Botesworth 1563. Et portoit les armes de son peré EDward Mannors Knight of the Garter sonne and heire of Henry was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Rutland of this Family Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and cheefe Commissioner appointed by Queene Elizabeth to continue the league betweene her and Iames the sixt King of Scotland now our most dread and Soueraigne Lord and King 1618. there being ioyned with him the Lord Euers Thomas Randolph Esquire and others He married Isabell daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft of the Vale Royall in Cheshire knight by whom he had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Elizabeth married to William Cecill Lord Burghley sonne and heyre of Thomas Earle of Excester by whom he had issue William Lord Ros that died beyond the seas in Italy without issue 1618. This Edward dyed in the 29. yeare of the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth and lyeth buried at Botesworth Et portoit d'or deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en le premier deux fleur-de-lizes d'or à la second au lyon passant gardant d'or IOhn Mannors brother and heyre male of Edward aforesaid was the fourth Earle of Rutland of that Family Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and married Elizabeth daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley in Shropshire by whō he had issue Edward that dyed an Infant Roger that was Earle of Rutland Francis Earle of Rutland Sir George Mannors Knight and Oliuer Bridget wife to Sir Robert Tirwhit of Lincolnshire Knight Frances married to William Lord Willoughby of Parham Elizabeth married to Emanuell Lord Scroope of Bolton This Iohn dyed in the yeare 1587. Et portoit les armes de son frere ROger Mannors sonne and heyre of Iohn aforesaide was after the death of his Father the fift Earle of Rutland Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of that worthy and renowned Sir Philip Sidney knight slaine at Zutphen in Gelderland the 17. of October 1586. and dyed without issue in the yeare 1600. leauing Francis Mannors his brother to succeed him Et portoit d'or à deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en la premier deux fleur de-liz d'or à la second au leopard passant d'or FRancis Mannors second sonne of Iohn Earle of Rutland and brother and heyre of Roger the fift Earle of Rutland of this Family was the sixt Earle of Rutland Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter 1618. He married two wiues the first was Mary daughter and one of the co-heyres of Sir Henry Knyuet of the West Country and had issue Katherine His second wife is Cecily daughter of Sir Iohn Tufton knight and widdow of Edward Hungerford by whom he had issue Henry Lord Ros that dyed a childe and Francis Lord Ros of Hamelake now liuing 1618. Et portoit d'or à deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en la premier deux fleur-de-liz d'or à la second au leopard passant d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles Riuers their Armes Wiues and Children RIchard Widdeuill Baron of Wimington married Iaquet daughter of Peter of Luxenburgh Earle of S. Paul the widdow of Iohn Duke of Bedford Regent of France for which marriage he was fined to pay to King Henry the sixt the summe of one thousand pounds because hee did the same without the said Kings priuity and consent yet afterwards obtayning the said Kings fauour he was elect Knight of the Garter the 4. of August and enstalled the 30. of October Anno 28. of Henry the sixt and on the 26. of May the 4. of King Edward the fourth he was created Earle Riuers made high Constable of England He had issue by the saide Iaquet seuen Sons and sixe daughters viz. Anthony Widdeuill Earle Riuers after his Father Lewis dyed young Iohn dyed young also Iohn the fourth sonne was slaine with his Father at Edgcote-field Lyonell fift sonne was Bishop of Salisbury and Father to Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester by his Concubine Edward sixt sonne Richard the seuenth sonne was Earle Riuers after Anthony his elder brother Elizabeth the eldest daughter was first married to Sir Iohn Grey of Groby knight and after to King Edward the fourth Margaret was married to Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Anne the third daughter was first married to William Bourchier sonne of Henry Earle of Essex and after to George Grey Earle of Kent and thirdly to Sir Edward Wingfield knight Iaquet was married to Iohn Lord Strange of Knocking Mary was wife to William Herbert Earle of Huntington and Katherine the sixt daughter was first married to Henry Stafford second Duke of Buckingham and after to Iasper of Hatfield D. of Bedford This Richard with Iohn his sonne were taken out of the Mannour of Grafton by Robin of Riddesdale Captaine of the lewd people of Northamptonshire and catried to Northampton and there beheaded without any Legall proceeding in the yeare 1469. Et portoit d'argent à la facé quanton de gueulles ANthony Wideuile was after the death of Richard his Father Earle Riuers and Lord Scales in right of his wife Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Thomas Lord Scales of Nucels in Hartfordshire He was made Knight of the Garter in the fift yeare of King Edward the fourth and in the first yeare of King Edward the fift by the procurement of Richard Duke of Glocester then Lord Protectour was sent to Pomfret there beheaded without any iust or lawfull cause laid against him the 13. of Iune 1483. This Anthony had issue onely a base daughter named Margaret who was married to Sir Robert Poynes knight Et portoit les armes de son peré RIchard Wideuile after the death of Anthony his brother without lawfull issue was Earle Riuers Lord Scales of Nucels and Grafton and dyed without issue in the seuenth yeare of King Henry the seuenth leauing his sixe sisters his heyres who were married as aforesaid Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Shrewsbury their Armes Wiues and Children ROger de Montegummery Earle of Belismo in Normandy sonne 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 Conquerour who gaue him the Earledomes of Shrewsbury and Arundell He married Maberia daughter of William Taluaise and sister heyre of Arnold de Belismo and had issue fiue sonnes and foure daughters as William Gemiticensis hath Hugh Earle of Shrewsbury slaine at Anglesey in Wales 1097 without issue Robert was also Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell Roger the third sonne was Earle of Poitow and Lord of the Honor of Lancaster in England by the guift of William Ruphus Philip the fourth sonne and Arnold the fift sonne was
homage three yeares after he married Mary the daughter of Foulk Earle of Aniou and the same yeare was made Duke of Normandy for which he did homage to King Lewis the Grosse of France and after was drowned comming out of Normandy into England the 26. of Nouember 1120. beeing then eighteene yeares of age leauing no issue of his body Mauld the only daughter of king Henry the first by Mauld his first wife was borne the fourth yeare of her Fathers Reigne and was married to the Emperour Henry the fourth for his second wife being but seuen yeares olde at her espousing and married and crowned at eleuen at Mentz in Germany in the yeare 1114. with whom she continued twelue yeares and out-liued him but had no issue by him After she married Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Aniou son of Foulke king of Ierusalem in the yeare 1127 and had issue Henry after King of England Geffrey Earle of Nantes in Britaine and William Earle of Poytou She was his wife 23. yeares and a widdow 17. yeares and after dyed in Roan 1167. and was buried at Bec Abbey in Normandy His Issue by Concubines Robert of some Writers called the Consull of Glocester base sonne 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 Windsore Constable of the Castle of Penbroke This Robert married Mabell daughter of Robert Fitz-Hamond Lord of Glamorgan by whom he had issue William Earle of Glocester and others as in the Title of Earles of Glocester is more at large Reginald base sonne of King Henry the first begotten of the daughter of Robert Corbet of Alencester in Warwickshire had issue foure daughters his heires as in the Title of Earles of Cornwall is more at large Henry slaine in Anglesey in North Wales without issue Richard Mary and Margaret