of England and being at the siedge of Briake in Britaine the 9. of the said Kings Reigne was wounded in the head with an Arrow shot out of a Crosse-bowe whereof he dyed within fiue dayes after He married Luce daughter of Barnaby Viscount of Millaine the widdow of Lewis of Valoys who after this Edmonds death married for her third husband Sir Henry Mortimer knight This Edmond dyed without issue the 9. of king Henry the 4. 1408 and lyeth buried at Bourne in Lincolnshire leauing his sixe sisters his heyres married as aforesaid Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au bordure d'argent WIlliam Neuill a yonger sonne of Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland begotten of Ioane his second wife daughter of Iohn of Gaunt and Lady Katherine Swynford was created Earle of Kent in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth and after made Lord Admirall of England and knight of the Garter He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Thomas Lord Falconbridge of Shelton in whose right he was also Lord Falconbridge and had issue Ioane wife to Sir Edward Bedhowing knight Elizabeth married to Sir Richard Strangwais knight and Alice married to Sir Iohn Coigniers knight This William dyed about the second yeare of king Edward the fourth and was buried in the Priory of Gisburg Et portoit gueulles au faulteur d'argent chargé d'une Moletté d'sable EDmond Grey Lord of Ruthin Hastings and Weishford was created Earle of Kent in the fift yeare of king Edward the fourth and married Katherine daughter of Henry Percy second Earle of Northumberland by whom hee had issue Lord Anthony Grey that dyed without issue before his Father and was buried at Luton neere S. Albons George Grey second sonne was after his Father Earle of Kent hee had issue also two daughters Elizabeth married to Robert Grestocke sonne and heyre of Ralphe Baron of Grestock Anne the wife of Iohn Lord Grey of Wilton Et portoit burellee de six d'argent d'azur au chef trois torteux GEorge Grey Lord Grey of Ruthin Hastings and Weshford second sonne and heyre of Edmond aforesaid was after his Father the second Earle of Kent of that sur-name He had two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers the widow of William Viscount Bourchier by whom he had issue Richard Earle of Kent His second wife was Katherine daughter of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke slaine at Banbury by whom hee had issue Sir Henry Grey of Wrest knight who after the death of his brother Richard the vnthrift did discontinue and refuse to take vpon him the title and name of Earle George Grey third sonne Edmond and Anthony one daughter named Anne married to Iohn L. Husee who had issue Bridget first married to Henry Manners Earle of Rutland and after to Sir Rich. Morison knight and lastly to Francis Russell Earle of Bedford This George dyed in the twentieth yeare of King Henry the seuenth Et portoit les armoiries de son pere RIchard Grey sonne and heyre of George Earle of Kent aforesaid was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Kent of that Family he married Elizabeth daughter of Sir William Hussee knight Chiefe-Iustice of the Kings Bench and dyed when he had greatly wasted his estate fifteenth of king Henry the eight at his house in Lumberdsstreete in London without issue and was buried in the White Frayars in Fleetstreete 1523. Et portoit burelle de six d'argent d'azur à le chef trois torteux REginald Grey Esquire sonne and heyre of Henry Grey Esquire grand-childe to George Earle of Kent aforesaid by his sonne Sir Henry Grey of Wrest knight was in the yeare 1571. aduanced to the title and Earledome of Kent which before was discontinued for want of competent liuing to maintaine the same by this Reginalds Father and Grand-father by the speciall fauour and bounty of the most famous and renowned Queene of famous memory Queene Elizabeth He married Susanna daughter of Richard Berty Esquire and Katherine Dutchesse of Suffolke his wife by whom he had no issue and died in the yeare of our Lord 1572. and was buried in S. Giles Church without Cripplegate in London by his Grand-father Sir Henry Grey knight leauing Henry Grey his brother to succeed him in his Earledome Et portoit les armes de Grey Burellâ—e de six d'argent d'azur à la chef trois torteux HEnry Grey third sonne of Henry Grey Esquire and brother and heire of Reginald Earle of Kent aforesaid was the fift Earle of Kent of that Family Hee married Mary daughter of Sir George Cotton of Cheshire knight the widdow of Edward Stanley Earle of Derby by whom he had no issue He dyed in the yeare 1613. and was very honourably buried at Wrest leauing Sir Charles Grey knight his brother to succeed him in his Earledome Et portoit les armes de son frere CHarles Grey third sonne of Henry Grey Esquire and brother and heyre of Reginald and Henry Earles of Kent afore mentioned was after their deaths the sixt Earle of Kent of that sur-name and married Susan daughter of Richard Cotton of Hampshire Esquire and had issue Sir Henry Grey Lord of Ruthin who married Elizabeth second daughter and co-heyre of Gilbert Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury and a daughter named Susan married to Sir Michaell Longfield of Buckinghamshire knight 1618. Et portoit burelleé de six d'argent d'azur à la chef trois torteux au lambell crmyne A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Kendall their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Duke of Bedford third Son of king Henry the fourth was by his Brother king Henry the fift created Earle of Kendall and made Regent of France Hee married two wiues but had no issue by eyther the first was Anne daughter of Iohn Duke of Burgundy the second was Iaquet daughter of Peter of Luxenburge Earle of S. Paule in France He dyed in the 23. yeare of king Henry the sixt and lyeth buried in a faire Toombe in the Cathedrall Church at Roan whose Monument when king Charles the eight came to see one of his Nobles willed him to deface the same that no further memory might be had of him there To which speech the said king replyed and saide That if the whole strength and power of France could not expell him liuing it were no honour to take reuenge vpon the dead and therefore saide he let him now rest in peace Et portoit France seme escartelle d'engletetre à lambell de cinq pointz de Britanie de France IOhn Duke of Somerset after the death of Iohn Duke of Bedford without issue was by king Henry the sixt made the next Earle of Kendall He was at the battaile of Bangiebridge where Thomas Duke of Clarence the kings brother was slaine and himselfe taken prisoner by the Duke of Orliance the 9. of king Henry the fift from which imprisonment he was shortly after deliuered by ransome He married Margaret daughter
Earle of Pembrooke with whō he had 1520. pounds Rents of assize per annum and had issue fiue daughters who inherited their Mothers inheritance and were married as followeth Agnes the eldest was married to William Lord Vescy of Alnwicke in Northumberland Isabell first married vnto Gilbert Basset and after vnto Reginald de Mohun the younger Earle of Somerset Ioane the third daughter was married vnto Iohn Mohun Sonne of Reginald aforesaid Mauld the fourth daughter was married to Philip de Kyme Lord of Kyme and had issue Sibell wife to Franke de Bohun Baron of Midhurst in Sussex and after she married William de Fortz Baron of Clapton and thirdly the said Mauld married William de Vallibus Anne or Agatha the fift daughter was married to Hugh Mortimer of Chilmersh sonne of Ralphe Lord Mortimer of Wigmore The foresaid William Earle Ferrars married to his second wife Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of Roger Quincie Earle of Winchester and Constable of Scotland by whom he had issue Robert Earle Ferrars and Derby and William Lord and Baron of Groby by the gift of his Mother and a daughter named Agnes married to Robert Musegros sonne of Richard Lord of Derhurst This William dyed of a bruise taken with a fall out of his Coach in the yeare 1253. the 38. of king Henry the third Et portoit vaire d'or de gulles RObert de Ferrars sonne and heire of William Earle Ferrars and Derby was also Earle Ferrars and Derby and combined with Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and others to raise warre against king Henry the third because he refused to stand to the Statutes made by Parliament at Oxford for the banishment of Strangers c. In which ciuill discord this Robert in the fiftieth yeare of the said kings reigne was taken prisoner at the Battell of Chesterfield and imprisoned in the Castle of Chipenham neere to Windesor where he for the obtayning of his liberty became bound before Iohn Chishull Lord Chancellor of England and did assure ouer all his Lands in England excepting Chartley and the Towne of Bolbrooke to diuers Noblemen his sureties for the payment of fifty thousand pounds in one day and at one entire payment to Lord Edmond the kings sonne which payment being not performed at the day appointed the said Lord Edmond vpon the surrender of the aforesaid Sureties tooke possession of all the said Lands which were then valued at two thousand pounds per annum his Sureties were the Lord Henry Son to the king of Romans William Valence Earle of Pembrooke Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey William Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke Roger Somery Thomas Clare Roger Walleron Roger Glifford Hamon Le Strange Bartholmew Sudley and Robert Bruse Barons This Earle Robert married Elianor daughter of Ralphe Lord Basset and had issue Iohn Lord Ferrars of Chartley and dyed in the seauenth yeare of king Edward the first 1278. After whose death the Dukes and Earles of Lancaster had the Titles of Derby vntill the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth that he bestowed the same vpon Thomas Stanley his Father in law Et portoit les Armoiries de son peré EDmond Plantagenet sur-named Crowch-backe second Son of king Henry the third and Brother of king Edward the first was Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Lancaster Et portoit gueulles trois Leopards d'or au lambell d'azur semé fleurs de liz d'or THomas Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby as in the Title of Lancaster He dyed without issue leauing Henry his brother his heire Et portoit les armoiries de son pere HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth Brother to Thomas Plantagenet was after his Father Brother restored to be Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby with the Office of high Steward of England as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large Et portoit D'engleterre à vn band d'azur HEnry sur-named Tortcoll or Crook-necke sonne heire of Henry Monmouth was in the life time of his Father created Earle of Derby in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third as in the Title of Earles of Lancaster Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards d'or au lambell d'azur neuf fleurs de liz d'or IOhn sur-named of Gaunt the place of his birth fourth sonne of king Edward the third writ in his Stile Iohn sonne of the king of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earle of Derby Lincolne and Leicester and high Steward of England as in the Earles of Lancaster is more at large Et portoit escartelle semé de France D'engleterre à lambell d'hermines HEnry of Bullingbrooke sonne of Iohn of Gaunt was created Earle of Derby in the ninth yeare of king Richard the second his Nephew and in the twentieth yeare of the same Kings reigne hee was made Duke of Hereford and lastly King of England by the name of King Henry the fourth Et portoit les armes de son pere THomas Lord Stanley and of Man knight of the Noble Order of the Garter and Lord Steward of the house to King Edward the fourth was created Earle of Derby in the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth on Simon and Iudes day and in the same yeare he was made also high Constable of England He married to his first wife Elianor daughter of Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury by whom he had issue sixe sonnes and foure daughters viz. Thomas and Richard dyed young George the third sonne was Lord Strange in right of Ioane his wife daughter and heyre of Iohn Lord Strange of Knocking and died before his Father the third of king Henry the seuenth William the fourth sonne dyed young Edward the fift sonne was Lord Monteagle and Iames the sixt sonne was Bishop of Elie Ioane the eldest daughter dyed young Katherine the second daughter Anne the third daughter dyed young and Margaret the fourth daughter was married to Sir Iohn Osberton knight This Thomas married to his second wife Margaret daughter heire of Iohn Duke of Somerset the widdow of Edmond Earle of Richmond and Mother to King Henry the seuenth by whom hee had no issue Hee dyed at Lathum in Lancashire in the twentieth yeare of King Henry the seuenth 1104. And Margaret his wife Countesse of Richmond dyed in the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth Et portoit d'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or THomas Lord Stanley Strange and of Man grand-childe to Thomas aforesaid by his sonne George was the second Earle of Derbie of that Family and married Anne daughter of Edward Lord Hastings and sister of George Earle of Huntingdon who was after married to Iohn Radcliff Lord Fitzwater This Thomas had issue three sonnes and one daughter viz. Iohn Lord Strange that dyed before his Father Edward that was after Earle
