Deuonshire and granted to him the third penny of the yearely reuennew of the same County being ten Marks Lastly the said king gaue him the Isle of Wight whereby euer after he was called Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle He married and had issue Baldwine de Riuers Earle of Deuon BAldwine de Riuers sonne of Richard aforesaid was the second Earle of Deuonshire and builded three Monasteries viz. Christ-Church Quarara in the Isle of Wight and Lira in Normandy he fortefied the Citty of Exeter against king Stephen and was banished England with his wife and children and had the Isle of Wight taken from him in the yeare 1136. He married Adelizia daughter of _____ by whom he had issue Richard Henry that dyed yong and William sur-named Vernon the place where hee went to schoole or was brought vp in This Baldwine dyed in the yeare 1155. and was buried in the Abbey of Quarara RIchard de Riuers eldest sonne of Baldwine aforenamed was the third Earle of Deuonshire and did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara in the 13. yeare of king Henry the second to pray for the soules of Baldwine his father Adelizia his mother Countesse of Deuon He married Hawis daughter and one of the heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of king Henry the first and had issue Baldwine and Richard both Earles of Deuonshire who dyed without issue This Richard dyed in the Citty of Cenomania in Franc in the yeare 1161. BAldwine de Riuers sonne and heire of Richard aforesaid was after his father the fourth Earle of Deuon and married Alice daughter of Raphe de Dol in Berry as Milles hath pag. 457. he was Earle but a while and dyed without issue leauing Richard his brother to succeed him in his Earledome and lands RIchard de Riuers second sonne of Richard the third Earle of Deuon and brother and heire of Baldwine the fourth Earle of Deuonshire was the fift Earle of Deuonshire and married Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of Iohn Lord Biset and gaue lands to the Abbey of Bruer to pray for the soule of Earle Richard his Father his own health and Margaret the Countesse his wife hee died without issue and was buried at Montbroge in Normandy the thirtieth of King Henry the second Etportoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur This is the first man that bare this Armes that euer I could finde and for the Griffyn which hath bene vsually set downe for their Armes it is but a deuice and no Armes WIlliam sur-named de Vernon of the Towne of Vernona in Normandy where he was borne as some haue but the booke of Forde Abbey hath where he went to schoole after the death of Baldwine and Richard his two Nephewes without issue was the sixt Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Mabell daughter to Robert Earle of Mellent with whom her Father did giue in marriage all his lands of Kiderminster Moreis and Redeliston which were before the lands of her Mother Mauld one of the daughters heires of Reginald Earle of Cornwall base sonne of K. Henry the first by whom this William had issue Baldwine who married Margaret daughter of Waryn Fitz-Gerald Chamberlaine to king Iohn and dyed before his Father leauing issue Baldwine his sonne and heire This William had issue also two daughters the eldest was Iane married vnto William Bruer the younger Lord of Torbay who dyed without issue Mary the second daughter was first married to Sir Robert Courtney knight sonne of Reginald and after to Peter de Prouz and had issue This William de Vernon by his Deed or Charter bearing date the fourth of September 1206. did giue lands to the Abbey of Quarara to pray for the soules of king Henry and Baldwine his father and A lelicia the Countesse his Mother and Earle Richard his brother and for the health of Mabell the Countesse his wife and Baldwine his sonne and after dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1216. the first of king Henry the third Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles BAldwine de Riuers the fourth of that christen name Son of Baldwine the third which dyed before his father was after the death of William de Vernon his grand-father the seuenth Earle of Deuonshire and Lord of the Isle of Wight He married Amicia daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford by whom he had issue Baldwine the fift and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name and Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle the wife of William de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle This Baldwine in the 25. yeare of the reigne of king Henry the third was created Earle of the Isle of Wight at the sute and petition of Richard Earle of Cornwall the kings brother whose Ward this Baldwine had bene and in the 29. yeare of the said kings reigne the saide Baldwine dyed in his youthfull yeares After whose death his Countesse Amicia gaue lands to the abbey of Bruarne to pray for the soules of Gilbert de Clare late Earle of Glocester her Father and for Isabell the Countesse her Mother and Baldwine late Earle of Deuonshire her husband and for the health of her owne soule Baldwine her sonne She dyed in the yeare 1283. Et portoit d'or au lion rampant d'azur BAldwine de Riuers the fift of that name and eight Earle of Deuonshire of that sur-name Lord of the Isle of Wight Hee married Auice daughter of _____ a Sauoyan borne and neere kineswoman of Queene Elianor and had issue a sonne named Iohn that dyed yong in France without issue This Baldwine the fift dyed in the 46. yeare of K. Henry the third leauing Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle his sister and heire Et portoit les armes de son Pere ' HVgh Courtney knight the second of that name cousin and heire of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle that is to say sonne of Hugh grand-childe of Mary de Riuers sister of Baldwyne the third that dyed before his Father grand-father of Isabell de Fortibus Countesse of Albemarle was by Letters Patents made the ninth Earle of Deuonshire the ninth of king Edward the third and married Agnes sister of Sir Iohn S. Iohn knight by whom he had issue foure sonnes and three daughters viz. Hugh Courtney the tenth Earle of Deuonshire Thomas the second Son married Murâ—ell daughter of Iohn de Mules Iohn the third sonne was Abbot of Tauestoke and Robert was the fourth Son Elianor the eldest daughter was wife to Iohn Grey Elizabeth the second daughter was married to Bartholmew de Lasle of the Isle of Wight Egelyne the third daughter was wife to Robert Lord Scales This Hugh dyed in the fourteenth yeare of king Edward the third 1340. and was buried at Cowike Et portoit d'or trois torreaux au lambell d'azur HVgh Courtney the third of that christen name sonne of Hugh the second
daughter of Robert Bossu Earle of Leicester and had issue Robert that dyed before his Father 1166. and three daughters Mabell the eldest was married vnto Almericke Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy Amicia was married to Richard Earle of Clare and Hartford and Isabell the third daughter of this William was first married to King Iohn and from him was diuorced for neerenesse of kinne and after she was married to Geffrey Mandeuill Earle of Essex and for her third husband she tooke Hugh de Burgo Earle of Kent and Lord Chiefe-Iustice of England This William built the Abbey of Keinsham and dyed in the yeare of our Lord 1183. and was buried in the said Monastery M. Glouer Somerset Herald hath that King Henry the second after the death of this William without issue Male gaue the Title and Earledome of Glocester to Iohn his son who married Isabell the third daughter of the said William and gaue to Mabell the eldest daughter married to Almericke Mountfort one hundred pounds and to Amicia the second daughter wife to the Earle of Clare another hundredpounds Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn sur-named Without Land the fourth sonne of King Henry the second in right or by reason of his wife Isabell third daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was made Earle of Glocester by the said King his Father in the yeare 1187. Afterwards King Richard the first his brother in his loue and bounty gaue him the Earledomes of Cornewall Deuon Nottingham and Lancaster after whose death he came to be King by the name of King Iohn And because Isabell his wife was counted barren a diuorce was procured from the Pope and he married againe to Isabell daughter of the Earle of Angolesme by whom hee had issue King Henry the third Et portoit les armes d'engleterre au baston