de Burgo or de Burgh Lord Chamberlaine to K. Iohn Steward of Poytow and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England was created Earle of Kent by Letters Patents bearing date the 10. of December in the 13. yeare of king Henry the 3. and had the keeping of Douer Rochester and Canterbury granted to him during life by a Charter bearing date the 16. of Hen. the 3. At last he procured himselfe great hatred of all the Nobility for causing the said king to breake his word and deed for the restitution of those lawes and auncient customes which before he had granted to the Subiects which did greatly agrauate the hate of the Commons He married three wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Sir Robert Arsike knight the second was Isabell daughter and one of the heyres of William Earle of Glocester the repudiate wife of king Iohn His third wife was Margaret daughter of William and sister of Alexander king of Scots he had issue by his first wife Iohn de Burgo who married Hawis Lamale and dyed before his Father leauing his sonne Iohn Baron of Lamale his heyre This Hubert dyed at his Castle of Barkhamsted in Hartfordshire the 27. of king Henry the third and was buried at the Fryars Predicants in London where now White-Hall standeth Et portoit gueulles sept lozengies vairé 3.3.1 EDmond Plantagenet sur-named of Woodstocke the place of his birth third sonne of king Edward the first by his second wife Margaret daughter of Philip king of France in the 15. yeare of king Edward the second his brother was created Earle of Kent And after at a Counsell held at Winchester the 5. of Edward the third 1330. the morrow after S. Gregories day he was arrested and on the Vigill of S. Cutbert adiudged to dye for high treason for abetting many of the Nobility to plot the deliuery of king Edward the second out of prison for which by the malice of Queene Isabell the then Kings Mother and Roger Mortimer her Sweet-heart he was beheaded at Winchester in the yeare aforesaid He married Margaret daughter and heyre of Iohn Lord Wake of Lidell and Burne and had issue two sonnes Edmond and Iohn and one daughter named Ioane the two sonnes were both Earles of Kent one after the other and dyed without issue Ioane their onely sister and heyre sur-named the Faire Maide of Kent was first married to William Monta-cute Earle of Salisbury from whom she was diuorced and after married to Sir Thomas Holland knight and lastly she was married to Edward the Blacke Prince Father of K. Richard the 2. Et portoit d'engleterré au bordure d'argent EDmond Plantagenet eldest sonne and heyre of Edmond of Woodstocke aforesaid succeeded his Father in the Earldome of Kent and dyed the Kings Ward without issue the sixt of king Edward the third leauing Iohn his brother to succeed him in the Earledome of Kent Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Plantagenet second sonne of Edmond of Woodstocke was after the death of his elder brother Earle of Kent by that title of honour sate in Parliament the 25. of King Edward the third and dyed the yeare after without issue He married Elizabeth daughter of the Duke of Iuâ—iers who after was married to Eustace Dampreticourt second sonne of the Lord Dampreticourt in Henault by whom she had issue Sanchius Dampreticourt knight of the Order of the Garter in king Edward the thirds time and one of the first Founders of the said Order Et portoit les armes de son peré SIr Thomas Holland knight and one of the first Founders of the Noble Order of the Garter sonne of Sir Thomas Holland of Lancashire knight was Steward of the house to William Monta-cute Earle of Salisbury and in right of Ioane his wife sister and heyre of Iohn Earle of Kent aforesaide was by king Edward the third created Earle of Kent and Lord Wake of Lidell and had issue Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Duke of Surrey Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester by king Richard the second and a daughter named Ioane married to the Earle of S. Pole He dyed in the 34. yeare of king Edward the third 1360. Et portoit d'azur au leopard rampant le Champ fleurette d'argent THomas Holland halfe brother by the Mother to King Richard the second was after the death of Thomas his Father Earle of Kent and Lord Wake of Lidell He married Alice daughter of Richard Eitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue Thomas Earle of Kent Edmond Iohn and Richard 6. daughters Elianor first maried to Roger Mortimer Earle of March and after to Edward Charlton Lord Powes Margaret married first to Iohn Beauford Marquesse Dorset and Earle of Somerset and after to Thomas Duke of Clarence sonne of king Henry Ioane the 3. daughter was first married to Edward Duke of Yorke and after to William Lord Wiloughby of Eresbie and thirdly to Henry Lord Scroope and lastly to Sir Henry Bromflet knight Alice the fourth daughter was wife to Thomas Mountague Earle of Salisbury Elizabeth the fift daughter was married to Iohn Lord Neuill sonne of Ralphe first Earle of Westmerland and Bridget the sixt daughter was a Nunne at Barking This Thomas Holland dyed the 20. of King Richard the second Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au bordure d'argent THomas Holland Earle of Kent and Lord Wake sonne of Thomas aforesaid married Constance daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke widdow of Thomas Lord Spencer but by her had no issue after he tooke to wife Ioane daughter of Hugh Earle Stafford by whom he had no issue This Thomas was created Duke of Surrey the 21. of King Richard the second 1398. And in the yeare 1400. he with the Earles of Huntington and Salisbury intending vnder colour of a Maske or Mummery at the Castle of Windesorre to haue surprized king Henry the fourth and to haue restored King Richard againe and so by that meanes to haue gotten restitution of their former titles of honour with their possessions which they had lost by iudgment of the last Parliament a little before But this their conspiracy being discouered to the King and he fled to London they were driuen to flye to Cicester where the rude Townesmen and others set vpon them tooke them and in the Market-place stroke off their heads his body was buried at Cicester but after taken vp againe and enterred in the Priory of Montgrace which was of his Fathers foundation This Thomas Duke of Surrey did beare for his Armes King Edward the Confessors Armes within a border ermyne impaled with the Armes of England within a border argent as by his Seales is manifested EDmond Holland second sonne of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and brother to the last Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Duke of Surrey slaine at Cicester was after the death of his said Brother Earle of Kent and Lord Wake of Lidell and by king Henry the 4. was made Lord high Admirall
young King He married Mabell the daughter of Hugh Kiuiliock Earle of Chester and had issue two sonnes foure daughters William and Hugh both Earles of Arundell and Sussex who dyed without issue Mabell the eldest daughter was married to Sir Robert Tatesall Knight Isabell the second daughter married Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre Nicholea the third daughter married Roger Lord Somery and Cicely the fourth daughter was married to Roger Lord Monthault of Hawarden in Flintshire This William dyed at his Mannor of Offington in the yeare 1199. and was buried at Wimondham Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azur VVIlliam de Albeney the fourth of that Name and second Earle of Sussex was a Witnesse to the Charter of King Iohn bearing date the fourth of May in the 14. yeare of the said Kings Reigne by the name of William of Arundell Earle of Sussex and dyed in his returne from Damieta in Palestine 1221. And his body being brought into England was buried at Wimondham leauing his Brother Hugh his heyre to succeed him whom Hubert de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England had the custody of during his Wardship Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Albeney brother and heire of Willâ—â—m aforesaide was Earle of Arundell and the third Earle of Sussex He married Isabell daughter of William Earle Warren Surrey and dyed in the prime of his youth without issue 1243. and was buried with his Auncestors in our Lady Church at Wymondham who were Patrons and Founders thereof leauing his foure sisters his heyres Mabell the eldest was married to Sir Robert Tatesall who had by partition of her brothers lands the Castle and Barony of Buckenham Isabell the second sister being married to Iâ—â—n Fitz-Alan Lord of Clan and Oswaldstre in Wales had the Castle Honour of Arundell Nicholea the third sister being wife to Roger Lord Somery had the Mannor of Barrow and Cicely the fourth sister beeing married to Roger Lord Mouthalt had the Castle of Rising in Norfolke The partition of these lands and others was made and diuided betweene these foure sisters and beyres of this Hugh in the 28. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit de gueulles aâ— lyon rampant d'or arme lampasse d'azur IOhn Plantagenet sonne and heyre of William the 6. Earle Warren and Surrey and grand-childe to Hamelyne Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Earle of Anion and Mayne the seuenth Earle Warren and Surrey was by King Henry the third made Earle of Sussex which honour was then voyde by the death of Hugh de Albeney Earle of Arundell and Sussex This Iohn was one of the Noblemen which King Henry the third commanded to assemble at London to treate of diuers matters Amongst which one was that all men should shew before the Iustices of the Kings Bench by what right they held their lands which thing did much molest disquiet the Subiects vntill this Iohn made his appearance who being asked by what right he held his Lands sodainly drew out his sword and saide By the sword did my Grand-father hold his Lands and with this will I keepe them But Alan Zouch Lord Chiefe-Iustice tolde him That if he could yeeld no other reason iudgement would be giuen against him whereupon the said Earle immediately before the Iudges did cruelly wound and hurt the saide Alan of which wound he shortly after dyed For which murder the said Iohn Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was arrigned and acquitted by the oath of 25. Knights in that he affirmed vpon his honour that he did not commit the said facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempt of the King nor his Lawes but only in defence of his ancient Inheritance and so was released vpon payment of a fyne of 1200 Markes in Anno 1270. After King Edward the first in the 25. yeare of his Reigne made this Iohn Earle Warren and Sussex Gouernour of Scotland Sir Hugh Cressingham Lord Treasurer and William Earnley Chiefe-Iustice He married Alice daughter of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine and halfe sister to King Henry the third by whom he had issue as in the Title of Surrey He dyed at Kenington the first of the Kalends of October the 33 of King Edward the first and was buried at Lewis in Sussex 1304. Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur IOhn Plantagenet Earle Warren and Sussex as also Earle of Stratherne in Scotland Lord of Brâ—mfield and Yale and grand-childe and heyre of Iohn the seuenth Earle Warren by his sonne William who after the death of his grand-father enioyed all his Lands Honors for the space of 41. yeares and dyed without issue 1347 leauing Alice his onely sister and heyre married to Edmond Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell to succeed him in all his Inheritances M. Camden in his Britannia pag. 320. denyeth this Iohn and Iohn his Grandfather to be euer Earles of Sussex in these words After the death of Hugh de Albeneio the last Earle of Arundell and Sussex of that sur-name the Title of Earle of Sussex lay hidden and lest vntill that King Henry the eight in the 21. yeare of his Reigne created Robert Radcliffe Earle of Sussex But to proue the contrary and that they were both Earles of Sussex you shall haue these proofes following Tho Walfingham pag. 60. About the Feast of S. Michaell 1294. Elianor daughter of King Edward the first was giuen in marriage at Bristow vnto Henry Earle of Barry by whom she had issue a daughter named Ioane married to Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey Sussex Againe the same Author further saith This yeare 1305. dyed Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey and Sussex after whom his Grand-childe also named Iohn did succeed taking to wife the Kings Niece by his daughter Elianor who the Earle of Barry had married And thus much for the first Iohn Now to proue this second Iohn his grand-child to be Earle of Sussex take this out of an olde originall Deed. Atonsceus que ces lettres verront et erront Antoni par la grace de Dien Patriarch de Ierusalem et Euesque de Duresme Henry de Lacy Camite de Nicole Iohn de Garrone Comite de Surrey et de Sussex Eymar de Valence Comite de Penbroke Hamfraie de Bohun Comite de Hereford et de Essex Robert de Clifford c. a Boloigne le D'arein Iour de Ianner lan de grace M.CCC et Septism Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur RIchard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Lord of Clun and Oswalstre after the death of Iohn Plantagenet Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was knighted by King Edward the first in the 18. yeare of his Reigne at which time he was also girt with the Sword of the Earledome of Sussex He was sonne of Iohn Fitz-Alan grand-childe of Iohn Fitz-Alan Isabell his wife second sister and one of the heyres of Hugh de Albeney the last Earle of Arundell Sussex of that name
king of England by the name of king Richard the third Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre d'lambell ermyn charge à trois cantons de gueulles A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Cumberland their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Clifford Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescie was by king Henry the eight created Earle of Cumberland at Bridewell the eighteenth of Iune 1525. the 17. year of the said kings reigne and married Margaret daughter of Henry Lord Percy fift Earle of Northumberland by whom he had issue Henry Earle of Cumberland and Sir Ingram Clifford knight and foure daughters Katherine the eldest was married to Iohn Lord Scroope of Bolton Matilda was wife to Iohn Coigniers of Hornby and Elizabeth was married to Sir Christopher Medcalfe knight and Iane was married to Sir Iohn Hudleston knight This Henry dyed the 22. of Aprill in the 34. yeare of king Henry the eight Et portoit eschequette d'or d'azur à la face de gueulles HEnry Lord Clifford sonne and heire of Henry aforesaide after the death of his Father was the second Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescy married to his first wife Elianor daughter and co-here of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by his wife Mary Queene of France second daughter to king Henry the seuenth by whom he had issue Margaret married to Henry Stanley Earle of Derby by whom he had issue Ferdinando Earle of Derby that dyed without issue Male and William now Earle of Derbie 1618. This Henry maried to his second wife Anne daughter of William Lord Dacres of Gillesland and by her had issue George Lord Clifford the third Earle of Cumberland Francis the fourth Earle of Cumberland and three daughters Frances the eldest daughter was married to Philip Lord Wharton Elianor and Mary dyed both young This Henry dyed in Anno 1569. the 12. of Queene Elizabeth Les armes de son peré GEorge Lord Clifford after the death of Henry his father was the third Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland and Vescy and Sheriffe of Westmerland by inheritance a most Noble and Martiall man both by Sea and Land and honoured with the honorable Order of the Garter 1592. He married Margaret daughter of Francis Lord Russell and Earle of Bedford the 25. of Iune 1577. and had issue Francis Lord Clifford and Robert that died young and a daughter named Anne married to Richard Sackuile Baron of Buckhurst and Earle of Dorset This George dyed in the Strand at Landon in the yeare 1605. without issue Male. Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur à la face de gueulles FRancis Clifford brother of George aforesaid succeeded and was the fourth Earle of Cumberland Lord Clifford Skipton Westmerland Vescy now liuing 1618. he maried Grizell daughter of Hughes of Vxbridge Esquire and widdow of Henry Neuill Father of Edward Neuill now Baron of Abergauenny 1618. and hath issue Henry Lord Clifford Margaret and Frances Et portoit les armes de sonperé A Catalogue of the Earles of Cambridge their Armes Wiues and Children WIlliam Meschines sonne of Randolphe Earle of Chester and second brother of Randolphe Gernonijs Earle of Chester was the first Earle of Cambridge by that name and title I finde him a Witnesse to the Charter and guift of Alexander Bishop of Lincolne of the Island of Hafreholme which the said Alexander gaue to the religious holy Nuns of the order of Sister-sences bearing date the fourth of king Stephen 1139. Whom hee married or what issue hee had I finde not WIlliam Marquesse of Iuliers or Iuliac vnto whom king Edward the third on the seuenâ— day of â—ay in the 14. yeare of his reigne did giue the Earl 〈…〉 bridge with the Towne and Castle and twenty pounds by yeare in fee to him and the heires of his body begotten and inuested him into the said Earledome at Westminster by the girding of him with a sword and besides gaue him by letters patents a thousand pounds of yearely rent He maried Mary sister and heire of Edward Duke of Gelderland Nephew to king Edward the third and had isssue Mary married vnto Iohn sonne and heire of Iohn Duke of Cleeue Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de sable IOhn of Henault Vnckle to Queene Philip wife to king Edward the third a younger sonne of the Earle of Henault was in the sixteenth yeare of the said kings reigne 1342. created Earle of Cambridge which honour Earledome soone after he lost by reuolting to the French king Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de sable arme lampasse de gueâ—lles escartelle d'or au lion rampant de gueulles EDmond of Langley so called of the kings Mannor house of Langley where he was borne fift sonne of king Edward the third was created Earle of Cambridge in the 36. yeare of his Fathers reigne he was also Lord of Tyndall after Duke of Yorke and married Isabell daughter and one of the heires of Peter king of Castile and Lions and had issue as in the Title of Yorke He dyed in the third yeare of king Henry the fourth 1401. and was buried at Langley by Isabell his wife Et portoit France seme D engleterre au lambell d'argent neuf â—orteaux RIchard of Conesburgh second sonne of Edmond of Langley aforesaid was created Earle of Cambridge at a Parliament held the second yeare of king Henry the fift and in the yeare after by the procurement of the Dolphine of France he with Henry Lord Scroope of Masham then Lord Treasurer of England and Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland knight did conspire the kings death at Southampton as the said king was shipping his men for France for which their treason they were beheaded there He married Anne sister and heire of Edmond Mortimer Earle of March and Vlster and had issue Richard Earle of Cambridge and Duke of Yorke and Isabell married to Henry Lord Bourchier and Earle of Essex Et portoit les armes de son pere ' RIchard Plantagenet sonne of Richard of Conesbourgh in the fourth yeare of king Henry the sixt was created D. of Yorke Earle of Cambridge and Rutland and Lord of Tyndall he was also Earle of Marche and Vlster Lord of Wigmore and Clare by his Mother He married Secily daughter of â—alphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Edward who was after king by the name of king Edward the fourth Edmond Earle of Rutland and Richard D. of Glocester and after king of England by the name of K. Richard the 3. diuers daughters as in the title of Yorke This Richard with his Son Edmond was slaine at the battell of Wakefield 1460. Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Deuon and Marquesses of Exeter their Armes Wiues and Children RIchard de Riparijs sonne of Baldwine Riuers to whom M Camden saith king Henry the first gaue the Towne of Tiuerton and the honour of plimpton and created him Earle of
