, 
 
 A 
 
 Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 OF THE 
 
 KINGS 
 
 ENGLAND, 
 
 MONARCHS 
 
 O F 
 
 
 
 
 GREAT BRITAIN** 
 
 From the Conqueft, Anno io 66 . to the Year, 1677*, 
 
 IN SEVEN PARTS OR BOOKS, 
 
 Containing 
 
 A DISCOURSE 
 
 Of their feveral Lives, Marriages , and Ijjues, Times of ‘Birth, 
 
 Death, Places of Burial, and Monumental Infcriptions. 
 
 With their 
 
 Effigies, Seals, Tombs, Cenotaphs, Devifes, Arms, Quarterings, 
 
 Crefis , and Supporters $ 
 
 All Engraven in COPPERP LATE S. 
 
 Furnifhed with feveral Remarques and Annotations. 
 
 
 By FRANCIS S A N D F 0 RD Efq; Lancafier Herald of Arms. 
 
 In the S A VOt: 
 
 Printed by Tbo. 3 \(emomb, for the Author, i 677. 
 
fHAkLEs R. 
 
 h a r l e 5 the Second , by the Cfrace of Cjod Kfng of 
 f^y England,Scotland, France,^*/ Ireland {Defender of the 
 
 Faith , &c. To all Our loving SubjeBs of what Degree, Con- 
 dition or Quality foever , within Our Kingdoms and Dominions, 
 (greeting- Whereas Our Trufly and Welbeloved Francis Sand- 
 ford EJq• Lancafter Herald , employed himfelf near fif - 
 
 /w Compiling A Genealogical Hittory of the 
 Kings of England , and Monarchsof Cjreat Britain, from 
 the Conqueft 1066. to this prefent Year, 1677. and the 
 Twenty ninth of Our Reign, infeven Parts or Books.Con- 
 taining a Difcourfe of their feveral Lives, Marriages, and 
 Ifliies, Times of Birth, Death, Places of Burial, and Monu¬ 
 mental Infcriptions; with their Effigies, Seals, Tombs, Ce¬ 
 notaphs, Devices, Arms, Quarterings, Crefts, and Suppor¬ 
 ters: All Engraven in Copper Plates, Furnifhed with feveral 
 Remarques and Annotations. Which by Our Gracious 
 approbation and Influence , and the Encouragement of feveral 
 of the Sfobility and (fentry , is now ( after much Expence , 
 Labour , and Induflry ,) brought to TerfeBion. 0 IV 
 
 ye therefore , That it is Our Royal Tlea fur e, and We do by thefe 
 Trefents , upon the humble Request of the faid Francis Sand- 
 ford, not only give him Leave and Licence to Trint the faid 
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 plaries of the fame , Reprinted beyond the Seasy within the Term 
 of fifteen Years next enfuing the firfl publifhing thereof, without 
 the Confent and Approbation of the faid Francis Sandford, his 
 HeirSy Executor Sy or Afsigns,as they and every of them fo offend¬ 
 ing will anfwere the contrary at their Terils. Whereof as well 
 the Wardens , and Company of Stationers of Our Citty of 
 London, the Farmers , Commifsioners and Officers of Our 
 Cuflomsy as all other Our Officers and Miniflers whom it may 
 concern , are to take particular SSfotice, that due obedience be 
 given to this Our Royal Command herein declared . Given 
 
 under Our Signet and Sign Manual at Our Court at Whitehal 
 the 3 d day of fanuary^iG'jj. in the 29 th YearofOur Reign. 
 
 By His Majesties Command , HL Coventry, 
 
To the 
 
 
 S I F, 
 
 His GENEALOGICAL 
 
 HISTORY, &c, which 
 (encouraged by Your Maje~ 
 flies (f radons approbation 
 and more Special Favour') l 
 have (with the expence of 
 all that time which in near 
 ffteen years I could fpare 
 from the neceffary attendance 
 on that Employment which 
 Your Majefly hath been pleafed to confer upon me^brought 
 to fuch a Ferfeftion, as my mean abilities could give it, 
 (though neither fuch as the Kflngly SubjeB requires or 
 deferves) J now humbly \Pre/ent to Your Majefly, to 
 Whom onely of Right it belongs, You being (as it were ) 
 the Ocean into which all thefe Mighty Springs of Royalty 
 have 3 through the Streams of fo many fever al (fenerations, 
 difcharged tbemfelves,and in Your Veins running theRoyal 
 (Bloodof all thofe Rings of fo many fundry Stations, 
 Who, within the Records of Time , have fwayed the 
 Scepter of this Shfoble 1 (land . 
 
 Your Majefly , when You were flrfl Acquainted with 
 
 a the 
 
the Defgn, and whiltt there was yet hut a Profpett of it, 
 were pleafed to fay, That it would be a very ufeful 
 Book. An Encouragement fo Royal, That it was able 
 to put life into the meanejl Undertakers Arid 1 can~ 
 not but boaf it as my greatefl Honour to acknowledge that 
 the Remembrance of thofeVVords of Your Majefy, did, 
 through the whole Courfe of thelVorAnimate me to a 
 more diligent Search and fritter Scrutiny of the certainty 
 of Things, in a Matter fo JA [fee and Curious, fo JA fo* 
 ble and lllufrious • 7 /;^ this Hifory, which I wanted the 
 Art to adorn With the Flourifhes of Eloquence, might at 
 leaf appear to the World, though in the lefs Cjorgeous, yet 
 more Cfloricus Habit of Truth . 
 
 3 \(or do l doubt, but in thisPlain aud HumbleT>refs 
 (guarded by Your Maje^ies Patronage and Approbation ) 
 it may prove as Acceptable to all Well-minded Men, and 
 produce its defired Effetts, which are. The Preferring 
 the Memory of the Seals, Monuments, and Epitaphs 
 of the Royal Family, from Devouring Time, and the Fate 
 of Accidents , and the Convincing the People of the 
 Reafonablenefs of their Obedience. For though Kjngs 
 ought to be Honoured as the lively Images of the Divinity 9 
 and (jods Vicegerents upon Earth,yet it muf needs be 
 Acknowledged, That when their Title is Strengthened by 
 a Defcent from jo many Royal Progenitors, made Fa~ 
 mous from Age to Age by their Renowned Attions and He - 
 roical Virtues, and the Plood of all thefe Dnited in 
 one Perfon or Family, to make their Right indifputable. 
 Loyalty Redoubles, and Attsmore vigoroufy in the Rreafts 
 of thofe Subjetts whom Cjod hath fubmitted to fo Dn+ 
 doubted and Law full an Authority . 
 
 And this is a Conf deration which ought, in a more par - 
 ticular manner, to Oblige all Your Majefies Subjetts to a 
 3 \fearer and Dearer Veneration of Yon their Kfng than 
 the Subjetts of any other Prince in the World ^ Forwhe - 
 ther they derive their Defcent from the Britains., Saxons, 
 Danes, Normans, or Scots, (of all which Stations the 
 Inhabitants of this If and are Compofedj You are fill 
 their Lawfull Sovereign, by a continued Succefsion of 
 near Twelve hundred Years . You are Fief) of the Flefh , 
 
and Bone of the \Bone of every one of us ; fo that no 
 
 CEfativeof this If and can fay as once the 1 en Tribes 
 
 did to * Rehoboam., What Portion have we in Da- * 2 Chron. 
 
 vid ( And we have no Inheritance in the Son of JefTe: v.'Ti. 10 ’ 
 
 For Yon are equally alipt to all of us, our Tonion, and 
 
 our Inheritance . 
 
 ' * ' 
 
 But this, (freat S IR, is not all: Trovidence has 
 
 not only Obliged us to our ‘Duty, by giving us, to 'Rule 
 over us, the greatef Ring in Chriftendom, in Ref pell 
 of Blood: You are not only of the Mof Antient Ringly 
 Defcent of any fhrifian Monarchy being the Eleventh 
 that in a due and direfl Succepion have worn a Dia* 
 dem ; Tut You are hfywife the Inheritor of the (florid 
 rious Endowments of Your Royal Trogenitors. Their 
 Virtues are Vnited in You as well as their ‘Blood\ 3 \(ot 
 to fetch Examples from Darker Antiquity • In You we 
 daily behold the Courage and Magnanimity of Ring Ed¬ 
 ward III. The Trudence and Tolicy of King Hen¬ 
 ry VII. The Teaceable Inclination of Your Royal 
 grandfather Ring James • And the Tiety and Clemency 
 of that Blefed Martyr Your Father . Where then 
 fhould we find a Center to fx our Obedience, but where 
 Heaven has cocentred all thefe Advantages of Blood 
 and Virtue i 
 
 And yct 0 SIR, there fill remains one more Signal 
 Obfervation , which feems to Cry out lipt a Voice from 
 Heaven, and Challenge our Duty and Allegeance to Your 
 Royal Line,which is, T hat when ever, for the Sins of the 
 people ffod hath permitted Invaders o/Ofurpers to Difur b 
 the Teaceable Courfe of fome of Your Ance/lors Reigns, 
 yet never did the Intrufon lafi beyond the Third or Fourth 
 (feneration, but, by fome means or other unthought of by 
 and undijcernable to Mankind, Trovidence hath Ordered 
 the Return of the Crown to the Lawful Heir . This in¬ 
 deed is Digitus Dei • which has powerfully been /hewn up - 
 on fundry Occaficns, but never did the Arm of (fod more 
 plainly appear than in that Miraculous Trefervation and 
 Reclamation of Your Majefly to the Throne, when with - 
 out Dint of Sword, or any open Violence, even the Ma~ 
 lice of Your very Enemies, was, by the Divine Tower, 
 
 -- lull'd 
 
* 2 Sam. 
 chap 7. v. 
 29. 
 
 lull'd afleep , and You endeared to us by being made the 
 Reflorer of thofePre aches both in Church and St ate which, 
 by the ‘Pride, Ignorance , and Folly of a violent Party 
 among its, were opened fo wide, that they threatned no* 
 thing lefs than utter ‘Deflation. 
 
 And now furely he mufl be the moft perverfe of Man* 
 find, that will not yield that to be Right which Heaven 
 and Earth Proclaim to be fo , fuch Monjlers deferve not 
 only to be cut of from the People , but razeed out of 
 the Memory of Mankind. May Jour zfMajefties T)o~ 
 minions never breed more fuch Vipers , but all Your good 
 Subjects,with an unanimous Heart, join and fay with the 
 Prophet David, * Therefore now let it pleafe thee to 
 blefs the Houfe of thy Servant (the King) that it may 
 continue for ever before thee, for thou, O Lord God, 
 haftfpokenit, and with thy Blefsing let the Houfe of 
 thy Servant be Blefsed for ever. CVhich fhall be the 
 daily Prayer of \ 
 
 (May it Pleafe 
 
 Your Moft Sacred M a j e s t y; ) 
 
 Your Majefties moft Dutiful, 
 And moft Obedient 
 
 Subjedt and Servant, 
 
 FRANCIS SAJfpFORD, 
 
 Lancafter Herald. 
 
BOOK I. 
 
 \ , v* ; . . .. 
 
 ■K ' I J>j‘v 
 
 The Norman 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 OF THE 
 
 KINGS 
 
 OF EJ^qLAWJD,&c. 
 
 From WILLIAM the CONQUEROR^ 
 
 to h e ac y II. 
 
 From the Year iotftf. to the Year 1154.. 
 
» 
 
 Jfi'CjenervfiJpnio Vivo^^& 
 
 WV-AQBZRTO rYNEtf 
 Zjuiti aurato H Raj onett? , 
 i nee non celeberrittu? Out 
 V'tntis jL 0£f£) LS r t <SeTHrtori 
 
 l^TalntJam fuine SurilloittmJA 
 
 Wj 3 > 
 
a qES^EALOqiCAL TAZLE 
 
 Of the Firji BOOK, 
 
 1 . WILLI AM the Firft of that Name, Wing of England, and Duke of Normandy , called The Conqueror, Pag.t. 
 MAUD, Daughter of Baldwin the Fifth, Earl of F landers,p. 3. 
 
 2 . 
 
 \ 
 
 ROBERT RICH-WILLIAM HENRY 
 Duke of Nor- ARD, the Second, the Firft, 
 
 I 
 
 CICILIE ADE- 
 Abbefs of LIZA, 
 
 mandy , p. 7. 
 Sibil of Con- 
 verfana, pag. 
 
 14 . 
 
 p. 7. Wing of Eng- Wing of Eng- Cane , p 9. p. 10. 
 land, p. 19. land , and C O N- 
 
 Duke of Nor- ST ANCE, 
 mandy , p • 14. Countefs of 
 MAUD of Britain , p. 9. 
 Scotland,ibid. 
 
 A DEL A GUNDRED 
 
 or Countefs of 
 ALICE, Surrey , p. 1 2. 
 Wife of Ste- WILLIAM 
 pben Earl of de Warrenna, 
 Blob,p.10. ibid• 
 
 I 
 
 AGAC 
 THA , 
 p. 1 a. 
 
 A— 
 
 -.A— 
 
 I I 
 
 WI LLI AM H E N- Natural 
 
 Earl of F/<zn- R Y, p. Sons, 
 
 dcrs,p. 1 6. 18. Richard 
 
 SIBIL of and Wil- 
 
 Anjou, p.tS. liam, p. 
 
 JOAN of 19. 
 
 Savoy, p. 18. 
 
 WILLI AM M AUDthe STEPHEN WILLIAM, THEO- 
 
 Duke of Nor¬ 
 mandy died. 
 S.P. p. 28. 
 MATILDA 
 of Anjou , p. 
 29. 
 
 Relift of 
 HENRY 
 the Fourth, 
 Emperor, p. 
 34 - 
 
 Wing of 
 England,p. 
 38. 
 
 MAUD 
 
 of Bologne, 
 
 p. 10. 
 
 BALD 
 Earl of 
 Blow, p. 
 10. 
 
 HENRY 
 
 Biihop of 
 Winchefier , 
 p. 11. 
 
 Remarried to p.10 & 40.j 
 GEOFFREY 
 Earl of An¬ 
 jou,p. 34 , 31 - 
 
 H E N R Y the Se- GEOFFREY WILLIAM, 
 
 cond , Bing of Eng- Earl of Nantes, p. 37. 
 
 land, &c. Mentioned p.37, 
 
 in the Firft Chapter 
 
 of the Second Book , 
 
 continued the De- 
 
 fcent. 
 
 BALD¬ 
 WIN, p. 
 42. 
 
 EUSTACE WILLIAM, MAUD, 
 Earl of Bo- p. 43. 
 logne,p. 42. ISSABEL 
 Countefs 
 Warren, p. 
 
 CON 
 STANCE 
 of France, 43 
 
 p. 42. 
 
 I 
 
 \ 
 
 M 3 - 
 MARY 
 Wife of 
 Matthew 
 of Flan¬ 
 ders, p. 
 44 - 
 
 Natural 
 Sonsy vi%. 
 
 WI LLI- 
 
 AM,p.44. 
 
 GER- 
 V AIS 
 Abbot of 
 Wefimin- 
 fter , ibid. 
 
 Natural Ijfue of King HENRY theFirjl , and their Defendants. 
 
 . I 
 
 ROBERT RICH- REYNALD R O- WILLI- MAUD MAUD JULIAN, CON-N—married 
 
 Earl of ARD, Earl of Corn- B E R T, AM de or Countefs of p. 3 2. STANCE to Matthew de 
 
 Glocefier, p. 30. wal,p. 50. p. 30. Tracy, MARY Britain,p. N—mar- Vicountefs Montmorency, 
 
 p. 45. AMI- N- Fit%- GIL- p- 31. Countefs 32. ried to 
 
 MABEL CIA de Richard,ibid. B E R T, H E N- of Perch, CONAN William 
 
 Fit%-Ha 
 
 mon, ibid. 
 
 Guarder, 
 ibid. 
 
 p.31. R Y, ib. p. 32. Earl of Bri- Goct, ibid. 
 Rotrocli tain, ibid. 
 
 Earl of 
 Perch, ib. 
 
 Beaumont, p. 33. 
 p. 33. ELIZABETH 
 ROZCE-Wifeof Alex- 
 LIN Vic. ander King of 
 Beaumont,Scots, ibid, 
 ibid. 
 
 -A-- 
 
 4 * WILLIAM ROGER RICHARD HAMON, MABEL MATIL- HAWIS MAUD URSULA SARAH 
 Earl of G/e- Biihop of Biihop of p. 47. Wife of DA mar- Countefs Countefs Ladv of Vicount- 
 
 cejler, p. 
 
 48. 
 
 H A D E- 
 
 Worcefier , Bay on, p-aj. 
 P- 47 - 
 
 WI S A, p. 
 
 47 . 48 . 
 
 I 
 
 AUBREY ried to 
 de Vere, Ranulph 
 p. 47. Earl of 
 
 Chefier 
 p. 47. 
 
 of De- 
 von, p. 
 5 «*. 
 
 tAMelent, Cafilecomb, efsofLe- 
 M'. M 1 * moges, 
 
 p. SC 
 
 5 - 
 
 ROBERT MABEL A M I C I A ISSABEL 
 died S. P. p. Wife of A L- married to Wife of 
 48. MERICK GILB ERT John Earl 
 
 Montfort , de Clare Earl of Mor- 
 Earl of Eve- of Glocefier, taigne,p f 
 reux,p. 48. p.49. 49. 
 
 t ; wiL- 
 
 t 
 
Book I. 
 
 i 
 
 
 Anna 
 Domini 
 ic&6. 
 OUob. 14. 
 
 ■ WILLIAM I. 
 
 K 1 ng of E 3^ Cj L A 3^ Z>, and Duke of 
 3^0 % M A 3(JD ¥, called the 
 Con q_u e nous. 
 
 Gules 2 Lj - 
 $ns peftant 
 guar da nt Ori 
 are the Arms af- 
 figned to this 
 WILLIAM 
 the Conqueror, 
 as alfo to Xo- 
 btrt Duke of 
 Normandy , 
 King William 
 II. and King 
 Henry I. all 
 three his Sons 3 
 the two laft his 
 
 GeflaNor- 
 man. ex 
 Veteri Co¬ 
 dice, M.S. 
 pag. 21J. 
 
 Will . 
 Malmesb. 
 Will-Gem - 
 meticenfis 
 p. 150. d. 
 <? 2J1. a, 
 b, c. 
 
 Rob. of 
 Gloceflcr. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Here had been a continued Succeffion of Six Dukes 
 of Normandy , beginning with ROLL 0 , who 
 being a Nobleman of Denmark,e , came forth 
 with the exuberancieof his Nation, and compel¬ 
 led Charles furnamed the fimple , King of France , 
 by force of Armes to make him Duke of Nor¬ 
 mandy. To Rollo fucceeded his Son William the Second Duke, 
 (called Longue-Efpee or Long-Sword) Father of Richard , Third 
 Duke of Normandy 3 who had iflue Richard , furnamed the Hardy, 
 and Emma (Wife of King Etheldred ) Mother of St. Edward the 
 ConfefTor , King of England 3 from whom our fucceeding Mo- 
 narchs derive the Cure of the Kings Evil. Richard Duke of Nor. 
 mandy II. of the Name , furnamed the Hardy , had two Sons, 
 Richard and Robert 3 Richard fucceeded his Father by the Name 
 of Richard III. and was Fifth Duke of Normandy , who decea- 
 ling without iffue , the Dutchy came to h ; s Brother Robert the Sixth 
 Duke of Normandy , Father of this WILLIAM II. of the 
 Name , Seventh Duke of Normandy and Conquerour of England , 
 begotten on Arlot a Skinners Daughter of Falais , whom he affe&ed 
 for her Beauty , and Comely Dancing ( which he by chance be¬ 
 held ) among her Countrey Companions. WILLIAM thus 
 meanly generated ^ yet wanted not before, and at his Birth, Prefa- 
 ges of his future Greatnefs 3 for his Mother being with-child of Him, 
 
 B had 
 
 Succeflbrsj de¬ 
 rived ( a; T a- 
 dition ells us) 
 hereditarily 
 from H. 0 L - 
 LO, the Firft 
 Duke of Nor¬ 
 mandy i who 
 is laid to bear 
 in hisEfcoche- 
 .On or Shield* 
 the fame 
 Charge, aSe- 
 fting asfeveral 
 other Nor¬ 
 thern Prince* 
 did, that Sove¬ 
 reign Beaft the 
 Lyon 
 
 I term thefe* 
 Arms attribu¬ 
 ted, oraflign- 
 ed , becaufe I 
 cannot find ei¬ 
 ther by Monu¬ 
 ments, Coyns, 
 Seals, or any 
 Cotemporary 
 Auhor , that 
 fuch were in 
 ufe with thefe 
 leveral Princes, 
 but that fol¬ 
 lowing Ages 
 did aflign or 
 fix them upon 
 the Norman 
 Line , to di- 
 flinguifh it 
 from the fuc- 
 ceeding Pian- 
 tagenets , that 
 did bear 
 Gules j Lyons 
 
 \ 
 
_ 
 
 a A qENJsALOqiCAL HISTO%Y OF 
 
 The Norman h ac J a Dream (like that of Mandana Mother of Cyrus the Firffc Per- Book I. 
 
 f] an Monarch ) that her Bowells were extended over all Normandy 
 paffant guar- and England } and even his Baftardy feemed to have an allay , if it 
 Helr°y li^thf he true as * fome write, that his Father took Arlot to Wife. Nor * mu. 
 S of ajdiV was Baftardy at that time accounted a fcandal or reproach , for this ub.^in 
 to the Norman WILLIAM in his Grant to Alan Earl of Brittain , of the Lands 
 mrf JquitaiH of Earl Edwin in Yorhjbire , ftyles himfelf WILLIAM , furna- lib - 6 - 
 WetS, me d Baftard, King of England } it being then alfo a general Cu- * 9 ' 
 
 Colour th fn ft° m in France , that Baftards did fucceed even in Dignities of \ 
 the Right of higheft condition, as Children lawfully begotten. Thierry Baftard scwyu & 
 wife”r Heir of Clonis , had for his Appennage with the Lawful Children of the st^anhe. 
 t?)' and/or Laid Clonis , the Kingdom of Anjlrafia , now called Lorrain } fo 
 'they C5 pained ^kewife in England , Harold furnamed Hare foot , Baftard to Canu¬ 
 te tli « c° n - tus , fuccecded him in the Kingdom, before Hardy-Camttus his 
 the Tomb of Lawful Son. The like Cuftom hath alfo been obferved in Spain and 
 /iXhi E mnr] Portugal , and its probable this ufe was grounded upon often expe- 
 pei^c rie nce, that Baftards ( as begotten in the higheft heat and ftrength 
 minficr , im- G f affe&ion ) have many times been Men of excellent proof both 
 thofeof Queen in courage and underftanding. But however it was, Duke Ra- 
 jfun%rs Ns bert efteemed our WILLI A M worthy to be his SuccefTor, for 
 Girtnhe of* undertaking his Pilgrimage to the Holy-Land (whether out of De- 
 • eight pieces or, vo tion , or Penance, for procuring his Brother Richards Death . 
 inefchecheon whereof he was fufpe£fed) he caufed his Nobles to fwear Allegi- 
 ^uibuted A ™o S ance to WILLIAM •, and after his Death to receive him for 
 andFklfiwis their Prince, being then onely Nine years old *, the Tuition of whom 
 the F timcof Ro° to hi s Brothers, and the Guardianfhip of his perfon to Henry 
 
 ben the Fri- the Firft , King of Prance , into whofe Cuftody he delivered him wui.Gm- 
 rmUredurA n with his own hands j that King owing Robert a kindnefs for former 
 FUndria p.?) a if ft a nee in the prefervation of his Crown. 
 
 alfo of Kin* But Robert’s Journey and Life ending together, the No- 
 uenry i. im- bles of Normancly by much intreaty got him out of the French Kings 
 q !2 1 Maul hands, thinking by hisprefence to awe his Eftate the better} but 
 vii o'r^diy- f° on they found that having his perfon among them , without his 
 mitiJn^dou P ower 5 was but to put them into more diforder and faftion j and 
 
 ble Treffure 
 
 usuntcr-jiowry Gules ; when indeed Impalements were not known before the time of Henry the Third s if fo foon, as I Ihall prove 
 
 iii its proper place. 
 
 To pais by the Poetical Fiftionsof Devifes affignedto the Trojan and Grecian Captains, thofe attributed to Solomon, David, 
 and fojbua , yea and our Saviour himfelf, by Monks, Poets, and Painters ( Hen. Spelman Eq. Anr. in Afpilogia , p. 41.) We 
 may upon better grounds not only note the Devifes of feveral Romans upon their Confular Coins ( Carolus Putin in Antiquis 
 Numifmatibus, (yfc. pag. * 57 * O' 3 1 ?• >1 but take a view of their Pra&ice in the time of Trajan the Emperour, upon whofe 
 Pillar (one of the Worlds moft famous Monuments in being) are not only variety of Devifes, but alfo the exaft form and differ¬ 
 ence ot the Roman, German, and Dacian Shields. But to confine my felf within the limits of my Story, and to prove that De¬ 
 vifes were in ufe about the time of the Conouerour , we may note in the Challenge of Geffrey Martell Earl of Anjou returned him, 
 being only Duke of Normandy near Damfront , by Roger de Montgomery and others j where tire Earl, that he might be the bet¬ 
 ter known to the Duke, deferibes, ^ualcm Equunt inpntlio fit habitants , quale SCUTUM, (? qualem vejlitum : and 
 Reger on the behalf of the Duke of Normandy , Equumviciffim Domini fui praftgnat, vejlitum & ARMA , Gcjia Will. 
 
 Vutis Normannitz , pag. 115. Upon this ground Samuel Daniel in his Riilory of the Conquercrur’s Life , pag. 16. (furnifhed 
 with what other Authority I know not) enlargeth thus: That Count Martell made this return by Eager dcMontgomery, vif. 
 
 Tell the Dul^e, to morrow by day-breal {, he Jball have me there on a iVtite Hcrfe , ready to give him the Combatc , and I will 
 enter Damfront if lean; and tothcend he Jba!l bnow me , Iwillwear a SHIELD d’ OR without any devife. Reger 
 replies, sir you Jhall not need to tal^e the pains , for to morrow morning you Jhall have the Du\c in this place, mounted on a 
 Bay Horfc , andthat youmay b^ewhim , kcjhallwear ontbe point of bis Launcc a. STREAMER. OF TAFFATA 
 to wipe your face. 
 
 Here was a Shield i’Or ( of Gold) without any Devife, which implies that Devifes were ufed in that time , but itfeemetli 
 onely momentary, taken up, and bid down at plcafure : For had they been perfonal, that is, for life. Count Geffrey might 
 have been as well known by his Devife, as Families are by their Arms at this day. And its probable the reafon why the Shields 
 cf that Age were left Blanks, or of one Simple Colour or Mettal, was to jeccivc the Imprefs of every Fancy that cither pleafed 
 the Bearer or the Painter. 
 
 more 
 
THE Kj^cgs OF E^CgLJ3^J),&c. 
 
 Chap. i. more than that, WILLI AM* s Baftardy gaveoccafion, and his TheNorman 
 " Youth opportunity to Roger de Treftiy his Cofin (though in a re- __ Dtna fo t 
 GejtiGuii. mote degree ) and William Earl of Arques his Uncle , to lay claim 
 to the Dutchy of Normandy ; the firfi: of which bringing his Title 
 b. c. d. & to t jj e Trial of a Battail , was by the valiancy of Roger de Beaumont 
 l8y '*‘ f * fiain upon the place, with his two Brethren ; and Arques , though 
 privately afiifted by the King of France (who now grew jealous of 
 " Duke WILLIAM’s Succefies) was overthrown by Count 
 Cuiffard the Duke’s General, leaving the Town of Arques (the 
 Firfi: Arch of Triumph) to this Conquerour, not yet arrived the 
 Age of Seventeen years. A third Competitor there was, Guy of 
 Bourgoigne } who though more diftant in blood , yet by the treafo- 
 nable pra&ices of his difcontented Lords, had fuceeeded in his De- 
 fign } had not the Duke (warned by a certain Fool) by a fudden 
 retreat into France , not only avoided them, but perfwading that 
 King to affifi: him in Perfon with his Forces, returned home , and 
 at the Battel of Dunes cut off that Knot of Confederacyj forcing 
 Bourgoigne tofubmit to mercy. This happened when he was about 
 Two and twenty years old. Several other Affronts were after¬ 
 wards offered him , fome by meaner perfons, fome by the King of 
 France himfelf all which he overcame with fuch Prudence and Va¬ 
 lour , that they got him a high opinion in the World, and fettled 
 him on the Bafis of a firm Government. And being thus fixed, his 
 Nobility minding the Duke of a Succeifion, perfwade him to mar- 
 H»Marri-ry MATILDA or MAYJD, Daughter of Baldwin V. fur- 
 sse ’ named The gentle, Earl of Flanders (by Hadala or Ahx, Eldefi: 
 
 Daughter of Robert II. of the Name, King of France , Son of 
 Hugh Capet ) a potent Prince at that time , and fo much the more, 
 
 * suvtii i n that he was * Guardian to the young King of France Philip ("Son 
 de same of King Henry) by Baldwins means made afterwards inftrumental 
 
 to Duke WlLLIAMs greatnefs. The Solemnity of this Mar¬ 
 riage was celebrated at Augi in Normandy , and in the fecond year 
 
 * Matthew of WILLI A M’s Reign over England , fhe was * crowned Queen, 
 wtfimnfl. U p 0n jpbit-Sunday in the year of Our Lord God One thoufand 
 
 fixty and eight, by Aldred Archbifhop of York. She had by Him 
 a Numerous Iffue , among which her eldefi: Son Robert was her Dar¬ 
 ling } witnefs her maintaining him in his Quarrel for Normandy a- 
 gainft his own Father , and affifting towards the payment of the 
 War out of her own Coffers. Which a& of hers rather caufed the 
 mt.Ptrif difpleafure, than hatred of the King her Husband , it being for the 
 SoVertof advancement of her Son. She departed this life the fecond day of 
 CHoceji. p. November ( being All-Souls-Day ) in the 17th year of WILLI - 
 mu. AM the Conquerour , and of our Lord 1083. and was interred 
 fb? 7 z! b. in the Monaftery of the Holy Trinity ( of her own foundation ) at 
 *wu. 10. Q ane ^ betwixt the Choire and High Altar *, where King WIL¬ 
 LIAM caufed a ftately Memorial to be raifed for her (embel- 
 lifhed with Gold and Precious Stones) and infcribed with this Epi¬ 
 taph in Golden Chara&ers. 
 
 Egregie 
 
4 - 
 
 Tbe Norman 
 ' Dinafty. 
 
 THE KJH QS OF EH <jLAHT>,&c. 
 
 Egregie pnlcri tegit hac JlruSlura Sepulcri 
 M oribus infignem^ germen Regale MATHILDEM. 
 
 Dux Flandrita pater , hnic extitit Hadala water , 
 
 Francorum gent is Roberti filia Regis , 
 
 Et foror Henrici Regali jede potitij 
 Regi magnifico WILLELMO junSla marito > 
 Prafintemfedempyafentemfecit & adem, 
 
 Earn trfukis terris , quam multis rebus honeJHs 
 A fe ditataWj je procurante die at am ^ 
 
 Hac confolatrix inopum , pietatis amatrix , 
 
 Ga^is difperfis pauper fibi , dives egenis 
 Sic infwita pet iit conjortia vita 
 In prim a mentis poji primamluce Novembris. 
 
 Duke Wl LLI A M now towards his declining Age , under- 
 takes his Expedition for tl?e Conqueft of England , unto which P . UL' 
 Kingdom he pretended a Right , by the * Gift of King Edward , * Rogem 
 ( for his San&ity furnamed the Confefior ) lately deceafed , Cofin 
 German to his Father Duke Robert } nor wanted he a powerful in- a.n. jo. & 
 citement to put his Title in execution : for perjured Harold , Earl GtjiaGuW 
 Godwins Son , who had formerly fworn to afllft him in die gaining 
 of the Crown •, not onely falfified his Oath, but being appointed J' b I9 ®‘ 
 Regent of England during the minority of Edgar-Etheling ( or 
 Prince Edgar ) the Lawful Heir , depofed his laid Mafter, and 
 let the Royal Diadem on his own Rebellious Head. Notwith- 
 ftanding which Duke WILLIAM fent feveral Propofals to Ha• 
 rolcl in order to an Accommodation , all which being by him 
 flighted, was indeed the true caufe that fpurred on the affronted 
 Duke to this Expedition ; not thinking himfelf too old for a King- 
 dome , when Galba aged near 73 years, buckled on Armor to 
 obtain the Roman Empire. But being of himfelf too weak for 
 fuch an Enterprife , He by fair promifes, not only engages the Em- 
 perour * Henry IV. and the young King of France Philip (by means * Gefta 
 of his Father in Law Baldwin Earl of Flanders , who fent him 
 large fuppliesj) but alfo (to make Religion give Reputation to his I * 7C * 
 Pretended Right) procures from Pope Alexander a * Banner of the * Gefla 
 Church, with an Agims of Gold, and one of the Hairs of St.Pe- 
 ter. With this colle&ed force , being near 60000 men, Duke aoi c - 
 WILLIAM arrives at * Pevenfcy in Sufjcx ; who to create a * ibid. P ; 
 more defperate valour in his fouldiers, fends away his (hips: King I9SM ’ b ’ 
 Harold (having lately won the Battel of Stamford , and (lain Harold 
 Harfager King of Norway) hearing of his Landing, advances with 
 all fpeed , and gathering together his wearied Troops, and increa- 
 fing them in his March , over-haffily (contrary to the advice of his 
 befl Counfellors^) gives the Duke Battel at Haflingr in Sujfix upon 
 the 14th day of Oilober Anno 1 o 66. Where after Prodigious A<ffs 
 of Valour performed by thefe two great Chieftains in a doubtful 
 Fight, and thelofsof above 66000 fouldiers onbothfides, the 
 
 Nor- 
 
 Eook I. 
 
 Ordericus 
 Vitalii p. 
 
 647. fe 
 
 648. 
 
THE KJK 9 S 0F EKQLA^Vt&c. 5 
 
 Chap.i. Normans won the day, and Harold loft his life , and whole Eng- TheNomam 
 land with him her Ancient Laws and Liberties ( except the Kentiffi — . 
 
 a ' men, who circumvented the Conquerour by Stratagem, and there- 
 MatthPa- by retained their Old Cuftoms.) The Place of Fight WIL- 
 n’.io. LIAM made famous, by theEre&ion of Battel Abbey , dedica^ 
 ted to St. Martin *, and from the time, being the 14th day of 
 OSdober , began the Computation of his Reign over England \ unto 
 which Vi&ory he alfo owed his Appellation of The Conquerour. 
 tv. Maim. Upon Chriftmafs day next following he was crowned at Weflmin - 
 j 9 i. 57■ b - j} er i n the Church of St. Peter , by Aldred Archbiffiop of Tori ^ (the 
 
 n. jo 
 
 Haling Archbiffiop of Canterbury Stigand , to whom that Office did pro- 
 foi. in.a. perly belong, not being admitted forfome defeft in his Inveftiture, 
 
 GeftaGuii. or perhaps fome corruption in his Manners ) where according to 
 p.^oi^f Cuftom, the Bifliops and Barons of the Realm took their Oaths to 
 be his true Subje&s, and he reciprocally made his Perfonal Oath 
 before the Altar of St .Peter, To defend the holy Churches of God^ 
 and the KeSlorsof the fame *, 'To govern the univerfal people fubjefi; 
 unto him , jujily *, To ejlablifh equal Laws , and to fee them duly exe¬ 
 cuted. 
 
 uatth.Pa- In the fecond year of his Reign, viz,. 1067. Edgar Etheling^ 
 
 ™ 2 * y ‘ with the difeontented Earls Edwin and Morcar , made fome refin¬ 
 ance , but to no purpofe} fo that Edgar with his Mother and Sifters, 
 were forced to flie into Scotland ; where King M alcolme entertained 
 them nobly, took his Sifter Margaret to Wife , and by his conftant 
 and effe&ual ftanding for him , Edgar was reconciled to the Con¬ 
 querour , and had royal allowance from him : feveral of the Nobi¬ 
 lity and chiefeft of the Englifh Clergy were guilty of this defe&ion, 
 whom WILLIAM puniffied in their Eftates} which he aliena¬ 
 ted , .and burthened with unufual Taxes , and therewith gratified 
 his Normans and other Adventurers } and for his future fecurity , 
 difarmed the Commonalty,and ordained the * Couure Feu. He pur- * a Law, thi 
 chafed the departure of the two Sons of Swayne King of Denmark^, 
 mu. Par u (who had invaded the North Parts of England ) with money, and alight,at the 
 
 p, u. Tj.io. t 4 f fi * 11 ringing ot the 
 
 r in the 13th year or his Reign 5 Anno 1079 , he conitrained the Eight-a-ciocic 
 Princes of Wales to do him Fealty, as before in his feventhyear ventinteSjl 
 he had forced Malcolm King of Scots to be his Homager } fo that ° h " s , d a J J by d th a c c 
 if England made him greater than he was before , a King of a Duke, Vu, s ar Cur f“r> 
 he no lefs made England greater, by joyning feveral Dominions in 
 one. He caufed a Great * Seal to be made for himfelf, wherein 
 was circumfcribed on the one fide, 
 
 See hit 
 Great Seal 
 in spe ed>p. 
 
 HOC NORMANORUM WILLELMUM NOSCE PATRONUM 
 And on the Reverfe was engraven, 
 
 HOC ANGLIS REGEM SIGNO FATEARIS EUNDEM. 
 
 Thus Engliffied. 
 
 This Sign doth WILLIAM, ’Normans Patronfiow. 
 
 By this the Englifh Him their King do Igiow. 
 
 To 
 
 * This Seal 
 hath on the one 
 fide , the Pi¬ 
 cture of the 
 King in his 
 Robes , fitting 
 on a Throne j 
 with his Crown 
 on his Head; in 
 his right hand 
 he holds a 
 Sword > and in 
 hit left a 
 Mound, with a 
 Crofs thereon. 
 On the other 
 fide he is rep e- 
 fented on Horf- 
 back armed at 
 
^he Norman 
 Dinajly. 
 
 all points j in 
 his right hand he 
 hath a Streamer 
 (ilfuing from 
 the Stafie) flic 
 in form of a 
 Trident , and 
 in his left he 
 bears a fliield 
 of an oval 
 fhape > the con¬ 
 vex fide next 
 your fight 5 fo 
 that if there 
 were- any de- 
 vile thereon, its 
 not to be difeo- 
 ver ed. 
 
 Mil.Paris 
 p. io. n.io. 
 a. 1075. 
 
 J-gENiEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 To thofe Infurre&ions that vexed him in England , his Son Robert Book I. 
 added a more unnatural one in Normandy ("by the inftigation of the 
 King of France) which King WILLIAM haftning' to appeafe , 
 was by his own Son unhorfed; whom yet upon fubmiffion, he was 
 content to pardon: but afterwards taking revenge upon the fcof- 
 fing of the King o £ France , in his return into Normandy ("being cor¬ 
 pulent and in years) by a leap of his Horfe, he took a rupture in his 
 inward parts, which putting him into a Feaver, he died thereof at 
 Roan , upon the V. of the Ides of September (yi /is,, the IX. day of 
 September ) Anno 1087. aged above LXIV. years; having go¬ 
 verned Normandy LI I. and reigned King of England XX. years, 
 and near X I. moneths. The difpofal of his Eftates to his three 
 Sons 5 thefe few Old Pvhimes comprehend. 
 
 fflU.Gem- 
 
 tnct.p.igz. 
 R.ogerus 
 Hovticny 
 fol. 348. 
 a. n. yo. (? 
 264. 4. n. 
 20. 
 
 paf ftiS ©IbCft &0U Normandy, 
 to tl)e S>ecuna Engelond ttuip, 
 %a tlje SOntae i)is <5oo?s menabie, 
 %\)i$ toas t)oiae ferine ana liable. 
 
 Continua¬ 
 tion of Ro¬ 
 bert of 
 Gloceftcri 
 t- J??- 
 
 WILLIAM thus overcome by death, was for&ken of his 
 Followers, defpoiled of all, and left naked on the ground , till at 
 laft one Flarlewyne a Countrey Knight embalmed his Body, and 
 conveyed it to Cane j where in the Office of Burial it was thrice for- 
 faken , and then a Compofition forced for his Grave by Anfelme 
 FitK-Arthur , which at laft proved too little for fo great a Con- 
 queroiir. 
 
 But afterwards King William Rufus his fecond Son , and imme¬ 
 diate SuccefTor in his Kingdom of England, caufed a moft ftately 
 Maufoleum to be ere&ed for Him , before the High Altar of Will.Gem* 
 St. Stephen (an Abbey of the Order of St. BenediB , of his own met ^ ,19z ’ 
 Foundation ) at Cane , his Burial Place. One Otho a Goldfmith 
 was the Workman , and the Materials Gold, Silver, and rich 
 Stones, and although feveral Epitaphs were compofed by the Wits 
 of that Age, yet only that of Thomas Archbiffiop of Yor^e was pre¬ 
 ferred , and pencil’d upon his Tomb in Letters of Gold. 
 
 He that the fturdy Normans rul’d, 
 and over Englilh raign’d , 
 
 And floutly; won, and ftrongly kept, 
 what he fo had obtain’d. 
 
 .And did the Swords of thofe of Mans 
 by force bring under awe, 
 
 And made them under his Command, 
 live fubjeft to his Law. 
 
 This great King iVillium lieth here, 
 entomb’d in little Grave, 
 
 So great a Lord, fo fmall a houfe, 
 fufficeth him to have. 
 
 When Phoebus in the Virgins lap, 
 his circled courfe apply’d. 
 
 And twenty three degrees hadpaft, 
 even at that timehedy’d. 
 
 Out rexit rigidos Northmanos atque Britanos, 
 
 AudaBer vicit , fortiter obtinuit . 
 
 Et Cecnomenfes virtute coercuit enfes , 
 
 Imperiiq j fni legibus applicuit , 
 
 Rex magnus parv a jacet hac Guillelmusz# Urn a 
 Sufficit (&* magnoparva clomus Domino 
 Ter feptem gradibus fe volverat atq\ duobus 
 Virginis in gremio Phoebus , hie obiit . 
 
 Orttericus 
 Vitalis, p, 
 66 3. 
 
 This ftately Monument flourished until the year 1^62. and then sir km: 
 Chajlillion taking the City of Cane , certain diftolute fouldiers open- SSyTof 
 ing it 3 and not finding the Treafure they expe&ed , brake it to 
 
 pieces, s**. 
 
7 
 
 (Hoc SEPVX.CHRVM iNVICTTSSmi ivrtA. BT CLEMENTLS.SIMI CONQVXSTO RES' SfiE 
 OY1 r.T.FT. 1CTT DVM VTVERXT ANGLORVH REGIS, NOERANDOKV5I COTJSfO; j 
 MANORV3rtQj PRNdPLS, HVTVS INSIGNIA A.BBATIA PHSSIM.I FVNIXAimpr.S 
 CmANNO.tfSiVESANO HS^RXTICORVH FVRORX DIBXPTVM FVXSSETTIO 
 TA.NTDEJ&1 NQBILIVM EIVKHEM. AR BATES. BXLIGIOSORVM ORA.TTtYDXNXS. SENT ] 
 ay IN TAM. BENT FICVM. LARGITOREM rNSTAVBATVSL FVIT, ANNO HOML 
 DOMNO lOANTNE DX BA.ILHA.CHE ASCETOBH FROTOPRioRX. 
 
 4 p d. d n. m 
 
 CNarrllimo. Gene^wi 
 W' roftfiimtxjj Viro Dommo^ 
 
 rGEORGIOde CAKE 4 RE 1 
 
 Eqviti-Aitrito. et Birojietta, 
 
 ..1 1 nr. __. .. _...I 
 
 cl.iIlium Rcgiarum Thetuxra;J 
 l no, Domirj Bog l a- Wee Came i 
 ^rario, iSeienv&itm Dnx Root? Cjfi 
 V, i-nii IT' a lecretioriinw CVmfiiu.' ./f 
 Iaoc Ji^oit-lVllUhni GirJSnffi, 
 V ifu?.rh.*ruf Ti^uinm,iLD. FSs&fjfiLA 
 
 g'-'g <r 
 
 THE KJHJj s 0F E 3 ^qLA 3 QD,&c. 
 
 Chap.i; pieces, and threw forth the Conquerours Bones withgreat derifion-, 
 
 - -f ome whereof were afterwards brought into England. But the-~ 
 
 Monksdately in the year 1642. in the place thereot caufcd a plain 
 Altar Tomb to be built, the fides and ends of which are ot fpeckled 
 Marble, red and white, the Top Stone of Touch , the whole 
 frame raifed on a Pedeftal of Free-ftone j on an Efcocheon at the 
 Head are the three Lyons of England , and at the foot, upon ano¬ 
 ther the two Lyons of Normandy } on the South fide the above 
 UX recited Epitaph is reftored. The Figure of which Monument I 
 one of the here prefent you , with the Infcription on the North fide thereor, 
 
 Requert tranferibed from the Original by a * Perfon of Worth , and a Lover 
 
 to His Ma- . . . 
 
 jefty King 0 t Antiquities. 
 
 Charles ll- ±0 
 
 Children of King WILLIAM the Conquer our by 
 Q ue en MAVD of Flanders his Wife. 
 
 2. ROBERT Eldeft Son , fucceeded his Father only in the 
 Dukedome of Normandy 0 whofe Story followeth in the next 
 Chapter. 
 
 r«&. of 2. RICHARD fecond Son was born in Normandy, and after 
 his Father had attained the Crown came into England , where in 
 his youth (for he had not yet received the Girdle of Knight¬ 
 hood) as he hunted in the New Forreft in Hantpfhire > he came 
 to a violent and fudden death by the goring of a Stagg (others 
 
 fay 
 
 p.173. 
 Order. Vi¬ 
 tal. p- 57 b 
 .<■781. 
 
 A. 
 
8 A QE^CEALOgiCAL HISTO %T OF 
 
 The Norman 
 Dinafiy. 
 
 * Bcrnxj ubi 
 Abbiibid pul- 
 cherrima in U 
 Bailliagc d'A- 
 Unfon in Nor¬ 
 mandy. Philip- 
 pus Brierius 
 Puratclli 
 Geogrxpbia 
 veteris no¬ 
 va Tom. i. 
 Part. z. lib. 7. 
 «p. 4- pa*. 
 358. 
 
 fay by a peftilent airj and is noted to be the firfi man that died Book I. 
 in that place , the juftice of God punifhing on him , his Fathers iVill.Gcm- 
 depopulating that Countrey, to make a habitation for wild Beafts. 
 
 His body was thence conveyed to Winchefter , and there interred 
 on the South fide the Chore of the Cathedral Church; where are 
 two black Marble Stones inlaid into the new work ( built by 
 Bifliop Fox ) one of which ftands edgewayes in the wall, and 
 the other lies flat} both marked with the Letter A: the manner 
 exa&ly drawn from the Original , in this Figure , containing an 
 Epitaph on the verge thereof in Saxon Letters, fignifving the 
 Perfon there interred to be Duke of * Bernay in Normandy , vi%. 
 
 Hie Jacet Ricardus Willi. Senior is Re- 
 g 1 s F 1 l l. Et Beorn. Dux. 
 
 a. W1L - 
 
THE KJJ^qS OF ENLqLANJ),&c. 9 
 
 Chap.i. 2. WILLIAM the third Son of King William and Queen TheNcrmatt 
 Maud , fucceeded his Father in the Kingdom of England , whofe Bina ^- 
 Hiftory followeth in the III. Chapter of this Book. 
 
 2. HENRY fourth Son, after the death of his Brother King 
 William , obtained both the Kingdom of England , 2 nd Duke- 
 dome of Normandy . See more of him in the IV. Chapter of this 
 Firft Book. 
 
 Cri. Vital, 
 p. 484.4. 
 51 i. d. 
 548. b.c. 
 638. d. 
 
 Rob. of 
 Glectjl. f- 
 17 * 
 
 * 
 
 Ctmmet. 
 p. 310. a. 
 282. c . 
 
 Cetnica 
 ft. stepb. 
 Cadometfis 
 p. iqi 9 . b. 
 
 2. CICELIE Abbefie of Cane , Eldeft Daughter of William 
 the Conquerour, was born in Normandy , brought up in Eng¬ 
 land , and returned again into Normandy 3 where in the Ninth 
 year of King William's Reign, Anno Dorn. 1075, fhe was by her 
 faid Father , on Eajler-Day with great Solemnity offered up in 
 the Church of Fejcbampe , by the hands of John the Archbi- 
 ftiop , and vailed a Nun in that Monaftery. After the death 
 of Matilda Abbefs of the Holy Trinity at Cane ( founded by 
 Queen Maud her Mother ) this Cicelie undertook that Govern¬ 
 ment , which (he managed with fingular piety for the (pace of 
 XIV. years, and then departed this World upon the xiii. 
 day of July Anno Dorn. 1126. in the X X VI. year of the Reign 
 of King Henry the Firft, her Brother, and was interred in the 
 fame Monaftery 3 having worn a Religious Habit the fpace of 
 L 11 . years. 
 
 ord. vita. 2. CONSTANCE Countefs of Britaine , fecond Daughter of 
 King William and Queen Maud , was the firft wife of Alan Earl 
 57? / of Little Britaine , furnamed Fergant in the Brittifh , and in En- 
 $$ 8 'glifh the Red (Son of Howell , fecond Son of Caignard , by Hawis 
 his Wife , Daughter and Heir of Alan Earl of Britaine , and 
 great Aunt to William the Conquerour^) married unto him 
 at Cane in Normandy 3 in regard of which alliance, and his fer- 
 vice done at the Conqueft of England , his Father-in-Law in the 
 Third year of his Reign ( at the Siege of Torhgj did give unto 
 him and his heirs, all the Lands and Honours late belonging to 
 Earl Edwin in Torhjbire 3 whereon he built the Caftle, and 
 whereof he made the Earldome of Richmond: which long after 
 belonged to the Earls and Dukes of Britaine , his Succeffors. 
 Thefe are the words of the Grant tranflated into Englifh , I 
 William (furnamed BzRzrd , King of England ) give and graft 
 to thee my Nephew Alan Earl ^Britaine, and to thy heirs for ever , 
 allthofe Villages , Towns , and Lands , which were late inpoffef- 
 fion of Earl Edwin in Yorkfhire, with Knights-Fees and Churches , 
 and other Eiberties and Cujlomes , as freely and honourably as 
 the faid Edwin held them. Given at the Siege before Torhg. 
 This Conjlance Countefs of Britaine ( after fhe had been married 
 X V. years ) died without iftue, and was buried in the Ab¬ 
 bey of St. Edmondsbury in Suffolk 3 after whofe death Earl 
 Alan efpoufed E rmingard Daughter of Foully Earl of Anjou , and 
 
 D bad 
 
 I fit Genii. 
 p.}io.a s 
 
 mui « 
 188. 
 
 Cri. Vital, 
 p. 544 - <• 
 
IO 
 
 The Norman 
 
 Dinaftj. 
 
 A (jENJE A LOGICAL HISTORY OF 
 
 had by her Conan le Grofs , unto whom King Henry the I. gave Book 
 one of his Natural Daughters to Wife , named Matilda or 
 Maud. 
 
 2. ADELIDIS or AD ELIZA, third Daughter, Vasin mv - Ger »- 
 her Childhood contra&ed unto Duke Harold, when he was in T’ p ' ll °' 
 Normandy , being a young Widdower i notwithftanding which 
 he refufing her, took another Wife , and ufurped the Kingdom 
 of England , after the death of St. Edward the Confeffor : where- Ordericus 
 by he occafioned his own ruin , and the Conqueft of his King- 6 ^ 1 ' 
 dome which afterwards fell out, when her Father fought re¬ 
 venge , which fome write was fo much to the difcontentment of 
 this Lady , that for grief of thefe misfortunes (he ever after re- 
 fufed Marriage, and led a (ingle and folitary life; though others p- *85. c. 
 upon better warrant colled, that (he died young, and before 
 William her Father fet forth for England, Harold himfelf plead¬ 
 ing that he was free from all Covenants and Promifes to the Duke 
 by reafon of the death of this his Daughter# 
 
 a ADEL A or ALICE, Countefs of Blois , fourth Daugh- miam- 
 ter of the Conquerour and Queen Maud , was contraded untoT ? 3I °' 
 Stephen Earl of Blois y for the Confirmation of a ftrid Union 
 betwixt that Earl and her Father. This Ceremony was perfor- orivita . 
 med at Bretville , and afterwards their Nuptials were nobly ce- 
 lebrated at Chartres. She out-lived her Husband, and in her 
 Widowhood governed the County Palatine of Blois , during the 
 Minority of her Sons, and then took upon her Religious Orders 
 in the Priory of Nuns at Marftgny in France j where (he continued Wiii.Gm - 
 in Devotion unto her lives end : which hapned to be two years 
 after the death of King Henry I. her Brother : leaving i(fue by 
 Earl Stephen four Sons and one Daughter: Vi%, 
 
 3. WIL LIA M, her Eldefl Son, was an Innocent (faith Ralph criviui. 
 Brooke Tor\ Herauld, and Speed who exadly followech his 
 Copy ) but as fimple as he was, I find that he had a Wife, ^ 
 
 Daughter of Gilon de Soleio whofe Eftate he peaceably pof- 
 felfed during life: and alfo i(Tue by her, three Sons, Odo , Ra- 
 herins ^and Henry de Soleio Abbot oiFefchampe j and a Daugh¬ 
 ter married to Henry Earl of Angi Son of Earl William. 
 
 3. THEOBALD, Earl Palatine of Blois , called the Great , ori vital 
 (TecondSon of Stephen Earl of Blois) was a man famous in 
 War, and as great a Jufticer in the time of Peace; and both 
 for his vertue and riches ranked among the chiefeft Princes of 
 France. After the death of Henry the I. King of England 
 his Uncle , he took Normandy into his hand , and forced 
 the Inhabitants to Obedience. His Wife was Maud , 
 Daughter ot Duke Ingelbert , by whom he had ilfue three 
 Sons, Henry Earl of Campaigne , Theobald Earl of Blois , and 
 
 Stephen 
 
Chap.i. 
 
 Chronica 
 Korman- 
 zia, p.985. 
 
 a. 
 
 Cmdtn’t 
 
 Remains, 
 f. 355- 
 
 jyill Gem. 
 f.jio . c>A. 
 
 Mule. 
 
 Godwin 
 
 Catalogue 
 
 ©fBiQiopS, 
 
 fol. 170 1 <? 
 l7l l 
 
 Mat the* 
 Wefimiiifl. 
 
 lVillGtm. 
 f. 310 . c. 
 V J*S *• 
 
 THE KJHJj s OF E*CQLAfitp,&c. u 
 
 ----- -- -s_—-- 
 
 Stephen Lord of Servicium in Berry , and feveral Daughters. The Norman 
 He departed this world Anno 1151. and upon him Giraldus ——— 
 Cambrenfts wrote this Epitaph : 
 
 Ille Corns , Comes illepins Theobaldus eras^ quem 
 Gandet habere polns , terra carere dolet. 
 
 Non hominem poftftum , non adeo dicere nnmen: 
 
 Mors probat hunc hominem , vita ftuiftfe deum. 
 
 Trans hominem , citraqne deum , plus hoc , minus iftud 7 
 Nefcio quis , neuter^ inter utrumquefuit. 
 
 3.STEPHEN, Third Son of Stephen , was Earl of Mortain 
 and Bollein , after the death of his Uncle King Henry I. he u- 
 furped the Kingdom of England, of him you may fee more in 
 the VI. Chapter of this Firft Book. 
 
 3. HENRY, Bifliop of Winchefter , Fourth Son of Stephen 
 Earl of Blois , was a Monk of Cluny from his Childhood, from 
 which place he was removed , and made firft Abbot of Ber - 
 mondfey , and afterwards of Glaftonbury among many Books 
 which he wrote in Profe and Verfe, one was an Hiftory of 
 the finding King AYthurs Bones in the Abbey of Glaftonbury , 
 being a principal Aftor in that difeovery. He was by his Un¬ 
 cle King Henry I. upon the 17 of November 11 29 preferred 
 to the Bifhoprick of Winchefter , not by favour only, or in 
 regard of his high Extraction j for he was very learned. And 
 though his Brother King Stephen found a good friend of him, 
 upon his gaining the Crown of England , yet being taken pri- 
 foner by Maud the Emprefs, he accurfed and excommunica¬ 
 ted all that refilled her: Notwithftanding he had many con¬ 
 tentions with the faid Emprefs, unto whom he was at laft re¬ 
 conciled. And although he is charged with the burning of 
 moft part of Winchefter , and the Religious Houfes, with the 
 Ruins of which he enriched himfelf ; yet to ballance that with 
 his good Deeds, we muft alfo remember , that he founded 
 the Hofpital of St. Crofs near Winchefter , and built the Caftle 
 of Earnham. He contended often with the Archbifhop of 
 Canterbury for Superiority, under colour that he was the Popes 
 Legate a Latere , and ( as fome write ) a Cardinal. He is 
 reported to have obtained from Pope Lucius the Title of an 
 Archbifhop, with the prefentment of a Pall, and Authority 
 over Seven Churches. He lived in great honour till the Reign 
 of King Henry 11. whom he fliarply reproved, as the Caufer 
 of Thomas Beckgt's death, and deceafed upon the 6th of An - 
 guft 1171. 
 
 3. MAUD Countefs of Chefter , only Daughter of Stephen 
 Earl of Blois and Adela , Daughter of William the Conquerour, 
 was married to Richard the young Earl of Chefter (Son of Earl 
 Hugh , and Grandfon of Richard Vifcountof Auranches ) who 
 ". > enjoyed 
 
u A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Norman 
 Dinafiy. 
 
 enjoyed hisEarldome 12 years only , for this Richard and his Book F 
 Wife Maud, William Son of King Henry the Firft , and near ~ 
 200 perfons more were drowned near Barbfleetjn their pafiage order. ?*- 
 from Normandy ,upon the v i. of the Kalends of December, <vi%,. “Vyo.**. 
 the 26 of November, Anno 1119. fo that dying without iffue, 
 the Earldome of Chefter , came to Randol Mefchines his Cofin 
 German. 
 
 2. GUNDRED, Countefs of Surrey , fifth Daughter of King infn Re 1 
 William the Firft was married to William de Warrenna a Noble- ScTm 
 man of Normandy j who came with the faid King to the Con- 
 queft of England: and was afterwards by King William Rufus ***ifi>*»- 
 created Earl of Surrey. He deceafed upon the v ii i. of the Ka¬ 
 lends of July ( vi%. the 24. day of June ) Anno 1088. and ord.viuu 
 was buried in the Chapter-houfe of the Priory of Lewis in Sufiex, 
 a Monaftery by him founded and dedicated to St. Patter ace, with 
 this Infcription engraven in white ftone on his Tomb. 
 
 Hie, Guillelme Comes, locus eft laudis tibi fomes, ibidem; 
 
 Hujus fundator & largus fedis amator . 
 
 JJie tuumfunus decor at, placuit quia munus 
 Pauperibus Chrijli, quod prompta mente dedifli . 
 llle tuoscineres fervat Pancratius heeres. 
 
 Sanctorum cajiris qui te fociabit in ajiris 
 Optime Pancrati, fer opem te glorifcanti. 
 
 Daquepoli fedem, talem tibi qui dedit eedem. 
 
 The Countefs Gundred died in Childbed at Caftlc Acre in Nor- 
 folk upon the v i. of the Kalends of June (vi^. the 27th day of 
 May) Anno 108$. about three years before her Husband, and 
 was alfo interred in the faid Priory of Lewis, leaving by him two 
 Sons and three Daughters, vi^. William Earl Warren and Surrey, Lib. Lev- 
 Progenitor of the fucceeding Earls,and Reginald Warren ,who alfo cffofcv 
 had iffu c,Gundred eldeft Daughter, Edith firft married to Gerald 
 de Gurney, and afterwards to Drew de Monceux ■> and another 
 Daughter the Wife of Ernifius de Colunchis. «/. 7 .' 7 ’ 
 
 2. A G A T H A the fixth and youngeft Daughter of William the muiis $ 
 Conquerour,is reported to fpend her time fo much in prayer,that j7l ' c ' 
 with continual kneeling her knees were brawned. She was affian¬ 
 ced unto Alphonfo King of Galicia in Spain , Founder of the King¬ 
 dom of Portugal , renowned for his Viftories againft the Moors 5 
 but this Lady Agatha having not only an averfion to the perfon of Rob. or 
 - Alphonfo ,but unto marriage it felf,made it her prayer that fhe might 
 die a Virgin, which came to pafs, for being upon her journey in¬ 
 to Spain, fhe deceafed, and her Body being brought back into her 
 Native Countrey, received Burial at Bayeux. 
 
 William the Conquerour, befides thefe Children his lawful ifliie, is Millet f 
 (by Thomas M illes in his Catalogue of Honour) faid to have a Ba- 
 ftard Son, called PEVERELL, who was Lord of Notting - 
 ‘ ham and Derby . 
 
 2. ROBERT. 
 
THE KJNigS OF E3^qLANgD,&c. 
 
 Chap.2. 
 
 The Norman. 
 Dinafty. 
 
 •ROBERT 
 
 Duke of S^O%MA , named 
 
 C O U R T O IS, 
 
 Matth. Pa¬ 
 ris pag- 12 - 
 J. 38. 
 
 Gtmmet. 
 p. 298. (? 
 * 91 - 
 
 I 
 
 « 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 Mongft the Children of William the Con- 
 querour and Queen Maud, this Prince was 
 the eldeft Son, furnamed Courtcboyfe , of his 
 fhort Thighs j or Courtbofe , of his fhort 
 Breeches j or Conrtois , of his courteous be¬ 
 haviour: (for fo many are the Comments 
 upon his Name.) ' He had his birth in Nor¬ 
 mandy , many years before his Father fub- 
 dued England *, to which Dukedome, and alfo the Earldome of 
 Main , he pretended a Title ; to Normandy , by the Gift of King 
 William his Father, and to Main , upon the intereft of Margaret his 
 betrothed Wife, Daughter of Herebert Earl of that County (al¬ 
 though (he died in the Nunn&y of Fefcbampe before the Con rum¬ 
 ination of her Marriage. ) This w r as not the firft promife the Con- 
 querour had broken, and therefore ROBERT refolved by force 
 of Armes to gain thefe Territories rather then with dutiful patience 
 to expeft themj and the King of France that now began to fear King 
 William , endeavours by affifting the Son, to leffen the Father; nor 
 found he a lefs friend of his Mother , who grown impatient not to 
 fee her Son in the poffeflion of a Dutchy, underhand contributed 
 Mat.Paris largely with her own purfe. ROBERT thus confederated, gives 
 S’ An no his Father battel at theCaftle of Gerbery , Anno 1075 ’ who was 
 there launced thorow the Arm, and unhorfed (but being difcovered, 
 remounted again , and conveyed out of the battel, leaving him the 
 honour of the day. ) Which unnatural a&ion of Duke Robert did 
 not fomuch incenfe the King, but that he performed his promife 
 to him at his death 5 yet with ftich a brand , that he feetned rather 
 therein to )uftifie himfelf, than to accommodate his Son. Thefe 
 are the words of his Will p Tbe Dukedome of Normandy ffaid be') 
 before Ifougbt againB Harold in tbe Vale 0/ Senlac, I granted unto my 
 Son Robert, for that be is my frjl begotten , and hath already recei¬ 
 ved homage of all tbe Brifons of bis Countrey } that honour given can¬ 
 not be again undone. But yet without doubt , I hjiow it will be a in fe¬ 
 rable Region which is fubjeSl to tbe rule of bis Government ; for be is a 
 joolifb proud Knave , and to be punifhed with cntel fortune. Thefe 
 indeed prophetick expreffions of the dying Father, had their fad 
 influences upon the Son , whole rebellion had forced his curfes> 
 for upon difeontent that Normandy was Rill retained ( before his 
 * « E Fathers 
 
 Gules 2 Lyons 
 piffanc guar- 
 dint Or, arc 
 the Armes al¬ 
 igned to Ro¬ 
 bert Duke of 
 Normandy ; 
 winch indeed 
 are painted on 
 the furcoat of 
 his Effigies up¬ 
 on his Tomb at 
 Glocejler. But 
 many years af¬ 
 ter his inter¬ 
 ment > as evi¬ 
 dently appears 
 by feveral Ef- 
 cocheons of 
 Armes depift- 
 ed on the fides 
 and ends of the 
 fame Monu¬ 
 ment , unto 
 which I refes 
 the Reader. 
 
 I 07 J 
 
* 
 
 id. A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 'The Norman Fathers ficknefs) ROBERT was gone into Germany to follicite af- Book I. 
 
 Dinafty 
 
 finance, for the obtaininent of his right in that Dutchy j but hearing 
 of his death, hafted into the Province , and was peaceably received Mdt.Pdris 
 and made their Duke} which Title notwithftanding feemed to him p,IC ' n I0 ‘ 
 difhonourable, being difinherited of a Kingdome, into which his 
 younger brother William (taking advantage of his abfence) had in- Rind - 
 vefted himfelfj but not fo abfolutely, but that R OB E RT forced ?!f/efcr.™ 
 him to the payment of 3000 Marks yearly during his life, and the ll f 7 ' 
 Crown of England in reverfion after his death. Upon this agreement 
 ROBE RT undertook the Crofllade to the Holy Land with God¬ 
 frey of Bulloigne againft the Saracens j where for the fpace of four years 
 he behaved himfelf with fuch excellent courage and conduft, that 
 when the Chriftian Princes had fubdued the City and Teritory of 
 Jerufalcm , they made him the firft offer of that Crown ; which he 
 refufed (hearing of the death of his brother King William ) to receive 
 his own in England : and in his return married SIBIL daughter His Mar* 
 of Geoffrey and Sifter of William, Earls of Connerfana in Italy, a Lady 
 which wanted no virtue to make her an acceptable Wife. To her 
 the Duke in his abfence alwayes left the rule of his affairs at home, p■ 7B0.4.' 
 which contra&ing the envy of feveral Noble Women of Normandy , ^ 8l0 ‘ 
 they made fhift to remove her by poyfon , having been his Wife 
 five years. William Archbifhop of Roan celebrated her Exequies, 
 and interred her in the body of the Cathedral Church of our Lady at 
 Roan , in a Tomb of white polifhed Marble ; upon which threfe 
 Verfes were engraven, 
 
 Nobilitas , fpecies , laws, gloria , magna poteflas , 
 
 Vivere perpetuo nonfaciimt hominem. 
 
 Nam gener of a, potens, dives C omit iff a S 1 B 1 l l a 
 Hoc jacet in Tumulo condita,fa£la cinis. 
 
 Cttjus larga matins , mens provida, vitapudica , 
 
 Prodeffet patriae , ft diuturnaforet. 
 
 Normanni Dominam , gens Apula deflet alumnam, 
 
 Cujus in occafit gloria magna ruit . 
 
 Vellens aurati cum Titan fidns inibat , 
 
 Mortem paffa ruit , fit fibi vita Dens. 
 
 King William Rufus was fcarce cold in his Grave, when Henry, 
 Duke R O B E R T’s youngeft brother an Englishman born, taking 
 thefecond time advantage by his abfence,ufurps the Royal Diadem: 
 And ROBERT being now returned into Normandy , is eafily 
 perfwaded by Ralphe Bifhop of Durham , to claim his Kingdom with 
 his Sword} who urged to the Duke, That indeed King William Ru~ 
 fus had reafon to pretend to the Crown of England, becaufe his 
 Father had given it him by his Will } but to what could Henry pre¬ 
 tend , who had his portion left him in money ; and beftdes it was a- 
 greed with William , by confent of all the Lords of the Realme, 
 that the furvivor of them fhould fucceed. Thefe pregnant reafons 
 quickly inflamed the Duke, who immediately raifes a force, comes 
 
 for 
 
 f 
 
 ord. Vital, 
 p.810. a.b. 
 
THE KJHSj s 0F E3^(jLAV(T>,&c. is 
 
 Henry 
 
 Hunting. 
 
 Chap.2. comes for England, and by a conjun&ion with his friends here, 
 
 ~~ 7 makes up a formidable Army ; but inftead of a battel, which in all -- 
 
 probability might have put him in pofiefiion of the Kingdome, he 
 was cheated into a composition at the old rate, 3000 Markes per 
 annum , and the Crown in reverfion, and fo returned home} which 
 fo much difobliged his Normans, that they never after heartily af- 
 ferted his intereft. After this, he made a vifit out of kindnefs to fee 
 King Henry his brother , where he was fo well pleafed with his en¬ 
 tertainment , that in requital thereof , and to oblige the Queen 
 mi.Gem. that was his God-daughter, he releafed to King Henry the 3000 
 p. 192. <t. fyj ar k GS# g ut returning home, and considering better what he 
 had done,he fo repented him,that he Spared not to lay his brother had 
 dire&ly coufened him, which coming to King Henry's ear, he was fo 
 incenfed , that he takes the occafion to invade Normandy , and 
 mi Gem. at the battel of Tenarcbbray fought upon the fifth of the Kalends of 
 0?if it'd. OSioher ( the 27th day of September') in the feventh year of 
 re *g n ? anno 11 06. ROBERT was made prifoner , and fent 
 b. 887. a. i n to England , and kept in durance fometime in the Caftles of Bri- 
 Jtol and the Devifes , and laSt of all at Cardiff in South Wales , where 
 he remained a prifoner till his death, ufed for a time with reafona- 
 ble liberty for recreation, till attempting to make an efcape , it was 
 thought fit to put out his eyes ( an unbrotherly a& ) which though 
 it increafed his mifery , yet it Shortned not his life} for he lived ma¬ 
 ny years after: in all from the time of his firft imprifonment xxviii. 
 
 His death ("as Mat. Wejlminfter hath it) proceeded from grief taken 
 at his brother King Henry , who ( according to cuftom ) fending 
 him a Scarlet Robe j which he had tried on , and finding the Ca- 
 pouch to befomewhattoofixaitfor his head, thereupon fent it to 
 Duke ROBERT , whom he faid had one much leSTe. The 
 Duke demanded of the MeSTenger if any one had worn it, and be« 
 ing informed the King had firfi: efiaied it, and what words he ufed, 
 replied , I have nova too long protracted a miferable life , fince my 
 brother is fo injurious to me , that he fends me his old cloaths to wear ? 
 and from that time would never eat any meat, or receive any com¬ 
 fort. 
 
 vitins p: He deceafed upon the iv. of the Ides ( vi^. the 1 oth day) of 
 
 wiu.Gcm- February , Anno 1134 5 and was interred in the Chore of St. Peter's 
 «rt.p.3 o i. dj Urc h at Qlocefler before the high Altar , where not long after was 
 ere&ed for him a Tomb (in form of a Chefi) of Wainfcot, with his 
 Image thereon crofs-legged , carved to the life in heart of Oak ; 
 upon the pannels of the Chefi: are pencilled the Armes of feveral 
 of the Worthies, and at the foot the Armes of France and England 
 quarterly. Which (hew thefe Efcocheons to be painted fince the 
 Reign of King Henry the Fourth. This Monument (to the great 
 credit of the fubftance of which it was made ) flood firm until that 
 *sir Hm. the Parliament Party having garrifon’d the City of Glocefler agairrfl 
 IZnwy King Charles I. the rebellious fouldiers tore it to pieces •, but the 
 collnty of P arce k thereof ( ready to be burnt) were by the care of a * Loy- 
 Ghtejier. al Perfon bought of the fouldiers, and privately laid up , till the 
 
 Refiauration 
 
[i||iiiimiumimimiiiinijiiimiij 
 
 i niiiiuiiiitmiiiiiiiiiiiiMi.l 
 
 1 6 A qE^CEALOgiCAL HlSTO‘KJ OF 
 
 The Norman Kcftauration of his now Majefty King Charles II. when the old Book 1, 
 pj cces p Ut together again were repaired and beautified with Gold 
 and Colours, at the charge of that worthy Perfon } who hath alfo 
 added a Wire Skreen inform of an Arch, for its future preferva- 
 tion. This is the form of the Monument, taken from the Original 
 in the Month of October, Anno 1 66^ 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 HU 
 
 11 
 
 ■ 
 
 111! 
 
 1 
 
 m 
 
 111 
 
 III 
 
 III 
 
 llll 
 
 III 111 
 
 llllprl 
 
 iiiiiiiiiii 
 
 IIIIIIIIIII 
 
 ini 
 
 ’ii'H 
 
 III II IIIIIIIIIII III IIIIIIIIIII 
 
 ili 
 
 ^ 11 P 6 P 
 
 iiiiM 
 
 
 ■imi® 
 
 Children of fO 2> E c RfT T>u\e of Normandy by 
 S1 2 1L of Converfana his Wife . 
 
 The Arms of 3. WILLIAM Earl of Flanders 3 born at Roan in Normandy , Oriviui. 
 !/Im«cfaS[ » fo called from William Archbifiiop of that City , who gave him 
 
 Ifn pieces,or his Name at the Font, was elder Son of Robert Duke of Nor- />• 780.4.3 
 
 luefihocheonGules, which were the reputed Arms of the Ferre/ferr and firft Earls of Fenders to the time of Philip of Ulfatiat 
 whoas tradition goes (in his firft Expedition to the Holy Land ) having flam a certain Mahumttan King of Alb ini i, did after¬ 
 wards bear his Arms , being a Lyon Rampant sable , in afield Or; and tranfmittedthem to his Pofterity. 
 
 As to the Arms of the Forrcjicrs , the only example exhibited by Olivarius Vredius for the proof of them, is the Monument of 
 this WILLIAM} in Sigil. Comit. Fl&ndrixyfag. 14- which you have exaftly drawn from his Copy in the next leaf; notfo 
 much as leconded by the Seals of this WILLIAM or any other : but on the contrary by the fame Author exploded, as rather 
 belonoin?, to the Monaftctyof St. Firtin , where fcveralof thofe Earls received burial 5 and long afterwards had their plain Shields 
 adorned with the Armsof the faid Abbey. For it appears evidently by tie Seal of Robert the Frifon , above 54 years before 
 the time of this IVILL IA M , that the Lyon wasufed for the Armsof that Eatldome; and alfo that the faid Philip of Alfitia 
 Ear! of Flinders , 17 years before his firft Voyage to Pale (lire, did bear in his Shield the fame Lyon rampant > which have 
 ever ftnee been tiled for the Armso/ that Eafldome, and doth ccntradiCi that general opinion of the accafion of bearing the 
 Lyon* - • 
 
 tnandy , 
 
Chap.2. 
 
 Petrus 
 
 Baltafarin 
 
 Comitm 
 
 flandrix 
 
 Imagines. 
 
 p. 80 . 
 
 Henninges 
 in Stuart* 
 JMontrchi* 
 f -78 .& 
 
 7 9- 
 
 C emmet, 
 p. joi . b. 
 Ord. Vital, 
 p. 887 . a. 
 
 THE KJK 9 s OF E*LgLJNi‘D,&c. 17 
 
 mandy , and for his Covetoufnefs firnamed Mifer. He was made 
 
 Earle of Flanders by Philip le Groffe King of France , in the -^ 
 
 right of Maud Queen of England his Grandmother, and fucceed- 
 ed Charles of Denmark,£ in that County, Anno 112 j. notwith- 
 . ftanding that feveral other Lords laid claim to the laid Earldome; 
 as William de Loo Vifcount of Iprc , Theodericl ^ of Alfatia , and 
 Baldwin of Hainalt j having good reafon to contend, in refpe£t 
 of their proximity and defcent, as appears by their Genealogies. 
 
 This WIL L IA M , before his advancement to the County 
 of Flanders , behaved himfelf with a Teeming modefty and tern- 
 peri but being once pofleffed thereof, became tyrannical and 
 cruel i by which carriage he caufed theFftates and Nobles of 
 Flanders to rejeft him , and chufein his room Theodoricl^ Lant- 
 grave of Alfatia , with whom W IL LIA M fighting the Bat¬ 
 tel of Aclfi in Flanders , got the Vi&ory , but in the profecuti- 
 on thereof loft his life by the wound of an arrow in his hand, up¬ 
 on the v i. of the Kalends of Anguft , (m. the 2 7th day of July) 
 in the XXVIII. year of King Henry I. his Uncle, Anno Dom , 
 
 1138. (fix years before the deceale of Duke Robert his Father, 
 whofe releafment and re-eftablifhment he had ftrenpoufly en- 
 
 F deavovired 
 
,8 A gEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 1 he Kerman 
 Dinafty. 
 
 The Mrca- 
 mer or S and- 
 ard cf lVI 
 LI A M Duke 
 of Normandy 
 (mentioned in 
 my Annexati¬ 
 ons in the fe~ 
 cond Page of 
 this Fir A Book, 
 and now dif- 
 courfed of up¬ 
 on the exhibi¬ 
 tion of thefe 
 Seals of H IL- 
 IIAM Earl 
 of Flinders) 
 you have ex- 
 aflly reprefent- 
 ed upon his 
 Great Sea!, 
 when he after¬ 
 wards came to 
 be King of 
 England ; on 
 that of his Son 
 King William 
 Rufus, and 
 upon the Coin 
 of King Ste¬ 
 phen, charged 
 with a Crofs: 
 Nor was this 
 Standard figu¬ 
 red only upon 
 the Seals of our 
 Kings at home. 
 
 deavoured^) and was interred at St. Omer , in the Monaftery of Book Ii 
 St. Bertin , leaving his Succeflor Theodoricl ^ in quiet poffefllon of sigiiu "" 
 the faid Earldome. The form of his Tomb of Grey Marble, rStS, 
 
 I prefent to your view in the fore-going Page (copied out 
 of Olivarins Vredius ) upon the Verge of which is this In- 
 feription^ Hie Jacet Guillelmvs Comes Flan- 
 drie Filivs Roberti Dvcis Normanie QvI 
 Obiit Anno Domini M.CCXXVII. which Epi¬ 
 taph difagreeth 99 years from the time of his death } for he de¬ 
 parted this World in the year of our Lord M. CXXVIIL 
 The two Seals (mentioned in the precedent Page ) are taken 
 out of the fame Author, Pag. 1 1. 12. that marked with the 
 
 Letter C. annexed to Charters dated Anno 1127. and that no¬ 
 ted withD. to one bearing date Anno 1128. (ci fatality mean¬ 
 ing thereby the year of his death. ) 
 
 This WILLIAM Earl of Flanders had two Wives, the i F i .F Gem ' 
 firft of which was SIBIL ( whofe Mother alfo named Sibil^ 
 was Daughter of Foully Earl of Anjou ) after divorced from him 
 and remarried to his Succeffor Theodoricl^ before-mentioned *, af¬ 
 ter which he took to hisfecond Wife Joan Daughter of Hunt- ord.vitai. 
 bert Earl of Morienne ( now called Savoy ) Sifter of Queen Alix p,?84, b c ‘ 
 of France , Wife of King Lewis le Grojfe ; but by neither of 
 thefe had any Child. 
 
 met. p.199. 
 a. ' 
 
 His Marri¬ 
 ages. 
 
 but abroad alfo, 
 
 among the Neighbouring Ptinces;for this WILLIAM Est\ of Flanders, whofe Monument and Seals aredepi&ed in the prece¬ 
 dent Page ; on that marked with the Letter C . is noted to have a Standard alfo ( Olivarius Vredius in Sigil Com. Flandr. p 1 1.) 
 and for another inftanceof this kind » you may obferve that Humbert Earl of Morienne, now called Savoy, to a Grant made to Bofon 
 Vifcount of Augufta, fealed with his figure on Hot f- back, armed at all points,in the right hand of which is a Standard charged with an 
 Eagle diiplaied, which was his Devife ( the Charter dated Anno I ic 6. (Hifloire Gcnealogique dc la Royalle Mayfon de savije pit 
 Samuel Guichenon, p. i n.) v.hich Streamer is never to be found in the Seals of other than Soveraign Princes. 
 
 Of this fort were thofe Standards of Edwin King of Northumberland , who began his Raign Anno 677, carried alwayesbe- 
 fore him ; and called in Englilh a Tuffe , as Venerable Bede obferves. That of King Aelfred, named Rcofan , that is Corvus ; 
 of which it is reported, That if they who difplaicd it in Battel were deflin’d toViftory, there would appear in the middle ot 
 the Enfigne asitweiea Living Raven upon the wing J but, if to be overcome, it would hang diredly downward, without 
 motion. A third was the Standard of King ofroald, of Gold and Purple, interwoven; which after his death was fetupover his*» 
 
 Tomb at Beardncy Abbey. Bede lib. 3. csp. 11. Andlaftly, That of King Harold, loft with his life 3nd Kingdomc to Wil¬ 
 liam the Conquerour, and afterwards by William fern to the Pope j the form thereof refembling an Armed Man , wrought in 
 Gold and Precious Stones with moil exquifite workmanfiiip. ( mentioned by Malmesbury.) 
 
 And well might this Imperial Enfign be exhibited among the Regalia and Marks of Dominion, when it was difplaied only in 
 the Army where the King or Soveraign Piince himfelf commanded in Pcrfon i (Tor which caufe it hath with us the Denomination 
 o' the St A N D A K 1 ) K 0 T A L ) In levioribus tmim congrejfibus ( faith Sir Henry spelman in Afpilogia , p. iz.) nun- 
 quamvifum efl (meaning the Standard) fed tantum in ipfo regjo exercitu jam de fumma rerum confligente. And Huntington 
 fob 388. num. 20. fpeakingof David King of Scots invading King Stephen, hathit, Erefto C vi\- Standario ) huic con- 
 currendum e /1 ut de falutc pubiicaperiSIitaturis Sic Daviie Scotorum Rege innumerabilcmexerchum in Angliampromo - 
 ventem contra stephanum proccres Borealesviriliicr rejUtucrunt, fxo St A ND A R.D 0 » idejl, R.cgio infigni, apudAl- 
 verton. And Brito Armoricamis (i n Apicc, lib. c/«x 11. J mentioning the Conflift of Othn the Emperour againft Philip 
 AuguF.ui King of Frame , emphatically exprelfcs the Dignity of this Enfign in this Hexameter 
 
 ST A NVaRDo Mundi Dominum fe difcutat Otho. 
 
 As the Middle Ages among the Romans ( faith Sir Hen. Spelman) changed the Imperial Banner into the Name of the Labi- 
 rum , Toother Nations in the more Modern, that of the iabarum into the appellation of a STANDARD, a word deri¬ 
 ved from the Germans , fignifying a Stationary, or thing fixed. The Saxons called it Becan , its probable becaufe Becen fignifieth 
 Vifcemablc ■, from which our Becons fet upon the tops of Mountains and Hills (fired to give notice to the Count.'ey uponocca- 
 fion oflnfurreflions and Invafions) derive their Denomination. 
 
 3. HENRY the younger Son of Duk e Robert, hunting in the witu 
 New Forreji in Hampjhire , was ( A bj a !om like ) caught up in 
 the boughs of a Tre<^ by the Jaws (his Horfe pafling under ) «• 
 and fo was left hanging until he died •, being the fecond per- 
 fon that in that fame place came to a violent death , preceded Order■ Vi- 
 by Richard , and fucceeded by King William Ritf 'us , Both his 
 Uncles j who alfo there had their untimely ends. 
 
 Natural 
 
THE KJK.9S 0F E^(gLA^CP,&c. 
 
 Chap.?.* 
 
 Natural Iffue of Duke ROBERT. 
 
 1 9 
 
 The Norman 
 
 Dinafty. 
 
 . - -— 
 
 Ordericus ^ , RICHARD and WILLIAM, Baftard Sons of Robert 
 780.^ Duke of Normandy , whom he begat of the young andbeau- 
 
 ^ 78l,rf ’ tiful Concubine of a certain old Prieft living on the borders of 
 
 France. Thefe Children were by their Mother for a long 
 time carefully educated , and being grown up, by her pre- 
 fented to the Duke in Normandy , who by feveral tokens made 
 her felf known to him ; but he doubting of the Children , (he 
 in his prefence purged them by Fire-Ordeal. Thefe Sons com- 
 ming to mans eftate, one of them took a forfeit in Hunting, of 
 which he died} and the other (after his Father Duke Robert was 
 taken prifoner at the battel of Tenarchbray ) undertook a Voy¬ 
 age to Jerufaletn , and there died fighting valiantly againft the In¬ 
 fidels. 
 
 • WILLIAM II. 
 
 King of E L A > and Duke of 
 
 NORMANDY , furnamed 
 RUFUS. 
 
 AnTOm. 
 1087. 
 Sept, 9 . 
 
 Mttth. Pa¬ 
 ris p. 14. 
 7 I.IO. iO. 
 
 Hob. of 
 Cloceft. p. 
 '192. 
 Hogtrus 
 Ho-ueitn, 
 P‘ * 64 . A. 
 n>i 0. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 IL LIA M the Conquerour being dead, the 
 Crqwn oC Engl and did by right offocccfoon 
 fall upon his eldell: Son Robert , but this 
 WILLIAM his third Son ( born in Nor* 
 mandy , in the XXI. year of his Fathers 
 Dukcdome , and furnamed of the red co¬ 
 lour of his hair in French Rous , and in La- 
 tine Rufus ) alwayes framed his adions fo 
 parallel with his Fathers humour, that he thought him much more 
 worthy to fucceed him in his Kingdome. And Lanfranh^ the learned 
 Lombard, this William's Tutor, Archbifoop of Canterbury (who had 
 given him his Education and the Order of Knighthood ) lo prevailed 
 with the people, that Robert (being abfent at that time in Germany ) 
 was rejeded, and WILLIAM hafining into England , was 
 crowned at Wefiminfler by the laid Lanfranh^ upon the v i. of the Ka¬ 
 lends of Otlober ( vi'i,. the 26th day of September ) in the year of 
 our Salvation 1087. feventeen dayes after the deceale of his Fa¬ 
 ther. But having gotten a peaceable poflefllon of the Crown,he mu ft 
 
 not 
 
A (jEXEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 not think to hold it To , for both his brother Robert prepares to re- Book I, 
 cover it from him ^ and the Lords of England combine with Ro - "~ 
 
 bert to afllft him in it. The firffc mover of this trouble was Odo 
 Biffiop of Bayenx his Uncle, in his Fathers time imprifoned by Lan - 
 frank and therefore owed him a grudge 5 but though thisftorm 
 was violent , yet it foon paffed over} that indeed of his Lords 
 with more difficulty , but that of his brother Robert with more Mittb.v * 
 cofi: } for it was at laft agreed that Rufus fhould pay him 3000 T f\ 0 PlC ‘ 
 Markes yearly during his life, and leave him theKingdome after in 
 hisdeceafc. Some of the Lords were reconciled to the King by f b l)cbr - 
 fair words, and others again reduced by force j and Odo chief En- y. 7 * * 
 gineer of all the work befteged in Rochejler Caftle , taken prifoner, 
 and forced to abjure the Realm. 
 
 Malcohne King of Scots taking advantage of WILLIAM* s 
 troubles at home , invades Northumberland , burns and harrafles the 
 Countrey , and returns home laden with his fpoils} upon which 
 King WILLIAM and Duke Robert invade Scotland^ and force mh.Fmu 
 M alcohne to acknowledge his former Homage, and upon faith gi- P ,l6,n,l9 ‘ 
 ven, return } Being by thefe fucccffes better affured of an eftablifh- 
 ment than before, WILLIAM now began to tread his Fa¬ 
 thers fteps, and with the like feverity and oppreffion to humble 
 the haughty fpirits of the Engliffi, by impofing on them many in¬ 
 tolerable Taxes, thereby keeping them low, and bereaving them 
 of thofe requifites that might either promote their hope or his 
 fears. ~ * ~ 
 
 Duke Robert at this time finding his brother King WILLI- ivitui 
 AM not to keep his word in paying him his Penfion, complains Gemmt - 1 
 to F hi lip King of France , and by his aid takes fome Towns which 
 he before had delivered in pawn for Money to his brother WIL¬ 
 LIAM, who hearing thereof, haftens into Normandy } and the 
 King of France by him bribed , forfook Robert, fo that being de¬ 
 prived of affiftance, he was compelled to crave pardon j ffiortly 
 after which he undertook his Voyage to Hierufalem. 
 
 His war made upon Rhees ap Tervdor the laft Prince of South - etna 
 Wales , proved tedious, but was at laft recompenced With afignal 
 Vi£lory, by the death of that Prince , and a better afiurance of iub- 
 je&ion from that people , than had been exa&ed by any of his 
 Predeceflors. At which time Rob. Fit%Hamon and his followers 
 obtained a fruitful pofleffion in thofe parts. 
 
 King WILLIAM being at Glocejler , was out of kindnefs 
 vifited by Malcolme the valiant King of Scots, but not admitting 
 him to his prefence , it put the Scot into fuch a paffion , that return¬ 
 ing home he railed an Army, and the fecond time invaded and 
 fpoiled Northumberland j but by Robert Mowbray the Kings Gene- mam. ' 
 ral, Earl of that Province , he, together with his eldeft fon Edward , 
 were defeated and flain near Alnwichg , Anno 1092. and Mowbray vhctnt.' 
 demanding a reward of King WILLIAM for his fervice , and p ' j6 *‘ 
 being negle&ed, was fo highly moved , that he combined with di¬ 
 vers 
 
THE KJNigS OF EKQLA^CT>,&c. zi 
 
 V-------“ ' “ — 
 
 Chap.j. vers Lords to depofe the King: but the plot being difcovered, Wllliam I£ 
 ( for Tray tors feldome thrive better ) Mowbray after fome refi- 
 ftL 26 7 ni ftance, was forced to feek San&uary at Tinmouth *, from whence 
 r - I0 > 20 > he was taken, and imprifoned at Windfor Caftle, abput the year 
 109$. 
 
 The Pope had no friend of our WILLIAM, who flighted 
 his binding andloofing , and held it unavailable to invocate Saints, 
 he punifhed the then fwelling Clergy for their pride, luxury, and a- 
 varice, by heavy impofitions *, by which means he filled his Cof¬ 
 fers : heard a Deputation of the Jewes ( who bribed him to favour 
 themj) againft the Chriftians, but they loft the day and their money 
 Rob. of together. A Groom of his Chamber on a time bringing him a pair 
 p. l0 j C p6.' b. of Breeches of three (hillings price, was by him blamed, and com- 
 v w manded to furnifh him with a pair fit for a King, that fbould coft a 
 Mark j he goes, and prefenting him with a meaner pair, which he 
 faid coft fo much j Yea Bellamy (or by St. Lubes Face ) faid the 
 King, they are well bought} inch was the frugality of thofe times. 
 
 His liberality to religious perfons and places , do manifeft he was 
 not void of Religion } and thofe ftately Structures of the Tower j 
 and Wettminfier -Hall of 270 foot long and 74 in breadth > are fuf- 
 ficient marks of his Magnificence. And although it be fomewhat te¬ 
 dious , yet I cannot omit ( among many ) this one example of his 
 Magnanimity *, Word being brought him ^ as he fate at dinner, that 
 his City of Mans in Normandy was beficged, and in great danger to 
 be taken, if not fuddenly relieved whereupon King WILLI- 
 A M asked which way Mans lay, and then caufed Mafons imme¬ 
 diately to take down the wall , to make him paflage the next way} 
 and fo rode inftantly towards the Sea } his Lords advifing him to 
 ftay till his people were ready , Ni?, faid he, but fetch as love me % I 
 . kttow will follow me j and being on fhipboard, and the weather 
 growing tempeftuous, hewasadvifed to ftay fora calm fealon, 
 
 No , replied he again , fear nothing , I never heard of any King that 
 was drowned ; and thereby coming to Mans unexpe&ed, he raifed 
 the Siege, and took Helias Count de la Flefche ( Author of the tu¬ 
 mult) prifoncr i who vaunting to the King, and faying, Now in * 
 deed you have taken me by a wile , but if I were at liberty again , yon 
 fbould find another kind of refinance } at which the King laughing , 
 faid, T hen go your wayes , and do your worjl , and let us Jee what 
 feats you can do ; and fo fet him at liberty. • 
 g tjUGuii. His death was cafual, by the glance of an arrow from a Tree 
 
 (fome fay from theheam of a Deers Horn) (hot at aStagg (by Sir 
 wot.Gm~ Walter Tyrrell a French Knight^) in the New Forrefl ("near a place 
 called Charingham ) upon the iv. of the Nones of Augujl (vi%. the 
 2. day of Augujl ) Anno 1100 j after he had reigned 12 years* 
 
 11 moneths, and 9 dayes .) wherein 4 Abbies and 3 6 Parifli- 
 Churches had been demolilhed , with the removing of all the In¬ 
 habitants , to make room for wild beafts, or dogs game j as GuaU 
 ter Mafes , who lived immediately after, hath it. 
 
A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 ^mcr&nlu vn (Pmto&U 
 Q)wiym ,&jpiscojHj Wintonie, 
 Gart&'nj 
 
 J\ajy, cojnammaU 
 
 ^PeAimpVi 
 im Orrfvi 
 
 ^ Georgio 
 
 I 
 
 X^mttWiLL 
 'EFw Lurmri, & 
 
 
%HE Kj^cgs OF ES^gLJ^CP,&c. Z ? 
 
 Chap.j* 
 
 Mmhias 
 Prideaux 
 M. A. In 
 his Intro - 
 ciuft ion to 
 Hiftcry. 
 p. 31J. 
 
 JEill.Gem. 
 p. i$ 6 . d. 
 
 Rex cervnm infequitur , Regem vindiSia, Tyrellus 
 Non bene provifam transjixit acumineferrL 
 
 William II. 
 
 The King the Stagg, 
 
 Vengeance the King doth chacei 
 3 Jrell’s hard Iiappi 
 concludes this TragUk Cafe* 
 
 U'ill Gtm. 
 p.397. a. 
 
 sped p. 
 4 *7* 
 
 He was the third man of his Fathers Progeny that in this place 
 came to an untimely end , thus finishing his troublefome yet victori¬ 
 ous Reign, having governed 12 years and n moneths, wanting 8 
 dayes; aged above 40 years: who being of an able Conftitution , 
 and negleCting Marriage, is generally charged with incontinency , 
 but with nothing in particular ; for neither is mentioned any vio¬ 
 lence he ever offered to any , nor is any woman named to be his Pa¬ 
 ramour ; and Princes Concubines are feldom concealed. But Sir Ri¬ 
 chard Baker tells us of a Baftard Son he had , Called Bertram 
 mis j whom he advanced in honour , and matched into a Noble Fa¬ 
 mily. 
 
 The dead Body of King WILLIAM being thrown into a 
 Colliars Cart, was in the journey overturned and left in the dirt j 
 whence it was taken , and had Royal Burial in the Cathedral 
 Church of St. Srvithen at Winchester ( by the appointment of his 
 Brother and Succeffor King Henry I.) before the High Altar ; where 
 his Tomb is in being, of Gray Marble , raifed about two foot from 
 the Pavement, j the Figure of which you have in the precedent 
 page marked A. with a profpeCi of the faid Altar copied from the 
 Original} which Monument being broke open (by the Rebels in 
 theraign of our late Soveraign Lord King Charles I. (as I am in¬ 
 formed ) was found to contain the duft of that King , fome Re- 
 liques of Cloth of Gold, a large Gold Ring, and a linall Cha¬ 
 lice of Silver. 
 
 Upon his Great *Seal he wrote himfelf WILIELMUS * The Great 
 DEI GRATIA REX ANGLORUM, and on the rc- 
 verfe WILIELMUS DEI GRATIA DllX NOR- refembles that 
 MAN O RUM. Although its well known he had no Title excepting the 
 to Normandy , but only by pawn from his Brother Duke Robert. Head (Wb 
 
 is much like 
 
 the Coronets that our Earles ufe at this day ) and his Standard flit up almoft to thcStaffej and charge J with crofTc ftrokes, Both 
 which difference* are exprefled over the Effigies of this WILLIAM in the full page of this Bock. 
 
 HENRY 
 
 A l 
 
 rv .* 1: 
 
 r 
 
A qENJEALOqiCAL HlSTO%Y OF 
 
 The Norm An 
 Dinaftj. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 
 HENRY I. 
 
 King of E (j L A T>, and Duke of 
 
 NOKMaNDT , furnamed 
 BE AU-CLERKE. 
 
 For the De- 
 vife or Arms 
 of this King 
 HE NR Y,I 
 cannot oinic or 
 pafie over in fi. 
 Jence the Story 
 of John the 
 Monk of^ijr- 
 tnonjUtr ( or 
 de Mijori 
 Montflerit) 
 in Toirtin, a 
 Author of the 
 time , who 
 tells us, That 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 E N R Y fourth and youngeft Son of William the An.rim\ 
 Conquerour , bom at Selby in Torhfhire Anno ” oa 
 1070. in the third year ofhis Fathers Reign, was 2. 
 bred at Paris (fay fome) others, at Cambridge, its ctufl.f 
 probable at both places: wherein he fo profited, 
 that he acquired the Surname of Beauclerhg , or rnp.ii. 
 The fair Scholar. Upon the death of King William Rufus (taking 3 °’ 
 in roinin, an advantage of theablence of Duke Robert his eldeft Brother at that oriviui. 
 
 time in Apulia , on his return from the Holy'Land) he fuddenly 
 whenihis Sg feifed his Treafure, and then ufurped his Throne, and was crowned 
 puluglm at Wefhninjier upon the fourth day after his Brother King Williams 
 Son of Fo«/£ death, being the 6 . day of Augufi , in the year of our Lord 1100. 
 four din, and by Maurice Bifhop of London (Anjelme Archbifhop of Canterbury be- 
 i 5 f Son in bc ing then ln exile) which enterprife was highly advanced by the Au- 
 ^ing’^mTo 31 thority and Induftry of Henry Newborrow Earl of Warwicf *, the 
 his only people exprefling alio to King H E N R Y a prone inclination , for 6. 
 
 Heir Maui that he was born in England , and after his Father was crowned 
 amimade^m King. On which politick criticifme, he claimed and obtained the 
 the'bathing^ er Kingdome. Having thus mounted the Seat of Majefty , heneg- 
 and other fo- le&ed no means of a firm fettlement therein , again ft the return of 
 formed ( feitt his Brother Robert. And to that purpofe (in the firft year of his o* * 
 iZ £“/lpVr- raign, Anno 1100, upon St. Martins day, at London) hecontra&ed 
 ^loshdbtn- amlt yand alliance with Edgar King of Scots, by taking his ? 8 * L6 ' 
 tibus muniun-Sifter Maud ( in her Baptifme called Edith ) to Wife ; by which h;s firft - 
 ernbr^dered a<ft he not onely diverted that Prince’s Sword, but flood allured orTS. 
 LymftS of his afllftance. She was Daughter of Malcolme III. of the Name ‘ 
 
 Le^s^and (furnamed Canmoir or Great Head) King of Scots, by Margaret his 
 slfo" that (c/y. Wife, Sifter to Edgar called Etheling , and Daughter of Edward , a. b. 
 juwj'imaJ- Son of Edmond Iron fide , themoft valiant Saxon King, thefcourge Robert oc 
 TaifJlusfu- and terrourof the Danes j fo that by her intermarriage with King ?i*j. * 
 shkfd^ with HENRY, the two Families of the Normans and Saxons were 
 thS° f Sm 1 un * te d in the foveraignty. And this, more than any other refpeft, 
 hung about his both gained, and ever after continued the peoples affe&ions firm 
 
 Neck. ravine ° 5 > * A 
 
 mb.j.pag.i 77, 578j (if 579* Here wefind the Lyons of England ( the golden Lyons ) but cannot fay in what colour Field, 
 of what number, or in what pofturc 5 which Lyons were not fixed, nor became hereditary to the Kings of England , till the 
 Stei&n of Richard I. when he caufcd his fecond Great Seal to be made. 
 
 to 
 
 / 
 
THE KJNL9S OF E^CqLA3^p,&c. z 5 
 
 Chap.4; toHENRY. The folemnity of her Marriage ( and afterwards Henr y *• 
 “ that of her Coronation, upon Sunday the nth of November in 
 the fame year 1100. at the Abbey of Wefiminjier) was performed 
 by Anfelme Archbifaop of Canterbury . Her education flie had a- 
 jv.Maim. mong the Nunnes of Wilton and Rumfey , whether for her love to 
 f a g \o. 1 ' b ' a {ingle life, or to avoid fome inferiour matches offered by her Fa¬ 
 ther) Writers do differ ; yet fare it is, that for the common good 
 fhe abandoned her devoted life, and by the aforefaid Anfelme y 
 without difpenfation from Rome , was joyned to King HENRY; 
 who having been his Wife 17 years and upwards (famed for her 
 humility, piety, charity, and all vertuous difpofitions, far from the 
 . mu. ordinary, either vices, or imbecilities of her Sex ) fhe departed this 
 utimesb. WOf ] j (to enjoy a better,) at Wefiminfier the firfl day of May , in 
 r!V the 18th year of his Reign, and of our Salvation 1118. And was 
 SfSrti interred in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter , in the Chappel of 
 f n f£ l,b ‘ the Kings, on the South fide of St. Edward the Confeffor. Her 
 devotion, time of death , and time and place of burial, is thus re- 
 ii7. <*• membred by Robert of Glocejler. 
 
 ratteen Moideat WefWmfier long anb mattp a bap 
 pjapets mb in pennance bp tl)e Bings leabe lap; 
 
 2inb after bepeb as it is rab&e tl)e xi. Dunbjeb per 
 3lnb xviii. after Mary our 2lojb here* 
 
 2 lt Weflminfler l)C 0 tt>aS 3 bUWb a £>epUt Philips bap, 
 
 2 lnb £>eput Jacob, as pit faiuett)tt)e ferae bap of May. 
 
 As King HENRY by this Marriage feemed to flrengthen the 
 Title of their Iffae to the Crown , fo the more to cement the peo¬ 
 ple to his interefl , he made fair promiffes for reforming thofe rigo¬ 
 rous Laws impofed by his Father and Brother; and in fome fort 
 reflored thofe of St. Edward the Confeffor. He granted the Nobi¬ 
 lity free leave to hunt, and to enclofe Parks for Deer; banifhed 
 from his Court all Flatterers, regulated the Extravagancy of Appa- 
 ro b. et rel, and Luxury in Diet: Ordained punifament by death for 
 Gucejt. p. rpheeves and Robbers, and the lofs of fight to them that counter¬ 
 feited his Coin ; and alfo is faid to have held the firfl Parliament, 
 which he ordained fhould confifl of the Three Eflates, of which 
 himfelf was Head. He obliged the Clergy by recalling Anfelme 
 Archbifaop of Canterbury from banifament, and furnifhing the Va¬ 
 cancies in the Church, with learned and grave Divines. 
 
 And becaufe it is not leffe pleafing to the people to have bad 
 Miniflers puniflied, than the good to be advanced, he imprifoned 
 Ralph Bifaop of Durham (a principal Caufer of their late troubles.) 
 
 In this poflure flood King HENRY, when Duke Robert his El- 
 defl Brother was by flow journeys returned from the Holy-Land into 
 Normandy ; to whom Bifhop Ralphe (having broke prifon) repaired, 
 and by many reafons perfwaded to difpute his Title to England with 
 his Sword : whereupon he levies an Army, arrives in England , and 
 the day of Battel being appointed, by the mediation of Friends an 
 
 H Agreement 
 
26 A qE!KEALOqiCAL fflSTO'R? OF 
 
 The Norman Agreement was made betwixt the two Brothers on the fame terms Book I. 
 as m tffjlliam Rufus his time , an unfortunate one for Robert •, by ~ 
 which he loft not only his Kingdome and afterwards hi^Penfion, 
 but hisDukedome of Normandy , and his eyes into the Bargain ; 
 for King HENRY not long after (whether out of diftaft at fome 
 a ft ront offered him by Robert , or which is more probable ,ftirred up 
 with defire of enlarging his Dominions ) invades, and after many 
 bickerings, conquers Normandy (and takes his Brother Robert prifo- 
 ner at Tenarchbray ) about that time forty years that Normandy had 
 before fubdued England. And now was that predi&ion of the 
 ' Conquerour on his Death-bed fulfilled *, who obferving his Son 
 HENRY to be much difcontented, for that he had bequeathed 
 Normandy to Robert , England to William , and no appennage to 
 him, but only a bare Portion in moneys faid unto him, Content 
 thy Jelf Harry , for the time will come , when thy turn (hall be ferved 
 as well as theirs. Verified in the poffefilon of both their Domini¬ 
 ons , as the Infcription on his great Seal doth teftifie } viz. 
 
 On the one * HENRICUS DEI GRATIA REX ANGLORUM. 
 
 And on the other fide , 
 
 * HENRICUS DEI GRATIA DUX NORMANNOR.UM. 
 
 fide of this g'-eat 
 Seal is repre- 
 fenred the King 
 on his Thronej 
 in his right 
 hand he holds 
 a Sword , and 
 in his left he 
 fuftaines a 
 Globe fur- 
 mounted by a 
 Crofle patee, 
 upon which is 
 fixed a Dovej 
 a bird I obferve 
 to be ufed upon 
 the Scepter of 
 St. Edward the 
 Confeflbr, as 
 appears by his 
 great Seal 
 (Speed pag. 
 398.) and its 
 probable that 
 this Dove was 
 
 Speed f. 
 414 . 
 
 Not four years after the death of Queen Maud (married upon 
 intereft of State ) King HENRY (for the love he had to beauty) 
 took to his fecond Wife Adehza or Alice , Daughter of Godfrey the 
 Firft Duke of Brabant (Sifter to another Duke Godfrey and Jofce - 
 line of Lovaine^ Anceftor in direct Male Line to Algernone the prefent 
 Earl of Northumberland ) whom he married at Windfor on Candle- 
 mafs day (viz. the fecond of February^ Anno 1121. in the 22 
 year of his reign. She was afterwards crowned at London by Ralph 
 Archbiftiop of Canterbury with great Splendor, and is thus chara¬ 
 cterized by my old Poet. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage, 
 
 Henrici 
 Huntin 
 fol. ill 
 n. 10. 
 Matth. 
 Parist 
 € 9 . 1 . 1 
 
 taken up by 
 
 an Emb'eme of tl gO tO Alice tCl) tt Of tOlDt, Rob. of 
 
 on in fome fort frtpte as fi)c in CtWiftcnhome ujas there nous 31 t)olC>c. ?£"&, 
 umfZ’dL ^ fpouleh hur at Wyndefor tljat Ijtmfelfe ganneret «■ »?• 
 St" ® f f)*s Coronemcnt, the tibo anti tmenttett) pete. 
 
 .hct and Bro- Of CUt JLOjt) I I 2 I . 
 
 I her } fo that .! 
 pra&ifing the 
 
 King Edmrd, To Queen Alice the King gave in Dower the Caftle and Earl- chro „ t , 
 bearh^svl- ^ ome °f Arundelf who having been his Wife about 14years, ™* mn ' 
 : ^ ut ever Childlefs, furviving him was re-married to Will. Albaney s 978. &. * 
 sword in his in her right Earl of Arnndell } and by him had ifllie Earl William 
 to denote hi* 5 the fecond ( from whom by the Fitz Alane's Earles of Arnndell) 
 
 Power and Ju- 
 
 flice j the Dove Handing on the Mound in his left hand 5 was emblematically to demonflrate that his Government was to be mix - 
 ed with Clemency and Mercy. This Dove was ufed in like manner by his Succcflors King Stephen and King Henry II. but 
 jdifeontinued by King Rickard I. 
 
 Upon the reverfe of this Kings Seal is a Man on Horsbaek armed at all points» holding in his right hand a Sword, and in his 
 left an Oval Shield , the convex fide only to be fecn. 
 
 Thomas 
 
Cfiap.^ 
 
 Hob. of 
 
 Gloceft. 
 
 pig.z19.it. 
 
 Will.Gm- 
 
 7nef.j1.306. 
 
 d. 307. a. 
 
 Ibidem 
 p. 109. b. 
 
 i 
 
 P ' 
 
 Robert of 
 Gloceft. p . 
 3.19. a> 
 
 WiU.Genr 
 met.p. 309. 
 b . 308. <1; 
 
 M- 
 
 fjoj, (,(f 
 
 KJK 9 S Of E^CqLA^jD^c. 17 
 
 , Thomas Howard the prefent Duke of Norfolhg and Earl of Arundell , Henr y v 
 <&c. derives his defccnt ) Godfrey de Albiney and Alice married 
 to John Earl of Angie. The time of her birth I find not, but the 
 place of her interment to be the Abbey of Reading , near to her 
 firft Husband King Henry. The princely vertues of which King be¬ 
 ing profitable to all, did with their luftre fo dazle the eyes of his 
 fubje&s, that they could not difcern his vices *, for befides his Ufur- 
 pation of the Crown, and his cruelty to his Brother Duke Robert , 
 he was alfo very wanton, as appeareth by his numerous natural If- 
 fue, all by him publikely owned j the Males highly advanced, and 
 the Females richly married : His fobriety other wayes was admira¬ 
 ble , whofe temperance was of proof againfl: any meat obje&ed 
 to his appetite , Lampreyes onely excepted, on a furfeit of which 
 he died at St. Denys in the Forreft of Lyons ( after feven dayes 
 fickneffe) upon the iv. of the Nones of December (<vi%. the 
 fecond day of December ) in the L X V. year of his Age, and of 
 Our Lord 1135. when he had reigned King of England 35 years 
 and4moneths, lacking one day, and been Duke of Normandy 29 
 years, two moneths, and four dayes; (in whom ended the Heirs 
 Males of the Norman Line , fo that his Daughter and Heir Maud 
 the Emptefs, tranfmitted the Crown into the Family of Plantage - 
 net , in her Son Henry 11. of the Name , called F it^-Emprefs } not- 
 withftanding her Cofin German Stephen Earl of Mortain , both u- 
 furped and held it during his life.) From thence his Corps was con¬ 
 veyed to Roan , and there his Bowels, Tongue, Heart, Eyes, 
 and Brains were taken out, and buried in the Church of St. Ma- 
 ry de Prato j the body alfo fliced and poudered with fait, was 
 wrapped in a Bull Hfde , to avoid the ftench , being fo intolerable 
 that the Phyfician that took out his Brains was poifoned therewith, 
 and immediately died 5 whereupon fome obferved , that other 
 Kings killed men in their life time , but he alfo, after he was dead : 
 thence alfo was his Corps carried into England , and honourably in¬ 
 terred in the Church of our Lady in the Abbey of Reading (upon 
 Chriftmafs day next following, King Stephen with many of the 
 Clergy being prefent) which he had founded, and richly endowed, 
 as he alfo did the Abbeys of Hide and Circefier , and the Priory of 
 Dunjiable . His Wife Queen MAW alfo founded the Priory of 
 Holy Trinity within Aldgate , and the Hofpital of St. Giles in the 
 Fields, fo that by himfelf, his Queen , and other pious perfons, 
 
 7 4 Foundations to religious ufes were in his Reign ere&ed. In 
 Gemmeticenfs I find thefe feveral Epitaphs compoied for him not 
 * long after his death. 
 
 Quod modicum praflent , quod opes magnum nihil extent , 
 
 Rex probat H E NR ICZJ S , Rex vivens pads amicus* 
 
 Extiter at fiquidem preecunStis ditior idem , 
 
 Occiduee genti quos pratulit ordo regendi. 
 
 At necis adpefies , quid gemma :, pallia , vejles ? 
 
 Aes varium terra :, quid cajira fibi valuere ? 
 
 Vilibus 
 
a8 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTOOF 
 
 The Norman Vilibus hinc requam dansfortem , pallida , nequam , 
 
 Bina fty- Portendendo pedem , /warx ejuspnlfat ad<edem. 
 
 Quo dum dirafebrisprima Jub noBe Decembris 
 Mnndum nudavit , mundo mala multiplicavit . 
 
 Quippe pater populi , ^ twfe/rf pufillz, 
 
 Dum pins ipfe ruit , yi/rif impius, opprimit , nr it: 
 
 Anglic a lugeat hinc , Normannica gensfleat illinc. 
 
 Occidis HENRICE , fww pax , unique , 
 
 Another, 
 
 Senfu , divitiis, aditu , feritate decenti 
 More , , ‘Z'i/# perpejfsfcelerofis , 
 
 Excellent, locuples , dijjicilis , revercnclm 
 
 Hie jacet HENRICZJ S Rexquandam , pax , dec orbis. 
 
 Yet another. 
 
 F/cf0r, feet at or , v index, tut amen, amator, 
 
 Bellorum , pttcjf, fcelerum, regni, bonitatis, 
 
 Continct hitnc loculum Rex notus ubiqne locorum, 
 HENRIC *1? S pridem , terror, nunc emit idem. 
 
 I do not queftion (although we find not any particular mention 
 of this Kings Monument) but that the Abbot and Monks of Red- 
 ding ere&ed a Tomb anfwerable to the Dignity of fo magnificent 
 a Founder : But well might the memory thereof, perifli and be bu¬ 
 ried in the rubbilh of Oblivion , when the bone* of this Prince could 
 not enjoy repofe in his Grave ( not more happy in a quiet Sepul¬ 
 cher than the two Norman Williams, his Father and Brother ) 
 but were (upon the fuppreflion of the religious Houfes in the Reign 
 of King Henry VIII.) thrown out, to make room for a Stable of 
 Horfes, and the whole Monaifery converted to a dwelling houfe ; 
 which facrilegious A&, is thus lamented by a Modern Poet: 
 
 O foul impieti'ei 
 
 HeNRY the FiriU that famous K'OJ* 
 which here entomb'd did lie* 
 
 Now as a rafealis digg'd up, 
 and turn’d out of his Grave i 
 And as a flranger feeks in vain 
 a ceiling place to have: 
 
 For why, the greedy thirftof gaini 
 affords even Kings no place. 
 
 But dreadful is unco their Tombs* 
 it fcouldthem deface. 
 
 - Hen dir a pkcula , Primus 
 
 Neujlrius HENR 1 C ZJS fitnshie,ingloriusurna 
 Nunc jacet ejeBus , tumulum novus advena qnxrit 
 Frujlra j Nam Regi tenues invidit arenas 
 Aurifacra fames } Regum metuendafepulchris. 
 
 Children of King HENRY the Firfi by Queen 
 M A YJ D of Scotland his Firji Wife. 
 
 3. W I L L 1 A M only fon of Queen Maud and King Henry ( by 
 Ord . Vitalii called Guillielmus Adelinusj was born in thelecond 
 year of his Fathers Reign, Anno 1102. At the age of 14 years, 
 
 the 
 
 The. Millet 
 t*g- 79. 
 
 Oririul. 
 p. 7 ow b. 
 
Chap. 4. 
 
 Ordericus 
 Vitalii , p. 
 841 b. 
 
 S's I b. 
 
 Rogem 
 H.veden , 
 
 HKfljb. 20. 
 
 Grdcricus 
 Vitalis, p. 
 216. *49 
 b. 870 4.* 
 8*94. 
 
 Camden 
 
 Remains] 
 
 H54- 
 
 THE KJ^Kqs OF EW£LA*(p,<rc. z 9 
 
 the Nobility of England did Him homage, and fware fealty to Henr y L 
 Him at Shrewsbury. In June , An. 1119. He took to Wife 
 Matilda , Daughter of Foulh^ Earl of Anjou, the Marriage being 
 folemnifed at Luxfeul. , in the County of Burgundy *, upon which 
 Alliance, befides a ftrift League contracted betwixt the two Fa¬ 
 thers, William had the County of Maine. And the fame year be¬ 
 ing made Duke of Normandy , did homage for it to Len?# the 
 Groffe, King of France , and received the homage and oaths of 
 the Nobility of that Countrey, who were foon after difcharged 
 of that tye : For Duke William the fame year returning thence 
 for England, was upon the 26 of November (vi%. the VI. of 
 the Calends of December) An. 1119. in the Seventeenth year 
 of His age, caft away near Barbflete , together with Richard his 
 Bale Brother, Maud, or Mary, Countefs of Perch, His Natural 
 Sifter, and near 200 others •, for the fake of this Sifter, 
 
 Prince William is faid to have loft His life : For the Ship being 
 dafhed in pieces againft a Rock, He^ and fome few others fecu* 
 red themfelves by lea ping into the Boat,and might have efcaped : 
 
 But the Duke being more moved with the fad cryes of the 
 Countefs his Sifter, then poflefled with the confideration of his 
 own fafety, endeavoring to receive her in, had the Boat fo over¬ 
 charged with the Company which preffed in with her, that they 
 wholly perilhed,except one unwelcome Meflenger,who efcaped 
 with this fad news, to the great grief of his Father, and the 
 whole Kingdom. Upon this William I find this Epitaph. 
 
 Abfiulit hunc terr<je matri mark uncla novcrca , 
 
 Proh dolor ! occubuit Sol Anglicus, Anglia flora ; 
 
 Quoeque priusfuerasgemino radiata nitore , 
 
 Extin&o nato vivas content a parente. 
 
 Rogem The Princefs Matilda , Widow of Prince * Adeline, aged onely * Adeline 
 
 ho^», Y we ] ve y ears ^ highly favored by King Henry the FirfF, her Father- 
 mm. 20. j n .L aw ^ returned not fuddenly into Anjou, but remained feme ^injnn- 
 time in England, where fhe was treated and ferved according to ce t s - 
 her quality* But the air of her own Country, after fome years of 
 abfence, feeming more fweet to her, (he returned into the Court 
 Gabriel of her Father, which (he abandoned Ten years after j when by 
 in Hi ft or? the advice of Geoffrey , Bifhop of Chartres , fhe quitted the World, 
 n'ffpTg. an d to °k upon her a Religious Habit in the Abbey of Font - 
 3zz O' E urault. 
 
 3. M A Z 1 D the Emprefs, onely Daughter, and (after the 
 death of her BrotherJ) Heir of King Henry the Firft, and Queen 
 Maud his firft Wife} of whom, fee more in the V Chapter of 
 this Firft Book. 
 
 i 
 
 Natural 
 
? o A gE^CEALOqiCAL HIS1 ORY OF 
 
 The Norman Book I. 
 
 Bpajly. 
 
 Natural Children of King Henry the Firft. 
 
 3. R 0 BE RT , Earl of Glocefler , firft Natural Son of King 
 Hen. I. whofeftory followeth in the VII Chapter of this Firft 
 Book. 
 
 RICHARD , another Bafe Son of King Henry , was, as 
 appeareth by an ancient Regifter of the Monaftery of Abing- 
 don , born in the Reign of William Rufus , of the Widow of Ordaicm 
 Anskil , a Nobleman of the Country adjoyning to that Abbey. 8^4*854 
 In the year 1119. this Richard was with His Father King Henry , 
 at the reducing and burning of the Town of Evereux , held out d - 
 againft him by the partakers of William , Son of Robert , Duke 
 of Normandy } and alfo, at the Battle of Brenvile , where the 
 faid William , and Lewis King of France , were forced to Hie for 
 their lives, leaving King He/zry the Field, with feveral Prifoners 
 of note. And much about the fame time, Richard was fenc 
 with 200 Horfe to the fuccor of Ralph de Guader \ with which 
 alftftance, Ralph was fo well pleafed, that in requital he bellow¬ 
 ed upon him his Daughter Amitia , with the Seigneuries of 
 Bretvile , Glo and Lyre j buc this Marriage was prevented by 
 the death of Richard , drowned near Barflete , in his return for 
 England , among other of King Henries Children, the 26 day 
 of November , An. 1119. And Amitia , his efpoufed Wife, was milieu 
 afterwards married to Robert , Earl of Leicejler . 
 
 Cemmet. 
 
 P- 
 
 3. RE T N A L D, Earl of Cornwaf Third Natural Son of 
 King Henry I. mentioned at large in the IX Chapter of this 
 Firft Book. 
 
 3. ROBERT, another Bafe Son of King Henry I. was born, 
 of Edith , the Sifter of Ive , Son and Daughter of Forne , the 
 Son of Sigewolfe , both of them great Barons in the North; minus 
 which Edith , King Henry afterwards gave in Marriage to Robert 
 Doiley , Baron of Hooh^Norton in Oxfordfhire , and with her be¬ 
 llowed on him the Mannor of Eleydon , in the County of Buck- s P eed > P • 
 ingham , by whom he had ilfue Henry Doiley , Baron of Hoofyi.num.' 
 Norton , who often mentioneth this ROBERT in his Charters, 
 ever calling him RO B E R T his Brother, the Kings Son. I 
 have feen a Charter of (Mahalt de Abrinco uxor Roberti flu 
 Regis Henrici) Maudde Auranches , the Wife of Robert y Son of 
 King Henry , to which Her Seal is appendant, imprelfed with Lana- , 
 Her Effigies, without any Shield of Arms y which Maud , in all^™ 8, 
 probability, was the Wife of this ROBERT. 
 
 3. 6 IL~ 
 
THE KJK 9 S 0F E^gLANJ),&c. 31 
 
 chap. 4. Henr ? L 
 
 ~ Uk[ 3. GILBERT j another Natural Son of King Henry , is men- 
 Geir.meu tioned by William Gemmeticenfis, the Norman Monh^ in the Chro- 
 f. 306 a, n j c j e jjjat Countrey, written by John Taylor , being a Tranf- 
 
 lator of that Work out of Latin into French } and not long 
 ?***>*• ago* in the Treaties betwixt England and France , written in 
 mim. 7 ®. the French Tongue by John Tillet , Secretary to King Henry II. 
 
 And yet in them not any other mention is made, but onely of 
 his name. j 
 
 commit 3 * WILLIAM de TRACT y anotherBafeSon of Henry I. 
 p. 306 d. had for his Appennage, the Town of Tracy in Normandy , from 
 which he took his furname, and was called WILLIAM of 
 TRACY , whofe death immediately followed that of his Fa- 
 ther Ki n 8 H enr y I* But whether he were the Progenicor of the 
 z. nm. Tracies , fometimes Barons in Deyonjhire , or of them which 
 now be of the fame furname ? or, whether Sir William Tracy , 
 one of the Four Knights that flew Thomas Becbgt , Archbifllop 
 of Canterbury , were any of his Pofterity ? is not certainly re¬ 
 ported, nor any thing elfe concerning him. 
 
 Speed, p. 2. 
 443 . ^ 
 
 Brook, 
 
 7ork HC- 
 trtd. 
 
 * feavun 
 ap Redde - 
 
 rick ap 
 %UVM 
 Lloyd of 
 Cardigan 
 Efquire. 
 Hervel ap 
 David ap 
 avm ap 
 Reecec 
 Hswel 
 Sundxval, 
 $eavan 
 Dilvine, 
 Jeavan 
 Brajhay. 
 
 * Lib.An- 
 ndtat. E. 
 
 iz.f0l.4tj 
 
 b. in ©0?- 
 cio Amo - 
 turn. 
 Vincent, 
 p. 13$. 
 
 HENRY , another Bafe Son of King Henry I. was born of 
 the Lady Nejla , Daughter of Rhees ap Tewdor , Prince of South- 
 wales. (Who was the Wife of Sir Gerald Windfor , and of Ste¬ 
 phen, Conftables of the Caftles of Pembroke and Abertivy in 
 Wales, and Progenitors of the Families of the FitzGeralds 
 and FitzStephens in Ireland ,) He was born, and bred,and lived, 
 and married in Wales , having ifliie two Sons, Meiler and Robert. 
 The elder of which, Meiler, took to Wife the Daughter of Hugh 
 Lacy, Lord of Meath in Ireland. He loft his life in the con- 
 fli& betwixt Magnus the Son of Harold-Harfager , King of 
 Norway , and Hugh Mountgomery, Earl of Arundel and Shrews¬ 
 bury , An. 1197. I have had f he view of a Pedigree, which 
 deriveth the defcendants of Henry FitzHerbert , Chamberlain 
 to King Henry I, and Sibill Corbet his Wife, Concubine to the 
 faid King, from this HENRY , who in that Genealogy is called 
 Henry FitzRoy, or the Kings Son. But in a Commiflion (of 
 which, I have a Copy ) fent into Wales to the * Bards there, 
 by King Edward IV. to enquire of the furname of William , 
 by Him created Earl of Pembroke j the faid Bards make return, 
 That the faid Earl William , was the Son of William , Lord of 
 Ragland , Son to Thomas, Son to Guillime , Son to J engine j the 
 Son of Adam, the Son of Reynold, the Son of peter , the Son 
 of Herbert , Bafe Son of Henry the Firft, King of England. 
 Upon which, King Edward IV. gave him the furname of Her¬ 
 bert : With which, a * Pedigree in the Office of Arms agreeth 
 in this point. That Herbert was a Natural Son of King Henry I. 
 and had in marriage with Lucia his Wife, the Foreft of Dean. 
 Yet Vincent in his Correftion of Brooks Errors faith, That this 
 
 Lucia , 
 
p A qB^EALOqiCAL HISTORY 0 F 
 
 ThNorman Lucia, the third Daughter of Milo Fit%-Walter , Earl of Here- BookI - 
 was Wife to Herbert, Son of Herbert , and Grand-child ~ 
 to Henry Fit^-Herbert, Chamberlain to King Henry the Firft, 
 by Sib ill Corbet aforefaid. 
 
 3 * 
 
 MAVDy Countefs of Perch, a Natural Daughter of King mnuu 
 Henry the Firft, was efpoufed to Rotrocb^ Earl of Perch , (ca\- 
 led alfo Conful of Moritonj with Lands and other rich Dower 
 in England ; and alfo the Town of Belifmo , in Normandy , by 
 the gift of her faid Father. She was the firft Wife of this Ro * ElL 
 trocl firft of the name, Son of Arnolfe de Hefding alfo, firft 347/ ' pi& ' 
 Earl of that County,and had iflue by him, one onely Daughter, 
 Magdelen, firft Wife of Garcia IV. King of Navarre, ('who died 
 by a fall from His Houfe, in the year ot our Lord 1151.) and 787 
 Mother of King Sancheo, furnamed The Wije y from whom the *' 891 a ' 
 fucceeding Kings of Navarre are derived. She perifhed by speed, p; 
 Shipwrack with her Half-Brother Duke William , upon Friday 
 the 26 of November , in the 20 year of her Fathers Reign, and 
 of Grace 3 VL CXIX. 
 
 3 . MAW, Countefs of Britain) another of that Name, and mmci: 
 Natural Daughter of King Henry , was married to Conan, firft £'07* 
 of the Name, furnamed The Groffe , Earl of Little Britain , (Son 
 of Earl Alan y by Ermengard his fecond Wife , Daughter of 
 Foulk^Rechin, Earl of Anjou ) and had iflue Howel) pronounced 
 Illegimate, Conftance that died without iflue ; and Bertha) the speed, p: 
 Wife of EudeS) Earl of Porrohet , Mother of Earl Conan the ntm.jf' 
 younger (or le Petit j who by Margaret) Sifter of William y King 
 of ScotS) had iflue Conftance) His foie Daughter and Heir, mar¬ 
 ried to Jeffrey Platagenet , Fourth Son of King Henry the 
 Second. 
 
 3. JULIAN) another of the Natural Daughters of King crderim 
 Henry the Firft,was married to Euftace de Pacie , the Illegitimate 
 Son of William) Lord of Bretvil i?, Pacie , and Ivory , Son and 
 Heir of William Fit%-Osborne , and Elder Brother of Roger , 
 both Earls of Hereford in England . And this Euftace , had he mtUet. 
 been lawfully begotten in wedlock, had been Heir to the Earl- pfojll’ 
 doms of Hereford and Ivory y but notwithftanding he had a fmall 
 part in that Inheritance of the Town of Pacie ; from which he 
 took his furname, and had iflue by this Julian his Wife, Ifilliam H^ col,2t 
 and Roger of Pacie , his Sons. 
 
 V* L ’ 1 jMMMFy -, , v ■' 
 
 3 ‘ —another Bafe Daughter, mentioned by William Gem - mwei. 
 
 meticenfiS) and John Fillet his follower, and is (aid by them to p.jljj 1 ' 
 have been married to one William Goet a Norman , but nothing speed, p. 
 recounted of her Name, his Iflue, E/fate, or other Rela -»tL jt.' 
 tion. 
 
THE 'KlKgS OF ELAPCV'&c. ?3 
 
 f i ■ .■■■■■ ————————■ ■■ , . --—= 
 
 Chap. 4 . Henry I. 
 
 ywent, 3. CONSTANCE , Vifeountefs Beaumont , another Natural ~ 
 
 p K ]tui 0 cx Daughter, to whom her Father, King Henry the Firft, gave the 
 cbm % Mannor ol Atelrifcbefcote'm the Parifh of Suthanton , and County 
 1. johan- of Devon. She was the Wife of Ro^celine, Vifcount Beaumont , 
 
 numl’yz. (fo named from Beaumont , a Town in the County of Maine in 
 
 °viuiu K p. France ) and by him, was Mother of Richard 3 Vifcount Beau- 
 
 900. c. wont, (Father of Queen Ermengard^the Wife of King William of 
 Scotland> and of Conjlance de Toen , to whom King John, on 
 Tviiiici. the 22 day of September^ in the Firft year of His Reign con- 
 firmed the Eftate of the faid Conjia'nce her Grand-mother) and 
 of Ralph , Bifhop of Angiers j mentioned by Robert the Abbot 
 of Mount S. Michael. 
 
 JVlUiel. 
 Gemmet. 
 P-i°7- a - 
 
 Marc de 
 Wlfort, 
 Sieur de 
 la Colom- 
 biere en 
 la Science 
 Heroine, 
 
 Willie l. 
 Gemmet. 
 ? 3 ° 7 - a. 
 
 Ordericut 
 Vitalii, p. 
 you b. 
 
 3. N —- Sixth, Natural Daughter of King Henry the Firft, Was ShS* of 
 
 married to Matthew , the Son of Bourchard de Montemorenceio 
 or Montmorency ('who derived his original from Lyfoye, a French wifon hath 
 Knight, Baptifed with Clovis the Firft Chriftian King of France') evds Guk^ 
 from whom descended the Ancient Houfeof that name, who JetTdirpkyS 
 afterwards came to be Earls and Dukes (being grown to be one ^fe original 
 of the greateft Families in France , next to the Princes of the of which 
 Blood j both for Pofteflions, Alliances, and Honor) and in fidcrable^Tot 
 commemoration of this timely converfion, have always ufed fiXonfhe 
 this Motto, or Cry of War. " ame > Lord 
 
 1 J of Montmo- 
 
 Dieu ayde au premier Chretfein. 4 Eagles to 
 
 God affift the Firft Chriftian. CroftTf his 
 
 Houle, as a 
 
 remark of 4 Imperial Enligns taken by him in a Battel againft the Emperor Otho II. When his Army was defeat¬ 
 ed by the French, upon the Banks of the River Ai[ne,An. 978. Which number of 4. was afterwards augmented 
 to i< 5 . by Matthew de Montmorency , Second of the Name, in memory of u other Enligns or Imperial Banners 
 forced from the Soldiers of Otbo the Fourth, at the Battel of Bouvinnes, in the year 1214. La Science Heroique, 
 t- 333 - 
 
 3. ELIZA BETH y the Seventh and youngeft Natural 
 Daughter of King Henry ( by Elizabeth , Sifter of Wdleran , 
 
 Earl of Melent ) was married to Alexander , King of Scots , Bro¬ 
 ther, and Succefior of King Edgar : Which Alexander dying 
 without Ifliie, was alfo fucceeded by King David his youngeft 
 Brother ( all three Sons ol King Malcolme the Third ) from 
 whom the fucceeding Kings of Scotland , to His moft Sacred 
 Majefty King Charles the Second, do derive their defeent, 
 
 K 
 
 3 . MAUD 
 
?4 . A qEHEALOqiCAL HISIORYOF 
 
 The Norman 
 Dynafly. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 5 MAUD- 
 
 7he Emprefs, daughter of King Henry the Fir[l , 
 and Lady of the Englifh. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 The Aims at¬ 
 tributed to 
 this a laud* 
 were thofe of 
 Her Father 
 King Henry I. 
 vi\. Gulesj 2 
 Lions Paflant 
 Guaidant, 
 Or. And the 
 Arms Af- 
 ligned to Her 
 Second Hus 
 
 Fter the death of Her Brother, William Duke 
 of Normandy , drowned at Sea in his paffage 
 for England. This Maud came to be foie Heir 
 to Her Father, King Henry the Firft '■> in the 
 Fourth year of whofe Reign fhe was born, and ivmei. 
 had not pafled the Sixth year of Her age, when 
 She was affianced at ‘Vtrecht , nor the Ele- 
 hllTccoffny venth, when She was married to the Emperor Henry the Fourth, 763. 
 Euiofjn- with a Portion of 10000 Marks. The folemnity both of their *•"**»*’ 
 chaf Gl r le ent a ^ s * u P t * a ^ s anc l Coronation being celebrated at Menfz, in Germany , 
 over ail an * with great fplendor upon the Eighth of the Ides (vi’z,. the 
 o^s'Rayel! Sixth day ) of January , An. 1114. She was His Wife 12 years, 
 Fiowey^or? but without Iflue } lo that the Emperor decealing in the year 
 which Coat the Emprefs Maud was remanded into England by Her 
 
 Earl Geoffrey Father King Henry , whither being returned, She had fealty fworn 
 U co°rnijh*‘on to Her hy the Barons j the cheif of which, was Stephen Earl of 
 Quin' Mortaign , Her Cofin*german } who being the firft in courfe that 
 
 made Oath, was alfo the firft that made bold to break it, and feize * 
 
 \abetb in K. 
 
 Henry VII. 
 his Chappel. 
 
 But the Seal 
 of Maud the 
 Emprefs, ex¬ 
 hibited in the - - # _ # 
 
 Ffontof this or Earl of Anjou (bv reaion his Dominion lay convenient fora 
 prefents you conjun&ion with Normandy ) Son and Heir of Foully, King of 
 
 not with any 
 Anns 
 Self, 
 
 N° d d d'v Broome Plonte , as Robert of Gloceffr hath it, becaufe he wore in ££££/ 
 men at that his Cap or Bonnet, a Sprig of Broom) to whom He remarried P' zl s b - 
 ofArms k , e ei f !^ er at upon the Third day of April , An. 1127. Which 
 
 ?eais or 01 Nuptials, with their Iffue, are thus recorded by the fame Robert in 
 
 otherwife, thcle Rhimes 
 that I yet 
 have obfer- 
 
 upon Her Throne. 
 
 The moft convenient match that King Hmry could propofe to 
 Himfelf for His Daughter, the Emprefs, was Geoffrey the Conful, 
 
 mof hJt Jcrufalcm^ and of Eremburga , Daughter of Helias , Earl of Mans cemmet. 
 He'' h'\ er Wife) called Plantagenet ( id eji , Planta Genefl& ) or p ’* I0b: 
 
 .0. 
 
 ved. 
 
 2lhii after the £cbii pear of l)is Btngoomc. 
 
 !?epattjer to GefFray, Carle Of Angeo, 
 
 aoiljos &u[tur, William ips S>otie, tpoufeD er tt)o 
 ILiiat Drepnt mas in tl)c •§*(£, as to fo?e is toioe. 
 
 TheEmpe* 3tn0 betmeen tifemperour ano Moide no frnpt mas, 
 
 5Fo? iWjen tlje Cmperonr mas Deoe of full age * l)eo nas. 
 
 Henry 
 
 Jbidemi 11 
 p. 2x7 b. 
 
 ror was not 
 of age. 
 
THE KJK9 S of E3^qLA3^T>,&c. ^ 
 
 ___ _ _—___-:- 1 -----—-. 
 
 chap. s . Henry Bing IcueD t)ur muelje, ana tueil tfte nmz tet) gelTe> 
 26ecat*fe (Ije Xbas ant) alto CmpjeiTe, 
 
 £>£ tl)ete GefFrey ant) Molde came ictjf bnDerftonBe 
 
 Henry Fitz-Emprefs, J&MQ of Englonde. 
 
 ebroniu Earl Geoffrey Plantagenet , after the death of his Father-in Law, 
 
 T 9 zTa' King Henry , fet on foot his Wives title againft King Stephen , but 
 was by him forced to a pecuniary compofition, and not long afeer 
 died upon the VII. of the Ides of September , An. 1 150. Who 
 although no King Himfelf, yet was he both the Son of one, and 
 the immediate Anceftor of that Royal Houfe, from him called 
 flantagenet , which by a dire& and uninterrupted Male Line, 
 fwayed Englands Scepter down to King Richard the Second } and 
 then branching it felf into the Families of Lancajler and Tori end¬ 
 ed in Richard the Third, the XIV King of that Houfe, after it 
 had ruled the Englifh Scepter 3 30 years. This Geoffrey was a Man 
 of great Juftice and Charity, his death much lamented, and is 
 noted to be the firft Perfon that ever was admitted to a Burial 
 place within the Walls of Mans *, where he was interred in the 
 Church of S. Julian before the Crucifix, with this Diftick. 
 
 t 
 
 ibidem. Httic Dens sternum tribuat confcendere regnum , 
 
 Qnatenus Angelica tnrmk conregnet in <z<vum. 
 
 The Emprefs Maud (Her Husband, Earl Geoffrey , being dead) 
 undertakes Her own quarrel againft King Stephen (managed by Her 
 Half-Brother, Robert Earl of GloceSler, and Milo , Earl of Here¬ 
 ford , Her two Principal Cheiftains, with various fuccefs; in fe- 
 veral paffages whereof, She her felf was prefent) and at laft takes 
 King Stephen prifoner at the Battel of Lincoln , which in all likeli¬ 
 hood might have put an end to the bufinefs} but that the Emprefs 
 upon this Vi&ory, by Her high and negle&ive carriage, fo loft the 
 hearts of Her party } but more efpecially of the Londoners , whofe 
 Requeft She had denied , that Stephen came to be fet at liberty 
 by exchange for Her Bafe Brother, Robert^ Earl of Glocejler (taken 
 prifoner alfo not long after at the Battel of IVincheJier ) and the Em¬ 
 prefs finding London too hot for Her, was forced to flie privately 
 to Oxford j and being twice worfted, makes Her efcape by a wile. 
 The firft time at the faid Battel of Winchester, by being carried 
 away on Horsback, in form of a Dead Corps: And a fecond time 
 from Oxford Caftle, in a great Snow 9 when in the night, She, and 
 fome few others, cloathing themfelves all over in white, made 
 their efcape unfeen by the Guards of the Befiegers. But this 
 deliverance out of Her Enemies hands, could not free Her from 
 thofe fears that attended Her afterwards, and forced Her to quit 
 the profecution of the War, which Henry , Duke of Normandy , 
 ► Her Son, was now happily grown up to continue, who Landing 
 in England with frefh Supplies, and with His Army confronting 
 that of King Stephen , the intended Battel ended in a compofition, 
 
36 A qE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY Of 
 
 The Noman fay which Stephen held the Kingdom, during life, and Henry was Book r - 
 proclaimed His Heir, which had loreal an effeft, That after the 
 death of that King, the Emprefs lived to fee Her Son in pofleffion 
 of the Kingdom of England 9 and other large acquifitions, who 
 is not fo much as mentioned by Hiftorians after this accommodati- 
 on, till the time of Her death, which is much to be wondred at, hischro. 
 especially, that She being foftirring a Woman, as She was, Should "he* Kings 
 » be fo quiet upon a fuddain , as not to have one word Spoken of °^ ngr - 
 Her, in all the long time She lived after. And if She placed Her 
 contentment fo wholly in Her Son, that in refpeft of Him, She 
 regarded not Her felf at all, it deferves, at leaf!:, the encomium of 
 fuch a Motherly Love, as is very unufual, and not always Safe. 
 
 But however it was, we muft leave it as a Gordian Knot, which no 
 Writer helps us to untie. 
 
 She was Earl Geoffreys Wife 2 3 years, and his Widow 17. c ff 0 ° r ^ff 
 And being aged about 64 years ended Her life in the City of Roan, p. 
 
 on the IV of the Ides (yi^. the Tenth day) of September, An. chronica 
 116 7. in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of Her Son, King Henry ffcoE-' 
 the Second,and was buried in the Abbey of Bee, in Normandy, with 
 Funeral Pomp. But Gabriel dti Moulin tells us, That She had Her Gabriel 
 Interment in the Church of Nojlre Dame dn Pre , in the Suburbs of en [on 
 Roan i and that for Her, Arnulpb BiShop of Lifteux, compofed this Genera 
 Epitaph. 
 
 Generate 
 de Nor- 
 mandiet 
 p. 387. 
 
 *Thus Eng- 
 lifhed in 
 Speed, p.470. 
 
 Regia progenies, Jlirps regia , Cae Saris uxor , 
 
 Hie ejl magna brevi, claufa MATILDA loco, 
 
 Virtutum titulis humani oilmen honoris 
 Excefft mulier, nil mulieris habens. 
 
 Septembris decima regno pojl regna recepto 
 Creditur sternum, continuaffe diem. 
 
 1 * 
 
 A Parallel hath been made betwixt this great Princefs and 
 Agripina, who was the Daughter of an Emperor, the Wife of 
 an Emperor, and the Mother of an Emperor j and our Emprefs 
 Maud was the Daughter of King Henry the Firftj the Wife of Hen¬ 
 ry the Fourth, Emperor of Almaine, and the Mother of King 
 Henry the Second : Which relation of Her to theie Three Royal 
 Henries , is moll emphatically expreffed in this fhort, yet fignificant 
 Memorial, engraven on Her Tomb, mentioned by a Faithful 
 Hiftorian. 14 ?. nm. 
 
 56 . 
 
 * Here HEN Rr's Mother; 
 Daughter, Wife, doth reft. 
 
 BysBirth much, more by Spoufej 
 By Child moft bleft. 
 
 Ortu magna, wiro major, fed maxima partu. 
 
 Hie jacet H E N R ICI filia,fponfa, parens. 
 
 And now it were critical to imagine, that in memory of thefe 
 rhree Henries, She was the charitable Foundrefs of the Three Mo- 
 nafteries, vi%. Of Vieu, in the County of Caux ; of Cherbourg ; 
 and of S. Andrew, in the Foreft of Gouffer. She alfo for the pub- 
 lick good of the Normans, bejftowea much Money in laying the 
 Foundation, and building the Bridge of Roan. 
 
 The 
 
THE KjX.qs OF ELJrj 
 
 Chap. y. 
 
 vinccnty The Emprefs (in Her Grant of the Earldom of Hereford to 
 
 p.joth, E it%-Walter) ftiles Her fclf 5 Matilda Imperatrix Henrici Regis 
 fdia , Anglorum Domina and in the circumference of Her 
 Great Seal, Mathildis Dei Gratia Romanorum Regina. The Figure 
 of which Seal, l have exhibited in the Front of this Firft Book. 
 
 Maud 
 the Emprefs. 
 
 Children o/MAUD the Emprefs , ^GEOFFREY, 
 Earl of ANJOU, Her Second Husband. 
 
 < 
 
 4. HENRY FIT Z-E M PRESS, Eldefi: Son and Heir 
 of his Father and Mother, fiicceeded King Stephen in the King¬ 
 dom of England , by the name of HENRY II. Whole 
 Hiftory followeth in the Firft Chapter of the Second Book. 
 
 4. GEOFFREY , Earl of Nants, furnamed Martell^ fecond 
 
 Son of Maud the Emprefs, to whom his Father left the Earl- 
 dom of Anjou , fo foon as his Brother Henry (hould come to be 
 King of England, and to thatpurpofe made His Lords fwear, 
 not to fuffer His Body to be Buried, until His Son Henry had 
 taken his Oath to perform it: Which Oath Henry afterwards, 
 in reference to his Fathers Body, did take, but as he took it 
 unwillingly , fo he willingly brake it, and prefentiy fent to 
 Adrian t he then Pope, for a Difpenfation of his Oath; Which 
 granted, he enters Anjou with an Army, and takes from his 
 Brother GEOFF KEY (being not able to make refinance) 
 not onely the Earldom of Anjou , but fome Cities alfo, which 
 Chrom'd his Father had abfolutelv given him for his maintenance. But 
 
 niafp”' out of Brotherly kindnefs in the year 11 <5 5. makes an agreement 
 
 with him, by which he was to pay him yearly, a Thoufand 
 pounds Englifh, and 2000 Livres of Anjou , which was fo un¬ 
 kindly taken by his Brother Geoffrey , that it brake his heart. 
 He received the Honor of Knighthood from Theobald , Earl of 
 ibid. a. Blok , An. 1 150. was Earl of Nants in Britain , anddeceafed in 
 
 the Moneth of July, and year 11157. 
 
 IVIL LIA M, Third Son of Maud the Emprefs, and Earl 
 Geoffrey , whom Ralph BrooYork^Herald^ and John Speed , call 
 Earl of FoiElon •, but I find him not otherways mentioned then 
 (Willielmus frater Regis Henrici J William ,King Henries Brother. 
 He departed this World at Roan, upon the III of the Kalends 
 of February (vi^. the 50 day of January ) in the year of our 
 Lord 11 
 the faid 
 
 4. N~. A Daughter of Geoffrey plantagenet , and Maud the 
 
 o Emprefs, is mentioned by Roger Hoyeden , to be the Wife of 
 David, the Son of Orvayn, Prince of North Wales. But l do not 
 find her noted by any other Author. 
 
 L 
 
 [ 6 3. And was Interred in the Church of our Lady in 
 City. 
 
 muiel. 
 
 Gerr.met; 4 ' 
 p. 304 b. 
 
 Chton. 
 Norman. 
 P • 999 c. 
 
 3. STE- 
 
? 8 J qE^CjEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Th'. Norman 
 Dynafty. 
 
 STEPHEN,’ 
 
 King of B^CGLJ^CD. 
 
 Book I. 
 An. Dam'. 
 
 IIJJ, 
 
 ■Several are 
 the Opinions 
 concerning 
 the Arms of 
 King Stephen, 
 1 ome attribu¬ 
 ting to him the 
 Two Lions of 
 King Henry 
 II. HisPre- 
 deceflor. 
 
 Nich. Upton 
 
 CHAP. V L 
 
 He Male*Line of the Normans being extin& in J*. 
 King Henry the Firft, and His Daughter Maud , cemb •*• 
 the Emprefs, onely left, and She married to a 
 ftranger. This Stephen , Earl of Bologne and yit[£* 
 Mortaign , Third Son of Stephen , Earl of Blots, 374 b • 
 by Alice Fourth Daughter of the Conqueror, 
 halting into England , notwithftanding his for- 
 in his Book mer Oath to Maud ( by the procurement of his Brother Henry , 
 V o$uo{ub\. Bifhop of Winchefter , the Popes Legate, and Roger, Bifliop 
 That 9 Kmg th ’ Salisbury ; two, the molt powerful Men at that time in the State, 
 v/n^Jitnfd partly by Reafons, but more indeed by Force) was by the State 
 upon the Go- received for King *, and upon the 26 of December , being S. Ste- 
 England, in phensd ay, in the year 1135. about Twenty four days after the 
 deceafe of his Uncle King Henry , Crowned at Weflminfter by 
 IhenTn the" 2 William Corbelh Archbifhop of Canterbury , in the prefence of but 
 Ceieftiai three Bifhops, few of the Nobility, and not one Abbot- 
 rius , Stephen There were not wanting thofe that urged the Oath of the No- p^p: 
 
 bles to the Emprefs to be falved, becaufe no prelident could be 74. «»«•. 
 tU biumfo Vi *e f° un d? that ever the Crown of England had been fet on the Head 
 habuit trium of a Woman ; and moreover, that that Oath being taken on . 
 untile or- condition, that Maud Ihould marry at home; the condition being 
 Voiumfwm* 1 broken, the Obligation was null. But that which feemed moll to 
 VmuniTfHpc c ^ our King Stephens Ufurpation, was, the Teftimony of Hugh 
 rim, ad mo- Bigot , who took a voluntary Oath before the Lords, that being 
 sagitum! de with King Henry immediately before his death, he adopted, and 
 bem 0 ' int chofe Earl Stephen to be his Heir, becaufe the Emprefs his Daugh- 
 f iC Bodicf S of ter had at that time highly offended Him ; for had Stephen pre- 
 Thrce Lions tended any Title by Blood, then mull Theobald , Earl of Blois , his 
 elder Brother have been preferred before him ; and alfo Henry 
 or Form of F it^-Emprefs (If they refufed his Mother ) was nearer to the 
 
 tbC urm And Stem. 
 
 boih Mill* Stephen had alfo made fjtir promifes to obtain the Crown, which 
 
 and Brooh in 1 
 
 their Cata¬ 
 logues of Honor, attribute to King Stephen for Arms, Gulcs, a. Sagittarius, Or, but without any cited Authority.' 
 
 And fome again tell us, that thefe were not His Arms, but Ftis Detice. Repair we therefore to His Seals, two 
 of which I have feen, both having the fame Circumfcription, difagreeing onely in the Reverfes or Connterfeals s 
 upon one of which (being in my cuftodv) and alfo exhibited in Speeds Chronicle, Pag. 455. The King is repre- 
 fented on Horsback in His Coat of Mail, in His Right Hand He holds His Sword ; and on His Left Hand hangs 
 His Shield, half the Convex fide of which is to be feen, without any Device thereon. Upon the Counterfeal of 
 the other, which I have reprefented to your view in the beginning of this Firft Book ; and of which, I have feen 
 Two Originals (one in the Regiftry of IVeftminJler , and the other in the Chamber of the Dutchy of Lancajlcr') 
 you have the Figure of a Man on Horsback, with a Blanck Shield alfo j but in His Right Hand in the place of 
 His Sword, He bears a Lance, with a Streamer on the top thereof. Slit in Form of a Standard, with a Crofs there¬ 
 on. The lame Standard you hare alfo upon the Coyn of King Stephen, exhibited in Mr. Speed, Pag.+H. 
 
 he 
 
THE KJK9 S 0F EN^qLAWS>>&c. 5? 
 
 ;Clwp.6. he was refolved to ellablilh by performances, and therefore he K - Stephen * 
 ' pleafed the people by eafing them of Impositions * the Clergy by 
 forbearing the detention of Bifhopricks and Abbeys, heoblieged 
 the Nobility by giving them liberty to hunt his Deer in their own 
 Woods, and befides, by advancing many of them in honor. And 
 to Secure himfelf abroad as well as at home, he flopped his Bro¬ 
 ther 'Theobalds Title with a yearly grant of 2 000 Marks, and 
 married his Son Eujlace to Conftance * Daughter of the King of 
 France. Add to all this the vail Treafureof his Predeceffor a* 
 mounting to 100000 Pounds in Money, befides Jewels of very 
 great value : All which he feifed into his Own hands, and expend¬ 
 ed not in Luxury, but in procuring Friends, and levying Soldiers 
 out of Brit any and Flanders. 
 
 Mdtth. The Crown was fcarce fet on His Head, when He was forced 
 *" K num. to take the Sword in His Hand, for David King of Scots, engage 
 10 ' 10 * ing in the quarrel of His Neece Maud , enters Northumberland , 
 and poffefTes HifflfHf of the Towns of Carlifle and Newcaflle , 
 where King Stephen coming again!! Him, rather bought His victo¬ 
 ry, then won it: For to recover Newcaflle out of His Hands, He 
 was forced to let King David hold Cumberland , and His Son Henry 
 the Earldom of Huntington. The King returning home, found 
 fome defe&ion in His Barons, that entertained Him a whilej after 
 which, He fell into lo dangerous a fit of ficknefs, that it was re¬ 
 ported He was dead. This created feveral doubts and fufpitions 
 in His Friends, and encouraged Geoffrey , Earl of Anjou , to furprife 
 feveral Peeces in Normandy , to prepare for the recovery of his 
 Wife Maud her Right} but to make the World fee he was alive 
 ihidem, again, Stephen palled into Normandy , overcame Anjou in Battel, 
 and after makes peace with him *, and upon the renouncing his 
 Wives claim, Stephen is to pay him 5000 Marks per annum . 
 chrontu He was but newly returned out of Normandy , when Davids 
 ni°*Tp”~ King of Scots, encouraged by His former fucceffes, invades the 
 & 7 97ia. North parts a fecond time, in the year 1139. But notwithftanding 
 theA&ive Valor of Himfelf and His Son, He was defeated with 
 the lofs of 11000 of his Soldiers, by Thurflan Archbilhop of 
 TorJ^, and the Northern Lords; upon which, David begs a Peace, 
 
 For the confirmation of which, his Son Henry was fent hoftage to 
 King Stephen. The quicknefs of whofe fuccefs, riiaking him pre¬ 
 fume more of himfelf, caufed him to fall upon thofe Rocks that 
 dallied in pieces his future grandure. 
 
 Not long after, Stephen calls a Councel at Oxford , where oc- 
 cafion was given to put him out with his faithfullefl Friends, the 
 Clergy ; For the Bilhops, upon liberty given to build C allies, fo 
 outwent the Lords, in magnificence, flrength, and number of E- 
 re&ions, and efpecially the Bilhop of Salisbury , that their great- 
 nefs was much envied by them, who to be revenged, put the King 
 in Head, That all thofe Caftles were built to no other intent, but 
 for the entertainment of Maud, and her Complices • whereupon 
 Stephen after a long difpute with the Bifflops, takes them into his 
 own hands. Iti 
 
40 A qES^EALOqiCAL HISTQ'RZ OF 
 
 The Norm tin 
 Dynaftj. 
 
 In this jun&ure of time, the Emprefs accompanied with Robert , B6:lk f 
 Earl of Glocefler , arrives in England with a fmall party, but is 
 quickly ftrengthned by the wonderful accefs of many of the Eng- 
 lifh, and of Rannlph , Earl of Chefler. ) with a number of valiant 
 Weirhtnen. Whereupon King Stephen railing an Army, engages 
 the Emprefs near Lincoln^ An. 1141. doubtful it was for a long 
 time, whofe Head the Lawrels of Vi&ory would crown, till at 
 laft the Emprefs had the day, and King Stephen (notwithftanding Or de rick 
 His Herculean laying about Him with His Battel Ax) was taken $ 
 captive, and committed Prifoner to Brijlol Caftle } while the Em¬ 
 prefs poflefleth the Kingdom, and as a Gonqucrefs enters London 
 in Triumph. Upon which, Matilda , King Stephens Wife, im¬ 
 plores the Emprefs, that She might live a private life with Her 
 Husband } and the Londoners prels Her for the reftauration of S. 
 Edwards Laws j but She grants neither. Queen Matilda not 
 enduring this denial, calls Her Son Euflace out of Kent with a 
 company of choice Soldiers, who joyning with the Citizens (in- 
 cenfed, that their requeft was denied) force the Emprels to quit 
 Her ftation in London , and to die privately to Oxford , where She 
 gives order, that King Stephen fhould be put into Fetters, and 
 fends to Her Uncle, King David , to repair with all fpeed to Her 
 affiftance i upon whofe arrival, they beliege Winchefler , which 
 Queen Matilda , and Her Son Euflace , with the Londoners , came to 
 relieve. A fierce Battel was here fought, in which the Emprefs 
 being worded, was (to make Her efcape) laid on Horsback, lngh.Mt* 
 form of a dead corps, and fo conveyed to Glocefter j Robert , Earl 95 * 
 of GloceUer was there made prifoner (difdaining ignoble flight) 
 upon whom Queen Matilda retaliated the hard ufage to the King 
 Her Husband, 
 
 This Matilda (that you may the better know her) was the 
 The Arms of Daughter and Heir of Euflace , Earl of Bolovne (Brother of Geof- f°i- iojb- 
 
 RnlnirnP. afP O' _ J Lip-.:. i.. 
 
 His Marri¬ 
 age. 
 
 ol^frorte-frey and Baldwine, Kings of Jerufaleni) married to Stephen , by 
 have feenllp- the procurement of King Henry the Firft his Uncle. A Woman 
 id * a Count- f (kkh my Author ) moulded for the proprotion of both Fortunes, 
 eisotmogne a&ing Her Husbands part for Him, when He coulcf not a& it for 
 Daughter to Himfelf, not expe&ing that Fortune fhould fall into Her Lap, but 
 A^ST^on rather induftrious to procure it. Her Mother was Mary y Sifter to 
 EffioL^lfr e/M^udj Queen o { England, Wife of King Henry the Firft. So 
 prefented in that both She, and Stephen Her Husband, were Cofin-Germans 
 that time, ar.a to Maud the Emprefs. She was crowned at JVeJlwinfler upon the 
 
 hand^Dove, 2 2 of March , being Eafler day, in the Firft year of King Stephen i 
 edtilu'sj/ji- an ^ °f our Ford 1136. She founded S. Katherines Hofpital, near 
 lum lde Co- the Lower of London. And having been Queen Fifteen years, de- 
 nie j and on ceafed at Heveningham Caftle in Ef[ex> the Third day of May , An. 
 fMi^hich^is f 1 5 1* an d was buried at Feverfbam in Kent. This Epitaph hath 
 antick'shiehT ^ ecn ^ oun ^ f° r Her in a namelefs Manufcript. tob. coi- 
 
 are the 3 Roundelr, and in the Circle thefe words. Secretion meum michi. Olivaritts Uredim \n X3encalogia Comil. 
 
 Flandrix, p.30 & 31. Alfo in a Charter (in my euftody) of this Queen Maud , wherein She grants Her Hofpital, 
 near the Tower, to tha Church of the Holy Trinity, London ; She writes Her Self , MathildU Pei Gratia Regina 
 jinglix. Her Figure with a Royal Crown, being reprefented on Her Seal> with a Scepter in Her Right Hand, and 
 a Dove on Her Left ■, but without any Reverfe, Arms or Devife. E'BibliQtkecd Cottoniana. 
 
 AnttV 
 
 Henricus 
 
THE K I3 ^~9 s of EK9LAV0),<rc. 
 
 1 ■— ■ . -■■■■■ ■ ■ — ■ 1 - 
 
 Chap. 6. 
 
 Anno MiUeno C. quinquagenoqucprimo : 
 
 Quofua non minnh , fed fibi nofir a tnlit. 
 
 MATHILDIS felix confix STEPHANI quoque Regis 
 Occidit , infignismoribus & titulis j 
 Cultrix yera Dei, cultrix Cfi pauperibus^ 
 
 Hiefitbnixa Deo quo frneretur eo. 
 
 Femina ft qua Polos confcendere qneque meretur , 
 
 Angelicis mambas diva hec Regina tenetur. 
 
 After fome fruitlefs Propofals in order to an Agreement, 
 whether by connivance of their Keepers, but more probably by 
 confent, both King Stephen , and Earl Robert , got to be at Liberty, 
 and the Emprefs not long after is befieged by the King in Oxford j 
 from whence She makes Her fecond efcape. Neverthelefs the pre- 
 fent fear left fuch an impreflion upon Her, that She never after¬ 
 wards had any mind to appear upon the Stage of War, but left it 
 to Her Son, Duke Henry , who being grown up and able to bear 
 Arms, did fortunately fupply the places of Robert Earl of Glo- 
 cefier his Uncle, and Milo Earl of Hereford , another of his Mothers 
 Captains, both lately deceafed. Into England Henry comes with 
 frelh fupplies, and befieges Malmsbury , to give Stephen a diverofin 
 at that time with an Army before Wallingford, who refolving to 
 put the bufinefs to the tryal of a Battel, brings an Army far fupe- 
 chronia rior to that of Duke Henry \ but Floods and Storms kept them fo 
 long afunder, till an agreement was made by the Bifhops, efpeci- 
 *** b > (• ally by the Mediation of the Archbifhop of Canterbury , and at 
 Winchefier was concluded upon thefe Conditions, vi^. That King 
 Stephen , during His Natural Life, fhould remain King of England , 
 and Henry enjoy the Dukedom of Normandy , and be proclaimed 
 Heir Apparent to the Kingdom of England. The Partifans of 
 both, to enjoy their Ancient Rights and Titles. Things to be as 
 they Rood before Stephen was King j and all Caftles built in His 
 Reign, to be demoliflied. 
 
 After this Pacification, Henry returns into Normandy , and Ste¬ 
 phen having attained (that which he never had before) Peace 
 (which yet he enjoyed not two years) makes Progreffes through 
 moft parts of the Kingdom , to reform thofe milcheifs that had 
 grown up under the Sword 3 and then calls a Parliament at Lon¬ 
 don : After which, having had a conference with Fheodorick^ Earl 
 of Flanders, who met Him at Dover j He no fooner had difmilfed 
 Him, but He was fuddenly taken with the lliahg Paflion, mixed 
 Henric: with His old difeafe, the Emrods , whereof He died in the Mona- 
 ftery there, upon the 2 5 day of O&ober, 1154. Eight days before 
 chlnhi Feaft of All-Saints , when He had ruled Eighteen years, and 
 Normn. alraoft Eleven moneths, and was Interred in the Mohaftery of 
 990 tli Feverjham in Kent , which He and His Queen had founded, with 
 the faid Queen His Wife, and Prince Eufi ace His Son, whode* 
 ceafedbut a (hort time before him. There His Body remained in 
 
 M quiet 
 
. ... * 
 
 A qE^CBAL'OqiCAl HISTORY OF 
 
 . • Va i ii i . ■ - ■.■ " ■■■■ " ■ l f i " • '■>■■■■ « ■ 11 —.' 11 ' ■■■■ ' ■ ' - i 
 
 TheNorman quiet until the diftblution of the Abbeys> when for fo fmall a gain, \ 
 
 . as the Lead Coffin, wherein it was wrapped, it was taken up, and 
 
 thrown into the next Water. 
 
 He was (as a Modern Author renders Him) a Man fo continu¬ 
 ally in Motion, that we cannot take His dimenfions, but only in 
 palling, and that only on the fide oi War ^ on the other, we never 
 law but a glance on Him, which yet for the moftpart wasfuch as 
 {hewed Him to be a very worthy Prince , and an experf Soldier, 
 wanting nothing to make Him an excellent King, but a good Title. 
 
 Thofe that read His Circumfcriptions upon His Great Seal,may ad¬ 
 mire why He that only ftiled Himfelf in His Charters, S T E- 
 PHANVS DEI GRATIA REX ANGLORVM 
 ffiould (having no Title, nor any Pofieffion of Normandy') on 
 thereverfethereof, write Himfelf alfo STEPHANAS DEI 
 GRATIA DVX NORMANORVM. Butitmaybe 
 anfwered, That His Right to both was much alike; and having an 
 ufurped Kingdom in Pofieffion, He might better make bold with 
 the Title of Duke of Normandy , to compleat that Reverfe which 
 His Predeceflbrs had made ufe of before Him. 
 
 He kept His word with the State concerning therelievement of 
 Tributes, and never had Subfidy that we find : But which is more 
 remarkable, having His Sword continually out, and fo many re¬ 
 bellions againft Him, He never put any great Man to death- More¬ 
 over it is obfcrved , That notwithftanding all thefe Miferies of 
 War, there were more Abbeys ere&ed in His Reign, then had 
 been in an hundred years before ; which (hews, that though the 
 times were bad, they were not impious. 
 
 Children of King STEPHEN, by Queen MAUD 
 Bologne His Wife. 
 
 4. BALDWIN , Eldeft Son of King Stephen ( bearing the 
 name of Baldwin , King of Jerufalem , His Mothers Uncle ) 
 was born in the Reign of King Henry the Firft, His Fathers Urn 
 cle, and died in his Infancy, during the fame Kings Reign. 
 
 His Burial place was in the Priory of the Trinity within Aid- 
 gate in London ; which was a Houfe of Black * Canons of the % stm 
 
 SitYtjcy of 
 
 Augujlinian Order , founded by Queen Maud , firft Wife of 
 the faid King Henry. The firft Canon Regular in England being 
 of this place, An. 1108. And the Prior thereof Alderman of 
 London . 
 
 4» E*V ST ACE, Earl of Bologne , Second Son of King Stephen 
 and Queen Maud, fo named from Enttace Earl of Bologne , his stfvili & 
 Grand-Father, was Heir-Apparent to his Father, and alfo to his 
 Mother, in whofe Right (when Stephen came to be King) he^ e >?- 
 His Marriage. was created Earl of Bologne. He married Conflance , Sifter of 
 Lewis the Seventh, King of France, and Daughter of King 
 Lewis the Grofs; but dying without Iflue, She was after re¬ 
 married 
 
THE XJK9 S of E<KJjLAH 3 > ? &c. 4-1 
 
 Chap. 6. 
 
 Chronici 
 Normin- 
 nia, p. 
 989 b. 
 
 Hen.Hun- 
 tington , 
 fol. 227 b. 
 rum. 40. 
 
 married to Raymond , the Third Earl o ITholofa, or S. Giles. This K - Sttpb* . 
 Euftace was a Prince, more then of Hope ^ for he lived to the 
 bloffoming of much Valor, though it came not tomaturity^ 
 being cut off at the age of Eighteen years: Some fay by drown¬ 
 ing , but others (upon better ground) by a Granger accident, 
 which w r as, That being exafperated at the Agreement made 
 betwixt his Father, and Henry Duke of Normandy ( by which 
 he was excluded from all hopes of Succeftion to the Crown) he 
 in a fury went to the Abbey of Bury in Suffolk and demanded. 
 
 Money of the Monks, to fet forward his heady defigns ^ which 
 being denied him, he prefently in a rage went forth, and fet on 
 fire the Corn Fields belonging to the Monaftery j but after¬ 
 wards fitting down to dinner, at the firft morfel of Bread he 
 put in his Mouth, he fell into a fit of madnefs, and in that fit 
 died upon the Tenth day of Auguft, in the Seventeenth year of 
 his Fathers Reign, Ait. Dom. 1152. 
 
 This Prince was fo beloved of his Father, that he had a pur- 
 pofetohave joyned him with himfelf in the Kingdom *, but 
 that the Pope upon complaint made to him of it by the Bifhpps, 
 diverted him from it. However, being dead, he was buried in 
 the Abbey of Fevcrfbam , where his Mother was Interred about 
 Fifteen Moneths before him. 
 
 Mills, p. . 
 9b “ 
 
 
 Roger'. 
 Hoveden 
 fol. 281 b. 
 num. 49 . 
 
 * Sigtber- 
 m,p,zi 6 . 
 Rob. de 
 Monte, p. 
 #40. 
 
 WILLIAM, Earl of Mortaigne and Bologne, Lord of the 
 Honors of Engle , and of Pevenfey , Third and youngeft Son 
 of King Stephen , who in the right of Ijfabel his Wife, was the 
 Fourth Earl Warren and Surreys (he being the only Daughter 
 and Heir of William , the Third Earl Warren and Surrey. This 
 William after the death of his Father, reftored to King Henry 
 theSecondjthe Honor of Peyenfey and Norwich ,and all his Eftate 
 in England and Normandy ,whereof he was poflefifed by gift from 
 his Father, King Stephen. In exchange for which. King Henry 
 gave unto him whatfoever King Stephen enjoyed before he w'as 
 made King of England, and alfo Knighted him at the City of 
 Carlisle. He deceafed accompanying the faid King at the fiege 
 of Tholofa in the year 1159. (as Hoyeden hath it .) But * others 
 An. 1 160. without Ifliie, leaving his Sifter Mary to be his 
 Heir. 
 
 4. M A ZID, the Elder Daughter of King Stephen, and Queen 
 Maud, was born before her Father was King , in the Reign of 
 King Henry the Firft, her Uncle } in whofe time (he alfo de¬ 
 ceafed, being young (though fome report (he was Wife to the 
 survey , Earl of Millan') and was Interred at London with her Brother 
 Baldwine, in the Priory of the Trinity within Aldgatc , then 
 commonly called Chrifi Church, and lately named Dukes-place, 
 becaufe it came to the Duke of Norfolk^ by marriage with the 
 Daughter and Heir of Thomas Lord Audley of Walden. 
 
 , 4. MART, 
 
4 + A qE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Norman 
 Dynafty. 
 
 Book I. 
 
 M ART Younger* but onely Daughter living of King Ste¬ 
 phen, firft became Nun and Abbefs of the Nunnery of Ramfey Vincent? 
 in Hampfhire } and after being fecretly itaken from thence, was ? ’ 7I °* 
 married to Matthew of Flanders , the younger Son oITheodoricl ^ 
 of Alfatia , Earl of Flanders *, who after the death of William 
 her Brother, was Countefsof Bologne zt\d Mortaigne^ and bare 
 to her faid Husband two Daughters, Ida and Maud. Which 
 Mary, the Countefs, having profeffed Chaftity, by the cenfure Bciicforz 
 of the Church, was feparated from her faid Husband, and re- f 
 mitted back into her Monaftery; yet her children were legiti¬ 
 mated by Parliament, An. 118^. and left the Earldom of Bo¬ 
 logne to her daughters. Ida the Eldeft married to Reginald de 
 Trie , Earl of Vammartin , and in right of his Wife, Earl of 
 Bologne, who bare unto him one daughter, by name Maud, 
 married to Philip, Uncle to S. Lewis , King of France , in May, 
 
 An. 1210. who by her became Earl of Bologne. 
 
 Maud , the other daughter of Mary, and filler of Ida , was JJ*’ , 
 the Wife of Henry the Firft, Duke of Brabant , Father of 5 > r - 
 Henry the Second, Duke of Brabant , &c. 
 
 Natural Ijjue of King STEPHEN. 
 
 WILLIAM, is miftaken of fome to be the fame William 
 that was Earl of Bologn ; others who knew that William Earl 
 of Bologne was lawfully born, do think his Father had no other 
 Son named William, but himfelf; wherein, let William Earl of 
 Bologne be a lawful witnefs of himfelf; who having beft caufe 
 to know it, doth beft prove it. And in an ancient Charter of 
 his, being written in thofe days, and extant in thefe, doth name 
 him for a witnefs, and calleth him his Brother. 
 
 Olivariits 
 Uredhu in 
 Genealo¬ 
 gist Com. 
 Bland, in 
 probati- 
 onibusTiUl 
 billet VIIJ 
 M. 
 
 Ralph 
 Brook, 
 York He* 
 raid. 
 
 4. G ERV A IS, another Natural Son of King Stephen, be- ; 
 gotten on a Gentlewoman named Dameta , and born in Norman- sSiir, 
 dy, was brought into England by his Father, in the Fifth year Eccujif* 
 of his Reign, An. 1140. And (by his procurement alfo) in ^ Ue B gi F. 
 the fame year, made Abbot of Wejiminjier , and fo continued *«* weft. 
 for the fpace of Twenty years. He deceafed there the Twenty Sepufti, ' 
 fixth day of Auguft, in the Sixth year of the Reign of King alujirZi 
 Henry the Second, The Year of Grace, 1160. and lieth buried 
 in the South part of the Cloyfter, within the faid Monaftery, 
 under a Stone of Black Marble, which yet remaineth. The 
 Epitaph is almoft wholly defaced, which was this Diftick in 
 Saxon Chara&ers, *i 
 
 D6 R6GUM G6N6R6 PATER J)IC GeRF^SWS ECCE, Camden, 
 CQONSRAT neFUNCTUS, MORS RAPIT OGJNE GENUS. Remain,; 
 
 P- 35 *- 
 
 3. ROBERT, 
 
—— 
 
 THE KJK 9 S 0F EWJjE*H 3 >><rc- V 
 
 Cfiap 7. 
 
 ROBERT, 
 
 Conjal, or Earl of (f LO CE STETf, 
 Surnamed of C A Ilf E. 
 
 Robert Earl 
 of Glocefter. 
 
 CHAP. VIL 
 
 brdericti) 
 Vitalis, p. 
 pz© b• 
 
 Ralph 
 
 Broo{, 
 
 Torli- 
 
 Herald. 
 
 fVilliel . 
 Gemmtt. 
 p. }06 c. 
 
 Mong the Natural Children of King Henry Guies^ Reji h 
 the Firft} this Robert ( furnamed (de Cado- AmTattri- 
 mo) of Cane y the place of his Birth) held the 
 prime place, not onely in refpe$: of his be- of Giocejier, 
 ing the firft of that number, but alfo becaufe tientiy de- 
 his Mother was themoft Noble of all his Fa- Sfctremg 
 thers Concubines, ‘J'ix. Nejia , Daughter ^AbbTy^f 
 of Rhees apTewdor y Prince of Soutb-n>ales y (afterwards married 
 to Gerald of Windfor , Conftable of Pembroke Caftle , and interred the 
 Anceftor of the Earls of Kildare in Ireland ) whom King Henry ^ndlciar'e 
 having begotten in his luff , yet to make amends to the Mo- 
 ther , thought it love, and charity to provide for j and there- J?" n s t ^ e t ' he 
 fore beftows upon Robert an ample Inheritance in England and Heir General 
 Normandy , and moreover procures a match for him, with Mabel lift! in feve- 
 the rich Daughter and Heir of Robert E it^-Hamon y Lord of Cor- “hilhchur/h 
 boil\n Normandy , Cardiff in Sontb-ivales y and Tervshjfnry in Eng- a JJ the d Arms 
 land y by Matilda (tome name her Sibilla ) his Wife, Daughter of Robert Fit\- 
 Roger de Montgomery. The Monk of Gloccjler exprefleth King Hen- Father'c? e 
 ties courting the Lady Mabel for His Son Robert in thefe Rhimcs, ^ Q a b b c c ( ts \ff L 5 
 and her refuial of him at firft, tor want ot a Surname. vi\. A^urc, 
 
 a Lion Ram- 
 pant Guar- 
 
 dant, Or. The faid Robert being alio interred in the fame Church with this Epitaph, Jnifia Capcllajacet DcminuS 
 Robertus flmWamoms bujus Loci Fundator. Lib, in Officio Arm- L. 17 . fol.zozb. 
 
 Robert of 
 Gloccfter, 
 fol. 218 ai 
 
 ©ftfljeafametoeli icfj tnotepotit Oertuponmens 
 fo? mmieljentap, tljnitfo? nie felf 3! tons 
 Slita futije Derrtap a$f ic& ijaue, tut inetc to me nrete fljame 
 
 Co take a iLo^tlnitije ijatmc aitpfumame. 
 
 ©tC Robert le Fitz-Hayme ttljP iTtUlCt‘0 tlCTItlS Uia0,&c. 
 
 ano tljulke mpgfjt nat he hit that of hi$ kpmte nasi, * 
 Cfjeefoj ©it ioi Mottoes lohe lete nie no man oioe 
 Ooiit Ijc hauc a furname, tuljetbp to he knatti. 
 
 That Sur¬ 
 names were 
 not in ufe in 
 England be¬ 
 fore the Con 
 queft, we ma- 
 obferve in thy 
 Charters ofe 
 Edward the 
 Confelfor,one 
 of which is 
 thus witnefled 
 
 Hh Ego ElarAldus Dux con fen ft. >p Ego Tofftus Comes con fen ft. *p Ego Girth Comes con fenfi. *p £g 0 
 Edwinus Comes confenft. *P Ego Morker, &c. and feveral otners without other addition, but onely of 
 their Titles. But in Doomfday Book, in the Exchequer , Surnames (fo termed by the French, becaufe they 
 were fuperadded to the Chriftian name) are firft found, and brought then into England by the Normans , 
 who not long before took them. Many of which were noted wither, fuchaplaceof their Habitation - as 
 Aibericus de V ere, Walt crus de V ernon , Giflebertus de V enables : Or, with filius, as Gnilelmus filius O sberni , 
 Richardus filius Giflebcrti and Robertus films Hamonis (the Father of this Mabel, who being French!^ 
 fied, looked upon it as a high difgrace to take a Husband without his two names ) feveral alfo took Sur¬ 
 names from their Offices, as EudoDapifer, Gnilelmus Camerarius, Herveus Legatus, Radulphus Venator. 
 The Welfhufed mab, and ap, as David ap Harry , Merruddethap Blethin ; and the Irifh, mac, as M*c 
 Mahon, Mac Morrough, Mac William, which i s the fame with Filius or fitz. 
 
 N 
 
 Damfeill 
 
' 4<s a gE^CEJLOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Norman Damfeill quoth the Kyng thou feiftwellin this cas Book I. 
 
 Sit Robert Fiz-Haym thi Fader name was 
 And as fayr name he (hall have yf me may by fee 
 Sir Robert Fiz-Roy (hall his name be. 
 
 @tt tftiotf) tons ^aptie, too tljlg ns a fayre name 
 30 Oo fcitO all Ot0 Ipf, ano of gtete fame* 
 
 OBttt tuOat fijuinc 010 rone Oete, if one of Olm come, 
 
 ©o mpsOt Oe not Oote nemetlj tljetof come. 
 
 The Kyng vnderftode fo (he faide non vtrage. 
 
 And that Gloucefter was chief of hur heritage. 
 
 Damfele he feide tho j thi Lorde (hall haue a name 
 For him and for his heires fayr withoute blame. 
 
 For Robert Erie of Gloucefter , his name (hall be and is. 
 
 He (hall be Erie of Gloucefter , and his heires I wys. 
 
 3in tons routine quotOOcolcOtoole, tljat all rnp tijpncOe 0 10 . 
 
 €lju0 Uia0 an Ctle of Gloucefter fitlf 31 makeo t&er, 
 after toe Conquelf of all tljat tOet met. 
 
 CO 10 um0 pi. c* vet, ano tjc yet a pllgOt, 
 
 SftOet tljat out Ctoeet lo^oe Oec on Oertlje illcOt, 
 
 3no of tlje J&pngeo atonement lit toe ije pet 
 
 Cfjat tOl0 vStle of Gloucefter makcu tOu0 toa0 t&et. 
 
 Here we find this Robert to compleat his greatnels, created Earl muiet. 
 of GloceUer , An. 1109. in the Ninth year of King Henry the Firft. f'foTi. 
 And well did he requite this bounty of his Father, in the faithful 
 aflertion of his Sifter Maud theEmprefs, in her Wars againfi: 
 
 King Stephen^ to whom he proved a continual terror, and laid the 
 ground-work of thofe fuccdfes that afterwards were compleated 
 in her foil Henry Fitz, Emprefs . He was indeed, the moft valiant wiUie[ 
 Captain of that age , and if we would know the true value which Maimsb. 
 thofe of that time had of him, we muft weigh him in the ballance nm.llf 
 againft Stephen , that Martial Prince, who thought not that his Gejiastc- 
 enemies did undervalue him, nor that his friends did him any ad- 
 vantage, when (being both taken Captives) Robert was made his 957 d ' J 
 exchange. Nor couid thatconclufion have been grounded upon 
 any other perfon fo juftly as hiinfelf : That a King for an Earl, and 
 an Earl for a King, fhould fet one the other at liberty. 
 
 He built the Caftles of Briftol , and Cardiff in South-males , and 
 the Monaftery of S. James at Briftol , and deceafed on the laft day 
 o i October, in the Twelfth year of King Stephen, An. 1147. and 
 was interred in themidftof the Chore of the laid Monaftery of 
 S. James 
 
 To him William of Malntsbury dedicated his Book, entituled, 
 
 Hiftoria Novella . 
 
 Children 
 
THE K^ISTqS OF E3T9 la H.V>(? c - _ 47 _ 
 
 Robert Earl 
 
 C“ a P- 8. . of Glocefter. 
 
 ~ Children of ROBERT Earl of Glocefter, hy --— 
 
 MABEL FITZ-HAMON hk Wife. 
 
 4. WILLIAM Eldeft Son of Robert Earl of Glocefter, was 
 after his Fathers death, Earl of Glocefter , and Lord of Glamor¬ 
 gan. Vide Chap. ft. being the next following. 
 
 Si/«- 4. ROGER Second Son of Robert , Conful of Glocefter , was 
 ubmAn. confecrated Bifhop of Worcefter , An. 1164. He diedatTWx 
 menurm, j n France on the Ninth day of Auguft , in the year of our Lord, 
 
 p. 510. 
 
 Chro.M.S'. 1179 * 
 in Bibl. 
 
 Cotton, f. 
 
 'orfricK 4 - RICHARD Third Son was Bifliop of Bay on in Normandy , 
 
 Vitalii, p. confecrated by Hugh , Archbifliop of Roan , at the Command¬ 
 
 ment of Pope Innocent , about the year 113 3. 
 
 nuem H A MO N Fourth Son of Robert Earl of Glocefter , was (lain 
 at Fholoufe with William King Stephens Son^ in the year of our 
 Salvation 11 60. Or according to fome, An. 1159. I find him 
 witnefs to a Charter of Earl William his Brother. 
 
 Ralph 
 
 Brook, 
 
 Tork- 
 
 Herald. 
 
 miliel. 
 Gemmct. 
 p.jij c. 
 Ordericus 
 Vitalit , p, 
 $zi c. 
 
 4. MABEL Elder Daughter of Earl Robert was married to 
 Aubrey de Vere. 
 
 4. MATILDA Younger Daughter, was the Wife of Ranulph o^i^r ^ 
 Gernonik Earl of Chefter ; by whom fhe had ifiiie, Hugh the 2 ? 
 
 Fifth Earl Palatine of Chefter , and Richard. This Ranulph was in which he* 
 poyfoned by the pradice of this Maud his Wife, and WiUiam^t'Tjvw- 
 Feyerell Lord of Nottingham , in the year n$$. For which Zumxdit? 
 a&, Fever ell was difinherited by King Henry the Second. ^iverhm 
 
 the Seal Ap¬ 
 pendant thereunto, is of Green Wax, the Form round, circumferibed SlGlLLUM RANULPHI 
 COMITIS CESTRlE. In the Sheild which is of a very antient Figure, there is a Lion Rampant with 
 his Tail erefted, and turned backward. In Camera Ducam Lancajtrjx. This Coat of Arms is thus Emblazoned, 
 Or, a Lion Rampant, with Hit Tail crofted. Gules. 
 
 1 ., 
 
 » i 1 
 
 4. WILLIAM 
 
4 § A i 
 
 0(jtCAL HISTORY 0& 
 
 The Norman 
 Tftnajty. 
 
 Book 1 
 
 WILLIAM, 
 
 , or Earl of Q VOCESTE\, mi 
 Lord of CjLAMO RQA Sf. 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 £ Lave In my 
 cuftody, an 
 
 Inftrument of 
 this William, 
 'whois written 
 therein WIL- 
 LELMUS 
 CONSUL, 
 but the Seal 
 Ss loft. 
 
 In an other 
 Charter (of 
 which I have 
 
 His William was the Eldeft Son and Heir of-triaui: 
 Robert Conful of Glocefter (for Comes and Gemmet. 
 Conful, were the fame Title in that time) * 
 whom he fucceeded in that Earldom, and was stlp.Regk 
 alfo Lord of Glamorgan in the right of his ££'*' 
 Mother, Mabell , Daughter and Heir of Robert 
 Fit^-Hamon, who won the faid Lordfhip from 
 iTnd Mm Py ^ Jnftin apGurgan, Lord of Glamorgan , in the time of King Willi- 
 Ailed veil- am Rufus, and made his abode in the Caftle of Cardiff', where 
 comes he kept his Courts Monethly, and ufed therein Jura Regalia , ha - 
 tr°e E t :he ving his Twelve Knights to attend him thefirftday, they having 
 Sefi'beingb^ f evcra l Lodgings given them and their Heirs for ever, within the 
 
 Circular, and faid Caftle. 
 
 ches broad 1 ”* This William built the Abbey of Keynfbam , and confirmed 
 Tunplfllnt t ^ ie * Grant of Hugh de Gotidevile to the Monks of Bordeflcy. He % Chirtk 
 wltdJtL** married Hawk or Hade wife. Daughter of Robert Boffu Earl of ir 
 sinificr fide of Leicefler , and departed this World in the year of our Lord 118 2. m»." 
 
 the Roundel i J ’ £ J 3 
 
 thewouds in, •' 
 
 khe Circle are obliteratedj and the Counterfeit!, which is a very fmall Oval much defaced. Penes Uen. S. George 
 Arm.pmcialem nom. Richmond. Lib. A. 27. fol. 144 a. Its probable he gave this Lion in ihemory of his Grand - 
 Father Robert Fit^-Uamvn^o (if we believe the Efcocheons in Tewksbury Church Windows to be his) did bear 4 
 Lion Rampant Guardant 5 this William onely altering the Lion, by bearing him Paffant Guardant. But yet after 
 V/hatl have here faid, the Arms attributed to this William, and quartered for him by his Defendants* are the Armj 
 of Earl Robert his Father, vi\. Gules $ Refls,Or. 
 
 Children of WILLIAM Earl of Glocefter, by the 
 Countefs H A W I S hk Wife. 
 
 5. RO BE R? the onely Son of Earl William , was untimely guv* 
 taken away by Death in the year 11 66. in memory of whom, 
 his Father built the Monaftery of Keinfbam. * 60 ' 
 
 (T- 
 
 it 
 
 Hivede'n, 
 316 
 5 *. 
 
 M ABELL, Countefs of Evereux, the Eldeft Daughter of kogem 
 William Earl of Glocefter , was married to Almeric\ Montfort Earl 
 of Evereux, in Normandy i to which, Mabell, King Henry the Se- nun 
 cond gave an Hundred pounds in Portion , becaufe that William 
 her Father had beftowed the Earldom of Glocefter upon John 
 his youngeft Son, with lffabell her younger Sifter. This Mabell 
 and AlmertthJi^A iftue AlmericffMontford Earl of Evereux, who 
 after the Divorce of his Aunt lffabell, from the above faid John, 
 the Kings Son, was the next Earl of Glocefter , in the right of 
 
 his 
 
THE KJK9 s of EWJfLJS^Pi&c. a .9 
 
 Chap. 8. his [aid Mother Mabell , in the fecond year of King John . Al - ^'%»Earl 
 
 mericlfMoutfort Earl of Glocefer married Milicent , the Daugh- — ? lece ^!— 
 
 Roger. 
 Hoveden. 
 fol. 1161. 
 num. jo. 
 
 ter of Hugh Gonrney ) and deceasing without ifliie, was buried 
 in the Monaftery of Keynjham. 
 
 A MIT IA 0 Countefs of Clare ^ Glocefer, and Hertford, ^e-^ h e ^ e J e ^. a 
 cond Daughter of Earl William , was the Wife of Richard Richard, who 
 Earl of Clare and Hertford , to her likewife King Henry R^rd^c^ 
 gave an Hundred pounds upon the fame confideration with her Hc!dforT. e ' 
 Sifter Mabell } but her youngeft Sifter lffabell dying without GrLnWa^ 
 ifTue, by her three Husbands, this Richard Earl of Clare and appendant 
 Hertford , had alfo the Earldom of Glocefer , and his Pofterity Chcumfcnp. 
 after him in the right of this Amitia . faced) but the 
 
 figure of the 
 
 Earl on Horsback, is plainly tobefeen, having on his long Triangular Shield, Three Cheverons. Ex Cants Dom. 
 
 Henrici Com. de Peterborough. 
 
 Rogerm 
 Hoveden. 
 f.H6a. 
 num. Jo. 
 & 373 b. 
 num. 30. 
 Matth. 
 Wejim. p. 
 aJ7. num. 
 10. 
 
 fjMJ R. 
 •fohannis, 
 
 f.l. m. 4. 
 
 5. IS S A B E L L y Countefs of Glocefer , &c. the Third and 
 Youngeft Daughter of William Earl of Glocefer , was married 
 to John Youngeft Son of King Henry the Second, to whom 
 with Her, Her Father gave the Earlddfn of Glocefer , An. 1176. 
 with this Caution, that the Popes Licence and Difpenfation 
 might be obtained, which ferved this John after he had ufurped 
 the Crown, to Divorce Her upon pretences, as well for that 
 She was Barren , as that they were within the degrees of Con* 
 fanguinity ; who a while after (referving to himielf the Caftle 
 of Brifol) pa (fed Her over to Geoffrey de Magna*Villa, or Man- 
 devile Earl of Efex for 20000 Marks, who thus over-marrying 
 himfelf was very much impoverifhed , and fhortly after died, 
 to make way tor Her third Husband Hubert de Burgo Earl ol 
 Kent ; but She died at laft without iftue. 
 
 This -fohni 
 when ne was 
 Lord of Jre- 
 land, and 
 Earl of Merid 
 ton, did beat 
 for Arms, 
 Two Lions 
 Pajfant, as 
 appeareth by 
 his Seal, ex¬ 
 hibited in its 
 proper place, 
 
 V 
 
 RE- 
 
 O 
 
50 A qEKEALO qjCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Norman \ Book I. 
 
 3 REGINALD, 
 
 Earl of C 0 R WALL , Surnamed 
 
 AeWN^SrANjriLE. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 The Arms at¬ 
 tributed to 
 this Reginald 
 by feveral 
 Writers of 
 Genealogy, 
 were. Gules, 
 two Lions 
 Pdffxnt Gutr- 
 dant, Or , a 
 Baiun A\ure. 
 But I have 
 not as yet 
 met with any 
 Seal of this 
 Reginald, or 
 other Author 
 of the time 
 to juftifie the 
 fame, being 
 allured. That 
 it will be dif¬ 
 ficult to find 
 the diftinfti- 
 on of a Beni- 
 let or Batun 
 to difference 
 the younger, 
 or Natural 
 Sons of the 
 Royal Family- 
 (or any other) 
 of fo early a 
 date. When 
 the firft Bend 
 which I find 
 ufed, was that 
 of Henry of 
 Lancajler, 
 Lord of Mon¬ 
 mouth, (and 
 afterwards 
 Earl of Lan- 
 cajlcr) fecond 
 Son of Ed¬ 
 mond Earl of 
 Lancdjler ) 
 above 130 
 years after 
 the death of 
 this Earl 
 Reginald. 
 
 E was the Third of the Natural Children of King 
 Henry the Firft , Vitalk gives him the Surname 
 de Dunjlanvilla , I fuppofe becaufe he was borne 91 /</.’ f ’ 
 at that place. His Mothers name was Sibill , Vincents 
 Daughter of Sir Robert Corbet of Alcejler, in the J/Emrr, 
 County of Warwick to whom, King Henry*' 113 ' 
 in favor of Her, gave that Lordfliip. 
 
 This Sibill was afterwards married to Henry Fit%'Herbert His 
 Chamberlain,who by Her was Anceftor of a numerous Off spring. 
 yiK. The Fit^-Herberts of Derbijbire, the Progers ot Gwernddym 
 Monmouthjbire , the Gw inns of Lanfannor , in the County of Glamor¬ 
 gan , the Williams ot Lincolnjbire , and the Jonefes of Treowen. 
 
 As alfo the Herberts , Earls ot Pembroke and Huntington , the 
 Earl of Winch el fey Baron F iti*-Herbert , and the Herberts of Vom.Edw: 
 Colebrook. The Barons Herbert of Chirbury and Powis , and fe- Herbert 1 
 veral other Families *, to which, 1 add the Morgans of Arkefion , lury^crci 
 Wefton , and hannihangell y and the Jonefes of Lanfonfreed . Several 
 of which Houfes according to the Welfh cuftom changed their 
 names every defeent, the Fathers Chriften-name fupplying the 
 place of the Sons furname, as, William ap Thomas , Thomas ap 
 William , Guillim ap Jenkjn, &*c. For furnames were not inufe 
 among the Welfh, till by Aft of Parliament in the reign of Henry 
 the Eight, the Principality of Wales was incorporated with Eng¬ 
 land. 
 
 This Reynold was made Earl of Cornwall , and Baron of Cajlle - Maims- 
 comb , in the Fifth year of King Stephen, An. 1140. and married loe’a!’ 
 
 N -- Daughter of William Fit^-Richardfz man of an illuftrious Ge/iastc- 
 
 defeent, and a plentiful Fortune, who revolting from King Ste - 
 phen , received Reginald into his Caftle, and with hisfaid Daughter , a> b ‘ 
 beftowed on him an ample Inheritance in that County. By which 
 acquifltion he was more capable of aflerting the Intereft of his 
 Half-fifter theEmprefs, who ever found a faithful friend of him, 
 andbefides other trufts repofedin him, employed this Reynold in cronica 
 the Negotiation of the Marriage of Henry F it^-Emprefs her Son, Ma,”p. n ' 
 with Eleanor of Aquitaine , the repudiated Wife of Lewis the Se- 9 Jf b aSte - 
 venth, King of France. King Stephen outed him of his eftate, and P h **i * e - 
 gave it to Earl Alan , but Stephen, being afterwards taken prifoner, I?' f 
 and brought to terms, Alan was forced to a full reftitution. 
 
 This 
 
THE KJ^Cgs OF E3TJjLA 5 , 
 
 Chap. 9. 
 
 This Reginald departed this World at Cherfey, in the year of 
 Rob. de our Redemption 11 76. As Montenfu hath it (but Paris and Hove- corwai 
 nT'nL. den mention his death, An. 1175,^) and was buried in the Abbey- 
 
 2 °‘ ovcdcn of Reading , leaving (befidesNatural Iffue) thefeFour Daughters 
 t-3's- His Heirs, 7 ri%. 
 
 num. 40. * 
 
 Hittb. 
 
 1tUnm. 4 * H AW IS or A VICE, Countefs of Devon, Eldeft Daugh- Richard dc 
 i9 ‘ ter, was the Wife of Richard de FJpariis, or Rivers Earl of De- or Devon 
 
 von , and Lord of the Ifle of Wight) who died An. 11 62* GuietZorif* 
 leaving by her two Sons, Baldwin and Richard •> both which o”/wfich”* 
 were Earls of that County fucceffively, and deceafed without G rifFonIhave 
 
 #rr J j t . j cen U p on 
 
 llllie. feveral of his 
 
 Seals. Ex 
 C&rtit Ed to . 
 
 4. M A V D) Countefs of Melent, Second Daughter of Reginald 
 
 Earl of Cornwal) was married to Robert Earl of Melent . Arm 9- 
 
 rtim. 
 
 M S. in 
 
 Officio 
 
 Armorum 
 
 Sign.E.i. 
 
 118. iff 
 
 \x 9 . 
 
 4. RS V L A) Baronefs of CaUlecomb , Third Daughter was ArmsbeJ 
 the Wife of Walter DunHanvile , Baron of Catflecomb , by %“”£ a * v J ( lefs 
 whom (he had ilfue Walter Dunjlanvile , Baron of Cafllecomb , cajiiectmb ; 
 Father of Walter and John. TrrtSXi 
 
 Walter had iffue petronilla his Daughter and Heir, married to ° 
 
 Sir Robert Montford Knight, and by him had iffue William Mont - * L io»p*f- 
 ford , who by Fine fold his Lands to Bartholomew Badelfmere) 1 find that 
 
 An ■> Vdtv 'J ffanuarj de 
 
 An. 3 SZ.aw.'I. Vunfttnvile 
 
 John de Dunjlanvile , Second Son of Walter , was Father of 
 Nicholas , Father of Robert) Father of another Nicholas ,c°ndBrother, 
 who had iffue Henry , Father of January ; whofe foie Daugh- diftin&ion, a 
 ter and Heir Barbara , was the Wife of John Wriothejley jj ble: 
 alias Garter King of Arms } and they had iffue William Wrio * whkhCoat^ 
 thejley , Tork^ Herald , Father of Thomas Wriothejley , Earl of by the late 
 Southampton , and Lord Chancellor of England , Anceftor of JUpnn, Lord 
 Thomas, Fourth and laft Earl of Southampton, and alfoTrea 'EnjunZub: 
 furer of England. Who deceafed on the Sixteenth day of May inoffdojtr ■- 
 
 .. • 1 i/r 1 J merum, An*; 
 
 1067. without lime-male. not. l. 10, 
 
 4. SARAH, Vicountefs of Lemoges , the Fourth and youngeft 
 Daughter, was given in marriage to the Vifcount of Lemoges. 
 
 Natural Children 0/REYNOLD Earl of 
 CORNWAL . 
 
 Vincents 4. HENRY F IT Z-CO NT E ( filius Comitis]) the firft 
 *f Emrt, mentioned Natural Son of Reginald (begotten by the moft fa* 
 
 *' I3 °* mous of his Concubines Beatrix de Vannes , afterwards married 
 i at 'bfen‘ ’ to William Lord Breerver of Torbay J to whom King Henry the 
 
 «•. n- Third, in the Moneth of February , and firft year of His Reign, 
 
 An. 121. gave the Earldom of Cornwal But he enjoyed this 
 
 new 
 
A qEJ^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Norman new honor not lone, not full four years: For as he had it be- Book 1 
 
 .. J J 7 L flowed upon him in the Firft year of His Reign,fo in the fourth, Pat. An. 
 in regard this Henry retired Himfelf from the Court without 
 the Kings leave or knowledge , He fent him his difcharge 3 
 whereupon Henry (as it fhould feem) afterwards flood in Con- 
 teflation with the King for the faid Earldom *, but by the Me¬ 
 diation of the Bilhops of Norwich , Winchefter , and Exeter , °f Pa £ e f n ' 
 Hubert deBurgo, Cheif Juflice of England , and others, it was p.a. m. 3 : 
 concluded, That Henry Fit^Conte fhould reflore to the King, tndori °' 
 the faid Earldom of Cornwall with all Homages, Services, and 
 Appurtenances, as John King of England enjoyed the fame 
 before the War betwixt Him and the Barons, with a Salvo to 
 the Right and Claim of the faid Henry , when the King fhould wmLu 
 come to age. Blit the death of this Henry put an end to this 
 difpute about two years after, *iAn. 6 Hen. 3. in the year of 
 our Lord 1221. Arm. LibJ 
 
 AAl.p. 
 
 117. 
 
 4, JOHN , the Earls Son (Johannes filius Comitis ) was another Pat.An.6. 
 Bafe Son of Earl Reginald. He was Parfon of jB enburg, and 
 Chriflned, as it feemeth, by King John j for he calls him (Fiho - 
 Inm ) his Godfon. 
 
 4. NICHOLAS , another Natural Son of Reynald Earl of b. 
 
 Cornwall wasawitnefs to his Fathers Grant of the Manor of nm - z ' 
 Fenhel , and other Lands in Widemne , in the County of Cornwall 
 to William Botterel , Son of Alice Corbet , his Grand-mothers 
 Sifter, 
 
 .t 
 
BOOK II. 
 
 Plantagenets Undivided. 
 
 * / 
 
 containing 
 
 A Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 OF THE 
 
 KINGS 
 
 OF ELA 
 
 From II. to ET> WAR'D I. 
 
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 From the Year iija. to the Year wjx. 
 
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 A g EH.E ALO giCAL T ABLE 
 
 Of the Second BOOK, 
 
 A HENRY II. of the Name; Bing of England i Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Earl of Anjou, 
 furnamed Fit\-Empre[s, p .5 9 . ELIAN OR of Aquitaine , p. 60. 
 
 1 1 
 WIL- HEN- 
 
 RICHARD I. 
 
 1 
 
 GEOF- 
 
 LIAM RY 
 
 King of Eng- 
 
 FREY 
 
 Duke crow. 
 
 land , Duke of 
 
 Duke of 
 
 of ned 
 
 Normandy and 
 
 Britain, p. 
 
 Nor - Bing, 
 
 Aquitain, and 
 
 67. 
 
 mandy, Ob. S. 
 
 Earl of Anjou, 
 
 CON- 
 
 Oi# S» P • 
 
 P- 73 - 
 
 stance 
 
 p. p. 66. 
 
 BEREN- 
 
 of Brittain, 
 
 6f. 
 
 GARIA of 
 
 p. ibid • 
 
 Navarre , 
 76. 
 
 JOHN King 
 of England, 
 Lord of Ire¬ 
 land , Duke of 
 Normandy and 
 Aquitain, and 
 Earl of Anjou, 
 p. 81. 
 
 I S A B E L of 
 Evgolefme , 
 fol. 83. a. 
 
 MAUD 
 Duchefs 
 of saxo¬ 
 ny* P- 69 . 
 ELI A- 
 NOR 
 
 Queen of 
 Cajiille > 
 p.70. 
 
 JOANE 
 firft 
 Queen 
 of Sicily, 
 after¬ 
 wards 
 Countefs 
 of Tho- 
 lou\, p. 
 70. 
 
 I 
 
 Natural Iflue of 
 Kfng HENRY II. 
 Vil- 
 
 WILLI- GEOF- 
 
 6.AR- 
 
 ELIA- 
 
 H ENRY 
 
 RICH¬ 
 
 JOANE 
 
 THUR 
 
 NOR 
 
 III. 
 
 ARD 
 
 Queen 
 
 Duke 
 
 of Bri¬ 
 
 King of 
 
 Earl of 
 
 of Scots', 
 
 of Bri¬ 
 
 tain , 
 
 England, 
 
 Cornwall 
 
 fol. 85. b. 
 
 tain , p. 
 6 8. 
 
 P-69. 
 
 Lord of Ire¬ 
 land , and 
 
 and King 
 of the Ro- 
 
 
 Duke of A- 
 quitain , fol. 
 87. b. 
 ELIA: 
 NOR 
 of Provence 
 fol. 87. 
 
 mans , p. 
 91 - 
 
 SAN- 
 CHIA 
 of Pro¬ 
 vence,p. 07. 
 
 I 
 
 ELI A- 
 NOR, 
 firft 
 
 Countefs 
 of Pern- 
 bro\e, af- Ger- 
 terwards many, 
 of Leice- 
 fter , fol. 
 
 26 . a. 
 
 ISA¬ 
 BEL 
 Em- 
 prefs 
 of 
 
 fol. 26 . 
 b. 
 
 7 . EDWARD 
 I. Bing of 
 England, 
 ts’c. vide 
 Book III. 
 Chap. I. 
 
 EDMOND 
 Earl of Lan- 
 cafter, p. 
 103. 
 
 BLANCH 
 Queen of 
 Navarre, p. 
 xof. 
 
 RICH¬ 
 ARD 
 JOHN 
 WILLI- 
 A M, fol. 
 91. b. 
 HENRY, 
 fol.93. a. 
 
 MAR¬ 
 GARET 
 Queen of 
 Scots, fol. 
 9 }’ a. 
 
 BEA¬ 
 TRIX 
 Duchefs 
 of Bri¬ 
 tain, fol. 
 93. a. 
 
 EDMOND 
 Earl of 
 Cornwall, 
 p. 101. 
 MARGA¬ 
 RET de 
 CLARE. 
 Ibidtm. 
 
 O THOMAS 
 Earl of Lan - 
 cafter, p. 107. 
 ALICE 
 
 lacie. 
 
 henry 
 
 Earl of Lanca- 
 fter, P- *°9: 
 
 M AUD 
 
 cha- 
 
 WORTH. 
 
 I 
 
 JOHN of 
 Lancafter,J.otd 
 of Beaufort, 
 p. 107. 
 
 ,HENRY 
 Duke of 
 Lanca- 
 fter, p. 
 Hi. 
 
 ISSABEL 
 Beau¬ 
 mont, p: 
 113. 
 
 1 
 
 blanch 
 
 Lady 
 Wa\e , p. 
 no. 
 
 MAUD 
 Coun¬ 
 tefs of 
 Vlfter, 
 p. 110. 
 
 JOA¬ 
 NE La¬ 
 dy Mew- 
 bray , p. 
 119 . 
 
 ISSA¬ 
 BEL 
 Abbefs 
 of Am - 
 bresbu- 
 rj, p. 
 
 1 X 9 . 
 
 ELIA- 
 NOR 
 Lady 
 Beau¬ 
 mont 
 and 
 Coun¬ 
 tefs of 
 Arundet, 
 p. ixx« 
 
 I 
 
 MARY, 
 Lady 
 Percy, 
 p. hi. 
 
 jo. MAUD Du¬ 
 elers of Bava¬ 
 ria , Ob. S. P. 
 M ij« 
 
 I 
 
 BLANCH mar¬ 
 ried to tfohn of 
 Gaunt, Duke of £49, 
 taper, (fei f> HJ." 
 
 A M 
 Longe- 
 fpee Earl 
 of Salis¬ 
 bury Ela 
 de Eve . 
 reaux, 
 
 p. 1x4. 
 
 I 
 
 FREY 
 Archbi- 
 fhop of 
 Torf[ , 
 
 P • 7 1 - 
 MOR¬ 
 GAN 
 Provoft 
 of Be¬ 
 verly , p. 
 7 *. 
 
 WIL¬ 
 
 LIAM 
 
 Longe- 
 fpee Earl 
 of Sarum, 
 P-117- 
 Idonia de 
 Camviie , 
 
 RICH¬ 
 
 ARD, 
 
 STE¬ 
 
 PHEN, 
 
 Nicholas, 
 
 ISSA¬ 
 
 BEL. 
 
 ELA. 
 
 p.U6. 
 
 IDA 
 
 ELA,' 
 
 P’ ll 7 . 
 
 WILLIAM 
 Lougefpee, 
 p • 118. 
 MAUD, 
 CLI F- 
 FORD, 
 p. Ibidem : 
 
 MARGARET 
 
 Longefbee 
 Wife of HEN. 
 de Lacy, 
 
 Earl of Lin¬ 
 coln. 
 
 ALICE 
 Lacy married 
 to Thdmas 
 Earl of Lan• 
 cafter , p. 
 xi 2 . 
 
4 HENRY ll 
 
 Kjng of EUfCjLdJfT), T>u{e of 3f0% 
 MA3fT>% and JQfDITJUfE, 
 and Earl of AUfJfO'O^ Surnamed 
 FITZS~E METRESS. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Rogcm 
 Hoveden. 
 f. a8i a. 
 mm. lo. 
 Gefta 
 Steph. 
 jRegis,&cl 
 P -973 *' 
 
 I have exhibit 
 
 Atures laft debt being paid by the Ufurper King sfcondBoob, 
 Stephen , this Henry ("called Fit^Emprefs P*.&- * 4 -) the 
 
 l J “'s~- -* J Figures of two 
 
 from His Mother, or Court-Mantle , becaufe Seals of this 
 He was the firft that brought the falhion of'SThichX 
 fliort Cloaks out of Anjou) the Undoubted “hmh/'ws 
 Heir to the Crown', afcended the Throne (as 
 being Eldefl Son and Heir of Maud the Em- Aquitaine , & 
 prefs , onely Child living of King Henry the Firft, by another jou , forfohe 
 Maud His Wife,Daughter of Malcolm the Third, King of SV^and cfan^mTde 
 Margaret His Wife, Daughter of Edward , Son of King Edmund ^ 
 furnamed Ironftde) in whom the Blood of the Saxon Kings was re- sopweii, <&c. 
 
 n 3 J ExCartuGu- 
 
 ltored, lielm, Piere - 
 
 ponte Arm. 
 
 The other is His Royal or Great Seal after He came to be King ; in both which, the Concave fides of their Shields 
 onely, are obvious : So that if there were any charge thereon, its not difcoverable. Therefore for the Arms of this 
 King Henry the Second, we have no other Proof then for thofe of the Norman Line His Predeceflors, except we 
 take the opinion of Modern Genealogifts, who fay, That this Henry, before His Marriage with Eleanor of Aquitaine, 
 did bear Gules , z Lions Paffant Guardant, Or. and that the Arms of Aquitaine, being alfo A Lion, Or, in a field 
 Gules , did add the fame in His Shield to His other Two Lions. The Arms upon His Monument at Fout Euraud s 
 are on a Shield of a,Modern Form ; the fame Monument being alfo adorned with Efcocheon3 in which are both Em- 
 ptUmtnts and guarterings, which were not ufcd till above an hundred years after. 
 
 R 
 
 He 
 
 
His Marri¬ 
 age. 
 
 do A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 He was born at Merits 1 in Normandy, An. 1133. in the ?\ year Bo - k 1T - 
 
 .—__1 of His Grand-father King Henries Reign, to whom His Birth was ordericm 
 
 fo welcome, that it feemed to make amends for His Son Duke p ' 
 Williams death, loft by Shipwrack not long before. His Child¬ 
 hood was fpent with His Parents, till being Nine years old, He 
 was brought into England , and at Brijlol (by one Matthew his 
 School-mafter) inftriufted in Learning } from whence being fent 
 into Scotland , to His great Uncle King David, He was by Him in- *° 0 g v c e r j cn 
 itiated in the Principles of State} and having now arrived to the/. *206. 
 Sixteenth year of His age, was by that King Knighted at Carlifle , 
 
 An. 1148. When fcarce able to bear Arms, He had alfoa tafteot 
 War under the Difcipline of that famous Soldier Robert Earl of 
 Gloceflcr His Uncle, who (not long after deceafing) left Him capa¬ 
 ble of fupplying His condu<ft, and fent Him into Anjou to Earl 
 Geoffrey His Father, who perhaps overjoyed in His prefence, fhort- 
 ly after died, and left Him in pofleffion of that County, being * chron: 
 now Nineteen years old} about which time (‘Z'/z,. An. 1150.) He Nor ™*' 
 alfo did His * homage to Lewis King of France for the Dukedom ibidem, 
 of Normandy. 
 
 In the next year followed Henries Marriage with Eleanor of gcewie 
 Aquitaine or Guyen (Eldeft Daughter and Heir of William, Fifth 
 of that Name, [but Ninth Duke of Aquitaine in Succeftion, Mmhc.f. 
 by Eleanor of ChafieUeraut His Wife ) the repudiated Wife of 
 Lewis the Seventh, called The Younger y King of France , butfe- 
 parated from Him by the Authority of Pope Eugenim the Third, 
 at a Council held at Baugency upon the River Loire , at which, 
 
 Lewis and Eleanor were with joy lit confent divorced } for confan- 
 guinity in the third or fourth degree. There are who report, that 
 Lewis carrying this Eleanor into the Holy Land , She there behaved 
 Her Self iicentioufly, and entertained familiarity with a Furl 
 which the King taking notice of, yet diflembled till he came home, 
 and then waved the caufe under colour of nearnefs of Blood. But 
 this report was certainly nothing elfe but a Slander } for after Her 
 Marriage with Duke Henry 9 She ever led a modeft and fober life, 
 without fcandal or fenfure. Others more judicious affirm, that 
 the caufe of this feparation was, becaufe Eleanor brought the 
 King no Male-iffue, which he earneftly longed for, but onely two 
 Daughters, which (being yet judged legitimate by the Church) sunBc 
 were married ; Mary of France the Elder, to Henry the Firft, 
 
 Count Palatine of Troys in Campaigne , and of Brie , &c. An P-w 
 Alix of France, the younger daughter, was Wife of Theobald, cal¬ 
 led The Good , Earl of Chartres and Blois, and Great Steward of 
 France 
 
 She was the prime caufe of thofe Bloody Wars, which long 
 after continued as Hereditary betwixt England and France, and 
 the fomenter of that unnatural difeord betwixt Her Husband, and 
 His Sons. She fo long over-lived King Henry Her Husband, as to stevoie 
 fee three of Her Sons in pofleffion of the Crown,and two of them de Sancfc 
 Her De^tfe.' in their Graves} and departed this World in the Caftle of Mirabell 
 
 in 
 
THE KJ^CgS OF B3^gLA3^V,<src. 61 
 
 Chap. i. * in Anjou, the Twenty fixth day of June, in the year 1202. And Henr V 1L 
 ” \y as interred in the Monaftery of Font Euraud , where Her Figure 
 in Royal Robes, with Her Crown on Her Head, carved in Grey- 
 Marble, is at this day to be feen, lying by Her Husband King 
 Henry in that (lately Monument, ere&ed by the late Lady Abbefs. 
 
 Her Effeies is marked with the Letter B. and the Tomb is exhibi¬ 
 ted in Sculpture at the later end of the Reign of the faid King. 
 
 Duke Henry about two years after the Death of His Father, came 
 again for England , where after fome velitations with King Stephen , 
 
 *Chroti. 
 
 Ibidem , 
 f. 99 °c. 
 
 Norman. they were at laft * reconciled, and His fucceflion to the Crown of 
 England , ratified by Aft of Parliament j not long after which, he 
 ^'nw* returned into Normandy , and laid fiege to a Caftle detained from 
 Him by the King of France } where news was brought Him that 
 King Stephen was dead, notwithftanding which, Henry (who had 
 no competitor to fear ) continued before it fix weeks, until it was 
 furrendred, and then came for England , and was Annointed, and 
 folemnly Crowned at Wejlminjler , by Theobald Archbifhop of 
 Canterbury upon the Fourteenth of the Kalends of January , 
 the Nineteenth day of December , in the year of our Lord 
 1^3. 
 
 He began His Reign with fingular Prudence, making choice 
 of the wifcft men He could get for Counfellors, He expelled 
 thofe ftrangers brought in by King Stephen , and demolifhed the 
 Caftles, the Nobility had built by His allowance (often proving 
 Nurferies of Rebellion) and the Crown-Lands alienated by that 
 King, He reafiiimed, judging it fafer to offend a few, then difob- 
 liege many : And for the furtherance of Juftice (in the One and 
 twentieth year of His Reign) He divided His whole Realm into 
 fixfeveral Circuits, appointing in every Circuit Three Judges, 
 who twice a year rode together to adminifter Juftice • and to hear, 
 and determine caufes betwixt party and party. 
 
 His War with Owen Prince of Northwales , was rather account¬ 
 ed an exercife to keep Him in motion, then to difturb His reft, yet 
 notwithftanding, Owen was not fo eafily reduced, but that Henry 
 de Effex the Kings Standard-Bearer, being opprefted by the Welfh, 
 let fall the Royal Standard in Battel j for which he was cafhiered 
 for cowardife, fhorn a Monk, and had his Lands feifed into the 
 Kings hands. 
 
 After which, Himfelf and Queen Eleanor His Wife were fo¬ 
 lemnly Crowned at Worcejler upon Chri(lmas-day y where they at 
 the Offertory laid their Diadems upon the Altar, Vowing never 
 to wear them after. This being the third time, at which, in three 
 feveral places, Wejlminjler , Lincoln , and this City, he had been 
 crowned. To make His Dominions more entire, He feifed into 
 His hands the Earldom of Anjou , left by His Fathers Will to His 
 Brother Geoffrey , allowing him in lieu thereof an annual penfion *, 
 and alfo divefted David , King of Scots , of the Earldoms of Cum¬ 
 berland and Huntington , peeces granted him by King Stephen , and 
 of Northumberland 7 the gift of his Mother the Emprefs, leaving 
 
 David 
 
A qEH.EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Piantagems pavid onely that of Huntington , with the condition of doing Eookn. 
 
 l indiviJ eu. ^j m 'homage for the fame. He married his fecond Son (blit Eldeft sansie 
 living) Henry > to Margaret Daughter of Lewis the Seventh, King Tom. x‘. 
 of France , and affied his third Son Richard, to Alice another P 3A \] 9 & 
 Daughter of the fame King } and alfo, in the Thirteenth year of 
 his Pxeign,matched his fourth fon Geoffrey , to Conffance , the Daugh¬ 
 ter and Heir of Conan Earl of Little Britain , who dying not long 
 , after, left them that County. 
 
 If King Henry had hitherto managed his affairs with much 
 Wifdom and Prudence , he now fhews as much weaknefs and 
 infirmity, in caufing his fon Henry to be made Copartner with him 
 in the Kingdom, and to be twice Crowned j the*firft time by 
 Roger Archbifhop of Tor!{, and a fecond time with Margaret his cejicr,p. 
 Wife, by the defire of her Father King Lewis , in the City of 237 b ' 
 Winchefier y by Rotrocl ( of Warwick 0 Archbifhop of lioan r where 
 the Father delcended fo low, as to ferve as a Sewer at the Table 
 of his ambitious fon, and made the Barons fwear him Allegiance; 
 which ad proceeded partly from Indulgence to him, but more 
 (it is believed) to enfure his Succeflion to the Crown, finding by 
 experience , that Oaths for Succeflion are often evaded, but 
 Oaths for prefent Allegiance, feldom are eluded. And now 
 Henry the young King is blamed by his Father-in-Law , for that 
 having entred upon the Government, and being Crowned, he 
 would yet permit his Father to rival him in the Kingdom, and con- 
 tent himfelf with being a Titular King onely , which eafily en- 
 flatned the youth with unjuft defires: So that breaking out into 
 open hate, many quarrels arole betwixt the two Henries , which 
 were at length defided by fharp and bloody Wars: In all which, 
 moft unnaturally his foils? and moll undutifully, Robert Earl of 
 Leiceflcr , and Hugh Earl of Chewier , together with William , then 
 King of Scots , taking part with the King of France , \Vere con¬ 
 tinually overcome by King Henry , forced to an Agreement , and 
 all their Complices upon fubmiflion pardoned. 
 
 Long was the contention betwixt King Henry and Thomas Beckgt 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury , which though no equal match, yet it 
 is hard to diftinguifh which had the Vi&ory : The difference was, 
 the King would have it ordained, that Malefa&ors of the Clergy 
 fliould be tryed before the Secular Magiftrate, as Lay-men were. 
 
 This Bechgt oppofed, urging it to be againfi the Liberty of the 
 Church, and therefore againfi: Gods honor, many Bifhops fided 
 with the King,fome few with the Archbifhop j at laft Beckgt figns the 
 Ordinance, yet with a Salyo ordine fno y which not being fatisfa&ory 
 to the King, he then figns abfolute, without refervation, but im¬ 
 mediately recants, and hath his Temporalities feifed on; upon 
 which he flies the Realm,and his Kinred are banifhed. Bechgt in this 
 mifery continued Seven years, till by the Popes threatnings of Ex- 
 communication,or by the Mediation of the King of France , he was 
 reftored to his Archbifhoprick, whofiill continuing'his Pride, and 
 interdi&ing thole Bifhops that had offended him, fo much incenfed 
 
THE Kj^cqs OF E^cqL j^cn&c. ip 
 
 l ' King Henry , that it forced fome rafli exprefllons from him; which Henr V II. 
 being noted by four Knights there prefent, vi%. Reynold Fit * ** 
 ‘Urfe, Hugh Morvile , Thomas Tracy , and Richard Britton , whci 
 thinking they fhould do an acceptable fervice to the King, by 
 ridding him out of the way, camefhortly afterwards for England f 
 and murthered the Archbilhop in his own Cathedral, upon the 
 Thirtieth day of December , An. 1172. Which affaffinates being 
 ever afterwards abhorred of the King, died miferably ; and the 
 King himfelf being accufed of his death by the Pope, purgeth 
 himlelf by Oath } but yet is forced to do penance, and afterwards 
 toFoot it three miles on his bloody bareFeet, to vifit the Shrine 
 of this Unruly .Saint} and further, fuffered himfelf to be beaten 
 with Rods by every Monk in the Cloyfter. By which he is faid to 
 have appeafed Bechets ghoft (fay fome Authors) and to become 
 vi&orious, not onely in his Wars in England and France , butalfo 
 immediately thereupon made his Conqueft of Ireland, begun by 
 Robert Fit%-Stephen and Maurice FitzGeralds profecuted by Rj- 
 chard Strongbox# Earl of Striguile , of the Family of Cktre , in 
 behalf of Dermot (Son of Mac Murgh , King of Lemjler ) whofe 
 Daughter Eva , Strongboxv took to Wife , and was adopted his 
 Heir} whom they made promife, toeftablifhin his almoft loft 
 Kingdom againft Roderick^ King of Connaught , defigning the Uni- 
 verfal Monarchy of Ireland. To Strongboxes vi&orious progrefs, 
 
 King Henry puts a flop j and leaft he fliould have the glory of a 
 total reduftion of that Kingdom, fails thither with a mighty Army, 
 
 Neman. ^ n - 11 73 * And keeping his Chrifimas in the City of Dublin , takes 
 f. 10is a. homage of the feveral Princes and Bifhops, who by the confent of 
 H° s lTn ^°P e Adrian receive him and his Heirs to be their King, Rothericl ^ 
 
 /e/.joifc. onely excepted, who keeping himfelf in the Woods and Bogs, 
 nutn. 50. wag y et a f ter f our years refiftance conftrained to fubmit as the reft $ 
 and afterwards John y the Kings youngeftSon, was fent into Ire¬ 
 land in the Thirtieth year of his Fathers Reign, to whom he gave 
 that Dominion. 
 
 And now was King Henry poffeffed of the Kingdom of Eng* 
 land , and Dukedom of Normandy, in his Mothers right, He fuc- 
 ceeded his Fathers in the Earldoms of Anjou , T ouraine , and 
 Maine , and had alfo by his Wife, the Dutchy of Aquitaine , and 
 County of Poitfou, with a Title to the Earldom of Tolo^a , and 
 alfo by Conqueft, Ireland: All which being united in his perfon, 
 
 * fwelled his Empire, to a larger extent, then was at that time poffefs* 
 ed by any Chriftian King*, having alfo offer made to him of the 
 Kingdom of Jernfalem , by Heraclius the Patriarch } as being fon 
 Hoveien < of Geoffrey , and Grandfon of Foulk 0 King of Jernfalem . In the 
 Reign of King Stephen he wrote in his Stile, and upon his Seal and 
 Cbartain Reverfe*. * HENRICUS DUX NORMANO- 
 
 xtim? RUM E T A QUITANORUM; and when he came 
 SVtobeKing * HENRICUS DEI GRATIA REX 
 Baronetti. ANGLORUM ; andonthe Reverfe, HENRICUS 
 
 »"«“ DUX NORMANORUM ET A QJUIT A N O- 
 
 S RUM 
 
6 \ A gE^CEJLOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tiaxtagems RUM ET COMES ANDEGAVORUM. Un- ^}L 
 
 Undivided. t j ie (' e p| ea( J s comprehending all his Dominions, except Ireland , 
 which he beftowed on his youngeft Son jG^«,Surnamed SanFterre, 
 being the firft King of England that filled Himfelf Dominws 
 Hibernia. 
 
 Not long after King Henries return out of Ireland , hapned the 
 death of His Son Henry the young King, when Richard upon pre¬ 
 text that his Father detained his Wile Alice (and inftigated by 
 Queen Eleanor his Mother, who continually vexed the King, by 
 reafon of his 'Unlawful Love to the fair Rojamond , his Paramore) 
 Confederates with Philip King of France , and raifes a new broil, 
 which ended in an Agreement betwixt the two Kings; and Queen 
 Eleanor that had lately put Rofamond to death, was imprifoned and 
 remained in durance till her fon Richard coming to the Crown, fet 
 her at liberty. But this defe&ion, together with the Rebellion of 
 his other Children , moved fuch a Paffion in King Henries per¬ 
 plexed mind, as it fuddenly firuck him into a Feaver. So that not 
 being able to fupport the Wounds ol his Spirit, coming to Chinon 
 he fell there mortally lick, and feeling the approach of death, 37 ‘ 
 caufed himfelf to be born into the Church before the Altar, where 
 
 His'Death.' after humble Confeftion and Sorrow for his Sins, he breathed out 
 
 hislaft upon the Nones (viz,. the feventh day^) of July , An. 1189. chroma 
 in the Fifty feventh year of his age, when he had Reigned Thirty 
 four Years, Eight Moneths, and about Thirteen days, his Obfe- 
 quies being performed by the Archbxfliops of Fours and Frier. He #«»«* 
 was Interred in the Abbey of Fout-Enraud in Anjou , the manner climen- 
 of whofe Burial was thus. He was C|oathed in Royal Robes, his 
 Crown upon his Head, white Gloves on his Hands, Boots of 
 Gotd upon his Legs, Gilt Spurs upon his Heels, a great rich Ring 15 Unumi 
 upon his Finger, his Scepter in his Hand, his Sword by his fide, 4 *' 
 and his Face uncovered, and all bare. As he was carried to be 
 Buried, his Son Richard ran in great haft to fee him, who no 
 fooner approached the Body, but fuddenly the Corps bled at the 
 Noftrilsa frefli; which though it were in Duke Richard no good 
 fign of Innocency, yet his breaking inftantly into Tears upon the 
 feeing if, was a good fign of Repentance : He was honored with 
 this Diftick while he lived, containing his Kingly Vertues. 
 
 Nec landem , nec munus amat , nec honorefuperbit, 
 Nec Lefits l<edit, nec dominando prernit. 
 
 Camdtns 
 JR.ema.inr, 
 ?• 35 *. 
 
 And becaute in his life time he was wont to fay, Fhat the whole 
 IP or Id was not jujfcient to fatisfe the defires of a CouragiouA Prince , 
 He had this Epitaph engraven on his rich Sepulcher. 
 
 Rex H E N RICIIS erani) vtihiplurima Regna fubegi, 
 Multiplicique modo , Duxque Comefquc fui. 
 
 Cui fatis ad yotum non ejfent omnia terr<e 
 C If Mata, terra modo juffcit oil 0 pedum. 
 
 H ieroni- 
 mu Hen* 
 rtinger. 
 Tom. 2 $ 
 
 t- 93 * 
 Matthew. 
 Parity pi 
 151 ,nm. 
 
)JmT/ftt/tri/sir jio et Potent.Princtjr/ix\\ 
 '&/HERTRTCO mat'c/tiont et ConuU deS I 
 jPVORCESTERJBaroni HERBERT rte. R,iqlar\ 
 IP/up/io/v^t de Cromer, Pn netpa ti to ter 
 mClLtfsIZ Prve/tdt,Cvrnitatum- (j toee/irice^-, 
 \fferejbrdt<c,et /Clone rnuth tee, L o cu m- tee 
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THE KJNigS OF ES^CjLAHV.O-c. <3y 
 
 Henry II- 
 
 Chap. i. Qui legs h#c penfa difcrimina mortis, fain me ______ 
 
 Human#fpeculum conditions babe. 
 
 Sufficit hie Tumulus, cui non fuffeccrat orb's. 
 
 Res brevis amplamihi, cuifuit ampla brevis. 
 
 The Effigies of this King Henry noted with the Letter A. and 1 oW the P*°- 
 alfo that of Queen Eleanor his Wife, being removed from the this Tomb , 
 Ration in the Church, where they had beenfirfi fixed, were pia- oi obHga- 
 ced in that ftately Monument erefted An. Dom. i<538. by rhelate p^and 2 
 Lady Abbefs,Madam Jeane Baptijie cle Bourbon Daughter of King j^ ter ^ oi u 
 Henry the Great, out of a high relpeft to the memory of our one of the 
 Kings and Queens, Interred in the Church of thefaid Monaftery H^afeftiL 
 of Font-Euraud. I have inferred the Figure of this Monument 
 ('affixed to the North Wall of the ChoreJ) here betwixt the 6 4 No f muft 1 
 and 6 $ Pages of this Second Book, fenttome by thefaid L ady ful acknovv- 
 Abbefs, about three years before her death, and delineated by 
 her own Scenographer. Unto which 1 refer my Reader. ^ou^Eiimi 
 
 Inline, the Story of this Kings Reign approveth him to have for comma-’ 
 been Wife, Learned, and Valiant ( except his indulgence to 1 US me" feveral 
 Gracelefs ChildrenJ and what not a little adds to his commenda- ScRopi'ra¬ 
 tions. was. That albeit he was almoft continually engaged in { f 
 
 ’ ? , . . . ■/ „ S lJ.nd there In- 
 
 Foreign and Domeftick Troubles, yet he never impoled upon his terred - 
 Subje&s any extraordinary Tax whatfoever, yet left he unto his 
 Third Son and Succcfibr Richard , more then £00000 pounds in 
 ready Coyn, befides Plate, Jewels, Houfhold-ftufF, and ample 
 Provifion for the War. And notwithftanding, in moft things Prof- 
 peritymade him happy j yet in three things he was unfortunate. 
 
 Firft, In the Rebellion of the Fruit of his own Loyns. 
 
 Secondly, In his unquenchable Luff to his unfeparable Con¬ 
 cubine, the Beauteous Rofamond , who being admirably fair and 
 taking, too much eftranged his love from Eleanor his Renowned 
 Queen. And 
 
 Thirdly, In that irreconcileable difiention betwixt him and 
 the ingrateful Archbifhop of Canterbury \ yet had King Henry a 
 lingular effeem for the Church, and left proofs of his Piety in the 
 Augmentation of the Monaftery of S. Augufline at Bristol, Found¬ 
 ed by Robert Fit^ Harding (and by King Henry the Eight ere£f- 
 ed into a Cathedral j) and alfo the Foundations of the Priories of 
 Dover, Bafwgrporb^ and Stonely \ and feveral other charitable and 
 neceffary Works. 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 Children of King HENRY the Second , by Queen £ L EA NOR 
 of A QV IT A l HE, His Wife. 
 
 cj. WILLIAM (fo named in remembrance of the Earls of 
 PoiStou , and Dukes of Aquitaine , His Mothers Anceftors, Five 
 of which had the appellation of William ) the eldeft Son of 
 King Henry the Second, was born before his Father was King, 
 being then but Duke of Normandy , in Augufl , the Seventeenth 
 
 year 
 
 Chronic a 
 
 Norman- 
 nia, pag. 
 989 h . 
 
' 66 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Piamagenets y ear G f King Stephens Reign, An. 11^2. And about four years Book 1 *• 
 Undivided. a ftcr (his Father being then King, in the fecond year of His 
 
 Reign) the Nobility of England lware unto Him their Fealty ibidem; 
 at Wallingford in Bcrhfbire , as to the Heir-apparent of the 991 *' 
 Crown ; but he deceafed in the year following, being the third lbUcr fp 
 of his Fathers Reign, and the fifth of his own age An. 115 6 . and 
 was Interred in the Monaftery of Readings at the Feet of his 
 Great Grand father King Henry the Firft. 
 
 The Figure of 
 this Henries 
 Royal Seal 
 (without a 
 Reverfe) is 
 depitted in 
 the 54 Page 
 of this Se¬ 
 cond Book,in 
 which the faid 
 Kilig is repre- 
 fented in 
 Royal Robes, 
 with His 
 Crown on His 
 Head, in His 
 Right Hand 
 He holds a 
 Globe with a 
 Crofs on the 
 top thereof, 
 and in His 
 left a Scepter, 
 By which I 
 obferve, that 
 although 
 King Henry 
 His Father 
 admitted 
 Him Partner 
 with Him in 
 His Crown, 
 Kingdom and 
 Scepter, yet 
 He kept the 
 Sword in His 
 own Hand, to 
 defend Him 
 from the am¬ 
 bitious in- 
 croachments 
 of this Royal 
 Rival. 
 
 Her Death, ■ 
 
 See His Great 
 Seal, pug. 54- 
 
 HE N KT Crowned King (fo called after His Fathers name) 
 the Second Son of King Henry and Qu. Eleanor , born at London 
 the a 8 day of February , An. 1155, was their Heir-apparent, a. 
 after the deceafe of his Brother William. In the year 11 *5 9. (at Norma.nl 
 Newborrcw ) He was affianced to Margaret the onely Daughter ebron^s. 
 of Lewis the Seventh, King of France , furnamed The Younger p 
 (by Conflance his Second Wife , Daughter of Alfonfo the 1019<• 
 Eighth, King of Spain ) to which King he did his homage for Norman. 
 the Dukedom of Normandy ; as alfo ( An. 11 68.) for the Earl- ^ibid. 
 doms of Anjou and Maine •, at which time he had given him by 
 his faid Father-in-Law, the Senefchalcy or Stewardfhip of 
 France , as a Fief of the County of Anjou , and upon the Second 
 day of February , in the fame year, being at Paris , Henry did [ b ^ e f 3 
 ferve at the Table of King Lewis as Great Steward of France , 
 or Major of the Palace; which Office had been formerly grant¬ 
 ed to Geoffrey Grifogonella , Count of Anjou , by Robert Kingof 
 France , as a reward for his affiffance againft Otho y Emperor of 
 Almaine. 
 
 Not long after ( vi %-. the Fifteenth day of July , An. 1170.) chronica 
 this Henry was by the command of His Father Crowned King 
 of England at Weflminfler , by Roger Archbifhop of Yorfy and scevu 
 in the year 1173. His Marriage with Margaret His betrothed desanftc 
 Wife was confummated ; with whom he had the County of Tom!’'* 
 Vexin. After w hich He w r as a fecond time Crowned with the 
 
 p . 339 QP 
 
 faid Margaret at Winchcfer by Rotroc\ Archbifhop of Roan , at 3°4- 
 the infiance of Her Father-in-Law King Lewis , where King 
 Henry voluntarily condefcended to ferve as a Sewer at His Sons 
 Table. This Margaret out-lived Her Husband, returned to Her R ; 
 Father, .and was remarried to Bela the Third of the Name, 
 
 King of Hungary , and furviving Him alfo, undertook a Pilgri - nnm.7,0. 
 mage to the Holy Land, and died there in the City of Acres ^) h 0 fXf 0 ' a . 
 in the year of our Lord 115)8. num - 4?; 
 
 The Kingdom being thus divided betwixt the two Henries , 
 the Son among other Enfigns of Royalty, caufed His Great 
 Seal to be made upon which he entituled Himfelf thus, viT* 
 
 * HENRICUS REX ANGLORUM, DUX 
 NORM ANORUM, ET COMES ANDE-* 
 GAVORUM. 
 
 And 
 
 V 
 
THE K^IJtgs OF E3^(jLANi e D,&c. 6y 
 
 - -- - --- i 
 
 Chap. i. 
 
 Cbrtn.} 
 
 Norman, 
 1004 d. 
 
 Rob. of 
 Glocefter'. 
 
 t'* 45 > 
 
 Ibidem, 
 p.246 b. 
 & 247 * 
 Cbron. 
 Norman. 
 f.1994 X * 
 
 And yet not content to equal his Father in Power (for Empire Henr y IT ^ 
 admits not a Rival) He refolved, either to be abfolute in the 
 Crown, or loofe the Scepter j in which (being fupported by a 
 potent fa&ion) he grew fo infolent, that feeing he could not 
 obtain a Surrender from his Father by fair words, he brake into 
 an open Rebellion : So that after along contention, that which 
 the Sword could not decide, Death put an end to by an extra¬ 
 ordinary Judgment of God upon the young King, who falling 
 into a violent Feaver, paft hope of recovery, and touched with 
 a lively Repentance and Sorrow for his fault, fent to his Father 
 to crave his pardon \ with which, King Henry being moved to 
 Compaflion, as a remark of his Clemency and Forgivenefs, 
 caufed one of His Rings to be fent him : The which, the young 
 King affe&ionately killing, after humble contrition for his fins, 
 rendred up his Soul in the prefence of the Archbifhop of Bour - uis Deaths 
 ges, attheCaftleof Martell , in the Vicounty of Turenne , up¬ 
 on the Eleventh day Qin%>, the Third of the Ides') of June , An, 
 
 Dorn. 1182. 
 
 As he had been twiceCrowned, fo was he twice Buried, and 
 not without trouble; as if the Fa&ions, of which he was the 
 caufe in his life, did by a kind of fate not forfake him being 
 dead j for the Citizens of Mans having Interred his Corps in 
 the Church of S. Julian , near to his Grandfather Earl Geoffrey , 
 they of Roan (to whom the young King had bequeathed his 
 Body) without Menaces, and the Fathers exprefs Command¬ 
 ment could not obtain it; Which thereupon was taken up again, 
 and (on the Shoulders of feveral of the Cenomanian Lords) car¬ 
 ried four days journey to Roan , and buried in the Cathedral 
 Church of that City, on the right fide of the High Altar. 
 
 So that whatfoever this Princes Life was, his Death certainly 
 was not inglorious (but worthy to be fet out in Tables as a Pat¬ 
 tern to Difobedient Children) the manner of which being re¬ 
 lated to his Father, he fell upon the Earth weeping bitterly,and 
 (like another David for his Abfalom ) would not of a long time 
 be comforted. 
 
 RICHARD , Third Son of King Henry the Second, fuc- 
 ceeded his Father in His Royalties, by the name of King Ri¬ 
 chard the Firfi:, of whom mention is made in the next Chapter. 
 
 cbm' 5 * GEOFFREY Duke or Earl of Britain , and Earl of The Arms aft 
 Nor»u«. Richmond , the Fourth Son of King Henry the Second, and ^Geoffrey 
 
 Rob. of' Queen Eleanor , was born upon the Ninth of the Kalends of GenSogiL; 
 
 o&ober, (vi'x ,.the Twenty third day of September) in the Fourth 
 nuem, year of his Fathers Reign, An, 1158. He took to Wife Con • fantGuardm 
 fiance, the Daughter and Heir of Conan , furnamed Le Petit , Earl 
 
 Argent. Bm5 
 
 1 cannot find as yet any Authority to juftifie the fame ; nor do I believe, that the filial diftinftion of the Label was 
 then u(edj it being many years after, that tb« Three Lient came to be the Succefliye Arms of the Kings of 
 England . 
 
 9 
 
6S A qEJ^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 lantageneti 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 This Arthur 
 is faid to have 
 borne the 
 Armsafligned 
 to his Father 
 Sari Gecjfrejr. 
 
 of Britain , with whom Her faid Father gave unto Him the 
 Counties ot Britain and Richmond > and did his homage to King 
 Henry his Father for the fame, and received alfo the Fealties of 
 the Barons of Britain , An. 1168. About Ten years after (*vi%. 
 An. 1178.) Earl Geoffrey was Knighted by his Father at Wood - 
 floe and by His command employed in the War againfthis 
 Brother Richard Duke of Aquitaine j in which he behaved him- 
 felf fo perfidioufly, that he acquired the appellation of, The 
 Child of Perdition: Nor are fome Authors backward in telling 
 us, That it was the revenge of his Difobedience, that purfued 
 him to an untimely end. For being in a Tournament at Paris , 
 he was trodden to death Under his Horfes feet, upon the Four¬ 
 teenth of the Kalends of September (yi’z,. the Ninteenth day 
 of Auguft,) An. 1186. in the Two and thirtieth year of the 
 Reign of King Henry the Second, and buried before the High 
 Altar, in the Church of our Lady, in the fame City. 
 
 Conflance his Widow was afterwards married to Ranulph 
 Blandevile , Earl Palatine of Chejler j from whom being di¬ 
 vorced for Incontinency, (he took to her third Husband Guy 
 Vifcount of Thovars, and had iffue by him two Daughters, 
 Alice and Katherine. Alice was married to Peter de Dreux (fur- 
 named Mauclere ) who in her right was Duke of Britain ; and 
 Katherine was the Wife of Andrew de Vitre in Britain. 
 
 The Countefs Conflance departed this life in the year 1201. 
 leaving alfo iffue by this Earl Geoffrey her firft Husband, a Son 
 named Arthur , who fucceeded him in the Dukedom of Britain i 
 and a Daughter, called Eleanor the Damjel of Britain. 
 
 Book 1 I. 
 
 Robert of 
 Glocefter„ 
 p.i 37 a. 
 
 Rogerus 
 Hoveden. 
 f. 351 a. 
 num.40; 
 
 Ibidemi 
 p. 3 60. 
 
 Matth 
 Paris, p. 
 559- nurr.l 
 10. 
 
 Boo\6f 
 Rich¬ 
 mond. 
 Vincent, 
 p. 61 (S' 
 63. 
 
 ExCbr<£ 
 nicis Ce- 
 JiriteM.S 
 In TpodigJ 
 Neujiria. 
 ad Annum 
 1203. 
 Hone deni 
 fol.i 21. 
 
 6 . ART HZ) R Duke of Britain , and Earl of Richmond (the 
 pofthumus and onely Son of Earl Geoffrey aforefaid, and p . 45 
 Conflance his Wife the Heir of Britain) was born upon Mattie. 
 
 E after-day in the year 1186. . Vjt.’nlL 
 
 King Richard the Firft his Uncle, when he undertook his 
 Crofliade to the Holy Land, declared this Arthur his Heir, b\ 
 in cafe He ffiould die without iffue,as being the Son of Duke nm ' xo ' 
 Johns Elder Brother. And alfo forced Tancred King of Si¬ 
 cily to promife his Daughter to him in marriage, and to pay 
 a good part of her Portion down in ready money : So that 
 after King Richards death, this Arthur was Proclaimed King 
 of England , and Duke of Normandy } and being aided by 
 Philip Augustus King of France , ( who made him Knight, 
 
 An. 1199. and affianced him to his Daughter Mary at Paris') 
 he made War againft King John his Fathers younger Bro¬ 
 ther ^ but being taken prifoner at Mirabell in Normandy in Chronica 
 the fame year , he was carried to Roan Caftle, where leaping ^f 0 ofd'. 
 from, the Wall thereof, with intent to efcape (fay fome) he 
 was drowned in the Ditch } but others relate, that he was 
 made away by his faid Uncle John in the year 1200. leaving 
 not any Iffue. 
 
 6 - ELE - 
 
THE KJ^CqS OF EWJjLAN^D&c. t> 9 
 
 Chap. i. 
 
 6 . 
 
 Robert of 
 Glocefter a 
 p. *Jo- 
 
 Jluger 
 Hoveden, 
 fol. 414 1. 
 num.%o. 
 And fol. 
 42S b. 
 mm. 40. 
 
 Henry 11. 
 
 ELEANOR (commonly called The Damfelof BritaHi)' 
 foie Daughter' of Geoffrey Earl of Britain , and onely Sifter 
 and Heir of Earl Arthur , was fent into England by her Un¬ 
 cle King John , and imprifoned in Britfol Caftle , for no 
 other crime then her title to the Crown •, but that was diffi¬ 
 dent to make her liberty both fufpe&ed and dangerous. In 
 durance there (he prolonged her miferable life, until the 
 year of our Lord 1241. which was the Twenty fifth of 
 King Henry the Third, at which time (he died a Virgin, and 
 lieth buried in the Church of the Nunnery at Ambresbury\ 
 unto which Monaftery (he gave the Mannor of Melke(ham y 
 with its Appurtenances. 
 
 
 
 Chronici 
 Nor mi¬ 
 ni*, ptg. 
 xoooa. 
 Rogerm 
 Hovedeni 
 fol.iiia. 
 tium. 40. 
 And foil 
 351 b. 
 num. so.’ 
 Chronica 
 Norma- 
 9 ii*, pag t 
 looi a. 
 
 ’Elias 
 1 leufne-' 
 71 M> p. 408 
 & 409. 
 Rogerm 
 ' Hoveden’. 
 fol. 390 a: 
 num. 40, 
 
 'Kogem 
 Hoveden. 
 fol. J 7 J <*• 
 mm. 10, 
 
 JOHN (fiirnamed Sans-Terre) the Fifth and youngeft Son 
 of King Henry the Second, and Queen Eleanor , fucceed his 
 Brother King Richard in the Kingdom of England\&c. Of 
 whom fee more in the Third Chapter of this Second Book. 
 
 MAVD , Dutchefs of SAXONY and BAVARIA , The Arms of 
 Eldeft Daughter of King Henry the Second, and Queen Elea- Duke* 
 nor , was born in the Third year of her faid Fathers Reign, An. 
 
 115*. Her Efpoufals with Henry the Fifth, furnamed The Lion , 
 
 Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (Son of Henry , called The Proud , Sable. For 
 Duke of Bavaria and Saxony , and of Gertrude Daughter 
 L othaire the Emperor) were concluded at Roan , by Reginald ^ 
 Archbifhopof Cullen y and others, Ambafladors employed tor EmperorF^- 
 that affair by the Emperor Frederick And afterwards, vi%. uZfyflt 
 An. 1167. this MAVD was fent into Germany with a rich he 
 
 Dower, and a Splendid Train, where her marriage was con- ° f his 
 
 fummated. Henries Suc- 
 
 She had iflue by Duke Henry , Henry the Sixth Duke of Dukedom of 
 Saxony and Bavaria i ( who by Agnes his Wife, Daughter and 
 Heir of Courade. Count Palatine of the Rhine ) was Father of ^ in § of the 
 
 7 Emperor to 
 
 Henry that died young. Agnes married to Otho , Count Palatine have fome 
 of the Rhine j in her right Duke of Bavaria , an d Ixmengarde added to the 
 Wife of Herman , Marquefs of Baden , ) Otho the Fourth Em- 
 perorof Germany , who had formerly been Earl of Ton and his 
 
 afterwards of PoiSliers , by the gift of King Richard the Firft from thofe of 
 and William ( born at Winchejler ) Duke of Lunenburgh and Houfe^the 
 Brunfwic^AnceBor of the prefent Duke of Brunjwiclff) who, 
 as Tradition goes, did bear for his Coat Armor, 7 wo Lions Paf- f “ d e t ^' n ch o ^ e 
 fant Guardant, Or , in a Field Gules , as King Henry the Second his head, and 
 his Grand-father is faid to have borne them, before his Marriage hisThe/J oV 
 with Eleanor of Aquitaine. The Dutchefs MAVD hadalfo 5 ^^ which 
 ifliie two daughters, Ingeburgc Wife of Waldemar the Se- was imme^-. 
 cond, King of Denmark , and Maud married to Earl Geoffrey on the fame, 
 the Son of Rotroch^ Earl of Perch } and deceafing in the firft 
 year of the Reign of King Richard the Firft> her Brother, (He 
 
 Was 
 
7 o A qEKEALOgiCAL HISTW^F 
 
 Flatagenett was buried in the Church of S. Blafe in Brunfwich^ near to the Book Ir * 
 Undivided. Sepulcher of Duke HEN RT her Husband. , 
 
 The Arms of j 
 Caftile are J 
 Gules, a. Cct- 
 ftile. Or, 
 which were 
 firft quartered 
 with thofe of 
 Leon, vi%. 
 Urgent uLion 
 Rampant Pur- 
 pure by Fer¬ 
 dinand the 
 Third, King 
 of Caftile and 
 Leon. 
 
 ELEANOR (Queen of CASTILE) Second Daugh- Rogertti 
 ter of King Henry the Second, fo named in memory of her 
 Mother Queen Eleanor , took her firft breath in the City of *«». s<>-* 
 Roan, upon the Thirteenth day of OSlober , in the year of our 
 Salvation 11 62. (he was married to ALP HON SO the Eighth, 
 
 King of CaWde, An. 1177* and was by Him the Mother of 
 Three Sons, Sancheo , Ferdinand , and Henry , all which died 
 without Iflue •, and of Four Daughters, 1 vi*. Berengaria, Blanch , 
 
 ‘Vracca , and Eleanor. Berengaria was efpoufed to Alphonfo 
 the Ninth, King of Leon , in whofe Right He had alio the 
 Kingdom of Catlile } and by Her Iflue, Ferdinand the Third, 
 
 King of Catfile and Leon , who by Beatrix His Firft Wife, 
 Daughter of Philip of Srventa , Emperor Eleft, was Father of 
 Alphonfo the Tenth, King of Caftile and Leon : And by Joan 
 Countefs of Poutive , His fecond Wife, He had iflue Queen 
 Eleanor , the Beloved Wife of Edward , Firft of the Name, King 
 of England. Blanch was the Wife of Lewis the Eighth, King 
 of France , and from them are iflued the fucceeding Kings of 
 France *, and Charles Earl of Anjou , and afterwards King of 
 Sicily, &c. ‘Vracca was married to Alphonfo the Second, King 
 of Portugal } and from them the Royal Houfe of Portugal de- 
 riveth its felf. And Eleanor had to Her Husband James the 
 Firft, King of Aragon. 
 
