Glocestershire sonne of Iames Lord Berkley and of Isabell his wife daughter of Thomas Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke by Elizabeth his wife sister and one of the heyres of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell was created Viscount Berkley the 21. of king Edward the fourth And in the first yeare of King Richard the third he was made Earle of Nottingham Earle Marshall of England And in the fourth yeare of king Henry the seuenth he was created Marquesse Berkley and married Anne daughter of Iohn Fynes Lord Dacres of the South and dyed without issue the seuenth of King Henry the seuenth and was buried in the Augustine Fryars in London giuing to the saide King most part of his Lands Et portoit de gueulles au Cheuron accompaigne de dix croix formies d'argent HEnry Fitz-Roy base sonne of King Henry the eight begotten of the Lady Talboys daughter of Sir Iohn Blount Knight was created Earle of Nottingham in the 17. yeare of his Fathers Reigne and after in the yeare 1525. he was created Duke of Richmond and Somerset at Bridewell and at the same time he was made Lieutenant Generall from Trent Northwards and Lord Warden of the East West and middle Marchesse towards Scotland He married Mary daughter of Thomas Howard second Duke of Norfolke dyed without issue at S. Iames house by Charing-Crosse the 28. of king Henry the eight and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre au bordur escartelle ermyn gobonne d'argent d'azur au baston finestre d'argent sur le tout au eschutcheon escartelle de gueulles vaire d'or de vert à lyon rampant d'argent au le chef d'azur à Castell entre deus test du cert cabushed d'argent CHarles Baron Howard of Effingham and Lord Admirall of England Son of William L. Howard of Effingham was created Earle of Nottingham at White-Hall the 23. of October 1597 by Queene Elizabeth He married Katherine daughter of Henry Cary Baron of Hunsdon L. Chamberlaine of the house to the said Queene by whom he had issue William Howard Baron of Effingham and Charles Lord Howard of Effingham Elizabeth married to Sir Robert Southwell knight Francis married first to the Earle of Kildare and after to Henry Lord Cobham Margaret the third daughter was married to Sir Richard Lusun of Staffordshire knight This Charles married to his second wife Margaret daughter of Iames Stewart Earle of Murrey and had issue Iames a sonne Et portoit les armes de Howard sur le tout au Molette de sable A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Oxford with their Armes Wiues and Children AVbrey de Vere sonne of Aubrey de Vere Chamberlaine to King Henry the first Portgraue of London and Chiefe-Iustice vnder king Henry the first slaine by the Commons in London in the yeare 1140. descended from the Earles of Guisnes and that sur-name from Vere a Towne in Zeland as M. Camden hath others in Normandy was by king Henry the second and Mauld the Empresse his Mother restored first to the Chamberlainship of England and the Portgraueship of London which hee had lost before in the ciuill warres and after had giuen him the choise of foure Earledomes in England viz. Oxford Huntington Cambridgeshire and Wiltes with this condition that if Dauid of Scotland did challenge the Earledomes of Huntington and Cambridge he should not haue eyther of them and for that the said Dauid did challenge Huntington and Cambridge as his due and right inheritance the saide Aubrey made his choise to take Oxford In which Earledome when the saide Henry the second came to the Crowne hee by his Charter did confirme and make the said Aubrey Earle of Oxford This Aubrey married Adelizia daughter of Henry of Essex Baron of Raleigh the kings Constable by whom he had issue Aubrey and Robert Vere both Earles of Oxford one after another and a daughter named Rohesia first Countesse of Salisbury and after wife to Geffrey Magnauile Earle of Essex and lastly she married Paganus de Beauchamp Baron of Bedford She founded the Church and built the Towne of Royston This Aubrey the first Earle of Oxford dyed in the yeare 1194. the sixt of king Richard the first Et portoit escartellé de gueulles d'or le premier canton chargé d'une Molette d'argent AVbrey de Vere sonne of Aubrey aforesaid was after the death of his Father the second Earle of Oxford and Lord high Chamberlaine of England This Aubrey did confirme the guift of 7. liberatis terre which Aubrey his Father did giue to the Canons of S. Edith or Esith in Essex and married Adelizia daughter of Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke by whom he had no issue He dyed in the yeare 1214. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré RObert Vere the third Earle of Oxford and great Chamberlaine of England brother of Aubrey the second aforesaid paide a fine of one thousand Markes to King Iohn in the 16. yeare of his reigne for the seizure of those lands which lately were of the inheritance of Earle Aubrey his elder brother and thereby was seized of the Castles of Heuening ham and Caneuil with their appurtenances and had also giuen him the Wardship of William Fitz-Otho to bestow in marriage with his Niece Notwithstanding all which fauors he tooke part with the Barons who maintayned Lewis the French Kings sonne against king Henry the third in the year 1215. He married Isabell daughter and heire of Hugh Lord Bulbec of Bulbec Castle in Buckinghamshire and of Swefham Bulbec in Cambridgshire and Founder of Wiburne Abbey in Bedfordshire and had issue Hugh de Vere Earle of Oxford and Sir Henry Vere knight of whom the Lord Mordant and others are descended He had issue also one daughter named Isabell married to Sir Iohn Courtney knight great Grand-father of Sir Hugh Courtney first Earle of Deuonshire of that name She founded the Preaching Fryars in Oxford and lyeth there buried in Anno 1245. This Robert also founded the Priory of Hatfield Brodoke where he lyeth buried crosse-legged in the yeare 1221. with this Epitaph Sir Robert Vere the first and third Earle of Oxford lyeth heere God if he please haue mercy of his soule Whosoeuer shall pray for his soule shall obtaine forty dayes pardon His Armes depicted vpon his Shield or Pauice is gold a quarter of France Seme charged with a Molet Argent HVgh de Vere sonne and heyre of Robert aforesaid was restored and made Earle of Oxford and Lord great Chāberlaine of England in the yeare 1233. and married Hawis daughter of Sayre de Quincy Earle of Winchester and had issue Robert de Vere after Earle of Oxford Aubrey Richard Margaret married to Hugh de Cressi with whom her Father gaue in marriage the Mannor of Keteringham with the appurtenance Robert Lord Quincy and Lord William Blande being Witnesses to the said Charter sanz date Mauld second daughter and Isabell Vere the third daughter This
OF THE Earles of Penbroke their Armes Wiues and Children GIlbert sur-named Strongbowe of drawing of a Strong Bowe second sonne of Gilbert Earle of Clare in Suffolke and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent and grand-childe of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Sewer to William Conquerour and Rohesia his wife daughter of Walter Gifford Earle of Longeuile in Normandy was created Earle of Penbroke in the 4. yeare of King Stephen hee was also Marshall of the Kings Pallace and Lord of Chepstow Strighull Tudenham Wolaston Aluerdeston and halfe the Country of Liege Hee was heyre of Roger and Walter Fitz-Richard his Vnkles which Walter was a great Baron and Lord of Caer-went in Monmouthshire and Founder of Tinterne Abbey in Wales 1131. He married Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Mellent and Robert Earle of Leicester twin brothers and had issue Richard Strongbow Earle of Penbroke and Basill married to Raymond sonne of William Fitz-Gerald of Ireland This Gilbert dyed in the 14. yeare of King Stephen and was buried by his Vnkle Walter Fitz-Richard in the Abbey of Tinterne Et portoit d'or trois cheurons de gueulles au lambell de cinq points d'azur RIchard of Clare sonne of Gilbert sur-named Strongbow of whom it is saide that this Richard standing vpright with the Palmes of his hands would touch his knees he was after his Father Earle of Penbroke L. of Strighull Chepstow and Caer-went and Lord Marshall Dermoc Mac-Murough sonne of Patricke King of Leinster in Ireland whose Subiects rebelling against him prayed this Richards ayde who being a most valorous Captaine granted his request went with sufficient strength and conquered all Leinster In recompence whereof this Dermoc gaue his daughter Eua vnto him in marriage with all the Country of Leinster which contayned weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossory and Carlogh Al which Lands he enioyed with the good liking of King Henry the second eight whole yeares He had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Isabell who being 14. yeares Ward to King Henry the second was giuen in marriage to Willliam Marshall the elder Earle of Penbroke This Richard dyed and was buried at Kilkenny in Anno 1176 and afterwards his body was taken vp againe and buried at Dublyn in Ireland Et portoit les armes de son peré VVIlliam the Kings Marshall sonne of Iohn grand-childe of Gilbert was in right of his wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Richard Strongbow aforesaid created Earle of Penbroke by King Iohn on the day of his Coronation 1199. and had giuen him the Marshalship of England King Richard the first in the first yeare of his Reigne 1189. gaue this Isabell in marriage to this William Marshall she being then his Ward by whom he had issue fiue sonnes William Richard Gilbert Walter and Anselme all Earles of Penbroke and Marshals of England and dyed without issue Hee had also fiue daughters who were married as followeth Matild the eldest was married to Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke with whom he had in marriage the Marshalship of England and Hemsted Marshall in Barkshire by which the said Office is held Ioane the second daughter was married to Warin de Montchensey Lord of Swanescamp Isabell the third daughter was first married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and after to Richard Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall younger sonne of King Iohn Sibill the fourth daughter married William Ferrars Earle of Derby and Eua the fift daughter was married to William Bruse Lord of Brecknock This William after the death of King Iohn had the gouernment of King Henry the third being but ten yeares of age vntill the said William dyed which was in the yeare 1219. and was buried in the Temple in London the 16. of March the fourth of king Henry rhe third This Williams Father did beare for his Armes Gueulles à la bande fizelle d'or as his Seale doth witnesse But after he and his sonnes came to be Marshals they vsed for their Armes D'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout arme lampasse d'azur WIlliam Marshall the younger sonne and heyre of William Marshall the elder was the fourth Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Strighull Chepstow Caer-went Leigh or Liege Weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossorie and Carlogh and married two wiues the first was Alice daughter and heyre of Baldwin de Betun Earle of Albemarle and Holdernesse by Auis his wife daughter and heyre of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle His second wife was Elianor daughter of king Iohn and sister of king Henry the third He dyed without issue the 6. of Aprill 1231. the 15. of king Henry the third and was buried by his Father in the Temple of London leauing Richard his brother to succeed him Et portoit les armoiries de son peré RIchard Marshall second sonne of William Marshall the elder who after the death of William his Brother the 5. Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Strighull Chepstow and Caerwent c. did giue to the Church of S. Maries of Thame certaine Woods in Crendon to pray for his owne soule and Geruasia his Wife and as Mathew Paris hath when king Henry the third did vpon the suggestion of Peter Bishop of Winchester remoue all his home-bred Subiects from their Offices in his Court and preferre certaine strangers of Poictiers in their roomes this Richard not liking thereof came boldly vnto the King in the presence of many the Nobility others and tolde him that by ill counsell he had sent for strangers into the Land to the great hurt of his kingdome and subiects to the impeachment of the Lawes and Liberties of this Realme For redresse whereof he vowed he would sight so long as hee had any life and thereupon ioyned league with Luellyn Prince of Wales others But whilest the King was busied in leuying an Army to send against him and Luellyn word was brought to this Richard that Morice Fitz-Gerald and other Irish had sacked his Countries and Lands in Ireland Vpon the hearing whereof he hasted thether with fifteene Knights to encounter with his enemies and ioyned battaile with them vpon Satterday the first of Aprill 1234. and fought eleuen houres vntill his horse was slaine vnder him And he then falling to the ground one of the Irish perceiuing his backe part ill armed lifted vp his habergeō thrust a knife into his backe vp to the haft giuing him his deadly wound and then brought him to a Castle of his owne named Kilkenny which the said Maurice Fitz-Gerald had taken a little before from him where he dyed fifteene dayes after withoutissue hauing beene Earle but three yeares Hee was buried in the Quier of the Fryars Minories at Kilkenny the 18. of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere GIlbert Marshall third Son of William Marshall the elder after the death of Richard his brother was restored to King Henry the thirds fauour and grace to all his
brought and deliuered to Sir Robert Mallet Knight who sent him to the Tower of London and after banished the Land and all his goods confiscated to the Kings vse William Brampton Roger Leicester Iohn Luneth and Richard Lithbury before named being accused of wrongfull iudgements and other foule mis-demeanors were deliuered out of the Tower of London by paying each of them a thousand Markes fyne and Salomon de Rogester Thomas de Sudington Richard de Boiland and Walter de Hopton Iustices that rode the circuites were charged with the like offences were punished accordingly Sir Raphe de Hingham a Iustice of great account and who had the managing of the whole affaires of the Realme was charged with many notorious abuses and purchased his peace with a great summe of money Adam de Stretten Lord Chiefe-Baron of the Exchecquer a man of great possessions lost all his liuings and 34. thousand Markes in ready money and yet it was thought he had great fauour in that he lost not his life King Edward married two wiues and had issue by them both Queene Elianor his first Wife was sister of Alphonsus King of Castile and daughter of Ferdinando the third She was married to him at Bures in Spaine 1254. and was crowned with him and liued with him 36. yeares and dyed at Herdeby in Lincolnshire the 29. of Nouember 1290. and was buried at Westminster and at euery place where she rested comming from Herdeby he erected a Crosse Margaret his second wife was sister of Philip the faire King of France and eldest daughter of Philip the Hardy son of S. Lewis she was married vnto him at Canterbury the 8. of September 1299. She ouer-liued King Edward and remained a Widdow ten yeares after and dyed the 10. of Edward the second 1317. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London before the high Altar in the Quier which before she had built King Edward dyed at Brugh vpon the Sands in the yeare 1307. the seuenth of Iuly when he had reigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde dayes being 68. yeares olde and was buried at Westminster vnto which Church he had giuen a hundred pound lands a yeare Et portoit de gueulles au trois lyons paffant gardant d'or armé lampasse d'azur His Issue by his first Wife Iohn eldest sonne borne at Winchester and dyed a childe and was buried at Westminster the 8. of August in the last yeare of King Henry the third Henry second sonne dyed young his Father being then in the Isle of Cicill was buried at Westminster the 20. of Nouember 1272. Alphons third sonne borne in the Towne of Mayne in Gascoigne as his Father and Mother were comming out of the Holy-Land to England the 23. of Nouember 1273. and dyed at Windesore the 4. of August 1285. and was buried at Canterbury Edward the fourth sonne borne at Cairnaruon in North Wales the 25. of Aprill 1284. After the death of Lewellyn ap Griffith was created Prince of Wales by his Father being the first of the Kings sonnes of England that had that Title He was also Earle of Ponthieu and of Chester and was made Knight by his Father on Whitsonday 1306. Elianor eldest daughter borne at Windesore in the 50. yeare of her Fathâ—â—â— Reigne and was married with a Proxie to a Deputy for Alphons King of Arragon sonne of King Peter who dyed before marriage leauing his Kingdome to his Brother Iames. She was after married at Bristow 1292. to Henry the third Earle of Barrie in Champayne in France and had issue Edward Earle of Barrie from whom the Dukes and Earles of Barrie do descend Ioane her daughter was married to Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey in England Ioane second daughter was borne at Acon in the Holy-Land where her Mother remained during her Fathers wars with the Sarrazins and beeing 18. yeares olde was married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford by whom she had issue Gilbert Earle of Clare slaine in Scotland without issue and others as in the Title of Earles of Glocester She married to her second husband Sir Raphe Mounthermer Knight who during his wiues life was Earle of Glocester and sate in all Parliaments by that Title She liued 38. yeares and dyed in the first yeare of the Reigne of King Edward the second and was buried in the Fryers Augustines in Clare Margaret third daughter borne in the Castle of Windesore 1275. and at 18. yeares of age was married at Westminster on the 9. day of Iuly 1290. to Iohn the second Duke of Brabant and had issue Iohn the third Father of Margaret wife of Lewis of Mechlyn Earle of Flanders and Mother of the Lady Margaret heyre of Brabant and Flanders who was married to Phillip Duke of Burgundy Berengaria the fourth daughter borne 1276. and dyed a childe Alice the fift daughter dyed young Mary sixt daughter borne at Windesore the 22. of Aprill 1279. was at ten yeares of aâ—â— made a Nun at Ambresbury in Wiltshire at the request of Queene Elianor her Grand-mother who at that time was Lady Abbesse there Elizabeth the seuenth daughter was borne in Rutland Castle in Flintshire 1284. and being 14. yeares olde was married at London to Iohn the first of that name Earle of Holland and Lord of Freezeland who dyed two yeares after without issue After whose death she was married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford without any dowry by whom she had issue Iohn and Humfrey as in the Title of Earles of Hereford Beatrix the eight daughter of King Edward the first Blanch the ninth daughter dyed a Childe Issue by Queene Margaret the second Wife Thomas the fift sonne of King Edward the first was borne at Brotherton a little Village in Yorkshire in the yeare 1300. and was after the death of Roger Bigot created Earle of Norfolke and Marshall of England He had two wiues the first was Alice daughter of Sir Roger Hayles of Harwich in Suffolke by whoÌ„ he had issue Edward and others as in the Title of Earles of Norfolke His second wife was Mary daughter of William Lord Ros widdow of Sir Raphe Cobham who out liuing him married the third time William Lord Bruse of Brember in Sussex Edmond the sixt sonne was borne at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire the fift of August 1301. and was created Earle of Kent He married Margaret daughter of Iohn and sister and sole heyre of Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell in Northamptonshire and had issue two sonnes that dyed without issue and one daughter as in the Title of Earles of Kent The daughter was Ioane sur-named The faire Maid of Kent first married to William Mountague Earle of Salisbury from whoÌ„ being diuorced she was after married to Sir Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and by him had issue Thomas and Iohn both Dukes of Surrey and Earles of Huntington Lastly she married for her third husband Edward the blacke Prince had issue King Richard the second This Edmond was beheaded at Winchester the 19. of
Deuonshire and granted to him the third penny of the yearely reuennew of the same County being ten Marks Lastly the said king gaue him the Isle of Wight whereby euer after he was called Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle He married and had issue Baldwine de Riuers Earle of Deuon BAldwine de Riuers sonne of Richard aforesaid was the second Earle of Deuonshire and builded three Monasteries viz. Christ-Church Quarara in the Isle of Wight and Lira in Normandy he fortefied the Citty of Exeter against king Stephen and was banished England with his wife and children and had the Isle of Wight taken from him in the yeare 1136. He married Adelizia daughter of _____ by whom he had issue Richard Henry that dyed yong and William sur-named Vernon the place where hee went to schoole or was brought vp in This Baldwine dyed in the yeare 1155. and was buried in the Abbey of Quarara RIchard de Riuers eldest sonne of Baldwine aforenamed was the third Earle of Deuonshire and did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara in the 13. yeare of king Henry the second to pray for the soules of Baldwine his father Adelizia his mother Countesse of Deuon He married Hawis daughter and one of the heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of king Henry the first and had issue Baldwine and Richard both Earles of Deuonshire who dyed without issue This Richard dyed in the Citty of Cenomania in Franc in the yeare 1161. BAldwine de Riuers sonne and heire of Richard aforesaid was after his father the fourth Earle of Deuon and married Alice daughter of Raphe de Dol in Berry as Milles hath pag. 457. he was Earle but a while and dyed without issue leauing Richard his brother to succeed him in his Earledome and lands RIchard de Riuers second sonne of Richard the third Earle of Deuon and brother and heire of Baldwine the fourth Earle of Deuonshire was the fift Earle of Deuonshire and married Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of Iohn Lord Biset and gaue lands to the Abbey of Bruer to pray for the soule of Earle Richard his Father his own health and Margaret the Countesse his wife hee died without issue and was buried at Montbroge in Normandy the thirtieth of King Henry the second Etportoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur This is the first man that bare this Armes that euer I could finde and for the Griffyn which hath bene vsually set downe for their Armes it is but a deuice and no Armes WIlliam sur-named de Vernon of the Towne of Vernona in Normandy where he was borne as some haue but the booke of Forde Abbey hath where he went to schoole after the death of Baldwine and Richard his two Nephewes without issue was the sixt Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Mabell daughter to Robert Earle of Mellent with whom her Father did giue in marriage all his lands of Kiderminster Moreis and Redeliston which were before the lands of her Mother Mauld one of the daughters heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of K. Henry the first by whom this William had issue Baldwine who married Margaret daughter of Waryn Fitz-Gerald Chamberlaine to king Iohn and dyed before his Father leauing issue Baldwine his sonne and heire This William had issue also two daughters the eldest was Iane married vnto William Bruer the younger Lord of Torbay who dyed without issue Mary the second daughter was first married to Sir Robert Courtney knight sonne of Reginald and after to Peter de Prouz and had issue This William de Vernon by his Deed or Charter bearing date the fourth of September 1206. did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara to pray for the soules of king Henry and Baldwine his father and A lelicia the Countesse his Mother and Earle Richard his brother and for the health of Mabell the Countesse his wife and Baldwine his sonne and after dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1216. the first of king Henry the third Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles BAldwine de Riuers the fourth of that christen name Son of Baldwine the third which dyed before his father was after the death of William de Vernon his grand-father the seuenth Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Amicia daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford by whom he had issue Baldwine the fift and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name and Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle the wife of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle This Baldwine in the 25. yeare of the reigne of king Henry the third was created Earle of the Isle of Wight at the sute and petition of Richard Earle of Cornwall the kings brother whose Ward this Baldwine had bene and in the 29. yeare of the said kings reigne the saide Baldwine dyed in his youthfull yeares After whose death his Countesse Amicia gaue lands to the abbey of Bruarne to pray for the soules of Gilbert de Clare late Earle of Glocester her Father and for Isabell the Countesse her Mother and Baldwine late Earle of Deuonshire her husband and for the health of her owne soule Baldwine her sonne She dyed in the yeare 1283. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur BAldwine de Riuers the fift of that name and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name Lord of the Isle of Wight Hee married Auice daughter of _____ a Sauoyan borne and neere kineswoman of Queene Elianor and had issue a sonne named Iohn that dyed yong in France without issue This Baldwine the fift dyed in the 46. yeare of K. Henry the third leauing Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle his sister and heire Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' HVgh Courtney knight the second of that name cousin and heire of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle that is to say sonne of Hugh grand-childe of Mary de Riuers sister of Baldwyne the third that dyed before his Father grand-father of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle was by Letters Patents made the ninth Earle of Deuonshire the ninth of king Edward the third and married Agnes sister of Sir Iohn S. Iohn knight by whom he had issue foure sonnes and three daughters viz. Hugh Courtney the tenth Earle of Deuonshire Thomas the second Son married Murâ—ell daughter of Iohn de Mules Iohn the third sonne was Abbot of Tauestoke and Robert was the fourth Son Elianor the eldest daughter was wife to Iohn Grey Elizabeth the second daughter was married to Bartholmew de Lasle of the Isle of Wight Egelyne the third daughter was wife to Robert Lord Scales This Hugh dyed in the fourteenth yeare of king Edward the third 1340. and was buried at Cowike Et portoit d'or trois torreaux au lambell d'azur HVgh Courtney the third of that christen name sonne of Hugh the second
Peeres was found guilty of high treason and condemned to perpetuall imprisonment during his life where he dyed without issue And Waltheof Earle of Huntington notwithstanding his submission was taken and carried to Wynchester and there beheaded and his body buried in the fields without the Citty but after remoued to Crowland Et portoit les armes de son pete MIlo Fitz-Walter sonne of Walter Constable of the Castle of Glocester and of Emme his wife daughter of Drew de Balun Lord of Abergauenny succeeded his Father in the Constableship of Glocester and was by Mauld the Empresse made Earle of Hereford and Constable of her Court in the sixt yeare of king Stephen He married Sibell daughter and heire of Bernard Newmarch Lord of Brecknock by Nest his wife daughter of Griffith ap Lewellyn Prince of South Wales and had issue fiue sonnes and three daughters viz. Roger Walter Henry William and Mahell all Earles of Hereford and Constables of England sauing William onely who dyed before his elder brother Henry Margaret the eldest daughter married Humfrey de Bohun the third of that name who after the death of his wiues brothers was both Earle of Hereford and Constable of England Bertha the second daughter was married to Philip de Breus Lord of Brember Abergauenny c. Luce the third daughter was wife to Herbert sonne of Herbert and grand-childe to Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlaine to King Henry the first and of his wife daughter of Robert Corbet Concubine of king Henry the first Lord of Alencester in Comit Warwick This Milo dyed the eight of king Stephen was buried by Sibell his wife in the Abbey of Lanthony by Glocester which he founded in the yeare 1135. Et portoit gueulles à la bande d or oue la autre bande d'argent ROger eldest sonne and heire of Milo vnto whom King Henry the second gaue the Mote of Hereford with the Castle and the third peny of the Reuennewes of Pleas of the whole County of Hereford wherof he made him Earle He was also Constable of England Lord of Brecknock Caer-went Gower and of the Forrest of Deane all which sayth Somerset Glouer were confirmed vnto him by King Henrie the second his Letters Patents bearing date at Warwicke the twelfth day next after the conclusion of peace between King Stephen and him This Roger dying without issue Walter Henry Mahell his brothers succeeded him in his lands and possessions and died also without issue Whereby their whole Inheritance was diuided betweene their three sisters who were maried as aforesaid Et portoit gueulles deus bands vne d'or la autre d'argent HEnry de Bohun sonne of Humfrey de Bohun the fourth and Grand childe to Humfrey the third and Margaret his wife daughter of Milo Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and sister and co-heyre of her fiue brothers was in right of the said Margaret his grandmother created Earle of Hereford by Letters patents bearing date the third of Nouember in the first yeare of king Iohn as also Constable of England He married Mauld daughter of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall Earle of Essex and sister and heire of Geffrey and William sur-named Mandeuils her Brothers and had issue Humfrey de Bohun the fift He dyed in the 4. yeare of king Henry the third 1220. going to the holy Land and his body being brought backe into England was buried in the Abbey of Lanthony Et porteit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony and Earle of Essex in right of his mother To this Humfrey did king Henry the third in Anno 1241. release the remainder of a debt of 20000. Markes which Geffrey Magnauile Earle of Essex his Vnckle was to pay vnto him as a fine laide vppon him for marrying Isabell the repudiate wife of King Iohn daughter and heyre of William Earle of Glocester This Humfrey married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Isondon Earle of Angy in Normandy by whom he had issue Humfrey de Bohun the sixt that dyed before his Father in the Castle of Bristew being taken prisoner at the battell of Eusham 1265. and two daughters Mauld the eldest was maried first to Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke and after to Roger Quincy Earle of Winchester and Alice the second daughter was married to the Lord Thony The said Humfreys second wife was Mauld de Auenesbury by whom he had issue Iohn de Bohun Lord of Haresfield Father of Edmond and then died in the third yeare of King Edward the first 1274. and was buried at Lanthony Les arme de son peré HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that Christian name sonne and heire of Humfrey the sixt that dyed before his Father was after the death of Humfrey de Bohun the fift his grand-father Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and by his Mother Elianor daughter and co-heire of William de Breose he was Lord of Brecknocke He married Mauld daughter of Ingelrame de Fines a Frenchman had issue Humfrey de Bohun the eight and after dyed at Plaisie in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. and was buried with his wife at Walden Abbey Et portoit d'azur à la bande d'argent à deux cottices entre six Lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that Christian name son and heire of Humfrey the seuenth was Earle of Hereford Constable of England Patron of Lanthony Abbey third Earle of Essex and Lord of Brecknock He married Elizabeth daughter of King Edward the first Widdowe of Iohn Earle of Holland with whom hee had no dowry but onely the Kings fauour which before he had lost by refusing to go with him into Flanders to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the French King by whom he had issue foure sonnes and two daughters Iohn the first sonne was after his Father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and died vvithout issue Humfrey the second son had all his brother Iohns honours aad dyed also without issue Edward William were twins borne at Caldecot in Wales Edward dyed drowned in Scotland before the death of his brother Humfrey and was buried at Walden William the 4. brother was a Martial man and by K. Edw. the third 1336. was created Earle of Northampton and did execute the Office of Constable of England for his brother Humfrey and dyed before him in the yeare 1359. Elianor the eldest daughter of this Humfrey the eight was married to Iames Butler Earle of Ormonde and Margaret the second daughter was wife to Hugh Courtney Earle of Deuonshire This Humfrey the eight was slaine with Thomas Earle of Lancaster at Burrowbridge by Andrew of Harcla Earle of Carlell the 15. of king Edward the second 1322.
