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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

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

OF THE Earles of Penbroke their Armes Wiues and Children GIlbert sur-named Strongbowe of drawing of a Strong Bowe second sonne of Gilbert Earle of Clare in Suffolke and Lord of Tunbridge in Kent and grand-childe of Richard Fitz-Gilbert Sewer to William Conquerour and Rohesia his wife daughter of Walter Gifford Earle of Longeuile in Normandy was created Earle of Penbroke in the 4. yeare of King Stephen hee was also Marshall of the Kings Pallace and Lord of Chepstow Strighull Tudenham Wolaston Aluerdeston and halfe the Country of Liege Hee was heyre of Roger and Walter Fitz-Richard his Vnkles which Walter was a great Baron and Lord of Caer-went in Monmouthshire and Founder of Tinterne Abbey in Wales 1131. He married Elizabeth sister of Walleran Earle of Mellent and Robert Earle of Leicester twin brothers and had issue Richard Strongbow Earle of Penbroke and Basill married to Raymond sonne of William Fitz-Gerald of Ireland This Gilbert dyed in the 14. yeare of King Stephen and was buried by his Vnkle Walter Fitz-Richard in the Abbey of Tinterne Et portoit d'or trois cheurons de gueulles au lambell de cinq points d'azur RIchard of Clare sonne of Gilbert sur-named Strongbow of whom it is saide that this Richard standing vpright with the Palmes of his hands would touch his knees he was after his Father Earle of Penbroke L. of Strighull Chepstow and Caer-went and Lord Marshall Dermoc Mac-Murough sonne of Patricke King of Leinster in Ireland whose Subiects rebelling against him prayed this Richards ayde who being a most valorous Captaine granted his request went with sufficient strength and conquered all Leinster In recompence whereof this Dermoc gaue his daughter Eua vnto him in marriage with all the Country of Leinster which contayned weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossory and Carlogh Al which Lands he enioyed with the good liking of King Henry the second eight whole yeares He had issue one onely daughter his heyre named Isabell who being 14. yeares Ward to King Henry the second was giuen in marriage to Willliam Marshall the elder Earle of Penbroke This Richard dyed and was buried at Kilkenny in Anno 1176 and afterwards his body was taken vp againe and buried at Dublyn in Ireland Et portoit les armes de son peré VVIlliam the Kings Marshall sonne of Iohn grand-childe of Gilbert was in right of his wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Richard Strongbow aforesaid created Earle of Penbroke by King Iohn on the day of his Coronation 1199. and had giuen him the Marshalship of England King Richard the first in the first yeare of his Reigne 1189. gaue this Isabell in marriage to this William Marshall she being then his Ward by whom he had issue fiue sonnes William Richard Gilbert Walter and Anselme all Earles of Penbroke and Marshals of England and dyed without issue Hee had also fiue daughters who were married as followeth Matild the eldest was married to Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke with whom he had in marriage the Marshalship of England and Hemsted Marshall in Barkshire by which the said Office is held Ioane the second daughter was married to Warin de Montchensey Lord of Swanescamp Isabell the third daughter was first married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and after to Richard Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall younger sonne of King Iohn Sibill the fourth daughter married William Ferrars Earle of Derby and Eua the fift daughter was married to William Bruse Lord of Brecknock This William after the death of King Iohn had the gouernment of King Henry the third being but ten yeares of age vntill the said William dyed which was in the yeare 1219. and was buried in the Temple in London the 16. of March the fourth of king Henry rhe third This Williams Father did beare for his Armes Gueulles à la bande fizelle d'or as his Seale doth witnesse But after he and his sonnes came to be Marshals they vsed for their Armes D'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout arme lampasse d'azur WIlliam Marshall the younger sonne and heyre of William Marshall the elder was the fourth Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Strighull Chepstow Caer-went Leigh or Liege Weshford Kildare Kilkenny Ossorie and Carlogh and married two wiues the first was Alice daughter and heyre of Baldwin de Betun Earle of Albemarle and Holdernesse by Auis his wife daughter and heyre of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle His second wife was Elianor daughter of king Iohn and sister of king Henry the third He dyed without issue the 6. of Aprill 1231. the 15. of king Henry the third and was buried by his Father in the Temple of London leauing Richard his brother to succeed him Et portoit les armoiries de son peré RIchard Marshall second sonne of William Marshall the elder who after the death of William his Brother the 5. Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Strighull Chepstow and Caerwent c. did giue to the Church of S. Maries of Thame certaine Woods in Crendon to pray for his owne soule and Geruasia his Wife and as Mathew Paris hath when king Henry the third did vpon the suggestion of Peter Bishop of Winchester remoue all his home-bred Subiects from their Offices in his Court and preferre certaine strangers of Poictiers in their roomes this Richard not liking thereof came boldly vnto the King in the presence of many the Nobility others and tolde him that by ill counsell he had sent for strangers into the Land to the great hurt of his kingdome and subiects to the impeachment of the Lawes and Liberties of this Realme For redresse whereof he vowed he would sight so long as hee had any life and thereupon ioyned league with Luellyn Prince of Wales others But whilest the King was busied in leuying an Army to send against him and Luellyn word was brought to this Richard that Morice Fitz-Gerald and other Irish had sacked his Countries and Lands in Ireland Vpon the hearing whereof he hasted thether with fifteene Knights to encounter with his enemies and ioyned battaile with them vpon Satterday the first of Aprill 1234. and fought eleuen houres vntill his horse was slaine vnder him And he then falling to the ground one of the Irish perceiuing his backe part ill armed lifted vp his habergeō thrust a knife into his backe vp to the haft giuing him his deadly wound and then brought him to a Castle of his owne named Kilkenny which the said Maurice Fitz-Gerald had taken a little before from him where he dyed fifteene dayes after withoutissue hauing beene Earle but three yeares Hee was buried in the Quier of the Fryars Minories at Kilkenny the 18. of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere GIlbert Marshall third Son of William Marshall the elder after the death of Richard his brother was restored to King Henry the thirds fauour and grace to all his

brothers Lands and Honours both in England and Ireland and for the same did his homage in the same yeare 1234. and was Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England Lord of Longeuile in France Linester in Ireland and of Chepstow and Strighull in Wales c. He married Margaret daughter of William King of Scots but had no issue He miscarried at a Turnament held at Hartford by endeuoring to stay his horse from his swift running who being cast out of his Saddle the horse gaue him such a blow on the breast with his head backward that he died therof the same day in the Abbey of Hartford neere Ware in the yeare 1242. His body being conueyed to London was buried by his Father in the Temple Et portoit d'or party de vert au lion rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WAlter Marshall fourth sonne of William Marshall the elder with whom King Henry the third after the death of his Brother Gilbert Marshall was greatly displeased denying him those Honours and Seigneuries belonging vnto him from his Auncestors saying That this Walters eldest Brother William did rescue Lewis the French Kings Son being in England that he was not taken prisoner Secondly that his Brother Richard was his enemy and was slaine in open field against him And thirdly that his brother Gilbert that dyed last had all his dignities restored to him by the Kings fauour and that contrary to the saide Kings Commandement he went to the Til●ing at Hartford which was held to the Kings disgrace But afterwards the King being well pacified this Walter was admitted to be Earle of Penbroke and Marshall of England and to haue all other the honours and lands his brothers held and enioyed before He married Margaret daughter and co-heyre of Robert Lord Quincy sonne and heyre of Sater de Quincy Earle of Winchester widdow of ●ohn Lacie Earle of Lincolne by whom he had no issue He dyed at Goderich Castle by Monmouth the fourth of December 1245. and was buried at Tynterne Abbey without issue in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son freré