mentioned was after his Father Earle of Huntington and in right of Mauld his Mother eldest sister and co-heyre of Randoll Bloundeuile Earle of Chester he was also Earle of Chester and after in the one and twentieth yeare of king Henry the third hee was restored to the Earledome of Northampton and married Helyn daughter of Lewellyn Prince of North-Wales and dyed without issue at Darnhall the two and twentieth of king Henry the third as is more at large in the Title of Earles of Chester and was buried at Chester after whose death the saide King resumed and tooke into his hands the saide Earledome and Principalitie of Chester and gaue other lands and signeuries to the said Iohns Sisters aforesaid who after their brothers death challenged the kingdome of Scotland Et portoit les armoiries les son Peré VVIlliam de Clinton sonne and heyre of Iohn de Clinton and Mauld his wife daughter of Lewis Viscount Beaumont and grand-childe to another Iohn de Clinton and Idona his wife daughter and one of the heyres of Sir William Odingselles knight was created Earle of Huntington in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third and three yeares after he was made Lord Admirall of England and was taken prisoner in France for which he was forced to sell most part of his lands for to pay his ransome Hee married Iulian daughter and heyre of Sir Thomas Leyborne knight but by her had no issue He founded the Priory at Marstock and dyed without issue in the yeare 1353. leauing Iohn Lord Clinton his Nephew by his Brother Iohn to be his heyre Et portoit d'argent six croix au pied fiché d'or au chef d'azur chargeé de deux molettes d'or perce de gueulles GViscard de Angolisme or Guichard d' Anguillem a French man borne in Gascoigney a very expert man in warlike affayres was made Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter by king Edward the third and set in the eight Stall of the Souereignes side After in the first yeare of king Richard the second whose Tutor he was hee was created Earle of Huntington and had giuen him a thousand Markes yearely out of his Treasury He married one Constance but I finde not any issue that he left behinde him He dyed in the third yeare of the reigne of King Richard the second 1379. Et portoit d'or seme de billettes au lion rampant d'azur IOhn Holland Knight second sonne of Sir Thomas Holland knight Steward of the house to William Mountague Earle of Salisbury who marrying his Mistris Ioane daughter of Edmond of Woodstocke and sister and heyre of Iohn Earle of Kent was in her right Earle of Kent and sate in Parliament held at Westminster the 34. of king Edward the third by the name and title of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent the next yeare after dyed in the eleuenth yeare of king Richard the second was created Earle of Huntington and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was created Duke of Excester and made Gouernour of Callis and Alberick de Vere Earle of Oxford Vnckle of Robert Vere Duke of Ireland hauing resigned all his interest and right of the Office of Lord high Chamberlaine of England king Richard bestowed the same vpon this Iohn Duke of Excester by Letters Patents bearing date 1397. But after in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth this Iohn was deposed by Parliament from the title and dignity of Duke of Excester and in the same yeare was taken at Circester by the Townes-men and beheaded in the Market-place with the Duke of Surrey and the Earle of Salisbury for plotting king Henry the fourths death This Iohn Duke of Excester married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and sister to king Henry the fourth by whom he had issue Iohn Holland Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington Sir Edward Holland knight and Constance first married to Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Earle of Nottingham by whom shee had no issue after she married Iohn Lord Grey of Ruthyn by whom she had issue two sonnes Edmond created Earle of Kent and Thomas Grey Lord of Rugemond Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au bordure de France IOhn Holland the second Earle of Huntington restored by Acte of Parliament the fourth of king Henry the fift hee was sonne of Iohn Holland Duke of Excester beheaded at Circester This Iohn when king Henry the fift was to go into Normandy was sent before to skoure the Seas who meeting with nine Carricks of Genoa which were going to aide the French King fought with them and sunke sixe of them and tooke the other three with great store of money and treasure and brought them with his prisoners to the King in the yeare 1416. And in the 22. yeare of king Henry the 6. this Iohn was restored to the Dukedome of Excester writ in his Stile Duke of Excester Earle of Huntington and of Iuory in Normandy Lord of Sparre Admirall of England Ireland and Aquitaine Lieutenant Generall of the Dutchy of Aquitaine and Constable of the Tower of London He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford by whom he had issue Henry Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington his second wife was Anne daughter of Iohn Mountague Earle of Salisbury by whom he had issue a daughter named Anne first married to Iohn Lord Neuill sonne heyre of Ralphe the second Earle of Westmerland by whom she had no issue after she married Sir Thomas Neuill knight Vnckle to her former husband and had issue Ralphe Neuill the third Earle of Westmerland This Iohn Holland Duke of Excester died in the 26. of king Henry the sixt and was buried by his two wiues in S. Katherines Church neere the Tower of London Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Holland Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington onely sonne of Iohn his Father in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth was disinherited by Acte of Parliament with king Henry the sixt his Queene and his sonne and others to the number of 140. And in the 13. yeare of the same Kings Reigne hauing long followed the Duke of Burgundies Camp in meane sort was found drowned in the seas betweene Douer and Callis He married Anne daughter of Richard Duke of Yorke sister to King Edw. the fourth which lady was after maried to Sir Thomas S. Leoger knight by whom she had issue a daughter named Anne married to George Mannours Lord Ros of Hamlake of whom the now Earle of Rutland is descended as more at lardge is set downe in the Duke of Excester THomas Grey sonne of Sir Iohn Grey knight and halfe brother by the mother to king Edward the fift was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster the 14. day of August in the 12. yeare of king Edward the fourth created Earle of Huntington to him and the heyres male of his body And in the 15. of the said
and heyre of Sir Iohn Beauchampe of Bletso knight the widdow of Sir Oliuer S. Iohn knight descended of the S. Iohns of Fanmon in South-Wales by whom he had issue Margaret his onely daughter and heyre married first to Edmond of Hadham Earle of Richmond by whom she had issue king Henry the seuenth she married afterward Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby but by him had no issue This Iohn dyed in the 22. of king Henry the sixt and was buried at Wimborne Minster in Dorsetshire Et portoit France escartelleé d'engleterre au bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn de Foix Viscount Casleton and Lord Greyley sonne of Gaston de Foix knight of the Order of the Garter brother to the Counte de Foix Capitaine de la Bouche Countie de Longueuile et de Beuancies for his good seruice done against the French was by king Henry the sixt 1446. created Earle of Kendall in England and made Knight of the Order of the Garter some of the house of Foys now Earles of Longueuile in France do write themselues at this day Earles of Longueuile and Kendall He married Margaret daughter of Michaell de la Pole Earle of Suffolke and sister to William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke by whom he had issue Iohn de Foys father of Anne wife of Vladislaus king of Hungary This Iohn de Foix had his Armes pulled downe at Winsore the third of king Edward the 4. Et portoit à deux vaches passans de gueulles accolees accornees clarinees de azur escartelle d'or à trois palz de gueulles sur le tout au lambell de fable charge de cinq coquilles d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Lincolne their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Romare a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Romare and halfe brother of Randoll Meschines the fourth Earle of Chester by his Mother Luce daughter of Algar the Saxon Earle of Chester and sister of Morcar Earle of Northumberland Lincolne was created Earle of Lincolne in the sixt yeare of king Stephen to whom the said king gaue the Mannour of Chircheton the Castle of Geynsborough and the Castle of Pontfret in Yorkshire Vnto which Grant were Witnesses Randoll Meschines Earle of Chester Gilbert de Clare Earle of Penbroke and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Hartford and others He married Hawis daughter of Stephen sonne of Eudo Comes Blesensis Champaine and sister of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle by whom he had issue William de Romare the second Lord of Bullingbroke who tooke to wife Mauld daughter of Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuonshire and dyed before his Father in the yeare 11â—1 leauing issue a sonne named William the third who also dyed without issue in Anno 1175. and one daughter named Hawis married to Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne This last William de Romare by his Deed gaue lands to the Abbey of Reuesbie to pray for the soule of William his Father William the Earle his Grand-father 1172. the 19. of King Henry the 2. Et portoit gueulles sept macles d'or sené de croix recroisettees de mesme GIlbert de Gaunt Lord of Lindesey in Lincolnshire sonne of Walter de Gaunt by Mauld daughter of Alan Earle of Britaine and grand-childe to Gilbert de Gaunt that came into England with William Conqueror by Eustacia daughter of the Earle of Cenomania taking part with king Stephen against Mauld the Empresse was taken prisoner by king Henry the second being then Duke of Normandy who committed him to the custody and keeping of Randoll Meschines alias Gernons the fourth Earle of Chester who married him to Hawis daughter of William de Romara his halfe brother by the Mother by whom he had issue Gilbert de Gaunt that dyed in the yeare 1160 Father of the last Gilbert Earle of Lincolne Baldwyn second sonne Lord of Bourne and Dipping who founded the Abbey of Bourne 1140. and dyed in the yeare 1156 and one daughter named Alice married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton who dyed without issue This Gilbert the Earle dyed in the yeare 11â—6 and was buried in the Abbey of Bardens in Lincolnshire Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles GIlbert de Gaunt grand-childe of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne by his sonne Gilbert who was disinherited by King Henry the second for taking part with king Stephen was made Earle of Lincolne by Lewis King Philip the French kings sonne in the 18. yeare of king Iohn which king Henry the third did afterwards confirme to the said Gilbert in the third yeare of his Reigne In which yeare he dyed was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey without issue after whose death king Henry the third did giue the saide Earledome of Lincolne to Randoll sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles RAndoll Meschines sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester from Hugh Lupus and the fourth Earle of this Family sonne of Hugh Keueliock sonne of Randoll Gernons halfe brother by the Mother to William Romara Earle of Lincolne was restored to the Earledome of Lincolne in the yeare 1218. the third of king Henry the third after the death of his kinesman Gilbert de Gaunt the last Earle of Lincolne of that sur-name It is set downe by some exquisite Writers that this Randoll dying without issue did giue the Title and Earledome of Lincolne to his sister Auice the wife of Robert Quincy and so he the said Robert became Earle of Lincolne which thing I can hardly beleeue for that all honours and titles of Dignities are deriued and enioyed by the bounty and fauour of the King or Soueraigne and therefore that this guift of Randoli to his sister could make her Countesse or Robert her husband Earle of Lincolne is idle and altogether vntrue He married first Constance daughter of Conan Earle of Britaine and Richmond the widdow of Geffrey Plantagenet from whom he was diuorced the second of king Iohn and after married Clemence daughter of William Fengeres and to his third wife he tooke Margaret daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford but had no issue by any of them He was a Witnesse to king Henry the thirds Charter bearing date 1224. of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Randoll Earle of Chester and Lincolne and after dyed at his Castle of Wallingford the 17. yeare of King Henry the 3. was buried at Chester leauing his foure sisters his heyres which were married as in the title of Earles of Chester Et portoit d'azur à trois garbes d'or IOhn Lacie Baron of Halton Lord of Ponfret and Blackeburneshire and Constable of Chester sonne and heyre of Roger was created Earle of Lincolne in the 17. yeare of king Henry third and married Alice daughter of Gilbert Lord of the Egle and Baron of Pimsey and to his second wife hee married Margaret daughter and one of the
