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A05354	A treatise tovvching the right, title, and interest of the most excellent Princess Marie, Queene of Scotland, and of the most noble king Iames, her Graces sonne, to the succession of the croune of England VVherein is conteined asvvell a genealogie of the competitors pretending title to the same croune: as a resolution of their obiections. Compiled and published before in latin, and after in Englishe, by the right reuerend father in God, Iohn Lesley, Byshop of Rosse. VVith an exhortation to the English and Scottish nations, for vniting of them selues in a true league of amitie.; Defence of the honour of the right highe, mightye and noble Princesse Marie Quene of Scotlande and dowager of France. Selections	Leslie, John, 1527-1596.	1584 (1584)	STC 15507; ESTC S108494	94,307	147

doe alleige for their proofe to the ende that by suche discourse on bothe parties the trueth may better appeare King Henry the seuenth The processe of the descent of the houses of York Lancastre and their diuersites in Armurye being descended of the house of Lancastre had for his wyfe Elizabeth eldest daughter of kyng Edward rhe fowrth and right heyr of the house of Yorke By which marieage the bloodye broyles cruell factions of those two noble howses which so many yeres had miserably afflicted the state of England being called the factions of the white Rose and the reade meaning by the white Rose the house of York and by the reade Rose the house of Lancastre vpon that diuersitie in Armurie were by the mercifull prouidence of God broken and ended For those two mightie families descending th one from Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancastre the other from Edmond Duke of Yorke two of the sonnes of king Edward the thirde striuyng for the kyngdome did drawe after them in contrary parties all the nobles and Cōmons of that Realme And no ende nor measure of ciuile dissentions slaughters and morders could be founde vntill suche tyme as the titles interests of those two houses were by the sayd mariage cōbyned in one and closed together and thereby all factions and domesticall dissentions ceased and determined The originall cause of those dissentions was as here after foloweth The cause of debate betvvene the houses of Yorke and Lancastre Kyng Edward of England the third had fower sonnes of whome there was yssue to witt Edward Prince of wales whiche was the eldest sonne Lionell duke of Clarence the next Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lancastre the thirde And Edmund of Langley Duke of Yorke the fowerth sonne Edward Prince of wales dyed before his father left a sonne which succeded his Graund father was called king Richard the second This Richard was by his cousin germain Henry sonne of the said Iohn of Gaunt by Blanche his wyfe deposed from hys kyndome and dyed in prison without yssue And then the kyngdome was translated to the heirs of the thyrd brother and so to the house of Lancastre by this meanes Lionell the second of the sayd fower brothers Duke of Clarence had one onely daughter heir called Philippe she was Maried to Edmund Mortimer Erle of Marche and by him had a sonne called Roger Mortimer Erle of Marche whose daughter and sole heir called Anne was the wyfe of Richard Erle of Cambringe And by him had yssue Richarde Plantagenet Duke of Yorke heyr in descent to Edmund of Langley the fowerth brother before named Thus the house of yorke by mariage of the sayd Anne heir of the house of Clarence gained a nearer title to the Croune of Englād And therupō folowed priuie grudge malice hatred and afterward horrible warres betwene those two families The thirde brother Iohn of Gaunt had to his first wyfe the Ladie Blanche daughter and sole heir of Henry Duke of Lancaster descēded of Edmond Erle of Lancastre called Edmonde crowcheback sonne of king Henry the third Polidor li. 16 〈◊〉 Some there were as Polidor writeth which afterward reported that this Edmond crowchebacke was the eldest sonne of the sayd king Henry the third and therfore his heir but by reason of his deformitie his brother Edward was perferred to the Croune In so muche as vnder pretense hereof the before named Henry sonne of Iohn of Gaunt by the sayd Blanche which deposed king Richard the second as is before mensioned to shewe some coloure of good title to the Croune and for to auoyde suspicion of iniuriouse intrusion was aduised by his freends at the tyme of his coronation to clame that kyngdome in the right of his mother the sayd Ladye Blanche But bycause that pretense was misliked