March in the fourth yeare of King Edward the fourth his Nephew Elianor the tenth daughter was borne at Winchester the 6. of May 1306. dyed young without issue and was buried in S. Peters Church at Westminster King Edward the second Heereupon they assembled together in a Parliament time at the New Temple in London and there agreed that the said Pieres should depart and be banished the Realme againe the second time and not to returne againe at any time after To this the King but sore against his will agreed and made his Letters Patents to the saide Lords to witnesse the same and the Archbishop of Canterbury did pronounce the said Pieres accursed if he tarried any longer then the time appointed him and likewise all those that should ayde helpe or maintaine him Whereupon Pieres was constrained to ship himselfe at Bristow for Ireland though sore against the Kings will threatning the Lords to bee reuenged But not long after Pieres returned againe into England and came to the King at Yorke at whose comming the King greatly reioyced and lying in the Bishops Pallace caused Pieres to be lodged in the Castle not farre from him Not long after the King was willing for his recreation to take the Sea leauing Pieres of Gaueston at Yorke The Barons pursued Gaueston who fledde to Scarborough where the Barons tooke him and carried him to a place called Blacklow and there the 9. of Iune caused his head to be stricken off Afterwards the young Prince the Queene and Nobility finding fault with the two Spencers Hugh the Father and Hugh the sonne for misleading and abusing the King State in like manner as Gaueston had done caused them likewise to be taken put to death without any triall or answer Which done the Queene with her Sonne and the Nobility called a Parliament wherin King Edward was iudged not worthy to beare or weare the Crowne but for diuers causes was to be deposed and Prince Edward his sonne to bee chosen in his place This beeing agreed on King Edward being all this while prisoner in Kenilworth Castle was taken and carried from thence by night to Corffe Castle and from thence to Barkely Castle where he was most cruelly murdered by Thomas Gorney Iohn Maltreuers and others his keepers He was deposed the 25. of Ianuary 1326. when he had reigned almost twenty yeares and was murdered the 21. of September 1327. and his body was buried at Glocester He married Isabell daughter of Philip the faire King of France and sister and heire of her three Brothers Lodowike Hutin Philip the long and Charles the faire She was married in our Lady Church at Bolloigne the 22. of Ianuary 1308. being but twelue yeares olde and was his wife twenty yeares and his widdow thirty and dyed at Rising neere London and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London Et portoit les armes de son peré His Issue Edward sur-named of Windsore eldest sonne borne in Windsore Castle the 13. of October 1312. the sixt of his Fathers Reigne He was first created Prince of Wales and Duke of Aquitaine in a Parliament held at Yorke 1322. and was made Lord warden of England vnto whom all the Lords swore fealty and receiued the oath of allegiance He was after King of England by the name of King Edward the third Iohn sur-named of Eltham second sonne was borne at Eltham in the yeare 1315. and at twelue yeares of age was created Earle of Cornwall at a Parliament held at Salisbury 1327. and after dyed in Scotland at S. Iohns Towne vnmarried 1333. and lyeth buried at Westminster Ioane eldest daughter was borne in the Tower of London and was married at Barwicke being very young the eighteenth day of Iuly 1329. to Dauid Prince of Scotland sonne and heyre of Robert Bruse being but seuen yeares of age This Dauid was after King by the name of Dauid the second She was his wife 28. yeares and comming into England to visite her brother King Edward the third dyed without issue 1353. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London Elianor second daughter was married to Reginald second Earle of Gelders for his second Wife and had giuen her in marriage 15000. pounds 1332. Who being Vicar general of the empire to the emperor Lewis of Bauaria created him the first Duke of Gelders She had issue Reginald and Edward both Dukes after their Father and dyed without issue leauing his Dutchy and his Wife to his Nephew William Duke of Gulike his halfe sisters sonne King Edward the third And because he was but 14. yeares of age and not able to gouerne of himselfe it was decreed that twelue of the greatest Lords within the Realme should haue the rule and gouernment vntill hee came of more yeares which were the Arch-Bishops of Canterbury and Yorke the Bishops of Winchester and Hereford Henry Earle of Lancaster Thomas of Brotherton Marshall of England Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Rent Iohn Earle Warren Thomas Lord Wake Henry Lord Percy Sir Oliuer Ingham and the Lord Iohn Ros who were sworne of the Kings counsell and charged with the gouernment as they would answere the same In the first yeare of this Kings Reigne dyed Charles King of France the third Brother of Queene Isabell Mother of King Edward the third by whose death the Kingdome of France did descend to King Edward by Isabell his Mother the onely sister and heyre of her three Brothers Kodowike Hutin Philiple Long and Charles the faire Kings of France But the said Kingdome was vsurped and possessed by Philip de Valois Vnckle to the saide Charles who did intrude himselfe by force In the yeare 1339. King Edward going to make his clayme to the Kingdome of France praied ayde of the Flemings who before had sworne and bound themselues in a bond of a Million of golde in the Popes Chamber that they should alwayes helpe the King of France and fight vnder his Ensigne for release whereof King Edward by the perswasion of Iaques D'Artuell of Gaunt did quarter the Armes of France with the Armes of England and proclaimed himselfe King of France By which acte the Flemings held themselues discharged of their band and oath After Charles the sixt French King of that Name enuying greatly that the Kings of England should beare the Armes of France which was semie de luces changed the same vnto three De luces of which thing King Henry the fift of England tooke example and bare the like By reason whereof the Kings of France haue euer since ceased to make any further change of their Armes He married Philip daughter of William Earle of Henault and Holland and sisters daughter of Philip of Valoys King of France afore mentioned This marriage was at Yorke the 24. of Ianuary and she was crowned at Westminster the first Sunday in Lent following 1327. She was his Wife 42. yeares and dyed the 15. of August 1369. and was buried at Westminster King Edward her husband dyed at Sheene now called Richmond
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
Northumberland and Huntington after Gospatricke This Waltheof in the yeare 1074. at Exningham in Cambridgeshire at the marriage of Raphe Earle of the East Angles Norfolke and Suffolke with the daughter of William Fitz-Osbert and sister of Roger Earle of Hereford conspired with the said Roger and Raphe and many others to expell driue Will Conqueror out of England againe For which conspiracy this Waltheof was taken and beheaded at Winchester and was buried without the walles of the Citty in a place where two high-wayes meete but afterwards his body was taken vp againe and with great honour carried to Crowland and there buried in the yeare 1076. He married Iudith Niece to William Conquerour and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conqueror did giue in marriage the Earledome of Huntington he had issue by her three daughters Mauld the eldest was married first to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and had issue another Simon after shee married Dauid king of Scots and had issue Henry Iudith the second daughter was married to Ralphe de Tony sonne of Roger Tony Baron of Flamsted in Hartfordshire and had issue Gohilda wife to Robert de Newborough younger sonne of Henry Earle of Warwicke Alice the third daughter was married to Robert Fitz-Richard Sewer to King Henry the first sonne of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Lord of Tunbridge Clare and had issue Walter of whom is descended the now Earle of Sussex 1618. Et portoit d'argent au lyon rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles VVAlcher Bishoppe of Durham borne in Loraine bought of William Conquerour the Earledome of Northumberland and for a time was Earle thereof after the death of Waltheof He was a proud and an insolent Prelate couetous and rich was slaine by the Commons at Goats-head on the Riuer of Tyne 1079. for denying to do them Iustice vnlesse they would first pay vnto him foure hundred pounds of currant money as Mathew Paris more at large setteth downe I pray God wee haue no such Bishops Iusticers in this our age for the said Mathew further saith That there were aboue a hundreth persons slaine about this matter RObert Mowbray an honourable Englishman after the death of Walcher obtayned of William Conqueror the earledome of Northumberland And after hauing slaine Malcolme king of Scots and his sonne neere to Anwike in the yeare 1092. demanded reward for the same which beeing neglected he was so moued that when king William Ruphus sent his Letters for him he denyed not only to come to him but combyned with diuers other Noblemen of the Realme how to depriue the said King of his Crowne which being reuealed he was driuen to flye to the Monastery of S. Owin from whence hee was taken by force and carried to prison and after by the Kings Commandement was brought before his owne Castle of Bamborough and there willed to haue his eyes put out vnlesse his Wife and Moreall her kinesman who were within the saide Castle would yeeld vp the same which being surrendred this Robert was sent to be imprisoned in the Castle of Windesore 1096. Houeden fol. 267. During which time king William Ruphus held the Earledome of Northumberland in his owne hands and disinherited all the said Roberts Progeny He was after shorne a Monke at S. Albons where he dyed the seuenth of king Henry the first 1106. The most of his honours and lands were giuen to Lord Nigell de Albeney Chamberlaine to King William Ruphus for his good seruice done at the battaile of Tenarch-bray where he slew the horse of Robert Duke of Normandy tooke him prisoner brought him into England and there deliuered him to the king his brother who sent him to prison to the Castle of Cairdiffe in South Wales where he had both his eyes put out and pined to death with sorrow in the 35. yeare of king Henry the first and was buried at Glocester Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'argent HEnry sonne of Dauid king of Scots begotten of Mauld eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof Earle of Northumberland and Huntington was by king Stephen made Earle of Northumberland as M. Camden citeth out of Poly Chronicon of Durham and that William his sonne did also write himselfe Earle of Northumberland But I rather think that if they did assume that title of Honor it was done more vpon their owne wils then by any iust title or right they had to the same but see more of this in the Earles of Huntington Et portoit d'or à trois peuz ioynantz au point de gueulles HVgh de Pudsey or Putiaco Nephew to king Stephen as Glouer Somerset hath Bishop of Durham a very ambitious proud and couetous man bought of king Richard the first the Earledome of Northumberland for terme of his life and was girt with the Sword of the Earledome as then the custome was At the doing whereof the king vsed these words Am not I a good craftesman that haue made a new Earle of an olde Bishop And to make his ambition more manifest he gaue the king one thousand Markes to bee made Chiefe-Iustice of England But afterwards perceiuing the King to frowne and be angry with him voluntarily did resigne the saide Title and Earledome againe to the King and remained onely Bishop all his life time after This Stone Priest dyed in the yeare 1195. leauing issue three bastard sonnes Et portoit party per saulteur d'or d'argent à la croix patee d'azur HEnry Lord Percie of Alnwick in Northumberland sonne of Henry Lord Percy and of Mary his wife sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster was created the first Earle of Northūberland of that sur-name at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and that day was Deputy for Margaret Dutchesse of Norfolke and Countesse Marschall of England and did execute the Office of Earle Marshall This Henry in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth had giuen him the Isle of Man to be holden of the King by seruice to beare the the Sword which he wore when he entred England Also this Henry and Henry Hotspurre his sonne fought the battaile of Hallidowne Hill against the Scots 1402. and hauing the victory tooke these Earles prisoners Mordake Earle of Fiffe Archibald Earle Duglasse Thomas Earle of Murrey and Robert Earle of Angus And after the battaile of Shrewesbury he was committed to the Tower of London and being from thence deliuered in the ninth yeare of king Henry the fourth he with the Lord Bardolphe came out of Scotland with a power against the King and at Bramham More was encountred by Thomas Rookeby then Shireffe of Yorkshire where the said Earle was taken prisoner the Lord Bardolphe wounded to death and brought to Yorke where they were both beheaded in the yeare 1408. He married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Ralphe Lord Neuill of Raby by whom he had issue Henry sur-named Hotspur slaine with Thomas Percie Earle of Worcester his Vnckle at