and Pernell his wife eldest daughter and co-heyre of Hugh Grentmesnill which Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke gain-said alledging that that Office belonged to him of right by Alice the other daughter of Hugh Grentmesnill to which this Simon answered That in King Iohns time this Controuersie was agreed That the Earle of Leicester that then was should giue to the then Earle of Norfolke tenne Knights Fees for which the Earle of Norfolke did release all his right and claime to the said Office of Lord high Steward of England Whereunto Earle Roger replied said That of those ten Knights Fees there were yet two a halfe vnpaid To which it was answered That by the Lawes of the Realme the saide Roger might recouer the remainder of those Knights Fees And so Simon was receiued to execute the saide Office at the Coronation of Queene Elianor Et portoit les armes de son pere EDmond sur-named Crouch-backe second sonne of king Henry the third in the fiftieth yeare of his Fathers reigne was made Earle of Leicester and high Steward of England and had also giuen him the Castle of Kenelworth and married Aueline daughter and heyre of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle as in the title of Earles of Lancaster is more at large He married to his second wife Blanch Queene of Nauarre daughter of Robert Earle of Arthoys and had issue Thomas Earle of Lancaster Henry and Iohn and after died at Bayon in France 1295. and was buried at Westminster on the North side of the Altar Et portoit d'engleterre au lambell de France THomas eldest sonne and heyre of Edmond Crouchbacke Earle of Leicester and high Steward of England married Alice daughter and heyre of Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne but by her had no issue He was beheaded at Pomfret in the yeare of our Lord 1322. as is more at large in the Title of Earles of Lancaster Et portoit d'engleterre an lambell de France HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth brother heyre of Thomas aforesaid was restored to the Earledomes of Lancaster Leicester and Derby with the Office of high Steward of England in the eighteenth yeare of king Edward the second and married Mauld or Matild daughter heyre of Sir Patrick Chaworth knight and had issue as in the Earles of Lancaster He dyed in the yeare 1345. and lyeth buried at Leicester Et portoit les armes d'engleterre à la band d'azur HEnry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll sonne heyre of Henry Lord of Monmouth and grand-childe of Edmond Crouchbacke was after the death of his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and high Steward of England and after created Duke of Lancaster in the yeare 1351. He married Isabell daughter of Henry Lord Bellomont or Beaumont and had issue two daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest married to William Duke of Bauary and Blanch the second daughter was married to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster He dyed of the plague and was buried at Leicester the 35. of king Edward the third Et portoit les armes de son pere WIlliam of Bauary Earle of Henault Holland Zeland and Frizland married Mauld daughter co-heire of Henry of Monmouth sur-named Tortcoll the first Duke of Lancaster by reason whereof he was Earle of Leicester in the 35. yeare of king Edward the third as doth appeare by his Charter bearing date 1360. He dyed withour issue Et portoit les armes de Bauary Perbendee lozengie d'argent d'azur IOhn of Gaunt so named of the place where he was borne fourth sonne of king Edward the third after the death of William of Bauary his brother by marriage was by his Father created Earle of Leicester Lincolne and Derby in the yeare 1361. as in the Earles of Lancaster is more at large He married Blanch the second daughter and co-heyre of Henry first Duke of Lancaster by whom he had issue King Henry the fourth and others He dyed in the yeare 1399. Et portoit France semé escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'hermyns HEnry of Bullingbroke sonne and heyre of Iohn of Gaunt was Duke of Hereford in the life time of his Father and after created Earle of Leicester and Derby as also Lord high Steward of England and lastly king of England by the name of king Henry the fourth Et portoit les armes de son pere RObert Dudley fift sonne of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland was created Earle of Leicester and Baron of Denbeigh in the sixt yeare of Queene Elizabeth 1564. at S. Imaâ—s house on Michelmas day He was Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter and of S. Michael L. Steward of her house and Master of the Horse and one of her Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell He married two wiues the first was Amie daughter and heyre of Sir Iohn Robsert knight who dyed without issue His second wife was Lettice daughter of Sir Francis Knolles Treasurer of the houshold to Queene Elizabeth and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter by whom he had a sonne named Robert Baron of Denbeigh who dyed young without issue This Robert dyed without any lawfull issue at Cornebury Lodge in Oxfordshire 1588. and was buried at Warwick leauing issue Robert a base sonne begotten of Duglasse Howard sister of Charles Earle of Nottingham Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant vert à la double queue ' RObert Sidney Lord Gouernour of Vlishing sonne of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter Lord Deputy of Ireland and President of the Counsell of the Marchesse of Wales and of Lady Mary his wife eldest sister and co-heyre of Robert Dudley Earle of Leicester fift sonne of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland was by King Iames the thirteenth day of May 1603. created Baron Sidney of Penshurst in the Tower of London and on the furth day of May 1605. he was created Viscount Lisle at Grienwich and lastly on Sunday the second day of August 1618. he was created Earle of Leicester at Salisbury he being then Lord Chamberlaine to Queene Anne and knight and companion of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Barbary the only daughter and heyre of Iohn Gamage Lord of Coytie in Glamorganshire by whom he hath issue now liuing Robert Lord Lisle who married Lady Dorothy eldest daughter of Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Lady Mary married to Sir Robert Wroth Lady Phillip wife to Sir Iohn Hubert knight sonne heyre of Sir Henry Hubert knight Baronet and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the Court of common Pleas and Lady Barbara Sidney the third daughter yet vnmarried 1618. Et portoit d'or à la pheon d'azur A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of March their Armes Wiues and Children ROger Lord Mortimer of Wigmore sonne and heyre of Edmond Lord Mortimer of Wigmore was created the first Earle of the Marchesse of Wales in the second yeare of king Edward the third at a Parliament held at Salisbury Vnto this Roger was committed the gouernment of Edward the third for that
portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endent de mesme GEorge Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury vpon whose Toombe at Sheffield he is stiled Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter This George being but twenty yeares of age was at the battaile of Stoke where hee fought manfully in the behalfe of King Henry the seuenth who made him Knight of the Order of the Garter and after he was made Steward of the house to King Henry the eight and Generall of the Army at the siedge of Turwin 1513. He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of William Lord Hastings Chamberlaine to king Edward the fourth by whom he had issue Henry Lord Talbot that dyed without issue and was buried at Calke Priory Francis Lord Talbot and Earle of Shrewsbury after his Father Iohn and Iohn both borne buried at Ashby de la Zouche William Talbot fift sonne borne at Sheffield Richard Talbot sixt sonne borne at Chelsey and fiue daughters Margaret married to Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland Anne and Dorothy both borne at Wingfield Mary wife to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland and Elizabeth the fift daughter was married vnto William Lord Dacres of Gillesland This Georges second wife was Elizabeth daughter and one of the heyres of Richard Walden of Erith in Kent knight of whom he begot Iohn that dyed young and Anne married to Peter Compton sonne and heyre of Sir William Compton knight and after to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke This George dyed at Wingfield the 26. of Iuly 1538. and was honourably buried by his first wife at Sheffield Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endenté de meâ—me FRancis Talbot sonne and heyre of George was borne in the Castle of Sheffield in the yeare 1500. the 16. of king Henry the seuenth and was the fift Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakemer knight of the Garter He married two wiues the first was Mary daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland by whom he had issue George Lord Talbot and sixt Earle of Shrewsbury Thomas Talbot that dyed at Sheffield without issue the 25. of king Henry the eight and Anne first married to Iohn Lord Bray and after to Thomas Lord Wharton and dyed without issue His second wife was Grace daughter of Robert Shackerley of Derbishire Esquire He dyed the 21. of September the second of Queene Elizabeth and was buried at Sheffield in the yeare 15â—9 Et portoit les armoities de son pere GEorge Talbot sixt Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer sonne and heyre of Francis aforesaid was made Knight of the Garter in the third yeare of Queene Elizabeth and at the arraignment of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke Lord Steward of England and presently after Earle Marshall of England He married two wiues the first was Gertrude daughter of Thomas Mannors Earle of Rutland by whom he had issue Francis Lord Talbot that dyed before his Father without issue Gilbert second sonne was after his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and dyed without issue male Edward the third sonne was after his Brother Gilbert also Earle of Shrewsbury and dyed without issue Henry Talbot the fourth sonne Katherine Talbot the eldest daughter was married to Henry Lord Herbert after Earle of Penbroke but had no issue Mary the second daughter was married to George Sauell sonne of Henry Sauell of Barraby in Lincolnshire and Grace the third daughter was married to Sir Henry Cauendish knight sonne and heyre of William Cauendish of Chattesworth knight This George his second wife was Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Hardwike of Hardwike in Derbishire Esquire by whom he had no issue He dyed on Wednesday the 18. of Nouember in the Castle of Sheffield and was buried the 13. of Ianuary at Sheffield 1590. Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endente de me sme GIlbert Talbot the seuenth Earle of Shrewsbury of this Family Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer succeeded his Father George and married Mary daughter of Sir William Cauendish of Chatsworth and had issue three daughters his heyres Mary the eldest was married to William Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales and Earle of Penbroke Elizabeth married to Sir Henry Grey Lord of Ruthin sonne and heyre of Charles now Earle of Kent 1618. Alithea the third daughter was married to Thomas Howard now Earle of Arundell 1618. This Gilbert dyed at his house in Broad-streete in London and was conuayed to Sheffield there most honourably buried being Knight and Companion of the Noble Order of the Garter and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell 1618. Et portoit les armes de son pere EDward Talbot second sonne of George and brother and heyre male of Gilbert aforesaid was the eight Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blackmer He married Ioane eldest daughter and co-heyre of Cuthbert Lord Ogle by whom he left no issue Hee dyed in London and his body was priuately buried at Westminster 1618. GEorge Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn Talbot of Grafton Esquire by Ratherine his wife daughter of Sir William Peter of Ingerston in Essex Knight heyre male of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight of the Garter and Bannaret second sonne of Iohn Lord Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury after the death of Gilbert and Edward Earles of Shrewsbury aforesaid without issue male was by King Iames 1618. admitted the ninth Earle of Shrewsbury Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blackmer Et portoit de gueulles â—u lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endente de mesme A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Salisbury their Armes Wiues and Children PAtricke de Eureux sonne of Walter de Eureux Earle of Rosemer and Sibill his wife Founders of the Monastery of Bradenstoke 1093. was Steward of the house to Mauld the Empresse by whose meanes the Earledome of Salisbury was confirmed vnto him in the 28. yeare of king Henry the second He married Ela the widdow of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey daughter of William Taluaise Earle of Pontine grand-childe to Roger Mountgomery by his sonne Robert de Mountgomery Earle of Shrewsbury by whoÌ„ he had issue William Fitz-Patricke Earle of Salisbury and Rosemer Patricke and Philip Cannons at Bradenstock This Patricke was a Witnesse to the Charter of pacification of the troubles betweene King Stephen and Henry Duke of Normandy 1152 and after was slaine in Aquitaine by Guy de Lusignan in comming as a Pilgrim from S. Iames de Compostella and as the Priory Booke of Lacok hath the 6. Kalend of Aprill 1168 and was buried at S. Hillaries the 15. of king Henry the second Doctor Powell in his description of Wales Fol. 154 saith that about the yeare 1094. Roger Montgomery William Fitz-Eustace
also bled Lastly his body was conuayed to Windsore and there buried King Edward the fourth Philip Commines writing of the death of this King Edward the fourth saith The late King Edward the 4. of England being heyre of the House of Yorke vtterly destroyed the House of Lancaster vnder the which both his Father and he had liued many yeares And although the said King Edward had done homage to King Henry the 6. being of the house of Lancaster did he not afterwards hold him prisoner many yeares in the Tower of London where in the end he was murdered Haue wee not seene also saith hee the Earle of Warwicke principall Gouernour of all the said King Edwards Offices after he had put to death all his enemies especially the Duke of Somerset in the ende became deadly enemy to the king his Master gaue his daughter in marriage to Edward Prince of Wales sonne of King Henry attempted againe to set vp the house of Lancaster past with the said Prince into England discomfited in the field and slaine both he and his brother with many other Noblemen their kindred and others who in time past had done the like to their enemies After all this the children of these when the world turned reuenged themselues and caused in like manner the other to die For after King Edward was quiet in his place and Realme and receiued yearely out of France 50000. Crownes paide him in the Tower of London and was growne so rich that richer he could not be he dyed sodainly as it were of melancholy because of the French Kings marriage with the Lady Margaret the Duke of Austriches daughter For so soone as hee was aduertised thereof hee fell sicke and began then to perceiue how he had bene abused touching the marriage of his daughter whom he had caused to be called the Lady Dolphinesse then also was the pension which he had receiued out of France taken frō him which he called Tribute c. He married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers and Iaqueline his Wife Dutchesse of Bedford and Widdow of Sir Iohn Grey slaine at S. Albons where he was knighted the day before his death by King Henry the sixt After whose death she was priuatly married to King Edward the fourth the first day of May at his Mannot of Grafton in Northamptonshire 1464. and the next yeare after was crowned Queene at Westminster the 26. day of May. She was his Wife 18. yeare eleuen moneths and nine dayes and in the beginning of King Edward the fift her sonnes Reigne she was forced to take Sanctuary at Westminster and after hauing all her lands and possessions seized vpon by King Henry the seuenth liued in meane estate in the Monastery of Bermondsey in Southwarke where not long after she dyed and was buried at Windsore by King Edward her husband who dyed before at Westminster the 9. day of April 1483. at the age of 41. yeares when he had reigned 22. yeares one moneth and odde dayes His Issue Edward eldest sonne of King Edward the fourth borne in the Sanctuary at Westminster the 4. of Nouember 1471. the tenth yeare of his Fathers Reign at that time King Edward was expulsed the Realme by the Earle of Warwicke but Fortune changing the Father was restored and the Sonne created Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester the first of Iuly Richard second sonne of King Edward the fourth borne at Shrewsbury and being but a childe was created Duke of Yorke He was betrothed vnto Anne daughter and heyre of Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall Warren and Nottingham but he enioyed neither wife nor life long for he was with his brother Edward murdered in the Tower of London which place euer since is called The bloody Tower George third sonne was also borne at Shrewsbury and being very yong died and was buried at Windsore Elizabeth eldest daughter borne at Westminster the 11. of February 1466. she was promised in marriage to Charles the Dolphin of France wooed and courted by Richard Duke of Glocester her vnhappy Vnckle after he had murdered her two Brothers and he then King but after she was married to King Henry the seuenth Cecily second daughter was motioned to marry Iames Prince of Scotland Duke of Rothsay but it tooke no effect and so she was married after to Iohn Viscount Welles whom she out-liued and married againe to one Kyme of Lincolneshire and dyed without issue Anne third daughter married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke Earle Marshall and Lord Treasurer of England and had issue two sonnes who died very young She dyed without issue and was buried at Framingham in Norfolke Bridget fourth daughter was borne at Eltham in Kent the tenth of Nouember 1480 and was a Nunne at Dartford where she remained till she dyed Mary fift daughter was promised in marriage to the King of Denmarke but she dyed before marriage in the Tower of Greenwich 1482. and was buried at windsore Margaret sixt daughter dyed in her Infancy Katherine seuenth daughter married William Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of Ochampton and had issue Henry Earle of Deuonshire whom Henry the eight created Marquesse of Excester 1525. His Bastards Arthur Plantagenet base sonne of King Edward the fourth begotten of Elizabeth Lucy was created Viscount Lisle at Bridewell in London the 26. of Aprill 1533. in right of his Wife Elizabeth sister and heyre of Sir Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle the Widdow of Edmond Dudley This Arthur had issue three daughters Bridget Francis and Elizabeth as is more at large in the Title of Viscounts Elizabeth base daughter of King Edward the fourth married to Sir Thomas Lumley Knight who dyed before his Father George Lord Lumley and had issue Richard Lord Lumley that dyed the second of King Henry the eight George Lumley a second sonne King EDVVARD the fift THis young King being vnder the protection of Richard Duke of Glocester his vnnaturall Vnckle at the death of his Father beeing in Wales was brought and lodged in the Bishops Pallace of London the 4. day of May 1483. The Queene his Mother with his yong brother the Duke of Yorke being in the Sanctuary at Westminster Richard the then Protector sent the honest Lord Cardinall to the Queene for the deliuery of the saide Duke of Yorke out of the Sanctuary who by his sweet and poysoned words and protestations to his Mother that it wold be for all their good to deliuer him This yong Prince was deliuered and brought to the King his Brother in the Bishops Pallace of London and from thence conuayed to the Tower of London with shew of preparation for the day of Coronation where they remained some two months At which time the saide Protectour sent one Greene a trusty seruant of his vnto Sir Robert Brakenbury then Constable of the Tower to murder the said two Princes who stoutly denying to doe so foule an acte Sir Iames Tirrell a seruant of the said Protectors was sent to Brakenbury
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
Normandy after the death of King Richard the first his Vnckle and being ayded by King Philip of France whose daughter he had married made warres against King Iohn his Vnckle being taken prisoner at the Castle of Mirobel in Normandie was carried to Roane Castle where leaping from the Wall thereof with intent to escape was drowned in the Ditch without issue in the yeare 1202. Et portoit gueulles trois Leopards passant enpale d'or au lambell de cinq points d'azur GVY or Guydo Viscount of Thouars second husband to Constance the heire of Britaine was also in her right the next Earle of Britaine and Richmond and by her had issue two daughters his heires Alice and Katherine Alice was married to Peter de Dreux and Katherine was the wife of Andrew de Vitre in Britaine Et portoit d'or cinq fleurs de liz d'azur au quanton de gueulles RAndoll sur-named Blundeuille the sixt Earle of Chester third husband to Constance the heire of Britaine and Richmond and daughter and heire of Conan le Petit was in right of the saide Constance his wife and permission of king Iohn Earle of Richmond Anno 1204. and was after diuorced from the said Constance for her incontinency hauing no issue by her he dyed at his Castle of Wallingford in the 17. yeare of king Henry the third Et portoit d'azur à trois gerbes d'or PEter Brian Earle of Dreux after the diuorce and surrender of Randoll Blundeuile Earle of Chester was both D. of Britaine and Earle of Richmond in right of Alice his wife daughter and co-heire of Guy Viscount of Thouars and Constance his wife daughter and heire of Conan le Petit as by this Charter following it doth appeare Petrus Dux Britanniae Comes Richmond habet honorem de Richmond sibi redditum quem Ranulphus Comes Cestriae Lincolne prius habuit Teste Rege apud Nantes 22. Maij. Anno. 1229. He had issue Iohn Duke of Britaine and Ioland that was married vnto Hugh de Brun Earle of the Marches of Picardy PEter of Sauoy Vnckle to Queene Elianor wife to K. Henry the third came into England in the yeare 1241. At which time king Henry the third gaue him the Earledome of Richmond and made him Chiefe of his priuy Counsell and in the 29. yeare of the said Kings Reigne this Peter began to build the house now called the Sauoy in the Strand neere London This Peter surrendred the Earledome of Richmond and after dyed in Sauoy in the yeare 1267. He married Agnes daughter and heire of Aimon Prince of Falcianack and had issue Beatrix wife to Guy sonne of Andrew Dolphin of Vienna Et portoit d'or à l'aigle de sable portant à l'escusson barre de 10. d'or sable à le couronne in band vert IOhn de Dreux sonne of Peter Brien had the Dukedome of Brittaine and Earledome of Richmond made ouer vnto him in these words De comitatu Richmond recepto in excambium a Petro de Sabaudia concessi Iohanni Duci Britanniae Teste Rex apud Northampt. 5. Maij. pat Anno. 50. Hen. 3. So that I hold this Iohn to be both Duke of Britaine and Earle of Richmond although some Writers deny the same He maried Blanch daughter of Theobald King of Nauarre by whom he had issue Iohn the second of that name Duke of Britaine and Earle of Richmond He dyed in the yeare 1286. Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur au quanton de ermyn IOhn de Dreux sonne of Iohn de Dreux afore-saide was Duke of Brittaine and Earle of Richmond in the 44. yeare of king Henry the third and married Beatrix the saide kings daughter and had issue Arthur Duke of Britaine Iohn Earle of Richmond Peter and Henry that both dyed young Alice Abbesse of Fount-Euerâ—â— Mary married to the Earle of S. Pole and Blanch the third daughter was wife to Philip sonne and heire of the Earle of Arthoys This Iohn dyed at Lions in France in the yeare 1305. with the fall of a wall Et portoit eschequette d'or d'azur à bordure gucuiles charge auleopards d'or au quanton ermyn ARthur Duke of Britaine sonne and heire of Iohn the second Duke of Britaine of that name was after his Fathers death Duke of Britaine he married two wiues the first was Beatrix Viscountesâ—t of Limogen and Lady of Auennos in Hennault by whom hee had issue Iohn Duke of Britaine that dyed without issue and Guy Earle of Pentebria who married Iane daughter and heire of Henry de Auangour and had issue Ioane wife to Charles Earle of Bloys nephew to Philip de Valois King of France The said Arthur tooke for his second wife Yoland daughter and heire of Almericke Earle Montford by whom he had issue Iohn Breno Earle Mountford and after Duke of Britaine Blanch wife to Robert de Flanders Earle of Marle Alice Countesse de Vendosme and Beatrix married to Guy Earle of Lauall This Arthur died in the yeare 1312. as Bertram de Argentre affirmeth Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur à bordure gueulles chargé an leopards d'or au quanton ermyns IOhn de Dreux second sonne of the second Iohn Duke of Britaine and Beatrix his wife daughter of King Henry the third and second Brother to Arthur Duke of Britaine aforesaide sate in Parliament helde at Westminster by the name and title of Iohn de Britaine Earle of Richmond the 34. of King Edward the first and so continued vntill the ninth of King Edward the third and did his homage at New-Castle for the saide Earledome 1332. Hee built the body of the Church of the Gray-Fryars in Newgate-Market in the 34. yeare of King Edward the first which cost him three hundred pounds and gaue many rich Iewels and Ornaments to be vsed in the same he dyed without issue and was buried in the said Church the ninth of King Edward the third M. Milles in Somersets Booke saith he died in Little-Britaine and was buried at Vanys Anno 1334. Et portoit les armoiries de son frere Arthur IOhn de Dreux sonne and heire of Arthur Duke of Britaine after his fathers death was Duke of Britaine and after the death of Iohn his Vnckle Earle of Richmond This Iohn had three Wiues and dyed in Britaine without issue Anno 1340. leauing Iohn Mountford his halfe brother by the father to succeed him in the Dukedom of Britaine who had issue Iohn the Valiant Et portoit ermyn RObert de Arthoys a Noble-man borne of the blood royall of Erance descended from another Robert sonne of Lewis the eight and brother to Saint Lewis King of France he was Councellor vnto Philip de Valois King of France who sentenced the Earledome of Arthoys from the said Robert vnto Mauld Countesse of Burgundy the saide Roberts Aunt which sentence so discontented the saide Robert that in his greefe he vttered these words By mee was Philip made King and by me he shall be deposed againe For this was this Robert proclaimed traytor
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
Blount Lord Mountioy and brother and heire of William Baron of Mountioy Lord Deputy and Lieutenant of Ireland who expulsed the Spaniards there and compelled the Rebels to submission was by King Iames in the first yeare of his reigne 1603. created Earle of Deuonshire the 21. of Iuly at Hampton-Court He dyed without any lawfull issue in the dutchy-Dutchy-house in the Strand and was buried at Westminster with great pompe in the Abbey in the yeare 1606. Et portroit burelle vndeé de six d'or de fable WIlliam Cauendish knight was created Baron of Hardwike on Satterday the fourth of May 1605. and after by King Iames in August 1618. he was made Earle of Deuonshire He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter and heyre of Henry Kighley of Kighley in Lancashire Esquire had issue William Lord Cauendish of Hardwike who married Christian daughter of Edward Bruse Baron of Kynlosse and Master of the Rolles Frances wife to Sir Henry Maynard knight Mary and Elizabeth This Williams second wife was Elizabeth daughter of Edward Boughton of Causton and widdow of Sir Richard Wortley knight by whom hee had issue Sir Iohn Cauendish knight of the Bath who dyed without issue Et portoit de sable au trois testes du cerf d'argent les cornes d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles Ferrars and Derby their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Earle Ferrars a Norman borne sonne of Wakeline came into England with William the Conquerour who gaue him the Castles of Tutbury Oucume with diuers other great Seigneuries in England and Normandy He married one Berta and had issue Eugenulphus William and Robert and two daughters Gundred and Emelyn He founded the Abbey of Tutbury in the yeare 1080. Vnto which Foundation were Witnesses Eugenulphus William Robert his sonnes And for proofe that this Henry was an Earle which some great and late Writers denie I haue heere set downe the said Henries Epitath which I finde printed in the yeare 1577. and dedicated to the late Earle of Essex and said to be found in the Abbey of Tutbury Hic iacet Henricus de Ferrarijs comes huius Ecclesiae fundator Imago nomine cuius Anno milleno domini quater atque viceno Tutburiaque nono domus est fundata patrono It is said that he bare for his Armes argent 6. horse-shooes sable RObert de Ferrars after the death of Henry his Father and Eugenulphus and William his two Brothers without issue was the second Earle Ferrars and by that name was Witnesse to king Henry the first his Charter of lands which he gaue to the Abbey of Tutesbury Also in the 31. yeare of the said kings Reigne hee began the Foundation of the Abbey of Muriuall and dyed in the 19. yeare of king Stephen and was buried at Muriuall leauing issue William Earle of Tutesbury slaine in his lodging in London without issue Robert Earle Ferrars and Wakelyn de Ferrars the third sonne Les armes de son pere d'argent à fix Ferres de cheuall de fable RObert de Ferrars the second of that name after the death of Robert his Father and William his brother was the third Earle Ferrars whom diuers late Writers haue greatly mistaken they affirming him to be the first Robert Founder of Muriuall Abbey and to be Earle of Nottingham when as in truth it was this Roberts Father that was Founder of Muriuall Abbey and another Robert Ferrars grand-childe of this second Robert by his sonne William that was made Earle of Nottingham as heereafter will appeare in his due place And where they say they haue seen Deeds and Charters to approue their affirmation it is vntrue for those they meane are vnperfect Notes and Abstracts taken out of Glouer Somersets Booke of Miscellania which Book I haue and perusing the same finde them of small credite This Earle Robert married and had issue William Earle Ferrars the fourth Earle Ferrars and died in the yeare 1184. the 31. of king Henry the second but others haue that he dyed in the Holy-Land in the yeare 1190. the second of king Richard the first which is mistaken Et portoit lez armoities de son peré Now to the issue which M. Milles maketh this Robert to haue in his Booke of succession of Earles pag. 869. viz. William de Ferrars Earle of Derby Petronell or Pernell wife of Henry Lord Stafford and Elizabeth married vnto William Marshall Baron of Rie I confesse William onely but no daughters at all For by a Record of the 26. of King Henry the 3. it is proued that Henry Lord Staffords wifes name was Mabell daughter of Robert Musegros and Agnes his wife daughter of William Earle Ferrars and Derby great grand-sonne of Robert Ferrars Earle of Nottingham which Milles saith died in the holy-land 1190. And for Elizabeâ—h the other daughter to be married to William Marschall Baron of Rye and Hengham in Norfolko which died 1266. that is most vntrue for that William hee meaneth had to his wife Alina daughter and heire of Hubert Baron of Rye and died in the 11. yeare of king Edward the first as by an Inquisition of that date it doth appeare VVIlliam Earle Ferrars Lord of Tutbury in Staffordshire and Oucume in Rutlandshire sonne of the second Robert Earle Ferrars married Margaret daughter and heire of William Peuerill of Nottingham whose grand-father William was the base sonne of William Conqueror begotten of the wife of Randolphe Peuerell of Hatfield Peuerell and had issue Robert and William Robert the eldest sonne in the life time of his Father was made Earle of Nottingham and dyed without issue William the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle Ferrars and first Earle of Derby This William Earle Ferrars the Father dyed as Roger Houedon hath Fol. 390. b. at Achon in the Holy-Land in the yeare 1190. But Milles in Glouer Somersets Book of successions of Earles pag. 870. hath that he dyed in the yeare 1247. and Margaret his wife to dye in the same year the 32. of king Henry the third which I doubt of Et portoit d'argent à six Ferres de cheual de sable WIlliam de Ferrars the second Earle Ferrars of that christen name was by king Iohn made the first Earle of Derby of that sur-name He married Agnes the third sister and co-heire of Randolphe Blundeuile Earle of Chester and Lincolne in whose right he was Lord of Chartley and had issue William Earle Ferrars and Derby Robert Hugh and Thomas de Ferrars and dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1242. and was buried at Muriuall the 27. of king Henry the third Et portoit vaire d'or de gueulles à la bordure de azur seme Ferrars de cheuall d'argent VVIilliam de Ferrars the third of that name was Earle Ferrars and Derby Lord of Tutbury and Chartley. He married two wiues the first was Sibell daughter of William Marshall the elder Earle of Pembroke and one of the fiue sisters and heyres of Auncelme Marshall
of Derby and Henry that dyed young of the sweat Margaret the daughter married Robert Radcliff Earle of Sussex This Thomas dyed in the 13. yeare of king Henry the eight 1521. Et portoit les armoities de son pere D'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes du cerf dor EDward Lord Stanley of Lathum Strange of Knocking of Man Son of Thomas aforesaid was the 3. Earle of Derby of that Family who had three wiues the first was Dorothea daughter of Thomas Howard the second D. of Norfolke by whom he had issue three sonnes and foure daughters Henry who after his Father was the fourth Earle of Derby Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight and Sir Thomas Stanley knight who married Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of George Vernon of Derbyshire knight Anne the eldest daughter was first married to Charles Lord Sturton and after to Sir Iohn Arundell of Cornwall knight Elizabeth was wife to Henry Parker Lord Morley Iane married to Edward Lord Dudley and Mary the fourth daughter was wife to Edward Lord Stafford This Edward had to his second wife Margaret daughter of Ellis Barlow of Lancashire by whom he had issue George that dyed young Katherine wife to Sir Thomas Kniuet knight Margaret married to Iohn Iermyn of Rushbrooke in Suffolke Lastly the said Edward married to his third wife Mary daughter of George Cotton but by her had no issue He dyed at Lathum the 24. of October in the 14. yeare of the most happy Queene Elizabeth and was buried at Burscogh two miles from Lathum Et portoit les armoiries de son pere HEnry Lord Stanley of Lathum Strange of Knocking and of Man sonne and heire of Edward was the fourth Earle of Derby of that sur-name and knight of the Garter He married Margaret daughter of Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland and Elianor his wife daughter and one of the co-heires of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by Mary Q. of France his wife and had issue Edward that dyed young FErdinando and William both Earles of Derby one after the other He dyed in the yeare 1593 and was buried at Et portoit d'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or FErdinando Lord Stanley Strange and of the Isle of Man Sonne and Heire of Henry Earle of Derby was after his Father the fift Earle of Derby Lord Strange and of the Isle of Man and married Alice daughter of Sir Iohn Spencer of Northamptonshire knight and had issue three daughters his heires generall Anne married to Grey Bruges Lord Shandos Frances the second daughter was married to Sir Iohn Egerton knight and after