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

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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
Earle of Albemarle and was after slaine by the Duke of Orliance at Bangie bridge in France the ninth of K. Henry the fift without issue and his body being brought ouer into England was buried in Christ-Church in Canterburie Et portoit les armes d'France seme escartelle D'engleterre au lambell d'ermyn trois cantons gueulles RIchard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke Lieutenant Generall vnder Iohn Duke of Bedford Regent of France was by King Henry the sixt created Earle of Albemarle Hee married for his second wife Isabell the Widdow of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Worcester his cousine Germane daughter and heire of Thomas Lord Spencer and Earle of Glocester by whom he had issue Henry Duke of Warwicke c. He dyed at Roan in the 17. yeare of King Henry the sixt and was buried at Warwicke Et portoit gueulles a vne fees six croiseletz d'or A Catalogue of the Earles of Anguish and Kyme their Armes Wiues and Children GIlbert Vmfreuile Earle of Anguish Lord of Prodhoo Otterborne Harbotle and Ridesdale a man of great Fame heere in England in King Henry the thirds time and King Edward the first married and had issue Gilbert and Robert both Earles of Anguish Et portoit gueulles a vne quintfoile le champe croisele patee d'or GIlbert Vmfreuile sonne and heire of Gilbert aforesaid was after the death of his Father also Earle of Anguish Lord of Prodhoo c. He fought the battell of Argile after which hee with William Valence Earle of Penbroke encountred Robert Brus King of Scots at S. Iohns Towne in Scotland This Gilbert sate in Parliament helde at Northampton in the first yeare of King Edward the first by the name and Title of Earle of Anguish in which yeare he died without issue Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' RObert Vmfreuile second sonne of the first Gilbert brother and heire to the last Gilbert was after his Brother Earle of Anguish Lord of Prodhoo c. He sate in Parliament held at Westminster the second yeare of King Edward the second and so continued vnto the seuenteenth of the same Kings reigne as Earle of Anguish and then dyed He married Luce daughter and heire of Phillip de Kime a great Baron and had issue Gilbert Robert and Thomas and a Daughter named Elionor married to Sir Gilbert Borrowdon Knight Et portoit les armes de son Frere ' GIlbert Vmfreuile sonne and heire of Robert was after his Father Earle of Anguish Lord of Prodhoo Otterborne Harebotle and Ridesdale and by his mother Lord of Kyme Hee married to his first wife Iane daughter of Robert Lord Willoughby and after he married Matild daughter heire of Sir Thomas Lucy of Cockermoth knight and dyed without issue in the yeare 1384. His last wife was maried afterwards vnto Henry Percy first Earle of Northumberland This Gilbert fought the battell of Gladesmore at which time hee was Marshall of Scotland sate in Parliaments in England from the eight yeere of K. Edward the third vntill the fourth of King Richard the second by the name and title of Gilbert Earle of Anguish Et portoit Gueulles a vne quintfoile le champe croisele patee d'or RObert Vmfreuile second Brother of the last Gilbert in the eight yeere of King Henry the fift was created Earle of Kyme and was after slain by the Duke of Orleance at Bangie-bridge in France the ninth of King Henry the fift was buried at Calice and after remooued from thence and interred in the Monastery of Kyme Hee married Anne daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland This Robert haue I made to be Earle of Kyme vpon the credit of Claurenciux Cooke and yet do I greatly doubt therof for that I cannot euer finde any of that Name and Family to sitte in Parliament after the last Earle Gilbert in the fourth yeare of King Richard the second brother of this Robert This descent of Vmfreuile is diuersly set forth by sundry persons who haue made many heyres male to the last Gilbert more then I can finde any good proofe for Therefore for the better cleering thereof take this out of the Kings Records Gilbert the last Earl of Anguish with Mauld Lucy his wife did entaile diuers lands to themselues and the heyres of their two bodies and for default thereof to Robert his brother and to the heirs male of his body and for default thereof to Thomas Vmfreuile his third Brother and to the heires male of his body and for default thereof the remainder to Elizabeth or Elionor his Sister wife of Gilbert Borrowdon and the heires of their two bodyes and that Elionor the wife of Henry Talboys is daughter and heire of Gilbert Borrowdon and Neece and heire of the saide last Earle Gilbert and is forty yeares of age A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Atholl their Armes Wiues and Children DAuid sur-named Strathbogie Earle of Atholl in King Henry the thirds time married Isabell one of the Daughters Heyres of Richard of Chillam base sonne of King Iohn and had issue two sonnes Iohn and Dauid Iohn was hanged and died without issue Dauid his Brother succeeded him in the Earledome Et portoit pale de six d'or de sable DAuid Stratbolgie or Strathbolgie second sonne and heire of Dauid Earle of Atholl married Ioane daughter one of the heires of Iohn Lord Comen of Badzenoth and of Ioane his Wife second sister and one of the heires of Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke with whom hee had in mariage the Barony and Castle of Mitford in Northumberland and sate in Parliament by the name and title of Earle of Atholl the 17. yeare of King Edward the second and the fifteenth of King Edward the third and had issue Dauid Earle of Atholl Elizabeth and Philip and was slaine by Andrew Murrey in the yeare 1335. Et portoit pale de six d'or de sable DAuid Strathbolgie after the death of his Father Dauid was Earle of Atholl in Scotland and Baron of Mitford in England he sate in Parliament helde at Westminster the 43. of King Edward the third by the name and title of Earle of Atholl and died in the 44. yeare of the same Kings reigne After whose death his inheritance was diuided betweene his two sisters and heires Elizabeth the eldest sister was maried to Thomas Percy Earle of Worcester and Philip the second was married to Sir Iohn Halsham Knight and had issue After the death of this last Dauid the title of Earle of Atholl went to the Family of Stewarts in Scotland Et portoit les armoiries de son pere A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles and Dukes of Buckingham their Armes Wiues and Children WAlter Gifford the second of that name Earle of Longuile in Normandy came into England with William the Conqueror and was a Witnesse to King Henry the first his Charter for the reformation of the Lawes and Customes of England He married _____ and had issue Walter the second Earle of Buckingham
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 Mur●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.
