THomas Lord Spencer great grand-childe to Hugh Lord Spencer the younger and Elianor his wfe eldest sister co-heyre of Gilbert de Clare the last Earle of Glocester aforesaid was created Earle of Glocester in the 21. yeare of king Richard the second and in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth he was deposed by Acte of Parliament from the title and dignity of Earle of Glocester and was behâ—ded at Bristoll 1400. He married Constance daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and had issue Richard Lord Spencer that dyed without issue the Kings Ward and two daughters Elizabeth that dyed yong at Caerdiffe in South Wales Isabell who was borne 7. months after her Fathers death was twice maried first to Richard Beauchamp Earle of Worcester and Lord of Abergauenny by whom she had issue Elizabeth her second husband was Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwick cousin-germane to her other husband by whom she had issue Henry Duke of Warwicke Et portoit d'argent escartelle gueulles frette d'or au baston de sable brochant sur le tout HVmsrey Plantagenet fourth sonne of king Henry the 4. was at a Parliament held at Westminster the second of king Henry the fift created first Earle of Pembroke and after Duke of Glocester and in the first yeare of King Henry the sixt he was by Parliament made Protector of England during the Kings minority which was fifteene yeares and writ in his Stile Humfrey Duke of Gocester Earle of Henault Holland Zealand and Penbroke Lord of Frisia great Chamberleine of England and Defender of the Realme of England He married two wiues the first was Iaquet daughter sole heyre of William Duke of Bauaria Holland the then wife of Iohn Duke of Brabant from whom hee was diuorced hauing no issue by her his second wife was Elianor daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterburgh in Surrey who long before had bene his Paramore by whom he had no lawfull issue After at a Parliament held at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke 1446. he was arrested of high Treason within few dayes after he was found strangled to death in the Abbey of Bury by the procurement of the Marquesse of Suffolke He builded the Diuinity Schoole in Oxford and his Mannour house of Greinwich and embattelled the same Hee had issue a base daughter named Antigone wife to Henry Grey Earle of Tankeruill his body was conuayed to the Abbey of S. Albons and there buried Et portoit France semé escartelle D'engleterre à la bordure d'argent RIchard Plantagenet fourth sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother to king Edward the fourth was by his said Brother in the first yeare of his Reigne created D. of Glocester To this Richard was the gouernment committed of king Edward the fourths two sonnes K. Edw. the 5. Richard Duke of Yorke whom hee caused most vnnaturally to be murdred in the Tower of London after whose death he vsurped the Crowne and Kingdome in the yeare 1464. and was stiled king Richard the third Hee married Anne daughter and co-heire of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury widdow of Edward Prince of Wales slaine at Tewkesbury and was after slaine at Bosworth field by King Henry the seuenth the 22. of August 1485. leauing no issue to succeed him Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre au lambell de hermines charge au trois cantons de gueulles EDward Seymour Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter was created Viscount Beauchampe the 28. of king Henry the eight and in the yeare after he was created Earle of Hartford which Earledome and the Title of Dignity had slept from the death of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford And in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt he was made Duke of Somerset as in the title of Somerset is more at large Et portoit gueulles à deux volz de L'aigle en L'eurre d'or EDward Seymour sonne of Edward Duke of Somerset aforesaid was by Queene Elizabeth in the first yeare of her Reigne restored and created Earle of Hartford and is now liuing 1618. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Hereford their Armes Wiues and Children RAlphe de Maunt Earle of Hereford in Edward the Confessours time and William the Conquerors who being sent to encounter Algar Earle of Leicester then a banished man and returned into England fled very cowardly from his forces in Herefordshire leauing his Country Citty of Hereford to the mercy of the kings enemies in the yeare 1055. For which cause William Conqueror degraded him and tooke from him his Earledome of Hereford He dyed and was buried at Peter-borow WIlliam Fitz-Osborne Earle of Breteuile in Normandy son Osberne de Crepon by Albreda his wife daughter of Ralphe Earle of Iuery whose grand-father Herfast us the Dane was brother to Gonora wife of Richard the first D. of Normandy great grand-mother to William Conquerour This William came into England with the saide Conquerour and was the chiefe man that perswaded him to vndertake the Conquest of England for the which and his good seruice the said Conqueror made him Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1068. and Marshall and Lord Steward of England and in the kings absence in France the said William was made Vice-Roy and Gouernor in England He married Adelice daughter of Roger Tonny Standard-bearer of Normandy by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters William the eldest sonne succeeded his Father in all his honours and possessions in Normandy and Roger the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle of Hereford and had all his Fathers lands in England Roald the third sonne was a Monke Emme the eldest daughter was wife to Ralphe de Waiet a Saxon and Earle of the East Angles that is Norfolke Suffolke and Cambridgeshire Itta the second daughter was wife to Robert Bellemont Earle of Leicester This William Fitz-Osberne was slaine as some haue at Kerdiffe in South Wales Others say in the warres in Planders taking part with Arnold Earle of Flanders in