Peeres was found guilty of high treason and condemned to perpetuall imprisonment during his life where he dyed without issue And Waltheof Earle of Huntington notwithstanding his submission was taken and carried to Wynchester and there beheaded and his body buried in the fields without the Citty but after remoued to Crowland Et portoit les armes de son pete MIlo Fitz-Walter sonne of Walter Constable of the Castle of Glocester and of Emme his wife daughter of Drew de Balun Lord of Abergauenny succeeded his Father in the Constableship of Glocester and was by Mauld the Empresse made Earle of Hereford and Constable of her Court in the sixt yeare of king Stephen He married Sibell daughter and heire of Bernard Newmarch Lord of Brecknock by Nest his wife daughter of Griffith ap Lewellyn Prince of South Wales and had issue fiue sonnes and three daughters viz. Roger Walter Henry William and Mahell all Earles of Hereford and Constables of England sauing William onely who dyed before his elder brother Henry Margaret the eldest daughter married Humfrey de Bohun the third of that name who after the death of his wiues brothers was both Earle of Hereford and Constable of England Bertha the second daughter was married to Philip de Breus Lord of Brember Abergauenny c. Luce the third daughter was wife to Herbert sonne of Herbert and grand-childe to Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlaine to King Henry the first and of his wife daughter of Robert Corbet Concubine of king Henry the first Lord of Alencester in Comit Warwick This Milo dyed the eight of king Stephen was buried by Sibell his wife in the Abbey of Lanthony by Glocester which he founded in the yeare 1135. Et portoit gueulles à la bande d or oue la autre bande d'argent ROger eldest sonne and heire of Milo vnto whom King Henry the second gaue the Mote of Hereford with the Castle and the third peny of the Reuennewes of Pleas of the whole County of Hereford wherof he made him Earle He was also Constable of England Lord of Brecknock Caer-went Gower and of the Forrest of Deane all which sayth Somerset Glouer were confirmed vnto him by King Henrie the second his Letters Patents bearing date at Warwicke the twelfth day next after the conclusion of peace between King Stephen and him This Roger dying without issue Walter Henry Mahell his brothers succeeded him in his lands and possessions and died also without issue Whereby their whole Inheritance was diuided betweene their three sisters who were maried as aforesaid Et portoit gueulles deus bands vne d'or la autre d'argent HEnry de Bohun sonne of Humfrey de Bohun the fourth and Grand childe to Humfrey the third and Margaret his wife daughter of Milo Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and sister and co-heyre of her fiue brothers was in right of the said Margaret his grandmother created Earle of Hereford by Letters patents bearing date the third of Nouember in the first yeare of king Iohn as also Constable of England He married Mauld daughter of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall Earle of Essex and sister and heire of Geffrey and William sur-named Mandeuils her Brothers and had issue Humfrey de Bohun the fift He dyed in the 4. yeare of king Henry the third 1220. going to the holy Land and his body being brought backe into England was buried in the Abbey of Lanthony Et porteit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony and Earle of Essex in right of his mother To this Humfrey did king Henry the third in Anno 1241. release the remainder of a debt of 20000. Markes which Geffrey Magnauile Earle of Essex his Vnckle was to pay vnto him as a fine laide vppon him for marrying Isabell the repudiate wife of King Iohn daughter and heyre of William Earle of Glocester This Humfrey married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Isondon Earle of Angy in Normandy by whom he had issue Humfrey de Bohun the sixt that dyed before his Father in the Castle of Bristew being taken prisoner at the battell of Eusham 1265. and two daughters Mauld the eldest was maried first to Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke and after to Roger Quincy Earle of Winchester and Alice the second daughter was married to the Lord Thony The said Humfreys second wife was Mauld de Auenesbury by whom he had issue Iohn de Bohun Lord of Haresfield Father of Edmond and then died in the third yeare of King Edward the first 1274. and was buried at Lanthony Les arme de son peré HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that Christian name sonne and heire of Humfrey the sixt that dyed before his Father was after the death of Humfrey de Bohun the fift his grand-father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and by his Mother Elianor daughter and co-heire of William de Breose he was Lord of Brecknocke He married Mauld daughter of Ingelrame de Fines a Frenchman had issue Humfrey de Bohun the eight and after dyed at Plaisie in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. and was buried with his wife at Walden Abbey Et portoit d'azur à la bande d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that Christian name son and heire of Humfrey the seuenth was Earle of Hereford Constable of England Patron of Lanthony Abbey third Earle of Essex and Lord of Brecknock He married Elizabeth daughter of King Edward the first Widdowe of Iohn Earle of Holland with whom hee had no dowry but onely the Kings fauour which before he had lost by refusing to go with him into Flanders to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the French King by whom he had issue foure sonnes and two daughters Iohn the first sonne was after his Father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and died vvithout issue Humfrey the second son had all his brother Iohns honours aad dyed also without issue Edward William were twins borne at Caldecot in Wales Edward dyed drowned in Scotland before the death of his brother Humfrey and was buried at Walden William the 4. brother was a Martial man and by K. Edw. the third 1336. was created Earle of Northampton and did execute the Office of Constable of England for his brother Humfrey and dyed before him in the yeare 1359. Elianor the eldest daughter of this Humfrey the eight was married to Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde and Margaret the second daughter was wife to Hugh Courtney Earle of Deuonshire This Humfrey the eight was slaine with Thomas Earle of Lancaster at Burrowbridge by Andrew of Harcla Earle of Carlell the 15. of king Edward the second 1322.
20. of August carried in a Chariot drawne with foure horses couered with blacke Veluet to S. Peters at Westminster and after all ceremonies performed was buried in a faire Toomb made by commandement of King Iames. King IAMES I Ames King of Scotland onely sonne and heyre of Henry Stewart late King of Scotland and of Queene Mary his Wife Dowager of France and daughter and heyre of Iames the fift King of Scotland was borne in Edenburgh-Castle the 19. of Iune 1566. and was proclaimed King of England France and Ireland at London the 24. of March 1602. being then 36. yeares of age And on the 25. of Iuly after 1603. was crowned with Queene Anne his Wife at Westminster by the hands of the most reuerend Father in God Iohn whitift Arch-Bishop of Canterbury in the presence of the Nobility and States of the Realme Whose greatnes with all honour happinesse and peace God now sanctifie and encrease in him and his issue to all posterity This potent magnificent Monarch of Great Britaine married Anne daughter of Fredericke the second King of Denmarke Norway and Sister to Christian the 4. now King of Denmarke 1618. She was borne at Scanderburgh the 12. of December 1574. and at the age of 16. years was married by Proxy at Groningburg in Denmark the 20. of August 1590. vnto this most high and most mighty Prince by whom she hath had most royall Issue as followeth Their Issue Henry Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester was borne on Tuesday the 19. of February 1593. and dyed without issue at S. Iames House neere Charing-Crosse and was buried at West minster very Prince-like the 7. of December 1612. Robert Stewart second sonne dyed very young Charles Duke of Albany Marquesse of Ormond Earle of Ros and Lord of Ardmanoch third sonne of Iames King of Great-Britaine was borne the 27. of February 1600. and was created Duke of Yorke at White-Hall on Tuesday the 6. of Ianuary 1604. and after on the 4. of Nouember 1616. he was likewise at White-Hall created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester Lady Elizabeth borne the 19. of August 1596. was married to Fredericke Elector Palatine of the Rhyne and hath issue Henry Fredericke and Charles Lewis Margaret borne the 24. of December 1598. and dyed in Scotland young Mary borne in England and dyed an Infant and was buried at Westminster Sophia borne at Greenwich and dyed an Infant and was buried at Westminster A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Clare and Clarence their Armes Wiues and Children RIchard Fitz Gilbert Earle of Aucencis and Brionniae in Normandy came into England with William the Conqueror who gaue him the Townes Castles of Clare in Suffolke and Tunbridge in Kent with diuers other great Seigneuries in England This Richard maried Roheisia daughter of Walter Gifford Earle of Longueuile in Normandy and had issue Gilbert Roger Lord of Clauering Walter a great Baron and Founder of Tinterne Abbey 1â—31 and Robert Lord of Woodham Water and was after slaine in Wales in the yeare 1136. GIlbert Fitz-Richard sonne and heyre of Richard aforesaid was the first Earle of Clare and married Adeliza the daughter of the Earle of Cleremont and had issue Iohn the second Earle of Clare who dyed without issue Richard Earle of Clare whom some say dyed before his Father Gilbert sur-named Strongbow Earle of Penbroke Walter and Heruy de Montmauritio and dyed in the yeare 1152. Et portoit d'or au trois cheurons de gueulles RIchard Fitz-Gilbert third Earle of Clare and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent married Adelize sister of Randoll Earle of Chester and had issue Gilbert that dyed without issue and Roger who was after Earle of Clare and Hartford This Richard dyed in the yeare 1156. Et portoit les armes de son pere Place this Catalogue of Clare and Clarence betwixt page 52. and 53. GIlbert Earle of Clare and Hartford after his Father He married as William Gemeticensis hath Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Meullent and dyed without issue ROger de Clare brother and heyre of Gilbert aforesaide was Earle of Clare and Hartford He married Mauld daughter and heyre of Iames S. Hillary she married after William Earle of Arundell and had issue Richard Earle of Clare and Hartford and others and died in the yeare 1174. Et portoit d'or trois cheurons de gueulles RIchard Earle of Clare and Hartford sonne of Roger aforesaid married Amicia second daughter and one of the heyres of William Earle of Glocester and had issue Gilbert Earle of Clare Hartford and Glocester and Ioane wife to Rice Grig Prince of Demiciae and dyed in the yeare 1218. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge Et portoit les armes de son pere ' GIlbert Earle of Clare and Hertford and Earle of Glocester by his Mother Amicia after the death of his two Aunts without issue He was a witnesse to King Henry the thirds Charter of Lands that he gaue in the 9. yeare of his Reigne to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Gilbert Earle of Clare Hertford and Glocester He married Isabell third sister and one of the heyres of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke and had issue Richard Earle of Clare Hertford and Glocester and William de Clare Isabell wife to Robert Bruse Amie wife to Baldwin Earle of Deuon and others He dyed at Penrose in Britaine as the Book of Teuksbury hath 1230. and lyeth there buried Et portoit d'or trois cheurons de gueulles RIchard de Clare the second Earle of Glocester sonne of Gilbert aforesaid married first Margaret daughter of Hugh de Burgo Earle of Kent but by her he had no issue His second wife was Mauld daughter of Iohn Lacy Earle of Lincolne and Constable of Chester by whom hee had issue as the booke of Teukesbury mentioneth Gilbert the second Earle of Glocester c. Thomas de Clare that was Steward of the Forrests in Essex Beâ—es Treasurer of Yorke Mynster Isabell a Nun at Barking Margaret Wife to Edmond Earle of Cornwall Rose Wife to Roger Lord Mowbray This Richard dyed at Fsmeresfield in Kent 1262. and lyeth buried at Teukesbury but others haue he dyed in France and was brought into England and buried at Teukesbury Et portoit les armes de son peré GIbert de Clare sur named the Red after the death of Richard his Father was Earle of Clare Hertford and the third Earle of Glocester of that sur-name Hee married two Wiues the first was Alice daughter of Hughle Brun Earle of Angolesme and the Marchesse of Aquitaine and had issue Isabell Wife to Morris Lord Berkley This Alice fell lunaticke and was diuorced from this Gilbert After which he tooke to wife Ioane sur-named of Acres daughter of King Edward the first with whom the saide Gilbert had neyther lands nor money but onely the Kings fauour which before he had lost for refusing to goe with him the said King to the aid of Guy Earle of
of Canterbury L. Chancellor of England Alice the eldest daughter was married to Thomas Holland Earle of Kent Elianor the second daughter dyed young Ioan the third daughter was married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford c. and Mary the fourth daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Strange of Blackmere This Richard dyed in the Castle of Arundell the 49. of King Edward the third and was buried in the Priory of Lewis Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'or at mé lampasse d'azur RIchard Fitz-Alan sonne of Richard aforesaid was the fourth Earle of Arundell and Surrey and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of William de Bohun Earle of Northampton and had issue three sonnes and foure daughters viz. Thomas Earle of Arundell and Surrey Richard and William dyed both yong without issue Elizabeth the eldest daughter was married to Thomas L. Mowbray Earle of Nottingham after to Sir Robert Gousell knight Ioan the second daughter was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Abergauenny Father of Richard Earle of Worcester Margaret the third daughter was married to Sir Rowland Lenthall knight and had issue Edward that dyed without issue Alice the fourth daughter was maried to Iohn Charlton Lord Powis and dyed without issue This Richard the fourth Earle of Arundell married to his second wife Phillip daughter of Edmond Mortimer Earle of March widow of Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbrooke and had issue Iohn that dyed yong This Richard with Thomas Duke of Glocester Thomas Earle of Warwicke and Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall and others combined and sware each to other against Robert Vere Duke of Ireland and Michael de la Pole Duke of Suffolke for abusing and misleading the King For which and some other causes King Richard the second obiected against them some of them were banished others condemned to perpetuall prisonment and this Richard beheaded at the Tower-hill by London whose body was buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London the 21. of King Richard the second Et portoit lez armes de son peré THomas Fitz-Alan sonne of the aforesaid Richard was restored in bloud the first yeare of King Henry the 4. and was the fift Earle of Arundel and Surrey of that name He maried Beatrix base daughter of Iohn king of Portingall in the Citty of London 1405. in the presence of King Henry the fourth but had no issue by reason whereof all his Lands pertaining and belonging to the Earldomeof Surrey was diuided and went amongst his sisters before mentioned and the Earldome of Arundell with the Lands thereunto belonging and intailed went to Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers son of Iohn Lord Maltreuers grandchild of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers and Elianor his wife sister and heyre of Henry Lord Maltreuers which last Iohn was Vnckle of this Thomas the fift Earle of Arundell who dyed in the yeare of our Lord God 1416. Et portoit gueulles au lion tampant d'or arme ' lampasse d'azur IOhn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers sonne of Iohn Lord Maltreuers granchilde and heire of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers and Elianor his wife sister and heyre of Henry Lord Maltreuers vpon whom as next heire male vnto Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell aforesaid the Castle and Seigneury of Arundell descended by vertue of the entaile formerly made by Richard Fitz-Alan the third Earle of Arundell in the 21. yeare of King Edward the third In right of which his possession of the said Castle and Lordship of Arundell the saide Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers by Petition in Parliament the 11. of King Henry the sixt pursued his claime to the Earledome of Arundell before set on foote by his Father Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers vpon the death of Thomas Fitz-Alan late Earle of Arundell alledging that all his Ancestours as well before as since the Conquest which had beene seized of the Castle Honor and Seigneury of Arundell had beene Earles of Arundell Vnto which Petition Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke appeared who as heire to Elizabeth second sister and co-heire of the foresaid Thomas Earle of Arundell from whom the saide Duke stood already possessed of the Earledome of Surrey made his claime likewise to the Earledome of Arundell Whereupon the King and the Lords then assembled in Parliament vpon a deliberate hearing of the matter approuing the aforesaid allegations of the Lord Maltreuers touching the Castle and Seigneury of Arundell and finding him accordingly to be by descent lawfully seized of the saide Castle and Seigneury of Arundell did by acte of Parliament declare the saide Iohn Lord Maltreuers to be without any other creation Earle of Arundell This Iohn married Mauld daughter and heire of Robert Louell and Elizabeth Brian his wife daughter and heyre of Sir Guy de Bryan the yonger and had issue Humfrey Fitz-Alan the seuenth Earle of Arundell Amicia married to Iames Boteler Earle of Ormond and Wiltshire He dyed in the thirteenth yeare of King Henry the sixt and was buried at Lewis in Sussex Milles page 656. setteth downe that King Henry the 6. by his Charter bearing date the 12. yeare of his Reigne did giue the Dukedome of Torraine to this Iohn and his heires male To this M. Camden in the Margent of this my Booke replieth and saith That true it is this Iohn had the profits of the said Dukedome giuen him but not the Title Name and Stile of Duke Which I meruaile greatly at considering that in his last Impression of his Britannia page 310. hee saies that this Iohn was created Duke of Torraine Which if he say truely then had he both the name stile of Duke Et portoit lez armoiries de sonperé HVmfrey Fitz-Alan after the death of his Father was the seuenth Earle of Arundell and dyed yong without issue in the sixteenth yeare of the Reigne of King Henry the sixt leauing William his Vnckle to succeed him in the Earledome of Arundell Et portoit guenlles au lyon rampant d'or armè lampasse d'azur WIlliam Fitz-Alan Vnckle and heyre of Humfrey aforesaide was the eight Earle of Arundell of that name and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter In this Williams time the 18. of king Henry the 6. there grew a question in Parliament for precedency of place betweene him and Thomas Earle of Deuonshire who alledged that the said William Earle of Arundell holding by the late creation as he supposed of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers in the 11. yeare of the fore-saide King ought not to haue priority of him whereupon the Acte of Parliament aforesaid concerning Iohn Earle of Arundell was had into consideration by the King and the Lords of the vpper house and the Lords Comitties after great consultation and perusall of Euidences as is there said did conclude that the saide William was not Earle by way of any late creation but was declared Earle of Arundell in as much as he was Lord and Heritor of the Castle Honour and Seigneury of Arundell and that the Name and Title of
