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A16939	A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 Together, vvith their armes, vviues, and children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke Esquire, Yorke Herauld: discouering, and reforming many errors committed, by men of other profession, and lately published in print ...	Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625.	1619 (1619)	STC 3832; ESTC S107111	214,884	345

homage three yeares after he married Mary the daughter of Foulk Earle of Aniou and the same yeare was made Duke of Normandy for which he did homage to King Lewis the Grosse of France and after was drowned comming out of Normandy into England the 26. of Nouember 1120. beeing then eighteene yeares of age leauing no issue of his body Mauld the only daughter of king Henry the first by Mauld his first wife was borne the fourth yeare of her Fathers Reigne and was married to the Emperour Henry the fourth for his second wife being but seuen yeares olde at her espousing and married and crowned at eleuen at Mentz in Germany in the yeare 1114. with whom she continued twelue yeares and out-liued him but had no issue by him After she married Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Aniou son of Foulke king of Ierusalem in the yeare 1127 and had issue Henry after King of England Geffrey Earle of Nantes in Britaine and William Earle of Poytou She was his wife 23. yeares and a widdow 17. yeares and after dyed in Roan 1167. and was buried at Bec Abbey in Normandy His Issue by Concubines Robert of some Writers called the Consull of Glocester base sonne of King Henry the first begotten of Nest the daughter of Rice ap Teuder the great Prince of South Wales who was after married to Girald de Windsore Constable of the Castle of Penbroke This Robert married Mabell daughter of Robert Fitz-Hamond Lord of Glamorgan by whom he had issue William Earle of Glocester and others as in the Title of Earles of Glocester is more at large Reginald base sonne of King Henry the first begotten of the daughter of Robert Corbet of Alencester in Warwickshire had issue foure daughters his heires as in the Title of Earles of Cornwall is more at large Henry slaine in Anglesey in North Wales without issue Richard Mary and Margaret were drowned with their brother William comming out of Normandy into England 1120. Elizabeth base daughter of King Henry the first begotten of Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Meulan and Robert Bossue Earle of Leicester was wife to Gilbert Strongbow Earle of Penbroke and Mother to Richard Earle of Penbroke as in the Title of Earles of Penbroke Iulian Countesse of Passy King Stephen STephen Earle of Mortaine and Bolloigne in Picardy third Son of Stephen Earle of Bloys and Champaigne begotten of Alice the third daughter of William the Conqueror and Queene Mauld was crowned King on S. Stephens day by William Arch-Bishop of Canterbury at Westminster 1135 by the plotting of his younger Brother Henry who was Bishop of Winchester and Abbot of Glostenbury and who had drawn vnto his Faction William Archbishop of Canterbury the very first man that before had sworne fealty to Queene Mauld the Empresse and to stir vp the Nobility of the Realme against the saide Mauld protesting that it was basenesse for so many great Peeres to be subiect vnto a womā And further to helpe forward this mischieuous plot another of the same brood Roger Bishop of Salisbury the late Kings Treasurer protested that the Nobility were free from the Oath they had before made to Mauld the Empresse by reason that she had married Geffrey Plantagenet without their priuity and consent as though free Princes could not marry without the consent of their Subiects which false instigations of these wicked Bishops made the Nobility to forswear themselues in swearing fealty vnto King Stephen a Vsurper And these were the fruites of these honest Churchmen who were the cause and losse also of many a mans life This Stephen married Mauld daughter of Eustace Earle of Bolloigne Brother of Godfrey and Baldwyn kings of Ierusalem by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters he reigned eighteene yeares ten moneths and odde dayes and dyed at Douer the 25. of October 1154. being 49 yeares olde and was buried at Feuersham in Kent where his Queene and Sonne were also buried She dyed at Heningham Castle in Essex the third of May 1151. It is said that King Stephen entring this Realme the signe being in Sagittarius and obtayning great victory by the helpe of his Archers assumed the Sagitarius for his Arms. Et portoit gueulles a Sagitarius d'or Their Issue Baldwyn the eldest sonne dyed in his infancy and was buried at London in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgate founded by Queen Mauld wife to king Henry the first Eustace second sonne was by his Father created Earle of Bolloigne and married Constance sister of Lewis the seuenth King of France and dyed without issue the tenth of August 1152. and was buried at Feuersham William the third sonne married Isabell daughter and heyre of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey in whose right he was Earle Warren and Surrey Lord of Norwich and Peuensey Earle