were drowned with their brother William comming out of Normandy into England 1120. Elizabeth base daughter of King Henry the first begotten of Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Meulan and Robert Bossue Earle of Leicester was wife to Gilbert Strongbow Earle of Penbroke and Mother to Richard Earle of Penbroke as in the Title of Earles of Penbroke Iulian Countesse of Passy King Stephen STephen Earle of Mortaine and Bolloigne in Picardy third Son of Stephen Earle of Bloys and Champaigne begotten of Alice the third daughter of William the Conqueror and Queene Mauld was crowned King on S. Stephens day by William Arch-Bishop 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 vnto his Faction William Archbishop of Canterbury the very first man that before had sworne fealty to Queene Mauld the Empresse and to stir vp the Nobility of the Realme against the saide Mauld protesting that it was basenesse for so many great Peeres to be subiect vnto a womā And further to helpe forward this mischieuous plot another of the same brood Roger Bishop of Salisbury the late Kings Treasurer protested that the Nobility were free from the Oath they had before made to Mauld the Empresse by reason that she had married Geffrey Plantagenet without their priuity and consent as though free Princes could not marry without the consent of their Subiects which false instigations of these wicked Bishops made the Nobility to forswear themselues in swearing fealty vnto King Stephen a Vsurper And these were the fruites of these honest Churchmen who were the cause and losse also of many a mans life This Stephen married Mauld daughter of Eustace Earle of Bolloigne Brother of Godfrey and Baldwyn kings of Ierusalem by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters he reigned eighteene yeares ten moneths and odde dayes and dyed at Douer the 25. of October 1154. being 49 yeares olde and was buried at Feuersham in Kent where his Queene and Sonne were also buried She dyed at Heningham Castle in Essex the third of May 1151. It is said that King Stephen entring this Realme the signe being in Sagittarius and obtayning great victory by the helpe of his Archers assumed the Sagitarius for his Arms. Et portoit gueulles a Sagitarius d'or Their Issue Baldwyn the eldest sonne dyed 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 sonne was by his Father created Earle of Bolloigne and married Constance sister of Lewis the seuenth King of France and dyed without issue the tenth of August 1152. and was buried at Feuersham William the third sonne married Isabell daughter and heyre of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey in whose right he was Earle Warren and Surrey Lord of Norwich and Peuensey Earle Mortaine and Lord of the Egle in Normandy He dyed in his returne from Tholouz in the yeare 1160. Mauld the eldest daughter of King Stephen dyed young and was buried at London in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgate cald Christ-Church now the Dukes place Mary second daughter of King Stephen was Abbesse of the Nunnery at Rumsey in Hampshire after she forsooke her habite and married Mathew Brother of Philip Earle of Flanders who in her right was Earle of Bolloigne and had issue Ida and Mauld King Henry the second HEnry the second of that Name sur-named Short-mantle borne in France Son of Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Antou and Mauld the Empresse daughter of King Henry the first began his Reigne ouer this Realme of England the twentieth day of October 1154. His first comming was to Winchester where the Nobles of the Realme came vnto him of whō he tooke homage and fealty then comming to London he was crowned at Westminster by Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury the 17. of December 1154. being then 23. yeares of age He chose to be of his Counsell the grauest and wisest he could finde such as were best experienced in the Lawes of the Land He expelled by publike Proclamation all strangers out of the Land who had swarmed into England in the time of variance betweene king Stephen and him amongst whom William of Ypers Earle of Kent was also compelled to be gone taking into his hands all such lands and possessions as pertained to the Crowne which had bene before alienated and made away to any person of what degree soeuer From Hugh Mortimer he took the Castles of Clebery Wigmore Bridgnorth He maried Elianor daughter and sole heyre of William Duke of Aquitaine Earle of Poictiers and Tholouze the fift of that name begotten of the daughter of Raymond Earle of Tholouse This Elianors Title was the cheefe cause of those bloody warres betwixt England and France yea and the Bellowes that blew that vnnaturall discord betwixt the Father and his Sonnes She ouer-liued her husband and did see three of her sonnes to be kings and dyed the third of the Kalends of Aprill 1204. This Henry dyed
the second daughter was first married to Iohn Burgh Earle of Vlster secondly she was married to Theobald Lord Verdon and thirdly to Sir Roger Damory Baron of Armoye in Ireland Isabell the third daughter was first married to Pierce of Gaueston Earle of Cornwall by whom she had no issue and after to Hugh Lord Audley the younger This Gilbert before the marriage with his last wife Ioane had lost the fauour of king Edward the first for refusing to go with him ouer Seas to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the then French King for which cause king Edward seized all the said Gilberts Lands and forced him after to marry his daughter without dower lands or money which done the said King granted backe againe all the Lands confirming them to the said Gilbert and Ioane his wife the issue begotten of their two bodies in Fee-Farme This Gilbert dyed in the Castle of Mounmoth in the 24. yeare of king Edward the first and was buried in Tewkesbury Priory by his Father 1295. Et portoit d'or à trois cheurons de gueulles RAlphe de Mounte-hermer seruant to Gilbert de Clare and Ioane of Acres after the death of Earle Gtlbert married the said Ioane his Mistris in the yeare 1296. Which marriage being done without the knowledge and consent of king Edward her Father this Ralphe was committed to prison in the Castle of Bristoll and all those Lands and Castles as he had formerly made ouer to the saide Ioane and her former husband Gilbert he caused to bee seized againe into his hands But shortly after by the intercession of Anthony Bec Bishop of Duresme a peace was made betweene the K. his daughter her new husband the yeare following 1297. at a Parliament held at London her former lands were restored to her again with others in the 27. yeare of the said kings Reigne the same Ralphe was summoned to Parliament by the name and title of Earle of Glocester and Hertford and by that name and title of honour hee sate in all Parliaments after vntill the first yeare of king Edward the second 1307. In which yeare young Gilbert de Clare being of age was admitted to his lands and honours and sate in Parliament alwayes after as Earle of Glocester and Hereford during his life And the said Ralphe Mount-hermer his Father in law was euer after summoned and sate in all Parliaments as Lord Mount-hermer This Ralphe had issue by his Countesse Ioane two sonnes Edward Mount hermer that dyed without issue and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars at Clare and Sir Thomas Mount-hermer knight who married and had issue Margaret married to Iohn Mounta-cute and had issue Iohn Mounta-cute Earle of Salisbury He dyed in the 17. yeare of king Edward the second 1323. and Ioane his Countesse dyed in the yeare 1305. at her Mannor of Clare Et portoit d'or à l'aigle de vert membres becquez de gueulles GIlbert de Clare sonne heire of Gilbert de Clare sur-named the Red Ioane of Acres was the last Earle of Glocester and Hartford of that firname and Family He married Matilda daughter of Iohn de Burgh son heire of Rich. Earle of Vlster in Ireland and had issue a son which died in his infancy This Gilbert being with K. Edw. the 2. in Scotland to raize the siedge of Sterling-Castle was there slaine in the yeare 1313. whō the Scots would gladly haue saued for ransome had they knowne him but he had neglected to put on his Coate of Armes ouer his armor With him were slain as Tho Walsingham hath Sir Edmond Mauley Sir Robert Clifford Sir Paine Tiptoft Sir William Marshall Sir Gyles