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
of Derby and Henry that dyed young of the sweat Margaret the daughter married Robert Radcliff Earle of Sussex This Thomas dyed in the 13. yeare of king Henry the eight 1521. Et portoit les armoities de son pere D'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes du cerf dor EDward Lord Stanley of Lathum Strange of Knocking of Man Son of Thomas aforesaid was the 3. Earle of Derby of that Family who had three wiues the first was Dorothea daughter of Thomas Howard the second D. of Norfolke by whom he had issue three sonnes and foure daughters Henry who after his Father was the fourth Earle of Derby Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight and Sir Thomas Stanley knight who married Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of George Vernon of Derbyshire knight Anne the eldest daughter was first married to Charles Lord Sturton and after to Sir Iohn Arundell of Cornwall knight Elizabeth was wife to Henry Parker Lord Morley Iane married to Edward Lord Dudley and Mary the fourth daughter was wife to Edward Lord Stafford This Edward had to his second wife Margaret daughter of Ellis Barlow of Lancashire by whom he had issue George that dyed young Katherine wife to Sir Thomas Kniuet knight Margaret married to Iohn Iermyn of Rushbrooke in Suffolke Lastly the said Edward married to his third wife Mary daughter of George Cotton but by her had no issue He dyed at Lathum the 24. of October in the 14. yeare of the most happy Queene Elizabeth and was buried at Burscogh two miles from Lathum Et portoit les armoiries de son pere HEnry Lord Stanley of Lathum Strange of Knocking and of Man sonne and heire of Edward was the fourth Earle of Derby of that sur-name and knight of the Garter He married Margaret daughter of Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland and Elianor his wife daughter and one of the co-heires of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by Mary Q. of France his wife and had issue Edward that dyed young FErdinando and William both Earles of Derby one after the other He dyed in the yeare 1593 and was buried at Et portoit d'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or FErdinando Lord Stanley Strange and of the Isle of Man Sonne and Heire of Henry Earle of Derby was after his Father the fift Earle of Derby Lord Strange and of the Isle of Man and married Alice daughter of Sir Iohn Spencer of Northamptonshire knight and had issue three daughters his heires generall Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Shandos Frances the second daughter was married to Sir Iohn Egerton knight and after Earle of Bridgwater and Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Henry Lord Hastings Earle of Huntingdon He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1594 and was buried at Et portoit d'es armes de son pere WIlliam Lord Stanley Strange and of the Isle of Man second sonne of Henry Earle of Derby and Brother and heire Male of Ferdinando was the sixt Earle of Derby and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Elizabeth eldest daughter of Edward Vere late Earle of Oxford by Anne Cicell his wife daughter of William Lord Burleigh and Lord Treasurer of England and hath issue Iames Lord Strange Robert second sonne and Anne married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Somersetshire Baronet 1618. Et Portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses and Earles of Dorfet their Armes Wiues and Children OSmond Earle of Seez in Normandy was by William Conqueror made Bishop of Salisbury after the first Earle of Dorset as M. Camden hath in his Britannia pag. 217◠But Milles in Somerset Glouers Booke of the successions of Earles pag. 392. hath that the said Osmond was Earle of Somerset and therefore to which I shall giue credite I leaue to the indifferent Reader IOhn Brother of king Richard the first was Earle of Morton Lancaster and Cornwall and Lord of the Mannour of Wallingford Marlesburgh and Tikell and in the right of Haw is his wife daughter and one of the heires of William Earle of Glocester Earle of Glocester and after by the guift of king Richard the first Earle of Somerset and Dorset and lastly King of England by the name of King Iohn Et portoit D'engleterre à la bande d'azur IOhn sur-named Beaufort sonne of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster by the Lady Katherine Swynford his third wife was created Earle of Somerset at a Parliament held the 20. yeare of king Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was created Marquesse Dorset and Lord Chamberlaine of England and in the first yeare of King Henry the fourth he was by Parliament deposed from the title of Marquesse Dorset and remained onely Earle of Somerset This Iohn with the rest of the Children which Iohn of Gaunt had before marriage of the said Lady Swynford were made legitimate by Parliament held at London in the yeare 1397. He married Margaret daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Duke of Surrey and one of the sisters and heires of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Lord Wake by whom he had issue Iohn Duke of Somerset and Edmond both Dukes of Somerset and Thomas a third sonne he had also two daughters Iane married to Iames the first king of Scots and Margaret which was married to Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuonshire This Iohn dyed in the 13. yeare of king Henry the fourth Et portoit escartellé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur THomas Beaufort third sonne of Iohn of Gaunt by the Lady Katherine Swynford was Earle of Perch and after created Earle of Dorset in the 13. yeare of king Henry the fourth 1412. And in the fourth yeare of king Henry the fift hee was created Duke of Exeter and had the leading of the Rereward at the battell of Egincourt and after dyed without issue at his house at Greenwich in the fift yeare of king Henry the sixt being Gouernor of the kings person He was buried at S. Edmonds-burie in Suffolke Et portoit escartellé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'ar gent de azur EDmond Beaufort second sonne of Beaufort Earle of Somerset and grand-childe to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was Earle of Moriton in Normandy Lord of Chirke Chirk-land in Wales by the gift of king Henry the fift and after was created Earle of Dorset in the 21. of king Henry the sixt 1442. And in the 23. of the said kings reigne he was created Marquesse Dorset and lastly in the 25. of king Henry the sixt he was created Duke of Somerset He was Regent of France and comming into England was slaine at the first battell of S. Albons on the part of king Henry the sixt against Richard Duke of Yorke and was buried in the Abbey at S. Albons He married
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
the second daughter was first married to Iohn Burgh Earle of Vlster secondly she was married to Theobald Lord Verdon and thirdly to Sir Roger Damory Baron of Armoye in Ireland Isabell the third daughter was first married to Pierce of Gaueston Earle of Cornwall by whom she had no issue and after to Hugh Lord Audley the younger This Gilbert before the marriage with his last wife Ioane had lost the fauour of king Edward the first for refusing to go with him ouer Seas to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the then French King for which cause king Edward seized all the said Gilberts Lands and forced him after to marry his daughter without dower lands or money which done the said King granted backe againe all the Lands confirming them to the said Gilbert and Ioane his wife the issue begotten of their two bodies in Fee-Farme This Gilbert dyed in the Castle of Mounmoth in the 24. yeare of king Edward the first and was buried in Tewkesbury Priory by his Father 1295. Et portoit d'or à trois cheurons de gueulles RAlphe de Mounte-hermer seruant to Gilbert de Clare and Ioane of Acres after the death of Earle Gtlbert married the said Ioane his Mistris in the yeare 1296. Which marriage being done without the knowledge and consent of king Edward her Father this Ralphe was committed to prison in the Castle of Bristoll and all those Lands and Castles as he had formerly made ouer to the saide Ioane and her former husband Gilbert he caused to bee seized againe into his hands But shortly after by the intercession of Anthony Bec Bishop of Duresme a peace was made betweene the K. his daughter her new husband the yeare following 1297. at a Parliament held at London her former lands were restored to her again with others in the 27. yeare of the said kings Reigne the same Ralphe was summoned to Parliament by the name and title of Earle of Glocester and Hertford and by that name and title of honour hee sate in all Parliaments after vntill the first yeare of king Edward the second 1307. In which yeare young Gilbert de Clare being of age was admitted to his lands and honours and sate in Parliament alwayes after as Earle of Glocester and Hereford during his life And the said Ralphe Mount-hermer his Father in law was euer after summoned and sate in all Parliaments as Lord Mount-hermer This Ralphe had issue by his Countesse Ioane two sonnes Edward Mount hermer that dyed without issue and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars at Clare and Sir Thomas Mount-hermer knight who married and had issue Margaret married to Iohn Mounta-cute and had issue Iohn Mounta-cute Earle of Salisbury He dyed in the 17. yeare of king Edward the second 1323. and Ioane his Countesse dyed in the yeare 1305. at her Mannor of Clare Et portoit d'or à l'aigle de vert membres becquez de gueulles GIlbert de Clare sonne heire of Gilbert de Clare sur-named the Red Ioane of Acres was the last Earle of Glocester and Hartford of that firname and Family He married Matilda daughter of Iohn de Burgh son heire of Rich. Earle of Vlster in Ireland and had issue a son which died in his infancy This Gilbert being with K. Edw. the 2. in Scotland to raize the siedge of Sterling-Castle was there slaine in the yeare 1313. whō the Scots would gladly haue saued for ransome had they knowne him but he had neglected to put on his Coate of Armes ouer his armor With him were slain as Tho Walsingham hath Sir Edmond Mauley Sir Robert Clifford Sir Paine Tiptoft Sir William Marshall Sir Gyles Argentyne knights with many others K. Robert Brus caused the bodies of this Gilbert Earle of Glocester Sir Robert Clifford to be sent to K. Edw. being then at Barwick to be buried at his pleasure demanding no reward for the same This Gilbert was borne at Tewkesbury in the yeare 1291. was there buried by his Father leauing his inheritance to be diuided between his three sisters his heires who were married as before is expressed The partition of these lands were made in the eleuenth yeare of the reigne of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Audley second sonne of Nicholas Lord Audley and grand-childe of Iames Lord Audley of Heleigh and of Ela his wife daughter of William Longespee sonne heire of William Longespee Earle of Salisbury after the death of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester at a Parliament held at Westminster the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third This Hugh Audley was made Earle of Glocester Henry of Lancaster Earle of Derby William Mountague Earle of Salisbury William Clinton Earle of Huntington and Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke and did all sitte and had place and voyce in the saide Parliament by those honourable Titles He married Isabell the third sister and co-heire of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and had issue one onely daughter Isabell married to Ralphe first Earle Stafford and after dyed in the yeare 1347. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge Et portoit gueulles fretté d'or à la bordure d'argent THomas of Woodstocke sixt sonne of King Edward the third in the fiftieth yeare of his Fathers Reigne sate in Parliament held at Westminster by the title onely of Constable of England which Office he did execute in right of Elianor his wife eldest daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex Northampton and Constable of England and in the first yeare of king Richard the second he was made Earle of Buckingham and Northampton and in the ninth yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Glocester and after in the yeare 1397 he was taken by force from his Castle of Plessy in Essex by Thomas Mowbray first Earle Marschall and conuayed to Callis and there strangled to death with Towels after whose death Elianor his wife became a Nunne in the Abbey of Barking in Essex This Thomas by Elianor his wife had one onely sonne named Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and 4. daughters the sonne after his Fathers death with Lord Henry sonne to the Duke of Hereford was by King Richard the second banished into Ireland where he remained as prisoner in the Castle of Tryme vntill the first yeare of king Henry the fourth and then being sent for into England dyed of the plague at Chester in his returne homeward without issue in the yeare 1399. Anne the eldest sister and co-heyre of this Humfrey was married first to Edmond Earle Stafford and after to William Bourchier Earle of Ewe in Normandy Ioane the second sister was married to Gilbert Lord Talbot Isabell was a Nunne in the Minories by London and Philip the fourth sister dyed young without issue Et portoit escartelleé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure de argent