Mortaine and Lord of the Egle in Normandy He dyed in his returne from Tholouz in the yeare 1160. Mauld the eldest daughter of King Stephen dyed young and was buried at London in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgate cald Christ-Church now the Dukes place Mary second daughter of King Stephen was Abbesse of the Nunnery at Rumsey in Hampshire after she forsooke her habite and married Mathew Brother of Philip Earle of Flanders who in her right was Earle of Bolloigne and had issue Ida and Mauld King Henry the second HEnry the second of that Name sur-named Short-mantle borne in France Son of Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Antou and Mauld the Empresse daughter of King Henry the first began his Reigne ouer this Realme of England the twentieth day of October 1154. His first comming was to Winchester where the Nobles of the Realme came vnto him of whō he tooke homage and fealty then comming to London he was crowned at Westminster by Theobald Archbishop of Canterbury the 17. of December 1154. being then 23. yeares of age He chose to be of his Counsell the grauest and wisest he could finde such as were best experienced in the Lawes of the Land He expelled by publike Proclamation all strangers out of the Land who had swarmed into England in the time of variance betweene king Stephen and him amongst whom William of Ypers Earle of Kent was also compelled to be gone taking into his hands all such lands and possessions as pertained to the Crowne which had bene before alienated and made away to any person of what degree soeuer From Hugh Mortimer he took the Castles of Clebery Wigmore Bridgnorth He maried Elianor daughter and sole heyre of William Duke of Aquitaine Earle of Poictiers and Tholouze the fift of that name begotten of the daughter of Raymond Earle of Tholouse This Elianors Title was the cheefe cause of those bloody warres betwixt England and France yea and the Bellowes that blew that vnnaturall discord betwixt the Father and his Sonnes She ouer-liued her husband and did see three of her sonnes to be kings and dyed the third of the Kalends of Aprill 1204. This Henry dyed

the 21. of Iune 1377. after hee had liued 65. yeares and reigned 50. yeares 4. moneths and 28. dayes His body was conuayed from Sheene by his foure sonnes Lionell Duke of Clarence Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and Thomas of Woodstocke Earle of Cambridge with others and was buried at Westminster His Issue Edward eldest sonne borne at Woodstocke the fifteenth of Iuly 1329. was created Prince of Wales Duke of Aquitaine and Cornwall and Earle of Chester and Earle of Kent in right of his Wife Ioane daughter of Edmond Earle of Kent brother by the Father to King Edward the second She had bin twice married before first to the Earle of Salisbury and after to Thomas Holland She had issue by Prince Edward two sonnes Edward borne at Angolesme who died yong and Richard borne at Burdeaux who was after King of England by the name of King Richard the second This Prince had issue also two bastard sonnes Sir Iohn Sounder and Sir Roger Claridon Knights the latter was attainted in King Henry the fourths time William second sonne was borne at Hatfield in Hartfordshtre 1335. and was sur-named William of Hatfield he had his christen name of William Earle of Henauls his grand father and dyed in his childhood and was buried at Yorke Lionell third sonne was borne in the Citty of Antwerpe the 29. of Nouember 1338. and was sur-named of Antwerpe He had two Wiues the first was Elizabeth daughter and heyre of William Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland in whose right he was first created Earle of Vlster And because he had with her the Honour of Clare in Norfolke as parcell of the Inheritance of her Grandmother Elizabeth sister and co-heyre of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester He was in Parliament 1362. created Duke of Clarence from which Dutchic the name of Clarenceux King of Armes of the South parts of England taketh his denomination He had issue by the saide Elizabeth one onely daughter named Phillip married to Edmond Mortimer Earle of March Grand-father of Anne Countesse of Cambridge Grand-mother of King Edward the fourth He was after married at Millaine in Lumbardy to the Lady Violanta daughter of Galeazo the second Duke thereof as in the Earles of Clare is set forth Iohn fourth sonne borne at Gaunt in Flanders 1340. was first created Earle of Richmond which was surrendred to Iohn Duke of Britaine sur-named The valiant who had married Mary his sister to whose Dukedome formerly it had belonged This Iohn married three Wiues the first was Blanch daughter and heire of Henry Duke of Lancaster sonne of Edmond Croochbacke by whom he had issue King Henry the fourth Phillip Wife to Iohn the first King of Portingall and Elizabeth first married to Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and after to Sir Iohn Cornwall Baron of Fanhope His second Wife was Constance eldest daughter of Peter King of Castile and Leon in whose right he intituled himselfe King of both those Realmes and had issue Katherine Wife to Henry the third sonne of King Iohn King of both those Realmes His third Wife was Katherine