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A16939	A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 Together, vvith their armes, vviues, and children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke Esquire, Yorke Herauld: discouering, and reforming many errors committed, by men of other profession, and lately published in print ...	Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625.	1619 (1619)	STC 3832; ESTC S107111	214,884	345

to bee imprisoned with Humfrey sonne and heyre of Thomas of Woodstocke in the Castle of Trime in Ireland but in the first yeare of King Henry the 4. they were both deliuered and comming into England Humfrey dyed of the plague at Chester Thomas second sonne was created Duke of Clarence in the eleuenth yeare of King Henry the 4. and in the 8. yeare of King Henry the 5. he was made Lieutenant Generall of France and Normandy and in the yeare after was slaine at Bangy-Bridge in France by the Duke of Orliance He married Margaret daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Widow of Iohn Beaufort Earle of Somerset as is more at large in the Title of the Dukes and Earles of Clarence Iohn third sonne was made Duke of Bedford the 11. yeare of King Henry the 4. his Father and in the fift yeare of Henry the 5. his brother he was by Parliament made Regent of England and Head of the publike Wealth He knighted King Henry the 6. his Nephew at a Parliament held at Leicester in the 4. yeare of his Reigne And in the first yeare of the said King Henry the 6. being made Regent of France Charles King of France dying the most part of France was deliuered to him by the Nobility there to the vse of King Henry the sixt His marriages and death is more at large in the Title of Bedford Humfrey fourth sonne of King Henry the 4. was by his Brother King Henry the 5. made Duke of Glocester and in the first yeare of Henry the 6. he was made Protector of the Kingdome of England for 15. yeares during the said kings minority and was stiled Humfrey by the grace of God Sonne Brother and Vnckle to Kings Duke of Glocester Henault Holland Zeland and Penbroke Lord of Friezland great Chamberlaine of England Protector and Defender of the Kingdome and Church of England He had two Wiues His first Wife was Iaquet daughter and heyre of William Duke of Bauaria and Earle of Holland who was before betrothed to Iohn Duke of Brabant and was therefore after diuorced from this Humfrey without issue His second Wife was Elianor daughter of Reginald Lord Cobbam of Sterburgh in Surrey who for witchcraft and poysonings was much defamed Queene Margaret Wife to King Henry the sixt enuyed greatly his estate gouernment and practised with others his ouerthrow and destruction for after he was found murdered in his bed at Bury in Suffolke and was after buried at S. Albons in Hertfordshire Blanch eldest daughter was married at Collen to William Duke of Bauaria sonne and heyre of Lewis of Bauaria After she married the King of Arragon and thirdly she married the Duke of Barre but had no issue by any of them Philip second daughter of King Henry the 4. was married to Iohn King of Denmarke and Norway and dyed without issue King HENRY the fift This King following his Father vsed euery day when no state was kept after dinner to haue a Cushion laid on the cupboord there to leane a whole houre or more to receiue Petitions and heare complaints of whosoeuer would come And in those dayes when the King dyned in his Chamber the Steward of the Houshold sate alwayes in the Hall vnder the Cloth of Estate the same being rolled vp aboue his head and such Knights with him as waited that time vpon the King He dyed in the Castle of Boys de Viscenne not farre from Paris the 13. day of August 1422 when he had reigned nine yeares fiue moneths and odde dayes being 36. yeares old and was buried at Westminster He married Katherine daughter of Charles the sixt King of France at Troyes in Champaigne the third of Iune 1420. and the 14. of February after she was crowned at Westminster and was his Wife two yeares and three moneths She was after married to a Noble Gentleman named Owen Theodor of Wales by whom she had issue three sonnes Edmond Iasper and Owen Edmond was made Earle of Richmond and married Margaret daughter and sole heyre of Iohn D. of Somerset and had issue King Henry the seuenth Iaspher the second sonne was Earle of Penbroke and after Duke of Bedford This Queene Katherine dyed at Bermondsey in Southwarke the second of Iune 1436. and was buried at Westminster leauing issue by King Henry the fift her husband King Henry the sixt This King left Seme de lices and bare three Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre King HENRY the sixt Hee espoused Margaret daughter of Reyner Duke of Aniou and titulary of Cicily Naples and Ierusalem by Proxy at the Citty of Towers in Touraine in Saint Martyns Church by William de la Pole his Procurator in the presence of the French King and Queene which King was Vnckle to the Brides Father and the French Queen Aunt to her Mother She being conueyed to the Abbey of Tichfield was there solemnly married to King Henry the sixt the 22. of Aprill 1445. and was crowned at Westminster the 30. day of May after In the 33. yeare of this Kings Reigne he lost the battaile at S. Albons and was tataken prisoner at the battaile of Northampton by the Earle of Warwicke the 38. yeare of his Reigne and the yeare after was deliuered againe by Queen Margaret his Wife after the second battaile of S. Albons but in the same after the battaile at Mortimers Crosse the King and Queene fled to Yorke and the Earle of March comming to London with his power was proclaimed King of England And in the fourth yeare of his Reigne hee tooke King Henry neere the Abbey of Selby in Lancashire and brought him prisoner to the Tower of London And in the ninth yeare of his Reigne King Henry the sixt was againe deliuered by the Duke of Clarence and the Earle of Warwicke King Edward flying into Flanders was proclaimed a Vsurper but the next yeare after King Edward returning againe into England and comming to London tooke king Henry in the Bishops Pallace and after gaue battaile to the Earle of Warwicke at Barnet where the said Earle with his brother Iohn Neuill Marquesse Mountague were slaine And in the same yeare 1471. he also gaue a great ouerthrow to Queene Margaret at Tewkesbury in which battaile the saide Queene with Prince Edward her onely sonne were taken prisoners Prince Edward being first stricken by King Edward Richard Duke of Glocester stabbed him to the heart with his Dagger The Queene his Mother was conuayed to London where she remained in prison vntill Reyner her Father purchased her deliuerance with great summes of money who after returning to her owne Country there dyed After this battaile at Tewkesbury King Edward the fourth came to London on the 21. of May 1471. with thirty thousand men and the same night King Henry was murdered in the Tower of London and the morrow after brought into S. Paules Church in London in an open Coffin bare-faced where hee bled From thence he was conuayed to the Blacke-Fryars and there

the day after to haue the keyes of the Tower and custody of those two Infants deliuered to him Which being done accordingly the young King and his brother were shut vp together and al company remoued from them sauing that miscreant dog that was to execute that bloody and butcherly acte who about midnight brought a rout of Runnagates into their Chamber who suddenly lapping them vp amongst the cloaths of their bed smothered these two sweete Babes the Lords Annointed This young King was at his Fathers death eleuen yeares fiue moneths fiue dayes old King Richard the Third This Richard was honored with the Title of Glocester a title and name euer ominous all of them dying violent and vntimely deaths which hee regarded not his destiny enforcing his aspiring minde gaue him no rest vntill his restlesse body found it lastly in the graue He was slaine at a battaile fought at Redmore neere Bosworth the 22. of August 1485. when he had reigned two yeares two moneths and fine dayes The slaine body all tugged and torne naked and not so much as a clout left to couer his shame was trussed behind Blanch Sengler his Pursuiuant of Arms like a Hog or Calfe his head and armes hanging on the one side of the horse his legs on the other side all besprinkled with mire and blood was so brought to Leicester and there for a miserable spectacle the space of two daies lay naked and vnburied his remembrance being as odious to all as his person deformed and loathsome to be looked vpon Lastly his body was buried at Leicester without any Funerall pompe He married Anne second daughter and co-heyre of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury and had issue Edward their onely childe created by King Edward the fourth Earle of Salisbury and by his Father Prince of Wales as in the Earles of Salisbury is set foorth King HENRY the Seuenth HEnry earle of Richmond borne in Pēbroke Castle sonne of Edmond of Hadham Earle of Richmond and Margaret his wift daughter and onely heyre of Iohn Beaufort D. of Somerset which Edmond of Hadham was sonne and heyre of Owen Tudor begotten of Queene Katherine Widdow of King Henry the fift and daughter of Charles the sixt