d'azur brochant sur le tout ALmerick Mountfort Earle of Eureux in Normandy after the diuorce of King Iohn from his wife Isabell yongest daughter co-heire of Will Earle of Glocester was the next Earle of Glocester in right of his mother Mabell eldest daughter and heire of the fore-said William Earle of Glocester in the second yeare of king Iohn He maried Millescent daughter of Hugh Gurney and of Iulian his wife sister to Reginald Earle Bullen and had with her in marriage the Mannor of Hanston but by her had no issue She was after married to William Cantelupe and had issue Thomas Bishop of Hereford and Iulian married to Robert Tregoz Lord of Ewias Herald This Almerick dyed and was buried in the Monastery of Kenisham Et portoit de gueulles party endenté d'argent de six pieces GEffrey de Mandeuile Earle of Essex sonne of Geffrey Fitz-Piers of Ludgarshal maried Isabel the third daughter and co-heire of William Earle of Glocester the repudiat wife of K. Iohn was after the death of Almerick Mountfort without issue made Earle of Glocester and by that name and title was a Witnesse to king Iohns Charter of lands and liberties that he gaue to the Church of Dyrham This Geffrey died without issue in the yeare 1216. the last yeare of king Iohn of a wound giuen him at a Tournament helde at London leauing William Mandeuile his brother to succeed him in the Earledome of Essex and Gilbert de Clare in the Earledome of Glocester Et portoit escartellé d'or de gueulles à le escarboucle pomette fleurette de sable brochant sur le tout GIlbert de Clare son and heire of Richard earle of Clare Hartford by Amicia second daughter and co-heyre of William Earle of Glocester was after the death of Geffrey MaÌ„deuill made Earle of Glocester and in the 9. yeare of K. Hen. the 3. he was a Witnesse to the saide kings Charter of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hertford He married Isabell the 3. daughter of William Marshall the elder and sister co-heire of Anselm Marshall Earle of Penbroke Marshal of England by whom he had issue Richard Earle of Clare Glocester and Hertford Gilbert and William twins and three daughters Isabell the eldest was wife to Kobert Brus of Annanderdale in Scotland Amie the second daughter was married to Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuon and Lord of the Isle of Wight Anne third daughter dyed young Hee dyed at Penros in Britatne and was buried in the Priory of Tewkesbury the fourteenth of king Henry the third his widdow was after married to Richard Earle of Cornwall and King of Romans Et portoit d'or à trois Cheurons de guenâ—les RIchard de Clare second Earle of Glocester of that name married two wiues the first was Margaret daughter of Hubert de Burgo Earle of Kent and Chiefe-Iustice of England by whom he had no issue His second wife was Matilda daughter of Iohn Lacie Earle of Lancolne and Constable of Chester by whom he had issue three sonnes and three daughters Gilbert the eldest sonne was after his Father Earle of Glocester Thomas the second sonne was Steward of the Forests in Essex who maried Iulian daughter of Maurice Fitz-Maurice of Ireland and had issue Gilbert Richard and Thomas Beuis the third sonne was a Church-man in Yorke Mynster Margaret the eldest daughter married Edmond Earle of Cornwall sonne of Richard Earle of Cornwall and king of Romanes Rose the second daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester maried Roger Lord Mowbray of Axholme and Isabell the third daughter was a Nunne at Barking in Essex Grafton and Fabian saith that this Richard died in the yeare 1260. and that Gilbert his sonne succeeded him to whom the Father gaue great charge to maintaine the Statutes made as Oxford But M. Milles hath in M. Somersets Book of Earles p. 370. that the Annals of S. Augustines in Canterbury hath he died in the yeare 1262. at Emeresfield in Kent at the Lord Iohn Crioils house and that his bowels were buried at Canterbury in Christ-Church his heart at Tunbridge and his body at Tewkesbury Diuers other good authors affirme that this Richard Earle of Glocester dyed in France GIlbert de Clare sur-named the Rea sonne and heyre of Richard aforesaid was the third Earle of Glocester and Hereford of that sur-name and married two wiues the first was Alice the widdow of Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey daughter of Hughle Brun Earle of Angolesme and of the Marches of Aquitaine by whom he had issue a daughter named Isabell married to Maurice Lord Berkley This Alice falling mad was diuorced from this Gilbert her husband after which diuorce the second of May 1290. at Westminster the said Gilbert married Ioane daughter of king Edward the first sur named Ioane of Acres because shee was borne at Acres in the Holy-Land by whom he had issue Gilbert the fourth Earle of Glocester and Hertford and three daughters Elianor the eldest was married to Hugh Lord Spencer Elizabeth
young King He married Mabell the daughter of Hugh Kiuiliock Earle of Chester and had issue two sonnes foure daughters William and Hugh both Earles of Arundell and Sussex who dyed without issue Mabell the eldest daughter was married to Sir Robert Tatesall Knight Isabell the second daughter married Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord of Clun and Oswaldstre Nicholea the third daughter married Roger Lord Somery and Cicely the fourth daughter was married to Roger Lord Monthault of Hawarden in Flintshire This William dyed at his Mannor of Offington in the yeare 1199. and was buried at Wimondham Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or armé lampasse d'azur VVIlliam de Albeney the fourth of that Name and second Earle of Sussex was a Witnesse to the Charter of King Iohn bearing date the fourth of May in the 14. yeare of the said Kings Reigne by the name of William of Arundell Earle of Sussex and dyed in his returne from Damieta in Palestine 1221. And his body being brought into England was buried at Wimondham leauing his Brother Hugh his heyre to succeed him whom Hubert de Burgo Chiefe-Iustice of England had the custody of during his Wardship Et portoit les armes de son peré HVgh de Albeney brother and heire of Willâ—â—m aforesaide was Earle of Arundell and the third Earle of Sussex He married Isabell daughter of William Earle Warren Surrey and dyed in the prime of his youth without issue 1243. and was buried with his Auncestors in our Lady Church at Wymondham who were Patrons and Founders thereof leauing his foure sisters his heyres Mabell the eldest was married to Sir Robert Tatesall who had by partition of her brothers lands the Castle and Barony of Buckenham Isabell the second sister being married to Iâ—â—n Fitz-Alan Lord of Clan and Oswaldstre in Wales had the Castle Honour of Arundell Nicholea the third sister being wife to Roger Lord Somery had the Mannor of Barrow and Cicely the fourth sister beeing married to Roger Lord Mouthalt had the Castle of Rising in Norfolke The partition of these lands and others was made and diuided betweene these foure sisters and beyres of this Hugh in the 28. yeare of King Henry the third Et portoit de gueulles aâ— lyon rampant d'or arme lampasse d'azur IOhn Plantagenet sonne and heyre of William the 6. Earle Warren and Surrey and grand-childe to Hamelyne Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Earle of Anion and Mayne the seuenth Earle Warren and Surrey was by King Henry the third made Earle of Sussex which honour was then voyde by the death of Hugh de Albeney Earle of Arundell and Sussex This Iohn was one of the Noblemen which King Henry the third commanded to assemble at London to treate of diuers matters Amongst which one was that all men should shew before the Iustices of the Kings Bench by what right they held their lands which thing did much molest disquiet the Subiects vntill this Iohn made his appearance who being asked by what right he held his Lands sodainly drew out his sword and saide By the sword did my Grand-father hold his Lands and with this will I keepe them But Alan Zouch Lord Chiefe-Iustice tolde him That if he could yeeld no other reason iudgement would be giuen against him whereupon the said Earle immediately before the Iudges did cruelly wound and hurt the saide Alan of which wound he shortly after dyed For which murder the said Iohn Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was arrigned and acquitted by the oath of 25. Knights in that he affirmed vpon his honour that he did not commit the said facte vpon any pretenced malice neyther in contempt of the King nor his Lawes but only in defence of his ancient Inheritance and so was released vpon payment of a fyne of 1200 Markes in Anno 1270. After King Edward the first in the 25. yeare of his Reigne made this Iohn Earle Warren and Sussex Gouernour of Scotland Sir Hugh Cressingham Lord Treasurer and William Earnley Chiefe-Iustice He married Alice daughter of Hugh le Brun Earle of the Marches of Aquitaine and halfe sister to King Henry the third by whom he had issue as in the Title of Surrey He dyed at Kenington the first of the Kalends of October the 33 of King Edward the first and was buried at Lewis in Sussex 1304. Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur IOhn Plantagenet Earle Warren and Sussex as also Earle of Stratherne in Scotland Lord of Brâ—mfield and Yale and grand-childe and heyre of Iohn the seuenth Earle Warren by his sonne William who after the death of his grand-father enioyed all his Lands Honors for the space of 41. yeares and dyed without issue 1347 leauing Alice his onely sister and heyre married to Edmond Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell to succeed him in all his Inheritances M. Camden in his Britannia pag. 320. denyeth this Iohn and Iohn his Grandfather to be euer Earles of Sussex in these words After the death of Hugh de Albeneio the last Earle of Arundell and Sussex of that sur-name the Title of Earle of Sussex lay hidden and lest vntill that King Henry the eight in the 21. yeare of his Reigne created Robert Radcliffe Earle of Sussex But to proue the contrary and that they were both Earles of Sussex you shall haue these proofes following Tho Walfingham pag. 60. About the Feast of S. Michaell 1294. Elianor daughter of King Edward the first was giuen in marriage at Bristow vnto Henry Earle of Barry by whom she had issue a daughter named Ioane married to Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey Sussex Againe the same Author further saith This yeare 1305. dyed Iohn de Warren Earle of Surrey and Sussex after whom his Grand-childe also named Iohn did succeed taking to wife the Kings Niece by his daughter Elianor who the Earle of Barry had married And thus much for the first Iohn Now to proue this second Iohn his grand-child to be Earle of Sussex take this out of an olde originall Deed. Atonsceus que ces lettres verront et erront Antoni par la grace de Dien Patriarch de Ierusalem et Euesque de Duresme Henry de Lacy Camite de Nicole Iohn de Garrone Comite de Surrey et de Sussex Eymar de Valence Comite de Penbroke Hamfraie de Bohun Comite de Hereford et de Essex Robert de Clifford c. a Boloigne le D'arein Iour de Ianner lan de grace M.CCC et Septism Et portoit eschiquettee d'or d'azur RIchard Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell Lord of Clun and Oswalstre after the death of Iohn Plantagenet Earle Warren Surrey and Sussex was knighted by King Edward the first in the 18. yeare of his Reigne at which time he was also girt with the Sword of the Earledome of Sussex He was sonne of Iohn Fitz-Alan grand-childe of Iohn Fitz-Alan Isabell his wife second sister and one of the heyres of Hugh de Albeney the last Earle of Arundell Sussex of that name
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 1â— 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
first his brother Earle of Cornwall Lancaster and Somerset Lord of the honours of Wallingford Tikell Marlesborough and Ludgarshall Lastly this Iohn married to his third wife Isabell daughter of Aimer Earle of Engolesmi by whom he had issue king Henry the third Richard Earle of Cornwall c. Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards d'or à baston d'azur RIchard second sonne of King Iohn in the eleuenth yeare of King Henry the third his brother was created Earle of Poictou and Cornwall and in the twelfth yeare of the said Kings reigne the king gaue him all the Lands in England which were Reginald Dampmartins Earle of Bologines And in the yeare 1257. he was by the Princes of Germany chosen king of the Romaines and crowned at Aquisgrane Hee did write himselfe Richard King of the Romaines and alwayes Augustus and married to his first wife Isabell sister and one of the heires of William Marshall the younger Earle of Penbroke and had issue Iohn that dyed young Henry slaine by Guy and Simon sonnes of Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester in the Church of S. Siluester in Viterbium in Italy 1272. in reuenge of their Fathers death that was slaine in the Barons wars in England and Richard that died without issue His second wife was Sanchia daughter and one of the heires of Reymond Berengar Earle of Prouince and sister to Queene Elianor by whom he had issue Edmond Earle of Cornwall and Richard that dyed at the siedge of Barwicke with an Iron shot in his head 1296. He had also Richard a base sonne who was the Father of Sir Geffrey Cornwall knight of whom is descended the Family of Cornwalles of Burford This Richard dyed at his Castle of Barkhamsted neere London 1272. and was buried in the Abbey of Hales in Glocestershire which was of his foundation Et portoit d'argent à vn lion rampant de gueulles Corone d'or au bordure sable besantee EDmond Plantagenet Earle of Cornwall sonne and heire of Richard King of Almaine and Earle of Cornwall with Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester had the gouernement of England in the absence of king Edward the first beyond the Seas He married Margaret daughter of Richard de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and dyed without any lawfull issue at Ashbridge in Buckinghamshire the 29. of king Edward the first where he had built an Abbey of Bonhommes Order and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Hales 1300. Et portoit les armes de son pere EDward first sonne of king Edward the first In the 27. yeare of his Fathers reigne 1298. Doctor Langton then Byshop of Chester complained grieuously to the King vpon this Prince Edward who by the lewd aduice of Pierce Gaueston his gracelesse companion brake forcibly into his Parke and made hauocke of his game for which this Prince was committed to prison Gaueston was banisht the land and commanded not to returne againe vpon paine of death This Prince in the thirteenth yeare of his Fathers Reigne 1301. came to Chester and receiued homage of the free-holders of Wales in which yeare he was created Earle of Cornwall and after King of England by the name of king Edward the second Et portoit les armes D'engleterre au lambell d'argent PIerce Gaueston a Gascoigne borne was made Baron of Wallingford and after in the first yeare of king Edward the second was created Earle of Cornwall and Lord of the Isle of Man and in the third yeare of the said Kings Reigne hee married Isabell second sister and co-heire of Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford and in the sixt yeare of the said Kings reigne after he had bin banished England twice he was taken by Guy Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke and beheaded at a place neere vnto Warwicke called Gauershiâ—â— or Blacklow and was after buried in the Fryars at Langley without issue Et portoit Sinope six aigles d'or membrez becquez d'gueulles IOhn of Eltham so named of the place where he was borne second sonne of King Edward the second and brother to King Edward the third in the second yeare of his said Brothers reigne was made Earle of Cornwall and in the ninth yeare of the said Kings reigne he died at S. Iohns Towne in Scotland without issue and was buried in the Abbey of Westminster 1334. After whose death king Edward the third in the 12. yeare of his reigne made the Earledome of Cornwall a Dukedome and gaue it to his Sonne Edward the blacke Prince with the Earledome of Chester since which time the Kings eldest sonnes haue bene Dukes of Cornwall Et portoir d'argent à lion rampant de gueulles corone d'or au bordure sable bezanteé EDward sur-named the Blacke Prince sonne and heire of King Edward the third in the eleuenth yeare of his Fathers reigne was created the first Duke of Cornwall Earle of Chester and in the 17. yeare of the said Kings reigne hee was created Prince of Wales and in the 36. yeare he had giuen him the Principality of Aquitaine and in the 42. yeare of of king Edward the third he sate in Parliament by the name and title of Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine he tooke Iohn the French King prisoner at the battaile of Poictiers in the yeare 1356. He married Ioane the repudiat wife of William Mountague Earle of Salisbury and daughter of Edmond of Woodstock Earle of Kent by whom he had issue Edward that