 J 0 AN , Queen of SI CIL I E, afterwards Countefs of 
 THOLOUSE, the Third and youngeft Daughter of King 
 Henry the Second, and Queen Eleanor , was born in the City Chronict 
 of Angiers in France, in Ottober, An. 1164. At Twelve years nffpTf 
 old (he was Married to William the Second, King of Sicily, 1009 b ' 
 Duke of Apulia , and Prince of Capua , upon Sonday the Hovedeni 
 Thirteen of February in the year 1176. and Crowned Queen 
 upon the fame day in the City of Palermo. , Iflue She had by 
 Him one Son, whom at his Chriftning His Father nominated 
 Duke of Apulia but that Childe firft deceafed, and then the 
 Father, and left not any Iflue. Queen JOAN being left a 
 Widow? Her Dower was detained from Her by King Tancred 
 Her Husbands Succeflor, which King Richard Her Brother 
 (touching upon Sicily in His voyage to the Holy Land) forced 
 Tancred to compound with Her for Twenty thoufand Ounces 
 of Gold in ready pay. She accompanied King Richard and 
 Queen Berengaria to Palefline ; and returning from thence into 
 France , had to Her fccond Husband Raymond ot S. Giles the 
 
 Sixth 
 
THE KJiK<jS OF ELANgD,&c. 71 
 
 Chap. 1. Sixth of the Name, Earl of Tholoufe, by whom fhe had Iffue Henry ir. 
 
 ” two Sons, yi%. Raymond the laft Earl of his Family, and Ber -~ 
 
 trand of Tholoufe *, alfo Mary a Daughter married to Berald of 
 Elbine, Prince of Orange. The Princefs JOAN being fenfi- 
 ble of the approaches of death, took the habit of a Nun in the 
 Memori-' Abbey of Fout-Euraud , and deceafed upon the Fourth day of 
 
 als in the J . . , * 3 * 5 * 7 r _ . L . .. . J . . 
 
 Abbey of- September , in the year 01 our Lord and was buried in 
 
 Z 7 Eu ' the Church of that Monaftery, tinder a Marble, upon which 
 Her Effigies was carved. In the fame Church was alfo Interred 
 Her Son Earl Ray mo nd, under another Tomb of the fame Mat¬ 
 ter, upon which his Portraiture was alfo cm boded. 
 
 Thefe Monuments were by Her Highnefs, the late Lady 
 *m .&*»• * Abbefs removed to enlarge the Chore of the Church } but to 
 
 dc Bour-* perpetuate the memory of thefe Bcnefa&ors, fhe hath caufed 
 k hmv their Figures to be Carved in White Marble, both in a kneel- 
 the Great. j n g pofture, and placed in that ffately Maufoleum rebuilt by 
 Her, An. 16 38. That of the Countcfs JOAN at the Head of 
 King Henry the Second Her Father, marked with the Letter 
 E. And that of Count Raymond at his Grand-fathers Feet, ftrik- 
 ing his Breff with his Right Hand, as he had ordained by his 
 Will, noted with this Charra&er F. Which Images are lively 
 reprefented in the faid Monument inferted betwixt the 6 4 and 
 6$ Pages of this Second Book. 
 
 Natural Children of King HENRY the Second , 
 
 3. WILLIAM furnamed LONGESPEE, Natural Son 
 of King Henry the Second, by the Lady Rofamond , to whom 
 
 King Richard the Firft, his Half-Brother gave the Earldom of 
 Salisbury, with Ela the Daughter and Heir of William FitK- 
 Patrick^ Earl of that place. See more of this William in the 
 Eleventh Chapter of this Second Book. 
 
 5. GEOFFREY , Archbifhop of York. , another bafe fon of 
 
 King Henry the Second, was born of the Lady Rofamond afore- 
 faid. As his Brother William had been raifed by the bufinefs 
 of the Sword, fo was this Geoffrey by the Church } for being 
 inclineable to an EccleAaftical Life, he was in his tender years 
 made Archdeacon of Lincoln , and after Bifhop of that See, 
 which he held about feven years without Confecration j and 
 then making a ReAgnation thereof An. 1181 • into the hands of 
 his Father, and Richard Archbifhop of Canterbury , he was 
 made Chancellor of England^ and afterwards by his Half-Bro¬ 
 ther King Richard , was advanced to the Archbifhoprick of Yorh^ 
 ( being confecrated at Tours in France in the year npi. ) 
 which See he governed with Angular approbation. Butin the 
 Reign of K. John alfo his Half-Brother,he under-went many dif- 
 
 V Acuities, 
 
 Rogenu 
 H»veden , 
 /0/.307 b. 
 348 b. 
 num. 40.' 
 
 Ibidem, 
 
 f ol -171 b • 
 
 mm. 40. 
 fol. 468 a. 
 
I 
 
 In p: 
 
 I I ~ 7 i A qEO^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Undivfded^ fifties, by oppofing thepurpofes of that King, who there- B ook 1 
 c - fore made feifure of his whole eftate: Whereupon he departed Godwin 
 the Realm, and lived in banifhment five years, even until he of^ffps 
 | His Death: was called to his long home by death, which was in the year gS?*/® 1 
 
 1213. So he continued Archbifhop fomewhat more then One 
 and twenty years. 
 
 
 5. MORGAN , Provoft of Beverley , another Natural fon of Mr -* , « p - 
 King Henry the Second, is thought by fome to have been of no 
 longlife, and to be born in Wales^ where that Chriften name 
 ismoft commonly ufed, and whither this King did upon occa- foi.^sL 
 lions often refort. But others (upon good ground) report 
 that he was begotten on the Lady of one Sir Ralph Blower or 
 Blewet a Knight, and lived both to be Provoft of Beverly , and 
 to be ele&ed to the Bifhoprick of Durham. Exceptions being Godwin 
 taken againft this Morgan , for that he was a Baftard, and fo by of Bifiops 
 the Canons not capable of Ecclefiaftical Preferment without ? 5IJ * 
 fpecial Difpenfation ; which the Pope being loath to grant, 
 advifed him to call himfelf Blewet , and to alledge, that he was of King 
 born in lawful wedlock. But he anfwered, that for any world- *° hH ' 
 ly preferment whatfoever, he would not renounce his Father, 
 or deny himfelf to be of Royal Blood. By which refolute 
 anfwer, he not only loft his Bifhoprick, but (for ought we find ) 
 never afterward obtained other preferment. 
 
 1 . 
 
 
 
 
 ♦ 
 
THE KJK9S °P EWJjLdWP><r*- If 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 Jn.Dont. 
 
 1189, 
 
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 i’i 
 
 
 5 . RICHARD I. 
 
 Qng of E ^9L JNiP, T>ttje of UfO%- 
 MAtKfDY, and AQVlTAlJfE, 
 and Earl of ASffOV, 
 
 Surnamed 
 
 COEUR de LION. 
 
 1 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 Richard I. 
 
 i 
 
 Robert 
 of Glo- 
 ccfier,fol. 
 »35 a. 
 Chronica 
 Norman- 
 nice, p. 
 
 995 *• - 
 
 Robert of 
 Clocefier , 
 p. 
 
 SanUe 
 Marthe- 
 Tom. u 
 
 t- 34 *- 
 Cbron. 
 Norman 1 
 p.xooj 6. 
 
 ,His Prince, the Third Son (but Eldeft living) of For tw of 
 King He//ry the Second, and Queen Eleanor j Arms°?om 
 was born in the Kings Mannor-Houfe at Ox- Conquest© 
 /ord (fince the White Fryers) in September , P reIcnt », 
 An. 1157. m the Third year or his rathe rs man in his Af~ 
 Reign. He proved a Prince of great Valor, us^tf Authors 
 and therefore had the French furname of Coenr jJdr Monu- 
 de Lion , inEngliQi, Lions Heart . In his Infancy he was contra ft- ” e d nts s ^J ns » 
 
 ed to a Daughter of Raymond , Count of Barcelona • and being but haring’ 
 grown up, was affianced to Adela or Alice ^ Daughter of Lewis the foi V es°from 
 Seventh, King of France , but took to Wife neither. His Father jj e e Sl'I’ 
 created him Earl of Poi&ou , and in the year 1168. he did homage j^ e 7^ h n ac 
 to the King of France , for the Dutchy of Aquitaine. Alice his the Seals of 
 affianced Wife, being put into his Fathers hands, till fheffiould be itKii 
 of age fit for marriage, was then demanded by Richard , but by “ f " r a H° r jJ ad s 
 King Henry detained j its believed, becaufe the King loved her two,both ex- 
 Himfelf, and had made her unfit for his Son ; and if Richard for Page of he 
 this caufe fell into a defeftion, he was not fo faulty as his Brethren, Booif/theRe- 
 
 verfe of both 
 
 having Shields, and thofe Shields being charged with Arms. The firft of thefe Two Seals he made ufe of, before 
 His expedition into the Holy Land, being the firft Proof for the Pofture of the Lions ( although its not to be 
 doubted, but that the Kings of England did before this time bear Lions *, as I have proved in my Obfervations 
 upon the Arms of King Henry the Firft, (Boo^i. Pag.x^. in the Margin.) Upon this Counterfeal Richard is re¬ 
 prefented on Horsback, the dexter part of His Shield onely vifible, and that charged with a Lion Rampant Senijler, 
 fome would have another Lion Rampant imagined to be on the Senijler half of the Efcbocbeon, and then His Arms 
 were Two Lions Cumbatant j and of this opinion is the faid Sir Henry Spclman, in Afpilogia, pag.46. But whether 
 His Royal Shield confifted of One, or Two Lions , certain we are, that Richard in his Fathers life time, being then 
 onely Earl of Poiftou, did bear a Plurality of Lions, as you may obferve by thefe Verfes of Guil. Brit. Armori - 
 canusin Philippeidos, Lib. 3. uttered in the perfon of Monfieur William de Barr, ready to encounter him. 
 
 Ecce comes PiHavus agro nos provocat, ecce 
 Nos ad bella vocat, riffus agnofco Leonum, 
 lllius in Clypeo A fiat ibi quafi ferrea turrit, 
 Francorum nomen blafphemaits ore protervo. 
 
 Under His other Great Seal, He confirmed many Grants and Charters, after His return from ferufalem, and 
 His chargable Captivity in Aufiria and Germany ; by which means He refurnifhed His exhaufted Exchequer ; upon 
 which. King Richard is reprefented on Horsback in His Coat of Mail. His Helmet is adorned with the Plantx 
 Qencfia, or Broom Stalli, and on His Shield are plainly reprefented. The Three Lions Pafjant Guardant ; which 
 from this time became the Hereditary Arms of His Succeffors the Kings of England ; from which age, Armsfe cm 
 to have taken their rife and original in this Kingdom, and by little and little to become Hereditary, it being ac¬ 
 counted raoft honorable to carry thofe Arms, which had been difplayed in the Holy Land, in that fervice, againft 
 the profefled Enemies of Chrifti^mty j but became not fully eftabliflisd, until the later end of the Reign of King 
 Henry the Third. ~ 
 
 feeing 
 
74 - ^ qEH.EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plantagenets feeing that the Bonds of Love and A(Fe$ion are much ftronger Book II. 
 then thofe of Duty. Afterwards when he might have had her, 
 he flighted her, but fent her home with a fum of Money. And 
 if for this our Richard were diftaftful to his Father, yet did he 
 uflier in his Government with duty to his Motherj whom he re- M mh. 
 leafed after Twelve years imprifonment ( a Penriance file had fuf- 
 fered for Rofamonds Death) and raifed to as high Authority, as a 7- 
 if flie had been left Queen Regent: In which condition (he man¬ 
 aged affairs with wonderful Moderation , Integrity , and Judg¬ 
 ment, until King Richard having fetled His Eftate in Normandy , 
 came home, and was upon the Third day of September , in the Roger** 
 
 His corona- year j 1B9. Anointed and Crowned at Weftminfter^ by Baldwin 
 Archbifliop of Canterbury , the manner of which Coronation 
 was as followeth. 
 
 Firft, The Archbifliops of Canterbury , Roan , Trier/, and 
 Dublin , with all the other Bifhops, &c, apparrelled in rich Copes, 
 and having theCrofs, Holy Water and Cenfers carried before 
 them } came to fetch the King at the door of His Privy Chamber j 
 and there receiving Him, they led Him to the Church ofWeft- 
 minfter , till they came before the High Altar, with a folemn Pro* 
 ceflion. In the middle of the Bifhops and Clergy, went Four 
 Barons bearing Candlefticks with Tapers } after whom came 
 Geoffry de Lucy bearing the Cap of Maintenance, and John Mar* 
 pall next to him, bearing a Maflive Pair of Spurs of Gold } then 
 followed William Marpall Earl of Pembroke, who bare the Royal 
 Scepter, in the top whereof, was fet a Crofs of Gold} and William 
 FitK-PatrichJldLrl of Salisbury, going next him, barethe Warder 
 or Rod, having on the top thereof a Dove : Then came three 
 other Earls, vi'z*. David , Brother to the King of Scots , Earl of 
 Huntington , John Earl of Mortaign the Kings Brother, and Robert 
 Earl of Leicefter y each of them bearing a Sword upright in his 
 hand, with the Scabbards' richly adorned with Gold *, the Earl of 
 Mortaign went in the midfl: betwixt the other two. After them fol¬ 
 lowed fix Earls and Barons bearing a Checker Table, upon which 
 the Regalia were placed j and then followed William de Mandevile 
 Earl of Albemarle , bearing a Crown of Gold before the King,who 
 followed, having theBifliopof Durham on His right hand, and 
 Reynold Bifliop of Bath on His left , over whom a Canopy was 
 borne } and in this order. He came into the Church at Weftminfter , 
 where before the High Altar, in the prefence of the Clergy and 
 the People, laying His hand upon the Holy Evangelifts, and the 
 Relicks of certain Saints, He took His Solemn Oath ; which done. 
 
 He put off all His Garments from His middle upwards, but onely 
 His Shirt, which was open on the Shoulders, that He might be 
 Anointed} then the Archbifliop of Canterbury Anointed Him in 
 three places, on the Head, on the Shoulder, and on the right Arm, 
 with Prayers in fuch cafe accuftomed. After this He covered His 
 Head with a Linnen Cloath hallowed, and fet His Cap thereon \ 
 and then after He had put on His Royal Garments,and His upper- 
 
 moft 
 
THE K I3 ^9 s of EHSLAH^P&c. 
 
 Chap. 2. moft Robe, the Archbilhop delivered Him the Sword, with 
 which He fhould beat down the Enemies of the Church ; which 
 done, two Earls put His Shooes upon His Feet, and having His 
 Nlantle put on Him, the Archbilhop forbad Him on the behalf of 
 Almighty God, not to prefume to take upon Him this Dignity, 
 except He faithfully meant to do thofe things He had fworn to 
 perform '■> whereunto the King made anfwer, That by Gods Grace 
 He would perform them. Then the King took the Crown be- 
 fide the Altar, and delivered it to the Archbifhop, which hefet 
 upon the Kings Head, delivering Him the Scepter to hold in His 
 Right Hand, and the Rod* Royal in His Left Hand. And thus 
 being Crowned, He was brought back by the Bifliops and Barons, 
 with theCrofsand CandleBicks, and Three Swords, palling forth 
 before Him to His Seat. When the Bifliop that lung the Mafs 
 came to the Offertory, the two Bifhops that brought Him to the 
 Church, led Him to the Altar, and brought him back again ; the 
 Mafs ended, He was brought with folemn Procefiion into His 
 Chamber. And this was the Form of the Kings Coronation , 
 which folemnity was hancelled with the Blood of many Jews, 
 (though utterly againft the Kings will) who prefling into the Ab¬ 
 bey to fee His Coronation , were in a tumult furioufly mur- 
 thered. 
 
 No fooner was He Crowned, but (by the inftigation of the 
 Pope) He was engaged with Philip King of France , Leopold Duke 
 of Auttria, and many other ChriBian Princes in the famous Crofiade 
 for the winning of Jerufalem , at that time pofTeffed by the Sonldan 
 Saladine •, therefore for the railing of Money for this intended 
 Pilgrimage, He rather chofe to furnifh Himfelf out of His own 
 Eflate, then to burthen His People; which He did by felling Pri» 
 viledges, Demeans, Immunities, and Cities} among which, He 
 fold Berwick^ Cafile and Roxborrow , to the King of Scots for Ten 
 thoufand Pounds *, and the Earldom of Northumberland , to Hugh 
 Pudfey Bifhop of Durham , for much Money, (at whofe Creation 
 King Richard told the Banders by, That he was a good Craft [man, 
 that had made a new Earl of an old Bifhop) and alio did proteft, 
 That for the performing offo jujl and honorable a Service , He was not 
 unwilling to fell His City of Londlon its Jelf (if any there were able 
 to purchafe it) rather then to be chargeable to others . 
 
 As for Men and Soldiers, the Clergy that undertook the 
 caufe, had Birred up innumerable; buttheonely main danger of 
 the State, was His Brother John, whofe afpiring minde he endea¬ 
 vored to moderate by making it appear, how much the bounty of 
 a Brother did exceed thehardnefs of a Father ; for he conferred 
 on him the Earldoms of Cornwal , Lancafler , and Dorfet } and by 
 the Marriage with Ifabell, one of the Daughters and Heirs of V/il- 
 liam Conful of Clocejler , he had that Earldom alio ; many other 
 peeces likewife he enjoyed, in all amounting to Four thoufand 
 Marks yearly : But having made him thus powerful, Richard yet 
 takes away that opportunity which might put him upon the Ufur- 
 
 X patron; 
 
7 6 A (jE3^EALOCjlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 piaragenets pationof the Crown, by leaving others in truft with the Govern- Bookii- 
 Undivided. men{: j n h; s ahfence, and by confining John to live in "Normandy 
 till His return } but for the laft, their Mother, Queen Eleanor, be¬ 
 came Johns furety. So that the Kingdom being left to the Go¬ 
 vernment of feveral Men of Power, Wifdom, and Loyalty, of 
 which, William Longchamp Bifhop of Ely, and Chancellor of 
 England, was cheif, and Robert Earl of Leirejlerfe t over Normandy. 
 
 King Richard appoints His Nephew Arthur to be His Succeffor, in 
 cafe He fliould fail in this Expedition. 
 
 And now having prepared an Army of Thirty thoufand Foot, chronic* 
 and Five thoufand Horle, and appointed to meet Philip King of stcpbni 
 France in Sicily } at the end of June , An, 1190. fets forward him- lotfajb. 
 felf by Land to Marfeilles, and there flays the coming about of 
 his Ships} but his Navy being driven by Tempeft to other parts, 
 the King that brooked not delay , (hipped himfelf and his Army, 
 and paffed forward to Mejfna in Sicily, where alfo arrived Lewis 
 King of France, and not long after his own Fleet. Here Richard 
 affronted by the MeJJinians , affaults their City, and Tancred King 
 of Sicily that detained the Dower of Richards Sifter Joan, Wid¬ 
 ow of William King of Sicily his Predeceffor, was by him forced 
 to pay it, and alfo to promife to marry his Daughter to King Kz- 
 chards Nephew, Arthur Earl of Little Brittain, and to give a good 
 part of the Portion in hand. King Philip not well pleafed with 
 thefe conditions, in the Spring fails with his Army for Ptolemais 
 (or Aeon') which the Chriftianshad long befieged, and with them 
 he joyns, while King Richard taking with him his Sifter Joan, and 
 Berengaria the King of Navars Daughter, puts to Sea for the fame 
 Port, but is by Tempeft thrown upon the Coaft of Cyprus } ibidem ? 
 where being refufed Landing by the Iflanders, he fubdues it, and ? ' IOi0 ^ 
 thefe old Rhimes will tell you with what Weapon. 
 
 Xl)ts Bins Richard 31 bnDetftonD, Matthias 
 
 Pet tic ttnit OUt Of Englond, m. Y‘f.‘ 
 
 ; 3Ut mate an &te foi tDc nones, 310 
 
 to Cltaue tl)C Saracens bOtlCS. 
 
 %l)t tjeao in S>outl) IMS ttnongtjt fall turtle, 
 
 Xljereon tbarc tVUentp poano of Srtrtlr. 
 ano tuijen fie came in ciprus lono, 
 
 %t)is tllton l)e tcofte in tjono. 
 
 \ 
 
 The King of Ciprus is alfo taken prifoner, who made it his 
 requeft to King Richard , that he might not be put into Irons} this 
 Richard grants, but lays him in Silver Fetters. And in thislfiand eu* 
 
 His Marri: he folemnifed his Marriage with the beforenamed Berengaria. She f.l u $, m ' 
 was the Daughter of Sanche , Fourth of the name King of Na- Rob of 
 vane, and Beatrix his Wife, Daughter of Alphonfo the Seventh, Gl °T/ b r ’ 
 furnamed The Wife , King of CaSdile , a match procured by his 
 Mother, Queen Eleanor, The King negle&ed her company for 
 a while, yet upon more fetled thoughts, he afterwards retained 
 
 her 
 
THE EJtK9 s op E-*CgLA*(p,<rc. 77 
 
 Chap. 2. her to his affe&ion} for (he was a Royal, Eloquent, and Beauteous Rtchard L 
 Lady, and for love of him had adventured through many dangers^ 
 both by Sea and Land. What became of her after her return 
 into Sicily in order to her voyage for England , is not known, more 
 KogerUt then that meeting King John at Chinon , An. 1201. He there fatis- 
 Hovede*. £ ec j ^ k er p> ovver ? upon the Teftimony of Philip Bifhop of 
 Durham and others, who w r ere prefent at, and witnefted her Mar- 
 Tit.An. riage i and that King Henry the Third, in the Fourth year of His 
 4 j\ c ign, compounded with her for the fame, until which time, its 
 certain (he lived. She died without ifliie , and the place of her 
 burial is not known. 
 
 Ciprns being left in good hands, Richard puts to Sea, and in 
 Glocefler, his paflage for Ptolemais , boards a Saracen Dromond , where he 
 *° 1 ' lays about him, with almoft incredible valor takes her, and puts 
 the Turks well nigh all to the Sword •, after which, he arrives at 
 Ptolemais , befieged by the Chriftians, and defended by Saladine , 
 who fearing the increafe of the Chriftian Army, propounds con¬ 
 ditions , which being accepted , it is delivered in AuguH, An . 
 
 1192. 
 
 And here fell out an accident, which though it was an Honor 
 to King Richard , yet proved afterwards both troublefome and 
 chargable : For Leopold Duke of Aujlria , having firft fet up his 
 Colours upon the Wall of Ptolemais , King Richard caufed them 
 to be pulled down, and his own to be fet up in their place ; which 
 drew upon him Leopolds hatred, and King Lewis his valiant A&s, 
 being darkned by thofe more valiant A&ions of King Richard , 
 under pretence that the Air agreed not with his Conftitution,with¬ 
 drew himfelf by confent, and returned home. So that Souldan 
 Saladine who had difmantled all the adjacent Fortrefies, and was 
 upon the point of furrendring Jerufalem its felf; when he faw the 
 King of France was departed, not doubting but the reft would 
 foon fallow, grew more confident then before. 
 
 At this time Guy of Lufignan was pofteffed of the City of 
 Tyre , and with it of the right of the City of Jerufalem , with 
 whom King Richard makes an exchange for the Kingdom of CL 
 pYWs, and then prepares for the facking of Jerufalem , and had 
 certainly taken it j but that by ill counfel, and the backwardness 
 of Odo Duke of Burgundy , General of the French Forces, who 
 envied that King Richard fhould have the Honor of fo great a 
 prife •, he was diverted,until that Saladines Army being encouraged 
 with the divifion of the Commanders, and the continual decay 
 of the Chriftian Army , concludes a Peace with Richard , upon 
 terms not very honorable for the Chriftians; which King Richard 
 was forced to do, to defend his Eftate at home, embroiled by the 
 pride of Longchampe Bifhop of E/y, and his Brother John , and his 
 Dutchy of Normandy , invaded by Philip King of prance , contrary 
 to his oath. 
 
 Order being therefore taken for the tranfporting of his Army, 
 with his Wife and Sifter for Sicily, and fo for England 5 himfelf, 
 
 with 
 
78 A <jFH.FALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tlantagenett w i t h f ew in his company, go by the way of Thrace , and were by Book U- 
 
 Undivided. rp em p e fl. driven j nco Dalmatia : From whence, being to pafs 
 through Germany, and particularly through Duke Leopolds Coun¬ 
 trey, remembring the old grudge, he difguiied himfelf. No fooncr 
 came he to Vienna , but being difeovered, he was by the Duke stcpb&ni 
 feifed and imprifoned, An. 11 pi. The Emperor Henry the Sixth ToiTt!' 
 informed thereof, defires the Royal Prifoner, under pretence of Rogers 
 fafer cuftody, but indeed really to (hare in his ranfome ; which io’L 
 by fevere imprifonment was raifed to the fum of One hundred 
 thoufand Pounds. King Richard , befides the affront to Duke 
 Leopold was charged with the Murder of Conrade Marquefs of 7 )re, 
 whofe innocency, though it appeared by theTefiimony of him - 
 holclus, Author of that Murder, yet the pretence ferved to de¬ 
 tain him in prifon till Eighty thoufand pound was paid in hand, 
 whereof the Emperor had two parts, and the Duke one } and 
 for the reft, Hoftages were given i but the Emperor outlived this 
 purchafe very little, fo that his Succefior not having the Confci- 
 ence to take the remaining Money, dilcharged the Security, and 
 the Duke of Auftria falling from his Horfe in a Tourment, brake 
 his Leg, and w’as forced to lave his life by turning Cripple. King 
 Richard being releafed on thefe hard terms, returns for England 
 Four years elder then he went out} and thus ended his journey to 
 the Holy Land. 
 
 Being come home, he thanks his Lords and People for their 
 fidelity to him in his abfence, and their great love to him (ap¬ 
 pearing by the value of their Supply tor his Ranfom, and the dif¬ 
 ficulties they underwent to procure it) and then according to his 
 vow at the Shrine of S. Edmond he offers up the rich Standard of 
 Cnrjar King of Ciprm , which he took among the fpoils of the 
 Griffons Camp ; but for his Brother John , both Ingrateful and 
 Ambitious, he deprives him of all thoie PofTefllons he had before 
 given him ^ and now upon the Seventeenth day of Aprils An. Rogers 
 1194. at Winchefler , caufing himfelf to be Crowned a fecond /. °ff Q b. 
 time (leaft the People fhould forget they had a King, who had 
 been (o long without one) he obtains a Subfidy, and then in all 
 hafte lets fail for Normandy, to findeout his old enemy the King 
 of France , who then lay with his Army before Vernoil, but not 
 daring to ftay King Richards coming, raifed hisfiege in haft, and 
 with difhonor left the field. 
 
 Much time was afterwards fpent betwixt them in skirmifhes, 
 taking of Towns and Prifoners (nor were there wanting Confe¬ 
 rences betwixt the two Kings in order to Peace, moved by fuch as 
 rcligioufly tendred the effufion of Chriftian Blood.) Among which 
 aftions, the Battel of Gyfor'z* is not to be forgotten, where Richard 
 in his ow n perfon did wonders, and made it appear that he was as codicT™ 
 expert at the Launce as the Battel-Ax ; for therewith he threw M s - Pe - 
 to the Earth Matt here de Montmorency y Alan clc Rttcy, and Philip vtfum 
 cle Gnillarvale, Three valiant Knights, and took them Prifoners. Armig. 
 The Motto .of D t e u et mon D r o 1 t is attributed 23 
 
 to 
 
THE K^nXgs OF 79 
 
 Chap. 2. t0 him, afcribing this vi&ory he had ac Gi^ors, not to Himfelf but RlcharcJ I. 
 to God, and His Might ; He was afterwards reconciled to his 
 Brother John, who had expiated his fault by feveral Signal ler- 
 vices } and not long after received his deaths wound by an Arrow 
 in his Arm, fllot at him at the fiege of Chalons or Chains in Lirno- 
 fWj by one Bertrand de Guerdon , in revenge of his Father, and 
 Brethren, whom the King had (lain ; which Bertrand refolutely 
 avowing before the King, the King not onely pardoned him, but 
 is faid to have ordered him a confiderable reward in Money *, 
 neverthelefs after the Kings death, one Merchades getting him in¬ 
 to his hands, firft caufed his skin to be fleaed over his ears, and 
 then hanged him alive upon a Gibbet. 
 
 Regem King Richard by violence of ficknefs (increafed by the an- 
 /0/.449 b. guifh of his incurable wound) departed this life, without iffue, hu Death. 
 Tbidem,' upon the Sixth day of April, in the year of our Lord, An. 1199. 
 fe/.4j°*. w | ien h e had lived Forty three years, Reigned nine and about 
 nine Moneths, and had his Body buried at the Feet of His Father, 
 in the Abbey of the Nuns at Fout-Euraud in the County of Anjou i 
 His Heart at Roan , in remembrance of the Hearty-love that City 
 had always borne him } and His Bowels Chains, foradifgrace 
 muh. of their unthankfulnefs. Wherefore an Englifh Poet imitating 
 \'"g f ' the Epitaph made of Pompey , and his Children, whofe Bodies were 
 buried in divers Countreys, made thefe Verfes following of the 
 Glory of this One King, divided in thefe three places by His 
 Funeral. 
 
 Mils, pagt Pi&avus ext a Duck fepelit, tellufque Chalutis 
 
 Corpus dat claudi Jub mar more Foutis Ebraudi 
 Neuftria tu tegis cor inexpugnabile Regis, 
 
 Sic loca per trina fe fparfit tanta ruina. 
 
 Necfuit hoc funus, cm fufficeret locus units. 
 
 The Poitevin and Land 
 of Chalui keep 
 
 The Bowels of this Great 
 Victorious Prince: 
 
 His Body ztFout-Euraui 
 doth fleep ; 
 
 His Heart at Roan , buri¬ 
 ed longtime lince. 
 
 Three places thus, are 
 iharersof His fall. 
 
 Too little. one, for fuch a 
 Funeral. 
 
 Camdens At F out-Euraud alfo where his Body was Interred with a 
 Gilt Image (exhibited to your view in the 6 , Page of this Second 
 Book marked with the Letter C.) were thefe fix excellent Verfes 
 written in Golden Letters, containing hisgreatefi: and mod glori¬ 
 ous atchievments .* As his vi&ory againft the Sicilians , his con¬ 
 quering of Ciprus , the finking the great Galeafs of the Saracens, 
 the taking of their Convoy, and the defending of Jvppe in the 
 Holy Land againft them. 
 
 Scribitur hoctumulo Rex auree, Ians tua, tot a 
 Anrea, materia convenient e not a. 
 
 Laus tua prima fuit Slculi, Cyprus altera, Dromo 
 T ertia, Carvana quarta,fuprema Joppe. 
 
 Supprejft Siculi, Cyprus pejfundata, Dromo. 
 
 Merjus, Carvana capta, retent a Joppe. 
 
 Y On 
 
8o A qEJ^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tlantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 See His Two 
 Great Seals 
 in the 55 Pag. 
 of this Second 
 Book. 
 
 Eook II. 
 
 On both His Great Seals (’for He had Two) He wrote Him- SeeHis 
 felf * R I C A R D U S DEI GRATIA REX 
 ANGLORUM. And on the Rcverfe, * RlCARDUS^ ’ 
 DUX NORMANORUM ET A QUITANO- 
 RUM ET COMES ANDEGAVORUM. 
 
 Natural Ijfue of King RICHARD the Firjl. 
 
 6. PHILIP , a Natural Son of King Richard (mentioned by Kogerm 
 Roger Hoveden ) to whom His Father gave the Caftle and 
 Honor of Cuinac j but I finde not any thing elfe Recorded of nun. 30. 
 Him, or any other Ifiue of this King, either by His Wife or 
 Concubines, except we reckon as Fulco , a Prieff in Normandy 
 did, who told King Richard He had three Daughters •, and the 
 King marvelling who they (hould be, feeing He knew of none 
 He had : Yes (laid the Prieft) you have three Daughters , Pride , 
 Coveteoufnefs , and Lechery : Which the King taking merrily, 
 called to the company about him, and faid; 1 am told by a 
 Friefl here , that I have three Daughters , and defire you to be 
 witnejfes , how I would haye them bejlowed. My Daughter Pride 
 I give to the Templers, for they are as proud as Lucifer j my 
 Covetoufnefs to the White Monks of the Ciftercian Order for they 
 covet the Deyil and all } but for my Lechery, I cannot bejiow it 
 better then on the Priefts and Prelates of our time j for therein have 
 they their mojl Felicity . Doubtlefs thofe Marriages have proved 
 fo fruitful, that their Iffues have over-fpred the whole Earth. 
 
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 > pr.-r.de • ■ • * -V..'- • } ’ - - 
 
 s. JOHN, 
 
THE KJNigS OF 8 i 
 
 Chap. 3. 
 
 An.Dom. 
 11 99 , 
 
 King John' 
 
 5 J O H N, 
 
 EJng of E^cg LA XJP > Lord of ITfE. 
 LA^CT>, Vufeof yfOR MAJffDT 
 and A QJO IT A 1 3^f_E, and 
 Earl of AfrQfOV, 
 
 Surnamed 
 
 S ANS-TER RE. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 6 . 
 
 Robert of Eleanor , Dot long after Her return out of 1 have teen 
 
 cioceftery Norm an dy^ in the year 11 66. was delivered 2 ?Si* flbn* 
 
 P 176 «® r j n t jj e j£i n g s Mannor-Houfe at Oxford of this j“ He 
 
 JOHN , -Her Fifth and youngeft Son , upon ^°mes 
 Chrittmas Eve, in the Thirteenth year of theTONiE; 
 Reign of King Henry the Second Her Husband, LTufthe^ 
 who was wont jeftingly to call Him Sans-Terre or Lac^Land , S e h ^ r hy °^ 
 large Provifions having been made for His Brethren, and nothing L ^ajier , 
 teeming to be leit tor Him. in su 
 
 He was much beloved of His Father, and was not above Ll ~ 
 feven years old , when to fupply this want, the King aflured Him ^imprefs of 
 certain Lands in England and Normandy ^ and in the year 1173. ^p™ e d Sea t l 
 and Moneth of February , a Marriage was agreed upon for Him in which He 
 at Montferrant in Averne , with Alice the Elder of the two Daugh- oVHonSckl 
 ters and Coheirs of Humbert the Second, Earl of Maurienne y now ^§ ht 
 called Savoy (whofe Mother Clemence was the Daughter of Be- g olds d a 
 rold the Fourth of the Name, Duke of Leringen , the divorced about His 
 Wife of Henry the Eion y Duke of Saxony ) He fhould have en Hi^shfe"!* 
 joyed with Her, Her Fathers Dominions, but all altered by Her upo " whl ’ ch , 
 untimely death, and the remarriage 01 Her Father, from whom Pafjant , evi~ 
 the Dukes of Saxony are derived. feit. Iy The*’ 
 
 He was afterwards Earl of Mortaignem Normandy, as l find fumiSibed 
 by feveral of His Charters, in which He is ftiled JOHANNES f 0 c ^ L N u N ^ 
 *tbeci > cot COMES MORITONIE. And King Henry His Father filii re- 
 'oniiwt. in a Parliament at Oxford^ granted Him alfo the Kingdom of Ire- glie A do- 
 landj having obtained from Pope Urban the Third a Grant, That S^ie** 
 
 and the 
 
 Counterfeal being afmall Oval i reprefents you with a Mans-head, with this word or motto SECRETllM 
 JOHANNIS, which are the firft Arms Ihavefeen upon any Seal of the Royal Family, being in the Reign of 
 King Henry the Second. This Seal is falfly depifled in Mr. Speeds Chronicle , for the Lions in that arePajfant 
 Ouirdant, and tfohns Horfe is Caparifoncd, a thing.not in ufe in the Kingly Family, till the time of Edward the 
 Firft. When He came to be King,Fie did bear the Arms of His Brother King Richard, vi\. Gules j Three Lions Paf- 
 fant Guardant, Or ; for which, vide His Great Seal, Pag. j6. And the Arms Painted for Queen Ijdbell His Wife sti 
 the Tomb at F out-Euraud are Lo\engey, Or, and Gules, 
 
 k 
 
 In Camera 
 Ducam 
 
 t 
 
8z A qE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tlantagencts 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 His Second 
 Marriage. 
 
 H is Corona¬ 
 tion. 
 
 He is created 
 Duke of Ner- 
 mandy. 
 
 it fhould be lawful to Crown which of His Sons He pleafed, King Book II, 
 of Ireland , who fent him alfo a Crown of Feathers interwoven 
 with Gold (in his Grant (as other Popes had done before) referving 
 tohimfelf the Peter-Pence) whereupon the King conferring upon 
 Ea^l John the Order of Knighthood at Windfor , fent him with 
 fpeed into Ireland , where he was received by the Archbifhop of 
 Dublin and the State } but having wafted, through ill Govern¬ 
 ment, the better half of his Army , he returned home without 
 effe&ing much } who though Hoveden give him the Title of King Carta in 
 of Ireland , yet was he never Crowned, nor ufed other ftilein 
 his Seal then SIGILLUM JOHANNIS FILI1 ni * n *' 
 REGIS ANGLIE DOMINI HIBERNIE. 
 
 What John was poffefted of, at the death of his Father, was 
 rather Titular then Real } but his Brother King Richard taking 
 the Scepter, beftow r ed on him the Counties of Cornwall Dorfet^ Ro & erM 
 and Somerfet, Nottingham , Derby , and Lancafter *, the Caftles of foi.yj*b: 
 Marlborough and Lutgarjbal, and the Towns of Wallingford and mfm.p 
 Tickhill j and feveral other Lands, having had the Earldom of ” um - 
 Gloccjler , in the Right of Ifabel his Wile , the Third and youngeft 
 Daughter and Coheir of William Earl of Glocelier , Son of Robert 
 ConfuJ Natural Son of King Henry the Firft (from whom he was 
 afterwards divorced w'hen he came to be King, upon pretence of 
 Confanguinity)) by which bounty he feemed to make this his Bro¬ 
 ther John a fharer with him in his Kingdom, which yet fatisfied 
 not his afpiring mind, but rather enabled him to attempt the So- 
 veraignty, which he endeavored in his abfence in the Holy War , 
 and Captivity in Auftria and Germany. 
 
 But norwithftanding this, King Richard before his death be¬ 
 came reconciled to him, and fome fay appointed him to be his 
 Heir. After whofe deceafe, the Faftion of the Clergy caft the 
 Crown upon this JOHN by Ele&ion (whereas Arthur the Son muh: 
 of Geoffrey his elder Brother was the right Heir y) fo that he was 
 Crowned at Weflminjler upon Afcenjion-day , naiis. TheSixthof 11 * 
 the Kalends oi Junej An. 1199. by Hubert Archbifhop of Canter - 
 bury , with more folemnity then joy. 
 
 Several were the Moral advantages which this John had of 
 his Nephew Arthur ; but yet he well knowing the Title at laft ibidem, p . 
 would come to be judged by the Sword, employed allhisendea- \ nm ' 
 vors to fortiHe himfelf with Arms ; and therefore hafting unto 
 Chinon , he feifed upon the Treafure which his Brother had left in 
 thofe parts •, and alfo ufed fuch means, that Walter Archbifhop of 
 Roan girt him with the Ducal Sword of Normandy , and Crowned ikidm, 
 him with a Coronet of Golden Rofes. This Ceremony being per- 
 formed in the Cathedral of that City. 
 
 His two great Antagonifts, were Pope Innocent the Third, and 
 Philip King of France but the firft tempeft was depending from 
 his Nephew Arthur, whofe Kingdom he had not onely deprived 
 him of, but alfo feifed upon his Dukedom of Normandy , leaving 
 only to Arthur the Dutchy of Anjou, wherefore his Mother Con- 
 
 fiance 
 
THE KIK.9 s of e KS LA 3V(2>; <Stc. 83 
 
 Guines. 
 fol. 6j8 
 
 ns, p.199 
 n. 48. 
 
 chap. 3- ftance craves aide of Philip II. furnamed Augufius , King of France , King f 6 hn, 
 who received the young Prince into his protection, raifes an Ar¬ 
 my, with which he makes good Anjou to Arthur , and then in¬ 
 vades Normandy. Upon this , Kingj^w takes a Journey into 
 Normandy, and upbraids King Philip for breaking the Truce made 
 with his Brother King Richard for five years, yet for all this they 
 fall not prefently to blowes, but agree on fifty dayes Ceflation of 
 J)u chef. Armes: Philip Earl of Flanders being utterly againft it, forfakes 
 Hi fie* King Philip , makes Peace with the Englijh , and takes Counfel 
 how to wage Warr with France. 
 
 But King John being now t as he conceived ) free from the An * Iloa - 
 Matth.Pa- care of Warr, ftrikes hands with the King of France , upon unjuft 
 Termes, which the Earl of Flanders took fo ill , that he once 
 more joyned with the French , and reftored the Warr of Jerufa- 
 lem ; nor are the Barons better pleafed with the King at His re¬ 
 turn into England^ conceiving themfelves, difhonour’d by thefe 
 bafe Conditions. The Emperour Otho IV. alfo, upon a like dif- 
 guft ( by His two Brothers ) makes demand of the City of Eve- 
 reux and County of PoiBou, which his Uncle King Richard 
 had granted unto him, in Exchange for the Earledome of Tori 
 And having been lately Divorfed from his fecond Wife Ifa- 
 bell aforefaid ( (he is alfo called Hadewife ) the Daughter and 
 Co-heir of William Earl of Gloucejler ,for confanguinity in the third 
 degree ) King John , in the year 1200 took to Wife IJJabell , the ^. r ;J g h e ird 
 Daughter and Heir of Aymer, Earl of Engolefme , (by Alice Daugh- ^ ^ 
 ad annum ter of Peter Lord of Courtenay , Fifth Son of Lewis le Grofs King of Queen rji-. 
 120°./o/. Ytanct) file was Crowned at WejlnrinFler by Hubert Arch-bifhop ^oufme^atl 
 of Canterbury on the VIII. of the Ides of OFlober (Matthew Paris Enamelled m 
 
 y \ leveral pu- 
 
 faith on the Sunday next before the Feaft of St .Dionije JjAn.^ H. ces upon the 
 in the fame year,, and furviving him, was * Remarried to Hugh William de 
 locefte^ ® rHn °f Marche, and Lord of Lujignan and Valence in Poi&ou , o(pembwo£ 
 
 . * 1 n fi 1 1 • e t • it r 
 
 Matth.Pa- 
 r is, p. zoo. 
 v . 23. 
 Matt. 
 Wcfi- 
 monafi. p. 
 263. 
 
 num. 31. 
 Hoveden 
 
 Hippo d. 
 Neuft. ad 
 annum 
 1200. 
 
 p.isp.b. to whom (lie was pre contracted, and it feemeth continued heraf- 
 
 ter-affeCtion to him, by him having alfo divers Children, high- King Henry 
 ly advanced by King Henry the III. their half-Brother , and as the'chappei 
 much Maligned by His SubjeCts. This IjfabelzKo outlived her °nthfAbbey 
 Second Husband, and taking upon her a Religious Habit in the 
 Monaftery of Fonnt-Euraud in Anjou , deceafed there, and was In- L °Y ng1 l 0r * 
 terred in the Church of that Abbey, her Figure Marked with the 
 Letter D. being placed in that ftately Monument (on the left fide 
 of that of King Richard I. her Brother-in-Law) reprefented in 
 Sculpture betwixt the <54 and 65 Pages of this Second Bool The 
 Body of this Queen Iffabell having been buried in the Church- 
 MHtb.Pa. yard of Fount-Eurard, was by her Son KingHenry III. removed 
 *.■»/. 'into the Church, and depofited ina Monument there, An.12^^. 
 
 King John , after this Marriage, impofes alfo Three Shillings 
 upon every Plough-Land, to raife 30000 Markes, which he was 
 to give with His Neece Blanche of Cajlile, Daughter of His Sifter 
 Eleanor , to the Dolphin , in purfuance of the late Peace. The 
 Colleftion whereof is oppofed by Geoffery Arch-bifhop of Torh^, 
 
 Z and 
 
 I 
 
Anno noi. 
 
 A gEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 PUntagenets an d the Sheriff by him Excommunicated ; but, by the Mediation go<> k * r - 
 Undivided. p our Bifhops, and as many Barons, the matter was afterwards 
 
 accommodated : And the King Summons the Barons to be ready M mb. 
 with Horfe and Armour to attend Him the IP hi tfon tide following 
 beyond the Seas, which they totally refufe till Confirmation of 
 their Priviledgcs-} Whereupon he feizeth their Caftles, and not- 
 withftanding goes over himfelf, and is with His Queen Magnifi¬ 
 cently entertained by King Philip at Park , Where, at inftance of 
 the Popes Legate , both Kings grant a 40 part for one year of all 
 their Subjefts Revenues, towards the fuccour of the Holy-Land: 
 
 Whilft Hugh le Brun , toroyenge the Rapture of his Wife, con- 
 fpires w ith Prince Arthur againft King John^ whofe quarrel isalfo 
 favoured by the King of France ? and His Daughter Mary given ibidem, P : 
 him in Marriage} upon advice whereof, King *fohn comes into Maub.pt- 
 Normandy , defeates the Confederates, takes Arthur^ Hugh Earl of 
 Marche , and 200 Knights prifoncrs, which aredifpofed into fe- 
 veral Holds in Normandy and England •, Prince Arthur is murthered 
 in Prifon , and feveral of the Hoftages and Prifoners barbaroufly 
 Executed •, which fo exafperated the Nobility of Bretaigne , Anjou 
 and Poittou , that they unanimoufiy Arme, and the next year af¬ 
 ter he became deprived of all his Poffeflions in thole parts. 
 
 Then over He comes into England , Fines the Barons a Seventh 
 part of their Goods for not Aiding Him, and fpares neither Church 
 nor Commons. Arch-bifhop Hubert is Colle&or for the Clergy , mub: 
 
 Anno 1 zoz. 
 
 Anno 120$. 
 
 and Geoffery Fit x Piers for the Laity : but this not fufficient for 
 Anno 1104 : His Ends, a Councell is called at Oxford , wherein is granted tw f o 
 Markes and an halfe of every Knights Fee , and equivalent of 
 the Clergy , with which He goes to Warr again into France , but 
 forced to a Truce for two years, and to come into England for 
 ffcfli fupplies, and to lay an other Impofition upon all Movea¬ 
 bles and other Goods, both of the Clergy and Laity , which is 
 again oppoied by the Arch-bi(hop of Torhg^ who Solemnly Cur- 
 fes the Receivers thereof, and then fecretly conveys Himfelf out 
 of the Kingdome. 
 
 Hence arofe a miferable breach between the King and His Peo¬ 
 ple j The Contention not ceafing till the Great Charter w r as ob¬ 
 tained of the King, to be the Standard of the Soveraign Prero* 
 gative, and the Subje&s Priviledge. But that which compleated Mmb. 
 I2 ° 5 ' thefe Misfortunes was a Clandeftine Ele&ion of one Reginald the Zss. n.lu 
 Sub-Prior ( Hubert the Arch-bifhop being lately dead^) to the 
 See of Canterbury : which Defign not taking as was expe&ed, the 
 King was Petitioned for a Conge d*Eflire , in which the King nomi¬ 
 nated ffohn Grey Bilhop of Norwich , who is alfo chofen : And pltStp. 
 Helias de Branfield , fent by the King to Rome for a Confirmation 
 
 Anno 
 
 Anno 1206. 
 
 Anno 1207. 
 
 of the latter Ele&ion, whilft the Monies endeavour to promote 
 the former: So that neither agreeing upon any one perfon, both 
 Ele&ions were declared void} and Stephen de Langhton a Cardi- 
 nall ('but born in England) greatly to the Kings dilfatisfa&ion ad¬ 
 vanced to the Chair, which the King expoftulates briskly with 
 
 the 
 
THE KJNigS OF E^gLJWJD.&c. 8 + 
 
 c ^ a P- 3 . the Pope, and fends Fulh^ de Cantelnp, and Henry de Cornhill, to King John. 
 expell all the Monhgs the Kingdome, and to feize their Good's. 
 
 The Pope, he injoynes the Suffragans upon their Obedience, to 
 receive this Stephen for their Paftor: with a Mandate to the Bi- 
 fhops of London, Ely and Worcejler y to endeavour the Reform¬ 
 ing of the King, or otherwife to Interdid His whole Kingdome, 
 which accordingly is done. 
 
 ibidem? In return whereof, all Prelates with their Servants are banifhed, Anno X208. 
 126. * the Bijhopricks , Ahhies and Priories deputed into the hands of 
 Laymen, all their Goods feized ; and, leaf! thefe Proceedings 
 (hould caufe a Revolt of the Nobility , Hoftages are taken of 
 r£pk P o" and they which refufed feverely punifhed, as was the Lady 
 
 *j^“- of William cle Breanfe and her Children. Having alfo diffaft againft 
 tvefimo- the Londoners, He removes His Exchequer to Northampton , and 
 nfil'. 268, Marches with an Army towards Scotland: blit, the Peace is con- Ann0I * 0?, 
 eluded upon the King of Scots paying 11000 Markes, and giving 
 His two Daughters Hoftages for His performance. 
 
 The Interdi&ion having now continued two whole years, and 
 the King not at all Reformed, the Pope Excommunicates His 
 Perfon; upon which, one Geoffery Arch-deacon of Norwich, con¬ 
 ceiving it not fafe to live in the Obedience of an Excommunicated 
 King, retires home, but is apprehended by WiUiamTalbot, clapt 
 into Prifon, put into a Sheet of Lead and ftarved to death : and, 
 notwithftanding all this, moft of the Nobility and Chief Officers 
 %? tth f 3 o at ^^ cre ftillto the King 5 who, fupplying Himfelf out of th ejewes Allnonio ; 
 
 ’ purfes, upon notice of fome Revolt in Ireland, makes an Expedi- Anno Jnx; 
 tion thither, reduces the Country, and there eftablilhes the Lawes 
 and Cuflomes of England , letting John Gray Bifhop of Norwich 
 Jufficior: and, after three Moneths flay, returnes Himfelf into 
 England , and at London Condemnes the Clergy in a Mul<ft of 
 100000 /. Sterling, and Two Markes of every Knights Fee, that 
 attended Him not in the Warr} with which He fubdues Wales 
 that had Rebelled, takes 28 of the Chiefeft Mens Children 
 Pledges, which, poor Innocents, upon an Infurre&ion of fome 
 M<mk Pi * ncon fiderable perfons upon the Borders, the King caufed to be 
 ris,p'z$o. Hanged in His prefence at Nottingham, before He would fit down 
 ’ , ‘ 43 ‘ to Dinner. 
 
 The King isnowpleafed to receive Pandulphus and Dnrandui 
 the Popes Agents, for a Mediation between Him and the Clergy ; 
 who, condefcends to their returne, but, not to make any Refti- 
 tution : wherefore, all His Subje&s are Abfolved their Allegiance, 
 
 Torbid His Councell and Conferences. And now, Abfolute De- 
 pofition is Pronounced by th e Pope: And, the King of France , 
 with the affiftance of other Princes, Commanded to expell King 
 John , and poffefs His Dominions for himfelf, and his heires for Anno mi; 
 ever*, who, to that end, againft the Spring, makes great Levies 
 for an Invafion: and King John, for His defence, at Doyer, Fe- 
 'perfhatn, Ipfwich y See. by Eafter hath an Army of 60000 Men, be- 
 fides a Navy farr exceeding that of France . But two Knights 
 
 Templars, 
 
A QE^EALOgiCAL HlS c IO%Y< OF 
 
 U^divfded* Templars > -fent ouc of France by Pandulphus , pievaile with the BbokH- 
 —-——- 1 - King todeicend to a Treaty with him , who no fiooner had notice Mit - Pa- 
 a no thereof, but he haftned to the King, and wrought fo effe&ually ™7 P ‘ 2 &' 
 with Him, that He not only grants entire Reftitution and Indemnity 247 "T - 
 to the Arch-bifhop and Clergy , but alfo laycs down His Crown , 
 
 Scepter , Mantle , Sword and Ring (^the Enfignes ofHis Royalty) 
 at the Feet of the Legate, and lubmits Himfelfto the Judgment 
 and Mercy of the Church: after two dayes (Tomefay fix) he 
 received the Crown from P andulphus ^ with condition, that he and 
 his Succeffors fhould hold the Kingdomeof England and Lordlhip 
 of Ireland from the See of Rome, Tributary at 5 000 Marlas Sil- ibidem,p. 
 ver, which he confirmed by his Charter ataHoufcof the Tern- * 37 ' 
 plars near Dover. But the Interdiftion ftill continued , and his 
 Abfolution deferred > till Full Satisfaction fhould be made to the 
 Clergy. And hereupon the King of France being unexpeftedly 
 Commanded todefift, turnes his Fury upon Ferdinand of Por¬ 
 tugal! Earl of Flandersy for refilling him his alfiftance: Ferdinand 
 craves Aide of King John , who difpatches 500 Saile, with 700 
 Knights into Flanders , under the Conduci of His Bafe Brother 
 William Longefpee Earl of Salisbury , Richard Earl of Boleyne , &c. 
 who utterly defeated the French Forces both by Sea and Land.This 
 fuccefs incourages him to renew his attempt upon France, but is 
 denyed Aid by the Barons, and by reafon thereof, himfelf and his 
 Allies difeomfited } for the which, intending to Chaftife them at 
 his returne, he is by the Menaces of Excommunication of the 
 Arch-bilhop diverted: upon which, he is neceftitated to call home 
 the Exiled Clergy *, and at Winchesler is, by Pandulphus , with great 
 Penitence Abfolvcd, upon promife of reftoring King Edwards 
 
 Anno 1214. 
 
 Anno 1215. 
 
 Anno n\6. 
 
 La wes. 
 
 This refpites things whilft he Bribes the Pope, and fo his Inter- Mat ^. 
 di&ion is alfo taken off, and heat liberty to renew his former de- 
 llgnes upon France: which He, the Emperour, and the Earl of xyi. n. 40 . 
 Flanders accordingly do, but without fuccefs: and the Barons Bill 
 pretfing their Priviledges, to avoid their Importunities He takes 
 upon Him the Crofs , whilft they feizc feveral of his Caftles, and 
 are received with great Triumph at London. 
 
 The King abandoned by all, holds a Parley with them in Run¬ 
 ning Meads ("which is between Windfor and Staines') wherein an 
 Agreement is made , but not long obferved } for, the King having Matth 
 now good correlpondence with the Pope , retires into the Ifle of rij >p- ***. 
 Wight y and there procures his late Articles to be vacated , the * 4 . £ 
 
 Barons to be Excommunicated, and a fupply of Forreigners ;with 
 which,in half a years time,He recovers all His Holds ,and forces the *70**37. 
 Barons to call in the King of France , whofeSon Prince Lewis (af- 4 5 28i ‘"‘ 
 terwards King Lewis VIII.) underftanding the Popes Prohibition 
 and Excommunication, arrives at Sandwich with 600 Ships, and 
 at London receives Homage of the Barons, but nothing confidera- 
 ble was done on either fide. 
 
 Upon this King John Marches with his Army Northwards, and 
 
 coming 
 
THE K t K9 s E*(Jf LANC'D, &c. 8> 
 
 cha P IiL coming to Walpool , he and Tome few others paflfed the W allies} ■> in g M*. 
 But, His Army, Carriages andTreafure hurrying on, and milling Ai, p° lll b 
 the Foords, were wholly immerged j with grief of which difa- 
 h Pa _ iter , and perhaps diftempered in His body before, he fell into a 
 ris,p.z88. Fever, and was let blood at Swinejbead-Abbey , where Surfetting 
 upon green Peaches and new Ale ( fome report He was Poyfoned 
 with a Dilh of Pears by 2 l Monh^oi that Convent) He fell into a 
 Loofenefs, and grew fo weak, that there was much adoe to get 
 Him to Newark^ } where, receiving the Encharift , and taking what 
 Order He could for the Succefsion of His Son Henry ( which was 
 facilitated by the returne of feveral of the Barons to their Alle¬ 
 giance) He departed this life on the 1 9th day of O&ober , An. 1216. Hi* Death, 
 having Reign’d 17 years, 6 Moneths, and i^dayes, aged about 
 50 years. His Bowels were buryed at Croxton- Abbey, and in 
 
 purfuance of His Will, His Body was Interred in the Cathedral 
 Church of Worcefier , betwixt the Holy Bidiops St.O/mld and 
 St. Wnlftan. His Totnbe of Gray Marble is placed between the 
 Choire and the High Altar; the Figure of the King as big as the 
 Life,, and the two Bilhops at his head, in little, with their Cenfors 
 m their hands, are carved in one Stone, which feemeth to be as an- 
 
 A a tient 
 
V 
 
 A gE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plantagtmt tient as the time of Henry III. But, the Altar-Tombe on which Bookii.- 
 Undivided. * s [ s G f a Modern Fabrick. The Pceprefentation of 
 
 which Monument is exhibited in the precedent Page, upon which 
 there is no Infcription , but in Matt. Paris I find this Epitaph, F ‘ l83. 
 
 Hoc in Sarcopbago fepelitur Regis imago , 
 
 Qiti moriens multnm fedavit in orhe tu multnm, 
 
 Et cui connexa dum vixit probra manebant. 
 
 Hunc mala pojl mortem timor ejl ne fata fequantur. 
 
 Qni legis h<ec metuens dum cernis te m oritur urn , 
 
 Dicito quid rerum pariat tibi meta dierum. 
 
 ■ • i. ■ " r '<0 < ’ kb file ■ ‘ i''J 3a( oil': UQ'jt) ■- i i yjr 
 
 The Figure of His Great Seal is exhibited in the 56 Page of 
 this Second Book , upon which He is Piled , JOHANNES 
 DEI GRATIA REX ANGLIE DOMINUS 
 HIBERNIE ( being the fiift King of England that had the 
 Title of Lord of Ireland ) and, on the Counter-Seal, JOHAN* 
 
 NES DUX NORMANNIE ET AQUITAN- 
 N IE COMES ANDEGAVIE. 
 
 And now, if we look upon King John in relation to his Workes, 
 he will in them appear a worthy Prince, having tranfeended all 
 his Subje&s of his time in A&s of Charity , for, he Founded the 
 Abbey of Bowley in the NewForreft in Hampjhire y alfo an Ab¬ 
 bey of Black Monks in the City of Winchefter , the Monaftery of 
 Farendon , and the Abbey of Hales-Owen in Shropshire: He alfo 
 re-edified Godslorv y and Wroxel, and enlarged theChappel of Kna- 
 resborrow : But as to his A&ions, He neither came to the Crown 
 by Jufticey nor held it with Honour , nor left it in Peace. Yet, 
 having had many good parts, and especially His Royal Pofterity 
 continued to this day, we cannot do lefs than Honour His Me¬ 
 mory. 
 
 Children of King JOHN by Queen ISSABEL of 
 ENG 0 LESME, his third Wife. 
 
 6. HE NRY, The Eldeft Son of King John fucceed his Father 
 in the Kingdom of England , and his other Dominions, by the 
 name of King Henry IIL whofe Hiftory followeth in the Fourth 
 Chapter of this Second Book. 
 
 6 . RICHARD, Second Son of King John y by IJfabel of En - 
 golefmei was King of the Romans and of Almain , and Earl of 
 
 Altxindcr II. 
 
 King of Scots, 
 did bear Or, & 
 
 Lyon Rum- 
 pant Gules , 
 within a dou¬ 
 ble Treffurc 
 
 Counter- of Scots, Marryed to him at the City of Torkjn the prefence of Plt: 
 F / ( °”»y. ofthe King Henry III. her Brother, upon the 25 th day of lune, An . 
 
 1221 .* 
 
 PoiSliers and Cornwall , of whom lee more in the Fifth Chapter 
 of this Second Book. , : 
 
 r % , ^ ■ .•«, V/ T n , . r; j „y ir } ' r >y/i-) Vi V ? r:l[ • 
 
 6. JOANE , Queen of Scots; Eldeft Daughter of King 
 lohn and Queen lffabell, was the firft Wife of Alexander II. King *• I3 * 
 
 
THE KJK9 s OF E *C9L A&C. 87 
 
 «— -* 1 ——--- - -—• 
 
 Chap.Hi. ia2i. in the fifth year of his Reign, whom, many years after King 'John. 
 coming into England to Vifit, file decealed at London without 
 ifiiie, upon the fourth day of March Anno 1238. and was in¬ 
 terred at T arente (in Dorcetfbire) a Nunnery. Founded by Ri¬ 
 chard II. Bifiiopof Durham. 
 
 Matth. Pa¬ 
 ris, p.468. 
 w.34. 
 
 Pat. jiit. 
 ioff. 3. 
 n. 1. 
 a. Ter go. 
 
 Matth.Pa- 
 ris, p.45f. 
 71 . 41 . 
 
 euuf. 
 
 m. 1. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 2.8 H- 3. 
 
 Pit. an. 
 41 H.j. 
 205 fulii, 
 n.17. 
 
 5. ELlANOK , Countefs of Penbrookg and Leicefler, fecond 
 Daughter of King Iohn, was Marry ed to William Mar (ball the 
 ^younger Earl of Penbroofe, in the tenth year of King Henry III 
 her Brother, who was at firfi much difpleafed with the Earl a- 
 bout this Match with his Sifter, but afterwards became recon¬ 
 ciled unto him, who dcceafing wi houc ifiue An. 1231. The 
 King (after ieven years Widdowhood) gave her with his own 
 hand to Simon Mont fort Earl of Leicefrer and Stew'ard of Eng¬ 
 land (Son of Simon Earl of Montfort in France , by Amitia Daugh¬ 
 ter and Co heir of Robert Blanchmains Earl of Leicefler ) to 
 whom file was Re-marryed in St. Stephens Chappel in the Kings 
 Pallace a t Wejhninjler, upon the feventh day ot lanuary 1238. 
 Anno 22H.3. and had a Dower fetled upon her bv Earl Si¬ 
 mon , out of his Eftate in Ireland, Anno 28 H.3. in the 45 year 
 of whofe Reign , this Simon Earl of Leicefler and Elianor his 
 Wife, fell into the difplealure of the King her Brother, by 
 Heading the Barons apainft Him, which (though the Queen 
 of France waschofen Umpire to decide the quarrel) never had 
 end, till the Battel of Evefham finifhed both the dilpute and this 
 Earles life in the year 1265. (An. 49 H. 3.) after whole 
 death the Countefs Elianor and her Children were inforced to 
 forlake England , fo that file died in the Nunnery of Montarges 
 in France. 
 
 Henry Montfort their Eldeft Son, was flain with his Father at 
 Evefbam. Simon , Second Son, was Earl of Bigorc, and Ance- 
 ftor of a Family of Montforts in that part of France. Alma - 
 richg her Third Son, was firfi a Brief, and Treafurer of the 
 Cathedral Church of Tor kg f and afterwards a Knight, and a 
 valiant Servitor in feveral Warrs beyond Sea. Gwy,theFourth 
 Son , was Earl of Angleria in Italy , and Progenitor of the 
 Montforts in tufcany: and of the Earl of Campobachi inthe 
 Kingdom ot "Naples. Richard , the Fifth Son, remained pri¬ 
 vately in England , and changing his Name from Montfort to 
 Welesborne , was Anceftor of the Welesbornes in England. 
 She had alfo a Daughter named Elianor , born in England , edu¬ 
 cated in France^ and married into Wales , to Prince Ll'ewellen ap 
 Gruffth. 
 
 JWitth.Pi. 6. IS S ABEL, Emprefsof Germany , Third Daughter of King 
 ■.sojij* John , born An. 1214. was, in the one and twentieth year of 
 ** her age, with great fplendor fent into Germany with the Bifhop 
 of Exeter and the Arch-bifiiopof Cullen , who pronounced her 
 
 Em- 
 
 Matth. Pa¬ 
 ris, 9$ 8. 
 n.16. 
 Ralph 
 Brook 
 Tor fa - 
 Herald. 
 
 The Armes of 
 this William 
 Marjhall Earl 
 of Penbroofi, 
 are Painted 
 in a Glafs- 
 wi> dow in the 
 Chapter- 
 hou(e of Sa¬ 
 lisbury, viz. 
 Party per pale 
 Or and Vert , 
 a Lyon Ram¬ 
 pant Gules. 
 
 Her Second 
 Husband Si¬ 
 mon Montfort 
 Earl of Lei- 
 cejleri id bear 
 Gules a Lyon 
 rampant 
 queave forch£ 
 ■Argent, which 
 Armes are 
 Carved in 
 Stone, and 
 Painted uponi 
 the North- 
 wall in the 
 Abbey of 
 Weftminfter, 
 
 416 
 417. 
 
A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Empreis, asProxie from the Emperor Frederick^ II. to whom Book if. 
 (he was married in the City of Wormes , upon the XIII of the 
 Kalends ot Anguji ( wx, the 20th day of July) in the year 
 I2 3 l v with a Portion of 30000 Markes, a rich Imperial Crown 
 imbeliiflied with precious Stones, and many other Jewels. 
 
 She had ifiue by Him Henry , appointed to be King of Sicilie , Matt h. Pu _ 
 who dyed in the Moneth of May, An. 12154. and Margaret, r n is f 6 889 - 
 Wife of Albert Lantgrave of Thuringea *, fhe was his Wife fix Mmb. 
 years, and then, to the great grief of the Emperor,died in Child- 57s! 
 bed, on the firH day of December, An. 1241. The Triumphs 
 both in her Journey, and at the Solemnization of her Nuptials 
 are particularly recited by my Author Mathew Paris : As alfo 
 the Letter at large fent from the Emperor FrederickJI . to his p. 305. * 
 Brother King Henry III. to condole with him after her death, 43 ‘ 
 highly exprefling his grief and fadnefs for the lofs of fo excel¬ 
 lent a Confort. 
 
 Natural Iffue of King JOHN. 
 
 6 . RICHARD , Who Married Rohefia the Daughter and TbSMUta 
 Heire of Fulbert de Dover , who built Chilham -Caftle in Kent , Mwb'.p<£, 
 and by her had that Caftle and a fair Inheritance, and likewife 
 two Daughters and Co-heirs , vi%. Lora , Wife of William 
 Mar mi on of Polefworth in Warwickjhire, from whom are des¬ 
 cended the Dimocks of Scriuelby in the County of Linco/ne y 
 the Ferrers oITamworth and Baddefley, the WilloughbyesoiWol- 
 laton , and the ASlons of Staffordfhire. Ijfabel, their Second 
 Daughter and Co-heire, was Marryed to David de Strabolgy 
 Earl of Athol , who by her had Chilham in Kent, whofeheires 
 general were the Lord Burgh , and the Zouches of Cod - 
 nor. 
 
 Ricardus filius Regis Johannis ( I fuppofe this Richard ) fo ^ef^cof- 
 ftiled in his Confirmation of the Lands of Hugh de Byre in 
 Chappellangere , to the Church of our Lady de Clene , hath his 
 Seal of Green-Wax affixed thereunto, in which are Two Ly¬ 
 ons paffant gnardant , and circumfcribed SIGILL'VM 
 
 RICARDI DE VAREN . The Figure of which 
 
 is in the 57 Page of this Second Book. 
 
 6i G EOF RET FIT Z-R 0 T, another Natural Son, who, 
 when his Father King John was not permitted by Hubert Arch- , 34 . sp: 
 bifliop of Canterbury, to tranfport His Army at Portfmouthmto 
 France, was lent over with the fame Army to Rochell ,and there 
 died. 
 
 6 , SIR JOHN COVRCY (thefe are the words of Robert the 
 Monhg of Glocejler ) was King Johns Son Baftard , and nou- h 
 
 ri ffied 
 
 Flantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 Predericli II. 
 Emperor of 
 Almain did 
 bear, Ot, an • 
 Eagle di[play- 
 edsable ,which 
 Arms are car¬ 
 ved in ftone, 
 and painted 
 upon the wall 
 of the North- 
 Ifle in the 
 A6bey of 
 Weft minjler; 
 
THE KJH.9 S OF E3^gLA3^T> t Sac. 87 
 
 cha P- I[ '» riffled at the Priory of * Stegnrcy in Somerfetfbire in youth, was King 7 
 
 made Earl of Vlyejier in Ireland the firft of E»g///&-Tongue , * If not sn{e 
 and after him the kindred of the Burghes. Garfey. 
 
 ciiuf. OS BERT GIFFORD 5 Another bafe Son of King 
 
 ijfohin- John , to whom, His laid Father in the Seventeenth year of 
 pars i. m. His Reign , commanded the Sheriff of Oxfordjbire to deliver 
 21. no. 30 / Land of the Eftate of Thomas de Ardern in that County. 
 
 vembris. 
 
 cuuf. x. 6. 0 LIVE R , A Natural Son of King John (called Olfaariu* 
 m'Xs- 2 frater Regis Henrici tertii ) mentioned in Records in the Reign 
 Hen^p\. °f King Henry the Thrid. He was at the Siege of Damieta with 
 tr.9- Saher de Quincy Earl of Winchejler, and William de Albaney Earl 
 
 Weft- of Arundell > and feveral other Noblemen of England. 
 
 minfter, p. 
 
 278. H.46. 
 
 Iu°ik 7 p. J 0 A N E j A Natural Daughter of King John , was Married 
 to Llewellen the Great, Prince of North-wales , to whom her 
 Father with her gave the Lordfhip of Ellefmere in the Marches 
 of North-Wales , (he had iffue by him David , who did homage 
 to King Henry III. at Wejiminjier , upon the 13th day of October , 
 An.\22g. in the 16th year of whofeReign this Joane hadfafe 
 condu£f to come to the Town of Salop . 
 
 She had iffue alfo by Prince Llewellen two Daughters, yiz. 
 
 Wentelina ( called alio Joane ) Married to Sir Reginald de 
 Brewes , and Margaret the Wife of John de Brewes (Son of the 
 aforefaid Reginald ) by whom fhe had iffue William de Brewes 
 Lord of Gower , See. from whom many Noble Families derive 
 their defeent. 
 
 134. 
 
 Pat. An. 
 13 H-3. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 16H. 3. 
 
 W. 174. 
 
 Gcnealo- 
 gii in Of¬ 
 ficio Ar- 
 morum. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Bb 
 
 6. HENRY 
 
A qB^iEALOqiCAL HISTOT.Y OF 
 
 Elantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 .HENRY III. 
 
 KING of ESnqLANJ), Lord of l\E- 
 LAHP> Duke of V^O%MAl A£©T 
 
 and A Q m c V 1 T A IN E, and Earl of A N J OZJ, 
 Surnamed of Winchester. 
 
 Book Ilr 
 
 An.Dom. 
 
 1216. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 King Henry 
 the III. did 
 bear the 
 Armes of his 
 Father, vi%. 
 Gules 3 Ly¬ 
 ons paffant 
 guardant, or, 
 which are yet 
 Handing infe- 
 veral Win- 
 
 N this Diftra&ion of the Kingdom , Prince 
 Henry (the Eldeft Son of King John and 
 Queen Ijfabel of Engolefm His Third Wife, 
 born at Wincbefter upon the Feaft of St. Re- 
 migius , being the Firft day of October , in 
 the Eighth year of His Fathers Reign, An. 
 1206.J) a Child of about Nine years old, is 
 dowes TnThe Crowned with great Solemnity at Glocefter , upon the V. of the 
 wtf'minfler, Kalends of November, ( yi^. the 28 Day of October.') An. 1216. 
 ved a p°a? ted Bifhops of Wincbefter and Bathe \ And the Adminiftration 
 
 and Gilt on of the Government, with the tuition of His Perfon, committed to 
 the South. ^ William Marjhal the valiant Earl of Penbroo\y who, with Guallo 
 Abbl n y the And ^ Popes Legate, and the Bifhops of Wincbefter, Bath and Wor- 
 ^Shields on cefter , ufe all meanes for the returne of the Barons to their Natural 
 reprefented in Prince , from Prince Lewis this Excommunicated ftranger, who 
 this 5 6 seeSi f IH 1 held London and the parts adjacent, and their endeavours 
 diarged^with C f he confeflion of the Vifcount Melun a Frenchman , of Prince 
 Lewis his defign, utterly to extinguifh the Englijh Nation, contri¬ 
 buting) had fuch effeft, that firft William Earl of Salisbury with 
 many others by his example, left him, and Swore Fealty to King 
 orfebadfac* Henry , who keeps about Briftol , Worcefter and Glocefter, till oppor¬ 
 tunity was found of drawing the Enemy from the Head into the 
 Body of the Kingdom, for the relief of the Cattles of Mountfor- 
 rill and Lincoln , which City the French being Matters of, was by 
 the Earl of Penbroob^ and his Son William, the Bifhops of Winche- 
 his Helmet in fter and Salisbury , the Earls of Chefter, Salisbury, Ferrers and Albe» 
 upon wt : marie , and many other Barons, with all the power of the young 
 affume°dit e in King aflaulted and taken, with many prifoners of note, the Earl 
 
 his firft Seal I 
 
 cannot guefs, but when He abridg’d His Stile, He wrote Himfelf King of England on His Counter-Seal alfo , and 
 therefore might add a Diadem to His Figure on Horfeback. 
 
 The Seales of Queen Elianor of Provence His Wife, pag. 57. are charged on the Reverfes with Shields of King Hen- 
 ties Armes only (for Impalements were not then in ufe) but in the Windows of the faid Abbey there remain intire 
 Efcocheons of Her Armes,being Or,four Paletts Gules. And alfo the like Shield is Embofled, Painted and Gilt in the 
 South-Ifle of iVcftminjtcr- Abbey, and fuperferibed KAIMUNDUS COMES PRO PIN CI E', for her 
 Father, who, being a Branch of the Royal Houfeof Arragon, did bear the Armes of that Kingdome, tranfmitted to 
 them from Geoffery the Hairy Count of Barcelona, who fighting valiantly for the Emperour Lewis le Debonnairc 
 againft the Normans, and after the Battel coming to the Emperour all covered with Blood,which ran out of his wounds, 
 he dipped his four Fingers therein, and drew them down the Earles Shield of Gold, which afterwards came to be 
 theArmesof Arragon, and are fo continued to our time* among the Quarterings of theKingof Spain, for that King- 
 domebeing as Ifaid before, Or, four Paletts gules. 
 
 the fame 
 A rmes. Up¬ 
 on which 
 counter-Seals 
 the King is 
 re 
 
 Horfeback 
 cording to the 
 Cuftome of 
 His Prede- 
 cefl'ors, but 
 with the ad¬ 
 dition of a 
 Crown upon 
 
 Robert of 
 Glocefter, 
 p. 184. a. 
 
 Ibidem, pi 
 *88. b. 
 
 Matth.Pa- 
 ris, p.289. 
 n. 12. 
 
 Mattb. 
 Weft, p: 
 177. n. 5 
 
 Ibidem, p. 
 Ibidem, n. 
 28. 
 
 Matth.Pa¬ 
 ris, p. 294. 
 ». jo.. 
 
 of 
 
THE K.13^iqs OF ELAT>, &<*. 88 
 
 Cha^iy. of Perch killed, and the French Forces utterly defeated , where- Htnr J IIr » 
 upon Lewis fends for frefh Succors out of France , which alfo be¬ 
 ing overthrown at Sea by Philip d'Aubcny, Hubert de Burgo, and 
 the Forces of the Cinque-ports: On the Eleventh of September he An. m8; 
 comes to an accord, to take 15000. Markes for his Voyage, Ab¬ 
 jure his Claime , and endeavour to diipofe his Father to the Re- 
 ftitution of our Claimes in France, which, when himfelf came to 
 be King, he promifed freely to do. Whereupon about the Mi¬ 
 chaelmas following he is honourably attended to Dover , a General 
 Pardon granted ; the Legate and the Prote&or on the young Kings 
 behalf undertaking to the Barons for all their Priviledges. 
 
 And, as well to keep them in A6fion whom the War had bred, 
 as to unburthen the Country of ftrangers, Ranulph Blundevile Earl 
 Mtuh. of Chester , Saer de Quincy Earl ol Winchejier , and William de Al- 
 ». beney Earl of Arundel , arefent out with great Forces to the Holy 
 4 *- Land } when, to the great regret of the Kingdom, William Mar - 
 jhall Earl of Pembroke dies, and his Charge is conferr’d on the Bi- 
 fhop of Winchejier , with other great Councellors. 
 
 Mitth.Pa- The young King is again Crowned, and an Efcuage of Two Anno m 9 : 
 n!vs. 3 ° 9 ’ Markes upon every Knights Fee granted Him by Parliament; and 
 being encouraged from PoiBou and Guyen to lome defign upon 
 ibidem, France, to ftrengthen his Alliance at home, he Contra&s his Sifter Anno 
 »• 1 1 Joane to Alexander Ring o{ Scots, who gives his Sifter Margaret to 
 
 Hubert de Burgh, lately made Chief Jufticiar of England . The Anno uni 
 King in a Parliament at London is now by the Arch-bilhop of 
 Canterbury put in mind what had been promifed for Him upon 
 the Peace with Prince Lewis ,as to the reftoring the Peoples Rights, 
 which was then again by Him promifed , but by the Artifice of 
 fome defcrr’d , which caufes the Earles of Chefter and Albemarle 
 at Leicefler to defign the removal of Hubert de Burgo and others the 
 weftm. fuppofed obftru&ors, but by the interpoficion of the Arch-biftiop Arin0I “ 3 ' 
 l' f 3 ' of Canterburies Spiritual power,they fubmit. 
 
 And two years after,in a Parliament held at Wejiminfier ,a Fifteenth Anno mf* 
 of all Moveables of the Clergy and Laity is demanded for recovery 
 of his Pofleffions in France witheld by Lewis (now King) contra¬ 
 ry to his Promifes in England *, which Subfidy, upon the Confirma¬ 
 tion of their Priviledges and Disforeftations (both grateful things 
 to the Sub)e&) islikewife granted : But, this happy ftate lafted 
 not above two years, for in a Parliament at Oxford , as much to 
 their diflatisfa&ion, the King (being now at age) abrogates the 
 Charter of Forrefts, as granted in his Nonage } and, by Procla¬ 
 mation caufes all Grants to be renewed under His Great Seal, for 
 which Arbitrary Fees are extorted by Hubert de Burgh, which be¬ 
 gets a new Infurre&ion, for the Barons taking advantage of the 
 difference between the King and his Brother Richard Earl of Corn - 
 wa ^ a ^out t ^ ie Caftle of Berhfamfted , gain him to their party, who 
 tisy p. '337. at Maryborough meets William Marfball the younger Earl of Pern* Anno i*2$; 
 “* brooks and afterwards at Stamford with the Earles of Chejler, Gloce- 
 fier, Warren, Hereford, Ferrers and Warwick where they perem- 
 
 ptorily 
 

 Tlantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 Anno 1227. 
 
 Anno 123 2. 
 
 Anno 1233; 
 
 Anno 1234. 
 
 Anno 1236. 
 
 A qEWEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ptorily require right to be done to His Brother , the Reftitution oi Book ir. 
 the Charter of Forrefts, &c. or otherwife they would right them- 
 fclves by their Swords j This the King is forced to condefcend 
 unto, by a Parliament at Northampton , and to give His Brother his 
 Cable, and all His Mother had in Dower , with the Eftates of the 
 Earl es of Bretagne and Bologne. 
 
 King Lewis being lately dead, and an Infant King, and the 
 Queen Regent having difoblig’d the Nobility , King Henry is by 
 Hugh le Brim his Fatherbn-Law incouraged in this jundlure to In¬ 
 vade France <, but returnes without honour or advantage, and pre- 
 fently upon his arrival in England a Marriage is propofed to Him 
 with the King of Scots Sifter, but the motion is altogether difliked, 
 fince Hubert cle Burgo his Chief Jufticiar had Married the Elder. 
 
 And having now no other expedient to reward the Poi&avins for 
 their aide in His late Warr upon France , he Fines and difplaces the Mitthm 
 faid Hubert , with feveral of His Chief Officers, to make way for 
 their Preferment, which fo exafperates the Nobility, that Richard 
 Marfball Earl of Pembroob^ with many Barons,contrive for the pub- 
 lick defence •, And the King to fupprefs them fends for vaft num¬ 
 bers of poictavins , and calls a Parliament at Oxford, whither the 
 Barons, notwithftanding three feveral Summons, refute to repairer 
 or to that at Wejhninfter , till the Bifhop of Winchejler and the Po¬ 
 ictavins were removed from the Court, which caufes the King to 
 take Pledges of the Nobility, and commands all that held by 
 Knights-fervice to repaire to him at Glocejler by a certain day,which 
 Marfball and his party refuting to do, they are declared Out-laws, 
 their Lands feized and given to Poictavins The Earles of Che- 
 jier and Lincolne are bought off from Marfball , who hereupon 
 withdrawes himfelf into Wales , and makes a League with Llewel • 
 lin , and there Hubert de Burgo (Tfcaping out of the Vize-Caffle, *!%***' 
 where he had been Prifoner ftnce his removal from his place) joynes 
 them. The King Marches with an Army againft them, is worfted 
 and returnes to Glocejler j but the Warr rages bill all over the bor¬ 
 ders to Shrewsbury: And, ftnce by all meanes pofftble they could 
 not reclaime Marfball , meanes are found out to draw him into Ire¬ 
 land, to defend his Eftate there feized by Authority under the 
 Kings Hand and Seal,where by treachery he loft his life, to fo great 
 a regret both of his Friends and Enemies, as the King Himfelf dif- 
 ownes the Commitfion. 
 
 Thefe Miferies continued two whole years, when in a Parlia¬ 
 ment at Wejlminjler , the Bifhopsadmonifhthe King by His Fathers 
 Example and His own Experience, to beat Union with His Peo¬ 
 ple, otherwife they muft proceed againft: Him and His Counfel- 
 lors by Ecclefiajlical Cenfure *, who, feeing no other remedy, calls 
 home the Lords out of Wales , removes the ftrangers, and reftores 
 them to their places and pofleflions. 
 
 Things being now in pretty good order, He beftowes His Sifter 
 IJJabel upon the Emperour Frederick^ II. with a Dowry of 30000 
 Mai kes, but this Alliance anfwers not the aimes of either Prince, 
 
 nor 
 
THE KJNigs OF E ^cgL A 3 ^T>, &c. 89 
 
 Chap.iv. nor pjj s own Marriage prove more advantageous to Him with Henr J Iir - 
 Elianor^the Second Daughter and co-heir of Raymond Berengar Earl Hh Marriage, 
 of Provence and Forcalquierfon of Earl Alphonfo,fon of Alpbonfo II. V ide, the 
 King of Aragon } which notwithftanding is Solemniz’d with great Great e offi he 
 Mmh.Pd- State at Canterbury , upon the XIX of the Kalends of February , cers at Her 
 (y>i%. the 14 th day of January) An. 123 6, in the 20th year of His mup^’p: 
 Reign, by Edmond Arch-bilhop of Canterbury, and Crowned at \ 
 Weflminjler on the 1 9th day of the fame Month by the faid Arch- pJSc/Sra ” 
 bilhop. Her Mother was Beatrice Daughter of Thomas Earl of 
 Savoy-* Sifter to the Earls Amides and Peter, and Bonniface Arch- 
 bifhop of Canterbury. Her three Sifters were alfo Queens, Mar - 
 St .Mdrcbe garet the eldeft being Wife of St. Lewis, the IX. of the Name, 
 
 King of France (this Elianor was the fecond Daughter.) Sanchia 
 the third Daughter was Married to Richard King of the Romans , 
 
 King Henries Brother i and Beatrix the fourth and youngeft was 
 ^Ncuflrfe the Wife of Charles King of Sicilie , Brother to the faid St. Lewis. 
 foi. 476.’ This Queen Elianor was His Wife 37 years, His Widow 19, and Her Death; 
 dyed a Nun at Ambresbury upon the 23th day of June, in the 
 Twentieth year of the Reign of Her Son,K.E^»w^ I. An. 1291 
 and was buryed in Her Monafterythe 1 ith of September following. 
 
 Ex Reg/- She made ufe of two Seals, and in Her laft abridg’d Her 
 ivefimo- Titles, as did King Henry Her Husband, as you may obferve in 
 Mft.An.}. ^ page 0 f thjg Second Book, where the Figures of them are 
 Ecmeu represented, having on the Counter-Seales the Armes of England 
 Lane.’An. (<z >ii». 3 Lyonspaffantguardant) in Triangular Efcocheons hanging 
 55 H ‘ 3 ' upon Trees. 
 
 In another Parliament at London , by reafon of the Ex¬ 
 pence of His Sifters Marriage, a 30 th part of all Moveables Anno jM 
 Mat. both of the Clergy and Laity is required, which, after much adoe, 
 
 ^minfterjp- upon the Kings Promising to remove the Strangers, and to ufe the 
 296 > 2 * 7 ‘ Councel of the Naturalls, and to preferve to them their Liber¬ 
 ties, is granted, fo it be Colle&ed by Four Knights of every Shire, 
 and put into the refpe&iveCaftles and Abbeys till fome great ne- 
 ceflity , but nothing of all this is performed on the Kings part} 
 and, to the farther vexation of the Subje&s, the Leaviesare made 
 with great extremity. The Earl of Provence is fent for to parti¬ 
 cipate of thisTreafure, and William de Valence becomes the only 
 MtnL Mignion of the King ; Queen Blanch of France alfo entertains Si- 
 
 mon Montford a Frenchman, and fecretly Marries him to Elia- Anh6:i» 3 s; 
 nor the Kings Sifter, who is, in right of his Mother, Daughter to 
 Blanchmains , made Earl of Leicester. Thefe concurrences of 
 Difgufts and Oppreflions foincenfe the Nobility, and other Sub¬ 
 jects in general, that it begets a new Confederation, into which 
 Earl Richard the Kings Brother is drawn, whom, as being Heire to 
 the Crown it is argued to concerne, and he is fent to King Henry 
 to reprove Him for the vaft profufion of His Eftate, His Indul¬ 
 gence to Strangers, and negleCt of the Natives. The King fear¬ 
 ing the confequence, and finding the Londoners favour them, by 
 advice of the Legate calls a Parliament at London, whether the A m 12 ^ 
 
 ( * ) Lords 
 
A gEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 U^d^Td* ^ or ^ s come Armed *, but ,. M ontford, making his Peace with the Book ir ^ 
 ; Kings Brother and the Earl of Lincoln , the bufinefs cool’d, and the 
 Miferies of the Kingdom continue. 
 
 Befides the great Exa&ions of the King, the Pope is not wanting 
 in his, who requires 300 Italians to be Preferred to the firft Va¬ 
 cancies in England^ which forces the Arch-bifhop of Canterbury to 
 an Exile in the Abbey of Pontiniac , and the reft of the Clergy 
 Anno 1141. to a Submiffion. And the King in the mean time makes an Expe¬ 
 dition into Wales, which being at dilcord within its felf, with the 
 fhew only of His Army obtaines Prince Davids Submiftion and 
 Fealty , and is now again Courted by the Poictavins into France^ 
 which Matter and Supplies to that end is moved in Parliament, but 
 no Money givens however, by Loans and otherwife he procures 
 30 Barrels of Silver, and with that (leaving the Arch-bifliop of 
 Yorkg Governor) he goes into France , but is forced to a difho- 
 nourable Peace. *^ 88& 
 
 Anno 1244} Upon occafion of a Revolt in Wales and Scotland , He Marches 
 firft into that Kingdom, with the Officious Ayde of the Earl of 
 Flandersy which is alfo ill taken of the Barons, but a fair Peace 
 is concluded : and then Money muft be had for an Expedition 
 againft Wales , and to pay His Debts, which, with one Voice was 
 Anno 124^ refufed in this Parliament, which put the King upon other courfes: 
 
 London is Amerc’d 5000 Markes, and great Fines exa&ed of the 
 poffefiors of Inforreftations, or elfe to be fold to others. This 
 gives occafion to enquire into the Popes yearly Exa&ions, which 
 were found to be 60000 Markes ("more then the Revenue of the 
 Crown of England ) which being Complained of in a General 
 Council then held at Lyons , the King forbids, under a Penalty, 
 any further Contributions , but wanted Refolution to conti¬ 
 nue it. 
 
 His neceflities nowcaufe another Parliament, wherein, notwith- Mmh.px. 
 ftanding He ruffles with them, they boldly Tax Him with the 
 Breach of all His Promifes, and will not be brought to grant any 
 Anno 12 4 s; thing, f° that He is conftrain’d to fell His Land and Jewells, pawn 
 Gafcoyne y and the Ornaments of St. Edwards Shrine, and give over 
 Houfe* keeping, to wring out of the Londoners 20000 /. and beg of 
 Anno 124^ the Clergy fome fmall fums} The Barons rage till his Promifes 
 concerning the Ele&ion of Officers, but obtain nothing. 
 
 The Marriage is now Solemnized at Torhg betwixt Margaret the 
 Kings Sifter and the King of Scots , to which that Arch-bifhop is 
 extravagantly generous. And the Pope follicites the King to take 
 the Crofs, for which he grants a Tenth of the Layety and Clergy, 
 which in a Parliament called to that purpofe is abfolutely denyed. 
 
 Anno 1252. But in the next, the Charters being once again Ratified, and Sen- M 
 tence of Excommunication Solemnly Pronounced againft the In- 
 fringers, a Tenth of the Clergy for the Holy Warr, and Scutage, 
 and three Markes upon every Knights Fee is granted. Gafcogny 
 complaining of Earl Richards Government, to quiet them, the 
 King revokes His Grant thereof to Him, and gives it to His Son 
 
 Edward % 
 
THE KIK9S °F 
 
 Chap.iv. Edward, fending the Earl of Leicejier thither as Governour, with 
 r/*?8**’ whom they are no better pleafcd , and he is fent for over, who, 
 »• 34- in Councel, difputes it very undutifiilly with the King, but returns 
 neverthelefs to his Charge, which he executes now with more ri¬ 
 gour then ever j wherefore the Gafcoignes put theml'elves under 
 the Prote&ion of the King of Spain , and King Henry is forced to 
 take a voyage thither in ftead of the Holy Land. Leicejlers Com- 
 mitfion is hulled by Proclamation , who thereupon comes into 
 England , and the King, after He had quieted Gafcogne (To take 
 ri? pspo" off the King of Spain, who pretends likewife to Aquitaine ) con- 
 
 Hetir) III;. 
 
 n. id. 
 
 eludes a Marriage for His Son Edward, with Elianor that Kings AniioiiHS 
 Sifter, who thereupon quits hisClaime to both, and arriving in 
 England Fines the Londoners and Jewes for not aiding Him. 
 
 In Eajler- Terme another Parliament is called, but yields no re- 
 turnes but thofe of Grievances} and the Pope, to fupport His 
 Wars againft the Emperour, demands a Tenth of England , Scot - 
 land and Ireland, and the better to difpofe the King thereunto, Ab« 
 folves Him of His Oath for the Holy Land, invefts Edmond His 
 fecond Son in the Kingdom of Sicilie , and in conftderation of 
 that Promotion of His Nephew, defires to borrow 500 Markes of 
 the Earl of Cornwall , but his Anlwer was, He would not lend them 
 Money on whom he could not dtjlraine . 
 
 At Winchejler the Gafcogne Merchants, by the Prince their Pa* 
 tron, complain of the taking their Goods without pay, which is 
 ill refented by the King; and the Princes Servants commit fo 
 many outrages in Wales (of which he had now the Government) 
 that it revolts , for the quieting whereof Prince Edward requires 
 Money of his Facher, but He is fofarr from thar, that to fupply 
 His own neceftities, He commands every Sheriff, and other Offi¬ 
 cers to bring in their Money by a precife day, upon fevere penal¬ 
 ties, and daily, upon one quarrel or another gets Money out of 
 riJiP the Londoners when, great hopes of Honour and Advantage is 
 »• 48. conceived to accrue to His Crown, by the Ele&ion of Richard AnnoiijyJ 
 s*z. ri-si. ^ Q ornvpa n to b e Kj n g Q f th c Romans , and the Arch-bifhop 
 
 of Cologne is fent to condutft him over, who hath a Prefent of 500 
 Markes, and a rich Mitre, and Richard is accordingly Crowned at 
 Aquifgrave , much to the diffatisfa&ion of France and Spain. The 
 King, to found the afte&ions of the People, as to the Ele&ion of 
 His Son Edmond to the Kingdom of Sicilie , in a Parliament then 
 Summoned, brings him clad in Apulian Habit, and declares His 
 Obligation of 140000 Markes for obtaining the faid Kingdom, to¬ 
 wards which he declares a Tenth and Firft-Fruits of the Clergy 
 were granted Him by the Pope , and therefore hopes they will not 
 be backward * but, nothing will be done but upon the ufual Con¬ 
 dition of Magna Charta ? and then they promife 5 2000, which fa- 
 tisfies not: For, the next year, in a Parliament at London , de¬ 
 claring His Engagements to the Pope, and His difappointment of 
 mfrm. t ^ le Kingdom of Sicilie , He is plainly denyed, and the Parliament 
 P • 3*4- Adjourn’d to Oxford till Barnabas-d ay, in Which time the Earles of Anii0 
 
 Leicejier 
 
 Mattb.Pa- 
 
A qE^EALOgiCAL HIS'IO'RY OF 
 
 TUntagenets Leicejler, Glocejler and Hereford refolve the effe&ing of their De- Eookii.- 
 Undivided. ^g nes by f orce ? which puts the King to His fhifts for Money, and 
 when the Parliament meet again they come thither Armed, and 
 force the new Confirmation of their Priviledges, and Twelve Con- 
 fervators to Govern the Kingdom. 
 
 And now Leicejler , Glocejler , and l*Defpenfer inforce the King to 
 call a Parliament at London, wherein the Authority of the 24 is de¬ 
 livered unto them, and they abfolved from their Allegiance if 
 thefe things were not made good; when Richard King of the Ro- 
 Annoiz5?: mans comes over into England, but could not by the Barons be » 
 permitted to Land, till he had condefcended to take an Oath not 
 to alter the Government of the Kingdom as then eftablifhed. 
 Notwithilanding the King ufes all meanes to revoke this, and re¬ 
 cover His Power, and in order thereunto feeks to be abfolved from 
 Rowe , hath Aides out of Scotland,* nd, to be fecure from France , 
 
 Anno 1259. for 500000/. refigns His whole Intereft to Normandy, Anjou, Jff 1 ™ 
 Poi&ou , Tourain and Main ( does homage for Guien , Limofw s. Lud. 
 and Quercy ) and thenceforth abridg’d His Stile, and changed His mS. 
 Seal, ufing a Scepter in place of a Sword, whereupon thefe Mon- 
 kifli Veifes were written. 
 
 MCCUX God grant 
 Firm Peace thou fix, 
 Poitiou,Anjou,Normns 
 To F Mice range you. 
 New Seales are made. 
 Old Stiles forfaken, 
 Down laid the Blade, 
 Scepters up taken. 
 
 Ejl MCCLIX utinam concord 'ta foelix , 
 Andegavis, Pi&avis, Neuftria, gente relicta 
 Anglorum ,dantnr tibi France ,Sigilla noyantur , 
 Nomina tolluntur , fugit Enfis , Sceptra geruntur . 
 
 •fobinner 
 Tilius. 
 
 The Figures of both His Great Seals being delineated in the 5 6 
 Page of this Second Book, will more particularly fatisfie the Rea¬ 
 der in this Alteration ; in the firft of which He is failed HENRI- 
 CUS DEI GRATIA REX ANGLIE DOMI- 
 NUS HIBERNIE; and on the Counter-Seal HENRI- 
 CUS DUX NORMANNIE ET AQUITAN- 
 NIE COMES ANDEGAVIE, on which he isFigu- 
 red fitting on His Throne, with a Sword in His Right hand, and 
 a Globe in His Left. But, in His ^Second Seal He omits Norman¬ 
 dy and Anjou , ufing on both fides of His Seal this Circumfcription, 
 m. HENRICUS DEI GRATIA REX AN¬ 
 GLIE DOMINUS HIBERNIE D U X A QU I- 
 T A N N IE *, and in place of the Sword in His Right Hand, 
 
 He holds the Scepter of St. Edward, or the Doye. 
 
 The Barons on the other fide ufe all arts to ftrengthen their affo- . 
 ciation, and France is made Arbiter of the Quarrel, who condemns *• 
 the Provifions of Oxford\ but allows the confirmation of King 
 An. my Johns Charter, upon which Henry Son to the Earl of Cornwall , Ro¬ 
 ger de Clifford,Roger de Ley borne,Hamon I'EJlrange, and many others 
 depart from the Barons. The Earl of Leicejler fhortly after ha¬ 
 ving combined with Llewellin Prince of Wales y invades Mortimers 
 Lands in thofe parts, who is aided by the Prince, whilft Leicejler p-1**.»: 
 
 recovers : 
 
THE K^tVJigS OF EtKJjLA^T), <Scc 4 9 t 
 
 Matth. 
 Paris, p. 
 99i-n.iz~ 
 
 Anno ti6’4’. 
 
 Chap.iv. recovers the Cattle and Town of Glocefier , makes the Citizens H'*rjiiL 
 to Redeem themfelves with 1000 /. and fubduing Worcefler , 
 Shrewsbury , and the Ifle of Ely , begins to grow very consi¬ 
 derable j which, the King fearing, calls a Parliament, and a 
 Peace is concluded , upon Condition, That all the Kings Cattles 
 Should be put into the Barons hands} The Provisions of Ox- 
 ford obferVed } And , all the Strangers to depart the Kingdom i 
 But, the Prince ftill holding out Windfor- Cattle, it is betteged 
 Ibidem. p- and taken by the Earl of Leicejler. 
 
 The King calls another Parliament, and therein gaines feve- 
 ral Lords to His Party , and with them (the Prince, Richard 
 Earl of Cornwall , Henry his Son, and William de Valence ) 
 
 Marches to Oxford, whither many Scotijh and Northern Nobili- 
 Mat.varh, ty repaire to Him, and thence with all His Forces to Nor* 
 
 ^ 3 8 5 - *• thampton , where young Montford the Earl of Leicefiers Son, 
 with fourteen of the Principal of the Fa&ion are made Prifoners 5 
 thence to Nottingham , making fpoil of all the Barons Poflefll- 
 ons in thofe pairs. In the mean while Leicejler drawes towards 
 London , and offers 30000 Markes to the King for Damages 
 done in the Wars, fo that the Statutes of Oxford might be obfer- 
 ved *, which, not being accepted, the Earl is conftrained to put 
 mttb.Pt- i [ to the hazard of a Battel near Lewes in Sujjex , where, by a Stra- 
 tagem he gaines the day, 5000 are flain upon theplace, the King, 
 
 Matth .Pi- Prince, Earl of Cornwall , and his Con Henry , the Earles of Arun - 
 IT* 7 ' del and Hereford , and all the Scotifb Lords taken prifoners, Valence 
 and M arjball fave themfelves by flight. Leicejler carries the King 
 along with him a whole year and a half to countenance his Ani¬ 
 ons , in which time he takes in moft of the Strong Holds of the 
 Kingdom, only the Prince efcaping out of Hereford Cattle gathers 
 foine Forces, and gaining the Earl of Glocefier , brought many more 
 hands to him, with feveral places of ftrength both in England and 
 Matth.Pa- Wales , and with them in a Plain near Evefbam gives Battel to Si- 
 r &99?. 7 ‘ won Montfort Earl of Leicejler } who, finding himfelf not able 
 to withftand Prince Edwards Forces, faid, Let us commit our Soules 
 to Godj fot our Bodies are theirs , and fo undertaking the weight 
 of the Battel, like another Cateline , fell there, accompanied in his 
 death by his ion Henry and eleven ocher Barons. 
 
 The Captive King thus freed by His vi&orious Son, calls a 
 Parliament at Winchefier , wherein all the Barons of Leiceffers 
 party ( who ttill maintain feveral ftrong Holds in the Kingdom) 
 are difinherited, and the King Marches againfi: them, and at 
 Northampton two of Leicefters fons fubmit •, but, they that ef- 
 Matth. cape the Battel at E*vefbam , make good the Ifle of E/y, where the 
 M98- ». ^ rince g oes to re ^ uce them, caufes Bridges to be made of Boates, 
 
 20 - enters the Ifland in feveral places, and conftraines them to yield* 
 
 Mmb.Pa- Then revenge mutt: be taken upon Llewellin for fuccoring Mont* 
 fort and Glocefier } but he redeemes Himfelf with 3200a/. Ster* 
 
 Battel bf 
 Levees. 
 
 The King iri 
 this battel had 
 a Dragon tar- 
 ried before 
 Him for His 
 Royal Enfignj 
 and Simon 
 Montfort, to 
 fignifie the 
 juftnefs of Hii 
 Quarrel .tau- 
 fed his Soldi-* 
 ers to put 
 white CrclTeji 
 upon their 
 Armour. 
 
 Battel of Eve* 
 Jham. 
 
 An. xaS tA 
 
 Anno 126 
 
 Th,p. IOO4. 
 
 «• 47 
 
A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plantagenets 
 Undivided. 
 
 A mo. 1x69. 
 
 Anno 1*71. 
 
 His Death. 
 Anno 1271. 
 
 The next year Prince Edward undertakes the Holy Warr, and T° ok ir » 
 for fupplies Pawnes Gafcoigne to France for 30000 Markes, 
 and two yeares after, with His Wife (then as it prov’d) young 
 with Child, fets forward, with great refolution, towards the 
 Holy Land, butefFeds no great matter. And, whilft this pre- ». se¬ 
 paration is in hand, King Henry labours toeftablifh the Peace of 
 the Kingdom , and to reforme the exceffes which the Warr had 
 bred , and the fame year Aflembles His laft Parliament at Marie - 
 borough , where the Statutes of that Title were Ena&ed; from 
 whence not long after He went to Norwich , where He puniflied 
 feveral of the Citizens for a Riot commited upon the Monkes 
 of that place , and burning their Church } and, returning by St. 
 Edmondsbnry , and doing His Devotions at St. Edmonds 
 Shrine , He there fell fomewhat ill, from whence haftning to 
 London His Ocknefs fo much increafed upon Him , that calling 
 before Him His Lords, and efpecially Gilbert de Clare Earl of 
 Glocefier , He Exhorted them to be true and faithful to His 
 Son Prince Edward , who was at that time farr from home, and 
 therefore had the more need of their care, which confifted chief¬ 
 ly in their agreement one with another, and within few dayes af¬ 
 ter He departed this Life in His Pallace at Weftminfter , upon MiUht 
 the 1 6th day of November , An. 1272. having lived 65 years, and 
 held the Scepter 56 years and twenty feven dayes. nidem 7 
 
 Upon the 20 th day of the fame Moneth , being the Feaft 
 of St. Edmond , King Henry was Interred in the Abbey of Weft- 
 minfter ( before the High-Altar ) which he rebuilt from the 
 ground , and laid the firft Stone , having ordained by His Will, 
 that His Heart (hould be buried at Font-Enraud , which to that 
 end was delivered to the Abbefs of that Monaftery by the Ab¬ 
 bot of Wejlminfler , in the prefence of many of the Nobility, upon 
 the Monday next before the Feaft o (S.Luce the Virgin^An.20 E.\. Pat. An.' 
 had been alfo the Founder of a Church in London for Converted 
 Jewes , an Hofpital at Oxford for Paflengers and Difeafed Per- 
 lons 5 and caufed a Cheft of Gold to be made for the laying up the Mattb.Pa- 
 Relicks of Edward the Confejjor in the faid Church of Weftminfter. 
 
 Upon the North-fide of which Saints Shrine, in the Chappel of 
 the Kings, King Edward His Son ere&ed for Him a Magnificent 
 and Elevated Sepulcher of Mofaick^ Work of Grey Marble, Che¬ 
 quered with Gafpers and Opalls , and other rare Stones, and inlaid 
 with large Tabets of Porphire and Serpentine , which He brought 
 out of France in His returne from the Holy Land: Upon the Su¬ 
 perficies of which, being Copper Guilt, (and Carved Lozenge, 
 every Lozenge containing a Lyon pajfant Guardant ) lies 
 the Figure of the King in his Royal Robes, with his Crown on 
 his head, and his feet placed upon two Lyons all of the fame Met- 
 tal ( but by Sacrilegious hands difpoiled of his Globe and Scepter) 
 as you may obferve more exa£Hy by this Reprefentation. About 
 the Verge of which Tombe I find this Infcription in Saxon Capi¬ 
 tals embolfed, beginning on the South-fide at the head, 
 
 I Cl : 
 
--- 
 
 THE EJK9 S 0F E^CgiAXJP, &C, pZ 
 
 Chap.IV. 
 
 Henry Iir, 
 
A qEV^BALOqiGAL HISTORY OF 
 
 F Untagerttts 
 Undivided. 
 
 I C I: GIST:J)€NRI:IADIS:REY.-DG : 6 NGL 6 T 6 R 6 :S 6 YGNVR 
 D 6 : J) I R LAUND 6 : DUC: DC: A Q.U IT AYN 6 : L 6 : F I L 2 : L I : R 6 Y 
 JOHAN: IADIS: R 6 Y: D 6 : 6 NGL 6 T 6 R 6 : A : K I : D £ U: FAC 6 
 CTJ 6 RCY: A0Q6N- 
 
 Book II.* 
 
 And upon the North-fide of the faid Monument this Memorial 
 in Gilt Chara&ers. 
 
 T 6 RTIIIS H 6 NRIC US 6 ST T 6 MPLI CONDITOR HUJUS .1273 
 DULC 6 BELLUCTQ IN 6 XP 6 RTIS. 
 
 Alfoupon a Tablet hanging on a Pillar, near the Tombe of 
 
 ThusEnglifh- Kill g Henry Ul. 
 
 ed on the fame 
 
 Tablet. 
 
 The Friend of Piety and Almes-deed 
 Henry the Third whilome of Englind. King, 
 Who this Church brake, and after his meed 
 Again renewed itito this fair building t 
 
 Now refteth here,which did fo great a thing. 
 He yield His meed that Lord of Deitie, 
 
 That as one God raigns in Perfons Three. 
 
 Cetttug Henricus facet i)tc pietatig amicus, 
 ^ccleftam ffrauit Utam, quam poll renoDauit 
 Rennet et mums# qut regnat trtnu$ et mtu& 
 
 Children of King HENRY the Third , by Queen 
 ELIANOR of Provence, His Wife. 
 
 7. EDWARD , The eldeft Son of Henry the III. was King of 
 England , after His Fathers deceafe, by the Name of Ed L 
 ward I. and continued the Succeflion, Vide Boo\ III. 
 
 Chap. 1. 
 
 7. EDMOND , Second Son of King Henry III. by Queen 
 Elianor of Provence , was Earle of Lancafter , &c. from 
 whom the Earles and Dukes of that Houfe derive their 
 Defcent , as you may fee in the VII. Chapter of this 
 II. Booh^ 
 
 7. RICHARD , Third Son , bearing the Name of his Uncle 
 Richard , King of the Romans and Almain , deceafed in his 
 youth > and lyeth buried at Weflminfter , on the South-fide of 
 the Choire, 
 
 7. JOHN, Fourth Son, deceafed in his Infancy, and was In- Miitesi ft 
 terred in the Abbey of Weftminfter. 
 
 7. WILLI AM y The Fifth Son of King Henry III. dyed al- MiUet - p] 
 fo young, and was buryed at the New -Temple in London about j£J; ver 
 the year 12<6. Fu«.Me’.p; 
 
 f. HEN - 
 
THE f^ivcgs OF EwjjLA&c. 93 
 
 Chap. IV. 
 
 A iattb. 
 Pat is p. 
 $29. n.}6. 
 Pat. An. 
 36 H. 3.' 
 
 Mattb. 
 Weft: 
 f. 550. ». 
 48 . 
 
 Henry IN. 
 
 tfattb.Pa- 
 rit, p. 830. 
 «. 19. 
 
 tn Arch. 
 F landrice. 
 Ht&or 
 Boetius 
 fol. 99. b. 
 C’loi. b . 
 
 7. H E NRY, The Sixth Son of King Henry the Third and of 
 Queen Elianor of Provence his Wife, departed this World al- 
 fo in his Infancy. 
 
 7. M ARG ARET Queen of Scots , eldeft Daughter of King The Seal of 
 Henry III. and Queen Elianor , born in the year 1241 (Anno 
 26 H 3.) was the firft Wife of Alexander II. King of Scots , ^ne^o- 
 a youth of nine years old , being married to him at the City diut in Genea - 
 of upon St. Stephens day Anno 36. of his Reign , and year ImFUndli*; 
 of our Lord 1251. who was there alfo knighted by her faid b ; t j/' fi J e p °of 
 ' Father King Henry III. and did him homage for the King- wh,uh he is 
 dom of Scotland. algxan- 
 
 Their Nuptials were celebrated with allfplendor and mag- rIctorg 
 nificence imaginable, both the Kings being prefent thereat, 
 with many of their Nobility , a thoufand Knights of England rum , 
 and fix hundred of Scotland , attired in rich habit, befides a 
 multitude of people} all which were notably feafted j for be- ^ s d b °" k 
 fides other provifions, the Archbilhop of ^recontributed 600 with his 
 Oxen towards this grand Entertainment. LVt'l/umVd 
 
 Queen Margaret had iflue by Alexander III. two Sons, Alex- ^ p a 0 p n a 'i l i ° s ns 
 under and David , and a Daughter called Margaret } Akxan- Horfc^upon 
 der took to Wife Margaret Daughter of Cnydo Earl of Flan- onof Scotland 
 ders andMarquifs of Namur , and deceafed'without ifiiie in ^rcjfurch 
 the life time of his Father King Alexander , Dayid alfo died ^hfstutK 
 Childlefs ; and Margaret their Daughter was the Wife of Erick^ ™ e b ° e p ^ 
 King of Norway , by whom (he had ifiue Margaret the Heir of Weftminfter; 
 Scotland and Norway , that died unmarried. She was Queen fo’L carved in 
 of Scotland 22. years , lived 33. and deceafed before her Huf- f h ° e n wai P i° n 
 band in the 23th. year of his Reign, and the firffc of her Bro- (j e £ tt ° th t j t r 
 ther Edward's in England , and was interred in the Abbey of in law King 
 Dunfermling in Scotland. Eilot* 
 
 within a Tretfure flowry countcr-ftowry Gules j and is over written 
 R£ X SCOT O RUM. 
 
 . , . Lyon rampant 
 
 AL6XAND6R T £ R T I ll S 
 
 Mattb.Pa- 
 ristp. 594. 
 it. 28. 
 
 Matth. 
 tVefim. 
 p. 308. n. 
 49 - 
 
 Pat. An. 
 37 H. 3. 
 
 «ter go. 
 
 7. BEATRICE Duchefs of Britain ( fo named after her 1 have in my 
 Grandmother Beatrice of Savoy , Countefs of Provence) was ^“2 a a tion 
 the lecond Daughter of King Henry III. She was born at Bour- ° f ‘ his ^ Duke 
 deanx in Gafcoigne (in Crajlino Nativitatis SanSdi JobannisBap- Charter of 
 tift<e y vi%!) upon the 215th. day of June in the year 1242. An - ^lldbm ° f 
 no 26 H. 3. in the 37th. year of whofe Reign there were Pro- 
 
 Son of Sir Ro¬ 
 bert Ae Nevill ) dated in February Anno 1187, in which he is ftiled , J0HANN6S DUX BRITAN¬ 
 NIC COM6S RICHMUNulG; to which,a large Seal of Green Wax is appendant. On the one fide 
 of which is the Portraiture of the Duke in his Coat of Mail , his Surcoat, Shield, and the Caparifonsof his 
 Horfe are charged .with his Arms : which were Cbcquie » Or and A\ure , a Border Gules ('being the Arms of the 
 Countsof Preux , of which Family he wasj over all a Canton Ermine , the Coat Armour of the Earlsand Dukes 
 of Britaine. His Border is plain , not charged with Lyons , as Mr. Vincent makes it to be , p. 66. nor was he dead 
 in the 13 th. year of the Reign of Edw.l. 1184, or 85, (as he would prove by an Efceatr. of that date j againft the au¬ 
 thority of Heuninges , Albitius , the Book of Richmond ( by him cited againft himfelf ) and many other authentick 
 •Authors; who truly fay that this Duke John died Anno 1305.) but lived to feal this Infpeximus above-recited in 
 February 1287. which was two years after ; and Anno 16 of Edw. 1. io that it appears much more unlikely that this 
 Duke ihould leal a Grant two years after his death , then that he fliouldfurvivcit 18. years, to die Anno 1305, as ail 
 thofe Authors do aver. 
 
 (*’*) 
 
 pofals 
 
A gEHEALOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 plantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 Mattk. 
 Weftm. 
 P-37 i.n. 
 
 2 9 - 
 
 Hennin¬ 
 gs p. 65 . 
 Albicius . 
 f»l- 4 \ 
 
 Scevole 
 & Louit 
 de Same 
 Murtbe in 
 Comit. & 
 
 pofals of a Marriage betwixt this Beatrice and the EldeftSon £°° k H 
 of the King of Arragon , which took not effeCh But (lie was 
 afterwards (Anno 44. of her Fathers Reign , and of our Lord 
 1260.^) married to John de Dreux Duke of Britain in France 
 and Earl of Richmond in England , flain at Lyons by the fall of 
 a Wall Anno 1305. at the Inauguration of Pope Clement V. 
 one of the Reins of whofe Horfe he held ■-> and interred in 
 the Church of the Carmelites of Ploermel y which he had found¬ 
 ed. By this Duke John {he had iftue 
 
 Arthur their EldeftSon, Duke of Britain after the death 
 of his Father , who marrying two Wives, had iftue by the 
 firft of them (vi^ Beatrice Vicountefs of Lymoges') John Duke 
 of Britain , who notwithftanding his triple marriage, died if- t)ucibus 
 fuelefs *, and Guy Earl of Ponthieure. This Arthur by his fecond 
 Wife Poland Daughter and Heir of Almerich^ Earl of Mount- 
 fort , had alfo iftue another John furnamed Breno , after the 
 death of his Brother John , Duke of Britain and Earl of 
 Montfort , who taking part with King Edward the Third againft 
 the French King, had thofe Honours feized ; whereupon the 
 faid King Edward gave him the Earldom of Richmond. He 
 was the Father of John Mountfort , furnamed The Valiant , 
 
 Duke of Britain and Earl of Richmond , depofed from that 
 Earldom by A& of Parliament, Anno 19th. of Richard the 
 Second , who by marriage with the Daughter of Philip of 
 Evereux , had iftue Richard of Britain , Count of Eflampes y 
 who by Margaret of Orleance his Wife had iftue Francis Duke 
 of Britain , who married Margaret of Foix , and had alfo if- 
 lue Anne the Heir of Britain , Wife of Lewis the Twelfth, 
 by which Marriage that Dukedome immerged in the Crown of 
 France. 
 
 Peter and Henry , the fecond and third Sons of John de 
 Vreux Duke of Britain , and Beatrice Daughter of King Hen¬ 
 ry III. died young. 
 
 John de Dreux , fourth Son of John Duke of Britain and 
 Duchefs Beatrice of England , was by King Edward I. made 
 Earl of Richmond. He died Anno 1330. having been a No¬ 
 ble Benefactor to the Grey Fryars within Newgate in London , 
 to whom he gave Three hundred pounds towards the re¬ 
 building of their Church , and glafing their Windows, in 
 which (on the North fide the Church) ftood his Arms painted 
 in Glafs, being Chequie Or and A^ure , a Border Gules char¬ 
 ged with 8. Lyons pajfantguardant of the frjl , over all a Canton 
 Ermine. The fame Efcocheon of Arms is painted on the 
 North Wall of the Abbey of Wejlminfler , with this Super- 
 
 fetiption , JOHANNES D6 BRITANNIA C0M6S RICH. 
 
 MUNDie In both which Shields his Border is charged with 
 Lyons of England , not only as a diftin&ion from his Elder 
 Brother Duke Arthur , who did bear a Plain Border Gules , 
 but alfo to (hew his defeent from a Daughter of the King of 
 England. Alice 
 
THE KJNigs OF E3^qLAH3>>&z. 9 4- 
 
 cha P IV - Alice their Eldeft Daughter, was Lady Abbefs of Font- 
 Fur and. 
 
 Mary their Second Daughter was married to Guy Earl of 
 St. Paul , and Blanche of Britain their youngeft Daughter, 
 was the Wife of Philip Seigneur de Conches and Damfront , 
 
 (Son and Heir of Robert Earl of Artois') who had ifliie (befides 
 other Children) Robert of Artois , Earl of Beaumont le Roger , 
 ibidemi Pair of France , Lord of Conches and Mehun , and Earl of 
 
 Richmond in England , who firft moved King Edward III. to 
 fet on foot his Title and Claim to the Crown of France. 
 
 The Duchefs Beatrice when file had been Duke Johns 
 Wife 12 years, and lived about 30. died in Britany in the 
 firft year of the Reign of King Edward I. her Brotherj 
 and her Corps being brought into England , received a De- 
 pofitory in the Choir of the Grey Fryars Church within New¬ 
 gate , in the City of London. 
 
 ' 7* KATHERINE Third and youngeft Daughter of King 
 879.7j.18. Flenry III. and of Queen Elianor of Provence , was born ac 
 London on St. Katherines day, being the 2 5 th. day of Novem¬ 
 ber (the Name of which Saint was given her at the Font by 
 Boniface Archbifhop of Canterbury) her Great Uncle and God¬ 
 father, Anno 1253. * n 38th. year of her Fathers Reign $ 
 fhe deceafed young (not five years of Age) and in the Abbey 
 of Weflminjler , her bones lie interred , with two of her Bre¬ 
 thren , in the fpace betwixt the Chappels of St. Edmond and 
 St. Bennet. 
 
 RICHARD 
 
Vu-O EJJteARDO 
 Jro 5 alopicn.il, Armi 
 hfijtr Tubulam, -D- H 
 
 
- 3 * 
 
 THE K^IS^Cqs OF E3fCjLA3fT>,&c. ^ 
 
 Chap- 5. 
 
 Richard Earl 
 of Cornwall 
 
 #0 
 
 
 
 .RICHARD, 
 
 2Q»g of the %0 MASfS, and of ALMAIUf, 
 and Earl of E 0 JCTIEE^S and 
 CORNJVAL. 
 
 C H A P. V. 
 
 Robert of 
 Clocefler, 
 p. 284 a. 
 Lib. The- 
 cliesburia 
 M. S. 
 Vincent, 
 
 M 3 5 - 
 a Matth. 
 Par it, p. 
 311. w««. 
 50. 
 
 b Ibidem, 
 
 P- 3 1 *- 
 num. 10. 
 c Ex Car- 
 tit Edv. 
 Walter 
 Militis 
 Gan. 
 Prin. Re- 
 git Am 0- 
 rum. 
 
 Lib. Tbe- 
 o^esburiz 
 M.S. 
 
 Pat. An. 
 4 r Hen.3. 
 a tergo. 
 Rob. of 
 Glocefte r. 
 M 9 J a. 
 Ibidem, 
 P -*91 b. 
 
 Ing John had Ifliie onely Two Sons, Henry that This Richard 
 fucceeded Him in His Kingdom, &>c. by the Poitdou. and 
 Name of King Henry the Third. And this R I- nolTell’thf 
 CHARD , his fecond Son (both by Ifabell of^ s h ^^ ng 
 Engolefm his third Wife.) He was born in the ther with a 
 year i 2 op. the Tenth of His fathers Reign,who 
 when He died, left him very young, not eight years old. JTtKings* 
 
 Afterwards this RICHARD was by King Henry the Third, 
 his Brother a made Knight on Candlemas- day , An. 1225. And in did, but took 
 the fame year ( *vi s*. The Ninth of Henry the Third) b created Earl Poiftou,being 
 of Poi&iers and Cornrval j by which I itles he wrote himfelf in a 
 c Grant, whereunto his own Seal is annexed : Dederat ei K.ex c?«/f.r,c»-oww- 
 (as Paris recites it) antequam ilium mijer at ad partes tranfmarinas a Border of 
 Cornubiae Comitatum cum tota Pi&avia , unde ab omnibus Comes Earls of Corn- 
 Pi&avenfis vocabatur. In the Twelfth year of whofe Reign the™J;'^£ 
 faid King gave him all the Lands in England , belonging to Regi- YKble m- 
 nald Dampmartin Earl of Bollogne , and after the death of William eluded the 
 Earl o I Holland^ Emperor of the Weft. This RIC H A R D bo&UEari- 
 wasele&ed King of the Romans^ An . 12^6. and the next year E°™cheon, e as 
 ( yi x,, 1257O he went into Germany with a Noble Train, and & m i J y Il ? b “ 
 was upon the Twenty feventhdayof May , being Afcenjion-day^Seiierbibkel 
 Crowned King of the Romans and of Almain , at Aquijgrave in of this Second 
 Germany , by Conrade Archbifhop of Cullen. In a Letter to Simon v e ° r °fe o^wh^ch 
 de Montford and Gilbert de Clare , he wrote himfelf RICHARD 
 By the Grace of God King of the Romans, ewr Auguftus of thofe Arms 
 
 To give you His Chara&er> He was a Prince both skilful and tioned. The 
 valiant in the time of War} fo prudent in His Councils, that 
 what Fortune denied him in Battel, He fupplied by his Wifdom a . bou N t 5 hat , 
 
 ' » l j % time) in the 
 
 and Advice. And though it was feared, that thofe unkindneftes Royal Family 
 
 of Prance : 
 
 For Hugh the 
 
 Great, Earl of Vermaudois, Third Son of Henry the Firft, King of France, taking to Wife Alice the Heir of that 
 County, did bear Chequy Or and A\ure. Robert of France Earl of Dreux, Fourth Son of King Lewis the Grofs, 
 gave for Arms alfo Efohequy Or and A\ure a Border Gules. And Peter of France, Fifth Son of the faid King, Mar- 
 r yi n g Tjabel Lady of Courtenay and Montargit gave the Arms of Regnand de Courtenay her Father, vi\. Or three 
 Torteaux, and called himlelf by that Surname. This Richard being afterwards Elefted King of the Romans, ga-ve 
 Or an Eagle difplayed Sable, which is Carved on the Wall of the North Hie in fVcJlminjlcr Abbey; and alfo over 
 the Gate of the Abbey of Ruley near Oxford, Founded by the faid Richard . 
 
 C c w'hich 
 
9 <S A qE3^EAL0qiCAl HISTORY 0F 
 
 Platagenets which he received from King Henry his Brother in the beginning BookII ‘ 
 Undivided. ^ j\ e jg nj might have inclined him to take part with the Ba¬ 
 rons: Yet came they to fo timely a good undemanding, that he 
 ever after faithfully adhered to him in all the changesot his For¬ 
 tune, being taken prifoner with the laid King at the Battel of 
 Lewes, and having with others been twice conftituted Governor Pat. An. 
 of England , during the Kings abfence, and employed in feveral 
 other Commands both abroad and at home. ^ j te> '~ 
 
 He got much Money by Farming the Mint, and th cjews 
 of the King , and had fo great an Eftate in England , that he is 
 reported to be able to difpend Four hundred Marks per diem du¬ 
 ring Ten years, being indeed as well furnifhed with Wealth, as 
 his Brother was needy : Whereupon, as if Money had made the 
 way to his New Kingdom, this Verfe was common in every ones 
 Mouth. 
 
 Hummus ait pro me r nubit Cornubia Romae. 
 
 ifo i me tup flponcp fapett) tyfs, 
 
 Cornwal tO Rome flQtt) RJCD&Ct) 
 
 Or thus. 
 
 ttjatfojljetfafte, 
 
 Rome DtD Cornwal tO VOlU tftfte* 
 
 But now as he who pays dear for an Office, expe£ta that it 
 jfhould repay him again ; fo Earl Richard having given infinitely 
 to compafs his advancement, looked to re*emburfe himfelf by 
 the place j and this, and the defire he had to revenge himfelf upon 
 thofe that had oppofed his Ele&ion, put him upon fuch violent 
 courfes, that he came foon to be difpoffefled,forfaken, and forced 
 to return into England , a poorer King, then he went out an 
 Earl. 
 
 His Firft Of Wives this RICHARD had a Pair Royal , Three j the 
 
 firft of which, was Ifabel the Third Daughter of William Marjbal Rob. of 
 bear Party Earl ot Pembroke ( Sifter and Coheir ot Anjelm Marjbal Earl orp. 290 b. 
 
 Pembrokg-> Brother to William 3 Richard , and Gilbert j and Brother 
 pl°nt,Guies. and Heir to Walter, all Earls of Pembroke fucceflively) Widow 
 which A rms Q f Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocefler. whom he took to Wife in the 
 the chapter-' year 1230. An. 14 Hen. 3. She wrote herfelf Countels or Corn- MiUes,pi 
 cathed°aiat e wal and GioceQer , and deceafing, her Body was buried at Bellum - Vincent, 
 sain bury. [ 0CHm Q r Belleland , but her Heart (he ordained to be fent in a Sil- the Mar-" 
 ver Cup to her Brother, the Abbot of Lheokesbury, to be there In- § ln - 
 terred before the High Altar, which was accordingly done. Upon 
 which, thefe following Verfes were compofed. 
 
 Pojlremo 
 
THE KJ^CgS OF ENTjLANJ>><rc. 97 
 
 Chap. 5. 
 
 Lib. M- S. 
 in officio 
 jlrmorum 
 Hotat. L. 
 15. p.i. 
 
 Richard Earl 
 
 P oft re wo voto legayit Cor C omit iff a , of Cornwal. 
 
 Pars melior toto frit hie pro corpore mffa y 
 Hue chmifit Dominum recolendo Rrioreni 
 Hue Cor quod mi fit verum teftatur amorem. 
 
 Curt. 36 His Second Wife was Sanchia , Third Daughter and one of His Second 
 panum. the Heirs of Raymond Berengar Earl of Provence (Sifter to Queen of "' 
 
 Robert of Eleanor , Wife of his Brother King Henry ) married to him An. Raymond. 
 Giocefter , 1243. Being one of thofe Four Daughters of an Earl ? that by venle!ll™. 
 Marriage came to be exalted to the Thrones of fo many Kings", ° e r t ’ s F G °ffJ a ' J 
 an Example not to be paralelled in any Hiftory . She was Crown- £ hich j r . e nthe 
 ed with her husband, and died at Berhftamfted on the Fifth of the South Me of 
 Ides of November , An. 1261. and was buried at Hayles. Abb^nd 
 
 Painted in the 
 
 Chapter-Houfe Windows, and feveral other Windows in the faid Abbey. 
 
 p. 290 b. 
 Mattb. 
 Paris, p. 
 537 . 
 MiUes, p 
 
 55S- 
 
 Efcaetr. 
 
 4 Edtv. t. 
 num. 44. 
 a Mattb. 
 Paris , p. 
 975. num. 
 50. 
 
 Mattb. 
 JVeftm. p. 
 401. num. 
 
 Vincent, 
 p. 13 5 . 
 
 A Third Wife he had called Beatrice y married to him An. His Third 
 1267. (Neece to Conrade Archbifhop of Cullen y that Crowned Ma r B 
 King Richard at Aquifgrave ) who furvived him, as appeareth by 
 good Authority } for after her husbands death, there grew fome 
 quefiion betwixt Edmond Earl of Cornwal her Son in Law, and 
 her felf for the Mannor of Weldon in Northamptonshire , and other 
 Lands wherein fhe claimed her Dower. 
 
 Laftly, For the a Death of RICHARD King of the Ro¬ 
 mans it bears date An. 1271. at his Cafile at Berhftanfted in Hert - 
 fordJhire y whofe Epitaph I find thus written. Shed^n 2 " 
 
 Milles,p.^i* 
 
 Hie jacet in Tumulo RICHARDUS ’Thentonicorum 
 Tex, vivens propria contents forte honor tun 
 Anglorum Regis Germanas , Pittavienfts 
 Ante Comes dittos t fed tandem Cornahienfis, 
 
 Demum Theutonicis trihttens amplijfma dona , 
 
 Jnfignitm erat Caroli ratilante Corona. 
 
 H'mc Aqpilam gejft clipeo, fprevitejue Leonem 
 Regib ns omnigenis prace liens per rationem. 
 
 Dives opttm mttndi, fapiens conviva mode fins 
 Allocjtiio , geflti, dttm vixit' femper hone(lus , 
 
 Jam Regnum Regno Commtitans pro meliore 
 Rcgi Cos lorum [ammo conregnet honor e. 
 
 Richard Plantagenet lieth here intomb’d. 
 
 That Brother was to Henry , England's King, 
 
 Of PoiStou and of Cornrval,he was Earl, 
 
 Whole Mind did always fuch contentment bring j 
 Ashe was never found Ambitious. 
 
 Th’Eleftors made him King of Almaine, where 
 His Noble Mind procur’d, both Love and Fear. 
 
 At length with Charles his Crown was Royaliz’d, 
 
 By which the Eagle in his Shield he wore, 
 
 ("Excelling other Kings in Wealth and Stated 
 And fcorn’d the Lion, which he bare before 
 But Kings and Kingdoms have this certain Fate. 
 
 That though their Reign on Earth be juft and eveni 
 Yet Time fays they mull die to live in Heaven. 
 
 The Body of King RICHARD being removed from the 
 Cafile of Berhftamfted , received Burial at his Monaftery of Hayles 
 culcltcf m Giocefter (hire of the Ciftercian Order , which he Founded in 
 «•*’the year 124 6. But his Heart at Oxford in Reuly Abbey of the 
 Roffhs' Order of Fryers Minors , alfo of his Foundation,under a Pyramid of 
 Ten}” 1 ' admirable Work} of which there is not at prefehtany Remains. 
 In his Grants he filled himfelf Ricardus Comes PiSlayie Cor - 
 
 ttnbie \ and the Seal of his Earldom was charged with thefe 
 words, SIGILLUM RICARDI COMITIS 
 CORNU B I E. But his Royal Seal was Circumfcribed thus, 
 RICARDUS DEI GRATIA ROMANO- 
 RUM REX SEMPER AUGUSTUS* Both 
 which Seals are exhibited in this Second Book^ Pag-p4< 
 
 Children 
 
98 A qEH.EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 P lantagenets 
 Undivided. 
 
 Children of RICHARD Earl of Cornwal, 
 ( afterwards King of the Romans ) by 
 
 ISABEL MARSHAL 
 Hi, frH Wife. 
 
 Book II. 
 
 7. JOHN the Eldeft Son died young An. 1232. and it feetneth MiUu, p. 
 was buried at Reading in Barkfhire , near to King Henry the 55 * 
 Firft. 
 
 7. HEN RT y Second Son of Earl Richard was born in the L 0 f e ' s ff r e f 
 year 1235. upon the Fourth of the Nones of November } and M - s - 
 Knighted on the day of his Fathers Coronation : With whom 
 he was taken prifoner by Simon Montfort Earl of Leicetfer^at the 911 ■ 
 Battel of Lewes in Suffex. There was a Treaty of Marriage be- 
 twixt him and Conflance the Daughter of Gaflion Vifcount of”"” 1,45 * 
 Bearn , at Wefiminfier , the Sixth day of March , An. 53 Hen. 3. 
 
 King Henry the Third his Uncle, gave him the Mannor of Norton p ^ c ^ n ‘ 
 in Northamptonfbire y upon the forfeiture of William Marfhal Earl num. 73, 
 of Pembroke the Kings enemy. An. 50H.3. 
 
 This Henry afterwards undertook the Crofiade for Siria y 
 and being in Italy on his return from that voyage, was murther- 
 ed (at his devotion in the Church of S. Laurence in Viterbinm ) 
 by Guy and Simon, Sons of Simon Montford Earl of Leicefler, pt^oo/. 
 in Revenge of their faid Fathers Death , (lain in the Barons 
 Wars in England , (as Rifhanger fays) An. 1271. in the Five^^”^ 
 and fiftieth year of Henry the Third. Another delivers it An.nuatione, 
 1272. Which if fo, he outlived his Father, and confequently Paris,’t • 
 was Earl of Cornwall for Earl Richard his Father died, An. 9 ff mn ' 
 1271. Whereupon thofe of Viterbinm , in memory of this 
 H E NRT de Alemannia thus aflaflinated , caufed the manner 
 thereof to be depi&ed upon the Wall of the faid Church,which 
 one beholding, verfified upon, as you may obferve in Vincent, 
 fag. 135. To whom I refer my Reader. 
 
 7. RIC HA RD y Third Son of Richard Earl of Cornwall and 
 Ifabel his firft Wife, died without iffue. 
 
 7. NICHOLAS (the Fourth and youngeft Son of Earl Ri - Mattb. 
 chard and Countefs Ifabel ) was Chriftned in haft , for my Au- f* r ”nm: 
 thor tells me , That his faid Mother being dangeroufly fick of 4 °- 
 the Jaundis, and great with Childe, fell in Travail j and in the 
 end, with fome difficulty, was delivered, who together with 
 her little Babe, Adhuc vivo y fed non vivido y & idcirco fiatim 
 Baptircato , cut nomen Nicholaus aptatum efl y migravit adcfowi- 
 num . Within a fmall time died. 
 
 7. ISA - 
 
THE K^inCqS OF E3XJjLA^CT>,&c. 99 
 
 Chap. j. 
 
 Lib. The- 
 ojesburiee • 
 
 R : chard Earl 
 
 ISABEL of Cornwall Onely Daughter, born in the year < f.. C ° rnvva - 
 of our Lord One thouland two hundred thirty and three* 
 
 Died the next year about the Feaft of S. Faith , and was buried 
 at Reading near to her Brother John. 
 
 Children of RICHARD King of the Romans 
 by SANCHIA of Provence his 
 Second Wife . 
 
 y. E D MO ND Earl of CornwalFifth Son, and at length Heir 
 of Richard King of the Romans , whole Hijiory followeth in the 
 next Chapter. 
 
 J. RICHARD Sixth Son of Richard King of the Romans , 
 but Second by Queen Sanchia his Second Wife, was (lain at 
 the Siege of Barwich^ with an Iron-fhot in his head, An. Dom. 
 1296. 
 
 Natural Children o/RICHARD King 
 of the Romans. 
 
 Chm.An. 7 < 
 
 i Edw. 3. 
 num. 70. 
 
 B. 157, 
 
 Piti An. 
 iB Ed. 1. 
 
 Vincent, 
 fag. 136. 
 
 RICHARD de Cornwal , One of the Natural Sons of 1 his Family 
 Richard King of the Romans , was Anceftor of the Knightly dothb^for 
 Families of the Cornwals , commonly called Barons of Burforf 
 in Shropfhire ; and of thofe of Berinoton in the County of Here - pint Gules, 
 
 » , £ J 6 J Crowned Or, 
 
 JOrCt. within a Bor - 
 
 dcr Ingrailei 
 Sable, Be^an - 
 
 WALTER de Cornrval , another Bafe Son of Richard y- 
 
 > degree tells 
 
 Earl of Cornwaf and King of the Romans ; to whom Edmond us, That Sir 
 Earl of Cornwal Granted 18. Libratas Ttrr# in hisMannor Cornwal Kt, j 
 of Branel , by the name of Waltero de Cornubia fratri fuo. 
 
 Thefe two Brethren (vizi. Richard and Walter ) Nothi erant* n f c f e j e 
 
 ' 1 of Hugh Mor~ 
 
 (faith my Authority) and will you know hisReafon. N^;/^^ Loidof 
 
 v. j jy j Richards Ca- 
 
 Rex fuit Confanguinem Heeres propinquior diBi Com it is , (lie and Bur - 
 Meaning Earl Edmond their Brother; which if they had been £ken.pnfon § er 
 lawfully begotten, they had had a right of Succelfion in the 
 Earldom of Cornwall But it feemeth the King was by all In- given Jim m 
 quifitions, after the deceafeof Earl Edmond, found to be his Field Ermine, 
 
 M ; being the 
 
 Arms of Bril 
 tain, wherea,s. 
 , before he di<| 
 
 . ISABEL de Cornwall a Natural Daughter of Richard King bear his Lion 
 of the Romans , whom King Henry the Third, called his Neece. 1 Argent f 
 She was the Wife of Maurice , Lord Berkley ,from whom all thole 
 flourifhing Families of the Berkleys now, and formerly (except 
 thofe of Dnrfley') derive their defeents. It feemeth" die was in 
 
 Dd 
 
too A qEtKEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 PUmagenets the end driven to lome want j for the laid King by Warrant Book 
 Undivided. dated at S. Pauls on the Tenth of Auqnft , in the Eight and 
 fortieth year of his Reign , commanded the Sheriff of Kent to 
 deliver the Mannors of Herietejbam and Trottejclive in the faid 
 County* IfabeUa: uxori Mauritii de Berkele nepti noflr<e y cujus 
 panpertati non mediocriter compatimur , adfujlentatiomm fnam y 
 &liberorumfuornm j which fell into the Kings hands, by rea- 
 fon of the Minority of Stephen de Crcfjies Heir. 
 

 THE KjS^gS OF EWTjLA3tJ>,<rc, ioi 
 
 Chap. 6 . 
 
 .EDMOND 
 
 Of A L M A l Earl of 
 
 CO%fhCjVAL. 
 
 Edmond E. 
 of CornwaL 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 His Edmond was the Fifth Son of Richard 17 ‘ Tnis Ectmfld 
 
 Ear i E ar ] of Corn- 
 
 of CornwaL ( but Eldeft by his Second Wife ™ la , id bear , 
 
 . v . J the Arms df 
 
 Queen Sanchia ) and after the Death of his Father, 
 Brethren John , Henry , Richard , and Nicholas , LiJn Rm-* 
 Sons of his faid Father by the firft Venter, cJLZTor, 
 came to fucceed him in his Earldom of Cor/2- 
 wal. He with Gilbert de Clare Earl of .Glocefler, \anty, with 
 his Brother in Law, had the Government of England, intheab- of the Roman 
 fence of King Edward the Firft, beyond the Seas j and alfo, when 
 j H ' that King went to meet P hilip King of France. This Edmond with b ‘ s ^ 
 * 1 the Bifhops of Worcester and Hereford , and Henry de Lacy Earl of of the r 0 - 3 
 
 Lincoln , were alfo appointed the faid Kings Lieutenants, during SgfeiTre. 
 his abode in France. He elpoufed Margaret the Daughter of Ri- hif coimter* 
 chard de Clare Earl of Glocejler and Hertford, and had not any I flue, 
 pin An. (he was divorced from him in the Two and twentieth year of King of Cornea 
 J* fi* Edward the Firft, and compelled before the Bifhop of Rochcfter 
 (Vitam vivere coehbeni) to live a fingle life. After which, 1 filide J" 
 
 >3 J* 
 
 not that Earl Edmond did ever marry, butdeceafed without Iffue himfdfE Ed¬ 
 
 mund us 
 
 Inq. An. 
 *8 Ed. 1 . 
 mum. 44- 
 
 at Afjruggc in Bnckinghamjbire , where he had built an Abbey of de ale- 
 the Order of Bonhomes , (the Inquifitions after his death fay) in j^avTiefn 
 the Twenty eighth year of King Edward the Firft (who is in all 
 inauij. Q f them found to be his Coufin, and next Heir) and was buried with the raid 
 »em Ei- by his Father in the Abbey of Hayles. He wrote himfelf, Nos The firft bears 
 comitis Eadmnndus Clare memorie Ricardi Regis Alemanniefilms, & Comes yfffhcihh 
 Cornubie. And upon his Seal ufed this Circumfcription, S- E A D- 
 MUNDI DE ALEMANN 1 A COMITIS 
 
 Eivr. 1 . 
 won. 44 
 
 day of March. 
 An. 11 Ed. 1 . 
 And is in the 
 
 Rui'ufd, CORNUBIE, as you may fee in the 94 Page of this Second thc S Abbey°of 
 
 are. Rex | A ° Weftminfter; 
 
 froxi- DOOrv. and the other 
 
 mta H&res is dated at 
 
 diftt Ed - Berkley in the One and twentieth year of the faid Kings Reign. Rente Eliam Afltmole Ar. Fecialem nomine Wind- 
 mundi y or> Edward Bysjhc Efquire (now Sir Edw. Bysfhe Knight, Clarenceaux King of Arms) in his Notesupon Dc Bado 
 Aureo, p. 9 z: hath exhibited the Figure of the Seal of Margaret de Clare, this Edmonds Wife, in which their Arms 
 are demidiated, or impaled in the fame Efcocheon; hers being Or, three Chcverons Gules. Which is thus, Both 
 Efcocheons being Parted by a Perpendicular Line, Or per Pale, the Dexter fide of the Husbands Shield is joyned to 
 the Senifter fide of the Wives. This fort of bearing for Women was much in life in this time (yi\. Temp. Edw. i.) 
 and of more Antiquity, then the Impalement or Conjunction of both the intire Arms. Isabella de Fortibus Cottn- 
 
 tefs 6‘f Albemarle and Devon , and Lady of the Ifle of Wight, (An. Regni Regis Edwardt filii Regis Henrici - ) 
 
 being Sifter and Heir of Baldwin de Rivers V. and laft Earl of Devon of that Surname, hath her S'eal circum- 
 Fdv.Wal- f cr *bed with this Pentameter, very much to the purpofe 
 
 kerEq. NON C A R 6 T 6FF6CTU Q.UOD VOLllGRG DUO, 
 
 In whieh her Arms are demidiated with thofe of her Husband William de Fortibu* Earl of Albemarle, according 
 
 Print Re t0 tbe t ^' at t ‘ me » f° r I fannot find as yet, that Arms of Women were joyned in one Efcocheon with, 
 
 vem C "j4r~ t ^°k °f their Husbands, of a mor£ anjjent date,' I could exhibit feveral other Examples, but letthefetwo 
 gem nr- f u gj ce 
 
 mtrum. 
 
 Comitis , 
 &c. 
 
 PtHCS 
 
 E D 
 
 si 
 

THE li!3^gs OF ENJjLAJtp&c. 103 
 
 Chap. 7» Edmond E. 
 
 —- b/Lancafter. 
 
 7- EDMOND, 
 
 Earl of LA ASTE%, LEICESTER, 
 DE%EY, and CAMT Aiq^fE, Lord of 
 Ad 0 AdOVT H> and Steward 
 
 of E^egLJ^CJD, 
 
 Surnamed 
 
 CROUC HUB A C K. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 Matth. 
 Paris, p. 
 * 35 - 
 
 Pat. An. 
 U Hen.y 
 turn. 8 . 
 
 Fat. Art. 
 49 Hen. 3. 
 tn.i. num. 
 7-'] 
 
 Chart. An. 
 
 49 Hcn.3. 
 ra. 1. 
 
 Chart. An. 
 51 Hen.3. 
 m. 4. 
 
 Ing Henry the Third had I due by Queen Eleanor There are in 
 His Wife, Second Daughter and Coheir of Ray- 5 f r e ,^“ of 
 monel Earl of Provence , two Sons,, Edward that Deeds of this 
 
 r 1 J rT- . rr /• 1 \ « Edmond Earl 
 
 lucceeded Him in His Kingdom, by the Title of of Lancajier 
 Edward theFirft } and this E D MO N £>, His Green Wax 
 ^ Second Son,born on the Feafi: day of S. Marcellas t ^ r p e e t o d , a lhe 
 
 the Pope, being the Sixteenth day of January , An. 1245. in die 
 Thirtieth year of his Fathers Reign. hibited in the 
 
 He was Surnamed Crouch-back L , from the bowing of his Back j Second Book* 
 others fay he was fo denominated from his wearing the Crofs (an- j n at ^ e th ^ e 
 tientlv called A Crouch ) upon his Back, which was ufually worn venteenth day 
 ot fuch as vowed Voyages to jerujalem , as he had done An. ^4 1273.(w t . 
 Hen. 3. grounding their conceits upon the word Crouch (the if/’hath no 
 Wooden-lupporter of Impotent and Lame Men, made like a 
 Crofs at the top,) further confirming their opinions, from the name 
 of Crouched Fryers , that wore a Crofs upon their Garments, and A ngliefilm. 
 bore the Crofs for the Badge and Arms of their Houfe. whfjTbeing » 
 
 Upon the Twenty fifth day of October , in the Forty ninth efreumferib- 
 ^ear ot his Fathers Reign, An. 1264. (upon the forfeiture of Si- ^ 
 
 mon Montford Earl of Leicefter , who was (lain at the Battel oFeadmun- 
 Evefiam in Worcejierjlnre ) he obtained the Earldom of Leicejier , regis 
 and the Senefchalcy or Stewardfhip of England.. ^ 
 
 Then in the One and fiftieth year of King Henry the Third, w ich ‘ n ^ 
 he had given him the Earldom of Lancajier \ and afterward, when Bodies of 
 Robert de Ferrers Earl ot Derby , in the Civil Wars lofi his Titles, llZlntllZg 
 
 in one Head. 
 
 In the other Charter he is ftiled Vominm Edmundus indite Recordationis Henrici Regis film-, and in the Circum¬ 
 ference of his Seal, E A D M U N D U S FI LIUS REGIS ANGLIE DOMINUS MONE- 
 MUT: In which, there is an Efcocheon charged with Three Lions Paffant Guardant, on a Label of Three Points, 
 Nine Flowers de Li\e. Upon his Monument at jVeftminfier he is figured on Horsback in his Coat of Mail, having 
 upon his Surcoat, and the Caparifons of his Horfe, his Arms Embofled and Depifted, vi\. Gules Three Lions 
 Paffant Guardant Or, a Label of Five Points A^ure, each charged with Three Flowers de Li\c Or. Sometimes 
 ufing the Label if Three Points, and fometimes that of Five Points, as bis Seals, and other placesjwould moft con¬ 
 veniently receive them. 
 
 E e and 
 
THE KIK9 s of e K9 la HP>< rc. ioj 
 
 Chap 7. and a great eftate alfo by forfeiture *, they were likewife added to Edmond £. 
 
 —- ^ J c • . r of Lancalter. 
 
 Tn An. Earl Edmonds , together with that or Campaigne on whole_ 
 
 jEdw. 1. perfon was originally founded the great contention betwixt the 
 p'a). An. two Pvoyal Houfes of Lancajier and Tork^ 
 
 sEdw.t. This Edmond was prevented of the Kingdoms of Sicilia and 
 Tdgetnt Apidia, into which, Pope Alexander the Fourth had inverted him 
 Win vain (Conradna King thereof being rtill alive,) by fending un- 
 118 - to him a Ring, not without ridiculous difgrace to ourEnglifh Na¬ 
 
 tion, and caufed in honor of him (the better to feme himfelf into 
 the good opinion of this Ambitious, although but Titulary-King) 
 certain Peeces of Gold to be ftamped with this lnfcription, Ai- 
 munclus Rex Sicilide, having firft in this regard fucked a great mafs 
 of Money from him. 
 
 Earl Edmond was twice married ; the firft of his Wives being Fjjk 
 Adeline the Daughter and Heir of William de F or tibus Earl of Ponib 
 Robert of Albemarle } by IJabel Daughter of Baldwine, Sirter and Heir to ^ 
 
 < ft99a7 r Baldrvine de Ripariis (or Rivers) Earl of Devon, married to him ^ which 
 th. An. - n t h e Three and fiftieth year of King Henry the Third, upon the andPainted 
 «. p- 3 f Sixth of the Ides of April, An. 12 69. by whom Edmond had a 
 Ghccftel right to the Earldom of Devonfhire, and the Ifle of Wight. But it 
 t- 1 99 f eemet h (he deceafed without Irtiie in the fame year of our Lord weftminfier 
 
 1269. and was interred in Wejlminficr Abbey, in a Monument of Abbey ’ 
 
 Grey Marble (with her Figure thereon, Painted and Gilt) on the 
 North fide (and in the next Arch to that where her Husband was 
 trover, afterwards buried, parallel with the High Altar) contiguous to the 
 47*- Tomb of Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke *, the form of which 
 I have reprefented in the precedent Page, copied from the Original 
 now in being An. 
 
 Put. An■. In the Fourth year of King Edward the Firft, I find this Ed - Jj is s . econcl 
 
 vfnuht 1 , 1 tnond married to his Second Wife Blanch, Queen of Navarre , xheTrms of 
 
 p.i 9: 
 
 Mr. 
 cent 
 
 Pedigree Henry of Campaigner King of Navarre , unto whom fhe bare Joan, Timers de 
 owr^hand* married to Philip the Fair, King of France) and by her had Iffue 
 J a r JJ,* s her Three Sons. Vincent, againft the Authority of Renfnerus, Heninges 5 
 Buncb. Albitius, FaYianws , and others, would prove this Queen of Na- charged with 
 varres name to be Eleanor , onely depending upon the Authority Cnjiles of the 
 of one Pvecord for the fame } but with the current of fo many which ‘afties 
 Authors, I have feen above half a douzen Records, that plainly ^ id hi b s e “ to 
 prove her name to be Blanch, and not Eleanor. [h en K‘ fr ° m f 
 
 rho. mi. This Earl of LancaUer, being fent with an Army into Gafcoign, cajuiep his 
 Tpfd/g . m performed notable fervice, which hefurvived not two Moneths j ^D^gh b e! n§ 
 48j'f r ‘ for in the year 12 96. he deceafed at Bayon , was brought over in- 
 Maul]' to England, and Interred in the Abbey of Wettminffer y on the Arms are de- 
 ive[im. p. North fide of the High Altar. The Figure of his Monument is re- QeM BUmb 
 40.' num ' prefented in the following Page, being of Grey Marble, having Monum h e e nt a i^ 
 f °‘ p i?6. in the Niches on thefides thereof, feveral Statues of the Kings 
 and Queens of England, and others of his Relations and Kinred, 
 and adorned with Efcocheons of their Arms in proper Colours. 
 
 The 
 
 •• Counteis Palatine or Campaigne and Brye, Daughter or Robert 
 
 pig- Earl of Artois, (Brother to S. Lewis King of France) Widow of were A^ure, 
 
THE KJKQS OF EN$LA3NgD,&c. io 7 
 
 Chap. 8. The Tomb is inlaid with coloured Glafs, and neatly Painted and Thomas e\ 
 
 -t - /-vi. of Lancafter. 
 
 Children o/EDMOND Earl of Lancafter, by B L A N C H 
 Queen of Navarre bis fecond Wife. 
 
 8, THOMAS of Lancaster Eldeft Son fucceeded his Father 
 in his Honors and Eftate, and was afterwards beheaded at Ton - 
 tefraB without Ifiue. Vide the next Chapter. 
 
 8. HENRY of LancaBer Second Son, was Lord of Mon - 
 mouthy and after the death of his Brother Thomas, had the Earl¬ 
 dom of Lancafter , &>c. of whom you may fee more at large in 
 the Ninth Chapter of this Second Book. 
 
 8. JOHN of LancaBer-> Third Son of Edmond Earl of Lan - 
 cafter, died in France with Queen Joan his Half-Sifter, being un¬ 
 married. He was Lord of Beaufort , and of Nogen t- Lartauld 
 in France • 
 
 8 T H O M A S, 
 
 Earl of LANCASTER, LEICESTER, 
 
 T>ER!B% and LI0 L 3%, and 
 Steward of E (jLA 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 4 > » 
 
 His Tljomas was the Eldeft Son and Heir of Ed* ihaveexhibi- 
 mond , Surnamed Crouch-bacbJLzr\ of Lancafter , SVwoSeS 
 (by Blanch of Artois his Second Wife) after 
 whofe death he poflefled all his Honors. of Lancafter , 
 
 He fided with the Barons againft King JSe'iVin t hc h= 
 
 Edward the in hatred of Pieres GaveBon, AmTafLed sec on ^ 
 
 for whofe death he had a pardon, upon the 16 th 
 An. day of OBober, An.’j Edw. i. Which King Granted and Con Edw. i. The 
 J f firmed unto him feveral Priviledges and Lands in the fame year, fun c^noil 
 liuupkn A fecond time alfo he took up Arms for the expelling and banifti very*large 
 dente, ing of Hugh le Defpencer the younger, another Favorite of that 
 
 King, whom he, with the Barons, profecuted to death. But alter- rbomsu re¬ 
 wards, the Army of Earl Thomas , and his Confederates, being de- Horsback in 
 feated by the Kings Forces, he was taken prifoner at Borrongh - J[ s a £°\Vd 
 Bridge , by the treachery of Robert Holand and Andrew of Herkeley ^ 
 
 on his Helmet Hands a IVivern or Dragon, and from his Creft his Lambrequin or Ancient Mantling extends itsfelf ; 
 which is the fi'rftCreft and Xlantle that I have obferved in the iZjngly Family. His Horfe is Caparifoned alfo with 
 his Arms, viGules Three Lions Paffant Guardant Or, a Label of Three Points A\ure, each charged with as many 
 Flowers de Li^e, Or. The IVivern alfo being fixed upon his Horfes Head. The Great Shield on his Cqunterfeal is 
 charged with a Label of Five Points. 
 
 F f (An. 
 
4 
 
 io8 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 FUnta&nets (^An. 15 Edw. a.) And within few days afterwards beheaded at BoakI I., 
 Undivided. ^ c a fR e G f PontefraSl, on the Monday after our Lady-day in Pat. An. 
 Lent. His death was followed by the execution of feveral o£ his 
 Confederates, whole Blood the King faeridced to his Beloved 
 GaveSlon, and the Spencers. After this Thomas had loft his Head, 
 the common people (honoring him as aCanonifed Man ) made 
 great refort to his Pi&ure hung up in S. Pauls Church, attributing 
 great things to him j of which, the King being informed, know¬ 
 ing him to have been an open enemy to the State, fharply repre¬ 
 hended Stephen then Bifhop of London for luffering the fame} and cuuf. 1<* 
 withal, charged him upon his Alleageancc, toreftrain them, and w.T'% - 
 not to fufferany fuch Adoration. The King it feemeth grew after- dor ^ 
 wards fenfible of the lofs of this great Man, which he dilcovered 
 upon this occafion ; fome about him making earneft fuit for a par¬ 
 don for one of this Earls followers, and preffing the King hard to 
 it, he fell into a great pafllon, exclaiming againft them as unjuft 
 and wicked Counfellors, who would urge him tofave the life of 
 a notorious Varlet, and would not fpcak one word for his near itod. p ° 
 Kinfman, the Earl of Lancafler ; Who (faid he) had he lived, might 
 have been ufefulto me, and the whole Kingdom y but this fellow, the 
 longer he lives , the more mifchief he will do: And therefore, By the 
 Soul of God, he fbould die the death he had deferved. 
 
 MUMarri- There had been (An. iSEdw.jf) fome Prop ofals fora Mar* p«. An 
 a s e * riage between this Thomas (in his Fathers life time) and one Bea - 18 Ed ' 1 ' 
 l Tbrtl e 'uon* trice, the Daughter of Hugh , a Son of the Duke of Burgundy, 
 J<?or C? r r " ^ ut came to nothing. And he afterwards took to Wife Alice, 
 
 Label of the Daughter and Heir of Henry Lacy Earl of Lincoln , by Marga - 
 T A\urcy°mb ret Daughter and Heir of William Longefpee y and Grand-daughter 
 v many Flit- °f William Longefpee Earl of Salisbury, in her right he was Earl of 
 endeuye Lincoln. but by her had not any iifue. So that his Inheritance 
 
 Or and Or cl * ** * 
 
 hion Rampant came to his Brother Henry Lord of Monmouth • 
 
 theTms^f This Alice had to her fecond Husband Ebulo Lord Strange, f/»« An. 
 Lacy^me who in her right obtained the Title alfo of Earl of Lincoln, heJ**!"’*?' 
 Lib i> % officio ^ ecea ^ dn. 9 Edw. 3. in Scotland. She was thirdly married to FinesAn 
 Armorum. Hugh de Frenes , who ufurped the Title of Earl of Lincoln in her 
 right. Which Alice having no I/Tue by her Four Husbands (if we 
 may call that match of hers with Richard de S. Martin, in the life 
 time of her firft Husband, a marriage ; for indeed fhe w r as of very 
 light behavior, which was no fmall ftain to her good name) her 
 large inheritance divolved upon Henry of Lancafler, Son of her 
 firft Husbands Brother. She deceafed in the Two and twentieth 
 year of King Edward the Third, upon the Thurlday next after the 
 feaft of S. Michael. Upon the Seal of this Thomas (full as large as Fines An: 
 thofe of King Edward the firft or fecond) is thisCircumfcription, 3 ‘ 
 SIGILLUM THOME COMITIS L A N C A S-f 
 TRIE ET LEICESTRIE SENESCALLI 
 A N G L IE. See an cxa& copy of it in the io 2 page of this 
 Second Book. 
 
 8 . HENRY, 
 

 T HE JflJfgS OF EHfjE AUffD,<? c - 109 
 
 Chap. 9. 
 
 Henry Earl 
 of Lancafter. 
 
 * HENRY. 
 
 EtrlofLJHS jlsTE ' s .‘ LEICESTER, 
 
 T> E E ® % Mid E %0 VE J'f CE, Lord of 
 M. 0 jf MOVE H, and Steward of 
 
 EVfgLJyf'D. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 Fines An. 
 17 Ed. 1. 
 
 Fter the death of Thomas Earl of Lancaster (be- Thts Hmy 
 headed at Pontefract as aforefaid) this Henry did /e be ^ ;rcf 
 of Lancader , Lord of Monmouth , his younger Lions Pajfant 
 Brother, came to be Heir to him ; and alfo to f Benin 0 }'. 
 their Father Edmond. For upon the Tenth day 
 of May , An. 17 Edw. 2. it was agreed at Weft- 
 minder by that King and his Council (faith the Earl Edmond. 
 Record) that Henry de Lancaster , (Brother and Heir of Thomas ?£ Abbey 5 
 de Lancafter , and Son and Heir of Edmond Earl of Lancader) 
 who did his Homage, and had Livery, &c. the Nine and twen-Arm* «eupq 
 tieth day of March laft paft, fhould have the Name and Honor of fthe Figure 
 Earl of Leicefter , and that in the Kings Court, and other places, «hibhed*in 
 he fhould be written unto, by the Title of Earl. of'hisSecond 
 
 He took part with Queen Ifabel afterwards for the fettingup B d 0 ^ a a G n r e a x n " 
 of her Son Prince Edward , againft his Father thefaid King Edward dated 34 Ed. 
 the Second } who being taken prifoner, was put into this Earl he u filled 
 Henries cuftody, and ufed no worfe then was fit for a Captive 
 King } although he could not forget that that King had taken off 
 the Head of his Brother Thomas. The Queen finding Earl Henry 
 no fit Inftrument for the execution of Her wicked intentions, 
 took the King Her Husband out of his hands, under pretence that 
 he gave him too much Liberty, and by the advice of the wicked 
 Bifhop of Hereford caufed him to be murthered. 
 
 He girt King Edward the Third with the Sword of Knight¬ 
 hood immediately before His Coronation; and in the firft year of 
 His Reign, had the Stewardfhip of England granted to him and 
 the Heirs of His Body, as belonging to the Earldom of Leicefter. 
 
 And King Edward the Third alfo in the Ninth year of His Reign, 
 confirmed to this HENRT the County of P royence, being the 
 Inheritance of Queen Eleanor , Wife of King Henry the Third, 
 and had been granted by the Laid Eleanor to Thomas de Lancafter , The Artrr of 
 and this Henry Her Grand-children. Cbawortb 5 
 
 He married Maulcl the Daughter and Heir of Sir Patricks (de *f en 
 Cadurcis or) Chaworth Knight, Lord of Kidwelly and Ogmorem alj^a/ofio 
 Wales \ and by her having feveral Children, deceafed at Leicefter °f^f tlets 
 
 in 
 
 Pit. An. 
 1 Edrv.$. 
 Pars 1. 
 m. 13. 
 
110 
 
 A qEfr(EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 F \\Ta—Ta m t h e y car One thoufand three hundred forty and five, and was Book Tr > 
 v e . there buried in the Monaftery of the Canons. 
 
 9 - 
 
 i 
 
 The Anns of 
 this BUnche 
 are upon her 
 Seal in the 
 102 Page of 
 this Second 
 Book, impa¬ 
 led with thofe 
 of Thomas 
 Lord tVi\e 
 her Husband, 
 vi\. Or, Two 
 Bars Gules , 
 in cheif Three 
 Torteaux. 
 
 The Arms of 
 Hlflcr are Or, 
 a Crofs Gules , 
 which I have 
 Teen upon the 
 Figure of a 
 Seal of Wil¬ 
 liam Earl of 
 Ulfter. 
 
 Mowbray did p. 
 bear Gules a 
 Lion Rampant 
 Argent. 
 
 9 - 
 
 Children ^ HENRY Earl of Lancafter, by MAULD 
 CHAWORTH hk Wife. 
 
 HENRI r of Lane after, Earl of Derby, onely Son, fucceed- 
 ed his Father in his Honors, and was afterwards created Duke 
 of Lancafter , of whom you may read more in the next 
 Chapter. 
 
 BLANCHE of Lancafter Lady li aise. Elded Daughter 
 of Henry Earl of Lancafter, was married unto Thomas Lord 
 Wake of Lydcll, who died without Kibe upon the Fourth day 
 of July , An. 1349. leaving his Sifter Margaret Wake his Heir, 
 
 Wile of Edmond of WooclHocl\ Earl of Kent , Sixth Son of 
 King Edward the Firft. In the 1 02 Page of this Second Book, 
 you have the Figure of her *Seal, which is of Red Wax, to a *Excar : 
 Deed dated the Fourth day of June, An. 24 Edw.$. in which ^ff mi c n 0 [ 
 (he ftiles her felf, Blanche Wake, Dame de Lydell . ptltil 
 
 rough . 
 
 MAZ1D of Lancafter Countefs of ZJlfter, Second Daugh¬ 
 ter, was twice married. Her firft Husband being William de 
 Burgh Earl of c Vlfter (fon of John de Burgh , who died in the 
 life time of his Father } and ol Elizabeth his Wife, third Sifter 
 and Coheir of Gilbert de Clare , Earl of Glocefter and Hertford ) 
 byhimfhe had IITue her onely Daughter and Heir Elizabeth 
 Burgh , Wife of Lionellol Antwerp, Duke of Clarence , Third 
 Son of King Edward the Third. 
 
 The fecond Husband of this Maud, was Sir Ralph Stafford In i -« 
 Knight, a Son of Ralph Earl of Stafford. 
 
 Edw.j. 
 num. 593 
 
 JOAN of Lancafter Lady Mowbray, third Daughter, was 
 the Wife of John Lord Mowbray of Axholme, by whom ftie L c l f 0 \ n ia 
 had iflue John Lord Mowbray, that married Elizabeth the GuUcimi 
 Daughter and Heir of John Lord Seagrave, by Margaret Dutch- Am. 
 efs of Norfolk, his Wife, Daughter (and at length Heir) 
 
 Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk Fifth Son of King Ed - mor ? m ' 
 ward the Firft. 
 
 From this Marriage are defeended all the Dukes of Norfolk l, 
 and Earls of Nottingham , of the furname of Mowbray and 
 Howard , the Earls of Suffolkl, Berljbire, and Peterborough, the 
 Vifcounts Stafford and Mordaunt and the Barons Howard of 
 Efcrick 5 and Caftlerifing, and feveral other Noble Families. 
 
 ISABEL of Lancafter, Fourth Daughter of Henry Earl 
 of Lancafter, was Abbefs of Ambresbury. 
 
 E- 
 
THE l^I3^gs OF EDTSjLAWT>,&c. m 
 
 Chap. 9. 
 
 C. pAg. 
 
 15 ( 5 . 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Inq. An. 
 49 
 
 num. $, 
 
 E LE A NO R of Lancafler , Lady Beaumont , and after 
 wards Countefs of Arundel , Fifth Daughter of Ffo/ry Earl of 
 
 Henry Earl 
 of Lancaiter. 
 
 The Portrai¬ 
 ture of this 
 
 Lancafler , was firft married to John (Son and Heir of Henry de of 
 Bellomonte , (or Beaumont) Earl of Bougban in Scotland) who Arundel, i s 
 deceafed , 36 3. And from them did delcend the p'aint^fin 
 
 Vifcount Beaumont , and Lord Bardolph , attainted in the firft wfnfow'of 
 year of King Edward the Fourth } and alfo the Beaumonts °f-Jj e ^ han< ^ 
 Cole-Orton and Gracedien in the County ol Leicefter. church in 
 
 This Eleanor was afterwards the fecond Wife of Richard S £)\ s being 
 Fit%-Alan Earl of Arundel , third of that Surname (who died * 1 ?° Ar^of 
 An. 49 Edw. 3. ) in Arundel Caftle, and w r as buried in the 
 Priory of Lewis in Suffex.) And from them all thefucceeding Qua* 1 
 Earls of Arundcljooxh of the Family of Fit^-Alan and Howard ', [ e //£ 
 the Earls of Linfey , and Lords Willoughby of Parham , and °))* 0 d r Ch a c fi 
 others, are derived. A i Ure 5 ^ 
 
 And laftly, the Countefs Eleanor departed this world in the tx^Guie^^ 
 Nine and fortieth year of the Reign of King Edward the 
 Third. riffle a 
 
 Labell of 
 Three Points 
 
 A%ure', ench charged with at many F lowers de Li\e Or, being her own Arms. In the fame Window is alfo the Effigies 
 of her Husband R Ubari Fit^-AUn Earl of Arundel > in his Surcoat of Arms aforefaid. Vide C. 27. Page 15$ 
 & 154 inOfficio Armorum. 
 
 Vincent, 
 p.6n. 
 
 9. M ART of Lancafler , Lady Percy , Sixth and youngeft Henry Lord 
 Daughter of Henry Earl of Lancafler , was efpoufed to Henry hlDor^uon 
 Lord Percy of Alnwic 4 , and had iffue Henry Lord Percy , Firft ^f, a Zfch 
 Earl of Northumberland , and Sir Thomas Percy Earl of Wore eft cr. Arms are ret 
 
 j y * j j up in Painted 
 
 beheaded at Shrewsbury without iffue. But Earl Henry his elder Glafs in feve- 
 Brother, by Margaret his firft Wife, Daughter of Ralph Lord iS^cafhe- 
 Nevil , had iffue Henry Lord Percy Surnamed Hotfpurre, Anceftor J^ hurch 
 of the late Earl of Northumberland , and Sir Thomas Percy the 
 younger, who took to Wife Elizabeth eldeft Daughter, and 
 Coheir of the laft David de Strabolgy Earl of At hole , and by 
 her had iffue Sir Henry Percy of At hole Knight, and afterwards 
 died in Spain. 
 
 Which Sir Henry by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter of Sir 
 Matthew Bruce of Gower Knight, was Father of Two Daugh¬ 
 ters his Heirs, vi%. 
 
 Elizabeth Percy , married to Thomas Burgh Efquire, by her 
 Anceftor of the late Lord Burgh , &>c. And 
 
 Margaret Percy , firft efpoufed to Henry Lord Grey of Codnor 
 (by whom (he had not any Childe f) and then after his death, 
 
 Che was the Wife of Sir Richard Vere Knight. 
 
 9, HENRY, 
 
IIZ 
 
 A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 riatagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 * HENRY, 
 
 Book II. 
 
 <Du{e of LANCASTER, Earl of ‘DETg'B Y, 
 LWfCOL?fE, and LEICESTER 
 Steward of E q LA JfJD, and 
 
 Lord of ( B%Vqqi < RACK^ 
 and BEAVFOBfT, 
 
 f 
 
 Sur named 
 
 GRISMOND or TOR "TOOL. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 His Henry Surnamed Grifmond , from the place 
 of his Birth , being Grifmond Caftle in the 
 County of Mon month or Cajirnm de Groffv 
 Monte } and alfo Tort-col (or with the Wry 
 Neclf) was the onely Son of Henry Earl of 
 Lancajier , Second fon of Edmond alio Earl of 
 Lancajier, the Second fon oiK.Henry the Third. 
 
 To a Charter 
 of this Henry 
 Duke of Lan~ 
 c after, bearing 
 date the firll 
 day of June, 
 
 An. S 3 Ed. j. 
 
 (in which he 
 is fliled, Due 
 de Liincaftre 
 Counte de 
 
 Derby tfyy* d.e «/ # 
 
 heyecfire & He was created Earl of Derby to him and his Heirs (upon the chart,An: 
 d'Antrifterre) Sixteenth day of March, An. 11 Edw. 3.) his Father being yet l „uff 0 & 
 RedwlxL a ^ ve 5 a ^ tcr w ^°^ e death he had the Earldoms of Lancajier, and 6S ‘ 
 Appendant, Leicefler , and the Stewardfhip of England.'-, Upon the Twentieth 
 his Atchieu- day of Augnjl,An. 23 Edrv. 3.he was created Earl of Lincoln } and ciauf.An: 
 cTashkid at a Parliament held at Weflminjler, the Sixth day of March, An, pin*?.' 
 plJant^Gaur. 2 5 ; of the faid Kings Reign, he was created into the Dignity of 
 dant, a ubei Duke of Lancajier } it being the fecond Dukedom that had been 25 Ed - *•' 
 points durg. ere&ed in England fince the Norman ConquefL the Dutchy of 
 
 ed each with - - - — ■ * - * - - 
 
 as many Flow¬ 
 ers de Li\e. 
 
 And for his _ . 
 
 Creft upon a This HENRY when he was onely Earl of Derby, had the 
 turned upEr- command of Twelve hundred Men at Arms, Two thoufand Arch- 
 pTpnfouf- ers, and Three thoufand other Foot, with which he took in moft 
 anT'orgcd*' °f the Towns of Xaintoigne and Pifton, and alfo belieged and 
 J lhcl lacked PoiBiers , returning triumphant with his fpoils to Bonrdeanx . 
 
 1 oints, each He performed many other ftgnal fervices in France , and when a 
 Peace was concluded betwixt that Crown, and this of England. 
 
 "vide the¥i- E)uke Henry for fome difgraceful words, fuppofed to be fpoken by 
 him againft the Duke of Brnnfwich^, was by the faid Dukechal- 
 rhe original lenged to a lingle combate, before John King of France, which 
 m ' 111 1 e this Henry willingly accepted of, and at the appointed time, they 
 
 ? - . — - 1 - j * 
 
 Cornrval ( granted to Edward the Blacl ^ Prince ) being the 
 Fir ft. 
 
 Orfice of 
 Arms. 
 
 ^ S*J •/ M. J X A. / V 
 
 being both provided, entred the Lifts with much courage for the 
 tryalof their Fortune \ blit King John reconciled them , to the 
 
 great 
 
T HE KJ^Cqs OF EHCfLAHV><r c - »5 
 
 cha. io. ^r r cat fatisfa&ion of the Duke of Lane after. He wa s a great fa- 
 
 voter of the Perfon of John If iclfijf a Divine, and an extoller ot , _— 
 
 his Do&rine, and Integrity of Life; infomuch, that by his ad¬ 
 herence to him, there grew fo high a diftafte betwixt the Duke, 
 and the Bifhop of London , that the City of London never favored 
 him afterwards. 
 
 He took to Wife Jfabel the Daughter of Henry Lord Beau - h is Marri- 
 mont (Cofin-German to Queen Isabel Wife of King Edward the ^ cmmorlt did 
 Second^) by whom he had two Daughters his Heirs. bear A\ure, a 
 
 Out of i n his Will made at Leicejler Caftle, upon the Fifteenth day of 
 oMr?//!* March , An. 1360. he is ftiled, Henry Duke of Lancafler , Earl of *JfJ c J 0 s r f e 
 j//!> d Derby , Lincoln , Leicejler , Steward of England , Lord of Bruggirach^ 
 vidczKo an B Beaufort : In which Will alfo, he defires to be Buried in the 
 
 Z • 2 20* ^ ^ ' # 
 
 Collegiate Church of our Lady at Leicejler (where his Father is 
 Interred ) which was accordingly performed , he dying of the 
 Plague in the Five and thirtieth year of the Reign of Edward the 
 * Third. 
 
 Pit. An. 
 3.5 Ed. JJ 
 ra.ij. 
 Tnq. An. 
 35 Ed 3. 
 
 Children o/HENRY Duty of Lancafter, by I S A B E L 
 BEAUMONT his Wife. 
 
 io. M A ZJ D of Lancajler Dutchefs of Bavaria , Elder Daugh- 
 ter and Coheir of Henry Duke of LancaUer , Two and twenty 
 years old at the death of her Father, was married to William Depicted up-, 
 the Fifth of the Name, Duke of Bavaria , Earl of Henault, Jge^ ^e th 
 Holand , Zealand , and Friesland, but died without Iffue foon 
 after her marriage, leaving her younger Sifter Blanch her Heir, of Kng e<*- 
 
 Third in the Abbey of Weftminfler, Being, Paly, Beudy, Lolcugy, Argent and A lure, in the Firjl and Fourth 
 
 Quarter: and Quarterly Or, a Lion Rampant Sable j and Or, a Lion Rampant, Gules, in the Second aniTbird. 
 
 Quarter. 
 
 Tnq. An. 
 
 35 Ed. 3. 
 Orig. An. 
 
 3 6 Ed .3. 
 Rot. 6 . 
 Vide V. 
 115. 
 
 10. BLANCH of Lancajler Dutchefs of Lancajler , younger On the rathe 
 Daughter, Fourteen years old at her Fathers death , was the XeN^tTfide 
 Wife of John of Gaunt , Earl of Lancatfer and Richmond (after- ^ m a s ^ f the 
 wards Duke of LancaHer) (he was Coheir to her Father, and Blanch of 
 Soleheir to her Sifter } and from this Match are defeended the m. Gules; 
 Kings of England of the Royal Houfe of Lancaster ; the Kings 
 of Spam and Portugal , and many of the Nobility of this King- fjffj x 
 
 dom. Three Points 
 
 A lure, each 
 
 charged with vs many Flowers dc Liie of the Second, Impaled with the Arms of John Duke of Lancafler her Hus<- 
 band. Being quarterly Aiure, Seme of Flowers de Liic,Or, and(?«/ttr, Three Lions Paffant Guardant, Or ; over 
 all a Label of Three Points Ermine ,j 
 
 WIL 
 
1 
 
 ii4 A qEJ^EJLOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plantagenets Book 11. 
 
 ? WILLIAM. 
 
 EM of S/ILISWUy mi ROSMJH. 
 (a Statural Son of Kfng HENRY 
 the Second) Surnanied 
 
 L O N G E S P E E. 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 Efore we come to (peak of this William the Son, Rob. of 
 (Surnamed Longefpee , from a Long-Sword which 
 he ufually wore ) it will not be impertinent to 
 mention fomething of his Mother, Rofamond the 
 Beautiful Daughter of Walter Lord Clifford, and 
 the moft Beloved-Concubine of King Henry the 
 and^Emboffed Second. Her the King kept at Woodtfocl^ in Lodgings fo cunning- Baker hh 
 ly contrived, that no ftranger could find the way in, yet Queen ;fW ” c 
 Eleanor did, being guided by a Thred. So much is the Eye of Jea- 
 loufie quicker in finding out, then the Eye of Care is in hiding* 
 
 What the Queen did to Rofamond , when fhe came in unto her, is 
 uncertain, (fome report file poyfoned her^ but it is moft true, 
 wnium fitx- that Rofamond outlived this vifit but a fhort time } and deceafing, 
 ofsaiiibury, lyeth buried at Godttorv near Oxford , with this Epitaph, 
 
 he took the 
 
 Arms of his faid Father-in-Law ; for in the Cathedral Church of Mans in the County of Main, the Figure of 
 William d'Evereux or Fit^-Patrick is Enammelled upon a Copper-Plate, affixed to a Pillar in the South-Ifle, near 
 the Crofs of the faid Church, being about a Foot and half high. Armed in Mail, and with his Left-arm leaning 
 upon his long Triangular Sh ield, upon which are the Six Lions } but by reafon of the Embowing thereof, onely Four 
 of the Lions are obvious to your fight. Sir Edward Walter Knight, Garter , Principal R^ing of Arms, being in thofe 
 Parts, upon his view of the faid Cathedral, made this obfervation,^». J647. 
 
 World*" her eRo'famold lies, J acet * n Tnmbo Rofamundi, non Rofamunda, 
 
 No* redoletjedolet, qua redolere folet. 
 
 A\ure Six 
 Lions Ram¬ 
 pant Three, 
 two , and one , 
 Or, were the 
 Arms of this 
 JVilliam Lon- 
 gefpee Earl of 
 Sarum, which 
 are Painted 
 
 upon his 
 Shield in the 
 Cathedral 
 Church of 
 Salisbury. 
 Having mar¬ 
 ried Ela the 
 Daughter 
 and Heir of 
 
 His Marri¬ 
 age. 
 
 The Figure of 
 the Seal of 
 
 By this Rofamond r , King Henry the Second had Ifiiie this Willi- Robert of 
 am, who marrying Ela (born An. 1196.) the Daughter and Heir 
 / of William Fit^-Patrid^Knvl of Salisbury. King Richard the Firft 
 Countefs of his Half-Brother gave with her to him, the Earldom of Salisbury , 
 represented in and reftorcd unto her the Earldom of Rofmar in Normandy , which 
 of^his Second belonged alfo to the faid Ela, by Right of Succefiion, as being 
 Book. Having defcended from Edward de Saresbnry Son of Walter d’Evereux 
 
 upon the . r 
 
 Counteifeal, YL 2 lX\ OI RoJ/tiar. 
 
 ch.nged'with This Countefs Ela for her Souls health, as alfo of her Hus- 
 
 fnfcr 1 bed L a” J band, and °f all her Anceftors, Founded two Monafteries in one 19 . 
 
 bout the Bor¬ 
 der with thefe words, SECRETUM ELE COMITISSE SARESBERIE. 
 Eq. Aur Gart. Frin. Regis Arm. 
 
 Ex Cart. Edw-Wal^er 
 
 day 
 
rHE Kl^cgs OF ENjgLANjVt&c. 115 
 
 Cha. 11. day. The one was L acoch ^, Founded the Sixteenth of the Kalends 
 
 -- of May, In the Morning, An,. 1232. The other was the Priory of 1— 
 
 Henton , of the Carthufian Order, whofe Foundation bears date 
 on the Evening of the fame day} the Foundrefs at that time being 
 in the Forty fifth year of her age. She outlived her Husband fe- 
 ven years, and died in her Widowhood about the year 
 M CC. XXXIII. 
 
 Brooks This William Longefpee Earl of Salisbury y was Conftable of 
 C of l how Dover Caftle, and failing with Richard Earl of Cornwal hisNe- 
 phew, and Philip de Albaney , into Cafcoign (An. 10 Hen . 3.) re¬ 
 covered Poi&iers , which was before loft by King John and in 
 their return into England , hardly efcaped fhipwrack,being ftrangly 
 caft upon the Cornifh fhoars. 
 
 moth: He departed this life (he waspoyfoned (as is reported) by 
 
 *17 'nm. Hubert de Burgo Earl of Kent, and Cheif juftice of England) in 
 the Nones of March, An. 1226> and his Body was buried at Old 
 Sarnnt. 
 
 From thence his Corps was removed and brought to the New 
 •Copied City, and Interred in a Monument on the North fide the Chappel 
 fr<?m the ’ of our Lady, in the Cathedral Church, in a Tomb of Wood 
 Paginal. r i c hly Painted, Diapred, and Gilt $ his Effigies lies thereon of 
 Grey-Marble, in his Coat of Mail} his Sword by his fide, and 
 upon his Antick Shield are Six Lions Rampant Embofled \ the 
 
 H h like 
 
n6 A (jEfH^EALOCjlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 FUntagenets like number of Lions are Painted alfo upon his Surcoat, which by Book 
 Undivided. rea p on Q f t h e m any Foldings thereof, are not eafily perceived. 
 
 The Figure in the precedent Page exa&ly reprefents the Laid Tomb, 
 which is now in being An.i6yo. Matthew Park gives him this 
 
 uspee^pag. Epitaph, alluding to his name. 
 
 Engliihed* 
 
 Fi^ver of b Earifiies' 'Tele F/m Comitum Willielmus obit , Stirps Regia, l 4 01lgUS 
 
 Do*huS/W ( “ift°«Votori Enfis vaginam expit habere brevem. 
 
 Mittb. 
 Pa-rU, p. 
 
 317. nutni 
 
 Children of WILLIAM LONGESPEE Earl 
 of Salisbury, and of EL A his Wife. 
 
 6. WILLlA M Longefpee , Eldeft Son and Heir fucceeded his 
 Father in the Earldom of Salisbury } oi whom fee more in the 
 next Chapter.; 
 
 6 . RICHARD Longefpee , Second Son of William the firft ff 
 Earl of Salisbury , was a Canon of Salisbury . He witnelfed a 
 Grant of his Elder Brother William made to Stephen Longefpee tvatker 
 his younger Brother , of the Mannor of Bamberge with the 
 Appurtenances. He lieth Interred at Lacocl^ £ r " w ' 
 
 6 . STEPHEN Longefpee Third Son, was appointed Cheif^ 1 *;, 
 Juftice of Ireland , by King Henry the Third. He took to Wife 1?. m. 1 
 Emelina Countefs of ZHHer ^ in whofe right he was Earl of 
 *Vlfter , and by her had i(fue his onely childe Ela Longefpee, 
 married to Roger de la Zouche , by whom (he had iffue Alane de 
 la Zouche , Father of two Daughters his Heirs, Elena de la 
 Zouche , firft married to Nicholas S. Maur j and fecondly, to 
 Alan Charleton , Father of John Charleton j and Matilda de la 
 Zouche Wife of Robert Holand. 
 
 The Body of this Stephen Longefpee was Interred at Lacoc\ 
 but his Heart received Burial at BradenSlock . 
 
 6 . NICHOLAS Longefpee Fourth Son of William Earl of 
 Salisbury , was confecrated Bifhop of Salisbury ? An. 1291. 
 whofe Body lies Intombed in our Ladies Chappel in the Ca- in Prca¬ 
 thedral Church under a large Marble Stone, fometime Inlaid /*«, s f *' 
 with Brafs, and Adorned with the Arms of their Houfe. His z8 °* 
 Heart was Interred at Lacoc\, and his Bowels at Ramesbury . He 
 deceafed in the year of our Lord 12 97. 
 
 6 . IS A L EL Longefpee Lady Vefcy, Eldeft Daughter of William Pat.ioH. 
 Earl of Salisbury , was the firft Wife of William Lord Vefcy. 
 
 m. 17. 
 
 6 . ELA Longefpee Countefs of Warwick, Second Daughter ub. u- 
 was firft married to Thomas the Seventh Earl of Warwick ^ after 
 whofe deceafe, in her Widowhood (he Grants in Frank Ah 
 
 main 
 
T he KJK9 S 0F eh§eah3>>&c. nj 
 
 Cha. ii. main for the health of her Soul, and of the Souls of her An. 
 
 ceftors, all her Lands and Tenements in the Town of Doding- ° n e 
 e* C ml ton 5 to which Deed is annexed her Seal (of Yellow Wax) 
 k'r Equi- having on the one fide her Pi&ure, and on the Counterfeal a 
 Gmeri ’ Shield with Six Lions Rampant thereon, Circumfcribed on both 
 H n g l ipdU Tides thus. S. ELE LUNGESPEYE COMI- 
 Armorum. T j s s E WARWIG The Figure of which Seal is ex¬ 
 hibited in the $7 Page of this Second Book. 
 idiUes, p, Her Second Husband was that worthy Gentleman Philip 
 Baffet , the Son of William BaJJet Cheif Juftice of England , as 
 itappeareth by a Charter of the faid Philip and Ela , bearing 
 date the Forty feventh year of King Henry the Third. She died 
 the Eighth of the Ides of February , An. 1297. in the Twenty 
 fixthyear of King Edward the Firft, on a Sunday, and was 
 buried at Ofney , near Oxford , without ifliie. 
 
 6. IDA Longefpee , called alfo Camyile , Third Daughter of 
 William Earl of Salisbury , was the Wife of Walter Fit^-Robert y 
 by whom {he had ilfue Katherine and Lorica , who took upon 
 them the habit of Nuns at Lacock^ 
 
 6. ELA Longefpee the younger, Fourth Daughter, mentioned 
 alfo in the Book of Lacoc\ y was married to William diOding- 
 felles y by whom he had iffue Robert , &c. 
 
 6 . WILLIAM 
 
 L 0 Sffj EST EE, Second of the J\Qtme,Earl 
 of SALIS'BVRX 
 
 CHAP. XI I. 
 
 E was the Eldeft Son and Heir of William Longef- See his Arms 
 pee the Firft, and of E/d his Wife aforefaid} after J^jyjbdng 1 
 whofe death he was feifed of the Caftle and fZnsRm- 
 Town of old Sarum y and the Sheriffwick of 
 Wiltfbire. But this William afterwards prefuming 
 to go out of the Kingdom, without the Kings 
 Licence firft had and obtained, King Henry the Third made fei- 
 709. num. lure of the faid Caftle, Town, and Office, and detained them in 
 5 °* his own hands. 
 
 w!hm d ‘ By the name of William Longefpee (without any other Additi- 
 ^EqAuu - on or Title) he gave to Stephen Longefpee his Brother, the Mannor 
 tum,Prin- of Sutton near Banneburgh y with the Hundred thereunto belonging. 
 
 Regem To this Grant his Seal of Arms (in Yellow Wax) is annexed. On 
 ~’the one fide °f which is his Shield, with the Six Lions; and on 
 
 Garteri. t he 
 
t.8 A qEfr(EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 VUyiugmts t he Reverfe, his Sword (having reference to his Name) with this 
 Undivided. riraim f cr ;pti on) SRCRF.TUM WILLELMI LUN- 
 
 G E S P E. Vide , the form thereof in the $ 7 Page of this Second 
 Book. 
 
 He took to Wife Idonia the Daughter and Heir of Richard de 
 Camvile , and of Euflace his Wife Daughter of Gilbert Baffet , by 
 whom he had iffue a Son, and a Daughter, and afterwards was 
 (lain in the Holy Land , manfully fighting againft the Infidels, in 
 the year of our Salvation M. CC. XLIX. 
 
 Children WILLIAM LONGESPEE Earlof 
 Salisbury, by IDONEA de CAMVILE hk Wife . 
 
 Book 11 
 
 Fines 
 17 Regl 
 
 Johan, 
 
 m. 3. j 
 CUuf. 
 
 10 Hen. 
 
 11, 
 
 * 7 - 
 
 Fines, 
 
 1 2 Hen.ji 
 m. 4. 
 
 Audley, 
 Gules Fretty 3 
 
 Or. 
 
 7. WILLIAM Longefp ce Third of the name, Elder Son, of 
 whom fee more in the next Chapter. 
 
 7. EDMVND Longefp ee Second Son of William Earl of 
 Sarum, 
 
 7. EL A Longefpee ? Lady Audley , onely Daughter of William ciauf,: 
 
 17 h. 12 
 
 the Second Earl of Salisbury, By Idonea de Camvile his Wife, Z 8 
 was married to James Lord Audley of Heleigh , from whom the 
 Lords Audley , and Earls of Cafilebaven are derived. 
 
 7 WILLIAM 
 
 L 0 ESJPEE Third of the 
 
 < ' ’ • ' V ? - \ \ 1 \ P 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 lis William Longefpee Third of the Name, onely Lib. u: 
 Son and Heir of William Longefpee Second of c °f‘ 
 the Name (whom King Henry the Third de¬ 
 prived of the Earldom of Salisbury ) by Idonea 
 Daughter and Heir of Richard de Camvile ) 
 efpoufed Maud the Daughter of Walter Lord i H . A n, 
 Clifford , (afterwards the Wife of John Lord 
 Giffordy Baron of Brimmesfeld in Glocefierjbire ) by whom he had «*. 
 iffue his onely Daughter named Margaret Longefpee , married to 
 the llluftrious Man (faith my Author) Lord Henry de Lacy Earl of 
 Lincoln, and by her the faid Henry had iffue, Edmond Lacy drown¬ 
 ed in a Well in Denby Gaftle, in the lifetime of his Father, John vide ^ 
 de Lacy, who alfo deceafed before his Father, an & Alice Lacy his*' 11 * 
 onely Daughter and Heir, married to Thomas Earl of Lancaflcr , 
 by whom fhe had no iflue. So that her inheritance divolved upon 
 Henry oi Lancajler , Son and Heir of her Husbands Brother. 
 
 Longtfpce, 
 A lure Si* 
 Lions Rm; 
 pant Or, 
 Three , mo, 
 and one. 
 
 BOOK 
 
BOOK III. 
 
 40 '\ 
 
 Plantagenets Undivided. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 o F T h E 
 
 KINGS 
 
 OF EWSfLANJ),&c. 
 
 From EVIVAKV I. to HE^RY IV. 
 
 From the Year 1171. to the Year 14.00. 
 
 Ii 
 
J2,C 
 

 12 ! 
 
1*3 
 
| ; 
 
 f I: i 
 
 i! | 
 

n6 
 
 
 A CjE^EALOqiCAL TAELE 
 
 Of the third BOOK . 
 
 ELI AN OR of Ctflilc- 
 
 Hrit Wife, p. 129. 
 
 -EDWARD I. of the Name, Kina of .Eng hind, Lord 
 of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine, p . 127. 
 
 -M A R G A RE T of FrAlice 
 - fecond Wife, p.133. 
 
 8. JOHN, EDWARD II.Rina ELIANOR JOANE MARGARET EEREN-MARY, BEATRIX, THO- EDMOND ELEA- 
 
 •i •, r -w-. , 1 t J f _ r j -r^ 1 r r a AT A 0 1.1 r 
 
 ALICE, Countefs p. 144. 
 
 HENRY, of England, Lordof Countefs of of Acres Dutchefs of GAR, p 
 
 ALPHON- Ireland, and Dukeof Barr,p. 139. Coun- Brabant, p. 143 
 
 SO, 138. Aquitaine , p. 145. tefs of 143. 
 
 I S S A B E L of France Gloce- p. 143. of Holand 
 
 page Ibidem. fier and and Here- 
 
 Hertford ford,p. 
 
 P- * 3 ?• 1 4 3 * 
 
 p. 143. p. 144. MAS Earl of NOR, 
 
 ELIZA. BLANCHE Earl of l^ent, p. p. ^44, 
 
 Nor- 213. 
 fol\c,p. MARGA- 
 205. RET Wa\e 
 ALICE page 212. 
 HALYS 
 p. 205. 
 
 EDWARD IILWfnaof JOHN JOANE ELIANOR ED- JOHN MARGA-Sir WAL- ALICE, EDMOND JOANE 
 England and France, and of El- Queen Dutchefs of WARD Lord RET TER Man- Wifdof E. ofI£c»r, Countefs 
 Lord of Ireland, p. 158. tham of Scots, Geldres, p. died, fi.prole, Segrive Duchefs of tty fecond Edward cb.s.p. of I {ent, 
 
 PT-TfT TDC «njE\TAllTT * r * * T * * f) T-TivcU ft + THUM *_ 
 
 PHILIPE ofHENAULT, Earlofp.155. ijj. 
 page 1 j 8. Corn- 
 
 real, p. 
 
 1 53 * 
 
 p. 206. firtt Norfolk, H ^b. p 
 
 Husb 
 
 p. 2QJ 
 
 p. 207. 
 
 20 ;. 
 
 Montague, JOHN Earl andPrin- 
 p. 208. of Kent,ob. cefs of 
 f p. page Wales , 
 214. p. 2ij. 
 
 I 
 
 of Hat¬ 
 field, p. 
 
 *77- 
 
 jO. EDWARD WIL- 
 
 Prince of A- LIAM 
 quitainc and 
 Wales, Duke 
 of Corn-mil , 
 and Earl of 
 Chefter,p.181. 
 JOANE 
 Countefs of 
 Kent. 184. & 
 
 * 15 . 
 
 LIO- JOHN 
 N E L of of Gaunt 
 Antwerp Duke of 
 Duke ot Lanca- 
 Clarence, (tcr,Booli 
 p. 219. IV.Cb.l. 
 ELI- 
 Z AB. 
 
 Burgh, 
 page 219. 
 
 I I 
 EDMOND WIL- 
 
 of l.anglej LIAM 
 Duke of of Wind. 
 Torl^.Booli for, p, 
 V. chap. I. 178, 
 
 THO- ISSABEL BLANCH ELI- ANNE 
 M A S of Duchefs of de la Tour, Z A- Seg rave 
 Wood- Bedford, p. 179. BETH Abbefs 
 fioAi p, 178, MARY Segravc of Bar- 
 Dukeof J O A N E Duchefs of wife of bfing, p, 
 Glocefter de la Tour, Britaine, John 208.' 
 
 P‘ 22 7 * P■ 1 79> p. 17 9- Lord 
 
 ELI A- MAR G. Mow- 
 
 £ °R Count, of brap, 
 
 Bobun, Pembroke p. 208. 
 
 P-** 7 - P. 179 . I 
 
 THO¬ 
 
 MAS 
 
 Mann}, 
 
 ob.fp. 
 
 208. 
 
 anni 
 
 Mann}, 
 Coun¬ 
 tefs of 
 Pem¬ 
 broke, 
 p. 208. 
 
 11 . 
 
 ED¬ 
 WARD 
 of Engo- 
 lefme, p. 
 
 I *9. 
 
 RICHARD H. 
 King of Eng- 
 land and France 
 and Lord of 
 Ireland, p. 19!. 
 ANNE of Bohe¬ 
 mia, p. 193. 
 
 I S S A B E L of 
 France, p. 19;. 
 
 philipe hum- edmond 
 
 wife of Ed- PHREY Earl Staf- 
 mond Mor - Earl of ford firft 
 timer Earl Buc\ Husband, p. 
 of March, ing- 232. 
 p. 221. ham, ob. 
 s. p. 
 
 P • 2 3 r * 
 
 I 
 
 12 . 
 
 ROGER Sir ED- ELIZA- PHILIPE 
 M ort inter MOND BETH Countefs 
 Earl of Mortimer, Lady Perc}, of Pem- 
 Marcb, p. p. 212. p. 223. bro\e and 
 224. Sir JOHN Arundel,p. 
 
 ELIANOR Mortimer, 223. 
 
 Holand, p. p. 222. 
 
 224. 
 
 -ANNE- 
 
 eldeft 
 
 daugh¬ 
 
 ter,^. 
 
 232. 
 
 WILLIAM JOANE ISSABEL JOHN THOMAS JOHN 
 
 KniirrUir* T ^ 
 
 Bourchier Lady 
 Earl of Eu Talbot, 
 fecond Hus- p. 234. 
 band,£.233. 
 
 p. 234. Mow- Mowbra} Haftings 
 PHILIPE bray E. Duke of Earl of 
 p. 234. o f Not- Norfol^e, Fcm- 
 
 ting- and Earl broke,ob^ 
 ham,ob. Marfhal of f p. p, 
 f. p. England, p. 209. 
 
 208. 210. 
 
 hum- henry 
 
 PHREY Bour- 
 Stafford chicr 
 Duke of Earl of 
 Bucli- Effcx,p. 
 ingham, 233. 
 
 P- l 3 2 - 
 
 IJ. EDMOND ROGER ANNE ELEA- 
 Mortimer Morti- Morti- NOR 
 werdyed mer 
 
 Earl of 
 March 
 P‘ 22J. 
 
 young, 
 p. 22J. 
 
 Wife 
 of Ri¬ 
 chard 
 Earl of 
 Carn- 
 bridg . 
 P. 22 $s 
 
 Countefs 
 of Devon, 
 ob. /. p. 
 page 22 6. 
 
 THOMAS JOHN MARGA- 
 Mowbri} Mow- RET Lady 
 Earl Mar- bray Howard, 
 fhaldyed, Duke of p. nt. 
 J.p.in. Nor- 
 
 fol\e,p. 
 
 21 !. 
 
 JOHN Mowbray 
 Duke of Norfolk, 
 father of Io h n Mo w- 
 bra} Duke of Nor- 
 f°lk e , Father of 
 Antic Morobriy t 
 wife of Richard ’of 
 Shrewsbury, fecond 
 Son of Ed. 4. who 
 dyed f.p. f.zn. 
 
 ISSA¬ 
 BEL, 
 Lady 
 Berkley , 
 p 212. 
 
 9 
 

 »7 
 
 IT .EDWARD I. 
 
 Novem- 
 
 hrl6 - King of E^qLA3^‘D , Lord of 
 1 TZ^IL L A D, and Duke of 
 A QJV I T A 1 N E , Surnamed 
 
 Longshanks. 
 
 Mattb. 
 JVeJiminft. 
 p. 300. H. 
 39 - 
 
 Matth.Pa- 
 ris. p. 488. 
 ». 33 . 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 His Prince Edward ( from the Talnefs of His This Edward. 
 Stature called Longfhanks) Eldeft Son of King “ateiut bS 
 Henry III. and Queen Elianor of Provence , ^ “P° n 
 born at Wejltninjler upon the XV. of the Ka -December, in 
 lends of July* ( vi%. the 17th day of June ) the Reign of 
 An. 1239. was within four dayes after Chrift- n^Sthe 3 // 
 ned by Otbo the Legate , and Confirmed by Ed- 
 mond Archbifliop of Canterbury , by the Name of Edward. Which dus niuftm 
 Name He had given Him in Memory of the Glorious King and prinogenitus. 
 
 Pom.Henrici Com. Peterborow ) His Seal ('of Green Wax) is 
 
 (Ex cart is 
 ndant thereto , the reprefentation of which you 
 
 have in the 120 Page of this Third Boob. •' On the one fide whereof lie is delineated on Horteback, in HisMaile and 
 Surcoat , a Sword in His Right Hand, and a Shield in His Left charged with the 3 Lyons of England , and differen¬ 
 ced by a File of 3 Points: and upon the Counter-feal in a large Triangular Efcocheon are alfo 3 Lyons, and a File of 
 5 Lambeaux contiguous to the Chief thereof, and interwoven with the Taylc of theuppermoft Lyon 5 which is the 
 firft addition or diftinftion that I find to be born in the Kingly Family. Writers differ in the fignification of thefe La¬ 
 bels , for Honorim reporteth that one of the 3 Points betokeneth the Father of the Bearer, the other His Mother, and 
 the middlemoft Himlelf. And Leigh faith, that the File of Vive Lambeaux isthe differcnceof the Heire whilft the 
 Grandfather liveth ; but, His Grandfather being deceafed, then He leaveth this, and taketh thatof Three , which 
 was His Fathers difference. But here I find , that this Edward (Eldeft Son of King Henry III.) did in one, and the 
 fame Seal and Reverfe bear a Label both of 3 and of 5 points , and yet had no Grandfather iiving. The like Labels 
 of three and five Lambeaux are upon the Seals and Counter-Seales of the two fucceeding Edwards His Son and 
 Grandfon , in the life-time of their Fathers Kings of England, as appears in thofe exhibited in the i22ar.d 113 
 Pagesof this Third Boob- TheSealalfo, and Reverfe of Robert Count of Hevers, eldeft Son of the Earl of Elan• 
 ders (An. 1172.) is charged with a Label of 3 Points, and another of 5. Olivarius Vredius in Sigilla Com. Elan-, 
 drix, p. 50. 
 
 And as this Edward was the firft Son of a King of England that differenced His Armes with a F/ 7 e,fo was He the 
 firft King of England that bare His Armes upon the Caparisons of His Horfej as you may obferve in His Royal Seal 
 exhibited alfo in the 120 Page of this Third Book 
 
 L 1 ConfefTor 
 
1*8 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 • ■ ■■ - ■ — ■ ‘ — ——— - . ■ . . - 
 
 Plant a genets Confeffor St. E clward, whofe Corps lie Magnificently depofited in Book in. 
 
 Undivided^ c j ie A.bbey of St. Peter in the City of Weflminjler > whom King 
 Henry III. ever honoured as His Tutular Saint, at whofe deceafe 
 *iAn. 12 72. our Prince Edward His Son was in P alefiine j and 
 though the Eftates of England knew not whether He were then li¬ 
 ving or dead, they Proclaim Him King, caufe a New Seal to be tbidem,p. 
 made , and appoint fit Perfons for the Cuftody of His Treafure and 
 His Peace} who, having fortified Aeon which He went to Relieve, 
 
 He returnes homewards, is received with great Honour by all the 
 Princes through whofe Territories He palled, and at the foot of the 
 Alpes is met by many of the Nobility of England. Two years 
 more He fpends in fctling His Affaires in Aquitaine and thofe parts, 
 which being ended, He is with Elianor His Queen Crowned at Mmb: 
 Wejhninjler by Robert Archbifhop of Canterbury upon the XIV. of ^^07. 
 the Kalends of September (viiL,. the 19th day of Augufe) An. Dom. ”• * 2 - 
 1274. at which Solemnity were prefent Alexander King of Scots , 
 and John Duke of Britaine the Kings Brothers-in-Law, who dying 
 not long after, turned the Joy of this Coronation into Mourn¬ 
 ing- 
 
 And now whilft King Edward had the Opinion and Reputation 
 of His Subje&s, He thought it His fitted: time to purfue His De- 
 figns of abating the Power Ecclefiaftical; to which end He takes 
 away the Return of Writs from the Abbot and Convent of Weftmin- 
 fler , abridges the Liberties of many other famous Monafteries of fter,p.^ 9 : 
 England j and laftly, caufes the Ena&ing of the Statute of Mort- n ' 7 ‘ 
 Maine , to hinder the encreafe of their Temporal Polfeflions for the 
 future. 
 
 The Subduing of Wales , which had ever ftrugled for Liberty, 
 and the rule of a Native Governor, is His next enterprife, and the 
 quarrel grounded upon this occafion : Prince Leoline having refu- 
 fed to come to His Coronation or Parliament, the King Marches 
 againft Him with a powerful Army j and befides the Fine of 50000 
 /. Sterling, and payment of 1000 1 . per Annum for what He held., 
 which was only tor his life, He forces him to accept a Peace upon 
 fuch conditions, that made his Principality differ but little from the 
 tenure of a Subje£t} but this his haughty fpirit could not brook 
 long, for within three years Llewellin } and with him his brother Da - 
 vid ( on whom the King, befides many other graces, had conferred 
 the Order of Knighthood ) makes a Revolt, and a Roll of their 
 Grievances (as the caufe thereof) is fent to the Archbifliop of 
 Canterbury , who endeavors to perfwadethem to a Submifllon, but 
 could not prevaile, fo ftrong was the conceit of a Prophecy of Mer¬ 
 lin (that Ginn of Error) That Llewellin fliould one day poflels 
 the Diadem ot Brute. The King thereupon fets forth from the 
 Vi^es in Wilts with great Forces againft him , Llewellin is (lain in 
 Battel, his Head cut offby a private Souldier, and prefented to the 
 
 An. 1183. King, who caufes it to be Crowned with Ivy, and placed upon the 
 
 Tower of London , David is afterwards taken, drawn at a Horfe- mm 
 taile through the ftreets of Shrewsbury, and’then beheaded, his quar- /jSf 7 *" 
 
 ters 
 
THE KJJ^qS OF E 2 ^qLANJ),&. c. up 
 
 cha P- 1 ters fet up at the four great Towns of York ^ Briflol , Winchejler and T. 
 
 Northampton , and his Head fent to accompany that of his Brother. ~ 
 
 After whofe death, Edward , the Kings Eldeft Son then living, by 
 His appointment,born at Caernarvon in North* Wales, was,, in regard 
 of the place of His Nativity, with confent of the Weifb, made Prince 
 of Wales , being the firft of the Sons and Heircs apparent of the 
 Kings of England that bare that Title, which afterwards became 
 ordinary to moft of the reft. 
 
 Having effe&ed His Work here, He goes over into France , to An - ll2< * 
 confirme fuch conditions as His State required in thofe parts, with 
 the new King Philip IV. Intituled Le Bell: where He Reconciles 
 the Kings of Sicily and Aragon j and paying 30000 /. for His Ran- 
 fome , Redeemes Charles Prince of Achaia Prifonerin Aragon : and 
 after three years and a half being abroad He returnes into England , 
 where, upon Complaint of the ill Adminiftration of Juftice in His 
 abfence , He Fines 13 of His Chiefeft Officers in above 100000. 
 
 Markes, and the next year to the nolefseafeof the People He Ba- 
 nifties the Jewes , for which the Kingdome very willingly granted 
 Him a Fifteenth , they had before offered a Fifths but then the Jewes 
 out* bid them. The King Confifcates all their Immoveable Tal¬ 
 lies and Obligations to an infinite value, making thus His laft Com^ 
 modify of this miferable People, never under other Prote&ion 
 than the Will of their Prince, and made to ferve their turnes upon 
 all occasions. 
 
 The Crown of Scotland (upon the death of King Alexander III.) 
 is now in controverfie, and had Six Competitors} but Two efpeci- 
 ally betwixt whom the Right lay , John Baliol Lord of Galloway , 
 and Robert Bruce Earl of Anandale \ all the beft Civilians of France 
 are confulted in this Affair, and King Edward makes Himfelf Arbi- 
 pudu trator, who, the better to fway the bufinefs with His prefence, 
 c g °evcon- takes His Journey Northward, but by the way, in the Houfe of one An. 12*0; 
 id°Piri\i ^ c ^ arc ^ ^ e W e ft on at Herdeby in Lincolnjbire , upon the V. of the 
 Ed.i.Rot. Kalends of December the 27th day of November An. 1290. 
 
 f 0 '/ n dor ~ in the 19th year of His Reign, dyed Queen Elianor that Honour of 
 iVeftmin- Womanhood, who fucked the Poyfon out of the Wounds given nor. 
 
 4 i 4 . j_jj m by an Ajfajfm in the Holy Land , when no other means could 
 preferve His life, and He in extream grief returnes with Her Corps 
 to Weftminfter, where it was Interred upon the XVI. of the Kalends 
 of January next following, Erefting goodly Crofles at Stamford , Guies,acafiie 
 Northampton , Waltham , Cheapftde , Charing , and in all other places ge nt, a uon 
 
 Rampant pur-^ 
 
 pie, the Third as the Second, the fourth as theFirft, which were the Armes of Ferdinand IIL King of Cajiile, and 
 Leon Her Father, and Quartered by Him, when both thofe Kingdomes were united in His Perfon, and are noted to be 
 the Firjl two Coates that were borne Quarterly in one Shield, which our King Edward HI. next imitated, when He 
 Quartered France and England . I have feen thefe Armes Handing in a Glafs Window on the Weft-fide of the North- 
 Crofs in tVeftminfter- Abbey, which f with thofe of Her Mother theCountefs of Pontiue, viz. Or ,3 Bendlets A^ure 
 within a Border Gules') are Carved in Stone in feveral places upon theCrofs ( Erefted to Her Memory,) near 
 Northampton, and alfo on both fides of Her Tombe in the Abbey of JVcftminfter. _ 
 
 TheFigttreof Her Seal ( of Grccn-JVax ) is reprefented in the 120 Page of this Third Boo\, annexed toa Cbar- 
 ter dated the fecond day of February, An. 9th. Edw.t. in which She is (tiled Alianora Regina Anglic Fomina Hi- 
 bernieG* Fucifft Aquitannie, on the one fide of which Seal is the Effigies of the Queen, Handing betwixt a Caftle 
 and a Lyon on her right hand, and a Lyon and a Cajlle on Her left, demonflrating Her to be of theRoval Houle of 
 Caftile,& c. And upon the Counter-Seal, ina large Efcocheon hanging upon aTree, are the Armes ofHcr Husband 
 R.Edwardl. viz. 3 Lyons pajfant guardant. PenesE. AJhmole Ar. Fx.nom.Windfor, 
 
 where 
 
Ijo. A qE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 PUntagenets where Her Body refted, to Her grateful Memory. She was Sifter Eook 
 Undivided. j[lpjj 0 n f 0 Kj n g Q f Caflile , Daughter of Ferdinand III. and only 
 Child by Joane His fecond Wife, Daughter and Heir of John Earl 
 of Pontine. She was Married to Prince Edward at Bures in Spain , 
 
 .An. 39 of King Henry Ilf. His Father, in the year of our Lord 
 12^4. was Crowned with Him 3 and lived His Wife (in lovely 
 participation of all His Troubles and long Voyages ) 3 6 years. 
 
 Her Bowels were buried in our Ladyes Chappel in the Cathedral 
 Church at Lincolne, where King Edward erefted a Cenotaph for 
 Her, upon which is placed Her Figure, of Gilt Copper, on the 
 Verge whereof you may read this Infcription in Saxon Capitals. 
 
 + PIC : SUNT : S6PULTA : V I C G R A ; ALIANORG: QjlAN- 
 
 DAM:R6GING: ANGLIG: 11 X 0 RI S :R6 GIS: 6DW ARDI:FILII : 
 
 RGGIS: HGNRICI: CUJUS: A N I MG : P R OP I T IG T UR : DGUS : 
 
 AM’GN: PATGR: N O S T 6 R. 
 
 King Edward alfo Ere&ed for Her (in the Chappel Royal in the 
 Abbey of Weflminfler^ at the feet of His Father King Henry III.) a 
 goodly Tombe ot Gray Marble (the Figure of which I havere- 
 prefented in the following Page ) having upon the North-fide the 
 Armes of England, Caflile and Leon quarterly, and Pontine, curioufly 
 carved in Shields hanging upon Oahg- Trees and Vines, on the Super¬ 
 ficies of the Monument ("engraven with the Armes of Caflile and 
 Leon in Lozenge ) lies the Figure of Queen Elianor as large as the 
 Life, of Copper guilt: about which Tombe this Epitaph is Circum- 
 ferib’d, and Embofled alfo in Saxon Letters. 
 
 + I C I: GIST: ALI ANOR:J ADIS:RG YNG: DG:£NGLGT6RG: 
 
 FeCpOOG: AL: RGY: 6 D W A R D •• FIZ: LGrRGY . 
 
 . VNTIF: DGLiALCUG: DG: LI: D6V: 
 
 PVR: SA: PITG:GVT:CL)6RCI:ACUGN. 
 
 And on a Tablet of Wood hanging in an Iron Chain near to Her 
 Tombe, thefe old Verfes are written in Latin and Englijh, viz. 
 
 Queen Elenor is here Interr'd, 
 
 A worthy Noble Dame, 
 
 Sifter unto the Spanijl) King, 
 
 Of Royal blood and fame. 
 
 King Edwards Wife.firft of that Name, 
 And Prince of Wales by Right: 
 Whofe Father Henry juft the Third* 
 Was fure an Englifh wight, 
 
 Who crav’d Her Wife unto His Son^ 
 The Prince Himfelf did goe 
 On that Embaflage luckily 
 As chief with many moe. 
 
 This Knot of Linked Marriage 
 Her Brother Alphonfe lik’d ; 
 
 And fo ’tween Sifter and this Prince, 
 The Marriage was up-ftrik’d. 
 
 The Dowry rich and royal was, 
 
 For fuch a Prince moft meete: 
 
 For Pontiuc was the Marriage Gift, 
 A Dowry rich and great; 
 
 A Woman both in Counfel wife, 
 Religious, Fruitful , Meek, 
 
 Who did encreafe Her Husbandsfriends 
 And larg’d His Honour eke. 
 
 LEARN E TO DIE. 
 
 mo hiltjs ^ifpant facet Die tom tnclita Eegijs 
 
 Ctfmtt COIlfOaS Aleanora tf)0& 
 
 Edwardi pjtmt aaallojum p^ncipig mi 
 Cut patet Henricus tettius angitis etat, 
 ipanc ilia uto^em gnato petit: omtne pjincepjs 
 iLegati murnts fufeipit ipfe hono: 
 
 Aiphonfo ftattt placutt fellje ^pmeneus, 
 
 ^etmanam Edwardo itec flue note oetoitj 
 
 N 
 
 2)053 pjeclata futt, nec tali inOtgna matito, 
 ponttuo p^nceps ttumete Uftes etat, 
 ifemttta confilio pjuoens* pta, piole heata 3 
 
 gucit amicitus, autit ijottoje Wrum» 
 
 Difce moiu The 
 
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J3J 
 
ip A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 plantagenets The Funeral of Queen Elianor being Solemnized , King Ed- Book ill. 
 Undivided. warc i re turnes back to His Scotilh bufinefs, to Bruce , who had 
 An. H92. t ^ e wea k er Title, but the more Friends, to him He offers the Crown 
 if he would yield him fealty and homage, but Bruce refufes, the 
 like offer is made to Baliol , which he accepts, and accordingly at 
 An. 9312. Newcajlle upon Tyne (^where King Edward then lay ) all the Chief 
 
 of the Nobility (except Bruce ) doe him homage j but an Ap-M mi?. 
 peale from the Sentence of K. Baliol to the Court of England , be- nl' mi. 
 ing made by the Brother of the Earl of Fife , which Earl had been 
 {lain by the Family of Abernerth , Baliol appears in the Parliament »• 
 of England , but being denyed to Anfwer by a Procurator , is for- 
 ced in the ordinary place to defend his Caufe himfelf, with which 
 indignity he is fo difgufted , that he thereupon makes a League 
 with France ( glad to embrace any thing to the prejudice of Eng¬ 
 land ) and defies King Edward , who counter-leagues with other 
 Princes, propofes his Son Edward to the Daughter of Guy Earl of 
 Flanders , Marries one of his Daughters to Henry Earl of Barr , and 
 another to John Duke of Brabant , and buys the Emperours Alli- 
 An ll9r ance for 15000 /. Sterling .* having made thefe Confederates, Ed- Tho , mi _ 
 mond Earl of Lancafter ,the Earls of Lincoln and Richmond , with 28 
 Banners, 700 men at Armes, and a Navy of 3 6 Saile are fent into 
 France. 
 
 In the mean time King Edward fets upon Baliol, wins Barwicl\}biicm,p: 
 with the death of 1^000 Scots: the Caftles of Dunbar , Roxbo- 66 ‘ *’ 9 ’ 
 rough , Edinburgh , Sterling , St. Johns Town are Surrendred, King 
 John Baliol fubmits himfelf, and again takes his Oath of Fealty, but 
 notwithftanding is fent Prifonerinto England } Then a Parliament nidem,p. 
 for Scotland is held at Barwich^ wherein all the Nobility ( except 6 n 8 '”f' ( *‘ 
 William Douglafs ) do homage, and confirm it under their Seals; 
 
 John Warren Earl of Surry and Sujfex is made Warden of Scotland) 
 
 Hugh Crejfmgham Treafurer,and Ormefley Chief Juftice, withCom- 
 mifiion to take the Fealty of all that held of that Crown. 
 
 And now the French bufinefs is wholly intended, for which in a 
 Parliament at Bury an Eighth part of the Goods of the Citizens and 
 Burgefles of Great Towns, and a Twelfth of the Lelfer is granted, 
 but the Clergy upon a Prohibition of Pope Boniface , procu¬ 
 red by themfelves, refufe to give any thing, and are there¬ 
 upon put out of the Kings Protection ( a Strain of State 
 beyond any of his Predeceflors ) and were thereby to have no Ju¬ 
 ftice in any of his Courts, which fo amazes them, that for their 
 Peace the Archbilhop of Torh^ the Biftiops of Durham , E/y, Salis¬ 
 bury and Lincoln yield a Fifth of their Goods, which the Arch- 
 bifhopof Canterbury refufing, had all his Seized, and all the Mo- 
 naileries within his Diocefs and part of Lincoln taken into the 
 Kings hands, only neceflaries allowed to the Monkes, but the reft: 
 to the Kings ufe. 
 
 The King of France having notice of our Alliance with Flan¬ 
 ders , invites that Earl to Paris , and there makes him and his 
 Daughter Prifoners. He by great Mediation is releafed, but She 
 
 remains 
 
THE KJK9 S 0& E*cgLA$(p,& cc. i# 
 
 Chap. I. remains ftill in durance, who therefore ( prefuming upon the E A»* rd i. 
 ftrength of his Confederates) defies the King of France , who 
 comes againft him with 60000 Men 3 and King Edward , notwith- 
 ftanding the revolt of Scotland, and the difcontentment of His 
 own People, goes with 500 Saile and 18000 men at Armes for his 
 reliefe 3 but finding Flanders diftrafred with popular Fa<ftions,aftcr 
 he had obtained a further fupply of a ^th Penny of the Layety,and 
 a 10th of the Clergy of the Province of Canterbury , and of Tori ^ 
 a ^th in a Parliament held there by the Prince in His abfence, upon 
 the Confirmation of the great Charter , and Indemnity to all that 
 attended Him not in this Journey , of which Humphrey de Bohun 
 Earl of Hereford, High Conftable o{ England, Roger Bigot Earl of 
 Norfolk Lord Marfhal, were Chief: He concludes a Truce with 
 France for two years, and fo returnes into England to reduce Scot¬ 
 land once again to obedience, which by the encouragement of one 
 Tbo: Wai- William Wallice a private Gentleman, had beaten His Officers and 
 People almoftoutof the Kingdom, kill’d Creffmgham , with 6000 
 Englifh, recovered Barwickand many Calfles 3 The King, to bring 
 His work the nearer together, Removes His Exchequer and Courts 
 of Juftice to TorJ^, and at Roxborough Muffers 7000 Horfe, and an 
 Army of Foot proportionable 3 the Earles of Here ford,Norfolk^ and 
 Lincolne, (notwithftanding their former contempt) lead His Vaunt- 
 guard, and won the famous Battel of Fonkirke, wherein wereflain ^- I2 ^; 
 30000 Scots, 260 Knights 3 but Wallice efcaping was afterwards 
 betrayed and fent Prifoner into England, where he fuffered as for 
 Treafon, though he would never own the Jurisdi&ion of Eng¬ 
 land , alledging, he never Swore Fealty to that King. The Ti¬ 
 tles and Effates of theScottifh Lords that (food out, were given to 
 the Englifh: And in another Parliament for Scotland held at Saint 
 Andrews, all the Nobles Sware Fealty again to King Edward, who 
 carried away Captive all fuch as had the leaff poffibility of ftirring, 
 Eftablifhes the Englifh Laws, brings away their Regalia and Anti¬ 
 quities , and fends to Wejlminfier the Stone, wherein as the vulgar 
 were perfwaded, the Fate of the Kingdomeconfifted, according tb 
 the old Diftich* 
 
 Ibidem') p. 
 7S* 5°. 
 
 Camdens 
 Remains■„ 
 p-i9- 
 
 Ni fallat fatum , Scoti quocunque locatum 
 hweniunt Lapidem, regnare tenentur ibidem. 
 
 Matth.' By the Mediation of Pope Boniface a peace is concluded with the 
 0//.M32. King of France > and King Baliol permited to live a private life in 
 
 that Kindom. At which time alio King Edward takes to His Se- His Secoh< j 
 mem, cond Wife Margaret, Sifter to Philip IV. Surnamed the Fair King of Marriage, , 
 \ Zm^foi France, eldeft Daughter of Philip the Hardy y Son of St. Lewis, who 
 94- was Married to Him at Canterbury upon Thurfday the VIII. day of T h e Seal of 
 
 Queen Mar¬ 
 garet (of fted-Wax ) reprefented in the 120 Page of this Third Book, is affixed to a Pardon Granted to rfoban de 
 Daylyngrigg , dated at London upon the 14th day of November , An.9 th of KingEdw. II. Her Son in Law. She is 
 ftiled therein Margarite par la Grace de Vieu Royne d'Engleterre : and on the faid Seal Her Armes (viz. Seme of 
 F lowers de Li\e ) are demidiated with King Edwards 5 being the firft Queen of England that did Beare Her Armes 
 with Her Husbands in oneEfcocheon j which kind of bearing is more antient then the impaleing of the intire Coates 
 Armes, as you may obfervein my Annotations, Boo{ 2, Page ioi, 
 
 $ e P: 
 
A qBHBALOqUAL HISTORY OF 
 
 piantagenets September, in the 27th year of His Reign, An. Dom. 1299. after al- B <> ok I 11, 
 
 Unfliviued. mo Q. years Marriage, lurviving Him, She remained a Wid- 
 dow Ten years, and departing this life in the lothof Edward ll. 
 
 Reign, An. 1317. was Interred in the Gray-Fry art in London , in the 
 Choire before the Altar, which Monaftery Her Self had Built. 
 
 Befides this Marriage of King Edward with Margaret of France , 
 he had Contra&ed the Prince his Son to that Kings Daughter, upon 
 which the French King made Reftitution of all he had ufurped in 
 Gafcoigne. Burdeaux returnes to the obedience of the King of 
 England , and had 1.50000/. paid them for his Brother Edmonds 
 Expences in the late Warrs. 
 
 The Scots being excluded in this Peace , fend their lamentable 
 Complaint to Pope Boniface of the King of Englands Ufurpation 
 upon them, but have no redrefs: for, in a Parliament at Lincolne 
 ('upon a Confirmation of their Charters) a Fifteenth is granted, 
 with which King Edward makes a Fourth Expedition and a Fourth 
 Conqueft of Scotland , after which He removes His Exchequer 
 from Tor FeaftsHis Nobility at Lincolne •, And being received 
 with great Solemnity at London , there He renders Thanks to God 
 and St. Edward for His Vi&ory. Then he began to fliew his Re- 
 fentment of the Stubbornefs of his Nobility in times paft, and fo 
 terrifies them, that the Lord Marfhall makes him heir of all his 
 Lands, though he had a Brother living. Hereford efcapes by death, 
 the reft redeeme themfelves with great Sums: the Archbifhop of 
 Canterbury is Pent over to Pope Clement ( who fucceeded Boniface ) 
 to be crulht by him , who being a Native of Burdeaux , and ha¬ 
 ving received a great prefent from the King, gratifies his defire in 
 this, and alfo abfolves him from all his Covenants made to his Sub¬ 
 jects in the three laft Parliaments. But all this was quafhed by 
 the appearing of a new King in Scotland , Robert Bruce Earl of Car - 
 richf , Son to the Competitor with Baliof who efcaping out of Eng¬ 
 land where he was a Pentioner, becomes the head of that diftraft- 
 ed People, and is Crowned their King, of which advice being gi¬ 
 ven to King Edward , by John Comin , Bruce his Cofin German , a 
 titler alfo himfelf, he is violently purfued by Bruce , and by him 
 Murthered in Dunfrayes Church. 
 
 The King vowes to revenge Comyns death^ and himfelf upon the 
 perjured Scots ^ adjuring his Son and the Nobility 5 if he dyed in the 
 attempt, to carry his Corps about Scotland , and not to bury it, till 
 the Ufurper and Country were fubdu’d. Aimer de Valence Earl of 
 Pembroke , the Lords Clifford and Percy are fent with a ftrong power 
 to relieve his Wardens of Scotland , retired fince this revolt into 
 Barwicl whilft himfelf prepares to follow, 300 young Gentle¬ 
 men, the Sons of Earles and Barons, at the Feaft of Pentecoft, re¬ 
 ceive with great Solemnity the honour of Knighthood from the 
 Prince at Weftminjler 3 and prefently after with a great Army, and 
 thefe honourable Attendants hefets forward, but before he arrives 
 in Scotland , the Earl of Pembrool^vj'ith the Aide of the Family of 
 Comyn , in a Battel near St. Jobns-Fown , had routed the whole Ar¬ 
 my 
 
THE KJH.9 S OF E L A2{J), &c. 155 
 
 Chap. 1. m y of the new King, who efcaped very hardly in a dilguife. His E ^ rd r. 
 Brother NigelBruce and two Priefis were Executed as Traytors at 
 Bnrwich^\ the King notwithftanding to terrific the Scots, and to 
 fhew them His power, pafi'es all over Scotland with his Army, ma¬ 
 king ftrait inqtiifition for the Abettors of the Murther of Cow)n , 
 of which he fpared neither Sex, Age, nor Quality. The Earl of 
 Atholj though of the Blood Royal, found no other favour then to 
 be Hanged on a Gallows higher then the reft ; the Wife of Robert 
 Bruce isfent Prifoner to London , and her Daughter to a Monaftery 
 in Linfey , the Countefs of Boughan put into a Wooden Cage, and 
 hung out for a fpe&acle over the Walls of Barwicl^: King Robert 
 Bruce (hifts privily from place to place, attended onely by the 
 Earl of Lenox and Gilbert Hay , who never forfook him in any of 
 his fortunes. 
 
 The King fpendsthis Summer in Scotland , and Winters in Car - An. 1307; 
 a fitth.' lifle , to be ready againft the next Spring, about which time ap- 
 s. pears the hidden King, fur prizes the Earl of Pembrooh^ and gives 
 ”' s% him a great Overthrow, forces the Earl of Glocejler mto Air 
 Caftle, and there befieges him, till the Caftle being relieved by 
 the Kings Forces, he was again driven to his former Retire¬ 
 ments. 
 
 King Edward hereupon commands all that held by Knights-Ser¬ 
 vice, by Midfummer to attend Him at Carlijle , and fending the 
 Prince to London about his Marriage, in jfuly tollowing, although 
 he found himfelf not well, with a frcfh Army he enters Scotland , 
 but finding His diftemper (which was a Dyfentery or Bloody FlixJ) 
 
 increafe upon him, he returned to Carlijle , where he lent for the 
 Prince his Son, whom, befides many Admonitions to Piety, He 
 Commanded three things efpecially } That He fhould carry His 
 Bones about with him through Scotland till he had fubdu'd it: That 
 he fhould fend his Heart to the Holy Land , with Sevenfcore Knights 
 to that Warr, and the 32000 /. he had provided to that purpofe : 
 rpodigm* And that he fhould never recall Piers Gayefion i rom Banifhment. 
 
 Hcujtrix, And foon after he dyed at Borrough upon the Sands on the VII. His Death. 
 Maub. day of July , in the year 1307, when he had ruled the Scep- 
 ter 34 years and 8 Moneths wanting nine dayes, and lived 68 
 ^* l8, yeares. . 
 
 Being dead, his Corps was brought to Waltham , and there re¬ 
 mained the fpace of fixteen weeks, and after on Simon and Jude's 
 day (viz. 28 Ottober') was buried in the Abbey of Wejnnvjer, at 
 the head of King Henry III. his Father, on the North-fide of the 
 Shrine of St. Edward. His Sepulchre ( the Figure of which is re- 
 prefented in the following Page; is compofed of 5 gray Marbles, 
 two compofe the fides, two the ends, and a fifth covers it ( a plain 
 Monument for fo great and glorious a King) upon the North- 
 fide whereof are pencill’d thefe words, 
 
 EDWARDUS PRIMUS SCOTORUM MAL¬ 
 LEUS HIC EST. 1308. PACTUM SERVA. 
 

 
 Xllidiriisimo Domino Dn;®EDAV5\BI)0 C'omiti &AM5WTCI> vicecomliti^irS 
 Motxnta.g'u de Sf ¥eots; regia: daisi3 'Vlcepi 
 a Secretioribiis CbnElijs> NaDiliiSrnxkp Ordi 
 ' . Etimi Kgiwam; Humil: 
 
 i^^te^ Ecj-LLLti,- hanc Tumuli Regis EM\RDI 
 
 
THE OF E&(JjLjf2CV,&c- m 
 
 Chap. i. ' Edward I. 
 
 And upon a Tablet this Epitaph in Latin and EnghJJj. 
 
 eft moeffa nlmliMtagitog que itinglt m imte, 
 Fatima mo$ mtulmte, coitjungeitg ultima primus * 
 isullttg m o?Ue ftitt Demo Wfiems nee Met eire 
 €Uii non mo?te rtut; eft ijlttc erne necefte* 
 
 5i^ot)tlf0 $ foit\& 3 titt tu confioere noli, 
 
 Omnia funt mo^ttsb ftbl CutJtnt fingula foil, 
 
 Oe muntiimetuo magnum mo?0 impta moPit, 
 
 Anglia pte tetuo fatlg anna plangerenoutt: 
 
 Cojtutt edwardus uaiio Penetatu^ ljono?e, 
 Ret nupee ut JBartmg fragtans Wetting ooo^e, 
 Co^eiLeopatmtg, mWtfuis $ aftfque paiio^e, 
 
 30 rtram tacHusi, tulcretus $ eudjatte o?e, 
 
 OlcUms atmo^um quart gtgais aitiua gefitt, 
 
 Coila fupetfio^um pju&ensi pee peelia pjelfit, 
 
 Jntet* Fiandrenfes fojtutta fttJt bene fault, 
 
 Ut quoque Waiienfes $ Scotos fuppebltablt, 
 
 Ret bonus abfque part ftcenue fua eegna tegebat: 
 Ctuoti natuea Hate pottitt bomtatlg babebat, 
 actio juffltte,pa* tegnt,fanrtlo legist, 
 
 €t fuga nequltlep^ewunt preco^blaReglss; 
 
 ©Io?ta tota rtut, Regem capltfjecmotiofoira, 
 
 Ret quanboque ftut, nunc nil tuft puling $ olfa: 
 f tltttg tpfe Del quern cootie colebat, $ o?e, 
 i^auma fecit el nullo permlftatiolo^e. 
 
 Death is too doleful which doth iovn 
 The higheft Eftaie full low : 
 
 Which coupleth greateft things with 
 And laft with hrft alfo. f'lealij 
 No man hath been in World alive. 
 
 Nor any may there be 
 Which can efcape the dint of Death, 
 Needs hence depart muft we. 
 
 O Noble and viAorious Man, 
 
 Truft not unto thy ftrength ; 
 
 For all are lubjeA unto death. 
 
 And all muft hence at length, 
 
 Moft cruel fate front worldly flage 
 Hath wreft a worthy wight j 
 For whom all England mourned loud 
 To fee his doleful plight : 
 
 Edvard is dead, which was adorn’d 
 With divers graces here, 
 
 A King or fragrant Nardus height, 
 
 A gracious Princely Peere. 
 
 In heart the which was Lybard- like. 
 Right puiflant voide of fear.* 
 
 Moft flow to ftrife, difereet and wile,' 
 And gracious every where. 
 
 In Armes a Giant fierce and fell. 
 Attempting famous fafts, 
 
 Moft prudent, did fubduethe proud 
 By feate of Martial afts : 
 
 In Elanders fortune gave to him 
 By lot right good fuccefs .* 
 
 In Wales he wan .* the Scottijh rout 
 With Armes he did fupprels. 
 
 This King without Hislikealive , 
 
 Did firmly guide His Land : 
 
 And what good nature could conceive 
 He had it plight at hand. 
 
 He was in Juftice, and in Peace, 
 Excelling: Lawestook place. 
 
 Defire to chafe all wicked workes 
 Did hold this Kings good grace. 
 
 He now doth lie Intombed here 
 Which furthered each good thing : 
 Now nought He is but dull and bones* 
 Which was a worthy King. 
 
 The very Son of God whom erft 
 This King did love right deere. 
 
 Hath given to Him immortal blifs. 
 
 For his good living here. 
 
 2>um afrit Rc;c ® ualult fua rnagna poteftag, 
 jFcaug latult, pat rnagna fuit, tegitablt ijcmeftas* 
 
 Whilft liv’d this King by Him all things 
 Were in moft goodly plight: 
 
 Praud lay hid, great peace was kept 
 Andhonefty had might. 
 
 The Seal of King Edward I. (the Figure of which is exhibited 
 in the i 20 Page of this Third Book , and alfo that of Queen Elia- 
 nor his Wife) is annexed to a Confirmation of the Great Char¬ 
 ter of King Henry Ill. his Father, dated upon the 28th day of 
 TewsEr March^ d n • 2 8 Ed. I. Circumfcribed on both fides, + EDWAR- 
 DUS: DEI: GRACIA: REX: ANGLIE: DO- 
 EVr MINUS: HYBERNIE: DUX: A Qjl I T A N I E : 
 Windsor'. Upon the Counter-feal the King is figured on Horfeback, in his 
 Coat of Maile and Surcoat, his Shield is Charged with the Three 
 Lyons of England , and the fame Armes are Embolfed on the Ca- 
 parizons of his Horfe. 
 
 Alfo 
 
 
i ? 8 A qEWEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 plantagenets Book III, 
 
 Undivided. ^|f Q j n a Grant of the Marriage of Duncan , fon and heir of 
 Duncan Earl of Fyf , to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocefler and 
 Hertford , Dated at Barwich^upon Tweed the xxv. day of June , in 
 the 20th year of his Raign , he is failed Edwardus DeigraciaRex 
 Anglic Dominus Hybemie Dux Aqnitanie , & Superior Domi- 
 nus Kegni Scotie , Sec. Incujus rei tejlimonium has liter as patentes Si- 
 gillo regimini Regni Scotie deputatofecimus figillari. TheCircum- 
 icription of which Seal is obliterated , but the Figure of the Cru¬ 
 cifixion of St. Andrew on the one fide, and theArmesof Scot¬ 
 land ( uk. a Lyon Rampant within a double Trefjiire Flowry ) on 
 the revei fe are apparent. 
 
 Children of King E D W A R D I. by Ojteen E L I A N O R of 
 CASTILE his Firft Wife. 
 
 8 . JOHN, The eldeft Son of King Edward and Queen Elia j VA if ln? . 
 nor j was born at Wmdjor in the Reign of King Henry III. his f° l - 
 Grandfather, before His Fathers voyage into Syria , He was Ypodigm<t 
 committed to the Charge of Richard King of the Romans , and 
 dyed in his youth. 
 
 S. HEN R r, The Second Son of King Edward Sec. deceafed nidcm > p- 
 
 * D 3 499*72.2<. 
 
 alfo being a Child. 
 
 8 . AL P HO NS 0 , Third Son , was Borne at Maine in mifmgz 
 Gafcoigne: As his Father and Mother returned into Englandf ot ' 
 from Jerufalem , he offered up a Golden Coronet of Llewellcn 
 Prince of Wales , and other jewels at theTombe of St. Ed- p-w- 
 ward at Wejhmifter , which remained there to Adorne fUmh. 
 his Shrine , and dyed in the Eleventh year of his age, ffff 2 
 upon the XIV. of the Kalends of September (viz. the 1 9th. 411. n.u- 
 day of Augufl ) in the year of Grace 1284, and his Body 
 was buried in the Abbey of Wejlminjier , on the South- 
 fide the Shrine of the before-named Confeflor Saint Ed • 
 ward , among his brothers and Sifters that lie there Inter¬ 
 red. 
 
 g. EDWARD , Fourth Son of King Edward 1 . and Queen inifing- 
 Elianor of Cajiile his firft Wife, borne at Caernarvon , was 
 the Firft Prince of Wales of the Royal Houfe of England , ^ 
 
 and after the death of his Father, fucceeded him in his 2’f 99 ' 
 Kingdome, and his other Dominions, by the Name of 
 Edward II. whofe hiftory followeth in the II. Chapter of 
 this III. Bool 
 
 8 . ELIA NOR, 
 
THE E^13^qs OF ES^JjLANiV.&c. n9 
 
 Chap. i. 
 
 Edward I. 
 
 Pat. ait. 
 22 Ed. i. 
 
 JPalft Tig- 
 
 ham, ful. 
 60 & 94. 
 7 podig. 
 Neuftr. 
 
 p. 499 - »• 
 26. 
 
 8. E LlAN OR Countefs of Barr, Eldeft Daughter of King; ^ j“ lof 
 Edward I. was born at Windfor in the 50th year of the Pveign A^ure 2 Bar- 
 of King Henry III her Grandfather : She was Efpoufed by eldorfedjand 
 Proxy to Alphonfo King ol Aragon 5 who decealed before the 
 folemnization ol their Marriage. And afterwards, An. j 2 04. I have (ben 
 this Elianor was Married at Briftol , to Henry Earl of Barr in wnce S uu * 
 France , and by him had iliue Edward Earl of Barr , from whom jolnfd^Lrr 
 
 the Dukes and Earles of thac Country are defeended. And s his 
 Joane de Barr Countefs of Surrey, the Wife of John Plantage- Dau g hter ( m 
 net , Earl Warren and of Surrey and Suffix, who dyed An. 1 347. rLml^Iec 
 by whom fhe had no iliue. The faid Countefs Elianor was the pTudauu) 
 Wife of Henry Earl of Barr five years, and deceafed in the bea ' in § l at< : 
 
 r X Jo en la fc/le de 
 
 year 01 our Lord 12Q0. noei ran du 
 
 J Roy Edward 
 
 tirs apes la 
 
 Conqueft defon Regne d'Engleterrc vint (<? trimicr de France oytiefme , under her Seal of Red-Wax, in the Center 
 of which aretheArmes (inLoienge) of her Husband •fobn Earl Warren, and of Surrey, viz. Cbequie.Or and A- 
 t^urc betwixt 4 Lozenges of the Armes of England and Barr in Crofs, and 2 Lyons and 2 Cafiles in Saltire , So that 
 although the Diameter of theSeal be not above an Inche and a half, yet it comprehends the Armes of her Father, 
 her Mother, her Husband, and her felfj the Figure of which is delineated in p. 122. 
 
 Walftng-. 
 ham, fol• 
 94- Tpo- 
 dig. Ne«- 
 ftria, p » 
 499-». 27. 
 
 Leland, 
 Col. vol.il 
 P-661. 
 
 8. JOANE of Acres , or Aeon ^ Countefs of Glocefier and 
 Hertford, fecond Daughter, fhe was born at a City in the Ho¬ 
 ly Land called Aeon (but formerly PtolornaW) in the year 1272. 
 where her Mother remained during the Wars her Father had Ihav - h 
 with the Sara%,ins. She was the fecond Wife of Gilbert de exhibited the 
 
 figure of Gil- 
 
 . - — l 
 
 J39 
 
 hert de Clares 
 Seal, which I 
 copied from 
 an Original 
 ip the hands of 
 the Honoura¬ 
 ble William. 
 Pierepont 
 Efquire,on the 
 one fide of 
 which he is 
 reprefented on 
 Horfeback as 
 Earl of Hert¬ 
 ford ; both 
 his Shield and 
 the Capartfont 
 of his Horfe 
 being charged 
 with the } 
 Cheveronells, 
 and on the re- 
 verfe as Earl 
 of Glocefter , 
 with the fame 
 
 Clare, furnamed the Red, Earl of Glocefier and Hertford , who had ° n b h “ 
 loft the favour of the King her Father, in refilling to go beyond without ca- 
 
 r-H . - . . . - 0 r _ _ ' r . p C -ni partfons upon 
 
 Sea with him, to the ayde 01 Guy Earl or Flanders , againlt the his Horfe. 
 King of France , for which caufe King Edward feized all his 
 Lands} But, the breach was made up in this Marriage, confum- 
 mated at Wefiminfier on the fecond day of May, An. 1290. in 
 the 18th year of her age, without any Dower on the Kings 
 part *, which done, King Edward I. re-granted all the Lands lo 
 feized, confirming them to the faid Gilbert and Joane his Wife, 
 and the iftiie begotten of their two bodies, in FeeTarme. This 
 
 O o Earl 
 
i4o A (jEHKEALOCjlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 P lant agenets 
 Undivided. 
 
 Earl Gilbert dyed in the Caftle of Monmouth the VII. of the B ookin. 
 fdes of December , An. 1295. and was buried in the Priory of ?a t . An. 
 Tewkesbury by his Father, leaving his Wife a Widdow (fhe was 
 afterwards Marryed to Ralph de Mounthermer) and alfo iffue by 
 her a Son named Gilbert , and three Daughters, Elianor , Marga- coi.voi. 1. 
 ret and Elizabeth. 
 
 t • 181. 
 
 He did bear g 
 
 the Armes of ' 
 
 his Father, 
 viz.Or j Che- 
 veronells 
 Gut'es • Thefe 
 were painted 
 upon his Sur- 
 coat, which 
 he had forgot 
 to put on at 
 the Battel of 
 Striutling, 
 where he loft 
 his life. The 
 Family of 
 Clare was fo 
 Great and E- 
 minent in the 
 Reign of K. 
 
 Henry III. 
 
 thatthe Arms 
 of Richard de 
 dare Earl of 
 Glocefier, 
 ftand embof- 
 fed and ' 
 painted on the 
 North-Wall 
 of Wcfimin- 
 fter Abbey , 
 next to thole 
 of St. Lewis 
 K. ol France. 
 
 There being 
 few Cathe¬ 
 drals or Reli¬ 
 gious Houles 
 in England, 
 in the Reigns 
 alfo of the 
 Kings Edward 
 I. and 
 the Windbws 
 of which were not 
 ous Family of Clare. 
 
 GILBERT D E CLARE Earl of Glocefier and 
 Hertford , their only Son, to whom his Father-in-Law Ralph 
 de Mounthermer furrendred the faid Earldomes (who had en¬ 
 joyed them during this Gilberts Minority^) in the firft year of 
 King Edward II. An. 1 307. In which year young Gilbert be¬ 
 ing at age, was admitted to his Lands and Honours, and 
 fate in Parliament alwayes after as Earl of Glocefier and Hert¬ 
 ford. He Marry ed Matilda Daughter of John de Burgh , fon 
 and heir of Richard Earl of ‘Vlfier in Ireland , and had iffue a 
 fon named John , which dyed in his infancy, and was buryed 
 at Tewkesbury . 
 
 This Gilbert being with King Edward ll.in Scotland to raife uiand. 
 the Siege of Strivelyn , was at Bannoksborrow near the fame c v ° l ^f' u 
 place (lain ( with near 300 Barons and Knights) upon the ibidemp. 
 2 4th day of June , An. 1314. when the Scots would gladly rho.de u 
 have faved him for ranfome j but, he had that day negle&ed % 0 fn P { t . 
 to put on his Sur-Coat of Armes over his Armour, King Ro¬ 
 bert Bruce caufed the bodies of this Earl Gilbert , and Sir Ro¬ 
 bert Clifford , to be fent to King Edward , being then at Bar - 
 wicl^, to be buryed at his pleafure, demanding no reward 
 for the fame. He was born a tTewkgsbury in the year 1291. 
 and was there buryed near to his Father, Grandfather, and 
 Great Grandfather, leaving his Inheritance to be divided be¬ 
 twixt his three Sifters his heires, which Partition was made 
 in the icthyear of the Reign of the faid King Edward II. 
 
 adorned with the 3 Cheveronels Gules in aFieldOr, fovaft were the Revenues of this Illuflri- 
 
 j Quarterly, 
 Argent, and 
 Gules a Frett 
 or, over all 
 a Benilct Sa¬ 
 ble, were the 
 Armes of 
 Hugh le De- 
 fpenfer, which 
 are carved in 
 Stone on two 
 feveral Tombs 
 in the Abbey 
 of Tervl{es~ 
 bury, and al¬ 
 fo on a Key 
 Stone in an 
 Arch of the 
 Cloyfter of 
 IVeJlminJler- 
 Abbey. 
 
 ,. ELIANOR DE CLARE , Lady Le Defpenfer , 
 
 Eldeft Daughter of Gilbert , and Sifter and coheir of Gil¬ 
 bert , Earles of Glocefier , &c. was Marryed to Lord Hughle 
 Dejpenfer the younger , fon of Hugh Earl of Winchefler^ who 
 in the 15th year of Edward II. was adjudged to be diftiinhe* 
 rited, and exiled out of the Realm for ever. This Elianor by 
 Lord Hugh her husband, had iffue Edward le Defpenfer , Fa¬ 
 ther of another Edward , Father of Thomas Lord le Defpen¬ 
 fer , Created Earl of Glocefier in the Feaft of St. Michael , 
 
 An. 22 Rich. II. but being depofed from his Earldome by Ro *- **n. 
 A& of Parliament, An. 1 Henry IV. was beheaded at Brifiol z.”’ n 
 in the year 1400. This Thomas le Defpenfer Earl of Gloce¬ 
 fier , Marryed Confiance daughter of Edmond of Langley 
 Duke of Torkg, by whom he had iffue Richard , that dyed 
 the Kings Wardj Elizabeth that deceafed alfo young} and 
 Iffabel le Defpenfer firft Marryed to Richard Beauchamp Earl of 
 
 Wor • 
 
THE KJLK 9 $ OF E 3 ^gLJ^CD,&c. 141 
 
 Chap. I. 
 
 Rob. tf 
 
 Glocefier, 
 
 p.liz.b. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 
 5 Erf. i.p 
 
 2. m. 19. 
 Clauf. 10 
 Erf. 1. «. 
 
 3. //J rfer/fl. 
 
 C&Jrt. <J«. 
 
 n Edw.3. 
 w. 14.». 
 34. 
 
 Inq.an. 16 
 Edw. 3. n. 
 36 
 
 Efceat.an. 
 zi Ed. 3. 
 ». 59 . 
 