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
he was generally accounted a man of singular vertue and vnto him was ioyned Edmond of Woodstocke Earle of Kent and Henry Plantagenet Earle of LaÌ„caster as assistants A Parliament being held at Northampton 1328 a dishonourable peace and marriage was made wherein the King by the directions of his Mother and this Roger Mortimer released to the Scots their homage fealty and seruice due to him for that kingdome and deliuered vp to them also the grand Charter called Ragman which vnder the hands and seales of their late King and of the Nobility of Scotland testified their tenure and subiection to the Kings of England This Roger in the fourth yeare of king Edward the third was taken at Nottingham Castle at midnight in Queene Isabell the Kings Mothers chamber with whom he had bene ouer familiar by William Lord Montague others and sent to the Tower of London and condemned of high treason at Westminster in presence of the whole Parliament and after drawne to the common Gallowes and there hanged two dayes and two nights and then taken downe and buried in the Grey-Fryars Church He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Peter Iamuile Lord of Mede Vaucolour and Trime in Ireland and had issue Edmond Mortimer knighted at the Coronation of King Edward the third with his Brother Sir Roger Mortimer and Geffrey Mortimer Lord of Cowich Iohn the fourth sonne of this Roger was slaine at a Iusting at Shrewsbury Katherine the eldest daughter was married to Thomas Beauchampe Earle of Warwick Ioane married to Iames Lord Audley Agnes married to Laurence Hastings Earle of Penbroke Margaret married to Thomas sonne and heyre of Maurice Lord Berkeley Mauld married to Sir Iohn Charlton Lord Powis Blanch wife to Peter Lord Grandison and Beatrix the seuenth daughter was married first to Edward sonne and heyre of Thomas of Brotherton Earle of Norfolke and after to Thomas Brews Et portoit barre d'or d'azur au chef palee les corners geronne à vn escuchon d'argent ROger Mortimer grand-childe to Roger Mortimer the first Earle of March aforesaid by his sonne Edmond was restored in the 29. yeare of king Edward the third to the Earldome of March and all other lands honours and possessions which his said Grand-Father was possessed of for that he was contrary to law as the Lawyers then saide put to death being neuer brought to answer which course of Iustice was vsed before at the triall of the Earles of Lancaster Winchester Glocester and Kent by the aduice of the said Roger and Queene Isabell This Roger was one of the first Founders of the Order of the Garter and married Phillip daughter of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury and had issue Roger Mortimer that dyed without issue before his Father and Edmond Mortimer that was the third Earle of March Margaret married to Robert Vere Earle of Oxford and Margery married to Iohn Lord Audley He dyed in Burgundy at a Towne called Roueray in the three and thirtieth yeare of King Edward the third and his body being brought into England was buried by his Auncestors at Wigmore Et portoit barre d'or d'azur au chef palee les corners geronne à vn escuchon d'argent EDmond Mortimer second sonne and heyre of Roger Mortimer the second Earle of March was after the death of his Father the third Earle of March and Lord of Wigmore He married Phillip daughter and onely heyre of Lionell of Antwerpe Duke of Clarence Earle of Wiltshire and Vlster Lord of Conaught and Trime in Ireland by whom he had issue Roger Mortimer the fourth Earle of March and Sir Edmond Mortimer knight that married the daughter of Owen Glendour Sir Iohn Mortimer knight the third sonne was beheaded for treason the third of king Henry the sixt Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Percy sur-named Hotspurre Philip first married to Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbroke and after to Richard Earle of Arundell and lastly to Iohn Lord S. Iohn and dyed without issue This Edmâ—nd recâ—â—ered from William Mountague Earle of Salisbury the Castle and honour of Denbeigh which king Edward the third had giuen before to Roger Mortimer Earle of March this Edmonds Grand-Father This Edmond died at Corke in Ireland the fift of king Richard the second and was buried at Wigmore Et portoit burelle de six pieces do'r ' d'azur au chef de la primier deux paletts entte deux base equites de la second sur le tout à vn escuchon d'argent ROger Mortimer after the death of Edmond his Father was the fourth Earle of March of that sur-name whom king Richard the second nominated for his successour in the kingdome of England 1387. being descended of the body of Philip onely daughter and heyre of Lionell Duke of Clarence third sonne of king Edward the third He married Elianor daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent Lord Wake and Duke of Surrey and sister and co-heyre of Thomas her brother by whom he had issue two sonnes and two daughters Edmond the first sonne was the fift Earle of March Roger the second sonne dyed young Anne was married to Richard of Coningsbourgh Earle of Cambridge sonne of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and Elianor married to Edward Courtney Earle of Deuonshire He was writ and stiled Earle of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore Trime Clare and Conaught and was slaine by the wilde Irish being then Lieutenant of the Kings Forces in Ireland in the two and twentieth yeare of King Richard the second and bare the Armes of his Father EDmond Mortimer sonne and heyre of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father the fift Earle of March and Vlster and Lord of Wigmore Trime Clare Conaught and married Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford and dyed without issue in the Castle of Trime in Ireland the third of King Henry the fixt and was buried at Stoke neere Clare leauing Richard Duke of Yorke his Nephew and heyre to succeed him Anne his widdow was after married to Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington Les armes de Mortimer RIchard Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard of Conesburgh Earle of Cambridge by Anne his wife sister co-heyre of Edmond Mortimer the fift Earle of March after the death of his Father and Edmond Mortimer his Vnckle did write himselfe Duke of Yorke Earle of Cambridge Vlster March and Rutland Lord of Wigmore and Clare He married Cecily daughter of Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Edward Earle of March after king by the name of king Edward the fourth and others as in the title of Yorke This Richard was slaine at the battaile of Wakefield 1460. and the 39. of king Henry the sixt Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre à bordure d'argent seme lyons rampant purpre EDward Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard Duke of Yorke aforesaid was after the death of his Father Earle of March and Vlster and Lord of Wigmore and Clare and lastly king of England by the
married first to Simon S. Lize who in his wiues right was after Earle of Northampton and after shee was married to Dauid sonne of Malcolme king of Scots Iudith the second daughter was married to Rafe de Toney sonne of Roger de Toney Baron of Flamsted Alice the third daughter was married to Robert Fitz-Richard Sewer to King Henry the first This Waltheof was beheaded at Winchester by commandement of William the first in the yeare 1075. and his body first buried without the walles of the said Towne and afterward remoued and interred in the Abbey of Crowland in Lincolneshire as more at large is set downe in the Title of Earles of Northumberland Et portoit d'argent au lyon rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles SImon S. Lize a Norman borne and sonne of one Randall le Rich had the Earledome of Northampton and the Hundred of Falkley giuen him by king William Ruphus He married Mauld the eldest daughter and one of the heyres of Waltheof Earle of Northumberland Huntington and Northampton and had issue as in the Title of Earles of Huntington is more at large He built the Castle of Northampton and hee with Mauld his wife in the sixt yeare of king Henry the first founded the Abbey of S. Andrew in Northampton This Simon after going to the Holy-Land to fight against the Sarrazans at his comming homewards dyed in the yeare 1152. in the Priory called Charity and there lyeth buried After his death king Henry the first gaue his widdow in marriage to Dauid brother of Alexander king of Scots By which marriage the saide Dauid obtained of King Henry the first to be Earle of Huntington during the minority of young Simon S. Lize sonne of this Simon and Mauld Et portoit party per pale endente d'argent de gueulles SImon S. Lize the second of that name after the death of his Father was Earle of Northampton and being very young at his Fathers death was committed to the custody of Earle Dauid who had married Mauld his Mother who sent him ouer Seas into Normandy to be nurtured broght vp where he serued in the wars Meane time Henry sonne of Earle Dauid his halfe brother by the Mother enioyed and carried the Title and Honour of Earle of Huntington And although this Simon did oftentimes sollicite King Henry the first by Petitions and other meanes to bee restored to the saide Earledome of Huntington his Mothers Inheritance yet could he neuer obtaine the same so long as King Henry liued After whose death and that Henry Earle of Huntington dyed also in the life time of Dauid his Father by whose meanes he had held the same this Simon obtained the said Earledome of Huntington and enioyed it quietly with the Earledome of Northampton by the fauour and good liking of King Stephen He married Isabell daughter of Robert Bellomont sur-named Crouch-backe Earle of Leicester and Chiefe-Iustice of England and had issue Simon S. Lize the third of that name Earle of Northampton Amicia and Hawis two daughters and dyed in the yeare 1152. Et