dyed yong Richard sur-named of Burdeaux who was after king of England by the name of king Richard the second This noble Prince Edward died at Canterbury the 8. of Iune 1376. and was buried in Christ-Church there Et portoit France seme D'engleterre escartelle au lambell d'argent RIchard sur-named of Burdeaux sonne and heire of Edward the blacke Prince was after the death of his Father Duke of Cornwall and Earle of Chester and after created Prince of Wales at Hauering at Bowre in the â—0 of King Edward the third his grand-father He married Anne daughter of Weselaâ—us king of Bohemia who died and was buried at Westminster in the 17. yeare of his reigne without issue And to his second wife he married Isabell daughter of Charles the French King being very young but by her had no issue hee was after King of England by the name of king Richard the second and was deposed from the kingdome and she sent into France againe the first of king Henry the fourth and married vnto Charles sonne of Lewis Duke of Orleance Et portoit lez armes de son pere HEnry sur-named of Monmouth the place of his birth sonne and heire of king Henry the fourth was in the first yeare of his Fathers reigne created Prince of Wales he being Duke of Cornwall before for the eldest sonne and heire apparant of the king of England is Duke of Cornwall by birth but he is Prince of Wales by speciall creation inuesture and donation of the lands thereunto
Earle of Pembrooke with whō he had 1520. pounds Rents of assize per annum and had issue fiue daughters who inherited their Mothers inheritance and were married as followeth Agnes the eldest was married to William Lord Vescy of Alnwicke in Northumberland Isabell first married vnto Gilbert Basset and after vnto Reginald de Mohun the younger Earle of Somerset Ioane the third daughter was married vnto Iohn Mohun Sonne of Reginald aforesaid Mauld the fourth daughter was married to Philip de Kyme Lord of Kyme and had issue Sibell wife to Franke de Bohun Baron of Midhurst in Sussex and after she married William de Fortz Baron of Clapton and thirdly the said Mauld married William de Vallibus Anne or Agatha the fift daughter was married to Hugh Mortimer of Chilmersh sonne of Ralphe Lord Mortimer of Wigmore The foresaid William Earle Ferrars married to his second wife Margaret daughter and one of the heyres of Roger Quincie Earle of Winchester and Constable of Scotland by whom he had issue Robert Earle Ferrars and Derby and William Lord and Baron of Groby by the gift of his Mother and a daughter named Agnes married to Robert Musegros sonne of Richard Lord of Derhurst This William dyed of a bruise taken with a fall out of his Coach in the yeare 1253. the 38. of king Henry the third Et portoit vaire d'or de gulles RObert de Ferrars sonne and heire of William Earle Ferrars and Derby was also Earle Ferrars and Derby and combined with Simon Mountfort Earle of Leicester and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and others to raise warre against king Henry the third because he refused to stand to the Statutes made by Parliament at Oxford for the banishment of Strangers c. In which ciuill discord this Robert in the fiftieth yeare of the said kings reigne was taken prisoner at the Battell of Chesterfield and imprisoned in the Castle of Chipenham neere to Windesor where he for the obtayning of his liberty became bound before Iohn Chishull Lord Chancellor of England and did assure ouer all his Lands in England excepting Chartley and the Towne of Bolbrooke to diuers Noblemen his sureties for the payment of fifty thousand pounds in one day and at one entire payment to Lord Edmond the kings sonne which payment being not performed at the day appointed the said Lord Edmond vpon the surrender of the aforesaid Sureties tooke possession of all the said Lands which were then valued at two thousand pounds per annum his Sureties were the Lord Henry Son to the king of Romans William Valence Earle of Pembrooke Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey William Beauchamp Earle of Warwicke Roger Somery Thomas Clare Roger Walleron Roger Glifford Hamon Le Strange Bartholmew Sudley and Robert Bruse Barons This Earle Robert married Elianor daughter of Ralphe Lord Basset and had issue Iohn Lord Ferrars of Chartley and dyed in the seauenth yeare of king Edward the first 1278. After whose death the Dukes and Earles of Lancaster had the Titles of Derby vntill the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth that he bestowed the same vpon Thomas Stanley his Father in law Et portoit les Armoiries de son peré EDmond Plantagenet sur-named Crowch-backe second Son of king Henry the third and Brother of king Edward the first was Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby as more at large doth appeare in the Title of Lancaster Et portoit gueulles trois Leopards d'or au lambell d'azur semé fleurs de liz d'or THomas Plantagenet sonne and heire of Edmond aforesaid was after his Father Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby as in the Title of Lancaster He dyed without issue leauing Henry his brother his heire Et portoit les armoiries de son pere HEnry of Lancaster Lord of Monmouth Brother to Thomas Plantagenet was after his Father Brother restored to be Earle of Lancaster Leicester and Derby with the Office of high Steward of England as in the Title of Lancaster is more at large Et portoit D'engleterre à vn band d'azur HEnry sur-named Tortcoll or Crook-necke sonne heire of Henry Monmouth was in the life time of his Father created Earle of Derby in the eleuenth yeare of king Edward the third as in the Title of Earles of Lancaster Et portoit gueulles à trois leopards d'or au lambell d'azur neuf fleurs de liz d'or IOhn sur-named of Gaunt the place of his birth fourth sonne of king Edward the third writ in his Stile Iohn sonne of the king of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earle of Derby Lincolne and Leicester and high Steward of England as in the Earles of Lancaster is more at large Et portoit escartelle semé de France D'engleterre à lambell d'hermines HEnry of Bullingbrooke sonne of Iohn of Gaunt was created Earle of Derby in the ninth yeare of king Richard the second his Nephew and in the twentieth yeare of the same Kings reigne hee was made Duke of Hereford and lastly King of England by the name of King Henry the fourth Et portoit les armes de son pere THomas Lord Stanley and of Man knight of the Noble Order of the Garter and Lord Steward of the house to King Edward the fourth was created Earle of Derby in the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth on Simon and Iudes day and in the same yeare he was made also high Constable of England He married to his first wife Elianor daughter of Richard Neuill Earle of Salisbury by whom he had issue sixe sonnes and foure daughters viz. Thomas and Richard dyed young George the third sonne was Lord Strange in right of Ioane his wife daughter and heyre of Iohn Lord Strange of Knocking and died before his Father the third of king Henry the seuenth William the fourth sonne dyed young Edward the fift sonne was Lord Monteagle and Iames the sixt sonne was Bishop of Elie Ioane the eldest daughter dyed young Katherine the second daughter Anne the third daughter dyed young and Margaret the fourth daughter was married to Sir Iohn Osberton knight This Thomas married to his second wife Margaret daughter heire of Iohn Duke of Somerset the widdow of Edmond Earle of Richmond and Mother to King Henry the seuenth by whom hee had no issue Hee dyed at Lathum in Lancashire in the twentieth yeare of King Henry the seuenth 1104. And Margaret his wife Countesse of Richmond dyed in the first yeare of king Henry the seuenth Et portoit d'argent à la bande d'azur chargee de trois testes de cerf d'or THomas Lord Stanley Strange and of Man grand-childe to Thomas aforesaid by his sonne George was the second Earle of Derbie of that Family and married Anne daughter of Edward Lord Hastings and sister of George Earle of Huntingdon who was after married to Iohn Radcliff Lord Fitzwater This Thomas had issue three sonnes and one daughter viz. Iohn Lord Strange that dyed before his Father Edward that was after Earle
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
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