Swynford Widdow of Sir Otho or Otes Swynford Knight of Lincolnshire daughter and co-heyre of Sir Payn Roet alias Guien King of Armes a Gascoigne borne whose other daughter Anne was married to Sir Geffrey Chaucer Knight the Poet. By this Katherine Swinford he had issue before marriage and made legitimate by Acte of Parliament the 20. yeare of King Richard the second Iohn Earle of Somerset Thomas Duke of Excester Earle of Dorset Henry Bishop of Winchester and Cardinall and Ioane first married to Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and after to Robert Ferrars Baron of Ouesley These children begotten of Katherine Swynford were sur-named Beauforts of Beaufort Castle in France where they were borne Edmond of Langley fift sonne was created Earle of Cambridge in the 36. yeare of King Edward the third and after Duke of Yorke 1386. He married Isabell daughter and co heyre of Peter King of Castile and Leon as in the Title of Earles of Cambridge and Dukes of Yorke William sur-named of Windsore where he was borne dyed young Thomas the youngest sonne sur-named of Woodstocke where he was borne was by King Richard the second first created Earle of Buckingham and after D. of Glocester as in those Titles is more at large Isabell eldest daughter of King Edward the third was married at Windsore to Ingelram de Guisnes Lord of Coucy Earle of Soysons and Duke of Austria whom King Edward her Father made Earle of Bedford by whom she had issue two daughters Mary married to Henry of Barre and Philip Wife to Robert Vere Earle of Oxford Duke of Ireland and Marquesse of Dublyn who after forsooke her and married one Lancerona a Ioyners daughter who came into England with Queene Philip out of Bohemia Ioane second daughter married by Proxy to Alphons the eleuenth King of Castile and Leon. Blanch third daughter dyed young and was buried at Westminster Mary fourth daughter married to Iohn Mountfort Duke of Britaine Margaret youngest daughter was the first Wife of Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbroke King Richard the second He married two Wiues the first was Anne daughter of the Emperor Charles the fourth and sister of Wenceslaus Emperour and King of Bohemia who was crowned Queene the 22. of Ianuary 1384. hauing bene his Wife ten yeares and dyed at Sheene in Surrey 1394. and was buried at Westminster without issue His second Wife was Isabell daughter of Charles the sixt King of France whom he affianced in the 19. yeare of his Reigne she being then but 7. yeares olde by reason whereof he neuer had any company with her She was after the said Richards death sent back againe into France being then not full twelue yeares olde without any dowry because the marriage was neuer consumated The Lord Henry Percy had the conuaying of her in the yeare 1401. Et portoit France seme escar●elle d'engleterre King HENRY the Fourth He yeelded to God his spirit the 20. day of March 1412. the 46. yeare of his age when he had reigned 13. yeares sixe moneths lacking ten dayes His body being conueyed to Canterbury was there buried He married two Wiues the first was Mary second daughter and co-heyre of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England who dyed in the yeare 1394. and was buried at Canterbury His second Wife was Ioane daughter of Charles King of Nauarre and Widdow of Iohn Mountfort Duke of Britaine who dyed at Hauering in the Bower in Essex without issue the tenth of Iuly 1437. and was buried at Canterbury His Issue by his first Wife Henry eldest sonne was created Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall Earle of Chester in the first yeare of his Fathers Keigne This Henry in the time of his Fathers banishment was sent into Ireland and vpon hearing of his Fathers ariuall into England King Richard caused him

Castle-keeper of Penbroke who with his Brother Robert was banished England The foure daughters were Emma Matild married to Robert Earle of Moretaigne Mabill the third daughter and Sibill was the fourth daughter who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Glamorgan Founder of Tewkesbury Abbey in England and Lord of Torigney in Normandy This Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Gouernor to his sonne William Ruphus and was slaine at Caerdiffe in South Wales and buried at Shrewsbury in the Abbey which before he had founded HVgh de Montegummery sonne of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell He with Hugh Earle of Chester tooke the Isle of Man by force and strong hand 1098. At which time Magnus King of Norway and grandchilde to Olaue after he had ioyned to his Empire the Islands of Orcades and Menauia came with a few Ships to the Isle of Man whom this Hugh being willing to resist on the shore was stricken in the right eye with an Arrow of which hurt the eight day after hee dyed without issue and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Shrewsbury Vpon whose Toomb M. Milles saith his Portraiture is made of stone with his legs acrosse as in olde times was vsed and vpon his Shield Azure a lyon rampant gold with a border as before is specified in the Title of Earles of Arundell RObert de Montegummery second sonne of Roger aforesaid and brother and heyre of Hugh was the third Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell and married the daughter and heyre of Guy Earle of Pontiue in Normandy He was a man very outragiously giuen and most cruell to his owne Children and Hostages whose eyes with his owne hands hee plucked out Hee helde and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury Arundell Tickhill Bruge and Carrocoue in England against king Henry the first which after was his vndoing For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor and shortly after all his Townes and Castles being yeelded vp vnto the said King he was banished England with his Brother Arnold in the yeare 1103. the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne But afterward this Robert with Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother were taken prisoners at the Battaile of Tenarsbray and were brought into England where they had both their eyes put out and kept prisoners in the Castle of Caerdiffe in South Wales where they miserably ended their dayes This Robert had issue William sur-named Taluaise Earle of Sage who married Ela daughter of Hely brother of Geffrey Earle of Aniou widdow of the Duke of Burgundy Iohn his second sonne had all his Lands in Normandy and Mayne his eldest daughter married Iuhell sonne of Walter de Meduana and Ela was first married to William the third Earle Warren in England and after to Patricke Earle of Salisbury Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon Gouernor of Anioye and Mayne sonne of Richard Talbot Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic and brother and heyre male of Gilbert Lord Talbot was created Earle of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents bearing date at Windsore the 20. day of May in the 19. yeare of king Henry the sixt And by another Letters Patents dated at Westminster the 17. of Iuly the 24. of king Henry the sixt he was made Earle of W●shford Steward of England and after Marshall of France and being sent to succour them of Burdeaux tooke the Towne and placed therein a Garrison and proceeding further into the Country to releeue the Towne of Castellon in Aquitaine which the English had recouered the French hauing on all sides begirt the same at which time a great battaile being then fought this Iohn was with the shot of a Piece there slaine the 7. of Iuly 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixt He married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and onely heyre of Thomas Neuill Lord Furniuall by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Christopher Talbot and Sir Humfrey Talbot knights His second wife was Margaret eldest daughter and co heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Viscount Lisle vnto whom his Father gaue the Lordship of Panswike Whaddon Morton Wotton Schirborne Polycot and other Lands in Shropshire Sir Humfrey Tablot knight slaine in Mont-Sinay Elizabeth wife to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Elianor married to Thomas Butler of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire This Iohn being slaine as aforesaid with Iohn Viscount Lisle his sonne his body was buried in a Toombe at Roane in Normandy whereon this Epitaphe is written Heere lyeth the right Noble Knight Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Earle of Weshford Waterford and Valence Lord Talbot of Goodrich and Orchenfield Lord Strange of Blakmer Lord Verdon of Acton Lord Cromwell of Wingfield Lord Louetofte of Worsop Lord Furniuall of Sheffeild Lord Faulconbridge Knight of the Noble Order of S. George S. Michaell and the golden Fleece great Marshall to King Henry the sixt of his Realme of France who died in the Battaile of Burdeaux 1453. Hoc bare for his Armes Gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à labordure endenté de mesme Which Armes were Rice ap Griffiths Prince of South-Wales whose daughter named Wentlian was married to Gilbert Talbot in King Henry the thirds time Auncestor of this Iohn IOhn Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family was after the death of Iohn his Father also Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon and Knight of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of Iames Butler Earle of Ormond in Ireland and had issue Iohn Talbot the third Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Iames Talbot knight who dyed the 11. of King Edward the fourth Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight Banneret and Captaine of Callis third Son Christopher Talbot fourth sonne was Arch-Deacon of Chester George was the fift Son Anne the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Vernon of the Peake in Derbyshire and Margaret was the second daughter This Iohn was slaine in a battaile at Northampton the tenth of Iuly 1460. the 39. yeare of King Henry the sixt whose part he tooke and in which battaile the said King himselfe was taken prisoner and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn the second was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and married Katherine daughter of Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton by whom he had issue George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury and Thomas that dyed without issue Anne a daughter was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley who dyed without issue This Iohn dyed at Couentry in the yeare of our Lord 1473. the 4. kalends of Iuly and his body was buried in our Lady Chappell at Worsop Et