Argentyne knights with many others K. Robert Brus caused the bodies of this Gilbert Earle of Glocester Sir Robert Clifford to be sent to K. Edw. being then at Barwick to be buried at his pleasure demanding no reward for the same This Gilbert was borne at Tewkesbury in the yeare 1291. was there buried by his Father leauing his inheritance to be diuided between his three sisters his heires who were married as before is expressed The partition of these lands were made in the eleuenth yeare of the reigne of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Audley second sonne of Nicholas Lord Audley and grand-childe of Iames Lord Audley of Heleigh and of Ela his wife daughter of William Longespee sonne heire of William Longespee Earle of Salisbury after the death of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester at a Parliament held at Westminster the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third This Hugh Audley was made Earle of Glocester Henry of Lancaster Earle of Derby William Mountague Earle of Salisbury William Clinton Earle of Huntington and Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke and did all sitte and had place and voyce in the saide Parliament by those honourable Titles He married Isabell the third sister and co-heire of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and had issue one onely daughter Isabell married to Ralphe first Earle Stafford and after dyed in the yeare 1347. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge Et portoit gueulles fretté d'or à la bordure d'argent THomas of Woodstocke sixt sonne of King Edward the third in the fiftieth yeare of his Fathers Reigne sate in Parliament held at Westminster by the title onely of Constable of England which Office he did execute in right of Elianor his wife eldest daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex Northampton and Constable of England and in the first yeare of king Richard the second he was made Earle of Buckingham and Northampton and in the ninth yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Glocester and after in the yeare 1397 he was taken by force from his Castle of Plessy in Essex by Thomas Mowbray first Earle Marschall and conuayed to Callis and there strangled to death with Towels after whose death Elianor his wife became a Nunne in the Abbey of Barking in Essex This Thomas by Elianor his wife had one onely sonne named Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and 4. daughters the sonne after his Fathers death with Lord Henry sonne to the Duke of Hereford was by King Richard the second banished into Ireland where he remained as prisoner in the Castle of Tryme vntill the first yeare of king Henry the fourth and then being sent for into England dyed of the plague at Chester in his returne homeward without issue in the yeare 1399. Anne the eldest sister and co-heyre of this Humfrey was married first to Edmond Earle Stafford and after to William Bourchier Earle of Ewe in Normandy Ioane the second sister was married to Gilbert Lord Talbot Isabell was a Nunne in the Minories by London and Philip the fourth sister dyed young without issue Et portoit escartelleé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure de argent
issue This Edmond was Lieutenant of Gascoigne in the first yeare of king Edward the first being sent into Aquitaine with an Army dyed at Bayon in the yeare 1296. and his body being brought ouer Seas into England was buried at Westminster on the North-side of the high-Altar Et portoit gueulles au trois leopards passant d'or au lambell de cinq pointz seme de France Or thus d'engleterre au lambell de France THomas Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond Crouchbacke was after the death of his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby and Lord Steward of England Hee married Alice daughter and heyre of Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne by the daughter and heyre of William Longspee Son and heyre of William Longspee Earle of Salisbury by whom he had no issue This Alice was held to be a very loose and vnchaste woman of her body for in the life time of this Thomas her husband she maintained Sir Richard S. Martyn for her Sweet-heart and after her husbands death she married two other husbands the first was Ebulo Lord Strange of Knocking and the second was Hugh de Frenes by whom she neuer had any issue Notwithstanding she gaue all her lands and inheritance to Thomas her first husband and to his heyres for euer This Thomas siding with the Barons against king Edward the second in hatred of the Spencers was taken prisoner at Burrough Brigge by the treachery of Robert Holland and Andrew of Hercley and brought to Pomfret a Castle of his owne and without the Walles thereof was beheaded in the 14. yeare of King Edward the second leauing Henry his Brother his heire Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth brother and heire of Thomas Earle of Lancaster beheaded at Pomfret aforesaid was restored to the Earledome of Lancaster Leicester Derby with the Office of high Steward of England in the first yeare of king Edward the third He married Mauld daughter and heire of Sir Patrick Cadurcis or Chaworth knight Lord of Kidwelly and Ogmore in Wales and had issue Henry Earle of Derby and first Duke of Lancaster and sixe daughters Blanch the eldest was married to Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell Mauld the second was first married to William Lord Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland and after to Sir Ralphe Vfford knight Ioane the third daughter was married to Iohn Lord Mowbray of Axholme Isabell was Abbesse of Almesbury Elianor the fift daughter was first married to Iohn sonne of Henry Lord Beaumond and after to Richard Earle of Arundell and Mary the sixt daughter was married to Henry Lord Percy of Alnewike He dyed at Leicester and was there buried in the Monastery of the Channons in the yeare 1345. Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au band d'azur HEnry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll sonne heyre of Henry Earle of Lancaster and grand-childe of Edmond Crouch-backe aforesaid was created Earle of Derby in the tenth yeare of king Edward the third his Father being then liuing after whose death he was also Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Lord high Steward of England and at a Parliament helde at Westminster the 25. of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Lancaster and about two yeares after the saide King gaue him the Earledome of Lincolne He married Isabell daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont cousin-germane to Queene Isabell wife to king Edward the second by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Mauld married William Duke of Bauarre Earle of Henault Holland Zeland and Frizeland Blanch the second daughter was married to Iohn of Gaunt fourth sonne of king Edward the third and after Duke of Lancaster This Henry for some disgracefull words supposed to be spoken by him against the Duke of Brunswicke was by the saide Duke challenged to a single combate before king Iohn of France which this Henry gladly accepted of and at the appointed time they beeing both prouided entred the listes with haughty courage for the triall of their cause but King Iohn reconciled them to the great contentment and honour of the Duke of Lancaster This Henry dyed of the plague and was buried in the Collegiate at Leicester which himselfe founded and placed therein a Deane twelue Maior Canons and so many inferior Brethren in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third Et portoit d'engleterre au band d'azur IOhn of Gaunt so named of the place where he was borne fourth sonne of king Edward the third was created Earle of Richmond in the yeare 1355. and in the 38. yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee sate in Parliament with the title of Duke of Lancaster and Earle of Richmond and did write in his stile Iohn sonne to the King of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earle of Derby Lincolne and Leicester high Constable of England and as some haue high Constable of France but of that I doubt For Robert de Morell Lord of Fiennes was then Constable of France And in the fiftieth yeare of King Edward the third he sate in Parliament by the name of Iohn King of Castile and Lions also in the 