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

and Arnold Harecourt were slaine neere Caerdiffe in Wales and Walter de Eureux Earle of Salisbury and Hugh Gurney were hurt and after dyed in Normandy Which Walter was Father of this Patricke which M. Camden denyeth to be Earle Et portoit d'azur six lyons rampant d'or 3 2 1. armé lampasse de gueulle VVIlliam de Eureux sonne and heyre of Patricke was the next Earle of Salisbury and Rosemer after his Father He married Eleanor daughter of Tirell de Mainers by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Ella the eldest was married to William sur-named Longspee base sonne of king Henry the second begotten of the faire Lady Rosamond Clifford Mabell the second daughter was married to Lord Nigell de Mowbray with the Mannour of Banested in Surrey This William as Lacok Priory Booke hath dyed the 15. Kalend of May in the yeare 1196. and was buried at Bradenstoke Et portoit les armes de son peré VVIlliam sur named Longspee by reason of a long Sword which he vsed base sonne of king Henry the second begotten of the fayre Lady Rosamond Clifford his Concubine was Earle of Rosemer by king Richard the first his halfe brother was created Earle of Salisbury This William Longspee was the last that writ in their Stiles Earles of Rosemer for after that Philip King of France had gotten Normandy Guyan Poictiers and Britaine about the 6. yeare of king Iohn all such Noblemen of England as had eyther Earledomes or Baronnies in those Countries left to write or entitle themselues of the same Hee married Ella eldest daughter and co-heyre of William Fitz-Patricke Earle of Salisbury aforesaid had issue William Longspee from whom king Henry the third did take both the title of Earle as also the Castle of Salisbury and who after dyed in a battaile against the Infidels in the yeare 1250. Stephen Longspee Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland second sonne vnto whom William his Brother gaue the Mannor of Wamberge This Stephen had to wife Emmelyne Countesse of Vlster daughter and heyre of Walter Ridelesford Baron of Bray in Ireland Nicholas Longspee the third sonne was Bishop of Salisbury and dyed 1296. Richard Longspee was a Cannon at Bradenstoke Isabell the eldest daughter was married to William Lord Vescy Ella married to Thomas sixt Earle of Warwicke and after to Philip Lord Basset and Idona the third daughter was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Bedford This William Earle of Salisbury was Constable of Douer-Castle and sayling with Richard Earle of Cornwall his Nephew and Philip de Albeney into Gascoigne the tenth of Henry the third recouered Poictiers which before was lost by king Iohn and in their return againe into England hardly escaped shipwrack being strangely cast vpon the Cornish shores and dyed in the same yeare 1226. and lyeth buried in the Cathedrall Church at Salisbury in a faire Toomb After whose death Ella his Wife and Countesse professed her selfe a Nunne in the religious house at Lacok in Wiltshire which was of her Foundation and was the first Abbesse thereof Afterward she forsooke her Abbatesse in the yeare 1257. and dyed in the yeare 1261. This William lyeth buried with these Armes vppon his shield D'azur six lyons rampant d'or 3,2,1 which were the Armes of William Fitz-Patricke his wiues Father WIlliam Lord Montacute Son of Simon Monte-acute Baron of Shipton Monte-acute was created Earle of Salisbury in the 〈◊〉 yeare of king Edward the third and had giuen him the Castle and Barony of Denbigh and in the 17. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was crowned King of the Isle of Man and had giuen to him and his heyres a thousand Markes land by the yeare for taking of Roger Lord Mortimer prisoner at Nottingham Castle who had beene too familiar with the kings Mother This William when king Edward the third went to clayme his right to the Crowne of France against Philip de Valois 1138 was taken prisoner and carried to Paris and after ransomed by the exchange of the Earle of Morret who was then prisoner in England At this expedition king Edward prayed the ayde of the Flemings who excused themselues by an oath and bond of a Million of gold which they had taken and made in the Popes Chamber that they should alwayes helpe and ayde the King of France fight vnder his Standard Arms whereupon by the aduice of Iaques D' Artiuille of Gaunt king Edward did quarter the Armes of France before his owne of England and proclaimed himselfe King of France by reason whereof the Flemings helde themselues discharged both of oath and bond and so did ayde and helpe king Edward This William married Katherine daughter and one of the coheyres of William Lord Grantson a Burgonyan borne and a great Baron in England by whom he had issue two sonnes and foure daughters William the eldest was after his Father Earle of Salisbury Sir Iohn Montague knight married Margaret daughter and heyre of Sir Thomas Mounthermer knight sonne of Raphe Mounthermer Earle of Glocester and dyed before his brother William in the 13. yeare of king Richard the second Sibill the eldest daughter was married to Edmond Earle of Arundell for his third wife Philip the second daughter was married to Roger Mortimer Earle of March Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Gyles Lord Badelismer and dyed without issue Agnes the 4. daughter This William founded the Abbey of Bristlesham Montague and dyed