THomas Lord Spencer great grand-childe to Hugh Lord Spencer the younger and Elianor his wfe eldest sister co-heyre of Gilbert de Clare the last Earle of Glocester aforesaid was created Earle of Glocester in the 21. yeare of king Richard the second and in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth he was deposed by Acte of Parliament from the title and dignity of Earle of Glocester and was behâ—ded at Bristoll 1400. He married Constance daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and had issue Richard Lord Spencer that dyed without issue the Kings Ward and two daughters Elizabeth that dyed yong at Caerdiffe in South Wales Isabell who was borne 7. months after her Fathers death was twice maried first to Richard Beauchamp Earle of Worcester and Lord of Abergauenny by whom she had issue Elizabeth her second husband was Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwick cousin-germane to her other husband by whom she had issue Henry Duke of Warwicke Et portoit d'argent escartelle gueulles frette d'or au baston de sable brochant sur le tout HVmsrey Plantagenet fourth sonne of king Henry the 4. was at a Parliament held at Westminster the second of king Henry the fift created first Earle of Pembroke and after Duke of Glocester and in the first yeare of King Henry the sixt he was by Parliament made Protector of England during the Kings minority which was fifteene yeares and writ in his Stile Humfrey Duke of Gocester Earle of Henault Holland Zealand and Penbroke Lord of Frisia great Chamberleine of England and Defender of the Realme of England He married two wiues the first was Iaquet daughter sole heyre of William Duke of Bauaria Holland the then wife of Iohn Duke of Brabant from whom hee was diuorced hauing no issue by her his second wife was Elianor daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterburgh in Surrey who long before had bene his Paramore by whom he had no lawfull issue After at a Parliament held at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke 1446. he was arrested of high Treason within few dayes after he was found strangled to death in the Abbey of Bury by the procurement of the Marquesse of Suffolke He builded the Diuinity Schoole in Oxford and his Mannour house of Greinwich and embattelled the same Hee had issue a base daughter named Antigone wife to Henry Grey Earle of Tankeruill his body was conuayed to the Abbey of S. Albons and there buried Et portoit France semé escartelle D'engleterre à la bordure d'argent RIchard Plantagenet fourth sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother to king Edward the fourth was by his said Brother in the first yeare of his Reigne created D. of Glocester To this Richard was the gouernment committed of king Edward the fourths two sonnes K. Edw. the 5. Richard Duke of Yorke whom hee caused most vnnaturally to be murdred in the Tower of London after whose death he vsurped the Crowne and Kingdome in the yeare 1464. and was stiled king Richard the third Hee married Anne daughter and co-heire of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury widdow of Edward Prince of Wales slaine at Tewkesbury and was after slaine at Bosworth field by King Henry the seuenth the 22. of August 1485. leauing no issue to succeed him Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre au lambell de hermines charge au trois cantons de gueulles EDward Seymour Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter was created Viscount Beauchampe the 28. of king Henry the eight and in the yeare after he was created Earle of Hartford which Earledome and the Title of Dignity had slept from the death of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford And in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt he was made Duke of Somerset as in the title of Somerset is more at large Et portoit gueulles à deux volz de L'aigle en L'eurre d'or EDward Seymour sonne of Edward Duke of Somerset aforesaid was by Queene Elizabeth in the first yeare of her Reigne restored and created Earle of Hartford and is now liuing 1618. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Hereford their Armes Wiues and Children RAlphe de Maunt Earle of Hereford in Edward the Confessours time and William the Conquerors who being sent to encounter Algar Earle of Leicester then a banished man and returned into England fled very cowardly from his forces in Herefordshire leauing his Country Citty of Hereford to the mercy of the kings enemies in the yeare 1055. For which cause William Conqueror degraded him and tooke from him his Earledome of Hereford He dyed and was buried at Peter-borow WIlliam Fitz-Osborne Earle of Breteuile in Normandy son Osberne de Crepon by Albreda his wife daughter of Ralphe Earle of Iuery whose grand-father Herfast us the Dane was brother to Gonora wife of Richard the first D. of Normandy great grand-mother to William Conquerour This William came into England with the saide Conquerour and was the chiefe man that perswaded him to vndertake the Conquest of England for the which and his good seruice the said Conqueror made him Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1068. and Marshall and Lord Steward of England and in the kings absence in France the said William was made Vice-Roy and Gouernor in England He married Adelice daughter of Roger Tonny Standard-bearer of Normandy by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters William the eldest sonne succeeded his Father in all his honours and possessions in Normandy and Roger the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle of Hereford and had all his Fathers lands in England Roald the third sonne was a Monke Emme the eldest daughter was wife to Ralphe de Waiet a Saxon and Earle of the East Angles that is Norfolke Suffolke and Cambridgeshire Itta the second daughter was wife to Robert Bellemont Earle of Leicester This William Fitz-Osberne was slaine as some haue at Kerdiffe in South Wales Others say in the warres in Planders taking part with Arnold Earle of Flanders in the yeare 1072. and William Gemiticensis hath that he was buried in the Monastery of Cormelias which was of his Foundation Et portoit de gueulles au bande d'argent sur le tout an face d'or ROger de Breteuile second sonne of William Fitz-Osberne was after the death of his Father Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1072. He made and concluded the marriage betweene Emma his sister and Ralphe de Wayet at which marriage the greatest part of the Nobility were present and there conspired together to turne out William the Conqueror againe Waltheof Earle of Huntington son of Siward Earle of Northumberland being one of them tooke shipping and went into Normandy and there reuealed the whole matter to the said King William committing himselfe wholly to his mercy But this Roger continuing in his intended conspiracy was taken prisoner by Vrso de Abtot Shirieffe of Worcestershire and others and being brought to his tryall by his
mentioned was after his Father Earle of Huntington and in right of Mauld his Mother eldest sister and co-heyre of Randoll Bloundeuile Earle of Chester he was also Earle of Chester and after in the one and twentieth yeare of king Henry the third hee was restored to the Earledome of Northampton and married Helyn daughter of Lewellyn Prince of North-Wales and dyed without issue at Darnhall the two and twentieth of king Henry the third as is more at large in the Title of Earles of Chester and was buried at Chester after whose death the saide King resumed and tooke into his hands the saide Earledome and Principalitie of Chester and gaue other lands and signeuries to the said Iohns Sisters aforesaid who after their brothers death challenged the kingdome of Scotland Et portoit les armoiries les son Peré VVIlliam de Clinton sonne and heyre of Iohn de Clinton and Mauld his wife daughter of Lewis Viscount Beaumont and grand-childe to another Iohn de Clinton and Idona his wife daughter and one of the heyres of Sir William Odingselles knight was created Earle of Huntington in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third and three yeares after he was made Lord Admirall of England and was taken prisoner in France for which he was forced to sell most part of his lands for to pay his ransome Hee married Iulian daughter and heyre of Sir Thomas Leyborne knight but by her had no issue He founded the Priory at Marstock and dyed without issue in the yeare 1353. leauing Iohn Lord Clinton his Nephew by his Brother Iohn to be his heyre Et portoit d'argent six croix au pied fiché d'or au chef d'azur chargeé de deux molettes d'or perce de gueulles GViscard de Angolisme or Guichard d' Anguillem a French man borne in Gascoigney a very expert man in warlike affayres was made Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter by king Edward the third and set in the eight Stall of the Souereignes side After in the first yeare of king Richard the second whose Tutor he was hee was created Earle of Huntington and had giuen him a thousand Markes yearely out of his Treasury He married one Constance but I finde not any issue that he left behinde him He dyed in the third yeare of the reigne of King Richard the second 1379. Et portoit d'or seme de billettes au lion rampant d'azur IOhn Holland Knight second sonne of Sir Thomas Holland knight Steward of the house to William Mountague Earle of Salisbury who marrying his Mistris Ioane daughter of Edmond of Woodstocke and sister and heyre of Iohn Earle of Kent was in her right Earle of Kent and sate in Parliament held at Westminster the 34. of king Edward the third by the name and title of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent the next yeare after dyed in the eleuenth yeare of king Richard the second was created Earle of Huntington and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was created Duke of Excester and made Gouernour of Callis and Alberick de Vere Earle of Oxford Vnckle of Robert Vere Duke of Ireland hauing resigned all his interest and right of the Office of Lord high Chamberlaine of England king Richard bestowed the same vpon this Iohn Duke of Excester by Letters Patents bearing date 1397. But after in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth this Iohn was deposed by Parliament from the title and dignity of Duke of Excester and in the same yeare was taken at Circester by the Townes-men and beheaded in the Market-place with the Duke of Surrey and the Earle of Salisbury for plotting king Henry the fourths death This Iohn Duke of Excester married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and sister to king Henry the fourth by whom he had issue Iohn Holland Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington Sir Edward Holland knight and Constance first married to Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Earle of Nottingham by whom shee