14. yeare of king Richard the second his Nephew he was made Duke of Aquitaine by deliuering him a golden Rod and putting vpon his head a rich Bonnet He married three wiues the first was Blanch daughter and co-heyre of Henry the first Duke of Lancaster by whō he had issue Henry after king of England Phillip wife to Iohn king of Portingall and Elizabeth married to Iohn Holland Duke of Excester His second wife was Constance daughter and one of the co-heyres of Peter king of Castile by whom he had issue Katherine married to Henry sonne of king Iohn of Spaine with the Title to the kingdomes of Castile and Lions His third wife was Katherine daughter of Payne Ruet alias Guien king of Armes and Widdow of Sir Otes Swynford knight by whom he had issue before marriage Iohn sur-named Beaufort Earle of Somerset and Marquesse Dorset Henry Beaufort Bishop of Winchester and Cardinall of S. Eusebius as also Chancellor of England Thomas Beaufort Earle of Dorset Duke of Excester and Chancellour of England Ioane Beaufort first married to Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and after to Robert Ferrars Lord of Ousley This last marriage with Katherine Swynford the legitimating of her children was made good by a Bull from Rome This great Duke and Prince dyed in the 22. of king Richard the second and lyeth buried in Paules Church in London Et portoit semé de France escartellé d'engleterre au lambell d'hermines HEnry Plantagenet borne at Bullingbroke sonne and heire of Iohn of Gaunt was created Earle of Derby in the life time of his Father 1385. by king Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was made Duke of Hereford and by that name and title sate in the Parliament held at Westminster and after being accused of treason by Thomas Mowbray Duke of
the battaile of Shrewsbury Sir Thomas Percie knight Father of Henry Percy Earle of Atholl in Scotland Sir Ralphe Percie third sonne slaine in battaile by the Sarrazins and Alan the fourth sonne dyed young This Henries second wife was Mauld daughter of Thomas Lord Lucy and sister and heyre of Anthony her brother by whom he had no issue notwithstanding she gaue all her lands to her husband conditionally that he and his heyres should for euer after quarter and beare her Armes next to his owne and before the Percies Armes 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 Percie grand-childe to Henry Lord Percy first Earle of Northumberland by his sonne Sir Henry Hotspur was restored and made the second Earle of Northumberland the third of King Henry the fift Hee was sent pledge into Scotland for his Grand-father who was taken prisoner at the battaile of Otterborne the 12. of King Richard the second 1388. and there continued vnto the yeare 1414. Who after taking part with King Henry the sixt against Richard Duke of Yorke was slaine at the first battaile of S. Albons in the yeare 1455. He married Elianor daughter of Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Henry the third Earle of Northumberland Thomas Lord Egremant slaine at the battaile of Northampton the 39. of king Henry the sixt William Percie Bishop of Carlell Anne married to Thomas Lord Hungerford Katherine wife to Edmond Grey Earle of Kent and Elizabeth was married to the Lord Clifford and diuers other children which dyed without issue Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur escartelleacute gueulles à trois Luces 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 Earle of Northumberland of that Family taking part with King Henry the sixt was slaine on Palme-Sunday the 29. day of March in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth betweene Touton Saxton with the Earles of Shrewsbury and Deuonshire and the Lord Clifford He married Elianor daughter and heyre of Richard Lord Poynings Brian and Fitz-Payne by whom he had issue Henry the fourth Earle of Northumberland Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Scroope of Bolton Elianor married vnto Reginald West Lord Laware and Margaret married to Sir William Gascoine knight Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant d'azur armé lampassé d'gueulles escattelle Lucy qui est gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent IOhn Neuill Lord Mountague Brother to Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury was created Earle of Northumberland by Letters Patents dated at Yorke the 28. day of May in the fourth yeare of king Edward the fourth by reason Henry Lord Percy sonne and heyre of Henry the third Earle of Northumberland was then fled into Scotland with King Henry the sixt and for a time remained there yet after returning againe and obtayning the Kings fauour was restored to the Earledome of Northumberland againe this Iohn Neuill surrendring his Grant of that Earledome was created Marquesse Mountague the eight of king Edward the fourth as in the title of Mountague is more at large Et portoit de gueulles au Saultier d'argent au lambell gobonne d'argent d'azur HEnry Lord Percie sonne and heyre of Henry Percy the third Earle of Northumberland after the surrender of Iohn Marquesse Mountague of the Earledome of Northumberland was restored to his Fathers Earledome in the yeare 1467 and was the fourth Earle of that name and Family Knight of the Garter who being with king Richard the third at the battaile of Bosworth neere Leicester against Henry Earle of Richmond where the said king was slaine was taken prisoner whom king Henry the seuenth after pardoned and tooke to fauour and made him of his priuy Counsell After all which 1488. a taxe being granted by Parliament of the tenth penny of all lands and goods to the ayde of the Duke of Britaine which those of the Bishopprick of Durham and Yorkshire did refuse to pay the king commanded this Earle Henry to distresse or otherwise to leuie the money which being made knowne to the rude people they with great violence set vpon the Earle and furiously slew him in a place called Cockledge by Thurske 18. miles from Yorke in the 4. yeare of king Henry the 7. was buried in Beuerley Minster with his wife He married Mauld daughter of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke by whom he had issue Henry Lord Percy the 5. Earle of Northumberland Sir William Percy knight Alan Percy a Clarke and Ioceline Percy and three daughters Elianor wife to Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham Anne married to William Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and Elizabeth which died young Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent HEnry Lord Percy after the death of his Father was the fift Earle of Northumberland Lord Poynings Fitz Payne and Bryan knight of the honourable Order of the Garter married Katherine daughter and one of the heires of Sir Robert Spencer knight and of Elianor his wife daughter of Edmond Beauford D. of Somerset sister and co-heire of Henry Beauford Edmond Dukes of Somerset her brothers and had issue Henry Percy the 6. Earle of Northumberland of that name Sir Thomas Percy knight Sir Ingelram Percy knight Margaret married to Henry Clifford first Earle of Cumberland He died in the 18. yeare 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 sixt Earle of Northumberland of that surname and was made Knight of the Garter in the two and twentieth yeare of king Henry the eight he was sent by the saide King with a Commission vnder the great Seale of England to attache and arrest Cardinall Wolsey and to carry and deliuer him prisoner to the Earle of Shrewsbury at Sheffield Castle which he did although the Cardinall proudly checked him told him that he was a member of the Colledge of Cardinals in Rome and that neyther the King nor any other temporall Prince vnder Heauen could or ought to intermedle with him for any cause or matter whatsoeuer This Henry married Mary daughter of George Talbot Earle of Shrewesbury and dyed without issue at Hackney neere London the thirtieth day of Iune in the 29. yeare of king Henry the eight and was there buried His second brother Thomas being before executed for taking Armes against King Henry the eight in the first difference about Religion He gaue a great part of his Lands and Inheritance to the said King and others After this Henries death the Earledome of Northumberland lay vacant vntill King Edward the sixt made Iohn Dudley Viscount Lisle Duke of Northumberland Et porte it d'or au lyon