at a Iusts and Turney at Windsore in the yeare 1343 and was buried in the White-Fryers in London Et portoit d'argent au trois Lozengies en face de gueulles VVIlliam Lord Mountacute sonne and heyre of William Earle of Salisbury aforesaid after the death of his Father was the second Earle of Salisbury Lord of Denbigh and of the Isle of Man of that name which honour of Denbigh was recouered from him by Edmond Mortimer Earle of March He was one of the Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter and Gouernor of Callis vnder king Richard the second 1380. He solde the Isle of Man to William Lord Scroope Treasurer of England and Earle of Wiltshire who being after beheaded king Henry the fourth gaue the Isle of Man to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland to hold of him and his Successors kings of England by the seruice of bearing the sword at the Coronation He married Elizabeth daughter and one of the co-heyres of Iohn Lord Mohun of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire and had issue William his onely sonne heire slaine at Tilt at Windsore by William his Father the 6. of Richard the second This William the Father dyed in the 20. yeare of king Richard the second leauing Iohn his Nephew sonne of Iohn his Brother to succeed him 1396. Et portoit les armes de son sonperè IOhn Mountacute Knight sonne heyre of Sir Iohn Mountacute knight and Nephew and heyre of William Earle of Salisbury his Vnkle was the third EArle of Salisbury of that name and was one of

the Noblemen which conspired the death of king Henry the fourth at a Iusts held at Oxford but beeing disclosed diuers of them were put to death and this Iohn and Thomas Holland Earle of Kent flying vnto Circester were by the rude Townes-men there brought into the Market-place and there had their heads smitten off the first yeare of King Henry the fourth He married Mauld daughter and heyre of Sir Adam Francis of London knight and widdow of Sir Alan Boxhull knight Lieutenant of the Tower and had issue Thomas Mountacute Earle of Salisbury and Richard that dyed without issue three daughters Anne the eldest was first married to Sir Richard Hanckford after to Sir Iohn Fitz-Lewis knight and thirdly to Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester Margaret the second daughter was married to William Lord Ferrars of Groby and Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresbie Et portoit d'argent au trois Lozengies en face de gueulles THomas Montacute Son of Iohn Earle of Salisbury slaine by the Commons at Circester was restored to be Earle of Salisbury in the tenth yeare of king Henry the fourth and after in the sixt yeare of king Henry the sixt hee was made Knight of the Garter and in the yeare 1423. he raised the siedge of Crauant in Burgoigne where he with the losse of 21. hundred men slew eight thousand of the enemies After he was substituted Vice-Regent of the Countries of France Bry and Champaigne and Sir Iohn Fastoffe Deputy in the Dutchy of Normandy And in the sixt yeare of king Henry the sixt he with William de la Pole Earle of Suffolke and Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury besiedged the Citty of Orliance in France where he and Sir Thomas Gargraue knight looking out of a high Window in a Tower at the Bridge ende to view the Towne was shot with a Bullet from the enemy which brake the Window and droue the shiuers thereof into his Face and Head vpon which wound hee dyed within eight dayes after Whose body being brought into England was honourably buried by his Auncestors at Bisham Abbey in Barkshire 1428. He married Eleonor daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and sister and one of the heyres of Edmond Earle of Kent and had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Alice married to Richard Neuill a younger sonne of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland This Thomas had a base sonne named Iohn Et portoit d'argent au trois Louzengies en face de gueulles RIchard Neuill third sonne of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland by Ioane his second wife daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was made Earle of Salisbury after the death of Thomas Montague his wiues Father and Knight of the Garter in the 15. yeare of king Henry the sixt and Lord Chancellor in the 32. yeare of the said kings reign He tooke part with Richard Duke of Yorke against king Henry the sixt and was taken prisoner by Queene Margaret at the battaile of Wakefield and beheaded at Pomfret and his head sent vpon the ende of a Speare to Yorke in which battaile was Richard Duke of Yorke also slaine 1460. This Richard Neuill married Eleanor daughter and heyre of Thomas Montague Earle of Salisbury and had issue foure sonnes and sixe daughters Richard the eldest sonne was after restored and made Earle of Salisbury and after Earle of Warwicke Iohn the second sonne was created Marquesse Mountague Thomas the third sonne married the widdow of the Lord Willoughby and dyed without issue George the fourth sonne was Arch-bishop of Yorke and Lord Chancellor of England Ioane the eldest daughter was married to William Pitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Cecily the second daughter was married vnto Henry Beauchamp Duke of Warwicke Alice the third daughter was married to Henry Lord Fitz-Hugh Baron of Rauenswath Eleanor the fourth daughter was married to Thomas Stanley first Earle