and was buried in the Black-Fryars in Yorke and Elizabeth his wife dyed the 9. of king Edward the second and was buried in the Abbey of Walden in Essex Et portoit les armes de son pere IOhn de Bohun sonne and heire of Humfrey the eight was after his Father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England He married two wiues the first was Alice daughter of Edmond Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell who dyed in childe-bed and was buried at Walden with her infant sonne His second wife was Margaret daughter of Ralphe Lord Basset by whom he had no issue He dyed at Kirby There 1334. the 9. of king Edward the third was buried at Stratford Abbey neere London Et portoit d'azur â la bande d'argent à deux cottices entre six lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the ninth second sonne of Humfrey the eight and brother and heyre of Iohn de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England succeeded his Father and Brother he ouer-liued his brother William of Northampton one yeare one moneth and fiue dayes and dyed without issue at Plaisie in Essex 1361. and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London leauing Humfrey de Bohun the tenth his Nephew by his brother William de Bohun Earle of Northampton to succeed him in all his Lands and Dignities Les armes de son pere HVmfrey de Bohun the tenth and last of that name was after the death of William his Father Earle of Northampton after the death of Humfrey his Vnckle Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England Lord of Brecknock Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony He married Ioane daughter of Richard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue onely two daughters his heires Elianor the eldest was married to Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester a younger sonne of king Edw. the third and Mary the second daughter was wife to Henry Plantagenet sonne and heyre of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and after King of England by the name of king Henry the fourth He dyed in the 46. yeare of king Edward the third 1371. and was buried at Walden Et portoit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottices entre six lions rampant d'or HEnry Plantagenet or Henry of Bullingbroke Earle of Derby sonne and heyre of Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster married Mary second daughter and co-heire of Humfrey de Bohun the tenth of that name with whom he had the Earledome of Hereford and Northampton with the Lordship of Brecknock and the Patrionage of Lanthony and in the yeare 1397. he was created Duke of Hereford by King Richard the second and after the death of his Father hee was also Duke of Lancaster This Henry Duke of Hereford being accused of diuers points of high treason against king Richard the second by Thomas Mowbray then Duke of Norfolke for clearing himselfe thereof he challenged the saide Duke of Norfolke to a single combate which was by him accepted and allowed by the King But when the appointed day was come and the two Dukes within the lists in field ready to performe the same the king would not suffer them to proceed but banished the Duke of Norfolke the land for euer who shortly after dyed at Venice and the Duke of Hereford for sixe yeares But this Duke Henry returned backe againe the same yeare and by force tooke king Richard prisoner at Flynt Castle and brought him to the Tower of London where he was vniustly constrained to resigne his kingdome to this Henry who was after crowned king by the name of king Henry the fourth He had issue by his wife Mary Henry who was after king of England by the name of king Henry the fift and dyed the 20. of March 1412. Et portoit semé de France escartelié d'engleterre au baston de gueullce A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Huntington their Armes Wiues and Children VVAltheof sonne of Siward the great Earle of Northumberland married Iudith daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys and Niece to William the Conqueror by Mauld his halfe sister by the Mother daughter of Herlwyn Comittis Villa and Arleta his wife with whom the said Conqueror gaue in marriage the Earledome of Huntington The said Waltheof and Iudith had issue three daughters onely Mauld the eldest was married first to Simon Saint Lize and had issue Simon the second Earle of Northampton after shee married Dauid sonne of Malcolme Makduncan and brother to the second Mauld Queene of England and had issue Henry Earle of Huntington Iudith the second daughter was married to Ralphe Lord Toney of Flamsted and Bertha the third daughter was wife to Robert Fitz-Richard Dapifer descended out of the Family of Clare This Waltheof at the marriage of Ralphe de Waiet with Emme the sister of Roger Bretiuile with diuers other great Lords did conspire together to turne William the Conqueror and his Normans againe out of England which conspiracy being reuealed by Waltheof and he submitting himselfe to the Kings mercy the said Conqueror notwithstanding caused him to be beheaded at Winchester 1075. and his body to be buried in the Fields neere the Towne which afterwards was taken vp againe and buried at Crowland in Lincolnshire Et portoit d'argent au lion rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles SImon Saint-Lize the first of that name sonne of Randoll sur-named the Rich a Norman borne with Warner le Rich his brother came into England to the ayde of William Ruphus who bestowed the Hundred of Falkeley valued then at forty pounds a yeare vpon him to shooe his Horses For the saide Simon and his brother Warner had brought with them to ayde the saide King forty knights King Henry the first entreated a marriage betweene the saide Simon and Iudith the Widdow of Earle Waltheof which she refused because the saide Simon was lame whereupon the King gaue him in marriage Mauld the eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof Iudith with the Earledome of Huntington This Simon with Mauld his wife builded the Castle and Abbey of S. Andrewes in Northampton in the sixt yeare of king Henry the first and had issue Simon the second Earle of Huntington Waltheof Abbot of Melrose and after dyed in the yeare 1127. and was buried in the Abbey of Bourne Et portoit per pale endente d'argent gueulles DAuid sonne of Malcolme king of Scots and brother to king Alexander by the fauour of king Henry the first had to wife Mauld the eldest daughter and co-heyre of Earle Waltheof the widdow of Simon Saint-Lize Earle of Huntington and by that title of Earle of Huntington the said Dauid was a Witnesse to king Henry the firsts Charter of lands and liberties he gaue to the Citty of London But when Alexander his brother was dead without issue and he sent for to be king there was a peace made betweene King Stephen him with condition that the Earledome of Huntington should abide and remaine to Henry
sonne of the said Dauid for which he should sweare fealty and doe homage to king Stephen By reason whereof Simon Saint-Lice the second of that name to whom of right as the elder sonne of Mauld his Mother the said Earledome of Huntington did belong was neglected and excluded This Dauid had issue Henry Earle of Huntington in his Fathers life time and dyed in the yeare 1153. and was buried at Dunfirmlyn in Scotland Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'gueulles HEnry sonne of Dauid king of Scots was Earle of Huntington in the life time of his Father He married Ada daughter of William de Warren the second and sister of William the third Earle Warren and Surrey and had issue Malcolme and William both Kings of Scots and Dauid the third sonne was Earle of Huntington and Carect hee had also three daughters Ada married to Florence Earle of Holland Margaret married to Conanle Petit Earle of Britaine and Mauld that dyed young This Henry dyed at Calcone the 18. of king Stephen 1152. his Father being then liuing Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de gueulles SImon Saint-Lice the second of that name Earle of Northampton after the death of king Henry the first and Henry sonne of Dauid king of Scots entred into peaceable possession of the Earledome of Huntington which he could neuer obtaine before during the said kings Reigne for that he had giuen the saide Earledome to Dauid his wiues brother who had married this Simons Mother whose children by her first husband Simon Saint-Lice the first being young were sent into Normandy and committed to the custody of Stephen Earle of Albemarle their Mothers Vnckle This Simon married Isabell daughter of Robert Bellomont sur-named Crouch-backe or Bossue Earle of Leicester had issue the third Simon Saint-Lice Amicia and Hawis He founded the Abbey of S. Mary de Pratis neere Northampton Sawtre in Huntingtonshire and dyed the 18. of king Stephen 1152. as Henry of Huntington hath Fol. 227. b. Et portoit per pale endente d'argent gueulles MAlcolme king of Scots eldest sonne and heyre of Henry Earle of Huntington aforesaid and grand childe to king Dauid in the minority of Simom Saint-Lice the third was Ward to king Henry the second and was with him in his expedition to Tholosse for which he had giuen vnto him the Earledome of Huntington which he held during his life The King was often sued vnto in the behalfe of young Simon the right heyre for Iustice but it was euer denyed him at the ende of 12. yeares and sixe moneths of his Reigne of King of Scotland he dyed at Gedworth and was buried at Dumfirmelyn without issue 1165. leauing William his brother to succeed him in whose time Simon Saint-Lice could obtaine no fauour or grace vntill king Henry the yonger and the said William Dauid his brother with others made wars against king Henry the second Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam second sonne of Henry Earle of Huntington aforesaid in the life time of king Malcolme his elder brother by the fauour of king Henry the second was Earle of Huntington but after his brothers death and hee in the kingdome forgot his duty and in Armes forcibly entred Northumberland where he was taken prisoner at Anwike led to Richmond in the yeare 1174. and after was ransomed vpon these conditions that he should acknowledge himselfe the king of Englands Liegeman against al men for the Relme of Scotland his other lands to pay one hundred thousand pounds sterling part wherof he should pay presently and for the rest he should pawne and morgage Cumberland Huntington and Northumberland vntill the money were paide and for farther security that he should neuer after inuade or moue warre against England hee should deliuer into King Henry the seconds custody foure Castles viz. Barwick Roxborow Edenborough and Sterling Castles and so Huntington was taken from King William and restored to Simon S. Lice the third of that name who was right heyre thereof but he dying without issue the Earledome of Huntington returned againe to William king of Scots who with the consent of king Richard the first gaue it to Dauid his yonger brother Hollingshed pag. 189. Title of Scotland This William married Ermingard daughter of Richard Beaumont sonne of Roscellin Viscount Beaumont and had issue Alexander king of Scots Isabell married to Roger Bigot Earle of Norfolke that dyed without issue Margaret wife to Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent Mariona wife to Eustace de Vescy Ada wife to Patricke Earle of Dunbarre and Aufrica married to William de Say of Ireland This William king of Scots dyed 1124. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant de gueulles SImon Saint-Lice the third of that name and sonne and heyre of Simon the second after that William king of Scots was depriued of the earledome of Huntington receiued both the Castle and Earledome of Huntington as his right inheritance and so peaceably enioyed the said title and Earldome during his life by king Henry the second and restored euery man to his right whom the Scots had eyther wronged or dispossest in that County But the saide king Henry seeing daily contention to arise betweene the Scots and the Saint-Lices for this Earledome of Huntington caused the Castle to be raced to the ground but Simon held the Earledome and married Alice daughter of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne but died without issue in the yeare 1184. the 31. of Henry the 2. After whose death the said King restored the Earledome of Huntington againe to William King of Scots who by the permission of king Richard the first surrendred the same to Dauid his yonger brother Et portoit lez armoiries de son peré DAuid Earle of Carect third son of Henry Earle of Huntington was knighted by king Henry the second the day of his sonne Henries Coronation and had by the guift of William king of Scots his eldest brother the Earledome of Huntington with the third penny of the County of Cambridge giuen him in Anno 1190. after the death of Simon Saint-Lice the third without issue And hauing sworne fealty to King Richard the first he went with him towards the holy-Holy-Land and carried with him 500. knights whom hee carried vpon his owne charges He maried Mauld the eldest daughter of Hugh Kiuilioke and sister and co-heyre of Randoll Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester and of Lincolne and had issue Iohn sur-named Scot Earle of Huntington and Chester and Margaret wife to Alan of Galloway Constable of Scotland Isabell the second daughter was married to Robert Brus Lord of Annandale Ada was married to Henry Hastings and Mauld dyed a Virgin He dyed at Yerdley in Northamptonshire and was buried in the Abbey of Saultrey neere Counington in Huntingtonshire as Sir Robert Cotton hath Et portoit d'or trois estaches de gueulles ioynantz en point IOhn sur-named Scote sonne of Dauid Earle of Huntington before