 Worcefier , by whom (he had Iflue Elizabeth , &c. and fecond- Edward r. 
 ly to Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, and had ifliie alio 
 by him Richard Beauchamp Duke Warwic^nd Anne Beau - 
 &c.Of the Dependents of this Ifiabel fee more in the 
 Hiftory of Edmond of Langley Duke of Torh^ 
 
 9. M A R G A R ET D E CLARE Countefs of Corn- The Armes of 
 j vail and Glocefier, fecond After and coheir of Gilbert de Clare 
 Earl of Glocefier , was the Wife of Piers Gavetfon (a Gafi f^^wh’idi 
 coime born) created Earl of Cornwall , 2 Ed.z. who re* ? and L P f aintc J 
 
 O ... A . r 1 • 1 r S -in 1 in* the fourth 
 
 ceived this liranger into lo high ravour (notwithlianding the Window, on 
 commands of King Edward I. his Father to the contrary)that Ihe^odJ of e 
 he thereby highly difobliged His Nobility, and through his ill c£h h « ral 
 Counfel was carried away into many unkingly anions. This 
 Piers Gavefton (having been twice BanifliedJ was upon his b is Sealexhi- 
 return into England taken by Guy Beauchampe Earl of War - w 3 'yjbe*' 
 wicl ^ ( whom he had formerly in a jearing way called, the Notes” upon 
 Black, Hound of Arden ) and Beheaded near Warwick^ at a ^' c ” J nJ prefe t n jJ 
 place called Graverjhithe ( or Blachjow ) and buryed in the 3 Eaglets, it 
 Fryers at Laughtey , leaving iflue by Countefs Margaret a Here b wanted 
 daughter called Joane Gavefion , whom her Father intended ™°” for ^ ec 
 to haveMarryed to Thomas thefon of John Wake ; but, he S e t sample 
 
 T . •' r t 5 I find in a Seal 
 
 taking another Wite without the Licence otKing Edward II. of Humphrey 
 was fined to pay 1000 Markes to Thomas de Moulton of Egre- of hL 7 /w! 
 mond , which Thomas by Indenture (bearing date the 25 th 
 day of May, An. 10 Edw. 2.) betwixt him and the faid h fi id 6 be L / r ’ 
 King, had engaged to Marry this Joane to his fon John, as bis bend and 
 foon as they fhould come to age. But this new-borne Joane re¬ 
 dyed young, and was buried at Malmefbury. agJaJet^by^ 
 
 The Second Husband of Margaret Countefs of Cornwal, was ” um ~ 
 
 Hugh de Audley (after her Brothers death) created Earl of Hugh de 
 Glocefier (at a Parliament holden at Wefiminfter ) upon the oSgZcJ jur 
 16th day of March,An.i 1 Ed.%. in the year 1 336.ThisCoun f d p™ T t G o “ les 
 tefs Margaret deceafedv^fl.itfE.^.and was buried at Tunbridge, and a Border 
 And Hugh Earl of Glocefier outliving her about five years, de- ar&enu 
 parted this World upon the 1 oth day of November, An. 1347. 
 and was Interred in the fame place with his Wife, leaving If- 
 fue their only Daughter and Heir Margaret Audley, 18 years 
 old at the death of her Mother, and at the fame time Wife 
 of Ralph Baron of Stafford, afterwards created Earl of Staf¬ 
 ford, March 5th ,An. 25 Ed. 3. in the year 1350. and from 
 this Marriage all the Earles of Stafford, Dukes of Bucking¬ 
 ham of that Surname did defcend, and the Vifcountefs Staf¬ 
 ford now in being is derived. 
 
 9. ELIZABETH DE CLARE Lady Burgh , third 
 
 Daughter of Joane of Acres, by Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glo- In her Grant 
 cefier , and Sifler and co-heir of Earl Gilbert, was Marryed dy)'da«d^ 
 
 on the 24 day 
 
 of April, An. 29 Erf. 3. This Elizabeth is filled La tret honorable Dame Elizabeth de Bourg Dame de Clare. In her 
 Seal are the Armes of Clare, impaleing Bourgh. (viz. 3 Cheveronels and a Crofs) rvithin a Border gutte , whieb fintc 
 hive been, and ire the Armes »f Clare : Hall in Cambridge of her F oundatjon, 
 
 three 
 
i +l A qE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 three feveral times. Her firft Husband being John de Burgh Book ill. 
 that dyed (in the life* time of his Father Richard Earl of Zll- 
 per') in the year 1313* and by him fhe had iffue William de 
 Burgh Earl of Zllfter, who Marryed Maud y Sifter to Henry 
 Duke oi Lancaper, and one of the Daughters of Henry 
 Earl of Lancaper \ and left iffue Elizabeth their only daugh¬ 
 ter and heir, wife of Lionel of Antwerpe , Duke of Clarence , 
 third Son of King Edward the Third. 
 
 This Elizabeth de Clare had to her 2d. Husband Theobald, 
 
 Lord Verdon *, after whofe deceafe (he was the third time 
 Married to Sir Roger Damory Baron of Armoy in Ireland. She 
 Founded Clare Hall in Cambridge, and lyeth buryed by the 
 fame Sir Roger in the Church at Ware y with this Epitaph , 
 JjjMCjacent Rogerus Damory BatO tempos Edwardif^ 
 
 ClUttrt , J Elizabetha tCttta fiUa Gilberti Clare ComitiS sViT 
 Gloceftrie (J Johanne Ut02i£ ejttSfilte Edwardi ptfllU D0- 
 CateJohann.OC Acris. 
 
 Weevtr, p. 
 
 Earl of Gloceper her firft Husband, was Marryed to a Ser¬ 
 vant of his named Ralph de Mountehermer , in the year 1296. 
 which being done without the knowledge of her Father King rpodigm* 
 Edward I. this Ralph was committed to Prifon in the Caftle 
 of Brpol y and all thofe Lands and Caftles formerly made” 18 * 
 over to Earl Gilbert and Countefs Joane, feized into the Kings 
 hands. But by the Mediation of Anthony Bee Biftiop of Dur¬ 
 ham , Peace was made betwixt the King and His Daughter, Pat. An. 
 and her new Husband, and her Lands reftored with advan- pfif' 
 tage, and not long after Ralph fummoned to Parliament by 
 the Title of Earl of Gloceper and Hertford , which he enjoyed 
 till his Son in Law, Earl Gilbert de Clare came of Age, and had 
 the fame Honours j and afterwards in all Parliaments, was fum¬ 
 moned and fate as Lord Mountbermer , who by the faid 
 Joane of Aeon or Acres had Iffue two Sons Thomas 
 and Edward de Mountbermer , to whom King Edward 
 II. granted the Mannour of Warblington in general taile: Sir pars primA 
 Thomas de Mountbermer Knight had iffue his only Child Mar¬ 
 garet , Marryed to John Mountague, by whom he had iffue 
 John Mountague Earl of Salisbury , from ‘whom the Earles of 
 Mancheper and Sandwich , and Baron Mountague of Boughton 
 derive their original. The Countefs Joane lived gSyeares, 
 and deceafed on the 10th day of May, An. 1305. in the firft 
 year of Her Brother King Edward II. Raign, and was buri¬ 
 ed in the Church of the AuguPine Fryers at Clare fin a Chappel 
 of her Foundation. At whofe Tombe that Dialogue in *<173* 
 Latin and Englifo , betwixt, a Secular Prieft and a Fryer is 
 fancied to be fpoken (exhibited in Weeyers Funeral Monu- 
 
THE K l K. 9 s °& £K$J LA !K> < D i &t, 14 ) 
 
 Chap, i. merits ) containing the Lyneal defcent of the Lords of the L 
 
 Honour of Clare. 
 
 94 - rpo 
 
 dig. Neil- 
 Itrite, p. 
 499.Jl.29. 
 
 Pat. An. 
 18 Edw.i. 
 
 wdfing- 8. MARGARET Duchefs of Brabant , third Daughter °f 
 him, foi. King Edward I. and Queen Elianor his firft Wife, was born at sable, AyU 
 Windfor in the third year of her Fathers Reign, An. 1275. when * amp ***> 0 > 
 (he came to be 15 years of age fhe was Marryed at Wejlminfter, 
 upon the 9th of July, Anno 1290. in the 18th year of her faid 
 Fathers Reign, to John II. Duke of Brabant , and had a Dower 
 of 3000 pounds per Annum , and iffue by him Jfohn III. Duke 
 of Brabant , Father of Margaret, Wife to Lewis of Mechlin Earl 
 of Flanders, and Mother of the Lady Margaret the Heire 
 of Brabant and Flanders , who was Marryed to Philip Duke of 
 Burgundy . 
 
 8. BERENGER , Fourth Daughter, dyed an Infant. 
 
 8 ALICE , Fifth Daughter, deceafed in her Childhood. 
 
 tPalfing- 
 
 ham, ful. 
 94- 
 
 Pat. An. 
 20 Ed. 1. 
 
 Thomas 
 JValfing- 
 hm, fo. 
 
 94 * j. 
 Tpodtg. 
 
 Neuftr. 
 
 p. 499. 
 
 *.31. 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Parlia¬ 
 ment, An. 
 3 H. 6 .M. 
 1 . & 2 . 
 art. 
 
 fequent. 
 vincent, p. 
 241. 
 
 8. M A RT y Sixth Daughter of K. Edward f. by Queen Elianor, 
 was born at Windfor the 22th day of April , in the 7th year of 
 her Fathers Reign, and of Salvation 1279. and at ten years of 
 age, An. 1289. flie took a Religious Habit in the Monaftery of 
 Ambresbury in Wiltfbire , and An. 20 Edward l. I find her to be 
 a Nun in the Abbey of Font-Eurand in Anjou. 
 
 8. ELIZABETH, Countefs of Holland and Hereford, fe« in the hi 
 venth daughter of King Edward I. by Queen Elianor his firft *B**kil the 
 Wife, was born at the Caftle oi Ruthland in Flintjbire , in the Counter!E/i- 
 13 year of her Fathers Reign, An. 1284. In the 14th year of t^tkSed, 
 her age fhe was Marryed at London to John, firft of the name, of Olivirius 
 Earl olHolland,Zealand, and Lord of Friejland( and had a Dower %IneZogu 
 of 8000 l.per an.) who deceafed within two years without iffue, 
 and made way for her fecond Husband Humphrey de Bohun Earl her Portrai - 
 of Hereford and Effex, Lord of Brecknock ^ and Conftable of betwixt 2^0/-; 
 England, ( who had no other Portion with her but the Kings fa- 
 vour, which he before had loft by refilling to go with him into 
 Flanders') by whom fhe had iffue John and Humphrey, both cd with at/- 
 Earles after their Father, and dyed without iffue. Edward and ('the Armes of 
 William Twins, and two Daughters, Margaret de Bohun marryed 
 to Hugh Courtney Earl of Devon , from whom did defcend the ani 
 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury of that Surname, the Courtneys Earles that on her 
 of Devonjhire, and Marqueffes of Exeter, and the Courtneys of $ Lyons of 
 Haccombe and Powder ham : And Elianor de Bohun the Wife of fhe^seai be- 
 James Butler (Pincerna Hibernia) Earl of Ormond, from whom 
 
 the prefent Duke, Marquefs and Earl of Ormond , and feveral of s. e l is a- 
 
 r ' b e T.CO- 
 
 CP I T I S- 
 
 S 6: P0LLANDI6: ZCLANDI6: 6T: DOCPIN6: FRICI6. The Armes of 
 Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford, &c. were Alure, a Bend Argent, inter i Cetifes, and 6 Lyons Kama 
 pm , Or. 
 
 P p the 
 
,44 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plant agenets 
 Undivided. 
 
 the Nobility of the Kingdom of Ireland , derive their def- Eook Iir - 
 cent. 
 
 William cle Bohan , fourth Son of Humphrey Earl of Hereford , Chart, an. 
 &c. by Elizabeth aforefaid, Daughter of King Edward I. was 
 created Earl of Northampton upon the 16th day of March , An. JH 
 11 Edw. 3. and taking to Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Bartho - he^ 
 lomew de Badelifmere Lord of Leeds Caftle in Kent , had iffue P **”’ 
 by her Humphrey de Bohnn the laft of that Surnames Earl of Nor¬ 
 thampton after the death of his Father, and Nephew and Heire 
 of Humphrey de Bohnn , Earl of Hereford and Ejfex, and Con- 
 ftable of England , whom he fucceeded in all his Honours, and 
 by his Wife Joan daughter of Richard Fit^-Alan Earl of Arnn- 
 del left two Daughters his Coheires marryed into the Royal Fa¬ 
 mily, Elianor de Bohnn the Elder efpoufed to Thomas of Wood- 
 Jlock^ Duke of Gloce&er , and Mary de Bohnn the younger was the 
 Wife of Henry of Bnllingbrohg Earl of Derby (who in her right 
 was created Duke of Hereford) afterwards King of England , by 
 the name of Henry IV. 
 
 8 B E A T R IX, the eighth daughter) Of King Ed. I. and Qu. 
 
 s Elianor dyed in their 
 
 8 . BLANCH, the ninth daughter. / Childhood. 
 
 Children of King E D W A R D I. by Queen MARGARET 
 
 of France his fecond Wife. 
 
 8 . THOMAS of Brotherton , the Fifth Son of King Edward the 
 Firft, and eldeft by Queen Margaret , was Earl of Norfolk c and 
 Marfhal of England, of whom fee more in the VI. Chapter of 
 this III. Book* 
 
 8 . EDMOND of Woodftoc\, the Sixth Son of King Edward 
 I. and fecond by Queen Margaret of France , was Earl of Kent , 
 whofe Hiftory followeth in the VIII. Chapter of this III. Book. 
 
 8 . ELEANOR the Tenth daughter, and fixteenth Child of 
 King Edward I. and only daughter of Queen Margaret , deceafed 
 in her Childhood. 
 
 8 . 
 
 EDWARD 
 
THE KjNiqS 0 F EP(gLANJ),&c. 14.5 
 
 An. 1307. 
 July 7 » 
 
 .EDWARD II. 
 
 King of E (jL A © , Lord of 
 l L A ©, and Duke of 
 A QJV I T A 1 N E , Surnamed 
 
 of C A E R N A R V 0 N. 
 
 iTpodigmx 
 
 Heujlrice, 
 
 P-499- »• 
 ay. 
 
 Mitth. 
 Weft. p. 
 411. >552. 
 Charta in 
 Officio 
 Armor um. 
 
 tpodig- 
 mx NeU- 
 ftria, p. 
 
 499 . n. 47. 
 Walfing- 
 bom, p.95. 
 15.41. 
 
 Thoms 
 Walfing- 
 bom p.yi 
 <? 9 6 . 
 
 CHAP. Ii. 
 
 Fter the death of John, Henry , and Alphonfo y the 
 three eldeft Sons of K. Edward l. and Queen 
 E lianor of Caflile his firft Wife this Edward 
 their Fourth Son fucceeded Him in the King¬ 
 dom by the Name of E DIVA K D II. He had 
 His Surname from Caernarvon in North-wales , 
 the place of His Birth, where, by the appoint¬ 
 ment of His Father, Queen Elianor was delivered of Him, (upon 
 St. Maries Day, the 25th of ApriUAn. 1284.) who in his 
 Charter upon the 24th day of March , dated in the 3 5 th year of his 
 Fathers Reign, is ftiled Edwardns illujlris Regis Anghefilius , Prin- 
 ceps Wallie , Comes Cejlrie Pontiui <& Montistrolli. 
 
 Never came Prince to the Crown with a more general applatife 
 of the Nobility and People, and not without reafon } for He had 
 feen the excellent Government of His Father, been initiated in the 
 Principles of State, left Governour of the Kingdom, andprefided 
 in Parliament in His Fathers abfence, and now fucceeded to His 
 Crown at 2 3 years old, a fit age for bearing the weight of a Scep¬ 
 ter : Thefe indeed were rare advantages, but foon loft He this 
 good opinion, when by His Management of Affaires, Hefeemed 
 to do nothing lefs then either to imitate His Father, dr to performe 
 thofe three pofitive Commands He had enjoyned Him by His 
 Will j for, in oppofition thereunto, Gavefton is recalled from ba- 
 nifhment, and gratifi’d with the 32000/. defigned for the Holy 
 Warr , and Walter de Eangton , Bifhop of Chejler , the then Lord 
 Treafurer, who was bufie in preparing for the Burial of the deceas¬ 
 ed King ( for an old Grudg) Imprifoned at Wallingford. 
 
 His Fathers Funerals performed, over He paffes with His Gani- 
 med to Boloigne , where His Marriage with Iffahel the daughter of 
 Philip IV. of the Name, furnamed Le Bell, King of France(S\fter 
 
 midiated 
 
 with thofe of her Uusband in one of her Seales, p.ni. and in her other Seal ( there dlfo exhibited ) her Ef¬ 
 figies is placed betwixt an Efcocheon of theArmes of England on her right hand, and on her left a Shield, contain¬ 
 ing the Armes of Fronce , impaleing Navarre, Queen tfoane her Mother being the Daughter arid Heire o t Henry the 
 Firft, King of Hovorre. 
 
 TheArmes of 
 this Edward , 
 when he was 
 Prince of 
 Woles, are 
 Emboffed up¬ 
 on his Seal 
 ( delineatedin 
 the 122. Page 
 of this third 
 Book) upon 
 one fide of 
 which He is 
 reprefented on 
 Horfeback, 
 His Shield 
 and the Ca^ 
 pardons o£ 
 His Horfe 
 being charge 
 ed with 3 Ly¬ 
 ons paffant 
 guordant, and 
 a fie of 3 
 points. And 
 upon the re- 
 verfe on a 
 large Efco¬ 
 cheon, are al^ 
 fo 3 Lyons, 
 with a Label 
 of 5 Lambe- 
 aux. Char to 
 
 in Officio Ar- 
 morum . Vide 
 His Royal 
 Sea! in the 
 fame Page, 
 differing front 
 that of his Fa¬ 
 ther only by 
 the addition 
 of 2 Caftles 
 one on each 
 fide his 
 Throne. The 
 Armes of Tf- 
 pbel His 
 Queen were 
 A\ure feme of 
 Flowers de 
 Li\e Or, 
 which are ieZ 
 
 to 
 
146 A gE 3 ^EAL 0 giCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 pUntagtnets to the Lewis Hut in Philip le Long, and Charles leBell alfo Kings of Booklii 
 
 Undivided^ p rance ) a Lady of 12 years old, was folemniz’d in che Church of lb )J o crn ^ 
 our Lady, upon the V. ot the Kalends o[ February (vi'z,. the 28th Moore, f . 
 day of January ) 1307. and graced with the prefence of 4 l 9 4. 
 Kings and 3 Queens, befides the Bride, who having been His lbldm ’ 
 Wife twenty years? and His Widdow thirty, deceafedin her great 
 Climaterical year ('^ix.63.) at Kifings near London-, the 22thday 
 of Augufl (an Inquifttion Records it, upon Wednefday before the 
 Feaft ot St. Bartholomew') in the 31 year of the Reign of Her Son 
 King Edw. Ill, An. 1357. and was buried in the midft of the 
 Choire of the Gray Fryars Church in London the 27th of Septem¬ 
 ber following. At this Grand Solemnity Gavetton exceeds all the 
 
 Company in Bravery and Richnefs of Attire, which vanity of his, 
 together with his filling the Court with Buffoons and Parafites, fo Efcbeatr. 
 (lings the Nobility, that at the inllant the King and Queen were to 
 be Crowned, they require Gavefton might be removed from the 
 Court and Kingdom, otherwife they would hinder His Coronati¬ 
 on at that time } to avoid which difgrace He was forced to promife 
 that what theydefired fliould be performed the next Parliament, h * m >t- 96 : 
 and fo on the VII. of the Kalends of March ( yfa. the 23 day of rho. de u 
 February ) An. 1307. He and His Queen were Crowned at Weft - ^. r ». f* 
 minfler , by the hands of Henry Bifhop of Winchefter ( by Commif- mifmg- 
 (ion from Robert Archbifhop of Canterbury , being then in Exile) 
 and the Solemnity performed with great haft, but little reverence, 
 wherein Gavefton carrying Sr. Edwards Crown before the King, 
 aggravates the hatred already conceived againft him.. 
 
 An. 1309. And accordingly in the next Parliament the Clergy and Nobili- ibidem, p. 
 ty procure his Banifiiment, and away he is fent into Ireland ', where 
 he lived not as an Exile, but as Lieutenant of the Country ; yet ^a°Moori\ 
 the King never left working till He had recalled him again, and %***'*' 
 matched him with His Neece Margaret , the Daughter of Joane de Thomas de 
 Acres , and Sifter to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocefter , a man highly p.^.n.?. 
 efteemed of the Nobility, hoping he might thereby find the more 
 favour} but, fuch was his inlolency, and the Kings immoderate 
 bounty to him, that the Barons fent plain word to the King , that 
 unlefs He put Gayefton from Him, they would rife againft Him as a 
 Perjur’d Prince, fothat He is again forced to condefcend to his fe- 
 cond banifiiment, and in Flanders he lives a while, but in great ivaifing- 
 danger , and finding no where any fecurity, back he returnes into b n ^l P ’ 98 ’ 
 An. 1311. the Kings bofome,by whom he is received with as great joy as ever, 
 
 and to be the further out of the eye of Envy, is carryed with Him 
 into the North parts: But the Barons with great Forces under the 
 command of Thomas Earl of Lancafter follow Him, befeeching the 
 King, either to deliver Gavefton into their hands, or fend him and 
 An. 1311. his Trayn out of England. The King withdrawes to Flew caftle, Ibidcm>p: 
 
 but having notice of the ftrength of the Lords, embarquing Himfelf £***?• 
 there, lands at Scarborrow Caftle, whereinto He puts Gavefton with ». *. 
 the beft Forces He could provide for his defence. The Earles of 
 Pembrooke and Warren lay Siege to the Caftle, which he furrenders, 
 
 and 
 
N*. 
 
 mipng- 
 ham,p. i ol 
 
 R. JO .<?C. 
 
 THE KJWigS O F E3^gL J^(\p. Sic. ,47 
 
 fr - . - 
 
 ^hap. 2. an( j b e g s be might once more fpeak with the King, which Pembrock^ 
 undertakes for} but as he was going under Guard of fome of the 
 Earles fervants, he is taken from them by the Earl of Warwick 
 committed to his Gaftle, and there notwithftanding the Kings 
 earneft Solicitation for his life, Beheaded. 
 
 The Barons having had their defires in this, with great Forces,as An . ■ 
 far as Dunjlable on their way towards London , where the King then 
 lay, urge the Confirmation of the Articles formerly grantedj the 
 great Prelates of the Kingdom, the Earl of Glocejier , with two Car¬ 
 dinals ( fent exprefly from the Pope to that purpofe^) labour a 
 Reconciliation , which the King confenting unto, they yield to 
 Him fuch Horfes, Treafures and Jewels as they had taken from Ga - 
 vefton. And although the King in the next Parliament complains of 
 the ftubbornefs of His Barons, yet by the Mediation of the Queen, 
 the Prelates, and the Earl of Glocefler , they are not only brought to 
 a Submifllon, and thereupon received into favour, but particular¬ 
 ly pardoned for the death of His dear favourite Gavejlon. 
 
 Whilft the State of England flood thus difeafed at home, Ko- An; 131$ 
 
 Walfing- 
 
 bert Bruce King of Scots y both recovers moft of his own Country, 
 
 Ttfiitore 6 anc ^ la y es Wa ^ e a ^ t ^ e borders} fo that King Edward awakened 
 p. 594. «. by the Complaints of His People, with moft of the Nobility and 
 efpecial Men of England , with an Army confifting of 100000 men 
 enters Scotland ( the Earles ol Lancajier , Warwick^ Warren and A - 
 rundel refufed to go, for that the King protra&ed the execution of 
 mifing- the aforefaid Articles) and near Striueling is this numerous Army TheBa«eiot 
 i’&c 1 . defeated by the Scots , being the greateft overthrow given to Eng- stnv ° lin & 
 land that ever it received. There dyed in this Battel Gilbert Earl 
 of Glocejier , the laft of the furname of Clare ( whofe Body lay a- mes Gloce- 
 mong the dead for fome time undifcovered, he having that day for- Scoti liben- 
 thomatde got to put on his Coat of Armes) the Lords, M awle 0 Clifford and 'ILptionem 
 bw °.n.‘ Tiptot y %tc. and 700 Knights and Efquires *, the (laughter of the 
 
 common Souldiers was very great, though not fo great as Hettor at veto is To- 
 Boetius fpeaks of, who faith they were 50000. Humphrey de Bohun Armature eo 
 Earl of Hereford, with many other perfons of Quality, were taken tgi^m: 
 Prifoners , The King Himfelf, with the Bifhops^and fome few of f^j ort d p 
 the Nobility efcaped by flight. This fad difafter is accompa- 3 a * 
 nyed with a great Dearth , and fo extreame a Peftilence , 
 that for three years the Living could fcarce bury the Dead. 
 miftng- This defeate put Scotland into Armes and Money, and King Ro - An - x f IJ < 
 rr ° 7 bett fent his Brother Edward Bruce With an Army into Ireland 7 
 fa Moorfp. whereof he got a great part, and the Title of a King, which he held 
 594-».4j. f or three yeares, whilft himfelf having Berwick^ betrayed unto 
 Him, advances as farr as Tork^, where he had like to have furprized 
 the Queen. 
 
 mifing.. Upon this a Parliament is called at London , whereih an Ayde df An - tit%i 
 
 Men is granted againft the Scots , London fets out 200 Men,Cj«- 
 terbury 4c, St. Albans 1 o, and fo all other Cities and Borroughs 
 according to their proportion. The King laid clofe fiege to Bar- 
 wick^ and was in great probability of regaining the Town i ( had 
 
 CL q not 
 
 57 , 
 Tho. de la 
 
 Moor, p. 
 
 J9J-H.I- 
 
i + 8 A qEKEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 piantagenets no t Lancafter (perceiving the Kings intentions of giving the keep- Book iii. 
 
 > Undivided ^ thereof to the Lord Hugh le Defpenfer , fuccefibr to the Office, 
 
 and private favour of Gayefton ) withdrawn himfelf upon difcon- »-7. 
 tent. Torb^ and the Countryes adjacent being the Seat of Warr, 
 receiving ineftimable damages by the Scots , raife an Army of 
 10000 men, and encounter them at Milton upon Swayle , but are 
 defeated with the lofs of 3000 Men, fo that King Edward is forced 
 to conclude a Truce for two years, and again returnes with difhonor 
 from thofe parts. 
 
 An. 1310: Lancafter , fince his deferring the King at Barwicb^ becoming the waifmgz 
 
 refuge of Male-contents, at Sherborne with the Earl of Hereford , h n lm ftf l * 
 and divers other Barons, enters into a Confederation to procure the Thomas 
 Banifhment of the Spencers, Father and Son, as the Seducers of the 
 King, and Opprefforsof the State } and coming armed to St. Al¬ 
 bans^ by the Bifhopsof London, Salisbury , Hereford and Chichefter, 
 fent from the King to mediate a Peace, requires the banifhing the 
 Spenfers , and Indemnity to themfelves and adherents: Bur, not 
 receiving a fatisfa&ory anfwer, they advance to London, and lodge 
 in the Suburbs, till they had the Kings leave to enter the City, 
 where they renew their Demands, and by the mediation of the 
 Queen and the Prelates obtain it : Hugh le Defpenfer the Father 
 keeps beyond Sea where he then was, and Hugh the Son abfconds 
 in England to expeft the returne of a better fealon. 
 
 An> 1311. Queen Iffabel is in her progrefs denyed Lodging in the Cattle of ibidem,p: 
 
 Leedes belonging to the Lord Badlefmere , which Indignity fhe com- rhofPu 
 plains of to the King, who thereupon befieges the Cattle and takes Moore > ?• 
 it, hangs the Governour, fends Badlefeneres Wife and Children pri- 
 foners to the Tower , and ieizeth all his Goods and Treafure, and at 
 Cicefter Armes againft the Baronsj the Lords Andeley and Berkeley 
 with many others, feeing the Kings Power increafe, fubmit them- 
 
 An: ij». felves to Mercy, but are notwithttanding made Prifoners. Lan- Wil p , 
 cafter and Hereford retreat Northwards, and at Burton upon Trent tww.p-ny. 
 where they had made Head, are put to flightand feeking toef-”' 5 *' 
 cape farther Northwards, are again encountred at Burrongh-Brigg 
 by Sir Simon Ward Sheriff of Torbg , and Sir Andrew Hartley Con- 
 ttable of Carlifle. The Earl of Hereford is (lain in gaining the pafs, 
 and Thomas Earl of Lancafter and many other Lords are taken by 
 Harkeley and brought to PomfraSl , where the King Himfelf fitting 
 in Judgment with His Brother EdmondEdid of Kent , the Earles of 
 Pembrool^znd Warren , and Hugh le Defpenfer lately created Earl of 
 Winchefter *, Lancafter is Sentenced to be Drawn, Hanged and Tho de u 
 Quartered } but, in regard of his Princely blood, the rigor was in- , 
 dulged him, fo that on the fame day he was Beheaded before his Gulfing- * 
 own Cattle of PomfraSt: By the like Judgment were condemned 
 the Lords Roger Clifford , Warr in Lifle^ William Touche t^ Thomas 
 Maudit , Henry Bradborne , &c. and Executed at Tor kg. Shortly * 96 - n - 2 ^ 
 after Henry Lord Teyes is taken, Drawn, Hanged and Quartered at 
 London , and others of the Nobility were executed after the fame 
 manner in other places, to make it more exemplary over the King- 
 
 dome. 
 
THE KIU^JjS OF E*(JfLANC'D,&c. 149 
 
 Chap, a. 
 
 iValfirtg- 
 him, p. 
 
 36. 
 
 Ibidemj p. 
 
 x 18. 
 
 Wilfing- 
 him, p. 
 119. »-3i. 
 
 Ibidem, 
 f. izo. 
 
 Thd. de la 
 
 Moore, p. 
 
 5 97 - v - 37 - 
 
 Willing¬ 
 ham, p. 
 
 1 zz.lt. 16 . 
 iho. de ll 
 M«ore , p. 
 598.a.1$. 
 
 Wilfing- 
 hm, p. 
 iz3.jj.19: 
 
 dome. And > whileft the terror of this lafted, with a mighty Ar- £ ^a rdu 
 my he marches again into Scotland , but returnes very unfuccefsful- An I ^3* 
 ]y, and the Earl of Richmond is taken Prifoner. And now Misfor¬ 
 tune makes Him have a fence of the death of the Earl of Lancafier^ 
 with which He upbraides His Counfellors , and Sir Andrew Harh^ 
 ley who took the Earl Prifoner, and was therefore made Earl of Car- 
 life, upon a fuggeftion of a correfpondence with Scotland , was for¬ 
 mally Degraded, Hanged and Quartered. 
 
 The King this Parliament requires a Subfidy for the Redempti- An - *3*4? 
 on of John of Britaine Earl of Richmond , but is denyed. The 
 Bifhopof Hereford is Arrefted for aiding the Kings Enemies in the 
 late Rebellion, but refufeth to anfwer, he being a Confecrated 
 Bifhop, and twifeby the Archbifhops of Canterbury , Yorfand Dub¬ 
 lin , and their Suffragan Bifhops, with their Croffes erefted, taken 
 from the place of Judgment. Then the King caufes enquiry to 
 be made Ex Officio Judicis , where he is found guilty, and all 
 his Goods and Poffeflions feized , which quite loft him the 
 Clergy. 
 
 A Summons is now fent from France to King Edward , to do 
 Homage for Gafcoigne , which He omitting, all His Territories are 
 adjudged forfeited, and many places of importance feized by the 
 French . Edmond Earl of Kent the Kings half brother is firft fent 
 over, but could effeft little, and therefore the Queen puts her felf 
 on for the Accommodation of the bufinefs, which She going over An.ipj. 
 into France does, upon condition, that the Duchy of Aquitaine 
 and the Earldome of Ponthien (hould be given to Prince Edward , 
 and he to do Homage for the fame, which the King with great 
 difficulty yielded unto, but Queen Iffabel therein had Her defire , 
 for then with the young Lord Mortimer Her Mignion, She has pri¬ 
 vate Confultations, which being difcovered to the King by the 
 Bifhop of Exeter , fhe is fent for back j but delaying her returne, 
 
 (he and her adherents are Proclaimed Enemies to the Kingdom 9 
 where, finding no great encouragement from Her brother the King 
 of France , She applyes Her felf to the Earl of Henault y to whofe 
 Daughter Philippa fhe contracts the Prince, and having got Men 
 and Money, with the Earles of Kent and Pembrooh^ the Lord Mor¬ 
 timer , and John brother to the Earl of Henault , with 2000 Heno - 
 wayes and Flemings fhe arrives at Harwich , and to Her flock all 
 the difcontented Nobility and others, efpecially the Bijhops of He¬ 
 reford and Lincolne, 
 
 The King, upon notice of Her arrival, commands that none up¬ 
 on pain of death fhould aide the Queen, but deftroy all the Inva¬ 
 ders, excepting only Her own Perfon, the Prince, and his brother 
 Edmond Earl of Kent , and offers a 1000 /. for the Head of Roger 
 Mortimer , and having committed the Ward of the Tower to His 
 younger Son John of Eltham Earl of Cornwall , He departs toward 
 the Weft, hoping there to have the fame ayde He formerly had 
 againft the Barons , but finding none regard Him, after having put x 
 Hugh le Defpenfer the Father into the Caftle of Briftol with what 
 
 Force 
 
 
i 5 o A qEU^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plant agenets force He had, the King hides Himfelf firft in the Ifle of Lundy , Book III* 
 Undivided^ an( j afterwards in the Abbey of Nefh. wire' U 
 
 The Queen (whofe Army daily increafed) followes Him firft to $99. 
 Oxford , and thence to Glocefler , where the Lord Percy and other Ba- mifing- 
 ronswith the Northern Forces meet Her, thence to Brijlol, which 
 Caftle She wins* and caufes Hugh le Defpenfer, lately made Earl of 
 Winchejler , without forme or Tryal of Law, to be Drawn, Hanged Moire, p. 
 and Quartered on the common Gallows in his Coat of Armes. This 5S>8 '”‘ 
 done (he pafies to Hereford, where Proclamation is made, that if the 
 King would return and Govern as He ought, He fhould be received 
 with the General Confent of the People } but He not daring to 
 truft this offer, advantage is taken of making the Prince Guardian 
 of the Kingdom, and hath Fealty fworn to him. 
 
 After which, it was not long ere King Edward was difcovered , 
 and by Henry Earl of Lancaster , brother to the late Earl Thomas , 
 
 William Lord Z ouch, and Rice ap Howel , conveyed to Renelworth 
 Caftle. Hugh le Defpenfer the younger, Robert of Baldock^ the 
 Chancellor , and Simon Reading are taken with Him ; Glocefler like- & 
 wife in his Coat Armour, on which was written Pfalme 52. Quid Thoms jt 
 gloriaris in malitia,to the Verle Ego autemficut Oliva , is Drawn and 
 Hanged on a Gallowes 50 Foot high: upon whofe Execution a 
 certain Author thus Verfifieth* p 6 bo.n.n 
 
 Funis cum lignk , a te mifer , enfis , & ignis 
 Hugo fecuris , equus , abfiulit omne decus. 
 
 Reading was hanged 10 foot lower then Spencer , and Baldocl ^ be- 
 caufe a Priefi: Pined to death in Newgate. And a little before Ri- 
 chard Fit%-Alan Earl of Arundel , John Daniel , and Thomas Mi - 
 cheldene , at the inftance of Mortimer are all three beheaded } In the 
 mean time the Commons of London poffefs themfelves of the 
 Tower, and put to death Wefton the ConftabIe,and theBilhopof 
 Exeter. 
 
 After a moneths ftay at Hereford Queen Iffabel returnes to Lon - mifag-' 
 don , where the Parliament being aflembled agree to Dcpofe the 
 King, and Ele& His Eldeft Son Edward in His place , which He 40. CT5o. 
 hearing refufed , unlefs his Father would freely refign. Where- Thomas de 
 upon by common Decree, 3 Earles, 2 Bilhops, 2 Abbots, 4 Ba- p. 6lTn. 
 rons, the Knights of every Shire, and a certain number of Burgeffes 4 °* 
 of every Citty and Borrough are fent to the Imprifoned King to 
 Kenelworth- Caftle, to require His Renuntiation} who being 
 brought in Mourning Robes before the Aflembly ( and the Bi- 
 ftiop of Hereford declaring the caufe of their coming ) as foon as 
 His Pafllon would give Him leave, anfwered them, That as He 
 was much grieved His People fhould be fo hardened againft Him,as 
 utterly to rejeft Him, foit was fome comfort to Him, that they l6 * 
 would yet receive His Son to be their Soveraign: After which 
 William Trujfel Speaker of the Parliament, in Name of the whole 
 Kingdome Pronounced a Forme of renouncing all Allegiance to ibidem: 
 
 Edward "• 1X * 
 
THE KJNigs OF E*CgLJfrCD,&c. m 
 
 Chap. 2. Edward of Caernarvon , which was the firft example of a De- Edwtrdih 
 pofed King no lefs Difhonourable to the State, then to Him. 
 ivdfing After His Depofing, he remained a Prifoner at Kenelworth- 
 himyp. Caftle, with an Allowance ot iooMarkes a Monethj bur, not 
 I27 '”’ 37 ’ being thought fafe enough under the Cuftody of his Cofin the 
 Thomas Earl of Lancajler , he is committed to other Guardians, the Lord 
 p! Zou'Z Maltravers and Thomas Gonrney^ and removed to Berl^eley-CMe , 
 
 * 8 - and thence to Corfe- Caftle, and fo carried up and down to difap- 
 point his Friends, if any Plot ftiould be laid for his Pveftauration; 
 and, to difguife him the more, Gonrney caufed this miferable King 
 ibidem,n. in the open Fields to fit upon a Mole hill whilft his Barber fhav’d 
 3J * his head and beard with water out of the Ditch *, many other vile 
 Reproaches thefe Villains put upon their Soveraign as they carryed 
 him back to Berkley-Caftle^ where many wayes were attempted to 
 ibidem, take away his life, by vexing him in hisdyet, lodging him in a 
 Chamber over Carrion, and alfo by Poyfon, none of which fucceed- 
 ing, that Peftilent Achitophel y Adam Torleton Bifhop of Hereford 
 devifed a Letter to his Keepers, blaming them for giving the King 
 ibidem, too much liberty, and for not performing the Service which was ex- 
 pe&ed from them, and finiftfd his Epiftle with this Line. 
 
 Edwardnm occidere nolite timere bonnm ejl. 
 
 Which admitting of a double conftru<ftion,both the Keepers might 
 find fufficient Warrant, andliimfelf fufficient excufe j for, if you 
 place the Point between nolite and timere it forbids: but, if between 
 timere and bonnm it exhorteth them to the committing of the Fait, 
 in which Senfe ( guefling at Torletons meaning ) they took it, and 
 n put it in execution} for finding the King in bed, they fiifled Him 
 ham,p S i 27 with heavy Boulfters, and not fatisfied with that, heated an Iron 
 Tbo^de ia red hot,and through a Pipe,thruft it up into his Fundament, that no 
 6ofn%. maf ks of violence might be leen } buc when the Fa£i: was doing 
 he was heard to roare and cry all the Caftle over. The Queen 
 ibidem. n . and Bifhop Torleton difavowing the Command, threaten to queftion 
 39 ‘ Gonrney and Maltravers for the Kings death j who,inftead of the 
 expe&ation of a Reward, are forced to fly beyond Sea, Gonrney 
 into France , from whence about three yeares after he was taken, 
 and beheaded at Sea in his return for England And Maltravers 
 Tpodigmx into Germany , where he had the Grace to Repent, but lived ever 
 after miferably. 
 
 mi p Thus dyed King Edward II. more then half a year after his De- AnI iJi6m 
 ham,p. pofing, upon the 25th day of Jannary , in the year 1326 (Wal - His Death » 
 eyiW 7 ’fingham faith An. 1327.) and 43 of his Age, when he had Reign¬ 
 ed 19 years, 6 moneths, and 18 dayes- His Body was carried to 
 Glocejler, and there without any Funeral Pompe buryed intheMo- 
 naftery of St. Peter (Tince a Cathedral) by the BenediQine Fry¬ 
 ers , where King Edward III. His Son ere&ed a Monument of 
 white Stone, with His Portaiture thereon of Alablafter, in the fe- of hI" Tomb 
 cond Arche, and on the North-fide the Altar, betwixt two Pillars j" th p^ Iow " 
 
 R r of ° ’ 
 

 THE j^IS^CjS OP ENJjLJ^D,®*' *% 
 
 cha P- 2 - of the 'Tujcan-Order, about which ( near to the Capitals ) are E ^rd n 
 painted the Figures of feveral Staggs ,with which (as common Fame 
 tells usj His Corps was drawn thither from Berkley -Caftle : In 
 the fame place alfo the King His Father ere&ed a Chantry to Pray 
 for His Soul, &*c. Nor did King Edward II. leave Pofterity without 
 remarkes of His Charity, having Founded Oriall Colledge , and 
 St. Mary-Hall in Oxford, and built a Church for Fryers at His Ma- 
 nour of Langley , where the Soul of Gavefton fhould be Prayed 
 for. 
 
 p«j«Eii- On His Royal Seal (the Figure of which is reprefented in the 
 moi e Al 5 r- 121. Page of this Third Book\f) He ufed the fame Circumfcription 
 v/fnir’ as did His Father King Edward I. viz. + EDWARDUS 
 ° r * DEI GRACIA REX ANGLIE DOMINUS 
 HIBERNIE DUX AQUITANIE, diftinguilhable 
 from His Fathers Seal only by the Addition ot two Caflles-, one on 
 each fide His Throne ( Queen Eltanor His Mother being oi the 
 Royal Houfe of Cajlile and Leon ) and fome (mail difference in the 
 Grate of the Kings Helmet. This Seal ( of Green-Wax ) is an¬ 
 nexed to a Charter dated at Wejlminjler upon the 20th day of Nc- 
 vernier ^ in the 14th year of his Reign, Anno Dom. 1320. 
 
 Children of King EDWARD II. by Queen IS S A B E L 
 
 of France His Wife . 
 
 9. EDWARD , the Elded Son of King Edward the Second 
 and Queen Iffabel , after the Deposition and Death of His Fa¬ 
 ther, lucceeded him in his Kingdom by the Name of King Ed~ 
 ward III. vide the III. Chapter of this Third Boolp 
 
 Ypidigmte 
 Ncuflrix, 
 p. 502. n. 
 4i. 
 
 Tho. 
 
 Walfing- 
 bam, p. 
 
 S2 9. n. 7. 
 
 Jpud Do¬ 
 er, Pat. 
 "•3 Ed.3: 
 irs 1. m. 
 (. 
 
 at. an. 
 Ed. 3. 
 ars 1. m: 
 
 9, JOHN of Eltham Earl of Cornwall , fecond Son of King Ed- jMj EarPdJ 
 ward II. (foSurnamed from the Kings Manour-Houfe of El- bear Gules j 
 tham in Kent , where Queen Iffabel was delivered of him upon Guardam^of 
 Afliimption-day, An. 1315. in the 9th. year of King Edwardll .) 
 was in a Parliament held at Salisbury, An. 1328, and fecond ”^ s c e h / re J™~ 
 year of the Reign ot his brother King Edward the III. created Painted uporS 
 Earl of Cornwall , at which time Roger Mortimer, and James fide^h"* 1 ' 
 Butler of Ireland were created Earles, the one of March , and ^ e b n e °J hi: 
 the other of Ormond. um wife of 
 
 ... ' King Edward 
 
 lll.and alfo upon his Shield in his Monument depifted in the following P<ige'. Which Border was not only a Bri i 
 s^ure to diftinguifh his Armes from thofe of King Edward lit. his brother, but alfo to fignifie his being defcended front 
 a Daughter of the Flowers de Li\e,ut was Queen Jfsabel his Mother. 
 
 The Figure upon his Monumentf'there exhibited ) is adorned alfo with a Diadem compofed of a Circle of greater 
 and leffer Leaves or Flowers, and is the mod antient Portraiture of an Earl (in my obfervation^ that hath a Coro¬ 
 net. For the Effigies of Henry Lacy Earl of Lincolne, fometime lying on a fair Tomb in the Eaft-end of St. Paul’s 
 Church, had the head encompaffed with a Circle only } and that of William de Valence Earl of Pembroo\{ cover¬ 
 ed with Copper ) in St. Edmonds Cbappel in Wefiminjier- Abbey, hath only a Circle of the fame Mettal enriched ah 4 
 embellifhed with Stones of feveral Collodrs, but without either Points, Rates ox Leaves: 
 
 Upon the 25th of May , Anno 3 Edw. 3. He was Confiitu- 
 ted Cuflos of the Kingdome of England , and the Kings Lieute¬ 
 nant during his abfence beyond Seas, &*c. in the yth year 
 of whofe Reign there were Propofals of a Marriage betwixt 
 this Earl John and Joane the Daughter of Ralph Earl of Eu. 
 
 The 
 
I 
 
 
- 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 * - ~ " 
 
 Pit. <». 
 
 8 Eiw. 
 pm. I. 
 
 Ibidem, 
 firs. 2. 
 
 Pat. a. 
 
 8 Edw. $. 
 ffl. 25 . 
 
 Clan fa ie 
 a . 27E.3. 
 w. 27. 
 
 tpodigmi, 
 Neuflria, 
 p. 510, ». 
 37 . 
 
 KJWQS OF 'EWJjLAS^V,^ c. .55 
 
 The year following (-z/ix. 1354.) there was alfo a Treaty Edvard it 1 
 
 of Marriage between him, and Mary Daughter to the Count of 
 of Bloify neither of which taking effeft, made way for a third, 
 with Mary the Daughter of Ferdinand of Spain , Lord of Lara , 
 which was agreed upon betwixt Blanch Countefs of Savoy , in 
 behalf of the faid Lady Mary , on the one part, and this John 
 of Elthant Earl of Cornewall on the other, Dated at London the 
 28th day of September , An. 1334. and confirmed by King Ed - 
 ward III. upon the joth day of the fame Moneth. This doubt- 
 lefs had proved a Match had not the Obligation been Cancelled 
 by the death of Earl John y which although it happened in the 
 next Moneth, being 0 $ober y yet deceafed he at St.Johns- 
 Town in the moft remote part of Scotland: From whence his 
 Corpes being brought into England, had a Solemn Internment in 
 St. Edmonds on the South fide of the Choire in Weft- 
 
 minfier Abbey j (for which the Prior and Convent claimed 100 
 pounds Fine, in lieu of horfes and armour offered there upon 
 the day of his burial) where his Tombe of White Stone with 
 his Effigies of Alablafter lying thereon remains intire, in the 
 forme expreffed in the precedent Figure. 
 
 J 0 AN E Queen of Scots , eldeft Daughter of King Ed m The figure 
 ward II. and Queen Jjfabel of France his Wife, born in the q u ^ s ^ ane 
 Tower of London^ was, being yet a Child, Marryed at Barwick^ s ™ ts h &00 J™ c 
 ( on the 18th day of Jnly y Anno 3 Edw. 3. in the year 1329.; Nonh-fide 
 to David Prince of Scotland 5 Son and heir apparent of King Ro- 
 bert Bruce , whom, within halfe a year after he fucceeded in the lippa Her Si- 
 Kingdome at the age of feven years: Being the fecond King of 
 Scotland of the name of David. Abbey, under 
 
 Queen Joane was his Wife 28 years, and being come into 
 England to vifit her Brother King Edward III. flic deceafed here AiabWkr,her. 
 without ifiiie in the two and thirtieth year of hisPveign, An, caTved^a 
 I2<7. and was buryed in the Church of the Gray Fryars in Painted,iwȣ 
 
 t 0D/ j J J y per Pale Scot- 
 
 Lonaon. i an d a „<t Eng- 
 
 a Lyon Rampant 
 dant , or. 
 
 within a double Trejfurc, fiowry Counter-fowry , Gules: 
 
 land, vi\. Or , 
 And Gules 3 Lyons pijj'int guar-. 
 
 9. ELEANOR Duchefs of Geldres , fecond Daughter of King In 2 Niches 
 Edward II. and Queen Iffabel^ was the fecond Wife of Reynald SdelfthefiSd 
 II. Earl of Geldres , Marryed to him with a Portion of Fif- Qn ecn ./w- 
 
 J J lippas Tombe 
 
 teen Thoufand pounds , Anno 1332. being the fixth year of fometime 
 the Reign of King Edward III. her Brother. 
 
 This Earl Reynald being Vicar-general of the Empire to the £X” o/ 0 f Gei- 
 Emperour Lewis of Bavaria , he created him firff Duke of Gel- 
 dres. The Duchefs Elianor had ifliie by him two Sons, Reynald nor his Wife in 
 
 .... J J J Alablafter, 
 
 long iince de¬ 
 faced , but there ftill remain the Efcocheons of their Armesj The Dukes being, A^ure, a Lyon Rampsnt qutve 
 forche, or, crowned proper. And the faid Coat impaleing, Gulel , 3 Lyons pijftnt Guar dant, or 3 under theNich$ 
 where flood the Effigies of the Duchefs Elianor. 
 
 T t 
 
 and 
 
l$ 6 A CjEHEALOgiCAL HIS10%Y OF 
 
 P lantagenets 
 'Undivided. 
 
 and Edward , who were Dukes fucceflively after their Father, Book III, 
 and both dyed without iffue. The latter of them leaving his 
 Duchy and his Wife to his Nephew William Duke of Cnlick^ his 
 half Sifters Son. 
 
 9 . EDWARD 
 
 
 r 
 
 t 
 
Anno 
 
 1327. 
 
 sctvole 
 Louis 
 de SainUe 
 Marthe. 
 Liv. VlT. 
 Chip. IV- 
 
 THE K}H. 9 S 0F EK 9 LAH.V, &C. 157 
 
 ,E D W A R D III. 
 
 ' * r ■ ■ : • \ x* * » 
 
 King of ENfgLA^H, and FRANCE* 
 and Lord of 1TQE LAbhfH, Surnamed 
 of Windsor. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 His moll: Renowned King Eclwarcl III, was the TheSeaiof 
 E!deft Son of K. Edward the Second, and ^padu )£ 
 of Queen Jffabcl hb Wife, Daughter to ^£^[£“4 
 Philip IV. Surnamed the Faire , King of to a Grant, 
 France (whofe fons Lewis, Philip and Charles , the year 13 ij. 
 all Kings of France fucceffively Jdying without ^on'th^dri 
 Ilfue-male, this Prince challenged the Crown c b u ^ ere ^ c e e s son 
 
 of his faid thereof He is 
 Riled, t D- 
 W A R D U S 
 PRIMO- 
 
 G6NITUS R6GIS ANGLI6 DUX AQJIITANI6 COM6S C 6 ST RI6 PQM- 
 TIVI 6 T MONTIST ROLL I. The Figure of this Seal is exhibited in the 1 23, Page of this Third 
 Both cn the one fide of which He is reprefented on Horfeback, with His Shield , Sur-coate , and His Horfe Capiri- 
 iron’d : All which are charged with 3 Lyons paffant guardant , and a Label of 3 Points: On the Reverfe is a large EJco- 
 cheon , on which are alfo 3 Lyons paffant Guardant, with the diftinflion of a Pile if 5 Points. This Inftrument iff 
 in the Library of Sir John Cotton Baronet , a Gentleman as generoufly free in cotnmunicating , as his Grandfather Sir, 
 FLobert Conan was curious in collefting thofe excellent Manufcripts, and rare Antiquities. 
 
 Being King, Edward made ufe of 3 feveral Great Seals, upon the firft ofwhich(delineaed in the 1 23 Page of this 3d. Boo h-} 
 He is figured on his Throne between z Collateral F lowers de Li\t, to denote his defeent from a Daughter of France. This 
 Grant beares dateat Roxborrow fin Scotland ) the i6dayof January,An- 8 E^.andisintheRegiftryof/Te/fw/n/Icr-Abbey 
 His Second Royal Seal affixed to a Deed dated at IVind for upon the 20th day of September in the 13 year of his Reign y 
 An. 1339. differs materially from the former only in this particular , That the King on his Throne is fcated betwixt 6 Ly¬ 
 ons pa [\ ant guardant, on each fide 3, all refpefting His Royal Seat. The Circumfcriptions on both thefe Seals are the fame 
 •with thofe of Ed. i. and Ed. 2. his Grandfather and Father, vi\. 6 D W A K D U S D fc I GRATIA RtX 
 AN G LIS. DO MIN US H I B 6 KNi6 6T DUX AQ.UITAN 16 . This Inftrument is hr 
 the Chamber of the Duchy of Lancajier ; and the Figure thereof is delineated in the 1 22. Page of this Third Booh 
 The Figure of His Third Great Seal reprefented in the 124 Page of this Third Boo{, in which He is ftiled 
 6DWARDUS D 6 I GRATIA fitX FKANCle 6 f ANGLIC fcT DO MI¬ 
 NUS H I B e R N I 6 is affixed to a Charter dated at IVefiminflcr upon the fecond day of May, in the 13 year of 
 His Reign of England, and of France the Second; in which Seal He leaves out the Title of Duke of Aquitaine, it being 
 immerged in His new affumed Title of King of France. On one fide thereof the King is reprefented on his Throne with a 
 Scepter in His Right Hand, and a Globe on His Left, betwixt two collateral Efcocbeons of France and England, Quar¬ 
 terly. The fame Quartering is alfo upon His Shield, Surcoat, and Caparisons of His Horfe on His Connterfeal > and fo 
 careful have the Kings his Succeffors been ever fince in Marfhalling the Armes of both Kingdoms in the fame fhield, that when 
 Charles VI. King of France changed the Semee Flowers deLi\e, into Three, our King Henry V. did the like, and fo hath it 
 continued ever fince. 
 
 As Edward III. was the firft of our Kings, who Quartered Armes in His Seal, fo was He the firft King 'hat on His Counter- 
 feal reprefents you with a Cre/t, being a Lyon pajfant guardant crowned upon a Chapeau,with which His Figure on Horfeback; 
 is adorned, and which our fucceeding Monarchs down to Edward VI. inclufive, have continued in their Royal Seals. And 
 furthermore we muftobferve, that in the Margin of thisCounterfeal, near to the point of the Kings Sword, is reprefented the 
 Hand of Juftice, being an Enfign of Royalty peculiar only to theKingsof France-, foralchough the Monarchs of the Lillies 
 carry in their Right Hands a Scepter of Gold (which is common toother Princes) yet in the other they bear The Hand of 
 Juftice , being a Rod of a Cubit in height, having on the top thereof a Left Hand wide open, of Ivory, pure white* 
 framed out of tbeToothof the Elephant, which among all fiur-footed Be a/is is tbfervible for his Devotion and P iety* 
 lovt to his Governors, and alfo for bis Equity ■ Thereafon why the Left Hand is here preterred before theRight,is faidtobe 
 bccaufe that the Left Hand not being employed to the working of many dilhoneft affions, or viol.nr, without art, deceipt, or 
 induftry, is much more proper to represent and fignifie the Rudder or Sterne of Jnftice, thin the Right Hand: Molt aptly 
 therefore was this Hand of Juftice placed at the point of King Edwards Sword (in His Connterfeal,) Teeming to intend, thac 
 as the Sword of Force in the Right Hand of Power, was to be ufed in obtaining that Kingdom ; yet that Sword only pointed 
 . out to the hind of Juftice, for the Rule and Government thereof. You may find this hand fb placad in the Counterfeals of 
 His Succeffors Richard II. and Henry IV: Henry V. omittsd it in His Seal, and Conquering France, both placed that 
 Crown on the Head ; and the French Scepter, and this Rod of Juftice in the Hands of his Son and Succeflbr King 
 Henry VI. 
 
 of France as the next Heir-male thereunto, in the 
 Mother. 
 
 He 
 
i 5 8 A gEMlEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 PI ant age nets 
 Undivided. 
 
 An . 13^7. 
 
 In a South- 
 
 He was born in Windfor- Caftleupon the 13th day of November, Booklll. 
 . being Monday, in the year 1312. An. 6 Ed. 2. who on the fe- cuuf. 
 condday of September, in the 19th year of his Reign, firft gave 6 m E li*u 
 to this Edward, hisHeires and SuccefTors Kings of England, jure . 
 boereditario imperpetnum, the Counties of Ponthien and Monttroile, Edw.i.p. 
 and on the 10th day of the fame Moneth (at Dover) Granted to the.'wil¬ 
 ium the Dukedome of Aquitaine, and all the Lands he had, or 
 ought to hold in the Kingdomeof France , for which (Spading in* ie 
 to France) he did his Homage to that King. In His Charter da- 
 ted upon the Sunday before Chrijlmafs- Day> An. 132$. He is inborfo 
 ftiled Eddonart fuis ain%ne dn Roy d'Angleterre Due dAquitaine 
 Conte de Cejlre & de Pontyu. %° tte »**■ 
 
 Shortly after his return into England he was unanimoufly Chofen ctaf ao 
 Cufios of the Kingdome (the King his Father being fled into Wales') 3 
 not long after which followed his Fathers Refignation of the 
 Crown 3 upon which great preparations were made for this young 
 Princes Coronation, which was Solemnly performed at Wejlmin - Tho 
 fter , by Walter Archbifhop of Canterbury , upon the firft day of JFe- 
 bruary , An. Dorn. 1327. fo that he began his Reign not at the 27 '” 
 Death, but Deposition of his Father, which fo great a crime can in 
 no wife be attributed to this King, being then but 14 yeares of age j 
 the whole caufe of that horrid blame too apparently remaining 
 upon the Queen His Mother, and her Minion Roger Lord Mortimer 
 ( though Countenanced by a Parliament, and forced Refignation ) 
 who ulurped all to themfelves, notwithftanding, formeer fhew of 
 the contrary, Twelve efpecial Men are Ele&ed to manage the Af¬ 
 faires till the King was fit to Govern of Himfelf. Whereupon, to 
 bufie the prefent Times, and uphold this Change, an Expedition is 
 immediately fet on foot for Scotland , wherein all the Hainowayes 
 and other ftrangers ftill retained with the Queen, fince her laft re- 
 turn from France and Hainault are principally employed, under the p.j 09. n. 
 conduft of John Lord Beaumont • which being very much difguft- 5 °* 
 ed by the Englijh , a Commotion is railed, fome Blood fpilt,and the 
 Tumult hardly appeafed. At Stannop- Parke, in the Bifhoprick rho.mi- 
 of Durham both Armies met, where the Englifh , though thrice the f 
 greater in number, could not be faid to have obtained the Vi&ory , 
 the Scots all without hurt efcaping, by Treafon of fome of the En¬ 
 glifh great ones, as is more than probably fufpe&ed. 
 
 In the year alfo 1327, King Edward's Marriage is Solemnized 
 at Tori with Philippa the Third daughter of William Earl of He - J* J l0 ‘ B * 
 
 Window of St. 
 
 Mary Botham 
 Church near 
 
 Londen-/ionc,(An. i66j.) Hood in painted Glafj an Efcochcon of the Armes of Q /.Philippi, viz. Or, 4 Lyons ram- 
 pint in quadrangle , the frjl and fourth Sable, the fccond athird Gules, impaled roith Gules 3 Lyons paffantguardant, 
 or, fet up in that Window before King Edward III. Quartered the Armes of trance: But afterwards I find them impaled 
 in diverfc Windows with France and England Quarterly. Upon Her Privy Seal of Red-Wax (See the Figure thereof, p. 
 1 24.) is this Circumfcripticn , S fc C R t T II M : P H 1 L I P P C .' D 6 •• OaNONIa. - RfcGI- 
 N6: A N G L I 6 .• about a Shield charged with the Armes of England and Henault Quarterly. This Indenture 
 beares date at Wcflminflcr , the 24 day of tfunc, An. 33 Ed. 3. and is in my cuftody. The like Armes of this Queen arc in 
 a Window of Leycr Church in Lcicefterfhire : And I find that Q^Anne Wife to King Richard II. Quartered Her Armes 
 with the Armes of France ini England j but neither of thefe being Heires, thefe two Examples do abfolutely thwart the 
 true Rule for Quartering of Armes, 
 
 vault* 
 
THE KJK 9 s of E^egLJNiV, &c. 159 
 
 •Chajp.ni. nanlt (die was Crowned at Weftminfter on the firft Sunday in Lent 
 waifmgh .'in the fame year ) Sifter to William IV. of the name, Earl of Hol- 
 ts! 29, *' and Henault , (lain by th eFrifons, without lawful ifliie, and to 
 
 Margaret of Henault VVife of the Emperour Le^i/ of Bavaria, 
 st.Mvthe pier Mother was Joane the eldeft daughter of Charles Count of 
 l ' K Valois , younger Son of phi//p the Lfarafy King of France , and Sifter 
 finghlmj. to King Philip de Valois ; notwithftanding which Alliance fhe pro- 
 128.n.i<s. ve( j a moft conftant, and true-hearted Lover of the Englifh Nati¬ 
 on, and highly aftifted King Edward III. her husband in the profc- 
 cution of his claime to the Crown of France , being a Lady of great 
 
 ThemM de 
 li Moor.p. 
 
 601. w.53. 
 
 Ibidem,p. 
 603. n.39. 
 
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 Heuftrix, 
 p. 5x0. n. 
 38. 
 
 Ibidem, 
 
 p. 510. R. 
 
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 57 - 
 
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 He ufir ix, 
 
 p.Sii. n, 
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 honour and virtue. 
 
 During this time the Depofed King Edw. II. is Murdered in 
 Berkley Caftle by the Lord Maltr avers and Thomas Gourney } The 
 Murderers, though they had a Commiflion, and great hopes of a 
 reward,yet not daring to avow fo monftrous a Fa£f fled their Coun¬ 
 try. Gourney is three yeares after taken in France , and being upon 
 his return for England is put to death at Sea,leaft by his arrival more 
 of the Villany might be revealed • though before Divine Juftice 
 had fufticiently fallen , and was ftill lighting, not only on the heads 
 of the Contrivers themfelves, but the whole Kingdome. A Parli¬ 
 ament is held at Northampton , where a moft difhonourable Peace is 
 made with the Scots , • the King quits His Intereft in that Kingdome, 
 delivers up the Evidence called Ragman-Rook , the Blac\ Crofs of 
 Scotland , together with all Fealties and Homages whatfoever, &c. 
 and in a Parliament at Winchester , Edmond Earl of Kent is accufed . 
 to have endeavoured the Reftauration of the late depoied King his 
 Brother, for which he is condemn’d, and loft his head. 
 
 Another Parliament is held at Nottingham , where, on the contra- An. 
 ry, the Power of the Queen and Mortimer are quite pluckt up by 
 the rootes, (he reduced to the maintenance of 1000 /. per annum . 
 Mortimer accufed of the Kings Death, The Scots efcape at Stanhop 
 Parke, The young Kings late Marriage with Philippa of Main alt , 
 
 The difhonourable Peace with the Scots , To have wafted the 
 Treafure of the Kingdome, and been too familiar with the Queen, 
 for which he is Condemn’d, fent up to London , and hang’d at Ty- 
 burne. Thus did this Noble young Prince (being now arrived at 
 fomewhat more maturity of years ) begin to wipe out the ftaines 
 which during His Minority had blemifhed the State of His King' 
 dome. 
 
 Notwithftanding upon the Coronation of the new King of 
 France , He being Summoned to do Homage for the Dukedome of 
 Gnien , and other Lands which He there poftefled^ was about this 
 time induced to render this Homage at Amiens , according to the 
 arrogant demands of the King of France , with more then due or 
 decent fubmifllon, for which, in fhort time after, the new Sove¬ 
 reign and His whole Nation paid feverely. For full of indignation, 
 and fwolne for Revenge, He returnes for England , where firft a 
 fitoccafion is offered Him to redifiethe abufeFIehad received by 
 the late ill concluded Peace with Scotland 5 Edward Baikl now ap- An, mu 
 
 Tt 
 
 pearing 
 
Battel of W il 
 lydorvn- Hili. 
 sin. XJ34- 
 
 Ido a* gE^EJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 _ . . _ _ — 
 
 / P!,in l a(r°n°ts pearing out of France to qucflion His Right to that Crown, from Bookili. 
 ihxh' kIl'I. w R',ch His Father John had 32 yeares before been unjuflly Depo- 
 fed , with whom he goes againlf Banvicl and after three Moneths 
 fiege took it, and the Scots Army, which came to its reliefe, utter- Home¬ 
 ly defeated at Hallyclowne Hill} where were (lain 7 Earls, 90 Knights 
 and Bannerets, 40c Elquires, and about 32000 Common Souldi- 
 ers. The year following King Edward Baliol doth His Homage to rpbdigmit 
 the King of England^ and takes His Oath of Fealty for Himfelf and Nc«/?n>, 
 His Succeflors for ever, delivering up feveral Counties adjacent to Jo? 11 * 
 the borders, that thereby He might for the future fecure Himfelf 
 with more quiet, with which His own Subjects were not fo con¬ 
 tented,but often rebelled jagainfi: whom,K Edward of England went 
 as often in PerEon , and never returned but with Vi&ory. Scotland 
 being thus quieted for fome yeares, gave King Edward opportuni¬ 
 ty to look towards France , which afterwards became the Scene of 
 all His Martial Glory. For Robert d' Artois ( a Prince of the Blood, 
 and near Kinfman to Philip VI King of France , Surnamcd of Va¬ 
 lois) being dilcontented at the Sentence, wherein King Philip had 
 given the Earldome of Artois from him to Maud Countefs of Bur- 
 gundy, let fall fome dangerous words, and they being laid hold on, 
 force him into England , where he is honorably received , and ad- Frdjf. 
 
 * 317 - vifes King Edward tofet on Foot His Claime to the Crown oi'ul'u 
 France , whereunto he is cafily inclined, and by the advice and af- cba P- z %i 
 fifiance of His Father in Law the Earl of Henault , Confederates 
 with the Dukes of Brabant and Geldres , the Archbifbop of Cologne , *' 
 and other Princes of Germany , and from the Emperor Himfelf ob¬ 
 tained to be made Vicar General of the Empire. The Flemings 
 alfo , by Jaques d'Artuell a Citizen of Gaunt , are wrought to His mdem , 
 Party , w ho were ready to aflaile the French upon all occafions, fo cbap ‘ 
 that having thus prepared his Confederates abroad, all meanes are 
 devifed to raife Money at home, which by a Parliament held at 
 Northampton is by diverfe ways efFe$< d,with which He,His Queen, rpoiig: 
 An. 133s. anc j children go for Flanders , and refide at Antwerp , where by the 
 
 perfwafion of the Flemmings He takes upon Him, th e Stile, Title , * 9 ’ 
 and Acmes of the king of France, that they might thereby juftifie 
 the Oath which they had formerly made, never to bear Armes 
 again!! the King of France j (landing ingaged alfo in the Popes 
 Chamber in Two Millions of Florens upon the fame account. King 
 Edward therefore upon His return into England , delivers His New 
 See His d 3 Great Seal to Sir John de St. Paul in the Cage-Chamber at Wejlmiti • cuuf. m. 1 
 Great seal, upon the Firll day of March in the year 1339. An. 14 Ed. 3. 
 
 An - *33?. on both fides, thus Circumfcribed, •TEDWARDUS DEI dor ^°' 
 GRACIA REX FRANCIE ET ANGLIE 
 
 IfZ E T D °MINUS HIB E R N IE. But in a Charter to ****«- 
 
 Quartering of which the faid Seal is affixed. He is Ailed Edwardus dei Gratia Rex monificri - 
 
 Arms is found enft. 
 
 in Spain when 
 
 rhcKingdomes of Caflile nndl.f6n were united under Ferdinand III. and here followed by King Edward III. by Quarter¬ 
 ing the Armes of France and England, 4 n. 1338. And afterwards in the yeari349, Humbert the laft Dauphin of Viennoit 
 enjovned Philip oi Valois King oi France, when he granted him that Dauphinatc or Province,that the eldelt Son of the Trend; 
 
 King fliould for ever bear the Titled Dauphin, and quarter the Armes of the Dauphinatc with thofc of France. 
 
 Anglie 
 
THE KJH<jS OF EJ^gLJ^CH, &c. «ji 
 
 Chap. 3. 
 
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 Ncujtria 
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 fing. p. 
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 149. r.29. 
 
 Anglic & Francis <& Dow inns Bibernie , Tejle i do Die Maii , Edward IH, 
 Kegni nojlri Anglic quinto clccimo , Regni <vcro nojlri Franck fecundo } 
 
 Giving England precedence in the Charter , and France in the SVd/, 
 on which the King is reprefcnted fitting on his Throne, holding His 
 Scepter and Globe betwixt 2 Collateral Efcocheons, each contain- 
 ing the Armes of France and England quarterly, which Armes are 
 alio upon His Shield, Surcoat, and the Caparizons of His Horfc,in 
 the Counter-Seal. 
 
 The preparation? of the French King were in all refpe£ta equi¬ 
 valent both at home and abroad, fo that they Warr upon the bor¬ 
 ders of each others Countryes: King Edward fets upon Cambray , 
 and King Philip feizeth on the Durchy of Guyen ; a great Navy he 
 had at Sea, which committed much Spoil upon the Coafis of Eng¬ 
 land : King Edward enters France by the way of Verntandois , and 
 the Armies of both Kings lodge between Viron Fcffe and la Flemen - 
 gucre , where they only face each other, and withdraw, the French 
 King to Paris , and the King of England into Brabant j from whence 
 (leaving His Queen there ) He returnes for England , and finding 
 the Tower of London unguarded (with which He is highly offend¬ 
 ed) He fends for the Lord Mayor of London , whom He command¬ 
 ed to bring before Him the Chancellor and Treajurer y with the Offi¬ 
 cers of His Receipt, commits them all to Prifon (except the Chan - 
 cellor ) as He did diverfe other Officers of Juftice and Accompt- 
 ants, upon inquiry made of their unjuft proceedings. 
 
 In Lent following He called a Parliament at London , wherein a 
 great Subfidy is granted Him of all forts of Merchandable Commodi¬ 
 ties ', &c. And much about the fame time William Montague Earl of 
 Salisbury , and Robert Zlfford Earl of Suffoll^e, left in Flanders to 
 oppofe the proceedings of the French , having performed diverfe 
 great exploits with happy fuccefs, and prefuming overmuch upon 
 their fortune, were in an incounter about Lifle both taken prifoners 
 and fent to Paris ,which fo encouraged the French King, that to im¬ 
 pede the return of King Edward , he fets forth a mighty Navy, con¬ 
 fiding of 20oSaileof Ships, befides Gallyes 3 whereof King Ed- Annoif^, 
 ward having advife, with as numerous a Fleet fets out to Sea, and 
 on Midfummer-day encounters His Enemy near Sluce , with fuch 
 force and courage, that He utterly defeated their whole Navy, took 
 or funk all their Ships, flew 30000 Men, and Landed there with as 
 great Glory, as fuch a Vi&ory (thegreateft at Sea that ever before 
 by the Englifb was obtained) could yield. 
 
 This lofs, though it much abated the power of the French King, 
 yet with great induftry it is foon fupplyed, fo that out of His own 
 Dominions and thofe of His Confederates, He makes a mighty 
 head againft this Vi&orious King of England , who now lay before 
 Tourney with His whole Army, who from Chyn fends his Chartel , 
 
 July 17, to Philip de Valois at St. Andrews les Aire, both places not 
 far diftant from Tourney , Declaring, That He was come with the 
 Power of His own Kingdom, and Aid from the Flemings , to recover 
 His due Right to France , which fince He could obtain by no other 
 
 2 T t 2 means 
 
i6i 
 
 fls’/JtazsKits 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 A*r<$ 134 j. 
 
 A qE^i_EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 means then the Sword, to avoid thefheddingof Chrifiian blood, Book III * 
 feeing the bufinefs was betwixt them two, He offers to try the fame 
 by Combate in dole Campe, Body to Body, or with ico choice ibidem,p: 
 Men of a fide, or to ftrike Battel within ten dayes aftcr,before the ,49 ' n ' H ' 
 City of Tourney. 
 
 Upon the laft day of July the King of Prance returned his An- 
 fwer, That whereas thole Letters and requeffs appertained not to mp.b.jV* 
 Slim, and fo from him required no anfwer: But, fince that contrary 
 to his Oath and duty of a Liege-man he had with his Forces inva¬ 
 ded the Territories of his Liege-Lord ; by the Divine affiftance 
 he would endeavour to beat Him out, and make Him a weary of the 
 War which He had lounjuHly begun, and, astheir Hiftory reports, 
 added, That King Edrvarcl by HisChartel, adventured nothing of 
 His own, but only expofed the Dominion of another, but if He 
 would venture the Kingdom of England againft that of France , he 
 would enter Combate with Him in dole Camp, on Condition the 
 Vidor ffiould enjoy both, but that they fay King Edward would 
 not do. Three Moneths the Siege continued before Tourney , and 
 nothing done but devaluation of the Country thereabouts, when 
 Jone de Valois fifter to King Philips and Mother of Queen Philip - 
 pa, leaving her Monaftery, never refted, though often denyed by 
 both the enraged Kings,until fhe obtained a day and place of parley} 
 whereupon a Truce for a year is concluded. 
 
 This fudden Truce thus condefcended unto by King Edward ,had 
 indeed no other motive than want of Supplies, which notwirh- 
 Handing the aforefaid great Impofitions, came fliort of His expeda- m. wd- 
 don, upon which ( with his Queen, and two of his Sons) he re- 
 turnesfor England , from whence he had now been abfent 5 ycares, 
 where in great difpleafure He removes His Chancellor, linprifons 
 his Treasurer, with other Officers ( mod: of them Clergy-men) 
 and ftill held them in durance \ whom John Stratford Archbifhop 
 of Canterbury , by his Letters to the King boldly undertakes to vin- 
 dicate, to whom, upon examination of the matter, the negledof 
 the Kings Supplies is in all Mens Judgment imputed. him, p. 
 
 Shortly after the King is much preffed in Parliament,and earneftly I54 ‘ 37i 
 Petitioned by the whole Affembly of th cThree Eflates ,that the Great 
 Charter of Liberties, and the Charter of Forefts might be duly ob- 
 fervedj and that whofoever of the Kings Officers had infringed the 
 fame might lofe their Places, and that as in formers times, the High- 
 Officers of the Kingdom fhould be Elefted in Parliament. The 
 King flood ft iff upon His own Choice and Prerogative, yet yielded 
 (in regard to have His own turne ferved, as HimfeJf afterwards con¬ 
 ferred ) whereupon a Statute was to that purpofe made, but not 
 long after revoked. 
 
 The Truce agreed upon before Tourney yeilded fome Ceffation 
 of Armes, but not plotting more mifehief* for Lewis de Pavaria, p-u 4. ». 
 Intituled the Emperor, is won to the French King, but in Head of ibidem, p. 
 fo remote a Confederate , Fortune brought another out of their 5I? * 
 own Country unto us. A Conrroverfie is there raifed between 
 
 Charles 
 
THE KJ&CQS op E^CgiA^C®, &c. 
 
 Chap. 3. 
 
 Tho. IVil- 
 finzhtm p. 
 i6o.n. 37. 
 
 rpoEg. 
 Neultriii, 
 
 Tho. lVil~ 
 finghum t 
 p. 1 60. 
 n.19, 
 
 TpoJigmi 
 Neujiria , 
 />• 514 .". 
 52 . 
 
 7*&0. ff'ii/- 
 png. p. 
 i<*4.h.33. 
 
 Ibidem , 
 *. 1 J 44 * 
 
 Samuel 
 Daniel 
 Hiftory , 
 133. 
 
 Hijloire 
 General 
 d'Engle- 
 terre ; See. 
 p. 67 0 . 
 
 Charles de Blois , and ^v^mi cfe Mont fort for the Duchy of Bretagne , Edward Iir. 
 and by the Parliament of Paris adjudged to Blois , whereupon 
 Montfort enraged comes for England , and tenders his Homage to 
 King Edward, who receives him with Applaule *, and, however 
 his Title is looked upon in France , it is here made good. Furnifh- 
 cd therefore with fomc afliftance from King Edward , he returnes 
 for Bretagne ^ encounters with his Enemy, and is taken Prifoner ; 
 whereupon his Wife, Sifter to the Earl of Flanders , profecutes his 
 Quarrel, craves Aide of the King of England , which, for his own 
 Dcfignes take he denies her not, but fends the Earles of Salisbury , 
 
 Pembrooke and Suffolk the Lords Stafford , /e Dejpenfer , and Bonr - 
 chier , together with Robert d'Artois (now Earl ot Richmond) with 
 great Forces to the Ladies afliFance, where at the Siege of Vannes 
 Robert receives his laF wound , but dies in England , after he had 
 ferved the Enghfb fix yeares. 
 
 After which King Edward goes thither in Perfon, and before 
 Vannes endeavours to encounter the Duke of Normandy , eldeffc Son 
 to King Philip , but before they come to Engage, a Truce is made 
 betwixt them by the Mediation of two Cardinals fent thither by 
 Pope Clement the Sixth, and concluded for three yeares. The Ifle 
 of Mb# abcuc this time is taken by William Montague Earl of Sa - 
 rum , whom King Edward caufeth to be Filed King thereof 
 
 Many Solemn Tournaments, and other Exercifes of VVarr are An. 134^ 
 performed at DunFlable and Smithjield , but more efpeciaily at 
 Windsor, where King Edward deFgned the ReForation of King 
 Arthur s Round Table , in imitation of which He caufed to be ereft- 
 ed a Tabic of 200 Foot Diameter, where the Knights fhould have 
 their entertainment of Dyet at His Expence, amounting to 100/. 
 per Week. In Emulation of thefe Martial Affociations ixWindU 
 jor , King Philip of Valois pra&ifed the like at his Court in France , 
 to invite the Knights and valiant Men of Armes out of Italy and Al- 
 main thither, leaF they fhould repair to King Edward , which, meet¬ 
 ing w ith fuccefs, proved a Countermine to King Edward's Main 
 Defign, w ho thereby finding that His Entertainment of Stranger 
 Knights was too general, and did not fufficiently oblige them His 
 in the following Wars, at length refolved on one more particular, 
 and luch as might tie thofe whom he thought fit to make His Affo- 
 ciates, in a firm bond of friendfhip and honour. 
 
 Wherefore having given forth his own Garter for the Signal of a 
 Battel thatfped fortunately (which with du Chefne we conceive to ted s 
 be that of Creffy, fought three yeares after hisfettingupthe Round 
 Table at Windfor ) he thence took occafion to inftitute this Order , 
 and gave the Garter ( Affumed by him for the Symbol of Unity 
 and Society) preheminence among the Enfignes thereof, whence 
 that fele& number ( being Five and twenty befides the Sovk 
 raign) whom he Incorporated into a Fraternity, are frequent¬ 
 ly Filed Eqitites Perifcelidis , vulgarly Knights of the Gar~ - 
 
 ter . 
 
 .0 
 
1 ^ 4 - -A qEKEALOgiCAL HJSiO'HX OF 
 
 Flanta&eKtts 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 The Patron of this Order is St. George , on whofe day (v’n,. the Booklll. 
 23d of April ) their Feaft is kept, from whom they are alfo called 
 
 on ^ n^aTi part i - Knights of the Order of St. George. Their Habit is a Surcoat of 
 oriarscon-^ C rim fon Velvet, Hood of the fame, and a Mantle of Purple Vel- 
 Order^ ire- vet lined with white Sarcenet, on the left fhoulder whereof is an 
 [o thYt bbolT- Efcocheon of the Armes of St. George , ( viz. Argent a Crofs Gules) 
 kntH?ftorv!n embroydered within a Garter, with the Motto , Hotiy foit qui mal 
 b°E°r , vvr iijT y P ef7 f e ' About the neck they weare a Collar of Gold, compo- 
 rr.clc EJquire, led of red Rofes within the Garter, and Knots, inamelled, appen- 
 raid^int iruied, dant unto which is the figure of St. George on Horfeback killing 
 The in/iituti- r | ie Dragon, enamelled alio and enriched with Stones of great 
 
 r>n-,Lavecs and o 7 c 1 
 
 Ceremonies of value : And about the lelr Leg a Garter the Buckle and Pendant 
 
 * I* /• XY/i/? \T /)_ _ t 9 
 
 f of Gold Enamelled, and fet with Diamonds, the Garter enrich¬ 
 ed with Gold, Pearle, and other Stones, with the Motto before 
 mentioned. 
 
 the Moft No¬ 
 ble Order t 
 the Garter, 
 Printed at 
 London, An. 
 
 Befides thefe Exercifes of Armes, this great and provident King 
 during this Truce takes efpccial care for the Government of His 
 Kingdome,and Reformation ot the abufes thereof, a Parliament at 
 Wefiminfter is called, wherein upon the Grievous Complaint of the 
 Lords and Commons, againft the Collation of Benefices upon 7 podigm* 
 Strangers, Letters are fent to the Pope by Sir John Shordich , whofe 
 reception in that Court was fo unwelcome, that from thence he re- l s- 
 turned without regard or Anfwer, which notwithftanding the King 
 proceeded to the prohibition of all fuch Provifions and Collations 
 within His Realme, upon pain of Imprifonment and Death to 
 wjiomfoever fhould for the future admit any fuch perfon or per- 
 fans. 
 
 <Anno 1344 * In another Parliament held at London , a Tenth is granted the Tpodigma 
 King by the Clergy , and a Fifteenth by the Laity for one year. 
 Edward the Kings Son is created Prince of Wales , and General £0. mi- 
 Mutters taken throughout the Kingdome. The King Himfelf goes 
 to confirm the Flemmings unto him, at Since ; whereunto their 
 Commiflioners from their Chief Towns repai re, where a motion 
 is made, that either Lewis their Earlfhould become a Homager to 
 King Edward , or be difinherited, and the Prince of Wales Elefted, 
 for the King Promifed to Grace them with a Dukedom } one 
 d'Artuel is forward to entertain the Motion, but the reft not wil¬ 
 ling to difinherit their natural Lord, require leave to acquaint the 
 Towns that fent them. D’Artuel undertakes to bring them to 
 it, and with a Guard of Welfhmen returnes to Gaunt , where one 
 Gerard Denis Provoft of the Weavers oppofing him, and the Peo¬ 
 ple, whom he bad often led to Mutiny now rifing againft him, a 
 Cobler with an Axe knocktout his braines, whereby King Ed¬ 
 ward loft his chief Agent: However the Townes excufed them- 
 feives of the Accident, lay ing the fault on the turbulent Gauntois , 
 promifed to perfwade the Earl to become homager, and to en¬ 
 deavour a Match between the Earles Son and the Kings Daughter, 
 the League thus renewed, he returnes for England. 
 
 Aw; rj4*. But now in Guyen the War grew hot, the Sword out before the 
 
 Truce 
 
p. fi 6 . n 
 li. 
 
 Tpodigmx 
 Neujiritx, 
 p. 516Y n. 
 4 *. 
 
 THE Kjy^gs OF E*cgLj^(T), &c. ,*5 
 
 cha f AU - Truce expired, the Earl of Derby on one fide, and the Duke of E<Wm 
 
 Milt. Normandy on the other take feveral Caftles, and Citties, whereof 1 
 
 th e French King Iayes the blame on the King of England,md He the 
 
 Ns./irw, lame on him, neither it feems any longer holding their hands from 
 p. *i<?. w. t j le £ ata | wor j c Q f deftru&ion. 
 
 Wherefore upon the fifth of July, An. i^6. with the greateft A..** 
 tleet that ever crolTed the Englilh Seas for France, Hepaffes over 
 mto Normandy (leaving for Wardens of England in His abfence 
 the Lords Percy and Nevtl, taking the Prince with Him about Fif¬ 
 teen yeares of Age, to fhevv him the way of Men. Upon His land¬ 
 ing he divides his Army into Three Battels, the one Marched on 
 
 &Z. H ‘ S . r 'S ht hand j'° n g r ^ e Sea ’ fide ’ the fecond on his left ( both 
 which were conduced by his Marfhals Godfrey de Hareconrt and 
 Thomas Earl of Warwick) and Himfelf with the third inthemid- 
 die. The firft Town He took was St Lo in ConUantine , next 
 Caen, after which he plunders Lifeux, and fpoils the Country of 
 Eitreux, and leaving Roan, he paffes to Gaillon and burnt it, with 
 Vernon, Pout de l Arche, and all the Country thereabout, having 
 overrun and wafted Normandy and Bretagne, he paffes the Riv'er 
 Seyne, and Ipreads His Power over the Ifle of France, to urge King 
 
 Pbthp to Combate, gwmg out, that He would YVreftle with him 
 before His Capital Citty of Paris . 
 
 King Edward having ftaid fometime at Poiffy to expea the 
 French King, Marches through Beauvoyfm Burning and deftroying 
 all before him the Caftle of Anglers and Town of Porke run che 
 5 a " dldrawin J near to Abbe-vile, he endeavours to pafle 
 
 \Z’ r ,\ 7 'c of l f oam at B^mbtaque, the Foord was guarded on the 
 other fide by 12ooo Soldiers, commanded by Sir Comar du. 
 
 S’foHe ! K ' ng t? ar c tltn e * to £ a ' n , or ^y e in the Attempt, 
 and fo He plunges Himfelf firft into the Water, faying, Thofc Lit 
 
 follow me that love me -, whereupon every one ftriving which ihould 
 
 beforemo ft ,thePafswas g a.ned, and the routed Enemy driven to 
 
 There lay King Philip with his Army, compofed of Lorrainois, 
 
 Almatnes, Gemwates and French: Imaged at this defeat, and refoll 
 ved (though againft the confent of his Counfel) to fall immediate- 
 Jy upon the %/# with an affured hope of a Triumphant Victory; 
 when King Edward Fortifying himfelf near a Village called Creffy cup- 
 
 "S rr f t A r y ’ C , 0 f? iDg0f Soooo Men,into three 
 Battels, the firft of which was led by the Prince of Wales, the fe- 
 
 cond by the Earl of Northampton, and the third by himfelf, mount¬ 
 ed on a white Hobby ; who rid from Ranke to Ranke to encourage 
 every Man to have regard to his honour. S 
 
 com!! 6 both greater in number and advantage, 
 
 ompos d of above 60000 Combatants well Armed, were alfo di¬ 
 vided into three Battels the Vanguard he commits to his Brother 
 
 IftefaT f he , E f f and Nlam Battel he leads ‘ 
 
 in 7 -"- fide aidle h U r 1? the Vi ?° ty reraains on the Engl.lh 
 
 liae, and the honour of the day to the Prince of Wales ; there 
 
 being 
 
 Yhomdt 
 Walfingh 
 f* 16 °. n 
 3 *. 
 
 rpodig, 
 
1 66 A qE^EALOqiCAL H1ST0FJ OF 
 
 J)xvid King of 
 Scots taken 
 prilcner. 
 
 An. 13 47 * 
 
 p lantagemts being flain on the French part near 30000. the Chief of which Booklil- 
 undiv ided^ wcre ^ John King of Bohemia , the Duke of Lorraine , the Dau¬ 
 phin of Viennois , the Earles of Alanfon , Flanders , Harconrt , Blois , 
 and 57 . Paul, &c. Barons, Knights, and Gentlemen 1500. This 
 Memorable Viftory happened on Saturday the 26 day of Auguft, 
 
 An. 1346. The French King fled to f>r<ry-Caftle with Five Ba¬ 
 rons only, and (hence to Amiens. Several Troops coming tothe 
 Kings Supply on the next morning,, fell alfo into the hands of the 
 Enghfh and were cut off: to that according to report the number 
 {lain in purfuit, and ftragling, were more then in the main Bat¬ 
 tel. 
 
 Nor was this all the good Fortune which befell King Edward this rbo.wti - 
 year, for the K»ng of Scots (being fet on by the French') Invaded p^.n. 
 England with 60000 Men, which by the Archbifhop of Torl^ the 
 Bithop of Durham , and the Northern Lords, were utterly over- 
 throwm, Dav/d Bruce their King taken at Merington , by John Cop- p- 5*7- ». 
 land an Eiquire of Northumberland , and feveral of their Nobility, 4 °* 47 ’ 
 
 with the Bifliop of Sr. Andrews, made Prifoners: Befldes, another 
 great Vitftory is now r obtained in France by the Countefs of Mont- 
 fort in Bretagne , againfl: Charles de Blois ( pretender to that 
 DukedomeJ w hom ihe takes Prifoner, and thus all fell before the 
 Sword of England. 
 
 King Edward next layes Siege to Calais , which was mod flout- rpodigm 
 ly defended tor a whole year, and then iurrendred } the King ha- 
 ving condemned flx of the Burgefles (which came with fubmifli- 
 on, in their Shirts, and Halters about their necks) they were by the 7-»•44- 
 Queens humble inrreaty upon Her knees, Pardoned, and fet at Li¬ 
 berty. A Collony of E-ighjh he there planted, and having fent 
 the Inhabitants to (eek out new dwellings, returnes with his Queen 
 for England , after he had concluded a Truce for feme Moneths. 
 
 And, to add yet to his Glory, the Ele&ors fent him word, that 
 they had cholen him King of the Romans , but in regard that it 
 teemed out of his way, King Edward refufed it. But to allay the 
 great joy that w as now throughout this Kingdomc, a moft conta¬ 
 gious Peflilence arole over all Chriftendome; and in England took 
 away, as is reported, one halfe of the Men : in London , between 
 Newvyears-day , and the fli ft day of July , 57374. perfons. 
 
 After which , the next A&ion is the Lord Geoffrey Charney' s at- rpodigmA 
 tempting to corrupt Sir Amery de Favy an Italian , then Governor 
 of Calais , to betray the Town to him for aoooo Crownes, which 15,1 
 Sir Amery accepts, but privately fent King Edward w'ord, who, the 
 night that it fnould have been delivered (the fumm being payed) 
 arrives there with 900 Soldiers, furprifes the Perfons that brought 
 the Money, and ilfuingoutof the Town on Foot and in difguife, rko.wxi- 
 under the Banner of Sir Walter Manney , meets Charney and his For- 
 ces, where he happened to encounter one Euttace of Rybemont, a 5°- 
 Valiant Knight, who having ftruck him twice onhisknees^ was at 
 Jaftmaftered by the King, and taken prifoner, who, for his valour rni^rd, 
 lorgave him his Ranlome, and honoured him with a rich C haplet of f * 
 
 Pearle 
 
 Anno 134?. 
 
THE KIHQS OF EHJjLdKV’&Z' ^7 
 
 Chap.HI 
 
 TTpodigmt 
 
 £4euftrix, 
 
 p. 1 i 9 ‘ »• 
 *8. 
 
 rho. vEnt- 
 
 fingham. 
 
 p.i6?.n.6. 
 
 rpoiig. 
 
 Neujlritty 
 p. 5 20 . n. 
 
 I 1 * 
 
 y^o. r^i/- 
 finghm.p. 
 ijo.n. 16 . 
 
 ?pidigm<t 
 Ncuflri*^ 
 f. 520 . 71 . 
 4 ®> & 57 * 
 
 Pearle which himfelfwore upon his head • Charney is likewife ta- Rivard lit; 
 ken, and the whole Force defeated. 
 
 King Philip not born to fee better Fortune leaves the World ; 
 but hisdiftreffed Kingdom to his Son John : and King Edward the An - I 3 * 0 ' 
 next Year is in Perfon with a Fleet to encounter certain Spanifh 
 Ships palling from Flanders , Laden with Cloath and other Com¬ 
 modities, which, after a (harp Fight, he maftered, revenging him- 
 felt* upon that People, who, in the River Carrone , had taken away 
 feveral Ships, and (lain diverfeof his Subje&s. In Guyen alfo his 
 Soldiers continue in A&ion } and feveral hot encounters there are , 
 
 between the Widdow of Montfort } and the Wife of Charles of 
 Blois Prifoner in England , eager Defenders of eithers pretended 
 Right to the Dukedom of Britain . 
 
 Diverfe overtures of Peace had been made by Legates fent from 
 the Pope, and the Commiffioners met to the great expence of both 
 Princes, but nothing effe&ed. The King in difeontent with the 
 Flemmings tor being difappointed of a Match between their Heire 4 nno 
 with his Daughter, withdrawes the Staple of Wooles from their 
 Townes, and placeth it at home. Charles of Blois long here a 
 Prifoner, buyeshis Ranfome for 40000. Florins , which to raife, he 
 is permitted to return into Brittain. Great Mediation is made by 
 the Pope for Peace, upon this Article, That the King of England 
 fhould enjoy the Dukedom of Aquitaine without homage, which 
 the Frenchmen refolutely deny , though in the end, at a Treaty in 
 Britany , they were forced to condefcend unto. 
 
 But the Commiffioners returning without effe&ing any thing at 
 this time, King Edward grewfo much difpleafed, that he would 
 not any longer prorogue the Truce, but appoints the Prince, with 
 confiderable Forces, to go for Gafcoigne y and at Michaelmas Him- 
 felf follows with a great Army, endeavouring by all means poffible 
 to draw the French to a Battel, whofe Diftemperaturesare mightily 
 encreafed by Charles II. King of Navarre , a fubtil and haughty 
 Prince, who, being defeended from Jane , the Daughter of Lewis 
 Hntin , late King of France , and put by the Inheritance of the 
 Crown in regard of their Salique Law , holding himfelf wronged 
 of the Counties of Campagne and Bry , falls violently on the Con- 
 ftableof France , at I'Aigle in Normandy , and rulhinghimfelf in¬ 
 to his Chamber (with his Brother^ and two of the Harecourts') 
 
 Murthers him in his Bed, and returning home juftifies the Aft. 
 
 The French King highly difpleafed thereat, Summons the King 
 of Navarre to appear before him at Paris, promifing, That if he 
 would come and ask pardon, he fhould have it *, but, upon his ap¬ 
 pearance , commits him to Prifon: Three Queens become fuitors 
 for him , by whom his enlargment is obtained, which he immedi¬ 
 ately imployes (by way of revenge for that indignity) in the Ser¬ 
 vice of the King of England , by withdrawing the People of Nor¬ 
 mandy from their Obedience to the King of Frances however, 
 coming to vifit Charles his Son, newly inverted in the Duchy of 
 Normandy , he is at Bo an furprifed (the two Harecourt s (lain, feve- 
 
 X x f al 
 
 •an. 
 
168 A QE^(EALOgiCAL HIS70%J OF 
 
 ¥ i intake nets vcral others Executed or taken prifoners, and fent under Guard Booklir 
 i^di.idu-K J rrit s ) which fo amaz’d the Partizans of Navarre , that Philip 
 his Brother, and Geoffry Uncle to the two Harecourts , come im¬ 
 mediately for England, fadly complaining of the Injuftice of King 
 John , and offering to King Edward all their Towns and Havens, 
 to let him into Normandy ; whereupon Henry Duke of Lancafler, 
 is fent with an Army thither, and with their affiftance, won tna- 171 
 ny ftrong Towns. 
 
 Ann° iy> 6 . Mean while King Edward with another Army Marches to reco- rpedigm* 
 ver Harwich', which, during the time that he was at Calais^ had Ncu V ri «>' 
 been taken from him by the Scots ; where he not only reobtaines 16 - 
 that place, but hath the whole Kingdome of Scotland reftgned fingimfp; 
 unto him by Edward Bali ol himfelf, yielding to be content with a 171 *”‘ 25< 
 Pention. At which time Prince Edward enters Guyen 9 pafles o- 
 ver Languedoc^ toTholoufe^Narbon^nd Bruges t without any encoun¬ 
 ter deftroyes, and laden with booty returns to Burdeaux. 
 
 King John thus diftrcfted, on all fidcs, Aflembles the Power of 
 his whole Kingdom 60000 fighting Men , and marches firft againft 
 his Enemies in Nor/nancly , recovers many of his loft Towns, and 
 Batrei of then turns all his Force upon the Prince of Wales , whom he fol¬ 
 ia? 7 ^. lowed through Tourain and PouiSton, and within two Leagues of rpodlgn ^ 
 September 19. p 0 jtf} ers had him at a great advantage *, when, at theinftant, two Ncu ^ru i 
 Cardinals come from the Pope to Mediate for Peace; which the 3s. 511 ' 
 French King (fuppofing he had all at his mercy) would by no 
 means hearken unto upon any lefs Condition, Then the furrender of 
 the Prince himfelf, and the whole Army. 
 
 The Prince, whofe Army confifted of 8000 Men only, was con¬ 
 tent to yield all that he had gotten upon the French King, without 
 prejudice to his Honour, for which he flood accomptable to his Fa¬ 
 ther and Country , but that would not fatisfie King John , who 
 prefuming of Vidlory, becaufe his Army was above fix to one, 
 would lofenotime, but inftantly fets upon the Prince, who now, 
 in fo great a ftrait, took all the advantage he could of Ground, 
 and placing his Archers among the Vineyards,the French Horfe were 
 fo intangled therein, that without danger they galled them at plea- 
 fure, and, in a fhort time, put all their Army into fuch a diforder, 
 that they became utterly defeated. The King, after a brave re¬ 
 finance, was made Priloner ( by Sir Denys Morhecl\ a Knight of 
 Artois) with his Son Philip 1 afterwards Duke of Burgundy , who, 
 for his valiant defending of his Father that day, was called the 
 Hardy moft of the Nobility of France, and 2coo Knights, Ef- 
 quires, and Gentlemen; infomuch, that the Conquerors not hold¬ 
 ing it fafe to retaine fo great a number, let many of them go, upon 
 Promife, of appearing with their Ranfomes at Burdeaux, By 
 their own Report there dyed in this Battel ( fought upon the 1 pth 
 day of September , An. 135 6.) 1 700. Gentlemen bearing Coat-Ar - 
 mour , of which 5 2 Bannerets, the moft eminent Peter de Bourbon Thomas 
 Duke of Athens ; the Conftable of France , John de Clermont Zm?"p S ~ 
 Marfiial, Geojfery de Charmy High Chamberlain ; Sir Reginald , 7 Z «*-** 
 
 Camian 
 
THE EJ^egs OF E^egLJ^CD, See. 16? 
 
 Chap.IIX, Camiariy who that daybare the Oriflamb, was (lain,and an hundredEn- IJ T« 
 
 ftanes taken three of th eFreneh Kings Sons efcaped, Charles 
 
 the Daulphin, Lewis, afterwards Duke of Anjou, and John Duke 
 of Berry. This Vi&ory might feem enough to have lubdu’d all 
 France, a greater than which never was obtained by the Englijb 
 with fo few hands, but all this blood-letting was not fufficient to 
 make that great Body faint. 
 
 The Prince of Wales, as he won this Battel with the greateft 
 Magnanimity and Courage,fo with as much Hcroick Courtefie he 
 vifits the Captive King ^ and with all reverence and regard of Ma- 
 jefty, affures himoffaire entertainment, and having providently 
 no. wai- accommodated his Affaires, returnes with his Prifoners to Burdeaux, 
 
 and thence for England, having rewarded moft of the Principal An . 13573 
 nc«/S A&ors in this great work, whofe names ought not to pafs unremem- 
 p. ». bred, viv*. The Earles of Warwick, 0 Suffolk?, Salisbury, Oxford and 
 Stafford the Lords, Cobham, le Dejpenfer, Berkley and Baffet •, of 
 Gajcoignes , the Capitow de la Bouch, Pumier and Chaumont: James 
 Lord Audeley Won immortal renown here, where he receiv’d many 
 wounds, and fhared the Princes Gift of ^ooMarkes in Feefim- 
 pie among his four Efquires, who had continued with him in all the 
 brunt and fury of the Day. 
 
 The King of France is Lodged in th e Savoy, many Prifoners 
 at a reafonable Ranfome , and fome upon King Johns Word for 
 them are fent honorably home. David King of Scots here alfo a 
 Prifoner about eleven yeares, by the earned Solicitation of his 
 Wife Joane, King Edward’s Sifter, is likewife fet at liberty. Four 
 now* yeares King John remained here a Prifoner, divers overtures are 
 made for his delivery by the Daulphin his Son, who Govern’d all 
 during this time, but with his own People could effe<ft nothing, 
 unlefs Charles II. King of Navarre were delivered, which being at 
 laft agreed upon, he comes to Paris, and is triumphantly welcomed 
 of the Fa&ious Citizens, which now put all thoughts of redeeming 
 King John out of mind : But the Daulphin, not at all remifs, tra¬ 
 vels from place to place to obtain Aid, leaving his Brother Philip 
 Duke of Orleance at Paris, to keep them in the beft order he could 
 during his abfence. Languedoc is renowned in their Hiftories for 
 making the firft and largeft offers for their Kings Releafment, but 
 nothing could move the Parifians to do any thing, the King of Nrf- 
 varre had fo debauched them from their Obedience and Humani- 
 Jj nier3 ty, fo that the Daulphin upon his return to Paris had his Houfe 
 s.Minb. befet bv the Provoft of the Merchants fwith ?ooo Artificers in 
 p.841. ’ Armes ) who, rufhing into his Chamber, flew John de Conflancc 
 and Robert de Clermont Marfhall of France, two of his Chief Coun- 
 fellors before his face , whereat the Daulphin cries out, Will you 
 fet upon the Blood of France? the Provoft replyed, Fear not, it is 
 not you we feek 0 it is your difloyal Servants, and evil Counfellors } and 
 herewith takes the Daulphins Hat, and puts his own party-colour¬ 
 ed Hat upon the Daulphins head, intimating thereby, that he was 
 
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 170 A QE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 jianiageneu but a Member of their Corporation, and only fit to wear the Cit- Booklll. 
 -—- ties Livery. 
 
 The Dauphin with much adoe gets ottt of this Tumultuous Cit* 
 ty thus difgraced, and at Vertns affembles the States of the Coun¬ 
 try, whom he found Loyal, the reft of the great Townes, with 
 much difdain, refufing to joyh with the Citty of Paris, offer him 
 their Aide , fo that thereby he is now in fome heart, and hopes to 
 efFe£l his defires. But the King of Navarre on the contrary raifed 
 flill new Broiles againft him • befides, the Peafants, that had 
 been all this while eaten out, and trodden under foot by the 
 Soldiers and their Lords, rife up in Armes for themfelves againft 
 the Gentry , and in the Country of Beavoyfts commit great outra¬ 
 ges, burning their Houfes, killing their Wives and Children , all 
 within a Kingdom fo much already in Confufion, could be thought 
 no other then to draw on an utter Subverfion. 
 
 An. 1359. And fo much lefs likely is the redemption of their King to be ex* 
 pe&ed, whofe Ranfome King Edward now longed to have in His 
 Treafury, requiring befides infinite Sums of Money, that the 
 French fhould do Homage, and hold the Crown of France of the 
 Crown of England, which King John refufed •, whereupon King 
 Edward refolves to end the Controverfie by the Sword, and with 
 a Fleet of 1100 Sail Landed at Calais, from whence dividing' His 
 Army into three parts, one whereof is led by the Prince of Wales, p. ***< «** 
 the fecond by the Duke of Lancafter, and the third by Himfelf: no.mi- 
 He Marches to Arras , which within three dayes he won \ thence to 
 An . i]60. Campaigne, where the Citties of Sens and Nevers are rendredunto *• * *• 
 
 Him \ the Duchy of Bnrgoine terrified with the others example 
 buys her Peace for 70000 Florins of Gold : Thus furnifhed with 
 Treafure by the way. He Marches to Paris, where the Daulphin, m 
 ( who now had the Title of Regent, and had overcome the Fa£li- 
 on, and Executed many of the Principal Mutineers) with a 
 great Force which he had there raifed, would by no Provocation be no.Wii- 
 drawn out to hazard his Army, but flood only upon his defence, 
 which King Edward feeing, raifed his Siege, and returned into Bri - 
 taine } during which time, the Regent Stores and Fortifies the 
 City fo, that at His return, finding little good to be done there , 
 
 He takes His way to Befiege Chartres , but being terrified with 
 horrible Ternpeft of Haile, Thunder and Lightning that fell upon 
 His Army, He Vowed to make Peace with the King of France up- rpliigmi. 
 on any reafonable Conditions. Which was done fiiortly after 
 (yi'z,. upon the 15 day of May , An. 1560.) near Chartres , by a rbo.mi- 
 Treaty Managed between Edward Prince of Wales, and Charles » 
 Regent of France, in the Name of both Kings, upon thefe Articles, >}.&».* 
 vi*,. That the Dukedome of Aquitaine, the County of Poidou, the V. i * Iy6 ' 
 Fiefesof Thouars and Belvile, the Country of Gafcoigne, Agenois, 
 
 Perigort, Unto fin, Cahors, Torbe,Bigorre, Koyergne, and Engolmois, p “‘* cja 
 remain to the King of England and His Heires and Succcffors, in So- ah.^ej. 
 veraignty, with the Homages of the Lords thereof: That Mon- *' ™' 10 ' 
 ftruel on the Sea, Pontbieu, Calais , Quines , La MerJ^e, Sangore/ 
 
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 Cbap.IIi r BologneJiaweSyVales and Oyejhould alfo be to the Kings of England , Edward in. 
 befides three Millions of Scutes of Gold , whereof one half in 
 hand, and the other half at two payments within three yeares af¬ 
 ter. 
 
 And the King of England for Himfelf and His Succeflors did re¬ 
 nounce all Claime unto the Crown of France , the Countries of 
 Normandy , Fouraine > Anjou and Maine , with the Duchy of Bri- 
 taine and Earldome of Flanders } for Aflurance of which Accord 
 He had Hoftages given, the Kings Brother, and two younger Sons, 
 with about 22 more of the Chief Nobility of France } YVhereup- 
 rpodigmi on King John is delivered at Calais y after near upon five years Impri- An. 13#* 
 fonraent in England , from whence both Kings part with great 
 Tho.irn- kindnefs; the one is with much Joy received of his fubje&s, and 
 fingham, t h e ot h er with as great Triumph returnes with his Hoftages for 
 49. England . 
 
 Where to attend this inexpreflible joy, a moft woful Peftilence 
 fweeps away many of the Nobility,one whereof is Henry Duke of 
 Lancafier , a great Pillar of the Nation, whofe Daughter Blanch was 
 lately Married to John of Gaunt , whereby he is now created Duke 
 Tho. mi- of L ancafter. The Prince of Wales is made Duke of Aquitaine , Amo 11&1 
 jytTf' a °d WIt h his WifeandFamily fent into Gafcoigne: and Lionel Earl of 
 Tpodigma FHJier is alfo created Duke of Clarence in the $oth year of his Fa- 
 »• thers Reign, an Year of great Jubile, in which King Edward j 
 43 ‘ among many other gratious A&s made for the good of His Peo¬ 
 ple, caufed the Lawes heretofore written in French to be Tranfla- 
 ted into Englijh : Whofe Honour is now fo great in the World , 
 
 •tpodigmi that the Kings of France , Scotland and Cyprus become His Vifi- 
 £5 "f.njt. tants j the firft of which, as if not willing to part from his old Pri- 
 fnghm,p. fon, refigned His laft breath in the Savoy e , much lamented by King 
 l 79-n. 4$. Edwardy ('who Solemnly Accompanied his Corps to Dover 9 
 whence it was conveyed to St. Denis , and there Interred) being 
 fucceeded in His Kingdom by his Son Charles the Daulphin. 
 
 And now are we come to the Fortieth year of the Reign of this 
 Mighty King^ at this time the moft Glorious Prince in the Chrifti- 
 an World } notwithftandingj during thefe remaining Ten yeares, 
 
 Charles the V. King of France (Intituled the Wife) the late Daul- 
 t poiigmd. phin, won much advantage upon him. The Prince of Wales ha- An. 13671 
 *p!v6?n. v * n g aided and reftored Peter the ungrateful King of Cafiile , is by 
 n’eVi- him fent back to Aquitaine , without the leaft pay for that great Ar- 
 fingbam, my which he had brought to His Afliftance, for which, being for¬ 
 ced to raife Money amongft his Subje&s at home, they Rebell 
 againft Him , The Lords of Armaignach^ and Albret and many 
 others in France make Proteftations againft King Edward , by 
 whofe Example the Citties of the County of Ponthieu render Jn> 1 i 6t: 
 themfelves to Guy de St. Paul , and Guy de Chajlilion. The King 
 of England Complaines of this Breach of Peace to the Emperor 
 Charles the IV. who took a Journey into France to Reconcile the 
 no. mi- two Kings} but* not defiding the Matter, King Edward fends over 
 fsfJ’Zt. His Son John Duke of Lancafler, with a mighty Army to Invade An.1369. 
 
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 fiantagenets the French on that fide, whilft the Prince of Wales ftrives to reco- Bookllf. 
 
 Undivided^ ver t jj e revolted Towns on the other } but little being effe&ed, the 
 Duke returnes, and Thomas Beauchampe Earl of Warwick^ with 
 fre fh Supplies is fent in his ftead, and dies in the Journey ; then Sir 
 Robert pinoles , an eminent Man both for Counfel and Valour, is rpodigm 
 made Leader of that Army , againft whom the Great Ones mur- 
 mur, in regard of themeanefs of his quality, by which they over- 4 °* 
 threw themfelves and thatA&ion, 
 
 Qi! ' y ear 1 3 ^ 9 * on 1 5 *k da Y ^ H g u ft Deceafed Queen 
 
 Philippa the Wife of King Edward III. ( having been Married 42 f - l8 *- 
 yeares) An. 45. of his Reign, and was buried in the Abbey of St. 
 
 Peter at Wetfminjler , in the Chappel of the Kings, where She hath a 
 fair Tombe, at the feet of Her Husband, of Black Touchftone, 
 with the Garnifliing, and Her Portraiture thereon of Alablajler 5 
 about which Monument were placed the Figures, and now remain 
 the Shields of Armes (Carved and Painted ) of thefe Perfons fol- 
 Jpwing, ^/o,. at the Head, of Edward Prince of Wales^ Lewis the 
 Emperour , King Edward III. ffihn King of France , and William 
 Earl of Henault the Queens Father : On the South*fide,of Joan 
 Countefs of Henault the Queens Mother, William Earl of He - 
 nault the Queens Brother, Margaret Emprefs of Germany the 
 Queens Sifter, Reginald Duke of Geldres , Elianor Duchefs of GeU 
 dreSj John of Bavaria Earl of Henault , Mary Duchefs of Britain * 
 
 Lewis Duke of Bavaria , Margaret Countefs of Pembrook^ Charles 
 of Valois Son to the King of France , and John Duke of Brabant: 
 
 On the North-fide, of Joan Queen of Scots , John Earl of Corn¬ 
 wall , Joan Princefs of Wales > Lionell Duke of Clarence , lffabel 
 Countefs of Bedford , John Duke of Lancajler , Elizabeth Duchefs 
 of Clarence , Edmond Earl of Cambridge , and Thomas Earl of Bhc\•• 
 ingham : And at the Foot, of the Kings of Nayarre , Bohemia , 
 Scotland , Sicily ? and Spain. 
 
 The Forme of this Tombe is reprefented in the following Page, 
 near unto which on a Tablet you may read this Epitaph • 
 
 Gulielmi Hannonis fofcolesi pOfitUtta Philippa, 
 
 pc rofeo quonfcam pulcfjja Heco?e facet, 
 
 t£erttu0 Edwardus Ret iffa conjure letuis 
 ^atetno ruafunoWItumque futt; 
 
 if rater Johannes Comes i^auojtfus fierce, 
 rptuc fllam&oUtft confoctate&tro. 
 
 fpcc fttlttit Flandros COtljUttCttO fatlgUtttf# aitfiWiS : 
 3in Francos fceitlt IjtUC GallicatUra Uieg. 
 
 jDotibug Ijec rat# Wsuft tegina Philippa, 
 jFo?ma pceftanti, JReligtoite, fine* 
 
 ifecuntie ttata eft p?o|egs numerofa parent!, 
 Infisnes peperit magnammofque mtce& 
 
 Oxonii pofutt ntitJiofiG optima itutrir 
 Rcgmcasi encs, PaUamatuque fcijoia#. 
 
 DJSCE VIVERE, 
 
 Faire Philip, William Henaldes Child, 
 And youngeft Daughter dear. 
 
 Of rofeat hue and beauty bright. 
 
 In Tombe lies hilled here. 
 
 Edward the Third, through Mothers will, 
 And Nobles good confenc. 
 
 Took Her to Wife, and joyfully 
 With Her His time He fpent. 
 
 His Brother John, a Martial Man, 
 
 And eke a valiant Knight, 
 
 Didlinck this Woman to this King, 
 
 In Bonds of Marriage right. 
 
 This Match and Marriage j:hus in blood, 
 Didbindethe Flemings fure 
 To Englilhmen,by which they did 
 The Frenchmens wrack procure. 
 
 This Philip flowed in Gifts full rarei 
 And Treafures of thcMinde, 
 
 In Beauty bright. Religion, Faith, 
 
 To all and each moft kind 
 A fruitfull Mother Philip was. 
 
 Full many a Son fhe bred, 
 
 And brought forth many a worthy Knight j 
 Hardie and full of dred, 
 
 A careful Nurfe to Students all, 
 
 At Oxford She did found 
 Queens Colledge She, Dame Pallas School^' 
 That did Her fame refound. 
 
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 P lant age nets Upon the Ill-management of Affaires by the Englijb , Charles V. Book III , 
 
 Undivided. j£* n g c f p rance grows both in Power and Alliance , having obtain¬ 
 ed Margaret the Daughter and foie Heir of the Earl of Flanders for 
 his Brother Philips whom King Edward endeavoured for His Son 
 Edmond ; whereupon He reaffumes His Title to the Crown of 
 France , requires Aide of His Subje&s, and hath 50000./. granted J 8 ^"** 2 * 
 
 An. 137®- Him from the Clergy , and as much from the Laity. John Duke 34. 
 of Lancaster with Edmond Earl of Cambridge are fent with Forces 
 into Aquitaine to aflift the Prince of Wales, who after he had Sack¬ 
 ed the City of Limoges which had Revolted, his health failing him, Tpodigmx 
 leaves the Profecution of the War to his Brothers, and with his 
 Wife, and young Son Richard , born at Bourdeaux, returnes for * 7 - 
 England . 
 
 ’An. 1371: After the Princes Departure, John Duke of Lancajler did little, Tbmat 
 
 but his Wife being lately dead, Marries a Daughter of the before- 
 mentioned Peter King of Cajlile and Leon , (one that through his 
 own wickednefs fcarcely ever enjoyed it,as appeareth by hislpeedy 
 extirpation, after his bafe Ingratitude to our Prince of Wales) by 
 whom he obtained the empty Title of King of thofe places. So nmat 
 that the Earl of Pembrool^ being fent with a Fleet to the Relief of 
 Rochel , is fet upon by the Spaniards , and after a long Fight utterly ** 
 loft: Which King Edward feeing, and how all things without 
 him went backward , prepares another Navy and goes in Perfon, 
 but the Winds not favouring Him, He returnes to Sum up the 
 Charge of this Expedition, which coll: Him cpooooo. Marines. 
 
 An. 1373; And fhortly after the Duke of Lancafler Lands with an Army at ibidem,p: 
 
 Calais , paftes through France by the way of Avergne ^ where, l8? ' n,i$ ' 
 among the Mountains he loft moft of his Men, and all his Horfe, 
 and with the reft almoft ftarved for want of Vi&uals gets to Bour - 
 
 An. 1374: deaux , makes fome few Attempts upon the Enemy, and the next rpodign4 
 year returnes for England , not only without Vi&ory, but alfo with 
 the fad News of the Defe&ion of the whole Duchy of Aquitaine, 
 excepting Bourdeaux and Bayon. 
 
 Aniiiy6. The Prince of Wales His Sicknefs continues, which ever fince he Th ° : 
 
 had aided Peter King of Cajlile hung upon him, and now proved {.”*90 !»* 
 his end, to the great forrow of the whole Kingdom, whofe death IO * 
 changed the face of ail Affairs in the Nation. The Duke of Lan¬ 
 cafler , the Lord Latimer , Sir John Slurry, and Dame Alice Pierce 
 the Kings Concubine, who were upon Complaint in Parliament Yputgna 
 amoved from the Court, are all recalled to their former places: plno/Z 
 
 34. 
 
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 The Duke of Lancajler is now Regent, and Governs all. Sir Pe¬ 
 ter de la Marre ^at the Suit of Alice Pierce , is committed to perpetu- ^ n s ham >P- 
 al Imprifonment at Nottingham , who was Speaker of this Parlia¬ 
 ment, called, The Good ; So much could the Impudence of this 
 Woman work upon the Age and Weaknefs of the King, that (lie 
 would fit in the Publick Courts of Jufiice , to fee that whatfoever 
 fhe had a mind to Profecute fhould go forward. no. mi - 
 
 But the King however noting the greatnefs and ambition of the 190. H.2 
 Duke of Lancajler , to prevent diforder in the Succeffion, provi- 
 
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 Chap.m dently fctled the fame in Parliament upon Richard of Bonrdeaux Edward in. 
 pighUmpl His Grandfon, Knighting him a tWindfor, and having Created him 
 190. ».2i. Earl of Cheftcr and Prince of If ales *, which , though it put by 
 Neuftria, Duke John of what he really intended, yet with much imperiouf- 
 nels he behaves himfelf in the State that he had, wherein he di(pla¬ 
 ced the Earl of March } and afferting John JVickJtff' and his Do- 
 Cirine againft the Bifhop of London , thereby breed ill Blood be¬ 
 twixt the Court and City. 
 
 And now the Kings Age, Grief (for His Son Prince Edward* s An. 137^ 
 Death) and Sicknefs, having overcome Him, He is forced to for- 
 fake the World , as the World before His Breath had forfaken 
 Him • His Concubine firft, with all that fhe could fnatch, even to 
 the Rings of his Fingers, all His Counfellors and Servants follow¬ 
 ing her example, with all they could get, left Him alone , to fight 
 with Death ; which, a poor Pried: by chance in the Houfe, feeing, 
 went to his Bed-dde, and perceiving Him to Breath , Calls upon 
 Him to Remember His Saviour , and to aske Pardon for His Offen¬ 
 ces j at which, (hewing all Signes of Contrition , His lad: Breath 
 expreffes Jefus. And fo died this Victorious and Mighty King (a T . he Death 
 perfect Example of this W orlds Vanity) at His Manour of Shene ih 3 Edwuri 
 (now Richmond ) in Surrey , theaith day of June , An. Dom . 
 
 1377. in the LXIV. Year of His Age, having Reigned L. years 
 IV. Moneths and XXVIII. dayes, from whence His Body was 
 conveyed by four of His Sons, and others of His Lords, and So^ 
 lemnly Interred on the South-fide of the Royal Chappel in the 
 Abbey of St. Peter at Wejiminfter } where ('betwixt two Pillars 
 parallel with the Tomb ofKing Edward the Confeffor ) He hath 
 His Monument of Grey Marble; Upon the Superficies of which 
 lies His Portaiture of Copper Guilt, and upon the Verge of this 
 Tombe thele Verfes in Latine are Engraven, beginning on the 
 North-fide at the Foot, in which ( faith my Author ) you mud: 
 bear with the breaking of Prifcians Head, for it is Written of a 
 King that ufed to break many , and in an Age when the Sword was 
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 chap.ui On both iides of this Tombe are the Figures of all the Sons and Edward in . 
 
 Daughters of King Edward III. in folidBrafs: on the South-fide 
 ( a profpeft of which is reprefented in the preceding Page) in fe* 
 veral Niches, are Edward Prince of Wales, Joan de la Tower, En¬ 
 titled Queen of Spain , Lionel Duke of Clarence, Edmond Duke 
 of Torl\, Mary Duchefs of Brittain, and William of Hatfield, under 
 which their feveral Efcocheons of Armes enamelled, are placed, 
 and alfo under them the Armes of St. George and King Edward III. 
 upon four large Shields alfo of Brafs enamelled. On the North- 
 fide were the Statues, and ftill remain the Armes of Iffabel Lady 
 of Coney , William of Windfor , John Duke of Lancaster , Blanch 
 de la Tower , Margaret Councefs of Pembroke , and Thomas 
 Duke of Glocejler } near to which Sepulcher they (hew you the 
 Sword which (it is fM) this King ufed in His Conqueft of France , j 
 being feven Foot long, and weighing Eighteen pounds. 
 
 Thofe Lawrells placed upon His Head in His life time became ' 
 withered with Age, and faded in His Death : But now let us take 
 notice of Him Crowned with ihe immortal Bayes of His Charity, 
 r sto*,fot an ^ Works of Piety, which followed Him after deathj and thofe 
 A»7. were many,as the Founding ol Eafhninfter an Abbey near the Tower 
 
 of London ; a Nunnery at Deptford, Kings-Hall in Cambridge for 
 Poor Schollars, an Hofpital for the Poor at Calais , and St. Stephens « 
 
 Chapp'd at Wejiminfter (now the Houfe of Commons) with the 
 endowment of 300 /. per annum to that Church. He alfo aug¬ 
 mented the Chappel at Windfor with the Provifions for Churchmen 
 and 24 Poor Knights: His Buildings were great and many , as 
 the Caftle of Windfor , which he Re-edifyed and Enlarged 3 the 
 Caftle of Qninborrow , F ortifications at Calais and other pla^ 
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 Children of King E D W A R D III by Queen 
 PHILIPPA of Henaulc His Wife. 
 
 IO. E DWAKD of Woodflocl ^ Prince of Wales, Eldeft Son of 
 King Edward III. and Father of King Richard II. W’hofe Hifto- 
 ry followeth in the next Chapter, being the IV. of this Ilf, 
 
 Book . 
 
 Tpodigmi IO. WILLIAM of Ltatfield , Second Son of King Edward 
 HI* aQ d Queen Philippa, born at Hatfield in the County of 
 *** Hertford ( from whence he took his Surname ) An. 1336. in 
 
 the year of his Fathers Reign. He had his Chrifien Name 
 from William Earl of Henault his Grandfather, d ceafed in his 
 Childhood, and was interred in the Cathedral of Pork. 
 
 rpodigmi 10. LIO NELL of Antwerp D ukeof Clarence, Third Son of 
 king Edward LI. of whom fee more in the XII. Chapter of 
 ih ' this IIL Book, 
 
,78 A qEHEAlOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Plant agenets Book III, 
 
 Undivided. I0< J 0 HN of Gaunt , Duke of LancaBer, fourth Son of King 
 
 Lc/u^rdlll. Anceftorof the Royal Houle of Lancajier , menti- ban,,p. 
 oned at large in the IBook of this Genealogical Hiftory, vide I48 *”' **' 
 Chap. t. 
 
 io. EDMOND of Langley Duke of York fifth Son of King rp9digm4 
 Echvard III. He was the Root from whence the Kingly Fami- Ncu fi r i*> 
 ly of Yorh ^Branched it felf, of which I fhall difcourfe at large s^I* 4 
 in the V. Book of this Hiftory. See the firft Chapten 
 
 io. IV ILL 1 A M of WJndfdr (a Second William ) is named 
 among the Sons of King Edward III. but dyed fo young, that 
 other mention is not made of him, but that Windfor was the 
 place of his Birth, and Wejhninfter of his Burial j where, in the 
 Chdppel of St. Edmond , is to be feen a Tombe of Grey Marble, 
 on which lye the Figures of this William and his Siller Blanche 
 de la Tour , carved in Alablafter in the Habit ot that time, each 
 about a foot and half in length. The Fillet ot Brafs which 
 contained their Epitaph is torn away. 
 
 io. THOMAS of Woodflocl^ Duke of Glocefler , youngeft 
 
 Son of King Edward III. and Queen Philippa , concerning M7«« #« 
 whom, and his Defendants, you may read in the XV. Chap¬ 
 ter of this III. Book. 
 
 On a Shield of 
 Copper ena¬ 
 melled, on the 
 North-fide of 
 K. Edward III. 
 Tombe in 
 Weftminfter- 
 Albey are the 
 Armes of this 
 Lady IJJ'abel, 
 viz. In Pale 
 Barry cf 6 
 pieces, xmrry 
 Argent and A - 
 gurc, (s'Gules. 
 And quarterly 
 France femee 
 ana England. 
 
 Io. IS S A B EL Lady Coucy, and Duchefsof Bedford , Eldeft 
 Daughter of King Edward III and Queen Philippa , was Mar- m - lS - 
 ried at Windfor with great Pompe to Ingelram de Coucy (Son of Orig.de 
 Ingelram by Katherine Daughter of the Duke of Aujlria , Lord a,zR,z ' 
 Coucy , and Earl of Soyjfons j and, after his Uncle Peter, Arch- 
 Duke of Aufiria ^)who was by his Father in LawKing Edward the 
 III created Earl of Bedford, An. \o > 66. This Ijfabel was bu¬ 
 ried in the Church of the Fryers • Minors without Aldgate , leav* 
 ing Iifue by Her faid husband two daughters, Mary and Fhi- 
 
 Hp• 
 
 II. M A RY de Coney, was the Wife ol Robert de Barr Jo whom 
 She bare Robert de Barr , and Joan Married to Lewis of Lux¬ 
 emburg Earl ot St. Paul. ; 
 
 Rexconcefsit, If. PHILIP de Coucy was given in Marriage to Robert de 
 idus) Roberto Vere Duke of Ireland j Marquefs of Dublin , (a Title be- 
 
 Marchioni fore his time unknown in England ) and Earl of Oxford , 
 
 X'Pfimdiu ' who in the height of his fortunes forlook this Noble Lady, 
 
 ■m&zfontT an d Married one Lancerona a Joyners daughter (as is report- 
 
 tiium Hiber- ed) who came with King Richard the Seconds Wife out of 
 
 rise babuerit , ° 
 
 gtrat Armade A\ureo cum trilta Coronis aureiste 1 una circumfirtntiavd Bor dura de Argento',i pars Pat. an. 9 R.i.m.xl 
 With chi i augmentation, being A\ure coronets or, a border Argent, Marquefs Robert did quarter his Paternal Coat, 
 viz, Quarterl] Gules and Or, in the firft quarter a Mullet Argent. 
 
 ** „ Bohemia , 
 
 Pit.a 9 r: 
 2. p. i.m, 
 x. 
 
THE Kj^cqs OF ENjqLJ^T>, &c. , 79 
 
 Chap.IlT . Bohemia } notwithftanding which affront to His Kinf- Edward III. 
 woman,King Richard endeavoured tojufilfie him, (like ano¬ 
 ther Gavejlon) in all his pride and greatnefs, which drew 
 upon him the hatred of the Nobility, fo that by their pro¬ 
 curement he was Banifhed the Pvealm, for abufing the Kings 
 Eare, to the hurt of the State, and dyed at Lovaine in great 
 vexation of Mind, and extreame penury, An. 1392. His 
 Corps was brought into England , and honorably Interred 
 at Earles-Colne \w Efjex by King RirWr/II.leaving his Uncle 
 Aubrey de Vere his heir. 
 
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 fingham t 
 p. 148. ». 
 < 5 o. 
 
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 fingham.p. 
 148. n.fio. 
 Tpodigmi 
 Neujtria, 
 M I4.».49 
 
 10. JOANE, Entituled Queen of Spain , fecond daughter of 
 KingEdward III. was born in the Tower of London, An. 1 335. 
 and ninth Year of her Fathers Reign. Being 14 years of 
 Age, (he was defired in Marriage, by Solemn Embafly, from 
 Alphonfo King of Caflile and Leon , Son of King Ferdinand IV. 
 was Efpoufed by Proxie , Intituled Queen of Spain , and con¬ 
 veyed into that Country , where She prefently deceafed of 
 the Plague that then raged *, fo as the King coming to meet. 
 Hereto folemnize the efpoufals,with extreame grief accompanied 
 Her to Church, only at Her Funeral, in the 2 2 Year of Her Fa¬ 
 thers Reign, An. 1 348. 
 
 10. BLANCHE DE LA TOVR , Third daughter 
 of King Edward III. and Queen Philipp fo called from the place 
 of her Birth, the Power of London ; dyed an Infant, and was In¬ 
 terred in the Abbey of Weflminjler t in the year of our Lord 
 1340. Her Figure of Alablafter lies by the fide of that of her 
 Brother William of Windfor y on their Tomb in Sc. Edmonds 
 Chappel in the faid Abbey. 
 
 Quarterly 
 Gules a Cajlls 
 or , ini Argent 
 A Lyon Ram¬ 
 pant purpurc 
 impairing 
 quarterly 
 Trance femee 
 and England. 
 Thefe Armes 
 are enamelled 
 in an Efcoche- 
 on, on the 
 South-fide KV 
 Edward thelll 
 Tomb in IVeft- 
 minjler- Abbey 
 and Hand under 
 the Figure of 
 this 
 
 Tpodigma 
 Htuftrix, 
 p.%16. rt. 
 
 9 • 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Walfingb. 
 
 Jud7.j1.24 
 
 24. 
 
 Tpodigma* 
 
 Neujtrixy 
 
 M17. »• 
 
 54 . 
 
 Clanf. 
 
 24 £• ?• 
 
 13. 
 
 10- MARY , Duchefs of Britain^ fourth Daughter of King This Mary Do; 
 Edward the III, was the Wife of John Montfort , Surnamed the taine did bear 
 Valiant, Duke of Britaine ('who flew the Earl of Blois') and by J 
 him had Ifiue John Duke of Britaine , called the Sage (Father and i Uirtcrl d / 
 
 C f - , r 7 , , t Trance Semee , 
 
 01 Peter and Francis both Dukes or Britain , who dyed with- and England , 
 out ifiue) Richard Count of Efiampes , and Arthur III. of the the South fide 
 Name alfo Duke of Britaine . TombS'frJ- 
 
 tninfter- Abby. 
 
 16. MARGARET Countefs of Pembroke , youngeft daughter The Armes of 
 
 O O M /irrr/iret 
 
 of King Edwardlll. and Queen Philip, born at Windfor upon Impaled "with 
 the Third of the Calends of Augujl (vi%. the 30th. day of July) 
 in the Year 1346. was the firft Wife of John Hafiings Earl of ^ a c r |, f ot are p e ^“ 
 Pembroke. He being fent by King Edward III. to raife the Siege melled on a 
 o {Rochel, fell into the hands of the Spaniards at Sea, and re- the North-fide 
 mained a Prifoner in Spain two years, after which he was fold to m^ H ^Tomb 
 a Noble Man of France , with whom, having agreed for his Ran- in r th ' Abbe i r 
 iome, was at his departure Poiloned at a Banquet, An. 13 7*5 . jier. 
 
 , without ifliie by this Wife} being the firft Subbed which fob 
 
 A a a lowed 
 

 i8o A qE3\EAL0qiCAL H1S7 0%Y OF 
 
 Tlant age nets 
 Undivided. 
 
 $ohn Haftings 
 Earl of Pem¬ 
 broke, the firft 
 Subjeft inEng- 
 Und that quart 
 tered Armcs. 
 
 lowed the example of King Edward IILin Quartering of Armes, Book III , 
 as you may obferve in his Efcocheon yet remaining on the North 
 fide King Edward the Thirds Tombe in Wejhninfiet *Abbey # 
 upon which He beareth Quarterly , ar y a Manch Gulps , by the 
 Name of Hafiings : and Barry of 1 2 pieces Argent and A c z,ure y 
 an Orle of 8 Martlets Gules being Valence , Impaleing, France 
 Senrie , and E?Jgland y Quarterly . 
 
 V; 
 
 ■-» 
 
 l 
 
 10. EDWARD 
 
THE KJHSfS' 0F E^egLJ^CV, See. i 8 j 
 
 phap.TV 
 
 Edward^ 
 Prince of 
 WaTs. 
 
 »6. 
 
 .EDWARD) 
 
 Ps.kce of AQVITAI^B ami WALES, 
 
 D f u K; E of C O R FI W 4 E L, gm.d Earl 
 : of CHESTER, 
 
 Surnamed of Woods t © e lu 
 
 CHAP. I V. 
 
 rpojif, 
 
 Ncuftrix, 
 
 Ex Cpron. 
 
 7 ho f de U 
 M%re. 
 
 Tbo. Wal- 
 (ingbam,p. 
 130.B.47. 
 
 Pat. An. 
 5 EJ.s.p. 
 1. w.33. 
 4 Feb- 
 
 Clarta 
 jEdw. 3 
 m 4 ’ 
 
 dis Magnanimous and Great Prince 
 EdwarcC born at Woodjioch^ in the 
 County of Oxford , upon Fryday 
 the t£jth of June, at 10 of the 
 Clock in the morning, 4 n. 13 30. 
 ( Walfingbam faith , in the year 
 132^. ) was the Eldeft Son of 
 King Edward III. and Queen Phi¬ 
 lip) The Newes of his Birth was 
 fo welcome to his Father, that He 
 gave the Meflqiger thereof a noble 
 reward, and Pentions to others tobe concerned in his Education. 
 He had not pafled the 3 year ofhisAge,whenK.E^»w^byhis Char¬ 
 ter dated 18 of May in the feventh year of His Reign, granted him 
 bytheTitleof Edward His nioji dear and eldeft Son, the County of 
 Cbejler , the Cables of Cbejler , Bejiun , Kothelan and Flinty with 
 many other Lands and Places in England and Wales , from whence^ 
 pat.jEi. forward he had the Title of Earl of Cbefter added to his Stile, and 
 in the fame year other Provisions made to him for Maintenance 
 thereof. 
 
 chart.An. In the Parliament held at Weflminfler , An. 11 Ed.y he was crear 
 V. ft 3 * ted Duke of Cornwall by a Charter bearing date the 17 of March in 
 ii^Ei. 1 ?* fame year, and invefted by the Sword only ; this being (he 
 t.i.m.19. Precedent for the Creation of the Title qf a Dnkg with qs« 
 in England , fetling on him diverfe Manours and frapehifes for the 
 better fupport of the State and Honour of that Dignity *, And 
 from this Prince Edwtird the Dukedome of Cornwall hath ever 
 dept in the Crown ; for the Eldeft Son and Heir apparent qf the 
 King of England is Duke of Cornwall by Birth, but he is Prince qf 
 Wales by fpecial Creation,Inveftiture, and Donation of the Lands 
 thereunto belonging. 
 
 M mi Into this higheft Dignity of Prince of Wales Duke Edward was 
 iyEdw 3! like wife Created by the King his Father ip the Parliament held 
 A n 17 E d. 3, Inveftinghim with a Coronet, a Gold King, and a 
 
 Silver 
 
 Quarterly A - . 
 \ure, femet of 
 Flowers de 
 L.i\ e , or : and 
 Gules three 
 Lyons paffant 
 guardant , or, 
 over all a La¬ 
 bel of three 
 points, argent} 
 are the Armes 
 «>fthis Edward 
 Prince of 
 Wiles, as you 
 mayobferve in 
 his Seals, page 
 1 25.and on his 
 Tombe at Can¬ 
 terbury, page 
 188. alfo upon 
 the Monument 
 of K. Edward 
 III. His Father 
 at Weflminfler, 
 
 P a i e * 73 . an 4 . 
 many ochet 
 places. 
 
i8* A qE 3 ^EAL 0 qiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tiantagsnets Silver Rod: and for the better fupportofhis State as Prince of Booklii. 
 
 undivi^d ccU jy a i cs ^ g rante d him feveral Lands, particularly Enumerated in a 
 Writ, to be delivered to this Prince or his Attorney with this dig¬ 
 nity. So that he became the fecond Prince of Wales of the Royal 
 Family of Plantagenet ( for I find not that King Edward III. his 
 Father was at any time fo Ailed ) King Edward the Firft, after the 
 death of Lewellin ap Griffith, having created Edward His Eldeft 
 Son, born at Caernarvon, Prince of Wales, which Principality is 
 ever fince annexed to the Crown, and the Portion and Appennage 
 of the Eldeft Sons of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great 
 Brittain. 
 
 In the 16 year of his Age he entred upon thejftageof Warr, ac¬ 
 companying King Edward his Father into France, where at his land- 
 
 Battei of cref- ing he received the Honour of Knighthood ffom that Martial Kings storm 
 hands, and at the Battel of Crejjy led the Van-guard, where after a 
 
 * 6 - fierce encounter with the French, being lomewhat diftreft from 
 
 the Enemies breaking in among his Archers ( though foon reliev- 
 ed by his own Soldiers) notice of his condition was fent to the 
 King commanding the Reer-ward, who asked the Meffenger if 
 the Prince were dead or wounded , He anfwered , Neither, but 
 flood in need of His Afliftance Well, (faid the King) Return, rrci jj' arc t t 
 and bid them fend no more to Me fo long as my Son lives, for I will 
 have him this day win his Spurs , fince I defign him the Honour of this 
 Expedition. The compleatnefs of which Vi&ory fully conferred 
 it upon him, as did King Edward's Acknowledgment after the Bat¬ 
 tel, when Embracing Prince Edward and Killing him, He faid, 
 
 Fair Son , God give yon reflutiontopurfue Honour *, you are My dear Thiden - , 
 ■ Son, and haye acquitted your felf Nobly t you are Worthy to Goyern a *3*. 
 Kingdom , Among many Eminent Perfons which died that day 
 on the French part, John of Luxemburgh King of Bohemia fell by no. mu 
 the Conquering Hand of Prince Edward , who deplumed his 
 Cafque of thofe Otfrich Feathers, which in Memory of this Vi&o- 4*. 
 ry became his Cognizance, fometimes ufeing one Feather, fome- 
 times three (as appeareth in his Seales and on his Tombe ) with 
 Scroles containing this Motto, ICH DIENy that is, I ferve: 
 
 John King of Bohemia meaning thereby, that He Served the 
 French King in His Wars, and was His Stipendary: Others make cmdent 
 it Prince Edward's Devife, alluding to the words of the ApoSlle, 
 that, The Heir while he is a Childe differeth nothing from a Servant, 
 and this is the more probable conjefiurc, feeing that the Feathers 
 and this Motto, have been ever fince born by our Princes of Wales 
 Heires apparent to the Kings of this Realm, with the addition (by 
 the more Moderne) of a Coronet, within which they are encircled. 
 
 Nor were thefe Feathers and Motto fo confined to the dire<ft Line 
 of thefe Princes, but that they have been made ufe of as a De¬ 
 vice (with due diftin&ions^) by collateral Branches, both of the 
 Royal Houfe of Lancaster and Torb^ evidence their Seales, exhibi¬ 
 ted in feveral places of this Hiftory, upon which the Feathers and 
 Scroles are delineated. 
 
 The 
 
THE KJH$S OF E^CffLA 3 ^V t i Sic, 185 
 
 July 10 . 
 Rot. Vjf. 
 29 Ed iv.5. 
 m. 6. 
 
 Tho. mi- 
 finghim , 
 p. 170 . n. 
 54- 
 
 Ibidem, 
 m. 8. 
 
 Chap. iv The year following a Truce being agreed upon at Calais, was Edvard 
 lengthned by feveral Prorogations till Anno 29 Edw. 3 . withou; Wales. ° 
 effc&ing any thing of Peace. In which year both Kings provide ~ 
 again for YVarr, and the King conftitutes Prince Echvard, His -*»• *355- 
 Lieutenant in the Dukedom of Aquitaine and other places in 
 France , whither he fhould happen to March, to reforme the State 
 of that Dukedome, and to recover His Lands poffcft by the Re¬ 
 bels ; with power alfo to receive Homage and Fidelity from the 
 Nobility and others of Aquitaine and France : Armed with which 
 Powers, and accompanied by the Earles of Warwick^ Oxford , Sa - 
 Ex Libra lisbilry and Suffolk#) in the head of a good Army he takes Shipping 
 ar,c ^ Lands in Gajcoign, Having entred the River Garronne , he 
 ver,Somer- makes his way into Languedoc , and burning the Town of Carcajfo- 
 ^ thence palles to Narbon , defiroying the Country with 
 fire and Sword, endeavours to encounter the Earles of Clermont 
 and Arntaignac , who upon his approach retire, and after eight 
 weeks returns to Bourdeaux , with many Prifoners, and ftore of Pil¬ 
 lage. 
 
 Intelligence of Prince Edwards taking the Field the following 
 Summer, being brought to King John of France, he refolved to 
 Hoiiingjh. fight him, who now with about Sooo. Men had entred the Coun¬ 
 try of Berry , and taken the Towns and Caftles of Vier^on and Re- 
 rho.mi- morentin byAffault: and pa fling into Anjou and Tonrain (wafting 
 5*1 jms! thofe CountryesJ he intended to return tor Bourdeaux. But after 
 Mdm,p. this long and wearifome Journey, drawing near to PoiCliers , he had Battel of 
 Tpodigma information that the French Army, confiftirgof 60000. fighting 
 
 Men, was not far diftant (here the Cardinal of Perigort endeavou- 19 ' 
 up! red an Accommodation , but the French Demands were fo high> 
 that it proved intffe&ual) whereupon the Prince prepared for the 
 Battel, which joyned in the Fields of Beauvoir^ three Leagues from 
 PoiSiiers, and, after fome (pace, with his Archers broke the Van of 
 the French Cavalry, when the Main Body, led by the Duke of 
 Normandy, confifting alfo of Horfe, finding the other routed, fell 
 alio into ditorder, which encouraged the Prince of Wales toattaque 
 the Reere commanded by King John , at whole approach the Main 
 Body oi the French Army left the Field. The King behaved him- 
 felf valiantly, and maintained the Fight for fome time, but was at 
 Troijftrd > length taken Prifoner by Sir Denys Morbech^ a Knight of Artois (to 
 chap.64. whom the Prince afterwards gave 2000. Nobles to fupport his 
 Eftate)whilft the purfuit continued to the Gates of Poi&icrs , and a 
 compleatVi&ory was obtained; In which fo many Noble Men were 
 (lain, or made Prifoners, that there were few left to Manage the 
 Affairs of France. Among diverfe of the Enqlifh Nobility who be¬ 
 haved themfelves with fignal courage in this Memorable Battel , 
 rpodigm i James Lord Audley won Honour, both by his valour and his boun- 
 t Y-» who having vowed to be formoft in this Fight, performed his 
 word, and fealed it with many wounds; for which the Prince ha¬ 
 ving rewarded him with the gift of 500 Marks Feefimple in Eng¬ 
 land. he prefentlv gave it to his four Efquires: whereupon the 
 
 B b b Prince 
 
 5i 
 

 184 A qEKEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Jmo 1357. 
 
 Vlantageneti prince demanding it he accepted not his Gift? anfwered^ That 
 Undivided. t | 10 j e Men had deferved the lame as well as himfelf, and had more 
 need of it: with which reply the Prince was lo well pleated , that 
 he granted him 500 Markes more in the fame kind. 
 
 And now though King John had the misfortune to fall into the 
 hinds of his Enemy, yet had he the happinefs to be captivated by 
 a Noble Enemy, Prince Edward , who uled him with fuch relpeft 
 and obfervance, that his Confinement little differed from Liberty, 
 whom the Prince led to Burdeaux, and there remained till April 
 following, at what time the Prince took Shipping tor England with 
 his moft eminent Priloners, landed at Plymouth , and on the 24th of 
 May in a ffately Cavalcade rode through London , his Royal Prifo- 
 ner by his fide on a white Courfer , and himfelf on a black Hobby, 
 and fo proceeded to Wettmin$ler*Hall , where he prefented King 
 John to his Father, from whence he was conduced to his Lodgings, 
 and not long alter had the Savoy furnifhed for his Entertain* 
 ment. 
 
 Three feveral Marriages having been propofed for Prince Ed¬ 
 ward in his Minority , The firft with a Daughter of Philip King 
 of France , An. ^ Ed. 3. The fecond An. 1 2 Ed. 3. with Margaret 
 of the Daughters of John Duke of Brabant and Lorrain. 
 
 Booklll. 
 
 Thomtt 
 Walfingb. 
 p. 17a. it, 
 4 2 r 
 
 Ibidem,*, 
 
 47. 
 
 His Marriage. 
 
 one 
 
 And a third with a Daughter of theKing of Portugal^ An. 19 Ed. 3. 
 All which being of others providing , and not taking effeft ? at 
 length (^in the } ear 1361. An. 35 Ed. 3.) He took to Wife a Lady 
 of his own choice, namely Joane Countefsof Kent, Daughter of 
 Edmond of Woodftock^ELar\ of Kent (fifth Son of King Edward the 
 Firft., but fecond by his fecond Wife Margaret, Daughter of Philip 
 the Hardy King of France) Sifter of Edmond , and Sifter and 
 heire of John, both Earles of Kent fucceffively, who dyed without 
 iftue; She was the repudiated Wife of Thomas Montague Earl of Sa¬ 
 lisbury, and the Relief of Sir Thomas Roland Knight of the Garter, 
 Earl of Kent in her Right, and commonly called (for her excellent 
 Beauty) the Fair Maid of Kent : whom the Prince having Marry- 
 ed noewithftanding nearnefs of Blood betwixt them, and Chrift- 
 ning of her eldeft fon which fhe had by Sir Thomas Roland j it 
 was thought neceffary to have a Papal Abfolution from Excommu¬ 
 nication, and difpenfation for Marriage, both which were obtain¬ 
 ed from Innocent the Sixth, in the Ninth year of his Popedom : 
 She furvived the Prince her third Husband , and deceafed at Wal¬ 
 lingford in the Ninth year of the Reign of her Son King Richard 
 the Second. 
 
 Some years after the Battel of PoiSliers, King Edward having 
 prepared for another Expedition into France , this Prince accompa¬ 
 nied him (as did alio his three Brethren ) and Commanded the 
 Rear of that Army, which making its way through the Bowels of 
 France , at Bretigny near Chartres a Peace was concluded , and all 
 border Argent Controversies, touching that Kingdom, brought to a happy com* 
 
 are the Armes 
 
 of foane Princefi of U r ales, being carved and painted on the North-fide theTombeof Queen Philippi in JFeftminJltr- 
 
 Abbey. 
 
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 fingham , 
 p. 178. n- 
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 femec and 
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 bel of 3 points 
 argent , and 
 Gules 3 Ly¬ 
 ons paffant 
 
 pofure, 
 
THE KlD^qs OF E^CQLJ^V.^c. , 8 ? 
 
 Chap.IV 
 
 Kek Vafc. 
 3 6 Edve.-$. 
 nr. 1 6. 19. 
 Jiilii. 
 
 In Came¬ 
 ra. Duci- 
 tus LancA~ 
 firia. 
 
 Ex Char- 
 tis Vom. 
 henrici 
 Comitis 
 de Peter- 
 borrow. 
 
 Holling- 
 Jbed ., 
 Chron. t 
 197 - 
 
 pofure, by which King Edward became poflefied of aconfidera- Edrvard, 
 blepartof the Territories of his own Inheritance, or Inverted in wnes. of 
 
 him by the faid Peace, to enjoy without refort, or Soveraignty to - - - 
 
 the Crown of France. Wherefore the Nobility of thefe Provin¬ 
 
 ces defiring to be Governed by a Prince of their own, rather than 
 by the Kings Lieutenants as before , addrefs themfelves to King 
 Edward , to confer the Government thereof on this Prince, and 
 fend him thither, where he had fo great Pofleflions and Revenues*, 
 whereupon the KingCreated him Prince of Guyenne the ipthday ?tinccEdwdr £ 
 of July, An. 36 Ed. 3. 1362. and gave him Guyenne and Gaf- created Prince 
 coigne , by the Name of a Principality, during his life ; where- ° Gu}enne ' 
 upon (taking along with him his Princefs) he haftes thither, and 
 having received the Fealty of the Barons and Knights his Homa¬ 
 gers, keeps his Court at Burdeaux with great State and Magnifi¬ 
 cence. In purfuance of this Dignity, in an Inftrument dated 
 the Eighth day ol OBober , in the year i 370. An. 44 Ed. 3. (where¬ 
 by he grants to his Brother John Duke of Lancajler , the Caftle, 
 
 Town and Chaftellane of/d Roche fur Ton ^)he writes himielf Prince 
 of Aquitaine , viz. Edouard ainjne fil'z, du Roy de France et &En- 
 gleterre Piince d* Aquitaine et de Gales due de f Cornville Comte de t Meaning 
 Cefire Seigneur de Bijcaie et de C afire d' Or diale s: Appendant to Cornw<ili 
 which in Green Silk firings is his Seal alfo of Green-Wax (vide 
 the Figure thereof, p. 125.^) on which he is reprefented in his 
 Robes fitting on a Throne, with a Circle on his head, and a Scep¬ 
 ter in his right hand as Duke of Aquitaine , betwixt two Ofirich 
 Feathers and Scroles^ over which are the Letters E. P. (viz. Ed - 
 wardm Frinceps ) in Capitalist on the Reverfe he is figured on 
 Horfeback, his Surcoat, Shield, and the Caparizons of hisHorle 
 charged with the Armes of France and England quarterly a Label 
 of 3 points and for his Creft, a Lyon paffant guardant, crowned , 
 and gorged with a Label alfo of 3 points. The Seal and Reverfe 
 are Circumfcribcd thus in Saxon Capitals, S. F, DVARDI. 
 PRIMOGENITI. REGIS. ANGLIE. PRIN- 
 CIPIS. AQUITANNIE. ET. W ALL IE. DU- 
 CIS. CORNUBIE. ET. COMITIS. CESTRIE. 
 
 But after he had refigned the Principality of Aquitaine (in a Grant 
 under his Privy-Seal, dated at London the 14 day of February , 
 An. 49 Ed. 3. in the year 1374) his Titles were thefe only, Ed - 
 ward eifne fil'z, du Roi d'Engleterre et de France , Prince de Gales y 
 Due de Cornewall et Comte de Cefire , And the Seal of Red-Wax is 
 
 Circumfcribcd, CutDatfci pjimogenitt tegis anglte franc; 
 pjmctpts tdall: suets cobnut): et conut: cefh: and upon this 
 
 Seal are his Armes, Healme, Creft and Mantlings, placed betwixt 
 two Feathers and Scroles, the Figure thereof being delineated in 
 the 125. Page of this Third Book. 
 
 Not long after, ( vi'z,, An. 39 Ed. 3/) this Noble Prince was 
 induced to re-eftablifh Peter King of Catfile , who had made a Per- 
 lonal Application to him in his fo great diftrels, being driven out 
 of his Kingdom by hisbafe Brother Henry } whofe Quarrel Prince 
 
 Edward 
 
i8tf A qE^KEALOqiCAL HISIO^Y OF 
 
 ?‘* r ' 
 
 An. 1367. 
 
 An. ij7®. 
 
 Wantage nets Ldwarcl freely undertakes, and recalling thofe Englifb Forces late- BoofcM. 
 ——— ■ Jy disbanded upon the Peace with France , and now in the Service of 
 Henry the baffard, and receiving AfFiftance from King Edward, 
 conduced by his Brother John Duke of Lancajler , enters into Ca~ 
 flile with 30000. Horfe and Foot, where Don Henry confronts him Tho mu 
 with an Army of 86000. The Battels joyn between Na^ar and hgham,p. 
 Battel of m- Naveret on Saturday the third of April , An 40 Ed. 3. and here 'Tpsdigma 
 Prince Edward , after a bloody fight, reflores King Peter to his ^[ l 6 
 Throne, and is a Third time crowned with the Laurels of Vi&o- 12 * 
 ry } w’hereupon King Peter repairing to Serv 'd, promifes to fend the 
 Prince Money for the payment of his Army *, but, after four 
 Moneths flay and expectation he is forced to return into Aquitam 
 without any SatisfaCHon from that Ingratelul King, fo that he w r as 
 forced , for payment of his Soldiers, toCoine his Plate , and alfo 
 in this Voyage contracted fuch a Sicknefsthat he never recovered. 
 which his Phificians and Chirurgians judged to be an incurablep. 
 Dropfie, others, that he was Poiloned. To which indilpofition 1 z ' rr ' 4 - 
 of Body may be added his Difcontentment of Mind, for not ha¬ 
 ving Money to pay his Soldiers, who now being returned home, 
 prey upon the Countrey, and grow outragious. The Bifhop of 
 of Rhodes , his Chancellor, deviling a new way of Imposition, by p.^s.n.i\ 
 Levying a Frank upon every Chimney throughout the Princes 
 Territories in France , to continue for five years, towards the pay¬ 
 ment of his Debts, the Poiciovws , Xnintons, and Lyntoftns in a 
 fort confent thereunto, but the Counts of Arnrignack^and Alhret, 
 and many others lo diftaff it, that they take Armes, and complain 
 thereof to the King of France as their fupreamc Lord } He Sum¬ 
 mons Prince Edward to appear in Perfon to anlwer the Complaint j 
 who replies, That if he needs muff appear, he would bring 60000. 
 
 Men in Armes to appear with him: and had certainly brought his 
 Army againff Paris that Summer, had he not fallen into Symptoms Tho miz 
 of a Dropfie, which ( Walftngham laith ) was wrought by En- 
 chantment. Notwithftanding which he ffill profecutes the Warr 47. 
 againff the Dukes of Anjou and Berry , who with great Armies en¬ 
 ter upon his Territories} when News being brought him of the jJ e °^ gmA 
 taking of Limoges (the Bifhop of which place was his efpecial 
 Friend ) he refolves to regain it at any price, and not to fpare a rbV. wtu 
 Man which had a hand in delivering it up} whereupon, taking it 
 by force, he commanded to Sack and Pillage it, and would not be s6, 
 flayed by the Cries of the People, calling themfelves at his feet} 
 till, pafilng through the Town, he obferved three French Cap¬ 
 tains, who themfelves alone had withflood the alfault of his Ar¬ 
 my, and moved with the confideration of their Valour, abated 
 his anger, and for their fakes granted Mercy to all the Inhabitants. 
 
 This was the lafl Martial A 61 of this mofl Heroick Worthy, with 
 w hom the good fortune of England , as if it had been inherent in 
 his perfon, flourifhed in his Health, languifhed in his Sicknefs, and 
 expired in his Death } (with whom, faith my Author, died all the 
 hope of Englifb Men : during whofe life they feared no Invafion fS* # 
 
 n fP-S3°.». 
 
 47. 
 
 I 
 
THE Kj 3 ^gs OF EJfQLA 3 fT>, &c. 187 
 
 Chap.iv 0 f the Enemy, nor encounter in Battel: for he aflailed no Nation 
 J^ghZ al ~ w ^ Ic h he overcame not, and befieged no City which he took not) ^lel ° 
 
 His Death, 
 IJ7<5. July 3. 
 
 p. 190*9. which followed fhortly after, for leaving the profecution of the 
 War to his Brethren, joh^Dukeof Lancafter , and Edmond Earl 
 rpodigm of Cambridge , he fets fail for England with his Princefs and young 
 Son Richard\ where his Sicknefs increasing upon him, he rcfigned 
 waifiZb his lafl breath in the Royal Palace at Wejlminjler on Trinity Sun- 
 f.ipo.r.p. day, the eighth day of July^ in the year of qur Lord 1376. By 
 fc.'piJ- his Will , made in the Kings Great Chamber the day before his 
 voclt'sud- death, he difpofed of his Body to be buried in the Cathedral 
 foi y ‘<>6 b Church of the Trinity in Canterbury *, and fuch was his care to 
 gratifie thofe who had done him Service, that he charged his Son 
 Richard by his Will, to continue the payment of thofe Pentions 
 which he had given them. In order to his Interment, his Corpes 
 being Imbalmed, was wrapped in Lead, and kept till Michaelmas 
 (the Parliament being then to meet) to be buried with greater So¬ 
 lemnity, which was performed at Canterbury , on the South*fide, 
 and near the Shrine of St .Thomas Bechet ,and over his Grave a (lately 
 Monument ere&ed of Grey Marble , with his Portraiture lying 
 thereon, of Copper Gilt *, the ends and fides thereof are garnifh- 
 ed with Efcocheons alfo of Copper, enamelled with his Armes and 
 Devifes, and fuperfcribed with the words I^OUttlOHt* and 3 W) 
 
 Dtetl. On an Iron Barr over the Tombe are placed the Heal me and 
 Creft, Coat of Maile, and Gantlets, and on a Pillar near there¬ 
 unto his Shield of Armes richly,diapred with Gold, all which he 
 is faid to haveufed in Battel. The Figure of this Monument is de¬ 
 lineated in the following Page , upon which this French Epitaph is 
 circumfcribed on a Fillet of Brafs, beginning at the Head. 
 
 Cy gift le noble $jmce £0onfteur €D= Thus Englifhed by John Weever in bis 
 Jbatb, aiCne? fil? bu mtnoble &0P €0= Funeral Monuments, p. 20 ^& 20 $ . 
 
 * ^^l^the^Hdeft^Son'of^themol^N^e 
 
 be <5aies. Due be Comibaille ® Contte Km g e,w the Third, informer time 
 be Cettre, qt mo)Uft, en la fefte be la p f T eof >, Du , ke 
 
 qeftott le bat jour be 3iuyrt , 
 
 ran be gtace mil trots cen5 feptante ftGne, Eighth day oijune, in the year of Grace 
 
 JLaime be qt sneu ett mercy I3mcn. 
 
 %\x qi paffe? one bouebe clofe 
 the Tomb. l&ar la ou ce co?ps repofe 
 Cntent ce qe te birat 
 §>yconte te Dire le fay. 
 
 50 ei come tn es anttei fu, 
 
 %\x feras ttel come je tu. 
 
 3De la moit tte pentai je tnye 
 %atic come jabot la bte: 
 
 €n tre abot gtanb rtebeffe 
 SDont Je y Its granb noblcffe 
 Xetcc, felons, granb treto?, 
 S>?aps, ctjtbaur, argent, ® 0?. 
 
 Cc c 
 
 37 6- ‘lo the Soul of whom God grant Mer¬ 
 cy , Amen. 
 
 Who lo thou be that pafleth by 
 Where thefe Corps interred lie, 
 Underftand what I (hall fay, 
 
 As at this time (peak I may: 
 
 Such as thou art lometime was I, 
 
 Such as I am, fuch fhalt thou be. 
 
 I little thought on the Houre of Death, 
 
 So long as I enjoyed Breath. 
 
 Great Riches here I did poffels. 
 
 Whereof I. made great Noblenefsi 
 I had Gold, Silver,Wardrobes, and 
 Great Treafures, Horfes, Houles, Land; 
 

 
 •pMumSm&imo Domino 
 [IACOBO Comiti de NORTHAMp 
 ItON: etBaroni COMPTON, nefll 
 ncm Locum-tenenti. AerenifTimn Bp 
 
 Carolo 5ecuh.do, in Conn tat u War’, 
 
 cl, hanc Tltfnuli £DWAJRDI 
 PBINCIPLS WALLi/^, corii 
 
 : mina ti NTGRI, fi^ixram; 
 
 ^ H X) D D -T. IS. st 
 
 CO rat "vt Ox. ^ 
 
 avtttvvt & wt. 
 
 1 * mart 
 
 foonmaut 
 
 poumout 
 
 ipumout 
 
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 j/Jy 3 
 
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 j*.- 
 
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 THE KJKQS OF EWJjLA?( c D > &c. ,g P 
 
 But now a Caitife poor am I, 
 
 Deep in the Ground, lo here I lie* 
 
 My Beauty great, is all quite gone. 
 
 My Flefh is wafted to the Bone. 
 
 My Houfe is narrow, now, and throng. 
 Nothing but truth comes from my Tongue* 
 And, if ye fbould fee me this day, 
 
 I do not think but ye would fay, 
 
 Thatl had never been a Man, 
 
 So much altred now I am. 
 
 For God fake Pray to the Heavenly King, 
 That he jny Soul to Heaven would bring* 
 All they that Pray, and make accord 
 For me unto'my God and Lord, 
 
 God place them in his Paradice, 
 
 "Wherein no wretched Caitiffe lies. 
 
 chap.iv o?e fu jco pouits * ctjetifsf 
 l&tfono en la tre gis. 
 
 Tombe. g r a n o waute' eft tout alee; 
 £ 0 a tijat eft tout gaftee; 
 
 O” 1 SPoult eft ettjott rna mefoit 5 
 Cti mop na C Write non. 
 
 Ct fi o?c nte t»et(Tc5 
 J(e ite qutDe pas qe nous DeifTc5 
 jUe fe eutTc onques Dome efte 
 fu je o;e te tant ct)angee. 
 
 $oue Dieu prie; au teleftien Hop, 
 Sie merep att He Palme De mop 
 3C0115 ceuir qt pur mop pneront, 
 <Du a Dieu macozDcront, 
 
 2 >ieu les mette en ton $araois 
 £>u nul ne poet eftre cljetifs. 
 
 % . V\ . t ,1 < . *"■ v | '$i 
 
 [ ’ ” j " 
 
 Children of EDW ARD 
 
 by JOAN Countefs of 
 
 < -4. 
 
 Prince of Wales, 
 Kent his Wife. 
 
 the. ml- 
 
 finghamp. 
 180.fl.39. 
 ‘Tpodigmtt 
 Neuftrite, 
 p. fzf. n. 
 39 . 
 
 Tpodigmi 
 Neuftrite , 
 
 4 9 . 
 
 It. E D W A R D of Engoleftne y eldeft Son of Prince Edward^ 
 whofe Name he did bear, was born at Engolefme in the Year 
 1365. An. 39 of King Edward III. his Grandfather* He de- 
 ceafed in Gafcoigne in the feventh year of his Age *, fome affert 
 he died younger. 
 
 II. RICHARD of Burdeauxy born An. i%66 ( fecond Son of 
 Edward Prince of Wales, fucceeded his Father in the Principali¬ 
 ty of Wales , and his Grandfather King Edward III. in the 
 Kingdom of England , by the name of Richard II. whofe Hi- 
 ftory followeth in the V. Chapter of this III. Book. 
 
 Natural lffue of EDWARD Prince of Wales. 
 
 II. Sir JOHN SOVND ER y a Bafe Son of Prince Ed¬ 
 ward y of whom I have not found other mention made, then 
 of his Name. 
 
 II. Sir ROGER de CL A REN DO N y another Natural Son & w 
 of Edward Prince of Walesfofurnamed from Clarendon in Wilt- sabie^ofirith 
 Ihire (its probable ) the place of his Birth. To this Sir Reger,the *“*” 1 ofii$ 
 Prince his Father by his Will gave a Silk Bed, with all thereto 
 blonging. He was afterwards made one of the Knights s ‘ r f e t 
 of the Chamber to King Richard II, his half-brother} to Vuoiof 1 ' 
 cituf. t 4 < whom the faid King alfo the firft of OStober , An. 1 3 R. 2. granted \l' L ctiiegi» 
 'R.i.m.ii. I00t j p er 4ft' during life out of thelffuesof His Subfidies in - Armrm ^ 
 feveral Counties. He was attainted in the Reign of King Henry 
 IV. and is thought to be the Anceilor of a Family of the Smithes 
 in the County of Ejfex. 
 
 II. RICHARD 
 
— — V 
 
 THE KJ^CgS OF EHJjLA'J^V^c ,pt 
 
 _ — --- - - - -' r - y -' n - 1 
 
 An.1377 
 
 j-ine 2i* 
 
 ~~ a.RI C H A R D If. 
 
 Kino of ES^gLJ^CD FVJJ^CE, 
 and Lord of 1%ELAJ'QD, 
 
 Surnamed of Burdeauk. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Tho. W*l- 
 
 fingham p. 
 
 iSi.rt. 4 . 
 
 Tpodigmx 
 
 Htufirix, 
 
 p-Ul.n. 
 
 46. 
 
 Pif. 
 
 46 Ed. 3. 
 
 part 2. m. 
 
 **• 
 
 'Tpodigtnx 
 
 Heufiria, 
 
 5 l - 
 
 Walftngh. 
 p.190.11, 
 
 2 1 . 
 
 Dward Prince of IF ales,that fhining 0n Hl * s 
 
 Star of Military Gloiy.eldeft So<- R^aiseaide- 
 of King Edward III. had iflue, by *9® ?*& of 
 His moft beautiful Princefs Joanc b*r« 
 Countefs of Kent , two Sons ;che jffZefrme, 
 elder born at Engolefme , named 
 Edward , who dyed at the age of Grandfather 
 7 years ; and the other this Rich- m. 8 But1ni^ 
 their fecond Son, a Native of cSTo^His 
 Bourdeaux ( and fo Surnamed ) A, , mes fet u p 
 
 t . . N f in his time,and 
 
 born in the year 1300. and at hi S now in being in 
 Baptifme honoured with the Frc- 
 fence of two Royal Godfathers, Richard King of Navarre , and 
 Janies King of Majorca. 
 
 This Richard had not compleated his feventh year, 
 
 Grandfather King Edward upon Hi3 lafi: Expedition into France 
 (by Commiflion bearing date at Sandwich the 30th day of Au- 
 guji 7 in the 46th year of Ed. 3. (An. 1372.) conftitutes him Cu- 
 ftosof the Kingdom, and his Lieutenant, during his abfence be¬ 
 yond the Sea, &c. ip which he is ftiled Ricardns jilius primogeni- 
 tns Edwardi Principis Aquitani& et Wallice y See. 
 
 During that Parliament (called the Good) held at London, An. 
 
 137 6. deceafed Prince Edward His Father, and this Richard was 
 then created Earl of Cbetfer, and not long after He fucceeded him Jhert" remain- 
 in the Dukedom of Cornwall and Principality of Wales, t About ^ealfutrirT 
 which time He caufed a Seal to be made, upon the one fide of an. 1666. 
 
 ’ r K. Richard 
 
 II. having chofcn Sr. Edward, the Confeffor to be his Patron, impaled his Coat being A\ure-, a Croft plowry, inter 5 Mart* 
 lets, or, with the Armes of F ranee and England,Quartcrly(wh\ch were fo Painted in a North-window of St. OUves Church 
 in the Old-'fcwry, and alfo now remain in a South-window ot the Church of St. Bartholomew ihe Lcfjer , near Smithfeld ) 
 which Holy Kings Armes,King Richard of his meer Grace and Favour granted,as an augmentation to Thomas Mowbray Duke 
 of Nor/o/lj. without any diftinttion, to be impaled with his paternal Coat as you may obferve in thi, Dukes Seal exhibited in 
 Mr. Vincent, Page 389. notwithftanding Henry Howard Earl of Surrey lineally defeended from him was attainted , among 
 other pretences for fo bearing thefame. To Thomas HollandDvike of Surrey Hegave the fame Armes, differenced with X 
 Border Argent-, and to John Holland Duke of Exceter, with the diftinftion of a Label of $ points Argent, whofe Efcocheon 
 flands depi&edina South-window of Sr. Bartholomews Church the LeiTernearS'mi/h/te/d. I alfo find the Armes of St. Ed¬ 
 ward, with* Border gob ony argent and a\ure, in a South-window of the Chappel in Vnivc fiiy-CoLeige in Oxford, Inv* 
 paleingtheCoatof oncof the Beauforts. He was the firft of our Kings that had his Efcocheon fupported, as you mayobfeiVe 
 in his Armes, and thofeof St. Edward the Confeffor over the Porch at theNorth-doorof IVeCxminjier-Hall by Himerefledj 
 which are there (and in diverfe other places J held or fupported by two Angels, beneath both which Efcocheon:, is His Devife, 
 viz. a white Hart coucbant grged with a Gold Coronet and Cbaine, under aTrce. Thefame Hart is Painted bigger thin the 
 Life on the wall in the South-crofs of IVtjlntinjier-Abbey, and expreffed in Coloured-glafs over the Portraiture o; this King 
 in a South-window of the faidMonaftery. This Embleme without doubt hederived from that of Princefs Joan his Mother , 
 which was, awhite Hind Coucbant under a Tree, gorged and chained as the other: For wearing this His Badge of the 
 Hart fome after His Depofition loft their lives. Heufedalfo a Pefcod branch, with the Cod: open, but the Peas out, as it 
 is upon His Robe in His Monuilienc at fVeflminfter. 
 
 D d d which 
 
 the Weit-Wm- 
 dow of the Ab¬ 
 bey o{ Shrews¬ 
 bury, and offe- 
 veral Pn nces 
 , rT . of the Royal 
 when His Houfe there 
 alfo depicted 
 with their di- 
 ftimftions •, the 
 Armes of 
 England are 
 placed in the 
 dexter quar¬ 
 ter ; As alfol 
 in a large 
 Efcocheon in 
 an Ealf-win- 
 dow of the 
 North-Ifle of 
 C hr iji church 
 
IP! A qEHEALOgiCAL HlS<IO%J OF 
 
 p lantagenstt w hich He is reprefented on Horsback in His Surcoat, with His Book in . 
 un divid ed, shielded His Horfe Caparizon’d, all charged with, Quarterly ,fe- 
 
 vice of France and England, a label of 3 points ( in the life-time ° { ™ ole f' m ‘ 
 Prince Edward His Father He bare a File of 3 points Argent ,the mid - n om . 
 dlemofi charged with the Crofs of St. George , as you may obferve in jVtnd l or ’ 
 the Catalogue of the Knights of theGarterJ) on the Reverfe is a 
 large Eicocheon of the lame Armes, thus Circumferibed, ^IglD 
 
 ium: ticarfti: pimctpiS: voaW\t : Ducts:; cojnubtc: tti 
 
 comitis: ceftne: P20 officio fiiti>Xbailte* This Seal is ai- 
 
 fo annexed to a Grant dated Kaermerdyn 16 day of April, in the 
 ninth year of his Reign, the Figure thereof being exhibited in the 
 1 3 B. Page of this Third Bool^ 
 
 In the following year, (vi^. 1977.) upon the Feaft of St. Tptdigmx 
 George , He had the Order of Knighthood conferred on him at 
 Windfor by King Edward III. who alfo to prevent diforder in the 
 Succdiion, fettles the Crown in Parliament upon this Richard His 
 Grand Ion, who fhortly after (by His death) becomes pofTeffed 
 thereof, at the age of eleven yeares. 
 
 Anno 1377. Upon the 16th day of July, in the fame year 1 377. His Coro- Tbo. mi- 
 nation is Magnificently performed at Weftminjler by Simon Sudbury 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury j at which diverfe Noblemen and others y p ’ odig 
 put in their Claimes ( by their Tenures ) tor their refpe&iveOf- Neu ftn*, 
 fices in the Solemnity, and were admitted accordingly. To John M32 *”' 9 
 Duke of Lancafler, and Edmond Earl of Cambridge, the Kings 
 Uncles, with fome other Lords and Bifhops, is committed the pre¬ 
 fect management of the State, and the tuition of the young King 
 to Guifchard d’Engolefme. 
 
 Thole Princes that had now any quarrel with England , thought 
 this the fitted time of A&ion, and the opportunity is prefently em- 
 braced by the French and Scots *, The firll: burning Rye, Hajlings , 
 Portfmomh, Dartmouth, Plymouth, on the Coaftj and, the later 
 making havock upon the Borders, and taking the Cafile of j Barwick^ Tpodigmi 
 but were both repulfed with confiderable lofs \ and, to compleat 
 the return upon the French, Sir Hugh Caherley, Deputy of Calais, 
 burnt 2 6 ot their Ships in the Haven of Bolloigne j though in the 
 Anno 1378. mean time one Mercer,^ Scotch Pirate,who infefied the Coafi: about 34. 
 Scarborow , is with his Fleet taken by John Philpot a Cittizen of 
 London, with a Navy fet out at his own charge, which being done rpodigmx 
 without Commiflion, he is called in queftion for j But, the Service 
 was lo eminent, that it was thought fit to difpence with hisobje&- 3 rho.mt- 
 ed contempt of Authority, and to acquit him with a great deal of 
 reputation. Other Attempts upon the French and Scots, and 
 theirs again upon us, w r ere as divers as their Events; But, our mod Tho ^ Wll _ 
 Anno 1379. unhappy, the lofs of many of our Ships by ftorme under the com- 
 
 mand of Sir ffobn Arundel, &c. that were defigned for Britaine j ibidem, 
 and the In fur region of Wat Tyler, J acbfStraw, John Letteflere, if* 7 '”' 
 Robert WeJlbrom,Scc. with the Commons of Kent, Elf ex t Hart - 
 fordj Cambridge, Sujfolkg and Norfolk^, who by the Inftigation of 
 one John Ball a Seditious Malecontent, and Hypocritical Preacher , 
 
 intended 
 
Tpodigmx 
 Neujirix ■ 
 
 p. 535. n 
 * 3 - 
 
 Thomas 
 mifing- 
 ham, p.250. 
 n- 19 . 
 
 THE KJH.9S OF E^tgLJ3^T>, See. > 9? 
 
 Chap- v - intended to deftroy all Gentlemen, Lawyers, Clergy-men, and Richard n. 
 wholoever were of any account, either for their Effaces, Family, or 
 Authority in the Common-wealth. The Kentifh Rebels mufter- 
 ed 100000. on Blaclffe at h^wrhencc they Marched to the Savoy , the 
 Duke of Lancafters Pallace, which, with the Lawyers Lodgings at 
 the Temple , and the Priory of St. ffohn near Smith field, they fet on 
 fire, thence to the Tower where the King lay, and after fome rude- 
 nefses offered to the Princefs Joane the Kings Mother, they behead 
 Simon Sudbury alias Tibold Archbifhop of Canterbury Lord 
 Chancellor, and Sir Robert Hailes Lord Treafurer s on Towerhill ; 
 neither were Sacred places exempt from their Infolencies, for ha¬ 
 ving drawn 13 Flemings out of the Augufine Fryers , and 17 others 
 out of other Churches, they cut off their heads in the open 
 Fleets: King Richard Proclaimed Pardon to all that would lay 
 down their Armes , which the Effex men did, but not they of 
 Kent • But at length their Leader Tyler , after many infolencies 
 committed, is by the valour of that valiant Citizen William Wal- 
 Heufifuh wort h Lord Mayor of London (the King being prefent ) killed in 
 p- 535. ». the head of his rabble, whom King Richard topacifie, defires to 
 follow Him as their Leader into the Fields to receive their De¬ 
 mands. In the mean time Walworth Armes 1000. men in the 
 Citty, puts them under the command of Sir Robert Knolls , who 
 leading them into the field, fo daunted the Rebels, that they imme- 
 mlfing- lately fubmitted } notwithftanding which, the King gave them a 
 54 Charter of manumiffion, though afterward he revoked it •, and for 
 this their good fervice, the King Knighted the Lord Mayor and 
 five Aldermen, and augmented the City Armes, with a Dagger in 
 the dexter quarter. The Rebels of Norfolk /?, Cambridglhire and 
 Suffolk/? are difperfed by the Bifhop of Norwich , and 1500 of them 
 in feveral places exemplarily put to death. 
 
 In the time of this uproar the Duke of L ancafler had been fent 
 7§. n. 54 into Scotland , where he concluded a Truce for two years, before 
 ever they heard of the Rebellion in England } and, being in his re- 
 lbidcm p turn den y ed cntrance * nto Barwick ^by the Earl of Northumberland , 
 is highly incenfed againft him, and offers to lay divers things to his 
 charge at the Parliament there beginning *, But King Richard, by 
 whole miftake the offence was given, interpofed, and made them 
 friends. 
 
 After the Feaft of Epiphany , (the 22th day of January) An. His firft Mar- 
 1382. King Richard took to Wife the Lady Anne , daughter to An ' 
 Neujirix, the Emperour Charles IV,, and fifter to Wencejlaus Emperour and 
 ’ King of Bohemia m r which Lady was formerly promifed and affured 
 to Him, as one whom the King did particularly affeft ; though the 
 daughter of Barnabas Duke of Millan was alio offered with a farr 
 greater Dower. She was with much pompe and glory Crowned 
 at Wefminfer by William Courtney Archbifhop of Canterbury , and 
 jLgbTmj. having been His Wife 12 yeares, then deceafed iffulefs at the 
 350. r.43. Kings Mannor of Shene in the County of Surrey in the year 1394, 
 to the extreame grief of the King, who fo paffionately loved Her, 
 
 that 
 
 ham,p 
 
 r. 6. 
 
 no. mi 
 
 fingham, p 
 2 
 
 Wilftng- 
 
 ham,p.i 8 i 
 r. 42 . 
 
 T podigmi 
 
m A qEWEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tlantagewts that pj c ever after not only abandoned, but curfed th« place of 
 undivided. ( j eat { 1> Her (3 or p S was folemnly interred in Wejhninfter- Ab- J 
 Queen Anne bey, where Her Effigies is now to be feen of copper guilt, lying 
 Quarterly hand in hand with that of King Richard II. Her Husband on that 
 puyY/whJ 1 Tombe eroded for Him by King Henry V. with this Epitaph. 
 
 two beads , fa¬ 
 ble, being the Imperial Armes, and, Gules, a Lyon rampant queue forcbee, argent, crowned or: rheArmesof Bohemia 
 impaled with thofe of King Richard II. her Husband, viz. quarterly France femee, and England, which are painted on the 
 infide the Canopy, over the Tombe of K. Richard II. in the Abbey of Wefiminflcr. 
 
 In a North-window of the Choire of the Parilh-Churchof St. Olive in the Old-fcwry London, was an Efcocheon, di¬ 
 vided into 3 parts, per Pale, The dexter part whereof was charged with the Armes of St. Edward the Confcffor, on the 
 Pale wtre the Armes of Franco and England quarterly , and on the Sinifierfide the Armes of the Empire and Bohemia 
 quarterly , which lift was the Coat of Queen Anne. 
 
 Whofe Seal (depifted in the 124 Page of this 3d. Boo^.)reprefents you with a large Shield crowned, and charged with the 
 King her Husbands Armes and Hers, in pale, differing from the former in this particular, That the Eagles are fingle- 
 headed ; from which we may obferve , that at the time of making that Seal, her Father was only King of the Romans and 
 Bohemia, znd had not yet been Emperour. This Seal is circumfcribed , X BlUtC X tEgttlE X fttUlCtC X 
 
 £tt anffUC+Ct: DOItltllC X But in her Indenture, unto which the faid Seal is affixed, dated at L on- 
 
 don the Ifth day of "/uly,An. 15 Rich. 2d. England is firftnamed, for therein flic is fliled Anne par la grace de Dicu 
 Royne d'Engleterre et de France et Dame d' Ireland. ExCbartitJobannii Fhilpot quondam Somcrfet, 
 
 ipoc facet $Utna loca^ttonum reHimtta corona. 
 Cut Die Etc&artmg jure recunoujmat: 
 
 Cut patec Muff rt'0,gnata 3 generoqtte fupetto#, 
 
 Eomctec feltjc 3intuiperato? etat* 
 
 8Ilenceflau0tHam magtta comitante catena, 
 JLonWnummtfit letu 0 oPanfque pater: 
 
 cui«0 fnattiientu lust, fpectaculafitmt, 
 desalt pompa 3 tegia iittga fcentt: 
 
 @ct> Dona funt Ij amt num tenttt pentientiafilo, 
 &cge 0 3 Eegtna^mo^capttj omtte raptt 
 
 rpec&egmafuft magna tie fftepeflaumtum, 
 *Dmmbu0 ilia ftut femtna djaea mcfsai. 
 
 Latga colo?att0 ttetutum fplentuoa gemmt'0: 
 jRunquam leta parent, nam fine p^ole facet. 
 
 Quctn Anne, Richard the Seconds Wife, 
 
 Lieth buried in this place: 
 
 Adorned with the Britaines Crown, 
 
 With whomjhe found much grace. 
 
 Whofe noble Sire of daughter proud. 
 
 Of son-in-law full glad, Q. u> ufnne 
 
 Of Rome thrice happy Emperour war, was Sifter, 
 
 And that large Empire had. ani l noc 
 
 Wenceflaus fo call'd by name. Daughter 
 
 Who thus in joyful plight to ^ 
 
 Sent her to London, guarded well perour 
 
 With valiant men of might. Wenccjla- 
 
 Againjl whofe coming Playes were made , **• 
 
 And fights and fhewes were feen. 
 
 With Princely Pompe,to gratific 
 This noble Virgin-Queen. 
 
 But all menstreafures lift not long. 
 
 They hang but on a twin*. 
 
 Or/lender thread: death lyings and Queens 
 Doth all catch up in fine. 
 
 This Queen was of the Royal Race 
 Of Romanes by defeent: 
 
 Of all belov'd, mtfl dear to mofi. 
 
 In honour re lucent. 
 
 Full Liberal and Bountiful, 
 
 Adorn'd with vertuts rare : 
 
 JSo Child fhe had, but iffulefs. 
 
 She lies without fuck care. 
 
 The Queens Nuptials and Coronation being fini(hed,the Parlia~ 
 ment(which by Her arrival was interrupted and prorogued^ began ham,p.iSt 
 again( and William ZJjford Earl of Suffolk^ fell down dead fuddenly ” 
 on the ftaires as he was going up to the Lords Houfe^in which,many 
 things concerning the excefs of Apparel, tranfportation of Coine , 
 
 &>c. were ena&ed, all which came to nothing, for the King with 
 His Privy-Counfel was wont to aboliffi, what by the whole Com- rho.wai - 
 mons and Nobility of the Kingdom, had in former Parliaments {SuiTjfe 
 been agreed upon. With the good liking of this Parliament Sir 
 Richard Scroope Knight was made Chancellor, and Sir Hugh Sea- Tpodigm* 
 grane Treafurer # } but it was not long before the Chancellor deny- 
 ing to pafs fuch large Gifts under the Great Seal as the King in His m i- 
 youthful humor had imprudently granted to His ftill craving Cour- f n s htm »p- 
 tiers, fell into His undeferved difpleafure, and was forced to furren- 
 derthe fame* 3 not long after which, Robert Braybroke Biffiop of Tpodigmx 
 London was made Chancellor in his place: By this aft, and His 
 prodigality towards thofe ftrangers which accompanied the 45 ‘ 
 
 Queen 
 

 THE KJW(jS OF , P5 
 
 7peiigmj. 
 NeufirH, 
 
 P • 535 - ». 
 5 *- 
 
 Thomas 
 
 v. 43 
 
 Chap.v. Queen out of Bohemia,tie renders Himfelf uneafie to His People. H. 
 
 He//ry Spcnfer the valiant Bifhop of Norwich, having procured Anno 
 himfelf to be lent over with an Army into France , on the behalf of 
 Pope "Urban, again!! the Antipope Clement i performes feveral ex- 
 Zm^Zs ploits with happy fuccefs, and having been Viftor in a battel 
 again!! 30000 abettors of Clements claime, fends afterwards to 
 King Richard, that if ever he meant to take Armes again!! France, 
 now was the time, which newes the King receiving as He fate at 
 fupper at Daventry , rofe immediately, and rode poft to London, 
 intending to have gone Himfelf in Perfon, but afterwards thought 
 t podigtru it fitter to fend the Duke of Lane after, who is fo tedious in his Anno 1384, 
 preparations, that the Bifhop returnes, and the opportunity is 
 loft, fothat the Dukes voyage only produces afhortTruce, to 
 continue from the prefent Chriftmafs till Midfummer. 
 
 The Duke being returned , he, and his brother Thomas Earl of 
 fS?»?4o. Buckingham lead an Army into Scotland , where things are fo or- 
 HeujifiT ^ered 5 that the Scots having had time enough to withdraw their 
 p. 536-». goods and perfons, left him no other enemy to difpute with then 
 hunger and cold, fo that effe&ing little he returnes inglorious} not 
 *b$. mi- long after which he is accufed by an Irijh Fryer, in the Parliament 
 held at Salisbury , to confpire the death of the King, and the Ufur- 
 » pation of the Crown, of which the Duke of Lancafter purgeth him- 
 p.iic.v. felf, and the Fryer is fecretly put to a cruel death $ notwithftand- Anno 
 ing which,it was not long ere the King himfelf intending to have Ar¬ 
 raigned the Duke upon fome points ofTreafon, before the Lord 
 Tho. mi- Chief Juftice Sir Robert Treftlian (whereas he ought to have been 
 tryed by the Peers) he ftands upon his guard in his Caftle of Pont - 
 
 HenfiriXy 
 p.136. n. 
 3 *- 
 
 Tho. Wal- 
 
 M 37 -" 
 
 * 4 - 
 
 Thoms 
 
 Walfingb. 
 
 p.316. n. 
 10. 
 
 NcujtfT, f ra &-> ^ by the Mediation of the Princefs of Wales, the King is 
 pacified, and an Accommodation procured between them*, But, 
 thefe difgraces came unfeafonably upon the Duke of Lancafter , 
 whofe head was no doubt full of defignes how to purfue the con- 
 queft of Spain, which he intended, and to which end hehadear- 
 neftly laboured for a fure and firm Peace with France and Scotland , 
 but Scotland being fupplyed with Forces under the command 
 of John de Vienna Admiral of France, prepares for an Invafion of 
 the North parts, and King Richard with an Army of 120000 men 
 ibidem,*, inters Scotland, but, as formerly, not being able to bring the Scots 
 rpodig to a battel,burns Edenburgh and feveral other places,and fo returnes. 
 
 NeuNft But, let there be War or Peace with France and Sotland, the 
 
 King, that had difobliged the Duke of Lancafter, now finds a Anno 138^ 
 Tho. mi- way both to gratifie him, and be rid of his company } which he 
 effe&ed by railing him an Army for to be employed in the Con* 
 
 Vpodig c I ue fi : °f Spain, which Kingdom he claimed in right of his Wife 
 Neujiria, the Duchefs Conftance, daughter and co heir of Peter , furnamed 
 sj? 8- ”* the cruel King of Caftile and Leon j and in order thereto, the Duke 
 and Duchefs having received two Diadems of Gold from the King 
 Tho. mi - and Queen,with 20000 Men,of which at lea!! 1000 were Knights 
 an ^ Ffquires, and a brave Fleet, fet fail for Spain , whereof he is 
 ftiied King ^ and, in his paffage, freeing the Caftle of Breft from 
 
 E e e the 
 
196 A gEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 TUntagenets t | ie French , lands at the Groyne •, thence paffes to Compoftella . Book III 
 Undivided^ w } icre g ave t h e King of Portugal the meeting • and there a 
 
 Marriage is concluded betwixt him and the Lady P hilip the Dukes M 3 8 -» 3? 
 Daughter, who was honourably attended into Portugal. Some 
 incurfions they make into the Confines of CaJliffand the Coun¬ 
 try de Campo •, but, at length, a Peace is concluded, upon the 
 confideration of a Marriage between the King of Spaines eldeft 
 fon Henry Prince of Ajlurgus, and the Lady Katherine of L anca- 
 jier , and fo all the Dukes claim to ceafe, and to have during the 
 life of him and his Dutchefs 10000 pounds yearly, and in hand 
 200000 Nobles. 
 
 The French, who thought that England could not furnifh ano- rpodigm* 
 ther Army tooppofe them, now prepare a Navy of 1289 Ships, p. 
 and 100000 Soldiers, for an Invafion, with nolefs than affurance ”' 51 * 
 of an abfolute Conqueft, which its to be doubted they had effeft- 
 ed had not the Winds for a long time proved adverfe; For, King 
 Richard could not (without Capitulations made by Thomas Duke 
 of GlocePter his Uncle) obtain any Aides of Money for the pub- 
 lick defence. And, though he thought himfelf more free by the 
 Duke of Lancajiers departure, yet had he left behind him fpirics 
 very untra&able} thofe popular Lords, by this gentle Prince arm¬ 
 ed with power and grandeur, to His own ruine, who, under the 
 fpecious pretence of reforming abufes in the Government, facrifi- 
 fed the whole Kingdom to their pride and malice. This Armado Tho . 
 of the French , had, for their more fecurity, prepared a Timber j 
 inclofure 3 Miles in compafs to incamp in, a great part of which ».is. 
 was taken by William Beauchamp Captain of Calais and the JKjf ** 
 French Army fo diftreffed for want of Provifions at Sluice y that "• 6 ' 
 they gave over the Enterprife. 
 
 Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford was lately created Marquefs of 
 Dublin (an Honour not heard of before this time in England) and rpodigm 4 
 now Duke of Ireland •, and, the year before Michael de la Pole y a ^*39.% 
 Merchants Son, had been made Earl of Suffolk\e and Lord Chan- f h ’ 0 mi _ 
 cellor. The King being now at age, and thus honouring unde- 
 fervingMen, fo difgufts the Parliament, that upon demand of a &p- if. 
 Subfidy, none would be granted till they had fined the Chancellor 
 20000 Marker , and then half a Tenth and half a Fifteenth was gi¬ 
 ven, but not to be iffued but by order of the Lords. A Defign 
 was about this time laid to Murther the Duke of Glocejler , and rpodigmx 
 others that oppofed the Kings Defignes, but is difcovered •, upon p!]f 9 [‘r! 
 which the Lord Chancellor and Lord Treafurer are difplaced, Wl 
 others put into their roomes, and 1 3 Lords conflituted to have 
 over-fight (under the King) of the whole Realme. The Duke Tbomat 
 of Ireland is removed from the Court, and is to receive 39000 
 Markes, which the French were to give to the heires of Charles de n i * 
 
 * Blois , upon condition that before Eafler he fhould go into Ireland , 
 
 to recover fuch Lands as the King had given him there j this the 
 King was forced to give way to, but upon the diffolution of the 
 Parliament, the Duke and the Earl of Suffolkg were received into 
 greater favour then before. About 
 

 THE KJJtqS OF E^tgLJXCQ, & c. 197 
 
 Chap, V. 
 
 'Tpoaigma 
 Hcujlixy 
 p. 539. r>. 
 
 57- 
 
 r/jo. jf'itf- 
 fingbamj. 
 3i5.»• 57- 
 
 Anno 1387. 
 
 T podigmt 
 N eujirix, 
 
 M40. 42. 
 
 Thontaf 
 Walfing- 
 bjm,p. 328 
 ». J6. e-T 
 
 319.«. y. 
 
 rpodigm 
 Neujtrix, 
 M4°- 59. 
 
 T poiigmx 
 Neuttria, 
 
 ypodigmi 
 
 Neuftrix, 
 
 54 
 
 Thom ns 
 Walfing- 
 bm,p. 329 
 ». 22. 
 
 Thomns 
 IVdlfing- 
 him, p.330 
 ». y6. 
 
 About this time the King nominated Roger Mortimer (Ion of Richard, n. 
 Edmond Mortimer Earl of March y and Philippa his Wife daugh¬ 
 ter and heir of Lionel Duke of Clarence , third ion of King E<^- 
 III.) for His SuccefTor in the Kingdom. And in the begin- 
 ing of March the Earles of Arundel and Nottingham took loo Ro- 
 chelVe ffels laden with Wines, relieved Brejl, demolifhing two 
 Forts the Enemy had built againft it : But, this good fervice was 
 rather envied then encourageefby thofe about the King,and indeed 
 by the King himfelf, becaufe not countenanced by the Duke of 
 Ireland , who now puts away his lawful Wife the Lady Iffahel , one 
 of King Edward III. Grand daughters, and Marries a Joyners 
 daughter of Bohemia j at which Indignity the Duke of Glocejler 
 her Uncle took fuch difpleafure > that new Plots are forged by 
 Suffolk^fiit Robert Trefilianfiicxo take away his life } as alfo of the 
 Earles of ArundelJVarwich^Derby ,(fbn of the Duke of Lancajler ) 
 Nottingham ^and fuch others as they thought fit to clear themfelves 
 of; Eafter being now Richard pretends to fend the Duke of 
 
 Ireland to the waterfide,but after fome ftay in thofe parts brings hirri 
 back again with him,and at Coventry 2000 perfons are Indi&ed by 
 the L. Chief Juftice j and at Nottingham where the King and Queen 
 lay, Robert Belknap Chief Juftice of the Common-Pleas, and other 
 Judges 5 by the Kings command attend him, to whom He pro¬ 
 pounds feveral Queftionsof the unlawfulnefs of the proceeding 
 of the Parliament and Lords, and what Penalties they had incur¬ 
 red : They declare them unlawful, and the Abettors guilty of 
 Treafon, which the King having effe&ed> not only thofe Juftices, 
 but all other Juftices and Sheriffs were thereupon fummoned to 
 Nottingham , to know what Forces they could raife for the King 
 againft the Lords, and to take care that no Members fhould be 
 chofen in the Parliament he then intended, but fuch as the King 
 fhould approve of} Furthermore,the King and the Duke of Ireland 
 fend all over theKingdome to difpofe the People as much as pof- 
 fible to their party, as to their Ele&ions, and in the mean time en¬ 
 deavour to furprife the Duke of Glocejler and the Earl of War - 
 wic\ (who had got a great Power of Men about them ) and alfo 
 fends to the Lord Mayor to know what Forces he could raife for 
 Him in the City of London, who promifed 50000 Men, but could 
 not perform, the Cittizens refufing to fight againft the Kings 
 Friends, and Defenders of the Realme, as they called them. 
 Whereupon King Richard , by advice of the Earl of Northamp¬ 
 ton , requires the Lords to come to Him, which by reafon of an 
 Ambufh laid for them (though without the Kings knowledge^ 
 they forbore at that time, but afterwards upon fafe-condu& came, 
 and the King receives them feemingly with all kindnefs, and agrees 
 to them, that at the next Parliament all parties fhould be indiffe¬ 
 rently heard, and in the mean time to remain in his Prote&ion; 
 upon which the Favourite Lords not daring to come totheTeft, 
 withdraw from the Court j But the King not enduring their ab- 
 fencej commands the Conftable of Chewier to raife an Army, and 
 
 to 
 
198 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Flantagenet s 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 to conduft the Duke of Ireland to him, who is by the way en- 
 countred and overthrown by the Earl of Derby : The Duke very 
 very narrowly efcaping flies beyond Sea, and at Lovaine , after two 
 or three years ends his life- The Earl of Suffolk\e alio, in difguife, 
 retires to Calais , where he is difcovered and lent back into England , 
 but by the King is permitted to go at large. 
 
 Anno 1388. The Lords having now, as they thought, matter enough to ju- 
 ftifie the taking of Armes, march to London with 40000 Men , 
 and to the King then at the Tower , the Duke of Glocejler > and the 
 Earles of Derby and Nottingham declare their Grievances; and pro¬ 
 duce Letters from the Duke of Ireland^ for his levying an Army 
 for their deftru&ion, and alfo another of fafe Condud, written to 
 him by the French King, to come into France to do Ads to his 
 own and the Kingdomes difhonour^: The King promifed He 
 would come the next day to Weffminjler to Treat further of thefe 
 matters^ but repenting that promife, they peremptorily fend him 
 word , That if He did not come and hearken to his faithful Coun¬ 
 cil , they would choofe another King: fo that the next morning He 
 went, and there with no fmall regret condefcended to the removal 
 and imprifonment of all thofe whom the Lords required, Alexan¬ 
 der Nevil Archbifliop of Tork ^is removed from the Parliament, all 
 the Judges except one are Arrefted on the Bench and fent to the 
 Tower i Sir William Treftlian Lord Chief Juftice is hanged ztTy- 
 burne , and the reft of the Judges banifhed, and the King bound 
 by Oath to abide byfuch Rules and Orders as the Lords fhould 
 make, and the fame impofed throughout the whole King¬ 
 dom. 
 
 Anno 138* After much adoe a Peace is concluded for 3 yeares, betwixt 
 England , France and Scotland: And afterwards John Duke of 
 
 Anno 1391. Lancaster^ upon his return from Spain , meets the King of France 
 at Amiens with a train of 1000 Horfe, to treat of a more lading 
 Truce betwixt the two Crownes, but only procures the additi¬ 
 on of a year more to the former: In this year ( [<vi%An. 1392.) 
 the Queen dies, and the City of London having forfeited their 
 Charter, are by the Duke of Glocejlers intercefllon, and the 
 payment of 10000 pounds Fine, reftored to their Liberties. 
 
 Anno 1393. The King fends the Dukes of Lancajler and Glocejler once more 
 into France about a Peace, but this negotiation produces only a 
 Truce for 4 years. 
 
 Great numbers of Irijh reforting into England , are command¬ 
 ed to return, whether the King himfelf not long after takes a 
 Voyage, and at Dublin fummons a Parliament, to which repaire 
 the Kings of Meath, Thomond , Leynjler^Scc. and thence fending 
 the Duke of Glocejler to his Parliament in England , called in his 
 Name ('by the Duke of Tor^e ) in Hisabfence, to demand Sup¬ 
 plies, he fo far prevailes, that a Tenth is granted by the Clergy, 
 and a Fifteenth by the Laity. The King had not continued long 
 in Ireland when the Clergy of England petitioned his return for 
 the fupprefllon of the Lollards , who at that time much increafed, 
 
 being 
 
 Booknr. 
 
 Tpodigmi 
 
 Ncuflrix, 
 
 p. J4 2 - 
 4<S. 
 
 Tbo.tTal-* 
 
 jinghim, 
 
 P • S3 2 . ». 
 8 . 
 
 Ibidem , 
 p. 332 . n. 
 2 7 ' 
 
 Tpodigml 
 Neu(tria, 
 p. 54 2 » ». 
 5 2 * 
 
 Tho. mi- 
 
 finghim , 
 
 P- 333-»• 
 
 3 ?• 
 
 Ypoiigmi 
 Neuflria > 
 p. J43- «. 
 1 (sr 3 . 
 
 Tho. Wil. 
 finghlm.p: 
 334- n.to . 
 
 Thom is 
 
 Walfing- 
 
 ham,p.3 }7 . 
 
 »-3S>. 
 
 Tpodigml 
 
 Ncujlri#, 
 
 P‘ 544. n . 
 
 2 3- 
 
 Tpodigml 
 
 Neijtritg, 
 
 P• S44. n. 
 45. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 mifing- 
 
 hm.p.34j 
 
 n.7. 
 
 Tho. mi- 
 fingham.p. 
 347- 
 
 Tpodigml 
 Neujiria, 
 p. 346. n. 
 5$. 
 
 Tho JVal- 
 fngbim,p. 
 
 330 . B. 50 . 
 Ibidem, p. 
 
 331 . ri.l 6 . 
 
•> 
 
 A 8. i 
 
 ;..*>**• 
 
 THE KJ^CgS OF E9>CJjLAN^T),Sac. i 99 
 
 —-- " ' .— ... . . . — '■ —" »"~ i . ■ '■ J 
 
 Chap.v. being favoured by many eminent perfons of the Kingdom : and foc&Wll* 
 fhortly after rakes a voyage into France y where, at that famous Anno li96 ’ 
 The. mi- interview between Him and Charles' the VI. King of France , be- 
 , twixt Ardres and Guines y King Richard efpoufed the Lady Iffabel 
 
 1 ‘cevo’c his eldcft daughter ; and upon the 28th day of October 1396, in ««&*.- 
 2 f° v,s the prefence of all the greateft Princes, Lords and Ladies of 
 Liu^ii Clt ^ er N at i° n i received her from His Father-in-law as a moft no- Queen 
 chip. v. ’ ble and acceptable Gift, and Pledge of that peace and amiry con- ^ a ^ 3 bearc 
 traded betwixt the two Kingdomes, which was agreed upon for *!* wers * 
 
 , T/r . 9 1 . ° * Ltx.c, or } He^ 
 
 2 9 yeares. The Lady Ijjabel was not above 7 or 8 yeares or age, Fa[ her King 
 wherefore her perfon was committed to the Dutchefses of Lanca- duchigWj?- 
 fier and Glocefter and other great Ladies who accompanyed her 
 rptiigms- to Calais, and there (he was Marryed to King Richard, who had £l nu L mb * r *• 
 p. 54s>.». not it leemeth any Nuptial enjoyment ol her, by realon oi her was impaled 
 tender age, before fuch time as his Tray trous Lords (to com- Richard in 
 pafs their own difloyal purpofes, and gratifie the ambition of an 5™?^^ 
 scevoie(? Uftirper) had dethroned Him; After whofe death (he was fent oSchurc« 
 s 2 n/ e e home, and Marryed to Charles Duke ot Orleance. in the 011- 
 
 Merjhe, ' At this time the Duke of Lancafter caufed thei(fuehe had by Tlllin&ta** 
 chip. IT Katherine Swinford before Marriage, to be legitimated by Ad of Jjj" 
 T filguml Parliament: But the Duke of GloceSter unadvifedly reproves 
 9 - the King for delivering up the Town of Brejl to the Duke of Bri - 
 taine , upon which he had only a Mortgage; fo that upon pay¬ 
 ment of the Money, words are multiplyed between them, and 
 the King complaines thereof to his other Uncles, the Dukes of 
 Lancajler and Yorl^, who excufing his intemperance, affure the 
 King of his duty and faithfulnefs; yet fearing how far the King 
 might prefs them to undertake for him, they retire from rhe 
 Court, which gave the Duke of Glocejler s enemies opportunity 
 of improving the Kings difpleafure againft him : and not long af¬ 
 ter, he, with feveral Lords both Spiritual and Temporal ("at Arun* 
 del CaftleJ contrive to feize upon King Richard with the Dukes 
 of Lancaster and York ,; but the whole projed being difcovered , 
 
 Veijfiu the King Himfelf, by a Fratagem, furprifeth the Duke of Gloce- 
 p . 550. ». Sler ( that darling of the people ) at his CafUe of Plefhey in Ef- 
 Vho.mi- fex y and fends him prifoner to Calais , where he was fmorhered to 
 354 hl r.6.' death by Thomas Mowbray the Earl Marlhal *, diverfe other Lords 
 are fent to the lower , and the King, for the better fecurity of His 
 Set/fSI Perlon, appoints him a Guard of Chejhire Men, and Files Himfelf 
 p. 550• Prince of CheSier. 
 
 In a Parliament begun at WeftminSier the 17th day of September 
 Thomtt l 197 ' ttaKing complaines of feveral things done by the Lords 
 hlm fi p ng \ * n His minority; and firF, the ArchbiFiopof Canterbury is by the 
 ».4i r ' Commons impeached,but not being fuffered to make his defence, 
 
 He°uft S rie, is fent into bani(hment; The Pardons granted to the Duke of 
 p. 55‘.». GloceSier , and the Earlesof Arundel and Warwick u , which the King 
 proteFed to be extorted from Him, are required to be revoked; 
 wlifin w h ,c h being done, the Earl of Arundel is before the Duke of Lan - 
 fcawj?> 354 » caSter^ who fate that day as Lord High Steward, condemned, and 
 " ,49, Fff immediately 
 
200 
 
 Tlaiitagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 /nno 1398. 
 
 Anno 1399. 
 
 A qE^CEALOqiCAL H1S70%Y OF 
 
 immediately afterwards beheaded } but Warwick^ by the Dukes BookIIT * 
 mterceftion is banifhed to the Hie of Man. 
 
 Anno 1398. In that Parliament called the Great, the King to ibidem, p: 
 kindle new Lights in the place of fuch as he had extinguished , 355 '”' 47 * 
 created His Colin Henry Earl of Derby , Duke of Hereford j Ed - r f° c f g ^ 
 ward Earl of Rutland , Duke of Aumarle\ Tho. Earl of Hotting- p.if.n. 
 bam, -Duke of Norfolke q Thomas Earl of Kent, Duke of Surrey j 55 ’ 
 John Earl of Huntington , Duke of Exceter *, and Thomas Earl of 
 Somerfct , Marquefs Dorfet,&t c. who, for the better Support of 
 tliele dignities, had a great part of the eftatesof Glocejler, Arun- 5! 
 del and Warwick parcelled among them : And added to his Ef- p h n gbm,pl 
 cocheon Royal the Armories of St. Edward King and Confeffor} 355 
 which he granted in augmentation to the Dukes of Norfolk\e, Sur¬ 
 rey and Exeter , and the Marquefs Dorfet. The Judges alfo at this 
 time gave their opinions, that when the King propounds Articles 
 to be handled in Parliament, it is Treafon to propofe others: The r bo. mi- 
 King alfo obtained the whole power of the Parliament to be con- 
 firmed upon John Duke of Lancafier , Edmond Duke of Yorhg, 
 Edward Duke of Aumarle and others, or any Seven or eight of 
 them , and granted a pardon to all except 50 perfons, which He 
 would not have named, but referved them for a curbe to His No¬ 
 bility, to keep them Hill in danger,, upon any difpleafure, of be¬ 
 ing declared one of the ^o excepted ; and to all thefe things pro¬ 
 cures the Popes Bulls, with Cenfures and Curfes to the infringers 
 thereof. 
 
 A difference now falling out betwixt the Dukes of Hereford 
 and Norfolkg about treafonable words, aCombat was agreed up- 3S*-«*s. 
 on to be dilputed at Coventry , but the King taking the matter into 
 His own hands, banifhes the Duke of Norfolke for ever (it being ibidsm,n: 
 the day whereon a twelve moneth before he had caufed the Duke y t ' odigmA 
 of Glocejler to be Smothered at Calais ) and the Duke of Here - Neu ^*, 
 ford for fix yeares. Banifliment (formerly the punilbment of the 
 Delinquencies of great MenJ) hath proved of dangerous confe- 
 quence, as it here fell out, for the Exiled Archbifhop of Can¬ 
 terbury Thomas Arundel , and the Duke meeting in France , after 
 aggravating the mifearriages of King Richards Government, fell 
 atlaft to conlult how He might be removed , and that which en¬ 
 couraged their defigne was the many invitations the Duke of He¬ 
 reford received from England , to come and take the Government 
 upon him. 
 
 To the accomplifhment of whofedefign, two things did ex* 
 ceedingly concurr j fii ft King Richards abfence in Ireland , whither 
 He was gone with a mighty Army to revenge the death of his Co- rpVdigm* 
 fin Roger Mortimer Earl of March and Lieutenant of Ireland (flaw 
 by 0 Brin and the Irijh of Leinjler ) to whom he intended the 5 1 * 
 Crown of England , if He failed of ifiue ; To the furnifhing of 
 which Expedition He had extorted Money on all hands, taking 
 up Carriages, Vi&uals, and other neceflaries, without any recom- 
 pence, whereby the hatred of His Government grew univerfal .* 
 
 Secondly, 
 
ZHE Kjv^gs of E^cgLyty^v, &c. iot 
 
 Chap, Secondly, John Duke of Lancajlers death, which happened about Richard II, 
 v-fijngb diistime, upon whofe Eftate the King moft unjuftly feizeth, ba- 
 M57- n * niOiing the new rightful Duke of Lancajler, Henry , not for a few 
 rpodigm yeares, but for ever. 
 
 Henry Duke of Lancajler therefore Ikying hold on this oppor- 
 fingham'~ tun ity ( accompanyed by the Archbifiiop of Canterbury, and the 
 msM, late Earl of Arundels Son and Heir, with three Ships which he 
 borrowed of the Duke of Britaine , and not above 60 perfons ) 
 fets faile for England, and hovering a while upon the Coaft , the 
 better to obferve the countenance of his Affaires, lands at Ra- 
 UeuitV^ venfhirc in Yorkshire , where Henry Earl of Northumberland , his fon 
 mS 4.». ’ Lord Henry Percy , Ralph Earl of Wcjlmerland y with great numbers 
 o.f the Nobility, Gentry and Commons refort to him, continuing 
 their follicitation for his acceptance of the Crown, whiles the 
 Duke pretends his coming to be only for the Inheritance defeend- 
 ** ed to him from his Father: Before he had advanced as far as 
 Berkeley his Army was grown very numerous, and all the Cattles in 
 thofe parts were furrendred to him. 
 
 Thom* The Duke of York left Governor of the Kingdom during the 
 hjmfp.3 58 Kings abfence in Ireland, ufed all diligence to raife Forces toop- 
 pofe Lancajler • but, the Peoples protections that they would 
 not hurt the Duke, whom they knew to be wronged, were fo ge¬ 
 neral, that the Duke of TW^could effeft little : fo that Lancajler 
 Tbomv with an Army of 60000 Men Marches to Brijlol , befieges the Ca- 
 ksmpfi s and ta k es hj and in it William Earl of Wilt (hire, Bujhie and 
 r.JY Green , whofe heads were the next day fevered from their bodies. 
 
 Six weeks the Duke was in England before King Richard had 
 554 notice, by reafon of the contrary winds, which as foon as he un- 
 derftood he refolved upon his return, but was diflwaded by the 
 fatal advice of the Duke of Aumarle ; however He fent the Earl of 
 Salisbury before, promifing to follow himfelf within fix dayes. 
 
 The Earl landed at Conway , and foon got an Army of 40000,but 
 the King not coming at His time, the Soldiers fufpe&ing He was 
 dead, though by the Earles perfwafion they continued together 
 fome time longer, at length disbanded and went away} eighteen 
 Tho mi da y es a ^ ter ^ ad departed, the King ( having fecured the fons 
 ^nghantyp* of the Dukes of Glocejler and Lancaster in Trym Cafilc) took 
 358,8,57 (hipping, being in no tear of prevailing ; but, hearing of the re¬ 
 volt of His Cattles, the death of His Counfellors, and that the 
 greater part of the Nobility and Commons forfook Him, He fell 
 to defpair, and though His Soldiers offered to live and die with 
 Him, yet he difmiUeth his Family, bidding his Steward Sir Thomas 
 Percy and others to referve themfelves for better times, and the 
 next night, with the Dukes of Surrey and Exeter , the Bifhop of 
 p. 554* * Carlifle and others, dole away from the Army to Conway 
 ”’ 52, Cattle. 
 
 Lancajler , upon notice of the Kings return out of Ireland , 
 comes by fhort Marches to Chetter, where he fent for his own Son^ 
 and the Duke of Glocejlers out of Ireland , and the Archbifhop of 
 
 Canterbury , 
 
101 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF . 
 
 Plarftagenetf Canterbury, with die Earl of Northumberland to King Richard at 
 
 u^dm de £.^ Conway Caftle: The Cam of whofe demands were, That if He and 
 eight whom he would name, might have honourable allowance , 
 with the aflurance of a quiet private life, He would refign His 
 Crown*, this the Earl oi'Northumberland fwore fhould be per¬ 
 formed : whereupon the King forthwith departs in their compa¬ 
 ny to Flint , from whence, after a fhort conference with the Duke, 
 they ride to Chefter ,attended by the Lancaflrian Armyjfrom thence p. 554.»" 
 they travel to London,2nd the King is lodged in the lower. After }6 ‘ 
 this a Parliament is called by the Duke of Lancafler in K. Richards no.trad 
 riame>in which many milcarriages of his Government were drawn wtnUf 
 up in 3 5 Articles,andlaid to his Charge, upon which he is Adjudged 
 to be depofed, whereof being advifed, He is Councelled rather 
 voluntarily to refign His Crown, then to be forced thereunto, 
 which on Monday the op of September 1399. He did folemnly rpodigms 
 in the prefence of divers Lords and others fent to Him to the 
 Tower for that purpofe, reading it before them all Himfelf, and 
 taking His Signet from His Finger,puts it upon the Duke of Lan - 
 rafters , defiring he might be His Succeffor: The Refignation 
 being fhewed to the Parliament, was prefcntly by the whole Body 
 of them accepted ( the Loyal and Magnanimous Bifhop of Car - 
 lijle exceptecT) and the Sentence of Depofition pronounced by ».3»1 
 Commiflioners appointed to that purpofe, after which Duke bf/u/lfZ*. 
 Henry puts in his feigned Claime to the Kingdom , is Ele&ed , J* 
 Crowned, and fucceeds his Cofin King Richard (after He had 
 R eigned xxii. yeares, iii. monechs, and viii. dayes.) by the Name 
 of Henr y IV. 
 
 The depofed King was immediately removed to Leeds Caftle in 
 Kent,2nd from thence to Pomfret(to the end that by often chang¬ 
 ing He might either more fecretly be difpatched, or more uncer¬ 
 tainly found) where (it is reported^) He was ferved with coftly rhmif 
 Meats, but not fuffered toeate, and dyed of forced Famine: 
 
 Others fay, of a voluntary pining of Himfelf: But, one Writer, n™o.' 36 * 
 who would feem to have the perfeft intelligence of this affair, ma- 
 keth report, That,King Henry ( after He had with much diffi- 
 culty defeated thofe Confpirators which defigned His death, and 
 King Richards Reftauration) fitting at His Table fad and penfive, 
 brake forth into thefe words , Have l no faithful friend that will 
 deliver me of Him whofe life will breed dejiruStion to me, and dijiur - 
 bance to the Kingdom i upon which fpeech one called Sir Pierce of 
 Extone prefently parted from the Court with eight Men in his 
 company and went to Pomfret, and all Armed enter the Chamber 
 where the King was at dinner, whereupon King Richard perceiv¬ 
 ing their defign and His own danger, putting the Table from Him 
 advances to the foremoft, and wrefting the Bill out of His hands, 
 flew four of Hisaflailants,but at laft being forced towards his chair, 
 upon which Sir Pierce flood, He, with his Poleax ftroke out His 
 kraines, upon St. Valentines day, in the year 1399. An. 1 H. 4. 
 
 His Body was embalmed and covered with Lead all but the face, 3*f.T/o. 
 
 and 
 
V 
 
 Pjjjjli^tri£simo Domino Dticfe 
 
 R.OBEFTO Comiti de SVfl 
 ERLANB, Darom 5FEN(^ 
 ? WORMELEIGHTON; 
 
 ^iquram Line , Jlffojiu.men.tijJ 
 JklCIL4RDI II. Xfy*M 
 
 D. JD. D . zj&M 
 
 mmam 
 
 
 RICHARDS SIXVNnVS-rtflC 1ACET L'lMITl. CON?LE'i'\? MOKTE BiaiABBVS^-l^Qg-rCV^ti TK1JCE.M i l »tb~KRfiI.!Vt\ ;r M^ 
 
 2,0 3 
 
204. A qEXEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tlantagsnets and brought to St. Pauls Church, where it was for three dayes ex* gon kIll« 
 
 undivided. to p U blick view, and afterwards obfcurely interred at Lang- lieujlftT, ‘ 
 
 ley\nHertfordfbire y in the Church of the Fryers Predicants j but 
 by the appointment of King Henry V. removed from thence with 
 great Honour in a Chair Royal, Himfelf and his Nobility attend neral Mo - 
 ing the Sacred Reliques of this Anointed King, which he folemn- p*™ 
 ly interred in the Abbey of Weflminfler amongft his Royal Ance- 
 Rors, and founded a Chantry to celebrate Mafs weekly for the 
 Soul of King Ricbardy and Annually 20 /. in Pence to be diftri- 
 buted to the Poor. He alfo ere&ed for Him and His firlt Queen, 
 
 Anne y a glorious Tombe of Grey Marble, upon the South-fide 
 the Chappel of the Kings, at the Head of King Edward III. upon 
 which lie their Portraitures of gilt Copper, the Figure of which is 
 delineated in the precedent Page : This following Latine Epitaph 
 is upon the verge thereof,deciphering the Lineaments ofHis Body, 
 and Qualities of His Mind, which to any who knowes upon 
 what points He was put out of MajeRy and State, may feem 
 Rrange, if not ridiculous: Thus it runs, beginning on the North- 
 fide at the Foot, 
 
 -f- l^unens etnuttimig foicartms jute fectmfcug, 
 pec fatum Uictujs, facet ijlc fttu matmo^e putu& 
 tUecat fecmoite ftut, et plenum cattone: 
 Compose p?ocecu0, ammo pitmens ut £>metu& 
 Ccclefie faint, elatog fuppetutauit, 
 
 €luemuf0 p^offramttegalia qut WolaUit, 
 SDiUUit Jjerettcog, et eo?um ftra&it amtcois: 
 
 SD clement Cfmflfe, ttUi&eUotuis futt tffe. 
 filatis ^apfiffefanies quern piotulit tffe. 
 
 Perfcft and prudent i 
 Richard by right the fecond j 
 Vanquifhed by fortune, 
 
 Lies here now graven in ftonc 
 True of his word 
 
 And thereto well re found, 
 Seemely in perfon 
 
 And like to Homer, as one 
 In worldly prudence , 
 
 And ever the church in one 
 Upheld and favoured, 
 
 And cafting the Proud to ground. 
 And all that would 
 His royall rtate confound. 
 
 Thus En- 
 gli/hed on 
 a Tablet 
 near the 
 Tombe j 
 
 In a Charter of this King,dated at Weflminfler upon the 28 day 
 of November, in the third year ofHis Reign, He is Riled Ricardus 
 Dei Gratia Rex Anglic et Francis et Dominm H/^erv/z^ufing the 
 Title of England before that of France in all His InRruments and 
 Commiflions that I have ever yet feen^) but on His Great Seal 
 exhibited in the 190 Page of this III. Book ^ France is placed in the 
 firR quarter of His Armes, and it is circumfcribed, 3 ivtC 4 tDU£ 
 
 SDei : <Bi acta : 3&ejc : f rancie tee x ftnslte : et : 2DnS:®tbets 
 me. 
 
 E. Regi- 
 ftro Weft- 
 monafleri- 
 enji, 
 
 TbomAs 
 
 Walfinghl 
 
 p . 
 
 48 .erp. 
 tty.*,til 
 
 In the 21 year of His Government He caufed the great Hall of 
 His Pallace at Weflminfler to be repaired, both the Walls, Win¬ 
 dows and Roof as it now Rands, adorning it with Efcocheons of 
 His Armes, CreRand Devifes, in which 10000. perfons are re- iu r ding\ 
 ported to be daily fed at this Kings Charge and Expcnce. ca f- w« 
 
 8 . THOMAS* 
 
I 
 
 THE KJK 9 S OF E^CgLJ^CV, Sec. ao$ 
 
 Chap. VI 
 
 b«r,.5 ® 
 
 P lant age nets 
 Undivided. 
 
 8 . 
 
 THOMAS, 
 
 a Penes 
 
 will-. 
 
 Piere- 
 
 point Ar- 
 
 migerum, 
 
 lib.np.p. 
 
 b Chirt. 
 An. 6 Ed. 
 2.H. 30,31, 
 32, &c. in 
 cedula & 
 Parl.$ H. 
 6 . m. 4. 
 c Chart. 
 
 $ Ed. 2. n. 
 32. 
 
 *Cliuf.an. 
 6 E.^.m. 
 17. indor- 
 fo. 
 
 * Ex Cur¬ 
 tis Will. 
 \e Seue 
 militis 
 Clarence- 
 aux Regis 
 Armorum. 
 
 d Cliuf. 
 an. 37 Ed. 
 3. m. 28. 
 dorfo. 
 
 Weever, p . 
 72 6 . 
 
 Earl of ORFO LKJL and S VFFO Lf^E, 
 
 and Marjball of ENGLAND , 
 
 Surnamed of Brotherton. 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 His Prince was Fifth Son of King Edward the 
 Firft ( but Eldeft Son by His fecond Wife 
 Margaret , Daughter of Philip the Hardy 
 King of France ) a born at Brotherton a little CWj P d Jl Ant 
 Village in Torlffhire , upon the firft day of June fiTf flints 
 in the Year 1300. from which place he had his hifsSexidb^ 
 Surname; and was called Thomas, from Tho- p^o^this 4 
 wasde Corbridge Archbifhop o (Torl^ whoChriftned him and gave Third ^ ook » 
 him his Name. King Edward the Second, his half-Brother, by a Charter dated 
 b Charter dated at Wejhninfter , on the fixteenth day of December , no™ An. 7 
 in the fixth year of HisRaign, Anno 1312. granted to this T ho- ffj ' 0 r u cp v ^. 
 was and his heires the Earldome of Norfolk^ : And afterwards the / a me Arms 
 the fame King made him Marfhal of England by c Patent,dated at Mo tv brays 
 Lincoln the 10th day of February in the ninth year of His Reign, ^“tis^ef- 
 Anno 1315* (at what time He alfo gave him the Verge of the cend3nt ? (dif- 
 Marfhalfhip ) to him and the heires-male of his body lawfully SSwww 
 begotten , and for want of fuch iffue wholly to revert to the oUles**il li 
 faid King and His Heires. In his * Deed dated at London on the honour b °hem! 
 fifth day of Augnff , An. 6Edw. 3. he wrote himfelf, Thowas 3 jj dto 
 Cowes Norff: et Stiff : et Marefcallns Anglijefcc, And in a * Grant in defeent eir 
 French , dated An. 7 Edw. 3. to which his Seal is annexed, Tho - o°The Blood- 
 mas fl%, dn noble Roy , Comte de Northfolhg et Suffolk^ Marefchal ^ttds EaHs 
 d'Enoleterre , in both which Inftruments he isftiled Earl of Snf- of 
 
 folke. rey, defeended 
 
 This Thomas Earl o {Norfolke* afterwards pafled all his Eflate in oiwo^llfo^ 
 the Counties oLBuckinghaw^Norfol^nd Suffolk^ fto King Edward broJhero^hii 
 theThird,and dying without leaving ifiue- malejWas interred in the r ^^’ A for_ 
 Choire of the Abbeyof St. Edmondsbnry , An. 13 38. where ("Faith of their Houfe, 
 Mr. Weever) once flood a goodly Monument erefted to his Me- jp.'Tij,, 
 mory, now wholly defaced. , nl 
 
 jemee of 
 
 Flowers de Li^e, Argent, and took the Princely Coat of Woodftock, \iz. Quits, 3 Lyont pajfant guardant or, within a 
 Border, argent: And for the fame rcafon the Staffords Dukes of Buckingham , leaving their Cheveron 
 gules in a field gold, alfumed the Coat-Armour of Thomasoi Woodjlock. Duke of Glocefler andEarl of Buckingham^ 
 which was Quirterly, France and England, a Border argent. 
 
 He 
 
 • 3 
 
io6 A qEV^EALOqiCAL HISVO'KT OF 
 
 V lantagenett 
 Undivided. 
 
 He Marryed two Wives, the firfl: of which was c Alice daugh- BooHlft 
 ter of Sir Roger Halys of Harwich , and by her had iffue, after 
 whofe death he took to his fecond Wife Mary ( who f dyed “ l0 - 
 A two 3 6 Ed, 3.) daughter of William Lord Roos (Widdow to m/j6& 
 William Lord Brewes of Brember and Gower) (he was after mar- *‘ parUl ' 
 ryed to Sir Ralph Cobham Knight, by whom (he had a Son (Sir 
 John Cobham ) commonly called the fon of Mary the Countefs 
 Marjhall. 
 
 ». 9, 
 
 Children of THOMAS Earl of NORFOLK 
 by ALICE HALYS his frft Wife . 
 
 9. EDWARD P L ANT A GEN ET only Son of Thomas 
 of Brotherton , dyed without iflue in the life-time of his Father. 
 
 Brooke, Torl\- Herauld, uncorre&ed by Vincent , Rouge-Croix , f 
 makes him to Marry Beatrix feventh daughter of Roger Morti¬ 
 mer firft Earl of March , afterwards re-marryed to Thomas 
 Brews . 
 
 V ‘ * V • • . • j 
 
 9. MARGARET PLANTAGENET ? Duchefs of 
 Norfolk#^ ldeft daughter and co-heir 3 whofe Hiftory followeth 
 in the next Chapter. 
 
 . . * \ 
 
 9. § ALICE PLANTAGENET the younger daughter g tines, 
 and coheir of Thomas , was marryed to Edward Mount ague y and m.f 3 ‘ 
 had ifllie Joane her only daughter and heir( h born at Bungey in . 
 Norfolb# y and there Baptized An. 23. of Edward the Third ) P* rt »•»*• 
 1 Wife of William de TJfford (after her death Earl of. Suffolk) Vtxbun. 
 but this Joane dying iffulefs, her Aunt Margaret came to be her bat. Iu- 
 heir. Juratores dicnnt quod Will. TJfford nuper comes Suffolk# ITufqTc 
 tenuit per legem Anglic poft mortem Johannrt nuper uxoris furt 
 fli# Alicirt nuper uxoris Edwardi cle Monteacuto y fororis Mar- an. s r.I; 
 garetrt Marefchal nunc Comitiffrt Norfolk , fliarum et hrtre - *** 7 ’ 
 chtm Thomee cle Brotherton nuper Marefcalli Anglirt unum Ten: 
 tn London y See. 
 
 9. MARGARET 
 
THE KJK 9 S OF EnCgLJ 3 ^T>,&c. 207 
 
 Chap.VII 
 
 .MARGARET 
 
 MARSHALL, 'Drnbeft of JfORFO LK^E 
 
 and Lady SEGR AVE. 
 
 Plantxgeneti 
 Undivided* 
 
 a Ex Rot. 
 Claufirum 
 arum dc 
 an. 1 R. 2 . 
 tn. 4 ;. 
 
 b Clanf. 
 An. 1 R.2. 
 r. 4 f. 
 
 e Penet 
 Ed. Wit¬ 
 her mil. 
 Gart. 
 
 Prin.Reg. 
 
 Armorum 
 
 A Chart, 
 an. zi R. 
 2 , 
 
 t So faith 
 Brook 
 York- He- 
 raid, f. 
 IJ6. 
 
 Inq. Anno 
 43 Edw. 3 . 
 a art. 2 . 
 
 Weever 
 fun.mon. 
 p. 43 *• 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 His Lady was eldeft daughter and co-heir otTho- This Marga* 
 mas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk^, and after the thf 12?. page 
 death of her Neece Joane Countefs of Suffolk^ sootl*™*!* 
 had his whole Inheritance, and was Countels 
 of Norfolk g. At the Coronation of Richard II. ported by an 
 (he exhibired her a Petition for the Marjhalcie tubules!* 
 of England , to be executed by her Deputy , urging the example 
 of Gilbert Marjhall Earl of Strighnl , who performed the fame f’fjf 
 office at the Coronation of King Henry the Second, but the argent , be- 
 Marfhalcie , being by the death of her Father without iflue*inale, 55 tW Bfa£ 
 in the hands of the King todifpofe of at pleafure,and the time be- otThe dexter 
 fore the Coronation, tooffiort to determine the matter, b Henry c t J a e rg ^ at * 
 Lord Percy was appointed by the King to execute the faid Of- of her firft 
 fice for that time, till a final determination might be made 
 therein. ^ 
 
 In a'Deed dated the 26th day of September , Anno . Rich- L y° n Ram - 
 
 ard the Second, fhe writes, inherftile, Margaret MarJJjal Countefs crowned, or 
 of Norfolk^ (as heir to her Father) and Lady of Segraue \ and after- ^faMer 11 
 wards was ( for the greatnefs of her birth, her large reve- f n l e t c h ° e n A™es 
 nues and wealth) d created Dutchefsof Norfolk £ fo terme of 
 life by the fame King Richard the Second, by Charter bearing fecond hus- 
 dateon the 29th day oiSeptember, in the 2 1 th year of His raign. ^chevero- 0> ' 
 She departed this life upon the 24th day of March , in the firft ^ sifisof 
 
 wax, 
 annexed to her 
 
 year of Henry 4. Anno 1399. and was f interred at the Fryers- Pjjk red 
 minors (vulgarly called the Minories ) in London , having out- charter 7n 
 lived her two Husbands : The firfi: of which was ffohn Lord fJpTembtr^i 
 Segraue y who dyed in the 27th year of King Edw. 3. by whom ^aiTdKum- 
 ffie had ifiue 5 and after his deceafe was. re-marryed \mtoS\rWal- bribed 
 ter Manny Knight of the Garter, Lord of the Town of Manny in the * 
 
 Diocefsof Cambray : He founded a Chappel of the Order of 
 Carthuftans , and built there a Monaftery , for the health of King 
 Edward the third,and Dame Margaret his wife,and was there buri- iSojfof 
 ed in his own Church, deceafing in the fame year that he laid the * 
 
 foundation vi^an. 1371.his death was much lamented by the King, $ e: 
 Nobility and Commons of England *, for, with fingular commen- fftaDet 
 dations he had ferved King Edward the Third in His French wars, dum Walker 
 
 Mil: Gart. Pr. 
 
 Regem Armo¬ 
 rum. The Armes alfo of $ohn Lord Segrave and Duchefs Margaret were impaled in an Eaft-window of Mount forrtl 
 Church in the County of Leicefter. Penes H. St. George At. facial, nom. Richmond, lib. $. tf.p. loo. 
 
 Hhb 
 
 and 
 
io8 A qEH. EA LOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ------ - - - - - _ >- . 
 
 FUntagenets anc [ was employed by Him on feveral Embaflies: his Obfequies g o°kHI« 
 undivided^ were performed with great folemnity, King Edward and all His 
 Children , with the great Prelates and Barons of the Realm being 
 prefect. And although Brook,York: Herauld, makes Margaret Weevtr' t 
 Dutchefs of Norfolk^ to be buryed in the Minories, yet Stow in P 433 
 his Survey faith,fhe was here interred with this Sir Walter Manny 
 her fecond husband. 
 
 In Pale, Mow¬ 
 bray and Se¬ 
 grave } viz. 
 Gules,a Lyon 
 Rampant ar¬ 
 gent, and Sa¬ 
 ble a Lyon 
 rampant ar¬ 
 gent, crowned 
 proper . 
 
 Mowbray did 
 bear Gules, a 
 Lyon Ram¬ 
 pant, argent. 
 
 Seguve, Sa¬ 
 lle , a Lyon 
 Rampant ar¬ 
 gent frowned 
 proper. 
 
 Mannj. Or, 
 three Chcve- 
 rtnels Sable. 
 
 \ 
 
 Children of MARGAR ET Duchefs of Norfolke, by * 
 JOHN Lord SEGR AVE her firji Husband. 
 
 io. ELIZ ABETH S EGR AVE Lady Mowbray , their 
 daughter and heir, was the Wife of John Lord Mowbray of 
 Axholme , who dyed beyond Sea upon the Feaft of St. Botolph Efceat.an, 
 in the 42 year of the Reign of King Edward 3. leaving ilTue by 43 E ’*‘ 
 her two fons, John and Thomas. 
 
 it. JOHN Lord MOWBRAY Earl of Nottingham , 
 eldeft fon and heir of Elizabeth Segrave , and John Lord 
 Mowbray of Axholme , was created into the dignity of Earl of rho. mi- 
 Nottingham at the Coronation of King Richard the Second, 
 in the year 1377. whichhonour heenjoyed untill the 18th 4 ** 
 year of his age, and then (leaving his Mother alive ) de- sfem: 
 ceafed upon the tenth day of February , in the fixth year of ^ 
 the reign of King Richard II. An. 1382. and was buryed in 
 the White- Fryers (or Carmelite-Fryers') m London, his bro- *•»*»**, 
 ther Thomas being found his heir of the age of 17 years and 43 * 
 upward. 
 
 11. THOMAS MOWBRAY fecond fon fucceeded his 
 brother in his eftate, and was created Earl of Nottingham , 
 
 Earl Marlhal of England , and Duke of Norfolk? • See more 
 of him in the following Chapter. 
 
 1 o. ANNE SEGRAVE the younger daughter of Marga¬ 
 ret Countefs of Norfolk?, and John Lord Segrave , was Lady 
 Abbefs of Barkyng in the County of EJfex • 
 
 Children OjfMARGA RET Duchefs ^Norfolke, by 
 Sir WALTER MANNY her 
 fecond Husband. 
 
 / 
 
 10. THOMAS MANNY their only fon, was, being young, 
 drowned in a Well at Detford in Kent, in the life-time of his 
 father. 
 
 10. ANNE MANNY Countefs of Pembroke , only daugh¬ 
 ter and heir of Sir Walter de Manny by Duchefs Margaret , aged inq.1n.46 
 18 yeares at the death of her Father, was marryed to ffohn ^ w ' 3 ' b: 
 
 Lord 
 

 Chap. VII 
 
 Tpodigmi 
 Neujtria, 
 p . 528. n. 
 60. 
 
 Ibidem, p. 
 SSo.n.ij. 
 
 Tpodigmi 
 
 tlcujlrise, 
 
 p.544.8. 
 
 53 * 
 
 Efceati 
 z H. 4 . *■ 
 
 14 * ?«/* 
 
 wiortew 
 
 Hidings. 
 
 THE KJ^(gS OF E3^jqLAV^V,&z. zo 9 
 
 Lord Hajlings Earl of Pembrooh^ fon a§ Lawrence Earl of Pern- 
 brooh^ by Agnes his wife daughter of Roger Mortimer Lord of 
 Wigmore , and firft Earl of March. This Johti Earl of Pembrook^ 
 being but 25 yeares of age, was fent by King Edward III. to 
 raife the fiege of Rochell , An. 1372. but in his voyage for 
 France was taken by Henry the ufurper of Cajlile , and with 
 160. others carried into Spain , where, after two yeares impri- 
 fonment, he was fold to Bertrand Clcyhjn a Nobleman of 
 France , with whom having agreed for his Ranfom, was yet 
 at his departure poifoned at a Banquet, and dyed in France , the 
 i6thday of April An. 1375* ( his Ranfome-money being 
 come to Calais to redeem him^) leaving iffue by the Lady Anne 
 Manny , his only fon named alfo 
 
 if King Edtf. III. His Tomb at U'efiminfter, he being noted to be the firft fubjeft that bare 2 Coates 
 
 Plant agents 
 Undivided 
 
 This $ohn 
 Earl of Pem¬ 
 broke did bear 
 quarterly, firft 
 Hojiings, viz. 
 or, a Maunch 
 Gules, and 
 fecondly, VSi¬ 
 lence, viz. 
 Burry , Ar¬ 
 gent and A- 
 \ure, an Orle 
 of Martlets, 
 Gules , which 
 Armes are 
 enamelled on 
 the north-fidc 
 quarterly. 
 
 II, JOHN HASTINGS Earl of Pembrol^e , three yeares This -fobn 
 of age at the death of his father, after whofe deceafe he was tedy, Xii- 
 Earl of Pembroke, Lord Hajlings Wejhford^nd Abnrgavenny , 
 by reafon of whofe Minority King Edward III conformed j u ^f ant y r>a 
 William Lord Beauchamp Cuftos of the County of Pembroke, pemtsjrglnu 
 Many years after,this Earl John being with King Richard ll. a^umfuiZ 
 at Woodjloch^ in Oxfordshire jn the time of CbriJlmaSj was at a IffffjntZi 
 Tournament there held,(lain by Sir John St.John ,in the year a % ure an0rl * 
 13po.aiter he had been Lari 14 years- the *tb 
 
 He took to wife Philip , the third daughter of Edmond Mor- whidfqScr- 
 timer Earl of Marchybut dying without iffue,(he was re-mar- acfiSn tw 
 ried to Richard Fit^-Alan Earl of Arundel and Surrey. This toof otchnjt- 
 
 John was interred in the Fry ers-MinorswithinNewgate in Lon- divide, v/Z 
 don y and his inheritance went to his Cofin Sir Edw. Hajlings £?j n p k 4 wL 
 Knight,who, for fome difpleafure taken againft him by the cTu?cVhedid 
 King, was committed to the Fleet, where he dyed without if- bear quaterly* 
 
 fue. quarter, Bro- 
 
 tberton j in the 
 
 fecondHaftings and Valence Quarterly j the third as the fecond, the fourth as the firft: vide penes H. S. George ar, 
 Fxeiilem torn, Richmond. 
 
 11. THOMAS, 
 
ilO 
 
 a qEK. EAl '°9 1CAL bisvQ'r? of 
 
 Tlantagenett • Booklll . 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 .THOMAS 
 
 MO]fB%AY •Duke of 3f0"RF0LK_E 
 
 Earl Marjball of ENG L AND y and Earl 
 of NOTTINGHAM , 
 
 As the fecond Ton of John Lord Mowbray of Ax :« 
 jWwe and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and 
 heir of John Lord Segrave by Margaret his wife, 
 daughter and at length heir of Thomas of Bro- 
 therton , fifth Son of King Edward l. He fucceed- 
 ed his brother John in his Inheritance, and was 
 ViZfZ’r 7 / a ^° a( Kanced to his Honour of Earl of Nottingham by King Ri- 
 Thomas of chardll. upon the 12th day of February in the fixth year of his 
 Mar ian of Reign, An. 1382. (per cin&uram gladii) to him and the heires- cuuf.an: 
 ^Zpucc’of** male of his body, &c. And by Patent, bearing date the 1 2 day 
 pliant*giiar- February in the pthyearof Richard II. he had granted to 
 
 dam gorged, him the Title and Office of Earl-Marfhal of England , with the 
 Coronet upon fame Habendum( being the firfi: Earl Marfharl of England ,for before Pit - f 
 vitbTfiiu his time they were only Marfhals) In a Charter bearing date nth fieunlij 
 Zktofi?! ?/" January , An. 15 R. 2. he is ftiled Thomas Earl Marjhal and 
 M° W b n'*ni Nottingham, Captain of the Town of Calais ^c. And upon the 
 segrave, en- 29th day of September , in the 2 i year of King Richard II. An. €harttdn: 
 e t»o p ofiiicb b 1397* the Laid King advanced him to the dignity of Duke of 2I ^- 
 Vincent '’pi** Norfolke , to him and the heires-male of his body, with an an* 
 
 F^nlre^thereof nu i c y 4 ° Markes out of his Exchequer, 
 
 isexhibited. Notwithftanding all which favours, this Thomas (with Henry of 
 tended^com-" Bollingbrohg Duke of Hereford) was banifhed the Realme , An. 
 SrbetwkS 22 R.2. (thatday, whereon twelve Monethsbefore hehadAr- ms 1 *"*;* 
 Duke nomas re fied Thomas of IVoodjloch Duke of Glocefler , whom by the 
 Duke of Here- Kings order he fent to Calais, where he was Murthered) becaufe 
 5ed*the H Life" that he the faid Henry had complained to this Thomas of the 
 hJhotftbMd- Kings evil Government; with all which this Thomas made the 
 rVveimlm King acquainted, But upon the Kings hearing the matter, what 
 broyderedrich- the Duke of Norfolk^ affirmed, was by the Duke of Hereford as 
 StaSrWf ftoutly denyed, whereupon enfued a Challenge, and a day 
 S 3 i”rr- nd a ^g ne< ^ f° r trial thereof, but the King by the advice of his 
 Tree,Hi* Re- Council forbade the Combate, banifhed Duke Henry for ten 
 the name of years, and this Duke Thomas for terme of life, who traveling in- 
 £me?’ 1S to Italy, and thence to Venice, dyed there with grief in the year rpoiigm 
 1400. (An. 1 H. 4. ) and was buryed in the Abbey of S t.George 
 in that City. l6 ' 
 
 thertoi e, ^ ro ' This Thomas had two Wives, the firfi: whereof was Elizabeth 
 Guies j lj- the daughter of John le Strange of Blaclgmere , but fhe dyed with- 
 
 guariant or 3 it Label of 3 points argent. ^P^Strangeof Blackmere, viz. Arg*nt 3 i Lyons pajfunl Gules. 
 
 Thomas Mow¬ 
 bray Duke {of 
 Norfolke did 
 (by the grant of 
 King Richard 
 the II ) bear in 
 his Seal, His 
 Arms per pale, 
 the one o f St. 
 Edward the 
 
 out 
 
THE KJKQS OF E^cgL JNiT>, &c. m 
 
 PI ant age nets 
 Undivided* 
 
 Chap.vil out iflue upon the 2 3th day of Auguft in the 7th year of King Ri• 
 
 Efeeat,an. chard 11 . by reafon whereof all her inheritance fell to Ancharet 
 2 * Strange her Aunt, Mother of J&hn Lord Talbot of Gooderich- Ca- 
 ftle, firft Earl of Shrexvfbury. 
 
 He took tohisfecond Wife Elizabeth Fit^-Alan fitter and co- To the in^ 
 heir of Thomas Earl of Arundel, by whom he had iffue feveral between thi T 
 children *, And fhe out living him, was the fecond time marryed 
 to Sir Robert Gorvfel Knight, and alter his death I find (lie had a banJ f e ™ rd A 
 Penes third husband, called Gerard ZJfflete, who is named with her in an f/fc Tap^i, 
 lt w muit Indenture dated at Eprvorth the 18th day of April , An. 1 2 H. 4. iferVedffpaie 
 Garterum after which , her death happened in the third year of Hen - J^ e ??feVthe 
 gem Ar- vv VI. h S ure thereof > 
 
 morum. J p.it^.)u ? on 
 
 which , her Armes, being quarterly Fit% Alin and. Warren, are impaled with the Coat of Brothcrton, which Thomag 
 Mowbray Duke of Horfolke her firft husband did bear, as I have noted in my obfervations upon his Armes. The Seal is 
 circumfcribed, ^igUlum: vlEUsaber&e: mmffe: jj2oifolrbte. 
 
 The. Wal- 
 fingham,p. 
 373. ».H. 
 
 Inq. an. 
 
 6 H. 4. n. 
 44 '. 6 T an. 
 
 8 H. 4 . »♦ 
 y6.per no¬ 
 men I bo. 
 Comitis 
 
 Mircfcal- 
 
 li. 
 
 Inq.an. 1 6 
 H.6.n. 59 . 
 
 Children ^/THOMAS MOWBRAY firft Duke of 
 Norfolke by Elizabeth FITZ ALAN his 
 fecond Wife. 
 
 12. THOMAS MO WB RAY eldeft fon and heir, common- Mowhray 3n(1 
 ly called the Earl Marftul, was beheaded at Tori ^ ( with Ri- Poland, peT 
 chard Scroope Archbifhopof Tori in ihe fixth year of Henry 
 IV. An. 1405. for confpiring againft that King, and was inter¬ 
 red in the Cathedral of that City : He took to wife Conflance 
 only daughter of John Holand Duke of Exceter and Earl of 
 Huntington , filled in the Office after her death Conftancia nuper 
 Comitijfa Marjbaf who deceafed without iffue by this Thomas 
 in the 16th year of H. 6. and Edmond Grey was found her 
 heir of the age of 24 years, which Edmond, was her eldeft fon 
 by her fecond husband John Lord Grey of Ruthyn , from whom 
 the three branches of the Greys Earles of Kent are defend¬ 
 ed. 
 
 Ex Rot . 
 Parlia¬ 
 menti ter- 
 tii apui 
 Wejiminfl. 
 an. 3 H.6. 
 m. 4. arti - 
 cul. 13. 
 
 12. JOHN MOWBKAT Duke of Norfolke, &c. fecond ^ 
 fon of Thomas Duke of Norfolke and younger brother of his'Grant da- 
 Duke Thomas , was reftored to the Earldom of Nottingham , ^aod^yot* 
 An. 1 Hen. 5. with the Office of Earl-Marflaal. And after- 
 wards in the third year of H. 6. he preferred his Petition in led joban 
 Parliament to have Place and Precedence above Richard Beau- chall ct de 
 champ Earl of Warwick^ his Coufin, as the Earles of Norfolk^ M^ntchaii* 
 had formerly had ; And in the fame allcaged his defeent from d s ^ L e c J rr J 
 the Royal Blood and Armes-Royal, and alfo to be reftored to Mowbray de 
 the Dukedom of Norfolke, as next heir-male (his Father dy- Gowere > His 
 ing without attaindor ) which Petition being heard, the King 
 at the fame time reftored him to the faid Dukedom, and 
 thereby ended the conteft for Precedency betwixt him and the Brothcrton, 
 
 J tetwixtiEf- 
 
 cocheons of 
 
 Mowbray, and as many OJlricb Feathers. The circumfcription is much defaced, thde words only remaining, Cotm- 
 tis: 29a....ralU: iPotrmaframtc: JDni- Ex Chaitis Edw. Walker mil. Gar. Prin. Regis Arm. 
 
 I i i Earl 
 
tn A gE^EALOgiCAL HIS'IO'HY OF 
 
 Plant age net f 
 Undivided. 
 
 Earl of Warwick^, he deceafed at his Manour of Eppeworth in Booklll. 
 the Ifle of Axholme on the i pth day of Oftober , An. n H. 6. l”f;/ n a u p f 
 in the year 1452. and was there buryed in the Abbey of Car- r >*> 
 thufians , leaving iffue (by Katherine Nevil his wife^) daugh- 43. 
 ter of Ralph Earl of Weflmerland (and Joan his wife daughter 
 of John of Gaunt Duke of L ancajler) John Mowbray , fecond 
 of the name, and third Duke of Norfolk?, who took to wife 
 Elianor only daughter of William Bourchier Earl of Ewe , and 
 had iffue, John Mowbray third of the name, and the laft Duke 
 of Norfolk? of this Family,who(by Elizabeth his wife, daughter 
 of John Talbot firft Earl of Shrewsbury ) had iflue his only 
 child named Anne , marryed to Richard of Shrewsbury fecond 
 Son of King Edward the IV. by whom not having iffue, her 
 Fathers inheritance was divided betwixt the Howards and 
 Berkleys who defcended from Margaret, and Isabel , daughters 
 of Thomas Mowbray the firft Duke of Norfolke. 
 
 Sir Robert 
 Howard this 
 Margarets 
 husband did 
 beare, gules a 
 Bend, inter 6 
 croft crojlets 
 fchc argenty 
 which ihield is 
 carved upon his 
 Tombe in 
 Eaft-Winch- 
 Church in the 
 County of 
 Norfolke, this 
 part of their 
 Epitaph only 
 remaining 
 
 .dlnima= 
 
 bus: IDominf: 
 I&oberrbtyobo; 
 art): militia: 
 et: i^argar 
 rete: urojia: 
 
 fue. 
 
 Vide Weever 
 Fun. Monu¬ 
 ments, page 841 
 
 i. MARGARET MOWBRAY Lady Howard , eldeft 
 daughter of Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolke,’ and of Eli¬ 
 zabeth Fitz-AlanKis fecond wife, was marryed to Sir Robert Efceat an. 
 Howard Knight (fon of Sir John Howard Knight, by Alice his No^ie 
 wife daughter of William Tendering ) and by him had iffue Su a 9l K e * 
 John Howard , created a Baron by King Edward the IV. and 
 Duke of Norfolk? by King Richard III. being the ftemme of 
 that illuftrious Family of Howard , which hath branch¬ 
 ed it felf into one Duke, five Earles, one Vifcount, and one 
 Baron j all now flourifhing 1673, viz. Thomas Duke of Nor¬ 
 folk?, Henry Earl of Norwich and Earl-Marfhal of England , 
 
 Charles Earl of Nottingham , James Earl of Suffolke , Charles 
 Earl of Berkfbire , Charles Earl of Carlijle, William Vifcount 
 Stafford , and Edward Baron Howard of Efcricl all Peers of 
 this Kingdom, and of the Sur-name of Howard. 
 
 & 843. 
 
 Per pale, Berk, 
 ley ,viz .Gules t 
 aCbeveron in¬ 
 ter 10 Croffes 
 patee 4, z,i, 
 2, <ind 1, ar¬ 
 gent y and 
 Brotherron, 
 viz. Quiet 3 
 Lyons paffant 
 guardant or, 4 
 Label of 3 
 point t } argent. 
 
 12. IS S A B EL MOWBRAY Lady Berkley , fecond £./»/. i 4 j. 
 daughter of Thomas Duke of Norfolk?, was firft marryed to 
 Sir Henry Ferrers Knight ( that died in the life-time of his Fa¬ 
 ther ) fon of William Lord Ferrers of Groby , and of Philip his 
 wife, daughter of Roger Lord Clifford of Appleby , by whom he 
 had iffue his onely daughter Elizabeth Ferrers the wife of Ed¬ 
 ward Grey , fecond Son of Reginald Lord Grey of Ruthyn. 
 