rampant d'azur escartelle de gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent IOhn Dudley knight was first created Viscount Lisle the 33. yeare of King Henry the eight and in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Earle of Warwicke and the eleuenth of October in the fift yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Northumberland He married Iane daughter and hâ—yre of Sir Edward Guilford knight and had issue eight sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Henry who dyed at Bullen Iohn Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Thomas dyed young Ambrose Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Robert Earle of Leicester dyed also without any lawfull issue Guilford Dudley beheaded with the Lady Iane his wife Henry slaine at S. Quintins and Charles the yongest sonne dyed a Childe Lady Mary the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Sidney knight of the Garter and Lord President of Wales Father of Robert Baron of Penshurst Viscount Lisle Earle of Leicester and Knight of the Garter Lady Margaret dyed young Lady Katherine third daughter married Henry Hastings Earle of Huntington Lady Temperance and Lady Katherine dyed both young This great Duke on the 22. day of August in the first yeare of Queene Mary was beheaded at the Tower-Hill with Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer knights Iohn Cocke Lancaster Herald some-time seruant to this Duke begged of Queene Mary to bury the head of his olde Master in the Tower of London which was granted him with the whole body and performed accordingly In remembranee whereof the said Lancaster did euer after beare for his Creast a Beares head siluer crowned gold Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant à la queué nouce de vert armé lampassé de gueulles THomas Percy Nephew to Henry Percy the sixt Earle of Northumberland by Thomas his brother put to death by K. Henry the 8. as aforesaid after the death of Iohn Duke of Northumber land was by Queene Mary restored in blood and by Letters Patents bearing date 1557. created a new Lord Percy and the seuenth Earle of Northumberland of that Family to him and the heyres male of his body and for default thereof to his brother Henry and the heyres male of his body After Queene Elizabeth made him knight of the Garter in the fift yeare of her Reigne of which he was degraded in the yeare 1569. for rebellion with Charles Earle of Westmerland and afterwards attainted by Parliament in Anno 1571 and lastly was beheaded at Yorke in the yeare 1572. He married Anne daughter of Henry Somerset Earle of Worcester and sister of William Earle of Worcester had issue Thomas that dyed young Elizabeth married to Richard Woodroofe of Yorkshire Mary wife to Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland knight Lucie married to Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight a younger sonne of Edward Stanley Earle of Derby and Iane married to the Lord Henry Seymour brother to the now Earle of Hartford Et portoit d'or an lyon rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles escartelle de gueul es à trois Luces hauriant d'argent SIr Henry Percy knight second brother of Thomas aforesaid was after his said brothers death and attaindure by vertue of the former entayle and Grant the eight Earle of Northumberland in the 16. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and after being accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London shot himselfe to death with a Dag charged with two Bullets before either his cause was heard or he arraigned in the yeare 1585. Hee married Katherine one of the daughters and co-heyres of Iohn Neuill Lord Latimer by whom he had issue Henry now the 9. Earle of Northumberland 1618. Thomas that dyed young William third sonne Sir Charles Percy knight Richard Percy Sir Alan Percy knight Sir Ioceline Percy knight and George Percy Esquire Anne Percy dyed young and Lucy married to Sir Iohn Wotton knight Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle Lucy qui est gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent HEnry Lord Percy sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaide after the death of his Father was the ninth Earle of Northumberland Lord Poynings Fitz-Payne and Bryan hee was made Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter by Q. Elizabeth Anno 1593. and of the priuy Counsell to King Iames. He married Dorothy daughter of Walter Deuereux Earle of Essex and widdow of Sir Thomas Perrot knight by whom he hath issue two sonnes and two daughters Sir Algernon Percy Lord Percy and knight of the Bath at the Creation of Prince Charles and Henry Percy a second sonne 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 Iames Lord Hayes Viscount of Doncaster 1618. Et portoit dor au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Norfolke their Armes Wiues and Children Et portoit d'or à la croix de gueulles This Roger married Isabell daughter of Hamelyn Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Anioye Earle Warren and Surrey and had issue Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke and others He dyed and was buried at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré This Roger married Isabell daughter of William king of Seots and sister of king Alexander and dyed of a bruise running at Tilt without issue Anno 1269. Leauing Roger his Nephew sonne of Hugh his Brother to succeede him in his Earledome Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit lez Armoiries d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit les arm es de son peré Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent chargee d' e neuf torteaux Et portoit de gueulles à la bande entre six croix recroisettees au pred fiché d'argent Et portoit de gueulles à la bande à six croix recroisettees fitchez d'argent Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit de gueulles à la band à six croix recroisette es pied fiche d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses and Earles of Northampton their Armes Wiues and Children VVAltheof sonne of Syward the great Earle of Northumberland married Iudith Niece to William Conqueror and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conquerour gaue in marriage the Earledomes of Huntington and Northampton by whom he had issue three daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest was
d'or RObert Carr a man greatly fauoured and honoured by King Iames who first created him Baron of Branspath and after Viscount Rochester at White-Hall on Monday the 25. day of March 1611. and lastly Earle of Somerset in the yeare 1614. And for a further fauour the saide King made him Lord Chamberlaine of his Houshold Knight of the Garter and one of his honourable priuy Counsell He married Francis second daughter of Thomas Howard Earle of Suffolke and Lord high Treasurer of England by whom hee had issue a daughter named Anne This Robert and his wife beeing suspected to bee of the counsell and consenting to the poysoning of Sir Thomas Ouerbury knight sometime his familiar friend and fauourite were both called in question endited and arraigned at Westminster Hall in May 1616 and there by the Peeres were found guilty and had iudgement to dye for the same Et portoit de gueulles au cheuron d'argent chargé de trois estoilles de sable brise de vn leopard passant d'or du primier canton de l'escu A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Stafford their Armes Wiues and Children RAphe Lord Stafford Steward of Gascoigne descended lyneally as heyre male of the body of Heruy Bagot and Millescent his wife sister heire of Robert Lord Stafford in king Iohns time This Raphe was created Earle Stafford in the 25. yeare of king Edward the third and married Margaret daughter and heyre of Hugh Lord Audley Earle of Glocester and had issue Hugh Earle Stafford and Sir Richard Stafford knight and three daughters Beatrix the eldest was first married to Maurice Earle of Desmond in Ireland and after to Thomas Lord Ros of Hamlake Ioane the second daughter married Iohn Charlton Lord Powes and Margaret the third daughter was maried to Iohn Stafford Patron of the Church of Bromhall in Staffordshire This Raphe dyed 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 gueulles HVgh Lord Stafford sonne of Raphe Earle Stafford after the death of his Father was the second Earle Stafford and