Castle-keeper of Penbroke who with his Brother Robert was banished England The foure daughters were Emma Matild married to Robert Earle of Moretaigne Mabill the third daughter and Sibill was the fourth daughter who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon Lord of Glamorgan Founder of Tewkesbury Abbey in England and Lord of Torigney in Normandy This Roger was left by William Conqueror to be Gouernor to his sonne William Ruphus and was slaine at Caerdiffe in South Wales and buried at Shrewsbury in the Abbey which before he had founded HVgh de Montegummery sonne of Roger aforesaide was after the death of his Father Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell He with Hugh Earle of Chester tooke the Isle of Man by force and strong hand 1098. At which time Magnus King of Norway and grandchilde to Olaue after he had ioyned to his Empire the Islands of Orcades and Menauia came with a few Ships to the Isle of Man whom this Hugh being willing to resist on the shore was stricken in the right eye with an Arrow of which hurt the eight day after hee dyed without issue and was buried by his Father in the Abbey of Shrewsbury Vpon whose Toomb M. Milles saith his Portraiture is made of stone with his legs acrosse as in olde times was vsed and vpon his Shield Azure a lyon rampant gold with a border as before is specified in the Title of Earles of Arundell RObert de Montegummery second sonne of Roger aforesaid and brother and heyre of Hugh was the third Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell and married the daughter and heyre of Guy Earle of Pontiue in Normandy He was a man very outragiously giuen and most cruell to his owne Children and Hostages whose eyes with his owne hands hee plucked out Hee helde and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury Arundell Tickhill Bruge and Carrocoue in England against king Henry the first which after was his vndoing For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor and shortly after all his Townes and Castles being yeelded vp vnto the said King he was banished England with his Brother Arnold in the yeare 1103. the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne But afterward this Robert with Robert Duke of Normandy the Kings eldest brother were taken prisoners at the Battaile of Tenarsbray and were brought into England where they had both their eyes put out and kept prisoners in the Castle of Caerdiffe in South Wales where they miserably ended their dayes This Robert had issue William sur-named Taluaise Earle of Sage who married Ela daughter of Hely brother of Geffrey Earle of Aniou widdow of the Duke of Burgundy Iohn his second sonne had all his Lands in Normandy and Mayne his eldest daughter married Iuhell sonne of Walter de Meduana and Ela was first married to William the third Earle Warren in England and after to Patricke Earle of Salisbury Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon Gouernor of Anioye and Mayne sonne of Richard Talbot Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic and brother and heyre male of Gilbert Lord Talbot was created Earle of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents bearing date at Windsore the 20. day of May in the 19. yeare of king Henry the sixt And by another Letters Patents dated at Westminster the 17. of Iuly the 24. of king Henry the sixt he was made Earle of Wâ—shford Steward of England and after Marshall of France and being sent to succour them of Burdeaux tooke the Towne and placed therein a Garrison and proceeding further into the Country to releeue the Towne of Castellon in Aquitaine which the English had recouered the French hauing on all sides begirt the same at which time a great battaile being then fought this Iohn was with the shot of a Piece there slaine the 7. of Iuly 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixt He married two wiues the first was Mauld daughter and onely heyre of Thomas Neuill Lord Furniuall by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Christopher Talbot and Sir Humfrey Talbot knights His second wife was Margaret eldest daughter and co heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke by whom he had issue Iohn Talbot Viscount Lisle vnto whom his Father gaue the Lordship of Panswike Whaddon Morton Wotton Schirborne Polycot and other Lands in Shropshire Sir Humfrey Tablot knight slaine in Mont-Sinay Elizabeth wife to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke and Elianor married to Thomas Butler of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire This Iohn being slaine as aforesaid with Iohn Viscount Lisle his sonne his body was buried in a Toombe at Roane in Normandy whereon this Epitaphe is written Heere lyeth the right Noble Knight Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury Earle of Weshford Waterford and Valence Lord Talbot of Goodrich and Orchenfield Lord Strange of Blakmer Lord Verdon of Acton Lord Cromwell of Wingfield Lord Louetofte of Worsop Lord Furniuall of Sheffeild Lord Faulconbridge Knight of the Noble Order of S. George S. Michaell and the golden Fleece great Marshall to King Henry the sixt of his Realme of France who died in the Battaile of Burdeaux 1453. Hoc bare for his Armes Gueulles au lyon rampant d'or à labordure endenté de mesme Which Armes were Rice ap Griffiths Prince of South-Wales whose daughter named Wentlian was married to Gilbert Talbot in King Henry the thirds time Auncestor of this Iohn IOhn Talbot second Earle of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family was after the death of Iohn his Father also Lord Talbot Strange of Blakmer Furniuall Verdon and Knight of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of Iames Butler Earle of Ormond in Ireland and had issue Iohn Talbot the third Earle of Shrewsbury Sir Iames Talbot knight who dyed the 11. of King Edward the fourth Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton knight Banneret and Captaine of Callis third Son Christopher Talbot fourth sonne was Arch-Deacon of Chester George was the fift Son Anne the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Vernon of the Peake in Derbyshire and Margaret was the second daughter This Iohn was slaine in a battaile at Northampton the tenth of Iuly 1460. the 39. yeare of King Henry the sixt whose part he tooke and in which battaile the said King himselfe was taken prisoner and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop Et portoit les armes de son peré IOhn Talbot sonne and heyre of Iohn the second was after the death of his Father the third Earle of Shrewsbury Weshford and Waterford Lord Talbot Furniuall Verdon and Strange of Blakmer and married Katherine daughter of Humfrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham Earle Stafford Hereford and Northampton by whom he had issue George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury and Thomas that dyed without issue Anne a daughter was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley who dyed without issue This Iohn dyed at Couentry in the yeare of our Lord 1473. the 4. kalends of Iuly and his body was buried in our Lady Chappell at Worsop Et
brought and deliuered to Sir Robert Mallet Knight who sent him to the Tower of London and after banished the Land and all his goods confiscated to the Kings vse William Brampton Roger Leicester Iohn Luneth and Richard Lithbury before named being accused of wrongfull iudgements and other foule mis-demeanors were deliuered out of the Tower of London by paying each of them a thousand Markes fyne and Salomon de Rogester Thomas de Sudington Richard de Boiland and Walter de Hopton Iustices that rode the circuites were charged with the like offences were punished accordingly Sir Raphe de Hingham a Iustice of great account and who had the managing of the whole affaires of the Realme was charged with many notorious abuses and purchased his peace with a great summe of money Adam de Stretten Lord Chiefe-Baron of the Exchecquer a man of great possessions lost all his liuings and 34. thousand Markes in ready money and yet it was thought he had great fauour in that he lost not his life King Edward married two wiues and had issue by them both Queene Elianor his first Wife was sister of Alphonsus King of Castile and daughter of Ferdinando the third She was married to him at Bures in Spaine 1254. and was crowned with him and liued with him 36. yeares and dyed at Herdeby in Lincolnshire the 29. of Nouember 1290. and was buried at Westminster and at euery place where she rested comming from Herdeby he erected a Crosse Margaret his second wife was sister of Philip the faire King of France and eldest daughter of Philip the Hardy son of S. Lewis she was married vnto him at Canterbury the 8. of September 1299. She ouer-liued King Edward and remained a Widdow ten yeares