 This Iffabel Mowbray was the fecond time marryed to James 
 Lord Berkley , and by him had iffue two fons, viz. William the 
 elder, created Marquefs Berkley , who dyed iffulefs: and Mau¬ 
 rice Lord Berkley fecond fon, Progenitor of the prefent George 
 Baron Berkley of Berkley Caftle in the County of Glocejler. 
 
 8. EDMOND 
 
THE KJH9S OF E^CgLANify&c. z.; 
 
 Chap.VHI 
 
 • EDMOND, 
 
 Earl ofJ^E J\£ T, Surnamed of 
 
 W OODSTOCK. 
 
 Plant agenets 
 Undivided^ 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 rpodigm 
 Reuftrite, 
 p.490. n.^i 
 
 Penes Hen. 
 P icrpoint, 
 Arm. Lib. 
 Iip.p.z?. 
 
 PeneslVill. 
 Dugdale, 
 Arm.Nor- 
 roy Reg. 
 Armorum 
 Lib. AAI. 
 
 Tpodigma 
 Neuftrix , 
 p.S 10 . ti. 
 38. 
 
 Inq. an. 
 
 4 Ed. 3 . «. 
 38 . 
 
 E fee tit. 
 * 3 E. 3 . P* 
 
 Ing Edward I. ( by Margaret His fecond wife, theSerfby 
 eldeft daughter of Philip III. furnamed the 
 Hardy , King of France) had iflue two fons 3 for a difference 
 Thomas furnamed of Brotherton , and this Ed- eft fonj we 
 #/0«d His fixth Son but fecond by his Mother, ampksTn the 
 who was delivered of him at the Kings Mannor 
 of Woodftockjn Oxfordfbire upon the 5th day of AuguTl, An 1031. ^^^Armes 
 in the 29th year of his Fathers reign, and Baptized Edmond ,by Earl of I£e»t , 
 the Bi(hop of Chichefter . £ y ° f Tng 
 
 He was created Earl of Kent (per cinsurantgladii) by King ^fj e h ^ s 
 Edwardll. his half-brother, upon the 28th day o{fuly,\n the 15 th 
 
 ... . . ' L /i ! i , 1 guardant or, i 
 
 year of his reign , An . 1321. And alter at a Councel held at Border argent. 
 Winchester in the fourth year of the reign of King Edward III. his rSl ly of o£ 
 Nephew, An. 1329- on f he morrow after the Feaft of St. Grego - Gioce- 
 
 ry, this Edmond Earl of Kent was Arrefted, and on the vigil of St. 
 
 Cutbert adjudged to die for high Treafon • for abetting feveral Eire. Ill.whofe 
 of the Nobility to plot the delivery of King Edward II. out of pri- 
 fon*,who had indeed been murthered near twelve moneths before, 
 for which^by the malice of Qii.ljfabel ,who took upon her to Go- J fl j t "h?Sy l of 
 vern all during the Minority of the King her Son,and Roger Lord Humphry alfo 
 Mortimer her Minion )he was beheaded at Winchejler^fcer he had 
 ftood upon the Scaffold from noon till five a clock in the even- ^/° n i^ Kin§ 
 ing, expeding the deadly ftroak, which no onew ould give him, whofe Efcoche- 
 till a bafe wretch of the Mar/halfea was fent, who performed it. the Armes of 
 This Edmond took to Wife Margaret Wake, daughter of John EngUn/.qLr- 
 Lord Wake and Joan his wife, and lifter and heir of Thomas ’^’ ip u i ^, d alfo 
 Lord Wake of L ydell in the County of Northampton, whodeceaf- with * Border 
 ed upon the 2 ith day of May y An. 2 3 Ed. 3. leaving this Marga* three Princes 
 ret Countefs of Kent his heir, of the age of about forty years. ofthe woddTy 
 
 violent deaths, 
 
 (Edmond being Beheaded, Thimatt Smothered, and Humphrey Poifoned) we will not pofitively averr, was the reafon why 
 the ufe of this Border was declined by the youngeft Tons of our fucceeding Kings, but its moft certain that we find it notfince 
 about any of their Efcocheons. 
 
 The Armes of Margaret Wa\e his wife being, Or ^ Barrs Gules, and 3 Torteaux in Chief, are impaled with Earl Ei- 
 wwndVinaWindow inChefterfeld-Chmch in the County o(Derby, vide Z.4./0/. 18. Lib. inCollegio Armorum. 
 
 Children of EDMOND Earl of KENT y by 
 MARGARET WAKE his Wife. 
 
 $. EDMOND P L ANT A GENET y eldeft Son, fuc- 
 ceeded his Father in the Earldom of Kent y vide Chap. IX. 
 
 9.7OHN 
 
2if A qEWEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 p lant age nets p. J o HN PLANTAGENET, fecond Son, was Earl of BookII E 
 undivided. ]£ en t after the death of his brother Edmond , without iffue, of 
 whom fee more in the X. Chap, of this III. BooJ^ 
 
 p. J 0 AN E PLANTAGENET only daughter of Ed¬ 
 mond Earl of Kent , and fifter and heir of John Earl of Kent , 
 whofe Hiilory followeth (jhat of her brother John ) in the 
 XI. Chap, of this III. BooJ^. 
 
 Gules j 3 t)- 
 ons paffant 
 guardant or, 
 a Brder, ar¬ 
 gent. 
 
 \E D M O N D 
 
 TLA 3TJA qET^ET, Earl of KJLTfT. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 .His Edmond , ^ldeift fon and heir of Edmond of 
 WoodflocJ^ Earl of Kent , and Margaret his wife, 
 fitter and heir of Thomas Lord Wal^e of Lydel , p 
 was in a Parliament held An. $ Ed. 3. reftored menu an. 
 to the Earldom of Kent \ and died the Kings p. Y/pVt. 
 Ward without iffue,in the fixth year of the reign 5 Ed 
 of Edward III. leaving his brother John to fucceed him in the Laid 
 Earldom. 
 
 The Armesof 
 this efobn and 
 ;Elizabeth his 
 wife were 
 painted in a 
 Glafs window 
 in the Cathe¬ 
 dral Church of 
 Lycbfield, be¬ 
 ing party per 
 pale Gules , 3 
 Lyons pajfant 
 guardant or, a 
 border argent 
 and ’fuliers, 
 vi or, a Ly¬ 
 on rampant fa¬ 
 ble. vifit. 
 Staff. C. 10. 
 fol. 160. b. in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 .JOHN 
 
 TLADTTAqEHZT, Earl of R^EO^T. 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 E was fecond Son of Edmond of Woodtfock> and 
 fucceeded his brother Edmond ('dying without 
 iffue) in the Earldom of Kent, by which Ti¬ 
 tle he fate in Parliament in the 25 year of King 
 Edward III. And upon St. Stephens day in the 
 year following ( <zriz. An. 26 Ed. 3. ) he de- 
 ceafed without iffue, having married Elizabeth a daughter of 
 the Duke of Juliers , who after his death was the Wife of: Eujiace 
 Dabridgecort , fecond fon of the Lord Dabridgecort of Henault y by 
 whom fhe had iffue Sir Sanchius Dabridgecomt , one of the Foun¬ 
 ders of the moft noble Order of the Garter ; This Countefs Eli¬ 
 zabeth afterwards took upon her the Habit of a Nun in the Ab¬ 
 bey of IVaverley , and departed this life about the 12 year of King 
 Henry IV. 
 
 9. JO ANE 
 
 Tnq. an. 
 
 26 Ed. 3 : 
 n. J4. Not. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 
 13 R.i.m, 
 
THE Kj3^qs OF E^CqLAXP> &c. ii 5 
 
 ■ - -- ■ - -... —— - ££3 
 
 Chap.xr. 
 
 JOANE 
 
 TLJXJJgE^CET, ’Pr'mafs if WALES, 
 
 and Countefs of K ENT, 
 
 Tlantagenets 
 Undivided, 
 
 chap. xr. 
 
 tnq. apti 
 Ij F ebru- 
 arii an. ij 
 Erf. 3- 
 
 Ibidem' 
 
 Col M. S. 
 Afijccl. R. 
 Clover 
 Somerset. 
 
 Efcett. an. 
 35 Erf-3- 
 
 f. I. H, 
 
 @04. 
 
 Out of the 
 Bo oil of 
 mils ca£ 
 lid. Tjlip. 
 
 lib. in 
 Cffic.Can- 
 tutr. vo- 
 cat.ljlip.f. 
 
 j77.fi. 17 
 
 18. a . 
 
 Tpodigma 
 Nett (trite, 
 
 P- 537 - »• 
 40. 
 
 rfco. ipa/- 
 fnghamtp. 
 ». 4 0 « 
 
 His Lady Joane was the only daughter of E^- ^ ne L ^ hei 
 mond of Woodjlock^ Earl of Kent , fixt and life-time ofhcf 
 youngeft fon of King Edward I. filter to Ed - Sir Thomas 
 tnond , and filter and heir to John Earl of Kent, £f„t%db e [ 0 r ; 
 at whofe death happening in the 26 year of ^Srf^s?' 
 the reign of Edward III. file had pafled the I{.ent 3 vizJ 
 
 » /!_• r » » - - A^ure 3 Semet 
 
 25th year ot her age ( being tor her admira- of Flowers dc 
 ble beauty called, The Fair Maid of Kent.) VnrZpH 1 ' 
 
 She was at the fame time the Wife of Sir Thomas Holarid 
 Knight, one of the Founders of the molt noble order of the Gar _ Gules j 3 Lju 
 ter ( fecond fon of Sir Robert Holand of Lancafbire Knight (and guardant, or> A 
 Maud his wife daughter and heir of Alan la ZoucK) Reward of the gfjf Her" 
 houfhold to William Montague Earl of Salisbury, and in right of this 2 foS?hSl!fe 
 Joan his wife, by King Edward the third, created Earl of Kent, of Prince Ed- 
 and Lord Wake of Lidell, and by her leaving iflue, and having husband are 
 performed many brave a£is in the Kings fervice, he departed this Se^NonKe 
 World on the 26 day of December , ( An. 34 Ed. 3.) in the year t ( ^ e ^ I ^. of 
 
 I36O. lippainweft~ 
 
 The before mentioned William Montague Earl of Salisbury was be^nj^vere 
 her fecond Husband, from whom the was divorced by confent, and window ^ 
 he marryed another Noble Lady at Lambeth upon the 5th day of 
 OClober,An. ij 5 i. in the prefence of Roger LordL aware , Edward market, & J 
 Courtney , James Audley^ See. 
 
 Yet did this Countefs Joane fiill retaine fo much beauty and 
 excellency, as toattraft the admiration of that Martial Prince and 
 heir apparent to the Crown of England , Edward , called the Black 
 Prince, who out of a moft fincere affe&ion, ( after he had decli¬ 
 ned feveral illuftrious Matches) made choice of her for his wife, 
 but by reafon of their confanguinity (for fhe was Cofin-german 
 to his Father King Edward III.) could not Marry ^ till a Difpen- 
 fation from Pope Innocent VI. falved the matter. 
 
 She alfo out-lived Prince Edward her third Husband, and had 
 iflue by him King Richard II. until the ninth year of whofe reign 
 (he lived,but then^i^.S Iulii an. 138$.)deceafed of Grief in Wal~ 
 lingford- Caftle, after four dayes ficknefs, becaufe the faid King de- 
 nyed her earneft fuite for the Pardon of her fon and his half-bro¬ 
 ther John Holand , who had wickedly (lain Ralphe fon and heir of 
 Hugh Earl Stafford, Her Corps (embalmed and wrapped in 
 
 Kkk 1 ‘ 
 
n<5 A qEHE/iLOgiCAL HlS<IO%Y OF 
 
 riantagenets Lead ) was ordered to be honorably entombed in the Church of Bookiil 
 Undivided. t j ie Fryers-minors zt Stamford. 
 
 Children of ] O A N E Plantagenet Countefs of KEN T, hy 
 Sir THOMAS HOLAND Earl of KENT 
 her frjl Husband. 
 
 In a Charter in 
 French dated at 
 London upon 
 the eighth day 
 of February, 
 An. n R- a. 
 1387. This 
 Thomas ftiles 
 himfelf Tho¬ 
 mas dcHo(ani 
 Comte Ac 
 J^ent,& Seig¬ 
 neur de mke. 
 His Seal of 
 Red Wax re- 
 prefented in 
 this III. Book, 
 p. 114. is ap¬ 
 pendant there¬ 
 to, upon which 
 is reprefented 
 2 Hind lodged 
 under a Tree , 
 gorged with x 
 Dual Coro- 
 nct,which was 
 the Devife of 
 his Mother the 
 Countesjome, 
 And upon a 
 Ihield hanging 
 about the neck 
 of the Hind 
 Her Armes, 
 being. Gules 3 
 Lyons paffant 
 guardxnt or, x 
 Border Ar¬ 
 gent. Which 
 this Thomas 
 Holxnd Earl of 
 Rent affumed , 
 difeontinuing 
 the Paternal 
 Coate of his 
 Family , as I 
 have noted before 
 
 o. THOMAS HOLAND Earl of Kent and Lord Wake of 
 Lydell eldeft fon of Sir Thomas Holand Earl of Kent ( and Joane 
 his Wife daughter of Edmond of WoodjlockJLavl of Kent ) and 
 halfe-brother by the Mothers fide to King Richard the fecond, 
 was after his fathers death Earl of Kent , and Lord Wake of Ly- 
 del\ He was Marflial of England in the year 1380. ( An. 
 3 R. 2.) and made Conftable of the Tower of London , upon 
 the 4th day of July An. 13 R. 2. He deceafed in the year 
 1397. ( An. 20 R 2.) and by his Iaft will, appointed his Bo¬ 
 dy to be interred in the Abbey of Brune , leaving iflue by Alice 
 his wife daughter of Richard Fit*-Alan Earl of Arundel , four 
 Tons and fix daughters, viz, Thomas Holand Earl of Kent and 
 Duke of Surrey , beheaded at Ctrcefler , without iflue, An. 1400. 
 Edmond Holandy Earl of Kent after his brother, who alfo de¬ 
 ceafed ifl'uelefs, John Holand and Richard Holand who dyed 
 young. Elianor Holand , firft Marryed to Roger Mortimer Earl 
 of March , and fecondly to Edward Charlton Lord Fowls. 
 Joane Holand 3 firft the wife of Edmond of Langley Duke of Torl^ 
 and fecondly of Sir Henry Bromflet Knight. Margaret Holand 
 alfo twice marryed, firft to John Beaufort Earl of Somerfet , and 
 afterwards to Thomas Duke of Clarence. Elianor Holand the 
 younger, the wife of Thomas Montague Earl of Salisbury. Eli¬ 
 zabeth Holand Marryed to John Lord Nevil fon and heir of 
 Ralph Nevil firft Earl of Weftmerland. And Bridget Holand a. 
 Nun at Barring. From which Daughters many of the Nobili¬ 
 ty and Gentry of this Kingdom derive themfelves. 
 
 This Inftrument is in the cuftody of the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Peterborro*. 
 
 M.S. Anotl 
 
 D.p. Jyy. 
 
 Inq. an. 
 ijR.i.fu; 
 m. 35. 
 
 Chtrt. art 2 
 21R. 2. n. 
 
 Tpodigmx 
 
 Neuftria, 
 
 MS*."- 
 
 58. 
 
 J ohn^echtn- IO ‘ J^biN HOLAND Duke of Exceter Ear\ of Hunting- 
 ton^ and Chamberlain of England , fecond fon of Sir Thomas Ho¬ 
 land Earl of Kent ( by Joane daughter of Edmond of Wood - 
 JlockJLzvl of Kent) was created Earl of Huntington , An. 1388. 
 in the 11 th year of King Richard the fecond. Afterwards the 
 faidKing by Letters Patent dated at Beauley- Abbey the fourth 
 day of September in the 17th year of his reign> an. 1394. grant¬ 
 ed unto him the office of Chamberlain of England for terme of 
 life : And on the 29th of September in the 2 1 th year of the 
 
 ( exhibited in the 114. Page of this third Book) is annexed, on which you have his fliield hanging upon a Tree charged with the 
 Armes ofSt. Edward the Confeffor, differenced with a Label of 3 points ( an Augmentation granted to this Duke by King Ri- 
 chardll. ) impaled with his Paternal Coate, which was Gules 3 Lyons paffxnt guardxnt, or, a Border of France , which 
 Border he gave to dillinguiili him from Thomas Holand Earl of I {ent his elder brother, who did bear a plain Border Argent. 
 The fame Efcocheon, Augmentation and Armes of this Iohn Duke of Exceter are tobefeen in a fouth window of the Church 
 of St. Bartholomew the Leffcrnear Smithfeld. 
 
 reign 
 
 cy. See. dated 
 at London up¬ 
 on the fourth 
 day of April, 
 An. 22 R. 2. 
 This Iohn 
 wrote in his 
 Bile, Johannes 
 Holand Dux 
 Exon. Comes 
 Huntingdon 
 < 3 * Camerarm 
 Anglie, to 
 which his Seal 
 of red wax 
 
Chap. XI. 
 Chart, an. 
 
 ZI R.2. It. 
 
 2 3« 
 
 Tho. mu 
 finghm , p. 
 363.«. 40. 
 
 Wtever, p. 
 617 - 
 
 THE KJ^CgS OF EJt a qLAH' < D,& c. 2.7 
 
 reign of the faid King Richard II. his half-brother, This John 
 was created into the dignity of Duke of Exceter , and made n -- - 7 — — 
 Governour of Calais. But in the firfl year of King Henry IV. 
 he wasdepofed from the Title of Duke, and in the lame year 
 beheaded at P lefhey in Effex, upon the third day after the E pi- 
 phanie , in the year 1400, for a Seditious Confpiracy againft 
 the life of King Henry the fourth, in the very place where the 
 Duke of Glocefter was Arrefted by King Richard II. ( which 
 was in the bafe Court of the Cafile of F lefhey ) that he might 
 feem to have been juftly puniflied by way of fatisfafrion for 
 the Duke of Glocejlers death, of which he was thought to be 
 a principal procurer, and lyeth buried in the Collegiate-Church 
 there} upon one part of his difmembred Monument ( faich 
 Weever ) carelefly caft here and there in the body of the 
 Church, were found thefewords, IJCtC Iptt!) f^Oi- 
 
 iattD Crle of Crcetet, €tle of ^untmgoon, an&CfjaiiL 
 betiamof€nglanD, hj|)o op£D*M4**44»**«44*»**4*4***444*44*44M** 
 
 This John Duke of Exceter took to wife Elizabeth, fecond 
 daughter of lohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancafter, and lifter to 
 King Henry IV. ( who was afterward marryed to Sir Iobn Corn - 
 Knight Lord Fanhop) and by her had iflue, 
 
 Richard Holand his eldeft fon, who dyed iftiilefs Upon the 
 third day of December, An.^H.q. and, 
 
 Iobn Holand his fecond fon, reftored to the Dukedom of This Iobn up- 
 Exceter An. 22 H. 6. who wrote in his ftile, Dufy of Exceter, ousKuTn:’ 
 Earl of Huntington and Ivory, Lord of Sparre, Admiral of Eng - “ 
 land, Ireland and Aquitaine, and Conftable ofthe Tomer of London : near the 
 He left iflue, by Anne his firft wife. Daughter of Edmond Earl loTha^ h”s 
 of Stafford (and Anne his wife daughter of Thomas of Wood - o?ftcuHoufly 
 flock, u Duke of Glocefter ) his only fon “rved 
 
 , . Gules $ Lyons 
 
 pifptntguardant or,a Border A%ure Flowery Abandon hisHelme,«/ieii aChaptiu doublcdErmine, a. Lyonpaffant guar- 
 dint crowned, and gorged with a Colter of France. The fame Coat and Creft are upon his Seal affixed to a difcharge dated 
 the laft day of lune , An.iy H. 6 . in which he is ftiled Iohtnnes Comet Huntingdon & de Ivory , ac Admirallus An¬ 
 glic Hibernie (? A quittnie. Ex Chartis EdW.lVillier mil. Garteri Erin. Regis Arm. The Armesof his Wife^ane 
 Stijfordyriz.OrytlChevcron Gules, are impaled with his Coat upon the Tombe before-mentioned. 
 
 yifit. De~ 
 v»n & 
 Cornwall, 
 fol. 109.fr. 
 
 Stows 
 
 Chronicle', 
 
 MI5* 
 
 Henry Holand Duke of Exceter, Earl of Huntington, Sec. d\[- 
 inherited An. i Ed. 4. and found dead in the Sea betwixt Do¬ 
 ver and Calais , without iflue, (by Anne his wife daughter of Ri¬ 
 chard Duke of Torfy ) but had two bafe fons, one named Ro¬ 
 bert, who, by Margaret his wife, had ifliie two daughters, loane 
 married to Iobn Kindall of Treworgie in the County of Cornwal , 
 and lane the wife of lohn Resfymer, who dyed without iflue: 
 What name his other bafe fon had we do not find, but Stow in 
 his Chronicle informes us,that they were both flain at the Battel 
 of Towton. 
 
 The fecond wife of John Duke of Exceter, alfo named Anne , 
 was the daughter of John Montacute Earl of Salisbury ,by whom 
 he had iflue his only daughter 
 
 Anne Holand, firf; marryed to John Lord Nevil ( fon and 
 
 heir 
 
 Itappeareth by 
 this Henries 
 Seal affixed to 
 his Indenture 
 dated the pch 
 day of April, 
 an. 38 H.6. in 
 which he is [fi¬ 
 led , The high 
 and mighty 
 Prince Henry 
 Duf^e of Exe¬ 
 ter , that his 
 Armes were 
 Gales, 5 Ly¬ 
 ons paffant 
 guardant or,a 
 Border of 
 France. Penes 
 Will. Pierpoint 
 Arm.Lib.up. 
 
 t' s*. 
 
 
2,8 A qEVCEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yhntagems heir of Ralphe the fecond Earl of Westmorland) (lain at Ton?- ®oakin. 
 
 Undivided^ ton- Field An. i Ed. 4. fans iifue, and fecondly to Sir John Ne- 
 *vil Knight, Uncle to her former husband, and by him had iffue 
 Ralph Nevil (third of the name) Earl of Wejimerland , &c. 
 
 Sir Edward Holand Knight, third fon of John the firft,Duke 
 of Exceter, and Elizabeth of Lancafler his wife. 
 
 Conftance Holand only daughter of John Duke of Exceter , 
 and Elizabeth of Lancaster ^ was firft marryed to Tho. Mowbray 
 Duke of Norfolk ;e, and had not by him any iflue, (he was after¬ 
 wards the wife of John Lord Grey of Ruthyn , and from them all 
 the Earles of Kent derive their defeent. 
 
 Children of J O A N E Countefs of KENT, EDWARD 
 
 Prince ^WALES her third husband. 
 
 lO.EDWARDthe elder fon of Joane Princefs of Wales by Ed - tu. wit 
 
 finghm,p: 
 180 
 
 Tpodig. 
 Neufiriai 
 P • 5 2 f. 
 
 39 - 
 
 Weevcr 3 p2 
 
 lO.RICHARDof Burdeaux the younger fon of Princefs Joane , Vpoiigm* 
 and Edward Prince of Wales , fucceeded his Grandfather King 
 Edward III. in the Kingdom of England , &c. by the name of 4). 
 Richard II. whofe Hiftory you have in the 191. Page ol this 
 Third Bool{.chap.V. 
 
 ward the black Prince, was born at Engolefme in the year 1575, 
 dyed at the age of feven years, and was interred in the Church 
 of the Auguftine Fryers in London. 
 
 \ 
 
 io. LIONEL 
 
\ 
 
 THE KJ^Cgs OF EU^gLANJ), &c. zip 
 
 Ch. XII. 
 
 Tlantagencts 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 15 Ed^.p. 
 j. m. 10.,« 
 Efceat. 1 6. 
 Ed. 3 . ».j. 
 
 Annales 
 Hib. apud 
 Camden,p. 
 193 . E. 
 
 10. 
 
 L I O N E L L, 
 
 ®rfe of CLJ'REH.CE, Earl of VLSTE% 
 
 and Lord of C 0 N A*V G HT and TRIME, 
 Surnamed of Antwerp. 
 
 ■* Paulus 
 efovm in 
 vita Gale- 
 ctii fecun- 
 ii , f. IJ*. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 His Lionell , named in Latine, Leonellus, Lionel- 
 lus, and * Leonatns , which fignifie, A Lioncel , The Coar-Af 
 or diminutive Lion j had this appellation either Lionell is 
 
 cn- 
 
 Tho.Wal- 
 fingham,p. 
 146. n.^8. 
 
 Tpodigma 
 Neujiri<e t 
 in Anna 
 IJ38. 
 
 fiom being the ofF-l'pring of that Lyon of a”' EfaC 
 England King Edward III. (alluding to the 2 er C °£s C por~ 
 royal Arraes he bare) whofe third fon he was, tenure on the 
 or to revive the Brittifti name Llewellin , figni- Edward, the’ 
 fying Lyon-like , being the fame with Leominus and Leontius. 
 
 His Surname is derived from the City of Antwerpe in the 
 Dukedom ofBrabant>where Queen Philippa was delivered of him & ftand * in ^ 
 upon the Vigil of St. Andrew the Apoftle (w*. the 29th day of ofstjeorge" 
 November) An. 1338. in the 12th year of the reign of his Father ^-cafti^" 
 
 in z 
 
 VPeevert 
 Funeral 
 Monum , f. 
 74 ®. 
 
 King Edward III. who about that time took upon him the Title ™ nd ° w ° ntl » e 
 and Armes or the King or France, in order to his Conqueft of that thac Parifh - 
 
 - r . j u 1 Church,and in 
 
 Kingdom; many other 
 
 He had not exceeded the third year of his age, when,upon Pe- ArS are?* 
 tition of the lriftory y his Marriage was agreed upon with Eli%a- §^f c e e rl { cm , c 
 beth de Burgh, in which it is read. Quod Elizabeth a jilia et haeres and England] 
 Wilhelmi de Burgo nuper Comitis c Vlton. defunSli , cum oetatem ad hoc flintsa/gent. 
 aptam attigerit, Leonello ftlio Regis et non alteri, ipfo Leonello viven - JJjJ acaSL 
 te maritetur. This Elizabeth was the daughter and heir of g« /w > c °n«rn- 
 
 o jng which qi— 
 
 William de Burgo , or Burgh , Earl of Vlfter ( and Maud his ftinftion fee 
 wife, the fecond daughter of Henry Earl of Lancajler , fecond fl^ofiSilT 
 Son of Edmond Earl of Lancajler , fecond fon of t King Hen - 
 ry III.) which William was the fon of John de Burgh who dyed in 
 the life-time of his Father Richard Earl of e VlJler , An. 1313. ha¬ 
 ving marryed Elizabeth the third lifter and co-heir of Gilbert de 
 Clare Earl of Glocefter and Hertford , and daughter of Gilbert the 
 Red Earl of Glocefter, by Joan of Acres his wife, fecond daughter 
 of King Edward I. 
 
 The Marriage betwixt Lionell and this Elizabeth de Burgh his His firft Mar- 
 firft wife, was confummated about his fourteenth year, at what nase * 
 time ( viK. An. 26 Ed. 3. ) He was created Earl of ZJlJler in Ire- ontheNonh- 
 land in the right of his faid wife Elizabeth, who leaving iffue by fid etheMonu- 
 
 o * o J ment of Queen 
 
 him their only child Philippa, deceafed in the year 1363. and was Phiuppa, in 
 
 the Chappelof 
 
 the Kings in Abbey, the Armes of Liomll Duke of Clarence , and thi sEli^abeth de Burgh are carved and 
 
 painted, vi\. in Pale, .Quarterly France Semes , and England j a labell of three points argent, charged with at many Can¬ 
 tons , Gules, being Clarence And Or a Grofs Gules , by the name of Burgh. 
 
 L11 interred 
 
210 A gE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Vlantagenets interred in the Chancel of the Auguttine Fryers at Clare in Shf- Bookm. 
 
 Undivided. - J - 
 
 folks- 
 
 King Edw. III. upon the firft day of ffuly^ in the 19th year of 
 his reign, An. 1345. conftituted this Lionell his fon ( by the Ti¬ 
 tle of Leonellns filius Regis) Cujlosoi the Kingdom of England 
 and his Lieutenant, during his abfence out of the Realm, &c. 
 And in the beginning of November , An. 1355. Lionell Earl of W 
 Her, and John Earl of Richmond his brother, accompanyed their 
 Father King Edw. III. into Flanders and Brabant , See. 
 
 Nor did this Lionell acquire only the Earldom of c Vljler in the 
 Kingdom of Ireland with Elizabeth de Burgh his wife, but having 
 alfo with her the Honour of Clare in the County of Suffolk?, as 
 parcel of the Inheritance of her Grandmother Elizabeth (the fi¬ 
 ller and co- heir of the lad Earl Gilbert de Clare ) was in a Parlia¬ 
 ment held An. 13 62. in the 36th year of Edw. III. created Duke 
 of Clarence, as it were of the Country about the Town, Gaftle and 
 Honour of Clare , from which Duchy the name of Clarenceaux (be¬ 
 ing the Title of the King of Armes for the South, Eaft, and Weft 
 parts of England, on this fide Trent ) is derived. In relation to 
 which Honour, he diftinguilhed his Armes by A label of 3 points. 
 Argent , each charged with a Canton fiules: Argent , a Canton jGules , 
 being a Coat attributed to the Clares , and is placed in the firft 
 quarter, with the 3 Cheverons j as appeareth upon the Covering 
 of a Tomb, of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocejler , in the Abbey of 
 Tewkesbury. 
 
 About four years after the death of the Duchefs Elizabeth,vi%. 
 the 25 th day of April, An. 1 368. a Marriage is concluded at Wind- 
 for for Duke Lyonell with Violanta or Jolantk the daughter of Ga - 
 i» Pale> be/fc l ea f tHS or Galeas, II. of the name, Prince of Millain , and filler to 
 Z&muim John Galeas the firft Duke of Millain ; upon which King Edward 
 1 fferfen?" 1 III. acquitted the faid Prince Galeas of 100000. Florens , by him 
 pZe th a{u!ey P a y c d by reafon of the faid Treaty : And Duke Lionell, with a 
 crown'd or, felcfl company of the Englijb Nobility, and a moll glorious Equi- 
 fint tn G*iet> page, is fent into Millain , where he efpoufed his new Bride} for 
 Coat* Armour whofe entertainment fuch abundance of Treafure was fpent by 
 jLquhhcf by Duke Galeas in fumptuous Feafts, ftately Scenes, and honouring 
 Otho firft of with Guifts above ooo. Englifhmen, which accompanyed hisSon- 
 the Hoijund. in-Law the Duke of Clarence , that it feemed to furpafs the Gran¬ 
 ge Munificent dure of the moll wealthy Kings 5 for in the Banquet where Fran - 
 of the cUke of cis Petrarch was prefent, among thechiefeft guefts, there were a- 
 Miiuin. ” bove 30 Courfes of Service at the Table, and betwixt every 
 Courfe as many prefents of high value intermixed } all which 
 John Galeaftus , bringing to the Table, did offer to Lionell. 
 
 In one Courfe were prefented 70 goodly Horfes caparizon'd 
 with filk and filver ^ and in others, filver Velfels, Falcons, Hounds, 
 Armour for Horfes, coftly Coates of Mayl, Breft-plates glillring, 
 of Malfie Steel, Corllets, and Helmets adorned with rich Crells, 
 Apparel embroydred with coftly Jewels, Souldiers Belts, and laft- 
 
 iy 
 
 Pat. an. 
 19E. 3. p. 
 1. 
 
 Ypodigmi 
 
 Neuftria, 
 
 Mzo. 
 
 rpodig. 
 
 Ncuflria, 
 
 P • *• 
 
 52. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 L. 17. fol. 
 2 oi.lib,in 
 Coll. Ar « 
 morum. 
 
 Tho. Wat- 
 ftngham,p. 
 183.n.i. 
 
 Elias 
 Reufncru» 
 BA2IAI- 
 KJ 2 N Ce¬ 
 ntal ogici 
 auftart- 
 um,p.196. 
 Fines an. 
 4* Ed. 3. 
 25 A fri¬ 
 lls. 
 
 Stow j ex 
 Paulo J0 - 
 vio in vita 
 Galeocii 
 fecandi,p. 
 If*. 
 
THE KJV^Cqs OF E^CJjLA^T> t ^ c. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Ch. XII. 
 
 Efee it.,in. 
 43 Ed. 3. 
 p. 1. ».i 3 . 
 z'n Coot. 
 Cd«r. tfo- 
 merf.Dor- 
 fet. &c. 
 Weevers 
 fun. Mo¬ 
 numentsy 
 P 7 4 »* 
 
 Elias 
 
 Reufnerus 
 
 BASIaI- 
 
 KfiN Ge- 
 
 nealogici 
 
 duftiri- 
 
 um,p.196. 
 
 Pit. ini 
 l Ei. 4.M. 
 8. <sr /e- 
 quent. 
 
 ly certain Gemtnes by curious art fet in Gold, and of Purple and Plantagenetr 
 
 C loath of Gold for mens Apparel in great abundance: And Undlvlded * 
 fuch was the plenty of this Banquet, that the Meates which were 
 brought from the Table would have fufficed 10000. men. 
 
 But, not five Moneths after the Duke of Clarence ('having li¬ 
 ved with this new Wife after, the manner of his own Country for¬ 
 getting, or not regarding his change of ayre, and addi&ing him- 
 felf to immoderate feafting, fpent and confumed with a lingering 
 difeafe) departed this World at Alba Pompeia , called alfo Langu- His Death; 
 vil, in the Marquifate of Montferrat in Piemont , on the vigil of St. 
 
 Luke the Eyangelijl (viz. the 17thday of Ottober') An. 1 368. 
 and in the 42 year of the reign of King Edw. III. his Father, be¬ 
 ing firft buryed in the City of Papia, and afterwards brought over 
 into England by Thomas Netvborne Efquire and others, and inter¬ 
 red at Clare in the County of Suffolk in the Convent Church of 
 the Augujline Fryers, near to his firft wife Elizabeth de Burgh y 
 thereby giving way for the Marriage of his fecond wife Violanta , 
 with her fecond Husband Otho Paleologus Marquefs of Montferrat . 
 
 A Daughter of LIONELL Duke of Clarence by 
 ELIZABETH deBU R.G H hisfirfi Wife. 
 
 11. PHILIPPA , their only daughter and heir, was Married 
 to Edmond Mortimer the third Earl of March , and Lord of 
 Wigmore , of whom fee more in the Chapter following. 
 
 ..PHILIPPA 
 
 Of CLAREUfTE, Countefs of MA%CH ini 
 
 'ULSTER, and Lady of WIGMORE and 
 CLARE , Sec. 
 
 Eft at 
 *n. 43 E. 
 3 . P • 1. 
 Leonellus 
 Vux CU - 
 rencitz ob. 
 17 die 
 Oclobris, 
 tfn.42 Ed. 
 3. (? Phi¬ 
 lippa filia 
 Cf hares 
 ejus eft te¬ 
 nt. 13 in¬ 
 ner.16 die 
 Aug. in. 
 
 4 ifupra- 
 dicto. 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 Honell. Duke of Clarence , by the Duchefs Eliza¬ 
 beth his firft wife,had iflue this Philippa their on* 
 ly Child, born upon the 16th day of Auguft , in 
 the 29th year of the reign of her Grandfather 
 King Edrvardlll. An. 1355. Her Grandmother 
 Queen Philippa (whofe Name (he did bear) and 
 Katherine Countefs of Warwick^, the wife of Thomas Beauchamp 
 
 now (landing in a South-Window of St. Catherines Church near the tower, her Coat being placed on the dexter-fide out of 
 refpett to her Royal-blood and Title, and that large Inheritance which (he tranfmitted to the Family of Mortimer : The like 
 example we find upon the Surcoat of $ohnoi Gaunt Duke of Lincafter in his Tomb, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 
 where the Armesof Conftince his fecond wife, the elder daughter and coheir of Peter King of Ca tile and Leon, were pla¬ 
 ced on the right fide of his Surcoat, and his Armes on the left, other examples there are of this kind, but let this fuffice. 
 The Houfe of Mortimer did bear for their Arms, Barry of&peeces,Or end A^uretonaChiefoftbeJirjl i Paletts between 
 asmanybife tfquierres or fquires of the fecond, over all an Efcocheon, Argent, which Armes are frequently fet up in 
 Church-Windowes in the Counties of Salop IVoreejler and Hereford^ but more efpecially in the Abbey of Shrewsbury , 
 the Churches of Quat , Qu ttford , Cbelmercb and C leburf -Mortimer > and in the Cathedral of Hereford and Church of 
 Wigmore , the ancient Seat of this illudrious Family. 
 
 Earl 
 
 This CounEefs 
 Philippa did 
 bear for her 
 Armes, Cla¬ 
 rence and Mor¬ 
 timer, in Pa 'e 
 (and not Mor- 
 timer and Cla¬ 
 rence) as ap¬ 
 pears by her 
 Efcocheon iri 
 Painted Glals 
 
m A qEXEALOqUAL H1S70%Y OF 
 
 ____ - . . ■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ 
 
 piantagenets £ a rl of Warwick and daughter of Roger Mortimer the firft Earl of Bookin 
 undivided, ^arch, were her Godmothers *, and her Godfather JohnThurJby H c a a r ~ 
 ArchbiOiop of Torh^. jj 5 * & 
 
 This Philippa was at the death of her Father 13 years of age, 1 7 
 about which time (yi%. An. 1368. and 42 Ed. 3.) King Edward mever , 
 Her Marriage, married her to Edmond Mortimer the third Earl of March and Lord 
 
 of Wigwore , who enjoyed with her the Earldom of ' Vlfter and folnmr- 
 the Lordlhips of Clare , Conaught and Trime. I find him ftiled 
 Marfhal of England in a Patent dated upon the firft day of Fe- *"£/**. 
 hrnary , An. 43 Edw. 3. and enjoying the fame Title the 2 ith of ****• 
 M^y in the 47th year of the laid Kings Reign. 47^.3.' 
 
 This Edmond recovered the Caftle and Honour of Denbigh indor 
 from William Mount ague Earl of Salisbury , which had been by 
 Edward HI. given to Roger Mortimer the firft Earl of March his 
 Great Grandfather, and was^ by Richard II upon the 22th day of 
 OSlober in the third year of his reign, conftituted Lieutenant of put. an. 
 Ireland during the King’s pleafure : Not long after which taking 3 R,l ' f u 
 a voyage into that Kingdom, in order to the execution of his 
 Lieutenancy, and the fettlemcnt of his eftate there, he happened 
 to dye at Corke (An. 5 R.2.) from whence his body was brought 
 back into England and interred in his Monaftery of Wigmore in 
 the County of Hereford } leaving iflue by the Countefs Philippa 
 his wife, three fons and two daughters. 
 
 Children 0/PHILIPPA of CLARENCE, by 
 EDMOND MORTIMER Earl of 
 MARCH her Husband. 
 
 12. ROGER MORTIMER Earl of March , &c. eldeft 
 fon and heir, fucceeded his Father in his Honours, of whom you 
 may read in the XIV. and next Chapter of this III. Book. 
 
 The Armes of 
 Gleniour,Pa- 
 ly of 8 peects 
 Argent and 
 Gules,over all 
 a Lion ram-, 
 pant fable. 
 
 12. Sir EDMOND MORTIMER Knight, fecondfon of ^ 
 Roger Earl of March , and Philippa of Clarence , took to wife cent‘ 
 
 .daughter of Owen Glendour a Gentleman of North- cZi\ in 
 
 Wales , upon which alliance, the faid Owen became a confe- h v l e s r f^f' 
 derate with the Percyes againft King Henry IV. pretending to , 
 eftablifil Roger Mortimer Earl of March in the Throne of Eng- $ J 7* 
 land , whom King Richard II. had nominated for his Succef- 
 for. 
 
 12. Sir JOHN MORTIMER Knight, third fon of Roger 
 Mortimer Earl of March, and Countefs Philippa , being a Prifo- 
 ner in the Tower of London in the third year of King Henry ^ ohn 
 VI. was Arraigned for Treafonable fpeeches ufed to a Yeoman 
 (Tervant to Sir Robert Scot Keeper of the Tomer ) to induce the Rob • 
 faid Yeoman to let him efcape^ promifing him a great Reward. 
 
 The Points charged upon him by this W itnefs in open Parlia¬ 
 ment, 
 
v- 
 
 THE KJN^qs OF ENiqLAXV, &c. zz ? 
 
 Ch. XII. 
 
 Hol.Chron 
 
 Pit. in. 
 
 J R.i.p. 
 
 WI.I6.&17 
 
 ment, were thefe, 1. That the (aid Mortimer meant tofliein- 
 to Wales to the Earl of March (his Nephew) and with an 
 Army of 40000. Men to enter England,and (hike offthe heads 
 of the Protestor and the Bifhop of Winchefler. 2. That the 
 Earl of March ought, by right, to be King of England, and if 
 the Earl would not,that then he himfelf was next heir. 3. That 
 if he could not fafely reach to the Marches, he would fail to 
 the Daulphin of France,and there ferve with Honour, of which 
 he was allured. For thefe Overtures of Elcape and Confpi- 
 racy Sir John Mortimer was Drawn, Hang’d and Beheaded. 
 The whole Stratagem being onely looked upon as a Plot to 
 rid him out of the way, and to yield pretence for the fecuring 
 and imprifonment of his Nephew Edmond Earl of March ^which 
 was hereupon performed. 
 
 The Arme» 
 of Henry Lord 
 Percy and Eli¬ 
 zabeth Morti¬ 
 mer his wife, 
 are impaled in 
 a fouth-win¬ 
 dow of that 
 part of the 
 Cathedral 
 Church of 
 Durham, cal¬ 
 led, Novem 
 Altar ia, being 
 Or j a Lion 
 rampant A- 
 Zure,and Mor¬ 
 timer , as be¬ 
 fore. C. 22. 
 Durham. foli 
 84. a. 
 
 ia. ELIZABETH M 0 RTI ME R Lady Percy, elder 
 daughter of Edmond Mortimer Earl of March , was the wife 
 of Henry Lord Percy , on whom was entayled the Mannour 
 of ThurUanby and other Lands, An. 3 R. 2. he was the el- 
 deft I on of Henry Percy the firft Earl of Northumberland ’, by 
 Margaret his firft wife daughter of Ralphe Lord Nevill of Ra - 
 ly • and for his high mettle and courage named Hotfpurre , 
 which he fignallized againft the French and Scots and 
 laftly, at the Battel of Shrewsbury , in the third year of King 
 Henry IV. where he was (lain valiantly fighting againft that 
 King, in behalf of Edmond Mortimer the laft Earl of March 
 his wives Nephew , and his Confederates, according to the 
 Tripartite Indenture> betwixt the faid Earl of March, Owen 
 Glend&ur , and this Henry • who, by Elizabeth Mortimer his 
 wife, was the Anceftor of adefcent of Ten Earles of Nor - 
 thumberland , which have inherited the Grandure of his Spi¬ 
 rit, but its to be wifhed that none of them had fucceeded 
 him in the Humour of Hotfpurre. 
 
 12. PHILIPPA MORTIMER, Countefsof Pem- mPaie ,Ha 
 brokg and Arundell , younger daughter of Edmond Earl of f 
 March , and fifter to Earl Roger, was firft married to John mistime™ 1 * 
 Haflings Earl of Pembroke , afterwards (he was the fecond 
 wife of Richard Fit^ A lan Earl of Arundel , and had by him 
 a fon named John that dyed young. Her third Husband 
 was John Poynings Lord Sc. John , leaving him, as (he had 
 her two former husbands, without ifliie of her body. 
 
 In Pale, Fitz- 
 Alan Gules, a 
 Lion Rampant 
 Or, and Morti¬ 
 mer. 
 
 Quarterly 
 Poynings, and 
 St.John, vi\. 
 
 Barrj of 6 pccces Or, and Vert, a Bind Gules > ini Argeru on d chief Gules i Malleus Or. Impaleing Mortimer. 
 
 Mmm 
 
 ti. ROGER 
 
ZH A qEttfEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 VUntagenett 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 12. 
 
 ROGER 
 
 Booklll. 
 
 MO%TIME%, Earl of MARCH and 
 
 ULSTER, Lieutenant of IRELAND, and Lord of 
 WIG MO RE, CLARE, TRIM and 
 CO NAVGHT. 
 
 This Roger 
 did bear, 
 Quarterly, 
 Mortimer and 
 Burgh, as ap- 
 peareth by his 
 Letter of At¬ 
 torney to Ro¬ 
 ger Partrich 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Ot long after the death of "Edmond Mortimer 
 Earl of March, this Roger, his eldeft fon, was p ati 
 conftituted Lieutenant of Ireland during the 
 King’s pleafure,upon the 24th day of Janua¬ 
 ry, in the fifth year of the Reign of Richard 
 II. An 1381. in the pofieflion of which Of- Pat. an. 
 fice I find him upon the 12th day of Augnft, 
 
 of Dor[ion. _ __ 
 
 sealed with An. i}<?6. in the 2 oth year of the faid King’s Reign } for, he is 
 
 m. ao. 
 
 thefe Armes in 
 Red-Wax, 
 
 then ftiled Rogerus de Mortuomari Comes Marchie et 'Vltonie Lo - 
 cum-tenens Hibernie, Sec. 
 
 King Richard II. An. 1387. nominated this Roger Mortimer for 
 His fuccefiorin the Kingdom of England , being the eldeft fon of 
 Philippa, the only child of Lionell Duke of Clarence, third fon of 
 
 24th day of 
 December , 
 
 An. 7 R.2. 
 wherein he is 
 ftiled , Roger 
 
 comTdTu King Edward III. ior William of Hatjield ( the fecond fon of King 
 XeA, Edward III.) dying young and ifiuelefs, and King Richard II. (the 
 ft C ‘ ^nfbin on ty c ^ 11 ^ °1 EdwardVCmco of Wales, eldeft fon of King Edward 
 the cutiody of HI.) deceafing alfo without ifiue, this Earl Rogers heires ought to 
 waikerKni ght have preceded the Houfe of Lancajier to the Crown, being def- 
 dpd e King ri e n f cended from John of Gaunt, a fourth fon of that King. 
 
 A ™esjFrom p[ e too k to Wife Eleanor Holand, the eldeft daughter of Eho- 
 note, that the mas Holand Earl of Kent (by Alice Fit%- Alan his wife, daughter 
 
 Armes of Phi- ~ - — - - 
 
 uppa of cia- of RieEarl of Arundel) fifter of Thomas HolandDuke of Sur- e fee at: 
 Earl Rogerry, and fifter and coheir of Edmond Holand Earl of Kent. She ?!*> 
 M hkhthofeof was a ^ ter ^ ie ^ eat ^ Eoger Earl of March, re-married to Sir Ed- 
 Bmgh ( ac- ward Charlton Knight Lord Powvs, and leaving ifiue by both her 
 Seofquar- husbands, deceafed upon the 2 3 day of Oftober,\n the feventh r*q: an: ^ 
 year of King Henry IV. /<». 1405. _ * 
 
 ced ’ Theref' This &°& er Mortimer Earl of March, and Lieutenant of Ireland\ 
 fon of which trufting too much to the ftrength of his own Forces, was (lain by 
 eirh^becaufc O-Brin and the Irijh of Leinfier at a place called Kenlis, in the ^ r l 
 ‘w'nSenJy- y ear of th e Reign °f King Richard II. who, refolving to revenge rpodig. 
 
 ( fng the Duke- the death of his Cofin Mortimer, takes a voyage into Ireland, and 
 
 dom of Cla- . ' J 0 1 
 
 c omitted * 
 
 to quarter the Enfign thereof; or, that by bearing the Armes of Clarence, he fliouldhave anticipated King Richard the IL 
 in declaiing him his Heir to the Crown, when by them it would have appeared, that next after that King, and the heires of 
 his body to be begotten, this Roger Mortimer flood next in fucceflion to the Kingdom : For I find, that Roger Earl of 
 March and Vlftcr fealed the before-mentioned Deed three years before that King Richard the Second declared him hisSuc- 
 ceffor, which was in the rothyearof his reign. The Achievement of this Roger flood in Painted Glafs on the North-fide 
 the Parifh-Church of Allkallowes in Northampton ; the Efcocheon containes the Armes of Mortimer and Burgh, quarter¬ 
 ly, and hangs comcrrvaycs, upon his Helmet, out of a Ducal Coronet iffucthaPlume of Feathers his Creft , and his Lambre¬ 
 quin tr Mantleing is charged with the Jajd Armes of Burgh and Mortimer quarterly . Penes H.S.George Arm.Richmond* 
 
 reduces 
 
THE Rl^cgs OF E^cqLJ^cv,^ c. 12* 
 
 XII » reduces thofe Rebels; but, in his abfence, Henry of Bullingbrohg vi**t*gems 
 the fon of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancafter, landing in England , 
 upon pretence only of obtaining his Dukedom oILancajler, takes 
 his opportunity, firft to Ufurp his Crown, and after to deprive 
 him of Life. 
 
 Children of RO G E R MORTIMER Earl of MARCH, 
 r by ELIAN 0 R HOLA N D his Wife. 
 
 Walter Rum[ey 
 
 was unknown 
 to many (thefc 
 arc his words. 
 £>uii Sigil- 
 lum mcum 
 pluribus eft in- 
 cognitum , Si-* 
 gilla. metuen - 
 dijjimorum 
 
 gers, being taken Prifoner in a Battel fought at Pelale in Rad* 
 norfbire (where many of the Gentry of Herefordfbire were 
 (lain) by Omen Glendonr the Rebel} and afterwards, where¬ 
 as the Percies purpofed to advance his right, he was, by that 
 
 Psti.in.i. EDMOND MORTIMER Earl of March and ‘Ul- (in his deed da- 
 Sf'mt*' fter , Lord of Wigmore, Clare, Trim and Conaught, was the becamehhfed 
 eldeft fon of Roger Earl of March and Eleanor Holand, and 
 Grandfon of Edmond Mortimer Earl of March, by Philippa the 
 only daughter of L ionell Duke of Clarence third fon of King 
 Edward III. This Edmond, by reafonof his Royal blood, and 
 right to the Crown, flood greatly fufpe&ed by Henry IV. who 
 had Ufurped the Kingdom , and was by him expofed to dan- Dominorum 
 
 1 - - - 1 meorum Co- 
 
 mitis Marchie 
 Comitis De¬ 
 von: et Comi¬ 
 tis Sarum in 
 fidem ct tefii - 
 monium omni- 
 
 Kings order,conveyed into Ireland, kept almoft 20 years prifo- rum premiffo- 
 ner in the Cattle of Trim , fuffering all miferies incident to JJJ 
 Princes of the Blood, while they lie open to every fufpition} % 0 c eurd ™ c ’ uies 
 . and there,through extreame grief,ended his life the 19th day of ( with the o- 
 January , An. 1424. in the third year of the reign of King Hen- of March his 
 ry VI. This Earl Edmond (having had no iffue by Anne Staf 
 ford his wife, daughter of Edmond Earl of Stafford, who after to u h ^ rt 
 his death was re-married to John Holand Earl of Huntington and which is bis 
 Duke of Exceter ) left his Nephew Richard Duke of Torh^ his chleveSent!' 
 heir. His Corps was brought into England, and Entombed in ^hemodf 
 the Colledge of Stohe.ne ar unto Clare> in the County of Suffolke . ° f that time 
 
 o v ' j jj hangs corner- 
 
 wayes . and is 
 
 charged with the Armes of Mortimer and Burgh quarterly ; upon his Healme a Plum: of Feathers iffuing out of a Ducal 
 Coronet , the Healme is mantled, and tbeEfcocheon fupported by two Liens rampantguardant, with their tayles turned 
 betwixt their hinder legs and ever their bac{s ( with which Lions (being Argent} KingEdward the Fourth fupported 
 his Efcocheon Royal, and the Standard of his Earldome of March) in the Circumference of this Seal you may read, 
 QEDtnimDf he ^o?ruomari Cotniria ffl^arrbieet ®llronfe tmf. difgmoje er Clare. ExChartis Comit. Hunting- 
 ton. Being at Cirencefter in Glocefterfhire in the year 1666. I rook a Note of the reprefentations of five Perfons neatly 
 painted in Glafs in an Eaft-window of the North-lie of that Church, they are all in a {landing pofture, their Armes on their 
 Surcoates, denoting them to be, this Edmond Earl of March (who there beareth March and N lfter quarterly) Peter King 
 of Caflile, Richard Duke of Ttrfc, Thomas Holand Duke of Surrey, and Sir Peter Genevile : Seemoreof them in the 
 Hiftoryof Richard Duke of Boo^V. Chap. IV. 
 
 JPeever 
 Fun. MoV, 
 P • 74 *. 
 
 ? 4, <r **»• * 3 * ROGER MORTIMER,, Second fon of Roger Mor - 
 8 . mi2. ” 4 timer Earl of March , and Elianor Holand > dyed young. 
 
 Pari. an. 
 1 Ed. 4 n, 
 8 . & fe- 
 guent. 
 
 15. ANNE MO RTIM E R C ountefs of Cambridge , the el¬ 
 der daughter of Roger Earl of March , and Gountefs Eleanor his 
 wife, was Marryed to Richard of Coningsborrow Earl of Cam¬ 
 bridge, fecond fon of Ec^/owd of Langley Duke of Tor kg, fifth 
 
 The Armes 
 of thh Anne , 
 with thofe of 
 Earl Richard 
 her Husband 
 flood in a weft- 
 window of the 
 Cloyfter ofF 0- 
 
 theringkey in Northamptonfhire, viz. Quarterly France and England d Label of 3 points Argeftt, each charged with as 
 many Torteanx, lmpalein %> Mortimer and Burgh quarterly 
 
 fon 
 
22 <S A qEHJALOqiCAh HISTORY of 
 
 piantagenets f on 0 f King Edward III. by whom fhe had ifliie Richard Duke gookI11 
 Und iv i de d . forl^ heir to her brother Edmond Mortimer Earl of March , 
 
 who,fetting on foot his Claime to the Crown againfl: King Hen - 
 ry the VI. was (lain in the attempt at the Battel of IVakefield , 
 leaving the prolecucion thereof unto Edward Earl of March 
 his eldeft fon, who, after many Battels, and much effufion of 
 blood, obtained the Kingdom, and was Crowned by the name 
 of Edward the IV. 
 
 In Pale, 
 Courtney,x/if 
 
 Or, 3 Torte- 
 aux,a Label of 
 3 points A- , 
 H arc : and 
 Mortimer and 
 Burgh quit¬ 
 ter Ij. 
 
 13. ELEANOR MORTIMER Counted of Devon y the p ari. an: 
 younger daughter of Roger Mortimer Earl of March, and Elia - 8, 
 nor Holand his Wife, was Married to Edward Courtney furna- quenU 
 med the Blind, the Eleventh Earl of Devonfhire , by whom he 
 had not any ilfue, and deceafed in the feventh year of the reign 
 of KingHtf/zry the Fifth, An. 1418. 
 
 I 
 
 — 
 
 12. THOMAS 
 
THE KJKQS op ES^gLAJfip, &c. 217 
 
 Ch. XV. 
 
 10. 
 
 THOMAS, 
 
 T lantagenets 
 
 Undivided* 
 
 <Duke of qLOCESTE% Earl of EVCKIDfiffHAM, 
 
 ESSEX and NORTHAMPTON, and Conftable of 
 ENGL AN Dj Surnamedof W oodstock. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 Tpodigmi 
 Neuftri*, 
 p. 511. m 
 14* 
 
 Th0i mi- 
 fingham,p. 
 
 Crig.de an 
 17 2. 
 
 3d. 
 
 Putt an. 
 J R-2.p. J 
 m.y. 
 
 He fixth and youngeft Son of King Edward t J n he c F h oimc}a ' 
 the III. and Queen Philip , was this Thomas • ofp/e/^.coi- 
 Surnamed of Woodfloch^ ( in the County of oSteo^o!/!- 
 Oxford) the King’s Mannour-Houfe, where he conSiJjuoS* 
 had his birth, upon the vii. of the Ides of Ja- *“? Orders *. 
 
 . 5 r T , , r 1 < ftablilhed by 
 
 unary , /mi 355. In the 50th year or the reign *ofcert Bray- 
 rat: am ofK.Edward his faid Father he fate in Parliament held at Wefmin- of °°London° ? 
 &f£l: yh?r, by the Title only of Conjlable of England , which Office was ^VThe”" 
 granted to him during pleafure, upon the 1 oth day of June in the t ^ amber of 
 fame year, having fallen into the Kings hands by realbn of the Lane.) is un- 
 minority of Humphrey de Bohun*s heires, late Earl of Hereford, Th" h Du£ aI is 
 and Conftable of England. * wa^S’thu, 
 
 King Richard II. upon His Coronation-day, honoured this Tho- 
 mas his Uncle with the Title of Earl of Buckingham, with an fiitt:reai*:aj s 
 Annuity of 1000. pounds per annum to maintain that Dignity; siouceS* 1 
 And , by Patent, bearing date at Wejlminfter , the 22th day of eJTbu&^a?- 
 June , in the firft year of his Reign, confirmed to him the Office of ^Qnwivh 
 Conftable of England , with the fame Habendum before granted heisreprefent- 
 by King Edward III. fo that upon the fourth day of Auguft fol- biSisfllfeid, 
 flowing, An. 1 R. 2. he was l'ummoned to Parliament by the ^'Spaiizons 
 * 7 ’ Title of Earl of Buckingham and Conftable of England. hil horfe, 
 
 v 0 0 charged with, 
 
 ScTticc of 
 
 France and England quarterly , A Border Argent. From behind his Helmet iflueth his Lambrequin or mantle, and his 
 Crept is, upon a Chapeau doubled Ermine a Lion pajfantguardant , with a Colter and Coronet. The ground of which Seal 
 is diapred with Feathers and Swant. 3 
 
 His Counterfeal (about an Inch and half in Diameter) is imprefled upon Red-Wax: In the circumference you may read, 
 § 3 : tbonie : tnicia: atorefirie: within which are three fmall circles in Triangle, the uppermoft charged with the Crell of 
 Duke Thomn , that on the right hand, with his Shield of Armes, and that on the left with the Coat of the Duchefs EUanor 
 his Wife, vi\. Quarterly Bohun and Milo Earl of Hereford. 
 
 Ex Char - Another Seal of Thomas Duke of Glocefter (of pale Red Wax, annexed to a letter of Attorney, made by him and Elia- 
 
 tis Johan- nor his Wife, dated the 8thdayof January, 14 R.2.) is charged with his Healme, Creft , andEfcockeon of Armes, hanging 
 nU Fhilli- on the Stock or Trunk of a Tree, between two Shields of the Coat of Milo Earl of Hereford, and as many Swans at the 
 potSomer - Root thereof: The reprefentations of thefe Seals are in the 1 25. Page of this Third Book, which contain (befides his 
 fet. compleat Atchievment) his Devife, (or John Gower , in his Vox Clamantis, calls him Cy gnus, the Cygnet, from the Swan t 
 
 Weever which was his Cognisance. And the Rebus of his Surname iVoodftock., isthere represented by the of yVood upon 
 Fun. Mon. which his Crejl and shield are placed. ’ 
 
 p.626.62 7 
 
 He took to wife Elianor , the elder of the two daughters, and His Msrtia s<?; 
 coheires of the before-mentioned Humphrey de Bohun Earl of He - of DuchefiE- 
 
 , lianor were 
 
 Painted in anEaft-window of Rockford Church in Ejfex,viz.Quarterly, France femeeand England a Border argent,Wood- 
 dock. Impairing, A^ure a Bend Argent between 2 Cotifes and 6 Lions rampant, Or, Bohun. Which Coat is alfo carved in 
 Brafs on herTombin JVeflminJier- Abbey,as you may fee in the Figure thereof: Her Seal is reprefented in the 125. Page 
 of this Third Book, upon which are Her Armes Impaled with the Duke Her Husbands on a Lozenge, and fupported by an 
 Angel in a Boat, upon the Head andPoop of which fit two Swans, collertd and Chained, 
 
 Nun refordy 
 
THE KJW<jS OF E&CgLA^fy&c. u 9 
 
 Ch. xv. reford , Effex and Northampton , and Conftable of England, Lord of flautageHets 
 Breckpock^ and Patron of the Abbey of Lanthony , and of Joane Un 1V1 Ll 
 his wife daughter of Richard Fit%-Alan Earl of Arundel ; In right 
 of which Eleanor, the Earldomes of Effex and Northampton , and 
 the Conftablefhip of England } &c. fell to this Thomas , being the 
 greater part of her fathers inheritance: She out- lived her husband 
 We evert about two years, fpent her W iddowhood in the Abbey of Bark: 
 
 Monum.p. ing, where (he became a Nun ; and, making her Will upon the 
 p.6i*. day 0 f Anguft^ in the year 1399. An. 23 R. 2. deceafed Her Death, 
 
 upon the third day of OSloher in the fame year, An. 1 H. 4. and 
 was interred in the middle of St. Edmond’s Chappel in the Abbey 
 of Wefiminfter , under a Monument of Grey Marble, raifed about 
 two foot from the ground, with her Effigies thereon , inlay’d in 
 brafs j upon the verge of which you may read this Infcription 
 folio wing,and view the Figure of the Tomb in the Preceding Page. 
 
 Cp Biff aitanoie He TBoljun etftie fille tt Bit Heis fjmes a potmtaWe 
 Seigneur $j9onfr. IDump&ep He 'Bofnut Ctiunte He ^etefo?H 
 H’Cfifer et He Jfto?tHampton et CoiteffaHIe H’Cngleterre femme 
 a putCTant et Bouie p?mce C&omag He flBonetfoke fi!0 a ttejs 
 excellent et treputflant @)etgnout eutoarH top n’Cngleterte puts 
 le Conqueit tieris, Ouc He ®louceffce Count H’Cffet et He T5uck-' 
 utg&am et ConellaHIe H Cngleterte, cie momft le tiers fouc 
 H 5 £)ctobet fait He grace > ccc. Ujcjcjcft. 
 
 Pit. an: 
 9K.2. 
 
 p.I.ffl.IJ. 
 
 Selden’s 
 Titles of 
 Honour. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 21 R.z.n. 
 a 3 - 
 
 Speedi 
 chrort. p 
 710. 
 
 This Thomas Earl of Buckingham and Effex and Conftable of 
 England , the King’s Unckle (fo named in the Grant of his Duke¬ 
 dom) was advanced to the dignity of Duke of Glocefter ( by 
 Charter^ bearing date at Hocelologh in Tividale , upon the fixth 
 day of Augujl , in the 9th year of Richard II. his Nephew, Anno 
 1 38<5-and invefted in the Parliament that began at Wejiminfter on 
 St. Lukes day, that King fitting in his Throne, and Skirlaw the 
 Lord ele$, confirmed of Coventry and Lichfield , that was Keeper 
 of the Privy -Seal, delivering the caufe of his Creation j The Par- The Forme k 
 liament Roles fayes, The King, ipfum Ducem depredi&is titulo ofaDukc. 
 nomine et honore , Per Gladii cin&uram , et Pilei ac Circuli aureiffuo 
 capiti impofitionem , maturius inyetfivit , That Inftalment being 
 by guirding on the Sword , and adorning his head with a Co¬ 
 ronet and Cap of Eftate. 
 
 But afterwards, An. 21 R.2. the Dukes of Hereford , Surrey , 
 
 Excefier , Aumerle and Norfolk ?, were Created per appofitionem Cap~ 
 p<£ fuo capiti , ac traditionem virgee aureee , &c. Thefe Creations 
 were performed by the impofitionof a Cap of Eftate, and the 
 delivery of a Rod of Gold. Our modern times have had for 
 the moft part all thefe, the Sword , Coronet ( which fuppofeth the 
 Cap) and Rod of Gold , together in the Claufe of Inveftitureper 
 Gladii cinCluram-) Cappee Circuli aurei , impofitionem in capite , 
 
 traditionem <virg& aure<z , infignimus , invefiimus , realiter nobili- 
 tamus, per pr&fentes , &c. But enough concerning thefe Crea¬ 
 tions, let us now return to our Duke of Glocejier , who was a Man 
 of Valour, Wifdora and Vigilancy for the fervice of the King his 
 
 Nephew 
 
THE KJWQS OF E*(£LANi‘D,&c. 2,1 
 
 Bookill Nephew and the State *, Bur, thofe noble virtues were diftemper- fiantagenstt 
 ed with too much wilfulnefs and froward obftinaey • for, he ever Und - V ~l- 
 repined againft King Richard his Nephew, in all things whatfoe- 
 Hiji.Angt ver he wilhed to have forward; being (as Polidorecenfaves him) 
 
 Wee vers Vic ferociffimns fa preecipitis ingenii , a tiioft fierce Man, and of 
 lumens]' an headlong wit 5 who thinking Bill that thofe times, wherein 
 M 3 * he had Mattered the King , were nothing changed, though the 
 King was above Thirty years old, forbare not, roughly, not fo 
 much toadmoriifh, as to check andfehool his Soveraign, which 
 firft bred him envy, and afterwards ruine • for, the King finding 
 him to be too fevere an obferver of his A&ions, confulted with 
 ThomasMowbray the Earl* Marlhal,to make him away*, who,furpri- 
 fing the Duke at his Cattle of Plefcy in Ejfex , conveyed him to Ca- 
 Neujfrf* l ais i w here, by his order, he was fmothered, under a Featherbed His Death. 
 Ms*, n. by William Serle , . Franceis , and others*, who,having de¬ 
 
 clared to him the Kings Command, that he fliould die; anfwered, 
 
 T hat if it were his Soveraign s Pleafure , he willingly fubniitted 
 thereunto : This appears upon the Examination of John Hall y 
 eorsm Re- taken in Parliament, An . 1 H. 4. who being Privy to, though not 
 liamento Active in the faid Murther, was Sentenced to be Executed at T y- 
 borne ^and his head fent to Calais where the Fa& was done.Thus di- 
 tfJ&Ff- et * c his Royal Prince, the Son of a King, and Uncle to a King, on 
 di i\ v,r f * £ h e Feaft the Nativity of our Lady (being the 8th day of Sep- 
 1 h . 4 -». fember) in the 2 ith year of King Richard II. his Nephew, Anno 
 1397- who, not much above two years after this Murther, was 
 mq. up. Depofed from His Crown and deprived of his life, having be- 
 u&urfii f° re Sentenced Thomas the Earl-Marfhal, and at that time Duke 
 com.Bucii. of Norfolfy, to perpetual Baniihment, on that very day,whereon, 
 llav.An. a Twelve-moneth before, He had Arretted the Duke of Glocetfer 
 J"' 4 *”' at Plefcy ; To which place the body of the Duke of Glocefier was 
 afterwards conveyed with all Funeral Pompe, and buried in the 
 u *f**fc Colledge of Canons-Regular , by him Founded, and Dedicated 
 jVtevers to the Holy Trinity, in a goodly Sepulchre provided in his life- 
 Monum. time, whofe Reliques were afterwards removed and laid under a 
 f ' 6 * s ‘ Marble inlaid with brafs ( in the Chappel of the Kings in the 
 Abbey of Wejiminjler , on the South-fide the Shrine of King Ed¬ 
 ward the Confeffor ) and beautified with the figure of himfelfj 
 Duchefs Eleanor his wife,King Edward his Father,Queen Philippa 
 his Mother, and all his Brothers and Sifters, with Efcocheons of 
 their feveral Armes, as by the Figure of his Monument in the 
 preceding Page doth more fully appear, that part of his Epitaph 
 on the South-fide being onely legible,the reft wholly obliterated* 
 
 Children of THOMAS Dufy of GLOCESTE R, by 
 ELEANOR B O H U N his Wife. 
 
 11. HVMPHREY PLANTAGENET Farlof Buck; Hedidbe* 
 ingham , only fon of Thomas of Woodftock^ Duke of Gloce- ° f 
 
 O o o fter. 
 
ZJZ A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 YUntagentu j} er ^ and Eleanor his Wife, fo named from Humphrey de Bo - 
 Undivided. Grandfather, the fifth Earl of Hereford of that Chriften- 
 
 Namei was, after the untimely death of his Father ( with 
 Henry fon and heir of Henry of Bullingbrookg , Duke of He¬ 
 reford} fent into Ireland by King Richard II. and imprifoned 
 in the Caftle of Trim. But Bulhngbrookg having depofed 
 King Richard , and Ufurped his Kingdom, by the Title of 
 Henry the IV. immediately recalled from Imprisonment thefe 
 two Princely Captives, his Son Henry , and this Humphrey his 
 Nephew, whom he had as certainly reftored to his Fathers 
 Honours, as he revenged his Death ; but, this Humphrey moft 
 unhappily deceafing of the Plague at Chefier (fome have it at 
 Coventry) in his return from Ireland (leaving his Sifters his 
 heiresj) put a period to the King’s intentions; but renewed 
 his Mother Eleanor’s grief, who had now not only furvivea 
 her Murthered Husband, but her only Son, to be the Chief 
 Mourner at his Funeral ; whofe Corps fhe caufed to be con¬ 
 veyed to the Abbey of Walden (now called Audley - End ) 
 and there folemnly interred among her and his Noble Proge¬ 
 nitors, furviving him not many Moneths. 
 
 The Armes of 
 this Countels 
 Anne and Earl 
 Edmond , were 
 in a Window 
 in Cbri/t- 
 Cburch near 
 Newgate, be¬ 
 ing, per Pale, 
 Or a cbeveron, 
 gules, Stafford: 
 and quarterly, 
 France Semcc, 
 and England, a 
 Border argent, 
 Woodflock.Pe- 
 nes, Hen. Sc. 
 George Arm. 
 Richmond. 
 
 But Hum¬ 
 phrey, the firft 
 Duke of Buck¬ 
 ingham their 
 fon left off his 
 Paternal 
 Armes, The 
 chevcron , and 
 alTumed the 
 Coat of his 
 Mother, as ap> 
 
 jt. ANNE F L AN T A GEN ET Countefs Stafford and 
 of Eh , eldeft daughter of Thomas Duke of Glocefter , and 
 Eleanor Bohan his W ife, and Sifter, and at length Heir to her 
 Brother Humphrey , was twife Marryed ; firft, to Edmond the 
 fifth Earl of Stafford , flain at Shrewsbury Fight, An. 4 H. 4.' 
 and buryed at Stafford in the Auguftine-Fryers, and had iffue 
 Humphrey Earl Stafford Duke of Buckingham, &c. who fell at 
 the Batrel of Northampton , An. 38 H. 6 . Father of Humphrey 
 Earl Stafford , who dyed (in vita patris ) of his wounds re¬ 
 ceived at the firft Bartel of St. Albans , An. 33 H.6. and left 
 ifiiie Henry Duke of Buckingham Beheaded at Shrewsbury for 
 Salisbury ) An. 1 R. 3. Father of Edward Duke of Bucking¬ 
 ham, who loft his head on Tower-Hill An. 13 H. 8. and had 
 ifluc Henry, admitted only to the Barony of Stafford , Father of 
 Edward Lord Stafford , who had iffue Edward Lord Stafford , 
 Father of Edward Stafford that deceafed in the life-time of 
 his Father, and left iffue Henry Baron Stafford , that deceafed 
 
 pea res by the 
 
 Seal of the Duchcfs Anne Ncvil his Wife, annexed to her Deed dated the 12th day of July, An. i Ed.. 4. upon which 
 her Saltir is impaled with the Armes of PUoodflocIi alone. 
 
 As to the Coat of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham, this Humphrey V Grandfon/take this Note in the Colledge 
 of Annes, Lib. L. 1. fol. 15. Memorandum, That in the Reignof cur Sovcraign LerdRing Edward the Fourth, the 
 1 ft Ib year of his Reign, on the 1 8th day of February, it was concluded in a Chapter of the Office of Armes, That where 
 a Noble-Nan is defeettded Lineally Her editable to 3 or 4C oates,,and afterward is afeendedto a Coat near to the King,and 
 of his Royal Blood,may for his moft honour bear the jame C oat alone, and no lower Coat of Dignity to be quartered there¬ 
 with', As my Lori Henry Duh^e of Buckingham Earlof Heieford Northampton and Stafford, Lord of Brecknock andcf 
 Holdernefs is afeended to the Coat and Array 10 Thomas c/ Woodftock Du\eof Glocefter, and fon to King Edward the III. 
 He may bear bis Coat alone. And it was concluded, by Clqrtnceaux Ring of Armes, March Ring of Armes,GuienRing 
 of Armes , Windfor Herauld, Fawcon H crauld, Hereford Hcrauld. 
 
 Ncvcrthclcfs, the right high and mighty Prince Edward Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Hereford, Stafford and Nor¬ 
 thampton (fon of Duke Henry) for fo is he ftiled in his Indenture dated the 17th day of February, An. 10 H. 8. did bear 
 upon his Seal 4 Coates quarterly, vi\. 1, Woodftock, 2. Bohun Earl of Hereford, 3. Bohun Earl of Northampton, and 
 in the fourth place Stafford, his Paternal Coat 3 The Ejcocbeoneontaintng the Armes of his Du^edomt and 3 Earldoms • 
 Ex Chartis Dom. Hen, Com. Huntington, 
 
 without 
 
 Booklli, 
 
 JVeevers 
 Fun. Mon. 
 p. 6 i 6 .(f 
 6 27. 
 

 THE KJK9 s 0F EViQLANJ), See. 
 
 Ch. XV. 
 
 Rot. Nor. 
 d.y H. 5. 
 
 p. i. m. 4. 
 
 Vi ft tat ion 
 6 f Devon 
 and Corn¬ 
 wallp. 1 j 
 O'16. 
 
 Chart, al 
 lE.^.p.z. 
 
 n.i. 
 
 without iflue,and Mary Married to Sir William Howard Knighc 
 of the Bath, fince created Vilcount and Baron Stafford. 
 
 This Anne Plantagent Countefs Stafford took to her fecond 
 Husband ,William Bourchier\ oxBourghchier , created Earl of Eu, 
 at Haunt in Normandy , the 1 oth day of ffune An. y H. 5. in the 
 year 1415?. He deceafed at Troyes in Campaigner in the 8th 
 year of that Kings reign, and his body being imported into 
 England , was interred in the Priory of Lanthony in the Coun-; 
 ty of Glocejler , where alfo lies buried this Anne Countefs Staf 
 fordhis Wife. 
 
 They left iflue Henry Bourchier Earl of Eu and Effex their 
 eldeft Ion, William Bourchier Lor d Fit%’Warin fecond fon; 
 Thomas Bourchier Archbilhop of Canterbury , and Cardinal of 
 St.CzVrfc,third fon; And, John Bourchier Lord Berniers , fourth 
 fon, who 5 taking to Wite Margaret the daughter and htir of 
 Richardhoxd Berniers , had iflue Humphrey Bourchier Lord 
 Berniers , Father of John Lord Berniers , Father of Thomas 
 Bourchier that dyed without iflue, and of Joane Bourchier Mar¬ 
 ried to Edmond Kuyipet Efquire. 
 
 The faid Henry Bourchier Earl of Effex , fo Created A. 1 £.4. 
 married Iffabel daughter of Richard Earl of Cambridge , and 
 had iflue, William Vifcount Bourchier , that died in his Fathers 
 life *time,Father of Henry Bourchier Earl of Effex , whofe daugh¬ 
 ter and heir Anne was married to William Lord Parr of Ken- 
 dal and Earl of Effex, and died without iflue, and of Cecilie 
 Bourchier the Wife of Sir John Devereux Knight of the Gar¬ 
 ter, and Lord Ferrers of Chartley. 
 
 Sir John Devereux Lord Ferrers of Charlley , by Cecilie Bour - 
 chier, had iflue Walter Devereux V ifeount Hereford , who by 
 Mary hisfirft Wife, daughter of Thomas Grey Marquefs Dor- 
 fet , had iflue Sir Richard Devereux , who died in vita patris , 
 and Sir William Devereux, Father of Barbara Devereux , Wife 
 of Sir Edward Haftings Knight, a younger fon of Francis Earl 
 of Huntington , from whom is defeended a numerous pofteri- 
 ty, and of Margaret Devereux Married to Sir Edward Littleton 
 of Pilleton in the County of Stafford Knight' Great Grand¬ 
 father to Sir Edward Littleton of the fame place , Baronet. 
 
 Sir Richard Devereux was the Father of Walter Earl of Effex, 
 Father of Robert Earl of Effex , which Robert had iflue Ro¬ 
 bert the lafl: Earl of Effex of that Family, Frances Devereux 
 the Wife of William Seymour Lord Beauchamp , fince Duke of 
 Somerfet , and Dorothy Devereux Married to Henry Shirley , fon 
 and heir of Sir George Shirley Baronet. 
 
 The before-mentioned Walter Devereux Vifcount Here * 
 ford , by Margaret his fecond Wife, daughter of Robert Gar - 
 nijh of Kenton Efquire,had alfo iflue, Sir Edward Devereux of 
 Caftle Bromwich in the County of WanPick^ Baronet, Father 
 of Sir Walter Devereux of the fame place Baronet, who had if- 
 
 fuq 
 
 VldYiU-genett 
 
 Undivided* 
 
 Btsurtfiiefs 
 Loris Bernfc 
 ersi 
 
 Bourchlers 
 Earles of Efifex* 
 
 Derereuxes 
 Exties of Ef¬ 
 fex. 
 
 Argent 1 1 Fcp 
 fe Gules, in 
 Chief 3 TOfi 
 texux. 
 
 IWereujt 
 Vifcourtt H*« 
 reford. 
 
A qEHEAhoqiCAL H1S<I0%Y OF 
 
 Vlantagenets 
 
 Undivided. 
 
 Bourcbiers 
 Lords F it\- 
 Warin and 
 Earles of Bath. 
 
 The Armes 
 of this Willi¬ 
 am B our chief ' 
 and Tama\ine 
 his wife, ftand 
 in an Eaft-win- 
 dow of EO«“ 
 iaitonGhurch, 
 being, 'Quar¬ 
 terly,Argent a 
 Crefs ingrxj- 
 led Gules be¬ 
 tween 4 Wa- 
 ter-Bougets 
 Sable Bour- 
 chier, GTGules 
 afejfe Argent 
 inter 14 Bil¬ 
 lets Or, Lc- 
 vaine, over all 
 a Label of 3 
 points A\ure, 
 each chxrgtl 
 with as many 
 Blowers de 
 Li\e, Or. Im- 
 pileing,-Quar¬ 
 terly fitz- 
 warin and 
 Hankford,viz.' 
 quarterly. Er¬ 
 mine and 
 Gules indented 
 per fcfl'e. And. 
 Urgent, 2 
 Bendlets wi- 
 vy,Sablt. 
 
 Quarterly , 
 Gules a Lyon 
 rampant and 
 border ingray- 
 led,Or, Talbot, 
 aud Argent 2 
 Lyons pajfant, 
 Gules, Strange 
 ef Blackmere 
 Impileing, 
 Quarterly 
 France Semee , 
 and England a 
 Border Ar¬ 
 gent , Wood- 
 Itock. Wbi cb 
 Efcocbeon is 
 fainted in 
 glafs in an 
 Eafl-window 
 of Whit- 
 ChurchC' hurcb 
 in the County 
 of Salop. 
 
 fue EJJex Devereux that died S. F. and Leicejier Devereux Vif- C* 1,xv * 
 count Hereford, the heir-male of this mod noble Family. 
 
 The Earles of Bath , and Lords Fit%,Warin derived them- 
 felvcs from William Bourchier ( a fecond fon of Anne Coun* 
 tefs Stafford, daughter of Thomas of Woodfiock^ Duke of G/o- 
 ceUer, by William Bourchier Earl of Eh her fecond Husband) 
 which William taking to Wife Tamafine the daughter of Sir 
 Richard Hansford Knight,by Elizabeth daughter and heir of 
 EWI^Lord Fit'z* Warin , was, in her right, Lord Fit%Warin , 
 and by her had iflue Foulk Bourchier Lord Fit^Warin y Father 
 of John Bourchier Earl of Bath and Lord Fit'&AV arin , Father 
 oi John Bourchier iecond Earl of Bath, Father of John Lord 
 Fit^Warin who deceafed in the life-time of his Father, and 
 Sir George Bourchier Knight. John Lord Fit%-Warin, had iflue, 
 
 William Bourchier the third Earl of Bath y Father of Edward 
 Bourchier the fourth Earl of Bath, who left iflue three daugh¬ 
 ters his heires, Elizabeth the Wife of Baftl Fielding Earl of 
 Denbeigh , Dorothy , fecond daughter, firft Married to Thomas 
 Lord Grey of Groby, fon and heir of Henry Earl of Stamford y 
 her fecond husband was Gutfavus Machfworth , and her third 
 Charles Howfden } and Anne , third daughter, firft the Wife of 
 James Cranfield „ Earl of Middlefex, and afterwards Married to 
 Sir Chichefier Wray Baronet} fo that the Earldom came to Sir 
 Henry Bourchier (ion of Sir George Bourchier aforefaid Knight, 
 fon oijohn the fecond Earl otBathfvho was fifth and laft Earl 
 of Bath, L. Privy-Seal to K.Charlesthel. and Lord Fit^Warin^ 
 a perion anfwerable in all parts to his antient and moll noble 
 Anceftors. He deceafed without iflue upon the 16th day of 
 Augnft y An.\6t > ^. and was buried at Tawjlockjn Devonjbire: to 
 whole dear Memory the Lady Rachel Fane (daughter of Fran¬ 
 cis Earl ofWejimerland) his Countefs Dowager, hath ere&ed a 
 Monument, anfwerable to his high quality and merit} the Fi- 
 gure whereof, in refpeft of the Angularity of the forme, I have 
 here inferted. 
 
 11 . J0 ANE PLANTAGENET Lady Talbot , the fe¬ 
 cond daughter of Thomas of Woodfloch, Duke of Glocefter and 
 Eleanor Bohun his Wife, was Married to Gilbert Lord Talbot of E.Gcnui 
 Goderich^- Caftle and Blackmere , and by him had iflue their only 
 child named Ancharet , who deceafing in her tender years, An . lo ^ 
 
 9 H.5. John Lord Talbot (afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury ) this 
 Gilberts younger brother, came to be his heir. 
 
 11. IS S ABEL PL ANT AGE NET, the third daughter 
 of Thomas of Woodfioch^ Duke of Glocetfer y W2is a Nun in the 
 Minories at London. 
 
 li, PHILIP PL ANT A GEN ET , the fourth and 
 youngeft daughter died young, unmarried. 
 
 BOOK IV. 
 
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 I 
 
Plantagenets Divided: 
 
 O R, 
 
 The ROYAL HOVSE of 
 
 LANCASTER. 
 
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 CONTAINING 
 
 A Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 o F T H E 
 
 K N I G S 
 
 O F E^qLAD\£T), &c. 
 
 From HEV^RY IV. to EDIVART) IV. 
 
 From the Year 1399. to the Year 1461. 
 
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 A g E A LO g 1 C A L T A*B L E 
 
 Of the Fourth BOOK . 
 
 Io. B LANCHE daughter and 
 heir of Hemy Duke of Lanca- 
 jter firll Wife, p. 144. 
 
 JOHN King of Cajiile and Leon , Duke of Aquitaine 
 and Lancajler, &c. fourth Son of King Edward III.p.243 
 CONSTANCE elder daughter and coheir of Veter 
 King of Cajiile and Leon, fecond Wife, p.244. 
 
 Sir Ones Smynford Kt. afterwards 
 the third Wife of John Duke of 
 Lancaster, p. 147. 
 
 U. HENRY IF. Iflfng 
 of England and Franee, 
 and 1 U ?0 of Ireland, p. 
 2*0. 258. MAPI BO- 
 HVN p. 2 
 
 PHILIPE' 
 Queen of 
 Portugal p. 
 
 2 jo. 
 
 elizab. 
 
 Duchefi of 
 Exceter, and 
 Lady Fanhop 
 MP. 
 
 KATHE- JOHN HENRY to- THOMAS JOANE 
 
 R^lNE Queen Beaufort fort Cardinal of Beaufort Duke Beaufort, 
 
 of Cajiile and Earl of So- St Eufebm , and of Exceter,and Counters 
 
 Leon, p. 273. merfetp. 153 Bifhop of Winche- Earlof Dorfet, ofWtflmer- 
 
 ^313. jlerp. 2*3. p.iyt. landp.i s 6. 
 
 112 . HENRY F. —KATHE 
 
 ISmq of Eng¬ 
 land and Prance, 
 and ttojtiof/re- 
 land p. z 6 %. 
 170. 
 
 RlNEof 
 France p. 
 277. 
 
 -Sk OWEN THOMAS of JOHN Dukeof 
 ap MERY- Lancajler, Duke Bedfordp. 268 ££ 
 DETH ap of Clarence , p. 304. ANNE of 
 TUDOR#. 268,301 .MAR- Burgundy p. 304. 
 278, 283. CARET Ho- JAQUETTA 
 landp. 303. of Luxemburg p. 
 
 3of. 
 
 HUMPHREY BLANCHE PHILIPE 
 Duke of Glocejler Duchefs of Queen of 
 p. 2 6 9 , 307. Bavaria,1. Denmark and 
 J AQ_U ELIN E Queen of Horway p. 
 of Bavaria p.508 Aragon, and 260. 
 ELEANOR Cob- 3 Duchefs. 
 bamp. 308. of Barrp.p 
 
 HENRY F h 
 ifiiw of England 
 aiid France . and 
 iio;tiof Ireland, 
 
 p. 283,28(5. 
 
 MARGARET 
 of Anjou p. ipi . 
 
 EDMOND 
 TUDOR 
 Earl of Bfch- 
 tnond p. 283. 
 
 MARGARET JASPER TU- O W- 
 Beaufort daughter DOR Duke of E N 
 and heir of John Bedford, andEarlof TU- 
 Duke 0 fSomerfet, Pembroke 284. DOR 
 fon of John Earl KATHERINE 3iSon 
 ofSdmerfet p. z 84, Wooivile p. 287. p.i8f. 
 318. 
 
 EDWARD 
 
 1 4 ' Prince of Wales, 
 
 Duke of Corn- 
 wal, and Earl of 
 Chejler, ob. S. 
 prole p. 229, 
 ANNE NE- 
 VIL p.ibidem. 
 
 HE^RY FIl. 
 ISing of England. 
 and France , and 
 llo*T) of Ireland. 
 Book 6 . Chap. 1. 
 
 

 !Anna 
 \"Domini 
 
 *372* 
 
 tpodig. 
 Neufi. p. 
 514- »-Il. 
 
 Tto. Wol¬ 
 fing}. 148. 
 71* 12. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 16 E.$.n. 
 2. & m. 4. 
 
 J{ot. Fran - 
 tia an. 46. 
 • E. 3. M.H 
 
 Out of a 
 yellow 
 Book in 
 theDut- 
 ' chy. 
 Eegigari- 
 um B^egit 
 Cagelle G? 
 Legionvs 
 fol.p.a. 
 
 HI 
 
 i°* J O H N 
 
 KING of CASTILE and LEOL A(,Duk E 
 of AQVITJIS^E and LAU^CAS- 
 
 TER , Earl of RICHMOND, DERBY , 
 LINCOLN and LEICESTER, and 
 Steward of ENGLAND , Surnamed 
 of GAV NT. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 ING Edward the Third, by Queen 
 Pbilipe his Wife, Daughter of Wil¬ 
 liam Earl of Henaultj had ifliie this 
 John , their fourth Son, born at Gaunt , 
 the Capital City of Flanders (from 
 whence he took his Surname) in the 
 year 1340. 
 
 He was, in his Infancy (upon the 
 death of John de Dreux , Duke of 
 Britaine ,and Earl of Richmond , (Je- 
 ceafing without ifliie An. 1341) created Earl of Richmond, by 
 Charter bearing date the 20 day of September 1342. An. 1 6 Ed. 
 3. to have and to hold the faid Earldom to him and the Heirs 
 of his Body, &c. Which Earldom he afterwards releafed to 
 King Edrv. III. his Father, upon the 2 $th day of June , in the 
 4 6th year of his Reign } which King, on theftfhdayot Augufl 
 next following made a grant thereof to John Mont fort , Duke of 
 Britaine , who had married his Daughter Mary. And in exchange 
 gave to this John his fon, the Cattles, Mannors, and Honours of 
 Tichfill , Alto-pecco , &c. and by another Charter of the fame date, 
 the Honour of Knaresborvow. 
 
 This John of 
 Gaunt made 
 ufe of three 
 feveral Seals $ 
 the imprefli- 
 onsof which 
 are to be feen 
 in the Cham¬ 
 ber of the 
 Duchy oil an* 
 eager. On 
 the firfi of 
 which {vide 
 238 page) he 
 beareth(in hi j 
 Shield hang¬ 
 ing corner- 
 ways) France 
 fembe and Eng¬ 
 land, quarterly, 
 d Label of 3 
 points Ermine, 
 upon His 
 Healm, Lam¬ 
 brequin ,and 
 Chapeau, 
 turn’d up Er** 
 mine, Hands 
 his Crelt be¬ 
 ing, A Lyon 
 pajfant guar- 
 dant crowned, 
 and accolled, 
 with a Labell 
 of 3 points,alf» 
 Ermine. 
 Which bri- 
 
 fureordifiindtion, he probably took from having been created Earl of Richmond (by his Father K. Ed. r,d. An. 1342.) 
 upon the death of John de Dreux, Duke of Britaine, and Earl of Richmond ; which Duke did bear his Efcocheon 
 charged with a Canton Ermine ; and alfo to diflinguilh him r elf from his Brothers Lyonel and Edmond ; who bare on 
 their Labels, the one Cantons, and the other Torteauxes. On each fide this Achievement is placed an Eagle, Handing 
 upon a Padlock., and eflaying to open the fame; it may be, this John meaning thereby, that although he wanted 
 the Key of Right and Title to free him from this Lock of Subjedlion; yet would he, by power of the Eagle , that 
 King of Birds, force off his Fetters. Not willing patiently to expedt (with Edmond Duke of Fork, his Brother, the 
 freeing of his Falcon from the Fetterlock, of fervitude, till King Edward IV, his Great Grandfon opened it with the 
 right Key.) But endeavors to cut this Gordian Knot, which he could not untie, making way to the Crown for his 
 fon Henry Earl of Derby ; who ufurping it, placed the fame on the Head of his L{oyal Eagle. The CanOpy of whole 
 Tomb at Canterbury is powdered with Eagles volant. Crowned, within the Garter, and lcroles containing the word 
 § 9 oberatgn. 
 
 This Seal is Red Wax, upon the circumference whereof, are thefe words, § 9 : Pribat: Jlohannfs ©uciss llan= 
 rarer: comlt: iRlrfjmont): 3 Derb: lllnc. Il’pr: Sfeenefratli 41 ngl: and is affixed to his Deed, dated the 28 Janu- 
 mi 1374- in the qyth year of Edw. 3. vide, this Seal in the 238 page of this fourth Book. 
 
 Another of his Seals (being an exadt Circle) is affixed to a Letter of Attorny in French, bearing date at the Sa¬ 
 voy. the 20 th day of October, An. po Ed. 3. over England, and over France the 37 th. in which he is Hiled, Johan par 
 h Grace de Dieu J{oy de Cajlile C? de Leon due de Lane afire. And on his Seal is feprefented the Shield of the King¬ 
 dom of Cagile ana Leon quarterly, impaling his Ducal Coat as more plainly appears in the 238 page of this fourth 
 Book; which Royal Enfigns have the preference in the Shield, not as the Arms of Congance of Cagile his fecond Wift. 
 
 Q_qq but 
 
244 A qEK. EAL 0 ( J 1CAL HISTORY of 
 
 but to fignifie his being Soveraign of thofe Realms ; and therefore are placed before his Paternal or Ducal Coat Book 4 
 
 therewith impaled: For proof whereof you might have noted the Arms on the Surcoat of his Effigies, on his __* 
 
 Tomb in St. Paul’s Cathedral; theTike Achievement within the Garter in a glafs Window of Kfppast Church in 
 Tork^Jhire , and other places; all which exadlly agree in the Marfhalling : For by the fame Law of Arms, no Femes 
 Arms can be impaled with her Barons, either upon his Surcoat, or within the Garter of the Order, as fome igno¬ 
 rantly have pradtifed. 
 
 A third Seal he had (of Green Wax) on the one fide of which, a Man on Horfeback is delineated, his Shield Sur¬ 
 coat, and caparizons of his Horfe charged with the Arms of France and. England, quarterly a Label of 3 points Er- 
 mine; and on the reverfe in a large Efcocheon the fame Coat empaled w'ith that of his firil Wife, Blanch of Lane after, 
 who did bear Gules 3 Lyons pajjant guardant Or, a File of 3 points Azure, each charged with 3 Flowers de Lize Or ; 
 being the Enfign of the firll line of Lancajier, which Label of three points Azure charged with nine Flowers deLize 
 Or, lall mentioned, were alfo borne in the Efcocheon of fohn Duke of Lancajier when he had furrendred his 
 Kingdoms of Caftile and Leon, as appeared upon his Shield which (with his Lance) hung on his Tomb in the Ca¬ 
 thedral Church of St Paul; noted as an example by E.Bolton in his Elements of Armories, page 69. both for the 
 unufual form and alfo matter thereof. Over again!! which Tomb, in the border of a South Glafs Window.was painted 
 (among many Arms of the firll Houfe of Lancajier) the device of this Duke being in a Field Sable 3 Ojlrich Fea¬ 
 thers Ermine the guiUs andScroles Or, to di!tingui!h him from his eldelt Brother, Prince Edward, who valiantly won 
 them at the Battel of CreJJy. and ever wore them. Argent. 
 
 Anno 135:9. 
 
 His firll Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Blanch of 
 Zancajler be¬ 
 ing Gules three 
 Lyons paffant 
 guardant Or, a 
 Label of three 
 points of France 
 impaled 
 with thofe of 
 John Duke of 
 Lancajier her 
 Husband, viz- 
 quarterly 
 trance ft mb, 
 and England , a. 
 File of three 
 points Ermine, 
 were painted 
 in a Glafs- 
 Window di- 
 re&ly oppo- 
 fite to the 
 Tomb of the 
 faid Duke 
 John, in the 
 Cathedral of 
 St. Paul, penes 
 H. S. Elq; 
 Monum. of 
 Burials and 
 Arms &c. p. 
 
 117. 
 
 Anno 1371- 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 She did bear 
 quarter¬ 
 ly, Caflile 
 and Leon, viz. 
 Gules a Cajlle 
 Or, and Argent 
 a Lyon Ham- 
 pant purpure, 
 impaled by 
 Lancajier her 
 Husband. 
 Which im¬ 
 palement was 
 painted in a 
 Glals-Win- 
 dow of Wanlip 
 Church 
 in Com. 
 
 Leic. and iu 
 Hetton Church 
 in Hutlandfnjre. 
 
 On the 14^ of the Kalends of jfune 13^9. An. 34 Edrv. 3. 
 he being then only Earl of Richmond jook to his firft Wife Blanch , 
 the younger Daughter and coheir of Henry Duke of Lancajier , 
 (by Ijabel his Wife , Daughter of Henry Lord Beaumont J for 
 which Marriage difpenfation was obtained from the Pope ; which 
 Lady having been his Wife nine years, deceafed Duchefs of Lan- 
 cajier , in the year 1369. An 43. E 3. and was interred in the 
 Cathedral Church of St Paul , London } where her Effigies of A 
 Jablafter was to be feen, lying on the right hand of the Duke her 
 Husband, on his Monument, till with that rtupendious Pile, it 
 differed the violence of the late conflagration,1 665. 
 
 Not two years after this marriage (m,. An. 1361 ) deceafed 
 the Duke Henry her Father 3 and upon the 13th of November , 
 in the year following, *vi%,. 3 6 Edw. 3 the Dukedom of Lan¬ 
 cajier was in Parliament granted to John Earl of Richmond ; and 
 among the Summons of An. 37 Edrv. 3. primo Jnnii , he is cal¬ 
 led by the Title of Duke of Lancajier , to a Parliament to be hoi- 
 den at IVejlminJler, in OStabis SanCii Michaelis following; being 
 alio in a Patent dated the 13 th of July in the fame year Cm,. 
 1365. An. %jEdxv.% ') rtiled Johannes Filius Regis , DuxLan- 
 cajirie , Comes de Richmond , de Derby , de Lincoln , de Lei- 
 
 ceji. Senefchallus Angliee , which three Iaft Earldoms, and the 
 Stewardfhip of England he enjoyed in the right of his Wife 
 Blanch , after the death of Maud of Lancajier , Duchefs of Ba- 
 yaria her elder Sifter, who deceafed without ifliie. 
 
 Ic was now about twT> years fince the death of the Duchefs 
 Blanch , w hen Lancajier hearing of the deceafe of Peter King of 
 Cajiile and Leon ("whom his Brother Prince Edward had in¬ 
 verted in his Kingdoms^ and that he had left ifliie two Daugh¬ 
 ters his Heirs, then redding in the City of Gafcoigne fand thither 
 fled to avoid the tyranny of their bafe Uncle Henry Count of 
 Trajiamare , ufurper of their Fathers Kingdoms. J He caufed them to 
 be brought to Bourdeanx , and there married Conflance the elder, 
 in the 4 6 th year of Edw. 3. his Father An. 1372. in whofe 
 right he took upon him the Title of thofe Kingdoms} being there¬ 
 upon the 6 th day of Otiober , in the faid year, fummoned by Writ, 
 dated at Winchejier y to a Parliament to be held at WejiminUer in 
 crajiino Animarum following , by the name of John King of 
 
 Cajiile 
 
 Tho. Wal- 
 
 fag- P- 
 173. ”• 
 
 * 3 - 
 
 Leland p, 
 
 168.68a. 
 
 & 691. 
 
 Tpodigmx 
 
 Heufiri# 
 
 P • S13-K. 
 4. & 527. 
 *• ss. 
 
 Tho. WaU 
 firg-P-i 84J 
 «.j 2 - an. 
 
 i$6 9 . 
 
 Lelan 
 
 832. 
 
 Chart 
 Ed. 3 
 
 in 1 
 
 Pat. ■ 3 , 8 . 
 
 S.f.i. 
 
 Inq. an. 
 3 
 
 Tho. Wal- 
 fng.p.1%6. 
 n. 2j. 
 
 Leland p, 
 186. & 
 691. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 
 4* E.i.n; 
 
** The~kJl 245 
 
 Chap. 1* CaHile and Leon , and Duke of Lancajier , and fo likewife An. J&* Duke 
 '- 49 Edward 3. o(La,:cjJhr. 
 
 wujfr 7 a The ^ uc ^ e ^ s Conjlance departed this life in the year 1394, 
 f. j47.». having been married 22 years *, and was Interred in the Collegiate 
 mil.nug- Church of our Lady at Leicejter , and not in St Pauls Cathedral, 
 inidfft™ as t ^ ie Epkaph of the Duke of Lancajier her Husband (there In- 
 p a !vipau tom bed) doth import. 
 
 u p. 37. He was fent General into France in three feveral expeditions, 
 
 7 podigrn the firft, An. 1369. Thefecond, An. 1570. to the afliftance of 
 £*$ 0 . the Prince of Wales his Brother,in both which, he performed no- 
 thing confiderable. And in his third, An. 1373. palling with a 
 rho.mi- brave Army through France , by the way of Avergne , he loft 
 £?'/.' l8 7 * moft of his men among the Mountains, and all his Horfe} and 
 with the reft almoft ftarved for want of Vi&uals 5 marched to 
 Bourdeaux, made fome few attempts upon the Enemy, and re¬ 
 turned for England , with the unwelcome news of a general Re¬ 
 volt in Aquitaine , excepting Bourdeaux and Bay on. 
 tho.WiU Lancajier himfelf was as little welcome to England as the news 
 fngj- l 9 °> he brought; but the Prince of Wales his ficknefs encreafing up- 
 on him ever fince he had re-eftabliftied Peter King of Cajlile 9 
 now proving mortal, accompanied with a national iorrow, and 
 change of affairs, gave him opportunity, with the Lord Latimer , 
 
 Sir John Sturry ^nd Alice Pierce , the Kings Concubine (who were 
 all upon complaint in Parliamen^banilhed the Court) to be recal- 
 1 loWii.p. kd to former Places*, and the Duke of Lancajier now working 
 
 iiao.«.ax. upon the age and weaknefs of the King his Father, is Regent 
 and governs all. But the King however noteing his ambition, to 
 'freujtrice prevent diforder in the fuccefllon, providently fetled the Crown 
 M3 x .k. upon Richard of Bonrdeaux , his Grandfon, which though it put 
 by Duke John of what he really intended} yet with much im« 
 perioufnefs, he behaved himfelf in the Eftate he had : Wherein 
 he difplaced Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March , from the Marfhal- 
 fhip of England , and quarrelled with the Bifhop of London in his 
 own Cathedral, in the behalf of John Wictyijf, and his Do&rine. 
 
 Upon the death of King Edward III. his Father, his Brother 
 Edward Earl of Cambridge , with many of the Lords Spiritual and 
 Temporal, were joined with the Duke of Lancafler y in the ma- An. 13842 
 nagement of the State, during the minority of King Richard IT 
 Tho.mb his Nephew ; whofe Martial Affairs in France and S cot land , fue- 
 ff?4o. 3 ° 8, ceeded as ill under the Dukes conduct, as they had done formerly. 
 
 he is accufed by an Irijb Fryer, to confpire 
 , and the ufurpation of the Crown, of which 
 43> he purgeth himfelf ^ and the Fryer is fecretly put to a cruel death j 
 rbo.wd- notwithstanding which, fometime after the Kingintending to ar- 
 /%.mm. raign him upon fome points of Treafon, before Sir Robert Treft- 
 lian , the Lord Chief Juftice (whereas he fliould have been, try- 
 rpodig. ed by his Peers) heftands upon his guard in Pontfratt Cafile , till 
 p.137% h’ ,s peace is mediated by the Princefs of Wales the Kings Mo- 
 *‘ l4% ther. ; * r > 
 
 Theft 
 
 r todig. Not long after which, 
 
 the death of the Kim 
 
a46 A gEtT^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ftnno 1388. 
 
 Anno 1385. 
 
 Anno 13 9U 
 
 6 . 
 
 Lancaftri - Thefe difgraces came unfeafonably upon the Duke of Lane after , Book 4. 
 
 ans ‘ who was now full of defigns how to purfue the Conqueft of 
 
 Spain , to which end he had earneftly laboured fora firm Peace 
 with France and 5c0f/d»^the latter was fupplyed with Forces com- fing.p.iis. 
 manded by John de Vienna Admiral of France , which drew King ”* I0 ‘ 
 Richard thither with an Army of noooo Men, but not being 
 able to bring the Scots to a Battel he burns Edenburgh ,and returns. 
 
 The King having thus difobliged the Duke, finds away both to 
 gratifie him, and to be rid of his company; which was, by gi¬ 
 ving him the command of part of thefe Forces, to be employed 
 in the Conqueft of Cafiile and Leon, the Title of which Kingdoms 
 he had long ufed, but is now refolved by Arms to force a Pof- 
 Annoi38<r. feffion: in order to which, he, with the Duchefs Conjiance his r if 
 Wife, having received two Diadems of Gold from the King Muf't. 
 and Queen, and an Army of 20000 Soldiers, of which number, rhoVau 
 at leaft 1000 were Knights and Efquires, and a brave Fleet of t- 3*1.* 
 Ships, fet fail for Spain , land at the Groyne , thence march to *** 
 Compofiella , where they are met by John King of Portugal } and rpodig. 
 there a Marriage is concluded betwixt that King and the Lady 
 Philipe the Dukes eldeft Daughter, and (he honourably attended 
 into Portugal. 
 
 Some incurfions they make into Cafiile , and the Countrey de 
 Campo\ but a Peace is at lafb made up in a Marriage betwixt the La- 
 dy Katherine of Lancafier, the Dukes only Child by the Duchefs ** 31 ' 
 Confiance of Cafiile, and Henry Prince of Afiurgus, Son of King 
 John *, and a composition to have during the life of him and his 
 Dutchefs, toeach 10000 pounds yearly, and in hand 200000 
 Nobles. By which agreement, though the Duke of Lancafier, 
 was obliged to unking himfelf, yet did he in this his moff fortu¬ 
 nate expedition, not only place thofe Crowns of Cafiile and Le- 
 but alfothatoi Portugal upon the heads of his Pofterity. 
 
 on. 
 
 The year after his return out of Spain , *1riv,. (upon the fecond 
 day of March) An. 13 R. 2. in the year 1 389. this John Duke **. 
 Lancafier was by the faid King created Duke of Aquitaine , by 
 the ceremony of delivering him a Golden Rod, and the impo- 
 ficion of a Cap of Eftate^ and afterwards fiiled himfelf in all Paf ^ 
 his Charters, Johan . fib z, dn Roy d * Engleterre , Due deGuyene & *-p.3.m. 
 de Lancaftre, Comte de Derby, deNicol , <&> de Leycefire, Senefcball 29 J 0 
 d' Engleterre. 
 
 In a Parliament held at London An. 19 R. 2. he moved, that his zeiandp. 
 fon Henry of Bullingbrool ^ might be adjudged Heir of the King- 38? - 
 dom of England , as being the fon of Blanche , Daughter of Hen¬ 
 ry Duke of Lancafier , Grandfon of Edmond firft Earl of Lan - 
 cafler, who, he pretended was elder Brother to King Edward l. 
 but put by the Crown, by King Henry III. becaufe of the defor- ^ r a [ rc J 
 mity of a broken back, and therefore named Crouchbachj which 
 argument of his was contradi&ed by Roger Mortimer Earl of Heir to 
 March , who made it appear to the contrary ; and alledged it crown, 
 belonged to him, as fon of Philipe only Daughter and Heir 
 
 of 
 
 An. 11 i^. 
 2. J{oger 
 Mortimer 
 
THE KJNJjS OF E^gLJ^V,^ c, 247 
 
 Chap. 1 
 
 '[eland. 
 CoJIvol.il 
 p. i 9 i. 
 Stow, p. 
 
 311. 
 
 Ex Libro 
 migro in 
 Camera 
 Pucatm 
 ■Lanc.fol . 
 9 6 - 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Earl. an. 
 
 2-0. X. 
 
 Eeb, 9 - 
 
 John Dnl{e 
 o/Lancafter. 
 
 Anno 13^. 
 
 Duke of Lan- 
 caj}er, are in 
 laid inKrafs on 
 her Tomb, in 
 the Cathedral 
 Church of 
 Lincoln. That 
 above her 
 head on the 
 right fide be-- 
 ing charged 
 
 of Lyonel Dnke of Clarence , fecond fon ("that lived) of King 
 Edward III. who not allowing Henry's pretended fuccefllon from 
 an eldeff fon of King Henry 111. was to be preferred before 
 the fon of John Duke of Lancafler, being younger than Lyonel. 
 
 This bold motion of the Dukes,how well it pleafed King Richard , 
 you may imagine, which had it been true, did not only refleft 
 upon the King,, but fixed upon the three Edwards his Predecef- 
 fors the Title of Ufurpers. It was this I park which his fon Henry 
 of BullingbrooJ^ afterwards blew into a Flame, which continued 
 burning in the two R.oyal Families of Lancafler and Torfy, till 
 having well-nigh confumed both, it became quenched with the 
 effufion of much Princely Blood. 
 
 But the Duke, who was by all admired for his ambition , is 
 now as much wondred at for his condefcention, for (his fecond 
 Wife the Duchefs Conllance having been dead about two years) hu thirdMar- 
 he marries to his third, Dame Katherine Swynford , at Lincoln , ruge ' 
 in the year 1396. a Match highly difdained by the Dutchefs of J n h s e f fc ? che " 
 Glocefler , the Countefsof Derby and Arundel, and others, Ladies ^emeandt4 
 defcended of the Blood Royal; by means of which, fhe fliould be 
 accounted the fecond perton in the Kingdom, and be preferred 
 before them. She was the Daughter of Sir Payn Roet alias Guy- 
 
 King of Armes, and Widdow to Sir Ottes Swynford Kt. and 
 had been familiarly acquainted with the Duke of Lancafler , in the 
 life time of his former Wives, being Guardianefs to his Daughters 
 the Ladies Philipe and Elizabeth, in their minority : for a recom- ^htheArma 
 pence of whofe care in their education, the Duke grants her by Pa- Labell Ermine. 
 tent dated ijDecemb. An. 3 R. 2. the Wardfhip of Bertran de Sefr^con- 
 Sannebys Heir, (thefe are his words) Pur le bone greable Ser- afo r s e faid A im- 
 vice quelle noffre trefchier & bien antee, Dame Katherine Swynford paling thereof 
 Maiftrejfe deno 2, trej antes files Phtlipe Elizabeth de Lane afire whidi were, 
 ad fait a norL dittes files lui auoir grannies, See. In which he calls father ieZ* 
 her, our moft dear and wellbeloved, Dame Katherine Swynford 3 wheels > 0r * 
 and by the fame appellation, and upon the fame confideration, 
 
 Duke John grants her an Annuity of 200 Marks upon the feventh 
 day of September An. 5 R. 2. payable out of his Honour of T/V^- 
 hill . A valuable recompence in thofe times, but not fo confi- 
 rable when we know that it was not only to fupport the Gover- 
 nefs, butalfo thole Children which the Duke had begotten in his 
 often vifiting the Nurfery of whom he took a particular care, Ann0 
 not only in repairing their Mothers Honour, by marriage, but in 
 procuring them to be made legitimate, by an A& of Parliament, 
 
 An. 20 R. 2. in which they wererendred capable of all Eccle- 
 fiaftical and Civil Honours and Employments? the Royal Dignity 
 excepted: being called Beaufort s , from the Dukes Caftle of Bean* 
 fort in Anjou , the place of their Nativity. 
 
 This Dame Katherine was Duchefs of Lancafler about three 
 years} outlived her Husband four years 3 deceafed upon the 10 th 
 day of May y An. 1403- and was buried in the Cathedral Church Arm ° 14030 
 of Lincoln , on the South-fide of the Choire, where (he lies in- 
 
 R r r ' tombed 
 
248 A qEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lxncajiri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 His death. 
 Anno 1399. 
 
 * It was Blanch 
 his firft Wife, 
 and not Con- 
 fiance his fe- 
 con d, that ly- 
 eth buried 
 withth Duke 
 in St. Pauls 
 Cathedral. 
 
 * By which 
 the Reader 
 may note,that 
 this Epitaph 
 was written 
 in the Reign 
 of King Henry 
 the Seventh, if 
 not later. 
 
 tombed under a Marble Monument, built Altar-ways, inlaid with Book4, 
 her Effigies in Brafs, and on a Fillet of the fame mettle, this Epi¬ 
 taph is written in old £/;g///Z>Chara&ers, beginning on the South- 
 fide from the Head. 
 
 2ci sift tjnme ftatljcrine Dticfjeflc tie Lancaltce tatu'g Jfemme He la treg- 
 noble $ ttefgrnctoug lattice lofjn Due He JLancaffre, fiB n treCnobJc 
 top tisoumtn ie tietce, la quelle ftatljertne nioteult le x jout He ^ap 
 Fan He grace CCCC tier?. He quelle almeg Hleu ept merep $ 
 pitce amen. 
 
 About the Feafi: of the Purification of our Lady , John Duke of 
 Lancafier departed this mortal life, at the Bifhop of Ely*s Palace 
 in Holhorn , in the year 2399. An. 22 R. 2. ("leaving his Eftate 
 and Honours to his ion Henry of Bulhngbrooh^ Duke ot Hereford , 
 at that time a banifhtMan^ who landing here, upon pretence 
 of taking polfefllon of his Fathers Duchy,took alio the advantage 
 of King Richard's ablence in Ireland , to feize bis Kingdom .) He 
 was Interred in the Cathedral Church of St Paul , in London , 
 by his firff Wife Blanch of Lancafter, in a lofty Monument of Free- 
 Aone, placed betwixt two Pillars, on the North-fide the high 
 Altar. Their Portraitures are cut in Alablafter, according to the 
 Figure in the following Page } in which you have a view of the 
 CreA, Shield, and Speare, which he is reported to have ufed in his 
 life time} the upper part of which Tomb was defaced in the late 
 facrilegious times, to make way for a Galary there built: and the 
 remains burnt toafhes in the late difmal Fire, An. 1 666. This 
 memorial following was written on a Tablet, placed near the faid 
 Monument. 
 
 Hie in Domino obdormivit Johannes Gandavenfs jvulgo de Gaunt , 
 a Gandavo Flandrie urbe loco natali it a denominate j Edrvarch tertii 
 Regis Anglic flius } a patre Comitis Richmondie titulo ornate \ 
 Tres fibi uxores in matrimonio duxit , primum Blanchiam , filiam & 
 hereclem Henrici Duels Eancafirie , per qitam amplifmani adiit here- 
 ditatem. Nec folum Dux Lancaftrie , jed etiam Leicejlrie , Lincol- 
 nie Derbie comes effeSlus. E cujus Jobole 7 Imperatores , Reges , 
 Principes & Proceres propagati funt plurimi , Alteram habuit uxo- 
 rem Conjlantiam * que hie tumulatur ) jilt am & heredem Petri Regis 
 CaShlhe & Legionis, cujus jure optimo Titulo Regis Caftillic Le- 
 gionis ufus eftj Hec unicam ilh peperit filiam Catherinam , ex qua ab 
 Henrico Reges Hifpanie funt propagati: Tertiam vero uxorem duxit 
 Catherinam , ex Equeslri Jam ilia , & eximia pulchritudine feminam, 
 ex qua numerofam fifeepit prolem: uncle genus ex matre duxit * 
 Henricus 7. Rex Anglie prudent iff mus. Cujus fehcifpmo con)u- 
 gio cum Eli^abetha Edwardi 4. Regis filia a firpe Eboracenfi, Re- 
 gie die Lancafrentium & Eboracenfumfamilie ad exoptatiffmam An¬ 
 glie pacem coaluerunt. 
 
 llluflriffmus hie Princeps Johannes cognomento Plantagenet, Rex 
 Cafdlie LegioniSj Dux Lancaflrie , Comes Richmondie , 
 Leicetfrie, Lincolnie } & Derbie , locum tenons Aquitanie, wag- 
 
 nus 
 
 Ypodig. 
 Heujl. p. 
 SSS-n. y. 
 
 Leland 
 
 Col.vol.il 
 
 t • 6 
 
 The Fi¬ 
 gure of 
 this Tomb 
 is exhibi¬ 
 ted in the 
 Hifiory of 
 St. Pauls 
 Cathedra] 
 written 
 by Will. 
 Dugialc 
 Elq, (now 
 Norroy 
 King of 
 Arms, an. 
 1^74.) 
 
 printed at 
 London, in 
 the year 
 165:84.90. 
 
 Ibidem p. 
 
 9 1. 
 
250 
 
 Lancaftri- 
 arts. 
 
 Portugal. 
 
 Urgent, ? Ef- 
 cocheons in 
 Cro(fe Az. 
 Each charged 
 with as many 
 Elates in Sal¬ 
 tire-, on a 
 Border Gules, 
 
 8 Cajlles Or. 
 Impaling Lan¬ 
 caster, viz. 
 Erance femee 
 and England, 
 quarterly, A 
 Label of three 
 joints Ermine. 
 
 Anno 1433. 
 
 Anno 1438. 
 
 Anuo. 1481. 
 
 Anno. 1470. 
 
 Anno 4. 
 
 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 nus Senefcbalius Anglie , Obiit An. 22. Kegni Regis Richardi Book 4 * 
 Jecnndi Annoqy Domini 1 399. 
 
 Ke was the Son of a King, the Father of a King, and the Un¬ 
 ci^ of a King, and could have faid as much as Charles of Valois , 
 had he been Brother to a King. 
 
 '•t'vT* ‘ " IV 
 
 Children of JOHN Duke of Lancafter, ^BLANCHE 
 of Lancafter his firjl Wife . 
 
 2. HENRY of Lancafter,(urnamed of Bullingbrool only fon, 
 was Duke of Hereford and Lancafter, and laftly King of Eng- 
 land, by the name ot Henry IV. He ufurped the Crown,and 
 was the firft that placed it in the Houfe of Lancafter , vide 
 Chap. II. 
 
 2. PHILIP E of Lancafter,Queen of Portugal,e ldeft Daugh- Chefne in 
 ter of Duke John, was efpouled to John ; firft of the name, ?y S 5l°5- 
 Kingof Portugal,in the year of our Lord 1387. Which Mar- l ff ez . 
 riage was celebrated to contraft a more firm League betwixt T podigma 
 the Duke of Lancafter, her Father, and that King, that by 
 this alliance he might be the better enabled to purfue the Con- 37, 
 queft of Cafhle and Leon, which he claimed in the right of 
 Conjiance his fecond Wile, the elder daughter and coheir of 
 King Peter , furnamed the Cruel. She died many years before rtfcmep. 
 King John her Husband, An. 14.15. Which King alfo de- h y ignier < 
 parted this World at Lisbon ,upon the 14? h day of Augufi, An. 
 
 1433,after he had lived 76 years, and Reigned 48, 4 months, gfc*** 
 and 9 dayes. His Body was with Funeral Solemnity (at that 
 time a thing unaccuftomed) conduced by men of all degrees 
 in a triumphal Chariot, his fons accompanying it, and depo- 
 fited in the Abbey of Battel in Portugal, leaving by Philipe his 
 Queen a numerous Iffue \ of which, the eldeft fon living, was 
 Edrvard, fo named from his great Grandfather King Edw. III. 
 
 This Edward fucceeded his Father in the Kingdom of Portugal , 
 and di edAnno 1438. leaving Iffue two fons, Alphonfo ,and Ferdi¬ 
 nand Duke of Vifco \ Alphonfo was King after his Father Ed¬ 
 ward, by the name of Alphonfo V. and deceafing in the year ub!Tf} 
 1481. left his fon John II. of the name to inherit his King- ca P- ll » 
 dom } which John had I flu £ Alphonfo Prince of Portugal, in 
 whole death that Line extinguifhed. 
 
 So that we now affcend to Fedinand Duke of Vifco, before- 
 mentioned, younger fon of King Edward, who deceafed An. 
 
 1 470. leaving iffue Emanuel King of Portugal, who departed this 
 World An. 1521. Father of John, Henry, and Edward. John f ff conce ^ 
 fucceeded his Father by the name of John III. and had a fon mmum* 
 called John Prince of Portugal, that deceafed in his Fathers life 
 time An. 1554. leaving iffue his only fon Sebajiian the laft King 
 of Portugal, in defcent of that Branch, flain by the Moors in comjfdg* 
 Africa, without iffue An. 1578. and fucceeded by his great Lin- si0, 
 
 cle 
 
 Anno 1578. 
 
THE KJWSjS 0F EW.QL4KP>&** 2 5 1 
 
 Chap, i 
 
 Fiifconcel- 
 Im. 
 
 Conejldg- 
 
 gw. 
 
 Anno xy8o^ 
 
 cle Henry the Cardinal,a younger Ton of King Emamiel,who,by Jfh* Vu K e 
 reafon of his fundion and years, not being capable of iflue, that -— — aftet * 
 Kingdom was feiz’d by Philip II. King of Spain, An. i 580. in the 
 right df Iffabel his Mother, daughter of the faid King Emanuel, 
 and poflefTed by Philip III. and IV. his fon, and grandfon, 
 
 Until the year 1640. But then recovered by Jfohn 11 . of the Anno^40. 
 name, eighth Duke of Bragan^a (Ion of Duke Iheodofms 11 . 
 fon of John I. fixth Duke of Bragan^a , and Katherine his 
 Wife (lifter of Mary Duchefs of Parma') daughter of Edward 
 Infant df Portugal before named, ydungeft Ion of King Ema¬ 
 nuel) who being, by the primitive conftitution and Law of 
 Lamego, undoubted heir of that Kingdom, was by the univer- 
 fal confent of the three Eftates, crowned , by the name of 
 John IV. He departed this life An. 1656. leaving iflue Alphon- 
 Jo VI. lately depofed from his kingly Office, Dorn Pedro, now Annoi^y<? 4 
 Regent of Portugal An.\6y^. and the Infanta Katherine ,Queen 
 of Great Britain , France , and Ireland, &c. efpoufed to our So- 
 veraign Lord King Charles 11 . in the year 1662. 
 
 Pdt.dti.z£ 
 
 R.z.p.z, 
 
 W.7. 
 
 Chdrt. an. 
 * 3 * 
 
 We ever s 
 Fun. Mo¬ 
 numents pi 
 * 37 . 
 
 E.Genea- 
 logia Gil - 
 berti Cor¬ 
 nwall E- 
 quitU au- 
 roti Bar.de 
 lurford. 
 
 11. ELIZ A BETH of LANCASTE R,Duchefs of Exceter , 
 and Lady Fanhopfcc ond daughter of John Duke of Lancajler, 
 and Blanche his firft Wife, was twice married, her firft Husband 
 being John Holand , created Earl of Huntington, in a Parliament 
 held An. 11 K. 2. (fecond fon of Thomas Holand Earl of Kent , 
 and Joane, afterwards Princefsof IVales,his Wife, daughter of 
 Edmond of IVoodfloch^, Earl of Kent y youngeft fon of King Ed¬ 
 ward I. by Margaret of France his fecond WifeJ He was half 
 brother to King Richard 1 1 . made Duke of Exceter upon the 
 29th day of Septemb. An. 21 K.2.depofed from that Title in the 
 firft year of H. 4. and in the fame year, flying from Cirencejler, 
 was taken and beheaded, for plotting the death of King Henry 
 IV. his Wives Brother, and buried at Plefcy in Effex. 
 
 The fecond Husband of Elizabeth of Lancafler, Duchefs of 
 Exceter , was Sir John Cornwall Knight of the Garter, fon of Sir 
 John Cornwall Knight (whofe Martial Ads v^re fo acceptable 
 to the Duke of Britain , that he gave him his Niece in Marriage J 
 third fon of Sir Geoffry de Cornwal Knight) and Margaret his Wife 
 daughter and coheir of Sir Hugh Mortimer , Baron of Burford in 
 Shropfhire , and Lord of Richard's Caftle in the County of He¬ 
 reford) fecond fon of Richard de Cornubia or Cornwall , a natu- 
 ral fon of Richard Earl of Cornwall , and King of the Romans , 
 fecond fon of King John, and Brother to King Henry III. 
 
 This Sir John Cornwall Knight of the Garter, was born at Sea 
 in the Bay of St. Michaels Mount in Cornwall , and therefore cal¬ 
 led the Green Cornwall ,!rom the colour of that Element: at what 
 time his Mother, the Duke of Britain's Niece,had been fent for 
 England , by Sir John her Husband, to be here delivered,among 
 his kindred,being then bufied in the profecution of the Wars in 
 Brit any, and was ehriftned in the Parifh Church of Markenjbawe, 
 
 Sff 
 
 In Pale, Ho - 
 land Duke of 
 Exceter, 
 which is Gules, 
 3 Lyons pajjant 
 guardant Or. 
 ■within A Bor¬ 
 der of France ; 
 and Elizabeth 
 of Lancafter, 
 
 who did bear, 
 Quarterly 
 France \emeb 
 and England, 
 a Label of 3 
 points, Ermine «' 
 
 In Pale, Corn¬ 
 wall, viz. Er¬ 
 mine , a Lyon 
 Rampant, 
 Gules, crown¬ 
 ed Or, within 
 a Border in- 
 grailed Sable 
 Bezanty, and 
 Lancajier, be¬ 
 ing Quarterly 
 France femee 
 and England, a 
 L abel Ermine, 
 Both which 
 Arms were 
 painted in 
 Glafs in Ampu 
 hill in the 
 County of 
 Bucks, as ap¬ 
 pears in the 
 following 
 page. 
 
 near 
 
j 5 2 A qEHEALOqlCAL HISIOH? Of 
 
 Lancajlri- 
 
 Hits. 
 
 the faid Mount, by the name of John , enjoying his Fathers Book 4 « 
 Name, and inheriting his Valor ; a teftimony of which he gave 
 in the year 1400, when King Henry IV. being at Torb^ this f™ e c p b ] 
 Sir John Cornwall and James of Artois , were there chalenged to 
 fight in the Lifts, agaiuft two valiant Knights, the one a French • 
 Man,and the other an Italian 5 and came off* vi&orious*, by which 
 heroick Ad, Sir John grew fo highly favoured by King Hen¬ 
 ry I V. that he made him Knight of the Garter; and he married 
 this Lady Elizabeth, Duchefs of Exceter , his fifter. He figna- 
 
 li2ed his valor alfo at the Battel of A^incourt, with King Hen¬ 
 ry V. where he took Prifoner Lewis de Bourbon , Count of Ven- 
 dofme , to whom Henry VI. in the fecond year of his Reign, con- ^ 
 firmed this noble Prifoner with his Ranfome, and created him 
 Baron Fanhope in the eleventh year of his Reign, and about the Stmg 
 fame time, Baron of Milbroo 4 He deceafed at Ampthill in survey of 
 Bedford/hire , and was interred in the Blacky-Friers in London 374?*** 
 the year 1443. An. g. H. 6. 
 
 Elizabeth Duchefs of Exceter his Wife, dyed before him, * 
 An.^H. 6. in the year 142I. and wasintombed in the Church 
 of Burford in Shropjhire (“the Seat of this noble Family of Corn¬ 
 wall , called Barons of Burford) her Effigies is adorned with a 
 Ducal Coronet,a Purple Robe guarded with Ermine,and other 
 rich Ornaments of a Princefs: the Arms of her Father the Duke 
 of Lancafier are alfo depi&ed upon her Monument. 
 
 
 _ _lL_ei pri’ 
 
 'c U t o Viro Do rru no' 
 
 ' chbistopherOK 
 
 CLAP HAM deGonrlix) 
 racenfi X.qviti Aura to, I' _ 
 
 , Inc elizJab etha 
 
 .vnni<r Ducifi*, etIO;l 
 HANKLS Biroim- cle J\ 
 
 1 Fankop. diet* ('on/ 
 (o'rtij T 1 
 
 Icoma.. 
 fcH DD D T-S. 
 
THE KJKQS OF E^CgLJ^CV,Scc. 253 
 
 Chap. 1. Her Portraiture alfo in a Mantle of her Arms *, and that of the j^*Buke 
 “ Lord Fanhope ii\ his Coat Armour, both in a kneeling pofture, 0 Lanca ^ff 
 
 are depi&ed in a window of Ampthill Church, with his Armes 
 within the Garter,and thofe of the Duchefs in a Banner, accord¬ 
 ing to the form in the precedent page. 
 
 A Daughter of JOHN of Gaunt of Lancafter, 
 by CONSTANCE of Caftile his fecondWife. 
 
 Lelttnd p. 
 
 190. 
 
 EliMFeuf- 
 nerus B A- 
 SlAlKHN 
 Genealo- 
 gifip. Si, 
 
 EliasHeuf- 
 temp.-}?. 
 V 3 9- 
 
 fmcifcui 
 Godmnut 
 inPrttfuli• 
 bmAnglix. 
 
 cajhr, viz. 
 France and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly a file of 
 3 points Er* 
 mine. 
 
 11. KATHERINE of LANCASTER,Queenof Caftile 
 
 and Leon, third daughter of John Duke of Lancafter , but only SfdSar, 
 child by his fecond Wife Conftance, was by her faid Father mar- 
 ried to Henry Prince of Afturgus , fon and heir of John King of 
 Caftile ft bn ot Henry Count of Tr aft aware, bafe brother to King Ve¬ 
 ter, furnamed th e Cruel, from whom Count Henry had ufurped 
 the Kingdoms of Caftile and Leon ? fo that Katherine was efpou- 
 fed to the fon of her Coufin German} upon which Marriage,it 
 was agreed betwixt the faid Fathers, that thofe Kingdoms 
 fhould defcend to the heirs of this Katherine and Prince Henry, 
 and for want of fuch iflue, to divolve to the fon of Edmond of 
 Langley Duke of York 0 the Duke of Lane afters younger bro¬ 
 ther, who had married Iffabel the younger daughter and coheir 
 of KingFefer, and Aunt to Katherine. But of that remainder 
 no ufe was made, for Prince Elenry fucceeded his Father in the 
 Kingdoms of Caftile and Leon , by the name of Henry III. 
 and by Queen Katherine of L ancafter had ilfue King John 11 . 
 
 Father of Iffabel his daughter and heir, married to Ferdinand 
 King of Aragon, furnamed the Catholique, by whom fhe had 
 ifiiie her only daughter Joane , efpoufed to Philip Archduke of 
 Anftria, in her right King of Spain, Father of Charles V. Em r 
 peror, Father of Philip II. who had iifue Philip III. Father 
 of Philip IV. who hath left iftue Charles II. the prefent King 
 of Spain , <&c. An. 1674. 
 
 Children of JOHN Dnhg of Lancafter,KATHERINE 
 S W Y N F O R D, afterwards his third Wife. 
 
 XI. JOHN BEAUFORT Earl of Somerfet, eldeft fon of 
 John Duke of Lancafter and Katherine Stvynford, of whom,and 
 his defeendants, fee more in the eighth Chapter of this I V. 
 
 Book. 
 
 1 
 
 II. HENRY BE AV F 0 RT, Cardinal of St. Eufebius , and The Efcoche^ 
 Biftiop of Winchefter, fecond fon of John Duke of Lancafter and th^c^dinaf 
 Katherine Swynford, had much of his education at Oxford , from Sd hTa^ 
 whence he travelled to Algen in Germany, where he alfo fpent 
 fome years in the ftudy of the Civil Law ; and upon his return ^e inthe ^ 
 home, was preferred to the Bifhoprick of Lincoln, An. 1397. Oxford, being 
 He continued Biftiop there feven years 3 and immediarely upon 
 
 the 
 
q 5 4 A gE^CEALOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancaftri- 
 
 ans> 
 
 terly, aBord er 
 gobony Azure 
 andArgen. O- 
 ver which 
 Hands his Car¬ 
 dinals Hat be¬ 
 tween theLet- 
 tersH and Bj 
 for Henry 
 Beaufort ; and 
 underneath 
 the faid Efco~ 
 chcon is this 
 Infcription. 
 
 Jn hoc Coll. 
 Stjiduit Henri- 
 cm vfub patruo 
 fuo Henrico 
 Beaufort 
 Cancellario 
 Acad.pojl E- 
 pifcopo Winton, 
 Cardinale. 
 Thefe his pa¬ 
 ternal Amis 
 arc impaled 
 with thofe of 
 his Bilhoprick 
 of Winchefler 
 in one ot the 
 Windows of 
 Merton Col- 
 ledge Hall. 
 And alfo a- 
 dorn feveial 
 Glafs Win¬ 
 dows of his 
 Hofpital of St. 
 Crojfes near 
 Wincheger ,as I 
 have obferved 
 in the time of 
 my being 
 there. 
 
 the death of William Wickham, was tranflated to Winchefler Book 4« 
 June 23. An. 1426. This Henry was made Cardinal of Sc. Eh - 
 Jebius , and received his Hat with great folemnity at Calais the 
 Lady day following. A man he was of great frugality,and there¬ 
 fore exceeding rich ; and happy it was for the Church that he 
 was fo • for King Henry V. in the later end of his Reign,by great 
 and continual Wars, being very much exhaufted, and greatly 
 indebted, began to caft a covetous eye upon the Goods of the 
 Church, which at that time were grown to a full height, when 
 this wealthy Prelate beft known by the name of the Rich Car* 
 dinal ) fupplyed his wants out of his own purfe, to divert him 
 from that facrilegious courfe,and lent him 20000 /. a great deal 
 of Money in thofe days. 
 
 He was alfo valiant, and very wife. Pope Martin V. deter¬ 
 mining to make War upon the Bohemians, who had renoun¬ 
 ced all obedience to the See of Rome, chole this Cardinal his 
 Legate into that Kingdom, and Commander of his Forces; to¬ 
 ward the charge of which Voyage, the Clergy of England gave 
 a tenth of all their promotions, and furniChed out above 4000 
 Men, with which Army he pa fled by France (there performing 
 fome fervices for his Prince and Gountrey)into Bohemia the year 
 1429. where he remained feveral Months, behaving himfelf 
 with much valor, till by the Pope he was difeharged. 
 
 In his youth he was wantonly given, and by Alice, the daugh¬ 
 ter of Richard Fit^-Alan Earl of Arundel, begat Joane a bale 
 daughter; whom he afterwards married to Sir Edward Strad- Powe]rm 
 ling or Eafterling, a Knight of Glamorganfbire ; but this was his Hifio- 
 done before he entred into Orders. Towards his latter end,he waksp, 
 was employed altogether,either in matters of Council, and bu- I38 ‘ 
 finefs of the Commonwealth, or the fervice of God and the 
 Church committed unto him. Among other good deeds, it 
 is remembred that he built an Hofpital in Winchefler, near St. 
 
 CrojjeSy which he prefently endowed with Land to the value 
 of 158 /. 13/. 4 d. of yearly Rent, and moreover, gave unto 
 it the Hofpital of St. Jflohn de Fordingbridge. In it was to be 
 maintained a Mafter, 2 Chaplains, 35 poor Men. and 3 Wo¬ 
 men. 
 
 He deceafed upon the eleventh day of April, Anno 1447. 
 having been Bilhopol Winchefler 43 years, and from the time 
 of his firft confecration 50 years. He lieth interred in an exal¬ 
 ted Monument, (reprefented by the Figure in the following 
 page, delineated from the original An. 166$.) behind the high 
 Altar of his Church at Winchefler towards the South. This part 
 of the infcription did remain when Do&or Francis Godwin 
 wrote his Hiftory de Fraejulibus Anglic, viz. Tribularer fit nefei- 
 rem miferecordias tuas. He was feveral times Chancellor of Eng - 
 land, two years being yet Bifliop of Lincoln, then at Winchefler , 
 four years at one time, and two at another. 
 
 THOMAS 
 
V 
 
 ^ cfl lust i 
 MordavNT dcJi'1 Lanark &, 
 Q\cudiif de WIND SORE 
 Csmitatu Sumy —■«, (yen* 
 Ql^'intou/i&nfif c/pifcoui. 
 
 p\ 2 ) cmiinoS£>™ IohannjV zcccomiti 
 i (| CRjjqcitc. Co nsta bn fa Ho Co stn 
 i))-rcnifsim/i. CdyCpis CAROL! Jit 1 in 
 jfKa.ncHim-uR c Henrici Bzavfort 
 -mbs, ffvuia'mcrn. Oi. 2 >, 2 >, 2 ), CF- S- 
 
 Ttt & 
 
25 6 a qEK. EAL0 Q 1CAL Hisvo'nr of 
 
 Lancajlri- 
 arts. 
 
 This Thomas 
 being Earl of 
 Dorfet, did 
 bear on his 
 Shield, France 
 feme and Eng¬ 
 land quarterly, 
 a Border gobo- 
 rty, Azure, and. 
 Ermine, as 
 doth appear 
 in the Role 
 in the Knights 
 of the Gar¬ 
 ter. But af¬ 
 ter he was 
 created Duke 
 of Exceter ,he 
 changed his 
 Border into, 
 Gobony, Ar¬ 
 gent, and A- 
 Zure florory Or, 
 relating 
 thereby to 
 the Holands 
 Dukes of Ex¬ 
 ceter, whodi- 
 itinguilhed 
 their Coat 
 Ai*mour,with 
 a Border of 
 Erance . 
 
 His marriage. 
 
 His death. 
 
 In Pale, Fer¬ 
 rers of Wem, 
 Viz. Varry Or, 
 and Gules, a 
 Lyon pajf'ant 
 guardant of the 
 firjt, in the 
 Dexter Can¬ 
 ton, And quar¬ 
 terly, France 
 and England,a, 
 Border gobony 
 Argent and A- 
 zure. 
 
 The Arms of 
 Beaufort, 
 
 ii. THOMAS BEAVFORT Dukeof Exceter, and Earl 
 ofDorfet,&c. third Ton of John oiGaunt Duke of Lancajler, by 
 Katherine Swynford (afterwards his third Wife) was firft in the 
 fifth year of King Henry IV. his half brother, made Admiral 
 of England, then Captain of Calais, An. 11 H. 4. And after- 
 wards,upon the *20 th day of April in the fame year, appointed 
 Lord Chancellor. About two years after, by Charter dated at 
 Reterhithe , upon the fifth day of July, i^iz.An 13 H. 4. he 
 was created Earl of Dorfet, being a Companion of the moft 
 Noble Order of the Garter. 
 
 King Henry V. his Nephew, in a Parliament held in the 4 th 
 year of his Reign, upon the 18 th day of November, ere&ed 
 this Thomas into the dignity of Dukeof Exceter, for term of 
 life, and alfo granted unto him and his Heirs Male an Annuity 
 of 100 /• per annum, payable out of the Exchequer. He was 
 Earl of Harecourt in Normandy , and behaved himlelf with much 
 valor and conduct in the French Wars, and more particularly at 
 the famous Battel of A^incourt , where he commanded the 
 Rereward of that Army, led by his Vi&orious Nephew King 
 Henry V. who> upon his death-bed, appointed Duke Thomas 
 to be Governor of his fon Henry VI. during his Childhood. 
 He bravely defended Harflew in Normandy (whereof he wa's 
 Governor} againft the French , and in a pitched Field encoun- 
 tring the Earl of Armignac, and put him to flight. 
 
 He took to Wife Margaret daughter of Sir Thomas Nevil Kt. 
 and Grand daughter of Sir Robert Nevil of Horneby in the Coun¬ 
 ty of Lincolne Knight, and had a fon named Henry that died 
 young j fo that leaving no child, he departed this World at his 
 Mannor of Eaft-Greenwich in Kent, upon the 2 yth day of De¬ 
 cember jn the yh year of H.6.An. i424*and was buried at St.Ed< 
 mondsbury in Suffolk, leaving his Nephew John Earl of Somer - 
 Jet his heir, at thedeceafe of this Thomas, aged above Twenty 
 three years. 
 
 1. J0 A NE BE A ZJFORT Countefs of Wejtmerland, only 
 daughter of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancajler, by Dame Ka- 
 ^JoMne Svpynfordy afterwards his third Wife j was firft married 
 to Robert Ferrers (aged eight years upon the death of his Father) 
 fon of Robert Ferrers Lord of Wem in Shropfbire, and Overjley, 
 in the County of Warwick^, in the right of Elizabeth his Wife, 
 daughter and heir of William Boteler, fourth of the name. Lord 
 of Wem and Overjley aforefaid j by whom (he had iffue two 
 daughters,Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth Ferrers was the Wife 
 of John Baron of Greyfioc and Mary Ferrers was married 
 to Ralphe Nevil, a younger fon of Ralphe Earl of WcUmerland, 
 by Margaret Stafford his firft Wife. 
 
 The 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 
 Iff. 4 . 
 
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 M. m. 4.' 
 
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 AC. 
 vide eti- 
 am D. 14.; 
 
 Penes IV. 
 Dugdale 
 Ar. Nor. 
 toy Begem 
 Armorum 
 S.p.1^4. 
 
Chap. i. 
 
 His Tomb 
 is in the 
 Church 
 of Stan- 
 drope in 
 the Bifli- 
 oprick of 
 Durham, 
 on which 
 lie the fi¬ 
 gures of 
 himfelf, 
 and Mar- 
 garet, and 
 this jfoan 
 liis two 
 Wives, 
 vide the 
 Baronage 
 of Eng¬ 
 land p. 
 z$S.Col.i. 
 
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 Angl.Fol. 
 i.p. if 8. 
 a. n. f. 
 
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 rumD.i, 
 
 THE KJKQ s 0 F E KQL A &c. 
 
 The fecond Husband of Joane Beaufort , was R alphe Neyil , 
 the firft Earl of Wefimerland , to whom fhe was fecond Wife} 
 and by him had Iflue Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury (Fa¬ 
 ther of Richard Nevil the great Earl of Warwick, and Salisbu¬ 
 ry , called Richard Make-kjtig ) William Nevil Lord Fauconberg , 
 George Nevil Lord Latimer,Edward Nn?H Lord Btrgavenny,Ro¬ 
 bert Nevil Bilhop of Durham } Cutbert , Henry, and Thomas Nevil 
 died without Ifiiie : Katherine eldeft daughter, firft married to 
 John Moubray, the fecond Duke oiNorfolk^znd after his death,to 
 Sir John Woodvile y fon of Richard Earl Rivers : Eleanor fe¬ 
 cond daughter firft efpoufed to Richard Lord Spencer, and af¬ 
 ter to Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland: Anne, firft the Wife 
 of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham , and afterwards of Walter 
 Blount Lord M ountjoy : Jane a Nun, and Cecilie , youngeft 
 daughter, married to Richard Plantagenet Duke of Tork^ Fa¬ 
 ther of the Kings Edward IV. and Richard I [ I. 
 
 The Counters ffoane deceafed upon the Feaft of St. Brice , 
 (viT,. the i %th day of November) in the year 1440. An.\y H 6. 
 and was buried in the Cathedral Church at Lincolne , on the 
 South-lideof theChoire, in a Monument of grey Marble built 
 Altar-wayes, contiguous to the Tomb of her Mother Katherine 
 Duchefs of Lancaster \ upon the Verge of which, on a Fillet 
 of Brafs, this Epitaph is Engraven, beginning at the Foot; 
 
 iFilia Lancaifn Hue# fttcltta fpottfa 3lopattna 
 COcftmctlanti primi rutyacet pic Comtttifc 
 SDefine fcriPafuasi Pittuteg pjottiete, mrtia 
 CJot Palent mettta Pt* tePoate fua, 
 
 ©tttpe, peco^e, fide, farna, fpe, p?cce, p?o!e, 
 gctuPuget Pitapolluit pmmo fua, 
 
 ISatio tota nolet p^a matfe, Peug tttltt fpfam 3 
 3ln QWj jfeffo, C. quatei* quatet 
 
 257 
 
 Henry I V. 
 
 Nevill, viz. 
 Gules a Sal - 
 tire Argent , 
 Impaling Beau* 
 fort, which is 
 France femee 
 and England 
 quarterly a 
 Border gobonji 
 Argent and A- 
 zure , This 
 Impalement 
 is on the Seal 
 of foane 
 Countefs of 
 Westmorland, 
 affixed to her 
 Deed dated 
 the firfl of 
 May an.j H.6. 
 and alio flood 
 painted in 
 Glafs in an 
 Eaflern Vv in- 
 dow of the 
 Collegiate 
 Church of 
 Fother inghey in 
 the County of 
 Northampton. 
 
 Her death. 
 
 HENRY IV, 
 
258 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Anno Dom. 
 i399.0ttob. 
 
 * 3 - 
 
 ...HENRY IV. 
 
 KING of E^CgLJ^CDmiFUJ^CE, 
 
 and Lord of IRELAND, Surnamed of 
 BULLINGBR.OOK. 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 E N R T fiirnamed of Bullingbrook in 
 Lincolnfbire , where he had his firft 
 breath, about the year 1366. (which 
 came to the Houfe of Lancajier , f>y 
 the marriage of Alice daughter and heir 
 of Henry Lacy Earl of Lincolns , 
 with Thomas Earl of Lancajier) was 
 the only fon of John of Gaunt 
 Duke of Lancajier ("fourth fon of 
 King Edward 111 .J by ^ Blanch his 
 
 The Royal 
 Seal of this 
 Henry, fo ex- 
 adly agrees 
 Vvith that 
 of King Rich¬ 
 ard 11. his 
 Predecef- 
 for, that I am 
 perfwaded he 
 ufurped his 
 Seal vvith his 
 Crown, and 
 only rafeing 
 out the word 
 a&ltarDU0,en- 
 
 place there- nrtt Wife, Daughter, and at length Heir of Henry thenm Duke 
 of Lancafter , fon of Henry Earl of Lancajier , fecond fon of Ed- 
 anghcTSo! tfftw^furnamed Crouchbacb^ the firft Earl of Lancajier Je cond fon of 
 
 minus EMber- 
 
 life, in all his Charters alfo imitating King Fichard in the placing dSngTanb before JFrante (vide pages 13s and r^o. 
 and compare thefe two Seals together.) Nor is this the firfl example of this kind; for King Edward 11 . continued the 
 Seal of King Edward I. his Father, only adding (on each fide his Throne) a Caftle for diitinttion. 
 
 I cannot find any example of the time,to prove that King Henry IV. did bear His Shield fupported; but later ages 
 have afligned him an Antilope and a Swan; it’s very probable deduced from the Caparizons of his Horfe (at the in¬ 
 tended Combat at Coventry, betwixt Him (being then Duke of Hereford ) and Thomas Moubray Duke of Norfolk. ) 
 which were embroidered with Swans and Antilopes of Goldfmithswork, as appeareth in his Hillory. 
 
 He was the lad of our Kings that did bear femee of Flowers de Lize quartered w ith his Lyons of England, as you may 
 note on his Seal page 138. And for his Device, ufed a Fox Tayle dependent, following Lifander'S advice. If the 
 Lyons Skin were too fort, to piece it out with a Foxes Cafe, Camdens Remains page 1 1 a 
 
 King 
 
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 King III. In a Parliament held at Weflminfterfm the ninth 
 year of the Reign of Richard II. his Cofin German, he was hono¬ 
 red with the Earldom of Derby t and taking to Wife Mary de Bo¬ 
 han, the younger daughter and coheir of Humphrey Earl of Here - 
 ford,Effex , and Northampton, and Conftable of England (which 
 Match was granted to John hisFather,for him, July 27.An.7y R.2.) 
 this Henry enjoyed with her the Earldoms of Hereford and Nor¬ 
 thampton • the Lord (hip of Brecknock^, and the Patronage of Lan- 
 thony. Having alfo Ifliie by her a Royal Progeny $ although (he li¬ 
 ved not to be a Queen, deceafing onely Countefs of Derby , in 
 the year of our Lord 1394. and was interred in the Cathedral 
 Church of Canterbury, which place King Henry, out of a fincere affe¬ 
 ction to the Memory of her his beloved Wife, made choice of for 
 his Interment. 
 
 Under which Title of Earl of Derby , he performed that Expe¬ 
 dition into Pruffia , where joining his Forces with thofe of the 
 Grand Mafters of Prujfia and Lifland , he overcomes the Army of 
 Skirgalle King of Lithuania , taking captive four Dukes, and kil¬ 
 ling 3 more, and above 300 of his beft Soldiers. From this Bat¬ 
 tel Styrgalle flies for refuge to the City of fVdl, which is firft af- 
 faulted by the Earl of Derm's followers, and his Standard fet up¬ 
 on the Wall} about 4000 were in this aCtion either taken Prifo- 
 ners or (lain, the principal of which was a brother of the Kings of 
 Poland } and the King Skjrgalle with the remainder of his routed 
 Forces,fecures himfelf in the Caftle • which after five weeks fiege, 
 was, byreafon of the cold feafon, and ficknefs in the Chriftian 
 Camp, abandoned : Eight of the Lithuanians embrace the Chri¬ 
 ftian Faith, and 3000 Prifoners are by the Mafter of Lifland con¬ 
 duced into his Countrey, when the Earl of Derby returns home 
 with much honor and reputation. 
 
 About three years after his Wives death, this Earl was created 
 Duke of Hereford, upon the 2 pth day of September (An. 21 R. 2.) 
 in the year 1397. And not long after accufed by Thomas Mon- 
 bray Duke of Norfolk 0 of diverfe points of High Treafon, againff 
 King Richard 11 . who both recriminates, and for the clearing of 
 himfelf, chalenges Norfolk^ to a fingle Combat, which is by him 
 accepted,and allowed by the King', the place of appointment is Co - 
 ventry^nd on the day prefixed the Combatants enter the Lifts;the 
 Duke of Hereford mounted on a white courfer,barded with green 
 and blew Velvet, richly embroidered with Swans and Antilopes, 
 of Goldlmiths work} and the Duke of Norfolk^ on his Horfe, ca- 
 parizon’d with crimfon Velvet, embroidered with filver Lyons and 
 Mulbery Trees. Their Speares were in their Refts, ready for the 
 encounter, when the King cafting down his Warder,, and the He¬ 
 ralds crying Stay , Stay , they were unexpectedly difarmed and dif- 
 mounted, and by the King fentenced to banifliment, the Duke of 
 Hereford for fix years, and the Duke of Norfolk^ to a perpetual 
 exile • making them (wear, the one (hould never come in place 
 where the other was. 
 
 Henry I V„ 
 
 His firit Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 In an Eaft 
 Window of 
 the Chancel 
 o f L{ochfor d 
 Church, in 
 EJJex, was an 
 Impalement 
 of the Arms of 
 the Countefs 
 Mary and this 
 Henry, h. be¬ 
 ing then Earl 
 of Derby, viz. 
 Gules 3 Lyons 
 paffant guar¬ 
 antor, a La¬ 
 bel of France. 
 the Coat Ar¬ 
 mour of his 
 Grandfather 
 Henry Duke of 
 Lane after, 
 (from whom 
 afterwards he 
 derived his 
 Title to the 
 Crown) Im¬ 
 paling the 
 Arms of his 
 firft Wife.Afa- 
 rydeBohun 
 Countefs of 
 Derby, which 
 were, Azure, 
 a Bend Argent, 
 cottized Or,in¬ 
 ter 6 Lyons 
 rampant of the 
 third. Penes 
 Will. Lilly 
 R. D. 
 
 Anno 1390,' 
 
 Anno 1397. 
 
 iluu 
 
 Ic 
 
2 6 o A QE^CEALOgiCAL HIS<IO%r OF 
 
 Lancajlri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 His Coronati¬ 
 on: at which 
 were created 
 46 Knights of 
 the Bath. 
 
 Anno 1399. 
 
 It was the cudom in thofe times to punifh the delinquences of 
 great Men by banifhment, which proved not more grievous to the 
 Subjcft than dangerous to the Prince } an example of which was 
 never more evident than at this time, in the Archbidiop of Can - 
 terbury , and the Duke of Hereford } who often meeting together 
 in France , in their banifhment, and aggravating the grievances of 
 King Richard *s Government, fell at lad to confult how they might 
 remove him to the effe&ingof which, three things did moft for¬ 
 tunately occur} Fird, the death of his Father the Duke of Lanca- 
 jier , upon whofe Edate King Richard 11 . had leized j under pre¬ 
 tence of regaining which, the Duke of Hereford took umbrage 
 of returning for England. Secondly, The Kings abfence in Ireland , 
 whither he had lately taken a Voyage,, to revenge the death of his 
 Cofin the Earl of March , and where he was flayed by contrary 
 Winds, till the Duke, by the affluence of his Friends and Allies, 
 had formed a Power, not only capable of putting him in poffeffl- 
 on of his Inheritance, but alfo of placeing the Crown upon his 
 Head. But neither of thele, nor both together, could have effc- 
 £fed the matter, had it not been for a third, viz. The Kings dif- 
 folute and uneafie Government j and on the contrary, the Dukes 
 acceptablenefs to the people, in whole hearts he had already reign¬ 
 ed, having won them by a generous and obliging carriage, and al- 
 wayes afierted their Priviledges, that their eleftion would better 
 pals for a Title to the Crown, than his feigned defeent from the el¬ 
 ded Ion of King Henry III which had been formerly infinuated 
 by the Duke of Lancajler his Father, and which to all Hidorians 
 and Men of Judgment, appeared ridiculous. 
 
 By what conduft and refolution thele advantages were put in 
 pra&ice w r e find in the clofe of King Richard's Reign, that Prince 
 being not only forced with much eafe to part from a Crown,which 
 he had worn with great violence , but is alio feemingly made 
 to become an earned Suitor to Henry of Lancajler for the accep¬ 
 tance thereof, making a formal refignation of his Kingdom, and 
 confirming it, by putting his Signet upon the Dukes Finger} who 
 by an unanimous confent of the Lords and Commons (Thomas 
 Merges, the Religious, Learned, and Refolute Bifiiop of Carlijle 
 excepted) was cholen King : and a Sermon upon this Text, Vir 
 dominabitnr inpopulo, Preached by the Archbifhop of Canter¬ 
 bury. Having the Crown of EtfgAW fet upon his head with all 
 Magnificence, at Wejhninjler , by Thomas Arundel the faid Arch- 
 biihop,his exiled Companion,upon the 1 yboi Otfober^ An. 1 5pp. 
 (on which day the year before, he had been banifhed ) ha¬ 
 ving in the Tower the day before his Coronation, made Forty 
 fix Knights of the Bath, four whereof were his fons, Henry , Tho¬ 
 mas ^ John , and Humfrey j the elded of which, Henry , was created 
 Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornrval, and Earl of Chejler, and foon 
 alter, alio Duke of Aquitaine • and the Crown by Parliament in¬ 
 tailed on King Henry , and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten. 
 
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 viv’d, and thofe of the 21 year, wholly repealed. Richard Earl 
 of IVarwicI^ is delivered out of Prilon, and the Earl of Arundel' s 
 fon redored to his Honours and Inheritance and many banifhed 
 by King Richard recalled. Several accufations in this Parliament 
 were exhibited againd many great Peers of the Kingdom, for trea- 
 fonable pradifes againfl the new King, who waves them all, as ha¬ 
 ving got the Crown in a Storm, he thinks it bed to keep it in as 
 great a Calm as he could. 
 
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 Germany } all which,as not much concerned, leem eafily fatisfied ; 
 only France having lately married a daughter to King Richard , 
 prepares an Army, and threatens revenge } but before they could 
 proceed to any adion, hearing of King Richard's death, they dif- 
 band, considering that the time was then pad. 
 
 In this Parliament it was moved whatfhould be done with King 
 Richard (not as yet murthered) whereupon Thomas Merkes, the 
 Loyal Bifhop of Carlifle , made a bold Speech in his behalf, affirm¬ 
 ing him to have been mod unjudly depofed ; and the Duke of 
 Lancafier without any right received to the Crown, but drength 
 prevailing, did no good, but rather hadened the ruine of that ml- 
 ferable Prince. 
 
 Whether it were upon this Speech or otherwife is uncertain,but Anno 14005 
 a Confpiracy is forged by the Earls of Kent , Huntingdon, and Rut¬ 
 land, (lately Dukes of Surrey, Exceter, and Aumarle) the Earl of 
 Glocefter , the faid Biffiop of Carlifle, and other difcontented Lords, 
 in the Abbots I loufe at IVeflminjler, where it is contrived, that at 
 a Tournament to be held at Oxford , whereat King Henry promifed 
 to be prelent, he fhould be (lain } which by accident was difco- 
 vered by the Earl of Rutland , or rather by the Duke of Torh^ his 
 Father •, whom he chanced to vifit on his way to Oxford , againd 
 the appointed day,having the Indenture of Confederacy in his bo- 
 fome j as they fate at dinner, the Dukefpyed it, and demanding 
 what it was, forced it from him, and perufing the contents, bitter* 
 ly reviled his fon, for being twice a Traytor, before to King 
 Richard , and now to King Henry, vowed to difcover him to the 
 King, then at Wind for ■> butthe youngeryearsof the fon outdript 
 his Fathers fpeed *, and coming to Court before him, confefled the 
 Treafon, and obtained pardon. 
 
 The confederate Lords perceiving that their Plot was difcove- 
 red, and difpairing of mercy, thought it bed now openly to de¬ 
 clare their intentions, and the better to colour their proceedings, 
 they apparel one Magdalen in Royal Robes, who was one of King 
 Richard's Chappel, and extremely like him, to perforate him, as 
 though he had efcaped out of Prifon, and march towards Windfor\ 
 but finding that King Henry was removed to London , they fell 
 into confultation, whether topurfuehim before he could raife a 
 
 force 
 
262 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
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 force to oppofe them, or to releafe King Richard before their Book 4* 
 counterfeit was difcovered i fo being divided in opinion,fince they 
 could not do both, they do neither *, but hearing at Colebroohg , 
 of King Henry's approach with an Army of 20000, not daring to 
 encounter, expeding as fuppofed,aid from France , they withdrew 
 to Snnnings near Reading, where the young Queen lffabel lay, to 
 whom their cominggave fomefparksofconfolation,which became 
 foon extinguifhed ; lor at Cirencejier, the Townfmen rifing againft 
 them, the Earls of Kent and Salisbury were there flain, and their 
 heads fent to London, Sir Bernard Brocas , Sir Bennet Shelley, and 
 Sir Thomas Blount , with 28 Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen taken 
 Prifoners, and fent to Oxford } their whole Army difperfed, where¬ 
 of the Earl of Glocejler fled towards Wales , the Earl of Hunting¬ 
 don and Sir John Shelley into Ejfex , but were all fhortly after taken 
 and beheaded ^ their Pfeudo-King Magdalen , with Frereby, another Tbo.wa. 
 of King Richards Chappel, hanged and quartered, as alfo divers 
 others of the Nobility and Gentry put to death in feveral places,fo 
 that fo great a maflacre of noble Blood at one time, and for one 
 caufe, hath feldom been heard of. 
 
 The Englifhconfpirators being thus rooted out,the Welfh fpring rpodigm 
 up as faft^tor now in the year 1400, and fecond of this Kings reign, 
 
 Owen Glendour (formerly an Efquire to King Richard , having >4 tfp.* 
 quarrelled with the Lord Grey of Ruthin , about fome Lands, and * 7 ” * 
 and in a hoftile manner taken him PrifonerJ) draws the Welchmen 
 to a general defe&ion } who,entring Herefordshire, were oppofed by 
 'Edmond Mortimer Earl of March , whom Owen took Prifoner at Pe- 
 lale in Radnorfbire , and flew above 1000 Englijh whofe Privy Tbo.wa.. 
 Members the Welfh Women moft barbaroufly cut off, not fuffering p l6 *' n ' 7 ' 
 their Corps to receive burial lor many dayes. Butthe Kings fortune r P°*mt 
 under his Lieutenants in the North, was more propitious; where 
 the Scots having, with above 10000 Men,under the conduft of Ar¬ 
 chibald Earl of Douglas, made great fpoils as far as Newcaflle, were 
 encountred near Halydown-Hill, upon Holy Rood day, by Henry 
 Percy Earl of Northumberland , his valiant fon the Lord Henry Per¬ 
 cy called Hotfpurre , and George Earl of Dunbar , and put to flight; 
 much of which Vi&ory is attributed to the gallantry and valour of 
 the Lord Percy' s Archers , againft whofe Shafts neither the Scot- 
 tijh Shields, nor Armour could prote£l them. Earl Dowglas the 
 General himfelf was taken Prifoner, (having fealed his valour 
 with five wounds, and the lofs of an eye) with Mur dach^S tew art 
 Earl of Fife, George Earl of Angus, the Earls of Murrey and Ork¬ 
 ney , the Lords Montgomery , Ersfin, and Grahme , and about four- 
 fcoreKnights,befides Efquires and Gentlemen. The Lords Gour- 
 donznd Swynton, w ith feveral other Men of Honour and Name,fell 
 upon the place } and above 500 were in their flight drowned in 
 the River Tweed. Upon which A&ion, out of a fetled Peace, an 
 open War breaks our betwixt England and Scotland, w ? hereby 
 King Edward is diverted from refilling Glandour j who having fol- r m 
 licited the French King for aid, had about the year 1405 Twelve Neujtri<t 
 
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 hundred Men fent him, moftof which were loft at Sea, and the Heitr y Iv * 
 reft returning home, were reinforced with 12000. Thefe land¬ 
 ed fafely,but did Owen no fervice ; for upon report of the approach 
 of the Enghfh , fufpe&ing their own ftrength, and the Welshmens 
 fidelity, they fly to their Ships, and difgracefully return home. 
 
 King Henry having been nine years a Widdower, takes to his fe* 
 condWife yfoane of Navarre (the relift of John Earl of Mont- Marriagi 
 fort , furnamed the Valiant , Duke of Britaine j who decealed. An. 3 ° ane V*' 
 i 399. leaving Iflue by her,three fons and four daughters^) fhe was inhcrEfco- 
 the daughter of Charles II. King of Navarre^ and Count of Eve- teuxand. n 7- 
 reux , furnamed the Bad, and Joane his Wife eldeft daughter of lyjntheVarl 
 John King of France , by Bona of Luxemburg his firft Wife. He * F )^ r s e f e 
 efpoufed her at Wmchefier , in the year of our Lord 1405. and L ize or,over 
 caufed her to be Crowned at Weftminfter ,with much magnificence, compony a r- 
 uponthe 26 day of January in the fame year. She outlived the ind^he* 
 King her Husband many years, and died without Iflue by him, at Z^EfcarbiZcie 
 Havering in the Bower in Effex, An. 143 7. on the 10 th day of Ju- of eight rayes 
 ly , in the 1 $tb year of King Henry V I. her Husbands Crandjon ; fiZ^/or” im- 
 whom file lived to fee crowned King of England , and alfo of coat Armour 
 France • and was Interred at Canterbury • where her Effigies is to bLd C King S " 
 be feen lying on the right hand of King Henry IV. her Husband, Henry iv. be- 
 upon his Monument} the reprefentation of which is exhibited at ted on an ob- 
 the end of this Chapter, vide page 2 67. fSortid^y 
 
 In the year 1403 alfo, began the memorable Rebellion of the ^^ei,atthc 
 Percyes , the firft of whom, that difcovered in Arms his mortal ha- Tomb in the 
 tred to King Henry was the noble Hotfpurre , (who under colour Church of 
 of the Scottijb War) made head about Chejier , and the Marches Thectno'py 
 of Wales : to him repairs the malicious old Man Tho. Percy Earl of whereof is 
 
 r • r . ' . diapred with 
 
 Worcester his Uncle, leaving the young Prince of Wales, and the theDevifeof 
 Princes Houfliold,over both which the King had placed him as Go- 
 vernor •, and although Henry Earl of Northumberland , Hotfpurrs Zd chained. 
 Father, the chief Confpirator, was not joined to them, as he did 
 intend } yet by his influence, were their numbers grown mighty , ranee, fubl'cri- 
 with which they intended to join Glendour , aud to enter Shrewsbu - charaft 8 ^ 0 
 ry,as the moft advantageous place for the feat of the War, But be- Anno i4°3* 
 fore they do either, colourable caulesof their taking Arms are de¬ 
 clared, vi<z>. Care of the Commonwealths reformation, and their 
 own fafeties, with a Proteftation of their innocencies as to the 
 breach of Loyalty, &c. Thefe Articles had the place of the 
 Huskc, but the kernel of the enterprize contained other matter, 
 
 Firft, To deprive King Henry of his Crown and Life. Second* 
 ly, To advance the Title of Lord Edmond Mortimer Earl of March , 
 their neareft Ally (for Hotfpurr had married Eli^a. this Earls Aunt, 
 the daughter of Edmond Mortimer Earl of March Joy Philipe daugh¬ 
 ter of Lionel Duke of Clarence: and his Uncle Sir Edmond Mortimer , 
 had taken to Wife a daughter of Owen Glendour.') Thirdly, To 
 take revenge of King Henry for feeking to draw to himfelf the 
 chief benefit of the Vi&ory at Hahdown-Hill , whofe principal 
 Prifoners he required. Fourthly, To (bare the Kingdom between 
 
 Xxx Morti - 
 
264 A qEH^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancafiri - Mortimer , Percy , and Glendour, according to Indentures Tripartite, Book 4; 
 
 * ns ~ _ allotting South England to Mortimer , North England to Percy , and 
 
 to Glendour , JFrffej beyond Severnc. 
 
 King Hewy on the other fide defends his caufe by Letters, and no. mi- 
 ftrongly puts the blame upon the accufers^and to create a right un* frz-to 6 ** 
 derftanding, and to take all fear from the Confpirators, fends to 
 the Earls of Northumberland and Worcejler , and the Lord Percy , 
 a fafe Condtxft under his Royal Seal, which is by them reje&ed ; 
 whereupon the King, by the Council of the valiant Earl of Dun - 
 bar^ armes with all (peed, and with his fon, the young Prince of 
 Wales in the head of a puiflant Force, appears within fight of 
 Shrewsbury , when the gallant Hotjpurr flood ready to aflaulc the 
 Town 1 who no fooner difcovered the Royal Standard, but he 
 left off that enterpri2e, to form his Battel, confiding of 14000 
 hardy Bodies, for tryal of his fortune againft a well tempered and 
 experienced Adverfary, through whofe tendernefs Peace had yet 
 enfued, had it not been for the mifchievous Earl of Worce r fter\ 
 who by mifreporting and falfifying the Kings Words did precipi¬ 
 tate his Nephew into fudden Battel. 
 
 Anno V403? The Kings courage in this Fight was as great as his danger, and rpodigm 
 Battel of the Prince, being then firft to enter himfelf into the School of 
 
 Shrewsbury. ^Var, gave no fmall hopes of that perfe&ion, unto which he af- ** 
 
 tewards attainede, being wounded with an Arrow in the face. 
 
 Thefetwo valiant Champions alfo , the Lord Percy and Earl 
 Douglas , inftead of (pending themfelves upon the multitude, 
 fet the point of their hopes upon killing the King, as in whofe 
 death they knew Ten thoufand would fall 5 but their defign be¬ 
 ing difcovered bytheEarlof Dunbar , he drew King Henry from , 
 
 that place which he had chofen to make good, and thereby 3 MS 
 in all probability faved the Kings life, for the Royal Standard 
 was overthrown,(and among many valiant Men) the Earl of Staf 
 ford , and Sir Walter Blount: the Kings Standard-bearer ("with ten 
 new Knights) were (lain with many Efquires and Gentlemen,and 
 about 1600 private Soldiers: Douglas killed three that day, in the 
 Kings Coat-Armour, many of whofe Soldiers believing He had 
 run the fame fate, quit the Field. But the King notwithftanding 
 (an undaunted Captain) reinforces the Fight, and performs mar. 
 vails with his own hands. But that which put an end to this tragick 
 Scene was the death of Hotjpurr , who riding in the heat of the 
 Battel, was killed by an unknown hand,drawing a ruine after him 
 futable to his fpirit and greatnefs 5 for there fell with him raoft of 
 the Efquires and Gentlemen of Chejhire^ in number 200, and 
 above 5000 common Soldiers, the reft running out of the Field, 
 were by the Kings order,unpurfued. The Earls of Worcejler and 
 Dowglas , Sir Richard Vernon , and the Baron of Kinderton , were 
 taken Prifoners} Dowglas ,who had unhorfed the King, and being Tho mv 
 himfelf difmounted, was by the Royal command carefully atten- t- so**- 
 ded, and had his liberty without Ranlome, but the other three 
 were on the Monday following beheaded. This Battel was fought 
 
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 upon Saturday the 21 of July ,and Eve of St Magdalen (An 
 1403. )to whofe memory (in thankfulnefs to God for this fignal Vi- 
 dory) he founded a Colledge on the place,and called it Battlefield. 
 
 The Earl of Northumberland came in fhortly after, and fubmit- 
 ted to the Kings mercy, whofe crimes were pardoned , but not 
 forgotten; and Glendour , then in Wales, after many Vidories 
 obtained againfi: the Marchers,feveral depredations of their Coun¬ 
 trey 5 an obftinate defence againfi: the Royal Army, and that of 
 Prince Henry , more fortunate in obtaining Vidories than in 
 making aright ufe of them, is at laft abandoned by his followers 
 (many whereof were taken and put to death) either died of fa¬ 
 mine, or was (as fome fay) by one of his near Kinfwomen nou- 
 rifhed privately till the time of his death ; in whofe exit all the 
 broiles of that Principality took an end. And now the Britains 
 fpoil the Town of Flimouth , and in revenge, the Weftern Men, 
 under the command of William de Wilford an Efquire, put to Sea, 
 land upon them in Britaine , take 40 of their Ships, laden with 
 Wine and Oyl, and burn as many more. 
 
 After which, the French land in th eljleof Wight , get together 
 a great booty of Cattel, which are by the Inhabitants quickly re¬ 
 covered, and many of them forced to leave their Carkafles to be 
 ftript by the Iflanders. 
 
 Twice after this, between Chrifimas and Palme Sunday , the King ^ nno - 140 ^ 
 affembled the Eftates, firft at London , and then at St Albans , for 
 the bufinefs of Money, but with much diftafte the Lords rife from 
 the later Seffion , and Thomas Moubray the Earl Marfhal,one of the 
 chief Men which difliked the carriage of publick Affairs, draws 
 Richard Scroope Archbifhop of Torb ^into a Confpiracy ,in full hope 
 that Henry Percy Earl of Northumberland , the Lord Bardolfi with 
 the Citizens of Tori ^ and the common People, would affifi their 
 caufe, which was gloffed with the fpecious pretence of redreffing 
 publick abufes, happening through the Kings default. Ralphe 
 Neyil Earl of Weflmerland hearing of this attempt, wherein the 
 Archbifhop and the Earl Marfhal were leaders of the People, 
 gathers a force to encounter them, but finding himfelf too weak, 
 by faining to approve the quarrel, gets them both into his power, 
 and prefents them as an acceptable oblation to the King jwho about 
 Whitfiontide comes to Torb^ (where, notwithftanding Wefiemerland 
 had promifed them their lives) both the Archbifhop and the Earl 
 Marfhal were beheaded, the Pope excommunicating all fuch as 
 had a hand in the Archbifhops death. 
 
 The Earl of Northumberland and the Lor dBardolf being pur- Anno 140^ 
 fued by the King, with an Army of 37000 ; fly firft to Barwicb^ 
 and thence into Scotland , where they are entertained by David 
 Lord Flemming ; and where the King employs his Treafure, up¬ 
 on fecret pradifes with the Scots, that they might be delivered 
 into his hands, in exchange for fome Scottifh Prifoners; where-' 
 upon Northumberland and Bardolf efcape into Wales,and the Scots 
 miffing their purpofe flay Flemmings for difeovering their intention 
 
 to 
 
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 Lancajlri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 Anno 1404. 
 
 His death. 
 Anno. 1412. 
 
 A qEHEALoqiCAL ms'io'nr of 
 
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 to his diftrefled guefts. This fills Scotland with civil difcords: to Book 
 avoid the dangers whereof, and to better his education, the King 
 of Scots fends his fon and heir into France whom (together^with 
 the Bilhop of Orkney) certain Mariners of Cley in Norfolk^, furprize 
 at Sea,and prefent to King Henry, who commits him to the Tower of 
 London : when Northumberland and Bardolf, upon Owen's retreat in¬ 
 to of the Mountains,forfaking Wales, and feeking to raife a force in 
 the North, are encountred at Bramham Moore, by Thomas Rookyby 
 Sheriff of Tor^ffirc, who after a fliort conflift flew the Earl in the 
 Field, mortally wounded the Lord Bardolf , and routed their 
 
 party, • . . ' -/ SJfr 
 
 Prefently upon this, the Admiral of Britaine , with the Lord 
 duCaflel (and 30 fail of (hips) attempt to land at Dartmouth but rho - w ^-h 
 are repelled by the Gountrey People, du Caftel and his 2 Brothers, 
 with 400 more (lain, and 200 taken } of which number, the Lord 
 Baqueville was one. Thefe Prifoners being prefented to King Hen¬ 
 ry, their takers were rewarded with good fiore of Gold and Sil¬ 
 ver, and fent merrily home into their own Countrey. After 
 which, the Earl of St Paul, with 500 Crofsbows, and 1500 Men 
 at Arms, lays fiege to the Caftle of St March^, near Cdlais, but is 
 thence beaten by Sir Philip Hall and Sir Richard Afbton , having 
 moft of his Men flain and taken, himfelf flies to St Omer. 
 
 Not long after, Thomas Duke of Clarence, the Kings fecond w 
 fon, with the Earl of Kent , enter the Haven of Since , burn four Armorum. 
 (hips, and return to the relief of Calais , then befieged by the 
 French, taking in their paflage three Carricks of Genoa richly la¬ 
 den, which they bring into the Chamber of Rye. 
 
 The remaining five years Reign of this Prince were without r.\ 9 .foi. 9 : 
 trouble,unlefs of mind for the much Blood he had fpiltin England, 
 for expiation whereof, he refolves upon the Crufiado to Jerufa - Arm ' 
 lem, for which great preparation was made, far more than needed 
 for that Jerufalem which only his deftiny permitted him to fee ^ 
 for at his Prayers in Wefiminfler Abby, before the Shrine of St Ed¬ 
 ward, an Apoplexy feiz’d him, in which, being removed to the 
 Abbots Houfe, and there coming to himfelf, he defired to know 
 where he was; which being told him, and that the Chamber was 
 called Jerufalem, he faid, Lord have mercy upon me, forheremnfll 
 die, C having been told by a Southfayer,that in Jerufalem he fhould 
 end his dayes.) as indeed he did,upon the 20th day of March, in 
 t heyear of our Lord 1412. Having all the time of his ficknefs 
 (by his own command^ the Crown lying by him, which Prince 
 Henry, fuppofing him dead, took away j but the King recovering 
 again his fences, asked for it, and had it refiored by the Prince,wifh- 
 ing him long life to wear it} whereat the King anfwered him figh- 
 ing, What right lhad to it God knows: the Prince thereupon re¬ 
 plies, But if you die , my Sword fhall maintain it mine : Well , faid 
 the King, I refer all to God ; but on my Bleffing , be fure to aclmini - 
 jler Juflice indifferently, and be not fparing in Mercy } and fo turning Tho 
 about, faid, GodBlefs thee, and have Mercy on mee j with which p-38*.».* 
 
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a68 A gE^CEJLOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancajlri - words he expired ^having Reigned 13 years,and 6 months,wan ting 
 * ns ' <y days,and in the 4 6 year of his age. His Body, with all Funeral 
 Pomp was conveyed by water to Faverjham, and from thence by 
 land to Canterbury , and there folemnly interred } and his obfequies 
 performed on Trinity Sunday next following the time of his death, 
 King Henry his fon being prefent thereat. 
 
 His Tomb (reprefented in the precedent page.) is of Alablafter, 
 parcel gilt, and leems to have been ere&ed by Queen Joane of 
 Navarre, his fecond Wife, whofe Effigies lies upon his right hand, 
 and is placed betwixt two Pillars on the North fide the Chappel 
 of St Thomas Beckpt , oppofite to the Monument of Prince Ed¬ 
 ward, commonly called the Blacl ^ Prince. At the head of the 
 Tomb ftands an Angel, fupporting a long fquare Efcocheon, of 
 the Arms of France and England , quarterly, Impaling, quarter¬ 
 ly JLvereux and Navarre. On the infide of the Canopy are alfo three 
 Shields, the firft containing the Arms of Franee and England quar¬ 
 terly ; the fecond, of France and England , quarterly , Impaling Eve- 
 reux and Navarre', and the third, of Evereux and Nayarrequar¬ 
 terly. The Canopy is alfo diapred with Eagles volant crowned , 
 within the Garter, ("underwritten wirh the word S>Oi)CtafgUC , 
 which Motto is alfo painted in gold Letters on the FreeO and with 
 the Queens Device , being, An Ermine,collered and chained, fubferi- 
 bed with the Motto 31 tfttlCt. On the Cornifli are placed 
 
 feveral Efcocheons of Arms of the Nobility of that Age. 
 
 He wrote in his Stile Henricus Dei Gracia Rex Anglie Fran- 
 
 tie Dominus Hibernie: and on the circumference of his great 
 
 Seal, $ctmcug 2 >ci 45 racta iUejc 5 ftancie et Anglie et 
 
 SDtlS IjibfcttttEjplaceing England before France in his Charters, 
 and France before England in his Seal. 
 
 Children of HENRY Earl of Derby (afterwards King 
 HENRY IV.) by MARY DE BOHUN 
 his jirft Wife. 
 
 12. HEN RY ofLANCASTE R,furnamed of Monmouth 
 Prince of Wales , eldeft fon of King Henry IV. fucceeded his 
 Father in the Kingdom, by the name of Henry V. vide 
 Chap. 3. 
 
 12. THOMAS of LANCASTER, Duke of Clarence, 
 fecond fon of Henry IV. of whom, fee more in the fifth Chap¬ 
 ter of this fourth Book. 
 
 12 .JOHN of LANCASTER, Duke of Bedford, and 
 Regent of France , third fon of King Henry I V. and Mary de 
 Bohun his firft Wife, whofe Hiftory fucceeds that of his Brother 
 Duke Thomas , vide Book 4. Chap. 6, 
 
 HUMPHREY 
 
 Book 4: 
 
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 Henry IV. 
 
 12 . HVMPHKEY of LANCASTER, Duke of Gtocefter, 
 and Prote&or of England , fourth fon of King Henry IV. Tha 
 feventh Chapter of this fourth Book contains his Hiftory. 
 
 12. BLANCHE of LANCASTER, Duchefs of Bay a- 
 
 ria y elder daughter of Henry Earl of Derby (afterwards King Lozengy, Ar- 
 of England , by the name of Henry I V.) was in the year 1402. Impaling Lan - 
 moft nobly attended to Colen , and there married to Lewis , ca ^ er " 
 furnamed Barbatus , afterwards Duke of Bavaria } after his 
 death (he was efpoufed to the King of Aragon , and outliving 
 him alfo , took to her third Husband the Duke of Baar but 
 deceafing without Iffue by them all, there is little mention of 
 her in Hiftory. 
 
 12. PHILIPE of LANCASTER, Queen of Denmark 
 
 younger daughter of King Henry I V. was in the year 1405. Or, feme of 
 and filth of her Fathers Reign , fent into Denmark with a ZTlL^Ly-’ 
 fumptuous Train of Lords and Ladies, and there efpoufed to 
 John King of Denmark and Norway , and died without Iffue. quartering, 
 
 J ° ' y N’orvoay ,v\z- 
 
 Gules a Lyon Rampant crowned Or, [ujlmfag a Battel-Axe Argent. With which the Arms of Lancafler are impaled. 
 
 HENRY V. 
 
2 7 o a qEK. EAL 0 9 1CAL Hisvo'nr of 
 
 Lancajlri- 
 
 anr. 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 An. Dom¬ 
 ini 2.March 
 20 th. 
 
 12 . 
 
 HENRY V. 
 
 KING of EV^GLAWV iaAF%A^CE, 
 
 ' and Loa d of IRELAND, Surnamed of 
 MONMOUTH, 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 This Henry 
 being Prince 
 of Wales (as 
 appeareth by 
 his Seal (vide 
 page *390 an * 
 nexed to two 
 fcvcral Inden¬ 
 tures, the one 
 dated the 6 th 
 day of March, 
 An. 6 th-, and the 
 other on the 
 7 th of May, 
 An. the %th of 
 Henry the 4 th, 
 his Father, be¬ 
 twixt him and 
 the faid King, 
 
 HIS Moft Heroick Prince, Henry , 
 (whofe birth at Monmouth in the Mar¬ 
 ches of South Wales bears date in 
 the year of Chrift’s Nativity 1388. 
 An. 11 Rich 2. from which place, he 
 took his Surname) was the eldeft fon 
 of Henry of Bullingbroob^ then a Sub- 
 je&, and Earl of Derby , Leicefter, and 
 Lincolne } afterwards Duke of Here¬ 
 ford , in the right of his Wife Mary 
 
 E dm. HaU 
 Chron. 
 
 by the death of his Father John of Gaunt , fourth fon of King 
 Edward III. and laftly, (Richard 1 1 . being depofed-) made So- 
 veraigaof England, 
 
 the fecond daughter and coheir of Humphrey de Bohun , Earl of 
 nant^hewaf* Hereford , &c. and Conftable of England then Duke of Lancajler , 
 
 conftituted, 
 both for rai¬ 
 ling Forces, 
 and the fup- 
 preffion of the 
 Rebels of 
 
 North-Wales ) did bear, Azure 3 Flowers de Lys, Or , for the Kingdom of France, (reducing them from femek, to the 
 number three, as did Charles V I. the prefent French King) quartered with 3 Lyons of England. ; which makes me 
 of opinion, that King Henry IV. this Princes Father (although he made ufe of no other Seal than that in which the 
 Flowers de Lys were femee) was the firft King of England that in imitation of his faid contemporary,Charles VI. redu¬ 
 ced that number to 3 Flowers-de-luce; for I find them fo in his Efcocheon, impaling, the Arms of -foane of Na¬ 
 varre his fecond Wife, at the head of his Tomb at Canterbury. 
 
 But by this Seal of Prince Henry it moll certainly appears, that he (fo early as the fixth year of Henry IV. his faid 
 Father) bare in his Achievement only 3 Flowers de Lys ; which is fupported with two Swans, each holding in his 
 Beak an Oftrich Feather, and a Scrole. About the Seal is this circumfcription, j§>: iijenrlrl pjtnrlpis CHI all: hurts 
 aqulran: lanrafir: rojnub: romfrls teftr: Ex ^egiftro Wejlmonafl. 
 
 The 23 9 page of this 4 th Book prefents you with the Royal Seal of this King Henry V. which is very Hiftorical ; 
 on the one fide whereof, he fits on his Throne, with the Scepter of the Flower-de-luce in his right hand, and the 
 Mound and Crofs in his left} in three Niches over his head are placed the Trinity and our Lady. On each fide the 
 Throne in feveral Niches the Statues of King Edward the Confefior, and King Arthur , whofe Arms are there re- 
 prefented: The Banner of France and England quarterly, and the Banner of England alone. Without thefe ftand 
 the Symbols of the four Evangelifls, St Mathew, St Markj St Luke , and St John-, viz. the Angel, the winged Lyon, 
 the flying Oxe, and the Eagle. And at the foot of the Throne (on three pannels ) are the Arms of his Principality 
 of Wales, Dukedom of Cornwall, and Earldom of Chejler. 
 
 On his Counter-Seal is his Effigies on Horfeback, his Shield, Surcoat, and the caparifons of his Horfe adorned with 
 the 3 Flowers de Lys, and the 3 Lyons quarterly. And Sans complement to France, in the circumference of his Seal, 
 Reverfe, and this his Charter (dated 15 May an. 4 H. 5.) he writes himfelf l§enrftU0 Del grarta rejr 4 ttnglle et 
 JFranrle et tins l^ibernle. He was the firll King of England that in his Seal did bear the 3 Flowers of France, and that 
 placed England before it, in his circumfcription. Ex Legijlro Wefim. 
 
 His young years were employed in Literature in the Acade- Inviu 
 my of Oxford, where, in Queens Colleage, he was a Student under 
 the Tuition of his half Uncle Henry Beaufort, Chancellor of that cardiuUc, 
 Univerfity. Afterwards, in the time of his Fathers Exile, King * 
 Richard 1 1 . took this Henry with him into Ireland , and caufed him 
 to be impriioned in the Caftle of Erym. But his Father depofing 
 that King, and obtaining the Crown, and himfelf come to the 
 
 age 
 
THE KJNLQ s OF E^CQLJ^V.Scc. 271 
 
 Chap. 3. a g e 0 f i 2 years, had the fucceffion thereof entailed on him in H*»ry v. 
 Parliament, and accordingly was created Prince of IVales ^ Duke 
 of Cornwall , and Earl of Chejlerj and immediately after, had the 
 Title of Duke of Aquitaine conferred on him, in order to his ob¬ 
 taining a Marriage with the young Queen lffabely late Wife to the 
 murthered King Richard . 
 
 From Oxford Prince Henry was called to Court, and Thomai 
 Percy Earl of Worcejier appointed his Governor} whofe hoftile 
 attempts in Shrewsbury Field, coft that difloyal Earl his head, and nQ ° I4<33 ’ 
 5J9.V.14. had almoft done this Prince his life, who confronting the Percy s in 
 Battel, was wounded in the Face with an Arrow • but this mark 
 of Honour, with the overthrow of Hotfpurr , in that bloody dif- 
 pute, were hopefull figns of the following fucceffes againft Owen 
 Glendour , that Arch-enemy to England's peace, whom the Prince 
 fo fmartly purfded through the vaft Mountains of Wales , that from 
 the Dennes of thofe defarts he durft not fhew his face, but there* 
 inperifhed, though the Prince had then fcarcely attained to hi$ 
 fixteenth year. 
 
 But grown from under the command of his Tutors, as his youth 
 (food effefted, fo were his Conforts, and thofe often, whofe in¬ 
 clinations were none of the beft ; whether led by inclination of 
 youth, or to know that by experience which other Princes do by 
 report, is uncertain but many a&ions he did far unbefitting the 
 grandure of his Perfon j and among others, is taxed wirh no bet¬ 
 ter than Theft, conforting w ith fuch as fpent their Wits upori 
 other Mens Labours *, lying in wait for the Receivers of his Rents, 
 and robbing them of that which was really his own, receiving 
 of them often many blows, which he freely forgave, ever abating 
 their Ioffes in the foot of their Accompts. 
 
 His ftriking the Lord Chief Juftice, was a crime incontinently 
 expiated by a quiet fubmiffion to his judgement, and a formal 
 imprifonment *, notwithftanding which, the King refenting this af¬ 
 front done to his Reprefentative, difmiffed his fon from the office 
 of Prefident of his Privy Council, and placed therein his fecond 
 fon Thomas Duke of Clarence , to the no fmall grief of Prince He«- 
 ry, who having drawn upon him (by thefe licentious courfes) the 
 difeontent and jealoufie of his Father, found out an extraordinary 
 way of reconciling himfelf to his love, and entring into a due con- 
 (ideration of his former diffolute mannersthey appeared unto 
 him in fuch deformity, that he banifhed all his idle companions 
 from about him (and yet, upon their better conformity, gave 
 them fufficient maintenance) and thereby became not only refto- 
 red to the Royal Favor, but gained a Soveraignty over the hearts 
 of thofe fubje&s: who (after King Henry* s death) made it appear 
 how willing they were to fubmit to his Empire, by fwearing Al- 
 rofodigm legeance to him before his Coronation (which was performed at 
 
 Weflminfter , the <yth of April, An. 141 3. by Thomas Arundel Arch- ^ s r ^ orons 
 ThowaJp kifhop of Canterbury , with all accuftomed Rites) and by gfant- 
 381.77.24. ing him a Subfidy without asking , in his firft parliament. In 
 
 Z z z which 
 
A qEH^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 which Parliament his right to the Crown of France was (hewed 
 him (in an Elegant Oration made by the faid Archbifliop ) as 
 defcending by a direft Line from Iffabel , daughter ro Philip I V. 
 King of France } and that nothing appeared to his hinderance,but 
 their pretention to the SaliqueLaws, which by no Law of God, 
 or firft inftitution of that Countrey, he was bound to obferve*, 
 with which heroick enterprise, young King Henry was quickly in¬ 
 flamed } and in order thereunto, reduced his Flowers deliise to the 
 number 3. as did Charles V I. the then French King. 
 
 And difpatching his Embafladors for France , demanded that 
 Crown from Charles VI. offering, that if the fame were willing¬ 
 ly granted, he would take his daughter Katherine to Wife ; but 
 the fame being reje&ed, he immediately prepares for War j his 
 Men Chipped, and the King himfelf ready to go on board : a Con- 
 fpiracy againft his life is difcovered, forged by Richard Earl of 
 Cambridge , Henry Lord Scroope of Majbam , the Lord Treafurer, 
 and Sir Thomas Grey of Northumberland , who being fuborned by 
 the French for a Million of Gold, as upon their apprehenfion they 
 confeffed (though their Indi&ment contains other matter} were 
 all three put to death: which was no fooner performed, but that 
 the Wind blowing fair, King Henry weighs Anchor, and with a 
 Fleet of 160 (hips, fets fail on Lady-day, An, 1414. and landing 
 at Caux, his force confiding of 6000 Horfe, and 24000 Foot, 
 from rhence marches to Harflew , which after fome days fiege is 
 furrendred unto him} into which he entred, not in Triumph, but 
 in an humble manner, pafling along the ftreets barefooted, to the 
 Church of St Martin, where,with great Devotion,he gave thanks to 
 God for this his firft atchieved Enterprife. The Government of this 
 Town he committed to the Duke of Exceter , who fubilituted 
 Sir John Fafiolf his Lieutenant of the fame, with a Garifon of 
 1500 Soldiers. And from thence with 2000 Horfe and 16000 
 Foot, he marches toward Calais , through the Countreys of Caux 
 and Eu, 
 
 The French Court (under a brain-fick Prince) fwarms with 
 Factions; yet all unite to difturb the common Enemy } in order 
 to which, King Charles , the Dauphin, his Brother of Fonthieu , the 
 King of Stcilie, the Dukes of Berry and Britaine y with the whole 
 force of France aflemble at Roan , and in Council conclude, that 
 the Englifh (hould be fought with before they got to Calais , and 
 impeded in their march by continual skirmifiies, breaking down of 
 Bridges, flaking of Foords, guarding of Pafles, and conveighing 
 all Provifions out of the Countrey : King Henry intending to pafs 
 the Soame firft at Blanchetagne , and then at Pont le Remy ,finds both 
 places guarded, fo that keeping along the River fide to Hargefl , 
 the French Army march on the other bank, led by Charles de Al - 
 bret , Conflable of France , At lad, through the negligence of 
 them of St Quint in. King Henry foords the Soam at Bethencourt , 
 his Soldiers weary, faint for want of Provifions, and many of them 
 fick 5 from whence he fends to the aflembled Princes, to profer a 
 
 furrender 
 
 Book 4: 
 
 TboWalf, 
 
 38^.».Z4. 
 
 Ypodigm 
 Neuft. p. 
 
 Jbid.p.f 
 v, zo. 
 
 Tho.Wal.p, 
 
 3*i.».i8. 
 
 Tho.Wal.p, 
 3 $»•». 1 . 
 
THE KJ3VJQS OF ENiqLAJiJD,&c. 273 
 
 Chap. 3. 
 
 Tpodigm 
 Neuft. p. 
 583 ‘M 3 - 
 
 Ypodigmt 
 Neujl. p. 
 j84.JJ.17. 
 
 Thomip. 
 
 furrender of Harflew , and what more he had won, fo as without 
 difiurbance he might depart for Calais. To this, theConftable 
 and Marfhal confent, bat the other young Princes defpifing the 
 fmall numbers of the Englijby do not onely refufe all conditions 
 of Peace, but with an affurance of vi&ory, divide the fpoil, dif- 
 pofe of Priloners, and prepare a Chariot to carry the captive King 
 in Triumph. They fent alfo to King Charles and the Dauphin, re¬ 
 ading at Roan , to be prefent at the Battel, that they might have 
 the honour of the day; whereat the Duke of Berry was highly 
 offended, having had experience of the Englifh valor at the Battel 
 of FoiBters , where King John of France was taken Prifoner. 
 
 King Henry continued his march, till upon the 24 th of OSlober , 
 he came to A^incourty near to which place the French had pitched 
 the Royal Standard, and drawn up their Army, exceeding the 
 Englifh above fix to one in number j their yan-guard was led by 
 the Conftable, the Dukes of Orleance and Bourbon , the Earl of 
 Eu y and Bouchiqualt the Marfhal, D ampler the Admiral, Guychard 
 Daulphin d" Avergne, andC/w«etof Brabant } The main Battel 
 by the Dukes of Barr and Alen^on, Earls of Nevers , Blaumont , Sa~ 
 lines , Grandpre , and Roujfe. The Rear-guard by the Duke of 
 Brabant , Earls of Marie , Forquenbergey and Monfieur de Lor- 
 ney. The right Wing had for Commander Arthur Earl of Rich - 
 wondy and the Left, Lewis de Bourbon Earl of Vendofme. 
 
 In the mean time, King Henry having made choice of a ground 
 half fenced on his back with the Village wherein he had refted the 
 night before, having on both fides flrong hedges and ditches, be¬ 
 gan there to order his Battel, but firft appointed an Ambufli of 
 200 Bowmen, who, upon the fign given, fhould difcharge their 
 whole flight upon the flank of the Enemies Horfe; thefe were com¬ 
 manded by Sir Thomas Erpingham. The Kings Van-guard con- 
 fifting alfo of Archers, was led by Edward Duke of Tor affifted 
 by the Lords Beaumont , Willoughby , and Fanhop *, the main Bat¬ 
 tel headed by the King himfelf (was compofed of Billmen and 
 fome Bowmen) accompanied by his Brother Humphrey Duke of 
 Glocejlery the Earls Marfhal , Oxfordy and Suffolk and the Rear¬ 
 ward, confifiing of diverfity of Weapons, was commanded by 
 Thomas Earl of Dorfet the Kings Uncle j the Horfemen, as wings, 
 guarding the Foot on both fides. To prevent the fury of the 
 French Cavalry, the King had appointed ftakes of fix foot long 
 fliarpned at both ends, to be pitched behind the Archers, and Py- 
 oneers to attend their removal according to dire£fion. Things 
 thus ordered, and publick Prayers performed, theonfet was im¬ 
 mediately given by the French Horfemen, upon whom Erping¬ 
 ham gave his Bowmen the Sign to let fly their Arrows, which ta¬ 
 king place upon the flank of the French Horfe, fo gauled them, 
 that their Van-guard was inftantly diftreft, and difordered in fuch 
 a confufed prefs, that they were not able to ufe their Arms to 
 any advantage. Their W ings likewife eflayed to charge the Eng - 
 UJhy but Monfieur de Lignie in the one (not well feconded by 
 
 Henry V. 
 
 Battel of 
 zincom. 
 
2 74 
 
 Lancaftri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 his Squadrons) was forced back } and Guillaume de Surrenes char- Book 4. 
 ging home in the other, fell in the attempt. The Battalions thus 
 broken, fled to the Body, where they brought both terrour and 
 confufion by the unrulinefsof their gauled Horfes, when a Body 
 of the French Horfe,exquifitely appointed } intended to have broke 
 through the Englifh Archers*, but they retreating behind their 
 fharpned Stake?, the French advanced upon the fpur, and by 
 Troops falling upon them, were miferably overthrown and paun- 
 ched to death. 
 
 The E nglijh Arrows and Bills were mortally employed,and vied r P°dignu 
 this day for execution} againfl: whom, the Duke of Brabant , 
 hoping by his example, to encourage others (followed by a fewj 
 faced about,and having broken into the Englijb Body,couragioufly 
 fighting, was there (lain. 
 
 With the like Manhood, John Duke of Alenzon , forced his 
 pafiage into the KingsBattallion, and with his Axe, cut off part of 
 his Crown ; with which ftroke, his Cafque was battered to his 
 brow } but enraged Henry redoubling his ftrength, threw him to 
 the ground } (flew two of his Seconds) but would have faved 
 his life, had the Vi&ory been at that time out of difpute. 
 
 With A tendon's fall the main Battel of the French firft gave 
 ground, then turn’d their backs, and laftly, threw away their Arms, 
 and fled. But then lome Troops that firft ran away,led on by Ro - 
 binet of Bonvil^ and the Captain of A^incourt, intending to wipe 
 away the (lain of running away from Soldiers, by fighting with 
 Boyes, fet upon the Pages and Landreffes in the Camp *, who gave 
 fuch a lamentable (hreek, that King Henry verily believing fome 
 frefli Forces had been come, caufed all the Arrows that were flick¬ 
 ing in the Field to be gathered, and the Stakes to be plucked up, 
 and made ready for a fecond Encounter j among which,the Duke 
 of Yorl(s Body was found miferably hacked and defaced; the 
 fight whereof, together with the danger of a fecond charge, cau¬ 
 fed the King to command the Prifoners (hould be (lain, except 
 fome principal Men, which were fecured by being bound back 
 to back. 
 
 With what moderation and devotion King Henry managed this 
 great Vi&ory all Hiflories are full. The next dayafter the Battel 
 he caufed the 113 Pfalm to be fung by his whole Army, com- rpodigm 
 manding all the Foot, attheVerfe, Non nobis Domine, non nobis , P o, 
 
 fed no mini tuo da Gloriam , to fall on their knees, and thoCe on 
 horfeback, to make a reverend bow. 
 
 The fame day, the Heralds appointed to make fearch, made re¬ 
 turn, that there was (lain of the French above 10000, whereof 
 126 were of the Nobility bearing Banners; of Knights and Gen- fSS», Xm 
 tlemenof Coat-Armour, 7S74, and of common Soldiers about 
 1600. Of the Nobility there died that day Charles d’Albret Con- 
 flable,and Jaques de Chafiillon Admiral of France , Sec. the Dukes 
 of Alen^on , Brabant , and Barr } the Earls of Nevers , Marlo y Van - 
 demont , Beaumont , Grandpre , Sec. The Prifoners taken were 
 
 Charles 
 
THE Kjy^gs OF E^cgLA *(.!>,275 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Tho.Wil.p 
 393 »-3J 
 
 ypodigm 
 Neuft. p. 
 
 S 8 j 4 ^. 
 
 Anno 14x^4 
 
 Chap. 3. Charles Duke of Orleance^ John Duke of Bourbon , Arthur Earl Ke**y_ v ‘ 
 of Richmond , Leu?// j/e Bourbon Earl of Vendofme, and Charlss Earl 
 of E«, &c. to the number in all of 15 00. On the Englifh part 
 were killed Edward Duke of and the Earl of Suffolk and 
 notin ail full 600. 
 
 At his return into England (which was the 16 th day of No¬ 
 vember following.) He forbad all Ballads to be made or fung in 
 difgrace of the French. And upon his entrance into London , the 
 City prefented him with 1000 /. and two gold Bafons, valued at 
 500 /. more, as an exprefllon of their joy for his happy return and 
 glorious fuccefs. 
 
 About this time the Emperor Sigifmond came into England , 
 where landing, at Dover , he was with much honour received by 
 Humphrey Duke of Glocefler, and attended, together with Albert 
 Duke of Holland , to Windfor , where they were elc&ed Knights 
 Thowai.p. of the Garter, and fate in their Stalls at the Feaft. 
 
 The Emperors bufinefs was chiefly to mediate for a Peace with 
 France , which he doubtlefshad obtained, but that the French at 
 the time of Treaty, had laid fiege to Harflew , and then nothing 
 but War would King Henry hear of, immediately fending his bro¬ 
 ther John Duke of Bedford , with the Earls of March , Oxford , 
 Huntingdon , WarwickArundel , Salisbury , and Devonfhire , in 2 00 
 Chips} who, upon the Feafl: of the Affumption of our Lady , land 
 in the Mouth of Seine , where they funk near 500 French Chips, 
 and bravely relieved the Town; whereupon, the Emperor entring 
 into a League offenfive and defenfive with King Henry (the Popes 
 concerns, with whom the Emperor now or lately was at War only 
 excepted) the 29th of Ottober departs towards Germany. But 
 the French not yetdeflfting, inforce their Fleet with feveral Car- 
 ricks of Genoa,and blocking up again the River of Soame , are like- 
 wife by the Earl of Huntingdon taken and difperfed : In one of 
 thefe Carricks was the whole half years pay for the French Fleets 
 together with Jaques baftard of Bourbon its Commander; with 
 which rich Pri2e the Earl returns to Southampton, where then King 
 f°f enes Henry lay ^ who by his Proclamation dated at New Sarum , the 2d 
 ceorge day of June laft paft, had commanded, that no perfon retained 
 vmdf ck in this prefent expedition, of what quality foever, fliould prefume 
 to wear any Coat-Armour, to which he had not right from his 
 Anceftors, or by grant from a fufflcient Deputy impowered there¬ 
 in, upon penalty of being caChiered, lofs of wages, and the ha¬ 
 ving his Coat of Arms raCed and torn off his back ; except thofe 
 which did bear Arms with him at the Battel of Agincourt j there¬ 
 by rewarding his veterane Soldiers with a mark of Honour, who 
 had atchieved it in his laft bloody Vi&ory \ and puniChing thofe 
 Soldiers who were their own Carvers, and laid in common there* 
 ciaufx an.^ ward of Valour, before they had opportunity to Chew it, or to 
 dtrfo. receive the Royal approbation and authority for the fame, Thefe 
 are the words of the Record: 
 
 Vpodigmn 
 Neuft. p. 
 58 6 . 71 . 4. 
 
 Tho.Wd.p. 
 394 -#. 43 - 
 
 Tho.Wal.p. 
 39447 * 
 
 A. si.fol. 
 
 Rex 
 
 Aaa a 
 

 276 
 
 Laitcaftri - 
 uni. 
 
 Anno 1417 . 
 
 King Henry's 
 fecond Expe¬ 
 dition into 
 francs. • 
 
 Anno 1418. 
 
 A gEPCEALOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Rex vicecom. Sutb Salutem, quia front informamur, diverfe homi Book 4; 
 ms qui in viagiis noftris ante hcec tempora fa flu* Anna & Tuni - j, yy. 
 nicas Armorum vocat Cote Armures in fe fumpferunt , ubinecipft g°' 
 nee eormn Anteceffores hnjufmodi Armis ac tunicis Armornm tern- George 
 poribus retroaBis ufrfuerunt & ea inprefenti viagio notfro in prox. mond^ C 
 deo dante faciend' exercere proponunt: Et quamquam omnipotens 
 fuam grail am difponat prout ynltin naturalibus equaliter , diyi- 
 ti atque panperi , volentes tamen qnemlibet ligeorum noflrorum 
 prcdiBorum juxta flatus fui exigent i am mo do debito pertraBari 
 & baberi , Tibi precipimns quod in fwgnlis locis infra balivam 
 tuam ubi per Breve noftrnm nuper pro monjiris faciend * procla- 
 mart demandavimus publice ex parte nojira proclamari facias ; 
 quod nullus cujuscunque flatus gradus feu conditions jti¬ 
 er it hnjufmodi anna five tunicas armorum in fe furn at nifi ipji 
 jure antecefforio vel ex donatione alicujus ad hoc fuffleientem po- 
 teflatem habentis ea poffldeat ant pojfldere debeat,quod ipfe Arma 
 (five Tunic as j ilia ex cujus dono optinet die monflrationis fu& 
 perfonis ad hoc per nos ajflgnatis feu afflgnand * tnanifefle de¬ 
 mon flret, exceptis illis qui nobifeum apud bellum de Agincourt 
 arma portabant> Jub penis non admifflonis ad proficifcendum in 
 yiagio prediBo , fub munere ipflus cum quo retentus exiHet ac 
 perditionis vaduorum fltorum ex caufa prediBa preceptorum , nec 
 non rafuroe & rupture diBorum Armorum Tuni car urn vocat . 
 
 Gote Armures tempore monttrationis flue prediBe fe ea fuper il¬ 
 ium monflrata fuerunt feu inventa , hoc nullatenus omittas 
 T. R. apud Choitatem nove farum fecundo die Junii. 
 
 Per ipfum Regem. 
 
 Upon the 2 %d of July , in the fifth year of his Reign, King Womi.ft 
 Henry , with the Dukes of Clarence and Glocefter , mod of his No- 3v7 * 
 bility, and an Army of 2^628 fighting Men, befides ioOoAr- 
 tificers and Pioneers, took (hipping at Portfmouth , and landed 
 the firft of Auguft in Normandy near Tongue ; which Caftle was 
 the 9th day after furrendred unto him : The Caftle alfo of Abbe¬ 
 ville was at the fame time taken by Thomas Mount ague Earl of Sa¬ 
 lisbury ; and King Henry next fits down before Caen with his Ar¬ 
 my, which is fhortly after delivered upon Terms ; and from thence 
 to Roan, which City* after a brave refiftance, being forced by 
 famine, he likewife obtained by furrender. 
 
 This profperous proceeding of Henry V. caufed John Duke of Tho.wai.p. 
 Burgundy , for his own ends, to mediate for a Peace between the 40I '”’ 3y ' 
 two Crowns, and EmbafTadors being fent, a meeting of reconci¬ 
 liation was appointed, whereunto King Charles VI. being trou¬ 
 bled with a Frenzy, did not repair, but his Queen and beautiful 
 Daughter the Lady Katherine came; with whofeperfon, at firft 
 fight, though King Henry was wonderfully taken, yet made he no 
 fhew thereof, only that at parting (fince nothing was that time 
 cffe&ed) he told the Duke of Burgundy , he either would enjoy 
 the Lady Katherine , together with all his demands, or drive the 
 King of France out of his Kingdom, and him from his Dukedom. 
 
 Burgundy 
 
THE XJK$ S op EKQ LA KP>& C - 277 
 
 Chap. 3. Burgundy was fhortly after (viz. 2 Sept, 1419.) moft barba- 
 
 Tho.ml.p. 
 
 4 «.». 37 . 
 
 Htjloirede 
 laMaifon 
 deFrance 
 Tom. 1. p, 
 504.^ 
 joj. 
 
 Anno 14a®* 
 
 PRf.497 
 
 roufly murtheredby the Dauphin Charles (who had a long lime .. 
 born him a fpleen) as he made his fubmiffion to him on hi.s knee,in Anno 141?= 
 the prefence of his Peers} which his fon Philip , Earl of Charolois 
 fadly refenting,yet thoughtit better to mediate fora Peace between 
 the two Kingdoms than to feek revenge. He therefore caufed 
 Erabafladors to be fent to King Henry , both from the King of 
 France and himfelf, who were kindly received, though King Hen- 
 ry intimated unto them, that their propofitions were not accepta¬ 
 ble unto him, unlefs the Lady Katherine would join with them, 
 whofe innocency he knew would not abufe him: The Kings defire 
 was granted} but in the interim,the Earl of Salisbury takes Frefnay y 
 and the Earl of Huntington , Mayne , who marching towards 
 Ments , was encountred by the Forces of the Dauphin, whereof 
 he put 5000 to the Sword, and took 200 Prifoners} for which 
 Vidories King Henry gave publick thanks to God at Roan : Thi¬ 
 ther other Embafiadors arrived from theKingand Queen of France , 
 and a Letter from the Lady Katherine ; which was lecretly delive¬ 
 red to the King of England by the Bifiiop of Arras ; the fubftance 
 of their bufinefs was to invite the King to come with all fpeed to 
 Troyes in Campaigne, there to receive fatisfadlion to his demands, 
 and be efpoufed to the Lady Katherine } whereupon, with a 
 guard of 15000 Soldiers, accompanied with all hisNobiliry; he 
 arriving there, was met by (the Queen of France , the Duchefs 
 of Burgundy 2nd) the Lady Katherine^ whom on the 20 th oi May , 
 1420>King Henry affianced, and was declared Regent of France, and 
 Heir to that Crown (King Charles during his life roftile him, Nojlre 
 trejehierjil'z, Henry roy d’Engleterre Heretier de France) whereof pro¬ 
 clamation being made in both Kingdoms, the Nobility is fworn 
 to obferve them } as alfo the Duke of Burgundy , with all the Sub¬ 
 jects of account throughout each of their Dominions. Thefe 
 were the chief Articles concluded by the two Kings (Queen If- 
 hel y the Duke of Burgundy , the Prince of Orange , and feveral 
 Noblemen being prefent.) So that upon the %d of June follow¬ 
 ing, (being the morrow after Trinity Sunday ) the Marriage of King 
 Henry and the Lady Katherine , with all pompuous folemnity was 
 celebrated in the Church of St Katherine at Troyes , by Henry de 
 Sauoify Archbifhop of Sens, 
 
 This Queen Katherine born upon the 2 Jth day of OSlober , An. This Queen, 
 1400, was the youngefi daughter of the laid King of France , by Charter, 
 Charles VI. and of Queen Iffabel his Wife, daughter of Stephen 
 Duke of Bavaria. Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Lord of In- *? 
 
 golflade j (he was upon the 14 th of February , in the year 1420, 
 
 J{oyne d’Engleterre & de France, & Fille a Charles L{oy de France & Dame d’ Ireland. To which is appendant her Seal 
 of red Wax (delineated in the z^th page of this fourth Book; on which is imprefled an Efcocheon charged with 
 the Arms of King Henry V. her Husband, viz. Quarterly Azure, 3 Flowers de Lize Or, for the Kingdom of France 
 and Gules, 3 Lyons \affan guardant, Or, being the Enfign of England-, Impaling the Arms of this Katherine, 
 who did bear alfo Azure, 3 Flowers de Lize, Or, King Henry V. having reduced the femee of Lizes to the number 3. 
 in imitation of her Father King Charlet VI. of Franct. This ‘ hield is crowned with a Royal Diadcme, and fup- 
 ported by two Antilopes, both gorged with Coronets, chained and linked together under the bafe point of the 
 Efcocheon 5 being the firlt Supporters that I have found bom by any Queen of this Realm. The Seal is circum- 
 feribed %ialllum tfatberfne fine Caroli ifteata! iJFranne, IReai'ie 4 ) '»ip er ©amine f^tbernfe. The like Impale¬ 
 ment (but without Crown or Supporters; flood painted in the Windows of Chrilj-Church, near Newgate, London and 
 in many other places, 
 
 mo ft 
 
 His Marriage. 
 
Mi 
 
 * 7 8 A qEHEALOqiCAL HIS'IO'K? OF 
 
 _ 
 
 Lancafiri - 
 
 am* 
 
 
 Her fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 Tudor. 
 
 Gules, a Che - 
 vers# z'wttr 
 3 Helmets,Ar- 
 gent. 
 
 Her death.’ 
 Ann 1437. 
 
 moft magnificently Crowned at Wejlminjier , by Henry Chichley , Book 4 « 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury , whereat James I. King of 5'rofi' was Tbo.w&i$ 
 prefent } and at the Feaft fate on her left hand, the Bifhops of 403 '*• ^ 
 Canterbury , and JVinchejler on her right } were ferved with filver 
 covered Mefies, all of Fifh, in devout obfervation of the Lent 
 Scafon : furviving King Henry ("to whom (he brought his only fon 
 named alfo Henry J This Queen was afterwards efpoufed to Owen Tho.Miiki 
 ap Meridetb ap Tudor , a Weljb Gentleman, and of the Court} de- 
 feended by Iifue Male from Kenan , the fon of Coel King of Bri- 
 tain , and Brother to Hellen , Mother of Conftantine the Great. The 
 meannefs of whofe Eflate, was recompenfed by the delicacy of his 
 Perfori, fo abfolute in all the lineaments of his Body,that the only 
 contemplation of it might make a Queen forget all other circum- 
 fiances} by him (he had Ifliie three fons, Edmond , Jafper , and 
 Owen , and a daughter that died in her infancy. Queen Katbe - cbon.f. 
 rine alio departed this mortal life (upon the id day of jjanuafy^ v 6, 
 1437, l 6*k year of the Reign of Henry V I. her fon, and 
 of her age the 38 tb) in the Monaftery of Bermondfey in South - 
 warh^ } where (he either took fanftuary, or for devotion repaired. 
 
 And on the %tb of February next following, her Body was brought 
 to St Katherines by the Tower, from thence to St Pauls , and fo 
 to Wejtminjler Abbey, where it was Interred, in the Chappelof 
 our Lady ; but her Corps being taken up in the Reign of King 
 Henry VII. her Grandfon, when he laid the foundation of his 
 new Chappel there 5 (he was never fince buried} butremaineth 
 Rill above ground in a Coffin of Boards, near the Sepulcher of 
 Henry V. her firft Husband, by her ere&ed in the Chappel of 
 the Kings} (the figure of which Coffin is marked with the Letter 
 B. in the 2 Si page of this 4th Bookj near unto which, on a Ta¬ 
 blet thefe Verfes in Latine and Englijb are pencil’d. 
 
 Here lies Queen Katherine clos'd, in Grave, 
 The French Kings daughter fair: 
 
 And of thy Kingdom (Charles the Sixth) 
 The true redoubted Heir. 
 
 Twite joyfull Wife in Marriage Matcht, 
 To Henry Fifth by name : 
 
 Becaufe through her he nobled was, 
 
 And fhin’d in double fame, 
 
 TheKingof England by defeent, 
 
 And by Queen Katherines right 
 The Realm of France he did enjoy. 
 Triumphant King of might. 
 
 A happy Queen to Englijb Men 
 She came right gratcfull here : 
 
 Aud four dayes Space they honoured God, 
 With mouth and reverent fear. 
 
 Henry the Sixth this Queen brought forth, 
 In painfull labours plight. 
 
 In whofe Empire a Frenchman was. 
 
 And eke an Englijb wight. 
 
 Under no lucky Planet born. 
 
 Unto himfclf nor Throne: 
 
 But equal with his Parents both, 
 
 In pure Religion. 
 
 Of Owen Tidier after this. 
 
 The next fon Edmund was, 
 
 O Kjtherine, a renowed Prince 
 That did in glory pafs. 
 
 Henry the Seventh a Britaine Pearl, 
 
 A gemme of Englands joy, 
 
 A Pccrlefs Prince was Edmunds fon, 
 
 A good and gracious roy. 
 
 ^Therefore a happy Wife this was, 
 
 A happy Mother pure. 
 
 Thrice happy child, but grandam fhc 
 More than thrice happy furc. 
 
 pic Ratljerina facet JFranco^um fill a Rcgtgj 
 Pztz$ zt Regnt ( Carole §>ejetetut, I3 * ® I4 * 
 
 ^entict qutnti tijalamo big leta jugaii, 
 iBam fic bit bupiici ciarug ipono^e fuit: 
 
 3iure ruo anglomm, Ratberine jute tttumpfjanjs 
 JFtanco?ttm obtintttt, jug decug imperii. 
 
 ®2atabemtlett0 feltc Regina Btftannig, 
 perque rues? celebrant quatuo 1 0 ?e Deum. 
 
 Crutut ipemicum getnebunoa puetpeta Regem, 
 
 Cujug in impend JFrancug et anglttg erat. 
 
 .JRon fibi nec Regno felict fibete natum, 
 
 S>eo patti et matrt teligione patem. 
 pcif ejt MunoCudderotettiap^oleg, 
 
 Mobiles! Cbmundug te Ratljerina beat: 
 
 ©cptimug i})enricug qua non meffantio? alter, 
 jFilittg Cdmundi, gemma O^itanna fuit 
 jfelir ergo uto?, mater, ter filia felijr. 
 m attia bee felijr terque quaterque fuit* 
 
 OTIUM FUGE, The 
 
THE KJ^tgS OF E^gLji^CD,&c. 279 
 
 >- - - — ^- - —.-. . --- ■ -- ■■ - -—^ 
 
 Chap. 3. The Salique Law thus broken, the very next day after the Mar- He * r y v - 
 riage, being the 4 th of Jme y King Henry , with the French King, 
 the King of Scots , the Duke of Burgundy , and Prince of Orange , 
 
 21 Earls, 45 Barons, many Knights and Gentlemen, with an 
 Army confifting of Englifh , French , Scotch , Irijh, and Dutch , to 
 the number of 60000, marched in queft of the Dauphin } and 
 
 Thojvsip. on t h e ythd ay of June , laid fiege to the Town of Seine , which Attao 14**3 
 a £ er ^ our ( j a y S was yjejjcj . t h e nce to Monftreu , which by force 
 was taken, the Caftle only held out *, during the Siege whereof 
 King Henry created a new King of Arms, to be principal Herald 
 of the Order of St George , which he ftiled Garter , whom he fent 
 with offers of mercy to the Caftle; but returning with nothing 
 but reproaches, a Gibbet was ere&ed in fight of the Captain, 
 whereon 12 of his friends were executed: This Siege continued 
 fix weeks j when enforced by famine, the Befieged delivered it 
 upon mercy. 
 
 The King from hence marched to Melan upon Seine, and the 
 30th of July laid fiege to it j which wasmoft valiantly defended 
 by one Barbafon , a Gafcoigne , who fought at Barriers hand to hand 
 with King Henry ; yet through Peftilence and Famine Barbafon 
 was forced to yield; and being fufpe&ed to have had a hand in the 
 death of John Duke of Burgundy , was fent Prifoner to Paris 3 
 whither both Kings with their Queens, the Duke and Duchefs of 
 Burgundy , and a Royal Train immediately followed: where the 
 three Eftates of France , under Hand and Seal, ratified again King 
 Henry’s fucceffion to the Crown of France ,the Inftruments where¬ 
 of were by him fent to be kept in the Treafury at Weftminfter. 
 
 King Henry now begins to exercife his Regency 3 caufes a new 
 Coin to be made called a Salute , whereon the Arms of France 
 and England were quarterly ftamped : appoints the Duke of Ex- 
 ceter with c 00 Men tor the guard of Paris; and fends out his Procefs 
 againft the Dauphin to appear at the Marble Table at Paris • 
 which he not obeying, is by Sentence of Parliament banifhed the 
 Kingdom,as guilty of the Duke of Burgundy s death. And on the 6th 
 of January following (having conftituted his Brother the Duke of 
 Clarence ^his Lieutenant-General of France and Normandy ) departs 
 with his Queen from Paris to Amiens , thence to Calais , and land¬ 
 ing at Dover , paffes through London to the Palace of tVeflminfter . 
 
 Mean while, in France , the Duke of Clarence having made 
 an inrodeinto Anjou, and returning home laden with Prey, was 
 betrayed by his Scout-mafter into an Ambufii of the Duke of A- 
 tendon 3 where,with the Earls of Tanquerville and Angus , the Lord 
 Roos , and above 200 Englifh more, he loft his life, though mod 
 valiantly difputed. 
 
 This fad difafter happened upon Eafter Eve, An. 1422. whereof 
 King Henry having advice, being upon his progrefs for the Queens Anno I4U ' 
 divertifement at Beverly , prefently difpatches the Earl of Mor - 
 taign into Normandy 3 and about the middle of May himfelf fol- 
 lowsjand landing at C^i/jhaftens to the relief of Chartres , which 
 
 B b b b the 
 
28o A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Laucajiri - 
 arts. 
 
 His death. 
 Anno 1412. 
 
 the Dauphin Charles with 7000 Men had befieged ; who hearing Book 4« 
 of the Kings approach, retires to Tours : mean while, the King of 
 Scots and Duke of Clocefler about the 8 tb of July take Dreux by 
 l'urrender, King Henry purfuing the Dauphin from one place to an¬ 
 other ; though he could by no means overtake him ; yet in his 
 way gained all the Fortrefles which had withftood him in the 
 Ifle of France , Lovaine , Brie , and Campaigne. 
 
 The Dauphin about this time fits down before a Town of the Tho.wai.p: 
 Duke of Burgundy s, called Coffney j which King Henry endea* 40<r< *'> 3 * 
 vouring by hafty marches to relieve, fo much over-heated himfelf 
 with Travel, that he fell fick (at a place named Suley') of aFea- 
 ver and Flux } from whence he fent John Duke of Bedford to 
 raife that Siege; upon whofe appearance the Dauphin flies to 
 Berry j and the King of England is removed to Bois de Vincennes \ 
 where growing worfe and worfe, having made the Duke of Bed - 
 ford Regent of France , and Governor of Normandy , the Duke of 
 Clocefler Prote&or of England, and of his Infant fon Prince Hen - 
 rys Perfon, exhorting all his Nobles to be faithful unto him, and 407^6?' 
 ferviceable to the Queen. He departed this life, ('repeating a Pfalm stMmhc 
 of David ) upon the laft day ( St Marthe faith the 29th) of Au - f- 
 gujl, 1422, in the 34 tb year of his age, having Reigned 9 years, 
 
 5 Months, and i^dayes. 
 
 Immediately after the Kings death, his Bowels were Interred in stows 
 the Church of St More de Foffes , and his Corps being imbalmed, 
 was inclofed in Lead, and accompanied folemnly to Paris , and } 6 i* 
 there depofited in the Church of Nojlre Dame , where his Exequies 
 were performed, from whence he was brought to Roan , and 
 there remained till all things neceflary for the conveyance of 
 his Body into England w'ere prepared. He was laid in a Cha¬ 
 riot drawn by four Horfes ; and above the Corps was his Fi¬ 
 gure made of boyled Hides or Leather, reprefenting his Per- 
 fon ; and painted to the life: upon whofe Head, was fet an Im¬ 
 perial Diadem of Gold and precious Stones; on his Body, a 
 Purple Robe, Furred with Ermine; in his right Hand he had a 
 Scepter Royal, and in his left a Ball of Gold, with a Crofs fixed 
 thereon. As the Chariot pafled through any Town of Note , 
 there was born over it a Canopy of great value, by Perfons of 
 Quality. In this manner, being accompanied by the King of Scots* 
 befides other Princes, Lords, andKnightsof hisHoufhold, he was 
 brought from Roan to Abbeville ; from whence, refting at Heclin 
 Monjlrevil and Bulloigne y they came to Calais , the Queen- Dow¬ 
 ager ftill following at two Miles diflant with her Retinue. 
 
 From Calais they fet fail, and about the lothoi Novembers- Tko.waJ.p. 
 rived at London , where the Body was repofed in the Cathedral 
 of St Paul. Upon the covering of theforemofl: of the four Hor¬ 
 fes that conveyed the Chariot, were embroidered the Ancient 
 Arms of England* upon the fecond , the Arms of England and 
 France in one Shield quarterly * upon the coverture of the third 
 Horfe, was embroidered the Arms of France alone, and on the 
 : . w fourths 
 
WOjminoJ>n‘ r u VL rEJ.MO 
 ljbmiti3iEDI'OJiDIX.'(&ati>nn 
 RVSSEL iitJiarom R.tt/scl 
 ■L’. Jhomhauahjhrbilysimi ’ 
 \Orxltriuf isa/'ti? 
 
 •rtf C./ut/i 
 f.acellurn Jure JfEATfUCf ./A 
 
 -tip r J^lCw£. 
 
 zSj. 
 
282 A qEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lmcajlri- fourth, were the Arms of King Arthur, viz. Three Crowns Gold Book 4. 
 atiu in a Field A'z.ure, 
 
 , His Exequies being folemnized in Sc Pauls , he was brought 
 
 from thence and Interred in the Abby of St Peter at fVeJlminjler , 
 at the Feet of King Edward the Confeflor, in a little Chappel, 
 fince enlarged and beautified with feveral Statues, and fenced with 
 two Iron Grates, by King Henry VII. according to the Figure in¬ 
 ferred in the preceding page. 
 
 In which a Royal of Image Silver gilt,was placed upon his Tomb, 
 ere&ed by Qneen Katherine his Widdow *,but about the latter end 
 of King Henry VIII. the head of the Kings Image (being of 
 Maffie Silver) was broken off, and conveighed away, with the 
 Plates of Silver that covered hisTrunck, which now only remains 
 (of heart of Oak) to witnefs againft thofe that facriligeoufly Role 
 it away} and his Epitaph defaced, which was but thefe two filly 
 Verfes: 
 
 antic ipotmattontm, Herus Conaueito; eojum 
 ©eteg 5Francojum DecegBt, et i^ectoj eojum* 
 
 iSx 
 
 28 z 
 
 0 /onoratijsimo ctOColihfnmo Oominc 
 (lc WOBIABYE , dvitanco -Generali f 
 inAfjnca Co mi taker Cl0 ra cenjir ^ 
 Q). (iroliScouncil nolnfium & tiyatoruin 
 CTumuli fianc Hfnrici v. h IRcojis 
 
 V)n-°: JOHANNl B F, IASYStQaram 
 et CfuHcrnatori Civitatis cfcjancjicr 
 J locum-tcncnthm vni, SfojicrjfCajestate 
 WDucjct (fu/jcrnatorlvilla clc'Hfillip 
 Cfmacjinem ’Ci-Q). C J. S- 
 
 Here 
 
THE Kj^cqs OF EqL J 283 
 
 c ^ a P‘ 3 * Here you have the Form of his Monument of Grey Marble, Henry 
 as it now remains} but the head of his Effigies, covering of his 
 Trunck, and his Regalia (having been all of Silver and ftolen 
 away) are fupplyed by this fhaddow, copied from an original 
 Pi&ure of him in the Royal Palace of Whitehall. 
 
 From King Henry's A&s of Valour, proceed we now to his 
 Works of Piety and Magnificence; which were, the rebuilding 
 _ .. his Mannor-Houfe of Sheene. now called Richmond ; his Founda- 
 Neujt. p. tions of the two Monafteries, ("not far from it) one of Carthnfians , 
 
 Tho vrJ 7 ’ called Bethlem j the other of Religious Men and Wo- 
 
 387. n. men, of the Order of St Bridget , which he named Syon. The 
 
 Brotherhood of St Giles without Cripple Gate y was alfo of his Foun¬ 
 dation. 
 
 ASon of King HENRY V. by Queen KATHERINE 
 
 of France his Wife. 
 
 13. HEN RT of WINDSOR, only Son of King Henry V. 
 was Prince of Wales , Duke of Cornwall , and Earl of Chefler 5 
 He fucceeded his Father in the Kingdom of England^ being yet a 
 Child j and was not long after, Crowned King of France , at 
 Paris: vide^ the following Chapter. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 31 H. 6 . 
 
 Penes Tho. 
 
 Canon 
 
 cjuiuaurat 
 
 Children of KATHERINE of VALOIS, Queen of 
 England, by OWEN TUDOR, her fecvnd 
 
 Husband. 
 
 This Edmond 
 
 13 .EDMOND TV DO R, Earl of Richmond^ Surnamed ^msffthef a e - 
 of Hadham , the Queen his Mothers Mannor-Houfe and place of raiIy ^ c f a ^ t J° e r ‘ 
 his birth, was the eldeft Son of Owen Tudor , and Queen Kathe R 0y ai Arms 
 nne of Valois j Dowager to King Henry and fo confequently jJfTisISf 
 
 half Brother to Henry V I. tbedSaSS 
 
 He was created into the Dignity of Earl of Richmond , per ofa Border A - 
 cintturam gladii , &c. and to have place in Parliament next af- with Flowers 
 ter Dukes, by Creation dated at Reading on the 2 3 of Novem- Maniett^or. 
 ber (the Parliament Role fays the 6 th day of March ) An. 31 J e h 4 U ce° wer " 
 Ff. 6. in the year 1452 i riotwithftanding that Arthur Duke (hewing him 
 of Britain^ was then living and did ufe that Title. He departed ded from the 
 this life the firft of November^ in the year 14 ^6. An. 35 H. 6 . of^Sef 1 
 having not enjoyed this Honour of Earl much above four years j 
 and was buried in the Grey Fryers at Caermardin mSouthwales \ the Arms of 
 from whence, his Remains (ic feemeth) upon the fuppreflion fheConfSbr, 
 of that Abby were removed ; for Sir Thomas Canon of Pern - 
 brokefhire , informs me,that his Tomb (from the Verge of which 
 he tranferibed the following Epitaph) is in the Cathedral Coat,and 
 Church of St David. fomentation 
 
 to feveral of 
 
 his Nobility; whofe example, no doubt was followed by thisPious King Henry VI. Edmond's half Brother, in the 
 grant of this diftinttion of the Martlets to him. Which Coat is Impaled with the Arms of his Wife Margaret 
 Beaufort, at the head of her Tomb in King Henry VII. his Chappel in Weftminfter Abbey; and alfo on the Monu¬ 
 ment of Queen Elizabeth, their great grand-daughter. 
 
 c c c e tantier 
 
284 A qE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancafiri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 Having made 
 fame obferva- 
 tions upon 
 the Arms of 
 his elder Bro¬ 
 ther Earl Ed¬ 
 mond.. I now 
 come to thofc 
 of this gaffer, 
 which were, 
 quarterly, 
 France and 
 England, a 
 Border of St 
 Edward the 
 Confeflbr,viz. 
 Jzure,% Man- 
 lens Or,, 
 which are 
 painted in the 
 Hall-Window 
 of Saxham in 
 the County of 
 Suffolke, with 
 this Motto 
 written obli¬ 
 quely in the 
 fame Win¬ 
 dows, Change 
 Truth for Mai- 
 fiery. Penes 
 tfohannem 
 Kfigkt in Me- 
 dicina Votlo- 
 rern. 
 
 dnber tljtg garble €>taite bete mclofeti, teffetb tlje 'Bones of t&nt 
 moft jtfobie ilo?b Edmond carl of Richmond, jFntbet anb B?0tbei* 
 to OUngj&C&e b)Dtcb,beparttb out of tljiss fKUojlb in tbepeac of out 
 
 iL0?D 000 145 6 . tlje fitttof tbemontb of November, OUtDbOfe S>0Ul 
 SUmtgljtp 3ieflju babe metcp. Amen. 
 
 This Edmoncl married Margaret the foie Daughter and Heir 
 o {John Beaufort Duke of Somerfet , fon of John Earl of Sower- 
 jet ) a fon of John Duke of Lancajler , fourth fon of King Ed - 
 ward 1 1 \. and by her had Ilfue their only fon Henry Earl of 
 Richmond ; who having (lain Richard III. the laft Plantage- 
 net King at Bofworth Field, had the Crown fet on his head, by 
 the mine of Henry VII. and firft King of England and France 
 of the Surname of luclor. 
 
 3. JASPER T ZJDOR, Duke of Bedford , and Earl of 
 Pembroke , fecond fon of Owen Tudor , and Queen Katherine , 
 Surnamed of Hatfeilcl , from her Mannor-Houfe of that Name 
 in Hertfordfhire , where he had his birth ; was by King Hen * 
 ry VI. his half Brother,created Earl of Pembroke-, in the 31 year 
 of his Reign, An. 1452. and to have place in Parliament next 
 after his Elder Brother Edmond Earl of Richmond. But after 
 that King Edward I V. had forced King Henry VI. out of his 
 Kingdom, this Jaffier was attainted, and William Lord Herbert , 
 created Earl of Pembroke in his room, An. 14 62. which Ho¬ 
 nour (his Patent mentions^) was granted him, in confederati¬ 
 on of his expelling jfafper the Rebel. Upon the death of this 
 William , (lain at Banbury, his fon, named alio Willi am x fucceed- 
 ed him in the Earldom of Pembroke. 
 
 Afterwards Henry VI. by the affiftance of Richard Nevil 
 Earl of Warwick , recovering the Crown, Jafper was again re- 
 ftored to be Earl of Pembroke in the year 1470 } but be¬ 
 ing taken Prifoner at Burnet Field, in April following,^# 1471* 
 he loft this Earldom the fecond time ; which being furrendred 
 by the fecond William Lord Herbert to King Edward I V. he 
 gave it to Prince Edward his fon, who enjoyed it during his 
 life. 
 
 King Richard 111 . held alfothis Earldom, till, at the Battel 
 of Bofworth. he loft his Crown and life to Henry Earl of Rich¬ 
 mond f, who fucceeding Richard by the name of Henry VII. not 
 only reftored this Jajper his Uncle to the Earldom of Pem¬ 
 broke (the third time) by creation, bearing date at Weflmin- 
 Pler the 'ijth of OSlober , in the firft year of his Reign, 
 An. 1485. but alfo advanced him to the Dignity of Dukeof 
 Bedford. The fame Kingconftituted Duke Jafper, Steward,at the 
 Coronation of his Queen, Elizabeth of 2 ~<?r 4 , ontheiorh of 
 November , in the third year of his R.eign : and on the firft of 
 O&ober , An. 4 th of H. yth, he was made Lieutenant of Ire- 
 land for one year} and on the 1 yth of February in the year 
 following this Duke had the Office of Earl Marffial of Eng¬ 
 land 
 
 Book 4 . 
 
 Chart* ji . 
 
 ff.f. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 1 
 
 Pat. an. 
 ft.y.f.i. 
 
 Fat. an. 4. 1 
 ft. 7 - 
 
 Pat. an. 
 
 7 . 
 
THE KJK 9 s 0 F E KQ L A Sic. 285 
 
 Chap- 3 , 
 
 Fat. an. x. 
 H. 7 - 
 
 lru{.an. 11, 
 H. 7. K. 
 171. 
 
 Vox.^.in 
 
 Officio 
 
 Frxrogat. 
 
 land granted to him, and the Heirs Male of his Body, with an 
 Annuity of 20 /. per annum. 
 
 He took to Wife Katherine daughter of Richard Woodvile 
 Earl Rivers fthe VViddow of Henry Stafford Duke of Bucb^ing- 
 /^w,Conftable of England) and deceafed ("without lawful If- 
 fue) on the 21 day of December , in the 11th year of Hen¬ 
 ry VII. and according to his IafE Teftartient, was Interred in 
 the Abbey of Keynfham 5 where he founded a Chantry for four 
 Priefts, to fing Mafs for the Souls of his Father, of Katherine 
 fometime Queen of England his Mother, and of Edmond late 
 Earl of Richmond his Brother. 
 
 Henry V. 
 
 The Arms of 
 of this ffafper 
 and this 
 rine Woodvile 
 his Wife, are 
 impaled in a 
 Book in the 
 Colledge of 
 Arms marked 
 M. 14. Hers 
 being Argent .a 
 FeJJ'e and Can¬ 
 ton Gules. 
 They are 
 in a Lozenge 
 Crowned Or. 
 
 o.a.foi 14. HELEN, the Natural Daughter of Jafper Duke of V^rdheTLef 
 Armor um.‘ Bedford , was married to William Gardiner of London Efq - , ionhmtkec 
 
 and they had Iilue Stephen Gardiner. Lord Prior oiTinmonth , £ ?s le Horris 
 
 r i-n r 1 in 3 ? Argent, gar - 
 
 afterwards Bilhop of Winchester. mjked or, 
 
 J -which are im¬ 
 
 paled with the Coat of this Helen , viz. Quarterly France and England, a Border Azure charged with 8 Martletts Or, a 
 Bafton fenijier 0 %, vide D. 4, p. 31 in Coll. Am. 
 
 13. OWEN TV DOR, third fon of Owen and Queen Ka¬ 
 therine ^ took upon him a Religious Habit in the Abbey of 
 Wejiminfier . 
 
 -4 
 
 1 3 * 
 
 HEN- 
 
Book 4; 
 
 286 A gEK^ AL0 9 ICAL history of 
 
 Lancajlri - 
 ant. 
 
 ip, H E N R Y VI. 
 
 KING of E^CqiAHT) ^F\A^CE i 
 
 and Lord of IRELAND, Surnamed of 
 WINDSOR. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Affixed to a 
 Charter (of 
 this King Hen¬ 
 ry vi. dated 
 the 9 th day of 
 July, an. 23. 
 H. 6 .) is his 
 Seal of green 
 Wax, fo ex¬ 
 actly agreeing 
 in all particu¬ 
 lars with that 
 of his Grand¬ 
 father Henry 
 IV. (if not 
 the fame) that 
 I need not in- 
 fert the Fi¬ 
 gure thereof 
 here, but re¬ 
 fer my Reader 
 to the former; 
 the Surcoat of 
 the King, his 
 Shields, and 
 the Capari- 
 rifons of his 
 Horfe being 
 alfo charged 
 with Jemee of 
 Flowers de 
 Lys-, whereas 
 his Father 
 
 Henry V. re¬ 
 duced them 
 to three 
 Flowers, as is 
 apparent in 
 his Seal. In 
 J{egiflro iVeji- 
 rnonajl. 
 
 In his other 
 
 E N R Y VI. of the Name (only Child 
 of King Henry V. and Katherine of 
 Valois, youngeft daughter of Charles 
 VI. the French King) was born at 
 Windfor, upon St Nicholas's day, in the 
 year of our Lord 1421. and bapti¬ 
 zed by the Duke of Bedford, Bifhop 
 of Winchejler , and Countefs of Hoi • 
 land, whereof the King his Father 
 (being then in France ) having infor¬ 
 mation, Prophetically fpake to this purpofe, I Henry of Mon¬ 
 mouth fhall gain much in my port Reign, but Henry of Windfor 
 will Reign much longer and looje all, but Gods Will be done. 
 
 .-He was Proclaimed King, being not yet aged 9 Months, Ex- 
 ceter and Winchefler his great Uncles appointed his Guardians} 
 who fo carefully appeared in their Loyalty to the Son, that their 
 love to the Father was evidently feen. The Duke of Bedford 
 was appointed Regent of France, having two valiant afllftants, 
 Thomas Monntague Earl of Salisbury , and John Lord Talbot } and 
 among the French themfelves, the Duke of Burgundy , a friend no 
 lefs powerfull than firm to him. The Dauphin likewife had on 
 his fide the Duke of Alen^on^ withfeveral other Peers of France •> 
 by which means, the uncertainty of Fortune was feldom or never 
 more feen than in the daily tranfa&ions between them. 
 
 great Seal, 
 
 (yidef. 240.) be is figured on his Throne in Royal Robes, with his Crown on his Head (not arched) holding in his right 
 Hand the Golden Scepter of the Flower-de-Luce , and in his Left, the Ivory fyd and Hand of Juftjce, be¬ 
 twixt two Shields crowned ; (which are the firfl: Efcocheons that I find adorned with Coronets, in the Royal 
 Seals ) that on the right fide containing the Arms of France alone, and that on the left fide, the Coats of 
 France and England quarterly . He treads upon two Lyons, and the Seal is circiimfcribed, HENRICUS DEI 
 GRACIA FRANCORUMET ANGLIE REX. The Counter-Seal is not above two inches 
 diameter, containing the two Shields before-named (but not crowned ) and the Scepter and Rod fuftained by 
 an Angel, according to the manner of the French Royal Reverfes, who never charge them with their Figures 
 on Horfeback, as do the Kings of England. 
 
 His Rofe Noble (vide Speed p. 81 to.), fo called, becaufe upon the Reverfe was (lamped his Arms upon theRofe) 
 fhews you his Royal Effigies crowned with an Arched Diadem, and him to be the firft of our Kings that wore 
 it, which hath been ever fince continued by our fucceeding Kings. 
 
 His Arms were fupported by two Antilopes Argent, attired , accoUed with Coronets and chained. Or, and are fo 
 carved over the Gate at Eaton Colledge, and were fo painted in a North Windowof St Stephens Church in WaU 
 brook* London. 
 
 The Devtfe of King Henry VI. was, two Feathers in Saltire. 
 
 Tho.Wahp. 
 406. ».i3. 
 
 TimLivi -j 
 
 w. 
 
 The 
 
THE KJK9 S OF E^gLJ^T>,Ste. 287 
 
 Chap. 4. 
 
 -f— 
 
 Ibidem p. 
 407.«. 31. 
 
 F olid.Fir. 
 JLiji. Lib. 
 a 3- 
 
 Stowes An- 
 Tils. 
 
 Paul. J£- 
 mil. 
 
 HeBor Bo- 
 etius Jib. 1 6 
 
 Fob. Fabi¬ 
 an. Cbron. 
 
 The French King Charles deceafing within little more than a Henry vi. 
 Month after King Henry , the Dauphin at Pointers caufed himfelf 
 to be Crowned King of France , by rhe name of Charles VII. 
 while the Regent called a Council a t Paris, to whom he madefo 
 cffl&ual a Speech, that the young King Henry V I. is there Pro¬ 
 claimed King of France and England , all the French Lords pre- 
 fent, doingtheir Homage and taking their Oaths of Fidelity. 
 
 The Dukes of Burgundy and Britain renew their old League Anno 1423. 
 with the Regent at Amiens^ where he marries the Duke of Bur¬ 
 gundy's lifter , and the Parifians taking advantage of his abfence, 
 refolve to betray that City to the King Charles , but are prevented 
 by the Regents entrance into Paris the night before it fhould have 
 been delivered, who put the Confpirators to death , furnifhing 
 all theftrong Holds with Englijb,zr)d taking in Tranels and Bray 
 upon Seine, whilft Sir John Faflolf maftered Pacy and Cour - 
 Jay. 
 
 The Conftable of France , with the new Kings Forces laying 
 fiege to Cravant in Burgundy, were fet upon by Salisbury, who, 
 after a long Fight, flew 1800 Knights and Men of Name, and 
 3000 common Soldiers, took the Conftable Prifoner, with the 
 Earl of Ventadour , and 2200 Gentlemen. Of the Englifh were 
 flam Sir John Grey, Sir William Hall , Sir Gilbert Haffal , and 2100 
 Soldiers ^ from thence the Earl led his Forces to Montaguillon , 
 which after five Months fiege he took. The Earl of Suffolk^ at the 
 fame time forcing the ftrongCaftles of Covccy and le Rethe. 
 
 About this time John Duke of Britain and his Brother are 
 wrought upon (notwithftanding their Oath) to deliver up to the 
 French the Caftles of Crotoye and Ferny. And the Regent being 
 reinforced with 10000 frefli Soldiers, not only wins many Towns 
 and Places of ftrength, but falls upon Crotoye before the French 
 w r ere well fetled, recovers it, and befieges Ferny. To the relief 
 of which, comes the Duke of Alanfon, with 16000 French ; but 
 feeing the Englifb prepared to receive them , about he wheels 
 to Vernoil , fweaiing he had defeated the Regent, and had that 
 Town delivered unto him. Upon which, the Regent follows 
 him thither, and engaging him in a pitched Battel (with the Iofs 
 of the Lords Dudley and Charlton y and 2100 Englifb) flew of 
 the French 5 Earls, 2 Vifcounts, 20 Barons, befide private Sol¬ 
 diers. The Duke of Alanfon their General, with feveral other 
 Noblemen were made Prifoners. This Battel was fought upon 
 jth of Auguft , 1425. 
 
 Vernoyle hereupon re delivered ; the Earl of Salisbury with 
 10000 Men, took the ftrong Towns of Maunts , St Sufan,Port St 
 Bernard , and others, whence marching into Anjou, he performed 
 fuch heroick A&s,that his name grew terrible to all France, evi¬ 
 denced at St Janie's in Bueron y where the Garifon cOnfifting only 
 of 600 EngUjb ,befieged by the Conftable of France with 40000, 
 being driven to extremity, made a Sally, and crying St George a 
 Salisbury , the whole Army fuppofing him to be come to their 
 
 D d d d refcue 3 
 
 Battel of Fer~ 
 noil. 
 
 Anno 1423. 
 
-- _ - ■ ■ -■—-- -— — ■*'■■■ ■ — • ^ 
 
 288 A qE^CEALOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lane ajl ri¬ 
 ant. 
 
 Anno 1417. 
 
 Anno 1418. 
 
 refeue, throwing away their Weapons, ran away, leaving their Book 4 . 
 Tents, Provisions of War, and Some Treafure behind them. 
 
 Sir John Mountgomery and Sir John Faftolf take feveral Caftles, 
 and the Earl of Salisbury forces above 40 more to furrender. 
 
 At which time, an unkind variance fell out between the Ne- foxe his 
 phew and the Uncle, the Lord Prote&or and the Bifhop of Win- 
 chefter , which the Regent came purpofely from France to appeafe, 
 and in Parliament performed ; for joy whereof, the young King 
 making a great Feaft, and being firft Knighted himfelf by the 
 Regent, not yet aged four years, honoured feveral others there¬ 
 with, and created Richard Plantagenet , Duke of Torh^, and John 
 Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk 
 
 All things thus peaceably fetled in England, the Regent with 
 his Uncle the Bifhop of Winchefter return into France • where, 
 by mediation of the Duke of Burgundy , the Duke of Alenfon is 
 ranfomed for 200000 Crowns, and the Bifhop returning for Eng¬ 
 land, is at Calais invefted with the Hat of a Cardinal, which the 
 Regent firft put upon his Head. Fluwphrey Duke of GloceTier 
 the Prote&or, blemifheth much his reputation, by marrying Ja- 
 queline Duchefs of Heynalt , another mans Wife, who had been 
 efpoufed to the Duke of Brabant , and lived with him 1 o Months. 
 
 And now in France , the Earl of Warwick and Lord Scales {lay 
 many hundreds of the French. Sir John Faftolf likewife befieging 
 the ftrong Town of Gravile, had Pledges given him, that if with¬ 
 in 1 2 days relief came not, the place fhould be furrendred } where¬ 
 of the Befieged failing, had their Pledges hanged under the Walls 
 of the Caftle. The Town of Maunts , by confpiracy of the 
 Clergy and fome Citizens was at midnight (the guard of Eng- 
 lifbi lain) fet open to the Marfhal of France., who entring the 
 Town with 500 Men: whilft they pillaged the houfes, and re- 
 joyced at the lurprize, were by the Earl of Suffolk^ and Lord Tal¬ 
 bot from the Caftle, furprized themfelves, 400 of them (lain,and 
 the reft taken } 30 Citizens, 15 Fryers,20 Priefts,all Confpirators, 
 condemned and executed. 
 
 Whilft things thus profpered in France , Thomas Duke of Ex - 
 ceter dies in England, whofe Office of Guardian to the young King 
 is fupplyed by the Earl of Warwick^, and his Place in France , by 
 Tho. Mountague Earl of Salisbury } who befieging OrleancejNon the 
 great Fort, where,looking out of a Window upon the Town, was mf!'^ 
 unfortunately wounded with a great fhot by a fplinter,in his head, 
 whereof within eight dayes he died, and with him, much of the lib - z *' 
 Englifh good Fortune inFranceTov though by the Lord Talbot and 
 Sir John Faftolf , many notable fervices were performed at that 
 place, yet the liege at laft was forced to withdraw; befidesthis, 
 the Town of Jarjeux is taken by the Duke of Alenfon , and in it, 
 the Earl of Suffolk^-, to fecond which difafter, the Lords Talbot , 
 
 Scales , and Hungerford , going to fortifie Meum , were fet upon 
 by the Duke of Alenfon , and Arthur Duke of Britain with 2 3000 
 Men 5 where, valiantly fighting,but oppreffed with multitude,they 
 
 were 
 

 Anno T4 1 9. 
 His Corona¬ 
 tion at fVejh 
 minjler. 
 
 Solid. 
 
 Virg. 
 
 Serres 
 
 Invent, 
 
 THE KjP^qs OF Ej^QLA${JD, &c. 289 
 
 Chap. 4. were all three made Prifoners, and iaOo of their companions Henr y Y ° 
 
 ' flain. 
 
 Salisbury thus (lain, and Talbot taken, whofe very names were 
 often approved fufficient to overthrow great Armies of the 
 French , did, as needs it muft, create a great ferocity in them, as 
 in the Englifb the contrary : yet the Duke of Bedford the Regent, 
 to let them fee that all the Englifb Courage remained not only in 
 thofe two heroick Men, with 10000 Englifb and fome Normans 
 fets forth from Paris, and bids defiance to the French King to join 
 Battel if he durft •, but all would not provoke him to it; where¬ 
 fore matching towards him with what fpeed he could make, King 
 Charles as faft fled away, whom the Regent as vigoroufly purfued 
 from place to place , yet afraid of being drawn too far from Pa¬ 
 ris , not without great caufe, doubting their fidelity there* fince 
 the French King could by no means be gotten to fight, he return¬ 
 ed thither. 
 