Earle of Bridgwater and Elizabeth the third daughter was married to Henry Lord Hastings Earle of Huntingdon He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1594 and was buried at Et portoit d'es armes de son pere WIlliam Lord Stanley Strange and of the Isle of Man second sonne of Henry Earle of Derby and Brother and heire Male of Ferdinando was the sixt Earle of Derby and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Elizabeth eldest daughter of Edward Vere late Earle of Oxford by Anne Cicell his wife daughter of William Lord Burleigh and Lord Treasurer of England and hath issue Iames Lord Strange Robert second sonne and Anne married to Sir Henry Portman of Orchard in Somersetshire Baronet 1618. Et Portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses and Earles of Dorfet their Armes Wiues and Children OSmond Earle of Seez in Normandy was by William Conqueror made Bishop of Salisbury after the first Earle of Dorset as M. Camden hath in his Britannia pag. 217◠But Milles in Somerset Glouers Booke of the successions of Earles pag. 392. hath that the said Osmond was Earle of Somerset and therefore to which I shall giue credite I leaue to the indifferent Reader IOhn Brother of king Richard the first was Earle of Morton Lancaster and Cornwall and Lord of the Mannour of Wallingford Marlesburgh and Tikell and in the right of Haw is his wife daughter and one of the heires of William Earle of Glocester Earle of Glocester and after by the guift of king Richard the first Earle of Somerset and Dorset and lastly King of England by the name of King Iohn Et portoit D'engleterre à la bande d'azur IOhn sur-named Beaufort sonne of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster by the Lady Katherine Swynford his third wife was created Earle of Somerset at a Parliament held the 20. yeare of king Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said kings reigne he was created Marquesse Dorset and Lord Chamberlaine of England and in the first yeare of King Henry the fourth he was by Parliament deposed from the title of Marquesse Dorset and remained onely Earle of Somerset This Iohn with the rest of the Children which Iohn of Gaunt had before marriage of the said Lady Swynford were made legitimate by Parliament held at London in the yeare 1397. He married Margaret daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Duke of Surrey and one of the sisters and heires of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and Lord Wake by whom he had issue Iohn Duke of Somerset and Edmond both Dukes of Somerset and Thomas a third sonne he had also two daughters Iane married to Iames the first king of Scots and Margaret which was married to Thomas Courtney Earle of Deuonshire This Iohn dyed in the 13. yeare of king Henry the fourth Et portoit escartellé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur THomas Beaufort third sonne of Iohn of Gaunt by the Lady Katherine Swynford was Earle of Perch and after created Earle of Dorset in the 13. yeare of king Henry the fourth 1412. And in the fourth yeare of king Henry the fift hee was created Duke of Exeter and had the leading of the Rereward at the battell of Egincourt and after dyed without issue at his house at Greenwich in the fift yeare of king Henry the sixt being Gouernor of the kings person He was buried at S. Edmonds-burie in Suffolke Et portoit escartellé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'ar gent de azur EDmond Beaufort second sonne of Beaufort Earle of Somerset and grand-childe to Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster was Earle of Moriton in Normandy Lord of Chirke Chirk-land in Wales by the gift of king Henry the fift and after was created Earle of Dorset in the 21. of king Henry the sixt 1442. And in the 23. of the said kings reigne he was created Marquesse Dorset and lastly in the 25. of king Henry the sixt he was created Duke of Somerset He was Regent of France and comming into England was slaine at the first battell of S. Albons on the part of king Henry the sixt against Richard Duke of Yorke and was buried in the Abbey at S. Albons He married
Elianor second daughter and one of the heyres of Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwick by whom he had issue Henry Duke of Somerset and Edmond Duke of Somerset and Iohn slaine at the battell of Tewkesbury and fiue daughters Margaret wife to Humfrey Earle Stafford Elizabeth wife to Sir Henry Fitz-Lewis Anne wife to Sir William Paston knight Iane first married to the Lord Hoth of Ireland and after to Sir Rich. Fry knight Elianor first married to Iames Butler Earle of Wiltshire and after to Sir Robert Spencer knight Et portoit les armes de son pere HEnry Beaufort sonne of Edmond aforesaid was Duke of Somerset Marquesse Dorset and Earle of Moritaine Lord of Chirke and Chirkland in the Marchesse of Wales He left king Henry the sixt and took part with Edward of Yorke who had then obtayned the Crowne But afterwards he reuolted againe to king Henry and fought the battell of Exham where he was taken prisoner and by Parliament held the fourth of king Edward the fourth was attainted and lost his head leauing no lawfull issue of his body after whose death his brother Edmond tooke vpon him the Title of Duke Marquesse and Earle but he taking part with the Faction of Lancaster against the house of Yorke was also taken prisoner at the battel of Tewkesbury in the yeare 1471. by king Edward the fourth and two dayes after was beheaded leauing no issue of his body begotten This Henry Beaufort ☜ by his Concubine Ioane Hill had a sonne named Charles Somerset whom king Henry the eight in the 5 yeare of his reign created Earle of Worcester and Lord Herbert of Gower of whom Edward now Earle of Worcester 1618. is descended Et portoit escartelle France D'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur THomas Grey Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter and halfe Brother by the Mother to king Edward the fift was in the fifteenth yeare of king Edward the fourth created Lord Harington and Bonuile and in the same yeare he was also created Marquesse Dorset He married Cicely daughter and heire of William Bonuile Lord Harington and had issue seuen sonnes and eight daughters viz. Edward and Anthony dyed young Thomas the third sonne was Marquesse Dorset after his Father Richard Iohn and Leonard dyed also young without issue George the seuenth sonne was a Clarke Dorothy the eldest daughter was first married to Robert Willoughby Lord Brooke and after to William Blount Lord Mountioy Cecily married to Iohn Sutton Baron of Dudley Elianor wife to Iohn Arundell of Lanheron in Cornwall Esquire Elizabeth was married to Gerald Fitz-Gerald Earle of Kildare in Ireland Mary was married to Walter Deuereux Lord Ferrars of Chertley Viscount Hereford Margaret married to Richard Wake of Blisworth Esquire Bridget dyed young and Anne was a Nunne This Thomas dyed in the tenth yeare of king Henry the seauenth Anno 1494. Et portoit burelle de six d'argent d'azur trois torteaux en le chef à vne lambell de hermines THomas Grey Marquesse Dorset Lord Harington and Bonuile sonne and heire of Thomas Grey Marquesse Dorset and Cicely Bonuile married Margaret the widdow of William Medley and daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Bocton in Kent knight and had issue Henry Grey Duke of Suffolke and Lord Iohn Grey who married Mary sister of Sir Anthony Browne Viscount Mountague and had issue Sir Henry Grey of Pergo after made Baron of Groby by king Iames 1603. Edward Grey the third sonne and Thomas the fourth sonne he had three daughters also which were thus married Elizabeth was married to Thomas Lord Audley of Walden and Chauncellour of England Katherine was wife to Henry Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and Anne the third daughter was married to Henry Willoughby of Wollerton in Nottinghamshire Esquire This Thomas Marquesse Dorset dyed in the 22. yeare of king Henry the eight Anno 1530. Et portoit burelle de six d'argent d'azur trois torteaux en le chef a vn lambell de hermines HEnry Grey the third Marquesse Dorset Baron of Groby Bonuile Harington and Astley sonne of the second Thomas Marquesse Dorset and Margaret Wotton married Lady Frances eldest daughter and one of the heyres of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke and Mary Queene of France his wife by whom he had issue Henry Lord Harington that dyed without issue Iane married to the Lord Gilford Dudley who were both beheaded and Katherine the second daughter said to be maried to Edward Seymour Earle of Hertford Mary the third daughter maried Martyne Keys Serieant Porter This Henry was by king Edward the sixt created Duke of Suffolke 1551. and after was beheaded for treason at the Tower-Hill neere London the first of Queene Mary 1553. Et portoit les armoiries de son pere THomas Sackuile sonne and heire of Richard Sackuile of Buckherst knight Chancellour of the Exchequer who in his youth was a Scholler in the Vniuersity of Oxford and there profited so well that he became an excellent Poet leauing many of his labours both in Latine and English to the world After he became a Student in the Temple where hee proceeded Barrester from thence hee was called by the Queene and State and created Baron of Buckherst the ninth of Queene Elizabeth and after the 13. of March 1603. by King Iames was created Earle of Dorset in the Tower of London He was also Lord high Treasurer of England Knight of the Garter and Chancellor of the Vniuersity of Oxford and married Cecily daughter of Sir Iohn Baker knight of the priuy Counsel to Queen Mary by whom he had issue Robert Lord Buckhurst after Earle of Dorset Henry the second sonne Sir William Sackuile knight third sonne and Thomas fourth Son and three daughters Anne married to Sir Henry Glemham of Suffolke knight Ioane married to Anthony Browne Viscount Montague Mary married to Sir Henry Neuill knight sonne heyre of Edward Baron of Abergauenny This Thomas dyed sodainly of a dead Palsie sitting in Counsell at White-Hall in the yeare 1608. Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles au baston de vaire RObert Sackuile sonne and heire of Thomas was after his Father Earle of Dorset and married Lady Margaret onely daughter of Thomas late Duke of Norfolke by whom he had issue Richard Sackuile the third Earle of Dorset of that Family and Edward Sackuile knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Charles hee had issue also two daughters Cecily married to Sir Henry Compton knight of the Bath and Anne married to Edward Seymour sonne and heyre of Edward Seymour and grand-childe to Edward Earle of Hartford This Robert founded at East Griensted in Sussex a Colledge for thirty and one poore people and gaue to their maintenance 330. pounds yearely to the worlds end and dyed in the same yeare his Father dyed at Dorset house in Fleetstreete and was buried by his Father in Sussex 1608. Et portoit les armes de son pere RIchard Sackuile