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
priuy Seale Chancellor of the Exchequer and Iustice of the Forrests Chases to the Riuer of Trent Northward He married three wiues the first was Anne daughter and onely heyre of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex from whom hee was diuorced His second wife was Elizabeth daughter of George Brooke Lord Cobham And his third wife was Helen daughter of George Suaueburgh a Swedian borne but had no issue by any of them He dyed in the yeare 1571. and was buried at Warwicke leauing Anne his sister married to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke his heyre Et portoit d'argent deux barres d'azur à la bordure engresleé de sable HEnry Howard Esquire second sonne of Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded in Anno 1546 and brother of Thomas Howard the last Duke of Norfolke of that name was restored in blood by Queene Mary and by king Iames created Baron of Marnehill at the Tower of London the 13. day of March 1603 and the same day and time he was also created Earle of Northampton c. and died at his house by Charing-Crosse in the yeare 1614. His body was conueighed to Douer Castle and there buried without any solemnity Et portoit les armoiries de Howard à vec la cressant VVIlliam Lord Compton knight of the Bath sonne of Henry Compton knight who was made Baron Compton by writ the eight of May 1572. was created Earle of Northampton by king Iames at Salisbury the second day of August 1618. He married Elizabeth daughter and onely heyre of Sir Iohn Spencer knight sometime Alderman and Maior of London had issue Spencer Lord Compton knight of the Bath at the Creation of Charles Prince of Wales 1616. A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of NOTTINGHAM their Armes Wiues and Children RObert de Ferrars sonne of William Earle Ferrars and of Margaret his wife daughter of William Peuerell Lord of Nottingham disinherited by king Henry the second 1155. for consenting to the poysoning of Randall Earle of Chester was made the first Earle of Nottingham in the life time of his Father and Mother He gaue lands to the church of S. Oswalds by the name of Robert Earle of Nottingham and after died without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Lenton Et portoit vaire d'or de gueulles IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Elizabeth his wife daughter heyre of Iohn Lord Segraue and Margaret his wife daughter and heire of Thomas of Brotherton was created Earle of Nottingham at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and after dyed at London without issue 1381. being but 18. yeares of age his Mother then being liuing After whose death king Richard bestowed the said Earledome of Nottingham vpon Thomas Mowbray this Iohns yonger brother who was after created Duke of Norfolke This Iohn was buried in the White-Fryars or Carmelites Fryars in London the sixt yeare of King Richard the second Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur THomas Lord Mowbray younger Brother of Iohn Lord Mowbray aforesaid was after his brothers death made Earle of Nottingham the sixt of Richard the second and by a Charter bearing date the 12. day of Ianuary the 9. of King Richard the second he had giuen him the name and honour of Earle Marshall of England to him and the heyres Male of his body Before which time they were but Lord Marshals And after in the 21. of the said Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Norfolke permitted to beare the Armes of S. Edward the Confessor impaled with the Armes of the Marshalshippe of England viz. Per pale d'or vert an lyon rampant Gueulles After al which fauours king Richard the second banished this Thomas with Henry of Lancaster Duke of Hereford Vpon which he tooke such exceeding griefe that he dyed at Venice and was buried there in the Abbey of S. George in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth He married Elizabeth sister and one of the co-heyres of Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell and had issue Thomas Iohn both Earles of Nottingham and Dukes of Norfolke Isabell married to Sir Iames Berkeley knight and Margaret married to Sir Robert Howard knight He writ in his stile Thomas Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Mowbray Segraue Bruse of Gower and Stuteuile Et portoit les armes de son peré THomas Mowbray after the death of Thomas his Father in banishment at Venice was Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England He married Lady Constance daughter of Iohn Holland Earle of Huntington and Duke of Excester but by her had no issue He was after accused and found guilty of high treason and for the same was beheaded with Richard Scrope Arch-Bishop of Yorke in the sixt yeare of king Henry the 4. and his body was buried at Yorke Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray second brother of Thomas Mowbray beheaded at Yorke was Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England and in the fourth yeare of king Henry the sixt he was created Duke of Norfolke He married Katherine daughter of Raphe Neuill first Earle of Westmerland had issue Iohn Lord Mowbray Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower c. and dyed at his Mannor of Epleworth in the Isle of Axholme and was buried in the Abbey or House of Carthusians there in the yeare 1432. Et portoit les armoiries de son frere IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne of Iohn aforesaid was after the death of his Father Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and Bruse of Gower He married Elianor daughter of William Lord Bourchier and sister of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex by whom he had issue Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey and after Duke of Norfolke and dyed in the first yeare of king Edward the fourth 1461. and lyeth buried at Thetford Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur IOhn Lord Mowbray sonne and heyre of Iohn and Elianor Bourchier in the life time of his Father was created Earle Warren and Surrey by king Henry the sixt after the death of his Father he was Duke of Norfolke Earle of Nottingham and Earle Marshall of England Lord Segraue and of Gower He married Elizabeth daughter of Iohn Talbot first Earle of Shrewsbury of that name and had issue one onely daughter and heyre named Anne married to Richard Duke of Yorke second sonne of king Edward the fourth who dyed both without issue leauing all the Mowbrayes lands and liuings to be diuided betweene the two Families of Howards and Berkleys He dyed at Framingham Castle in the yeare 1475. and was buried with his Auncestors at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré WIlliam Lord Berkley of Berkley Castle in
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 Will●●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 I●●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 a● 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 Br●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
