A catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, and Viscounts of this Realm of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present year, 1619. TOGETHER, With their Arms, Wives, and Children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable Actions. Collected by RALPH BROOKE Esquire, York Herald: Discovering, and Reforming many Errors committed, by men of other Profession, and lately published in Print; to the great wronging of the Nobility, and prejudice of his majesties Officers of Arms, who are only appointed and sworn to deal faithfully in these causes. Quam quisque norit Artem, in hac se exerceat. Printed by WILLIAM JAGGARD, and fold at his house in Barbican. 1619. TO THE HIGH AND Mighty Prince, JAMES, King of Great-Britaine, France, and Ireland, etc. Most Gracious Sovereign: ALthough I think not the mean fruit of my Studies worthy so great a Patron as yourself, and therefore dedicate the same only to those Honourable Lords your Commissioners for the Office of Earl Martial of England, unto whose Censure and Office, all matters of Honour and Arms belongeth, and are committed: (yet after fifty years labour and experience, Now treating of Nobility, Honour, and Arms, which are derived from the fountain of Royal authority of Kings and Princes, and being hereunto partly led by virtue of my Office of Herald, wherein I have served your MAJESTY and the late Queen ELIZABETH of famous memory, these forty years) I held it my bounden duty, thus much at least (by humble preface) to intimate unto your HIGHNESS, that here I discover and reform many things heretofore grossly mistaken, and abused by ignorant persons; who venturing beyond their own element and skill to write of this subject, have showed themselves more bold and busy, then skilful in Heraldry, and have thereby so troubled the clear fountain of Honourable Titles and Descents, flowing from your MAJESTY and former Princes, that true Nobility is greatly blemished and obscured thereby. For the amendment and prevention of these and the like abuses hereafter, I most humbly pray a reformation, and that upstarts and Mountebanks within this our profession, may be prohibited to make their profit and credit, upon the discredit and impoverishing of your majesties poor servants the Officers of Arms, who labour daily, and spend both their bodies and substance, faithfully to preserve and keep in Register, the Descents and Achivements of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, with their Noble and worthy Acts, Marriages, Issues, and Arms, which is no easy thing now to do. And much more harder it will be hereafter, if these busy bodies (catching by chance the imperfect Notes of Heralds deceased) shall be suffered to publish in print their own inventions, as true and infallible verities, whereby in time to come, it will be hard to distinguish light from darkness, and truth from falsehood, unless your Princely care and feeling hereof, may be signified unto the Lords Commissioners to redress the same. So most humbly praying your majesties pardon, I beseech the King of Kings, long to continue and prosper your happy Reign over us. Your majesties most humble devoted Subject and Servant, RALPH BROOKE, York Herald. TO THE RIGHT Honourable, Edward Earl of Worcester, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal; Lodowicke Duke of Lenox, Lord Steward of his majesties Household; George marquess of Buckingham, Master of his majesties Horse; Charles Earl of Nottingham, High Admiral of England; William Earl of Penbroke, Lord Chamberlain of his majesties Household; Thomas Earl of Arundel, and Thomas Earl of Suffolk, Commissioners for the Office of Earl Martial of England: Privy Counsellors to JAMES King of GREAT-BRITAINE, and Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Right Honourable, THE mean Artificer that found fault with Apelles, so long as he presumed not ultra Crepidam, was heard and allowed so well; that the most Excellent Painter thereupon amended his picture: and yet the same being the only one (perhaps) of some ordinary person, well or ill done, could greatly hurt no man. But great hurt and prejudice (my Lords) may ensue unto many, yea, even unto yourselves and your posterity (joined as they are, and may be, with other Noble families) by the misshapen, ill wrought, and deformed Pictures of false Pedigrees and Descents of English Nobility, which some busy Antiquaries (as they would be called) of late intruding, have published in Print. It were therefore to be wished, that Books of that kind should be examined by experienced Officers, and therewith have your Lordship's allowance, before they pass the Press. But sithence hitherto it hath been neglected and lightly passed over, as a matter of small importance, and of less profit; I trust I shall with your Honourable favours, do my Prince and Country the service, yea myself and fellow-Officers of Arms, the right; presuming not ultra Caduceum, to examine the writings of these intruders, and reform their errors: whereof to give you a taste. john Stow (in the Vinnet of his Annals, printed 1592.) hath made, Richard Duke of York, and Anne Mortimer, to be Father and mother to K. Edward 4. in doing whereof, he hath made the said Richard to marry his own mother. M. Milles (page 543.) saith, that Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, by Margaret Lady Mortimer his second wife, had issue, Henry Earl of Lincoln, Frances wife to Henry Grey, marquess Dorset, and Eleanor married to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland; whereas the said Henry, Frances, & Eleanor, were the children of Charles Brandon, by Mary the French Queen. M. Martin, in his History of the Kings of England (page 60.) hath. That King john of England, had issue four sons; Henry, who was after King; Richard elect King of the Romans; William of Valence Earl of Penbroke, and Guydo Disnay: which William and Guydo, were the sons of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the Marches of Aquitain in France, and not King john's. What a confusion and trouble may this breed in after Ages; both for Descents, Arms, and true Kindred: as also suits of Law, Duelloes, and Challenges; Nay (my good Lords) were not the Crown so well established in the King, and his Royal issue (which God long preserve:) what a Way is here opened (if it be not stopped in time) for vain Titularies and Competitors to presume on? So dangerous a thing it is, for the unskilful to deal in matters of Heraldry, that are not sworn & professed Officers thereto. Had I been as forward to set out mine own labours, as those have been to vent the imperfect Collections of others, I might (I think) have written of this subject before some of them were borne: for any time these fifty years, it hath been my study. And when I had almost finished a true Catalogue of the Kings, Princes, and Nobles of this Realm, that have been since the Normane Conquest, with intent to leave it to posterity only in Writing, and in the Office and College of Arms (which indeed ought to be the Storehouse of all honourable Actions and Designs) I staid awhile at sight of the blind and misshapen whelps, which the overhasty brought forth. But now, as well for the Reason's afore-shewed, as also at the instance of some of my Honourable Friends; I have thought meet (having first made his Majesty acquainted therewith) to publish and present the same unto your Lordships; wherein besides the errors above cited, your Honours shall have here in the next leaf following, many others: yea, such as cry out to be reform, by your authority; which I trust of your own Noble care and Honourable dispositions you will so execute, that henceforth the Nobility and Gentry of this Land, together with the Officers of Arms, may hold their own better: And that the undigested Notes of dead Heralds and Painters books (to the prejudice of the living) be not published by any. And that in these matters of Arms and Descents, none but sworn Officers of Arms may be suffered to meddle; yea, & that amongst ourselves, none may be suffered to give the ancient Ensigns and tokens of Honour and Arms, unto such as have neither Descent nor Deserts to commend nor enable them thereunto. These and the like abuses done to our Profession, are enough (my good Lords) for me to point at by way of Epistle, and fully sufficient (I hope) to draw your Honourable cares for amendment thereof. But many more great errors have I likewise discovered, yea (almost) in every page of my Book: which Book (with my poor endeavours) I humbly offer unto your most Noble protection and Patronage: And if your Honours shall be pleased, favourably to censure and accept the same (as earnestly I wish and pray you) I shall think my pains herein well bestowed, & take encouragement to perfect and finish a far greater work begun in this my Profession: otherwise to do you the best service I am able. Your Lordship's devoted in all duty and service, RALPH BROOKE, York Herald. A catalogue OF THE Kings of England, since the Norman Conquest, their Arms, Wives, and Children. For the authority of the Arms of the Kings of England, from William Conquerors time, to king Richard the first, I find none of any great credit, but what hath been used by traditions, that will I set down as I find them. William Conqueror (as it is said) used the Arms of Rollo the Dane, and first Duke of Normandy, which he bore as belonging to the Dukedom of Normandy: Gueulles, deux Lions passant gardant, d'or. His Issue. Robert, surnamed Curtuoise, (which is, Short Boötes) being Duke of Normandy, was taken prisoner at Tenarchbray in Normandy, in the year 1106. and by commandment of William his brother, he had both his eyes put out, and died in the Castle of Cairdiffe, in the year 1134. when he had been prisoner there, 28. years, and was buried at Gloucester. He married Sibyl, sister of William Earl of Conuersana in Italy, by whom he had issue, William and Henry. Richard, second son of William Conqueror, was slain in the New Forest by a Stag, and was buried at Winchester. William the third son, surnamed Ruphus, of his red hair, served under his Father, at the battle of Gerberoth in Normandy, where he was wounded. After being King, and hunting in the New Forest the second of August, Walter Tirrell a French Knight, shot him with an Arrow, whereof he presently died, in the year 1100. having reigned twelve years and eleven months, being 43. years old. Henry the fourth son, was borne at Selby in Yorkshire, 1070. and surnamed Beauclarke (or sine Scholar) was by his Father knighted at Westminster, in the year 1086. Cicely eldest daughter, borne in Normandy, was Abbess at Cane, where she died without issue. Constance the second daughter, married to Alan Earl of Britain, surnamed Fergant, died without issue, and was buried at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolk. This is that Constance, which the honest man Dolman, alias Parsons, setteth down to have issue, Conan le gross the second Duke of Britain, and Conan le gross to have issue Hoell, disinherited by his Father; and Bertha, married to Eudo Earl of Porret. Alice the third daughter, was married to Stephen, Earl of Bloys in France, and had issue, King Stephen and others; and after professed herself a Nun, at Marciquy in France, and was there buried. Ela, in her childhood was promised in marriage, to King Herald of England, but he refused her, and married another, by reason whereof, she died unmarried without issue. Gundred the fift daughter, married William de Warren, a Nobleman of Normandy, whom William Conqueror made Earl of Surrey, by whom she had issue, William the second Earl Warren and Surrey, and died in childbed, at Castle-Acre in Norfolk, and was buried at Lewis in Sussex, 1085. Margaret the sixth daughter, promised to Alphonsus' King of Gallicia in Spain, and died without issue. William Peverell, base son of William Conqueror, was Lord of Nottingham, and had issue, William a son. King William Rufus. WIlliam Rouse or Rufus, surnamed of his red hair, the third son of William Conqueror. This William served under his Father at the battle of Gerberoth in Normandy, where he was wounded: He began his Reign of King of England, the ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1087. & was crowned at Westminster, by Lanfranke Archbishop of Canterbury, the first day of October. He was of person a square man, red coloured, his hair somewhat yellow, his eyes not one like another; he was of mean stature, somewhat big bellied, he was very variable, inconstant, covetous and cruel; he overburdened his Subjects with unreasonable taxes, peeled the rich, and oppressed the poor. And being a hunting in the New Forest, the second day of August, in the year 1100. Sir Walter Tirrell, a French Knight, shooting at a Deer, unawares smote him in the breast, that he fell down stark dead, and never spoke word. His body being conveyed to Winchester, was there buried in the 43. year of his age, having reigned almost thirteen years, leaving no issue to succeed him. Les armes de son peré. King Henry the first. His second wife was Adelicia, daughter of Godfrey, first Duke of Louvain, and sister of another Godfrey, and jocelyn of Louvain: She was married the 29. of january, 1121. and continued his wife fifteen years, but had no issue by him. She was after married to William de Albeney Earl of Arundel, by whom she had issue, William the second Earl of Arundel, Godfrey, and joane married to john Earl of Angi. This Henry died of a surfeit at Dennises, in the Forest of Lions in Normandy, the first day of December, in the year 1135. being about 67. years old, having reigned King 35. years and four Months. In this Henry, ended the line of the heirs male of the Norman Kings, having reigned here 69. years, after whom came the French, by marrying the heir general. Les armoiries de son peré. His Issue. William, son of King Henry and Queen Mauld his first wife, was borne in the year 1102. and being 14. years old, the Nobility did him homage, & three years after, he married Mary, the daughter of Foulk Earl of Anjou; and the same year was made Duke of Normandy, for which he did homage to King Lewis the Gross of France, and after was drowned, coming out of Normandy into England, the 26. of November, 1120. being then eighteen years of age, leaving no issue of his body. Mauld, the only daughter of king Henry the first, by Mauld his first wife, was borne the fourth year of her Father's Reign, and was married to the Emperor Henry the fourth, for his second wife, being but seven years old at her espousing, and married and crowned at eleven, at Mentz in Germany, in the year 1114. with whom she continued twelve years, and outlived him, but had no issue by him. After she married Geffrey Plantagenet, Earl of Anjou, son of Foulke king of jerusalem, in the year 1127 and had issue Henry, after King of England; Geffrey, Earl of Nantes in Britain; and William, Earl of Poytou: She was his wife 23. years, and a widow 17. years, and after died in Rouen, 1167. and was buried at Bec Abbey in Normandy. His Issue by Concubines. Robert (of some Writers called the Consul of Gloucester) base son of King Henry the first, begotten of Nest, the daughter of Rice ap Teuder, the great Prince of South Wales, who was after married to Girald de Windsor, Constable of the Castle of Penbroke. This Robert married Mabell, daughter of Robert Fitz-Hamond, Lord of Glamorgan, by whom he had issue, William Earl of Gloucester, and others, as in the Title of Earls of Gloucester is more at large. Reginald, base son of King Henry the first, begotten of the daughter of Robert Corbet, of Alencester in Warwickshire, had issue, four daughters his heirs, as in the Title of Earls of Cornwall, is more at large. Henry, slain in Anglesey in North- Wales, without issue. Richard, Mary and Margaret were drowned, with their brother William, coming out of Normandy into England, 1120. Elizabeth, base daughter of King Henry the first, (begotten of Elizabeth, sister of Walleran Earl of Meulan, and Robert Bossue Earl of Leicester) was wife to Gilbert Strongbow Earl of Penbroke, and Mother to Richard Earl of Penbroke, as in the Title of Earls of Penbroke. julian, Countess of Passy. King Stephen. STephen, Earl of Mortaine and Bolloigne in Picardy, third Son of Stephen, Earl of Bloys and champaign, begotten of Alice, the third daughter of William the Conqueror and Queen Mauld; was crowned King on S. Stephen's day, by William Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster 1135, by the plotting of his younger Brother Henry, who was Bishop of Winchester, and Abbot of Glostenbury, and who had drawn unto his Faction, William Archbishop of Canterbury, the very first man that before had sworn fealty to Queen Mauld the Empress, and to stir up the Nobility of the Realm against the said Mauld, protesting, that it was baseness for so many great Peers to be subject unto a woman. And further, to help forward this mischievous plot, (another of the same brood) Roger Bishop of Salisbury, the late King's Treasurer, protested, that the Nobility were free from the Oath they had before made to Mauld the Empress, by reason that she had married Geffrey Plantagenet, without their privity and consent, (as though free Princes could not marry without the consent of their Subjects) which false instigations of these wicked Bishops, made the Nobility to forswear themselves, in swearing fealty unto King Stephen a Usurper. And these were the fruits of these honest Churchmen, who were the cause, and loss also of many a man's life. This Stephen married Mauld, daughter of Eustace Earl of Bolloigne, Brother of Godfrey and Baldwyn kings of jerusalem, by whom he had issue, three sons and two daughters: he reigned eighteen years, ten months, and odd days, and died at Dover the 25. of October, 1154. being 49 years old, and was buried at Feversham in Kent, where his Queen and Son were also buried. She died at Heningham Castle in Essex, the third of May, 1151. It is said, that King Stephen entering this Realm, the sign being in Sagittarius, and obtaining great victory by the help of his Archers, assumed the Sagitarius for his Arms. Et portoit, gueulles a Sagitarius d'or. Their Issue. Baldwyn the eldest son, died in his infancy, and was buried at London, in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgate, founded by Queen Mauld, wife to king Henry the first. Eustace second son, was by his Father created Earl of Bolloigne, and married Constance, sister of Lewis the seventh King of France, and died without issue the tenth of August, 1152. and was buried at Feversham. William the third son, married Isabella, daughter and heir of William the third Earl Warren and Surrey, in whose right he was Earl Warren and Surrey, Lord of Norwich and Pevensey, Earl Mortaine, and Lord of the Eagle in Normandy. He died in his return from Tholouz, in the year, 1160. Mauld, the eldest daughter of King Stephen, died young, and was buried at London, in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgate, called Christ-Church, now the Duke's place. Marry, second daughter of King Stephen, was Abbess of the Nunnery at Rumsey in Hampshire; after she forsook her habit, and married Matthew, Brother of Philip Earl of Flanders, who (in her right) was Earl of Bolloigne, and had issue, Ida and Mauld. King Henry the second, HEnry, the second of that Name, (surnamed Short-mantle, borne in France) Son of Geffrey Plantagenet, Earl of Antou, and Mauld the Empress, daughter of King Henry the first; began his Reign over this Realm of England, the twentieth day of October, 1154. His first coming was to Winchester, where the Nobles of the Realm came unto him, of whom he took homage and fealty: then coming to London, he was crowned at Westminster by Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, the 17. of December, 1154. being then 23. years of age. He chose to be of his Counsel, the gravest and wisest he could find, & such as were best experienced in the Laws of the Land. He expelled by public Proclamation, all strangers out of the Land, who had swarmed into England, in the time of variance between king Stephen and him: amongst whom, William of Ypers Earl of Kent, was also compelled to be gone; taking into his hands all such lands and possessions as pertained to the Crown, which had been before alienated and made away to any person of what degree soever. From Hugh Mortimer, he took the Castles of Clebery, Wigmore & Bridgnorth. He married Elinor, daughter and sole heir of William Duke of Aquitaine, Earl of Poitiers and Tholouze, the fift of that name, (begotten of the daughter of Raymond, Earl of Tholouse.) This Elianors Title, was the chief cause of those bloody wars betwixt England and France; yea, and the bellows that blew that unnatural discord, betwixt the Father and his Sons. She overlived her husband, and did see three of her sons to be kings; and died the third of the Kalends of April, 1204. This Henry died the 6. day of july, 1189. in the 61. year of his age, when he had reigned 34. years, 9 months, and two days, and was buried at Founteverald, in the Duchy of Alencon, near to the Town of the Egle. Et portoit, gules au deux leopard passant d'or. The Jssue of King Henry the second, and Queen Elinor bis Wife. William eldest son, borne in the year, 1152, to whom the Nobility swore fealty at the Castle of Wallingford in Berkshire; he died in the year 1156, being but five years old, and was buried at Reading, by his great Grandfather, King Henry the first. Henry the second son, after the death of William his Brother, was Duke of Normandy Earl of Anjou and Maine, and was crowned king in the life time of his Father, the 1●. of june, 1170. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Lewis the younger, king of France, and was married at Newburgh in Normandy, 1160. and she was after crowned Queen at Winchester, 1163. He died at Marcell in Touraine, the eleventh of june, 1182. and was buried at Rouen. Richard the third son, was borne at Oxford, 1157. and was surnamed of the French, Cuer-de-Lyon. He was first created earl of Poyctou, & had the whole Duchy of Aquitaine, for which he did his homage to King Lewis the younger, of France, 1170. After he fell at variance with his Father, and maintained wars against him: but he was afterwards reconciled into his Father's love again, & succeeded him in his Kingdom. Geffrey the fourth son, borne the fift year of his Father's Reign; he married Constance, daughter and heir of Conan Duke of Britain, and did his homage for the same to his brother Henry, and died at Paris, 1186. the 19, of August, and was buried in our Lady Church there, having issue, Arthur, Duke of Britain, borne after his Father's death; and a daughter named Elinor, which died in prison, in King Henry the thirds time. This Constance was also married to Randoll Earl of Chester. Philip the fift son, was borne in the fifteenth year of his Father's Reign, and died young, and was buried in S. Paul's Church in London. john the sixth son, was borne in the year 1166. and surnamed Sanz-terre without Land; because when he was King, he resigned his Crown and Kingdom to the Pope: which Pandulphus his Legate kept (for the space of four days) to the Pope's use. He was created Earl of Mortaigne, and had withal the Earldoms of Cornwall, Gloucester, Derby and Lancaster, the Honours of Wallingford and Nottingham, and lastly was King. Mauld the eldest daughter, was borne in the third year of her Father's reign, and married Henry, surnamed the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Sardinia; she survived her husband, and died in the first year of King Richard the first, and was after buried by her husband in the Church of S. Blaze at Brunswick, leaving issue, Oath Emperor, Henry Duke of Saxony, and William, and a daughter named Elinor. Elinor second daughter, borne at Rouen, 1162. married Alfonsus the ninth of that name, King of Castille in Spain, and had issue, Sancheus that died young, as also his brother Ferdinando; Henry King of Castille; Blanch Queen of France, wife to Lewis the eight, and Mother of S. Lewis; Berengar married unto Alphonsus' King of Leon, Vrraca Queen of Portugal, and Elinor wife to King james King of Arragon. joane the third daughter, borne in the City of Angiers in France, 1166. being but eleven years old, was conveyed to the City of Palermo, and there married to William the second King of Cicill, Duke of Apulia, and Prince of Capua, 1177. and was crowned Queen at the same place. She had issue, a son named Beaumond, who was Duke of Apulia, and died young: She was after married to Raymond the fourth of that Name, Earl of Tholouze, and had issue Raymond, the last Earl of that House or Family; and a daughter married to Berald of Elbeine, Prince of Orange. Issue by his Concubine. WIlliam, surnamed Longspee (or longsword) begotten of his Paramour, the Lady Rosamond, daughter of Walter Lord Clifford, married Ela, daughter and heir of William Fitz-Patricke Earl of Salisbury, and had issue, William Longspee a Baron; Stephen second son; Nicholas Bishop of Salisbury; and Richard the fourth son, was a Cannon at Bradstocke: Idona, married to William Beauchampe Baron of Bedford; Ella, first married to the Earl of Warwick, and after to Philip Lord Basset; and Isabella, first married to William Lord Vescy, and after to Walter Lord Clifford, Father of Roger. King Richard the first. His second wife was Berengaria, daughter of Sanches the fourth, King of Navarre, who married him at Cyprus, and accompanied him to the holy land. He was slain by Bertram de Gurdonn, with the shot out of a Crossbow, at a Castle of the Viscount of Lymoges, called Chalons, which wounding him in the shoulder, the Surgeons having drawn out the wood of the Arrow, and not the envenomed iron fork; mangled the Arm with cruel incisions, that the pains thereof hastened his death, when he had reigned almost nine years. He was buried at Founteverard in France at his Father's feet, the 6. of April, in the year 1199. without any lawful issue. He had two base children, Philip a son, and Isabella a daughter. King Richard the first did bear for his Arms in his Pavis or Shield, one lion rampant: and this is the first Arms that ever I could see any authority for. King john. Isabella, second wife to King john, was daughter and heir of Aymer, Earl of Angolesme, by whom he had issue, as hereafter followeth. This Isabella overlived King john, and married Hugh de Brun, Earl of the Marches of Aquitaine, & Lord of Lusignan and Valence in Poyton, (to whom she should have been married, before she married King john) by whom she had divers children, greatly advanced by King Henry the third, their half brother. This King, lying in the Abbey of Swansteed, not far from Lincoln, was poisoned by a Monk, of the Order of S. Bernard; who to make his match sure, and to avoid jealousy and suspicion, first drank unto the King, and poisoned himself: the King being brought from the said Abbey in a Horselitter, unto the Castle of Newarke, there died on S. Luke's night, the 14. Kalends of November, and was after buried at Worcester, in the year 1216. when he had reigned 17. years, five months, lacking eight days, at the age of 51. years. This john, being King of England and Duke of Normandy, in right of his Grandmother Mauld the Empress; and Duke of Aquitaine by Elinor his Mother, joined the Arms of Aquitaine, being a Lion passant gardant, unto the Arms of Normandy and England, making it Gueulles trois lions passant gardant d'or. King John's Jssue by Isabella his last Wife. King Henry the third, borne at Winchester, the first of October, 1208. being the tenth year of his Father's Reign. Richard, second son of King john, was borne the next year after his Brother King Henry, by whom he was made Knight, and created Earl of Cornwall; and by the Electors, chosen to be Emperor of the West, and crowned King of the Romans and Almany, at the City of Acon in Germony; (others have, at Aquisgrave) He married three wives; the first was Isabella, daughter of William Martial the younger, Earl of Penbroke, widow of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, Henry slain at Vitirbo in Italy, & john, who died both without issue. His second wife was Senchia, daughter of Raymond Earl of Province, and sister of Queen Elinor his brother's wife, who was crowned with him at Acon, and by whom he had issue, Edmond Earl of Cornwall, & others. His third and last wife was Beatrix, Niece to the Archbishop of Coleyne. This Richard died at his Manor of Barkhamsted, the 20. of April, 1271. others say, 1272. and his body was buried in the Monastery of Hails in Glocestershire, and his heart in the Abbey of Reuly at Oxford, which was of his foundation. joane the eldest daughter, was married to Alexander, the second King of Scots, who coming into England, to see her Brother King Henry the third, died at London, and was buried in the Nunnery at Tarent in Dorsetshire, the fourth of March, 1236. Elinor second daughter, was first married to William Marshal the younger, Earl of Penbroke, who died before the wedding Feast was ended. She married after, Simon Mountfort Earl of Leicester (son of Simon Earl Mounfort in France) who maintaining the Baron's wars, against King Henry the third, was slain at the battle of Euesham, 1265. After whose death, she and her Children were banished England, and died in the Nunnery at Montarges in France; as in the Title of Earls of Leicester is more at large. Isabella youngest daughter, was borne in the year 1214. who being 21. years of age, married the Emperor Frederick in the City of Worms in Germany, the 20. of july, 1235. She being his sixth Wife, had issue by him, Henry elected King of Sicily, and Margaret, Wife of Albert Landgrave of Thurin: She died in childbed the first of December, 1241. Base Children of King JOHN. Richard, base son of King john, with Hugh de Burgo Earl of Kent, overthrew the Navy of Lewis the French Kings son, in the second year of King Henry the third. He married Rohesia, daughter and heir of Richard de Dover, son and heir of Fulbert de Dover, who built the Castle of Chilham. Geffrey Fitz-Roy, base son of King john, who transported Soldiers into France, when Archbishop Hubert forbade King john his Father to go thither. joane, base daughter of King john, begotten of Agatha, daughter of William Earl Ferrars and Derby, was married to Lewellin Prince of Wales, 1204. with whom her Father gave in marriage, the Castle and Lordship of Elinsmere, in the Marchesse of South-Wales. King Henry the third. HEnry, son and heir of king john, was borne at Winchester, the first of October, in the year 1208. being the 10. year of his Father's Reign; & being of the age of nine years, was crowned King at Gloucester, the 28. of October, 1216. by Peter, Bishop of Winchester, and the Protection of him and his Realm, was committed to William Marshal the elder, Earl of Penbroke; and after his death, 1218. he was committed to Peter, Bishop of Winchester, by whose counsel he was crowned the second time, at Westminster, in the fift year of his Reign. He had great trouble and wars with his Barons, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Lewis in Sussex, 1263. and with him, Richard King of Romans his Brother, and Prince Edward his son, with many others; Simon Mountfort Earl of Leicester, Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester, and Robert Earl Ferrars and Derby, being the Ringleaders of the rebellious Barons. Not long after, the King, Prince and others were set at liberty, and raising new Forces, fought a battle at Euersham in Worcestershire, where the Barons were discomfited, and Simon Earl of Leicester, with his eldest son, & Sir Hugh Spencer, and many others of great account were slain. This overthrow did utterly defeat the Barons, and deprived them of all their hopes; and so revived the melancholy King, that now he began again to be sensible of his strength, and resolved (with all speed possible) to break those chains, with which so lately he was so strongly bound. He married Elinor, second daughter and one of the coheirs of Raymond Berengarius, Earl of Provence, by Beatrix, daughter of Thomas Earl of Savoy, and sister to the Earls Amee and Peter, and Boniface, Archbishop of Canterbury. She was married at Canterbury, the 14. of january, 1236. and was crowned at Westminster, the 19 day of january after. He fell sick at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolk, and died the 16. of November, 1272. when he had lived 65. years, and reigned 56. years, and 28. days, and was buried at Westminster. She was his Wife 37. years, his Widow 19 years, and died a Nun at Almesbury, the 25. of june, 1291. and was buried in her Monastery, the 11. of September after. Et portoit, d'engleterre, gules trois lions passant gardant d'or, arm & lampasse d'azur. His Issue. Edward eldest son, was borne at Westminster, the 28. of june, 1239, he was surnamed Longshanks, of his tall & slender legs, he was made knight in Spain, by Alphonsus' King of Castille, and Earl of Chester by his Father, after the death of David Earl of Chester, without issue male. Edmond second son, borne the 26. of january, 1245. sur named Crouchbacke, of bowing in his back: He was entitled King of Cicilia and Apulia, & was created Earl of Lancaster. He had the lands of Simon Mountfort, Earl of Leicester, and Robert Ferrars Earl of Derby given him; who were disinherited, for raising war with the Barons, against the King. He died at Bayon in Gascoigne, the fift of june, 1296. being 50 years old; as in the Earls of Lancaster is more at large. Richard third son died young, and was buried at Westminster. john fourth son, died also young, and was buried at Westminster. William fift son died young, and was buried in the new Temple at London. Henry fixed son died young, and was buried at Westminster. Margaret eldest daughter, was the first Wife of Alexander the third, King of Scots. Beatrix second daughter, borne at Bordeaux in Gascoigne, married to john the first, Duke of Britain, who had issue, Arthur and john. Katherine third daughter, borne at London, 1252. died young. King Edward the First. King Edward being returned out of Wales, divers complaints were presented unto him, against divers of his justices, namely, Sir Thomas Weyland, Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the King's Bench, Adam Stretton, William Brampton, Roger Leicester, and john Luneth, all justices of the said Bench. with Robert Lithbury, Master of the Rolls; Sir Thomas Weyland, by a Quest of twelve men was found guilty, accessary of a murder, for relieving the murderer after the deed done; For which, he took Sanctuary in the Church of the friars Minors at S. Edmondsbury; from whence he was had, and brought and delivered 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 King's use. William Brampton, Roger Leicester, john Luneth, and Richard Lithbury before named, being accused of wrongful judgements, and other foul misdemeanours, were delivered out of the Tower of London, by paying each of them a thousand Marks fine; and Solomon de Rogester, Thomas de Sudington, Richard de Boiland, and Walter de Hopton, justices that road the circuits, were charged with the like offences, & were punished accordingly. Sir Ralph de Hingham, a justice of great account and who had the managing of the whole affairs of the Realm, was charged with many notorious abuses, and purchased his peace with a great sum of money; Adam de Stretten, Lord Chiefe-Baron of the Exchequer, a man of great possessions, lost all his livings, and 34. thousand Marks in ready money; and yet it was thought he had great favour, in that he lost not his life. King Edward married two wives, and had issue by them both. Queen Elinor his first Wife, was sister of Alphonsus King of Castille, and daughter of Ferdinando the third; She was married to him at Bures in Spain, 1254. and was crowned with him, and lived with him 36. years, and died at Herdeby in Lincolnshire, the 29. of November, 1290. and was buried at Westminster, and at every place where she rested, coming from Herdeby, he erected a Cross. Margaret his second wife, was sister of Philip the fair, King of France, and eldest daughter of Philip the Hardy, son of S. Lewis; she was married unto him at Canterbury, the 8. of September, 1299. She overlived King Edward, and remained a Widow ten years after, and died the 10. of Edward the second, 1317. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London, before the high Altar in the Quire, which before she had built. King Edward died at Brugh upon the Sands, in the year 1307. the seventh of july, when he had reigned 34. years, seven months, and odd days, being 68 years old, and was buried at Westminster; unto which Church he had given a hundred pound lands a year. Et portoit, de gules, au trois lions paffant gardant d'or, armé & lampasse d'azur. His Issue by his first Wife. john eldest son, borne at Winchester, and died a child, and was buried at Westminster, the 8. of August, in the last year of King Henry the third. Henry second son, died young, his Father being then in the Isle of Cicill, & was buried at Westminster, the 20. of November, 1272. Alphons third son, borne in the Town of Main in Gascoigne, as his Father and Mother were coming out of the Holy-Land to England, the 23. of November, 1273. and died at Windesore, the 4. of August, 1285. and was buried at Canterbury. Edward the fourth son, borne at Cairnaruon in North- Wales, the 25. of April, 1284. After the death of lewelyn ap Griffith, was created Prince of Wales, by his Father, being the first of the King's sons of England, that had that Title. He was also Earl of Ponthieu, and of Chester, and was made Knight by his Father, on Whitsonday, 1306. Elinor eldest daughter, borne at Windesore, in the 50. year of her Fath●●● Reign, and was married with a Proxy, to a Deputy for Alphons King of Arragon, son of King Peter, who died before marriage, leaving his Kingdom to his Brother james. She was after married at Bristol, 1292. to Henry the third Earl of Barrie, in champagne in France, and had issue, Edward Earl of Barrie, from whom the Dukes and Earls of Barrie do descend. joane her daughter, was married to john Earl Warren and Surrey in England. joane second daughter, was borne at Acon in the Holy-Land, where her Mother remained, during her Father's wars with the Sarrazins, and being 18. years old, was married to Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hartford, by whom she had issue, Gilbert Earl of Clare, slain in Scotland without issue, and others as in the Title of Earls of Gloucester. She married to her second husband, Sir Ralph Mounthermer Knight, who (during his wives life) was Earl of Gloucester, and sat in all Parliaments by that Title. She lived 38. years, and died in the first year of the Reign of King Edward the second, and was buried in the Friars Augustine's in Clare. Margaret third daughter, borne in the Castle of Windesore, 1275. and at 18. years of age, was married at Westminster, on the 9 day of july, 1290. to john the second Duke of Brabant, and had issue, john the third, Father of Margaret, wife of Lewis of Mechlyn, Earl of Flanders, and Mother of the Lady Margaret, heir of Brabant and Flanders, who was married to Philip Duke of Burgundy. Berengaria the fourth daughter, borne 1276. and died a child. Alice the fift daughter, died young. Mary sixth daughter, borne at Windesore the 22. of April, 1279. was at ten years of a●● made a Nun, at Ambresbury in Wiltshire, at the request of Queen Elinor her Grandmother, who at that time, was Lady Abbess there. Elizabeth the seventh daughter, was borne in Rutland Castle in Flintshire, 1284. and being 14. years old, was married at London, to john the first of that name, Earl of Holland, and Lord of Freezeland, who died two years after without issue. After whose death, she was married to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, without any dowry, by whom she had issue, john and Humphrey, as in the Title of Earls of Hereford. Beatrix, the eight daughter of King Edward the first. Blanch the ninth daughter, died a Child. Issue by Queen Margaret, the second Wife. Thomas, the fift son of King Edward the first, was borne at Brotherton, a little Village in Yorkshire, in the year 1300. and was (after the death of Roger Bigot) created Earl of Norfolk and Martial of England. He had two wives, the first was Alice, daughter of Sir Roger Hails, of Harwich in Suffolk, by whom he had issue, Edward and others, as in the Title of Earls of Norfolk. His second wife was Mary, daughter of William Lord Ros, widow of Sir Ralph Cobham, who out living him, married the third time, William Lord Bruse, of Brember in Sussex. Edmond the sixth son, was borne at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the fift of August, 1301. and was created Earl of Kent. He married Margaret, daughter of john, and sister and sole heir of Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell in Northamptonshire, and had issue, two sons that died without issue, and one daughter, as in the Title of Earls of Kent. The daughter was joane, surnamed, The fair Maid of Kent, first married to William Montague Earl of Salisbury; from whom being divorced, she was after married to Sir Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and by him had issue, Thomas and john, both Dukes of Surrey, and Earls of Huntingdon. Lastly, she married for her third husband, Edward the black Prince, & had issue, King Richard the second. This Edmond was beheaded at Winchester, the 19 of March, in the fourth year of King Edward the fourth his Nephew. Elinor the tenth daughter, was borne at Winchester, the 6. of May, 1306. & died young without issue, and was buried in S. Peter's Church at Westminster. King Edward the second. Hereupon they assembled together in a Parliament time, at the New Temple in London, and there agreed, that the said Peers should departed, and be banished the Realm again the second time; and not to return again at any time after. To this the King (but sore against his will) agreed, and made his Letters Patents to the said Lords, to witness the same: and the Archbishop of Canterbury did pronounce the said Peers accursed, if he tarried any longer than the time appointed him, and likewise all those that should aid, help, or maintain him. Whereupon Pieres was constrained to ship himself at Bristol for Ireland, though sore against the Kings will, threatening the Lords to be revenged. But not long after, Peers returned again into England, and came to the King at York; at whose coming, the King greatly rejoiced; and lying in the Bishop's Palace, caused Peers to be lodged in the Castle, not far from him. Not long after, the King was willing (for his recreation) to take the Sea, leaving Peers of Gaveston at York. The Barons pursued Gaveston, who fled to Scarborough, where the Barons took him, and carried him to a place called Blacklow, and there the 9 of june, caused his head to be stricken off. Afterwards, the young Prince, the Queen and Nobility, finding fault with the two Spencers (Hugh the Father, and Hugh the son, for misleading and abusing the King & State, in like manner as Gaveston had done) caused them likewise to be taken & put to death, without any trial, or answer. Which done, the Queen with her Son and the Nobility, called a Parliament, wherein King Edward was judged not worthy to bear or wear the Crown; but (for divers causes) was to be deposed, and Prince Edward his son, to be chosen in his place. This being 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 & john Maltrevers, and others his keepers. He was deposed the 25. of january, 1326. when he had reigned almost twenty years, and was murdered the 21. of September, 1327. and his body was buried at Gloucester. He married Isabella, daughter of Philip the fair King of France, and sister and heir of her three Brothers, Lodowick Hutin, Philip the long, and Charles the fair. She was married in our Lady Church at Bolloigne, the 22. of january, 1308. being but twelve years old, and was his wife twenty years, and his widow thirty, and died at Rising near London, and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. His Issue. Edward (surnamed of Windsor) eldest son, borne in Windsor Castle, the 13. of October, 1312. the sixth of his Father's Reign. He was first created Prince of Wales and Duke of Aquitaine, in a Parliament held at York, 1322. and was made Lord warden of England; unto whom all the Lords swore fealty, and received the oath of allegiance. He was after King of England, by the name of King Edward the third. john (surnamed of Eltham) second son, was borne at Eltham, in the year 1315. and at twelve years of age, was created Earl of Cornwall, at a Parliament held at Salisbury, 1327. and after died in Scotland at S. john's Town, unmarried, 1333. and lieth buried at Westminster. joane eldest daughter, was borne in the Tower of London, and was married at Berwick (being very young) the eighteenth day of july, 1329. to David Prince of Scotland, son and heir of Robert Bruse, being but seven years of age. This David was after King, by the name of David the second. She was his wife 28. years, and coming into England to visit her brother King Edward the third, died without issue, 1353. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London. Elinor second daughter, was married to Reginald, second Earl of Gelder's, for his second Wife, and had given her in marriage, 15000. pounds, 1332. Who being Vicar general of the empire, to the emperor Lewis of Bavaria, created him the first Duke of Gelder's. She had issue, Reginald and Edward, both Dukes after their Father, and died without issue, leaving his Duchy and his Wife to his Nephew William, Duke of Gulike, his half sister's son. King Edward the third. And because he was but 14. years of age, and not able to govern of himself, it was decreed, that twelve of the greatest Lords within the Realm, should have the rule and government, until he came of more years: which were, the archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of Winchester and Hereford, Henry Earl of Lancaster, Thomas of Brotherton, Martial of England; Edmond of Woodstock, Earl of Rent; john Earl Warren, Thomas Lord Wake, Henry Lord Percy, Sir Oliver Ingham, and the Lord john Ros; who were sworn of the King's counsel, and charged with the government, as they would answer the same. In the first year of this King's Reign, died Charles King of France, the third Brother of Queen Isabella, Mother of King Edward the third; by whose death, the Kingdom of France did descend to King Edward, by Isabella his Mother, the only sister and heir of her three Brothers, Kodowike Hutin, Philiple Long, and Charles the fair, Kings of France. But the said Kingdom was usurped and possessed by Philip de Valois, Uncle to the said Charles, who did intrude himself by force. In the year 1339. King Edward going to make his claim to the Kingdom of France, (prayed aid of the Flemings, who before had sworn, and bound themselves in a bond of a Million of gold in the Pope's Chamber, that they should always help the King of France, and fight under his Ensign) for release whereof, King Edward, by the persuasion of jaques D'Artuell of Gaunt, did quarter the Arms of France, with the Arms of England, and proclaimed himself King of France. By which act, the Flemings held themselves discharged of their band and oath. After, Charles the sixth French King of that Name, envying greatly, that the Kings of England should bear the Arms of France, (which was semie de luces) changed the same unto three De luces; of which thing, King Henry the fift of England took example and bare the like. By reason whereof, the Kings of France, have ever since ceased to make any further change of their Arms. He married Philip, daughter of William Earl of Henault and Holland, and sister's daughter of Philip of Valois, King of France afore mentioned. This marriage was at York, the 24. of january, and she was crowned at Westminster, the first Sunday in Lent following, 1327. She was his Wife 42. years, and died the 15. of August, 1369. and was buried at Westminster. King Edward her husband, died at Sheen, now called Richmond, the 21. of june, 1377. after he had lived 65. years, and reigned 50. years, 4. months, and 28. days. His body was conveyed from Sheen, by his four sons Lionel Duke of Clarence, john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, Edmond of Langley Duke of York, and Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Cambridge, with others, and was buried at Westminster. His Issue. Edward eldest son (borne at Woodstock the fifteenth of july, 1329.) was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Aquitaine and Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, and Earl of Kent in right of his Wife joane, daughter of Edmond Earl of Kent (brother by the Father, to King Edward the second) She had been twice married before, first to the Earl of Salisbury, and after to Thomas Holland. She had issue by Prince Edward, two sons, Edward borne at Angolesme, who died young; and Richard borne at Bordeaux, who was after King of England, by the name of King Richard the second. This Prince had issue also, two bastard sons, Sir john Sounder, and Sir Roger Claridon Knights; the latter was attainted in King Henry the fourth's time. William second son, was borne at Hatfield in Hartfordshtre, 1335. and was surnamed William of Hatfield; he had his christian name of William Earl of Henauls', his grand father, and died in his childhood, and was buried at York. Lionel third son, was borne in the City of Antwerp, the 29. of November, 1338. and was surnamed of Antwerp. He had two Wives, the first was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Burgh, Earl of Ulster in Ireland, in whose right he was first created Earl of Ulster. And because he had with her the Honour of Clare in Norfolk, as parcel of the Inheritance of her Grandmother (Elizabeth, sister and co-heyre of the last Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester) He was in Parliament, 1362. created Duke of Clarence; from which Dutchic, the name of Clarenceux, King of Arms of the South parts of England, taketh his denomination. He had issue by the said Elizabeth, one only daughter named Philip, married to Edmond Mortimer Earl of March, Grandfather of Anne, Countess of Cambridge, Grandmother of King Edward the fourth. He was after married at Milan in Lombary, to the Lady Violanta, daughter of Galeazo, the second Duke thereof; as in the Earls of Clare is set forth. john fourth son, borne at Gaunt in Flanders, 1340. was first created Earl of Richmond, which was surrendered to john Duke of Britain, surnamed The valiant, who had married Mary his sister, to whose Dukedom formerly it had belonged. This john married three Wives, the first was Blanch, daughter and heir of Henry Duke of Lancaster (son of Edmond Croochbacke) by whom he had issue, King Henry the fourth; Philip, Wife to john the first, King of Portugal; and Elizabeth, first married to john Holland Earl of Huntingdon, and after to Sir john Cornwall Baron of Fanhope. His second Wife was Constance, eldest daughter of Peter King of Castille and Leon, in whose right he entitled himself King of both those Realms, and had issue Katherine, Wife to Henry the third, son of King john, King of both those Realms. His third Wife was Katherine Swynford, Widow of Sir Otho or Oats Swynford, Knight of Lincolnshire, daughter and co-heyre of Sir Payn Roet, alias Given, King of Arms, a Gascoigne borne, whose other daughter Anne, was married to Sir Geffrey Chaucer Knight, the Poet. By this Katherine Swinford, he had issue before marriage, and made legitimate by Act of Parliament, the 20. year of King Richard the second; john Earl of Somerset, Thomas Duke of Excester, & Earl of Dorset, Henry Bishop of Winchester, and Cardinal; and joane, first married to Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, and after to Robert Ferrars, Baron of Ouesley. These children begotten of Katherine Swynford, were surnamed Beaufort's, of Beaufort Castle in France, where they were borne. Edmond of Langley fift son, was created Earl of Cambridge, in the 36. year of King Edward the third, and after Duke of York, 1386. He married Isabella, daughter and coheir of Peter, King of Castille and Leon, as in the Title of Earls of Cambridge and Dukes of York. William, surnamed of Windsor, where he was borne, died young. Thomas the youngest son, surnamed of Woodstock (where he was borne) was by King Richard the second, first created Earl of Buckingham, and after D. of Gloucester, as in those Titles is more at large. Isabella, eldest daughter of King Edward the third, was married at Windsor to Ingelram de Guisnes, Lord of Coucy, Earl of Soysons, and Duke of Austria, whom King Edward her Father, made Earl of Bedford, by whom she had issue two daughters, Marry, married to Henry of Bar, and Philip, Wife to Robert Vere Earl of Oxford, Duke of Ireland, and marquess of Dublyn, who after forsook her, and married one Lancerona, a joiners daughter, who came into England with Queen Philip out of Bohemia. joane second daughter, married by Proxy to Alphons, the eleventh King of Castille and Leon. Blanch third daughter died young, and was buried at Westminster. Mary fourth daughter, married to john Mountfort Duke of Britain. Margaret youngest daughter, was the first Wife of john Hastings Earl of Penbroke. King Richard the second. He married two Wives, the first was Anne, daughter of the Emperor Charles the fourth, and sister of Wenceslaus, Emperor and King of Bohemia, who was crowned Queen the 22. of january, 1384. having been his Wife ten years, and died at Sheen in Surrey, 1394. and was buried at Westminster without issue. His second Wife was Isabella, daughter of Charles the sixth, King of France, whom he affianced in the 19 year of his Reign, she being then but 7. years old: by reason whereof, he never had any company with her. She was after the said Richard's death, sent back again into France, being than not full twelve years old, without any dowry, because the marriage was never consummated. The Lord Henry Percy had the conveying of her, in the year, 1401. Et portoit, France seem escar●elle d'engleterre. King HENRY the Fourth. He yielded to God his spirit, the 20. day of March, 1412. the 46. year of his age, when he had reigned 13. years, six months, lacking ten days. His body being conveyed to Canterbury, was there buried. He married two Wives, the first was Mary, second daughter and co-heyre of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton, and Constable of England, who died in the year 1394. and was buried at Canterbury. His second Wife was joane, daughter of Charles King of Navarre, and Widow of john Mountfort Duke of Britain, who died at Havering in the Bower in Essex, without issue, the tenth of july, 1437. and was buried at Canterbury. His Issue by his first Wife. Henry eldest son, was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & Earl of Chester, in the first year of his Father's Keigne. This Henry, in the time of his Father's banishment, was sent into Ireland; and, upon hearing of his Father's arrival into England, King Richard caused him to be imprisoned with Humphrey, son and heir of Thomas of Woodstock, in the Castle of Trim in Ireland; but in the first year of King Henry the 4. they were both delivered, and coming into England, Humphrey died of the plague at Chester. Thomas second son, was created Duke of Clarence, in the eleventh year of King Henry the 4. and in the 8. year of King Henry the 5. he was made Lieutenant General of France and Normandy; and (in the year after) was slain at Bangy-Bridge in France, by the Duke of Orliance. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and Widow of john Beaufort Earl of Somerset; as is more at large in the Title of the Dukes and Earls of Clarence. john third son, was made Duke of Bedford, the 11. year of King Henry the 4. his Father; and in the fift year of Henry the 5. his brother, he was by Parliament made Regent of England, and Head of the public Wealth. He knighted King Henry the 6. his Nephew, at a Parliament held at Leicester, in the 4. year of his Reign. And in the first year of the said King Henry the 6. being made Regent of France, Charles King of France dying: the most part of France was delivered to him by the Nobility there, to the use of King Henry the sixth. His marriages and death is more at large in the Title of Bedford. Humphrey, fourth son of King Henry the 4. was by his Brother King Henry the 5. made Duke of Gloucester; and in the first year of Henry the 6. he was made Protector of the Kingdom of England, for 15. years, during the said kings minority; and was styled, Humphrey, by the grace of God, Son, Brother and Uncle to Kings, Duke of Gloucester, Henault, Holland, Zealand and Penbroke, Lord of Friezland, great Chamberlain of England, Protector and Defender of the Kingdom and Church of England. He had two Wives. His first Wife was jaquet, daughter and heir of William, Duke of Bavaria, and Earl of Holland, who was before betrothed to john Duke of Brabant, and was therefore after divorced from this Humphrey without issue. His second Wife was Elinor, daughter of Reginald, Lord Cobbam of Sterburgh in Surrey, who for witchcraft and poisonings, was much defamed. Queen Margaret, Wife to King Henry the sixth, envy greatly his estate & government, and practised with others, his overthrow and destruction; for after, he was found murdered in his bed, at Bury in Suffolk, and was after buried at S. Albon in Hertfordshire. Blanch eldest daughter, was married at Collen, to William Duke of Bavaria, son and heir of Lewis of Bavaria. After she married the King of Arragon: and thirdly, she married the Duke of Bar, but had no issue by any of them. Philip, second daughter of King Henry the 4. was married to john, King of Denmark and Norway, and died without issue. King HENRY the fift. This King following his Father used every day when no state was kept, after dinner, to have a Cushion laid on the cupboard, & there to lean a whole hour or more, to receive Petitions and hear complaints of whosoever would come. And in those days, when the King dined in his Chamber, the Steward of the Household, sat always in the Hall, under the Cloth of Estate, the same being rolled up above his head, and such Knights with him, as waited that time upon the King. He died in the Castle of Boys de Viscenne, not far from Paris, the 13. day of August, 1422, when he had reigned nine years, five months, and odd days, being 36. years old, and was buried at Westminster. He married Katherine, daughter of Charles the sixth, King of France, at Troy's in champaign, the third of june, 1420. and the 14. of February after, she was crowned at Westminster, and was his Wife, two years and three months. She was after married to a Noble Gentleman, named Owen Theodor of Wales, by whom she had issue three sons, Edmond, jasper and Owen; Edmond was made Earl of Richmond; and married Margaret, daughter and sole heir of john D. of Somerset, and had issue, King Henry the seventh: jaspher the second son, was Earl of Penbroke, and after Duke of Bedford. This Queen Katherine died at Bermondsey in Southwark, the second of june, 1436. and was buried at Westminster, leaving issue by King Henry the fift her husband, King Henry the sixth. This King left Seem de lices, and bare three. Et portoit, France, escartelle d'engleterre. King HENRY the sixth. He espoused Margaret, daughter of Reyner, Duke of Anjou, (and titulary of Sicily, Naples and jerusalem) by Proxy at the City of Towers in Touraine, in Saint martin's Church, by William de la Pole his Procurator, in the presence of the French King and Queen; which King, was Uncle to the Bride's Father, and the French Queen, Aunt to her Mother. She being conveyed to the Abbey of Tichfield, was there solemnly married to King Henry the sixth, the 22. of April, 1445. and was crowned at Westminster, the 30. day of May after. In the 33. year of this King's Reign, he lost the battle at S. Albon; and was tataken prisoner at the battle of Northampton, by the Earl of Warwick, the 38. year of his Reign; and the year after, was delivered again by Queen Margaret his Wife, after the second battle of S. Albon; but in the same, after the battle at Mortimer's Cross, the King and Queen fled to York; and the Earl of March, coming to London with his power, was proclaimed King of England. And in the fourth year of his Reign, he took King Henry, near the Abbey of Selby in Lancashire, and brought him prisoner to the Tower of London. And in the ninth year of his Reign, King Henry the sixth, was again delivered, by the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick. King Edward flying into Flanders, was proclaimed a Usurper; but the next year after, King Edward returning again into England, and coming to London, took king Henry in the Bishop's Palace, and after gave battle to the Earl of Warwick, at Barnet, where the said Earl, with his brother john Nevil marquess Montague were slain. And in the same year, 1471. he also gave a great overthrow to Queen Margaret, at Tewksbury; in which battle, the said Queen, with Prince Edward her only son, were taken prisoners; Prince Edward being first stricken by King Edward, Richard Duke of Gloucester, stabbed him to the heart with his Dagger. The Queen his Mother was conveyed to London, where she remained in prison, until Reyner her Father purchased her deliverance with great sums of money; who after returning to her own Country, there died. After this battle at Tewksbury, King Edward the fourth came to London, on the 21. of May, 1471. with thirty thousand men: and the same night, King Henry was murdered in the Tower of London, and the morrow after, brought into S. Paul's Church in London, in an open Coffin barefaced, where he bled: From thence he was conveyed to the Blacke-Fryars, and there also bled. Lastly, his body was conveyed to Windsor, and there buried. King Edward the fourth. Philip Commines, writing of the death of this King Edward the fourth, saith. The late King Edward the 4. of England, being heir of the House of York, utterly destroyed the House of Lancaster, under the which, both his Father and he had lived many years. And although the said King Edward had done homage to King Henry the 6. being of the house of Lancaster: did he not afterwards hold him prisoner many years, in the Tower of London, where in the end he was murdered? Have we not seen also (saith he) the Earl of Warwick, principal Governor of all the said King Edward's Offices (after he had put to death all his enemies, especially the Duke of Somerset) in the end became deadly enemy to the king his Master, gave his daughter in marriage, to Edward Prince of Wales, son of King Henry, attempted again to set up the house of Lancaster, passed with the said Prince into England, discomfited in the field and slain, both he and his brother, with many other Noblemen their kindred, and others, who in time past had done the like to their enemies? After all this, the children of these, when the world turned, revenged themselves, and caused (in like manner) the other to die. For after King Edward was quiet in his place and Realm, and received yearly out of France, 50000. Crowns, paid him in the Tower of London, and was grown so rich, that richer he could not be; he died suddenly, as it were of melancholy, because of the French Kings marriage with the Lady Margaret, the Duke of Austriches daughter. For so soon as he was advertised thereof, he fell sick, and began then to perceive, how he had been abused, touching the marriage of his daughter, whom he had caused to be called the Lady Dolphinesse: then also was the pension (which he had received out of France) taken from him, which he called Tribute, etc. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wooduile Earl Rivers, and jaqueline his Wife, Duchess of Bedford, and Widow of Sir john Grey, slain at S. Albon, where he was knighted, the day before his death, by King Henry the sixth. After whose death, she was privately married to King Edward the fourth, the first day of May at his Mannot of Grafton in Northamptonshire, 1464. and the next year after, was crowned Queen at Westminster, the 26. day of May. She was his Wife, 18. year, eleven months, and nine days, and in the beginning of King Edward the fift (her sons Reign) she was forced to take Sanctuary at Westminster; and after, having all her lands and possessions seized upon by King Henry the seventh, lived in mean estate in the Monastery of Bermondsey in Southwark, where not long after she died, and was buried at Windsor, by King Edward her husband, who died before at Westminster, the 9 day of April, 1483. at the age of 41. years, when he had reigned 22. years, one month, and odd days. His Issue. Edward, eldest son of King Edward the fourth, borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster, the 4. of November, 1471. the tenth year of his Father's Reign; at that time King Edward was expulsed the Realm, by the Earl of Warwick; but Fortune changing, the Father was restored, and the Son created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, the first of july. Richard, second son of King Edward the fourth, borne at Shrewsbury, and being but a child, was created Duke of York. He was betrothed unto Anne, daughter and heir of john Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, Earl Martial, Warren and Nottingham; but he enjoyed neither wife, nor life long, for he was (with his brother Edward) murdered in the Tower of London; which place ever since is called, The bloody Tower. George third son, was also borne at Shrewsbury, and being very young, died and was buried at Windsor. Elizabeth eldest daughter, borne at Westminster, the 11. of February, 1466. she was promised in marriage to Charles the Dolphin of France, wooed and courted by Richard Duke of Gloucester, her unhappy Uncle, after he had murdered her two Brothers, and he then King; but after she was married to King Henry the seventh. Cecily second daughter, was motioned to marry james, Prince of Scotland & Duke of Rothsay, but it took no effect, and so she was married after to john Viscount Welles, whom she outlived, and married again to one Kyme of Lincolnshire, and died without issue. Anne third daughter, married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, Earl Martial, and Lord Treasurer of England, and had issue, two sons who died very young. She died without issue, and was buried at Framingham in Norfolk. Bridget fourth daughter, was borne at Eltham in Kent, the tenth of November, 1480 and was a Nun at Dartford, where she remained till she died. Mary fift daughter, was promised in marriage to the King of Denmark; but she died before marriage, in the Tower of Greenwich, 1482. and was buried at windsore. Margaret sixth daughter, died in her Infancy. Katherine seventh daughter, married William Courtney, Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of Ochampton, and had issue, Henry Earl of Devonshire, whom Henry the eight created marquess of Excester, 1525. His Bastards. Arthur Plantagenet, base son of King Edward the fourth, begotten of Elizabeth Lucy, was created Viscount Lisle at Bridewell in London, the 26. of April, 1533. in right of his Wife Elizabeth, sister and heir of Sir john Grey Viscount Lisle the Widow of Edmond Dudley. This Arthur had issue three daughters; Bridget, Francis and Elizabeth, as is more at large in the Title of Viscounts. Elizabeth, base daughter of King Edward the fourth, married to Sir Thomas Lumley Knight, who died before his Father George Lord Lumley, and had issue, Richard Lord Lumley, that died the second of King Henry the eight; & George Lumley a second son. King EDWARD the fift. THis young King, being under the protection of Richard Duke of Gloucester his unnatural Uncle, at the death of his Father being in Wales, was brought and lodged in the Bishop's Palace of London, the 4. day of May, 1483. The Queen his Mother, with his young brother the Duke of York being in the Sanctuary at Westminster; Richard, the then Protector, sent the honest Lord Cardinal to the Queen, for the delivery of the said Duke of York out of the Sanctuary; who by his sweet and poisoned words, and protestations to his Mother, that it would be for all their good to deliver him: This young Prince was delivered, and brought to the King his Brother, in the Bishop's Palace of London, and from thence conveyed to the Tower of London, with show of preparation for the day of Coronation; where they remained some two months. At which time, the said Protector sent one Green (a trusty servant of his) unto Sir Robert Brakenbury, than Constable of the Tower, to murder the said two Princes; who stoutly denying to do so foul an act, Sir james Tirrell, a servant of the said Protectors, was sent to Brakenbury the day after, to have the keys of the Tower, and custody of those two Infants delivered to him. Which being done accordingly, the young King and his brother were shut up together, and all company removed from them, saving that miscreant dog, that was to execute that bloody and butcherly act; who about midnight, brought a rout of Runagates into their Chamber, who suddenly lapping them up amongst the clothes of their bed, smothered these two sweet Babes, the Lords Anointed. This young King, was at his Father's death, eleven years, five months, & five days old. King Richard the Third. This Richard, was honoured with the Title of Gloucester, a title and name ever ominous, all of them dying violent and untimely deaths: which he regarded not, his destiny enforcing, his aspiring mind gave him no rest, until his restless body found it lastly in the grave. He was slain at a battle fought at Redmore near Bosworth, the 22. of August, 1485. when he had reigned two years, two months, and fine days. The slain body, all tugged and torn naked, and not so much as a clout left to cover his shame, was trussed behind Blanch Sengler, his Pursuivant of Arms, like a Hog or Calf, his head and arms hanging on the one side of the horse, & his legs on the other side, all besprinkled with mire and blood, & was so brought to Leicester, and there for a miserable spectacle, the space of two days lay naked and unburied: his remembrance being as odious to all, as his person deformed and loathsome to be looked upon. Lastly, his body was buried at Leicester, without any Funeral pomp. He married Anne, second daughter and co-heyre of Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, and had issue, Edward their only child, created by King Edward the fourth, Earl of Salisbury, and by his Father, Prince of Wales, as in the Earls of Salisbury is set forth. King HENRY the Seventh. HEnry, earl of Richmond, borne in Pembroke Castle, son of Edmond of Hadham, Earl of Richmond, and Margaret his wift, daughter and only heir of john Beaufort, D. of Somerset: which Edmond of Hadham, was son and heir of Owen Tudor, begotten of Queen Katherine, Widow of King Henry the fift, and daughter of Charles the sixth French King. This Henry fled into Britain, in the first year of King Edward the fourth; and in the second year of king Richard the third, he arrived and landed at Milford Haven in Wales, and with a small power came to Leicester, and at a little Town thereby called Bosworth, where a cruel battle being fought; King Richard was slain in the Field; and his Crown which he ware (being found) was by the Earl of Derby and others, put upon this Henry's head, and presently proclaimed King of England in the Field, 1485. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King Edward the 4. the 18. day of January, 1485. she being nineteen years old, whereby was united the two Families of York and Lancaster, to the great joy of all English Subjects, betwixt whom, infinite contentions and mortal wars, had formerly consumed and destroyed many thousands of noble and valiant Gentlemen. She was crowned at Westminster, the 25, of November, 1487. the third of her Husband's Reign, and continued his Wife, 18. years, and 24. days, and died in Childbed in the Tower of London, the eleventh of February, being the day of her birth, 1503. and was buried at Westminster. His Issue. Arthur, eldest son and heir, borne at Winchester, the 20. day of September, 1486, who, by his Father was created Prince of Wales, in the fift year of his Reign, Duke of Corn●ill, and Earl of Chester; who, upon the 14 day of November, 1501. being fifteen years old, married Katherine, daughter of Ferdinando King of Spain●; she being then about eighteen years of age. This marriage was solemnized in ●he Cathedral Church of S. Paul in London, and within 4. months and 19 days after, he died at Ludlow, the second of April, 1502. he being then 15. years 6 months, and 13. days old, and was buried at Worcester, in S. Mary's Church. Henry second son, borne at Greenwich in Kent, the 22. of june, 1491. In his infancy he was created Duke of York, and Marshal of England; and after King of England. Edmond third son, was borne in the year 1495. and was created Earl of Somerset, and died young at Bishops Hatfield, being not five years old, 1499. and was buried at Westminster. Margaret eldest daughter, borne the 29. of November, 1489. and being 14. years old, was married to james the fourth, King of Scotland, 1503, and had issue, james the fift, King of Scotland, Arthur and Alexander, and one daughter, all which but the eldest, died without issue young. She married to her second husband, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Anguish, 1514. by whom she had issue, Margaret, married to Matthew Earl of Lenox, who had issue, Henry Lord Dernley, after King of Scotland in right of Mary Queen of Scotland his Wife, by whom he had issue, james, King of great Britain, 1618. Elizabeth second daughter, borne the second of july, 1492. and died the 14. of September, 1495. and was buried at Westminster. Mary third daughter, was first married to Lewis King of France, who lived not long with her, but died without issue. After whose death, she married for her second husband, Sir Charles Brandon a Noble Knight, and after Duke of Suffolk, as in the Title of Earls of Suffolk is more at large. Katherine fourth daughter, borne upon Candlemas day, 1503. in the 18. year of her Father's Reign, who died young. King HENRY the Eight. KIng HENRY the eight, borne at Greenwich, the 22. of june, 1491. and at the age of twelve years, was by his Father, created Duke of York, and (after his Brother Arthur's death) Prince of Wales. And in the 18. year of his age, he began his Reign of King of England, the 22. of April, and on the 25. day of june after, was crowned with his Wife Queen Katherine, at Westminster, 1509. And in the fourth year of his Reign, he won Turwin and Turney; having under his Banner, the Emperor Maxmilian, with most of the Nobility of Brabant, Planders and Holland. And in the 37. year of his Reign, the Town of Boulogne was yielded unto him; he being there in person, at the winning thereof. He married six Wives, and died on Thursday, the 28. of january, 1547. when he had Reigned King, 37. years, and ten months. His Wives. KAtherine, the first Wife of King Henry the eight, was daughter of Ferdinando the sixth, King of Spain (and the Widow of Prince Arthur his brother) and was married to King Henry the eight, the third of lune, 1509. and was crowned with him, the 25. day of june after: And twenty years after was divorced from him, by the Bishop of Canterbury. She died at Kimbalton in Huntingtonshire, the 8 of january 1535. and was buried in Peterborough Church. ANNE, the second Wife of King Henry the eight, was second daughter of Sir Thomas Bullen, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond. She was first created marchioness of Penbroke, having one thousand pounds a year given her to maintain her estate; and was married to him in the Closet at White-Hall, the 25. of january, 1533. and was crowned at Westminster, on Whitsunday the first of june. She was his Wife, three years, three months, and 25. days, and after was beheaded in the Tower of London, the 19 of May, 1536. and was buried in the Chapel, within the said Tower. IAne the third Wife, was daughter of Sir john Seymour Knight, and sister of Edward, Earl of Hartford and Duke of Somerset. She was married unto King Henry the eight, the 20. day of May, which was the very next day after the beheading of Queen Anne. This jane, was his Wife one year, five months, and 24. days, and died in childbed of King Edward the sixth, the 14. of October, 1537. and was buried at Windsor. Arm of Cleve, the fourth Wife of King Henry the 8. was sister of William, Duke of Cleve, and was married unto him at Greenwich, the 6. of january, 1540 in the 31. year of the said Kings Reign, and was his Wife six months, and the year after was divorced, and by Act of Parliament decreed, that she should be no more called nor taken for Queen; but should be called the Lady Anne of Cleeve. She remained in England, long after King Henry's death, & was marshaled with the Lady Elizabeth, going through London, to the Coronation of Queen Mary, 1553. KAtherine Howard, the fift Wife of King Henry the 8. was daughter of Lord Edmond Howard, brother of Thomas Howard, the third Duke of Norfolk of that Family, & was married to the said King, the 8. of August, 1540 at Hampton-Court, and was his Wife, one year, six months, and 4. days. She was convicted of adultery, and by Parliament adjudged to be beheaded in the Tower of London, the 12. of February, and was buried in the Chapel there, by Queen Anne Bullen, 1542. KAtherine Parr, widow of john Nevil, Lord Latimer, and daughter of Sir Thomas Par of Kendal Knight, and sister of William Par, marquess of Northampton, was sixth Wife to King Henry the eight, and was married to him at Hampton-Court the 12. of july, in the year 1543. She was his Wife, 3. years, 6. months, and 5. days. She was after King Henry's death, married to Thomas Seymour, Lord Admiral, and after his decease, she married Edward Burgh, son of Thomas Lord Burgh. She died in childbed, 1548. Issue by his first Wife. Henry, first son of King Henry the eight, begotten of Queen Katherine his first Wife, was borne at Richmond in Surrey, the first of january, 1509. who lived not full two months, and died the 22. of February after, and was buried at Westminster. Another son, whose name is not well known, borne of Queen Katherine his first Wife, in the sixth year of his Reign, who died very young. The death of these two Princes. King Henry took as a punishment from God, for begetting them of his Brother's Wife. Marry, the third child and first daughter, begotten of Q. Katherine, was borne at Greenwich in Kent, the 18. of February, 1518. who out-living her younger brother King Edward the sixth, and being then Queen, and 36. years old, married Philip King of Spain, to the great dislike of many her loving Subjects, and small content to herself, as more at large in place convenient will be showed. Issue by his second Wife. Elizabeth, second daughter of Henry the eight, begotten of the Lady Anne Bollen, his second Wife, was borne at Greenwich, upon Sunday, the seventh of September, 1534. and was christened of Doctor Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, etc. She succeeded her Sister Queen Mary, as Queen of England; and was for wisdom, virtue, piety and justice, not only the mirror of her Sex, but a pattern for Government, to all the Princes of Christendom. Another manchild had Queen Anne, but still borne, the 29. of February, 1535. to the great grief, both of the Father and Mother. Issue by his third Wife. Edward, the sixth and last child of King Henry the eight, begotten of jane Seymour, his third Wife; was borne at Hampton-Court, the 12. of October, 1537 being cut out of his Mother's womb (as julius Caesar is said to have been) Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, were his Godfathers, and Lady Mary his sister, his Godmother. He was first created Prince of Wales; and after the death of his Father, crowned King of England. A base Son by his Concubine. Henry Fitz-Roy, base son of King Henry the eight, begotten of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir john Blount Knight (than Lady Talboys) and borne in the Manor of Blackmore in Essex, in the year 1518. who being eighteen years of age, was created Earl of Nottingham, at the King's Palace of Bridewell; as in the Title of Nottingham is set forth. King EDWARD the Sixt. The sixth of February after, the Lord Protector knighted King Edward in the Tower of London; which done, King Edward presently after, knighted Sir Henry Hoblethorne, than Lord Mayor of London, and Sir Henry Portman, one of the judges of the King's Bench. The 17 of February, the Lord Protector was created Duke of Somerset, and the 20. of February, King Edward road through London to Westminster, and was there crowned. In the life time of King Henry the eight a marriage was treated of, between Marry, late Queen of Scotland; Unto which, a Parliament at Edinburgh had consented, in the year 1543. but that took not effect; for she was after married to the Dolphin of France. This Noble Prince died at Greenwich, the 6. of july, 1553. being the seventh year of his reign, and the seventeen year of his age, and was buried at Westminster, the 9 of August after. Queen Mary. MARRY, eldest daughter of K. Henry the eight, by Katherine his first Wife, was borne at Greenwich, the 18. of February, 1518. and began her Reign the 6. of july, and was proclaimed Queen, the 17. day of the said month, in the year 1553, In her young years she was sued unto, to be married to the then Emperor, the King of Scots, and the Duke of Orleans in France. But all these failing, at thirty six years of age, she married Philip, King of Spain, to the great dislike of her Subjects, and small content of herself. She was crowned at Westminster, the last of September, in the year aforesaid, and died at S. james by Charingcross, the 17. of November, 1558. when she had reigned five years, four months, and eleven days, being 42. years old, and was buried at Westminster, leaving no issue of her body. Queen ELIZABETH. She died at Richmond, the 24. of March, 1602. being 69. years, six months, and 17. days old, when she had Reigned 44. years, four months, and seven days. Her body being brought to White-Hall, and her Statue made very like in her Parliament Robes, with a Crown Imperial on her head, and a Sceptre in her hand, was on Thursday, the 20. of August, carried in a Chariot, drawn with four horses covered with black Velvet, to S. Peter's at Westminster; and after all ceremonies performed, was buried in a fair tomb, made by commandment of King james. King JAMES. I Ames, King of Scotland (only son and heir of Henry Stewart, late King of Scotland, and of Queen Mary his Wife, Dowager of France, and daughter and heir of james the fift, King of Scotland) was borne in Edenburgh-Castle, the 19 of june, 1566. and was proclaimed King of England, France and Ireland, at London, the 24. of March, 1602. being then 36. years of age. And on the 25. of july after, 1603. was crowned (with Queen Anne his Wife) at Westminster, by the hands of the most reverend Father in God, john whitift, Archbishop of Canterbury; in the presence of the Nobility and States of the Realm. Whose greatness, with all honour, happiness and peace, God now sanctify and increase in him and his issue, to all posterity. This potent & magnificent Monarch of Great- Britain, married Anne, daughter of Frederick the second, King of Denmark & Norway, and Sister to Christian the 4. now King of Denmark, 1618. She was borne at Scanderburgh, the 12. of December, 1574. and at the age of 16. years was married by Proxy, at Groningburg in Denmark, the 20. of August, 1590. unto this most high and most mighty Prince, by whom she hath had most royal Issue, as followeth. Their Issue. Henry, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, was borne on Tuesday, the 19 of February, 1593. and died without issue, at S. james House near Charingcross, and was buried at West minster very Princelike, the 7. of December, 1612. Robert Stewart second son, died very young. Charles, Duke of Albany, marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ros, and Lord of Ardmanoch, third son of james, King of Great-Britaine, was borne the 27. of February, 1600. and was created Duke of York at White-Hall, on Tuesday the 6. of january, 1604. and after, on the 4. of November, 1616. he was likewise at White-Hall created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. Lady Elizabeth, borne the 19 of August, 1596. was married to Frederick, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and hath issue, Henry Frederick, and Charles Lewis. Margaret, borne the 24. of December, 1598. and died in Scotland young. Marry, borne in England, and died an Infant, and was buried at Westminster. Sophia, borne at Greenwich, and died an Infant, and was buried at Westminster. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Clare and Clarence, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RIchard Fitz Gilbert, Earl of Aucencis and Brionniae in Normandy, came into England with William the Conqueror, who gave him the Towns & Castles of Clare in Suffolk, and Tunbridge in Kent, with divers other great Seigneuries in England. This Richard married Roheisia, daughter of Walter Gifford Earl of Longuevile in Normandy, and had issue, Gilbert, Roger Lord of Clavering, Walter a great Baron and Founder of Tinterne Abbey, 1●31 and Robert Lord of Woodham Water, and was after slain in Wales, in the year, 1136. GIlbert Fitz-Richard, son and heir of Richard aforesaid, was the first Earl of Clare, and married Adeliza, the daughter of the Earl of Clerimont, and had issue, john the second Earl of Clare, who died without issue; Richard Earl of Clare, whom some say, died before his Father; Gilbert surnamed Strongbow, Earl of Penbroke, Walter and Heruy de Montmauritio, and died in the year, 1152. Et portoit, d'or au trois cheurons de gules. RIchard Fitz-Gilbert, third Earl of Clare, and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent, married Adelize, sister of Randoll Earl of Chester, and had issue, Gilbert that died without issue, and Roger who was after Earl of Clare and Hartford. This Richard died in the year, 1156. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. Place this Catalogue of Clare and Clarence, betwixt page 52. and 53. GIlbert, Earl of Clare and Hartford after his Father. He married (as William Gemeticensis hath) Elizabeth, sister of Walleran, Earl of Meullent, and died without issue. ROger de Clare, brother and heir of Gilbert aforesaid, was Earl of Clare and Hartford. He married Mauld, daughter and heir of james S. Hillary (she married after, William Earl of Arundel) and had issue, Richard Earl of Clare and Hartford, and others; and died in the year, 1174. Et portoit, d'or trois cheurons de gules. RIchard, Earl of Clare and Hartford, son of Roger aforesaid, married Amicia, second daughter and one of the heirs of William Earl of Gloucester, and had issue, Gilbert Earl of Clare, Hartford and Gloucester; and joane, wife to Rice Grig, Prince of Demiciae, and died in the year 1218. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge. Et portoit, les armes de son pere '. GIlbert, Earl of Clare and Hertford, and Earl of Gloucester by his Mother Amicia (after the death of his two Aunts without issue.) He was a witness to King Henry the thirds Charter, of Lands that he gave (in the 9 year of his Reign) to the Abbey of Peterborough, by the name of Gilbert, Earl of Clare, Hertford, and Gloucester. He married Isabella, third sister, and one of the heirs of Anselme Martial, Earl of Penbroke, and had issue, Richard Earl of Clare, Hertford and Gloucester, and William de Clare; Isabella, wife to Robert Bruse; Amie, wife to Baldwin Earl of Devon, and others. He died at Penrose in Britain, as the Book of Teuksbury hath, 1230. and lieth there buried. Et portoit, d'or trois cheurons de gules. RIchard de Clare, the second Earl of Gloucester, son of Gilbert aforesaid, married first Margaret, daughter of Hugh de Burgo Earl of Kent, but by her he had no issue. His second wife was Mauld, daughter of john Lacie Earl of Lincoln, and Constable of Chester, by whom he had issue (as the book of Teukesbury mentioneth) Gilbert, the second Earl of Gloucester, etc. Thomas de Clare, that was Steward of the Forests in Essex; Be●es, Treasurer of York Mynster; Isabella, a Nun at Barking; Margaret, Wife to Edmond Earl of Cornwall; Rose, Wife to Roger Lord Mowbray. This Richard died at Fsmeresfield in Kent, 1262. and lieth buried at Teukesbury; but others have, he died in France, and was brought into England, and buried at Teukesbury. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. GIbert de Clare (sur named the Red) after the death of Richard his Father, was Earl of Clare, Hertford, and the third Earl of Gloucester of that surname. He married two Wives, the first was Alice, daughter of Hughle Brun, Earl of Angolesme, and the Marchesse of Aquitaine, and had issue, Isabella, Wife to Morris Lord Berkley. This Alice fell lunatic, and was divorced from this Gilbert: After which, he took to wife joane (surnamed of Acres) daughter of King Edward the first; with whom the said Gilbert had neither lands nor money, but only the King's favour, which before he had lost, for refusing to go with him the said King to the aid of Guy, Earl of Flanders, against the French King, 1287. He had issue by his last wife joane, john that died young, leaving his three sisters his heirs: Elinor, wife to Hugh Lord Spencer; Elizabeth, first married to john Burgh Earl of Ulster in Ireland; and after to Theobald Lord Verdon; & lastly, to Sir Roger Damory, Baron of Armoy in Ireland; Margaret the 3. daughter, was first married to Peter or Pieres of Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall; & after to Hugh Lord Audley the younger, who after was Earl of Gloucester. This Gilbert died in Wales, 1295. and was buried at Teukesbury. After the death of this Gilbert, the Title of Clare fell to the Crown, which after King Edward the 3. bestowed that Title on Lionel his son. Et portoit, d'or au trois cheurons de gules. LYonell (sur named of Antwerp, the place of his birth) third son of King Edward the third, was created Earl of Wiltshire, in the 26. year of his Father's Reign; and in the 36. year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Clarence. He married to his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Burgh Earl of Ulster, and had issue, Philip his only child, married to Edmond Mortuomary, Earl of March and Ulster: and to his second wife he married Violenta, daughter of Galeas, Viscount of milan, and sister to john Galeas, first Duke of Milan, in whose right, the State and Lords of Italy did fully determine to crown him King of Italy; but half a year before the time appointed; he died at Venice, 1368. and was there buried, having no issue by his last Wife. Et portoit, France seem & D'engleterre escartellé au lambell d'argent, en chescun point au Canton de gules. THomas Plantagenet, second son of King Henry the fourth, and brother to King Henry the fift, was created Earl of Albemarle, and Duke of Clarence, in the year 1411. He was also Lord Steward of England, and Constable of the King's Host, and Lieutenant General of his Army in France and Normandy. He was also Precedent of the King's Counsel, after Prince Henry his brother was dismissed that Office, for striking the Lord Chiefe-Iustice, and after was slain at the battle of Bangy, by the Duke of Alencon (and the treachery of Andrew Forgusa a Lombard, whom he overmuch trusted) and with him was slain, the Earls of Tankeruile, Sir Gilbert Vmfrevile, the Earl of Kent, and the Lord Ros: and the Earls of Somerset, Suffolk, and Perch, with the Lord Fitz-Walter, were taken prisoners, the 9 of King Henry the fift, leaving no issue of his body, and was buried in Christ Church in Canterbury. Et portoit, France semé, escartellé D'engleterre au lambell d'argent chargé de trois cantons de gules. GEorge Plantagenet, borne at Dublyn in Ireland, third Son of Richard Duke of York, and brother to King Edward the 4. was created Duke of Clarence, 1461. and after the death of Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick, his wives Father, he writ himself, George Duke of Clarence, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, Lord of Richmond, & great Chamberlain of England. He married Isabella, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury aforesaid, and had issue Edward, commonly called Earl of Warwick (who died without issue, being beheaded in the Tower of London, the 15. of King Henry the 7.) and Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, who was wife to Sir Richard Pole Knight, Father of Henry Lord Montague, and Reginald Pole Cardinal; which Margaret was also beheaded, in the 33. year of King Henry the eight. This George was secretly murdered in the Tower of London, 1477. and was buried at Teukesbury. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Arundel, with their Arms, Wives, and Children. ROger Montgomery, Earl of Belesmo in Normandy, son of Hugh Montgomery and Sibell his wife, daughter of Herfastus the Dane, (brother of Gonor, wife of Richard the first Duke of Normandy of that name) came into England with William the Conqueror: unto whom the said William did give (for his good service) the Earldoms of Arundel and Shrewsbury. He married Mabiria, daughter and heir of William Taluays, with whom he had all her Father's Inheritance, (as William Gemiticensis hath, page 686,) and had issue five sons and four daughters, viz. Hugh and Robert, both Earls of Arundel and Shrewsbury; Roger the third son (surnamed Pictavensis) was Lord of the Honour of Lancaster; Arnulph the fourth son, was Castle-keeper of Pembroke, and Philip was the fift son. His daughters were, Emma, Matilda the second daughter was married unto Robert Earl of Moretaigne; Mahell was the third daughter, and Sibell the fourth daughter was married unto Robert Fitz-Hamon, Lord of Glamorgan in South-Wales; which Robert, founded or re-edified the Monastery of Tewksbury. This Earl Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Governor to his son William Rufus, and was after slain at Cairdiffe in South-Wales, 1091. and was buried in the Abbey at Shrewsbury, which before he had founded. HVgh de Belismo, son and heir of Roger aforesaid, was after his Father, Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury, and was slain at Anglesey in North-Wales, 1098, (by Magnus, a Pirate of the Isles of Orcadeses) with the shot of an Arrow which struck him in the eye. He died without issue, & was buried by his Father in the Abbey at Shrewsbury. I find no Arms borne by him. RObert de Belismo, after the death of Hugh his Brother, was the third Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury; who entering into rebellion, manned and fortified his Castle of Arundel, against King Henry the first, 1103. and was by the said King banished England, and his Castle and Honour of Arundel given in dower to Queen Adeliza, the Wife of King Henry the first. And after being taken at the battle of Trenchbray in Normandy, with Robert Courtoise Duke of Normandy, were both brought into England & imprisoned in the Castle of Cairdiffe, where they had their eyes put out, & remained prisoners during their lives, as in the title of Shrewsbury is more at large. WIlliam de Albeneio, son of William de Albeneio who came into England with William the Conqueror, and had given him the Castle of Bockenham and the Manor of Wymondham in Norfolk, to hold of the King to him and his heirs to be the King's Butlers at their Coronations. He was after Earl of Chichester, in the 19 year of King Stephen as doth appear by the Charter of King Stephen, of the pacification of the troubles betwixt him and Henry Duke of Normandy (Holinshed, page 63.) and divers other the said Williams own Charters. He married Queen Adeliza the widow of King Henry the first, and daughter of Godfrey Duke of Lorraine, with whom he had the Castle and Honour of Arundel (being her dower) which Mauld the Empress afterwards proclaimed him Earl thereof (which title it is said) that King Henry the second confirmed to the said William and his heirs in the first year of his Reign. This William, with Reginald de Warren, conducted Mauld the daughter of King Henry the first into Saxony, to be married unto Duke Henry, after Emperor in the year 1114. He founded the Priory of Bockenham, and died in the third year of King Henry the second, and was buried in the Priory at Wymondham by his Father, leaving issue by his wife Queen Adeliza, two sons, and a daughter, viz. William, Godfrey, and Alice; which Alice was married to john Earl of Angie. WIlliam de Albeney, the son of William and Queen Adeliza, was the second Earl of Arundel of that name: he was always faithful unto King Henry the second, and aided him against Henry the young King his son, & took prisoners at the battle fought at Saint Edmundsbury, 1173. Robert Earl of Leicester, Hugh Earl of Chester, and Hugh de Chasteles a Frenchman with many others, and sent them into Normandy to King Henry the second, who imprisoned them in the Castle of Faloys. He married Mauld daughter and heir of james de Santo Hillary, and the widow of Roger Earl of Clare, by whom he had issue, William the third Earl of Arundel and Alan; and after died at Waverly the 4. Ideses of October, 1177. and was buried at Wymondham (as Matthew Paris hath, page 127.) Et portoit de gueulles au lion rampant d'or, arm & lampasse d'azure. WIlliam de Albeney, the third Earl of Arundel, unto whom (as Roger Hoveden hath, page 320.) King Henry the second in the year 1177. did give the Earldom of Sussex: At which time he restored to Robert Earl of Leicester, and Hugh Earl of Chester, all their Lands which they were seized of fifteen days before the war began. He married Mabell, daughter of Hugh Kevilioc Earl of Chester, and second sister and co-heyre of Randoll Blundevile, the sixth Earl of Chester: and had issue, two sons & four daughters, viz. William and Hugh, both Earls of Arundel & Sussex, who died without issue: Mabell the eldest daughter, was married unto Sir Robert Tatesall Knight; Isabella the second daughter was married to john Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre; Nicholea the third daughter was Wife to Roger Lord Somery; and Cecily the fourth daughter, was married to Roger Lord Monthault of Hawarden in Flintshire. This William died in the year 1196. and was buried at Wymondham. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam de Albeney the fourth Earl of Arundel, and second Earl of Sussex of that name, died without issue, in his return from jerusalem, in the year of our Lord, 1221. and was brought into England, and buried at Wymondham. Leaving his rich patrimony to his Brother Hugh, who being under age, Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent and Chiefe-Iustice of England had his Wardship. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'or, armé & lampasse d'azure. HVgh de Albeney, second son of William the third, and Brother and heir of William de Albeney, the fourth Earl of Arundel, was the fift and last Earl of Arundel, and third Earl of Sussex of that Family. He married Isabella, daughter of William Earl Warren and Surrey, and died without issue, and was buried at Wymondham by his Ancestors, in the year of our Lord, 1243. the 28. of King Henry the third, leaving his four sisters his heirs, who made partition of his Lands in the year above said. Mabell the eldest sister, had the Manor of Bockenham; Isabella the second sister had the Castle and honour of Arundel; Nicholea had the Manor of Barrow; and Cecily the fourth sister had the Manor of Rising in Norfolk, with divers other Lands, and were married as aforesaid. Et portoit les armes de son freré. RIchard Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre in Wales, (son and heir of john Fitz-Alan, grandchild of another john Fitz-Alan and Isabella d' Albeney his wife (by their son john) was the first Earl of Arundel of that surname. This Isabella being the second sister and coheir of Hugh de Albeney, had the Castle and Lordship of Arundel by partition allotted to her for her part. Which Castle and signory of Arundel, being now descended unto this Richard, he claimed the Title and Name of Earl of Arundel; and by reason of the possession thereof only, was without any other creation, Earl of Arundel, and had place and voice in Parliament, by the name and title of Richard Earl of Arundel; as more at large is set down in an Act of Parliament, made the eleventh of King Henry the sixth; by occasion of that memorable competition between john Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, and john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, for the said Earldom of Arundel, as hereafter is set forth. This Richard married Alizon, daughter of the marquess of Saluce in Italy; by whom he had issue, Edmond Earl of Arundel; Isabella wife to Hugh Lord Spencer, Earl of Winchester; Mauld married to Philip Lord Burnell; & Margaret the third daughter was married to William Boteler, second Baron of Wemme. He died in the 30. year of King Edward the first; & his wife died in the year, 1292. the 21. of Edward the first. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'or, armé & lampasse d'azure. EDmund Fitz-Alan, son and heir of Richard aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre, and second Earl of Arundel of that surname. He married Alice, daughter of William, and sister and heir of john Earl Warren and Surrey, by whom he had issue Richard a son, and two daughters. Alice the eldest daughter was married to john de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England; jane the second daughter, married Warren Lord Lisle. This Edmund was borne in the Castle of Malborough: he was very hateful to Queen Isabella, who by the means of her Minion Roger Lord Mortimer, was taken at Shrewsbury, and brought to Hereford, & there beheaded, in the twentieth year of King Edward the second. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. RIchard Fitz-Alan, son of Edmond aforesaid, was the third Earl of Arundel of that surname, Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre (and by his Mother Earl Warren and Surrey, Lord of Bromfield, Yale, Chircland, and Dinas bran in North- Wales.) He was restored in blood by King Edward the third, and entailed the Castle, Honour, and Lordship of Arundel, in the 21. year of king Edw. the third, to himself for term of life, the remainder to his heirs male of his body begotten and to be begotten of the body of Elinor his Wife, Daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster, and Sister of Henry Duke of Warwick; by whom he had issue, three sons, and four daughters, viz, Richard after Earl of Arundel, Sir john of Arundel, knight (that married Elinor, daughter of john Lord Maltrevers, and sister and heir of Henry Baron Maltrevers; in whose right he was after Lord Maltrevers, and sailing into little Britain, was drowned near unto the Coast of Ireland, the fifteenth of December, 1379. Leaving issue, john Lord Maltrevers, & others.) And Thomas the third son of the said Richard, was Archbishop of Canterbury, & L. Chancellor of England. Alice the eldest daughter was married to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent; Elinor the second daughter died young; joan the third daughter was married to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, etc. and Mary the fourth daughter, was married unto john Lord Strange of Blackmere. This Richard died in the Castle of Arundel, the 49. of King Edward the third, and was buried in the Priory of Lewis. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'or, at mé & lampasse d'azur. RIchard Fitz-Alan, son of Richard aforesaid, was the fourth Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and had issue three sons, and four daughters, viz. Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey; Richard and William died both young without issue. Elizabeth the eldest daughter, was married to Thomas L. Mowbray Earl of Nottingham; & after to Sir Robert Gousell knight. joan the second daughter, was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Abergavenny (Father of Richard Earl of Worcester.) Margaret the third daughter, was married to Sir Rowland Lenthall knight, and had issue, Edward that died without issue. Alice the fourth daughter was married to john Charlton Lord Powis, and died without issue. This Richard the fourth Earl of Arundel, married to his second wife, Philip daughter of Edmond Mortimer Earl of March, widow of john Hastings Earl of Pembroke, and had issue john that died young. This Richard, with Thomas Duke of Gloucester, Thomas Earl of Warwick, and Thomas Mowbray Earl Martial and others, combined and swore each to other, against Robert Vere Duke of Ireland, and Michael de la Pole Duke of Suffolk, for abusing and misleading the King. For which, and some other causes King Richard the second objected against them, some of them were banished, others condemned to perpetual prisonment, and this Richard beheaded at the Tower-hill by London, whose body was buried in the Augustine-Fryars, in London, the 21. of King Richard the second. Et portoit, lez armes de son peré. THomas Fitz-Alan, son of the aforesaid Richard, was restored in blood the first year of King Henry the 4. and was the fift Earl of Arundel and Surrey of that name. He married Beatrix, base daughter of john king of Portugal, in the City of London, 1405. in the presence of King Henry the fourth, but had no issue; by reason whereof; all his Lands pertaining and belonging to the Earldomeof Surrey, was divided and went amongst his sisters before mentioned, and the Earldom of Arundel, with the Lands thereunto belonging and entailed, went to john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, son of john Lord Maltrevers, grandchild of john Fitz-Alan, Lord Maltrevers, and Elinor his wife, sister and heir of Henry Lord Maltrevers: (which last john, was Uncle of this Thomas the fift Earl of Arundel, who died in the year of our Lord God, 1416. Et portoit, gules au lion tampant d'or, arme' & lampasse d'azur. IOhn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, son of john Lord Maltrevers, grandchild and heir of john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, and Elinor his wife, sister and heir of Henry Lord Maltrevers: upon whom (as next heir male unto Thomas Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel aforesaid) the Castle and signory of Arundel descended, by virtue of the entail formerly made by Richard Fitz-Alan the third Earl of Arundel, in the 21. year of King Edward the third. In right of which his possession of the said Castle and Lordship of Arundel, the said john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers by Petition in Parliament, the 11. of King Henry the sixth, pursued his claim to the Earldom of Arundel (before set on foot by his Father john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, upon the death of Thomas Fitz-Alan late Earl of Arundel) alleging that all his Ancestors, as well before as since the Conquest, which had been seized of the Castle, Honour and signory of Arundel, had been Earls of Arundel. Unto which Petition, john Mowbray Duke of Norfolk appeared, who as heir to Elizabeth, second sister and coheir of the foresaid Thomas Earl of Arundel (from whom the said Duke stood already possessed of the Earldom of Surrey) made his claim likewise to the Earldom of Arundel. Whereupon the King and the Lords then assembled in Parliament, upon a deliberate hearing of the matter, approving the aforesaid allegations of the Lord Maltrevers, touching the Castle and signory of Arundel; and finding him accordingly to be by descent lawfully seized of the said Castle and signory of Arundel; did by act of Parliament declare the said john Lord Maltrevers to be without any other creation, Earl of Arundel. This john married Mauld, daughter and heir of Robert Lovel and Elizabeth Brian his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Guy de Bryan the younger, and had issue, Humphrey Fitz-Alan the seventh Earl of Arundel; & Amicia married to james Boteler Earl of Ormond and Wiltshire. He died in the thirteenth year of King Henry the sixth, and was buried at Lewis in Sussex. Milles, page 656. setteth down, that King Henry the 6. by his Charter bearing date the 12. year of his Reign, did give the Dukedom of Torraine to this john and his heirs male. To this, M. Camden in the Margin of this my Book, replieth and saith, That true it is this john had the profits of the said Dukedom given him, but not the Title, Name, and Style of Duke. Which I marvel greatly at, considering that in his last Impression of his Britannia, page 310. he says, that this john was created Duke of Torraine Which if he say truly, than had he both the name & style of Duke. Et portoit, lez armoiries de sonperé. HVmfrey Fitz-Alan, after the death of his Father was the seventh Earl of Arundel, and died young without issue, in the sixteenth year of the Reign of King Henry the sixth, leaving William his Uncle to succeed him in the Earldom of Arundel. Et portoit, guenlles au lion rampant d'or, armè & lampasse d'azur. WIlliam Fitz-Alan, Uncle and heir of Humphrey aforesaid, was the eight Earl of Arundel of that name, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter. In this William's time the 18. of king Henry the 6. there grew a question in Parliament for precedency of place, between him and Thomas Earl of Devonshire; who alleged, that the said William Earl of Arundel, holding by the late creation (as he supposed) of john Fitz-Alan Lord Maltrevers, in the 11. year of the foresaid King, ought not to have priority of him: whereupon the Act of Parliament aforesaid concerning john Earl of Arundel, was had into consideration by the King and the Lords of the upper house, and the Lords Comitties, after great consultation and perusal of Evidences (as is there said) did conclude, that the said William was not Earl by way of any late creation, but was declared Earl of Arundel, in as much as he was Lord and Heritor of the Castle, Honour, and signory of Arundel: and that the Name and Title of Earl, belonged to the said Castle and Honour, and had always done to the Lords of the said Castle, of time that no mind is, & long before. So as it was then by the King, with the advice of the Lords spiritual & temporal, declared and decreed, that the said William Earl of Arundel should have, keep, & enjoy his seat, room, and place in the Parliaments and Counsels, and in other places in the kings presence, by way of pre-eminence and worship, as ever had any of his Ancestors, Earls of Arundel afore this time; as in the said Parliament roll is more at large. This William married joan, daughter of Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury, and sister of Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick, by whom he had issue, Thomas Fitz-Alan the 9 Earl of Arundel; William, George, and john, and a daughter named Mary; and died in the third year of King Henry the seventh. Et portoit, le● arms deson peré. THomas Fitz-Alan, after the death of William his Father, was the ninth Earl of Arundel of that name, Lord Maltrevers, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, and married Margaret, daughter of Richard Wooduile, Earl Rivers and Baron of Wimington, slain at Banbury the 10. of King Edward the fourth, and second sister and one of the heirs of Richard Earl Rivers her brother; & had issue, two sons and two daughters, viz. William the tenth Earl of Arundel, and Edward: Margaret the eldest daughter, was married unto john de la Pole Earl of Lincoln; and joan the second daughter was married unto George Nevil, Baron of Abergavenny. He died in his Park of Dunlee, the 16. of King Henry the 8. & was buried at Arundel the 21. of November, 1524. Et portoit, gules au Lion rampant d'or, arm & lampasse d'azur. WIlliam Fitz-Alan, son and heir of Thomas aforesaid, was the tenth Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltrevers, Clun, and Oswaldstre; he married to his first Wife, Anne daughter of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, & had issue Henry the eleventh Earl of Arundel, Anne and Katherine, which two daughters died both without issue. His second Wife was Elizabeth daughter of Robert Willoughby Lord Brooke, by whom he had issue two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth that died also without issue. This William died in the 35. year of King Henry 8. and was buried in the Castle of Arundel, 1543. Et portoit, le● armouries the son peré. HEnry Fitz-Alan, son of William aforesaid, was after his Father Earl of Arundel, Lord Maltrevers, Clun, etc. and Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter. He married two Wives; the first was Katherine, daughter of Thomas Grace marquess Dorset, Lord Bonuile and Harington, and sister of Henry Grace Duke of Suffolk; by whom he had issue Henry Lord Maltrevers, which married Anne, daughter and sole heir of Sir john Wentworth Knight, and died and was buried at Brussels without issue, 1556. being but nineteen years of age. He had also two daughters his heirs, jane the eldest was married to john Lord Lumley, and had issue Charles, Thomas, and Mary, which died all three without issue. Marry the second daughter and coheir, was married to Thomas Howard the last Duke of Norfolk of that family; and had issue Philip Howard after Earl of Arundel. This Henry married to his second wife, Marry daughter of Sir john Arundel of the West Country Knight, the widow of Robert Radcliffe Earl of Sussex, by whom he had no issue. He was Governor of Calais when King Henry the eight besieged Boloine, and Lord Martial of his army, Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the eight, King Edward the sixth, and Lord Steward of the Household to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, and died very old the 25. of February, 1579. the 22. of queen Elizabeth, & was buried at Arundel with his Ancestors. Et portoit, gules au Lion rampant d'or, arm & lampasse d'azur. Philip Howard eldest son of Thomas late Duke of Norfolk, attainted as aforesaid, & of Marie his wife, second daughter and coheir of Henry Fitz-Alan abovesaid (unto whom was conveyed the Castle and Honour of Arundel) did in right thereof (upon the death of Henry Fitz-Alan his grand father) assume the Name and Title of Earl of Arundel, being not as yet restored in blood, and by that name was summoned to the Parliament holden at Westminster, the 16. day of january following, in the 23. of Queen Elizabeth, and sat there in presence of the said Queen as Earl of Arundel almost two months before his restitution in blood, which was concluded in the upper house of Parliament, on the tenth day of March after, as doth appear by the journal book of that Parliament. He married Anne daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres, and sister and coheir of George Lord Dacres of Gillesland, by whom he had issue Thomas Howard now Earl of Arundel, 1619. This Philip was attainted of Treason the 14. of April, 1589. and died a natural death in the Tower of London, the 19 day of November, 1595. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. THomas Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the only son of Philip Earl of Arundel, was restored in blood by King james in the second year of his reign, 1604. and after made one of the said Kings most Honourable privy Council, Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, and one of the lords Commissioners for the office of Earl Martial of England. This Noble Lord out of his love and honourable disposition (with the other Lords Commissioners) was the means that his Majesty did augment and double the pensions of the King's Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms, with an allowance of ten pounds the year for ever, towards the maintenance and repairing of their Office or College. He married Aletheia youngest daughter and coheir of Gilbert Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had issue james Lord Maltrevers, and Knight of the Bath, Sir Henry Howard knight of the Bath: Thomas and Gilbert died both young, William and Charles Howard, Anno 1618. Et portoit, Gueulles a un band entre six croislets botonny such d'argent. A catalogue of the Earls of Albemarle, with their Wives, Arms, and Children. STephen, son of Eudo, Earl of Blesensis and Champain, by Matild his Wife, half sister by the Mother to William Conqueror, was Lord of the City of Albemarle in Normandy, (by the gift of Odo, Bishop of Bayon and Earl of Kent his Uncle) Of which City, King William Rufus in the sixth year of his Reign, did not only create him Earl of, but also gave him the Isle of holderness, with the Castle and Town of Bitham, and other great signiories & Lands in England and Normandy. In the five and twentieth year of King Henry the first, this Stephen was Witness to the said King's Charter of Lands that he gave to the Abbey of Reading. He married _____ daughter of Roger Mortimer, son of Ralph, and had issue three sons and four daughters; William Earl of Albemarle, Stephen, and Ingeram: the daughters were all married out of England, but the youngest, who was first married unto William de Romare, Earl of Lincoln, and after to Peter de Brus, who died in the Holy-Land, in the six and twentieth year of King Henry the first. Et portoit, Gueulles a un Croix patee vaire. WIlliam surnamed le Gros, son of Stephen, was after the death of his father Earl of Abemarle, and Lord of holderness; he married Cicely daughter of William Fitz Duncan (son of Malcolme King of Scots) by Alice de Rumely Lady of Harwood, with whom he had in marriage the Honour and Lands of Craven in Yorkshire, and had issue Hawis his only daughter and heir, first married to William de Magnavile Earl of Essex, and after to William de Fortibus, (or the Forts) Baron of Olem, by whom she had issue William de Forts Earl of Albemarle, father of Aueline, wife of Edmond first earl of Lancaster (son of King Henry the third:) last the said Hawis married Baldwin de Betun. This William le gross founded the Abbey of Melsa, Anno one thousand one hundred and fifty, and died the seven and twentieth year of King Henry the second, and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton, which was of his own foundation. Et portoit, les armes de son Pere'. WIlliam Magnavile Earl of Essex, and Lord of Plesse; and in right of Hawis his wife, daughter and heir of William le gross, was also Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of holderness, in the year of our Lord one thousand one hundred seventy and nine, and died at Roan, in the second year of King Richard the first, without issue. Et portoit, escartelle d'or & gules. WIlliam de Fortibus, Baron of Olem, second husband unto Hawis Countess of Albemarle, Daughter and heir of William le gross, in whose right he was Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of holderness, by whom he had issue, William Earl of Albemarle (father of Aueline wife of Edmond Earl of Lancaster.) This William de Forts, by the name of Earl of Albemarle, in the sixth year of the reign of King Richard the first, was a witness to the said King's Charter of Lands that he gave to Reginald de Argentyne, and died in the seventh year of King Richard the first. Et portoit, d'argent au le chef d'gueulles. BAldwine de Betun (by consent of King Richard the fir●● married, and was the third husband to Hawis Counte● of Albemarle, Daughter of William le gross; in whose right 〈◊〉 was Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of holderness, by who● he had issue one only daughter his heir named Hawis, whi●● was married to William, son and heir of William Marsh●● Earl of Pembroke, and died without issue. Master Lambert in his Perambulation of Kent page 533. saith, That this Ba●●● wine de Betun lived, and was a Testy in the seventh year 〈◊〉 King john; and therefore I hold him the third husband to Hawis Countess of Albemarle, and not the second, as Ma●ster Camden and Master Milles have set him down to be, her other two h●●bands being dead long before. This Baldwine died in the thirteenth year o● King john, and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux, whereof he was the Founder. Et portoit, d'argent band the six d'argent & de gueulles, au chef d'or. WIlliam de Fortibus, son of William de Forts by Ha●● Countess of Albemarle aforesaid, after the death of his mother, and her three husbands, was the sixth Earl of A●bemarle, and Lord of holderness: He married Auelyne daughter of Richard Lord Montfichet, and by her had issue William which was after Earl of Albemarle. This William died in the six and twentieth year of King Henry the third, and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux. Et portoit, d'argent au chef de gules. WIlliam de Fortibus, the last of that name and Family, was the seventh Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of holderness, etc. He married to his first wife Christian daughter of Alan Earl of Galloway in Scotland, who died without issue, the 30. year of King Henry the third, and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton. His second wife was Isabel daughter of Bauldwine, the fourth of that name Earl of Devon, and sister and heir to Baldwine the fift and last Earl of Devon of the surname of Rivers; by whom he had issue two sons, and two daughters. Thomas the eldest son died without issue, and was buried at Stamford; William the second Son died at Oxford without issue, and was buried by his brother; avice the eldest sister died also without issue, and was buried in the Abbey of Melsa; and Aueline the second sister and coheir of Baldwine aforesaid, was married in the fifty four year of king Henry the third, to Edmond Crooke-backe Earl of Lancaster, second son of the said king Henry the third. This Countess of Albemarle and Devon, and Lady of the Isle of Wight (for so she writ herself) over lived her husband, and in her widowhood sold the Isle of Wight, and a great part of the Earldom of Devon, and counseled her daughter Aueline to give her whole inheritance, after her death (from the Courtneis her next heirs) to Lord Edmond her husband and his heirs, which she accordingly did. This William died in the fortieth year of king Henry the third, and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux. Et portoit, les armes de son pere '. THomas of Woodstock, sixth son of King Edward the third, was by King Richard the second, created Earl of Albemarle, (he was also Earl of Buckingham and Northampton, Duke of Gloucester and Constable of England) and married Elinor daughter and coheir of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England, and had issue, Humphrey Earl of Buckingham, and Anne married to Edmond Earl Stafford. This Thomas of Woodstock was taken by force out of his Castle of Plessy in Essex, by Thomas Mowbray Earl Martial of England, and conveyed secretly to Calais, and there most cruelly murdered: his body being brought over into England, was buried at Westminster the xxij. of King Richard the second, 1398. Les armes de france seem, & D'engleterre escartelle, a la bordute d'argent. EDward Plantagenet, son and heir of Edmond of Langley Duke of York, in the thirteenth year of King Richard the second, was Earl of Rutland and Cork, his father then living; and in the one and twentieth of the said King's reign, he was created Duke of Albemarle, from which Dukedom he was deposed by Parliament, in the first year of King Henry the fourth. He married Philip daughter and coheir of john de Mohun Lord of Dunsten, and was slain at the battle of Egencourt 1415. and was buried at Fotheringale without issue. Et portoit, france seem & D'engleterre escartelle, a lambell de trois points perpale gules & d'argent, charge ' de six chastells d'or & six lions rampant gules. THomas Duke of Clarence (second son to King Henry the fourth, in the thirteenth year of his Father's reign, was created Earl of Albemarle, and was after slain by the Duke of Orliance at Bangie bridge in France, the ninth of K. Henry the fift, without issue; and his body being brought over into England, was buried in Christ-Church in Canterbury. Et portoit, les arms d'France seem escartelle, D'engleterre, au lambell d'ermyn trois cantons gueulles. RIchard Beauchampe, Earl of Warwick (Lieutenant General under john Duke of Bedford Regent of France) was by King Henry the sixth created Earl of Albemarle. He married for his second wife Isabella the Widow of Richard Beauchampe Earl of Worcester (his cousin German) daughter and heir of Thomas Lord Spencer, and Earl of Gloucester, by whom he had issue Henry Duke of Warwick, etc. He died at Rouen in the 17. year of King Henry the sixth, and was buried at Warwick. Et portoit, gueulles a une fees & six croiseletzes d'or. A Catalogue of the Earls of Anguish and Kyme, their Arms, Wives, and Children. GIlbert Vmfrevile, Earl of Anguish, Lord of Prodhoo, Otterborne, Harbotle, and Ridesdale, a man of great Fame here in England in King Henry the thirds time, and King Edward the first; married and had issue Gilbert and Robert, both Earls of Anguish. Et portoit, gueulles a une quintfoile & le champ croisele patee d'or. GIlbert Vmfrevile, son and heir of Gilbert aforesaid, was after the death of his Father also Earl of Anguish, Lord of Prodhoo, etc. He fought the battle of Argile: after which, he with William Valence Earl of Penbroke, encountered Robert Brus King of Scots, at S. john's Town in Scotland. This Gilbert sat in Parliament held at Northampton in the first year of King Edward the first, by the name and Title of Earl of Anguish, in which year he died without issue. Et portoit, les armes de son Pere'. RObert Vmfrevile (second son of the first Gilbert, & brother and heir to the last Gilbert) was after his Brother Earl of Anguish, Lord of Prodhoo, etc. He sat in Parliament held at Westminster, the second year of King Edward the second, and so continued unto the seventeenth of the same King's reign, as Earl of Anguish, and then died. He married Luce daughter and heir of Philip de Kime, a great Baron, and had issue Gilbert, Robert, and Thomas; and a Daughter named Elionor, married to Sir Gilbert Borrowdon, Knight. Et portoit, les armes de son Frere '. GIlbert Vmfrevile (son and heir of Robert) was after his Father Earl of Anguish, Lord of Prodhoo, Otterborne, Harebotle, and Ridesdale, and by his mother Lord of Kyme. He married to his first wife, jane daughter of Robert Lord Willoughby; and after, he married Matild, daughter & heir of Sir Thomas Lucy of Cockermoth knight, and died without issue in the year 1384. (His last wife was married afterwards unto Henry Percy first Earl of Northumberland.) This Gilbert fought the battle of Gladesmore, at which time he was Marshal of Scotland, & sat in Parliaments in England from the eight year of K. Edward the third, until the fourth of King Richard the second, by the name and title of Gilbert Earl of Anguish. Et portoit, Gueulles a une quintfoile & le champ croisele patee d'or. RObert Vmfrevile (second Brother of the last Gilbert) in the eight year of King Henry the fift, was created Earl of Kyme, and was after slain by the Duke of Orleans at Bangiebridge in France, the ninth of King Henry the fift, & was buried at Calais, and after removed from thence and interred in the Monastery of Kyme. He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Nevil first Earl of Westmoreland. This Robert have I made to be Earl of Kyme (upon the credit of Claurenciux Cook) and yet do I greatly doubt thereof, for that I cannot ever find any of that Name and Family to sit in Parliament after the last Earl Gilbert (in the fourth year of King Richard the second) brother of this Robert. This descent of Vmfrevile is diversly set forth by sundry persons, who have made many heirs male to the last Gilbert more than I can find any good proof for. Therefore for the better cleared thereof, take this out of the King's Records: Gilbert the last Earl of Anguish, with Mauld Lucy his wife, did entail divers lands to themselves, and the heirs of their two bodies: and for default thereof, to Robert his brother, and to the heirs male of his body: and for default thereof, to Thomas Vmfrevile his third Brother, and to the heirs male of his body: and for default thereof, the remainder to Elizabeth (or Elionor) his Sister, wife of Gilbert Borrowdon, and the heirs of their two bodies: and that Elionor the wife of Henry Talboys is daughter and heir of Gilbert Borrowdon, and Niece and heir of the said last Earl Gilbert, and is forty years of age. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Athol, their Arms, Wives, and Children. David (surnamed) Strathbogie, Earl of Athol in King Henry the thirds time, married Isabella, one of the Daughters & Heirs of Richard of Chillam (base son of King john) and had issue, two sons, john and David, john was hanged, and died without issue: David his Brother succeeded him in the Earldom. Et portoit, pale the six d'or & de sable. David Stratbolgie or Strathbolgie, second son and heir of David, Earl of Athol, married joane, daughter & one of the heirs of john Lord Comen of Badzenoth; and of joane his Wife, second sister and one of the heirs of Aymer de Valence Earl of Penbroke, with whom he had in marriage the Barony and Castle of Mitford in Northumberland, and sat in Parliament by the name and title of Earl of Athol, the 17. year of King Edward the second, and the fifteenth of King Edward the third, and had issue, David Earl of Athol, Elizabeth and Philip, and was slain by Andrew Murrey, in the year 1335. Et portoit, pale the six d'or & de sable. David Strathbolgie, after the death of his Father David, was Earl of Athol in Scotland, and Baron of Mitford in England: he sat in Parliament held at Westminster, the 43. of King Edward the third, by the name and title of Earl of Athol, and died in the 44. year of the same King's reign. After whose death his inheritance was divided between his two sisters and heirs: Elizabeth the eldest sister was married to Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester; and Philip the second, was married to Sir john Halsham Knight, and had issue. After the death of this last David, the title of Earl of Athol went to the Family of Stewarts in Scotland. Et portoit, les armoiries de son pere. A catalogue OF THE Earls and Dukes of Buckingham, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WAlter Gifford, the second of that name, Earl of Longuile in Normandy, came into England with William the Conqueror, and was a Witness to King Henry the first his Charter, for the reformation of the Laws and Customs of England. He married _____ and had issue Walter the second Earl of Buckingham, and Hugh. He had also a Sister, named Rhohisia, married to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tunbridge, Grandfather of Gilbert surnamed Strongbow, Earl of Penbroke (by his son Gilbert.) Et portoit, Gueulles trois Lions passant en pale d'argent. WAlter Gifford, the second Earl of Buckingham, and of Longuile in Normandy in France, married one Ermyngard, who with her said husband founded the Abbey of Notley near to the Town of Buckingham, in King Henry the seconds time. The said Walter died without issue, and was buried in the said Abbey, in the year 1164. leaving all his entailed Lands to Osbert Gifford his nephew (by his brother Hugh:) and all his other Lands to William Marshal earl of Penbroke, who had married Isabella daughter and heir of Richard Strongbow, son of Gilbert Earl of Penbroke, grandchild to Rhohisia Gifford aforenamed. Et portoit, les armouries de son Pere'. THomas of Woodstock (sixth son of King Edw. the third) being Constable of England, was in the first year of K. Richard the second created Earl of Buckingham, and sat in Parliament the same year by that name and Title; and in the ninth year of the said King's reign, he was created Duke of Gloucester. He married Elinor daughter and co-heyre of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England; by whom he had issue Humphrey Earl of Buckingham; and Anne, who was married to Edmond Earl Stafford. This Thomas was strangled to death under a Featherbed at Calais, by Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Marshal of England, 1396. Et portoit, France seem & D'engleterre escartelle, auborder d'argent. HVmfrey Plantagenet (son of Thomas of Woodstock) after the death of his Father was Earl of Buckingham, and being banished England into Ireland, was recalled back again by King Henry the fourth, in the first year of his reign, in which return he died of the plague at Chester, (others have at Coventry) and was buried in the Abbey of Walden in Essex, without issue. Et portoit les armes de son Pere'. HVmfrey Stafford (son and heir of Edmond Earl Stafford, by Anne Plantagenet, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock) was created the first Duke of Buckingham, in the 22. year of K. Hen. 6. 1443. and to have the precedent place of all other Dukes in England. He married Anne, Daughter of Ralph Nevil first Earl of Westmoreland, and had issue four sons and three daughters, viz. Humsrey Earl of Stafford the eldest son slain at S. Albon's the 33. year of K. Hen. 6. (in the life time of his father) john Stafford the second son was Earl of Wiltshire; Richard the third son died young; and Robert the fourth son was Archbishop of Canterbury. Katherine the eldest daughter, was married unto john Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury; jane the second daughter, was married first to William Lord Bardolph, and after to Sir William Knyvet Knight; and Anne the third daughter was first married to Aubrey de Vere (son and heir of the Earl of Oxford) and after to Sir Tho: Cobham Knight. This Humphrey with john Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Thomas Lord Egremont, and john Viscount Beaumond, was slain at the battle of Northampton, in the 38. year of K. Hen. 6. 1460. (the king being then taken prisoner) and his body buried in the Gray-Friars at Northampton. Escartelle France & d'engleteire, au bordur d'argent (being his mother's arms) quartered with his own arms, d'or au Cheveron gules. HEnry Stafford (son and heir of Humphrey Earl Stafford, slain at the first battle of S. Albon, 1455.) after the death of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham his grandfather, was Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford, Hereford, and Northampton, Lord of Brecknock, Kimbalton, and Tunbridge, was by King Richard the third, 1482. made Constable of England. He married Katherine daughter of Richard Wooduile, Earl Rivers, and sister and heir of Anthony Wooduile Earl Rivers, by whom he had issue Edward Stafford D●●ke of BucKingham, Henry Earl of Wiltshire, and Humphrey that died young. Elizabeth married to Robert Radcliff Lord Fitz-Walter. Anne the second daughter was first married to Sir Walter Herbert, Knight, and after unto George Lord Hastings, and Earl of Huntingdon, by whom she had issue, Francis Earl of Huntingdon and others. This Henry Duke of Buckingham was beheaded at Salisbury, the 2. of King Richard the third, for plotting with Henry Earl of Richmond, against the said King. Et portoit, les armoiries de son pere. EDward Stafford (son and heir of Henry aforesaid) being restored, the first of King Henry the seventh, 1486. was the last Duke of Buckingham; he married Elinor daughter of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, and had issue, Henry Lord Stafford (who married Vrsuld daughter of Sir Richard Pole, knight, and of Margaret his Wife, daughter of George Duke of Clarence) and three daughters, viz. Elizabeth married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, and Earl Martial of England. Katherine the second daughter, was married to Raffe Nevil Earl of Westmoreland: and Marry the third daughter, was married to George Nevil Baron of Abergavenny. This Edward, for consulting with a Monk (or Wizard) how he might obtain the Crown; was arraigned at Westminster Hall, before the Duke of Norfolk, then high Steward of England, and found guilty of high treason, and afterwards beheaded at the Tower Hill by London, the 13. of King Henry the 8. 1521. Et portoit, les armoiries de son bisayeul. SIR George Villers Knight, (a younger son of Sir George Villers of Leicestershire, knight) was created Baron of Whaddon, and Viscount Villers at Woodstock, the 27. of August, 1616. and the 16. of january after, he was created at White-Hall, Earl of Buckingham: lastly, he was made marquess of Buckingham, at White-Hall the first of january, 1617. by the delivery of a letters Patents: he was also knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, Master of the Horse, & one of his majesties most honourable privy Council, and in commission for the Office of Earl Martial of England, 1618. Et portoit, d'argent au Croix de gules, charge de cinq coquilles d'or. Marry, Daughter of Anthony Beaumond, second Son of William Beaumond of Cole Ouerton in Leicestershire, was by the great and extraordinary favour and bounty of james King of Great Britain, made Countess of Buckingham, by the delivery of a Letters Patent, bearing date the first of july, 1618. And had given her for the maintenance of the said dignity, an yearly fee or rend of twenty pounds, issuing out of the said County during her life. She married three Husbands; the first was Sir George Villers of Brookesby in Leicestershire, Knight; by whom she had issue Sir john Villers Knight, Sir George Villers marquess of Buckingham; Christopher Villers, and Susan wife to Sir William Fielding of Newenham, in the County of Warwick Knight. Her second Husband was William Reyner Gentleman, by whom she had no issue. Her third and last Husband, now living, is Sir Thomas Compton Knight, second son of Henry Lord Compton, & brother of William Lord Compton, now Earl of Northampton, 1618. Et portoit, d'azur au Lion rampant, seem ' de lices d'or. Place this leaf of Buckingham betwixt Follio 20 and 21. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Bedford, their Arms, Wives, and Children. Et portoit, burelle de six vair & de Gueulles. This Ingelram de Coucy had a base daughter named Mauld, married unto the Lord Strange, by whom she had issue Ancarat, wife to Sir Henry Husee, knight. Et portoit, France seem & D'engletterre escartelle, a lambell per pale ermyn & azure, all second 9 de Luce's d'or. The King by advice and assent of his Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and by the Commons of this present Parliament assembled, and by authority of the same ordained, establisheth & enacteth, That from henceforth, the erection and making of Duke, and all the Names of Dignity, given to the said George, or to the said john Nevil his Father, be from henceforth void, and of no effect. And that the said George and his heirs from henceforth, be no Dukes, nor marquess, Earl, nor Baron, nor be reputed nor taken for no erection or Creation afore made: but of that name of Duke and marquess, Earl and Baron, in him and his heirs cease, and be void and of none effect, the said Erection or Creation notwithstanding. This George died without issue, and was buried at Shrief Huton the fourth of May, 1483. twelve years after his Father, leaving his five Sisters his heirs, viz. Anne married unto Sir William Stoner Knight; Elizabeth wife to the Lord Scrope of Vpsall; Margaret married to Sir john Mortimer, and after to Robert Horn; Luce wife to Sir William Fitz-Williams Earl of Southampton, and after wife to Sir Anthony Browne Knight; and Isabella the fift Sister, was married to Sir William Hudleston Knight; all which five Sisters had issue. Gueulles, au Saulttur d'argent aulambell gobonne d'argent & d'azur. Et portoit eschartelle France & D'engletterre au bordur d'azur seem Martlets' d'or. Et portoit, d'argent au Lion rampant de Gueulles arm & lampasse d'azur, au la chef sable charge the trors coquilles d'argent. Et portoit, les armes de son Pere'. Et portoit, d'argent au Lion rampant d'Gueulles, arm & lampasse d'azur, au la chef sable charge de trois coquilles d'argent. A Catalogue of the Dukes and Earls of Britame and Richmond, their Arms, Wives, and Children. ALan (surnamed Fergant, or the Red) Earl of Britain and Richmond, (son of Hoel, second son of Alan Caignard, by Hawis his Wife, daughter and heir of Alan Duke of Britain, and great Aunt to William Conqueror) to whom the said Conqueror in the fourth year of his Reign (at the siege of York) did give unto him and his heirs, all the Lands & Honours, late belonging unto Earl Edwin in Yorkshire. This Alan Fergant married first, Constance, daughter of William Conqueror, who died without issue. And after he married Ermingard, daughter of Foulk Rechin Earl of Anion, and had issue, Conan, surnamed le gross; unto whom also was given the Earldom of Britain; but the Earldom of Richmond, the said William Conqueror gave to his Cousin Alan, surnamed Niger, or the Black, (Son of Eudo, the son of Geffrey, first Duke of Britain of that name, by Hawis his wife, daughter of Richard the first Duke of Normandy.) This Alan Fergant died in the year of our Lord, 1093. and was buried in the Monastery of Rhedon, in the seventh year of King William Rufus. Et porteit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur, a canton ermyn. STephen Derien Earl of Ponthiur, Lord of Goelo and Treguer, was after his Brother Alan the Black, the third Earl of Richmond, unto whom King Henry the first did give Waltham with the Soak in the County of Lincoln. He married Hawis, Countess of Guingamp, and had issue, Alan surnamed the Savag; Henry, Earl of Ponthieur; Geffrey, surnamed Botterell, and others. Henry, Earl of Ponthieur had issue, Alan, to whom King john did confirm Waltham with the Soak in these words. I john, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Earl of Anjou, etc. Know you, that I have given and granted unto Alan, son of Henry of Britain, son of Earl Stephen, Waltham with the Soak, etc. Witness, William of London, Henry of Winchester, Bishops; and Geffrey Fitz-Piers Earl of Essex, and others, of which Henry, is descended Lords Fitz-Alans of Bidall. This Stephen Derien (as Somerset Glover hath) died in the year, 1104 and was buried at Begar, and his heart was buried in the Monastery of S. Mary's at York, as he himself desired. ALan (surnamed the Savage, Lord of Auangour, son of Stephen Derien, was after the death of his father, the 4. Earl of Richmond; and married Bertha, eldest daughter and coheir of Conan le gross, in whose right he was the third Earl of Britain, and had issue, Conan le Petit. This Alan was faithful to King Stephen, in his wars with Mauld the Empress; and besieged the City of Lincoln in her behalf, and Henry Duke of Normandy her son: He died in the year, 1166. and was buried in Britain, in the thirteenth year of King Henry the second. COnanle Petit (son of Alan the Savage) was the fourth Earl of Britain, and the fift Earl of Richmond: He married Margaret, daughter of Henry Earl of Huntingdon, and sister of William, King of Scots, by whom he had issue, one only daughter named Constance, his heir, who was first married to Geffrey Plantagenet, third son to King Henry the second; afterwards she married Randolph Earl of Chester (from whom she was divorced:) her third husband, was Guydo, Viscount of Torraine, by whom she had issue, two daughters; Alice the eldest, was married unto Peter de Dreux, Duke of Britain; and Katherine the second daughter, was married to Andrew de Vetre. All which three husbands, the said Constance honoured with the Title of Earl of Britain and Richmond. This Conan, founded the Monastery of Richmond, and was there buried, in Anno, 1170. Et portoit, les armoiries de Britain, ermine. GEffrey Plantagenet, (third Son of King Henry the second) in the 17. year of his father's reign, married Constance, daughter and sole heir of Conan le Petit; in whose right, he was both Earl of Britain and Richmond, and had issue, Arthur, and Elinor, whom King john kept in prison in the Castle of Bristol, where she died a Virgin, in Anno, 1241. and was buried in the Monastery of Ambresbury; unto which Monastery, she gave the Manor of Mekesham, with the appurtenances. This Geffrey died, and was buried at Paris in France, the 33. year of King Henry the second, being but twenty and eight years old. Et portoit, gules trois Leopards d'or. Qui sont composees des armes de Guyenne & de Normandy ensemble. ARthur Plantagenet, Earl of Britain and Richmond, (Son of Geffrey aforesaid, by Constance his wife, the heir of Britain) was proclaimed King of England, and Duke of Normandy, after the death of King Richard the first, his Uncle; and being aided by King Philip of France, whose daughter he had married, made wars against King john his Uncle; & being taken prisoner at the Castle of Mirobel in Normandy, was carried to Roan Castle, where leaping from the Wall thereof, with intent to escape, was drowned in the Ditch, without issue, in the year, 1202. Et portoit, gules trois Leopards passant enpale d'or, au lambell de cinq points d'azur. GVY, or Guydo, Viscount of Thovars' (second husband to Constance the heir of Britain) was also in her right the next Earl of Britain and Richmond, and by her had issue, two daughters his heirs, Alice and Katherine; Alice was married to Peter de Dreux; and Katherine was the wife of Andrew de Vitre in Britain. Et portoit, d'or cinq fleurs de liz d'azur au quanton de gules. RAndoll, surnamed Blundeville, the sixth Earl of Chester, (third husband to Constance, the heir of Britain and Richmond, and daughter and heir of Conan le Petit) was in right of the said Constance his wife (and permission of king john) Earl of Richmond, Anno, 1204. and was after divorced from the said Constance for her incontinency, having no issue by her: he died at his Castle of Wallingford, in the 17. year of king Henry the third. Et portoit, d'azur, à trois gerbes d'or. PEter Brian Earl of Dreux (after the divorce, and surrender of Randoll Blundevile Earl of Chester) was both D. of Britain and Earl of Richmond, in right of Alice his wife, daughter and coheir of Guy, Viscount of Thovars, and Constance his wife, daughter and heir of Conan le Petit, as by this Charter following it doth appear. Petrus Dux Britanniae & Comes Richmond, habet honorem de Richmond sibi redditum quem Ranulphus Comes Cestriae & Lincoln prius habuit. Teste Rege apud Nantes, 22. Maij. Anno. 1229. He had issue, john Duke of Britain, and joland that was married unto Hugh de Brun, Earl of the Marches of Picardy. PEter of Savoy (Uncle to Queen Elinor, wife to K. Henry the third) came into England in the year, 1241. At which time, king Henry the third gave him the Earldom of Richmond, and made him Chief of his privy Counsel, and in the 29. year of the said Kings Reign, this Peter began to build the house, now called the Savoy, in the Strand near London. This Peter surrendered the Earldom of Richmond, and after died in Savoy, in the year, 1267. He married Agnes, daughter and heir of Aimon, Prince of Falcianack, and had issue, Beatrix, wife to Guy, son of Andrew, Dolphin of Vienna. Et portoit, d'or à l'aigle de sable portant à l'escusson bar the 10. d'or & sable, à le couronne in band vert. IOhn de Dreux (son of Peter Brien) had the Dukedom of Britain, and Earldom of Richmond, made over unto him in these words. De comitatu Richmond recepto in excambium a Petro de Sabaudia & concessi johanni Duci Britanniae. Teste Rex, apud Northampt. 5. Maij. pat. Anno. 50. Hen. 3. So that I hold this john, to be both Duke of Britain, and Earl of Richmond (although some Writers deny the same:) He married Blanch, daughter of Theobald, King of Navarre, by whom he had issue, john the second of that name, Duke of Britain, and Earl of Richmond. He died in the year, 1286. Et portoit, eschiquette d'or & d'azur au quanton de ermyn. IOhn de Dreux (son of john de Dreux aforesaid) was Duke of Britain and Earl of Richmond, in the 44. year of king Henry the third, and married Beatrix the said kings daughter, and had issue, Arthur Duke of Britain, john Earl of Richmond, Peter and Henry that both died young; Alice, Abbess of Fount-Euer●● Mary married to the Earl of S. Pole, and Blanche the third daughter, was wife to Philip, son and heir of the Earl of Arthoys. This john died at Lions in France, in the year 1305. with the fall of a wall. Et portoit, eschequette d'or & d'azur, a bordure gucuiles, charge auleopards' d'or, au quanton ermyn. ARthur Duke of Britain (son and heir of john, the second Duke of Britain of that name) was after his Father's death, Duke of Britain: he married two wives, the first was Beatrix, Viscountes●t of Limogen, and Lady of Auennos in Hennault, by whom he had issue, john Duke of Britain, that died without issue, and Guy, Earl of Pentebria (who married jane, daughter and heir of Henry de Auangour, and had issue, joane, wife to Charles Earl of Bloys, nephew to Philip de Valois, King of France.) The said Arthur took for his second wife, Yoland, daughter and heir of Almericke Earl Montford, by whom he had issue, john Breno Earl Mountford, and after Duke of Britain; Blanch, wife to Robert de Flanders Earl of Marle; Alice, Countess de Vendosme; and Beatrix married to Guy Earl of Lavall. This Arthur died in the year, 1312. as Bertram de Argentre affirmeth. Et portoit, eschiquette d'or & d'azur, a bordure gueulles chargé an leopards d'or, au quanton ermyns. IOhn de Dreux (second son of the second john Duke of Britain, and Beatrix his wife, daughter of King Henry the third) and second Brother to Arthur Duke of Britain aforesaid, sat in Parliament held at Westminster, by the name and title of john de Britain, Earl of Richmond, the 34. of King Edward the first, and so continued until the ninth of King Edward the third, and did his homage at Newcastle for the said Earldom, 1332. He built the body of the Church of the Gray-Fryars in Newgate-Market, in the 34. year of King Edward the first, which cost him three hundred pounds, and gave many rich jewels and Ornaments to be used in the same; he died without issue, and was buried in the said Church, the ninth of King Edward the third. M. Milles, in Somersets Book, saith he died in Little-Britaine, and was buried at Vanys, Anno, 1334. Et portoit, les armoiries de son frere. Arthur. IOhn de Dreux, son and heir of Arthur Duke of Britain, after his father's death, was Duke of Britain, and after the death of john his Uncle, Earl of Richmond. This john had three Wives, and died in Britain without issue, Anno 1340. leaving john Mountford his half brother by the father, to succeed him in the Dukedom of Britain, who had issue, john the Valiant. Et portoit, ermyn. RObert de Arthoys, a Nobleman borne, of the blood royal of Erance, descended from another Robert, son of Lewis the eight, and brother to Saint Lewis King of France: he was Councillor unto Philip de Valois, King of France, who sentenced the Earldom of Arthoys from the said Robert, unto Mauld, Countess of Burgundy (the said Robert's Aunt) which sentence so discontented the said Robert, that in his grief he uttered these words: By me was Philip made King, and by me he shall be deposed again. For this, was this Robert proclaimed traitor throughout all France, and was driven to fly into England, to King Edward the third, who kindly received him, and created him Earl of Richmond, in the 16. year of his Reign. This Robert was the first that moved King Edward to make his title and claim to the Crown of France, in the right of Queen Isabella his Mother: he was Admiral of the English Fleet, and General of the wars in France; and was after hurt in the head at the siege of the City of Vannes in Britain, and being conveyed to London for the cure of his hurts, shortly after died there, in the year, 1342. and was most honourably buried in Saint Paul's Church in London; the King being at his Funeral, did wear blacks. Et pertoit, seem ' the France ou lambell de gules, chastelle ' d'or. IOhn of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, (fourth son of King Edward the third) was by his Father in the year of our Lord, 1342. made Earl of Richmond; and in the 46. year of his said Fathers Reign, he surrendered the said Earldom of Richmond again. He married Blanch, daughter and coheir of Henry Duke of Lancaster, and had issue, King Henry the fourth (as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large.) Et portoit, escartelle France seme' & D'engleterre à une lambell d'ermyn. IOhn Breno, third son of Arthur Duke of Britain, begotten of his second wife joland, Countess of Mountford, Daughter and heir of Almericke Earl Mountford; whom Philip de Valois King of France did confiscate in his Earldom of Mountford, because he aided King Edward the 3. In consideration whereof, King Edward the third gave unto this john the Earldom of Richmond in England. He sat in Parliament held at Westminster in the 34. year of the said Kings reign, by the name and Title of john Earl of Richmond. He was bound by Indenture, bearing date 1373. to serve King Edward the third in his wars in France and Britain, against Philip of Valois: in which Indenture, he is styled john Duke of Britain, Earl Mountford and Richmond. He married joan daughter of Charles King of Navarre, after married to King Henry the fourth of England. This john had issue, john Mountford surnamed the Valiant; and a daughter named joan, wife to Ralph Basset of Drayton. This john was taken prisoner at Nantes by the Earl of Bloys, and died after in prison at Paris in France. IOhn Mountford (surnamed the Valiant, son and heir of john Breno) after the death of his Father was Duke of Britain, and Earl of Richmond: which Earldom he was deposed of by Act of Parliament, the fourth of King Richard the second. He married Mary daughter of King Edward the third; and had issue, john Duke of Britain, surnamed the Sage (who had issue Peter and Frances, both Dukes of Britain, that died without issue;) Richard Earl of Estamps, and Arthur the third of that name, who was also Duke of Britain, and Earl of Richmond, after his two Nephews, Peter and Frances. This john Mountford slew the Earl of Bloys. Et portoit, esche quettee d'or & d'azur, une border D'engleterre, o' quanton de Britain. RAphe Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, was made Earl of Richmond for term of life by King Henry the fourth, and died the fourth of King Henry the sixth, as in the title of Westmoreland is more at large. Gueulles au saulteur d'argent. IOhn D. of Bedford, third son of King Henry the fourth, was Regent of France, Duke of Bedford, Anjou, and Alawson, Earl of maine, Harecourt, Dreux, Richmond, and Carlell, and Viscount Beaumond. He died the xiii. of Henry the sixth, as in the Title of Bedford is more at large. EDmond of Hadham (the place of his birth) son of Owen Teuder by Queen Katherine, and half brother by the mother to King Henry 6. was created Earl of Richmond at Reading in the 31. year of the said King's reign, notwithstanding that Arthur Duke of Britain was then living, and did use that Title. He married Margaret, daughter and heir of john Beaufort, Duke of Somerset (grandchild to john of Gaunt, by his son john) and by her had issue, Henry Earl of Richmond, after King of England, by the name of King Henry the seventh. This Margaret in the year 1491. by the commandment and authority of King Henry the seventh, her son, made the Orders (yet extant) for great Estates of Ladies and Noblewomen for their precedence, Attires, and wearing of barbs at Funerals, over the chin, upon the chin, and under the same; which Noble & good Orders at this day is greatly profaned and abused, by every mean and common woman, to the great wrong and dishonour of honourable Estates. This Edmond died in the year 1456. & was buried in the Grey Friars church in Carmarden in Wales, 35. of Hen. 6. And Margaret his wife died in the year 1509. and was honourably buried in the Abbey of Westminster. Et portoit, escartelle France & D'engleterre a'vne bordur d'azur, seem ' st●urs de liz, & Marlettes d'or RIchard Duke of Gloucester (brother to King Edward the fourth) did style himself Earl of Richmond. And Mills in Glover Somersets book, page 614. sayeth, That this Richard had the said Earldom of Richmond given unto him, and the heirs of his body, the twelfth day of August, in the second year of King Edward the fourth. He bore for his Arms Escartelle France, & d'engleterre a une lambel ermyn charge au trois quantons de gules. HEnry Earl of Richmond (son of Edmond of Hadham, and Margaret his wife, Countess of Richmond) in the 11. year of King Edward the fourth, fled with his Uncle jasper Earl of Penbroke into Britain, where they remained until the third year of the reign of King Richard the third; and then returning again, landed at Milford Haven in Wales, and fought a battle with the said King Richard at Bosworth Field, where he slew the said Richard, and after was crowned King of England, by the name of King Henry the seventh. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of King Edward the fourth, and had issue, Prince Arthur that died without issue, and Henry Duke of York, who was after King of England, by the name of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, les armoiries de son pere '. HEnry Fitz-Roy, base son of King Henry the eight, (begotten of the Lady Talboys, daughter of Sir john Blount, Knight) was in the 17. year of his Father's reign, created Duke of Richmond, etc. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, but by her had no issue. He died at S. james house beyond Charingcross, being but 16. years of age, and was buried at Thetford in Norfolk, the 28. of King Henry the eight (as Grafton hath;) Others have, that he lies buried at Framingham in Norfolk. He bore for his Arms, France & D'engleterre ' a' bordur escartelle ' ermyn & compone d'argent & d'azur, abatun sinester d'argent, of une Eschutcheon de pretence escartelle ' guculles & varrey d'or & vert, sur la tout, au Lion rampant d'argent, au chief d'azur, une chastel entre deux testes du cerf d'argent. LEwis Stewart, Duke of Lenox, and Lord Aubigny, created Earl of Richmond and Baron of Setterington in England, by Letters patents under the great Seal of England, (without any ceremony of creation) in the year, 1614 He was also Lord Darnley, ●rebant and Methuen, Lord Great Chamberlain and Admiral of Scotland, Lord Steward of the household to King james, and one of his majesties most honourable privy Counsel, Knight of the Garter, and one of the Commissioners for the Office of Earl Martial of England, 1618. Et portoit, France of la bo●● de gules, fermaille d'or de huit pieces, escartelle d'or, à la face eschiquette d'argent & the azure, bordure the gules, sur le tout, d'argent au saulteur de gules, entre quatre quintesuilles de mesme. A Catalogue of the Earls of Bath, their Arms, Wives, and Children. PHilibert de Chandew a Britain, borne in France, a kind friend to King Henry the seventh in the time of his banishment out of England; which to requite, the said King in the first year of his Reign, from the degree of a Baron, created him Earl of Bath, and gave him also a hundred marks yearly, issuing out of the profits of Somersetshire & Dorset. IOhn Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin of Tavestoke in Denonshire● (son of Foulke Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin of Tavestoke) was created Earl of Bath at White-Hall the ninth of july, in the 28. year of King Henry the eight. He married Cecily, daughter of Giles Lord Daubeny, and sister and heir of Henry Lord Daubeny, Earl of Bridgwater, and had issue, john Bourchier, second Earl of Bath, and two daughters; Elizabeth the eldest, was married unto Sir john Chichester of Devonshire, knight: Dorothy the second daughter, was married to Sir john Fulford, knight. This john the second Earl of Bath, died in the 31. year of King Henry the eight. Et portoit, d'argent à la Croix eugreslee de gueulles accompaignee de quatre bouces de sable, a lambel d'azur chargee the neaf fleurs de liz d'or. john Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin, the 2. of that name, and 3. Earl of Bath, married to his first Wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Hungerford, knight, and had issue, Elizabeth. His second wife was Elinor, daughter of George Manors, Lord Ros, by whom he had issue, john Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin that died before his father, sir George Bourchier, knight, and Henry; he had also two daughters, Marry the eldest, was married unto Hugh Wyot of Exeter; Cecily the second daughter, was married to Thomas Peyton, Customer of Plymouth. This john married to his third wife, Margaret, daughter and heir of john Donington, Esquire, and had issue, Susan & Bridget; Bridget was married to _____ Price of Montgomerishire in Wales. This Earl died in the third year of Queen Elizabeth. Et portoit, les a●moi●ies de son pere. WIlliam Bourchier (son and heir of john Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin that died before his Father) grandchild to john Bourchier second Earl of Bath, was the third Earl of Bath, of that surname, and Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire and Cornwall, married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Russell Earl 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, a lambell d'azur chargee de neuf fleurs de liz d'or. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Bridg-Water, their Arms, Wives, and Children. HEnry Lord Daubeny (son of Giles Lord Daubeny, Chamberlain to king Henry the seventh) on the 21. day of july, in the 30. year of king Henry the eight, at his Manor of Ocking, was created Earl of Bridg-Water in Somersetshire; and married Katherine, daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, and the widow of Sir Rice ap Thomas, Knight of the Garter, and died without issue, leaving Cecily his sister and heir married unto john Bourchier, Lord Fitz-Warin, and first Earl of Bath. Et portoit, gules cinq Lozenges en face d'argent. IOhn Egerton, Knight of the Bath, at the Coronation of king james, second son and heir Male of Thomas Egerton, Baron of Ellesmore, Viscount Brackley, and Lord Chancellor of England, was by Letters Patents, bearing date, 1618. made Earl of Bridg-water. He married Lady Frances, daughter and coheir of Ferdinando, late Earl of Derby, and hath issue, james, Viscount Brackely, and nine daughters, viz. Frances, Arbella, Elizabeth, Cecily, Mary, Penelope, Katherine, Magdalen, and Anne. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Boughan, their Arms, Wives, and Children. HEnry Lord Beaumond of Fokingham, came into England with Queen Isabella, wife to king Edward the second, and married Alice, daughter and one of the heirs of Alexander Boughan, Earl of Boughan in Scotland, (which Alexander was son of Alexander Comen, Earl Boughan by Elizabeth his wife, third daughter and one of the heirs of Roger Quincy Earl of Winchester) & had issue, john L. Bello-Monte, who married Elinor, daughter to Henry Earl of Lancaster, and had issue, Henry Lord Beaumond. This Henry Lord Beaumond of Fokingham, sat in Parliament held at Westminster the ninth of King Edward the third, by the name and title of Henry de Bello-Monte Earl of Boughan, and so continued unto the thirteenth of the same king's Reign. Et portoit, d'azur flurette au lion rampanr d'or à une baston gobonne d'argent & de gueulles. A catalogue OF THE Earls Palatine of Chester, with their Arms, Wives, and Children. HVgh, surnamed Lupas, a Norman borne, (son of Richard, Viscount of Aurenges in Normandy, by Margaret his wife, half sister by the Mother to William Conqueror) came into England with William the first, who gave unto him and his heirs, the Earldom of Chester, to hold as freely of him by the sword, as he the said William held England by the Crown. This Earl Hugh in the 12. year of king William Ruphus, conquered Anglesey in Wales, he married Ermentrude, daughter of _____ and had issue, Richard the second Earl of Chester, Robert, Abbot of S. Edmonsbury, and Otwell that was Tutor to the Children of king Henry the first: he died, and was buried by Ermentrude his Countess, in the Abbey of S. Werburge in Chester, which was of his own foundation, 1103. Et portoit, d'azut à un test de Lou erased d'argent. RIchard, son of Hugh Lupus, after the death of his Father, was the second Earl of Chester, after the Norman Conquest, who in the 19 year of King Henry the first, was married in France, to Lucy, daughter of Stephen, Earl of Bloys and Champain, by Adela his wife, daughter of William Conqueror; and in the 20. year of King Henry the first, he with his wife, the King's son, and daughter, and Otwell his Brother, and others, to the number of 160. persons were drowned, coming out of Normandy into England, without issue; leaving Randoll Meschines his cousin-german by Margaret his Father's sister, to succeed him in the Earldom of Chester. Et portoit, d'gueulles crusuly d'or, a'un teste de Lou craze d'argent. RAndolphe, surnamed Meschines, son of Randolphe Meschines Earl of Carlell, by Margaret, the sister of Hugh Lupus the first Earl of Chester, was the third Earl Palatine of Chester after the Conquest. He married Lucy, daughter of Algar the Saxon, Earl of Leicester, and sister to Edwin Earl of Mercia, and Mocar, Earl of Northnmberland, who before was the Wife of Roger Romara, and Mother of William Romara Earl of Lincoln. This Randolphe surrendered Carlell, his Father's Earldom, to King Henry the first; and died in the year, 1129. and was buried at Chester, in the 30. year of the said Kings Reign; leaving issue, Randolphe surnamed Gernonijs, the fourth Earl of Chester; and William, Earl of Cambridge; and a daughter named Adeliza, married to Richard Fitz-Gilbert, Lord of Tunbridge, Ancestor to the Earls of Clare, Gloucester, and Penbroke, (as William Gemiticensis affirmeth.) Et portoit, d'or a'vn Lion rampant de gueulles la cow estant. RAndolphe, surnamed Gernonijs, son of Randolphe Meschines, was after his father, the fourth Earl Palatine of Chester after the Conquest: he, with his Brother William, Earl of Cambridge, was Witness to the Charter of Alexander Bishop of Lincoln, of his gift of the Island of Hafreholme, to the religious Nuns of S. Mary's, of the order of Sister-sences, 1139. the fourth of King Stephen. And in the year, 1141. this Randoll, and Robert Earl of Gloucester, took the said King prisoner at Lincoln. He married Mauld, daughter of Robert Earl of Gloucester, base son of King Henry the first; by whom he had issue, Hugh the fift Earl Palatine of Chester, and Richard; and died poisoned by the practice of his Wife and William Peverell Lord of Nottingham, in the year, 1156. Et portoit, de gueulles au Lion rampant d'argent à la cow estant. HVgh, surnamed Kivilioc, son of Randolphe Gernons, was the fift Earl Palatine of Chester; he married Bertrade, daughter of Simon Earl Mountford and Eureux in Normandy, and had issue, Randolphe Blundevile, the fixed Earl Palatine of Chester, and Earl of Lincoln; and four daughters, Mauld the eldest was married to David Earl of Anguish, Gallaway, and Huntingdon: Mabell the second daughter, was married to William de Albenieo Earl of Arundel: Agnes the 3. daughter, was married to William Ferrer, Earl of Derby & Lord of Chartley: and Hawis the fourth daughter, was wife to Robert Quincy Earl of Winchester, & had issue, Margaret, married to john Lacie Earl of Lincoln; and Mabell, wife to Hugh Lord Audley. This Hugh died the 27. of King Henry the second, 1180. Et portoit, d'azur a six garbs d'or. RAndolphe, surnamed Blundevile (son & heir of Hugh Kivilioc) was the 6. Earl Palatine of Chester, as also Earl of Lincoln, whom K. Hen. the 2. made knight, in the 33. year of his reign, and gave him in marriage, Constance the only daughter and heir of Conan, Duke of Little Britain, & Earl of Richmond in England (the widow of Geffrey his son) with the Duchy of Britain, & Earldom of Richmond: and in the second year of K. john, this Randolph was divorced from the said Constance, and after married Clemence, daughter of William de Fengeres, and sister of Geffrey. He had also a third wife, which was Margaret, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, and Constable of England, but had no issue by any of them. This Randolph was restored to the Earldom of Lincoln, in the 3. year of K. Hen. 3. as Cousin and next Heir of William Romara Earl of Lincoln: and in the 9 year of the said kings reign, he was a Witness to the king's charter, of lands that he gave to the Abbey of Peterborow, by the name of Randolphe Earl of Chester & Lincoln; and after his return out of the Holy-Land, he died at his Castle of Wallingford, in the 17. year of K. Hen. the 3. and was buried at Chester; leaving his four sisters his heirs, before mentioned. This Randolph was of great fame and esteem in the times of King Henry the second, King Richard the first, King john, & King Henry the third: In which time he built the Castles of Beeston and Chartley, and the Monastery of de la Croix. Et portoit, d'azur à trois garbs d'or. IOhn (by the place of his birth) surnamed the Scot, was Earl of Huntingdon and Cambridge, by his Father David▪ Earl of Anguish and Huntingdon aforesaid, (which Danid, was brother to William, king of Scots) and by Mauld his Mother, eldest sister and coheir of Randolphe Blundevile Earl of Chester, he was also the seventh Earl Palatine of Chester. Also in the 21. year of king Henry the third, he was restored to the Earldom of Northampton, as cousin and heir of Simon Seintlize Earl of Northampton; and in the 22. of the said King's reign, he died at Darnall, & was buried at Chester, without issue, having married Helyn, the daughter of lewelyn ap jorworth Prince of North-Wales. Which Earldom of Chester, King Henry the 3. 1238. assumed into his own hands, and gave other lands to the said four Sisters of john (surnamed the Scot) afore named; the issue of whom, after claimed the kingdom of Scotland, in King Edward the firsts time, since which time, the Princiality of Chester, hath been united to the Principality of Wales, by Act of Parliament held at Westminster, the 21. of King Richard the second; at which time (as Somerset Herald hath) the King created William Brugs, Chester Herald by his Letters Patents, sealed with his Seal of the said Principality. Et portoit, d'or à trois pens d'gueulles. EDmond (surnamed Crowch-backe) second son of king Henry the third, was by his Father created Earl of Chester; which Title and Earldom, he surrendered to his Brother Prince Edward, and was after made Earl of Lancaster; and after the attaindore of Simon Mountford, & Robert Earl Ferrars, he was also made Earl of Leicester and Derby, as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large. Et portoit, les armes D'engleterre, au lambell de France. EDward, first son of King Edward the first, was Prince of Wales, Earl of Cornwall and Chester, and after King of England, by the name of King Edward the second. This Prince Edward, in Anno, 1298. upon complaint made by Doctor Langton, than Bishop of Chester, was committed to prison; and Pierce of Gaveston banished England, and not to return again upon pain of death. Et portoit, D'engleterre au lambell d'argent. EDward, first son and heir of king Edward 〈…〉, was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and 〈◊〉 of Chester and Flint, and after, king of England, by the name of king Edward the third. Et portoit, D'engleterre au lambell d'argent. EDward, surnamed the black Prince, son and heir of king Edward the third, was Duke of Cornwall, and Aquitaine, and Earl of Chester and Flint. This Edward died before his Father, 1376. and was buried at Canterbury. Et portoit, escartelle France seem & D'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. RIchard of Bordeaux, son and heir of Edward the black Prince, was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, and after, king of England, by the name of king Richard the second. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. HEnry of Monmouth, son and heir of king Henry the fourth, was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, & Earl of Chester, and after, king of England, by the name of king Henry the fift, as more at large is set down in the Title of Cornwall. This Henry was dismissed of being Precedent of the kings privy Counsel, for striking the then Lord chief justice. Et portoit, escartelle, France seem & D'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. HEnry Plantagenet, son and heir of king Henry the fift was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and 〈◊〉 ●●●ster, and after king of England, by the name of 〈…〉 the sixth. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent. EDward Plantagenet, son and heir of king Henry the 6. was Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester. This young Prince was murdered at Tewksbury, 1471. & there buried, as in the title of Cornwall is more at large. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent. EDward, son and heir of king Edward the fourth, was borne Duke of Cornwall; and after, in the year, 1470. was by Parliament created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester; and was after king of England, by the name of king Edward the fift, and was murdered in the Tower of London. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent. EDward, son and heir of king Richard the third, was also Duke of Cornwall; and in the first year of his father's Reign, he was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester; and after died without issue. ARthur, son and heir of king Henry the seventh, was Duke of Cornwall; and in the fift year of his Father's reign, he was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, and died without issue, being but 14. years of age. Et portoit, escartelle & D'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. HEnry, second son to King Henry the seventh, was Duke of York, and after the death of Arthur his brother, was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, in the 19 year of his Father's reign; and was after king of England, by the name of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre, escartelle au lambel d'argent EDward, son and heir of king Henry the eight, was D. of Cornwall, and after created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester; he was after King of England, by the name of king Edward the sixth. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambel d'argent. HEnry Frederick, son and heir of james, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland; the fourth of june, 1610. was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, and died without issue, 1612. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre an lambell d'argent. CHarles, second son of james, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, being Duke of Albany, Marques of Ormount, Earl Ros, and Lord of Ardmanoch, was Created Duke of York at Whitehall, the sixth of january, 1604. and afterwards at the same place, the 4. of November 1616. he was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester. A catalogue OF THE Earls and Dukes of Cornwall, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RObert Earl Mortaigne, son of Harlowyn de Comitis Villa, and Herlot his wife, Mother of William Conqueror, who coming into England with the said Conqueror, had given him the Earldom of Cornwall, and made Earl thereof. He married Mauld, daughter of Roger Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel; by whom he had issue, William Earl Mortaigne and Cornwall, and Mauld wife to the Earl of Tolouse, who had issue a daughter named Helen, married to William Duke of Aquitame. This Robert was slain in Northumberland, in the year, 1087. WIlliam Earl Mortaigne in Normandy, son of Robert aforesaid, was after his Father the second Earl of Cornwall, who with Robert de Bellismo, William Estotevile, and William Crispin, did aid Robert Curthose Duke of Normandy, against king Hen. 1. his brother, at the battle of Trenchbray in Normandy; where they were taken prisoners in the eight year of the said kings reign: the said William being before disinherited, and his Earldom given unto Stephen, son of the Earl of champaign, (who was after King of England) and were sent over sea into England, to be kept in perpetual prison; Robert Duke of Normandy being sent to the castle of Cardiff in Wales, had his eyes put out; and this William became a Monk at Bermondsey in Southwark, and there died without issue. His Arms, as Glover Sowerset hath, is, d'hermines au chief indented de gules. REginald, base son of king Henry the first, begotten of his Concubine, the daughter and coheir of Robert Corbet, Lord of Alencester in the County of Warwick, was made the third Earl of Cornwall, in the fift year of king Stephen. He married Beatrice, & had issue, 4. daughters his heirs: Hawis the eldest, was married to Richard de Riveris, the third Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of the Isle of Wight; Matild married Robert Earl of Mellent; Vrsul● the third daughter, was wife to Walter Dunstanuile, Baron of Castlecombe; and Sarah the fourth daughter, was married to the Viscount of Lymocense. He had also issue by his Concubine Beatrix de Vannes, a son surnamed, Henry filius Comitis, who died in Gasconie, without issue. This Reginald died at Cicester, in the year, 1176. as Robert Montencis hath; and was buried at Redding. Et portoit, gules à deux lions passant gardant d'or, à baston sinester d'azur. RIchard Plantagenet, (surnamed Cuer-de-Lyon) the third son of king Henry the second, was Earl of Poitiers, and the fourth Earl of Cornwall, as doth appear by the Corporation of the Town of Helleston in Cornwall. He was after the death of Henry his brother, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and writ himself king of jerusalem. He conquered Cipers, and died of a shot out of a Crossbow, at the fiedge of Limosin in Britain, in the year, 1199. He married Berengaria, daughter of Sanchius, King of Navarre, but by her had no issue: he had a base son, named Philip. I have his Seal of Arms to a Charter, wherein is a Lion rampant only. IOhn, (surnamed Without Land) fourth son of king Henry the second; first married Alice, daughter and one of the heirs of Hubert, Earl of Moriton, in Anno, 1172. In whose right, his father made him Earl of Moriton, and after, Lord of Ireland: this Alice died without issue; after whose death, he married to his second wife, Isabella, third daughter and one of the heirs of William Earl of Gloucester, from whom he was divorced, without issue. He was also Earl of Gloucester (and after king of England) and by king Richard the first his brother, Earl of Cornwall, Lancaster, and Somerset, Lord of the honours of Wallingford, Tikell, Marlesborough, and Ludgarshall. Lastly, this john married to his third wife, Isabella, daughter of Aimer, Earl of Engolesmi, by whom he had issue, king Henry the third, & Richard, Earl of Cornwall, etc. Et portoit, gules à trois leopards d'or à baston d'azur. RIchard, second son of King john, in the eleventh year of King Henry the third, his brother, was created Earl of Poictou and Cornwall; and in the twelfth year of the said King's reign, the king gave him all the Lands in England, which were Reginald Dampmartins' Earl of Bologines. And in the year, 1257. he was by the Princes of Germany, chosen king of the Romans', and crowned at Aquisgrane. He did write himself, Richard, King of the Romans', and always Augustus, and married to his first wife, Isabella, sister and one of the heirs of William Martial, the younger Earl of Penbroke, and had issue, john that died young, Henry slain by Guy and Simon, sons of Simon Mountfort Earl of Leicester, in the Church of S. Silvester in Viterbium in Italy, 1272. in revenge of their Father's death, that was slain in the Baron's wars in England; and Richard that died without issue. His second wife was Sanchia, daughter and one of the heirs of Reymond Berengar Earl of Province, and sister to Queen Elinor, by whom he had issue, Edmond Earl of Cornwall, and Richard that died at the siege of Berwick, with an Iron shot in his head, 1296. He had also Richard a base son, who was the Father of Sir Geffrey Cornwall, knight, of whom is descended the Family of Cornwalles of Burford. This Richard died at his Castle of Barkhamsted near London, 1272. and was buried in the Abbey of Hales in Glocestershire, which was of his foundation. Et portoit, d'argent à un lion rampant de gules, Corone d'or, au bordure sable besantee. EDmond Plantagenet Earl of Cornwall, (son and heir of Richard, King of Almain, and Earl of Cornwall) with Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester, had the government of England, in the absence of king Edward the first beyond the Seas. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hartford, and died without any lawful issue, at Ashbridge in Buckinghamshire, the 29. of king Edward the first; where he had built an Abbey of Bonhommes Order, and was buried by his Father, in the Abbey of Hales, 1300. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. EDward, first son of king Edward the first: In the 27. year of his Father's reign, 1298. Doctor Langton then Bishop of Chester, complained grievously to the King upon this Prince Edward, who (by the lewd advice of Pierce Gaveston, his graceless companion) broke forcibly into his Park, and made havoc of his game; for which, this Prince was committed to prison, & Gaveston was banished the land, and commanded not to return again upon pain of death. This Prince in the thirteenth year of his Father's Reign, 1301. came to Chester, and received homage of the freeholders of Wales; in which year he was created Earl of Cornwall, and after King of England, by the name of king Edward the second. Et portoit, les armes D'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. PIerce Gaveston (a Gascoigne borne) was made Baron of Wallingford, and after, in the first year of king Edward the second, was created Earl of Cornwall, and Lord of the Isle of Man; and in the third year of the said Kings Reign, he married Isabella, second sister and coheir of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and Hartford; and in the sixth year of the said King's reign, (after he had been banished England twice) he was taken by Guy Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and beheaded at a place near unto Warwick, called Gauershi●● (or Blacklow) and was after buried in the Friars at Langley, without issue. Et portoit, Sinope fix aigles d'or, membrez & becquez d'gueulles. IOhn of Eltham (so named of the place where he was borne) second son of King Edward the second, and brother to King Edward the third, in the second year of his said Brothers reign, was made Earl of Cornwall; and in the ninth year of the said King's reign, he died at S. john's Town in Scotland, without issue; and was buried in the Abbey of Westminster, 1334. After whose death, king Edward the third in the 12. year of his reign, made the Earldom of Cornwall a Dukedom, and gave it to his Son Edward the black Prince, with the Earldom of Chester: since which time, the King's eldest sons have been Dukes of Cornwall. Et portoir, d'argent à lion rampant de gueulles corone d'or, au bordure sable bezanteé. EDward, surnamed the Black Prince, son and heir of King Edward the third; in the eleventh year of his Father's reign, was created the first Duke of Cornwall, & Earl of Chester, and in the 17. year of the said King's reign, he was created Prince of Wales; and in the 36. year, he had given him the Principality of Aquitaine: and in the 42. year of of king Edward the third, he sat in Parliament by the name and title of Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine; he took john the French King prisoner, at the battle of Poitiers, in the year, 1356. He married joane the repudiat wife of William Montague Earl of Salisbury, and daughter of Edmond of Woodstock Earl of Kent; by whom he had issue, Edward that died young, & Richard, surnamed of Bordeaux, who was after king of England, by the name of king Richard the second. This noble Prince Edward died at Canterbury, the 8. of june, 1376. and was buried in Christ-Church there. Et portoit, France seem & D'engleterre, escartelle, au lambell d'argent. RIchard surnamed of Bordeaux, son and heir of Edward the black Prince, was after the death of his Father, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester; and after created Prince of Wales, at Havering at Bower, in the ●0. of King Edward the third his grandfather. He married Anne, daughter of Wesela●us king of Bohemia, who died, and was buried at Westminster, in the 17. year of his reign, without issue. And to his second wife, he married Isabella, daughter of Charles the French King, being very young, but by her had no issue: he was after King of England, by the name of king Richard the second, and was deposed from the kingdom, and she sent into France again, the first of king Henry the fourth, and married unto Charles, son of Lewis, Duke of Orleans. Et portoit, lez armes de son pere. HEnry, surnamed of Monmouth, the place of his birth, son and heir of king Henry the fourth, was in the first year of his Father's reign, created Prince of Wales, he being Duke of Cornwall before; for the eldest son and heir apparent of the king of England, is Duke of Cornwall by birth, but he is Prince of Wales by special creation, investure, and donation of the lands thereunto belonging, and not by birth. He was after king of England, by the name of king Henry the fift. Et portoit, France seem & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent. HEnry Plantagenet, son and heir of king Henry the fift, was borne Duke of Cornwall; and being not full 〈◊〉 months of age, was proclaimed king of England, in the year, 1422. by the name of king Henry the sixth; and on the 6. of November, 1429. (being the eight year of his reign) he was crowned king of England at Westminster; and in the year, 1431. he was crowned king of France in Paris, in our Lady Church there; and after was murdered in the Tower of London, 1470. by Richard Duke of Gloucester (as the report then commonly went.) The body of this king was conveyed from the Tower, to the Church of S. Paul in London, and there laid on a Beer, barefaced, which did bleed in the sight of all the beholders. From thence, by boat it was carried unto the Monastery at Chertsey, fifteen miles from London, and there was first buried, and after removed to Windsor, and there in a new Vault entoombed. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent. EDward, son & heir of king Henry the sixth (being borne Duke of Cornwall) in the 32. year of his Father's reign, was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, by Act of Parliament. This young Prince, at the battle of Tewksbury, 1470. was taken prisoner by Sir Richard Crofts, and after murdered by the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester, and by Thomas marquess Dorset, & the Lord Hastings. This Prince married Anne, second daughter and coheir of Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, but had no issue by her; she was after married to Richard Duke of Gloucester, after king of England. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre, escartelle, au lambell d'argent. EDward, eldest son to king Edward the fourth, borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster, the 49. year of king Henry the sixth, was created Prince of Wales, by authority of Parliament, and Earl of Chester, in the eleventh year of his Father's reign, (being before Duke of Cornwall) who with his young brother the Duke of York, was murdered in the Tower of London, by the wicked practice of Richard Duke of Gloucester, his Uncle; who after usurped the Crown of England. Et portoit, France & D'engleterre, escartelle, au lambell d'argent. Edward, the only son of king Richard the third, was Duke of Cornwall; and in the first year of his Father's reign, he was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, and died (being but ten years of age) without issue. Et portoit, escartelle France & D'engleterre, an lambell d'argent. ARthur Duke of Cornwall, son and heir of king Henry the seventh; in the fift year of his Father's reign, was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester; and married Katherine, daughter of Ferdinando Duke of Austria, and king of Spain, when he was but fourteen years of age, & died in the next year after, 1501. without issue, at Ludlow, and lieth buried at Worcester. France & D'engleterre, escartelle, au lambell d'argent. HEnry Duke of York, (second son of king Henry the seventh) after the death of Arthur, his brother, was D. of Cornwall; and in the nineteenth year of his Father's reign, was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester; & after, he was king of England, by the name of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, les armes de son frere. HEnry Stewart, son and heir of james, king of great Britain, France, and Ireland, was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, and Earl of Chester, the fourth of june, 1610. and died after at S. james, near Charingcross, without issue; and was buried in the Abbey at Westminster, the seventh of December, 1612. A Catalogue of the Earls of Carlisle, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RAndolphe Meschines, son of Randolphe, Viscount of Baieulx, and Alice his wife, base daughter of Richard the third, Duke of Normandy, came into England with William the Conqueror, who gave him the Earldom of Carlisle. He married Margaret, sister of Hugh Lupus, the first Earl of Chester after the Conquest, and Aunt and heir of Richard the second Earl of Chester; by whom he had issue, Randolphe the third Earl of Chester, William Meschines Lord of Egremont, and Geffrey Lord of Gillesland, and died, Anno, Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant de gueulles la cow estant. Andrew de Harcla of Westmoreland, knight, for his good service in vanquishing and taking prisoner, Thomas Earl of Lancaster, and other his abetters, the king's enemies & disloyal subjects; was by king Edward the second, in the 14. year of his reign, girt with a sword, and had given him the Title and Earldom of Carlisle, (for this was the usual making of Earls in those days.) But afterwards, this Andrew proved ungrateful to his King and Country, in his wars in Scotland, receiving secretly from the Scots, a great sum of money for a bribe, to betray his Master; for which his offence, he being apprehended and taken, was degraded first of his knighthood, and after, of all honourable Titles, by cutting off his Spurs from his heels, then by disgirding of him, & breaking his sword over his head; and lastly, by tearing his Coat of Arms off his body, by a Herald. This done, he was drawn and hanged, beheaded, and quartered, the last day of October, 1322. Et portoit, les armoiries de saint George, au premier quanton à marlette de sable. IOhn Plantagenet, third son of king Henry the fourth, was in the second year of king Henry the fift, his brother, created the first Duke of Bedford, Earl of Richmond, and Lord of Kendal; and in the fift year of the said kings reign, he was made Protector of the Realm of England (as in the Title of Bedford is more at large) and Earl of Carlisle: (which divers late Writers deny,) for thus do I find him written in his own Deeds and Charters. john, Regent of the Realm of France, Duke of Bedford, Anjou, and Alencon, Earl of Maine, Harecourt, Drux, Richmond, and Carlisle, and Viscount Beaumond. He married (in the year, 1433.) jaquelline, daughter of Peter of Lucemburge, Earl of S. Paul, but by her had no issue. He died in France, the tenth of September, 1435. and was buried in the Cathedral Church in the City of Roan in Normandy, in a very stately Tomb. Et portoit, semé de France & D'engleterre, à un lambell de cinq, ermyn & d'azur, neuf fleurs de liz d'or. RIchard, fourth son of Richard Duke of York, (and brother of king Edward the fourth) was in the first year of the said kings reign, 1460. created Duke of Gloucester, and Earl of Carlisle, and after was made Constable and Lord Admiral of England. And lastly, when he had caused his two Nephews, king Edward the fift, and Richard Duke of York, his brother, to be murdered in the Tower of London: He usurped the Crown, and was 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 gules. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Cumberland, their Arms, Wives, and Children. HEnry Clifford, Lord Clifford, Skipton, Westmoreland, and Vescie, was by king Henry the eight, created Earl of Cumberland, at Bridewell, the eighteenth of june, 1525. the 17. year of the said kings reign; and married Margaret, daughter of Henry Lord Percy, fift Earl of Northumberland, by whom he had issue, Henry Earl of Cumberland, and Sir Ingram Clifford, knight; and four daughters, Katherine the eldest, was married to john Lord Scroop of Bolton; Matilda was wife to john Coigniers of Hornby; and Elizabeth was married to Sir Christopher Medcalfe, knight; and jane was married to Sir john Hudleston, knight. This Henry died the 22. of April, in the 34. year of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, eschequette d'or & d'azur à la face de gules. HEnry Lord Clifford, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, after the death of his Father, was the second Earl of Cumberland, Lord Clifford, Skipton, Westmoreland, and Vescy, & married to his first wife, Elinor, daughter and co-here of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, by his wife Mary, Queen of France, (second daughter to king Henry the seventh) by whom he had issue, Margaret, married to Henry Stanley Earl of Derby, by whom he had issue, Ferdinando Earl of Derby, that died without issue Male, and William now Earl of Derbie, 1618. This Henry married to his second wife, Anne, daughter of William Lord Dacres of Gillesland, and by her had issue, George Lord Clifford, the third Earl of Cumberland, & Francis the fourth Earl of Cumberland; and three daughters, Frances the eldest daughter, was married to Philip Lord Wharton, Elinor and Mary died both young. This Henry died in Anno, 1569. the 12. of Queen Elizabeth. Les armes de son peré. GEorge Lord Clifford, after the death of Henry his father, was the third Earl of Cumberland, Lord Clifford, Skipton Westmoreland, and Vescy, and Sheriff of Westmoreland by inheritance: a most Noble and Martial man, both by Sea and Land, and honoured with the honourable Order of the Garter, 1592. He married Margaret, daughter of Francis Lord Russell, and Earl of Bedford, the 25. of june, 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 Earl of Dorset. This George died in the Strand at Landon, in the year, 1605. without issue Male. Et portoit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur, à la face de gules. FRancis Clifford, brother of George aforesaid, succeeded and was the fourth Earl of Cumberland, Lord Clifford, Skipton, Westmoreland, & Vescy, now living, 1618. he married grizel, daughter of Hughes of Uxbridge, Esquire, and widow of Henry Nevil, Father of Edward Nevil, now Baron of Abergavenny, 1618. and hath issue, Henry Lord Clifford, Margaret and Frances. Et portoit, les armes de sonperé. A Catalogue of the Earls of Cambridge, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WIlliam Meschines, son of Randolphe Earl of Chester, and second brother of Randolphe Gernonijs Earl of Chester, was the first Earl of Cambridge, & by that name and title, I find him a Witness to the Charter and gift of Alexander Bishop of Lincoln, of the Island of Hafreholme, which the said Alexander gave to the religious & holy Nuns of the order of Sister-sences, bearing date, the fourth of king Stephen, 1139. Whom he married, or what issue he had, I find not. WIlliam marquess of juliers, (or juliac) unto whom king Edward the third, on the seuen● day of ●ay, in the 14. year of his reign, did give the Earl 〈…〉 bridge, with the Town and Castle, and twenty pounds by year in fee, to him and the heirs of his body begotten: and invested him into the said Earldom, at Westminster, by the girding of him with a sword, and beside, gave him by letters patents, a thousand pounds of yearly rent. He married Mary, sister and heir of Edward Duke of Gelderland, Nephew to king Edward the third, and had isssue. Marry, married unto john, son and heir of john Duke of Cleeve. Et portoit, d'or, au lion rampant the sable. IOhn of Henault (Uncle to Queen Philip, wife to king Edward the third) a younger son of the Earl of Henault, was in the sixteenth year of the said kings reign, 1342. created Earl of Cambridge, which honour & Earldom soon after he lost, by revolting to the French king. Et portoit, d'or, au lion rampant the sable, arm & lampasse de gue●lles; escartelle d'or au lion rampant de gules. EDmond of Langley (so called of the king's Manor house of Langley, where he was borne) fift son of king Edward the third, was created Earl of Cambridge, in the 36. year of his Father's reign; he was also Lord of Tyndall, & after Duke of York, and married Isabella, daughter and one of the heirs of Peter king of Castille and Lions, and had issue, as in the Title of York. He died in the third year of king Henry the fourth, 1401. and was buried at Langley by Isabella his wife. Et portoit, France seem & D; engleterre au lambell d'argent neuf ●orteaux. RIchard of Conesburgh, second son of Edmond of Langley, aforesaid, was created Earl of Cambridge, at a Parliament held the second year of king Henry the fift; and in the year after, by the procurement of the Dolphin of France, he with Henry Lord Scroop of Masham, than Lord Treasurer of England, and Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland, knight, did conspire the king's 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 heir of Edmond Mortimer, Earl of March and Ulster; and had issue, Richard Earl of Cambridge, and Duke of York, and Isabella, married to Henry Lord Bourchier and Earl of Essex. Et portoit, les armes de son pere ' RIchard Plantagenet, son of Richard of Conesbourgh, in the fourth year of king Henry the sixth, was created D. of York, Earl of Cambridge and Rutland, and Lord of Tyndall; he was also Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore and Clare by his Mother. He married Secily, daughter of ●alphe Nevil. first Earl of Westmoreland, and had issue, Edward, who was after king, by the name of king Edward the fourth, Edmond Earl of Rutland, and Richard D. of Gloucester, and after king of England, by the name of K. Richard the 3. & divers daughters, as in the title of York. This Richard with his Son Edmond, was slain at the battle of Wakefield, 1460. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Devon, and Marquesses of Exeter, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RIchard de Riparijs, (son of Baldwine Rivers) to whom (M Camden saith) king Henry the first gave the Town of Tiverton, and the honour of plimpton, and created him Earl of Devonshire; and granted to him the third penny of the yearly revennew of the same County, being ten Marks. Lastly, the said king gave him the Isle of Wight, whereby ever after he was called Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of the Isle. He married and had issue, Baldwine de Rivers, Earl of Devon. BAldwine de Rivers, son of Richard aforesaid, was the second Earl of Devonshire, and builded three Monasteries, viz. Christ-Church, Quarara in the Isle of Wight, and Lira in Normandy; he fortified the City of Exeter, against king Stephen, and was banished England, with his wife and children; and had the Isle of Wight taken from him, in the year, 1136. He married Adelizia, daughter of _____ by whom he had issue, Richard, Henry that died young, and William, surnamed Vernon, (the place where he went to school, or was brought up in.) This Baldwine died in the year, 1155. and was buried in the Abbey of Quarara. RIchard de Rivers, eldest son of Baldwine aforenamed, was the third Earl of Devonshire, and did give lands to the Abbey of Quarara (in the 13. year of king Henry the second) to pray for the souls of Baldwine his father, & Adelizia his mother, Countess of Devon. He married Hawis, daughter and one of the heirs of Reginald Earl of Cornwall (base son of king Henry the first) and had issue, Baldwine and Richard, both Earls of Devonshire, who died without issue. This Richard died in the City of Cenomania in Franc, in the year, 1161. BAldwine de Rivers, son and heir of Richard aforesaid, was after his father, the fourth Earl of Devon, and married Alice, daughter of Ralph de Dol in Berry, (as Milles hath, pag. 457.) he was Earl but a while, and died without issue; leaving Richard his brother to succeed him in his Earldom and lands. RIchard de Rivers (second son of Richard, the third Earl of Devon, and brother and heir of Baldwine, the fourth Earl of Devonshire) was the fift Earl of Devonshire, and married Margaret, daughter and one of the heirs of john Lord Biset, and gave lands to the Abbey of Bruer, to pray for the soul of Earl Richard his Father, his own health, and Margaret the Countess his wife, he died without issue, and was buried at Montbroge in Normandy, the thirtieth of King Henry the second. Etportoit, d'or, au lion rampant d'azur. This is the first man that bore this Arms, that ever I could find: and for the Griffyn which hath been usually set down for their Arms, it is but a device, and no Arms. WIlliam, surnamed de Vernon, of the Town of Vernona in Normandy, where he was borne, as some have (but the book of Ford Abbey hath, where he went to school) after the death of Baldwine and Richard, his two Nephews, without issue, was the sixth Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of the Isle of Wight. He married Mabell, daughter to Robert Earl of Mellent, with whom her Father did give in marriage all his lands of Kiderminster, Moreis, and Redeliston, which were before the lands of her Mother Mauld, one of the daughters & heirs of Reginald Earl of Cornwall, (base son of K. Henry the first;) by whom, this William had issue, Baldwine, who married Margaret, daughter of Waryn Fitz-Gerald, Chamberlain to king john; and died before his Father, leaving issue, Baldwine his son and heir. This William had issue also, two daughters; the eldest was jane, married unto William Bruer, the younger Lord of Torbay, who died without issue: Marry the second daughter, was first married to Sir Robert Courtney, knight, son of Reginald, and after, to Peter de Prouz, and had issue. This William de Vernon, by his Deed or Charter, bearing date the fourth of September, 1206. did give lands to the Abbey of Quarara, to pray for the souls of king Henry, and Baldwine his father, and A lelicia the Countess his Mother, and Earl Richard his brother, and for the health of Mabell the Countess, his wife, and Baldwine his son; and after died, in the year of our Lord, 1216. the first of king Henry the third. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur, armé & lampasse the gules. BAldwine de Rivers, the fourth of that christian name (Son of Baldwine the third, which died before his father) was after the death of William de Vernon, his grandfather, the seventh Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of the Isle of Wight. He married Amicia, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by whom he had issue, Baldwine the fift, and eight Earl of Devonshire of that surname, and Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Albemarle, the wife of William de Fortibus Earl of Albemarle. This Baldwine in the 25. year of the reign of king Henry the third, was created Earl of the Isle of Wight, at the suit and petition of Richard Earl of Cornwall, the king's brother, (whose Ward this Baldwine had been:) and in the 29. year of the said kings reign, the said Baldwine died in his youthful years. After whose death, his Countess Amicia gave lands to the abbey of Bruarne, to pray for the souls of Gilbert de Clare, late Earl of Gloucester, her Father, and for Isabella the Countess her Mother, and Baldwine late Earl of Devonshire, her husband, and for the health of her own soul, & Baldwine her son. She died in the year, 1283. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur. BAldwine de Rivers the fift of that name, and eight Earl of Devonshire, of that surname, & Lord of the Isle of Wight. He married avice, daughter of _____ a Savoyan borne, and near kinswoman of Queen Elinor, and had issue, a son named john, that died young in France without issue. This Baldwine the fift, died in the 46. year of K. Henry the third; leaving Isabella de Fortibus Countess of Albemarle, his sister and heir. Et portoit, les arms, de son Pere'. HVgh Courtney, knight, (the second of that name) cousin and heir of Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Albemarle, that is to say, son of Hugh, grandchild of Mary de Rivers, sister of Baldwyne the third (that died before his Father) grandfather of Isabella de Fortibus, Countess of Albemarle; was by Letters Patents made the ninth Earl of Devonshire, the ninth of king Edward the third; and married Agnes, sister of Sir john S. john, knight, by whom he had issue, four sons and three daughters, viz. Hugh Courtney, the tenth Earl of Devonshire; Thomas the second Son, married Mur●ell, daughter of john de Mules: john the third son was Abbot of Tavestoke; and Robert was the fourth Son: Elinor the eldest daughter, was wife to john Grey; Elizabeth the second daughter, was married to Bartholomew de Lass, of the Isle of Wight; & Egelyne the third daughter, was wife to Robert Lord Scales. This Hugh died in the fourteenth year of king Edward the third, 1340. and was buried at Cowike. Et portoit, d'or, trois torreaux, au lambell d'azur. HVgh Courtney, the third of that christian name, (son of Hugh the second) after the death of his father, was the tenth Earl of Devonshire, and married Margaret, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, the eight Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of K. Edward the first, & had issue Hugh Courtney that died without issue, Edward that was after Earl of Devonshire, Sir Thomas Courtney, knight, Philip Courtney of Powderham, William Courtney, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Humphrey and Peter that died young: He had issue also, three daughters, Katherine the eldest, was married to William Lord Harington; Elizabeth, to William Lord Moune of Dunster Castle; and Margaret, wife to john Lord Cobham, etc. This Earl Hugh died at Tiverton, in the last year of king Edward the third, 1376. and was buried at Exeter. Et portoit, d'or, trois torteaux, au lambell d'azur. EDward Courtney, son of Hugh Earl of Devon aforesaid, was the eleventh Earl of Devonshire, and married Emeline, daughter of Sir john Dauney, knight, and had issue, Edward Courtney, the twelfth Earl of Devonshire, and Sir Hugh Courtney of Haccombe, knight; and died in the 16. year of the reign of king Richard the second, 1392. EDward Courtney, surnamed the blind, succeeded Edward his father, and was the 12 Earl of 〈◊〉, and sat in Parliament, the sixth of king Henry the fift: he married Elinor, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March and V●ster, and had issue, Hugh, the thirteenth Earl of Devonshire. This Hugh (surnamed the blind) by his Deed, bearing date the second of king Henry the fift, did give to Sir Hugh Courtney, knight, his brother, the Manors of Gotheringdon, Stancombe-Dauney, and Southalington in the County of Devon, & died in the seventh year of the said kings reign, 1418. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. HVgh Courtney (son and heir of Edward, surnamed the blind) after the death of his Father, was the thirteenth Earl of Devonshire, and sat in Parliament by that Title, the same year his Father died. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Lord Talbot, and had issue, Thomas Earl of Devonshire, and died in the tenth year of the reign of king Henry the fift, 1421. Et portoit, d'or à trois torteaux, au lambell d'azut. THomas Courtney, son of Earl Hugh aforesaid, succeeded his Father, and was the fourteenth Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of Ochampton: he married Margaret, daughter of john Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, and marquess Dorset, by whom he had issue, three sons and two daughters: Thomas the eldest son, being in the battle 〈…〉 with king Henry the sixth, against king Edward the fourth, was there taken prisoner, and had his head smitten off. Henry the second son, was likewise beheaded at Salisbury, the eight of king Edward the fourth; and john the third son, was slain at Tewksbury, in the tenth year of king Edward the fourth, joane the eldest daughter, was married to Sir Roger Clifford, knight; and Elizabeth the second daughter, was wife to Sir Hugh Conwey, knight. This Thomas, being at the battle of Touton, 1460. was taken prisoner, and beheaded at York. HVmfrey Lord Stafford of Southwike, son of William Stafford of Hooke, Esquire; in the ninth year of king Edward the fourth, was created Earl of Devonshire, 1460. and married Isabella, daughter of Sir john Barry, knight, but had no issue by her. This Humphrey became ungrateful to king Edward, and fell from him, and after was taken by some of K. Edward's friends, and carried to Bridgwater in Devonshire, and there had his head smitten off, in the year, 1460. having been an Earl but three Months and odd days. Et portoit, d'or au Cheuron de gueulles à la bordure engreslee de sable. EDward Courtney of Haccombe, son of Sir Hugh Courtney of Bokonoke, knight, grandfather to Edward Courtney the eleventh Earl of Devonshire, was after the death of Humphrey Stafford, restored in blood, and made the sixteenth Earl of Devonshire, in the first year of king Henry the seventh: he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Courtney of Molland, knight, and had issue, William Courtney Earl of Devonshire. This Edward had four sisters, whose issue came after to be his heirs. The first was Elizabeth, married to john Tretherfe, of whom Vivian is descended: the second was Mauld, wife to john Arundel of Taluerne: Isabella the third sister, was married to William Moune: and Florence the fourth sister, was married to john Trelauny, and thus are they set down in the said Edwards Will. He died in the first year of king Henry the eight, 1509. Et portoit. WIlliam Courtney, son of Edward, was after his Father's death, the seventeenth Earl of Devonshire, and Lord of Okhamton, and married Katherine, daughter of king Edward the fourth; and had issue, Henry Courtney Earl of Devonshire, and marquess of Exeter; and died at Greenwich, the ninth of june, in the third year of the reign of K. Henry the eight, 1511. and was buried in the Blacke-Fryars in London. Et portoit, d'or trois torteaux, au lambell de azure. HEnry Courtney, son of William aforesaid, by Katherine his wife, daughter of king Edward the fourth, was after his Father, the eighteenth Earl of Devon, & Lord of Ochampton. He was after created marquess of Exeter, at Bridwell, the eighteen of june, 1525. and married to his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir john Grey, Viscount Lisle, by whom he had no issue: after, he married Gertrude, daughter of William Blount, Baron Mountioy (begotten of Elizabeth, the daughter & one of the heirs of Sir William Say, knight) by whom he had issue, Edward Courtney, the last Earl of Devonshire of this progeny. This Henry marquess of Exeter, Henry Poole Lord Montague, & Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington in the County of Surrey, knight, were attainted and executed for high treason, 1538. at the Tower Hill, for being privy with Cardinal Poole (brother to the Lord Montague) to procure foreign power (in the Pope's aid) to invade this Realm. Soon after, this Gertrude Marquesses of Exeter, Margaret Countess of Salisbury, with others, were likewise attainted for the same treason, but Gertrude was not executed, but died, and was buried in a fair Tomb in Wimborne Minister, in the year, 1557. Et portoit, escartellé France & D'engleterre, au bordure escartellé de mesme: escartellé Courtney, qui est, d'or à trois Torteaux. Le tiers, de mesme, le quart, Rivers, qui est d'or au lion rampant d'azur, arm & lampasse the gules. EDward Courtney, son and heir of Henry marquess of Exeter, and Earl of Devonshire, being long prisoner in the Tower of London, was by Queen Mary, in the first year of her reign, 1553. restored in blood, and made Earl of Devonshire, at her Manor of Richmond; and three years after, he died at Padua in Italy, the fourth day of October, 1556. without issue, (some have, he was poisoned:) He was the last Earl of that Name and Family of Courtneys. Et portoit, les Armoities de son Peré. Charles' Blount, Baron Montioy, (second son of james Blount, Lord Mountioy, and brother and heir of William Baron of Mountioy) Lord Deputy and Lieutenant of Ireland; who expulsed the Spaniards there, and compelled the Rebels to submission, was by King james in the first year of his reign, 1603. created Earl of Devonshire, the 21. of july, at Hampton-Court. He died without any lawful issue, in the Dutchy-house in the Strand, and was buried at Westminster with great pomp, in the Abbey, in the year, 1606. Et portroit, burelle undeé de six d'or & de fable. WIlliam Cavendish, knight, was created Baron of Hardwike, on Saturday, the fourth of May, 1605. and after by King james, in August, 1618. he was made Earl of Devonshire. He married two wives, the first was Anne, daughter and heir of Henry Kighley of Kighley in Lancashire, Esquire, & had issue, William Lord Cavendish of Hardwike, who married Christian, daughter of Edward Bruse, Baron of Kynlosse, and Master of the Rolls; Frances, wife to Sir Henry Maynard, knight, Mary and Elizabeth. This William's second wife, was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Boughton of Causton, and widow of Sir Richard Wortley, knight, by whom he had issue, Sir john Cavendish, knight of the Bath, who died without issue. Et portoit de sable au trois testes du cerf d'argent, les corns d'or. A catalogue OF THE Earls Ferrars, and Derby, their Arms, Wives, and Children. HEnry Earl Ferrars, a Norman borne, son of Wakeline, came into England with William the Conqueror, who gave him the Castles of Tutbury & Oucume, with divers other great Seigneuries in England and Normandy. He married one Berta, and had issue, Eugenulphus, William, and Robert; and two daughters, Gundred, and Emelyn. He founded the Abbey of Tutbury, in the year, 1080. Unto which Foundation, were Witnesses Eugenulphus, William, & Robert his sons. And for proof that this Henry was an Earl. (which some great and late Writers deny) I have here set down the said Henry's Epitath, which I find printed in the year, 1577. and dedicated to the late Earl of Essex, and said to be found in the Abbey of Tutbury. Hic jacet Henricus de Ferrarijs comes, huius Ecclesiae fundator Imago, nomine cuius Anno milleno domini quater atque viceno Tutburiaque nono domus est fundata patrono. It is said that he bore for his Arms, argent. 6. horseshoes sable. RObert de Ferrars, after the death of Henry his Father, and Eugenulphus and William his two Brothers, without issue, was the second Earl Ferrars, and by that name was Witness to king Henry the first his Charter, of lands which he gave to the Abbey of Tutesbury. Also in the 31. year of the said kings Reign, he began the Foundation of the Abbey of Murivall, and died in the 19 year of king Stephen, and was buried at Murivall, leaving issue, William Earl of Tutesbury, slain in his lodging in London, without issue; Robert Earl Ferrars, and Wakelyn de Ferrars the third son. Les armes de son pere, d'argent à fix Ferres the cheval de fable. RObert de Ferrars, the second of that name, after the death of Robert his Father, and William his brother, was the third Earl Ferrars, whom divers late Writers have greatly mistaken, they affirming him to be the first Robert, Founder of Murivall Abbey, and to be Earl of Nottingham; when as in truth, it was this Robert's Father, that was Founder of Murivall Abbey, and another Robert Ferrars, grandchild of this second Robert by his son William, that was made Earl of Nottingham, as hereafter will appear in his due place. And where they say they have seen Deeds and Charters, to approve their affirmation, it is untrue; for those they mean, are unperfect Notes and Abstracts, taken out of Glover Somersets Book of Miscellania; which Book I have, and perusing the same, find them of small credit. This Earl Robert married, and had issue, William Earl Ferrars, the fourth Earl Ferrars; and died in the year, 1184. the 31. of king Henry the second: but others have, that he died in the Holy-Land, in the year, 1190. the second of king Richard the first, which is mistaken. Et portoit, lez armoities de son peré. Now to the issue, which M. Milles maketh this Robert to have, in his Book of succession of Earls, pag. 869. viz. William de Ferrars Earl of Derby. Petronell (or Pernell) wife of Henry Lord Stafford; and Elizabeth married unto William Martial Baron of Rye: I confess William only, but no daughters at all. For by a Record of the 26. of King Henry the 3. it is proved, that Henry Lord Staffords wife's name was Mabell, daughter of Robert Musegros and Agnes his wife, daughter of William Earl Ferrars and Derby, great grand-sonne of Robert Ferrars Earl of Nottingham, which Milles saith, died in the holy-land, 1190. And for Elizabe●h the other daughter, to be married to William Marschall, Baron of Rye and Hengham in Norfolko, which died, 1266. that is most untrue; for that William he meaneth, had to his wife Alina, daughter and heir of Hubert, Baron of Rye, and died in the 11. year of king Edward the first, as by an Inquisition of that date it doth appear. WIlliam Earl Ferrars, Lord of Tutbury in Staffordshire, and Oucume in Rutlandshire, son of the second Robert Earl Ferrars, married Margaret, daughter and heir of William Peverill of Nottingham, (whose grandfather William was the base son of William Conqueror, begotten of the wife of Randolphe Peverell of Hatfield Peverell) and had issue, Robert and William: Robert the eldest son in the life time of his Father, was made Earl of Nottingham, and died without issue William the second son, after the death of his Father was Earl Ferrars, and first Earl of Derby. This William Earl Ferrars the Father, died (as Roger Hovedon hath, Fol. 390. b.) at Achon in the Holy-Land, in the year, 1190. But Milles (in Glover Somersets Book of successions of Earls, pag. 870.) hath, that he died in the year, 1247. and Margaret his wife to die in the same year, the 32. of king Henry the third, which I doubt of. Et portoit, d'argent, à six Ferres the cheval de sable. WIlliam de Ferrars, the second Earl Ferrars of that christian name, was by king john made the first Earl of Derby of that surname. He married Agnes, the third sister and coheir of Randolphe Blundevile, Earl of Chester and Lincoln: in whose right he was Lord of Chartley, and had issue, William Earl Ferrars and Derby, Robert, Hugh, and Thomas de Ferrars; and died in the year of our Lord, 1242. and was buried at Murivall, the 27. of king Henry the third. Et portoit, vaire d'or & the gules, à la bordure de azure seem Ferrars the cheval d'argent. WIilliam de Ferrars, the third of that name, was Earl Ferrars and Derby, Lord of Tutbury and Chartley. He married two wives, the first was Sibell, daughter of William Martial the elder Earl of Pembroke, and one of the five sisters and heirs of Auncelme Martial Earl of Pembroke, (with whom he had 1520. pounds Rents of assize per annum) and had issue; five daughters, who inherited their Mother's inheritance, and were married as followeth. Agnes the eldest, was married to William Lord Vescy of Alnwicke in Northumberland: Isabella first married unto Gilbert Basset, and after, unto Reginald de Mohun the younger Earl of Somerset joane the third daughter, was married unto john Mohun, Son of Reginald aforesaid: Mauld the fourth daughter, was married to Philip de Kyme, Lord of Kyme, and had issue, Sibell wife to Frank de Bohun, Baron of Midhurst in Sussex: and after, she married William de Fortz Baron of Clapton; and thirdly, the said Mauld married William de Vallibus: Anne or Agatha the fift daughter, was married to Hugh Mortimer of Chilmersh, son of Ralphe Lord Mortimer of Wigmore. The foresaid William Earl Ferrars, married to his second wife, Margaret, daughter and one of the heirs of Roger Quincie Earl of Winchester, and Constable of Scotland, by whom he had issue, Robert Earl Ferrars and Derby, and William Lord and Baron of Groby, by the gift of his Mother; and a daughter named Agnes, married to Robert Musegros, son of Richard Lord of Derhurst. This William died of a bruise, taken with a fall out of his Coach, in the year, 1253. the 38. of king Henry the third. Et portoit, vaire d'or & the gulls. RObert de Ferrars (son and heir of William Earl Ferrars and Derby) was also Earl Ferrars and Derby, and combined with Simon Mountfort Earl of Leicester, and Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester and others, to raise war against king Henry the third, because he refused to stand to the Statutes made by Parliament at Oxford, for the banishment of Strangers, etc. In which civil discord, this Robert, in the fiftieth year of the said kings reign, was taken prisoner at the Battle of Chesterfield, and imprisoned in the Castle of Chipenham, near to Windesor; where he, for the obtaining of his liberty, became bound (before john Chishull Lord Chancellor of England) and did assure over all his Lands in England (excepting Chartley, and the Town of Bolbrooke) to divers Noblemen his sureties, for the payment of fifty thousand pounds in one day, and at one entire payment, to Lord Edmond the king's son; which payment being not performed at the day appointed; the said Lord Edmond, upon the surrender of the aforesaid Sureties, took possession of all the said Lands, which were then valued at two thousand pounds per annum: his Sureties were, the Lord Henry, Son to the king of Romans, William Valence Earl of Pembroke, john Earl Warren and Surrey, William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Roger Somery, Thomas Clare, Roger Walleron, Roger Glifford, Hamon Le Strange, Bartholomew Sudley, and Robert Bruse, Barons. This Earl Robert, married Elinor, daughter of Ralphe Lord Basset, and had issue, john Lord Ferrars of Chartley; and died in the seventh year of king Edward the first, 1278. After whose death, the Dukes and Earls of Lancaster had the Titles of Derby, until the first year of king Henry the seventh, that he bestowed the same upon Thomas Stanley, his Father in law. Et portoit, les Armoiries de son peré. EDmond Plantagenet, surnamed Crowch-backe, second Son of king Henry the third, and Brother of king Edward the first, was Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby; as more at large doth appear in the Title of Lancaster. Et portoit, gules trois Leopards d'or, au lambell d'azur semé fleurs de liz d'or. THomas Plantagenet, son and heir of Edmond aforesaid, was after his Father, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby, as in the Title of Lancaster. He died without issue, leaving Henry his brother his heir. Et portoit, les armoiries de son pere. HEnry of Lancaster, Lord of Monmouth, Brother to Thomas Plantagenet, (was after his Father & Brother) restored to be Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby, with the Office of high Steward of England, as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large. Et portoit, D'engleterre, à un band d'azur. HEnry, surnamed Tortcoll (or Crook-necke) son & heir of Henry Monmouth, was in the life time of his Father created Earl of Derby, in the eleventh year of king Edward the third, as in the Title of Earls of Lancaster. Et portoit, gules à trois leopards d'or, au lambell d'azur neuf fleurs de liz d'or. IOhn surnamed of Gaunt, (the place of his birth) fourth son of king Edward the third, writ in his Style, john, son of the king of England, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, and high Steward of England; as in the Earls of Lancaster is more at large. Et portoit, escartelle semé de France & D'engleterre, à lambell d'hermines. HEnry of Bullingbrooke, son of john of Gaunt, was created Earl of Derby, in the ninth year of king Richard the second, his Nephew; and in the twentieth year of the same King's reign, he was made Duke of Hereford; and lastly, King of England, by the name of King Henry the fourth. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. THomas Lord Stanley, and of Man, knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, and Lord Steward of the house to King Edward the fourth, was created Earl of Derby, in the first year of king Henry the seventh, on Simon and judes day; and in the same year, he was made also high Constable of England. He married to his first wife, Elinor, daughter of Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury; by whom he had issue, six sons and four daughters, viz. Thomas and Richard died young; George the third son, was Lord Strange, in right of joane his wife, daughter and heir of john Lord Strange of Knocking, and died before his Father, the third of king Henry the seventh; William the fourth son died young; Edward the fift son, was Lord Monteagle; and james the sixth son, was Bishop of Elie: joane the eldest daughter died young; Katherine the second daughter, Anne the third daughter died young; and Margaret the fourth daughter, was married to Sir john Osberton, knight. This Thomas married to his second wife, Margaret, daughter & heir of john Duke of Somerset, the widow of Edmond Earl of Richmond, and Mother to King Henry the seventh; by whom he had no issue. He died at Lathum in Lancashire, in the twentieth year of King Henry the seventh, 1104. And Margaret his wife, Countess of Richmond, died in the first year of king Henry the seventh. Et portoit, d'argent à la band d'azur, chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or. THomas Lord Stanley, Strange and of Man, grandchild to Thomas aforesaid, by his son George, was the second Earl of Derbie of that Family, and married Anne, daughter of Edward Lord Hastings, and sister of George, Earl of Huntingdon (who was after married to john Radcliff, Lord Fitzwater.) This Thomas had issue, three sons and one daughter, viz. john Lord Strange, that died before his Father; Edward that was after Earl of Derby, and Henry that died young of the sweat. Margaret the daughter, married Robert Radcliff Earl of Sussex. This Thomas died in the 13. year of king Henry the eight, 1521. Et portoit, les armoities de son pere. D'argent à la band 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. Earl of Derby of that Family, who had three wives: the first was Dorothea, daughter of Thomas Howard, the second D. of Norfolk, by whom he had issue, three sons and four daughters; Henry, who after his Father was the fourth Earl of Derby; Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight; and Sir Thomas Stanley knight; who married Margaret, daughter and one of the heirs of George Vernon of Derbyshire, knight: Anne the eldest daughter, was first married to Charles Lord Sturton, and after to Sir john Arundel of Cornwall, knight; Elizabeth was wife to Henry Parker Lord Morley; jane 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 died young; Katherine, wife to Sir Thomas Knivet, knight; Margaret, married to john jermyn of Rushbrooke in Suffolk. Lastly, the said Edward married to his third wife, Marry, daughter of George Cotton, but by her had no issue. He died at Lathum, the 24. of October, in the 14. year of the most happy Queen 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, son and heir of Edward, was the fourth Earl of Derby of that surname, and knight of the Garter. He married Margaret, daughter of Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland, and Elinor his wife, daughter and one of the coheirs of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, by Mary Q. of France, his wife; and had issue, Edward that died young, FErdinando and William, both Earls of Derby one after the other. He died in the year, 1593. and was buried at Et portoit, d'argent à la band d'azur chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or. FErdinando Lord Stanley, Strange, and of the Isle of Man, Son and Heir of Henry Earl of Derby, was after his Father, the fift Earl of Derby, Lord Strange, and of the Isle of Man; and married Alice, daughter of Sir john Spencer of Northamptonshire, knight; and had issue, three daughters his heirs general, Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Shandos, Frances the second daughter was married to Sir john Egerton knight, and after Earl of Bridgwater, and Elizabeth the third daughter, was married to Henry Lord Hastings Earl of Huntingdon. He died in the year of our Lord, 1594 and was buried at Et portoit, d'es arms the son pere. WIlliam Lord Stanley, Strange, and of the Isle of Man, second son of Henry Earl of Derby, and Brother and heir Male of Ferdinando, was the sixth Earl of Derby, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Edward Vere, late Earl of Oxford, by Anne Cicell his wife, daughter of William Lord Burleigh and Lord Treasurer of England; and hath issue, james Lord Strange, Robert second son, and Anne married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Somersetshire, Baronet, 1618. Et Portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Marquesses and Earls of Dorfet, their Arms, Wives, and Children. OSmond Earl of Seez in Normandy, was by William Conqueror made Bishop of Salisbury, & after, the first Earl of Dorset, (as M. Camden hath in his Britannia, pag. 217●) But Milles, in Somerset glovers Book of the successions of Earls, pag. 392. hath, that the said Osmond was Earl of Somerset; and therefore to which I shall give credit, I leave to the indifferent Reader. IOhn, Brother of king Richard the first, was Earl of Morton, Lancaster, and Cornwall, and Lord of the Manor of Wallingford, Marlesburgh, and Tikell; and in the right of Haw is his wife, (daughter, and one of the heirs of William Earl of Gloucester) Earl of Gloucester; and after, by the gift of king Richard the first, Earl of Somerset and Dorset; and lastly, King of England, by the name of King john. Et portoit, D'engleterre à la band d'azur. IOhn surnamed Beaufort, son of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, by the Lady Katherine Swynford, his third wife, was created Earl of Somerset, at a Parliament held the 20. year of king Richard the second: and in the 21. year of the said kings reign, he was created marquess Dorset, and Lord Chamberlain of England, and in the first year of King Henry the fourth, he was by Parliament deposed from the title of marquess Dorset, and remained only Earl of Somerset. This john, with the rest of the Children which john of Gaunt had, before marriage of the said Lady Swynford, were made legitimate, by Parliament held at London, in the year, 1397. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and Duke of Surrey, (and one of the sisters and heirs of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent and Lord Wake) by whom he had issue, john Duke of Somerset, and Edmond, both Dukes of Somerset, and Thomas a third son: he had also two daughters, jane, married to james the first, king of Scots; and Margaret, which was married to Thomas Courtney Earl of Devonshire. This john, died in the 13. year of king Henry the fourth. Et portoit, escartellé France seem & D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. THomas Beaufort, third son of john of Gaunt, by the Lady Katherine Swynford, was Earl of Perch, and after created Earl of Dorset, in the 13. year of king Henry the fourth, 1412. And in the fourth year of king Henry the fift, he was created Duke of Exeter, and had the leading of the Rearward, at the battle of Egincourt, and after died without issue, at his house at Greenwich, in the fift year of king Henry the sixth, being Governor of the king's person. He was buried at S. Edmonds-burie in Suffolk. Et portoit, escartellé France seem & D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'ar. gent & the azure. EDmond Beaufort, second son of Beaufort Earl of Somerset, and grandchild to john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, was Earl of Moriton in Normandy, Lord of Chirke & Chirkland in Wales, by the gift of king Henry the fift; and after was created Earl of Dorset, in the 21. of king Henry the sixth, 1442. And in the 23. of the said kings reign, he was created marquess Dorset: and lastly, in the 25. of king Henry the sixth, he was created Duke of Somerset. He was Regent of France, and coming into England, was slain at the first battle of S. Albon, on the part of king Henry the sixth, against Richard Duke of York, and was buried in the Abbey at S. Albon. He married Elinor, second daughter and one of the heirs of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, by whom he had issue, Henry Duke of Somerset, and Edmond Duke of Somerset, and john, slain at the battle of Tewksbury; and five daughters, Margaret, wife to Humphrey Earl Stafford; Elizabeth, wife to Sir Henry Fitz-Lewis; Anne, wife to Sir William Paston knight; jane, first married to the Lord Hoth of Ireland, and after to Sir Rich. Fry knight; Elinor, first married to james Butler Earl of Wiltshire, and after to Sir Robert Spencer, knight. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. HEnry Beaufort, son of Edmond aforesaid, was Duke of Somerset, marquess Dorset, and Earl of Moritaine, Lord of Chirke and Chirkland in the Marchesse of Wales. He left king Henry the sixth, and took part with Edward of York, who had then obtained the Crown. But afterwards he revolted again to king Henry, and fought the battle of Exham, where he was taken prisoner, and by Parliament, held the fourth of king Edward the fourth, was attainted and lost his head; leaving no lawful issue of his body; after whose death, his brother Edmond took upon him the Title of Duke, marquess, and Earl; but he taking part with the Faction of Lancaster, against the house of York, was also taken prisoner at the battle of Tewksbury, in the year, 1471. by king Edward the fourth, and two days after was beheaded, leaving no issue of his body begotten. This Henry Beaufort, ☜ by his Concubine joane Hill, had a son named Charles Somerset, whom king Henry the eight in the 5 year of his reign, created Earl of Worcester and Lord Herbert of Gower, of whom, Edward now Earl of Worcester, 1618. is descended. Et portoit, escartelle France & D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. THomas Grey, Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, (and half Brother by the Mother to king Edward the fift) was in the fifteenth year of king Edward the fourth, created Lord Harington and Bonuile, and in the same year he was also created marquess Dorset. He married Cicely, daughter and heir of William Bonuile Lord Harington, and had issue, seven sons and eight daughters, viz. Edward and Anthony died young; Thomas the third son was marquess Dorset after his Father; Richard, john, and Leonard died also young without issue; George the seventh son was a Clerk: Dorothy the eldest daughter, was first married to Robert Willoughby Lord Brooke, and after to William Blount Lord Mountioy; Cecily married to john Sutton Baron of Dudley; Elinor wife to john Arundel of Lanheron in Cornwall, Esquire; Elizabeth was married to Gerald Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare in Ireland; Mary was married to Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrars of Chertley & Viscount Hereford; Margaret married to Richard Wake of Blisworth, Esquire; Bridget died young, and Anne was a Nun. This Thomas, died in the tenth year of king Henry the seventh, Anno, 1494. Et portoit, burelle de six d'argent & d'azur, trois torteaux en le chef à une lambell de hermines. THomas Grey, marquess Dorset, Lord Harington and Bonuile, (son and heir of Thomas Grey, marquess Dorset, and Cicely Bonuile) married Margaret, the widow of William Medley, and daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Bocton in Kent, knight, and had issue, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, and Lord john Grey, who married Mary, sister of Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, and had issue, Sir Henry Grey of Pergo, after made Baron of Groby, by king james, 1603. Edward Grey the third son, and Thomas the fourth son: he had three daughters also, which were thus married. Elizabeth was married to Thomas Lord Audley of Walden, and Chancellor of England; Katherine was wife to Henry Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel; and Anne the third daughter was married to Henry Willoughby of Wollerton in Nottinghamshire Esquire. This Thomas marquess Dorset, died in the 22. year of king Henry the eight, Anno, 1530. Et portoit, burelle de six d'argent & d'azur trois torteaux en le chef a un lambell de hermines. HEnry Grey, the third marquess Dorset, Baron of Groby, Bonuile, Harington, and Astley, (son of the second Thomas marquess Dorset, and Margaret Wotton) married Lady Frances, eldest daughter, and one of the heirs of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Queen of France, his wife, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Harington that died without issue; jane married to the Lord Gilford Dudley, who were both beheaded; and Katherine the second daughter, said to be married to Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford; Marry the third daughter married Martyne Keys Sergeant Porter. This Henry was by king Edward the sixth created Duke of Suffolk, 1551. and after was beheaded for treason, at the Tower-Hill near London, the first of Queen Mary, 1553. Et portoit, les armoiries, de son pere. THomas Sackuile, (son and heir of Richard Sackuile of Buckherst, knight, Chancellor of the Exchequer) who in his youth was a Scholar in the University of Oxford; and there profited so well, that he became an excellent Poet, leaving many of his labours both in Latin and English to the world; After he became a Student in the Temple, where he proceeded Barrister; from thence he was called by the Queen and State, and created Baron of Buckherst, the ninth of Queen Elizabeth; and after, the 13. of March, 1603. by King james was created Earl of Dorset in the Tower of London. He was also Lord high Treasurer of England, Knight of the Garter, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford; and married Cecily, daughter of Sir john Baker knight, of the privy Counsel to Queen Mary, by whom he had issue, Robert Lord Buckhurst, after Earl of Dorset; Henry the second son: Sir William Sackuile knight, third son; and Thomas, fourth Son; and three daughters, Anne married to Sir Henry Glemham of Suffolk knight; joane married to Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague; Mary married to Sir Henry Nevil knight, son & heir of Edward Baron of Abergavenny. This Thomas died suddenly of a dead Palsy, sitting in Counsel at White-Hall, in the year, 1608. Et portoit, escartelle d'or & the gules au baston de vaire. RObert Sackuile, son and heir of Thomas, was after his Father, Earl of Dorset, and married Lady Margaret, only daughter of Thomas late Duke of Norfolk, by whom he had issue, Richard Sackuile the third Earl of Dorset of that Family; and Edward Sackuile, knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Charles: he had issue also, two daughters, Cecily married to Sir Henry Compton, knight of the Bath; and Anne married to Edward Seymour, son and heir of Edward Seymour, and grandchild to Edward Earl of Hartford. This Robert, founded at East Griensted in Sussex, a College for thirty and one poor people, and gave to their maintenance, 330. pounds yearly to the world's end; and died in the same year his Father died, at Dorset house in Fleetstreet, and was buried by his Father in Sussex, 1608. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. RIchard Sackuile, Baron of Buckhurst, and the third Earl of Dorset, and son and heir of Robert Sackuile, the second Earl of Dorset of that Family, married the Lady Anne Clifford, daughter and sole heir of George Clifford Earl of Cumberland, by whom he hath issue now living, Lady Margaret Sackuile. Et portoit, escartelle d'or & the gules au baston de vair. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Essex, their Arms, Wives, and Children. GEffrey Magna-uilla, son of William, and Grandchild to Geffrey Magna-uilla, which came into England with William the Conqueror, was created Earl of Essex, by King Stephen; unto whose Lets Patents or Charter, were Witnesses, William de Ipres, Henry de Essex, john, Son of Robert Fitz-Walter, Robert de Newborough, and others. After, Mauld the Empress winning him to her Faction, gave him the Tower of London, the Town of Walden in Essex, with the Shriffealty of Middlesex, Essex, and Hertfordshire, to hold them as Geffrey his Grandfather held them; as also all the lands which Eudo (his grandfather 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 slain with the shot of an Arrow, out of the Castle of Burwell, in the 9 year of King Stephen, 1143. Risen his wife, was after married to pain Beauchamp, Baron of Bedford. Et portoit, escartelle d'or & the gules. GEffrey Magnavile, or Mandevill, second son 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 Earldom of Essex, with the third penny of the pleas within that County. In which his Charter, he had confirmed unto him all honours, privileges, and lands held by Geffrey his great grandfather, William his grandfather, and Geffrey his Father; aswell in England as in Normandy, commanding, that he and his heirs should have and hold the said County of Essex, as freely and lawfully, as any Earl in England or Normandy held his Earldom: Unto which his Charter were Witnesses, Reginald Earl of Cornwall, Robert Earl of Leicester, Roger Earl of Clare, and others. He married Eustachia, kinswoman to king Henry the second, but had no issue by her. He died in the year of our Lord, 1165. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. WIlliam Mandevill, brother of Geffrey aforesaid, was the third Earl of Essex, (unto whom king Henry the second gave licence by his Charter, to fortify his Castle of Plessy in Essex.) He married avice, daughter and heir of of William le gross Earl of Albemarle, in whose right he was also Earl of Albemarle, and Lord of holderness in Yorkshire: and to his second wife, he married Christian, daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter, Lord of Woodham Water in Essex, and after died at Roan without issue, in the second year of King Richard the first; leaving Beatrix de Say, his Aunt's grandchild, his heir, who was married to Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall, the fourth Earl of Essex. Et portoit, elcartellé d'or & the gules. GEffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall-Castle in Wilishire, Chiefe-Iustice of England, married to his first wife, Beatrix, eldest daughter of William Say, son & heir of Will. Say, & Beatrix his wife, sister of Geffrey Mandevile Earl of Essex) In whose right, the said Geffrey Fitz-Piers (at the Coronation of K. john) was made earl of Essex (the family of Mandevils being then spent.) He had issue, 3. sons and one daughter, viz. Geffrey surnamed Mandevile, Earl of Essex; William his brother also Earl of Essex; and Henry that was Deacon of Wolfren-Hampton; Mauld the daughter, was married to Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford: after, this Geffrey married to his second wife, one Auelyne, and by her had issue, john Fitz-Pters Lord of Berkhamsted, and Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland, who had to wife, Isabella, daughter and heir of Ralphe Bigot, and widow of Gilbert Lacie. This Geffrey, died in the 14. year of King john, 1212. Et portoit, gules à trois Chevrons componnee d'argent & d'azur. GEffrey Fitz-Piers, surnamed Mandevile, eldest son of Geffrey de Ludgarshal, was after his Father, Earl of Essex, & Lord of Plessy. He married Isabella, third daughter & heir of William Earl of Gloucester, the repudiat wife of K. john; for which he was fined to pay the king twenty thousand Marks, and so to have all the Lands and Fees belonging to her, except the Castle of Bristol, and the Chases belonging to the same. He was slain at a Tournament, held near London, without issue, 1216. and was buried in the Priory of the Trinity in London; after whose death, the said Isabella took to husband, Hugh de Burgo, Chiefe-Iustice of England. Et portoit, escartellé d'or & the gules à le escarboucle pomette & fleurette the sable brochant sur le tout. WIlliam Fitz-Piers, second brother of Geffrey aforesaid, was after his brother's death the next Earl of Essex, and took part with Lewis the French kings son, against king Henry the third. He entailed all his Lands with the Earldom of Essex, upon Mauld his sister and heir, married to Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Lord high Constable of England. He died without issue, in the three and twenty year of king Henry the third. Et portoit, les armes de son frere, viz. Escartelleé d'or & the gules à l'escarboucle pommette & fleutette d'or brochant fur le tout. HVmfrey de Bohun, the fift of that name, son and heir of Henry de Bohun and Mauld his wife, sister and heir of Geffrey and William Fitz-Piers aforesaid, was Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England; and married Mauld, daughter and heir of Ralphe de Issodon, Earl of Angiolella in Normandy, and brother of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the Marches of Aquitaine, as more at large doth appear in the Title of Earls of Hereford. Et portoit, d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottizes entre fix lions rampant d'or. HVmfrey de Bohun, the seventh of that name, was after the death of Humphrey his grandfather, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England, and Lord of Brecknock. He married Mauld, daughter of Ingelram de Fines, and had issue, Humphrey the eight, and died 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, (son of Humphrey the sixth, which died before his Father) was Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England. He married Elizabeth, daughter of king Edward the first, being the widow of john Earl of Holland, and had issue, john, Humphrey, and William, all three Earls, and Edward and William, twins, as in the Title of Earls of Hereford. This Humphrey was slain at Borough-bridge, the 15. of king Edward the second, 1322. IOhn de Bohun, (son and heir of Humphrey de Bohun the eight) after the death of his Father, was Earl of Hereford and Essex, etc. He married two wives, as in the Title of Earls of Hereford, but had no issue. He died in the 9 year of king Edward the third, 1336. and was buried in the Abbey of Stratford near London. Et portoit, d'azur à la band d'argent, à deux cottices entre fix lion's rampan d'or. HVmfrey de Bohun, the ninth of that name, son of Humphrey the eight, and brother and heir of john aforesaid, was also Earl of Hereford and Essex, etc. He overlived his younger brother William, Earl of Northampton, one year, one month, and five days; and died at Plessy in Essex, the 36. of king Edwird the third, 1361. and is buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London. Les armes de son frere jeane. HVmfrey de Bohun, the tenth of that christian name, son and heir of William de Bohun Earl of Northampton, and Nephew and heir of john de Bohun the eight, and Humphrey the ninth, his Uncles, was after their deaths, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England. He married jane, daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, and had issue, two daughters his heirs; Elinor the eldest was married unto Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester, with the Earldom of Essex, and Constableship of England; and Mary the second daughter was married to Henry Plantagenet Earl of Derby (after king Henry the fourth) with the Earldoms of Hereford and Northampton, & the Lordship of Brecknock, and the Patronage of Lanthony. This Humphrey died, and was buried at Walden, the 46. year of king Edward the third, 1371. Et portoit, d'azur à la band d'argent à deuz cottizes entre 6. lions rampant d'or. HEnry Bourchier (son of William Bourchier, created Earl of Ewe in Normandy, the fift of king Henry the fift, and of Anne his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, & of Elinor his wife, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Humphrey de Bohun, the last Earl of Hereford and Essex of that name) in his Charter, bearing date the eleventh of king Henry the sixth, writ himself Earl of Ewe and Lord Bourchier; and in the 25 year of the said Kings Reign, by another Charter he writ himself Earl of Ewe, and Viscount Bourchier: lastly, in the 27. year of king Henry the sixth, Richard Duke of York did confirm certain lands unto him in marriage with Isabella his sister, by the name of Henry Viscount Bourchier; giving her also an anuity of a hundred pounds per annum. So that it seemeth, that when Charles the French King had recovered Normandy, all Titles of honour of Englishmen ceasled, (for of right, no man can carry a title of dignity of another man's land or inheritance.) In the 35. year of the said K. Henry the 6. this Henry was created Viscount Bourchier. And lastly, in the first year of K. Edward the 4. he was created Earl of Essex, in right of Elinor de Bohun his grandmother, wife of the foresaid Thomas of Woodstock. This Henry Bourchier married Isabella, daughter of Richard Earl of Cambridge, and sister of Richard D. of York, and had issue, William Bourchier, who married Anne, daughter & one of the heirs of Rich. Wooduile Earl Rivers, & died before his father; Henry Bourchier 2. Son married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas L. Scales; Humphrey Bourchier 3. Son married joane, cousin & heir of Ralph L. Cromwell of Tatershall in Lincolnshire; Thomas Bourchier 4. Son, married Isabella, daughter & heir of Sir john Barry knight; john Bourchier 5. Son, married Elizabeth, daughter & heir of Henry L. Ferrars of Groby; Edward 6. Son, was slain at Wakefield; & Fouke the 7. son died young. This Hen. Earl of Essex, died in the 23. of K. Edw. the 4. 1482. Porter, d'argent a la creix engreflee de gules, entre quatre busleuz de sable. HEnry Bourchier, son and heir of William Bourchier, that died before his Father) and grandchild to Henry Earl of Essex next before mentioned, was after the death of his said Grandfather, Earl of Essex and Viscount Bourchier. He married Anne, daughter and heir of Sir William Say knight, and had issue, one only daughter named Anne, married to William Lord Parr of Kendal, who in her right was Earl of Essex. This Henry broke his neck with the fall from his horse, the 31. year of King Henry the eight. 1539. Et portoit, d'argent à la Croix engreslee de gules; entre quatre busseux de sable. THomas Cromwell (sometimes servant to Cardinal Wolsey) was created Baron Cromwell of Okeham in Rutlandshire, the 28. of King Henry the eight; and on the 14. day of April, the 31. of King Henry the eight, he was created Earl of Essex: at which time the king delivered him a Patent for the Lord Chamberlainship of England. He writ in his style, Earl of Essex, Vicegerent, great Chamberlain of England, Keeper of the privy Seal, Chancellor of the Exchequer, & justice of the Forests and Chases, from the River of Trent Northward. He married one of the daughters of one Williams of Wales, and had issue, Gregory Cromwell, who was created Lord Cromwell, the same time his Father was created Earl of Essex. This Thomas being in the Counsel Chamber the 9 of july, in the 31. of Henry the eight, was arrested, and the 19 of the same month was attainted by Parliament, never coming to answer; and the 27. of july after was beheaded at the Tower Hill. Et portoit, d'azur seu une fees entre, trois lion ceaux rampant d'or, une Rose gules, entre deux cornish choughes proper. WIlliam Parr, created Baron of Kendal, the ninth of March, in the 31. year of king Henry the eight; and in the 25. year of the said kings Reign, he was created Earl of Essex at Hampton-Court, in regard he had married Anne, the daughter & heir of Henry Bourchier late Earl of Essex, from whom afterwards he was divorced for her incontinency. He was lastly created marquess of Northampton, in the first year of king Edward the sixth, and married to his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of George Brooke Lord Cobham, and after her decease, he took to his third wife, Ellen, daughter of George Saveburgh a Swedian borne, (which yet liveth, 1618.) He died without issue, and was buried at Warwick, in the year, 1571. leaving Arm his sister and heir married to William Herbert Earl of Pembroke. Et portoit, d'argent à deux faces d'azur, à la bordure engreslee de sable. WAlter Devereux, Viscount Hereford, and Lord Ferrars of Chertley, (son of Richard, son of Walter, son of john Devereux, and Cecily Bourchier, the sister of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, and cousin and heir of Anne Bourchier, late wife of William Parr, marquess of Northampton) was created Earl of Essex by Queen Elizabeth, in the year, 1571. and after made Marshal of Ireland. He married Lettuce, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the said Queen's household, and sister of William Lord Knolles, Baron of Grais, and Viscount Wallingford; by whom he had issue, Robert Earl of Essex, Sir Walter Devereux, slain at the siege of Lisbon, Penelope, married to Robert Lord Rich, and Dorothy, first married to Sir Thomas Perrot knight, and after to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland. This Walter died 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 Devereux, son of Walter, was Earl of Essex, and Earl Martial of England, Viscount Hereford, Baron Ferrars of Chartley, Lord Bourchier and Louvain, Master of the Horse and ordinance to Queen Elizabeth, Knight of the Garter, one of her majesties privy Counsel, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; married Frances, daughter and heir of Sir Francis Walsingham, principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth, being the widow of Sir Philip Sidney knight; by whom he had issue Robert, now Earl 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 Devereux, son and heir of Robert, after the death of his Father, was by king james restored in blood and living, and is now, 1618. Earl of Essex, Viscount Hereford, etc. A catalogue OF THE Dukes, Marquesses and Earls of Excester, their Arms, Wives, and Children. IOhn Holland knight, (second Son of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent) was created Earl of Huntingdon, in the eleventh year of king Richard the second; and in the 21. of the same King's reign, he was created Duke of Exeter. And because Aubrey de Vere Earl of Oxford, who held the Office of Lord Chamberlain of England, had released his right therein, the said King Richard bestowed that great Office upon this john, and the heirs male of his body begotten, by Letters Patents, bearing date the 21. of the said King's reign. He married Elizabeth, daughter of john of Gaunt. Duke of Lancaster, and Blanche his wife, and had issue, Richard that died young, john Duke of Excester, and Earl of Huntingdon, Edward that died without issue, and Constance a daughter, first married to Thomas Mowbrey, son & heir of Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, banished by King Richard the second, and after to john Lord Grey of Ruthyn. This john Holland, in the first year of King Henry the fourth, was deposed by Parliament from being Duke of Excester; and after in the same year, he was beheaded at Cicester. Et portoit, D'engleterre à la bordure de France. THomas Beauford, (son of john of Gaunt, begotten of the lady Katherine Swyneford, his third wife) was created Earl of Perch in Normandy, and made Lord Chancellor of England, the 12. of king Henry the fourth; and in the fourteenth year of the said kings Reign, he was created Earl of Dorset; and lastly, in the fourth year 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 Rearward at the battle of Edgincourt, and the government of King Henry the sixth, at his Coronation committed unto him, during his minority. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Nevil of Horneby-Castle, but by her had no issue. He died at his house of East- Greenwich in Kent, and was buried at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolk, the fift of Henry the sixth, leaving the King his heir. Et portoit escartellé, France & D'engleterre, au bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. IOhn Holland (son of john aforesaid) was Earl of Huntingdon, and of ivory in Normandy, Lord of Spar, Lieutenant general of the Dukedom of Aquitaine, Admiral of England, and Constable of the Tower of London, whom King Henry the sixth created Duke of Excester, in the year, 1443 at Windsor. He married two wives, the first was Anne, daughter of Edmond Earl Stafford, by whom he had issue, Henry Holland Duke of Excester. And to his second wife, he married Anne, daughter of john Montacute Earl of Salisbury, and by her had issue, a daughter named Anne, first married to john Lord Nevil, son and heir of Ralphe Nevil the second Earl of Westmoreland, by whom she had no issue. Secondly, she married Sir Thomas Nevil knight, (brother of Ralphe Nevil the second Earl of Westmoreland, and Uncle to john her former husband) by whom she had issue, Ralphe Nevil the third Earl of Westmoreland: the said Anne, the 4. year of Edw. 4. married to her 3. husband, james Earl Douglas. This john Holland died in the 26. year of K. Henry the 6 and lieth buried by his two Wives, in S. Katherine's Church by the Tower of London. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. HEnry Holland, only son of john Holland Duke of Excester aforesaid, (by his first wife the Lady Anne Stafford) was after his Father's death, Duke of Excester, & Earl of Huntingdon; who in the first year of king Edward the 4. was disinherited by Act of Parliament, with Henry Duke of Somerset, and Thomas Earl of Devonshire; and in the 13. year of the said kings Reign, he was found dead in the Sea, between Dover and Calais. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Duke of York, 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 Manors Lord Ros of Hamlake. This Henry Holland so found drowned, was buried at Westminster, on the Southside of the Chapel, with these Arms on his Tomb and Targe. Et portoit, les Armes D'engleterre au bordure de France. HEnry Courtney, Earl of Devon, Lord of Ochampton, and Knight of the Garter (son of William Courtney Earl of Devonshire, and Katherine his wife, daughter of King Edward the fourth) was created Marquis of Excester at Bridewell, the 8. of june, 1525. in the seventeenth of King Henry the 8. He married two wives, the first was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of john Grey, Viscount Lisle, who died without issue. His 2. wife was Gertrude, daughter of William Blount, L. Mountioy, (and heir to Elizabeth her mother, who was daughter and heir of Sir William Say knight) by whom he had issue, Edward the last Earl of Devonshire, who died without issue. This Henry marquess of Excester, was attainted of high treason, for aiding of Reginald Poole Cardinal and a fugitive with money, etc. (as in the Title of Devonshire) and was beheaded with Henry Poole Lord Montague, and Sir Edward Nevil knight, in the thirtieth year of king Henry the eight. His last wife Gertrude was also attainted of high treason the same year, but not executed; she died afterward, and was buried at Wynborne minster in Dorsetshire in the year, 1557. Et portoit, escartelleé, France & D'engleterre à une bordure escartelleé de lun en l'autre, escartelle, Courtney qui est d'or trois torteaux; le tiers le mesme: le quart; Riverijs, qui est, d'or au lion rampant d'azur. THomas Cecil, Baron of Burghley, (son and heir of William Cecil, Baron of Burghley, and Lord high Treasurour of England) was created Earl of Excester at Greenwich, in the third year of King james. He married Dorothy, daughter and one of the coheirs of john Nevil Lord Latymer, and had issue, four sons and six daughters, viz. William Cecil Lord Burghley, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Edward Manors Earl of Rutland, and had issue, William Lord Ros, Sir Richard Cecil Knight, Sir Edward Cecil knight, and Thomas Cecil Esquire, fourth son. Luce the eldest daughter, was married to William Paulet marquess of Wynchester; Mildred the second daughter, was married first to Sir Thomas Read, knight, and after to Sir Edmond Trafford of Lancashire, knight; Marry the third daughter, was married to the Lord Denny; Elizabeth the fourth daughter, first married to Sir William Hatton, alias Newport, knight; and after to Sir Edward Coke knight, Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the king's Bench, & one of his majesties most honourable privy Counsel; Dorothy the fift daughter was married to Sir Gyles Allington of Hounslow-Heath knight; and Francis the sixth daughter was married to Sir Richard Tufton, knight. Et portoit, burelle de six pieces d'argent & d'azur, sur le tout six escussons de sable, charge the six lions d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Ewe, or Augy in Normandy, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WIlliam Earl of Ewe and Mutterell, came into England with William Conqueror, who gave him the Manors of Tudenham, Woleston, and Aluerdeston, with all other such lands as he could get or conquer from the Welsh. He was after banished England for rebellion, and his lands given away to Walter Fitz-Richard, son of Constance, sister of this William Earl of Ewe. The said Walter Fitz-Richard, conquered Nether-Gwent, and half the Country of Lege. He founded the Abbey of Tynterne, and died without issue, in the third year of King Stephen; leaving his inheritance to Gilbert, surnamed Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, his Nephew, and was after buried at Tynterne. IOhn Earl of Augie (son of john) married Alice, daughter of William Daubigney Earl of Chichester, by Alice his wife, late widow of king Henry the first, and had issue, Henry Earl of Augie, john de Augie, Matilda and Margaret, and after died in the year of our Lord, 1171. the 18. of Henry the second. HEnry Earl of Augie son of john) gave to the Monks of Bermondsey in Southwark, his lands called Oswareston, near Romenelin in the Parish of Lida, and the lands of john the Clerk in Belsinton, and married and had issue, Alice his only daughter and heir, married to Ralphe de Isodon, 1241. 26. Henry the 3. RAlphe de Isondon (son of Geffrey de Luzigna, Earl of the Marchesse of Aquitaine in France, and brother of Hugh le Brun) married Alice, daughter and heir of Henry Earl of Angy in Normandy, and in her right was Earl of Angie, after the death of Henry her Father aforesaid. This Ralphe, in the first year of king john, was one of the Noblemen that swore the league between the said king, and the Earl of Flanders. He had issue, one only daughter his heir, named Mauld, married to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England. Et portoit, bar d'argent & d'azur au lambell de gueulles de cinq pieces. WIlliam Bourchier, created Earl of Ewe, at Maunt in Normandy, the fift of king Henry the fift; and married Anne, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and sister and one of the heirs of Humphrey her brother, and had issue, Henry Bourchier, Earl of Ewe and Essex; William Lord Fitz-Warrin; john Lord Bernes, and Thomas Arch Bishop of Canterbury, and Cardinal of S. Cirac in Rome; and Anne his daughter, was married to john Mowbray Duke of Norfolk. This William, died in the eight year of King Henry the fift, at Troy's in Champain; and his body being brought over Sea into England, was buried at Eyston, in Kent. Et portoit, d'argent au croix engreslee de gules, entre quatre buffeux de fable. HEnry Bourchier, son and heir of William aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Ewe in Normandy, until the 28. year of king Henry the sixth, that Charles the French king had recovered that earldom to the crown of France. Afterwards he sat in Parliament, by the name & title of Lord Bourchier, until the 35. year of the said Kings Reign, that he was created Viscount Bourchier, king Edward the fourth in the first year of his reign, created him Earl of Essex: and in the 13. of king Edward the fourth, he was Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England, as in the title of Essex is more at large. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Gloucester and Hartford, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RObert, surnamed the Consul of Gloucester, base son of King Henry the first, (begotten of Nest, the daughter of Rhice ap Tewder, Prince of South- Wales, who was after married to Girald de windsor, Constable of Penbroke-Castle, and ancestor of the Earls of Kildare in Ireland) in the 11. year of his Father's Reign, was created Earl of Gloucester. He assisted and took part with Mauld the Empress, his half sister, against K. Stephen the Usurper; which Stephen being taken prisoner, and imprisoned in the Castle of Bristol: This Robert, very shortly after, was likewise taken by King Stephen's forces; whereupon it was concluded, that a King for an Earl, and an Earl for a King, should make an exchange, and either set the other at liberty. He married Mabell, daughter and one of the four heirs of Robert Fitz-Hamon, Lord of Corboil in Normandy, Cardiff in Wales, and Tewksbury in England, and had issue, William Earl of Gloucester, Roger Bishop of Wynchester, Richard Bishop of Bayon in Normandy, and Hamon slain at Tholouze, with William King Stephen's son, 1160. He had also two daughters, one named Mabell, married to Aubre de Vere; the second was Matilda, married to Randolphe Gernonijs, Earl of Chester. This Robert, builded the Castles of Bristol and Caerdiffe in Wales, and the Monastery of S. james by Bristol, and died in the 12. year of King Stephen, and was buried in the said Monastery, 1146. Et portoit, de gueulles au trois rests des Arms d'or. WIlliam, son and heir of Robert Consul, was after his Father, Earl of Gloucester, and Lord of Glamorgan, in right of his grandfather Robert Fitz-Hamon, who won the said Lordship, from justine ap Gurgan, Lord of Glamorgan, in King William Ruphus time; and made his abode in the said Castle of Caerdiffe, where the said Robert kept his Courts Monthly, and used therein jura Regalia, having his twelve Knights to attend him the first day, they having senerall Lodgings given to them, & their heirs for ever within the said Castle. He married Hawis, daughter of Robert Bossu Earl of Leicester, and had issue, Robert that died before his Father, 1166. and three daughters; Mabell the eldest, was married unto Almericke Mountfort, Earl of Eureux in Normandy; Amicia was married to Richard, Earl of Clare and Hartford; and Isabella the third daughter of this William, was first married to King john, and from him was divorced for nearness of kin; and after she was married to Geffrey Mandevill Earl of Essex; and for her third husband, she took Hugh de Burgo, Earl of Kent, and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England. This William, built the Abbey of Keinsham, and died in the year of our Lord, 1183. and was buried in the said Monastery. M. Glover Somerset Herald, hath, that King Henry the second, after the death of this William without issue Male, gave the Title and Earldom of Gloucester, to john his son, who married Isabella, the third daughter of the said William; and gave to Mabell the eldest daughter, married to Almericke Mountfort, one hundred pounds; and to Amicia the second daughter, wife to the Earl of Clare, another hundredpounds. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. IOhn (surnamed Without Land) the fourth son of King Henry the second, in right, or by reason of his wife Isabella, third daughter and co-heyre of William Earl of Gloucester, was made Earl of Gloucester by the said King his Father, in the year, 1187. Afterwards, King Richard the first, his brother, in his love and bounty gave him the Earldoms of Cornwall, Devon, Nottingham, and Lancaster; after whose death, he came to be King, by the name of King john. And because Isabella his wife was counted barren, a divorce was procured from the Pope, and he married again to Isabella, daughter of the Earl of Angolesme, by whom he had issue, King Henry the third. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre au baston d'azur brochant sur le tout. ALmerick Mountfort, Earl of Eureux in Normandy, after the divorce of King john, from his wife Isabella, youngest daughter & coheir of Will: Earl of Gloucester, was the next Earl of Gloucester, in right of his mother Mabell, eldest daughter and heir of the foresaid William Earl of Gloucester, in the second year of king john. He married Millescent, daughter of Hugh Gurney and of julian his wife, sister to Reginald Earl Bullen, and had with her in marriage, the Manor of Hanston, but by her had no issue. She was after married to William Cantelupe, and had issue, Thomas Bishop of Hereford, and julian married to Robert Tregoz, Lord of Ewias' Herald. This Almerick died, and was buried in the Monastery of Kenisham. Et portoit, de gules party & endenté d'argent de six pieces. GEffrey de Mandevile, Earl of Essex, son of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshal, married Isabel, the third daughter and coheir of William Earl of Gloucester, (the repudiat wife of K. john) & was after the death of Almerick Mountfort without issue, made Earl of Gloucester, and by that name and title was a Witness to king john's Charter of lands and liberties, that he gave to the Church of Dyrham. This Geffrey died without issue, in the year, 1216. the last year of king john, of a wound given him at a Tournament held at London, leaving William Mandevile his brother to succeed him in the Earldom of Essex, and Gilbert de Clare in the Earldom of Gloucester. Et portoit, escartellé d'or & the gules à le escarboucle pomette & fleurette the sable brochant sur le tout. GIlbert de Clare (son and heir of Richard earl of Clare & Hartford, by Amicia second daughter and co-heyre of William Earl of Gloucester) was after the death of Geffrey Mandevill, made Earl of Gloucester; and in the 9 year of K. Hen. the 3. he was a Witness to the said kings Charter, of lands that he gave to the Abbey of Peterborough, by the name of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. He married Isabella, the 3. daughter of William Martial the elder, and sister & coheir of Anselm Martial Earl of Penbroke, & Marshal of England, by whom he had issue, Richard Earl of Clare, Gloucester, and Hertford; Gilbert and William twins; and three daughters, Isabella the eldest, was wife to Kobert Brus, of Annanderdale in Scotland; Amie the second daughter, was married to Baldwyn rivers Earl of Devon, and Lord of the Isle of Wight; Anne third daughter died young. He died at Penros in Britatne, and was buried in the Priory of Tewksbury, the fourteenth of king Henry the third: his widow was after married to Richard Earl of Cornwall, and King of Romans. Et portoit, d'or à trois Cheurons de guen●les. RIchard de Clare, second Earl of Gloucester of that name, married two wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of Hubert de Burgo, Earl of Kent, and Chiefe-Iustice of England, by whom he had no issue. His second wife was Matilda, daughter of john Lacie Earl of Lancolne, and Constable of Chester, by whom he had issue, three sons, and three daughters; Gilbert the eldest son, was after his Father Earl of Gloucester; Thomas the second son, was Steward of the Forests in Essex, (who married julian, daughter of Maurice Fitz-Maurice of Ireland, and had issue, Gilbert, Richard, and Thomas) Bevis the third son, was a Churchman in York minster; Margaret the eldest daughter, married Edmond Earl of Cornwall, son of Richard Earl of Cornwall, and king of Romans; Rose the second daughter of Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester, married Roger Lord Mowbray of Axholme; and Isabella the third daughter, was a Nun at Barking in Essex. Grafton and Fabian saith, that this Richard died in the year, 1260. and that Gilbert his son succeeded him, to whom the Father gave great charge, to maintain the Statutes made as Oxford. But M. Milles hath in M. Somersets Book of Earls, p. 370. that (the Annals of S. Augustine's in Canterbury hath) he died in the year, 1262. at Emeresfield in Kent, at the Lord john Crioils house; and that his bowels were buried at Canterbury, in Christ-Church; his heart at Tunbridge, and his body at Tewksbury. divers other good authors affirm, that this Richard Earl of Gloucester died in France. GIlbert de Clare (surnamed the Rea) son and heir of Richard aforesaid, was the third Earl of Gloucester and Hereford of that surname, and married two wives; the first was Alice, the widow of john Earl Warren and Surrey, daughter of Hughle Brun, Earl of Angolesme, and of the Marches of Aquitaine, by whom he had issue, a daughter named Isabella, married to Maurice Lord Berkley. This Alice falling mad, was divorced from this Gilbert her husband; after which divorce, the second of May, 1290. at Westminster, the said Gilbert married joane, daughter of king Edward the first (sur named joane of Acres, because she was borne at Acres in the Holy-Land;) by whom he had issue, Gilbert the fourth Earl of Gloucester and Hertford; and three daughters, Elinor the eldest, was married to Hugh Lord Spencer; Elizabeth the second daughter, was first married to john Burgh Earl of Ulster; secondly, she was married to Theobald Lord Verdon; and thirdly, to Sir Roger Damory, Baron of Armoye in Ireland. Isabella the third daughter, was first married to Pierce of Gaveston, Earl 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 joane, had lost the favour of king Edward the first, for refusing to go with him over Seas, to the aid of Guy, Earl of Flanders, against the than French King: for which cause, king Edward seized all the said hearts Lands, and forced him after to marry his daughter without dower, lands, or money: which done, the said King granted back again all the Lands, confirming them to the said Gilbert, and joane his wife, & the issue begotten of their two bodies, in Fee-farm. This Gilbert, died in the Castle of Mounmoth, in the 24. year of king Edward the first, and was buried in Tewksbury Priory, by his Father, 1295. Et portoit, d'or, à trois cheurons de gules. RAlphe de Mounte-hermer, (servant to Gilbert de Clare and joane of Acres) after the death of Earl Gtlbert, married the said joane his Mistress, in the year, 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 Bristol; and all those Lands and Castles as he had formerly made over to the said joane and her former husband Gilbert, he caused to be seized again into his hands. But shortly after, by the intercession of Anthony Bec, Bishop of Duresme, a peace was made between the K. & his daughter, & her new husband; & the year following, 1297. at a Parliament held at London, her former lands were restored to her again, with others: & in the 27. year of the said kings Reign, the same Ralphe was summoned to Parliament, by the name and title of Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, and by that name and title of honour, he sat in all Parliaments after, until the first year of king Edward the second, 1307. In which year, young Gilbert de Clare being of age, was admitted to his lands and honours, and sat in Parliament always after, as Earl of Gloucester and Hereford, during his life. And the said Ralphe Mounthermer (his Father in law) was ever after summoned, and sat in all Parliaments, as Lord Mounthermer. This Ralphe had issue by his Countess joane, two sons, Edward Mount hermer that died without issue, and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars at Clare; and Sir Thomas Mounthermer knight, who married and had issue, Margaret, married to john Mounta-cute, and had issue, john Mounta-cute Earl of Salisbury. He died in the 17. year of king Edward the second, 1323. and joane his Countess, died in the year, 1305. at her Manor of Clare. Et portoit, d'or, à l'aigle de vert, members, & becquez de gules. GIlbert de Clare (son & heir of Gilbert de Clare, surnamed the Red, & joane of Acres) was the last Earl of Gloucester and Hartford of that firname and Family. He married Matilda, daughter of john de Burgh, son & heir of Rich. Earl of Ulster in Ireland, and had issue, a son which died in his infancy. This Gilbert being, with K. Edw. the 2. in Scotland, to raze the siege of Sterling-Castle, was there slain in the year, 1313. whom the Scots would gladly have saved for ransom, had they known him; but he had neglected to put on his Coat of Arms over his armour. With him were slain (as Tho: Walsingham hath) Sir Edmond Mauley, Sir Robert Clifford, Sir Pain Tiptoft, Sir William Martial, & Sir Gyles Argentyne, knights, with many others. K. Robert Brus caused the bodies of this Gilbert Earl of Gloucester, & 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 Tewksbury, in the year, 1291. & was there buried by his Father, leaving his inheritance to be divided between his three sisters his heirs, who were married as before is expressed. The partition of these lands, were made in the eleventh year of the reign of king Edward the second. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HVgh de Audley, (second son of Nicholas Lord Audley, and grandchild of james Lord Audley of Heleigh, and of Ela his wife, daughter of William Longespee, son & heir of William Longespee Earl of Salisbury) after the death of the last Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester, at a Parliament held at Westminster, the eleventh year of king Edward the third. This Hugh Audley, was made Earl of Gloucester, Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, William Montague, Earl of Salisbury; William Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon; and Robert Vfford, Earl of Suffolk; and did all sit, and had place and voice in the said Parliament by those honourable Titles. He married Isabella, the third sister and coheir of the last Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester, and had issue, one only daughter, Isabella married to Ralphe, first Earl Stafford; and after died in the year, 1347. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge. Et portoit, gueulles fretté d'or, à la bordure d'argent. THomas of Woodstock, sixth son of King Edward the third, in the fiftieth year of his Father's Reign, sat in Parliament held at Westminster, by the title only of Constable of England; which Office he did execute, in right of Elinor his wife, eldest daughter and one of the two heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, & Northampton, and Constable of England; and in the first year of king Richard the second, he was made Earl of Buckingham and Northampton; and in the ninth year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Gloucester; and after, in the year, 1397 he was taken by force from his Castle of Plessy in Essex, by Thomas Mowbray, first Earl Marschall, and conveyed to Calais, and there strangled to death with Towels; after whose death, Elinor his wife became a Nun in the Abbey of Barking in Essex. This Thomas, by Elinor his wife had one only son named Humphrey, Earl of Buckingham, and 4. daughters; the son (after his Father's death) with Lord Henry, son to the Duke of Hereford, was by King Richard the second banished into Ireland, where he remained as prisoner, in the Castle of Tryme, until the first year of king Henry the fourth; and then being sent for into England, died of the plague at Chester, in his return homeward, without issue, in the year, 1399. Anne, the eldest sister and co-heyre of this Humphrey, was married first to Edmond Earl Stafford, and after to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe in Normandy; joane the second sister, was married to Gilbert Lord Talbot; Isabella was a Nun in the Minories by London; and Philip the fourth sister died young, without issue. Et portoit, escartelleé France seem & D'engleterre, à la bordure de argent. THomas Lord Spencer, great grandchild to Hugh Lord Spencer the younger, and Elinor his wfe, eldest sister & co-heyre of Gilbert de Clare, the last Earl of Gloucester aforesaid, was created Earl of Gloucester, in the 21. year of king Richard the second and in the first year of king Henry the fourth, he was deposed by Act of Parliament, from the title and dignity of Earl of Gloucester, and was beh●ded at Bristol, 1400. He married Constance, daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of York, and had issue, Richard Lord Spencer, that died without issue the King's Ward; and two daughters, Elizabeth that died young at Caerdiffe in South- Wales, & Isabella, who was borne 7. months after her Father's death; & was twice married, first to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, and Lord of Abergavenny, by whom she had issue Elizabeth: her second husband was Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick (cousin-german to her other husband) by whom she had issue, Henry Duke of Warwick. Et portoit, d'argent, escartelle gules fret d'or, au baston de sable, brochant sur le tout. HVmsrey Plantagenet, fourth son of king Henry the 4. was at a Parliament held at Westminster the second of king Henry the fift, created first Earl of Pembroke, and after Duke of Gloucester; and in the first year of King Henry the sixth, he was by Parliament, made Protector of England, during the King's minority, (which was fifteen years) and writ in his Style, Humphrey Duke of Gocester, Earl of Henault, Holland, Zealand, and Penbroke, Lord of Frisia, great Chamberlain of England, and Defender of the Realm of England. He married two wives, the first was jaquet, daughter & sole heir of William Duke of Bavaria & Holland; (the then wife of john Duke of Brabant) from whom he was divorced, having no issue by her: his second wife was Elinor, daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterburgh in Surrey (who long before had been his Paramour) by whom he had no lawful issue. After, at a Parliament held at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolk, 1446. he was arrested of high Treason, & within few days after, he was found strangled to death, in the Abbey of Bury, by the procurement of the marquess of Suffolk. He builded the Divinity School in Oxford, and his Manor house of Greinwich, and embattled the same. He had issue, a base daughter named Antigone, wife to Henry Grey Earl of Tankeruill: his body was conveyed to the Abbey of S. Albon, and there buried. Et portoit, France semé escartelle D'engleterre à la bordure d'argent. RIchard Plantagenet, fourth son of Richard Duke of York, and brother to king Edward the fourth, was by his said Brother, in the first year of his Reign, created D. of Gloucester. To this Richard, was the government committed of king Edward the fourth's two sons, (K. Edw. the 5. & Richard Duke of York) whom he caused most unnaturally to be murdered in the Tower of London; after whose death, he usurped the Crown and Kingdom, in the year, 1464. and was styled, king Richard the third. He married Anne, daughter and coheir of Richard Nevil, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, (widow of Edward Prince of Wales, slain at Tewksbury) and was after slain at Bosworth field, by King Henry the seventh, the 22. of August, 1485. leaving no issue to succeed him. Et portoit, France, escartelle D'engleterre au lambell de hermines, charge au trois cantons de gules. EDward Seymour, Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, was created Viscount Beauchampe, the 28. of king Henry the eight; and in the year after, he was created Earl of Hartford; (which Earldom, and the Title of Dignity, had slept from the death of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.) And in the first year of king Edward the sixth, he was made Duke of Somerset; as in the title of Somerset is more at large. Et portoit, gules à deux volz de L'aigle en L'eurre d'or. EDward Seymour, son of Edward Duke of Somerset aforesaid, was by Queen Elizabeth, in the first year of her Reign, restored and created Earl of Hartford, and is now living, 1618. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Hereford, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RAlphe de Maunt, Earl of Hereford, in Edward the Confessors time, and William the Conquerors, who being sent to encounter Algar Earl of Leicester, than a banished man, and returned into England; fled very cowardly from his forces in Herefordshire, leaving his Country & City of Hereford, to the mercy of the king's enemies, in the year, 1055. For which cause, William Conqueror degraded him, and took from him his Earldom of Hereford. He died, and was buried at Peterborow. WIlliam Fitz-Osborne, Earl of Bretevile in Normandy, (son Osberne de Crepon, by Albreda his wife, daughter of Ralphe Earl of ivory) whose grandfather Herfast us the Dane, was brother to Gonora, wife of Richard the first D. of Normandy, great grandmother to William Conqueror. This William came into England with the said Conqueror, and was the chief man that persuaded him to undertake the Conquest of England; for the which, and his good service, the said Conqueror made him Earl of Hereford, in the year, 1068. and Martial and Lord Steward of England; and in the king's absence in France, the said William was made Viceroy, and Governor in England. He married Adelice, daughter of Roger Tonny, Standard-bearer of Normandy; by whom he had issue, three sons and two daughters; William the eldest son, succeeded his Father in all his honours and possessions in Normandy; and Roger the second son, after the death of his Father, was Earl of Hereford, and had all his Father's lands in England; Roald the third son, was a Monk: Emme the eldest daughter, was wife to Ralphe de Waiet a Saxon, and Earl of the East Angles, that is, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire; Itta the second daughter, was wife to Robert Bellemont Earl of Leicester. This William Fitz-Osberne, was slain, as some have, at Kerdiffe in South- Wales. Others say, in the wars in Planders, taking part with Arnold Earl of Flanders, in the year, 1072. and William Gemiticensis hath, that he was buried in the Monastery of Cormelias', which was of his Foundation. Et portoit, de gueulles au band d'argent, sur le tout an face d'or. ROger de Bretevile, (second son of William Fitz-Osberne) was after the death of his Father, Earl of Hereford, in the year, 1072. He made and concluded the marriage between Emma his sister, and Ralphe de Wayet; at which marriage, the greatest part of the Nobility were present, and there conspired together, to turn out William the Conqueror again; Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon (son of Siward Earl of Northumberland) being one of them, took shipping and went into Normandy, and there revealed the whole matter to the said King William, committing himself 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 trial by his Peers, was found guilty of high treason, and condemned to perpetual imprisonment, during his life; where he died without issue. And Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon (notwithstanding his submission) was taken and carried to Wynchester, and there beheaded, and his body buried in the fields without the City, but after removed to Crowland. Et portoit, les armes de son pete. MIlo Fitz-Walter (son of Walter, Constable of the Castle of Gloucester, and of Emme his wife, daughter of Drew de Balun Lord of Abergavenny) succeeded his Father in the Constableship of Gloucester; and was by Mauld the Empress, made Earl of Hereford, and Constable of her Court, in the sixth year of king Stephen. He married Sibell, daughter and heir of Bernard Newmarch, Lord of Brecknock by Nest his wife, daughter of Griffith ap lewelyn, Prince of South- Wales, and had issue, five sons and three daughters, viz. Roger, Walter, Henry, William, and Mahell, all Earls of Hereford, and Constables of England, saving William only; (who died before his elder brother Henry) Margaret the eldest daughter, married Humphrey de Bohun the third of that name, (who after the death of his wives brothers, was both Earl of Hereford, and Constable of England;) Bertha the second daughter, was married to Philip de Breus, Lord of Brember, Abergavenny, etc. Luce the third daughter, was wife to Herbert, son of Herbert, and grandchild to Henry Fitz Herbert (Chamberlain to King Henry the first) and of his wife, daughter of Robert Corbet (Concubine of king Henry the first) Lord of Alencester in Commit Warwick. This Milo, died the eight of king Stephen, & was buried by Sibell his wife, in the Abbey of Lanthony by Gloucester, which he founded in the year, 1135. Et portoit, gules à la band d or, ove la autre band d'argent. ROger, eldest son and heir of Milo, unto whom King Henry the second gave the moat of Hereford, with the Castle, and the third penny of the Revennewes of Pleas of the whole County of Hereford, whereof he made him Earl. He was also Constable of England Lord of Brecknock, Caer-went, Gower, and of the Forest of Deane, all which (saith Somerset Glover) were confirmed unto him by King Henry the second his Letters Patents, bearing date at Warwick, 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 divided between their three sisters, who were married as aforesaid. Et portoit, gueulles deus bands une d'or & la autre d'argent HEnry de Bohun, (son of Humphrey de Bohun the fourth, and Grand child to Humphrey the third, and Margaret his wife, daughter of Milo Earl of Hereford, and Constable of England, and sister and co-heyre of her five brothers, was in right of the said Margaret his grandmother, created Earl of Hereford by Letters patents, bearing date the third of November, in the first year of king john, as also Constable of England. He married Mauld, daughter of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall, Earl of Essex, and sister and heir of Geffrey and William (surnamed Mandevils) her Brothers, and had issue. Humphrey de Bohun the fift. He died in the 4. year of king Henry the third, 1220. going to the holy Land; and his body being brought back 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, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, was after his Father, Earl of Hereford and Constable of England, and Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony, and Earl of Essex in right of his mother. To this Humphrey did king Henry the third, in Anno 1241. release the remainder of a debt of 20000. Marks, which Geffrey Magnavile Earl of Essex his Uncle, was to pay unto him as a fine laid upon him, for marrying Isabella, the repudiate wife of King john, daughter and heir of William Earl of Gloucester. This Humphrey married two wives, the first was Mauld, daughter and heir of Ralphe de Isondon, Earl of Angy in Normandy, by whom he had issue Humphrey de Bohun the sixth, that died before his Father in the Castle of Bristew being taken prisoner at the battle of Eusham, 1265. and two daughters, Mauld the eldest, was married first to Anselme Martial Earl of Penbroke, and after to Roger Quincy Earl 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, john de Bohun Lord of Haresfield, Father of Edmond, and then died in the third year of King Edward the first, 1274. and was buried at Lanthony. Les arme de son peré. HVmfrey de Bohun, the seventh of that Christian name, (son and heir of Humphrey the sixth, that died before his Father) was after the death of Humphrey de Bohun the fift his grandfather, Earl of Hereford, and Constable of England; and by his Mother Elinor, daughter and coheir of William de Breose, he was Lord of Brecknock. He married Mauld, daughter of Ingelrame de Fines a Frenchman, & had issue Humphrey de Bohun the eight; and after died 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 band d'argent, à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or. HVmfrey de Bohun, the eight of that Christian name, son and heir of Humphrey the seventh, was Earl of Hereford, Constable of England, & Patron of Lanthony Abbey, third Earl of Essex, and Lord of Brecknock. He married Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward the first, (Widow of john Earl of Holland, with whom he had no dowry, but only the King's favour, which before he had lost, by refusing to go with him into Flanders, to the aid of Guy Earl of Flanders against the French King) by whom he had issue four sons and two daughters; john the first son, was after his Father, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England, and died without issue; Humphrey the second son, had all his brother john's honours, and died also without issue; Edward & William were twins, borne at Caldecot in Wales; Edward died drowned in Scotland, before the death of his brother Humphrey, and was buried at Walden; William the 4. brother, was a Martial man, and by K. Edw. the third. 1336. was created Earl of Northampton, and did execute the Office of Constable of England, for his brother Humphrey, and died before him, in the year, 1359. Elinor the eldest daughter of this Humphrey the eight, was married to james Butler Earl of Ormonde; and Margaret the second daughter, was wife to Hugh Courtney Earl of Devonshire. This Humphrey the eight, was slain with Thomas Earl of Lancaster, at Burrowbridge, by Andrew of Harcla, Earl of Carlell, the 15. of king Edward the second, 1322. and was buried in the blackfriars in York; and Elizabeth his wife, died the 9 of king Edward the second, and was buried in the Abbey of Walden in Essex. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. IOhn de Bohun, son and heir of Humphrey the eight, was after his Father, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England. He married two wives, the first was Alice, daughter of Edmond Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, who died in childbed, and was buried at Walden, with her infant son. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of Ralphe Lord Basset, by whom he had no issue. He died at Kirby There, 1334. the 9 of king Edward the third, & was buried at Stratford Abbey near London. Et portoit, d'azur â lafoy band d'argent, à deux cottices entre fix lions rampant d'or. HVmfrey de Bohun the ninth, second son of Humphrey the eight, and brother and heir of john de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England, succeeded his Father and Brother: he overlived his brother William of Northampton, one year, one month, and five days, and died without issue, at Plaisie in Essex, 1361. and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London, leaving Humphrey de Bohun the tenth, his Nephew by his brother William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, to succeed him in all his Lands and Dignities. Les armes de son pere. HVmfrey de Bohun, the tenth and last of that name, was after the death of William his Father Earl of Northampton; & after the death of Humphrey his Uncle, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England, Lord of Brecknock, & Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony. He married joane, daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, and had issue, only two daughters his heirs, Elinor the eldest, was married to Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester, a younger son of king Edw. the third; and Mary the second daughter, was wife to Henry Plantagenet, son and heir of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and after King of England, by the name of king Henry the fourth. He died in the 46. year of king Edward the third, 1371. and was buried at Walden. Et portoit, d'azur, à la band d'argent, à deux cottices entre fix lions rampant d'or. HEnry Plantagenet (or Henry of Bullingbroke) Earl of Derby, son and heir of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, married Mary, second daughter and coheir of Humphrey de Bohun the tenth of that name, with whom he had the Earldom of Hereford and Northampton, with the Lordship of Brecknock, and the Patrionage of Lanthony; and in the year, 1397. he was created Duke of Hereford, by King Richard the second; and after the death of his Father, he was also Duke of Lancaster. This Henry Duke of Hereford, being accused of divers points of high treason, (against king Richard the second) by Thomas Mowbray then Duke of Norfolk; for clearing himself thereof, he challenged the said Duke of Norfolk to a single combat, which was by him accepted, and allowed by the King. But when the appointed day was come, and the two Dukes within the lists in field, ready to perform the same, the king would not suffer them to proceed; but banished the Duke of Norfolk the land for ever, (who shortly after died at Venice) and the Duke of Hereford for six years. But this Duke Henry returned back again the same year, and by force took king Richard prisoner at Flynt Castle, and brought him to the Tower of London, where he was unjustly constrained to resign his kingdom to this Henry, who was after crowned king, by the name of king Henry the fourth. He had issue by his wife Mary, Henry who was after king of England, by the name of king Henry the fift; and died the 20. of March, 1412. Et portoit, semé de France, escartelié d'engleterre, au baston de gueullce. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Huntingdon, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WAltheof (son of Siward the great Earl of Northumberland) married judith, daughter of Lambert Earl of Lens in Artoys, and Niece to William the Conqueror, by Mauld his half sister (by the Mother) daughter of Herlwyn Comittis' Villa, and Arleta his wife; with whom the said Conqueror gave in marriage, the Earldom of Huntingdon. The said Waltheof and judith had issue, three daughters only; Mauld the eldest was married first to Simon Saint Lize, and had issue, Simon the second; Earl of Northampton; after she married David, son of Malcolme Makduncan, and brother to the second Mauld, Queen of England, and had issue, Henry Earl of Huntingdon; judith the second daughter, was married to Ralphe Lord Toney of Flamsted; and Bertha the third daughter, was wife to Robert Fitz-Richard Dapifer, (descended out of the Family of Clare.) This Waltheof (at the marriage of Ralphe de Waiet, with Emme the sister of Roger Bretivile) with divers other great Lords, did conspire together, to turn William the Conqueror and his Normans again out of England: which conspiracy being revealed by Waltheof, and he submitting himself to the King's mercy, the said Conqueror notwithstanding, caused him to be beheaded at Winchester, 1075. and his body to be buried in the Fields, near the Town; which afterwards was taken up again, and buried at Crowland in Lincolnshire. Et portoit, d'argent au lion rampant d'azur, au chef de gules. SImon Saint-Lize (the first of that name, son of Randoll, surnamed the Rich, a Norman borne) with Warner le Richardo, his brother, came into England to the aid of William Ruphus, who bestowed the Hundred of Falkeley (valued then at forty pounds a year) upon him, to shoe his Horses; For the said Simon and his brother Warner, had brought with them to aid the said King, forty knights. King Henry the first, entreated a marriage between the said Simon, and judith, the Widow of Earl Waltheof, which she refused, because the said Simon was lame; whereupon the King gave him in marriage, Mauld, the eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof & judith, with the Earldom of Huntingdon. This Simon, with Mauld his wife, builded the Castle and Abbey of S. Andrew's in Northampton, in the sixth year of king Henry the first, and had issue, Simon the second Earl of Huntingdon, & Waltheof, Abbot of Melrose; and after died, in the year, 1127. and was buried in the Abbey of Bourne. Et portoit, per pale endente d'argent & gules. David (son of Malcolme king of Scots, and brother to king Alexander) by the favour of king Henry the first, had to wife, Mauld, the eldest daughter and co-heyre of Earl Waltheof, the widow of Simon Saint-Lize Earl of Huntingdon, (and by that title of Earl of Huntingdon, the said David was a Witness to king Henry the firsts Charter, of lands and liberties he gave to the City of London.) But when Alexander his brother was dead without issue, and he sent for to be king, there was a peace made between King Stephen & him, with condition, that the Earldom of Huntingdon should abide and remain to Henry, son of the said David; for which, he should swear fealty, and do homage to king Stephen. By reason whereof, Simon Saint-lices the second of that name, to whom of right, as the elder son of Mauld his Mother, the said Earldom of Huntingdon did belong, was neglected and excluded. This David had issue, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, (in his Father's life time) and died in the year, 1153. and was buried at Dunfirmlyn in Scotland. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'gueulles. HEnry, son of David king of Scots, was Earl of Huntingdon in the life time of his Father: He married Ada, daughter of William de Warren the second, and sister of William the third Earl Warren and Surrey, and had issue, Malcolme and William, both Kings of Scots; and David the third son was Earl of Huntingdon and Carect; he had also three daughters, Ada married to Florence Earl of Holland; Margaret married to Conanle Petit, Earl of Britain; and Mauld that died young. This Henry, died at Calcone, the 18. of king Stephen, 1152. his Father being then living. Et portoit, d'or, au lion rampant de gules. SImon Saint-lices, the second of that name, Earl of Northampton, (after the death of king Henry the first; and Henry son of David king of Scots) entered into peaceable possession of the Earldom of Huntingdon, which he could never obtain before, during the said kings Reign, for that he had given the said Earldom to David, his wives brother, who had married this Simons Mother, whose children by her first husband Simon Saint-lices the first, being young, were sent into Normandy, and committed to the custody of Stephen Earl of Albemarle, their Mother's Uncle. This Simon married Isabella, daughter of Robert Bellomont (surnamed Crouchbacke or Bossue) Earl of Leicester, & had issue, the third Simon Saint-lices, Amicia, and Hawis. He founded the Abbey of S. Marry de Pratis, near Northampton, & Sawtre in Huntingtonshire; and died the 18. of king Stephen, 1152. as Henry of Huntingdon hath, Fol. 227. b. Et portoit, per pale endente d'argent & gules. MAlcolme king of Scots, eldest son and heir of Henry Earl of Huntingdon aforesaid, and grand child to king David (in the minority of Simom Saint-lices the third) was Ward to king Henry the second, and was with him in his expedition to Tholosse, for which he had given unto him the Earldom of Huntingdon, which he held during his life. The King was often sued unto in the behalf of young Simon the right heir, for justice, but it was ever denied him; at the end of 12. years and six months of his Reign of King of Scotland, he died at Gedworth, and was buried at Dumfirmelyn without issue, 1165. leaving William his brother to succeed him; in whose time, Simon Saint-lices could obtain no favour or grace, until king Henry the younger, and the said William & David his brother with others, made wars against king Henry the second. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam, second son of Henry Earl of Huntingdon aforesaid, in the life time of king Malcolme his elder brother; by the favour of king Henry the second, was Earl of Huntingdon; but after his brother's death, and he in the kingdom, forgot his duty, and in Arms forcibly entered Northumberland, where he was taken prisoner at Anwike, & led to Richmond, in the year, 1174. and after was ransomed upon these conditions, that he should acknowledge himself the king of England's Liegeman, against all men for the realm of Scotland, & his other lands, & to pay one hundred thousand pounds sterling; part whereof he should pay presently, and for the rest, he should pawn and mortgage Cumberland, Huntingdon and Northumberland, until the money were paid, and for farther security, that he should never after invade or move war against England, he should deliver into King Henry the seconds custody, four Castles. viz. Barwick, Roxborow, Edinburgh, and Sterling Castles; and so Huntingdon was taken from King William, and restored to Simon S. Lice, the third of that name, who was right heir thereof; but he dying without issue, the Earldom of Huntingdon returned again to William king of Scots, who with the consent of king Richard the first, gave it to David his younger brother (Hollingshed, pag. 189. Title of Scotland.) This William married Ermingard, daughter of Richard Beaumond, son of Roscellin, Viscount Beaumond, and had issue, Alexander king of Scots; Isabella married to Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk, that died without issue; Margaret wife to Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent; Mariona wife to Eustace de Vescy; Ada wife to Patrick Earl of Dunbarre; and Aufrica married to William de Say of Ireland. This William king of Scots died, 1124. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant de gules. SImon Saint-lices, the third of that name, and son and heir of Simon the second, after that William king of Scots was deprived of the earldom of Huntingdon, received both the Castle and Earldom of Huntingdon, as his right inheritance, and so peaceably enjoyed the said title and Earldom during his life, by king Henry the second, and restored every man to his right, whom the Scots had either wronged or dispossessed in that County. But the said king Henry, seeing daily contention to arise between the Scots, and the Saint-Lices, for this Earldom of Huntingdon, caused the Castle to be razed to the ground; but Simon held the Earldom, and married Alice, daughter of Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincoln, but died without issue, in the year, 1184. the 31. of Henry the 2. After whose death, the said King restored the Earldom of Huntingdon again to William King of Scots; who by the permission of king Richard the first, surrendered the same to David his younger brother. Et portoit, lez armoiries de son peré. David Earl of Carect, third son of Henry Earl of Huntingdon, was knighted by king Henry the second, the day of his son Henry's Coronation, and had by the gift of William king of Scots his eldest brother, the Earldom of Huntingdon, with the third penny of the County of Cambridge given him, in Anno, 1190. after the death of Simon Saint-lices the third, without issue. And having sworn fealty to King Richard the first, he went with him towards the Holy-Land, and carried with him 500 knights, whom he carried upon his own charges. He married Mauld, the eldest daughter of Hugh Kivilioke, and sister and co-heyre of Randoll Blundevile, the sixth Earl of Chester and of Lincoln, and had issue, john surnamed Scot, Earl of Huntingdon and Chester, and Margaret, wife to Alan of Galloway, Constable of Scotland: Isabella the second daughter, was married to Robert Brus Lord of Annandale; Ada was married to Henry Hastings; and Mauld died a Virgin. He died at Yerdley in Northamptonshire, and was buried in the Abbey of Saultrey, near Counington in Huntingtonshire (as Sir Robert Cotton hath.) Et portoit, d'or trois estaches de gules, joinantzes en point. IOhn surnamed Scote, (son of David Earl of Huntingdon before mentioned) was after his Father, Earl of Huntingdon; and in right of Mauld his Mother, eldest sister and co-heyre of Randoll Bloundevile Earl of Chester, he was also Earl of Chester; and after, in the one and twentieth year of king Henry the third, he was restored to the Earldom of Northampton, and married Helyn, daughter of lewelyn, Prince of North-Wales, and died without issue at Darnhall, the two and twentieth of king Henry the third, (as is more at large in the Title of Earls of Chester) and was buried at Chester; after whose death, the said King resumed and took into his hands the said Earldom and Principality of Chester, and gave other lands and signeuries to the said john's Sisters aforesaid, who after their brother's death, challenged the kingdom of Scotland. Et portoit, les armoiries les son Peré. WIlliam de Clinton, son and heir of john de Clinton and Mauld his wife, daughter of Lewis Viscount Beaumond, and grandchild to another john de Clinton, and Idona his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Sir William Odingselles knight; was created Earl of Huntingdon, in the eleventh year of king Edward the third; and three years after, he was made Lord Admiral of England, and was taken prisoner in France; for which he was forced to sell most part of his lands for to pay his ransom. He married julian, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Leyborne knight, but by her had no issue. He founded the Priory at Marstock, and died without issue, in the year, 1353. leaving john Lord Clinton his Nephew by his Brother john, to be his heir. Et portoit, d'argent six croix au pied fiché d'or, au chef d'azur chargeé de deux molettes d'or pierce de gules. GViscard de Angolisme (or Guichard d' Anguillem) a French man borne in Gascoigney, a very expert man in warlike affairs, was made Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, by king Edward the third, and set in the eight Stall of the Sovereigns side. After, in the first year of king Richard the second (whose Tutor he was) he was created Earl of Huntingdon, and had given him a thousand Marks yearly out of his Treasury. He married one Constance, but I find not any issue that he left behind him. He died in the third year of the reign of King Richard the second, 1379. Et portoit, d'or seem the billettes au lion rampant d'azur. IOhn Holland Knight, (second son of Sir Thomas Holland knight, Steward of the house to William Montague, Earl of Salisbury; who marrying his Mistress joane, daughter of Edmond of Woodstock, and sister and heir of john Earl of Kent, was in her right Earl of Kent, and sat in Parliament, held at Westminster the 34. of king Edward the third, by the name and title of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, & the next year after, died;) in the eleventh year of king Richard the second, was created Earl of Huntingdon; and in the 21. year of the said kings reign, he was created Duke of Excester, and made Governor of Calais: and Alberick de Vere, Earl of Oxford, (Uncle of Robert Vere Duke of Ireland) having resigned all his interest and right of the Office of Lord high Chamberlain of England, king Richard bestowed the same upon this john, Duke of Excester, by Letters Patents, bearing date, 1397. But after, in the first year of king Henry the fourth, this john was deposed by Parliament, from the title and dignity of Duke of Excester, and in the same year was taken at Circester by the Townsmen, and beheaded in the Marketplace, with the Duke of Surrey and the Earl of Salisbury, for plotting king Henry the fourth's death. This john, Duke of Excester, married Elizabeth, daughter of john of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and sister to king Henry the fourth, by whom he had issue, john Holland Duke of Excester, and Earl of Huntingdon, Sir Edward Holland knight, and Constance, first married to Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Nottingham, by whom she had no issue: after she married john Lord Grey of Ruthyn, by whom she had issue, two sons, Edmond created Earl of Kent, and Thomas Grey, Lord of Rugemond. Et portoit, les armes D'engleterre au bordure de France. IOhn Holland, the second Earl of Huntingdon, restored by Act of Parliament, the fourth of king Henry the fift (he was son of john Holland Duke of Excester, beheaded at Circester.) This john, when king Henry the fift was to go into Normandy, was sent before to scour the Seas, who meeting with nine Carricks of Genoa, which were going to aid the French King, fought with them, and sunk six of them, and took the other three, with great store of money and treasure, and brought them with his prisoners to the King, in the year, 1416. And in the 22. year, of king Henry the 6. this john was restored to the Dukedom of Excester, & writ in his Style, Duke of Excester, Earl of Huntingdon, and of ivory in Normandy, Lord of Spar, Admiral of England, Ireland, and Aquitaine, Lieutenant General of the Duchy of Aquitaine, and Constable of the Tower of London. He married two wives, the first was Anne, daughter of Edmond Earl Stafford, by whom he had issue, Henry Duke of Excester, and Earl of Huntingdon: his second wife was Anne, daughter of john Montague Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had issue, a daughter named Anne, first married to john Lord Nevil, son & heir of Ralphe the second Earl of Westmoreland, by whom she had no issue; after she married Sir Thomas Nevil knight, Uncle to her former husband, and had issue, Ralphe Nevil the third Earl of Westmoreland. This john Holland Duke of Excester, died in the 26. of king Henry the sixth, and was buried by his two wives, in S. Katherine's Church near the Tower of London. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HEnry Holland, Duke of Excester, and Earl of Huntingdon, only son of john his Father, in the first year of king Edward the fourth, was disinherited by Act of Parliament, with king Henry the sixth, his Queen, and his son and others, to the number of 140. And in the 13. year of the same King's Reign, having long followed the Duke of Burgundy's Camp in mean sort, was found drowned in the seas, between Dover and Calais. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Duke of York, & sister to King Edw. the fourth; which lady was after married to Sir Thomas S. Leoger knight, by whom she had issue, a daughter named Anne, married to George manours Lord Ros of Hamlake, of whom the now Earl of Rutland is descended; as more at large is set down, in the Duke of Excester. THomas Grey, son of Sir john Grey knight, and half 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. year of king Edward the fourth, created Earl of Huntingdon, to him and the heirs male of his body. And in the 15. of the said Kings Reign, he was created marquess Dorset: he married Cicely, daughter and heir of William Lord Harington and Bonville, by whom he had issue, as in the title of Dorset is more at large. Et portoit, burelle de six d'argent & d'azur à chef trois torteaux, au lambell d'hermines. WIlliam Lord Herbert of Gower, son and heir of William Earl of Penbroke slain at Banbury, the 9 of king Edward the fourth) was after his Father, Earl of Penbroke; which Earldom he surrendered unto King Edward the fourth, who made his eldest son Prince Edward, Earl of Penbroke, and this William Lord Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, at Oburne, the 19 of king Edward the fourth; which Earldom of Huntingdon, king Henry the seventh confirmed unto the said William in the third year of his Reign. He married Mary, daughter of Richard Wooduill Earl Rivers, and jaquet his wife, and sister and one of the heirs of Richard Wooduill Earl Rivers her brother, by whom he had issue, one only daughter his heir, named Elizabeth, married to Charles Somerset Earl of Worcester. He died the 16. of july, in the sixth year of King Henry the seventh. Et portoit, per pale d'azur & the gules, trois lions rampant dargent. GEorge Lord Hastings, Hungerford, Botreaux, Molyns, and Moeles, was created at White-Hall, in the 21. year of K. Henry the 8. Earl of Huntingdon; he was son of Edward Lord Hastings, Chamberlain to king Edward the fourth, & married Anne, daughter of Henry Lord Stafford, second D. of Buckingham, by whom he had issue, Francis Lord Hastings and second Earl of Huntingdon; Edward created by Queen Mary, Lord Hastings of Loughborough in Leicestershire; Sir Thomas Hastings knight, Henry Hastings and William; he had 3. daughters also, Dorothy married to Richard Devereux, son and heir of Walter Viscount Hereford, Mary and Katherine. He died in the 36. year of king Henry the 8. & was buried at Ashbye de la Zouch in Leicestershire. Et porteit, d'argent au manch de sable. FRancis Hastings, son and heir of George, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Hastings, Hungerford, Botereux, Molyns, and Moeles: He married Katherine, daughter and one of the heirs of Henry Pole Lord Montacute, son and heir of Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, beheaded in the Tower of London, 1541. (condemned by Parliament) never being arraigned nor tried before. The said Francis and Katherine had issue, Henry Lord Hastings, and Earl of Huntingdon, that died without issue; Sir George Hastings knight, Earl of Huntingdon; Sir Edward Hastings knight; William, Francis, and Walter; Katherine wife to Henry Clinton Earl of Lincoln; Francis wife to Henry Lord Compton; Anne, Elizabeth married to Edward Somerset, now Earl of Worcester, 1618. and Mary Hastings. This Francis Earl of Huntingdon, died in the second year of Queen Elizabeth, 1560. and was buried at Ashbie de la Zouch. Et portoit, d'argent au Manch de fable. HEnry Hastings, knight of the Garter, after the death of Francis his Father, was also Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Hastings, Hungerford, Botereux, Molyns, and Moeles, Lord Precedent of the Counsel at York, married Lady Katherine, daughter of john Dudley Duke of Northumberland, & sister to Ambrose Earl of Warwick, and Robert Earl of Leicester, by whom he had no issue: He died in the year, 1●95. Et poitoit, les armes de son peré. GEorge Hastings, second son of Francis Earl of Huntingdon, and brother and heir of Henry aforesaid, was the fourth Earl of Huntingdon, of that Family & surname, and married Elinor, daughter and co-heyre of Sir john Port of Derbyshire, knight; and had issue, Francis Lord Hastings that died before his Father, who married Sara, daughter of Sir james Harington, and sister of john Lord Harington; by whom he had issue, Henry now Earl of Huntingdon, 1618. and others; the said George had issue also, Sir Henry Hastings knight, who married Dorothy, daughter and co-heyre of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollarton in Nottinghamshire knight; Edward that died in Germany; Katherine wife to Edward umpton, and after his death, she married Sir Walter Chetwin of Staffordshire knight; and Dorothy was married to _____ Stewart a Scotchman, slain at Islington in single combat, by Sir George Wharton, son and heir of the Lord Wharton. Et portoit, d'argeut au Maunch de fable. HEnry Hastings, son and heir of Francis Lord Hastings, and grand child to George Earl of Huntingdon; after the death of his said Grandfather, was the fift Earl of Huntingdon of that surname, and married Elizabeth, third daughter and co-heyre of Ferdinando Earl of Derby, and had issue, Henry Lord Hastings, Ferdinando, Alice, and Elizabeth. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A Catalogue of the Earls of Kent, their Arms, Wives, and Children. ODO, half brother to William Conqueror by the Mother, was by the said William, first made Bishop of Baieux in Normandy, and after Earl of Kent in England. He was a subtle man, and after the death of William Fitz-Osberne, had the whole rule and government of England, under William Conqueror his brother. He was a great enemy to Lanfranke, Archbishop of Canterbury, and was banished England, for taking part with Robert Duke of Normandy, his Nephew, against William Ruphus. He went with the said Robert his Nephew to the Holy-Land, and at the siege of Antioch he ended his life. It is said he bore for his Arms, Gueulles à lion rampant d'argent, au Crosier n1 en band sinester d'or. WIlliam de Ipre, a Fleming borne, (and base son of Philip Viscount of Ipre) came into England in the 4. year of king Stephen, to aid him in his wars against Mauld the Empress; for which service, the said king created him Earl of Kent, 1141. After which, king Stephen was taken prisoner at Lincoln, by Mauld the Empress, and Robert Earl of Gloucester, and imprisoned in the Castle of Bristol. But not long after, Mauld the Empress, with her Brother Robert Earl of Gloucester, went to Winchester, where Henry Bishop of Winchester, brother to King Stephen and William of Ipre, gathered a great Army, and made her to abandon the Castle; but Robert her brother, seeking to back her in her flight, was himself taken prisoner, and delivered to king Stephen's Queen, then newly entered Winchester, who delivered the said Robert, to William of Ipre, to be imprisoned in the Castle of Rochester in Kent. These two great prisoners being straightly kept, at length through mediation of friends, a peace was concluded, that they should both be delivered, the King to his Kingdom, and the Earl to his liberty. This William of Ipre, was after made Steward of the king's house, and founded the Abbey of Boxley in Kent, and was banished England, by king Henry the second, 11.4. and before his death became blind, and took upon him the habit of a Monk, in the Abbey of Loan, and there died, 1164. Et portoit, geronne d'er & d'azur a l'escusson de gules, au baston sinester d'argent broach nt sur le tout. HVbert de Burgo (or the Burgh) Lord Chamberlain to K. john, Steward of Poytow, and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England, was created Earl of Kent by Letters Patents, bearing date the 10. of December, in the 13. year of king Henry the 3. and had the keeping of Dover, Rochester, and Canterbury, granted to him during life, by a Charter bearing date the 16. of Hen. the 3. At last he procured himself great hatred of all the Nobility, for causing the said king to break his word and deed, for the restitution of those laws and ancient customs, which before he had granted to the Subjects; which did greatly aggravate the hate of the Commons. He married three wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Arsike knight; the second was Isabella, daughter and one of the heirs of William Earl of Gloucester, (the repudiate wife of king john.) His third wife was Margaret, daughter of William, and sister of Alexander king of Scots: he had issue by his first wife, john de Burgo, who married Hawis Lamale, and died before his Father, leaving his son john, Baron of Lamale, his heir. This Hubert, died at his Castle of Barkhamsted in Hartfordshire, the 27. of king Henry the third, and was buried at the friars Predicants in London, where now White-Hall standeth. Et portoit, gueulles sept lozengies vairé. 3.3.1. EDmond Plantagenet, surnamed of Woodstock, the place of his birth, third son of king Edward the first, by his second wife Margaret, daughter of Philip king of France, in the 15. year of king Edward the second, his brother, was created Earl of Kent. And after, at a Counsel held at Winchester, the 5. of Edward the third, 1330. the morrow after S. Gregory's day, he was arrested, and on the Vigil of S. Cuthbert, adjudged to die for high treason; for abetting many of the Nobility to plot the delivery of king Edward the second out of prison: for which, by the malice of Queen Isabella, the than King's Mother, and Roger Mortimer her Sweetheart, he was beheaded at Winchester, in the year aforesaid: He married Margaret, daughter and heir of john Lord Wake of Lidell and Burn, and had issue, two sons, Edmond and john, and one daughter named joane; the two sons were both Earls of Kent one after the other, and died without issue; joane their only sister and heir, surnamed the Fair Maid of Kent, was first married to William Monta-cute Earl of Salisbury, from whom she was divorced; and after married to Sir Thomas Holland knight; and lastly, she was married to Edward the Black Prince, Father of K. Richard the 2. Et portoit, d'engleterré au bordure d'argent. EDmond Plantagenet, eldest son and heir of Edmond of Woodstock aforesaid, succeeded his Father in the Earldom of Kent, and died the King's Ward without issue, the sixth of king Edward the third, leaving john his brother to succeed him in the Earldom of Kent. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. IOhn Plantagenet, second son of Edmond of Woodstock, was after the death of his elder brother, Earl of Kent, & by that title of honour, sat in Parliament, the 25. of King Edward the third, and died the year after without issue. He married Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke of juliers, who after was married to Eustace Dampreticourt, second son of the Lord Dampreticourt in Henault, by whom she had issue, Sanchius Dampreticourt, knight of the Order of the Garter, in king Edward the thirds time, and one of the first Founders of the said Order. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. SIr Thomas Holland knight, and one of the first Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter, (son of Sir Thomas Holland of Lancashire, knight) was Steward of the house to William Monta-cute, Earl of Salisbury; and in right of joane his wife (sister and heir of john Earl of Kent aforesaid) was by king Edward the third, created Earl of Kent, and Lord Wake of Lidell, and had issue, Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and Duke of Surrey; john Holland Earl of Huntingdon, and Duke of Excester, by king Richard the second; and a daughter named joane, married to the Earl of S. Pole. He died in the 34. year of king Edward the third, 1360. Et portoit, d'azur au leopard rampant le Champ fleurette d'argent. THomas Holland, half brother (by the Mother) to King Richard the second, was after the death of Thomas, his Father, Earl of Kent, and Lord Wake of Lidell. He married Alice, daughter of Richard Eitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, Thomas Earl of Kent, Edmond, john, and Richard; & 6. daughters, Elinor first married to Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, and after to Edward Charlton Lord Powes; Margaret, married first to john Beauford, marquess Dorset, and Earl of Somerset; and after to Thomas Duke of Clarence, son of king Henry; joane the 3. daughter, was first married to Edward Duke of York; and after, to William Lord Willoughby of Eresbie; and thirdly, to Henry Lord Scroop; and lastly, to Sir Henry Bromflet knight; Alice the fourth daughter, was wife to Thomas Montague Earl of Salisbury; Elizabeth the fift daughter, was married to john Lord Nevil, son of Ralphe, first Earl of Westmoreland; and Bridget the sixth daughter, was a Nun at Barking. This Thomas Holland, died the 20. of King Richard the second. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre au bordure d'argent. THomas Holland, Earl of Kent and Lord Wake (son of Thomas aforesaid) married Constance, daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of York, widow of Thomas Lord Spencer, but by her had no issue; after he took to wife joane, daughter of Hugh Earl Stafford, by whom he had no issue. This Thomas was created Duke of Surrey, the 21. of King Richard the second, 1398. And in the year, 1400. he, with the Earls of Huntingdon and Salisbury, intending under colour of a Mask or Mummery, at the Castle of Windesorre, to have surprised king Henry the fourth, and to have restored King Richard again; and so by that means to have gotten restitution of their former titles of honour, with their possessions which they had lost, by judgement of the last Parliament, a little before. But this their conspiracy being discovered to the King, and he fled to London, they were driven to fly to Cicester, where the rude Townsmen and others set upon them, took them, and in the Marketplace struck off their heads: his body was buried at Cicester, but after taken up again, and interred in the Priory of Montgrace, which was of his Father's foundation. This Thomas Duke of Surrey, did bear for his Arms, King Edward the Confessors Arms, within a border ermyne, impaled with the Arms of England, within a border argent; as by his Seals is manifested. EDmond Holland, second son of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and brother to the last Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and Duke of Surrey, slain at Cicester, was after the death of his said Brother, Earl of Kent, and Lord Wake of Lidell; and by king Henry the 4. was made Lord high Admiral of England; and being at the siege of Briake in Britain, the 9 of the said Kings Reign, was wounded in the head with an Arrow, shot out of a Crossbow, whereof he died within five days after. He married Luce, daughter of Barnaby, Viscount of Milan, the widow of Lewis of Valois; who after this edmond's death, married for her third husband, Sir Henry Mortimer knight. This Edmond died without issue, the 9 of king Henry the 4. 1408, and lieth buried at Bourne in Lincolnshire, leaving his six sisters his heirs, married as aforesaid. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre, au bordure d'argent. WIlliam Nevil, a younger son of Ralphe Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, begotten of joane his second wife, daughter of john of Gaunt, and Lady Katherine Swynford, was created Earl of Kent, in the first year of king Edward the fourth; and after made Lord Admiral of England and knight of the Garter. He married joane, daughter and heir of Thomas Lord Falconbridge of Shelton; in whose right he was also Lord Falconbridge, and had issue, joane, wife to Sir Edward Bedhowing knight; Elizabeth married to Sir Richard Strangwais knight; and Alice married to Sir john Coigniers knight. This William, died about the second year of king Edward the fourth, and was buried in the Priory of Gisburg. Et portoit, gules au faulteur d'argent, chargé d'une Moletté d'sable. EDmond Grey, Lord of Ruthin, Hastings, and Weishford, was created Earl of Kent, in the fift year of king Edward the fourth, and married Katherine, daughter of Henry Percy, second Earl of Northumberland, by whom he had issue, Lord Anthony Grey, that died without issue before his Father, and was buried at Luton, near S. Albon; George Grey, second son, was after his Father, Earl of Kent; he had issue also two daughters, Elizabeth married to Robert Grestocke, son and heir of Ralphe Baron of Grestock; & Anne, the wife of john Lord Grey of Wilton. Et portoit, burellee de six d'argent & d'azur, au chef trois torteux. GEorge Grey, Lord Grey of Ruthin, Hastings, and Weshford, second son and heir of Edmond aforesaid, was after his Father, the second Earl of Kent of that surname. He had two wives, the first was Anne, daughter of Richard Wooduile Earl Rivers, the widow of William Viscount Bourchier, by whom he had issue, Richard Earl of Kent: His second wife was Katherine, daughter of William Herbert, Earl of Penbroke, slain at Banbury; by whom he had issue, Sir Henry Grey of Wrist, knight; (who after the death of his brother Richard the unthrift, did discontinue and refuse to take upon him the title and name of Earl) George Grey third son, Edmond and Anthony; & one daughter named Anne, married to john L. Husee, who had issue, Bridget first married to Henry Manners Earl of Rutland; and after, to Sir Rich. Morison knight; and lastly, to Francis Russell Earl of Bedford. This George, died in the twentieth year of King Henry the seventh. Et portoit, les armoiries de son pere. RIchard Grey, son and heir of George Earl of Kent aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the third Earl of Kent of that Family: he married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Hussee knight, Chiefe-Iustice of the King's Bench; and died (when he had greatly wasted his estate) fifteenth of king Henry the eight, at his house in Lumberdsstreete in London, without issue, and was buried in the White Frayars in Fleetstreet, 1523. Et portoit, burelle de six, d'argent & d'azur à le chef trois torteux. REginald Grey Esquire, (son and heir of Henry Grey Esquire, grandchild to George Earl of Kent aforesaid, by his son Sir Henry Grey of Wrist, knight) was in the year, 1571. advanced to the title and Earldom of Kent, (which before was discontinued, for want of competent living to maintain the same, by this Reginalds Father, and Grandfather) by the special favour and bounty, of the most famous and renowned Queen of famous memory, Queen Elizabeth. He married Susanna, daughter of Richard Berty Esquire, and Katherine Duchess of Suffolk his wife, by whom he had no issue, and died in the year of our Lord, 1572. and was buried in S. Giles Church without Cripplegate, in London, by his Grandfather, Sir Henry Grey knight; leaving Henry Grey his brother, to succeed him in his Earldom. Et portoit, les armes de Grey. Burell●e de six d'argent & d'azur à la chef trois torteux. HEnry Grey, third son of Henry Grey Esquire, and brother and heir of Reginald Earl of Kent aforesaid, was the fift Earl of Kent of that Family. He married Mary, daughter of Sir George Cotton of Cheshire, knight; the widow of Edward Stanley Earl of Derby, by whom he had no issue. He died in the year, 1613. and was very honourably buried at Wrist, leaving Sir Charles Grey knight, his brother, to succeed him in his Earldom. Et portoit, les armes de son frere. Charles' Grey, third son of Henry Grey Esquire, and brother and heir of Reginald and Henry Earls of Kent, afore mentioned, was after their deaths, the sixth Earl of Kent of that surname; and married Susan, daughter of Richard Cotton of Hampshire, Esquire, and had issue, Sir Henry Grey, Lord of Ruthin, who married Elizabeth, second daughter and co-heyre of Gilbert Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, and a daughter named Susan, married to Sir Michael Longfield of Buckinghamshire, knight, 1618. Et portoit, burelleé de six d'argent & d'azur à la chef trois torteux, au lambell crmyne. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Kendal, their Arms, Wives, and Children. IOhn Duke of Bedford, third Son of king Henry the fourth, was by his Brother, king Henry the fift, created Earl of Kendal, and made Regent of France. He married two wives, but had no issue by either; the first was Anne, daughter of john Duke of Burgundy; the second was jaquet, daughter of Peter of Luxenburge, Earl of S. Paul in France. He died in the 23. year of king Henry the sixth, and lieth buried in a fair Tomb, in the Cathedral Church at Rouen: whose Monument, when king Charles the eight came to see, one of his Nobles willed him to deface the same, that no further memory might be had of him there. To which speech, the said king replied and said; That if the whole strength and power of France could not expel him living, it were no honour to take revenge upon the dead; and therefore, said he, let him now rest in peace. Et portoit, France seem, escartelle d'engletetre, a lambell de cinq pointz de Brittany & de France. IOhn Duke of Somerset, after the death of john Duke of Bedford, without issue, was by king Henry the sixth, made the next Earl of Kendal. He was at the battle of Bangiebridge, where Thomas Duke of Clarence the king's brother, was slain, and himself taken prisoner by the Duke of Orliance, the 9 of king Henry the fift; from which imprisonment he was shortly after delivered by ransom. He married Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir john Beauchampe of Bletso knight, the widow of Sir Oliver S. john knight, descended of the S. john's of Fanmon in South-Wales, by whom he had issue, Margaret his only daughter and heir, married first to Edmond of Hadham Earl of Richmond, by whom she had issue, king Henry the seventh: she married afterward, Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby, but by him had no issue. This john, died in the 22. of king Henry the sixth, and was buried at Wimborne Minster, in Dorsetshire. Et portoit, France, escartelleé d'engleterre, au bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. IOhn de Foix, Viscount Casleton, and Lord Greyley (son of Gaston de Foix, knight of the Order of the Garter, brother to the Count de Foix captain de la Bouche county de Longueuile et de Bevancies) for his good service done against the French, was by king Henry the sixth, 1446. created Earl of Kendal in England, and made Knight of the Order of the Garter: some of the house of Foys, now Earls of Longuevile in France, do write themselves at this day, Earls of Longuevile and Kendal. He married Margaret, daughter of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, and sister to William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, by whom he had issue, john de Foys, father of Anne, wife of Vladislaus king of Hungary. This john de Foix, had his Arms pulled down at Winsore, the third of king Edward the 4. Et portoit, à deux vaches passans de gules, accolees, accornees, & clarinees de azure, escartelle d'or à trois palz de gules, sur le tout au lambell de fable charge de cinq coquilles d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Lincoln, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WIlliam de Romare, a Norman borne (son of Roger de Romare, and half brother of Randoll Meschines, the fourth Earl of Chester by his Mother Luce, daughter of Algar the Saxon, Earl of Chester, and sister of Morcar, Earl of Northumberland & Lincoln) was created Earl of Lincoln in the sixth year of king Stephen, to whom the said king gave the Manor of Chircheton, the Castle of Geynsborough, and the Castle of Pontfret in Yorkshire. Unto which Grant, were Witnesses, Randoll Meschines. Earl of Chester; Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Penbroke; and Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hartford, and others. He married Hawis, daughter of Stephen, son of Eudo Comes Blesensis & Champain, and sister of William le gross Earl of Albemarle, by whom he had issue, William de Romare the second, Lord of Bullingbroke, who took to wife, Mauld, daughter of Baldwyn Rivers Earl of Devonshire, and died before his Father, in the year, 11●1. leaving issue, a son named William the third, who also died without issue, in Anno, 1175. and one daughter named Hawis, married to Gilbert de Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln. This last William de Romare, by his Deed, gave lands to the Abbey of Revesbie, to pray for the soul of William his Father, & William the Earl, his Grandfather, 1172. the 19 of King Henry the 2. Et portoit, gueulles sept macles d'or sené de croix recroisettees de mesme. GIlbert de Gaunt, Lord of Lindesey in Lincolnshire (son of Walter de Gaunt, by Mauld, daughter of Alan Earl of Britain, and grandchild to Gilbert de Gaunt (that came into England with William Conqueror) by Eustacia, daughter of the Earl of Cenomania) taking part with king Stephen, against Mauld the Empress, was taken prisoner by king Henry the second, being then Duke of Normandy; who committed him to the custody and keeping of Randoll Meschines, alias Gernons, the fourth Earl of Chester, who married him to Hawis, daughter of William de Romara, his half brother by the Mother, by whom he had issue, Gilbert de Gaunt, that died in the year, 1160, Father of the last Gilbert Earl of Lincoln; Baldwyn second son, Lord of Bourne and Dipping, who founded the Abbey of Bourne, 1140. and died in the year, 1156; and one daughter named Alice, married to Simon S. Lize Earl of Northampton, who died without issue. This Gilbert the Earl, died in the year, 11●6. and was buried in the Abbey of Bardens in Lincolnshire. Et portoit, burelle d'or & d'azur au band de gules. GIlbert de Gaunt, grandchild of Gilbert de Gaunt, Earl of Lincoln, (by his son Gilbert, who was disinherited by King Henry the second, for taking part with king Stephen) was made Earl of Lincoln, by Lewis King Philip the French kings son, in the 18. year of king john, which king Henry the third did afterwards confirm to the said Gilbert, in the third year of his Reign: In which year he died, & was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey, without issue; after whose death, king Henry the third did give the said Earldom of Lincoln, to Randoll surnamed Blundevile, the sixth Earl of Chester. Et portoit, burelle d'or & d'azur au band de gules. RAndoll Meschines (surnamed Blundevile) the sixth Earl of Chester from Hugh Lupus, and the fourth Earl of this Family, son of Hugh Keveliock, son of Randoll Gernons, half brother by the Mother, to William Romara Earl of Lincoln, was restored to the Earldom of Lincoln, in the year, 1218. the third of king Henry the third, after the death of his kinsman Gilbert de Gaunt the last Earl of Lincoln of that surname. (It is set down by some exquisite Writers, that this Randoll dying without issue, did give the Title and Earldom of Lincoln, to his sister avice, the wife of Robert Quincy, and so he the said Robert, became Earl of Lincoln; which thing I can hardly believe; for that all honours and titles of Dignities are derived and enjoyed by the bounty and favour of the King or Sovereign; and therefore, that this gift of Randoli to his sister, could make her Countess, or Robert her husband Earl of Lincoln, is idle and altogether untrue.) He married first, Constance, daughter of Conan Earl of Britain and Richmond, (the widow of Geffrey Plantagenet) from whom he was divorced, the second of king john; and after married Clemence, daughter of William Fengeres; and to his third wife, he took Margaret, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, but had no issue by any of them. He was a Witness to king Henry the thirds Charter, bearing date, 1224. of lands that he gave to the Abbey of Peterborough, by the name of Randoll Earl of Chester and Lincoln; and after died at his Castle of Wallingford, the 17. year of King Henry the 3. & was buried at Chester, leaving his four sisters his heirs, which were married, as in the title of Earls of Chester. Et portoit, d'azur à trois garbs d'or. IOhn Lacie, Baron of Halton, Lord of Ponfret and Blackeburneshire, and Constable of Chester, son and heir of Roger, was created Earl of Lincoln, in the 17. year of king Henry third, and married Alice, daughter of Gilbert, Lord of the Eagle, and Baron of Pimsey; and to his second wife, he married Margaret, daughter and one of the two heirs of Robert Lord Quincy (son and heir of Saire Quincy Earl of Winchester) by Hawis his wife, the fourth sister, and one of the heirs of Randoll Blundevile, Earl of Chester & Lincoln, by whom he had issue, Lord Edmond Lacie, that died before his Father, in the year, 1257. who before had married Alice, daughter of the marquess of Saluce in Italy, and had issue, Henry Lacie Earl of Lincoln; and Mauld, married to Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester. This john, died in the 24. year of king Henry the third, & was buried in the Abbey of Stanloe. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant the pourp●e. HEnry Lacie, (grandchild of john Lacie Earl of Lincoln, by his son Edmond) was the second Earl of Lincoln of that Family, Baron of Halton, and Constable of Chester, and Lord of Denbeigh, by king Edward the first. He writ in his style, Earl of Lincoln, Constable of Chester, Lord Ros and Roweniock, and married to his first wife, Margaret, daughter and heir of William Lonspee, grandchild of William Longspee Earl of Salisbury, by his son William, by whom he had issue, Edmond Lacie drowned in a Well in Denbeigh Castle, in the life time of his father; & Alice, married to Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, & Derby. This Henry, married to his second wife, joane, daughter of William Martyne Lord Camoys, but by her had no issue. He died at his house, now called Lincoln's Inn, in Chancery-Lane, in London, 1311. and lieth buried in Paul's Church, in London, in S. Dunstan's Chapel. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant de purpre. HEnry of Mounmoth (surnamed Tortcoll) son of Henry Earl of Lancaster, and brother and heir of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby, that married Alice Lacie aforesaid, was created Earl of Derby, in the life time of his Father; after whose death (which was in the year, 1345.) he was also Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Lord high Steward of England; and in the 25. of king Edward the third, he was made Duke of Lancaster; and in the 27. year of the same King's reign, he had the Earldom of Lincoln given him. He married Isabella, daughter of Henry Lord Beaumond, and had issue, two daughters his heirs; Mauld the eldest was married to William Duke of Bavarre, Earl of Henault, Holland, and Zealand; Blanch the second daughter, was wife to john of Gaunt Earl of Richmont, (fourth son of king Edward the third) who after the death of this Henry, his Father in law, was the second Duke of Lancaster. This Henry, died in the 35. year of king Edward the third. Et portoit, d'engleterre au band d'azur. IOhn de la Pole, son and heir of john de la Pole second Duke of Suffolk, was created Earl of Lincoln, in the seventh year of king Edward the fourth, and married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, by whom he had no issue. He was slain in the life time of his Father, at Stokefield, taking part with Martin Swarth, the 16. of june, in the second of king Henry the seventh, 1487. Et portoit, d'azur à la face à trois testes de leopards d'or, au lambell d'argent. HEnry Brandon, son and heir of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by Mary the French Queen, being about twelve years of age, was created Earl of Lincoln, at Bridewell, in the seventeen year of king Henry the eight, and then died without issue, his Father living. Et portoit, burelle d'argent & de gueulles de dix pieces au lion rampant d'or, correné perpale gules & d'argent au lambell d'argent. EDward Clinton, Lord Clinton, was created Earl of Lincoln, in the 14. year of Queen Elizabeth, 1572. and made Lord Admiral of England. He married three wives, the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir john Blount, the widow of the Lord Talboys, by whom he had issue, Bridget, wife to Robert Dymock of Lincolnshire, Esquire, Father of Sir Edward Dymock, his majesties most worthy Champion; Katherine, wife of William Lord Borough, Father of Thomas Lord Borough, Lord Deputy of Ireland; Margaret, wife to Charles Lord Willoughby of Parham. His second wife was Ursula, daughter of William Lord Sturton, by whom he had issue, Henry lord Clinton, Edward, & Thomas, which Tho: had to wife, Marry, daughter of john Terrell of Warley; Anne Clinton married to William Ascough, son & heir of Sir Francis Ascough of Kelsey in Lincolnshire, knight; Francis married to Gyles Bruges, Lord Shandos of Sudley Castle: His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Gerald, Earl of Kildare in Ireland, by whom he had no issue. He died in the 26. year of Queen Elizabeth, and was honourably buried at Windesore, 1585. Et portoit, d'argent six croiseletz de sable, au pied fiche, au chef d'azur chargé de deux molettes d'or. HEnry Lord Clinton, Son and heir of Edward Earl of Lincoln, and Lord high Admiral of England, after the death of his Father, was Earl of Lincoln, and married Katherine, daughter of Francis Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon, by whom he had issue, Thomas Lord Clinton, and Earl of Lincoln, 1616. Sir Edward Clinton knight, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Dighton of Sturton; and Elizabeth Clinton, wife to Sir Arthur Gorge knight. THomas Lord Clinton, and Earl of Lincoln now living, 1618. married Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Henry Knyvet knight, and hath issue, Edward Lord Clinton, knight of the Bath, Henry and Thomas Clinton, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Francis. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls Palatines of Lancaster, their Arms, Wives, and Children. IOhn (surnamed Without-Land) brother of king Richard the first, was by the said King, created Earl of Lancaster, and had given him also the Earldoms of Nottingham, Devonshire, and Cornwall. He married Isabella, third daughter and one of the heirs of William Earl of Gloucester, by whom he had the said Earldom, conditionally, that he should give yearly between the other two sisters, four hundred pounds; but from the said Isabella he was divorced, in the first year he came to be King; as in the title of Earls of Gloucester, is more at large. Et portoit, les arms d'engleterré an baston d'azur brochant sur le tout. EDmond (surnamed Crouchbacke) second son of king Henry the third, borne in the year, 1245. and created Earl of Lancaster by his Father, in the year, 1267. He had also given him, the Earldoms of Leicester and Derby, with the Office of high Steward of England, after the attaindor of Simon Mountfort Earl of Leicester, slain at the battle of Euesham, and the disinheriting of Robert Ferrars Earl of Derby. He married two wives, the first was Auelina, daughter of William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, and sister and heir of William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle, by whom he had no issue. His second wife was Blanch, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Robert Earl of Artoys, by whom he had issue, Thomas Earl of Lancaster, Henry Lord of Munmoth, and john that died in France, without issue. This Edmond was Lieutenant of Gascoigne, in the first year of king Edward the first; & being sent into Aquitaine with an Army, died at Bayon, in the year, 1296. and his body being brought over Seas into England, was buried at Westminster, on the northside of the high-Altar. Et portoit, gules au trois leopards passant d'or, au lambell de cinq pointzes seem the France. Or thus, d'engleterre au lambell de France. THomas Plantagenet, son and heir of Edmond Crouchbacke, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby, and Lord Steward of England. He married Alice, daughter and heir of Henry Lacie Earl of Lincoln, by the daughter and heir of William Longspee, Son and heir of William Longspee Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had no issue. This Alice was held to be a very lose and unchaste woman of her body, for in the life time of this Thomas, her husband, she maintained Sir Richard S. Martin for her Sweetheart, and after her husband's death, she married two other husbands, the first was Ebulo Lord Strange of Knocking; and the second, was Hugh de Frenes, by whom she never had any issue. Notwithstanding, she gave all her lands and inheritance to Thomas her first husband, and to his heirs for ever. 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 own, and without the Walls thereof was beheaded, in the 14. year of King Edward the second, leaving Henry his Brother, his heir. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HEnry of Lancaster, Lord of Monmouth, brother and heir of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, beheaded at Pomfret aforesaid, was restored to the Earldom of Lancaster, Leicester, & Derby, with the Office of high Steward of England, in the first year of king Edward the third. He married Mauld, daughter and heir of Sir Patrick Cadurcis (or Chaworth) knight, Lord of Kidwelly and Ogmore in Wales, and had issue, Henry Earl of Derby, and first Duke of Lancaster; and six daughters, Blanche the eldest, was married to Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell; Mauld the second, was first married to William Lord Burgh, Earl of Ulster in Ireland; and after, to Sir Ralphe Vfford knight; joane the third daughter, was married to john Lord Mowbray of Axholme; Isabella was Abbess of Almesbury; Elinor the fift daughter, was first married to john, son of Henry Lord Beaumond; and after to Richard Earl of Arundel; and Mary the sixth daughter, was married to Henry Lord Percy of Alnewike. He died at Leicester, and was there buried in the Monastery of the cannons, in the year, 1345. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre au band d'azur. HEnry of Monmouth, surnamed Tortcoll, son & heir of Henry Earl of Lancaster, and grandchild of Edmond Crouchbacke aforesaid, was created Earl of Derby, in the tenth year of king Edward the third; his Father being then living; after whose death, he was also Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and Lord high Steward of England; and at a Parliament held at Westminster, the 25. of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Lancaster; and about two years after, the said King gave him the Earldom of Lincoln. He married Isabella, daughter of Henry Lord Beaumond, (cousin-german to Queen Isabella, wife to king Edward the second, by whom he had issue, two daughters his heirs; Mauld, married William Duke of Bavarre, Earl of Henault, Holland, Zealand, and Frizeland; Blanch the second daughter, was married to john of Gaunt, fourth son of king Edward the third, and after Duke of Lancaster. This Henry, for some disgraceful words, supposed to be spoken by him, against the Duke of Brunswick, was by the said Duke challenged to a single combat, before king john of France; which this Henry gladly accepted of; and at the appointed time, they being both provided, entered the lists with haughty courage, for the trial of their cause: but King john reconciled them, to the great contentment and honour of the Duke of Lancaster. This Henry died of the plague, and was buried in the Collegiate at Leicester, which himself founded, and placed therein a Dean, twelve Mayor Canons, and so many inferior Brethren) in the 35. year 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 son of king Edward the third, was created Earl of Richmond, in the year, 1355. and in the 38. year of the said Kings Reign, he sat in Parliament, with the title of Duke of Lancaster, and Earl of Richmond; and did write in his style, john, son to the King of England, Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln, and Leicester, & high Constable of England, (and as some have, high Constable of France; but of that I doubt; For Robert de morel Lord of Fiennes, was then Constable of France.) And in the fiftieth year of King Edward the third, he sat in Parliament, by the name of john, King of Castille and Lions; also in the 14. year of king Richard the second, his Nephew, he was made Duke of Aquitaine, by delivering him a golden Rod, and putting upon his head a rich Bonnet. He married three wives, the first was Blanch, daughter and co-heyre of Henry the first Duke of Lancaster, by whom he had issue, Henry, after king of England; Philip, wife to john king of Portugal; and Elizabeth married to john Holland Duke of Excester. His second wife was Constance, daughter and one of the coheirs of Peter, king of Castille, by whom he had issue, Katherine, married to Henry, son of king john of Spain, with the Title to the kingdoms of Castille and Lions. His third wife was Katherine, daughter of pain Ruet, alias Given, king of Arms, and Widow of Sir Oats Swynford, knight, by whom he had issue before marriage, john surnamed Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, and marquess Dorset; Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, and Cardinal of S. Eusebius, as also Chancellor of England; Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorset, Duke of Excester, and Chancellor of England; joane Beaufort, first married to Ralphe Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland; 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, died in the 22. of king Richard the second, and lieth buried in Paul's Church in London. Et portoit, semé de France, escartellé d'engleterre, au lambell d'hermines. HEnry Plantagenet, borne at Bullingbroke, son and heir of john of Gaunt, was created Earl of Derby in the life time of his Father, 1385. by king Richard the second; and in the 21. year of the said kings reign, he was made Duke of Hereford, and by that name and title sat in the Parliament, held at Westminster; and after being accused of treason, by Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, was banished England for ten years; mean time died john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, his Father; whom this Henry succeeded in the Dukedom of Lancaster; and after, deposing King Richard, and obtaining the kingdom, he ordained by assent of Parliament, that Henry his eldest son should enjoy the same Dignities, and be styled Prince of Wales, Duke of Lancaster and Cornwall, and Earl of Chester: and so this Henry being crowned King, united the whole Inheritance of Lancaster unto the Crown. Since which time, the ducal Title of Lancaster hath been drowned in the Title of the Regal Dignity. This Henry, married Mary, daughter and one of the two heirs of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England, by whom he had issue, Henry Prince of Wales, Thomas Duke of Clarence, john Duke of Bedford, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester; Blanch married to William Duke of Bavarre; and Philip married to john, king of Denmark and Norwey. He died in the year, 1412. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré A catalogue OF THE Earls of Leicester, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RObert de Bellomont (a Norman borne) son of Roger de Bellomont, Lord of Ponteaudemer, and Adelina his wife, sister and heir of Hugh Earl of Mellent, (after the death of Leofrike, Algar, and Edwin, Saxon Earls) was made Earl of Leicester, by king Henry the first, 1103. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh the great Earl of Vermandois, and had issue, Waleran, Earl of Mellent in Normandy, and of Worcester in England; and Robert surnamed Bossu; Adelina wife to Hugh Mounfort; and Isabella, married to Gilbert Strongbow Earl of Penbroke: this Isabella, daughter of Hugh the great Earl of Vermandois, overlived her first husband, and after married William the second Earl Warren and Surrey. This Robert, died in the year of our Lord, 1118. the 19 of King Henry the first. Et portoit, de gules, à l'quintfoille d'hermyne. RObert de Bellomont, surnamed Bossu, (of his crooked back) was the second Earl 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, Earl of the East Angles, & had issue, Robert Blanchmaynes the third Earl of Leicester, Henry, Geffrey, and john; Isabella married to Simon S. Lize, Earl of Northampton; and Hawis, married to William Earl of Gloucester. This Robert, died in the thirteenth year of king Henry the second, and was buried at Leicester. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. RObert de Bellomont, surnamed Blanchmaynes, of his white hands, son of Robert Bossu, was the third Earl of Leicester after the Conquest: He married Pernell (or Petronell) daughter and coheir 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 lieth there buried in the Quire, by the high Altar; leaving issue, Robert Fitz-Pernell, Earl of Leicester; William a leper, who built the Hospital of S. leonard's in I eicester, and died before his Father, without issue; Roger, Bishop of S. Andrew's in Scotland; Amicia, wife to Simon Earl Mountfort, Brother of Almericke Earl of Eureux; and Margaret married to Saier de Quincy, Earl of Winchester. This Robert, was slain in the Holy-Land, at Duras in Greece, where he was buried in the year, 1190. Et portoit, de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne. RObert, surnamed Fitz-Pernell, son of Robert Blanchmaynes, was after the death of his Father, the fourth Earl 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 paid for his ransom, two thousand Marks: He died in the year of our Lord, 1204. and was buried in the Abbey of Leicester, the sixth of King john; leaving Simon de Mountfort, and Saier de Quincy, who had married his two sisters his heirs. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. SImon de Mountfort (son of Simon Earl Mounfort in France, son of another Simon Earl Montfort, and Bertha his wife, daughter of Richard Earl of Eureux, and Constable of France: which last Simon, was grandchild of Robert, surnamed the Holy King of France, by his base son Almericke Earl Mountfort) married Amicia, eldest sister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earl of Leicester, in whose right he was created Earl of Leicester, & made Lord Steward of England, in the eight year of king john, as may appear by his Charter, dated at Slingesbie, the tenth day of March, 1206. This Simon, with his son was after banished England, & disinherited for rebellion against the king, and allying themselves to the French King. He was General of the Army, at the siege of the City of Tholouse, who before the Gates thereof, was stricken in the head with a stone shot out of an Engine, whereof he died suddenly; and his Brother Almericke, besieging a Castle hard by the said City, at the same time, was likewise slain in the year, 1218. This Simon had issue by his wife Amicia, Almericke Earl Montfort in France; and Simon that was after Earl of Leicester, in England. Et portoit, gules, au hon d'argent à la double queué passee en en Saulteur. SImon de Montfort, second son of Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester, and Amicia his wife, having compounded & agreed with Almericke his elder brother, for his right & title of the Earldom of Leicester, came into England, and was graciously received of king Henry the third, 1235. who did not only restore to him the Earldom of Leicester, with the Office of Lord Steward of England, but also in the year, 1237. gave unto him in marriage, his sister Elinor, the widow of William Martial (the younger) Earl of Penbroke, by whom he had issue, Henry Montfort, slain with his Father at the battle of Eue●sham, in the year, 1256. Simon Montfort, Guy, and Almerick, were all three banished the Land by Act of Parliament; Edward and Richard died young; and Elinor his daughter, was married to Leolyne, Prince of Wales. When the Noblemen of England raised war against king Henry the third (for denying to perform the Orders and Decrees made a little before, at a Parliament held at Oxford) this Simon was made their General; and at a battle, struck near Lewis in Sussex, he took the King with his Brother Richard, Earl of Cornwall and king of Almaigne, with Prince Edward his son, prisoners; but Prince Edward escaping, bid the Baron's battle again at Eue●sham, where this Simon was slain, & the Barons overthrown, in the 40, year of the said kings Reign. This Simon the second Earl of Leicester, at the Coronation of Queen Elinor, challenged the Office of Lord Steward of England (in right of Amicia, his Mother, daughter of Robert Blanchmaynes, and Pernell his wife, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Hugh Grentmesnill) which Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk gainsaid, alleging, that that Office belonged to him of right, by Alice the other daughter of Hugh Grentmesnill; to which this Simon answered, That in King john's time this Controversy was agreed, That the Earl of Leicester that then was, should give to the then Earl of Norfolk, ten Knights Fees; for which the Earl of Norfolk did release all his right and claim to the said Office of Lord high Steward of England; Whereunto Earl Roger replied & said, That of those ten Knights Fees, there were yet two & a half unpaid; To which it was answered, That by the Laws of the Realm, the said Roger might recover the remainder of those Knights Fees: And so Simon was received to execute the said Office, at the Coronation of Queen Elinor. Et portoit les armes de son pere. EDmond (surnamed Crouchbacke) second son of king Henry the third, in the fiftieth year of his Father's reign, was made Earl of Leicester, and high Steward of England, and had also given him the Castle of Kenelworth, and married Aueline, daughter and heir of William de Fortibus, Earl of Albemarle; as in the title of Earls of Lancaster is more at large. He married to his second wife, Blanch, Queen of Navarre, daughter of Robert Earl of Arthoys, and had issue, Thomas Earl of Lancaster, Henry, and john; and after died at Bayon in France, 1295. and was buried at Westminster, on the North side of the Altar. Et portoit, d'engleterre, au lambell de France. THomas, eldest son and heir of Edmond Crouchbacke, Earl of Leicester, and high Steward of England, married Alice, daughter and heir of Henry Lacie Earl of Lincoln, but by her had no issue. He was beheaded at Pomfret, in the year of our Lord, 1322. as is more at large in the Title of Earls of Lancaster. Et portoit, d'engleterre, an lambell de France. HEnry of Lancaster, Lord of Monmouth (brother & heir of Thomas aforesaid) was restored to the Earldoms of Lancaster, Leicester, and Derby, with the Office of high Steward of England, in the eighteenth year of king Edward the second, and married Mauld or Matild, daughter & heir of Sir Patrick Chaworth knight, and had issue, as in the Earls of Lancaster. He died in the year, 1345. and lieth buried at Leicester. Et portoit, les arms, d'engleterre à la band d'azur. HEnry of Monmouth (surnamed Tortcoll) son & heir of Henry Lord of Monmouth, and grandchild of Edmond Crouchbacke, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and high Steward of England, and after created Duke of Lancaster, in the year, 1351. He married Isabella, daughter of Henry Lord Bellomont or Beaumond; and had issue, two daughters his heirs, Mauld the eldest, married to William Duke of Bavary; and Blanche the second daughter, was married to john of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. He died of the plague, and was buried at Leicester, the 35. of king Edward the third. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. WIlliam of Bavary, Earl of Henault, Holland, Zealand, and Frizland, married Mauld, daughter & coheir of Henry of Monmouth, surnamed Tortcoll, the first Duke of Lancaster; by reason whereof, he was Earl of Leicester, in the 35. year of king Edward the third; as doth appear by his Charter, bearing date, 1360. He died without issue. Et portoit, les armes de Bavary Perbendee lozengie d'argent & d'azur. IOhn of Gaunt, (so named of the place where he was borne) fourth son of king Edward the third; after the death of William of Bavary, his brother by marriage, was by his Father, created Earl of Leicester, Lincoln, and Derby, in the year, 1361. as in the Earls of Lancaster, is more at large. He married Blanch, the second daughter and co-heyre of Henry first Duke of Lancaster, by whom he had issue, King Henry the fourth, and others. He died in the year, 1399. Et portoit, France semé, escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'hermyns. HEnry of Bullingbroke, son and heir of john of Gaunt, was Duke of Hereford in the life time of his Father; and after created Earl of Leicester and Derby, as also Lord high Steward of England; and lastly, king of England, by the name of king Henry the fourth. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. RObert Dudley, fift son of john Dudley Duke of Northumberland, was created Earl of Leicester, and Baron of Denbeigh, in the sixth year of Queen Elizabeth, 1564. at S. Ima●s house on Michaelmas day. He was Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, and of S. Michael, L. Steward of her house, and Master of the Horse, and one of her majesties most honourable privy Counsel. He married two wives, the first was Amie, daughter and heir of Sir john Robsert, knight, who died without issue. His second wife was lettuce, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, Treasurer of the household to Queen Elizabeth, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, by whom he had a son named Robert, Baron of Denbeigh, who died young without issue. This Robert died without any lawful issue, at Cornebury Lodge in Oxfordshire, 1588. and was buried at Warwick, leaving issue, Robert a base son, begotten of Duglasse Howard, sister of Charles Earl of Nottingham. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant vert à la double queve '. RObert Sidney, Lord Governor of Vlishing, son of Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Precedent of the Counsel of the Marchesse of Wales, and of Lady Mary his wife, eldest sister and co-heyre of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, fift son of john Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, was by King james, the thirteenth day of May, 1603. created Baron Sidney of Penshurst, in the Tower of London: and on the forth day of May, 1605. he was created Viscount Lisle at Grienwich; and lastly, on Sunday, the second day of August, 1618. he was created Earl of Leicester, at Salisbury: he being then Lord Chamberlain to Queen Anne, and knight and companion of the Noble Order of the Garter. He married Barbary, the only daughter and heir of john Gamage, Lord of Coytie in Glamorganshire, by whom he hath issue now living, Robert Lord Lisle, who married Lady Dorothy, eldest daughter of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland; Lady Mary married to Sir Robert Wroth; Lady Philip wife to Sir john Hubert knight, son & heir of Sir Henry Hubert knight, Baronet and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the Court of common Pleas; and Lady Barbara Sidney the third daughter, yet unmarried, 1618. Et portoit, d'or à la pheon d'azur. A catalogue OF THE Earls of March, their Arms, Wives, and Children. ROger Lord Mortimer of Wigmore, (son and heir of Edmond Lord Mortimer of Wigmore) was created the first Earl of the Marchesse of Wales, in the second year of king Edward the third, at a Parliament held at Salisbury. Unto this Roger, was committed the government of Edward the third, for that he was generally accounted a man of singular virtue; and unto him was joined Edmond of Woodstock Earl of Kent, and Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster, 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 service due to him for that kingdom; and delivered up to them also, the grand Charter called Ragman; which under the hands and seals of their late King, and of the Nobility of Scotland, testified their tenure and subjection to the Kings of England. This Roger, in the fourth year of king Edward the third, was taken at Nottingham Castle at midnight, in Queen Isabella the King's Mother's chamber, (with whom he had been over 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 drawn to the common Gallows, and there hanged two days and two nights, and then taken down and buried in the Grey-Fryars Church. He married joane, daughter and heir of Peter jamuile, Lord of Mede, Vaucolour, and Trim 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; john the fourth son of this Roger, was slain at a justing at Shrewsbury; Katherine the eldest daughter, was married to Thomas Beauchampe Earl of Warwick; joane married to james Lord Audley; Agnes married to Laurence Hastings, Earl of Penbroke; Margaret married to Thomas, son and heir of Maurice Lord Berkeley; Mauld married to Sir john Charlton, Lord Powis; Blanch, wife to Peter Lord Grandison; and Beatrix the seventh daughter, was married first to Edward, son and heir of Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk; and after to Thomas Brews. Et portoit, bar d'or & d'azur, au chef palee les corners geronne à un escuchon d'argent. ROger Mortimer, grandchild to Roger Mortimer, the first Earl of March aforesaid, by his son Edmond, was restored in the 29. year of king Edward the third, to the Earldom of March, and all other lands, honours, and possessions, which his said Grandfather was possessed of; for that he was, contrary to law (as the Lawyers then said) put to death, being never brought to answer; (which course of justice was used before, at the trial of the Earls of Lancaster, Winchester, Gloucester, and Kent, by the advice of the said Roger and Queen Isabella.) This Roger, was one of the first Founders of the Order of the Garter, and married Philip, daughter of William Montague Earl of Salisbury, and had issue, Roger Mortimer, that died without issue before his Father, and Edmond Mortimer, that was the third Earl of March; Margaret married to Robert Vere Earl of Oxford; and Margery married to john Lord Audley. He died in Burgundy, at a Town called Roveray, in the three and thirtieth year of King Edward the third, and his body being brought into England, was buried by his Ancestors, at Wigmore. Et portoit, bar d'or & d'azur, au chef palee les corners geronne à un escuchon d'argent. EDmond Mortimer, second son and heir of Roger Mortimer, the second Earl of March, (was after the death of his Father) the third Earl of March, and Lord of Wigmore. He married Philip, daughter and only heir of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, Earl of Wiltshire and Ulster, & Lord of Conaught and Trime in Ireland, by whom he had issue, Roger Mortimer, the fourth Earl of March, and Sir Edmond Mortimer, knight, that married the daughter of Owen Glendour; Sir john Mortimer knight, the third son, was beheaded for treason, the third of king Henry the sixth; Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Percy, surnamed Hotspurre; Philip, first married to john Hastings, Earl of Penbroke; and after to Richard Earl of Arundel; and lastly, to john Lord S. john, and died without issue. This Edm●nd, recovered from William Montague Earl of Salisbury, the Castle and honour of Denbeigh, which king Edward the third had given before to Roger Mortimer Earl of March, this edmond's Grandfather. This Edmond, died at Cork 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 un escuchon d'argent. ROger Mortimer, after the death of Edmond, his Father, was the fourth Earl of March of that surname, whom king Richard the second nominated for his successor in the kingdom of England, 1387. being descended of the body of Philip, only daughter and heir of Lionel Duke of Clarence, third son of king Edward the third. He married Elinor, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, Lord Wake, and Duke of Surrey, and sister and co-heyre of Thomas her brother, by whom he had issue, two sons and two daughters; Edmond the first son, was the fift Earl of March; Roger the second son died young; Anne was married to Richard of Coningsbourgh Earl of Cambridge, son of Edmond of Langley Duke of York; and Elinor married to Edward Courtney Earl of Devonshire. He was writ and styled Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore, Trime, Clare, and Conaught; and was slain by the wild Irish, being then Lieutenant of the King's Forces in Ireland, in the two and twentieth year of King Richard the second, and bore the Arms of his Father. EDmond Mortimer, son and heir of Roger aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the fift Earl of March and Ulster, and Lord of Wigmore, Trime, Clare, & Conaught, and married Anne, daughter of Edmond Earl Stafford, and died without issue, in the Castle of Trim in Ireland, the third of King Henry the fixed, and was buried at Stoke near Clare, leaving Richard Duke of York, his Nephew and heir to succeed him: Anne his widow was after married to john Holland Earl of Huntingdon. Les armes de Mortimer. RIchard Plantagenet, (son and heir of Richard of Conesburgh Earl of Cambridge, by Anne his wife, sister & co-heyre of Edmond Mortimer, the fift Earl of March) after the death of his Father, and Edmond Mortimer his Uncle, did write himself, Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge, Ulster, March, and Rutland, Lord of Wigmore and Clare. He married Cecily, daughter of Ralphe Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, and had issue, Edward Earl of March, (after king, by the name of king Edward the fourth) and others, as in the title of York. This Richard, was slain at the battle of Wakefield, 1460. and the 39 of king Henry the sixth. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre à bordure d'argent seem lions rampant purpre. EDward Plantagenet, son and heir of Richard Duke of York aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Earl of March and Ulster, and Lord of Wigmore and Clare; and lastly, king of England, by the name of King Edward the fourth. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre à vnlambell d'argent, charge de neuf torteaux. A catalogue OF THE Marquis' Montague, their Arms, Wives, and Children. IOhn Nevil, brother of Richard Nevil (surnamed the great) Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, was in the first year of king Edward the fourth, created Lord Montague; and in the fourth year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Earl of Northumberland at York; (at which time, Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland lived in banishment attainted; but afterward obtaining the King's favour, he returned into England, and was restored to his Earldom of Northumberland again, in the eight year of king Edward the fourth) And in the tenth year of the said Kings Reign, (the said john having surrendered his grant of the said Earldom) was created Marquis Montague; and in the year after, was slain at Gladmore Heath, at the battle of Barnet; and being brought to London in one Coffin, with his brother the Earl of Warwick, was set in S. Paul's Church in London, with their Faces bare, to be seen three days, and then carried to the Priory of Bisham, and there both buried in one grave. This john, married Isabella, daughter and heir of Sir Edmond Engelesthorp knight, and had issue, George Nevil, created Duke of Bedford, the tenth of king Edward the fourth; and five daughters, (who after the death of the said George without issue, were his heirs) Anne the eldest, was married to Sir William Stoner knight; Elizabeth, married to the Lord Scroop of Vpsale; Margaret, married to Sir john Mortimer knight; and after to _____ Horn; Lucy, was first married to Sir Thomas Fitz-Williams of Aldwarpe, Father of William Fitz-Williams, Earl of Southampton; and after to Sir Anthony Browne knight; and Isabel the 5. daughter, was married to Sir William Hudleston knight. All which five daughters had issue. This john, marquess Montague, and George Duke of Bedford, his son, were by Act of Parliament, the 17. of Edward the 4. degraded of all honourable Titles, in these words. Where afore this time, the King our Sovereign Lord, for the great zeal and love he bore to john Nevil, late named marquess Montague, and other considerations him moving, did erect and make George Nevil, the eldest son of the said marquess, to be Duke of Bedford; and at that time, for the great love his said Highness bare to the said john Nevil, purposed and intended to have given to the said George, for sustentation of the same dignity, sufficient lifelode: And for the great offences, unkindness, and mis-behaving that the said john Nevil hath done and committed to his said Highness, as is openly known, he hath not cause to departed any lifelode to the said George. And for as much, as it is openly known, that the said George hath not, nor by inheritance may have any lifelode, to support the said Name, Estate, and Dignity, or any name of Estate. And oft-times it is seen, that when any Lord is called to high Estate, and hath not lifelode conveniently to support the said Dignity, it induces great poverty and indigence, and causes oft times great extortion, embracery, and maintenance to be had, to the great trouble of all such countrtes, where such estate shall hap to be inhabited. Wherefore the King, by the advice and assent of his Lords spiritual and temporal, and the Commons of this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, ordained, established, and enacted, that from henceforth, the said Erection and making of Duke, and all the names of Dignity, given to the said George, or to the said john Nevil his Father, be from henceforth void, and of no effect. And that the said George & his heirs, from henceforth be no Dukes, nor marquess. Earl, nor Baron, for no erection, or creation afore made; but of that name of Duke, and marquess, Earl, and Baron, in him and his heirs cease, and he void, and of none effect; the said Erection or Creation notwithstanding. This have I thought good to mention here, that Noblemen and others may be warned, how they sell and consume their ancient livings and Patrimonies, left them by their Ancestors; lest wanting wherewithal to maintain their Estates, the King degrade and disable them from bearing any honourable Title, as he did these two Noblemen, the Father and the Son. Et portoit, gules au Saulteur d'argen, au lambell gobonne d'argent & d'azur. A catalogue OF THE Earl of Mountgomery, his Arms, Wife, and Children. PHilip Herbert, (second son of Henry Herbert Earl of Penbroke, and brother of William, now Earl of Penbroke, 1618.) was made Knight of the Bath, at the Coronation of King james; and on Saturday, being the fourth day of May, 1605. he was created at Greenwich, first Baron of Sherland, and the same day, Earl of Mountgomery; and lastly, he was made Knight of the Garter, 1608. He married Susan, daughter of Edward Vere Earl of Oxford, and hath issue, Anne Sophia. Et portoit, per pale d'azur & the gules au trois lions rampant d'argent à un bordur gobonny d'or & the gules, au crescent pur la difference. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Northumberland, their Arms, Wives, and Children. COpso, was made Earl of Northumberland by William the Conqueror, and was after slain by Osculph, the late disinherited Earl of Northumberland, as he was entering into the Church of Newburne. MOrchar, son of Algar Duke of Mercia, and brother to Edwin (as witnesseth Ingulph. fol. 511.) was made earl of Northumberland by William Conqueror, after the death of Copso. This Morchar (with his brother Edwin & others) misliking of the government of king William, fled the Realm, and returning again, fortified the Isle of Elie, and seated themselves in a place called Thorney. But after long siege of that place, Morchar was taken prisoner, and so kept all William Conquerors days, and died in prison in the second year of William Ruphus. He had a sister named Lucia, first married unto Ivo Talboys, a great Baron of Angeo; and after to Roger Romara, Lord of Bullingbroke, by whom she had issue, William Romara Earl of Lincoln: and the third time she married Randall Meschines, the third Earl of Chester, and had issue another Randall, surnamed Gernonijs, the fourth Earl of Chester. Et portoit, de sable à l'aigle d'or, membrè & beque de gules. Gospatricke, (son of Maldred, and Aldgith his wife, Sister of Syward the great Earl of Northumberland) was after the deprivation of Earl Morchar, the next Earl of Northumberland; and because he suffered Malcolme King of Scotland with a power to enter England; was by the Conqueror deprived of this Earldom, in the year, 1072. and after died in banishment. Of this Gospatricke, did descend the Noble Families of Nevil's of Midelham, Branspath, & Raby. Et portoit, de gueulles au Saulteur d'argent. WAltheof (son of Syward the great Earl of Northumberland, by Alfleda his wife, daughter of Aldred, sometime Earl of Northumberland) was the next earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon, after Gospatricke. This Waltheof, in the year, 1074. at Exningham in Cambridgeshire, at the marriage of Ralph, Earl of the East Angles, (Norfolk and Suffolk) with the daughter of William Fitz-Osbert, and sister of Roger Earl of Hereford; conspired with the said Roger and Ralph, and many others, to expel & drive Will: Conqueror out of England again. For which conspiracy, this Waltheof was taken and beheaded at Winchester, and was buried without the walls of the City, in a place where two highways meet; but afterwards his body was taken up again, and with great honour carried to Crowland, and there buried, in the year, 1076. He married judith, Niece to William Conqueror, and daughter of Lambert Earl of Lens in Artoys, with whom the said Conqueror did give in marriage, the Earldom of Huntingdon; he had issue by her three daughters; Mauld the eldest, was married first to Simon S. Lize, Earl of Northampton, and had issue, another Simon; after she married David king of Scots, and had issue, Henry: judith the second daughter, was married to Ralphe de Tony, son of Roger Tony, Baron of Flamsted in Hartfordshire, and had issue, Gohilda, wife to Robert de Newborough, younger son of Henry Earl of Warwick; Alice the third daughter, was married to Robert Fitz-Richard, Sewer to King Henry the first, son of Richard Fitz-Gilbert, Lord of Tunbridge & Clare, and had issue, Walter, of whom is descended the now Earl of Sussex, 1618. Et portoit, d'argent au lion rampant d'azur au chef de gules. WAlcher, Bishop of Durham, borne in Lorraine, bought of William Conqueror, the Earldom of Northumberland, and for a time was Earl thereof, after the death of Waltheof. He was a proud and an insolent Prelate, covetous and rich, & was slain by the Commons at Goats-head, on the River of Tyne, 1079. for denying to do them justice, unless they would first pay unto him, four hundred pounds of currant money; as Matthew Paris, more at large setteth down. I pray God we have no such Bishop's justicers in this our age; for the said Matthew further saith, That there were above a hundredth persons slain about this matter. RObert Mowbray, an honourable Englishman, after the death of Walcher, obtained of William Conqueror the earldom of Northumberland. And after, having slain Malcolme king of Scots, and his son, near to Anwike, in the year, 1092. demanded reward for the same; which being neglected, he was so moved, that when king William Ruphus sent his Letters for him, he denied not only to come to him, but combined with divers other Noblemen of the Realm, how to deprive the said King of his Crown; which being revealed, he was driven to fly to the Monastery of S. Owin, from whence he was taken by force, and carried to prison, and after, by the King's Commandment, was brought before his own Castle of Bamborough, and there willed to have his eyes put out, unless his Wife, and Moreall her kinsman (who were within the said Castle) would yield up the same; which being surrendered, this Robert was sent to be imprisoned in the Castle of Windesore, 1096. (Hoveden, fol. 267.) During which time, king William Ruphus held the Earldom of Northumberland in his own hands, and disinherited all the said Robert's Progeny. He was after shorn a Monk at S. Albon, where he died, the seventh of king Henry the first, 1106. The most of his honours and lands, were given to Lord Nigell de Albeney, Chamberlain to King William Ruphus, for his good service, done at the battle of Tenarchbray, where he slew the horse of Robert Duke of Normandy, took him prisoner, & brought him into England, and there delivered 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. year of king Henry the first, and was buried at Gloucester. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'argent. HEnry, son of David king of Scots, begotten of Mauld, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon, was by king Stephen, made Earl of Northumberland; (as M. Camden citeth out of Poly Chronicon of Durham, and that William his son, did also write himself Earl of Northumberland) But I rather think, that if they did assume that title of Honour, it was done more upon their own wills, then by any just title or right they had to the same: but see more of this, in the Earls of Huntingdon. Et portoit, d'or à trois peuz ioynantz au point de gules. HVgh de Pudsey, or Putiaco, (Nephew to king Stephen, as Glover Somerset hath) Bishop of Durham, a very ambitious, proud, and covetous man, bought of king Richard the first, the Earldom of Northumberland, for term of his life, and was girt with the Sword of the Earldom (as then the custom was:) At the doing whereof, the king used these words: Am not I a good craftsman, that have made a new Earl of an old Bishop? And to make his ambition more manifest, he gave the king one thousand Marks, to be made Chiefe-Iustice of England. But afterwards, perceiving the King to frown, and be angry with him, voluntarily did resign the said Title and Earldom again to the King, and remained only Bishop, all his life time after. This Stone Priest died in the year, 1195. leaving issue, three bastard sons. Et portoit, party per saulteur d'or & d'argent, à la croix patee d'azur. HEnry Lord Percy, of Alnwick in Northumberland (son of Henry Lord Percy, and of Mary his wife, sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster) was created the first Earl of Northumberland of that surname, at the Coronation of king Richard the second, 1377. and that day was Deputy for Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, and Countess Marschall of England, and did execute the Office of Earl Martial. This Henry, in the first year of king Henry the fourth, had given him the Isle of Man, to be holden of the King by service, to bear the the Sword, which he wore when he entered England. Also this Henry and Henry Hotspurre, his son, fought the battle of Hallidowne Hill, against the Scots, 1402. and having the victory, took these Earl's prisoners; Mordake, Earl of Fife; Archibald, Earl Duglasse; Thomas, Earl of Murrey; and Robert, Earl of Angus. And after the battle of Shrewesbury, he was committed to the Tower of London, and being from thence delivered, in the ninth year 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 encountered by Thomas Rookeby, then Shireffe of Yorkshire, where the said Earl was taken prisoner, the Lord Bardolphe wounded to death, and brought to York, where they were both beheaded, in the year, 1408. He married two wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of Ralphe Lord Nevil of Raby, by whom he had issue, Henry surnamed Hotspur, slain (with Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester, his Uncle) at the battle of Shrewsbury; Sir Thomas Percy knight, Father of Henry Percy, Earl of Athol in Scotland; Sir Ralphe Percy third son, slain in battle by the Sarrazins; and Alan the fourth son died young. This Henry's second wife, was Mauld, daughter of Thomas Lord Lucy, and sister and heir of Anthony her brother, by whom he had no issue; notwithstanding, she gave all her lands to her husband, conditionally, that he and his heirs should for ever after, quarter and bear her Arms, next to his own, and before the Percies Arms; which was granted, and to this day is performed. Et portoit, d'or, au lion rampant d'azur: escarelle Percy, qui est d'azur au cinq fizelles en face d'or. HEnry Lord Percy (grandchild to Henry Lord Percy, & first Earl of Northumberland, by his son Sir Henry Hotspur) was restored and made the second Earl of Northumberland, the third of King Henry the fift. He was sent pledge into Scotland, for his Grandfather, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Otterborne, the 12. of King Richard the second, 1388. and there continued unto the year, 1414. Who after taking part with King Henry the sixth, against Richard Duke of York, was slain at the first battle of S. Albon, in the year, 1455. He married Elinor, daughter of Ralphe Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, and had issue, Henry the third Earl of Northumberland; Thomas Lord Egremant, slain at the battle of Northampton, the 39 of king Henry the sixth; William Percy, Bishop of Carlell; Anne, married to Thomas Lord Hungerford; Katherine, wife to Edmond Grey Earl of Kent; and Elizabeth was married to the Lord Clifford; and divers other children which died without issue. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur, escartelleacute; gueulles à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent, le tierce de Percy qui est d'azur cinq fizelles en face d'or, le quart de la premier. HEnry Lord Percy, the third Earl of Northumberland of that Family, taking part with King Henry the sixth, was slain on Palme-Sunday, the 29. day of March, in the first year of king Edward the fourth, between Touton & Saxton, with the Earls of Shrewsbury and Devonshire, and the Lord Clifford. He married Elinor, daughter and heir of Richard Lord Poynings, Brian, and Fitz-Payne, by whom he had issue, Henry the fourth Earl of Northumberland; Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Scroop of Bolton; Elinor married unto Reginald West, Lord Laware; and Margaret married to Sir William Gascoine knight. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur, armé & lampassé d'gueulles; escattelle Lucy, qui est, gules à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. IOhn Nevil, Lord Montague, Brother to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, was created Earl of Northumberland by Letters Patents, dated at York, the 28. day of May, in the fourth year of king Edward the fourth, by reason Henry Lord Percy, son and heir of Henry the third, Earl of Northumberland, was then fled into Scotland, with King Henry the sixth, and for a time remained there; yet after returning again, and obtaining the King's favour, was restored to the Earldom of Northumberland again; & this john Nevil; surrendering his Grant of that Earldom, was created marquess Montague, the eight of king Edward the fourth, as in the title of Montague is more at large. Et portoit, de gueulles au Saultier d'argent, au lambell gobonne d'argent & d'azur. HEnry Lord Percy (son and heir of Henry Percy the third Earl of Northumberland, after the surrender of john, marquess Montague, of the Earldom of Northumberland) was restored to his Father's Earldom, in the year, 1467 and was the fourth Earl of that name and Family, & Knight of the Garter; who being with king Richard the third at the battle of Bosworth near Leicester, against Henry Earl of Richmond, (where the said king was slain) was taken prisoner; whom king Henry the seventh, after pardoned, and took to favour, and made him of his privy Counsel. After all which, 1488. a tax being granted by Parliament, of the tenth penny of all lands and goods; (to the aid of the Duke of Britain) which those of the Bishopric of Durham and Yorkshire did refuse to pay; the king commanded this Earl Henry to distress, or otherwise to levy the money; which being made known to the rude people, they with great violence set upon the Earl, and furiously slew him, in a place called Cockledge, by Thurske. 18. miles from York, in the 4. year of king Henry the 7. & was buried in Beverley Minster with his wife. He married Mauld, daughter of William Herbert Earl of Penbroke, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Percy, the 5. Earl of Northumberland; Sir William Percy knight; Alan Percy a Clerk; and joceline Percy; and three daughters; Elinor, wife to Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; Anne, married to William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel; and Elizabeth, which died young. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. HEnry Lord Percy, after the death of his Father, was the fift Earl of Northumberland, Lord Poynings, Fitz pain and Bryan, & knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, & married Katherine, daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Robert Spencer, knight, and of Elinor his wife, daughter of Edmond Beauford, D. of Somerset, & sister and coheir of Henry Beauford & Edmond, Dukes of Somerset, her brothers; and had issue, Henry Percy, the 6. Earl of Northumberland of that name; Sir Thomas Percy knight; Sir Ingelram Percy knight, & Margaret, married to Henry Clifford, first Earl of Cumberland. He died in the 18. year of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HEnry Lord Percy, after the death of Henry the fift, his Father, was the sixth Earl of Northumberland of that surname, and was made Knight of the Garter, in the two and twentieth year of king Henry the eight; he was sent by the said King with a Commission under the great Seal of England, to attach and arrest Cardinal Wolsey, and to carry and deliver him prisoner to the Earl of Shrewsbury, at Sheffield Castle, which he did; although the Cardinal proudly checked him, & told him, that he was a member of the College of Cardinals in Rome; and that neither the King, nor any other temporal Prince under Heaven, could or ought to intermeddle with him, for any cause or matter whatsoever. This Henry, married Mary, daughter of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewesbury, and died without issue, at Hackney near London, the thirtieth day of june, in the 29. year of king Henry the eight, and was there buried. (His second brother Thomas being before executed, for taking Arms against King Henry the eight, in the first difference about Religion.) He gave a great part of his Lands and Inheritance to the said King, and others. After this Henry's death, the Earldom of Northumberland lay vacant, until King Edward the sixth made john Dudley, Viscount Lisle, Duke of Northumberland. Et port it, d'or au lion rampant d'azur, escartelle de gueulles à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. IOhn Dudley knight, was first created Viscount Lisle, the 33. year of King Henry the eight; and in the first year of King Edward the sixth, he was created Earl of Warwick; and the eleventh of October, in the fift year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Northumberland. He married jane, daughter and hair of Sir Edward Guildford knight, and had issue, eight sons and five daughters, viz. Henry, who died at Bullen; john, Earl of Warwick, who died without issue; Thomas died young; Ambrose Earl of Warwick, who died without issue; Robert, Earl of Leicester, died also without any lawful issue; Guildford Dudley beheaded, with the Lady jane his wife; Henry slain at S. Quintin's; and Charles the youngest son, died a Child: Lady Mary the eldest daughter, was married to Sir Henry Sidney, knight of the Garter, and Lord Precedent of Wales, Father of Robert, Baron of Penshurst, Viscount Lisle, Earl of Leicester, and Knight of the Garter; Lady Margaret died young; Lady Katherine third daughter, married Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon; Lady Temperance and Lady Katherine, died both young. This great Duke, on the 22. day of August, in the first year of Queen Mary, was beheaded at the Tower-Hill, with Sir john Gates, and Sir Thomas Palmer, knights. john Cock, Lancaster Herald, (sometime servant to this Duke) begged of Queen Mary, to bury the head of his old Master, in the Tower of London; which was granted him with the whole body, and performed accordingly. In remembranee whereof, the said Lancaster, did (ever after) bear for his Crest, a bears head, silver, crowned gold. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant, à la queué nouce de vert, armé & lampassé de gules. THomas Percy, (Nephew to Henry Percy, the sixth Earl of Northumberland, by Thomas his brother, put to death by K. Henry the 8. as aforesaid) after the death of john Duke of Northumber land, was by Queen Mary restored in blood; and by Letters Patents, bearing date, 1557. created a new Lord Percy, and the seventh Earl of Northumberland of that Family, to him and the heirs male of his body; and for default thereof, to his brother Henry, and the heirs male of his body. After. Queen Elizabeth made him knight of the Garter, in the fift year of her Reign; of which he was degraded, in the year, 1569. for rebellion with Charles Earl of Westmoreland, and afterwards attainted by Parliament, in Anno, 1571: and lastly, was beheaded at York, in the year, 1572. He married Anne, daughter of Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester, and sister of William Earl of Worcester, & had issue, Thomas that died young; Elizabeth, married to Richard Woodroofe of Yorkshire; Marry, wife to Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland, knight; Lucy, married to Sir Edward Stanley, of Einsham in Oxfordshire, knight; a younger son of Edward Stanley Earl of Derby; and jane married to the Lord Henry Seymour, brother to the now Earl of Hartford. Et portoit, d'or an lion rampant d'azur, armé & lampasse the gules, escartelle de gueul es à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. SIr Henry Percy knight, (second brother of Thomas aforesaid) was after his said brother's death and attaindure, by virtue of the former entail and Grant, the eight Earl of Northumberland, in the 16. year of Queen Elizabeth; and after, being accused of treason, and imprisoned in the Tower of London, shot himself to death with a Dag, charged with two Bullets, before either his cause was heard, or he arraigned, in the year, 1585. He married Katherine, one of the daughters and coheirs of john Nevil Lord Latimer, by whom he had issue, Henry, now the 9 Earl of Northumberland, 1618. Thomas that died young; William third son; Sir Charles Percy knight; Richard Percy; Sir Alan Percy knight; Sir joceline Percy knight; and George Percy Esquire: Anne Percy died young; and Lucy married to Sir john Wotton knight. Et portoit, d'or au lion rampant d'azur, escartelle Lucy, qui est, gules à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. HEnry Lord Percy, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, (after the death of his Father) was the ninth Earl of Northumberland, Lord Poynings, Fitz-Payne and Bryan; he was made Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, by Q. Elizabeth, Anno, 1593. and of the privy Counsel to King james. He married Dorothy, daughter of Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex (and widow of Sir Thomas Perrot knight) by whom he hath issue, two sons and two daughters; Sir Algernon Percy, Lord Percy, and knight of the Bath, at the Creation of Prince Charles; and Henry Percy a second son; Lady Dorothy Percy the eldest daughter, married to Sir Robert Sidney, Lord Lisle, and Knight of the Bath, at the creation of Prince Henry; and Lady Luce the second daughter, married james Lord Hayes, Viscount of Doncaster, 1618. Et portoit, dor au lion rampant d'azur, escartelle gueulles à trois Luce's hauriant d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Norfolk, their Arms, Wives, and Children. Et portoit, d'or à la croix de gules. This Roger, married Isabella, daughter of Hamelyn Plantagenet, (base son of Geffrey Plantagenet, Earl of Anjoye) Earl Warren and Surrey, and had issue, Hugh Bigot Earl of Norfolk, and others. He died, and was buried at Thetford. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. This Roger married Isabella, daughter of William king of Seots, and sister of king Alexander; and died of a bruise, running at Tilt, without issue, Anno, 1269. Leaving Roger his Nephew (son of Hugh his Brother) to succeed him in his Earldom. Et portoit, party pale d'or, & de vert, au lion rampant de gules. Et portoit, party pale d'or & de vert, au lion rampant de gules. Et portoit, d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. Et portoit, lez Armoiries d'engleterre au lambell d'argent. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'argent, armé & lampasse d'azur. Et portoit, les arms de son peré. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'argent, armé & lampasse d'azur Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'argent armé & lampasse d'azur. Et portoit, France, escartelle d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent, chargee d'ye neuf torteaux. Et portoit, de gueulles à la band entre six croix recroisettees, au pred fiché d'argent. Et portoit, de gueulles à la band à fix croix recroisettees fitchez d'argent. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. Et portoit, de gules, à la band à fix croix recroisette espied fiche d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Marquesses and Earls of Northampton, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WAltheof, son of Syward the great, Earl of Northumberland, married judith, Niece to William Conqueror, and daughter of Lambert, Earl of Lens in Artoys, (with whom the said Conqueror gave in marriage, the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Northampton) by whom he had issue, three daughters his heirs; Mauld the eldest, was married first to Simon S. Lize (who in his wives right was after Earl of Northampton) and after she was married to David, son of Malcolme king of Scots: judith the second daughter, was married to Ralph de Toney, son 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 commandment of William the first, in the year, 1075. and his body first buried without the walls of the said Town, and afterward removed, and interred in the Abbey of Crowland in Lincolnshire; as more at large is set down in the Title of Earls of Northumberland. Et portoit, d'argent au lion rampant d'azur, au chef de gules. SImon S. Lize, a Norman borne, and son of one Randall le Richardo, had the Earldom of Northampton, and the Hundred of Falkley given him by king William Ruphus. He married Mauld, the eldest daughter, and one of the heirs of Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland, Huntingdon and Northampton, and had issue, as in the Title of Earls of Huntingdon is more at large. He built the Castle of Northampton; and he, with Mauld his wife, in the sixth year 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 coming homewards died in the year, 1152. in the Priory called Charity, and there lieth buried. After his death, king Henry the first, gave his widow in marriage, to David, brother of Alexander king of Scots. By which marriage, the said David obtained of King Henry the first, to be Earl of Huntingdon, during the minority of young Simon S. Lize, son 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 Earl of Northampton; and being very young at his Father's death, was committed to the custody of Earl David, who had married Mauld his Mother, who sent him over Seas into Normandy, to be nurtured & brought up, where he served in the wars. Mean time, Henry, son of Earl David, his half brother by the Mother, enjoyed and carried the Title and Honour of Earl of Huntingdon. And although this Simon did oftentimes solicit King Henry the first (by Petitions and other means) to be restored to the said Earldom of Huntingdon, his Mother's Inheritance; yet could he never obtain the same, so long as King Henry lived. After whose death, and that Henry Earl of Huntingdon died also, in the life time of David his Father, by whose means he had held the same; this Simon obtained the said Earldom of Huntingdon, and enjoyed it quietly, with the Earldom of Northampton, by the favour and good liking of King Stephen. He married Isabella, daughter of Robert Bellomont, surnamed Crouchbacke, Earl of Leicester, and Chiefe-Iustice of England, and had issue, Simon S. Lize the third of that name, Earl of Northampton; Amicia and Hawis two daughters; and died in the year, 1152. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. SImon S. Lize, the third of that name, and the fourth Earl of Northampton and Huntingdon, had great suits with the Scots; for king Henry the second, in the time of this Simons Wardship, did give the Earldom of Huntingdon, to Malcolme king of Scots, son of Earl Henry aforesaid; and after his death, William king of Scots, brother of the said Malcome had the same, and resigned it to his younger brother David, who enjoyed the same, until William king of Scots, and Robert Earl of Leicester, with others, sided with king Henry the second, who then caused Richard de Lucy, Chiefe-Iustice of England, and William Marshal Earl of Penbroke, to invest this Simon S. Lize into that Earldom, as the true heir; and by this means did Simon come to have and enjoy the said Earldom of Huntingdon, by judgement of the King and Peers of the kingdom, as of right belonging to him. He married Alice, daughter and heir of Gilbert de Gaunt Earl of Lincoln, and died without issue, in the year of our Lord, 1184. Et portoit, party per pale endente d'argent & de gueulles. WIlliam de Bohun, fourth son of Humphrey de Bohun, the eight Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Constable of England, was created Earl of Northampton, in the 12. year of king Edward the third, and Deputy for his Brother Humphrey, for the Office of Constable of England, the said Humphrey being old, and unfit to use the same. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew de Badelismere, Baron of Leeds Castle in Kent, and had issue, Humphrey de Bohun, the last of that Family and Name, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England (after the death of his Father and Uncle) and Elizabeth, married to Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel and Surrey. This William died before his elder brother Humphrey de Bohun the 9 Earl of Hereford, Essex, & Constable of England, in the year, 1359. and was buried at Walden in Essex. Et portoit, d'azur, fur le band d'argent, trois muletz de sable, entre deux cottices & six lions rampant d'or. HVmfrey de Bohun, the last of that name, son and heir of William Earl of Northampton his Father, and Nephew and heir of Humphrey de Bohun the 9 Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Constable of England. In all which Titles and Honours, he succeeded both his Father and Uncle, and married joane, daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, and had issue, only two daughters his heirs; Elinor the eldest, was married to Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester (by whom the Title of Northampton did descend to the Family of Staffords) Marry 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 Humphrey died in the 35. year of king Edward the third, and was buried by his Wife, at Walden in Essex. The Dukes of Buckingham, from the 23. year of king Henry the sixth, until the thirteenth of king Henry the eight, did write and style themselves Earls of Northampton and Hereford; because they were descended of the eldest daughter and heir of Humphrey de Bohun, the tenth and last Earl of that Name and Family. Et portois, d'azur, à la band d'argent, entre deux cottices & six lions rampant d'ot. WIlliam Parr, Knight of the Garter, (son of Sir Thomas Par of Kirby Kendal knight) was created Baron of Kendal, the 9 of March, in the 30. year of King Henry the 8. And in the 36. of the said kings Reign, he was created Earl of Essex, in regard he had married Anne, the daughter and heir of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex. And lastly, in the first year of King Edward the sixth, he was created marquess of Northampton, and writ in his Style, Earl of Essex, Vicegerant, great Chamberlain of England, Keeper of the privy Seal, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and justice of the Forests & Chases to the River of Trent Northward. He married three wives, the first was Anne, daughter and only heir of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, from whom he was divorced. His second wife, was Elizabeth, daughter of George Brooke Lord Cobham. And his third wife was Helen, daughter of George Suaveburgh, a Swedian borne, but had no issue by any of them. He died in the year, 1571. and was buried at Warwick, leaving Anne his sister, married to William Herbert Earl of Penbroke, his heir. Et portoit, d'argent, deux bars d'azur à la bordure engresleé de sable. HEnry Howard Esquire, second son of Henry Earl of Surrey, beheaded in Anno, 1546, and brother of Thomas Howard, the last Duke of Norfolk of that name, was restored in blood by Queen Mary; and by king james created Baron of Marnehill, at the Tower of London, the 13. day of March, 1603, and the same day and time, he was also created Earl of Northampton, etc. and died at his house by Charingcross, in the year, 1614 His body was conveyed to Dover Castle, and there buried without any solemnity. Et portoit, les armoiries de Howard à vec la crescent. WIlliam Lord Compton, knight of the Bath, (son of Henry Compton knight, who was made Baron Compton by writ, the eight of May, 1572.) was created Earl of Northampton by king james, at Salisbury, the second day of August, 1618. He married Elizabeth, daughter and only heir of Sir john Spencer knight, sometime Alderman and Mayor of London, & had issue, Spencer Lord Compton, knight of the Bath, at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales, 1616. A catalogue OF THE Earls of NOTTINGHAM, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RObert de Ferrars (son of William Earl Ferrars, and of Margaret his wife, daughter of William Peverell Lord of Nottingham, disinherited by king Henry the second, 1155. for consenting to the poisoning of Randall Earl of Chester) was made the first Earl of Nottingham, in the life time of his Father and Mother. He gave lands to the church of S. Oswalds, by the name of Robert Earl of Nottingham; and after died without issue, and was buried in the Abbey of Lenton. Et portoit, vaire d'or & the gules. IOhn Lord Mowbray, son and heir of john Lord Mowbray of Axholme, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter & heir of john Lord Segraue, and Margaret his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas of Brotherton; was created Earl of Nottingham, at the Coronation of king Richard the second, 1377. and after died at London without issue, 1381. being but 18. years of age, his Mother then being living. After whose death, king Richard bestowed the said Earldom of Nottingham upon Thomas Mowbray, this john's younger brother, who was after created Duke of Norfolk. This john was buried in the whitefriars (or Carmelites Friars) in London, the sixth year of King Richard the second. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'argent, armé & lampasse d'azur. THomas Lord Mowbray, younger Brother of john Lord Mowbray aforesaid, was after his brother's death, made Earl of Nottingham, the sixth of Richard the second, and by a Charter bearing date the 12. day of january, the 9 of King Richard the second, he had given him the name and honour of Earl Martial of England, to him and the heirs Male of his body. (Before which time they were but Lord Marshals) And after in the 21. of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Norfolk, & permitted to bear the Arms of S. Edward the Confessor, impaled with the Arms of the Marshalshippe of England, viz. Per pale d'or & vert an lion rampant Gueulles. After all which favours, king Richard the second banished this Thomas, with Henry of Lancaster Duke of Hereford; Upon which, he took such exceeding grief, that he died at Venice, and was buried there, in the Abbey of S. George, in the first year of king Henry the fourth. He married Elizabeth, sister and one of the coheirs of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, and had issue, Thomas & john, both Earls of Nottingham and Dukes of Norfolk; Isabella married to Sir james Berkeley knight; and Margaret, married to Sir Robert Howard knight. He writ in his style, Thomas Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Martial of England, Lord Mowbray, Segraue, Bruise of Gower and Stutevile. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. THomas Mowbray (after the death of Thomas his Father in banishment at Venice) was Lord Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Martial of England. He married Lady Constance, daughter of john Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, and Duke of Excester, but by her had no issue. He was after accused and found guilty of high treason, and for the same was beheaded, with Richard Scrope Archbishop of York, in the sixth year of king Henry the 4. and his body was buried at York. Et portoit, de gules, au lion rampant d'argent armé & lampasse d'azur. IOhn Lord Mowbray (second brother of Thomas Mowbray beheaded at York) was Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Martial of England; and in the fourth year of king Henry the sixth, he was created Duke of Norfolk. He married Katherine, daughter of Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, & had issue, john Lord Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Martial of England, Lord Segraue, and Bruise of Gower, etc. and died at his Manor of Epleworth, in the Isle of Axholme, and was buried in the Abbey or House of Carthusians there, in the year, 1432. Et portoit, les armoiries de son frere. IOhn Lord Mowbray, son of john aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham and Earl Martial of England, Lord Segraue, and Bruise of Gower. He married Elinor, daughter of William Lord Bourchier, and sister of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, by whom he had issue, john Earl Warren and Surrey, and after Duke of Norfolk, and died in the first year of king Edward the fourth, 1461. and lieth buried at Thetford. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'argent, armé & lampasse d'azur. IOhn Lord Mowbray, son and heir of john and Elinor Bourchier) in the life time of his Father, was created Earl Warren and Surrey, by king Henry the sixth; & after the death of his Father, he was Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Martial of England, Lord Segraue, and of Gower. He married Elizabeth, daughter of john Talbot, first Earl of Shrewsbury of that name, and had issue, one only daughter and heir named Anne, married to Richard Duke of York, second son of king Edward the fourth, who died both without issue, leaving all the mowbray's lands and livings, to be divided between the two Families of howard's and Berkleys. He died at Framingham Castle, in the year, 1475. and was buried with his Ancestors at Thetford. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam Lord Berkley, of Berkley Castle in Glocestershire, son of james Lord Berkley, and of Isabella his wife, daughter of Thomas Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, by Elizabeth his wife, sister and one of the heirs of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel; was created Viscount Berkley, the 21. of king Edward the fourth: And in the first year of King Richard the third, he was made Earl of Nottingham, & Earl Marshal of England. And in the fourth year of king Henry the seventh, he was created marquess Berkley, and married Anne, daughter of john Fynes, Lord Dacres of the South, and died without issue, the seventh of King Henry the seventh, and was buried in the Augustine Friars in London, giving to the said King, most part of his Lands. Et portoit, de gueulles au Chevron accompaigne de dix croix formies d'argent. HEnry Fitz-Roy, base son of King Henry the eight, begotten of the Lady Talboys, daughter of Sir john Blount Knight, was created Earl of Nottingham, in the 17. year of his Father's Reign; and after in the year, 1525. he was created Duke of Richmond and Somerset at Bridewell; and at the same time he was made Lieutenant General 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 Norfolk, & died without issue, at S. james house by Charingcross, the 28. of king Henry the eight, and was buried at Thetford in Norfolk. 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 gules & vaire d'or & de vert à lion rampant d'argent, au le chef d'azur à castle entre deus test du cert cabushed d'argent. Charles' Baron Howard of Effingham, and Lord Admiral of England, Son of William L. Howard of Effingham, was created Earl of Nottingham, at White-Hall, the 23. of October, 1597, by Queen Elizabeth. He married Katherine, daughter of Henry Cary, Baron of Hunsdon, & L. Chamberlain of the house to the said Queen, 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 Earl 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 james Stewart Earl of Murrey, and had issue, james a son. Et portoit, les armes de Howard, sur le tout au Molette de sable. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Oxford, with their Arms, Wives, and Children. AVbrey de Vere, (son of Aubrey de Vere, Chamberlain to King Henry the first, Portgrave of London, and Chiefe-Iustice under king Henry the first, slain by the Commons in London, in the year, 1140. descended from the Earls of Guisnes; and that surname from Vere, a Town in Zealand, (as M. Camden hath others in Normandy) was by king Henry the second, and Mauld the Empress his Mother, restored first to the Chamberlainship of England, and the Portgraveship of London (which he had lost before in the civil wars) and after had given him, the choice of four Earldoms in England, viz. Oxford, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and Wiltes, with this condition, that if David of Scotland did challenge the Earldoms of Huntingdon and Cambridge, he should not have either of them; and for that the said David did challenge Huntingdon and Cambridge, as his due and right inheritance, the said Aubrey made his choice to take Oxford: In which Earldom, when the said Henry the second came to the Crown, he by his Charter did confirm and make the said Aubrey, Earl of Oxford. This Aubrey married Adelizia, daughter of Henry of Essex, Baron of Raleigh, the king's Constable, by whom he had issue, Aubrey and Robert Vere, both Earls of Oxford one after another; and a daughter named Rohesia, first Countess of Salisbury, and after wife to Geffrey Magnavile Earl of Essex; and lastly she married Paganus de Beauchamp, Baron of Bedford: She founded the Church, and built the Town of Royston. This Aubrey the first Earl of Oxford, died in the year, 1194. the sixth of king Richard the first. Et portoit, escartellé, de gules & d'or, le premier canton, chargé d'une Molette d'argent. AVbrey de Vere, son of Aubrey aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the second Earl of Oxford, and Lord high Chamberlain of England. This Aubrey did confirm the gift of 7. liberatis terre, which Aubrey his Father did give to the Canons of S. Edith (or Esith) in Essex, and married Adelizia, daughter of Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk, by whom he had no issue. He died in the year, 1214. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. RObert Vere the third Earl of Oxford, and great Chamberlain of England, brother of Aubrey the second aforesaid, paid a fine of one thousand Marks to King john, in the 16. year of his reign, for the seizure of those lands which lately were of the inheritance of Earl Aubrey his elder brother, and thereby was seized of the Castles of Hevening ham and Canevil, with their appurtenances, and had also given him the Wardship of William Fitz-Otho, to bestow in marriage with his Niece. Notwithstanding all which favours, he took part with the Barons, who maintained Lewis the French Kings son against king Henry the third, in the year, 1215. He married Isabella, daughter and heir 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 Earl of Oxford, and Sir Henry Vere knight; of whom the Lord Mordant and others are descended. He had issue also, one daughter named Isabella, married to Sir john Courtney knight, great Grandfather of Sir Hugh Courtney, first Earl of Devonshire of that name. She founded the Preaching Friars in Oxford, and lieth there buried in Anno, 1245. This Robert also founded the Priory of Hatfield Brodoke, where he lieth buried crosslegged, in the year, 1221. with this Epitaph. Sir Robert Vere the first, and third Earl of Oxford, lieth here. God if he please, have mercy of his soul. Whosoever shall pray for his soul, shall obtain forty days pardon. His Arms depicted upon his Shield or Pavice, is gold, a quarter of France Seem, charged with a Molet Argent. HVgh de Vere, son and heir of Robert aforesaid, was restored and made Earl of Oxford, and Lord great Chamberlain of England, in the year, 1233. and married Hawis, daughter of Sayre de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, and had issue, Robert de Vere, after Earl of Oxford, Aubrey, & Richard; Margaret, married to Hugh de Cressi, with whom her Father gave in marriage, the Manor of Keteringham, with the appurtenance (Robert Lord Quincy, and Lord William Blande being Witnesses to the said Charter sanz date.) Mauld second daughter, and Isabella Vere the third daughter. This Hugh died in the year, 1263. and was buried at Colne, the 48. of King Henry the third. Et portoit, de gules, escartellé d'or; le premier brisé de un molette d'argen●. RObert de Vere, the second of that christian name, son & heir of Hugh aforesaid, was the fift Earl of Oxford of that surname, Lord Bulbec, and great Chamberlain of England; who siding with the Barons in the civil dissensions against king Henry the third, was taken prisoner by Prince Edward the king's son, in a battle near Kenelworth, in the year, 1265. He married Alice, daughter and heir of Gilbert Lord Samford, and Chamberlain to Queen Elinor, and had issue, Robert Vere Earl of Oxford; Hugh de Vere, second son, who married Dionysia, daughter and heir of William Montchensey, Lord of Swanescamp knight, and died without issue; and Alphonsus de Vere knight, third son, who died before his other two elder brothers, and was buried at S. Albon, the second of king Edward the third. joane the eldest daughter, married William de Warren, son of john Earl Warren and Surrey; Lora the second daughter, was wife to Reginald Argentein, with whom, her Brother Robert (as Milles hath, pag. 682.) did give in marriage, the Manor of Ketlingham in Norfolk. This Robert died in the year, 1295 and was buried at Colne, in the 24. year of king Edward the first. Et portoit, les armes de son peté. RObert de Vere, the third of that name, son and heir of Robert the second, was after the death of his Father, the sixth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and great Chamberlain of England, and was called The good Earl of Oxford. He was sent by king Edward the first into Aquitaine, with an Army to relieve his people against the French. He married Margaret, daughter of Roger Lord Mortimer, and sister of Roger, first Earl of March, and died without issue, in the year, 1331. and was buried at Colne in Essex. Et portoit, gueulles escartelle d'or, le premier beise de un molette d'argent. IOhn de Vere, son of Sir Alphons de Vere knight, and Nephew and heir of Robert and Hugh his Uncles, whom he succeeded, and was the seventh Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and great Chamberlain of England. He married Mauld, daughter of Bartholomew Badelismer, Baron of Leeds in Kent; and sister and one of the heirs of Giles Lord Badelismer her brother, by whom he had issue, three sons and two daughters, viz. Thomas and Aubrey, both Earls of Oxford; and john Vere third son, died without issue. Margaret the eldest daughter, was first married to Henry Lord Beaumond, and after to Sir john Devereux knight; Isabella the second daughter, was first married to Sir john Courtney, Grandfather of Hugh, the first Earl of Devonshire of that Family; and after to Sir Oliver Dynham knight. This john Earl of Oxford died in the 33. year of king Edward the third, 1358. Et portoit, de gueulles escattelle d'or, le prin●ier brise de un Molette d'argent. THom as de Vere, son and heir of john aforesaid, after the death of his Father, was the eight Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and Lord great Chamberlain of England, and married Matilda, daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Vfford knight, Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England, under King Edward the third, and had issue, Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, marquess of Dublin, and Duke of Ireland, and after died at Bentley in Essex, the 18. day of September, the 45. of King Edward the third. Et portoit, les Armes de son peré. RObert de Vere, the fourth of that name, and 9 Earl of Oxford, at eight years of age, was Lord Bulbec, Samford, and great Chamberlain of England; and to augment his honour, king Richard the second, in the 9 year of his reign, created him marquess of Dublyn, and gave him a thousand Marks lands by the year, with the Castle of Flynt in Wales; also he gave to him the son and heir of Charles de Bloys, them a prisoner; for whose redemption he had 20000. pounds; and in the 10. year of the said Kings reign, he was made Duke of Ireland. After all which, the King granted him by Letters Patents, to hold the kingdom and Sovereignty of Ireland, and to bear for his Arms, Azure, three Crowns gold, within a bordure argent, quartered before his own Coat. He was much hated of the Nobility, for abusing the King's ears to the hurt of the Sat. He married Philip, daughter of Ingelram de Guisnes, Lord of Coucie and Earl of Bedford, by Isabella his wife, daughter of king Edward the third, whom he divorced, and took to wife Lantegronia, a mean woman, that came with the Queen out of Bohemia, but had no issue by either of them. At last he was banished England by the Barons, and went into France, where about five years after, being a hunting, he was slain by a wild Boar. King Richard hearing thereof, out of his love caused his body to be brought into England, and to be appareled in Princely Ornaments and Robes, and put about his neck a chain of gold, and Rings upon his fingers, and so was buried in the Priory of Earles Colne in Essex, 1392. The king being thereat, did wear blacks. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. AVbrey de Vere, after the banishment and death of Robert Duke of Ireland his Nephew, was the tenth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec and Samford, 1393. But the Chamberlainship of England (saith Milles) which his Ancestors did hold in Fee, he surrendered unto king Richard the second, who bestowed the same upon john Holland Duke of Excester, his half brother by the Mother. He married Alice, daughter of john Lord Fitz-Walter, of Woodham Walter in Essex, and had issue, Richard Earl of Oxford, and john that died without issue, the ninth of Henry the fift; Alice a daughter, was married to Sir john Fitz-Lewis knight. This Aubrey died in the first year of king Henry the fourth, and was buried in the Priory of Earles Colne in Essex, in the year, 1400. Et portoit, gules, escartelle d'or, le premier brise de un Molette d'argent. RIchard de Vere, (twenty four years old at the death of his Father Aubrey) was the eleventh Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec and Samford; and in the third year of King Henry the fift, he was made Knight of the Garter. He married Alice, daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Richard Sergeaulx knight, and widow of Guy S. Albon, by whom he had issue, john Earl of Oxford, and Sir Robert Vere knight, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Hugh Courtney of Hacham knight, (and heir to her Mother Philip, one of the daughters and heirs of Sir Warren Archdeacon knight) and had issue john, who married Alice, daughter and heir of Walter Kilrington, alias Colbroke, by whom he had issue, john de Vere Earl of Oxford. This Richard died in the 4. year of King Henry the fift. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. IOhn de Vere, the second of that name, son and heir of Richard aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the 12. Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec and Samford. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir john Howard knight, and had issue, Aubrey de Vere, john de Vere Earl of Oxford; George Vere knight, that died before his Brother; Richard and Thomas knights; Marry, a Nun at Barking in Essex; joane, married to Sir William Norris of Yatterden knight; and Elizabeth was married to William Bourchier, son and heir of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex. This john, was one of the Noblemen that withstood and gainsaid the Lords spiritual, for place and precedency in Parliament, in King Henry the sixth time; which controversy is entered on the backside of the Parliament roll thus. Memorandum, the Lords spiritual alleged in that Parliament, that for so much as they were spiritual Barons, they ought to have of right the precedent place of the Lords Temporal; For (said they) it was well known, how far things spiritual exceed temporal. To which, the Barons temporal answered, That whatsoever right or privilege they had or could challenge, it came from them, and their Ancestors, and their almsdeeds, who had been the worthy Founders and Benefactors of the said Lords spiritual: and further said, That it was an unseemly thing, for Masters to be inferiors to their Servants. Besides, the Lords temporal further affirmed, That they were descended of Honourable and Noble Families, and so were not the spiritual Barons; Which matter being well understood and indifferently weighed, the Lords Temporal prevailed, and had place and precedency given them. This john, with Aubrey his eldest son, Sir Thomas Tudenham knight, William Tirrell and john Montgomery Esquires, were attainted, and at several times beheaded at Tower-Hill near London, in the year, 1462. john and his son Aubrey, were buried in the Augustine Friars in London, the first of king Edward the fourth. Et portoit, de gueulles escartelle d'or, le primier brise de un molette d'argent. IOhn de Vere, second son of john Earl of Oxford, beheaded with his eldest son Aubrey, was after his Father and Brother's death, the 13. Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec Samford and Scales, great Chamberlain and Admiral of England; who not long after the battle and overthrow of Barnet, 1471. fled into Cornwall to S. Michael's Mount, where he was taken by King Edward the fourth, and sent prisoner to the Castle of Hames beyond the Seas, where he continued until the first year of king Henry the seventh, with whom he came into England, and fought the battle at Bosworth-Field, where King Richard was slain. He married two wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had issue, john that died in the Tower of London young, in the time of his Father's banishment. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Scrope knight, the widow of William Lord Beaumond, by whom he had no issue. He died without issue, in the fourth year of King Henry the eight, and was buried at Colne in Essex, leaving john de Vere, son of George his Brother, to succeed him in the Earldom of Oxford, etc. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. IOhn de Vere, the fourth of that name, son and heir of Sir George Vere knight, and Nephew and heir of john, the thirteenth Earl of Oxford, succeeded his Uncle john, & was the fourteenth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford and Scales, Lord great Chamberlain of England, and Knight of the Garter. This john was commonly called Little john of Camps: He married Anne, daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, and Treasurer of England, and died without issue, in the eighteenth year of King Henry the eight, the 14. of july, 1526. and was buried at Colne, leaving john de Vere, his great Uncle Robert's Grandchild to succeed him. Et portoit, de gules, escartelle d'or, le primier brise de un molette d'argent. IOhn de Vere, the fift of that name, (son of john Vere, Son of Robert Vere, second brother of john Earl of Oxford, beheaded with his son Aubrey, in the year, 1462.) was the fifteenth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford and Scales, and great Chamberlain of England. He married Elizabeth, daughter & heir of Edward Trussell of Staffordshire, knight Banneret, and had issue, john de Vere the sixth of that name, Earl of Oxford; Aubrey de Vere second son, who married the daughter of Spring of Lanham in Suffolk, and had issue Hugh: Geffrey Vere third son (Father of john Vere of Kirby Hall; Sir Francis Vere knight, the great Leader in the Low Countries; and Sir Horatio Vere Knight) Elizabeth, married to Thomas Lord Darcie of Chich; Anne, wife to Edmond Lord Sheffield; and Francis married to Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, beheaded the 38. of King Henry the 8. This john died at Heveningham Castle, the 19 of March, in the 31. year of King Henry the eight, 1539. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. IOhn de Vere, the sixth of that christian name, son of john the fift, was after the death of his Father, the sixteenth Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and great Chamberlain of England. He married two wives, the first was Dorothy, the daughter of Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmoreland, by whom he had issue, Katherine married to Edward Lord Windsor of Bradenham; and Faith that died without issue. His second wife was Margaret, daughter of john Golding, and sister of Sir Thomas Golding knight, by whom he had issue, Edward Earl of Oxford; and Mary, married to Peregrine Berty, Lord Willoughby of Eresbie. This john died in the fourth year of Queen Elizabeth, and was buried at Heveningham, the third of August, 1561. Et portoit, de gules, escartelle d'or, le premier charge à un molette d'argent. EDward Vere, son and heir of john, was after the death of his Father, the 17. Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and Lord great Chamberlain of England. He had two wines, the first was Anne, daughter to William Cecil Baron of Burghley, and Lord high Treasurer of England, by whom he had issue three daughters; Elizabeth, married to William Stanley Earl of Derby, and Lord Strange, in Anno, 1594. Bridget, wife to Francis Lord Norris of Ricot; and Susan married to Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery. This Edward's second wife was Anne, daughter of Thomas Trentham of Rocester in Staffordshire Esquire, and one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, by whom he had issue, Henry Vere the 19 Earl of Oxford now living, 1618. This Edward died the 24. of june, 1604. and was buried at Hackney. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. HEnry Vere, son and heir of Edward Vere Earl of Oxford, by his second wife, was after the death of his Father, the 18. Earl of Oxford, Lord Bulbec, Samford, and Lord great Chamberlain of England now living, 1618. Et portoit, gules escartellé d'or, le premier charge à un Molette d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Penbroke, their Arms, Wives, and Children. GIlbert, surnamed Strongbowe, (of drawing of a Strong Bow,) second son of Gilbert Earl of Clare in Suffolk, and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent, and grandchild of Richard Fitz-Gilbert (Sewer to William Conqueror) and Rohesia his wife, daughter of Walter Gifford, Earl of Longevile in Normandy; was created Earl of Penbroke, in the 4. year of King Stephen; he was also Marshal of the King's Palace, and Lord of Chepstow, Strighull, Tudenham, Wolaston, Aluerdeston, and half the Country of Liege. He was heir of Roger and Walter Fitz-Richard his Uncles; which Walter was a great Baron, and Lord of Caer-went in Monmouthshire, and Founder of Tinterne Abbey in Wales, 1131. He married Elizabeth, sister of Walleran Earl of Mellent, and Robert Earl of Leicester (twin brothers) and had issue, Richard Strongbow Earl of Penbroke, and Basill, married to Raymond, son of William Fitz-Gerald of Ireland. This Gilbert died in the 14. year of King Stephen, and was buried by his Uncle Walter Fitz-Richard, in the Abbey of Tinterne. Et portoit, d'or, trois cheurons de gules, au lambell de cinq points d'azur. RIchard of Clare, son of Gilbert surnamed Strongbow, of whom it is said, that this Richard standing upright, with the Palms of his hands would touch his knees; he was after his Father, Earl of Penbroke, L. of Strighull, Chepstow and Caer-went, and Lord Martial. Dermoc, Mac-Murough, son of Patrick, King of Leinster in Ireland; whose Subjects rebelling against him, prayed this Richard's aid, who being a most valorous Captain, granted his request, & went with sufficient strength, and conquered all Leinster. In recompense whereof, this Dermoc gave his daughter Eva unto him in marriage, with all the Country of Leinster, (which contained weshford, Kildare, Kilkenny, Ossory and Carlogh) All which Lands he enjoyed with the good liking of King Henry the second, eight whole years. He had issue, one only daughter his heir, named Isabella, who being 14. years Ward to King Henry the second, was given in marriage to william Marshal the elder, Earl of Penbroke. This Richard died, and was buried at Kilkenny, in Anno, 1176, and afterwards his body was taken up again, and buried at Dublyn in Ireland. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam the King's Marshal, son of john, & grandchild of Gilbert, was in right of his wife Isabella, daughter and heir of Richard Strongbow aforesaid, created Earl of Penbroke, by King john, on the day of his Coronation, 1199. and had given him the Marshalship of England. King Richard the first, in the first year of his Reign, 1189. gave this Isabella in marriage, to this William Marshal, she being then his Ward, by whom he had issue five sons; William, Richard, Gilbert, Walter and Anselme, all Earls of Penbroke, and Marshals of England, and died without issue. He had also five daughters, who were married as followeth. Matild the eldest, was married to Hugh Bigot Earl of Norfolk, with whom he had in marriage, the Marshalship of England, and Hemsted Marshal in Berkshire, by which the said Office is held: joane the second daughter, was married to Warin de Montchensey, Lord of Swanescamp: Isabella the third daughter, was first married to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester, and after to Richard Plantagenet Earl of Cornwall, younger son of King john: Sibyl the fourth daughter, married William Ferrars Earl of Derby; and Eva the fift daughter, was married to William Bruse Lord of Brecknock. This William, after the death of King john, had the government of King Henry the third, being but ten years of age, until the said William died, which was in the year, 1219. and was buried in the Temple in London, the 16. of March, the fourth of king Henry the third. This William's Father did bear for his Arms, Gueulles à la band fizelle d'or; (as his Seal doth witness) But after he and his sons came to be Marshals, they used for their Arms, D'or party de vert, au lion rampant de gueulles sur le tout, arm & lampasse d'azur. WIlliam Marshal the younger, son and heir of William Martial the elder, was the fourth Earl of Penbroke, and Marshal of England, Lord of Strighull, Chepstow, Caer-went, Leigh (or Liege) Weshford, Kildare, Kilkenny, Ossorie and Carlogh: and married two wives; the first was Alice, daughter and heir of Baldwin de Betun, Earl of Albemarle and holderness (by avis his wife, daughter and heir of William le gross Earl of Albemarle.) His second wife was Elinor, daughter of king john, and sister of king Henry the third. He died without issue, the 6. of April, 1231. the 15. of king Henry the third, and was buried by his Father, in the Temple of London, leaving Richard his brother to succeed him. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. RIchard Martial, second son of William Martial the elder, who after the death of William his Brother, the 5. Earl of Penbroke, and Marshal of England, Lord of Longevile in France, Strighull, Chepstow, and Caerwent, etc. did give to the Church of S. Mary's of Thame, certain Woods in Crendon, to pray for his own soul, and Geruasia his Wife; (and as Matthew Paris hath) when king Henry the third did, upon the suggestion of Peter Bishop of Winchester, remove all his homebred Subjects from their Offices in his Court, and prefer certain strangers of Poitiers in their rooms; this Richard not liking thereof, came boldly unto the King, in the presence of many the Nobility & others, and told him, that by ill counsel he had sent for strangers into the Land, to the great hurt of his kingdom and subjects, to the impeachment of the Laws and Liberties of this Realm. For redress whereof, he vowed he would sighed so long as he had any life; and thereupon joined league with Luellyn Prince of Wales & others. But whilst the King was busied in levying an Army, to send against him and Luellyn, word was brought to this Richard, that Morris Fitz-Gerald and other Irish, had sacked his Countries and Lands in Ireland. Upon the hearing whereof, he hasted thither with fifteen Knights, to encounter with his enemies; and joined battle with them upon Saturday the first of April, 1234. and fought eleven hours, until his horse was slain under him. And he then falling to the ground one of the Irish perceiving his back part ill armed, lifted up his habergeon, & thrust a knife into his back up to the haft, giving him his deadly wound, and then brought him to a Castle of his own named Kilkenny, (which the said Maurice Fitz-Gerald had taken a little before from him) where he died fifteen days after withoutissue, having been Earl but three years. He was buried in the Quire of the Friars Minories at Kilkenny, the 18. of King Henry the third. Et portoit, les armes de son frere. GIlbert Martial, third Son of William Martial the elder, after the death of Richard his brother, was restored to King Henry the thirds favour and grace, & to all his brother's Lands and Honours, both in England and Ireland; and for the same did his homage in the same year, 1234. and was Earl of Penbroke and Marshal of England, Lord of Longevile in France, Linester in Ireland, and of Chepstow and Strighull in Wales, etc. He married Margaret, daughter of William King of Scots, but had no issue. He miscarried at a Tournament held at Hartford, by endeavouring to stay his horse from his swift running, who being cast out of his Saddle, the horse gave him such a blow on the breast, with his head backward, that he died thereof the same day, in the Abbey of Hartford near Ware, in the year 1242. His body being conveyed 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 Martial, fourth son of William Martial the elder, with whom King Henry the third (after the death of his Brother Gilbert Martial) was greatly displeased, denying him those Honours and Seigneuries belonging unto him from his Ancestors, saying: That this Welter's 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 slain in open field against him. And thirdly, that his brother Gilbert that died last, had all his dignities restored to him by the King's favour; and that (contrary to the said King's Commandment) he went to the Til●ing at Hartford, which was held to the King's disgrace. But afterwards, the King being well pacified, this Walter was admitted to be Earl of Penbroke and Marshal of England, and to have all other the honours and lands his brothers held and enjoyed before. He married Margaret, daughter and co-heyre of Robert Lord Quincy (son and heir of Sater de Quincy Earl of Winchester) widow of ●ohn Lacie Earl of Lincoln by whom he had no issue. He died at Goderich Castle by Monmouth, the fourth of December, 1245. and was buried at Tynterne Abbey without issue, in the 30. year of King Henry the third. Et portoit, les armes de son freré. ANselme Martial, the fift son of William Martial the elder, was at the time of his Brother Welter's death, Dean of Salisbury, and after admitted to be Earl of ●enbroke, and Marshal of England. He married Mauld, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Constable of England, and died without issue, the 22. of December, being the 18. day after the death of his Brother Walter; leaving his rich Patrimony and Inheritance, to be divided amongst his five sisters and heirs before mentioned. I find this Earldom of Penbroke in ancient time, to be a County Palatine, & had all jurisdiction Regal. And that the Earl had under him there, justices of his own, a Shireiffe, Steward, Chancellor, Chamberlain, Coroner, Escheter, and divers other Officers, necessary for a Regal jurisdiction, all made and appointed by himself He had Session's, & County Courts Monthly, in which County Courts were tried all Real Pleas whatsoever, by original Writ, under the Seal and Name of the said Earl; all fines were levied, and recoveries passed, and all Writs made in the Earl's 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 justice and trial of all their causes. He erected Towns, and incorporated them with many large and ample liberties. He had all manner of forfeitures and escheats whatsoever. He had within his County, 9 Castles of his own, and 12. Seigneuries or Manors, which were parcel of his County. The jurisdiction royal of this Earldom, remained and was permitted in the Earls themselves, from the time of the Norman Conquest, until the 27. year of King Henry the 8. Whereas all other Earls of this Realm, had lost their jurisdictions many hundred years before, and had but the bare names of their Earldoms. Also the said Earls of Penbroke, by Office at the Coronations of the Kings of England, were to carry a pair of gilt Spurs. To end; this County is called Penbrokshire, of the Town so named; for the word Pen (in Welsh) signifieth the head or chief part of a thing; and Bro, signifieth a Vale or plain soil, fertile and fit to bear Corn, etc. Et portoit, d'or party de vert, au lion rampant de gules, sur le tout, armé & lampasse d'azur. WIlliam de Valence) so surnamed of the place where he was borne) son of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the Marchesse of Aquitaine, and half brother by the Mother, to King Henry the third; was created Earl of Penbroke, in the year, 1247. He married joane, daughter and heir of Warin Lord Montchency, and joane his wife, second sister and co-heyre of Anselme Martial Earl of Penbroke, by whom he had issue, Aymer de Valence Earl of Penbroke, and john that died a child; and four daughters, viz. Isabella, married to john Lord Hastings of Aburgavenny (one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland) joane the second daughter was married unto john Lord Comyn of Badzenoth (son of john Lord Comyn and Mary his wife, daughter of john 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 died without issue; Margaret was the 4. daughter. This William de Valence and joane his wife, gave to the Town of Tembie the first Charter of incorporating them; licensing them to choose every year Port-Reifes: He granted likewise to the Burgesses, free common yearly upon all his grounds and Meadows, from the time of mowing, unto the purification of Mary; which to this day they enjoy. This William died in the year, 1296. and was buried in a magnificent Tomb, on the Southside of the Abbey at Westminster, the 25. year of King Edward the first. Et portoit, burelle d'argent & d'azur de dix pieces, a l'otle de Marlettes de gules. AYmer de Valence, son and heir of William de Valence aforesaid, and joane his wife, daughter of Warin Montchensey Lord of Swanscampe, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Penbroke and Weshford, and Lord of Montigniac; he was Lord Governor of the Realm of Scotland, under king Edward the first, during the controversy between john Ballioll and Robert Bruse. He married three wives, the first was Beatrix, daughter of Ralph de Nele Constable of France. The second was the daughter of the Earl of Bar; and the third was Mary, daughter of Guy de chastilion, Earl of S. Paul, but had no issue by any of them. He died in France, in the year, 1323, and his inheritance (for want of heirs of his body) was divided between his sister's aforesaid; and Laurence Hastings, grand child to Isabella his eldest sister, succeeded him in the Earldom of Penbroke and Weshford. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. LAurence Lord Hastings, Weshford and Aburgavenny, (Son of john Lord Hastings, and Grandchild of another john and Isabella, eldest sister and co-heyre of Aymer de Valence Earl of Penbroke) was by Letters Patents, dated at Mont-Martyn, the 30. day of October, the 13. of king Edward the third, created Earl of Penbroke, who being very young; the King gave his Wardship to the Lady Isabella de Burgo, Lady of Clare, who was Custos of Penbroke, during the said Laurences minority. He had two wives, the first was the earl of S. Paul's daughter, by whom he had no issue. His second wife was Agnes, daughter of Roger Mortuomary Lord of Wigmore, and first Earl of March, by whom he had issue, john Lord Hastings, who was but two years old at the death of his Father, 1361. the 36. of King Edward the third. Et portoit, d'or à la Maunch de gules. IOhn Lord Hastings, (son of Laurenc aforesaid) was after the death of his Father, Earl of Penbroke; and being but 27. years of age, was sent by King Edward the third, to remove the siege at the City of Rochel in France, where by the way as he was going, he was encountered upon the Sea by Henry the Usurper of Castille, and taken prisoner with 160. others, who were carried into Spain; where after two years imprisonment there, he was sold to a Nobleman of France, with whom having agreed for his ransom, at his departure, was poisoned at a banquet, and died in France, the 16. of April, in the year, 1375. (his ransom money being come to Calais to redeem him) He married two wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of King Edward the third, by whom he had no issue. His second wife was Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Walter many knight of the Garter, by whom he had issue, john Lord Hastings and Earl of Penbroke, three years old at the death of his Father. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. IOhn Lord Hastings, (son of john Earl of Penbroke, by Anne many his wife) after the death of his Father, was Earl of Penbroke, Lord Hastings, Weshford, & Abergavenny. And because he was very young, 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 tournament, was slain by his good Friend Sir john S. john, in the year, 1389. after he had been Earl 14. years. He married Philip, daughter of Edmond Mortimer the third Earl of March, but had no issue. He was buried in the friars 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 died without issue. After whose death, King Richard seized all his livings into his hands; although afterwards Reginald Grey of Ruthin made claim to the same, as next heir; and at the Coronation of King Henry the fourth, carried the gilt Spurs, which belonged of right for the Earl of Penbroke to do. It is said, that since Aymer de Valence Earl of Penbroke (who was one of the Peers that condemned Thomas Earl of Lancaster) to this john, none of the Earls of Penbroke did live to see their sons, so untimely did they die. King Richard the second, in the year, 1397. did give the Earldom of Penbroke, to his Queen Isabella, and under her, Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester and Lord of Haverford, was made Custos of the Earldom; which they enjoyed until king Henry the fourth obtained the Crown, who took the same then into his own hands. Et portoit, d'or, à la Maunch de gules. HVmfrey Plantagenet, (fourth son of king Henry the 4.) was by king Henry the fift his brother, at a Parliament held at Leicester, the second year of his Reign, created Earl of Penbroke, and shortly after Duke of Gloucester. He writ in his style; Humphrey, son and brother to Kings, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Henault, Holland, Zealand & Penbroke, Lord of Frisia, great Chamberlain of England, and Defender of the Realm. This was that Duke Humphrey, who always standing for the Commons, being bountiful to the poor, and seeing justice duly executed, was commonly called, The good Duke of Gloucester. (I wish there were many such Duke Humfreys now living.) This great Duke and Protector, for withstanding the insolent proceed of Queen Margaret, wife to King Henry the fixed; at length (by her means) was strangled to death at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolk, in the 25. year of King Henry the sixth, and lieth buried in the Abbey at S. Albon. He married two wives, the first was jaqueline, daughter and heir of William Duke of Bavare; and the second wife was Elinor, sister of Thomas Lord Cobham of Starborough, but had no issue by either. He had a base daughter named Antigone, married unto Henry Grey Earl of Tankeruile, and Lord Powis. Et portoit, France, escartelle d'engleterre, au bordur d'argent. WIlliam de la Pole, Lord Wingfield, etc. was created Earl of Penbroke, by Letters Patents, bearing date at S. Edmondsbury, the third of March, 1446. the 25. of king Henry the sixth; which Title & Dignity he enjoyed 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 College in Suffolk, was there buried: After whose death, the Earldom of Penbroke reverted again to the Crown, where it remained two years. This William married Alice, daughter and heir of Thomas Chaucer, of Newelme in Oxfordshire Esquire; as in the Title of Suffolk is more at large. Et portoit, d'azur à la face & trois testes de Leopards d'or. IAsper of Hatfield, knight of the Garter, (son of Owen Tuder and Queen Katherine, daughter of Charles the sixth, French King, and widow of king Henry the fift, of England) was created Earl of Penbroke, by King Henry the sixth his half Brother, in the year, 1452. But after, when King Edward the fourth expulsed king Henry the sixth, this jasper was attainted, and William Lord Herbert created Earl of Penbroke in his place, in the year, 1462. In whose Letters Patents mention is made, that he had the said Earldom given him, in consideration he had expelled the Rebel jasper. After that this William Herbert was slain at Banbury, his son William succeeded him in the said Earldom of Penbroke. And after, when King Henry the sixth was restored again (by the Earl of Warwick) this jasper was also restored to be Earl of Penbroke, in the year, 1470. But in April following, 1471. jasper was taken prisoner at Barnet Field, and put from the Earldom of Penbroke again: which Earldom being surrendered by the second William Lord Herbert, to King Edward the fourth, he gave it to Prince Edward his son who enjoyed it during his life. Afterwards King Richard the third held the same all his life time; who being slain by king Henry the seventh, 1485. this jasper was again (the third time) restored to the Earldom of Penbroke, & in the year, 1486. he was crcated Duke of Bedford. Some have, that this jasper married Katherine, daughter of Richard Wooduile Earl Rivers, the widow of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham; but howsoever, he died without any lawful issue, the 11. of King Henry the seventh; leaving a base daughter, named Helen, 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, Chamberlain to King Henry the first, and Alice Corbet his wife, (Concubine to the said King, and of whom he begot Reginald earl of Cornwall.) This William was Knight of the Garter, and after the attaindor of jasper of Hatfield, was created Earl of Penbroke, in the 8. year of king Edward the fourth; and being sent by the said King to encounter Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick, and George Duke of Clarence, (who intended the setting up again of King Henry the sixth) 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 Earl of Warwick at the same time. He married Anne, sister of Sir Walter Devereux knight, Lord Ferrars of Chartley, and had issue. William Lord Herbert of Gower, (and after his Father, Earl of Penbroke) Sir Walter Herbert, and Sir George Herbert of S. julian's, and six daughters; Cicely was Baronesse of Grestoke; Mauld was married to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland; Katherine, wife to George Grey Earl of Kent; Anne was married to the Lord Powis; Isabella was married to Sir Thomas Cooksey Knight; and Margaret the sixth daughter, was first married to Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, and after to Sir Henry Bodringham knight. This William Earl of Penbroke had issue by Mauld, daughter and heir of Adam ap Howell Grant, his Paramour, Richard Herbert of Ewyas, Father of Sir George Herbert of Swansey knight, and of William Herbert Earl of Penbroke. Et portoit, party per pale, d'azur & the gules, au trois lions tampant d'argent. WIlliam Lord Herbert of Gower, (son and heir of William Earl of Penbroke, beheaded at Banbury aforesaid) was after his Father, Earl of Penbroke, which earldom he surrendered to King Edward the fourth, and in am thereof, the said King created him Earl of Huntingdon, by his Letters Patents bearing date at Oburne, the fourth of july, in the 19 year of King Edward the fourth; who at that time gave the said Earldom of Penbroke to his son Prince Edward. This William married Mary, the fift sister and co-heyre of Richard Wooduile, Earl Rivers, and had issue one only daughter his heir, named Elizabeth, married to Charles Somerset Earl of Worcester. This William died in the 6. year of King Henry the seventh. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. EDward Plantagenet, son and heir of King Edward the fourth, was in the 19 year of his Father's reign (upon the surrender of William Herbert of the Earldom of Penbroke) created Earl of Penbroke, at the King's Manor of East Hampsted. This Prince Edward was after King, by the name of King Edward the fift, and lived not long after; who being dead, King Richard the third held the said Earldom of Penbroke all his life time. After whose death, jasper Tuder was restored again to that Earldom, and held it to his death, in the year, 1495. And then did King Henry the seventh give the same Earldom to Prince Henry his son, who held and enjoyed it, until he was King, and long after, and passed all things within the said County, under the Seal of the said Earldom, and by the name of Earl of Penbroke, (and not as King, nor under the great Seal of England) and so it continued, until the 27. year of his Reign, that Wales was reduced to shear ground, and the authority royal of all Lordship's Marchesse in Wales, was dissolved by Act of Parliament, and resumed into the King's hands; at which time, the great and large authority and jurisdiction Royal, of the Earldom of Penbroke (being always before a County Palatine) was dissolved; and the Earls that have been sithence, have only had but the Name and Dignity, as other Earls of England; where before that time, they were as absolute Princes of themselves. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent. Arm Bollen, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Thomas Bollen, Viscount Rochfort, and Earl of Wiltshire; was created marchioness of Penbroke at Windesore Castle, on Sunday the first of September, 1532. the 24. of King Henry the eight, at which time, the said King delivered unto her two several Letters Patents; one of her said Creation, the other of the gift of a thousand pounds a year to maintain her Estate. Afterwards, the 25. of january, 1533. King Henry married the said Anne, marchioness of Penbroke, and by her had issue, the renowned and most famous Princess Queen Elizabeth, who reigned Queen, forty four years, and died the 24. of March, 1602. and lieth honourably buried in the Abbey at Westminster. This Queen was beheaded within the Tower of London, the 19 of May, 1536. and her body with the head, was buried in the Quire of the Chapel of the Tower. Et portoit, d'argent au Cheuron entre trois testes de Beufs coupé sable. WIlliam Herbert, son of Richard Herbert of Ewyas Esquire, and grandchild to William Herbert Earl of Penbroke, beheaded at Banbury, was of the privy Chamber to King Henry the eight, and one of his Excecutors; he was made Master of the Horse, and Knight of the Garter, the third of King Edward the sixth; and in the fift year of the said kings Reign, he was created Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe, and Earl of Penbroke; he was also of the privy Counsel to king Edward the 6. twice Lord Precedent of the Counsel established in the Marchesse of Wales, Lieutenant general, joined with the Lord Russell and the Lord Grey, for suppressing the Rebels in the West Countries, and against Sir Thomas Wyatt, and General of all the English Forces at S. Quintin's; twice Governor of Calais, of the privy Counsel also to Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, & grand Master of the Household to the late Queen Elizabeth. He married two wives, the first was Anne, daughter of Thomas Parr, Baron of Kendal, & sister and co-heyre of William Parr marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, Lord Parr, Ros of Kendal, Fitz-Hugh, Marmyon, and S. Quintine; by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Herbert, after Earl of Penbroke; Sir Edward Herbert of Red-Castle knight; and Lady Anne, married to Francis Lord Talbot, Son and heir of George the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury. This William, married to his second wife, Anne, daughter of George Talbot, the fourth Earl of Shrewsbury, but by her had no issue. He died at Hampton-Court, the 18. of April, and was buried in S. Paul's Church in London, in the year, 1570. being the 73. year of his age. Et portoit, party per pale d'azur & the gules au lions rampant d'argent, à la bordur gobonne d'or & gules, sur la gueulles bezants. HEnry Herbert, Earl of Penbroke, Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales, Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, Lord Precedent of the Counsel of the Marchesse of Wales; married two Wives; Katherine the first wife, was daughter of George Talbot, the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had no issue. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Sidney, knight of the Garter, and of the privy Counsel to Queen Elizabeth, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Precedent of the Counsel of the Marchesse of Wales, and sister to Robert Sidney, Viscount Lisle and Earl of Leicester, Knight of the Garter, and Chamberlain to Queen Anne, by whom he had issue, William Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe, and after his Father, Earl of Penbroke; Philip Herbert second son, created Earl of Montgomery; and Lady Anne, that died young unmarried at Cambridge, and was there buried, 1601. Et portoit, per pale d'azur & the gules, au trois lions rampant d'argent, à un bordur gobonny d'or & the gules. WIlliam Herbert, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Penbroke, Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales, Fitz-Hugh, Marmion, and S. Quintine, Lord Chamberlain to King james, Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter, one of his majesties most honourable privy Counsel, and one of the Commissioners for the Office of Earl Martial of England. He married Mary, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Gilbert Lord Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, but as yet hath no issue, 1618. Et portoit, per pale d'azur & the gules, au trois lions rampant d'argent, à un bordur gobonny d'or & the gules. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Rutland, their Arms, Wives, and Children. EDward Plantagenet, Son and heir of Edmond of Langley Duke of York, fift son of King Edward the third; was in the life time of his Father, at a Parliament held at London, the 14. of King Richard the second, created Earl of Rutland, and of Cork in Ireland. And in the 21. year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Albemarle; from which, in the first year of King Henry the fourth, he was by Parliament deposed. Notwithstanding, after the death of his Father, 1401. he was Duke of York, Lord high Constable and Admiral of England, Lord of Tyndall, and Knight of the Garter. He married (at Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire) Philip, third daughter and co-heyre of john de Mohun, Lord of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire, by whom he had no issue. He was after slain at the battle of Again Court-Field, the third of King Henry the fift, 1415. and was buried at Fotheringhay, leaving Richard his brother to succeed him. Et portoit, France semee escartelle d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent brifé de neuf torteaux. RIchard Plantagenet, son and heir of Richard Coningsborough Earl of Cambridge, second brother of Edward aforesaid, after the death of his Uncle Edward without issue, was restored to be Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge and Rutland, and Lord of Tyndall, in the fourth year of King Henry the sixth; he was also Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore and Clare, in right of Anne his Mother, sister & heir of Edmond Mortimer Earl of March, etc. He married Cecily, youngest daughter of Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, by whom he had issue, (as in the title of York) He was slain at the battle of Wakefield, by Queen Margaret, in the 38. year of King Henry the sixth, and was buried at Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire. Et portoit, France semee, escartellé d'engleterre, au bordur d'argent charge de lions rampant purpre. EDmond Plantagenet son and heir of Richard Duke of York aforesaid, was the third Earl of Rutland in the life time of his Father; who being with his said Father at the battle of Wakefield, 1460. the 39 of king Henry the 6. and but 12. years old, fell down upon his knees desiring mercy; was cruelly stabbed to the heart, by john Lord Clifford of Westmoreland, who did swear, that (by that act) he would be revenged for Thomas his Father's death. After he was thus murdered, he was first buried at Pomfret, and from thence removed, and brought to Fotheringhay Castle, & there buried by his Father. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre, au lambell de cinque points d'argent, chargeé à deux 2 lions gules & neuf torteaux. Escartelle à vec Ulster & Mortymer. THomas Manors, Knight of the Garter, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir, and Trusbut, (son and heir of George Manors Lord Ros, and Anne his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas S. Leoger knight, and Anne Duchess of Excester his wife; which Anne was sister of king Edward the fourth) was created Earl of Rutland by king Henry the 8. at his Palace of Bridewell in London, by Letters Patents, bearing date the 18. of june, the 17. of the said Kings Reign. King Henry the 8. did also augment unto his ancient Arms, (in regard that he was descended of the sister of King Edward the fourth) gold, two bars azure; a chief quarterly azure and gules; on the first two Flour-de-lucesgold; in the second, a lion passant gardant of the first, the third as the second, the fourth as the first. He married Elinor, daughter of Sir William Paston of Norfolk knight, by whom he had issue, five sons and six daughters; Henry Manors the eldest son, was after his Father, Earl of Rutland; Sir john Manors knight; Sir Roger Manors knight; Sir Thomas Manors knight; and Oliver was the fift Son. Gertrude, married to George Talbot, sixth Earl of Shrewsbury; Anne, married to Henry Nevil, fift Earl of Westmoreland; Frances, wife to Henry Nevil, Lord of Aburgavenny, and Mother to the Lady Vane of Kent; Katherine, wife to Henry Capell Esquire; Elizabeth, married to Sir john Savage knight; and Isabella the sixth daughter died young. This Thomas, died in the 35. year of king Henry the eight, and lieth buried at Bosworth in Leicestershire. HEnry Manors, Knight of the Garter, (son and heir of Thomas aforesaid) was the second Earl of Rutland of this Family, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir and Trusbut; He married two wives; the first was Margaret, daughter of Ralph Nevil, fourth Earl of Westmoreland, by whom he had issue, Edward Manors, third Earl of Rutland of this Family; and john the fourth Earl of Rutland; and a daughter named Elizabeth, who was married to Sir William Courtney of Powderham knight, Elinor married to john Bourchier Earl of Bath. His second wife was Bridget, daughter of john Lord Hussy of Lincolnshire, the widow of Sir Richard Morison knight, but by her had no issue; she was after married to Francis Russell Earl of Bedford. He died in the fift year of Queen Elizabeth, and was buried at Botesworth, 1563. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. EDward Manors, Knight of the Garter, (son and heir of Henry) was after the death of his Father, the third Earl of Rutland of this Family, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir and Trusbut, and chief Commissioner, appointed by Queen Elizabeth, to continue the league between her and james the sixth, King of Scotland, (now our most dread and Sovereign Lord and King, 1618.) there being joined with him, the Lord evers, Thomas Randolph Esquire, and others. He married Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft, of the Vale Royal in Cheshire knight, by whom he had issue, one only daughter and heir named Elizabeth, married to William Cecil Lord Burghley, son and heir of Thomas Earl of Excester, by whom he had issue, William Lord Ros, that died beyond the seas in Italy, without issue, 1618. This Edward died in the 29. year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, and lieth buried at Botesworth. Et portoit, d'or, deux burelles d'azur, au chef escartelle d'azur & the gules, en le premier deux fleur-de-lizes d'or, à la second au lion passant gardant d'or. IOhn Manors, (brother and heir male of Edward aforesaid) was the fourth Earl of Rutland of that Family, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir and Trusbut; and married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Charlton, of Apley in Shropshire, by whom he had issue, Edward that died an Infant; Roger, that was Earl of Rutland; Francis, Earl of Rutland; Sir George Manors Knight, and Oliver; Bridget, wife to Sir Robert Tirwhit of Lincolnshire Knight; Frances, married to William Lord Willoughby of Parham; Elizabeth, married to Emanuel Lord Scroop of Bolton. This john died in the year, 1587. Et portoit, les armes de son frere. ROger Manors, son and heir of john aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the fift Earl of Rutland, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir and Trusbut; and married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of that worthy and renowned Sir Philip Sidney knight, slain at Zutphen in Gelderland, the 17. of October, 1586. and died without issue, in the year, 1600. leaving Francis Manors his brother, to succeed him. Et portoit, d'or à deux burelles d'azur, au chef escartelle d'azur & the gules, en la premier deux fleur de-liz d'or, à la second au leopard passant d'or. FRancis Manors, second son of john Earl of Rutland, and brother and heir of Roger, the fift Earl of Rutland of this Family; was the sixth Earl of Rutland, Lord Ros of Hamelake, Beluoir and Trusbut, and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter, 1618. He married two wives, the first was Mary, daughter and one of the coheirs of Sir Henry Knyvet of the West Country, and had issue, Katherine. His second wife is Cecily, daughter of Sir john Tufton knight, (and widow of Edward Hungerford) by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Ros that died a child, and Francis Lord Ros of Hamelake, now living, 1618. Et portoit, d'or à deux burelles d'azur, au chef escartelle d'azur & the gules, en la premier deux fleur-de-liz d'or, à la second au leopard passant d'or. A catalogue OF THE Earl's Rivers, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RIchard Widdevill, Baron of Wimington, married jaquet, daughter of Peter of Luxenburgh, Earl of S. Paul, the widow of john Duke of Bedford, Regent of France; for which marriage, he was fined to pay to King Henry the sixth, the sum of one thousand pounds, because he did the same without the said King's privity and consent; yet afterwards obtaining the said King's favour, he was elect Knight of the Garter, the 4. of August, and installed the 30. of October, Anno, 28. of Henry the sixth; and on the 26. of May, the 4. of King Edward the fourth, he was created Earl Rivers, & made high Constable of England. He had issue by the said jaquet, seven Sons and six daughters, viz. Anthony Widdevill, Earl Rivers after his Father; Lewis died young; john died young also; john the fourth son, was slain with his Father at Edgcote-field; Lionel fift son, was Bishop of Salisbury, (and Father to Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester, by his Concubine) Edward sixth son; Richard the seventh son, was Earl Rivers after Anthony his elder brother: Elizabeth the eldest daughter, was first married to Sir john Grey of Groby knight; and after to King Edward the fourth; Margaret was married to Thomas Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel; Anne the third daughter, was first married to William Bourchier, son of Henry Earl of Essex; and after to George Grey Earl of Kent; and thirdly, to Sir Edward Wingfield knight; jaquet was married to john Lord Strange of Knocking; Marry, was wife to William, Herbert Earl of Huntingdon; and Katherine the sixth daughter, was first married to Henry Stafford, second Duke of Buckingham; and after to jasper of Hatfield, D. of Bedford. This Richard, with john his son, were taken out of the Manor of Grafton, by Robin of Riddesdale, Captain of the lewd people of Northamptonshire, and catried to Northampton, and there beheaded, without any Legal proceeding, in the year, 1469. Et portoit, d'argent, à la facé & quanton the gules. ANthony Widevile, was after the death of Richard his Father, Earl Rivers and Lord Scales, in right of his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Lord Scales, of Nucels in Hartfordshire. He was made Knight of the Garter, in the fift year of King Edward the fourth; and in the first year of King Edward the fift, by the procurement of Richard Duke of Gloucester (than Lord Protector) was sent to Pomfret, & there beheaded, without any just or lawful cause laid against him) the 13. of june, 1483. This Anthony had issue only a base daughter named Margaret, who was married to Sir Robert Poynes knight. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. RIchard Widevile, after the death of Anthony his brother, without lawful issue, was Earl Rivers, Lord Scales of Nucels, and Grafton, and died without issue, in the seventh year of King Henry the seventh; leaving his six sisters his heirs, who were married as aforesaid. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Shrewsbury, their Arms, Wives, and Children. ROger de Montegummery, Earl of Belismo in Normandy, son of Hugh de Montegummery, & of Sibell his wife, fift daughter of Herfastus the Dane, (brother of Gonora wife to Richard the first Duke of Normandy of that Name) came into England with William the Conqueror, who gave him the Earldoms of Shrewsbury and Arundel. He married Maberia, daughter of William Taluaise, and sister & heir of Arnold de Belismo, and had issue, five sons and four daughters, (as William Gemiticensis hath) Hugh Earl of Shrewsbury, slain at Anglesey in Wales, 1097, without issue; Robert was also Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel; Roger the third son, was Earl of Poitow, and Lord of the Honour of Lancaster in England, by the gift of William Ruphus; Philip the fourth son, and Arnold the fift son was Castle-keeper of Penbroke, who with his Brother Robert, was banished England. The four daughters were, Emma; Matild, married to Robert Earl of Moretaigne; Mabill the third daughter; and Sibyl was the fourth daughter, who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon, Lord of Glamorgan, Founder of Tewksbury Abbey in England, and Lord of Torigney in Normandy. This Roger was left by William Conqueror, to be Governor to his son William Ruphus, and was slain at Caerdiffe in South- Wales, and buried at Shrewsbury, in the Abbey which before he had founded. HVgh de Montegummery, (son of Roger aforesaid) was after the death of his Father, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel. He, with Hugh Earl of Chester, took the Isle of Man by force and strong hand, 1098. At which time, Magnus' King of Norway, and grandchild to Olaue, after he had joined to his Empire, the Islands of Orcadeses and Menavia; 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, he died without issue, and was buried by his Father, in the Abbey of Shrewsbury. Upon whose tomb, (M. Milles saith) his Portraiture is made of stone, with his legs across, (as in old times was used) and upon his Shield Azure, a lion rampant gold, with a border, as before is specified in the Title of Earls of Arundel. RObert de Montegummery, second son of Roger aforesaid, and brother and heir of Hugh, was the third Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel, and married the daughter and heir of Guy Earl of Pontive in Normandy. He was a man very outrageously given, and most cruel to his own Children and Hostages, whose eyes (with his own hands) he plucked out. He held and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury, Arundel, Tickhill, Bruge, and Carrocove in England, against king Henry the first, which after was his undoing. For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor, and shortly after, all his Towns and Castles being yielded up unto the said King, he was banished England, with his Brother Arnold, in the year, 1103. the fourth year of the said Kings Reign. But afterward this Robert, with Robert Duke of Normandy, the King's eldest brother, were taken prisoners at the Battle 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 days. This Robert had issue, William surnamed Taluaise Earl of Sage, who married Ela, daughter of Hely, brother of Geffrey Earl of Anjou, widow of the Duke of Burgundy: john his second son, had all his Lands in Normandy and Maine: his eldest daughter married juhell, son of Walter de Meduana; and Ela was first married to William, the third Earl Warren in England; and after to Patrick Earl of Salisbury. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. IOhn Lord Talbot, Strange of Blakmer, Furnivall & Verdon, Governor of Anjoye and Main, (son of Richard Talbot, Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic, and brother and heir male of Gilbert Lord Talbot) was created Earl of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents, bearing date at Windsor, the 20. day of May, in the 19 year of king Henry the sixth. And by another Letters Patents, dated at Westminster, the 17. of july, the 24. of king Henry the sixth, he was made Earl of W●shford, & Steward of England, and after Marshal of France; and being sent to secure them of Bordeaux, took the Town, and placed therein a Garrison; and proceeding further into the Country, to relieve the Town of Castellon in Aquitaine, which the English had recovered; (the French having on all sides begird the same) at which time, a great battle being then fought, this john was with the shot of a Piece there slain, the 7. of july, 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixth. He married two wives, the first was Mauld, daughter and only heir of Thomas Nevil, Lord Furnivall, by whom he had issue, john Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury; Sir Christopher Talbot, and Sir Humphrey Talbot knights. His second wife was Margaret, eldest daughter and coheir of Richard Beauchampe Earl of Warwick, by whom he had issue, john Talbot Viscount Lisle, unto whom his Father gave the Lordship of Panswike, Whaddon, Morton, Wotton, Schirborne, Polycot, and other Lands in Shropshire; Sir Humphrey Tablot knight, slain in Mont-Sinay; Elizabeth, wife to john Mowbray Duke of Norfolk; and Elinor married to Thomas Butler, of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire. This john being slain as aforesaid, with john Viscount Lisle his son, his body was buried in a Tomb at Roan in Normandy, whereon this epitaph is written. Hear lieth the right Noble Knight, john Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl of Weshford, Waterford and Valence, Lord Talbot of Goodrig and Orchenfield, Lord Strange of Blakmer, Lord Verdon of Acton, Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Lovetofte of Worsop, Lord Furnivall of Sheffeild, Lord Faulconbridge, Knight of the Noble Order of S. George, S. Michael, and the golden Fleece, great Marshal to King Henry the sixth, of his Realm of France, who died in the Battle of Bordeaux, 1453. Hoc bare for his Arms, Gueulles au lion rampant d'or, à labordure endenté de mesme. Which Arms were Rice ap Griffiths, Prince of South-Wales, whose daughter named Wentlian, was married to Gilbert Talbot (in King Henry the thirds time) Ancestor of this john. IOhn Talbot, second Earl of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family, was after the death of john his Father, also Lord Talbot, Strange of Blakmer, Furnivall, Verdon, and Knight of the Garter. He married Elizabeth, daughter of james Butler, Earl of Ormond in Ireland, and had issue, john Talbot the third Earl of Shrewsbury; Sir james Talbot knight, who died the 11. of King Edward the fourth; Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, knight Banneret, and Captain of Calais third Son; Christopher Talbot fourth son, was Archdeacon 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 john was slain in a battle at Northampton the tenth of july, 1460. the 39 year of King Henry the sixth, whose part he took, (and in which battle the said King himself was taken prisoner) and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. IOhn Talbot, son and heir of john the second, was after the death of his Father, the third Earl of Shrewsbury, Weshford and Waterford, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, and married Katherine, daughter of Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford, Hereford, and Northampton, by whom he had issue, George Talbot the fourth Earl of Shrewsbury; and Thomas that died without issue; Anne a daughter, was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley, who died without issue. This john died at Coventry, in the year of our Lord, 1473. the 4. kalends of july; and his body was buried in our Lady Chapel at Worsop. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'or, à la bordure endent de mesme. GEorge Talbot, the fourth Earl of Shrewsbury, upon whose Tomb at Sheffield, he is styled Earl of Shrewsbury, Weshford and Waterford, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, and Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter. This George, being but twenty years of age, was at the battle of Stoke, where he fought manfully, in the behalf of King Henry the seventh, who made him Knight of the Order of the Garter; and after he was made Steward of the house to King Henry the eight, and General of the Army at the siege of Turwin. 1513. He married two wives, the first was Anne, daughter of William Lord Hastings, Chamberlain to king Edward the fourth, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Talbot, that died without issue, and was buried at Calke Priory; Francis Lord Talbot, and Earl of Shrewsbury after his Father; john, and john, both borne, & buried at Ashby de la Zouche; William Talbot fift son, borne at Sheffield; Richard Talbot sixth son, borne at Chelsey: and five daughters; Margaret, married to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland; Anne and Dorothy, both borne at Wingfield; Marry, wife to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland; and Elizabeth the fift daughter, was married unto William Lord Dacres of Gillesland. This George's second wife, was Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of Richard Walden, of Erith in Kent knight; of whom he begot john, that died young, and Anne, married to Peter Compton, son and heir of Sir William Compton knight; and after to William Herbert Earl of Penbroke. This George died at Wingfield, the 26. of july, 1538. and was honourably buried by his first wife, at Sheffield. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'or, à la bordure endenté de me●me. FRancis Talbot, son and heir of George, was borne in the Castle of Sheffield, in the year, 1500. the 16. of king Henry the seventh, and was the fift Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakemer, & knight of the Garter. He married two wives, the first was Mary, daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland, by whom he had issue, George Lord Talbot, and sixth Earl of Shrewsbury; Thomas Talbot that died at Sheffield without issue, the 25. of king Henry the eight; and Anne, first married to john Lord Bray, and after to Thomas Lord Wharton, and died without issue. His second wife was Grace, daughter of Robert Shackerley of Derbishire Esquire. He died the 21. of September, the second of Queen Elizabeth, and was buried at Sheffield, in the year, 15●9. Et portoit, les armoities de son pere. GEorge Talbot, sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, son and heir of Francis aforesaid, was made Knight of the Garter, in the third year of Queen Elizabeth; and at the arraignment of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward of England, and presently after Earl Marshal of England. He married two wives, the first was Gertrude, daughter of Thomas Manors Earl of Rutland, by whom he had issue, Francis Lord Talbot, that died before his Father without issue; Gilbert second son, was after his Father, Earl of Shrewsbury, and died without issue male; Edward the third son, was after his Brother Gilbert, also Earl of Shrewsbury, and died without issue; Henry Talbot the fourth son. Katherine Talbot the eldest daughter, was married to Henry Lord Herbert, after Earl of Penbroke, but had no issue; Marry the second daughter, was married to George Savell, son of Henry Savell of Barraby in Lincolnshire; and Grace the third daughter, was married to Sir Henry Cavendish knight, son and heir of William Cavendish of Chattesworth knight. This George his second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of john Hardwike, of Hardwike in Derbishire Esquire, by whom he had no issue. He died on Wednesday, the 18. of November, in the Castle of Sheffield, and was buried the 13. of january, at Sheffield, 1590. Et portoit, de gules, au lion rampant d'or, à la bordure endente de me sme. GIlbert Talbot, the seventh Earl of Shrewsbury of this Family, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, succeeded his Father George, and married Mary, daughter of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth, and had issue, three daughters his heirs; Marry the eldest, was married to William Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales, and Earl of Penbroke; Elizabeth, married to Sir Henry Grey Lord of Ruthin, son and heir of Charles now Earl of Kent, 1618. Alithea the third daughter, was married to Thomas Howard, now Earl of Arundel, 1618. This Gilbert died at his house in Broad-streete in London, and was conveyed to Sheffield, & there most honourably buried, being Knight and Companion of the Noble Order of the Garter, and one of his majesties most honourable privy Counsel, 1618. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. EDward Talbot, second son of George, and brother and heir male of Gilbert aforesaid, was the eight Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blackmer. He married joane, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Cuthbert Lord Ogle, by whom he left no issue. He died in London, and his body was privately buried at Westminster, 1618. GEorge Talbot, son and heir of john Talbot of Grafton Esquire, by Ratherine his wife, daughter of Sir William Peter, of Ingerston in Essex Knight, heir male of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, knight of the Garter and Bannaret, second son of john Lord Talbot, second Earl of Shrewsbury; after the death of Gilbert and Edward, Earls of Shrewsbury aforesaid, without issue male; was by King james, 1618. admitted the ninth Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furnivall, Verdon, and Strange of Blackmer. Et portoit, de gules ●u lion rampant d'or à la bordure endente de mesme. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Salisbury, their Arms, Wives, and Children. PAtricke de Eureux, (son of Walter de Eureux, Earl of Rosemer, and Sibyl his wife, Founders of the Monastery of Bradenstoke, 1093.) was Steward of the house to Mauld the Empress, by whose means the Earldom of Salisbury was confirmed unto him, in the 28. year of king Henry the second. He married Ela, the widow of William, the third Earl Warren and Surrey, daughter of William Taluaise, Earl of Pontine, grandchild to Roger Mountgomery, by his son Robert de Mountgomery Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had issue, William Fitz-Patricke Earl of Salisbury and Rosemer, Patrick and Philip, Cannons at Bradenstock. This Patrick was a Witness to the Charter of pacification of the troubles between King Stephen, and Henry Duke of Normandy, 1152, and after was slain in Aquitaine, by Guy de Lusignan, in coming as a Pilgrim from S. james de Compostella, and as the Priory Book of Lacok hath, the 6. Kalend of April, 1168, and was buried at S. hilaries, the 15. of king Henry the second; (Doctor powel in his description of Wales, Fol. 154, saith, that about the year, 1094. Roger Montgomery, William Fitz-Eustace, and Arnold Harecourt, were slain near Caerdiffe in Wales; and Walter de Eureux Earl of Salisbury, and Hugh Gurney were hurt, and after died in Normandy) Which Walter was Father of this Patrick, which M. Camden denieth to be Earl. Et portoit, d'azur six lions rampant d'or, 3, 2, 1. armé & lampasse the gueulle. WIlliam de Eureux, son and heir of Patrick, was the next Earl of Salisbury and Rosemer after his Father. He married Eleanor, daughter of Tirell de Mainers, by whom he had issue, two daughters his heirs; Ella the eldest, was married to William surnamed Longspee, base son of king Henry the second, begotten of the fair Lady Rosamond Clifford; Mabell the second daughter, was married to Lord Nigell de Mowbray, with the Manor of Banested in Surrey. This William (as Lacok Priory Book hath) died the 15. Kalend of May, in the year, 1196. and was buried at Bradenstoke. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam sur named Longspee, (by reason of a long Sword which he used) base son of king Henry the second, (begotten of the fair Lady Rosamond Clifford, his Concubine) was Earl of Rosemer, & by king Richard the first his half brother, was created Earl of Salisbury. This William Longspee, was the last that writ in their Styles, Earls of Rosemer; for after that Philip King of France had gotten Normandy, Guyan, Poitiers, and Britain, about the 6. year of king john; all such Noblemen of England, as had either Earldoms or Baronnies in those Countries, left to write or entitle themselves of the same. He married Ella, eldest daughter and co-heyre of William Fitz-Patricke, Earl of Salisbury aforesaid, & had issue, William Longspee, from whom king Henry the third did take both the title of Earl, as also the Castle of Salisbury, and who after died in a battle against the Infidels, in the year 1250. Stephen Longspee Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland, second son, (unto whom William his Brother gave the Manor of Wamberge. This Stephen had to wife, Emmelyne Countess of Ulster, daughter and heir of Walter Ridelesford, Baron of Bray in Ireland. Nicholas Longspee the third son, was Bishop of Salisbury, and died, 1296. Richard Longspee was a Cannon at Bradenstoke: Isabella the eldest daughter, was married to William Lord Vescy; Ella, married to Thomas, sixth Earl of Warwick; and after to Philip Lord Basset; and Idona the third daughter, was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Bedford. This William Earl of Salisbury, was Constable of Dover-castle, and sailing with Richard Earl of Cornwall his Nephew, and Philip de Albeney into Gascoigne, the tenth of Henry the third, recovered Poitiers, which before was lost by king john; and in their return again into England, hardly escaped shipwreck, being strangely cast upon the Cornish shores, and died in the same year 1226. and lieth buried in the Cathedral Church at Salisbury, in a fair tomb. After whose death, Ella his Wife and Countess, professed herself a Nun, in the religious house at Lacok in Wiltshire, which was of her Foundation, and was the first Abbess thereof. Afterward she forsook her Abbatesse, in the year 1257. and died in the year 1261. This William lieth buried with these Arms upon his shield, D'azur six lions rampant d'or, 3,2,1. which were the Arms of William Fitz-Patricke, his wives Father. WIlliam Lord Montacute, (Son of Simon Monteacute, Baron of Shipton Monteacute) was created Earl of Salisbury, in the 〈◊〉 year of king Edward the third, and had given him the Castle and Barony of Denbigh; and in the 17. year of the said Kings Reign, he was crowned King of the Isle of Man, and had given to him and his heirs, a thousand Marks land by the year, (for taking of Roger Lord Mortimer prisoner, at Nottingham Castle, who had been too familiar with the king's Mother.) This William, when king Edward the third went to claim his right to the Crown of France, against Philip de Valois, 1138, was taken prisoner, and carried to Paris, and after ransomed by the exchange of the Earl of Morret, who was then prisoner in England. At this expedition, king Edward prayed the aid of the Flemings, who excused themselves, by an oath and bond of a Million of gold, which they had taken and made, in the Pope's Chamber, that they should always help and aid the King of France, & fight under his Standard & Arms; whereupon, by the advice of jaques D' Artiville of Gaunt, king Edward did quarter the Arms of France before his own of England, and proclaimed himself King of France, by reason whereof, the Flemings held themselves discharged both of oath and bond, and so did aid and help king Edward. This William married Katherine, daughter and one of the coheir of William Lord Grantson, a Burgonyan borne, and a great Baron in England; by whom he had issue, two sons and four daughters; William the eldest, was after his Father, Earl of Salisbury; Sir john Montague knight, married Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Mounthermer knight, (son of Ralph Mounthermer Earl of Gloucester) and died before his brother William, in the 13. year of king Richard the second. Sibyl the eldest daughter, was married to Edmond Earl of Arundel, for his third wife: Philip the second daughter, was married to Roger Mortimer Earl of March; Elizabeth the third daughter, was married to Gyles Lord Badelismer, and died without issue; Agnes the 4. daughter. This William founded the Abbey of Bristlesham Montague, and died at a justs and Turney at Windsor, in the year, 1343, and was buried in the White-Fryers in London. Et portoit, d'argent au trois Lozengies en face de gules. WIlliam Lord Montacute (son and heir of William Earl of Salisbury aforesaid) after the death of his Father, was the second Earl of Salisbury, Lord of Denbigh, and of the Isle of Man, of that name; which honour of Denbigh, was recovered from him, by Edmond Mortimer Earl of March. He was one of the Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter, and Governor of Calais, under king Richard the second, 1380. He sold the Isle of Man, to William Lord Scroop, Treasurer of England, and Earl of Wiltshire; who being after beheaded, king Henry the fourth, gave the Isle of Man, to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, to hold of him and his Successors, kings of England, by the service of bearing the sword at the Coronation. He married Elizabeth, daughter and one of the coheirs of john Lord Mohun, of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire, and had issue, William his only son & heir, slain at Tilt at Windsor, by William his Father, the 6. of Richard the second. This William the Father, died in the 20. year of king Richard the second, leaving john his Nephew (son of john his Brother) to succeed him, 1396. Et portoit, les armes de son sonperè. IOhn Montacute Knight, son & heir of Sir john Montacute knight, and Nephew and heir of William Earl of Salisbury his Uncle, was the third Earl of Salisbury of that name, and was one of the Noblemen which conspired the death of king Henry the fourth, at a justs held at Oxford; but being disclosed, divers of them were put to death; and this john and Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, flying unto Circester, were by the rude Townsmen there, brought into the Marketplace, and there had their heads smitten off, the first year of King Henry the fourth. He married Mauld, daughter and heir of Sir Adam Francis of London, knight, and widow of Sir Alan Boxhull knight, Lieutenant of the Tower, and had issue, Thomas Montacute Earl of Salisbury, and Richard that died without issue, & three daughters; Anne the eldest, was first married to Sir Richard Hanckford, after to Sir john Fitz-Lewis knight; and thirdly, to john Holland Earl of Huntingdon, 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 gules. THomas Montacute, Son of john Earl of Salisbury, slain by the Commons at Circester, was restored to be Earl of Salisbury, in the tenth year of king Henry the fourth; and after in the sixth year of king Henry the sixth, he was made Knight of the Garter; and in the year, 1423. he raised the siege of Cravant in Burgoigne, where he, with the loss of 21. hundred men, slew eight thousand of the enemies. After he was substituted Vice-Regent of the Countries of France, Bry and champaign, and Sir john Fastoffe Deputy in the Duchy of Normandy. And in the sixth year of king Henry the sixth, he, with William de la Pole Earl of Suffolk, and john Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, besieged the City of Orliance in France, where he and Sir Thomas Gargrave knight, looking out of a high Window, in a Tower at the Bridge end, to view the Town, was shot with a Bullet from the enemy, which broke the Window, and drove the shivers thereof into his Face and Head; upon which wound, he died within eight days after. Whose body being brought into England, was honourably buried by his Ancestors, at Bisham Abbey in Berkshire, 1428. He married Eleonor, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and sister and one of the heirs of Edmond Earl of Kent; and had issue, one only daughter and heir named Alice, married to Richard Nevil, a younger son of Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland. This Thomas had a base son named john. Et portoit, d'argent, au trois Louzengies en face de gules. RIchard Nevil, third son of Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, (by joane his second wife, daughter of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster) was made Earl of Salisbury, after the death of Thomas Montague his wives Father, and Knight of the Garter, in the 15. year of king Henry the sixth, and Lord Chancellor, in the 32. year of the said kings reign. He took part with Richard Duke of York, against king Henry the sixth, and was taken prisoner by Queen Margaret, at the battle of Wakefield, and beheaded at Pomfret, and his head sent upon the end of a Spear to York: in which battle, was Richard Duke of York also slain, 1460. This Richard Nevil, married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Thomas Montague Earl of Salisbury, and had issue, four sons and six daughters; Richard the eldest son, was after restored and made Earl of Salisbury, and after Earl of Warwick; john the second son, was created marquess Montague; Thomas the third son, married the widow of the Lord Willoughby, and died without issue; George the fourth son, was Archbishop of York, and Lord Chancellor of England. joane the eldest daughter, was married to William Pitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel; Cecily the second daughter, was married unto Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwick; Alice the third daughter, was married to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh, Baron of Ravenswath; Eleanor the fourth daughter, was married to Thomas Stanley, first Earl of Derby of that name; Katherine the fift daughter, was wife to William Bonville Lord Harington; and Margaret the sixth daughter, was married to john Vere Earl of Oxford. This Richard's body, was first buried in the Priory at Pontfret, and after removed to Bisham Abbey, near Windesore in Berkshire. Et portoit, gules au Saukeur d'argent, au lambell gobonne d'argent & d'azur. RIchard Nevil, son and heir of Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury aforesaid, was restored to be Earl of Salisbury; and in right of his wife, he was Earl of Warwick; he was also great Chamberlain and high Admiral of England, Lord Warden of the North Marches toward Scotland, and of the Cinque-Ports, Captain of Calais, high Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, and knight of the Noble Order of the Garter. This famous and great Earl of Warwick, did set up and pull down Kings at his pleasure. First he set up king Edward the 4. and put down king Henry the 6. and after some breach and unkindness between them, this Richard took Henry the 6. out of prison, where he had been ten years, and placed him again in his Regal Throne, forcing Edward to fly into Flanders, to seek aid of the D. of Burgundy his brother in law. But Edward returning again, did encounter with this great Earl, & his brother john marquess Montacute, at Barnet field, where they were both slain, in the year, 1471. This Earl Rich. married Anne, daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and sister and heir of Henry Duke of Warwick, by whom he had issue, two daughters his heirs; Isabella 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 Gloucester, after king, by the name of Richard the third. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. GEorge Plantagenet, borne at Dublin in Ireland, third son of Richard Duke of York, and brother of king Edward the fourth, was created Duke of Clarence, in the year, 1461. And by Letters Patents dated at Westminster, the twenty five of March, the 12. of King Edward the fourth, he was created Earl of Salisbury and Warwick. This George married Isabella, sister and co-heyre of Henry Duke of Warwick, and had issue, Edward Earl of Warwick, who from his childhood was kept in the Tower of London, and in the end beheaded by king Henry the seventh, leaving no issue; and Margaret, the daughter of the said George, married Sir Richard Pole knight, and was beheaded after her brother, in the 33. year of king Henry the eight. This George was secretly murdered in the Tower of London, in the year, 1477 and was buried at Tuekesbury. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent au trois cantons de gules. EDward, only son of King Richard the third, & Queen Anne his wife, was borne in the Castle of Middleham, near Richmond, in the County of York, 1473, who being not four years of age, was created Earl of Salisbury, the 17. year of the Reign of king Edward the fourth. And on the twenty four day of August, 1483, he being then about ten years old, was by his Father created Prince of Wales, and died before his Father. Et portoit, les armes d'engleterre au lambell d'argent. MArgaret Plantagenet, daughter of George Duke of Clarence, and sister and heir of Edward Earl of Warwick, beheaded as aforesaid, was created Countess of Salisbury, by king Henry the eight, in the fift year of his Reign, and in the 31. year of the said kings Reign, she was attainted by Parliament, of high treason, together with Gertrude, wife of Henry Courtney, marquess of Excester, Reginald Pole her son, Sir Adrian Fortescue and others; and after was beheaded in the Tower of London, the 33. of king Henry the 8. She was married to Sir Richard Pole knight, (borne in Wales) & had issue, Henry Pole Lord Montague beheaded; Reginald Pole Cardinal; Geffrey Pole third son; Arthur Pole fourth son; and Ursula, married to Henry Lord Siafford, son and heir of Edward Duke of Buckingham. Et portoit, France & d'englere tree escartelle au lambell d'ermyn trois cantons de gules. RObert Cecil knight, (second son of William Cecil, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, and Knight of the Garter, by his second wife Mildred) was first created at the Tower of London, the 13. of May, 1603. Baron Cecil of Essenden in Rutlandshire. And at Whitehall the 20. day of August, 1604. he was created Viscount Cranborne in Dorsetshire; and lastly at Greenwich, the fourth of May, 1605, he was created Earl of Salisbury by King james. He was also Master of the Court of Wards, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Lord high Treasurer of England, and Knight of the Order of the Garter. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham, and had issue, William Cicell Earl of Salisbury, 1618. and a daughter named Francis, married to Henry Lord Clifford, son and heir of Francis Earl of Cumberland. He died at Marlborough, on Sunday, the 24. of May 1612. Et portrit, burellee de dis d'argent & d'azur. sur le tout six eschuchons, 3, 2, 1. sable, charge the six lions rampant à la premier, au Cressand pur le difference. WIlliam Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essenden, Viscount Cranburne, and Earl of Salisbury, 1618. married Katherine, youngest daughter of Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk, and Lord high Treasurer of England, and had issue, james that died young, and Frances a daughter. A catalogue OF THE Dukes, Marquesses, and Earls of Suffolk, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RObert de Vfford knight, Son of Sir Robert Vfford knight, Steward of the household to King Edward the second, and of his wife Cecily, daughter and coheir of Robert de Valonijs Lord of Orford, was created Earl of Suffolk, in the eleventh year of king Edward the third, 1335, as also Knight of the Garter; he was Lord of Eay and Framlingham in Suffolk. Before this Robert, did the Family of Bigots' hold Norfolk and Suffolk together as one County. This Robert, and William Montague Earl of Salisbury, were Generals of king Edward the thirds Army in Flanders, when he went to make his claim to the Crown of France, descended to him by his Mother, and kept from him by Philip de Valois the Usurper, 1338. He served under the black Prince, at the battle of Poictow, where john the French King was taken prisoner, 1359, and married Margaret, daughter of Sir john Norwich, of Mettingham Castle in Suffolk, and Aunt and heir of john her Nephew, (by Walter her Brother) by whom he had issue, William Vfford Earl of Suffolk, and three daughters; Cecily, married to john Lord Willoughby; Katherine, married to Robert Lord Scales; and Margaret, married to William Lord Ferrer of Groby. He died in the 43. year of King Edward the third. Et portoit, de sable au croix engresse d'or. WIlliam de Vfford, son and heir of Robert aforesaid, was the second Earl of Suffolk of that surname, L. of Eye and Framlingham, he married Isabella, daughter of Thomas Beauchampe Earl of Warwick, and had issue, Thomas, William & Edward, who died all without issue. This William Earl of Suffolk, died suddenly in the Parliament house at Westminster, the 15. day of February, 1382. leaving his three sisters his heirs, who were married as aforesaid. Les armes de son peré. Michael de la Pole knight, son and heir of Sir William de la Pole Knight Banneret, & Katherine his wife, daughter of Sir john Norwich knight, and grandchild to another Sir William Pole knight; (which Father and Grandfather of this Michael, doth disprove our late Writers, who setteth him down to be of base Parentage and birth) He was Lord Wingfield, and Lord Chancellor of England; and by King Richard the second, he was created Earl of Suffolk, in the year, 1385. and had given him a thousand Marks by the year, out of the King's Treasury. But when King Richard began to decline, by reason of the discord of the Nobility, the honour of this Michael (being newly raised) decreased also. For by a public Decree, he was banished England, the 12. year of king Richard, as a great corrupter of the King; in which banishment, he died with grief at Paris, 1389 and was after buried at Hull. He married Isabella, daughter of Sir john Wingfield knight, and sister and heir of Sir Thomas Wingfield, of Wingfield Castle in Suffolk knight, and had issue, five sons; Thomas de la Pole, borne 1366. William, borne 1367. Michael, borne 1368. Richard, borne 1369, and john borne, 1373. He had issue, three daughters; Margaret, married to William Lord Ferrer of Groby; Elizabeth and Anne. Et portoit, d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or. Michael de la Pole, Lord Wingfield, son of Michael aforesaid, was restored to be Earl of Suffolk, after his Father in banishment, the 22. of king Richard the second, and married Katherine, daughter of Hugh Earl Stafford, and had issue, six sons and five daughters, viz. Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk; William second son, was after the death of Michael his elder brother, Earl, marquess and Duke of Suffolk; Thomas was a Clerk; Sir john de la Pole knight, Captain of the Town of Auerenges in Normandy; Miles de la Pole, and Alexander: Isabella the eldest daughter, was married to William Lord Morley; Katherine, was Abbess of Berking; Elizabeth died young; Philip the fourth daughter, was wife to the Lord Burnell; and Margaret married john de Foys, Earl of Kendal in England, son of Gaston de Foys, Earl of Longevile in France. This Michael died of the flux; at the siege of Hareflew, 1414. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. Michael de la Pole, the third of that name, Lord Wingfield, and Earl of Suffolk, was slain at the battle of Egencourt, with Edward Plantagenet Duke of York, the 25. of October, 1414, leaving no issue of his body, and was buried at Butley. Et portoit, d'azur à la face entre tro● testes de leopards d'or. WIlliam de la Pole, Lord Wingfield and Earl of Suffolk, (second son of Michael the second Earl of Suffolk of that Family) after the death of Michael Earl of Suffolk his elder brother, without issue, (being Captain of the Castle and City of Auerenges in Normandy, was in the 22. of king Henry the sixth, created marquess of Suffolk, and in the 25. year of the said kings reign, he was made Earl of Penbroke; and lastly Duke of Suffolk, in the 26. of Henry the sixth. After all which honours given him, in the year 1449, he was banished England for five years, for being too familiar with Queen Margaret, privy and consenting to the yielding and loss of Anjoy and Maine, (as also to appease the murmuring of the people, for the murdering of the Duke of Gloucester:) and as he was taking of Ship to passed for France, he was surprised and taken on the sea, by a Ship of war, called the Nicholas, belonging to the Duke of Excester, than Constable of the Tower of London, and there presently beheaded, and his body cast into the Sea, which was after found and taken up again at Dover, and brought to the College at Wingfield in Suffolk, and there honourably buried. He married Alice, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Chaucer knight, son of Sir Geffrey Chaucer the Poet, by whom he had issue, john Duke of Suffolk, and William. Et portoit, d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or. IOhn de la Pole, son and heir of William aforesaid, being the fift of this Family, was after the death of his Father, Duke of Suffolk. He was Founder of the house of the Carthusians at Kingston on Hull, where the house of the said Poles as yet remaineth like a Palace. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York, and sister of king Edward the fourth, and had issue, john de la Pole, created Earl of Lincoln, the seventh of king Edward the fourth, who having no issue of his body, was slain at Stokefield, with Martin Swarth, who unjustly had taken up Arms against King Henry the seventh, in the year 1487, the second of the said Kings Reign. Edmond the second son, was Earl of Suffolk; Humphrey was a Clerk; Edward the fourth son was Archdeacon of Richmond; and Richard the fift son was slain at Pavia in Italy, at a battle fought in the year, 1525. Katherine the eldest daughter, was married to William Lord Sturton; Anne the second daughter, was a Nun at Zion; Dorothy was the third daughter; and Elizabeth the 4. daughter, was married to Henry Lovel Lord Morley. This john died in the year 1491. and was buried at Wingfield, of which he was Lord and Owner. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. EDmond de la Pole, second son and heir of john de la Pole Duke of Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, sister of king Edward the fourth, was the last Earl of Suffolk of that Family, (a bold, stout, and courageous man, but very intemperate in his anger) This Edmond upon a time killed a mean man, which fact King Henry the seventh pardoned, notwithstanding he took it so ill, that he was arraigned for the same. As he shortly after (without the King's licence) went into Flanders to his Aunt Margaret, Duchess of Burgonay, but after returning back again: he excused himself so, as he obtained the king's favour; and not long after, while Prince Arthur's marriage with Katherine of Spain, and the people's heads were occupied with delights; he, with his Brother Richard departed the second time into Flanders, against the Kings will and knowledge, where he remained as an exile, hearing that some of his Friends were put to death, and others committed to perpetual imprisonment. He wandered up and down, both in France and Germany; but finding no place of rest or safety, at last, yielding himself into the hands of Philip, Duke of Burgundy and Flanders, was at length brought into England, and beheaded at Tower-Hill for treason, in the year 1513. being the fift of king Henry the eight. He married Margaret, daughter of Richard Lord Scrope, & had issue, Anne a Nun in the Minnories at London. Et portoit, d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or. Charles' Brandon, (Son of Sir William Brandon knight) was knight of the Garter, and Master of the Horse to K. Henry the 8. & by him created Viscount Lisle, in the year 1513, and after Duke of Suffolk in the same year. In which year, there was a solemn triumph, at Tilt & Turney proclaimed in France by the Dolphin: to which, this Charles, with the Marquis Dorset, and many other Noble Lords and Gentlemen, went with the King's licence. And in the first days triumph, the Marquis Dorset bore himself so valiantly against Monsieur grew (an Almanois) that with his Spear, he wounded him very dangerously in the head. And Duke Charles at the Turney, overthrew his adversary, bearing both man and horse to the ground. This Duke Charles had four wives, the first was Margaret, daughter of john Nevil, marquess Montague, (widow of Sir john Mortimer knight) by whom he had no issue. The second was Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne knight, Governor of Calais, by whom he had issue (before marriage) a base daughter named Anne, married to Edward Grace Lord Powis; and another daughter after marriage, named Mary, married unto Thomas Stanley Lord Montegle. His third wife was Mary, Queen of France, widow of Lewis the 12. and second sister to King Henry the eight, by whom he had issue, Henry Brandon Earl of Lincoln, that died before his Father, without issue, and two daughters; Francis, married to Henry Grey, marquess Dorset, and after Duke of Suffolk; and Eleanor the second daughter, was married to Henry Clifford Earl of Cumberland. The fourth wife was Katherine, daughter and one of the heirs of William Lord Willoughby of Eresbie, by whom he had issue, two sons, Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolk, and Charles, who died young, both in one day of the sweeting sickness, at Bugden the Bishop of Lincoln's house, the 14. of july, 1551. This valiant Charles Duke of Suffolk, departed this life at Guildford, the 24. of August, 1544. the 36. of king Henry the eight, and was buried very honourably with a Hearse at Windesore. Et portoit, bur●lle d'argent & de gueulles de dix pieces, à la lion rampant d'or, coronne per pale d'argent & de gueulles. HEnry Grey, marquess Dorset, and Baron Ferrer of Groby, Huntingdon, Wooduill, and Asheley, justice of the Forests and Chases by South, the River of Trent, and knight of the Garter; was after the death of Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Charles his brother, created Duke of Suffolk, the eleventh of October, the fift of king Edward the sixth. He married Lady Francis, daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, by Mary the French Queen, Dowager of France; and had issue three daughters: jane the eldest, was married to the Lord Guildford Dudley, son of john Duke of Northumberland, who were both beheaded without issue. Katherine the second daughter, was married to Henry Lord Herbert, from whom (against her will) she was divorced. Marry, married to Martin Keys of Kent Esquire, and died without issue. This Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, was beheaded at Tower Hill, the 23. of February, in the first year of Queen Mary, 1554. Et portoit, burelle de six d'argent & d'azur trois torteaux à lambell d'ermyn. THomas Lord Howard, second son of Thomas Howard late Duke of Norfolk, and of Margaret his second Wife, daughter and only heir of Thomas Lord Andley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England; was by Summons of writ to the Parliament, made Lord Howard of Walden: he was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth, and King james, and knight of the Garter; and after created Earl of Suffolk at Hampton Court, on Thursday the 21. of july, 1603. and lastly made Lord Treasurer of England. He married Katherine, eldest daughter and one of the coheirs of Sir Henry Knyvet, of Chorlton in Wiltshire knight, by whom he had issue, Theophilus Lord Walden; Sir Thomas Howard, knight of the Bath; Henry Howard, Charles Howard, Robert Howard, William Howard, and Sir Edward Howard, all knights of the Bath; john the 7. son died young; Elizabeth the eldest daughter, was married to William Lord Knolles of Greyes, and Viscount Wallingford; Francis second daughter, wife to Robert Car Earl of Somerset; and Katherine the third daughter, was married to William Cecil now Earl of Salisbury, 1618. Margaret the fourth daughter died young, and was buried at Walden in Essex. Et portoit, gules à la band entre six croix au pied fiche d'argent à croissant sable pur la difference. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Somerset, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WIlliam de Mohun, (or Moun) the 3. of that name from the Norman Conquest, (grandchild to William de Moun, surnamed Sapell, Lord of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire, by his son William) was made Earl of Somerset by King Henry the first; and by that name and title, did found the Priory and Convent of S. Mary's of Brinton, & gave to the Cannons Regular of the same, divers Lands for their maintenance. To which his Charter, are witnesses, William de Moyn his Son, Henry juwe, William de Brinton, Hugh de Punchardon and others. This William (as Matthew Paris hath) in the year 1138. did keep and fortify his Castle of Dunster, against K. Stephen; and William Talbot kept the Castle of Hereford; William Lovel the Castle of Ludlow; and William Fitz-Alan the Castle of Salopesbury, on the part of Mauld the Empress, and Henry Duke of Normandy her son. This William de Moun Earl of Somerset, married Luce, daughter of _____ and had issue, William de Mohun Lord of Dunster and Oodecombe, Muneth and Culueton in Somersetshire. Et portoit, guculles, au Manch mal tail d'ermyn le main propre tenant à la flower de liz d'or. REginald de Mohun Lord of Dunster, (son and heir of Reginald de Mohun Lord of Dunster, grandchild of William de Mohun Earl of Somerset, by his son William) was the second, and last Earl of Somerses of that Family, & did by that Name & Title give his Manor of Aexministre, with the appurtenances, to found the Abbey of Newham; To which his gift are witnesses, Richard Earl of Cornwall, the King's brother, Simon Earl of Leicester, Henry Earl of Oxford, john Fitz-Geffrey, Ran-Fitz-Hubert, Hugh Tracy, Hugh Peverell of Ermington, William Malherbe knights and others. Prima pars Patent. Anno, 14, Edw. 3, m. 33. He married Isabella, daughter of William Earl Ferrars and Derby, & co-heyre of her Mother Sibell, sister and co-heyre of Anselme Martial, Earl of Penbroke, by whom he had issue, john de Mohun Lord of Dunster, etc. This Reginald lost his Title of Earl, in siding with the Barons against king Henry the third, and died in the 43. year of the said Kings Reign, and was buried in the Abbey of Newham. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré, gules, au Manch mail tail d'ermyn, le main propre tenant à la flower de liz d'or. IOhn surnamed Beaufort (of Beaufort in France, which came to the house of Lancaster, by Blanch of Arthois, wife to Edmond first Earl of Lancaster) son of john of Gaunt D. of Lancaster, begotten of Ratherine Swinford before marriage; who with his brothers and sisters, were made legitimate by Act of Parliament, in the 21. year of king Richard the second, and in the year, 1396. he was made Earl of Somerset, and the year after, marquess Dorset; from which king Henry the fourth deprived him; leaving him only Earl of Somerset. He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent, and sister and co-heyre of Edmond Earl of Kent, by whom he had issue, Henry Earl of Somerset, that died young without issue, and john, who by king Henry the fift, was created the first Duke of Somerset, and had issue, one only daughter named Margaret, Mother to king Henry the seventh; Edmond the third son, succeeded his Brother john in the Dukedom of Somerset, and was slain at the first battle of S. Albon. joane the eldest daughter of this john Beaufort, was married to james the first king of Scots; and Margaret the second daughter, was married to Thomas Courtney Earl of Devon. He died in the eleventh year of king Henry the fourth, and was buried on the North side of Thomas Beckets Shrine at Canterbury. Et portoit, France seem, escartellé d'engleterre, au bordur gobonne d'argent & d'azur. IOhn Beaufort, son of john Earl of Somerset, and grandchild to john of Gaunt (after the death of his Father, and his elder Brother Henry Earl of Somerset) was created the first Duke of Somerset, in the 21. year of king Henry the 6. He was taken prisoner before by the Duke of Orliance, at Bangiebridge in France, the ninth of the said Kings Reign, and delivered upon ransom. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir john Beauchampe of Bletso knight, and sister & heir of john her Brother, by whom he had issue, one only daughter and heir named Margaret, who by Edmond of Hadham Earl of Richmond her husband, had issue king Henry the seventh. (Milles, pag. 398. saith) Edmond Beauford brother of this john, succeeded him in his Dukedom of Somerset, which was thought to be a great prejudice to Margaret, this john's daughter and heir, if according to the old custom, when the male issue faileth, the titles, honours and dignities should not depend upon the pleasure of the King, to distribute the same to who he pleaseth. The which, in a word I answer thus, That if King Henry the fift did give the Dukedom of Somerset to john, the Father of this Margaret & his heirs male (as he did) and as commonly all Kings use to do, when they give the like honours: (This john dying without issue male) what wrong doth the King to any, in giving his own, to whom and where he pleaseth? and to speak truly, I have not seen but one Letters Patents otherwise, which was by King Henry the sixth, 1458. to james Butler, who had the Earldom of Ormond to him and his heirs male, and the Earldom of Wiltshire to him and his heirs general. And this I hope shall be sufficient, to prove that King Henry the sixth did no wrong to this Margaret, in giving her Father's title of honour to his brother, nay, had he given it to a mere stranger, it had been justifiable. This john died in the 24. year of king Henry the sixth, and lieth buried in Winborne Minster in Dorsetshire. Et portoit, les armes de son perè. EDmond Beaufort, Earl Moriton in Normandy, and Lord of Chirke and Chirkland, in the Marchesse of Wales, (brother of john Duke of Somerset aforesaid, and grandchild of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster) was after the death of his elder brother without issue male, created first marquess Dorset, 1444. and in the 25. year of king Henry the sixth, he was made Duke of Somerset; and after, he with Henry Earl of Northumberland, Humphrey Earl Stafford, and Thomas L. Clifford, were slain at the battle of S. Albon, on the part of king Henry the sixth, 1455. and the king himself taken prisoner & brought to London. This edmond's death greatly grieved K. Hen. because in him he had put all his trust and confidence; and for that also, such a Chiefetain as he, who had long governed in Normandy, & been Regent of France, & for his Country's sake, had so valiantly borne himself against the French, should now be slain at home by his own countrymen. He married Elinor, daughter & one of the heirs of Richard Beauchamp earl of Warwick, & had issue, four sons and five daughters, viz. Henry the eldest son, was after his Father, Duke of Somerset, and was beheaded in the year, 1463. Edmond the second son, was also Duke of Somerset after his Brother; john the third son, was slain at the battle of Teukesbury without issue, 1470, and Thomas the 4. son, died without issue. Elinor the eldest daughter, was first married to james Butler Earl of Wiltshire, and after to Sir Robert Spencer knight; joane the second daughter, was first married to the Lord Hoth of Ireland, and after to Sir Richard Fry knight; Anne the third daughter, was married to Sir William Paston knight; Margaret the fourth daughter, was first married to Humphrey Earl Stafford, and after to Sir Richard Darell knight; and Elizabeth married unto Sir Henry Lewis knight. This edmond's body was buried at S. Albon, in the Abbey there. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre, à un bordur gobonne d'argent & d'azur. Henry Beaufort, son and heir of Edmond aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Duke of Somerset, marquess Dorset, Earl Moriton, Lord of Chirke and Chirkland, and Lieutenant of Calais. He, by assaults took the Castle of S. Auian in Maine, and slew therein 300. Scots, and hanged all the French he found therein. He most disloyally fell from king Henry the sixth, to Edward of York, who then had gotten the Crown; but when king Henry had obtained succour of the Scots, and was entered the Bishopric of Durham, this Duke Henry revolted from Edward, and came to king Henry again; and sighting the battle at Exham, was with William Talboys, the Lord Ros, Molyns, and Hungerford, Sir Henry Nevil, Sir Thomas Wentworth, and Sir Richard Tunstall, unluckily taken prisoner, by john marquess Montague, and there beheaded, in the year 1462. He had issue, a base son named Charles Somerset, (begotten of joane Hill his Concubine) who was after created Earl of Worcester, of whom the now Earl of Worcester is descended. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. EDmond Beaufort, brother and heir of Henry Duke of Somerset aforesaid, and second son of Edmond Duke of Somerset, slain at S. Albon, was the last Duke of Somerset of this Name and Family, who taking part with the house of Lancaster, was with Prince Edward (son of king Henry the sixth) taken prisoner at the battle of Tuekesbury, by King Edward the fourth, 1471. and within two days after beheaded there, without issue, leaving his five sisters his heirs before mentioned. Et portoit, France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordur gobonne d'argent & d'azur. EDmond, third son of King Henry the seventh, was born at Greenwich in Kent, 1495. and was created Duke of Somerset; and after died at Bishops Hatfield in Hertforashire, in the year 1499, being not full five years old, and was buried in the Abbey at Westminster. HEnry Fitz-Roy, knight of the Garter, and base son to king Henry the eight (begotten of the Lady Talboys, daughter of Sir john Blount knight) being a child of six years old, was by his Father in the 17. year of his reign, created Duke of Somerset and Richmond at Bridewell, and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, but by her had no issue. He died at S. james house by Charingcross, being but 16. years of age, and was honourably buried at Thetford in Norfolk, the 27. of king Henry the eight, 1535. (as Grafton hath) Others hath, that he lieth buried at Framingham in Norfolk. He bore for his Arms, Escartellé France & d'engleterre, à bordur escartellé ermyn & compone d'argent & d'azur, abatun sinestre d'argent, à un escutcheon de pretence escartellé gules & varrey d'or & vert, sur la tout, au lion rampant d'argent, au chef d'azur un Chastel entre deux testes du cerf d'argent. EDward Seymour, knight of the Garter, was created Viscount Beauchamp in the Whitsun week, 1536. and Earl of Hertford, the 18, of October, 1537. and lastly Duke of Somerset, the 17. of February, 1547. the first of king Edward the sixth. He was Lord Protector both of the King's person & Kingdoms, and to lead to war (as well by Sea as by Land) all the King's Armies, as Lord Lieutenant General; he was also Lord high Treasurer and Earl Martial of England, & Governor of the Isles of Gernesey and jersey. He married two wives, the first was Katherine, daughter and co-heyre of Sir William Foliot, of Woodland in Dorsetshire knight, & had issue, Lord Edward Seymour of bury Pomery in Devonshire; & john second Son. His second wife was Anne, daughter of Edward Stanhop Esquire, by whom he had issue, Edward Seymour, now Earl of Hertford, 1618. Lord Henry and Edward; Anne the eldest daughter, was married to john Dudley, Earl of Warwick; jane was the second daughter; Marry the third daughter, was married to Andrew Rogers; Katherine the fourth daughter; and Elizabeth the fift daughter, was married to Sir Richard Knightley knight. This Edward was arraigned at Westminster Hall (the first of December, the fift of king Edward the sixth) of high treason, and was found guilty of Felony; for which, the 22. of january after, he was beheaded at the Tower-Hill. Et portoit, de gueulles à deux Ailes de l'agle en lewre d'or. RObert Carr, a man greatly favoured and honoured by King james, who first created him Baron of Branspath, and after Viscount Rochester, at White-Hall on Monday, the 25. day of March, 1611. and lastly Earl of Somerset, in the year 1614 And for a further favour, the said King made him Lord Chamberlain of his Household, Knight of the Garter, and one of his honourable privy Counsel. He married Francis, second daughter of Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk, and Lord high Treasurer of England, by whom he had issue, a daughter named Anne. This Robert and his wife (being suspected to be of the counsel, and consenting to the poisoning of Sir Thomas Ouerbury knight, (sometime his familiar friend and favourite) were both called in question, indited and arraigned at Westminster Hall, in May 1616, and there by the Peers were found guilty, and had judgement to die for the same. Et portoit, de gueulles au cheuron d'argent, chargé de trois estoilles de sable, brise de un leopard passant d'or, du premier canton de l'escu. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of Stafford, their Arms, Wives, and Children. RAphe Lord Stafford, Steward of Gascoigne, descended lineally as heir male of the body of Heruy Bagot, and Millescent his wife, sister & heir of Robert Lord Stafford, in king john's time. This Ralph was created Earl Stafford in the 25. year of king Edward the third; and married Margaret, daughter and heir of Hugh Lord Audley Earl of Gloucester, and had issue, Hugh Earl Stafford, and Sir Richard Stafford knight, and three daughters; Beatrix the eldest, was first married to Maurice, Earl of Desmond in Ireland; and after to Thomas Lord Ros of Hamlake; joane the second daughter, married john Charlton Lord Powes, and Margaret the third daughter, was married to john Stafford, Patron of the Church of Bromhall in Staffordshire. This Ralph died in the 45. of king Edward the third, 1370. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge, by his wife Margaret. Et portoit, d'or au cheuron de gules. Hugh Lord Stafford, son of Ralph Earl Stafford, after the death of his Father, was the second Earl Stafford, and married Philip, daughter of Thomas Beauchamp the elder, Earl of Warwick, and had issue, Thomas, William & Edmond, all three Earls of Stafford; and Ralph slain by john Holland; and four daughters, Margaret, wife to Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmoreland; Katherine, married to Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk; joane the third daughter, married Thomas Holland Earl of Kent; and the fourth daughter, was married to john Lord Ferrars of Chartley. This Hugh died in his return from jerusalem, in the Isle of Rhodes, in the tenth year of king Richard the second, and was buried by his wife, in the Abbey of Stone in Staffordshire. Et portoit, d'or, au cheuron de gules. THomas Lord Stafford, son and heir of Hugh aforesaid, was the third Earl Stafford, and died without issue, in the fourteen year of king Richard the second, and was buried by his Father and Mother, in the Abbey of Stone, leaving William and Edmond his brothers, to succeed him in the Earldom of Stafford. But William dying without issue, Edmond the third son succeeded Earl. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. EDmond Stafford, third son of Hugh Earl Stafford, and brother and heir of Thomas and William his brothers, was (after their deaths) the fift Earl Stafford, and Lord of Tunbridge. He married Anne, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, and Duke of Gloucester, and sister and only heir of Humphrey her brother; by whom he had issue, Humphrey Earl Stafford, and first Duke of Buckingham; and Philip that died young; Anne, first married to Edmond Mortimer Earl of March and Ulster, (but by him had no issue) after she married john Holland Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue, Henry Duke of Excester. This Edmond, with Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester, and Henry Percy his Nephew, was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury, in the fourth year of king Henry the fourth, and was buried at Stafford, in S. Augustine's Friars. Et portoir, d'or au cheuron de gules. HVmfrey Stafford, son of Edmond, was the sixth Earl Stafford, whom king Henry the sixth in the 23. year of his Reign, created the first Duke of Buckingham, and gave him place and precedence before all other Dukes of England. He writ in his Style; Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford, Hereford and Northampton, Lord of Brecknock and holderness. This Humphrey in the eight year of king Henry the fift, did his homage at Rouen, for the Earldom of Perch; and at the same time, Arthur Duke of Britain did the like for the Earldom of Yurye. He married Anne, daughter of Ralph Nevil first Earl of Westmoreland, & had issue, Humphrey Earl Stafford, who married Margaret, sister and co-heyre of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and was wounded with an Arrow, at the first battle at S. Alb●●s, the 33. of Henry the sixth, of which wound he died the year after, in the life time of his Father, 1455. john the second son, was created Earl of Wiltshire; and Richard the third son, was slain with the fall from a horse; George & William were twins, and died both young: Anne the eldest daughter, was first married to Aubrey de Ver, son and heir of john Earl of Oxford, and had no issue; After she married Sir Thomas Cobham knight, son of Reginald Lord Cobbam of Sterborough, and had issue; Anne the second daughter, was first married to William Lord Bardolph, and after to Sir William Knivet knight; and Katherine the third daughter, married john Lord Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury. This Humphrey was slain at the battle of Northampton, in the 38. year of king Henry the 6. and his body buried in the Grey Friars in Northampton. He bore for his Arms, France and England quarterly, within a bordure argent; which was the Arms of Thomas of Woodstock, his Grandfather by his Mother. HEnry Lord Stafford, (son and heir of Humphrey Stafford, by Margaret his wife, sister and coheir of Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerset) grandchild of Humphrey Stafford the first Duke of Buckingham, and Anne Nevil his wife; was after the death of his said Grandfather, the second Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford, Hereford and Northampton, Lord of Brecknock, Kimbalton and Tunbridge, and Knight of the Garter; who falling in dislike with king Richard the third, laboured the return of Henry Earl of Richmond out of France. divers Authors diversly report the cause thereof; but one amongst the rest saith, that Humphrey the tenth Earl of Hereford, Northampton, and Essex, and Constable of England, in king Richard the seconds time, had two daughters his heirs; Elinor the eldest, married to Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester; and Mary the second daughter, married to Henry Earl of Derby (after King, by the name of Henry the 4.) whose issue being spent and ended in Prince Edward, son of king Henry the 6, this Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham, made claim to that part of Humphrey de Bohuns Lands, which before were conveyed to Mary the second daughter (they being then in the Crown) for that this Duke Henry was then the only heir both of Elinor and Mary. At which claim and demand, King Richard the third was greatly offended, and said; Will you (Duke Henry) challenge the right of king Henry the fourth, by which he wrongfully held the Crown, and so make way unto it? Which speech of the king, went so near to the Duke's heart, that ever after, he sought and plotted, how he might work the return of Henry earl of Richmond out of France, and to deprive king Richard of his Crown. And to effect the same, he raised divers forces, and entered into Arms; which King Richard hearing of, levied a greater, and went to Salisbury to meet him; but the Duke's Army being too weak, he was forced to fly for succour to the house of Humphrey Banister his servant near Shrewsbury, who for hope of gain, betrayed him to john Mitton sheriff of Shropshire, who took and conveyed him to Salisbury, where without any arraignment or lawful trial, he was beheaded the second of November, 1483. This Duke Henry married Katherine, sister and one of the heirs of Richard Wooduill Earl Rivers, and had issue, Edward Earl Stafford, and Duke of Buckingham, Henry Earl of Wiltshire, and Humphrey that died young. He had also two daughters, Elizabeth married to Robert Radcliffe, Lord Fitz-Walter and Earl of Sussex; and Anne, first married to Sir Walter Herbert knight, and after to George Lord Hastings Earl of Huntingdon. Et portoit, France & d'engleterre escartellé, an bordur d'argent. EDward Stafford, son and heir of Duke Henry aforesaid, was after the death of his Father restored, the first of king Henry the seventh, to all his Father's honours, dignities and possessions, which king Richard the third took from him; and was Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford, Hereford and Northampton, and Constable of England. He married Elinor, daughter of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Stafford (for after the death of this Edward, the Family of Staffords never attained other title of honour, then only of Barons) He had issue also three daughters; Elizabeth the eldest, was married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, and Lord high Treasurer of England; Katherine the second daughter, was married to Ralph Nevil fourth Earl of Westmoreland; and Mary the third daughter, married George Nevile Lord of Abergavenny. This Edward, was a Prince of high spirit, and very ambitious, daily plotting of treason against king Henry the eight, by which he overthrew himself, and all his Noble Family; and for the same, was beheaded at the Tower-Hill by London, the 17. of May, 1521. in the thirteenth year of King Henry the eight. Les armoiries de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Southampton, their Arms, Wives, and Children. Beavois a Saxon, and flower of Chivalry in his time, was at the siege of York, in the fourth year of William Conqueror; and the year after, fought the great battle at Cairdiffe in South-Wales, against the Normans; he was made Earl of Southampton by the said Conqueror, and was a Witness to his Charter, of lands that he gave to the Abbey of S. Edmonsbury in Suffolk, by the name and title of Earl Beavois. He died without issue (known) the tenth year after the Norman Conquest. This is that Beavois of Southampton. M. Camden in his Britannia, pag. 272. saith, That whiles the Monks laboured to set out his fame with their feigned Fables, they obscured his doughty and Martial Actions in Arms. WIlliam Fitz-Williams, knight of the Garter, Treasurer of the household to king Henry the eight, Lord Privy Seal, and Lord Admiral of England, was created Earl of Southampton, at Hampton Court, the 29. year of the said Kings Reign. He married Mabell, daughter of Henry Lord Clifford of Westmoreland, and sister and heir of Henry first Earl of Cumberland, and died without issue, at Newcastle upon Tine, the 34. year of king Henry the eight. Et portoit, lozengie d'argent & de ●ueulles. THomas Wriothesley, Knight of the Garter, son of William Wriothesley, York Herald of Arms, and grandchild to john Wriothesley, alias Garter king of Arms, was created Baron of Tichfield, at Hampton Court the first of january, the 35. of Henry the eight, Anno, 1543. and Lord Chancellor of England, in May the year after; in which Office he continued until the beginning of king Edward the sixth his reign, when for his obstinacy in the Roman Religion, he was the sixth of March removed, and William Paulet Lord S. john of Basin put in his place. He was after created Earl of southhampton, the 17. of February, in the first year of king Edward the sixth, & married jane, daughter and heir of William Cheney, by whom he had issue, Henry the second Earl of Southampton of that name, and four daughters; Marry the eldest, was first married to William Shelley of Michelgrove in Sussex, and after to _____ Lister, son of Sir Michael Lister knight; Elizabeth, was wife to Thomas Radcliffe Earl of Sussex; Katherine, married to Thomas Cornwallis Groom-Porter; and Mabell the fourth daughter, was wife to Sir Walter Sands knight. He died at his house called Lincoln Place in Holborn, the 30. day of july, in the fourth year of king Edward the sixth, and was buried in S. Andrews Church in Holborn. Et portoit, d'azur à un croix d'or, enuironne de quatre falcons close d'argent. HEnry Wriothesley, son and heir of Thomas aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the second Earl of Southampton, and Baron of Titchfield. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne Viscount Montague, and knight of the Garter, by whom he had issue, Henry Wriothesly the third Earl of Southampton of that Family; and Mary married to Thomas Arundel Baron of Warder. He died at Ythell in Hampshire, the fourth of October, 1581. and was buried at Titchfield, the 23. of Queen Elizabeth. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HEnry Wriothesley, (son and heir of Henry aforesaid) was the third Earl of Southampton of this Family, and Baron of Tichfield, Knight of the Garter, and Captain of the Isle of Wight. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir john Vernon of Hodnet in Staffordshire, and had issue, james Wriothersley; Thomas a second son, Penelope, Anne and Elizabeth, 1618. Et portoit, d'azur à un croix d'or, enuironné de quartre faucons d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Sussex, their Arms, Wives, and Children. WIlliam de Albeney, the third of that Name, grandchild to William de Albeney and Queen Aelidise his wife, (the widow of King Henry the first) by his son William the second; was in the life time of his Father, created the first Earl of Sussex, by King Henry the second, and girded with the Sword thereof. (Roger Hoveden, pag. 320. a. line 36. 1177.) He was faithful to the said King, in all his wars against Henry Courtmantell his son, the young King. He married Mabell, the daughter of Hugh Kiviliock, Earl of Chester, and had issue, two sons & four daughters; William and Hugh, both Earls of Arundel and Sussex, who died without issue; Mabell the eldest daughter, was married to Sir Robert Tatesall Knight; Isabella the second daughter, married john Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre; Nicholea the third daughter, married Roger Lord Somery; and Cicely the fourth daughter, was married to Roger Lord Monthault, of Hawarden in Flintshire. This William died at his Manor of Offington, in the year, 1199. and was buried at Wimondham. Et portoit, de gueulles au lion rampant d'or, armé & lampasse d'azur. WIlliam de Albeney, the fourth of that Name, and second Earl of Sussex; was a Witness to the Charter of King john, bearing date the fourth of May, in the 14. year of the said Kings Reign, by the name of William of Arundel, Earl of Sussex, and died in his return from Damieta in Palestine, 1221. And his body being brought into England, was buried at Wimondham, leaving his Brother Hugh his heir, to succeed him; whom Hubert de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England, had the custody of, during his Wardship. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HVgh de Albeney, brother and heir of Will●●m aforesaid, was Earl of Arundel, and the third Earl of Sussex. He married Isabella, daughter of William Earl Warren & Surrey, and died in the prime of his youth, without issue, 1243. and was buried with his Ancestors, in our Lady Church at Wymondham, who were Patrons and Founders thereof, leaving his four sisters his heirs. Mabell the eldest, was married to Sir Robert Tatesall, who had by partition of her brother's lands, the Castle and Barony of Buckenham. Isabella the second sister, being married to I●●n Fitz-Alan, Lord of Clan and Oswaldstre in Wales, had the Castle & Honour of Arundel, Nicholea the third sister, being wife to Roger Lord Somery, had the Manor of Barrow; and Cicely the fourth sister, being married to Roger Lord Mouthalt, had the Castle of Rising in Norfolk. The partition of these lands and others, was made and divided between these four sisters and beyres of this Hugh, in the 28. year of King Henry the third. Et portoit, de gules a● lion rampant d'or, arm & lampasse d'azur. IOhn Plantagenet, (son and heir of William, the 6. Earl Warren and Surrey, and grandchild to Hamelyne Plantagenet, base son of Geffrey, Earl of Anion and Maine) the seventh Earl Warren and Surrey, was by King Henry the third, made Earl of Sussex; which honour was then void, by the death of Hugh de Albeney, Earl of Arundel and Sussex. This john was one of the Noblemen, which King Henry the third commanded to assemble at London, to treat of divers matters. Amongst which, one was, that all men should show before the justices of the King's Bench, by what right they held their lands; which thing did much molest & disquiet the Subjects, until this john made his appearance, who being asked by what right he held his Lands, suddenly drew out his sword, and said; By the sword did my Grandfather hold his Lands; and with this will I keep them. But Alan Zouch Lord Chiefe-Iustice, told him, That if he could yield no other reason, judgement would be given against him: whereupon, the said Earl immediately before the judges, did cruelly wound and hurt the said Alan; of which wound, he shortly after died. For which murder, the said john Earl Warren, Surrey and Sussex, was arrigned, and acquitted by the oath of 25. Knights: in that he affirmed upon his honour, that he did not commit the said fact, upon any pretenced malice, neither in contempt of the King, nor his Laws; but only in defence of his ancient Inheritance; and so was released, upon payment of a fine of 1200, Marks, in Anno, 1270. After King Edward the first, in the 25. year of his Reign, made this john, Earl Warren and Sussex, Governor of Scotland; Sir Hugh Cressingham, Lord Treasurer; and William Earnley Chiefe-Iustice. He married Alice, daughter of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the Marches of Aquitaine and half sister to King Henry the third, by whom he had issue, as in the Title of Surrey. He died at Kenington, the first of the Kalends of October, the 33 of King Edward the first, and was buried at Lewis in Sussex, 1304. Et portoit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur. IOhn Plantagenet, Earl Warren and Sussex; as also Earl of Stratherne in Scotland, Lord of Br●mfield and Yale, and grandchild and heir of john, the seventh Earl Warren by his son William; who after the death of his grandfather, enjoyed all his Lands & Honours, for the space of 41. years, and died without issue, 1347, leaving Alice his only sister and heir, married to Edmond Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, to succeed him in all his Inheritances. M. Camden in his Britannia, pag. 320. denieth this john, and john his Grandfather, to be ever Earls of Sussex, in these words. After the death of Hugh de Albeneio, the last Earl of Arundel and Sussex of that surname; the Title of Earl of Sussex lay hidden and lest, until that King Henry the eight, in the 21. year of his Reign, created Robert Radcliffe Earl of Sussex. But to prove the contrary, and that they were both Earls of Sussex, you shall have these proofs following. (Tho: Walfingham, pag. 60.) About the Feast of S. Michael, 1294. Elinor, daughter of King Edward the first, was given in marriage at Bristol, unto Henry Earl of Barry, by whom she had issue, a daughter named joane, married to john de Warren, Earl of Surrey & Sussex. (Again, the same Author further saith) This year 1305. died john de Warren, Earl of Surrey and Sussex; after whom, his Grandchild also named john, did succeed, taking to wife the King's Niece, by his daughter Elinor, who the Earl of Barry had married. (And thus much for the first john) Now to prove this second john (his grandchild) to be Earl of Sussex, take this out of an old original Deed. Atonsceus que ces lettres verront et erront, Antoni, par la grace de Dien Patriarch de jerusalem, et Euesque de Duresme, Henry de Lacie, Camite de Nicole, john de Garrone, Comite de Surrey et de Sussex, Eymar de Valence, Comite de Penbroke, Hamfraie de Bohun, Comite de Hereford et de Essex, Robert de Clifford, & c. a Boulogne le D'arein jour de janner, lan de grace M.CCC. et Septism. Et portoit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur. RIchard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, Lord of Clun and Oswalstre, after the death of john Plantagenet, Earl Warren, Surrey and Sussex, was knighted by King Edward the first, in the 18. year of his Reign, at which time he was also girt with the Sword of the Earldom of Sussex. He was son of john Fitz-Alan, grandchild of john Fitz-Alan, & Isabella his wife, second sister, and one of the heirs of Hugh de Albeney the last Earl of Arundel & Sussex of that name; unto which Isabella, the Castle and Honour of Arundel fell by partition. Some late Writers have set down, that in respect the Family of Fitz-Alans had the Castle of Arundel, they were Earls of Arundel; which to me is very strange, that a dead Stone, or Castle made of Stones and Timber, can give an honour & title of dignity to a living creature. But this is contradicted and proved untrue by many examples, where Noblemen have sold the place whereof their Title of Honour was, and yet notwithstanding, both they and their heirs have retained their titles of honour still, and can it be better manifested then in this very Family of Fitz-Alans? For had not this Richard's Father, his Grandfather, and great Grandfather (all three johns) the possession of the Castle of Arundel, with the appurtenances, and yet never any of them earls thereof? etc. This Richard married Alison, daughter of the marquess of Saluce in Italy, and had issue. Edmond Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel, beheaded at Hereford, 1326. as is more at large in the Title of Earls of Arundel. He died in the 30. year of King Edward the first, 1301. Et portoit, de gules, au lion rampant d'or armé & lampasse d'azur. RObert Radcliffe, son of john Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter, was Knight of the Garter, Lord Fitz-Walter, Egrement and Burnell, and after created Viscount Fitz-Walter at Bridewell, the 18. of june, in the 17. year of King Henry the eight; and the 8. of December, in the 21. year of the said Kings reign, he was created at White-Hall Earl of Sussex. He married three wives, the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Fitz-Walter, Sir Humphrey Radcliffe of Elstow, knight; and George Radcliffe third son. His second wife was Margaret, sister of Edward Earl of Derby, by whom he had issue, Anne, wife to Thomas Lord Wharton; and jane, married to Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague. His third wife was Mary, daughter of Sir john Arundel of Cornwall knight, by whom he had issue, Sir john Radcliffe knight, who died without issue, in the year 1566. and was buried in S. Olaues in Hartstreete in London. This Earl Robert died at Chelsey, the 28. of November, 1542, the 34. of King Henry the eight. Et portoit, d'argent à la band engresley the sable. HEnry Radcliffe, son and heir of Robert aforesaid, after the death of his Father, was Earl of Sussex, Viscount Fitz-Wa●ter, Lord Egremont and Burnell, and knight of the Garter, & married two wives; the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, by whom he had issue, Thomas the third Earl of Sussex of this Family; and Henry the fourth Earl of Sussex; and Francis. His second wife was Anne, daughter of Sir Philip Calthorp knight, by whom he had issue, Egremont Radcliffe, attainted of treason; Marry, married to Sir Thomas Mildmey of Essex knight. This Henry died in the fourth year of Queen Mary, 1557. and was buried in S. Laurence Poultneys Church, near London-Stone in London. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. D'argent à la band engresley the sable. THomas Radcliffe, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Sussex, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont, Burnell, and Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, and justice of Eyre, of all the Forests and Parks beyond the Trent. He married two wives, the first was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, by whom he had issue, Henry and Robert that died young without issue. His second wife was Frances, daughter of Sir William Sidney knight, and sister of Sir Henry Sianey knight of the Garter. He died without issue, at his house at Bermondsey in Southwark, the 9 of june, 1583. and was very honourably carried through London, to New Hall in Essex, and there buried with a Hearse, and the Officers of Arms giving their attendance the 9 of july after. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. HEnry Radcliffe, second son of Henry the second Earl of Sussex, and brother and heir of Thomas the third Earl of Sussex, was after the death of his brother, the fourth Earl of Sussex of his Family, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont and Burnell, Knight of the Garter, and Captain of Ports-mouth, married Honora, daughter and heir of Anthony Pound, of Hampshire Esquire, and had issue, Robert Radcliffe the fift Earl of Sussex. He died in the year, 1593. Et portoit, d'argent à la band engreslee de sable. RObert Radcliffe, son and heir of Henry aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, the fift Earl of Sussex of that Family, Viscount Fitz-Walter, Lord Egremont and Burnell, and knight of the Garter, 1618. He married Bridget, daughter of Sir Charles Morison knight, by whom he had issue, Henry Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter, who married jane, daughter of Sir Michael Stanhop knight; Thomas Radcliffe second son; Elizabeth, wife to Sir john Ramsey, Viscount Hadington; and Honora Radcliffe. Et portoir, d'argent à la band engreslee de sable. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Surrey, their Arms, Wives, and Children. Donavi etc. pro salute Domini mei Willielmi Regis qui me in Angliam adduxit, & pro salute Dominae meae Matildis Reginae matris uxoris meae, & prosalute Domini mei Willielmi Regis fillij sui, post cuius adventum in Anglicam terram, hanc Chartam feci, & qui me Comitem Surregiae fecit, etc. To this will I add this, taken out of the Original book of Lewis, which I hope will end this Controversy, and clear the doubt. Willielmus de Warren primus Comes Surrey, et fundator Ecclesiae Lewensis diem suum clausit extremum viii. Kal. julij. Anno gratiae. 1088. et fundationis Ecclesiae praedictae xi. et A conquestu twenty-three. Iste primo non vocabitur nisi solummodo Willielmus de Waren postea vero processu temporis a Willielmo Rege et Conquestore Angliae cuius filiam disponsavit, plurimum Honoratus est atque comes Surrey factus, et appellatus est. Iste jacet in Capello Lewensis juxta Domina Gundradam Comitissam suam et filiam praedicti Regis Conquestoris, etc. By this it is manifestly proved, that William the Conqueror (and not William Ruphus) did create, and make this William de Warren, the first Earl of Surrey. Also it is to be remembered, that the Countess Gundred died three years before her Husband, and two years before her Father; and how could she then have the Title and Name of Countess, unless her Husband had been an Earl before she died, in William Conquerors time. Et portoit, Eschequetteé d'or & d'azur. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. Et portoir, de gueulles à trois palz de vair, au chef d'or, charge de un Aigle de gules, membrez & becquez d'azur. Et portoit, semé de France à la bordure d'engleterre. Et portoit, eschiquette d'or & d'azur. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. Et portoit, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'or lampasse, & armé d'azur. Et portoit, lez armes de son peré. Et portoit, gules à trois leopards passant en pale d'or, au bordur d'argent. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant d'or, armé, & lampasse d'azur. Et portoit, gules à un lion rampant d'argent, lampasse & armé d'azur. Et portoit, escartelle France & d'engleterre au lambell d'argent, trois cantons de gules. Et portoit, gules à la band d'argent entre six croix recroisettes bottonne au pied fiche de la premier. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. Et portoit, gules à la band d'argent, entre six eroix recroisettees betonne, au pied fiche d'argent. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Tankeruile, their Arms, Wives, and Children. HEnry Grey (son of Sir john Grey Knight, & of joane his Wife, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Edward Charlton Lord Powis) for his Martial prowess and valour, was by King Henry the fift, 1417. created Earl of Tanquer-vile in Normandy, to have unto him and his heirs males, by delivering one Bassinet at the Castle of Rouen every year on S. George's day. There were created with him at the same time, Gascoine de Foyz, Earl of Longevile; and Sir john Bourchier Earl of Ewe. This Henry married Antigone, base daughter of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, by whom he had issue, Richard Lord Powis, Humphrey second son, and a daughter named Elizabeth, married to Sir Roger Kyneston Knight, and was after slain in a battle at Blangie, near to the City of Angiers, by the Duke of Alencon, where were slain with him, the Noble Duke of Clarence, Gilbert Vmfravile, Earl of Anguish, the Lord Ros, and almost 2000 others, the 22. day of March, 1420. Et portoit, burelle d'argent & d'azur de huit pieces, sur la tout à la band de gules. A catalogue OF THE Earls and Marquesses of Winchester, their Arms, Wives, and Children. This Saer, married Margaret, second sister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell, Earl of Leicester and Steward of England, by whom he had issue, Robert Lord Quincy, Roger second son, after his Father, Earl of Winchester, and another Robert third son, and two daughters; Hawis the eldest, was married to Hugh de Vere Earl of Oxford: the second I find not certainly, neither her name, or what became of her. He died at Acon, going to the Holy-Land, in the 4. year of King Henry the third: his body was buried at Acon, his heart and bowels being brought into England, was buried in the Abbey of Gerondon in Leicestershire, 1219. He bore for his Arms, in a Seal annexed to his Charter (in my custody) A fece with a lambell of 12. points; but the colours thereof (as yet) could I never find. Et portoit, gueulles a sept maseles d'or. 3.3.1. Et portoit, d'argent, escartellé de gueulles fret d'or, sur la tout au band de sable. He married Margaret, daughter of Henry de Borselle, Lord of Vere, Sandeburgh and Phalix, and had issue, john de Brugges Lord of Gruthuse, Father of Reginald Brugges, Lord of Gruthuse. His ancient Arms was, D'or à la croix sable; and his wives Arms were, Sable à la face d'argent. Et portoit, sable trois espees àuec le pointzes embas d'argent, au cresant d'or. This john died at his house at Chelsey, 1576. and was buried at Basin, the 19 of Queen Elizabeth. Et portoit, les armoiries de son peré. Et portoit, sable trois espees avec le pointzes embas d'argent, au cresant d'or. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Worcester and Meullen, their Arms, Wives, and Chlidrens. This Walleran, founded the Abbey of Bordesley in England, in King Henry the seconds time, and died in the year 1166. and was buried at Worcester. Others have, that he died a Monk at Pratelles in Normandy. Et portoit, fizelle d'or & d'azur en band, à un bordure de gules. Et portoit, d'or an lion rampant d'azur: a eressant gules. Et portoit, gules à un face & six croiseletzes botones d'or, à un croissant sable en la face. Et portoit, d'argent à un Saulteur engresley de gules. Et portoit, les armes de son pere. Et portoit, lez armes de France & d'engleterre escartelle, à un bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur, au baston finester d'argent, sur le tout à un escusson per pale d'azur & the gules au trois lions rampant d'argent. Et portoit, d'or, à la face France escartelle d'engleterre, à la bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. Et portoit, lez armes de son peré. He married Lady Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Hastings Earl of Huntingdon, and Katherine his Wife, daughter and heir of Henry Pole, Lord Montague, and had issue, William Lord Herbert, that died without issue, Henry L. Herbert now living, who married Anne, daughter and sole heir of john Lord Russell, son and heir of Francis Earl of Bedford; Sir Thomas Somerset, Knight of the Bath, & Master of the Horse to Queen Anne; Sir Charles Somerset, Knight of the Bath; and Sir Edward Somerset, Knight of the Bath, fift son; Lady Elizabeth Somerset, wife to Sir Henry Guildford Knight; Katherine second daughter, married William Lord Peter of Writile in Essex; Anne, Wife to Sir Edward Winter of Glocestershire Knight; Francis, married to Sir William Morgan of Llantarnam in Monmouthshire; Blanch, wife to Thomas Arundel, son & heir of the Lord Arundel, of Warder Castle; and Katherine the youngest daughter, was married to Thomas, now Lord Windsor, 1618. Et portoit, d'or, à la face escartelle France & d'engleterre, à la bordure gobonne d'argent & d'azur. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Wiltshire, their Arms, Wives, and Children. LIonell Plantagenet, (surnamed of Antwerp, the place of his birth) third son of King Edward the third, was by his Father, in the 26. year of his Reign, created Earl of Wiltshire, and in the 36. year of his Reign, he was created Duke of Clarence. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Lord Burgh, Earl of Ulster in Ireland, and of Mauld his wife, sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster, by whom he had issue, Philip his only daughter and heir, married to Edmond Mortimer Earl of March. This leonel died coming from Mellent, in the year of our Lord, 1368. etc. Et portoit, les armoities de France & d'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'ermyn, chargeé au trois cantons de gules. WIlliam Lord Scroop (son of Richard, Lord Scroop of Bolton, Lord Chancellor of England) was by King Richard the second, in the 21. year of his Reign, created Earl of Wiltshire; & the year after he was made Lord high Treasurer of England, and Knight of the Garter. Whom when Henry of Bullingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, came from being a banished man to be King, by the name of king Henry the 4. he took this William Lord Scroop, Sir john Bussie, & Sir Henry green (King Richard the seconds Favourites) and beheaded them at Bristol, in the year 1399. This William, bought the Isle of Man, of William Montague, Earl of Salisbury; which Island, after the said William's attaindor, King Henry the 4. did give it to Henry Percy the first, Earl of Northumberland, in the first year of his Reign; to hold the same, by the service of carrying the sword, with which he entered England before him at his Coronation. He died without issue, leaving Roger his Brother to succeed him. Et portoit, d'azur à la band d'or. IAmes Butler (son and heir of james Butler, fourth Earl of Ormond) was in the life time of his Father, created earl of Wiltshire, in the 27. year of King Henry the sixth; and in the 37. year of the said Kings Reign, he was made Knight of the Garter; and the year after, Lord high Treasurer of England. And in the first year of King Edward the fourth, he was beheaded at Newcastle, without issue; leaving Thomas his brother his heir, who after succeeded him, and was Earl of Ormond. Et portoit, d'or au chef endenté d'azur. IOhn Stafford (second son of Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham) was made Knight of the Garter, in the tenth year of King Edward the 4. and in the 12. year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Earl of Wilishire. He married Constance, daughter and heir of Sir Henry green, of Drayton in Northamptonshire Knight, and had issue, Edward Earl of Wiltshire; and died in the 14. year of King Edward the fourth, 1473. Et portoit, escartellé France & d'engleterre au bordure & crescent d'argent. EDward Stafford, son and heir of john aforesaid, was after the death of his Father, Earl of Wiltshire, and died without issue, the 14. of King Henry the seventh, 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 son 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 Earl of Wiltshire, in the first year of King Henry the eight, 1509. He was made Knight of the Garter before, in the 20. year of King Henry the seventh, and married Muriell, sister and co-heyre of john Grey, Viscount Lisle, but by her had no issue. This Henry died the 6. of March, the 14. of King Henry the eight. THomas Bollen (son and heir of Sir William Bollen of Blickling in Norfolk Knight, and of Margaret his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Thomas Butler Earl of Ormond, Brother and Heir of james Butler, Earl of Wilt-Wiltshire, afore mentioned) was first created Viscount Rochfort in the 17. year of King Henry the eight; and in the 21. year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond; and to have the State, Title and Dignity of Wiltshire, to him and his heirs male, and the State, Title and Dignity of Ormond, unto him and his heirs for ever (a precedent not to be sampled) He was made Knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the Household to King Henry the 8 in the 15. year of his Reign. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and Earl Martial of England, and had issue, George Bollen Viscount Rochfort, beheaded without issue, and two daughters; Anne the eldest, was first created marchioness of Penbroke, & after married to King Henry the eight. Marry the second daughter, married to William Cary, Esquire for the body to King Henry the eight. This Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, died in the 30. year of the said Kings Reign, 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. john of Basin, in the 30. year of Henry the eight, and made Knight of the Garter, the 35. of the same King's Reign; and after, in the third year of King Edward the sixth, he was created Earl of Wiltshire: and in the fift year of the said kings Reign, he was created marquess of Winchester, as more at large doth appear in the Title of Winehester. Et portoit, sable trois espees avec le points embas d'argent, au crescent d'or. IOhn Powlet, son and heir of William, succeeded his Father, and was marquess of Winchester, and Earl of Wiltshire, and Lord S. john of Basin, and died at his house at Chelsey, 1576. and was buried at Basin, the 19 of Queen Elizabeth, as is more at large, in the title of Winchester. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. WIlliam Powlet, son and heir of john, was in the life time of his Father, summoned to Parliament, 1575. as Lord S. john of Basin; and after the death of his Father, he was both marquess of Winchester, and Earl of Wiltshire, and died in the year 1598. as in the Title of Winchester. Et portoit, sable trois espees avec le pointzes embas d'argent, au crescent d'or. WIlliam Powlet, Lord S. john of Basin, Earl of Wiltshire, and marquess of Winchester now living, 1618. married Lucy, daughter of Thomas Cecil Earl of Excester, by whom he hath issue, as aforesaid, in the Title of Winchester. Et portoit, sable trois espees avec le pointzes embas d'argent, au crescent d'or. A catalogue OF THE Earls of Westmoreland, their Arms, Wives, and Children. His second Wife was joane, daughter of john of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, by the Lady Katherine Swinford, by whom he had issue also, eight sons and five daughters: viz. Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury; William Nevil, Lord Falconberg; Edward Nevil, Lord of Aburgavenny; George Nevil, Lord Latymer; Robert Nevil, Bishop of Duresme; Cuthbert, Henry and Thomas Nevil, died without issue. Katherine the eldest daughter, was married to john Mowbray, second Duke of Norfolk, by whom she had issue. Elinor second daughter, was Wife to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland? Anne the third daughter, was married to Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham; jane a Nun; and Cicely the fift daughter, was married to Richard Plantagenet Duke of York, who had issue, King Edward the fourth, and King Richard the third. Which Richard Duke of York, by the greatness and the number of his wives kindred, was able to bandy for the Kingdom of England, against the House of Lancaster. This Ralph died in the 4. year of King Henry the sixth, 1425. Et portoit, gules au Saulteur d'argent. Et portoit, gules au Saulteur d'argent. Et portoit, gules 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 Earl of Surrey, and fifter of Thomas Howard, the last Duke of Norfolk, and had issue three daughters, Katherine Nevil, Elinor and Margaret. A catalogue OF THE Earls and Dukes of Warwick, their Arms, Wives, and Children. Et portoit, lozengie d'or & d'azur. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. Et portoit, les armes de son bisayeul. Et portoit, lozengie d'or & d'azur à la bordur gules. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. This Henry married to his second Wife, Philip, daughter of Thomas Lord Basset, of Hedington in Oxfordshire, Founder of the Priory of Bisseter, by whom he had no issue. He died in the second year of King Henry the third. Les armes de son peré. Et portoir, eschiquettee d'or & d'azur, au cheumon d'hermines. Et portoit, de gueulles à la band fizelle d'or. Et portoit, d'argent à six annelletz de gneulle●. 3●2, 1. Et portoit, lozengie d'or & d'azur à la bordur de gules. He died without issue, the 4. day of the Ideses of january, in the year 1268. and was buried honourably at Warwick, leaving Isabella his sister and heir, married to William Beauchampe Baron of Elmeley, called the Blind Baron. Et portoit, d'argent à deux bars de gules. Et portoit, gules à la face entre six croix croisettees d'or. He married Alice, daughter of Ralph de Toneio, and sister and heir of Robert Lord Toneio, Baron of Flamsted, & had issue two sons, Thomas and john, and a daughter named Elizabeth, wife to Thomas Lord Astley; Thomas was after his Father, Earl of Warwick, and john was Admiral of England, Constable of Dover Castle Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports, Knight; and one of the first Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter, and died in the 34. year of King Edward the third, and was buried in the body of the Church of S. Paul in London, leaving Thomas Earl of Warwick his heir, who was then found to be 40. years of age, and above. This Guy, died in the year 1315. the 9 of King Edward the second, and was buried at Brodesley in Worcestershire. Et portoit, gules à la face entre six croix croisettees d'or. Et portoit, de gueulles à la face entre six croix croisettees d'or. Et portoit, les arms deson peré. Et portoit, de gueulles à la face entre six croix croisettes d'or. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. At what time this Richard was sent into France, to treat a marriage for King Edward the 4. King Edward fell in love, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wooduile, Earl Rivers (the Widow of Sir john Grey) which procured great hatred between this Earl and the King. Which disgrace, this Richard being not able to digest, plotted a confederacy with George, Duke of Clarence, King Edward's brother, for to restore King Henry the sixth: and assembling his Forces at Banbury, he overthrew King Edward in battle, and took him prisoner. But King Edward within a while after (by the help of his Friends) made an escape from out the Castle of Banbury, wherein he was prisoner, and began a new war at Stamford, where he was Conqueror, and enforced this Earl Richard to fly into France. But within six months after, he returned again into England, and enforced King Edward to fly into Flanders, to Charles Duke of Burgundy, who had married his sister; setting King Henry at liberty, after ten years imprisonment. After all which, King Edward (by the assistance of his said Brother of Burgundy) came into England again, and waging battle against King Henry's Faction, at Barnet, ten miles from London, vanquished his enemies, and slew this Richard, and his brother john, marquess Montague, in the year 1471. being Easter day. And this was the end of this great Earl of Warwick, who pulled down Kings, and set them up again at his pleasure. He had issue by his said Wife, two daughters his heirs; Isabella, married to Gearge Plantagenet, Duke of Clerence, Brother to King Edward the 4. And Anne, first married to Edward, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry the sixth, who was slain at Tewksbury; and after to Richard Duke of Gloucester, after King of England. Et portoit, gueulles 〈◊〉 faulteur d'argei●●, au lambell gobonné d'argent & d'azur. Et portoit, les armoiries de France escartellé d'engleterre, au lambell d'argent chargeé de trois cantons de gules. Et portoit, les armes de son peré. He married Anne, daughter of Edward Guildford, & sister and heir of Sir Henry Guildford Knight, by whom he had issue, eight sons and five daughters. Henry the eldest son, married Wynefred, daughter of Richard Lord Rich, and died at the siege of Bollen, 1543. Thomas died young; john third son, was Earl of Warwick: he married Anne, daughter of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, and died without issue, being 24. years old: Ambrose the fourth son, was also Earl of Warwick, and died without issue; Robert the fift son, was Earl of Leicester, & married Lettuce, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, Knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, and had issue, Robert, Baron of Denbigh, that died young; Guildford Dudley sixth son, married the Lady jane, daughter of Henry Grey Duke of Suffo●ke, who were all three beheaded, in the year 1553. Henry the seventh son, married Margaret, daughter and only heir of Thomas, Lord Audley of Walden, and was slain at S. Quintin's, 1557. She was after married to Thomas Howard, the last Duke of Norfolk. Charles the eight son, died young; Temperance, Margaret and Katherine, died all three young; Marry, was married to Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Precedent of Wales, and had issue, Sir Philip Sidney knight, and Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester, 1618. and Katherine the youngest daughter, was married to Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon. This john, Duke of Northumberland, was beheaded at Tower-Hill, in the year 1553. Et portoit, d'or au lion ramparts vert à la queve novee. Et portoit, lez armoiries come son pere. Et portoit, gules au chevron, accompaigne de trois croix recroisettees d'or. A catalogue OF THE Dukes and Earls of YORK, their Arms, Wives, and Children. OTho, son of Henry Leo, Duke of Bavaria, Saxom and Sardinia (begotten of Mauld, daughter of Henry the second, King of England, who was after Emperor, by the name of Otho the 4.) was girt with the Sword of the Earldom of York, in the first year of the Reign of King Richard the first his Uncle, 1189. But afterwards King Richard made an exchange with Otho, and gave him the Earldom of Poictow, for the Earldom of York. He married two wives, the first was Mary, daughter of the Duke of Brabant; the second was Beatrix, daughter of Philip the Emperor, son of Frederick the Emperor, and died without issue in Saxony, 1218. This Otho had a brother both by Father and Mother, named William, from whom are descended, the Dukes of Brunswick and Luneburgh in Germany: who, for memory of their alliance and kindred with the Kings of England, bare for their Arms, the ancient Arms of the Dukes of Normandy. Gueulles deux leopards passant d'or. EDmond, fift son of King Edward the third (surnamed of Langley, the King's Manor house near S. Albon, where he was borne) was created first Earl of Cambridge, in the 36. year of his Father's Reign, and Lord of Tindale, and was Knight of the Garter: and in the ninth year of King Richard his Nephew, he was created Duke of York. He married two Wives, the first was Isabella, second daughter and one of the heirs of Peter, King of Castille & Leon, by whom he had issue, Edward, Earl of Rutland, Duke of Albemarle and York; Richard, after Earl of Cambridge; and Constance, first married to Thomas Spencer, Earl of Gloucester, and after to Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent. This edmond's second Wife was joane, daughter of Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, and sister and co-heyre of Edmond Holland, Earl of Kent, but by her had no issue. He was in the absence of his Father in France, made Protector of the Realm of England; and after died in the third year of King Henry the 4. his Nephew, and was buried at Langley. Et portoit, France seem & d'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent chargee au 9 torteaux. EDward Plantagenet (son and heir of Edmond of Langley aforesaid) was created Earl of Rutland & of Cork, in the 13. year of King Richard the second; and in the 21. year of the said Kings Reign, he was created Duke of Albermale, and Constable of England; and after the death of his Father, he was also Duke of York, and Lord of Tyndall. He married Philip, daughter and one of the heirs of john Mohun, Lord of Dunster, but by her had no issue. He was slain at the battle of Egincourt, the 25. of October, the third of King Henry the fift, 1414. At which battle were slain, Charles Lord Dalabreth, high Constable of France; jaques le Chastilion, Lord of Dampier, high Admiral of France; john, Duke D'Alanson; Anthony, Duke of Brabant; Edward, Duke of Barry; the Earls of Marle, Vawdemont, Blawmont, Grand preè, Russey, Faulconbridge, Fois and Lastrake; 25. Lords, 8000. Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen of Name & Arms. This Edward's body was brought over sea into England, and buried at Fotheringhay. Et portoit, lez armoiries de son pere. RIchard Plantagenet (son and heir of Richard of Conesburgh, Earl of Cambridge, second son of Edmond Langley, Duke of York aforesaid) was after the death of Edward his Uncle without issue, restored to be Duke of York, Earl of March and Ulster, Lord of Wigmore and Clare, etc. He was Lieutenant to King Henry the sixth, in his Kingdom of France, and Dukedom of Normandy, 1435. and was Chief of the Faction of the White Rose, being descended of Lionel, Duke of Clarence. This Richard, raised a deadly war against the House of Lancaster, claiming his lawful right in the Kingdom of England: which after, his son Edward obtained, and was King, by the Name of Edward the fourth. He won the battle of S. Albon, against King Henry the sixth, 1455. and in the same year, he was made by Parliament, heir apparent to the Crown, and Lord Protector of the Realm. And after, in the 39 year of the said Kings Reign, he was slain with his young son Edmond, at the battle of Wakefield, 1460. at Fotheringhay. He married Cecily, daughter of Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland, and had issue, Henry that died young; Edward, that was after King, by the Name of king Edward the 4. Edmond Earl of Rutland, slain in the Town of Wakefield, by the Lord Clifford, the same day his Father was slain in the battle. john, William and Thomas died young; George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, 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 Manors, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth, Wife to john de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk; Margaret third daughter, wife to Charles, Duke of Burgundy and Ursula. Et portoit, France semé & d'engleterre escartelle, au lambell d'argent chargee au neuf torteaux. RIchard, surnamed of Shrewsbury, the place of his birth second son of King Edward the 4. was by his Father (at a Parliament held at Westminster, the 20. day of May, 1474.) created Duke of York; and in the 19 year of the said Kings Reign, he married Anne, the only daughter and heir of john Lord Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, Earl Warren and Surrey, & Earl Marshal of England, in whose right he was Duke of Norfolk, etc. This Richard, being but a child, was with his brother, King Edward the fift (by the command of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, their unnatural Uncle) most cruelly murdered in the Tower of London, the 9 day of the Kalends of june, 1483. without issue: his place of burial was never known 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 son of King Henry the seventh, in the tenth year of his Father's Reign, was created Duke of York, 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 Queen of most happy memory. Et portoit, escartelle France & d'engleterre, à lambell d'argent chargeé au neuf torteaux. CHarles, second son of james, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland; being Duke of Albany, marquess of Ormont, Earl of Ros, and Lord of Ardmanoch; was created Duke of York, by his Father, at White-Hall, on Twelve-day, being the sixth of january, 1604. and after created Prince of Wales at White-Hall, the third of November, in the year, 1616. A catalogue OF THE Viscounts since the Norman Conquest, their Arms, Wives, and Children. IOhn Lord Beaumond, son of Henry Lord Beaumond, sat in Parliament the tenth year of King Henry the sixth, as Lord Beaumond; and was after by Letters Patents, bearing date at Reading, the 12. of February, in the 18. year of King Henry the 6. made Viscount Beaumond. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir William Phillips, Lord Bardolph, & had issue, William and Henry, both Viscounts, and died without issue leaving jane their sister and heir, married to john, Lord Lovel. This john, was slain at the second battle of Northampton, the 9 of july, the 38. of King Henry the sixth. Et portoit, d'azur, au lion rampant seem de lices d'or. I find (before this john, Viscount Beaumond) john Robsert, Captain of S. Samers in France, son of Sir Lewis Robsert, knight of the Garter, to be Viscount Robsert, in King Henry the fifts time. But by whom, or where he was made Viscount, I find not, neither whom he married, or of any issue he left behind him. HEnry Bourchier Knight, son and heir of William Bourchier, created Earl of Ewe, at Maunt in Normandy, by King Henry the fift, sat in Parliament the 15. of King Henry the 6. as Lord Bourchier; and in the 25. year of the said kings Reign, he was in Parliament, by the name and title of Viscount Bourchier; and in the 27. year of King Henry the 6. Richard Duke of York, by his Charter, did confirm certain Lands unto him, in marriage with Isabella his sister, with an annuity of one hundred pounds by the year, by the name and title of Henry, Viscount Bourchier. He had issue 6. sons, William that died before his Father, Sir Henry Bourchier knight; Humphrey, slain at Barnet-Field, 1471. john, Thomas and Edward; and died in the year 1483. Et portoit, d'argent à un croix engresleé de gules; entre quatre bouces de sable. IOhn Talbot, second son of john Talbot, first Earl of Shrewsbury, by Margaret his Wife, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earl of Warwick, was created Viscount Lisle, in the 31. year of King Henry the 6. He married joane, daughter and one of the coheirs of Sir john Chedder Knight, and had issue, Thomas Talbot, who was also Viscount Lisle, and was slain at Wotton Vnderedge, without issue; and Elizabeth, married to Edward Grey, who in her right was also Viscount Lisle. This john, was slain with his Father, in the wars in France, in the year 1453. Et portoit, gules au lion rampant, à la bordure engresleé d'or; au croissant d'argent WIlliam Berkeley, son of Sir james Berkely Knight, & of Elizabeth his Wife, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk; was created Viscount Berkeley, the 20. year of King Edward the 4. and after marquess Barkeley; and married two Wives, but had no issue by either. He gave most part of his Lands to King Henry the seventh, and died the seventh of the said Kings Reign, and was buried in the Augustine Friars in London, leaving Sir Morris Berkeley Knight, (his brother) his heir. Et portoit, gules au chevron accompaigné de dix croix patees d'argent. FRancis Lovel, son of john, Lord Lovel, and jane his Wife, sister and heir of William, Viscount Beaumond; was created Viscount Lovel, at Eltham, in the 22. year of King Edward the fourth; and in his style did write himself, Viscount Lovel, Baron Holland, Deyncourt, and Grey of Rotherfield. He married Anne, daughter of Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh, and was after slain at Stokefield, 1487. without issue, leaving his two sisters, joane and Friswold his heirs; joane was married to Sir Bryan Stapleton Knight, and Friswold to Sir Edward Norris Knight. Et portoit, burelle undeé de six d'or & the gules. EDward Grey, second son of Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthyn, married Elizabeth, daughter of john Talbot, Viscount Lisle, and sister and heir of Thomas her brother; in whose right he was created Viscount Lisle, by King Edward the 4. and had issue, john Grey, Viscount Lisle, who married Muriel, daughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and had issue Elizabeth, married to Henry Courtney, Earl of Devon, & died without issue: the said Edward had also issue, two daughters, Elizabeth and Muriell; Elizabeth was first married to Edmond Dudley, of the privy Chamber to King Henry the seventh, and had issue, john Dudley, Viscount Lisle, and after she was married to Arthur Plantagenet, base son of king Edward the fourth, who was also Viscount Lisle. Muriell the second daughter, was Wife to Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire, but by him had no issue. Et portoit, burelleé de six d'argent & d'azur, trois torteaux en chef au lambell d'argent. IOhn Lord Welles, son of Lionel Lord Welles, and Margaret his Wife, Duchess of Somerset, daughter of john Lord Beauchampe, was created Viscount Welles, by King Henry the seventh; and married Cecily, daughter of King Edward the fourth, by whom he had issue a daughter, named Elizabeth, which died without issue. He died, and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London. Et portoit, d'or, au lion rampant à la double queué sable, armé & lampasse the gules. SIr Charles Brandon Knight, created Viscount Lisle, the 4. of King Henry the eight, and Duke of Suffolk, in the fift year of the said Kings Reign: who, at the request of the French Queen, than his Wife, resigned the Title and Dignity of Viscount Lisle, to Arthur Plantagenet, base son of King Edward the 4. who had married the daughter & heir of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle aforesaid, and had issue, as is more at large in the Title of Suffolk. Et portoit, burelle d'argent & de gueulles de dix pieces, à la lion rampant d'or coronne per pale d'argent & de gueulles, armé & lampasse d'azur. ARthur Plantagenet, base son of King Edward the 4. was after the surrender of Charles Brandon, created Viscount Lisle at Bridewell, the 26. of April, in the 15. year of King Henry the eight, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, and sister and heir of john Grey her brother, by whom he had issue, three daughters his heirs, Bridget, Frances and Elizabeth; Bridget, was wife to Sir William Carden Knight; Frances, married first john Basset, & after, Thomas Monk of Devonshire; Elizabeth the third daughter, was married to Sir Francis jobson Knight. This Arthur died the third of March, 1542. the 33. year of the Reign of King Henry the eight. Et portoit, France & d'engleterre escartellé au baston sinestre d'argent. But most commonly he is made to quarter the Arms of Ulster and Mortimer (as his Father did before he was King: which I hold not good, for a bastard hath no right to any Arms but his Father's chief Coat; to show he was the natural son of such a man. IOhn Dudley Knight, son of Edmond Dudley, and Elizabeth his wife, sister and heir of john Grey, Viscount Lisle, was created Viscount Lisle, by King Henry the eight, in the same year Arthur Plantagenet died, 1542. and was after made Earl of Warwick, and lastly Duke of Northumberland, as in those Titles is more at large. Et portoit, d'or au lion ram pant à la double queué vert. RObert Radcliffe, Baron Fitz-Walter (grandchild of Sir john Radcliffe Knight, and Elizabeth his Wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Walter Lord Fitz-Walter) was created Viscount Fitz-Walter, in the 17. year of King Henry the eight; and after, he was created Earl of Sussex. He married three Wives, and had issue by them all, as in the Title of Earls of Sussex, is more at large. He died in the 34. year of King Henry the eight, 1542. Et portoit, d'argent au band engreslee sable. THomas Bollen, son and heir of Sir William Bollen of Blickling in Norfolk, Knight, and of Margaret his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of Thomas Butler Earl of Ormond in Ireland, being Treasurer of the household to King Henry the eight, was created Viscount Rochfort at Bridewell, in the 17. year of the said Kings Reign, and in the year 1529. Earl of Wiltshire. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, and had issue, as in the Title of Earls of Wiltshire is more at large. He died in the 30. year of King Henry the eight. Et portoit, d'argent au cheuron entre trois testes de Boef cope de sable armé d'or. EDward Seymour, knight of the Garter, and uncle to king Edward the sixth, was first created Viscount Beauchampe in the 28. of Henry the eight, 1536. and Earl of Hartford the 29 of Henry the eight: and lastly, Baron Seymour and Duke of Somerset, the first of King Edward the sixth, 1547. He married two wives, and had issue by them both, as before in the Title of Hertford is set forth. He died, beheaded (for felony) at the Tower-hill by London, the eleventh of january, 1551. the 5. of King Edward the sixth. Et portoit, gules à deux Ails l'aigle en leurre d'or. WAlter Devereux, Lord Ferrer of Chartley, (son of john Lord Ferrer and Cecily Bourchier his Wife, Sister of Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, and cousin and heir of Anne, the wife of William Parr marquess of Northampton) was created Viscount Hereford, the first of King Edward the sixth; and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Grey marquess Dorset, and had issue, Sir Richard Devereux knight, who died before his Father, leaving issue by Dorathea his Wife (daughter of George Lord Hastings, and Earl of Huntingdon) Walter Earl of Essex, who married Lettuce, daughter of Sir Francis Knolles, Knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the Household to Queen Elizabeth, and had issue, Robert late Earl of Essex, etc. Et portoit, d'argent à un face gueulles au trois torteaux in chef. LOrd Thomas Howard, second son of Thomas Howard the third Duke of Norfolk, was created Viscount Howard of Bindon, the first of Queen Elizabeth. He married Elizabeth, daughter and one of the coheirs of john Lord Marney, and had issue, Henry, Viscount Byndon; Thomas Viscount Byndon, that died in the year, 1610. Francis and Gyles, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Grace, and Douglas married to Sir Arthur Gorge Knight. Et portoit, les armes de Howard avec la crescent pur la difference. ANthony Browne, Knight of the Garter, was created Viscount Montague at Hampton-Court, the second of September, 1554. the first of Queen Mary, and married two Wives, the first was jane, daughter of Robert Radcliffe Earl of Sussex, by whom he had issue, Anthony Browne his eldest son, who married Mary, daughter of Sir William Dormer of Ethorp in Buckinghamshire, and died before his Father, leaving issue Anthony Browne, now Viscount Montague, 1618. and Mary, married unto Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton, Father of Henry now Earl of Southampton, 1618. This Anthony's second wife, was Magdalen, daughter of William Lord Dacres of Gillesland in the North, by whom he had issue, Sir George Browne Knight, Thomas and Henry, and three daughters; Elizabeth wife to Sir Robert Dormer, son of Sir William aforesaid; Mabell second daughter, and jane Browne was the third daughter. This Anthony died at his house of Medhurst in Sussex, and was there very honourably buried, with four Officers of Arms. Et portoit, fables trois lions passant en la band entre quatre cottice d'argent. SIr Robert Cecil Knight, second son of William Cecil, Baron of Burghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, being Secretary to Queen Elizabeth, and Master of the Court of Wards, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge) was by King james, first created Baron of Essenden, in the Tower of London, the 13. of May, 1603. and after Viscount Cranburne, the 20. of August, 1604. and lastly Earl of Salisbury, the 4. of May, 1605. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham, and had issue, William Cecil now Earl of Salisbury, 1618. and Francis, wife to Henry Lord Clifford, son & heir of Francis Clifford, now Earl of Cumberland, 1618. Et portoit, burelle de dix, d'argent & d'azur, sur le tout, six Eschuchons 3.2.1. sable six lions rampant d'argent, à un crescent pur la second difference. SIr Robert Sidney, Knight of the Garter, son of Sir Henry Sidney, Knight of the Garter, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Lord Precedent of the Counsel of the Marches of Wales; was first created Baron of Penshurst, in the Tower of London, the 13 of May, 1603. and after, Viscount Lisle at Greenwich, the 4. of May, 1605. And lastly, was created Earl of Leicester it Salisbury, the second day of August, 1618. being then Lord Chamberlain to Queen Anne. He married Barbara, daughter and sole heir of john Gamage, Lord of Coytie in Glamorganshire, and had issue, Sir Robert Sidney, Knight of the Bath and Lord Lisle, now living, 1618. and others; as in the Title of Earls of Leicester is more at large. Et portoit, d'or à la pheon d'azur. SIr Robert Carr Knight, borne in Scotland, was first created Viscount Rochester at White-Hall, on Monday in the Easter week, being the 25 of March 1611. and lastly, by Letters Patents bearing date, 1614 made Baron of Branspath and Earl of Somerset. He was also Lord Chamberlain of the Household to King james. He married Frances, daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk. This Robert and his Lady Frances, were both arraigned at Westminster Hall, the 24. and 25. of May, 1616. for being privy and consenting to the poisoning of Sir Thomas Ouerbury Knight, the said Earls great friend and favouret; and were found guilty by Peers, and had their judgement to die for the same; as in the Title of Somerset is more at large. Et portoit, gules au chevron d'argent, chargé de trois estoilles de sable, brise de un leopard passant d'or, du premier canton de l'es●u. SIR George Villers Knight, a younger son of Sir George Villers of Brookesby in Leicestershire Knight, was first created Baron of Whaddon, and after Viscount Villers at Woodstock, the 27. of August, 1616. and the 16, of january after, he was created Earl of Buckingham at White-Hall: and lastly, the first day of january, 1617. he was made marquess of Buckingham, by the delivery of a Letters Patents. He was also Knight of the Garter, Master of the Horse, one of his majesties most honourable privy Counsel, & one of the Lords Commissioners, for the Office of Earl Martial of England, 1619. Et portoit, d'argent au croix de gules, chargé de cinq coquilles d'or. SIr Thomas Egerton Knight, being Lord Chancellor of England, was created Baron of Elesmere at Hampton-Court, the 17. of july, in the first year of King james; and the 7. of November, 1616, he was created (at White-Hall) Viscount Brackley. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft of Flintshire, and had issue, Thomas that died before his Father, and Sir john Egerton, now Earl of Bridgwater, 1619. and a daughter named Mary, married to Sir Francis Lee, Knight of the Bath. He died at York-Place, by Charingcross. Et portoit d'argent, au lion rampant gules, entre trois pheons, à la bordure engresley de sable. SIr William Knolles, Knight of the Garter, and Treasurer of the Household to King james, and Master of the Court of Wards, was first created Baron of Gray's, in the Tower of London, the 13. of May, 1603. and after Viscount Wallingford at White-Hall, the seventh of November, 1616. He married two wives, by the first he had no issue. His second Wife was Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, and Lord Treasurer of England, by whom he had issue. Et portoit, d'azur à la croix recercelez desiiont, semé croix recroisettes d'or. IAmes, Lord Hay of Sauley, was by the delivery of a Letters Patents, made Viscount Doncaster, in july, 1618. and married two wives; the first was Honora, daughter and sole heir of Edward Lord Denny of Waltham, and had issue. His second wife was Lady Luce, second daughter of Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland, by whom he had issue. Et portoit, d'argent trois escuchons de gules. FINIS. Errors published in Print, to the great prejudice of those they concern. Marry Queen of France, Sister of King Henry the eight, had issue by Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, her Husband, two sons; Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolk, and Charles a second son. Milles page 543. HEnry Brandon Duke of Suffolk, & Charles his brother, were the sons of Katherine Willoughby Duchess of Suffolk, and not the sons of Marie the French Queen, as Milles hath. THomas Grey, marquess Dorset, begot of Margaret Wootton his wife two Sons; Sir john Grey Knight, who married Marry, Daughter of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, and Henry Grey, Baron of Groby. HEre Henry Grey Baron of Groby, is made to be brother to john his own Father. And Mary Browne, is also made to be daughter to her own brother. Mil. page 408. WIlliam de Romera, Earl of Lincoln, married avice, daughter of Richard de Riparijs, and had issue William de Romara who married the daughter of Stephen Earl of Albemarle. Here the father is made to marry his son's wife, and the son his own mother, which the foundation of the Abbey of Revesby doth approve. Mil. 936. & 937. IOhn Courtney, begot of Elinor daughter of Hugh Spencer Earl of Winchester Hugh Courtney, whom King Edw. the third made Earl of Devonshire. Here Eleanor Spencer, is made to be mother to Hugh Earl of Devonshire, when as in truth she was his wife. Milles page 459. IN the year 1546. the Duke of Norfolk and his son the Earl of Surrey, were suddenly apprehended, and sent to the Tower of London, for bearing in their Escochion certain Arms, which were pretended only to belong unto the King, which Arms notwithstanding, they and their Ancestors time out of mind had borne, without check or controlment. For this offence was the said Earl indited, etc. HAd not this Writer been a little too bold and busy, in matters of Arms and Heraldry (wherein he hath showed himself very ignorant) he would never have put this in print. I wish him therefore to know, that the honourable family of the Howards he speaketh of, may, and do lawfully bear, and quarter, the Arms of Thomas of Brotherton the King's son; but not the king of England's Arms. Therefore I would have M. Martin to know, that those Arms he mentioneth, did want a lambell for the difference; the neglect whereof, made it the kings Arms, and not Tho: of Brothertons. HEnry Stafford (son of Humphrey the sixth Earl of Stafford, and Anne Nevil his wife) married Margaret Countess of Richmond, mother to King Henry the seventh. THey that are desirous to find this Henry Stafford, and his marriage with Margaret Countess of Richmond mother to king Henry the 7. must go into Purgatory for it; for in heaven, nor upon the earth it is not to be found Mill. page 433. EDward Fynes, Lord Clinton created Earl of Lincoln, 1572. THere was never any of the family or name of Fynes Earl of Lincoln, to this time, 1618. But the truth is, there was one Edw: Clinton, that was created Earl of Lincoln, in the year 1572. which I take to be the person he meaneth. Henry Fynes, Earl of Lincoln. Mil. page 950 and 952. WIlliam, Brother of Malcolm king of Scots, married Ermingard, Daughter of Richard de Beaumond, at Woodstock in the King's Chapel, the 33. year of King Henry the second, and died in the year 1124. the 27 year of his age THis William is made to marry this Ermingard his wife at Woodstock, 62. years after he was dead: For the 33. of King Henry the second, is 1186. and the year of his death, as he saith, is 1124. Milles page 909. KIng john left behind him four sons, viz: Henry who succeeded him, Richard who was elected K of the Romans; William of Valence, and Guido Disnay: and three daughters, the second was married to William Marshal, Earl of Worcester, etc. KIng john had but two sons, and none named William of Valence, or Guy de Disnay, for they were the sons of Hugh le Brun, Earl of the Marches of Aquitaine, and not king john's; and that William Marshal was earl of Worcester is as untrue as the other; for he was only Earl of Penbroke, and not of Worcester. Martin, page 59, 60. RObert de Bellemont, Earl of Mellent, married Matild, daughter and one of the heirs of Reginald Earl of Cornwall, son of King john. Mills page 830. FRom the beginning of the reign of King Henry the first, to King john, was 98. years, and so far wide is this Author from the truth. For this Reginald he mentioneth, was base son of King Henry the first, and not of King john. LEttice daughter of sir Frances Knols, was widow of Robert Earl of Essex. THis Lettuce, is made to be Wife to her own son. Mil. pag. 843. HVgh de Audley, youngest Son of james Audley, and of Adela Longspee. THis Hugh de Audley, was not the son of james Audley, and of Adela Longspee. But the son of Nicholas Audley, and Katherine Giffard his wife. Milles pag. 378. Michael de la Pole (son and heir of Michael, and Katherine Stafford) married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk, & had issue three daughters; Isabella, wife to the Lord Morley, Katherine a Nun, and Elizabeth Countess of Kendal. THis Michael de la Pole, whom he saith had issue 3. Daughters, died at Egencourt field in France, 1415. without any issue at all. And this Isabella, Katherine, and Elizabeth, Countess of Kendal, were his three sisters, both by Father and Mother, and not his daughters. Mil. pag. 535. THomas Earl of Arundel, married Constance, Daughter of Edmond of Langley, Duke of York, and had issue, Anne married to Hugh de Audley, who had isvue james. THis Thomas Earl of Arundel, never had any such Daughter, named Anne, but died the third of King Henry the fift, without any issue at all. Neither was there ever any such Hugh Audley, that ever married any such Woman. Mil. pag. 347. RObert, base son of King Henry the first, was the first Earl of Gloucester, and married Mabell Daughter of Robert Fitz Hamon, and Sibyl his Wife, daughter of Robert de Belesmo, Earl of Shrewsbury. RObert Fitz-Haman, never married any Sibyl, daughter of Robert de Belesmo. For Robert de Belesmo had his eyes put out, and died in the Castle of Kardiffe in Wales, without any issue: And for Mabell the daughter of Robert Fitz-Hamon, she never married Nigell Lord Mowbray, for that Mabell he married, was daughter and co-heyre of William Fitz Patrich, Earl of Salisbury, who had given her in Marriage, the Manor of Bansted in Surrey, as is manifested by the said Grant. After this Robert's death, Mabell his Wife, married Nigell, Lord and Baron of Mowbray. Milles, pag. 359 ISabell, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford, married William L. Bruse of Gower in Wales. THis Isabella, married Robert Brus of Annanderdale in Scotland, and not William Bruise of Wales, and so both the man, and the matter, quite mistaken. Milles pag. 369. ISabel daughter of William king of Scots married Robert Lord Ros of Hamlake, Father of Robert Lord Ros, father of William Lord Ros, Competitor for the crown of Scotland. RObert Lord Ros, that married Isabella daughter of William King of Scots, had issue William L. Ros, who had issue, Robert Lord Ros of Hamlake, Father of another William, that was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland. So the the first William L. Ros is quite left out, and by that means the second Robert is left without a father. Mil. pag. 507. RObert de Valonijs, Lord of Orford married Cicely, sister of William Blound, and had issue Cicely de Valoniis wife to Robert Vfford, steward of the household to King Edward the second. RObert de Valoniis, which married the Sister of William Blound, had issue a son Robert, who was Father of Cicely de Valoniis wife to Robert Vfford: So that, the right Father of Cicely Valonijs that married Robert Vfford is quite left out, and not once mentioned, and Robert de Valonijs & Cicely Blound, who was her Grandfather and Grand mother, made to be her father & mother. Milles, pag. 528. MArgaret, daughter of Sir john Norwich Knight, and sister and heir of Thomas Norwich, was wife to Robert Vfford Earl of Suffolk. THis Margaret, was Sister of Sir Walter Norwich Knight, and Aunt and heir to john Norwich, son of the said Sir Walter. So that this descent, is out of joint, and greatly mistaken. Mil. pag. 529. RIchard Plantagenet, son of King john, was created Earl of Cornwall in the year 1227. and died at Barkhamsted, being very old, in the year 1572. NOw surely, I have not read of any so old since Christ's time. For, by this account of 1227. and 1572. this Richard lived after his being Earl, 345. years. And then was he a very old man indeed. Mil. pag. 552. RRobert Sackuile, eldest son of Thomas, was after his Father, Earl of Dorset, by Lady Margaret Howard, sole Daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk. HOw this Robert Sackuile, could be Earl of Dorset, by Lady Margaret Howard his Wife, is more than by my Books I can find; considering his father was created Earl of Dorset, to him and his heirs male. Mil. pag. 413. ALan (surnamed the red) or Fergant, Earl of little Britain, married the daughter of Fulke Rechin Earl of Anjoy; and had issue, Howell disinherited, Bertha married to Eudo Earl of Porhet, and Constance wife to Geffrey son of juhell. HEre is Howell, Bertha, & Constance, made to be Children to Alan Fargant, when as they were the children of Conanle gross Earl of Britain, and so they fathered upon a wrong father. Milles pag. 588, 589. WIlliam the first Earl Warren & Surrey, married Gundred, daughter of William Conqueror, and had issue William and Reginald, who married Adeliza, Lady of Wirmingay in Norfolk, and had issue William de Warren. WIlliam the second Earl Warren and Surrey, son of William the first, married Isabel, daughter of Hugh the great Earl of Vermandois, and had issue, William the third Earl Warren, & Reginald de Warren, who married Adeliza daughter of William de Wormegay, and had issue, William. REginald de Warren, mentioned in this place, is made to have two several Fathers and Mothers, as by this aforesaid it may appear; but the first is false. His true Father was William the second Earl Warren, and his mother was Isabel, Sister of Ralph de Peronne, Earl of Vermandois. Mil. pag. 616, 617, 618, 619. WIlliam the third, Earl of Arundel and Sussex, married Mabel, sister and Coheir of Hugh Meschines, surnamed Blundevile, the last Earl of Chester of that Family. THere was never any Hugh Meschines Earl of Chester (surnamed Blundevile) nor any Mabell his Sister. But the truth is, there was a Mabell, which was Sister and Coheir of Randoll Blundevile Earl of Chester. Mil. pag. 642, 643. ISabell, second Sister and Co-heyre of Hugh Earl of Arundel and Sussex, married john Fitz Alan, Lord of Clun and Oswaldtre; by whose right, the Castle and honour of Arundel came to the Fitz alan's. Their son john Fitz Alan, was Father of Richard first Earl of Arundel of that Family. IT is true, that this Isabella married john Fitz Alan, and had issue john, who by Mauld Verdon his wife, had issue a third john, who married Isabella Mortimer, and had issue Richard the first Earl of Arundel, which third john is omitted, and so the said Richard's Grandfather made to be his father. Mil. pag. 643. HEnry Percy the ninth Earl of Northumberland, Lord Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitz-Payne, and Brian, and in his mother's right, Lord Latymer. HOw this Henry Earl of Northumberland, can be Lord Latymer in right of his Mother, is more than by my reading I could ever find any proof for. Milles pag. 734. For I take it, that all Daughters and heirs of a Baron by Writ (be they never so many) are all interessed alike by their birth, to their Father's Dignity; which Dignity by no means can be divided, & therefore lost (when there is more Daughters than one) and to revert to the King from whence it came, to bestow upon which daughter he will, or other stranger, whomsoever it shall please him. LOra daughter of William Bruse Baron of Brecknock, wife unto Robert Fitz Pernell Earl of Leicester, and Sister of that William Bruse, who was commonly called Earl of Brember Castle in Sussex, & Lord of Brecknock and Abergavenny, she left siue daughters her heirs, Isabel, Ela, Mauld, Eva, and Eleanor. IT is true that this Lora did marry Robert Fitz Pernel, Earl of Leicester. But that she had five daughters, is very untrue: for the said Robert died without issue. And those five Daughters here mentioned, were the Daughters of William Lord Bruse of Brecknock, begotten of Eva his Wife, one of the daughters of William Martial, the elder Earl of Pembroke. So that this Lora was their great Aunt, & not their mother. Mil. pag. 836. WIlliam de Clinton, youngest son of john de Clinton, and of Ida his wife, daughter and one of the heirs of William de Oding sells Baron of Marstoke, was by King Edward the third created Earl of Huntingdon, 1337. THis William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon here mentioned, was son of john Lord Clinton and Mauld Beaumond, and Grandchild to another john and Idona. Mil. pag. 916. Now he hath left out john L. Clinton, and Mauld Beaumond the said Williams right father and mother, & made him son to his Grandfather and Grand mother Idona. IOhn Hastings, son and heir of Laurence, was the second Earl of Penbroke, who at his death, left Anne Maney his wife great with child of john Hastings the third Earl of Penbroke. Mil. pag. 1098. HOw could Margaret, daughter of King Edward the third, be mother of john Hastings the third Earl of Penbroke, when as at the said john's death, he saith; that Anne many his Father's second wife was great with Child of him, except he prove that he had two Mothers. john Hastings third Earl of Penbroke was son of john Hastings, second Earl of Penbroke, begotten of his first wife Margaret, daughter of King Edward the third Milles page 1099. A Table of the Several Catalogues contained in this Book. ARundell. 1 Albemarle. 10 Anguish. 15 Athol. 17 Buckingham. 18 Bedford. 21 Britain & Richmond. 25 Bath. 35 Bridge-water. 36 Boughan. 37 Chester. 37 Cornwall. 44 Carlisle, 51 Cumberland. 53 Cambridge. 54 Devonshire. 56 Derby. 65 Dorset. 73 Essex. 78 Excester 85 Ewe or Augie. 88 Ferrars. 65 Gloucester. 90 Hartford 90 Hereford. 99 Huntingdon 105 Kent. 114 Kendal. 121 Lincoln. 122 Lancaster 127 Leicester. 131 March. 137 Montague. 140 Mountgomery. 142 Northumberland. 142 Norfolk. 151 Northampton. 161 Nottingham. 165 Oxford. 169 Penbroke. 177 Rutland. 189 Richmond & Britain. 25 Rivers. 193 Shrewsbury. 194 Salisbury. 200 Suffolk. 208 Somerset. 213 Stafford. 219 Southampton. 223 Sussex. 225 Surrey. 230 Tankeruile. 239 Viscounts. 269 Winchester. 239 Worcester. 244 Wiltshire 248 Westmoreland. 252 Warwick. 255 York. 265 Faults escaped in Printing, to be Corrected thus. IN Edward the 1. Children by his first wife, read Elinor borne the 50. year of her grandfathers Reign. In Edw. 1. Children by his second wife, line 20. read Edward the third, for Edward the fourth. In Edward the seconds issue, read john of Eltham died in Anno, 1334. for 1354. In Henry the 8. base children, read Henry Fitz-Roy created Earl of Nottingham at seven years of age. Pag. 13. line 33. read Dunster, for Dunsteth. Pag. 18. line 9 read before He married; (by the name of Earl of Buckinghan.) Pag. 20. line 12. read Ursula for Vrsuld. Page 21. line 22. read Apulia, for Turkey. Page 22. line 39 read Sir Thomas Fitz-Williams, Father of William. Pag. 23. line 1. read Katherine for Margaret. Ibid. line 4. read 31. for 13. Page 24. line 7. read Hampton-Court, for the Tower of London. Ibid. line 10. read third for second. Ibid. line 11. read second for third. Ibid. line last, read hath issue, for had no issue. Page 29. line 17. read Euerard for Euerus. Page 34. line 33. read Tarbolton, for Trebant. Page 36. line 6. read Edward Lord Fitz-Walter, for Richard. Ibidem. The Earl of Bridgwaters Arms, vide, 276. Page 37. line 23. read Aurenches for Aurenges. Ibid. line 29. read Rufus for Ruphus. Pag. 38. line 18. read Morcar, for Mocar. Pag. 39 line 11. read Robert Quincy, son of Sayre Earl of Winchester. Page 47 line 23. read Gavershith, for Gavershife. Page 48. line 22. read Wenselaus for Veselanus. Page 52. line 16. read Dreux for Drux. In the beginning of the Earls of Clare, line 1. read Richard son of Gilbert, for Richard Fitz-Gilbert. Ibid. line 11. read 1131, for 1331. Ibid. leaf 2. line 26. read Gilbert for john. Ibid. at Rich. the second Earl of Gloucester, line 8. read Bevis for Benet. Ibid. last page, line 18. read Kyme for Kent. Page 54. read Edward Nevil for Henry Nevil. Pag. 62. line 11. read Grandchild for Grandfather. Page 63. line 7. read Somersetshire for Devonshire. Pag. 64, line 17. read Sir William Maynard, for Sir Henry. Page 71. line 19 leave out, Einsham in Oxford. Pag. 73, line 3. read 217. for 2171. Pag. 74, line 16. read Edmond Beauford, son of john Beauford. Errata: Page 79▪ line 29. read for Geffrey Fitz-Piers Arms, Et portoit, escartelle d'or et de gueulles au bordure vaire. Page 83. line 29. read Sir Nicholas Tufton, for Sir john. Pag. 83, line 32. In Parr, read 36, for 25. Ibid. line 30. read Baron Parr of Kendal. Page 90. line 20. read Baieux for Bayon. Page 98. line 21. read, was made Baron Seymour, and Duke, etc. Pag. 99, line 11. read son of Osberne. Page 104. for Henry Plantagenets Arms, read Semè de France escartellè D'engleterre au lambell d'hermines. Pag. 109, line 7. read, 1219. (as Sir Robert Cotton saith.) Pag. 117, line 2. read Sir Thomas Holland, son of Sir Robert. Pag. 120, line 16, read Sir Henry Grey second son, for third. Pag. 122, line 34, read 1151, for 111. Pag. 136, line 19, read 1588. for 1586. Page 150. line 25, read Sir Thomas Stanley, for Sir Edward. Ibid. line 42. add Elinor Percy, wife to Sir William Herbert. Pag. 153, line 15, read partition, for petition. Pag. 176. line 14. read Elizabeth for Anne. Ibid. line 16. read 18. Earl of Oxford, for 19 Pag. 187, line the last, read du trois lions, for lions. Page 190. line first, read Edmond Plantagenet third son, for son and heir. Ibid. line 1. read Edmond Plantagenet third son of Richard Duke of York. Page 191. line 9 leave out Elinor married to john Bourchier. Page 192. line 16. read Frances for Mary. Pag. 199, line last, read 1616, for 1618. Page 202. line 24. read 11. for 9 Page 210. line 4. read had issue, for had no issue. Pag. 212, line 23. read Harington, for Huntingdon. Page 213. line 6. leave out Queen Elizabeth. Page 214. line 8. read Hugh for Henry Vere. Page 215. line 23. read, which was by King Henry 8. to The Bullen, as in pa. 250 Page 223. line 21. leave out (heir.) Ibid. line 21. read sister, for sister and heir. Pag. 233, line 11. read 38, for 28. Pag, 234, line 12. read 1347, for 1357. Page 242. line 33. read M. 11. for M. 2. Pag. 263. line 8. read Henry Lord Montague. Ibid. line the last, read 1499, for 1599 Page 265. line 3. read Chancellor, for Treasurer. FINIS.