married Philip daughter of Thomas Beauchamp the elder Earle of Warwicke and had issue Thomas William Edmond al three Earles of Stafford and Raphe slaine by Iohn Holland and foure daughters Margaret wife to Raphe Neuill Earle of Westmerland Katherine married to Michaell de la Pole Earle of Suffolke Ioane the third daughter married Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and the fourth daughter was married to Iohn Lord Ferrars of Chartley. This Hugh dyed in his returne from Ierusalem in the Isle of Rhodes in the tenth yeare 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 gueulles THomas Lord Stafford sonne and heyre of Hugh aforesaid was the third Earle Stafford and died without issue in the fourteene yeare of king Richard the second and was buried by his Father and Mother in the Abbey of Stone leauing William and Edmond his brothers to succeed him in the Earledome of Stafford But William dying without issue Edmond the third sonne succeeded Earle Et portoit les armes de son peré EDmond Stafford third sonne of Hugh Earle Stafford and brother and heyre of Thomas and William his brothers was after their deaths the fift Earle Stafford and Lord of Tunbridge He married Anne daughter of Thomas of Woodstocke Earle of Buckingham and Duke of Glocester and sister and onely heyre of Humfrey her brother by whom he had issue Humfrey Earle Stafford and first Duke of Buckingham and Philip that dyed young Anne first married to Edmond Mortimer Earle of March and Vlster but by him had no issue after she married Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and had issue Henry Duke of Excester This Edmond with Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester and Henry Percy his Nephew was slaine at the battaile of Shrewsbury in the fourth yeare of king Henry the fourth and was buried at Stafford in S. Augustines Fryars Et portoir d'or au cheuron de gueulles HVmfrey Stafford sonne of Edmond was the sixt Earle Stafford whom king Henry the sixt in the 23. yeare of his Reigne created the first Duke of Buckingham and gaue him place and precedence before all other Dukes of England He writ in his Stile Humfrey Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton Lord of Brecknock and Holdernesse This Humfrey in the eight yeare of king Henry the fift did his homage at Roan for the Earledome of Perch and at the same time Arthur Duke of Britaine did the like for the Earledome of Yurye He married Anne daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland had issue Humfrey Earle Stafford who married Margaret sister and co-heyre of Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerset and was wounded with an Arrow at the first battaile at S. Albâ—â—s the 33. of Henry the sixt of which wound he dyed the yeare after in the life time of his Father 1455. Iohn the second sonne was created Earle of Wiltshire and Richard the third sonne was slaine with the fall from a horse George William were twins and dyed both young Anne the eldest daughter was first married to Aubrey de Ver sonne and heyre of Iohn Earle of Oxford and had no issue After she maried Sir Thomas Cobham knight sonne 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 Kniuet knight and Katherine the third daughter married Iohn Lord Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury This Humfrey was slaine at the battaile of Northampton in the 38. yeare of king Henry the 6. and his body buried in the Grey Fryers in Northampton He bare for his Armes France and England quarterly within a bordure argent which was the Armes of Thomas of Woodstocke his Grand-father by his Mother HEnry Lord Stafford sonne and heyre of Humfrey Stafford by Margaret his wife sister and co-heire of Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerset grandchilde of Humfrey Stafford the first Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neuill his wife was after the death of his said Grandfather the second Duke of Buckingham Earle 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 returne of Henry Earle of Richmond out of France Diuers Authors diuersly report the cause thereof but one amongst the rest saith that Humfrey the tenth Earle of Hereford Northampton and Essex and Constable of England in king Richard the seconds time had two daughters his heyres Elianor the eldest married to Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester and Mary the second daughter married to Henry Earle of Derby after King by the name of Henry the 4. whose issue being spent and ended in Prince Edward sonne of king Henry the 6 this Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham made clayme to that
March in the fourth yeare of King Edward the fourth his Nephew Elianor the tenth daughter was borne at Winchester the 6. of May 1306. dyed young without issue and was buried in S. Peters Church at Westminster King Edward the second Heereupon they assembled together in a Parliament time at the New Temple in London and there agreed that the said Pieres should depart and be banished the Realme againe the second time and not to returne againe at any time after To this the King but sore against his will agreed and made his Letters Patents to the saide Lords to witnesse the same and the Archbishop of Canterbury did pronounce the said Pieres accursed if he tarried any longer then the time appointed him and likewise all those that should ayde helpe or maintaine him Whereupon Pieres was constrained to ship himselfe at Bristow for Ireland though sore against the Kings will threatning the Lords to bee reuenged But not long after Pieres returned againe into England and came to the King at Yorke at whose comming the King greatly reioyced and lying in the Bishops Pallace caused Pieres to be lodged in the Castle not farre from him Not long after the King was willing for his recreation to take the Sea leauing Pieres of Gaueston at Yorke The Barons pursued Gaueston who fledde to Scarborough where the Barons tooke him and carried him to a place called Blacklow and there the 9. of Iune caused his head to be stricken off Afterwards the young Prince the Queene and Nobility finding fault with the two Spencers Hugh the Father and Hugh the sonne for misleading and abusing the King State in like manner as Gaueston had done caused them likewise to be taken put to death without any triall or answer Which done the Queene with her Sonne and the Nobility called a Parliament wherin King Edward was iudged not worthy to beare or weare the Crowne but for diuers causes was to be deposed and Prince Edward his sonne to bee chosen in his place This beeing agreed on King Edward being all this while prisoner in Kenilworth Castle was taken and carried from thence by night to Corffe Castle and from thence to Barkely Castle where he was most cruelly murdered by Thomas Gorney Iohn Maltreuers and others his keepers He was deposed the 25. of Ianuary 1326. when he had reigned almost twenty yeares and was murdered the 21. of September 1327. and his body was buried at Glocester He married Isabell daughter of Philip the faire King of France and sister and heire of her three Brothers Lodowike Hutin Philip the long and Charles the faire She was married in our Lady Church at Bolloigne the 22. of Ianuary 1308. being but twelue yeares olde and was his wife twenty yeares and his widdow thirty and dyed at Rising neere London and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London Et portoit les armes de son peré His Issue Edward sur-named of Windsore eldest sonne borne in Windsore Castle the 13. of October 1312. the sixt of his Fathers Reigne He was first created Prince of Wales and Duke of Aquitaine in a Parliament held at Yorke 1322. and was made Lord warden of England vnto whom all the Lords swore fealty and receiued the oath of allegiance He was after King of England by the name of King Edward the third Iohn sur-named of Eltham second sonne was borne at Eltham in the yeare 1315. and at twelue yeares of age was created Earle of Cornwall at a Parliament held at Salisbury 1327. and after dyed in Scotland at S. Iohns Towne vnmarried 1333. and lyeth buried at Westminster Ioane eldest daughter was borne in the Tower of London and was married at Barwicke being very young the eighteenth day of Iuly 1329. to Dauid Prince of Scotland sonne and heyre of Robert Bruse being but seuen yeares of age This Dauid was after King by the name of Dauid the second She was his wife 28. yeares and comming into England to visite her brother King Edward the third dyed without issue 1353. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London Elianor second daughter was married to Reginald second Earle of Gelders for his second Wife and had giuen her in marriage 15000. pounds 1332. Who being Vicar general of the empire to the emperor Lewis of Bauaria created him the first Duke of Gelders She had issue Reginald and Edward both Dukes after their Father and dyed without issue leauing his Dutchy and his Wife to his Nephew William Duke of Gulike his halfe sisters sonne King Edward the third And because he was but 14. yeares of age and not able to gouerne of himselfe it was decreed that twelue of the greatest Lords within the Realme should haue the rule and gouernment vntill hee came of more yeares which were the Arch-Bishops of Canterbury and Yorke the Bishops of Winchester and Hereford Henry Earle of Lancaster Thomas of Brotherton Marshall of England Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Rent Iohn Earle Warren Thomas Lord Wake Henry Lord Percy Sir Oliuer Ingham and the Lord Iohn Ros who were sworne of the Kings counsell and charged with the gouernment as they would answere the same In the first yeare of this Kings Reigne dyed Charles King of France the third Brother of Queene Isabell Mother of King Edward the third by whose death the Kingdome of France did descend to King Edward by Isabell his Mother the onely sister and heyre of her three Brothers Kodowike Hutin Philiple Long and Charles the faire Kings of France But the said Kingdome was vsurped and possessed by Philip de Valois Vnckle to the saide Charles who did intrude himselfe by force In the yeare 1339. King Edward going to make his clayme to the Kingdome of France praied ayde of the Flemings who before had sworne and bound themselues in a bond of a Million of golde in the Popes Chamber that they should alwayes helpe the King of France and fight vnder his Ensigne for release whereof King Edward by the perswasion of Iaques D'Artuell of Gaunt did quarter the Armes of France with the Armes of England and proclaimed himselfe King of France By which acte the Flemings held themselues discharged of their band and oath After Charles the sixt French King of that Name enuying greatly that the Kings of England should beare the Armes of France which was semie de luces changed the same vnto three De luces of which thing King Henry the fift of England tooke example and bare the like By reason whereof the Kings of France haue euer since ceased to make any further change of their Armes He married Philip daughter of William Earle of Henault and Holland and sisters daughter of Philip of Valoys King of France afore mentioned This marriage was at Yorke the 24. of Ianuary and she was crowned at Westminster the first Sunday in Lent following 1327. She was his Wife 42. yeares and dyed the 15. of August 1369. and was buried at Westminster King Edward her husband dyed at Sheene now called Richmond
THomas Lord Spencer great grand-childe to Hugh Lord Spencer the younger and Elianor his wfe eldest sister co-heyre of Gilbert de Clare the last Earle of Glocester aforesaid was created Earle of Glocester in the 21. yeare of king Richard the second and in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth he was deposed by Acte of Parliament from the title and dignity of Earle of Glocester and was behâ—ded at Bristoll 1400. He married Constance daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and had issue Richard Lord Spencer that dyed without issue the Kings Ward and two daughters Elizabeth that dyed yong at Caerdiffe in South Wales Isabell who was borne 7. months after her Fathers death was twice maried first to Richard Beauchamp Earle of Worcester and Lord of Abergauenny by whom she had issue Elizabeth her second husband was Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwick cousin-germane to her other husband by whom she had issue Henry Duke of Warwicke Et portoit d'argent escartelle gueulles frette d'or au baston de sable brochant sur le tout HVmsrey Plantagenet fourth sonne of king Henry the 4. was at a Parliament held at Westminster the second of king Henry the fift created first Earle of Pembroke and after Duke of Glocester and in the first yeare of King Henry the sixt he was by Parliament made Protector of England during the Kings minority which was fifteene yeares and writ in his Stile Humfrey Duke of Gocester Earle of Henault Holland Zealand and Penbroke Lord of Frisia great Chamberleine of England and Defender of the Realme of England He married two wiues the first was Iaquet daughter sole heyre of William Duke of Bauaria Holland the then wife of Iohn Duke of Brabant from whom hee was diuorced hauing no issue by her his second wife was Elianor daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterburgh in Surrey who long before had bene his Paramore by whom he had no lawfull issue After at a Parliament held at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke 1446. he was arrested of high Treason within few dayes after he was found strangled to death in the Abbey of Bury by the procurement of the Marquesse of Suffolke He builded the Diuinity Schoole in Oxford and his Mannour house of Greinwich and embattelled the same Hee had issue a base daughter named Antigone wife to Henry Grey Earle of Tankeruill his body was conuayed to the Abbey of S. Albons and there buried Et portoit France semé escartelle D'engleterre à la bordure d'argent RIchard Plantagenet fourth sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother to king Edward the fourth was by his said Brother in the first yeare of his Reigne created D. of Glocester To this Richard was the gouernment committed of king Edward the fourths two sonnes K. Edw. the 5. Richard Duke of Yorke whom hee caused most vnnaturally to be murdred in the Tower of London after whose death he vsurped the Crowne and Kingdome in the yeare 1464. and was stiled king Richard the third Hee married Anne daughter and co-heire of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury widdow of Edward Prince of Wales slaine at Tewkesbury and was after slaine at Bosworth field by King Henry the seuenth the 22. of August 1485. leauing no issue to succeed him Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre au lambell de hermines charge au trois cantons de gueulles EDward Seymour Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter was created Viscount Beauchampe the 28. of king Henry the eight and in the yeare after he was created Earle of Hartford which Earledome and the Title of Dignity had slept from the death of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford And in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt he was made Duke of Somerset as in the title of Somerset is more at large Et portoit gueulles à deux volz de L'aigle en L'eurre d'or EDward Seymour sonne of Edward Duke of Somerset aforesaid was by Queene Elizabeth in the first yeare of her Reigne restored and created Earle of Hartford and is now liuing 1618. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Hereford their Armes Wiues and Children RAlphe de Maunt Earle of Hereford in Edward the Confessours time and William the Conquerors who being sent to encounter Algar Earle of Leicester then a banished man and returned into England fled very cowardly from his forces in Herefordshire leauing his Country Citty of Hereford to the mercy of the kings enemies in the yeare 1055. For which cause William Conqueror degraded him and tooke from him his Earledome of Hereford He dyed and was buried at Peter-borow WIlliam Fitz-Osborne Earle of Breteuile in Normandy son Osberne de Crepon by Albreda his wife daughter of Ralphe Earle of Iuery whose grand-father Herfast us the Dane was brother to Gonora wife of Richard the first D. of Normandy great grand-mother to William Conquerour This William came into England with the saide Conquerour and was the chiefe man that perswaded him to vndertake the Conquest of England for the which and his good seruice the said Conqueror made him Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1068. and Marshall and Lord Steward of England and in the kings absence in France the said William was made Vice-Roy and Gouernor in England He married Adelice daughter of Roger Tonny Standard-bearer of Normandy