the 6. day of Iuly 1189. in the 61. yeare of his age when he had reigned 34. yeares 9. moneths and two daies and was buried at Founteuerald in the Dutchy of Alanson neere to the Towne of the Egle. Et portoit gueulles au deux leopard passant d'or The Jssue of King Henry the second and Queene Elianor bis VVife William eldest sonne borne in the yeare 1152 to whom the Nobility sware fealty at the Castle of Wallingford in Berkshire he dyed in the yeare 1156 being but fiue yeares olde and was buried at Reading by his great Grandfather King Henry the first Henry the second sonne after the death of William his Brother was Duke of Normandy Earle of Aniou and Mayne and was crowned king in the life time of his Father the 1● of Iune 1170. His wife was Margaret daughter of Lewis the younger king of France and was married at Newburgh in Normandy 1160. and she was after crowned Queene at Winchester 1163. He dyed at Marcell in Touraine the eleuenth of Iune 1182. and was buried at Roan Richard the third sonne was borne at Oxford 1157. and was sur-named of the French Cuer-de-Lyon He was first created earle of Poyctou had the whole Dutchy of Aquitaine for which he did his homage to King Lewis the yonger of France 1170. After he fell at variance with his Father and maintained wars against him but he was afterwards reconciled into his Fathers loue againe succeeded him in his Kingdome Geffrey the fourth sonne borne the fift yeare of his Fathers Reigne he married Constance daughter and heyre of Conan Duke of Britaine and did his homage for the same to his brother Henry and dyed at Paris 1186. the 19 of August and was buried in our Lady Church there hauing issue Arthur Duke of Britaine borne after his Fathers death and a daughter named Elianor which dyed in prison in King Henry the thirds time This Constance was also married to Randoll Earle of Chester Philip the fift sonne was borne in the fifteenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne and dyed young and was buried in S. Paules Church in London Iohn the sixt sonne was borne in the yeare 1166. and sur-named Sanz-terre without Land because when he was King hee resigned his Crowne and Kingdome to the Pope which Pandulphus his Legate kept for the space of foure daies to the Popes vse He was created Earle of Mortaigne and had withall the Earledomes of Cornwall Glocester Derby and Lancaster the Honours of Wallingford and Nottingham and lastly was King Mauld the eldest daughter was borne in the third yeare of her Fathers reign and married Henry sur-named the Lyon Duke of Saxony and Sardinia she suruiued her husband and dyed in the first yeare of King Richard the first and was after buried by her husband in the Church of S. Blase at Brunswick leauing issue Othe Emperor Henry Duke of Saxony and William and a daughter named Elianor Elianor second daughter borne at Roan 1162. married Alfonsus the ninth of that name King of Castile in Spaine and had issue Sancheus that dyed yong as also his brother Ferdinando Henry King of Castile Blanch Queen of France wife to Lewis the eight and Mother of S. Lewis Berengar married vnto Alphonsus King of Leon Vrraca Queene of Portingall and Elianor wife to King Iames King of Arragon Ioane the third daughter borne in the Citty of Angiers in France 1166. being but eleuen yeares olde was conueyed to the Citty of Palermo and there married to William the second King of Cicill Duke of Apulia and Prince of Capua 1177. and was crowned Queene at the same place She had issue a sonne named Beaumond who was Duke of Apulia and dyed young She was after married to Raymond the fourth of that Name Earle of Tholouze and had issue Raymond the last Earle of that House or Family and a daughter married to Berald of Elbeine Prince of Orange Issue by his Concubine WIlliam sur-named Longspee or Long-Sword begotten of his Paramore the Lady Rosamond daughter of Walter Lord Clifford married Ela daughter and heyre of William Fitz-Patricke Earle of Salisbury and had issue William Longspee a Baron Stephen second sonne Nicholas Bishop of Salisbury and Richard the fourth sonne was a Cannon at Bradstocke Idona married to William Beauchampe Baron of Bedford Ella first married to the Earle of Warwicke and after to Philip Lord Basset and Isabell first married to William Lord Vescy and after to Walter Lord Clifford Father of Roger. King Richard the first His second wife was Berengaria daughter of Sanches the fourth King of Nauarre who married him at Ciprus and accompanied him to the holy land He was slaine by Bertram de Gurdonn with the shot out of a Crossebow at a Castle of the Viscount of Limoges called Chalons which wounding him in the shoulder the Surgeons hauing drawne out the wood of the Arrow and not the enuenomed yron forke mangled the Arme with cruell incisions that the paines thereof hastned his death when he had raigned almost nine yeares He was buried at Founteuerard in France at his Fathers feete the 6. of Aprill in the yeare 1199. without any lawfull issue He had two base children Philip a sonne and Isabell a daughter King Richard the first did beare for his Armes in his Pauis or Shield one lyon rampant and this is the first Armes that euer I could see any authority for King Iohn Isabell second wife to King Iohn was daughter and heyre of Aymer Earle of Angolesme by whom he had issue as heereafter followeth This Isabell ouer-liued King Iohn and married Hugh de Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine Lord of Lusignan and Valence in Poyton to whom she should haue bene married before she married King Iohn by whom she had diuers children greatly aduanced by King Henry the third their halfe brother This King lying in the Abbey of Swansteed not farre from Lincolne was poysoned by a Monke of the Order of S. Bernard who to make his match sure and to auoide iealousie and suspition first dranke vnto the King and poysoned himselfe the King beeing brought from the saide Abbey in a Horse-litter vnto the Castle of Newarke there dyed on S. Lukes night the 14. Kalends of Nouember and was after buried at Worcester in the yeare 1216. when he had reigned 17. yeares fiue moneths lacking eight dayes at the age of 51. yeares This Iohn beeing King of England and Duke of Normandy in right of his Grand-mother Mauld the Empresse and Duke of Aquitaine by Elianor his Mother ioyned the Armes of Aquitaine being a Lyon passant gardant vnto the Armes of Normandy and England making it Gueulles trois Lyons passant gardant d'or King Johns Jssue by Isabell his last Wife King Henry the third borne at Winchester the first of October 1208. being the tenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne Richard second sonne of King Iohn was borne the next yeare after his Brother King Henry by whom he was made Knight and created
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-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 Fath●●● 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 a●● 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 whō 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 whō 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
England but the youngest who was first married vnto William de Romare Earle of Lincolne and after to Peter de Brus who dyed in the holy-Holy-Land in the sixe and twentieth yeare of King Henry the first Et portoit Gueulles a vn Croix patee vaire VVIlliam surnamed le Gros sonne of Stephen was after the death of his father Earle of Abemarle and Lord of Holdernesse he married Cicely daughter of William Fitz Duncan sonne of Malcolme King of Scots by Alice de Rumely Lady of Harwood with whom he had in marriage the Honour and Lands of Crauen in Yorkeshire and had issue Hawis his onely daughter and heire first married to William de Magnauile Earle of Essex and after to William de Fortibus or de Forts Baron of Olem by whom she had issue William de Forts Earl of Albemarle father of Aueline wife of Edmond first earle of Lancaster sonne of King Henry the third lastly the said Hawis married Baldwin de Betun This William le Grosse founded the Abbey of Melsa Anno one thousand one hundred and fiftie and dyed the seauen and twentieth yeare of King Henry the second and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton which was of his owne foundation Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' VVIlliam Magnauile Earle of Essex and Lord of Plesse and in right of Hawis his wife daughter and heire of William le Grosse was also Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse in the yeare of our Lord one thousand one hundred seuenty and nine and died at Roane in the second yeare of King Richard the first without issue Et portoit escartelle d'or gueulles WIlliam de Fortibus Baron of Olem second husband vnto