Norfolke was banished England for ten yeares meane time dyed Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster his Father whom this Henry succeeded in the Dukedome of Lancaster and after deposing King Richard and obtaining the kingdome he ordayned by assent of Parliament that Henry his eldest sonne should enioy the same Dignities and be stiled Prince of Wales Duke of Lancaster and Cornwall and Earle of Chester and so this Henry being crowned King vnited the whole Inheritance of Lancaster vnto the Crowne Since which time the Ducall Title of Lancaster hath bene drowned in the Title of the Regall Dignity This Henry married Mary daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England by whom he had issue Henry Prince of Wales Thomas Duke of Clarence Iohn Duke of Bedford Humfrey Duke of Glocester Blanch married to William Duke of Bauarre and Philip married to Iohn king of Denmarke and Norwey He dyed in the yeare 1412. Et portoit les armoiries de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Leicester their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Bellomont a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Bellomont Lord of Ponteaudemer and Adelina his wife sister and heyre of Hugh Earle of Mellent after the death of Leofrike Algar and Edwin Saxon Earles was made Earle of Leicester by king Henry the first 1103. Hee married Elizabeth daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois and had issue Waleran Earle of Mellent in Normandie and of Worcester in England and Robert sur-named Bossu Adelina wife to Hugh Mounfort and Isabell married to Gilbert Strongbow Earle of Penbroke this Isabell daughter of Hugh the great Earle of Vermandois ouer-liued her first husband and after married William the second Earle Warren and Surrey This Robert dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1118. the 19. of King Henry the first Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert de Bellomont sur-named Bossu of his crooked backe was the second Earle of Leicester after the death of his Father he was Chiefe-Iustice of England in King Henry the seconds time and married Itta daughter of Roaldo de Waet Earle of the East Angles had issue Robert Blanchmaynes the third Earle of Leicester Henry Geffrey and Iohn Isabell married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and Hawis married to William Earle of Glocester This Robert dyed in the thirteenth yeare of king Henry the second and was buried at Leicester Et portoit les armes de son peré RObert de Bellomont sur-named Blanchmaynes of his white hands sonne of Robert Bossu was the third Earle of Leicester after the Conquest He married Pernell or Petronell daughter and co-heire of Hugh Grentmesnell Lord of Hinckley Lord Steward of England with whom he had in marriage the Honour of Hinckley and Office of Lord Steward of England She built the body of the great Church of Leicester and lyeth there buried in the Quier by the high Altar leauing issue Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester William a leaper who built the Hospitall of S. Leonards in I eicester and dyed before his Father without issue Roger Bishop of S. Andrewes in Scotland Amicia wife to Simon Earle Mountfort Brother of Almericke Earle of Eureux and Margaret married to Saier de Quincy Earle of Winchester This Robert was slaine in the holy-Holy-Land at Duras in Greece where he was buried in the yeare 1190. Et portoit de gueulles à l'quintfoille d'hermyne RObert surnamed Fitz-Pernell sonne of Robert Blanchmaynes was after the death of his Father the fourth Earle of Leicester and in right of his Mother Lord high Steward of England He married Lourette daughter of William Lord Brews of Brember in Sussex by whom he had no issue This Robert went with King Richard into the Holy-land and was there taken prisoner and paide for his ransome two thousand Markes He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1204. and was buried in the Abbey of Leicester the sixt of King Iohn leauing Simon de Mountfort and Saier de Quincy who had married his two sisters his heyres Et portoit les armes de son peré SImon de Mountfort sonne of Simon Earle Mounfort in France sonne of another Simon Earle Montfort and Bertha his wife daughter of Richard Earle of Eureux and Constable of France which last Simon was grand-childe of Robert sur-named the Holy King of France by his base sonne Almericke Earle Mountfort married Amicia eldest fister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester in whose right he was created Earle of Leicester made Lord Steward of England in the eight yeare of king Iohn as may appeare by his Charter dated at Slingesbie the tenth day of March 1206. This Simon with his sonne was after banished England disinherited for rebellion against the king and allying themselues to the French King He was Generall of the Army at the siedge of the Citty of Tholouse who before the Gates thereof was striken in the head with a stone shot out of an Engine whereof he dyed sodainly and his Brother Almericke besiedging a Castle hard by the said Citty at the same time was likewise slaine in the yeare 1218. This Simon had issue by his wife Amicia Almericke Earle Montfort in France and Simon that was after Earle of Leicester in England Et portoit gueulles au hon d'argent à la double queué passee en en Saulteur SImon de Montfort second sonne of Simon Montfort Earle of Leicester and Amicia his wife hauing compounded agreed with Almericke his elder brother for his right title of the Earledome of Leicester came into England and was graciously receyued of king Henry the third 1235. who did not onely restore to him the Earledome of Leicester with the Office of Lord Steward of England but also in the yeare 1237. gaue vnto him in marriage his sister Elianor the widow of William Marshall the yonger Earle of Penbroke by whoÌ„ he had issue Henry Montfort slaine with his Father at the battaile of Eueâ—sham in the yeare 1256. Simon Montfort Guy and Almerick were all three banished the Land by Acte of Parliament Edward and Richard dyed young and Elianor his daughter was married to Leolyne Prince of Wales When the Noblemen of England raised warre against king Henry the third for denying to performe the Orders and Decrees made a little before at a Parliament held at Oxford this Simon was made their Generall and at a battaile strocke neere Lewis in Sussex he tooke the King with his Brother Richard Earle of Cornewall and king of Almayne with Prince Edward his sonne prisoners but Prince Edward escaping bid the Barons battaile againe at Eueâ—sham where this Simon was slaine the Barons ouerthrowne in the 40 yeare of the said kings Reigne This Simon the second Earle of Leicester at the Coronation of Queene Elianor challenged the Office of Lord Steward of England in right of Amicia his Mother daughter of Robert Blanchmaynes
the battaile of Shrewsbury Sir Thomas Percie knight Father of Henry Percy Earle of Atholl in Scotland Sir Ralphe Percie third sonne slaine in battaile by the Sarrazins and Alan the fourth sonne dyed young This Henries second wife was Mauld daughter of Thomas Lord Lucy and sister and heyre of Anthony her brother by whom he had no issue notwithstanding she gaue all her lands to her husband conditionally that he and his heyres should for euer after quarter and beare her Armes next to his owne and before the Percies Armes which was granted and to this day is performed Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur escarelle Percy qui est d'azur au cinq fizelles en face d'or HEnry Lord Percie grand-childe to Henry Lord Percy first Earle of Northumberland by his sonne Sir Henry Hotspur was restored and made the second Earle of Northumberland the third of King Henry the fift Hee was sent pledge into Scotland for his Grand-father who was taken prisoner at the battaile of Otterborne the 12. of King Richard the second 1388. and there continued vnto the yeare 1414. Who after taking part with King Henry the sixt against Richard Duke of Yorke was slaine at the first battaile of S. Albons in the yeare 1455. He married Elianor daughter of Ralphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue Henry the third Earle of Northumberland Thomas Lord Egremant slaine at the battaile of Northampton the 39. of king Henry the sixt William Percie Bishop of Carlell Anne married to Thomas Lord Hungerford Katherine wife to Edmond Grey Earle of Kent and Elizabeth was married to the Lord Clifford and diuers other children which dyed without issue Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur escartelleacute gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent le tierce de Percy qui est d'azur cinq fizelles en face d'or le quart de la premier HEnry Lord Percy the third Earle of Northumberland of that Family taking part with King Henry the sixt was slaine on Palme-Sunday the 29. day of March in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth betweene Touton Saxton with the Earles of Shrewsbury and Deuonshire and the Lord Clifford He married Elianor daughter and heyre of Richard Lord Poynings Brian and Fitz-Payne by whom he had issue Henry the fourth Earle of Northumberland Elizabeth married to Henry Lord Scroope of Bolton Elianor married vnto Reginald West Lord Laware and Margaret married to Sir William Gascoine knight Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant d'azur armé lampassé d'gueulles escattelle Lucy qui est gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent IOhn Neuill Lord Mountague Brother to Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury was created Earle of Northumberland by Letters Patents dated at Yorke the 28. day of May in the fourth yeare of king Edward the fourth by reason Henry Lord Percy sonne and heyre of Henry the third Earle of Northumberland was then fled into Scotland with King Henry the sixt and for a time remained there yet after returning againe and obtayning the Kings fauour was restored to the Earledome of Northumberland againe this Iohn Neuill surrendring his Grant of that Earledome was created Marquesse Mountague the eight of king Edward the fourth as in the title of Mountague is more at large Et portoit de gueulles au Saultier d'argent au lambell gobonne d'argent d'azur HEnry Lord Percie sonne and heyre of Henry Percy the third Earle of Northumberland after the surrender of Iohn Marquesse Mountague of the Earledome of Northumberland was restored to his Fathers Earledome in the yeare 1467 and was the fourth Earle of that name and Family Knight of the Garter who being with king Richard the third at the battaile of Bosworth neere Leicester against Henry Earle of Richmond where the said king was slaine was taken prisoner whom king Henry the seuenth after pardoned and tooke to fauour and made him of his priuy Counsell After all which 1488. a taxe being granted by Parliament of the tenth penny of all lands and goods to the ayde of the Duke of Britaine which those of the Bishopprick of Durham and Yorkshire did refuse to pay the king commanded this Earle Henry to distresse or otherwise to leuie the money which being made knowne to the rude people they with great violence set vpon the Earle and furiously slew him in a place called Cockledge by Thurske 18. miles from Yorke in the 4. yeare of king Henry the 7. was buried in Beuerley Minster with his wife He married Mauld daughter of William Herbert Earle of Penbroke by whom he had issue Henry Lord Percy the 5. Earle of Northumberland Sir William Percy knight Alan Percy a Clarke and Ioceline Percy and three daughters Elianor wife to Edward Stafford Duke of Buckingham Anne married to William Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and Elizabeth which died young Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent HEnry Lord Percy after the death of his Father was the fift Earle of Northumberland Lord Poynings Fitz Payne and Bryan knight of the honourable Order of the Garter married Katherine daughter and one of the heires of Sir Robert Spencer knight and of Elianor his wife daughter of Edmond Beauford D. of Somerset sister and co-heire of Henry Beauford Edmond Dukes of Somerset her brothers and had issue Henry Percy the 6. Earle of Northumberland of that name Sir Thomas Percy knight Sir Ingelram Percy knight Margaret married to Henry Clifford first Earle of Cumberland He died in the 18. yeare of king Henry the eight Et portoit les armes de son peré HEnry Lord Percy after the death of Henry the fift his Father was the sixt Earle of Northumberland of that surname and was made Knight of the Garter in the two and twentieth yeare of king Henry the eight he was sent by the saide King with a Commission vnder the great Seale of England to attache and arrest Cardinall Wolsey and to carry and deliuer him prisoner to the Earle of Shrewsbury at Sheffield Castle which he did although the Cardinall proudly checked him told him that he was a member of the Colledge of Cardinals in Rome and that neyther the King nor any other temporall Prince vnder Heauen could or ought to intermedle with him for any cause or matter whatsoeuer This Henry married Mary daughter of George Talbot Earle of Shrewesbury and dyed without issue at Hackney neere London the thirtieth day of Iune in the 29. yeare of king Henry the eight and was there buried His second brother Thomas being before executed for taking Armes against King Henry the eight in the first difference about Religion He gaue a great part of his Lands and Inheritance to the said King and others After this Henries death the Earledome of Northumberland lay vacant vntill King Edward the sixt made Iohn Dudley Viscount Lisle Duke of Northumberland Et porte it d'or au lyon
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 Wâ—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