Edward the fourth And on the twenty foure day of August 1483 he being then about ten yeares olde was by his Father created Prince of Wales and dyed before his Father Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au lambell d'argent MArgaret Plantagenet daughter of George Duke of Clarence and sister and heyre of Edward Earle of Warwick beheaded as aforesaid was created Countesse of Salisbury by king Henry the eight in the fift yeare of his Reigne and in the 31. yeare of the said kings Reigne shee was attainted by Parliament of high treason together with Gertrude wife of Henry Courtney Marquesse of Excester Reginald Pole her sonne Sir Adrian Fortescue and others and after was beheaded in the Tower of London the 33. of king Henry the 8. She was married to Sir Richard Pole knight borne in Wales had issue Henry Pole Lord Mountague beheaded Reginald Pole Cardinall Geffrey Pole third sonne Arthur Pole fourth sonne and Vrsula married to Henry Lord Siafford sonne and heyre of Edward Duke of Buckingham Et portoit France d'englere tre escartelle au lambell d'ermyn trois cantons de gueulles RObert Cecill knight second sonne of William Cecill Baron of Burghley Lord high Treasurer of England and Knight of the Garter by his second wife Mildred was first created at the Tower of London the 13. of May 1603. Baron Cecill of Essenden in Rutlandshire And at White-hall the 20. day of August 1604. he was created Viscount Cranborne in Dorsetshire and lastly at Greenwich the fourth of May 1605 he was created Earle of Salisbury by King Iames. Hee was also Master of the Court of Wards Chancellor of the Vniuersity of Cambridge Lord high Treasurer of England and Knight of the Order of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of William Brooke Lord Cobham and had issue William Cicell Earle of Salisbury 1618. and a daughter named Francis married to Henry Lord Clifford sonne and heyre of Francis Earle of Cumberland He dyed at Marlborough on Sunday the 24. of May 1612. Et portrit burellee de dis d'argent d'azur sur le tout six eschuchons 3 2 1. sable charge de six lyons rampant à la premier au Cressand pur le difference VVIlliam Cecill Baron Cecill of Essenden Viscount Cranburne and Earle of Salisbury 1618. married Katherine youngest daughter of Thomas Howard Earle of Suffolke and Lord high Treasurer of England and had issue Iames that dyed young and Frances a daughter A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes Marquesses and Earles of Suffolke their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Vfford knight Son of Sir Robert Vfford knight Steward of the houshold to King Edward the second and of his wife Cecily daughter and co-heire of Robert de Valonijs Lord of Orford was created Earle of Suffolke in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third 1335 as also Knight of the Garter he was Lord of Eay and Framlingham in Suffolke Before this Robert did the Family of Bigots hold Norfolke and Suffolke together as one County This Robert and William Mountague Earle of Salisbury were Generals of king Edward the thirds Army in Flanders when he went to make his clayme to the Crowne of France descended to him by his Mother and kept from him by Philip de Valois the Vsurper 1338. He serued vnder the blacke Prince at the battaile of Poictow where Iohn the French King was taken prisoner 1359 and married Margaret daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich of Mettingham Castle in Suffolke and Aunt and heyre of Iohn her Nephew by Walter her Brother by whom hee had issue William Vfford Earle of Suffolke and three daughters Cecily married to Iohn Lord Willoughby Katherine married to Robert Lord Scales and Margaret married to William Lord Ferrers of Groby He dyed in the 43. yeare of King Edward the third Et portoit de sable au croix engresse d'or WIlliam de Vfford sonne and heyre of Robert aforesaid was the second Earle of Suffolke of that surname L. of Eye and Framlingham he married Isabell daughter of Thomas Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke and had issue Thomas William Edward who dyed all without issue This William Earle of Suffolke dyed sodainely in the Parliament house at Westminster the 15. day of February 1382. leauing his three sisters his heyres who were married as aforesaid Les armes de son peré MIchaell de la Pole knight sonne and heyre of Sir William de la Pole Knight Banneret Katherine his wife daughter of Sir Iohn Norwich knight and grand-childe to another Sir William Pole knight which Father and Grand-father of this Michaell doth disproue our late Writers who setteth him downe to bee of base Parentage and birth Hee was Lord Wingfield and Lord Chancellour of England and by King Richard the second he was created Earle of Suffolke in the yeare 1385. and had giuen him a thousand Markes by the yeare out of the Kings Treasury But when King Richard began to decline by reason of the discord of the Nobility the honour of this Michaell being newly raised decreased