had no issue after she married Iohn Lord Grey of Ruthyn by whom she had issue two sonnes Edmond created Earle of Kent and Thomas Grey Lord of Rugemond Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au bordure de France IOhn Holland the second Earle of Huntington restored by Acte of Parliament the fourth of king Henry the fift hee was sonne of Iohn Holland Duke of Excester beheaded at Circester This Iohn when king Henry the fift was to go into Normandy was sent before to skoure the Seas who meeting with nine Carricks of Genoa which were going to aide the French King fought with them and sunke sixe of them and tooke the other three with great store of money and treasure and brought them with his prisoners to the King in the yeare 1416. And in the 22. yeare of king Henry the 6. this Iohn was restored to the Dukedome of Excester writ in his Stile Duke of Excester Earle of Huntington and of Iuory in Normandy Lord of Sparre Admirall of England Ireland and Aquitaine Lieutenant Generall of the Dutchy of Aquitaine and Constable of the Tower of London He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford by whom he had issue Henry Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington his second wife was Anne daughter of Iohn Mountague Earle of Salisbury by whom he had issue a daughter named Anne first married to Iohn Lord Neuill sonne heyre of Ralphe the second Earle of Westmerland by whom she had no issue after she married Sir Thomas Neuill knight Vnckle to her former husband and had issue Ralphe Neuill the third Earle of Westmerland This Iohn Holland Duke of Excester died in the 26. of king Henry the sixt and was buried by his two wiues in S. Katherines Church neere the Tower of London Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Holland Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington onely sonne of Iohn his Father in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth was disinherited by Acte of Parliament with king Henry the sixt his Queene and his sonne and others to the number of 140. And in the 13. yeare of the same Kings Reigne hauing long followed the Duke of Burgundies Camp in meane sort was found drowned in the seas betweene Douer and Callis He married Anne daughter of Richard Duke of Yorke sister to King Edw. the fourth which lady was after maried to Sir Thomas S. Leoger knight by whom she had issue a daughter named Anne married to George Mannours Lord Ros of Hamlake of whom the now Earle of Rutland is descended as more at lardge is set downe in the Duke of Excester THomas Grey sonne of Sir Iohn Grey knight and halfe brother by the mother to king Edward the fift was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster the 14. day of August in the 12. yeare of king Edward the fourth created Earle of Huntington to him and the heyres male of his body And in the 15. of the said
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
brothers Lands and Honours both in England and Ireland and for the same did his homage in the same yeare 1234. and was Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Linester in Ireland and of Chepstow and Strighull in Wales c. He married Margaret daughter of William King of Scots but had no issue He miscarried at a Turnament held at Hartford by endeuoring to stay his horse from his swift running who being cast out of his Saddle the horse gaue him such a blow on the breast with his head backward that he died therof the same day in the Abbey of Hartford neere Ware in the yeare 1242. His body being conueyed to London was buried by his Father in the Temple Et portoit d'or party de vert au lion rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WAlter Marshall fourth sonne of William Marshall the elder with whom King Henry the third after the death of his Brother Gilbert Marshall was greatly displeased denying him those Honours and Seigneuries belonging vnto him from his Auncestors saying That this Walters eldest Brother William did rescue Lewis the French Kings Son being in England that he was not taken prisoner Secondly that his Brother Richard was his enemy and was slaine in open field against him And thirdly that his brother Gilbert that dyed last had all his dignities restored to him by the Kings fauour and that contrary to the saide Kings Commandement he went to the Tilâ—ing at Hartford which was held to the Kings disgrace But afterwards the King being well pacified this Walter was admitted to be Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England and to haue all other the honours and lands his brothers held and enioyed before He married Margaret daughter and co-heyre of Robert Lord Quincy sonne and heyre of Sater de Quincy Earle of Winchester widdow of â—ohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne by whom he had no issue He dyed at Goderich Castle by Monmouth the fourth of December 1245. and was buried at Tynterne Abbey without issue in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son freré ANselme Marshall the fift sonne of William Marshall the elder was at the time of his Brother Walters death Dean of Salisbury and after admitted to be Earle of â—enbroke and Marshall of England He married Mauld daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and dyed without issue the 22. of December being the 18. day after the death of his Brother Walter leauing his rich Patrimony and Inheritance to be diuided amongst his fiue sisters and heyres before mentioned I finde this Earledome of Penbroke in ancient time to be a County Palatine had all Iurisdiction Regall And that the Earle had vnder him there Iustices of his owne a Shireiffe Steward Chancellour Chamberlaine Coroner Escheter and diuers other Officers necessary for a Regal Iurisdiction all made and appointed by himselfe He had Sâ—ssions County Courts Monethly in which County Courts were tried all Real Pleas whatsoeuer by originall Writ vnder the Seale and Name of the said Earle all fynes were leuied and recoueries passed and all Writs made in the Earles name and not in the Kings He had power to pardon all offences and had his Chancery court of Common Pleas and Exchequer holden within his Castle of Penbroke whereunto all the Inhabitants of that Country resorted for iustice and triall of all their causes He erected Townes and incorporated them with many large and ample liberties He had all manner of forfeitures and escheats whatsoeuer He had within his County 9. Castles of his owne and 12. Seigneuries or Mannors which were parcell of his County The Iurisdiction royall of this Earledome remained and was permitted in the Earles themselues from the time of the Norman Conquest vntill the 27. yeare of King Henry the 8. Whereas all other Earles of this Realme had lost their Iurisdictions many hundred yeares before and had but the bare names of their Earledomes Also the said Earles of Penbroke by Office at the Coronations of the Kings of England were to carry a paire of gilt Spurs To end this County is called Penbrokshire of the Towne so named for the word Pen in Welsh signifieth the head or chiefe part of a thing and Bro signifieth a Vale or plaine soyle fertile and fit to beare Corne c. Et portoit d'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WIlliam de Valence so sur-named of the place where he was borne sonne of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine and halfe brother by the Mother to King Henry the third was created Earle of Penbroke in the yeare 1247. He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Warin Lord Montchency and Ioane his wife second sister and co-heyre of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke by whom hee had issue Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke and Iohn that dyed a childe and foure daughters viz. Isabell married to Iohn Lord Hastings of Aburgauenny one of the Competitors for the Crowne of Scotland Ioane the second daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Comyn of Badzenoth sonne of Iohn Lord Comyn and Mary his wife daughter of Iohn Balliol Agnes the third daughter was first married to Maurice Fitz-Gerald and after to Henry Ballioll brother of Alexander Ballioll Lord of Chilham and dyed without issue Margaret was the 4. daughter This William de Valence and Ioane his wife gaue to the Towne of Tembie the first Charter of incorporating them licensing theÌ„ to chuse euery yeare Port-Reifes He granted likewise to the Burgesses free common yearely vpon al his grounds and Medowes from the time of mowing vnto the purification of Mary which to this day they enioy This William dyed in the yeare 1296. and was buried in a magnificent Toombe on the South-side of the Abbey at Westminster the 25. yeare of King Edward the first Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de dix pieces à l'otle de Marlettes de gueulles AYmer de Valence sonne and heyre of William de Valence aforesaid and Ioane his wife daughter of Warin Montchensey Lord of Swanscampe was after the death of his Father Earle of Penbroke and Weshford and Lord of Montigniac he was Lord Gouernor of the Realme of Scotland vnder king Edward the first during the controuersie betweene Iohn Ballioll and Robert Bruse Hee married three wiues the first was Beatrix daughter of Raphe de Nele Constable of France The second was the daughter of the Earle of Barre and the third was Mary daughter of Guy de Chastillion Earle of S. Paule but had no issue by any of them He dyed in France in the yeare 1323 and his inheritance for want of heyres of his body was diuided betweene his sisters aforesaid and Laurence Hastings grand childe to Isabell his eldest sister succeeded him in the Earledome of Penbroke and Weshford Et portoit les armes
de son peré LAurence Lord Hastings Weshford and Aburgauenny Son of Iohn Lord Hastings and Grand-childe of another Iohn and Isabell eldest sister and co-heyre of Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke was by Letters Patents dated at Mont-Martyn the 30. day of October the 13. of king Edward the third created Earle of Penbroke who being very young the King gaue his Wardship to the Lady Isabell de Burgo Lady of Clare who was Custos of Penbroke during the said Laurences minority He had two wiues the first was the earle of S. Paules daughter by whom he had no issue His second wife was Agnes daughter of Roger Mortuomary Lord of Wigmore and first Earle of March by whom he had issue Iohn Lord Hastings who was but two yeares olde at the death of his Father 1361. the 36. of King Edward the third Et portoit d'or à la Maunch de gueulles IOhn Lord Hastings sonne of Laurenc aforesaid was after the death of his Father Earle of Penbroke and being but 27. yeares of age was sent by King Edward the third to remoue the siedge at the Citty of Rochell in France where by the way as he was going hee was encountred vpon the Sea by Henry the Vsurper of Castile and taken prisoner with 160. others who were carried into Spaine where after two yeares imprisonment there he was solde to a Nobleman of France with whom hauing agreed for his ransome at his departure was poysoned at a banquet and died in France the 16. of Aprill in the yeare 1375. his ransome money beeing come to Callis to redeeme him He married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of King Edward the third by whom he had no issue His second wife was Anne daughter and heyre of Sir Walter Manny knight of the Garter by whom he had issue Iohn Lord Hastings and Earle of Penbroke three yeares olde at the death of his Father Et portoit les armes de son pere IOhn Lord Hastings sonne of Iohn Earle of Penbroke by Anne Manny his wife after the death of his Father was Earle of Penbroke Lord Hastings Weshford Abergauenny And because he was very yong king Edward the third made William Lord Beauchamp Custos of the County of Penbroke And after being with King Richard the second at Woodstock at a Christmas in running at a turnament was slaine by his good Friend Sir Iohn S. Iohn in the yeare 1389. after he had beene Earle 14. yeares He married Philip daughter of Edmond Mortimer the third Earle of March but had no issue He was buried in the Fryers Minorites within Newgate in London And his inheritance went to his Cousin Sir Edward Hastings knight who for some displeasure taken against him by the King was committed to the Fleet where he dyed without issue After whose death King Richard seized all his liuings into his hands although afterwards Reginald Grey of Ruthin made claime to the same as next heire and at the Coronation of King Henry the fourth carried the gilt Spurs which belonged of right for the Earle of Penbroke to do It is saide that since Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke who was one of the Peeres that condemned