Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	king_n	normandy_n	4,212	5	10.9535	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90354	The pedegree and descent of His Excellency, General George Monck. Setting forth how he is descended from King Edvvard the Third, by a branch and slip of the white rose, the House of York. And likewise, his extraction from Richard King of the Romans. With the state, title and descents of the houses of York and Lancaster in their several branches.		1660 (1660)	Wing P1048; Thomason E1015_9; ESTC R203171	6,156	16

the second and they were named Beauford of a Castle so called which the Duke of Lancaster had in France where they were all born John Beaufort afore-mentioned was also Marquess Dorset and married Margaret Daughter to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent by whom he had issue Henry that died without issue and John Beauford second Son Earl and Duke of Somerset who married Margaret Daughter of Sir John Beauchamp of Bletso Knight by whom he had issue Margaret his Daughter and Heir married to Edmund Tudor Sirnamed Hadham Earl of Richmond by whom he had issue Henry Earl of Richmond and after King of England called Henry the seventh Iohn Marquess Dorset had two Daughters viz. Ioan married to Iames the first King of Scots and Margaret the second married to Thomas Courtney Earl of Devonshire Edmund Beaufort third Son to Iohn Marquess Dorset was Earl of Moriton in Normandy and after the death of his Brother Iohn Duke of Somerset and Marquess Dorset He married Eleanor Daughter and Coheir of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick by whom he had issue four Sons and five Daughters viz. Henry Beaufort Son and Heir of Edmund was after the death of his Father Duke of Somerset and Marquess Dorset he died without Legitimate issue but had a Natural Son called Charles Somerset whom King Henry the eighth created Earl of VVorcester 1. Eleanor eldest Daughter to Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset was married first to Iames Butler Earl of VViltshire secondly to Sir Robert Spencer Knight one of whose Daughters and Coheirs Margaret was married to Thomas Cary Grandfather to Henry Cary the first Baron Hunsdon 2. Ioan second daughter of Edmund Duke of Somerset married to the Lord Hoth in Ireland 3. Ann the third daughter married to Sir VVill. Paston Knight 4. Margaret the fourth daughter married to Humphrey Earl of Stafford and after to Sir Richard Darel Knight 5. Elizabeth or Isabel fifth daughter married to Sir Henry Lewis Knight This is the descent of the several Branches of the House of Lancaster who gave for their Cognizance the Red Rose by which it appears that notwithstan-the Crown of England Upon the deposing K. Richard the second he having no issue was to descend to Roger Mortimer Earl of March and Ulster before-mentioned Yet Henry of Bullingbrook before spoken of taking advantage of the peoples discontents and the General dislike they had of his Cousin King Richards evil Government He places the Crown upon his own head and from the year An. 1399 until the fourth of March An. 1460 in three descents the slips of the Red Rose in the Line of Lancaster did sit in the throne end bear Rule And the Eruption of the House of York did never appear until Richard Plantaginet Duke of York before-mentioned upon the twenty third of March An. 1455. drew his sword to make good his Claim and Title to the Crown and Kingdome of England from which time issued all the murthers and overthrows and slaughters that continued until the death of Richard the third in which Bloody contest were slain no less then fourscore Princes of the Blood Royal and double the Number of Natives as were lost in all our Wars and Conquests in France But these Uncivil Civil quarrels had a happy Period after that Henry Earl of Richmond before-mentioned had overthrown King Richard the third in Bosworthfield and himself in the head of his Army had the Crown set upon his head and shortly after upon the thirtieth of Octob. in An. 1485. he was with great solemnity Anointed and Crowned King of England by the whole consent of the Nobility and Commons by the Name of King Henry the seventh and on the eighteenth day of Ianuary following was solemnized his marriage with the Lady Elizabeth King Edward the fourths daughter which added to his Title a wreath of Three so indissolvable that no age since hath Ever questioned it c. FINIS