the yeare 1072. and William Gemiticensis hath that he was buried in the Monastery of Cormelias which was of his Foundation Et portoit de gueulles au bande d'argent sur le tout an face d'or ROger de Breteuile second sonne of William Fitz-Osberne was after the death of his Father Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1072. He made and concluded the marriage betweene Emma his sister and Ralphe de Wayet at which marriage the greatest part of the Nobility were present and there conspired together to turne out William the Conqueror againe Waltheof Earle of Huntington son of Siward Earle of Northumberland being one of them tooke shipping and went into Normandy and there reuealed the whole matter to the said King William committing himselfe wholly to his mercy But this Roger continuing in his intended conspiracy was taken prisoner by Vrso de Abtot Shirieffe of Worcestershire and others and being brought to his tryall by his
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
Flanders against the French King 1287. He had issue by his last wife Ioane Iohn that dyed young leauing his three sisters his heires Elianor wife to Hugh Lord Spencer Elizabeth first married to Iohn Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland and after to Theobald Lord Verdon lastly to Sir Roger Damory Baron of Armoy in Ireland Margaret the 3. daughter was first maried to Peter or Pieres of Gaueston Earle of Cornwall after to Hugh Lord Audley the yonger who after was Earle of Glocester This Gilbert dyed in Wales 1295. and was buried at Teukesbury After the death of this Gilbert the Title of Clare fell to the Crowne which after King Edward the 3. bestowed that Title on Lyonell his sonne Et portoit d'or au trois cheurons de gueulles LYonell sur named of Antwerpe the place of his birth third sonne of King Edward the third was created Earle of Wiltshire in the 26. yeare of his Fathers Reigne and in the 36. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Clarence He married to his first wife Elizabeth daughter and heyre of William Burgh Earle of Vlster and had issue Phillip his onely childe married to Edmond Mortuomary Earle of March and Vlster and to his second wife he married Violenta daughter of Galeas Viscount of Millayne and sister to Iohn Galeas first Duke of Millaine in whose right the State and Lords of Italy did fully determine to crowne him King of Italy but halfe a yeare before the time appointed he dyed at Venice 1368. and was there buried hauing no issue by his last Wife Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartellé au lambell d'argent en chescun point au Canton de gueulles THomas Plantagenet second sonne of King Henry the fourth and brother to King Henry the fift was created Earle of Albemarle and Duke of Clarence in the yeare 1411. He was also Lord Steward of England and Constable of the Kings Hoste and Lieutenant Generall of his Army in France and Normandy He was also President of the Kings Counsell after Prince Henry his brother was dismissed that Office for striking the Lord Chiefe-Iustice and after was slaine at the battaile of Bangy by the Duke of Alanson and the treachery of Andrew Forgusa a Lumbard whom hee ouermuch trusted and with him was slaine the Earles of Tankeruile Sir Gilbert Vmfreuile the Earle of Kent and the Lord Ros and the Earles of Somerset Suffolke and Perch with the Lord Fitz-Walter were taken prisoners the 9. of King Henry the fift leauing no issue of his body and was buried in Christ Church in Canterbury Et portoit France semé escartellé D'engleterre au lambell d'argent chargé de trois cantons de gueulles GEorge Plantagenet borne at Dublyn in Ireland third Son of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother to King Edward the 4. was created Duke of Clarence 1461. and after the death of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke his Wiues Father he writ himselfe George Duke of Clarence Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury Lord of Richmond great Chamberlaine of England Hee married Isabell eldest daughter and co-heyre of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury aforesaide and had issue Edward commonly called Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue being beheaded in the Tower of London the 15. of King Henry the 7. and Margaret Countesse of Salisbury who was wife to Sir Richard Pole Knight Father of Henry Lord Montague and Reginald Pole Cardinall which Margaret was also beheaded in the 33. yeare of King Henry the eight This George was secretly murdered in the Tower of London 1477. and was buried at Teukesbury Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Arundell with their Armes Wiues and Children ROger Montgomery Earle of Belesmo in Normandy sonne of Hugh Montgomery and Sibell his wife daughter of Herfastus the Dane brother of Gonor wife of Richard the first Duke of Normandy of that name came into England with William the Conqueror vnto whom the saide William did giue for his good seruice the Earledomes of Arundell and Shrewsbury He married Mabiria daughter and heyre of William Taluays with whom he had all her Fathers Inheritance as William Gemiticensis hath page 686 and had issue fiue sonnes and foure daughters viz. Hugh and Robert both Earles of Arundell and Shrewsbury Roger the third sonne surnamed Pictauensis was Lord of the Honour of Lancaster Arnulph the fourth sonne was Castle-keeper of Penbrooke and Philip was the fift sonne His daughters were Emma Matilda the second daughter was married vnto Robert Earle of Moretaigne Mahell was the third daughter and Sibell the fourth daughter was maried vnto Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Glamorgan in South-Wales which Robert founded or re-edified the Monastery of Tewkesbury This Earle Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Gouernor to his sonne William Rufus and was after slaine at Cairdiffe in South-Wales 1091. and was buried in the Abbey at Shrewsbury which before he had founded HVgh de Belismo sonne and heyre of Roger aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Arundell and Shrewsbury and was slaine at Anglesey in North-Wales 1098 by Magnus a Pirate of the Isles of Orcades with the shot of an Arrowe which strooke him in the eye He dyed without issue was buried by his Father in the Abbey at Shrewsbury I finde no Armes borne by him RObert de Belismo after the death of Hugh his Brother was the third Earle of Arundell and Shrewsbury who entring into rebellion manned and fortified his Castle of Arundell against King Henry the first 1103. and was by the said King banished England and his Castle and Honour of Arundell giuen in dower to Queene Adeliza the Wife of King Henry the first And after being taken at the battaile of Trenchbray in Normandy with Robert Courtoise Duke of Normandy were both brought into England imprisoned in the Castle of Cairdiffe where they had their eyes put out remained prisoners during their liues as in the title of Shrewsbury is more at large WIlliam de Albeneio sonne of William de Albeneio who came into England with William the Conqueror and had giuen him the Castle of Bockenham and the Mannor of Wymondham in Norfolke to hold of the King to him and his heires to be the Kings Butlers at their Coronations He was after Earle of Chichester in the 19. yeare of King Stephen as doth appeare by the Charter of King Stephen of the pacification of the troubles betwixt him and Henry Duke of Normandy Holinshed page 63. and diuers other the said Williams owne Charters He married Queene Adeliza the widow of King Henry the first and daughter of Godfrey Duke of Loraine with whom he had the Castle and Honor of Arundell being her dower which Mauld the Empresse afterwards proclaimed him Earle thereof which title it is said that King Henry the second confirmed to the saide William and his heyres in the first yeare of his Reigne This William with Reginald de
England but the youngest who was first married vnto William de Romare Earle of Lincolne and after to Peter de Brus who dyed in the Holy-Land in the sixe and twentieth yeare of King Henry the first Et portoit Gueulles a vn Croix patee vaire VVIlliam surnamed le Gros sonne of Stephen was after the death of his father Earle of Abemarle and Lord of Holdernesse he married Cicely daughter of William Fitz Duncan sonne of Malcolme King of Scots by Alice de Rumely Lady of Harwood with whom he had in marriage the Honour and Lands of Crauen in Yorkeshire and had issue Hawis his onely daughter and heire first married to William de Magnauile Earle of Essex and after to William de Fortibus or de Forts Baron of Olem by whom she had issue William de Forts Earl of Albemarle father of Aueline wife of Edmond first earle of Lancaster sonne of King Henry the third lastly the said Hawis married Baldwin de Betun This William le Grosse founded the Abbey of Melsa Anno one thousand one hundred and fiftie and dyed the seauen and twentieth yeare of King Henry the second and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton which was of his owne foundation Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' VVIlliam Magnauile Earle of Essex and Lord of Plesse and in right of Hawis his wife daughter and heire of William le Grosse was also Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse in the yeare of our Lord one thousand one hundred seuenty and nine and died at Roane in the second yeare of King Richard the first without issue Et portoit escartelle d'or gueulles WIlliam de Fortibus Baron of Olem second husband vnto Hawis Countesse of Albemarle Daughter and heire of William le Grosse in whose right he was Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse by whom hee had issue William Earle of Albemarle father of Aueline wife of Edmond Earle of Lancaster This William de Forts by the name of Earle of Albemarle in the sixt yeare of the reigne of King Richard the first was a witnesse to the saide Kings Charter of Lands that hee gaue to Reginald de Argentyne and died in the seuenth yeare of King Richard the first Et portoit d'argent au le chef d'gueulles BAldwine de Betun by consent of King Richard the firâ—â— married and was the third husband to Hawis Counteâ— of Albemarle Daughter of William le Grosse in whose right 〈◊〉 was Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse by whoâ— he had issue one only daughter his heire named Hawis whiâ—â— was married to William sonne and heire of William Marshâ—â— Earle of Penbrooke and died without issue Maister Lambert in his Perambulation of Kent page 533. saith That this Baâ—â—â— wine de Betun liued and was a Testie in the seauenth yeare 〈◊〉 King Iohn and therefore I holde him the third husband to Hawis Countesse of Albemarle and not the second as Maâ—ster Camden and Maister Milles haue set him downe to be her other two hâ—â—bands being dead long before This Baldwine dyed in the thirteenth yeare oâ— King Iohn and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux whereof he was the Founder Et portoit d'argent bande de six d'argent de gueulles au chef d'or WIlliam de Fortibus sonne of William de Forts by Haâ—â— Countesse of Albemarle aforesaide after the death of his mother and her three husbands was the sixt Earle of Aâ—bemarle and Lord of Holdernesse He maried Auelyne daughter of Richard Lord Montfichet and by her had issue William which was after Earle of Albemarle This William died in the six and twentith yeare of King Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux Et portoit d'argent au chef de gueulles VVIlliam de Fortibus the last of that name and Familie was the seauenth Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse c. He married to his first wife Christian daughter of Alan Earle of Galloway in Scotland who died without issue the 30. yeare of King Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton His second wife was Isabel daughter of Bauldwine the fourth of that name Earle of Deuon and sister and heire to Baldwine the fift and last Earle of Deuon of the surname of Riuers by whom he had issue two sonnes and two daughters Thomas the