by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters William the eldest sonne succeeded his Father in all his honours and possessions in Normandy and Roger the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle of Hereford and had all his Fathers lands in England Roald the third sonne was a Monke Emme the eldest daughter was wife to Ralphe de Waiet a Saxon and Earle of the East Angles that is Norfolke Suffolke and Cambridgeshire Itta the second daughter was wife to Robert Bellemont Earle of Leicester This William Fitz-Osberne was slaine as some haue at Kerdiffe in South Wales Others say in the warres in Planders taking part with Arnold Earle of Flanders in the yeare 1072. and William Gemiticensis hath that he was buried in the Monastery of Cormelias which was of his Foundation Et portoit de gueulles au bande d'argent sur le tout an face d'or ROger de Breteuile second sonne of William Fitz-Osberne was after the death of his Father Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1072. He made and concluded the marriage betweene Emma his sister and Ralphe de Wayet at which marriage the greatest part of the Nobility were present and there conspired together to turne out William the Conqueror againe Waltheof Earle of Huntington son of Siward Earle of Northumberland being one of them tooke shipping and went into Normandy and there reuealed the whole matter to the said King William committing himselfe wholly to his mercy But this Roger continuing in his intended conspiracy was taken prisoner by Vrso de Abtot Shirieffe of Worcestershire and others and being brought to his tryall by his
brothers Lands and Honours both in England and Ireland and for the same did his homage in the same yeare 1234. and was Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Linester in Ireland and of Chepstow and Strighull in Wales c. He married Margaret daughter of William King of Scots but had no issue He miscarried at a Turnament held at Hartford by endeuoring to stay his horse from his swift running who being cast out of his Saddle the horse gaue him such a blow on the breast with his head backward that he died therof the same day in the Abbey of Hartford neere Ware in the yeare 1242. His body being conueyed to London was buried by his Father in the Temple Et portoit d'or party de vert au lion rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WAlter Marshall fourth sonne of William Marshall the elder with whom King Henry the third after the death of his Brother Gilbert Marshall was greatly displeased denying him those Honours and Seigneuries belonging vnto him from his Auncestors saying That this Walters eldest Brother William did rescue Lewis the French Kings Son being in England that he was not taken prisoner Secondly that his Brother Richard was his enemy and was slaine in open field against him And thirdly that his brother Gilbert that dyed last had all his dignities restored to him by the Kings fauour and that contrary to the saide Kings Commandement he went to the Tilâ—ing at Hartford which was held to the Kings disgrace But afterwards the King being well pacified this Walter was admitted to be Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England and to haue all other the honours and lands his brothers held and enioyed before He married Margaret daughter and co-heyre of Robert Lord Quincy sonne and heyre of Sater de Quincy Earle of Winchester widdow of â—ohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne by whom he had no issue He dyed at Goderich Castle by Monmouth the fourth of December 1245. and was buried at Tynterne Abbey without issue in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son freré ANselme Marshall the fift sonne of William Marshall the elder was at the time of his Brother Walters death Dean of Salisbury and after admitted to be Earle of â—enbroke and Marshall of England He married Mauld daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and dyed without issue the 22. of December being the 18. day after the death of his Brother Walter leauing his rich Patrimony and Inheritance to be diuided amongst his fiue sisters and heyres before mentioned I finde this Earledome of Penbroke in ancient time to be a County Palatine had all Iurisdiction Regall And that the Earle had vnder him there Iustices of his owne a Shireiffe Steward Chancellour Chamberlaine Coroner Escheter and diuers other Officers necessary for a Regal Iurisdiction all made and appointed by himselfe He had Sâ—ssions County Courts Monethly in which County Courts were tried all Real Pleas whatsoeuer by originall Writ vnder the Seale and Name of the said Earle all fynes were leuied and recoueries passed and all Writs made in the Earles name and not in the Kings He had power to pardon all offences and had his Chancery court of Common Pleas and Exchequer holden within his Castle of Penbroke whereunto all the Inhabitants of that Country resorted for iustice and triall of all their causes He erected Townes and incorporated them with many large and ample liberties He had all manner of forfeitures and escheats whatsoeuer He had within his County 9. Castles of his owne and 12. Seigneuries or Mannors which were parcell of his County The Iurisdiction royall of this Earledome remained and was permitted in the Earles themselues from the time of the Norman Conquest vntill the 27. yeare of King Henry the 8. Whereas all other Earles of this Realme had lost their Iurisdictions many hundred yeares before and had but the bare names of their Earledomes Also the said Earles of Penbroke by Office at the Coronations of the Kings of England were to carry a paire of gilt Spurs To end this County is called Penbrokshire of the Towne so named for the word Pen in Welsh signifieth the head or chiefe part of a thing and Bro signifieth a Vale or plaine soyle fertile and fit to beare Corne c. Et portoit d'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WIlliam de Valence so sur-named of the place where he was borne sonne of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine and halfe brother by the Mother to King Henry the third was created Earle of Penbroke in the yeare 1247. He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Warin Lord Montchency and Ioane his wife second sister and co-heyre of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke by whom hee had issue Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke and Iohn that dyed a childe and foure daughters viz. Isabell married to Iohn Lord Hastings of Aburgauenny one of the Competitors for the Crowne of Scotland Ioane the second daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Comyn of Badzenoth sonne of Iohn Lord Comyn and Mary his wife daughter of Iohn Balliol Agnes the third daughter was first married to Maurice Fitz-Gerald and after to Henry Ballioll brother of Alexander Ballioll Lord of Chilham and dyed without issue Margaret was the 4. daughter This William de Valence and Ioane his wife gaue to the Towne of Tembie the first Charter of incorporating them licensing theÌ„ to chuse euery yeare Port-Reifes He granted likewise to the Burgesses free common yearely vpon al his grounds and Medowes from the time of mowing vnto the purification of Mary which to this day they enioy This William dyed in the yeare 1296. and was buried in a magnificent Toombe on the South-side of the Abbey at Westminster the 25. yeare of King Edward the first Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de dix pieces à l'otle de Marlettes de gueulles AYmer de Valence sonne and heyre of William de Valence aforesaid and Ioane his wife daughter of Warin Montchensey Lord of Swanscampe was after the death of his Father Earle of Penbroke and Weshford and Lord of Montigniac he was Lord Gouernor of the Realme of Scotland vnder king Edward the first during the controuersie betweene Iohn Ballioll and Robert Bruse Hee married three wiues the first was Beatrix daughter of Raphe de Nele Constable of France The second was the daughter of the Earle of Barre and the third was Mary daughter of Guy de Chastillion Earle of S. Paule but had no issue by any of them He dyed in France in the yeare 1323 and his inheritance for want of heyres of his body was diuided betweene his sisters aforesaid and Laurence Hastings grand childe to Isabell his eldest sister succeeded him in the Earledome of Penbroke and Weshford Et portoit les armes