Thomas Earle of Lancaster to this Iohn none of the Earles of Penbroke did liue to see their sonnes so vntimely did they dye King Richard the second in the yeare 1397. did giue the Earledome of Penbroke to his Queene Isabell and vnder her Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester and Lord of Hauerford was made Custos of the Earldome which they enioyed vntill king Henry the fourth obtayned the Crowne who tooke the same then into his owne hands Et portoit d'or à la Maunch de gueulles HVmfrey Plantagenet fourth sonne of king Henry the 4. was by king Henry the fift his brother at a Parliament held at Leicester the second yeare of his Reigne created Earle of Penbroke and shortly after Duke of Glocester Hee writ in his stile Humfrey sonne and brother to Kings Duke of Glocester Earle of Henault Holland Zeland Penbroke Lord of Frisia great Chamberlaine of England and Defender of the Realme This was that Duke Humfrey who alwayes standing for the Commons being bountifull to the poore and seeing Iustice duely executed was commonly called The good Duke of Glocester I wish there were many such Duke Humfreys now liuing This great Duke and Protector for withstanding the insolent proceedings of Queene Margaret wife to King Henry the fixt at length by her meanes was strangled to death at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke in the 25. yeare of King Henry the sixt and lyeth buried in the Abbey at S. Albons He married two wiues the first was Iaqueline daughter and heyre of William Duke of Bauare and the second wife was Elianor sister of Thomas Lord Cobham of Starborough but had no issue by eyther He had a base daughter named Antigone married vnto Henry Grey Earle of Tankeruile and Lord Powis Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au bordur d'argent VVIlliam de la Pole Lord Wingfield c. was created Earle of Penbroke by Letters Patents bearing date at S. Edmonds-bury the third of March 1446. the 25. of king Henry the sixt which Title Dignity he enioyed not long for at the next Parliament after 1450. he was banished England and in his flying was taken and beheaded and his body being carried to Wingfield Colledge in Suffolke was there buried After whose death the Earledome of Penbroke reuerted againe to the Crowne where it remained two yeares This William married Alice daughter and heyre of Thomas Chaucer of Newelme in Oxfordshire Esquire as in the Title of Suffolke is more at large Et portoit d'azur à la face trois testes de Leopards d'or IAsper of Hatfield knight of the Garter sonne of Owen Tuder and Queene Katherine daughter of Charles the sixt French King and widdow of king Henry the fift of England was created Earle of Penbroke by King Henry the sixt his halfe Brother in the yeare 1452. But after when King Edward the fourth expulsed king Henry the sixt this Iasper was attainted and William Lord Herbert created Earle of Penbroke in his place in the yeare 1462. In whose Letters Patents mention is made that he had the said Earledome giuen him in consideration he had expelled the Rebell Iasper After that this William Herbert was slaine at Banbury his sonne William succeeded him in the said Earledome of Penbroke And after when King Henry the sixt was restored againe by the Earle of Warwicke this Iasper was also restored to be Earle of Penbroke in the yeare 1470. But in Aprill following 1471. Iasper was taken prisoner at Barnet Field and put from the Earledome of Penbroke againe which Earledome being surrendred by the second William Lord Herbert to King Edward the fourth he gaue it to Prince Edward his sonne who enioyed it during his life Afterwards King Richard the third held the same all his life time who being slaine by king
Henry the seuenth 1485. this Iasper was againe the third time restored to the Earledome of Penbroke in the yeare 1486. he was crcated Duke of Bedford Some haue that this Iasper married Katherine daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers the widdow of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham but howsoeuer he dyed without any lawfull issue the 11. of King Henry the seuenth leauing a base daughter named Hellen married to William Gardiner of London Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordur d'azur semé de Merlottes d'or WIlliam Herbert Lord of Ragland Castle in Monmothshire descended from Henry Fitz-Herbert Chamberlaine to King Henry the first and Alice Corbet his wife Concubine to the said King and of whom he begot Reginald earle of Cornwall This William was Knight of the Garter and after the attaindor of Iasper of Hatfield was created Earle of Penbroke in the 8. yeare of king Edward the fourth and being sent by the said King to encounter Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and George Duke of Clarence who intended the setting vp againe of King Henrie the sixt was at Banbury field 1469. taken prisoner and beheaded the ninth of King Edward the fourth and buried at Tinterne Abbey the said King Edward being also taken prisoner by the Earle of Warwicke at the same time He married Anne sister of Sir Walter Deuereux knight Lord Ferrars of Chartley and had issue William Lord Herbert of Gower and after his Father Earle of Penbroke Sir Walter Herbert and Sir George Herbert of S. Iulians and sixe daughters Cicely was Baronesse of Grestoke Mauld was married to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Katherine wife to George Grey Earle of Kent Anne was married to the Lord Powis Isabell was married to Sir Thomas Cooksey Knight and Margaret the sixt daughter was first married to Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle and after to Sir Henry Bodringham knight This William Earle of Penbroke had issue by Mauld daughter and heyre of Adam ap Howell Graunt his Paramore Richard Herbert of Ewyas Father of Sir George Herbert of Swansey knight and of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke Et portoit party per pale d'azur de gueulles au trois lyons tampant d'argent WIlliam Lord Herbert of Gower sonne and heyre of William Earle of Penbroke beheaded at Banbury aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Penbroke which earledome he surrendred to King Edward the fourth and in lieu therof the said King created him Earle of Huntington by his Letters Patents bearing date at Oburne the fourth of Iuly in the 19. yeare of King Edward the fourth who at that time gaue the said Earledome of Penbroke to his sonne Prince Edward This William married Mary the fift sister and co-heyre of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers and had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Elizabeth married to Charles Somerset Earle of Worcester This William dyed in the 6. yeare of King Henry the seuenth Et portoit les armes de son peré EDward Plantagenet sonne and heyre of King Edward the fourth was in the 19. yeare of his Fathers reigne vppon the surrender of William Herbert of the Earledome of Penbroke created Earle of Penbroke at the Kings Mannor of East Hampsted This Prince Edward was after King by the name of King Edward the fift and liued not long after who being dead King Richard the third held the said Earledome of Penbroke all his life time After whose death Iasper Tuder was restored againe to that Earledome and helde it to his death in the yeare 1495. And then did King Henry the seuenth giue the same Earledome to Prince Henry his sonne who held and enioyed it vntill he was King and long after and passed all things within the saide County vnder the Seale of the said Earledome and by the name of Earle of Penbroke and not as King nor vnder the great Seale of England and so it continued vntill the 27. yeare of his Reigne that Wales was reduced to sheere ground and the authority royall of all Lordships Marchesse in Wales was dissolued by Acte of Parliament and resumed into the Kings hands at which time the great and large authority and iurisdiction Royall of the Earledome of Penbroke being alwayes before a County Palatine was dissolued and the Earles that haue beene sithence haue onely had but the Name and Dignity as other Earles of England where before that time they were as absolute Princes of themselues Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent ANne Bollen eldest daughter and co-heyre of Thomas Bollen Viscount Rochford and Earle of Wiltshire was created Marchionesse of Penbroke at Windesore Castle on Sunday the first of September 1532. the 24. of King Henry the eight at which time the saide King deliuered vnto her two seuerall Letters Patents one of her said Creation the other of the guift of a thousand pounds a yeare to maintaine her Estate Afterwards the 25. of Ianuary 1533. King Henry married the said Anne Marchionesse of Penbroke and by her had issue the renowned and most famous Princesse Queene Elizabeth who reigned Queene forty foure yeares and died the 24. of March 1602. and lyeth honourably buried in the Abbey at Westminster This Queene was beheaded within the Tower of London the 19. of May 1536. and her body with the head was buried in the Quier of the Chappel of the Tower Et portoit d'argent au Cheuron entre trois testes de Beufs coupé sable WIlliam Herbert sonne of Richard Herbert of Ewyas Esquire and grandchilde to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke beheaded at Banbury was of the priuy Chamber to King Henry the eight and one of his Excecutors he was made Master of the Horsse and Knight of the Garter the third of King Edward the sixt and in the fift yeare of the said kings Reigne he was created Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe and Earle of Penbroke he was also of the priuy Counsell to king Edward the 6. twice Lord President of the Counsell established in the Marchesse of Wales Lieutenant generall ioyned with the Lord Russell and the Lord Grey for suppressing the Rebels in the West Countries and against Sir Thomas Wyat and Generall of all the English Forces at S. Quintins twice Gouernor of Callis of the priuy Counsell also to Queene Mary and Queene Elizabeth grand Master of the Houshold to the late Queene Elizabeth He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Thomas Parre Baron of Kendall sister and co-heyre of William Parre Marquesse of Northampton Earle of Essex Lord Parre Ros of Kendall Fitz-Hugh Marmyon and S. Quintine by whom hee had issue Henry Lord Herbert after Earle of Penbroke Sir Edward Herbert of Red-Castle knight and Lady Anne married to Francis Lord Talbot Son and heyre of George the sixt Earle of Shrewsbury This William married to his second wife Anne daughter of George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury but by her had no issue He dyed at Hampton-Court the 18. of Aprill and was
Castle-keeper of Penbroke who with his Brother Robert was banished England The foure daughters were Emma Matild married to Robert Earle of Moretaigne Mabill the third daughter and Sibill was the fourth daughter who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Glamorgan Founder of Tewkesbury Abbey in England and Lord of Torigney in Normandy This Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Gouernor to his sonne William Ruphus and was slaine at Caerdiffe in South Wales and buried at Shrewsbury in the Abbey which before he had founded HVgh de Montegummery sonne of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell He with Hugh Earle of Chester tooke the Isle of Man by force and strong hand 1098. At which time Magnus King of Norway and grandchilde to Olaue after he had ioyned to his Empire the Islands of Orcades and Menauia came with a few Ships to the Isle of Man whom this Hugh being willing to resist on the shore was stricken in the right eye with an Arrow of which hurt the eight day after hee dyed without issue and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Shrewsbury Vpon whose Toomb M. Milles saith his Portraiture is made of stone with his legs acrosse as in olde times was vsed and vpon his Shield Azure a lyon rampant gold with a border as before is specified in the Title of Earles of Arundell RObert de Montegummery second sonne of Roger aforesaid and brother and heyre of Hugh was the third Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell and married the daughter and heyre of Guy Earle of Pontiue in Normandy He was a man very outragiously giuen and most cruell to his owne Children and Hostages whose eyes with his owne hands hee plucked out Hee helde and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury Arundell Tickhill Bruge and Carrocoue in England against king Henry the first which after was his vndoing For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor and shortly after all his Townes and Castles being yeelded vp vnto the