in the yeare 1286. Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur au quanton de ermyn IOhn de Dreux sonne of Iohn de Dreux afore-saide was Duke of Brittaine and Earle of Richmond in the 44. yeare of king Henry the third and married Beatrix the saide kings daughter and had issue Arthur Duke of Britaine Iohn Earle of Richmond Peter and Henry that both dyed young Alice Abbesse of Fount-Euerâ—â— Mary married to the Earle of S. Pole and Blanch the third daughter was wife to Philip sonne and heire of the Earle of Arthoys This Iohn dyed at Lions in France in the yeare 1305. with the fall of a wall Et portoit eschequette d'or d'azur à bordure gucuiles charge auleopards d'or au quanton ermyn ARthur Duke of Britaine sonne and heire of Iohn the second Duke of Britaine of that name was after his Fathers death Duke of Britaine he married two wiues the first was Beatrix Viscountesâ—t of Limogen and Lady of Auennos in Hennault by whom hee had issue Iohn Duke of Britaine that dyed without issue and Guy Earle of Pentebria who married Iane daughter and heire of Henry de Auangour and had issue Ioane wife to Charles Earle of Bloys nephew to Philip de Valois King of France The said Arthur tooke for his second wife Yoland daughter and heire of Almericke Earle Montford by whom he had issue Iohn Breno Earle Mountford and after Duke of Britaine Blanch wife to Robert de Flanders Earle of Marle Alice Countesse de Vendosme and Beatrix married to Guy Earle of Lauall This Arthur died in the yeare 1312. as Bertram de Argentre affirmeth Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur à bordure gueulles chargé an leopards d'or au quanton ermyns IOhn de Dreux second sonne of the second Iohn Duke of Britaine and Beatrix his wife daughter of King Henry the third and second Brother to Arthur Duke of Britaine aforesaide sate in Parliament helde at Westminster by the name and title of Iohn de Britaine Earle of Richmond the 34. of King Edward the first and so continued vntill the ninth of King Edward the third and did his homage at New-Castle for the saide Earledome 1332. Hee built the body of the Church of the Gray-Fryars in Newgate-Market in the 34. yeare of King Edward the first which cost him three hundred pounds and gaue many rich Iewels and Ornaments to be vsed in the same he dyed without issue and was buried in the said Church the ninth of King Edward the third M. Milles in Somersets Booke saith he died in Little-Britaine and was buried at Vanys Anno 1334. Et portoit les armoiries de son frere Arthur IOhn de Dreux sonne and heire of Arthur Duke of Britaine after his fathers death was Duke of Britaine and after the death of Iohn his Vnckle Earle of Richmond This Iohn had three Wiues and dyed in Britaine without issue Anno 1340. leauing Iohn Mountford his halfe brother by the father to succeed him in the Dukedom of Britaine who had issue Iohn the Valiant Et portoit ermyn RObert de Arthoys a Noble-man borne of the blood royall of Erance descended from another Robert sonne of Lewis the eight and brother to Saint Lewis King of France he was Councellor vnto Philip de Valois King of France who sentenced the Earledome of Arthoys from the said Robert vnto Mauld Countesse of Burgundy the saide Roberts Aunt which sentence so discontented the saide Robert that in his greefe he vttered these words By mee was Philip made King and by me he shall be deposed againe For this was this Robert proclaimed traytor
name of King Edward the fourth Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à vnlambell d'argent charge de neuf torteaux A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses Montague their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Neuill brother of Richard Neuil sur-named the great Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury was in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth created Lord Mountague and in the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee was created Earle of Northumberland at Yorke at which time Henry Percie Earle of Northumberland liued in banishment attainted but afterward obtayning the Kings fauour he returned into England and was restored to his Earledome of Northūberland againe in the eight yeare of king Edward the fourth And in the tenth yeare of the said Kings Reigne the saide Iohn hauing surrendred his grant of the said Earledome was created Marques Mountague and in the yeare after was slaine at Gladmore Heath at the battell of Barnet and being brought to London in one Coffin with his brother the Earle of Warwicke was set in S. Paules Church in London with their Faces bare to be seene three dayes and then carried to the Priory of Bisham and there both buried in one graue This Iohn married Isabell daughter and heyre of Sir Edmond Engelesthorp knight and had issue George Neuill created Duke of Bedford the tenth of king Edward the fourth and fiue daughters who after the death of the saide George without issue were his heyres Anne the eldest was married to Sir William Stoner knight Elizabeth married to the Lord Scroope of Vpsale Margaret married to Sir Iohn Mortimer knight and after to _____ Horne Lucy was first married to Sir Thomas Fitz-Williams of Aldwarpe