portoit les armes de son peré SImon S. Lize the third of that name and the fourth Earle of Northampton and Huntington had great suites with the Scots for king Henry the second in the time of this Simons Wardship did giue the Earledome of Huntington to Malcolme king of Scots sonne of Earle Henry aforesaid and after his death William king of Scots brother of the saide Malcome had the same and resigned it to his younger brother Dauid who enioyed the same vntill William king of Scots and Robert Earle of Leicester with others sided with king Henry the second who then caused Richard de Lucy Chiefe-Iustice of England and William Marshall Earle of Penbroke to inuest this Simon S. Lize into that Earledome as the true heyre and by this meanes did Simon come to haue and enioy the said Earledome of Huntington by iudgement of the King and Peeres of the kingdome as of right belonging to him He married Alice daughter and heyre of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne and died without issue in the yeare of our Lord 1184. Et portoit party per pale endente d'argent de gueulles WIlliam de Bohun fourth sonne of Humfrey de Bohun the eight Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England was created Earle of Northampton in the 12. yeare of king Edward the third and Deputy for his Brother Humfrey for the Office of Constable of England the saide Humfrey being olde and vnfit to vse the same He married Elizabeth daughter of Bartholmew de Badelismere Baron of Leeds Castle in Kent and had issue Humfrey de Bohun the last of that Family and Name Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England after the death of his Father and Vnkle and Elizabeth married to Richard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and Surrey This William dyed before his elder brother Humfrey de Bohun the 9. Earle of Hereford Essex Constable of England in the yeare 1359. and was buried at Walden in Essex Et portoit d'azur fur le bande d'argent trois muletz de sable entre deux cottices six lyons rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the last of that name sonne and heyre of William Earle of Northampton his Father and Nephew and heyre of Humfrey de Bohun the 9. Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England In all which Titles and Honours he succeeded both his Father and Vnkle and married Ioane daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue onely two daughters his heyres Elianor the eldest was married to Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester by whom the Title of Northampton did descend to the Family of Staffords Mary the second daughter was married to Henry of Bullingbroke who in her right was created Duke of Hereford and after king of England by the name of king Henry the fourth This Humfrey dyed in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third and was buried by his Wife at Walden in Essex The Dukes of Buckingham from the 23. yeare of king Henry the sixt vntill the thirteenth of king Henry the eight did write and stile themselues Earles of Northampton and Hereford because they were descended of the eldest daughter and heyre of Humfrey de Bohun the tenth and last Earle of that Name and Family Et portois d'azur à la bande d'argent entre deux cottices six lyons rampant d'ot VVIlliam Parre Knight of the Garter sonne of Sir Thomas Par of Kirby Kendall knight was created Baron of Kendall the 9. of March in the 30. yeare of King Henry the 8. And in the 36. of the said kings Reigne he was created Earle of Essex in regard he had married Anne the daughter and heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex And lastly in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Marquesse of Northampton and writ in his Stile Earle of Essex Vicegerant great Chamberlaine of England Keeper of the
priuy Seale Chancellor of the Exchequer and Iustice of the Forrests Chases to the Riuer of Trent Northward He married three wiues the first was Anne daughter and onely heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex from whom hee was diuorced His second wife was Elizabeth daughter of George Brooke Lord Cobham And his third wife was Helen daughter of George Suaueburgh a Swedian borne but had no issue by any of them He dyed in the yeare 1571. and was buried at Warwicke leauing Anne his sister married to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke his heyre Et portoit d'argent deux barres d'azur à la bordure engresleé de sable HEnry Howard Esquire second sonne of Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded in Anno 1546 and brother of Thomas Howard the last Duke of Norfolke of that name was restored in blood by Queene Mary and by king Iames created Baron of Marnehill at the Tower of London the 13. day of March 1603 and the same day and time he was also created Earle of Northampton c. and died at his house by Charing-Crosse in the yeare 1614. His body was conueighed to Douer Castle and there buried without any solemnity Et portoit les armoiries de Howard à vec la cressant VVIlliam Lord Compton knight of the Bath sonne of Henry Compton knight who was made Baron Compton by writ the eight of May 1572. was created Earle of Northampton by king Iames at Salisbury the second day of August 1618. He married Elizabeth daughter and onely heyre of Sir Iohn Spencer knight sometime Alderman and Maior of London had issue Spencer Lord Compton knight of the Bath at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales 1616. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of NOTTINGHAM their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Ferrars sonne of William Earle Ferrars and of Margaret his wife daughter of William Peuerell Lord of Nottingham disinherited by king Henry the second 1155. for consenting to the poysoning of Randall Earle of Chester was made the first Earle of Nottingham in the life time of his Father and Mother He gaue lands to the church of S. Oswalds by the name of Robert Earle of Nottingham and after died without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Lenton Et portoit vaire d'or de gueulles IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Elizabeth his wife daughter heyre of Iohn Lord Segraue and Margaret his wife daughter and heire of Thomas of Brotherton was created Earle of Nottingham at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and after dyed at London without issue 1381. being but 18. yeares of age his Mother then being liuing After whose death king Richard bestowed the said Earledome of Nottingham vpon Thomas Mowbray this Iohns yonger brother who was after created Duke of Norfolke This Iohn was buried in the White-Fryars or Carmelites Fryars in London the sixt yeare of King Richard the second Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur THomas Lord Mowbray younger Brother of Iohn Lord Mowbray aforesaid was after his brothers death made Earle of Nottingham the sixt of Richard the second and by a Charter bearing date the 12. day of Ianuary the 9. of King Richard the second he had giuen him the name and honour of Earle Marshall of England to him and the heyres Male of his body Before which time they were but Lord Marshals And after in the 21. of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Norfolke permitted to beare the Armes of S. Edward the Confessor impaled with the Armes of the Marshalshippe of England viz. Per pale d'or vert an lyon rampant Gueulles After al which fauours king Richard the second banished this Thomas with Henry of Lancaster Duke of Hereford Vpon which he tooke such exceeding griefe that he dyed at Venice and was buried there in the Abbey of S. George in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth He married Elizabeth sister and one of the co-heyres of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue Thomas Iohn both Earles of Nottingham and Dukes of Norfolke Isabell married to Sir Iames Berkeley knight and Margaret married to Sir Robert Howard knight He writ in his stile Thomas Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Mowbray Segraue Bruse of Gower and Stuteuile Et portoit les armes de son peré THomas Mowbray after the death of Thomas his Father in banishment at Venice was Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England He married Lady Constance daughter of Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester but by her had no issue He was after accused and found guilty of high treason and for the same was beheaded with Richard Scrope Arch-Bishop of Yorke in the sixt yeare of king Henry the 4. and his body was buried at Yorke Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray second brother of Thomas Mowbray beheaded at Yorke was Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England and in the fourth yeare of king Henry the sixt he was created Duke of Norfolke He married Katherine daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland had issue Iohn Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower c. and dyed at his Mannor of Epleworth in the Isle of Axholme and was buried in the Abbey or House of Carthusians there in the yeare 1432. Et portoit les armoiries de son frere IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne of Iohn aforesaid was after the death of his Father Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower He married Elianor daughter of William Lord Bourchier and sister of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex by whom he had issue Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey and after Duke of Norfolke and dyed in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth 1461. and lyeth buried at Thetford Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn and Elianor Bourchier in the life time of his Father was created Earle Warren and Surrey by king Henry the sixt after the death of his Father he was Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and of Gower He married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Talbot first Earle of Shrewsbury of that name and had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Anne married to Richard Duke of Yorke second sonne of king Edward the fourth who dyed both without issue leauing all the Mowbrayes lands and liuings to be diuided betweene the two Families of Howards and Berkleys He dyed at Framingham Castle in the yeare 1475. and was buried with his Auncestors at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam Lord Berkley of Berkley Castle in