the same kyng Henry the fowerth deuised other matter of title and published the same by proclamation Polidor li. 21. in initio as Polidor also writeth and vnder pretense thereof clamed the kyngdome and called hym selfe kyng Henry the fowerth After hym succeded his sonne king Henry the fyft maryed the Ladye Catharin the onely daughter of the sixt kyng Charles of France and by her had a sonne called Henry the sixt whome king Edward the fourth descēded of the house of Yorke dyd cast into prison where he dyed recouered the kyngdome to hym selfe and after the battail of Teukesbury caused Edwarde sonne of the same king Henry the sixt priuilye to be put to death Yet neuerthelesse the house of Lancastre did stand For Iohn of Gaunt before named by his third and last wyfe had a sonne called Iohn Erle of Somerset and Marques of Dorcestre And this Iohn had a sonne named Iohn Duke of Somerset and Erle of Montague and a daughter called Ioan she was maried to the first Iames king of Scotland the third of the house of Stewards after the two Roberts the second and third This Iames the first was father to Iames the secōd father of Iames the third father of Iames the fowerth kynges of Scotland VVhich Iames the fowerth maried the said Queene Margaret eldest sister to kyng Henry of England the eight and by her had Iames the fyft father of Marie now Queene of Scotland The sayd Iohn Duke of Somerset and Erle of Montague had one onely Daughter called Margaret Duchesse of Somerset whiche was maried to Edmond afterward Erle of Richemond brother of the halfe blood to king Henry the sixt by one the same mother the sayd Queene Catharin for his fathers name was Owen Teuther the second husband of the same Queene Catharin This Edmond had by the said Lady Margaret Duchesse of Somerset a sonne called Henry who vpō the death of that Tyranne the third kyng Richard obteyned the kyndome of England and was named king Henry the seuenth But to come to the house of york descended of the fowerth sonne of kyng Edward the third so it is that Richard the before named Erle of Cambridge by his sayd wyfe the Lady Anne mortimer before named the only heir of the house of Clarence had as is before sayd a sonne called Richard Duke of York This Richard the principal persone of the faction whiche dyd beare the white Rose after great warres with king Henry the sixt the cheefe of that syde whiche dyd beare the read Rose was slayne in the battail of VVakefeild And had three sonnes Edward Duke of Yorke George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocestre This Edward Duke of York as is before mentioned put the sixt king Hēry in prison obteined the kingdome and so brought the Croune to the house of York and was called king Edward the fowerth He had a sonne whiche succeded hym and was called kyng Edward the fyft and a Daughter the Lady Elizabeth afterward wyfe to king Henry the seuenth The second brother George Duke of Clarence was by his brother kyng Edward the fowerth put to death he had a daughter the Lady Margaret Countesse of Sarisburie afterward maried to Pole The third brother Richard duke

eight imprisoned in the Tower of london where he remayned many yeres till the death of king Edward the sixt At whiche time that patterne of singular clemencie Queene Marie dyd not only delyuer hym but also restored hym to his auncient estate of blood and dignitie This yong noble man afterward dyed without issue at Padua in Italie but if he had liued he might with best right haue claimed the Croune of England after the issues of king Henry the seuenth and Queene Elizabeth his wyfe had bene extinguishhed In this Courtney now deceased the progenie of King Edward the fowerth had bene determined as concerning the streight line if the ofspring of king Henry the seuenth and Quene Elizabeth his wyfe were not yet liuing But if that at any tyme faile then must they seke for an heyr in the collateral line Therfore it is to be noted The collaterall lyne of the succession that the before mentioned Richard Plantagenet Duke of York which was slayn by Henry the sixt in the battail of wakefeild and of whose progenie we now speake had three sonnes to witt king Edward the fowerth George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocestre Now then for default of issue in lineal descent from Edward the eldest brother we must haue recourse as is before sayd vnto the collateral descent that is to George Duke of Clarenee the second brother and to his succession For to speak any more of Richard the yongest brother whiche dyed without issue it were superfluouse George then duke