Hawis Countesse of Albemarle Daughter and heire of William le Grosse in whose right he was Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse by whom hee had issue William Earle of Albemarle father of Aueline wife of Edmond Earle of Lancaster This William de Forts by the name of Earle of Albemarle in the sixt yeare of the reigne of King Richard the first was a witnesse to the saide Kings Charter of Lands that hee gaue to Reginald de Argentyne and died in the seuenth yeare of King Richard the first Et portoit d'argent au le chef d'gueulles BAldwine de Betun by consent of King Richard the fir●● married and was the third husband to Hawis Counte● of Albemarle Daughter of William le Grosse in whose right 〈◊〉 was Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse by who● he had issue one only daughter his heire named Hawis whi●● was married to William sonne and heire of William Marsh●● Earle of Penbrooke and died without issue Maister Lambert in his Perambulation of Kent page 533. saith That this Ba●●● wine de Betun liued and was a Testie in the seauenth yeare 〈◊〉 King Iohn and therefore I holde him the third husband to Hawis Countesse of Albemarle and not the second as Ma●ster Camden and Maister Milles haue set him downe to be her other two h●●bands being dead long before This Baldwine dyed in the thirteenth yeare o● King Iohn and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux whereof he was the Founder Et portoit d'argent bande de six d'argent de gueulles au chef d'or WIlliam de Fortibus sonne of William de Forts by Ha●● Countesse of Albemarle aforesaide after the death of his mother and her three husbands was the sixt Earle of A●bemarle and Lord of Holdernesse He maried Auelyne daughter of Richard Lord Montfichet and by her had issue William which was after Earle of Albemarle This William died in the six and twentith yeare of King Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux Et portoit d'argent au chef de gueulles VVIlliam de Fortibus the last of that name and Familie was the seauenth Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse c. He married to his first wife Christian daughter of Alan Earle of Galloway in Scotland who died without issue the 30. yeare of King Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Thornton His second wife was Isabel daughter of Bauldwine the fourth of that name Earle of Deuon and sister and heire to Baldwine the fift and last Earle of Deuon of the surname of Riuers by whom he had issue two sonnes and two daughters Thomas the eldest sonne died without issue and was buried at Stamford William the second Sonne died at Oxford without issue and was buried by his brother Auice the eldest sister died also without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Melsa and Aueline the second sister and co-heire of Baldwine aforesaid was married in the fifty foure yeare of king Henry the third to Edmond Crooke-backe Earle of Lancaster second sonne of the said king Henry the third This Countesse of Albemarle and Deuon and Lady of the Isle of Wight for so she writ her selfe ouer liued her husband and in her widdow-hood sold the Isle of Wight and a great part of the Earledome of Deuon and counselled her daughter Aueline to giue her whole inheritance after her death from the Courtneis her next heires to Lord Edmond her husband and his heires which she accordingly did This William died in the fortith yeare of king Henry the third and was buried in the Abbey of Meaux Et portoit les armes de son pere ' THomas of Woodstocke sixt son of King Edward the third was by King Richard the second created Earle of Albemarle he was also Earle of Buckingham and Northampton Duke of Glocester and Constable of England and married Elianor daughter and co-heire of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and had issue Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and Anne married to Edmond Earl Stafford This Thomas of Woodstock was taken by force out of his Castle of Plessy in Essex by Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall of England and conueied secretly to Callis and there most cruelly murthered his body beeing brought ouer into England was buried at Westminster the xxij of King Richard the second 1398. Les armes de france seme D'engleterre escartelle a la bordute d'argent EDward Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond of Langley Duke of Yorke in the thirteenth yeare of King Richard the second was Earle of Rutland and Corke his father then liuing and in the one and twentith of the said Kings reigne hee was created Duke of Albemarle from which Dukedome he was deposed by Parliament in the first yeare of King Henrie the fourth He married Phillip daughter and co-heire of Iohn de Mohun Lord of Dunsten and was slaine at the battell of Egencourt 1415. and was buried at Fotheringale without issue Et portoit france seme D'engleterre escartelle a lambell de trois points perpale gueulles d'argent charge ' de six chastells d'or six lions rampant gueulles THomas Duke of Clarence second sonne to King Henrie the fourth in the thirteenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created
him in the Earledome of Chester Et portoit d'gueulles crusuly d'or a'un teste de Lou craze d'argent RAndolphe sur-named Meschines sonne of Randolphe Meschines Earle of Carlell by Margaret the sister of Hugh Lupus the first Earle of Chester was the third Earle Palatine of Chester after the Conquest He married Lucy daughter of Algar the Saxon Earle of Leicester and sister to Edwin Earle of Mercia and Mocar Earle of Northnmberland who before was the Wife of Roger Romara and Mother of William Romara Earle of Lincolne This Randolphe surrendred Carlell his Fathers Earledome to King Henry the first and dyed in the yeare 1129. and was buried at Chester in the 30. yeare of the saide Kings Reigne leauing issue Randolphe sur-named Gernonijs the fourth Earle of Chester and William Earle of Cambridge and a daughter named Adeliza married to Richard Fitz-Gilbert Lord of Tunbridge Auncestor to the Earles of Clare Glocester and Penbroke as William Gemiticensis affirmeth Et portoit d'or a'vn Lion rampant de gueulles la cowe estant RAndolphe sur-named Gernonijs sonne of Randolphe Meschines was after his father the fourth Earle Palatine of Chester after the Conquest hee with his Brother William Earle of Cambridge was Witnesse to the Charter of Alexander Bishop of Lincolne of his gift of the Island of Hafreholme to the religious Nuns of S. Maries of the order of Sister-sences 1139. the fourth of King Stephen And in the yeare 1141. this Randoll and Robert Earle of Glocester tooke the saide King prisoner at Lincolne He married Mauld daughter of Robert Earle of Glocester base sonne of King Henry the first by whom he had issue Hugh the fift Earle Palatine of Chester and Richard and died poysoned by the practise of his Wife and William Peuerell Lord of Nottingham in the yeare 1156. Et portoit de gueulles au Lion rampant d'argent à la cowe estant HVgh sur-named Kiuilioc sonne of Randolphe Gernons was the fift Earle Palatine of Chester he married Bertrade daughter of Simon Earle Mountford and Eureux in Normandie and had issue Randolphe Blundeuile the fixt Earle Palatine of Chester and Earle of Lincolne and foure daughters Mauld the eldest was married to Dauid Earle of Anguish Gallaway and Huntington Mabell the second daughter was married to William de Albenieo Earle of Arundell Agnes the 3. daughter was married to William Ferrers Earle of Derby Lord of Chartley and Hawis the fourth daughter was wife to Robert Quincy Earle of Winchester had issue Margaret married to Iohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne and Mabell wife to Hugh Lord Audley This Hugh died the 27. of King Henry the second 1180. Et portoit d'azur à six garbes d'or RAndolphe sur-named Blundeuile sonne heire of Hugh Kiuilioc was the 6. Earle