and sister of William Lord Knolles Baron of Grais and Viscount Wallingford by whom he had issue Robert Earle of Essex Sir Walter Deuereux slaine at the siedge of Lisbon Penelope married to Robert Lord Rich and Dorothy first married to Sir Thomas Perrot knight and after to Henry Percie Earle of Northumberland This Walter dyed at Dublyn in Ireland 1575. and was buried at Carmarden in Wales where he was borne Et portoit d'argent à la face de gueulles trois torteaux en le chef RObert Deuereux sonne of Walter was Earle of Essex and Earle Marshall of England Viscount Hereford Baron Ferrars of Chartley Lord Bourchier and Louaine Master of the Horse and Ordenance to Queene Elizabeth Knight of the Garter one of her Maiesties priuy Counsell and Chancellour of the Vniuersity of Cambridge married Frances daughter and heyre of Sir Francis Walsingham principall Secretary to Queene Elizabeth being the widdow of Sir Philip Sydney knight by whom hee had issue Robert now Earle of Essex This Robert was attainted of high treason and for the same was beheaded within the Tower of London the 25. of February 1601. Et portoit les armes de son pere RObert Deuereux sonne and heyre of Robert after the death of his Father was by king Iames restored in blood and liuing and is now 1618. Earle of Essex Viscount Hereford c. A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes Marquesses and Earles of Excester their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Holland knight second Son of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent was created Earle of Huntingdon in the eleuenth yeare of king Richard the second and in the 21. of the same Kings reigne he was created Duke of Exeter And because Aubrey de Vere Earle of Oxford who held the Office of Lord Chamberlaine of England had released his right therein the said King Richard bestowed that great Office vpon this Iohn and the heyres male of his body begotten by Letters Patents bearing date the 21. of the said Kings reigne He married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and Blanch his wife and had issue Richard that dyed young Iohn Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntingdon Edward that dyed without issue and Constance a daughter first married to Thomas Mowbrey sonne heyre of Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke banished by King Richard the second and after to Iohn Lord Grey of Ruthyn This Iohn Holland in the first yeare of King Henry the fourth was deposed by Parliament from being Duke of Excester and after in the same yeare he was beheaded at Cicester Et portoit D'engleterre à la bordure de France THomas Beauford sonne of Iohn of Gaunt begotten of the lady Katherine Swyneford his third wife was created Earle of Perch in Normandy and made Lord Chancellour of England the 12. of king Henry the fourth and in the foureteenth yeare of the said kings Reigne hee was created Earle of Dorset and lastly in the fourth yeare of king Henry the fift he was created Duke of Excester and made Knight of the Order of the Garter He had the leading of the Rereward at the battell of Edgincourt and the gouernement of King Henry the sixt at his Coronation committed vnto him during his minority He married Margaret daughter of Sir Thomas Neuill of Horneby-Castle but by her had no issue He dyed at his house of East Greenwich in Kent and was buried at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke the fift of Henry the sixt leauing the King his heire Et portoit escartellé France D'engleterre au bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn Holland sonne of Iohn aforesaid was Earle of Huntington and of Iuory in Normandy Lord of Sparre Lieutenant generall of the Dukedome of Aquitaine Admirall of England and Constable of the Tower of London whom King Henry the sixt created Duke of Excester in the yeare 1443 at Windsore He married two wiues the first was Anne daughter of Edmond Earle Stafford by whom hee had issue Henry Holland Duke of Excester And to his second wife he married Anne daughter of Iohn Mountacute Earle of Salisbury and by her had issue a daughter named Anne first married to Iohn Lord Neuill sonne and heire of Ralphe Neuill the second Earle of Westmerland by whom she had no issue Secondly she married Sir Thomas Neuill knight brother of Ralphe Neuill the second Earle of Westmerland and Vnckle to Iohn her former husband by whom she had issue Ralphe Neuill the third Earle of Westmerland the said Anne the 4. yeare of Edw. 4. married to her 3. husband Iames Earle Douglas This Iohn Holland died in the 26. yeare of K. Henry the 6 and lyeth buried by his two Wiues in S. Katherines Church by the Tower of London Et portoit les armes de son pere HEnry Holland onely sonne of Iohn Holland Duke of Excester aforesaid by his first wife the Lady Anne Stafford was after his Fathers death Duke of Excester Earle of Huntington who in the first yeare of king Edward the 4. was disinherited by Acte of Parliament with Henry Duke of Somerset and Thomas Earle of Deuonshire and in the 13. yeare of the said kings Reigne he was found dead in the Sea betweene Douer and Calice He married Anne daughter of Richard Duke of Yorke and sister to king Edward the 4. but by her had no issue She was after married to Sir Thomas sainto Leodegario or S. Leoger knight and had issue by him a daughter named Anne married to George Mannors Lord Ros of Hamlake This Henry Holland so found drowned was buried at Westminster on the South-side of the Chappell with these Armes on his Toombe and Targe Et portoit les Armes D'engleterre au bordure de France HEnry Courtney Earle of Deuon Lord of Ochampton and Knight of the Garter sonne of William Courtney Earle of Deuonshire and Katherine his wife daughter of King Edward the fourth was created Marques of Excester at Bridewell the 8. of Iune 1525. in the seuenteenth of King Henry the 8. He maried two wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter and heire of Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle who dyed without issue His 2. wife was Gertrude daughter of William Blount L. Mountioy and heire to Elizabeth her mother who was daughter and heire of Sir William Say knight by whom he had issue Edward the last Earle of Deuonshire who dyed without issue This Henry Marquesse of Excester was attainted of high treason for ayding of Reginald Poole Cardinall and a fugitiue with money c. as in the Title of Deuonshire and was beheaded with Henry Poole Lord Mountague and Sir Edward Neuill knight in the thirtieth yeare of king Henry the eight His last wife Gertrude was also attainted of high treason the same yeare but not executed she dyed afterward and was buried at Wynborne Mynster in Dorsetshire in the yeare 1557. Et portoit escartelleé France D'engleterre à vne bordure escartelleé de lun en l'autre escartelle Courtney qui est d'or trois torteaux
Kings Reigne he was created Marquesse Dorset he married Cicely daughter and heyre of William Lord Harington and Bonuill by whom he had issue as in the title of Dorset is more at large Et portoit burelle de six d'argent d'azur à chef trois torteaux au lambell d'hermines WIlliam Lord Herbert of Gower sonne and heyre of William Earle of Penbroke slaine at Banbury the 9. of king Edward the fourth was after his Father Earle of Penbroke which Earledome he surrendred vnto King Edward the fourth who made his eldest sonne Prince Edward Earle of Penbroke and this William Lord Herbert Earle of Huntington at Oburne the 19. of king Edward the fourth which Earledome of Huntington king Henry the seauenth confirmed vnto the saide William in the third yeare of his Reigne Hee married Mary daughter of Richard Wooduill Earle Riuers and Iaquet his wife and sister and one of the heyres of Richard Wooduill Earle Riuers her brother by whom he had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Elizabeth married to Charles Somerset Earle of Worcester He dyed the 16. of Iuly in the sixt yeare of King Henry the seuenth Et portoit per pale d'azur de gueulles trois lions rampant dargent GEorge Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreaux Molyns and Moeles was created at White-Hall in the 21. yeare of K. Henry the 8. Earle of Huntington he was sonne of Edward Lord Hastings Chamberlaine to king Edward the fourth married Anne daughter of Henry Lord Stafford second D. of Buckingham by whom he had issue Francis Lord Hastings and second Earle of Huntington Edward created by Queene Mary Lord Hastings of Loughborough in Leicestershire Sir Thomas Hastings knight Henry Hastings and William he had 3. daughters also Dorothy maried to Richard Deuereux sonne and heyre of Walter Viscount Hereford Mary and Katherine He died in the 36. yeare of king Henry the 8. was buried at Ashbye de la Zouch in Leicestershire Et porteit d'argent au manch de sable FRancis Hastings sonne and heire of George was after the death of his Father Earle of Huntington Lord Hastings Hungerford Botereux Molyns and Moeles He married Katherine daughter and one of the heyres of Henry Pole Lord Montacute sonne and heire of Margaret Plantagenet Countesse of Salisbury beheaded in the Tower of London 1541. condemned by Parliament neuer being arraigned nor tried before The said Francis and Katherine had issue Henry Lord Hastings and Earle of Huntington that dyed without issue Sir George Hastings knight Earle of Huntington Sir Edward Hastings kinght William Francis and Walter Katherine wife to Henry Clinton Earle of Lincolne Francis wife to Henry Lord Compton Anne Elizabeth married to Edward Somerset now Earle of Worcester 1618. and Mary Hastings This Francis Earle of Huntington dyed in the second yeare of Queene Elizabeth 1560. and was buried at Ashbie de la Zouch Et portoit d'argent au Manch de fable HEnry Hastings knight of the Garter after the death of Francis his Father was also Earle of Huntington Lord Hastings Hungerford Botereux Molyns and Moeles Lord President of the Counsell at Yorke married Lady Katherine daughter of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland sister to Ambrose Earle of Warwicke and Robert Earle of Leicester by whom he had no issue He dyed in the yeare 1â—95 Et poitoit les armes de son peré GEorge Hastings second sonne of Francis Earle of Huntington and brother and heyre of Henry aforesaid was the fourth Earle of Huntington of that Family sur-name and married Elianor daughter and co-heyre of Sir Iohn Port of Derbyshire knight and had issue Francis Lord Hastings that dyed before his Father who married Sara daughter of Sir Iames Harington and sister of Iohn Lord Harington by whom he had issue Henry now Earle of Huntington 1618. and others the saide George had issue also Sir Henry Hastings knight who married Dorothy daughter and co-heyre of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollarton in Nottinghamshire knight Edward that dyed in Germany Katherine wife to Edward Vmpton and after his death shee married Sir Walter Chetwin of Staffordshire knight and Dorothy was married to _____ Stewart a Scotchman slaine at Islington in single combate by Sir George Wharton sonne and heyre of the Lord Wharton Et portoit d'argeut au Maunch de fable HEnry Hastings sonne and heyre of Francis Lord Hastings and grand childe to George Earle of Huntington after the death of his said Grand-Father was the fift Earle of Huntington of that sur-name and married Elizabeth third daughter and co-heyre of Ferdinando Earle of Derby and had issue Henry Lord Hastings Ferdinando Alice and Elizabeth Et portoit les armes de son peré A Catalogue of the Earles of Kent their Armes Wiues and Children ODO halfe brother to William Conqueror by the Mother was by the saide William first made Bishop of Baieux in Normandy and after Earle of Kent in England He was a subtile man and after the death of William Fitz-Osberne had the whole rule and gouernment of England vnder William Conqueror his brother He was a great enemy to Lanfranke Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and was banished England for taking part with Robert Duke of Normandy his Nephew against William Ruphus He went with the saide Robert his Nephew to the Holy-Land and at the siedge of Antioch he ended his life It is said he bare for his Armes Gueulles à lion rampant d'argent au Crosier stafe en band sinester d'or WIlliam de Ipre a Fleming borne and base sonne of Philip Viscount of Ipre came into England in the 4. yeare of king Stephen to ayde him in his warres against Mauld the Empresse for which seruice the said king created him Earle of Kent 1141. After which king Stephen was taken prisoner at Lincolne by Mauld the Empresse and Robert Earle of Glocester and imprisoned in the Castle of Bristoll But not long after Mauld the Empresse with her Brother Robert Earle of Glocester went to Winchester where Henry Bishop of Winchester brother to King Stephen and William of Ipre gathered a great Army and made her to abandon the Castle but Robert her brother seeking to backe her in her flight was himselfe taken prisoner and deliuered to king Stephens Queene then newly entred Winchester who deliuered the said Robert to William of Ipre to be imprisoned in the Castle of Rochester in Kent These two great prisoners being straitely kept at length through mediation of friends a peace was concluded that they should both be deliuered the King to his Kingdome and the Earle to his liberty This William of Ipre was after made Steward of the kings house and founded the Abbey of Boxley in Kent and was banished England by king Henry the second 11.4 and before his death became blinde and tooke vpon him the habite of a Monke in the Abbey of Loan and there dyed 1164. Et portoit geronne d'er d'azur à l'escusson de gueulles au baston sinester d'argent broch nt sur le tout HVbert
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
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