after and dyed the 10. of Edward the second 1317. and was buried in the Gray-Fryars in London before the high Altar in the Quier which before she had built King Edward dyed at Brugh vpon the Sands in the yeare 1307. the seuenth of Iuly when he had reigned 34. yeares seuen moneths and odde dayes being 68. yeares olde and was buried at Westminster vnto which Church he had giuen a hundred pound lands a yeare Et portoit de gueulles au trois lyons paffant gardant d'or armé lampasse d'azur His Issue by his first Wife Iohn eldest sonne borne at Winchester and dyed a childe and was buried at Westminster the 8. of August in the last yeare of King Henry the third Henry second sonne dyed young his Father being then in the Isle of Cicill was buried at Westminster the 20. of Nouember 1272. Alphons third sonne borne in the Towne of Mayne in Gascoigne as his Father and Mother were comming out of the Holy-Land to England the 23. of Nouember 1273. and dyed at Windesore the 4. of August 1285. and was buried at Canterbury Edward the fourth sonne borne at Cairnaruon in North Wales the 25. of Aprill 1284. After the death of Lewellyn ap Griffith was created Prince of Wales by his Father being the first of the Kings sonnes of England that had that Title He was also Earle of Ponthieu and of Chester and was made Knight by his Father on Whitsonday 1306. Elianor eldest daughter borne at Windesore in the 50. yeare of her Fathâ—â—â— Reigne and was married with a Proxie to a Deputy for Alphons King of Arragon sonne of King Peter who dyed before marriage leauing his Kingdome to his Brother Iames. She was after married at Bristow 1292. to Henry the third Earle of Barrie in Champayne in France and had issue Edward Earle of Barrie from whom the Dukes and Earles of Barrie do descend Ioane her daughter was married to Iohn Earle Warren and Surrey in England Ioane second daughter was borne at Acon in the holy-Holy-Land where her Mother remained during her Fathers wars with the Sarrazins and beeing 18. yeares olde was married to Gilbert de Clare Earle of Glocester and Hartford by whom she had issue Gilbert Earle of Clare slaine in Scotland without issue and others as in the Title of Earles of Glocester She married to her second husband Sir Raphe Mounthermer Knight who during his wiues life was Earle of Glocester and sate in all Parliaments by that Title She liued 38. yeares and dyed in the first yeare of the Reigne of King Edward the second and was buried in the Fryers Augustines in Clare Margaret third daughter borne in the Castle of Windesore 1275. and at 18. yeares of age was married at Westminster on the 9. day of Iuly 1290. to Iohn the second Duke of Brabant and had issue Iohn the third Father of Margaret wife of Lewis of Mechlyn Earle of Flanders and Mother of the Lady Margaret heyre of Brabant and Flanders who was married to Phillip Duke of Burgundy Berengaria the fourth daughter borne 1276. and dyed a childe Alice the fift daughter dyed young Mary sixt daughter borne at Windesore the 22. of Aprill 1279. was at ten yeares of aâ—â— made a Nun at Ambresbury in Wiltshire at the request of Queene Elianor her Grand-mother who at that time was Lady Abbesse there Elizabeth the seuenth daughter was borne in Rutland Castle in Flintshire 1284. and being 14. yeares olde was married at London to Iohn the first of that name Earle of Holland and Lord of Freezeland who dyed two yeares after without issue After whose death she was married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford without any dowry by whom she had issue Iohn and Humfrey as in the Title of Earles of Hereford Beatrix the eight daughter of King Edward the first Blanch the ninth daughter dyed a Childe Issue by Queene Margaret the second Wife Thomas the fift sonne of King Edward the first was borne at Brotherton a little Village in Yorkshire in the yeare 1300. and was after the death of Roger Bigot created Earle of Norfolke and Marshall of England He had two wiues the first was Alice daughter of Sir Roger Hayles of Harwich in Suffolke by whoÌ„ he had issue Edward and others as in the Title of Earles of Norfolke His second wife was Mary daughter of William Lord Ros widdow of Sir Raphe Cobham who out liuing him married the third time William Lord Bruse of Brember in Sussex Edmond the sixt sonne was borne at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire the fift of August 1301. and was created Earle of Kent He married Margaret daughter of Iohn and sister and sole heyre of Thomas Lord Wake of Lidell in Northamptonshire and had issue two sonnes that dyed without issue and one daughter as in the Title of Earles of Kent The daughter was Ioane sur-named The faire Maid of Kent first married to William Mountague Earle of Salisbury from whoÌ„ being diuorced she was after married to Sir Thomas Holland Earle of Kent and by him had issue Thomas and Iohn both Dukes of Surrey and Earles of Huntington Lastly she married for her third husband Edward the blacke Prince had issue King Richard the second This Edmond was beheaded at Winchester the 19. of
of Canterbury L. Chancellor of England Alice the eldest daughter was married to Thomas Holland Earle of Kent Elianor the second daughter dyed young Ioan the third daughter was married to Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford c. and Mary the fourth daughter was married vnto Iohn Lord Strange of Blackmere This Richard dyed in the Castle of Arundell the 49. of King Edward the third and was buried in the Priory of Lewis Et portoit gueulles au lion rampant d'or at mé lampasse d'azur RIchard Fitz-Alan sonne of Richard aforesaid was the fourth Earle of Arundell and Surrey and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter He married Elizabeth daughter of William de Bohun Earle of Northampton and had issue three sonnes and foure daughters viz. Thomas Earle of Arundell and Surrey Richard and William dyed both yong without issue Elizabeth the eldest daughter was married to Thomas L. Mowbray Earle of Nottingham after to Sir Robert Gousell knight Ioan the second daughter was married to William Beauchampe Baron of Abergauenny Father of Richard Earle of Worcester Margaret the third daughter was married to Sir Rowland Lenthall knight and had issue Edward that dyed without issue Alice the fourth daughter was maried to Iohn Charlton Lord Powis and dyed without issue This Richard the fourth Earle of Arundell married to his second wife Phillip daughter of Edmond Mortimer Earle of March widow of Iohn Hastings Earle of Penbrooke and had issue Iohn that dyed yong This Richard with Thomas Duke of Glocester Thomas Earle of Warwicke and Thomas Mowbray Earle Marshall and others combined and sware each to other against Robert Vere Duke of Ireland and Michael de la Pole Duke of Suffolke for abusing and misleading the King For which and some other causes King Richard the second obiected against them some of them were banished others condemned to perpetuall prisonment and this Richard beheaded at the Tower-hill by London whose body was buried in the Augustine-Fryars in London the 21. of King Richard the second Et portoit lez armes de son peré THomas Fitz-Alan sonne of the aforesaid Richard was restored in bloud the first yeare of King Henry the 4. and was the fift Earle of Arundel and Surrey of that name He maried Beatrix base daughter of Iohn king of Portingall in the Citty of London 1405. in the presence of King Henry the fourth but had no issue by reason whereof all his Lands pertaining and belonging to the Earldomeof Surrey was diuided and went amongst his sisters before mentioned and the Earldome of Arundell with the Lands thereunto belonging and intailed went to Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers son of Iohn Lord Maltreuers grandchild of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers and Elianor his wife sister and heyre of Henry Lord Maltreuers which last Iohn was Vnckle of this Thomas the fift Earle of Arundell who dyed in the yeare of our Lord God 1416. Et portoit gueulles au lion tampant d'or arme ' lampasse d'azur IOhn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers sonne of Iohn Lord Maltreuers granchilde and heire of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers and Elianor his wife sister and heyre of Henry Lord Maltreuers vpon whom as next heire male vnto Thomas Fitz-Alan Earle of Arundell aforesaid the Castle and Seigneury of Arundell descended by vertue of the entaile formerly made by Richard Fitz-Alan the third Earle of Arundell in the 21. yeare of King Edward the third In right of