of Clarēce yonger brother to Edward the fowerth had by his vyfe Isabell Countesse of VVarwik and Sarisbury two children to witt Edward and Margaret This George vpon suspition of treason to affect the kyngdome was by kyng Edward his brother priuilye put to deathe And his sonne Edward being but a child emprisoned in the Tower of lond where he was deteined vntill at last vpon lyke surmise kinge Henry the seuenth stroke of his head But the sayd Lady Margaret Countesse of Sarisburie was maried to Sir Richard pole knight by whom she had diuers sonnes to wytt Henry Arthur Geffray Reinald the same which afterward for his rare vertues and singular wisdome and learning was aduaunced to the dignitie of a Cardinal Cardinal Pole and called Cardinal Pole Henry the eldest brother to omitt the rest had two daughters Catharin Pole the elder sister whiche was maried to Francise Hastinges Erle of Huntingdon and VVenefride the yonger sister Of whiche VVenefride there is no nede to speak any more because there is yet liuing descended of the sayd Ladye Catharin a plentifull generation Thus it is euident and very playn that whan the lineal descent in bloode from king Henry the seuenth and Queene Elizabeth his wyfe shall fayle then must the right of the white Rose that is to saye of the house of Yorke whiche dyd spring of king Edward the fowerth be transplanted and be deriued by a collateral lyne from George Duke of Clarence vnto the house of the Poles and so vnto the house of haftings or Hūtingdon Yet is there an other braunche sprong out of the same stock The novv Emperor and King Philip are descended from King Edvvard the third I mean from Edward the third in a long course of descent And that is Philip the king Catholique of Spayn descended from Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancastre third sonne of king Edward the third For the sayd Iohn of Gaunt had two daughters Philipp and Catharin This Ladye Philipp was mother to Edward king of Portugal of whome all other the kings of Portugal sithince that tyme till this day are descended This Edward king of Portugal was father to Eleonor the Emperesse whiche was mother to Maximilian the Emperor father to Philipp king of Castil father to that most victoriouse Emperour Charles the fift father to the most prudent Prince Philipp the King Catholik of Spayn now raigning to the most graciouse Ladye Marie mother to Rudolphus now Emperour But no to omitt any thing which apperteyneth to the Royall succession I think it good to adde a word or two touching the Lady Margaret Duglasse Aunt that is to saye sister to the father of my Soueraign Lady now Queene of Scotland her mean whiche was maried to the Erle of Leneux a mariage verie plausible to king Henrye the eight or he indued her with great possessiōs in England this Ladye Margaret had by the sayd Erle two sonnes Henry and Charles Atferward the same Henry went in to Scotland to visit his father and sing in the Court there a comely yong gentlemā verie personable and of great expectation fownd suche fauour in the sight of that most Gratiouse Queene of Scotland as her Maiestie created hym Duke of Albanie Erle of Rosse And there withal she made a speciall choyse of hym to be her husband thynking therby that because he was born and brought vp in England her right and title might be more fortifyed and all surmised defectes supplied yf any thing there were that coulde be obiected against her Maiestie After this Mariage betwene that most noble Queene and the sayd Henry was solemnized and consummate her Grace had by hym a sonne my said Soueraign now king of Scotland called Iames the sixt A noble Prince of heroical towardnesse and of the best hope the vndoubted laufull heir of that most gratiouse Queene representing allwayes from his infancie a liuely Image of his mother and of her beautie vertues and graces Thus muche in few woordes concerning the succession of the Croune of England and of those persones which clame any interest therein But to the ende that all thinges may be more perfectlye discerned I haue caused to be sett downe in a table hereunto annexed all the degrees of descents both lineal and collaterall from king Edward the third from whome eyther of those two families of York Lancastre doe take their begynning In whiche table the whole order and processe of that noble stocke hanging together in a continuall course of succession may most easily appeare at the first sight Here is to folowe a Table of the sayd Genealogie A table of the Rase and progenye of suche persones as descending from the princely families of Yorke