also For by a publike Decree he was banished England the 12. yeare of king Richard as a great corrupter of the King in which banishment he dyed with griefe at Paris 1389 and was after buried at Hull He married Isabell daughter of Sir Iohn Wingfield knight and sister and heyre of Sir Thomas Wingfield of Wingfield Castle in Suffolke knight and had issue fiue sonnes Thomas de la Pole borne 1366. William borne 1367. Michaell borne 1368. Richard borne 1369 and Iohn borne 1373. He had issue three daughters Margaret married to William Lord Ferrers of Groby Elizabeth and Anne Et portoit d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or MIchaell de la Pole Lord Wingfield sonne of Michaell aforesaid was restored to be Earle of Suffolke after his Father in banishment the 22. of king Richard the second and married Katherine daughter of Hugh Earle Stafford and had issue sixe sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Michaell de la Pole Earle of Suffolke William second sonne was after the death of Michaell his elder brother Earle Marquesse and Duke of Suffolke Thomas was a Clarke Sir Iohn de la Pole knight Captaine of the Towne of Auerenges in Normandy Miles de la Pole and Alexander Isabell the eldest daughter was married to William Lord Morley Katherine was Abbesse of Berking Elizabeth dyed young Philip the fourth daughter was wife to the Lord Burnell and Margaret married Iohn de Foys Earle of Kendall in England sonne of Gaston de Foys Earle of Longeuile in France This Michaell dyed of the Flix at the siedge of Hareflew 1414. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré MIchaell de la Pole the third of that name Lord Wingfield and Earle of Suffolke was slaine at the battaile of Egen-Court with Edward Plantagenet Duke of Yorke the 25. of October 1414 leauing no issue of his body and was buried at Butley Et portoit d'azur à la face entre tro●

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-Euer●● 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 Viscountes●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

Northumberland and Huntington after Gospatricke This Waltheof in the yeare 1074. at Exningham in Cambridgeshire at the marriage of Raphe Earle of the East Angles Norfolke and Suffolke with the daughter of William Fitz-Osbert and sister of Roger Earle of Hereford conspired with the said Roger and Raphe and many others to expell driue Will Conqueror out of England againe For which conspiracy this Waltheof was taken and beheaded at Winchester and was buried without the walles of the Citty in a place where two high-wayes meete but afterwards his body was taken vp againe and with great honour carried to Crowland and there buried in the yeare 1076. He married Iudith Niece to William Conquerour and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conqueror did giue in marriage the Earledome of Huntington he had issue by her three daughters Mauld the eldest was married first to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and had issue another Simon after shee married Dauid king of Scots and had issue Henry Iudith the second daughter was married to Ralphe de Tony sonne of Roger Tony Baron of Flamsted in Hartfordshire and had issue Gohilda wife to Robert de Newborough younger sonne of Henry Earle of Warwicke Alice the third daughter was married to Robert Fitz-Richard Sewer to King Henry the first sonne of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Lord of Tunbridge Clare and had issue Walter of whom is descended the now Earle of Sussex 1618. Et portoit d'argent au lyon rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles VVAlcher Bishoppe of Durham borne in Loraine bought of William Conquerour the Earledome of Northumberland and for a time was Earle thereof after the death of Waltheof He was a proud and an insolent Prelate couetous and rich was slaine by the Commons at Goats-head on the Riuer of Tyne 1079. for denying to do them Iustice vnlesse they would first pay vnto him foure hundred pounds of currant money as Mathew Paris more at large setteth downe I pray God wee haue no such Bishops Iusticers in this our age for the said Mathew further saith That there were aboue a hundreth persons slaine about this matter RObert Mowbray an honourable Englishman after the death of Walcher obtayned of William Conqueror the earledome of Northumberland And after hauing slaine Malcolme king of Scots and his sonne neere to Anwike in the yeare 1092. demanded reward for the same which beeing neglected he was so moued that when king William Ruphus sent his Letters for him he denyed not only to come to him but combyned with diuers other Noblemen of the Realme how to depriue the said King of his Crowne which being reuealed he was driuen to flye to the Monastery of S. Owin from whence hee was taken by force and carried to prison and after by the Kings Commandement was brought before his owne Castle of Bamborough and there willed to haue his eyes put out vnlesse his Wife and Moreall her kinesman who were within the saide Castle would yeeld vp the same which being surrendred this Robert was sent to be imprisoned in the Castle of Windesore 1096. Houeden fol. 267. During which time king William Ruphus held the