eldest sonne died without issue and was buried at Stamford William the second Sonne died at Oxford without issue and was buried by his brother Auice the eldest sister died also without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Melsa and Aueline the second sister and co-heire of Baldwine aforesaid was married in the fifty foure yeare of king Henry the third to Edmond Crooke-backe Earle of Lancaster second sonne of the said king Henry the third This Countesse of Albemarle and Deuon and Lady of the Isle of Wight for so she writ her selfe ouer liued her husband and in her widdow-hood sold the Isle of Wight and a great part of the Earledome of Deuon and counselled her daughter Aueline to giue her whole inheritance after her death from the Courtneis her next heires to Lord Edmond her husband and his heires which she accordingly did This William died in the fortith yeare of king Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux Et portoit les armes de son pere ' THomas of Woodstocke sixt son of King Edward the third was by King Richard the second created Earle of Albemarle he was also Earle of Buckingham and Northampton Duke of Glocester and Constable of England and married Elianor daughter and co-heire of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and had issue Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and Anne married to Edmond Earl Stafford This Thomas of Woodstock was taken by force out of his Castle of Plessy in Essex by Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall of England and conueied secretly to Callis and there most cruelly murthered his body beeing brought ouer into England was buried at Westminster the xxij of King Richard the second 1398. Les armes de france seme D'engleterre escartelle a la bordute d'argent EDward Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke in the thirteenth yeare of King Richard the second was Earle of Rutland and Corke his father then liuing and in the one and twentith of the said Kings reigne hee was created Duke of Albemarle from which Dukedome he was deposed by Parliament in the first yeare of King Henrie the fourth He married Phillip daughter and co-heire of Iohn de Mohun Lord of Dunsten and was slaine at the battell of Egencourt 1415. and was buried at Fotheringale without issue Et portoit france seme D'engleterre escartelle a lambell de trois points perpale gueulles d'argent charge ' de six chastells d'or six lions rampant gueulles THomas Duke of Clarence second sonne to King Henrie the fourth in the thirteenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created
Norfolke was banished England for ten yeares meane time dyed Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster his Father whom this Henry succeeded in the Dukedome of Lancaster and after deposing King Richard and obtaining the kingdome he ordayned by assent of Parliament that Henry his eldest sonne should enioy the same Dignities and be stiled Prince of Wales Duke of Lancaster and Cornwall and Earle of Chester and so this Henry being crowned King vnited the whole Inheritance of Lancaster vnto the Crowne Since which time the Ducall Title of Lancaster hath bene drowned in the Title of the Regall Dignity This Henry married Mary daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England by whom he had issue Henry Prince of Wales Thomas Duke of Clarence Iohn Duke of Bedford Humfrey Duke of Glocester Blanch married to William Duke of Bauarre and Philip married to Iohn king of Denmarke and Norwey He dyed in the yeare 1412. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Leicester their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Bellomont a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Bellomont Lord of Ponteaudemer and Adelina his wife sister and heyre of Hugh Earle of Mellent after the death of Leofrike Algar and Edwin Saxon Earles was made Earle of Leicester by king Henry the first 1103. Hee married Elizabeth daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois and had issue Waleran Earle of Mellent in Normandie and of Worcester in England and Robert sur-named Bossu Adelina wife to Hugh Mounfort and Isabell married to Gilbert Strongbow Earle of Penbroke this Isabell daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois ouer-liued her first husband and after married William the second Earle Warren and Surrey This Robert dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1118. the 19. of King Henry the first Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert de Bellomont sur-named Bossu of his crooked backe was the second Earle of Leicester after the death of his Father he was Chiefe-Iustice of England in King Henry the seconds time and married Itta daughter of Roaldo de Waet Earle of the East Angles had issue Robert Blanchmaynes the third Earle of Leicester Henry Geffrey and Iohn Isabell married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and Hawis married to William Earle of Glocester This Robert dyed in the thirteenth yeare of king Henry the second and was buried at Leicester Et portoit les armes de son peré RObert de Bellomont sur-named Blanchmaynes of his white hands sonne of Robert Bossu was the third Earle of Leicester after the Conquest He married Pernell or Petronell daughter and co-heire of Hugh Grentmesnell Lord of Hinckley Lord Steward of England with whom he had in marriage the Honour of Hinckley and Office of Lord Steward of England She built the body of the great Church of Leicester and lyeth there buried in the Quier by the high Altar leauing issue Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester William a leaper who built the Hospitall of S. Leonards in I eicester and dyed before his Father without issue Roger Bishop of S. Andrewes in Scotland Amicia wife to Simon Earle Mountfort Brother of Almericke Earle of Eureux and Margaret married to Saier de Quincy Earle of Winchester This Robert was slaine in the Holy-Land at Duras in Greece where he was buried in the yeare 1190. Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert surnamed Fitz-Pernell sonne of Robert Blanchmaynes was after the death of his Father the fourth Earle of Leicester and in right of his Mother Lord high Steward of England He married Lourette daughter of William Lord Brews of Brember in Sussex by whom he had no issue This Robert went with King Richard into the Holy-land and was there taken prisoner and paide for his ransome two thousand Markes He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1204. and was buried in the Abbey of Leicester the sixt of King Iohn leauing Simon de Mountfort and Saier de Quincy who had married his two sisters his heyres Et portoit les armes de son peré SImon de Mountfort sonne of Simon Earle Mounfort in France sonne of another Simon Earle Montfort and Bertha his wife daughter of Richard Earle of Eureux and Constable of France which last Simon was grand-childe of Robert sur-named the Holy King of France by his base sonne Almericke Earle Mountfort married Amicia eldest fister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester in whose right he was created Earle of Leicester made Lord Steward of England in the eight yeare of king Iohn as may appeare by his Charter dated at Slingesbie the tenth day of March 1206. This Simon with his sonne was after banished England disinherited for rebellion against the king and allying themselues to the French King He was Generall of the Army at the siedge of the Citty of Tholouse who before the Gates thereof was striken in the head with a stone shot out of an Engine whereof he dyed sodainly and his Brother Almericke besiedging a Castle hard by the said Citty at the same time was likewise slaine in the yeare 1218. This Simon had issue by his wife Amicia Almericke Earle Montfort in France and Simon that was after Earle of Leicester in England Et portoit gueulles au hon d'argent à la double queué passee en en Saulteur SImon de Montfort second sonne of Simon Montfort Earle of Leicester and Amicia his wife hauing compounded agreed with Almericke his elder brother for his right title of the Earledome of Leicester came into England and was graciously receyued of king Henry the third 1235. who did not onely restore to him the Earledome of Leicester with the Office of Lord Steward of England but also in the yeare 1237. gaue vnto him in marriage his sister Elianor the widow of William Marshall the yonger Earle of Penbroke by whoÌ„ he had issue Henry Montfort slaine with his Father at the battaile of Eueâ—sham in the yeare 1256. Simon Montfort Guy and Almerick were all three banished the Land by Acte of Parliament Edward and Richard dyed young and Elianor his daughter was married to Leolyne Prince of Wales When the Noblemen of England raised warre against king Henry the third for denying to performe the Orders and Decrees made a little before at a Parliament held at Oxford this Simon was made their Generall and at a battaile strocke neere Lewis in Sussex he tooke the King with his Brother Richard Earle of Cornewall and king of Almayne with Prince Edward his sonne prisoners but Prince Edward escaping bid the Barons battaile againe at Eueâ—sham where this Simon was slaine the Barons ouerthrowne in the 40 yeare of the said kings Reigne This Simon the second Earle of Leicester at the Coronation of Queene Elianor challenged the Office of Lord Steward of England in right of Amicia his Mother daughter of Robert Blanchmaynes
Botesworth 1563. Et portoit les armes de son peré EDward Mannors Knight of the Garter sonne and heire of Henry was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Rutland of this Family Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and cheefe Commissioner appointed by Queene Elizabeth to continue the league betweene her and Iames the sixt King of Scotland now our most dread and Soueraigne Lord and King 1618. there being ioyned with him the Lord Euers Thomas Randolph Esquire and others He married Isabell daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft of the Vale Royall in Cheshire knight by whom he had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Elizabeth married to William Cecill Lord Burghley sonne and heyre of Thomas Earle of Excester by whom he had issue William Lord Ros that died beyond the seas in Italy without issue 1618. This Edward dyed in the 29. yeare of the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth and lyeth buried at Botesworth Et portoit d'or deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en le premier deux fleur-de-lizes d'or à la second au lyon passant gardant d'or IOhn Mannors brother and heyre male of Edward aforesaid was the fourth Earle of Rutland of that Family Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and married Elizabeth daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley in Shropshire by whō he had issue Edward that dyed an Infant Roger that was Earle of Rutland Francis Earle of Rutland Sir George Mannors Knight and Oliuer Bridget wife to Sir Robert Tirwhit of Lincolnshire Knight Frances married to William Lord Willoughby of Parham Elizabeth married to Emanuell Lord Scroope of Bolton This Iohn dyed in the yeare 1587. Et portoit les armes de son frere ROger Mannors sonne and heyre of Iohn aforesaide was after the death of his Father the fift Earle of Rutland Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of that worthy and renowned Sir Philip Sidney knight slaine at Zutphen in Gelderland the 17. of October 1586. and dyed without issue in the yeare 1600. leauing Francis Mannors his brother to succeed him Et portoit d'or à deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en la premier deux fleur de-liz d'or à la second au leopard passant d'or FRancis Mannors second sonne of Iohn Earle of Rutland and brother and heyre of Roger the fift Earle of Rutland of this Family was the sixt Earle of Rutland Lord Ros of Hamelake Beluoir and Trusbut and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter 1618. He married two wiues the first was Mary daughter and one of the co-heyres of Sir Henry Knyuet of the