Lācastre doe eyther iustly clame or ambytiously couet the title of successiō to the Croune of Englād VVhere by all men may see by what right and in what course eache of the yssues of King Henry the seauenth and Queene Elizabeth his wife are to be orderly called to the Croune of that Realme A genealogie of the Kinges of Englād from VVilliam Duke of Normandie called VVilliam the cōquerour vntill this present yere of our Lorde 1584. VVhereas some persones ambitiouslie coueting the Croune of England doe practize sinisterly to discredit the right title of the laufull heyres and seke priu ilye to aduaunce I knowe not what new titles of their owne creation Therefore to remoue all scruples that hereupon may growe this table

of Glocestre after the deceasse of his brother King Edward the fowerth caused the yong kyng Edward the fyft his said brothers sonne traiterously to be mordered lyke a Tyranne vsurped the Croune and called him selfe king Richard the third but as he iustly deserued he dyed dishonorably and was slain in the battail beside Bosseworth by king Hēry the seuēth so dyed without issue This seuenth king Henry descended of the house of Lancastre was then the principal persone of the other partie agaynst the house of York But to take away the matter of that contention he maried the said Elizabeth daughter to the sayd King Edward the fouerth The vnion of the houses of York and Lancastre then right heir of the house of York and so by vniting those two houses he dyd cut of all those long and perniciouse broyles Thus I haue brieflye set downe the original cause and the finall ende also of that so great and troublessome faction Yet to procede further touching the said king The yssue of Kinge Henry the seuenth Henry the seuenth he had by his said wyfe Quene Elizabeth a sonne called king Henry the eight for his other sonnes I omit because they died in the life tyme of their father and without issue And he had also two daughters Margaret wyfe of the fowerth kyng Iames of Scotland and Marie the wyfe of the twelueth king Lewes of Fraunce This king Henry the eight had for his first wyfe Catharin daughter to Ferdinando king of Spayn and by her he had a daughter the Ladye Marye afterward Queene of England But vnder a pretence that the sayd Catharin was the wyfe of his deceassed brother Arthur he putt her awaye and brought in Anne Bolleine daughter of Syr Thomas Bolleine knight and by her he had a daughter the most renowmed Lady Elizabeth now Queene of England And afterward he stroke of the head of the sayd Anne and Maryed the Ladye Iane Semer a knyghtes daughter by whom he had his sonne Edward whiche afterward was Kinge Edward the sixt and dyed without yssue Then were called to the crown by succession first the sayd Lady Marie and after her the sayd Ladye Elizabeth now Queene After whose deceasses without any laufull yssue of their bodyes the next place in succession ought of right to remayn to the sayd most noble Ladye Marye now Queene of Scotland But before I enter into the explication of this matter it shall not be farre from the purpose somewhat to speake of these other personnes that chalenge the right of fuccession as properly to them selues belonging King Henry therfore the seuenth by the sayd Queene Elizabeth daughter to king Edward the fowerth had as you haue heard his said sonne king Henry the eight and his sayd two daughters the Lady Margaret wyfe to king Iames of Scotland the fowerth the said Lady Mary wyfe to the sayd king Lewes of Fraunce the twelueth by whom she had no yssue The yssue of Queene Margaret of Scotlād And the sayd king Henry the eight had as I haue sayd by diuerse venters his sayd thre children king Edward Queene Marie and Queene Elizabeth Of the sayd Queene Margaret eldest daughter to the seuenth king Henry of England was by the sayd King Iames the fowerth her first busband begotten and borne the fift king Iames of Scotland father to the sayd most noble Ladye Marie now Queene of Scotland And after the decease of the sayd king Iames the fowerth the same Queene Margaret was maried to Archebald Erle of Anguish and by him had a daughter called the Ladie Margaret Duglasse sometyme the wyfe of Mathew Steward Erle of Leneux by whom she had two sonnes Henry and Charles of whom I will speake here after Mary the yonger daughter of king Henry the seuenth after the decease of her first husband the twelueth king Lewes of Fraunce The yssue of Marye the Frēche Queene by whom she had no yssue was maried to Charles Brandon Duke of Sulffolk by whom she had two daughters Frācise Eleonor For of her sōnes I omitt