of Derby of that name Katherine the fift daughter was wife to William Bonuill Lord Harington and Margaret the sixt daughter was married to Iohn Vere Earle of Oxford This Richards body was first buried in the Priory at Pontfret and after remoued to Bisham Abbey neere Windesore in Barkshire Et portoit gueulles au Saukeur d'argent au lambell gobonne d'argent d'azur RIchard Neuill sonne and heyre of Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury aforesaid was restored to be Earle of Salisbury and in right of his wife he was Earle of Warwicke he was also great Chamberlaine and high Admiral of England Lord Warden of the North Marches toward Scotland and of the Cinque-Ports Captaine of Callis high Steward of the Dutchy of Lancaster and knight of the Noble Order of the Garter This famous and great Earle of Warwicke did set vp and pull downe Kings at his pleasure First he set vp king Edward the 4. and put downe king Henry the 6. and after some breach and vnkindnes between them this Richard took Henry the 6. out of prison where he had bin ten yeares and placed him againe in his Regall Throne forcing Edward to flye into Flanders to seeke ayde of the D. of Burgundy his brother in law But Edward returning againe did encounter with this great Earle his brother Iohn Marquesse Montacute at Barnet field where they were both slain in the year 1471. This Earle Rich. married Anne daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke and sister and heyre of Henry Duke of Warwicke by whom he had issue two daughters his heyres Isabell the eldest was married to George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence and Anne the second daughter was first married to Prince Edward and after to Richard Duke of Glocester after king by the name of Richard the third Et portoit les armes de son pere GEorge Plantagenet borne at Dublin in Ireland third sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother of king Edward the fourth was created Duke of Clarence in the yeare 1461. And by Letters Patents dated at Westminster the twenty fiue of March the 12. of King Edward the fourth he was created Earle of Salisbury and Warwicke This George married Isabell sister and co-heyre of Henry Duke of Warwicke and had issue Edward Earle of Warwicke who from his childe-hoode was kept in the Tower of London and in the ende beheaded by king Henry the seuenth leauing no issue and Margaret the daughter of the said George married Sir Richard Pole knight and was beheaded after her brother in the 33. yeare of king Henry the eight This George was secretly murdered in the Tower of London in the yeare 1477 and was buried at Tuekesbury Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent au trois cantons de gueulles EDward onely sonne of King Richard the third Queen Anne his wife was borne in the Castle of Middleham neere Richmond in the County of Yorke 1473 who beeing not foure yeares of age was created Earle of Salisbury the 17. yeare of the Reigne of king

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 beh●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

Castle-keeper of Penbroke who with his Brother Robert was banished England The foure daughters were Emma Matild married to Robert Earle of Moretaigne Mabill the third daughter and Sibill was the fourth daughter who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Glamorgan Founder of Tewkesbury Abbey in England and Lord of Torigney in Normandy This Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Gouernor to his sonne William Ruphus and was slaine at Caerdiffe in South Wales and buried at Shrewsbury in the Abbey which before he had founded HVgh de Montegummery sonne of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell He with Hugh Earle of Chester tooke the Isle of Man by force and strong hand 1098. At which time Magnus King of Norway and grandchilde to Olaue after he had ioyned to his Empire the Islands of Orcades and Menauia came with a few Ships to the Isle of Man whom this Hugh being willing to resist on the shore was stricken in the right eye with an Arrow of which hurt the eight day after hee dyed without issue and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Shrewsbury Vpon whose Toomb M. Milles saith his Portraiture is made of stone with his legs acrosse as in olde times was vsed and vpon his Shield Azure a lyon rampant gold with a border as before is specified in the Title of Earles of Arundell RObert de Montegummery second sonne of Roger aforesaid and brother and heyre of Hugh was the third Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell and married the daughter and heyre of Guy Earle of Pontiue in Normandy He was a man very outragiously giuen and most cruell to his owne Children and Hostages whose eyes with his owne hands hee plucked out Hee helde and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury Arundell Tickhill Bruge and Carrocoue in England against king Henry the first which after was his vndoing For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor and shortly after all his Townes and Castles being yeelded vp vnto the said King he was banished England with his Brother Arnold in the yeare 1103. the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne But afterward this Robert with Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother were taken prisoners at the Battaile of Tenarsbray and were brought into England where they had both