West Country and had issue Katherine His second wife is Cecily daughter of Sir Iohn Tufton knight and widdow of Edward Hungerford by whom he had issue Henry Lord Ros that dyed a childe and Francis Lord Ros of Hamelake now liuing 1618. Et portoit d'or à deux burelles d'azur au chef escartelle d'azur de gueulles en la premier deux fleur-de-liz d'or à la second au leopard passant d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles Riuers their Armes Wiues and Children RIchard Widdeuill Baron of Wimington married Iaquet daughter of Peter of Luxenburgh Earle of S. Paul the widdow of Iohn Duke of Bedford Regent of France for which marriage he was fined to pay to King Henry the sixt the summe of one thousand pounds because hee did the same without the said Kings priuity and consent yet afterwards obtayning the said Kings fauour he was elect Knight of the Garter the 4. of August and enstalled the 30. of October Anno 28. of Henry the sixt and on the 26. of May the 4. of King Edward the fourth he was created Earle Riuers made high Constable of England He had issue by the saide Iaquet seuen Sons and sixe daughters viz. Anthony Widdeuill Earle Riuers after his Father Lewis dyed young Iohn dyed young also Iohn the fourth sonne was slaine with his Father at Edgcote-field Lyonell fift sonne was Bishop of Salisbury and Father to Stephen Gardiner Bishop of Winchester by his Concubine Edward sixt sonne Richard the seuenth sonne was Earle Riuers after Anthony his elder brother Elizabeth the eldest daughter was first married to Sir Iohn Grey of Groby knight and after to King Edward the fourth Margaret was married to Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Anne the third daughter was first married to William Bourchier sonne of Henry Earle of Essex and after to George Grey Earle of Kent and thirdly to Sir Edward Wingfield knight Iaquet was married to Iohn Lord Strange of Knocking Mary was wife to William Herbert Earle of Huntington and Katherine the sixt daughter was first married to Henry Stafford second Duke of Buckingham and after to Iasper of Hatfield D. of Bedford This Richard with Iohn his sonne were taken out of the Mannour of Grafton by Robin of Riddesdale Captaine of the lewd people of Northamptonshire and catried to Northampton and there beheaded without any Legall proceeding in the yeare 1469. Et portoit d'argent à la facé quanton de gueulles ANthony Wideuile was after the death of Richard his Father Earle Riuers and Lord Scales in right of his wife Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Thomas Lord Scales of Nucels in Hartfordshire He was made Knight of the Garter in the fift yeare of King Edward the fourth and in the first yeare of King Edward the fift by the procurement of Richard Duke of Glocester then Lord Protectour was sent to Pomfret there beheaded without any iust or lawfull cause laid against him the 13. of Iune 1483. This Anthony had issue onely a base daughter named Margaret who was married to Sir Robert Poynes knight Et portoit les armes de son peré RIchard Wideuile after the death of Anthony his brother without lawfull issue was Earle Riuers Lord Scales of Nucels and Grafton and dyed without issue in the seuenth yeare of King Henry the seuenth leauing his sixe sisters his heyres who were married as aforesaid Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Shrewsbury their Armes Wiues and Children ROger de Montegummery Earle of Belismo in Normandy sonne of Hugh de Montegummery of Sibell his wife fift daughter of Herfastus the Dane brother of Gonora wife to Richard the first Duke of Normandy of that Name came into England with William the Conquerour who gaue him the Earledomes of Shrewsbury and Arundell He married Maberia daughter of William Taluaise and sister heyre of Arnold de Belismo and had issue fiue sonnes and foure daughters as William Gemiticensis hath Hugh Earle of Shrewsbury slaine at Anglesey in Wales 1097 without issue Robert was also Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell Roger the third sonne was Earle of Poitow and Lord of the Honor of Lancaster in England by the guift of William Ruphus Philip the fourth sonne and Arnold the fift sonne was
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
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
Vere the second of that name sonne and heire of Richard aforesaid was after the death of his Father the 12. Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec and Samford He married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Sir Iohn Howard knight and had issue Aubrey de Vere Iohn de Vere Earle of Oxford George Vere knight that dyed before his Brother Richard and Thomas knights Mary a Nunne at Barking in Essex Ioane married to Sir William Norris of Yatterden knight and Elizabeth was married to William Bourchier sonne and heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex This Iohn was one of the Noblemen that withstood and gain-saide the Lords spirituall for place and precedency in Parliament in King Henry the sixt time which controuersie is entred on the back-side of the Parliament Rolle thus Memorandum the Lords spirituall alleadged in that Parliament that for so much as they were spirituall Barons they ought to haue of right the precedent place of the Lords Temporall For saide they it was well knowne how farre things spirituall exceed temporall To which the Barons temporall answered That whatsoeuer right or priuiledge they had or could challenge it came from them and their Auncestors and their almes-deeds who had beene the worthy Founders and Benefactors of the saide Lords spirituall and further saide That it was an vnseemly thing for Masters to be inferiors to their Seruants Besides the Lords temporall further affirmed That they were descended of Honourable and Noble Families and so were not the spirituall Barons Which matter being well vnderstood and indifferently weighed the Lords Temporall preuailed and had place and precedency giuen them This Iohn with Aubrey his eldest sonne Sir Thomas Tudenham knight William Tirrell and Iohn Montgomery Esquires were attainted and at seuerall times beheaded at Tower-Hill neere London in the yeare 1462. Iohn and his sonne Aubrey were buried in the Augustine Fryars in London the first of king Edward the fourth Et portoit de gueulles escartelle d'or le primier brise de vn molette d'argent IOhn de Vere second sonne of Iohn Earle of Oxford beheaded with his eldest sonne Aubrey was after his Father and Brothers death the 13. Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Scales great Chamberlaine and Admirall of England who not long after the battaile and ouerthrow of Barnet 1471. fled into Cornewall to S. Michaels Mount where he was taken by King Edward the fourth and sent prisoner to the Castle of Hames beyond the Seas where he continued vntill the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth with whom he came into England and fought the battaile at Bosworth-Field where King Richard was slaine He maried two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury by whom he had issue Iohn that dyed in the Tower of London yong in the time of his Fathers banishment His second wife was Elizabeth daughter of Richard Scrope knight the widdow of William Lord Beaumont by whom he had no issue He dyed without issue in the fourth yeare of King Henry the eight and was buried at Colne in Essex leauing Iohn de Vere sonne of George his Brother to succeed him in the Earledome of Oxford c. Et portoit les armes de son pere IOhn de Vere the fourth of that name sonne and heyre of Sir George Vere knight and Nephew and heyre of Iohn the thirteenth Earle of Oxford succeeded his Vnkle Iohn was the fourteenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Scales Lord great Chamberlaine of England and Knight of the Garter This Iohn was commonly called Little Iohn of Camps Hee married Anne daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Treasurer of England and dyed without issue in the eighteenth yeare of King Henry the eight the 14. of Iuly 1526. and was buried at Colne leauing Iohn de Vere his great Vnkle Roberts Grand-childe to succeed him Et portoit de gueulles escartelle d'or le primier brise de vn molette d'argent IOhn de Vere the fift of that name sonne of Iohn Vere Son of Robert Vere second brother of Iohn Earle of Oxford beheaded with his sonne Aubrey in the yeare 1462. was the fifteenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Scales and great Chamberlaine of England He married Elizabeth daughter heyre of Edward Trussell of Staffordshire knight Banneret and had issue Iohn de Vere the sixt of that name Earle of Oxford Aubrey de Vere second sonne who married the daughter of Spring of Lanham in Suffolke and had issue Hugh Geffrey Vere third sonne Father of Iohn Vere of Kirby Hall Sir Francis Vere knight the great Leader in the Lowe Countries and Sir Horatio Vere Knight Elizabeth married to Thomas Lord Darcie of Chich Anne wife to Edmond Lord Sheffield and Francis married to Henry Howard Earle of Surrey beheaded the 38. of King Henry the 8. This Iohn dyed at Heueningham Castle the 19. of March in the 31. yeare of King Henry the eight 1539. Et portoit les armes de son pere IOhn de Vere the sixt of that christen name sonne of Iohn the fift was after the death of his Father the sixteenth Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and great Chamberlaine of England He married two wiues the first was Dorothy the daughter of Raphe Neuill Earle of Westmerland by whom he had issue Katherine married to Edward Lord Windsore of Bradenham and Fayth that dyed without issue His second wife was Margaret daughter of Iohn Golding and sister of Sir Thomas Golding knight by whom hee had issue Edward Earle of Oxford and Mary married to Peregrine Berty Lord Willoughby of Eresbie This Iohn dyed in the fourth yeare of Queene Elizabeth and was buried at Heueningham the third of August 1561. Et portoit de gueulles escartelle d'or le primier charge à vn molette d'argent EDward Vere sonne and heyre of Iohn was after the death of his Father the 17. Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Lord great Chamberlaine of England He had two wines the first was Anne daughter to William Cecill Baron of Burghley and Lord high Treasurer of England by whom he had issue three daughters Elizabeth married to William Stanley Earle of Derby and Lord Strange in Anno 1594. Bridget wife to Francis Lord Norris of Ricot and Susan married to Philip Herbert Earle of Montgomery This Edwards second wife was Anne daughter of Thomas Trentham of Rocester in Staffordshire Esquire and one of the Maids of Honour to Queene Elizabeth by whom hee had issue Henry Vere the 19 Earle of Oxford now liuing 1618. This Edward dyed the 24. of Iune 1604. and was buried at Hackney Et portoit les armoiries de son peré HEnry Vere sonne and heyre of Edward Vere Earle of Oxford by his second wife was after the death of his Father the 18. Earle of Oxford Lord Bulbec Samford and Lord great Chamberlaine of England now liuing 1618. Et portoit gueulles escartellé d'or le primier charge à vn Molette d'argent A CATALOGVE
part of Humfrey de Bohuns Lands which before were conueyed to Mary the second daughter they being then in the Crowne for that this Duke Henry was then the onely heyre both of Elianor and Mary At which clayme and demand King Richard the third was greatly offended and saide Will you Duke Henry challenge the right of king Henry the fourth by which hee wrongfully held the Crowne and so make way vnto it Which speech of the king went so neere to the Dukes heart that euer after he sought and plotted how he might work the returne of Henry earle of Richmond out of France and to depriue king Richard of his Crowne And to effect the same he raised diuers forces and entred into Armes which King Richard hearing of leuied a greater and went to Salisbury to meete him but the Dukes Army being too weake he was forced to flye for succour to the house of Humfrey Banister his seruant neere Shrewsbury who for hope of gaine betrayed him to Iohn Mitton