said King he was banished England with his Brother Arnold in the yeare 1103. the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne But afterward this Robert with Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother were taken prisoners at the Battaile of Tenarsbray and were brought into England where they had both their eyes put out and kept prisoners in the Castle of Caerdiffe in South Wales where they miserably ended their dayes This Robert had issue William sur-named Taluaise Earle of Sage who married Ela daughter of Hely brother of Geffrey Earle of Aniou widdow of the Duke of Burgundy Iohn his second sonne had all his Lands in Normandy and Mayne his eldest daughter married Iuhell sonne of Walter de Meduana and Ela was first married to William the third Earle Warren in England and after to Patricke Earle of Salisbury Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon Gouernor of Anioye and Mayne sonne of Richard Talbot Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic and brother and heyre male of Gilbert Lord Talbot was created Earle of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents bearing date at Windsore the 20. day of May in the 19. yeare of king Henry the sixt And by another Letters Patents dated at Westminster the 17. of Iuly the 24. of king Henry the sixt he was made Earle of Wâ—shford Steward of England and after Marshall of France and being sent to succour them of Burdeaux tooke the Towne and placed therein a Garrison and proceeding further into the Country to releeue the Towne of Castellon in Aquitaine which the English had recouered the French hauing on all sides begirt the same at which time a great battaile being then fought this Iohn was with the shot of a Piece there slaine the 7. of Iuly 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixt He married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and onely heyre of Thomas Neuill Lord Furniuall by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Christopher Talbot and Sir Humfrey Talbot knights His second wife was Margaret eldest daughter and co heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Viscount Lisle vnto whom his Father gaue the Lordship of Panswike Whaddon Morton Wotton Schirborne Polycot and other Lands in Shropshire Sir Humfrey Tablot knight slaine in Mont-Sinay Elizabeth wife to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Elianor married to Thomas Butler of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire This Iohn being slaine as aforesaid with Iohn Viscount Lisle his sonne his body was buried in a Toombe at Roane in Normandy whereon this Epitaphe is written Heere lyeth the right Noble Knight Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Earle of Weshford Waterford and Valence Lord Talbot of Goodrich and Orchenfield Lord Strange of Blakmer Lord Verdon of Acton Lord Cromwell of Wingfield Lord Louetofte of Worsop Lord Furniuall of Sheffeild Lord Faulconbridge Knight of the Noble Order of S. George S. Michaell and the golden Fleece great Marshall to King Henry the sixt of his Realme of France who died in the Battaile of Burdeaux 1453. Hoc bare for his Armes Gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à labordure endenté de mesme Which Armes were Rice ap Griffiths Prince of South-Wales whose daughter named Wentlian was married to Gilbert Talbot in King Henry the thirds time Auncestor of this Iohn IOhn Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family was after the death of Iohn his Father also Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon and Knight of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of Iames Butler Earle of Ormond in Ireland and had issue Iohn Talbot the third Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Iames Talbot knight who dyed the 11. of King Edward the fourth Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight Banneret and Captaine of Callis third Son Christopher Talbot fourth sonne was Arch-Deacon of Chester George was the fift Son Anne the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Vernon of the Peake in Derbyshire and Margaret was the second daughter This Iohn was slaine in a battaile at Northampton the tenth of Iuly 1460. the 39. yeare of King Henry the sixt whose part he tooke and in which battaile the said King himselfe was taken prisoner and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn the second was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and married Katherine daughter of Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton by whom he had issue George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury and Thomas that dyed without issue Anne a daughter was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley who dyed without issue This Iohn dyed at Couentry in the yeare of our Lord 1473. the 4. kalends of Iuly and his body was buried in our Lady Chappell at Worsop Et
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
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
of Lancaster came from being a banished man to be King by the name of king Henry the 4. he tooke this William Lord Scroope Sir Iohn Bussie Sir Henry Greene King Richard the seconds Fauorites and beheaded them at Bristow in the yeare 1399. This William bought the Isle of Man of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury which Island after the said Williams attaindor King Henry the 4. did giue it to Henry Percy the first Earle of Northumberland in the first yeare of his Reigne to hold the same by the seruice of carrying the sword with which he entred England before him at his Coronation He dyed without issue leauing Roger his Brother to succeed him Et portoit d'azur à la band d'or IAmes Butler sonne and heyre of Iames Butler fourth Earle of Ormond was in the life time of his Father created earle of Wiltshire in the 27. yeare of King Henry the sixt and in the 37. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was made Knight of the Garter and the yeare after Lord high Treasurer of England And in the first yeare of King Edward the fourth he was beheaded at New-Castle without issue leauing Thomas his brother his heyre who after succeeded him and was Earle of Ormond Et portoit d'or au chef endenté d'azur IOhn Stafford second sonne of Humfrey Duke of Buckingham was made Knight of the Garter in the tenth yeare of King Edward the 4. and in the 12. yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Earle of Wilishire He married Constance daughter and heyre of Sir Henry Greene of Drayton in Northamptonshire Knight and had issue Edward Earle of Wiltshire and dyed in the 14. yeare of King Edward the fourth 1473. Et portoit escartellé France d'engleterre au bordure cressant d'argent EDward Stafford sonne and heyre of Iohn aforesaid was after the death of his Father Earle of Wiltshire and died without issue the 14. of King Henry the seuenth 1498. and was buried at Drayton in Northamptonshire which Lordship he had by his Mother Constance Greine Et portoit lez armoiries de son peré HEnry Lord Stafford second sonne of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham and brother of Edward the third Duke of Buckingham beheaded at the Tower-Hill the 13. of Henry the eight was created Earle of Wiltshire in the first yeare of King Henry the eight 1509. He was made Knight of the Garter before in the 20. yeare of King Henry the seauenth and married Muriell sister and co-heyre of Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle but by her had no issue This Henry dyed the 6. of March the 14. of King Henry the eight THomas Bollen sonne and heyre of Sir William Bollen of Blickling in Norfolke Knight and of Margaret his wife daughter and one of the heyres of Thomas Butler Earle of Ormond Brother and Heyre of Iames Butler Earle of Wilt-Wiltshire afore mentioned was first created Viscount Rochford in the 17. yeare of King Henry the eight and in the 21. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was created Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond and to haue the State Title and Dignity of Wiltshire to him and his heyres male and the State Title and Dignity of Ormond vnto him and his heyres for euer a president not to be sampled He was made Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold to King Henry the 8 in the 15. yeare of his Reigne He married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Earle Marshall of England and had issue George Bollen Viscount Rochford beheaded without issue and two daughters Anne the eldest was first created Marchionesse of Penbroke after married to King Henry the eight Mary the second daughter married to William Cary Esquire for the body to King Henry the eight This Thomas Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond dyed in the 30. yeare of the said Kings Reigne 1538. Et portoit d'argent au cheuron entre trois testes de Boef cope de sable armé d'or WIlliam Powlet Knight descended of a second Brother of the Powlets of Wiltshire was created Lord S. Iohn of Basing in the 30. yeare of Henry the eight and made Knight of the Garter the 35. of the same Kings Reigne and after in the third yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Earle of Wiltshire and in the fift yeare of the said kings Reigne he was created Marquesse of Winchester as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Winehester Et portoit sable trois espees avec le points embas d'argent au cressant d'or IOhn Powlet sonne and heyre of William succeeded his Father and was Marquesse of Winchester and Earle of Wiltshire and Lord S. Iohn of Basing and dyed at his house at Chelsey 1576. and was buried at Basing the 19. of Queene Elizabeth as is more at large in the title of Winchester Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam Powlet sonne and heyre of Iohn was in the life time of his Father summoned to Parliament 1575. as Lord S. Iohn of Basing and after the death of his Father he was both Marquesse of Winchester and Earle of Wiltshire and dyed in the yeare 1598. as in the Title of Winchester Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cressant d'or WIlliam Powlet Lord S. Iohn of Basing Earle of Wiltshire and Marquesse of Winchester now liuing 1618. married Lucie daughter of Thomas Cecill Earle of Excester by whom he hath issue as aforesaid in the Title of Winchester Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cressant d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of VVestmerland their Armes Wiues and Children His second Wife was Ioane daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster by the Lady Katherine Swinford by whom hee had issue also eight sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury William Neuill Lord Falconberg Edward Neuill Lord of Aburgauenny George Neuill Lord Latymer Robert Neuill Bishop of Duresme Cuthbert Henry and Thomas Neuill dyed without issue Katherine the eldest daughter was married to Iohn Mowbray second Duke of Norfolke by whom she had issue Elianor second daughter was Wife to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Anne the third daughter was married to Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Iane a Nun and Cicely the fift daughter was married to Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke who had issue King Edward the fourth and King Richard the third Which Richard Duke of Yorke by the greatnesse and the number of his Wiues kindred was able to bandy for the Kingdome of England against the House of Lancaster This Raphe dyed in the 4. yeare of King Henry the sixt 1425. Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit de gueulles au Saulteur d'argent He married Anne daughter of Henry Howard Earle of Surrey and fifter
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