their eyes put out and kept prisoners in the Castle of Caerdiffe in South Wales where they miserably ended their dayes This Robert had issue William sur-named Taluaise Earle of Sage who married Ela daughter of Hely brother of Geffrey Earle of Aniou widdow of the Duke of Burgundy Iohn his second sonne had all his Lands in Normandy and Mayne his eldest daughter married Iuhell sonne of Walter de Meduana and Ela was first married to William the third Earle Warren in England and after to Patricke Earle of Salisbury Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon Gouernor of Anioye and Mayne sonne of Richard Talbot Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic and brother and heyre male of Gilbert Lord Talbot was created Earle of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents bearing date at Windsore the 20. day of May in the 19. yeare of king Henry the sixt And by another Letters Patents dated at Westminster the 17. of Iuly the 24. of king Henry the sixt he was made Earle of W●shford Steward of England and after Marshall of France and being sent to succour them of Burdeaux tooke the Towne and placed therein a Garrison and proceeding further into the Country to releeue the Towne of Castellon in Aquitaine which the English had recouered the French hauing on all sides begirt the same at which time a great battaile being then fought this Iohn was with the shot of a Piece there slaine the 7. of Iuly 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixt He married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and onely heyre of Thomas Neuill Lord Furniuall by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Christopher Talbot and Sir Humfrey Talbot knights His second wife was Margaret eldest daughter and co heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Viscount Lisle vnto whom his Father gaue the Lordship of Panswike Whaddon Morton Wotton Schirborne Polycot and other Lands in Shropshire Sir Humfrey Tablot knight slaine in Mont-Sinay Elizabeth wife to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Elianor married to Thomas Butler of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire This Iohn being slaine as aforesaid with Iohn Viscount Lisle his sonne his body was buried in a Toombe at Roane in Normandy whereon this Epitaphe is written Heere lyeth the right Noble Knight Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Earle of Weshford Waterford and Valence Lord Talbot of Goodrich and Orchenfield Lord Strange of Blakmer Lord Verdon of Acton Lord Cromwell of Wingfield Lord Louetofte of Worsop Lord Furniuall of Sheffeild Lord Faulconbridge Knight of the Noble Order of S. George S. Michaell and the golden Fleece great Marshall to King Henry the sixt of his Realme of France who died in the Battaile of Burdeaux 1453. Hoc bare for his Armes Gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à labordure endenté de mesme Which Armes were Rice ap Griffiths Prince of South-Wales whose daughter named Wentlian was married to Gilbert Talbot in King Henry the thirds time Auncestor of this Iohn IOhn Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family was after the death of Iohn his Father also Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon and Knight of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of Iames Butler Earle of Ormond in Ireland and had issue Iohn Talbot the third Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Iames Talbot knight who dyed the 11. of King Edward the fourth Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight Banneret and Captaine of Callis third Son Christopher Talbot fourth sonne was Arch-Deacon of Chester George was the fift Son Anne the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Vernon of the Peake in Derbyshire and Margaret was the second daughter This Iohn was slaine in a battaile at Northampton the tenth of Iuly 1460. the 39. yeare of King Henry the sixt whose part he tooke and in which battaile the said King himselfe was taken prisoner and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn the second was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and married Katherine daughter of Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton by whom he had issue George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury and Thomas that dyed without issue Anne a daughter was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley who dyed without issue This Iohn dyed at Couentry in the yeare of our Lord 1473. the 4. kalends of Iuly and his body was buried in our Lady Chappell at Worsop Et

where he pleaseth and to speake truely I haue not seene but one Letters Patents otherwise which was by King Henry the sixt 1458. to Iames Butler who had the Earledome of Ormond to him and his heires male and the Earledome of Wiltshire to him and his heires generall And this I hope shall be sufficient to proue that King Henry the sixt did no wrong to this Margaret in giuing her Fathers title of honour to his brother nay had he giuen it to a meere stranger it had beene iustifiable This Iohn dyed in the 24. yeare of king Henry the sixt and lyeth buried in Winborne Minster in Dorsetshire Et portoit les armes de son perè EDmond Beaufort Earle Moriton in Normandy and Lord of Chirke and Chirkland in the Marchesse of Wales brother of Iohn Duke of Somerset aforesaid and grand-childe of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was after