Iohn Duke of Northūberland who were both beheaded without issue Katherine the second daughter was married to Henry Lord Herbert from whom against her will she was diuorced Mary married to Martyn Kayes of Kent Esquire and dyed without issue This Henry Grey Duke of Suffolke was beheaded at Tower Hill the 23. of February in the first yeare of Queene Mary 1554. Et portoit burelle de six d'argent d'azur trois torteaux à lambell d'ermyn THomas Lord Howard second sonne of Thomas Howard late Duke of Norfolke and of Margaret his second Wife daughter and onely heyre of Thomas Lord Andley of Walden Lord Chancellor of England was by Summons of writ to the Parliament made Lord Howard of Walden he was Lord Chamberlaine to Queene Elizabeth and King Iames and knight of the Garter and after created Earle of Suffolke at Hampton Court on Thursday the 21. of Iuly 1603. and lastly made Lord Treasurer of England He married Katherine eldest daughter and one of the co-heyres of Sir Henry Knyuet of Chorlton in Wiltshire knight by whom he had issue Theophilus Lord Walden Sir Thomas Howard knight of the Bath Henry Howard Charles Howard Robert Howard William Howard and Sir Edward Howard all knights of the Bath Iohn the 7. sonne dyed yong Elizabeth the eldest daughter was married to William Lord Knolles of Greyes and Viscount Wallingford Francis second daughter wife to Robert Carre Earle of Somerset and Katherine the third daughter was married to William Cecill now Earle of Salisbury 1618. Margaret the fourth daughter dyed young and was buried at Walden in Essex Et portoit gueulles à la band entre six croix au pied fiche d'argent à croissant sable pur la difference A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Somerset their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Mohun or Moun the 3. of that name from the Norman Conquest grand-childe to William de Moun surnamed Sapell Lord of Dunster Castle in Somersetshire by his sonne William was made Earle of Somerset by King Henry the first and by that name and title did found the Priory and Conuent of S. Maries of Brinton gaue to the Cannons Regular of the same diuers Lands for their maintenance To which his Charter are witnesses William de Moyn his Son Henry Iuwe William de Brinton Hugh de Punchardon and others This William as Mathew Paris hath in the yeare 1138. did keepe and fortefie his Castle of Dunster against K. Stephen and William Talbot kept the Castle of Hereford William Louell the Castle of Ludlow and William Fitz-Alan the Castle of Salopesbury on the part of Mauld the Empresse and Henry Duke of Normandy her sonne This William de Moun Earle of Somerset married Luce daughter of _____ and had issue William de Mohun Lord of Dunster and Oodecombe Muneth and Culueton in Somersetshire Et portoit guculles au Manch mal taile d'ermyn le maine propre tenant à la flour de liz d'or REginald de Mohun Lord of Dunster sonne and heyre of Reginald de Mohun Lord of Dunster grand-childe of William de Mohun Earle of Somerset by his sonne William was the second and last Earle of Somerses of that Family did by that Name Title giue his Mannor of Aexministre with the appurtenances to found the Abbey of Newham To which his gift are witnesses Richard Earle of Cornwall the Kings brother Simon Earle of Leicester Henry Earle of Oxford Iohn Fitz-Geffrey Ran-Fitz-Hubert Hugh Tracy Hugh Peuerell of Ermington William Malherbe knights and others Prima pars Patent Anno 14 Edw. 3 m. 33. He married Isabell daughter of William Earle Ferrars and Derby co-heyre of her Mother Sibell sister and co-heyre of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke by whom he had issue Iohn de Mohun Lord of Dunster c. This Reginald lost his Title of Earle in siding with the Barons against king Henry the third and dyed in the 43. yeare of the said Kings Reigne and was buried in the Abbey of Newham Et portoit les armoiries de son peré gueulles au Manch mail taile d'ermyn le maine propre tenant à la flour de liz d'or IOhn sur-named Beaufort of Beaufort in France which came to the house of Lancaster by Blanch of Arthois wife to Edmond first Earle of Lancaster sonne of Iohn of Gaunt D. of Lancaster begotten of Ratherine Swinford before marriage who with his brothers and sisters were made legitimate by Acte of Parliament in the 21. yeare of king Richard the second and in the yeare 1396. he was made Earle of Somerset and the yeare after Marquesse Dorset from which king Henry the fourth depriued him leauing him onely Earle of Somerset He maried Margaret daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and sister and co-heyre of Edmond Earle of Kent by whom he had issue Henry Earle of Somerset that dyed young without issue and Iohn who by king Henry the fift was created the first Duke of Somerset and had issue one onely daughter named Margaret Mother to king Henry the seuenth Edmond the third sonne succeeded his Brother Iohn in the Dukedome of Somerset and was slaine at the first battaile of S. Albons Ioane the eldest daughter of this Iohn Beaufort was married to Iames the first king of Scots and Margaret the second daughter was married to Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuon He dyed in the eleuenth yeare of king Henry the fourth and was buried on the North side of Thomas Beckets Shrine at Canterbury Et portoit France seme escartellé d'engleterre au bordur gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn Beaufort sonne of Iohn Earle of Somerset and grand-childe to Iohn of Gaunt after the death of his Father and his elder Brother Henry Earle of Somerset was created the first Duke of Somerset in the 21. yeare of king Henry the 6. He was taken prisoner before by the Duke of Orliance at Bangie-Bridge in France the ninth of the saide Kings Reigne and deliuered vpon ransome He married Margaret daughter of Sir Iohn Beauchampe of Bletso knight and sister heire of Iohn her Brother by whom he had issue one only daughter and heyre named Margaret who by Edmond of Hadham Earle of Richmond her husband had issue king Henry the seuenth Milles pag. 398. saith Edmond Beauford brother of this Iohn succeeded him in his Dukedome of Somerset which was thought to be a great preiudice to Margaret this Iohns daughter and heyre if according to the olde custome when the male issue fayleth the titles honours and dignities should not depend vpon the pleasure of the King to distribute the same to who he pleaseth The which in a word I answer thus That if King Henry the fift did giue the Dukedome of Somerset to Iohn the Father of this Margaret his heyres male as he did and as commonly all Kings vse to doe when they giue the like honours This Iohn dying without issue male what wrong doth the King to any in giuing his owne to whom and
but dyed the third of King Henry the fift without any issue at all Neither was there euer any such Hugh Audley that euer married anie such Woman Mil. pag. 347.  RObert base son of King Henrie the first was the first Earle of Glocester and married Mabell Daughter of Robert Fitz Hamon and Sibel his Wife daughter of Robert de Belesmo Earle of Shrewsbury RObert Fitz-Haman neuer married any Sibill daughter of Robert de Belesmo For Robert de Belesmo had his eyes put out and dyed in the Castle of Kardiffe in Wales without any issue And for Mabell the daughter of Robert Fitz-Hamon shee neuer married Nigell Lord Mowbray for that Mabell he married was daughter and co-heyre of William Fitz Patrich Earle of Salisbury who had giuen her in Marriage the Mannor of Bansted in Surrey as is manifested by the said Grant After this Roberts death Mabell his Wife married Nigell Lord and Baron of Mowbray  Milles pag. 359  ISabell daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Hertford married William L. Bruse of Gower in Wales THis Isabell married Robert Brus of Annanderdale in Scotland and not William Bruse of Wales and so both the man and the matter quite mistaken Milles pag. 369.  ISabel daughter of William king of Scots married Robert Lord Ros of Hamlake Father of Robert Lord Ros father of William Lord Ros Competitor for the crown of Scotland RObert Lord Ros that married Isabell daughter of William King of Scots had issue William L. Ros who had issue Robert Lord Ros of Hamlake Father of another William that was one of the Competitors for the Crowne of Scotland So the the first William L. Ros is quite left out and by that means the second Robert is left without a father Mil. pag. 507.  RObert de Valonijs Lord of Orford married Cicely sister of William Blound and had issue Cicely de Valoniis wife to Robert Vfford steward of the houshold to King Edward the second RObert de Valoniis which marryed the Sister of William Blound had issue a sonne Robert who was Father of Cicely de Valoniis wife to Robert Vfford So that the right Father of Cicely Valonijs that married Robert Vfford is quite left out and not once mentioned and Robert de Valonijs Cicely Blound who was her Grand-father and Grand mother made to be her father mother Milles pag. 528.  MArgaret daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich Knight and sister and heyre of Thomas Norwich was wife to Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke THis Margaret was Sister of Sir Walter Norwich Knight and Aunt and heyre to Iohn Norwich son of the sayde Sir Walter So that this discent is out of ioynt and greatly mistaken Mil. pag. 529.  RIchard Plantaginet sonne of King Iohn was created Earle of Cornwal in the yeare 1227. and died at Barkhamsted being very old in the yeare 1572. NOw surely I haue not read of any so olde since Christs time For by this accompt of 1227. and 1572. this Richard liued after his being Earl 345. yeares And then was hee a verie olde man indeed Mil. pag. 552.  RRobert Sackuile eldest son of Thomas was after his Father Earle of Dorset by Lady Margaret Howard sole Daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolke HOw this Robert Sackuile could be Earle of Dorset by Lady Margaret Howard his Wife is more then by my Bookes I can find considering his father was created Earle of Dorset to him and his heires male Mil. pag. 413.  