which his possession of the said Castle and Lordship of Arundell the saide Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers by Petition in Parliament the 11. of King Henry the sixt pursued his claime to the Earledome of Arundell before set on foote by his Father Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers vpon the death of Thomas Fitz-Alan late Earle of Arundell alledging that all his Ancestours as well before as since the Conquest which had beene seized of the Castle Honor and Seigneury of Arundell had beene Earles of Arundell Vnto which Petition Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke appeared who as heire to Elizabeth second sister and co-heire of the foresaid Thomas Earle of Arundell from whom the saide Duke stood already possessed of the Earledome of Surrey made his claime likewise to the Earledome of Arundell Whereupon the King and the Lords then assembled in Parliament vpon a deliberate hearing of the matter approuing the aforesaid allegations of the Lord Maltreuers touching the Castle and Seigneury of Arundell and finding him accordingly to be by descent lawfully seized of the saide Castle and Seigneury of Arundell did by acte of Parliament declare the saide Iohn Lord Maltreuers to be without any other creation Earle of Arundell This Iohn married Mauld daughter and heire of Robert Louell and Elizabeth Brian his wife daughter and heyre of Sir Guy de Bryan the yonger and had issue Humfrey Fitz-Alan the seuenth Earle of Arundell Amicia married to Iames Boteler Earle of Ormond and Wiltshire He dyed in the thirteenth yeare of King Henry the sixt and was buried at Lewis in Sussex Milles page 656. setteth downe that King Henry the 6. by his Charter bearing date the 12. yeare of his Reigne did giue the Dukedome of Torraine to this Iohn and his heires male To this M. Camden in the Margent of this my Booke replieth and saith That true it is this Iohn had the profits of the said Dukedome giuen him but not the Title Name and Stile of Duke Which I meruaile greatly at considering that in his last Impression of his Britannia page 310. hee saies that this Iohn was created Duke of Torraine Which if he say truely then had he both the name stile of Duke Et portoit lez armoiries de sonperé HVmfrey Fitz-Alan after the death of his Father was the seuenth Earle of Arundell and dyed yong without issue in the sixteenth yeare of the Reigne of King Henry the sixt leauing William his Vnckle to succeed him in the Earledome of Arundell Et portoit guenlles au lyon rampant d'or armè lampasse d'azur WIlliam Fitz-Alan Vnckle and heyre of Humfrey aforesaide was the eight Earle of Arundell of that name and Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter In this Williams time the 18. of king Henry the 6. there grew a question in Parliament for precedency of place betweene him and Thomas Earle of Deuonshire who alledged that the said William Earle of Arundell holding by the late creation as he supposed of Iohn Fitz-Alan Lord Maltreuers in the 11. yeare of the fore-saide King ought not to haue priority of him whereupon the Acte of Parliament aforesaid concerning Iohn Earle of Arundell was had into consideration by the King and the Lords of the vpper house and the Lords Comitties after great consultation and perusall of Euidences as is there said did conclude that the saide William was not Earle by way of any late creation but was declared Earle of Arundell in as much as he was Lord and Heritor of the Castle Honour and Seigneury of Arundell and that the Name and Title of
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
and heyre of Sir Iohn Beauchampe of Bletso knight the widdow of Sir Oliuer S. Iohn knight descended of the S. Iohns of Fanmon in South-Wales by whom he had issue Margaret his onely daughter and heyre married first to Edmond of Hadham Earle of Richmond by whom she had issue king Henry the seuenth she married afterward Thomas Stanley Earle of Derby but by him had no issue This Iohn dyed in the 22. of king Henry the sixt and was buried at Wimborne Minster in Dorsetshire Et portoit France escartelleé d'engleterre au bordure gobonne d'argent d'azur IOhn de Foix Viscount Casleton and Lord Greyley sonne of Gaston de Foix knight of the Order of the Garter brother to the Counte de Foix Capitaine de la Bouche Countie de Longueuile et de Beuancies for his good seruice done against the French was by king Henry the sixt 1446. created Earle of Kendall in England and made Knight of the Order of the Garter some of the house of Foys now Earles of Longueuile in France do write themselues at this day Earles of Longueuile and Kendall He married Margaret daughter of Michaell de la Pole Earle of Suffolke and sister to William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke by whom he had issue Iohn de Foys father of Anne wife of Vladislaus king of Hungary This Iohn de Foix had his Armes pulled downe at Winsore the third of king Edward the 4. Et portoit à deux vaches passans de gueulles accolees accornees clarinees de azur escartelle d'or à trois palz de gueulles sur le tout au lambell de fable charge de cinq coquilles d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Lincolne their Armes Wiues and Children VVIlliam de Romare a Norman borne sonne of Roger de Romare and halfe brother of Randoll Meschines the fourth Earle of Chester by his Mother Luce daughter of Algar the Saxon Earle of Chester and sister of Morcar Earle of Northumberland Lincolne was created Earle of Lincolne in the sixt yeare of king Stephen to whom the said king gaue the Mannour of Chircheton the Castle of Geynsborough and the Castle of Pontfret in Yorkshire Vnto which Grant were Witnesses Randoll Meschines Earle of Chester Gilbert de Clare Earle of Penbroke and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Hartford and others He married Hawis daughter of Stephen sonne of Eudo Comes Blesensis Champaine and sister of William le Grosse Earle of Albemarle by whom he had issue William de Romare the second Lord of Bullingbroke who tooke to wife Mauld daughter of Baldwyn Riuers Earle of Deuonshire and dyed before his Father in the yeare 11â—1 leauing issue a sonne named William the third who also dyed without issue in Anno 1175. and one daughter named Hawis married to Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne This last William de Romare by his Deed gaue lands to the Abbey of Reuesbie to pray for the soule of William his Father William the Earle his Grand-father 1172. the 19. of King Henry the 2. Et portoit gueulles sept macles d'or sené de croix recroisettees de mesme GIlbert de Gaunt Lord of Lindesey in Lincolnshire sonne of Walter de Gaunt by Mauld daughter of Alan Earle of Britaine and grand-childe to Gilbert de Gaunt that came into England with William Conqueror by Eustacia daughter of the Earle of Cenomania taking part with king Stephen against Mauld the Empresse was taken prisoner by king Henry the second being then Duke of Normandy who committed him to the custody and keeping of Randoll Meschines alias Gernons the fourth Earle of Chester who married him to Hawis daughter of William de Romara his halfe brother by the Mother by whom he had issue Gilbert de Gaunt that dyed in the yeare 1160 Father of the last Gilbert Earle of Lincolne Baldwyn second sonne Lord of Bourne and Dipping who founded the Abbey of Bourne 1140. and dyed in the yeare 1156 and one daughter named Alice married to Simon S. Lize Earle of Northampton who dyed without issue This Gilbert the Earle dyed in the yeare 11â—6 and was buried in the Abbey of Bardens in Lincolnshire Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles GIlbert de Gaunt grand-childe of Gilbert de Gaunt Earle of Lincolne by his sonne Gilbert who was disinherited by King Henry the second for taking part with king Stephen was made Earle of Lincolne by Lewis King Philip the French kings sonne in the 18. yeare of king Iohn which king Henry the third did afterwards confirme to the said Gilbert in the third yeare of his Reigne In which yeare he dyed was buried in the Abbey of Ramsey without issue after whose death king Henry the third did giue the saide Earledome of Lincolne to Randoll sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester Et portoit burelle d'or d'azur au bande de gueulles RAndoll Meschines sur-named Blundeuile the sixt Earle of Chester from Hugh Lupus and the fourth Earle of this Family sonne of Hugh Keueliock sonne of Randoll Gernons halfe brother by the Mother to William Romara Earle of Lincolne was restored to the Earledome of Lincolne in the yeare 