ANselme Marshall the fift sonne of William Marshall the elder was at the time of his Brother Walters death Dean of Salisbury and after admitted to be Earle of ●enbroke and Marshall of England He married Mauld daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Constable of England and dyed without issue the 22. of December being the 18. day after the death of his Brother Walter leauing his rich Patrimony and Inheritance to be diuided amongst his fiue sisters and heyres before mentioned I finde this Earledome of Penbroke in ancient time to be a County Palatine had all Iurisdiction Regall And that the Earle had vnder him there Iustices of his owne a Shireiffe Steward Chancellour Chamberlaine Coroner Escheter and diuers other Officers necessary for a Regal Iurisdiction all made and appointed by himselfe He had S●ssions County Courts Monethly in which County Courts were tried all Real Pleas whatsoeuer by originall Writ vnder the Seale and Name of the said Earle all fynes were leuied and recoueries passed and all Writs made in the Earles name and not in the Kings He had power to pardon all offences and had his Chancery court of Common Pleas and Exchequer holden within his Castle of Penbroke whereunto all the Inhabitants of that Country resorted for iustice and triall of all their causes He erected Townes and incorporated them with many large and ample liberties He had all manner of forfeitures and escheats whatsoeuer He had within his County 9. Castles of his owne and 12. Seigneuries or Mannors which were parcell of his County The Iurisdiction royall of this Earledome remained and was permitted in the Earles themselues from the time of the Norman Conquest vntill the 27. yeare of King Henry the 8. Whereas all other Earles of this Realme had lost their Iurisdictions many hundred yeares before and had but the bare names of their Earledomes Also the said Earles of Penbroke by Office at the Coronations of the Kings of England were to carry a paire of gilt Spurs To end this County is called Penbrokshire of the Towne so named for the word Pen in Welsh signifieth the head or chiefe part of a thing and Bro signifieth a Vale or plaine soyle fertile and fit to beare Corne c. Et portoit d'or party de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles sur le tout armé lampasse d'azur WIlliam de Valence so sur-named of the place where he was borne sonne of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marchesse of Aquitaine and halfe brother by the Mother to King Henry the third was created Earle of Penbroke in the yeare 1247. He married Ioane daughter and heyre of Warin Lord Montchency and Ioane his wife second sister and co-heyre of Anselme Marshall Earle of Penbroke by whom hee had issue Aymer de Valence Earle of Penbroke and Iohn that dyed a childe and foure daughters viz. Isabell married to Iohn Lord Hastings of Aburgauenny one of the Competitors for the Crowne of Scotland Ioane the second daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Comyn of Badzenoth sonne of Iohn Lord Comyn and Mary his wife daughter of Iohn Balliol Agnes the third daughter was first married to Maurice Fitz-Gerald and after to Henry Ballioll brother of Alexander Ballioll Lord of Chilham and dyed without issue Margaret was the 4. daughter This William de Valence and Ioane his wife gaue to the Towne of Tembie the first Charter of incorporating them licensing thē to chuse euery yeare Port-Reifes He granted likewise to the Burgesses free common yearely vpon al his grounds and Medowes from the time of mowing vnto the purification of Mary which to this day they enioy This William dyed in the yeare 1296. and was buried in a magnificent Toombe on the South-side of the Abbey at Westminster the 25. yeare of King Edward the first Et portoit burelle d'argent d'azur de dix pieces à l'otle de Marlettes de gueulles AYmer de Valence sonne and heyre of William de Valence aforesaid and Ioane his wife daughter of Warin Montchensey Lord of Swanscampe was after the death of his Father Earle of Penbroke and Weshford and Lord of Montigniac he was Lord Gouernor of the Realme of Scotland vnder king Edward the first during the controuersie betweene Iohn Ballioll and Robert Bruse Hee married three wiues the first was Beatrix daughter of Raphe de Nele Constable of France The second was the daughter of the Earle of Barre and the third was Mary daughter of Guy de Chastillion Earle of S. Paule but had no issue by any of them He dyed in France in the yeare 1323 and his inheritance for want of heyres of his body was diuided betweene his sisters aforesaid and Laurence Hastings grand childe to Isabell his eldest sister succeeded him in the Earledome of Penbroke and Weshford Et portoit les armes