Father of Williā Fitz-Williams Earle of Southampton and after to Sir Anthony Browne knight and Isabel the 5. daughter was maried to Sir William Hudleston knight Al which fiue daughters had issue This Iohn Marquesse Mountague and George Duke of Bedford his sonne were by Acte of Parliament the 17. of Edward the 4. degraded of all honourable Titles in these words Where afore this time the King our Soueraigne Lord for the great zeale and loue he bare to Iohn Neuill late named Marquesse Mountague and other considerations him mouing did erect and make George Neuill the eldest sonne of the saide Marquesse to bee Duke of Bedford and at that time for the great loue his saide Highnesse bare to the saide Iohn Neuill purposed and intended to haue giuen to the saide George for sustentation of the same dignity sufficient life-lode And for the great offences vnkindnesse and mis-behauing that the saide Iohn Neuill hath done and committed to his saide Highnesse as is openly knowne he hath not cause to depart any life-lode to the saide George And for asmuch as it is openly knowne that the saide George hath not nor by inheritance may haue any life-lode to support the saide Name Estate and Dignity or any name of Estate And oft-times it is seene that when any Lord is called to high Estate and hath not life-lode conueniently to support the saide Dignity it induces great pouerty and indigence and causes oft times great extortion embracery and maintenance to be had to the great trouble of all such countrtes where such estate shall hap to be inhabited Wherefore the King by the aduice and assent of his Lords spirituall and temporall and the Commons of this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same or dained established and enacted that from henceforth the saide Erection and making of Duke and all the names of Dignity giuen to the saide George or to the saide Iohn Neuill his Father be from hence-forth voide and of no effect And that the said George his heires from hence-forth be no Dukes nor Marquesse Earle nor Baron for no erection or creation afore made but of that name of Duke and Marquesse Earle and Baron in him and his heires ceasse and he voide and of none effect the saide Erection or Creation notwithstanding This haue I thought good to mention heere that Noblemen and others may be warned how they sell and consume their auncient Liuings and Patrimonies left them by their Ancestors least wanting where-with-all to maintaine their Estates the King degrade and disable them from bearing any honorable Title as he did these two Noblemen the Father and the Sonne Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argen au lambell gobonne d'argent d'azur A CATALOGVE OF THE Earle of Mountgomery his Armes Wife and Children PHilip Herbert second sonne of Henry Herbert Earle of Penbroke and brother of William now Earle of Penbroke 1618. was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames and on Satterday beeing the fourth day of May 1605. he was created at Greenwich first Baron of Sherland and the same day Earle of Mountgomery and lastly he was made Knight of the Garter 1608. He married Susan daughter of Edward Vere Earle of Oxford and hath issue Anne Sophia Et portoit per pale d'azur de gueulles au trois lyons rampant d'argent à vn bordur gobonny d'or de gueulles au cressant pur la difference A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Northumberland their Armes Wiues and Children COpso was made Earle of Northumberland by William the Conqueror and was after slaine by Osculph the late disinherited Earle of Northumberland as hee was entring into the Church of Newburne MOrchar sonne of Algar Duke of Mercia and brother to Edwyn as witnesseth Ingulph fol. 511. was made earle of Northumberland by William Conqueror after the death of Copso This Morchar with his brother Edwyn others misliking of the gouernment of king William fled the Realme and returning againe fortifyed the Isle of Elie and seated themselues in a place called Thorney But after long siedge of that place Morchar was taken prisoner and so kept all William Conquerors dayes and dyed in prison in the second yeare of William Ruphus He had a sister named Lucia first married vnto Iuo Talboys a great Baron of Angeo and after to Roger Romara Lord of Bullingbroke by whom she had issue William Romara Earle of Lincolne and the third time she married Randall Meschines the third Earle of Chester and had issue another Randall sur-named Gernonijs the fourth Earle of Chester Et portoit de sable à l'aigle d'or membrè beque de gueulles Gospatricke sonne of Maldred and Aldgith his wife Sister of Syward the great Earle of Northumberland was after the depriuation of Earle Morchar the next Earle of Northumberland and because he suffered Malcolme King of Scotland with a power to enter England was by the Conquerour depriued of this Earledome in the yeare 1072. and after dyed in banishment Of this Gospatricke did descend the Noble Families of Neuils of Midelham Branspath Raby Et portoit de gueulles au Saulteur d'argent VVAltheof sonne of Syward the great Earle of Northumberland by Alfleda his wife daughter of Aldred sometime Earle of Northumberland was the next earle of