young King He married Mabell the daughter of Hugh Kiuiliock Earle of Chester and had issue two sonnes foure daughters William and Hugh both Earles of Arundell and Sussex who dyed without issue Mabell the eldest daughter was married to Sir Robert Tatesall Knight Isabell the second daughter married Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre Nicholea the third daughter married Roger Lord Somery and Cicely the fourth daughter was married to Roger Lord Monthault of Hawarden in Flintshire This William dyed at his Mannor of Offington in the yeare 1199. and was buried at Wimondham Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azur VVIlliam de Albeney the fourth of that Name and second Earle of Sussex was a Witnesse to the Charter of King Iohn bearing date the fourth of May in the 14. yeare of the said Kings Reigne by the name of William of Arundell Earle of Sussex and dyed in his returne from Damieta in Palestine 1221. And his body being brought into England was buried at Wimondham leauing his Brother Hugh his heyre to succeed him whom Hubert de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England had the custody of during his Wardship Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Albeney brother and heire of Willâ—â—m aforesaide was Earle of Arundell and the third Earle of Sussex He married Isabell daughter of William Earle Warren Surrey and dyed in the prime of his youth without issue 1243. and was buried with his Auncestors in our Lady Church at Wymondham who were Patrons and Founders thereof leauing his foure sisters his heyres Mabell the eldest was married to Sir Robert Tatesall who had by partition of her brothers lands the Castle and Barony of Buckenham Isabell the second sister being married to Iâ—â—n Fitz-Alan Lord of Clan and Oswaldstre in Wales had the Castle Honour of Arundell Nicholea the third sister being wife to Roger Lord Somery had the Mannor of Barrow and Cicely the fourth sister beeing married to Roger Lord Mouthalt had the Castle of Rising in Norfolke The partition of these lands and others was made and diuided betweene these foure sisters and beyres of this Hugh in the 28. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit de gueulles aâ— lyon rampant d'or arme lampasse d'azur IOhn Plantagenet sonne and heyre of William the 6. Earle Warren and Surrey and grand-childe to Hamelyne Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Earle of Anion and Mayne the seuenth Earle Warren and Surrey was by King Henry the third made Earle of Sussex which honour was then voyde by the death of Hugh de Albeney Earle of Arundell and Sussex This Iohn was one of the Noblemen which King Henry the third commanded to assemble at London to treate of diuers matters Amongst which one was that all men should shew before the Iustices of the Kings Bench by what right they held their lands which thing did much molest disquiet the Subiects vntill this Iohn made his appearance who being asked by what right he held his Lands sodainly drew out his sword and saide By the sword did my Grand-father hold his Lands and with this will I keepe them But Alan Zouch Lord Chiefe-Iustice tolde him That if he could yeeld no other reason iudgement would be giuen against him whereupon the said Earle immediately before the Iudges did cruelly wound and hurt the saide Alan of which wound he shortly after dyed For which murder the said Iohn Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was arrigned and acquitted by the oath of 25. Knights in that he affirmed vpon his honour that he did not commit the said facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempt of the King nor his Lawes but only in defence of his ancient Inheritance and so was released vpon payment of a fyne of 1200 Markes in Anno 1270. After King Edward the first in the 25. yeare of his Reigne made this Iohn Earle Warren and Sussex Gouernour of Scotland Sir Hugh Cressingham Lord Treasurer and William Earnley Chiefe-Iustice He married Alice daughter of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine and halfe sister to King Henry the third by whom he had issue as in the Title of Surrey He dyed at Kenington the first of the Kalends of October the 33 of King Edward the first and was buried at Lewis in Sussex 1304. Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur IOhn Plantagenet Earle Warren and Sussex as also Earle of Stratherne in Scotland Lord of Brâ—mfield and Yale and grand-childe and heyre of Iohn the seuenth Earle Warren by his sonne William who after the death of his grand-father enioyed all his Lands Honors for the space of 41. yeares and dyed without issue 1347 leauing Alice his onely sister and heyre married to Edmond Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell to succeed him in all his Inheritances M. Camden in his Britannia pag. 320. denyeth this Iohn and Iohn his Grandfather to be euer Earles of Sussex in these words After the death of Hugh de Albeneio the last Earle of Arundell and Sussex of that sur-name the Title of Earle of Sussex lay hidden and lest vntill that King Henry the eight in the 21. yeare of his Reigne created Robert Radcliffe Earle of Sussex But to proue the contrary and that they were both Earles of Sussex you shall haue these proofes following Tho Walfingham pag. 60. About the Feast of S. Michaell 1294. Elianor daughter of King Edward the first was giuen in marriage at Bristow vnto Henry Earle of Barry by whom she had issue a daughter named Ioane married to Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey Sussex Againe the same Author further saith This yeare 1305. dyed Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey and Sussex after whom his Grand-childe also named Iohn did succeed taking to wife the Kings Niece by his daughter Elianor who the Earle of Barry had married And thus much for the first Iohn Now to proue this second Iohn his grand-child to be Earle of Sussex take this out of an olde originall Deed. Atonsceus que ces lettres verront et erront Antoni par la grace de Dien Patriarch de Ierusalem et Euesque de Duresme Henry de Lacy Camite de Nicole Iohn de Garrone Comite de Surrey et de Sussex Eymar de Valence Comite de Penbroke Hamfraie de Bohun Comite de Hereford et de Essex Robert de Clifford c. a Boloigne le D'arein Iour de Ianner lan de grace M.CCC et Septism Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur RIchard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Lord of Clun and Oswalstre after the death of Iohn Plantagenet Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was knighted by King Edward the first in the 18. yeare of his Reigne at which time he was also girt with the Sword of the Earledome of Sussex He was sonne of Iohn Fitz-Alan grand-childe of Iohn Fitz-Alan Isabell his wife second sister and one of the heyres of Hugh de Albeney the last Earle of Arundell Sussex of that name
Warren conducted Mauld the daughter of King Henry the first into Saxony to be married vnto Duke Henry after Emperor in the yeare 1114. He founded the Priory of Bockenham and dyed in the third yeare of King Henry the second and was buried in the Priory at Wymondham by his Father leauing issue by his wife Queene Adeliza two sonnes and a daughter viz. William Godfrey and Alice which Alice was married to Iohn Earle of Angie WIlliam de Albeney the sonne of William and Queene Adeliza was the second Earle of Arundell of that name he was alwayes faithfull vnto King Henry the second and ayded him against Henry the young King his sonne tooke prisoners at the battaile fought at Saint Edmundsbury 1173. Robert Earle of Leicester Hugh Earle of Chester and Hugh de Chasteles a Frenchman with many others and sent them into Normandy to King Henry the second who imprisoned them in the Castle of Faloys He married Mauld daughter and heyre of Iames de Santo Hillary and the widdow of Roger Earle of Clare by whom he had issue William the third Earle of Arundell and Alan and after dyed at Wauerly the 4. Ides of October 1177. and was buried at Wymondham as Mathew Paris hath page 127. Et portoit de gueulles au lion rampant d'or arme lampasse d'azure WIlliam de Albeney the third Earle of Arundell vnto whom as Roger Houeden hath page 320. King Henry the second in the yeare 1177. did giue the Earledome of Sussex At which time he restored to Robert Earle of Leicester and Hugh Earle of Chester all their Lands which they were seized of fifteene dayes before the warre began He married Mabell daughter of Hugh Keuilioc Earle of Chester and second sister and co-heyre of Randoll Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester and had issue two sonnes foure daughters viz. William and Hugh both Earles of Arundell Sussex who died without issue Mabell the eldest daughter was married vnto Sir Robert Tatesall Knight Isabell the second daughter was married to Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre Nicholea the thirde daughter was Wife to Roger Lord Somery and Cecily the fourth daughter was married to Roger Lord Monthault of Hawarden in Flintshire This William dyed in the yeare 1196. and was buried at Wymondham Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam de Albeney the fourth Earle of Arundell and second Earle of Sussex of that name dyed without issue in his returne from Ierusalem in the yeare of our Lord 1221. and was brought into England and buried at Wymondham Leauing his rich patrimony to his Brother Hugh who being vnder age Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent and Chiefe-Iustice of England had his Wardship Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azure HVgh de Albeney second sonne of William the third and Brother and heire of William de Albeney the fourth Earle of Arundell was the fift and last Earle of Arundell and third Earle of Sussex of that Family He married Isabell daughter of William Earle Warren and Surrey and dyed without issue and was buried at Wymondham by his Ancestours in the yeare of our Lord 1243. the 28. of King Henry the third leauing his foure sisters his heyres who made partition of his Lands in the yeare aboue said Mabell the eldest sister had the Mannor of Bockenham Isabell the second sister had the Castle and honour of Arundell Nicholea had the Mannor of Barrow and Cecily the fourth sister had the Mannor of Rising in Norfolke with diuers other Lands and were married as aforesaid Et portoit les armes de son freré RIchard Fitz-Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre in Wales sonne and heire of Iohn Fitz-Alan grandchilde of another Iohn Fitz-Alan and Isabell d' Albeney his wife by their sonne Iohn was the first Earle of Arundell of that surname This Isabell being the second sister and co-heire of Hugh de Albeney had the Castle and Lordship of Arundell by partition allotted to her for her part Which Castle and Seigneury of Arundell being now descended vnto this Richard he claimed the Title and Name of Earle of Arundell and by reason of the possession thereof only was without any other creation Earle of Arundell and had place and voyce in Parliament by the name and tytle of Richard Earle of Arundel as more at large is sette downe in an Acte of Parliament made the eleuenth of King Henry the sixt by occasion of that memorable competition betweene Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers for the saide Earledome of Arundell as heereafter is set foorth This Richard married Alizon daughter of the Marquesse of Saluce in Italy by whom he had issue Edmond Earle of Arundell Isabell wife to Hugh Lord Spencer Earle of Winchester Mauld married to Phillip Lord Burnell Margaret the third daughter was married to William Boteler second Baron of Wemme Hee dyed in the 30. yeare of King Edward the first his wife dyed in the yeare 1292. the 21. of Edward the first Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azure EDmund Fitz-Alan sonne and heire of Richard aforesaid was after the death of his Father Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre and second Earle of Arundell of that surname He married Alice daughter of William and sister and heire of Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey by whom he had issue Richard a sonne and two daughters Alice the eldest daughter was married to Iohn de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England Iane the second daughter married Warren Lord Lisle This Edmund was borne in the Castle of Malborough he was very hatefull to Queene Isabell who by the meanes of her Minion Roger Lord Mortimer was taken at Shrewsbury and brought to Hereford there beheaded in the twentieth yeare of King Edward the second Et portoit les armes de son pere RIchard Fitz-Alan sonne of Edmond afore-said was the third Earle of Arundell of that sur-name Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre and by his Mother Earle Warren and Surrey Lord of Bromfield Yale Chircland and Dinas bran in North Wales He was restored in bloud by King Edward the third and entailed the Castle Honour and Lordship of Arundell in the 21. yeare of king Edw. the third to himselfe for terme of life the remainder to his heires male of his body begotten and to bee begotten of the body of Elianor his Wife Daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earle of Lancaster and Sister of Henry Duke of Warwicke by whom hee had issue three sonnes and foure daughters viz Richard after Earle of Arundell Sir Iohn of Arundel knight that married Elianor daughter of Iohn Lord Maltreuers and sister and heyre of Henry Baron Maltreuers in whose right he was after Lord Maltreuers and sayling into little Britaine was drowned neere vnto the Coast of Ireland the fifteenth of December 1379. Leauing issue Iohn Lord Maltreuers others And Thomas the third sonne of the said Richard was Archbishop
and Hugh Hee had also a Sister named Rhohisia married to Richard Fitz-Gilbert Lord of Clare and Tunbridge Grand-father of Gilbert sur-named Strongbow Earle of Penbroke by his sonne Gilbert Et portoit Gueulles trois Lions passant en pale d'argent WAlter Gifford the second Earle of Buckingham and of Longuile in Normandy in France married one Ermyngard who with her said husband founded the Abbey of Notley neere to the Towne of Buckingham in King Henrie the seconds time The said Walter dyed without yssue and was buried in the saide Abbey in the yeare 1164. leauing al his entailed Lands to Osbert Gifford his nephew by his brother Hugh and all his other Lands to William Marshal earle of Penbroke who had married Isabell daughter and heyre of Richard Strongbow sonne of Gilbert Earle of Penbroke grandchild to Rhohisia Gifford aforenamed Et portoit les armories de son Pere ' THomas of Woodstocke sixt sonne of King Edw. the third being Constable of England was in the first yeare of K. Richard the second created Earle of Buckingham and sate in Parliament the same yeare by that name and Title and in the ninth year of the said Kings reigne he was created Duke of Glocester He married Elianor daughter and co-heyre of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Northampton and Constable of England by whom hee had issue Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and Anne who was married to Edmond Earle Stafford This Thomas was strangled to death vnder a Feather-bed at Callis by Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Marshall of England 1396. Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartelle auborder d'argent HVmfrey Plantagenet sonne of Thomas of Woodstocke after the death of his Father was Earle of Buckingham and being banished England into Ireland was re-called backe again by King Henry the fourth in the first year of his reigne in which returne hee dyed of the plague at Chester others haue at Couentry and was buried in the Abbey of Walden in Essex without issue Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' HVmfrey Stafford sonne and heire of Edmond Earle Stafford by Anne Plantagenet daughter of Thomas of Woodstocke was created the first Duke of Buckingham in the 22. yeare of K. Hen. 6. 1443. and to haue the precedent place of all other Dukes in England He married Anne Daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland and had issue foure sonnes and three daughters viz. Humsrey Earle of Stafford the eldest sonne slaine at S. Albons the 33. yeare of K. Hen. 6. in the life time of his father Iohn Stafford the second sonne was Earle of Wiltshire Richard the third sonne dyed young and Robert the fourth sonne was Archbyshop of Canterbury Katherine the eldest daughter was married vnto Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Iane the second daughter was married first to William Lord Bardolph and after to Sir William Knyuet Knight and Anne the third daughter was first maried to Aubrey de Vere son and heire of the Earle of Oxford and after to Sir Tho Cobham Knight This Humfrey with Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Thomas Lord Egremont and Iohn Viscount Beaumont was slaine at the battell of Northampton in the 38. yeare of K. Hen. 6. 