 King Henry VI. having not yet arrived to the eighth year of his 
 age, is upon the fixth day of November , An. 1429. with great 
 folemnity Crowned at Wejlmwftev , by Henry Chichley Archbifhop 
 of Canterbury , where he created 36 Knights of the Bath. 
 
 About which time, \t\France, began that ftrange Virago the P ufellb 
 d* Orleance to appear, taking upon her to be one fent from God for 
 the expulfion of the Englifb from thencejand by fubtil Stratagems, 
 obtain’d that many Towns in Campaigne were furrendred to the 
 French King } who, now, in the Regent’s abfence , drew all his 
 Forces to Pdr/j^which he fiercely afl'aulted,but was as ftrongly re- 
 pulfed, and forced to quit the place, leaving all his flain and maim¬ 
 ed Soldiers behind him. After which, fome fervices are perfor¬ 
 med by the Earl of Suffolk^ and Sir Thomas Kyrriel on the Eng- 
 lijh part, and by the Baftard of Orleance for the French , till, at 
 laff, the Pnfelle, by Sir John of Lnt%emberge was taken, and by 
 the Regent fent to Roan, where fhe was burnt for a Witch. And 
 now the Regent, to advance the intereft of young King Henry, 
 his Nephew, fends tor him to come to Paris *, into which City, 
 he was folemnly received on the ijth of November , 1451. and 
 magnificently Crowned King of France , in the Church of Nojlre 
 Dame , by his great Uncle Henry Cardinal of St Enfebius * and 
 had Homage, and Fealty fworn unto him, by all the French No¬ 
 bility there prefent} the places adjacent following the example 
 of Paris did the like. After whofe Coronation,there grew much 
 divifion between the two Nations; but after many Councils cal¬ 
 led, and all things agreed, the King returns into England. 
 
 But now began the Englifb Fortune in France utterly to fink Anno mu 
 down, wounded by a fatal diffention,falling out betwixt the Dukes 
 of Burgundy and Bedford the Regentj whereupon,the firft revolted 
 to the French , and the other, in the height of all his valiant Ads, 
 dying at Paris , had his place of Regency fupplyed with no lefs 
 contention, between the Dukes of Somerfet and Tori the firft de¬ 
 firing, but the latter obtaining it} which bred fo much envy irf 
 
 Somer - 
 
 Paul. JP 
 mil. 
 
 John Fil¬ 
 let Chron- 
 
 Anno 1431. 
 He is Crown¬ 
 ed in PAtti, 
 
 Holinjh , 
 
290 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancafiri - 
 ans. 
 
 Anno 143^. 
 
 Anno 1438. 
 
 Somerfet , that in all things labouring to crofs Torl ^s defigns, was a 
 means of keeping himfo long from his charge, that Paris revol¬ 
 ting, was yielded to the Condable of France , after it had been 
 polfefled by the Englifh feventeen years} many Fortrefles after¬ 
 wards following the fame example. 
 
 Which alfo,even in Normandy had been done, had not the Lord 
 Talbot awed them with the (laughter of 5000 of thofe that in¬ 
 clined to a defection, whild in Picardy and all other parts of France , 
 Bribery was fo common, that it grew a Trade, and at lad,a Town 
 or Cadle yielded but very little Money to the Betrayer, notwith- 
 ftanding the feverity ufed by the Lord Talbot to all fuch whom 
 he could take and find guilty. The Earl of Mortaign , fon of Ed • 
 mond Duke of Somerfet y with 200 Archers, and 300 Spears being 
 Pent him^ and afterwards Sir Richard Woodvile, Sir William Cham- 
 herlaine, and WiUiam Peto> with more force, to flop the current of 
 corruption. 
 
 The Englijb now having their hands full of employment only 
 in keeping what they had, and regaining fomewhat of thofe great 
 lodes which by treachery they had fu(lained,and with the expence 
 of much blood purchafed.fW/.wij’ had the fortune indeed to be ta¬ 
 ken by a dratagem ofthe Lord Clifford without blood ofth eEnglifb, 
 but isfeconded with a greater misfortune by the death of Richard 
 Beauchamp, Earl of Warwickyrt Roan. After which,a Treaty of Peace 
 at Calais procured by the Duchefs of Burgundy , produced no other 
 effed than the releafement of the Duke of Orleance for 300000 
 Crowns (of the Duke o {Burgundys Mony ) who had been Prifoner 
 in England 25 years:much to the diffatisfa£lion ofthe Duke ofG/0- 
 cefter , who not only proteded againd his enlargement, but caufed 
 his reafons to be Regidred on Record, that they might remain 
 for a Tedimony and difeharge of his duty in that behalf. 
 
 Thus long, though poffeflcd of much, yet with little benefit 
 in France , and every day loofing twice more than is gained. In 
 England , a more unnatural difeord is fomented between the Car¬ 
 dinal and the Duke of Glocefier *, the Duke accufing the Cardi¬ 
 nal with affe&ingPreheminency, contempt of Laws, and dero¬ 
 gation of the Kings Prerogative. And he again, finding nothing 
 wherewithal dire&ly to accufe the Duke, finds enough againft 
 the Duchefs Eleanor his fecond Wife, how that by Magick, fhe 
 had endeavoured the Kings death, for which fhe was doomed to 
 perpetual banifhment in the IJleof Man , and her Complices con¬ 
 demned to death, and fome of them executed. 
 
 A Marriage is propofed between King Henry and the Earl of 
 Armignacky daughter, with whom her Father offers the pofleffion 
 of all fuch Towns and Cadies as were by him kept in Aquitaine , 
 formerly to the Kings of England belonging, with a large Sum of 
 Money • which to prevent, the King of France fends the Dauphin 
 with a great Army, who not only took the Earl himfelf, and his 
 fon, with his two daughters, but mod of his Countrey 3 where¬ 
 by that Match became wholly fufpended. 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 Stowes 
 
 Chron. 
 
 J{ot.Tdienl 
 de an. 18 . 
 H. 6. 
 
 StowesAr .- 
 nal. 
 
 Shortly 
 
Speed, p, 
 684. 
 
 THE Kl^ogs OF ENiqLAND'D, &c. 2 9 x 
 
 €ha|). 4 . Shortly after which, the Kings of Spain,Denmark^ and Hun- Henry v. 
 gary , becoming Mediators of Peace betwixt the two Crowns of 
 England and France , a Truce of 18 Months is agreed on. And 
 further, William de la Pole Earl of Suffolk^, beyond his Commiffion, 
 and without acquainting the reft of his fellow Commiffioners, Anno *444.’ 
 takes upon him to propofe a Marriage between King Henry VI. 
 and Margaret daughter of KeywerDuke of Anjou , (Titular King 
 of Jerujakm , Sicilie , Aragon , Valence , &c.^ and Iffabel his Wifej 
 third daughter ol Charles Duke of Lorrainej in the City of Nan - 
 cy, 1444 1 preface, and with the content of the King of France 
 Charles VII. and Queen Mary of Anjou , Aunt by the Fathers 
 fide to the faid Margaret : in which, Suffolf proceeds fo far with 
 the King his Mafter, by propofingthe great beauty of the Lady, 
 and lome fuppofed advantages,that notwithftanding the oppofiti- 
 on of the Duke of Glocejler the Kings Uncle, the Earl of Suffolk 
 affirmation takes place : whereupon, he is created Duke ot Suf¬ 
 folk , and fent into France to fetch the Bride} who within a ffiort His Marriage, 
 time after, is conveighed into England , and at Southwicb^ in Hamp» Ann0 
 Jhire , folemnly married to King Henry, upon the 22 of April , The Arms 0 f 
 1445,and upon the 3 oth of May following, magnificently Crown¬ 
 ed at Wettminfter by John Stajford Archbifhop of Canterbury *,up¬ 
 on which, in the place of a benefit, inconveniencies follow } Nor¬ 
 mandy is loft, and the Englifh quite fhut out of Aquitaine. 
 
 And now, not to trouble our felves wirh France , we have 
 more than enough to do at home} moft of which proceeding Founded!be- 
 from the envy of the Duk of Somerfet , againft Richard Duke of ^^ a . rterl y 
 Tories Regency ; from which, now by the Marquis of Suffolk's *• Bir n 
 means ( through whofe hands all favours both from King and and Gules, 
 Queen pafs ) he is difeharged, and the Duke of Somerfet received , fa 
 
 Tork^ wifely forbearing to difeover his difeontent, fuffers Suffolk^ 
 with his Fa&ionto go on in their way, which he well obferves «£*&/•/3 
 isfo full of Pride and Ambition, that it cannot laft long. Befides, Naples, t a t - 
 the Duke of Glocejler, being now called to account,and committed ? ToucbflnL * 
 to Prifon(all his fervants taken from him,and himfelfat laft private- j^rufafern^* 
 ly murtherediin whofe welfare only, though neither the King nor j 
 Queen lawit,confifted thewhole welbcingof them and all their par- de LysOr, A 
 taker -5 had the fate to be removed without any hand of the Duke Anjou, ^a- 
 of Tor^ but theirs,in whofe deftru&ion they wrought their own. c^Jewjietl 
 Thus Torl^, obfeuring his intended defign of obtaining the 
 Crown, faw all things of themfelves run dirc$ly towards the fa or, Barr, 
 perfefting of his intended Work : for now happened the death of ^LdGuUsJ 
 the great and rich Cardinal the Biffiopof Winchejler } the Dukes ^LorraTn 
 Somerfet and Suffolk^ continuing in their greatnefs, came at laft to Thefamefix 
 be envyed by the Commons; to whofe charge (in a Parlia- arelmpakd 
 ment aflemblcd in the BlacJ^Fryersj is laid the lofs of Normandy , JSg 2 «irj 0f 
 
 her Husband 
 
 (being quarterly TtAr.ce and England) in a Chancel-Winctow of Pjcot Cbappel in the County of Oxford. Penes H. 
 St George Ar. fachmond 1 . 33 p. ji.b. 
 
 .From whencel obferve.'that although Edward IV. was the firfi King of England from the Conquefl, that made a 
 Qd?en ofhis SubjeCt. Elizabeth Woodvile Lady Grey, and the the firft Subjeft which multiplyed Quartering! ; yet had flic 
 grefident or .example from this Queen Margaret of Anjou, the Wife of her Husbands Predeceffor; asis evident by the 
 
 Halls 
 
 Chrort. 
 
 this Margaret, 
 Wife to King 
 Henry VI. are 
 carved in 
 Stone over 
 the inner 
 Gate of 
 Queens Col- 
 ledge in Cam¬ 
 bridge, by her 
 
 lx fevcral Quarterings beforementionedi 
 
 ?a 
 
 E e e e 
 
 Anj 
 
 on. 
 
292 A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancajlri - 
 
 «ns. 
 
 /o/^beheaded. 
 
 Anno 14*1. 
 
 Cades Infur- 
 rcdtion in 
 J^ent. 
 
 Anjou , and *, and Suffolk to have been chief in the Duke of Book 4 * 
 Glocejier s death } with many other high crimes; by which conti- 
 nual accufation of both Houles, the King at laft is forced to fign 
 his Banilhment for five years *, in purfuance of which, as he (ail- 
 puke of suf- e d f or France ; he was taken by an Englijb Ship of War, and on 
 Dover fands beheaded. 
 
 The Duke of Torl ^now in Ireland ,began to declare to his friends sumsA 
 there his Title to the Crown } whofe firft advantage was to create, *<th. 
 by one Mortimer a creature of his, commonly called Jacb^ Cade, 2 x\ 
 Infurre&ion in Kent *, upon pretence of reformation of Taxes and 
 Abufes in the State} who calling himfelf Captain Mendall , came 
 to Black, Heath , where he drew up his Forces, and flaying fome- 
 time there, peremptorily commanded the City of London to fend 
 him whatfoever necefTaries he wanted } whereupon, the Queen 
 fending the two Staffords ,Sir Humphrey and Sir Willtamwith fome 
 other refolute Courtiers to follow Cade -, who, before, upon the 
 Kings appearance with an Army , had withdrawn himfelf into 
 Seaven-Oak^lVood\ contrary now to expe&ation, when the Staf¬ 
 fords came, they found him in a good pofture to receive them j fo 
 that upon their firft Encounter, they were both flain, and all the 
 reft put to flight i whereof King Henry being advertifed, having 
 before, for larisfa&ion of the Rebels, who demanded it, fent the 
 Lord Say to the Tower, and committed the Government there¬ 
 of to the Lord Scales , fled himfelf to Killingworth Caftle. Of 
 whofe abfence Cade taking advantage, marches into London , and 
 coming by London Stone, ftrikes it with his Sword, faying, Non> 
 is Mortimer Lord of London. He a&ed nothing in this his firft 
 vifit to the difquiet of the City,but marched to Blacky Heath again ; 
 from whence, as Chief, he fent out his Letters of Safe Conduft 
 to whom he pleafed. In his next appearance in London , which 
 was the 3 d of July 144 6, he began to exercife his cruelty 5 when 
 fending to the Lord Scales to bring his Prifoner the Lord Say to 
 Guildhall , he caufed him to be arraigned before the Lord Mayor 
 and his Brethren i but pleading to be tryed by his Peers, he is im¬ 
 mediately brought to the Standard in Cheape , and there be¬ 
 headed, Cade caufing his head to be carried before him to Mile- 
 end j where meeting Sir James Cromar, the Lord Says Son-in- 
 Law,his head is likewife taken off, to keep his Fathers company i 
 and like Maces they are born before the Commander of this tumul¬ 
 tuous Rabble. The next morning returning again into London , he 
 makes examples of fome of his Followers for breach of his Procla¬ 
 mation*,feifes on the goods of AldermanM<*/pdj\,and fines Alderman 
 Horne in 500 Marks: by which the Citizens finding that he who 
 pretended to redrefs Grievances, was the greateft Grievance him¬ 
 felf ; they Petitioned the Lord Scales to fend them a party of the 
 Tower Soldiers, with good ftore of Ammunition and Harnefs ; 
 wherewirh arming themfclves, they withftood Cade at his next 
 entrance into the City } who, neverthelefs, brake through them, 
 and let lire tofeveral Houfes; whereupon a frefh fupply advancing, 
 
 ' Jv he 
 
A 
 
 Chap. 4. 
 
 Tolyd.rir- 
 S'h 3 - 
 
 THE KJHQS OF EW.QLAWJD>&c. 293 
 
 he was forced to retire beyond the Stonpe in Southwark upon ^ 
 which check, Cade s Followers having time till next morning to 
 confider into what danger their Captain had drawn them j upon 
 promife of Pardon by the Archbifliop of Canterbury and Biftiop 
 of Winchefter, they almoft all left him, and returned home j him- 
 felf, with forne few, fled to Quinborrow Caftle ; but being deni¬ 
 ed entrance, he difguifed himfelf, pafled into Suffex, and was 
 taken by one Alexander Eden , and making fome refillance, by him 
 (lain: his body fent to London , was divided into quarters, and 
 difpofed of into feveral parts of the Countrey. 
 
 Upon this Infurre&ion, Charles VII. taking advantage, feizeth Anno itfa 
 upon all that the Englifb had left in France,Calais only excepted, 
 with the two Caftles oi Hames zndGuifneSjby which ,Edmond Duke 
 of Somerfet's Regency of France terminated ; whereupon, coming 
 for England , he is in a Parliament held at Weftminjler arrefted : at 
 which, theDuke of Tor \('now in Ireland Junder pretence of appear* 
 ing,came to London, and had private conference with John Mowbray 
 Duke of Norfolk1, Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury, and others 
 his aflured friends; by whom it is refolved, that the Duke of TorJ^ 
 do as yet obfeure his claim to the Crown, and their pretence to 
 be only the removal of the Duke of Somerfet and other evil Coun- 
 cellors from about the King. And in order thereto, Tori ^ retires A® 1014 *** 
 into the Marches of Wales , and there raifeth an Army 5 whereof 
 King Henry having notice, putteth himfelf in the head of another, 
 and with the Duke of Somerfet marcheth towards Wales ; the Duke 
 of Torl ^being informed of the Kings approach, takes a by-way to* 
 wards London } but finding the Citizens would not admit him, he 
 pafled theThames, and came into Kent, and at Burnt Heath pit* 
 ched his Camp •, where the King following, drew up his Army 
 upon Blacky Heath } from whence he fent to the Duke to know 
 the caufe of this commotion, who declared, That it was not againft 
 his Majefty, but his ill Councellors, whereof the Duke of S0 * 
 merfet was chief, protefting, that if the King would fo pleafe,that 
 he might come to a Tryal by his Peers, for feveral Treafons,which 
 he and others had to lay to his charge, that then he would not 
 only difmifs his Army, but prefent himfelf in perlon at the Kings 
 Feet} which, being by the King promifed, the Dukes Forces 
 were disbanded, and the Duke accordingly appeared before the 
 King : where, contrary to his expe&ation, he found the Duke of 
 Somerfet ; whom he prefently charged with Treafon, which the 
 other as firmly recriminates upon him; during which debate,news 
 is brought, that Edward Earl of March the Duke of Tories eldeft 
 fon, was with a great Army on his way towards London ; where¬ 
 upon it is agreed, that the Duke of Tork before the high Altat 
 of St Paul's, ftiould fwear Allegeance to King Henry, which he did* 
 and had thereupon his liberty to depart to his Caftle of Wig* 
 more. - 
 
 At the fame inftant, arrived the Earl of Kendal, and the Lord 
 Efpar , Embafladors from Bonrdeanx , offering obedience to the 
 
 Crown 
 
2 94 A qEHEAtoqiCAL HIS7 0%r OF 
 
 *+• ' - - * ” ' ^ ’ " — - 
 
 Lfincajiri ^ •. 
 
 ans. 
 
 Anno i 4 H. 
 
 Anno 14 h* 
 
 c 
 
 Thefirfl Bat¬ 
 tel of St Al¬ 
 bans. 
 
 Anno 14* f. 
 
 Anno 14J7. 
 
 Crown of England, upon condition of Prote&ion *, whereupon Book 4^ 
 John Lord Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury, is forthwith fent with 3000 
 Men into Gafcoigne\ where, after many brave exploits by him 
 atchieved, not only now, but in Four and twenty years fervice be- p- 8 ? 9 - c 
 fore, he was unfortunately (lain, at Chajlillon upon Dordon near 
 Bourdeaux , the 2 oth day of July, in the year 31 o fH. 6 .An. 1453. coJsai 
 together with his fon <fohn Vifcount Lille, Sir Edward Hall, and wotiob. 
 
 b | ^ 1 J r J an ts ft.6. 
 
 many other Gentlemen or Name. 
 
 The Duke of Tork^ (fill labouring to difgrace the Duke of So± 
 nterfet with the Commons, at lalt fo far prevails, that in the Queens 
 Chamber he was arretted •, whereupon, the King lying dange- 
 roufly fick at Clarendon, is by her means brought to London j where 
 by diffolving the Parliament he fet Somerfet at liberty again, and 
 conftituted him Captain of Calais and Guifnes , the only remain* 
 der now left in France \ upon this, Torh^, with a ttrong party, 
 marcheth: towards London , and at St Albans , the King, with the 
 Dukes of Somerfet and Buckingham and others, and an Army of 
 8000 Men, meets him, where (the 2a of May , An. 33 H. 6 . 
 
 1455 *) b Qt h Armies joining Battel j on the Kings party were 
 flain Edmond Duke of Somerfet , Henry Earl of Northumberland , 
 Humphrey Earl Stafford, and Thomas Lord Clifford , and about 
 5000 others, the King (hot in the Neck with an Arrow, Humphrey 
 Duke of Buckingham, and Thomas Lord Scales in the Faces, Henry 
 Beaufort Earl of Dorfet fo wounded, that in a Cart he was forced 
 to be carried away. The whole Army thus defeated, the King 
 fled to a poor houfe near hand \ whereof the Duke of Tork^ ha¬ 
 ving notice, with the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick 0 the Fa¬ 
 ther and Son, came to him on their knees, humbly craving his 
 Royal Pardon} declaring, now fince the common Enemy was 
 dead, they had no more to require : whereuntothe King affright¬ 
 ed, anfwered,Let there be no more killing, and Til do what you l have 
 me. Whereupon the Duke in the Kings name, commanding a 
 Ceffation of Hoftility j King Henry isconveighed to London ; and po ^ d yir 
 on the pth of July, An. 1457. A Parliament is called at Weft - inn. 6 . 
 minflery wherein Richard Duke of Fork is made Protedor of the 
 Kings Perfon, Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury Lord Chancellor, 
 and Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick1, Captain of Calais. 
 
 Butthefe proceedings not at all pleafing to Queen Margaret , fhe 
 labours,with the Lords of her party, that the King take again the 
 power into his own hands j Salisbury to be difplaced, and fummo- 
 ned with Tork^ and Warwick^ to appear before the Council Table 
 at Greenwich i which Summons the Lords difobeyed j affirming, 
 that no power could call them to account: whereupon the Queen 
 Peeking toaccomplifh that by policy which (he could not obtain by 
 force,adyifeth the King for his healths fake to make a progrefs into 
 WarwichjJme, and from thence invites the Triumviri of Richards , 
 by kind Letters to meet her at Coventry, intending to furprize 
 them. But here again they failed her expectation, the Duke go¬ 
 ing to his Cattle of Wigmore , the Earl of Salisbury to Middle - 
 nv/mD ham 
 
THE KJNigS OF E^C.gLJ^CV,Scc. 295 
 
 Chap. 4. h am in the North, and the Earl of Warwick^ to his Government at He * r y v * 
 Calais. 
 
 The King not knowing of this Plot of the Queen againft the 
 Duke of Tork^ and his Friends, returns to London , where calling 
 a Council of himfelt he propoleth an accommodation between all 
 Parties which, by Mediation of the Reverend Archbifliop of 
 Canterbury , is agreed on, and ratified under the Great Seal } for 
 which, a Solemn Procefllon was made at St Pauls, in March An. 
 
 3 6 H . 6. at which the King was prefent, with his Crown on his 
 head ; before him went Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerfet , and 
 Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury , hand in hand folikewi fejohn 
 Holand Duke of Exceter , and Richard Nevil Earl of Wawick, 
 and fo one Competitor with another. After the King, followed 
 the Queen,led by the Duke of Tor^with (hew of a perfeft reconci¬ 
 liation • but on all fides diflembled,as afterwards appears upon this 
 fmall occafion, A Servant of the Earl of Warwick^ falling out 
 with a Courtier, wounded him *, whereupon, the Earl as he came 
 from the Council, is fet upon by the Kings Servants j where 
 Warwick defending himfelf, hurt fome more of them,and by Wa¬ 
 ter efcaped into London^i rom whence the Queen commanded him 
 to be fent to the Tower \ which he forefeeing, fled into Torhfbire , 
 where he acquaints the Duke of Torh^ and his Father the Earl o£ 
 
 Salisbury with the Queens malice againft them ; advifing them 
 to ftand upon their guard, whilft himfelf (being Admiral) haftes 
 to Calais , taking all the Kings Snips which he could get in 
 a rcadinefs^and in his paflage,makes Prize of two Spanijh Carricks, 
 
 ** which upon their unlading at Calais , he found to be worth 10000 
 pounds. 
 
 In the mean time, Salisbury with 5000 Men marcheth through 
 Lancafbire towards the King, to inform him of thofe indignities 
 the Queen had put upon his fon ; whereof the Queen having 
 notice, fent James Touchet Lord Audley , with a force raifed in 
 Chefbire and Shropfbire to intercept him; which upon Blore Heath , Batteiof^ 
 near Muchglton endeavouring to do, he is there (lain with 2400 of Anno * 4y8 - 
 his company. 
 
 This done, Torl^ no longer concealing his defign, with Salif - 
 bury takes the Field, to whom, from Calais repairs Warwick, bring¬ 
 ing with him moft of the Forces there, with two eminent Sol¬ 
 diers, John Blount and Andrew Trollop the King likewife with 
 the Dukes of Somerfet and Exceter draws to Worcefier j from 
 whence, the Bifhop of Salisbury is fent to the Torkifts , with a 
 general Pardon to all that would fubmit} who returned this An- 
 Twer f[hat the Kings Indempnity ftgnifed little , fo long as the Queens 
 predominant Power in all things fo overfwayed him : whereupon 
 the fame being again offered to all that would come into the King^ 
 
 Trollop was the firft that accepted itfrom whom, all the Duke 
 
 etaftoii of Yorl(s defigns are difeovered which fo much difeouraged the 
 Duke, that with his youngeft fon Edmond Earl of Rutland he 
 flies into IrelandEdward Earl of March his eldeft fon, with the 
 
 F f f f Earls 
 
i 9 6 A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancajlri - Earls of Sa lisbury and Warwickjnto the County of Devon ; where, Book 4, 
 ans ' by means of one John Dynham an Efquire, they all got (hipping 
 and fled to Calais. 
 
 Thus was Henry once more abfolute King, and Sowerfet made 
 Captain of Calais, whereof being fent to take poffeflion, he is 
 (hot at from the Rifebank, and forced to retire} upon which, 
 the Queen giving order that the Kings Ships then lying at Sand - 
 wich, (hould be made ready, they are boarded by the (aid Dyn¬ 
 ham , and brought to Calais, together with RichardW oodvile Earl 
 Rivers, their intended Admiral; from whence Salisbury fets fail 
 for Ireland, and after fome confutation with the Duke of Tori 
 returns again, the Kings Admiral the Duke of Exceter not da* 
 ring to intercept him. 
 
 Warwick^ though oppofed by Sir Simon Monford (whom he 
 took Prifoner) lands at Sandwich, and ranfacks it j and upon his 
 return, hearing of the good inclinations the Kentijb Men had to 
 him, landed there again i and by the acceflion of the Lord Cob- 
 haw, and many of the Kentijb Gentry, hath his Army increafcd 
 to the number of 2500; with which he marches by London (of 
 whofe favour he was partly allured J and hearing that his Father 
 was upon his march without impeachment, joined with his friends 
 at Exceter againfl whom went the King with the Dukes of So- 
 Battdof av- mer i et and Buckingham , in the head of a great Army, and near 
 Anno frf Northampton engaged Edward Earl of March , where after a doubt* 
 
 38 h. c. * ful Fight of two hours, upon the fall of Humphey Stafford Duke 
 of Buckingham, the Kings Army was put to flight, himfelf made 
 Prifoner, and fent to the Tower of London ; the Government 
 of which is committed to the Earl of Warwick^ from whence 
 the Lord Scales endeavouring to make his efcape to Weflminfier for 
 fanfluary, is mod wickedly murthered on the Thames y by Wher¬ 
 ry-men belonging to the Earl of Warwick; 
 
 Upon this good fuccefs the Duke of Tori ( fpeedily Pods from 
 Ireland to London , and in the Kings Namefummonsa Parliament, 
 and there, in prefence of the Lords, feats himfelf in the Imperial 
 Throne, boldly laying his claim to the Crown, as defeended from 
 Philippa foie Daughter and Heir of Lyonel Duke of Clarence 
 third (bn of King Edward III. elder Brother of John of Gaunt 
 Duke of Lancajier , Father of the Ufurper Henry I V. Grand¬ 
 father to Henry V. Father of him who at prefent dileth him¬ 
 felf untruely King Henry VI. whereupon it was in Parliament 
 concluded, that Henry (hould remain King during his life, and the 
 Duke of Tork, be Proclaimed Heir to the Crown ; and withal, 
 that if during King Henry’s life, this afl (hould be by any attemp¬ 
 ted to be difannulled, that then the Duke of Tork (hould imme¬ 
 diately have polfeflion of the Kingdom. 
 
 The Queen, after this, from Scotland , with Henry Duke of So - s Jff esAn ' 
 merfet, and an Army of Englijb and Scots to the number of 18000, Gr <ftw. 
 enters E«g/d»d}again(l whom Tork^ and Salisbury advance with their Chr ° n ' 
 Forces, (leaving the King in cuftody with ffolm Mowbray Duke 
 
 of 
 

 Chap. 4. 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Graf tons 
 Chron. 
 
 Robert Fa- 
 liian. 
 
 THE KJK 9 s of EW.QLAWJD>& c ' 
 
 ■-----!- 
 
 of Norfolk L , and the Earl of Warwick^) but approaching near 
 the Queens Army, the Duke is advifed by Salisbury to retire, and 
 flay for the Earl of March his fon, then railing Forces in Wales, 
 but good councel not prevailing,he went on,and on the laft day of 
 December , An. 1460. encountring at Wakefield-Green , is there 
 (lain, and his whole Army routed } his young fon Edmond Earl 
 of Rutland begging upon his knees, is ftabbed to death by John 
 Lord Clifford , the Earl of Salisbury made Prifoner, and in cold 
 blood beheaded at Pontfre£t y with all the Captives that were there 
 taken ; whofe Heads the Queen caufed to be fet upon Poles and 
 placed about the Walls of Torl\. The dead Body of the Duke 
 was with much derifion abufed, and his Head Crowned with a 
 Paper Diadem } but this fcorne is foon repayed to the full upon 
 their Heads that caufed it. 
 
 Edward Earl of March now labouring for himfelf, having fe- 
 cured Shrewsbury to him, and encreafed his Army to the number 
 of 25000, took the Field, and upon Candlemas day An. 1461. at 
 Mortimers Crofs near Ludlowe , was encountred by Jajper Tu¬ 
 dor Earl of Pembroke , and James Butler Earl of Ormond , and Wilt- 
 
 Jbire , whom he put to flight, and flew of them about 5800, 
 taking Sir Owen Tudor , and feveral other Weljh Gentlemen Prifo- 
 ners *, all which he beheaded at Hereford. . 
 
 While thus the Earl of March was employed, the Queen alfo 
 with her vi&oiious Army marches towards London • but paflage 
 being denied her at St Albans, (he there gave Battel on the 17 th 
 of February to her Enemies, Norfolk. and Warwick L , and putting 
 them to the rout, had the King brought to her, whom fhe recei¬ 
 ved with great joy. But the Northern Soldiers at this time grew fo 
 unruly,thatnotwithftandingboth theKing and Queens prohibition, 
 they in a horrible manner ranfacktand pillaged the Countrey,affir¬ 
 ming, that all on the South-fide of Trent was theirs by agreement} 
 upon which, the Londoners fearing to be fo lerved, whilft they 
 flood upon their guard, denied not only their entrance, but the 
 Commons riling at Cripple Gate, dop’d the Provisions which the 
 Lord Mayor was then fending to theKing, when fuddenly news 
 was brought them that Edward Earl of March , with Richard 
 Nevil Earl of Warwick (who having gathered his fcattered Troops 
 together, and joined with him) were now not far off, and coming 
 to them, which gave them encouragement to fhnd out with more 
 vigour^ till on the 20th day of February , with great joy they 
 received them into the City, where, on the fecond day of March , 
 Warwick^ muftering his Army in St Johns Field , calling his Men 
 into a Ring about him, read the agreement of the laft Parliament, 
 demanding whether they would have King Henry to Reign ftill, to 
 which they all anfwered N0, No , Then being asked if Edward 
 Earl of March , eldefi: fon of Richard Duke of York fhould be 
 their King, they all with a greater clamour cryed Yea , Yea . Where¬ 
 of word being brought to the Earl of March at Baynards Caftle, 
 he feemed to refufe the charge, till perfwaded by the Archbi- 
 
 297 
 
 Henry V» 
 
 Battel of 
 Wakefield. 
 
 Anno 1460. 
 
 The Qyeefl 
 Vi&orioui, 
 
 Battel ‘of 
 Mortimers 
 Crols. 
 
 Anno 1461^ 
 
 The lecond 
 Battel of St A» 
 ban ; where 
 the Queen is 
 vi&ori ous and 
 recovers the 
 King. 
 
 Anno 1461. 
 
298 A QENiEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancajlri - 
 ans. 
 
 His death 
 May 11,1471 
 
 Chop of Canterbury , and the Bifhopsof London and Exceter he B ook 4 - 
 accepted it *, and the next morning went in Procefilon to St Pauls , * 
 and Offering there, after Te Deum was fung, proceeded in great 
 State to Weflminjler , and in the great Hall, was plated in the 
 Kings Seat, with St Edwards Scepter in his Hand, receiving the 
 Homage of the Nobility, and Voices of the People there pre- 
 fent. From whence he removed to the Abbey with the fame fo- 
 lemnity, and feated himfelf on the Throne there, whilft the An - 
 theme was performed } after which, having Offered at St Edwards 
 Shrine, he returned again by Water to St Pauls , lodged in the 
 Bifhops Palace, and on the 4 th of March was Proclaimed 
 K' n g* , 
 
 And thus ended the Reign of this religious and eafie Prince 
 Henry VI. (a perfeft Emblemeof the inftability of Fortune) ha¬ 
 ving continued 38 years, 6 months, and 4 dayes, although his 
 life endured 1 2 years longer ; in which time, he was by his grand 
 Enemy RichardNevil Earl ot Warwick^, called Make-fyng, refto- 
 red to the Crown of England ; who dying in his quarrel at Bar- 
 net Field, left him to be again depofed by King Edward IV. 
 and imprifoned in the Tower of London. In which place (at 
 his Devotion^) he was cruelly murthered by Richard Duke of 
 Clocefler , King Edwards Brother, upon the 2 1 day of May 1472., 
 
 ; in the 51 year of his age. Who thereby finifhed that bloody 
 defign of extinguifhing the R.oyal Line ot Lancajler, which not long 
 before he began in the death of Edward Prince of If ales , King 
 Henry's only (on, by him ftabbed to the heart at the fatal Battel 
 of Tewkesbury •, from which confhft Queen Margaret his Mother 
 flying, and taking fan&uary in a poor Religious Houfe, is from 
 thence brought Pnfoner to London , and out-living the Murther mjt.de u 
 of her Husband and Son, fent home into France to her Father ^[° c n e di 
 Duke Reynar, being Ranfomed by King Lewis XI. for 50000 Tome *• N 
 Crowns. 
 
 King Henry's Corps, the day after his death, was brought to 
 St Paul's Church, in an open Coffin, bare-faced, where he bled, 
 thence carried to the Blacky Fryers, where he alfo bled} from thence 
 in a Boat to Cherfey Abbey, without Prieft or Clerk, Torch or 
 Taper, and there buried • but afterward, by the appointment of 
 King Edward IV. was removed to Windfor Caftle, and there In¬ 
 terred, in St Georges Ghappel, under a fair Monument, of which 
 there are at prefent no remains. The Arch on the South-fide 
 of the Chappel (between the Choire and the Altar) under which 
 he was depofited , is gilt and painted with the feveral Devifes 
 of this King, on the Key-ftone of which, are carved his Royal 
 Arms, Enfigned with a Crown, and fupported by two Antilopes, 
 cohered and chained together. In the South-window of which 
 Arch, was pencilled the Hiftory of his Life in coloured Glafs; 
 which, with many more Windows in the fame Chappel, was de¬ 
 faced in the late Rebellion. This King was the Founder of two 
 Colledges, the one in Cambridge dedicated to our Lady and 
 
 St Nicholas , 
 
THE KJK9 s of ENigLJ^Vt&o. 2 99 
 
 Chap. 4. St Nicholas, called the Co lledge-Royal or Kings-Colledge j the other H - nr y v - 
 at Eaton near Windjor, named of our Lady , to the maintenance 
 whereof, he gave 3400 pounds by the year. In his Reign al- 
 fo, Queen Margaret his Wife began the Foundation of Queens- 
 Colledge in Cambridge « 
 
 A Son of King HENRY VI. by Queen MARGAPvET 
 
 of Anjou bis Wife. 
 
 Thomas 
 Milks f. 
 48. 
 
 Orig. V. 
 H. 6. 
 
 Fenes Ed. 
 Walker 
 Eq-, aural 
 Gart.J{. 
 Arm. 
 
 mm. 
 
 14. EDWARD of LANCASTER, Duke of Cornwall 
 the only Child of King Henry VI. born at Wejhninfter upon 
 the 13^ day of October , in the 31 year of his Fathers Reign, 
 An. 1453- was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chefter, 
 by Patent bearing date at the Kings Palace at Wejhninfter , the 
 i$tb day of Marcb y An. 32 H. 6 . Forthe Dukedom of Corn- 
 wal (as is warranted upon Record) is reputed unto the Kings 
 eldeft Son, the Very day of his Nativity ^ and by vertue of a 
 fpecial Aft, is prefumed and taken to be of full and perfeft 
 Age, fo as he may fue that day for his Livery of the faid 
 Dukedom, and ought by right to obtain the fame, having 
 his Royalties in the Stannary, Wrecks at Sea, Cuftoms, &c 
 
 In his grant of theChamberlainfhip of North Wales to John 
 Lord Duddeley , dated at Salisbury , upon the 18 tb day of 
 March, An. ... H. 6 . he isftiled E dwardus primogenitus Henrici 
 fexti Regis Anglie & Francie Princeps Wall. Dux. Cornubie <&* 
 Comes Cejlrie y to which,his Seal of pale-yellow Wax (the Fi¬ 
 gure thereof being exhibited in the 240 page of this fourth 
 Book) is annexed : on the one fide, containing his Effigies on 
 Horfeback, his Surcoat, Shield, and Horfe Caparifons, being 
 charged with the Arms of France and England quarterly , 
 differenced with a Label of three points, and for his Creft, upon 
 a Chapeau , a Lyon pajfant gnardant crowned, and accolled with 
 the like Label. On the Counter-Seal is a large Efcocheon of 
 the fame Arms (between two collateral Feathers and Scroles, 
 containing the words Ich Dien ) and over it, a Swan, with the 
 Wings expanded, gorged with a Coronet and Chain. The 
 Seal is circumfcribed on both fides thus, S>t($illUYH <ED- 
 
 Voat Hi l&egis 2tnglie ct francte wtmogeiiiti 
 pis ®aallte SDucls Cojnttblc etComitiSCeftvlc, 
 
 He proved a Prince of great hope and forwardnefs, be¬ 
 ing skilfull in Martial Knowledge, matters of Government, 
 and Laws of the Realm. At the age of feventeen, the better 
 to bandy againft his Fathers Competitor King Edward I V. 
 he affianced (in France ) Anne Nevil , the fecond Daughter and 
 Coheir of Richard Earl of Warwiclj , called Make-king • who 
 having fet up King Edward , and as earneftly labouring now 
 
 Gggg ac 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Edward 
 Prince of 
 Wales are pain¬ 
 ted under his 
 Effigies on the 
 Tomb of Oli¬ 
 ver King, 
 fometime his 
 principal Se¬ 
 cretary, CSV. 
 on the South- 
 fide of the 
 Choire, in the 
 Chappel of St 
 George in 
 Wind/orCalUc, 
 being France 
 and England, 
 quarterly , a. 
 Label Argent, 
 and arelup- 
 ported on the 
 right fide with 
 an Antilope 
 Argent, attired 
 Or, accolled 
 with a Ducal 
 Coronet , and 
 chained Gold i 
 and on the 
 left, with a 
 Swan proper, 
 gorged aljo 
 with a Coronet 
 proper, and 
 chained Or. 
 The Nich, in 
 which this 
 Princes Figure 
 is painted, is 
 diapred with 
 Swans and 
 Ollrich Fea* 
 thers. 
 
3 oo A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancaftri - at the Battel of Barnet to pull him down again } there with Book 4. 
 
 an f_ _ great courage loft his life. When Queen Margaret , and this ' 
 
 Prince her fon arriving too late from France to come to the 
 Earls aftiftance, were by King Edward's Forces defeated at 
 Tewkesbury , and put to flight, the Queen and himfelf taken 
 Prifoners} where he being by Sir Richard Crofts brought be¬ 
 fore the King} who ask’d him, How he durji prefume to enter 
 his 'Dominions in Arms . His refolute Anfwers fo enraged the 
 Conqueror, that he dafhed him on the Mouth with his Gaunt¬ 
 let, and Richard Duke of Glocejier ran him into the Heart with 
 his Dagger. His Body was buried without any folemnity, 
 (among the mean and poor perfons (lain) in the Monaftical 
 Church of the Blacky Fryers in Tewkesbury. His WiddoWj 
 the Princefs Anne Nevil being afterwards married to the Duke 
 of Glocejier his Murtherer. 
 
 12.' THO. 
 
THE KJNigS OF E3fqLA3fT),&c. 3 oi 
 
 Chap. 5. 
 
 S®5 @3 6S, 
 
 £?« 
 
 Thomas 
 
 of 
 
 Clarence. 
 
 ■■•THOMAS 
 
 Duke of CLARENCE, and Earl of ALBEMARLE, 
 
 President of the Kings Council, and 
 Constable of his HOST, Lieutenant-General 
 of his ARMIES in FRANCE and 
 N 0 R M A N V T, &c. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 Topodigma 
 Neujt. p. 
 SSS- »-i 3 - 
 
 Pat. an. j. 
 H. 4.f. 2. 
 ?». 14. 
 
 Pat. an. 1. 
 H. 4. p. 2. 
 m. 32. 
 
 Origin, an. 
 13 #- 4 - 
 4 J. 
 
 Chart, an. 
 x}.H. 4. 
 w.3. 
 
 ThoWal.p. 
 
 404.j2.4j. 
 
 ho mas of Lancaster, Duke France Jemee 
 of Clarence , fecond Son of King Henry I V. 
 
 Steward of Ena land the 1 2th of November , Mofg points 
 
 O ^ Jp TTftVYF* Cdcb 
 
 An. 1 H. 4. was conftituted Lieutenant of charged, with ] 
 Ireland for the term of three years, by his in|$h 
 Laid Father, on the firfi: of oUober, in the 
 fifth year of his Reign, 1403. and af- Duke of af¬ 
 terwards created Earl of Albemarle , and Duke of Clarence at Re- Unci’e, who 
 therhithe , the 9th of July, m the 1 %th year of H 4. 141a. 
 
 He waslikewife Prefident of the Kings Council after that Prince 
 his Brother was difmified from that Office, for ftriking the 
 Lord Chief Juftice.In the Reign of King Henry V. his Brother, he George* chap- 
 had alfo the Offices of Conftable of the Kings Hofi,and Lieutenant- ^ { * tm ndfor. 
 General of his Armies in France and Normandy. And although this' 
 
 Thomas Duke of Clarence had borne forth his youth with better 
 temper than Prince Henry his Brother, yet neverthelefs, his Fa¬ 
 ther feared that his hafiy difiempered humour would much difturb 
 the Government, being a Man of a violent and felf-willed difpo- 
 fition , neglecfing at laft the grave advice and counfel of his 
 own Countrey Men and Commanders. For being betrayed by 
 Andrew Forgufa, a Lombard, his Scout-mafter, who reporting the 
 numbers of the Enemy to be far inferiour to what they were, he 
 leaving his Bill-men and Archers behind him, in which his chiefefl: 
 ftrength confifiedj precipitates himfelf into Battel at Baugy, up¬ 
 on Eafler Eve, Anno 1421, with the Duke of Alenfon, John Earl 
 of Bhchqnbanan, and Archibald Dowglas, two valiant Leaders of 
 700 refolute Scots . The fudden and unexpe&cd approach of 
 the Duke of Clarence forced the Scots into the Church of Baugy \ 
 where, whilft they were making their defence, the refi: took the 
 alarm, and the Earl of Bucbquhanan manned the Bridge } to whofe 
 aid Hugh Kenncdie with 100 Horfe prefented himfelf. The Duke 
 of Clarence feeing no poffibility of freeing the paflage, with his 
 
 fmall 
 
302 A (jEJ^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lanolin -. fmall party of Horfe, demounted, and came to blows with Buch - Book 4. 
 
 —- qnhanan, who was followed with 200 Horfe; where either fide *- 
 
 fighting with equal courage, Clarence gave fingular teftimony of 
 his great Valour, until, as he was remounting, one John Swinton, 
 a Scot) wounded him in the Face with his Lance, and threw him 
 curence flam to the ground, being the firfi Englifb Man that was there flain j 
 of Stingy, an. having that day upon his Helmet, a Circlet enriched with preci- 
 ous Stones j which being taken from his Creft by a Scot , was 
 fold to John Steward of Derby for 1000 Angels. The 
 Earls of T anquervile and Angus, with the Lord Roos , Sir John 
 Enmley, and Sir John Vtrend, though they approved not this 
 rafh defign, yet made proof of their duty and their valour, not 
 only in obeying their General in his life time, but accompany¬ 
 ing him in his death; with whom died alfo 2000 private Soldiers. 
 
 The Earls of Somerset, Suffolk^, and Perch, the Lord Fit%-Wal- 
 ter. Sir John Berkley, Sir Ralph Nevil, Sir Henry Englijh, Sir Wil¬ 
 liam Bowes, Sir William Langton , and Sir Thomas Borough } and 
 
 
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THE KJHJfS OF E$£QLA$tV,&c, 303 
 
 Chap, f. divers others, being dcpreffed by a numerous Enemy, were ta- Thomas 
 ken prifoners* and of the French were flain above 1 200 of their clarence. 
 
 befi Men at Arms. -- 
 
 The Englijh Army, under the command of Thomas Mont acute , 
 
 Earl of Salisbury , coming fomewhat too late to this over-hafty 
 Enconnter, relolved to requite the lofs ^ but upon their advance, 
 the French gave ground, whereby the Body of Clarence was reco¬ 
 vered, and with the reft, conveyed into England, and buried in St 
 Michael's Chappel, on the Eaft fide of the Souih Croft, below 
 the Choire, in theChathedral Church of Canterbury , ( w here his 
 Th Father was Interred 1 } There his Effigies in Armour, is to be feen 
 40carved in Alablafter, lying on the right Hand of the Ducheft Mar¬ 
 garet his Vt£ifc , the relift of John Beaufort Earl of Somerjet , zancafler, 
 who is there alio Entombed, his Portraiture lying on her left fide. yfmfL'ohnd, 
 This Margaret was the third Daughter of Thomas Holand , and 
 Sifter and Coheir of Edmond Holand , both Earls of Kent } who gu^dmor,* 
 furviving thefe her two Husbands (having had no Iflue by the Duke Border,Arsevt 
 of Clarence ) ere&ed the Monument in the preceding page to their 
 Memory. 
 
 The following diftick hath been read for the Dukes Epitaph } 
 cTS? but whether carved on the Verge of this Tomb or not, I can¬ 
 not learn, the Fillet of Brafs being torn away. 
 
 $ic Jacct in Itumnlo %i)o Dur Cl at:, ttunc quafi tutlius, 
 
 £Uu futt in bello claws, tuc tlario? ttiius. 
 
 Tttt. an. 7. 
 fi. 6. p. U 
 
 j5. Sir JOHN of CLARENCE, commonly called in 
 Records by the name of John the Bajiard of Clarence ( Johan¬ 
 nes Baflardm Clarenciae ) was a Natural Son of this Duke, and 
 one of thofe who attended his Corps from the Battel of Baugy. 
 to his Interment at Canterbury. And to this John, King Hen¬ 
 ry VI. made a grant of the Mannors of Esker , Newcaftel, Ly¬ 
 ons, Cromelyn , and Taffagard in Ireland } by Letters Patent, da¬ 
 ted the 11 th day of July , in the 6th year of his Reign. 
 
 Tatty per Che ~ 
 vet on, Gules 
 and Azure, ip 
 chief two Zy* 
 ons rampant 
 guardant, the 
 one rerpe- 
 fting the o- 
 thc r Or,in haft 
 a Flower de 
 Lys of the third 
 Tenet Edw. 
 Walker Gart. 
 Prin. Ejegcm 
 Arm. 
 
 ? 
 
 12. JOHN 
 
 Hhhh 
 
3 o 4 A qENiEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lattcajiri - Book 4* 
 
 am. 
 
 -JOHN 
 
 Regent of the Kingdom of FRANCE , Duke of 
 BEDFORD , ANJOV , and ALENSON, 
 
 Earl oC MAFENNE, RICHMOND , 
 and KENDAL , and Constable of 
 ENGLAND „ &c. 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 The Figure of 
 this 
 
 Duke of 
 /crir Seal 
 (of red Wax) 
 is exhibited in 
 the 140 page 
 of this 4 Book; 
 on which is 
 engraven 
 his Shield, 
 hanging cor- 
 ner-wayes, 
 containing 
 the Armcs of 
 ■Fnmreand 
 England,quar¬ 
 terly, over all 
 a Label of y 
 •points, thofe 
 z towards the 
 
 OHN of LANCASTER, Duke of 
 Bedford, was the third Son of King Henry IV. to 
 whom, bis laid Father granted the Office of 
 Conftable of England , upon the iotb day 
 of September, the fourth year of his Reign, 
 by Letters Patent dated at Worcefler } which 
 Office, I find confirmed unto him for term 
 of Life, in the eleventh of Henry IV. 
 
 In a Parliament held at Leicejler , on the 16th of May , An. 
 2 H. 5. his Brother, he was created Earl of Kendal , and Duke 
 of Bedford , during his life only. But upon furrender of thofe 
 Letters Patents to King Henry VI. his Nephew, he regranted 
 Dexter-fide of him thofe Honours (An. it H. 6.) Habendum to him and the 
 
 the Efcocheon, . v ' 
 
 areempofedof Heirs Male of his Body for ever. 
 
 fignifiethathe Upon King Henry V. his Expedition into France , to recover 
 danTof 5S his Rights there, he appointed this his Brother John , Prote&or 
 SjS'andthe anc ^ Lieutenant of the Kingdom of England , during his ftay be- 
 other three yond the Seas, by Commiffion dated at Portfmontb , on the 12 th 
 flowers deLys, day of AuguSl, in the 3 d year of his Reign, An. Dorn. 1415. 
 Pedigreefrom He Knighted King Henry VI. his Nephew An. 1425. in the 
 LtZSifa^ 0 *- 5 ^ y ear w h°fe Reign, he was made Regent of France , ufing 
 wholeAnce- in his Stile thele feveral Titles, ffobn Regent of tbe Realm of 
 the^firflTine, France , Duke of Bedford, Anjou, and Alenjon, Earl of Mayenne, 
 riiybear dlta " Richmond , Kendal , and Conflable of England. 
 
 them. His , 
 
 Creft thereon is a Lyon pa/fant gardant crowned, and gorged with the {aid Label of y points, Jlanding on a Chapeau doubled 
 Ermine ; which with his Helmet is placed betwixt two collateral Feathers, wreathed withScroles, containingfomc 
 illegible Characters. Thofe parts of the Seal which contain his Supporters, are broken off, there appearing on the 
 left fide of the Shield a cloven hoof only. Which makes me of opinion, it was an Antilope. This Seal is ap* 
 pendant to an Inllrument dated at Leicejler on the 16 of May, an. 4 H. 6. In St Stephens Church Walbrook. in Lon¬ 
 don, in a South-Window of the Choire, was painted inGlafs,the Shield of this John Duke of Bedford,(upportcA with 
 two Eagles Urgent, gorged with large Coronets, compofed of J{ofes Or, It isEnfigned with a. Ducal Capp, Gules, enriched 
 with a Coronet compofed aifo of gofes, Or. 
 
 L*at. 4ft, 4, 
 H. 4. f, 2,' 
 m. 10. 
 
 Pat.an. ix 
 
 H. 4. p. z, 
 
 m. 9 . 
 
 Pot. Pari, 
 tent, apud 
 Leicejt. 
 ultimo A - 
 prilUan i. 
 
 H. y. p. 2. 
 m.f.i 
 Pat. an. 11 
 H. 6 , p. z. 
 m, 2. 
 
 Pat. an. 3. 
 H.%. J>,2. 
 tft. 41. 
 
 His firfi Mar- 
 riag 
 
 He married two Wives, the firft of which was Anne . f Daughter of 
 The Arms of John Duke of Burgundy , and Margaret his Wife , 'Daughter of 
 wcrc'jirtef Albert of Bavaria , Earl of Henault y Holand, and Zeland , whom Tome up. 
 
 ly •, onthefirfi 
 
 he 
 
 73^737 . 
 
Chap. tf* 
 
 Penes Will. 
 Dugdale 
 Arm.Not- 
 roy J{egem 
 Armorum 
 tn . 1648. 
 
 tfolUngfh. 
 
 Pat.an.15. 
 
 Penes Will. 
 Dugdale 
 Ar.Norroy 
 J{egem Ar - 
 tnorum Z>. 
 3 l * 
 
 Elcheat an. 
 \\H. 6.it. 
 
 THE Kj^qs OF E'JiqLJKP>&*> 
 
 he efpoufed in the year 1423* not many dayes before which 
 Marriage ( in the Month of April) John Duke of Bedford, 
 Philip Duke of Burgundy, his YVives Brother, with ffohn Duke 
 of Britain, being aflembled in the City of Amiens, Treat of an 
 Alliance and Confederacy with the Englifb, at which time, the 
 Duke of Burgundy grants to Anne Duchefs of Bedford , his fifter, 
 the Earldom of Artois, in cafe he fhould deceale without Heirs of 
 his Body lawfully begotten. 
 
 She was his Wife about 9 years, and then died in child-bed at 
 Paris (her Infant not much furviving her) upon the iq.tb No¬ 
 vember, An. 1432. and was Interred in the Church of the Celejlines 
 in that City, near the Chappel of Orleance ; where is to be feen 
 her Monument of black Marble, with her Portraiture placed 
 thereon • about the Verge of which is this Epitaph: 
 
 Sift noble borne matrante Stine tie 'Bourgottgtte efpottfene ttefnobfe 
 pjtnce S^onfiegneur aeatt buc Be Betljfc^t et KegentDe jFtance, et 
 fille Be trefnoble p?tnce Jean buc Be Bonrgongtte, laquelle ttefpafla 
 a parts le 14 be Jttofcemtye pan 1452. 
 
 The fecond Wife of John Duke of Bedford was Jaquetta, 
 daughter of Peter of Luxembourg, Earl of St Paul , a Lady aged 
 about feventeen years 3 whom he efpoufed at Turwin. but had 
 not by her any Iilue : (he was after his death re married unto Sir 
 Richard Woodvile Kt. (afterwards Earl Rivers) for which the 
 laid Sir Richard had a pardon from King Hmry V I (An. \ 5 H 6.j 
 and by him , befides other Children , was Mother of Anthony 
 Woodyile Earl Rivers, and Elizabeth Woodvile, firft married to 
 Sir John Grey Kt. by whom (he had Ilfue Thomas Grey Marquis 
 Dorjet *, and afterwards to King Edward IV. having alfo lfliie 
 by him King Edward V. and Richard Duke of Tork^ 3 both mur- 
 thered by the command of their unnatural and cruel Uncle 
 Richard III. This Jaquetta Duchefs of Bedford, deceafed up¬ 
 on the %cth day of May, in the 12th year of King Edward IV. 
 her foninLaw, An. 1472. Anthony Woodvile Earl Rivers her Son 
 and Heir, being aged above 30 years at the time of her death. 
 
 This John Duke of Bedford , as Conftable of England, deter¬ 
 mined the controverfie between Reginald Lord Grey of Ruthyn, 
 and Sir Edward Haftings Kt.for the bearing of the Arms of Haftings. 
 And at the winning of Vernoyl , took the Duke of Alenfon Prifo- 
 ner 3 and with the lofsof 2100 of his Soldiers, flewof the Ene¬ 
 my, 5 Earls, 2 Vifcounts, 22 Barons, 7000 French , and 2500 
 Scots. And upon the yth day of September 1432, Crowned 
 Henry VI. his Nephew in Paris 3 about a year and three quarters 
 after which, this renowned Prince deceafed in that City, upon 
 the day of exaltation of the Holy Crofs (being the 14th of Sep - 
 tember) in the year 143*;. An. 14 H. 6. whofe Corps being from 
 thence folemnly conduced to Rouen , was there buried in the 
 Cathedral Church of our Lady,in a Tomb of black Marble (with¬ 
 out 
 
 \ 
 
 3°5 
 
 John Dufy 
 ^Bedford. 
 
 and fourth, 
 zure, 3 Flow¬ 
 ers de Lys, Or, 
 a. Border gobo- 
 ny Argent uni 
 Gules, bur¬ 
 gundy Mo¬ 
 dern. And 
 on the 2 and 
 3, Bendy of fix 
 peects Or, and 
 Azure,a border 
 Gules, Antient 
 Burgundy. O- 
 ver all on an 
 Inefcocheon 
 Or, a Lyon 
 Rampant, Sa¬ 
 ble, Flanders. 
 The e Arms 
 are Impaled 
 with the Coat 
 of John Duke 
 of Bedford her 
 Husband, on 
 her Monu¬ 
 ment in the 
 Celejlines at 
 Pans. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 Jaquetta Du- 
 che:s of Bed¬ 
 ford, did bear, 
 quarterly, thei. 
 and 4. Argent 
 a Lyon rampant 
 queve forche. 
 Gules, crown¬ 
 ed Or, being 
 the Coat of 
 Luxemburg. 
 The 2. and 3 d 
 Gules, a Starr 
 of 12 poin s. 
 Argent. The 
 Arms of Baux 
 de Andree.vids 
 F. 3. fol. 60. 
 ufqi 6 j. in Col. 
 Arm. 
 
 Her death. 
 Amio 147** 
 
 Battel of Vet- 
 noil. 
 
 His death; 
 
3 o6 A QE^EALOgiCAL HISTO'%7 OF 
 
 Laucalin- 
 
 ans. 
 
 oat any Figure or Infcription thereon)(f anding between two Pillars Book4^ 
 of theChurch,on the North-part of,and paralel with the High Altar; 
 but the Church-men report,that in the year 1462, the Hngonots ha¬ 
 ving by furprize made chemielves Mailers of that City, defaced al- 
 moft all their Monuments and Images; among which,they fay,they 
 broke away the Portraiture of the Duke of Bedford, though it 
 doth not appear that there ever was any. Neverthelefs, there 
 {fill remains a Tablet of Brafs, affixed to the Piilar, at the foot 
 of the fame Tomb, containing his Epitaph ; over which, {food 
 his Efcocheon of Arms (of Silver, which is torn away) within 
 the Garter, betwixt two Offrich Feathers; and underneath a Root 
 is reprefented,which the Prieftscall La Racine de Betford , all which, 
 being comprehended in the faid Brafs Tablet, I have here exhi¬ 
 bited the Figure thereof. __ _ ~ 
 
 Delineated 
 by Will. Pug- 
 dale EfqjCibe- 
 Jler Herald 
 (now Norroy 
 King of Arms) 
 30 #ul]i6 4$. 
 
 Fiyt? -cwro m vw : } Kinrc >wv w ? \ vtts \ ■ 
 
 Cp gtgf feu be noble memoire trefljautctpmf: 
 Iantprmce3o!)an en Con bioant itfe^ent le 
 Eotalme oe franco Due oelBetforbpourleq* 
 eft torme$0c(Tee(lre rfjun jour ppetuelle- 
 met celebreeacefte autelplepUeffebtf clone- 
 tin^ incotinet apk prme ettlpada lejmijo. 
 De^epWto©illcc^c^rrb. au quel 
 rim jo! femblablemet eft fonoepoften<rU 
 fblcpnet en cefte egtiCe^tenfacepbona fonam?. 
 
 Vivo 
 
 VCrznerofifsDn 
 
 Vthomjz CrzwX 
 I Etquili Av.ra.to; 
 ~{o jw rali/s imiUorrt\i 
 \[OHAJmrSB aronis\ 
 \C'R£,Wde Stone m 
 \aqroKorlhamp:T ri 
 \moqenilo el hocredij, 
 hoc ttlonumenhr./j 
 
 ^Hjy-rs „ 
 
 
 This Duke was juftly accounted on£ of the bell Generals that 
 ever bloffomed out of the Royal (femme of P lantagenet. His 
 Valour not more terrible to his Enemies than his memory Honou¬ 
 rable ; for (doubtful whether with more glory to him or to the 
 fpeaker) King Lewis X I. being counfelled by certain envious .. 
 Perfons to deface his Tomb (wherein with him (faith one) was C * 
 buried all the E nglifb Mens good Fortune in France') ufed thefe 
 
 indeed 
 
THE KJNTjS OF E'J^qLA 3 ^jD,dcc. 507 
 
 c ^ a P* 7 • indeed Princely Words, What honour fball it be to us , or you, Humphrey 
 to breah^ this Monument , ancl to pull out of the ground the Bones Gtocefter, 
 
 of him , whom in his life-time , neither my Father, nor your Pro- —- 
 
 genitors, with all their Puiffance, were once able to make ft) a foot 
 backward ? Who by his Strength , Policy , and Wit, kept them all out 
 of the principal Dominions of Franc e,and out of this noble Duchy of 
 Normandy ? Wherefore I fay frft, God fave his Scful, and let his 
 Body now lie in reft } which when he was alive,would have dijquieted 
 the proudeft of us alL And for his Tomb , 1 affure you it is not fo 
 worthy or convenient as his Honour and A&s have defervecl. 
 
 . 0 
 
 -HUMPHREY 
 
 Duke of CLOCEStER, Earl of HENAVL T, 
 HOLAND, ZEE AND, and PEMBROKE, 
 
 Lord of FRIESLAND , Great-Chamberlain 
 of ENGLAND, Protector and Defender 
 of thefaid KINGDOM andCHURCH of 
 ENGLAND. 
 
 CHAP. V 1 L 
 
 ‘L’MPHRETofLANCASTER,Duke Kj&'“ 
 of Glocefter , and Protector ot England, 8 c c. 
 fourth Son of King He my IV. by Mary de p. 4 . p. 238. 
 Bohun his firft Wife, was 5 ata Parliament held that this Duke 
 at Weft min ft er , in the fecond year of King ^fomlhere- 
 Henry V. his Brother, created Earl of Pem - l n h , ertll , r !j‘ s 
 broke, and Duke or Glocefter, upon the 1 6 th P r ) did bear, 
 of May, An. 1414. The reveifion of which Earldom of Pem - 
 brokf (in cafe the Duke of Glocefter fhould dye without Heirs of 
 his Body) King Henry V I. granted unto William de la Pole Earl of 
 
 d' Argent S? de 
 
 m. V/ " which they, after the death of Duke Humphrey enjoyed accor- be he gave the 
 
 Border gobone, 
 in imitation of 
 rM/ip Duke of 
 
 Burgundy, furnamed the.Hardy , the youngeft Son of John King of France fas this Humphrey was of King Henry IV. 
 of England ) who encompafled the Arms of France, with a Border gobone. Argent and Gules: Which Infignia being 
 Marfhalled with the Royal Arms of Spain, for the Dukedom of Burgundy ; Hands as chief l eader and Introducer 
 of the other Dukedoms and Provinces of Belgium , tl ere quartered ; and is alfo the firft Dukedom mentioned in 
 that Kings Stile. From which is obfervable the ingratitude cf thofe cf this laft Age, to the memory of thefe two 
 Illufirious Princes ; w ho have converted the Border Gobony to no other nfe than the diftinguilhing of their fpurious 
 and illegitimate Iflue,from thofe lawfully begotten; of which, in thefe later times, there are too many inftances 
 The Border Argent (by feveral inffances) wasafterwardsborne by Humphrey Duke cf Glocefter, taken from the exam¬ 
 ples of Edmond Earl of Kjnt, and Thomws Duke of Glocefter, youngeft of the Ions of King Edward I. and King Ed¬ 
 ward III. Thcfirft of which bare Gules 3 Lyons pajfant guardant, within a Border Argent, and the later encompafted 
 the femeeof Flowers de Lys, and the three Lyons quarterly, withaBorder Argent ; our Duke Humphrey diftinguilhing from 
 him by reducing his Flowers de Lys to the number three (as did his Brother King Henry V.) Which Arms are carved 
 in many places upon his Tomb (reprefented in the 310 page of this fourth Book) alternately Enfigned with his 
 Coronet on his Cap of Eftate, and h is Crejf, beings Lyon pajfant guar dant crowned and accolled yevCry Shield being fupported 
 with two Antilopes, with Gollers alfo. 
 
 I i ii Upon 
 
 . 
 
 dingly. 
 
 FA.an.ri. Suffolk^, and Alice his Wife, arid to the Heirs Male of their Bodies} 
 
308 A qEHEALOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lancafiri- 
 
 ant. 
 
 His firft Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 Glocejler im¬ 
 paling Bava¬ 
 ria, viz. Quar¬ 
 terly, the i. 
 and 4 Paly, 
 Bendy, Lozen - 
 gy, Argent and 
 Azure, the z 
 and 3. Quar¬ 
 terly, on the 
 
 1. and 4. Or, 
 a Lyon rampant 
 Sable, Hay- 
 nalt; and the 
 
 2. and 3. Or, 
 a Lyon rampant 
 Gules, being 
 the Arms of 
 irloland. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 In the great 
 Window of 
 the Choire of 
 Cobbam 
 Church in 
 JQent, are the 
 the Arms of 
 this Humphrey 
 in two fcve- 
 ral places,di¬ 
 midiated with 
 thofeof the 
 Duchefs Elea¬ 
 nor Cobbam, 
 viz. Gules, on 
 a Cbeveron Or, 
 3 Ejioiles,Sa¬ 
 ble. L. 17. fol. 
 197. in Coll. 
 Arm. 
 
 Upon the 2 3 of June, in the fourth year of King Henyy V. 
 he had the Offices of Conftable of Dover Caftle, and Warden 
 of the Cinque-Ports, granted unto him for term of life. And in 
 the firft year of King Henry VI. his Nephew, was, by Parliament, 
 made Prote$or of England, during the Kings Minority ("which 
 was 1 5 years.) And upon the 30th day of November in the fame 
 year, viz. An. Dom. 1422, he was conftituted Chamberlain of 
 England, during the Kings Pleafure.In the 8 year ot whofe Govern¬ 
 ment and the %tb day of OBober , this Humphrey Duke of Glocejler 
 was appointed Steward of England (hacyice ) for the Coronation 
 of the faid King Henry V 1. after which, on the 30 th day of July, 
 in the 14 th year of King Henry VI. he was created Earl of Flan¬ 
 ders, durante vita. 
 
 Th is Duke Humphrey married two Wives, the firft of which 
 was Jaquehne or Jacoba-> Daughter and Heir of William Duke of 
 Bavaria } to whom belonged the Earldoms of Holand , Z eland, 
 Henault, and many other rich Seigneuries in the Netherlands j (lie 
 had been (as it afterwards appeared) betroathed to John Duke 
 of Brabant , and the fuit of Divorce betwixt them ftill depending, 
 which was one of the greateft caufes that alienated the Duke of 
 Burgundy from the alliance with England ; he being Brabant s 
 Kinfman, and of the fame Family. 
 
 She was after much ado divorced from .Duke Humphrey , and 
 by him left at her Town of Monts in Henault , to return to her firft 
 Husband, that Marriage being pronounced lawful by Pope Mar¬ 
 tin V. fhe was married a third rime, and deceafed An, 1435. Up¬ 
 on this Match, Glocejler ufed thefe Titles, Humphrey, by the Grace 
 of God , Son, Brother, andSJncle to Kings, Dubg of Glocejler, Earl 
 of Henault, Holand, Zealand, and Pembroke, Lord of Fricfland, 
 Great Chamberlain of the Kingdom of England, ProteBor and De¬ 
 fender of the faid Kingdom and Church of England. 
 
 The Duke of Glocejler (having fuftained many lofies as well of 
 Friends as Treafure, in punifhment of the Sin of taking 
 another Mans Wife) is forthwith after this Divorce, mar¬ 
 ried to Eleanor Cobham, daughter to Reginald Lord Cobbam of 
 Stcrborough ; whereby he made her amends for that unlawful! 
 familiarity which had formerly pafled between them. The Du¬ 
 chefs Eleanor about five or fix years before the murther of her 
 Husband the Duke ( vi x. An. 18 H. 6.) was convented for Witch¬ 
 craft and Sorcery } and afterwards indited of Treafon in the Guild¬ 
 hall in London , before divers Earls; fomepart of her charge (lie 
 confeffed } for which, (he was put to folemn Penance in London, 
 upon three feveral dayes, and afterwards committed to perpetual 
 Prifon, under the Ward of Sir Thomas Stanley,in the Ifle of Man. 
 
 This Humphrey, for his virtuous Endowments, furnamed the 
 Good, and for his juftice, Father of his Countrey , after he had 
 under Henry V I. his Nephew, governed the Kingdom Five 
 and twenty years, with great commendations; lo that neither 
 good Men had caufe to complain of, nor bad Men to find fault 
 
 with 
 
 Book 4* 
 
 Pit. in. 4. 
 H. y.m.z 2 . 
 
 Pit. an. r« 
 H. 6 .p. 1. 
 
 Pat. an. 8. 
 H. 6, p, 1 . 
 
 Orig. %ot. 
 37 R- <*. 
 
 m. 9. 
 
 SeldenTit - 
 les of Ho¬ 
 nour p.ptf' 
 
 Hijtoire dc 
 la Maijon 
 de France 
 Tome r p. 
 7f8tf 
 7 S 9 * 
 
 FideL. 8" 
 fol. yi .in 
 Coll. Arm . 
 for the 
 Ordinan¬ 
 ces of this 
 Duke of 
 Gloce¬ 
 jler, be¬ 
 ing Con¬ 
 ftable of 
 England. 
 
 Lelarfi 
 Coll vol.ti 
 p. 708. 
 
 Polidore 
 
 Virgil. 
 
THE KJ^CgS OF EW.QLA 3 \(D,<Scc. 309 
 
 Camden in 
 SuffolkS' 
 
 Chap. 7. with his Regency , was by the envy of Margaret of Anjou his Ne¬ 
 phews Queen,, brought to his end in St Saviours Hofpital in St Ed- 
 mondsbury , An. 1446. where at a Parliament there held, he was 
 arrefted of highTreafon, by John Lord Beaumont High Conftable 
 of England } where certain of the KingsHouftiold were appointed 
 to guard him ; and not many dayes after, ftrangled to death with¬ 
 out Tryal, and without Ifliie by either of his Wives (lome fay 
 he died with forrow becaufe he was denied to come to his TryalJ 
 at which time, his Body was fhewed to the Lords and Commons, 
 as if he had been taken away by a Palfte or Apofteme. But what- 
 foever was the caufe of it, certainly his death was the Broke of an 
 evil Angel fent to punifh England , and to make way for the practi¬ 
 ces of Richard Duke of Yorkj, who, immediately after Duke 
 Humphrey's death (that grand Prop of the red Rofe Tree) began 
 to fet on foot his Royal Title, to the deftru&ion of the whole 
 Lancaflrian Family, though himfelf failed in the attempt, yet went 
 he fo far, as to be declared Heir apparent to the Crown } which 
 was attained 'with much bloodfhed by his fon King Edward IV. 
 
 The Body of Duke Humphrey was interred in the Abbey of 
 St Alban-) on the South-fide the Shrine of that Protomartyr of 
 England ("though the common error is, that he lies buried in 
 St Pauls Cathedral in London fthe Tomb of Sir John Beauchamp 
 being miftaken for his) where he hath a (lately arched Monument 
 ot Free-ftone,adorned with the Figures of his Royal Anceftors,and 
 ot his Arms and Supporters, according to the reprefentation exhi¬ 
 bited in the following page,delineated from the original,^//. 1663. 
 
 He built the Divinity School in Oxford , as alfo his Mannor- 
 Houfe of Eaft Greenwich in Kent , and was an efpecial Benefa&or 
 to the Abbey of St Alban , the Abbot of which Houfe John We- 
 thamfted commends him in thefe two Hexameters. 
 
 Humphrey 
 Huks of 
 
 Glocefter. 
 His death. 
 Anno 1446. 
 
 Fidior in regno Regi^ Duce non fuit itto^ 
 
 Plujve fide Jiabilis , aut major amator honoris. 
 
 Here is an Fpitaph on the Eaft Wall near to his Tomb, which 
 was, as I have been informed, pencill’d there about 60 years fince, 
 by Do&or Weflerman Parfon of Sauntridge an dBuJhie j it compre¬ 
 hends much , and amongft the reft, an Item of the Miracle he 
 wrought on the blind Impoftor *, the Story is frequent. 
 
 MEMORISE V. OPT. 
 
 SACRUM. 
 
 $IC facet tlmphredus Dtlf tUe Gloceftrius, Olt’ttl 
 
 ^enrtct Regis pjotettoj, ftauttis uiepte 
 Oetecto? i sum ficta notat nuracula coect. 
 
 Jlumenerat pattte, columcn ttenetattile Regnu 
 Pacts amans, ^ufiCque fattens, meltojtttus > untie 
 - ©raturn opus Otonto, que nunc ftljola facta tefulget 
 3lnttttta fell multet Regno, Regi, fifti nequam, 
 attflultt ljunc, Dtuntlt tttjt fjoc otgnata g>epuicf)20* 
 
 3intttt>ta tumpente tamen poft funetatttttit 
 
 DEO GLORIA, 
 
 A Natural 
 

 OimpCDcmmoO n°. (I 
 
 Jj ROBERTO Cerruti LEfCESTRfA. 
 Sf dfutne-y ciq (ficncfiurst, 
 WlC° c. oSecre tio rib us Confitiis. 
 GLO CESTRI a, figuranu HL) f.S 
 
 hccamuii LisCe, Q>aroniCs^ 
 'ercnifsimoq'i D CRea i CARO Lo\4 
 ummhanc Hvmpiiredi Ducts 
 
 310 
 
THE KJ3\Cqs OF E3^qLA^fD,&cc. 3 u 
 
 Chap.7. 
 
 pat.aw t. 
 H.6. f.2. 
 JB. 18 . 
 
 pot. Hot. 
 an. t $&.*>• 
 p. i. m.41. 
 »• 73 , 
 
 B. | i.foti 
 ^8. cl. iW* 
 J.i# Colt, 
 Arm. 
 
 Vifit. Sal. 
 p.zz. D. 
 io.p.42. in 
 Coll. Arm, 
 
 Vifit. Sa - 
 lop.D. 10. 
 p. fz in 
 Coll. Amt. 
 
 Fun. Cert. 
 of the No¬ 
 bility I. 8. 
 fol. yi. J b. 
 
 fun. Cert. 
 of the No¬ 
 bility, not 
 marked 
 fol. if. a. 
 
 rifit. Sal. 
 C. zo. j>. 
 404. 
 
 A Natural Daughter of Humphrey Duh$ of Glocefter. 
 
 13- ANTIGONE, Countefs of Tanquervile » and Lady 
 Powis, bafe daughter of Humphrey of Lancajler Duke of Glo- 
 cefler'i was married unto Henry Grey, Earl of Tanquervile, and 
 Lord Powis, whodeceafed An. 28 H. 6 . fon of Sir John Grey, 
 Captain of M aunt, created Earl of Tatiquervile upon the 31 of 
 Jan.An .6 H.$. by ft ant his Wife,Daughter and Coheir of Ed- 
 ward Charleton Lord Powis , who died An. p H. 5. 
 
 This Antigone and Henry, had Iflfue Richard Grey Lord Powis, 
 n and Elizabeth Grey , the Wife of Sir Roger Kinafton Kt. which 
 Richard Grey Lord Powis, was the Father of John Grey Lord 
 Powis, and Elizabeth Grey married to John Ludlowe of Stokefey 
 and Hodnet in the County of Salop Efq} John Grey Lord Porvis, 
 took to Wife Anne Daughter of William Herbert Earl of 
 Pembroke , and they were Father and Mother of John Grey 
 Lord Porvis , who married Margaret daughter of Edward Lord 
 Dudley , and had Ilfue Edward Grey, the laft: Lord Powis of 
 that Family, who deceafed without lawfiill Iftue. 
 
 Elizabeth Grey , great Aunt to the laft: Lord Powis y marri¬ 
 ed (as I faid before) to John Ludlowe, had Ilfue John Ludlowe, 
 their Son and Heir, who died Ilfuelefs, Anne, and Alice. Anne 
 Ludlowe the elder Daughter was married to Thomas Vernon ffe- 
 cond Son of Henry Vernon of Haddon in the County of Der¬ 
 by Efq,) who had Ilfue Thomas Vernon of Stokefbey Efq; Fa¬ 
 ther of Henry Vernon of the fame place Efq} the laft of that Line. 
 
 Alice Ludlowe , the younger Daughter of John Ludlowe and 
 Elizabeth Grey, was efpoufed to Humphrey Vernon , the third 
 Son of Henry Vernon Efq} beforenamed (“Brother to her Sifters 
 Husband) and by him was Mother of George Vernon of Hodnet 
 in S hr op (hire, Father of John Vernon of Hodnet Efq} who by 
 Elizabeth, Sifter to Walter Devereux Earl of EJj'ex had If- 
 fue Sir Robert Vernon of Hodnet Knight, and Elizabeth 
 the Wife of Henry Wriothefley Earl of Southampton^ Father of 
 Thomas late Earl of Southampton, and Lord High Treafurer 
 of England, who departed this life upon the 1 6 th day of May 
 An 1667. 
 
 Sir Robert Vernon, by Mary his Wife, daughter of Sir Ro¬ 
 bert Nedham of Shavington in the County of Salop Kt. had If- 
 fue,Sir Henry Vernon of Hodnet (created Baronet the 23 of Ju¬ 
 ly in the twelfth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord 
 Charles 1 1 .) who departed this life upon the day of April 
 An. 1 676. leaving Ifliie by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and 
 Heir of Sir Richard White of Anglefey Kt His only Son Sir Tho¬ 
 mas Vernon of Hodnet Baronet, who hath taken to Wife 
 Mary the eldeft Daughter of Thomas Cholmondley of Vale Royal 
 in the County of Chejler Efq} and Elizabeth Vernon his foie 
 Daughter, married to Robert Cholmondley Son and Heir appa¬ 
 rent of the faid Thomas Cholmondley Efq} 
 
 K k k k A Ge- 
 
 Humphrey 
 
 Duke of 
 
 Glocefter. 
 
 Antigone, did 
 bear France 
 and England 
 quarterly, a 
 Border Argent, 
 overall a Ba - 
 flon Azure, 
 Impaled by 
 Grey Lord 
 Powis, whole 
 Arms were. 
 Gules, a Lyon 
 rampant within 
 a Border in- 
 gr ay led, Argent^ 
 
 Grey , afbrc- 
 faid, Impaled 
 by Ludlowe, 
 viz Or, a Lyon 
 rampant Sable 
 
 Ludlowe, in 
 Pale with Ver- 
 non, being. Ar¬ 
 gent,a Fret Sa-. 
 ble. 
 
 Vernon Impa- 
 paling Deve- 
 reux. Arg. a 
 Fejje and 3 
 Torteaux in 
 chief. Gules. 
 
 Vernon impa- 
 paling Ned¬ 
 ham, Ar¬ 
 gent a Beni 
 ingrayled A- 
 zure, inter a 
 Buckj heads, 
 cabojhed and 
 attired Sablel 
 Vernon impa¬ 
 ling white,viz. 
 Sable a Cheve- 
 veron, between 
 3 Flowers de 
 Lys Argent, 
 Vernon in Pale 
 with Chol¬ 
 mondley,Gules, 
 z Helmets in 
 chief Argent, 
 and a Garb in 
 bafe, proper. 
 
A Genealogical Table of the llluflrious Family of 
 BEAUFORT and SOMERSET. 
 
 10 JOHN of Gaunt, Duke of Lancafler (fourth Son of King Edward IH ) by Catherine Swinford (afterwards his 
 
 third Wife) had Iffue three Sons, and one Daughter, viz. 
 
 1 1 . J O H N Beaufort Earl of Somer- HENRY Beaufort, Cardinal of THOMAS Beaufort Duke J O A N E Beaufort, 
 Jet, p. 313. MARGARET HO- St Eufebius , and Bilhop of Win- of Exceter and Earl of Dor- Countefs of Wejtmer - 
 LAND, p. 317. chejler,p. 273. f et > p.iy6. land, p. 116. 
 
 I I l . l / , | 
 
 12 . H E N R Y Beaufort JOHN Beaufort, Duke of EDMOND BeaufortfDvkc THOMAS JO ANE Beau - MARGARET 
 
 Earl of Somerfet p. Somerfet, p. 317.MARGA- of Somerfet, p.321. ELEA- Beaufort p. fort. Queen of Beaufort , Countefs 
 
 3 if. RET Beauchamp, p. 317. NOR Beauchamp, p.^iz. 31*. Scots, p. 3x5. of DevonJkire,p.ii6. 
 
 314. p. 324, BETH, Lady 
 ■Lewis, p. 324. 
 
 14. HENRY VII, Wfns of ELIZABETH Herbert, — CHARLES Somerfet, Earl of Worce=EL I Z A BE T H Weft , fe-' 
 
 England, Book VI. Chap, firft Wife, p. 327 
 
 U . 
 
 Jler his Natural Son, p 327. ELEA¬ 
 NOR Sutton,3d Wife,p. 328. 
 
 cond Wife, p. 328, 
 
 I 
 
 15. HENRY Somerfet Earl of Wor- ELIZABETH Somerfet, Sir CHARLES Sir GEORGE Somer- MARY Somer* 
 
 cefler, p. 332. ELIZABETH Lady Savage, p.330. Somerfet Knight,p. fet Knight, p. 330. MARY fet. Lady Grey 
 
 Browne, p. 332. 330. Bowlays, p. 330. ofwilton,p.n\ 
 
 l 6 . WILLIAM Somerfet, THOMAS, Sir CHARLES So- ELEANOR, LUCY, La- ANNE Coun- JANE 
 
 Earl of Worcefler,p. 336. p. 334. merfet, p, 334. Lady Faugh an , dy Latimer, p. tefs of Nor- Lady 
 
 CHRISTIAN North, FRANCIS EM ME Brainep.334. p. 334. 337. thumberland,p. Manfel, 
 
 ?- 33 5 * M 34 * 33 J. p. 336. 
 
 17. EDWARD Somerfet , Earl of Worcester, p. 33 8. E LI Z A B E T H, Wife of Will. LUCY Wifeof Henry Herbert, 
 ELIZABETH Hajlings, p. 338. Windfor,p. 337. p. 337. 
 
 j8. WILLI- HENRY THO- CHARLES, CHRISTO- ELIZABETH, ANNE,La- MARY, p. KATHERINE 
 
 AMJo- Marquisof MAs, p. 339. FRAN- PHER, p.340 Lady Guilford, dy Winter, p. 341. Lady Windfor, 
 
 merfet died Worcefler , Vifcount CIS, p. 339. Sir Sir ED- p. 340. K A- 340. FRAN- BLANCHE, p.341. 
 
 S.p.p. 33p. p. 342. Somerfet, CHARLES, WARD, p. THERlNE CES,p. 341. Lady Arun- 
 
 ANNE p. 339 . P- 319 * 340 . Lady Petre, p. defp.3^1. 
 
 Eujfel, p. 34 °- 
 
 342. 
 
 Ill I I I 
 
 ip. EDWARD So- Sir JOHN WILLI AM, p. 343. FREDERICK, p. 343, ELIZABETH, p. ELIZABETH, 
 
 merfet, Marquis of Somerfet,p. HENRY, p.343. F R ANCIS, p. 343. 343. ANNE,p. .Vifcountefs Afwoi- 
 
 Worcejler, p. 344, 343, MARY T HOM A S, p. 343. jAMES,p. 343. 343.MARY, p.343. tague,p. 344, 
 
 ELIZABETH Arundel, p. CHARLES, p. 343. 
 
 Dormer, p 344. 343. 
 
 JO. HENRY Somerfet, Marquis ANNE, La- ELIZABETH, 
 of Worcefler, p. 347. M ARY dy Howard, p. Countefs of 
 Capel, p.348. 347. Eowis, p.346. 
 
 HENRY Somerfet, 
 p.343. ANNE Aft on, 
 t- 343 * 
 
 THOMAS So- CHARLES Somerfet, 
 merfet,p. 343, p. 343 . KATHERINE 
 
 Baskervile,p'3+3. 
 
 | jj ——————j | -- —j | | 
 
 21. HENRY CHARLES, EDWARD, ELIZABETH, HENRI- ANNE, EDWARD- MARY 
 
 diedyoung. Lord Herbert,p. p. 348. HEN- p 349. ETTA- p.349. MARLA So- Somer - 
 
 p.348. 348 RY, p.348. MARY,p.34?. MARIA, merfet,p. 343. fet.p. 
 
 ARTHUR, p. p-349, 343. 
 
 34 9 »- f 
 
 I | 
 
 CHARLES, MARY- 
 p. 343 - JOHAN- 
 
 HENRY, p. NA,p.343. 
 343 , 
 
THE KJ^dgS OF E3^qLA3^T>,&c> 3 j 3 
 
 Chap. 8. • jFofarEarlof 
 
 Somerfet. 
 
 -JOHN 
 
 BEAV F 0 RT E ar l of SOMERSET,Ch amber laine 
 of ENGLAND, Captain of CALAIS, and Knight 
 
 of the GARTER. . 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 Lelani 
 
 Coll.Fol. 
 
 Pari. an. 
 :o !{. i. 
 Feb.?. 
 
 [Onftance of Cafiile , the fecond Wife of John The Arms 
 of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, had not been John Beaufort 
 long in her Grave, when this Duke took Jher^*^ r ° - 
 to Wife Katherine Roett , the Widdow of ®befSXi r 
 Sir Ottes Srvinford Knight, by whom he had Legitimation; 
 IiTue before Marriage, this John Earl of So - iaaGW?^ 
 merfet, Henry the Cardinal, 'Thomas Duke of in 
 Exceter, and a Daughter named Joane , efpoufed to Ralphe Ne~ Church in the 
 *uil the fir ft Earl of Weftmorland (all four lurnamed Beaufort, from idcefilr. And 
 a Cattle in Anjou fo called, the place of their birth ; which came TakArJXli 
 to the Houfe of Lane after, with Blanch of Artois , Queen of Na- ^alfni^ ^ 
 Wife of Edmond the firft Earl of Lane after ) of the three Gules, ^ Lyons 
 
 varre , 
 
 youngeft of which Children,my Reader hath had an account in the 
 firft Chapter of this fourth Book. 
 
 pat. an. 8. 
 H. *.pars 
 i. m. 14. 
 
 pa/fant guar- 
 dant Or, a La-, 
 bel of three j 
 points of 
 
 This aft of the Duke in marrying with Katherine , made a law- ^fecondEf- 
 ful Wife of an unlawful Paramorej but could not wafh off the cocheon.for 
 Rain of Baflardy from their Iftiie, which was fupplied by an A& rcnccdwitifa 
 of Parliament, obtained by Duke John, bearing date the $th of SSXr 
 February, An. 20 R- 2. and afterwards exemplified by King Hen - ^TithT" 
 ry IV. on the 10 th of February , in the 8 th year of his Reign. Muiiet ,,which 
 Which Legitimation being applicable to the defendants of this began to be 
 John Beaufort (his Brothers Henry and Thomas deceasing without dte^hthe* 
 lfiiie) I have here inferted. rn R S° f 
 
 R €k omnibus atiquo0,&c. ©altttem. Conffat nobid pet Mpectionem of which I 
 Rottulojum Cancellar. Domini r. miper Kegid Angiie fecundt have feen ma¬ 
 ny inftances. 
 Penes If. St. 
 George Arm. 
 Richmond. 
 
 But after 
 the A<ft of 
 
 Legitimation of thefe three Brothers, their diftindlion of Baflardy was difeontinued; for this John Earl of So- 
 merfet did bear the whole Arms of France and England , within a Border Gobony Argent and Azure , as appeareth on 
 his Plate at Windfor, which is fubferibed le romre he j§>omerfer, which kind of Border I have cleared from the 
 afperfion of Baflardy in my Marginal Annotations on the feventh Chapter (laft mentioned) of this fourth Bookj 
 Where I prove that nut only Hamphrey Duke of Glocefter, Nephew to this John, but alfo Philip of France Duke 
 of Burgundy, did (as they were the youngeft fans oT their Fathers) beat a Border Gobony, the firft Argent and Sable, 
 and the later Argent and Gules. 
 
 Rottulojum Cancellar. Donum R. nupet Kegid Angiie fecundi 
 poft Coitquemtm qtidd idem nupet Ret literal fuad patented fieri fecit in 
 
 bee Petba:Ricardus 5)et Gracia Ret Angiie et Francie et Dommttd Hibernie Ca- 
 ridfimid confann;mneid itofftis nobiltbud biudjohannimiliti, Henrico cie- 
 rtCd 3 ThomeDdimCcUd,aCdtlette nobid ttobili multeci Johanne BeauFord Doum 
 
3 ,4 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 %ewfms. CElle Germanis^eCattbfimt QtHUlCUU ItOlflt HObtltb bttt Johannis DtlCI0 Lan^ Chap. 8. 
 
 _ caftr. mui9 ugcib uoftrib falutem zt beneboleitttam tioftre Eegie fl0aje*-- 
 
 itaub, bum intetna conftbetatione pc uranium quot utceflantet et quantib 
 Tr°comteso- jj Om ,^p U 0 peruttli et fmccra bilectione pjefati abuncult noftri et rut raa- 
 mMcrtm turitate Confiltt unbique becotamut congtuum atbtttamuc et bigntim 
 'ut meritcutm oiogum intuitu ueftraram ac contemplatione petfona* 
 rum, bob qui magne p^obttattjs, tngento bite, ae moiurn Doneftate, 
 fulgetib, ct epregaltefft0 pK»faptap?opagati, pluubufque bittutibub mu- 
 ncre tnfigmti btbino fpecialtb p^etogattbe mummine fabo^ib et gracte 
 fecunbemub i pine eft quon butt auunculi noftri tfettftotfb beftri pjeef- 
 bttb incimati bobilcum qui titaiferitut befectum nataltum patrftim ut &u* 
 jufmobt bcfcctu quern ejurque quaUtatejs qttafeunque p2efentibub babert 
 boiumub p^o fttffi ct enter erprebfib nonobftante ab quecunqueljono^eb btg- 
 nttateb fcrcepta bigmtate regaltj p?eemtnentiab ftatubgrabttbetofficta 
 pubiica etpitbata tam perpetua quam temporalis atque feubalia et nobi- 
 iia qtiibufcttnque nomintbub nuncupentur etiam fi Ducatub J&mctpatug 
 Comitatub Baronte bel alia feuba fuerfnt etiarn fi mebiate bel mime* 
 biate a nobib bepenbeantleuteneantur pjefici p?omoneri eligi aftumiet 
 abmittt illaque recipere rettnere gerere et ercercere perinbe libere et licite 
 bnleatib ac it legitimo tboionatterifterettb quibufeunque ftatutib conftie* 
 binibub Ecgttt noftri Anglie in contrarium ebitib fen obferbatib que Ijtc 
 ijabentub p?o totaiiter erprebfib nequaquam obftantibtib be plentitubtne 
 itoftre regaitb poteftattb et be aftenfu parliament! noftri tenore prefeit- 
 tiurn bifpenfamub, bofque et beftcum quemlibet natalibub reftituimub et 
 legitimamtib. 3n cujub tei teftimonium ijab literab noftrab fieri fecmtujs 
 patenteb.Cefie meipfo aptibiKtleftmmono bie Febr.anno Eegni noftri <Uice- 
 fimo. jRob atitem tenojem irtotulamenti literarum pjebictatum ab re- 
 quifittonem Cart&fimt frattib noftri johannis comitib Somerfet, burmin# 
 eremplificanbtim per pcefenteb. 3 ln cuiub 3 &c. C-Eege apub weftm. 10bie 
 
 Februar. 
 
 In purfuance of thefe qualifications, Sir John Beaufort was ad- pari.apui 
 vanced to the honour of Earl of Somerfet , by creation bearing TJlu. 
 date 20 Jv. 2. in a Parliament held at IVeftminfier . And in the s c a r n f c * 
 year following (‘z/zx. 2 1 R. a.) in a Parliament held there, ere&ed 21 4 1 * 
 into the Dignity of Marquis Dorfet. I find him to be created 
 alfo Marquis of Somerfet , per cin&uram gladii , &c. Habendum fi- 
 bt &heredibus mafeulis de corpore } &c. upon the 29th of Septem¬ 
 ber in the faidyear, with the Annuity of 35 Marks: agreeing with cbm,u 
 which is IValfwgham-, in the year 1398. Neverthelefs, he was niisT™' 
 fummoned to Parliament An. 21 and 23 R- 2 and jJlofH. 4. by 
 the Title only of Marquis Dorfet ; and under that denomination rhomi.p; 
 had divers grants made unto him, betwixt the time of his creation 3y*.**4°. 
 and depofition, from the Titles of Marquis in the firft year of King 
 Henry I V. whodoubtlefs had not any prejudice to this John , or 
 fufpition of his Loyalty, nor had he reafon, he being the Kings 
 half Brother, and flood allied rather in a degree of fervice than 
 competition ; but being that Sir John Beaufort had received thofe 
 Honours from King Richard 11 . and that the Title of Marquis had 
 been firft granted by that King to his favourite Robert de Vere 
 Earl of Oxford , whom he created Marquis of Dublin'-, King Hen~ 
 ry was willing this fliould fall in the company of thofe of Albe¬ 
 marle , Surrey , and Exceter , ere&ed at the fame time by the depo- 
 fed King Richard • and in the place thereof, in the fame year (‘z/zx. Pat J 
 9th of February 1 H. 4.) conftituted him Chamberlain of Eng- 
 land for term of life, Johannes Comes Somerfet frater Regis H. 4. 
 conjlituitur Camerarius Anglie ad totam vitam fuam per ipfum R. 
 fratrem fuum 9 Feb. 1. H. 4. and upon the firft day of February in 
 the gd of H. 4. I find him written Captain of Calais . The 
 
 next 
 

 Chap. 8. 
 
 Titles of 
 Honour p. 
 217. 
 
 Pari. an. 
 
 4 H. 4. tn. 
 18. artic. 
 18 . 
 
 Pat .7 H.\. 
 f.i. 
 
 pat. 11 H. 
 
 ^.Inq.apud 
 
 Tevelceji. 
 
 inCo.Som. 
 
 12 funii 
 
 11 H. 4 .«• 
 
 44. 
 
 p.iil. 
 
 THE KjHSi s 0F E3'CgLJ2<C‘Di&6 yn 
 
 
 next year (^/i. 4 H. 4.J the Commons became earneft Petitio¬ 
 ners in Parliament for his reftitution to the Dignity ol Marquis *, 
 but bccaufethat Title was fo new and ftrange in this Kingdom 
 (he himfelf being the fecond perfon honoured therewith) he was 
 altogether unwilling to be reftored thereto. 
 
 In a Patent ( dated 6 Junii An. 7. H 4.) he is {tiled Johan - 
 lies Comes Somerfet frater Regis , Camerarius Anglie , Capataneus 
 Ville Cajlri de Calais , which Titles he enjoyed till his death, 
 happening upon the 21 day of April, being Palme Sunday , in 
 the 1 it/a year of H.4. An. 1410. 
 
 The Earl of Somerfet took to Wife Margaret Holand , the third 
 daughter ot Thomas , and Sifter and Coheir of Edmond both Earls 
 of Kent\ after whofe death, (he was efpoufed to her lecond Hus¬ 
 band Thomas Duke of Clarence , fecond fon of King Henry I V. 
 whom alfo fhe furvived, and afterwards deceafed full of years 
 and honour, on the laft day of December 1440. having in her life¬ 
 time ere&ed for her two Husbands and her felf (in the middle 
 of the Chappel of St Michael , in the South-fide of the Cathedral 
 Church of Canterbury ) a Tomb of grey Marble, with their three 
 Portraitures of Alablafter lying thereon, without any Infcription 
 The Figure of which Monument is exhibited in the 302 page 
 of this fourth Book. 
 
 Weeper in his Funeral Monuments , takes notice of feveral Ef- 
 cocheons of Arms placed about this Monument (now defaced) 
 by which he obferves, that the Effigies on the right hand of the 
 DucheisAf^dref, was there placed for Thomas Duke of Clarence • 
 and that on her left, for this John Earl of Somerfet , the Coronets 
 on their three heads being all of the fame form. 
 
 John Earl 
 df Somerfet z 
 
 Vincent faith 
 he deceafed 
 ihe 1 6th of 
 March. 
 
 His Marriage* 
 
 In Pale Beau¬ 
 fort, Quarter - 
 JyFance femee 
 and England , A 
 Border Gobone 
 Argent and 
 Azure, and 
 Holand, which 
 is. Gules 3 
 Lyons pajfant 
 guardant Or, a 
 Border Argent . 
 This Impale¬ 
 ment is carved 
 in a Copper 
 Efcocheon on 
 the North- 
 fid e the Tomb 
 of Margaret 
 Countels of 
 Richmond, in 
 the Chappel 
 of Henry the 
 Seventh. 
 
 Children of J O H N BEAUFORT Pari of Somerfet, by 
 MARGARET HOLAND his Wife. 
 
 Orig. an. 
 
 3 H.^.bun- 
 dello 1 Bot. 
 18. 
 
 Ejceat. 
 
 an.i.H. 6 , 
 
 12* HENRY BE AV F ORT Earl of Somerfet y eldeft Son 
 and Heir of Earl John , was baptized the 1 6th day of OSlober , 
 in the third year of King Henry IV. An. 1401. to whom the 
 faid King was- Godfather, and gave him his name, and alfo 
 to him and the Heirs Male of his Body, granted 1000 Marks 
 yearly, &>c. 
 
 He deceafed young, and unmarried, upon St Katherines 
 day, in the 6 th year of the Reign of King Henry V. leaving 
 his Inheritance to his Brother ffohn, who fucceded him. 
 
 12. JOHN BE AYJ F 0 RT, fecond Son of John Earl of 
 Somerfet , fucceeded his Brother Henry in the Earldom of Somer¬ 
 fet , and was afterwards created Duke of Somerfet>vide the nexc 
 Chapter. 
 
 Beaufort, 
 France and 
 England , quar¬ 
 terly^ Border 
 gobone Argent 
 and Azure. 
 Being the 
 Arms of his 
 Father. 
 
 Llll 
 
 12 . ED MOND 
 
JI2 A QE^KEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Beauforts. Book 4* 
 
 12. EDMOND BEAT? F 0 RT , third Son, was Earl of Mo- 
 rrton in Normandy,Dor jet in England • and after the death of his 
 Brother John , without Iffue Male, was created Duke of Sower- 
 Jet ; whofe Hiftory followeth in the tenth Chapter of this fourth 
 Book. 
 
 12. THOMAS BE A ‘V F 0 RT, fourth Son of John Earl of 
 Somerjet , of whom no further mention is made than only of 
 
 his name. 
 
 Scotland, 
 viz. Or, a 
 Lyon rampant 
 Gules, within 
 a double Tref- 
 Jure Flowry 
 counlerFlowry, 
 of the fecond. 
 Impaling 
 Beauforttfovc- 
 laid. 
 
 Scotland im¬ 
 paling Geldres 
 viz. Ferpale, 
 Azure,a Lyon 
 rampant ftni - 
 Jler,Or,and,Or, 
 a Lyon ram¬ 
 pant Sable. 
 
 Scotland ini. 
 paling Den- 
 mark^.Or,three 
 Lyons pajj’ant 
 Azure, crown¬ 
 ed of the jirjt, 
 and femee 
 of Hearts 
 Gules. 
 
 Scotland im¬ 
 paling Eng¬ 
 land. 
 
 12. JOAN E BEAUFORT, Queen of Scots,eldclk Daugh- Heninges. 
 ter of John Earl of Somerjet , and Margaret Ho land his Wife, M 
 was with great folemnity Married ro James I. King of Scots, 
 in the Priory of St Mary Overy in Southwark^ upon the... day 
 of February 1423. a Match procured for her by Henry Beau¬ 
 fort the rich Car d'ma]^ and Bifliop of Winchejler , her Uncle, to 
 ft rengthen and fupport this Family, by an alliance with that 
 Kingdom. 
 
 This King was mod cruelly murthered by the Fadion of 
 Walter Earl of Athol his Uncle, in the third year of his Reign s 
 14 j 6. at which time fit’s an ad worthy of everlafting remem¬ 
 brance ) his Queen Jfoaneh long fhrowded him from the af- 
 faflins with her own Body, that (lie received two wounds be¬ 
 fore (lie could be drawn off him. 
 
 Athol's punifhmcnt was anfwerable to his crime, for being 
 conduded to be tormented, bound faft, and feated ftark*naked 
 in a Carre, his head was encircled with a Crown of burning 
 Iron , with which torture he expired. James I. by Queen 
 Jjane his Wile, left Iffue James II. of the name, King ofScttf/j 
 who marrying with Mary the daughter of Arnold Duke of Gel¬ 
 dres, left Iffue James III. and wa^ (lain at the Siege of Rox- 
 borrow , by the burftingof a piece of Ordnance, called a Faul- 
 con, in the year of our Lord 1460. 
 
 James III. hisfon, fucceeded him in the Kingdom of Scot¬ 
 land , and by Margaret his Wife, daughter of Chrijlerne I. 
 of the name, King of Denmarf and Norway , had Iffue James, 
 who f by the pradifes of the Scotifh Nobility, being inlenfed 
 againft his Father, flew him in a Battel fought upon the 11 th 
 day of June, An. 1488, and) made his way to the Kingdom, 
 by the name of James IV. concerning whom , his marriage 
 with Margaret daughter ol King Henry VII. of England , and 
 their Pofierity, my Reader may have recourfe to the firft 
 Chapter of the fixth Book. 
 
 Courtney 12 • My 4 K.Gy 4 R.ET BE AV F 0 RT, Countefs of Devon- 
 viz.or,3 Tor - Jhire , fecond daughter ol John Earl of Somerjet , was the Wife 
 cfjplinuof of Thomas Courtney , feventh Earl of Devon, who fiding with 
 
 France impa¬ 
 ling Beaufort, viz. France and England, quarterly, a Border gobone Argent and Azure. 
 
 King 
 
THE IkJKQS of EK<jLAH.V,& c - 313 3 ^/ 
 
 fc . ' ■ ■ ■ 
 
 Chap. 9 - King Henry V I. againft the Yorkjfts , was,by King E</*W I V. 
 
 taken Prifoner at the Battel of Towton , and beheaded at Tor^, .—- 
 
 the third of /tyrz/ (^». 1 E. 4.) in the year 1451. Their 
 
 ’ M8 * • Children were, Thomas Earl of Devon , made Prifoner at the 
 
 fame Battel; and being attainted in a Parliament at fVejlminJler 
 the 4 th of November , J/z. 1 Ed. 4. loon after loft his Head. 
 
 Henry Courtney fecond Son, had his Head cut off in the fame 
 quarrel at Salisbury. And John Courtney , the third Son, fell 
 in the Battel o{ Tewkesbury. Joane Courtney ^the elder Daugh¬ 
 ter was efpoufed to Sir Roger Clifford Kt. and Elizabeth the 
 the younger, to Sir Hugh Conway Kt. (o that this Male Line 
 of Courtney failing, the Earldom of Devon became tranfmitted 
 to another Branch of the fame Family. 
 
 .... I O H N 
 
 BEAUFORT, Duke and Earl of Somerfet, &c. 
 and Knight of the Garter. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 MMEnry Beaufort , Earl of Somerfet (the eldeft Son 
 
 Beaufort, viz. 
 
 and 
 
 Elm AJh- 
 mole. Ar. 
 Windfor. In 
 his Cata¬ 
 logue of 
 thefinghts 
 of the Gar- 
 ter,fol. 
 7x1. a. 
 
 Viflta. of 
 Devon and 
 Cornvoal 
 in Coll. 
 Arm. 
 
 Efcheat, 
 an. n H. 
 6. Glouc. 
 Sujfex. 
 
 | of John Earl of Somerfet) dying young with- 
 
 out lffue this John his Brother fuceeeded gobone Argent 
 
 1 * * 1 c • 1 p 1 1 _ 1 1 t/" and Azure. 
 
 him in the laid Earldom, and was by King whichArms 
 Henry V- chofen Knight of the Garter. He ^th-fide 
 affifted Thomas Duke of Clarence at the Bat- tbe Tombof 
 
 . Margaret 
 
 tel of Baugy in France {An. p H. 5.) where Counters of 
 being out-numbred by the French and Scots , commanded by the mfZnjler) 
 Duke of Orleans , Clarence was (lain, and this John Earl of Somer- ofhtwife fC 
 fet (with the Earl of Huntingdon , and others) taken prifoner, 
 where he remained a long time in durance, till by large Sums of being, Juiej. 
 Money his redemption was procured \ and afterwards, in the 21 aMuiietsabie , 
 year of King Henry VI. he was advanced to the Dignity of Duke 'uJsbne^two, 
 of Somerfet . ffonT’ ^ *** 
 
 He took to Wife Margaret Beauchampe , ( the Relief of Sir 
 Oliver St John Knight, by whom (lie had lffue Sir John St 
 St John ot Bletfbo Kt. Anceftor of the Earl of Bullinbrook'■> and 
 Sir Oliver St John of Lidiard Tregos fecond Son , from whom 
 thofe of the fame place derive their defcenc.) She was the Daugh¬ 
 ter of Sir John Beauchampe of Bletflooo Kt and Sifter and Heir to 
 John Beauchampe^ by whom he had lffue his only Daughter,named 
 Margaret } and deceafing on the 2 yth day of May , in the 
 22 year of King Itory V I An. 1444, lieth Intombed with his 
 Wife Margaret , under a Monument of grey Marble in Wimborne 
 Minjler in the County of Dorfetffnuate in an Arch on theSouth- 
 fide betwixt the Choire and the Altarj upon which, their Por- 
 
 • traitures 
 
3H A gE^CEALOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 traitures of Alablafter are placed, holding hand in hand, as more Boofc^ 
 r particularly appears in the following Figure. 
 
 Alter the death of John Duke of Somerfet , this Margaret his 
 Widdow was remarried to Lyonel Lord Wells (and had Iffue 
 John Vilcount Wells > that wedded Cecilie , fecond Daughter of 
 King Edward IV. 
 
 The Daughter of JOHN 0/Somerfet, £y MARGARET 
 
 BEAUCHAMPE his Wife 
 
 terdatS’dlc 1 BE AV FORT , Countefs of Rich- 
 
 3</of mond and Derby onely Daughter and Heir of John Beaufort 
 
 20 H. 7. this o J J 
 
 Margaret fliles her felf, Mar gar eta Comitijfx Richmond. mater Excellent ijfimi PrincipU Domini Henrici Pegu Anglie ££ 
 trarxie £5 Domini Hibernie, Jeptimi, & c. Her Seal is thereunto annexed (reprefented in the 240 page of this fourth 
 B°ok) of red Wax ; on which is impreiled anEfcocheon of the Arms of her Family, viz. Quarterly, Prance and Eng - 
 and, a Border, Gobone Argent and Azure, fupported with two Antilopes, and Enjigned with a Coronet compofed of Bofes and. 
 P oners de Lys, out of which iJJUeth an Eagle dijplayed, gorged alfo with a Coronet, holding in his Beak, that Scrole which 
 {encmpajjtngtbewbole Seal) contained thefe words, Shall I urn ©online (©argarerc ®omftufe iRlrfcniuntXe et ©erble filie 
 et hereh a Jlohannl«©urta Somerfet ar marrfa l^enrirl fenrfml, IRegfa Ensile et JFrantfe. 
 
 The like Achievement Hands painted in the great Bay Window in the Hall of St Johns CoUedge in Cambridge, in 
 which the ag e ana Coronets are Gold, the Antilops Silver Befantie, their Horns, Hoofs and Manes Or. 
 
 Her Arms arc impaled with herfirft Husband Earl Edmonds (at the head of her Tomb (vide page 316) which were 
 Trance and England, quarterly a Border Azure, charged with Flowers de Lys, and Martlets Or, 
 
 Duke 
 
THE Kj^cgs OF E2fQL A3fT>, &c. p 9 
 
 Chap. p. 
 
 cbm. m. 
 
 llff. 6. 
 
 Tart. an. f. 
 
 H 4 * E. 4 . 
 Iff. 18. 
 
 Tat. an. 4 
 4. p. 
 
 Vide her 
 Epitaph 
 for the 
 time of 
 ter death. 
 
 Duke of Somerfet , by Margaret Beauchamps his Wife, was 
 married to Edmond Tudor , (the eldeft Son of Ob^/z ap Meri- 
 deth ap Tudor , and Katherine of France Queen of England , 
 Dowager to King Henry V.) furnamed alfo of Hadham (Queen 
 Katherines Mannour-Houfe^ the place of his birth,Ereded into 
 the Dignity of Earl of Richmond , and to have place in Parlia¬ 
 ment next after Dukes, by creation dated at Reading, in the 31 
 year of the Reign of King Henry VI. his half Brother,^//. 1452. 
 The Countefs Margaret ,after the deceafe of this Edmond Earl of 
 Richmond her firft Husband, was efpoufed to Sir Henry Stafford 
 a younger Son of Humphrey Duke of Buckingham: whom fur- 
 viving alfo, (he was a third time married,to Thomas Lord Stanley 
 and of Man, created Earl of Derby ,upon the 27^ day of OSlober , 
 An . 1 H. 7. but not having Ifliie by either of them two,as if (he 
 had been defigned to be the Mother of a King onely, lived to 
 fee the Crown of England placed upon the Head of Henry V1 1 . 
 herfon, by Earl Edmond her firft Husband* and after his vi&o- 
 rious Reign, Henry VIII. her Grandfon, in pofleflion thereof. 
 In the firft year of whofe Reign, (m. 1 H. 8.) and year of 
 Our Lord 1509. upon $d of the Kalends of July, fhe deceafed* 
 and was Interred in the South lie of the Royal Chappel (of 
 her Sons Foundation) in the Abbey of Weftminfler, where her 
 Monument of black Marble and Touch Stone is yet extant and 
 entire j whereon lies her Effigies of gilt Copper,in Robes dou¬ 
 bled with Ermine, and the Head encircled with a Coronet. 
 The Arms of Edmond Earl of Richmond her Husband are Im¬ 
 paled with hers in an Efcocheon at the head of this Tomb,with¬ 
 in a Chaplet of Lawrel, placed between four Rofes, all of Cop¬ 
 per ; and at the foot, are the Countefs Margarets Impaled in the 
 fame manner withthofe of the Earl of Derby her third Husband. 
 The South-fide contains three Efcocheons, the firft of the Arms 
 of King Henry VII. and Queen Elizabeth of Torh^ impaled: 
 The fecond of King Henry V. impaled with Queen Katherine 
 of France : And the third, of Arthur Prince of Wales. The 
 North fide prefentsyou alfo with three Shields,all Impalements* 
 the firft of King Henry VIII. and Katherine of Spain * the 
 fecond of John Duke of Somerfet and Margaret Beauchampe * 
 and the third of John Earl of Somerfet and Margaret Holand. 
 The following Epitaph(beginning at the Head of her Tomb,the 
 Figure of which I have inferted in the following page) contains 
 her pious Foundations} the two chief of which were the Col- 
 ledges of Chrifi and St John , in Cambridge * by her built, and 
 richly endowed. 
 
 MARGARETAE. RiCHEMONDIAE. SEPTIMI. HENRICI. MA’TRI. OCTAVI; 
 aviae. QVAE. STIPENDIA. CONSTITVIf. TRIB: hoc. coenobio* 
 MONACHIS. ET. DOCTORI. GRAMMATICES. APVD. WYMBORN. PERQi 
 
 angliam. totam. divini. verbi. PRAECONI. dvob. item, inter- 
 
 PRAETIB: LITTERAR: SACRAR: ALTERI. OXONIIS. ALTERI. CANTA- 
 BRIGIAE. VBI. ET. COLLEGIA. DVO. CHRISTO. ET. IOANNl. DISCIPV- 
 LO. EIVS. STRVXIT. MORITVR. AN- DOMINI. M. D. IX. III. HAL IVLII. 
 
 Mm mm The 
 
 John Duke 
 of Somerfet. 
 
 Her fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 Her third 
 Marriage. 
 
 Stanley, 
 Quarterly, the 
 firll andfourth 
 quarterly, firft 
 Urgent on a 
 Bend Azure, 
 
 3 Bucks heads 
 cabojhed, Or, 
 Stanley, z 0 r t 
 on a Chief in- 
 dented Azure, 
 three Plates, 
 Lathum. 3 
 Chequie, Or, 
 and Azure, 
 Waren, the 
 fourth as the 
 firfi. The i’ 
 and 3 quar¬ 
 ters are char« 
 ged with 
 Gules, three 
 Leggs triangu « 
 lat in Armour, 
 couped at the 
 thigh, and con¬ 
 joined in the 
 center of the 
 Efcocheon Ar¬ 
 gent ,theirgarni¬ 
 ture andSpurrs, 
 Or.IfleofMan. 
 Over all, on 
 an Inefcoche- 
 on Azure, a. 
 Lyon rampant. 
 Argent, de 
 Monte alto, or 
 Monalt.Thefe, 
 Quartering^ 
 are impaled 
 with the 
 Arms of the 
 Countefs 
 Margaret his 
 Wife at the 
 foot of her 
 Tomb* 
 
320 A gE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 The Countefs Margaret (an. 23 H. 7.) by the Commandment 
 and Authority of King Henry VII. her fon, made the Orders 
 ("yet extant ) for great Eftates of Ladies and Noble Women, for 
 tiieir Precedence, Attires, and wearing of Barbcs at Funerals^ 
 over the Chin, upon the Chin, and under the fame : which no- 
 bje and good Order hath been and is much abufed, by every mean 
 and common Woman, to the great wrong and difhonour of Per- 
 fons of Quality. 
 
 Intermen 
 
 '•3 P'S 
 tn CoU, 
 Am. 
 
 C. Marg 
 rets Sta¬ 
 tutes for 
 Reforma¬ 
 tion of A\ 
 parel, {<$c 
 vide 1 , 3 .] 
 ji .in Col 
 
 Armor um 
 
 12 . EDMOND 
 
THE KjNfgs OF E^cgLAWJD,&c. 321 
 
 Chap. 10 
 
 
 . «»g.* 
 
 gSjL SjC 5p£ C?$3> {Sfc> 
 
 b'“ . *2'> Sp «* 
 
 i!. E D M O N D 
 
 BEAUFORT, »<% of Somerfet, zZMarquefs 
 
 Dorfet, Earl of Somerfet and Dorfet, Lord of Chirk e and 
 Chirkeland, and Knight of the Garten 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Edmond 
 Duke of 
 Somerfet. 
 
 His Edmond was the third Son of John Bean 
 
 In St Andrews 
 Church in 
 
 fort Earl of Somerfet ,and Margaret his Wife, stAiban, the 
 Sifter and Coheir of Edmond Roland Earl 
 of Kent, ( to whom its probable his faid 
 Uncle Earl Edmond was Godfather.^ He 
 had the Title of Earl of Moriton in Norman¬ 
 dy, and the Lordfhip of Cbiri ^ and Chirh^ 
 land in the Marches of Wales, in the liie*timeof Jobn Duke ot g ffff z ff ent 
 Somerfet his Brother} and King Henry V I. ( 2% Auguft 20 H. 6 . Fiyies fj r u 
 An. 3442.) after the death o i' Thomas Beaufort Duke of Exceter Richmond I. 
 and Earl of Dorfet his Uncle,created this Edmond Earl of Dorfet, in Totcommif- 
 recompence of his good fervice done in relieving Calais , againft Dukelda* 
 the attempts, malice and inlolencies of him that called himfelf * ccl \ff l1 an * 
 Duke of Burgundy ,and his Complices and Favourers Rebels } thofe fmaiiseai of 
 are the words of the Patent. Arimisap- 
 
 In the next year the faid King Henry, by Charter bearing date SchLifim- 
 m H6.n. ztWindfor, upon the 2^th day of June ( An. 21 H. 6.) 1443 
 
 Chart, ab 
 an. i.ufc 
 20 H. 6 .n. 
 3 - 
 
 Arms of this 
 DukeT^OTOx^ 
 Enhgned with 
 a Coronet, 
 were painted 
 in Glass, viz. 
 France and 
 England. quar° 
 terly , a Bordet 
 
 Chart, ah 
 an. zo. ufq-, 
 
 conferred on him the Title of Marquefs Dorfet.(The fame Honour 
 
 Efee at an. 
 22 H. 6. 
 Glouc.& 
 Suffex. 
 
 Chart, ah 
 an.zf.ufq-, 
 27. H.6. 
 71. 9. 
 
 mfenthe is 
 {filed, Edmund 
 dm Marchio 
 
 from which his Father had been depofed by King Henry I V.) Up- 
 
 on the death of John Duke and Earl of Somerjet his elder Brother, de 
 
 Chirkjand in 
 Marchix 
 Wallie Chart A 
 in Coll, awn 
 
 Efceat. 33 
 Ji.6.n.%% 
 Somerfet, 
 Dorfet. 
 
 without Ifiiie Male (22 H. 6.) he came to be Earl of Somerfet 
 by vertue of the grant of that Earldom, to his Father, and the 
 Heirs Male of his Body by King Richard 11 . confirmed by King 
 Henry IV. 
 
 His Brother John's Dukedom alfo of Somerfet was granted un¬ 
 to Earl Edmond, by Letters Patent bearing date at Windfor Caftle, 
 on the 3 1 day of March, in the 2 6 year of Henry V I. 1448. which 
 fell into the Kings hands for want of. Ifiue Male of the Body of 
 the faid John, Duke of Somerfet. , > 
 
 He had at feveral times the Regency'of France, and Govern¬ 
 ment of Normandy , and with much vajour and conduct behaved 
 himTcif in that Kingdom, when by the neeeffity of affairs at home, 
 he was recalled by King Henryf\J 1. and at the firft Battel of St Al- 
 batL., againft Richard Duke of Tork^ on the 2 2 of May (^33 H. 
 in the year 1455, was flain in that Town under the Sign of the 
 Caftle *, which feemed to fulfill a prophetick Caution given to 
 Duke Edmond before the confli£f, To takg heed of a Caftle. The 
 
 King 
 
322 A qE^KEALOgiCAL HISTO^RJ OF 
 
 Beauforts. King was alfo there made Prifoner, and brought to London, not Book 4 « 
 more lamenting his own misfortune than the lofsof this Edmond 
 Duke of Somerfot his Kinfman \ on whofe faithfulnefs and ability 
 he highly depended i and in whofe death, his Royalty and Power 
 became much fhaken and eclipfed : and pity it was that fo brave 
 a Captain, and one that had behaved himfelf with that honour 
 abroad, ftiould receive his death here at home, in a Civil War> 
 by the hands of his own Countrey-men. 
 
 His Marriage. He took to Wife Eleanor (born at Walfyinfiotve') fecond Daugh- G,i.norf. 
 ?S»i°BeauT ter and Coheir of Richard Beaucbampe Earl of Warwic\, and Arn.mfi- 
 c ^™uri™ Z the Lord Life (Governor of Normandy , and Lieutenant-General nsLlbru 
 Quief !°Fefe un( k r J°l° n Duke of Bedford, Regent of France , for King Hen- 
 hter tcrofe- ry V. who made him Captain of Calais, and of the City of Meux 
 Bcauchampe; in Brie,) and of Margery his Wife, Daughter and Heir of War - 
 fbJdThequif ren Lord Lifle and Teys. This Eleanor deceafed at Baynards Caff le nidemin 
 acheieroT*’ on S atur d a y 12*h of March, An. 1467. The Portraiture of f ntLibrik 
 Ermine, War- the Duchefs Eleanor is painted in Glafs in the Eaff Window of our 
 all, an Inefco- Lady Chappel in the Collegiate Church of Warwichj, which 
 tti° y n JrgJnt. w,t ^ Fig ure of Anne Neyil, the Wife of Humphrey Earl Staf- 
 ?,mSover f or< ^y in a North-Window of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield ,1 
 
 In the Effigies of the Duchefs Eleanor , it’s obfervable, that the 
 Arms of Edmond Duke of Somerfou her Husband, are embroide¬ 
 red upon here Mantle or upper Garment, and there placed, to fig- 
 nifie that the Husband as a Cloak or Mantle, is to fhroud the 
 Wife from all thofe violent (forms againff which her tender 
 Sex is not capable of making a defence. The Arms of her Houfe 
 aredepi&ed upon her Kir tie, which ("being under covert of the 
 Husband or upper Garment^ are to denote the Family of which 
 fhe is defeended. From which,take this for granted,That where- 
 foever you find the Figure of a Woman painted or carved, in a 
 
 Mantle 
 
THE KJHSfS °F E${.gL J$CD,&a 323 
 
 f _ —— I II ■ ■■ ■ ■—■■■ ■■■■■■■—.. I ■■■■ I I . . I — I I. — 
 
 Chap. 10 Mantle and a Kir tie of Arms. Thofe on the Mantle are the Arms Edmond, 
 of her Husband,} and thofe on her Kirtle the Enfigns of her Blood ^merfef. 
 
 and Family; of which, ('befidestheprefentonej* there are very -- 
 
 many examples. 
 
 The Figure of Anne Countefs of Stafford is contrary to the for¬ 
 mer example, for here the Arms of her Family ('being Nevil ) are 
 upon her Mantle , but the reafon thereof is, becaufe fhe hath not 
 any Arms on her Kirtle , and therefore the Infignia of her Husband 
 Humphrey Earl Stafford are depi&ed on the Lining of her Man- 
 tle j which being turned back, reprefents you with an exa& Im¬ 
 palement of the Arms of - Stafford and Ne^il. 
 
 Where a Woman is painted in a Mantle of Arms onely, they are 
 always prefumed to be the Infignia of her Family; and if fhe be a 
 Wife, you (hall find her Husbands Figure near to her,in his Coat- 
 Armour. 
 
 Children 0/EDMOND BEAUFORT, Duke of Somerfet 7 
 ELEANOR BEAUCHAMPE^^. 
 
 13. HENRY BE A FOR T, Duke of Somerfet, eldeft Son 
 • mentioned in the next Chapter. 
 
 13. EDMOND BE A Z> FORT, fecond Son, fucceeded, 
 his Brother Henry in the Dukedom of Somerfet , vide Chap. 1 2. 
 
 LeUti' 1 ' 
 
 PoLf-jH. 
 
 Ex bundel. 
 de Bill, ftg- 
 tUt.l 4,lf, 
 16,17,18, 
 
 e; i 9 m. 7 ' 
 
 •3 * fpOHN B E AYJF ORT, third fon of EdmondDiikc of 
 SomerfetyloR. his life 3LtTen>kgsbury,\n a Battel againft the Yorkjfts, 
 on Saturday the 4 th of May (An. 11 Ed. 4.) in the year 1471. 
 and was Interred in the Church of that Monaftery. 
 
 15. THOMAS B EAVF 0 RT, fourth Son, died without 
 Iffue. 
 
 13. ELEANOR BE AV F 0 RT, Countefs of Ormond and Ormond But- 
 Wiltfbire, eldeft Daughter of Edmond Duke of Somerfet , was chief,ivden- 
 the fecond Wife of James Butler Earl of Ormond and Wiltfhire, 
 by whom fhe had not any Iffue. After his death fhe was re- Bcaufort < 
 married to Sir Robert Spencer of Spencercombe, in the County of 
 Devon Kt: Captain of the Caftlesof Hornet and Tomelin in Nor¬ 
 mandy, and by him left Iffue two Daughters their Heirs, viz. 
 
 Katherine and Margaret. 
 
 14. KATHERINE SPENCER , the elderDaugh- Spencer vJ*« 
 ter and Coheir, was efpoufed to Henry Percy Earl of Nor- nebula Emm 
 thumberland 3 from whom defeended Joceline , the laft Earl 
 of the furname of Percy , lately deceafed, Father of the Lady 
 Elizabeth Percy his onely Child. 
 
 Nnnn 
 
 1 3. MARGARET 
 
3H a gEK EAL0 9 lcJL history of 
 
 'Beaufort s\ 
 
 Cary,viz. Argi 
 Ota BendS able, 
 3 l{o[es of the 
 firj}, impaling 
 Spencer t 
 
 Pafton, 
 jrg. 6 Flowers 
 de Lys Azure 
 a Chief inden¬ 
 ted Or, impa¬ 
 ling Beaufort, 
 
 Beaufort, 
 impaled by 
 Stafford, viz. 
 Quarterly, the 
 i.andty. quar- 
 terlyFrance and 
 England , a 
 Border Argent, 
 Woodliock. 
 The i. and 3. 
 Or, a Cheve- 
 ton Gules, 
 Stafford. 
 
 Over all, for 
 diftinftion, a. 
 Label Azure. 
 
 In Tale Dar¬ 
 rel, viz. Azure 
 a Lyon rampant 
 Or crowned. 
 Argent, and 
 Beaufort. 
 
 14. MARGARET S F E N C E R the younger,Daughter 
 and Coheir, was the Wife of Thomas Cary of Chilton Fo- 
 liot Efqi by whom fhe had Iffue two Sons, John and Willi¬ 
 am. From John Cary , the Vifcount Faul^land is defend¬ 
 ed : and William was Anceftor of the Barons Hunfdon , 
 Earls of Dover and Monmonth , and the Lord Berkley of 
 Berkley Caftle in the County of Glocejler. 
 
 13. JOAN E BE AZ) FOR T, Lady of Hoth , the fecond 
 Daughter of Edmond Duke of Somerfet, was firft efpoufed to 
 the Lord Hoth of Ireland j and after his death to Sir Richard 
 Fry Kt. 
 
 13. ANNE BE A ZJ FORT , Lady Pafton y third Daughter, 
 was wedded to Sir William Pafton ofNorfoll^Kt. and by him,had 
 Iffue Anne and Elizabeth • Anne Pajlon was the Wife of Sir Gil* 
 bert Talbot Kt. and they were Father and Mother of two Daugh¬ 
 ters their Heirs, vi%. Elizabeth Talbot efpoufed to John Little¬ 
 ton of Franhley in the County of Worcefier Efq} Anceftor of 
 of Sir Henry Littleton of the fame place Baronet} and Mary 
 Talbot y the Wife oi Thomas Aftley olPatefhulm StaffordJhireElcp, 
 from whom Sir Richard ASiley of Patefbnl Kt. is lineally derived. 
 Eli^abcthP ajlonfheu fecond Daughter and Coheir,was wedded 
 to Sir John Savile otThornhil Kt. by whom he had Iffue Anne 
 Savile y one of his daughters and heirs,married to Henry Tlxwaytes 
 of Lnnde in the County of Yorl^ Efqj and from them defen¬ 
 ded Katherine Thwaytes , married to George Clapham of Beam- 
 fley in the County of Torb^ Efqi Great Grandfather to Sir Chri- 
 Jlopber Clapham of the fame Place, Kt. now living, An. 1675. 
 
 13. MARGARET BEAZJFORT, Countefs Stafford, 
 the fourth Daughter of Edmond Duke of Somerset, was twice 
 married, her firft Husband being Humphrey Earl Stafford , who 
 deceafed in the life-time of his Father $ fhe had by him Iffue 
 Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham , from whom Mary the 
 prefent Vifcountefs Stafford derives her Defcent. 
 
 The fecond Husband of this Margaret was Sir Richard Dar¬ 
 rel Kt. by whom fhe had Iffue a Daughter named alfo Margaret , 
 efpoufed to James Touchet Lord Audley } and from this James 
 and Margaret , James Lord Audley y and Earl of Cajllebaven 
 now living 1676, is lineally defended. 
 
 13* ELIZABETH BEAVFORT , fifth and yotingeft 
 Daughter of Edmond Duke of Somerfet and Eleanor Beau- 
 champe , was the Wife of Sir Henry Lewis Kt. but whether 
 there was any Iffue of this Marriage, I cannot find. 
 
 Book 4.' 
 
 C. i. fol. 
 yz.inCoU. 
 Arm* 
 
 D.iA-foh 
 146. b. in 
 Coll. Arn ,« 
 
 rift, of 
 Torkjbirei 
 per Will. 
 Dugddle 
 Arm. Nor- 
 royf.p.ti 
 
THE KJNL 9 S 0F £K 9 L AU^V,See. 325 
 
 £hap;tr 
 
 Henry Duke 
 of Somerfet 
 
 H E N R Y 
 
 BEAUFORT, T)u^e of Somerfet, zfAfarquefs 
 
 Dorfet, Earl of Somerfet and Dorfet, Lord of Chirke and 
 Chirkeland, and Lieutenant of Calais. 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 His Prince Henry, el deft Son of Edmond Bean- Beaufort. 
 
 fort Duke of Somerfet , among other Services 
 performed in France, is remembered for his 
 defperate alfault of theCaftle of St Anjou in 
 M ayenne, in which he put to the Sword 300 
 Scots, and hanged all the French found there- 
 Being by King Henry VI. recalled into 
 
 Quarterly 
 I ranee and 
 England, a 
 Boder Gobone 
 Argent And A-. 
 Zure*. 
 
 in. 
 
 England tofupply the command of his flain Father Duke Edmond ; 
 and to withftand the growing Fortune of Richard Duke of Torkj, 
 he was General to Queen Margaret, and had the leading of her 
 main Battel at Wakefield, where Richard fighting upon unequal 
 terms, loft not only the day, but his life alfo ; when Edward Earl 
 of March the Duke of Tories eldeft Son, revenged his Fathers 
 death upon the LancaUrians, at the Battel of Mortimers-Cr ofs in 
 the Marches of Wales, 
 
 This Henry Duke of Somerfet was alfo Commander in Chief for 
 Henry VI. at the great and bloody Fight of Towton , where, 
 after the lofs of 36000 Men on bothfides, the faid Edward was 
 again Vi&orious, and Duke Henry forced to fave his life by flight; 
 who not long after, finding the R.ed-Rofe-Treealmoft wholly wi¬ 
 thered, he fubmitted himfelf to the mercy of the Conqueror ("on 
 whofe Head this Vi&ory had placed the Royal Diademe, by the 
 name of Edward IV.) for which defe&ion, he is hardly cenfured 
 by Hiftorians. But the LancaLlrian Rofe budding again, by hope 
 of afliftance from Scotland , unwilling to out live the Profperity 
 of that Houfe of which himfelf was a Branch, he efpoufed their 
 opidrnr- Q^ arre l> afi d * n a third A atte l at Exham, was made Prifoner by 
 gate in In - John Nevil Marquis Mont acute, and there beheaded, upon the 3 d 
 Kto d Z h * day of April , in the third year of Edward IV. An. 1463. Ha- 
 ving in a Parliament begun at Wefiminfler , n November 1461. 
 Ed.rp.iu ?4. b een attainted and difinherited, leaving Iflue by Joans HiU, or 
 de la Montaigne , 
 
 14. CHARLES > his only Child ; by King Henry V1 11 . cre¬ 
 ated Earl of Worcefler. He is Anceftor of the Illuftrious Fa¬ 
 mily of the Somerfets Earls and Marquefies of Worcefler, Lords 
 Herbert of Ragland, Chepffow, and Gower . Whofe Hiftory 
 begins in the 13 th Chapter of this 4 th Book. 
 
 13. EDMOND 
 
 Speed p. 
 
/ 
 
 f mm . ■■ . ■■ ■ " ‘ ' 1,1 ■ 
 
 326 A qEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ,- — - 
 
 Beauforts. Book 4. 
 
 .3 E d m o N D 
 
 BEAUFORT, Duke of Somerfet, Marquit 
 
 Dorfet, and Earl of Somerfet and Dorfet, &’C. 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 Beaufort, 
 Quarterly, 
 France and. 
 England, a 
 Border Gobone 
 Argent and 
 Azure. 
 
 E was the fecond Son of Edmond Duke of So¬ 
 merfet fli in at the Battel of St Alban juA the Bro¬ 
 ther and Heir of Henry , alfo Duke of Somerfet , 
 taken Prifoner at Exham , and beheaded there ^ 
 and following the Lancajlrian Intereft , did alfo 
 partake with them in their Tragical Fortunes; for 
 being made a Prifoner ("with Prince Edward , fon of Henry VI.) 
 at the fatal Battel of Tewkesbury , the laft difpute betwixt the Red 
 and White Role for Englands Soveraignty} where he commanded 
 Queen Margarets Vanguard (and with his own Hand Hew the Lord 
 IVenloch^ for cowardice) was there taken Prifoner by King Ed¬ 
 ward 1 V. An. 1471. and after two days loft his Head. He left his 
 four Sifters ("beforementioned) his Heirs; and was Interred in the 
 Abbey of Tewkesbury *, to which Monaftery and Convent King ^ 
 Henry V I L grant ed the Parochial Church of Towton , to pray for bnupf 
 the Soul of this Edmond , his Brother John , and others, that there 
 loft their lives in the Quarrel of Lancatfer, 
 
 14. CHARLES 
 
THE KJK 9 S OF E^CgLA*CD,& c. 327 
 
 Chap. 13 
 
 Charier 
 Earl of 
 
 Worcejler, 
 
 •4-CHARLES 
 
 SOMERSET, Earl of Worcefter, Lord Herbert 
 
 of Gower, Cheplfowe, and Ragland, Lord Cham¬ 
 berlain, and Knight of the Carter. 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 E nry Beaufort , Duke of Somerfet , (eldeft Son dories Earl of 
 of Edmond Duke of Somerfet , third Son of KrtheCoat- 
 Jobn Beaufort Earl of Somerfet , eldeft Son of ff^ffeaufort 
 John of Gaunt Duke of Lancajier , by Ka- EukeofJo- 
 tberine Swinford (afterwards his third Wife) ther, viz. 
 
 ; had Ifliie by Joane Hilly this Charles , whom EngiZd^uar- 
 King Henry V 11 . his near Kin (man (for that 
 Kings Mother and this Charles' s Father, were Brothers Children) 
 created Banneret, and ele&ed Knight of the Moft Noble Order 
 of the Garter j then made him Vice-Chamberlain and foon after 
 Chamberlain of his Houfhold. And yet further, the King, as a 
 demonftration of his confidence in the Loyalty of this Charles his 
 Coufin,commiflionated him Captain of that Guard,ereded rather wife "eu- 
 for the defence of his perfon, than the State of his Royalty. fm/tvS 
 
 were, Per 
 
 PAe, Gules and Azure, 3 Lyons rampant Argent ; being fo painted in the Inefcocheon within the Garter, at the head 
 of their Tomb here reprefented; and upon her Kirtle, although of late the Herberts bear them contrary, viz. A- 
 zure, on the Dexter-fide of their Efcocheon, and on the Sinilter,GH/er. The Figure of his Seal (exhibited in the 240 
 page of this fourth Book) prefentsyou with the Arms of Earl Charles (without the Efcocheon of Pretence) hanging 
 by the corner, and fupported by an Eagle gorged with a Coronet, and a Goat with a Collar and Chain. The Crelt 
 being a Lyon with a Collar and Chain alfo, and all within this Circumfcription, SIGILLUM. ARMORUM. K At 
 ROLI, COMITIS. WIGORNIA. 
 
 terly, a Border 
 Gobone Argent 
 and Azure,. 
 with the di- 
 ftin&ion of 
 Baft on fnifter 
 Argent 3 and 
 over all, on an 
 Efcocheon of 
 Pretence, the 
 Arms of his 
 
 f Inti. cap. 
 apud Ci- 
 rencejler in 
 Cont.Glou. 
 zoNoveml 
 an. 23. H. 
 
 74 
 
 * Inq. cap. 
 apud Hart¬ 
 ford in 
 Com.l^ant. 
 7 H. 7 * 4 - 
 die Feb. 
 f Pat.an. 
 22 Hy. 
 Hovem.iB. 
 
 He was alfo by the Kings favor, emiched by one of the bed Mar ‘ 
 Marriages of that time, viz .Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir of TheImpale- 
 William Herbert Earl of Huntington , and Lord Herbert of Gower ^ ment of the 
 ( t who deceafed the 16 th day of ffuly , An. 6 H. 7. at what time Charles, and 
 the faid Elizabeth was above 30 years of agej and of * Mary hifcJunS 
 his Wife, Sifter and Coheir of Richard Widevile Earl Rivers) in ai n e JJs t x a1 n^ 
 whofe right this Charles Somerfet was t Lord Herbert of Gower and st George’s 
 Chepjlowe } for fo he is ftiled upon the 2 6 th of November , An, pfo$j£) being 
 
 ,, U ._ France and 
 
 22 /• England quar¬ 
 
 terly , a Bor - 
 
 der golone Argent and Azure, Overall, a Bajlon finijler Argent, and party Per pale Gules and Azure, three Lyons rampant. 
 Argent 3 and the onely example of a Knight of the Garters Arms impaling his Wives 3 againit the whole current of 
 Pra&ice. But feeing that no Efcocheon before that time upon the Stalls, was encircled with the Garter (it being a 
 fufficient proof that they were of that Order, by finding their Arms up there) this appears not fo irregular and 
 praepofierous as thofe, which by giving their Wives an equal {hare of their Efcocheon within the Garter, by im¬ 
 paling their Arms, l'eem to (hare that Order of Knighthood equally betwixt them. The Arms of Queen Mary 
 impaled by King can be no Prefident for anylefs concerned than herfelf 3 Ihe being not only a Soveraign 
 Queen, but alfo Soveraign of the Molt Noble Order of the Garter, . 
 
 O o o o 
 
 After 
 
 / 
 
328 A (jE&CEALO(jlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfets. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 In Pale So- 
 merfet, and. 
 Argent, a Feffe 
 dauncette , Sa¬ 
 ble, Weft 
 £ord la Ware. 
 
 His third Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 Somerfet/# j- 
 paling Dudley, 
 viz. Or , a Lyon 
 rampant queve 
 forche.vert. 
 
 His death, - 
 
 After the deceafe of King Henry VIL this Charles came to be 
 highly valued by his Son and Succeffor King Henry VIII, who 
 in a Parliament held at Weflminfler , on the firft ot February , An. 
 5 H. 8. created him Earl of Worcefler (on which day the King 
 gave him the White Staff of Lord Chamberlain for term of Life j 
 and thus fpeaks his Creation, Conflder antes generis nobilitatem 3 
 pr<ecipue nobis in [anguine propinquitalem probatijflmi yiri atnan - 
 tijflmi Conflanguinei noflri Caroli Somerfet militis Domini Herbert 
 Camerarii noflri &c. de gratia noUra fpeciali &>c. ipfltm Carolum in 
 Comitem Wigorn. erigimus &c. <&> per cin&uratn gladii inftgni - 
 mu* &c. Datum per manum notlrum apud WeThnon. primo die Fe - 
 bruarii , Anno Regni noflri quinto. 
 
 This G harlej^ in the iofhofH. 8. furrendred and yielded up 
 to Monfieur Cbaftillon , to the life of the French King, the City 
 and Caftle of T ournay, for 460000 Crowns, to be paid to King 
 Henry 3 at which furrender,the faid Chaflillon was not fuffered to en¬ 
 ter with Banner difplay ed,but rolled up} becaufe the faid City was 
 not won by force,but yielded up by compofition: in the winning of 
 which place, Earl Charles had the command of 6000 Men 5 from 
 whence the Englifb Army marching to Tournay, he had the conduct 
 of their Rereward, and encamped on the Weft-fide of the Town. 
 He alfo attended the Lady Mary King Henry's Sifter upon her 
 Coronation at StDennis by the Kings efpecial appointment jand in 
 that interview of King Henry VIII. and Francis I. of France, betwixt 
 Guifnes and Ardres {An. 10H. 8.) he was joined with Monfieur 
 de Chaflillon to lay out the ground for thofe Triumphs, which were 
 there to be performed, and (An. 13. H. 8*) was employed (with 
 the Bilhop of Ely ) to mediate a Peace betwixt the Emperor and 
 the faid King of France. 
 
 The fecond Wife of Charles Earl o (Worcester was Elizabeth 
 Daughter of Thomas Lord la Ware 3 whom Tbo. Milles and Ralph 
 BrookfYorl^Hevald) make to be his %d YVife;but by the laft Tefta- 
 ment of this Charles , dated upon the 1 2th of November, An.\$2$. 
 whereunto a Codicil is annexed, dated the 10 th of April , 1526. 
 An. 17 H. 8. he bequeathes divers Legacies to his Wife Eleanor *, 
 fo that file muft needs be his laft Wife, he deceafing upon the 2 o th 
 of November 1526. for then was his Will proved. 
 
 Eleanor then (as Auflin Vincent Rouge Croix obferves) was his 
 third Wife , by whom he had not any Child : (he was the Daugh¬ 
 ter of Edward Sutton Lord Dudleys and to her the Earl bequeathes 
 6000 Marks in Plate, all his Jewels, Chains, Rings,Pretious Stones 
 and Broaches (his Collar of the Order of St George excepted ) and 
 leaving her a Widdow, departed this World upon the 15 th day 
 April , An. 17 H. 8: 15 2 6 . 
 
 Charles Somerfet Earl of Worcefler , erefted for himfelf and his 
 firft Wife Elizabeth Herbert , a Tomb in his Chappel of our Lady, 
 in the South* Weft Corner of the Royal Chappel of Windfor , 
 whereon lie their Portraitures} His apparelled in the Habit of St 
 George 3 and Hers, having on Her Kirtle the Arms of Herbert em- 
 
 boffed 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 Pat. an. f 
 H S.p. x. 
 M. 13. 
 
 Pat.pH.ii 
 
 f.i.m.ioi 
 
 Herberts 
 Hip. of 
 H.S-p.tfi 
 
 Ibidem p. 
 316 . 
 
 Augufltns 
 Vincent p. 
 C14. 
 
 T bo. Mil- 
 Jesp.ioiq. 
 
 Prarogat. 
 Office 
 Porch qu. 
 I 3 * 
 
 Vincent f. 
 
THE Kjs^cqs OF E*CgLjiNi‘D > 8 cc. 329 
 
 <“* - - - —-----— 
 
 c ^ a P - ? 3 boffed and painted , and on her Mantle, the Coat-Armour of her c ^ es ^ rl 
 Husband. The Monument is inclofed within aRayleof Brafs, ° Won ^ er \ 
 the Form of which is reprdented in this Figure. 
 
 Children of CHARLES SOMERSET Earl of Worcefter 5 
 by ELIZABETH HERBERT hisfirft Wife . 
 
 If. HENRY SOMERSET, Lord Herbert, eldeft Sonfuc- 
 ceeded his Father Charles in the Earldom of Worcester. 
 
 t$sELIZABETH 
 
330 A qENfEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfet s. 
 
 1 EL 1 Z ABET H SOMERSET > Lady Savage,e\deft 
 daughter of Charles Earl of IVorcefier , was efpoufed to Sir John 
 Savage of Clifton Kt. and they had Iffue Sir John Savage of 
 Roch^Savage in the County of Chejler Kt. who deceafed An. 
 i 597. leaving Iffue by Elizabeth Mannors ,daughter of Thomas 
 Earl of Rutland , Sir John Savage of the fame place Knight and 
 Baronet} who took to Wife Mary Daughter and Coheir of 
 Sir Nicholas Allington Kt. and was the Father of Sir Thomas 
 Savage Kt. and Bar. Vifcount Savage (Chancellor and Coun- 
 cellor to her Majeffy Mary the Queen-Mother) who departed 
 this life the 20th of Novem. 163$. This Thomas Vifcount 
 Sovage married Elizabeth Darcy daughter and Coheir of Tho¬ 
 mas Earl Rivers , Vifcount Colchefler , and Baron Darcy of 
 Chich } which Elizabeth died upon the gth day of March , An. 
 1650 having been created Countefs Rivers by Letters Patent, 
 bearing date the 2 1 of April, An. 17 Car . 1. leaving Iffue 
 by her laid Husband Thomas Vifcount Savage, John Earl Ri¬ 
 vers Vifcount Savage of Rock^Savage, Vicount Colchefler, and 
 Baron Darcy of Chichy who wedded Katherine Parker, fecond 
 Daughter of Henry Lord Morley and Mount-Eagle, and they had 
 Iffue Thomas Earl Riyers See. now living 1676. 
 
 Book 4.^ 
 
 ■ i 
 
 B.i 6. foil 
 £4. lib.in 
 
 C oil. Arm. 
 I.B.fol.fO' 
 
 E.iC.in 
 CoU. Am j 
 fol.c 4, 
 
 /. 8. fol. 
 81. AT. 
 in CoU. 
 Arm. 
 
 Children of CHARLES Earl of Worcefter, ^ELIZA¬ 
 BETH WEST his fecond Wife. 
 
 15. Sir CHARLES SOMERSET Knight, fecond Son 
 of Charles Earl of Worcefter, was Captain of Rife-banl ^ and Ca¬ 
 lais in France. He fubferibed a Certificate (entred in the Col- 
 ledge of Arms^) after the death of Anne Barret his Niece, the 
 daughter of his Brother Sir George Somerfet, by which it appear- 
 eth, that he was living An.i$6%. 
 
 icj. Sir GEORGE SOMERSET Knight, third Son of 
 Charles Earl of Worcefter, efpoufed Mary the daughter and heir of 
 Thomas Bowlayes of Penhow in the County of Monmouth Kt. 
 and by her had Iffue Charles Somerfet his eldeft Son, William So¬ 
 merfet, fecond Son, and Anne Somerfet his onely Daughter, the 
 c Wife of Edward Barret of Belhonfe in the Parifh of Aveley in 
 the County of Effex Efq; by whom fhe had Iffue Charles Bar¬ 
 ret , Edward , and Maroaret. 
 
 z Gules a pane ' ’ 0 
 
 of Wings conjoined Or, and Or and Azure quarterly indented in tejfe. Bowlays Cert. Fun. J. y. fol. \Cj. 
 
 Tcrejjfnt 7 m- Charles Somerfet of Badmondesfield in the County of Suffolk^ 
 paling, Efq} Son and Heir of Sir George^ married Elizabeth Daughter 
 
 terly, Farry 1 * ’ & 
 
 Argent, gutte deyoix, and Gules -, and Sable a Lyon rampant argent aecollei Or. H. 15. fol. $7, in Coll. Armorum 
 
 of 
 
 Quarterly, r* 
 Or, on a Fejfe t 
 Trance and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly, within a 
 Border Gobone 
 Argent and 
 Azure. Somer¬ 
 fet, z. Her¬ 
 bert, 3. 
 Woodvile, 4. 
 Somerfet, a 
 CreJJ'ent for 
 diftinilion. 
 
 guarlerly, 1. 
 Somerfet, 2. 
 Herbert, 3. 
 Woodvile, 4. 
 Somerfet, as 
 before ,a Mul¬ 
 let for dijlin- 
 ttion. Impa¬ 
 ling, quarterly 
 
 $. f * fol. 
 
 1 67. in 
 CoU. Arm. 
 
 D. 7. fol. 
 19. b. in 
 CoU. Arm • 
 
 G. 14. fol: 
 19. in CoU. 
 Arm.' H. 
 
 1 3- fol. 
 
 2 9. ibidem. 
 
—.- 
 
 Chap. 13 
 
 Tr&rogdt. 
 OfficeMel~ 
 Ier(be qu, 
 14. 
 
 SnriaJsI. 
 13./0/.3J'. 
 
 Ncvil qu, 
 3°. 
 
 Stowes 
 
 Annals 
 
 continued 
 
 tjUoufe. 
 
 THE KJWL 9 S OF EH .9 EAXJD, &c. 331 
 
 of Sir George Gryfley of Colton in the County of Stafford Kt. 
 
 (by Katherine his fecond Wife daughter of Edward Lord Dud - - 
 
 ley ) and they were Father and Mother of George Somerset , 
 
 Charles Somerset , and Mary Somerfet. 
 
 This Sir George Somerfet Kt. third fon of Charles Earl ofWor- 
 cefter , made his nuncupative Will upon the 10th day of March 
 1555. An. 2 Eli%. by the name of Sir George Somerfet of 
 Wickjoambrool^ in the County of Suffol^e Kt. by which Tefta- 
 ment it appeareth, that he had a Wife named Helen , to whom 
 he bequeathed all his Goods that were hers before he married 
 her. 
 
 MART SOMERSET Lady Grey of Wilton , the fecond 
 Daughter of Charles Earl of Worceffr (but onely Daughter 6 peeces Ar¬ 
 ty his fecond Wife Elizabeth Weft ) was given in marriage to iZl,impaling 
 William Lord Grey of Wilton , Lord Warden of the Eaft Mar- 
 ches towards Scotland , Governor of the Town and Caftle of Fun, i J‘( 0 3 1 ' 1 fo1 ' 
 Barwicb^, and Knight of the Garter. He deceafed at Cheflon , Arm. 
 near Waltham in the County of Hertford , on Monday the 14. 
 of December,An.5 Eli^.\^6i. and was Interred in the Chancel 
 of that Parifh Church,leaving his faid Wife Mary a W idow,and 
 Iflue by her Arthur Lord Grey, William Grey , and Honor a Grey , 
 
 Wife of Henry Denny of Chefton aforefaid Efq-, 
 
 Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton , Knight of the Garter,3nd Lord 
 Lieutenant o i Ireland, deceafed upon the 14 of O&ober ,35 Eli%>. 
 in the year of our Lord 1593. having married two Wives, the 
 firft of which was Dorothy the Daughter of Richard Lord' 
 
 Zoucbe. of Haringworth , by whom he had IiTue his Daughter 
 Elizabeth, efpoufed to Francis Goodwin Son and Heir of Sir 
 John Goodwin Kt. His fecond Wife was Jana Sibylla Morifon , 
 the Daughter of Sir Richard Morifon Kt. and by her left Iflue 
 Thomas Lord Grey of Wilton , William Grey , and Briget Grey. 
 
 Thomas Lord Grey of Wilton being one of thofe Confpirators 
 (with the Lord Cobham , Sic Walter Raleigh, and others, An. 2 
 Jacobi Regis) that defigned to take the King and Prince to the 
 Tower ot London , and thence to Dover Caftle, thereby to ob¬ 
 tain a Toleration of the Romifli Religion, and remove feme 
 Councilors of State (as *twas then faid^) was attainted of 
 Treafon; and upon the 6th of July 16 14. died in theTower ? 
 being the laft Lord Grey of Wilton. 
 
 Pppp 15. HENRY. 
 
332 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfets. 
 
 Jtook# 
 
 ThisEdri Hen¬ 
 ry, forfaking 
 the Arms of 
 Charles Earl 
 of Worcejler 
 his Father, did 
 bear, Quar¬ 
 terly, i. Or a 
 Fejj'e, quarter¬ 
 ly of France 
 •and England, 
 within a Bor¬ 
 der (Sobony 
 Urgent and A- 
 zure. 2, Per 
 pitie Azure and 
 Gules, 3 Lyons 
 rampant Ar¬ 
 gent, by the 
 name o( Her¬ 
 bert. 3. Ar¬ 
 gent a Pefje 
 and Canton 
 Gules. The 
 Arms of 
 Woodvile, the 
 4. as the i. 
 which is So¬ 
 merset, and is 
 thus Marlhal- 
 led, on the 
 North-iide his 
 Tomb at 
 Ctepjlowe, un¬ 
 der a Mar- 
 tjuilfes Coro¬ 
 net, although 
 Henry Mar- 
 quifs of Wor- 
 cejlerhls great 
 Grandfon was 
 the firlt that 
 had that Dig¬ 
 nity. 
 
 The Arms of 
 Elizabeth 
 Browne, his 
 Wife, being 
 Sable, 3 Lyons 
 pajfant in bend, 
 inter four Co - 
 tizes Argent, 
 are impaled 
 with the Earls 
 on the Cano¬ 
 py at the head 
 of the faidMo- 
 nuraent. 
 
 .5 H E N R Y 
 
 SOMERSET, Earl of Worcefter, and Lord 
 
 Herbert of Gower, Chepftow, and Ragland. 
 
 CHAP. XIV. : 
 
 His Henry, eldeftSonof Charles Earl of Wotr- 
 cejler (and onely Son by Elizabeth his firft 
 Wife, Daughter and Heir of William Her¬ 
 bert Earl of Huntington .) In the 1 ith of H. 8. 
 ('his Father then living ) upon that famous 
 Interview betwixt Ardres and Guifnes of the 
 faid King, and Francis I. where feveral Feats 
 of Arms were performed on Horfc and on Foot, during the fpace 
 of forty dayes, betwixt the Enghfh and French , was one of the 
 Challengers; and afterwards accompanied the Duke of Suffolk? 
 into France, An. 15 H 8. by whom many places of ftrength were 
 worn In which Expedition this Henry merited fo well from the 
 faid Duke, that he conferred on him the Honour of Knighthood. 
 Shortly after his Fathers death (An. 17. H. 8.) this Henry Earl 
 of Worcejler was appointed one of the Commiflioners for conclu¬ 
 ding a Peace with France ; and in the year following had an efpe- 
 cial Livery of all his Fathers and Mothers Lands. He wasalfo 
 one of the Peers that fubfcribed that Declaration fent to Pope 
 Clement V II. (An. 21H %.) concerning the faid Kings divorce 
 from Queen Katherine . And in An. 5 Ed. 6. accompanied Wil¬ 
 liam Parr Marquis of Northampton into France , fent Ambaflador 
 to that King with the Order of the Garter. He took to Wife E- 
 li^abeth, the daughter of Sir Anthony Browne Kt. Standard-bearer 
 of England (and Lucy his Wife, one of the Daughters and Co¬ 
 heirs of John Nevil Marquis Montague ) and by her leaving a 
 numerous Progeny deceafed ("aged about 5 3 yearsj on the 2 6th 
 day of November, in the third year of Edw. 6 . An. 1549. This 
 Henry Earl of Worcejler was buried in the Parifli Church of Chep- 
 Jlowe in the County of Monmouth , where, the Countefs Elizabeth 
 his Widdow ^who out-lived him about 16 years, for (he decea¬ 
 fed An. 1565) appoints by her laft Will to be Interred as near as 
 may be to the place where the late Earl her Husband was depofi- 
 ted, in the faid Parifli Church of Cbeptfowe, where their Tomb 
 of Free-ftone, painted and gilt reprefents its felf, the foot there¬ 
 of being placed contiguous to the Eaft-end of the Church j and 
 on the South-fide and paralel with the Altar: thereon lie the Por¬ 
 traitures of the Earl and Countefs in their Robes, under a Canopy, 
 fupported by eight Corinthian Pillars, according to the Figure 
 inferted in the following page. 
 
 Stows An¬ 
 nals. 
 
 Holingfh. 
 p .875. Ai 
 n.jo. 
 
 Pat. an. 
 18 H. 8. 
 p.u 
 
 Herbert 
 p. 30 6 . 
 
 Hayward 
 p. 123. 
 
 Jnq.capta 
 apud Wot- 
 ton under 
 Edge in 
 Com. Gloc. 
 21 Feb. 
 an. 4. E. 
 6 . 
 
 Morifon 
 
 3«.2 3 . 
 
 Children 
 
I 
 
 * 
 
 
 
334 A qEPCEJLOQlCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Quarterly, i. 
 Somerfet:, z> 
 Herbert, 3. 
 Woodvile, 4. 
 Somerfet:, art 
 Armlet for di- 
 flintiion. Im¬ 
 paling Rraine, 
 viz Sable, on a 
 FeJJe Argent, A 
 Hzmpe Brake 
 Gules, between 
 3 bug 1 e Horns, 
 Jlringed and 
 garnijbed of the 
 Second. 
 
 Gerard, Ar¬ 
 gent a Saltire 
 Gules, aCref- 
 fent for dillin- 
 ttion impaling 
 Somerfet. 
 
 Fox, Argent, a 
 C heveron inter 
 3 Foxes heads 
 errafed Gules. 
 Impaling So- 
 merfet. 
 
 Vaughan, viz. 
 Sable, 3 Infants 
 heads couped at 
 tbt Shoul¬ 
 ders , each 
 with a Snake 
 about the Neck, 
 all Froper. 
 
 ■ 1 Book 4; 
 
 Children of HENRY SOMERSET, Earl of Woreefter, ~~ 
 by ELIZABETH BROWNE his Wife . 
 
 16. WILLIAM SOMERSET Lord Herbert , eldeft fori 
 and heir, was Earl of Worcefter , after the death of his Father, and 
 continued the defeent, Chap. 15, 
 
 1 6. THOMAS SOMERSET fecond fon of Henry Earl of 
 Woreefter , departed this life in the Tower of London. He made Prorogate 
 his Will upon the 6th day of April in the year 1586. and de- 
 ceafed before the lyth of the next Month, being May, for then 28 - 
 his Laid Teftament is proved, wherein he delegates William Earl 
 of Woreefter and Edward Herbert >his Executors. 
 
 16. FRANCIS SOMERSET third fon, loft his life at 
 Mujfelborow Field againft the Scot /, in the year 15... leaving 
 Natural Ilfue, a fon named Charles , and a daughter Eleanor . v ff on 
 
 16, S\e CH ARLES S 0 MERS ET Knight, fourth fon of Fun. certi 
 Henry Earl of Woreefter , was Standard-bearer of the Band of cdi.Ar'^' 
 Gentlemen Pentioners to Queen Elizabeth. .He took to Wife 
 Emme daughter and one of the coheirs of Henry Braine Efq; 
 
 ( Widdow of Giles Morgan of Newport Efq - ,) by whom he had 
 Ilfue Elizabeth Somerjet his daughter and heir; firft married to 
 Radcl/jf Gerard Efq - , by whom (he had four fons,‘Z//2..Sir Charles Lib. Bene j 
 Gerard Kt. eldeft fon,Father of Charles Lord Gerard of Brandon , ^u. Arm: 
 now living 1675. Edward and Sir Gilbert: Thomas Gerard fe¬ 
 cond fon of R adcliff. Sir Gilbert Gerard Kt. third fon, and Rad- 
 cliff Gerard fourth fon (a Twin with his brother Sir Gilbert') 
 who had Ilfue Sir Gilbert Gerard Bar. Radcliff ’ John , Somerfet , 
 and Penelope. 
 
 This Elizabeth Somerfet was afterwards efpoufed to Sir Ed- f 7 - 2 *?* 
 ward Fox of Gwernoga in the County of Montgomery Kt. and CoU - Arn^ 
 by him had Ilfue Somerfet Fox , Thomas and Henry. 
 
 Somerfet Fox Efquire, was of Kaynham in the County of Sa¬ 
 lop ^ and taking to Wife Anne daughter of Sir Walter Long of 
 Wraxal in Wiltjhire , had Ilfue Somerfet Fox his eldeft fon, Wal¬ 
 ter , William and Richardj Elizabeth and Anne. 
 
 Sir Charles Somerfet ended this tranfitory life at Chepftowe in J . 
 the County of Monmouth , on the fecond day of March 1598. Am. C °^ 
 and was there Interred on the 8 th day of May next following. 
 
 1 6. ELEA NO R SOMERSET Lady Vaughan , eldeft 
 daughter of Henry Earl of Woreefter , was the Wife of Sir Ro¬ 
 ger Vaughan of Tretour in the County of Brecbpocl\ Kt. from 
 whomfeveral of that Surname did defeend. 
 
 16. lvct 
 
THE KJS^qs OF E S^qi A3^T>,&c. 335 
 
 Chap. 14 
 
 Prxrogat. 
 Office, 
 Home, qu. 
 16. 
 
 Cert. F«». 
 fol.zy.b.in 
 CoU. Arm . 
 
 C. 14. 
 p. 6. Lib. 
 in CoU. 
 Am. 
 
 J. 9. fol. 
 117. a.in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 Z.i fol. 
 19 -b in 
 Coll. Am. 
 
 Ibidem f. 
 60. a. 
 
 1.1'. fol. 
 l9J>.f56o. 
 a. in Coll. 
 Arm. 
 
 Tbo.Milkr 
 p. 1014. 
 
 1 6. L Z) CT SOMERSET Lady Latimer , fecond daughter, 
 was married to John Nevil Lord Latimer , who departed this 
 life at his Mannor of Snape in Yorkshire , the 22 of April, 
 An.1e.77 aged6i years; andlieth buried with his Anceltors 
 in his Church and Town of Well. The Lady Lucy his Wife 
 deceafed in the year of our Lord 1582. and was Interred in the 
 Parifli Church of Hackney in the County of Middlefex • where 
 by her laft Will, fhe ordained a Tomb of Alablafter to be fet 
 up (which was accordingly done) over the place of her burial, 
 with the Pi$ures of herielf and her four daughters, with the 
 Arms of the late Lord Latimer their Father, and of the feveral 
 Husbands of her daughters, engraven about the Laid Monu¬ 
 ment j for the ere&ion of which (lie gave Five hundred 
 Marks. 
 
 Katherine Nevil, eldeft daughter and coheir to her Father the 
 Lord Latimer, was married to Henry Percy Earl of Northumber¬ 
 land , Anceftorof the eleventh and laft Earl of Northumberland , 
 Joceline , Father of the Lady Elizabeth Percy, heir general of 
 that Illuftrious Family. 
 
 Dorothy Nevil, fecond daughter and coheir, was the Wife of 
 Thomas Cecil Earl of Exceter , and deceafed upon the 2 2 of May 
 1608. leaving Iflue by him (befides other children) William 
 Cecil Earl of Exceter (Father of William Cecil Lord Roo/,who 
 died without Iflue) and Sir Richard Cecil Kt. fecond fon, the 
 Father of David Earl of Exceter, who had Iflue, John Earl of 
 Exceter now living 1 676- Father of John Lord Burleigh. 
 
 Lucy Nevil , third daughter and coheir, was married to 
 Sir William Cornwallis of Brome in the County of Suffolk^ Kt. 
 and by him had Iflue four daughters her heirs, viz Frances, 
 eldeft daughter, efpoufed to Sir Edmund Withipol of Gip- 
 rvich^ Kt. Elizabeth, fecond daughter, was the Wife of Sir Wil¬ 
 liam Sands Kt. fon of Walter Sands Elq* Cornelia, third 
 daughter, was married to Sir Richard Fermer Kt. and Anne y 
 fourth daughter, was the Wife of Archambald Camphel Earl of 
 Argile in Scotland. 
 
 Elizabeth Nevil fourth daughter and coheir of yjobn Nevil 
 Lord Latimer , was efpoufed to Sir John Danvers of Dantefey 
 in Wiltjhire Kt. by whom fhe had Iflue Sir Charles Danvers Kt. 
 who loft his life lor partaking with Robert Earl of Effex s in 
 that Infurreftion by him made An. 43 Eh s,. and Henry Dan¬ 
 vers Earlo IDanby, and Knight of the Garter, who by a fpe- 
 cial Aft of Parliament An. 3 Jacobi Regis , was reftored in 
 blood as heir to his Father. 
 
 Henry Earl 
 of Worcefler. 
 
 Somerfet im¬ 
 paled by Nevil 
 Lord Latimer, 
 viz. Gules, a 
 Saltire Argent, 
 charged with 
 an Anulet Sa¬ 
 ble. Which 
 Arms are thus 
 fet forth on 
 the Tomb of 
 this Lady Lucy 
 Somerfet at 
 Hackney in the 
 County of 
 Middlefex. 
 
 Percy ,who did 
 bear, Quar¬ 
 terly,Or a Lyon 
 rampant Azure, 
 and Gules, 5 
 Lucys haurient 
 Argent ; impa¬ 
 ling Nefil 
 aforefaid. 
 
 Cecil, viz. 
 Barry of 10 
 pieces. Argent 
 and Azure, 0- 
 ver all, 6 Ef- 
 cocheons Sable, 
 charged with 
 6 Lyons ram¬ 
 pant of the 1 ft. 
 Impaling Ne¬ 
 vil, which is 
 Gules, on a 
 Saltire Argent 
 an Anulet Sa¬ 
 ble. 
 
 Cornwallis, 
 viz.SableGuttc 
 de larmes on a 
 Fejfe Argent, 
 
 5 Conijb 
 Choughes, Pro¬ 
 per. Impaling 
 Nevil Latimer. 
 
 Danvers,TO&/cfc 
 is. Gules, a 
 Cheveron inter 
 3 Mullets of 
 fix points Or. 
 Impaling Ne¬ 
 vil Latimer. 
 
 L. i. foL 
 19. Lib. in 
 CoU. Arm. 
 
 16. A N N E SOMERSET, Countefs of Northumberland, 
 
 third daughter of HewyEarlof Worcejier, was married to Tho * viz, or,a Lye* 
 mas Percy Earl of Northumberland, beheaded at Tork^ in the andGules, 3 
 year of Our Lord 1572. by whom fhe had her onely fon Tho - 
 
 Q>qqq mas . lin * 
 
33 6 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 was Percy who deceafed young,and 4 daughters,E/ix<i£ef6 Wife Book 4 » 
 of Richard Woodrooff of Wolley in Tor k^flire.Lucy efpoufed to Sir 
 Edward Stanley of Winwich^ in the County Palatine of Lanca- 
 fler , Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King James , 
 and Nephew to Henry Earl of Derby. Jane married to the 
 Lord Henry Seymour , brother to Edward Earl of Hertford. 
 
 And Mary Percy younged daughter,Lady-Abbes of the Englijh 
 Nunnery at Bruxels , An. 1621. 
 
 Arms l xcAr l ^‘ jf A N E SOMERSET > Lady Manfel , fourth and 
 gem, a ckve- youngd daughter of Henry Earl of Worcefler y was the Wife of p . 
 
 Z”JerT 0 ugcis, that worthy and valiant Knight Sir Edward Manfel of Mar- 
 Sgj'oSl" & am * n County of Glamorgan , and had Idue Sir Thomas 
 
 Manfel of the fame place Knight and Baronet who deceafed CoU Am * 
 on Thurfday the 20th of December 1631. leaving Iflue by his 
 firdWife Mary daughter of Lewis Lord Mordaunt y Sir Lewes Co11 ' Arm ‘ 
 Manfel of Mar gam Knight and Baronet, who efpoufed to his 
 third Wife Elizabeth Mountagu daughter of Henry Earl of Man - 
 chefier Lord Privy Seal, and departing this life on Wednefday 
 the fourth of April An. 1638. left Iflue by her, Sir Edward 
 Manfel Baronet. 
 
 ■‘WILLIAM 
 
 SOMERSET, Earl of Worcefter, Lord Herbert 
 
 of Gower, Chepdowe and Ragland, and 
 Knight of the Garter. 
 
 Somtrfets. 
 
 ling Scmcrfct, 
 being. Or, a 
 FeJJe quarterly 
 France and. 
 England, veith- 
 in a Border 
 Gobony Argent 
 and Azure. 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 This William 
 Earl of Wor¬ 
 cester (as it 
 appeareth on 
 his Plate at 
 Windfor ) did 
 bear, quarterly 
 1. Or, a FeJJe 
 quarterly of 
 France and 
 England, -with¬ 
 in a Border go- 
 bone, Argent 
 and Azure. 
 i. Herbert, 3. 
 Woodvile, 4, 
 Somcrfet. 
 
 Somerfetiforc- 
 faid, impaling 
 North, viz. A- 
 zure, A Lyon 
 pajfant Or, be¬ 
 tween■ three 
 Flowers de Lit, 
 Argent. 
 
 ,F the fons of Henry Earl of Worcefler , by 
 Elizabeth Browne his Wife. This William was 
 the elded, being at his faid Fathers deceafe, 
 An. 1549- aged about 22 years, at which 
 time (<^7%. 3 .E. 6 .) he fucceeded him in 
 his Earldom of Worcefter , and Lordfhips of 
 Ragland , Chepflowe and Gower j and after¬ 
 wards, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth , was Inftalled Knight of 
 the Garter •, who in the fixteenth year of her Reign, fent him into 
 Scotland , with a Font of pure Gold, for the chridningof a daugh¬ 
 ter of King James the V. asalfo to dand in the Queens dead, as 
 one of the Sureties *, and An. 19 E//'x. He was one of the Peers 
 which fate on the tryal of Mary Queen of Scots. He took to 
 Wife Chriflian Daughter of Edward Lord North of Cartelage in 
 the County of Cambridge : which Edward , by his Tedament da¬ 
 ted 
 
 lnq. cap.a- 
 pud Wotton 
 under Edge 
 in Com. 
 Gloc. it. 
 Feb. an. 4. 
 Ed. 6 . 
 
 Vide the 
 Catalogue 
 of the 
 % nights of 
 the Garter. 
 
 Annal E- 
 liz per 
 Camden! 
 
 Trarogat. 
 Office Mo¬ 
 tif on qu. 7, 
 

 THE KJK9 S OF E^CgLji^CT>,Sce. 937 
 
 Ch ap.15 ted the fecond day of March, i 56^. after feveral remainders,intails william 
 his Lands upon his daughter Chnftian Countefs of Worcejler , for Worcester. 
 
 term of life, and then to her fon Edward Lord Herbert, See. This --9 
 
 William Earl of Worcefler departed this life at his houfe by St Johns 
 tTstpl'a. near London, on the 21 of February, in the 3 1 of Queen Elizabeth, 
 
 3'Eiiz. an d was buried at Ragland the laft day of April next 
 
 following, where he ordained by his laft Will to be Interred,and 
 ofce SiU there to lie alone,and to have ere&ed over him aTomb of Marble, 
 
 L ulf er * an ^ ch ar g et h his fon Lord Edward Herbert to fee it performed ; 
 which was done accordingly, and affixed to theNorth Wall of 
 their Chappel in the Parifh Church of Ragland, but broken in 
 pieces in the late Rebellion, nothing remaining thereof at prefent Anno 1 667 * 
 but the Canopy of Alablafter, carved and gilt, and part of the A t rilxo * 
 Figure of Earl William in Armour, with the Collar of St George 
 about his Neck, and the Garter on his left Leg. 
 
 Children of WILLIAM Earl of Worcefter, by C HR 1 * 
 
 STIAN NORTH his Wife. 
 
 ij. E D WA RD SOMERSET, Lord Herbert , onely fon, 
 of whom fee more in the next Chapter. 
 
 TtoMiic, 17 - ELIZABETH S 0 M E K S 'E T, the elder daughter of Wndrort& 
 p. 1015. William Earl of Worcester, was married to William Windfor, the Guies,asaitire 
 
 E.ic.foi. feventh and youngeft fon of William Lord Windfor of Stan- i'fTrojr?-' 
 
 cditOm. well and Bradenham, by Margaret daughter and heir of Wtlli^ impaSg °s 0 - 
 ham Sambourne of Southcotte his firft Wife. fore* as bc ~ 
 
 rio Mines I 7 * hfUCT S OME RS ET the younger daughter, was the 
 p.ioiy. Wife of Henry Herbert (Ton of Sir Thomas Herbert of Wine- Tml'iC'-* 
 m s° d foi fiowe in the County of Monmouth) by whom (he had Iffue a 
 ?8 .b. fon named William, that died young, without Iflue} and three j y r ™ s n ' amt a ant 
 Eiw.net- daughtersj viz. Eleanor married to Giles Herbert of Hadnock^ cnjfm and 
 near Monmouth Efq-, fon of Charles Herbert of Colebroob^ Efq^ ptimor, /bT 
 
 cherbuty. Lucy efpoufed to . Lewis of St Fere near ChepHowe Efq^ 
 
 And.Wife of. Rawlins . jw as above, 
 
 17. EDWARD 
 
33 8 A qE^EALOqiCAl H1SSUK1 V* 
 
 Somerfets. 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 .7 E D W A R D 
 
 SOMI: R.SET, Ear!of Worcefler, iorrfHerbert 
 
 of Raaland, Chepftowe and Gower, Lord Privy Seal, 
 Mafier of the Horfe to Queen Elizabeth and King James, 
 
 Privy Councilor to Queen Elizabeth, King James, and 
 i^ing Charles, and Knight of the Garter. 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 He was the 
 firlt of the 
 Line of Somer¬ 
 set that left off 
 the Feffe , and 
 took to his 
 Arms the 
 Coat of Beau¬ 
 fort,viz.France 
 and England, 
 quarterly a Bor¬ 
 der gobony Ar¬ 
 gent and Azure, 
 as appears in 
 the Certificate 
 taken after his 
 death (vide I, 
 g. foj. 16 in 
 CoU. Armo- 
 rum ) But on 
 his Plate at 
 Windsor, in his 
 younger years 
 you will find 
 that he did 
 bear thcFe/fe, 
 
 The Arms of 
 E/ajlings this 
 Earls Wife 
 were, Argent, 
 a Maunch, Sa¬ 
 ble, which I 
 find impaled 
 in the front of 
 the faid Certi¬ 
 ficate, with 
 thefe of So¬ 
 merset. 
 
 E was the onely Ton of WiUiam Earl of Worcefler , 
 and Elizabeth North his Wife,and after his death, 
 the fourth Earl of Worcefler , Lord Herbert of 
 Ragland , Chepflowe and Gower . Inftalled he 
 was Knight of the Garter at Windfor, upon the 
 26th day of ffune , An. 1593. which Order he 
 enjoyed above 35 years. He had beenalfo Mafterof the Horfe 
 to Queen Elizabeth and King James ,being the beft Horfeman and 
 Tilter of thofe times and ot the Privy Council to that Queen, 
 King James and King Charles he had the Office of Lord Privy 
 Seal} was one of the Lords Commiffioners for exereffing the 
 office of Earl-Marfhal of England ; and a great favourer of learn¬ 
 ing and good literature : After all which, he deceafed full of Ho¬ 
 nour and years, about the yyth year of his age, at Worcester 
 Houfe in th t Strand^ andParifhof St Clement Danes , London , on 
 Monday being the third day of March , An. 1627. ^is Corps be¬ 
 ing conveyed to Ragland , was on Sunday the loth of the fame 
 Month ( An. i628-)dcpofited under a fumptuous Tomb (ere&ed 
 in his life-timejaffixed to the South-Wall of his own Chappel,ad- 
 joining to the Chancelof the Pariffi Church of Ragland aforefaidj 
 upon which were placed the Portraitures of this Earl Edwardfin the 
 Habit of the Order ) and his Countefs, with thirteen of their 
 Children. But the fame Hammer of-Rebellion which defaced 
 Earl William's Tomb, broke in pieces the Sepulcher alfo of this 
 Edward Earl of Worcefler j when the Parliament Soldiers, being 
 feiz^d of the Church, were as revengeful in deftroying the Monu¬ 
 ments of the dead Father and Grandfather, as the living fon Henry , 
 the firft Marquis of Worcefler , was loyal and refolved in defen¬ 
 ding againft them his Caftle of Ragland. 
 
 He married Elizabeth Ha&ings daughter of Francis Earl of 
 Huntington (by Katherine his Wife, daughter and coheir of Hen¬ 
 ry Pole Lord Montague }) which Elizabeth departed this life at Wor~ 
 cefler Houfe aforefaid, upon the 24//; day of Augufl 1621. and 
 was immediately conveyed from thence to Ragland , and there In¬ 
 terred in the fame Vault where her Husband Earl Edward was af¬ 
 terwards buried. 
 
 Vide bis 
 Plate at 
 Windfor, 
 in the third. 
 Stall,on the 
 Soveraigns 
 fide. 
 
 I.i.fot.zg. 
 
 17 .in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 I. 
 
 in Col. 
 Arm. 
 
 Ibidem fol. 
 1 6. 
 
 Children 
 
Chap* 1 6 
 
 ibidem f. 
 
 1 't. 
 
 Ibidem f. 
 j6. b. 
 
 M. 7 » „ 
 
 Knights of 
 the Bath. 
 
 /. 8. fol 
 
 l6.bi 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 /. 8 . foh 
 
 1 6 . b. in 
 Coll. Am. 
 
 M. 7 • 
 Xnigbts of 
 the Bath. 
 
 Fift. 
 Lane, per 
 W.D. Efy j 
 N.fol.yl. 
 
 THE KJ^C9 S 0F E^CgLA^iT>,8cc. 339 
 
 Children of EDWARD Earl of Worcefler, by 
 ELIZABETH HASTINGS his Wife. 
 
 Edward 
 Earl of 
 Worcefter. 
 
 18. WILLIAM SOMERSET, Lord Herbert , eldeft fon, 
 died unmarried, in the life-time of his Father. 
 
 i 3 . HENRY SOMERSET , fecond fon (Lord Herbert 
 after the death of his brother) fticceeded his Father in his here¬ 
 ditary Honours, and was created Marquis of Worcefler. 
 
 18. T HO MA S S 0 M ERS E T,Vifcount Somerset of Cajfel, Somerfet, im~ 
 third fon,was made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Charles It ™ 8 Barrylf 
 Duke of tor\ (fince our late moft gratiousKing Charles I.) the 
 fifth day of January, An. 1604. He was Matter of the Horfe 
 to Queen Anne, and Vifcount Somerfet of Cajfel in Ireland, and 
 married Eleanor Barry Countefs of Ormond, the ReIi6F of Tho¬ 
 mas Butler Earl of Ormond, and daughter of David Lord Bar¬ 
 ry , Vifcount Boutevan of Ireland (by Helena Roche daughter 
 of David Roche Vifcount de Rupe and Fermoye in the fame 
 Kingdom) and by her had IfTue Elizabeth Somerset his daugh¬ 
 ter and heir, who was never married, and left her Eftate to 
 Lord Henry the prefent Marquis of Worcefler. This Thomas 
 Vifcount Somerfet together with Eleanor Countefs of Ormond 
 his Wife, and Elizabeth their daughter, lie buried in the Pa- 
 rifh Church of Ragland. 
 
 18. CHARLES SOMERSET, fourth fon, diedan In* 
 fant. 
 
 18. FRANCIS SOMERSET , fifth fon, deceafed very 
 young. 
 
 18. Sir C HA RLES S0MERS ET, the younger, fixth Somerfet, 
 fon of Edward Earl of Worcefler was made Knight of the Bath at France and 
 the Creation of Henry Prince of Wales Ideftfon and heir ap- 
 parent to King James, in the year of our Salvation 1610. He ^gentaidT 
 took to Wife Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Sir William f lre ' f Aj ££* t 
 Powel of L hanpylt in the County of Monmouth Kt. and by her #»/impaUng 
 had IfTue three daughters. 
 
 Elizabeth the eldeft daughter, was married to Francis An - 
 derton of LoHocl ^ in Lancafbire Efq; and hath IfTue Charles , 
 
 Henry and Chriflopher. Mary fecond daughter unmarried } and 
 Frances the third daughter, is the Wife of Sir Henry Browne of 
 Kiddington in the County of Oxford Baronet. 
 
 This Sir Charles Somerfet deceafed at Troy near Monmouth, upon 
 the .... day of December An. 166$* and was buried at Rag¬ 
 land. 
 
 a 
 
 Rrrr 
 
 CHKI- 
 
34 ° A QEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Sortterfeti. 
 
 Somerfet, as 
 before , with a 
 Martlet Sable, 
 impaling 
 Whitmore, 
 being, vert, 
 fretty of 8 
 peeces, Or, 
 
 feuldeford, 
 viz. Or, a Sal¬ 
 tire inter four 
 Martletts Sa¬ 
 ble, ori a Can¬ 
 ton Urgent an 
 Apple of Gra¬ 
 nada Proper, 
 
 Petre, viz . 
 Gules a Bend 
 Or. between i 
 Efcolleps Ar¬ 
 gent ; impaling 
 Somerfet : 
 which is, quar¬ 
 terly, France 
 and. England, A 
 Border Gobo- 
 7iy, Argent and 
 Azure, vide I. 
 8. fol. 54. b. 
 in Coll. Arm. 
 
 Winter, viz . 
 Sable a FeJJe 
 Ermine, and a 
 Creffent Ar- 
 gertf, impaling 
 Somerfet, who 
 did bear quar¬ 
 terly, 1 Or, a 
 lejfe quarterly 
 of France and 
 England ; 
 within a Bor¬ 
 der Gbbony Ar¬ 
 gent and Azure, 
 a. Per pale A- 
 zureand Gules 
 3 lyons rampant 
 Argent , Her- 
 bert .^.Argent, 
 a Feff'e and 
 Canton, Gules, 
 Woodvile, 
 the 4*6 quar¬ 
 ter as the firft. 
 I. 1 9. fol. 14. 
 in Coll. Arm. 
 
 Book 4 i 
 
 ,8. CHRISTOPHER SOMERSET, the feventh fon ffff 
 of Edward Earl of W orcejler, died about the age of five years. b - *> 
 
 Coll. Arm « 
 
 18. Sir E D WA R D SOMERSET, eighth fon of Edward i.z.foi.ic, 
 Earl of Worcefler, was created Knight of the Bath at the fame b j££ 9lU 
 time with his brother Sir Charles. He took to Wife Bridget m. 7 . 
 the daughter and heir of William Whitmore of Leighton in the 
 County of Chejler Efq} (by Margaret his Wife, daughter and c.6.foi. 
 heir of Sir Hugh Beefion ol Beejlon in the fame County Kt.) and c 9 eiiAmi 
 died illuelefs. 
 
 18. ELIZABETH SOMERSET , Lady Guilford , the is./.A 
 eldeft daughter of Edward Earl of Worcejler , was married to Arm. 
 
 Sir Henry Guilford of Hemjled in the County of Kent , and left 
 Ifliie Edward^Robert and John , and a daughter married to Bayn- 
 ham Vaughan of R uardene in the County of Glocefier Elq; Ed - ' 
 ward Guilford the eldeft Son, married the fifter of Sir Francis 
 Petre of Ejfex Kt. and had Ifliie a fon and three daughters. Ro¬ 
 bert Guilford , fecond ion, married.daughter of ffohn 
 
 Gifford Do&or in Phyfick,and died without Iffue. John Guil¬ 
 ford , third fon, now living, 1676. 
 
 18. KATHERINE SOMERSET , Lady Petre , fecond Ibidem f, 
 daughter, was efpouled to William Lord Petre of Writtel in the 
 County of Effex , who departed this life upon the $th day of 
 May 1637. He was the fon of Sir John Petre created Lord 
 Petre of Writtel in the firft year of King James . This Lady />8 
 Katherine deceafed upon the laft day of O&ober 162$. leaving 
 Ifliie by her faid Lord, Robert Lord Petre of Writtel , who died 
 on the 11 th day of June^An. 16 38. having had Ifliie by Mary his 
 Wife daughter of Anthony Browne Vilcount Mount ague ^ William jMm fol. 
 Lord Petre of Writtle, now living 1675. who hath married 8zta - 
 Elizabeth Savage , the eldeft daughter of John Earl Rivers. 
 
 18* A FINE S OMERS ET y Lady Winter, third daughter of 
 
 Edward Earl of Worcejler , was the Wife of Sir Edward Winter vCfoif.in 
 of hiclney in the County of Glocefier Kt. who deceafed at his Col]%Arm% 
 houfe in the Strand nearLondon^on the 3 day of March 1 6 18.and 
 was Interred in the Parifli Church of Lidney , leaving Ifliie by 
 her,fix fons and three daughters, viz. Edward , that died young, 
 
 Sir John Winter Kt. fecond fon and heir, who married Anne 
 daughter of Lord Will: Howard of the North , and hath had 
 Iffue William and Edward who died unmarried, and Charles his 
 third fon and heir. Robert third fon fVilliam fourth,E dward fifth, 
 and Henry Frederick^ fixth fon. Elizabeth Winter their eldeft c. i f fol, 
 daughter, was married to Richard Monnington of Sarnsjield in cell, firm, 
 the County of Hereford Efq} and had Ifliie Edward , John and 
 Anne. Anne fecond daughter of Sir Edward Winter , was the 
 Wife of Benedict Hall of High Medow in the County of Here¬ 
 ford 
 
THE KJK9 s of f K 9LAUD'D,dec. 34 i 
 
 Chap. 1 6 
 
 /. 8. fol. 
 17. in 
 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 ford , and had IfTue Henry Hall } and others. And Mary third Edward 
 daughter, died unmarried. 
 
 ibidem. 
 
 1 . 2 -fol. 
 17. a. in 
 
 Coll, Arm* 
 
 ig. FRANCES SOMERSET , fourth daughter, was Morgan of 
 the Wife of William Morgan , fon and heir apparent of Edward 
 Morgan of Lanternam in the County of Monmouth Efq^ and by 
 him had IfTue Sir Edward Morgan created Baronet by King 
 Charles I. upon the 1 2th day of May 1642. who marrying 
 Alary eldeft daughter of Sir Francis Englefe Id of Wooton Baffet 
 in the County of Wilts. Kt. had IfTue by her, Sir Edward Mor¬ 
 gan Bar. who took to Wife.daughter of Thomas Morgan 
 
 of Maughen in MonmoHthjbire Efq j and hath IfTue by her, Ed¬ 
 ward Morgan Efq 1 , his onely child, who married one of the 
 daughters and heirs of.». Bashgryile of Tontrinas in the Coun¬ 
 ty of Hereford Efq; 
 
 18. MART SOMERSET fifth daughter, died an Infant in 
 the life-time of her Grandfather William Earl of Worcejler. 
 
 18. B LA N CHE SOMERSET, Lady Arundel^ fixth daugh- 
 
 ter of Edward Earl of Worcejler, was efpoufed to Thomas Arun- smiiows , 
 del (fon and heir apparent of Thomas Lord Arundel of War - one, Argent . 
 dour Gaftle in the County of Wilts, who having highly manife- somerirff. 
 fted his courage in Hungary againfi: the Turks, was,as a reward of 
 his valour, advanced to the Honour of a Count of the Empire, 
 by Rodulph II.) fince his Fathers death Lord Arundel of War - 
 dour aforefaid } who deceafingin His late Majefties Garifon of 
 Oxford , An. 1643. left IfTue (befides other children) Henry his 
 fon and heir, now Lord Arundel', who married Cecilie (lately 
 deceafed ) daughter of Sir Henry Compton Knight of the Bath 
 (the FUlift of Sir John Fermour of Somertonjn Com. Oxon. Kt.) 
 and by her hath had IfTue two Tons. Thomas who took to 
 \\WliiQ Mary the daughter of Thomas Spenfer of T)ft on, in Com . 
 Warwick Widdow of Robert Lucie of Cherlecote in the faid 
 County Efqi and Henry ; and a daughter named Cecilie now 
 a Nun. 
 
 ibidem. 18 * KATHERINE SO ME RSET the younger, Lady /«rewind- 
 
 Windfor, feventh and youngft daughter of Edward Earl of Wor- J?^ Somcr * 
 cejler , was the Wife of Thomas Lord Windfor of Bradenham , 
 and died without IfTue. 
 
 18 . henry ; 
 
342 
 
 Somerfets. 
 
 Somcrfet/ut*. 
 i. quarterly 
 France and 
 England a Bor¬ 
 der Gobony Ar¬ 
 gent and Azure. 
 i. Herbert, 
 Tarty per pale 
 Azure and 
 Gules 3 Lyons 
 rampant Ar¬ 
 gent 3 Wood- 
 vile, Argent a 
 Feffe and Can¬ 
 ton Gules, and 
 4. Somevlet 
 ns before. 
 
 Somerfet, as 
 before, impa¬ 
 ling Ruffe!, 
 viz. Argent a 
 Lyon rampant 
 Gules, on a 
 Chief Sable 
 3 Efcolleps of 
 the Fir ft. 
 
 A qEU^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Book 4; 
 
 .8 H E N R Y 
 
 SOMERSET, Marquis and Earl of Worcefter, 
 
 Lord Herbert of Ragland, Chepftowe, and Gower. 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 F the eight Sons of Edward Earl of Worcester, 
 by Elizabeth Haftings , daughter of Francis 
 Earl of Huntington , this Henry was the fe- 
 cond } and after the death of his eldeft Bro¬ 
 ther William , came to be his Fathers Heir • 
 in whofe life-time he was^forhis early parts, 
 fummoned to the firft Parliament of King 
 frames, by the Tit^e of Lord Herbert and after his Fathers deaths c oil. Am. 
 iucceeded him in the Earldom of Worcefter^ &c. He was a Noble 
 Man of great Piety and Wildom, of a generous difpofition,and 
 an ample fortune j and in confideration of his Loyalty and large 
 Supplies, our late Soveraign Lord King Charlesl. of everbleffed 
 memory, advanced him to the Dignity of Marquis of Worcefter, Car. x.%* 
 by Letters Patent bearing date the 2 d day of November, in the gts ' 
 
 18 year of his Reign, An. 1642. He powerfully aflerted the 
 Royal Intereft in the late unnatural War i and with great refolu- 
 tion and gallantry defended his Caftle of Ragland\ againft the 
 predominant party of the late long Parliament: which being the 
 laftGarifonof the Kings that held out in England, and without 
 any hopes of relief, was at laft delivered up upon honourable 
 terms, in the Month of August, An. 1646. But thefe conditions 
 being bafely violated, this firft Marquis of Worcefter 
 ifc not long after furrendred his life alfo, in cuftody of the 
 Parliaments Black Rod,in Covent Garden , London, in the Month of 
 December , and fame year 1646. and was interred in the Vault at 
 Windfor the Cbnlhnas following,with his Anceftor Charles the firft 
 Earl of Worcefter . 
 
 He married Anne, the onely child of John Lord Rujfel, who 
 died in the life-time of his Father, and Grand daughter and Heir 
 of Francis Earl of BetZ/W, who alfo deceafed (before her Husbands 
 creation into the Dignity of Marquis) at Worcefter Houfe in the 
 Strand, on monday thebt&of April, 1639. Her Body being from Arn " 
 thence conveyed to Ragland , was there buried among the Earl her 
 Husbands Anceftors. 
 
 Children 
 
fmi!- 
 
 Chap. 17 
 
 /. 8. in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 fol.j Z.a 
 
 ViJtt.Staff. 
 C. $6.f. 
 22. a. 
 
 THE I^13\cgs OF ENigLJ 
 
 Children of H E N R Y Marquis of Worcefler, by A N N E 
 
 RUSSEL his Wife. 
 
 19. ED WA KD SOMERSET) Lord Herbert, eldeft Ton 
 and heir, iucceedcd his Father in his Honours. 
 
 19 Sir JOHN SOMERSET, Knight, fecond Ton of Hen¬ 
 ry Marquis of Worcefler , took to Wife Mary daughter of Tho¬ 
 mas Lord Arundel of War dour, bv his fecond Wife Anne , one 
 of rhe daughters of Miles Philipfon of Crook1 in Com Wejlmer- 
 
 land Efq; Widdow of. Thorogood, and by her had 
 
 Iflue three Ions,Henry Somerfet , the eldeft,married Anne (^daugh¬ 
 ter of Walter Lord Afton of Forfare in Scotland) lately deceafed, 
 and hath left Iftiie, Edward-Maria Somerfet, and Mary. Tho¬ 
 mas Somerfet, lecond fon, deceafed An. 1671. And Charles 
 Somerfet, the third fon, married to his firft Wife Jane Thomas, 
 the Widdow of Aubry in Glamorganshire', and fecondly, Ka¬ 
 therine Bashgrvile of P eaown of Herefordfhire , Widdow of 
 George Sawyer Elqi and had Iflue by her Charles Somerfet, 
 Henry ,and Mary-Johanna. 
 
 19. WILLIAM SOMERSET, third fon of Henry Mar- 
 quis of Worcefler, died an Infant. 
 
 19. HENRY SOMERSET, fourth fon (aged about twen¬ 
 ty years^ deceafed unmarried. 
 
 19. THOMAS SOMERSET, fifth fon, now living at 
 Rome. 
 
 19. CHARLES SOMERSET, fixth fon of Henry Mar¬ 
 quis of Worcefler, was Governor of Ragland Caftle under his 
 Father. He died a Canon of Cambray in Flanders. 
 
 19. FREDERICK SOMERS ET, feventh fon 
 19. FRANCIS SOMERSET, eighthfon 
 
 > 
 
 19. JAMES SOMERSET, ninth fon 
 
 19. ELIZA BETH S 0 M E R S E T, eldeft daughter 
 
 died all 
 young. 
 
 19. ANNE SOMERSET, fecond daughter of Henry Mar¬ 
 quis of Worcefler, died a Nun in the Monaftery of the Englifb 
 Carmelites at Antwerp in Brabant. 
 
 19. MARY S 0 ME R S E T, third daughter, died unmarried. 
 
 Sfff 1 9 . ELIZA- 
 
 343 
 
 Henry Mar¬ 
 quis of 
 Wjrcefter. 
 
 Somerfet, with 
 a Crejfent im¬ 
 paling Arun¬ 
 del of War- 
 dour, viz. Sa¬ 
 ble, 6 Swallows 
 Argent, three , 
 two and ont. 
 
 Somerfet, rvitk 
 an Anulet. 
 
 Somerfet,TP/U 
 a Flower de 
 Lys for diflin- 
 Bion. 
 
344 A QEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfets. 
 
 Mountaguc, 
 Viz. Sable 3 
 Lyons puff ant 
 in Bend. Argent, 
 inter 4 Gemells 
 of the Second. 
 Impaling io- 
 mcrfct. 
 
 i p. ELI ZA BETH S OMERS E T,Vifcountefs Monntagne , 
 fourth and youngeft daughter of Henry Marquis of Worcefter^ is 
 the Wife of Francis Browne Vifcount Monntagne , and hath Ufue 
 Francis Browne his eldeft fonand heir apparent} who took to 
 Wife Mary daughter of William Herbert Earl of Powis (Wid- 
 dow of Richard Molineux , eldeft: fon of Caril Vifcount Mo - 
 linenx of Maribnrgh in Ireland) Henry Browne , fecond fon, yet 
 unmarried *, and Elizabeth Browne his onely daughter, the Wife 
 of Chrftopher Roper , Baron Tenham , by whom (he hath Iftue 
 two daughters, Katherine and Elizabeth. 
 
 Book 4. 
 
 ViptjMc• 
 C -37- foli 
 
 .9- E D W A R D 
 
 SOMERSET, Marquis and Earl of Worcefter, 
 
 Lord Herbert of Ragland, Chepftowe and Gower, 
 and Lord Lieutenant of South Wales. 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 /.8./0/.48. 
 a. in Coll. 
 Arm. 
 
 His Edward Lord Herbert , was the eldeft fon 
 and heir of Henry Marquis of Worcefter (by 
 Anne Ruffel , Grand-daughter and Heir of 
 Francis Earl of Bedford ) and fucceeded his 
 Father in all his Honours; and was by King 
 Charles I. conftituted Lord Lieutenant of 
 South Wales. And to him the Laid King di¬ 
 rected alio (everal Letters (in the life-time of his Father the Mar¬ 
 quis, by the Title of Earl of Glamorgan \ by which appellation 
 he was ufually called : there now remaining in the Signet-Of- in the 
 fice, a Bill under the Royal Sign Manual at Oxford (if a Patent did office^ 
 not thereupon pafs the great Seal^) in order to his creation into the 
 Honours of Earl of Glamorgan , and Baron Beaufort of Caldecot 
 Caftle in the County of Monmouth. 
 
 This Edward, 
 the fecond 
 Marquis of 
 Worcester, did 
 bear, 1. France 
 and England 
 quarterly, 
 within a Bor¬ 
 der Gobone 
 Argent and A- 
 zure , Somer- 
 fet.2. Ter pale 
 Azure, and. 
 
 Gules, 3 Lyons 
 rampant Ar¬ 
 gent, Herbert. 
 
 3. Argent, a 
 feffe and Can¬ 
 ton Gules, 
 
 Woodvile. 
 
 4. Argent a 
 Lyon rampant 
 Gules, on a 
 chief Sable 3 
 Efcollops of the 
 
 T/V/f, Ruffel. His Creft was a TortcullUOr, armed and chained Argent. Which was the Dev’ife of his Anceftors the 
 Beauforts. His Elcocheon was fupported or the right fide, with a Panthar Argent,collered, and chayned Or, fpotted Sable, 
 Azure,and Gules, and fending forth Flames at his Mouth,Eyes and Ears Proper.And on the left.with a Dragon or Wiverne 
 Vert,devouring a Handcouped at the wrif Gules-, and upon his Scrole, this Motto or Word ofhisFa mily M U T ARE 
 VEL TIMERE S PER NO. All which, with many other Trophies u fed at his Funeral (which my felfhadthe 
 honour to attend) are fet up over his Grave in the Somerfets Chappel in the Parilh Church of Ragland. 
 
 riagc firft Mar He marr * e d to bis firft Wife, Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Wil- 
 Somcrict im- liam Dormer Kt. (who died in the life-time of his Father, Robert 
 mer, viz. a- Lord Dormer of Wing ) and lifter to Robert Earl of Caernarvon. This 
 three*two* 1 and Elizabeth Lady Herbert departed this life at Worcefter Houfe in the 
 chbf'of Z * $ traflc l,on Sunday the laft of May An. \ 66$ -and her Corps was from 
 second, a de- thence conveyed to Ragland in Monmouthfbire. and Interred in that 
 
 my Lion iffuant, J ° J * _ . n 
 
 sabie. Pariln 
 
 at 
 
THE KJ^tqS OF EfrtgL 4 ^CV,&c. 345 
 
 Chap. 18 Parifh Church, leaving Iffue by her (aid Husband a Ton and two Edward 
 
 -- . 5 D J Marquis of 
 
 daughters* Worcester. 
 
 The fecond Wife of Edward Marquis of Worcefler ; was Marga- 
 ret O’Bryan , the fecond daughter and coheir of Henry Earl of Marriage. 
 Thomond in Ireland j who hath furvivcd her Husband the Marquis, fating o w- 
 and is now living, \6j6. , 
 
 Burkhof He deceafed upon Wednefday the 3 d of April , An. i66f. f e f da e f’lf~ or 
 Z N ft, and was conveyed with funeral folemnity from London to his Baro- andArgett. 
 
 Colu n y of Ragland , in the County of Monmouth , and there interred 
 inhisChappel inthatParifh Church, upon Friday the 19th day 
 of the fame month of April , near to the Body of Edward Earl of 
 Worcester, Lord Privy Seal, his Grandfather (Tn a Vault arched 
 with Stone) on Friday the 19 th of the fame month •, upon 
 whofe Coffin, in a Brafs Plate, this Memorial is engraven. 
 
 Depofitum lllufirijjimi Principis Edwardi Marchionis <& Comitis 
 Wigornia, Comitis de Glamorgan , Baronis Herbert de Ragland , 
 
 Chepflowe , <& Gower, nec non Serenifjimo nuper Domino Regi Carolo 
 primo , Sonthwalhoe Locum^tenentis: Qui obiit apud Lond. tertio 
 die Aprilify An. Dorn. M. DC. LXVH. 
 
 1 
 
 Children o/EDWARD Marquis of Worcefter, ^ELIZA¬ 
 BETH DORMER bis firjUVife. 
 
 ao. HENRT S 0 MERS ET, Lord Herbert , onely fon of 
 Edward Marquis of IVorcefler , of whom fee more in the fol¬ 
 lowing Chapter. 
 
 Earl 
 Marjh. 
 Book f. 
 100.6. 
 
 Tat. an. 
 21 Car. 
 166$, 
 
 20. ANNE S 0 ME RS ET, the elder daughter of Edward ^Xke.wz. 
 Marquis of IVorcetfer , was married to Henry Howard , fecond 
 fon ot Henry Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and Norfolbe, Grandfon Beni,betwixt 6 
 of Thomas Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and NorfoIke, and Earl Mar- fichArgJltf 
 fhal of England , and brother to Thomas the prefent Duke of JJ E chZge 7 
 Norfolk? , reftored to the Name, Title, Honour, Dignity and 
 Precedency otThomas the laft Duke of Norfolke his Anceftordn cuies, jbot 
 a Parliament begun at Wefminfier the kth of May, An. 13 tmtwM an 
 
 C/ir o -arrow Urgent 
 
 ' * _ _ within a double 
 
 The prefent King ,Charles, by Warrant under his Signet, da- E ^£ u e r r e ff ry 
 ted at Whitehall , on the laft: day of December, in the 20 th of the Firji. 
 year of his Reign, An. 1668 . did grant unto this Henry (for 
 liis loyalty and faithfulnefs unto him, and for divers other confi- 
 derations His Majefty thereunto moving) that he the faid Henry 
 Howard fhonld have and enjoy the Stile and Title, and be cal- 3. che^uot 
 led by the name of Lord, as is ufual and accuftomed for the fe- wtnST' 
 cond fon of a Duke j as if Hen ry 
 Norfolke his late Father, had been 
 of Norfolk^ , &c. 
 
 And in the year following, viz. An. 1 669. this Lord Henry 
 was created Baron Howard of CaJlleRifwg in the County of 
 
 Norfolk?, 
 
 Earl of Arundel, Surrey, and *’ Guks *j ym 
 
 ’ J ’ on rampant Ar- 
 
 a&ually reftored to be Duke ^Mowbray. 
 
 J Impaling So- 
 
 merfet. 
 
346 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfets. Norfolk?, upon the 'lytb day of March , An. 2 1 Caroli 2. to him Book 4 - 
 and the heirs male of his Body, &c. 
 
 And furthermore, His Majefty King Charles II. by Letters rat.an: 
 Patent dated at IVettmintfer the 19th day of O&ober , in 
 the i/\th year of his Reign, An. 1672. advanced his Lordfhip 
 to the Dignity of Earl of Norwich , to him and his heirs male, 
 and alfo, in the fame Patent, granted unto the faid Henry Lord 
 Howard the Office and Dignity of Earl Marflial of England , 
 
 With all Rights, Powers, jurifdifrions, Precedencies, and Au¬ 
 thorities thereunto belonging, &c. to him and the heirs male of 
 his Body ; and for default of fuch Iflue, to the heirs male of the 
 Body of Thomas Earl of Arundel , Surrey , and Norfolk, Grand¬ 
 father of the faid Henry Lord Howard } and for default of fuch 
 Itfue, to the heirs male of the Body of Thomas late Earl of 
 Suffolk ,^ and for default of fuch Blue, to the heirs male of the 
 Body of the Lord William Howard of Naworth } in the County 
 of Cumberland , youngeft fonof the late Duke of Norfolk^-, and 
 for default of fuch Ifl'ue, to Charles Earl of Nottingham , and 
 the heirs male of his Body. 
 
 The Office of Earl Marffial of England being thus fetlcd ' 
 upon this Illuftrious Family, from which our Collcdge have re¬ 
 ceived fo many benefits, We the Officers of Arms may hope, 
 that as that moft noble Prince Thomas Howard Duke of Nor - 
 folk^, and Earl Marflial eftablifhed good orders in this Corpo¬ 
 ration, and by his powerful influence, reftored them to Repu¬ 
 tation, and a noble Habitation, after they had been burnt out 
 at Coleharbor • fo the Right honourable and our very good 
 Lord and Patron, Henry Earl of Norwich , the prefent Earl 
 Marflial (following the example of his faid Illuftrious Ance- 
 ftor, by confirming of his orders, and by adding new ones for 
 the better government of the Officers of Arms) will be plea- 
 fed, by his Power, Wifdom and Charity, to raife us up out of 
 the Allies of this fecond Conflagration ; and build us up,on the 
 foundation of Honour and Juftice. 
 
 He had Ifl'ue by his faid Wife the Lady Anne Somerfet ,who (to 
 his Lodrfliips extreamegrief) deceafed about the year 1660. 
 and was buried at Arundel in SuffexHenry Lord Howard his 
 eldeft fon> Thomas Howard his fecond Ion, and three daughters, 
 viz. Anne-Alethea the eldeft, who died in her infancy, Elizabeth 
 fecond daughter, and Frances third, both now living 1676. 
 
 Herbert 
 Powis, viz• 
 Party per rale 
 Azure and 
 Gules, three 
 Lyons rampant, 
 Argent a Cref- 
 fent for diftin- 
 Oion. Impaling 
 Somcrfct. 
 
 20. ELIZABETH SOMERSET , Countefs of Fowls , 
 the younger daughter of Edward Marquis of Worcefler , was 
 married to William Herbert , Ion and heir apparent of Percy 
 Herbert Lord Powis (and Elizabeth his Wife, daughter of 
 Sir William Craven Kt. and After to William now Earl ol Cra¬ 
 ven^ fon of Sir William Herbert Kr. of the Bath, created Lord 
 Powis of Powis in the Marches of Wales ,by LettersPatent dated r- 
 
 2 April 5 Caroli primi^ by his Wife Eleanor , daughter of Henry m. 1P * 
 
 Percy 
 
THE KJK 9 s 0 P E&cgLA$CT>,See. 347 
 
 Chap. 1 p Percy eighth Earl of Northumberland) after whofe death, hap* Henry Mzi- 
 
 p e ni n g on the 1 <ytb day of January 1 666. he fucceeded him in 
 
 his Barony. This William Lord Porvis, in cor.fideration of -- 
 
 his loyalty and great abilities, was by Letters Patent dated at 
 cart**' WeHminsler , the j\th day of April 1674. in the 2 6 th year of 
 King Charles 11 . created Earl of Porvis, and the fame honour 
 entailed on the heirs males of his Body for ever. He hath Ilfue 
 by the Lady Elizabeth Somerfet aforefaid, his onely Ion William 
 Lord Porvis, and five daughters j Mary, married to Richard fon 
 and heir of Carril Vifcount Molineux • Frances , Anne , Lucie 3 
 and Win if ride. 
 
 *o H E N R Y 
 
 SOMERSET, Marquis and Earl of Worcefter, 
 
 Lord Herbert of Ragland, Chepftowe, and Gower. 
 
 Lord Prefident of Wales, one of the Lords of His Ma- 
 jefties Privy Counfel, and Knight of the Garter. 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 ride his 
 Plate at 
 Winder. 
 
 His Henry Somerfet , Lord Herbert , the onely 
 ion oi Edrvard Marquis of Worcejler , by £- 
 lircabeth Dormer his firfi: Wife , iucceeded 
 his Father in the Marquifateand Earldom of 
 Worcejler, and the Seigneuries of Ragland , 
 Chepftorve and Gower, in the year 1657. He 
 was confiituted Lord Prefident of the Coun- 
 fel in the Principality of Wales,by Letters Patent, bearing date the 
 34*/? of the Reign of His Majefty King Charles II. 
 
 And on the feventeenth day of April 1672. was fworn of 
 His Majefiies mod honourable Privy Counfel, and after¬ 
 wards inftallcd Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter, 
 at Windfor , upon the %d day of June next following *, and on 
 his Plate in his .Stall at Windfor , is thus ftiled, Dntrefnoble et pu- 
 iffant Prince Henry Marquis et Comte de Worcejler, Baron Herbert, 
 Seigneur de Ragland, Chepfiorve fade Gorver, Prefident du Confeil 
 en la Principante de Galles , Con filter, d’Efiate et prive, et Cheva 
 lier du tref noble Ordre de la Jartiere,Enflalle an Chateau de Wind¬ 
 for le troifiejme Jour de Juin \6~}2-> 
 
 His Lordfhip derives his Genealogy by a Male Line , from 
 Geoffry Plantagenet Earl of Anjou (fon of Foully King of Jferufa- 
 lem , and Grandfon of Foully Rechin Earl of Anjou, Touraine, and 
 . . T111 Maine) 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Marquis, 
 upon his Stall 
 at Windsor, are 
 trance and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly, a Border 
 Goibone -Argent 
 and Azure , 
 fupported on 
 the right fide 
 by a Panthar 
 Argent fpottei 
 Sable, Azure 
 and Gules, fen* 
 ding forth 
 Flames of 
 Fire at his 
 Mouth, Eyes 
 and Ears Pro- 
 per, collered 
 and chained Or. 
 And on the 
 left, with a 
 Wiverne, Vert 
 devouring a 
 hand couped at 
 theWriji, Gules 
 His Crept is a. 
 Portcullis Or t 
 chained Ar¬ 
 gent, and this 
 is his Motto, 
 
 mutare 
 
 V F T 
 
 TIMERE 
 
 SPERNO. 
 
348 J gE^CEALOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Somerfets. Maine) by Maud the Emprefs his Wife, daughter of Henry I. King Book 4. 
 ~~ of England, fon of King William the Conqueror, feventh Duke 
 of Normandy , in defcent from Kollo the Dane \ whence itisob- 
 fervable, that his Progenitors have flourifhed with the Titles of 
 Kings, Dukes, Marquifles, and Earls \ and have not defcended to 
 a lower Dignity for above thefe 700 years. 
 
 Somerfet im- He took to Wife Mary , the eldeft daughter of that loyal No- 
 
 bleman Arthur Lord Capel of Hadharn in the County of Hert - of 7 h/m- 
 rampant inter f or ^ (beheaded by the Rebels upon the $tb day of March, An. b ff y b ; l° 1, 
 Irofkupcke *648.} an ^ ro Arthur Earl of Ejfex , Lord Lieutenant of 
 or. 1 Ireland } fhe was the Widdow of Henry Seamour Lord Beauchampe, 
 that died in the life-time of his Father William Marquis of Hert - 
 ford , afterwards reftored to the Dukedom of Somerjet , An. 1660. 
 by whom fhe had Iffue, William Duke of Somerjet , who decea- 
 fed at Worcejler Houfein th c Strand, the 12th of December 1671. 
 about his 20 th year, generally lamented, being a Nobleman of Mity/fri. 
 great hopes and expectation', Frances Seamour and Mary, both dead, 3 **’ 
 and Elizabeth to whom his Majefty by Warrant dated at Whitehall 
 the 28 of June, in the 24 th year of his Reign, 1672. hath granted 
 the Title of Lady, and the place and precedency of a daughter of " 
 the Duke of Somerfet , notwithftanding her Father Henry Lord Boolfoh ' 
 Beauchampe died in the life-time of her Grandfather William Duke lol,b ’ 
 of Somerfet. This Lady^ Elizabeth Seamour, was upon the laft 
 day of OSlobery 1676. married to Thomas Lord Bruce , eldeft fon 
 and heir apparent of Robert Earl of Aylesbury. 
 
 Children of HEN RY SOMERSET, Marquis of Wor- 
 cefter, by MARY CAPEL his Wife . 
 
 21. HENRY SOMERSET , eldeft fon, died an Infant, 
 and was Interred at Windfor. 
 
 21. C HARLE S SOMERSET , Lord Herbert, fecond 
 Son and Heir apparent, to whom His Majefty King Charles 11 . 
 is Godfather, was born in the Parifh of St Martin in the County 
 of Middlejex, in the month of December 1660. 
 
 21. EDWARD SOMERSET, third fon, deceafed very 
 young, and was buried at Ragland. 
 
 21. HENRY SOMERSET, another of that Chriftian 
 Name, fourth fon, died about three days before his Grandfa¬ 
 ther Edward Marquis of Worcejler , and was alfo interred at 
 Ragland aforefaid. 
 
 21 . ARTHVK 
 
THE KjS^Cqs OF EWigLJ^V'&c. 349 
 
 Chap, ip 
 
 21. A RT HZ) R SOMERSET , fifth fon of Henry Mar¬ 
 quis of WorceJler y to whom his Uncle Arthur Earl ot Effex was 
 Godfather, had his birth at Badminton in the County of 
 Glocejler , upon the Feaft of St Michael the Arcangel , 
 An, 1671* 
 
 21. ELIZABETH SOMERSET , theeldeft daughter, 
 deceafed in her infancy, and was buried at Ragland, 
 
 2 1. MART SOMERSET , the fecond daughter of Henry 
 Marquis of Worcejler, 
 
 21. HENR1ET T AM A RI A , the third daughter, was born 
 at Badminton in the County of Glocefter, 
 
 21. ANNE S 0 MERS E T,the fourth and youngeft daughter 
 of Henry Marquis of Worcejler , was born at Badminton before* 
 mentioned. 
 
 Henry Mar¬ 
 quis of 
 tVyrcejler. 
 
 BOOK V. 
 
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 10 IS S A B E L the younger Daugh- —EDMOND furnamed of LdngJey, Duke ofirij O A N E, daughter and Coa 
 
 ter and Coheir of Peter King of 
 Cajlile and Leon, firft Wife,p. 360. 
 
 Fork., Earl of Cambridge , and Lordof Tindal, 
 fifth Son of King Edward 111 . p. 3*7; 
 
 heir of Edmond Poland Earl of 
 Xjnt, feeondWife, p. 360. 
 
 II EDWARD Duke of 
 Fork. and Albemarle, p. 
 3*2. PHILIPPA Mo- 
 
 f«»,p.3^4tS’3(?f. 
 
 RTCHARD Earl of— ANNE Daughter of L(oger Mortimer Earl 
 
 Cambridge ,furnamed of 
 
 Conyngsburgh,p.366, 
 
 M^UD Clifford, feeond 
 Wife, p. 367. 
 
 of March, Son of Philippe only Daughter 
 and Heir of Lionel Duke of Clarence, third 
 Son of King Edward the Third, firlt Wife, 
 P • 
 
 CONSTANCE 
 married to THO¬ 
 MAS le Hefpenfer 
 Earl of Glocejler, 
 f- 3 *i. 
 
 12 RIC HARD Duke of Fork. Earl of Cam -—:CECILY . the youngefl: Daughter ISSABEL of Fork. waS the 
 bridge, Vlfler, March and Jutland, p. 368. oftfalph Nevil Earl of Weflmorland, p. Wife of HENRY Bout diet 
 
 Earl of EJJex , p; 3 67, 
 
 
 IB 
 
 hen¬ 
 
 ry 
 
 died 
 
 young 
 
 P- 374 * 
 
 EDWARD IV.Bins of E D- WILLIAM, GEORGE THO- RICHARD 3. ANNE Du- MARGA-; 
 
 Eng land and France, and MOND p. 37 y. Duke of MAS, 
 Lord of Ireland, p. 381. Earl of JOHN, p. Clarence, p. 37*- 
 ELIZABETH Woodvile , Ptttland 37 f-411. 
 
 P.38J. 
 
 P« 375 * 
 
 1 SSABFL 
 Nevil p, 
 4 !i. 
 
 Bins of Eng- chefs of Exce- 
 land,lkc.p.4oi. ter, p. 37 T* 
 ANNE Nevil ELIZABETH 
 f.4oy* Ducheft of 
 
 Suffolk P- 378 . 
 
 RETDu- 
 chels of 
 Burgundy g; 
 380, 
 
 l a EDWARD RICHARD GEORGE ELIZA- CECILY, ANNE MARY, p. 396. ED W- MARGARET EDW- 
 
 * \T Iftlnft -v r T^i, l_ — « C T> T7 T 1 ! T X 71 — TA 1 r 4 A T> a r\ r- 't* a Y> T\ _. -C A TV 
 
 V. Bins of Duke of Duke of 
 England Fork^p-393- Bedford,]} 
 &c.p.400. Anne 395. 
 Mowbray 
 P- 3 ^ 3 - 
 
 BETH, Vifcoun- Duchefs 
 Wife of tefs Wells, of A T or- 
 
 King 
 HENRY 
 VII. jp. 
 
 3 ?r- 
 
 f- 39 f- 
 
 folk. , p. 
 
 7,96. 
 
 BRI D- 
 GET. p. 
 
 396. 
 
 MARGARET, ARD Counted of ARD 
 p. 397. KA- Earl of Salisbury, p. Prince 
 THERINE Warwick. 416. Sir RI- of Wales; 
 Countefs of p.414. CHARD Pole &c. p. 
 E>evonJbire,p. p. 416. 410, 
 
 397 * 
 
 15 HENRY P’ 7 //.Wins of 
 England, France and Ire¬ 
 land, Book6. Chap. 2. 
 
 HENRY Pole, Lord 
 Mount ague, p. 417. 
 JANE Nevil, p. 417. 
 
 Sir G EOFFREY 
 Pole, p.418. A R- 
 THUR Pole, p.418. 
 
 HENRY Pole Car¬ 
 dinal, p. 418. 
 
 URSULA 
 
 Pole Lady 
 Stafford, p. 
 4 * 9 . 
 
 16 
 
 K AT H E RIN E Pole, the Wife of Fran¬ 
 cis Jtfaftings Earl of Huntington, p. 417. 
 
 WINIFRIDE Pole married to 
 Sir Thomas Barrington Kt.p.417. 
 
 Natural Iflue of King Edward the Fourth. 
 
 ,, ARTHUR Plantagtnet, Vifcount — ELIZABETH, Siller and Heir of 
 ^ Life, a Natural Son, p. 421, John Grey, Vifcount Lijle, p.421 ♦ 
 
 ELIZABETH, Lady Lumley, 
 a Natural Daughter, p.399. 
 
 JOHN Bajfet of I'M-—FRANCES PJan-zzzT HOMAS Monk, 
 berley,dr(l Husband, p, tagenet, feeond of Potheridge ,feeond 
 
 £»i. Daughter, p.422. Husband,p.42». 
 
 / 
 
 ELIZABETH, mar¬ 
 ried to Sir Francis 
 Jobfon, Kt.p 423. 
 
 I e BRIDGET. Wife 
 ' of Sir William Car - 
 fan, Kt-f < 4 l I*. 
 
THE KJK9 s 0FEH.9LAKV,&c. 357 
 
 Edmond 
 Duke of 
 York. 
 
 .o. E D M O N D 
 
 PEANTAGENET, Dmi of YORK^, 
 
 Earl of CAMBRIDGE , Lord of TIN DA L } 
 and Knight of the GARTER, Surnamed of 
 LAN G L E T, 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Chap. i. 
 
 n bo. mi. 
 
 p. 1 4 
 
 10. 
 
 Chart. 36. 
 Ed.^.n. 2 . 
 
 Orig.i. H. 
 4. bund. 1. 
 
 Vat. yo E. 
 3 pars 1. 
 m. 18. 
 
 Zeland p. 
 
 188. 
 
 Tpodigma 
 Neuftria 
 f. J 34 .M. 
 5 9. an. 
 
 1381. 
 
 His Prince was fifthfon of King Edward III. This Edmond 
 by his onely Wife Queen Philipe , daughter p^ancTfemee 
 of William Earl of Renault. His Fathers ^d England 
 
 quarterly, over: 
 
 Mannor of Langley near St Albans in Hert- au.azabsiiof 
 fordjhire, gave him birth An. 1 341. (15 £.3.) Argent , each 
 from whence he had his Sur-name, and was 5 three** 
 baptized by Michael then Abbot of St Alban. 5 ^"J rms 
 The firft Honour that I find granted to him was the Earldom of are upon his ; 
 Cambridge , conferred on him and his heirs, by Charter bearing with his creft 
 date the 1 3 th day of November , An. the36 of Edward III, 1362. 
 
 pajfant guar- 
 
 At what time he was alfo Lord of Tindal , and not long after ^Tgw^dmith 
 Knight of the Garter.Upon the 1 2th of July^ 13 76 An.^o. of King a Label of his 
 Edward 11 1. his Father, he had granted unto him the Offices of Plate is fub- 
 Conftable of Dover Caftle, and Warden of the Cinque-Ports,af* [hefcword? 
 ter whofe death he was appointed one of the Commiffioners for the R futoepo?& 
 management ot affairs during the tutelage oi King Richard 11. his The fame 
 
 c ^ t ^ o ^ ^Vrms 2rc csr** 
 
 Nephew, which he performed with great temper and moderation. ved on his 
 Then in the year 1381. we find him in the head of an Army lent ^ 0 ° u n mTyfeein 
 into Portugal , to the aid of his Brother Jfohn Duke of Lancafler , •J 1 e p 3 a 5 i 9 ng pagc ’ 
 who claimed the Crowns of Cajhle and Leon, in the right of Con - thofeof his 
 fiance his Wife, daughter and coheir of Peter furnamed the Cruel', fatio^caJL 
 where, in a Battel fought by John King of Portugal , this Edmond cuiesaCafie, 
 and his Brother John againft John King o fCafiile (who challenged ^ f or a ^ a ' 
 the Kingdom of Portugal in the right of Beatrix his Wife (by ArgentaLyon 
 whom he had no Iffuej the onely daughter of Ferdinand King of pie, for Leon. 
 
 As fohn of 
 
 GiZtoitDukcof Lancajler, ufed a red Rofe for his Devife, in right of his Wife Maud of Lancafler-, fo this Edmond his 
 Brother took for his a white one, which the fautors and followers of their heirs did afterwards bear for dillindtion, 
 in that bloody War between the Families of Lancafler and 7 ’ork^-, long before which aflumption, a white Rofe 
 Tree at Longleete,did bear upon one branch a fair white Rofe on the one fide, and as fair a red Rofe on the other, which 
 ‘might be interpreted to have been a foretoken of that divilion. Camdens Remains p 214. 
 
 This Edmond of Langley did bear alfo,for an Imprefs a Faulcon in a Fetterlock, implying that he was (hut up from all 
 hope and poflibility of the Kingdom, when his Brother f-ohn began to afpire thereto. Whereupon he asked (on a 
 time) his Ions, when he faw them viewing this Devife fet up in a Window, what was Latine for a Fetterlock, where¬ 
 at when the young Gentlemen ltudied, the Father faid. Well if you cannot tell me, I will you, Hic,hxc, hoc,taceaiU, 
 as advifing them tobefilentand quiet, and therewithal faid, TetGod knoweth what may come to pafs hereafter. 
 
 This his great Grandfon King Edward IV. reported, when he commanded that his younger fon Kfchard Duke of 
 Torf^fliould ufe this Devife,with the Fetterlock opened, as HggerWall, an Herald ofthat time reporteth,C<m&.%w.p,i 1 y. 
 
 X x x x Portugalj 
 
358 A qES^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkifis. Portugal) he with his Englijh men obtained a memorable Vi&ory Book 5* 
 againft the Caflilians , in which they loft i oooo men, and for two 
 whole years valiantly afllfted in the defence of the Portuguefes: 
 at which time the Englijh grew fo famous there, and both the Kings 
 of Portugal and Cafhle fo jealous of their power, that they convey¬ 
 ed them home at their common charge. 
 
 Here Edmond gave a teftimony of his valour,as well as policy,and 
 that he was a Souldier as much as a Statefman. The Poet <fohn 
 Harding gives us a chara&er of his deportment in the faid Battel 
 in thefe old Rhimes. 
 
 at ta&icfje 'Battnill, Duke John of Gaunt mneUe, fftti 
 
 \M 'BeOtljet Edmond tljen faugtjt full fo^e: 
 mm nebet tuioo better &mgljte0 tfjen t&ct mDeSe 
 tEijat better faugljt upon a feibafo^e, 
 long but grace tljat t&el efcapeb tljo^e* 
 djetputtetljelmfelfe^fo far furtb ap mpjeeg. 
 
 Cbat uiounbeb toer tbel botije full fo?e 3 no leejs. 
 
 Not long after his return out of Portugal , he was (as a reward pat.an.? 
 of his eminent fervices) created Duke of Torh^ which was ere&ed lf 
 into a Duchy (in his perfon) the 6th of Auguft , An, thereof 
 Richard 11 , i 385. For the Title of Earl of Tori ^ had flept ever 
 fince that O/hfl, fon of Henry Leo Duke of Saxony (begotten of 
 Maud daughter of Henry II. King o( England) had been girt 
 with the Sword of the Earldom of York L, inthefirft year of King 
 Richard l. his Uncle ; which King afterwards made an exchange 
 wirh this Otho for the County of Poifiou. Then King Richard 11 . 
 on the 29th of September , in the 18 year of his Reign, upon his 
 Voyage into Ireland , conferred upon this Duke Edmond his Uncle 
 the place of Cuflos and Warden of the Kingdom of England du- p a t.a>t. 18 
 ring hisabfence. And in this Kings fecond fatal expedition, un- 
 dertaken into that Kingdom (for the revenge of Roger Mortimer's 
 death ((lain by the Irifb) whom he had nominated his Succeflor 
 in the Kingdom of England) he left this Edmond as his Lieute¬ 
 nant, who,faithfully to his power, endeavoured to withftand the 
 force of Henry Duke of Hereford , fon of John Duke of Lancajler ; 
 which Henry , upon pretence of recovering his Patrimony (Teiz’d 
 by King Richard) with a powerful Army, did not onely depofe his 
 lawful Soveraign,but laid violent hands on the Royal Diademe. 
 
 How well this tranfmiflion of the Crown to the Houle of Lanca~ 
 
 Uer was approved by Duke Edmond we may find in the remaining 
 part of his life, who from that time abandoned the Court, and 
 gave himfelf over to a folitary retirement, at his Mannor of Lang - 
 ley. Though he hated Henry of Bullingbroke the Ufurper, yet we 
 find he hated Treafon worfe, though it were in his neareft Rela¬ 
 tions •, for Edward Duke of Aumarle his eldeft fon having with 
 other Lords contrived the death of King Henry at Oxford , was by 
 this Edmond dete&ed and reviled for being twice a Traitor, firft 
 to King Richardj and then to King Henry . 
 
 He 
 
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 ff’-dlLESBVKY &. EL GIN, ’Vtcccomik 
 lEJIUce deAtnpthillfiiironiBKVCE lei 
 yWhorleton , Skelton, ert Kinlofse , J 
 I' 'Tiumdihoc Edmvndi Duxis J 
 0 ~EBOEACENSlS, TxempluniM 
 U EiED.It.J3. TS. % 
 
 k. Gayuwd. Je, 
 
 
 P 
 
 THE JkJS^qs OF E 3 ^ gL A &c. ?59 
 
 cha P > ** He was neither the Father nor the Grandfather of a King, nor Edmond 
 derived any right in the Crown to his fucceifors. yet had he the ^ eof 
 blefllng of the Patriarch, King? defcended from his Loines, and —-—- 
 who from him as their fource and original, derived their appella¬ 
 te. an. 3. tion of Kings of England of the Royal Honfe of ToriUbi jpira - 
 vit ibi expiravit , Langley was the place of his birth, and alfo of his 
 JLjTp 1 death, where he decealed the firft day of Auguft, An , the third of His death, 
 yjs. ».i x. tf enr y I y. 1402. having lived to fee Englands Scepter in three fe- 
 voUi^. Vera ^ h an( ta in which the Royal Stream never kept its immediate 
 k Channel. By his Will dated the 25^ of November (An, 1400.) 
 and fecond of Henry IV. he appointed to be buried in theFriery 
 
3 6 o A qEtK EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Edmond 
 Duke of 
 
 Tori’. 
 
 His firfl: Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 France femee 
 and England, 
 
 of Langley aforefaid, near to the Grave of his late loving Wife Chap, i. 1 
 Iffabel , where he was accordingly Interred, under a Tomb of Ala- 
 blafter and black Marble ( adorned with feveral Efcocheons of 
 Arms, carved on the fides and ends thereof) which upon the dif- 
 lolution of the Religious Houfes, was removed thence, and pla¬ 
 ced in the North-Eaft Corner of the Chancel in the Parifli Church 
 ot Langley $ the Figure of which Monument is in the preceeding 
 page, as I took it from the original upon the firfl: of July , An. 
 
 Dorn. 1664. 
 
 This Duke Edmond married two Wives 3 the firfl: of which was 
 Iffabel^ the younger daughter and coheir of Peter King of Cattile zeiand 
 , and Leon,csi\\cd the Crwe/,whom he took to Wife. An. 1 27 2. and by CoU -P- lU 
 an, a Labelof her had all his Iflue; fhe declared her Will on the 6th of December , 
 
 A^geJffacb An. i 542. (6 R.2.) appointing therein that her bell: Horfe fliould 
 tffmaiyTme- t> e delivered for her Mortuary: fhe alfo bequeathed to the King 
 aux Jmpaiing her Heart of Pearles, to the Duke of Lancafter a Tablet of Taf- 
 
 Caltile and 3 ( _ J J 
 
 Leon, alfo per, to Edward Earl oi Rutland (her lonj her Crown, to remain 
 GuiesJ’cafiie to his Heirs 3 to Conftance le Defpencer (her daughter) a Fret of 
 a"ffon,rarff fft P^rls, and to the Duchefs of Glocefter , her Tablet of Gold,with 
 lmpaSn? I ma & es 5 as alfo her Sauter, with the Arms of Northampton , &c. Tho.mi. 
 is carved on It is faid by an Hiftorian that this Lady Iffabel having in her youn- *' 
 
 theSouth-fide f ' r t r a ^ C j i J t V?* 3 
 
 of the Duke ger years been ioraewhat wanton, did yet afterwards become an "' 4y * 
 at 3 2 « 5 >mb hearty Penitent *, and fo departing this life in the year 1394. 
 
 depifted 
 in the prece¬ 
 ding page. 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 (l y r P 0 ^gma 
 
 R. 2.) was buried in the Fryers Preachers at Langley. 
 
 The fecond Wife of Edmond Duke of York was Joane the Catalogue 
 
 - - x J of Nobility 
 
 daughter of Thomas Holand Earl of Kent , and After and coheir per b. 
 At the footof of Earl Edmond , by whom he had not any Iflue *, and Ihe furvi- orKf 
 Ton^exilibi- ving him, was married to her fecond Husband William Lord (Pit¬ 
 
 ted, in the 
 3 ? 9• page is 
 the Coat of 
 Holand , car¬ 
 ved, being. 
 Gules, three 
 Lyons pajfant 
 guar dam. Or, 
 a Border Ar¬ 
 gent. 
 
 Efee at 1 o 
 
 B.JI. 
 
 loughby of Eresby 3 whom alfo out-living, made way for her third 
 Marriage, with Henry Lord Scrope , who leaving her a Widdow, rat. an. 4 . 
 file adventured upon her fourth Husband, Henry Bromflet Lord 
 Vefcy• for which Marriage they had a Pardon dated the 14 th of 
 Auguff An. 4 H. 5. and yet at laft file died without Iflue about 
 the 12 th of H. 6. 
 
 Children of ED M O N D Dufy of York, by ISSABEL 
 of Caftile his firfl Wife. 
 
 11. EDWARD PLANTAG ENE T, eldeftfon and heir, 
 fucceeded his Father in the Dukedom of York b whofe Hiftory 
 followeth in the enfuing Chapter. 
 
 II. RICHARD of C ON INGSBOROW, fecond fon, 
 was Earl of Cambridge , and continued the fucceflion, whofe 
 Chapter follows that of his Brother Edward. 
 
 11. CONSTANCE of YORK, Countefsof Glocefter ,one- 
 ly daughter of Edmond Duke of Yor was the Paramour of 
 Edmond Holand Earl of Kent f by whom (he had been fo long 
 
 courted 
 
 ) 
 
/ 
 
 THE KJK.9S OF E3^qLA&CD,& c. 361 
 
 Chap, 1, 
 
 See Pari, 
 an. 9 H. 6 . 
 Art. 27. 
 
 Jfyt. Pari. 
 
 an.1 
 
 JEfc.dn.z 4 . 
 H. 6 . poji 
 mortem 
 Hen. Du¬ 
 ck Warm, 
 in London. 
 
 courted, that at la Pc (lie brought him a daughter named Elea¬ 
 nor } married to James Tonchet Lord Andley ("of which Mar¬ 
 riage the Auclleys of Norfolk^ are defcended^ that would fain 
 have been legitimate, thereby to have lcrewed herfelf into fo 
 fair an Eftare (as could it have been proved muft have fallen 
 upon her) but the right heirs diicovering her pra&ifes, prefer¬ 
 red their Bill in Parliament, thereby proving her tobeaBa- 
 ftard, and fo were treed from fuch an Intruder 5 as you may fee 
 at large in Boulton' s Printed Statutes, An. 9 H. 6. chap. n. for 
 there the Cafe is at large, according to the Original in the 
 Tower. 
 
 This Confiance Plantagenet was after married to Thomas le 
 Defpenfer, created Earl ol Glocejler on Saturday in the Feaft of St 
 Michael, An. 21 R. 2. (Ion of Edward , fon of Edward , fon of 
 Hugh Lord le Defpenfer the younger,and Elizabeth his Wife,el- 
 deft fifter and coheir of Gilbert de Clare, the laft Earl of Glocejler 
 of that Surname) and by him had Iffue,K diehard Lord le Defpen- 
 fer , that died without Ilfue, the Kings Ward, and two daugh¬ 
 ters '■> Elizabeth that died young at Cardiff in South Wales, and 
 Iffabel le Defpenfer, born feven months after her Fathers death j 
 who had two Husbands,the firft was Richard Beauchamp ,Earl of 
 Worcejler , and Lord of Abergavenny , by whom fhe had Eliza¬ 
 beth their daughter and heir, Wile to Sir Edward Nevil Knight 
 (younger fon of Ralphe Nevil Earl of Wefimerland ) who was 
 fummoned to Parliament by Writ, as Baron of Abergavenny, 
 An. 29 H. 6. from whom the prefent Nevil, Baron of Aber¬ 
 gavenny, now living 1676. is lineally defcended, as alfo the 
 prefent Earl of Wefimerland. * Iffabel le Defpenfers fecond Hus¬ 
 band was Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick (Coufin Ger¬ 
 man to her former Husband^ by whom fhe had Iffue Henry 
 Beauchamp Duke of Warwick^ that died without Iffue, the 11 th 
 day of June, An. 23 H. 6. 1445. and Beauchamp efpou- 
 fed to Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury , who in her right was 
 afterward Earl of Warwick^ by him fhe had Iffue two daugh¬ 
 ters their heirs, married into the Royal Family} viz. Iffabel Ne¬ 
 vil Wife to George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence , Brother to 
 King Edward IV. and Anne Nevil firft married to Edward 
 Prince of Wales (Ton of King Henry VI.) who was (lain at 
 Tewkesbury, and then to Richard Duke of Glocejler, afterwards 
 King of England. 
 
 Edmond. 
 Duke of 
 Tork. 
 
 TlnT Arms of 
 
 this Confiance 
 were , trance 
 and. England 
 quarterly,a La¬ 
 bel of three 
 points Argent, 
 each charged . 
 ■with as many 
 Torteaux■, 
 which are Im¬ 
 paled with 
 thofe of Tho¬ 
 rnes le Defpen¬ 
 fer, in a Win¬ 
 dow of our 
 Lady Chap- 
 pel in the Ca¬ 
 thedral of 
 Peterborrow, 
 who did bear 
 quarterly. Or, 
 
 3 Cheverons 
 Gules, by the 
 name of Clare, 
 and quarterly 
 Argent, and 
 Gules a Fret 
 Or, overall, 
 a Bendlet Sa¬ 
 ble, being the 
 Coat of le De¬ 
 fpenfer. In 
 which it is 
 oblervable, 
 that according" 
 to the Rule of 
 J?u arte rings in 
 that time, he 
 preferred the 
 ArmsofC/are, 
 in the firlt 
 quarter, be¬ 
 fore his Pa¬ 
 ternal Coat, 
 as being the 
 more noble 
 Family. 
 
 *Martinas Pa- t 
 pa quintal an. 
 Pontificate 
 fui fextold. 
 Sept, conceffit 
 duM BuIIm fit. 
 per difpenfatio- 
 nem maritagii 
 inter Eficardum 
 de Bellocampo 
 Comitem War - 
 wici ££ Ifabel - 
 lam uxorem 
 fuam dominam 
 le Defpenfer, 
 an. z H. 6 . 
 Ex lib. Colleg. 
 Santtee Maria 
 Warwici, f. 1. 
 a. C. 30, 
 
 Yyyy 
 
 11. EDWARD 
 
362 A gE&CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorbjjh. 
 
 -EDWARD 
 
 PLANTAGENET, Duke of YORKJ 
 
 Earl of CAMBRIDGE, RUTLAND and 
 CORKE, Lord of TINDAL, Constable 
 of ENGLAND , and Knight of 
 the G A R T E R. 
 
 CHAP. 11. 
 
 E was eldeft fon of Edmond of Langley Duke 
 of Torl^, by Iffabel his firfl Wife, fecond 
 daughter and coheir of Peter King of Cafiile. 
 King Richard 11. on the 2 $th of February ,in 
 the 13 year of his Reign,created this Edward 
 Earl of Rutland , during Duke Edmond his 
 Fathers life-time’, after which he was elefted 
 Knight of the Garter. Then in the 1 yh year of the faid Kings 
 Reign, he had given him the reverfion of the Office of Conftable 
 of the Tower of London, for term of life, after the death of Tho¬ 
 mas Holand Earl of Kent, the Kings half Brother jand though I find 
 no pofitive time of his Creation, into the Dignity of Earl of Corkg, 
 yet in a Patent bearing date the 12 th of Auguft, An. 20 R. 2. he is 
 Ailed Edwardus Comes Rutland et de Corh^Admirallui Anglic et Hi - 
 o TTebrul hernia\ and on the 11 th of September next following,he had granted 
 unto him the Office ofCuftos ofFWer CaAIe, and Warden of the 
 Cinque-Ports, for term of life, with the Priviledges granted to 
 Sir John Beaumont (lately deceafed) in the faid Office: then, on 
 the 8 th of December following (Bill in the fame yearj) he leaves 
 appendant* out the title of Admiral of Ireland, and is called Edward d’Ever- 
 (vide p. 3fz.) j v ic Count de Rutland et de Corke Admiral d' Enoleterre et oardein 
 thereof is di- cle Cinq Porfz,. Notwithstanding this accumulation of Honours 
 
 apredwith 
 Rules; His 
 Achievement 
 thereon con¬ 
 tains His 
 Shield hang¬ 
 ing by one 
 corner, char¬ 
 ged with the 
 Arms of his 
 Father Duke 
 Edmond, with 
 his Hel¬ 
 met, and his 
 Crcft, being 
 on a Chapeau 
 
 Edward being 
 onelyEarl of 
 Rutland, did 
 then bear 
 France fe- 
 femee and Eng¬ 
 land, quarterly, 
 a Label of 3 
 points Gules, 
 each charged 
 with as many 
 Cajiles Or, to 
 (hew his de- 
 feent from a 
 daughter of 
 Callile, and to 
 diltinguifhhis 
 Coat-Ar¬ 
 mour from 
 that of his Fa¬ 
 ther Duke 
 Edmond.After 
 whofe death, 
 to an Inden¬ 
 ture dated the 
 20 
 
 ry, f H. 4. in 
 which he is 
 fiiled Edward 
 Due D'ever- 
 tvick,„ (viz. 
 Duke of Torty 
 his Seal of 
 
 upon him by King Richard 11 , yet that King thought him not 
 compleat, till he had placed him in the fame rank with his Fa¬ 
 ther, made him alfo a Duke •, Albemarle was pitched upon for the 
 place, which from an Earldom was ere&ed into a Dukedom, and 
 he made Duke thereof, upon the i$th day of September,21 R.2. 
 which being a foreign Title, and in pofieffion of the French King, 
 it is not to be thought this Duke reaped much advantage thereby j 
 yet it ferved as a varnifh to fet off his other Honours and Offices 
 with the fairer luAre : then, in the next month, being OSlober 
 guardaJ^ dn. 21 is Ailed Conftable of England • which 
 
 crowned and 
 
 eccolled with a Label of three points charged with nine Rundells-, all betwixt two Feathers and Scroles, with the words 
 Ich Dien. The Seal is circumfcribed, § 3 . ebboarhl burls eboratl comlrls canrabrusle rurlanDlc et rorarfe er bomlnl 
 tie f inhale. Ex Rgijlro IVtfimonajl. the Flowers de Lys being reduced to the number Three by H.%. this Edward did lb 
 bear them, as appears by his Arms placed on the fide, and at the foot of the Tomb of the Duchefs FhilipeMohnn his 
 Wife, in the Chappcl of St Nicholas in fVeflmjnflcr Abbey. 
 
 Office 
 
 Book 
 
 Chart, an: 
 13 Rz. 
 s Fat. 
 ifRz. 
 par. x. nh 
 ir. 
 
 Fat. if if.’ 
 z.par.z. 
 m. 30. 
 
 Fat.an.z 6 
 J&.par.i. 
 m. 20. 
 
 Fat. an. 10 
 tic 2. par. 
 2. m, 2. 
 
 Chart.n t 
 
 **1 
 
THE KJ 3 \CqS OF E^CgLA^C^Sce. 363 
 
 Chap. 2. Office he executed at the memorable intended Combat at Coven - p^^f 
 try , between Heffry Duke of Hereford, and Thomas Mowbray Duke Tor ^ 
 
 Txt. an. r of Norfolk The particular in which he is charged to be a Traitor ——— 
 to King Ricbardjwais his councelling him to ftay fo long in Ireland , 
 till the Duke of Hereford , by advantage of his abfence, had made 
 his way to the Crown in England } but whether this advice pro¬ 
 ceeded from a good meaning, but erroneous, or a bad meaning, 
 but overfhaddowed with colours, is hard to fay; but fure it is, 
 in this delay the King loft fo much ground, that he could never 
 after recover it, being without a blow forced to make a refignati- 
 on of his Crown, to Henry of Bidlingbrool afterwards named 
 Henry I V. In the firft year of whofe Reign,Duke Edward ('con- 
 fcious to himfelf it may be,for being inftrumentalinKing Richard's 
 depofition) feeks to deliver the imprifoned King out of the Tow¬ 
 er, and to re inthrone him ; to which purpofe, an Indenture of 
 Confederacy is figned by him and the Holands , with fome others 
 at the houfe of the Abbot of Wejlminjier *, the Plot was to invite 
 King Henry to a Tournament at Oxford , where they intended to 
 aflaffinate him. Though fecrecy was kept on all hands,yet For¬ 
 tune would not be filent, for the Duke taking Langley in his way 
 to Oxford , to vifit his Father the Duke of York, was by him dete- 
 ded, whofnatchingthe Indenture out of his Bofome, went imme¬ 
 diately with it to Windfor to the King *, but Edwards Spurs being 
 (harper than thofe of his old Father, he got thither before him,and 
 obtained his Pardon. 
 
 This Treafon, and fome former accufations, laid to this Duke 
 of Anmarle s charge ('as words againft hisMajefty, when he was 
 Duke of Lancajler, and the death of Thomas Duke of GlonceUer 
 the Kings Uncle) the King forgave *, yet not fo abfolutely but that 
 he was refolved to clip fome of the principal Plumes from this 
 pari. an. young foaring Faulcon^ and therefore he began with the Dukedom 
 or Anmarle 1 from which title,by Ad of Parliament 1 H. 4.) 
 he depofed thi s Edward^ in which year alfo, he took from him the 
 Conftablefhip of the Tower*, and upon the firft day of 0 $ober , 
 granted it to Sir Thomas RempUon^ perfon that had faithfully ad¬ 
 hered to the L ancajlrian Fadion. This w r as the Kings deport¬ 
 ment to Edward , when his Crown fat tottering on his Head} who 
 being more firmly eftablifliedupon his Throne, by themurther of 
 the late King, fuffers Edward to enjoy the Patrimony and Ho¬ 
 nours defcended to him from his Father Duke Edmond , lately de- 
 ceafed } fo that in a Patent bearing date the $th of November ( An . 
 
 Tat. an. 4 4 H. 4.) he is written Edwardns Dhx Eboraci Comes Cantabrugia * 
 
 H.^mb. & utlandi# et Coraciae , Locnm-tenens Aquitani &c. All which Ho¬ 
 nours he enjoyed until his death, except that of Cambridge , which 
 was granted to Richard of Coningsborow his Brother, in the fecond 
 year of Henry V. Ever after this, he proved faithful to King 
 Henry IV. who, as an earned; of his truft repofed in this Edward , 
 
 Tat. an: regranted him the Conftablefhip of the Tower of London for life 
 C u P on day of November 7 Att> S H. 4.) nor was he lefs 
 
 adive 
 
364 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorkjjls, a&ive in the time of Henry V. his fon, when at the famous Book ?« 
 Battel of Aginconrt , fought upon Friday the 25/h of Ottober, An. 
 
 141^ in the ^d year of H 5. he had the leading of the Vantguard, 
 confiftirg of Archers (which place 5 out of an heroick courage,he 
 had made furc for) he paid a part of the price of that notable 
 Vi&ory with his life ^ his Corps after the Battel being found a- 
 mong the fpoils miferably hacked and defaced, was brought into 
 . England , and buried in the body of the Choire of Fotheringbay 
 Church, in Nortbdwpto?iJbire , under a flat Marble, with his Image 
 inlaid in Brafs (according to his Will .) After which, the King re- chicbiey 
 turning into England^cmfed his Exequies to be performed at Lon - gf ,I,284i 
 
 pf llltutriffinio Domino 
 PHILIPPO Connti de PENBROkI 
 ;|et MONTGOMERij Baroni fterLert] 
 |Je CmiifP iShtrla.nct, R<xs de kencUJ , J 
 £ Fite-Hugh. Marmion ei S! Q uintin . "M, 
 hanc Tlrnuli PHLIPR&, Dueiili/f i 
 
 UlilM'llllilllllllllllllllllT 
 
 miLIPPA FILM RT COWE.KES IOHANKLS DNT JHCOHVN DEDVTOTIS. VXOR EDWARD t UVCCS tRORv 
 
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 p . 440. «• 
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 Efc.'an. 3 
 H.i-n. 4J- 
 
 Inq.an. 10 
 U. 6 ,n. 4f. 
 sufi: 
 
 THE KJK9 s of E*CgLj!2ti),6cc. 
 
 don, with great folemnity, upon the firfi day of December follow¬ 
 ing, at which were prefent divers Bifliops and Abbots, befides a 
 very many other perfons of quality,both Englijh and French. And 
 leaving no Iflue, Richard his Nephew (fon of Richard Earl of 
 Cambridge his younger Brother) was found to be his next heir, at 
 that time aged three years. This Monument, upon the di/folutt- 
 on of the Religious Houfes, was deftroyed; fince which time, 
 Queen Elizabeth caufed a Memorial to be written on the Wall of 
 that part of the Church which is now Banding, fignifying this Ed¬ 
 ward Duke of Tori ^ to be there Interred. 
 
 He took to Wife Philipe , the fecond daughter and coheir of 
 John Lord Mohun of Dunfier, but died without IlTue} fo that 
 leaving her a Widdow, (he was afterwards married to Sir Walter 
 Fit^-Walter Knight, and had a fon named Walter FitWalter ,who 
 died the i o th of H. 6. who by Elizabeth his Wife, had Iflue E- 
 li^abeth his daughter and heir,a year and an half old at her Fathers 
 death. 
 
 The Monument of this Philipe Duchefs of Torh^, Bands on the 
 right hand within the Chappel of St Nicholas , in the Abbey of 
 Wejlminjler: which I fuppofe was ere&ed by Sir Walter Fit% Wal - 
 ter, becaufe I find his Arms impaled with this Philipas, in fevcral 
 parts of the Arch thereof. 
 
 Her Epitaph you may read on the Verge of the laid Tomb, 
 in thefewords, PHILIPPA FILIA ET COHERES 
 JOHANNIS DOMINI MOHUN D E DUNS- 
 TER, UXOR EDWARDI D UCIS EBORA- 
 CENSIS. MORITUR AN. DOM. 1433. 
 
 Arms on the Tomb of PHILIP PA Duchefs of York. 
 
 In Pale$® r ' a ^ e f s between two Cheveroncls Gules. 
 COr, a Crofs ingrailed Sable. 
 