ALan sur-named the redde or Fergant Earle of little Britaine married the daughter of Fulke Rechin Earle of Anioy and had issue Howell disinherited Bertha maried to Eudo Earle of Porhet and Constance wife to Geffrey sonne of Iuhell HEre is Howell Bertha Constance made to be Children to Alan Fargant when as they were the children of Conanle Grosse Earle of Britaine and so they fathered vpon a wrong father Milles pag. 588 589.  WIlliam the first Earle Warren Surrey married Gundred daughter of William Conqueror and had issue William and Reginald who marryed Adeliza Ladie of Wirmingay in Norfolk and had issue William de Warren  WIlliam the second Earle Warren and Surrey sonne of William the first married Isabel daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois and had yssue William the third Earle Warren Reginald de Warren who married Adeliza daughter of William de Wormegay and had issue William REginald de Warren mentioned in this place is made to haue two seuerall Fathers and Mothers as by this aforesaid it may appeare but the first is false His true Father was William the second Earle Warren and his mother was Isabel Sister of Rafe de Peronne Earle of Vermandois Mil. pag. 616 617 618 619.  WIlliam the third Earle of Arundell and Sussex maried Mabel sister and Coheire of Hugh Meschines surnamed Blundeuile the last Earle of Chester of that Family THere was neuer any Hugh Meschines Earle of Chester surnamed Blundeuile nor any Mabell his Sister But the trueth is there was a Mabell which was Sister and Co-heire of Randoll Blundeuile Earle of Chester Mil. pag. 642 643.  ISabell second Sister and Co-heyre of Hugh Earle of Arundell and Sussex married Iohn Fitz Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldtre by whose right the Castle and honour of Arundell came to the Fitz Alans Their sonne Iohn Fitz Alan was Father of Richard first Earle of Arundel of that Family IT is true that this Isabell married Iohn Fitz Alan and had issue Iohn who by Mauld Verdon his wife had issue a third Iohn who marryed Isabell Mortimer and had yssue Richard the first Earle of Arundel which thirde Iohn is omitted and so the sayde Richards Grandfather made to be his father Mil. pag. 643.  HEnry Percy the ninth Earle of Northumberland Lord Percy Lucy Poynings Fitz-Payne and Brian and in his mothers right Lord Latymer HOw this Henry Earl of Northumberland can be Lord Latymer in right of his Mother is more then by my reading I could euer finde any proofe for Milles pag. 734. For I take it that all Daughters and heyrs of a Baron by Writ be they neuer so many are all interessed alike by their birth to their Fathers Dignitie which Dignity by no meanes can bee diuided therefore lost when there is more Daughters then one and to reuert to the King frō whence it came to bestow vppon which daughter hee will or other stranger whomsoeuer it shall please him LOra daughter of William Bruse Baron of Brecknocke wife vnto Robert Fitz Pernell Earle of Leicester and Sister of that William Bruse who was commonly called Earle of Brember Castle in Sussex Lord of Brecknock and Abergauenny she left siue daughters her heirs Isabel Ela Mauld Eua and Eleanor IT is true that this Lora did marry Robert Fitz Pernel Earle of Leicester But that she had fiue daughters is very vntrue for the saide Robert died without yssue And those fiue Daughters heere mentioned
vnto which Isabell the Castle and Honour of Arundell fell by partition Some late Writers haue set downe that in respect the Family of Fitz-Alans had the Castle of Arundell they were Earles of Arundell which to me is very strange that a dead Stone or Castle made of Stones and Timber can giue an honour title of dignity to a liuing creature But this is contradicted and proued vntrue by many examples where Noblemen haue solde the place whereof their Title of Honour was and yet notwithstanding both they and their heyres haue retained their titles of honour still and can it be better manifested then in this very Family of Fitz-Alans For had not this Richards Father his Grand-father and great Grand-father all three Iohns the possession of the Castle of Arundell with the appurtenances and yet neuer any of them earles therof c. This Richard married Alison daughter of the Marquesse of Saluce in Italy and had issue Edmond Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell beheaded at Hereford 1326. as is more at large in the Title of Earles of Arundell He dyed in the 30. yeare of King Edward the first 1301. Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampani d'or armé lampasse d'azur RObert Radcliffe sonne of Iohn Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter was Knight of the Garter Lord Fitz-Walter Egrement and Burnell and after created Viscount Fitz-Walter at Bridewell the 18. of Iune in the 17. yeare of King Henry the eight and the 8. of December in the 21. yeare of the saide Kings reigne he was created at White-Hall Earle of Sussex He married three wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham by whom he had issue Henry Lord Fitz-Walter Sir Humfrey Radcliffe of Elstow knight and George Radcliffe third sonne His second wife was Margaret sister of Edward Earle of Derby by whom he had issue Anne wife to Thomas Lord Wharton and Iane married to Sir Anthony Browne Viscount Mountague His third wife was Mary daughter of Sir Iohn Arundell of Cornwall knight by whom he had issue Sir Iohn Radcliffe knight who dyed without issue in the yeare 1566. and was buried in S. Olaues in Hartstreete in London This Earle Robert dyed at Chelsey the 28. of Nouember 1542 the 34. of King Henry the eight Et portoit d'argent à la bande engresley de sable HEnry Radcliffe sonne and heyre of Robert aforesaid after the death of his Father was Earle of Sussex Viscount Fitz-Waâ—ter Lord Egremont and Burnell and knight of the Garter married two wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke by whom he had issue Thomas the third Earle of Sussex of this Family and Henry the fourth Earle of Sussex and Francis His second wife was Anne daughter of Sir Philip Calthorp knight by whom he had issue Egremont Radcliffe attainted of treason Mary married to Sir Thomas Mildmey of Essex knight This Henry dyed in the fourth yeare of Queene Mary 1557. and was buried in S. Laurence Poultneys Church neere London-Stone in London Et portoit les armes de son peré D'argent à la bande engresley de sable THomas Radcliffe sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Sussex Viscount Fitz-Walter Lord Egremont Burnell and Knight of the Garter Lord Chamberlaine of the Houshold to Queene Elizabeth and Iustice of Eyre of all the Forrests and Parkes beyond the Trent He married two wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Wriothesley Earle of Southampton by whom he had issue Henry and Robert that dyed young without issue His second wife was Frances daughter of Sir William Sidney knight and sister of Sir Henry Sianey knight of the Garter He dyed without issue at his house at Bermondsey in Southwarke the 9. of Iune 1583. and was very honourably carried through London to New Hall in Essex and there buried with a Hearse and the Officers of Armes giuing their attendance the 9. of Iuly after Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Radcliffe second sonne of Henry the second Earle of Sussex and brother and heyre of Thomas the third Earle of Sussex was after the death of his brother the fourth Earle of Sussex of his Family Viscount Fitz-Walter Lord Egremont and Burnell Knight of the Garter and Captaine of Ports-mouth married Honora daughter and heyre of Anthony Pound of Hampshire Esquire and had issue Robert Radcliffe the fift Earle of Sussex He dyed in the yeare 1593. Et portoit d'argent à la bande engreslee de sable RObert Radcliffe sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaid was after the death of his Father the fift Earle of Sussex of that Family Viscount Fitz-Walter Lord Egremont and Burnell and knight of the Garter 1618. Hee married Bridget daughter of Sir Charles Morison knight by whom hee had issue Henry Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter who married Iane daughter of Sir Michaell Stanhop knight Thomas Radcliffe second sonne Elizabeth wife to Sir Iohn Ramsey Viscount Hadington and Honora Radcliffe Et portoir d'argent à la band engreslee de sable A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Surrey their Armes Wiues and Children Donaui c. pro salute Domini mei Willielmi Regis qui me in Angliam adduxit pro salute Dominae meae Matildis Reginae matris vxoris meae prosalute Domini mei Willielmi Regis fillij sui post cuius aduentum in Anglicam terram hanc Chartam feci qui me Comitem Surregiae fecit c. To this will I adde this taken out of the Originall booke of Lewis which I hope will ende this Controuersie and cleare the doubt Willielmus de Warren primus Comes Surrey et fundator Ecclesiae Lewensis diem suum clausit extremum viij Kal. Iulij Anno gratiae 1088. et fundationis Ecclesiae praedictae xi et A conquestu xxiij Iste primo non vocabitur nisi solummodo Willielmus de Waren postea vero processu temporis a Willielmo Rege et Conquestore Angliae cuius filiam disponsauit plurimum Honoratus est atque comes Surrey factus et appellatus est Iste iacet in Capello Lewensis iuxta Domina Gundradam Comitissam suam et filiam praedicti Regis Conquestoris c. By this it is manifestly proued that William the Conqueror and not William Ruphus did create and make this William de Warren the first Earle of Surrey Also it is to be remembred that the Countesse Gundred died three yeares before her Husband and two yeares before her Father and how could she then haue the Title and Name of Countesse vnlesse her Husband had beene an Earle before she dyed in William Conquerors time Et portoit Eschequetteé d'or d'azur Et portoit les armes de son peré Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoir de gueulles à trois palz de vair au chef d'or charge de vn Aigle de gueulles membrez becquez d'azur Et portoit semé de France à la bordure