1460. the king being then taken prisoner and his body buried in the Gray-Friars at Northampton Escartelle France d'engleteire au bordur d'argent being his mothers armes quartered vvith his owne armes d'or au Cheueron gueulles HEnry Stafford sonne and heire of Humfrey Earle Stafford slaine at the first battell of S. Albons 1455. after the death of Humfrey Duke of Buckingham his grand-father was Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton Lord of Brecknocke Kimbalton and Tunbridge was by King Richard the third 1482. made Constable of England Hee married Katherine daughter of Richard Wooduile Earle Riuers and sister and heire of Anthony Wooduile Earle Riuers by whom he had issue Edward Stafford Dâ—â—ke of BucKingham Henry Earle of Wiltshire and Humfrey that dyed young Elizabeth married to Robert Radcliff Lord Fitz-Walter Anne the second daughter was first married to Sir Walter Herbert Knight and after vnto George Lord Hastings and Earle of Huntingdon by whom she had issue Francis Earle of Huntingdon and others This Henry Duke of Buckingham was beheaded at Salisbury the 2. of King Richard the third for plotting with Henry Earle of Richmond against the said King Et portoit les armoiries de son pere EDward Stafford sonne and heire of Henry aforesaid being restored the first of King Henry the seuenth 1486. was the last Duke of Buckingham he maried Elianor daughter of Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland and had issue Henry Lord Stafford who married Vrsuld daughter of Sir Richard Pole knight and of Margaret his Wife daughter of George Duke of Clarence and three daughters viz. Elizabeth married to Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke and Earl Marshall of England Katherine the second daughter was married to Raffe Neuill Earle of Westmerland and Mary the third daughter was married to George Neuill Baron of Abergauenny This Edward for consulting with a Monke or Wizard how he might obtaine the Crowne was araigned at Westminster Hall before the Duke of Norfolke then high Steward of England and found guilty of high treason and afterwards beheaded at the Tower Hill by London the 13. of King Henry the 8. 1521. Et portoit les armoiries de son bisayeul SIR George Villers Kinght a yonger sonne of Sir George Villers of Leicestershire knight was created Baron of Whaddon and Viscount Villers at Woodstocke the 27. of August 1616. and the 16. of Ianuary after hee was created at White-Hall Earle of Buckingham lastly he was made Marquesse of Buckingham at White-Hall the first of Ianuary 1617. by the deliuery of a letters Patents he was also knight of the honorable Order of the Garter Master of the Horse one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Councell and in commission for the Office of Earle Marshall of England 1618. Et portoit d'argent au Croix de gueulles charge de cinq coquilles d'or MAry Daughter of Anthony Beaumont second Sonne of William Beaumont of Cole Ouerton in Leicestershire was by the great and extraordinary fauour and bounty of Iames King of Great Britaine made Countesse of Buckingham by the deliuery of a Letters Patent bearing date the first of Iuly 1618. And had giuen her for the maintenance of the saide dignity an yearly fee or rent of twenty pounds issuing out of the saide County during her life She married three Husbands the first was Sir George Villers of Brookesby in Leicestershire Knight by whom shee had issue Sir Iohn Villers Knight Sir George Villers Marquesse of Buckingham Christopher Villers and Susan wife to Sir William Feilding of Newenham in the County of Warwicke Knight Her second Husband was William Reyner Gentleman by whom she had no issue Her third and last Husband now liuing is Sir Thomas Compton Knight second sonne of Henry Lord Compton
first his brother Earle of Cornwall Lancaster and Somerset Lord of the honours of Wallingford Tikell Marlesborough and Ludgarshall Lastly this Iohn married to his third wife Isabell daughter of Aimer Earle of Engolesmi by whom he had issue king Henry the third Richard Earle of Cornwall c. Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards d'or à baston d'azur RIchard second sonne of King Iohn in the eleuenth yeare of King Henry the third his brother was created Earle of Poictou and Cornwall and in the twelfth yeare of the said Kings reigne the king gaue him all the Lands in England which were Reginald Dampmartins Earle of Bologines And in the yeare 1257. he was by the Princes of Germany chosen king of the Romaines and crowned at Aquisgrane Hee did write himselfe Richard King of the Romaines and alwayes Augustus and married to his first wife Isabell sister and one of the heires of William Marshall the younger Earle of Penbroke and had issue Iohn that dyed young Henry slaine by Guy and Simon sonnes of Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester in the Church of S. Siluester in Viterbium in Italy 1272. in reuenge of their Fathers death that was slaine in the Barons wars in England and Richard that died without issue His second wife was Sanchia daughter and one of the heires of Reymond Berengar Earle of Prouince and sister to Queene Elianor by whom he had issue Edmond Earle of Cornwall and Richard that dyed at the siedge of Barwicke with an Iron shot in his head 1296. He had also Richard a base sonne who was the Father of Sir Geffrey Cornwall knight of whom is descended the Family of Cornwalles of Burford This Richard dyed at his Castle of Barkhamsted neere London 1272. and was buried in the Abbey of Hales in Glocestershire which was of his foundation Et portoit d'argent à vn lion rampant de gueulles Corone d'or au bordure sable besantee EDmond Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall sonne and heire of Richard King of Almaine and Earle of Cornwall with Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester had the gouernement of England in the absence of king Edward the first beyond the Seas He married Margaret daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and dyed without any lawfull issue at Ashbridge in Buckinghamshire the 29. of king Edward the first where he had built an Abbey of Bonhommes Order and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Hales 1300. Et portoit les armes de son pere EDward first sonne of king Edward the first In the 27. yeare of his Fathers reigne 1298. Doctor Langton then Byshop of Chester complained grieuously to the King vpon this Prince Edward who by the lewd aduice of Pierce Gaueston his gracelesse companion brake forcibly into his Parke and made hauocke of his game for which this Prince was committed to prison Gaueston was banisht the land and commanded not to returne againe vpon paine of death This Prince in the thirteenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne 1301. came to Chester and receiued homage of the free-holders of Wales in which yeare he was created Earle of Cornwall and after King of England by the name of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au lambell d'argent PIerce Gaueston a Gascoigne borne was made Baron of Wallingford and after in the first yeare of king Edward the second was created Earle of Cornwall and Lord of the Isle of Man and in the third yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee married Isabell second sister and co-heire of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and in the sixt yeare of the said Kings reigne after he had bin banished England twice he was taken by Guy Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke and beheaded at a place neere vnto Warwicke called Gauershiâ—â— or Blacklow and was after buried in the Fryars at Langley without issue Et portoit Sinope six aigles d'or membrez becquez d'gueulles IOhn of Eltham so named of the place where he was borne second sonne of King Edward the second and brother to King Edward the third in the second yeare of his said Brothers reigne was made Earle of Cornwall and in the ninth yeare of the said Kings reigne he died at S. Iohns Towne in Scotland without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Westminster 1334. After whose death king Edward the third in the 12. yeare of his reigne made the Earledome of Cornwall a Dukedome and gaue it to his Sonne Edward the blacke Prince with the Earledome of Chester since which time the Kings eldest sonnes haue bene Dukes of Cornwall Et portoir d'argent à lion rampant de gueulles corone d'or au bordure sable bezanteé EDward sur-named the Blacke Prince sonne and heire of King Edward the third in the eleuenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created the first Duke of Cornwall Earle of Chester and in the 17. yeare of the said Kings reigne hee was created Prince of Wales and in the 36. yeare he had giuen him the Principality of Aquitaine and in the 42. yeare of of king Edward the third he sate in Parliament by the name and title of Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine he tooke Iohn the French King prisoner at the battaile of Poictiers in the yeare 1356. He married Ioane the repudiat wife of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury and daughter of Edmond of Woodstock Earle of Kent by whom he had issue Edward that dyed yong Richard sur-named of Burdeaux who was after king of England by the name of king Richard the second This noble Prince Edward died at Canterbury the 8. of Iune 1376. and was buried in Christ-Church there Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent RIchard sur-named of Burdeaux sonne and heire of Edward the blacke Prince was after the death of his Father Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester and after created Prince of Wales at Hauering at Bowre in the â—0 of King Edward the third his grand-father He married Anne daughter of Weselaâ—us king of Bohemia who died and was buried at Westminster in the 17. yeare of his reigne without issue And to his second wife he married Isabell daughter of Charles the French King being very young but by her had no issue hee was after King of England by the name of king Richard the second and was deposed from the kingdome and she sent into France againe the first of king Henry the fourth and married vnto Charles sonne of Lewis Duke of Orleance Et portoit lez armes de son pere HEnry sur-named of Monmouth the place of his birth sonne and heire of king Henry the fourth was in the first yeare of his Fathers reigne created Prince of Wales he being Duke of Cornwall before for the eldest sonne and heire apparant of the king of England is Duke of Cornwall by birth but he is Prince of Wales by speciall creation inuesture and donation of the lands thereunto
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-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
Baron of Buckhurst and the third Earle of Dorset and sonne and heire of Robert Sackuile the second Earle of Dorset of that Family married the Lady Anne Clifford daughter and sole heire of George Clifford Earle of Cumberland by whom he hath issue now liuing Lady Margaret Sackuile Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles au baston de vair A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Essex their Armes Wiues and Children GEffrey Magna-uilla sonne of William and Grand-childe to Geffrey Magna-uilla which came into England with William the Conqueror was created Earle of Essex by King Stephen vnto whose Lettes Patents or Charter were Witnesses William de Ipres Henry de Essex Iohn Son of Robert Fitz-Walter Robert de Newborough and others After Mauld the Empresse winning him to her Faction gaue him the Tower of London the Towne of Walden in Essex with the Shriffealty of Middlesex Essex and Hertfordshire to hold them as Geffrey his Grand-father held them as also all the lands which Eudo his grand-father by the Mother the Sewer to king Henry the first held in Normandy He married Rohesia daughter of Alberick de Vere Chiefe-Iustice of England and had issue Arnold banished by king Stephen Geffrey and William and was after slaine with the shot of an Arrow out of the Castle of Burwell in the 9. yeare of King Stephen 1143. Rose his wife was after married to Payne Beauchamp Baron of Bedford Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles GEffrey Magnauile or Mandeuill second sonne of Geffrey aforesaid after the banishment of Arnold his elder brother without issue and the disinheriting of his Father by K. Stephen was restored by king Henry the second to the Earledome of Essex with the third penny of the pleas within that County In which his Charter he had confirmed vnto him all honours priuiledges and lands held by Geffrey his great grand-father William his grand-father and Geffrey his Father aswell in England as in Normandy commanding that he and his heyres should haue and hold the said County of Essex as freely and lawfully as any Earle in England or Normandy held his Earledome Vnto which his Charter were Witnesses Reginald Earle of Cornwall Robert Earle of Leicester Roger Earle of Clare and others He married Eustachia kineswoman to king Henry the second but had no issue by her He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1165. Et portoit les armes de son pere WIlliam Mandeuill brother of Geffrey aforesaid was the third Earle of Essex vnto whom king Henry the second gaue license by his Charter to fortefie his Castle of Plessy in Essex He married Auice daughter and heire of of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle in whose right he was also Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse in Yorkshire and to his second wife he married Christian daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter Lord of Woodham Water in Essex and after dyed at Roane without issue in the second yeare of King Richard the first leauing Beatrix de Say his Aunts grand-childe his heire who was married to Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall the fourth Earle of Essex Et portoit elcartellé d'or de gueulles GEffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall-Castle in Wilishire Chiefe-Iustice of England married to his first wife Beatrix eldest daughter of William Say son heire of Will. Say Beatrix his wife sister of Geffrey Mandeuile Earle of Essex In whose right the said Geffrey Fitz-Piers at the Coronation of K. Iohn was made earle of Essex the family of Mandeuils being then spent He had issue 3. sons and one daughter viz. Geffrey sur-named Mandeuile Earle of Essex William his brother also Earle of Essex and Henry that was Deacon of Wolfren-Hampton Mauld the daughter was married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford after this Geffrey married to his second wife one Auelyne and by her had issue Iohn Fitz-Pters Lord of Berkhamsted and Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland who had to wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Ralphe Bigot and widdow of Gilbert Lacie This