French King This Henry fledde into Britaine in the first yeare of King Edward the fourth and in the second yeare of king Richard the third he arriued and landed at Milford Hauen in Wales and with a small power came to Leicester and at a little Towne thereby called Bosworth where a cruell battaile being fought King Richard was slaine in the Field and his Crown which he ware being found was by the Earle of Derby and others put vpon this Henries head and presently proclaymed King of England in the Field 1485. He married Elizabeth eldest daughter of King Edward the 4. the 18. day of January 1485. shee being nineteene yeares olde whereby was vnited the two Families of Yorke and Lancaster to the great ioy of all English Subiects betwixt whom infinite contentions and mortall warres had formerly consumed and destroyed many thousands of noble and valiant Gentlemen Shee was crowned at Westminster the 25 of Nouember 1487. the third of her Husbands Reigne and continued his Wife 18. yeares and 24. dayes and dyed in Childe-bed in the Tower of London the eleuenth of February being the day of her birth 1503. and was buried at Westminster His Issue Arthur eldest sonne and heyre borne at Winchester the 20. day of September 1486 who by his Father was created Prince of Wales in the fift yeare of his Reigne Duke of Corn●ill and Earle of Chester who vpon the 14 day of Nouember 1501. being fifteene yeares old married Katherine daughter of Ferdinando King of Spain● she being then about eighteene yeares of age This marriage was solemnized in ●he Cathedral Church of S. Paul in London and within 4. moneths and 19. dayes after he dyed at Ludlow the second of Aprill 1502. he being then 15. yeares 6 moneths and 13. dayes olde and was buried at Worcester in S. Maries Church Henry second sonne borne at Greenwich in Kent the 22. of Iune 1491. In his infancy he was created Duke of Yorke and Marshall of England and after King of England Edmond third sonne was borne in the yeare 1495. and was created Earle of Somerset and dyed young at Bishops Hatfield being not sine yeares olde 1499. and was buried at Westminster Margaret eldest daughter borne the 29. of Nouember 1489. and being 14. yeares olde was married to Iames the fourth King of Scotland 1503 and had issue Iames the fift King of Scotland Arthur and Alexander and one daughter all which but the eldest dyed without issue yong Shee married to her second husband Archibald Douglas Earle of Anguish 1514. by whom she had issue Margaret married to Mathew Earle of Lenox who had issue Henry Lord Dernley after King of Scotland in right of Mary Queene of Scotland his Wife by whom he had issue Iames King of great Britaine 1618. Elizabeth second daughter borne the second of Iuly 1492. and dyed the 14. of September 1495. and was buried at Westminster Mary third daughter was first married to Lewis King of France who liued not long with her but dyed without issue After whose death she married for her second husband Sir Charles Brandon a Noble Knight and after Duke of Suffolke as in the Title of Earles of Suffolke is more at large Katherine fourth daughter borne vpon Candlemas day 1503. in the 18. yeare of her Fathers Reigne who dyed young King HENRY the Eight KIng HENRY the eight borne at Greenwich the 22. of Iune 1491. and at the age of twelue yeares was by his Father created Duke of Yorke and after his Brother Arthurs deth Prince of Wales And in the 18. yeare of his age he began his Reigne of King of England the 22. of Aprill and on the 25. day of Iune after was crowned with his Wife Queen Katherine at Westminster 1509. And in the fourth yeare of his Reigne hee wonne Turwin and Turney hauing vnder his Banner the Emperor Maximillian with most of the Nobility of Brabant Planders and Holland And in the 37. yeare of his Reigne the Towne of Boloigne was yeelded vnto him hee being there in person at the winning thereof Hee married sixe Wiues and died on Thursday the 28. of Ianuary 1547. when he had Reigned King 37. yeares and ten moneths His Wiues KAtherine the first Wife of King Henry the eight was daughter of Ferdinando the sixt King of Spaine and the Widdow of Prince Arthur his brother and was married to King Henry the eight the third of lune 1509. and was crowned with him the 25. day of Iune after And twenty yeares after was diuorced from him by the Bishop of Canterbury She dyed at Kimbalton in Huntingtonshire the 8 of Ianuary 1535. and was buried in Peterborough Church ANNE the second Wife of King Henry the eight was second daughter of Sir Thomas Bullen Earle of

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