brought and deliuered to Sir Robert Mallet Knight who sent him to the Tower of London and after banished the Land and all his goods confiscated to the Kings vse William Brampton Roger Leicester Iohn Luneth and Richard Lithbury before named being accused of wrongfull iudgements and other foule mis-demeanors were deliuered out of the Tower of London by paying each of them a thousand Markes fyne and Salomon de Rogester Thomas de Sudington Richard de Boiland and Walter de Hopton Iustices that rode the circuites were charged with the like offences were punished accordingly Sir Raphe de Hingham a Iustice of great account and who had the managing of the whole affaires of the Realme was charged with many notorious abuses and purchased his peace with a great summe of money Adam de Stretten Lord Chiefe-Baron of the Exchecquer a man of great possessions lost all his liuings and 34. thousand Markes in ready money and yet it was thought he had great fauour in that he lost not his life King Edward married two wiues and had issue by them both Queene Elianor his first Wife was sister of Alphonsus King of Castile and daughter of Ferdinando the third She was married to him at Bures in Spaine 1254. and was crowned with him and liued with him 36. yeares and dyed at Herdeby in Lincolnshire the 29. of Nouember 1290. and was buried at Westminster and at euery place where she rested comming from Herdeby he erected a Crosse Margaret his second wife was sister of Philip the faire King of France and eldest daughter of Philip the Hardy son of S. Lewis she was married vnto him at Canterbury the 8. of September 1299. She ouer-liued King Edward and remained a Widdow ten yeares after and dyed the 10. of Edward the second 1317. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London before the high Altar in the Quier which before she had built King Edward dyed at Brugh vpon the Sands in the yeare 1307. the seuenth of Iuly when he had reigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde dayes being 68. yeares olde and was buried at Westminster vnto which Church he had giuen a hundred pound lands a yeare Et portoit de gueulles au trois lyons paffant gardant d'or armé lampasse d'azur His Issue by his first Wife Iohn eldest sonne borne at Winchester and dyed a childe and was buried at Westminster the 8. of August in the last yeare of King Henry the third Henry second sonne dyed young his Father being then in the Isle of Cicill was buried at Westminster the 20. of Nouember 1272. Alphons third sonne borne in the Towne of Mayne in Gascoigne as his Father and Mother were comming out of the Holy-Land to England the 23. of Nouember 1273. and dyed at Windesore the 4. of August 1285. and was buried at Canterbury Edward the fourth sonne borne at Cairnaruon in North Wales the 25. of Aprill 1284. After the death of Lewellyn ap Griffith was created Prince of Wales by his Father being the first of the Kings sonnes of England that had that Title He was also Earle of Ponthieu and of Chester and was made Knight by his Father on Whitsonday 1306. Elianor eldest daughter borne at Windesore in the 50. yeare of her Fathâ—â—â— Reigne and was married with a Proxie to a Deputy for Alphons King of Arragon sonne of King Peter who dyed before marriage leauing his Kingdome to his Brother Iames. She was after married at Bristow 1292. to Henry the third Earle of Barrie in Champayne in France and had issue Edward Earle of Barrie from whom the Dukes and Earles of Barrie do descend Ioane her daughter was married to Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey in England Ioane second daughter was borne at Acon in the Holy-Land where her Mother remained during her Fathers wars with the Sarrazins and beeing 18. yeares olde was married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford by whom she had issue Gilbert Earle of Clare slaine in Scotland without issue and others as in the Title of Earles of Glocester She married to her second husband Sir Raphe Mounthermer Knight who during his wiues life was Earle of Glocester and sate in all Parliaments by that Title She liued 38. yeares and dyed in the first yeare of the Reigne of King Edward the second and was buried in the Fryers Augustines in Clare Margaret third daughter borne in the Castle of Windesore 1275. and at 18. yeares of age was married at Westminster on the 9. day of Iuly 1290. to Iohn the second Duke of Brabant and had issue Iohn the third Father of Margaret wife of Lewis of Mechlyn Earle of Flanders and Mother of the Lady Margaret heyre of Brabant and Flanders who was married to Phillip Duke of Burgundy Berengaria the fourth daughter borne 1276. and dyed a childe Alice the fift daughter dyed young Mary sixt daughter borne at Windesore the 22. of Aprill 1279. was at ten yeares of aâ—â— made a Nun at Ambresbury in Wiltshire at the request of Queene Elianor her Grand-mother who at that time was Lady Abbesse there Elizabeth the seuenth daughter was borne in Rutland Castle in Flintshire 1284. and being 14. yeares olde was married at London to Iohn the first of that name Earle of Holland and Lord of Freezeland who dyed two yeares after without issue After whose death she was married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford without any dowry by whom she had issue Iohn and Humfrey as in the Title of Earles of Hereford Beatrix the eight daughter of King Edward the first Blanch the ninth daughter dyed a Childe Issue by Queene Margaret the second Wife Thomas the fift sonne of King Edward the first was borne at Brotherton a little Village in Yorkshire in the yeare 1300. and was after the death of Roger Bigot created Earle of Norfolke and Marshall of England He had two wiues the first was Alice daughter of Sir Roger Hayles of Harwich in Suffolke by whoÌ„ he had issue Edward and others as in the Title of Earles of Norfolke His second wife was Mary daughter of William Lord Ros widdow of Sir Raphe Cobham who out liuing him married the third time William Lord Bruse of Brember in Sussex Edmond the sixt sonne was borne at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire the fift of August 1301. and was created Earle of Kent He married Margaret daughter of Iohn and sister and sole heyre of Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell in Northamptonshire and had issue two sonnes that dyed without issue and one daughter as in the Title of Earles of Kent The daughter was Ioane sur-named The faire Maid of Kent first married to William Mountague Earle of Salisbury from whoÌ„ being diuorced she was after married to Sir Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and by him had issue Thomas and Iohn both Dukes of Surrey and Earles of Huntington Lastly she married for her third husband Edward the blacke Prince had issue King Richard the second This Edmond was beheaded at Winchester the 19. of
daughter of Robert Bossu Earle of Leicester and had issue Robert that dyed before his Father 1166. and three daughters Mabell the eldest was married vnto Almericke Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy Amicia was married to Richard Earle of Clare and Hartford and Isabell the third daughter of this William was first married to King Iohn and from him was diuorced for neerenesse of kinne and after she was married to Geffrey Mandeuill Earle of Essex and for her third husband she tooke Hugh de Burgo Earle of Kent and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England This William built the Abbey of Keinsham and dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1183. and was buried in the said Monastery M. Glouer Somerset Herald hath that King Henry the second after the death of this William without issue Male gaue the Title and Earledome of Glocester to Iohn his son who married Isabell the third daughter of the said William and gaue to Mabell the eldest daughter married to Almericke Mountfort one hundred pounds and to Amicia the second daughter wife to the Earle of Clare another hundredpounds Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn sur-named Without Land the fourth sonne of King Henry the second in right or by reason of his wife Isabell third daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was made Earle of Glocester by the said King his Father in the yeare 1187. Afterwards King Richard the first his brother in his loue and bounty gaue him the Earledomes of Cornewall Deuon Nottingham and Lancaster after whose death he came to be King by the name of King Iohn And because Isabell his wife was counted barren a diuorce was procured from the Pope and he married againe to Isabell daughter of the Earle of Angolesme by whom hee had issue King Henry the third Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au baston d'azur brochant sur le tout ALmerick Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy after the diuorce of King Iohn from his wife Isabell yongest daughter co-heire of Will Earle of Glocester was the next Earle of Glocester in right of his mother Mabell eldest daughter and heire of the fore-said William Earle of Glocester in the second yeare of king Iohn He maried Millescent daughter of Hugh Gurney and of Iulian his wife sister to Reginald Earle Bullen and had with her in marriage the Mannor of Hanston but by her had no issue She was after married to William Cantelupe and had issue Thomas Bishop of Hereford and Iulian married to Robert Tregoz Lord of Ewias Herald This Almerick dyed and was buried in the Monastery of Kenisham Et portoit de gueulles party endenté d'argent de six pieces GEffrey de Mandeuile Earle of Essex sonne of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshal maried Isabel the third daughter and co-heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn was after the death of Almerick Mountfort without issue made Earle of Glocester and by that name and title was a Witnesse to king Iohns Charter of lands and liberties that he gaue to the Church of Dyrham This Geffrey died without issue in the yeare 1216. the last yeare of king Iohn of a wound giuen him at a Tournament helde at London leauing William Mandeuile his brother to succeed him in the Earledome of Essex and Gilbert de Clare in the Earledome of Glocester Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout GIlbert de Clare son and heire of Richard earle of Clare Hartford by Amicia second daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was after the death of Geffrey MaÌ„deuill made Earle of Glocester and in the 9. yeare of K. Hen. the 3. he was a Witnesse to the saide kings Charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford He married Isabell the 3. daughter of William Marshall the elder and sister co-heire of Anselm Marshall Earle of Penbroke Marshal of England by whom he had issue Richard Earle of Clare Glocester and Hertford Gilbert and William twins and three daughters Isabell the eldest was wife to Kobert Brus of Annanderdale in Scotland Amie the second daughter was married to Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuon and Lord of the Isle of Wight Anne third daughter dyed young Hee dyed at Penros in Britatne and was buried in the Priory of Tewkesbury the fourteenth of king Henry the third his widdow was after married to Richard Earle of Cornwall and King of Romans Et portoit d'or à trois Cheurons de guenâ—les RIchard de Clare second Earle of Glocester of that name married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent and Chiefe-Iustice of England by whom he had no issue His second wife was Matilda daughter of Iohn Lacie Earle of Lancolne and Constable of Chester by whom he had issue three sonnes and three daughters Gilbert the eldest sonne was after his Father Earle of Glocester Thomas the second sonne was Steward of the Forests in Essex who maried Iulian daughter of Maurice Fitz-Maurice of Ireland and had issue Gilbert Richard and Thomas Beuis the third sonne was a Church-man in Yorke Mynster Margaret the eldest daughter married Edmond Earle of Cornwall sonne of Richard Earle of Cornwall and king of Romanes Rose the second daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester maried Roger Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Isabell the third daughter was a Nunne at Barking in Essex Grafton and Fabian saith that this Richard died in the yeare 1260. and that Gilbert his sonne succeeded him to whom the Father gaue great charge to maintaine the Statutes made as Oxford But M. Milles hath in M. Somersets Book of Earles p. 370. that the Annals of S. Augustines in Canterbury hath he died in the yeare 1262. at Emeresfield in Kent at the Lord Iohn Crioils house and that his bowels were buried at Canterbury in Christ-Church his heart at Tunbridge and his body at Tewkesbury Diuers other good authors affirme that this Richard Earle of Glocester dyed in France GIlbert de Clare sur-named the Rea sonne and heyre of Richard aforesaid was the third Earle of Glocester and Hereford of that sur-name and married two wiues the first was Alice the widdow of Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey daughter of Hughle Brun Earle of Angolesme and of the Marches of Aquitaine by whom he had issue a daughter named Isabell married to Maurice Lord Berkley This Alice falling mad was diuorced from this Gilbert her husband after which diuorce the second of May 1290. at Westminster the said Gilbert married Ioane daughter of king Edward the first sur named Ioane of Acres because shee was borne at Acres in the Holy-Land by whom he had issue Gilbert the fourth Earle of Glocester and Hertford and three daughters Elianor the eldest was married to Hugh Lord Spencer Elizabeth
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.