Geffrey dyed in the 14. yeare of King Iohn 1212. Et portoit gueulles à trois Cheurons componnee d'argent d'azur GEffrey Fitz-Piers sirnamed Mandeuile eldest son of Geffrey de Ludgarshal was after his Father Earle of Essex Lord of Plessy He married Isabell third daughter heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn for which he was fined to pay the king twenty thousand Marks and so to haue all the Lands and Fees belonging to her except the Castle of Bristoll and the Chases belonging to the same He was slaine at a Tournament held neere London without issue 1216. and was buried in the Priory of the Trinity in London after whose death the said Isabell tooke to husband Hugh de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout WIlliam Fitz-Piers second brother of Geffrey aforesaid was after his brothers death the next Earle of Essex and tooke part with Lewis the French kings sonne against king Henry the third He intayled all his Lands with the Earledome of Essex vpon Mauld his sister and heire married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Lord high Constable of England He dyed without issue in the three and twenty yeare of king Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere viz. Escartelleé d'or de gueulles à l'escarboucle pommette fleutette d'or brochant fur le tout HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry de Bohun and Mauld his wife sister and heyre of Geffrey and William Fitz-Piers aforesaide was Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England and married Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Issodon Earle of Angi in Normandy and brother of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Earles of Hereford Et portoit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottizes entre six lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that name was after the death of Humfrey his grand-father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock He married Mauld daughter of Ingelram de Fines and had issue Humfrey the eight and dyed at Plessy in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. Et portoit les armes de son pere HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that name sonne of Humfrey the sixt which dyed before his Father was Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England He married Elizabeth daughter of king Edward the first being the widdow of Iohn Earle of Holland and had issue Iohn Humfrey and William all three Earles and Edward and William twins as in the Title of Earles of Hereford This Humfrey was slaine at Borough-bridge the 15. of king Edward the second 1322. IOhn de Bohun sonne and heire of Humfrey de Bohun the eight after the death
daughter of Robert Bossu Earle of Leicester and had issue Robert that dyed before his Father 1166. and three daughters Mabell the eldest was married vnto Almericke Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy Amicia was married to Richard Earle of Clare and Hartford and Isabell the third daughter of this William was first married to King Iohn and from him was diuorced for neerenesse of kinne and after she was married to Geffrey Mandeuill Earle of Essex and for her third husband she tooke Hugh de Burgo Earle of Kent and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England This William built the Abbey of Keinsham and dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1183. and was buried in the said Monastery M. Glouer Somerset Herald hath that King Henry the second after the death of this William without issue Male gaue the Title and Earledome of Glocester to Iohn his son who married Isabell the third daughter of the said William and gaue to Mabell the eldest daughter married to Almericke Mountfort one hundred pounds and to Amicia the second daughter wife to the Earle of Clare another hundredpounds Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn sur-named Without Land the fourth sonne of King Henry the second in right or by reason of his wife Isabell third daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was made Earle of Glocester by the said King his Father in the yeare 1187. Afterwards King Richard the first his brother in his loue and bounty gaue him the Earledomes of Cornewall Deuon Nottingham and Lancaster after whose death he came to be King by the name of King Iohn And because Isabell his wife was counted barren a diuorce was procured from the Pope and he married againe to Isabell daughter of the Earle of Angolesme by whom hee had issue King Henry the third Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au baston d'azur brochant sur le tout ALmerick Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy after the diuorce of King Iohn from his wife Isabell yongest daughter co-heire of Will Earle of Glocester was the next Earle of Glocester in right of his mother Mabell eldest daughter and heire of the fore-said William Earle of Glocester in the second yeare of king Iohn He maried Millescent daughter of Hugh Gurney and of Iulian his wife sister to Reginald Earle Bullen and had with her in marriage the Mannor of Hanston but by her had no issue She was after married to William Cantelupe and had issue Thomas Bishop of Hereford and Iulian married to Robert Tregoz Lord of Ewias Herald This Almerick dyed and was buried in the Monastery of Kenisham Et portoit de gueulles party endenté d'argent de six pieces GEffrey de Mandeuile Earle of Essex sonne of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshal maried Isabel the third daughter and co-heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn was after the death of Almerick Mountfort without issue made Earle of Glocester and by that name and title was a Witnesse to king Iohns Charter of lands and liberties that he gaue to the Church of Dyrham This Geffrey died without issue in the yeare 1216. the last yeare of king Iohn of a wound giuen him at a Tournament helde at London leauing William Mandeuile his brother to succeed him in the Earledome of Essex and Gilbert de Clare in the Earledome of Glocester Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout GIlbert de Clare son and heire of Richard earle of Clare Hartford by Amicia second daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was after the death of Geffrey MaÌ„deuill made Earle of Glocester and in the 9. yeare of K. Hen. the 3. he was a Witnesse to the saide kings Charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford He married Isabell the 3. daughter of William Marshall the elder and sister co-heire of Anselm Marshall Earle of Penbroke Marshal of England by whom he had issue Richard Earle of Clare Glocester and Hertford Gilbert and William twins and three daughters Isabell the eldest was wife to Kobert Brus of Annanderdale in Scotland Amie the second daughter was married to Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuon and Lord of the Isle of Wight Anne third daughter dyed young Hee dyed at Penros in Britatne and was buried in the Priory of Tewkesbury the fourteenth of king Henry the third his widdow was after married to Richard Earle of Cornwall and King of Romans Et portoit d'or à trois Cheurons de guenâ—les RIchard de Clare second Earle of Glocester of that name married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent and Chiefe-Iustice of England by whom he had no issue His second wife was Matilda daughter of Iohn Lacie Earle of Lancolne and Constable of Chester by whom he had issue three sonnes and three daughters Gilbert the eldest sonne was after his Father Earle of Glocester Thomas the second sonne was Steward of the Forests in Essex who maried Iulian daughter of Maurice Fitz-Maurice of Ireland and had issue Gilbert Richard and Thomas Beuis the third sonne was a Church-man in Yorke Mynster Margaret the eldest daughter married Edmond Earle of Cornwall sonne of Richard Earle of Cornwall and king of Romanes Rose the second daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester maried Roger Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Isabell the third daughter was a Nunne at Barking in Essex Grafton and Fabian saith that this Richard died in the yeare 1260. and that Gilbert his sonne succeeded him to whom the Father gaue great charge to maintaine the Statutes made as Oxford But M. Milles hath in M. Somersets Book of Earles p. 370. that the Annals of S. Augustines in Canterbury hath he died in the yeare 1262. at Emeresfield in Kent at the Lord Iohn Crioils house and that his bowels were buried at Canterbury in Christ-Church his heart at Tunbridge and his body at Tewkesbury Diuers other good authors affirme that this Richard Earle of Glocester dyed in France GIlbert de Clare sur-named the Rea sonne and heyre of Richard aforesaid was the third Earle of Glocester and Hereford of that sur-name and married two wiues the first was Alice the widdow of Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey daughter of Hughle Brun Earle of Angolesme and of the Marches of Aquitaine by whom he had issue a daughter named Isabell married to Maurice Lord Berkley This Alice falling mad was diuorced from this Gilbert her husband after which diuorce the second of May 1290. at Westminster the said Gilbert married Ioane daughter of king Edward the first sur named Ioane of Acres because shee was borne at Acres in the holy-Holy-Land by whom he had issue Gilbert the fourth Earle of Glocester and Hertford and three daughters Elianor the eldest was married to Hugh Lord Spencer Elizabeth
THomas Lord Spencer great grand-childe to Hugh Lord Spencer the younger and Elianor his wfe eldest sister co-heyre of Gilbert de Clare the last Earle of Glocester aforesaid was created Earle of Glocester in the 21. yeare of king Richard the second and in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth he was deposed by Acte of Parliament from the title and dignity of Earle of Glocester and was behâ—ded at Bristoll 1400. He married Constance daughter of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke and had issue Richard Lord Spencer that dyed without issue the Kings Ward and two daughters Elizabeth that dyed yong at Caerdiffe in South Wales Isabell who was borne 7. months after her Fathers death was twice maried first to Richard Beauchamp Earle of Worcester and Lord of Abergauenny by whom she had issue Elizabeth her second husband was Richard Beauchamp Earle of Warwick cousin-germane to her other husband by whom she had issue Henry Duke of Warwicke Et portoit d'argent escartelle gueulles frette d'or au baston de sable brochant sur le tout HVmsrey Plantagenet fourth sonne of king Henry the 4. was at a Parliament held at Westminster the second of king Henry the fift created first Earle of Pembroke and after Duke of Glocester and in the first yeare of King Henry the sixt he was by Parliament made Protector of England during the Kings minority which was fifteene yeares and writ in his Stile Humfrey Duke of Gocester Earle of Henault Holland Zealand and Penbroke Lord of Frisia great Chamberleine of England and Defender of the Realme of England He married two wiues the first was Iaquet daughter sole heyre of William Duke of Bauaria Holland the then wife of Iohn Duke of Brabant from whom hee was diuorced hauing no issue by her his second wife was Elianor daughter of Reginald Lord Cobham of Sterburgh in Surrey who long before had bene his Paramore by whom he had no lawfull issue After at a Parliament held at S. Edmondsbury in Suffolke 1446. he was arrested of high Treason within few dayes after he was found strangled to death in the Abbey of Bury by the procurement of the Marquesse of Suffolke He builded the Diuinity Schoole in Oxford and his Mannour house of Greinwich and embattelled the same Hee had issue a base daughter named Antigone wife to Henry Grey Earle of Tankeruill his body was conuayed to the Abbey of S. Albons and there buried Et portoit France semé escartelle D'engleterre à la bordure d'argent RIchard Plantagenet fourth sonne of Richard Duke of Yorke and brother to king Edward the fourth was by his said Brother in the first yeare of his Reigne created D. of Glocester To this Richard was the gouernment committed of king Edward the fourths two sonnes K. Edw. the 5. Richard Duke of Yorke whom hee caused most vnnaturally to be murdred in the Tower of London after whose death he vsurped the Crowne and Kingdome in the yeare 1464. and was stiled king Richard the third Hee married Anne daughter and co-heire of Richard Neuill Earle of Warwicke and Salisbury widdow of Edward Prince of Wales slaine at Tewkesbury and was after slaine at Bosworth field by King Henry the seuenth the 22. of August 1485. leauing no issue to succeed him Et portoit France escartelle D'engleterre au lambell de hermines charge au trois cantons de gueulles EDward Seymour Knight of the honourable Order of the Garter was created Viscount Beauchampe the 28. of king Henry the eight and in the yeare after he was created Earle of Hartford which Earledome and the Title of Dignity had slept from the death of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford And in the first yeare of king Edward the sixt he was made Duke of Somerset as in the title of Somerset is more at large Et portoit gueulles à deux volz de L'aigle en L'eurre d'or EDward Seymour sonne of Edward Duke of Somerset aforesaid was by Queene Elizabeth in the first yeare of her Reigne restored and created Earle of Hartford and is now liuing 1618. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Hereford their Armes Wiues and Children RAlphe de Maunt Earle of Hereford in Edward the Confessours time and William the Conquerors who being sent to encounter Algar Earle of Leicester then a banished man and returned into England fled very cowardly from his forces in Herefordshire leauing his Country Citty of Hereford to the mercy of the kings enemies in the yeare 1055. For which cause William Conqueror degraded him and tooke from him his Earledome of Hereford He dyed and was buried at Peter-borow WIlliam Fitz-Osborne Earle of Breteuile in Normandy son Osberne de Crepon by Albreda his wife daughter of Ralphe Earle of Iuery whose grand-father Herfast us the Dane was brother to Gonora wife of Richard the first D. of Normandy great grand-mother to William Conquerour This William came into England with the saide Conquerour and was the chiefe man that perswaded him to vndertake the Conquest of England for the which and his good seruice the said Conqueror made him Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1068. and Marshall and Lord Steward of England and in the kings absence in France the said William was made Vice-Roy and Gouernor in England He married Adelice daughter of Roger Tonny Standard-bearer of Normandy by whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters William the eldest sonne succeeded his Father in all his honours and possessions in Normandy and Roger the second sonne after the death of his Father was Earle of Hereford and had all his Fathers lands in England Roald the third sonne was a Monke Emme the eldest daughter was wife to Ralphe de Waiet a Saxon and Earle of the East Angles that is Norfolke Suffolke and Cambridgeshire Itta the second daughter was wife to Robert Bellemont Earle of Leicester This William Fitz-Osberne was slaine as some haue at Kerdiffe in South Wales Others say in the warres in Planders taking part with Arnold Earle of Flanders in the yeare 1072. and William Gemiticensis hath that he was buried in the Monastery of Cormelias which was of his Foundation Et portoit de gueulles au bande d'argent sur le tout an face d'or ROger de Breteuile second sonne of William Fitz-Osberne was after the death of his Father Earle of Hereford in the yeare 1072. He made and concluded the marriage betweene Emma his sister and Ralphe de Wayet at which marriage the greatest part of the Nobility were present and there conspired together to turne out William the Conqueror againe Waltheof Earle of Huntington son of Siward Earle of Northumberland being one of them tooke shipping and went into Normandy and there reuealed the whole matter to the said King William committing himselfe wholly to his mercy But this Roger continuing in his intended conspiracy was taken prisoner by Vrso de Abtot Shirieffe of Worcestershire and others and being brought to his tryall by his