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

Baron of Buckhurst and the third Earle of Dorset and sonne and heire of Robert Sackuile the second Earle of Dorset of that Family married the Lady Anne Clifford daughter and sole heire of George Clifford Earle of Cumberland by whom he hath issue now liuing Lady Margaret Sackuile Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles au baston de vair A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Essex their Armes Wiues and Children GEffrey Magna-uilla sonne of William and Grand-childe to Geffrey Magna-uilla which came into England with William the Conqueror was created Earle of Essex by King Stephen vnto whose Lettes Patents or Charter were Witnesses William de Ipres Henry de Essex Iohn Son of Robert Fitz-Walter Robert de Newborough and others After Mauld the Empresse winning him to her Faction gaue him the Tower of London the Towne of Walden in Essex with the Shriffealty of Middlesex Essex and Hertfordshire to hold them as Geffrey his Grand-father held them as also all the lands which Eudo his grand-father by the Mother the Sewer to king Henry the first held in Normandy He married Rohesia daughter of Alberick de Vere Chiefe-Iustice of England and had issue Arnold banished by king Stephen Geffrey and William and was after slaine with the shot of an Arrow out of the Castle of Burwell in the 9. yeare of King Stephen 1143. Rose his wife was after married to Payne Beauchamp Baron of Bedford Et portoit escartelle d'or de gueulles GEffrey Magnauile or Mandeuill second sonne of Geffrey aforesaid after the banishment of Arnold his elder brother without issue and the disinheriting of his Father by K. Stephen was restored by king Henry the second to the Earledome of Essex with the third penny of the pleas within that County In which his Charter he had confirmed vnto him all honours priuiledges and lands held by Geffrey his great grand-father William his grand-father and Geffrey his Father aswell in England as in Normandy commanding that he and his heyres should haue and hold the said County of Essex as freely and lawfully as any Earle in England or Normandy held his Earledome Vnto which his Charter were Witnesses Reginald Earle of Cornwall Robert Earle of Leicester Roger Earle of Clare and others He married Eustachia kineswoman to king Henry the second but had no issue by her He dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1165. Et portoit les armes de son pere WIlliam Mandeuill brother of Geffrey aforesaid was the third Earle of Essex vnto whom king Henry the second gaue license by his Charter to fortefie his Castle of Plessy in Essex He married Auice daughter and heire of of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle in whose right he was also Earle of Albemarle and Lord of Holdernesse in Yorkshire and to his second wife he married Christian daughter of Robert Fitz-Walter Lord of Woodham Water in Essex and after dyed at Roane without issue in the second yeare of King Richard the first leauing Beatrix de Say his Aunts grand-childe his heire who was married to Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall the fourth Earle of Essex Et portoit elcartellé d'or de gueulles GEffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshall-Castle in Wilishire Chiefe-Iustice of England married to his first wife Beatrix eldest daughter of William Say son heire of Will. Say Beatrix his wife sister of Geffrey Mandeuile Earle of Essex In whose right the said Geffrey Fitz-Piers at the Coronation of K. Iohn was made earle of Essex the family of Mandeuils being then spent He had issue 3. sons and one daughter viz. Geffrey sur-named Mandeuile Earle of Essex William his brother also Earle of Essex and Henry that was Deacon of Wolfren-Hampton Mauld the daughter was married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford after this Geffrey married to his second wife one Auelyne and by her had issue Iohn Fitz-Pters Lord of Berkhamsted and Chiefe-Iustice of Ireland who had to wife Isabell daughter and heyre of Ralphe Bigot and widdow of Gilbert Lacie This Geffrey dyed in the 14. yeare of King Iohn 1212. Et portoit gueulles à trois Cheurons componnee d'argent d'azur GEffrey Fitz-Piers sirnamed Mandeuile eldest son of Geffrey de Ludgarshal was after his Father Earle of Essex Lord of Plessy He married Isabell third daughter heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn for which he was fined to pay the king twenty thousand Marks and so to haue all the Lands and Fees belonging to her except the Castle of Bristoll and the Chases belonging to the same He was slaine at a Tournament held neere London without issue 1216. and was buried in the Priory of the Trinity in London after whose death the said Isabell tooke to husband Hugh de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout WIlliam Fitz-Piers second brother of Geffrey aforesaid was after his brothers death the next Earle of Essex and tooke part with Lewis the French kings sonne against king Henry the third He intayled all his Lands with the Earledome of Essex vpon Mauld his sister and heire married to Henry de Bohun Earle of Hereford and Lord high Constable of England He dyed without issue in the three and twenty yeare of king Henry the third Et portoit les armes de son frere viz. Escartelleé d'or de gueulles à l'escarboucle pommette fleutette d'or brochant fur le tout HVmfrey de Bohun the fift of that name sonne and heire of Henry de Bohun and Mauld his wife sister and heyre of Geffrey and William Fitz-Piers aforesaide was Earle of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England and married Mauld daughter and heire of Ralphe de Issodon Earle of Angi in Normandy and brother of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Earles of Hereford Et portoit d'azur à la band d'argent à deux cottizes entre six lions rampant d'or HVmfrey de Bohun the seuenth of that name was after the death of Humfrey his grand-father Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England and Lord of Brecknock He married Mauld daughter of Ingelram de Fines and had issue Humfrey the eight and dyed at Plessy in Essex the 27. of king Edward the first 1298. Et portoit les armes de son pere HVmfrey de Bohun the eight of that name sonne of Humfrey the sixt which dyed before his Father was Earle of Hereford Essex and Constable of England He married Elizabeth daughter of king Edward the first being the widdow of Iohn Earle of Holland and had issue Iohn Humfrey and William all three Earles and Edward and William twins as in the Title of Earles of Hereford This Humfrey was slaine at Borough-bridge the 15. of king Edward the second 1322. IOhn de Bohun sonne and heire of Humfrey de Bohun the eight after the death

the second daughter was first married to Iohn Burgh Earle of Vlster secondly she was married to Theobald Lord Verdon and thirdly to Sir Roger Damory Baron of Armoye in Ireland Isabell the third daughter was first married to Pierce of Gaueston Earle of Cornwall by whom she had no issue and after to Hugh Lord Audley the younger This Gilbert before the marriage with his last wife Ioane had lost the fauour of king Edward the first for refusing to go with him ouer Seas to the ayde of Guy Earle of Flanders against the then French King for which cause king Edward seized all the said Gilberts Lands and forced him after to marry his daughter without dower lands or money which done the said King granted backe againe all the Lands confirming them to the said Gilbert and Ioane his wife the issue begotten of their two bodies in Fee-Farme This Gilbert dyed in the Castle of Mounmoth in the 24. yeare of king Edward the first and was buried in Tewkesbury Priory by his Father 1295. Et portoit d'or à trois cheurons de gueulles RAlphe de Mounte-hermer seruant to Gilbert de Clare and Ioane of Acres after the death of Earle Gtlbert married the said Ioane his Mistris in the yeare 1296. Which marriage being done without the knowledge and consent of king Edward her Father this Ralphe was committed to prison in the Castle of Bristoll and all those Lands and Castles as he had formerly made ouer to the saide Ioane and her former husband Gilbert he caused to bee seized againe into his hands But shortly after by the intercession of Anthony Bec Bishop of Duresme a peace was made betweene the K. his daughter her new husband the yeare following 1297. at a Parliament held at London her former lands were restored to her again with others in the 27. yeare of the said kings Reigne the same Ralphe was summoned to Parliament by the name and title of Earle of Glocester and Hertford and by that name and title of honour hee sate in all Parliaments after vntill the first yeare of king Edward the second 1307. In which yeare young Gilbert de Clare being of age was admitted to his lands and honours and sate in Parliament alwayes after as Earle of Glocester and