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-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 Mur●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

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 ●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

also bled Lastly his body was conuayed to Windsore and there buried King Edward the fourth Philip Commines writing of the death of this King Edward the fourth saith The late King Edward the 4. of England being heyre of the House of Yorke vtterly destroyed the House of Lancaster vnder the which both his Father and he had liued many yeares And although the said King Edward had done homage to King Henry the 6. being of the house of Lancaster did he not afterwards hold him prisoner many yeares in the Tower of London where in the end he was murdered Haue wee not seene also saith hee the Earle of Warwicke principall Gouernour of all the said King Edwards Offices after he had put to death all his enemies especially the Duke of Somerset in the ende became deadly enemy to the king his Master gaue his daughter in marriage to Edward Prince of Wales sonne of King Henry attempted againe to set vp the house of Lancaster past with the said Prince into England discomfited in the field and slaine both he and his brother with many other Noblemen their kindred and others who in time past had done the like to their enemies After all this the children of these when the world turned reuenged themselues and caused in like manner the other to die For after King Edward was quiet in his place and Realme and receiued yearely out of France 50000. Crownes paide him in the Tower of London and was growne so rich that richer he could not be he dyed sodainly as it were of melancholy because of the French Kings marriage with the Lady Margaret the Duke of Austriches daughter For so soone as hee was aduertised thereof hee fell sicke and began then to perceiue how he had bene abused touching the marriage of his daughter whom he had caused to be called the Lady Dolphinesse then also was the pension which he had receiued out of France taken frō him which he called Tribute c. He married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers and Iaqueline his Wife Dutchesse of Bedford and Widdow of Sir Iohn Grey slaine at S. Albons where he was knighted the day before his death by King Henry the sixt After whose death she was priuatly married to King Edward the fourth the first day of May at his Mannot of Grafton in Northamptonshire 1464. and the next yeare after was crowned Queene at Westminster the 26. day of May. She was his Wife 18. yeare eleuen moneths and nine dayes and in the beginning of King Edward the fift her sonnes Reigne she was forced to take Sanctuary at Westminster and after hauing all her lands and possessions seized vpon by King Henry the seuenth liued in meane estate in the Monastery of Bermondsey in Southwarke where not long after she dyed and was buried at Windsore by King Edward her husband who dyed before at Westminster the 9. day of April 1483. at the age of 41. yeares when he had reigned 22. yeares one moneth and odde dayes His Issue Edward eldest sonne of King Edward the fourth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster the 4. of Nouember 1471. the tenth yeare of his Fathers Reign at that time King Edward was expulsed the Realme by the Earle of Warwicke but Fortune changing the Father was restored and the Sonne created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester the first of Iuly Richard second sonne of King Edward the fourth borne at Shrewsbury and being but a childe was created Duke of Yorke He was betrothed vnto Anne daughter and heyre of Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall Warren and Nottingham but he enioyed neither wife nor life long for he was with his brother Edward murdered in the Tower of London which place euer since is called The bloody Tower George third sonne was also borne at Shrewsbury and being very yong died and was buried at Windsore Elizabeth eldest daughter borne at Westminster the 11. of February 1466. she was promised in marriage to Charles the Dolphin of France wooed and courted by Richard Duke of Glocester her vnhappy Vnckle after he had murdered her two Brothers and he then King but after she was married to King Henry the seuenth Cecily second daughter was motioned to marry Iames Prince of Scotland Duke of Rothsay but it tooke no effect and so she was married after to Iohn Viscount Welles whom she out-liued and married againe to one Kyme of Lincolneshire and dyed without issue Anne third daughter married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall and Lord Treasurer