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-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
rampant d'azur escartelle de gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent IOhn Dudley knight was first created Viscount Lisle the 33. yeare of King Henry the eight and in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Earle of Warwicke and the eleuenth of October in the fift yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Northumberland He married Iane daughter and hâ—yre of Sir Edward Guilford knight and had issue eight sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Henry who dyed at Bullen Iohn Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Thomas dyed young Ambrose Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Robert Earle of Leicester dyed also without any lawfull issue Guilford Dudley beheaded with the Lady Iane his wife Henry slaine at S. Quintins and Charles the yongest sonne dyed a Childe Lady Mary the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Sidney knight of the Garter and Lord President of Wales Father of Robert Baron of Penshurst Viscount Lisle Earle of Leicester and Knight of the Garter Lady Margaret dyed young Lady Katherine third daughter married Henry Hastings Earle of Huntington Lady Temperance and Lady Katherine dyed both young This great Duke on the 22. day of August in the first yeare of Queene Mary was beheaded at the Tower-Hill with Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer knights Iohn Cocke Lancaster Herald some-time seruant to this Duke begged of Queene Mary to bury the head of his olde Master in the Tower of London which was granted him with the whole body and performed accordingly In remembranee whereof the said Lancaster did euer after beare for his Creast a Beares head siluer crowned gold Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant à la queué nouce de vert armé lampassé de gueulles THomas Percy Nephew to Henry Percy the sixt Earle of Northumberland by Thomas his brother put to death by K. Henry the 8. as aforesaid after the death of Iohn Duke of Northumber land was by Queene Mary restored in blood and by Letters Patents bearing date 1557. created a new Lord Percy and the seuenth Earle of Northumberland of that Family to him and the heyres male of his body and for default thereof to his brother Henry and the heyres male of his body After Queene Elizabeth made him knight of the Garter in the fift yeare of her Reigne of which he was degraded in the yeare 1569. for rebellion with Charles Earle of Westmerland and afterwards attainted by Parliament in Anno 1571 and lastly was beheaded at Yorke in the yeare 1572. He married Anne daughter of Henry Somerset Earle of Worcester and sister of William Earle of Worcester had issue Thomas that dyed young Elizabeth married to Richard Woodroofe of Yorkshire Mary wife to Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland knight Lucie married to Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight a younger sonne of Edward Stanley Earle of Derby and Iane married to the Lord Henry Seymour brother to the now Earle of Hartford Et portoit d'or an lyon rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles escartelle de gueul es à trois Luces hauriant d'argent SIr Henry Percy knight second brother of Thomas aforesaid was after his said brothers death and attaindure by vertue of the former entayle and Grant the eight Earle of Northumberland in the 16. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and after being accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London shot himselfe to death with a Dag charged with two Bullets before either his cause was heard or he arraigned in the yeare 1585. Hee married Katherine one of the daughters and co-heyres of Iohn Neuill Lord Latimer by whom he had issue Henry now the 9. Earle of Northumberland 1618. Thomas that dyed young William third sonne Sir Charles Percy knight Richard Percy Sir Alan Percy knight Sir Ioceline Percy knight and George Percy Esquire Anne Percy dyed young and Lucy married to Sir Iohn Wotton knight Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle Lucy qui est gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent HEnry Lord Percy sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaide after the death of his Father was the ninth Earle of Northumberland Lord Poynings Fitz-Payne and Bryan hee was made Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter by Q. Elizabeth Anno 1593. and of the priuy Counsell to King Iames. He married Dorothy daughter of Walter Deuereux Earle of Essex and widdow of Sir Thomas Perrot knight by whom he hath issue two sonnes and two daughters Sir Algernon Percy Lord Percy and knight of the Bath at the Creation of Prince Charles and Henry Percy a second sonne Lady Dorothy Percy the eldest daughter married to Sir Robert Sidney Lord Lisle and Knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Henry and Lady Luce the second daughter married Iames Lord Hayes Viscount of Doncaster 1618. Et portoit dor au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Norfolke their Armes Wiues and Children Et portoit d'or à la croix de gueulles This Roger married Isabell daughter of Hamelyn Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Anioye Earle Warren and Surrey and had issue Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke and others He dyed and was buried at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré This Roger married Isabell daughter of William king of Seots and sister of king Alexander and dyed of a bruise running at Tilt without issue Anno 1269. Leauing Roger his Nephew sonne of Hugh his Brother to succeede him in his Earledome Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit lez Armoiries d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit les arm es de son peré Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent chargee d' e neuf torteaux Et portoit de gueulles à la bande entre six croix recroisettees au pred fiché d'argent Et portoit de gueulles à la bande à six croix recroisettees fitchez d'argent Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit de gueulles à la band à six croix recroisette es pied fiche d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses and Earles of Northampton their Armes Wiues and Children VVAltheof sonne of Syward the great Earle of Northumberland married Iudith Niece to William Conqueror and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conquerour gaue in marriage the Earledomes of Huntington and Northampton by whom he had issue three daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest was
brothers Lands and Honours both in England and Ireland and for the same did his homage in the same yeare 1234. and was Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Linester in Ireland and of Chepstow and Strighull in Wales c. He married Margaret daughter of William King of Scots but had no issue He miscarried at a Turnament held at Hartford by endeuoring to stay his horse from his swift running who being cast out of his Saddle the horse gaue him such a blow on the breast with his head backward that he died therof the same day in the Abbey of Hartford neere Ware in the yeare 1242. His body being conueyed to London was buried by his Father in the Temple Et portoit d'or party de vert au lion rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WAlter Marshall fourth sonne of William Marshall the elder with whom King Henry the third after the death of his Brother Gilbert Marshall was greatly displeased denying him those Honours and Seigneuries belonging vnto him from his Auncestors saying That this Walters eldest Brother William did rescue Lewis the French Kings Son being in England that he was not taken prisoner Secondly that his Brother Richard was his enemy and was slaine in open field against him And thirdly that his brother Gilbert that dyed last had all his dignities restored to him by the Kings fauour and that contrary to the saide Kings Commandement he went to the Tilâ—ing at Hartford which was held to the Kings disgrace But afterwards the King being well pacified this Walter was admitted to be Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England and to haue all other the honours and lands his brothers held and enioyed before He married Margaret daughter and co-heyre of Robert Lord Quincy sonne and heyre of Sater de Quincy Earle of Winchester widdow of â—ohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne by whom he had no issue He dyed at Goderich Castle by Monmouth the fourth of December 1245. and was buried at Tynterne Abbey without issue in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son freré ANselme Marshall the fift sonne of William Marshall the elder was at the time of his Brother Walters death Dean of Salisbury and after admitted to be Earle of â—enbroke and Marshall of England He married Mauld daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and dyed without issue the 22. of December being the 18. day after the death of his Brother Walter leauing his rich Patrimony and Inheritance to be diuided amongst his fiue sisters and heyres before mentioned I finde this Earledome of Penbroke in ancient time to be a County Palatine had all Iurisdiction Regall And that the Earle had vnder him there Iustices of his owne a Shireiffe Steward Chancellour Chamberlaine Coroner Escheter and diuers other Officers necessary for a Regal Iurisdiction all made and appointed by himselfe He had Sâ—ssions County Courts Monethly in which County Courts were tried all Real Pleas whatsoeuer by originall Writ vnder the Seale and Name of the said Earle all fynes were leuied and recoueries passed and all Writs made in the Earles name and not in the Kings He had power to pardon all offences and had his Chancery court of Common Pleas and Exchequer holden within his Castle of Penbroke whereunto all the Inhabitants of that Country resorted for iustice and triall of all their causes He erected Townes and incorporated them with many large and ample liberties He had all manner of forfeitures and escheats whatsoeuer He had within his County 9. Castles of his owne and 12. Seigneuries or Mannors which were parcell of his County The Iurisdiction royall of this Earledome remained and was permitted in the Earles themselues from the time of the Norman Conquest vntill the 27. yeare of King Henry the 8. Whereas all other Earles of this Realme had lost their Iurisdictions many hundred yeares before and had but the bare names of their Earledomes Also the said Earles of Penbroke by Office at the Coronations of the Kings of England were to carry a paire of gilt Spurs To end this County is called Penbrokshire of the Towne so named for the word Pen in Welsh signifieth the head or chiefe part of a thing and Bro signifieth a Vale or plaine soyle fertile and fit to beare Corne c. Et portoit d'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WIlliam de Valence so sur-named of the place where he was borne sonne of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine and halfe brother by the Mother to King Henry the third was created Earle of Penbroke in the yeare 1247. He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Warin Lord Montchency and Ioane his wife second sister and co-heyre of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke by whom hee had issue Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke and Iohn that dyed a childe and foure daughters viz. Isabell married to Iohn Lord Hastings of Aburgauenny one of the Competitors for the Crowne of Scotland Ioane the second daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Comyn of Badzenoth sonne of Iohn Lord Comyn and Mary his wife daughter of Iohn Balliol Agnes the third daughter was first married to Maurice Fitz-Gerald and after to Henry Ballioll brother of Alexander Ballioll Lord of Chilham and dyed without issue Margaret was the 4. daughter This William de Valence and Ioane his wife gaue to the Towne of Tembie the first Charter of incorporating them licensing theÌ„ to chuse euery yeare Port-Reifes He granted likewise to the Burgesses free common yearely vpon al his grounds and Medowes from the time of mowing vnto the purification of Mary which to this day they enioy This William dyed in the yeare 1296. and was buried in a magnificent Toombe on the South-side of the Abbey at Westminster the 25. yeare of King Edward the first Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de dix pieces à l'otle de Marlettes de gueulles AYmer de Valence sonne and heyre of William de Valence aforesaid and Ioane his wife daughter of Warin Montchensey Lord of Swanscampe was after the death of his Father Earle of Penbroke and Weshford and Lord of Montigniac he was Lord Gouernor of the Realme of Scotland vnder king Edward the first during the controuersie betweene Iohn Ballioll and Robert Bruse Hee married three wiues the first was Beatrix daughter of Raphe de Nele Constable of France The second was the daughter of the Earle of Barre and the third was Mary daughter of Guy de Chastillion Earle of S. Paule but had no issue by any of them He dyed in France in the yeare 1323 and his inheritance for want of heyres of his body was diuided betweene his sisters aforesaid and Laurence Hastings grand childe to Isabell his eldest sister succeeded him in the Earledome of Penbroke and Weshford Et portoit les armes