to speak because they died without issue The said Lady Francise was maried to Henry Gray Marquesse of Dorcestre afterward Duke of Suffolke This Henry Gray begat of her thre daughters to witt Iane Catharin Mary The same Lady Iane eldest of those thre was maried to Gilford Dudley the sonne of Iohn duke of Northumberland a mariage begunne in an vnfortunate houre for it brought with it destruction aswell to them bothe as to their parents and many others The sayd Ladye Catharin was espoused to Henry Harbert eldest sonne of VVilliam Erle of Pembroche And the Ladye Marye yongest of the said three was betrothed to Arthur Gray sonne of VVilliam Gray But bothe those contractes afterward by the procurement and special labour of the parentes rather than vpon good matter as I haue heard were in open court dissolued and pronounced to be of no validitie in law The like happened touching a priuie contract made betwene the same Lady Chatharin the Erle of Hartforde by whom she had two sonnes yet lyuing Of whome I will speak hereafter And thus farre touching the issue of the Lady Francise th one of the sayd two daughters of Charles Brandon by Mary the Frenche Queene Now let vs come to the sayd Lady Eleonor the other daughter of the sayd Mary This Eleonor was maried to George Clyfford Erle of Cumberland who had by her a daughter the Lady Margaret now wyfe to the Erle of Darby whiche two haue issue betwene them yet liuing And this is the true genealogie and pedegrue forsomuch as I could euer learn of all suche issue and ofspring descended of king Henry the seuenth and Queene Elizabeth his wyfe as at this day can claime any right title or interest in the Croune of England The remayn is to adde hereunto somewhat touching the progenie of the before named king Edward the fowerth The yssue of King Edvvard the fouerth This king Edward the fowerth the principall personne of the faction of the whyte Rose had two sonnes whom his brother Richard aspiring to the Croune a patern of the worst marke that euer was in the memory of man caused to be mordred And he had also fower daughters the eldest was Queene Elizabeth the before named wyfe of King Henry the seuenth the cheefe of the faction of the reade Rose as is before mentioned An other of the daughters was the Lady Catharin wyfe to VVilliā Courtney Erle of Deuonshire Of the other two daughters there is left no issue and therfore I omitt them This Lady Catharin had by the sayd Erle of deuonshire a sonne called Henrie Courtney whom his Cosin germain king Henry the eight caused to be beheaded vpon a pretense of treason This Henry Courtney left one onlye sonne called Edward Courtney whom in his tender yeres king Henry the

in the succession of the Croune For the Roial blood where so euer it be found will be taken as a pretious and singular Iewell and will carie with it his worthie estimation honour with the people and where it is dew his right withall Vide Anto Corsetū de potest et excell regi q. 100. By the Ciuill lawe the right of the inheritance of priuate persones is hemmed and inched within the bandes of the tenth degre The Blood Roial runneth a farther race so farre as it may be found therfore the great mightie Conquerors are glad faine to ioyne in affinitie with the blood Roial Oōquerors glad to ioine vvith the royall blood Henry the first euer fearing the weaknes of their owne bloddie sworde in respect of the greate force and strength of the other For this cause was Henrie the firste called for his learning wisedome Beauclerke glad to consociate and couple him selfe with the auncient Roial blood of the Saxons whiche continueing in the Princely succession from worthie king Alured was cutte of by the death of the good king Edward and by the mariyng of Mathildis being in the fourth degree in lineal descent to the said king Edward was reuiued and reunited From this Edward my sayd souueraine ladie the Queene of Scotland taketh her noble auncient Pedegrue These then and diuers other reasons causes mo may be alleaged for the weighing setting foorth of the true meaning and intent of the said law Now in case these two causes and consideratiōs will not satisfie the aduersaries we wil adioine there vnto an other whiche they shall neuer by any good and honest shift auoid And that is the vse and practise of the Realme as wel in the time foregoing the said statute as afterward VVe stand vpon the interpretation of the common law recited and declared by the said statute L. fin ff de legibus how shal we better vnderstand what the law is therein then by the vse and practise of the said lawe For the