of England and had issue two sonnes who died very young She dyed without issue and was buried at Framingham in Norfolke Bridget fourth daughter was borne at Eltham in Kent the tenth of Nouember 1480 and was a Nunne at Dartford where she remained till she dyed Mary fift daughter was promised in marriage to the King of Denmarke but she dyed before marriage in the Tower of Greenwich 1482. and was buried at windsore Margaret sixt daughter dyed in her Infancy Katherine seuenth daughter married William Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of Ochampton and had issue Henry Earle of Deuonshire whom Henry the eight created Marquesse of Excester 1525. His Bastards Arthur Plantagenet base sonne of King Edward the fourth begotten of Elizabeth Lucy was created Viscount Lisle at Bridewell in London the 26. of Aprill 1533. in right of his Wife Elizabeth sister and heyre of Sir Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle the Widdow of Edmond Dudley This Arthur had issue three daughters Bridget Francis and Elizabeth as is more at large in the Title of Viscounts Elizabeth base daughter of King Edward the fourth married to Sir Thomas Lumley Knight who dyed before his Father George Lord Lumley and had issue Richard Lord Lumley that dyed the second of King Henry the eight George Lumley a second sonne King EDVVARD the fift THis young King being vnder the protection of Richard Duke of Glocester his vnnaturall Vnckle at the death of his Father beeing in Wales was brought and lodged in the Bishops Pallace of London the 4. day of May 1483. The Queene his Mother with his yong brother the Duke of Yorke being in the Sanctuary at Westminster Richard the then Protector sent the honest Lord Cardinall to the Queene for the deliuery of the saide Duke of Yorke out of the Sanctuary who by his sweet and poysoned words and protestations to his Mother that it wold be for all their good to deliuer him This yong Prince was deliuered and brought to the King his Brother in the Bishops Pallace of London and from thence conuayed to the Tower of London with shew of preparation for the day of Coronation where they remained some two months At which time the saide Protectour sent one Greene a trusty seruant of his vnto Sir Robert Brakenbury then Constable of the Tower to murder the said two Princes who stoutly denying to doe so foule an acte Sir Iames Tirrell a seruant of the said Protectors was sent to Brakenbury

first his brother Earle of Cornwall Lancaster and Somerset Lord of the honours of Wallingford Tikell Marlesborough and Ludgarshall Lastly this Iohn married to his third wife Isabell daughter of Aimer Earle of Engolesmi by whom he had issue king Henry the third Richard Earle of Cornwall c. Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards d'or à baston d'azur RIchard second sonne of King Iohn in the eleuenth yeare of King Henry the third his brother was created Earle of Poictou and Cornwall and in the twelfth yeare of the said Kings reigne the king gaue him all the Lands in England which were Reginald Dampmartins Earle of Bologines And in the yeare 1257. he was by the Princes of Germany chosen king of the Romaines and crowned at Aquisgrane Hee did write himselfe Richard King of the Romaines and alwayes Augustus and married to his first wife Isabell sister and one of the heires of William Marshall the younger Earle of Penbroke and had issue Iohn that dyed young Henry slaine by Guy and Simon sonnes of Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester in the Church of S. Siluester in Viterbium in Italy 1272. in reuenge of their Fathers death that was slaine in the Barons wars in England and Richard that died without issue His second wife was Sanchia daughter and one of the heires of Reymond Berengar Earle of Prouince and sister to Queene Elianor by whom he had issue Edmond Earle of Cornwall and Richard that dyed at the siedge of Barwicke with an Iron shot in his head 1296. He had also Richard a base sonne who was the Father of Sir Geffrey Cornwall knight of whom is descended the Family of Cornwalles of Burford This Richard dyed at his Castle of Barkhamsted neere London 1272. and was buried in the Abbey of Hales in Glocestershire which was of his foundation Et portoit d'argent à vn lion rampant de gueulles Corone d'or au bordure sable besantee EDmond Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall sonne and heire of Richard King of Almaine and Earle of Cornwall with Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester had the gouernement of England in the absence of king Edward the first beyond the Seas He married Margaret daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and dyed without any lawfull issue at Ashbridge in Buckinghamshire the 29. of king Edward the first where he had built an Abbey of Bonhommes Order and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Hales 1300. Et portoit les armes de son pere EDward first sonne of king Edward the first In the 27. yeare of his Fathers reigne 1298. Doctor Langton then Byshop of Chester complained grieuously to the King vpon this Prince Edward who by the lewd aduice of Pierce Gaueston his gracelesse companion brake forcibly into his Parke and made hauocke of his game for which this Prince was committed to prison Gaueston was banisht the land and commanded not to returne againe vpon paine of death This Prince in the thirteenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne 1301. came to Chester and receiued homage of the free-holders of Wales in which yeare he was created Earle of Cornwall and after King of England by the name of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au lambell d'argent PIerce Gaueston a Gascoigne borne was made Baron of Wallingford and after in the first yeare of king Edward the second was created Earle of Cornwall and Lord of the Isle of Man and in the third yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee married Isabell second sister and co-heire of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and in the sixt yeare of the said Kings reigne after he had bin banished England twice he was taken by Guy Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke and beheaded at a place neere vnto Warwicke called Gauershi●● or Blacklow and was after buried in the Fryars at Langley without issue Et portoit Sinope six aigles d'or membrez becquez d'gueulles IOhn of Eltham so named of the place where he was borne second sonne of King Edward the second and brother to King Edward the third in the second yeare of his said Brothers reigne was made Earle of Cornwall and in the ninth yeare of the said Kings reigne he died at S. Iohns Towne in Scotland without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Westminster 1334. After whose death king Edward the third in the 12. yeare of his reigne made the Earledome of Cornwall a Dukedome and gaue it to his Sonne Edward the blacke Prince with the Earledome of Chester since which time the Kings eldest sonnes haue bene Dukes of Cornwall Et portoir d'argent à lion rampant de gueulles corone d'or au bordure sable bezanteé EDward sur-named the Blacke Prince sonne and heire of King Edward the third in the eleuenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created the first Duke of Cornwall Earle of Chester and in the 17. yeare of the said Kings reigne hee was created Prince of Wales and in the 36. yeare he had giuen him the Principality of Aquitaine and in the 42. yeare of of king Edward the third he sate in Parliament by the name and title of Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine he tooke Iohn the French King prisoner at the battaile of Poictiers in the yeare 1356. He married Ioane the repudiat wife of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury and daughter of Edmond of Woodstock Earle of Kent by whom he had issue Edward that dyed yong Richard sur-named of Burdeaux who was after king of England by the name of king Richard the second This noble Prince Edward died at Canterbury the 8. of Iune 1376. and was buried in Christ-Church there Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent RIchard sur-named of Burdeaux sonne and heire of Edward the blacke Prince was after the death of his Father Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester and after created Prince of Wales at Hauering at Bowre in the ●0 of King Edward the third his grand-father He married Anne daughter of Wesela●us king of Bohemia who died and was buried at Westminster in the 17. yeare of his reigne without issue And to his second wife he married Isabell daughter of Charles the French King being very young but by her had no issue hee was after King of England by the name of king Richard the second and was deposed from the kingdome and she sent into France againe the first of king Henry the fourth and married vnto Charles sonne of Lewis Duke of Orleance Et portoit lez armes de son pere HEnry sur-named of Monmouth the place of his birth sonne and heire of king Henry the fourth was in the first yeare of his Fathers reigne created Prince of Wales he being Duke of Cornwall before for the eldest sonne and heire apparant of the king of England is Duke of Cornwall by birth but he is Prince of Wales by speciall creation inuesture and donation of the lands thereunto