 {Barry Nebule of 6 pieces Argent and Gules, 
 In Pale < on a Bend Sable, three Plates . 
 
 (Or, a Crofs ingr ailed Sable. 
 
 {France and England quarterly, a Label of 5 
 In Pale J points, Argent,charged with 9 Torteaux. 
 /Or, a Crofs ingr ailed Sable. 
 
 In Pale a ^ ro f s tngr ailed Sable. 
 
 \Gules, a Lyon rampant queve forche Or. 
 
 Or a Crofs ingr ailed Sable. 
 
 France and England quarterly, a Label of 5 points 
 Argent, charged with nine Torteaux . 
 
 Ok, a Crofs ingr ailed Sable. 
 
 Fitz-Walter. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 York. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 Burgherfli. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 York. 
 
 Mohun. 
 
 3*5 
 
 Edward 
 Duke of 
 York. 
 
 On theSouth-; 
 fide the Mo¬ 
 nument. 
 
 At the Foot 
 of the Tomb. 
 
 Zzzz 
 
 11. RICHARD 
 
Book 5? 
 
 366 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkjftf. > 
 
 -RICHARD 
 
 Of YORfy, E«m. of CAWBRWgE, 
 
 Surnamed of CONYNGSBDRGH. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Richard 
 Earl of Cam¬ 
 bridge, were, 
 France and. 
 England quar¬ 
 terly , a Label 
 of three points 
 Argent , 
 each charged 
 voith as many 
 Torteaux , 
 within a Bor¬ 
 der Argent, 
 charged with 
 ten Lyons ram¬ 
 pant, rurple. 
 The Label was 
 to demon- 
 flrate his be¬ 
 ing of the 
 
 E was the fecond Son of Edmond of Langley 
 Duke of Yorl{ (fifth Son of King Edward III ) 
 by IJfabel his Wife, fecond Daughter and 
 Coheir of Peter King of Caflile and Leon t and 
 Surnamed of Conyngsburgh , from the place 
 of his birth,fo called, in the County of Torl{. 
 I do not find him honoured with any ad¬ 
 dition, till the fecond year of King Henry V. at what time that 
 King in Parliament created him Earl of Cambridge which Earl¬ 
 dom had been before enjoyed by his Father and Brother: for 
 which Honour, this Richard in the following year, An. 1414. 
 makes King Henry an ungrateful return, joining and confpiring 
 Houfcof rork., with Henry Lord Scroop of Majloam^ then Lord Treafurer, and Sir 
 rdfiefthat^ Thomas Grey of Northumberland Knight, to plot the Kings death 
 youngeftfon ac Southampton , as he w^as there (Flipping his Army for France: 
 and hi he ather ’ S° mc are of opinion, that Richard and his Complices were put 
 rurpie his dc- upon this defperate * a& by Charles VI. the French King,who had 
 Royal Houfe 0 promifcd them a Million of Gold, to betray King Henry into his 
 °Leon ^Ms d- hands, or to murther him before his arrival in Normandy *, but his 
 (fntheiif? Indi&ment as it (lands on Record, includes matter of other quali- 
 time of their ty, That Richard Earl of Cambridge of Conyngsburgh , in the 
 ¥ Edmnd) ha- County otYorl^, and Thomas Grey of Hefon in the County of Nor- 
 zabeuh™ged* thumberland Knight, for that they on the loth day of July, and 
 bo/h^ofthem third of King Henry V. Reign, at Southampton, had confpired tc- 
 beingthefons gether with a power of Men, to have led away the Lord Edmond 
 'cajuitand Earl of March into Wales, and to have procured him to take the 
 ^Which Government of the Realm, in cafe that King Richard 11 . were 
 shield of dead • w ith a purpofe to have put forth a Proclamation in the 
 
 Arms afore- ' i 1 4 
 
 raid, is carved name of the laid Earl, as Heir to the Crown, againff King Henry , 
 by the name of Lancafler SJfnrper } and further, to have con¬ 
 veyed a Banner of the Arms of England , and a certain Crown of 
 Spain fet upon a Pallet (laid in gage to the Laid Earl of Cambridge ) 
 into Wales } as alio, that the faid Confpirators had appointed cer¬ 
 tain into Scotland to bring thence one Trumpington , and another 
 refemblingin (hape, favour and countenance King Richard ; and 
 
 dowo fChrift- 
 
 Church, by Sir Edward Dering Kt. and Bar. They are alfopainted in Glafs, in two Windows of the Cloifters at Fei¬ 
 ther ingh ay in the County of Northampton ; where the Label is omitted. 
 
 Henry 
 
 Taxi, an. 
 Hen. y. 
 
 Tho. Wal 
 p.!% 9 .n 
 
 M. 
 
 Tpodigm. 
 Neujl. p. 
 j 8 o.h. y 
 
 * He chofe 
 rather to 
 fay fo, to 
 preferve 
 the right 
 of his Po¬ 
 ller ity to 
 theCrown 
 vide Lamb. 
 4 *i. 
 
 John Stow 
 Annals. 
 
 Lei and 
 
 C0U.v0l.1l 
 
 701. 
 
 in the Roof of 
 the Cloilhr, 
 on theNorth- 
 fide the Ca¬ 
 thedral 
 Church of 
 Canterbury, 
 and the lame 
 Armsobfer- 
 ved to be in a 
 Glafs Win- 
 

 THE OF EUnQLJlKV’&t' 367 
 
 John Speed 
 
 p. 774 * 
 Co#. 2. 
 
 Monaft. 
 Angl. vol. 
 
 2 . p . lZ 9 . 
 
 a. n. 6 o. 
 
 Cat. Nob. 
 perJ{.B. 
 
 Chap. 5. Henry Scroop of Mafbam in the County of Torh^, was Iikewife 
 
 indited,as confenting to the premifes. Earl Richard being thus in- Cambridge 
 
 dited and found guilty ; by Letter became an earneft Petitioner - 
 
 for his life to King Henry, upon the fixth of Align ft. An. 3 H. 5. 
 which not being granted, he, with Scroope and Grey , were all three 
 beheaded,and Earl Richards Head and Body Interred in the Chap- 
 pel of Gods-Houfe in Southampton. 
 
 He efpoufed Anne Mortimer, lifter (and afterwards Heir) to gis foli Mar-> 
 Edmond Earl of March , and daughter of Roger Mortimer Earl of conyngsburgh, 
 March, fono £ Philipe, onely Daughter and-Heir of Lionel Duke 
 of Clarence, third fon of King Edward III. This was that Prince- Anne 
 ly Branch, by the ingrafting of which into the Stock of Tork^, that Arms were. 
 Tree brought forth not onely white Rofes, but Crowns and Seep- i^iBaHy of 
 ters alfo ; and by virtueof which (though in this Earls untimely 
 death, the Trunck was cutoff ) the Royal Branches remained un- * ch ff °f thg 
 
 J ^ ^ Tjfli two 
 
 fliaken } a Marriage no doubt which put alpiring thoughts into Paietts, be - 
 the head of Cambridge for had Edmond Mortimer Earl of March b™? y 
 obtained the Crown, and died without Iftue, the Earl of Cam - 
 bridoes Children had been heirs thereto, in right of their Mother, second, an in- 
 
 o m * c* j elcocheOn Alt— 
 
 or at Ieaft Earl Richard had enjoyed the honour of being the Bro- gent Morti- 
 ther-in-Law of a King. 
 
 aCroJfe Gules, 
 
 by the name of Burgh, the third as the fecond, the fourth as the fnjl Which Impalement is carved and gilt upon the 
 Frees, on the Head of Queen Elizabeths Tomb in Henry the Sevenths Chappel at Wegminfler. 
 
 See the Plate of Seals in the 3^3 page of this fifth Book, and you will there find the Figure of the Seal of her 
 Brother Edmond Mortimer Earl of March ; on which is his Efcocheon hanging corner-ways, whereon are the Arms of 
 Mortimer and Burgh, quarterly ; and for his Creft (upon a Helmet; a Flume of Feathers, ijjuing out of a Coronet mantled, 
 and fupported by two Lyons rampant guardant, with their Tailes pajfed betwixt their tegs, and turned ever their backs. 
 Which Arms and Supporters were born by King Edward IV. this Anne Mortimers Grandfon, as the Enfigns of his 
 Earldom of March ; and the Coat quartered by the younger Branches of the Houfc of Tor^ (with the Royal Arms) 
 as thelnfignia from which they derived their right to the Crown. 
 
 Mich.Fee. The fccond Wife of Richard Earl of Cambridge, was Maud, 
 
 aj.fttf.*. t jj e daughter of Thomas Lord Clifford, and Elizabeth his Wife, coningsburgh 
 
 daughter of Thomas Lord Roos of Hamlahf j who, after his death, as before, im- 
 
 was remarried to her fecond Husband John Lord Latimer ,and de- Sr,S Azure] 
 
 tf Fec% ceafed without Iftue, about the 2 $ih year of Henry V I. c\££ uks ' 
 
 T f! m i no . Which Arms 
 
 Mick. were painted in a South-Window in the Church of Fotheringhay in Com. Northampton, and in a Window of Agon 
 an.z^H.6. Church in Xorh^fliire. 
 
 Fot. 1. J 
 
 Children e/ RICHARD of York Earl of Cambridge, 
 by ANNE MORTIMER his ffrft Wife. 
 
 12. RICHARD, Duke of TorL and Earl of Cambridge, one¬ 
 ly fon of Earl Richard , continued the defeent, lee the fol¬ 
 lowing Chapter. 
 
 Cat. Nob. 
 per F_. B. 
 
 Chart, an, 
 1 Ed. 4. p. 
 2. n. 1. 
 
 Ex coUett. 
 Tumulorum 
 per Will. 
 Lilly !{. D. 
 
 Purf. ad 
 Arma. 
 
 12. IS S ABE L,Countefs of EJfex, onely daughter of Richard 
 Earl of Cambridge, was married to Henry Bourchier, Earl of 
 EJfex, and Vifcount Bourchier , by whom fhe had a numerous 
 Iftue, feveral of whofe defendants are mentioned in the 2 33 
 and 234 pages of the third Book. The Tomb of this Henry 
 and Iffabel, is placed betwixt the Chancel and the Bowferslle 
 or Chappel, in the Parifh Church of Little Eajlon in the Coun¬ 
 ty of Effex, being of polifhed Marbles and curioully arched j 
 
 I have feen the 
 Arms of this 
 IJfabel and 
 Henry Bour¬ 
 chier her Hus¬ 
 band, in a 
 Church-Win¬ 
 dow of Kfm- 
 bolton in Com . 
 Hunt. viz. 
 Quarterly, r. 
 Argent,a Crofs 
 ingr ailed gules, 
 inter four Wa- 
 terbougets, Sa- 
 Bourchier. 
 2. Gules,aFeJs 
 Argent, 
 
. - ■ ■ . - - — - ■ - 1 ‘ — 
 
 368 A qBH^ALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Argent betwixt 
 11 Billets, 4.3. 
 3. and 2. Or, 
 Louvain, the 
 
 3 as the 2 ,the 
 
 4 as the 1. Im¬ 
 paling trance 
 and England 
 Quarterly,a La - 
 bel of 3 points 
 Argent,charged 
 with nine Tor - 
 teaux, York. 
 
 in which is an Altar inlaid with Rrafs, with the Effigies of the Book 5 * 
 Earl in Armour, and his Robes of the Order of the Garter, his 
 head refting upon his Creft *, the Countefs of Ejfex isalfo de¬ 
 puted in her Robes, with a Coronet on her head, the Surface 
 of the Monument and the fides of the Archieing diapred with 
 Boitrcbiers Knots and Fetterlock^. 
 
 -RICHARD 
 
 Du«cfMI(f(,E.u of CAMBRIDGE, 
 
 VLS TER, MARCH, and R VTLAHD, Lord 
 of WIGMO RE and CLARE , Lieutenant of the 
 KINGDOM of FRANCE, and DUKE¬ 
 DOM of NORMANDT, and KNIGHT 
 of the GARTER. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 I find that this 
 Richard Duke 
 of TorJ^ufcd 
 two feveral 
 Seals, the i rn- 
 preflion of 
 the firit being 
 of red Wax 
 (now in the 
 pofieflior) of 
 the Right Ho¬ 
 nourable Ro¬ 
 bert Vifcount 
 
 E was the onely fon of Richard.of Conings- 
 horow , Earl of Cambridge , and Anne Morti¬ 
 mer his Wife, Sifter and Heir of Edmond 
 Earl of March j by his Fathers fide derived 
 from Edmond Duke of Tflri^fifth fon of King 
 Edward 1 11 . and by his Mothers, from Li¬ 
 onel Duke of Clarence , third fon of that 
 
 Yarmouth) con- King • who, notwithftanding his faid Father died for Treafon 
 chievement, againft Henry V. was by King Henry VI. his Ion, in a Parliament 
 ShteMhang- held at Leicejler , in the fourth year of his Reign, reftored to the 
 
 mg corner- 
 
 ways ,tranee and England quarterly,a Label of 3 points charged with 9 Torteaux,upon h\sLLelmet,mantling,andChapeaudoublei 
 Ermine, (lands his Crefi, being a Lyon pajfant guardant, crowned, and gorged with a Label of his Arms ; all, betwixt two 
 Ollrich Feathers and as many Scroles; and in the Circle thereof, hath this Infcription, SfeigHlum rfrarbi Dtiria ebor: 
 romiris marrhie et ulronie tioiuini tie CtHigcteniore er Declare, (vide p. 352.) It is affixed to his Grant of 20 l.peran - 
 num, to Sir fohn Faflolff Kt. Pro notabili 52 laudabili fervicio ac bono conflio,lkc. bearing date at London 12 May, 
 An. 19 H. 6. the very next year after this Richard had the Regency of France ; for belides thofe Titles of inheri¬ 
 tance circumfcribed on his Seal, He is in his Grant (tiled, Locumtenens generalU (A gubernator Regni Francie 52 Duca- 
 tus Normanie ; by which it appears, that he had not then a Seal as Lieutenant General of France, &c. 
 
 But^w. 1442. which was the iothof H, 6. being the following year, a Seal of his Regency was provided, circum¬ 
 fcribed, jSdailltim rirarDi Dmis ebor: txmms marrhie locunirenenris generalis et autiernaroris regni Jfranrle et 
 Durartia norniannfe. The Shield of the Duke therein hangs in the fame manner as that in the firft Seal, and contains 
 the fame charge, but differs fomewhat in the form. The Healme, Lambrequin and Crejl agree therewith alfo. But here 
 is added Supporters to the Arms, viz. ou the right fide aFaulcon with Bells, which within the Fetterlock, was the 
 Devife of Tor\^, and on the left fide with the Lyon of the Earldom of March. On each fide theCreff, is a Fetter¬ 
 lock, and beneath the Shield two Branches of Rofes, and behind the Supporters as many Feathers and Scroles ( fee 
 page ay 2.) This Seal is fixed to two Inllruments in French, the one dated. An. 1442. and the other 144 5-. the former 
 Regillred in the Colledge of Arms C. io-p. 83, where he writes himfelf, NousRjchard Due de Tork. Lieutenant et Go- 
 vemeur General pour le Roy mon Soveraigne Seigneur de fes Royaume de France (A Duche de Normandy, &c. and the lat¬ 
 ter entred in a Book noted, B. 20. fol. 6. b. in the cuffody of H. St George E r q; Richmond Herald; in which he is 
 Riled, Rjchart Due de York, Comte de la Marche it de Nulvejhe Lieutenant General et Governeur de France et Normandy . 
 Afterwards this Government ccafing, he had no further occafion for this Seal, but fignccl his Inlinimcnts, with the 
 firil, as appears by a Letter of Attorney dated 4. Ottobrti 27 H. 6. and an Indenture bearing date 3 December, An, 
 28 H. 6 . betwixt him and fames Earl of Defmond : in both which he ufed his former Titles, and firft Seal. 
 
 In a Book in the Colledge of Arms, marked M. 3. fol. 1 y. his Arms are thus Marfiialled, viz. Quarterly of four, 
 the ftrfl quarterly of France and England, over all, a Label of three points Argent, charged with nine Torteaux. 2. Cagile 
 and Leon, quarterly. 3. Mortimer and Burgh, alfo quarterly, the fourth as the firjl : over all, Gules, three Lyons pajfant 
 guardant Or, a Border Argent, Holand: being the Arms of his Grandmother Eleanor Countefs of March, the filter 
 and coheir of Edmond Noland Earl of JQent. 
 
 His Figure in his 1 -aternal Coat-Armour, near as large as the life, (lands neatly painted in an Eaft-Window of the 
 North lie in Cirencejler Church in Glocejlerjhire, having on the Pomel of his Sword the Arms of Mortimer Earl of 
 March \ it may be thereby to (ignifie that although he was forced to ufc the todifputc his right to the Crown, 
 yet did he fhroud himfelf under the Shield or hilt of a good Title. 
 
 At his Pompcous Funeral in the year 14(6. An. 6 Ed. 4. his Father, his Chariot was adorned with the Royal Arms 
 f within the Garner) having at the foot a white Angel bearing a Crown of Gold, to fignific that of right he was King, 
 vide I. 3. p. 8. in Coll. Arm, 
 
 Dignities 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by 
 
 Tho. Wat. 
 
 ». 
 
 10.20.30.' 
 
THE KIHSjS Of E&CgLJ*CV,dcc. 3 6 9 
 
 Chap. 4. Dignities of Duke of Tor Earl of Cambridge and Rutland , and ^f ar ^ r 
 Lord of Tindal, which Honours had fallen to him after the death x^. e °^ 
 
 Efc.an. 3. of Edward Duke of T<?r^ his Uncle, (lain at the famous Battel 
 of Agincourt without Ifliie: a great error in King Henry*s Coun* 
 cils to agrandizehim, who, by the acquifition ot the Earldoms of 
 March and TJlfier, and the Lordfliips of Wigmore, Clare, Trim 
 and Conaught ("falling to him as next heir, after the death of his 
 Uncle Edmond Mortimer Earl of March , deceafing alfo ifiuelefs, 
 in the third year of Henry VI.) An. 1424. had not onely thefe 
 Honours heap’d upon him, but was alfo thereby furniflied with a 
 Title to the Crown, in the right of Anne Mortimer his Mother, 
 fitter to the faid Earl. 
 
 But wanting power to put that Title in difpute, he marries Ce - His Marriage. 
 
 ’ cilie Nevil , the youngeft daughter of Ralph Earl of Wetfmer- The^Ams^f 
 land , and Joane Beaufort his fecond Wife, a daughter of John of Duchefs of 
 Gaunt Duke of L ancafer\ by which Match the Duke of Torl^ £«/« h fsahire 
 became related to moft of the greateft Nobility of the Kingdom, S a Ted wkh 
 but nearly allied to the uumerous and flourifhinp Family of Ne- thofeofher 
 vil: for this Cecilie had to her Brothers ,Richard Nevil Earl of Sa• Richard Duke 
 lisbury (father of Richard Earl o {Warwick^ called Mal^e-kwg) windov/of 
 William Nevil Lord F auconberg, George Nevil Lord Latimer , Ed- 
 ward Neyil Lord Bergavenny, and Robert Nevil Bifhop of Dur- in Northamp- 
 ham • and to her half Brothers, Ralph Nevil Earl of Wefimer- Tattle'anT g 
 land ,and Nevil Lord of Oufley\ by whofe affiftance he was %$***>" 
 
 enabled to bandy for the Crown again tt the Houfe of Lancaper. * 0 ff t f l A °/ ge Z u 
 rho.Mii The Duchefs of Torb^, Cecilie Nevil, outlived Duke Richard charged with 
 35 years, and then deceafing in the Cattle of Barkhamjled , on the 9 But in her 
 laft day of May , An. 1495. An. 10H. 7. file was (according to Eund in 
 her Teftament dated thefirft of April , An 10 H. 7.) buried by 
 the Body of her Husband, in the Colledgeof Fodringhay\ her 
 Arms Impaled with the Dukes, Enfigned with a Coronet, and Reign, the 
 Supported with two Angels, (landing upon as many Rofes within impale?in 1S 
 the Rayes of the Sun, were carved in a Niche, upon the South- Jj^ it s e e d a j, ^ 
 Eaft Pillerof St Bennets Steeple near Pauls Wharfe, according to w £hthe^ 
 the enfuing Figure, which I caufed to be delineated before the viz. France and 
 late Conflagration of London, An. 1666. fee the following page, ^'(without 
 ?4t.8 h. 6 . Upon the paflage of King Henry VI. into France, to receive that *°J ^ r h ^‘ h 
 
 p. .tn 7 . (^ rown alfigncd by Patent to this Richard the Conftablefiiip of the famerea- 
 England in the abfence of John Duke of Bedford, which gave him a ven, as was ; 
 poi virg. more feeling of greatnefs j and after the death of the faid Duke of haviJ? Se kcs 
 Bedford,he (with Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerfet) fuccecded 
 18 H.6.m. in the Regency of France , An. 143$. In the 18 th of Hen - Funeral fide 
 ry VI. he was conftituted Lieutenant and Captain General of all Arm. ) where 
 France whofe advancement to that great command is oppo- fifth urlatof 
 
 ri<>bt be row 
 
 Kjng , meaning Duke Richard. This Seal is annexed to her Letter of Attorney, in which fhe is ftiled, Ce¬ 
 cilia prechrijiianifflmi Principu Edwardi Dei Gracia Anglie et Francie Regis ac Domini Hibernie Mater, DuciJJ'a Ebor. 
 Penes E .Walker Mil. Gart. Princ.Regem Arm. 
 
 The fame Impalement was carved on the South-Eaft Pillerof St Bennets Steeple PanJs Wharfe (as I have noted in 
 this DukesHiftoryj Enfigned with a Coronet, compofedof Trefoyls, and Pearls upon Points, fupported by two An¬ 
 gels, ftanding upon as many Rofes, within the Rayes of the Sun ; which was the Devife of King Edward IV. after his 
 Victory at Mortimers Crofs in Herefordjbire, and the death of this Richard Duke of Tork_ bis Father, where thr eSuns arc 
 faid to appear before the Battel, andtojoin inone; which from him hath been made ufe of by the fuccceding Kings, 
 as one of their Badges, as is evident in Windfor Cafile, Wejlminjler Abbey, and many other places. 
 
 A a a a a - icd 
 
37 ° 
 
 Yorkjjis. 
 
 A qE3\tEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 fed by the (aid Eclmnd Duke of Somerfet } by which, though he 
 had*better forefight than the Prote&or Glocejler , and all the Coun- 
 fel of England,yet his oppofition proved unfeafonable and fruitlefs; 
 f ox Tor!(s behaviour had won fo many friends about the King, 
 whom he meant by embracing to pull down, that notwithftanding 
 the diladvantage of his Title, which alone was a great caufe to 
 have made him everlaftingly incapable of fo great power and truft, 
 he prevailed : But in this great command of Regent, it is not 
 Duke Richard's defign (if he had been able) toeffe&much as 
 to the reducing of France , but to keep the two Kings in fo equal 
 ballance, that that Kingdom might be in perpetual want of fup- 
 plies ^ under colour of which Armies would be railing, which he, 
 as he found opportunity might makeufe of but all his ill fuccelfes 
 were laid upon the Duke of Somerfet , who, upon all occafions 
 was his Rival, and the Perfon that not long after got the Regency 
 of France over his head. 
 
 After this the Duke of Gloceflcr is privately made away by the 
 procurement of Queen Margaret , fo that Torh^ is rid of one of 
 thofe mighty Pillars that fupported the Houfe of Lancaster, and 
 had occafion miniftred of impeing more Feathers into his afpiring 
 
 Wings 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 37 ‘ 
 
*1 
 
 Chap. 4. 
 
 Max. an. 
 x6 H. 6. 
 
 Pol. Virg, 
 
 499.».ao. 
 
 Ibid. n. 30. 
 
 Holitigjh 
 Cbron. p. 
 
 .«• jo. 
 <0. 
 
 Ibid .». 30 
 C? 40. 
 
 THE KJ&tqS OF E 9 L A^<D, &c. 371 
 
 Wings*, for Ireland being in a tumult, he is conflituted Lieute- Rickard 
 riant thereof, An. 26 H. <5. during the fpace of ten years j and 
 
 thither pafies, where he not onely appealeth that Nation, but- 
 
 wins fuch favor among them, as never could be feparated from Annoi 447 „ 
 his Family. York, thus flrengthened, declares his Royal Title to 
 his Friends,and feveral Governors oi Cities and Towns, and creates 
 fo great a fa&ion among the Commons, that he procures the ba- 
 nifhment of William de la Pole Duke of Suffolk^ , Queen Marga¬ 
 rets great Favourite, w ho in his pafiage for trance is wickedly mur- 
 thered : This was followed by the Infurre&ion in Kent y under 
 the condu£l of Cade , one of the Duke of Tories Firebrands (cal¬ 
 ling himfclf Mortimer ) who after the perpetration of many villa- 
 nies, had the reward of his Treafon, his head let Sentinel upon 
 London Bridge. 
 
 Things fucceeding thus, Richard Duke of York, arrives out of 
 Ireland, and confults with his Brother-in-Law Richard Nevil 
 Earl of Salisbury , his fon Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick^ (which 
 three,were by King Henry's party called the Triumvirate) Thomas 
 Courtney Earl of Devon , Edmond Brook^ Lord Cobh am, and others, 
 how to obtain the Crown : and finding that Suffolkg perilhed in 
 vain if Somerfet enjoyed the fame grace and favor with King Hen¬ 
 ry , they are refolved to remove this great obftacle, and there¬ 
 fore take Arms, under pretence, (as mofi: Traitors do) of remo¬ 
 ving bad men from about the King, and reforming the Govern¬ 
 ment ; and the more to blind the good King, and gain credit with 
 the people, the Duke iflues forth a Proclamation, in which he 
 offers to fwear upon the Blefled Sacrament, that he is, hath been, 
 and ever will be the Kings true Liegeman: But the King (by the 
 advice of his friends (but principally of Somerfet ) fees the Snake 
 through the Grafs, and therefore refolves to teach the Duke his 
 duty by force } whereupon an Army is railed to attend Tories mo¬ 
 tion, who now not having London his friend, encamps upon Brent 
 Heath in Kent } and King Henry pitches his Pavilion on Blacl ^ 
 
 Heath *, but inflead of blows, by the mediation of friends 
 fent betwixt the two Camps,a reconciliation is made j whereupon 
 the Duke pretends Loyalty, and the eafie King embraces him as 
 his loving Subjeft *, upon this capitulation, tofatisfie York L , Somer¬ 
 fet is confined Prifoner to his own Houfe, and York^ is to disband 
 his Army *, which being done, Yorh^ exhibits a great complaint 
 againfi: the pride and avarice of the Duke of Somerfet , and Somer¬ 
 fet face to face boldly accufeth the Duke of York^o f High Trea¬ 
 fon, as having confpired to depofe the King, and take upon him 
 the Soveraignty, vehemently urging that York^ might be commit¬ 
 ted and arraigned, that by his deferved death, and the difinabling 
 of his Sons, Civil War might be extinguifhed ; finally praying that 
 God would not fuffer the pnemy of the Kingdom to efcape the 
 hand of Juftice.This in all likelihood had been effe&ed,but that the 
 publick Faith flood ingaged for the Dukes indemnity, he ha¬ 
 ving come in upon the Kings Word, and Tories death would now 
 
372 A QEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkjjls. have feemed rather effefted to gratifie Somerfet’s revenge, than to B °o k 5* 
 fecure the Peace of the Kingdomb eCides^Edward Earl of March 
 the Dukes eldeft Ton, was reported to be in the head of an Army 
 of Weljh to fuccor his Father: upon thefe, and other reafons, the 
 Duke of Tori\ is no longer reftrained , as upon Sotnerfet*s moft 
 weighty reafons he had been ; who, to afliire the indulgent King /fau 40 . 
 of his Allegeance, makes his fubmiftion, and folemnly takes his 
 Oath, to be a true, faithful, and obedient Subjeft, in the Cathedral 
 of St Paul , the King and mod of the Nobility being prefent; 
 which Oath healfotook at Wejiminfler ^Coventry ^ and other places. 
 
 And upon this, ruleing all at Court, he takes advantage of the Holirk ^ 
 Kings ficknefs at Sunnings, to caufe Somerfet to be arrefted in the ut fa r * 
 Queens Chamber at Weftminjler, and fent to the Tower of Lon - xotfi* 
 don ; ■ but upon his recovery , Somerfet is fet at liberty, and made 
 Captain of Calais : hereupon Tori ^ and his Adherents levy an 
 Army about the Marches of Wales , with which they make way 
 towards London• the objeft of Pretenders. King Henry with an¬ 
 other Force gives him Battel at St Albans , upon the 22 day of mi. <r 43 . 
 May 1455. where the King loofes the day, and is made Prifoner, b ’ n ' I0 ‘ 
 and Somerfet , 'Northumberland , Stafford , and Clifford are flain. Not 
 long after, a Parliament is called, in which Richard Duke of Tori ( Pat 34 H 
 is conftituted Proteftor and Defender of the Church of Eng - »*• 7* 
 
 land , and the Kings principal Counfellor, till Edward the Kings 
 eldell Son fhould arrive at the years of diferetion , from which 
 high Offices he is fhortly after degraded. This was followed by mingfk. 
 Blore-field ('near Drayton in Shropfbire) difputed by the Earl of 6 J 9 ’ 0 ”' 3 ° 
 Salisbury , on the Duke’s part, and by the Lord Audley for the 
 King , who there loft: his life^ and the Viftory to the Torhjjls *, 
 whereupon the Kings Army approaches that of the Duke near 
 Ludlowe , but finding himfelf too weak, both in number, and by 
 reafon of the revolt of Trollop , who difeovered his 
 vides for hislafety by flight into Ireland^ and then 
 he, with his fon the Earl of March , and others, are Proclaimed ”' €o ’ 
 Tray tors. 
 
 The Earls of March , Salisbury and Warwick^ from Calais ar- „ 
 rive in Kent, and raife Forces, with which they fight the King at M*4. «. 
 Northampton (on the $th of ffuly. An. 38 H. 6.1460.) where he 20! * ’** 
 is the fecond time made Prifoner, and the Earls continue their ad¬ 
 mirable hypocrifles. The Duke of Torh^ returns out of Ireland , 
 whither he had fled, claims the Crown, which he publifheth in 
 Parliament, together with his Pedigree, and fets himfelf in the 
 Royal Seat,where after feveral allegations on the part of the Duke, 
 and alfo of King Henry , the Parliament conclude that Henry fhould m. ^7. 
 Reign during life, the remainder toreft in Richard Duke of Tork , b ' 71410 * 
 and the Heirs of his Body in general Tail j who is thereupon pro¬ 
 claimed heir apparent to the Crown,and Proteftor of England. 
 
 ■ Queen Margaret , who with young Prince Edward her fon, had m. cs 9 . 
 fled Northward, and was not confenting to this Aft, forms an *£ 3 ®* 4 ** 
 Army of Northern Men Scots and lri(b ,to the number of 18000, 
 
 under 
 
 defigna, pro- 
 in Parliament, 
 
 Battel of St 
 Albans. 
 Anno 1445. 
 
 Battel of 
 Blore, X4 j 8- 
 
THE KJK9 S 0F E^iQLA^C.V,^c. 373 
 
 Chap. 4. under the leading of the Dukes oi'Somrfet and Exceter , and Richard 
 marches towards London, againft whom goes the Duke of Tor^ 
 
 with the Earl of Salisbury •, who advancing near the Queens Ar- -- 
 
 my, found himfelf far ouc-numbred by the Enemy, (he ha- 
 ■ ving in his Army not above Five thoufand) and therefore is ad- 
 
 vifed by Salisbury to retire, and attend the coming of the Earl TheBattelof 
 of March his fon , who was gathering a good Army on the 
 Borders of Wales *, but the Pride of his former Vi&ory made AnnoI4ff<> * 
 him deaf to all counlel of declining the Battel} and fo preci¬ 
 pitated by his own deftiny, from Sandal Caftle he marches to 
 Wakefield Green, where the Lord Clifford on the one fide, and 
 the Earl of Wiltfhire on the otherwhere placed in ambufh. The 
 Duke of Torh^ fuppofing that Somerfet who led the main Battel, 
 had no more Forces than what appeared with him, undauntedly 
 ' advanced towards him } but being entred within the danger of the 
 caui. of Ambufcadoes, they on both fides broke out upon him, and flew Hisdcath. 
 j\°b.by ^ w ith 3000of his Soldiers: the reft fled, Salisbury is taken Annox^o, 
 
 Prifoner, and harmlefs Rutland , Tories younger fon ("who came 
 thither onely to fee fafhionsj not aged 1 2 years, is made a facri- 
 flee to his Fathers tranfgreflton. Thus died Richard Duke of Torh^ 
 on the laft day of December , 1460. in the prolecution of a Gol¬ 
 den Diademe (by Fate ordained for his for, the revenger of his 
 death ) whofe Head crowned onely with a Paper one, is prefen- 
 ted to Queen Margaret , who makes her felf merry with thatgaftly 
 and bloody fpeftacle, of whom it was faid by the beforementi- 1 
 oned Duke of Somerfet^ hisgreateft Antagonift,Thatif he had not 
 learned to play the King by his Regency in France , he had never 
 forgot to obey as a Subjeft, when he returned into England. Salis¬ 
 bury's Head alfo in cold blood being feparated from hisBody,is with 
 the Dukes and others fet upon Poles,and placedon the walls of Torl^ 
 
 Thele Heads were taken down by King Edward his fon,imme- 
 j.n.p. diately after his great Viftory at Towton , and the Duke his Fa- 
 S* Am. thers Head buried with his Trunck, and the Corps of his fon Ed¬ 
 mond Earl of Rutland atPonfratt • from whence their Bones by His foiemn 
 the faid Kings command, were with great folemnity afterwards re- ]£; 5 &#.’ 
 moved and interred at Fotheringhay. In order to which, upon 
 r.yt.9. the 22 of July , 1466. the faid Bones were put into a Chariot, 
 ibiim. covere( j WIt h black Velver, richly wrapped in Cloath of Gold and 
 107 \'u Royal Habit 5 at whofe feet flood a white Angel, bearing a Crown 
 coil. Arm. £ 0 ] to fignifie , that of right he was King. The Chariot had 
 
 feven Horfes, trapped to the ground, and covered with black, 
 charged with Efcocheonsof the faid Princes Arms} every Horfe 
 carried a Man, and upon the foremoft rode Sir John Ski^with , 
 who bore the Princes Banner difplayed. The Bifhops and Ab¬ 
 bots went two or three Miles before, to prepare the Churches for 
 the reception ot rhe Prince, in Pontificalibus. Richard Duke of 
 Glocefler followed next after the Corps, accompanied with a num¬ 
 ber of Noble r , the Officers of Arms being alfo prefent. In this 
 equipage they parted from Ponfratt, and that night refted at Don - 
 
 B b b b b cajler. 
 
374 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorkjjh. cafter , where they were received by the Convent of Cordeliers in 
 
 ’ gray Habit} from thence by journeys to Bleide, to Touxford in the 
 Clay , to Nervarhg, to Grantham , to Stamford , and from thence on 
 Monday the 29th of jbf/y, to Fodringhay , where they arrived be¬ 
 twixt two and three of the clock in the afternnon, where the Bo¬ 
 dies were received by feveral Biffiops and Abbots in Potificalibus, 
 and fupported by twelve Servants of thedefunft Prince. 
 
 At the entry of the Church-yard, was the King, accompanied 
 with feveral Dukes, Earls and Barons, all in Mourning, who pro¬ 
 ceeded into the heart of Fodringhay Church, near to the high. 
 Altar, where there was a Herfe covered with black,furnifhed with 
 a great number of Banners, Bannerolls and Pencills, and under the 
 faid Herfe were the Bones of the faid Prince and his Son Edmond. 
 The Queen and her two daughters were prefent alfo in black, at¬ 
 tended by feveral Ladies and Gentlewomen. Item , over the 
 Image was a Cloath of Majefty of black Sarcenet, with the Fi¬ 
 gure of our Lord fitting on a Rainbowe, beaten in Gold, having 
 * Note that on every corner a Scocheon of his Arms of France and England , 
 ?^/:j™Dukc ^ uarter b-> Wlt ^ a Vallence about the Herfe alfo of black Sarce- 
 of rork were net,fringed half a yard deep,and beaten with three Angels of Gold, 
 the C Garter. m holding the Arms within a * Garter,in every part above the Herfe. 
 
 Upon the 30 th of July, feveral Maffes were faid, and then at 
 the Offertory of the Mats of Requiem , the King offered for the 
 faid Prince his Father, and the Queen and her two daughters, and 
 the Countefs of Richmond offered afterwards; then Norroy King 
 of Arms offered the Princes Coat of Arms, March King of Arms 
 the Target, Ireland King of Arms the Sword, Windfor Herald of 
 Arms of England , and Ravendon Herald of Scotland y offered the 
 Helmet, and Mr de Ferrys the Harnefs and Courfer. 
 
 The Bones of the Duke of Torh^ and of his Son the Earl of Rut¬ 
 land , with the Body of Duchefs Cecilie lapped in Lead, being re¬ 
 moved out of Fotheringhay Church-yard (for the Chancel in the 
 Choire where they were firft laid , in that fury of knocking 
 Churches and Sacred Monuments in the head, was alfo felled to 
 the ground) were buried in the Church by the commandment of 
 Queen Eh%abetb, and a mean Monument of Plaifter,wrought with 
 the Trowel ere&ed over them,very unbefitting fo great Princes. 
 
 Mr CreuJOj a Gentleman who dwelt in the Colledge at the fame 
 time, told my Author, that their Coffins being opened, their Bo¬ 
 dies appeared very plainly to be difeovered, and withal, that the 
 Duchefs Cecily had about her Neck, hanging on a Silk Riband, 
 a Pardon from Rowe,which penned in a fine Roman Hand, was as 
 fair and freffi to be read,as if it had been written but the day before. 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 t.S-P-S. 
 in Colt . 
 Am. 
 
 Henry 
 Teacham 
 his \Com- 
 fleat Gen¬ 
 tleman p. 
 185. 
 
 Ibidem. 
 
 Chidren of RICHARD Duke of York, hy 
 CECILY N EVIL his Wife 
 
 13. HENRY of YORK, eldefi: Son of Richard Duke of 
 Yorl ^, deceafed, being very young \ we may fuppofe that King 
 Henry VI. was his Godfather. 13, ED - 
 
THE KJK9 s op E!KTjLA$0),&c. 375 
 
 Chap. 4. 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by J(. 
 
 B. 
 
 Henry 
 Feacham, 
 f . 139. » 
 
 Cora- 
 
 p/?at Gen- 
 tlemn. 
 
 Efe. if. 
 
 Pi, 4.K. 
 
 3 *- 
 
 C/dH/. 16, 
 E. 4. a.10. 
 
 Pd* dK. 
 
 24 H. 6. 
 
 Fat.H, 
 yf.i.m. 
 
 Richard 
 
 13. EDWARD of YORK, Earl of March ,&c. fecond ° f 
 
 Ion of Duke Richard , depofed King He/zry V I. and was King - 
 
 of England , by the name of Edward I V. whofe Hiftory fol¬ 
 lowed in the fifth Chapter of this fifth Book. 
 
 13. EDMOND of YORK, Earl of Rutland (third fon of 
 Richard Duke of Tori ( and Cecily Nevil) being of the age of 
 about 1 2 years, was (lain with his laid Father at the Battel of 
 Wakefield , on the lalf day of December , An. 1460. 39 H. 6. 
 where (notwithftanding he fell down upon his knees defiring 
 mercy)he was cruelly ftabbed to the heart by John Lord Clif¬ 
 ford of Wejlmorlancf who overtook him flyingiin part of revenge 
 hefaid,for that this Earls Father had (lain his ja deed which much 
 blemilhed the Author. But who can promile any thing tem¬ 
 perate of himfelf in the heat of martial fury, where it was re- 
 lolved not to leave any Branch of the Yorkifh Tree (landing. 
 His Corps, was buried at Fontfratl , and afterwards An. 6th 
 of King Edward IV. his Brother,his Bones were from thence re¬ 
 moved (with his Fathers) and with great ceremony interred at 
 Fotheringhay in the County of Northampton. 
 
 13. WILLIAM of YORK, fourth fon,and n 
 
 deceafed both 
 
 1 3. JOHN of YORK, fifth fon of Richard young. 
 
 Duke of TorJ{. 
 
 His Arms 
 were fet np 
 in feveral 
 Windows of 
 Fotheringhay 
 Caftle, the 
 Manfion* 
 houfe of the 
 Duke of Fork, 
 viz. Quarterly, 
 the frjl quar¬ 
 terly, France 
 and England, 
 a Label of fve 
 points Urgent , 
 the two dexter 
 Labels charged 
 with as many 
 Lyons rampant 
 Furpure, and 
 the three [mi¬ 
 ff ers, with nine 
 Torteaux He 
 did bear, in 
 the z and 3 
 quarters, the 
 Arms of 
 Burgh, viz. Or 
 a Crofs Gules 5 
 and in the 
 fourth, the 
 Coat of Mor¬ 
 timer. vide 
 Feach am 3d 
 Edition p. 188. 
 
 13. GEORGE of YORK, Duke of Clarence , fixth fon 
 of Richard Duke of Tor fund Cecily Nevil • of whom fee more 
 in the eighth Chapter of this fifth Book. 
 
 13. THOMAS of YORK, feventh fon > deceafed in his 
 Infancy. 
 
 13. RICHARD of YORK, Duke of Glocetter , eighth 
 and youngefi: fon of Richard Duke of Torb^ and Cecily Nevil 
 his Wife, caufed his Nephews King Edward V. and Richard 
 Duke of Tor to be murthered , and ufurped the Crown, 
 by the Title of Richard III. vide his Story in Chap. 7. 
 
 13. ANNE of YORK, Duchefs of Exceter, elded daugh¬ 
 ter of Richard Duke of Tork, was firft married to Henry Holand 
 (fon of John Duke of Exceter) to whom King Henry VI. was 
 Godfather, and granted to this Henry and his faid Father and 
 the longer liver of them two,the Office of Admiral of England , 
 Ireland and Aquitaine lot term of life, by Patent dated the 14 th 
 ot February , An. 24th of Henry VI. Upon the yth of Augnjl, 
 in the 29th year of the faid Kings Reign, James Lord Say the 
 Kings Chamberlain had the Office of Confiableofthe Tower 
 
 of 
 
 Henry Duke of 
 Exceter, on 
 his Seal (an¬ 
 nexed to an 
 Indenture da¬ 
 ted the 9 th 
 day of April, 
 an. 3 8 H. 6.) 
 did bear in a 
 Field (Gules) 
 
 3 Lyons pajfant 
 guardant (Or) 
 on a Border 
 (Azure) eight 
 Flowers de 
 Lys ( of the 
 fecondt 
 
57 6 A QEHEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkifls, 
 
 fecond.) Peres 
 Cuil. Pierpont 
 Arm. M. S. 
 
 of London, granted unto him during the minority of this Henry Book 5. 
 Holand , who much about the fame time efpoufed this Lady ^ 
 Anne. 
 
 ii 9 . p. y 8 . 
 The Arms or 
 the Duchefs 
 Arne, were. 
 Party per Pale, 
 onthedexter- 
 fide France 
 and. England, 
 quarterly, and 
 on the finifter 
 Party per 
 Fefs, Burgh. 
 and Mortimer. 
 vide her Plate 
 of Brafs in 
 the following 
 Page. 
 
 Her fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 St Leoger did 
 bear, Azure a 
 Frett Argent, 
 a Chief Or, 
 and a Crejfent 
 for a diffe¬ 
 rence. Which 
 charge ap¬ 
 peared! upon 
 his Surcoat 
 and Shield en¬ 
 graven on the 
 Brafs Tablet 
 exhibited in 
 the following 
 page.In which 
 arealfo the 
 Arms of the 
 Duchefs, be- 
 
 Afterwards, in the fith of Henry VI. he was ftiled Henricus 
 Dux Exon: Conies Hunt: et de Ivory, Admiralius Angl: Hibern: 
 et Aquitanie , Dominus de la Sparr,ac Concjiab: Tunis Lond: He 
 lived in great reputation as long as the Lancastrians bore the 
 fway j but King Henry V I. being depofed, this Duke of Ex - 
 ceter was reduced to fo great want, that he was forced to re- phuip de 
 ceive a fmall Pention from the Duke of Burgundy his Wifes f° b mi ” es 
 Brother in Law \ but King Henry V I. being again reftored,and 73. 
 the Title to the Crown laid upon the fuccefs of Barnet*field 
 (where this Duke of Exceter and RichardNevil Earl of IVar* 
 wich^ had the leading of the left Wing) he behaved himfelf 
 with much courage againft Edward IV. and in battel was un- 
 horfed and left for dead, where in his bleeding wounds he lay 
 mod part of that day ; but yet recovering,and getting to Well- 
 minjler , he there took fan&uary to fave his life, for which he 
 became Suitor unto the King: but his Wife the Lady Anne,now 
 King Edwards Sifter, fued as earneftly for a divorce j which 
 with great inftancy {lie at laft obtained againft him, the 1 2th of 
 November, 147-2. An. 12 E. 4. How he releafed himfelf from 
 the Kings anger is unknown, and how he came by his death is 
 as uncertain, for his Body was found caft upon the (bore of 
 Kent, as if he had periftied by Shipwrack, in the 1 %th year of Efc.an.is 
 Edward IV. having had by Lady Anne his Duchefs,a daughter Ed ' 4# 
 n.imed al [o Anne, who died in the life time of her Mother. 
 
 The fecond Husband of Anne of Yorfi Duchefs of Exceter , 
 was Sir Thomas St Leoger Kt with whom fhe lived but two 
 years after the death of her former Husband : for (he deceafed 
 upon the 14 th day of January , 147$, An. 15 E. 4. leaving Sept. an. 
 by him a daughter alfo named Anne. This Sir Thomas founded 16 
 a Chantry in the North Crofs of the Royal Chappel of St Ibtdem ' 
 George in Wmdfor Caftle, with two Priefts to fay Mafs, for the E Td.l\. 
 Souls of Anne his Wife,and himfelf, <&c. where he lieth inter- a «*- x ** 
 red,with this Memorial on a Plate of Brafs affixed to the Wall, 
 containing their Pi&ures kneeling, Arms and Epitaph, drawn 
 from the original in the Month of fifune, 1665, and reprefen- 
 ted in the following Figure. 
 
 ing. Parted per Pale, on the dexter-fide, France and England quarterly, without any diftinttion; and on the finiftcr- 
 lide, Party per Fefs, Burgh and Mortimer. 
 
 Manners, viz. 
 Or, 2 Barrs A- 
 zure, a Chief 
 Gules, Impa¬ 
 ling St Leoger, 
 being Azure, 
 Fretty Argent, 
 a Chief Or, 
 and a Crejfent 
 for dijiinltion. 
 
 Anne St Leoger Lady Roos , onely daughter and heir of Sir Efc.ani 
 Thomas St Leoger Kt. and Anne his Wife: daughter of Richard 15 Ed -^ 
 Duke of York^ fifter to King Edward IV. and Widdow of inq. z 9 
 Henry Duke of Exceter, was married to Sir George Manners Lord iTisd.' 4. 
 Roos j who, with his faid Wife, lieth intombed in the North- 
 Crofs of St George’s Chappel in Windfor Caftle, with this Epi¬ 
 taph, i^erc IpctDe butteD George Janets Bnpgtjt > 
 
 JLorDc aRoos, necefcD t\)t wit t>a?e of 3Dctobte> 
 
 tti 
 
THE KJ2\dgS OF E^CgLA^V^c. 377 
 
 chap. 4 . tn ti)t yete of our JLoroe ©oD £0. ©*♦ mu attD Jlafcpe 
 
 2lnne i)te »fc, Daughter of 3tnne SDucijefe of €xz~ r^ eof 
 
 tut, fuftet unto Byng ©DHjato tl)e fourttje, ano of -- 
 
 %t)omas 5>etttlpnget Bnygtjt* %ty rbljpcDe Slutte De- 
 ccffeotfte mjoayof 2tptill, itt tty yereof out&ort) 
 d5oD tip* IK rrb j\ on rotjoCe foulis <5oo twfce mere? 21^ 
 
 mem This George Lord K wand Lady Anne his Wife, had 
 Ifliie, Thomas Mannors , Earl of Rutland , the firft of chat Sur- 
 Exmog. name 5 fo created by King Henry VIII. upon the 28 th of June, 
 
 Ecl " An* 17 H, 8. who augmented his antient Arms (in regard 
 that he was defeended from a lifter of King Edward IV.) which 
 cam. cf were, Gold, two barrs A%ure, and a Chiefs Gules, ( as you may 
 g° b ' by ^ obferve upon his Fathers Tomb in St George's Chappel in Wind - 
 
 for Caftle) A chief quarterly,A^ure and Gules , on the firfi two 
 Flowers de Liz.e, Or: in the fecond , a Lyon pajfant guard ant, 
 
 Gold, the third as the fecond, the fourth as the firft* 
 
 
 -> 
 
 gloria. 
 
 $fytlnn tin? Chappell Ipetj) bme&'Xtme ^>ucj)e$ of Crrtor fuftor tmto tbenobkKpn^ (ft toarb tjjc 
 forttanb alfo toe boty ofSyr^imiasScttpngtr^abt bet Iwftattb topic)) batl) fottbe twtjn t|jt$ 
 Cblleqea ebauntre toptb ttooprefatf syqpqqfor eumoreomobo(c foule.qob baue mmp%toJ>ich 
 v<m\c buebes 6t)rh intbe yere ofotirfirblcfboulanbc £CCC Irru tpe focall letter &. 
 
 ynmn Rrim ri iiaiico^awnaty. 
 
 * 
 
 ^nora-hfllmo et NotiiilTiTno Domino D- ' 
 IpWARDO D.iroru ROCKINGHAM deROCKXNGElA 
 
 r, r -^ fAON LA Ducilla-. et THO 
 ‘i VNT'm-i 1. pin lfE ,m i 
 
 A ANC TO-LLQD O GARO iru litw. Gonfortw «J U 
 vi 5 °nia., HD.. „ * .. F. S. 
 
 jm- 
 
 Cccec 
 
 This 
 
37 8 
 
 Yorkjitf' 
 
 Pafton, A. 6 
 Flower sde Lys 
 3,2 ,and i. 
 
 <z Chief inden¬ 
 ted-, O. 
 
 Ncvil, G. a 
 Siltir A. 
 
 Holcroft, Ar¬ 
 gent,aCrofs and 
 Border, both 
 ingrayled Sa¬ 
 ble. 
 
 Cecil, viz- 
 Barry of ten 
 feeees,Argent 
 and Azure, on 
 fix Efcocheons 
 three, two and 
 one, Sable,as 
 many Lyons 
 rampant of the 
 Firfl. 
 
 Charlton, 0 . 
 a Lyon rampant 
 G. 
 
 Sydney, 0 , a 
 Fheon B. 
 
 Knivet ,A. a 
 Bend andBordet 
 ingrayled S. 
 
 Villers, A, on 
 aCrofs G,sEf- 
 coleps Or. 
 
 Cary, A, on a 
 Bend, S, 3 J{o- 
 fes A. 
 
 Vcrnonj A , A 
 Frets. 
 
 Pierpont, A, 
 a Lyon rampant 
 S, inter eight 
 Cinqfoyks G. 
 
 De la Pole, 
 Azure a Fefs 
 inter 3 Leo¬ 
 pards faces fir 
 Impaling 
 T»rK- 
 
 a ges^EALogicjL history of 
 
 This Thomas the firll Earl of Rutland, efpoufed Eleanor Book 5, 
 daughter of Sir William Pajlon of Norfolk^ Kt. and they had C aui. cf 
 Iflue two Tons, Henry and Sir John Matters Kt. Henry Maners f ob -b 
 wasfecond Earl of Rutland , and by his Wife Margaret daugh¬ 
 ter of Ralph Nevil, the fourth Farl of Wejlmorland , was Fa¬ 
 ther of Edward and obn. Edward fucceeded his Father in Fide , his . ' 
 the Dignities of Earl of Rutland^ Lord Roos of Hamlal^e , on on h*i"s 
 Trusbnt and Beivoir *, and by lfjabcl , daughter of Sir Thomas ^uforf. 
 Holcroft ol Vale Royal in Cheshire , had his only Child, named 
 Elizabeth, who being married to William Cecily Lord Burleigh, 
 fon and heir apparent of Thomas Earl of Exceter, had Iflue Wil¬ 
 liam Cecil called Lord ,who died in Italy An. 1 6 18.unmarried. 
 
 John , fon of Earl Henry, and younger Brother of Edward ex auto& 
 Earl of Rutland (who die^without ifiiie Male as aforefaid) 
 was the fourth Earl of Rutland. He married Elizabeth, the 
 daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley in the County of Sa¬ 
 lop Efqj and their Ions were, Roger, Francis and George, all 
 three Earls of Rutland. Roger the eldeft fon was fifth Earl of 
 Rutland , and having married Elizabeth the daughter and heir 
 of Sir Philip Sydney Kt. died fans Ifiiie. 
 
 Francis Maners brother of Roger , was the fixth Earl of Rut - Cat SI. of 
 land , Lord Ros of Hamlake,Trusbnt and Beboir. Heefpou- 
 fed Frances daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Kriyvet of Charl¬ 
 ton Kr. and had Ifiiie their onely child named Katherine, mar¬ 
 ried to George Fillers Duke of Buckingham ,and they were Father 
 and Mother of George the prefent Duke of Buckingham, and 
 Mary Duchefs Dowager of Richmond , now living, An. 1676. 
 
 * George Maners,thud fon of John, fucceeded his brother Francis atheii? 
 (deceafing without IfiiieMalejand was the feventh and laft Earl 
 of Rutland of this Line(dying without Ifiiie by his WiIeFranees, March 
 daughter of Sir Edward Cary of Aldenham in Buckingham - was burl- 
 fhire Kt.) fo that the Earldom of Rutland came to another ^otsford. 
 Branch of this Family. 
 
 Note therefore, That Thomas Maners the firfl: Earl of Rut• 
 land f befides Earl Henry that fucceeded him. had Ifiiie Sir John 
 
 ’ •/ * py nutr\rr 
 
 Maners Kt. who marrying Dorothy, daughter and coheir of apudm'd - 
 Sir George Vernon of Haddon in Derby Jbire Kt. had Ifiiie Sir 
 George Maners of Haddon Kt.who by Grace daughter of Sir Hen¬ 
 ry Pierpont of Holme Pierpont in the County of Nottingham Kt. 
 had Ifiiie, John Maners Earl of Rutland, Lord Ros of Ham- 
 lake,Trusbut and Beboir, now living, 1675. His Wife was 
 Frances daughter of Edward Lord Mountagn of Boughton in 
 Northamptonfbire, and they had Iflue (befides feveral daugh¬ 
 ters) John Lord Ros , who is now married to his third Wife, 
 Katherine the daughter of Baptifi Vifcount Campden. 
 
 13. E LIZ A BETH of YORK, Duchefs of Suffolk^, catai.tf 
 fccond daughter of Richard Duke of York, and Cecily Nevil, Mb-bXi 
 was efpoufed to John de la Pole Duke of Suffblkg (fon of William 
 
 Duke 
 
®hap. 4. 
 
 Tit.an. 3 
 
 E.tf »M 
 ?• 
 
 Pat. an. 1 
 H. 7 .p. 1. 
 m. 14. 
 
 Owi. of 
 Nob. by 4. 
 £. 
 
 Cart.'$,C 
 
 ... . 
 
 Pdf. x. 
 
 3 . 71 . Z , 
 
 Tol. Firg. 
 
 571.H 10 
 
 ££ io. 
 
 Ibid.. 
 
 Tol. Firg. 
 f .609. 
 
 7 £/i. 
 
 /iii. ». 30 
 
 40. 
 
 Herbert 
 Hijl. of H. 
 8. MJ 
 3 *- 
 
 Ciifd/. of 
 Hob. by f. 
 B. 
 
 THE KJH.9 s of ENiqLANC'D, &c. 379 
 
 Duke of Suffolk^, by Alice his Wife, daughter and heir of Sir 
 Thomas Chaucer Kt. fon of Sir Geojfry Chaucer the famous Eng - y or \. 
 
 lifb Poet, buried ar Weft m infer ) to whom, and the heirs male *-- 
 
 of his Body King Edward I V. by Letters Patent bearing date 
 the a 5 of March , An. 3 Ecf 4. confirmed the name, ftile, title 
 and honour of Duke of SuffolkS, his Father having been crea¬ 
 ted Duke of the fame place by King Henry VI. Then, in the 
 18 th year of Edward IV. he was conftituted Lieutenant of 
 Ireland^ for the fpace of 20 years; and An. 1 H. 7. had gran¬ 
 ted to him the Office of Conftable of Wallingford Caftle. He 
 departed this life in the year 1491 .An yH.y. and was interred 
 in the Collegiate Church at Wing field, leaving Ifiue by £/zx^ 
 heth his Wile, five fons and four daughters, viz. John de la DeiaPoie, 
 c Pole Earl of Lincolne eldeft fony who was by Letters Patent da- Fefs inter three 
 ted the 1 3 th of March , An. 7 Ed. 4 created Earl of Lincolne ; ^Zbdofthrfe 
 which honour ("upon the lols of his former Patents) was re- Argent. 
 granted unto him the 4 tb of July, An. 8 Ed. 4. being the year 
 next following 5 which Patents were followed with a confir¬ 
 mation of King Richard 111. on the 14 th of February, An, 
 
 1 R. 3. This Earl John married Margaret Fit%-Alan, daugh¬ 
 ter of Thomas Earl of Arundel, and was (lain (without Ifliie) 
 at the Battel of Stoke in the County of Nottingham, taking 
 part with Martin Swarth againff King Henry VII. on the 20 th 
 day of June , and fecond year of the faid Kings Reign, 1487. 
 
 Edmond de la Pole Earl of Suffolk?, fecond fon of John 
 Duke of Suffolk? and Elizabeth of York, was the la ft Earl of De laPole, 
 Suffolk? of this Family (a bold,ftout and couragious Man, but refs inter three 
 very intemperate in his anger) he happened to kill a mean Mair, or^impa/ing' 
 which fa& King Henry VII. pardoned, but yet fuffered him to of.Zro/c.”* 
 be arraigned for the fame^which this Edmond took fo ill,that he 
 fhortly after departed the Realm, without the Kings leave,and 
 went into Flanders to his Aunt Margaret Duchefs of Burgundy 3 
 but upon his return, fo excufed himfelf, that he obtained the 
 Kings Pardon^ but not long after,while Prince Arthur's marriage 
 with Katherine of Spain was in agitation,and the peoples heads 
 were bulled with delights, he, with his brother Richard depar¬ 
 ted the fecond time into Flanders , againft the Kings Will and 
 Knowledge, where he remained as an Exile } but hearing that 
 fomeof his friends were put to death, and others committed to 
 perpetual imprifonment, he w r andred up and down, both in 
 France and Germany } where finding no place of reft or fafety, 
 he yielded himfelf into the hands of Philip Duke of Burgundy 
 and Earl of Flanders, and was at laft brought into England , and 
 beheaded on Tower Hill for Treafon,on the rpth of April, in the 
 year 1513. An. H. 8. His Wife was Margaret daughter of 
 Richard Lord Scroopc, by whom he had Ilfue a daughter named 
 Anne , a Nun in the Minoreftes without Aldgate in the Suburbs 
 of London. 
 
 Humphrey 
 
380 A QE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkjj'tj. 
 
 The Figure of 
 theSeal of this 
 Margaret, ex- 
 prclled hy Oli- 
 vari’.is Vredm 
 in Sigilla Co- 
 mit. Flan dri e 
 p. u<r.is exhi¬ 
 bited in the 
 page of 
 thisfifchBook: 
 On wbich,hcr 
 Arms, being 
 France and. 
 England quar¬ 
 terly, are im¬ 
 paled on a 
 Lozenge with 
 thcl'e of 
 Charles Duke 
 of Burgundy 
 her Husband, 
 who did bear 
 Quarterly of 
 four, tie firfl 
 Azure 3 Flow¬ 
 ers ds Lys Or,a 
 Border gobony. 
 Argent and 
 Gules, Bur¬ 
 gundy Mo- 
 derne.. i Par¬ 
 ty per Pale, 
 Bendy of 6 Or 
 and Azure a 
 Border Gules, 
 Anticnt Bur¬ 
 gundy, and 
 Sable a Lyon 
 rampant. Or, 
 Brabant. The 
 third quarter 
 as thefecond, 
 the fourth as 
 the firlf. Over 
 all, on anln- 
 efcocheon Or, 
 a Lyon rampant 
 Ja£/<?Flanders. 
 On the fidcs 
 of which Lo¬ 
 zenge are the 
 Letters C. for 
 Charles and 
 AT for Marga¬ 
 ret, tyed toge¬ 
 ther with true 
 Love-Knots, 
 the Seal being 
 circumfcribed 
 §&igiHmn 
 £lf?arsarere 
 tiuriffe luir; 
 
 nimble lir a r 
 
 bancle rotr.L 
 ttlTe flanlirie 
 tt arrfjcGe. 
 
 Hn mphrey de la Pole , third Ton of John Duke of Suffolk? Book 5* 
 and Elizabeth of Tori ^ was of the Church. Edward fourth 
 lor, was Archdeacon of Richmond. Richard fifth fon, was 
 (lain at the Battel of Pavie in Italy , fought An. 1525. Kathe¬ 
 rine de la Pole eldeft daughter, was married to William Lord 
 Stourton. Anne fccond daughter, a Nun at Syon. Dorothy 
 third daughter: and Elizabeth fourth daughter, was the Wife 
 of Henry Lovett Lord Morley. 
 
 (5. MARGARET of Y O R K, Duchefs of Burgundy , the 
 third daughter of Richard Duke of Yorh^ and Cecily Nevil^was 
 the third Wife of Charles the laft Duke of Burgurrdy of the dc France 
 
 o j Tom* "i pj 
 
 French Line, married unto him in the City of Dame, by the 
 Bifiiop of Salisbury , upon the 9th day of July, being Sunday, stow ctr. 
 in the 8 tb year of King Edward IV. her Brother, An. 1468. colli 
 by whom (he had not any I(Tue. 
 
 This Charles was a great affiftant to King EdwardW. his 
 Brother-in Law’, being expelled his Kingdom by King Hen¬ 
 ry V I. and was laftly flain at Nancy , upon the fifth day of Janu¬ 
 ary^ 1477. His Body was honourably buried in St George's 
 Church there, where he had ere&ed for him a magnificent Se¬ 
 pulcher, with his Effigies placed thereon, done to the life, the 
 Monument being circumfcribed with this Epitaph. 
 
 %t pads; pmgitft, te te&tttt atque qttfette 
 Carole, ncque facts i jamque qutefee tibu 
 
 Afterw ards, in the year 1^3. the Emperor Charles V. cau- 
 fed the Body of this Charles to be removed from Nancy to the 
 Church of our Lady at Bruges , and to be depofited in the Se¬ 
 pulcher of Mary of Burgundy his only daughter, before the 
 high Altar. The Duchefs Margaret out-lived her Husband Francis 
 many years, in which ffie was an unwearied aflertor of her own 
 Family ( the Houfe of Yorl^) againft King Henry V 11 . and ff,7 ‘ 
 the forger of rhofe counterfet Plantagenets , Perkin and Lam¬ 
 bert , that fo difquieted the Government of England: infomuch 
 that the Kings friends called her Juno , being to King Henry as 
 Juno was to JEtieasfi irring both Heaven and Earth againft him. 
 
 In the year 15 00 (he was Godmother to the Emperor Charles 
 V. which name he had at the Font in memory of this Charles 
 Duke of Burgundy his great Grandfather j and An. 1503. (he 
 departed this life at Malines , where (he was interred in the 
 Church of the Cordeliers. 
 
 13. V R S V L A pf YORK, fourth daughter of Richard 
 Duke of York^ y of whom no other mention is made, than of 
 
 her name. 
 
 13; ED- 
 
THE KJfCJjS OF E^CQLA^CV^c. 381 
 
 13. ED WARD IV. ma¬ 
 
 king of EJ^CjLAJf T> and FRANCE, 
 
 and Lord of IRELAND. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 .a) 
 
 Cat a}, of 
 Nob. by 
 
 B. 
 
 Speed. 
 Chron. p. 
 $fi.Col.i. 
 
 Holingjh. 
 p. 660. n. 
 10. 
 
 ry the eldeft Ton of Richard Duke The Figure of 
 of Torh^ deceafing in his infancy, this 
 Edward his fecond fon (by Cecily his Green Wax) 
 
 x j j jo exhibited 
 
 Wife, the youngeft daughter of in the 353 
 Ralphe Nevil the firft Earl of Weft- EBook* 5 
 norland) whofe birth at Roan,the Me- which 
 tropolis oiNormandy ,bears dare on the is reprefented 
 
 .7 4 r A 1 \ -i the Figure of 
 
 29/D day ol April , 1441.J was in the the King on 
 life time of his faid Father, as his el- his Throne 
 
 deft fon furviving, called Earl of 
 March ; through which Earldom , and the Mortimers, he derived 
 his Royal Title : who having won the Battel at Mortimers Crofs 
 
 in Royal 
 Robes; in his 
 right hand 
 holding a 
 Scepter, and 
 in his left a 
 Mound and 
 
 Crofs: audit the firfl Kjng of England, that in hit Seal is Crowned with an Arched Diadem:: On the right fide, 
 under his Royal Seat, is placed a ^o/e , and oppofite thereto a Sun, with which Devi ft s, his Throne is adorned, and 
 the ground of hisCounterfeal, diapred, whereon he is reprefented onHorfeback, his Surcoat, Shield, and theCapari- 
 zonsof his Steed, charged with the Arms of France and England quarterly. His Chapeau is encircled with a Crown 
 2 {oyal (the firft that appears in a Seal.) Upon which is placed the Lyon, his Creft. The faid Seal is on both fides, 
 -circmnfcribed, "OEtiteamia. bef. gratia, rer. anglie» er. franrie er. homimi?. hlbernfe. (every word being fepara- 
 ted< by a Rofe) and annexed to King Edward'% Charter , bearing date at Wejiminfter, the i^tb ’day of June, an. u 
 Ed. 4, Ex Begiftro IVeftmonajl. » 
 
 The Seal of his Earldom of March (reprefented in page 3*4.) is charged with an Efcocheon of Mortimer and 
 Burgh , quarterly , Enftgned with a Coronet, and Supported by two Lyons rampant guardant ( Argent ) their Tails pajfed be¬ 
 tween their Legs, and turned over their Backs ; which were the Supporters of Mortimer Earl of March, and io conti¬ 
 nued by King Edward IV. for that Earldom. This white Lyon is depicted in the Window of the Dining Room of 
 Dr. Durel, one of the Prebends of his Majefties Chappel Royal in Windfor Gallic; over which is a Scrole thus in- 
 Icribed, <£r romiraru tie d^arcbf. There is alfo painted a Faulcon Argent, within a Fetter- Lock, closed. Or ; fuper- 
 lcribed Cjc Duraru he j and in the fame Window, a Dragon fedant Sable corned Or, with this fuperfcription f 
 
 D d d d d near 
 
 near 
 
3 8 2 A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 m , fomitatn Tie SliHfler, which King Edward ufed to (how his defccnt from the Burghs Earls of Vlfter, whole Cog- Book 
 
 nirance was this Dragon. In a Window of the Staircafc in the faid Lodgings, I find two other Badges of this King, _ 
 
 throne beins a hull Sable, corned and hoofed Or, and over it a Scrole infcribed, ticmoje tie Share, which either 
 c^nifie his defccnt from Elizabeth, the youngeit filler and coheir of Gilbert de Clare , the laft Earl of Glocefter, 
 whey bv lohn de Eurgo or Burgh, was Mother of William Earl of Viper, Father of Elizabeth his only Child, Wife of 
 Lionel Duke of clarence: ortolhevv his Pedigree from the faid Lyonel, from whom he derived his Title to the Crown; 
 for Clare and Clarence are Synonymaes, and fignifie the iamc thing or matter. 
 
 The other Badge or Cognizance is a white Bart attired, accolled with a Coronet, and chained Or, on a Mount, Vert ; 
 and overit on the Scrole is written, dfr IKeseWltartio; which he alfo made ufe of, in hmourof King Efchard il. 
 whole Devife it was, and who an. 1387. had nominated Jfoger Mortimer Earl of March his Succeffor in the Kingdom 
 of England (as being fon of Thilipe onely Child of Lyonel Duke of Clarence, third fon of King Edward III. (King 
 Henry IV. being fonof. jp ohn Duke of Lancajkr, a fourth fon of that King) which Eoger was great Grandfather to 
 
 t ^l ftndlris Efcocheon fupported in three feveral places; Firft, in an Eaft-Winc’ow of Trinity Church in Chejler, his 
 Arms are painted Handing upon a Faulcon within a Fetterlock Enfigned with a Crown,and iupported with the Bullof 
 Clare and the Lyon of March. Secondly, over the Library Gate in the Univerfity of Cambridge, where his whole 
 Achievement is carved, the Arms are fupported with the two Lyons of Marchs and, Thirdly, upon the Tomb of 
 Oliver King on the South-fide the Choirc of Windjor Chappel, where his Efcocheon is painted, fupported with the 
 Lyon of March and the white Hart of KJng Ejchard II. and fuperferibed, iftef atDtioartiu* quarrtia 5 from which my 
 Reader may note, that he never omitted the Lyon of March in his Supporters. 
 
 The Badges of this King Edward IV. were the White Upfe and the Fetterlock, beforementioned, and the Sun after 
 the Battel of Mortimers Crofs, where three Suns were feen, immediately conjoining in one. 
 
 5 - 
 
 near Herefordf although the Lords his Confederates had loft that of 
 b't Albans ) from Ludlowe haftes towards London , being on his 
 way feconded by the ftout Earl of Warwick^ Richard Neyil, to 
 the great encreale of his numbers and power} which fo terrified jbid.p.cct 
 Queen Margaret , now ready to take poflefllon of the City of 
 London , that with King Henry and her fon Prince Edward , Che re¬ 
 tires, and the City unrefolved whether Prince to obey, confult 
 on their fafeft eftate i when, on the fuddain, March with War¬ 
 wick enter their Gates*, whofe warlike countenances fo daunt 
 the adverfe'party,that they begin with the firft to make his way to 
 the Throne, and the Nobility and Clergy offer him their fervices 
 to eftablifh his claim } whereupon the Earl of March (now Duke 
 of Yorlf) makes known his Title to the Crown, and declares Ibiin6o 
 how the Body of the whole Parliament formerly had thereunto 
 confented, and Henry himfelf fubferibed with his own Hand j 
 whofe poflefiion, though now carried through three defeents, yet 
 what right Lancaster had, they all knew, and how infufficient this 
 laft Man was for Rule, France to their diftionour did witnefs,where 
 all w as loft through his fimplicity and ncgle&. 
 
 Things thus urged, their voices went current that Edward was 
 the undoubted King,whereunto the Londoners the fooner yielded 
 for that his dreadful Army was then encamped in St John's Field, 
 in the midd’ft of which, upon Sunday the third of March , he was 
 Anno 14*1. proclaimed King} and upon the next day,with all Pomp attended 
 to Wejhninjler , and fet upon the Kings Seat in the Hall, where 
 holding the Scepter of St Edward in his hand, the voice of the 
 people was again demanded, and again granted. 
 
 But before he could be Crowned,he is forced to march towards 
 the North, the 1 %th of the fame Month, having the day before in 
 Cheapftde beheaded one Walter Walter a London Grocer, for fome 
 words fpoken againft him. By eafie Journeys he comes to Few 
 freil , whence fending the Lord Fit*-Walter to ftop the pafiage 
 at Ferry brig • King Henry's Army from York advances, comman¬ 
 ded by Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerfet , Henry Percy Earl of 
 Northumberland , and John Lord Clifford , the laft whereof fet- 
 ting upon thofe that guarded the Ferrybrig , defeated them, with 
 
 the 
 
THE KJK 9 s ENiqLAW'T>, 8 cc. 383 
 
 Chap. 5. the death of the Lord Fit^ Walter, and the baftard of Salisbury : Edward IV. 
 ^ whereof the Earl of Warwick^ being informed, came polling to 
 King Edward, and killing his Horfe in his prefence, protelled to 
 (land by him to the death; whereupon King Edward appointing 
 William Lord F auconberg, and Sir Walter Blount to lead the Vant- 
 guard, they upon their march near Dardmgdale encounter with the 
 Lord Clifford , whom, with Sir John Nevil , Grandfon to the Earl 
 of Weftmorland, they flew, and put their Forces to flight. The 
 next day, being Palme Sunday , King Edwards Van led as before 
 by Fauconbridge and JBWwt,came into a plain field near unto Tan?- Sttdef * 
 ton } from whence, taking a full view of King' Henrys Army, Tmton ‘ 
 which they found to be 60000, and their own not above 40600, 
 proclamation was made that no quarter (hould be given } and 
 Fauconberg advancing (the Enemy now in fight) gave dire&ion 
 to his Archers, that upon a Signal by him given, every man to 
 (hoot a flight Arrow provided for that purpole, and then to fall 
 back three paces and ftand which the Enemy anfwering with 
 their Bows, all their Arrows fell fhorr, and flicking in the ground, 
 when they came to a clofe Encounter, (ogauled their legs, that it 
 proved a main caufe of their overthrow, though the Battel con¬ 
 tinued ten hours doubtfull, till the Earl of Northumberland , the 
 Lords Beaumont , Grey , Dacres and Wells , with many Knights and 
 Gentlemen were (lain. The Dukes of Somerfet and Exceter fled, 
 leaving the bloodied Vi&ofy behind them to King Edward that 
 fince the Conqued hath been feen in England } there falling on 
 both fides 3*5781 perfons, and not one prifoner taken befides the 
 Earl of Devonjbire. 
 
 j ohn King Henry with his Queen being then at York^, fly to Barwicb^, 
 
 Lefly. where leaving the Duke of Somerfet, they pafs into Scotland, where, 
 
 upon furrender of the Caftle of Barwicl \, they have fair promifes 
 of afliftance from that King, whiffl Queen Margaret and Prince 
 Edward her fon fet fail for France , and arriving there, obtain of 
 King Lewis XI. that all friends of King Edward are prohibited 
 flay or traffick in his Dominions, which to King Henry's is freely 
 allowed. 
 
 This great Vi&ory thus obtained, King Edward advances to 
 York L, where taking down the heads of his Father and his Parta¬ 
 kers, there fet upon Poles, the Earl of Devonfbire , with three 
 others are fet up in their places whence returning to London , he 
 is triumphantly received, and upon his entrance into the Tower, 
 having created leveral Knights, he rode from thence (on the 28 th 
 Edm&i of J Me -> *461) to the City of Wefiminfter, with great folem- 
 mile in n ity, and was Anointed and Crowned in the Abbey of St Peter 
 the day following. 
 
 ibidem. Upon which,in a Parliament held there,he repealed all the A&s 
 of King Henry prejudicial to his Titlewvherein John Earl of Oxford, 
 
 Aubrey deVere his fon, Sir ffohn Fiddingham Knight, William Tir- 
 rel and Kalphe Montgomery Efquires,were without anfwer condem¬ 
 ned and beheaded j and to encourage his friends, he created his 
 
 brothers 
 
384 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorkjjis. brothers George, Duke of Clarence , and Richard , Duke of Gloce- Book 5* 
 
 Jfer : John Lord Nevil , brother to Richard Earl of Warwick^ he 
 made firft a Vifcount,then Marquis Mountacute \ Henry Bourchier, 
 brother to the Archbiffiop of Canterbury , Earl of j and Wil¬ 
 liam Nevil Lord Fauconberg, Earl of Ke«f: which twolaft, with 
 the Lords Audley and Clinton, he fent to fcower the Sea c , who lan- 
 Anno 14 61. ding in Britaine , took the Town of ConqueH and Jjle of Bee, and 
 then returned ; at which time Henry Beaufort Duke of Somerfet , 
 
 Ralph Percy, and divers othersj fubmitted to King Edward's mer- 
 Anno g cy,who freely pardoning them,declared the fame to all that would 
 do the like. 
 
 Queen Margaret having obtained of the French King the aid of 
 500 men, lands at Finmouth, but being forced to Sea again, is 
 by tempeft driven to Barwick^ where (he faves her life, but loofes 
 her ffiips and goods j whereupon, fhortly after, having got toge¬ 
 ther a great number of Scots and other Affiftants, (he, with the 
 The Battel of King her Husband, enter Northumberland, where, near Exham,hef 
 Exbm, ^ rm y being encompafted by the Marquis Montacute, was with 
 much (laughter overcome} Henry Beauford Duke of Somerfet 
 (who had lately revolted ) the Lords Roos, Hungerford , Molins , 
 Wentworth and Huffy, Sir John F indent and Sir Ralph Gray Knights, 
 with others, taken Prifoners, the firft whereof was prefently be- Idrv mll 
 headed at Exham, and the reft not long after at Newcajlle', and «**».3 £ * 
 Sir Ralph Gray being firft folemnly degraded, his gilt Spurs 4 
 cut from his Heels by the Mafter Cook, his Sword broken over his sums An- 
 Head, his Coat-Armour rent,another reverfed put on by the King Mls ' 
 of Arms, was fo led to his execution. But King Henry himfelf crafton. 
 efcaped into Lancafibire (Grafton faith into Scotland) the Queen 
 with her Ion into France } where alfo ^fafper Earl of Pembroke the 
 Kings half Brother, with fomeother perfonsof Notefiying, lived 
 in great mifery. 
 
 Anno I4 * 4 . But King Edward at this time no lefs willing to perform the Of¬ 
 fice of King as well in Peace as War, for three days together (in 
 Michaelmas Term) fat publickly with his Judges on the Kings 
 Bench,not only to inform himfelf of the orders of that Court,but to 
 reform what was needful both at Bench and Bar: ordering likewife 
 the Officers of his Exchequer to moderate their Fees, and to be 
 more intentive to the benefit of the Subjeft, than their own 
 unjuft gain. 
 
 And now, being about 23 years of age, King Edward is ad* 
 vifed by his Counfel to take a Wife, for the prefervation of his 
 Pofterity ^ for which, after feveral proffers, no place was thought 
 fo convenient to match in, as France , nor no Lady for all perfonal 
 qualities, and many reafons of State fo fit as the Lady Bona , ibid.fou 
 daughter to Lewis Duke o( Savoye, lifter to the prefent Queen of “ 3 * 
 France, and now refiding in the French Court. To treat of 
 which Marriage the Earl of Warwick^ is immediately difpatched 
 into France *, to whofe Propofals the French very readily com 
 defeend : But King Edward not fo fortunate,hunting in the mean 
 
 time 
 
Chap 5. 
 
 John Hat- 
 dings con¬ 
 tinuer. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fol . 
 114 . b. 
 
 THE KJK 9 S 0F E 3 stqLA*CD,&.c, 385 
 
 time in Witchwood Forreft,and coming to the Mannor of Grafton , Edward. iv t 
 happened there to be fo bewitched with the Lady Elizabeth 
 Grey y the young Widdow of Sir John Grey of Groby, that it 
 had altfioft proved his mine ^ who applying herfelf to him a Sui¬ 
 tor for fome Lands as a Joynture left her by her Husband Gain 
 againft: King Edward at the Battel of St Alban, fo prevailed over 
 him, that he became a Suitor to her j for what, fince by wanton 
 perfwafion he could not obtain, he fought and did accomplifh 
 by too hafty a Marriage, at his Mannor of Grafton in Northam- His Marriage, 
 ptonfbire , upon the firft day ot May , 1464. and on the 26th 
 of May , in the year following (he was crowned at Wefminfier 
 with all due folemnity. ' 
 
 This Queen Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Richard JVidevileKt. 
 afterwards created Earl Rivers (by his Wife Jaquetta Duchefs of 
 of Bedford , the Relift of John Duke of Bedford , and daughter of 
 Peter of Luxemburg Earl of St Paul ) was King Edward‘s Wife 
 18 years, 11 months, and pdayes, not more fortunate in attain¬ 
 ing to the height of worldly honour than unhappy in the murther 
 of her two Ions, and lofs of her own liberty : for in the begin¬ 
 ning of her Husbands Reign, fhe was forced to take fan&uary at 
 Wejiminjlcr y where her firft fon Prince Edward was born j and 
 at his death did the like for fear of the Prote&or Richard Duke of 
 Glocetfer. And laftly, having all her Pofteftions feized on by 
 King Henry VII. lived in mean Eftate in the Monaftery of Ber - 
 wondjey in Southwarke, where not long after fhe left the troubles 
 of her life, and enjoyed a quiet Burial Place by her later Hus¬ 
 band King Edward IV. at Windfor , of whom (he had obtained 
 licence to finifh the Foundation of Queens-Collcdgc in Cambridge , 
 begun by Queen Margaret of Anjou her immediate Prcdeceflor, 
 which was accomplifhed in the fixth year of his Reignj 
 
 Warwick^ being informed that the wanton King had got a new 
 Wife, and that in his courting the Lady Bona he had only bea¬ 
 ten the bufh abroad, but King Edward at home had taken the 
 Bird, upon his return diffembled his difcontent, till drawing to 
 his party his two Brothers, the Archbifhop of Torl^ and the Mar- 
 
 p?ars in their 
 
 Seals. The Queen bears therein, Quarterly of 6 peeces, 3 in Chief, and 3 in Bafe: The firft quarter is, Argent, a Lyon, 
 rampant, queve forche Gules, crowned Proper, and was the Paternal Coat-Armour of her Mothers Father Peter Earl of 
 St Paul, Surnamed of Luxemburg, secondly. Quarterly, Gules a Starr Argent, and Azure J'emee of Flower de Luces 
 Or, the third as the fecond, the fourth as the firfi, by the name of Baux, and were the Arms of this Queen Elizabeths 
 Grandmother, Margaret the daughter of Francis de Baux Duke of Andree. Thirdly, Barry of 10 Argent and Azure, 
 over all a Lyon rampant Gules: Luzignian Ciprus. Fourthly, Gules, three Bendletts, Argent, a Chief parted per Fefs, Ar¬ 
 gent charged with a red fiofe, and Or ; being the Arms of her great Grandmother Sufan daughter of the Earl of Vrftns, 
 and Wife of Francis de Baux aforefaid , Duke of Andree. The fifth is. Gules, 3 Pallets varry, Argent and Azure 
 
 on a Chief Or a Label of five points Azure, borne by the name of St Paul, and was the Arms of.Countelsof 
 
 St Paul, the Wife of Guy of Luxemburg, the great Grandfathers Father of Queen Elizabeth, who in the fixth and laft 
 quarter placed her Paternal Coat of Woodvile, viz. Argent a Fefife and Canton, Gules. Thus were thefe feveral Coats 
 Marfhalled for the honour of this Queen, to Ihew theilluftrious Nobility of her Maternal D.fcent (and impaled in 
 the Royal Efcocheon with thofe of King Edward IV. who firftofall our Kings married his Subject) in imitation of 
 which many afterwards did the like; which fo increafed, that of late fome have packed near One hundred in one 
 Shield. And this is to fhew their right; for it was objected againft pichard Duke of Fork,, when he claimed the 
 Crown as heir to Lionel Duke of Clarence, that he did not bear the faid Dukes Arms: But he anfwered thereunto, 
 
 The Figure of 
 this Queen 
 Elizabeths 
 Seal (of red 
 Wax) is re- 
 prefented in 
 the 3*2 page 
 of this fifth 
 Book, which 
 contains an 
 Efcocheon of 
 King Edwards, 
 and her Arms, 
 and Quarte- 
 terings, impa¬ 
 led , under 
 a Coronet , 
 compofed of 4 
 Crolfespatce, 
 and as many 
 Flowers de 
 Lize, and be¬ 
 tween them 8 
 Flowers of a 
 leifcr fize: 
 and fupported 
 by the white 
 Lyon of 
 March on the 
 right fide, and 
 on the left 
 with a Grey¬ 
 hound, ac- 
 colled and 
 chained , 
 which laft w r as 
 the Supporter 
 of the Nevils 
 Earls of Weft- 
 merland, as ap- 
 
 That he might lawfully have done it, but did forbear it for a time, as he did from making his claim to the Crown. 
 
 1 he ; itl son thisSeal, and thofe in her Inftrument, to which it is annexed, are alike, in which fhe writes herfelf 
 Elizabetha Deigracia Pegina Anglie etFrancie Domina Hibernie. It bears date, fubmagno Jigillo nojho apud Caflrum de 
 Wyndejore vicefimo fextodie Mai) anno fiegni metuendijfimi Domini mei Pegti Edwardi quartipoji conquejlum Anglie fexco.L.% 
 Charcis Dorn: Hen; Com: Huntington & F. 3 fol.^o.ufq; 65. in Coll. Arm. 
 
 1 he fame Impalement of King Edward IV. and this Queen Elizabeth, is painted on a Banner in /. 2. Standards 
 in, Coll. Armorum} and her Quarterings alone were painted in the fourth \Veft-Window of the Cloifters at Fo <* 
 theringhay. 
 
386 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 _ _— ---- — ------ "1 » 
 
 Torkjlls. qais Mount acute,attempting likewife the Kings two Brothers, Cla - B °ok $ 
 rence and Glocejler , but not daring to truft the refervednefs of ~ 
 the latter, he proceeds upon the ArA; whom he found as ready 
 to agree in complaints againft his Brother, as the Earl of War- Richard 
 wicl^ was to urge the wrongs he had done him by the King:which 0 f A ( ton ^ 
 bred fuch a compliance betwixt them, that Clarence taking to 
 Wife the Earls daughter, was then acquainted with his intention 
 to reAore King Henry ; to which the Duke of Clarence gave appro¬ 
 bation, and promiled hisutmoAafliAance. 
 
 Anno r 4 <r y . Whil’A thus much good is propofed for that fad Prince, he 
 miferably wandring in difguite trom one place to another, was 
 at laA difcovered and taken in Torkfbire ; from whence, with 
 his Legs tycd under the Horfe-beliy, he is carried towards Lon - 
 don ; but by the way is met by the Earl of Warwick., by whom 
 (though now privately his bed: Friend) he is committed to the 
 Tower, together with Dr. Manning Dean of Windfor^ Dr. Beadle , 
 and one Ellerton , all taken in company of King Henry. 
 
 Richard Earl of Warwick. having fpent the lad: year in the 
 Anno 14^8. forgeing of his dedgns, and now beginning to Air, fends to 
 his two Brothers the Archbifhop and the Marquis, who in Tori >- 
 Jljire prefently raife a commotion; againA whom , King Ed- 
 T^atteiof war d fending William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, with an Army of Edward 
 Mury. Weljb y who having in a firA Encounter a tHedgecote Aain Sir Henry 
 New/,and being now upon the point of Vi&ory, one John Clap- 
 ham,2 l Servant of the Earl of Warwicks y came in with 500 Coun¬ 
 try Fellows,and difplaying his Lords Banner,on which was painted 
 his white Bear y cryed a Warwick , a Warwick b which the Earls 
 party hearing, turned their backs, and were to the number of 
 5000 dain, the Earl of Pembroke himfelf, and Sir Richard Her- ^ 
 bert his Brother, having fought bravely, were made Prifoners, stows 
 and at Banbury beheaded. Whereupon the Northamptonflaire AmAls * 
 Men, under the condurA of Robin of Riddfclale , rifing with the 
 Rebels, came to Grafton , where they feiz’d upon Earl River* 
 
 (Father to the Queen^) with his fon Sir John Widevile ; brought 
 them to Northampton , and there took off their heads ;• upon 
 which the Earl of Warwick. joined them; but hearing of King 
 Edwards approach with a numerous Army, he, with George Duke 
 of Clarence his Son-in Law, retreat Northwards, keeping King 
 Edward in fufpence with Propofals of Accommodation, till at 
 la A near Warwick they furprize him in his Bed, and fend him 
 Prifoner to the Archbifhop of Tork at Midelham ; from whence 
 not long after he made his efcape and got to Tork., and thence to 
 Lancajler , where, with the Lord Hajlings , raifing fome Forces he 
 came to London. 
 
 Warwick, and Clarence upon this, preparing to raife more For¬ 
 ces,by intermediation of fome Lords,an Interview (with Oaths of 
 fecurity on both fidestaken)is agreed on,to be in Weflminfler Hall, 
 between King Edward and his Brother Clarence , with the othet 
 difcontented Lords, which came to nothing ; but parting worfe 
 
 friends 
 
Chap. 5. 
 
 j Edward. 
 Halle in 
 tn. 9 E. 4. 
 
 ihil.C mi¬ 
 mes l. 3. 
 tap. 4. 
 
 THE KJKQS of E^qLANlVt&c. 387 
 
 friends than they met, the King removes to Canterbury, and the Edward IV : 
 Duke and Earl to Warwick^ which they take in their way to ~~ ~~ 
 
 Lincolne^ where Sir Robert Wells , with their Forces under his com¬ 
 mand was appointed to meet them ; whom leaving there,they de¬ 
 part Northward to raife more •, during which time, King Edward 
 fends to the Lord Wells, together with his Son-in Law Sir Thomas 
 Dymocb^ to come before him, who fearing the w'orft, took fan&u- 
 ary ; but upon the Royal Word for fafety; they appeared , 
 whereupon the King commanding the Lord Wells to write to 
 his fon Sir Robert to forfake the Earls party, he did accordingly, 
 but not prevailing they were both beheaded j whereof Sir Robert 
 Wells having advice, and that King Edward in the head of a great The Battel 0 f 
 Army was advanced to Stamford, he, to revenge his Fathers death, Loojecoate'a; 
 though he knew himfelf too weak, adventured to give the King ^ Ui I47 °* 
 Battel, where he being taken Prifoner, loft the day, with 10000 
 men, and his head into the bargain. 
 
 The fad news of this defeat quickly put Warwick^ and the Con¬ 
 federate Lords upon confutations for their fafety, who thereupon 
 at Dartmouth take (hipping for Calais , where they are denied en¬ 
 trance by Vawclere the chief Captain , from whence therefore 
 weighing anchor for Normandy, they take in their paftage feveral 
 rich fliips of Bttrgundy y and land in France , and being aflifted by 
 that King, they not long after land at Dartmouth again,and march 
 Northward whom King Edward purfuing, finding few that wil¬ 
 lingly adhered to him, and what flocking there was from all parts 
 to the Earl of Warwick at Nottingham forfakes his Army, and 
 with his Brother the Duke of Glocefier and the Lord Haflings 
 comes to Lyn •, where finding two Holland Veffels and one Eng- 
 lijh , ready to fail, they with about 700 men goon board thern^ 
 and ftand over for the Coaft of Flanders. 
 
 Upon this, the Duke of Clarence and Earl of Warwick^ march 
 to London , and Queen Elizabeth from the Tower removes to 
 fanftuary at Wejhninfter , and is there delivered of her fon Prince 
 Edward, when Warwick^ cntring the Tower with John Earl of 
 Oxford , and Jafper Earl of Pembroke, remove King Henry (now 
 nine years a Prifoner^) to his own Lodgings; from whence, OSlo- 
 her 6, they rode in triumph with him through London to the Bi- 
 fhops Place, where he refted till the 1 3th y on which day he 
 went in Proceffion Crowned to St Pauls ; prefently after which, 
 a Parliament is called at Weftminjier , wherein King Edward is de¬ 
 clared a Ufurper, his Brother the Duke of Glocefler a Traitor,and 
 both their Inheritances confifcated to King Henry. 
 
 About this time Jafper Earl of Pembroke going into Walesj 
 found there the Lord Henry fon to Margaret daughter and heir of 
 John Beaufort the firft Duke of Somerfet , not then above ten 
 years old, and foftred with the Lady Herbert j him the Earl 
 brought away with him to King Henry $ of whom the King fpake 
 prophetically to this purpofe, Much Jlriving there is between us 9 
 but this is he to whom both Wee and our Adverfaries mu$l fnbmit 5 
 
 when 
 
 King Hew 7 is 
 rcitored. 
 
388 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 0 _ ' 
 
 Torfyls. when at that time many of both Houfes were alive to precede Book 5- 
 him. 
 
 Anno i 47 i. Shortly after this, King Edward being furnifhed with 18 tall 
 fhips, 200 Dutch men, and 50000 Florensot Gold, by means 
 of the Duke of Burgundy, lands at Ravenfpur in Yorkfbire , from 
 whence coming to Yor^ and finding there cold entertainment,he 
 thinks it beft to change his pretence, and in imitation of his Fa¬ 
 ther (who in like manner no lefs than thriceforfwore himfelf)there 
 took his Oath, receiving the Sacrament upon it, that he only came 
 to recover his Inheritance, meaning perhaps the Crown (as fome 
 will fay to fave him from Perjury) in every place where he came 
 Proclaiming King Henry himfelf, and wearing an Eflrich Feather, 
 which was Prince Edwards Livery by this means, and the re¬ 
 turn of the Duke of Clarence to his Loyalty, he came to Lon- 
 dotty and is there joyfully received of the Citizens, who deli¬ 
 ver King Henry into his hands, 
 
 Warwick^ being upon his march alfo towards London , had this Ki chlri 
 bad news at St Albans y and thereupon advances to Barnet , upon foi^T 7 . 
 the 1 yth of Aprils being Eafier Eve, where King Edward (having 
 King Henry there a Prifoner) with his Forces gave him the meet- 
 feattd of M- ing 5 fothat upon Easier day in the morning began that terrible 
 Fight called Barnetfieldy whereof the Earl of Warwick^ had cer¬ 
 tainly been Vi&or had not a ftrange mifchance happened, by rea- 
 fon of a Mift, which fo confounded the Earl of Oxford's men, 
 who wearing a Star with Streames on their Liveries, and King Ed¬ 
 ward's a Sun , were miftaken and fhot at by the Earl of War- 
 wicky Archers whereupon Oxford crying Treafon , fled with 
 800 men , by which their Army became wholly defeated ; 
 Richard Earl of Warwick^ with his Brother John Marquis Mona * 
 tacute, fold their lives at a dear rate,there being flain above 10000 Edward 
 on both fides, whereof on the Kings, the Lords Cromwell , Say, * * 
 and the fon of M ountjoye on the Earls party, the Duke of 
 Exceter left for dead, got to Wejlminfter , and there took fan£lu- 
 ary , the Bodies of the two Nevils put into one Coffin, were 
 brought to London , where for three days they lay barefaced,and 
 were afterwards buried with their Anceftors in the Priory of 
 Bifbam. 
 
 And now (kept back by Tempefi) when it was too late,came 
 Queen Margaret (with her fon Prince Edward , who had newly 
 married Warwicks younger daughter) from Harfleur , and landed 
 at Weymouth but feeking to get into Wales to Jafper Earl of 
 The Battci of Y e mb rohg, {he was crofled by King Edward ztYewkesbury, on 
 
 ^ ourt ^ day of May f 1471. An. 11 Ed. 4. and there in Battel i^cbard 
 overthrown, her fon flain by the Duke of Glocejler y and herfelf f 2 r f t0 A n 
 fent Prifoner to London , and afterwards ranfomed by the French *>• 
 
 King. Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerfety and his Brother John , 
 
 John Long&rother Prior of St Johns , Sir Gervafe Cliftony Sir Tho¬ 
 mas Trejhanty with twelve other Knights and Gentlemen) before 
 Richard Duke of Glocejlery as Conftable of England) were the yth 
 
 of 
 
THE KJW. 9 S 0 F E^CqLA^ 2 >,<Scc. 389 
 
 Chap. 5. of May condemned and beheaded in the 11 th year of King Ed - Edward iv. 
 “ ward’s Reign, An, 1471. Upon this defeat Thomas Baftard of 
 Falconberg,t hen at Sea with a great Navy, and 17000 men, came 
 up the Thames to London, demanding the reftauration of King 
 Henry V I. where being denied entrance,he fired Aldgate , but was 
 by Robert Baffet and Ralph Jocelin , with the Citizens, ftoutly re* 
 pulfed, and purfued as far as Blackball , for which good fervice, 
 
 King Edward upon his coming to London, rewarded the two Al¬ 
 dermen and Vrfwich^ the Recorder, with the Order of Knight¬ 
 hood. 
 
 Edward And now to make fure work, and that King Henry might not 
 
 f* any more be the caufe of difturbance,the Duke of Glocefier coming Anno 1473] 
 to the Tower, and finding him at his Devotion, as not concerned 
 at thefe diftrafrions, with his Dagger in his Hand , fiab’d him to 
 the heart, a Parliament now declaring him an Ufurper, and King 
 Edward lawful King, when not half a year before another had 
 declared the quite contrary. 
 
 ibid foi. Laftly, to be fully fecured and rid of all fufpe&ed Perfons, 
 izi-b. King Edward fentthe Archbifhop of Torb^ prifoner to the Caftle 
 of Guifnes, and the Earl of Oxford , ("who had lately furrendred 
 Edward him felt) to that of Hammes, where for twelve years together 
 h e rema i n ed fo clofe, that his Lady (not being fuflfered to 
 come near him) was, for want of maintenance, forced to fuflain 
 ibid. her felf by her Needle. Jafper Earl of Pembroke, and Henry Earl of 
 Richmond flying into the Duke of Bretagnes Countrey,lived there 
 very obfcurely *, but the Duke of Excettr (though Brother*in Law 
 both eo King Edward and the Duke of Bnrgoigne ) was by 
 Comines, ashimfelf relates,feen in that Countrey barefoot begging 
 his bread \ and though afterwards the Duke allowed him iome 
 lmall Penfion, yet within a fhort while he was found dead, and 
 ifript upon Dover Sands. 
 
 sjchard King Edward being now quiet at home, isperfwaded by the AM01474. 1 
 zzfT. Duke of Bnrgoigne to make War upon France j when failing thi¬ 
 ther with 15 00 men of the Nobility and Gentry, 1 5000 Archers, 
 and 8000 common Soldiers,he fends before him his Herald,to de¬ 
 mand the Crown of the King of France• who, having read his Let¬ 
 ters,returns this Anfwer,fr is far belter for the new King thy Mafler to 
 trujl ns an old Adverfary than two fuch new Deceivers , as (if he 
 comply with them ) he will find the Dnke of Burgoigne, and the 
 Earl of St Paul to be : And fo commend me to thy Mafier. Which 
 the Herald promifing to do, was, with*an honourable reward of 
 300 Crowns, and a rich piece of Crimfon-Velvet for himfelf, and 
 a Prefent of a ftately Horfe,a wild Boar and a Wolf>for the King, 
 gracioufly difmift. 
 
 This Anfwer King Edward receiving at Calais , at firfl: gave no 
 credit to } but afterwards finding true, he was willing to hearken 
 to Propofals of Peace, which not long after was for nine years 
 concluded at Amiens, upon thefe Conditions: 
 
 That the French King Jhonldpay to the Kingof England forth- 
 
 F f f f f with 
 
390 A QEWEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 lorkjfts, with the Sum of 75000 Crowns, and thenceforth annually 50000 Book 5. 
 
 Crowns during King Edward's life, and that, within one year, the 
 Lady Elizabeth, King Edward’/ Daughter Jhould be married to the 
 
 were included, if they would accept thereof; which the Duke of Grafton f ; 
 Burgoigne coming to the Englifli Camp, after many reproaches to 
 King Edward, refufed. 
 
 Hereupon great (hews of friendfhip pafled between the two 
 King?) and an Enterview fumptuoufly performed at a Town called 
 Picquiney, three miles from Amiens , (eated in a bottom upon the 
 River of Soame, over which was ere&ed a ftrong Bridge, with a 
 grate in the middle} at which both the Kings being met,took their { b £'Jf' 
 Oaths reciprocally to obfervethe new made Peace,King Edward 
 having with him his Brother the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of 
 Northumberland, and at his back his whole Army j and with the 
 French King, came his Brother the Cardinal, and John Duke of 
 Bourbon , with 800 Men at Arms} where, after many Comple¬ 
 ments, he invited King Edward to Paris *, but the King wifely 
 refufing the courtefie, had the Compofition Money paid him ; Edward 
 and the Hoftages being delivered on both (ides, he returned to 
 Calais, and fo for England. 
 
 Anno i47j. Where his domeftick troubles being throughly quieted,he cafts *i cb - Gr «F 
 a jealous eye upon Henry Earl of Richmond, the eldeft Son of ajs b! 37 ' 
 Margaret the daughter and heir of ffohn Beaufort Duke of Somer - 
 fet } which Henry had fled into Brittany with Jafper Earl of Pem- 
 ■ broke his Uncle,and by continual follicitations, and no fmall Sums 
 of Money, fo works upon Francis Duke of Britaine , that the 
 Earl ot Richmond is delivered into the hands of his Embafladors, 
 who pretended their Mafter King Edward (to end all contenti¬ 
 ons betwixt him and the Houfeof Lancafler, of which Earl Hen¬ 
 ry was a Branch) would marry him to his eldeft daughter the Lady 
 Elizabeth ("which afterwards came to pafi) but it now happen¬ 
 ed, that the Embafladors and the Earl being ftayed at St Malo»s 
 by contrary winds} Duke Francis , by one John Chevlet, an able 
 Councellor, and in high efteem among the Nobility of Britaine, 
 is made fenfible of his error, in delivering up the Earl to King Ed¬ 
 ward, againft the Laws of Hofpitality and San&uary, who in- 
 ftead of marrying him to his daughter,did really defignto efpoufe 
 Richmond to a Grave, thereby to fecure himfelf from future 
 troubles. 
 
 Upon this the Duke of Britaine with allfpeed fends his Trea- 
 furer Peter Landoys to St Malo>s , who fo dexteroufly managed his 
 affair with the Embafladors, that the Earl of Richmond found op¬ 
 portunity to efcape into an inviolable Sag&uary *, upon which 
 they depart without other fatisfa&ion than aflurance from the 
 Duke, that Richmond (hould be fo confined, that King Edward 
 might receive no difturbance from him. 
 
 Anno 1478. And now, by the pregnant ambition and pra&ice of the Duke nicb.Graf- 
 of Clocejler the King’s Brother, George Duke of Clarence was firft 
 
 committed 
 
JflfingtanBaroni Mo nek de tothen^Bmucham.of 
 Sac&fleaigMyslatisfKcrutmm Cafitaneo Qcncra i dSnmmmi.HornoS^ii. 
 h^dwKdi /putam mjJcdlo Ryi/wmfynaifi fitt.fubnujso ailtuB.DD. t - -i 
 
 <simjdPotentiJsuno Prinapi ffcorgioDua Albcmarlue.Comiti de, 
 irolo fee undo ab intimis Cubiculis, elSanctioribus Confilifs, Otnniunu M^ 
 ro.nobilijsimiOrdims ^prtcryf^mti,HincTuniiJuScrenjfsimLK^LS ^0^ 
 
 iiASicfcatik 
 
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THE KJ 3 ^qs: 0 F E*cgLAy(T>,&c. 39 i 
 
 Edroa.nl 
 Hall fol. 
 241.& 
 
 1480a 
 
 Chap. 5. committed to the Tower, and ftiortly after drowned in a Butt of Edvard tV* 
 Malmefey i not without the Kings knowledge, as was fuppofed, 
 which however he afterwards repented. 
 
 About this time the Scots propounded a Marriage between the 
 Kings eldeft fon James Duke of Rothfay , and the Lady Cecily fe- 
 cond daughter to King Edward , whereto the King and Council 
 readily agreeing, part of the Portion was pay’d, on condition that 
 if the Match ftiould notfucceed, the fame to be returned again j 
 both which the Scots negle&ing, King Edward fent an Army in¬ 
 to Scotland , under the command of the Duke of Glocefler ; to 
 whom the Scots readily fubmitting, promifed to pay the Money 
 demanded, withal furrendring the Town and Caftle of Berwick 
 whereof the Engliih had been then 1 1 years difpoffeft ; notwith- 
 Handing which the Money was never paid. 
 
 After this King Edward understanding by his Lieger Ambaffa- 
 dor in France , that that King not only denied payment of the 
 forementioned annual Tribute of 50000 Crowns ftipulated by 
 the forefaid Articles of Peace, but had alfo married the Dauphin 
 
 Ibid. fol. 
 M 3 - 
 
 Richard 
 
 Graftonf. 
 
 248. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fol. 
 238. 
 
 /.3./-9S 
 /. n.p.84. 
 in Coll. 
 Am. 
 
 Ibid. 
 
 to the Emperors * Sons daughterly advice of his Council he pre- ? Maximilians ; 
 fently proclaimed War, but before preparations could be fuffici- 
 ently made, he was himfelf prevented by death, deceafingofa His death, ^ 
 Quartane Ague, at his Palace of IVejhmnfier , on the gth of Aprils l483 * 
 
 An. 1483. in the 42 year of his age, and the 22 of his Reign, 
 adding one month and five dayes. He lies buried at Windjor in 
 the new Chappel ("whofe Foundation himfelf had laid, being 
 all the Works of Piety by him left) under a Monument of Steel 
 poliflied and gilt, reprefenting a pair of Gates, betwixt two 
 Towers, all of curious tranfparent Workmanfliip ("after the Go- 
 thick manner) which is placed in the North Arch (faced through 
 with Touch-Stone) near to the High Altar, as more exa&ly ap* 
 peareth by the reprefentation thereof here inferted. 
 
 The manner of this Kings Interment was thus, firfi:, The His burial, 
 Corps was covered from the Navel to the Knees, and fo laid up¬ 
 on a board all naked, and fo continued ten or twelve hours,that 
 all the Lords both Spiritual and Temporal then being in London or 
 about might look on him, and the Lord Mayor and his Brethren 
 faw him fo lying,and then he was Seared. Then on the morrow af¬ 
 ter he was brought into the * Chappel of St Stephen , where there * Now the 
 were three Maffes Sung, the firft of our Lady , the fecond of the common*’ 
 Trinity , the third of Requiem and in the afternoon there was 
 Sung Dirige aud Commendam: and at night, well watched with 
 Nobles and his Servants. He refted in this order eight days,and 
 on Wednefday, being the 1 yth day of the month of Aprihbove- 
 faid>the Body was conveyed into the Abbey of Weftminfler^ borne 
 by feveral Knights and Efquires that were for his Body, having 
 upon the Corps a rich and large black Cloth of Gold,with a Crofs 
 of Cloth of Silver, and above that a rich Canopy of Cloth Im¬ 
 perial, fringed with Gold and black Silk, borne by four Knights, 
 having at the Corners four Banners, alfo borne by four Knights, 
 
 ' . ' ' the 
 
A gE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 thefirftof the Trinity, the fecond of our Lady, the third of St Books. 
 George, and the fourth of St Edward. My Lord * Howard bare 
 the Kings Banner before the Body, the Officers of Arms about 
 him on every fide. 
 
 In the Herfe in Weflminfler Abbey,above the Body and Cloath 
 of Gold aforefaid, was a Perfonage like to the fimilitude of a 
 King, in PL bit Royal, Crowned with a Crown Royal on *his 
 Head, holding in one hand a Scepter, and in the other hand a 
 Ball of Silver gilt, with a Crofs patee. 
 
 When the Mafsand all other folemnities were performed* the 
 Body was placed in a Chariot drawn by fix Horfes, and fo with 
 that Pomp that was required, went to Charing Crofs, where the 
 Chariot was cenfed, and from thence to Syon, where it was re¬ 
 ceived that night with theufual Ceremonies} from thence, on the 
 next morning they departed in good order to Eaton , where they 
 were received by the Procetlion of Windfor , and at the Caftle 
 Gate the Archbifhop of Tork^ and the Bifhop of WinchcUer cen¬ 
 fed the Corps} and from thence they paffed to the new Church, 
 where in the Quire was ordained a marvellous well wrought 
 Herfe, being that night watched with a good company of Nobles 
 and Elquires of the Body^ and was there buried with all folem- 
 nicy befitting fo great and fo vi&orious a King} and had this Rhim- lhlL 
 ing Epitaph compofed for him regift red in a Book in the Colledge 
 Arms. 
 
 Catmina que lettiis cecini, cano tttlfta menus, in of. 
 
 fpeu pater, pett putlog Ijeu Re*, Ijeu fiellicug atmisf, Am.ES. 
 
 |)e« ocrtuis Salomon, ^onatljag, arttmrug in ijoffe, 
 
 Oeu Pete legtjs culfog, Ijeu gloria plebig, 
 
 ©Moamis quartug anglisi Re*, et fcecug 
 Colitur a nobis Rofa mun&t folq* triumpbi, 
 aufoiom in&ultu, Salomon triffiquaficuitu, 
 
 Cempli funbato? caffri noDug et recreate?, 
 m tiotit’S natig qui fit jam quero heatup 
 ©alius obebit ejug bultu, luctufq-, fubegit, 
 
 !P?otecto? CD?iffi fibei Vuctiijs nece trim, 
 
 CTelfapetengaltri, jam lacuit colmina calfrf- 
 Sol latet otifctitigs grabibug bolet anglia curijs 
 Callra t&ojig plena pfalletitum runt peramena, 
 
 SDlim jam flentum, bit berba referee balentum, 
 
 Lucemigrat celisi, nona Re* nolle* 9p?ilij5 
 €bUiatbi,qnmffi matrix,p?eci|jufq-, ©eo?gii, 
 femel. €. quarter ccto netted ttibug ann#. 
 
 Crilft fcti Regnibicenug trenug annuis. 
 jftatujs quo menre necat ijunc mo?0 iiiiuss enfe; 
 
 Anglia plange parent Regis fie iteulfria nutri* 
 Re*tuu0e*juremo?itutcur gallia conflet 
 Regem nunc Reg eg plangant, geniti genito?e0, 
 
 P?inceps Durq* come* genitri* Regina p?ole* 
 
 ©ptrittus etojent Rege* petat alta l£olo?um 
 SDmne* angligene quia Re* et tuto? eo?um. 
 
 Comines 
 
so. 
 
 Ghap. 5. 
 
 Phil. Com. 
 Jib. 4. cap. 
 10 . 
 
 1[icbard 
 Grafton f, 
 Mo.a. 
 
 Richard. 
 Grafton f. 
 2.40.4. 
 
 Cart, ab 
 an . ii.k/?; 
 
 Trin. Pec. 
 i6Ea Pot 
 6. in dorjo. 
 
 Eat. 16 E. 
 4- p.a. rn. 
 ii. 
 
 Pot. Earl. 
 71 E.^.n. 
 10. 
 
 In Coll. 
 Arm.l.m. 
 3.pa. 11. 
 
 THE KJW.Q S of E3^q.LA3^D t 6a. 393 
 
 Comines gives King Edward this Chara&er, vi^s. That he was Edward IV. 
 the goodlicft Gentleman that ever his eyes beheld, Fair of Com- 
 p!exion,and of a Kingly Prefence, of a Courageous Heart, Poll* 
 tick in Counfel, and in adverfity Undaunted, in profperiry rather 
 joyous than Proud, in Peace Juft and Merciful, in War Sharp 
 and Fierce, and in Battel Bold and Adventurous, yet not beyond 
 diferetion \ and is no lefs commended when he avoided, than is 
 his Manhood where he vanquiffied. Eight or nine Battels he won, 
 wherein to his great Renown he fought on Foot, and was ever, 
 
 Vidor over his Enemies. Much given he was to theLufts of 
 Youth, and had feveral Concubines, of which the moft memora¬ 
 ble were, the Lady Elizabeth Lucy , and Jane Shore } and in his 
 later time, grown fomewhat corpulent, which rather graced his 
 giave years,than difliked the eyes of hts beholders. 
 
 Children of King ED WAR D IV. by ELIZABETH 
 W O O D V I L E his Wife. 
 
 14. ED WA RD of YORK,' eldeft Son of King Ed - 
 ward IV. known by the name of King Edward V. was mur- 
 thered by the procurement of his Uncle and Protedor Richard 
 Duke of Glocetter , as more at large in his particular Hiftory 
 Chap. 5. 
 
 14. R ICHAD Duke of Torl^ furnamed of Shrewsbury , the 
 
 place of his birth, fecond Son of King Edward I V. was upon the King being 
 the 2 8*hday of May, 1474. An. 14. Ed. 4 created Duke of Johns, accom- 
 Torkj and after the death of that rich and potent Prince T bo- otherVnighis 
 
 mas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk^ (which hapned the year follow¬ 
 ing) whofe Honors for want of Illue Male fell to the King,and 
 his Inheritance to his daughter the Lady Anne , he was made 
 firft Earl of Nottingham (as the Mowbrayes had been before) 
 I 2 Jan. an. 16 Ed. 4. Then on the 7 th of February nextfoh 
 lowing was honoured with the Titles of Duke of Norfolk,e and 
 Earl Warren. 
 
 of the Garter, 
 after Ever.- 
 fong in iiis 
 Bedchamber, 
 in the pre¬ 
 fence of his 
 Lords and his 
 Council, as 
 alfo of Norroy 
 and Guyen 
 Kings oHrms, 
 by exprefs 
 command de¬ 
 termined , That Ills fecond fon then Duke of fork, fhould bear for his Arms the like Arms that the King himfelf did, 
 with this difference, viz. A Label of three points , Silver, on the firft part, a Canton Gules ; and for his Badge, a Falcon 
 volant Silver, membred with two Sewells, Gold, -within a Fetterlock^ unlocked, and fomewhat open. Gold. 
 
 This appearethina Book (fome time in the cullody of John Stowe) which had belonged to an Herald. 
 
 The Coat of Arms beforementioned, viz. Quarterly France and England, a Label of three points Argent, the frft charged 
 with a Canton Gules, are upon this Dukes Stall l'ubfcribed, it hut hr cuertopk iSftcarD. 
 
 And thus dignified (on the 1 $tb of January , in the cn- His Marr i- 
 fuiug year) heefpoufed the aforefaid Anne Mowbray ,the riche ft a £ e * 
 and moft noble Match of that time, being theonely daughter This Anne did 
 and heir of the forementioned John Lord Mowbray Duke SfhJr'Father 
 of Norfolk, Earl Warren and Surrey , and Earl-Martha! ot Eng - Duk”-of^r- 
 land. &.c The ceremony of which marriage, perlormed the foiKvu.Guies. 
 
 . I J j T 1 tV 1 5 Ly0t,i paf/a>U 
 
 lyh day 01 January, 1477, 17. Law. 4 1 have expreiicd guardant Or, a 
 
 as I find it recorded in an old Book in the Office of Aims. potusargfZ 
 
 who e I-ainilv 
 
 loving oT the Lion rampant argent, in a Field, Gules, their Paternal Coat of Anils, affunied the Coat-Armour ot 
 Thomas of Brotherton Earl of Norfolk^thc fifthfon of King Edward I. from whom by heirs general they were del. tndeu- 
 
 Ggggg The 
 
394 4 qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 l'jrki\ls. The 14 th day of January the high and excellent Princefs Book 5. 
 
 came to the Place of Eftate in the Kings gteat Chamber at 
 WeSlminfler, and there, according to her high and excellent 
 Eftate,had a Voyde after the Form and Eftare of this Realm of 
 England, accompanied with many Dukes, Earls and Barons,and 
 abundance of Ladies and Gentlewomen the Princefs being led 
 by Earl Rivers. 
 
 On the morrow, being Thurfday the 1 yh day of this faid 
 month , this Princefs came out of the Queens Chamber 
 at Weftmin&er, and fo proceeding through the Kings great 
 Now the Chamber, came into the great Whitehal, and fo to St Stephens 
 
 Commons. Chappel. Upon her attended many Ladies and Gentlewo¬ 
 
 men. She was led by the Earl of Lincolne on the right Hand, 
 and on the left by the Earl Rivers ; the Chappel was richly 
 Hung, and a State prepared, where fate the King, Queen and 
 Prince, the Right, High, and Excellent Princefs (and Queen of 
 Pvight ) Mother to the King, the Lady Elizabeth, the Lady 
 Mary , and the Lady Cecihe, daughters to the King. 
 
 Th us was the faid Lady received by Dr Goldwel Biffiop of 
 Norwich ,and when he had received her in at the Chappel door, 
 intending to proceed to her Wedding,then anfwered Dr Col\e y 
 and laid, T hat the faid High and Mighty Prince Richard Dufy 
 of York ought not to be Wedded to that High and Excellent Prin- 
 cefsfor they were within Degree of Marriage,the one at the Fourth , 
 the other at the Third. Eor which caufes he defended the 
 Spoufaile, without that there were a fpecial Licenfe from the 
 Pope, and a Difpenfation for the before faid nighnefs of 
 blood ; and then Do&or Gunthorp Dean of the Kings Chap¬ 
 pel fhewed an ample Bole of Authority that they might pro¬ 
 ceed to the Contralius and Matrimoninm before rehearfed, and 
 then the faid Biffiop of Norwich proceeded to the Marriage, 
 and asked who would give the Princefs to the Church and to 
 him, and the King gave her, and fo proceeding to the High 
 Altar to Mafs, and then there was great number of Gold 
 and Silver caft among the common People, brought in Bafins 
 of Gold, caft by the High and Mighty Prince the Duke of 
 Glocejler j and after accomplifhed the appurtenance of the Mar¬ 
 riage, and after Spices and Wine, as appertaineth to Matrimo¬ 
 nial Feafts} and from St Stephen’s Chappel the Duke of G/0- 
 ceUer led the Bride on the right Hand,and the Duke of Backing* 
 ham on the left: Then in St Edward's Chamber they had a 
 ftately Feaft, at which were the faid Dukes with the Duchefles 
 of Buckjngham and Norfolk Mother to the Princefs the Bride} 
 at a fide Table fate the Marquis Dorfet ,with many Ladies, and 
 at another Table the Lady Richmond,with many other Ladies. 
 
 Laftly,on the $th of May,An . ipEdw .4. this DukeRichard 
 had granted to him the Office of Lieutenant of Ireland for two 
 years j to which, two days after, by reafon of his minority, he 
 deputed Robert Preflon Lord of Gormanflon under thefe Ti¬ 
 tles 
 
THE KJ^tgS OF E3^(jLAZWT),&c. 
 
 Chap* fr ties, Ricardus fecundus jilius Illujlrijpmi Principis Edw. quar - 
 //, &>c. Dux Ebor. et Norff. Comes Warren , Surr. et Nottingham . 
 Comes Mar efcallus et Mar efc alius Anglice^ac Do minus de Segraye , 
 de Mowbray et de Gower. Omnibus , &c. Cum idem Excellent 
 tiffimus Pr inceps Pater et Dorn inns mens , &c, per Litter as fuas 
 Patentes , rfjW Wyndforam 5 Maij y an. Regni fui 19. Ordi- 
 
 navit Nosprafatum Ricardum } Locumtenentem fuum Terra fua 
 Hibernia , Habend: pro termino 2 C&v. Sciatis nos deputaffe 
 Dile&um noTlrum Robertum Prefton Dominum de Gormanejton 
 Deputatum noftrum &c. dat. 7 Maii an. fupradiSlo. 
 
 Not three years after, this Richard ( being yet a child ) 
 with his Brother King Edward V. were by the command of 
 their unnatural Uncle and Prote&or Richard Duke of Gloce - 
 Jler , fecretly murthered in the Tower of London , upon the 
 <yth of the Kalends of June 1483. without KTue: the place of 
 their burial being unknown till of late difeovered, as you (hall 
 find at large in theHiftory of thefaid King Edward V. and in 
 the following Chapter. 
 
 14. GEORGE of YORK, furnamed of Shrewsbury , Duke 
 of Bedford , third and youngeft fon of King Edward I V. by 
 Elizabeth Woodvile his Wife, was born at Shrewsbury , and be¬ 
 ing yet a young child, was created Duke of Bedford , Utortly 
 after which he departed this life, and was buried at Windfor . 
 
 Hi e.Guf- 14. ELIZABETH of YORK, Queen of England , el- 
 ton oi.z^o daughter of King Edward I V. born at Wettminjler , 
 
 11 February 1466, and there chriftned in rhe Abbey with 
 great folemnity, whom firft the faid King intended to beftow 
 upon George Nevil Duke of Bedford , depofed from that Title 
 by A& of Parliament, An. 17 E . 4. was afterwards promifed 
 in marriage to the Dauphin of France , and in the Court of 
 France called Madam the Dauphine. Next fhe was Woo’d and 
 Courted by King Richard III. her unhappy Uncle,after he had 
 murthered her two Brothers \ but laft of all, mod happily 
 married to King Henry V 11 . to reconcile thofe bloody Wars 
 betwixt the two Royal Houfes of Torh^ and Lancafler, and 
 to )oin the White and Red Rofe in one * of whom fee more 
 in the Hiftory of Henry VII. Book 6 . Chapter 1. 
 
 Xich.Guf- 
 tonf.i 40 . 
 
 I. 
 
 14. CEC 1 LIE of YORK, Vifcountefs Wellsi fecond daugh¬ 
 ter of King Edward I V. was defired in marriage by James 
 King of Scots, for his fon James Prince of Scotland and Duke 
 of Rothfay , which being well approved by King Edward and 
 hisCouncel, a good Sum of Money was lent to the Scotch 
 King, on condition that at a certain time it fhould be at King 
 Edward’s choice whether his daughter ftiould Match with that 
 Prince, or the Money be repayed. But Lewis the French 
 King occafioning the breach of this Alliance, the Scots were 
 compelled by force to promife the repayment of the Money, 
 
 withal 
 
 395 
 
 I cltt IV 
 
 This Cecity 
 Vifcountefs 
 Wells did bear 1 
 for her Arms# 
 Quarterly, in 
 the firft France 
 and England 
 quarterly. lit 
 2d and 3d 
 Burgh, and in 
 the fourth 
 Mortimer. Im¬ 
 paled by Wells, 
 ■which is. O r> 
 a Lyon rampant 
 •with two tails, 
 Sable . 
 
3 9 6 A gE^dEALOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tarkifis. withal delivering Barwic \into the hands of the Englifli. This Bo °k 5*> 
 
 not fucceeding,(he was at length married to John Lord Wells her ~ * 
 
 firft Husband, created Vifcount Wells by King Henry V I. (be¬ 
 ing fon of Leonel Lord Wells , and Margaret his Wife Duchefs 
 of Somerfet, daughter of John Lord Beauchamp.} This John 
 Lord Wells deceafed at Palmers Place in St Sithes in London , inColl - 
 
 J J Arm* 
 
 on the Feaft of St Appolyne , 9 Febr. 1498. an. 14 H. 7. and 
 was by the Kings order interred in our Lady-Chappel at Weft - 
 minjler y where his Majefty declared himfelf intended to be 
 buried, which was accordingly performed with great lolem- 
 nity, having at his Funeral a Standard, a Mourning Horfe, 
 with four Efcocheons of the defunft, on which rode one Fil¬ 
 lers armed, and in a long black CIoak, carrying the Banner, his 
 Coat of Arms worn by a Purfivant, four Banners of Saints,and 
 four Bannerols of his own and Lady Cecilies Arms, a Mourn¬ 
 ing Chariot, in which the Body was drawn to Weftminfter , and 
 a Herfein the Abbey where the Dirige was performed by the 
 Bilhop of London. This Cecilie had Ilfue by the faid Vifcount 
 Wells, two daughters, Elizabeth Wells who died without Iifue, 
 and Anne Wells buried in the AuguUine Friers. 
 
 The fecond Husband of this Cicelie was one Kyme of Lin - 
 colnjbire , by whom (lie had no children ; her Body lieth buri¬ 
 ed at Quarenna in the Ijle of Wight. 
 
 14. ANNE of YORK, Duchefs of Norfolk , 0 third daughter Richard 
 of King Edward IV. was efpoufed to Thomas Howord Duke TfJ.T 
 Norfolk, 0 Earl-Marfhal and Lord Treafurer of England , by 
 whom (he had a fon named Thomas Howard , who died young, Nob.'by\ 
 
 3 Aug. 1508. and was buried at Lambeth , herfelfdying with¬ 
 out Iflue furviving, was buried at Framlingham in Norfolk. 
 
 14. BRIDGET of YORK, fourth daughter, was born 
 at Eltham in Kent on St Martins Eve 10 Nov. 1480. 20 Ed. 4. mo. «. 
 and the next day was baptized in the Chappel there, by Ed¬ 
 ward Story Bifhop of Chichefter ; being yet young, (he became ‘ 1ZI ' 99 ' 
 a Nun at Dertford , and there fpending her life in devotion and meverfm 
 contemplation to the time of her death, was buried in that ssr 
 Priory ,circa an. 1517. 8 H. 8. 
 
 14. MART of YORK, fifth daughter, was promifed in 
 Marriage to the King of Denmark,^ but deceafing before the 
 Confummation thereof in the Tower of Greenwich , on nb.i.ix.f 
 Thurfday before Whitfonday , 1482, an. 22 E. 4. On the 
 Monday in the Whitfonweel her Corps was brought to the 
 Church of Greenwich , and there had her Dirige began by 
 James Goldwell Lord Bi(hop of Norwich , who alfo fung Mats 
 the next morning, there being prefent feveral Lords and La¬ 
 dies ; and in the afternoon the Body was conveyed into a 
 Mourning Chariot drawn by Horfes alfo trapped with black, 
 
 and 
 
7HE KJNJjS OF EVtqLA^V^c. 397 
 
 Chap. f. 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 240. a. 
 
 In Coll. 
 Arm. lib. I. 
 3 - /• 33 - 
 
 In Coll. 
 Arm. 1 . 11 . 
 pa. 12. 
 
 and adorned with Lozenges of her Arms. Thus from Green - Edward iv. 
 wich they fet forward to Kingjlon , where the Corps refted that 
 night j and from thence, the next morning, towards Windfor, 
 where being met by the Parifh in Proceffion,at the foot of the 
 Bridge next Eaton j they proceeded to the Chappel of Wincl- 
 for , where the Body was buried with the ufual Offices thereun¬ 
 to belonging. 
 
 14. MARGARET of YORK, fixth daughter of King 
 Edward IV. was born 19 April 1472, died in her Infancy, 
 
 11 December following, and was buried in the Abbey o flVeJl- Fide her Epi- 
 minfter , in the Chappel of the Kings, with this Epitaph upon Chappel oft he 
 her Monument. Sey of hc 
 
 jfroMttas tt fomta, fcecojCL teneila lubentits 
 3jtt Omul Die tfta mortis funt conmta cilia, 
 
 Ut genus et nomen, temm, tempus quoq; 
 
 ^totcas, citncta tttii mamfeflat margo ^epnlcfjn* 
 
 14. K ATH E RIN E of YORK, Countefs of Devon, fe- The seal of 
 venth daughter of King Edward IV. was married to William 
 Courtney Earl of Devonfhire , that died at Greenwich , 9 Jun* 
 
 3 H 8. who, though he had the Kings Letters Patents ol that 
 Earldom paft fome weeks and*odd dayes before his death, 
 yet fo neceffary was a Creation in that time accounted, that he 
 could not be buried in the quality of an Earl for want there¬ 
 of, till the King, for fuch favour as he bare him (which are the 
 words of the Memorandum) willed him to be buried as an 
 Earl, and by the advice of his Council, commanded he ffiould 
 be called by that Title. His Body being Cered,remained in 
 the Court at Greenwich in his Chamber till Thurfday the 11th 
 day of the fame month, when in the afternoon, well accom¬ 
 panied it was conveyed by Barge to Paul’s Wharf, where at¬ 
 tended feveral Gentlemen and the four Orders of Friers, and 
 fo was folemnly brought to Blacky Friers , with thofe trophies 
 due to his Degree, the Lord Marquis Dorfet being principal 
 Mourner. The Offertory and Mafs finifh’d, he was there 
 buried by a Biffiop, on the South-lide the High Altar, leaving 
 his faid Lady one of his feven Executors; who out-living her 
 Husband Earl William above fixteen years,departed this life at 
 her Mannor of Tiverton in Devonfhire. 15 Nov. 1527. An. 19 
 H. 8. at three in the afternoon 5 her Body being Embalmed, 
 
 Cered, Leaded, and Cheftcd, was conveyed to the Chappel of the L ] on °f 
 
 . r \ ’ . .. J . * [ March: upon 
 
 the faid Mannor, and placed within a Barres, and covered thetopoftbe 
 with a Pall of black Velvet with a Crofs of white Satten, and 
 
 Rofe within 
 
 the Rayes of the Sun : the Seal being circumfcribed, KATHERINA: COMITISSA: DEVON: F I L I A 3 
 SOROR: ET: AMITA: REGUM. The Indenture to which this Seal is annexed, is dated upon the i 4 th day of 
 Oliober, in the fixth year of King Henry VIII. in which flie ftiles her felf. Wee Catherine Countefs of Dsvonfhire, 
 Daughter, Sifter, and Aurit of Kings, vide G. 6 . p. pi.b. in Coll. Arm. 
 
 The faid Quarterings of this Countefs Catherine are impaled with thofe of William Earl of Devonfhire her Hus¬ 
 band, in a Glafs-Window of Tiverton Church in the County of j?evo?j,being, Or 3 Toncaux,a file of as many points, 
 Azure. 
 
 this Catherine 
 is delineated 
 in the 3^4 
 page of this 
 fifth Book,up¬ 
 on which are 
 the Arms of 
 her Husband 
 Will. Courtney 
 Earl of De¬ 
 vonfhire, viz.' 
 Quarterly (Or) 
 three Torteaux 
 (Gules) and 
 (Or) a Lyon 
 rampant (A- 
 zure) by the 
 name of de 
 Ripariis or 
 Redvers, the 
 third as the fe - 
 cond,,the fourth 
 as the firll.lm- 
 paling Quar¬ 
 terly of four 
 peeces, the fir j? 
 quarterly 
 France and 
 England, fe- 
 condly (Or) a 
 Crofs (Gules) 
 the third as 
 the fecond, 4. 
 Mortimer. 
 fupporte<2 on 
 the right fide 
 with a Dol¬ 
 phin , and on 
 the left with 
 
 Hhhhh 
 
 of 
 
398 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorkjfts. 
 
 This Marquis 
 of Exceter 
 did bear, 
 Quarterly, in 
 the firft France 
 and England 
 quarterly,with* 
 in a Border 
 quarterly of 
 England and 
 France, on the 
 fecond and 
 third Or, three 
 Torteaux, and 
 on the fourth, 
 Or a Lyon ram¬ 
 pant, Azure. 
 Thefe Arms, 
 within the 
 Garter, are 
 carved and 
 painted in the 
 Roofe of the 
 Chappel of 
 St George in 
 U'indjor. 
 
 upon that another Pall of Cloth of Gold with a white Crofs Book 5. 
 of Silver Tiffue garnifhed with fix Efcocheons of her Arms. 
 
 Thus it was attended day and night till Munday Decemb. 2. 
 when w'ith a formal proceeding it was brought to the Pariffi 
 Church of Tiverton, under a Canopy of black Velvet, born 
 by fix Efquires, at each corner whereof a Banner of a Saint 
 was borne by fo many Efquires, vjts. of the Trinity , our La¬ 
 dy , St Edward and St Katherine ,the Bearers all in black Gowns, 
 and Hoods } eight Bannerolls canied by eight Gentlemen, four 
 on the one fide and four on the other; the chief Mourner was 
 the Lady Carew affifted by Sir Piers Edgcomb,het Train borne 
 up by a Gentlewoman, followed by fix Gentlewomen. The 
 next day the Company being again come into the Church,the 
 Mafs of Requiem Sung, and the Offertory performed,Do&or 
 Sarjley made a goodly Sermon upon this Text, Manns Domini 
 tetigit Me; which done, and Divine Service ended, the whole 
 Company went to Tiverton to Dinner. The Lord Suffragan 
 with all the other Abbots and Prelates in Pontificalibus; having 
 performed the office of Burial, the Body was let down into a 
 Vault under the Herfe, at what time her Officers brake their 
 Staves. In Memorial of which noble Lady the Marquis of 
 Exceter caufed a Chappel and a Tomb,with her Effigies thereon, 
 to be ere&ed by the fide of the High Altar of the faid Church. 
 
 This Katherine had Iffue by her faid Husband,her only fon 
 Henry Courtney. 
 
 Henry Courtney fucceeded his Father in the Earldom of Devon* catai.of 
 fbire , and Barony of Ockjoampton , and was afterwards created 
 Marquis ot Exceter at Bridewell, 18 June, 1^25. an, 17H. 8. 
 with which King he was in fo great favor, that at his going over 
 into France , he nominated this Marquis his heir apparent, but 
 at his return, upon better policy, degraded him of that Dig¬ 
 nity,leafi: a&ing his part on that infe&ious ftage,he ffiould create 
 as much trouble to the Commonwealth as the late Richard 
 Duke of Torl^ had done after his being honoured with the like 
 Title of heir apparent} fince it proved the Tragedy of his 
 Raifer,King Henry VI. Now whether Courtney had been faul¬ 
 ty in abetting the Treafons wherewith Cardinal Pool was 
 charged, or whether the King packt him into that company 
 for infligating feveral Foreign Princes on the Popes behalf to 
 invade the Realm, andraife the Cardinal to the Crown ; cer¬ 
 tain it is, that having the Marquis and his Partakers upon the 
 advantage, the better to fecure his own Eftate, he caufed his 
 head with thofe of the Lord Mountague , and Sir Edward No 
 vil, to be cut off upon Tower-hill, An. 1 5 38. 
 
 This Henry Marquis of Exceter married two Wives, the firft 
 was Elizabeth Grey, daughter and heir of John Vifcount Lijle , 
 by whom he had no Iffue, and the fecond Gertrude , daugh¬ 
 ter of William Blount Lord Mountjoy (begotten of Elizabeth 
 daughter and coheir of Sir William Say Ktf) who, about nine¬ 
 teen 
 
4. 
 
 THE KJH. 9 s of E^CqLA^^Scc. 399 
 
 Chap. 5. teen years after her Husband’s death, was,with Margaret Coun- 
 
 . tefs of Salisbury , attainted likewife for the aforementioned 
 
 Treafon againft King Henry 8. But not being executed,becaufe 
 (he had no guilty Blood-Royal in her Veins, (he died a natural 
 death, and was buried under a fair Tomb in Wimborn-Mwjler 
 in Dorfetfbire, An. 1557. leaving Iflue her only Child, 
 
 Edward Courtney, long time Prifoner in the Tower of Lon - He did bear 
 dom, but at length, by Queen Mary, on 3 Sept. 1553. in the his Father, 
 Pat.an. u flrft year of her Reign, was created, and reftored to the Earl¬ 
 dom of Deyonjhire , to him and his Heirs Males,at her Mannor 
 of Richmond } about three years after, dyed at Padua in Italy, 
 jyOSlob. 1556, fans Wue (not without lufpition of Poyfon) 
 fo that in him was lopt ofF the lad: Branch of the Princely 
 Family of the Courtneys. 
 
 Richard. 
 
 Grafton 
 
 Cbron. 
 
 Cat. of 
 Nob. by 
 
 Clauf. an. 
 6 H. 8 in 
 dorfo. 
 
 Tax.'] H.%. 
 p.z* 
 
 E. 6. in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 fol. y. b. 
 
 Caul, of 
 Nob. by Sz 
 
 Natural Children of King EDWARD IV. 
 
 14. ARTHVR PLANE AG ENET, Vifcounc Lifle, 
 
 Natural Son of King Edward IV. whofe Mother was fuppo- 
 fed to be the Lady Elizabeth Lucy , was created Vifcount Lifle> 
 Lieutenant of Calais, and Knight of the Garter: whofe Hifiory 
 followeth in the tenth and lad Chapter of this fifth Book. 
 
 14. ELIZABETH PLANTAGENET , Lady Lum* Lumley, Ar- 
 ley, Bafe Daughter of King Edward I V. was the Wife of Sir 1 
 
 Thomas Lumley Kt (fon of George Lord Lumley ) who dying soiled 
 before his Father, An. 2 H. 7. leftKTue Richard Lord Lumley or, having 
 of Lumley Cadlc in the Bilhoprick of Durham, who taking Arms of the 
 to Wife Anne the daughter of Sir John Conyers of Hornby p h a c m a : fy ie 0 n f 
 Cadle in Com. Torh^ had Iflue two fons, John and Anthony 
 which John, An. 5 H. 8 . being at Flodden-Field with the Earl this Kingdom- 
 of Surrey, was in 6 H. 8. fummoned to Parliament •, fhortly 
 after which he had Livery of all the Lands of his Inheritance, 
 
 He married Joane daughter of Henry Lord Scroope of Bolton, 
 and by her had Iflue George Lumley his fon and heir, who de- 
 ceafed in his faid Fathers life-time, leaving Ifiiie by Jane fe- 
 cond daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Knightley of Fauifley 
 in Northamptonshire Kt. John his fon and heir, and two daugh¬ 
 ters j Jane married to Geoffry Martyam, and Barbara the Wife 
 of Humphrey Lloyd. 
 
 This John Lord Lumley fucceeded his Grandfather, and ta* 
 king to Wife Jane the elder daughter and coheir of Henry 
 Fit^AlanEax\ of Arundel, by her had Iflue Charles, Thomas , 
 and Mary, all which died ifllielefs. 
 
 EDWARD V. 
 
4 oo A QE^KEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 >4. E D WAR D V. 
 
 KING of EW.Q L AW® and FRANCE, 
 
 and Lord of IRELAND. 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Upon the 
 Tomb of Oli¬ 
 ver Kjng on 
 the South-fide 
 the Choire of 
 St George's 
 Chappcl in 
 Windfor Gallic, 
 is painted the 
 Figure of this 
 King Edward 
 the Fifth, in 
 Royal Robes, 
 his Surcoat 
 femes of Flow¬ 
 ers de Lize, 
 and over his 
 head an arched 
 Crown ; the 
 Nich in which 
 the Kings Sta¬ 
 tue is painted 
 is diapred 
 with Falcons 
 withinFetter- 
 locks, and be¬ 
 neath inferi- 
 bed, 
 
 toarDtie quin- 
 nia: and on 
 the Pedillal, 
 his Shield cf 
 Arms (viz. 
 France and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly) is fup- 
 ported on the 
 right fide 
 with the Lyon 
 of March, and 
 on the left, 
 with a Hind 
 Argent. 
 
 The Seal 
 exhibited for 
 this King (in 
 Mr $ohn 
 Speeds Chro¬ 
 nicle) belongs 
 to King Ed* 
 ward IV. his 
 Fathcr,as may 
 be proved by 
 his Indenture 
 dated, an. iz 
 Edward IV. 
 to which the 
 faid Seal is an* 
 nexed. 
 
 His unfortunate Prince,the eldeft fon of 
 King Edward IV.by Queen Elizabeth 
 his Wife, daughter of Richard Wood- 
 vile Earl Rivers y W2LS born in the San¬ 
 ctuary at Weftmnfler^ upon the 4 th of 
 November y An. 1470. and tenth year 
 of his Fathers Reign, at that timeex- 
 pulfed the Realm by the powerful 
 Earl of Warwick ^ upon the 26th of 
 Jfuly in the year following,'*’/^. 1471. 
 an. 11 E. 4. ( after the death of Edward Prince of Wales y fon of 
 King Henry V I. (lain at the Battel of Tewkesbury in May next be¬ 
 fore) this Edward was created Prince of Wales ^ afterwards, on 
 the 2 oth of June , An. 1474. in the I tyh of Edward IV. the faid 
 King upon his Expedition into France , conftituted this Edward 
 Prince of Wales , Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Cbetter, ("for fo 
 he is Piled in the Patent) Cuftos of the Realm of England^ and 
 Lieutenant of the faid Kingdom during his abode beyond the 
 •Seas.In the 1 7 th year of his Reign,and the 1 $th day of February , 
 the King conterred on him the Tide of Earl of Salisbury y and 
 upon the 8 th of July in the 19th the Titles of Earl of March and 
 Pembroke- 
 
 He had not attained to the eleventh year of his age when^Cing 
 Edward I V. his Father, deceafing, he was proclaimed King, but 
 never Crowned y fo that that fpace of time from his Fathers 
 death, till his murther, may be more properly called the Tiran- 
 ny of ( his Uncle) King Richard III. than the Reign of King 
 Edward V. 
 
 Which fad and fatal news came firft to this Prince Edward at 
 Ludlowe in the County of Salop and Marches of Wales , where 
 he had abode fome time, the better by his prefence to awe the 
 Welfli Men, having about him feveralof his Mothers Kindred, 
 among which, Anthony Earl Rivers his Uncle was chief,being both 
 his Councellor and Dire&or. 
 
 Pat.an. iz 
 E. 4 - f. 
 «•* 3 . 
 
 Cbart~.an: 
 
 11 E.^.n, 
 if. 
 
 Pat. an. if 
 
 E.q.p.im. 
 
 18. 
 
 Pat. 17 E. 
 4 - p. i. m. 
 16. 
 
 Chart, ab 
 an.if. ufa; 
 22 E.+.n, 
 10. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fit. 
 
 f. 
 
 Hence 
 
THE KJK9 S of E&cgL J*(T), &c. 401 
 
 Chap. 6. 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 10. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle f, 
 14. b. 
 
 Safien 4. 
 
 Hence then, upon firft notice of the Kings death* attended by Edward v. 
 a very ftrong Guard, he proceeded for London (as did likewife 
 his Uncle the Duke of Glocejier , now Prote&or, from the North) 
 when upon the Road, by the way, receiving Letters from the 
 Queen-Mother to difmifs that ftrong Guard, without intimating 
 by what advice, he gave firft way, by a too eafie obedience, to 
 his Uncle GloceYters bloody Plot} who being arrived at North¬ 
 ampton, and having gained the Duke of Buckingham and the Lord 
 Hafiings to the opinion that it was not fit the Queen with her 
 Kindred fhould be fo much about the King, and others of better 
 quality reje&ed, caufed the Earl Rivers then with the King at 
 Stony-Stratfordt o be imprifoned, together with the Lord Richard 
 Grey the Kings half Brother, and Sir Thomas Vaughan j who be¬ 
 ing thence conveyed into the North, were the fame day that the 
 Lord Chamberlain was beheaded in the Tower of London , all be¬ 
 headed likewife at PontfraB in Yorkjbire. 
 
 Thus the Prote&or having got the young King into his foie 
 cuftody,came to London,where the Queen- Mother hearing of what 
 had paft, and fearing the confequence, with her other Ion Duke 
 Richard and five daughters took fan&uary at Wejiminjicr , from 
 whence theProte&or (on pretence of the Kings being melancholly, 
 and not to be diverted but by his Brothers company)had no fooner 
 wrought upon the diftreffed Queen, not without abundance of 
 tears, as well as the Archbifhop of York’s perfuafions to part with 
 him, but with great fhew of Pomp conveyed him, together with 
 the young King, to the fatal Tower. 
 
 Both Brothers thus fccured, it remains only to deftroy them, 
 which the Lord Hafiings ("when tempted by one Cateshy his 
 Steward in L eicejierfhire) refuting, ’tisfoon contrived that himfelf 
 fhall lead the way i accordingly a Council is held in the Tower 
 to confult about the Kings Coronation, whereto the Protestor 
 coming, chargeth the Lord Hafiings , the Queen-Mother, and 
 and Mrs. Shore , late King Edwards , now the Lord Hafiings Con¬ 
 cubine, by Sorcery to have pra&ifed his deftru&ion } whereupon, 
 by a Guard ready at the door for that purpofe,the Lord Hafiings 
 is there feized on, and immediately, upon a log of Wood, before 
 the Chappel within the Tower beheaded, and buried at Wind - 
 for , near to his Mafter King Edward IV. 
 
 Now only remained to content the people, whom though he 
 valued not much, .fince he was now abfolute in power, yet fome- 
 thing that way muft be done both for the Laity and Clergy } ac¬ 
 cordingly heobtains the Lord Mayor,with his Brother John Shaw 
 Clerk, and one Penkfr, Provincial of the Augujiine Fryer/^appoint- 
 ing the firft to call a Councel of his Brethren at Guild-Hall, and the 
 other two to Preach, Shaw at Pauls Crofs,znd Penker at the Spittle: 
 where King Edwards Children ftiuft be charged with Baftardy, 
 and the Protector highly commended } which on Do&or Shaws 
 part was performed thus, taking for his Text, Bajiard Plants Jball 
 
 I i i i i takf 
 
402 A qE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorfyjls. 
 
 take no deep Root , affirmed that King Edward was never lawfully 
 married to the Queen,but was ("before God) Husband to the La¬ 
 dy Elizabeth Lucye-, his children therefore not legitimate,and that 
 King Edward himfelf with the Duke of Clarence were much to 
 be doubted of, their Faces refembling other known Men,whereas 
 the Lord Prote&or was the very print,vifage, and exprefs likenefs 
 of that noble Richard DukeofTor/^and here (as before devifed) 
 the Prote&or ffiould have come in, whereby to perfuade the 
 Audience that thofe words were divinely fpoken, and fo to have 
 cryed King Richard , King Richard^but the flacknefs of his coming 
 ruined the defign,and proved rather His and the Preachers greater 
 difgrace. 
 
 On Tuefday following the Duke of Buckingham came before 
 the Lord Mayor and his Council at Guildhall , where after a long 
 Harangue for their concurrence to ele& the Prote&or King, the 
 fame was only barely reiterated by Mr. Fit*,- Williams the Recor¬ 
 der : however, fome of the Dukes Servants purpofely fee near at 
 hand,cryed aloud thereupon, King Richard! King Richard ! which 
 he taking as their whole confent, gave them many thanks, and 
 departed to Baynard's Caftle ; where he declared to the Prote&or 
 with what a general confent the Commons had chofen him King; 
 the Prote&or at fir A: feemingly refufed it, but by the Duke of 
 Buckingham and the Lord Mayors perfwafion, cafily . accepted 
 it. 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 EJchari 
 Grafton f. 
 ii.a . 
 
 Thus the Iffue of King Edward was put by, and this poor 
 young Prince, though proclaimed yet never crowned King ; buc 
 his unnatural LInkle not thinking himfelf fafe, whilft he or hi3 
 Brother remained alive, commands Sir Robert Brackenbury Lieu¬ 
 tenant of the Tower to difpatch them,upon whofe refufal he is or- ^ c ' hard 
 dered to refign his Office for that occafion to Sir JamesTyrrekwho Gr «fio»f. 
 King Edward immediately procures two Villains, Miles Foreji and yfohii Dighton 
 EjcSltmkc to Mother them in Bed; their lodging being then in that building 
 rork. his Bro- near the water Gate, which is thereupon to this day, called the 
 red^ntheit^" Bloody Tower : their Bodies were buried at the ftair foot there, 
 Bed^.1^.3. f omew hat deep in the ground, under a great heap of Stones; but 
 
 King Richard being told in what anobfeure place they lay, gave a 
 command for their better Internment; whereupon a Prieft belong- ; * 
 ing to Sir Robert Brackenbury , removing them, and dying fhortly 
 after it could never be known whither they were carried. 
 
 Til!,uponFriday the.. day of July^An. 16 (take this Relati- ^ 
 on from a Gentleman,an eye-witnefs,and principally concerned in 
 the whole ferutiny) in order to the rebuilding of the feveral Of- ci P al cw- 
 ficesin the Tower, and to clear the white Tower from all con- toHhMa- 
 tiguous Buildings, digging down the Stairs which led from the aiusYi 
 Kings Lodgings, to the Chappel in the faid Tower, about ten 
 foot in the ground, were found the Bones of two Striplings 
 in ( as it feemed ) a wooden Cheft, which upon the (urvey 
 were found proportionable to the ages of thofe t*ro Brothers, 
 
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4 o4 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yorfqjis. vi'z,. about thirteen and eleven years. The Scul of the one Book $., 
 being entire, the other broken, as were indeed many of the 
 other Bones, as alfo the Cheft, by the violence of the Labou¬ 
 rers, who not being fenfible of what they had in hand, caft 
 the rubbifh and them away together, wherefore they were 
 . caufed to fife the rubbifh, and by that means preferved all the 
 Bones. 
 
 The Circumftances from Story being confidered, and the 
 Fame often difeourfed with the Right Honorable Sir Thomas 
 Chichley Kt. Matter of the Ordnance,by wbofe induftry the new 
 Buildings were then in carrying on, and by whom this matter 
 was reported to the King: upon the preemptions that thefe 
 were the Bones of the faid Princes, His Majefty King Charles 
 the Second, was gracioufly pleafed to command that the Faid 
 Bones ttiould be put into a Marble Urne, and depofited among 
 the Reliquesof the Royal Family in the Chappel of King Hen¬ 
 ry the Seventh, in Wellminfler Abbey,the reprefentation of which, 
 with the Monumental Infcription thereon,is exhibited in the pre¬ 
 cedent page. 
 
 
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 RICHARD HI. 
 
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THE KJH. 9 S OF ELAV^T), &c. 405 
 
 Chap* 7. 
 
 TO? 
 
 €^3 v£ 
 
 6®3 £*S 
 
 Torkjftsi 
 
 13. R I CHAR D HI. 
 
 KING of EZhQCjLA T> a.n& FRANCE, 
 
 and Lor d of IRELAND . 
 
 1483. June 
 22. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 CgtO,]. of 
 Nob. by 
 
 Mich. Bee. 
 
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 46* 
 
 r*r. 4 ». 
 
 2 E. 4. p. 
 a.7B. 
 
 £.4. 
 f. i«nt. 18. 
 
 Scoc. 
 10 £.4. w. 
 2. 
 
 Pol. Virg. 
 
 J21.JJ. 10. 
 
 4 Collyng- 
 borne- 
 * Catesby. 
 + BjitcliJf. 
 •King 
 Bichard. 
 
 Holingjh. 
 Chron 6 84 
 A. n.6 o. 
 
 Mong the Tons of Richard Duke of jlie Figure of 
 Torh^ and Cecily Nevil his Wife, this the Third his 
 Richard was the eighth and youngeft, tcd^the^H 
 born at Fotheringbay Caftle in the ® Book) 
 County of Northampton , his Fathers verymuchre* 
 Manlion houle, upon whole death, ofKing Ed- 
 and that of Edmond Earl of Rutland cvc^Vp ar ^ 
 his Brother, at the Battel of Wake- ^mfcdptioT 
 field , this Richard and his Brother °njy excep^ 
 George were by their Mother fent un- on both fides, 
 to the City of ‘Vtrecht *, where having a fair reception by Philip gratlf tRet^ 
 Duke of Burgundy , they remained there till Edward their Bro* 
 ther had attained the Crown of this Realm. Shortly after whofe 
 Coronation, this Richard (in a Parliament held An. i E . 4.) was wrote’inhis 
 created Duke of GloceUer , and thereupon confirmed Lord Ad- 
 miral of England On the twenty leventh of OSlober in the 
 ninth of Edward the Fourth) he was made Conftable of Eng - 
 land , and alfo Juftice of North-Wales and South-Wales , and in tenae. Over 
 the 10 th Warden of the Weft Marches towards Scotland > and Se Library at 
 alfo in the fame year, when King Edward ( his Brother ) was in 
 fuch danger through the power of Richard Nevil Earl of War- Compartment 
 wich^ that he was forced to get into Flanders , he accompanied carved a Bpfe, 
 him thither j and upon his return commanded the Foreward of [fright fide 
 
 with a Bull, 
 
 and on the left: fide by a Ebar. The latter of which, viz* thfc ivhiteBoar was his Cognifancc, which gave occafion 
 to.theRhime which coil the f Maker his life: 
 
 The * Cat, the + Rat, and Lovel the Dog 
 Rule all England under the * Hog. 
 
 His Arms are alio carved in Stone on the Weft fide of the Steeple at Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford s 
 fnpported by twoBoares ; and among the Dcvifes of the Royal Houle of torkj I find the Silver Boar with Tuskfs and 
 Britfels, Gold, fubferibed, <£j: boture be CdHnDfo e ’e. 
 
 his Army at Barnet Field , where he became vi&orious. He at- H;s MarriagcSt 
 tended King Ecfawr/like wife at the Battel of Tewkesbury^ where, Queen Anne 
 after he had got the day, and taken Prince Edward (Ton ofKing Jj^dtobear 
 Heniry VI )prifoner,he helped to murther him in cold blood;whofe ^ T u e Ie J; g ^ t s f n } 
 Widdow Anne the fecond daughter and coheir ot Richard Nevil cabei of three 
 Earl of Warwicfiand Salisbury fie took to Wife, who lived with Argent toil 
 
 K k It t It him 
 
406 A qEKEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 7or kjjis. 
 
 His Coronati¬ 
 on, 1483. 
 
 him to the laft year of his Reign, and then leaving her Husband 
 to choofe another Queen, was laid at reft in the Abbey of Wejl- 
 
 m infer. 
 
 Afterwards (vii, 18 th of May^An. it Ed. 4.) he fucceeded 
 Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick firft great Chamberlain of Eng¬ 
 land^ in the laid Office, which was granted unto him for term of 
 life. In the lame year likewife, in the Parliament then held, he 
 made Oath and Recognition to Prince Edward , eldeft fon to the 
 King ; and An. 1 2 Ed. 4. a£led that barbarous exploit upon 
 the perfon of the depofed King Henry VI. at that time kept pri¬ 
 soner in the Tower. 
 
 This Richard "Duke of Glocejler ( having been made High 
 Conftable of England , Febr. 29. 11 E. 4.) furrendred the Office 
 of Great Chamberlain into the Kings hands, who thereupon 
 granted the lame co George Duke of Clarence their Brother, upon 
 whofe murther, perpetrated alfo by this Richard , he is again ho¬ 
 noured with the faid Office of Great Chamberlain, in the 1 yth 
 year of that Kings Reign. An. 21 £.4. he was fent with a nume¬ 
 rous Army into Scotland , where he wafted a great part of that 
 Countrey, and forced the Scots to deliver up unto the Englifh 
 the Caftle of Barwic and in the year following, upon breach 
 of the Truce, he was again conftituted Lieutenant and Captain- 
 General againft the Scots. 
 
 But not long after this, hapned the death of King Edward I V« 
 whereupon it was thought fit that King Edward V. his fon,fhould 
 during his tender years,be under the Tuition of this Duke Richard 
 his Uncle,and he to Govern by the name of Prote&or, whofe am¬ 
 bition was Inch to have the lole Soveraignty , that he moft barba- 
 roufly caufed the young King, with Richard Duke of Tori ^ his 
 Brother (as I have faid before) to be murthered in the Tower of 
 London , and having fo done, as next of blood caufed himfelf 
 to be ele&ed King the 1 %th of June , 1483. He is proclaimed 
 the 22 following, and Crowned the yth of Jpuly after , which 
 Coronation was performed with the greateft fplendor of any we 
 read of, proceeding with his new Queen the 4t h of July from 
 Baynards Caftle to the Tower by Water, where he created 
 Prince Edward his fon (fcarce ten years old) Prince of Wales , 
 John Lord Howard,Duke of Norfolk^'-, his fon Sir .Thomas Howard , 
 Earl of Surrey *, William Lord Berkley ,Earl of Nottingham *, Francis 
 Lord Lovely ilcount Lovely and the Lord Stanley Lord Steward 
 of his Houfhold whom with the Archbifhopof Torh^ he releafed, 
 till then Priloners in the Tower, but Morton Bifhop of Ely fince 
 he would not confent to the difinhcricing King Edwards children, 
 he committed to the Duke of Buckingham , who fent him prifo- 
 ner to Brecknock^ Caftle in Wales . The fame night he made 17 
 Knights of the Bath, and on the day appointed, accompanied 
 with the Dukes of Norfolk, Buckingham and Suffolk^, with many 
 other Lords, he rode, with his Queen, in great ftate through 
 London to Weflminfier j from thence, next morning to the great 
 
 Hall 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 Sat, an. 
 li E. 4 . 
 
 P- X,m. a. 
 
 Clauf. 11. 
 E,/\.indor- 
 jo m. j. 
 
 Sol.Virg. 
 P- 531 - 
 
 2 at. 11 e. 
 
 4- p. x. m. 
 12. 
 
 Sat. an. i 7 
 E. 4. p. z. 
 m.16. 
 
 Sol. Firg. 
 538 .W. 30 . 
 
 Aot. Scot. 
 31 E. 4 ,rn. 
 3* 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fit. 
 3 J.b. 
 
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 THE KJS^gS OF EW.qLANiT>,&c. 407 
 
 Chag. 7. Hall at Wejlminjler , where he fate himfelf on the Kings Bench j Richardn L 
 hence he went barefoot upon a Cloth of State, with the Queen, 
 ibidem. and every of his Lords in their degree to St Edward's Shrine the 
 Bilhop of Rochester bore the Crofs, fucceeded by the Earls of 
 Huntington and Bedford, the one bearing the gilt Spurs, and the 
 other St Edward's Staff; after them came the Earl of Northum¬ 
 berland with a pointlefs Sword, to fignifie Mercy, and the Earl 
 of Kent and the Lord Lovel bearing each a pointed Sword, fig- 
 nifying Juftice to the Clergy and Laity, the Duke of Suffolk^ with 
 the Scepter, the Earl of Lincoln with the Ball and Crofs, the Earl 
 of Surrey with the Sword of Stare, after whom went Garter 
 King of Arms in a rich Coat, followed by the Lord Mayor with 
 the Mace, and the Gentlemen of his Privy Chamber} next came 
 the Duke of Norfolk^ with the Crown, and then King Richard 
 himfelf in Robes of Purple Velvet, and over his head a Canopy 
 borne by four Barons of the Cinque-Ports, the Bifhops'of Bath 
 and Durham on either hand, and the Duke of Buckingham bear¬ 
 ing up his Train, with a white Staff in his hand as Lord High 
 Steward of England j then followed the Queens Train, before 
 nichiri whom was borne the Scepter, Ivory Rod and Dove* with the 
 foi^lTa. C fOWn 5 herfelf apparelled like the King (the Countefs of 
 Richmond bearing up her Train) with a Canopy over her head, 
 having a golden Bell at each corner, the Ducheffes of Norfolk ^and 
 Suffolk^ with their Coronets on, and twenty other Ladies atten¬ 
 ding ; in which State they came to St Edward's Shrine, where 
 they Offered, and thence to the High Altar, where they were 
 both Crowned,and in the fame State returned to Wejlminjler Hall, 
 where a great Feaft was prepared which ended, both King and 
 Queen in a moft fumptuous manner,returned to their Lodgings. 
 
 True it is, no King got the Crown worfe, yet perchance none 
 governed it better } his pra&ifing the death of his Queen, which 
 yet was but fuppofed, remaining the onely Bain of cruelty upon 
 him after his Settlement: as for the Duke of Buckingham, and 
 zdmrd thefe four, Robert Rofs Sergeant, William Davy Prieft, John 
 Smith Groom of King Edward's Stirrop, and Stephen Ireland 
 one of the Wardrobe in the Tower, all in his firft year, with 
 fome others by him afterwards beheaded, he may be very plau- 
 fibly defended from that imputation *, toinftance only the Duke, 
 he was the tpain Inffrument whereby King Richard came to the 
 Crown, and equally guilty (the Blood of King Edward's Chil¬ 
 dren excepted) of all the other formentioned mifchiefs by him 
 committed } after which, to engage in an a&ual Rebellion againft 
 him, to introduce the Dominion of the Houfe of L ancajler, 
 could not reafonably deferve otherwife, though Divine Juftice 
 feverely overtook his Betrayer Banijler and his whole Earthly, 
 from whom, fince he had beenraifedby him, he juftly merited a 
 more grateful Prote&ion. 
 
 The principal of the Dukes Complices, v 'vi>, the Marquis of 
 Dor ft,John Lord Wells, the Bifhopof E\ceter y and Sir John dour - 
 
 . • * chief 
 
■fr— 
 
 408 
 
 Tartyl f. 
 
 11050^.1484. 
 
 I 4 ? 5 . 
 
 Battel of Bof- 
 'mrtbjan.i^Zf 
 
 A gE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 _ ■ - ■ - . - .-> . —— 
 
 chier his Brother, Sir Richard Woodville, Sir Robert Willoughby, E °°k 5 * 
 Sir Giles d'Aubeny, Sir Thomas Arundel , Sir John Cheyny with 
 his two Brothers, Sir William Berkley, Sir William Brandon , with 
 Thomas his Brother, and Sir Richard Edgcomb , got over to Henry 
 Earl of Richmond into Brittain ; whence King Richard under- 
 ftanding that the Duke of Brittain notcnly afforded him his liber¬ 
 ty, but was ready to grant him his utmoft afliftance, fet out his 
 Fleet to prevent his paflage: Notwithftanding which, the Earl 
 of Ricbmomd with 40 Chips and 5000 Brittains put to Sea y but 
 his Fleet being by Tempeft difperfed, and himfelf landed in 
 France , is honourably received by Charles the French King, an^i 
 aided with good Sums of Money, returns into Brittain , where 1 , 
 on Chriftmas day, before the High Altar in the great Church Richard 
 at Rcnes he received the Blefied Sacrament, with all the Lords 
 there prefent, folemnly Vowing not to leave the profecution of 
 the War till either King Richard’s depofition or deftru&ion,and 
 then to marry the Lady Elizabeth daughter to King Edward IV. 
 
 King Richard having advice hereof, fent Ambailadors with 
 great offers to the Duke of Brittain , to keep the Earl of Rich¬ 
 mond and thofe other Lords with him clofe Prifoners , but the 
 indifpofition of the Duke not admitting accefs, they pra&ife with 
 Peter Landois his Treafurer, who promifes their defires (hall be 
 performed ; which the Earl hearing ofjacquaints the Duke,where- 
 upon Landois was hanged. 
 
 The King not fucceeding this way attempts another, fending Jy 
 to Queen Elizabeth (ftill in Sancfuary) to deliver unto him her 
 five daughters, the eldeft of which (his Queen being now dead) 
 he intended to marry ; whereunto that eafie Princefs (influenced 
 by fair Promifes, all former injuries forgotten) readily aflented. 
 
 Now it was that the Earl of Richmond held it high time to ftir, 
 wherefore about the middle of Auguft next, with what ftore of 
 Chipping he could get, he took prefentJy to Sea j and being aft 
 Cured of fome good Friends among his Relations in Wales , he 
 landed at Milford Haven, whence with his Uncle Jajper Earl of . . . 
 
 Pembroke-, and what force the Weljb had raifed him, he came to 
 Hereford y where he was ftrengthened with the Earl of Shrewsbu¬ 
 ry and feveral other Lords, Knights and Gentlemen; as likewife, 
 during his march from thence to Leicejler , whence the Lord 
 Stanley with the Kings Forces under his command withdrew, not 
 daring to declare for the Earl of Richmond as yet, leaft his fon 
 the Lord Strange, then Hoftage with King Richard Chould have 
 been ill treated by him. 
 
 Hereupon the King marching with his Forces from Nottingham , Edward 
 advanced to Bofworth in Leiceflerfhire ,where he Marftialled his Ar- 
 my, the Vantguard whereof was led by the Duke of Norfolk, 
 confiding of 2 500 Bowmen, flanked with 200 CuiraCfiers, under 
 the conduft of the Earl of Surrey ; the main Battel by Himfelf, 
 compofed of 3oooPikes and Billmen, and the Rereward by Sir 
 Robert Brackenbury, with about 1500 Men, expefting the Lord 
 « . * Stanley 
 
THE KJH.gS OF EJ^Cj LAST'D, <Scc. 409 
 
 Chap. 7. Stanley with about 2000 Horfe ; but he keeping himfelf unfuf- Richard lit 
 p C £^ed till the Armies met, went over to the Earl of Richmond , 
 who advancing towards King Richard , had his Vanrguard led by 
 the Earl of Oxford } the Battel by Himfelf, and the Rereward by 
 the Earl of Pembroke : their Arrows fpent on both fides, they 
 came to hand-ftroakes, where the Earl of Oxford's Men,though 
 far lefs numerous, fo valiantly behaved themfelves, that King 
 Richard's Van became routed by the help of the Lord Stanley > 
 which King Richard feeing, with a moft heroick courage flew up¬ 
 on the Earl of Richmond and his party,and with his own hands flew 
 Sir William Brandon the Earls Standard Bearer, unhorfed Sir John 
 Cheyney , and hand to hand encountred the Earl himfelf, who kept 
 him at Swords point till Sir William Stanley with ^ooofrefli men 
 efrafm f comin g i n > overprefled him that he was flain in the place, with King nicker & 
 js.*. ’ the lots of not above iooo men, the Earl of Northumberland , 
 
 with many more of King Richard's Followers, never lifting one I48y ’ 
 hand in his defence, only the Duke of Norfolk1 (though fore¬ 
 warned by a Rhime affixt to his Gate the night before) ftuck 
 clofe to him to the laft, and was there flain with the Lord Ferrers 
 of Chartley , Sir Richard Ratcliff' and Sir Robert Brackgnbury , the 
 Earl not lofing, as is faid, above 10 men ; whereupon the whole 
 Army crying King Henry ! King Henry l he Knighted prefently 
 in the Field thefe following Gentlemen, Sir Gilbert Talbot, Sir 
 John Mortimer, Sir William Willoughby, Sir Rice ap Thomas, Sir 
 Robert PoyneSj Sir Humphrey Stanley , Sir John Turbervill , Sir 
 Hugh Pe(hall y Sir R. Edgcomb , Sir John Bykgnel , and Sir Edmond 
 Carerv. Upon which the Lord Stanley took the Crown out of 
 an Hauthorn Bufh wherein it was hid, and fee it upon the trium¬ 
 phant head of King Henry , who kneeling down, gave God thanks 
 for the Vi&ory, whereupon they all cried again King Henry l 
 King Henry l 
 
 He Reigned two years and two months, and though his Name 
 be odious in Hiftory, yet he left behind him feveral examples of 
 Piety } for he founded a Colledge at Midleham in Torhfbire , and 
 a Collegiate Chantrey near the Tower in London , called 
 Our Lady*s of Barling. He gave to Queens Colledge in Cam- . o 
 bridge 500 Marks per annum , and disforefted the great parcel of 
 Land at Witchrvood , which his Brother King Edward had enclo- 
 fed for Deer. 
 
 John speed The Body of King Richard tying naked upon the ground,and 
 
 $3 ZVu. fo(ftriptas it was) thrown over crofs a Horfe, was carried to 
 Leicester (where two days after the Battel Sir William Catesby 
 was beheaded) and having remained for fome time there a mife- 
 rable fpe&acle to the people, was meanly buried in the Gray 
 i.i,. ms. in Tryers Church, where afterwards King Henry caufed a Monu- 
 cou. Am . ment to be ere&ed for him,with his Picture in Alablafter, where it 
 remained till the Diflolation under HenryWll, at what time it was 
 pulled down and utterty defaced} fince when, his Grave over* 
 grown with Weeds and Nettles, is very obfeure and not to be 
 
 L1111 found, 
 
4 io A qBHEAhOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Yerkjjir. found>only the ftone Coffin, wherein his Corps lay was made a Book * 
 drinking Trough for Horfes at a common Inr, and retaineth the 
 onely memory of this Monarchs greatnefs. His Epitaph regiftred in 
 a Book in the Colledge of Arms ( differing not much from that 
 mentioned in Mr George Bucl^s Hiftory of this King, page 149 ) 
 
 I have here inferted. 
 
 Iptc tgo, quern Dario Cellusi lub 99atmoie clauDtt, 
 
 Cmtugamulta Doce Etcamig eranr» 
 
 Jl^ampatric 3Luto?, patttujs p?o iute lRepott'0, 
 
 Ditupta, tenut Eegna B^tnnna, fitte, 
 
 <g>ejtagtnta Dies bints mmtamt abemptts 
 (Eflatefque, tttlt nan mea @ccptra turn#. 
 jFo?tttet tit Bello merito tiefertuis aD attglts 
 Ee* JpenricejttDBfeptmieJucctiDuB 
 3t fumpttt, ptus> tpfe, ttio, fie olia becojas, 
 
 Eegent oltmqtte facts Eegts ljono?e colt. 
 
 Cutatuo? ctceptis jam tantum qttttqi bis aunts 
 8cta tricenta quibem, Ittflca faUttts erant, 
 gnteq> ©eptembris GnDena luce Ealenbns, 
 
 Rebiberam Ettbte bebita itttaEofe. 
 at mea, qutsqttts erts, propter cammtfTa pjecare 
 mine? ut p’ecibus pena fiettba ting. 
 
 Jjfne of Kin° RICHARD 111 . by Queen ANNE Daugh¬ 
 ter ^ RICHARD NEVIL Earlof Warwick. 
 
 France mi 
 England, quar¬ 
 terly, a Libel 
 of three pints 
 Argent. 
 
 14. E D WA R D Prince of Wales , Earl of Chefier and Salif- 
 bnry , only ion of King Richard 11 1. born in the Caftle of 
 Middleham near Richmond in Yorkshire? An. 1473. W'as in the 
 1 yth year of King Edward IV. his Uncle (being then under 
 four years of agej created Earl of Salisbury, and on the i^th of 
 1483. in the firft year of his Fathers Reign (he being then 
 about ten years old) was created Prince of Wales, and Earl of A.ixe.cb. 
 Chetter^ and in that Royal Proceffion 1 R. 3. about the City of I ^" 3 ' 
 Yorl\, was led by Queen Anne his Mother on her left hand ^bmi 
 having on his head a Demy-Crowm appointed for the degree foil fa. 
 of a Prince. He died in the life-time of his Father. 
 
 C.jp.pat. 
 i^Febr. 17 
 £•4 .par.i. 
 m.16. 
 
 Natural lffue of King RICHARD III 
 
 14. KATHERINE PLANTAG ENET, Natural Daugh- 
 ter of King Richard 1 1 I. w'as by Indenture made at London pefrho. 
 the lad of February in the fird year of the faid King, cove- rftern ‘ 
 ranted to be accepted in marriage before the Feaftof St Mi - 
 chael then next enfuing,by the Right Noble Lord William Earl Sar - 
 of Huntington, who thereby obliged himfelf to make her a fair 
 and fufficient Edare of certain his Mannors,e^c. in England to 
 the yearly value of 200 1. over all charges, &c. 
 
 13. GEORGE 
 
THE KJHJjS OF ENiqLANiV.&c. 4 n 
 
 CMil. of 
 Hob. bj Ks 
 £. 
 
 \ 
 
 Pol. Virg. 
 t‘S 
 
 Pat. an. 
 i £.4-p y. 
 m. \6. 
 
 Pat.i E. 4 * 
 
 f.i.w. 3. 
 
 PaM £.4. 
 f.i.m. li. 
 
 Holingjb. 
 Cbron. 6-]l 
 b.n.yo. 
 
 lbii.n. 60. 
 
 gm ^ Si? 
 
 
 ^•GEORGE 
 
 Of YORK,DuKEof CLARENCE, Earl 
 of VVARVEICK^ and SALISEVRY, 
 
 Lord of RICHMOND , and Great 
 
 Chamberlain of ENGLAND, &c. 
 
 CHAP. VI11. 
 
 .His George, born at Dublin in Ireland, was In the thrce 
 the fixth Ion of Richard Plantagenet Duke of 
 Tor /^, and upon his death ac Wakefield in pag y eofthis 
 TorlifJj 'ire , by the Duchefs Anne his Mother, represented 5 
 fenc unto the City of Utrecht, where he ^Dukes^ 
 G with his B other Richard ) continued till seal, as it was 
 his Brother King Edward I V. had obtained th^Evidences 
 the Crown of this Kingdom. In the firft year of whofe Reign, Honourable^ 
 An. 146 r, and fhortly after his Coronation, the fa id Geer^e was ^Sjmon 
 created into the dignity of Dukeot Clarence in a Parliament then which you 
 
 * *' ^ 1’svc his A - 
 
 held sitWeptninJler in the 2E 4 For the better liipport of his dignity chievement, 
 he obtained a Grant in Tail-general ofleveral Mannors,which by V Heimt, C Lmb- 
 the attainder of the Earl of Northumberland(an. 1 E.4.J)came to the J?? 
 
 Crown \ and in 5 £. 4. he was conflicured Lieutenant of Ire - Shield ofArms 
 land for the term of twenty years. But fhortly alter this,«z//*. An. 9 the finitter 
 of King Edward IV. conceiving himielf flighted, for that the Sngfm*« 
 faid King had preferred his Wiles Kindred to feveral eminent 
 Marriages and neglefted him and his Brother the Duke of Cloce- aii.aiabeiof 
 Jler , by the infligation of Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick^ he de- '(Tgentf'eack 
 flgns to transfer the Crown from King Edward's Head to that of camon^guies) 
 the depolcd King HenryV Land that Clarence might join more faith- p 0 h r l t c t h d !o n fl JJ‘ 
 fully with him in this defign,the Earl oiWarwickgwes him his eldeft leftfidewith 
 daughter IjfabelNevil in marriage, with theonehalfof thclnheri- right sup- 
 tance of his Wife Anne^ filler and foie heir to the great HenryBeau - k°X( S as b a?e 
 champs King of the Ijle oflP'jght, and Duke ofl/Gnr/c/^and datigh- ^h^erdf 
 
 and Circum- 
 
 feription ) there only remaining to be Teen the Legs and cloven Hoofs; by which I am very apt to cre¬ 
 dit, that the right Supporter was alfo a Bull, it being the Devtoe of the Duke of Clarence, as I have before noted 
 among the feveral Badges of King Edward the Fourth, this George's Brother page 381. The Grant to which the 
 faid Seal is annexed, is dated at London the io th of March n E. 4. and therein the Duke {files himielf, Georgiat 
 Dux Clarencie, Comes Warrewici et Sarum, Dominus de I{ichemond et magnus Camerarius Anglie. upon his Stall at 
 Windsor ( for he was the firll Knight of the Garter, Temp. Ed. quarti) are his Shield of Arms, agreeing cxadtly 
 with thofeon his Seal abovementioned. 
 
 The Duchefs Ijfabel Nevil his Wife did bear, France and England, quarterly, a Label of three points Argent, each 
 charged with a Canton Gules, Impaling Gules, a Saltire Argent, a, Label of three points,Gobony,Argent and. Azure , the 
 Arms of ker Family of Nevil. 
 
 ter 
 
412 A QENiEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 £ ■ »— - - - ' ' ' " 1 ’ - nr 
 
 Torkijls. ter of Richard Beauchamp the fixteenth Earl of Warwick (by his Bo °k 5 » 
 fecond Wife Ijfabel daughter of Thomas Lord le Defpenfer Earl of 
 Glocejier , lifter and heir of Richard Lord le Defpenfer .) She ^•'•*'4 
 was born in the Caftle of Warwick Sept. 5. 145 1. where alfo de- Libri. 
 ceafing, fhe was buried at Tewkesbury : being a Match no way 
 inferiour to any of thofe King Edward had beftowed upon 
 others. 
 
 The Duke of Clarence hereupon goes over to Calais , where he 
 marries this Lady } whence not long after he and his Father*ii> 
 
 Law, aflifted by the French King come for England j where join- mingfb. 
 ing their Confederates they march to London , and without en- * 75 * Moi 
 gaging in a Battel deliver King Henry V I. out of the Tower, ‘7^^ • 
 after having been prifoner almoft nine years, fetting the Crown *-**4©* 
 on his head a fecond time, and conveying him Robed in a blew 
 Velvet Gown,throaghLcwt/fl« to the Bifbops Palace .where he kept 
 
 Jn ^ his Court i when in’a Parliament begun at Wcftminfier, Nov. 26. Richard 
 
 ■£•4. An. 1469. King Edward is declared a Traitor and Ufurper, his 
 
 goods Confifcated, and the Crowns of England and France En- Hoiingjh. 
 tailed upon King Henry , and the Heirs Males of his Body law- f 7 *'*'”’ 
 fully begotten, the remainder unto this George Duke of Clarence 
 and his Heirs Males lawfully produced, as next heir to his Father 
 Richard Duke of York difenabling his elder Brother King Edward 
 by vertue of his atteinder. 
 
 Clarence 3 who to gratifie his private refentments, had thus too ibid. 
 fuccefsfully taken Arms againft his Brother and King, did now 
 at leifure repent the injuftice of his a&ions, and therefore refolves 
 to turn the fcales even at theloweft ebb of King Edward's For¬ 
 tune, who coming for England , under pretence of gaining the 
 Dukedom of York is joined near Warwicl^ by this Duke with 
 4000 men, which he had raifed upon pretence of aflifting his 
 Father-in-Law, Warwick whom he had earneftly invited to come 
 about alfo. 
 
 Hereupon followed the Battel of Barnet ^ April 14. 1470. An. Edward 
 
 10 4- being Eajier day, where King Edward with this Duke n 7 . 
 
 *470. Jed the main Battel, in which great Warwick and his Brother Mar¬ 
 quis Mountague loft their lives, while they fought againft a Prince, 
 whom with fo much hazard and indefatigable labour they had 
 lately railed to the Royal Throne. 
 
 Having therefore in thefe greateft exigences ftoutly adhered 
 to King Edward his Brother, in the very fame year, viz. An. cjauf.it 
 
 11 E. 4. the Parliament then fitting, he did there ('with many 
 other of the Peers) recognize his Right, and fwear Fealty to 
 Edward his eldeft Ion} and in the 12th of E. 4. (in confidera- c 
 tion of that his marriage with Ijfabel the eldeft daughter and co- an. 1 2. ufa 
 heir to the beforementioned Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick ™® \’u 
 and Salisbury) was by fpecial Letters Patent dated the 2 $th of 
 March , created Earl of Warwick and Salisbury : and about two Fat.an.1* 
 months after, <vi%. the 20 th of May , 1472. (upon the furrender 
 
 of his Brother Richard Duke of Glocejier) he had the Office of 
 
 Great 
 
THE EJK 9 S 0F ENiqLA^C‘D,& c. 415 
 
 •— . H — -» -• — ■ — ■ - ■■■ ' - . . -----—- 
 
 chap. 8. Great Chamberlain of England , granted unto him for term of Geor & e Duke 
 
 -* of Clarence, 
 
 Tat. an. 
 i*£. 4. 
 
 Chart, in. 
 ii E. 4-fX 
 eartis Hen. 
 GomMunt. 
 
 Tol. Virg, 
 537.jj.io. 
 
 Tjchari 
 Grafton f, 
 
 140 . b. 
 
 Tol Virg, 
 
 ZO. 
 
 Efc. an. 18 
 E. 4. jj.4 ^ 
 47 - 
 
 Edward. 
 
 Hallefol. 
 
 24 ^. 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by 
 J^.B. 
 
 And in a Patent bearing date 14 E. 4. the King (Hies hini> 
 Prachariffimus frater nojier Georgia* Dux Clarencia , Comes War - 
 rewici et Sarum , Dominos de Richmond , magnus Camerarius An - 
 g//.*, nec-non Locum-tenens nofler terra noftra Hibernia. By which 
 Titles he alfo wrote himfelf (upon the 2of/> day of March^An. 
 12 E. 4.) excepting that of Lieutenant of Ireland. 
 
 Thus dignified, he lived till the lyth year of that King,when 
 (through the envy of his Brother Richard Duke of Glocejier) 
 being attainted of High Treafon before Henry Stafford Duke of 
 Buckingham^ then Steward of England , he was committed to 
 the Tower. The particulars of his charge being, That he la¬ 
 boured to make the World believe King Edward wrought by 
 Necromancy, poifoning thofe Subje&s he hated ; That he pur- 
 pofed to exalt himfelf and his heirs to the Royal Dignity, moft 
 falfly pttblifhing the King to be a Baftard, and therefore inca¬ 
 pable of Rule \ That he induced feveral of the Kings natural 
 Subje£b to be fworn upon the Blefled Sacrament, to him and his 
 heirs, without any refervation of their Allegiance *, That purfu- 
 ant hereunto, he had gotten an Exemplification under the great 
 Seal of Henry VI. declaring that if thefaid King and his Son Prince 
 Edward (hould die without Ifiue Male, that He the faid Duke 
 and his Heirs (hould enjoy the Crown: to confirm which, the 
 mifapplication of a certain Prophecy, That a G.Jhmld Raign af¬ 
 ter an E. to.be meant of this George (when Glocejier more craftily 
 lay in wind for the Game^) contributed not a little. 
 
 This troubled the King much, but the Queen more, of both 
 which the Duke was highly miftrufted, who being now a Wid- 
 dower, fent to his filler Margaret Duchefs of Burgundy , to pro¬ 
 cure a marriage for him with her Husbands Daughter the Lady 
 A lary y againft which the Queen moft earneftly interpofed, follici- 
 ting the Lady in behalf of Anthony Earl Rivers her Brother, 
 whereby the Duke received great prejudice, and new jealoufies 
 were daily created in the King’s Breaft. 
 
 In (hort, whether Criminal or not, he was, by Parliament be¬ 
 gun at Weflminjier , 1 $ Jan. 17 E. 4. an. 1477. attainted of High 
 Treafon, and the 18th of February next following, after he had 
 offered his Mafs-Penny in the Tower of London , drowned 
 in a Butt of Malmefey, his Brother the Duke of Glocejier aflift- 
 ing thereat with his own proper Hands and though the King 
 confented to his death, yet nofooner was it done but he relented 
 it extremely, and was fo grieved at the remembrance thereof, as 
 when any lollicited for the life of a condemned Perfon,he would 
 openly fay, Oh unfortunate Brother l for whofe life no man would 
 make fuit. 
 
 This Duke was buried at Tewkesbury in Glocefterjhire , near the 
 Body of his Duchefs, who being with Child, died of Poifon not 
 long before. 
 
 Mmmmm Children 
 
. — 
 
 4*4 
 
 Yorkflls. 
 
 This Edward 
 Earl of Wax- 
 w/cl(,did bear, 
 France and 
 England, quar¬ 
 terly, with a 
 Label of three 
 points gobony. 
 Silver and 
 Blew ; for that 
 he was Earl of 
 Warwick, and 
 Salisbury, by 
 his Mother 1 
 the daughter 
 and coheir of 
 Bjchard 2sevil 
 Earl of War¬ 
 wick. and Sa¬ 
 lisbury, fon 
 and heir of 
 J^chard Nevil 
 Earl of Sarum-, 
 who being the 
 eldelt fon of 
 J^alph Nevil 
 Earl of Weft- 
 morland by his 
 adWifcJoane 
 Beaufort, di- 
 ftinguifhed his 
 Saltire by the 
 addition of a 
 Label of three 
 points gobony 
 Urgent and A- 
 zure, to (hew 
 his defeent 
 from the 
 Beaufort r, 
 who bare 
 the Royal 
 Arms within 
 a Border Gobo¬ 
 ny Argent 
 and Aznre, 
 thereby 
 tranfmitting 
 the charge on 
 the Border, to 
 the Label. 
 Which Arms 
 (faith Vincent, 
 page 5 84-) are 
 thus fet forth 
 for this 
 Prince, in the 
 North-fide 
 the Choi re or 
 Chancel of 
 All Saints, 
 commonly 
 called Albal• 
 lowes in 
 Northampton. 
 
 His death, 28 
 Nov. an. 14 99. 
 
 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 Children of GEORGE Dufy of Clarence, by IS SAB EL 
 
 NEVIL his Wife . 
 
 14 EDWARD P LAN TA GENET,Eztl of Warwick, jq c tan 
 
 the elded Son of George Duke of Clarence and Jjfabel Neyil, 
 and Nephew to King Edward IV. was born in the Caftle of 
 Warwick being after the death of his Father, Earl 'of War - 
 wick. He was a Child of mod unhappy fortune, having from 
 his Cradle been nurfed up in Prifon, and his fatal day ex¬ 
 pedited by anothers folly : For fird, foon after King Edward Lehlli 
 his Uncles death, he was, by Richard Duke of Glocefler his jffavdjs. 
 other Uncle,Cent unto the Cadle of Sheriff-Hot on in the Coun- 
 ty of Torh^ there to be fecured (that Duke intending to mur* 
 ther his two Nephews, fons of King Edward! V. and to make 
 himlelf King) where he remained,till King Henry VII. (imme¬ 
 diately after the Battel of Bofworth , even before his departure 
 from Leicejier ) fent Sir Robert Willoughby Kt. to the faid Man- 
 nor of Sheriff-Hot on, for this Edward Plantagenet Earl of War • ro i %riTgt 
 wvd^then 15 years old, and caufedhimtobeimprifoned in the 
 Tower of London, where he remained till his death, which in the 
 next place was thus occafioned;It happened that a youth of mean 
 birth, named Ralph Wilford, aCordwainers fon, fet on by one 
 Patrick . an Auguftine Frier ,to take upon him the name and per- 
 fon of this Earl Edward, gave out,that he had lately efcaped out 
 of his Prifon the Tower of London, caudng a great tumult 
 amongd the Commons, who were glad to hear that a Branch 
 ol the Plantagenets was to be redored to the Imperial Diadem; 
 and this was one of thofe winding Ivies of a Plantagenet that 
 killed the true Tree it felf: It was mod unfortunately true,that Li ^ e ^ 
 at the fame time, this Edward confulted with Perkin War beck 
 the counterfeit Richard Duke of Torh^ (at that time im- zo/dvc-' 
 prifoned likewife in the Tower by King Henry VII.) about 0,13,11 
 their efcape, which being difeovered before it could be execu¬ 
 ted, this poor Prince was fhortly after arraigned before the Earl 
 of Oxford (then High Steward of England, pro tempore ) not 
 ftnply for attempting to efcape, for that could not be Treafon, 
 but for confpiring with Ferkfn to raife fedition, and todeftroy 
 the King, the Earl confefling the Indi&ment, had Judgement ExUpt.vct; 
 paded upon him the 21 of November, and was accordingly ex- § 
 ecuted upon Tower Hill, the 2$th of Nov. 14 99. An. 15 H. 7. 
 
 Alter which,vi’Xj.^^th of Jan. \<y H. 7. the better to countenance 
 this cruel a&ion, he was attainted in the Parliament then held, * r - 
 fo that all the favor he had, was, That his Body fhould be fent 
 to the Abbey of Bifham in the County of Berks ,and there In- capt. y gu¬ 
 ttered with thofe of his Anccftors. ^.V***' 
 
 But it was neither guilt of crime nor reafon of State, could 
 quench the refentments of the King for this execution, fince 
 
 'ewas 
 
 t 
 
Cltap'. & 
 
 THE KJNL9S OP E3^qLA*{V t &c. 4 i 5 
 
 life of 
 tyng tk-n- 
 
 V 7* b 
 lord Vcru- 
 hna i$6. 
 
 *twas generally believed that Perkin was but the bait to entrap GtorgeD uke 
 this Earl, and King Henry himfelf laid it upon Ferdinand King °^ ctareHce ’ 
 of Spain , producing Letters about the Treaty of Marriage 
 between Prince Arthur and that Kings Daughter* plainly de¬ 
 claring hts jealoufiesof an uninterrupted Succelfion as long 
 as the Earl of Warwick^ lived, and his unwillingnefs to expole 
 his Daughter to troubles and dangers; whereby though the 
 King did in fome part remove the odium from himfelf, yet 
 did he withal bring a kind of maledi&ion upon the Marriage, 
 which fo fucceeded as that hopeful Prince enjoyed a very fmall 
 time after the Nuptials,and the Lady Katherine her felfremain- 
 ed a fad and religious Woman ever after, infomuch that when 
 King Henry VIII. his refolution of being Divorced was firft made 
 known to her, fhe exprelfed her felf to this effe$. That fhe 
 had not offended, but that it was a Judgment of God , for that 
 her former Marriage was made in Bloody meaning that of the 
 Earl of Warwick' z 
 
 Such was the end of this noble and commiferated Prince Ed¬ 
 ward Earl of Warwick , in whom the Male Line of the Plan• 
 tagenets determined, after having flourilhed in great Royalty 
 (though often dipt in their own Blood) even from the time of 
 the famous King Henry I 1 . the fpace of 331 years. 
 
 < ^°f 14. RICHARD , fecond Son of George Duke of Clarence y 
 
 born at Tewkesbury, lived not a quarter of a year, and de- 
 ceadng the year after his Mother in the Caftle of Warwick ., 
 was interred in the Church there. 
 
 G. 1 . in 
 Coil. Arm, 
 in salto 
 Libri, 
 
 Ibid. 
 
 14.eldeft Daughter of George Duke of Clarence , was 
 
 born at Sea, died an Infant, and was buried at Calais . 
 
 14. M A R G A R E T, fecond daughter of George Duke Qf Cla» 
 renceyWts Countefs of Salisbury, as in the next and ninth Chap¬ 
 ter. 
 
 14. MARGARET 
 
4 i(5 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tcrkijls. 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 .4 MARGARET 
 
 L Of C LA REDUCE, Countess of 
 
 S ALISBVRT. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 The Figure of 
 Countefs 
 Margarets 
 Seal (annexed 
 to a Charter 
 bearing date 
 1 Decembris, 
 *w.i8 H. 8.) 
 is reprefent- 
 ed in the 3*4 
 
 Argaret Plantagenet , Daughter of George Duke 
 Clarence , born at Farley Caftle near Bath in 
 Somerfetfhire, became the Wife of Sir Richard 
 Pole Kt.( Son of Sir Jeffrey Pole Kt,defcended 
 from a Family of antient Gentry in Wales ) 
 who having valiantly ferved King Henry VII. 
 age of this in his Wars of Scotland , and being a per- 
 
 towhkhVre- fon much accompliftied, was made chief Gentleman of the Bed- 
 da Tor^he chamber to Prince Arthur and Knight of the Garter ; whereup* 
 Armes on attending him into Wales, he received command to govern in 
 thereon, thofe parts. The time of his death I have not found, but by 
 "W the Lady Margaret his Wife, he left Iflue four fons and a daugh* 
 
 vil,Beauchamp 
 Warwick., 
 
 Mountague, 
 
 Monthermer, 
 
 Clare, and 
 le Defpen- 
 for. Penes 
 E. A. W. 
 
 Her Arras 
 exhibited in 
 L. io. fol. 
 in Coll. Arm. 
 are Quarterly 
 of fix peeces, 
 three in chief 
 and. 3 in bafe. 
 
 The firft is, 
 
 Eranee and 
 
 ter: After which, in the yh year of King Henry VIII. fhe exhi¬ 
 bited her Petition in Parliament (as being only Sifter and Heir of 
 Edward Earl of Warwick^ and Salisbury , and Daughter of Iffabel , 
 Daughter and Heir of Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury,Son and 
 Heir of y^/ic^Daughter and Heir of Thomas Mountague Earl of Sa¬ 
 lisbury ) upon which (he was(upon the 14 th of Oilober,An.$ H. 8.) 
 in the lame Parliament reftored to theDignity of Countefs of Salis¬ 
 bury by King He//rj>VIILBut proving afterwards as great an eye-fore 
 to this King,as her Brother had been to King Henry VII. his Father, 
 (he was An. 31 H 8. condemned in Parliament of High Treafon, 
 England, quar- together with Gertrude Wife of Henry Courtney Marquis o fExce- 
 three joints ier , Reginald Pole her fon, Sir Adrian Fortefcue and others,certain 
 Bulls Irom Rome being found at Cowdray (her Manfion-houfe.) 
 It was alfo charged upon her, that the Parfon of Warblington had 
 conveyed Letters from her to her Son ( Reginald ) the Cardinal, 
 and that (he had forbidden all her Tenants to have the New 
 Teftament in Englifl\ or any new Book priviledged by the King. 
 What other caufe there might be is uncertain. But webavefuf- 
 saiisbury, 3. ficient teftimony that (he behaved her felf with great refolution 
 fntlrYcrofe- (though feventy years of age) and would not confefs any thing : 
 BcSamp 0 ^ Neverthelcfs (he had fentence of death pafted upon her without 
 4. chequie, or ever being heard: And two years after, without Arraignment or 
 Cheveron . Er- Tryalhad her Head cut off in the Tower of London , 27 May 
 
 mine. War- , . _ f _ _ tt Q 
 
 wick. y. Or, J 54 I * 3 3 **' 
 
 an Eagle dif- 
 
 flayed'Een, Monthermer. 6. Quarterly, Or, 3 Cheverons, Gules, Clare, and quarterly, Argent, and Gules a Frett Or, 
 
 tner all a Bendlet Sable, lc Defpcnfer. 
 
 Her Husband Sir Rfcbard role did bear Tarty per Tale Or and Sable, a Saltire ingrayled, (ttmcTcharged-, asappeareth 
 upon his Stall in the Chappci of St George at Windfir. 
 
 Children 
 
 Edward 
 Halle foh 
 
 240.4. 
 
 G. 1 , in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 in calce 
 Libri. 
 
 Ex Coll. 
 Efib. Glo¬ 
 ver S outer - 
 
 fit. 
 
 Ex autogr. 
 penes Cler. 
 
 Farl. 
 
 Pol. Virg. 
 p.Czo. n. 
 30. 
 
 Ex CoU. 
 ErGl.f. 
 
 Ex Petit, 
 in Parl.an. 
 5 H.i. 
 
 Pat.p H.t: 
 f. 1. 
 
 Herberts 
 Hifi.ofH. 
 8. p.447. 
 
 Argent, each 
 charged with a 
 Canton Gules, 
 Clarence, 
 a. Gules, a 
 Saltire Ar¬ 
 gent, a Label 
 of three points 
 gobony Argent 
 and Azure-, 
 Nevil Earl of 
 
 Godw.pl 
 1 66. 
 
 Ibid, f-iff 
 

 Chap. 8. 
 
 THE KJH.9 s of ENiqL av^T), &c. 4 ! 7 
 
 _____ — - — ------ - 
 
 Margaret 
 Countefs of* 
 
 Children of MARGARET Countefs of Salisbury, by Sir Salllbltr y- 
 RICHARD POL E Kt. her Husband, 
 
 H. 13. in 
 CoB. Arm. 
 f. 398-6. 
 
 Stoves An. 
 
 Godv.pl 
 
 x6z. 
 
 V. 13./. 
 lor. b. in 
 Coll.Arm. 
 
 Ex Gene- 
 clogiaCom . 
 Huntington 
 
 Fun. Cert. 
 1. 1 6,jol. 
 * 47 - 
 
 nfo.Ef- 
 
 fexrt.fol 
 19 S* 
 
 Argent,a Man* 
 tie Sable,and 
 Sole as afore - 
 faid. 
 
 i<. HENRI* POLE , Lord Mountaoue , eldeft Son of Sir Lord 
 
 O ’ r o? Mountagus did 
 
 Richard Pole Kt. and Countcls Margaret , was lummoned to bear, quarterly 
 Parliament, 21 H. 8- by the Title of Lord Mountague (as Z 
 
 being defeended from Alice Daughter and Heir of Thomas b r f^ fp 0 ‘ le> 
 Mountague Earl of Salisbury ) and convi&ed of High Treafon, 4 
 
 for endeavouring to deprive the faid King Henry , in order to Cni/> ingrayled. 
 advance his Brother the Cardinal to the Crown, and had his 3 Nevil Earl 
 Head cutoff on Tower Hill, the ptb of January , An. 30 mp! 
 
 H. 8. leaving Iffue by his Wife Jane Daughter of George Nevil , r Warwkk^ 
 Baron of Abergavenny , two Daughters his Heirs, Katherine 7 Mounther-] 
 
 1 ur r ■ t ° ° mer, 8 Clare 
 
 an aWwijricle. • s^ieDcfpen-. 
 
 Kathenne Pole was efpoufed to Francis Hajlings Earl of ^appSrsIn 
 Huntington , by whom fhe had Iffue George Earl of Hunting- 
 ton, who by Dorothy daughter and coheir of Sir John Pole of Arm. 
 Derbifbire Kt. was Father of Francis Lord Hajlings, who died in faie Ha- 
 in the life-time of his Father, leaving Iffue by Sarah his Wife, ftings ’ 
 daughter of Sir James Harrington Kt. Henry Earl of Hunting- 
 ton, whofe Wife being Elizabeth the third daughter and co¬ 
 heir of Ferdinando Stanley Earl of Derby, he had Ifl'ue 
 by her Ferdinando Earl of Huntington, who married Lucie 
 daughter and foie heir of Sir John Davies of EngLfield in the 
 County of Berios Kr. (Prime Sergeant at Law to King James 
 and King Charles I. He was afterwards Sollicitor,and then At¬ 
 torney General in Ireland ) by the Lady Eleanor his Wife, 
 youngeft daughter to George Lord Audley , Earl of Cajllehayen , 
 and by her had Iffue Theophilus Earl of Huntington, now living. 
 
 An. \ 6~)6\ who hath taken to Wife Elizabeth daughter and 
 coheir of Sir ffohn Lewes oiLedJlon , in Com. TorJ^, Kt. i $tb of 
 Febr. 1671* 
 
 Winifride Pole the fecond daughter and coheir i was firR 
 married to Sir Thomas Hatlings Kt, fecond Son of George Earl 
 of Huntington,znd Brother to the forefaid Francis ,by whom fhe 
 had no Iffue, and afterwards to Sir Thomas Barrington of Bar- i n p a ie Bar¬ 
 rington Hall in Com . Ejfex Kt. who had Iffue by her Sir Francis r f r fJJ’fche. 
 Barrington of the fame place Kt. and Bar. who by Joane daugh- 
 ter of Sir Henry Cromwel of Hinchingbrooh^ in the County of poms Azure, 
 Huntington Kt. was Father of Sir Thomas Barrington Kt. and before!^ 9 
 Bar. who took to Wife Frances daughter and heir of John 
 Gobert Efqj and by her had Iffue Sir ffohn Barrington of Bar¬ 
 rington Hall Bar. who hath married Dorothy daughter of Sir 
 William Litton of Knebworth in the County of Hertford Kt. 
 and by her hath Iffue Thomas, John , William , Anne , Dorothy , 
 
 Winifride, Jfohanna and Lucy. 
 
 Nnnnn 
 
 15- 
 
 Sir 
 
 1 
 
4 i8 A qEHEAhOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 lorkjlls. 
 
 He did bear, 
 Quarterly of 8 
 pieces, 4 in 
 chief and 4 in 
 bafe, 1 Cla¬ 
 rence, i Pole, 
 viz. resale, 
 Sable and Or, 
 a Saltire in- 
 grayled, court- 
 terchanged , 3. 
 Ncvil Earl of 
 Warwick, 4. 
 Beauchamp, 
 y. Warwick, 
 
 ^.Mountague. 
 7. Moncher- 
 mer,8. Clare 
 
 i $. Sir G EO F F RET POLE Knight, fecond Son of Mar¬ 
 garet Countcfs of Salisbury and Sir Ricbarcl Pole Kt. was con- 
 vi&ed with his Brother the Lord Mountague and others, for 
 endeavouring (as their Indi&ment imports) to deprive King 
 Henry VIII. of the Crown, and toraife up Reginald Pole his 
 Brother to the Soveraignty ; but fuffered not death for the fame. 
 
 He married Conjlance eldeft daughter and coheir of Edmond 
 Pabgnham , had Iflue Katherine and Mary j but elfewhere I 
 find him made great Grandfather to Geoffry and Arthur that 
 lately lived in Italy . 
 
 and le Defpen- 
 
 ier, quarterly: Over all a Creffent Azure for the difference of a fecond Brother. And for his Creft, out of a Ducal Coro¬ 
 net Gules , a Griffon -with Wings expanded Argent, membred gules. Which Achievement is thus Marihallcd for this Sir 
 Gefifjyey role in a Book marked D. 13. fol. 5 3. b. in the Colledge of Arms. 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 Stowes 
 
 Annals. 
 
 rifit.D. 
 l3.fol.yfr 
 b.in Coll. 
 Arm. 
 
 In an old 
 Pedigree 
 in Mania- 
 ■feripr. 
 
 55. A RTHVR P 0 LE, third Son, in the year 15 62. (5 £//%.) ExCoV.%. 
 being charged with purpofing to go to the Duke of Guife in- c,overS » 
 to France , and to return with a power into Wales , whereby 
 the Queen of Scots might attain the Crown of this Realm,and c *nAcn. 
 himfelf be declared Duke of Clarence , had judgment of death j 
 but by reafon of his near alliance to Queen Elizabeth, no ex¬ 
 ecution followed. He had Iflue two daughters his Heirs,M<*r- 
 garet and Mary. 
 
 Margaret was efpoufed to Sir Thomas Fit^ Herbert Kt. and 
 Mary the fecond daughter, was the Wife of Sir JohnStanney Kt. 
 
 15. R E GINA LD POLE Cardinal,fourth Son of Sir Richard 
 
 Pole by the faid Counted, was educated at Magdalen Colledge f n °rZfuiu 
 in Oxford , where his great proficiency in Learning was firfl re- butAr & lig i 
 compenced by his Kinfman King Hemfy VIII. with the Deanery 
 of Exccjlerj after which he travelled into Italy, and fpent fe- 
 ven years fludy at Padua. Hence theKing having abolifhed the 
 Pope, fent for him back into England, but refufing to return, 
 he was proclaimed Traitor, and his Deanery given to ano¬ 
 ther. This lofswas foon repaired by the Pope’s making him 
 a Cardinal (22 May 15 ^6. An. 28 H. 8J and employing him 
 in many Embaflies both to the Emperor and French King,with 
 whom he ever dealt againfl King Henry , and follicited others 
 from their obedience to him, infomuch that many homebred 
 Subje&s difliking the caufe of Papal Subverfion, wrought fe- 
 cretly to deprive King Henry, and exalt the Cardinal to the 
 Royal Dignity. Next he was made Legate oi Vit erbium fand 
 with two others fent as the Pope’s Vicegerent to the Council 
 of Trent. Thus he flood dignified when by the death of his 
 Holinefs, a Fa&ion arofe in the Conclave of French and /*#«*. 
 Imperialifls, which laft prevailing, Cardinal Pole is ele&ed 
 
 Pope: 
 
THE KJHSfS OF E^CqLAH.V>& c. 4 i 9 
 
 Chap. p. 
 
 Pat.i & il 
 Phil, 
 
 Mari* p. 
 
 5 Jour, of 
 Pari. 
 
 Godwin ut 
 fupra. 
 
 m 
 
 Xx Coll. 
 Pc 01. S. 
 
 Pope : Upon whofe requeft, for a more orderly proceeding Margaret 
 he is again the fame evening chofen to fupply the vacant Chair, Sa^l^ry 04 
 
 notwithftanding the oppofition of Cardinal Caraffa, charging-* 
 
 him with Incontinence and Hereiie, for arguing a Juftifying 
 Faith in the Council of Trent , and frequenting the company of 
 Antonio Flaminm a known Proteftant: But he feemingly 
 difliking the fecond Election, as a work of darknefr, defired a 
 more regular proceeding on the morrow, when tempting his 
 good fortune too far,he loft the Papacy twice in one day;for the 
 Cardinal de Monte was now chofen, who to compliment Pole 
 for his modefty, obliged Caraffa to ask him forgivenefs be¬ 
 fore they departed the Conclave. 
 
 Thusdifappointed of the Papacy, he retired to Verona, into 
 a Monaftery ofBenedi&insj where he was fcarce fetled before 
 he heard of the death of King Edward VI. by a Meftage 
 from Queen Mary , remanding him for England , to be her Di¬ 
 rector in Church Affairs, having lately introduced the MaCs, 
 and reftored the Popes Supremacy. This was no ungrateful 
 news to the Cardinal, who befides the efteem retained him 
 by that Queen, had ever a longing defire homeward, not 
 doubting it things fucceeded well in England, to difpence 
 with his Cardinals Hat in exchange for a Crown*,which Charles 
 the Emperor miftrufting, contrives to detain him beyond Sea, 
 till the Match was concluded between Queen Mary and his 
 Son } but coming home at laft as Legate from Pope Juli¬ 
 us III. he was by the Queen made Archbiffiop of Canter¬ 
 bury (22 Maij , An. 1^15.1 & 2 Pb.&MJ the feveral Atfts 
 of Parliament made by King Henry VII I. to the Cardinals pre¬ 
 judice repealed, and Lord Reginald Pole received as an Oracle, 
 infomuch that the Parliament humbly prefented him with a Pe~ 
 tition to be received again into the Bofom of the Church of 
 Rome : But neither that Church, the Queen, nor the Cardinal 
 lived in England long after, but expired together in one day, 
 viz. 17 Nov. An. 15$ 8. 
 
 This great Prelate thus dead, was interred in a little Chap- 
 pel at the Eaft end of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury , 
 near St Thomas Bechets Oratory, where he hath a Tomb of 
 Brick, done over with Plaifter, affixed to the North Wall,with 
 his Arms and Quarterings depi&ed on thefaid Wall over it. 
 
 1 L VRSV LA POLE , Lady Stafford , only Daughter of 
 Margaret Countefs of Salisbury , by Sir Richard Pole Kt. was bear, in rale, 
 married to Henry Lord Stafford ( fonand heir of Edward Gules',stS-™ 
 Stafford , the laft Duke of Buckingham of that Family be- 
 headed on Tower Hill,^#. 13 H. 8. ( vide page 232.^) whofe 
 large Revenues were his chiefeft Crime, defcended by a dire£f counterchang- 
 Line of Barons, Earls and Dukes, from Robert Baron of Staf- ^ Pole 
 ford , a Noble Man of very great Poffeffions in the Reign of 
 
 King 
 
420 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torpids. King Edward the Confeffor, to whom he was Steward of the Book S* 
 - Houfhold. 
 
 This Henry, was after his Fathers death reftored to the Ba* 
 rony of Stafford by the faid King Henry VI 11 . and had Ilfue 
 Edward Lord Stafford, who by Mary his Wife, daughter of 
 Edward Stanley Earl of Derby, was Father of Edward Lord ex ubro 
 Stafford, that married Iffabel daughter of Thomas Forever of fofdorut~ 
 Fong in the County of Salop, Efcp, and had Iflue Edward Staff 
 ford that died in the life-time of his Father,who by Anne daugh¬ 
 ter of James Wilford of Newman-Hall in Com. Effex, Efq*, 
 (Grandfon to Sir James Wilford Knight, a valiant and lucces- 
 tul Commander againfl: the Scots, who having taken Had¬ 
 dington by force , defended by a very great Garifon, not 
 long after dying of his wounds, there received, preven¬ 
 ted the Honour of Vifcount of that place, defigned him 
 as a reward for that eminent fervice)left Iifu c,Henry Lord Staff Ibii ' 
 ford , after the death of his Grandfather, who died without 
 I(fue,and one only daughter Mary Stafford (Heir to her Brother 
 Henry Lord Stafford ) born at Newman-Hall aforefaid, efpoufed lbiiut fa 
 to Sir William Howard Knight of the Bath (fecond fon o fTho- pra ‘ 
 mas Earl of Arundel and Surrey , and Earl Marlhal of Eng¬ 
 land) who with the faid Mary his Wife, were created Baron 
 and Baronefs Staffordy Septemb. 12. An. 16 King Charles I. in 
 the year 1640. and he advanced to the Dignity of Vifcount 
 Stafford, the 1 ith of November next following: They have 
 Ilfue, Henry Stafford, eldeft Son and Heir apparent, John and 
 Francis ( Charles and Edward who died young) Iffabella Staf¬ 
 ford , the Relift of John Pawlet Marquis of Winchejler, and 
 Premier Marquis of England, Alethea Stafford, ZJrfula, Mary, 
 and A naff aft a, now living, An. 16 j 6. and Helena, who decea- 
 \ fed young. > -* 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 14. ARTHUR 
 
 1 
 

 THE KJWJjS OF E^CgLJ^CD.Sic. 4= , 
 
 .ARTHUR 
 
 PL AN TAG E NET, Vifcount Lijte, Lieute- 
 
 nant of Calais , and Knight of the Garter. 
 CHAP. X. , 
 
 Cat at. of 
 Nob, by J{. 
 
 B. 
 
 Pat. 1 s H- 
 *.p. 1. 
 
 Herbert in 
 eodem an¬ 
 no. 
 
 Pat. an. 24 
 
 G odmin 
 de Prttfuli- 
 bus Anglia 
 f. 18i. 
 
 Cat. of 
 
 Nob. by 
 ■K.B. 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by 
 
 - ^ ^ ■ r • He did bear 
 
 Kthur Flantagenet , Natural Son of King Ed- Quarterly of + 
 ward I V. by the Lady Elizabeth Lucy (as France and ^ 
 was fuppofed) after the furrender of Charles fdrfyfhefacZd 
 Brandon Duke of Suffolk, 20 April , 14 ^Idth* 
 H. 8. was 2 6 April following ( «z n^. 1*5 f omh Morti¬ 
 ff. 8) created Vifcount Lifle at Bridewell ZfiafonfiZi- 
 in London } to him and the Heirs Male tZrtiZtfn* 
 of the Body of Elizabeth his Wife Sifter and Heir of John ^urfyof 
 Grey late Vifcount Lifle : after which, in the Reign of the faid fapeeces,tbree 
 King Henry VIII. he was elected and enftalled Knight of the tlreefabajt 
 Moft Noble Order of the Garter. Moreover in November , Zyl/fixpTces 
 An. 1*527* (19 H. 8 ) he was one of thofe whom King Henry ^ or , 
 then fent (with Sir 1 homas JVriotbcjley Garter King of Arms^) to teAUX « chief. 
 Paris ; at what time the Enflgns of the Order of St George were Lifle. 2 Barry 
 prefented to King Francis I. and upon the 24th of March, An. fndAzwfan 
 24 H* 8. he was conflituted Lieutenant of Calais in France } ^uGuifZvl- 
 vvhich Townfomeof his Servants intending to have betrayed to lcilce -3 di y , 
 
 j Gules [even 
 
 the French ( two of which fufFered death for the fame) him- Mafdes,three; 
 fell was fent to the Tower of London, but his innocency, after of Quincy fa 
 much fearch, appearing, the King fent him his Ring from off his Zmpant^nd 
 own Finger, with fuch comfortable expreflions that he immo Border ingrayi- 
 
 , , & . r i. . , M edOr. Talbot. 
 
 derately receiving lo great a preliure or py, his Heart was over- <jly Gules a 
 charged therewith, and the night following (viz. 3 Martij An. 33 cfofaTrljUu 
 H 8.) he yielded up the Ghoft} which makes it obfervable, that ch^andejy 
 this Kings mercy was as fatal as his judgements. Guks,aLyon 
 
 His Body was honourably buried in the Tower of Lon- dant Argent, 
 
 1 crowned, pro- 
 
 GOn. p er , Gerard 
 
 Lord Lijle. 
 
 Over the three quarterings in Chief,/; a Labelof three points Argent-, all thefe quarterings being within the Garter. And 
 for hisCrefl, upon a Chapeau Gules, embroidered Gold, and turned up Ermine (upon which is a capital A. in Gold for 
 Arthur ) Hands his Creft, being a Cat party per pale, Sable and Argent, betwixt two Broom ftalks blojfomed proper . 
 Which Coat-Armour and Creft are thus Madhalled for this Arthur Flantagenet in D. 13. fol. 102. a. in ColU 
 Am. The fame Arms and Creli are upon his Plate in his Stall in the Chappel of St George at Windfor. 
 
 Children of ARTHUR PLANTAGENET Vifcount 
 Lifle, by ELIZABETH GREY his Wife. 
 
 15. BRIDGET FLANTAG ENET, eldeft Daughter 
 and Coheir of Arthur Vifcount Lifle, was married to Sir Wil¬ 
 liam Carden, who was knighted at Bullogne. 
 
 O000 o 
 
 i5.FR/iN. 
 
422 A QEJQEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkijh* 
 
 In rale, Baffet, 
 viz. Argent 
 three Barrs 
 tcavy Gules, _ 
 
 (videC. i-'Vi- 
 fit. Devon and 
 Cornwal, in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 fol. 198. a.) 
 and Plantage- 
 net, viz.^Mdr- 
 terly, 1. 
 
 I ranee and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly, 1. and 
 
 3. Eurgh or 
 U liter , 4. 
 Mortimer, 
 over all a Bi- 
 Jion Azure. 
 
 In Pale,Gules, 
 a Cheveron, 
 inter three Lye 
 ons heads er - 
 rafed Argent, 
 Monk, and 
 Plantagenet, 
 viz. Quarterly, 
 the firjl 
 France and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly ; the fe- 
 cond and third 
 Or a Crofs 
 Gules , Ulfler. 
 
 4. Mortimer, 
 over all a Ba~ 
 jlon Azure. 
 
 15. FRANCES PLANT AGENET, fecond Daugh* gooks^ 
 ter, was fir ft married to John Baffet of Vmberley in the County C atai. of 
 of Devon, by whom he had Iflue (i6)Sir Arthur Baffet ofthe 
 fame place Kt. who married Eleanor daughter of Sir John Chi- Fi p tUDgA 
 chejler of Rawley in Devonfhire Kc. and had Iffue (17 ) Sir Ro- v ^;^ oU l m 
 bert Baffet of Vmberley Kt. living/Iff. 1620. who,by Elizabeth f.2 91 ,b » * 
 daughter and coheir of Sir William periam Kt chief Baron of 
 the Exchequer,had Iffue(iS) Arthur Baffet Efq; Which Arthur 
 
 took to Wife.daughter of. Leigh of Northam in 
 
 the County of Devon , and had Iffue, John BaffetEfy who by 
 
 ..his Wife, one ofthe daughters and coheirs of. Bluet 
 
 of Holcombe in Somerfetfhire , had Iffue, John Baffet of Vmber - 
 ley E-fq;, now living. An. 1676. 
 
 The fecond Husband of this Frances Plantagenet^was Thomas 
 MonJ^( antiently named le Moyne) of Pothericlge in the Coun- vlnAn*' 
 ty of Devon } by him fhe had Iffue (16) Anthony Monk. of the c°i^b 
 fame place, one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the faid County, 
 who died An. 1620. having firft married Mary daughter of 
 Richard Arfcot of Ajhwater in the fame County Efq; leaving ibid, fit} 
 Iffue by her (17) Sir Thomas Monk of Potheridge Kt. who by 79 '*' 
 Elizabeth daughter of Sir George Smith of Madeworthy in the 
 County of Devon Kt. had Iffue Thomas , George and Nicholas . 
 
 Thomas Monly of Potheridge Son and Heir, married Mary the 
 daughter of William Gold ot Hayes near Exceter in the Coun¬ 
 ty of Devon , and had Iffue Thomas Monl j who deceafed at the 
 age of 12 years ,Elizabeth Monk the Wife of Thomas Pride^ who 
 hath Iffue Thomas and Elizabeth, and Frances Monk{., married to 
 John leNeue of StGiless intheFieldsjn the County of Middlefex. 
 
 George Monk, fecond fon of Sir Thomas Monk^Kr. was, after the 
 death of his Nephew Thomas , Lord of the Mannor of Pothe¬ 
 ridge , who having through the whole courfe of his life em¬ 
 ployed himfelf in military affairs, firft both by Sea and Land in 
 foreign parts, and afterwards at home, in His Majefties Domi¬ 
 nions (where he ever merited the chara&er of a valiant and ex¬ 
 perienced Commander) to crowm all his former a&ions be¬ 
 came at laft, by Gods great Providence, the principal inftru- 
 ment in the reftaurationof His prefent Majefty King Charles II. 
 to his juft Rights,and his Kingdoms to their long defired Peace. 
 
 In contemplation of which, and confidering alfo,that by the 
 Lady Frances aforefaid, daughter and coheir of Arthur Planta¬ 
 genet Vifcount Lifle, he was defeended from Edward Grey Vif- 
 count Lij 7 e, and Elizabeth his Wife daughter and heir of John 
 Talbot Vifcount Lifle, fon of the renowned John Talbot Earl of 
 Shrewsbury , by Margaret his Wife daughter and coheir of the 2. 
 valiant Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick^ ? this George was 
 created Duke of Albemarle , Earl of Torrington, Baron Monl^of 
 Potheridge ^Beauchamp and Teyr ,by Letters Patents bearing date 
 at Wefhninjler , 7 Julij, in the 12th year of our moft gracious 
 Soveraign Lord King Charles II. to Him and the Heirs Male of 
 
 his 
 
Chap. I o 
 
 .■ :T vr.;> 
 .tvA'.* \ 
 
 * She died 
 an. \669, 
 'fan- aj. ' 
 
 ••• > •"» 
 
 . 8 i 
 
 Funeral 
 Certifi¬ 
 cates in 
 the Col- 
 ledge of 
 Arms. 
 
 THE.KJ^gS OF E^CgLJ^CV,Scc t 423 
 
 his Body for ever; with a Fee of 20 I. per annum , out of the Arthur j ir- 
 Exchequer ; and 40 /. per annum, payable for thefaid Duke- —— 
 dom, out of theCuftoms of London. 
 
 He was alfo in the fame year, conftituted Captain Gene¬ 
 ral of His Majetties Forces, Matter of the Horfe, Knight of 
 the mofl: Noble Order of the Garter, and one of His Majetties 
 naoft Honourable Privy Council 
 
 He deccafed upon the 4th day of Jan. 1 669. and was honou¬ 
 rable Interred upon the laft day of April next following,on the 
 North-fide theChappel of King Henry VII. in a Vault prepared 
 for him and his Family near to the Tomb of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 He married * Anne daughter of John Clarges , and fitter of 
 Sir Thomas Clarges Kt. by whom he had Ittue their only Child The Paternal 
 Chriftopher Dfike of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington y Baron Monh^ DuScSof 16 
 of P otheridge y Beauchamp and Teys, one of the Bedchamber to of 
 
 His prefenc Majefty, Knight of the Garter, and One of the « Urgent and 
 Lords of His Majetties moft Honourable Privy Council; who garter sable ; 
 took to Wife the Lady Elizabeth Cavendifb , elded Daughter A e ^S t Argent, 
 of Henry Duke of Newcaftle, ( Son and Heir of William Duke acc f r ” s J 0 ^ s 
 of Newcaftle, who deceafed Dec 2 being Chriftmafs day, 1 676.} being defcen - 
 by whom he hath already had Ittue a Son, who lived not Family of 
 long afcer he came into the World. ^S.vhich 
 
 appears by a 
 
 Certificate ( entree! in the Earl Marfhals Book, marked /.if. fol. 1 6 3 & 164. in the Colledge of Arms) under the Hand 
 and Seal of Corneille de Montigny de Glarges, chief of that Houfe, and Knight of the Order of St. Michael. But the 
 Augmentation granted unto her by HisMajefty,is,^«re,ii Flower de tize Or, within 1 Border of the fecond, charged with 
 8 fiofes Gules. 
 
 Nicholas Mon\ y third fon of Sir Thomas Monh^of Pctheridge , 
 confecrated Bifliop of Hereford , 13 Jan. 1660. and was alfo 
 Provoft of Eaton Colledge *, a perfon very inttrumental to his 
 Brother the Duke of Albemarle , in the Reftauration of our pre- 
 fent Soveraign. He deceafed at his Lodgings in the old Palace 
 of Wefiminjler , on Tuefday, 11 Decemb. 166 1. and was con¬ 
 veyed thence to the Jernfalem Chamber in the Dean of Weft- 
 tninfters houfe, whence with funeral folemnity he was carried 
 to the Abbey, and interred in St. Edmond's Chappel; the Duke 
 of Albemarle his Brother being chief Mourner,and theBifhop of 
 Glocefter preaching his Funeral Sermon. 
 
 He married Sujanna daughter of Thomas Paine of Plimtree , Fairwel doth 
 in Devonfhire , by whom he left at the time of his deceafe, two clZ'erof )nter 
 daughters: Mary the elder daughter and coheir, was married hftfT 
 to Arthur Fairwell of Weftminfter Efq; (Son and Heir of Ar~ Creffentfor X 
 thur Fairwell of Barington in the County of Somerfet Efq; d ^ erence ' 
 fon and heir of Arthur Farewell of the fame place, younger Bro¬ 
 ther of Sir George Farewell of Hill-Bifhops in the faid Coun¬ 
 ty, Kt.) by whom he hath had Ittue Arthur Fairwell his eldeft 
 Son, now living,^//. 1677. Albemarle fecondj George third Son, 
 and Chriftopher fourth Son, all three deceafed. And Elizabeth 
 Monk^fe cond daughter and coheir,the Wife of CurwenKawlin - 
 fon of Carke in Cartmale in Lancajhire^ and by him hath Ittue a Son. 
 
 15. ELIZA - 
 
424 A qEO^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Torkjll f. 
 
 Pally of fix 
 peeces, Urgent 
 and Azure, 
 over dll a Che- 
 veron Ermine, 
 inter 3 Eaglets, 
 
 Or, by the 
 name of fob- 
 fon. Impaling 
 Quarterly of 
 four * The firjl 
 France and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly. The /«?* 
 cond and third 
 Or, a Crofs 
 Gules, The 
 fourth Mortimer, 
 
 15. ELIZABETH P LANTAG ENET, Lady Jobfon, 
 third daughter and coheir of Arthur Vifcounc Lijle, was marri¬ 
 ed t j Sir Francis JobfonKu who had been Mafter of the Jewel- 
 houle, and afterwards Lieutenant of the Tower of London. 
 
 By him (he had HTue thefe Children following, viz. John Job- 
 fon eldeft fon, Edward fecond fon, Henry third fon, and Tho¬ 
 mas Jobfon fourth fon, and one onely daughter named Mary . 
 The laid Sir Francis deceafcd at his houfe called Moahpikg in 
 Wefl-Donyland in the County of Effex , onThurfday 11 June 
 1373. and was buried in the Parifli Church, of Sc. Giles's near 
 Colchejler the 29th following. 
 
 Book 5. 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by 
 X*B. 
 
 Cert. Fun', 
 by Clar. 
 Coo^e in 
 Coll Jim. 
 
 Over all a Baft on finifter Azure. This Impalement is entred among the Certificates of Robert 
 
 CooJ(.Clarenceux, in the Colledge of Arms. 
 
 He did bear 
 the Arms of 
 his Father, 
 with the di- 
 ftin#ion of a 
 Crejjfent. 
 
 Edward Jobfon , fecond fon of Sir Francis Jobfon Kt. (for I 
 find not what became of the cldeftjdeceafed 3 8 May,An.\^o. 
 at Trinity Hall without Alderfgate, and was Interred the 30th 
 of the fame month in the Parifii Church of S t.Botolph Alderjgate 
 His firft Wife was Mary daughter of Edmond Markham of 
 Effex, by whom he had no Iffue. His fecond Wife was Mary 
 daughter of John Bode , and by her had Ilfue two daughters, 
 M*ry and Elizabeth. 
 
 Cert. Fun. 
 /» lo* foln 
 i9%.in 
 
 CqH. Arm* 
 
 
 hiirfl 
 
 BOOK VI 
 
O R, 
 
 The %OrJL HOVSE of 
 
 \ i • *• H - . / 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 O F T HE 
 
 K I N G S 
 
 O F E^tgLJ 
 
 From HE WRY VII. to King fAMES . 
 
 From the Year i486, to the Year 1605, 
 
 . ■. • * , ' K \ ■ ,* ■" f 
 
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 Ppppp 
 


VsE’. 
 
 43 ° 
 
 rlifs 
 Con fu.1 tifs 
 
 VirbD;E amrcr 
 wIStRAMGWMS A rminer. 
 
 Serem/suniDfn: nosirt 
 
 Co.ro It TI^: R efts 
 
 Sancfiqribus Conjilifs 
 Domini Ioha.nn.iS 
 
 ran.ama.vs Equihs 
 urati Trim ocj enito 
 Hoc.Klxzabe.tha / 
 
 Stran 
 
 
 tat rue st 
 iDDD.t 
 

 
 -if. 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
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 V 
 
 
 
 
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 (i • *: 
 
oA qEU^EALOqiCAL TAHLE of 
 the Sixth EOO iy. 
 
 j A HENRY FI I. King of England,and France, and Lord — ELIZABETH the eldelt Daughter of King Edward IV 
 of Ireland, p. 433. and Siller to King Edward V. p. 436. 
 
 15 . 
 
 ARTHUR 
 Prince of 
 Wales, p. 
 44f. 
 
 KATHE¬ 
 RINE of 
 Spain, p. 
 ibidem. 
 
 JANE 
 Sea• 
 mour, 
 his 3d 
 Wife, 
 P-4 50. 
 
 -HENRY: 
 
 rANNEr^AN NE-KATHE- 
 
 MARGA-= 
 
 —ARCHI- 
 
 MARY = 
 
 Fill. King 
 
 Bullen, ofCleve, RINE 
 
 RET 
 
 BALD 
 
 Queen 
 
 of England, 
 
 fecond fourth Howard' 
 
 Queen of 
 
 Dowgla/s 
 
 ofFrance, 
 
 France, and 
 
 Wife, Wife,t>. y Wife* 
 
 Scots ,wife 
 
 Earl of 
 
 Wife of 
 
 Ireland, p. 
 
 p.458. 419 
 
 P- 4f9- 
 
 of King 
 
 Angus, fe- 
 
 LewU 
 
 449. KA- 
 
 
 KATHE 
 
 James IV. 
 
 Cond 
 
 XII. p. 
 
 THERINE 
 
 
 RINE 
 
 p. 447 w 
 
 Husband, 
 
 S °9 w 
 
 of Spain 
 
 
 Parr, 6 
 
 4 9f* 
 
 p 4 
 
 448* 
 
 firll Wife 
 
 
 Wife,?. 
 
 
 P- 4 S 7 » 
 
 I 
 
 
 460. 
 
 | 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I . 1 
 
 16. 
 
 EDWARD MARY ELIZABETH 
 FI. King of Queen Queen of 
 of Eng¬ 
 land, 
 
 France, 
 and Ire¬ 
 land, &c. 
 
 P- 473* 
 
 CHARLES 
 Brandon Duke 
 of Suffolk* fe- 
 cond Hus¬ 
 band, p. $09. 
 
 England, 
 France, and 
 Ireland, &c. 
 
 f. 4Q. 
 
 England, 
 France, and 
 Ireland, &c. 
 f.482. 
 
 King of 
 Jcott, p. 
 497* 
 
 MARY of 
 Lorrain, p. 
 497. 
 
 MARGARET 
 DowglM theWife 
 of Matthew 
 Stewart Earl of 
 Lenox,p. 497. 
 
 FRANCFS Wife 
 of 
 
 Duke of Suffolk, 
 p.yio. 
 
 ELEANOR fecond 
 Daughter mar¬ 
 ried toHENRY 
 Clifford Earl of 
 Cumberland, p. jix. 
 
 « 7 - 
 
 FRANCIS 7/.=MARYQueen=HENRY 
 
 the French 
 King firll Hus¬ 
 band of Mary 
 Queen of 
 Scots, p. y 02. 
 
 of Scots, only 
 Daughter of 
 King James V. 
 f. yoo 502. 
 
 henry 
 
 CHARLES 
 
 Stewart 
 
 Stewart 
 
 Lord 
 
 Earl of Le¬ 
 
 Darley 
 
 nox, fecond 
 
 fecond 
 
 Son,?.yoi. 
 
 Hus¬ 
 
 ELIZA¬ 
 
 band, p. 
 
 BETH Ca- 
 
 500 & 
 
 vendifh, 
 
 J°3- 
 
 ibid . 
 
 JANE 
 
 Wife 
 
 of 
 
 Guil¬ 
 ford 
 Dud¬ 
 ley, ob. 
 s.prole. 
 p.yio. 
 
 KATHE¬ 
 RINE mar¬ 
 ried to Ed¬ 
 ward Sey- 
 HW«r£arl of 
 Hertford, p. 
 yio. 
 
 MARY the 
 Wife of Mar¬ 
 tin Ifjyes,ob. 
 s. prole p. yi2. 
 
 MARGARET 
 Clifford, Heir of 
 her Mother,was 
 married to Henry 
 Stanley Earl of 
 Derby, p. Jta. 
 
 18. 
 
 JAMES FI. King of Scots 
 the firll Monarch of Great 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, 
 vide Book 7. Chap. 1. 
 
 ARABELLA 
 Stewart ,married 
 to William Sey¬ 
 mour Earl of 
 Hertford, Stc.ob. 
 *. prole, p. yoi. 
 
 EDWARD 
 
 Seymour 
 Lord Beau¬ 
 champ, p. 
 yio. 
 
433 
 
 14 
 
 • HENRY VII. 
 
 KING of E^CgLJ^i_T> and FRANCE, iXX 
 
 and Lord of IRELAND, Surnamed 
 T V D 0 R. 
 
 22 . 
 
 CHAP. 1. 
 
 Catal. of 
 Nob. by 
 
 Edward. 
 Nolle fol. 
 224. 
 
 The Figure of 
 
 His wife and noble Prince Henry, Ton [ S hi e s x ^" 5 f* e s d eal 
 of Edmond of Hadbam Earl of Rich - in the 42 q 
 mond (eldefl: fon of Owen Tudor and fixth BooSit- 
 Quecn Katherine,KcY\di of Henry V.) 
 by Mar oar et foie Daughter of John R ing^w 
 
 i c 0 r r c r c* t 1 HI. only the 
 
 Duke or oomerjetj ion or John Earl groundofthc 
 of Somerjet , fon of John of Gaunt SfemWhg^* 
 Duke of Lancafler , by Katherine f^S^dia- 
 Swinford , his third Wife, was born in P rcd with a 
 Pembroke Caftle,about the year 14$^. very Lozenge 
 who being yet a Child , and a Scholar of Eaton Colledge, was de^uS 
 there by King Henry VI. prophetically entitled the decider of the ThcRoSbe* 
 then difference between that Prince and King Edward IV. In the ingtofhew 
 l\th year of whofe Reign he fled with his Uncle Jafper Earl of fromhez^- 
 
 cafirians, and 
 
 the Flowers de Lizes, his Royal Blood from Queen Catherine of France his Grandmother: neither do his Titles in 
 the circumference thereof, differ from thofe of his PredecelTors King Edward IV. and King Efchard III. being 
 Jpenrittis tiei graria rer ainglie et JTrancie er Domfnus i^ibernte. Every fpace betwixt thefe words in the Counter-; 
 feal is charged withaRofe. 
 
 His moft glorious Monument at Wejlminjler (delineated in the end of this Chapter) contains all the Trophies of 
 this King Henry VII. for upon the foot thereof, are placed his Royal Arms, viz. France and England quarterly within 
 the Garter, Enfigned with an arched Crown, compofed of Crofes and Flowers de Lizes j and betwixt each of them a 
 Flower of alefsfize. At the head you have a large J(ofe crowned. Supported on the right fide with a Eed Dragon, 
 the Eqjign of Cadwahder, thelaft King of the Britains, from whom by a male Line he is faid to derite his Pedigree. 
 
 R r r r r Pembroke Thl * 
 
434 A qE^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 This Red Dragon, painted upon white and green Silk in his Standard at Bofwortb, was afterwards offered up (among Book 6 . 
 other Trophies of bis Victory) at St Pauls, and commemorated by the inftitution of a Purfivant of Arms, by the ——— 
 name of Rouge Dragon. Which Standard is alfo reprefented at the foot of his Tomb on the South-Eaft-Corner , 
 held by an Angel. The left Supporter of this King is a Greyhound argent accolled Gules, which he did bear in the right 
 of his Wife Queen Elizabeth of Tor^, who was defcended from the Family of the Nevils, by Anne her Grandmo- 
 ther, the daughter of Ralph Nevil Earl of Wefimorland, Wife of Richard Duke of Tork. 
 
 Hi's Monument is alfo adorned with the rortcullU in refpeft of his defcent (by his Mother) from the Beauforts, to 
 which he added the Motto ALTERA SECURITAS, it’s probable meaning thereby, that as the Portcullis was 
 an additional fecurity to the Gate; fo his defcent from his Mother ftrengthcd his other Titles.From this Devife he alfo 
 inftituted another Purfivant, named Portcullis. 
 
 Inrefpedt alfo of the union of the two Houfes of lancajier and Tor^ by his Marriage, he ufed the White Rofe 
 united with the Red, as appears on his Monument. And to commemorate his being Crowned with King Richard’s 
 Diademeat Bofwortb Field, found in an Hawthorne Bujh, he bare the Hawthorne Bujh with the Crown hit, and thefe 
 letters K. H. with which the Windows of this his Royal Chappel are replcnilhed. 
 
 Pembroke into Britain , where he remained till the third year of 
 the Reign of King Richard III. whofe Tyranny and Ufurpation be¬ 
 ing now become odious, a remedy is confulted of by the Duke 
 of Buckingham , and John Morton Bifhop of Ely } the refult of 
 which was, that the Earl of Richmond being next heir of the 
 Houfe of Lancajier , (hould take to Wife the Lady Elizabeth el- 
 deft daughter to King Edrvard the Fourth , the very heir of the 
 Houfe of Tor that fo the two Rofes being united in one, an 
 unqueftionable Title might be fet up to depofe fo cruel a Mur- 
 therer. 
 
 Accordingly the defign is firft communicated to his Mother 
 the Countefs of Richmond , next to Q/een Elizabeth and the Earl 
 himfelf, and by him to the Duke of Britain , while inftruments 
 are employed on all hands to draw in parties to the Confederacy^ 
 on the other fide King Richard, acquainted with the Plot, firft 
 follicites the Duke of Britain to detain the Earl Prifoner, and 
 then fends for the Duke of Buckingham ; who refufing to come, 
 the King marches towards him with his Forces, when the Duke 
 prevented by the interpofition of the overflowing Severn , from 
 joining the Forces he had colle&ed in Wales, with thofe the Court¬ 
 neys had got in Devonshire and Cornwall was forced to ftiift for 
 himfelf, while his Complices, either by conveying themfelyes in¬ 
 to Britain to the Earl of Richmond , or by San&uary, or Obfcu- 
 rity, are forced to confult their own fafety. 
 
 Anno 14S4: * n mean E ar l °f Richmond (affifted by the Duke 
 
 of Britain ) on the \2th of Oilober 1484. with 40 Ships and 
 5000 Britains put to Sea, but difperfed and forced back by 
 ftrefs of weather, he lands in Normandy , and being aided by the 
 French King, folemnly vows to profecute the War, in order to 
 his marrying the Lady Elizabeth , and depofe King Richard, 
 
 Anno 8" Whereupon with about 2000 Mercenaries he again puts to 
 
 14 5 Sea, the middle of Augufi , Janded at Milford Haven in Wales, and mTe[t.a. 
 proceeding thence by Hereford and Lichfield , meets the Kings Ibidem R 
 Bofwortb Feiid Army near Bofworth in Leicefier/bire, where (having by the way 
 Aug- j jeen lengthened by the Earl of Pembroke and other Forces out 
 
 of Wales and Shrop/bire j and here laftly, by the Lord Stanley , Richard 
 ('and others who withdrew themfelves from /he Kings part) he 
 gives them Battel, wherein King Richard being (lain, the Earl is 
 faluted King, 22 Aug. An. 148$. 
 
 Thus vi&orious, he fends Sit Robert Willoughby from Leicefier 
 
 to 
 

 Stop- An - 
 
 tool. 
 
 Fabian. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fol. 
 i -b. in vita 
 
 ff. 7 . 
 
 p>. 941. col. 
 1. out of 
 Bern. An¬ 
 dreas M.S. 
 
 Holingjb. 
 
 JtiE Kjntgs OF E^qiA^ViSnc. 455 
 
 - 1 ' ■ » ■ — ir -—— — 1 ' — . 
 
 Chap* 1. t 0 the Caftle of Sheriff-Hutton in Yorkshire , for the only remain- Hsm y ?n» 
 ing Root of Danger, Edward Plantagenet , fon and heir to George 
 Duke of Clarence , then 15 years old, whom, with the Lady E- 
 Ih 'tbeth , eldeft daughter of King Edward IV; King Richard had 
 thifle kept Prifoner all his Reign *, him he fent to the Tower of 
 I ^don, and her in a very honourable manner to the Queen her 
 Mother, intending fhortly to marry her according to his Pro* 
 mi ft. 
 
 Next he proceeds for London , where, at Shoreditch he was met 
 by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and fumptuoufly attended to 
 St Pauls , where he offered his three Standards, the firft of St 
 George , the fecond a Red fiery Dragon, upon green and white 
 Sarcenet, and the third a dun Cow upon a yellow Tartern : after ^Corona- 
 which,ata Councelheld in the Bifhop of Londons Palace, a day an. i 4 8y. ’ 
 was appointed for his Coronation,and another for the folemnizati* His , 
 on of his Marriage j accordingly 30 Oftob. 148*5. he was with great Atthefootof 
 Pomp crowned at Wejlminjler by 'Thomas Bourchier Archbifhop of King Henry 
 Canterbury , and 18 Jan . i486, folemnly married to thefaid Lady nument,are 
 Elizabeth ,which was celebrated by them with all religious and glo- 
 rious Magnificence, and by the people with all expreflions of joy ^tiswife 
 and fatista&ion. (carved in 
 
 But firft; a Parliament is called at Weftminjler , 17 Nov. wherein fi g S with a 
 divers Lords and Commons attainted by King Richard are refto- ^ l y s 1 U ppor. n, 
 red to their Eftates and Dignities, and the faid King Richard with A n g k, y s tw ° f 
 his Affiftants at the Battel of Bofworth , viz. John late Duke of the fame me- 
 Norfolh^ Thomas Earl of Surrey , Francis Vifcount Lovely Walter 
 Devereux late Lord Ferrers , John Lord Zonch , &c. attainted, 
 though divers of them were afterwards pardoned and reftored, as te f e y ce °Jff ur 
 Wi others were who came in upon the Proclamation of Grace. Thus France and' 
 dealt he with his Enemies; and as for his Friends, firft Jafper Earl quaiZiy^: 
 of Pembroke his Uncle he created Duke of Bedford , then Thomas 
 Lord Stanley Earl of Derby , the Lord Chandos a Brittain , Earl of 
 Bath , &c. Morton he made Archhifhop of Canterbury , and Fox thus painted 
 Bifhop of Winchefier and Lord Keeper of his Privy Seal; and for Gilr s r w?n- y 
 the fecurity of his perfon he firft conftituted the Guard of Yeo- do B ™*'diffe- 
 men continued to this day. rent from 
 
 Thus peace and quiet Teemed firmly fetled, when two feveral impalement 
 Impoftorsfucceffively fpringing up, occafioned much trouble to wHabSbcI* 
 the King, and difquiet to the State j the firft Lambert Symnel a aSdpafnSd' 
 Shoomakers Son, pretending himfelfto be the young Earl of War- South 
 
 wickj and to have lately efcaped out of the Tower, inftigated Ladychappei 
 thereto by the Duchefs of Burgundy , filler to the late King Ed - SrSChurch” 
 ward IV. out of meer fpleen to the Houfe of Lancafier . Him h & ra 
 the Nobility of Ireland falute as King, and aid with a great num- pale, France 
 ber of Almains , Irifb and others, with which he landed in Lan- quarterly-, the 
 Richard cajhire , and gave King Henry Battel at Stoke near Newark upon l\fjfarfy%r 
 
 G r afton p ale, France 
 
 f. to. a. and England quarterly on the dexter-pie , and quarterly Mortimer and Viper on the pnigerl Over tbefe Arms upon a 
 Scrole are thefe words, Jin glojfam Def, 
 
 She alfo joined her white Rofe per pale, with her Husband King Henry's Red Xofe as is evident in the Weft Window 
 of this Kings magnificent Chappei at Wegminger* 
 
 Trent 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fol 
 3. in vita 
 
 h. 7 . 
 
 Pol. Virg. 
 inH. 7. 
 
 Speed out 
 of Bern. 
 Andr.M.S. 
 
436 A qE^iEALOqiCAL HISTORY VF 
 
 J-aucajiri- 
 
 ans. 
 
 Battel of 
 Stoke, 1 6 of 
 June, 1487 . 
 
 Anno 1487* 
 
 Coronation 
 of Queen E- 
 lizabetb. 
 
 Anno 1488.* 
 
 Anno 1450. 
 
 'Trent in Nottingham/Joire , 1 6 June, An. 1487. But being afitr a 
 bloody difpute overthrown, and the principal A&ors, vi^. the 
 Earl of Lincoln , Martin Swarde , the Lord Lovel , the Lord Matt- 
 rice FitK Thomas , &c. with 4000 common Soldiers, (lain upon [he 
 place ; himfelf, with one RichardSymond a Prieft his firft Fotie- 
 rer, were taken, however Symonds was pardoned, becaufLa 
 Prieft, and Lambert , for that he was a child, firft made a Turnfpic 
 in the Kings Kicchin, and afterwards one of his Falconers* 
 
 After which, till the appearing of the next Counterfeit, the 
 ftate of Affairs at home yielded little memorable, befides the 
 Kings progrefs into the North about the middle of Augufl to fettle 
 the minds of thofe people, when from Newcastle upon Tine , fend¬ 
 ing Ambafladors into Scotland, a Truce was concluded with that 
 King for feven years. Only the Coronation of the Queen fol¬ 
 lowed on St Katherines day in November after, and was fumptu- 
 ou(ly performed at Wettmintfer. 
 
 But as to his Concerns abroad, we find him (by Cbrijlopher 
 e Vrjwicl ^ his Commiflioner^ mediating a Peace between the 
 French King Charles V ILL and Francisll. Duke of Britain', 
 whereupon enfued certain Articles of Agreement; but the pre¬ 
 parations for War not ceafing, the Lord Woodvile (Uncle to the 
 Queen ) moved King Henry to aid the Duke; which the King 
 denying, himfelf with 400 men go over to his afliftance *, and at 
 length on the 2 yth of July, 1488. giving the French battel, were 
 overthrown, and the Lord Woodvile with moft of the Englijh 
 flainon the place: which King Henry very ill refenting, 8000 
 men are prefently fent to aid the Britains ; but the Duke dying 
 in the interim, the Englifh return home, leaving the French King 
 Charles VIII. to marry Anne his daughter the foie heir of Britain , 
 who thereby annexed that Dutchy to the Crown of France. 
 This Anne was after his death efpoufed to his Succeflor King Lewis 
 XII. by whom file had Iflue Claude Queen of France , the Wife of 
 King Franck I. For this Expedition a Subfidy of every tenth penny 
 being granted King Henry in Parliament,but refufed to be paid in 
 the North, the Earl of Northumberland , Lord Prefident, having 
 received a ftri£F order to fee the fame levied, was (lain by the tu¬ 
 multuous Commons. But the Earl of Surrey having fuppreft 
 them, their Leader John Chambers with fome others w r erehang’d 
 at Forl^ and the Subfidy colle&ed notwithfianding. 
 
 Next we find him afllfting the Emperor Frederick againft the 
 French , whom the Inhabitants of Gaunt and Bruges in Flanders, 
 then in Rebellion, had lately called in : tor the reducing of which 
 King Henry fends the Lord Morley with 1000 men to Calais , who 
 joining the Lord d’Aubeny( then Deputy there)theymarch by night 
 from Calais toNewport^nd fo to Dixnmyd^ being in all about 2000; 
 hence the Lord A Aubeny caufed all the Horfestobe fent back, 
 which the Lord Morley refilling to do, was killed by a Gun Shot, 
 whilft the Englifh , after the firft difeharge, falling flat on their 
 faces, efcaped the fury of the Enemies Cannon, gaining a fignal 
 
 Victory 
 
 Book 6 . 
 
 PoJ.Hrg, 
 
 Edward 
 Ualle fol. 
 U.'U'b. 
 
 ScevolefS 
 lovisde St 
 Marche p . ; 
 1330 * 
 
 Edward 
 Halle f.ix 
 tfiy. 
 
 Scevole C? 
 Levis de St 
 Marche p. 
 
 l(icbard 
 Grafton f, 
 17 * 
 
 EJchard 
 Graf ton /. 
 
M 
 
 THE KJK9 s °f £ KQ LA 6cc. 437 
 
 John Speed 
 (hr on. 
 
 Speed out 
 tj Bern. 
 rfndr.M. S 
 
 Chap. t. Vi&ory and very great Booty: Which the Lord Cordes (the Henr y v * r ° 
 French Governor of Picardy ) thinking to revenge, prefently be- 
 fieged Newport with 20000 men* andentring the Town, fet up 
 his Standard on the Tower thereof, when fuddenly a Bark arri¬ 
 ving with only 80 fre(h Englijh Archers, fo terrified them, that 
 leaving their Banner in the place, they immediately quit the Siege* 
 and return'd to Helding. 
 
 Thus flood the Bate of Affairs, when the French King, in or- AnnoM^i 
 der to his Marriage with the forefaid Anne , foie daughter of Fran¬ 
 cis Duke of Britain , at that time affianced to Maximilian King of 
 the Romans , fends back to her Father his late contra&ed Lady, 
 
 Margaret daughter of the faid Maximilian: Whereupon the Em¬ 
 peror, to revenge fo manifeft an Injuftice, fo far prevails by his 
 Ambafladors with King Henry , that he (8 OElob. 1492.) with a 
 puiflant Army, fet fail for Calais , where it was agreed, the Empe^ 
 tors Forces fllould join him j which failing, King Henry was in no 
 (mall fufpence whether to return without a&ion, or fingly engage 
 th ^French Army,at length refolving upon the Siege of Bologne, and 
 having a&ually inverted the fame, a Peace is immediately fought 
 by the French , and upon thefe Conditions concluded, That King 
 Henry, without quitting his claim to France , ffiould, in confidera- 
 tion of a Peace during the lives of both Kings, receive for the pre-* 
 fent 745000 Ducats, amounting to 186250 Pounds Englijh * 
 befides 25000 Crowns yearly, with many great Prefents to his 
 Nobility and Servants, with which he returned to Calais, and in 
 December after to Wefiminfier , where he kept his Chrijlmas. 
 