Palatine of Chester as also Earle of Lincolne whom K. Hen. the 2. made knight in the 33. yeare of his reigne and gaue him in marriage Constance the onely daughter and heire of Conan Duke of Little Britaine Earle of Richmond in England the widdow of Geffrey his son with the Dutchy of Britaine Earldome of Richmond and in the second yeare of K. Iohn this Randolph was diuorced from the said Constance and after married Clemence daughter of William de Fengeres and sister of Geffrey He had also a third wife which was Margaret daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Constable of England but had no issue by any of them This Randolph was restored to the Earldome of Lincolne in the 3. yeare of K. Hen. 3. as Cousin and next Heire of William Romara Earle of Lincolne and in the 9. yeare of the said kings reigne he was a Witnesse to the kings charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborow by the name of Randolphe Earle of Chester Lincolne and after his returne out of the Holy-Land he died at his Castle of Wallingford in the 17. yeare of K. Hen. the 3. and was buried at Chester leauing his foure sisters his heires before mentioned This Randolph was of great fame and esteeme in the times of King Henry the second King Richard the first King Iohn King Henry the third In which time he built the Castles of Beeston and Chartley and the Monastery of de la Croix Et portoit d'azur à trois garbes d'or IOhn by the place of his birth sur-named the Scot was Earle of Huntingdon and Cambridge by his Father Dauid Earle of Anguish and Huntingdon aforesaid which Danid was brother to William king of Scots and by Mauld his Mother eldest sister and co-heire of Randolphe Blundeuile Earle of Chester he was also the seuenth Earle Palatine of Chester Also in the 21. yeare of king Henry the third he was restored to the Earledome of Northampton as cousin and heire of Simon Seintlize Earle of Northampton and in the 22. of the said Kings reign he died at Darnall was buried at Chester without issue hauing married Helyn the daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorworth Prince of North-Wales Which Earldome of Chester King Henry the 3. 1238. assumed into his owne hands and gaue other lands to the saide foure Sisters of Iohn surnamed the Scot afore named the issue of whom after claymed the kingdome of Scotland in King Edward the firsts time since which time the Princiality of Chester hath beene vnited to the Principality of Wales by Acte of Parliament held at Westminster the 21. of King Richard the second at which time as Somerset Herald hath the King created William Brugs Chester Herald by his Letters Patents sealed with his Seale of the said Principality Et portoit d'or à trois pens d'gueulles EDmond sur-named Crowch-backe second sonne of king Henry the third was by his Father created Earle of Chester which Title and Earledome hee surrendred to his Brother Prince Edward and was after made Earle of Lancaster and after the attaindore of Simon Mountford Robert Earle Ferrars he was also made Earle of Leicester and Derby as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au lambell de France EDward first sonne of King Edward the first was Prince of Wales Earle of Cornwall and Chester and after King of England by the name of King Edward the second This Prince Edward in Anno 1298. vpon complaint made by Doctor Langton then Byshop of Chester was committed to prison and Pierce of Gaueston banished England and not to returne againe vpon paine of death Et portoit D'engleterre au lambell d'argent EDward first sonne and heire of king Edward 〈…〉 was Prince of Wales Duke of Cornwall and 〈◊〉 of Chester and Flint and after king of England by the name of king Edward the third Et portoit D'engleterre au lambell d'argent EDward sur-named the blacke Prince sonne and heire of king Edward the third was Duke of Cornwall and Aquitaine and Earle of Chester and Flint This Edward died before his Father 1376. and was buried at Canterbury Et portoit
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-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-holy-land 1190. And for Elizabe●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-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
le tiers le mesme le quart Riuerijs qui est d'or au lion rampant d'azur THomas Cecill Baron of Burghley sonne and heyre of William Cecill Baron of Burghley and Lord high Treasurour of England was created Earle of Excester at Greenewich in the third yeare of King Iames. He married Dorothie daughter and one of the co-heyres of Iohn Neuill Lord Latymer and had issue foure sonnes and sixe daughters viz. William Cecill Lord Burghley who married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of Edward Mannors Earle of Rutland and had issue William Lord Ros Sir Richard Cecill Knight Sir Edward Cecill knight and Thomas Cecill Esquire fourth sonne Luce the eldest daughter was married to William Paulet Marquesse of Wynchester Mildred the second daughter was married first to Sir Thomas Read knight and after to Sir Edmond Trafford of Lancashire knight Mary the third daughter was married to the Lord Denny Elizabeth the fourth daughter first married to Sir William Hatton alias Newport knight and after to Sir Edward Coke knight Lord Chiefe-Iustice of the kings Bench one of his Maiesties most honorable priuy Counsell Dorothy the fift daughter was married to Sir Gyles Allington of Hounslow-Heath knight and Francis the sixt daughter was married to Sir Richard Tufton knight Et portoit burelle de six pieces d'argent d'azur sur le tout six escussons de sable charge de six lyons d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Ewe or Augy in Normandy their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam Earle of Ewe and Mutterell came into England with William Conqueror who gaue him the Mannors of Tudenham Woleston and Aluerdeston with all other such lands as hee could get or conquer from the Welsh He was after banished England for rebellion and his lands giuen away to Walter Fitz-Richard sonne of Constance sister of this William Earle of Ewe The saide Walter Fitz-Richard conquered Nether-Gwent and halfe the Country of Lege He founded the Abbey of Tynterne and dyed without issue in the third yeare of King Stephen leauing his inheritance to Gilbert sur-named Strongbow Earl of Pembrooke his Nephew and was after buried at Tynterne IOhn Earle of Augie sonne of Iohn married Alice daughter of William Daubigney Earle of Chichester by Alice his wife late widdow of king Henry the first and had issue Henrie Earle of Augie Iohn de Augie Matilda and Margaret and after dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1171. the 18. of Henry the second HEnry Earle of Augie sonne of Iohn gaue to the Monks of Bermondsey in Southwarke his lands called Oswareston neere Romenelin in the Parish of Lida and the lands of Iohn the Clarke in Belsinton and married and had issue Alice his onely daughter and heire married to Ralphe de Isodon 1241. 