Earledome of Northumberland in his owne hands and disinherited all the said Roberts Progeny He was after shorne a Monke at S. Albons where he dyed the seuenth of king Henry the first 1106. The most of his honours and lands were giuen to Lord Nigell de Albeney Chamberlaine to King William Ruphus for his good seruice done at the battaile of Tenarch-bray where he slew the horse of Robert Duke of Normandy tooke him prisoner brought him into England and there deliuered him to the king his brother who sent him to prison to the Castle of Cairdiffe in South Wales where he had both his eyes put out and pined to death with sorrow in the 35. yeare of king Henry the first and was buried at Glocester Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'argent HEnry sonne of Dauid king of Scots begotten of Mauld eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof Earle of Northumberland and Huntington was by king Stephen made Earle of Northumberland as M. Camden citeth out of Poly Chronicon of Durham and that William his sonne did also write himselfe Earle of Northumberland But I rather think that if they did assume that title of Honor it was done more vpon their owne wils then by any iust title or right they had to the same but see more of this in the Earles of Huntington Et portoit d'or à trois peuz ioynantz au point de gueulles HVgh de Pudsey or Putiaco Nephew to king Stephen as Glouer Somerset hath Bishop of Durham a very ambitious proud and couetous man bought of king Richard the first the Earledome of Northumberland for terme of his life and was girt with the Sword of the Earledome as then the custome was At the doing whereof the king vsed these words Am not I a good craftesman that haue made a new Earle of an olde Bishop And to make his ambition more manifest he gaue the king one thousand Markes to bee made Chiefe-Iustice of England But afterwards perceiuing the King to frowne and be angry with him voluntarily did resigne the saide Title and Earledome againe to the King and remained onely Bishop all his life time after This Stone Priest dyed in the yeare 1195. leauing issue three bastard sonnes Et portoit party per saulteur d'or d'argent à la croix patee d'azur HEnry Lord Percie of Alnwick in Northumberland sonne of Henry Lord Percy and of Mary his wife sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster was created the first Earle of Northūberland of that sur-name at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and that day was Deputy for Margaret Dutchesse of Norfolke and Countesse Marschall of England and did execute the Office of Earle Marshall This Henry in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth had giuen him the Isle of Man to be holden of the King by seruice to beare the the Sword which he wore when he entred England Also this Henry and Henry Hotspurre his sonne fought the battaile of Hallidowne Hill against the Scots 1402. and hauing the victory tooke these Earles prisoners Mordake Earle of Fiffe Archibald Earle Duglasse Thomas Earle of Murrey and Robert Earle of Angus And after the battaile of Shrewesbury he was committed to the Tower of London and being from thence deliuered in the ninth yeare of king Henry the fourth he with the Lord Bardolphe came out of Scotland with a power against the King and at Bramham More was encountred by Thomas Rookeby then Shireffe of Yorkshire where the said Earle was taken prisoner the Lord Bardolphe wounded to death and brought to Yorke where they were both beheaded in the yeare 1408. He married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Ralphe Lord Neuill of Raby by whom he had issue Henry sur-named Hotspur slaine with Thomas Percie Earle of Worcester his Vnckle at

testes de leopards d'or WIlliam de la Pole Lord Wingfield and Earle of Suffolk second sonne of Michaell the second Earle of Suffolke of that Family after the death of Michaell Earle of Suffolke his elder brother without issue being Captaine of the Castle and Citty of Auerenges in Normandy was in the 22. of king Henry the sixt created Marquesse of Suffolke and in the 25. yeare of the said kings reigne he was made Earle of Penbroke and lastly Duke of Suffolke in the 26. of Henry the sixt After all which honors giuen him in the yeare 1449 he was banished England for fiue yeares for being too familiar with Queene Margaret priuy and consenting to the yeelding and losse of Anioy and Mayne as also to appease the murmuring of the people for the murdering of the Duke of Glocester and as he was taking of Ship to paste for France he was surprized and taken on the sea by a Shippe of warre called the Nicholas belonging to the Duke of Excester then Constable of the Tower of London and there presently beheaded and his body cast into the Sea which was after found and taken vp againe at Douer and brought to the Colledge at Wingfield in Suffolke and there honourably buried He married Alice daughter and heyre of Sir Thomas Chaucer knight sonne of Sir Geffrey Chaucer the Poet by whom he had issue Iohn Duke of Suffolke and William Et portoit d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or IOhn de la Pole sonne and heyre of William aforesaide being the fift of this Family was after the death of his Father Duke of