Shireffe of Shropshire who tooke and conuayed him to Salisbury where without any arraignment or lawfull tryall he was beheaded the second of Nouember 1483. This Duke Henry married Katherine sister and one of the heyres of Richard Wooduill Earle Riuers and had issue Edward Earle Stafford and Duke of Buckingham Henry Earle of Wiltshire and Humfrey that died young He had also two daughters Elizabeth maried to Robert Radcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter and Earle of Sussex and Anne first married to Sir Walter Herbert knight and after to George Lord Hastings Earle of Huntington Et portoit France d'engleterre escartellé an bordur d'argent EDward Stafford sonne and heire of Duke Henry aforesaid was after the death of his Father restored the first of king Henry the seuenth to all his Fathers honours dignities and possessions which king Richard the third tooke from him and was Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton and Constable of England He married Elianor daughter of Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland by whom he had issue Henry Lord Stafford for after the death of this Edward the Family of Staffords neuer attained other title of honour then onely of Barons He had issue also three daughters Elizabeth the eldest was married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Lord high Treasurer of England Katherine the second daughter was married to Raphe Neuill fourth Earle of Westmerland and Mary the third daughter married George Neuile Lord of Abergauenny This Edward was a Prince of high spirit and very ambitious daily plotting of treason against king Henry the eight by which hee ouerthrew himselfe and all his Noble Family and for the same was beheaded at the Tower-Hill by London the 17. of May 1521. in the thirteenth yeare of King Henry the eight Les armoiries de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Southampton their Armes Wiues and Children BEauois a Saxon and flower of Chiualry in his time was at the siedge of Yorke in the fourth yeare of William Conqueror and the yeare after fought the great battaile at Cairdiffe in South-Wales against the Normans he was made Earle of Southampton by the said Conqueror and was a Witnesse to his Charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of S. Edmonsbury in Suffolke by the name and title of Earle Beauois He dyed without issue knowne the tenth yeare after the Norman Conquest This is that Beauois of Southampton M. Camden in his Britannia pag. 272. saith That whiles the Monkes laboured to set out his fame with their faigned Fables they obscured his doughty and Martiall Actions in Armes VVIlliam Fitz-Williams knight of the Garter Treasurer of the houshold to king Henry the eight Lord Priuy Seale and Lord Admirall of England was created Earle of Southampton at Hampton Court the 29. yeare of the said Kings Reigne He married Mabell daughter of Henry Lord Clifford of Westmerland and sister and heyre of Henry first Earle of Cumberland and dyed without issue at New-Castle vpon Tine the 34. yeare of king Henry the eight Et portoit lozengie d'argent de â—ueulles THomas Wriothesley Knight of the Garter sonne of William Wriothesley Yorke Herald of Armes and grandchilde to Iohn Wriothesley alias Garter king of Armes was created Baron of Tichfield at Hampton Court the first of Ianuary the 35. of Henry the eight Anno 1543. and Lord Chancellor of England in May the yeare after in which Office he continued vntil the beginning of king Edward the sixt his reign when for his obstinacy in the Romaine Religion he was the sixt of March remoued and William Paulet Lord S. Iohn of Basing put in his place He was after created Earle of South-hampton the 17. of February in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt married Iane daughter and heyre of William Cheney by whom he had issue Henry the second Earle of Southampton of that name and foure daughters Mary the eldest was first married to William Shelley of Michelgroue in Sussex and after to _____ Lister sonne of Sir Michaell Lister knight Elizabeth was wife to Thomas Radcliffe Earle of Sussex Katherine married to Thomas Cornwallis Groom-Porter and Mabell the fourth daughter was wife to Sir Walter Sands knight He dyed at his house called Lincolne Place in Holborne the 30. day of Iuly in the fourth yeare of king Edward the sixt and was buried in S. Andrews Church in Holborne Et portoit d'azur à vn croix d'or enuironne de quatre faulcons close d'argent HEnry Wriothesley sonne and heyre of Thomas aforesaid was after the death of his Father the second Earle of Southampton and Baron of Titchfield He married Mary daughter of Sir Anthony Browne Viscount Mountague and knight of the Garter by whom he had issue Henry Wriothesly the third Earle of Southampton of that Family and Mary married to Thomas Arundell Baron of Warder He dyed at Ythell in Hampshire the fourth of October 1581. and was buried at Titchfield the 23. of Queene Elizabeth Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Wriothesley sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaid was the third Earle of Southampton of this Family and Baron of Tichfield Knight of the Garter and Captaine of the Isle of Wight He married Elizabeth daughter of Sir Iohn Vernon of Hodnet in Staffordshire and had issue Iames Wriothersley Thomas a second sonne Penelope Anne and Elizabeth 1618. Et portoit d'azur à vn croix d'or enuironné de quartre faucons d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Sussex their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Albeney the third of that Name grand-childe to William de Albeney and Queene Aelidise his wife the widdow of King Henry the first by his sonne William the second was in the life time of his Father created the first Earle of Sussex by King Henry the second and girded with the Sword thereof Roger Houeden pag. 320. a. line 36. 1177. He was faithfull to the said King in all his wars against Henry Courtmantell his sonne the
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