best interpretation of the law is custome Common vse and practise the best interpretation of the lavve Eodē anno Rex cū in diebus suis processisset Aeldredū Vigornensē Episcopū ad Regē Hungariae transmittens reuocauit inde filium fratris sui Edmundi Eduardum cū tota familia sua vt vel ipse ver filii eiꝰ sibi succederent in regnum Flor. histo 1057. But the Realme before the statute admitted to the Croune not only kings children and others of the first degre but also of a farther degre and suche as were plainely borne out of the kinges allegeance The foresaid vse and practise appeareth as wel before as sithens the time of the Conquest Among other king Eduard the Confessour being destitute of a lawful Heire whithin the Realme sent into Hungary for Edward his Nephew surnamed Out law son to king Edmūd called Ironside after many yeres of his exile to returne into England to the intent the said Outlaw should inherite that Realme whiche neuerthelesse came not to effect by reason the said outlaw died before the sayd king Edward his Vncle. After whose death the said king appointed Eadgar Adeling sonne of the said Outlaw being his next cosen to be his heire as he was of right to the Croune of England And for that the said Eadgar was but of yong and tender yeres and not able to take vpon him so great a gouernement the said king committed the protection as wel of the yong Prince as also of the Realm to Harold Earle of Kent vntil suche time as the said Eadgar had obteined perfit age to be hable to welde the state of a king Flor. bislo 1066. Aelredus Regional lēf de reg Anglorū ad Regem Henr. ● VVhich Harold neuerthelesse contrary to the trust supplanted the said yong Prince of the kingdome and put the Croune vpon his owne head By this it is apparent that foraine birth was not accōpted before the time of the Conquest to be a iust cause to repel and reiect any man beinge of the next proximitie in blood from the Title of the Croune And though the said king Edward the Confessors will and purpose tooke no suche force and effect King Stephen and King H. 2. as he desired and the lawe craued yet the like succession tooke place effectuouslye in king Stephen and king Henry the second as we haue already declared Neither will the Aduersaries shift of forainers borne of father and mother which be not of the kings allegeance The aduersaries fond imagination that H. 2. should come to the Croune by compositiō not by proximitie of blood Rex Stephanus omni haerede viduatus praeter solū modo Ducē Henricum recognouit in conuētu Episcoporū aliorum de regno Optimatum quod Dux Henr. ius haereditariū ī regnū Angliae habebat Et Dux benigne concessit vt Rex Stephanꝰ tota vita sua suū Regnū pacifice possideret Ita tamen confirmatū est pactū quod ipse Rex ipsi tunc praesentes cū caeteris regni optimatibꝰ iurarēt quod Dux Henr. post mortē Regis si illum super●iueret regnum sine aliqua cōntradictione obtineret Flor. histo An. 1153 The like fond imagination touching King Richardes nephevv Diuersitie of opinions touching the vncle nephue vvhetherof them ought to be preferred in the royall gouuernement help them forasmuche as this clause of the said statute is not to be applied to the kings children but to others as appeareth in the same statute And these two kings Stephen and Henrie the .2 as they were borne in a forain place so their fathers and mothers were not of the kings allegeance but mere Aliens and strangers And how notorious a vaine thing it is that the Aduersaries would perswade vs that the said King Henrie the second rather came in by force of a composition then by the proximitie and nearenes of blood I leaue it to euery man to consider that hath any maner of feling in the discours of the stories of that realm The composition did procure him quietnes and rest for the time with a good and sure hope of quiet and peaceable entrance also after the death of King Stephen and so it followed in deede but ther grew to him nomore right thereby than was due to him before For he was the true heir to the Croune as appeareth by Stephen his Aduersaries owne confession Henry the firste maried his daughter Mathildis to Henry the Emperour by whome he had no children And no dout in case she had had any children by the Emperour they should haue ben heires by successiō to the Croune of England After whose death she retourned to her father yet did king Henry cause all the Nobilitie by an expresse othe to embrace her after his death as Queene and afrer her her children Not long after she was maried to Ieffrey Plantagenet a Frenchman borne Earle of Aniowe who begat