Hereford during his life And the said Ralphe Mount-hermer his Father in law was euer after summoned and sate in all Parliaments as Lord Mount-hermer This Ralphe had issue by his Countesse Ioane two sonnes Edward Mount hermer that dyed without issue and was buried in the Augustine-Fryars at Clare and Sir Thomas Mount-hermer knight who married and had issue Margaret married to Iohn Mounta-cute and had issue Iohn Mounta-cute Earle of Salisbury He dyed in the 17. yeare of king Edward the second 1323. and Ioane his Countesse dyed in the yeare 1305. at her Mannor of Clare Et portoit d'or à l'aigle de vert membres becquez de gueulles GIlbert de Clare sonne heire of Gilbert de Clare sur-named the Red Ioane of Acres was the last Earle of Glocester and Hartford of that firname and Family He married Matilda daughter of Iohn de Burgh son heire of Rich. Earle of Vlster in Ireland and had issue a son which died in his infancy This Gilbert being with K. Edw. the 2. in Scotland to raize the siedge of Sterling-Castle was there slaine in the yeare 1313. whō the Scots would gladly haue saued for ransome had they knowne him but he had neglected to put on his Coate of Armes ouer his armor With him were slain as Tho Walsingham hath Sir Edmond Mauley Sir Robert Clifford Sir Paine Tiptoft Sir William Marshall Sir Gyles Argentyne knights with many others K. Robert Brus caused the bodies of this Gilbert Earle of Glocester Sir Robert Clifford to be sent to K. Edw. being then at Barwick to be buried at his pleasure demanding no reward for the same This Gilbert was borne at Tewkesbury in the yeare 1291. was there buried by his Father leauing his inheritance to be diuided between his three sisters his heires who were married as before is expressed The partition of these lands were made in the eleuenth yeare of the reigne of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Audley second sonne of Nicholas Lord Audley and grand-childe of Iames Lord Audley of Heleigh and of Ela his wife daughter of William Longespee sonne heire of William Longespee Earle of Salisbury after the death of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester at a Parliament held at Westminster the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third This Hugh Audley was made Earle of Glocester Henry of Lancaster Earle of Derby William Mountague Earle of Salisbury William Clinton Earle of Huntington and Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke and did all sitte and had place and voyce in the saide Parliament by those honourable Titles He married Isabell the third sister and co-heire of the last Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and had issue one onely daughter Isabell married to Ralphe first Earle Stafford and after dyed in the yeare 1347. and was buried in the Priory of Tunbridge Et portoit gueulles fretté d'or à la bordure d'argent THomas of Woodstocke sixt sonne of King Edward the third in the fiftieth yeare of his Fathers Reigne sate in Parliament held at Westminster by the title onely of Constable of England which Office he did execute in right of Elianor his wife eldest daughter and one of the two heyres of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford Essex Northampton and Constable of England and in the first yeare of king Richard the second he was made Earle of Buckingham and Northampton and in the ninth yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Glocester and after in the yeare 1397 he was taken by force from his Castle of Plessy in Essex by Thomas Mowbray first Earle Marschall and conuayed to Callis and there strangled to death with Towels after whose death Elianor his wife became a Nunne in the Abbey of Barking in Essex This Thomas by Elianor his wife had one onely sonne named Humfrey Earle of Buckingham and 4. daughters the sonne after his Fathers death with Lord Henry sonne to the Duke of Hereford was by King Richard the second banished into Ireland where he remained as prisoner in the Castle of Tryme vntill the first yeare of king Henry the fourth and then being sent for into England dyed of the plague at Chester in his returne homeward without issue in the yeare 1399. Anne the eldest sister and co-heyre of this Humfrey was married first to Edmond Earle Stafford and after to William Bourchier Earle of Ewe in Normandy Ioane the second sister was married to Gilbert Lord Talbot Isabell was a Nunne in the Minories by London and Philip the fourth sister dyed young without issue Et portoit escartelleé France seme D'engleterre à la bordure de argent