1218. the third of king Henry the third after the death of his kinesman Gilbert de Gaunt the last Earle of Lincolne of that sur-name It is set downe by some exquisite Writers that this Randoll dying without issue did giue the Title and Earledome of Lincolne to his sister Auice the wife of Robert Quincy and so he the said Robert became Earle of Lincolne which thing I can hardly beleeue for that all honours and titles of Dignities are deriued and enioyed by the bounty and fauour of the King or Soueraigne and therefore that this guift of Randoli to his sister could make her Countesse or Robert her husband Earle of Lincolne is idle and altogether vntrue He married first Constance daughter of Conan Earle of Britaine and Richmond the widdow of Geffrey Plantagenet from whom he was diuorced the second of king Iohn and after married Clemence daughter of William Fengeres and to his third wife he tooke Margaret daughter of Humfrey de Bohun Earle of Hereford but had no issue by any of them He was a Witnesse to king Henry the thirds Charter bearing date 1224. of lands that he gaue to the Abbey of Peterborough by the name of Randoll Earle of Chester and Lincolne and after dyed at his Castle of Wallingford the 17. yeare of King Henry the 3. was buried at Chester leauing his foure sisters his heyres which were married as in the title of Earles of Chester Et portoit d'azur à trois garbes d'or IOhn Lacie Baron of Halton Lord of Ponfret and Blackeburneshire and Constable of Chester sonne and heyre of Roger was created Earle of Lincolne in the 17. yeare of king Henry third and married Alice daughter of Gilbert Lord of the Egle and Baron of Pimsey and to his second wife hee married Margaret daughter and one of the
rampant d'azur escartelle de gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent IOhn Dudley knight was first created Viscount Lisle the 33. yeare of King Henry the eight and in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt he was created Earle of Warwicke and the eleuenth of October in the fift yeare of the saide Kings Reigne he was created Duke of Northumberland He married Iane daughter and hâ—yre of Sir Edward Guilford knight and had issue eight sonnes and fiue daughters viz. Henry who dyed at Bullen Iohn Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Thomas dyed young Ambrose Earle of Warwicke who dyed without issue Robert Earle of Leicester dyed also without any lawfull issue Guilford Dudley beheaded with the Lady Iane his wife Henry slaine at S. Quintins and Charles the yongest sonne dyed a Childe Lady Mary the eldest daughter was married to Sir Henry Sidney knight of the Garter and Lord President of Wales Father of Robert Baron of Penshurst Viscount Lisle Earle of Leicester and Knight of the Garter Lady Margaret dyed young Lady Katherine third daughter married Henry Hastings Earle of Huntington Lady Temperance and Lady Katherine dyed both young This great Duke on the 22. day of August in the first yeare of Queene Mary was beheaded at the Tower-Hill with Sir Iohn Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer knights Iohn Cocke Lancaster Herald some-time seruant to this Duke begged of Queene Mary to bury the head of his olde Master in the Tower of London which was granted him with the whole body and performed accordingly In remembranee whereof the said Lancaster did euer after beare for his Creast a Beares head siluer crowned gold Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant à la queué nouce de vert armé lampassé de gueulles THomas Percy Nephew to Henry Percy the sixt Earle of Northumberland by Thomas his brother put to death by K. Henry the 8. as aforesaid after the death of Iohn Duke of Northumber land was by Queene Mary restored in blood and by Letters Patents bearing date 1557. created a new Lord Percy and the seuenth Earle of Northumberland of that Family to him and the heyres male of his body and for default thereof to his brother Henry and the heyres male of his body After Queene Elizabeth made him knight of the Garter in the fift yeare of her Reigne of which he was degraded in the yeare 1569. for rebellion with Charles Earle of Westmerland and afterwards attainted by Parliament in Anno 1571 and lastly was beheaded at Yorke in the yeare 1572. He married Anne daughter of Henry Somerset Earle of Worcester and sister of William Earle of Worcester had issue Thomas that dyed young Elizabeth married to Richard Woodroofe of Yorkshire Mary wife to Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland knight Lucie married to Sir Edward Stanley of Einsham in Oxfordshire knight a younger sonne of Edward Stanley Earle of Derby and Iane married to the Lord Henry Seymour brother to the now Earle of Hartford Et portoit d'or an lyon rampant d'azur armé lampasse de gueulles escartelle de gueul es à trois Luces hauriant d'argent SIr Henry Percy knight second brother of Thomas aforesaid was after his said brothers death and attaindure by vertue of the former entayle and Grant the eight Earle of Northumberland in the 16. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and after being accused of treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London shot himselfe to death with a Dag charged with two Bullets before either his cause was heard or he arraigned in the yeare 1585. Hee married Katherine one of the daughters and co-heyres of Iohn Neuill Lord Latimer by whom he had issue Henry now the 9. Earle of Northumberland 1618. Thomas that dyed young William third sonne Sir Charles Percy knight Richard Percy Sir Alan Percy knight Sir Ioceline Percy knight and George Percy Esquire Anne Percy dyed young and Lucy married to Sir Iohn Wotton knight Et portoit d'or au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle Lucy qui est gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent HEnry Lord Percy sonne and heyre of Henry aforesaide after the death of his Father was the ninth Earle of Northumberland Lord Poynings Fitz-Payne and Bryan hee was made Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter by Q. Elizabeth Anno 1593. and of the priuy Counsell to King Iames. He married Dorothy daughter of Walter Deuereux Earle of Essex and widdow of Sir Thomas Perrot knight by whom he hath issue two sonnes and two daughters Sir Algernon Percy Lord Percy and knight of the Bath at the Creation of Prince Charles and Henry Percy a second sonne Lady Dorothy Percy the eldest daughter married to Sir Robert Sidney Lord Lisle and Knight of the Bath at the creation of Prince Henry and Lady Luce the second daughter married Iames Lord Hayes Viscount of Doncaster 1618. Et portoit dor au lyon rampant d'azur escartelle gueulles à trois Luces hauriant d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Dukes and Earles of Norfolke their Armes Wiues and Children Et portoit d'or à la croix de gueulles This Roger married Isabell daughter of Hamelyn Plantagenet base sonne of Geffrey Plantagenet Earle of Anioye Earle Warren and Surrey and had issue Hugh Bigot Earle of Norfolke and others He dyed and was buried at Thetford Et portoit les armes de son peré This Roger married Isabell daughter of William king of Seots and sister of king Alexander and dyed of a bruise running at Tilt without issue Anno 1269. Leauing Roger his Nephew sonne of Hugh his Brother to succeede him in his Earledome Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit party pale d'or de vert au lyon rampant de gueulles Et portoit d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit lez Armoiries d'engleterre au lambell d'argent Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit les arm es de son peré Et portoit de gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit gueulles au lyon rampant d'argent armé lampasse d'azur Et portoit France escartelle d'engleterre au lambell d'argent chargee d' e neuf torteaux Et portoit de gueulles à la bande entre six croix recroisettees au pred fiché d'argent Et portoit de gueulles à la bande à six croix recroisettees fitchez d'argent Et portoit les armoiries de son peré Et portoit de gueulles à la band à six croix recroisette es pied fiche d'argent A CATALOGVE OF THE Marquesses and Earles of Northampton their Armes Wiues and Children VVAltheof sonne of Syward the great Earle of Northumberland married Iudith Niece to William Conqueror and daughter of Lambert Earle of Lens in Artoys with whom the said Conquerour gaue in marriage the Earledomes of Huntington and Northampton by whom he had issue three daughters his heyres Mauld the eldest was
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