 King Henry had not long enjoyed himfelf in this tranquillity, Anno 14^. 
 when that other Counterfeir, Perkin Warbec\ (pretended Son* 
 fuppofed Bafe*Son, but certain God-Son of King Edward IV.) 
 began to appear in the World, with more probable pretence both 
 of perfon and defcent} long fought for* and at laft found out by 
 the means of the aformentioned Duchefsof Burgundy, in age and 
 fimilitude both of Body and Face to the young Richard Duke of 
 Torkjome few years before murthered with his Brother King Ed¬ 
 ward V. Plim (he firft fends into Portugal, thence to Ireland, where* 
 
 ('as afterwards in Paris) he was for a while moft Prince like recei¬ 
 ved* the French King appointing a Guard to attend his Perfon: 
 
 Next he repairs to his Foundress the Lady Margaret, who at firff 
 feemingly fufpe&s him, but afterwards owns for her true Ne¬ 
 phew, ordering him a Guard of 3operfons, and calling him the 
 White Rofe of England: Upon which, many of the Englifh incline 
 to him,vifft him,and complement him. King Henry on the other 
 fide keeps a watchful eye over him* and by his Spies fent over in¬ 
 to Flanclers , informs himfelf of the whole Intrigue, and caufes Sir 
 Simon Mont ford, John Ratcliff' Lord FitK'Walter, William £ Au- 
 beny, and Sir William Stanley Lord Chamberlain to be beheaded, 
 as favorers of the Impoftorjthis laft upon Tower Hill, 1 6 Febr 1495* 
 tyi.Virg. for that he had been heard to fay ,That if he really lyiew that Perkin 
 Warbeck was the true Son of King Ed war dIV.he never would be en - 
 
 Sffff 
 
 Tol.Firg. 
 ter. Andr . 
 M. S. 
 
 Hichdrd 
 Grafton in 
 Vita H. 7. 
 
 Stov>. An- 
 fiat. 
 
438 A qEHEAlOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 litdors. 
 
 Anno 149^. 
 
 Anno 1497. 
 
 Anno 1499. 
 
 gaged to fight againjl him: A fevere requital however of his high Bo °k 6 - 
 merits at Bofworrb Field* 
 
 Shortly after ,Perkin having colle£led fome Ships and Mony to* fybard 
 gether, lands at Sandwich,where finding fuitable receptiomhe fails Cra l t0 ”' 
 into Ireland, and there having got fome fmall force, he went into 
 Scotland , and prevailed fo far with that King, that he not only 
 entertained him with great State, and gave him the Lady Kathe¬ 
 rine Gourdon daughter of Alexander Earl of Huntley to Wife, a Richard 
 young Maid of excellent beauty and virtue, but fpeedily railed vuTh.™. 
 him a ftrong Army,with which having entred and fpoiled Northum - M3? 
 herland, he returned to Edenburgh. King Henry to revenge this 
 indignity fends the Lord d'Anbeny with a Puiflant Army towards 
 Scotland ; but a commotion arifing in Cornwal ,about the payment ibidem f. 
 of the Subfidy to that end lately granted 5 he is remanded to oppofe 4I,A - 
 the Rebels,with whom JamesTouchet Lord Audley unhappily join¬ 
 ing, became their Leader, from Wells to Salisbury , thence to Whi¬ 
 chever^ and fo to Blacfyeath near London, where being overcome 
 by the Kings Forces, and the chief Authors, Thomas Flamocl^ a p 0 J.rir$. 
 Lawyer,and Michael Jofeph a Smith, taken, the Lord Audley is led 
 from Newgate to Tower Hill, in a Coat of his own Armories,pain¬ 
 ted on Paper, reverfed and torn, is there beheaded on the 20 day 
 of June, 1497. and the other two drawn, hanged, and quartered. 
 
 In the mean time the Scots again invading Northumberland , are re- 
 pulfed by the Earl of Surrey j but by the mediation of the King of 
 Spain, a Peace is concluded between the two Kings, and Perkin 
 banifhed the Scottifh Dominions. 
 
 Hence then, with his Wife and Family, he fets fail for Ireland , 
 and thence for Cornwal, where being faluted King, by the name 
 of Richard IV. and having colle&ed about 6000 Men, he befieges 
 Exceter } but upon the approach of Giles Lord d'Anbeny with a Po* 
 tent Army, he retires to Taunton, and thence by night to Beaulieu near 
 Southampton where, having a while remained in San&uary, he 
 rendred himfelf, andfo was fent to the Tower of London. 
 
 Here Perkin had not been long, before he made his efcape to 
 the Prior of Sheen near Richmond , who procuring his life, he 
 publickly confeft the whole Impofture, and fo was fent again to 
 the Tower; when, fhortly after, for pra&ifing the death of Sir sum * 
 John Digby then Lieutenant,whereby to efcape with Edward Earl 
 of Warwick^, and raife another Infurre&ion, on the 1 6th of No¬ 
 vember, 1499. he was arraigned and condemned at Wejlminfter , 
 and the 23 of the fame moneth hang’d at Tyburn , after having ^ icharI , 
 troubled King Henry and the State the fpace of feven or eight Grafton f\ 
 years. And the beforenamed Earl of Warwicl !j, Edward Plant a- 5 ™’ hagl 
 genety confenting (as the fame went) to break prilon, and to de- noting: 
 part out of the Realm with Perkin , was the 21 day of November f 778 <: ' 2 * 
 arraigned before the Earl of Oxford Lord High Steward, for the 
 faid Treafon} and upon his confeflion, had Judgmeut paffed upon 
 him, and was beheaded at* Tower Hill the 28 th day of the fame 
 moneth. 
 
 The 
 
* THE KJK9S OF E^CgLA^V, &c. 439 
 
 Chap. 1. 
 
 ibid.p. 788 
 j tol.z . 
 
 Jfytlpb Ho - 
 iitigjbed p. 
 7 Jo. col.i. 
 
 2 » Coll . 
 
 Arm. 
 
 Rgphnel 
 ffoJtnJhed 
 p*7° j-M. 
 
 The King having thus rid himfelf of thefe two Importers, the Hcnr y wi» 
 next confiderable occurrence is the folemnization of two great 
 Marriages} the firft of his eldert Son Arthur ,with Katherine daugh¬ 
 ter to Ferdinand King of Spain y on the i^th of November: on 
 whom, in consideration of her Portion of 200000 Ducats, a 
 jointure Was fetled of the third part of the Principality of Wales,, 
 
 Cornwal and Chejier. The other of his eldert Daughter Marga - AnncI ' orj 
 ref, with James I V. King of Scotland , by Proxy, publifhed on 
 St Paul's day, at St Paul's Crofs, with Te Deum and great Accla¬ 
 mations of Joy, and folemnly Confummated at Edenburgh in Au- 
 guft following *, her Portion i0000 1 . and her Jointure 2000 I. 
 per annum. Concerning which, when fome of the Council ob¬ 
 jected, That by this means the Crown of England might come to 
 the Scottifh Nation, King Henry made Anfwer, That it would 
 not be an acceffton of England to Scotland, but of Scotland to 
 England. . 
 
 Prince Arthur , prefently after his Marriage, was fent to Lud¬ 
 low, and within five moneths after, vi^. 2 April , An. 1502. de¬ 
 parting this life at the Caftle there, was on St Marlas day follow¬ 
 ing, conveyed to Bewdly , and the next day to Worcefler , where 
 the morrow following he was fumptuoufly interred in the Cathe¬ 
 dral there* Hereby the Lady Katherine being left a young Wi¬ 
 dow, and King Henry loath to return her Portion, by Difpenfa- 
 tion from Pope ffulius the Second, had her re-married to his fe- 
 cond Son Henry Duke of Torh^ which,on the 2 $th of June, 150 
 was at the Bifhop of Salisbury's Palace in Fleetflreet, fumptuoufly 
 
 folemnized. 
 
 The Excellent Prince Arthur had not been long dead, when, 
 on Saturday the i ith of February following, An. 18 H. 7. 1502. Hc ^ dcat j j . 
 his Mother Queen Elizabeth died in Childbed in the Tower of Anno ijoi. 
 London , on the very day of her birth, in the ^yth year of her 
 age,the 18 th of her Marriage, and the 1 6th from her being crown¬ 
 ed Queen. Upon whofe deceafe, it was ordained through all Hcr biiria |, 
 the Realm, that inColledges, Parifh Churches, and other Religi¬ 
 ous Houfes, efpecially within the City of London , folemn Diriges 
 and Mafles fhould be performed, with ringing of Bells and fuch 
 like Ceremonies. For the embalming whofe Body, there was 
 allowed 60 Ells of Holland, Ell-broad, with Gums, Balms, 
 
 Spices, Sweet Wines and Wax j with which being cered, the 
 Kings Plumber clofed it in Lead, with an Epitaph likewife in 
 Lead, filewing who and what fhe was; which, chefted in Boards, 
 fufficiently cered, and covered with black Velvet, with a Crofs 
 of white Damask, and the Quire of the Chappel of the Tower 
 adorned with a Herfeof five Principals,w ith burning Lights about 
 the Church, and all the Windows rail’d about a good height, 
 furnifhed with burning Tapers, and hung with black Cloth, gar- 
 nifhed with Efcocheons of the Kings Arms, and of the Defun$* 
 the Corps was the Sunday after placed under the faid Herfe, and 
 covered with a rich Cloth of black Velvet, with a Crofs of Cloth 
 
 a 
 
44 ° 
 
 'Tudors. 
 
 * Tn token 
 that (he de- 
 ceafcd in 
 Childted'. 
 
 »The Lady 
 
 Katherine. 
 The Lady£- 
 lizabeih Staf¬ 
 ford. 
 
 The Countefs 
 of EJfex. 
 
 The Lady 
 Herbert. 
 
 The Lady Lucy 
 of Montagus. 
 The Lady 
 Anne Percy. 
 The Lady 
 Life. 
 
 The Lady 
 Scroop of 
 Vpfal. 
 
 A gE^CEALOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 of Gold; and then an Officer of Arms,with an audible voice faid a Book 6 . 
 Pater Hotter for the Soul of Queen Elizabeth, and of all Chrifti- 
 an Souls; and at every Kyrie-Eleyfon , and at Oretnus before the 
 Colleft, Animabus in like manner. 
 
 The Corps being conveyed into a Chair, whofe bayles, fides, 
 and coffers were covered with black Velvet,with a Crofs of white 
 Cloth of Gold well fringed ; and an Image or Perfonage adorned 
 like the Queen in her very rich Robes of Eftate, and her very 
 rich Crown on her Head, her Hair about her Shoulders, her Scep¬ 
 ter in her right Hand, and her Fingers well garnifhed with Rings 
 of Gold and Pretious Stones, and on every end of the Chair a 
 Gentlewoman-Ufher, kneeling on the Coffers, was in this 
 manner drawn by fix Horfes, trapped with black Velvet, and all 
 the draught of the fame, from the Tower to Weftminfler . On the 
 Fore-horfe and the Thiller rode two Chariot-men, and on the 
 four other, four Hench-menin black Gowns and mourning Hoods, 
 every Horfe having four Lozenges of the Queens Arms on Sarce¬ 
 net, <v 'n*. one on each Shoulder, and one on each Buttock, with an 
 Efcocheon of Pafte on their Heads: By every Horfe a Perfon of 
 Honour on foot in a mourning Hood, and at every corner of the 
 Chair a * white Banner of our Lady, borne by a Knight; and 
 on each fide of the Chair certain Knights and Efquires, the 
 Horfemen bearing the Banners. Next there were ordained eight 
 Palfreys, fadled, trapped and empareilled with black Velvet, 
 for the* eight Ladies of Honour to follow the Chair, who rode 
 fingle in their Slops and Mantles, every Horfe led by a Man 
 on foot, without an Hood, in a Demy black Gown ; fol¬ 
 lowed by afecondChair, drawn by fix Horfes in Mourning, ac¬ 
 companied with many Lords, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of 
 London , the Kings Officers, the feveral Orders of Friers, and a 
 great number of Citizens all in Mourning. Thus the Streets be¬ 
 ing all fet with Torches and Tapers, they arrive at Charing’Crofs^ 
 where the Quire of St Pauls departing, they were met by the 
 Abbot of Wefiminfier and Bermondfey in Pontificalibus, with the 
 Covent of that place in black Copes who Cenfed the Corps, 
 and fo in order proceeded to the Church-yard of St Margaret , 
 where it was removed out of the Chair> and conveyed into the 
 Abbey to the Herfe, curioufly wrought with Imagery, adorned 
 with Banners and Bannerols, Pencils, and a Cloth of Majefiy,with 
 the Vallance fringed accordingly, Infcribed with her Word ^Hum¬ 
 ble and Reverence , and garnifhed with her Arms, and other her 
 Badg es: here the ceremony being performed, a Sermon was 
 preach’d by the Lord Richard Fit%-Jantes Bifhop of Rochefier , 
 upon thefe words, Miferemini mei , Miferemini mei , faltem yos 
 amici mei , quia manns Domini tetegitme. Which words he fpake 
 in the name of England , and the Lovers and Friends of the fame, 
 feeing the great lofs of that Queen, and that noble Prince and the 
 Archbifhop of Canterbury . 
 
 In memory of whom, King Henry her Husband directed that 
 
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 THE KJK 9 s OP E*tqLA*(%>,&€. 441 
 
 Ciap. t. her Figure of gilt Copper, (hould be placed by his own , on vlf» 
 his Tomb in that magnificent Chappel by him founded, which 
 is reprefented iri the end of this Chapter, with the Queens Ef¬ 
 figies on his left Hand, under which, on a fquare Tablature of 
 Brafs you may read this Epitaph. 
 
 hic iacet Regina elizabetha.edwar.di 
 
 QUARTI QUONDAM REGIS FIUA, EDWARDI QUIN- 
 TI REGIS QUONDAM NOMINATI SOROR, HE.N- 
 RICI SEPTIMI OLIM REGIS CONJUX, ATQUE 
 HENRICI OCTAVI REGIS MATER INCLYTA. 
 OBIIT AUTEM SUUM DIEM IN TURRIM LON- 
 DONIARUM DIE n. FEBR. ANNO DOM. 1502. 
 38 ANNORUM jETATE FUNCTA. ' 
 
 PydpJhtel 
 SJolixefl), 
 78 9 * 
 
 Ibid, p, 
 
 7?l.C.2. 
 
 ibid* 
 
 Ibid.p.791 
 
 Cr I. . 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton 
 foU i.b. 
 
 About this time Edmond de la Pole Earl of Suffolk^ having chan¬ 
 ced to kill a mean perfon, and notwithftanding the King’s Par¬ 
 don, fuffered to be arraigned at the King’s Bench Bar, conceived 
 fo great indignation thereat, that he flies into Flanders to his Aunt 
 the Lady Margaret Duchefs of Burgundy } where contriving tO 
 fupplant King Henry , the Confpiracy is made known to the King, 
 and the Chief Complices Sir JobnWindbam and Sir James Tyrrel , 
 
 (which laft murtherd the two Princes in the Towet)both beheaded. 
 
 The Earl of Suffolk now defpairing of afliftance, wanders through 
 Germany , and at laft threw himfelf upon the prote&ion of Philip 
 Arcn-Duke of Aujlria , then King of Caflile, in right of his Wife Anno 
 Joane the eldeft daughter of Ferdinand and Elizabeth \ who with 
 her failing into Spain , to take poflefllon of his faid Kingdom , 
 was by ftrefs of weather driven on the Coaft of Devonfbire, where 
 being kindly received by the Earl of Arundel , and afterwards by 
 King Henry , were fplendidly conduced to Windfor , and there joy¬ 
 fully met by the Lady Katherine,Wife to Prince Henry t and Sifter 
 to the faid C>ueen of Caflile. Here, by agreement between the 
 two Kings, the Earl of Suffolk is fent for into England , and com¬ 
 mitted to the Tower, whofe life the King having promifed not to 
 take away, he remained till the Reign of his fonKing Henry V 11 L 
 who, not lying under that obligation, foon cut off his Head. 
 
 We now draw towards the latter end of the Reign of this Prince, Anno xj07i 
 which We rind remark’d with a note of Covecoufnefs, efpecially 
 propagated by two Barons of his Exchequer, E mpfon and Dud - 
 ley } who for furmifed Crimes, and breach of Penal Statutes, &c. 
 extorted vaft Sums of Mopey by Fines and Mitigations as they 
 called them, whereof Sir William Capel , Sir Laurence Aylmer , and 
 Thomas JCneesxvortb , feverally Lord Mayors of London , were 
 amongft others too fenfible; for refilling to pay certain Fines im- 
 pofed on them, they were committed to the Tower , where 
 they remained till the beginning of the Reign of Henry the 
 Eighth i when that King to ingratiate himfelf with the people, or- 
 
 T 1111 dering 
 
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 442 A qEHfiAlOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Ytidors. 
 
 His death. 
 Anno 1 joy. 
 
 His Works of 
 State aftd Pie¬ 
 ty- 
 
 Hi$$uril!l- 
 
 dering their releafe, caufed the faid Empfon and Dudley to be be- Book 6» 
 headed on Tower Hill. 
 
 By thefe and other means King Henry became fo rich) that at 
 his death there was found at Richmond and other fecret places un¬ 
 der his own Keyes, the Sum of 1800000 /. befides what his 
 publick Exchequer contained; out of which by his Will he or¬ 
 dered all exo. bitant exa&ions to be repayed. 
 
 King Henry having been a Widower ever fince the 1 %tb year 
 of bis Reign,, and now towards bis Uft inclined to re marry: The 
 young Q^een of Naples, Widow to Ferdinand the younger,is firft 
 propofed } who being declined as not rich enough, though other- 
 wife an accomplifhed Lady, a Match is concluded with the Lady 
 Margaret Duc^efs Dowager of Savoy , daughter to the Emperor, 
 and Sifter to the King of Cajlile , but protra&ed in regard of the 
 Kings infirmity, was (with that other Match, concluded between 
 his youngefi: daughter Mary, and Charles King of Cajlile , both 
 about ten years of age) prevented by King Henry's death, which 
 hapned at his Palace of Richmond,21 April 1509. in the 53 year wx.u 
 ol his age, when he had Reigned 23 years and 8 Month?, want¬ 
 ing one day ^ who, how covetuous foever,left behind him among 
 others thefe eminent pieces of State and Piety. 
 
 In the nineteenth year of his Reign he founded that (lately j^phaej 
 Chappel, bearing his name, at the Eaft-end of Wejlminjler Ab- 
 bey wherein he now lyeth, next the High Altar, eftablifhing 
 maintenance for three Monks, Do&orsor Batchellors of Divinity 
 to fing and preach there every Sunday and principal Feaft day for 
 ever,alio founding Almshoufes in that Monaftery for 13 men and 3 
 poor women,with liberal maintenance. Helikewife builded three 
 Houfes lor Franciscan Friers called Obfervants,zt Richmond , Green¬ 
 wich and Newark c) and three others of Francifcan Friers called 
 Conventuals , at Canterbury, Newarl^ and Southampton . And in 
 his lad year he compleated that goodly Hofpital of the Savoy , 
 purchafing Lands for the relief of 100 poor people therein. And 
 as for Secular Memorials, he enlarged Greenwich , calling it Placen¬ 
 tia i in his fixteenth year he new built his Mannor of Sheen , cal- 
 ling it Richmond ; and ladly, in like manner new builded Bay - 7S*x.i. 
 naras C aftle within the City of London. 
 
 This great Prince thus expired as aforefaid, and all neceflary pre- /„ con. 
 parations made, his Body was brought into the great Chamber, 
 where reding three days, it had folemn Mafs and Dirige fung by 
 a Miter'd Bifhop ; whence removed into the Hall, had the fame 
 fervice there the like fpace, as alfo in the Chappel for three days 
 longer j and in every place a Herfe garniffied with Banners, Efco- 
 cheons and Pencils, with Mourners giving their attendance: from 
 thence, on Wednefday the ninth of May , it was conveyed into a 
 Chair, covered with black Cloth of Gold, drawn by five great 
 Courfers covered with black Velvet, garniffied with Efcocheons 
 of fine Gold, with his Effigies over it, apparelled in rich Robes, 
 
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 Richard 
 Grafton in 
 vita H. 8 . 
 fiJ. i.b. 
 
 Chap. t. w ith the Crown on the Head, and Scepter and Ball in the Hands, Hfnr y Vik 
 ’ “ lay 4 d on Cufhionsof Gold?and environed with Banners of Arms 
 
 of all his Dominions, Titles, and Genealogies} a great number 
 of Prelates praying, with his Servants and others in black, before 
 the Body,and 9 Mourners,with about 600 Torches following it.In 
 this order, attended to St Georges Fields near Southward and 
 there met by the Religious of all forts in or about the City, with 
 the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons in black, it was 
 brought through London to St Pauls , and placed in the Quire un¬ 
 der a ftately Herfe of Wax *, whence after a folemn Mafs and 
 Sermon preached by the Bifliop of Rocbefier , it was next day 
 with the fame fhte conveyed to IVejlminJler, Sir Edward Hay¬ 
 ward riding in the Kings Coat of Arms, bearing his Banner on 
 a Courfer trapped with the Arms of the Defundi, and thereby 
 iix Lords taken out of the Chariot, and fet under a moll curious 
 Herfe full of Lights, the reprefen ration lying upon the Coffin on 
 a Pall of Gold, about which the Mourners being fet within the 
 firft Rail, Knights bearing Banners within the fecond, and Officers 
 of Arms without the fame, Garter King of Arms cryed aloud, For 
 the Soul of the noble Prince Henry VII. King of this Realm; when 
 the Quire beginning Placebo , and ending at Dirige , clofed the 
 Solemnities of that day. The next day were three Mafifes fo- 
 lemnly fling by Bifhops, at the laff of which were offered the 
 Banner and Courfer,Coat of Arras,Sword,Target,and Helmet,the 
 Nobility likewife offering their rich Palls of Cloth of Gold and 
 
 Bodkin. Thus when the Quire had fung Libera Me -- the 
 
 Corps were interred,the Lords Treafurer,Steward, Chamberlain, 
 with the Treafurer ofthe Houfhold,and Comptroller,breaking their 
 Staves into the Grave,when Garter with a loud voice having cry¬ 
 ed, Vive le Roy Henry le Huitefme Roy d' Angleterre cte France^Syre 
 d' Ireland , the Mourners, with them of the Houfhold departed to 
 the Palace, where they had a fumptuous Feafl, and thus the Fu¬ 
 neral ended. 
 
 His Body thus interred, in his own magnificent Royal Chap* 
 pel, a (lately Monument of Copper was erc£led for him, and 
 finifhed An, 1519. by one Peter T. a Painter of the Cicy of 
 Florence : for which he received 1000 /. Sterl. for the whole 
 Stuff and Workmanfhip, at the hands of the Kings Executors. 
 
 The Figures of which Tomb and Chantry^ iuferibed with the 
 following Epitaphs (together with a profpeft of the faid Royal 
 Chappel including the fame) I here prefent you with, which is 
 thus deferibed by the Vifcount St Albans , in the Hiftory of thid 
 King, 1 /i*.. That he lyeth buried at iVejhninfter , in one of the 
 ftatelieft and daintieft Monuments of Europe, both for the Chappel 
 and for the Sepulcre •, fo that he dwelleth more richly dead in the 
 Monument of his Tomb) than he did alive in Richmond , or any of 
 his Palaces. 
 
 Stow. p. 
 i486. 
 
 ffolitigjb.p. 
 
 I97.C.1. 
 
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 On 
 
444 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 "Tudors. Book*, 
 
 On the South-fide the Tomb , towards the Top, and 
 near to the Kings Effigies. 
 
 HIC IACET HENRICUS EIUS NOMINIS, 
 
 SEPTIMUS,ANGLIiE QUONDAM REX, EDMUNDI 
 RICHMONDI& COMITIS FJLIUS, QUI DIE XXII 
 AUGUSTI REX CRE ATUS, STATIM POST APUD 
 WESTMONASTERIUM DIE XXX OCTOBRIS CORO- 
 NATUR, ANNO DOMINI 1485. MORITUR DEINDE 
 XXI. DIE APRILIS ANNO iETATIS LIII. REG- 
 NAVIT ANNOS XXIII. MENSES VIII. MINUS UNO DIE. 
 
 On the Friefe of this Monument, begining on the 
 South fide , at the head. 
 
 SEPTIMUS HIC SITUS EST HENRICUS, GLORIA REGUM 
 CUNCTORUM IPSIUS QUI TEMPESTATE FUERUNT. 
 
 INGENIO ATQUE OPIBUS GESTARUM ET NOMINE RERUM, 
 ACCESSERE QUIBUS NATURE DO£JA BENIGNiE; 
 
 FRONTIS HONOS, FACIES AUGUSTA, HEROICA FORMA: 
 
 JUNCTAQyE El SUAVIS CONJUX, PERPULCHRA, PUDICA, 
 
 ET FiECuNDA FUIT; FELICES PROLE PARENTES, 
 
 HENRICUM QUIBUS OCTAVUM TERRA ANGLIA DEBES. 
 
 And about the faid Chantry or Sacelle , both within and 
 without 5 thefe Verfes are Emboffed in old Englifb 
 Characters. 
 
 Septimus Dcnncus titmulo requieftit in iffo, 
 
 Gui Eegum fpienboj * lumen etojbis erat, 
 
 Ker bigil, et fapiens, comis birtutis amatoi, 
 
 Cgcegiusfomia, ffreauus atque potent 
 Gut pepetit pacem regno,qui Bella peregit 
 Iplurtma, qut bicto* fempec ab bofte rebit. 
 
 Gut natas binis conjunrit regibus ambas, 
 
 Eegibus et ettnetis febere jtmetus erat: 
 
 Gut ractttm boc itrurit templum,ffatuit que fepulcctim 
 fe, p^oque Cua conjuge,pjcie,bomo 
 JLuftra becern atque annos tres plus conpleberat annis, 
 jflam trtbtts cctents regia rceptra tulit. 
 
 Guinbecies Domini centenus fiurerat annus 
 Currebat nonu&cum benit atra bies, 
 
 ®eptima ter mentis Ittr turn fulgebat apiiliS 
 Cum ciaunt Cummum tanta corona biem 
 3I2uHa bebetepjius tantum tibi fecula regem 
 Anglia, btjc flmiiem pofteriojababunt. 
 
 Children 
 
THE KJ^CgS 0F.E^qLA3^T> } Scc. 445 
 
 Chap. L Henry VII. 
 
 Children of King HENRY VII. by Queen ELIZABETH 
 
 of York his Wife . 
 
 n con. 
 
 Arm.M.a. 
 f.i 8 . 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 y. in vita 
 //. 7 » 
 
 4 «. 7 
 
 JJ. -j.rn, 8 . 
 
 G. 119 . 
 
 Jo ill# figrt. 
 tk ann. 
 
 5* 6 j>7,$& 
 9 fi.y. Bil. 
 
 4 » 
 
 Ralph.Hol- 
 injhed p. 
 788 . col. z. 
 
 h Cold. 
 Arm. 
 
 15. ARTHUR TV DOR, Prince of Wale/, eldeft Son of 
 
 Kins Henry V 11 . was born ac Winchefter, 20 Sept. : 1486. /^». * rtll , ovtr h “ 
 
 r? J xxr 3 rt . i f • 1 • 1 Tomb at Ww- 
 
 2 H. 7. on a Wednelday about an hour after midnight, upon cr/fcr, refem- 
 the Feaft of St Eujlace^ and the Vigil of St Matthew the Apoftle, zcngef L ° 
 the Dominical Letter being A. and was baptised the Sunday 
 following in the Cathedral Church of Winchejler aforefaid , 
 
 Queen Elizabeth his Grandmother being Godmother, and the 
 Earl of Derby and the Lord Matravers Godfathers at the 
 Font, and the Earl of Oxford at the Confirmation , where he 
 received the name of Arthur , in memory of the Renowned 
 King Arthur , who is laid to have kept his Court in that place. 
 
 fifth year of his Fathers reign, created Prince of Wales and 
 Earl of Cbcjler ; in which fifth year t find him thus Ail’d , 
 Arthurus Princeps Wallix , Dux Cornubix , et Comes Cejlrix et de 
 Flint, After which he was ele&ed a Companion of the moll 
 noble Order of the Garter. Upon his Fathers Expedition in¬ 
 to France, againft Charles V III. the French King, he was ap¬ 
 pointed Lieutenant, Regent and Governor of England , during 
 the Kings abfence. 
 
 Stows Chr. 
 P-483. 
 
 arc 
 
 neatly carved 
 the Achieve¬ 
 ments of this 
 Arthur Prince 
 of Wales -, his 
 Shield is in- 
 gray led at 
 both ends (oti 
 which he doth 
 bear, France 
 and. England . 
 quarterly , over 
 
 He was born Duke of Cornwall and i OSiob. 1489. in the three phiL) 
 
 Supported by 
 two Ante* 
 lopps, and 
 Enfigned with 
 a Coronet, 
 compofed of 
 Croifes and 
 Flowers de 
 Lize: over 
 which is pla¬ 
 ced a Feather 
 and a Scrole, ( 
 andundereath 
 the Shield arc 
 three Ojlrich 
 
 Feathers,and a Scrole, The like Efcocheon and Supporters are carved on the South-fide the Paid Chantry' among fcveral 
 Oevifes oif the Royal Family, as plainly appears in the Figure thereof inferted in the next page. 
 
 At the age of fifteen years, one month , and twenty five AnncfYyoP 
 days, 1 q. Nov. An. 1501. being Sunday, his Marriage with the j k 
 Lady Katherine , daughter of Ferdinand King of Spain (then marked/.2. 
 18 years old) was, in the prefence of the King and Queen, ce- fn^he c’ot- 0, 
 lebrated in a mcjft glorious manner, in the Cathedral of Sc 
 Paul^ by the Archbifbop of Canterbury , affifted by ipBiffiops, Arms of 
 and Abbots Miter’d ; fhortly after which he Was fent to the andthiSLady 
 Marches of Wales , the better to Govern that Principality by JSSonT 
 his prefence; where having enjoyed his Marriage Bed only p^ted 
 four Months and nineteen days, he departed this mortal life in Eagi esabte. 
 the Caftle of Ludlow in ShiropJbire y 2 April 1502.. The fad being, France 
 news W'hereof was certified by his Chamberlain Sir Richard qtneri^i 
 Pole , to the Kings Confeffor, then (with their Majefties) at f. b f s 
 Greenwich , who after this Preface, Si Bona de mamt Dei fufei- impaling 
 pimuSy Mala antem quare non fuflineamus £ Shewed his Grace four peece x/ 
 that his dearefl: Son was departed to God. Indieon.quat 
 
 , • 2, 
 
 pale Arragon and Sicily. The third as the fecond, the fourth as the firft. And in tlie bafe point of the Banner, be¬ 
 ing Argent an Apple of Granada or Pomsgranet Proper ; in memory of the expulfion of the Moors out of tl>e. 
 Kingdom of Granada, by King Ferdinand and Queen IJfabel, Father and Mother of this Princefs Catherine. 
 
 In the mean time, his Body being embalmed, cered and put H»s[Suri*u 
 into a Coffin, covered with black Cloth, clofe cered, was thus 
 laid in his Chamber under a Table covered with rich Cloths 
 of Gold, having a rich Crofs over it, furniffied with Latten 
 
 U u u d u Candle- 
 
44 6 A QENJAALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 — _ CandlcTticks, and great Tapers. Thus it lay till St Gorge’s Book 6, 
 
 day 5 when, in the afternoon, it was removed into the Parifh 
 Church there, in folemn Proceffion, the Earl of Surrey being 
 principal Mourner, where, befides the Canopy, there were 
 tour Banners, the firftof the Trinity y thefecond of the Fati- 
 bie^ the third of our Lacly , the fourth of St George } and next 
 after the Corps, a Banner of the Prince’s own Arms. Up¬ 
 on Sc Murks day the Corps was conveyed from Ludlow to 
 Bewdley , and fet in the Quire there, every Church where the 
 Body remained being well furniflied with Efcocheons of the 
 Princes Arms. The next morning they came in a folemn 
 manner to Worcejler , where with great Bate they proceeded 
 through the Qyire in the Cathedral,to a fplended Herfe,adorn¬ 
 ed with no lefs than 500 Lights, two Standards, a Banner of 
 the Kings Arms, one of the Queens,a Banner of Spain, a Ban¬ 
 ner of the Princes, a Banner of the Princefles Arms,a Banner of 
 Normandy , two Bannerolls of Wales , one of Cadwallader, one 
 of Guyen, of Cornwall Cbefter, and Fontieu, and 100 Pencils 
 of divers Badges, alfo a rich Vallence, and the Cloth of Ma- 
 jefty well fringed. The next day, at feven in the morning 
 after feveral Malles and Offerings of the Trophies and Cour- 
 fers, and feveral Anthems, with the Office of Burial, the Gen¬ 
 tlemen took up the Corps, and bare it to the Grave , at the 
 South end of the High Altar of that Cathedral, where with in¬ 
 finite forrow it was interred, while his great Officers breaking 
 their Staves upon their heads, caft them into the Grave. 
 
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 et CxceK.e tl tijjimo 
 Comiti HERTFORDIA efBarom 
 Cathedratp in (jiw A RTHVRVS tyrinceps 
 
 \J lliust riffimo 
 t Marchioni ct 
 
 GULI ELMO Seamour Sbuct SOMCRSETLE 
 BEAUCHAMP Saxe/ii hamd^ormenfi Gx/tfui * 
 WALL LA tum iLULtusjacet, tmapmem. HD i S. 
 
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 THE OF E^CgLJ^V.Szc. 447 
 
 » 
 
 In memory of whom a (lately Chappel Was built, on the Henr y vii. 
 South*fide of the faid Choire,enclo(ing, befides his own Tomb, 
 on the upper Floor, two other fair Monuments below, the 
 South-fide of which Chappel or Chantry, curioufly wrought, 
 and adorned with five Orders vi%. of Virgins, Bifhops, Kings, 
 
 Confejfors, and Angels, together with his Arms and feveral Badges, 
 
 I have here delineated in the precedent page, with a draught of 
 the Monument it felf, which enclofes the Body of Prince Ar¬ 
 thur^ from whofe Vergel tranfcribed this Epitaphs beginning at 
 the head- 
 
 tyztz Ipetl) bttrpeb prince attljure tljc fitff 
 begotten fon of the ngfjte tenotoiteb Btnge 
 JDenrp the ©ebentlje, tohtclje Jfloble Prpnce 
 beparteb oute of this tranfitorf Ipfe in the 
 eaffle of Httblobie mthe febententD pete of 
 m fathers tapgne, anb tit the pete of oute 
 3 io?be ^ob on thoufanb fibe htmbteb anb tine. 
 
 15. HENRY TV DOR, fecond Son of King Henry VI 1 . 
 fucceded his Father, by the name of King Henry V 111 . as in 
 the next Chapter. 
 
 I^. EDMOND TVDOR, third and yonngeft Son of 
 HwryVII. was born at Greenwich on Thursdays 1 Fehr. 1498. 
 about fix in the evening, An. 14 H. 7. and was chriftned at 
 the Church of the Gray Fryers there, on St Mathias's day, the 
 04 th of the fame month , his Godfathers being the Duke of 
 Buckingham and the Bilhop of Durham , and his Godmother 
 Margaret Countefs of Richmond his Grandmother , who held 
 him at the Font, where he was called Edmond, in memory of 
 Edmond Earl of Richmond his Grandfather. He was created 
 Duke of Somerfet in his infancy •, and fhortly after departing 
 thislifeat Bi/hops Hatjield in Hertfordshire, An. 1499. 15 H. 7. 
 was buried in the Abbey of Wejlminfler. 
 
 15. MARGARET TZ } DOR , Queen of Scotland , elded 
 Daughter of King Henry V 11 . born 29 Nov. 1489. 15 H. 7. 
 was at the age of fourteen years married to James IV. King of 
 $£0^,^/2.1503^110 being (lain at Flodden Field, in fight againd 
 the Englijh , (he was re-married to Archambald Douglas Earl 
 Anguijfe , An. 1514. whofe Ilfue by both Husbands, with her 
 Hiftory more at large, is fet down in the (ixth and feventh 
 Chapters of this fixth Book. 
 
 15. E LIZ A BETH TV DOR, fecond Daughter of King 
 Henry VII. was born 2 jfnlii, 1492. and at the 3 ge of three 
 years, two months, and twelve days, died at Eltham, 14 Sept< 
 
 1495. whofe Body being cered and cheded by the Wax- 
 Chandler, was brought into the Quire of the Kings Chappel 
 > there, 
 
44 S A qENjEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF^ 
 
 Tudors. there •, where it refted about eleven days, having Dirige and E ^> k ^ 
 
 -Mafs of Requiem fung every day. Over her Body was a 
 
 Cloth of Gold, with four Lozenges of her Arms, beaten in 
 Gold j alfo fix Lozenges of her Arms about the Chappel, of 
 the fame *, alfo a Chair covered with black Cloth, drawn by 
 fix Horfes-, alfo a Canopy, under which the Body was con¬ 
 veyed from the Chappel to the Chair } alfo four Banners,•z/ix. 
 of the Trinity 7 of oUr Lady, of St George , and of the Kings 
 Anns. Thus on Thurfday,the eleventh day after her deceafe, 
 her Corps was conveyed with a foleran proceeding to the 
 Stangate over againft Wefiminfier *, and at the Gate at the Bridge 
 end of Weflminfler , was received by the Prior and Convent of 
 the Abbey, and conveyed into the Quire to th^Herfe, the 
 Majefty Cloth, and the Vallence of black Sarcenet, fringed 
 with red and white Rofes, and the Word in Letters of Gold, 
 
 Jefus eji Amor mens. The next morning, being Friday, after 
 leveral MafTes the Offerings and the Office for the dead per¬ 
 formed, the Corps was borne with the like Ceremony as it 
 was brought to the Church (excepting the Ladies)to the Grave 
 on the right hand of the Altar, juft before St Edward's Shrine, 
 the foundation of which the foot of the Grave alraoft toucht: 
 near which, ‘Z'ix. at the Feet of King Henry III. was ere&ed for 
 her a fmall Altar-Tomb of black Marble, inlayd with Brafs , 
 where her Effigies lay of Copper guilt (fince ftolen away ) 
 with rhis Epitaph circumfcribed about the Verge thereof, *7x. 
 
 eiijabetlja OTtflrirafttif Ke&te angtte, JFranciect 
 Imbecnte Oenrtci §>eptimt, et SDomine Clnabetlje 
 Eegine ^ereniertinie confo?tt0 fuc filia et recunba 
 pjoiE0, quenata fuft fecrntbo me menCsi 3i«lt j anno 
 Domini 1492* et obiit bectmo quacto bie menfis 
 ©eptemtytgi an Dom.i495*<£uiui3antmep2opitte. 
 tut £>ett& amen- 
 
 And at the feet of her Portraiture , on a Copper Plate , 
 thefe Verfes are engraven. 
 
 Dfcpoff fata facet ptoless regains in tffo 
 ©atcopbaffOj nobilns, clijabetD, 
 
 ^inciptbtUtiitttiS Ocnci: rep: filia Begis 
 CUii bint tegnt flotfba feptta tenet: 
 atttepoobanc tnptttt feteniefinia nuncta mo##, 
 
 £>it rupee in celts fcita petennts et. 
 
 I MA RT TVDOR y Queen of France i and afterwards 
 Duchefs of Suffolk third daughter of King Henry VII. and 
 Queen Elizabeth of Torh^ of whom and her defeendents fee 
 more in the eighth and laft Chapter of this fixth Book. 
 
 i KATHERINE T*V D 0 R ^ fourth and youngeft 
 daughter of King Henry VII. was born upon Candlemas day, 
 
 2 Febr. 1503* An. 19 H. 7. and ffiortly after was tailed unto 
 a far better Kingdom. It may be prefumed, that her Sifter- 
 in-Law Katherine of Spain (the Widow of Arthur Prince of 
 Wales her Brother) was her Godmother. 
 
 
 15. HENRY 
 
THE KJK9 s Of E^dqLA^T> t 3cc. 4 49 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 
 ■5 HENRY Vlir. 
 
 KING of E^QLd^CV, FRANCE,mi 
 
 IRELAND, Defender of the F AI T H, &c. 
 
 Anno Dorn. 
 1509. April 
 21 . 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 M.$.f. z8 
 in Coll . 
 iArm. 
 
 r. g. 
 
 got. Pari. 
 temp. H. 7 . 
 m$.an.io. 
 
 His Heroic Prince Henry ,fecond Son of scais^f King 
 King Henry VII. born at Greenwich, come to 
 on Tucfday, being St Peters Eve, 28 my hands.fhe 
 
 rt A s IT 1 1 fall differing 
 
 fun. 1491, An . 6 H. 7. between the fromthe fc- 
 
 l r o J * ! • cond in thefc 
 
 hours 01 3 and 9 in the morning, was twoparticu- 
 baprized in the Pari Hi Church there, th? 
 by the Bifhop o [Excejler, Lord Keep- ™ r £J.^ s a " n d 
 er of the Privy Seal, and called He/> the dreum- 
 ry, having for Godfathers the Earl of [heFabrickof 
 Oxford , and the Bifhop of JVincbtfter. ^roSthe 
 In the tenth year of his Fathers Pteign, I find him filed Confia- firftscaiis 
 ble of Dover Gaftle, Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports, Earl and Satin ’ 
 
 the other 
 
 goman. The c tile in the circumference of the firft Seal, was made ufe of when he had the Title of Defender of the 
 Faith, conferred on him by Pope Leo X. An. ijn. viz. HENRICUS VIII. ANGLIE ET FRANCIE 
 REX FIDEI DEFENSOR ET DOMINUS HIBERNIE. But being in the year 1534- declared in 
 Parliament, Head of the Church of England, and afterwards. An. 1*41. proclaimed King of Ireland-, he caufed 
 thisfeennd great Seal to be made (delineated in the 417 page of this fixth Book; the Circle whereof is charged 
 with thefc words, HENRICUS OCTAVUS, DEI GR ATI A, ANGLIE FRANCIE ET HIBERNIE 
 REX, FIDEI DEFENSOR, ET IN TERRA, ECCLESlE ANGLICANE ETHIBERNICE, 
 SUPREMUM CAPUT, by which it appearcth, that this King caufed his Seals to be circumfcribcd with 
 goman Capitals, whereas all the Infcriptions of the Kings of England his predecelTors, from Pochard 11. indufive 
 (as you may obferve in the circle of their Seals) were inoldEnglilh Letters, 
 
 TheKings Arms, ( beingFrance and England quarterly) on each fide his Throne, upon both Seals, are placed within 
 the Garter, and Enfigned with arched Crowns: He being the firft King of England that in his Seal added to his 
 Shield, the Garter and the Crown. In imitation of which Royal Example, the Knights of the Order, in the latter 
 end of his Reign, caufed their Efcocheons on their Stalls at Windfor, to be encompalfed u'ith the Gaftcr 5. and thofe 
 that were Dukes, Marquifles, or Earls, had their Coronets placed upon their Shields, which hath been fo pra&ifed 
 everfince, And whereas all the precedent Kings of England, from King Edward 1 . had the Enfigns of their King¬ 
 doms reprefented on the Caparifons of their Horfes in their counter-Seals: this King difeontinued the fame, and 
 in place thereof, caufed his Caparifons to be embroider, d, on the upper part.withfmall Flowers de Lize placed in Net¬ 
 Work ; and on the nether part, with large Rofes and Branches embolfcd , the edge thereof being garniflied with 
 a deep Fringe. Both before and behind the Kings Horfe, within the Circle, are placed leveral Ovals, alternately 
 charged with Roles and Flowers de Lize : and underneath the Horfe is a Greyhound current, with a Collar 
 about his Neck 5 which this King did ufe, to (hew his defeent, by his Mother Queen Elizabeth from the Royal 
 Houfeof Tor\ 
 
 The like Greyhounds are thus placed in the Seals of our fucceediug Monarchs, Edward. VI. King James, King 
 Chirks I. and his prefent Majcfty King Charles II. 
 
 King Henry VIII. in the beginning of his Reign, bare his Arms fupported with a Dragon, on the right fide, and 
 a Greyhound on the left (as did his Father King Henry VII.) which Achievement is fo painted over his Pidure in 
 the Privy Gallary at Whitehall, and alfo carved in Stone over the great Gate-Houfe of that Palace in the paflage 
 toW'jlminfier, fubferibed, DIEV ET MON L>ROIT; But afterwards he difeontinued the Greyhound, and fup¬ 
 ported his Shield on the right fide with one of the Lyons of England, viz. a L\on guardant Or , and tranfpofed the 
 gedDragon tothelefc fide of his Efcocheon Royal, as appearcth on the Sterns of fever al of this Kings Ships, in that 
 famous Pidture in thefaid Gallary at Whitehall, exprefling his molt glorious Naval Expedition into France , all the 
 Sails of the Admiral being Cloth of Gold. The laid Supporters of the Lyon fCrowned) and the Dragon , are (lamp* 
 cd on his Gold Coyn, which were continued by his three Children, King Edward VI. Queen Mary (until her Mar¬ 
 riage) and Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 With thete Supporters, and others of his PredecefTors, the King adorned his Pavilions and Tents ; for in 
 Edward Halle fol. 18- we head (at th£ Siege of Terwin) that at the top of the Pavilio s flood the Kings Bcafls, 
 holding Fanes, as tie Lyon, the Dragon, the Greyhound, the Antelope, the Dun Cow, &c. I needed not have paffed be¬ 
 yond Sea for an example of this kind, for the Fanes on the Kings Palaces of Hampton-court and Whitehall, are fup- 
 povted by the Beal’s beforenamed. 
 
 This Kings Hereditary Devifes or Badges, were a ged gofe , a Flower de Lize, Or, arid a Golden Portcullis. Fu£ 
 m his time the Englijh Wits beginning to imitate the French and Italians in thefe Devices, by adding the Mots-, 
 King Henry himfelf at the Interview between him and King Francis I. whereat alfo Charles V. was prefent# 
 uled for his Imprefs, an Enilijh Archei: in a green Coat, drawing his Arrow to the head, with this Infcription, 
 CUI ADHAlREO, PRALE ST; whereas at that time thofe two mighty Princes, banding one agaiafl th< 
 ocher, wrought him for tjieir own particular. Camdens Remains p. ni. 117. 
 
 X x x x x Marfhal 
 
450 A qEKEALOqiCAL HISTV'BJ OF 
 
 Tudors. 
 
 Anno 1509. 
 
 His firil Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Queen 
 Catherine, are 
 emblazoned in 
 theMargeut of 
 the 44$ page 
 of this fixth 
 Hook. 
 
 Their Coro¬ 
 nation. 
 
 Anno 1 $ro. 
 
 Annoiyn: 
 
 Marfhal of England , and Lieutenant of Ireland. And thus dig¬ 
 nified,he was 31 Otlob. An. 10 H. 7. created Duke of Torl^ in Par¬ 
 liament, by cin&ure of a Sword, impofition of a Cap, and Circle 
 of Gold on his Head, and delivery of a golden Rod, with a Fee 
 of 40 l. per annum, out of the County of Torh^. At 12 years of 
 age • and the year after the death of his elder Brother Prince Ar¬ 
 thur, he was created Prince of Wales , and Earl of Chejier in Par¬ 
 liament, by the girding on a Sword, the putting a Cap on his 
 Head, a gold Ring on his Finger, and a golden Rod in his Hand, 
 18 Febr. 1503. An. 19 H. 7. Laftly, having been fo trained up 
 in his youth as to be accounted the moft learned Prince in Chri- 
 ftendom, he was, at the age of 18 years,upon his Fathers deceafe, 
 2 'i Apr. 1509. proclaimed King,as being hisonelySon then living, 
 and confequently foie Heir to the Crown by both Houfes of Lan* 
 catfer and Torl\. 
 
 And now having made choice of an able Council, and feen his 
 Fathers Funerals performed, in purfuance of his (aid Fathers Will, 
 his marriage with Katherine of Spain , Relid of his Brother Ar¬ 
 thur , is by Difpenfation from Rome fumptuoufly folemnized at 
 the Bifhop of Salisbury s Houfe in Fleet flreet, the third of June 
 following (viz. An. 1509.) where the Bride, to exprefs her Vir¬ 
 ginity, though a Widow, was attired in white,, with her Hair 
 difhevell’d ; on the twenty fourth of which Month, being the 
 Feaftof St John Baptijl , they arefolemnly crowned a tWeJlmin- 
 fier by William Warham Archbiftlop of Canterbury , with great ac¬ 
 clamations. Next he proclaimsa general Pardon for lefs than ca¬ 
 pital OfFences^but as for Sir Richard Empfon Kt.and Edmond Dud¬ 
 ley Efqj thofe two grand Extortioners, Barons of the Exche¬ 
 quer to the late King, he committed to the Tower, and a Parlia¬ 
 ment being called, they were attainted of High Treafon, and the 
 feventeenth of Augufl , the year following, beheaded on Tomer 
 Hill. 
 
 The firft year of King Henry being fpent in almoft perpetual 
 Juft?, Masks and Tournaments, performed with great magnifi¬ 
 cence and eminent ads of heroic Valour, even by the Kinghim- 
 lelfyheis firft in February following, follicited by his Father-in-Law 
 the King of Arragon for aid againft the Moors-, whereupon the Lord 
 Thomas Darcy , with the Lord Anthony Grey, Henry Guy If or d Efq; 
 and others,are lent to his afliftance,who embarking at Plymouth,ar¬ 
 rived at Cadis the firft of June } but a Truce being concluded in 
 the interim, they are honourably difmift. 
 
 Next we find him aflifting Margaret Duchefs of Savoy, daugh¬ 
 ter to Maximilian the Emperor (and Governefs of Flanders , &c. 
 for Charles the young Prince of Cajlile') with 1500 Archers } 
 who having done her very eminent fervice, returned nobly re¬ 
 warded. 
 
 After this, in his third year, Pope Julius IL defires his afliftance 
 againft Lewis XII. of France , who had in a hoftile manner, entred 
 fome part of Italy, upon which, King Henry having made an al¬ 
 liance 
 
 Book 6 * 
 A. in, 
 
 ft1t.9H.-ji 
 £? C. 145 -. 
 
 Ss 81. 
 Chart.de 
 an.16 H. 
 7 . m. 9. 
 
 G. 198 . 
 Billx ftgn. 
 
 Raphael 
 Holivgfk.pl 
 7 99 -eol.i, 
 
 Ibid. 
 
 M. i.fol.} 
 i 8 ,i« Coll, 
 Am. 
 
 Raphael 
 
 Holinfbei 
 
 p.Soy.col, 
 
 1. 
 
 Ibid, col a ? 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 U.b. 
 
 Sylph Ho- 
 lingfbed pi 
 81i.col.2J 
 
THE KJNiqS OF ENigLA c. 451 
 
 ■*- ; - ,-^« M M --.r.r, -7VT- ---------«J> 
 
 cha P- 2 » liance with the Emperor and King of Spain ,8cc. the latter of which He * r y VIIL 
 courted him likcwife againft the French, he fends over a great 
 Army under the condud of Thomas Grey , Marquis Dorfet , the Annoiyi*. 
 Lord Thomas Howard , fon to the Earl of Surrey , the Lords Brook^ 
 ^pIlloHghby and Ferrers ,with the Lords John,Anthony and Leonard 
 Grey, Brothers to the Marquis, &c. in order to the invading 
 France , and to demand the lurrender of that Crown) with the 
 Halle fol. prefent poffeffion of Normandy, Guyen, Anjou , Maine , and Aqui¬ 
 taine , as the ancient inheritance of the Kings of England , who at 
 the inftance ol the King of Spain, and the promife of affiftance 
 from that King, and the King of Navarre, landing in Bifcay , re- 
 folved to force the Country on that fide j when Ferdinand de To - 
 lodo Duke cl' Alva , whom they had long expe&ed, inftead of re- 
 2 * licvirg th eEnghfh, fell upon the Realm of Nayarre , at that time 
 
 cjraftlt poflelfed by John d‘ Albret and Queen Katherine de Foix his Wife, 
 
 /• is- b. an d feizcd that Kingdom to the Spanifh ufe} whereupon the incen- 
 fed Marquis attacking the Frontiers of Guyen , took feveral Towns, 
 when a violent Sicknefs raging among the Soldiers, fwept many 
 away, and obliged the Lord Howard to convey the mutinous re- 
 fidue of his Forces home again. 
 
 In this interim, Sir Edward Howard Lord Admiral being at 
 P 814.c.'*z. Sea with his Fleet, invaded Britain, wafted feveral Towns, and 
 at lad with 2500 men, encountered r 0000 of the Britains , de- 
 Edward, feating them in their own policy } and fo returning to Sea, cruifed 
 mile f.10 a l on g thofeCoafts, till at length coming to the Ijle of Wight^ the 
 Kings Fleet joined him, when being 25 fail ftrong, they engaged 
 the French Fleet of 39 fail in the Bay of Britain ; where main¬ 
 taining a fharp conflift, the Admirals on cither fide grapled toge¬ 
 ther, were at once burnt and funk, with the lofs of about 800 
 men in each of them.YVhich lofs the King having foon repaired,by 
 p-ti'fuoi. caufing a fairer Chip to be built,called Henry Grace deDienjmMarch \ n no 15:3. 
 
 *• next he fends to Sea the faid Sir Edward Howard Lord Admiral, 
 
 Richard w >th 40 great Ships, who unadvifedly attacking the French in the 
 Grafton f. ver y Haven of Brejl, loft himfelf and many of his followers in 
 the attempt. 
 
 Hereupon, ic having been refolved in Parliament that the King 
 fhould in perfon invade France ; and to that end an extraordinary 
 Subfidy willingly granted, King Henry himfelf with a moft Royal 
 Navy,theAdmiralsSails being Cloth ot Gold,lands at Calais ,having 
 the May before fent over thither divers of the Nobility,Gentry,and 
 others, to the number of 10000 with thefe he fate down be¬ 
 fore the well fortified Terwin , on the fourth day of Auguji } and 
 on the twelfth of the fame month, the Emperor Maximilian came 
 c'rtfJnf ^ rom ^y re to the Kings Camp, where being moft fplendidly recei- 
 * ved, he entred himfelf a Soldier at 100 Crowns a day wages, and 
 wore the Crofs of St George, with a Kofe 3 (hortly after which,the 
 French Cavalry, to the number of 8ooo 3 being ordered to relieve 
 the Town, wcrefo roundly received by the Englilh, that having 
 loft fix Standards, and many men, whereof 240 were made pri- 
 
 foners 
 
45 2 
 
 Tudors. 
 
 Battel of 
 
 Sfurrs,Aug-i6 
 
 Anno ifij. 
 
 Battel of 1 
 floiden, an. 
 is ij. Sept. 9. 
 
 Anno 1554. 
 
 Anno xjiy. 
 
 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 - — — , 4 ‘— 4 ,- r 
 
 foners, among which the Duke of Longueville was chief, they Book6 - 
 fpurred away fo faft, that the Fight was thereupon called the zr 0 jj„jb.f 
 Battel of Spurrs, the effe& of which Victory was the furrender of 8 * l,w;,K 
 the place the eighteenth following, 1513. 
 
 Hence, the twenty firft of September , he marched towards 
 Tourttay , and arriving within a League of the Town, fends Gar¬ 
 ter King of Arms to fummon its furrender; which being deny’d, 
 he fo fiercely aflaulted ir, that their Maiden Town, never taken 
 before, was obliged to yield up her felf to the vi&orious King, j 
 the fecond day of OBober, the Inhabitants whereof having re- 44.4*. 
 deemed their Liberties at 10000 l. fieri were all fworn to the 
 King of England , to the number of 80000 Souls; whence, af¬ 
 ter many folemn Jufiings and Masks, according to King Henry s 
 wonted manner,the Winter approaching,he departed for England. 
 
 In the mean time James IV. King of Scots, invading the North 
 of England with a mighty Army, was by the Queens diligence, 
 and the Earl otSurry's valour,(lain in Battel at Brankjlon in Northum¬ 
 berland^ otherwife called Flodden Field, upon the ninth day 6f 
 September, 1513. with 3 Bifhops, 3 Abots, 12 Earls, 18 Lord?, 4 *J>.& 
 and 12000 Soldiers; for which noble fervice,the King, onCandle- 43 < *’ 
 mas day after,among other Promotions,created the Laid Earl,Duke nu.f^ 
 of Norfolk, with an augmentation of a part of the Arms of Scotland. a - 
 
 Hereupon, by the mediation of Pope Julius, who the nine- 
 teenth of May before,had fent King Henry a Cap of Maintenance, 
 and a Sword, which was received with great folemnity in the Ca¬ 
 thedral Church of St Paulson the Sunday next enfuing, and tranf- 
 ferred the forfeited Title of Chrijlianiffimus from the French King 
 to King Henry, a Peace is concluded between the two Kingdoms, Grafm 
 with the Marriage of the Lady Mary the Kings Sifter,to Lewis XII. ^* 48 * 
 King of France , in the great Church of Abbeville , her Jointure 
 to be 320000 Crowns, per annum, and 100000 Crowns to King 
 Henry tor $ years, in lieu of a Peace during the lives of both Kings, Jbii , ^ 
 and a year aftei ;which Marriage was folemnized at St Denis on St. 
 
 Denis's day, and the fifth of November after (he was Crowned in 
 Paris ; where becoming a Widow within twelve weeks after her 
 mariiage, the Duke of Suffolk^ is fent to convey her into Eng - 
 land, which he did, having firft privately married her in Paris,and 
 afterwards publickly at Calais. 
 
 About this time fthomas Wolfey,a man bf obfeure Parentage,but 
 great abilities, by birth a Butchers fon of Ipfwich in Suffolk , having 
 been firft made Fellow of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford, next 
 Schoolmafter of the School there, afterwards Chaplain to King 
 Henry VII. Dean of Lincoln,Loid Almoner to that King, one of 
 the Council to King Henry VIII. Bifliop of Tournay in France , 
 next of Lincoln, and afterwards Archbifhop of Torl$, was about 
 this time made Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England, and 
 Legate a Latere ; who to ingrofs the management of all affairs to 
 himtelf, advifed the King to his pleafures, and lefs frequency at 
 the Council Table, whereby this puiflant Prince? whofe fervice 
 
 the 
 

 THE KJH.Q s E 3^CjLA^C. c D i &c. 453 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 
 Edward 
 JJalle fol. 
 J8. 
 
 ibid. f.6 j. 
 Lb. 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 TtJlJb. 
 
 Edward 
 HaUe f.84 
 
 Jbid. foi. 
 *y er 85. 
 
 Edward 
 Halle fol. 
 *6.ab. 
 
 no. foi. 
 
 the Emperor had perfonally embraced, whofe friendfiiip the King Henry VlR 
 of France fought to purchafe at any rate, and whofe obligements 
 the Pope endeavoured to gratifie by the glorious Titles of Libe¬ 
 rator r Orbis <&> Or bis , Defenfor Fidei , &c. refigning as it were the 
 Reins of Government, grew fo irregular in his motions, that the 
 Peace and Profperity of the Realm wasfoon interrupted. 
 
 A new League being proclaimed with France , Margaret Queen Anno ifi?; 
 of Scots, eldeft filler to King Henry , with Archibald Douglas Earl 
 of Angus her Husband, expulfed the Kingdom by the Religious 
 Rebellion of their Lords, had theCaftle of Harbottel in Nortbunt - 
 berland afllgned them, where (he was delivered of her daughter, 
 named alio Margaret. 
 
 It was now the tenth year ofKing Henry’s Reign,when the King Anno iyis. 
 of France, by great gifts and large promifes to the Cardinal, ob¬ 
 tained a Treaty for the (urrender ol Tournay -,and a marriage to be 
 had between the Lady Mary and the Daulphin, and in ftead of a 
 Portion, that City to be delivered to the French King, he pay¬ 
 ing for the Caftle which King Henry had there built, 600000 
 Crowns} whereupon Hoftages being left on both fides, on condi¬ 
 tion that if the Marriage fucceeaed not, the Englifh fliould be re- 
 pofieft thereof} the City was accordingly delivered to the French 
 the eighteenth of February following. 
 
 The EmpQXoxMaximilian dy\ng,Charles King of Cajlile\se\c Aed Annoiji?. 
 in his ftead, by the name of Charles V. who in his journey from 
 Spain , landed at Doycr , and was entertained by the King at Can¬ 
 terbury, who was then on his way towards the Interview between 
 him and Francis I. the French King} which was performed in the 
 Vale of Andren ,on Thurfday the 7 th of Junef o magnificently,that 
 from thence it retains the name of the Camp of Cloth of Go/d. Where 
 having been entertained with folemn Jufts and Mafques till the 
 twenty fourth of ffune they mutually departed } and King Henry 
 with his Queen having firft been entertained by the Emperor 
 at Graveling , as the Emperor was by them afterwards at Calais , 
 
 (where the Tripartite League was concluded between the Empe¬ 
 ror and both Kings) on Saturday the fourteenth of July , they re¬ 
 turned i'ov England. 
 
 A fmall refentment happening about this time between the Annoiy20* 
 Duke of Buckingham ,the lalf High Conftable, and the Cardinal, 
 grew in fine to that height, that he foon procured the Duke to be 
 arraigned, upon an intention of making away the King, and tranf- 
 ferring the Crown to his own Head;for which being condemned by 
 his Peers, he was the feventeenth of May beheaded on Tomer Hill. 
 
 i\ War being now begun between the Emperor and the King of Anno iyu; 
 France , for compofing thereof, King Henry fent the Cardinal of 
 York^, with divers other Lords, Knights and Gentlemen to Calais , 
 where meeting the Commiflioners of both parties, after a tedious 
 difpute, the only conclufion was, that both Princes fhould enjoy 
 free Fidling till the end of February following. 
 
 Eut King Henry being now at Greenwich (viz. Febr. 2.) is there 
 
 Y y y y y prefented 
 
454 ^ CjESNJBAhOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tudors. prelented by the Cardinal, and a Legate from Pope Leo X. with B °°k 6. 
 
 a Bull,dated at Sc Peters the fifth of the Ides of OSiober y An. 1511. gjcbari 
 in the ninth year of his Popedom, wherein his Majefty for his 
 great zeal to the Catholick Faith, in writing that Book in which 
 the notorious errors of Martin Luther were confuted, was with 
 his Succeffors forever, declared Defendors of the Chrijiian Faith ; 
 which being by the King folemnly received, he caufed it to be read 
 and publiihed ; and thereupon proceeding to his Chappel, accom¬ 
 panied by many of his Nobility, and feveral Ambafladors then 
 refident in his Court, Mafswas there fung by the Cardinal; after 
 which having given remifllon,and bleffed the King and the Queen, 
 and all the people prelent; and the Laid Bull being declared 
 with Sound of Trumpet,and other Wind Inftruments,in Honour 
 ot the Kings new Stile,his Highnels went to a flarely Dinner: in 
 the mid’ft whereof, the King of Arms, with the other Heralds, 
 began the Largels, crying, H E NR IC S DEI GRATIA 
 REX AN GLIAL ET FRANC 1 M % D EF ENSOR 
 FIDEI , ET DOMINVS HIBERNIE. Little dif¬ 
 ferent from which Titles are thole carved in Roman Capitals on the 
 Mantletree of white Marble in the Privy Galary of His Majefties 
 Palace of Whitehall , where they are at prefent to be read ; being, 
 HENR. VIII. ANG. ET FRANC. REX FID. DE- 
 FEN. AC DOM. HIBER. 
 
 About the fame time the Duke of Albanie coming into Scot - 
 land , and taking upon him the foie government of that Realm, 
 is commanded out by King Henry , which fo diftalfed the French 
 King, that he feized the (hips and perfons of the Englijb , denied 
 the compofition Money for Tournay > and kept back the Queen j^ chard 
 
 Annoiyzi. Dowagers Jointure ; w hereupon the King confined the French Grafton f. 
 
 Ambalfadors here, committed all Frenchmen within his Domini- 9l,91>9h 
 ons,fecured the four Hofiages, and fetout a Fleet of 28 fail, which 
 burnt feveral Scotch (hips in their very Harbors, took many Pri- 
 foners, and great Booty. 
 
 King Henry being informed that the Emperor on his way to 
 Spain intended to vifit England, fent the Marquis of Dorfet tore- 94,91.96- 
 ccive him at Calais , and the Cardinal of Tor at Dover , where on 
 AJcenfion Eve the King embraced him with extraordinary fplen- 
 dor, and conducing him to Canterbury , and thence to the Queen 
 his Aunt at Greenwich , and fhortly after to London (where they 
 were entertained with asfplendid Shows as at a Coronation, the 
 Emperor being lodged at the Blacky Friers , and his Lords at the 
 new Palace of Bridewell.) On Whitfunday with great Triumph 
 they rode to St Pauls y where the Cardinal fang Mafs,before which, 
 tw o Barons ferved him with Water, and after the Gofpel,2 Earls 
 with Wine and Water, and at the laft Lavatory, two Dukes per¬ 
 formed the fame fervice.Next the two Courts removed to Windfor y 
 where, on Corpus Chrifti day, both Princes took the Sacrament,re- 1 
 newing their League with reciprocal Oaths.Hence they proceeded 
 toWincheJler y sind fo to Southampton, where the Englifh Fleet com¬ 
 manded 
 
THE KJHJjS OF EH.QLANiT>,&c. 455 
 
 Chap. 2. ed by the Earl of Surrey , then lay , which having conveyed Henry vik 
 Edvwi the Emperor into Bifcay, in their return fell upon Britain^ took 
 the Town of Morlaix , and being fhortly alter fent to the Coaft 
 of France, landed in Picardy, burnt and took many Towns and » 
 
 1 bid. f.i oi Caftles, even as the Lord Kos and Lord Dacres ol the North,had 
 b ‘ likewife done all this while in Scotland. 
 
 It was about this time (when Chrijlierne King of Denmark^, with 
 his Queen landing at Dover the i $th ofy«w^,werefumptuoufly re¬ 
 ceived at the Bilhop of Bath's Palace in London) that King Henry 
 thus engaged in a War with France and Scotland , refolved to pro- 
 jbid.f n6 fecuteit in good earneft; when fending Charles Brandon Duke of Anno 1^3. 
 ufoiiij. Suffolk? with an Army of 12600 men for France , they firft took 
 Bell Caftle, and then marching into Picardy , and being joined by 
 5000 Foot, and <500 Imperial Horfe, took the rich Town of An¬ 
 chor, alfo Bray,Cappe,Roy,Libome, Davenkgr, and Montdidier ; thus 
 ravaging the Country, they came before the Caftle of B oghan, 
 which at lad, by the advantage of the Froft, they took, and l’o re¬ 
 turned to Calais- 
 
 Hicburi During which, the Duke of Albanie from Scotland, invading 
 ^04 ffiffb. Northumberland with a great Army the fecond time, was confron¬ 
 ted by the Earls of Surrey , Northumberland and IVejlmorlandJk c. 
 upon whofe approach he retired into Scotland. Whereupon 
 Margaret , Queen-Mother of Scotland, praying King Henry her Bro¬ 
 thers forbearance of the War till a furthur communication could 
 be had, the Army was difmift. 
 
 Edward In this year came three Ambalfadors from the Emperor, re- Annoiya* 
 quelling firft,That his only Daughter the Lady Mary ,might be fent 
 into Flanders , and by the name of Emprefs to govern the Lon? 
 
 Countryes . Secondly, That her Portion Mony might be forth¬ 
 
 with payed : and, Thirdly, That the King in Perfon fhould pro- 
 fecute the War in France the next Summer. The two firft the 
 King waved, and took time to confider of the Iaft, when fudden- 
 ly news was brought that the French King, before the Town of 
 Pavia, was by the Imperialifts taken prifoner, and carried to Ma¬ 
 drid. This altered the face of affairs, for that King defpairing of 
 life, by reafon of a violent Sicknefs, contentedly refigned the 
 whole Dukedom of Burgundy to the Emperor, whereby gaining 
 his liberty, and fhortly after his health, he married Ifabel daugh¬ 
 ter to Emanuel King of Portugal , when three years before at 
 Windfor he had engaged to take King Howry’s daughter to Wife. 
 niched This year 15 24. ) the Cardinal by fome fpecious pre- 
 
 Grafton f. fences, obtained from the Pope the fuppreffion of about forty 
 fmall Monafteries in England, for the railing of two Colledges, 
 one at Oxford, and another at Jpfwich.By which prefident *tis much 
 to be feared King Henry afterwards took example to deftroy all 
 the reft. 
 
 Jbid.f, 140 On the eighteenth of ffune this year, King Henry at his Pa- Thefe creati- 
 lace of Bridewell , created his Natural Son Henry, called FitzRoy , 
 firft Earl,, of Nottingham , and then Duke of Somerfet and Rich - 17 
 
 mond , 
 
456 A gEJ^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tudors. mond } Henry Courtney Earl of .Devonfbire, Marquis of Exceter } Book-*. 
 
 " the Lord Henry Brandon , fon to the Duke of Suffolk, L , by Mary 
 the French Queen, Earl of Lincoln } Sir Thomas Manners Lord 
 Roos , Earl of Rutland } Sir Henry Clifford , Earl of Cumberland } 
 
 Sir Robert Ratchff, j Lord Fit%-\Vater , Vifcount Fit%AV alter } and 
 Sir Thomas Bnllen , Vifcount Rochford. 
 
 The fame year, King Henry, by mediation of the French Kings 
 Mother, then Regent of France , having concluded a Peace with 
 that Kingdom,in confideration of^ccooo l.fieri whereof 50000 
 to be paid in hand, and the reft at a time appointed } and there¬ 
 upon made Arbitrator between the French King and the Emperor} 
 lnnolji<r - a motion was made by the French Ambafladors for a marriage be¬ 
 tween the Lady JVLzryKing Henry's only daughter, and the Duke 
 of Orleans, fecond fon to the French King, wherein (as Woljey ^ * 
 
 had defigned it, to revenge himfelf on the Emperor, for denying b. 
 him the Archbilhoprick of Toledo i as likewife the Papacy) the 
 queftion was ftarted by the Prefident of Paris , concerning the 
 lawfulnefs of the Kings marriage with Queen Katherine (Aunt to 
 the Emperor) having been the Wife of his elder Brother Prince 
 Arthur . And this, as it afterwards became the Cardinals ruine, 
 fo it put the King upon all thole future extravagancies : for being 
 fecretly fallen in love with Anne Bnllen daughter to the late created 
 Vifcount Rochford, the Cardinal was obliged evenagainft his own 
 inclination, to profecutethe Divorce fromQ^tieen Katherine , by 
 lollicicing the Court of Rome ft or a Setlion here in England to de- 
 
 Cardinal Campeius in CommifiT Retard. 
 matter was debated at th eBlack^ 
 fryers : where the Queen appealing to the Pope,and the Kings own 
 Confcience^his Majefty declared her virtue and innocencejand his 
 unwillingnels to leave her, were it not for the fcruple of his Confci- 
 ence. Whereupon after much debate and many means ufed, but 
 ineffe&ually,toperfuade the Queen to recall her Appeal}the Kings 
 Councel moved earneftly for Sentence } which Campeius the chief 
 Commiflioner,though gratified by the King with tranflating him 
 from Bath to Salisbury, being recalled to Rowe, refufed to pro*- 
 nounce till farther conference with the Pope. 
 
 The King, impatient of thefe delays, and being informed of 
 his own power and authority in the Cafe, by one Cranmer a Ma- 
 fter of Arts of Cambridge , fends the Duke of Norfolk^ and Suf- 
 foll^to fetch the Seal from the Cardinal of Fork, whom he had . 
 
 now difeovered to be averfe to his inclinations forthe forefaid Anne 
 Bnllen } withall confining him to his houfeat Efber near Hampton 
 Court} whereupon many Articles of High Trcafon exhibited in 
 Parliament againft him,being clearly anfwered by his Servant Tho¬ 
 mas Cromrvel then a Member of the Houfe of Commons} he was 
 at laft voted guilty of a Praemunire, for exercifing theLegantine 
 Power without the Kings publick confent} and thereupon having 
 firft delivered up all his Moveables to the Kings ufe, he was ad¬ 
 judged to forfeit all his Lands and Goods} when upon new Arti¬ 
 cles 
 
 terminethe bufinefs, who joining 
 on with his Eminence ofTorCthe 
 
THE KJH. 9 s of £ LA K*D> &c. 457 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 I bid.f. 1 84 
 
 Chap. 2. c les exhibited againft him, he was commanded to rerire to his 
 Diocefs of Tork^j which Biflioprick with that of Whichever were 
 yet left him j where, at Carvood Caftle,feven miles from thence,he 
 Was arrefted by the Earl of Northumberland , and in his journey to 
 London , died at Leicefier , the 29th of November , 1550, after ha¬ 
 ving expreft himfelf to this purpofe, That if he had Jerved his 
 Cod as diligently as he had done his King , he mould not Jo have de- 
 ferted him in his gray Hairs . This was the end of that mighty 
 Prelate, in whofe Retinue were divers Knights, and fome Lorck, 
 in all to the number of 1000 *, and in whofe Hands were at once 
 the Biflioprick of Tor 4 ., Wincbefier , and Durham • the Dignities of 
 Lord Cardinal, Legar, and Chancellor of England \ the Abbey of 
 St Albans , divers Priories, and fundry great Benefices in Comment 
 dam, and in effeft the Bifhopricks of Bath , IVorceJlsr , and 
 Hereford. 
 
 The Queen infixing peremptorily on her Appeal to Rome from 
 whence fhe expe&ed a favourable anfwer, obliged the King, ac¬ 
 cording to Cranmers advice (for which he had bcftowed on him 
 the Archbifhoprick of Canterbury ) to interpofe his own authority, 
 whereby having procured the Divorce to pafs in Parliament, he 
 
 Anno 1530* 
 
 Ibid, fol 
 in .a.b. 
 
 Anno 
 
 Edward 
 Halle f. 
 
 a. 
 
 His fecond 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 saj. b. 
 
 now publickly produces the Lady Anne Bullen , great with child, Manage, 
 whom he had before privately married the 2 5 th of January , 1532. KcrCorona * 
 (after having created her Marchionels of Pembroke, the firff of Sep- non. 
 tember preceding ) and on IVhitfnnday^ at Weflminfier, file was The Achieve- 
 Anointed and Crowned with great magnificence. Queen Anne 
 
 On the 16th of Febr. following,the whole Clergy was voted in Sy carved 
 a Praemunire, and all the fmall Monafteries of the Kingdom of 
 200 /. per annum , and under, wholly given to the Kings ufe, and as you go up 
 he thereupon in Parliament authorized to be Head of the Church of i 
 England. 
 
 After which, he wrote in his Stile, HENRICUS VIII. 
 
 DEI GRATIA ANGLIC ET FRANCIS 
 REX FID EI DEFENSOR DOMINUS HI¬ 
 BERNIA, ET IN TERRA SUPREMUM 
 CAPUT ANGLICANfE ECCLESIiR Which 
 Title, after the birth of his daughter Elizabeth the 7th of Novem¬ 
 ber following, was univerlally exa&ed, by an Oath prepared in 
 Parliament, obliging all perfons to fwear obedience to King Hen¬ 
 ry , as Supream Head of the Church, and to his Ifl'ue begotten or 
 
 to the choire 
 id Ejngs Col- 
 ledge Chappd 
 in Cambridge, 
 being, Quar¬ 
 terly France 
 and England 
 Impaling quar¬ 
 terly, of fix 
 peeces, i. 
 Gules three Ly¬ 
 ons pajfant 
 guardant, Or> 
 on a Label oj 
 three■ points 
 Azure. 
 Flowers de 
 Lize of the 
 fecond Lanca* 1 
 
 to be begotten by Queen Anne , the refufal whereof coft many femeofFiowets 
 perfons their lives afterwards, among the firfi: of which, were the Lbeilf °thre& 
 
 points Gules, 
 
 Engolefme. Gules a Lyon pajjant guardant. Or, Guyon. Thefe three were augmentations given her by King Hen¬ 
 ry VIII. when he created her Marchionefs of Pembroke. 4. Quarterly, Or, a chief indented Azhre, Butler Earl of Or¬ 
 mond, and Argent a Lyon rampant Sable, crowned Gules , by the name of Rochford; the third as the fecond, the fourth as 
 the firfi: y, Gules, 3 Lyons pajjant guardant Or, over all a Label of three points Argent, Brotherton. 6 Chequie, Or, 
 and Azure, Warren. This Impalement is crowned with an arched Diadem, and lupported on the right fide by a 
 Greyhound, with a Collar about his Neck ; and on the left by a Lyon with a GriffinS head, gorged with a Coro¬ 
 net, and chained. 
 
 The like Impalement and Quarter ings are depidied in a rook in the Colledgeof Armj, marked, D. 4. Tork.Jhire, 
 f »■ in which the colours of the Arms beforementioned, and the names by which they are borne, do man ifeiHy 
 
 appear. 
 
 Queen Anne did bear for her Devife, a white crowned Faulcon, holding a Scepter in her right Talon, rtanling 
 upon a golden Trunck, out of which fprouted both white and red Rofes, with thefe words, MIHI ET MEAL 
 Vide Camdens Remains p, 1 x 7 . 
 
 Z Z Z 7 7 
 
 learned 
 
458 A qBHJ-ALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 * 
 
 Tudors, learned Sir 'Thomas More, fometime Lord Chancellor, and the Booktf. 
 
 Anno 153 Bifliop of Rochefier, which laft was with feveral others, adjudg- Ihii ^ lt6 
 ed guilty of Mifprifion of Treafon, in not exploding the trea- 
 fonous Impoftures ofr Elizabeth Barton , called, the Holy Maid 
 of Kent. 
 
 And now began the Lutherans and other Se&aries to fwarm in 
 England, for prevention whereof fix Articles, made by Statute, 
 were tendered upon Oath to all people throughout the Kings Do¬ 
 minions,whereby many fuffered death inthe latter end of his Reign, 
 while they denyed the Articles on one fide, or his Supremacy on 
 the other. 
 
 Anno 1 5 3^. 
 
 His third Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 The Arms of 
 this Queen, 
 arc not only 
 painted in ve¬ 
 ry many pla¬ 
 ces, both in 
 Windows 
 and Galarics 
 at Hampton 
 Court, but 
 alfo in Windfor 
 Caftle, among 
 which I have 
 taken that 
 Impalement 
 of the Kings 
 Arms and hers 
 in a Window 
 of that Room 
 lately called 
 the Counfel 
 Chamber. In 
 which Efco- 
 chcon fhe 
 beareth Quar¬ 
 terly of fix 
 peeces, i. Or, 
 on aTile,Gules 
 inter fx Flow¬ 
 ers de Liz? A- 
 
 King Henry having thus fatisfied his ferupling Confidence in zdmU 
 the cafe of his firffc Queen, makes fiiort work with the fecond \ 
 for on the i^th of May, An. 1536. fhe, with her Brother the 
 Lord Kochford, are arraigned in the Tower, their own Father 
 (now Earl of Wiltfhire and Ormond') fitting among the reft of the 
 judges, by whom they were both condemned ; and on the 19th 
 of the fame month, with four others put to death. Thus, when 
 (lie had been King Henry* s Wife, three years, three months, and 
 twenty five days, fhe was buried in the Chappel of S tPeter in the 
 Towerj while the King mourning in a Wedding Garment, 
 efpoufed, the very next day , being the twentieth of May, ibid.f.% 
 the Lady Jane Seymour, daughter of Sir John Seymour , creating, 
 on Whitfon Tuefday following, Sir Edward Seymour her Brother, nu.f.iii 
 Lord Beauchamp, and Sir Edward Hungerford Lord Hungerford. 
 
 She was his Wife one year, five months, and twenty four days, 
 and died in Childbed the 14th of OSlober, An. 1537. to the great 
 grief of the King, who not only removed from the place, but 
 kepthimfelf private, and wore the Garment of Mourning even 
 intheFeftival time of Chrijlmas. Her Body was folemnly con¬ 
 veyed to Windjor, the 8th of November following, where (he was 
 interred in the miefft of the Choire of the Church within cheCaftle. 
 
 This year began the Parliament, wherein the Lord Thomas xjefari 
 Howard,\or affiancing the Lady Margaret Dowglas , daughter of 
 Margaret Queen of Scots, and niece to the King, without his 
 confent, was convi&ed of Treafon,being committed to the Tow¬ 
 er, there died, whence the Lady, after having long remained 
 there, being releafed, married Matthew Earl Lenox, by whom file 
 had Henry, Father to James VI. of Scotland, afterwards King of 
 both Realms. 
 
 zure, three Ly¬ 
 ons pajfant 
 guardant of the 
 frji. The 
 augmentation 
 granted her 
 by the King 
 her Hushand. 
 r. Gules, two 
 
 King Henry cxercifing now full power of his Supremacy , ad¬ 
 vanced his Secretary Thomas Cromwel to many degrees of Ho¬ 
 nor, till coming to be Keeper of the Great Seal, Vicegerent of 
 the Kingdom, and Head of the Clergy, had at laft his own Head 
 ftruck off on Tower Hill. 
 
 Wings conjoin¬ 
 ed in Tale, Or. He Paternal Arms, by the name of Seymour. 3. Varry Argent and Azure, Beauchamp of Hatche. 
 4. Argent three Demy Lyons rampant Gules, Stermy. 5. Partyper bend Argent and Gules, three J{ofes in Bend, countercharged, 
 Mackwilliam. and 6 . Argent on abend Gules, three Leopards heads. Or, Coker. 
 
 This Queen, J<z«e Seymour, who is faid to die willingly, to fave the life of her Son the Prince afterwards King 
 Edward VI. didbear a Phoenix in his Funeral Fire,with thisMotto,N ASC ATUR UT ALTER.^em«/>r p■ 117* 
 
 Ibid.foL’} 
 2 3 l © 2 33 
 
 Many 
 
THE KJK$ S OF ENfqLA3^V,&c. 459 
 
 Chspt 2. 
 
 Edward. 
 Halle f. 
 li8.b. 
 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 2 33 -^ 
 
 Ibid f.i 33 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton f. 
 *} 7 , * 3 8 » 
 
 z 4 ° 
 
 fbid.fol. 
 
 a. 
 
 ib.f.i)i.b 
 
 Many innovations being by thefe means introduced, no lefs Henry VHT* 
 than five infurre&ions broke out this year on the account of Re- Anno , n ^ 
 ligion j as firft, to the number of 20000 in Lincolnshire , fuppreffc 
 by the King in perfon: The fecond about 40000 in Torkfioire, 1 
 
 quelled by the Earl of Shrewsbury : The third in Cumberland, 
 Wefimerland ,and the North of Lancafbire, quieted by the Earl of 
 Derby : The fourth in the North, where,to the number of 1 2000 
 beficging Carhjle , were encountred k by the Duke of Norfolk 
 and 74 of them hanged on the Walls of that City : The fifth in 
 Yorljfcire again, where Francis Bigot, 8cc. with a great power in¬ 
 tending to furprife Hull , was repulfed by the induftry of Sir Ralph 
 E//ir%r,and the Mayor ofthe Town,and their principals executed. 
 
 This year, by order of the Lord Cromwel , all the greater Mo- Anno 
 nafteries both of Friers and Nuns, were fupprefi: alfo, to the num¬ 
 ber of ^4^, befides 90 Colledges, 110 Hofpitals, Chantries and 
 FreeChappels 2374 } in dead whereof the King inftituted thefe 
 (lx Bifhopricks, Weftminfier, Oxford , Peterborough , Brifiol , Glocejler , 
 and Chefier : and upon the 3d of November following, the Mar¬ 
 quis of Excefler , the Earl of Devonfbire, the Lord Mont acute, &c. 
 were put to death for complotting to advance Cardinal Pole to 
 the Crowr,is being fon to the Lady Margaret ,Daughter and Heir 
 of Georoe Duke of Clarence . 
 
 » ..... 1 1 Anno 15:59* 
 
 King Henry having lived nowalmoft two years a Widower,was His fourth 
 by advice of his Favorite Cromwel, (6 Jan. 1539.) married to the Manage. ^ 
 Lady Anne, fifler to William Duke ot Cleye , a Lutheran Prince of Cleve did 
 of Germany \ whereupon Cromwel was made Earl of Ejfex } but ^of’fw^pel- 
 being fhortly after arretted of Herefie and High Treafon, he was S/SSrf? 
 without anfwer condemned and beheaded the 28th of Jnlyi ol- *ӣ^ 4 The 
 lowing : about which time the King, upon lomediflikc, had (by InefcocheonAr - 
 his own and the Archbifiiopof Canterbury's authority)got himfclf anE/cTrSnet 
 divorced in Parliament, from his new Queen, with full power to f 0 %jj£ r J%[ s 
 each of them for re-marrying} after which, the Queen, by the Gl f es ^ 
 Title of Lady Anne of Cleve, remaining (Ingle in England a Lyon rampant 
 
 the fpace of fixteen years, died An. 4 Marine Reginoe, and was ofcuilck^ 5 
 
 buried at Weftminfier, on the South-fide the High Altar, where 
 her large Monument of Free-ftone, is to be feen neatly carved crowned.or, 
 
 o * j Schwarzen- 
 
 and adorned with the Arms of Cleves, and the Letters A. C. knit berg.4. Argent 
 
 1 r a C r'l a Lyon rampant 
 
 together, tor Anne or Cleves . ^eve forth* 
 
 Gules .crowned 
 
 0 r,Bcrgh orMons. y. Or, a Feffe Cbequie Argent and Cafes,la Marck of March. 6. Argent,a Lytn rampant Gules crowned of the 
 fir ft. 7. Argent, three Cbeverons Gules, Ravensbergh. Thefe Arms thus marfhalled, are painted in a Glafs Window of 
 a houfe in Poplar in the County of Middlefex, fometinie belonging to Sir Gilbert Dethick.Kt. Garter King of Arms,and 
 now in the poflellion of his great Grandfon Mr Henry Dethick^ Rouge Croix, a Member of our Society. 
 
 But the King, within a month after, vi% Auo. An. K40. HisfifchMar ~ 
 was again wedded, to the Lady Katherine Howard Niece to the 
 Duke o£ Norfolk^,and Daughter to his Brother Sir Edmond Howard, therine Howard. 
 
 fifth Wife of 
 
 King Henry VIII. did bear for Arms, quarterly, The i. Azure three Flowers de Lize in Pale, Or, between two Flaunches 
 Ermine, each charged with a I{o[e Gules: an augmentation granted her by the King her Husband, r. Gules, three 
 Lyons p affiant guar dant Or, a Label of three points Argent, Brotherton. 3. Gules, on a Bend betwixt ftx croff'e-croflets 
 fiche, Argent, the augmentation of part of the Scottifh Arms, being her Paternal Coat of Howard. 4. Azure, two 
 Lyons p ajjant guard ant, Or, the Verge of the Efcocheon charged with four half Flowers de Lize of the fecond, which 
 was aHb an addition granted to this Queen gfatherbre. This Efcocheon, within a Chaplet of Leaves and red and white 
 Rofc;, Enfigned with a RoySl Crown.is painted in the Eafl-Window of Grefkam Colledge Hall in the City of Lore* 
 don-, from wh uce it was delineated the aid of July 1669. 
 
 who, 
 
460 A gE^CEALOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tudors. 
 
 Anno 1541. 
 
 Anno iff. 
 
 who, within three months after, being accufed of Adultery and a Eookd - 
 Praecontraft, was on the 15th of February , together with the La- E imari 
 dy Rochford , beheaded on the Green within the Tower} twenty 
 days before which,on the 2 3d cf January , King Henry was 
 proclaimed King of Ireland , by the Parliaments of both King¬ 
 doms. 
 
 Several complaints coming about this time of the daily info- ibid.f.n? 
 lence of the Scots , and their harbouring divers Englifh Rebels, ^ f 8, ^ 
 King Henry, before he would invade that Kingdom, fets forth a 
 Declaration, containing the juft caufes and confiderations of the 
 intended War wich the Scots • wherein alfo appeared the true 
 and right Title of his Majefty to his Soveraignty of Scotland: 
 which raking no effetft, the Lord Thomas Howard , Duke of Nt?r- 
 fo\ and many Earls and Barons, with an Army invade and harafs 
 the Borders of that Kingdom,, and fo return to Barwic\ \ when 
 prefently rhe Scots made an inroad upon the Weftern Borders of 
 the two Nations} but being repulfed by Sir Thomas Wharton and 
 Sir William Mufgrave, with a conftderable lofs, the fad news there¬ 
 of ftrook King James V. with a fudden death ; who leaving one 
 only Daughter, named Mary, King Henry defires her in marriage 
 for his fon Prince Edward } which not being granted, a new 
 Warenfues j In which Edward Seymour Earl of Hertford , and Sir Biobari 
 John Dudley Vifcount Lifle ,having taken the rich Town of Leith , 
 burnt Edenbrough^ and deftroyed the Villages within feven miles 
 round about ir, and on the 1 8 th of May returned to Barwicl 
 The King had already difpofed of five Wives, when refolving 
 His fixthMar- on a fixtb,be married a t Hampton Court,the Lady Katherine Parr , uSeTp. 
 m s e - daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal, filler of William Mar- * 6o ‘ coU ‘ 
 window of ft uis °f Northampton , and Widow of John Nevil Lord Latimer , radSfis* 
 of thc lath of July, An. 35. of his Reign, and of our Lord, 1543. 
 came, flood of whom growing a weary within a year or two, a Warrant was Ha tiefoh 
 
 theEfcocheon r tri ° • lt- , , t r rt ail > aI 3 » 
 
 of this Queen figned tor her commitment to the lower, (to be burnt for He- *14, ere, 
 S?whichi refte) which mifearrying, and happily coming to her hands, gave 
 from C h^Ori ^ cr °PP ortuni,: y oftetri ving the Kings favor,by fubmittingher 
 ginal on the Will to his Majefties judgement, and the good luck to laft him 
 her, 1664. In the remainder of his Reign j which being about two years and a r.f. 9 u 
 bcn! i $ua* lA half, (lie was afterwards married to Sir Thomas Seymour , Knight of 
 “esThfpAr ^ ie G arccr , L° r d Seymour of Sitdely , and High Admiral of Eng - 
 se»t, on a rile l An d ( Brother to Queen Jane , third Wife of King Henry VIII.) 
 fixfyfefoftll to whom, by Will dated the 5 th of Sept. 1541. An. 2. E. 6 . fhe 
 feh/tbe bequeathed all her Goods and Chattels, &c. and (hortly after dy- 
 
 ing in Childbed, he being immediately afterwards beheaded. Iy4S * 
 King Henry having on Trinity Sunday before entred into a 
 League with the Emperor, in ffuly this year, fends Garter, ac¬ 
 companied with the Emperors T oyfon d'or King of Arms, to the 
 French King, demanding performance of feveral Articles} which 
 
 Parr. Ot, 
 
 three Waterbougets, Sable, Roos of Kendal. 4. Varry Argent and. Azure, a Fefs Gules, Marmion. 5. Azure, three 
 cheverons interlaced in bafe, and a chief Or, Fitz-Hugh. 6 . Vert, three Bucks flan ding at gaze Or, Green. Ihefc 
 Quartcrings arc Enfigncd with a Royal Crown, and arc between a K. and a P. for Kjttberine Farr. 
 
 being 
 
 Anno 15-43: 
 
 cond-, which 
 was an aug¬ 
 mentation 
 given to her 
 being Queen, 
 x. Argent two 
 Barrs Azure, 
 a Bo’der in- 
 gray led Sable, 
 
THE KJ^tgS OF E^qLANlVt&c. 461 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 
 V. 14 ?. 
 
 Til. gjuli j 
 
 an.16 H. 3 . 
 
 Kjchird 
 Grafton f. 
 
 Edward 
 mile f. 
 261.b. 
 
 EjJph Ho¬ 
 ling fie d p. 
 976. col. 2. 
 
 being denied, an Army of 6000 men is fent over} which join- HenryWii. 
 ing the Emperor, they befiege the new fortified frontier Town 
 Lander fey, w'hich the French King by flratagem relieving, the Em¬ 
 peror broke up his Army, and the Englifb returned home. 
 
 The vaff Sums which the King had made of the Monafteries Ann01 H4» 
 and Religious Lands, befides the immenfe Treafure left him by 
 his Father, now totally exhaufted, Proclamation is made the be¬ 
 ginning of this year, for advancement of Gold from 40 to 45 s. 
 per Ounce,and Silver from 3 s. c> 3 . to 4 s. and the acceptation of 
 feveral bafe Coyns as Current } which done, he raiferh another 
 great Army for France , and having firft left his Queen Governefs 
 of his Realms at home in his abfence, and fent over the Duke of 
 Norfolk &c. to befiege A lutterel, and the Duke of Suffolk^ on 
 the like account, before him to Bulloigne , himfelf fhortly after ar¬ 
 rives there, to whom the Town, after a months fiege, and hard 
 lcrvice, being furrendred the 8th of September , upon Articles, to 
 depart with Bag and Rjggage,he leaves the Lord Lifle his Deputy, 
 and returns for England , landing at Dover the firft of Oilober 
 following. 
 
 King Henry ftill ftraitned for Mony, demands fo high a Bene¬ 
 volence towards his Wars in France and Scotland, that being denied 
 by an Alderman of London , he is commanded perfonally to ac¬ 
 company the Earl of Hertford with his Army to Scotland , where 
 at Favior Hough, being furrounded by the Scots,' and moll of them 
 (lain or taken, the poor Alderman w'as made a Prifoner. 
 
 j About this time the Englifb Fleet before Newhaven , were by Anno if 4 f. 
 the French beaten home, when their Admiral making a defeent 
 into Suffex, and landing fome French Soldiers, foon allarum’d the 
 Country, w’ho forced them totheir fbips, as they of the Ifle of 
 JV/ght did afterwards upon alike attempt. To retaliate which, 
 the Englifb, under the command of Sir ffohn Dudley , foon after 
 landed in Normandy, burnt the Suburbs of Treport with the Abbey, 
 and 30 fillips in the Haven. 
 
 Bulloigne continued ail this while in the hands cf the Englifb , Anno w*, 
 notwichftanding the frequent attempts of the French , once with 
 no lefs than 60000 men } the Earl of Hertfort is fent into France 
 
 % J 
 
 for the relief of the Town*, where feveral skirmifhes paffing be¬ 
 tween the two Armies, a Peace is concluded } for confirmation of 
 which, the Admiral of France coming into England , landed at 
 Greenwich the 19th of Augutt *, and being next day fumptuoufly 
 met by Prince Edward , with *500 Gentlemen in Coats of Velvet, 
 with one Sleeve of Cloth of Gold, and half the Coat embroidered 
 with the fame, was conduced to Hampton Court, where the 
 League was fworn and figned by King Henry. 
 
 Thus we are come to the la ft year of his Reign, when about 
 Michaelmas,An. 1 <546. Fhomas Duke of Norfolk^ with his fon Henry 
 Earl of Surrey , were committed to the Tower, upon certain Ar¬ 
 ticles of Treafon : and the 1 3th of January 1 he faid Earl was ar¬ 
 raigned in the Guildhall of London , before the Lord Mayor, the 
 
 A a a a a a Lord 
 
4 62 
 
 Tudors. 
 
 His death, an. 
 in6.Jan.iV, 
 
 A (jEAHjEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Lord Chancellor, and divers other Lords and Judges, being there Book 6 . 
 in Commiflion} one efpecial Article, among others, wherewith he 
 was charged, was, lor quartering certain Arms which belonged to 
 the King and the Prince } which the Earl juftifying, that they ap¬ 
 pertained to his Anceftors, as by proof of the Heralds he could 
 make appear, was neverthelefs by a common Jury (as not being 
 a Peer ol the Realm') found guilty, and on the 19th of the fame 
 month beheaded on Tower-hill } when the King himfelf being fen- 
 fible of the approaches of death, caufed the great and fair Church 
 ol the Grey Fryers London, lately fuppreffed, to be opened , and 
 made a Parifh Church,giving the Revenues thereof to the City of 
 London , towards the relief of their poor, endowing the fame with 
 e;oo Marks yearly of Lands for ever, to maintain Gods Divine 
 Service, and the Laid Churches reparation. Immediately after 
 which,King Henry made his Will,wherein,however Titles had been 
 difabled in Parliament, he ordained his three Children to fucceed 
 each ocher, for want of other Ilfue } 1000 Marks he command¬ 
 ed to be given to the poor, and to 12 poor Knights at IVindfor 
 each of them 12 pence a day for ever, every year a Gown of 
 white Cloth, the Garter embroidered upon the Bread:, wherein 
 was placed the Crofs of St George , and a Mantle of red Cloth 
 to be worn thereupon, ordaining for his Executors, in the mino¬ 
 rity of Prince Edward , 16 perfons. He alfo gave competent 
 maintenance, for life, tofuch as were expul fed the Monafteries, 
 commanding his fon Edward fhould be carefully brought up in 
 the Catholick Faith. But he that made fo many Wills void, had 
 his own broken in every particular. He had alfo inftituted feve- 
 ral Profeffors in each Univerfity *, put down the Stews in South- 
 warhy built the Tower of Greenwich , as alfo his Manfion houfe 
 of S t James's, where he made a fair Park. 
 
 Thus Janguifhing under a Fever and an ulcerated Leg, King ^uri 
 Henry VII 1 . (in great penitency for his fins} deceafed at his Pa- 
 Jace of Weftminfier , upon the 28th day of January , An. 1546. 
 when he had ruled the Scepter thirty feven years, nine months, 
 and five days j and lived fifty five years, five months, and as ma¬ 
 ny days. 
 
 His Body remaining privately in his Chamber, was there cered 
 and put into a Coffin of Lead,while a fumptuous Herfe of Virgins 5 rj ?£ 4 ; 
 Wax was prepared within the Chappel at Whitehall , with fix t0<r 3* 
 goodly Pillars,weighing by eftimation 2000 pound ^ under which 
 Herfe, was a Canopy of rich Cloth of Gold , whofe Vallence 
 were half Gold and half black Silk, into which the Corps was 
 conveyed, covered with a Pall of Cloth of Tifiue, an Altar be¬ 
 ing ereded at the Eaft-end, richly adorned with black Velvet,and 
 Elcocheors of the Kings Arms. The Herfe was railed about with 
 Timber covered with black Cloth, with which the Chappel, 
 
 C loifter,Hall, and Chamber were likewife Hung. Within the Rail 
 were Seats for the twelve Lords Mourners to kneel or fitjand here 
 the Corps remained from the 2d of February to the 14th, ferved 
 
 * with 
 
THE KJHJjS OF E^CgLJJ^T>,^c. 4 6 3 
 
 _ ____— — ■ ■■ ■ — ---— -j 
 
 Chap. 2. with day and night watches, a Herald (landing at the Weft-end of Henry vuji 
 the Herfe, and defiring the people to pray, faying, Ton (ball of 
 your Charity pray for the Soul of the ntoU famous Prince King 
 Henry VIII. our late woft gracious King and Mafter. 
 
 On the 14th of February about ten in the morning, the Kings 
 Body fet forward towards Windfor. in a (lately Chariot, his Effi¬ 
 gies lying upon the Coffin, with the true Imperial Crown on the 
 Head, and under it a nightCap of black Sattin, (et full of pre- 
 tious Stones, and apparalled with Robes of crimfon Velvet, fur¬ 
 red with Minever, poudred with Ermine, the Collar of the Gar¬ 
 ter, with the Order of Sc George about the Neck, a crimfon Sac- 
 tea Doublet embroidered with Gold, two Bracelets of Gold 
 about the Wrifts, fet with Stones and Pearl, a fair Armouring 
 Sword by the fide, the Scepter in the right Hand, and the Ball in 
 the left, a pair of fcarlec Hofe, crimfon Velvet Shoes, Gloves on 
 the Hands, and feveral Diamond Rings on the Fingers, drawn 
 by eight great Horfes, trapped with black, adorned with Efco- 
 cheons, and a ShafFeren on their Heads, on each of which rode a 
 Child of Honor, carrying a Banneroll of the Kings Arms. 
 
 Thus with an exceeding great Train of four Miles in length, 
 the Body was conduced to Syon, where it was received at the 
 Church door, by the Bifhops of London , Brijlol , and Glocefter y 
 who performed Dirige that night and next morning *, the Corps 
 being brought into the Church, was placed in a Herfe like that 
 at Whitehall , but the Effigies was conveyed into the Veflry. 
 
 The next morning, about fix of the Clock, after the third 
 found of the Trumpets (the whole company, the Marquis Dorfet 
 being chief Mourner) proceeded for Windfor , and brought the 
 Corps to the Callle Colledge-gate about one of the Clock, from 
 which place to the Weft door of the Church, a large way was 
 railed in on both fides, and hanged with black Cloth and Efco- 
 cheons, the Church and Quire being likewife hanged round with 
 black. The Bifhops of Wtnchefler^London, and Ely in their Pontifi- 
 calibus, with the Sub dean of the Kings Chappel, and all the Sing¬ 
 ing Men of the fame, and the Dean of Windfor , with all the 
 Canons, and their whole Quire, received the Corps at the fore- 
 faid place ; whence, after cenfing and fuch like ceremonies, it was 
 carried into the Church, the Singing Men of the Kings Chappel 
 on the right Hand, and they of Windfor on the left preceding it: 
 
 Thus the Effigies was firft conveyed into the Quire by divers 
 Knights and Gentlemen, and then the Coffin, by fixteen Yeo¬ 
 men, with black Staves in their Hands, was brought into a Herfe, 
 made in the mid’ft of the Quire, under which was provided a 
 goodly Vault to bury the Corps in, over which was laid a Grate, 
 whereon flood the faid Herfe with the Coffin and Pi£lure; this 
 Herfe was like that at Whitehall , only it confided of thirteen great 
 Pillars, and weighed by eftimation 4000 pound, having about it 
 the twelve Banners of Defcents; thus the ufual ceremonies being 
 performed, the Body remained there that night. 
 
 Wednefday 
 
4 6 4 
 
 1 ndcrs. 
 
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 \ 
 
 A gE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Wednefday being the 16th of February , about four of the Book 
 Clock began the Communion of the Trinity, performed by the 
 Sub-dean of Windfor , and the Sub-dean of the Kings Chap- 
 pel : where,after an Offering of Gold by the chief Mourner,of the 
 Knights of the Garter to St George , and of the Kings Hatchments, 
 Pannerolls and Banners, and other Trophies, as alfo of the Kings 
 Horfe richly trapped,came tour Gentlemen Uffiers,and took away 
 the Pall of Cloth of Tiflue fthe Pi&ure being conveyed away 
 before by fix Knights into the Veftry) after which fixteen ftrong 
 Yeomen of the Guard took the Coffin, and with five ftrong Lin* 
 nen Towels,which they had for their Fees,let it into the Vaulr(near 
 unto the Body of Queen Jfane Seymour his third Wife) the Grate 
 being fir ft taken away } then the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord 
 Great Mafter, Mr. Treafurer, Mr. Comptroller, and the Serjeant 
 Porter, breaking their white Staves upon their Heads in three 
 parrs, as did likewile all-the Gentlemen Ufhers, threw them into 
 the Grave, when Garter, affifted by the Bifhops of Canterbury and 
 Durham , declared the State and the Name of the moft Godly 
 Prince their Mafter, King Edward VI. Thus the Funerals end¬ 
 ing, the Trumpets founded in the rood Loft, and the Company 
 departed. 
 
 In a Chappel Eaftward to that of his Interment, was begun j ohnSfee i 
 for this King (by Cardinal IVolfey) a moft coftly and ftately 7-103*. 
 Tomb of Copper gilt, but never finifhed } in the Inclofures 
 of whofe Grates were curioufly caft hisfeveral Titles: with what 
 charge and magnificence this Monument was intended, is mani* 
 fefted by a Manufcript taken from the true model thereof,received 
 from the hands of that induftrious Herald Nicholas Charles Lan- 
 cafler , and recited at large by Mr. John Speed , in his Hiftory of 
 Great Britain , p. 1037 & 1038. to which I refer my Reader. 
 
 It was to contain in breadth twenty foot upon the Pavement, 
 and to be twenty eight foot high, which with the feveral Pillars, 
 were to be of Oriental Stones, the Capitals and Bales Copper gilt; 
 the Figure of the King on Horfeback, two other of the King and 
 Queen (to lie on two Tombs of black Touch) with four Statues 
 of Angels, all as big as the life; the Images of the fourteen Pro¬ 
 phets, the twelve Apoftles, the four Evangelifts, and the Dolors, 
 with the Statues of the Father , St j^ohn Baptijl , and St George , 
 were five foot in height, the Figures of feveral Angels and Chil¬ 
 dren,contained in length two foot and an half. The whole num* 
 ber of Images being one hundred thirty four, and of Hiftories 
 forty four, and all of gilt Brafs> as appeareth in the deftgn- 
 ment. 
 
 Thefe Images were prepared, and part of this glorious Pile 
 ere&ed, when the reformation of Religion, by this Kings Son 
 Edward VI- would not admit of the finishing thereof j but ma¬ 
 ny of thefe Statues being preferved in the faid Chappel till the 
 year 1642, were, fince, by the prevailing party of the late Long 
 Parliament, and their Sword Alchimie, turned into Silver,towards 
 
 the 
 
THE KJK. 9 S of E^egLJ^CV, dec. 465 
 
 Chap. 2. the fupport of a Rebellion againft fo pious and fo gratious a King, Henry v iip 
 as was our late Sovereign Lord Charles I. Thefe were indeed but 
 Images} but what did thofe men imagine, who under the pre¬ 
 tence of Religion, fought with the Revenues of the Church,againft: 
 the Head of the Church, and made ufe of the Title of his Kingly 
 Office, to the deftru&ion of his Royal Perfon. 
 
 Ifepfael 
 
 Uolinjhcd 
 
 p. 807 c. 1 . 
 
 Ibid. fol. 
 808 .col. z. 
 
 Eivoiri 
 mile f. 
 9-b. 
 
 Children of King HENRY VIII. by Queen KATHERINE 
 
 of Spain his frji IVife. 
 
 1 HENRY T SJ D 0 R, el deft fbn, born at Richmond in 
 Surrey , 1 Jan. 1^09. An. 1 H. 8. had for Godfathers at the 
 Font, William Warham Archbifhop of Canterbury , and the Earl 
 of Surrey , and for Godmother,the Lady Katherine Countefs of 
 Devonfbire , daughter to King Edward IV. He lived not ful¬ 
 ly two months, but dying in the fame place, the 2 2d of Febru¬ 
 ary ,his Body with all due Obfequies, was buried at Weflminfter. 
 
 1 6. Another fon, not named, born in November, 1 e; 14. An. 6 H.8. 
 lived but a ftiort while, wherefore no further mention can be 
 made of him ? Only King Henry in the cafe of the Divorce, 
 urged the death of thefe two Princes as a punifhment from God, 
 being begot on his own Brothers Wife. 
 
 1 6. MARY TYJ D 0 R, onely Daughter of King Henry VIII. 
 by Qmeen Katherine , fucceeded her Brother King Edward VI. 
 in the Royal Dignity, by the Title of Queen Mary , whofe 
 Hiftcry follows in the fourth Chapter of this Book. 
 
 Children of King HENRY Fill, by Qgeen ANNE 
 B U LLEN his fecond Wife, 
 
 id, ELIZABETH T'V D 0 R, fecond Daughter of King 
 Henry VIII. fwayed the Scepter of thefe Realms after the 
 death of her Sifter Mary , By the name of Queen Eliza¬ 
 beth ^ whofe Story you may read in the fifth Chapter of this 
 Book. 
 
 16. A Male-child, ftill-born, 2 yFebr. \$%$.An. 27 H. 8. to the 
 craft /. regret of the King, and no little grief of the Mother, as the 
 Xi 7 *. fequel of her acculation and death did fhortly after confirm. 
 
 ASonof King HENRY VI 11 . by Queen JANE SEY¬ 
 MOUR his third Wife, 
 
 1 6. EDWARD , onely Child of King Henry VIIL by the 
 Lady Jane Seymour , fucceeded his Father in his Kingdoms,and 
 was ftiled King Edward VI. as more at large in the enfuing 
 Chapter* 
 
 B b b b b b 
 
 Natural 
 
466 A qENiEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ?udors. 
 
 Book 6. 
 
 Natural Iffueof King HENRY VIII. 
 
 i 6 . HENRY , furnamed FitzRoy, or the Kings Son, Natural 
 Son oi Henry VIII. (begotten of the Lady Elizabeth Tailboif , 
 daughter of Sir John Blount Kt. and Widdow of Sir Gilbert 
 Tailbois) born at Blachgmore in Ejjex 3 was at the age of fix 
 years, upon the iSth of June, An. 17H. 8. 15 25. firft made 
 Knight of the Garter, then advanced to the Dignity of Earl of 
 Nottingham , and alfo (the fame day) created Duke of Rich - 
 monel and Somerfet , to him and his Heirs Males, with the Fee of 
 40 /. per annum , the ceremony thereof being performed at the 
 Royal Palace of Bridewell , in the City of London } and the 
 26th day of July following he was confiituted Admiral of 
 England , Ireland, Normandy ,&c and in the 19th of Henry VIII. 
 had a Patent for his Wardenfhip oftheEaft, Weft, and middle 
 M irches cowards Scotland. 
 
 The Lieutenancy of Ireland was alfo granted him,An. 22 
 H 8. but by reafon of his tender years, Sir William Sbeffing - 
 ton Kt. was conftituted his Deputy there} and having his edu¬ 
 cation with Henry Earl of Surrey , firft at Windfor , and after¬ 
 wards in Paris , there grew fo great and intimate a friendlhip 
 between thefe two young Noblemen, that the Duke of Rich¬ 
 mond married the Lady Mary his fifter (daughter of Thomas 
 Howard third Duke of Norfolk^) but deceafing without Iffue, 
 at St James 9 * near Weftminfier , upon the 24th of July , An. 
 1536. (28 H 8.) being then about feventeen years of age, he 
 was buried at Thetford in the County of Norfolk the King 
 mourning for him a longtime after. 
 
 He was. a Prince early in Martial A&ivities, of good Lite¬ 
 rature and Knowledge in the Tongues} as may be colle&ed 
 from an Hexafticon of the Learned Antiquary Leland , to be 
 found among his written Epigrams. 
 
 iccorned, hoofed, gorged, with a Ducal Coronet,and chained all Or. The fame Arms here emblazencd for 
 
 Ex Colt. 
 gi.g. 
 
 Pat.ijff: 
 8. p. i. to. 
 14. 
 
 rat: 19.1/. 
 
 Pat .\ix H. 
 9.pi. 
 
 Herbert 
 
 Hijl.8.p. 
 
 178. 
 
 Inq.capta 
 2j Ottdb. 
 30 H. 8. 
 S enterf. 
 
 16. ED- 
 
THE Kj^cgs Of E L A Sec. 4 <S 7 
 
 E DWAR D VI. January 28 
 
 KING of E'J^qLA^sSJ), FRANCE ,and 
 
 IRELAND, Defender of the FAITH, and in 
 Earth, of the C H U R.C H of England and Ireland 
 SUPREAM HEAD. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 MS. penes 
 W. D. xV. 
 
 Hicburd 
 Grafton /• 
 
 Dward Duke of Cornwall youngeft The Figure of 
 Son of King Henry VIII. and only GreafSis 
 Child by his third Wife the Lady Jane Jefz^page 
 Seymour ,was born at Hampton Court °f thisfixth 
 the 12th of OSlober , on Friday the fidSVwS 
 Feaft of St Wilfrid , and Vigil of St wardus' 
 Edward , about two in the morning, j S j^ eI 
 An. 1537. in the 29th year of his Fa- an^giue^ 
 thers Reign, the Dominical Letter et hiber- 
 G. being cut out of his Mothers 
 
 NIB REX 
 FI DEI DE- 
 
 U- 
 
 premum 
 
 CAPUT. 
 This Seal dif¬ 
 fers from the 
 laft Seal of his 
 Father King 
 Henry, only in 
 the form of 
 the collateral 
 Shields within 
 the Garter, 
 which are in- 
 
 Cmdens 
 Remains 
 P- 117* 
 
 Womb, as is conftantly affirmed, like as Julius Ccefar , that auguft j^s 
 Korn an Emperor is laid to have been. He was chriffned the M on- RA eccle- 
 day following, with great magnificence at his Majelfies Chappel glicane 
 there, having for Godfathers at the Font, Thomas Cranmer Arch- n^ce B s ER " 
 bilhop of Canterbury , and the Duke of Norfol^ and at his Con¬ 
 firmation the Duke of Suffolk his Sifter the Lady Mary being 
 Godmother, and Garter King of Arms proclaiming the name of 
 the Prince ; whence poflibly Grafton fuppofed him created Prince 
 of Wales (as he hath it) fix days after his birth; which he never 
 was, for in the ninth year of his age, when all things were prepa¬ 
 red, and in readinefs for his Creation, his Father died, vi^. 28 
 Jan. 1^46, having by his Will appointed him the Archbifhop of thebfrtogof 
 Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor, the Bifhop of Durham , with 
 others, to the number of fixteen, for his Privy Council; who,the charged with 
 firftof February after, ele&ed his Uncle Edward Seymour Earl of la The R A™s 
 Hertford , Prote&or both of his Perfon and Kingdom; from ^ r El v S i £ ( re * 
 whom the young King having received the Order of Knighthood, 
 the 6th of February , immediately conferred the fame upon Sir are Enfigned 
 Henry Hob let home Lord Mayor. crown" and* 
 
 fupported on 
 
 the right fide with a Lyon rampant guardant crowned Or ; and on the left, with a tied Dragon, both Handing upon a 
 Scroul, upon which are ftamped the Letters E. !(. 
 
 The like Achievement was obferved by Mr. Weever (vide p. 587.) to be painted on a Tablet in Barkbamjled in 
 the Diocefs of London, under which were thefe Verfes. 
 
 Quid fextum dick ? nulli virtute fecundus , 
 
 Ingenio nulli , nullus in arte prior : 
 
 Edrcardi tnfignis funt h<ec Infignia 1 ludk 9 
 In Signis ilium delineare nequis. 
 
 This EdwardVl. bare fas did the black Prince) three Feathers in' a Crown, while his Father lived, as Prince 
 of Wales, with ICH DIEN. Albeit he was never fo created. 
 
 Next 
 
468 A QE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tudors. 
 
 His Corona¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Anno i J47# 
 
 Mujftlborough 
 YlM,Seft. io. 
 
 Anno 1548. 
 
 Next, his Fathers Obfequies being folemnly performed, the Bo°k 
 17th of February he created the Lord PfOte&or,Dukeof Sowerfef, j^a 
 William Parre Earl of Ejfex , Marquis o {Northampton •, John Dud - MwsFt- 
 ley Vifcount L/J 7 e, Earl of Warwick^ } 'Thomas Wriothejleyhotd 
 Chancellor, Earl of Southampton } Sir Thomas Seymour , his other 
 Uncle, and Brother to the Protestor, he made Lord Sndeley , and 
 Admiral of England, Sir Richard Rich , Sir William Willoughby , 
 and Sir EdmondSheff'eild^ Lords of the fame Names. With which 
 Train and many more, he rode through London in great State, 
 and was with equal folemnity crowned at IFejlminJler , the 25th of 
 February , by Thomas Cranmer aforefaid, Archbifhop of Canterbury } 
 at which time a general Pardon was proclaimed for all Offenders, 
 t'nele fix excepted, Cardinal Pole, the Duke of Norfolk , Edward 
 Courtney , eldeffc Son to the Marquis of Excefler , Mr. Fortefcue, 
 
 Mr. Throckmorton , and Doftor Pates , Bifhop of Worcejler > who 
 were all fled to avoid the Oath of Supremacy. 
 
 King Henry having left Arid charge with the Council to pro- 
 fecure the Match between the yoilng King Edward and the Queen 
 of Scots, the Prote&or himfelf, With an Army of 180O0, en¬ 
 ters Scotland , afllfted by the Lord Clinton , with a Navy of 60 fail, 
 in order to the compelling the Scots to perform the Articles of 
 Marriage formerly agreed on, which they upon friendly offers ftill 
 refufing to do, the Prote&or proceeds to Hoftilities, and having 
 marfhalled his Army, advances two days march into Scotland ,and 
 took three Caftles} whereupon the Governor of Scotland fending 
 the Fire-Crofs about the Kingdom, commanded all above fixteer, 
 and under 6 o years of age to appear in Arms} by which means, 
 with a confiderable force, he faced the Englijh at a place called 
 M uffelbrough, where a moft bloody Battel was fought with much jhu,f 0 t. 
 lofs on either fide } but the Vi&ory fell to the Englijh , who flew 
 14000 Scots upon the place, and took 1500 Prifoners. How¬ 
 ever, the Governor of Scotland recruiting again, continued the 
 War, maintained againft him by the Lord Grey of Wilton , with 
 various fuccefs, till at laft the young Queen being but fix years 
 of age,was conveyed into France , where fhortly after fhe was mar¬ 
 ried to the Dauphin. 
 
 Several Infurre&ions were about this time fomented in Eng¬ 
 land , partly about Enclofures, but moftly for Religion : For the 
 firfi: the Lord Prote&or in the Kings Name, gave out fuch ftrift 
 Commands,that the people therein had prefent fatisfa&ion-but as 
 to the latter, fevere injunctions were by him fet forth for pulling 
 down Images in Churches,and feveral new Preachers fent to admo- 
 nifli the people from praying to Saints, or for the Dead, Mafles* 
 
 Diriges, &c. and punifhments ordained for offenders in that kind} 
 whereupon Edmond Bonner Bifhop of London , was committed 
 to the Fleet, Stephen Gardiner Bifhop of Winchejler , to the Tow'er, 
 Cuthbert Tonftal Bifhop of Durham , Dr. Heath Bifhop of Roche - 
 fier , and Dr. Day Bifhop of Chichejler to feveral Prifons, and their 
 Bifhopricks taken from them : All which was afterwards confirm- 
 
 ' ed 
 
THE KJKQ S OF E^CgLJ^CV,Scc, 469 
 
 Chap. 2 . 
 
 1{aphtiel 
 Uolinjhed 
 f. 1001 . 
 
 ed by Parliament, wherein ic was ordered that Bifhops fhould be Edward vl. 
 elected by collation of the Kings Letters Patents only 5 That none 
 fpeak againft receiving the Eucharift in both Kinds , That King 
 Henry's Statute of fix Articles be repeal'd, and that of his Supre¬ 
 macy confirmed : For execution whereof many Commiflioners 
 were Cent into the feveral Countreys, among which one Mr. Bc~ 
 dye performing his charge in a Church in CornwaU was ftab’d by 
 a Prieft, who, for an example, was hanged in Smithfield. Never- 
 thelefs, the whole Country rifingin Arms befieged Exceter , where 
 for twelve days the Inhabitants were fo ftraitned, that they fed 
 upon Dogs and Horfes, till at laft the Siege was raifed by the 
 Lords Grey and Rnjfel, and moft of the Rebels taken and exe¬ 
 cuted, fome by Martial Law, and the reft at London: But to ex¬ 
 terminate them wholly,Sir William KingUou was fent down with a 
 Commiffion as Provoft Marfhal, to enquire alter the remainder, 
 who inviting himfelf to dinner with the Mayor of Bodmin in Cor?:~ 
 wal , was by him nobly received and entertained , when after 
 dinner, having firft ordered a Gallows to be ere&ed in the Mar¬ 
 ket-place, he repaid the Mayors civilities, by caufing him imme¬ 
 diately to be hanged thereon. 
 
 Soon after this, two other Infurre&ions broke out, the firft in Anno 154* 
 Norfolk headed by one Robert Ket^ a Tanner of Wimondham ,who 
 pretending Juftice and Religion (but after a monftrous manner) 
 grew to be 20000 ftrong, took the City of Norwich , and made 
 that Mayor wait on him as his fervant;whence advancing to a place 
 called M onfbold, he was encountred by the Marquis of Northam- 
 thampton , whom, with the death of the Lord Sheffield he put to 
 flight} but fhortly after, being met by the Earl of Warwic^znd 
 his Company, upon promife of pardon, forfaking him) he was 
 taken and hanged in Chains, upon Norwich Caftle, and nine of 
 his Accomplices upon his own Oak of Reformation, under which 
 himfelf with thefe Officers of his Army uled to fit and give 
 Judgement. The other in Yorhjhire , was foon quieted } the Se¬ 
 ditious* after the ufual manner, accepting pardon, caft away their 
 Arms, relinquifhing their Leaders to the Kings mercy, whereof 
 William Ambler Gentleman 5 and four others were hanged at 
 Yor\. 
 
 About this time the French King taking advantage of thefe trou¬ 
 bles in England,with a great Fleet of Gallies fet upon the Ides of 
 Gernfey and Jerfey , but was gallantly repulfed from both by the 
 Lord Admiral,with the lofs ofabove 1000 men, and many Ships. 
 
 For which good fervicethe Admiral upon his return is moft un¬ 
 gratefully accufed to have pra&ifed the death of his Brother the 
 Prote£for}which proceeded meerly from the fpleen of theProte&ors 
 Wife,daughter to the Lord Stanhope and from the malice his Bro¬ 
 ther and fome others had againft him for his Religion, which as 
 yet was not of the Reformation ; now the ground of his fifters 
 difpleafure was his having married the Relict of the late King,who 
 being the younger Brothers Wife,and yet taking place of the Pro- 
 
 C c c e c e tenors 
 
470 A gE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Indors. 
 
 * ]oh» Dudley 
 Vi. count Lijle. 
 
 Anno iffo? 
 
 Anno ijji. 
 
 Anno ijyi* 
 
 tenors Lady, fo diftafted her, that (notwithftanding the Queen* 60 
 Dowager was now dead in Childbed) (he never refted till the 
 Admiral was lent to the Tower, and by a Warrant from the Hand 
 of his Brother beheaded. The Protedor having thus cut off that 
 Courage, which chiefly fupported his own Authority, the * Earl 
 of Warwicks fubtilty lo far prevailed againft him, that within a 
 fhort time afterj himfelf is committed to the Tower, together 
 with Sir Michael Stanhop, Sir Thomas Smith , Sir John Tbynne, and 
 others} and his Prote&orfhip taken from him : when fubmitting 
 to the Kings mercy he is releafed, but not quitted from the Earls 
 malice, who ( notwithftanding for confirmation of amity, the 
 Dukes Daughter was married to the Earls eldefi: Son) about a 
 year after framed more Articles againft him, for which, 22 Febr . 
 
 1551 he procured him to be beheaded. 
 
 This year, ultimo Marty, was a general Peace proclaimed be¬ 
 tween the Emperor and the two Kings of England and France 
 Bulloign reftored to the French , that King prefented with the Or¬ 
 der of the Garter, and a marriage concluded between Elizabeth 
 his eldefi: Daughter and King Edward V I. The Earl of War - 
 wicl^ now Lord Admiral, grows great, and is created Duke of 
 Northumberland , while among feveral others advanced to new 
 Titles of Honor, his Son Sir Robert Dudley is fworn one of the fix 
 Gentlemen in Ordinary of his Majefties Privy Chamber; after 
 which it was obferved the King enjoyed his health but a while. 
 
 On the Duke of Somerfet' s account, and but four days after 
 him, viz,, the adth of February , Sir Michael Stanhop , with Sir 
 Thomas Arundel were beheaded *, Sir Ralph Vane , and Sir Miles 
 Partridge hanged, all upon Tower-hill. 
 
 King Edward now fenfibly declining in point of health, be* 
 gan in July this year to prepare the Houfe of the Gray Friers in 
 London , now called Chrijl’s Hofpital, for poor and fatherlefs 
 Children; St Thomas in Southward and Little St Bartholomews , 
 for the Lame and Impotent y and his Houfe at Bridewel for the 
 Riotous and Idle, unto all which he gave 1000 /. per annum , the 
 better half of which he took from the Savoy. 
 
 And now were the three daughters of Henry Grey Duke of Suf - 
 (which he had by Frances daughter to Charles Brandon and 
 Mary Queen of France ) married at Durham Houfe Jane the 
 eldefb to the Lord Guilford Dudley fourth fon to the Duke of 
 Northumberland *, Katherine , the fecond, to Henry eldefi: Son and 
 Heir of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke , and Mary, the youngefi, 
 
 (being fomewhat deformed) to Henry Keyes the Kings Gentle¬ 
 man Porter. And thus far proceeded Nortbumberlands Plot, ac¬ 
 cording to his defire •, which to perfect, he falls to work upon the 
 Kings Weaknefs, now languifiiing for death, and lays before him 
 the great care which he ought to take for prefervation of the Gof- 
 pel, by excluding his two lifters, and placing the Succeflion of 
 the Crown on the Dukes Daughter-in-Lawj the Lady Jane Grey *, 
 whereunto King Edward's eafinefs, by his laft Will and Tefta- 
 
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 Tudors. 
 
 6. an. 
 
 I iS.ix 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 ment, foon fubfcribing, the Dukes defign was fully accomplifhed Chap. 3 
 let the King but die. Which whether by his means, or to his 
 Hfr death July fatisfa&ion, foon after happened at Greenwich, 6 July 1553. * n Fapbsei 
 the fixteenth year of his age, when he had reigned fix years, five HoiiZtfi. 
 months, and nine days. * . JJ 
 
 Immediately before his death, he was heard to pray by himfelf 
 in thefe words : 0 Lord God deliver me out of this miferable and 
 wretched Life : 0 Lord thou fyiowcjl how happy it were for me to 
 be with Thee ; yet for thy Chojens fake, if it be thy Will, fend me 
 life and health, that 1 may truely ferve Thee : 0 Lord God fave 
 thy Chofen People of England, and defend this Realm from Papijlry, 
 and maintain thy true Religion , that I and my people maypraije thy 
 Holy Name, for thy Son Johns Chriji his fake. 
 
 His Body was buried with great folemnity in the Chappel of 
 St Peters Church in Wejlminfier y the 8th of Augtifl following,un- 
 derthe High Altar of Brafs, at the head ef his Grandfather King 
 Henry V 11 . the reprefentation of which Altar,as it (food entire be¬ 
 fore the late Fanatick Zeal deftroyed it, I have inferted in the pre¬ 
 cedent page. The Service and Communion, by efpecial favour of 
 his Sifter Queen Mary , were performed in Enghfh , and thefe Trc- 
 phies among others ufed at his Funeral. 
 
 Inprimis , four great Banners, which were not of Saints, as 
 former Kings and Queens were, but the fuff, of the Order of the 
 Garter } fecond, of the Red Crofs, third, of his Mothers Arms 
 Queen Jane ; and, fourth, of the Queen Dowagers Arms, the 
 Marquis of Winchejler being chief Mourner. Item, A Majefty 
 and Vallence fet up in the Chappel at Whitehall , and the like in 
 the Church at Weflminfter ; a Majefty for the Chariot j three 
 Standards, one of the Lyon , a lecond of the Dragon , a third 
 of the Greyhound *, fix large Banners of Damask} fix large 
 Banners of Sarcenet } thirteen Banners in Fine Or. Item, A large 
 Helmet gilt. Item , A Crown carved and gilt. Item, A Lyon car¬ 
 ved and gilt with burniflaed gold. Item , An Arming Sword. Item , 
 
 A Target of the Kings Arms within a Garter, and the Crown 
 over it gilt. Item, Mantels of Cloth of Gold lined with white 
 Sattin j befides feveral Bannerolls, Pencils, and Efcocheons, and 
 a Crown Imperial emboffed and gilt with fine gold, to be fet on 
 the Herfeat Wefhninjier. 
 
 I (hall conclude the fhort Reign of this Princj, with the Verfes 
 o Ilherome Cardan , written as an Epitaph for him, and recited by 
 Henry Holland in his Herologia Anglica,p. 27. which are thefe, 
 
 » , • 
 
 Flete nefas magnum, fed toto flebitis orbe 
 Mortales j vefler corruit omnis honor . 
 
 Nam Regum deem , Juvenum flos.fpefqj bonornm, 
 
 Delitiae fecli, gloria gent is erat. 
 
 Dignus Apollineis lachrymis doSleeq^ Minerva : 
 
 Flofculus hen mifere concidit ante diem. 
 
 Te tmmtlo clabimus mufe, fupremaq'-, flentes 
 Munera , Melpomene tri&ia fata canet. 
 
 1 6. MARY 
 

 THE K)K<J S £ 3^.qLA*(?>>&. m 
 
 _ .-- - - - - - ■ — r - mm 
 
 Queen of ENfCj LAST'D, FRANCE, and 
 I K. E L A N P, Defender of the Faith. 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Collect. 
 Cerem.vol. 
 i.f 139 . 
 per E.WaU 
 ker mil. 
 Cart. 
 
 EJchard 
 Grafton f. 
 58 . 
 
 Edward 
 tfalle f .8 5 
 
 His Mary , cldeft Daughter of King 
 Henry VIII. fby Queen Katherine, 
 Daughter ol Ferdinand King ot Spain , 
 Relifi of his elder Brother Prince Ar¬ 
 thur ) was born at Greenwich in Kem , 
 on Monday 8 Febr. 1515. 7 H. 
 
 8. about tour of the Clock in the 
 morning, and was baptized at the 
 Friers at Greenwich , the Wednefday 
 following with grear folemnity *, the 
 Lord Thomas Wolfey, Cardinal of Sc Cicely in Rome 5 and Arch- 
 bifliop of Torb^ being Godfather, the Lady Katherine and the 
 Duchefs of Norfolk^G odffiothcrs at the Font, and the Countefs of 
 Salisbury at the Confirmation, to whole care, by direction of the 
 
 OlrJariits Fie - 
 dm in his 
 Genealogia Co- 
 mitum ilan- 
 drix,p. 143. 
 exhibits the 
 Seal of Queen 
 Mary, uletl 
 before her 
 Marriage, in 
 which, under 
 the Queens 
 Throne, and 
 alfo under 
 her Figure on 
 Horfeback in 
 the Counter- 
 feal, arethefe 
 words, in'7(0- 
 man Capitals, 
 TEMPORIS 
 FI LI A VERI¬ 
 TAS, and in 
 the Circumfe¬ 
 rence of each, 
 
 MARIA D.G. 
 
 ANGL‘D FRANC lR E? HIBERNIE REGiN A* ElUS NOMINIS PRIMA, FIDEI DEFENSOR. 
 
 After ber Marriage with King Philip, both their Figure? and Titles were joined in the fame Seal, in which the 
 King and Queen ajc Seated upon one TJirpne , under a Canopy, King Philip on the right hand , and Queen Mary 
 On the left, both Crowned, he having a Sword in his right Fland, and fne a 5 ceptcr in her l.ft Hand; betwixt them 
 »5 .at) Atop, ©i) the Tafclature of which is carved the Letters 1 L M. upon this Altar is a Mound of Ball, fuflain- 
 ed bt the other Hinds of the King and Queen; and oVef that* their Arms within the Garter (Enfigned with an 
 arclujd Digden), as thofe on their Heads) viz. Party per FeJJe, the Chief part Pfuarterly of four peeces t Cajlile and 
 Peon, quarterly, i, /{rragon, impaling Sicily. The third as the fecond.the fourth as the firfl. The BaiTc part cf the 
 F.fcothson is aJfo quarterly of four peeces, i, Aufiria moderne,i, Burgundy modsrne. 3, Antient Burgundy, and a, Bra¬ 
 bant Over dl, On an faefcocbeon , Flanders and Tirol, impaled. Thii Achiev:meijt impal ilg, France and England quar¬ 
 terly , being the Arm3 of Queen Mary. Thcfe Arms within the Garter , arc carved cn a Tabic of Stone , 
 upna that Tow$r in Windfpr CafUe, belonging to the Governor of tlje poor Knights, the ground being 
 diaprei with Rofe Benches, and the Efcocheon fhpportcd by an Eagle, on the right fide, and on the left, by i. 
 yon rampant gutrdant drowned. This Seal is Cirgugiffriped, P H J L J P P U % ET. MARIA. D.G. R E X. 
 
 D d d d d d 
 
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474 ^ qES^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ET. REGINA. ANGLIE. HISPANIARUM. FRANC 1 E. UTRIUSQUE SICILIE. JERUSA- Book*. 
 LEM. ET. HIBERNIE. FIDEL DEFENSORES. 
 
 The ground of the Reverfe or Counter-Seal, is compolcd of Kofes, Cables, and Flower~de-Z.ufes t within ovals of 
 Fret-work interlaced, on which the King and Queen are reprefented on Horfeback. He with a Cap on his Head, 
 and a Sword in his right Hand, andfhc.in her Hood, and a Scepter in her left Hand ; behind them is their Achieve¬ 
 ment Crowned, and within the Garter ; the Kings Caparizons being embroidered with the fame Devifes, as is the 
 ground of the faid Counter-Seal; about which arc the fe words, ARCHIDVCES. AUSTRIH. DUCES. 
 BURGUNDIE. MEDIOLANI. ET. BRABANCIE. COMITES. HASPURGI. FLANDRIE. 
 
 ET. TIROLIS. for the Figure of which Seal, vide Book 6. page 419. 
 
 Queen Mary, whenfhe was Princefs, ufed both a Red and white Rofe and aPomegranet knit together, tb 
 {hew her defeent from Lancdjler, Tork, and Spain. When (he came to the Kingdom, by perfuafion of her Clergy, {he 
 bare winged Thimc drawing Truth out of a Pit, with, VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA. WhihH Motto 
 adorns her firfl great Seal, as I have before obferved. 
 
 Queen her Mother (he was afterwards committed. Her Stile 
 was proclaimed at the Church door by the Office of Arms (who 
 gave their attendance) in manner following, God give good Life 
 and long, unto the Right High , Right Noble , and Excellent Prin - 
 ce/ir, Mary, Princefs of England, and Daughter of our Sovereign 
 Lord the King. 
 
 At nine years of age, (he was defired in marriage by the Em¬ 
 peror, next by the King of Scots, and afterwards by the Duke 
 ol Orleans , all which failing, and her Brother King EdwardV f. 
 dying, (lie adiimesthe Title of Queen, in opposition ro the La¬ 
 dy ffane , eldcft daughter of Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk^ and 
 Wife to the Lord Guilford Dudley fourth fon of John Duke of 
 Northumberland, to whom King Edward V I. devijfing the Crown 
 by Will, the ten days enfuing his death are not improperly term¬ 
 ed the an Interregnum, or the Reign of Queen Jane . 
 
 Anno 1 n3* For the next day after the death of King Edward V I. vi%. 
 
 7 Julij, 1553, (he,by the procurement of her Father-in-Law the 
 Duke, is fumptuoufly attended to the Tower, and proclaimed 
 Queen, while the Princefs Mary, on her way towards London from 
 her Houfe at Hovejdon , in compliance to the Duke of Northum- 
 berlands Letters, fent to her in the Kings Name,is firft happily in¬ 
 formed of the Kings death, and the Dukes defign of fecuring 
 her Perfon; whereupon returning to Hovefdotiy and afterwards 
 conveying her felf to the Cattle of Framingham in Norfolk (he 
 is there faluted Queen, and reforted unto by the Gentry of the 
 Countrey, and the Earls of Oxford, Bath,&ndSnJfex,&.c. whence 
 writing to the Lords -of the Council at London, that (he might 
 there be forthwith proclaimed Queen, (he received Anfwer, That 
 her Mothers Divorce, befides the Kings Will, was Warrant fufficient 
 for their Proceeding , and therefore required her to fubmit to Queen 
 Jane, as her Sovereign . And therewith refolving to fetch her in 
 by force, the Duke of Northumberland is elefted General, who 
 with the Earl ot Arundel, the Marquis of Northampton , the Lord 
 Grey, 8000 Foot, and 2000 Horfe, march towards Cambridge 
 the 14th of July \ of which, Edward Hajiings elded: fon to the 
 Earl of Huntington, with 4000 Foot, committed by the Duke 
 to his command, revolt to the Lady Mary * whereof the Ci¬ 
 tizens of London hearing, and that her Army in all parts of the 
 Kingdom did encreafe, confulting with the Lords at Baynard*$ 
 
 Cattle, it is fo refolved, that Queen Mary was prefently pro¬ 
 claimed. Which was no fooner underdood by the Duke of 
 
 Nortbum - 
 
THE Kj 3 ^gS OF E^CqLA^CV,^c. 475 
 
 Chap. 4< Northumberland, but he did the fame at Cambridge ; notwith' Queen Mar# 
 Banding which , he was next morning in his Chamber, arreft- 
 ed by the Earl of Arundel, unto whom falling on his knees, la¬ 
 mentably begged his intercefllon to the Queen for him, who 
 (though late as guilty as he)celling him,that he (hould have thought 
 of that fooner, fent him and his three fons, John, Ambrofe , 
 
 Henry, with the Earl of Huntington, and others, to the Tower, 
 whither the next day followed the Marquis of Northampton, the 
 Lord Robert Dudley, and Sir Robert Corbet . 
 
 Whereupon Queen Mary removing from her faid Caftle of Ann0 
 Framingham , came to Wanfted in EJJex , where her Sifter the 
 Lady Elizabeth, with a Train of 1000 Horfe, met her, on her 
 journy towards London, through which the 3d of Auguft, (he 
 rode in great State to the Tower,where ftie releafed Thomas Duke 
 of Norfolk ,, Edward Lord Courtney , Stephen Gardiner , late Biftiop 
 of Winchefter , and the Duchefs of Somerjet, Prifoners there on 
 her account, reftoring Courtney to his Marquifate of Exeter , and 
 Gardiner to his Biftioprick, whom (he likewife made Lord Chan¬ 
 cellor. The next day Edmond Bonner was remitted from the 
 Marjbalfey , and Cuthbert Tunflal, from the Kings Bench ; the 
 firft reftored to his See of London , the other to that of Durham , 
 and (hortly after the reft of the Popifti Biftiops and Clergy were 
 invefted alfo. 
 
 Shortly after whichj viz*, the 18 th of Auguft, the Duke of 
 Northumberland, with his Son the Earl of Warwick, and William 
 Parre Marquis of Northampton , were arreigned at Weftminfter 
 Hall, before Thomas Duke of Norfolk b , as High Steward of Eng¬ 
 land j where confefling the Indi&ment, Sentence of Death was 
 paft upon them, as likewife on feveral others the day after j and 
 the 2id of Auguft , the Duke declaring himfelf aCatholick, was 
 beheaded on Tower-hill accordingly. 
 
 On the 3d of September following, the Lord Ferrers of Chart - 
 ley , the two Chief Juftices, and others, were, by the Queens fa¬ 
 vor, releafed from the Tower, whither Mr. Latimer, and Arch- 
 biftiop Cranmer were fent the 15th of the fame Month, the latter 
 of which, together with the Lady Jane (late Queen) her Husband 
 the Lord Guilford Dudley ,and his two Brothers the Lords Ambrofe 
 and Henry, were the 3d of November following, arreigned and 
 condemned at the Guildhall $ the 30th of which Month, was per- «« Corona- 
 formed the Queens Coronation at Weftminfter , by Stephen Gardi - jjjk , 
 ner Bifhop of Winchester, after this manner: 
 
 The Queen riding in her Chariot, through the City of London , 
 was preceded by a great number of Gentlemen,Knights,Doctors, 
 
 Judges, Biftiops, and Lords on Horfeback \ next, thofe of the 
 Council, and Knights of the Bath in their Robes; then the Biftiop 
 of Winchefter Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Winchefter Lord 
 Treafurer, and the Duke of Norfolk^ and after them, the Earl of 
 Oxford, bearing the Sword, and the Lord Mayor of London ,with 
 the Golden Scepter; after the Charior,foilowed another, wherein 
 
 fat 
 
A gES^EALOQlCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 fat the Lady Elizabeth, and the Lady Anne of Cleve\ after whom Book 6 , 
 came a great Train of Ladies on Horfeback, richly attired with 
 their Horfe-trappings of Pved Velvet, while a Dutchman on the 
 top of Sc Pauls Steeple, with a Streamer in his hand, bowed his 
 knee at the Queens coming by ; thus with many Pageants, great 
 Prefents, and rare Shews,{he was attended to Whitehall, and thence 
 next day with equal Lace to Wefiminfler, where her Coronation 
 was, with the ufual Solemnities, moft glorioufly confummated. 
 
 After which, a general Pardon was proclaimed, fome only for 
 Treafon excepted } yet feveral of them admitted to compound af¬ 
 terwards } and this was feconded by another for thole that were 
 already condemned \ whereupon the Marquis of Northampton , 
 and divers others in the Tower were relcafed, the Lady Jane ad¬ 
 mitted the Liberty thereof, and aflurance given her of abfolute 
 Pardon. 
 
 The Queen, now at the age of 37 year, was perfuaded by 
 her Council to marry, while waving two of the Candidate?, viv*. 
 the Lord Courtney Marquis of Exceter, as being fufpe&ed a Lu- 
 therar, and Cardinal Pole for his age, then fifty four} the third is 
 refolved on, which was Philip Prince of Spain , fon of Charles V. 
 Emperor} when in the beginning of January , AmbafTadors hap¬ 
 pily arrive in England on the fame Meflage } whereupon the 
 Match is concluded on thefeadvantageous Conditions: 
 
 Firll:, That after the Marriage , King Philip (hould have theTitle 
 of all the Queens Dominions only Conjunft with Herfelf 
 
 Secondly, That to the Queen alone /hould remain aU Priviledges , 
 Cujioms , Offices, and Honors , to he difpofed of at all times , accor¬ 
 ding to her pleafure % within her Dominions , whereof the King was 
 to he ajfumed into the Fellow/hip of Government only . 
 
 Thirdly, Thai the Queen fhould in like manner he affumed into the 
 fame Fellow/hip of Government with the King throughout all his Do¬ 
 minions , and Jurviving him , have a Jointure of 200000 1 . per an¬ 
 num, out of the fame . 
 
 fourthly. That their Iffue fljould inherit all the Low Countreys 
 and Burgundy i his Son Charles hy his former Wife to enjoy alibis 
 Dominions in Italy and Spain \ hut he dying without Iffue , all to 
 remain to Queen Mary, and the Heirs of her Body hy King Philip 
 to he begotten. 
 
 To this effe£): were the Articles concluded, which, how bene¬ 
 ficial foever to the Kingdom, were not fufficient today the pre¬ 
 cipitate rafhnefs of fome Malecontents in Religion, from drawing 
 to Rebellion, under pretence of preventing the fubjugating of 
 England to Spain , by obftru&ing the Match. The firft that ap¬ 
 peared, was Sir Thomas Wyat , with a great Army in Kent, wherein 
 Sir Henry Jfley, Sir George Harper , and other Gentlemen of the 
 County,were engaged } againft whom was fentthe Duke of Nor - 
 foll^. Sir Henry ffernegan, Sir Edward Bray , and others, with a 
 competent force, with 500 more, under the command of Cap¬ 
 tain Bret , who, on his march after the Duke, overperfuaded by 
 
 the 
 
THE KJHJjS OF E3XgLJ^CVi&cz. 477 
 
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 Chap. 4. the fecret infinuations of Sir George Harpur , revolted to Wyat, Queeh Mjry 
 obliging the Duke to retreat towards London ; which lo animated 
 the Rebels, that with great refolution they advance to Southwark , 
 expe&ing many of the City to appear in favor of them y but find¬ 
 ing the Bridge drawn up againft them, after two days flay they 
 remove to Kingfdon y where paflingthe River,they come to Brent¬ 
 ford , and the 3d of February to London j whereupon the Queen 
 addrefling herfelf to the City, is prelently aflifted with a confide- 
 rable force i when Wyat advancing to Cbaring-Crojs, encounters 
 the Lord Chamberlain,and worfts him,but coming to Ludgate, and 
 finding his entrance denied,returns toward Tewp/eBarjwhere being 
 informed of Sir George Harpurs forfaking him, that all his men 
 were defeated by Sir Thomas Bray near Knight sbridge^ and that 
 the Earl of Pembroke with the City Forces, was at Charing-Crof 
 coming upon him, by the perfuafions of Clarcnceux,commey to the 
 advice of his Soldiers, he furrendred himfelf to Sir Maurice Berke¬ 
 ley , who carried him to the Court, whence he was fent to the 
 Tower, as 1110ft of his company were to feveral Prifons. 
 
 In the mean while the Duke of Suffolk^ endeavouring to raife 
 fome Forces in Warwickfbire , to join with Wyat, is apprehended 
 by the Earl of Huntington^ fent to London, and the 1 orh of February 
 committed to the Tower, where the Lady ffane his daughter, and 
 the Lord Guilford Dudley his Son-in Law, in flead of their enlarge- 
 ment,which before they daily expe£fed,are now clapt up clofe Pri- 
 foners. Thus their Fathers Treafon becomes once more a caufe 
 of theirs as well as of his own deftru&ion j for within two days 
 after, •vi'z*. the 12th of February 0 that innocent Lady with her 
 Husband, were beheaded on Tower-hill, where their Father more 
 defervedly met with the fame Fate the 15th of the fame month. 
 
 About which time fifty of the more eminent Rebels were hang- Annoiyn* 
 ed on twenty Gibbets, in feveral parts of the City, Brett , at Ro * 
 chefier. Sir Henry ljley,Sic. at Maidjlone^ others at Sevenohg, and 
 laftly Wyat himfelf was the 1 ith of April , beheaded on Tower- 
 hill j all others concerned in or fufpeded to be of the Confpi- 
 racy were pardoned by the Queens mercy, only the Lord 'Thomas 
 Grey , brother to the Duke, being found adlive in that Treafon, 
 was beheaded the ayth of that months and the i8thofthenexr, 
 one Mr. William Thomas ,for confpiring the murther of the Queen, 
 was drawn to Tyburn , and there hanged and quartered; 
 
 Shortly after which, Cranmer late Archbifliop of Canterbury, 
 
 Ridley Bifhop of Rochcjler , and Latimer Bifhop of Worcefter and 
 Glocefter , were fent from the Tower to Oxford, there to difpute fe¬ 
 veral controverted points in Religion, among which that of the 
 Eucharift being chiefly infifted on, the AflTembly reje&ed the 
 opinions of the late Bifliops, requiring them to recant; which 
 Cranmer alone fubferibing to, the other two were condemned of 
 Herefie. 
 
 Hitherto thefe difturbances had protra&ed the bufinefs of the Annoiyj* 
 Queens marriage, which now in Parliament was fully concluded, 
 
 Eeeeee with 
 
 j 
 
478 A QEtHJEALOCjlCAL HISTO%J OF 
 
 Tudors. w i t h thefe Refervations: Firft, 'That no Stranger jhonld he ad * Eook 
 mitted into any Publicity Office. Secondly, That no Innovation 
 Jhonld be made on any of the Laws or Onflows of the Kingdom. 
 Thirdly, That the Queen , without her confent , (honld not at any 
 time be carried out of England, nor any of her Children , without 
 confent of her Council. Fourthly, That if Prince Philip furvived 
 her , he Jhonld claim no interefl in the Kingdom } but that the Right 
 and Rule thereof (honld redound Jolely to her Heirs. Laftly, That 
 neither Money,Plate ffewels ,nor Arms , jhonld at any time by Him or 
 his Order be conveyed out of the Nation , which in no wife was to be 
 engaged in his War againft France. To all which the Queen con- 
 fenting, the Prince is Tent for over, and the 20th of July land¬ 
 ing at Southampton,™ as met by the Queen at Winchefier on Wed- 
 nefday the 2$th of the fame month,and there foleranly married in Com: 
 
 H“ g c, that Cathedral, by theBifliopcf that place, then Lord Chancellor ' 
 
 1 554* of England when immediately before the Marriage, Prince Phi- penes e' 
 
 lip had lent him from his Father the Emperor, a furrenderof the ^ 
 Kingdom of Naples , which he freely gave to Him and his Heirs. 
 
 The Queen was given by the Marquis of Winchefler , the Earls of 
 Arundel , Derby,Bedford and Pembroke , in the name of the whole 
 Realm. The Ring being hallowed by laying it upon the Book, 
 and their Hands joined, immediately the Sword was prefented 
 before the King, born by the Earl of Pembroke , and fo they re¬ 
 turned to their Traverfe in the Quire, the Queen on the right 
 Hand, and their Swords born before them, where, after Mafs, 
 
 Wine and Sopps were hallowed,and delivered to them both. Up¬ 
 on which,Garter King of Arms, and the Heralds, and Purfuivants, 
 publifhed their Stiles in Latin , French , and Englifh thus: Philip 
 and Mary, by the Grace of God,King and Qgeen ^/England,France, 
 
 Ireland,Naples, and Jerufalem, Defenders of the Faith , Princes of 
 Spain and Sicily, and Eleilof the Empire of Germany and Kingdom of 
 the Romans, Arch-Duke and Duchejs of Auftria, Duty and Dnchejs 
 of Millair, Burgundy and Brabant, Count and Conntefs of Haf- 
 purg, Flanders and Tyrol. Then they returned to the Biftiops 
 Palace, under a Canopy born by fix Knights (the Queen always 
 on the right Hand) and their Swords borne before them, and thence 
 to the Hall, where they both dined under one Cloth of Eftate. 
 
 Hence by eafie journies,they came to Wtndfor,vjhere the King,with 
 Henry Ratcliff, Earl of Sujfex , were Inftalled Knights of the Garter : 
 whence the 1 ith of Anguft, they removed to Richmond ; and there 
 Raying till the 1 7th, they departed,and with all imaginable fplen- 
 dor came to Suffolk^ Palace in Southward, and the next day rode 
 through London to Whitehall . Shortly after which, they removed 
 again to Richmond where difmifling their Train of Nobility, 
 they went and refted at Hampton Court. 
 
 About this time Cardinal Pole ft nt for over by the Queen,came 
 with CommitEon of Legate It Latere, into England, unto whom the 
 Parliament, by humble fupplication fubmitting , prayed to be 
 reftored again to the Union of the Church of Rome i which 
 . 1 the 
 
THE K)K 9 S °P E^CqLJ^CTf.Scc. 479 
 
 Chap.4. the Cardinal granting, the Kingdoms Excommunication was ta- Queen Mary 
 4 ken off. 
 
 In October this year, all the Prifoners in the Tower were re- Anno 
 leafed, upon prefumption of the Queens impregnating 3 about 
 which time * a counterfeit Edward VI. was firft whipr, and after- * wMmFe* 
 wards hanged and quartered at Tyburn : the latter end of the year ikr P ne - 
 being taken up with the magnificent Receptions of Emanuel 
 Prince of Piemont , and the Prince of Orange , was concluded by 
 the Proto-martyrdom of John Rogers , Vicar of St Sepulchers , 
 burnt in Smithfield the 4th of February . 
 
 On the firft of July , John Bradford was alfo burnt in Smith - Anno iftr> 
 field, and the 16th of Oftober, Nicholas Ridley,and Hugh Latimer , 
 the beforementioned Bifhops, were burnt at Oxford 3 where five 
 months after, the late Archbifhop Cranmer , notwithftanding his 
 former Subfcription, was alfo burnt, having firft declared hiinfelf 
 of the Reformed Religion, and punifhing the Hand that fubferi- 
 bed his Recantation, by thrufting it firft into that fire which im¬ 
 mediately after confumed his whole Body. The adhering to 
 which, coft many more their lives in feveral places of the King¬ 
 dom 3 fo that within the compafs of four years, there died no lefs, 
 for the Teftimonial of their Conference in this Cafe, than 277 
 perfons, without regard of Degree, Sex, or Age$ as Fox his 
 Voluminous Colle&ions of A&s and Monuments abundantly 
 teftifie. 
 
 Thefe fanguinary proceedings occafioned feveral Confpiracies Anno:***; 
 the beginning of this year, as of Robbing the Qyeens Exche¬ 
 quer, thereby to raife a Rebellion, the Attempters whereof were 
 hanged at Tyburn : and another of murthering the Queen 3 for 
 which theConfpirators were executed at Bury. 
 
 After which, Thomas Stafford, fecond fon to the Lord Staff Annofyyfi 
 ford ^ with others, to the number of thirty two, inftigated by the 
 French , fet fail from that Kingdom, and violently poftefted 
 themfelves of the Caftle of Scarborough inTorkfijirefot two days, 
 when being taken by Thomas Percy (immediately after created 
 Earl of Northumberland ) and brought to London 3 Stafford was 
 beheaded on Tower-hill the 28th ofM</y,andthe next day three 
 of his Accomplices quartered at Tyburn : Upon which a War 
 was proclaimed with France , and the Earls of Pembroke , Lin¬ 
 coln, Rutland, and other Noblemen, with about 1000 Horfe, and 
 4000 Foot, fent toihe aid of King Philip , who befieging St ^ iniinsfii 
 Quintins, took it by Storm the 27th of Auguft, with the lois of ken, 27^' 
 the Lord Henry Dudley, youngeft fon to the late Duke of Northum - 
 herland. The Pillage of the Town King Philip gave to the Eng- 
 lilh , by whofe Valor it was chiefly won 3 but the advantage no¬ 
 thing countervailed the loft which they received at that time 3 for 
 Calais being left naked bythis Supply ,was attacked by the French, 
 and taken, to the great grief of Queen Mary , who declared 
 they fhould find Calais written in her Heart, when dead. 
 
 This, with the Kings long abfencc, who bad fpent blit three 
 
 months 
 
480 A gE^CEALOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tudors. months of twenty fix in England, fince he firfi went to vifit his Booktf. 
 Father in Flanders , fo affli&ed her, that fhe took no comfort in 
 her life, though,by Mediation of the Duchefs of Lorrain, a general 
 Peace was concluded, favc only the reftauration of Calais, which 
 whil’fi they treated about, the Emperor dies, and Queen Mary 
 Her death, an. herfelf expires the 17th day of November, 1558. in the forty 
 iyj8.ivow.i7- year of her age, when file had reigned five years, four 
 months, and eleven days. 
 
 She reftored many of the Abbey Lands that were in her pof- 
 feffion, and doubtlefs would have proceeded, had (he lived lon¬ 
 ger, as may be conje&ured by her anfvver to thefuggeftion of the 
 lofs the Crown would fufiain by the want of them, viz. That 
 fhe had rather loofe her Crown on Earth than her Crown in Heaven. 
 
 Thus deceafing, asaforefaid, at her Mannor of St James's be- 1. 14. pa. 
 yond Charing Crofs, fhe was opened by her Phyfitians and Surge- Am. CoBi 
 ons, who took out her Bowels, which were coffin’d and buried 
 lolemnly in the Chappel, her Heart being feparately enclofed in 
 a Coffer covered with Velver, bound with Silver. Her Body be¬ 
 ing Embalmed, was put into a Coffin, enclofed in Lead, covered 
 with Purple Velvet. The Privy Chamber, into which the Corps 
 was removed was hanged with black, and garniffied with Efco- 
 cheons of her Arms, and the Kings in Pale within the Garter, and 
 fome of her own Arms fingly within the Garter. Her Pall wa9 
 Cloth of Tiffue, with a Crofs of white Cloth of Silver, adorned 
 with Efcocheons of her Arms w'ithin the Garter, painted on 
 Sarcenet. 
 
 A ftately Herfe being prepared in the Chappel, the Corps was 
 brought down, and placed therein on Saturday the 1 oth of Dj- 
 cember, the Countefs of Lenox being chief Mourner. 
 
 On the Tuefday following the Corps was removed and put in 
 a Chariot,having thereupon the reprefentation of the Queen, and 
 fo folemnly proceeded to the Abbey of Weftminfter. The Queen 
 had an embroidered Banner, Helm, and Creft,Target, Sword,and 
 Coat of Arms; four Banners,the firfi: of the Trinity, fecond of our 
 Lady, third of St George, fourth of Mary Magdalene. The Herfe 
 was drawn by five Horfes : a fair Herfe was prepared in the 
 Abbey, adorned with Angels of Wax, the Valence fringed and 
 adorned with Efcocheons, and within the Garter, Dien & won 
 Droit. 
 
 Garter King of Arms faid with a loud voice, Pray for the Soul 
 of the moft Puiffant and Excellent Princefs, Mary, by the Grace of 
 God, late Queen of England, Spain, France, both the Sicilies, Jeru-* 
 falem, Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Arch-Duchefs of Auftria, 
 
 Duchefs of Burgundy, Milan, and Brabant, Countefs of Flanders, 
 Hafpurg, and Tiroll. Afterwards Garter,affifted by two Bifliops, 
 did declare the State of the Queen prefenr, in this manner , The 
 Moft High , Puiffant , and Moft Excellent Princefs , Eliza¬ 
 beth, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, 
 Defender of the Faith . God fave Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 The 
 
THE KJHJjS OF E 2 tqLA 3 ^T>>&*' 481 
 
 . - ■ ■ . I ,1 I . 1 ■ • ■■■■ ---^ 
 
 Chap. 4. The Corps was thus carried to the Chappel of King Henry Vlf. QueenAf*r> 
 her Grandfather, appointed for her Burial, and interred on the 
 North-fide thereof, without any Monument or other Remem¬ 
 brance 5 where the Archbifliop with the other Bifhops performed 
 all the Ceremonies. Over which place King James caufed a fair 
 Tomb to be ere&ed for Queen Elizabeth her younger Sifter, on 
 the Bafementat the head of which yon may readthefe words, 
 
 REGNO CONSORTESET URNA 3 
 HIC OBDORMIMUS, ELIZABE- 
 THAET MARIA, SORORES, IN 
 SPE RESURRECTIONIS. 
 
 Ffffff 
 
 ELIZA- 
 
482 A qES^jEALOqiCAL H 1 ST 0 % 7 OF 
 
 Amo 155 & 
 Nov. 17. 
 
 >«• E LIZAB ETH 
 
 Que„» of EWJjLAtHV, FHJN.CE, and 
 IREL AN D, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 H E High and Mighty Princefs Eli%a~ 
 beth , fecond Daughter of King Hen - 
 ry VHI.by his fecond Wife AnneBullen 
 (his firft Wife, though divorced, yet 
 ftill living) was born at Greenwich on 
 Sunday ySept. l^^^.An. 2$ H.8. be¬ 
 twixt 3 and 4 of the clock in the af¬ 
 ternoon, and Chriftned the Wednef- 
 day following in the Friers Church 
 there, with great State,the Duchefs of 
 
 In the 430 
 page of this 
 fixth Book is 
 exhibited the 
 Seal of this 
 Queen, cir- 
 cumfcribed on 
 both /ides, 
 
 ELIZ ABE- 
 THA DEI 
 GR ATI A 
 ANGLIE 
 FRANCIE 
 ET HIBER- 
 NIE REGI¬ 
 NA F 1 DEI 
 
 DEFENSOR. . 
 
 a Role on the Norfolk bearing her to the Font} her Godfather was Thomas Cran - 
 
 one fide, being J - - - 0 - 
 
 interpofed be¬ 
 twixt every 
 word, and on 
 the Reverfe 
 a Roundel, or 
 Befant, it’s 
 probable to 
 fhew her de- 
 feent from the 
 Britain, Candor 
 
 wi/ 1 whf? s r ”” no Py °f Crimfon Satten, Fringed with Gold, another being like- 
 
 faid to bear, 
 
 Sable :c Be- 
 Jants, 4, 3,1, 
 and 1. forfo 
 many there 
 are in the Cir¬ 
 cumference of 
 this her great 
 Seahon which 
 the Queen 
 is feated on 
 her Throne in 
 Royal Appa¬ 
 rel , -the 
 Crown on her 
 
 Flead, the Scepter in her right Hand, and the Globe in her left. Oh each fide the Queen is her Arms, being France 
 and England quarterly, within the Garter, and Enfigned with a Crown Royal; over which her Robe doubled with 
 Ermine is held up by two Hands, Hiding out of the Clouds, in memory of that Divine Providence which fet her up¬ 
 on, and upheld her in, the Throne of her Royal Anceftors andPredece/Tors; above them are two Ro/es, the one of 
 laxcajier and the other of Tork, from both which Houfes (he derived her defeent. 
 
 The Counter-Seal hath her on Horfebaek in her Royal Habit, as before,with the Scepter and Mound, and Crown on 
 her Head over-fhadowed by a Cloud, an Embleme of the Heavenly Protection. Her Horfe is richly trapped and 
 her Foot-cloath, gorgeoufly embroidered: the ground of the Seal charged with her Devifes, viz. a l{ofe Crowned, 
 for England - a Flower de Lize Crowned, for France, and a Crowned Harpe, for her Kingdom of Ireland, the firlt 
 Enfignof that Realm which I have obferved to be placed in any Royal Seal; but ever fince her Reign, not only 
 exhibited in the great Seals, but alfo quartered in the Kingly Achievement , for the Arms of that Realm, 
 by her SucceiTors the Monarchs of Great Britain, King James, King Charles I. and His prelent Majclty King 
 Charles 11. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth made ufc of many Heroical Devifes, but moft commonly of a Sivc without a Motto, for the 
 words VIDEO, T ACEO, and SEMPER E ADEM. Camdens Remains, p.217. 
 
 Her Elcocheon within the Garter Crowned upon her Tomb in Wejimtnfter Abbey, is [upported on the right fide 
 by a Lyon of England crowned Froper, and on the left by a I(ed Dragon, on the Friefe of which Monument are car¬ 
 ved the Arms both of this Queens Paternal and Maternal defeent. 
 
 mer Archbifhop oSCanterbury,and her Godmothers the old Duchefs 
 of Norfolk and the old Marchionefs of Dorfet ; when Garter, 
 chiet King of Arms, cryed aloud, God of his infinite Goodnefs 
 fend profperous Life and long to the High and Mighty Princefs of Eng¬ 
 land, Elizabeth. Over the Font (which was of Silver, and ftood 
 in the mid’ft of the Church three Steps high) hung a fquare Ca- 
 
 wife bom over the Childs Head. 
 
 Upon her Sifters coming to the Crown, being then about twen¬ 
 ty years of age, (he accompanied her in State through the City of 
 London j but being falfly accufed of Confederacy in Wiats Rebel¬ 
 lion, wa r , by the malice of Stephen Gardiner , Lord Chancellor and 
 Biihop of Winchester, fer.t from her Mannor of AJhbridge , and 
 committed to the Tower in March the year following; where re¬ 
 maining till the ipthof May next enfuing, fhe was then, (notwith- 
 
 In Coll. 
 Arm.D .^1 
 pa. p 7 . 
 
 Edward 
 Dalle fof.) 
 vj.b. 
 
 ftanding 
 
THE KJK 9 s OF ENiqLAfr (©, &c. 48? 
 
 Chap. 4; landing a Warrant had been once procured to put her to death) Queen E- 
 releafed, but yet confined to Woodftoc\: during whichimpriton- llzabeth ' 
 ment the common Queftion concerning the Real Prefence in the 
 Sacrament was urged to her, to which (he thus wifely replyed, 
 
 Chrifi was the Word that fpahg it ; 
 
 He tool\ the Bread , and braise it: 
 
 And what the Word did make it , 
 
 'That I believe, and take it. 
 
 From Woodftock , by the follicitation of King Philip for her de¬ 
 livery, fhe was conveyed to Hampton Court, where the King and 
 Queen Mary then refided, and fhortly after difeharged of her Jai¬ 
 lor and kindly refpe&ed ; when her Sifter Queen Mary dying, 
 
 17 of Novemb. 1558. this Renowned Princefs, then at Hatfield in Anno g, 
 Hartfordjhire , was there firft faluted Queen, and the fame day with 
 great acclamations publickly proclaimed. The 23d following, 
 
 (he removed to the Lord North's Houfe in the Charter Houfe,L<w* 
 don , and the 28th rode through London to theTower.The 5th of 
 December after,(he removed thence to SomerfetHoufe in the Strand , 
 and fhortly after to her Palace at Weflminfler . The 12th of January 
 fhe went back again to the Tower, and the 14th (he rode thence 
 in great State to Wefiminfier , in order to her Coronation, which 
 was there performed the next day,being Sunday ^January the 1 5 th, 
 with great folemnity, by Do&or Oglethorp Bilhopof Carlijle , at H er Corona- 
 which time William Parre was created Marquis of Northampton , tion . 
 Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford j and Thomas Howard, fecond 
 Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk Vifcount Bindonj Sir Henry Ca¬ 
 ry her Coufin German, (lie made Baron of Hunfdon^ and Sir Olive? 
 
 St fifohn, Baron of Bletjba. 
 
 The 20th of January began the Parliament atWefiminfier,whcre- 
 in were reftored to the Crown not only the Supremacy of the 
 Church, but all Tenths, Firft-Fruits, Abbey-Lands, where¬ 
 upon feveral of the Reformation were recalled from beyond the 
 Seas, others of the Church of Rome bani(hed,and moft of the late 
 Bifhops fecluded,and Proteftant ones placed in their roomes. Thus 
 the Queen began to perfe& the Reformation,which yet (he didgra- 
 datim } for having compofed her Council of both parties; (he firft: 
 permitted only the Epijlles and Gofpels, the Decalogue,Lords Prdyer y 
 and Creed in the Englijh Tongue : The 22d of March the Eucha- Ann0 , v 
 rift was allowed in both Kinds} the 24th of June the Mafs was 
 aboli(hed, and the Liturgy in Engli(h eftablifhed in July the Oath 
 of Supremacy was exhibited, and in Augufi Images were re¬ 
 moved. 
 
 During this time, a Treaty of Peace was held at Cambray, be¬ 
 tween the Emperor and the French King, in which Philip ftood 
 firmly for the reftitution of Calais jbut underftanding that Queen 
 Elizabeth receding his Suit of Marriage, had eftablifhed the Pro¬ 
 teftant Religion, he defifted, whereupon the Queen concluded a 
 Peace for herfelf Conditionally, that after the expiration of eight 
 
 JearS 
 
484 A qED^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Anno rjtfo. 
 
 Yudorr. years Calais (hould be delivered unto the Enghfi, on the forfei* Book*, 
 ture of 1500000 Crowns. 
 
 King Henry II. of France , unhappily (lain in Tilting about this 
 time by the Earl of Montgomery^ fucceeded by his Son Francis II. 
 who having married M Ary Queen of Scots, now lays Claim to the 
 Arms and Crown of England, but work fufficient was found them 
 in Scotland to employ their Power, a great part of the Nobility, 
 and moft of the Commons, by the Preaching of John Knox, be¬ 
 ing now up in Arms on the fcore of Religion. Whom Queen 
 Elizabeth finding herfelf obliged to aflift, fo ftrengthened the 
 Faftion, that the French King foon fued to England for a Peace, 
 which by Commiflioners at Edenborourgh, was on thefe Conditi¬ 
 ons fpeedily granted, viz. That both King and Queen of France 
 and Scotland fbould absolutely acquit the Arms of, and Title to the 
 Crown of England *, That both French and Englifh (bould depart out 
 of Scotland, and a Free Far don granted to all that had been Attors 
 in this Commotion. 
 
 aoexj if** The French King not having Signed the Treaty before his 
 death, Queen Elizabeth by her Leiger in France, required the 
 performance thereof at the hands of the Queen Dowager, and 
 Charles IX. the young King,Brother of the forefaid Francis } which 
 not readily accepted, Queen Elizabeth Treats with the Lords of 
 Scotland , perfuading them to a mutual League of Amity with her¬ 
 felf and other Proteftant Princes, and to declare that their Queen 
 {now a Widow^fhould not Marry with any Foreign Prince what¬ 
 soever } whereupon Queen Mary refolves for Scotland, and willing 
 to keep her Correfpondence with Queen Elizabeth; entreats a free 
 pafiage by Sea into that Country 5 which being denied, and feve- 
 ral Ships ordered to intercept her, (he retires herfelf at Calais till 
 favoured by a Miff, fhe fet fail and arrived fafe in Scotland , where 
 by her prefence (he fo appeafed her Subje&s of all forts, that be¬ 
 ing now quiet, (he fent to Queen Elizabeth, protefting her affe&i- 
 on and readinefs to enter into a perpetual League with her, if by 
 A& of Parliament (he might be declared her Succeffor} to which 
 the Queen anfwered, That for her Amity (be wifbed her well,but as 
 to her Propofal, fie was not yet weary of her life. 
 
 It was now the fifth year of her Reign, when the Proteftants of 
 France, under the Prince of Conde , having raifed a Rebellion in 
 that Kingdom, were aflifted by Queen Elizabeth with an Army of 
 6000 men commanded by Ambrofe Dudley Earl ofWarwic^unto 
 whom the Town of Newhaven was delivered, towards which the 
 Prince of Conde marching, was intercepted by the Duke of Gnife , 
 and taken Prifoner} whereupon a Peace was concluded between 
 them, and the Earl of Warwick^ required by the French (nay even 
 by the Rebels themfelves) to redeliver the place,which at length he 
 did by the Queens Order. 
 
 Hereupon Queen Elizabeth fending into France , that Calais 
 might be furrendred unto her according to the former Treaty, re¬ 
 ceived this anfwer. That her Interejl therein was forfeited by her 
 
 late 
 
THE KJK.QS OF E&CgLJ&CDidcz. 485 
 
 Chap. 5. late ASi in defence of the Rebels .To which the Proteftants of France Q,Eltea- 
 
 likewife agreeing the Queen fent over Sir Thomas Sniith, with _L_I-. 
 
 whom it was concluded, that for the Sum of 600000 Crown c ,?he 
 French Hoftages (hould be reftored* and a perfeft Peace upon re¬ 
 ciprocal Oaths ratified. _ . , 
 
 The Queen having created Robert Dudley (Mafter of the Horfc) 
 firft,Baron of Denbigh , and then Earl of Leicefler, propofes him in 
 Marriage to Mary Queen of Scots, promifing upon her acceptance 
 of him, Hie fhould be declared her Succeflbr to the Crown j 
 but file having refufed feveral great Matches, by realoii of 
 Queen Elizabeths difapprobation, reje&ed this for the ifleanefs 
 of his Quality , fancying rather the young Lord Darnley, ctdeft 
 Son to the Earl of Lenox (at that time a long Exile with his 
 Father in England ) as being of Englifb birth, and reputed* next 
 her. Heir to the Crown of England: Them Qjeen Mary recalls 
 into Scotland, to which Qjeen Elizabeth after two years con- 
 fenting, they arrive at Edenborongh in February and five months 
 after (contrary to the inclination of Qtecn Elizabeth , who 
 to prevent it, had a little before remanded both the Father and 
 Son into England upon their Allegeance.) this Princely Gentle- 
 mar,then about 1 9 years of age was married to that Qjeen. 
 
 In the interim, the Parliament of England requeft her Majefty 
 to think of Marriage, accufing her indifferency for prefervation of 
 Pofterity, and declaiming againft her Councellor Cecil, and Phi- 
 fitian Dr. Unit, as fufpeded toadvifeher to the contrary \ when 
 the Queen ordering 30 of both Houfesto come before her, gave 
 them lo great fatisfaction in that particular,as never after to trouble 
 her therewith. 
 
 The Queen o [Scots after the murther of her late Husband, and Anno ijto 
 impofed Nuptials with the EarlBflt/we//,having fuffered 11 months 
 imprifonment by her own fa&ious Nobility,about this time makes 
 her efcape to Hamilton Caftle, whither in a few days about 6000 
 men relorted unto her; but thefe being foon defeated by the Earl 
 Murray, file flies to Worient on in Cumberland , whence addrefling 
 her felf to Qjeen Elizabeth for admifllon to Court, (he is,inftead 
 thereof, firft carried to Carhfle , and afterwards committed to Bol¬ 
 ton Caftle, under cuftody of the Earl of Shrewsbury , while a 
 Ccmmiflion was held at Tori ^ to debate the matter between that 
 Queen and her Lords^to which (he defiring the French and Spanijh 
 Ambaftadors might be joined,the bufinefs was abruptly broken off. 
 
 Upon a fecond Infurre&ion of the Proteftants of France * Annoiy** 
 Qjeen Elizabeth notwithftanding their late ingratitude, relieves 
 them once more with 200000 Crowns in Money , and great 
 ftore of Ammunition * about which time the Netherlanders re¬ 
 volting upon the like occafion from the Allegeance of his Catho* 
 lick Majefty,were eminently aflifted and prote&ed by the Queen, 
 and the Fugitives of both Countreys were here kindly received 
 and entertained. Whereupon the Duke d*Aha ,the Spanifb Go¬ 
 vernor there, feijting all the Englfh Ships in the Low Countreys , 
 
 G g g g g g Qyeen 
 
486 A qEHEALOqiCAL HlSTO%Y OF 
 
 'Factors, 
 
 Anno if70. 
 
 Anno 1^71. 
 
 Anno 1 j7$. 
 
 Anno i57f* 
 
 Queen Elizabeth did rhe like for them here, which occasioned Book 6 . 
 afterwards that memorable Spanifh Invafion by their Invincible 
 Armada, An. 1588. 
 
 The Duke of Norfolk^ endeavouring about this time a Marriage 
 with the Queen of Scots, chiefly perfuadcd thereunto by the Earls 
 Murray and Leicester, is loon committed to the Tower,from whence 
 though he got once releafed, yet in fine it coft him his life. In 
 which interim the Earls of Northumberland and W efimorland having 
 railed a Rebellion in the North, came to Durham, where they burnt 
 all the Englijh Bibles and Books of Common-Prayer, and after¬ 
 ward befieged and took Barnard Caftle \ but hearing that the Earls 
 of Suffix and Warwick^ were coming againft them, they fled into 
 Scotland, where Northumberland flickering himfelfa while, was at 
 laft delivered up to Murray, and after beheaded at Torh^, 22 Aug . 
 
 1 572. while IVeffinorland conveying himfelf into Flanders, lived 
 there to a great age,on a Imall Penfion allowed him by the King of 
 Spain. Not long after the Earl of Murray, Regent of Scotland, meet¬ 
 ing an untimely fate, Queen Maries friends not fucceeding in their 
 violent attempts upon England , endeavor by fairer means with 
 Queen Elizabeth to procure her releafe , which not prevailing , 
 they have recourfe (though in vain) to underhand pra&ifes , 
 withall getting the Pope to iffue out his Bull againft her} up¬ 
 on which a Conference is held with the Queen of Scots about 
 the Conditions of her releale; which though it leffened the ru¬ 
 mour of her hard ufage, yet nothing was efte&ed thereby in . 
 favour of her} but on the other hand, John Hamilton Arch- 
 biftiop of St Andrews , and Brother to the Duke of Cattle He¬ 
 rald, being bloodily aflaflinated in his Bedchamber, the Queen of 
 Scots is thereupon difcharged ofmoft of her Retinue, which while 
 fhe defigns to complain of to the Pope and French King, her Let¬ 
 ters in the hands of the Bifhop of Roffi, and by him communica¬ 
 ted to the Duke of Norfolk are treacheroufly revealed} where¬ 
 upon the Duke is apprehended, condemned and beheaded, and 
 the Bifhop fent prifoner to the Tower. 
 
 About ten days alter the Dukes death, the Lord la iFare , Sir 
 Ralph Sadler, and others, were fent to the Queen of Scots to ex- 
 poftulate with her, Firft, For having ufurped the Title of Eng¬ 
 land. Secondly, For having without the Queens Confent endea¬ 
 voured Marriage with the Duty of Norfolk. Thirdly, Implored 
 aid from Foreign Princes . And, Fourthly, Prattijed her own En - 
 largement,& c. All which Queen Mary either denyed, or fairly 
 extenuated ; and though file declared herfelfan abfolute Monarch 
 and fubordinate to none, yet propofed fhe at the nextSeflion of 
 Parliament willingly to anfwer tor herfelf. 
 
 A Peace being this year concluded between France and Eng¬ 
 land, a Marriage is propounded between the Queen and Duke of 
 Alanfon, which, though it was earneftly profecuted by the French , 
 yet it fucceeded not. 
 
 It was now the eighteenth year of Queen Elizabeth, when the 
 
 Prince 
 
I HE KJKQ s °P E^iqLA^D^c. 487 
 
 - - —- - -—^ - - 
 
 Chap. 5. Prince of Orange, with the Confederate States, reduced to great Q- Eliza- 
 extremities, offered by their Ambaffadors to Queen Elizabeth) hethi 
 the Countreys of 'Zealand and Holland, to be either poflefl'ed or 
 prote&ed by her, as defcended from Philippa Princefs of Holland , 
 and Wife to King Edward III which the Queen took into confi- 
 deration } and in the twentieth year of her Reign receiving their 
 Complaints of very hard ufage from John Duke of Anjiria , Go¬ 
 vernor of the Low Countreys,i\ic entered into a League with them, 
 requiring his removal by her Ambaflador in Spain, whenflioftly 
 after, being made Arbitrefs between them, (he fo determined the 
 matter in favour of the diftrefled States, that many Volunteers 
 were thereupon permitted to tranfport themfelves into their fervice, 
 and feveral Horle and Foot received there at her charge,out of Ger¬ 
 many , under command of Caffimire, Son to the Ele&or Palatine. 
 
 On the 3d of November, Sir Francis Drak^e returning from his Aiutoije®; 
 famous Voyage about the World with incredible quantities of 
 Gold, Silver, and Pretious Stones, the Spanifh AmbafTador requi¬ 
 red a reffauration of the Goods,as taken from their Subje&s in the 
 Indian Seas: upon which the Queen (having before iequeftred 
 them) repaid a great part of the fame to Pedro Sebnra, the King of 
 Spains Agent •, which afterwards was ungratefully employed in 
 the Low Countrey Wars. 
 
 And now more earneftly than ever is the Match between the 
 Duke of Alanfon (now Anjou ) and Queen Elizabeth, follicited by 
 the Queen Mother of France, in compliance to which, Delegates 
 on both fides are appointed, and Articles at laft agreed on* much 
 to the fame purpofe with thofe of Queen Mary and King Philip , 
 upon which the Duke comes overlays here three months,and was 
 fo kindly received by the Queen, that publickly The took off her 
 Ring from her Finger, and put it upon his, admitting many pri¬ 
 vate Conferences with him *, but being thwarted by the Earl of 
 Leicefter and the Court Ladies, for fear of re introducing Popery, 
 it came to nothing. Many Tumults at this time arifing in Scot- Ajmoiygr 
 land, even to the furprifing the Kings Perforr, Queen Elizabeth 
 fends thither Sir Francis Waljingham , to advife the King (who a 
 little before had refeued himfelt from his Surprifers) to beware of 
 evil Counfellors, to preferve the purity of Religion, and the Amity 
 of both Kingdoms; to which the young King returned a full fa- 
 ti fa&ory anfwer, beyond what could be expefted from his 
 years. 
 
 Many pra&ifes were about this time difeovered for the Queen 
 of Scots Enlargement, the chief whereof was by FrancisThroch^ 
 tnorton , eldeft Son to the Chief Juftice of Chejier } upon whofe 
 apprehenfion, fome perfons of Note fled beyond the Sea j others 
 were committed, and in fine Sir IVilliam Wade is Tent to Treat 
 with the Queen of Scots, from whom, though he received all he 
 could require, yet did it not fuffice, but that an aflbeiation was 
 entered into by the Earl of Leicefter , and others, for the profecu- 
 tionof all thofe that fliould attempt any thing againft the Queen 5 
 
 which 
 
488 A qE^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 ■ m ■ 1 .. i ■ ** i ii i ■' i "" I. ■ - — — 1 ■ - ■ — ■■ ■ — ■ » 
 
 Tudors. which the Queen of Scots eafily perceiving to be meant againft Book*, 
 her, fenc fo abfolute a Submiflion to the Queen in all things but 
 that of her Religion, that Queen Elizabeth was in a manner difpo- 
 fed to have acquitted her. But lo potent were her Adverfaries in 
 England and Scotland, that they wanted not opportunities to ob- 
 ftruft it, by fuggefting to the Queen the dangerous confequences 
 thereof, which was leconded with Inch fcandalous and contume¬ 
 lious bellowings, Irom the Scottifb Pulpits againft her, and other 
 ftratagems and devices, as might if poftible drive her to fome de- 
 fperate attempt } but failing, Aftaftinates were by Lcicefter fenc 
 to make her away } which they had certainly done, if Sir Drue 
 Drury, and Sir Amias Paulet , to whom fhe was now committed, 
 had not detefted lo horrid a Villany. 
 
 Anno ij 8 4 . In this SelFion of Parliament, theaforefaid Aftociation was uni- 
 verfally approved of }, and *twas Enafted, that twenty four of the 
 Queens Councel and Peers of the Realm fhould be ele&ed and au*» 
 thorifed to enquire of all fuch perlons as fhould attempt any evil 
 againft the Queen, lay claim to the Crown, attempt, or invade the 
 Kingdom } and thatperfon, by, or tor whom the fame (hall either 
 be attempted or invaded,to be made incapable of the Crown, and 
 liable to the Law. 
 
 The poor diftrefted States of the Low Conntreys being now again 
 drawn into a fad ftraight, and neglected by the French , more hum¬ 
 bly than ever lollicire Queen Elizabeths affiftance, who confide- 
 ring the growing potency of the Spaniards , and the lamentable 
 condition of thole afflicted people, relolved actually to take them 
 into her Protection, and rofupply them with a tcoo Horle, and 
 5000 Poor, with Pay during the War, on condition that the Forts 
 of Flufhmg , Ramekin, and the Ball , fhould be delivered up to her 
 ufe •, which being agreed to, the Earl of Leicefter, as General, with 
 the Earl of Ejfex , the Lords Audley , and North , &c, with a great 
 number of Vo!unceers,belides the before promifed Forces, landed 
 at Flufbing\n December, 1584. where they were honourably re¬ 
 ceived by Sir Philip Sidney Governor of that place} whence being 
 with great magnificence conduced to the Hague by the States of 
 Holland , Lcicefter is inverted with the Titles of abfolute Governor, 
 and General of all the United Provinces} whereat Queen Elizabeth 
 feemed fomewhat difpleafed, as being too great a prefumption in 
 them to beftow, and in him to accept them, without the Queens 
 knowledge and confent. 
 
 The Peace thus broken with Spain , the Queen, to divert that 
 Kings anger further from home, immediately fits out a Navy of 
 twenty one Chips, for the Weft Indies, where they furprized many 
 Spanijh Towns, when a Calenture feizing on their Men, they re¬ 
 turned with a very great Booty homewards by Virginia , where 
 Sir Walter Raleigh had planted a Colony, from whence they now 
 firft brought Tabaco into England. 
 
 Amo 1 j8The Earl of Arundel having remained near a year in the Tower, 
 was fummoned into the Star-Chamber, where he is charged with 
 
 the 
 
THE KJ^gS OF E^CgLJ 3 \ (X>,< 5 tc. 489 
 
 ^ - ■ -.. ■ ■ ■■■ ■ .. ■ ■■■ . . . . ... - , . ------ .. 
 
 Chap. 5. the Foftering of Prieffs, having Correfpondence with Allen, and 
 
 Parfons the Jefuite, and his endeavouring to depart the Kingdom ; - 
 
 for which being convi&ed, he was Fined 10000 /. and committed 
 again to the Tower during the Queens pleafure. 
 
 About which time another Confpiracy was difcovered againfi: Anno ij 8^ 
 the Queen, for which one Ballard a Prieft, and thirteen more were 
 hanged, drawn, and quartered in St Giles’s Fields. Whereupon 
 the Queen of Scot j,being fuppofed confcious of the Treafon,it was 
 confulted what fhould be done with her, when concluding to put 
 in execution, the Statute of 27 Eli^. made about a yearfince, by 
 the procurement of Leicejler and his Affociation, for that very pur- 
 pofe, Commiflioncrs are appointed to proceed againfi: her; who 
 after many meetings at Fotheringhay Caftle in Northampton - 
 (\jire y in order to her Trya^ finding her to infifF on herinno- 
 cency and exemption as a Sovereign Princcfs, threatncd her 
 atlaft into a compliance •, whereupon the Court being fare in her 
 prefence Chamber, and the charge read, fhe replyed, That the 
 Letters produced might be Counterfeits, the Treafons confeffed 
 might be extorted for fear of death, motions for the Queens de- 
 ftruclion fhe was never privy to; but for pra&ifing her own En¬ 
 largement, as a thing juftifiable in her, fhe denied not, defiling to 
 be heard in Parliament before the Queen herfelf; which not being 
 granted, the Commiffioners proceed to Sentence, which in the 
 end was performed* 1 Aug, 1586. when, upon a Scaffold, pur- 
 polely cre&ed in the great Hall of the Caftle of Foderinghay , 
 fhe was after nineteen years imprifonment, unhappily beheaded. 
 
 To excufe which, Sir Robert Cary , fon to the Lord Hunfdon y is 
 fent to King James , charging Davyfon the Queens Secretary, and 
 her too credulous Councel with the Fault, protefting the Queens 
 intention otherwife. But the King denied him accefs at the firfl 
 till means were found to perfuade him to continue Amity with 
 England\ However a War from Spain muft certainly be ex¬ 
 pected, and therefore it is refolved to attack them firft ; whereup¬ 
 on Sir Francis Drake, with others, are ordered to Sea, who funk, 
 took, and fired in the Harbor of Cales 100 fhips, took 4 Forts at 
 Cape St Vincent , and performing other eminent Exploits about 
 the Weftern Ifles,returned with great fpoil. While in the fame in¬ 
 terim Thomas Cavendifb palling the Streigbts of Magellan , burnt a 
 great number of Spanifh Towns,funk and took nineteen fhips in the 
 Coaft of Chili,Peru, New*Spain, and North America , returning 
 home by the Philippine Ifles. 
 
 At this time a Treaty was held between Spain and England at _ 
 
 , J I, ,r Anno iy$8- 
 
 Oslend , but nothing concluded,and the Englifh Delegates dilmiit, 
 a great Navy immediately appeared before the Coaft of England, 
 confiftingin about 130 fhips, aboard which 19290 Soldiers,8350 Th cspanijh 
 Mariners, 2080 Gaily flaves, and 2630 great Ordnance; to op- Invafioa ‘ 
 pofe which, the Queen provides and fets forth her Navy, under 
 the command of the Lord Charles Howard Admiral, Sir Francis 
 Drake Vice-Admiral, Hawkins,For bifher, and others ; who fetting 
 fail from Plymouth, the 2 1 of July bore up to them, and after the 
 
 H h h h h h Signal 
 
490 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Signal given, the head Ships on each fide mutually engaged, but 
 night approaching, no conGderable aClion paft between them 
 two days after they renewed the Fight without any great damage 
 to the Enghfh, and refting the next day, profecuted it again 
 the twenty fifth with great refolution , wherein the Englijh 
 having the better, became fo encouraged, that many of the 
 Nobility, as the Earls of Cumberland , Oxford, and Northum¬ 
 berland, with others, hired (flips at their own charges, to attend 
 the Admiral j increafing his Fleet to about 140 fail. On the 
 27th of July, the Spanifb Armada came to an Anchor near Ca¬ 
 lais, when the Englijb Admiral having the day after converted 
 eight of his worft Ships into Firefliip , lent them in the night be¬ 
 fore the Wind, towards the Spanifb Fleet, who feeing them all on 
 fire, made t he beft way they could, cutting their Cables, and fly¬ 
 ing towards Flanders, where, before Graveling, they were again 
 encountred by the Englijh,, who afiifted by the Dutch , forced them 
 home, after a tedious Voyage by the North of Scotland j whil’ft 
 her Majefty in perfon came with a confiderable Army to the Camp 
 at Tilbury in Effex, to oppofe the defigned Invafion of the King¬ 
 dom, by this Invincible ("as they called ir) Armada. 
 
 Anno 158^ The next year after, to revenge this Invafion, the Queen gave 
 leave to Sir Francis Drah^e, Sir John Norris, and others, to under¬ 
 take a Voyage into Spain, to endeavor the efiablifliment of Don 
 Antonio into the Kingdom of Portugal, who fetting forth from Ply¬ 
 mouth the 5th o£April, landed at Groyne in Galitia, which they took, 
 and failing thence into Portugal w'ere met by the Earl ot Effex , who 
 joining them,they proceeded to Penycha, which they alfo took, and 
 thence to Lisbon , where all expectations lading, they were 
 Anno 1591. repulfed } yet feifing on 60 Hulks in their retreat laden with Corn 
 and Ammunition, they came and pillaged Virgo and the adjacent 
 Countrey, and fo returned into England. 
 
 This year the Queen fent the Earl of Effex, with 4000 men, 
 to aflifi: the King of Navarre, Henry of Bourbon, a Protefiant, in 
 the gaining the Crown of France, which was left him by the French 
 Kin gHeury III. againfl the Duke of Guife , Head of the League, 
 whole Declaration w r as for a Catholick King j who landing in Nor - 
 tnandy, dire&ed his way to that King then at Noyon , where they 
 concluded upon the befieging of Roan , which was afterwards ef- 
 Annoij?*. fe&ed : about which time one Hacket pretending himfelf to be 
 Chrijl , was executed in Cheapfide, perfifiing to the Jaft in his hor¬ 
 rid Blafphemies. 
 
 About this time the Lord Thomas Howard,with fix of the Queens 
 fhips, having waited at the Azores fix months for the Spartijh Weft- 
 India Fleer, was at laft fetupon by fifty Spanifb Men of War 
 Convoys to that Navy, who overpowering the Englifh , took the 
 great Ship the Revenge, commanded by the valiant Sir Richard 
 Greenville , Vice-admiral} which Sir Walter Raleigh fhortly after 
 ftrook fcores with them for, intercepting a mighty Carraque of 
 theirs, called the Mother of God, valued at 15000 /. Sterling . 
 
 The War with Spain continuing, a (harp Conflid happens at 
 
 Sea 
 
 Anno if94. 
 
THE KJ^Cgs OF ENigLANlVt&c. 491 
 
 Chap. 5. Sea between the two Nations, wherein Sir Martin Forbijber re- Q: Eliza ~ 
 
 ceived his deaths wound, while Sir Richard Hawkins,com inghome _ 
 
 by the Straights of Magellan , took five rich Spanifb fhips, but was 
 himfelf fhortly after intercepted} which hard fortune was foon 
 recompenced by James Lancajler , who taking no lefs than thirty 
 nine rich Velfels from the Spaniards on the Coaft of America , 
 brought them all fafeto England. 
 
 This year Sir Walter Raleigh undertook-his Voyage to Guiana \ Anno 
 Prejlon and Sommers , to the Weft of America Hawkins and 
 Drake , thofe two famous Seamen,to Porto Rico j but none of them 
 meeting with any confiderable fuccefs, the two laft died for grief 
 
 The Earl of Tyrone (alias Tir-Oen ) having the year before fub- 
 mitted himfelf to William Rujfel (youngeft fon of the Earl of Bed¬ 
 ford) then Deputy of Ireland , is rtow again found in Rebellion, 
 when Sir John Norris being lent againft him out of Ireland , he 
 difiembling another fubmiffion, is pardoned : During which,to di- 
 verr the King of Spain from invading England , a Navy of 150 
 fhip c , befidesai fail of Dutch, was fitted out from Plymouth in 
 the beginning of June, and being arrived near Cape St Vincent, 
 were advertifed that a great Fleet of Spaniards lay at anchor be¬ 
 fore Cales, whereupon the Generals Robert Earl of Ejfex and Charles 
 Howard Lord Admiral failing thither, fet upon them, and after a 
 fharp Fight took and deftroyed the greater part of them, when 
 forcing his entrance with great valour into the Town, he enriched 
 himfelf with an infinite Booty,demolifhing the Fort,while Raleigh 
 was fent to fire the Merchantmen lying at Portreal } which done, 
 they (unwillingly) returned home by the Queens command, ha¬ 
 ving damaged the Spaniards to the value of Twenty Millions of 
 Duckets. 
 
 About the time that Thomas Arundel of War dour returned from Anno' i^ 9 s, 
 the Wars in Hungary againft rhe Turks (where for his great fervices 
 he was made Count of the Sacred Empire) Qjeen Elizabeth un* 
 demanding that the Spaniards defigned to Invade Ireland fet forth 
 another great Navy of above 160 Men of War, under the com¬ 
 mand of the Earl of Ejfex , the Lord Thomas Howard , and Sir 
 Walter Raleigh > for intercepting the Spanifb Fleet from the Wejl 
 Indies , which at Gratiofa they narrowly miffed, gaining only three 
 of forty, while the reft gotinto Harbour. 
 
 All Tyrone's former diflimulations breaking out now into an open Ahn0 x 
 and declared Rebellion, the Earl of Ejfex is at laft fent thither as 
 Lord- Lieutenant,with 18700 Foot,and 1300 Horfe,fully authori¬ 
 zed to conclude Peace or make War, when after fome flight skir- 
 milhes, a Conference is held with Tyrone , and a Tru^e concluded * 
 with which the Queen being diffatisfied, remands him home, when 
 being come, he falls on his knees begging the Queens mercy; who 
 receiving him lefs kindly than formerly,commits him to the cuftody 
 of the Lord Privy Seal; fhortly after which he was brought to a 
 private Tryal, wherein he was accufed for, 
 
 Firft, Making the Earl of Northampton General of the Horfe . 
 
 Secondly, Drawing his Forces into Munfter, and neglefting the 
 
 Arch* 
 
492 A gE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Anna itfoo* 
 
 Tudors. Arch-rebel Tyrone, and Thirdly, Having a Private Parley with hint . Book 6 . 
 
 To which protefting his innocency, and craving the Queens 
 mercy,he was atlaft enlarged } when tailing into new Dilemma’s, 
 he was with the Earl of Southampton and others committed to 
 the Tower. 
 
 With the begining of the year they were brought to their Trials, 
 the Earl of Eftex and other his Confederates beheaded,fomehang- 
 , . ed, and the reft fufpended. 
 
 All this while the Rebellion remained hot in Ireland , Tyrone 
 having received aid from Spain , now carries himfelf as Monarch 
 of the Country,but by one tingle Battel nearK/w/j/^onChriftmafs 
 Eve,they were by the Lord Mountjoye defeated, and the Spa - 
 Don John d'A- nifb * General who had poftefied himlelf of Kingfale , forced to a 
 Capitulation^ whereupon Kinfale , with other Forts being by 
 Treaty yielded up, the Spaniards quit the Kingdom, and are con¬ 
 veyed home : Tyrowethus deferted fubmits wholly to the Queens 
 mercy,, rendring himlelf to the Lord Mountjoy then Deputy of 
 Ireland , who defigning to bring him into England, was prevented 
 by the death of the Queen, which happened at her Palace of 
 Richmond , 24 March 1601. when (lie had lived 69 years 6 months 
 and feven days, and reigned 44 years 4 months and 7 days. Eight days 
 
 Her Body being embalmed and wrapped in Leads was con- Camden ' 
 veyed to Whitehall , whence, the 28th of April , it was brought to 
 Sc Peters at Wejhninfter; with great folemnity (attended by Funeral 
 Mourners to the number of 1600) by her converted into a Col¬ 
 legiate Church, with a Dean, 12 Prebends, Vicars, and Singing- 
 men, a Mafter, Uftier, and 40 Scholars, and 12 Alms-men) and 
 there buried,in the magnificent Chappel of her Grandfather King 
 Henry VII. where her Royal Succeflor King James built for her a 
 ftately Monument,near the Eaft end of the North Ifle, which be¬ 
 ing of white Marble, and lupported by ten Corinthian Pillars of 
 black Marble,hath the Frize thereof adorned with the Arm$ of all 
 the Royal Matches in a dire£t Succefllon from Edward the Confef* 
 for,and alfo with Impalements of feveral Branches of the Kingly Fa¬ 
 mily. The Figure of which Tomb, with the Epitaphs at each end 
 of it, containing a Summary of her moft memorable A&ions, I 
 have here exhibited. 
 
 Her death 
 
 On a Tabla- 
 mre over the 
 Comifh at the 
 head of the 
 Tomb. 
 
 On the BjTc- 
 
 mentatthc 
 
 lead. 
 
 MEMORISE ^TERNi£. 
 
 ELIZABETHS ANGLIiE, FRANCI/E, ET HIBERNIA 
 REGINiE,R.HENRICI VIII. FILIiE,R.HEN.VII. NEPTI, R. 
 
 ED. IIII. PRONEPTI, PATRIiE PARENTI RELIGIONIS 
 ET BONARVM ARTIVM ALTRICI, PLVRIMARVM 
 LINGVARVM PERITIA, PRiECLARIS TVM ANIMI 
 TVM CORPORIS DOTIBVS REGIISCL VIRTVTIBVS 
 SVPRA SEXVM, PRINCIPI 
 INCOMPARABLE 
 
 IACOBVS MAGNiE BRITANNIA FRANCIJE ET 
 HIBERNIiE REX, VIRTVTVM ET REGNORVM 
 HiERES, BENE MERENTI PIE 
 POSVIT. 
 
 REGNO CONSORTES 9S' E T MARIA SORORES, 
 
 ET VRNA,HIC OBDOR- K IN SPE RESVRREC- 
 MIMUS, ELIZABETHA ^ TIONIS. MEMORISE 
 

 I 
 
 IhistrtGii 
 
 iJvL)ommo Dn°. iQSr^ 
 
 Wkm Comiti dc Bridge 
 ihvKTER. VicCCOtniU BRA 
 ?KLE.Y^ Boront de £IXR 
 
 XROLO 2. in (oitutalu 
 inikinqhitonta: locum tent 
 U fianc Monutnmhi 
 dlrzauet/ice 
 s^sjHdurzun luumtx’J/jdLi 
 
 lojympj 
 
 >DIEV 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
494 A qES^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 T'udorr. 
 
 On a like Ta- 
 blature over 
 the Corn ifh at 
 the foot. 
 
 On the Bale- 
 ment at the 
 foot. 
 
 MEMO R I/E SACRUM. 
 
 RELIGIONE AD PRlMiEVAM SINCERITATEM RESTAVRATA, 
 
 PACE FUNDATA, VONETA AD IUSTUM VALOREM REDUCTA, 
 REBELLIONE DOMESTICA VINDICATA, GALLIA MALIS 
 1NTESTINIS PRiECIPITI SuBLEVATA, BELGIO SuSTENTATO, 
 HISPANICA CLASSE PROFLIGATA, HIBERNIA PULSIS 
 HISPANIS, ET REBELLIBllS AD DEDITIONEM COACTIS 
 PACATA, REDDITIBVS VTRIVSCL ACADEMIiE LEGE 
 ANNONARIA PLURIMVM ADAVCTIS, TOTA DENIQ^, ANGLIA 
 DITATA, PRVDENTISSJMEQ_ ANNOS XLV. ADMINISTRATA 
 ELIZABETHA REGINA VICTRIX, TRIVMPHATRIX, PIETATIS 
 STVDIOSISSIMA,FiELICISSIMA,PLACIDA MORTE SEPTUAGENARIA 
 SOLVTA, MORTALES RELIQVIAS DVM CHRISTO IVBENTE 
 RESVRGANT IMMORTALES, IN HAC ECCLESIA CELEBERRIMA 
 AB IPSA CONSERVATA, ET DENVO FVNDATA DEPOSVIT. 
 
 Book 6. 
 
 OBIIT XXIIII. MARTII 
 ANNO SALVTIS 
 M. DC. II. 
 
 REGNI XLV. 
 JETATIS LXX. 
 
 Thus Englifh- 
 cd by Mr. 
 Speed in his 
 Chronicle of 
 the Kings of 
 Etglind. 
 
 For an Eternal Memorial. 
 
 Unto CIi 5 abeth>Cluccn of Cnglaitb,France anti Frelanb j 
 Daughter of RingDenrp the eighth, ©canbcljilb to Ring 
 prnrp the ©ebenth, ereat-eranbchilbtoeing Cbtoarb the 
 Fourth- We pother of tljio fytt Countrp > Che Burfe of 
 Religion anb learning > fo? perfect skill of berp manplan* 
 gunges i fo 2 glorious cnbouiments as men of ^ino as 'Bobp, 
 anti fo? her regal fiJertues beponb her £>er- 
 
 A Prince Incomparable. 
 
 harness of ereat B?itaine, France, anb 3relanb Ring, 3in= 
 herttotir both of c;er bertues nnbRingboms, to^erfo toell 
 beferbing, piouflp hath thus errtteb. 
 
 Contorts both in Clj^one anbinerabe,heetered toettoa 
 gutters ; CIi>abethanb 33nrp, in hope of our Refurrectiom 
 
 Sacred unto Memory. 
 
 Religion to its p?imitibe ©inceritie Redojeb, ipeace 
 Cho^otulp ©ettleb * Coine to the ttue balue tefineb ,• Re¬ 
 bellion at home ejrtinguilheti > France, neere mine bp inte- 
 fttne mifcljiefs, releebeb > il^etherlano fuppo^tetJ > g>paines 
 grmabo baroiuifhebi 3relanb, toitlj S>paniartus erpulfion, 
 anb Craito^s coercion, quieten» both ftniberfities Rebe* 
 ncuies,bP a Into of l&ob!fion,erceemnglp augmenteb:FinalIp 
 allCnglanb enricljeb, anb tlb-peetes mod paubentipgobetm 
 eb» Clijabetlj a SEUteen, a Conquereffe, a Criumpher, the 
 moll bebuteb to Petp, the moll happp, after Ijcr- peeres of 
 her life, quietlpbp beath beparteb, hath left heere fin this 
 mod famous Collegiat Church, tohich bp her tuas eftabliih- 
 eb anb refounbebj thefe temaines of her 99oitalttp, untiiat 
 Ch?idS call they djall again rife immortal. 
 
 She died xxiiij. March , the yeere of Saluation, MDC11. 
 of her Raigne XLr. of her Age,LXXII. 
 
THE KJ 3 TJ}S OF E*CgLJ?CT>,&c. 495 
 
 ■5- MARGARET 
 
 Q^ue e n of SCOTS, eldefl Daughter of 
 Henry VII. King of England , See. 
 
 CHAP. VI, 
 
 Th. Millet 
 
 p. *n. 
 
 Epifc. 
 Eojf. ex 
 Sol. Virg. 
 
 Ejchard 
 Grafton f. 
 I 6 ' 
 
 Princefs Margaret, eideft Daughter of King 
 Henry VII. and Queen Elizabeth, Daughter 
 of King Edward IV. and Sifter toKingHdtf- 
 ry VIII. was bom on the 29th day of No¬ 
 vember, in the year of our Lord, 1489. and 
 of her Fathers Reign the fifth. Ac the age 
 of 14 years, fhe was affted unto James! V. 
 King of Scots, who had earnefty defired her in Marriage j where¬ 
 upon King Henry her Father accompanying her as far as Cole - 
 IVefton befide Northampton (where his Mother the Countefs of 
 Richmond then lay) having given her his Blefling, with fatherly 
 counfel and exhortation, committed the guard and conduft of her 
 perfon principally to the Earls of Surrey and Northumberland, and to 
 fuch Ladies and Gentlewomen as were appointed to that fervice^a 
 great company of Lords, Knight?,and Efquire^ and Men of Note, 
 attending them as far as Barwich^ At St. Lamberts Church in 
 Lamer Moore within Scotland, King James, attended by the prin¬ 
 cipal of his Nobility, efpoufed her, and receiving her from the 
 hands of the Earl of Northumberland j the next year after ^i^.An, 
 1503- married her at Edenburgh , his Nobility being prefent. 
 
 Obje&ions being made at the Council Board againft this Mar¬ 
 riage, viz. T hat thereby the Crown of England might come to the 
 Scottifti Line by the IJJlte of Lady Margaret , King Henry made an- 
 fwer, What if it (hould ? For if any fuch thing Jhould happen , 
 
 ( which Omen God forbid ) I fee it will come to pafs that our King¬ 
 dom fbould lofe nothing thereby, becaufe there will not be an acceffion 
 of England to Scotland, but contrarily of Scotland to England,d/ to 
 that which is far the mojl noble head of the whole Ifland , feeing 
 that which is left nfeth to accrue to the ornament of that which is 
 much the greater , as Normandy heretofore came to be under the Do¬ 
 minion and Power of the Englifh our Fore-fathers. 
 
 This conjugal alliance did not only produce perfeft peace and 
 fincere amity between the two Realms of England and Scotland for 
 a long time after i But (according to the prophetic faying of King 
 Henry VII.) from this Match proceeded the union of both King¬ 
 doms, 
 
 h pate, Of, a 
 Lyon rampant 
 ■within a double 
 Trejfure flow* 
 ry counter - 
 fiowry Gules, 
 Scotland, and. 
 France and 
 Englandquar- 
 terly. Which 
 Arms are car- 
 ved and paint¬ 
 ed on the 
 Tomb of 
 Queen Eliza- 
 heth in King 
 Henry VII. his 
 Chappel, 
 
496 A qEKEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 \ 
 
 ’Tudors. 
 
 Anno tjr& 
 
 Anno iji7> 
 
 doms, under the Government of King James V I. their great Book 6 . 
 Grandfon, foie Monarch of the Ifland of Great Britain \ for this 
 James VI. was the fon of Mary Queen of Scots, only Child of 
 King James V. Ion of the aforefaid King James I V. and this 
 
 Queen Margaret. Edward 
 
 Which Queen, after the death of King James IV. her firft Hus* nate fol 
 hand, incited to a War with England by the French King, and 58 ' 
 
 (lain at Flodden Field, An. 15 1 5, was re married to Archibald Dou¬ 
 glas Earl of Angus , in the year of our Lord, 15 14. much to the 
 dillatisfa&ion of King Henry VI 11 . her Brother, and the Council 
 of Scotland after which there fell fuch diflention among the 
 Scotch Nobility, that Queen Margaret and the Earl of Angus ,like 
 banifhed perfons, came into England, where befeeching the Kings 
 mercy and prote&ion, he kindly granted rheir requeft, and lend¬ 
 ing them Apparel and all things necelfary for their fupport, willed 
 them to continue in Nothumberland till his farther pleafure fhould 
 be (ignified, in which time (vir^.An. 1516.) Queen Margaret was 
 delivered of a fair Lady, baptized after her own name, Marga¬ 
 ret ; who afterwards became the Wife of Matthew Steward Earl 
 of Lenox, Father of Henry Stewart Lord Darley, who, taking to 
 Wife Mary Queen of Scots , was, by her, Father of James VI. . 
 the firft Monarch of Great Britain , &c. 
 
 The next year, Queen Margaret with Earl Archibald her Hus¬ 
 band,were by King Henry VIII. heartily invited to the Court of 
 England % but the Earl of Angus failing of his promife,and depart¬ 
 ing privately into Scotland ,left the Queen to make his excufe, who 
 being nobly attended, and making her folemn entry into London , 
 was from thence conveyed to the Court at Greenwich , and there 
 joyfully received by King Henry,the Queen,and the French Queen 
 her Sifter. Here (he continued above a year* entertained with Richard 
 Joufts, Feaftings, and all the delights of a moft fplendid Court *, Grafton f. 
 and on the 18th of May , 15 17. taking her journy towards Scot - 
 land (richly furnifhed with all things anfwerable to her Eftate,both 
 of Jewels, Plate, Tapiftry Arras, Coyn, Horfes, and all other 
 things neceflary, by the large bounty and magnificence of the 
 King her Brother) fhe was upon the 1 qth day of June next fol¬ 
 lowing, received at Barwick^ by the Earl of Angus her Husband, 
 accommodated with all the circumftances of a Queen (although 
 (he came into England ftripped of all the Attendents of Majefty) 
 where let us leave her, and make her Royal Dependents,by both 
 Husbands, the matter of our following difeourfe. 
 
 Children of MARGARET Queen of Scots, by King James IV. 
 
 her jirfi Husband. 
 
 _ __ _ _ . Tho.Mil 
 
 1 6. ARTHVR STEWARl eldeft: Son, deceafed upon 3** 
 the 14th day of July, An. 151b. in the life-time of his Fa¬ 
 ther. 
 
 1£ JA MES 
 
 l 
 
THE KJKQ s OF E^qLyi^T>,ecc. 497 
 
 Chap. 5. 
 
 Ikid-p. 31 . 
 
 Thoms 
 Mittesf- J3 
 
 IbiL 
 
 TfottM* 
 Milks f>. 
 
 3 ^- 
 
 Richard 
 Grafton /. 
 $ 8 . 
 
 Thoms 
 Milles p'. 
 3 »* 
 
 Margaret 
 
 16. J A M E S V. the fecond Son of James I V. King of SVflfj’, of 
 
 and Queen Margaret , was (after his Fathers death, (lain in Eng- - 
 
 land) King of Scotland , being Crowned at Scone y An. 1515* 
 
 the ufual inauguration place of their Kings. In the Reign of 
 
 this James V. feveral acts of hoftility, both by Sea and Land 
 
 pa fled between the two Nations, during whofe minority John 
 
 Duke of Albany Cofin Germane to the deceafed King, was by 
 
 the grave Council of the Realm/ent tor home out of France, to 
 
 protect this young King, and to govern his Kingdom ; who,not 
 
 long after he had taken upon him the Governmentjoining with 
 
 the French , made War upon England, fevcrely har dling thofe 
 
 Lords of Scotland whom he conceived forfook the King in his 
 
 Wars, fome by imprifonmen r , and others by death j for which 
 
 caufe tniftrufting much his own fafety, he returned into France. Mary, of z 9 r- 
 
 And King James Vi being now arrived at Mans Elf ate, took to 
 
 his firft: Wife Magdalen eldefl: Daughter to Francis L King of P e "g>’(? un_ 
 
 Ff\*tfce,whodeceafingnot much above a year alter,without Ifllie, pics* j.jeru- 
 
 made way for h : s fecond Marriage with Mary oi Lorrain, Daugh- jo U m T . rw r T 
 
 ter ot Claudius Duke of Gnife , Sifter to Duke Francis , and *- Lorrain " 
 
 Widow of Longuevil, who departing this \\fe y 4 n. 1560 had Illlie 
 
 by him James and Arthur , who died in their infaucy ^ and Mary 
 
 their only Daughter, after her Fathers death Qjeen of Scots, 
 
 whofe Hiftory fdlloweth in the feventh Chapter of this fixch 
 
 Book. 
 
 King James V. died with grief of mind in the Caftle 
 of Falkland on the 1 3th day of December , *542- after whofe 
 deceafe James Earl of Arran Lord of Hamilton his Kinfrmn was 
 conftituted Governor to the young Queen Mary, and alfo her 
 Tutor. 
 
 1 6. ALEXANDER S 7 EWART , third Son of King 
 James I V. bom An. 1^14. was after his Fathers death Duke.of 
 Rothfay: 
 
 A Daughter of MARGARET Queen of Scots, by A R~ 
 
 C HI BALD D O W G L A S Earl of Angus 
 * her fecond Husband. 
 
 16. MARGARET DOWGLAS , Counters of Lenox, I'^Ssof 
 only Daughter and Heir of Archibald Dowglas Earl of Angus , 
 by Margaret Queen of Scots, eldeft Daughter of Henry VII. at the head of 
 King bf England , was born at Harbottel Ciftle in Northuniber- 
 land , in the year of our Lord, 15 1 5. She was married to Mat¬ 
 thew Stewart fecond of the name Earl of Lenox , and Regent of 
 Scotland (elder-Son of John Earl of Lenox , Only fon of Mat¬ 
 thew firft of the name Earl of Lenox and Lord Darley or Darn - 
 ley (lain with King James IV. at the Battel of Flodden.Au.it: [ 2. 
 
 K k k k k k whole 
 

 498 A qE^EALOqiCAh HlSTORt OF 
 
 Margaret 
 
 Queen of 
 Scott. 
 
 whole Father was John Stewart Earl of Lenox s the Son of Alain Book,** 
 Stewart the fir ft Earl of Lenox , eldeft Son -of John Stewart 
 Count of Everenx , Lord Darnley , Anhigny and Concorfant , and 
 Conftable ofthe«S , C0f//& Army in France Jlain in Battel, An. 1^2 p. 
 which was her only Son of Alexander Stewart foie Brother 
 of Robert II. King of Scots.} and by the faid Matthew Fail of Le¬ 
 nox (who deceafed, An. 1586 ) this Margaret Dowglas had Ilfue 
 ('as appeareth by the following Epitaph on her Monument in 
 the South lie of King Henry VII. his Chappel in IVeJlmwJier 
 Abbey, the Figure of which is exhibited in the following page* 
 their Portraitures being carved thereon in Alablafter) four Sons 
 and as many Daughters. 
 
 MEMORLE SACRUM. 
 
 At the head of MARGARETiE DOVGLASIiE MATTHiEI STVARTl 
 the Menu- LF.VENOSIiE CbMITIS VXORI, HENRICI 7. ANGLIC 
 REGIS EX FILIA NrPTI, POTENTISS: REGIBVS 
 COGNATIONE CONIVNCTISSIM&, IACOBI 6 . SCOTORVM 
 REGIS AVIiE, MATRONS SANCTISSIMIS MORIB ET. 
 INVICTA ANIMI PATIENTIA INCOMPARABIU. P. 
 
 OBIIT MARTII DECIMO ANNO DOM. 1577. 
 
 On the 
 South-fide the 
 the Tomb. 
 
 MARGARETA POTENS VIRTVTE, POTENTIOR ORTV, 
 Rl GIBVS AC PROAVIS NOBILJTATA SV 1 S: 
 
 INDE CALEDONIIS, AVSTRAL 1 BVS INDE BRITANJSJIS 
 fEDITA PRINCIPIBVS PRINCIPIBVSQ^ PARENS 
 QVfE MORTIS FVERANT, SOLVIT LffiTlSSIMA MORTf 
 ATQVE DEVM PETIIT: NAM FVIT ANTE DEI. 
 
 HENRY SECOND SONNE TO THIS LADY, WAS K. OF SCOTTS, 
 AND FATHER TO IAMES 6 . NOW KING. THIS H£NRY 
 WAS MVRTHERED AT THE AGE OF 21 YEARS. CHARGES 
 HER YONGEST SONNE WAS EARLE OF LEVENOX, 
 
 FATHER TO THE LADY ARBEIL: HE DYED AT THE 
 AGE OF 21 YEARES, AND IS HERE INTOMBED. 
 
 On rV THIS LADY HAD TO HER GREAT-GRANDFATHER K. 
 
 North fide. EDWARD THE 4* TO HER GRANDFATHER K HENRY 
 THE 7 '■> TO HER VNCLE, K. HENRY THE 8i TO HER 
 COVSIN GERMANE K. EDWARD THE 6 \ TO HER BROTHER 
 K. IAMES OF SCOTLAND THE 5 i TO HER SONNE KING ' 
 HENRY THE FIRST i TO HER GRANDCHILD K. IAMES 6 \ 
 
 HAVING TO HfiR GREATE GRANDMOTHER, AND GRAND¬ 
 MOTHER TWO QVEENS, BOTH NAMED ELIZABETH 5 TO HER 
 MOTHER, MARGARET OF SCOTTS* TO HER AVNT MA¬ 
 RIE THE FRENCH Qj TO HER COVS^NS GERMANES, 
 
 MARIE AND ELIZABETH QVEENS OF ENGLAND* TO HER 
 NEECE AND DAVGHTER IN LAWE, MARY Q. OF SCOTTS. 
 
 foot ABSOLVTV CVRA THOMAE FOWLERI HVIVS DOM. EXECVTORIS 
 ot" the Tomb. OCTOB. 24. 1578. 
 
 HERE LYETH THE NOBLE LADYE MARGARET COVN- 
 TESSE OF LEVENOX, DAVGHTER AND SOLE HEIRE OF ARCHI¬ 
 BALD EARLE OF ANGVISE BY MARGARET Q. OF SCOTTS HIS 
 WIFE, THAT WAS ELDEST DAVGHTER TO KING HENRY 
 THE 7. WHO BARE VNTO MATHEW EARLE OF LEVE- - 
 N9X HER HV§BAND 4. SQNNRSj AND 4. DAVGHTRRS* 
 
 The 
 
T>n° FR-AKr Cld CO Vice 'z 
 miNEWTORT dcHu/hcErccdi 
 Jdie/cui rario } Comitatits S a to r 
 e/tatts cjccretwribiis Co u/tit’s; 
 cvintec Comiti/jcc, J^LOumni 
 
 .. rs. 
 
50 o 
 
 Marraret 
 Qyeen of 
 Scots. 
 
 The Impale¬ 
 ment of this 
 tlenry and 
 Miry Queen 
 of Scots his 
 Wife Enfign- 
 ed with a 
 Royal Crown 
 and support¬ 
 ed, are carved 
 at the f.)Ot of 
 his Mother? _ 
 Tomb, exhibi¬ 
 ted in the pre¬ 
 cedent page, 
 viz. 4?S>. 
 
 A QENJE A LOGICAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Tne four Daughters, with one of the Sons of this Countefs Book 6 . 
 Margaret deceafing in their infancy,mention is made only of the Spetd f 
 the names of three, wirt, Henry , who died at the age of nine 99^^997 
 months, and lyeth interred at the upper end of the Chancel in 
 the Parifh Church of Stepney near London *, upon whofe Grave 
 is engraven in Brafs, as followeth, 
 
 iMt Ip£tlj fpenrp etefoam Lo$> Datle 5 of tlje age of t&ee quartets 
 of a peere, late @onne ano rpette of ^attfjetu ^tetoarH Cat! 
 of iLenor, anti JLa&p Margaret Ins mtfz. fixLKjtc!) tpenrp Oecea- 
 fen tbe jcjctM'tt. nap of Botiembet in tlje peace of out lo^tj Coo, 
 
 1545. toljofe §>aul 3[efu$f paction- 
 
 Henry Lord Darnly (another Henry) was their fecond Son, a 
 noble young Prince, and reputed for perfon one of the goodlieft 
 Gentlemen of Europe *, he was a Native of England , (Earl Mat¬ 
 thew his Father having been kept here an Exile near twenty 
 years) and having now fcarcely accomplifhed the feventeenth 
 year of his age , he with his faid Father were invited into 
 Scotland by Queen Mary , under pretence of reftoring to 
 theEarl of Lenox his antienc Patrimony*, but indeed to con¬ 
 fer with him about a marriage with this Henry Lord Darnley 
 his Son,to ftrengthen her own Title, and to prevent any other i 
 for they wereCoufin Germans, and he next Heir after her and 
 her Defcendents, to the Crown of England. After fome time,by 
 the importunity of the Countefs ot Lenox, and other means 
 tiled, Queen Elizabeth was contented to give them liberty of a 
 three months Bay in Scotland\ whereupon being come to Eden- 
 borough , the Queen of Scots at fir ft fight became fo enamoured 
 of the lovely young Lord Darnley , that neither the menaces of 
 Queen Elizabeth , nor all other confiderations, could deter her 
 from marrying him *, whom to render the fitter companion for 
 her, fhe caufed firft to be honoured with Knighthood, and then 
 created into the Dignity of Earl of Rojfe, and Duke of Roth- 
 fay , which Dukedom by birth pertaineth to the eldeft Sons 
 of the Kings of Scotland. After this, when he had not been 
 above five months in Scotland , and not exceeded his nineteenth 
 year,file married him,and with the confent ofmoft of the Peers* 
 declared him King. The fruit of this marriage foon appeared 
 in the Queens being with Child *, but her love to King Henry 
 was not fowarm at firft but it began now as much to cool, and 
 Queen Mary had not heaped Honours on him fofaft before,but 
 heis now as fuddenly devefted of them 5 for where before in 
 all publick Aft?, fhe ufed to place her Husbands name firft, 
 now fhe caufed it to be placed after hers, and in the Coining 
 of Mony, began to leave it quite out. This unkindnefs be¬ 
 tween them, was chiefly fomented by on q David Ri%ie an Ita¬ 
 lian, her Secretary for theF rench Tongue, by means whereof 
 he had often times Conference with her, when the King him- 
 felf might not be admitted; which indignity the King inftiga- 
 

 THE KIK9 S °P ENiqLAfr(‘D > &c. 501 
 
 Chap. 6 . t ed by fome of his Nobility, and more efpecially by the Earl Margaret 
 
 of Murray, revenges, by the death of Ri%ie, whom finding at i° e ^f 3 ° ( 
 
 a fide Cupbord, tafting fome Meat that had been taken from - 
 
 the Queens Table, dragged him forth into an outer Chamber, 
 and there murthered him. Of the foulnefs of which fa&,when 
 King Henry after a while grew fenfible,he meant to be revenged 
 on Murray, who had councelled him to it: which the Earl of 
 Murray undemanding, prevented it, with caufing the like to 
 be done to him. For the Queen having been delivered of her 
 Son (J ames VI. of the name, King oi Scots, afterwards Mo¬ 
 narch of Great Britain, Sec.) and the day of the Chriftning be= 
 ing come, Queen Elizabeth being requefted to be Godmother, 
 fent thither the Earl of Bedford as her Deputy, and a Font of 
 maffie Gold for a Prefent, in value 1043 /. but gave him 
 exprefs command, that he fhould not honour Darley with the 
 Title of King. But before a month or two after the Chriftning 
 were pafied,this Matrimonial King,in a ftormy,and tempeftuous 
 night, was ftrangled in his Bed, and then caft forth into a Gar¬ 
 den, and the Houfe immediately blown up with Gunpowder. 
 
 Charles Stewart Earl of Lenox (the third fon of Matthew Earl 
 of Lenox and Margaret Dowglas his Wife) was born alfo in 
 England. 
 
 He took to Wife Elizabeth the fecond Daughter of Sir Wil¬ 
 liam Cavendijb of Chatefworth in the County of Derby Kt. by 
 Elizabeth his Wife one of the Sifters and Coheirs of John Hard - 
 wicl ^of Hardwick^ in the fame County Efq;and deceafingin the 
 one and twentieth year of his age,left Iflue by her,his only Child 
 Arabella Stewart , who being Coufin Germain to King James , 
 and without his privity or content fecretly marrying Mr. Wil¬ 
 liam Seymour (fecond Son of the Earl of Hertford)aftcrwavds 
 Earl of Hertford ,and lately reftored to the Dukedom of Somer - 
 feti they were both committed prifoners to the Tower of Lon- 
 don ^where the faid Lady Arabella ended her life,without Ifluej 
 upon the 27th day of September , An. ....and was interred in 
 the Vault with Mary Queen of Scots, in the Chappel of King 
 Henry V 11 . where I have (een her Lead Coffin^ without any 
 Monumental Infcription. 
 
 , c 
 
 LU HI IJ. MART 
 
502 A gE^CEALOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 ■7.MAR y 
 
 Que EN of SCOTS and Dowager of 
 FRANCE. 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 The Achieve¬ 
 ment of Mary 
 Queen of 
 Scots, is car¬ 
 ved and paint¬ 
 ed on her 
 Magnificent 
 Tomb in the 
 Chappel of 
 King Henry 
 VII. in mjl- 
 tninfler Abby. 
 Fide p. 506. 
 
 Her firft Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 An Impale¬ 
 ment of the 
 Arms of King 
 Francis and 
 Queen Mary 
 are embroi¬ 
 dered under 
 an Imperial 
 Crown on the 
 Valence of the 
 Canopy in the 
 Queens Pre¬ 
 tence Cham¬ 
 ber at White - 
 ball, much of 
 which is <faid 
 to be her own 
 handy-work. 
 
 His Mary ,(ole Daughter and Heir of James V. 
 of the name King of Scots, (and of Mary of 
 Lor rain, Daughter of Claude Duke of Guije) 
 Son of James IV. King of Scots, by Margaret 
 cldeft Daughter of Henry VII. King of 
 England, was born on the Vigil of the and 
 Conception of our blefled Lady ,An. 1542. 
 being an Infant at the time of her Fathers death, was proclaim¬ 
 ed Heir to the Kingdom of Scotland in the fame year. James 
 Earl of Arran her Kinfman being her Governor in her tender 
 years, denied to give her in marriage to Edward V I. King of Eng - 
 land , notwithftanding it was fo agreed between the chief Peers of 
 both Realms * whereupon enfued the famous Battel of Mujfel- 
 borongh ,where the Englijb became vi&orious, An. 1547. 
 
 But left this young Lady fhould fall into the hands of the Eng - 
 lifh , the Queen Dowager Mary of Lorrain her Mother, and the 
 Eftates of Scotland convey her into France, when Henry II. the 
 French King, taking that Realm into his prote&ion, fends them 
 Forcer,and efpoufes Queen Mary to his Son Francis theDauphin^ 
 which Marriage, when they came of years, was folemnized in the 
 Church of our Lady at Paris, by Charles Cardinal of Bourbon 
 Archbifliop of Roan , upon which it was agreed, among other 
 things. That Francis the Dauphin fhould have the Title of King 
 of Scotland, and bear his Arms quarterly with thofe of Scotland, 
 under the fame Crown^the Queens Dower being afligned her upon 
 the Duchy of Touraine ,and County of Poison. 
 
 Shortly afterwards, this King Daulphin, not being above fix- 
 tcen years old, fucceeded to the Crown of France (after the death 
 of Henry II. his Father.) by the name of King Francis II. and 
 was anointed and crowned at Rheims by Charles Cardinal of Lor¬ 
 rain Archbifhop of that place,Uncle by the Mother to the Queen 
 his Wife, the 8 th day of September, An, 1559* whereupon being 
 King and Queen of France and Scotland , they lay claim to the 
 Crown of England, quartering the Arms thereof, and alfo bearing 
 them on an Efcocheon of Pretence } but a Peace being (hortly after 
 concluded 2.tEdenborough,thefe Arms and Titles were to bedifufed. 
 This Royal Couple continued but a (hort time together • for King 
 
 Francis 
 
 Tbo. Mil* 
 Us f. 33. 
 
 Scevole 
 and Louie 
 de St Mar- 
 tbeTome i. 
 p. 6^6 (p 
 6f7. 
 
the KJHSr s 0F E KQ LA K T> >&z> 503 
 
 Ghap. 7. Francis being violently feized with a Catarrh in his Ear, it caufed Mar y 
 
 his death the 5th of December, An. 1560. having reigned only 17 of 
 
 months and 25‘dayes. After whofe deceafe, Mary the Queen- --- 
 
 Dowager (having no Iflue by him) retired into Scotland ; where 
 (he afterwards took to her fecond Husband her Coufln Henry Her fecond 
 Stewart Lord Darley Son and Heir of Matthew Earl of Lenox,from MarrIage * 
 which Marriage came James I* Monarch of Great Britain, the hap 
 
 py Uniter of both Kingdoms. oSn *Mar y 
 
 Few years had Queen Mary enjoyed her fecond Husband Henry are impaled J 
 Lord Darnly,when by the pra&ifes of the Earl of Murray her bafe 
 Brother (who had animated the faid King Henry to aflafllnate 
 David Rfcie her Secretary) he was moft cruelly murthered ; fo 
 that the Queen being thereby left alone, is councelled to marry 
 with fome perfon that might be able to aflift her againft all oppo- 
 fers. The man pitched upon, is James Hepburn Earl of Bothwell, 
 being then great in her favor, and of lingular eminency for his 
 Valor. And though he were the perfon that had a&ed the Kings 
 murther, yet is he,by Murray , Morton , and their Confederates, re¬ 
 commended to the Queen } to which motion,as being deftitute of 
 Friends, and not knowing whom to truft, fhe at laft confents: But 
 upon thefe Conditions, That above all things refpeft might be 
 had to her young Son James, and that Bothwell might be legally 
 quitted both from the Bond of his former Marriage, and alfo of 
 the Kings murther. Hereupon a courfe is plotted, by which Earl 
 Bothwell is called to the Bar, and (Morton being his Advocate) by 
 the Sentence of the Judges, clearly acquitted. Upon this he is HerthJfd 
 created Duke of Orkney, and many of the Nobility confenting, Marriage, 
 married to Queen Mary which bred a fufpicion in feveral, that 
 the Queen was confcious of the murther, the thing indeed that by 
 the marriage they intended : which fufpicion once raifed,they feek 
 by all means to increafe, thereby to have the better colour againft 
 her *, and fo the very fame man who had abfolved Bothwell, and 
 confented to the marriage, now, with others, takes Arms againft 
 her, as a delinquent in both *, force him to fly, and then feize up¬ 
 on the Queen, whom clad in very homely Garments, they thruft 
 into Prifon at Loch-Levyn under the cuftody of Murray's Mo¬ 
 ther, who had been the Harlot of King James V. but boafted 
 herfelf to have been his Lawful Wife, and this Earl of Murray her 
 Son, the King’s lawfully begotten Son. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth being informed of thefe proceedings againft 
 the Queen of Scots, fends Sir Nicholas Throcfynorton into Scot¬ 
 land, to expoftulate with the Confederates, touching their cruel 
 ufage of her, and to confulc by what means fhe might be reftored 
 to her liberty. Being come into Scotland , he found the Confe¬ 
 derates in more infolent terms than report had made themj being 
 divided in opinion what to do with the Queen } fome would have 
 her banifhed perpetually 5 others committed to Prifon, and her 
 Son proclaimed King; others, more inhumane, were for having 
 her to be deprived ol Princely Authority^life and alljand this Knox 
 
5 o 4 A qENiEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Mary ^ and f 0 me other Minifters thundred out of the Pulpits. Throckc Book s - 
 
 S; n of morion on the other fide maintained that the Queen was fubjeft to 
 
 --- no Tribunal but that in Heaven, and that there was no Jurisdi&ion 
 
 in Scotland which was not derived from her Authority, and revo¬ 
 cable at her pleafure. To which they oppofed the peculiar right 
 of the Kingdom of Scotland } and that in extraordinary Cafes 
 they were to proceed befides order: taking up Buchannans Ar¬ 
 guments : who in thofe days by inftigation of Murray , wrote that 
 damned Dialogue, De jure Regni apud Scotos. After all this De¬ 
 bate, what Tbrocfynorton could get of them, was a Writing with¬ 
 out any Subfcription,in which they proteftedthey had (but up the 
 Queen only to keep her from BothweU , whom (he loved fo de- 
 fperately, that to enjoy him (he regarded not all their ruins *, wil¬ 
 ling him to reft fatisfied with this anfwer, till fuch time as all the 
 Peers met together. The Queen was yet confined to a moreclofe 
 imprifonment,and through fear of death,compelled unheard,to fee 
 her hand to three Inftruments j The firft whereof contained, the 
 refignation of her Kingdom to her young Son, at that time fcarce 
 thirteen months old • In the fecond, (he conftituted Murray Vice- 
 Roy during the minority of her faid Son; And in the third, in cafe 
 he refufed the charge,the Governors nominated,were, James Duke 
 of Chafteau-Herald, Giles Spihg Earl of Argyle , Mathew Earl of 
 Lenox (the Queens Father-in-Law) John Earl of AthoU y James 
 Earl of Morton , Alexander Earl of Glencarn y and John Earl of 
 Mar. And prefently (he fignified to Queen Elizabeth by Throcl 
 morton y that (he had made thefe Grants by compulfion, through 
 the counfel of Throckmorton , telling her, that a Grant extorted 
 from one in Prifon (which is a juft fearj is a&ually void and of 
 none effeft. Five days after this Refignation, James VI. the 
 Queens Son, was Anointed and Crowned King, James Knox 
 Preaching at the fame time; but Queen Elizabeth had forbidden 
 Throckmorton to be thereat,that (he might not fetm by the prefence 
 of her Embaflador to approve their proceeding in the difplacing of 
 the Queen of Scots: Who fome time after (having been a Prifoner 
 eleven months) makes her efcape from Loch-levyn to Hamilton 
 Caftle j where, upon the Teftimonies of Robert Melvyn y and others, 
 in a meeting of a great part of the Nobility, there was drawn a 
 Sentence Declaratory, that the Grant extorted from the Queen 
 in Prifon (which is Jufius Metus) was a&ually void from the be¬ 
 ginning ; upon which great multitudes flocked unto her j fo as 
 within a day or two, (he had gotten an Army of at leaft 6 coo. 
 
 But when they joined Battel with Murray y being but raw and un¬ 
 experienced Soldiers, they were foon defeated; fo that the Queen 
 fought to fave herfelf by flight, journying in one day threelcore 
 Miles, and coming at night to the houfe of Maxwell Lord Heris, 
 
 From thence (he fent John Beton to Queen Elizabeth with a Dia¬ 
 mond Ring, which (lie had formerly received from her,as a Pledge 
 of Mutual Amity } intimating, that (he would come into England y 
 and implore her aid, if herSubje&s offered to profecute her any 
 
 far- 
 
THE XJKQ S °F ENiqLANiV'&c. 505 
 
 Chap. 6 . farther. Queen Elizabeth returned anfwer, that Hie fhould re- Maty ^ 
 ceive from her* in abundant manner, all loving and friendly Of* ° 
 fices. But before the Medenger was returned, die, contrary to 
 the advice of her Friends, entred into a fmall Bark, and with the 
 Lords Herts, and Fleming, and a few others, landed at Wichjngton 
 in Cumberland * near the mouth of the River Derwent. 
 
 England, indead of being aSan&uary to the diflreded Queen 
 of Scots, became only a change of air, but not from confine¬ 
 ment to liberty ; for being denied accefs to Queen Elizabeth, and 
 toded from one Prifon to another for the fpace of above eighteen 
 years, in which file had often drugled for liberty (as our Annals 
 dotedifiej) that cruel Tragedy of her life* begun in Scotland, 
 was here more cruelly ended by the droak of an Axe in Fotbe- 
 ringhay Cadle in Northampton/hire (much to the difiionourof this 
 Kingdom) upon the 6th of the Ides of February (vi^. the 8th 
 day of February) 1587* But beginning the year on the firdof 
 January, An. 158 6 . 
 
 Being thus deprived of life,Queen Elizabeth to (hew her dete¬ 
 ction of fo horrid an act, which (he declared to be done with¬ 
 out her knowledge, caufed the Corps of the Queen of Scots to 
 be buried with very great folemnity in the Cathedral Church of 
 Wfriuo FeterboroWy on the firft day of Auguji, An. 1587. with all the Tro- 
 phies of a Sovereign Queen,and a dately Herfe in the faid Churchy 
 the Proceeding confiding of many of the Nobility, Lords and La¬ 
 dies ("the Countefs of Bedford being the chief Mourner ) and 
 abundance of the Gentry, all in Blacks. Here her Body reded 
 till her Son King James , not long after his coming to the Crown 
 of England, prepared a Vault in the South He of King Henry VII. 
 his Chappel at Wefiminfier, to which her Corps was privately con¬ 
 veyed, and over the fame ereded a Magnificent Tomb ("the Fi° 
 gureof which is inferted in the following page) upon eight Co¬ 
 rinthian Pillars, under the Arch of which lies the Portraiture of 
 the Queen } the Frize is beautified with feveral Matches of the 
 Kings of Scotland, and the top thereof crowned with her Achieve¬ 
 ment feveral Tables of Marble contain her Epitaph, which 
 gives the Reader a brief account of her Royal Defcent and King¬ 
 ly Relations } the exquifite Endowments both of her Body and 
 Mind, the Troubles of her life, her condancy in Religion, and 
 tefolution in death. 
 
 D. o. M. 
 
 Bonx Memorise 
 et Spei Sterna:. 
 
 Marias Stuart# Scotorum Regina, Francise Dotari#* Jacobi V. 
 Scotorum Regis fili* ethseredis unicae, Henrici vii. Angl. Regis, 
 ex Margareta major! natu filia (Jacobo iiii Regi Scotorum 
 matrimonio copulata,) Proneptis, Edwardi iiii. Angl. Regis 
 ex Elizabetha, filiarunl fuarum natu maxima Abneptis, 
 Francifci II. Gallorum R- Conjugis* Coronae Angl. dum vixit. 
 
 Mmmmmm ser tx 
 
 This Monu¬ 
 mental Infcri- 
 ption is engra¬ 
 ven in Homan 
 Capitals. 
 
 This firft pare 
 of her Epi¬ 
 taph is on the 
 $outh-fide of 
 her Tomb, 
 
I 
 
 \ 
 
 ratifr: ct JVobill's <SDomino <3)rb°:> 
 Truro , Dn° L-u/iodt. praralt <o9itflilt, 
 £3rvtizizituz-, ( ^rtLnci£L l et, Hib entice, 
 tioribus dori/tlLts / JUttlilLl hcinc 
 
 
 JLQ. ». 
 o 
 
 ritannu? S{. 
 
 i\ Jo A MtVT ( df> arom R O BURT'S die 
 rSer'eni/sirruD CAROLO H°-Maanrc 
 ~Jtonarc/ue ,ab cnttmij et Jaticz 
 ■^Aj^ictrice cl) co to rum Rcotnce Sacobi 
 
 tA O ' 
 
 Tflatris, ifmapincm. HD F!S. 
 
THE Kj^cgs OF E&CgLJfSCVi&c. 507 
 
 Chap. 7. certae, & indnbitat* haeredis, Sc Jacobi magn£ Britannia: 
 Monarchy potentiflimi, matris. 
 
 Scirpc vcre Regia^ & antiquiflima prognata erat, maximis 
 totius Europe principib. agnatione, Sc cognatione conjun£h, 
 
 Sc exquifitiffimis animij Sc corporis dotibus, Sc ornamentis 
 cumulatiflima, ('verum ut funt varia: rerum humanarum vices) 
 poftquam annos plus minus viginti, in cuftodia detenta, 
 fortiter, Scftrenue, (fed fruftra) cum malevolorum 
 obtre&ationibus, timidorum fufpitionibus, Sc inimicorum 
 capicalium infidiis confli&ata effet, tandem inaudito, Sc 
 infefto regibus exemplo, Tecuri percutitur. 
 
 Sc contemptomundo,devi<fta morte,laftato carnifice, 
 
 Chrifto fervatori anim<e falutem, Jacobofilio fpem Regni, Sc 
 Pofteritatis, Sc univerfis caedis infauftse fpeciatoribus 
 exemplum patientise commendans, pie, patienter, intrepide, 
 cervicem regiam, fecuri malediftas fubjecir, Sc vitas caducse 
 fortem, cum ceoleftis regni perennipatecommutavir, 
 
 VI. Idas Februarij. 
 
 Anno Chrifti. M. D. Lxxxvii. 
 iEtatis XXXXVI. 
 
 Mary 
 Queen of 
 Scot r. 
 
 Generis fplendor rara: (i gratia forma: 
 
 Probri nefcia mens, inviolata fides, 
 
 Pe&oris inviSi robur, fapientia, candor, 
 
 Nixaque folantis fpes pietate dei: 
 
 Si morum probitas,duri patientia freoni, 
 
 Majeftas, bonitas,pura, benigna manus. 
 
 Pallida fortune pollinc vitare tonantis 
 
 Fulmina, quasmontes, templaque fan&a petunt. 
 Non prematura fatorum forte perifter, 
 
 Ncc fitrct mocftis triftis imago genis 
 JureScotos,Thalamo Francos, fpe poflldet Anglos. 
 
 Triplice fic triplex, jure coropa beat, 
 
 Foelix, heunimium foelix, fi turbine pulfa 
 Vietnam fero conciliaffet ppepi. 
 
 Sed cadit ut terram tepear, nupc morte triumphat 
 Fru&ubus ut fua ftirps, pullulet inde noyis* 
 
 Vi&a nequit Vinci, nec carcere claufa tenerij 
 Non occifa mori, fed neque capta capi. 
 
 Sic vitis fuccifa gemmit foecundior uvis 
 
 Sculptaque purpureo, gemma decore micat, 
 
 *" Obruta frugifero fenfim fic cefpiteftrrgunt 
 Semina, per muItos,quae latuere dies. 
 
 Sanguine fanciuit feedus cum plebe jehoua 
 Sanguine placabant numina fan6be patres. 
 qSanguine confperfi quos prseterit ira penates} 
 
 * ' Sanguine fignata eft quae modo cedit humus, 
 PargeDeus, fatis eft, infandos fifte dolores: 
 
 Inter funeftos pervolet ilia dies. 
 
 This latter 
 part of the 
 Epitaph of 
 Queen Mary 
 is on the 
 North-fidc of 
 her Monu¬ 
 ment, 
 
 Sic 
 
508 
 
 Mary 
 Qyeen of 
 S cots » 
 
 A qEHEALOQlCAL H1ST0%7 OF 
 
 ___— - - - — . .. ... ■--*••••- - - - - L 
 
 Sic Rcges ma&are nefas, ut fanguine pofthac* Book 6 , 
 
 Purpureo nunquam terra Britanna fluat. 
 
 Exemplum pereac cxlx cum vulnere Chriftae i 
 Inque malum praeceps, author & a&or eat. 
 
 Si meliore fui poft mortem parte triumphet, 
 
 Carnifices fileant, tormina, clauftra, cruces. 
 
 Quern dederant curfum fuperi, regina peregit. 
 
 Tempora laeta Deus, tempora dura dedit. 
 
 Edidit eximium fato properante Jacobum 
 Quern Pallas, Mufx, Delia, Fata colunt. 
 
 Magna viro, major natu, fed maxima partu 
 Conditur hie Regum filia, fponfa, parens. 
 
 Det Deus ut nati Sc qui nafeentur ab ilia, 
 i£ternos videant hinc fine nube dies. 
 
 H, N. gemens. 
 
 OvcrtheCor- 
 nifh at the 
 head of the 
 Monument. 
 
 i Pet. 2. ai. 
 
 Chriftus pro nobis 
 paflus eft relinquens 
 Exemplum, ut fequamini 
 veftigia ejus. 
 
 Over thcCor- 
 nifh at the 
 foot of the 
 Tomb. 
 
 I Pet. 2. 22. 
 
 Qui cum malediceretur 
 non maledicebat, cum 
 pateretur non 
 comminabatur, tradebat 
 autem judicanti jufte. 
 
 A Son of MARY Queen of Scots , by HENRY Lord 
 Darley, her fecond Husband, 
 
 18. J A M E S W I. King of Scots, and firft Monarch of Great 
 Britain , whofe Hiftory followeth in the firft Chapter of the 
 feventh Book. 
 
 15; MARY 
 
THE KjNi 9 s OF E 3 ^gLJS^T>,d cc* 509 
 
 See vote & 
 Louis de 
 St.Marche 
 18 6 tf 
 287. 
 
 Edward. 
 Halle f. 
 48 .a.6. 
 
 & 4y. a. 
 
 mp 6 - 
 
 I.lf.t'fol. 
 107. b. in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
 ■5 M A R Y 
 
 (Vu een-Dowager of FRA C Ey and 
 
 Duchess of SUFFOLK, third Daughter 
 of Henry VII. King of England. 
 
 CHAP. VIIL 
 
 His Lady Mary , third Daughter of King Hen- 
 ry VII. born An. 1498. was firft promifed to 
 Charles King of Cajhle, and afterwards at the 
 age of eighteen years,married to Lewis XII. 
 the French King, in the City of Abbeville in 
 Picardyy upon the pth day of Oblober ,being 
 the Feaft of St. Dyonis , in the year 1514. 
 and folemnly Crowned in the Monaftery of St. Denis , on the 
 5th day of November next following, to whom fhe was third 
 Wife, but lived with him only three months} when having en¬ 
 joyed his Marriage Bed too freely, he died without I(Tue by her, 
 at his Palace of Fournelles in Paris the firft of January , 1515. in 
 the 5 3 year of his age, and the 17 of his Reign (having prepa¬ 
 red an Army for hisfecond Expedition into Italy) and was buried 
 at St. Denis. After whofe deceafe, (he returned into England ,and 
 in the year 1517, was re-married to that Pompous Gentleman, 
 and Favourite of her Brother King Henry VIII. Charles Brandon 
 Duke of Suffolk L , to whom (he was alfo third Wife, and in whofe 
 lite-time (he died, at the Mannor of iPeflhorp in Suffolk^ the 25th 
 of J une , between the hours of 7 and 8 in the morning, 1533. 
 An. 25 H. 8. the Dominical Letter E. Whofe Body being em¬ 
 balmed and chefted, was brought out of her Chamber into the 
 Chapel, where it lay in State till the 21 of ffuly, when it was con¬ 
 veyed under a Canopy, fuitable to the degree of a Queen, unto 
 a Chair covered with a rich Pall of Cloth of Gold frized, the 
 ground black, with a Crofs of Cloth of Gold, the ground white, 
 thereupon lay the Image of a Qu^n,apparelled in Robes of Eftate, 
 with a rich Crown of Gold on her Head, her Hair difhevell’d, a 
 Scepter of Gold in her right Hand, and rich Ston’d Rings on her 
 Fingers} the Chair covered with a Pall of black Velvety with a 
 Crofs of Cloth of Silver. Thus, with a noble Proceeding, and 
 a fecond Chair alfo in Mourning, they fet forward toward Sr. 
 Edmondsbury thefaid 21 of July, attended by the Heralds, the 
 Lady Frances her Daughter being chief Mourner ; where arriving 
 about two in the afternoon, it was conveyed to a glorious Herfe 
 in the Abbey there, and on Wednefday the 22 of July, all Ce¬ 
 remonies performed, Was interred in that Monaftery : whofe 
 Iftue by the aforefaid Charles Brandon Dttke of Suffolk ^ were as 
 follow,*'/*.. Nnnnnn 16. HEN- 
 
 Queen Mary 
 of Trance did 
 bear ,France 
 Impaling, quar* 
 terly Trance 
 and England, 
 Vide 1 .1 j.fol. 
 J07 .b.in. Colh 
 Arm.) 
 
 Her fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 Brandon, viz. 
 Barry of i o 
 peeces Argent 
 and Gules a 
 Lyon rampant 
 Or crowned 
 party per-pale 
 Argent and 
 Gules. Impar¬ 
 ling France 
 and England 
 quarterly. 
 
5io A QE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Mary Queen j 6. H E N RT B RA N D 0 N created Earl of Lincoln , who Book & 
 
 UI r VdliCCm « r* | # I T rc ^ __ 
 
 -- decealed without Illue. 
 
 16. FRANCES BRANDO N,Duchefs of SuffolkjeldeR. 
 Daughter,was manied firft to Henry Grey Duke of Suffol^ who 
 loft his Head on Tower hill the 23 of February , the firft year of 
 Queen Mary , An. 1554. And afterwards fbe became the Wife of A- 
 dnan StockfLCq^whichAdrian ere&ed for her a fair Monument,with 
 her Effigies thereon in Princely Habit, in the Chappel of St. Ed* 
 mond in IVejiminjler Abbey. Upon which this following Epitaph is 
 infcribcd. 
 
 IN CLARISS. DOM. FRANCISCO SUF- 
 FOLCLE QUANDAM DUCISSiE 
 EPICEDION. 
 
 NIL DEC VS AUT SPLENDOR,NIL REGIA NOMINA PROSVNT 
 SPLENDIDA DIVITIIS, NIL IUVAT AMPLA DOMVS. 
 
 OMNIA FLVXERVNT, VIRTVTIS SOLA REMANSIT. 
 
 GLORIA, TARTAREIS, NON ABOLENDA ROGIS. 
 
 NVPTA DVCI PRIVS EST, VXOR POST ARMIGERI STOK, 
 FVNERE NVNC VALEAS, CONSOCIATA DEO. 
 