26. Henry the 3. RAlphe de Isondon sonne of Geffrey de Luzigna Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine in France and brother of Hugh le Brun married Alice daughter and heire of Henry Earle of Angy in Normandy and in her right was Earle of Angie after the death of Henry her Father aforesaid This Ralphe in the first yeare of king Iohn was one of the Noblemen that swore the league betweene the saide king and the Earle of Flanders Hee had issue one onely daughter his heire named Mauld married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England Et portoit barre d'argent d'azur au lambell de gueulles de cinq pieces WIlliam Bourchier created Earle of Ewe at Maunt in Normandy the fift of king Henry the fift and married Anne daughter of Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester and sister and one of the heyres of Humfrey her brother and had issue Henry Bourchier Earle of Ewe and Essex William Lord Fitz-Warrin Iohn Lord Bernes and Thomas Arch Bishop of Canterbury and Cardinall of S. Cirac in Rome and Anne his daughter was married to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke This William dyed in the eight yeare of King Henry the fift at Troys in Champaine and his body being brought ouer Sea into England was buried at Eyston in Kent Et portoit d'argent au croix engreslee de gueulles entre quatre buffeux de fable HEnry Bourchier sonne and heire of William aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Ewe in Normandy vntill the 28. yeare of king Henry the sixt that Charles the French king had recouered that earledome to the crown of France Afterwards he sate in Parliament by the name title of Lord Bourchier vntill the 35. yeare of the said Kings Reigne that he was created Viscount Bourchier king Edward the fourth in the first yeare of his reigne created him Earle of Essex and in the 13. of king Edward the fourth he was Lord Keeper of the great Seale of England as in the title of Essex is more at large Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Glocester and Hartford their Armes Wiues and Children RObert sur-named the Consull of Glocester base sonne of King Henry the first begotten of Nest the daughter of Rhice ap Tewder Prince of South Wales who was after married to Girald de Wyndesore Constable of Penbroke-Castle and auncestour of the Earles of Kildare in Ireland in the 11. yeare of his Fathers Reigne was created Earle of Glocester He assisted and tooke part with Mauld the Empresse his halfe sister against K. Stephen the Vsurper which Stephen being taken prisoner and imprisoned in the Castle of Bristoll This Robert very shortly after was likewise taken by King Stephens forces whereupon it was concluded that a King for an Earle and an Earle for a King should make an exchange and eyther set the other at liberty He married Mabell daughter and one of the foure heyres of Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Corboil in Normandy Cardiffe in Wales and Tewksbury in England and had issue William Earle of Glocester Roger Bishop of Wynchester Richard Bishop of Bayon in Normandy and Hamon slaine at Tholouze with William King Stephens sonne 1160. He had also two daughters one named Mabell married to Aubre de Vere the second was Matilda married to Randolphe Gernonijs Earle of Chester This Robert builded the Castles of Bristoll and Caerdiffe in Wales and the Monastery of S. Iames by Bristoll and dyed in the 12. yeare of King Stephen and was buried in the saide Monastery 1146. Et portoit de gueulles au trois Restes des Armes d'or WIlliam sonne and heire of Robert Consull was after his Father Earle of Glocester and Lord of Glamorgan in right of his grand-father Robert Fitz-Hamon who wonne the said Lordship from Iustine ap Gurgan Lord of Glamorgan in King William Ruphus time and made his abode in the said Castle of Caerdiffe where the saide Robert kept his Courts Monethly and vsed therein Iura Regalia hauing his twelue Knights to attend him the first day they hauing senerall Lodgings giuen to them their heires for euer within the said Castle He married Hawis
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
and heyre of Sir Iohn Beauchampe of Bletso knight the widdow of Sir Oliuer S. Iohn knight descended of the S. Iohns of Fanmon in South-Wales by whom he had issue Margaret his onely daughter and heyre married first to Edmond of Hadham Earle of Richmond by whom she had issue king Henry the seuenth she married afterward Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby but by him had no issue This Iohn dyed in the 22. of king Henry the sixt and was buried at Wimborne Minster in Dorsetshire Et portoit France escartelleé d'engleterre au bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn de Foix Viscount Casleton and Lord Greyley sonne of Gaston de Foix knight of the Order of the Garter brother to the Counte de Foix Capitaine de la Bouche Countie de Longueuile et de Beuancies for his good seruice done against the French was by king Henry the sixt 1446. created Earle of Kendall in England and made Knight of the Order of the Garter some of the house of Foys now Earles of Longueuile in France do write themselues at this day Earles of Longueuile and Kendall He married Margaret daughter of Michaell de la Pole Earle of Suffolke and sister to William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke by whom he had issue Iohn de Foys father of Anne wife of Vladislaus king of Hungary This Iohn de Foix had his Armes pulled downe at Winsore the third of king Edward the 4. Et portoit à deux vaches passans de gueulles accolees accornees clarinees de azur escartelle d'or à trois palz de gueulles sur le tout au lambell de fable charge de cinq coquilles d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Lincolne their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Romare a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Romare and halfe brother of Randoll Meschines the fourth Earle of Chester by his Mother Luce daughter of Algar the Saxon Earle of Chester and sister of Morcar Earle of Northumberland Lincolne was created Earle of Lincolne in the sixt yeare of king Stephen to whom the said king gaue the Mannour of Chircheton the Castle of Geynsborough and the Castle of Pontfret in Yorkshire Vnto which Grant were Witnesses Randoll Meschines Earle of Chester Gilbert de Clare Earle of Penbroke and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Hartford and others He married Hawis daughter of Stephen sonne of Eudo Comes Blesensis Champaine and sister of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle by whom he had issue William de Romare the second Lord of Bullingbroke who tooke to wife Mauld daughter of Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuonshire and dyed before his Father in the yeare 11●1 leauing issue a sonne named William the third who also dyed without issue in Anno 1175. and one daughter named Hawis married to Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne This last William de Romare by his Deed gaue lands to the Abbey of Reuesbie to pray for the soule of William his Father William the Earle his Grand-father 1172. the 19. of King Henry the 2. Et portoit gueulles sept macles d'or sené de croix recroisettees de mesme GIlbert de Gaunt Lord of Lindesey in Lincolnshire sonne of Walter de Gaunt by Mauld daughter of Alan Earle of Britaine and grand-childe to Gilbert de Gaunt that came into England with William Conqueror by Eustacia daughter of the Earle of Cenomania taking part with king Stephen against Mauld the Empresse was taken prisoner by king Henry the second being then Duke of Normandy who committed him to the custody and keeping of Randoll Meschines alias Gernons the fourth Earle of Chester who married him to Hawis daughter of William de Romara his halfe brother by the Mother by whom he had issue Gilbert de Gaunt that dyed in the yeare 1160 Father of the last Gilbert Earle of Lincolne Baldwyn second sonne Lord of Bourne and Dipping who founded the Abbey of Bourne 1140. and dyed in the yeare 1156 and one daughter named Alice married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton who dyed without issue This Gilbert the Earle dyed in the yeare 11●6 and was buried in the Abbey of Bardens in Lincolnshire Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles GIlbert de Gaunt grand-childe of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne by his sonne Gilbert who was disinherited by King Henry the second for taking part with king Stephen was made Earle of Lincolne by Lewis King Philip the French kings sonne in the 18. yeare of king Iohn which king Henry the third did afterwards confirme to the said Gilbert in the third yeare of his Reigne In which yeare he dyed was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey without issue after whose death king Henry the third did giue the saide Earledome of Lincolne to Randoll sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles RAndoll Meschines sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester from Hugh Lupus and the fourth Earle of this Family sonne of Hugh Keueliock sonne of Randoll Gernons halfe brother by the Mother to William Romara Earle of Lincolne was restored to the Earledome of Lincolne in the yeare 1218. the third of king Henry the third after the death of his kinesman Gilbert de Gaunt the last Earle of Lincolne of that sur-name It is set downe by some exquisite Writers that this Randoll dying without issue did giue the Title and Earledome of Lincolne to his sister Auice the wife of Robert Quincy and so he the said Robert became Earle of Lincolne which thing I can hardly beleeue for that all honours and titles of Dignities are deriued and enioyed by the bounty and fauour of the King or Soueraigne and therefore that this guift of Randoli to his sister could make her Countesse or Robert her husband Earle of Lincolne is idle and altogether vntrue He married first Constance daughter of Conan Earle of Britaine and Richmond the widdow of Geffrey Plantagenet from whom he was diuorced the second of king Iohn and after married Clemence daughter of William Fengeres and to his third wife he tooke Margaret daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford but had no issue by any of them He was a Witnesse to king Henry the thirds Charter bearing date 1224. of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Randoll Earle of Chester and Lincolne and after dyed at his Castle of Wallingford the 17. yeare of King Henry the 3. was buried at Chester leauing his foure sisters his heyres which were married as in the title of Earles of Chester Et portoit d'azur à trois garbes d'or IOhn Lacie Baron of Halton Lord of Ponfret and Blackeburneshire and Constable of Chester sonne and heyre of Roger was created Earle of Lincolne in the 17. yeare of king Henry third and married Alice daughter of Gilbert Lord of the Egle and Baron of Pimsey and to his second wife hee married Margaret daughter and one of the
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 whō he had issue Henry Montfort slaine with his Father at the battaile of Eue●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 Eue●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
Northumberland and Huntington after Gospatricke This Waltheof in the yeare 1074. at Exningham in Cambridgeshire at the marriage of Raphe Earle of the East Angles Norfolke and Suffolke with the daughter of William Fitz-Osbert and sister of Roger Earle of Hereford conspired with the said Roger and Raphe and many others to expell driue Will Conqueror out of England againe For which conspiracy this Waltheof was taken and beheaded at Winchester and was buried without the walles of the Citty in a place where two high-wayes meete but afterwards his body was taken vp againe and with great honour carried to Crowland and there buried in the yeare 1076. He married Iudith Niece to William Conquerour and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conqueror did giue in marriage the Earledome of Huntington he had issue by her three daughters Mauld the eldest was married first to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton and had issue another Simon after shee married Dauid king of Scots and had issue Henry Iudith the second daughter was married to Ralphe de Tony sonne of Roger Tony Baron of Flamsted in Hartfordshire and had issue Gohilda wife to Robert de Newborough younger sonne of Henry Earle of Warwicke Alice the third daughter was married to Robert Fitz-Richard Sewer to King Henry the first sonne of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Lord of Tunbridge Clare and had issue Walter of whom is descended the now Earle of Sussex 1618. Et portoit d'argent au lyon rampant d'azur au chef de gueulles VVAlcher Bishoppe of Durham borne in Loraine bought of William Conquerour the Earledome of Northumberland and for a time was Earle thereof after the death of Waltheof He was a proud and an insolent Prelate couetous and rich was slaine by the Commons at Goats-head on the Riuer of Tyne 1079. for denying to do them Iustice vnlesse they would first pay vnto him foure hundred pounds of currant money as Mathew Paris more at large setteth downe I pray God wee haue no such Bishops Iusticers in this our age for the said Mathew further saith That there were aboue a hundreth persons slaine about this matter RObert Mowbray an honourable Englishman after the death of Walcher obtayned of William Conqueror the earledome of Northumberland And after hauing slaine Malcolme king of Scots and his sonne neere to Anwike in the yeare 1092. demanded reward for the same which beeing neglected he was so moued that when king William Ruphus sent his Letters for him he denyed not only to come to him but combyned with diuers other Noblemen of the Realme how to depriue the said King of his Crowne which being reuealed he was driuen to flye to the Monastery of S. Owin from whence hee was taken by force and carried to prison and after by the Kings Commandement was brought before his owne Castle of Bamborough and there willed to haue his eyes put out vnlesse his Wife and Moreall her kinesman who were within the saide Castle would yeeld vp the same which being surrendred this Robert was sent to be imprisoned in the Castle of Windesore 1096. Houeden fol. 267. During which time king William Ruphus held the Earledome of Northumberland in his owne hands and disinherited all the said Roberts Progeny He was after shorne a Monke at S. Albons where he dyed the seuenth of king Henry the first 1106. The most of his honours and lands were giuen to Lord Nigell de Albeney Chamberlaine to King William Ruphus for his good seruice done at the battaile of Tenarch-bray where he slew the horse of Robert Duke of Normandy tooke him prisoner brought him into England and there deliuered him to the king his brother who sent him to prison to the Castle of Cairdiffe in South Wales where he had both his eyes put out and pined to death with sorrow in the 35. yeare of king Henry the first and was buried at Glocester Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'argent HEnry sonne of Dauid king of Scots begotten of Mauld eldest daughter and co-heyre of Waltheof Earle of Northumberland and Huntington was by king Stephen made Earle of Northumberland as M. Camden citeth out of Poly Chronicon of Durham and that William his sonne did also write himselfe Earle of Northumberland But I rather think that if they did assume that title of Honor it was done more vpon their owne wils then by any iust title or right they had to the same but see more of this in the Earles of Huntington Et portoit d'or à trois peuz ioynantz au point de gueulles HVgh de Pudsey or Putiaco Nephew to king Stephen as Glouer Somerset hath Bishop of Durham a very ambitious proud and couetous man bought of king Richard the first the Earledome of Northumberland for terme of his life and was girt with the Sword of the Earledome as then the custome was At the doing whereof the king vsed these words Am not I a good craftesman that haue made a new Earle of an olde Bishop And to make his ambition more manifest he gaue the king one thousand Markes to bee made Chiefe-Iustice of England But afterwards perceiuing the King to frowne and be angry with him voluntarily did resigne the saide Title and Earledome againe to the King and remained onely Bishop all his life time after This Stone Priest dyed in the yeare 1195. leauing issue three bastard sonnes Et portoit party per saulteur d'or d'argent à la croix patee d'azur HEnry Lord Percie of Alnwick in Northumberland sonne of Henry Lord Percy and of Mary his wife sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster was created the first Earle of Northūberland of that sur-name at the Coronation of king Richard the second 1377. and that day was Deputy for Margaret Dutchesse of Norfolke and Countesse Marschall of England and did execute the Office of Earle Marshall This Henry in the first yeare of king Henry the fourth had giuen him the Isle of Man to be holden of the King by seruice to beare the the Sword which he wore when he entred England Also this Henry and Henry Hotspurre his sonne fought the battaile of Hallidowne Hill against the Scots 1402. and hauing the victory tooke these Earles prisoners Mordake Earle of Fiffe Archibald Earle Duglasse Thomas Earle of Murrey and Robert Earle of Angus And after the battaile of Shrewesbury he was committed to the Tower of London and being from thence deliuered in the ninth yeare of king Henry the fourth he with the Lord Bardolphe came out of Scotland with a power against the King and at Bramham More was encountred by Thomas Rookeby then Shireffe of Yorkshire where the said Earle was taken prisoner the Lord Bardolphe wounded to death and brought to Yorke where they were both beheaded in the yeare 1408. He married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Ralphe Lord Neuill of Raby by whom he had issue Henry sur-named Hotspur slaine with Thomas Percie Earle of Worcester his Vnckle at
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
d'engleterre Et portoit eschiquette d'or d'azur Et portoit les armes de son peré Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'or lampasse armé d'azur Et portoit lez armes de son peré Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards passant en pale d'or au bordur d'argent Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit gueulles à vn lyon rampant d'argent lampasse armé d'azur Et portoit escartelle France d'engleterre au lambell d'argent trois cantons de gueulles Et portoit gueulles à la bande d'argent entre six croix recroisettes bottonne au pied fiche de la primier Et portoit les armes de son peré Et portoit gueulles à la bande d'argent entre six eroix recroisettees betonne au pied fiche d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Tankeruile their Armes Wiues and Children HEnry Grey sonne of Sir Iohn Grey Knight of Ioane his Wife eldest daughter and co-heyre of Edward Charlton Lord Powis for his Martiall prowesse and valour was by King Henry the fift 1417. created Earle of Tanquer-vile in Normandy to haue vnto him and his heyres males by deliuering one Bassinet at the Castle of Roan euery yeare on S. Georges day There were created with him at the same time Gascoine de Foyz Earle of Longevile and Sir Iohn Bourchier Earle of Ewe This Henry married Antigone base daughter of Humfrey Duke of Glocester by whom he had issue Richard Lord Powis Humfrey second sonne and a daughter named Elizabeth married to Sir Roger Kyneston Knight and was after slaine in a battaile at Blangie neere to the Citty of Angiers by the Duke of Alanson where were slaine with him the Noble Duke of Clarence Gilbert Vmfrauile Earle of Anguish the Lord Ros and almost 2000. others the 22. day of March 1420. Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de huit pieces sur la tout à la bande de gueulles A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles and Marquesses of Winchester their Armes Wiues and Children This Saer married Margaret second sister and co-heyre of Robert Fitz-Pernell Earle of Leicester and Steward of England by whom he had issue Robert Lord Quincy Roger second sonne after his Father Earle of Winchester and another Robert third sonne and two daughters Hawis the eldest was married to Hugh de Vere Earle of Oxford the second I finde not certainly neyther her name or what became of her He dyed at Acon going to the holy-Holy-Land in the 4. yeare of King Henry the third his body was buried at Acon his heart and bowels being brought into England was buried in the Abbey of Gerondon in Leicestershire 1219. He bare for his Armes in a Seale annexed to his Charter in my custody A fece with a lambell of 12. points but the colours thereof as yet could I neuer finde Et portoit gueulles à sept maseles d'or 3.3.1 Et portoit d'argent escartellé de gueulles frette d'or sur la tout au band de sable He married Margaret daughter of Henry de Borselle Lord of Vere Sandeburgh and Phalix and had issue Iohn de Brugges Lord of Gruthuse Father of Reginald Brugges Lord of Gruthuse His ancient Armes was D'or à la croix sable and his Wiues Armes were Sable à la face d'argent Et portoit sable trois espees àuec le pointz embas d'argent au cresant d'or This Iohn dyed at his house at Chelsey 1576. and was buried at Basing the 19. of Queene Elizabeth Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit sable trois espees auec le pointz embas d'argent au cresant d'or Et portoit les armes de son peré A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Worcester and Meullen their Armes Wiues and Chlidren This Walleran founded the Abbey of Bordesley in England in King Henry the seconds time and dyed in the yeare 1166. and was buried at Worcester Others haue that he dyed a Monke at Pratelles in Normandy Et portoit fizelle d'or d'azur en bande à vn bordure de gueulles Et portoit d'or an lyon rampant d'azur à eressant gueulles Et portoit gueulles à vn face six croiseletz botones d'or à vn croissant sable en la face Et portoit d'argent à vn Saulteur engresley de gueulles Et portoit les armes de son pere Et portoit lez armes de France d'engleterre escartelle à vn bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur au baston finester d'argent sur le tout à vn escusson per pale d'azur de gueulles au trois lyons rampant d'argent Et portoit d'or à la face France escartelle d'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur Et portoit lez armes de son peré He married Lady Elizabeth daughter of Francis Hastings Earle of Huntington and Katherine his Wife daughter and heyre of Henry Pole Lord Montague and had issue William Lord Herbert that dyed without issue Henry L. Herbert now liuing who married Anne daughter and sole heyre of Iohn Lord Russell sonne and heyre of Francis Earle of Bedford Sir Thomas Somerset Knight of the Bath Master of the Horse to Queene Anne Sir Charles Somerset Knight of the Bath and Sir Edward Somerset Knight of the Bath fift sonne Lady Elizabeth Somerset wife to Sir Henry Guilford Knight Katherine second daughter married William Lord Peter of Writile in Essex Anne Wife to Sir Edward Wynter of Glocestershire Knight Francis married to Sir William Morgan of Llantarnam in Monmouthshire Blanch wife to Thomas Arundell sonne heyre of the Lord Arundell of Warder Castle and Katherine the youngest daughter was married to Thomas now Lord Windsore 1618. Et portoit d'or à la face escartelle France d'engleterre à la bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of VViltshire their Armes Wiues and Children LIonell Plantagenet sur-named of Antwerpe the place of his birth third sonne of King Edward the third was by his Father in the 26. yeare of his Reigne created Earle of Wiltshire and in the 36. yeare of his Reigne he was created Duke of Clarence He married Elizabeth daughter and heyre of William Lord Burgh Earle of Vlster in Ireland and of Mauld his wife sister of Henry Duke of Lancaster by whom he had issue Philip his onely daughter and heyre married to Edmond Mortimer Earle of March This Leonell dyed comming from Mellent in the yeare of our Lord 1368. c. Et portoit les armoities de France d'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'ermyn chargeé au trois cantons de gueulles WIlliam Lord Scroope sonne of Richard Lord Scroop of Bolton Lord Chancellour of England was by King Richard the second in the 21. yeare of his Reigne created Earle of Wiltshire the yeare after he was made Lord high Treasurer of England and Knight of the Garter Whō when Henry of Bullingbroke Duke