the death of his elder brother without issue male created first Marquesse Dorset 1444. and in the 25. yeare of king Henry the sixt hee was made Duke of Somerset and after he with Henry Earle of Northumberland Humfrey Earle Stafford and Thomas L. Clifford were slaine at the battaile of S. Albons on the part of king Henry the sixt 1455. and the king himselfe taken prisoner brought to London This Edmonds death greatly greeued 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 gouernd in Normandy bin Regēt of France for his Countries sake had so valiantly borne himselfe against the French shold now be slaine at home by his owne countrimen He married Elianor daughter one of the heires of Richard Beauchamp earle of Warwick had issue foure sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Henry the eldest sonne was after his Father Duke of Somerset and was beheaded in the yeare 1463. Edmond the second sonne was also Duke of Somerset after his Brother Iohn the third sonne was slaine at the battaile of Teukesbury without issue 1470 and Thomas the 4. sonne dyed without issue Elianor the eldest daughter was first married to Iames Butler Earle of Wiltshire and after to Sir Robert Spencer knight Ioane 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 Humfrey Earle Stafford and after to Sir Richard Darell knight and Elizabeth married vnto Sir Henry Lewis knight This Edmonds body was buried at S. Albons in the Abbey there Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à vn bordur gobonne d'argent d'azur Henry Beaufort sonne and heyre of Edmond aforesaide was after the death of his Father Duke of Somerset Marquesse Dorset Earle Moriton Lord of Chirke and Chirkland and Lieutenant of Callis He by assaults tooke the Castle of S. Auian in Mayne and slew therein 300. Scots and hanged all the French he found therein He most disloyally fell from king Henry the sixt to Edward of Yorke who then had gotten the Crowne but when king Henry had obtained succour of the Scots and was entred the Bishopprick of Durham this Duke Henry reuolted from Edward and came to king Henry againe and sighting the battaile at Exham was with William Talboys the Lord Ros Molyns and Hungerford Sir Henry Neuill Sir Thomas Wentworth and Sir Richard Tunstall vnluckily taken prisoner by Iohn Marquesse Mountague and there beheaded in the yeare 1462. He had issue a base sonne named Charles Somerset begotten of Ioane Hill his Concubine who was after created Earle of Worcester of whom the now Earle of Worcester is descended Et portoit les armes de son peré EDmond Beaufort brother and heyre of Henry Duke of Somerset aforesaid and second sonne of Edmond Duke of Somerset slaine at S. Albons was the last Duke of Somerset of this Name and Family who taking part with the house of Lancaster was with Prince Edward sonne of king Henry the sixt taken prisoner at the battaile of Tuekesbury by King Edward the fourth 1471. and within two dayes after beheaded there without issue leauing his fiue sisters his heyres before mentioned Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordur gobonne d'argent d'azur EDmond third sonne of King Henry the seuenth was born at Greenwich in Kent 1495. and was created Duke of Somerset and after dyed at Bishops Hatfield in Hertforashire in the yeare 1499 being not full fiue yeares olde and was buried in the Abbey at Westminster HEnry Fitz-Roy knight of the Garter and base sonne to king Henry the eight begotten of the Lady Talboys daughter of Sir Iohn Blount knight beeing a childe of sixe yeares olde was by his Father in the 17. yeare of his reigne created Duke of Somerset and Richmond at Bridewell and married Mary daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke but by her had no issue He dyed at S. Iames house by Charing-Crosse being but 16. yeares of age and was honourably buried at Thetford in Norfolke the 27. of king Henry the eight 1535. as Grafton hath Others hath that he lyeth buried at Framingham in Norfolke He bare for his Armes Escartellé France d'engleterre à bordur escartellé ermyn compone d'argent d'azur abatun sinestre d'argent à vn escutcheon de pretence escartellé gueulles varrey d'or vert sur la tout au lyon rampant d'argent au chef d'azur vn Chastel entre deux testes du cerf d'argent EDward Seymour knight of the Garter was created Viscount Beauchamp in the Whitson weeke 1536. and Earle of Hertford the 18 of October 1537. and lastly Duke of Somerset the 17. of February 1547. the first of king Edward the sixt He was Lord Protector both of the Kings person Kingdomes and to leade to war as wel by Sea as by Land all the Kings Armies as Lord Lieutenant Generall he was also Lord high Treasurer and Earle Marshall of England Gouernor of the Isles of Gernesey and Iersey He maried two wiues the first was Katherine daughter and co-heyre of Sir William Foliot of Woodland in Dorsetshire knight had issue Lord Edward Seymour of Berye Pomery in Deuonshire Iohn second Son His second wife was Anne daughter of Edward Stanhop Esquire by whō he had issue Edward Seymour now Earle of Hertford 1618. Lord Henry and Edward Anne the eldest daughter was married to Iohn Dudley Earle of Warwicke Iane was the second daughter Mary 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 sixt of high treason and was found guilty of Fellony for which the 22. of Ianuary after he was beheaded at the Tower-Hill Et portoit de gueulles à deux Ailes de l'agle en leuure