of Lancaster came from being a banished man to be King by the name of king Henry the 4. he tooke this William Lord Scroope Sir Iohn Bussie Sir Henry Greene King Richard the seconds Fauorites and beheaded them at Bristow in the yeare 1399. This William bought the Isle of Man of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury which Island after the said Williams attaindor King Henry the 4. did giue it to Henry Percy the first Earle of Northumberland in the first yeare of his Reigne to hold the same by the seruice of carrying the sword with which he entred England before him at his Coronation He dyed without issue leauing Roger his Brother to succeed him Et portoit d'azur à la band d'or IAmes Butler sonne and heyre of Iames Butler fourth Earle of Ormond was in the life time of his Father created earle of Wiltshire in the 27. yeare of King Henry the sixt and in the 37. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was made Knight of the Garter and the yeare after Lord high Treasurer of England And in the first yeare of King Edward the fourth he was beheaded at New-Castle without issue leauing Thomas his brother his heyre who after succeeded him and was Earle of Ormond Et portoit d'or au chef endenté d'azur IOhn Stafford second sonne of Humfrey Duke of Buckingham was made Knight of the Garter in the tenth yeare of King Edward the 4. and in the 12. yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Earle of Wilishire He married Constance daughter and heyre of Sir Henry Greene of Drayton in Northamptonshire Knight and had issue Edward Earle of Wiltshire and dyed in the 14. yeare of King Edward the fourth 1473. Et portoit escartellé France d'engleterre au bordure cressant d'argent EDward Stafford sonne and heyre of Iohn aforesaid was after the death of his Father Earle of Wiltshire and died without issue the 14. of King Henry the seuenth 1498. and was buried at Drayton in Northamptonshire which Lordship he had by his Mother Constance Greine Et portoit lez armoiries de son peré HEnry Lord Stafford second sonne of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham and brother of Edward the third Duke of Buckingham beheaded at the Tower-Hill the 13. of Henry the eight was created Earle of Wiltshire in the first yeare of King Henry the eight 1509. He was made Knight of the Garter before in the 20. yeare of King Henry the seauenth and married Muriell sister and co-heyre of Iohn Grey Viscount Lisle but by her had no issue This Henry dyed the 6. of March the 14. of King Henry the eight THomas Bollen sonne and heyre of Sir William Bollen of Blickling in Norfolke Knight and of Margaret his wife daughter and one of the heyres of Thomas Butler Earle of Ormond Brother and Heyre of Iames Butler Earle of Wilt-Wiltshire afore mentioned was first created Viscount Rochford in the 17. yeare of King Henry the eight and in the 21. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was created Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond and to haue the State Title and Dignity of Wiltshire to him and his heyres male and the State Title and Dignity of Ormond vnto him and his heyres for euer a president not to be sampled He was made Knight of the Garter and Treasurer of the Houshold to King Henry the 8 in the 15. yeare of his Reigne He married Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Earle Marshall of England and had issue George Bollen Viscount Rochford beheaded without issue and two daughters Anne the eldest was first created Marchionesse of Penbroke after married to King Henry the eight Mary the second daughter married to William Cary Esquire for the body to King Henry the eight This Thomas Earle of Wiltshire and Ormond dyed in the 30. yeare of the said Kings Reigne 1538. Et portoit d'argent au cheuron entre trois testes de Boef cope de sable armé d'or WIlliam Powlet Knight descended of a second Brother of the Powlets of Wiltshire was created Lord S. Iohn of Basing in the 30. yeare of Henry the eight and made Knight of the Garter the 35. of the same Kings Reigne and after in the third yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Earle of Wiltshire and in the fift yeare of the said kings Reigne he was created Marquesse of Winchester as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Winehester Et portoit sable trois espees avec le points embas d'argent au cressant d'or IOhn Powlet sonne and heyre of William succeeded his Father and was Marquesse of Winchester and Earle of Wiltshire and Lord S. Iohn of Basing and dyed at his house at Chelsey 1576. and was buried at Basing the 19. of Queene Elizabeth as is more at large in the title of Winchester Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam Powlet sonne and heyre of Iohn was in the life time of his Father summoned to Parliament 1575. as Lord S. Iohn of Basing and after the death of his Father he was both Marquesse of Winchester and Earle of Wiltshire and dyed in the yeare 1598. as in the Title of Winchester Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cressant d'or WIlliam Powlet Lord S. Iohn of Basing Earle of Wiltshire and Marquesse of Winchester now liuing 1618. married Lucie daughter of Thomas Cecill Earle of Excester by whom he hath issue as aforesaid in the Title of Winchester Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cressant d'or A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of VVestmerland their Armes Wiues and Children His second Wife was Ioane daughter of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster by the Lady Katherine Swinford by whom hee had issue also eight sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury William Neuill Lord Falconberg Edward Neuill Lord of Aburgauenny George Neuill Lord Latymer Robert Neuill Bishop of Duresme Cuthbert Henry and Thomas Neuill dyed without issue Katherine the eldest daughter was married to Iohn Mowbray second Duke of Norfolke by whom she had issue Elianor second daughter was Wife to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland Anne the third daughter was married to Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Iane a Nun and Cicely the fift daughter was married to Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke who had issue King Edward the fourth and King Richard the third Which Richard Duke of Yorke by the greatnesse and the number of his Wiues kindred was able to bandy for the Kingdome of England against the House of Lancaster This Raphe dyed in the 4. yeare of King Henry the sixt 1425. Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au Saulteur d'argent Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit de gueulles au Saulteur d'argent He married Anne daughter of Henry Howard Earle of Surrey and fifter
in Germany who for memory of their alliance and kindred with the Kings of England bare for their Armes the ancient Armes of the Dukes of Normandy Gueulles deux leopards passant d'or EDmond fift sonne of King Edward the third sur-named of Langley the Kings Mannor house neere S. Albons where he was borne was created first Earle of Cambridge in the 36. yeare of his Fathers Reigne and Lord of Tindale and was Knight of the Garter and in the ninth yeare of King Richard his Nephew hee was created Duke of Yorke He married two Wiues the first was Isabell second daughter and one of the heyres of Peter King of Castile Leon by whom he had issue Edward Earle of Rutland Duke of Albemarle and Yorke Richard after Earle of Cambridge and Constance first married to Thomas Spencer Earle of Glocester and after to Thomas Holland Earle of Kent This Edmonds second Wife was Ioane daughter of Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and sister and co-heyre of Edmond Holland Earle of Kent but by her had no issue He was in the absence of his Father in France made Protector of the Realme of England and after dyed in the third yeare of King Henry the 4. his Nephew and was buried at Langley Et portoit France seme d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent chargee au 9. torteaux EDward Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond of Langley aforesaid was created Earle of Rutland of Corke in the 13. yeare of King Richard the second and in the 21. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Albermale and Constable of England and after the death of his Father he was also Duke of Yorke and Lord of Tyndall He married Phillip daughter and one of the heyres of Iohn Mohun Lord of Dunster but by her had no issue He was slaine at the battaile of Egincourt the 25. of October the third of King Henry the fift 1414. At which battaile were slaine Charles Lord Dalabreth high Constable of France Iaques le Chastilion Lord of Dampier high Admirall of France Iohn Duke D'Alanson Anthony Duke of Brabant Edward Duke of Barry the Earles of Marle Vawdemont Blawmont Grand preè Russey Faulconbridge Fois and Lastrake 25. Lords 8000. Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of Name Armes This Edwards body was brought ouer sea into England and buried at Fotheringhay Et portoit lez armoiries de son pere RIchard Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Richard of Conesburgh Earle of Cambridge second sonne of Edmond Langley Duke of Yorke aforesaid was after the death of Edward his Vnckle without issue restored to be Duke of Yorke Earle of March and Vlster Lord of Wigmore and Clare c. He was Lieutenant to King Henry the sixt in his Kingdome of France and Dukedome of Normandy 1435. and was Chiefe of the Faction of the White Rose being descended of Lyonell Duke of Clarence This Richard raised a deadly war against the House of Lancaster clayming his lawfull right in the Kingdome of England which after his sonne Edward obtained and was King by the Name of Edward the fourth He wonne the battaile of S. Albons against King Henry the sixt 1455. and in the same yeare he was made by Parliament heyre apparent to the Crowne and Lord Protector of the Realme And after in the 39. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he was slaine with his young sonne Edmond at the battaile of Wakefield 1460. at Fotheringhay He married Cecily daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Henry that dyed young Edward that was after King by the Name of king Edward the 4. Edmond Earle of Rutland slaine in the Towne of Wakefield by the Lord Clifford the same day his Father was slaine in the battell Iohn William and Thomas dyed young George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocester after King Anne the eldest daughter was first married to Henry Holland Duke of Excester and after to Sir Thomas Saint-Leoger Knight by whom he had issue Anne Mother of Thomas Mannors Earle of Rutland Elizabeth Wife to Iohn de la Pole Duke of Suffolke Margaret third daughter wife to Charles Duke of Burgundy and Vrsula Et portoit France semé d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent chargee au neuf torteaux RIchard sur-named of Shrewsbury the place of his birth second sonne of King Edward the 4. was by his Father at a Parliament helde at Westminster the 20. day of May 1474. created Duke of Yorke and in the 19. yeare of the said Kings Reigne he married Anne the onely daughter and heyre of Iohn Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle Warren and Surrey Earle Marshall of England in whose right he was Duke of Norfolke c. This Richard beeing but a childe was with his brother King Edward the fift by the command of Richard Duke of Glocester their vnnaturall Vnckle most cruelly murdered in the Tower of London the 9. day of the Kalends of Iune 1483. without issue his place of buriall was neuer knowne certainly to this day His wife died also young without issue and was buried at Westminster Et portoit France d'engleterre escartelle à lambell d'argent chargee au neuf torteaux HEnry second sonne of King Henry the seuenth in the tenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne was created Duke of Yorke in the Parliament house at Westminster and after Prince of Wales and lastly King of England by the name of King Henry the eight Father of Elizabeth that most worthy and triumphant Queene of most happy memory Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre à lambell d'argent chargeé au neuf torteaux CHarles second sonne of Iames King of Great Britaine France and Ireland being Duke of Albany Marquesse of Ormont Earle of Ros and Lord of Ardmanoch was created Duke of Yorke by his Father at White-Hall on Twelfe-day being the sixt of Ianuary 1604. and after created Prince of Wales at White-Hall the third of Nouember in the yeare 1616. A CATALOGVE OF THE Viscounts since the Norman Conquest their Armes Wiues and Children IOhn Lord Beaumont sonne of Henry Lord Beaumont sate in Parliament the tenth yeare of King Henry the sixt as Lord Beaumont and was after by Letters Patents bearing date at Reading the 12. of February in the 18. yeare of King Henry the 6. made Viscount Beaumont He maried Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Sir William Phillips Lord Bardolph had issue William and Henry both Viscounts and dyed without issue leauing Iane their sister and heyre married to Iohn Lord Louell This Iohn was slaine at the second battaile of Northampton the 9. of Iuly the 38. of King Henry the sixt Et portoit d'azur au lyon rampant seme de lices d'or I finde before this Iohn Viscount Beaumont Iohn Robsert Captaine of S. Samers in France sonne of Sir Lewis Robsert knight of the Garter to be Viscount Robsert in King Henry the fifts time But by whom or where hee was made Viscount I finde not