sonne of the said Dauid for which he should sweare fealty and doe homage to king Stephen By reason whereof Simon Saint-Lice the second of that name to whom of right as the elder sonne of Mauld his Mother the said Earledome of Huntington did belong was neglected and excluded This Dauid had issue Henry Earle of Huntington in his Fathers life time and dyed in the yeare 1153. and was buried at Dunfirmlyn in Scotland Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'gueulles HEnry sonne of Dauid king of Scots was Earle of Huntington in the life time of his Father He married Ada daughter of William de Warren the second and sister of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey and had issue Malcolme and William both Kings of Scots and Dauid the third sonne was Earle of Huntington and Carect hee had also three daughters Ada married to Florence Earle of Holland Margaret married to Conanle Petit Earle of Britaine and Mauld that dyed young This Henry dyed at Calcone the 18. of king Stephen 1152. his Father being then liuing Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de gueulles SImon Saint-Lice the second of that name Earle of Northampton after the death of king Henry the first and Henry sonne of Dauid king of Scots entred into peaceable possession of the Earledome of Huntington which he could neuer obtaine before during the said kings Reigne for that he had giuen the saide Earledome to Dauid his wiues brother who had married this Simons Mother whose children by her first husband Simon Saint-Lice the first being young were sent into Normandy and committed to the custody of Stephen Earle of Albemarle their Mothers Vnckle This Simon married Isabell daughter of Robert Bellomont sur-named Crouch-backe or Bossue Earle of Leicester had issue the third Simon Saint-Lice Amicia and Hawis He founded the Abbey of S. Mary de Pratis neere Northampton Sawtre in Huntingtonshire and dyed the 18. of king Stephen 1152. as Henry of Huntington hath Fol. 227. b. Et portoit per pale endente d'argent gueulles MAlcolme king of Scots eldest sonne and heyre of Henry Earle of Huntington aforesaid and grand childe to king Dauid in the minority of Simom Saint-Lice the third was Ward to king Henry the second and was with him in his expedition to Tholosse for which he had giuen vnto him the Earledome of Huntington which he held during his life The King was often sued vnto in the behalfe of young Simon the right heyre for Iustice but it was euer denyed him at the ende of 12. yeares and sixe moneths of his Reigne of King of Scotland he dyed at Gedworth and was buried at Dumfirmelyn without issue 1165. leauing William his brother to succeed him in whose time Simon Saint-Lice could obtaine no fauour or grace vntill king Henry the yonger and the said William Dauid his brother with others made wars against king Henry the second Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam second sonne of Henry Earle of Huntington aforesaid in the life time of king Malcolme his elder brother by the fauour of king Henry the second was Earle of Huntington but after his brothers death and hee in the kingdome forgot his duty and in Armes forcibly entred Northumberland where he was taken prisoner at Anwike led to Richmond in the yeare 1174. and after was ransomed vpon these conditions that he should acknowledge himselfe the king of Englands Liegeman against al men for the Relme of Scotland his other lands to pay one hundred thousand pounds sterling part wherof he should pay presently and for the rest he should pawne and morgage Cumberland Huntington and Northumberland vntill the money were paide and for farther security that he should neuer after inuade or moue warre against England hee should deliuer into King Henry the seconds custody foure Castles viz. Barwick Roxborow Edenborough and Sterling Castles and so Huntington was taken from King William and restored to Simon S. Lice the third of that name who was right heyre thereof but he dying without issue the Earledome of Huntington returned againe to William king of Scots who with the consent of king Richard the first gaue it to Dauid his yonger brother Hollingshed pag. 189. Title of Scotland This William married Ermingard daughter of Richard Beaumont sonne of Roscellin Viscount Beaumont and had issue Alexander king of Scots Isabell married to Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke that dyed without issue Margaret wife to Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent Mariona wife to Eustace de Vescy Ada wife to Patricke Earle of Dunbarre and Aufrica married to William de Say of Ireland This William king of Scots dyed 1124. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de gueulles SImon Saint-Lice the third of that name and sonne and heyre of Simon the second after that William king of Scots was depriued of the earledome of Huntington receiued both the Castle and Earledome of Huntington as his right inheritance and so peaceably enioyed the said title and Earldome during his life by king Henry the second and restored euery man to his right whom the Scots had eyther wronged or dispossest in that County But the saide king Henry seeing daily contention to arise betweene the Scots and the Saint-Lices for this Earledome of Huntington caused the Castle to be raced to the ground but Simon held the Earledome and married Alice daughter of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne but died without issue in the yeare 1184. the 31. of Henry the 2. After whose death the said King restored the Earledome of Huntington againe to William King of Scots who by the permission of king Richard the first surrendred the same to Dauid his yonger brother Et portoit lez armoiries de son peré DAuid Earle of Carect third son of Henry Earle of Huntington was knighted by king Henry the second the day of his sonne Henries Coronation and had by the guift of William king of Scots his eldest brother the Earledome of Huntington with the third penny of the County of Cambridge giuen him in Anno 1190. after the death of Simon Saint-Lice the third without issue And hauing sworne fealty to King Richard the first he went with him towards the Holy-Land and carried with him 500. knights whom hee carried vpon his owne charges He maried Mauld the eldest daughter of Hugh Kiuilioke and sister and co-heyre of Randoll Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester and of Lincolne and had issue Iohn sur-named Scot Earle of Huntington and Chester and Margaret wife to Alan of Galloway Constable of Scotland Isabell the second daughter was married to Robert Brus Lord of Annandale Ada was married to Henry Hastings and Mauld dyed a Virgin He dyed at Yerdley in Northamptonshire and was buried in the Abbey of Saultrey neere Counington in Huntingtonshire as Sir Robert Cotton hath Et portoit d'or trois estaches de gueulles ioynantz en point IOhn sur-named Scote sonne of Dauid Earle of Huntington before
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
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
Norfolke was banished England for ten yeares meane time dyed Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster his Father whom this Henry succeeded in the Dukedome of Lancaster and after deposing King Richard and obtaining the kingdome he ordayned by assent of Parliament that Henry his eldest sonne should enioy the same Dignities and be stiled Prince of Wales Duke of Lancaster and Cornwall and Earle of Chester and so this Henry being crowned King vnited the whole Inheritance of Lancaster vnto the Crowne Since which time the Ducall Title of Lancaster hath bene drowned in the Title of the Regall Dignity This Henry married Mary daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England by whom he had issue Henry Prince of Wales Thomas Duke of Clarence Iohn Duke of Bedford Humfrey Duke of Glocester Blanch married to William Duke of Bauarre and Philip married to Iohn king of Denmarke and Norwey He dyed in the yeare 1412. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Leicester their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Bellomont a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Bellomont Lord of Ponteaudemer and Adelina his wife sister and heyre of Hugh Earle of Mellent after the death of Leofrike Algar and Edwin Saxon Earles was made Earle of Leicester by king Henry the first 1103. Hee married Elizabeth daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois and had issue Waleran Earle of Mellent in Normandie and of Worcester in England and Robert sur-named Bossu Adelina wife to Hugh Mounfort and Isabell married to Gilbert Strongbow Earle of Penbroke this Isabell daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois ouer-liued her first husband and after married William the second Earle Warren and Surrey This Robert dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1118. the 19. of King Henry the first Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert de Bellomont sur-named Bossu of his crooked backe was the second Earle of Leicester after the death of his Father he was Chiefe-Iustice of England in King Henry the seconds time and married Itta daughter of Roaldo de Waet Earle of the East Angles had issue Robert Blanchmaynes the third Earle of Leicester Henry Geffrey and Iohn Isabell married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and Hawis married to William Earle of Glocester This Robert dyed in the thirteenth yeare of king Henry the second and was buried at Leicester Et portoit les armes de son peré RObert de Bellomont sur-named Blanchmaynes of his white hands sonne of Robert Bossu was the third Earle of Leicester after the Conquest He married Pernell or Petronell daughter and co-heire of Hugh Grentmesnell Lord of Hinckley Lord Steward of England with whom he had in marriage the Honour of Hinckley and Office of Lord Steward of England She built the body of the great Church of Leicester and lyeth there buried in the Quier by the high Altar leauing issue Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester William a leaper who built the Hospitall of S. Leonards in I eicester and dyed before his Father without issue Roger Bishop of S. Andrewes in Scotland Amicia wife to Simon Earle Mountfort Brother of Almericke Earle of Eureux and Margaret married to Saier de Quincy Earle of Winchester This Robert was slaine in the Holy-Land at Duras in Greece where he was buried in the yeare 1190. Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert surnamed Fitz-Pernell sonne of Robert Blanchmaynes was after the death of his Father the fourth Earle of Leicester and in right of his Mother Lord high Steward of England He married Lourette daughter of William Lord Brews of Brember in Sussex by whom he had no issue This Robert went with King Richard into the Holy-land and was there taken prisoner and paide for his ransome two thousand Markes He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1204. and was buried in the Abbey of Leicester the sixt of King Iohn leauing Simon de Mountfort and Saier de Quincy who had married his two sisters his heyres Et portoit les armes de son peré SImon de Mountfort sonne of Simon Earle Mounfort in France sonne of another Simon Earle Montfort and Bertha his wife daughter of Richard Earle of Eureux and Constable of France which last Simon was grand-childe of Robert sur-named the Holy King of France by his base sonne Almericke Earle Mountfort married Amicia eldest fister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester in whose right he was created Earle of Leicester made Lord Steward of England in the eight yeare of king Iohn as may appeare by his Charter dated at Slingesbie the tenth day of March 1206. This Simon with his sonne was after banished England disinherited for rebellion against the king and allying themselues to the French King He was Generall of the Army at the siedge of the Citty of Tholouse who before the Gates thereof was striken in the head with a stone shot out of an Engine whereof he dyed sodainly and his Brother Almericke besiedging a Castle hard by the said Citty at the same time was likewise slaine in the yeare 1218. This Simon had issue by his wife Amicia Almericke Earle Montfort in France and Simon that was after Earle of Leicester in England Et portoit gueulles au hon d'argent à la double queué passee en en Saulteur SImon de Montfort second sonne of Simon Montfort Earle of Leicester and Amicia his wife hauing compounded agreed with Almericke his elder brother for his right title of the Earledome of Leicester came into England and was graciously receyued of king Henry the third 1235. who did not onely restore to him the Earledome of Leicester with the Office of Lord Steward of England but also in the yeare 1237. gaue vnto him in marriage his sister Elianor the widow of William Marshall the yonger Earle of Penbroke by whoÌ„ he had issue Henry Montfort slaine with his Father at the battaile of Eueâ—sham in the yeare 1256. Simon Montfort Guy and Almerick were all three banished the Land by Acte of Parliament Edward and Richard dyed young and Elianor his daughter was married to Leolyne Prince of Wales When the Noblemen of England raised warre against king Henry the third for denying to performe the Orders and Decrees made a little before at a Parliament held at Oxford this Simon was made their Generall and at a battaile strocke neere Lewis in Sussex he tooke the King with his Brother Richard Earle of Cornewall and king of Almayne with Prince Edward his sonne prisoners but Prince Edward escaping bid the Barons battaile againe at Eueâ—sham where this Simon was slaine the Barons ouerthrowne in the 40 yeare of the said kings Reigne This Simon the second Earle of Leicester at the Coronation of Queene Elianor challenged the Office of Lord Steward of England in right of Amicia his Mother daughter of Robert Blanchmaynes