Suffolke He was Founder of the house of the Carthusians at Kingston on Hull where the house of the saide Poles as yet remaineth like a Pallace He married Elizabeth daughter of Richard Plantagenet Duke of Yorke and sister of king Edward the fourth and had issue Iohn de la Pole created Earle of Lincolne the seuenth of king Edward the fourth who hauing no issue of his body was slain at Stokefield with Martyn Swarth who vniustly had taken vp Armes against King Henry the seuenth in the yeare 1487 the second of the said Kings Reigne Edmond the second sonne was Earle of Suffolke Humfrey was a Clarke Edward the fourth sonne was Arch-Deacon of Richmond and Richard the fift sonne was slain at Pauia in Italy at a battaile foughten in the yeare 1525. Katherine the eldest daughter was married to William Lord Sturton Anne the second daughter was a Nunne at Sion Dorothy was the third daughter and Elizabeth the 4. daughter was married to Henry Louell Lord Morley This Iohn dyed in the yeare 1491. and was buried at Wingfield of which he was Lord and Owner Et portoit les armes de son peré EDmond de la Pole second sonne and heyre of Iohn de la Pole Duke of Suffolke by Elizabeth his wife sister of king Edward the fourth was the last Earle of Suffolke of that Family a bold stout and couragious man but very intemperate in his anger This Edmond vpon a time killed a meane man which fact King Henry the seuenth pardoned notwithstanding he tooke it so ill that he was arraigned for the same As he shortly after without the Kings licence went into Flanders to his Aunt Margaret Dutchesse of Burgonay but after returning backe againe he excused himselfe so as hee obtayned the kings fauour and not long after while Prince Arthurs marriage with Katherine of Spaine and the peoples heads were occupied with delights he with his Brother Richard departed the second time into Flanders against the Kings will and knowledge where he remained as an exile hearing that some of his Friends were put to death and others committed to perpetuall imprisonment Hee wandered vp and downe both in France and Germany but finding no place of rest or safety at last yeelding himselfe into the hands of Philip Duke of Burgundy and Flanders was at length brought into England and beheaded at Tower-Hill for treason in the yeare 1513. being the fift of king Henry the eight He married Margaret daughter of Richard Lord Scrope had issue Anne a Nun in the Minnories at London Et portoit d'azur à la face entre trois testes de leopards d'or CHarles Brandon Son of Sir William Brandon knight was knight of the Garter and Master of the Horse to K. Henry the 8. by him created Viscount Lisle in the yeare 1513 and after Duke of Suffolke in the same yeare In which yeare there was a solemne triumph at Tilt Turney proclaimed in France by the Dolphin to which this Charles with the Marques Dorset and many other Noble Lords and Gentlemen went with the Kings licence And in the first dayes triumph the Marques Dorset bare himselfe so valiantly against Monsieur Grue an Almanois that with his Speare hee wounded him very dangerously in the head And Duke Charles at the Turney ouerthrew his aduersary bearing both man and horse to the ground This Duke Charles had foure wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Iohn Neuill Marquesse Montague widdow of Sir Iohn Mortimer knight by whom he had no issue The second was Anne daughter of Sir Anthony Browne knight Gouernor of Callis by whom he had issue before marriage a base daughter named Anne married to Edward Gray Lord Powis and another daughter after marriage named Mary married vnto Thomas Stanley Lord Montegle His third wife was Mary Queene of France widdow of Lewis the 12. and second sister to King Henry the eight by whom he had issue Henry Brandon Earle of Lincolne that died before his Father without issue and two daughters Francis married to Henry Grey Marquesse Dorset and after Duke of Suffolke and Eleanor the second daughter was married to Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland The fourth wife was Katherine daughter and one of the heyres of William Lord Willoughby of Eresbie by whom he had issue two sonnes Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolke and Charles who dyed young both in one day of the sweating sicknesse at Bugden the Bishop of Lincolnes house the 14. of Iuly 1551. This valiant Charles Duke of Suffolke departed this life at Guilford the 24. of August 1544. the 36. of king Henry the eight and was buried very honourably with a Hearse at Windesore Et portoit bur●lle d'argent de gueulles de dix pieces à la lyon rampant d'or coronne per pale d'argent de gueulles HEnry Grey Marquesse Dorset and Baron Ferrers of Groby Huntington Wooduill and Asheley Iustice of the Forrests and Chases by South the Riuer of Trent and knight of the Garter was after the death of Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolke and Charles his brother created Duke of Suffolke the eleuenth of October the fift of king Edward the sixt He married Lady Francis daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke by Mary the French Queene Dowager of France and had issue three daughters Iane the eldest was married to the Lord Guilford Dudley sonne of