 HERE LYETH THE LADIE FRANCES DVCHESS OF 
 SOVTHFOLKE DOVGHTER TO CHARLES BRANDON 
 DVKE OF SOVTHFOLKE, AND MARY THE FRENCH 
 QVEENE, FIRST WIFE TO HENRIE DVKE OF 
 SOVTHFOLKE, AND AFTER TO ADRIAN STOCK 
 ESQVIER 
 
 Fide Queen 
 Elizabeths 
 Warrant, 1 . 9. 
 p. 14-in Coll. 
 
 Arm. for an 
 augmentation 
 of Arms to 
 this Lady 
 Frances Bran¬ 
 don Duchefs 
 of Suffolk, in 
 thefe Words, 
 
 By the Queen 
 Trufty and 
 welbeloved 
 Wegrete you 
 well, letting 
 you to under- 
 iknd, that for 
 the good zeal 
 and affe&ion 
 which We of 
 long time 
 have borne to 
 our derely be¬ 
 loved Couiyn 
 the Lady 
 Frances late 
 Duchefs of 
 Southfolk,, and 
 especially for 
 that {he is ly- 
 nyally decen- 
 dedfrom our 
 Grandfather 
 King Henry 
 the Seventhe, 
 
 as alfo for other caufes and confiderations Us thereunto moving, in perpetual memory of the fame. We have 
 thought it requifiteand expedyent, to graunte and give unto her, and to her Pofterity, an Augmentation of Our 
 Armes to be borne with the difference to the fame by us affigned, and the fame to bear in the place of the firft quar¬ 
 ter, and fo to be placed withe the Armes of her Aunceftors, as by the Orders of Our Office it is manifeft, accord¬ 
 ing to the Skochin by Us directed to you in that behalf, that is to faye. Our Armes with a bordure goubony golds 
 and, Azure, whyche Ihall be an apparent declaration of here confanguynytc unto Us. Whereupon We will and re- 
 quier you to fee the fame entryd into your Regiftres andRecordes; and at this her Funeral to piaffe the fame Aug¬ 
 mentation withe her Aunceftors Armes,in Banners, Bannerols, Lozenges, and Scocheons as otherwife, when it {hall be 
 thought mete and convenyent. And this Our Letters {hall be your fufficyent warant and difcharge in this behaulf. 
 
 Geouen under Our Signet at Our Palace of Wejiminjier the therde daye of December in the feconde yeare of Our Reigne. 
 
 To Ourtrufty and welbeloved Seruant Sir Gilbert Dethike Knight alias Garter Our principal King of Arms, 
 and William Harvy Efquier aim Clarencieux King of Armes of the South parte of this Our Realme of 
 England, and to either of them. 
 
 The Duchefs Frances had Ififue by Henry Duke of Suffolk her 
 fiift Husband, three Daughters. 
 
 17. Jane Grey married to Guilford Dudley , fourth Son of John 
 Duke of Northumberland , whofe aim being no lefs than to have 
 the whole Government of the Kingdom, allured the Duke of 
 Suffolk^ her Father to countenance the proclaiming of this his 
 Daughter the Lady Jane to be Queen of England, upon pretence Stows An* 
 
 Dudley ,\\i.Or, 
 a Lyon rampant 
 with the Tails , 
 vert, impaling 
 Barry of fix 
 peeces Argent 
 and Azure , 
 three Torteaux 
 
 in Chief, and _ , „ _ . 
 
 bSlftbree 1 *' °^ing Edward's defignation of her fo to be, by his Will j which 
 
 points,Ermine, 
 
 Grey. 
 
 nals. 
 
 Seamour im¬ 
 paling Grey. 
 
 attempt not taking effeft, coft the two Dukes, the Son Guilford 
 Dudley , and the Lady Jane Grey y their lives, being all four be¬ 
 headed, and file deceafing without IfiTue. 
 
 17. Katherine Grey their fecond Daughter, was efpoufed to 
 Henry Lord Herbert , eldeft Son to William Earl of Pembroke^ and 
 being divorced from him, married to Edward Seymour Earl of 
 Hertford , who deceafed, An. 1621. having had Ilfue by her, camueade 
 Edward Seymour Lord Beauchamp , who dying in his faid Fathers 
 life-time, An. 1618. left Iflue by Honor a his Wife, daughter ol Sir 
 
 Richard 
 

 THE KJK 9 S 0F E LA^ 7 ), &c. 511 
 
 
 Pat. an.16 
 Car. i.p.i. 
 
 Journal of 
 Pari. 
 
 7 . 8 ./b/. 8 o* 
 a.inCoU. 
 Am. 
 
 Ftln. of the 
 Nob. un¬ 
 marked in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 fol. 31. a. 
 
 Chap. 8. Richard Rogers of Bnanfon in the County of Dorfet, Kt. Edward 
 * " Seymour Lord Beauchampe , of whom there is no Iflue. Sir Willi¬ 
 
 am Seymour Kt. his fecond Son,and Sir Brands Seymour third Son. 
 
 Sir William Seymour Kt. the fecond Son, fucceeded his Grand¬ 
 father Edward Earl of Hertford in his Honors, and married two 
 Wives, firft the Lady Arabella , Daughter of Charles fecond Son 
 of Mathew Earl of Lenox, by whom he had no Iflue} and after¬ 
 wards Frances Daughter of Robert Devereux Earl of Ejfex, Sifter 
 and Coheir to Earl Robert . An. 1 6 Car . 1. this William was for hi" 
 eminent merit advanced to the Dignity of Marquis of Hertford^ and 
 living to fee the Reftauration of his prefent Majefty King Charles II 
 was by a Special Aft in that Parliament begun at Weftminjler , the 
 a 5th of April jn the twelfth year ot His Reign,reftorcd to the Title 
 of Duke of Somerfet fay a Repeal of that Aft of the $ and 6 Ed - 
 ward VI. for the attainder of Edward Duke of Somerset his Great¬ 
 grandfather. After which, departing this life the 24th of Ofto- 
 her the fame year 1660. he left Ifliie by the faid Lady Frances his 
 fecond Wife, five Sons, viz. William and Robert , who died un¬ 
 married at the age of twenty years i Henry Lord Beauchamp third 
 Son, who took to Wife Mary Daughter of Arthur Lord Capel ^and 
 Sifter of Arthur Earl of Ejfex, and died at the age of 28 years,in the 
 life-time of his Father ? leaving Ifliie by her,one Son named William , 
 who was after the deceafe of his Grandfather, Duke of Somerfet j 
 but he departed this life the 12th of December , 1671. unmarried, 
 in his 20th year 5 and was interred at Great Bedwind in the County 
 of Wilts. Edward Seymour was the fourth Son of William Duke 
 of Somerfet , and died in his infancy } and John Seymour was his 
 fifth Son, who out-living his Nephew Duke William ^ enjoyed his 
 Honours but a fhort time,and having taken to Wife Sarah Daugh¬ 
 ter of Sir Richard Alfton Kt. deceafed in April , An. 1675. without 
 Ifliie,his Body being interred in the Cathedral Church at Salisbury. 
 
 The Ifliie Male of the firft Line being thus extinguifhed, I now 
 come to Sir Francis Seymour Kt. the third Son of Edward Lord 
 Beauchamps Son and Heir of Edward Earl of Hertford , which Sir 
 Francis , upon the 19th of February 16 Car. 1. was advanced to 
 the Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Lord Sea- 
 mour of Trowbridge , in Com . Wilts. He took to his firft: Wife 
 Pn an 16 P rancest ^ e Daughter and Heir of Sir Gilbert Prinne of Aldington 
 Car.i.p. 7 , in the County of Wilts. Kt. by whom he had Ifliie Charles Lord 
 Seamour , who fucceeding him, married to his fecond Wife (the 
 firft: dying without Ifliie Male) Elizabeth Daughter of William 
 Lord Allington of Horjhet in the County of Cambridge , by whom 
 he had Ifliie five Sons, Francis , William , and William , who died 
 in their infancy, and Francis and Charles , now living 1677. and 
 deceafed in Augufi , An. 166 5. 
 
 Francis his eldefi: furviving Son, fucceeded this Charles in the 
 Honour of Lord Seymour of Trowbridge , and by the death of the 
 before-fpecified John Duke of Somerfet without Iflue,he enjoyeth 
 alfo that illuftrious Title, 
 
 17. Mary 
 
 Mary 
 Queen of 
 FraHce. 
 
 Seamour, viz.' 
 quarterly Or, 
 on a Pile Gules, 
 between fix 
 Flowers de 
 Size Azure, 
 three Lyons pafi 
 Jant guardant 
 of the fir ft, and 
 Gules two 
 Wings conjoin 
 edOr, impa- 
 /zKgDcvereuxv 
 Which is Ar¬ 
 gent a Fejfe 
 Gules and 
 three Tortaux 
 in Chief. 
 
 Seamour Impa¬ 
 ling Capel,viz. 
 GuPs, a Lyon 
 d Lyon rampant 
 in three Crofje- 
 croflets, fcheey 
 Or. 
 
512 
 
 Mary 
 Queen oF 
 France, 
 
 Brandon impa¬ 
 led by Cl fjord, 
 being Cheque 
 Or and Azure, 
 a Fejfe Gules. 
 
 Stanley impa¬ 
 ling Spencer, 
 viz. Quarterly 
 Argent, and 
 Gules a Brett 
 Or , over all, 
 on a Bend Sa¬ 
 ble, three Ef- 
 colkps Argent. 
 
 Bruges, viz. 
 Argent, on a 
 Crofs Sable, a 
 Leopards head, 
 Or. Impaling 
 Stanley. 
 
 Egerton, viz. 
 Argent a Lyon 
 rampant Gules, 
 inter threePhe- 
 ons Sable. Im¬ 
 paling Stanley. 
 
 E/ajlings, viz. 
 argent aManch 
 Sable. Impa¬ 
 ling Stanley. 
 
 qEA^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 i 7, Mary Grey the third and youngeft Daughter of Henry Grey Book 6 . 
 Duke of Suffolk and Lady Frances his Wife,Daughter of Charles 
 Branclon Duke of Suffolk ^by Mary the French Queen,third Daugh¬ 
 ter of King Henry V II.) being fomewhat deformed, was married 
 unto Henry Keyes the Kings Gentleman Porter. 
 
 j 6 . ELEANOR BRANDON, the fecond Daughter and 
 Coheir of Charles Duke of Suffolk* by Mary the French Queen, 
 third Daughter of King Henry VII. was the firfl: Wife of Henry 
 Clifford Earl of Cumberland, and by him had Elbe Margaret Clif¬ 
 ford her Daughter and Heir,married to Henry Stanley Earl of Der¬ 
 by , who, by his Teftament bearing date 21 Sept. An. 11594. be¬ 
 queathed his Body to be buried in his Chappel of Ormeskirh^ and 
 departing this life upon the 215th of September enfuing, was there F , F h 
 interred, leaving Iffue by his faid Wife Margaret, Ferdinando, and coii.Am. 
 William, Earls of Derby fucceffively. s82 ' 4 ‘ 
 
 Ferdinando the elder Son, Earl of Derby, out-lived his Father 
 but a fliort time, for having by his Tefiament bearing date the 12th 
 of April, 3 6 Eliz. ordained his Body to be buried in his faid Cha¬ 
 pel at Ormeskjr deceafed in the flower of his youth foon after,not 
 without fufpicion of Poifon, and was there interred on the 6th day 
 of May next enfuing, leaving Iffue by Alice his Wife, Daughter 
 of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe in the County of Northampton, Kt. 
 three Daughters his Heirs, Anne Stanley eldefl: Daughter,was marri** 
 ed to Grey Bruges Lord Chandos ,and they were Father and Mother 
 of George and William both Lords Chandos fucceffively, who ha¬ 
 ving had Iffue feveral Daughters, died both without Male Iffue. 
 
 Frances Stanley fccond Daughter, was the Wife of Sir John Eger¬ 
 ton Kr. ("afterwards Earl of Bridgewater ) Father by her of John 
 Egerton Earl of Bridgwater , now living, An. 1677. who by Eliza¬ 
 beth his Wife, fecond Daughter of William Cavendijb late Duke 
 of Newcafile , hath a numerous Offspring. 
 
 Elizabeth Stanley the third Daughter and Coheir, was married 
 to Henry Lord Hajlings, afterwards Earl of Huntington , Father of 
 Ferdinando Earl of Huntington , and Henry Lord Loughborough.Fer¬ 
 dinando Earl of Huntington had Iffue Theopbilus the prefent Earl of 
 Huntington, ofwhom,and his Anceftors, fee more in the 417 page 
 of the fifth Book. 
 
 William Stanley the fecond Son of Henry Earl of Derby, fucceed- 
 ed his Brother Ferdinand in the Earldom of Derby deceafing 
 without Iffue Male. He married Elizabeth Fere, eldefl: Daugh¬ 
 ter of Edward Earl of Oxford, and by her, was Father of that Pru¬ 
 dent, Loyal, and valiant Nobleman, James Earl of Derby, put to 
 death by the Rebels at Boulton in LancafJoire, the 15th of OHober, 
 
 1651. who having matched with Charlote Daughter of Claude Duke 
 Tremouille , a Lady of an heroick Courage (witnefs her refolute 
 defence of her Houfe of Latham^agamfi the Kings Enemies) had 
 Iffue Charles Earl of Derby j which Charles, by Dorothy Helen Rupa 
 a German Lady, was Father of William the prefent Earl of Derby, 
 
 An. 1677. (who hath married Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas 
 Earl of ojf or y, Son and Heir of James Duke of Ormond ) and 
 feveral other Children. Book VII. 
 

 
 THE 
 
 "Union of the Kingdoms. 
 
 o R, 
 
 The <HOrjL HOVSE of 
 
 STUART. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Genealogical Hiftory 
 
 , v * **^ • . . r /' / <*? 
 
 OF THE 
 
 MONARCHS 
 
 OF qREAT ‘BRlTAI^&c. 
 
 From King fAMES to King CHARLESll . Inclufive^ 
 
 From the Year 1603. to the Year 1677* 
 
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 the Seventh C B001\. 
 
 1 8 . JAMES King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, — ANNE the Daughter of Frederick. II. King of Den* 
 &c. p. jip- mark and Norway. d. ciz. 
 
 mark^ and Norway, p. jzz. 
 
 * 9 ’ 
 
 HENRY- 
 
 ROBERT 
 
 CHARLES I. - 
 
 - MARY 
 
 ELIZABETH mar¬ 
 
 MARGA 
 
 F R E D E. 
 
 Stuart, fe- 
 
 King of Great 
 
 Daugh¬ 
 
 ried to FREDE¬ 
 
 RET, p. 
 
 RICK 
 
 cond Son, 
 
 Britain, France 
 
 ter of 
 
 RICK Prince Ele¬ 
 
 J 35 - 
 
 Prince of 
 
 p. 530 * 
 
 and Ireland, p. 
 
 Henry 4. 
 
 ctor Palatine, and 
 
 Wales, pi 
 
 53 s . 
 
 King of 
 
 King of Bohemia, 
 
 
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 OO 
 
 • 
 
 1 
 
 
 France, 
 
 P- 54 °*- 
 
 p. 5-30. 
 
 
 
 MARY 
 f*33D 
 
 SOPHIA, 
 P- 537- 
 
 So. 
 
 CHARLES II. 
 King of Great 
 
 Britain,France. 
 and Ireland,^, c. 
 Book 7-Chap. 3. 
 KATHERINE 
 of Portugal, 
 ibidem. 
 
 ANNE Daugh-~ JAMES Duke^MARY d'Ejle 
 
 ter of Edward 
 Earl of Claren¬ 
 don, firll Wife, 
 P- 5 6 4 • 
 
 of rorj^and 
 Albany, and 
 Earl of ZAfter, 
 &c. p.5^i. 
 
 Daughter of 
 Alphonfo Duke 
 of Modena, fe- 
 cond Wife, p. 
 56 8. 
 
 1 I i I 
 
 HENRY MARY ELIZA- HENRIET* 
 
 Duke of Wife of BETH, TA-MA- 
 
 Gloce- William p. 573. RIA Du- 
 
 Jier, p. Prince ANNE chefs ofOr- 
 
 j 69. of O- p. J74. leance, p. 
 
 range, p. j 74 . 
 
 57 i. 
 
 ot CHARLES JAMES CHARLES EDGAR MARY Wife ANNE,p.?£ 7 . CHARLES KATHE- ISSABEL- 
 
 Duke of Duke of Duke of Duke of of William HENRIETTA, Duke of RINA- LA,p.j* ? . 
 
 Cambridge, Cam- Kendal, Cam- Henry Prince p. 567. Cambridge, LAURA, 
 
 p. j^4, bridge, p. 5 66. bridge, ol Orange, p. KATHERINE, p. J 69. p*5 69. 
 
 p.$6p. p. j 66. 566. p.568. 
 

 THE KJHSj s O p E^cgLAST'D,See. 519 
 
 ■a. J A M E S 
 
 An . Dow* 
 1605. 
 
 KING of E^CqUH.^ SCOTLAND, 
 
 FRANCE, and IRELAND , Defender of the 
 FAITH, &c. Surnamed S T DA R T. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 King James 
 his Great Seal 
 is exhibited 
 in the $14 
 page of this 
 feventh Book; 
 on which the 
 King is repre- 
 fented fitting 
 on His 
 Throne, in 
 
 His Wife and Peaceable Prince, Son of The Figure of 
 Henry Stuart Lord Darley , by Mary 
 Queen of Scots , only Daughter and 
 Heir of James V. (Son of James IV. 
 
 King of Scots , and Margaret eldeft 
 Daughter of King Henry V1 1 .) was 
 born in the Caftleof Edenborought he 
 19th of June ,156 6. An. 8 Eli'Zj. whofe Royal 1 Robes, 
 Father being cruelly made away by jS g coiiar 
 the procurement of the Earls of Murray g 6 
 
 and Morton, and his Mother by them thruft into Prifon, even after about his 
 they had conftrained her to marry Earl Bothwctl (the late King her crown Sis 
 
 Head, the 
 
 Scepter of the Flower-de-Lize in His Right Hand, and in His Left, the Ball or Mound with aCrofson the top there¬ 
 of. On the right fide of His Throne, is a Lyon crowned fedant, fupporting with his right Paw a Standard, Enfign- 
 ed with the Arms of Cad.waUad.er the laft King of the Britains, which is. Azure , a Crofs Patouce fltchee,Or. On the 
 left fide, is an Unicorne gorged with a Coronet, and Chained, in the like poilure as the Lyon, holding with his 
 left Foot, a Standard of the Arms of King Edgar, Sovereign of the Ifland of Great Britain, who did bear, Azure, A 
 Crofs flowery betwixt four Martletts, Or. Thefe Enfigns were here placed to fhew His Majefties defeent from the 
 Blood Royal of the Welch and Englijh Over thefe Standards, are placed the Kings Arms within theGarter, Enfigned 
 with a Royal Crown: Who, as he was the happy Uniter of three Kingdoms under one Head, fo was He the firli of 
 our Monarchs that quartered the Arms of thofe three Kingdoms in one Shieli,by the addition thereto of the Enfignia of 
 Scotland and Ireland, to which His Motto of Tria inVno juntta, feemeth to have refpeci:: and His Infcription upon 
 the Twenty ShillingPieceof Gold, called the Unite, ftamped on the one fide with His Pitture.formerlyufed with his 
 Stile, Jjatobtus <Qj ra . 5Jp a3; lijrirannfe JFran: et fylber: ISrr, And on the other fide His Arms Crowned with 
 
 this 
 
 P p p p p p Husbands 
 
520 A qEHZALOqiCAL H1ST0%7 OF 
 
 this word, iffarfam P02 (n genrem imam. His Five-Shilling Piece of Gold, called the Britain Crown, had on one fide His « 
 
 Pifture and His Stile as aforefaid, and on the other fide His Arms,with thisWord.Itlenrirus Ifiofas, ISegna Rambus. Book 7* 
 meaning thereby that King Henry V II. was the Uniter of the Rofes or Families of Lancajler and Yor\^ but He the 
 Uniter of the two Kingdoms. 
 
 The faid Seal and Reverfe are circumfcribed , IACOBUS. |DEI. GRATIA. ANGLIC. SCOTL 3 L. FRAN¬ 
 CE I/E. ET. HIBERNIA. REX. FIDEI. DEFENSOR. In which we find no mention of Magna Britannia , 
 that being a fit Title for His Coin which was current throughout His Dominions; but this Stile only applicable to 
 the Seal under which he pafied all Grants in His Kingdoms of England and Ireland, but not of Scotland, He having 
 a Great Seal for that Kingdom alfo, in which Scotland is placed before England, and alfo the Arms of Scotland in the 
 firft Quarter of the Royal Shield. 
 
 On the Reverfe of this Great Seal, the King is reprefented on Horfeback in Armour, in His right Hand holding 
 his Sword brandithed over his Head; on his Cafque is placed his Creft, and in his left Hand he fultains His Shield, 
 upon which he bears, Quarterly of four peeces. The firji France and England quarterly. The fecond Or, a Lyon ram - 
 pant within a double TreJJ'ure flowry counterflowry Gules, Scotland. The third Azure, an Harpe Or, fringed Argent, 
 
 Ireland, The fourth as the firji. HisHorfe is Caparifoned, having on his Buttocks the Quarterings aforelaid richly 
 embroidered. The ground of the Seal is charged with a Rofe, a Flowcr-de-Lis, and an Harp,all Crowned; and un¬ 
 der theHorfe with a Greyhound Current. 
 
 The Supporters of this Kings Arms were, the Englijh Lyon Crowned on the right fide of theEfcocheon, and the 
 Scottijh Unicorn on the left, His Motto, BEATI PACIFICI. 
 
 Husbands Murtherer) this young Prince, fcarce 13 Months old, 
 is Proclaimed, Anointed, and Crowned King by the fa&ious Lords, 
 and Murray himfelf, her bafe Brother, made Regent} who, after 
 the Queens efcape out of Prifon, having forced her to relinguifii 
 the Kingdom, meets with a violent death at Lithquo in Scotland , 
 thereby leaving Mathew Earl of Lenox Grandfather to the young 
 King, firft Governor, then Regent of the Kingdom. 
 
 Anno 1J73. The fadious Nobility of Scotland growing potent, the Regent 
 is fotced to requeft aid from Queen Elizabeth in defence of the 
 young King, which granted, theCaftleof Edenborough (then in 
 the hands of the Rebels) is recovered, but the adverfe party fet- 
 ting upon him unawares, he is obliged to render himfelf unto Da¬ 
 vid Spenfe of Wormefter , whofe care to defend him* was the caufe 
 that he, together with the Regent, was {lain by Bell and Canlder , 
 after having with great induftry governed the Kingdom for his 
 Grandchild about fourteen Months. In whofe room John Ereshjn 
 Earl of Marr by common confent of the Kings Fa&ion being 
 chofen Regent, he, when he had governed thirteen Months, died 
 of grief for the troubles he fuftained in the place j after whofe 
 death the Regency lay vacant, till by Queen Elizabeths procure¬ 
 ment, James Douglas Earl of Morton was made Regent, who 
 fhortly after confirmed the prote&ion and keeping of the Kings 
 Perfon to Alexander Eresh^n Earl of Marr, to whom that cuftody s 
 during the Minority of their Kings of right belonged, though 
 hintfelf a Minor alfo. 
 
 The Earl of Morton thus exercifing the Regency, contrary to the 
 liking of the Scottijh Lords, againft whom he was obliged to make 
 ufe of the affiftance of Queen Elizabeth , with much difficulty 
 preferves himfelf from the defigns of the French , for depriving 
 him of the Regency,and getting the young King into France, pur- 
 fuant to the inclinations of the Queen his Mother ; but at length 
 growing covetous, and thereby incurring a general hate, with joint 
 confent of the Nobility, the adminiftration of affairs is tranflated 
 to the King himfelf, then but twelve years old , or there¬ 
 about, An. 1 $79» Whereupon the King defires of Qjeen Eliza¬ 
 beth the confirmation of the Treaty of Edenborough , made An • 
 
 1559. with the reftitution of his Patrimony in England , viz. the 
 Lands granted to his Grandfather and Grandmother Mathew Earl 
 Lenox , and his Countefs. Shortly 
 
THE KJH. 9 S °¥ ENigLAN^T), See. 521 
 
 fchap. r. Shortly after the Earl of Morton (late Regent) engrofles the King Janet 
 affairs of State, and the cuftody of the King *, whereupon the 
 Lords rife up in Arms, but are appeafed by the Englifb Ambafla- 
 dor i yet not fo but that afterwards Morton was accufed by the 
 Earl of Arran , as acceffary to the murther of the Kings Father, 
 and thereupon beheaded, while thofe of his Fa&ion feek refuge 
 in England. 
 
 About this time Efme Stuart Lord Aubigny (Son of John 
 Stuart , Brother of Mathew Earl of Lenox the Kings Grandfa¬ 
 ther) having after his arrival from France , been made Lord Cham¬ 
 berlain of Scotland , Earl, and then Duke of Lenox, was in fo great 
 favour at Court that (to prevent the Duke of Guife (rom employ¬ 
 ing his intereft with the King in favour of that Fa&ion) William 
 Kent hen Earl of Gowry , and others, endeavor to remove him and 
 the Earl of Arran from the King : Accordingly they invite His 
 Majefty to the Caftle of Reuthen , where they detain him clofe, 
 change his Servants, imprifon^rr^w, anddifmifs Lenox into France , 
 where fhortly after he died. The King applies himfelf to Queen 
 Elizabeth for redrefs, and advice about his Marriage, when being 
 fcarce eighteen years old, he refeues himfelf (in the heighth of his 
 Surprizers fecurity ) and efcapes to the Caftle of St Andrew^ where 
 refort to him the Nobility with feveral Forces to proteft him; af¬ 
 ter which he advifes his Surprizers to leave the Court, frees the 
 Earl of Arran , and employs him to compofe the differences; but 
 they plotting a fecond furprize, are abjur’d the Kingdom : Not- 
 withftanding which, the next Spring, Gowry , and others, plotting 
 again another Surprize, are dilcovered, Gowry imprifoned, con' 
 demned and beheaded, and his Complices forced to fly. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth endeavouring a ftri& League of Amity with 
 the King,commends to him a Match with the King of Denmark, (s 
 daughter^but FrancisRujfel( Son to the Earl of Bedford) the Queens 
 Commiftioner being (lain (as was fuppofed) by the Earl of Arran , 
 and Lord Fernihurfi , the Queen gives way to the Earl of Angus , 
 
 Marre^ and other Scottijh Lords (fled into England at the con vision 
 of the Earl of Morton) to return into Scotland and fubdue the Earl 
 of Arran - y thefe being afllfted by her with money, and encoura¬ 
 ged by Maxwell lately made Earl of Bothwell , and others in Scot¬ 
 land, even in the Court it felf, command afliftance in the Kings 
 Name i when being joined by about 8000 men, they approach 
 Edenborough , fcale the Walls, and enter the place: whereupon Ar - 
 ran fecretly getting away, the Rebels requeft admittance to the 
 King in the Ctftle, which granted on Conditions, the Earls of 
 of Mount Kojj'e, Craford , and Rothfay , with others, are delivered 
 them, Arran remanded home, the Aflaulters pardoned, declared 
 good Subjefts, and advanced to Places of Truft, and the Treaty 
 with England unanimoufly advanced \ whereupon enfued not long 
 after a League Offenfive and Defenfive between the two Crowns 
 concluded at Barrvick^ in July, by Commiflioners on both lides, 
 by the Title of The League of firitt Amity . 
 
 After 
 

 5 22 qEA^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Anno is87. 
 
 Stenant. After the fentcnce of death was paft upon the Queen his Mo- Book 7 . 
 
 ther, King James follicitesQueen Elizabeth moft earneftly by his 
 Ambafiador for fparing her life} butReafonsof State exa&ing the 
 contrary ,he denies admittance to the Meftengers from Queen Eliza¬ 
 beth, for extenuating the feverity of the Fa& } when being over- 
 perfuaded of the necetfity of continuing Amity with that Queen, 
 and being allured that it was no prejudice to his Right of Suc- 
 cefilon, the like Reafons of State prevailed to aftwagc his juft In- 
 Anno 1f 8 8 . dignation} which he afterwards with great affeftion intimated 
 to Qneen Elizabeth by Sir Robert Sidney , much to the acceflion of 
 that joy which the Englifb were then celebrating for the great de¬ 
 feat of the Spamjh Armada, while be wittily told the Spanifh Am- 
 baffador, T bat he expeBed no other courtefie from that King, but 
 (as Polyphemus to Ulyffes) that he Jhonld be the laji whom he 
 would devour. 
 
 And now King James (by the recommendation of the Queen 
 of England) efpoufeth Anne the Daughter of Frederick^ II. King 
 
 His Marriage. 
 
 Anno is^o. 
 
 Queen Anne _ _ 
 
 ArrnT^ crofs T>cnmar\ and Norway, in the fixteenth year of her age} fhe 
 Guies,fur- being born at Scanderbnrgh on the 12th of December , 1574. an< ^ 
 ThTtgent! married by Proxy at Cronenburgh, the 20th day of Auguft, An. 
 
 between four 
 quarters,On the 
 fir ft, Or, three 
 Lyons pajfant 
 guardant A- 
 zure crowned 
 proper, and 
 femee of Hearts 
 Gules. D n- 
 
 felts f r obftru&ing that happy Marriage. The King was now arrived to 
 
 Lyon rampant 
 crowned Or, 
 holding in his 
 Pawes,aBattel- 
 Axe,Argent, 
 
 Norway. 
 
 Thirdly, A- 
 zure, three 
 Crowns proper, 
 
 Sueden. And 
 fourthly. Or, 
 ten Hearts, 
 
 1^90. upon which (he failing for Scotland, was by ftorms and 
 ftrefs of weather carried to Norway } where being forced to ftay 
 by reafon of contrary Winds,the King (to accomplifh his Vow of 
 celebrating the Marriage within the year) failed over thither in 
 Winter,thereby fruftrating the fufpe&ed defigns of Witchcraft,for 
 
 the 56 year of his Reign, when continuing a good correfpondence 
 with Queen Elizabeth, as the only way to fecure his Succeflion,ftie 
 a little before her death (which happened the 24th of March, 
 1602 .) declared him her Succeflbr} whereupon he was the fame 
 day at Whitehall proclaimed King of England, Scotland, France , 
 and Ireland with great acclamations, Sir Robert Cary firft volun¬ 
 tarily carrying the News to the King, for which he was rewarded 
 four three,two, with the Barony of Leppington } and the Lords of the Council 
 
 and one,Gules, J 1 1 0 
 
 and a Lyon 
 pajfant guar¬ 
 dant in chief, 
 
 feconding him by Meftengers on purpofe, a few days after. 
 
 The King having confirmed the Privy Council of England , ad- 
 TheBftfToT’ ding thereto the Earls of Northumberland and Cumberland,the Lord 
 Thomas and Henry Howard , Son and Brother to the late Duke of 
 Norfolk 0 who died for thecaufe of his Mother Mary Queen of 
 
 the whole Ef- 
 cocheon under 
 the Crofs is 
 
 wtha tZfot Scots , and having withal fetled his Kingdom of Scotland, he fet 
 of bet fthe forward for England the 5 th of April, 1603. attended by the Duke 
 vmdaiif up' Lenox, the Earl of Marre , the Lord Hume , and many other 
 
 on the crofs great Lords, riding that day to Dunglafs, the next to Barwich^, 
 onMikewife" where he refted two days, thence to Sir Robert Caryeszt Widdring - 
 
 quarterly of 
 
 four peeces. The firft Or, two Lyons pajfant guardant Azure, Slefwick. Secondly, Gules an H-efcochoon, hiving a 
 Hail fixed in every point thereof in Triangle between as many Branches Argent, Holllein. Thirdly, Gules a Swan Ar¬ 
 gent, Beaked Sable, and gorged with a Coronet Proper, Stormer. And, fourthly. Azure a Cavalier armed cap-a pee, 
 brandifhing his Sword, his Helmet plumed, upon a Courfer Argent, trapped Or, Ditzmers. Overall, upon another 
 Shield party per pale, Or two Barrs Gules, t O!denburgh; And Azure a Crofs pate fitche on the foot, Dalmcnhurft. 
 
 ton , 
 
the K!'K 9 s of E^cgLj^cD.ecc. 523 
 
 mi f —t i ' ■■ • ' 1 • ■■'- '» ■ " ■ " ,, V | V l ■ ' ■■ ■ ■ ■ - ■ — ■ — . . . . - -. - - 
 
 Chap. t. ton, whence by eafie Journeys and Royal Entertainment (making King James 
 
 “ ““ feveral Knights on his way) he came to Theobalds in Ejfex upon 
 the 3d of May, where (laying fome days, he chofe many Scotch 
 Lords of his Councel,and made many Gentlemen, Knights: Thus 
 coming to London the 7th of May , he lodged at the Charter - 
 hotife, where he created many more Knights, and before the end 
 of the year * conferred that Dignity on many hundred 5 there¬ 
 by recompencing the fparingnefs of Queen Eli%abeth in difpofing 
 of that Honour. 
 
 King James being now fetled at London , fends the Earls of Snf 
 fex and Lincoln with divers other Lords and Ladies,into Scotland^ 
 to conduft his Queen and Children thence into England,. who re¬ 
 turning the 27th of June, brought with them Prince Henry (then 
 nine years of age) and the Lady Elizabeth , leaving Charles the 
 young Duke of Albany , not yet three years old, behind them,, 
 who the year after falling fick of a Fever, Do&or Athens being 
 fent unto him, not only in fix weeks cured him of his Diftemper, 
 but brought him fafe in October to Windfor \ for which the King 
 moft liberally rewarded him. 
 
 Divers new Lords being created this year 1603. and feveral 
 Ambaffadors from Foreign Princes fent to congratulate His Maje- 
 fties happy arrival to the Crown, received, a ftrangekind of Trea* 
 fon was difcovered for the furprifing HisMajefty and Council,and 
 fetting up the Lady Arbella,Scc. for which the Lords Cobham and 
 Grey, Sir Walter Raleigh , Sir Griffith Marhpam , and others,were ap¬ 
 prehended in July^ and committed to the Tower, and in Novem* 
 drafter (the Plague raging in London) arraigned at Winchefter , 
 and condemned, Watfon and Clerp two Priefts, executed, and 
 George Brooh^ Brother to the Lord Cobham beheaded. 
 
 After which was folemnized the Coronation of the King and 
 Queen (preceeded by divers Promotions to Titles of Honour,and 
 performed with all the Magnificence and Antient Rights of the 
 Enghfb Kings) at Weftminjler , the 25th of July , being the Feaft of notion, 
 
 St. James , An. 1603. by the hands of John Whit gift, Archbifhop 
 of Canterbury ; where the Antique Regal Chair of Inthronization 
 did happily receive, with the Perfon of His Majefty, the full ac- 
 complifhment of that Prophetical Predi&on of this His coming to 
 the Crown of England: And the 5 th of Augujl following, being 
 Friday, the Kings deliverance from Gowries Confpiracy, that day 
 three years before, was publicity folemnized. 
 
 The King keeping the Feaft of St. George at Greenwich , made Ann0 
 the Duke ZJlrick^ Brother to the Queen, and the Earl of Norths 
 ampton, Knights of the Garter} Robert Cecil Lord Crauburn, Earl of 
 Salisbury Philip Herbert , Earl oiMontgomery \ with divers other 
 Barons \ at which time one Richard Hadock, w pretending to Preach 
 in his deep, declaimed much againft the Pope, the Crofs in Bap- 
 tifm, and the laft Canons of the Church of England *, but being 
 difcovered, and confefllng the Impofture to the King, he was gra* 
 cioufly pardoned. 
 
 <Xq q q q q 
 
 A Par* 
 
524 A QE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 S J ttar l s l- _ A Parliament now fitting at Wejlminjier , the Never to be for- Book7* 
 
 Anno i£oy. gotten Powder-Plot was happily difcovered, and thedefignof ” 
 blowing up the King and the Houfe of Lords with Gun* powder, 
 prevented } a Lettet to the Lord Mount.eagle (advifing him to ab- 
 lent himfelf from that Seflion) giving light to the Confpiracy ; 
 when the King ordcrirg a fearch to be made in thofe Cellars,found 
 3 6 Barrels of Gun powder, depofited there by the Confederacy 
 of Robert Catesby and others, while Catesby himfelf, with Tbo * 
 was Percy , and one Winter , about the appointed time that the 
 Blow fhould have been given, made fhew of a Hunting Match 
 near Duncburcb in Warwich^fbire , where they expected fome 
 people would have joined with them, with defign, as was faid, of 
 furprifing the Lady Elvz,abetb,t hen at the Lord Harringtons Houfe 
 in that County, and the Duke of Tor if they could get him : 
 
 But the Plot being known, they are oppofed on every fide, when 
 flying to Mr. Littletons in Worcejlerjbire , the two firft were there 
 {lain, Winter taken and brought to London, and there with ano¬ 
 ther of his name, Guido Faux , Robert Keyes , Tbo was Bates , Sir 
 Everard Digby , John Grant , and others, arraigned, condemned, 
 and defervedly drawn, hang'd, and quartered, unpicied of all j 
 onely Sir Everard , as an honeft and well accompliflit perfon, and 
 one that was unwittingly drawn in, was generally lamented, while 
 an univerfal joy was exprefled, even by the Embafladors of the 
 King of Spain , the Arch-Duke, and the other Foreign Princes, 
 for fo great a Deliverance. Hereupon the Lord Mount-Eagle is 
 nobly rewarded, and the day of the difcovery being the 5th of 
 November , forever fet apart for a Memorial of Thankfgiving. 
 
 Anno 1606. Onche 17th of Chrijlian King of Denmark Brother to 
 
 Queen Anne , with eight (hips, came to an Anchor in the River of 
 Thames over againft Gravefend , where he was met the next day by 
 King James and Prince Henry, attended with many Lords, who 
 conduced him through London to Somerfet Houfe in the Strand. 
 
 There he was moft Royally entertained till the 12th of Auguji , 
 at which time he departed with equal State} and the 23d of 
 September following Francis Prince of Vaudemont , third San to 
 the Duke of Lorrain , arrived at London , attended by many Lords 
 and Gentlemen of his own Country }who in like manner were moft 
 nobly received at Hampton Court, where they feafted fourteen 
 days, and then returned. 
 
 Anno 1S07. About the middle of May this year,happened an Infurre&ion in 
 
 Nortbamptonfbire , and the Counties adjacent,by the common Peo¬ 
 ple, under the Conduft of one John Reynolds, commonly called 
 Captain Pouch ,concerning Inclofures} but they were foon fiippreft 
 by the Earls of Huntington and Exceter , and their Leader made an 
 
 Anno i^8 exam pl e » The April following George Jervis , and in June af¬ 
 ter Thomas Garnet , were executed at Tyburn as Seminary Priefts. 
 
 And now again, Hugh Earl of Tir-Oen ( although the King 
 had been gracioufly pleafed not long before to pardon him upon 
 fubmiflionj being fled beyond Sea with the Earl of Tirconel , and 
 
 others, 
 
THE K^l 3 ^gS OF EL JNiT>, dec. 525 
 
 Chap- 
 
 1. 
 
 others, follicttes aid from Foreign Princes, in order to a new Re¬ 
 bellion, offering the Kingdom of Ireland to the Pope for his af~ 
 ft (lance. 
 
 This year the new Exchange in the §trand was finifhed by Ro¬ 
 bert Earl of Salisbury ,and being furnifht the King and Queen were 
 invited thither the i i th of April , where Hi 3 Majefty gave it the 
 Name of Britains Burfe • while His Attendants were fitrnifht with 
 all things gratis. The fame year the King had aid of His Subje&s 
 of England , according to an Ancient Cuftom, for making His 
 eldeft Son Prince Henry Knight, then almoft fixteen years of 
 age, who in the year following was Created Prince of Wales. 
 
 This being the ninth year of His Majefties Reign, Heinftituted 
 a new Hereditary Title of Honor, inferior to a Baron, but fu- 
 periour to a Knight, filed a Baronet , to be conferred by Patent 
 under the Great Seal, the number whereof, according to that In- 
 ftitution, was not to exceed 200, nor to be compleated when any 
 of them fhould be extin& for want of Heirs Male. The Perfons 
 created were to be Gentlemen of three defeents at the leaf j to 
 have 1000 1. per annum in prefent pofleflion and to give 1000 1. in 
 Mony towards the Plantation of the Province of ‘Uljier in Ireland , 
 for which they were to bear in their own Coat an Augmentation 
 of the Arms of ' Ulfler , viz. Argent , a ftnifter Hand couped. Gules: 
 an Honour at this day very numerous, contrary to the original In- 
 ftitution, whereof nothing feems to have been obferved, but on¬ 
 ly the Precedency and Augmentation. 
 
 - One Robert Carr a Gentleman of Scotland in favor with the King, 
 (having been on Eafter Monday, An. 16 1 1; created Vifcount Ro - 
 chefter ,and the 22 of April 16 1 2i fworn of the Privy Council)was 
 the 4th of November this year created Earl of Somerset , and the 
 1 oth of July following made Lord Chamberlain } when marry¬ 
 ing the Countefs of EJfex, foon after her divorce from that Earl, 
 he by her means grew fo incenfed againft: Sir Thomas Overbury , for 
 difluading and inveighing againft the Match, that he got him com¬ 
 mitted to the Tower, and there poifoned j for which Sir Ger~ 
 vais Elwaies the Lieutenant* with four others, were put to death 5 
 the Earl and his Lady condemned, but their lives fpared, yet fo, 
 as never to approach the Court, or fee the Kings Face. Thus room 
 being made fora new Favourite, Mr. George Fillers fourth Son of 
 Sir George Fillers of BroJ^esby in Leicejlerjbire, fucceedshim, whom 
 the King firft Knighted, making him a Gentleman of the Bed¬ 
 chamber, then Baron of Whaddon , Vifcount Fillers y and Mafter of 
 the Horfe j afterwards Earl and Marquis of Buckingham , and Lord 
 Admiral, and laftly Duke of Buckingham ; withal creating 
 his Mother,Countefs of Buckingham, his Sifters Husband, Earl of 
 Denbigh ; and his two Brothers, one Vifcount Purbec\ y the other 
 Earl of Anglefey. About which time the Corps of Queen Mary 
 the Kings Mother, was removed from Peterborough to Weflminfter, 
 and there interred under a fumptuous Tomb of His Majefties 
 ere&ion. 
 
 Sir 
 
 King Jamef 
 
 Anno 160 
 
 Anno z^io. 
 
 Anno i£ii> 
 Baronets in- 
 ftituted. 
 
 Or maintain 
 30 foot Soldi¬ 
 ers at the rate 
 of 8 d. per dt * 
 em apiece in 
 Ireland , for - 
 three years; 
 whereof to 
 advance the 
 firft year at 
 the paffing of 
 the Patent. 
 
 Anno ifrj. 
 
5 26 A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 St en arts. 
 
 Anno i6n. 
 
 
 Anno 
 
 Anon i£i£. 
 Her death. 
 
 Sir Robert Shirley , third Son of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wijlon in Book 7 * 
 S/iJJoc Kt.having 16 years before betaken himfelfro Travel,and fer- 
 ved many Chriftian Princes, efpecially R odolphus the Roman Em¬ 
 peror, by whom he was made Earl of the Empire , and the 
 laft ten years in Perjia , where being General of the Artil¬ 
 lery , he had the honour to marry a Sifter to one of thofe 
 Queens,came now in Embaffie from that Emperor to King James y 
 to ftgnifie the Sophies great afte&ion to His Majefty, with a tender 
 of free Trade throughout all his Dominions j when ftaying here 
 about a Twelve-month, his Lady was delivered of a fon,unto whom 
 the Queen was Godmother, and Prince Henry Godfather} which 
 leaving in England , his felf and Lady returned into Perfta. 
 
 This year being the tenth of King James y Frederick^ Count Pa¬ 
 latine of the R bine, landed at Gravejend the fixteenth of Ottober, 
 and with great State was conduced to Whitehall , where the Mar¬ 
 riage formerly treated of between him and the Princefs Eliza¬ 
 beth was now on St. Valentines day, (the 14th of February ) hap¬ 
 pily confummated in the Chappel at Whitehall. The Feaft being 
 fumptuoufiy kept at Effex houfe, till the iothof April , when ta¬ 
 king leave of their Majefties, he embarked with his Princefs for 
 Holland , and fo to Heydelberg. But thefe joyful Nuptials were 
 fadly preceded by the death of the moft hopeful Prince Henry. 
 
 This year Charles Duke of Torh^ was in his Brothers ftead crea¬ 
 ted Prince of Wales , for which great Triumphs were made at 
 London and Ludlow : In ffuly , Chrifiian King of Denmark^ made 
 the Queen his Sifter a fecond Vifit in England j and in 161$. 
 was finifhed that great Expenfive Undertaking of Sir Hugh Mi - 
 dleton in conveying the New River Water from Chadwell and 
 Amwell near Ware in Hertfordshire y to the City of London. 
 
 King 7 ames taking his Progrefs into Scotland , ftayed there fix 
 Months, when having fetled the Affairs of that Kingdom, he re- t+p.jjn 
 turned for England the 15th of September. Coii.am. 
 
 On Tuefday the 2d day of March , about two of the Clock 
 in the morning, An. Dom y 1618. deceafed Anne Queen of Eng - 
 land y Scotland y France y *x\di Ireland^ at the Kiugs Palace of Hampton 
 Court, from whence her Corps was brought by Barge to Den¬ 
 mark (commonly called Somerfet') Houfe,and there fet forth with 
 all the State and Magnificence of fo great a Queen, where it re¬ 
 mained till the 13th day of May, being Thurfday, in the year, 
 
 1619, and was then conveyed in a Solemn Proceeding and At¬ 
 tendance of very many of the Nobility and Gentry in Mourning, 
 to the Abbey of St. Peter at Weftminfier , where all the Funeral Ce¬ 
 remonies were performed, and then interred in the Chappel of 
 King Henry VII. but no Monument is yet eredfed to her Memo¬ 
 ry, only on a Tablature hanging on the Wall on the North-fide 
 thereof, thefe Verfes prefent themfelves to your view. 
 
 Ad 
 
 I 
 
THE Kj^cgs OF ENiqLA!K^T> i &c i 527 
 
 Chap. 1. King Jdme 
 
 Ad Totentifsimum Serenifsimne d maritum, ” 
 
 facobum , Dei (jratia Magna "Britannia, Francis, 
 et Hibernia Regem, Fidei Defenforem , &c. 
 
 Annus et Anna in fe redit, bicnovus, illaperennisi 
 Cujus vir Fater et Frater Rex, "Regia proles , 
 
 In coelo aternos Regina ejl Anna per annos 
 Floreatilla fuisin prole ceterna "BritannU 
 Inque f ho vigeat faliciter Anna Jacobo. 
 
 Incite RexBritonum veniam davera loquenti , 
 
 Jacobus caret Anna, et non caret Anna Jacobo 
 Maxime Rex Regum Regem folare Jacoburru 
 —■ --— ----—■ ■ > 
 
 Obiit in Domino, Anno Domini, 16 18. quarto Nonarum 
 Martij annos tiata 44. menfes 4. et dies 18* 
 
 About this time Sir Walter Raleigh , long before condemnedj 
 and even then a prifoner in the Tower, having procured liberty 
 to go to the Weft Indies ,in queft of a Golden Mine,hapned to fall 
 upon a Town of the Spaniards , called St. Tome, which (contra¬ 
 ry to his Engagement) he pillaged and burnt j for which, at hid 
 return he was fo feverely profecuted by Count Gnndamore , the 
 Spanijh AmbafTador here, that this gallant Man, after many great 
 Services againft the Spaniard, and fourteen years reprieve, was at 
 laft on a fudden, beheaded in the Parliament Yard. 
 
 The Count Palatine ("King James Son-in-Law) being now 
 (by Ele&ion) King of Bohemia, was not only driven out G f Apnoi ^ r ^ 
 that Kingdom by the Emperor,but even out of the Palatinate it felf j 
 for the recovery of which King James confuting with Count Gon - 
 damore, is pcrfuaded to a Match between the Infanta of Spain , and 
 Prince Charles j accordingly the Prince himfelf, accompanied with 
 the Marquis(afterwards Buckingham,takes his journy thi¬ 
 
 ther in February , where, though he was royally entertained the 
 fpace of 8 Months,yet by reafon of fome difference between the 
 Duke of Buckingham and the Count Olivares, or the wonted de¬ 
 lays, or fome other defign of the Spaniards , nothing being con¬ 
 cluded, the King fent for him home ; when, at his return, a con¬ 
 futation is held for the recovering the Palatinate by force, and 
 marrying the Prince to a Daughter of France, whom he private¬ 
 ly had feen in that Court, in his journy to Spain. 
 
 Thus flood affairs, when King James having been affli&ed with ^ 
 an Ague,removed from his Palace at Whitehall to Theobalds ,where Anaoi^ii 
 his ficknefs encreafing vehemently upon him, after a months lan- 
 guifhing, he departed this mortal life upon Sunday, between the 
 hours of 11 and 12 in the forenoon, the 27th of March } 162$. 
 
 Rrrrrr after 
 
 /. 4 * p } 2 > 
 in Coll. 
 drm. 
 
 I 
 
528 A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 s tuartu a f tcr he had reigned over this Kingdom 22 years,and 3 days, and Book7* 
 over the Kingdom of Scotland 59 years, 3 Months, and 12 days, ' 
 being aged about fixty years. His Body for the greater State,was 
 by Torch Light, conveyed from Theobalds to Denmark^ Houfe, 
 where having relied from the 2 3d of April to the 7th day of May, 
 
 Ic was then carried to Wctfminjler Abbey to a (lately Herfe, with 
 great folemnity, but with greater lamentation3 and there interred 
 in the Chappel of King Henry VII. King Charles his Son and Suc- 
 ceffor being chief Mourner. Upon whofe Coffin, on a Plate 
 of Copper gilt, was engraven this Memorial. 
 
 Depofiturn 
 
 JnviSifsimi c Princepis Jacobi primi Magna 
 ! Britannia , Franciae, & Hibernia Regis , qui 
 rerum apudScotos, annos 59. menfes 5,1 dies 12. 
 
 Et apua Anglos,annos 22. et dies 3, pacifice y ac 
 faliciter potitus , tandem in domino obdormivit , 
 
 2 7. die Martijy anno a Chrijlo nato, 1625, 
 
 JEtatis vero fua, 60. 
 
 Children of JAMES King of Great Britain, by Queen ANNE 
 
 of Denmark hk Wife . 
 
 „ 19. HENRY FREDERICK STVART , Prince of rbo.m. 
 
 Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothfay, and Earl of Chefier, *' lSu 
 eldeft Son of Kinggfawes, was born on Tuefday the 19th of 
 February , 1^93. in the thirty fixth year of Queen Elizabeth, 
 who by her Proxy Robert Earl of Suffex , was his Godmo¬ 
 ther. 
 
 At nine years of age, An . 1603, he, with the Queen his 
 Mother and the Lady Elizabeth his Siller were brought into 
 England , arriving at Tor the nth of June, and at Eafion in 
 Northamptonjbire the 27th, where they were met by the King, 
 and thence conduced to London . 
 
 On the 2d of July (the King then keeping theFeaft of St. 
 
 George at Windfor ) he was Inftalled Knight of the Garter: and 
 An. 16o9.he was made Knightjfor which the King had Aid of his 
 Subje&s throughout England, and the Prince to fhew his wor- 
 thinefs of it, performed notable Atchievements at Barriers,with 
 great Skill and Courage, being then fcarce fixteen years of 
 age: and the year after (*vi%, the 30th of May, 1610. % R.) 
 
 being then feventeen years old, he was created Prince of Wales 
 with great folemnity. Garter King of Arms bearing the Let¬ 
 ters Patent, the Earl of Suffex , the Purple Robes3 the Earl 
 of Huntington ,, his Train 3 the Earl of Cumberland , the 
 Sword 3 th£ Earl of Rutland, the Ring 3 the Earl of Derby, 
 the Rod 3 and the Earl of Shrewsbury > the Cap and Co¬ 
 ronet 3 the Earls of Nottingham and Northampton fupporting 
 X the 
 
 did bear the 
 Royal Arms; 
 with a label 
 of three points 
 ylrgent. His 
 Herfe fet up 
 in the Abbey 
 of Weftminfter, 
 was adorned 
 with the En- 
 figns of his 
 Principality 
 of Wales, 
 Dukedom of 
 Cornmal, and 
 Earldom of 
 Chefter, and 
 with feveral 
 Seroles, con¬ 
 taining the 
 words, FAX 
 MENTIS 
 HONESTAi, 
 GLORlA,and 
 ME JUVAT 
 IRE PER AL- 
 TUM, but 
 chiefly with 
 his Arms 
 crowned 
 within the 
 Garter. H P. 
 under a Coro* 
 net, for Hen- 
 ricui Prineeps: 
 and the three 
 Feathers, the 
 Heredirary 
 Badge of the 
 Princes of 
 Wales. 
 
A 'V ■''THuftriffimo ComiiuT^* 
 
 ■\jlpGILB£R.TO Comifci de CLARETl 
 %' efc Jiarotu Je Houghton.,. Cenoj' 
 .J UptiiW HJDNRICI Prim 
 T CLp'i.!''ApAJLXLt (in meTOjoriam. 
 'jii lotumn u Ho He a time Zcjuitu? 
 /A\ au-rati, poitea Comitu de j 
 C lare, Ain Xm, etHo/pxti) J 
 'iSSk Principu pjmioem Contrail 
 J ro tul a to r 19 pigirram, 
 
 d " E, 5 . \^JT' 
 
 IVVA’ 
 
 .HO NESIEGiPRI 
 
 THE KIHS* OF E^CqLAJ^V t Scc. 529 
 
 Chap. 1. the Prince, in his Surcoat onely, and bareheaded, attend- King Jamet 
 ed by 25 Knights of the Bath, who kneeling before the King " 
 
 whilft the Letters Patents were read by the Earl of Salisbury 5 
 at the words accuftomed,the King inverted him with the Robes, 
 
 Sword,Cap,and Coronet,Rod,and Ring* and then killing him 
 on the Cheek* the Ceremony ended. After which he kept his 
 Court apart, Sir Thomas Chaloner his Governor, being made 
 his Lord Chamberlain, Sir Edward Philips his Chancellor, and 
 all other Officers belonging to a Princes Court. 
 
 Thus being initiated into Royalty, and by his demeanour 
 Teeming like a King even whilft he was a Prinfce onely, he 
 fell Tick of a malignant raging Fever* which at the age of 
 eighteen years, eight months, and feventeen days, deprived 
 
5jo AqEJ^EALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 ---- ■ ,mmm S 
 
 Stuarts. him of life upon the 6th day of November, between the hours Book 7; 
 of feven and eight in the evening, An. 1612. at St. James's 
 Houfe near Charing-Crofs^ from whence his Corps upon the 7th 
 of December next following, was drawn in a Chariot to the Ab¬ 
 bey of Wtfiminfler, and there interred in the Vault with Mary 
 Queen of Scot/ his Grandmother, being wrapped in Lead ac¬ 
 cording to the proportion of his Body. His Heart is inclofed 
 in Lead upon his Breaft in the form thereof, under which are 
 the Figures 1612 and under that again the Princes Device and 
 Motto, with a Role and aThiftle, fubfcribed with the Letters 
 H. P. all embolfed. Other Memorial he hath none j therefore 
 to fupply the place of a Tomb, I have in the preceding page, 
 exhibited the Figure of his Herfe fet up at his Funeral in the 
 faid Abbey. 
 
 This Prince being infinitely beloved of the people, and one 
 that had given great hope of proving an Heroick Prince, it 
 caufed fufpition in many that his death was not without violence 
 offered to nature. Some faid by Bunches of Grapes given 
 him to eat *, lomeby Gloves ofapojfoned Perfume, prefented 
 him. But whatloever was the caufe, his death would have 
 given a great blow to the happinefs of this Kingdom, had 
 there not been another Prince left ofa milder fpirit perhaps,but 
 fo accomplifhed with all excellent Endowments, that there 
 could be no great want of Prince Henry , fo long as there was 
 left Prince Charles. 
 
 ip. ROBERT S TVA R T, fecondSonof King James and 
 Queen Anne ot Denmark^, w2ls born and died very young in Scot¬ 
 land. 
 
 19. CHARLES S T A RT, Duke of Tori{ and Alba¬ 
 ny, third Son of King James and Queen Anne , was created 
 Prince of Wales, after the death of his elder Brother Prince 
 Henry, and iucceeded his Father in the Monarchy of Great Bri¬ 
 tain , as in the following Chapter. 
 
 19. ELIZABETH S T A RT , Queen of Bohemia , r ^ms 
 and Piincefs Palatine of the Rhine , eldeft Daughter of King ufO? 5 **' 
 James, born in Scotland upon the 19th day of Augujl } An.i^^6. 
 was affianced to Fredericl^V. of the name Count Palatine of 
 the Rhine, Duke of Bivaria,Silejia, Scc. Ele&or, Cup bearer, Edw.mi 
 and High Steward of the Empire, born An. 15 96. Who land- ~ *** 
 ing at Gravefend upon the 16th day of OSlober , An. 1612. in 
 the tenth year of King James, was with great State conduced 
 to Whitehall, and not long after (with Grave Maurice ) inftalled 
 Knight of the Garter at Windfor ; which Ceremony was fuc- 
 
 Frederick. King 
 of Bohemia did 
 bear for Arms, 
 
 Quarterly, 
 
 1. Sable a Ly¬ 
 on rampant Or, 
 crownedGules , 
 the Palati¬ 
 nate. z. Bendy 
 Zozengy, argent 
 and azure, Ba- 
 vaxh.Tbe third 
 as the fecond, 
 the fourth as 
 the ftjt- Over 
 all, anln- 
 efcochcon. 
 
 Gules, charged with a Mound and Crofs, Or. Which is the Infignia of the Electorate. Impaling, i. France and Eng¬ 
 land quarterly, z. Scotland. 3. Ireland, and 4. France and England quarterly as before. Which were the Arms of 
 
 Elizabeth of England his Wife. 
 
 her Mil. 
 Gart. 
 princ. tfe- 
 gem. Am. 
 Cerem. 2. 
 
 foh*!. 
 
 ceeded 
 
THE KJJ^qS OF E^CqLJ^CT>,&c. 531 
 
 Chap. 1, ceeded by the Confummation of his Marriage on Sc. Valentines King James 
 day (W*». the 14th of February) in (he Chappel of Whitehall 
 aforefaid. The Bride being led to Church by two Batchelors, 
 her Brother Prince Charles and the Earl of Northampton Lord 
 Privy Seal. She was attired all in white,having a rich Crown 
 of Gold upon her Head, her Hair hanging down at length cu- 
 rioufly befec with Pearls and Precious Stones, her Train fup- 
 ported by twelve young Ladies in white Garments. The King 
 gave her in Marriage, the Archbiihop of Canterbury married 
 them , and the Bi(hop of Bath and Wells Preached the Bridal 
 Sermon. Which ended, (he was led home by two married 
 Men, the Duke of Lenox and the Earl of Nottingham Lord 
 Admiral. Thefe Nuptials were celebrated with ftately Mafques. 
 
 After which the Lord Mayor and Aldermen gave the Bride a 
 Chain of Oriental Pearl, valued at two thoufand Pounds. And 
 now, when all things had been performed for honouring their 
 Marriage, on the 1 oth of April the Count Palatine and the 
 Princefs Elizabeth took their leave of the King and Queen at 
 Rochefler^ and there embarking,on the 29th of the fame Month 
 they arrived at Flufhing-, and from thence journied to Heydelberg , 
 being received in all places where they pafled with great State 
 aftd Magnificence. 
 
 The Count Palatine being thus firengthened by alliance with 
 the King of Great Britain , was thought a fit perfon to be King 
 of Bohemia^ud accordingly wasele&ed by the Eftates of that 
 Kingdom : but he was no fooner inverted in the Crown, than 
 that the Emperor with great Forces afiaulted him in Prague^ and 
 not only drove him with his Wife and Children from thence, 
 but took from him alfo his own Patrimony, the Palatinate , fo 
 as though now a King, he was fain to fly to the States of the 
 Low Conntreys for a place of Refidence. 
 
 King James^ although he had never given his confent to the 
 Palfgraves taking upon him the Government of that Kingdom, 
 as forefeeing in his great Judgment what the event would be, 
 yet in this diftrefs, he could not forbear to take care of the 
 Queen his Daughter} and thereupon fent his Ambaflador Sir 
 Richard Wejlon to the Emperor, to follicite the reftoration of 
 the Palatinate, but returning without fuccefs, King James had 
 then a Conference with Count Gundomar, the King of Spains 
 Legier in England , what courfe might be taken therein ; who 
 made him anfwer, there could be no better way than to make 
 a Marriage between his Son the Prince of Wales , and the In- 
 , fanta of Spain , the effe&ing of which he faid would be eafie, if 
 the Prince might have leave to make a Journy into Spain, which 
 after much ado wasconfentedunto.Upon which Prince Charles , 
 with the Marquis of Buckingham, and others, making a Jour¬ 
 ny thither (by the way of France ) is magnificently received ; 
 but atter eight months ftay in Spain, by the delay of the Spa- 
 niard rendred ineffe&Ual: fo that this Exiled Prince the King 
 
 Sfffff of 
 
532 A qE 3 ^EAL 0 giCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts* 
 
 Bufellinus 
 par s prim, 
 in Genea- 
 logicaGer- 
 mania no- 
 
 of Bohemia , being difpoffeffed of his Hereditary Eftate, died of B 0 ok 7& 
 a Fever in Merit 2, on the 29th of November i i6^2. (a Prince To GaiUz ~ 
 fweetly conditioned , as that he was univerfally beloved by Gualdo 
 all Proteftants) leaving his Queen a Widow, who continued Engifihcd 
 at the Hague in Holland till the Reftauration of her Nephew gLuf 
 King Charles 11 . to His Monarchy of Great Britain j who Monmouth 
 thereupon fent for her into England, where (he arrived at London 
 upon the 17th day of May , i66u and continuing till the 8th of 
 February at the Houfe ol the Earl of Craven in Drury Lane (a 
 Noble Man very affiftant to her in the time of her greateft affli- 
 &ions) and afterwards at Leicejler Houfe in the Parifh of S t.Mar- 
 tin in the (contemplating the great mercy of God in bring¬ 
 ing her Nephew to his rightful Throne, which fhe declared was 
 the only defire of her heart)there departed this mortal life upon 
 Thurfday the 13th of February , in the fame year, 1661 . and 
 upon Monday following early in the morning, was conveyed 
 to Somerfet Houle, from whence her Corps in the evening was 
 carried by Barge to the Abbey of W ejlminfter , being there ac¬ 
 companied to her Sepulchre by Prince Rupert her Son, and 
 many of the Nobility, and privately interred in the fame Vault 
 in King Henry VII. his Chappel with Prince Henry her eldeft 
 Brother. Upon her Majefties Coffin is faftned a Plate of Silver 
 gilt, on which the following Infcription is engraven, vrz>, 
 
 Depofitum 
 
 Serenifsima et Fotentifsima Trincipijja Elizabeth# 
 
 %eg ina \Bohemia , reliBa Frederici nuper Regis 
 Rohemue, Archidapiferi , et Frincipis EleBoris 
 Sacri Romani Imperii y et filia mica facobi , 
 
 Sor or is Caroli primi , et Amita Caroli ejus nominis 
 fecundi, Magna Fritannia, Francia, et Hibernia 
 Regum • Qua aE dibus Comitis Leicejlria die fovis 
 decimo tertio Februarii pijfsime in ‘Domino obdormivit • 
 
 Anno a Chrijlo nato 1661. AEtatis Jua Sexagefsimo 
 fexto . 
 
 She left Jjfue by Frederick King of Bohemia her Husband, thefe 
 
 Children following , viz. 
 
 30. FredericHenry , eldeft Son, Count Palatine of the Rhine , 
 and Duke of Bavaria , &c. born upon the firft of January , 
 
 An. 1614, was crowned King of Bohemia by thofe of his Fa&i- 
 on, and drowned in Haerlem Meer the 7th of January in the 
 year 1629. and fifteenth of his age. 
 
 20. Charles Lodowick^ Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of 
 Bavaria , Eleftor and Great Steward of the Empire,feco.nd Son 
 of Frederick, King of Bohemia , born at Heydelberg upon the 
 
 Quarterly, sa¬ 
 ble a Lyon ram - 
 pant Or,crown* 
 ed Gules > and 
 Lozengy in 
 
 Bend, Argent and Azure, overall, on an Efcocheofl, Gules, A Mound with A Crofs thereon Or, Impaling, Azure, a Lion 
 barruly Argent and Gules, which js Hcfien. 
 
 Ibid.p. 4 i* 
 
Chap. i. 
 
 tiuceJlinu i 
 pars prim, 
 in Gene a- 
 logic a Get- 
 vnanniceno- 
 titia,p.tf. 
 
 THE KJK9 S OF E*CqLA3^T>, &c. 
 
 *4 day of December , yteo 1617. was commonly Called the 
 Palfgrave from the High Dutch PfaltKgrajf, Palalij Comes, At 
 the age of about four years* he was conveyed thence into 
 the Countreys of Wirtenberg and Brandenburgs then into Hol¬ 
 land, where at the Hague and the Univcrfity of Leyden^ he was 
 educated in a princely manner. At eighteen years of age came 
 into England * and was created Knight of the Garten He 
 fought a Battel at Vlota in JVeftpbalia about two years after: and 
 An. 1637. palling privately through France to take poUeflton 
 of Brifacl^, intended to be delivered up to him by the Duke of 
 Saxen Weymar, together with the command of his Army, he 
 was by Cardinal Ricblieu difcovered at Moulins, and thence fent 
 back prifoner to Bois de Vincennes 5 whence, after twenty 
 three weeks imprifonmenr* he was by the Mediation of the 
 King of England, Charles I. his Uncle, fet at liberty. In 
 the year 1643. he came again into England, and with the Kings 
 fecret confent (becaufe the King could not continue unto him 
 the wonted Penfton,whil’ft the Rebels polfeft the greateft part 
 of His Majefties Revenues) made his addrelfes to* and abode 
 with the difloyal part of the Lords and Commons at Wejhmnfter * 
 where he continued until the Murder of the faidKing* and the 
 reftitution of the Louver Palatinate * according to the famous 
 Treaty at Munjler, An, 1648. by which he was conftreined to 
 quit all his Right to the 'VpperPalatinate, and except ofan Eighth 
 Eletiorfhip, at a jun&ure of time when the King of England 
 (had he not been engaged at home by an impious Rebellion) 
 had been the moft considerable of all other at that Treaty,and 
 this Prince his Nephew would have had the greateft advantages 
 there. In the year 1650. he took to Wife Charlote Daughter 
 of William V. Landgrave of Hejjen (and of Elizabeth Emilia of 
 Hanarv) at Caffel, by which Lady he hath Mile Charles * born 
 the 31 of March , 1651. at Heidelberg to whom is lately mar¬ 
 ried .Sifter of Chrijlian V. King of Denmark, : Frederic 
 
 his fecond Son* born the j 7th of May, 1653. And a Daugh¬ 
 ter called Charlote , who is the fecond Wife of Philip (only 
 Brother of Lewis XIV. the French King) Duke of Orleans , Va¬ 
 lois, and Chartres, Earl of Blois and Mountargys. 
 
 20. Rupert Count Palatine of th e Rhine, Duke of Bavaria and 
 Cumberland, Earl of Holdernefs, and Knight of the Garter, third 
 Son, born at Prague the 17th of December, 1619. (not long 
 before that unfortunate Battel there fought, whereby not only 
 all Bohemia was loft, but the Palatine Family for almoft thirty- 
 years outed of all their Polfedions in Germany .) He had not ex¬ 
 ceeded the 13 year of his age* when with the then Prince of 
 of Orange , he marched to the Siege of R hineberg, and after¬ 
 wards in England was created Knight of the Garter. At 
 the age of eighteen, he commanded a Regiment of Horfe in 
 the German Wars,and in the Battel of Vlota, 1638. being taken 
 by the Imperialifts under the command of Count Hat%jield, he 
 
 con* 
 
 5 ?? 
 
 King Jjme$ 
 
 Quarterly, Sa¬ 
 ble a Lion ram¬ 
 pant Or,crown¬ 
 ed Gules, and 
 Bendy Lozsn - 
 gy. Argent <wA 
 Azwe. 
 
■ _ . _ ■ -- -— - - • - - ■ —■ 
 
 534 A gE^CEJLOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts. 
 
 Quarterly, Sa¬ 
 ble a Lion ram¬ 
 pant Or,crown¬ 
 ed Gules, and. 
 Bendy Lozengy, 
 Argent and 
 Azure. 
 
 Quarterly Sa¬ 
 ble d Lion ram¬ 
 pant Or,crown¬ 
 ed Gules, and 
 Bendy Lozen¬ 
 gy, Argent and 
 Azure, Impa> 
 ling Gonzaga. 
 
 continued a Prifoner above three years. In 1643. returning Bo °k V 
 lntoEnglandfie was made General of the Horfe to KmgCharlesh 
 his Uncle, and had his vi&orious Sword crowned with feveral 
 Succefles, andhisPerfon rewarded with the Dignities of Earl 
 of Holdemejs, and alfo Duke of Cumberland ,upon the extinction 
 of the Male Line of the Cliffords , An. 1643. But at laft the 
 Kings Forces at Land being totally defeated, he tranfported 
 himfelf into France , and was afterwards made Admiral of fuch 
 Ships of War as fubmitted to His prefent Majefty King 
 Charles II. to whom, after divers difaftersat Sea, and wonder- 
 full prefervations, he returned to Paris , An. 1652. where, and 
 in Germany at the Emperors Court, and at Heydelberg , he pafled 
 his time in Princely Studies and Exercifesj till the happy Re- 
 ftauration of His Majefty now Reigning. After which^eturn- 
 ing again into England , he was made a Privy Councellor in the 
 year 1662. Since which time, in feveral Naval Expeditions 
 againft the States of the United Provinces, he hath given many 
 demonftrations of his Conduft and wonted Courage. His High- 
 nefs is now Conftable of His Majefties Royal Caftle of Wind- 
 for : and after all the fatigues of War, and ftgnal Services to 
 th ; s Crown, enjoys the fruit of his Labours, vi%. the favor of 
 his King, the love of his Country, and a happy Peace, 
 ao. Maurice, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, and 
 Knight of the Garter, fourth Son of Frederic ^ King of Bohe¬ 
 mia, and Queen Elizabeth of England, born the 17th day of 
 December , 1620-came over into England with his Brother Prince 
 Rupert in September, An. 1642. wherein the War againft the 
 Rebellious Subje&s of his Uncle King Charles I. he behaved 
 himfelf with much Valor and Conduft, particularly before the 
 City of Exeter , which being clofely befieged by him, was fur- 
 rendred upon Articles on the 3d day ot September,An. 1643. 
 
 Several other fignal Services he performed in the time of his be¬ 
 ing in England , till the Kings Forces being totally defeated, he 
 betook himfelf to Sea, and commanding fome Ships for the 
 Weft Indies , perifhed by Shipwrack in a Hurrycane not far 
 
 from the Caribby Iflands, An . zesGran * 
 
 20 Edward , Count Palatine of the Rhine , Duke of Bavaria , 
 
 and Knight of the Garter, fifth Son, born at the Hague, 05 t. 6 . franco p. 
 An. 16 24.He took to Wife Anne de Gonzaga cle Cleyes, Daughter 
 and Coheir to the laft Duke of Nevers in France (Sifter to the 
 Queen of Poland , and Aunt to the Emprefs Mary de Gonzaga') 
 and by her had Ifliie three Daughters,viz. Anne de Bavaria, mar¬ 
 ried to Henry Julius de Bourbon Duke of d’Angbien, PrinCe of the 
 Blood, Peer, and High Steward of France , eldeft Son of the 
 Prince of Conde , and hath Iffue N. de Bourbon , born in Febru¬ 
 ary, An. 1666 . Beneditta of Bavaria , fecond Daughter of 
 Prince Edward was married at Hanouer to John Frederic ^ 
 
 Prince of Hanouer Duke of Brunjwic\ and Lunenbnrgb, 
 
 N. of Bavaria , third Daughter. 
 
 30. Philip 
 
THE KJ WJjS OF EfctqLANiV.&c. 535 
 
 Chap. i. 20 Philip, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Duke of Bavaria, 
 the fixth Son of Frederic \King of Bohemia , was born at the 
 LLgweonthe -f day of September , in theyear^ifoy. He fell in 
 the Battel near Sc. Stephens , the 15th day of December , 
 
 l£$°. 
 
 2o. Gujlavuf, Count Palatine^ the feventh and youngeft Son, 
 was born at the H^gae the 14th day of January, 1632. and 
 died in January , 1641. 
 
 20. Elizabeth, Princefs Palatine,eldeft Daughter of Frederic ^ V. 
 Count Palatine of the Rhine, (and Elizabeth onely Daughter 
 living of King James ,was born the 26th of December, An. 16 18. 
 She is now living in Germany unmarried, being Abbefs of Her- 
 yorden , but of the Proteftant Religion. 
 
 20. L ovifa Hollandina , Princefs Palatine, fecond Daughter of 
 Frederick^ King of Bohemia and Elizabeth of England , was 
 bred up at the Hague by her Mother in the Religion of the 
 Church of England at length embracing the Romijh Religion, 
 is Lady Abbefs of Maubuijjon at Ponthoife , not far from 
 Paris. 
 
 20. Henrietta , Princefs Palatine^ third Daughter of Frederic 
 King of Bohemia and Elizabeth of England, died upon the 
 18th of September , An. i 5 $ 1. She was the Wife of N. Prince 
 of T ranftlvania. 
 
 20. Charlote , Princefs Palatine, fourth Daughter, born Anno 
 1628- 
 
 20- Sophia^ Princefs Palatine, fifth and youngeft Daughter, 
 born at the Hague the 13th of O&ober, An. 1630. And in the 
 year 1658. wedded to Erneji Augutte Duke of Brunfwich^ 
 and Lunenburgh , Bilhop of Ofnaburgh and Free Prince of 
 Germany , Heir to the Dutchy of Brunfrvich^’, by whom fhe 
 hath three Sons and a Daughter. 
 
 Of thele three P incelfes, Elizabeth, Lovifa , and Sophia , 
 it is laid, That the firft is the moft Learned, the fecond the 
 greateft Artift, and the laft one of the moft accomplifhed 
 Ladies in Europe 
 
 19. MARGARET STUART, fecond Daughter of 
 King James VI. and Queen Anne of Denmark , was born in 
 Scotland upon the 24th day of December , 1598. and died 
 young in that Kingdom. 
 
 King Jamet 
 
 He did bear 
 the likeArmS 
 as did his Bro¬ 
 ther Prince 
 Edward, 
 
 Shedbth bear 
 on a Lozenge* 
 the Palatinate, 
 and Bavaria, 
 quarterly. 
 
 On a Lozengb* 
 the Arms of 
 the Palatinate, 
 and Bavaria, 
 quarterly; 
 
 On a Lozenge 
 quarterly, the 
 Palatinate and 
 Bavaria,\mp>a-> 
 paled by 
 Brunfwickj viz. 
 Gules twoLions 
 pajjant guar- 
 dantOr, armed 
 and languei 
 Azure. 
 
 fenet 
 
 Walker mi- 
 litem prin. 
 Regent 
 
 Am. Ce* 
 remony z. 
 fol. 1. 
 
 ip. MART S TV A RT, third Daughter of King James , 
 but firft born Daughter in England , came into this World at 
 Greenwich , upon the . . . day of March , An. 16^05. and was 
 there Baptized, ‘Ulrick Duke of Holjiein being Godfather , 
 and the Lady Arabella , and Countefs of Northumberland God¬ 
 mothers. She departed out of this tranfitory life aged 
 two years, five months, and eight days, at Stanwell$ in the 
 Houfe of the Lord Knyvet (unto whofe Ladies charge fhe 
 
 T 11111 was 
 
 She did bear 
 a Lozenge, 
 Quarterly of 
 four,on the fir ft 
 France and 
 England quar* 
 terly. On tlie 
 fecond, Scot* 
 land.The third 
 Inland ; and 
 the fourth as 
 the firft. 
 Which Arms 
 are carved on 
 the tides of 
 •her Tomb. 
 
THE KJ^Cqs OF ELANil>, &c. 
 
 was committed) upon the i6rh day of December , 1607. 
 The 2ad day of the fame Month, her Body was brought by 
 Coach to the Dean of Wejlmnfter s Houfe, and the next day 
 carried privately through the Cloyfters unto King Henry the 
 Sevenths Chappel, accompanied with many Earls, Barony 
 and Ladies j and after a Sermon Preached by Mr. Leach , was 
 interred in a Vault on the South-fidc the Lady Sophia her 
 younger Sifter, where the King her Father erefred a Monument 
 to her memory, exhibited in the precedent page, at the head 
 whereof you may read this Infcription. 
 
 MARIA FILIA JACOBI REGIS MAGN£ 
 BRITANNIA, FRANCIS, ET HIBERNIA, 
 ET ANNiE REGINA, PRIM JEVA INFANTIA 
 IN COELUM RECEPTA, MIHI GAUDIUMNVENI, 
 PARENTIBUS DESID ERIUM RELIQUI, 
 DIE XVI. DECEMBRIS 
 CD DC VII. 
 
 CONGRATULANTES CONDOLETE 
 VIXIT ANNOS II. MENSES V. 
 
 DIES VIII. 
 
 9. 1 SOPHIA S T ZJA R T, fourth and youngeft Daughter 
 of King James , was born at Greenwich upon Sunday morn¬ 
 ing the 21 of June , 1606. and was Baptized privately the 
 Tuefday following, and that night ended her life. Upon Thurf- 
 day following the Body was conveyed by Barge to the Parlia¬ 
 ment Stairs, accompanied withfeveral of the Nobility, Lords, 
 and Ladies, and the Office of Arms, whence proceeding to 
 the South-Eaft door of the Abbey of JVejimnijler , they were 
 there met by the Dean and Prebends, with the Choire ^ fo 
 they palPed into King Henry the Seventh's Chappel^ where 
 there was an Antiphon fung with the Organ ; in the mean 
 time the Body was interred in a Vault at the Eaft end of the 
 Tomb then ere&ing for Qjeen Elizabeth ( the Lady Ara - 
 helix fupplying the place of Principal Mourner.) The Tomb 
 of this Lady Sophia is built intheexaift form of a Cradle, in 
 which her Effigies lieth,done to the life,and at the head are fixed 
 her Arms in a Lozenge, with a Memorial fubferibed in thefe 
 words ; 
 
 SOPHIA ROSULA REGIA P RM PRO- 
 PERO FATO DECERPTA, ET JACOBO 
 MAGNtE BRITANNIA, FRANCIzE ET 
 HIBERNIA-, REGI, ANNAQ: REGINjE, 
 PARENTIBUS EREPTA, UT IN CHRISTI 
 ROSARIO REFLORESCAT: HICSITA 
 EST. JUNII XXIII. REGNI I. R. IIII. 
 CIO. DC. VI. 
 
 537 
 
 King Jame T 
 
 At the head 
 of her Cradle 
 Monument arc 
 Arms carved 
 on a Lozehge? 
 
 CHARLES 1. 
 
538 A qE^CEALOQlCAh HISTORY OF 
 
 Anno 1625* 
 March 27. 
 
 Book ji 
 
 19 , 
 
 CHARLES I. 
 
 KING of qKEAT ‘BRITAIN FRANCE, 
 
 and I RELAND , Defender of the FAITH, &c. 
 Surnamed The MARTYR 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 His Charles , the fecond Son living of 
 King J ames and Queen Anne'pi Den - 
 marl was born at Dnmferling in Scot¬ 
 land^ the ic?th day of November, An. 
 
 1600. who during his Infancy, was of 
 a weak and fickly temper j but arri¬ 
 ving to riper years* proved to be of 
 a very healthful Conftitution. Whil’ft 
 he abode in Scotland , he was created 
 Duke of Albany , Marquis of Ormond, 
 dieCrownort Earl of Rojs, and Lord Ardmanoch ; and on Tuefday the 6th 
 coihfcfthe January, An. 1604. in prefence of the Lords of the Privy 
 Council, and other Peers of this Realm, created Duke of Yorh^ 
 at Whitehall: with him firft appeared the Knights of the Bath in 
 their Hermites Weeds, in St. James’s Park, the Heralds pafllng 
 before them, with the Mufick j in which Order they proceeded to 
 the Chappel, where the Knights offered at the Altar ; thence 
 with their Elquires before them to their Lodgings,where new At¬ 
 tiring themfelves in Robes of Ciimfon Taffata, with Hats and 
 white Feathers, they returned to the great Chamber, where being 
 France and girded by the King with Swords, they received their gilt Spurs: 
 znxitfj mar- ^* tef a fumptuous Dinner, they again offered their Swords at 
 the Altar,and the next day came attired in Purple Sattin before the 
 King, with divers of the Nobility carrying the Robes and other 
 Ornaments j the Earl of Nottingham with the Duke in hisArmes, 
 the Earls going before, and the Knights of the Bath following, 
 till coming where the King fate, under a rich Canopy of State, 
 
 1 have exhi¬ 
 bited the Fi¬ 
 gures of two 
 Seals of King 
 Charles I. in 
 the ? 1 ? and 
 5x 6 pages of 
 this feventh 
 Book;thefird 
 of which 
 bears date in 
 the year 1617. 
 upon which 
 the King is re- 
 prefentcd fit¬ 
 ting on His 
 Throne in 
 
 Order about 
 HisShoulders, 
 the Scepter in 
 His Right 
 Hand, and the 
 Mound i 1 His 
 Left. Over 
 His Head is a 
 Compart¬ 
 ment contain¬ 
 ing the Royal 
 Arms, which 
 are Quarter¬ 
 ly ; the firfi. 
 
 England quar 
 terly ; 2 ly Scot¬ 
 land. 3ly 
 Ireland , the 
 fourth its the 
 firji. On the 
 right fide His 
 Throne, is the 
 Standard of 
 St. George, 
 viz- Argent a 
 Crofs Gules, 
 
 fupported by a Lyon of England Crowned. On the left fide is the Standard of St. Andrew, being Azure a Saltir 
 Argent, upheld by the Vnicorne of Scotland , gorged with a Coronet and Chained. On the Counter-Seal he is figured 
 on Horfeback armed Cap-a-pee, His Cafque adorned with Plumes y in His right Hand He holds a Sword mount¬ 
 ed over His Head, and on His left Arm hangs His Shield; His Horfe hath ^either Caparifbn nor Trappings but a rich 
 Embroidered Saddle; by His Horfe fide is figured a Grayhound,current,and under the Belly of His Horfe is reprefented a 
 Profpedt of the City of London. This Seal is circumfcribred, CAROLUS. DEI. GRATIA. ANGLIA*. SCOTIAi. 
 I-'RANCI/E. ET. HIBERNIA REX- FIDfil. DEFENSOR.1 6z 7 . and the fame on the Reverie,excepting the Figures,1 627. 
 
 His (econd Great Seal differs from the former, in the faihion of the Inauguration Chair, the Arms of which are fup¬ 
 ported by two Eagles; and the Canopy over the Kings Head, the Curtains whereof, with the Royal Achievement, 
 arc held up by two Angels. On the Counter Seal Fie is on Horfeback as before, excepting the Shield on His left 
 Arm, which is placed behind him Enfigned with a Crown, and charged with the Royal Arms within the Garter, ha¬ 
 ving before His Horfe a Crowned Role This Great Seal is on both fides circumfcribed with CAROLUS. DEL 
 GRATIA. MAGNAL BRITANNIA. FRANCIAL. ET. FUBERNIAL. REX. FIDEI. DEFFENSOR. 1640. he being 
 the fir'll King that on His Seal wrote Magnx Britannix. That which is mod remarkable in the Seals of this King, is 
 the Pofition of His Horfe, which is retrograde to all thofe of His Royal PredecefTors the Kings of England from 
 William I. King Charks\. Riding toward the right-fide of the Throne, and all the others towards the left. But the 
 former podure is readumed by His prefent Majedy King Charles II. 
 
 He continued to bear the Arms, Cred, and Supporters of His Royal Father King fames. 
 
THE KJK9 s of E^CqLANi'Dt&c, 539 
 
 Chap. 2. the Dukes Patent being read, he was inverted in the Pvobes, re- Charles I. 
 ceived the Coroner, and the Golden Rod j which done, the Ce¬ 
 remony ended. 
 
 Count Gundomare being Tent over Ambaffador from the King 
 of Spain, to Treat of a Marriage betwixt the young Prince and 
 the Infanta of Spain , who confidently affirmed, there was no 
 other way to regain the Palatinate, and to fettle a perpetual Peace 
 in England, but by this Match. King James having a natural in¬ 
 clination to Peace, gives great attention, and by advice of the 
 Privy Council, the Prince on the i/th of February , 1622. is fent Annonriz. 
 dilguifed with the Marquis of Buclyngbam^ attended by Endimi- 
 on Porter of the Bedchamber, and Richard Greenham Matter of 
 the Horfe to the Marquis, who were met at Dover by Sir Francis 
 Cottington Secretary to the Prince } and being imbarked, land ac 
 Boloigne , and fo Pott to Paris y where ftaying one day, he had a 
 tranllent view of that excellent Lady the Princefs Henrietta Ma¬ 
 ria, at a Mask, which the great Difpofer of all things had pre¬ 
 fer ved for him. 
 
 On the 7th of March he arrives at Madrid , and alighted at 
 the Earl of Brijloll *s Houfe,then Extraordinary Ambaffador there, 
 whofe fudden arrival ftartled £r//M,being altogether a ttranger to 
 the journy.The next morning notice was given to Count Olivares, 
 the Spamjh Favourite (and by him communicated to King T/fi- 
 //p) of the arrival of rhe Duke of Buckingham, who in private in¬ 
 formed the King of the Princes hazardous adventure to have a fight 
 of the Infanta which accordingly was afterwards performed with a 
 great deal of feeming affe&ion.But the crafty Spaniard could by no 
 means be drawn to admit the rettitution of the Palatinate , but 
 would referve it as a Gratuity to be freely beftowed after the 
 Marriage. 
 
 Much time was fpent, and Articles were drawn on both fides Anno 1^3. 
 ready to Sign, when on the fuddain Pope Gregory dies, who was 
 to give his Difpenfation for the Match } application is made to 
 Pope ZJrban , which protra&ed much time } the Prince being fen- 
 fible of delay, defires leave to return, and with many Comple¬ 
 ments takes his farewell of the King and Infanta, and with much 
 danger arrives the 5th of OSlober at Portfmouth , the next day 
 Potts to London, where he was received with unfpeakable joy of 
 the people, and foon after haftes to RojJlon y where the King then 
 refided j to whom he gave an ample and large Account of the 
 whole proceedings : The King Communicates it to the Council, 
 who concluded to acquaint a Parliament With it ^ which accor¬ 
 dingly was fummoned to meet in February following. 
 
 Hereupon being fate, the Houfe after debate, defired a further 
 Account of the particulars of the Spanijh Voyage, which accor¬ 
 dingly was done by the Duke of Buckingham and the Prince, to 
 their great fatisfaftion ^ who, after mature confideration, advife 
 the King to break off the Treaty with Spain , and to proclaim 
 open War, to which the King was hardly perfuaded by reafon 
 
 Uu u u u u of 
 
540 A QE^EALOgiCAL HlSTO^f OF 
 
 * tuartSk 
 
 Anno 1614* 
 
 Anno i6ty. 
 
 of his pcacefull difpofition, and want of Money to maintain it j Book 7 . 
 but at jafl a Council of War is chofen, who agree that 6 000 ~~ 
 
 men be fent immediately into the Low Countreys , in order to 
 their paffageinto Germany. 
 
 The Duke of Buckingham is now accufed of Treafon by the Spa - 
 ttifb Ambafl'ador.The Treaty with Spain being nulled, and Prince 
 Charles growing in years, and in favour of the people,fome Over¬ 
 tures are made for a Marriage with the Daughter of France ,which 
 King yfames breaks to his Privy Council, who jointly applaud it \ 
 whereupon a Parliament being again fummoned, and thebufinefs 
 propounded, it was entertained by them with an unanimous con- 
 fent, and propofed that the Earl of Holland be forthwith fent to 
 feel the Pulfeof the French King in order to the Match, in whom 
 found a ready inclination , fo that the Earl of Carlisle is 
 
 was 
 
 His Marriage. 
 
 Anno 162$. 
 
 The Queens 
 Arms were. 
 Azure 3 F low¬ 
 ers de LizeOr, 
 France. Impa¬ 
 led by France 
 and. England 
 quarterly in the 
 firft quarter. 
 2.Scotland, 3. 
 Ireland, the 
 fourth as the 
 flrfi. 
 
 fent over as an additional Embaflador to the Earl of Holland : 
 and the French King fends the Marquis d' Effait for England in 
 quality of an Ambaftador. Thefe noble Inftruments ply their 
 bufinefs fo clofe, that on the ioth of November, 1624. Articles 
 on both fides were Signed, there wanting nothing for compleating 
 the March but a Difpenfation from Rome , for which the King of 
 France follicites 5 but in the interim King James departs this mor¬ 
 tal life on the 27th day of March , 1625. at his Mannor of Theo¬ 
 balds , leaving his Son engaged in a War with Spain&nd an empty 
 Exchequer: the fad News of whofe death came to Whitehall juft 
 when Bifhop Laud was in his Sermon, which made him to break 
 off in compliance with the fadnefs of the Congregation *, and im¬ 
 mediately thereupon Prince Charles was proclaimed, at the Court 
 Gate, King of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , who presently 
 difpatcheth A vifo’s of his Fathers death to all Confederate Princes 
 and States. Next, he took care for the folemn interring of the 
 Royal Corps, which on the 14th of May was performed with all 
 Funeral Rites*, his Statue was lively reprefented on a magnificent 
 Herfe, King Charles being prefent thereat. 
 
 And now, about the age of twenty five years, he proceeded in 
 the Marriage before concluded of for him with the Beautiful and 
 Virtuous Princefs Henrietta Maria, the youngeft Daughter of 
 Henry IV. Surnamed The Great, King of France , ('and of Queen 
 Mary de Medicis his Wife) and Sifter to Lewis XIII. the French 
 King. Sending out his Letters of Procuration to the Duke of 
 Chevereux to efpoufe the faid Lady in his name, which Ceremony 
 was folemnly performed in the Church of Nojlredame , on Sunday 
 the firft of May , An. 1625. by Cardinal Kichlieu , and no fooner 
 ended than that her Majefty prepared for England coming to Bo - 
 loigne , where a Fleet of twenty one Sail attended her,with which 
 {he arrived at Dover *, where fhe was met by the King with a moft 
 magnificent Train, and conduced to Canterbury , and there the 
 Royal Nuptials were moft glorioufly accomplifhed; thence with 
 equal fplendour they came to Gravefend, and thence by Barge to 
 Semerjet Houle. After a few days they removed to Hampton 
 
 Court, 
 

 THE KJKQ S °P B*tqLANC'D* etc. 541 
 
 Chap. 2. by reafon that the Plague was now hot at London. The 18th Charles i. 
 of June following the King called a Parliament about the bufinefs 
 of the Palatinate , wherein he demanded their aftiftance to fo Aimo l6i *‘ 
 honourable a War, and received very ample fatisfafrion j but the 
 Sicknefs ftill continuing, the nth of July the Parliament adjourn¬ 
 ed and met again at Oxford ; where, in ftead of profecuting His 
 Majefties defire for fetting forth the Fleet for relief of the Tala - 
 tinate, many high Debates fell out among the Commons; as con¬ 
 cerning evil Councels that guided the Kings defigns, Treafury mif- 
 imployed, with many other things to the fame purpofe 5 exclaim¬ 
 ing againft the Duke ot Buckingham , and refolding to take his 
 Office of Lord Admiral from him, and call him to an account : 
 whereupon the King feeing that nothing towards his fatisfa&ion 
 was intended by them,he diffolved them, and took up feveral 
 Sums upon Loan from all thofe of the Kingdom who were beft 
 able to (pare their mony. 
 
 February the ad, 1 63 $. was the day appointed for the Kings 
 Coronation, which was then performed by George Abbot Arch- ^ Coronatl 
 bifhop of Canterbury , with all ufual and accuftomed folemnity, Ann0 l6lJ ' 
 except his pafiage through London, omitted by reafon of the Con¬ 
 tagion, which faved fome Mony, the Exchequer being then low. 
 
 It’s obfervable that the King was cloathed that day in white Sattin. 
 
 February the 6 t h, a Parliament was called, whereof Sir Henry 
 Finch was Speaker, in which, after Thanks rendred His Majefty 
 for his Gratious Anfwer to their Petition concerning Religion , 
 their next Debate fell upon the Grievances of the Kingdom by 
 Evil Councellors, and clipping of the Kings Wings as to his Pri¬ 
 vy Purfe and publick Grants, &c. but the principal String on 
 which they harped, was Religion, keeping thereon a kind of a 
 conffant Committee, whereof one John Pynt a turbulant per- 
 lon was Chairman } fo that the Kings Ears were never free from 
 their noife, daily fomented by two turbulent Members of the 
 Houfe of Commons, Clement Cool\ and one Turner a Phifitian, 
 till at laft the King was conlfrained to fend them word by Sir 
 Richard Wefion , that it was beft for them to confult of Matters 
 of greateft importance at prefent; and that they ftiould have time: 
 enough for other things afterwards. 
 
 Several thwarting accufations at this time parted in Parliament Anita ifo*. 
 between the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Briftol , for mat¬ 
 ters a&ed in the late Kings time, wherein they recriminate upon 
 each other. In fine 5 the Duke of Buckingham fuftains the lafh of 
 all their contumely,which though to every Article he gave as good 
 fatisfa&ion as in reafon could be expefted* yet their rage ceafed 
 not to prefer new matters of old Concernments againft him, which 
 though true (as he urged) ought not then to have been remem- 
 bred,fince in Parliament,^.a i.ofKing jGwe/jhe had been acquit¬ 
 ted befides his prefent Majefties General Pardon at his Coronati¬ 
 on was fufficient to free him, as it did all others, from the like 
 Imputation. Yet all this fuffis’d not; whereupon the King was 
 forced to diflolve the Parliament. After 
 
54 ^ 
 
 Smarts. 
 
 Epedltion to 
 lile of fihe. 
 
 Anno 1617. 
 
 Sir John Bur- 
 rough was 
 there flain. 
 
 Anno 161 %. 
 
 A g E^CEJLOgiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 After this an Information was at the Council Table preferred E °°k 7 - 
 againft the Bifhop of Lincolne, by Sir John Lambe^ and Do&or Sib- 
 thorp, as favouring the Puritans, fpeaking dangerous words in 
 their behalf againft the King, and oppofing the Loan which now 
 the King was about taking up in order to a War with France : • 
 
 For which the Bifhop, with fome others of the fame Faction,were 
 imprifoned : Do&or Lamb is murdered in the Streets of London 
 by the Rabble,for which the City is fined 6000 1 . Notwithftand- 
 ing, with much ado, (hortly after that Expedition went on with 
 6000 Horfeand Foot, 10 Royal Ships, and 90 Merchantmen, un¬ 
 der rhe command of the Duke of Buckingham , for defence of the 
 Rochellers: who being conduced by one Monfieur Sobiejj'e, had 
 feized on that place, and divers others for the Proreftant Religion, 
 againft their Kirg, from whom but a little before, they had, by 
 Mediation of the Englifb Embaffadors, obtained a Truce ; which 
 afterwards, upon advantage of the King of Frances Armies remo¬ 
 ving towards Italy , the Laid Sobiejj'e took an occafion to break, 
 by lurprifing the Ifie of Rhe,2nd attempting Port Lewis\ whereup¬ 
 on Lewis Xl\l the French King, diverting his Force frontwards 
 Italy (with the {hipping that had been lent him for that fervice by 
 the King of England) fet upon them ; forcing them from their 
 Holds, and Sobiejfe into the I(le of Olleron. When at the Dukes 
 coming, he endeavoured to land in the Ifie of Rhe with his Men, 
 he had a fharp Fight, wherein many brave Gentlemen loft their 
 lives on both fides, and little to the purpofe efFedled. But 
 returning home, another Fleet was fhortly provided, which 
 the King himfelf, at Portfmouth , came to view } where the 
 faid Duke being very intent upon the Bufinefs, and labouring 
 much to get all things in readineft, for recovery of that where¬ 
 in he had been unfuccefsful, as he came down Stairs out of 
 his Chamber, and pafting towards his Parlor, he was by one John 
 Felton, a Lieutenant of Foot, on the 23d of July, 1628.ftabbed 
 to the Heart with a Knife, which, the Villain flying, left flick¬ 
 ing in his Back 5 and being apprehended, declared that he did it 
 for the Caufe of God and his Country, upon the account of the 
 Parliaments late Remonftrance againft him, as being a friend to 
 Popery 5 for which the faid Felton was executed at Tyburn. 
 
 The parliament at this time growing ftubborn againft the King, 
 would needs by a Vote takeoft'the Subfidies granted himofTun- 
 nage,and Poundage,whereupon His Majefty fending Mr. Maxwell 
 U(her of the Black Rod to diffolve them, they denie it, till the 
 King with his Pcnfioners and Guard preparing to come himfelf, 
 they quitted the Houfe 5 and thus ended that Parliament. For 
 now, what with the continual clamour of the Commonalty againft 
 the Introduction of Popery (as they called it) and their perpetual 
 grumblings againft Taxes, the Puritanical Fa&ion grow fo nume¬ 
 rous and bold, that Libels are daily caft about the Streets againft 
 the King and Clergy, efpecially Bifliop Laud , and others of the 
 Kings moft faithfull Councellors, which though by all thegratious 
 
 Con- 
 
THE KJZKJfS OF E^(.gLJ^CV,Scc. 543 
 
 Chap. 2 . Cancetfions that could be the King endeavoured to quiet, yet it cb * rie * f- 
 would not be. 
 
 It was now the 6th year of the Kings Reign,when on the apth Ann0I *3°- 
 of May , the Qneen was happily delivered ot her eldeft Son (our 
 prefent Soveraign Lord King Charles ) whofe Nativity was 
 uQiered in with a Star fecn at noon-day. After which a general 
 Peace enfued between us and all Foreign Nations \ however a Anno ^ .. 
 damnable Rebellion not long after broke out in Ireland , which nno1 ^*' 
 for feveral years continuedj and another more horrid had taken 
 root in SmAW.Thar, by the Irijh Recufants, upon pretence of re¬ 
 gaining their Ancient Freedom from their long continued flavery 5 
 and this, upon the contrary account, for fear of Popery : But up¬ 
 on the humble intreaty of the Scots, the King in the ninth year 
 of his Reign over England, An. 1633. takes his JoUrny thither,and AnndI ^ 3 - 
 is folemnly Crowned ztEdenborongh the 18th of June , where he 
 called a Parliament, in which he confirmed many old Statutes,but 
 not without the oppofition of the difeontented Reformers (as they 
 called themfelves^) as fuppofing the fame to have been done in 
 favor of Epifcopacy. The King having vifited fome principal 
 places in that Kingdom, in July returns for England . 
 
 The Englijh Seas were about this time fadly infefied with Pirats, Anno 
 and the Fifhing almoft wholly ufurped by the Hollanders where¬ 
 upon the King advifing with his Attorney General Noy, he finds 
 out an ancient Prefident for the fetting out of a Fleet by vertue of 
 the Kings own Writ ; who thereupon caufed feveral Sums of 
 Mony to be raifed among his Subje&s, called Ship Money \ 
 wherewith being indifferently furnifhed , He fet forth a confi- 
 derable Navy, under the command of the Earls of hindfey and 
 Eftx: whereby not only our Ships paffed with great fecurity 
 upon their Trade,but England grew fo formidable to Foreign Prin¬ 
 ces, that the King of Spain , as his fafeft way, madeufeof our 
 Bottoms for tranfporting his Bullion, which yielded an ineftima- 
 ble benefit both to our Merchants for Exchange of their Com¬ 
 modities, and to the Kings Mint. 
 
 The good effe&s of the laft Expedition caufed the King to fet Anno 1*3*. 
 out another Fleet under command of the Earl of Northum¬ 
 berland, by whom the Dutch Buffes were fo fcoured from the Bri- 
 tifh Sea , that they defired very fubmiffively to Fifh by the Kings 
 Commiffion : yet by example of one Mr .Hamden o( Buckingham- 
 (hire, many denyed the payment of this Ship Mony,as a thing ille¬ 
 gal : whereupon the King was willing the fame fhould be refer¬ 
 red to the twelve Judges : who all, except Hutton and Croohg, 
 gave their Judgment againft Hamden, and his Affociates: which 
 yet did no good as to the quieting of the Malecontents, whofe 
 icurrulous Pens are now fet at work to write againft the King and 
 the Bifhops : for which Mr. Brin, Mr. Burton, and Dr. Bajlwicl 
 three violent and reftlefs fpirited Men, loft their Ears} but the 
 Puritanical Party knowing their own ftrength* were not hereby at Anno 1*37. 
 all terrified } and thofe in Scotland , upon the impofition of the 
 
 X x x x x x Eng - 
 
544 A qEHEALOCjlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts . 
 
 Anno 1638* 
 
 Anno 1639, 
 
 Anno 1640. 
 
 Enghjb Liturgy,fo highly infult,that in perfeft oppofition to what- Book ji 
 foever the King (hall order, or had commanded to the contrary, 
 they enter into a Solemn League and Covenant againft Epifcopal Go¬ 
 vernment, &c. Protefting to maintain the fame with their lives by 
 the Sword j for which purpofe they crave aid from France , and 
 General Lefley and divers other Commanders are fent for from 
 beyond Sea: whil’ft Marquis Hamilton , who was intruded as 
 High Commiflioner to fupprefs them, favoured their defigns, 
 encouraging many of the new fangled Scotch Nobility to trace 
 the fame fteps, till at laft they refolveinto an Aflembly, which 
 was once difperfed by the Kings Order ; yet in defpite, they meet 
 again, and publickly declare in dire& terms againft the Kings 
 High Commiftion, Service Book ( which the King difcharged 
 them of) and all Epifcopal Difcipline, till at laft the King with 
 an Army is obliged to force them to an Accommodation j and 
 they, upon the Kings too merciful Conceffions, fubmit, their long 
 intended mifchiefs being not yet ripe for execution. 
 
 The King, upon his return, the i 3th of Aprils called another 
 Parliament, who firft require of the King to be fatisfied in three 
 Points, vi%. Property of the Subjeft j Security of Religion ; Pri- 
 viledge of Parliament. But whil’ft they considered which was 
 beft firft to be treated of, comes in that Firebrand Sir Henry Vane , 
 and falfly told them, that the King demanded twelve Subfidies: 
 whereat they fell into fuch a heat againft his Majefty, that they 
 refolve to Vote againft the War with Scotland \ upon which, af¬ 
 ter twenty two days Seffion ? by advice of his Couniel,he diflolved 
 them. 
 
 This done, the Convocation now fitting, framed a Proteftation 
 for the fettlement of the Church, wherein the Archbifhop of Can- 
 terbury Dr. William Laud (hewed himfelf very zealous againft the 
 Puritans: Hereupon a Paper was pofted on the old Exchange in- 
 couraging the Apprentices to Rifle his Houfe at Lambeth j which, 
 on Monday the 12th of May , at night, they attempted , but 
 were repulfed, many taken and imprifoned, which were after¬ 
 wards by their Companions forcibly refcued ; for which one of 
 the Ringleaders was taken and hanged. 
 
 The Scots ftill continuing their infolence, the King was once 
 more obliged to march with an Army againft them towards Scot¬ 
 land 5 where, at New bur ne near Newcaftle , Lefley , with his Forces, 
 meets part of the Kings Army commanded by the Lord Conway^ 
 upon the 28th of Augutt^ at the River Tyne ; and after a hot dif- 
 pute, the Scots gain their paflage, and put thofe Forces to flight. 
 
 His Majefty hereupon retires to Fork, is there contented to Treat 
 with them, receiving their Petition, which, in efFeft, contained. 
 
 That a Parliament ftiould be forthwith called: The Reformed 
 Religion in both Kingdoms confirmed: The Earl of Strafford 
 and the Archbifhop of Canterbury brought to the Bar, &c. which 
 in refpeft of a Parliament, was feconded by many fa&ious Lords 
 ot England : So that upon condition the Scots would dis- 
 
THE KJK 9 S °F E^CqLJ^V,ecc. 
 
 Chap, i. band, the King at laft was content to promife them a Par¬ 
 liament. 
 
 The Marquis of Montrofs detefting the perfidious proceedings 
 of his Countrymen, though he had been a Covenanter, became 
 now Loyal) as by certain Letters to His Majefty appeared, which 
 by the Treachery of Hamilton ,were flolen out of the Kings Pocket, 
 tranfcribed, and the Copies conveyed to the Covenanters, which 
 rendred the Earl odious among them. However, through their 
 daily importunities, the King, in purfuance of his promile, called 
 a Parliament, which began at Wejlminfier Tuelday the 3d of 
 November. With which began all the Kings mifery (though 
 with the former Parliaments he had trouble fufficient) for the 
 firft thing they fell upon for the pleafing of the people, was the 
 redu£Hon of Monopolies * receiving of Petitions from fuch as for 
 their turbulency had fuffered in the Starchamber, Council Table* 
 or High Commifilon Court; and ftriking at the Earl of Strafford, 
 againft whom Mr Pym is fentto theHcufeof Lords, with an Im¬ 
 peachment of HighTreafon. 
 
 And now came Alderman Pennington with feveral hundreds at 
 his heels, bringing a Petition of the Citizens againft Church Ce¬ 
 remonies*, whereupon it was Voted that the Clergy in no Synod or 
 Convocation have any power to make Canons,but the Parliament* 
 That the prefent Canons of the Church were againft the Laws* 
 for which the Archbifiiop of Canterbury , as one of the chief Fra¬ 
 mers of them* muft be accufed, and likewife, with the Earl of 
 Strafford , committed to the Black Rod, againft whom the Bre- 
 thren with full Mouthes, now exhibit their Charge,fraught with 
 nothing elfe but inveterate Malice and groundlefs Conjeftures; 
 and all for fear of Popery : The Parliament at this time taking up¬ 
 on them to expoftulate with the King concerning the Reprieve of 
 one Goodman a Prieft : as though it lay not in the Kings power, 
 without them, to pardon any Malefactor whatfoever after Con¬ 
 demnation. 
 
 Alter many horrid Clamours, the King on the 15th of February 
 pafles that fatal Bill for a Triennial Parliament* upon which pro¬ 
 ceeds the Earl of Strafford's Tryal* who, to every Article prefer¬ 
 red againft him, gave lufficient anfwer * yet, fince by the accu¬ 
 mulation of all together, they found him guilty of High Trea- 
 fon * the King unwillingly complyed with what he knew was but 
 out of Malice contrived, and figned the Warrant for his Execu¬ 
 tion (which to His Majefties own death he repented) and ac¬ 
 cordingly he is beheaded on Tower Hill on the 12th ot May fol¬ 
 lowing. Hereupon the Parliament feem contented, and yield 
 that the Scotch Army fhould be disbanded ( having Voted 
 300000 /. towards fupply of the Ioffes and neceftities of their 
 dear Brethren of Scotland) which, contrary to their former Agrees 
 mentupon the late Treaty, they had kept above eight Months in 
 England * and the King* the more to oblige them, makes a Pro- 
 grefs into Scotland, where he ftaya about tour Months * during 
 
 which 
 
 545 
 
 Charley I, 
 
 The Long 
 Parliament 
 Novanb. n 
 Anno 1640. 
 
 Anno 1C401 
 
 Anno 164%, 
 
546 jgE^CEJLOqiCJL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts. which time the Rebellion before fpoken of in Irc/W,breaks forth Eook 7 » 
 ’ into a&ion: the Caftle of Dublin had like to have been feized the 
 23d oiOttober^i&^i. but the fame night the defign was difcove- 
 rcd by Owen 0 ConaUy\ whereupon the Lords Mac-Guire and Mac - 
 Mahon , with divers others, are feized on } yet in all other parts of 
 that Kingdom, the Plot fucceeds, many places being furprized. 
 
 Forces were hereupon immediately raifed in England, to go againft: 
 them, and the Marquis of Ormond made General, whilft on the 
 other fide the Rebels ele<ft Sir Phelim 0 Neal for theirs, who are 
 the firft day of January , proclaimed Traitors. The War conti¬ 
 nues long, many Places and Towns are taken on both fides, and 
 many bloody Cruelties committed. 
 
 The King returns from Scotland , caufes Proclamation to be 
 made for obedience to the Laws concerning Religion againft in¬ 
 novation either of Rights or Ceremonies, fommoning both Houles 
 to appear before him, whereat they ("difgufted) frame a Remon- 
 ftrance, wherein all the misfortunes that had happened fince the 
 beginning of the Kings Reign, are remembred, and laid to the 
 charge of the Bifhops and Papifts; whereupon a tumultuous 
 Rabble of London Apprentices and others in Arms, came before 
 Whitehall , crying, Down with the Bijbops and the Whore of Baby - 
 Ion : which by the Kings Servants out of Scotland Yard, were dif- 
 perfed, but by the Commons Houfe gratified with a Vote (con¬ 
 trary to all former Laws and firft inftitution of Parliaments) to 
 abolifh the Biftiops wholly from being Members or having any 
 Votes in the Parliament Houfe : Whereupon twelve of them pro- 
 tefting againft the proceedings of the Commons, abfentthemfelves, 
 being all of them not long after charged with Treafon, ten com¬ 
 mitted to the Tower, and two to the Black Rod. 
 
 The remainingJun&o(for a Parliament it cannot hereafter be pro¬ 
 perly called^) Petitioned the King for a Guard to be commanded 
 by the Earl of Efjex^ when His Majefty had more need of one for 
 himfelf: who fending to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to fup- 
 prefs the rudenefs of their Apprentices, he received no other fa- 
 tisfaftion than another Petition from them much to the fame pur- 
 j>ofe of the laft from the Parliament } which the King denying, is 
 informed that all the late Tumults were chiefly countenanced by 
 five Members of the Commons Houfe } ‘z/fz,. Mr. Hollis , Mr.P/;;/, 
 
 Sir Arthur Hajlerig , Mr. Strode , and Mr. Hamden , with whom 
 the Scots had held Correfpondence in all their late difturbances. 
 
 Thefe were fentfor by the King,but denied to come ; whereupon 
 their Trunks aftd Papers being feized, he refolves to Arreft their 
 Perfons in the Houfe, where coming with his own Guard he de¬ 
 mands them, and forces the Doors, but found none of them 
 there. This caufed fo loud a Cry againft the King, that all Eu¬ 
 rope rang of it ; which Clamours the Londoners maintain with 
 their Swords in their hands, till the King and Queen, for fear of 
 their lives, are inforced to remove to Hampton Court,and Sir Tho¬ 
 mas Lundesford entertaiinng fome Men at Kingfton , as a needful 
 
 Guard 
 
THE KJWigS OF E frCgLjifJ^Vi&c. 547 
 
 Chap. 2. Guard over His Majefties Perfon, is by a party from the Seden- Charles I. 
 " taries at Wefiminfter^ apprehended, and committed to the Tower, 
 their confidence fo far hereupon increafing, that they Petition 
 the King for the Militia to be difpofed into their hands} which 
 being denyed them, Pirn in the Houfe complains of divers Papifts* 
 who, by the Kings Permiflion were fuffered to go into Ireland 5 
 whereat His Majefty being juftly offended , fent for the Earls of 
 Ejfex and Holland , with the Lord Kimbolton , to appear before him, 
 which they denyed,thejun&o fending him word that what Wlr.Pim 
 had faid, was the fence of the whole Houfe, wherein neither Po- 
 pifh Lords nor Bifhops, neither had nor fhouldhave any thing to 
 fay. 
 
 The States of Holland earneftly prefling His Majefty to have 
 the PrincefsMdry fent unto her Betrothed Husband the Prince of 
 Orange , at this time (he went over* accompanied with the Queen 
 her Mother} after whofe departure the King being at Greenwich * 
 receives another Petition from the Sedentaries for the Militia,and 
 after that, at Theobalds , another, to all which he gave the fame 
 anfwerj viz. That by no Law the Militia belonged to any but Him- 
 felf. Whereupou they by Sea and Land prepare for War, and 
 refolve to take it, fending their Declaration to the King then at 
 Royfion by the Earls of Pembroke and Holland , 9 Martii. 
 
 His Majefty hereupon removes toT<?r^, having all the w r ay fent 
 filch Gratious Anfwersto their demands at Weftminfter jhat to any 
 might have been fatisfa&ory, fave only to fuch as were refolved 
 tofet and fee the Kingdom all on Fire 5 efpecially in that which 
 they moft cryed out for, viz. The Execution of the Penal Laws 
 againji the Fapifls , and the Reducement of the Rebels in Ireland ; 
 declaring his intention to go himfelf in Perfon to chaftife thofe 
 bloody People: from whence coming to H«//, he is flatly denied 
 entrance by Sir John Hotham , which is juftified by the Sedenta- Anno 1*4^ 
 ries; whereupon the King fummons the Gentry of Yorl^Jbire to 
 his afftftance,and anfwers another declaration from the Jun&o.Up¬ 
 on this,many ofthehonefteft of both Lords and Commons,whofe 
 Voices had been hitherto out-roard by the greater number of the 
 reft, feeing their treafonable intentions, withdrew themfelves,and 
 repair to the King. 
 
 The Names of the Lords were, as followeth, the Marquis of 
 Hertford , the Earls of Lindfey , Cumberland , Huntington , Bath , 
 Southampton , Dorfet , Northampton , Devon (hire , Briftolh Wettmor- 
 land , Barhjhire , Monmouth , Rivers , Newcajlle , Dover , Caernarvon , 
 
 Newport, the Lords Howard of Charlton , NewarPaulet , Paget , 
 Maltraversy Willoughby , Rich , F auconbridge , Chan dots , Coventry , 
 
 Lovelace , Savil^ Seymour, Mohun, Dunfmore , Capell , and Grey of 
 Ruthen , with the Dukes of Buckingham and Richmond , (To that 
 in a fhort time the Lords at Torh^ out-number them at Wefminfter ) 
 and above fifty of the Commons Houfe, who were followed by 
 the Lord Keeper Littleton with the Great Seal (whilft the re¬ 
 mainder of the Sendentaries, far more diligently make their own 
 
 Yyyyyy pre : 
 
548 A qE^EALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts. preparations to withftand both.) To thefe the King makes his Book 7. 
 Proteftation to defend the Proteftant Religion, and them, from 
 all that His now declared Enemies fliould ad againft them* for¬ 
 bidding all Levies to be made either of Men or Money without 
 his Order. After which, marching into Nottinghamjhire and Lin- 
 colnffire , He dcfires their afliftance, refolving to reduce Hull 5 
 whif ft,on the other fide, Effex for the Sedentaries in London and the 
 adjacent Counties, was no lefs a&ive, the Earl of Warwick^ be¬ 
 ing by them made Admiral j the King proclaiming Traytors all 
 fuch as took part with them) and they the like againft fuch as 
 fided with Him. 
 
 Both Armies now in the Field, the King marches to Notting¬ 
 ham, whence He fends many gratious Meflages to Wejiminfter , 
 which unlefs he would forfake His evil Counfeliors (meaning all 
 His beft Friends) they refufed. Whereupon His Majefty was 
 The King fets enforced to let up His Standard, and inarching to Hull, is thence 
 ! iP datS^' repulfed by Sir John Meldram , and Sir John Hotham. Prince Rw- 
 ham, Aug. z i . pert and Prince Maurice in September arrive in England , and of- 
 l6r ‘* fering their Service to their Uncle, were immediately put into 
 Commands His Highnefs Prince Rupert, with a (mall Body of Horfe 
 flew up and down through divers Counties, and gained aconfide- 
 rableBody together, and the King himfelf moves, though with a 
 flower pace, and had gotten a great number wherewith, marching 
 to Shrewsbury (a place of great concernment, as being the inlet 
 to Wales) He there orders a Mint to Melt down the Plate 
 which was largely contributed by the Gentry. 
 
 Robert Berty Earl of Lindfey , is chofen General for the King > 
 and the general Rendezvous of His Forces was appointed at Tor\ 
 Robert Devereux Earl of Effex General for the Parliament, ap¬ 
 pointed a Rendezvous of all their Forces at Northampton^ being 
 about 20000 Horfe and Foot. 
 
 The King with an Army of about 14000 Foot, and 4000 
 Horfe and Dragoons, came on Saturday the 23d of Ottober with¬ 
 in fix Miles of Keynton , and quartered His Army at Crepreda and 
 The Battel of Edge-hill. The Earl of Effex quartered at Keynton with his Ar- 
 Edge-hiii, my : and on Sunday the 28th, both Armies draw up in Oppofi- 
 tion, the King having the advantage of a high Hill, called Edge- 
 hill, at the foot of which was the Vale of the Red Horfe,where 
 Effex his Army was ranged in Battalia upon a rifing Ground j on 
 the Right Wing were three Regiments of Horfe, commanded by 
 Sir Philip Stapleton , Sir William Balforc , and the Lord Fielding : 
 
 Sir John Meldram commanded the Van } the General, Colonel 
 Hollis and the Lord Brooby in the Rear; on the Left Wing were 
 twenty Troops of Horfe commanded by Sir James Ramfey . The 
 Earl of Lindfey was General for the King,(but the Battel was Or¬ 
 dered by the Lord Ruthen Earl of Forth )who on foot lead the 
 main Body of the Army with a Pike in his Hand. 
 
 The Forlorne on the Kings fide was commanded by Major 
 Blacbflakg and Captain Hrnond, who being come down to the 
 
 bottom 
 
THE K}K 9 S OF EH. 9 La^C.T>, & c . 549 
 
 Chap. 2. bottom of the Hill, engaged the Sedentaries Forlorn. Prince Charles fc 
 Rupert General of the Horfe, commanded the Right Wing, 
 charged furioufly the Enemies left Wing, and routed them, pur- 
 fuing them to Keynton Town, took the Carriages, the Earls Wa 
 gons and Cloak* bag, being too eager of the Plunder. 
 
 The Earl of Lindfey too adventurous, was mortally wounded ; 
 and by reafon of the abfence of Prince Rupert, the Kings main 
 Body was aflaulted with great fury, and his Standard loft (Sir 
 Edmond Varney the Standard Bearer being killed) which was af¬ 
 terwards retaken by Sir John Smith, Knighted therefore.The Foot 
 on both fides fight with equal Valor until night,by which they were 
 parted. Both Armies continue in the Field all night, the Victory 
 being much difputed, for there were real Signs of Vi&ory on 
 both fides by the taking of Enfigns and Cannon, of equal num¬ 
 ber } and although the Parliament loft more Men, yet the King 
 loft more Men of Quality, the number of the (lain being com¬ 
 puted to be between 5 and £000. 
 
 Effex removing Weft ward, the King comes to Colbrook y where 
 the Earls of "Northumberland and Pembroke , with fome of the 
 Commons, Prefent him with a Treaty3 but becaufe Sir John 
 Eveling was one of the CommiflionerS, who had been proclaim¬ 
 ed Traitor at Oxford , the King would not accept it3 which fo 
 diftafted the Sedentaries, that they Voted it a refufal of the 
 Kings to admit of a Treaty , and fend to acquaint the City 
 therewith. Notwithftanding, within a few days after, upon the 
 removal of that Inftrument Eveling., the King accepted of the 
 the reft: But all fignified nothing, for by this time Effex being 
 come to London, and having increafed his Army with Apprenti¬ 
 ces and feveral other licentious Perfons, came marching towards 
 Him j which His Majefty met at Brainford, where the 13 th of 
 November another cruel Fight was engaged in, the Kings Party Brd ^ mA 
 having the better , which, if well followed, the bufinefs had Fight, 
 been happily ended. But the next day many more Forces from 
 London appearing, the King withdrew from thence to Oatlands, 
 fo to Reading , and thence to Oxford. 
 
 December the 15th, Colonel Goring landed with the Queens 
 Standard^ and fome Store of Ammunition in the North, and join¬ 
 ing with the Earl of Newcaflle at Yorh^ they proclaim Fairfax and 
 his Son Sir T homas Traitors,and take Leeds. Another Treaty is 
 intended, and prefented to the King at Oxford , in which was pro- 
 pofed a Ceflation of Arms.- Mean while the Queen lands at 
 Bridlington, having been purfued and (hot at by the Earl of War- 
 wicJ(s Ships 3 from whence, by the Marquis of Mountrofs She 
 was conveyed to York , and there honourably received by the Earl 
 of NeweaJlle, where She begins to model her Army* 
 
 And now to the afliftance of their Brethren at Weftminjler,c atne 
 in the Scots, who, near Newcaftle , pafs the Tyne into Yorkshire, 
 againft the Earl of Nemajlle and the Queens Army. Upon this the 
 Sedentaries recall their Commifiioners from the Treaty at Oxford 
 ' . ' ■ the 
 
55 ° 
 
 Stuarts. 
 
 Anno 1641. 
 
 Firft Battel of 
 
 Newberry, 
 
 Sept,io.l6tf- 
 
 AqE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 the 1 5 th of April , denying to fubfcribe to the Kings moft reafo- Book 7, 
 nable Propofals. 
 
 In the beginning of March the Lord Broo ^ pafling by Strat¬ 
 ford-upon-Avon, falls upon and defeats the Kings Forces command¬ 
 ed by Colonel Crocker and Lieutenant Colonel Wag&ajf , and ' 
 from thefe marching to Lichfield, encounters the Earl of Chefter - 
 field, who knowing the City to be indefenfible, retires into the 
 Clofe, where Broo\ attempting to follow, receives a mortal (hot 
 in the Eye; however his Soldiers took the place, but were 
 Shortly after there befieged by Spencer Compton Earl of 
 Northampton i to whofe relief Sir John Gell and Sir William 
 Brereton advancing, were fufficiently beaten, though the gallant 
 Earl in the Encounter loft his life. The Place within a few days 
 after was taken by Prince Rupert. 
 
 The 26th of April, Reading was treacheroufly yielded to Ejfex 
 by Colonel Fielding, after it had been bravely defended by Sir 
 Arthur Afion: and the 23d of May the Queen is Voted a Trai¬ 
 tor by the Sedentaries, for her love fo exemplarily exprefied to 
 the King Her Husband. 
 
 Many Encounters happen in the Weft between Sir Ralph 
 Hopton for the King, and Sir George Chudley for the Jun&o, with 
 various fuccefs. In May this year Robert Yeomans and George 
 Bourcber were executed at Brifioll , for endeavouring the fur> 
 render of that City to the King, which was followed by the 
 death of that grand Fomenter of this unnatural Rebellion Mr. 
 
 John Tint . Mr. John Hamden, fuch another, was at this time 
 (lain at Fame, where Prince Rupert encountring the Buclfwg- 
 bamjhire Forces, routed them. Several Confli&s happen this 
 year in divers parts of the Kingdom, wherein the Kings Forces 
 had commonly the vi&ory. Briflol and Exceter were both taken 
 for the King*, befides the Signal Vi&ory of Roundway Downe, 
 obtained by the Lord Wilmot, Earl of Caernarvan, Earl of Craw¬ 
 ford, and Lord Biron, againft Sir Wiliam Waller. 
 
 At this the Parliament became fo grievoufly difturbed, that 
 now either the powfull Preachings of their Miniftry muft help 
 them, or never, to fit up an Army for Ejfex and Waller in mifera- 
 ble diftrefs, which was fpeedily muftered upon Hounfiow Heath , 
 out of the inexhauftible Treafury of Rebellion, for the relief 
 of Glocefier, now befieged by the King j which upon the 5 th of 
 September they effefted, His Majefty upon their advance remo¬ 
 ving towards London •, which had He done before this laft Army 
 was raifed, would in all likeliood have put an end to the War. 
 
 Ejfex hereupon marched to Newberry, where the King refolves 
 to fight him, planting His Ordnance, and making choice of His 
 Ground. The Enemy was received with unfpeakable Valour 
 by Prince Rupert, the Engagement on both fides vigoroufiy car* 
 ried on, with the lofs of many gallant Gentlemens lives (the Earls 
 of Caernarvon and Sunderland , and the Vifcount Fanlkjand be¬ 
 ing (lain) till night concluded the Encounter, wherein the 
 
 Sedentaries 
 
-- xr- 
 
 THE KJ^jgS OF E^iqLAH. 55 , 
 
 Chap. 2. Sedentaries gained not fo much the better that they had any fto- Charles 1. 
 mach next day to renew the Fight* but marched away back to- 
 wards Glocejier , near which, in a narrow Lane, they were fo fu* 
 rioufly charged by a party of Horfe commanded by Colonel 
 *Vrrey, that Effex's Horfe were forced to run over his own Foot, 
 till taking the Field, they rallied again, and put c Vrrey to flight. 
 
 This was News, and caufe of a Thankfgiving at London , 
 efpecially for the great honour that their Trained Bands had gain¬ 
 ed thereby : and not long after that pernitious Confederacy 
 (called the National Covenant ) was taken by the Brethren at Weft* 
 minfier. Mean while Gloucester receives many alarums by the 
 Lord Herbert and Sir John Winter , with a confiderable Force now 
 come out of Ireland , but the place was too vigilantly defended by 
 Colonel Edward Majfey (which he afterwards repented) when 
 Effex having befieged Reddings the Kings Forces withdraw out 
 of Glouceflerfhire , towards that place : whereby Waller and Maj¬ 
 fey getting fome breath, fall upon Hereford , which they take, and 
 attempt Worcester * but durft not ftay long there for fear of the 
 Lords C^pe/Zand Loughboroug Z? 5 then at hand, with intention of re¬ 
 lieving Ecclefball Town and Caftle, then befieged by Sir William 
 Brereton , which at that time they effected, though prefently after 
 the fame were furrendred unto him; 
 
 The Parliament after this, iflue out their Proclamation, decla= 
 ring all Traitors that aflift the King 5 and His Majefty at Oxford 
 fummoning His Parliament (where were aflembled the Prince, the 
 Dukes ol York, and Cumberland^ Lord Treafurer,Lord Keeper Duke 
 of Richmond, and Marquis of Hertford , nineteen Earls, 18 Lords, 
 and 126' Knights and Gentlemen) doth as much for them, whilft 
 the Forces on both fides are in one place or other of the King¬ 
 dom daily engaged. The Scots at this time entring England 
 with an Army of 18000 Foot, and 2000 Horfe, to the afliftance 
 of their Brethren. Newark^ being befieged by Sir JohnMeldram , 
 he is there blockt up by Prince Rupert , and made to yield upon 
 Conditions. 
 
 The Marquis of Mountrofs , upon his Countrymens advance 
 into England , is by the King made Governor-General in Scot - 
 land, enters that Kingdom with an Army, gaining many of the 
 gallantcft fort of that Country to his Party. About which time 
 Sir William Waller having taken Arundel Caftle, marcheth againfi: 
 the Lord Hopton , and near Winchejicr had better fuccefs than his 
 Caufe deferved. 
 
 Oliver Cromwell is by the Sedentaries made Governor of the 
 Ifle of Ely: Fox and Fairfax take Beaudly and Selby. Latham 
 Houfe, after eighteen Weeks fiege, is relieved by Prince Rupert. 
 
 Effex and Waller joining together (His Majefties greateft Armies 
 being now abroadjrefolve to environ the King in Oxford, which He 
 perceiving, leaves that place by night, and marches Northward 5 
 whom the other purfuing two feveral ways, Waller is at laft met 
 with by the King, and fufficiently routed at Cropredy Bridge,from 
 
 Zzzzzz whence 
 
552 A QE^CjEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts * 
 
 Battel of Mar- 
 Jhn-Moore , 
 
 July 3. Id 44 . 
 
 Second Battel 
 of Newberry, 
 i’jObtob. 1644* 
 
 whence His Majefty followed Efjex Weft ward to Bath, and fo Book 7. 
 into Cornwall, where once more a happy conclufion of this In- 
 teftine War might have been made, had the advantage been but 
 reafonably purfued : for now was Effex pinned up in iuch a ftrait, 
 that he had but one way to fhift for himfelf, which was by put¬ 
 ting to Sea, leaving his Army to mediate for an Accommodation*, 
 unto which the King giving too gracious a regard, the Enemy 
 gained fo much advantage, that increafing their force in the North, 
 Newcajile is taken by the Scots, and the Earl of that place befieged 
 in Tor 4. To his relief came Prince Rupert j at whofe approach 
 the Befiegers draw of; the Prince follows, intending to fight 
 them ; and accordingly on the 3d of July, 1644. at fevena clock 
 in the morning, the Sedentaries Forces having the advantage of 
 Ground (being on the South fide of MarjionMoor , within four 
 Miles of Yorkf) Prince Rupert with the Right Wing fell on the 
 Enemy, and routed part of them. General Coring and Sir Charles 
 Lucas fell on the main Body, and put them to flight; but purfuing 
 too far, the Enemy rallied, and fell on the divided Bodies, totally 
 diiperled them, took-3000 prifoners, 20 pieces of Cannon, be- 
 fides a considerable number of Officers. Immediately the Lord 
 Fairfax , with his Son, and the Earl of Manchefler , furround Torl^ y 
 Sir Thomas Glenham being thenGovernor for the Kingibut by reafon 
 that all their Powder and Ammunition wasfpent in the late Battel, 
 he was compelled to furrender the City up honourable Terms. 
 
 Prince Rupert marches into Lancajhire with the broken Forces 
 he had left, many of the beft of his Army, with the Earl of New¬ 
 cajile leaving him,take to Sea,and land at Hamborough. By which 
 incouraged , the Sedentaries make new Levies in the aflociat 
 Counties, both of Men and Mony, which under the Earl of Man*. 
 cheTler they fend Weft ward : whilft Prince Rupert near Briflol 
 Peeking to pafs his Army over at Auf Ferry near Chepftow , is there 
 incountred and worfted. However the King now gathering all 
 his Forces together, came to Newberry , where, with the fame 
 preparation, came Manchefler , Ejfex , an <\ Waller. The 27th of 
 O&ober , 1644. another deadly Battel enfuing, which concluded 
 much after the fame manner with the former in that place } His 
 Majefty removing towards Dennington , was by them purfued, the 
 Caftle fummoned, and in vain attempted. 
 
 The Sedentaries, as if hitherto afraid to exercife much of their 
 Tyranny in cold blood, proceed now with confidence to fit judi¬ 
 cially upon the lives of fuch whom they had in their hands, and 
 deemed Delinquents; the firft whereof were the Hothams , Sir 
 John the Father, and Sir John the Son, with Sir Alexander Carew , 
 all three beheaded on Tower-hill,for having been Traitors,and in¬ 
 tending to become honeft : and after them followed the execu¬ 
 tion of the Irifh Lord Macguire at Tyburn. And upon the 1 orb 
 of December , 1644. enfued the decollation of Willi am Laud Lor d 
 Archbifhopof Canterbury upon Tower-hill, after above an hun¬ 
 dred times attendance on the Jun&o, by the Commons Voted 
 
 guilty 
 
THE KJKQS OF EH.qL A^T> t &c. 55? 
 
 Chap. 2. guilty of High Treafon : Not long after which was the Treaty at Chariest 
 Hdxbridge, which, like to the reft, came to nothing. 
 
 In Scotland the Marquis of Mountrofs having feized Dumfrees , 
 and expe&ing aid out of Ireland, of which he received but i ioo 
 Men from the Earl of Antrim, marched into the High-Lands, and 
 had feveral skirmifhes with Argile: In all which he behaved 
 himfelf with much heroick Valour. 
 
 Efjex at this time laying down his Commifllon, hath ioooo /. 
 per annum, voted him out of Delinquents Eftates, and his Com* 
 mand conferred on Sir Thomas Fairfax , in whofe Commifllon the 
 Commons voted that the Claufe (Forprefervation of His Majejlies 
 Terfon) fhould be left out. A new Model of all their Army is 
 effe&ed, and Oliver Cromwell being made Lieutenant-General, 
 beats a Party of the Kings at // 7 /p Bridge, takes Bletchingtm 
 Houfe, and defeats another party at Brampton-Bu(h. And Maf 
 fey takes Evejham by Storm, wbilft Prince Rupert on the other 
 fide relieves Chejler then befieged by Brereton , and returning 
 Southwards again* forceth the Town of Leicester. 
 
 Mean while the Lord Goring in the Weft, overthrows Colonel 
 Welden near Taunton, with fome other fuccefles at this time hap¬ 
 pening, whereby the Kings affairs looked again with a very good 
 afpc&, till now fucceeded the fatal Battel of Nafeby upon the Battel ofw** 
 14th of June, 1645. which was loft not for want of any Gal- 
 lantrv in the Kings Party, but purfuance of the Vi&ory too far, 
 when it was as good as gained, the Rebels being once put to an 
 abfolute Rout, and all their Carriages taken ; till Cromwel rally¬ 
 ing, fell upon the Kings Left Wing, whilft Prince Rupert with 
 the reft purfued the Enemy* and returning too late, they became 
 Maftersof the Field, notwithftanding the King Himfelf, with 
 moft inexpreflible Valour ^ had gallantly withftood the moft 
 defperate Charge of that Villain, and no lefs than five times 
 rallied upon him however, now at laft over-powered His Ma- 
 jeft was forced to retire; and though hotly purfued, made good 
 His Retreat to Lichfield. This unlucky overthrow proved the 
 utter ruine of all the Kings Intereft, fince after this no Place 
 ftood long againft the fury of the Enemy. Leicester within 
 twenty days w'as retaken by Sir John Gell the Lord Goring 
 fhortly after routed by Fairfax , and Bridgwater taken* In the 
 North the Caftles of Pontefrail and Scarborough were taken by 
 Poynes and Sir Matthew Boynton : as in the Weft again, was 
 Bath, by Rich and Obey. Hereford being befieged by the 
 Scots , they rife with intention to march into Scotland againft 
 Montrofs. 
 
 All this while the King with a Flying Army which he had got¬ 
 ten together in Wales, came to Leicetler, fighting by the way with 
 a Party of the Scotch Horfejbeating afterwards Sir ffohn Gell carries 
 fome prifoners to Welbecl\ Houfe, and taking Huntington , came to 
 Cambridge, where after a fmall difpute he forceth His entrancejthence 
 to Oxford, where (laying not long, he pafles to Ludlow , earneftly 
 
 bene 
 
554 AqE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts. bent for the relief of Cbejier , then befieged by Brereton , where Book 7. 
 he fights Foynes at Ronton Heath, and had the fame fortune as 
 formerly, to win at firft and lofe at laft, being forced to betake 
 himfelf into the City of Cbejier , where finding the place weak 
 through Batteries, and the Enemy ready to Storm, he pafted into 
 Wales. 
 
 Fairfax now before Sherborne, won the fame from Sir Lewis 
 Dives , the 17th of Anguji : from whence he fat down before 
 Briflol, takes the Town by Storm, and the Caftle by Surrender: 
 from thence to Exceter. Whilft Cromwel marching to the Devi¬ 
 ces, takes that Place, Winchester, and Bafing Houfe. Pickering 
 takes Laycockj Raynsborough, Barney Caftle} and - Morgan , Chep- 
 jiow. 
 
 Montrofs \n r Scotland, (chough over-powered, yet) moft gal¬ 
 lantly behaved himfelf againft the Kings Enemies there : His 
 Majefty therefore, defirous to aflift him, fends Sir Marmadnke 
 Langdale with what Forces he could make towards him. Thefe 
 pafling through Yorh/bire, near Sherborne furprized above 800 of 
 the Enemy, but not knowing well what to do with them for 
 want of a Hold near hand to convey them to, they thetnfelves 
 were encountred by Copley and Lilburne , and unfortunately made 
 to change condition with their Prifoners. After this followed 
 the lofs of Hereford by furprize, and Chefier by furrender, after a 
 long Siege. His Majefty being now at Newarl^, upon a diffe¬ 
 rence there arifing amongft the Lords of His Party, comes to Ox- 
 ford: where in a fhort time after Fairfax with part of his Army 
 blocks him up 5 the reft encountring the Lord Hopton in the Weft: 
 at T rington , defeated him,and at Truro fhut him up, from whence 
 he failed into France . 
 
 The Queen alfo having taken her laft farewel of the King 
 her Husband at Abington, in the month of July 1644. embarqued 
 at Pendennis Caftle 5 and failed into France , where being enter¬ 
 tained at the charge of the prefent French King Lewis XIV. her 
 Nephew, She pafted a folitary and retired life until the year 1 660. 
 when after nineteen years banifhment (upon the Reftauration of 
 of Her Son to the Crown of England ) fhe came to London, and 
 having fetled Her Revenues here, returned with Her youngeft 
 Daughter the Lady Henrietta into France , whom She beftowed 
 in Marriage to the then Duke of Anjon y and in the Month of 
 July , 1662* coming again into England, fetled Her Court at So- 
 merfet Houfe , where She refided till May, 1665. and then crofted 
 the Seas again to Her Native Countrey \ which after four years 
 Thedeathof more became the place of Her death. She deceafing at Her 
 0»c.n Mur), ^ QU p e at Qolnmbe four Leagues from Paris ,upon the 10th day of 
 Anguji, S.N. about four of the Clock in the Morning,^. i66p. 
 in the fixtieth year of Her Age. Her Body was expofed upon a 
 Bed of State in Her Chamber, and the next day Embalmed, and 
 afterwards conveyed to the Monaftery of Chaliot , attended by 
 the Lady Marfhal de Plejfyes , and feveral other Ladies of Quality. 
 
 For 
 
THE KJHJjS OF E^tgLJ^CT>,&c< 555 
 
 Chap. 2. for a Character, Her Majefty needeth no other than what is cbaties I. 
 found in the feventh Chapter of that incomparable Book compi¬ 
 led by Him who knew Her beft. 
 
 The King, Duke of Tor Prince Rupert y and Prince Maurice , 
 were all this while at Oxford) furrounded w ith the Enemies For¬ 
 ces, expeCfing only the relief of the Lord Ajlley' s Foot to join 
 with the Kings Horfe at Farrington } but thefe by the way at Stow 
 in the Woulds y are encountred by Brereton and Morgan 5 and totally 
 routed. 
 
 In all which defeats the Policy of the Sedentaries was very re¬ 
 markable when they found their ends near hand compleatcd i for 
 few or none of thofe fucceffes happened unto them, wherein they 
 pretended not to find Letters to publifh of the Kings in favor of 
 Popery, either in Ireland or elfewhere (not excepting thofe Let¬ 
 ters from publication which privately palled betwixt His Majefiy 
 and the Queen) intending thereby to alienate the hearts of the 
 people from Him, which at the laft anfwered not their expe¬ 
 ctation. 
 
 In Scotland only the Kings affairs at this time went Well under 
 the ConduCt of the Marquis of Montrofs, who in tw o fignal 
 Battels at Alderne and Kilfitb , gave the Covenanters notable over¬ 
 throws } but was at laft himfelf defeated by David Lejley y and 
 many of his Men killed and taken j yet he (till continued to up¬ 
 hold His Majeftieslntereft till all was loft ; and the King commit¬ 
 ting his Perfon to the Scots , commanded the Marquis to disband 
 his Army. Which in a fad difguife His Majefiy was now forced 
 to do, paffing from Oxford with one Parfon Hudfon, and Mr. John 
 Ajhburnham , to Newark before which Town the Scotifh Army f ay : 
 unto whom His Majefiy difeovering Himfelf, commanded the 
 Place to be furrendred. And now all thofe that had moli faith¬ 
 fully ferved Him, as their laft refuge, were forced to do the 
 fame with themfelves upon any Conditions they could get. All 
 the laft Garifons which had fioutly flood out for the Kings Inte- 
 reft now furrendring, even Oxford it felf. Prince Rupert and 
 Prince Maurice tranfport themfelves beyond Sea; the Duke of 
 Torl^ is brought to St. James's, where he met his Sifier the Prin- 
 cefs Henrietta Maria fent thither likewife, upon the furrender of 
 Exceter , and fhortly after conveyed by the Lady Dalkeith from 
 *Oatlands into France. Prince Charles being happily gotten into 
 the Ifle of Jerfey fome time before. 
 
 The Earl of Ejfex having now lived to fee an end of this fatal 
 War whereof he had been a moft violent Promoter, dies of an 
 Apoplexy the 14th of September* 1646. with whom (though the Anno 
 horrid mifehief ftill continued that was begotten by it ) the Pres¬ 
 byterian Caufe perifhed * for the common Enemy being quite 
 beaten out of the Field, there happened great divifions among 
 the Commons and Army at home } for being diftinguifhed into 
 two Parties under the Titles of Presbyterian and Independent : 
 
 The Independent being the moft fubtile and clofe, infinuated 
 
 Aaaaaaa into 
 
55 6 
 
 S t uarts* 
 
 Anno 1 6 4 , 6 * 
 JDecemb. ic t 
 
 Anno 1647. 
 
 Anno 1648. 
 
 A QE^CEALOgJCAL EJISTO^Y OF 
 
 into the greater part of the Army,and carried on their Defigns with Book 7. 
 more vigour and refolution than the other. 
 
 His Majefty was by the Scots brought to Newcastle ("fearing 
 that Fairfax might have forced him out of their hands) from 
 whence He fent to the Sedentaries for a Treaty, and they to Him 
 return lixteen Propofirions without ever a word of Reafon , 
 which were therefore denied by the Kingjwho detired perfonally 
 to Treat with them at Weftmtnfter : Whereupon the Scots having 
 plainly told His Majefty, That if He loft England in not complying 
 with the Parliament , as to the jettlement of their Covenant , He 
 fhould not Reign in Scotland : They for 200OCO 1 in Money de¬ 
 livered Him up to their difpofal ; who prelently Vote him to be 
 brought to Holmby Houfe, ordering Marfhal and Cary ft wo Fa&i- 
 ous Ministers lor His Chaplains 5 which He abhorring, defired two 
 of His own, but was denied. 
 
 The Work being now done, he that fuff engaged them in it, 
 began to pay many of them their Wage?, making their Servants 
 (the onely Inffrumcnts whereby all theirVillany was accomplifhed) 
 their Mafters, and railing a Religious Divifion among themfelves, 
 the major part Voting to have the Army disbanded ; and the Ar- . 
 my with the refl putting them to defiance, impeaching eleven of 
 the chiefeff of them for a&ing things againft the Liberty of the 
 People j and London it lelf now receives in part its Reward } 
 which not being able to fuffain the infolence of the Army lying 
 near ir, complain to their Patriots of both Houfes to have it re¬ 
 moved further from them, and they themfelves put into a polfure 
 of Defence, which at Guildhall was on both fides fo firongly 
 Argued, that from Words they fell to Blows, and at laft the City 
 to iubmilfion: Whereupon Sir Thomas Fairfax with his whole 
 Army marched triumphantly through London to Weflminfter , and 
 the next day back again to the Tower, whereof he conftituted 
 one Titchhurn his Lieutenant. 
 
 The King this while is removed to Hampton Court, from whence, 
 being perluaded by a fpecious pretence of one Hammond , that a 
 Delign was fet on foot to kill Him, He was jugled into the Ifle of 
 Wight j where while He remained,fome few of His beft Subje&s in 
 feveral Parts of the Kingdom endeavoured His Relief, and lome 
 that had been His Enemies recanting,rook their Parts. As in Wales , 
 Foivef Foyer , and Laugherne , with Sir John Owen and others of the 
 Loyal Party : the Earl of Holland , wirh the Lord Francis Fillers at 
 Kwgtfon- upon-Thames: the Kentifh Men,and others,with the Lords 
 Goring and Capell ; who being forced out of Kent , pafs into Ejfex , 
 and fortifie themfelves in ColchefleriB ut all ere long were defeated 
 by the two powerful Rebels. The three firft cafting Lots for their 
 lives, it fell on Payer , who was fhot to death at London: the 
 Lord Francis (lain in the place of Fight, and Sir Charles Lucas 
 and Sir George Lifle fhot to death by Order of Fairfax , upon the 
 lurrender of Colchefter. The reft were referved to a further Tryal, 
 whilft Duke Hamilton with an Army of Scots entring England , 
 
 joined 
 
£ 
 
 the KJK 9 S of e l a & c . 557 
 
 Chap. 2. joined with Sir Marmaduke Langdale, and fuftained the lame for- Cbarlesh 
 tune with the former, being defeated by Cromwel and Lambert , 
 and the Duke taken Prifoner. 
 
 And now many of the Members w hich all this fid time had nur- 
 fed the Rebellion in both Houfes, began to lee the mifery w here¬ 
 in they had involved themfelves, and upon more moderate Con-* 
 ditions than ever, were content to Treat with His Majefty, and 
 acquiefce, if Epifcopacy might but down with fome few depen¬ 
 dencies upon the fame : Whereto the King not agreeing, yet for 
 Peace fake,fo far condefcended as to grant Presbytery a three years 
 Reign} which the major Part of the Sedentaries Vote was a ground 
 of Peace } till from the Army they received a Petition, feconded 
 with a refolute Remonftrance, That the King, as the mod grand 
 Delinquent, fhould be brought to Juftice : Againft which the far 
 greater part Proteft,and Rand to their former Voterwhereupon the 
 whole Army coming up to London , violently enter the Parliament 
 Houfe, and by the Ears pull out all them that had Voted contra¬ 
 ry to their Remonftrance. 
 
 And thus after fo much bloodshed and ruine to the whole Na^ 
 tion, were thefe miferable Men ferved by their own Creatures, 
 and in a moment both their Tyranny and Honour laid in the duft ; 
 for at a Council of War held by the Army at the Bull in St. 
 j4lbans (where were prefent fixteen Colonels, befides other Offi¬ 
 cers^) a Declaration was Read of all their Grievances and Defire? 5 
 containing twenty fix (beets of Paper} which was ordered to be 
 Prefented to the Houfe (who were now by their Commiflloners 
 in a Perfonal Treaty with His Majefty in the Hie otWighV) and ac¬ 
 cordingly was done tothe Commons Houfe upon the 26th of No * 
 member , 1648. (being the day before lubfcribed by the Gene¬ 
 ral) fhewing, The mifgoings of the King and Parliament federally 5 
 aljo in allTreaties betwixt them,efpecially that they are now in. They 
 conceive the Parliament hath abundant caufe to lay afide any further 
 Proceedings in this Treaty^and to return to their Vote ofNon-addrejfes 9 
 and Jettle with or againft the King, that he may Govern no more , 
 by rejetting thofe Demands of the King , efpecially concerning 
 his Reftitution, and coming to London with Freedom, Honour, and 
 Safety ; and that they proceed againft the King in way of Juftice } 
 and that a peremptory day be fet for the Prince of Wales and Dube 
 of York to come in ; if not , to be declared uncapable of any Go¬ 
 vernment ■, and ftand Exded for ever as Traitors. 
 
 Hereupon the King is by Colonel Evers conveyed from New * 
 port to Hurft Caftle, a very noifotne and unwholefome Place} 
 where, during his conftraintj He compofed His Book, Entituled, 
 
 •EiKQN ba^iaIvH'. Or the Portraiture of His Sacred Majefty in 
 His Solitude and Sufferings: A Royail Monument which he hath 
 left to Pofterity* 
 
 The Houfe upon this Declaration fate all day and night till 
 eight of the Clock next morning } many Speeches were made 
 by divers Members of the Kings Conceflions} among rhe reft 
 
 Mr. Prim 
 
558 
 
 Stuarts. 
 
 
 AqE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Mr. Prin made a long Speech, proving the Kings ConcetTions to Book 7 * 
 be a Ground for a fetled Peace, which was afterwards Voted in 
 the Houfe, 129 being for it, and 84 againft it. Upon thir, on 
 Wednefday, December the 6th, fome part of the Army having a 
 Lift of thole Members that were to be taken into Cuftody,being 
 34 perfons, they accordingly feize them, and carry them to the 
 Kings Head in the Strand , and divers other places in Wejlminfler^ 
 having Guards upon them; but not long after many of them 
 were difeharged by the General. The remaining Members con¬ 
 tinue fitting,to whom came Lieutenant General Cromwell , and had 
 their Thanks for his faithful Service both in England and Scot¬ 
 land. The fame day the Lords Vote His Majefties Conceftion a 
 ground for Peace, and forthwith Adjourn ; and upon the 1 3th 
 of December , the remaining part of the Commons Houfe, Null 
 the Vote for His Majefties Conceflions, and Order the General to 
 take care of the King ; whereupon a Council of War was orde¬ 
 red to fit to draw up a Charge againft H m; and accordingly Or¬ 
 ders were iftiied out for His removah.So that upon the 1 oth of De¬ 
 cember's Majefty came from Hurfi Caftleto Windfor in 3 days,at¬ 
 tended by Colonel Harrifon and a Guard of a000 Horfe,and was 
 delivered up to the Governor there;and upon the 28 of December , 
 an Ordinance was brought into the Houfe,nominating divers Per¬ 
 fons for Tryal of the King *, which being tendred to the Lords, 
 was refufed ; whereupon the Commons the 4th of January y o- 
 ting the Supreme Authority to be in the People, and confequent- 
 ly in them as their Reprefentatives, proceed without the Lords, 
 and order their Commiflioners for Tryal of the King , to meet 
 on Monday in the Painted Chamber, to confider of the Manner, 
 
 Time, and Place; whereupon the Lords Vote, That the King 
 could not commit Treafon againjl the CommonWealth : and, That no 
 j4&of the Commons is binding without the confent of the Lords. 
 
 Thus laying their violent hands on Majefty,and committing an 
 Infolence beyond all hope of Pardon, they cannot juftifie them- 
 felves but by an A& out-facing all Divinity and Majefty at once, 
 in ere&ing that High Court of Juftice ( as they called it) to 
 Try their King as a Rebel to Himlelf; preparatory whereunto they 
 make Proclamation at Weflminjier Hall and the 0 /d Exchange , that 
 all that had any thing againft Him, fhould come in at the prefix¬ 
 ed time and be heard ; and for the greater folemnity of their Pa- 
 ricide, the Law was filenced in Adjourning the Term for fourteen 
 days, having as a Guard to their Villanies, ordered the Army to be 
 quartered in and about London. 
 
 Upon Friday the 19th of January , His moll Sacred Majefty 
 was brought from Windfor Caitle, being met by a Regiment of 
 Horfe four miles from London, and that night lodged at Sr James's'. 
 and on Saturday the 20th of January , from thence H^ palfed 
 with a ftrong Guard of Poor through St- ffames\ Park to White¬ 
 hall , and thence by Water was conveyed to Sir Robert Cottons 
 houfe with a guard of twenty Partizans. 
 
THE KJHJ 5 S 0 F EtNiQLA D,&c, 559 
 
 __Luiii--| J - j _-■_: _ ■■ ■- _ » 
 
 Chap, a* John Bradfhaw monftrous Traitor, was Prefident of this High Charles i . 
 
 *- Court of Juftice,y^fl^a Common Lawyer,and Doriftlans a Dutch Ci¬ 
 
 vilian were Councel,and John CW^ollicitor-General for the Buli- 
 nefs *, the whole number of Commiflioners about feventy eight $ 
 which being fate at the upper end of Weftminfter-halft their Com- 
 miflion was read, together with the names of the Regicides 5 
 whereupon Bradfhaw commanded Serjeant Dandy junior to fetch in 
 the Prifoner, who immediately brought the King (attended by £ 
 
 Guard of Partizans) and placed Him in a Chair. 
 
 And now having brought the Royal Prifoner to their Judgement 
 Seat, they proceed to arraign Him with not unlike impudence 
 and impiety to that of the Jews, when they brought the King of 
 Kings to Tryalj for they charged Him to be a Subverter of His 
 People, and would not endure His owning Himfelf to be their 
 King; charging Him with all the Blood that had been fpilt: 
 
 Who preparing to give fitting Anfwers to their villanous Accu- 
 fatiofls, could not be heard : Yet had this fignal fatisfadion to 
 hear Bradfhaw condemn himfelf firft , and all his fellow Pari- 
 cides by a Reply to Him, not lefsabfurd than obfervable: For 
 his Majefty arguing upon the unreafonablenefs of not being fuf- 
 fered to fpeak for Himfelf, faid, Where is there in all the World 
 that Court in which no place is left for Keafon ? To which Brad* 
 fhaw unwittingly replyed, Sir, Ton Jhall find that this 'very Court 
 is finch an one. Nay (then retorted the King ) in vain will my 
 Subjects expeSl Juft ice from you , who flop your Ears to your own 
 King ready to F lead His Caufe. 
 
 To their denial of Juftice they added fo many contumelies, 
 indignities, and affronts* as would have tempted Him to defpair, 
 had not His Faith been asftrong as his Realcn, and thegrtatnefs 
 of his Mind more invincible than that of his Power. Four times 
 was his Sacred Majefty brought before this pretended Tribunal of 
 Juftice ; the fecond time being on the 22d of January ; the third, 
 on the 23d; and the fourth time on the 2 7th of the fame month. 
 
 When, contrary to all Law, Reafon, Religion, Honefty, Oaths 
 of Allegiance and Supremacy, feveral Votes, Declarations, Re- 
 monftranceSjProteftations,and Covenants, He was, by the Mouth 
 of that murthering Villain Bradfhaw , fentenced to be beheaded. 
 
 Tuefday the 30th of January that fatal day, which they had Aimaii^fc 
 appointed for his Martyrdome* being come, the King Prays, and 
 Receives the Sacrament from the Hands of the Bilhop of London , 
 who was licenfed to attend on Him,from which He received much 
 Spiritual Comfort i and at ten of the Clock, attended by a Re¬ 
 giment of Foot and a Guard of Partizans* with the Bifhop on 
 one Hand, and Colonel tomlinfon on the other, walks on foot 
 through the Park i as they Were going, He bids them mend their 
 pace, 'telling them He now went before them to Slrive for a Hea¬ 
 venly Crown with lefts folicitude^ than he had oftentimes bid His Sol¬ 
 diers to fight for an Earthly Diadem. He paffes into his Cabi¬ 
 net Chamber at Whitehall , continuing in his Devotions, refuting 
 
 B b b b b b b to 
 
5 6o A qEHEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts. to Dine ; but about twelve a Clock He eat a bit of Bread, and Book7. 
 drank aGlafsof Claret. Near one of the Clock He Was convey- 
 ed through a Window of the Banqueting-Houfe* to the Scaf¬ 
 fold covered with Black, attended by the aforefaid Bifhop and 
 the Guard, where He beheld two Executioners difguifed with 
 Vizards, the Axe and Block, with thofe Ropes and Rings which 
 they had provided ('in cafe He had ftrugled with them) to bind 
 Him down to the Scaffold } at which He was not at all affrighted, 
 but declaring Himielf to the World to die an innocent Man* 
 and a good Chriftian, according to the Profeffion of the Church 
 of England, Praying that His Enemies might Repent, and with 
 Sr. Stephen, That His Death be not laid to their Charge \ with an 
 heroick magnanimity endured the fatal Stroak,thereby exchanging 
 H s Crown on Earth,for one far more glorious in Heaven. 
 
 His Body was laid in a Coffin covered with black Velvet, and 
 from thence carried to His Houfe at Sr. James*s y where it was 
 put in a Coffin of Lead , there to be feen by the People : On 
 Wednefday the 7th of February His Corps was delivered to two 
 of His Servants, to be buried at Windfor , whither the Duke of 
 Richmond , the Marquis of Hertford , the Earls of Lindfey and 
 Southampton , together with Do&or Juxon Bifhop of London , 
 and divers others repaired. There, with much difficulty they find 
 a Vault in St. George s Chappel, where King Henry V 111 . was 
 formerly buried : Which being prepared, a fmall piece of Lead, 
 fome two Foot long and two Inches broad, was provided, on 
 which was infciibed, 
 
 KING CHARLES, 1648. 
 
 wnich wasfawdered to the Bread of the Corps. All things be¬ 
 ing in readinefs, the Body was brought to the Vault by the Sol¬ 
 diers of the Garifon, over which was a black Velvet Pall, which 
 was fupported by the four Lords, the Bifhop of London flood 
 by weeping \ then was it depofited in Silence and Sorrow, the 
 Pall being caff in after it. 
 
 Several Elegies and Epitaphs both in Verfe and Profe, have 
 been Celebrated to the Memory of this Glorious Martyr ; 
 
 One in Latin (written by Richard Powell of the Inner Temple Efq; 
 which, together with His Majefties Portraiture at large, and His 
 Works in Folio under it, were Painted and fet up (fince his pre- 
 fent Majefties Reftauration) in St. Olaves Church in Silver-Street , 
 London is as followeth : 
 
 M. S. 
 
THE K}K9 S OF ENiqLANi < D,8ze. 
 
 Chap. 2. 
 
 M. S. 
 
 Sandtifsimi Regis> & Martyris, CAROLL 
 
 Sifte Viator, 
 
 Luge, Obmucefce, Mirare! 
 
 Memento CAROLI ILLIUS, 
 
 Nominis pariter, & PietatisInfignifsimaj, PRIM Ij 
 
 MAGNiE BRITANNIA REGIS: 
 
 \ ' . . 
 
 Qui Rebellium Perfidia primo Deceptus, 
 
 Dein Perfidorum Rabie Percuffu?, 
 
 Inconcuflus tamen LEGUM & FIDEI DEFENSORj 
 
 Schifmaticorum Tirannidi Succubuit. 
 
 Anno 
 
 Salutis Human#, M D C X LV11L 
 
 Servitutis Noftrx,.) 
 
 > Primo, 
 
 Faelicitatis Suae, \ 
 
 Corona Terreftri Spoliatus, Coelefti Donatus* 
 Sileant autem Peritur# Tabell#: 
 
 Perlege R E L I QJJ IAS, vere Sacras, CAROLINA S, 
 
 In Queis, 
 
 Sui Mnemofynen, #re perenniorem, 
 vivacius exprimit 
 Ilia, Ilia, 
 
 ’EIKQ'N BA 2 IAIKH'. 
 
 Children of King CHARLES I. by Queen HENRIETTA 
 MARIA of France, his Wife. 
 
 20. CHARLES S 7 ZJ A RT, Prince of Great Britain , 
 who was born, baptized, and deceafed on the i Sth day of 
 March , An . 1628. 
 
 561 
 
 Charley 
 
 ao. CHARLES 
 
5 (5s A qE^CEALOQlCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts 
 
 20. CHARLES S TV ART, Prince of Great Britain , 
 fecond Son of King Charles I. and Qjeen Mary of France , 
 fucceeded his Father in his Kingdoms, by the Name of King 
 Charles 11 . whofe Hiftory followeth in the next Chapter. 
 
 nisRoyal 20. JAMES S T V A K. T, Duke of Tori\ and Albany , Earl 
 
 Highnefsdeth - • * T ‘ * ”* * r 1 ' 1 « r T '* » - 
 
 bear the Arms 
 of Gredt Brf- 
 t din,France, 
 arid Ireland, 
 dijlinguijhed by 
 a Label of 
 three points 
 Ermine, with¬ 
 in the Garter, 
 and Enftgned 
 with a Coronet 
 compofed of 
 CroJJes and 
 Flowers de 
 Lize. Which 
 form of Coro¬ 
 net His pre¬ 
 terit Majefty 
 hath by War¬ 
 rant granted 
 to be born by 
 this Duke (His 
 Brother ) by 
 all His Maje- 
 Hies immedi¬ 
 ate Sons, and 
 by all the itrr 
 
 ot Vljier &c. his Royal Highnefs,third Son of King Charles I. 
 and Queen Mary , and onely Brother living to our prefent So- 
 veraign King Charles II. was born upon the 14th day of OSlo - 
 ber, 1635 at the Palace of Sc. James , and forthwith Pro¬ 
 claimed at the Court Gate?,Duke of Yorfa upon which feve- 
 ral Medals of Silver were caft abroad. The one fide of which 
 contained a Lyon Seiant with a Ducal Coronet on his Head com¬ 
 pofed of Rofes and Flowers de Li%e behind a compartment in- 
 fcribed with the words, D UX EBORA. NATUS, OCT. 
 14. 1633. and the other fide, a Shield of bis Arms, which 
 are difingnifbedby a Label of three points Ermine, and Enftgned 
 with the tike Coronet, about which is circumfcribed,N ON SIC 
 MILLE COHORTES. 
 
 The 24th of the fame MonthjbeingSundayjhe was baptized 
 by Dr .William Laud Archbifhop of Canterbury , and afterwards 
 committed to the Government of the then Countefs of Dor - 
 and^Brothcrs f et • His R°y a ^ Highnels was afterwards created Duke of Tori ^ 
 
 by Letters Patent bearing date at Oxford the twenty feventh 
 day of January , in the nineteenth year of his Fathers Reign, 
 1643. 
 
 After the furrender of Oxford, he was in 1^46, conveyed to 
 London by the difloyal part of the Long Parliament, and, with 
 his Brother the Duke of Gloucefler and the Lady Elizabeth his 
 Sifter, committed to the care of Algernon Earl of Northumber- 
 
 of the fuc 
 ceeding Kings 
 of England, 
 
 "Which faid 
 Grant,becaufe 
 it diredls not 
 only the form 
 of the Dia¬ 
 dem to be u- 
 fed by the 
 Son and Heir 
 apparent to 
 the Crown, 
 
 but alfoof the Coronets of other Princes of the Blood Royal, I have for the Readers information, here exhibited 
 the fame, 
 
 C HA FJ.ES J{. 
 
 TruHy and Welbeloved, We Greet You well. Whereas the Sons and Defcendents of Our Royal Ancestors and 
 Predeceflors Kings of England, and other Noble Perfons, who, for the eminence of their Extraction and Merits, are, 
 and have been Dignified with the Titles of Dukes, Marquifles, Earls, and Vifcounts , have borne and ufed feveral 
 tents of Coronets and Circles, as particular diltindtions of their refpeftive Dignities and Degrees; the which not- 
 withftanding, have not been fo ellablifhcd, but that they have in feveral Ages admitted of alteration: Wherefore We 
 having obferved that the Coronets ufed by tliofe of Our Royal Family, have not been enough dilHnguiflicd from 
 thole ufed by others. We have thereupon found it fit and ncceflary fo to fettle and eftablifh the ufe and bearing 
 of fuch Coronets as may not only evidence the juft efteem we have for thole of Our Royal Family, but as may 
 in all times hereafter Diftinguifh fuch from others, though of Eminent Birth and equal Titles with them. Our 
 Will and Pleafure therefore is, That the Son and Heir apparent of the Crown for the time being, fhall ufe and 
 bear his Coronet compofed of CroJJes and Flower de Lizes with one Arch ; and in the midft a Ball and Crofs, as hath 
 Our Royal Diadem ; and that Our moft dear and moll entirely beloved Brother "fames Duke of Tork., and fo all 
 the immediate Sens of OurSelf, and the immediate Sons and Brothers of Our Succeflors Kings of England, fhall 
 bear and ufe his and their Coronets compofed of CroJJes and Fhrwersde Lizes, only, but that all their Sons relpedive- 
 ly having the Title of Dukes fhall bear and ufe their Coronets compofed of Crojfes, andFlowers or Leaves, fuch as 
 are ufcdinthccompofure of the Coronets of Dukes not being of Our Royal Family,hercby commanding you Our Princi¬ 
 pal Herald and King of Arms of Our Order and your Succeflors refpedtively in the faid Office, to Emblafon and 
 fet tenth the Arms in all Achievements whatfoever of the Son and Heir apparent of the Crown for the time 
 being, of Our faid moft dear and moff entirely Beloved Brother fames Duke of York,-, and of all other defeended 
 of Our Royal Family, in fuch manner as is hereby expreft and directed. And that you forthwith caufc an En¬ 
 try to be made in the Publick Regifter in our Office of Arms of this Our Will and Pleafure, to the end, you, and 
 all others whom it may concern, may duely execute and obferve the fame: And for your fo doing, this fhall be 
 your fufficicnt Warrant and full Authority. 
 
 Given under Our Signet at Our Court at Whitehall this 9th day of February, in the Thirteenth Year of 
 Our Reign. 
 
 By His Majefties Command, 
 
 Edw, Nicholas. 
 
 land , 
 
 Book ft 
 
 Penes Fad, 
 Sheldon de 
 Beoley At - 
 migerum. 
 
 til. fgnat, 
 de eoaem 
 anno. 
 
 EarlMar- 
 Jhalls Book. 
 l.z%,fol. 
 8 6 . a. in 
 Coll. Arm. 
 
THE KJNjCjS OF ENigLJ^T>,&c. 
 
 Chap. 2. land , from whom about three years after being at Sc. James' s 
 
 " (the aoth of ApriU\ 6 ^J he made his efcape difguifed in Wo¬ 
 mens Apparel, and was conveyed beyond Sea to Dort in Hol¬ 
 land by Colonel Bampfield, firft to Iris Sifter the Princefs Royal 
 of Orange , and afterwards to the Queen his Mother at Paris , 
 where he was educated in all thofe Exercifes befitting fo great 
 a Prince *, and at the age of twenty, entred into the Campagne, 
 ferving with much Gallantry under that great Commander the 
 then Proteftant Marflial de Turenne for the French King againft 
 the Spamjb Forces in Flanders. 
 
 Yet notwithftanding the great Command he had in the King 
 of France his Army, upon a Treaty between the faid King and 
 Oliver Cromwel in the year 1655, he is advertifed to depart 
 that Kingdom with all his Retinue by a prefixed day* not with¬ 
 out fome Complements and Apologies tor his difmiffion : alfo 
 his departure was refpited for lome fpace, in which he was 
 vifited and honorably treated by that Marfhal and others of 
 th g French Nobility ,and likewife by the Duke of Modena (who 
 was at that time come into France about his marriage with Ma¬ 
 dam Laura Martinetti) whofe Daughter the Lady Maryd'Ejle , 
 his Royal Highnefs hath lately taken to Wife.) At length he takes 
 leave of the King and Court of France, and attended by the Earl 
 of St. Albans and other Englijb Lords,journeys towards Flanders 
 (where the King of Great Britain his Brother then refided) 
 upon the invitation of Don Juan of Aujlria, who, being Go¬ 
 vernor of the Low Countreys , fent to offer him, in the name 
 of the Spanijb King, all poftible fervice and afllftancej his 
 Royal Highnefs thereupon takes up Arms under him againft 
 French then Leagued with the Englijb Rebels in oppofition to 
 Spain , where his magnanimity and early knowledge in Mar¬ 
 tial Affairs (though unfuccefsful) were very eminent. 
 
 Not long after,his prefent Majefty King Charles 11 . added to 
 his other Titl es,the Dignitie of Earl of ZJlJler in the Realm of 
 of Ireland , by Letters Patent bearing date the 10th day of 
 May in the eleventh year of His Reign. 
 
 This moft illuftrious Prince in the year i66'o.came over into 
 England with the faid King his Brother. And as to his Titles, 
 time of Ele&ion, and Inftallation into the moft Noble Order 
 of the Garter, I fhall refer my Reader unto the Infcription on 
 his Plate in his Royal Highnefs Stall at Wtndjor , which is as 
 followeth, 
 
 Du tres*haut tres-puiffant et Illuftre Prince Jaynes frere uni - 
 que du Roy nojlre Seigneur , Due d 9 Torke et de Albanie , Comte de 
 ZJIftery Grand Admirall d' Anglet err e et A Ireland^ Conejlable du 
 Chasleau de Douure , Guardien et Admirall des Cinque Ports , et 
 Chevalier du tres-noble Ordre de la Jartiere,Eleu a Yorkg le ving- 
 tiefme jour A Auril, \ 6 \l.et an cauje de la Rebellion fuivante ne 
 futpas Enftalli au Chafteau de WindjorJJufque an Quin^iejme jour 
 d'Auril , 1661. 
 
 Be* 
 
 5 6 3 
 
 Cbarlse I. 
 
 C c c c c c c 
 
564 A QE^CEALOCflCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuartr. 
 
 His firfi Mar¬ 
 riage. 
 
 Azure, a Che- 
 veron between 
 three Lozen - 
 zes. Or, by 
 the name of 
 Hide. 
 
 He did bear 
 Jgu/irterly of 
 four peeces. 
 The x. France 
 and England 
 quarterly. 1. 
 Scotland. 3. 
 Ireland. The 
 fourth as the 
 firfi. Over all 
 a Label of five 
 points Ermine. 
 
 Being Lord High Admiral of England in the year 166$. in 
 the War againft the States of the 'United Netherlands, comman¬ 
 ded in Perlon the whole Royal Navy on the Seas between Eng¬ 
 land and Holland , where, with incomparable V alour, and ex¬ 
 traordinary hazard of his own Perlon, after a mod (harp dif- 
 pute,he obtained a fignal Vi&ory over the whole Dutch Fleet 
 commanded by Admiral Opdam, who perilhed with his own 
 and many more Dutch Ships in that Fight. 
 
 This was not the laft Battel in which his Royal Highnefs ad¬ 
 ventured himlelf for the defence of this Kingdom, when his 
 Majefty and the whole Nation growing extreamly fenfible of 
 the great danger unto which the Kings only Brother and the firfi: 
 Prince of the Blood was expofed,he was not fuffered any more 
 fo to hazard his Royal Perfon. 
 
 He is a principal Shield of the R.egal Throne, Non fic 
 Mille Cohortes , and in all probability will be bleffed with a 
 numerous Off pring. 
 
 His Royal Highnefs hath married two Wives,the firfi of which 
 was the Lady Anne, eldeft Daughter of Edward Earl of Cla¬ 
 rendon, late Lord Chancellor of England, deceased. Which 
 Duchels departed this World at St. James*s Houfe up¬ 
 on the 31 day of March, An. 1671. betwixt the hours of three 
 and four in the afternoon (in the 34th year of her age) and 
 was interred, (with feveral of her Children) in the Vault of 
 Mary Qjeen of Scots, in the Chappel of King Henry Vft ha¬ 
 ving had Iffue by the faid Duke her Husband, thefe Children 
 following? <z 
 
 a 1. Charles Stuart Duke of Cambridge , eldeft Son, born at Wor- 
 cejitr Houle in the Strand upon the 22d day of Ottober , 
 1660. who liveing notfeven Months, deceafed at Whitehall up¬ 
 on the 15th day of May , \ 6 ( 1. (by his death preventing the 
 paffing of a Patent, whereby he was to be created Earl and 
 Duke of Cambridge *,) and on the morrow being Munday, 
 was privately interred in manner following : Firfi being im- 
 balmed, then wrapped in Lead and put into a Coffin cove¬ 
 red with black Velvet : His Corps was brought in a Barge from 
 the Privy Stairs to the Parliament Stairs, and thence by Torch¬ 
 light, proceeded into the Abbey Church, attended by fe¬ 
 veral of his Royal Highnefs Servants, four Heralds, and Gar¬ 
 ter King of Arms; the Pages of the Dukes Back Stairs carried 
 the Body *,the Canopy was borne by four Knights and Efquires. 
 The Pall was fupported by Mr. Jermin , Mr. Coventry, Sir Hen¬ 
 ry de Vic, and Sir Alan Apijley. Garter between two Gentle- 
 men*Ulhers went immediately before the Body } and the Lord 
 John Berkley of Stratton fupplyed the place of Chief Mourner, 
 followed by many Perfons of Quality. At the Church door 
 the Corps was met by the Dean, Prebends, and Choire, who 
 proceeded to King Henry VII. his Chappel, where being re- 
 pofed till part of the Office of Burial was performed, it was 
 
 interred 
 
 Book 7. 
 
 7.4./. 16. 
 in Coll . 
 Arm. 
 
THE K^l^Kgs OF Ef{qLA?fV,&c. 565 
 
 Chap* *• interred in the Vault with Mary Qaeen of Scots his Great* 
 great Grandmother (where, lately before, the Bodies of their 
 Royal Highnefos Henry Duke of Glocejier , and Mary Princefs 
 of Orange his Uncle and Aunt* had been buried) having this 
 Infcription on a Plate nailed to his Coffin, 
 
 Depofitum 
 
 CelJ'ifsimi Principis Caroli Ducis Cantabrigice,jilii prime- 
 geniti Jacobi Ducis Eboracetifis : Qui natus 22 die 
 0 $obris, ) i 66 o. Obiit in Aula Whitehall quinto die Maij y 
 M. DC. LXI. 
 
 2 1. James Stuart Duke of Cambridge^ Sec. fecond Son of his 
 Royal Highnefs James Duke of Tor was born at St. James*a 
 on the 12th day oi July, twenty two minutes paft one of the 
 Clock in the morning, An. 1663. The King, and r ^ e Earl °f 
 Clarendon Lord Chancellor, were Godfathers, and the Queen- 
 mother Godmother. 
 
 This J ames was created Baron o fDauntfey in the County of 
 Wilts , and to the Heirs Male of his Body jand alfo into the Dig- 
 . nities and Titles of Earl of Cambridge and Duke of Cam¬ 
 
 bridge ,by Letters Patent bearing date at Wejlminfter the 23 of 
 Augufl , An. 16 Car. 2. 1664. He had not arrived to the 
 age of three years and five months, when,at a Chapter held 
 in the Withdrawing Room at Whitehall , on Wedrefday Dc- 
 cemb.%.\ 666 . he was by His Majefty Knighted with the Sword 
 of State, and elefted a Companion into the moft noble Order 
 of the Garter, the Sovereign putting the George about his 
 Neck, and Prince Rupert buckling the Garter about his Leg; 
 but the Inllallation of this young Duke was prevented by his 
 death ( not feven months after ) which happened at Rich¬ 
 mond on Thurfday the twentieth of June , 1667. and on 
 Wednefday the 26th of the fame month, his Corps was pri¬ 
 vately brought in the Duke his Fathers Barge from Richmond 
 aforefaid (attended by Richmond Herald, and Rouge-Dragon , 
 Purfuivantat Arms) and beirg landed at the Parliament Stairs, 
 was conveyed into the Painted Chamber near the Houfe of 
 Lords, the Officers of Arms attending, and there depofited 
 upon Trefoils, being covered with a fine Holland .Sheet and 
 a Pall of Velvet of feven Breadths, adorned with eight Efco- 
 cheons of his Arms} and from thence under a Canopy of 
 black Velvet with a deep Silk Fringe, it proceeded to the Ab«* 
 bey of Wejlminjler , Prince Rupert being Chief Mourner, and 
 Garter principal King of Arms paffing before him bareheaded j 
 four Barons fupported the Pall, eight Gentlemen of the Privy 
 Chamber the Canopy, and fix Pages of the Dukes Bedcham¬ 
 ber carried the Body, which was attended by feveral of the 
 Nobility and Gentry,who proceeded from thence through fome 
 Companies of the Foot-guards, to the door of the Abbey 5 
 where it was met by the Dean,Prebends,and Choireiwho went 
 before it (finging an Anthem) into King Henry VII. his Chap- 
 
 pel; 
 
 Charles I, 
 
 Quarterly of 
 four peeces, 
 the t. France 
 and England 
 quarterly, z. 
 Scotland. 3. 
 Ireland. The 
 fourth as the 
 ftjl. Over all 
 a Label of five 
 points Ermine. 
 Thefe Arms 
 were thus 
 Marflialled 
 within the 
 Garter at the 
 Interment of 
 this fames 
 Duke of Cam¬ 
 bridge. 
 
 1 
 
5 66 
 
 Stuarts* 
 
 This Charles 
 did bear^urfr- 
 terlyof four 
 peeces. i. 
 France and. 
 England 
 quarterly. 2. 
 Scotland. 
 
 3. Ireland. The 
 fourth as the 
 firfl. Overall 
 a Label of three 
 points Argent, 
 each charged 
 •with as many 
 Torteaux. 
 
 AqEVfEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 pel} where the Corps was repofed on Treflels again, till part Book 7 ; 
 of the Office of Burial was performed : and then (after Gar¬ 
 ter had proclaimed the Stile of the defunft) was interred with 
 his Brother in the Sepulcher of Mary Queen of Scots, having 
 this Memorial following engraven on a Plate upon his Coffin. 
 
 Depofltum 
 
 llluflrifsimi Principis Jacobi Duels Cantabrigiae , <&c. 
 fin fecundo-geniti et Hercedis Potentifsimi Principit 
 Jacobi Duels Eboraci , Qui in Aul& Regia Richmondice 
 vicefimo die Junii in Domino obdormivit . jEtatls face 
 Quarto *, Annoq\ Domini M. DC. LXVll. 
 
 1. Charles Duke of Kendal,t\nr& Son of His R. H. frames Duke 
 of Tori\ and Duchefs Anne his firft Wife,came into this World 
 at St. James's the 4th day of July , at 13 minutes and an half 
 before five in the evening,^//. 1 666. His Godfathers were John 
 Lord Berkley of Stratton (for the Duke of Cambridge ,) and the 
 Duke of Monmouth,and his Godmother theCountefs of Offory. 
 
 He deceafed at St.Jvmes's upon the 22 day of May, 166 y.not j^/ 0 i.f*j 
 having accomplifhed his firft year j from whence his Corps was 
 brought to the Painted Chamber on the 30 of the fame month, 
 and trom thence being attended by many of the Nobility and 
 Gentry his Majefties and his Royal Highnefs Servants, with the 
 Officers of Arms, his Corps was conveyed under a Canopy of 
 black Velvet into the Chappel of King Henry VII. and there 
 interred in the Vault with his Brother Charles Duke of Cam¬ 
 bridge , and with the like folemnity. Upon the Coffin covered 
 with black Velvet, a Copper Plate gilt was affixed, with this 
 Infcription. 
 
 Depofltum 
 
 iilujlrijsimi Principis Caroli Duels Condaliae , <&c. fllii 
 ti. no geniti Potentiffimi Principis Jacobi Duels Eboraci , 
 qm in Aula Regia fan ft i Jacobi difta , vicefimo 
 Jecundo die Maij inDomino obdormivit,<vix annum habens , 
 Anno Domini M. DC. LXV 1 L 
 
 2 1. Edgar Duke of Cambridge , fourth Son of his Royal High¬ 
 nefs, was born at St. James's upon the 14th day of September , 
 eight minutes before feven a Cock in the morning, An. 1 66 y. 
 whofe Godfathers were the Duke of Albemarle and the Marquis 
 of Iforcejler , and his Godmother the Countefs of Suffolk* 
 
 He deceafed at Richmond upon the 8th day of June , 
 An. 1671. and was interred in the fame Vault with his three 
 Brothers. 
 
 The Arms of 21 * Mary Stuart Princefs of Orange, See. eldeft Daughter of his 
 ofSi^arc! Royal Highnefs James Duke of Torff and Duchefs Anne his 
 
 Jgu_arterly. i. 
 
 France and England quarterly. 2. Scotland . 3. Ireland, the 4th as the frjl, a Label of three points Ermine. Impaled by 
 quarterly of four peeces. The frjl U aljo quarterly, t. Azure a Lyon rampant and femee of Billets Or Naflau. 2. Or, a Lyon 
 rampant Gules, Diet7.3. Gules aFefs Argent.Vhnden.q.Gules two Lyons paff'ant guardant Or Catfenelboge. Over all, on an 
 Inefcocheon Or, a Fefs Sable, Moers. Tlx fecond quarter is alfo quarterly. The 1. and 4th Gules, a Bend Or, Chalon. The 
 2. and 3. Or, a Hunters horn azure fringed and gamifhed Gules, Orange. Over all an Ejcocheon of Geneva, viz Che- 
 quie of nine peeces. Or and Azure. The third quarter is as the fecond, the fourth as the frjl. And over all is an Inef¬ 
 cocheon Gules charged with a Fefs lmbattelled Argent, by the name of Buren. 
 
 firft 
 

 
 THE KJ^tgS OF EthtgLJJ£T>,& Ci 5 6 7 
 
 Chap.2. firft Wife, Daughter ot Edward Earl of Clarendon , was Charhs l 
 born at St James’s the 30th day of^pri/, paft one of the Clock 
 in the morning, An. 1662. whofe Godfather is Prince Rupert, 
 and Godmothers,the Dutchefies of Buckingham and Ormond. 
 
 She is a Lady of great Beauty and eminent Virtue, and is 
 now happily become the Wife o 1 William Henry of Najfan 
 Prince of Orange , See. their Nuptials being privately celebrated 
 in her Bedchamber at Sr. )G///e/saforefaid, on the 4th day of 
 November, about eight of the Clock in the evening, 1677. by 
 Dr. Henry Compton Lord Bifhop of London to the great fatis- 
 fa&ion of his Majefty, who gave her in Marriage, the Duke 
 her Father, and joy of both Nations ^ fome of the moft emi¬ 
 nent Nobility of this Kingdom and of the United Provinces 
 being prefent thereat. 
 
 Which happy conjun&ion we hope will not be fo confined, 
 but that whole Chriftendom may hereafter (bare in the good 
 effeds thereof. A Match'fo proportionable in every circum. 
 fiance, that if demonfirates the Creator of all Beings to have 
 made them for each other i feeming rather to be the revivers of 
 the former alliance betwixt the Royal Houfe of Stuart and the 
 Illuftrious Family of Najfau , than a new Marriage between 
 a Prince William and a Princefs Mary in the fame degree of 
 Confanguiniry and Defcent,fhe being the Daughter ofa Son of 
 King Charles I. and he the Son of a Daughter of that Blefled 
 Martyr,in whom are equally united his Royal Blood and King¬ 
 ly Virtues. It being alfooblervable,That this Illufirious Couple 
 entred into this State of Matrimony the very fame day of the 
 Month, that both this Prince and the Princefs Royal Mary his 
 Mother,made their entrance into this World,being the 41 day 
 of November. 
 
 2 i. Anne Stuart, fecond Daughter, was born on the 6th day of she k eareth 
 
 . 7 S' , ’ . ; on a Lozenge 
 
 February, 39 minutes pall eleven 01 the Clock at mghr, An. the \rmsof 
 1664. at St James's } her Godfather being Gilbert Lord Arch- Fath?r. keher 
 bilhop of Canterbury , and her Godmothers, the young Lady 
 Alary her Sifter, and the Duchefs of Monmouth. This Lady 
 Anne was for her health fent into France about the year 1 669. 
 and fince her return into England , (this young Lady) hath not 
 only acquired a healthful Conftitution of Body, buc thofe ac- 
 complilhments of Mind, which are very feldom found in a 
 perfon of her years. 
 
 21 Henrietta Stuart , the third Daughter of his Royal Highnefs 
 James Duke of Torh^ and Duchefs Anne his firft: Wife, had her 
 birth at Whitehall on the 1 3th day of January, thirty five mi¬ 
 nutes pall feven at night. An. 1668. her Godmothers were the 
 Marchionefs of Dorchejler,and the Countefs of Devonjhire, and 
 her Godfather the Duke of Ormond. She lived not paft ten 
 Months,and departing this life at Stjames's upon the 15 day of 
 November, 1 669. Her Corps was carried to the Painted Chamber 
 
 D d d d d d d the 
 

 568 A qE^CEALOgiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts, 
 
 His fecond 
 Marriage. 
 
 The Arms of 
 d'Efie Duke 
 of Modena, 
 are. Quarter^ 
 lyjirft Argent, 
 an Eagle dif- 
 p’ayed, with 
 two Heads, 
 Sable,- i • A* 
 zure. 3. Flow¬ 
 ers deLize, Or, 
 a Border,Com* 
 terindented, 
 
 Or and Gules. 
 The third as 
 the fecond, tbs 
 fourth as the 
 
 the 19th of the fame Month, and that day attended to her Book 7. 
 Grave with the like Ceremony as were her Brothers, and bu- 
 ried in the fame Vault with this following Memorial. 
 
 Depofitum 
 
 lllujlrijftm<e Domini Henrietta fili# natu-terti& Poten - 
 tijjimi Principis Jacobi Ducis Eboraci , Qudt,in Anld 
 Regib Jan&i Jacobi diBb, decimo qninto die menfis No - 
 vembris in Domino obdormivit decern circiter menfium 
 <jetatis,Anno Domini M. DC. LxiX. 
 
 31. Katherine Stuart, fourth Daughter, took her firffc breath at 
 Whitehall on the 9th day of February, thirty nine minutes pad 
 five a Clock in the evening, An. 1670. her Godmothers be¬ 
 ing the Duchefs of Buckingham and the Marchionefs of Wor- 
 cefter, and her Godfather, the Prince of Orange • She fcarce 
 had compleated her tenth Month, when (he breathed her lad 
 at St. James's on the 5th day of December , 1671. and was 
 privately interred in the fame Vault with her Brethren and Sifter 
 at Wejlminjler on Friday following, being the 7 day of the fame 
 Month,without the Officers of Arras, or any Solemnity : upon 
 a Copper Plate on her Coffin,the following words are engraven. 
 
 Depofitum 
 
 llluflrijjimce Domini Catherine fili<e quarto-genitoe Po- 
 tentijfimi Principis Jacobi Ducts Eboraci, qua: in Aulfc 
 Regia SanBi Jacobi diBd, in Domino obdormivit, vix 
 decern menfes habens , qninto die Decembris, Anno a 
 Chrijlo nato , M. DC. LXXL 
 
 This mod illudrious Prince Jfames Duke of Yor\, hath 
 taken to his fecond Wife the Lady Mary cf Ejie, Sifter to 
 Francis the prefent Duke of Modena , and Daughter of Al- 
 phonfo d'Ejle third of the name Duke of Modena , by Madam 
 Laura MartineJJi his Wife. She was born upon the a5th day 
 of September , An. 16$8* and had notpafled the fifteenth year 
 of her age, when, at Modena , (he was married to his Royal 
 Highnefs, by his Proxy Henry Earl of Peterborow , who with a 
 noble Retinue attended her (and the Duchefs Dowager her 
 Mother) into France ; and refidingfome time at Paris,they from 
 thence came to Calais, and thence Letting fail, arrived at Dover 
 on Friday the 2 1 of November , 1673. and were there received 
 by the Duke,where the Marriage betwixt him and the faid Du¬ 
 chefs Mary was Confummated,by Do&or Nathaniel Crew Lord 
 Bifhop of Durham^the fame night (he was bedded by his Royal 
 Highnefs,then not exceeding the age of 15 years and 2 months. 
 
 Being thus arrived, they were entertained with high refpeft 
 in the Court of England, where the Duchefs Dowager of Mo- 
 dena having continued (in order to the fettlementof her Daugh¬ 
 ter the Duchefs of Yorlf) about thefpaceof fix Weeks} her 
 urgent Adairs calling her back into Italy , in the minority of 
 the Duke of Modena her Son; (he departed from hence on the 
 
 30th day 
 
■ nW . - j , .-'-1 
 
 THE KJK9 S E^CqLAU^T), &C. 5 (5 9 
 
 GhaP* 2 » 50th day of December following, (vi^. 167^.) leaving their Charier h 
 Royal Highnefles extreamly happy in the affe&ions ot each 
 other j which hath fince been much increafed in their moft 
 illuftrious Ifiiie, God having blefifed them with three Children 
 in lefs then four years *, which are as follow, 
 
 21. Charier Stuart, Duke of Cambridge, onely Son of his Royal Hedidbear 
 Highnefs J ames Duke of Tor^ by the Duchefs Mary cTEfie his Great 'Britain,, 
 fecond Wife, was born in the Palace of St. James on Wed- Jtuni,Sjtin- 
 nefdav the 7th of November, a quarter of an hour before ten 
 
 1 , , 1 t . • 1 Label P ve 
 
 of the Clock at nighty An , 1077. and the next day Baptized points Ermines 
 there by Do&or Nathaniel Crew Lord Biftiop of Durham. 
 
 His Majefty and the Prince of Orange being Godfathers, and 
 the Lady Isabella his Sifter Godmother. He died fuddenly up¬ 
 on Wednesday the 12th of December, about eleven of the 
 Clock in the morning, An. 1677. and was privately buried in 
 the Tomb of Mary Queen of Scots the next day in the evening* 
 
 21. Katherina Laura Stuart, eldeft Daughter of his Royal High- she did bear 
 nefs the Duke of Tor by the Duchefs Mary his fecond Wife, Ss Royal ^ 
 came into this World at St. James ‘sthe lothof January, be- 
 ing Sunday, twenty four minutes paft four in the evening, An, Lozenge. 
 1674. She had for Godmothers the Ladies Mary and Anne her 
 half Sifters , and for her Godfather the Duke of Monmouth. 
 
 The place of her birth was the place of her death, where fhe 
 deceafed the 3d of OBober , 1675. and was interred in the 
 Vault of Mary Queen of Scotland, the 5 th day of the fame month. 
 
 21. Jfabella Stuart , fecond Daughter of his Royal Highnefs James She doth bear 
 Duke of Tork^ and the Duchefs Mary his fecond Wife, took £heArmsof 
 her firft breath at the Palace of St. James*s upon the 28th day a Lozenge, 
 of Auguji, five minutes before eight of the Clock in the mor¬ 
 ning, An . 1676. Her Godmothers are the Duchefs of Mon - 
 mouth , and the Countefs of Peterborow , and her Godfather 
 Thomas Earl of Danby Lord High Treafurerof England . She 
 being Baptized by Dr. John North , Mafter of Trinity Col- 
 ledge in Cambridge , and Prebend of fVeJlminfler. 
 
 qo. HENRT STD ART, Duke of Gloucejler , and Earl of Cam¬ 
 bridge Jonah Son of King Charles L and Queen Mary of France, 
 was born at Oatlands in the County of Surrey , on the 8th day 
 of July, An. 1640. and was Baptized the 2 2d of the fame 
 Month. 
 
 About the 8th year of his age,he was by the difioyal part of 
 the Long Parliament committed to the cuftody of the Earl of 
 Northumberland at St. James's, with his Brother the Duke of 
 Torh^ and the Lady Elizabeth his Sifter, (whence the Duke of 
 Tor\ making his efcape) after the Murder of the Ring their 
 Father, he and his Sifter were fent to Penhurfi in the County 
 of Kent , under the Guardianftiip of the Countefs of Leice- 
 Jier , Sifter to the faid Earl, being there treated with great 
 refpeft $ which happinefs thefe Royal Children enjoyed not 
 
 long, 
 
 He did bear 
 Quarterly of 
 four peeces, 
 The 1. France 
 and England 
 quarterly, z. 
 Scotland, j. 
 Ireland. The 
 fourth as the 
 fir]}. Over 
 dll a Label Ar¬ 
 gent of three 
 points, each 
 charged with'a 
 Fed I(pfe. 
 Which Arms 
 within the 
 Garter, En- 
 figned with a 
 Ducal Coro¬ 
 net, were thus 
 fet forth at 
 his Inter¬ 
 ment. 
 
5 7 o A qE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 u Marts* 
 
 long, being thence hurried'to Caresbrooh^ Caftle in the IJle of Book7. 
 Wight, where his Sifter the Lady Elizabeth dying of grief 5 and 
 his entertainment being thought too great an expence to the 
 Sedentaries, they refolve to fet hirn at liberty } and about the 
 beginnirgof February, 16^2. they lend him,with two Servants 
 to Dttnkjrik^ promifing to allow him a fmall exhibition for his 
 maintenance, provided he would not come near his Brother,or ' 
 any of his Relations. But being got on that fide the water,he 
 was received according to his birth, and from Bruxels attended 
 to the Princefs of Orange his Sifter at Breda , who received him 
 with great joy, having been in continual fear that his life would 
 be taken away by thofe that fpared not that of his Royal Fa¬ 
 ther ; nor was he received with lefs joy at Farts, by the King 
 his Brother, to whom, as alfo his Mother the Queen, and his 
 other Relations, he was welcomed as one rifen from the dead, 
 being civilly treated by the King-and Qjeen-Mother of France 
 and thar whole Court. 
 
 In the year 16*54.the King being at Cullen ,kindly entertained 
 by the Princes of Germany , fent the Marquis of Ormond to 
 Tar is to wait on this his Brother the Duke of Glouce)ler,to him *, 
 whom he the more earneftly defired to have near him, leaft 
 his youth might be prevailed upon by the fubtilty of Argu¬ 
 ments, and temptation of Riches and Promotion, to change 
 'his Religion ; whereupon he undertakes the Journey, and ha¬ 
 ving flayed fome time at the Hague with his Sifter the Princefs 
 Royal, was at laft accompanied by her to the King their Bro¬ 
 ther at Cullen aforefaid, fhe her felf fraying with them in Ger- 
 many till after the Fair at Francl^ford. 
 
 By Letters Patent bearing date the 1 3th day of May in 
 the t 1 th year of his prefent Majefty King Charles II. his Brother, 
 
 An 1659. was created into the Dignities of Duke of Glou- 
 cefler, and Earl of Cambridge : And though he lived not to be 
 Inftallcd, yet was he Ele&ed into the moft Noble Order of 
 the Garter (with Charles Prince of Tarente ) by His Majefty at 
 Paris , An. 1653. $ 0 Car. 2. and his Inveftiture performed by 
 Sir Edward Walfer Garter, at the Hague on Monday the 14th 
 of April in the morning, in the fame year, the Queen of Bo¬ 
 hemia his Aunt, and the Princels of Orange his Sifter, with ma¬ 
 ny more eminent Perfons,being prefent at the Ceremony. Ha¬ 
 ving been thus Partaker with his Majefty in his greateft affliSi- 
 ons during the long continuance of the late unparaleli’d Ufur- 
 patior, had at length the happinefs to fee him peaceably re- 
 flored to the Royal Throne of his Anceftors, accompanying 
 him into England, and landing at Dover upon the 2 5 th of May 
 die following year, vi 2. An. 1660. But departed this life at 
 Whitehall unmarried, on Thurfday the 13th of September next 7 4 ^ 
 enfuingac nine of the Clock in the evening, being aged twenty 4 ’ 9 .i*coS. 
 years, two months, and five days, generally lamented by ail m ' 
 good Men, being a Prince excellently accompiiftied, Religious, 
 
 Learned, 
 
the'kJk9 s of 
 
 Valiant, Wife above his years, a Dutiful and Affe&ionate 
 Brother, a good Matter, and a true Friend. 
 
 His Body being embalmed and coffin’d,was inftantly removed 
 from thence to Somerfet Houfe,and placed in the Privy Chamber 
 there, where it retted until Friday the 21 day of September 
 aforefaid, under a large Pall of black Velvet lined with a Sheet 
 of fine Holland, another letter Pall to cover the Treflels. The 
 Pall was adorned with eight Efcocheons of his Royal High- 
 nefles Arms within the Garter, and upon the Corps was pla¬ 
 ced his Ducal Coronet and a Cap of Eftate, on a black Velvet 
 Cufhion. 
 
 At fix of the Clock in the evening five Barges conveyed the 
 Body and Attendants by Water to the Parliament Stairs, 
 eighteen Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber being appointed to 
 carry it, and twelve to fupport the Canopy over it \ from 
 whence to the door of the Abbey, a Guard of Soldiers was 
 placed on each fide the Paflage,through which(by Torch-light) 
 the Funeral proceeded, confifting of many Gentlemen,Efquires, 
 Knights, Baronets, Sons of the Nobility, Peers, and Great 
 Officers of the Kingdom, who preceded the Corps, before 
 which a Herald bare the Coronet and Cufhion}four Noblemen 
 fupported the Pall, and after the Body followed his Royal 
 Highnefs the Duke of Tork^ who was chief Mourner, before 
 whom went Garter Principal King of Arms, bareheaded, and 
 after him followed the Dukes of Buckingham, Richmond and 
 Albemarle , and after them fourteen Earls, and divers perfons 
 of Honour. The Body being thus brought into the Choire of 
 King Henry VII. his Chappel, was depofited, and a Chair fet 
 for the Duke of Tor whil*ft Dr. Haywood read part of the 
 Service. Then was it carried into the Chappel on the right fide 
 of the Choire,and folemnly Interred, He (in the abfence of the 
 Dean) reading the Office of Burial, and Garter proclaiming his 
 Stile) in the Sepulcher of Mary Queen of Scotland his Great- 
 Grandmother. His Coffin being covered with black Velvet 
 hath this Infcription thereon in a Silver Plate: 
 
 Depofttum 
 
 Illujlrifsimi Principis Henrici Ducts Glouce(lri<e y Comitis 
 Cantabrigi #, filii quartogeniti Serenifsimi Regis Caroli 
 (pi<e femper memoride)defunVci,etfratris Serenifsimi Regis 
 Caroli ejus nominis fecundi ; Qui in Aula Regi& apud 
 Whitehall , Die Jo vis Decimo-tertio die Septembris , 
 Anno a Chrifio nato 1660. in Domino obdomivit 5 
 JEtatis fuae vicefimo . 
 
 Eeeeeee 
 
 MART 
 
572 AqE^CEALOqiCAL HISTORY OF 
 
 S tuarts. 
 
 The Arms of 
 Mary Princefs 
 of Orange, 
 •were, Quar¬ 
 terly i* France 
 and England 
 quarterly, z. 
 Scotland, 
 
 3. Ireland, the 
 f ourth as the 
 fir ft. Impa¬ 
 led by, Quar¬ 
 terly, alfo of 
 four peeces, 
 
 1. Azure,feme 
 of Billets, and 
 a Lyon rampant 
 Or, Naffau. 
 a. Or, a Ly¬ 
 on rampant 
 guardant 
 Gules, crowned 
 Azure , Dietz. 
 3. Gules, a Fefs 
 Argent, Vian- 
 den. 4. Gules 
 a 1 Lyons pajj'ant 
 Guardant, Or 
 Catzenelenbo- 
 gen. Over all 
 an Inefcocheon 
 quarterly, the 
 firft and fourth 
 Gules, a Bend, 
 Or, Chalon. 
 The ftcondand 
 third Or , a 
 Hunters Horn, 
 
 Azure,ftringed 
 
 and garnijhed, 
 Gules, O- 
 range. And 
 over theft, an 
 Eftocheon of 
 Geneva, viz. 
 Chequie of 9 
 peeces Or and 
 Azure. 
 
 20. M A R T STVARt, Princefs of Orange ) &c. eldeft - 
 Daughter of King Charles I. and Queen Mary youngefi Daugh¬ 
 ter of King Henry IV. of France, was born upon the 4th day 
 of November in the year 1651, at Sc .James's, and about the 
 tenth year ofher age(May 2.An.16^1.) was,at Whit eh al ,efpou- 
 fed to William of Naffau, the onely Son of Henry Frederic ^ 
 Prince of Orange, then Commander in chief of all the Forces of 
 the States General both by Sea and Land. 
 
 Upon the 23 day of February in the fame year,(lie embarked 
 at Dover ('being thither accompanied by the King her Father) 
 from whence with the Queen, (he failed into Holland, and was 
 there received with much honour by her Father in-Law Henry - 
 Frederic^, a Prince who,by his great Valour and Conduft, had 
 rendred that Republick flourifhing,by adding thereunto feveral 
 Towns in Frife , Over-lffel , and Gelderland , with fmall Expence, 
 few Forces, and little Bloodlhed, fo that he defervedly acqui¬ 
 red the appellation of Father of Soldiers. 
 
 He departed this life (to the great trouble of that State) in 
 the year, 1648. leaving HTue William of Naffau his only Son 
 beforementioned, to fucceed him in his Hereditary Honours 
 and Commands} but thefe he enjoyed but a little while j for 
 Death growing envious of thofe great A&ions which his Cou¬ 
 rage promifed to the World, fnatched him away in the flower 
 of his age at the Hague in Holland , where he died of the Small¬ 
 pox, upon the 6th day of November, S. N. 1650. being twen¬ 
 ty four years old. 
 
 The Princefs RoyalM ary his difconfolate Widow,was by him 
 left great with Child, who nine days after the death of this 
 Prince of Orange her Husband, ( [vi%. the 14th of November, 
 S. N. 1650.) atnineof the Clock at night was delivered of a 
 Pofthumus and her only Child : 
 
 21. William Henry, born at the Hague Prince of Orange, and is 
 now living, An. 1677. To whom were Godfathers,the Lords 
 States General of Holland and Zealand , and the Cities of Delft, 
 Leyden, and Amjlerdam. 
 
 In his eighth year this Prince was fent to the Univerfity of 
 Leyden, and An. 1660. upon the Princefs Royal his Mothers 
 fatal Vifit into England , his Intereft was by her recommended 
 to the States, who finding in him an early appearance of the 
 rare Qualities of his Anceftors, have not only admitted him to 
 the fame Dignities andTruft which they formerly had in that 
 Commonwealth,but baveraifed him to a pitch of Greatnefs and 
 Command far above any of them, repofing in this generous 
 Prince a faith anfwerable to the eminency of his Birth, his 
 Royal Alliance, and his growing Courage and Virtue, which 
 he hath mod happily employed in a brave defence of his Coun¬ 
 try, with a Conduft moft admirable in a perfon of his youth: 
 But what adds much to his Highnefles felicity, and the benefit 
 
 Book 7. 
 
THE KJH. 9 S 0F E^CgLJNPt&c. 573 
 
 Chap.2*’ of the States, is the late happy confirmation of his Alliance to Charles y « 
 the Crown of Great Britain^ by a Marriage with the Lady 
 Mary, eldeft Daughter of his Royal Highnefs Jams Duke of 
 York, which was Confummated upon the 4th day of Novem¬ 
 ber ^ 1677. of which fee more page $66 ^ 567. His Titles 
 run thus, Guillaume-Henry par la Grace de dieu Prince d*Orange 
 et de Najfau, Comte de Cat^enellebogen, Vianen, Diet% y Lingen y 
 Moeurs , Bueren, Leerdam } Marquis de Vere et ‘Vlijfwgue } Ba¬ 
 ron de Breda, &c. Burgrave d'Anvers et Be%ancon } Marefcball 
 bereditaire a'Hollande } Governor bereditaire des Provinces de 
 Gueldre et Comte de Zutphen , d'Hollande , Zelande , d >r Utrecht y 
 et Overyjfel } Capitaine Generali et Admirall Hsreditaire des Pro¬ 
 vinces unies j et Chevalier du ires Noble Ordre de la Jartiere. 
 
 On the 23d of Sept. 1660 . the Princefs Royal his Mother 
 came over into England , invited by His Majefty, willing once 
 again to fee her native Country/rom which (he had been fo ma¬ 
 ny years abfentjbut the joy for the King her Brothers Reftaura- 
 ration was very much allayed by theforrow (he conceived for 
 the lofs of her Brother the Duke of Gloucester (who had de« 
 parted this life on the 13th of the faid month) whom fhe 
 her felf outlived not four months, deceafmg at Whitehall up¬ 
 on the 24th day of December, 1660 . to the very great grief of 
 the King and the Duke of York , to whom fhe had been an ex¬ 
 ceeding kind Sifter in the time of their Exile, being a Lady 
 of a noble Soul, an admirable Virtue, and all Princely En¬ 
 dowments. Her Corps was from Whitehall immediately re¬ 
 moved to Somerfet Houle, and from thence by Barge (upon 
 the 27th of the fame Month (vi%. three days after) conveyed 
 by water to the Parliament Stairs} and thence proceeded in the 
 fame manner as did the private Interrment of her Brother the 
 Duke of Glocejier , being interred with him in the Vault of 
 Mary Queen of Scotland in the Chappel of King Henry VII. 
 with the Memorial following on a Copper Plate affixed to her 
 Coffin covered with black Velvet. 
 
 Depofitum 
 
 Inclytijjimde Principifsde Maria lllujlrifsimi Gulielmi 
 frincipis Auriaci Reh&a, Filia primogenita Serenifsimi 
 Regis Anglia Caroli (pia femper memoria) et Sororis 
 Serenifsimi Caroli Regis ejus nominis Secundt, Qua in 
 Aula Regia apud Whitehall die Luna Vicejimo quarto 
 die decembris piifsime in Dom.obdormivit,Anno h Ch/ijlo 
 nato MDCLx. Mtatis fua vicefimo nono . 
 
 20. ELIZABETH STZJART, fecond Daughter of 
 Charles l. King of Great Britain, wa9 born at St. James's the 
 28 th day of December, 1635.and baptized on Saturday the 2d of 
 January next following, proving a Princefs of incomparable 
 Abilities and rare Virtues, but of a cruel and untimely fate j 
 for being by order of the Regicides fent prifoner to Carisbroo\ 
 
 Caftle 
 
■a 
 
 574 
 
 Stuarts. 
 
 The Arms of 
 Henrietta. Du- 
 rhefs of Or¬ 
 leans , -were, 
 Quarterly, J. 
 France and 
 England quar¬ 
 terly, 2. Scot¬ 
 land, -a,. Ire¬ 
 land ,tk fourth 
 as the firji- 
 Impaled by 
 Orleans, viz. 
 Azure, three 
 Flowers de 
 Liz.e Or ,aLabel 
 of the three 
 points, Argent. 
 
 A qEV^EALOqiCAL HISTO'S? OF 
 
 Caftle (far more fenfible of the murder of the King her Fa- Book 7. 
 ther than lofs of her own liberty) (he died for very grief (upon 
 the 8th day of September , An. 1650.) thereby difcharging her 
 Body from a noifome iraprifonmenr, to reft in a quiet Grave, 
 
 (at Netvport in the IJle of Wight , where (he was interred the 
 24th of the fame month) and her Soul from the Prifonof 
 her earthly Part, to a Heaven of Joy and Glory. 
 
 20 .ANNE S TV ART, third Daughter of King Charles I. 
 and Queen Mary of France , was born upon the 17th 
 day of March , 1636. and not having attained the age of three 
 years and nine months, departed this life at Richmond the 8th 
 day of December i An. 1640. 
 
 20. HENRIETTA MARIA STVART , Duchefs of 
 Orleans and Anjou , the fourth and youngeft Daughter of King 
 Charles I. and Queen Mary of France , was born in Bedford 
 Houfe in the City of Exceter on the fixteenth day of June , 
 
 1644. during the heat of the late Rebellion , and bap¬ 
 tized in the Cathedral there on the third of July follow¬ 
 ing* by Do&or Burnel Chancellor and Canon Refidentiary 
 of the laid Church} in the Body whereof was a Font ere&ed on 
 purpofe under a rich Canopy of State, Sir John Berkjey then 
 Governor of the faid City, being her Godfather, and the Lady 
 Ponlet , and Lady Dalkeith (the faid Princefles Governefs) 
 Godmothers, and named Henrietta Maria. 
 
 After the furrender of Exceter , this infant Princefs was con¬ 
 veyed to Oxford and thence, 1646. to London ; whence by 
 her Governefs the Lady Dalkeith , fhe was carried and ef- 
 caped into France , being there educated as became her high 
 birth } but being left wholly to the care and maintenance of 
 the Queen her Mother at Paris , embraced the Romifh Religion, 
 
 At the age of fixteen years fhe came with the Qneen her 
 Mother into England , and fix months after returning into 
 France , was married to Philip then Duke of Anjou (till the 
 death of his Uncle, and fince Duke of Orleans ) only Brother 
 to the French King. 
 
 She died fuddenly (not long after her return from the Vifit 
 made to her Brother His prefent Majefty at His Town of Dover) 
 on the day of June , An. 1670. leaving Iflue by her faid 
 Husband two Daughters. She had Iflue a Son alfo, called 
 Duke de Valois , who deceafed in his Infancy. 
 
 20: CHARLES 11. 
 
THE KJH. 9 s of ENigLAP( c D,&c. 575 
 
 = 0 . c HARLE S If. 
 
 KING of qREAT 'B'RITAl 5 ^, 
 
 FRANCE , and IRELAND , Defender 
 of the FAITH, &c. 
 
 CHAP. IIL 
 
 U R Prefent Sovereign King Charles 
 the Second, is the (econd Son (Fhe 
 eldeft Son, named alfo Charles , dy¬ 
 ing immediately after he was bapti¬ 
 zed) of King Charles!, and of Queen 
 Henrietta-Maria of France his Wife, 
 youngeft Daughter of King Hen¬ 
 ry IV. furnamed T he Great } from 
 whom He hath running in his Veins 
 the Blood of moft of the C owned 
 Heads of Europe: So that for Kingly Extra&ion , and long 
 Line of juft Defcent, He excells all the Monarchs of the Chrifti- 
 an World. < 
 
 He was born at the Palace of St. James upon the 29th day 
 of May,An.1630. in honor of whofe Nativity, Medals were made 
 imprefled on the one fide with thefe words, IN. HONOR:CARO: 
 PRINC: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET. H IB: NAT: 29 MAIL 
 16 $o.The other fide is charged with four oval Shields in CroJsjheir 
 Bafes concentring\ between which Jjjue forth fever al Rayes reprefenting 
 the Star which at his Birth was jeen^at noon-day by many thoujands 
 Such a Remark of Heaven being never vouchfafed at any Nativity, 
 befides that of our Saviour. On the firfl Efcocheon are the Armes of 
 France and England quarterly\on the fecond , Scotland , on the third, 
 France alone-,and on the fourth , Ireland about which is circumfcribed , 
 HACTENUS ANGLORUM NULLI. Signifying 
 that no Enghfh Man before him was born to fo high Titles and 
 fo large Poffeffions, He being the firft Prince of Great Britain , 
 France , and Ireland. 
 
 He was baptized upon the 27th day of June next following, 
 by the then Bifhop of London , Dr. William Laud^ having for God¬ 
 fathers his two Uncles Lewis XIII. the French King, and Frede¬ 
 rick^ Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine , reprefented by their 
 Proxies the Duke of Richmond , and Marquis of Hamilton . His 
 Grandmother the Queen-Mother of France being his Godmo¬ 
 ther, was reprefented by theDuchefs of Richmond . 
 
 In May 1638. He received the Honour of Knighthood, was 
 Ele&ed into the moft Noble Order of the Garter,and Ioftalled at 
 Windfor with great Solemnity ! about which time, by Order, not 
 
 F f f f f f f Creation, 
 
 An. 
 
 Jan. 30. 
 
 His Majefty 
 doth be ar the 
 fame Arms ag 
 did King 
 Charles I. 
 his Father, 
 
/ 
 
 57 6 A qE^CE A Logic AL HISTORY OF 
 
 Stuarts . Creation He was called Prince of Wales, and had the whole Pro- Book 7, 
 
 fits of that Principality, and divers other Lands annexed,and the 
 Earldom of Chefler granted unto Him, holding his Court apart 
 from that of the King his Father. 
 
 At. the age of eight years this Prince had for Governor the Earl 
 of NewcajUe , and after him the Earl of Berhfhire,and for Precep¬ 
 tor or Tutor Do&or Duppa late Biffiop of Winchejler : He was, 
 at the age of 12 years, with the King his Father at tfe Battel of 
 Eclgehil .and foon after at Oxford was committed to the care of the 
 Marquis of Hertford. At about fourteen years old we find Him 
 in the head of an Army in the Weft} and afterwards from Corn - 
 wal is tranfported into the Ifle of Scilly , and after to Jesfey, and 
 thence to his Royal Mother the Queen at Sc. Germains near 
 
 Anno 1648. 
 
 Anno 1650. 
 
 Anno 1*51. 
 
 Paris. 
 
 In the year 1648. being at Sea with fome Naval Forces, He 
 made an attempt to refcue the King his Father (then a Prifoner 
 in the Ifle of Wight ) out of the hands of his Rebellious Subje&s. 
 After whole horrid Murder, Jan. 30. the Sedentaries at Wefimin- 
 fler declare Monarchy and the Houfe of Peers ufelefs, and form a 
 Commonwealth,caufing all publick Inftruments to be ifliied forth 
 in the name of the Keepers of the Liberties of England by Au¬ 
 thority of Parliament, handfelling their new Government with 
 the Bloud of Duke Hamilton , the Earl of Holland, and the moft 
 loyal Lord Capel , all three Peers of this Kingdom } who were 
 beheaded in the new Palace Yard in Weftminjler , the pth day of 
 March , in the fame year. 
 
 H ; s Majefty King Charles II. is in Holland faluted King, and 
 foon ai.er Proclaimed in Scotland ,where he landed in June,i6$o. 
 having narrowly efcaped the Englifb Fleet which lay in wait to 
 intercept him in his paflage. Cromwel being lately conftituted 
 General of the Commonwealths Army, invades Scotland ,and up¬ 
 on the 3d day of September , obtains a great Victory againft the 
 Scotch Covenanters at Dunbar 5 after which, his Majefty in his 
 twentieth year, is, on New-Years Day, Crowned at Scoone near 
 St. Johnflon, with as great Magnificence and Solemnity as the 
 State ot Affairs would then admit of : For the lofs ot the late 
 Battel, and the great dif-union betwixt the Royalifts and the Co¬ 
 venanters, whofe zeal would not admit of their affiftance,lo much 
 weakned the Kings Affairs, that the Englifb Rebels had over-run 
 a great part of that Kingdom, forcing His Majefty into the moft 
 Northern Parts; where finding he could not long fubfift, He 
 marches with all fpeed into England, and is fo clofeiy attended by 
 Cromwel *s Army, that His Englijlo Friends were thereby pre¬ 
 vented from a conjun&ionwith Him,very few coming in unto him 
 of any quality or intereft,except the Earls of Derby and Shrews¬ 
 bury : So that having marched as far as Worcejler, His Majefty is 
 there encountred by Cromwel, upon the fame day of the Month 
 that the year before he had won the Battel of Dunbar , viz. the 3d 
 of September , and had the fortune ("much out-numbring the 
 
 Scots 
 
THE EJK9 S 0F E$(gLJ3p),&c. 
 
 T~ -aaM — 1 ■ 1 - ~ 1 ‘ "" 
 
 <Sh^. Scots') to deftroy the Kings whole Army, which were either flain 
 or made prifoners: But the King, after heroick A£ts of Ferfonal 
 Valour, is, by the King of Kings, not only fhielded in the day of 
 Battelj but wonderfully delivered out of the hands of the Pur- 
 fuers, who, after he had wandred in Difguife about England for 
 thefpaceof fix Weeks, a Sum of Money promifed to thofe 
 that fhould difcover Him, and penalty of High Treafon to any 
 that ftiould conceal Him , being feen and known to many 
 perfons of all Conditions, and both Sex , and neceflitated to ap¬ 
 pear in fo many Places and Companies, at laft found an oppor¬ 
 tunity to tranfport Himfelf from a Creek near Shoram in Snffex y 
 to Feccam not far from Havre de Grace in France . In w r hich 
 Kingdom being for feveral years received and treated as King of 
 Great Britain *, by His Mediation and Intereft with the Prince of 
 Conde y and Duke of Lorrain , then in the head of two mighty 
 Armies againft the French King, quenched the Flames of that 
 univerfal Rebellion, and was mainly inftrumental in the recalling 
 the then banifhed Cardinal Mazarine. 
 
 The years from 1651 to 1659. in Germany , Spain , and Flan - 
 ders y He paffed his time in thofe Studies and Exeircifes which be¬ 
 came his Royal Perfon, in folliciting the aid of Chriftian Princes, 
 and in advifing and with vigor promoting the feveral Attempts 
 cf his Friends in England , until the year 3 1660. at which time 
 his Majefty being at Bruxels within the Spanifh Territories, and 
 obferving an univerfal inclination and difpofition of all England to 
 receive Him, He prudently removed to Breda in the Dominions 
 of the States of the 'United Netherlands in the Month o f April, 
 and thence in May to the Hague ; whence, after a fplendid Enter¬ 
 tainment, and an humble and hearty Invitation by the Enghfb 
 Commiflioners,fent from the then Convention at IVeJlminfter , He 
 embarqued at Scheveling the 23d of May 1660. on board the 
 Englifh Fleet,landed at Doyer the 25th,and on the 29th following, 
 being His Birth-day, and then juft thirty years of Age, He made 
 His entrance into London , being received with the greateft and 
 moft univerfal joy and acclamations imaginable. 
 
 His Majefty fate in Parliament thefirft day of June following; 
 and on the 2 ad of April, 1661. rode triumphantly from the Tower 
 to Weftminfter y in order to his Coronation} which the next day, 
 (being the Feaft of St. George) was there performed in the Church 
 of St. Veter , with all the circumftances of Royalty. 
 
 Thus was this perfecuted and affli&ed King miraculoufly pre- 
 ferved, and by the Almighty Hand (notwithftanding the power 
 and fubtilty of his moft inveterate Enemies) Seated in the Throne 
 of his Fore-fathers in Peace, the defire of Him,like Lightning fly¬ 
 ing throughout the whole Kingdom, in fo forcible a manner, that 
 He was folemnly Invited, triumphantly Received, free and un- 
 burthened from any Conditions or Limitations, or Obligation to 
 any Foreign Prince or Potentate, without effufion of Blood or 
 open Violence* This was the Lords doing, and muft for ever be 
 
 marvelous 
 
 577 
 
 Charles J. 
 
 Anno \666. 
 
 Anno 1661. 
 
57 s A QEH^EALOqiCAL HISTO‘8? OF 
 
 Stuarts. marvelous in our Eyes, not at all doubting but that the Lord of Book 7; 
 Hofts, who hath delivered Him from the Paws of the Lyon and 
 the Bear, will alfo deliver Him out of the Hands of the Phi- 
 liftine. 
 
 The Arms of His Majefty hath taken to Wife the Infanta of Portugal, 
 
 1 Ardent l £/c'o- Donna Katherina , whofe Efpoufals were Celebrated at Portf- 
 Azure^/cf’ mont ^ * n 1 662. by Gilbert late Lord Archbifhop of Canter - 
 charged with as bury. She was born at Villa Vicofa, upon the 15th day of No- 
 Tallin, 7 /tZ member, being the Feaftof St. Katherine, from whom (be took her 
 p& slUSe*on Name, An. 1638. Her Father was John IV. King of Portugal , 
 
 “cukT'c ft s an ^ ^ cr Mother Donna Lucia , the Daughter of the Duke of Medi- 
 or. ’ 7 J na Sidonia , John Emanuel Fere^ de Gujman , and of Jane de San¬ 
 doval, Daughter of the Duke of Lerme, by Katherine de la Cerda 
 his Wife. She is onely Sifter of Alphonfo VI. King of Portugal, 
 and Don Pedro the prefent Regent of that Kingdom. 
 
 
 F I X l S. 
 
 
 
A TABLE 
 
 Of the Names and Titles of Perfons mentioned in this 
 GENEALOGICAL HIStORr -, With Direftion to 
 find out the EFFIGIESES and SEALS of the KINGS , &c. 
 with the MONUMENTS and EPITAPHS herein 
 Contained. 
 
 A. 
 
 A Delidis or Adeliza of England , 
 
 Page 10. 
 
 Adda or Alice of England, Countefs 
 
 of Blok , io. 
 
 °f Lovaine , Qiieen of Eng¬ 
 land, 26. 
 
 Agatha of England, 1 2. 
 
 Earl of Lz///e Britain, 9. 
 
 ^llejcanDet I* King of , 33. 
 
 giejcanDet IL King of s™//, 85 a. 
 stflepanDet 111 . King of scots, 93 . 
 
 Alice Fitz-Alan, Countefs of Kezzf, 
 
 216. 
 
 Countefs of Norfolk , 
 206. 
 
 Alice Lacy, Countefs of Lanca- 
 fter, &c. 108. 
 
 ^ 4 /z'ce Vlantagenet , Lady Mounta> 
 gne , 206. 
 
 Almerick Montford, Earl of £®e- 
 re»x, 48. 
 
 SUpPonfoVlII. KingofCtz^z/e, .70. 
 
 9 lpUonfo X. King of Ctf/z/e and 
 Letf/z, 179. 
 
 Alphonfe , third Son of King £d- 
 m?<zzy/ I. 138. 
 
 Amitiade Guader, 30. 
 
 Amitia , Countefs of Clarefac. 49. 
 
 $nne of Bohemia, Queen of £wg- 
 /<*zzd, 193. Her Seal, 124.Tomb, 
 p. 203. Epitaph, 194. 
 
 Anne Beaufort, Lady Pajlon, 324. 
 of Burgundy , Duchefs of Bed- 
 ford , 304. Her Epitaph, 305. 
 
 8nne of Denmark Queen of 
 Britain, 522. Her Epitaph , 
 
 527. 
 
 ^zz»e clarges , Duchefs of ,/ 4 /£e- 
 marie, 423. 
 
 ^*?»e de Gonzaga de cleves , 534. 
 
 //zde, Duchefs of Ttfr 4 > 564. 
 Anne Hoi and,'Lady Nevil, 217. 
 Manny, Countefs of Pezzz- 
 broke, 208. 
 
 Mont acute, Duchefs of £xre- 
 /ef, 217. 
 
 v/zzzze Mortimer, Countefs of C^zzzz- 
 bridgc, 225 8c 367, 
 
 ^/zz/e Mowbray, Duchefs of 
 
 393 - 
 
 3 nnt Nevil , Queen of England, 
 405. and Princefs ofltVales, 299, 
 ^zzzze Plant a genet, Countefs of •ST^/'- 
 fordand Eu, 232. 
 
 ^zz»e Ruffel, Countefs of IVorceJler, 
 
 3 42 . 
 
 ^zzzze Scgrave, Abbefs of Bar king, 
 
 208. 
 
 ^zzzze Somerfet, Countefs of Northum¬ 
 berland, 335. 
 
 ^zzzze Somerfet , Lady Winter , 340. 
 
 ^zzz/e Somerjet, W ife of Henry Howard 
 of Norfolk^, afterwards Earl Mar- 
 fhal of England, 34 T» 
 
 v^»zze Somerjet, * 349. 
 
 « 4 zz»e «ST. Leoger, Lady Ptw, 376. 
 
 Her Epitaph, z’f/W. 
 
 ^/77/e Stafford, Duchefs of Twee¬ 
 zer, 217. 
 
 ^zzzze Stafford, Countefs of March, 
 
 225. 
 
 ^zzzze Stuart, third Daughter of King 
 Charles \. 574. 
 
 v4«77e Stuart , fecond Daughter of 
 James Duke of 56 r. 
 
 of T<?r 4 3 Duchefs of Norfolk, 
 
 39 *' 
 
 Anne of Tt?r 4 , Duchefs of Pre¬ 
 fer, 375. Her Tomb, 377. 
 
 Antigone, Baftard of Glocejler, Coun¬ 
 tefs of T anquervile. 311. 
 
 Archibald Dowglas , Earl of Angus, 
 
 
 496. 
 
 Arthur Duke of Britain, 
 
 68. 
 
 Arthur Somerfet, 
 
 349 . 
 
 Arthur Plantagenet, Vifcount 
 
 £z/fe. 
 
 
 421 . 
 
 Arthur Pole, 
 
 418.- 
 
 Arthur Tudor , Prince of Wales, 
 
 445 . 
 
 His Monuments, 446 & 447. Epi¬ 
 taph, zfzd. 
 
 £ * ] Aubrey 
 
V- ■ 
 
 -V.-- 
 
 THE T 
 
 Aubrey de Vere, 47* 
 
 Aveline de Fortibw, Countefs of Lan- 
 cajier , 105. Her Tomb, 104* 
 
 B. 
 
 F ) Aldvoin of Bologne, 42. 
 
 ) Beatrice of England, Duchefs 
 of Britaine, 93 - a * 
 
 Beatrice, Queen of the Romans, 97. 
 'Bcrengarta of Navarre, Queen of 
 England, 97 * 
 
 Blanch da la "tour, 1 79. 
 
 Blanch of Lane after, Lady Wake, 
 no. Her Seal, 102. 
 
 Blanch of Lancaster, Duchefs of 
 c*J?£T„ 113 e- 344. 
 
 Blanch of Lancajler, Duchefs of Ba¬ 
 varia, 269. 
 
 Q$laurfy:> Queen of Navarre , and 
 Countefs of Lancaffer, 105. 
 
 Blanch Somerfet, Lady Arundel, 541. 
 
 B our chard de Montmorency, 33. 
 
 Bridget Pi ant agenet, Lady Car dentil. 
 Bridget Whitmore, Lrdy Somerfet, 
 
 340. 
 
 Bridget of Tor\, Nun of Hertford, 
 
 396 . 
 
 C. 
 
 C Ecelie of England, Abbefs of 
 Cane , 9- 
 
 Cec/Z/e New//, Duchefs of Tor 4 , 369. 
 
 Her Arms,370, Her Seal, 352. 
 Cecilie of ^,Vifcountefs^eZZ/, 395 . 
 <£ fiarUg L Ring of Great Britain, 
 538. His Effigies, 519. Seals, 
 515 & 516. Epitaph, 561. 
 (Efiatleg 11- Ring of Great Britain, 
 Book 7. Chap. 3. His Effigies, 
 519. Seals, 517. 
 
 Charles Duke of Burgundy, 380. 
 Charles Lodowic^, Prince Eleftor,J32 
 CharlesGerrard Rt. v 334. 
 
 Charles Stuart Duke ofCambridge, 564 
 Charles Stuart, Duke of Kendal , 566. 
 Charles Somerfet, Earl of Worcefter, 
 327 8c 325. His Seal,240. Tomb, 
 
 329. 
 
 Charles Somerfet R t. 330 8c 334. 
 
 Charles somerfet, Rnight of the Bath, 
 
 339 - 
 
 Charles Somerfet,Lord Herbert, 348. 
 Charlote of Hefjen , Countefs Pala¬ 
 tine,^. 532. 
 
 Chriftopher Duke of Albemarle, 423. 
 Chriftian North , Countefs of Wor - 
 cefler, 33 6. 
 
 ABLE. 
 
 Conan /e Earl of Britain, 39. 
 Conftance of Caftile, Duchefs of Lan- 
 
 (after, 244. 
 
 Conftance, Countefs of Britaine, 67. 
 Conftance of England, Duchefs of 
 Britaine , 
 
 Conflance , Baftard of England, Vif- 
 countefs2to*#/w»f, 33. 
 
 Conftance of France, Countefs of 
 Bologne, 42* 
 
 Conftance Holand , Countefs Afar- 
 Jhall, 211. 
 
 Confiance of r<?r 4 , Countefs of Glo - 
 ce/Zer, 360. 
 
 D. 
 
 D 8btDII. Ring of 157. 
 
 Dorothy Nevil , Countefs of 
 Exceter, 335. 
 
 E. 
 
 YfDgar Stuart , Duke of Cam - 
 JLj bridge, 5 66- 
 
 Edmond of Almaine , Earl of Corn- 
 real , 99 101. His Seals, 94. 
 
 Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerfet, 
 
 32 6 . 
 
 Edmond de la Pole , Earl of Suf- 
 
 f° l k, 379- 
 
 Edmond, Earl of Lancajler, io^.f.^.b. 
 
 His Seals, 102. Tomb, 10 6 . 
 Edmond of Langley, Duke of Tork ., 
 357. His Tomb, 359. 
 
 Edmond Longefpee, 118. 
 
 Edmond Mortimer Kt. 2 22. 
 
 Edmond Mortimer , Earl of March , 
 
 222 & 225. 
 
 Edmond Mortimer, Earl of March, 
 3 66 . His Seal, 353. 
 
 Edmond Plantagenet , Earl of Kent, 
 
 213 & 214. 
 
 Edmond, Earl of Stafford, 232. 
 Edmond Tudor, 447. 
 
 Edmond ludor , Earl of Richmond , 
 283^319. His Epitaph, 284. 
 Edmond of Woodjlock^, Earl of Kent, 
 
 213 & 144. 
 
 Edmond of Tor 4 , Earl of Rut land, 375. 
 Edward q ( Engolfme, 189 & 218. 
 (ZEbtDatD, Prince of Aquitaine and 
 Wales, 181, 177 & 21$ His 
 Seals,i2j. Tomb,188. Epitaph, 
 
 187,189. 
 
 Edward Courtney, Earl of Devon, 399. 
 (ZEDttmrD I. Ring of England , 8cc. 
 127. fol. 92. b. Seals, 120. Ef¬ 
 figies, 127. His Monument, 136. 
 Epitaph, 137. 
 
' *\ an 
 
 f 
 
 r 7■* 
 
 THE TABLE. 
 
 ^DtoacDIT. King of England, See. 
 145. 138. 
 
 f being Prince of 
 . j Wales, 122. 
 
 His Seal ^ being King of Eng - 
 
 ( /«#£/, 121. 
 
 His Effigies,127, Monument,152. 
 (ZEDtOarOlIb King of England and 
 France, 157 153 * 
 
 being Duke of 
 \ 123. 
 
 His Seals<being King of England, 
 ) 122^123. 
 
 ^ And France, 124. 
 His Effigies, 127. His lomb,i76. 
 Epitaph, 1 7 5 - 
 
 CDtinrh I King England, & c - 
 381. The Seal of his Earldom 
 of March, 354. His Seal, 353. 
 His Effigies, 381. HisMonument 
 
 z»/er, 390 391* 
 
 (SKULK'D V. King of England , 400. 
 
 His Effigies, ?8i.HisCenotaph,403* 
 SEMDatO v I. King of England, &c. 
 467. His Seal, 428. His Effi¬ 
 gies, 433. The Altar under 
 which he lies Interred, 471. His 
 Epitaph, 47 2 * 
 
 Edward of Lancajler , Prince of 
 Wales, 299. His Seal, 240. 
 Edward Plantagenet , Son of Thomas 
 of Brotherton , 206. 
 
 Edward Plantagenet , Duke of 
 362. His Seal, 352. 
 
 Edward Vlantagenet , Earl of <*)"- 
 
 iruA, 414* 
 
 Edward,Count Palatine of theE/we, 
 
 534 - 
 
 Edward Somerfet , Knight of the 
 Bath , 34 °* 
 
 Edward Somerfet, Earl of Worcejler, 
 
 338. 
 
 Edward Somerfet, Marquis of JTor- 
 
 344. 
 
 Edward Winter Knight, 340. 
 
 Edward of Prince of Wales^io, 
 Ela Longejpee , Lady Audley, 1 18. 
 
 Ela, Countefs of Salisbury , 114. 
 
 Her Seal, 57, 
 
 E/<* Longefpee , Countefs of Warwick, 
 116. Her Seal, 57. 
 
 E/tf Longefpee the younger, 117. 
 (J£leano| of Aquitaine , Queen of 
 England, 6 0. 
 
 Eleanor Barry, Countefs of Ormond , 
 
 r 339 . 
 
 Eleanor Beauchamp , Duchefs of 
 merjet, 322. Her Effigies, zW. 
 Eleanor Beaufort , Countefs of Or- 
 mond and Wiltpire, 323, 
 
 Eleanor Bohun , Duchefs of Gloucejler, 
 227. Her Monument,228. Epi¬ 
 taph, 229. 
 
 ^leano? of Caflile, Queen of £«g- 
 129. Her Seal, 120. Mo¬ 
 nument, 13 1. Epitaphs, 130/ 
 Eleanor de Clare, Lady le Defpenfer, 
 
 140. 
 
 Eleanor Cobham, Duchefs of Glou - 
 
 308. 
 
 Eleanor, theDamfel of Britain , 69. 
 Eleanor of England, Countefs of 
 2?*rr, 139. 
 
 €leano$ of England, Queen of Ca• 
 ftik) 70. 
 
 Eleanor of England , Countefs of Pem¬ 
 broke and Leicefier, fol.86.aj 
 Eleanor of England, Duchefs of 
 Geldres, 133. 
 
 Eleanor Holand, Countefs of March,- 
 
 224. 
 
 Eleanor of Lancajler, Lady 
 
 ™ont, : .' , m, 
 
 €lcaaO^ of Provence, Queen of £»£- 
 /W, fol. 89. a. Seals, 57* 
 Eleanor Somerfet, Lady Vaughan , 
 
 334 . 
 
 Eleanor Sutton, Countefs of Worce- 
 
 fi er o 32 8. 
 
 Elizabeth Fitz-Alan, Duchefs of Afar- 
 
 2ir. 
 
 Elizabeth, Baftard of England, Qtieen 
 of ^3 
 
 Elizabeth Beaufort , Lady Lerrsr,324! 
 Elizabeth Browne , Countefs of 
 ce/rer, 332. Her Tomb, 333; 
 Elizabeth de Burgh, Duche s of Cla¬ 
 rence , 219 
 
 Elizabeth Cavendijh, Duchefs of 
 be marie, 423. 
 
 Elizabeth de Clare, Lady Burgh, 141. 
 Elizabeth Dormer,Lady Herbert, 349. 
 Elizabeth of England, Countefs of 
 Holand and Hereford, 143, Her 
 Sea l 5 121. 
 
 Elizabeth GnysVifcountefs Lifte,^2i. 
 Elizabeth Hafiings, Countefs o fWor- 
 cefter, 338. 
 
 Elizabeth Herbert, Countefs of Worce- 
 fter, 327. Her Monument, 329* 
 Elizabeth of juliers, Countefs of 
 * e ”t, 214. 
 
 Elizabeth of Lancajler , Duchefs of 
 Exceter, 251. Her Effigies, 252. 
 Elizabeth of Lancajler , Duchefs of 
 Exceter, 2l y # 
 
 Elizabeth Mortimer, Lady Percy,, 223. 
 Elizabeth Nevil. Lady Danvers, 335. 
 Elizabeth Plantagenet , Lady Jobfon, 
 
 424. 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
THE TABLE 
 
 
 Elizabeth, PrincefsPalatine, 535. 
 
 Elizabeth Plantagenet , Lady Lum- 
 
 ley, 399 • 
 
 Elizabeth Povoell. Lady Sowerft,%% 9 . 
 
 Elizabeth Segrave , Lady Mowbray, 
 
 208. 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet ,Lady Ffl*, 334. 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet , Lady Gerard, 
 
 334 - 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet , Lady Guilford, 
 
 340. 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet,V ifcountefs 
 
 fagwe, 344 * 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet , Countefs of 
 Porvis, 346 * 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet, Lady Savage, 
 
 330. 
 
 Elizabeth Somerfet , Wife of William 
 Windjor, - 337 * 
 
 Stuart , Queen of Bohe¬ 
 mia , 5 3 °* 
 
 Elizabeth Stuart , fecond Daugh¬ 
 ter of King Charles I. 573. 
 
 Queen of England, 
 482. Her Seal, 43a Her Effigies, 
 473. Her Tomb, 493. Her Epi¬ 
 taph, 492 8c 494. 
 
 Elizabeth Tudor , Daughter of Hen- 
 ry VII.4470 Her Epitaph, 448. 
 
 Elizabeth Weft, Countefs of JFor- 
 eey/er, 328. 
 
 Woodvile , Queen of Eng¬ 
 land, 385. Her Seal, 352. 
 
 (£lt?abett) of Queen of Eng¬ 
 
 land, 435 d* 395. Her Effigies on 
 the Tomb, inter 442 d* 443. Her 
 Epitaph, 44 t. 
 
 Elizabeth of r<?r 4 , Duchefs of «?#/. 
 folk , 378 . 
 
 Emme Braine, Lady Somerfet, 334. 
 
 Emelina , Countefs of Vlfer , 116. 
 
 Frwe/? Augufte, Duke of Brunfroicke, 
 
 r 535 * 
 
 Euflacc, Earl of Bologne, 42. 
 
 Euflace de Pacie, 3 2. 
 
 . F. 
 
 F Bands Browne , Vifcount Monn- 
 tague, 344. 
 
 Francis Haflings , Earl of Hunting- 
 ton , 417. 
 
 Francis J^obfon Kt* 424. 
 
 Frances Plantagenet , Wife of "John 
 Baffet, afterwards married toTho. 
 Monk 422. 
 Francis Somerfet, 334. 
 
 Frances somerfet, Wife of William 
 Morgan, 341. 
 
 IFceDericfcll. Emperor of Germany, 
 
 fol. 86 . b. 
 
 JFcrDrrtCfe V.King o^Bohemia, Prince 
 Elector Palatine, dx 530. 
 
 Frederic!^ Henry, Count Palatine, 
 de. 532. 
 
 G. 
 
 C ^Eofry, Duke of Britaine, & c. 
 
 J 67. 
 
 GeojfryFitz-Emprefs, Earl of Nants, 3 ^ 
 Geofry Fitz-Roy, Bafe Son of King 
 
 fol. 85.b. 
 
 Gcofry de Mandevile , E*rl of Fy"- 
 ye*, 49. 
 
 Geoffry Plantagenet, Earl of Anjou, 
 34. His Epitaph, 35. 
 
 Geofry Pole Kt. 418. 
 
 Gecj/r/jArchbiftiop of 7 er 4 , 71. 
 
 George Mannors, Lord ifatf-r, 376. 
 
 His Epitaph, ibid. 
 
 George Monk ', Duke of Albemarl 
 
 422. 
 
 George Somerfet, Kt. 33b. 
 
 George Vernon of Hodnet, 311. 
 George of Tor^, Duke of Bedford , 
 
 395 - 
 
 Geerge of Tor 4 , Duke of Clarence , 
 
 411. 
 
 Gertrude Blount, Marchionefs of £*- 
 eefer, 398. 
 
 Guftavus , Count Palatine of the 
 Rhine, 535. 
 
 Gervais of , Abbot of JFe/ 2 - 
 m infer, 44. 
 
 Gilbert , Baftard of England, 31. 
 
 Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucefer 
 and Hertford , 139. His Seal,/W. 
 Gilbert de Clare , Earl of Gloucefer , 
 &c. 140. 
 
 Gundred of England, Countefs of 
 Surrey, 12, 
 
 G«;, Vifcount of Thouars, 6y. 
 
 H. 
 
 H Adewife Countefs of Glouce- 
 fler, 48. 
 
 Hattton, Son of Robert Con ft l, 47. 
 Hawis, Countefs of Devonfhire, 51. 
 Hellen Gardiner, Bafe Daughter to 
 Jajper Duke of Bedford, 285. 
 Henrietta $Pana of France, Queen 
 of Great Britain, 530. 
 
 Henrietta Maria Somerfet , 349. 
 
 Henrietta Stuart, third Daughter of 
 Jwe/Duke of Ter^, 567. 
 
 Hen- 
 
—V- 
 
 
 THE 'TABLE, 
 
 Hchry of Almaine, 9 8 * 
 
 Henry, Baffard of England, 31. 
 
 Henry Beaufort , Cardinal and Biftiop 
 of Winchejier , 259. His Tomb, 
 
 255. 
 
 Beaufort, Duke of Somerfet * 
 
 325. 
 
 Beaufort , Earl of Somerfet, 
 
 . 3 I 5 - 
 
 of b/w/, Biftiop of Winche- 
 fter , 11 . 
 
 Henry Bourchier ,Earl of Bjjex, *67. 
 
 jjjcnrp. Crowned King, Son of Hen¬ 
 ry 11. 66. His Seal, 54 * 
 
 J£>enrp 111 * King of Caflile, 253. 
 Henry Courtney , Marquis of Exce- 
 fer* 398 * 
 
 $>enrp I v. Emperor. 34. 
 
 Henry Fitz-Count. 5 I • 
 
 Henry Ferrers Kt. 212. 
 
 E/fz.-K<7,Duke of Richmond , 
 
 466. 
 
 Henry Guilford Kt. 3 40. 
 
 Holand , Duke of Exceter, 217. 
 Holand , Duke of Exceter , 
 
 375 . 
 
 Henry Howard, Earl of Norwich , and 
 Earl Marlhal of England 345. 
 ^enrp I. King of England , 8cc 9. 24. 
 His Seals, A. B. Effigies, 1. E- 
 pitaphs, 27, .28. 
 
 11 . King of England, &c. 
 
 37 . 59 * , , . 
 
 (being Duke or Norman- 
 
 Hic ^5 54 * 
 
 Kbeing King of Etfg- 
 
 ( ibid. 
 
 His Effigies, 59. Tomb, 
 64^65. Epitaph, 64^ 65. 
 JjentpIII.King of England ^Sec. f. 87. 
 € 9 “ 85. b. His Seals, 56. Effi¬ 
 gies, 59. Monument, 92. a. Epi- 
 taphs. , fol. 92. b. 
 
 ^Jencp IV. King of England , 250 d* 
 258. His Seal, 238. Effigies, 
 258. Tomb, 267. 
 
 $enrp V. King of England, 2 68 & 
 2*o. His Effigies, 258. 
 
 5 Prince of Wales 
 Seal as| Kjng Q f England, ( 2 39 - 
 
 His Monument, 281 d* 282. Epi¬ 
 taph, 282. 
 
 $entp V I. King of England, Sec. 
 283 d- 28 6. His Effigies, 258. 
 Seal, 240. 
 
 $mrp VII. King of England , &c. 
 433. His Seal, 426. Effigies,433. 
 HisSacel and Tomb, 7/7fer 442 d* 
 443. Epitaph, 444. 
 
 gnnrp VIII. King of England , 449. 
 
 His Seal, 427. His Effigies, 433. 
 
 Henry, Duke of Lancafer,! 10. 112. 
 His Seal, , 102. 
 
 Henry Earl of Lancafier,loy.ioy. His 
 Seal, 102. 
 
 Henry of Normandy , 18. 
 
 Henry , Lord Perej/ of Alnwick^, in. 
 
 Henry, Lord Perr/, called Hotfpurre, 
 
 223, 
 
 Per67, Earl of Northumber¬ 
 land, 335^ 
 
 Henry Pole , Lord Mountague , 417. 
 
 Henry V. Duke of Saxony , See. 69. 
 
 Henry, fecond Son of King £<L- 
 ward L 1384 
 
 //ew7 Somerfet , Earl of Worcejler , 
 332. His Tomb, 333. 
 
 Henry Somerfet , Marquis of Worce- 
 fter, 341. 
 
 #77*7 Somerfet , Marquis of Worce- 
 fler, 3 47 . 
 
 Henry, Lord Stafford , 419. 
 
 ^enrp Stuart , Lord Darnley , 50c. 
 His Epitaph^W. King of Sw/j, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Henry Frederick^ Stuart , Prince of 
 Wales , Duke of Cornrval and £<?//?- 
 fay, 528. HisHerfe, 529. 
 
 Henry Stuart, Duke of Glocejicr , 
 569. His Depofitum, 571. 
 
 Hewwir^Princefs ofTranfdvania ,53 5 
 
 #77*7 Tudor ,eld eft Son of Henry VI11. 
 
 46s. 
 
 Henry of Tork^, 374. 
 
 Hubert de Bur go, Earl of £>#?, 49. 
 
 Hugh de Audley , Earl of Gloucester, 
 
 i 4 f. 
 
 Hugh le Defpenfer, 14c. 
 
 Humphrey de Bohun , Earl of Here¬ 
 ford, See. 143. 
 
 Humphrey of Lancafer, Duke of 
 Gloucefler , 269 307. His Tomb, 
 
 310. and Epitaph, 309. 
 
 Humphrey rlantagenet , Earl of Buck¬ 
 ingham, 232. 
 
 Humphrey Earl of Stafford, 324. 
 
 J. 
 
 I. King of 316. 
 
 lame* iv. King of so?//, 
 
 495 * 
 
 V. King of Scots, 497• 
 
 3 Iame<?, King of G’rerfj Britain, Sec. 
 fixth of the name King of .S’atf/, 
 519. His Effigies, 519. Seal, 514, 
 His Depofitum, 528. 
 
 James Stuart Duke of T^, 562. 
 
 jfrf«7e.r ,ST^rf,Duke of Cambridge, 565 
 James, Lord Berkley , 212 . 
 
 £ * * 3 James 
 
V 
 
 -*y 
 
 THE TABLE. 
 
 James Butler, Earl of Ormond and 
 Wiltfire, ■ 323. 
 
 Jane Nevile, Lady Mountague, 417. 
 3 f £!ie .S’ eyrnour, Queen of Engl and .458 
 Jane Somerfet, Lady Manfel , 336. 
 
 jtajper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, 284. 
 Jaquelina of Bavaria , Duchefs of 
 Cloucejler, 308. 
 
 Jaquetta of Luxemburg}), Duchefs 
 of Bedford, 305. 
 
 ZsL Longefpee, Wife to Walter Fitz- 
 Robert , 11 7. 
 
 idonea de Camvile, Countefs of 
 lisbury, 118. 
 
 Ingelrame de CoucyJE. of Bedford;, 178 
 j0<a//e of Ara , Countefs of G/0#- 
 
 cefler,^LC. 139. 
 
 de E<*rr, Countefs of Surrey, 
 139 Her Seal, 122. 
 
 jf^e, Baftard of England, Princefs 
 of Wales, fol,87.a. 
 
 Beaufort , Lady of 324. 
 
 3 foane Beaufort ,Queen of Scots,%i6. 
 Joane Beaufort, Countefs of 
 morland, 256. Her Epitaph,257. 
 3 ( 0 une of England, Queen ot Scots, 
 
 fol. 85. b. 
 
 3103 R 5 of England, Queen pf Tcots, 
 
 J 55 . 
 
 3 foartS of England, entituled Queen 
 of sicilie, 70. And Countefs of 
 jholofa, 71. Her, Effigies, inter 
 
 6 4 65. 
 
 3 foane of England, entituled Queen 
 of Spain, 179. 
 
 Holand , Duchefs of Tork,%6o. 
 Joane of Lane after,Lady Mowbray 110. 
 Joane of Morienne , Countefs of 
 Flanders, 18. 
 
 2 Ioane of Navarr, Queen of £«g- 
 land,i6^. Her Effigies, 267. 
 jfajjze Plantagenet, Lady Talbot, 234. 
 Joane, Princefs of Wales, 184. 215. 
 ilOhn, King of England, 81,49, 
 
 i being Lord of Ireland, 
 
 His Seal<k e - n g KJ n g Q f England, 
 
 C $6. 
 
 Effigies, 59. Tomb, fol. 85. a. 
 Epitaph, fol. 85. b. 
 
 3 fo&n, King of Cajlile, Duke of Lan- 
 cajier,!^. His Seals, 238. Tomb, 
 249. His Epitaph, 248. 
 
 3 Io 0 tl L King of Portugal, 250. 
 
 Baftard of Clarence, 303. 
 John Beaufort, 323. 
 
 Eed«/<?rLDuke of Somerfet, 317. 
 His Monument, 318. 
 
 John Beaufort, Earl of Somerfet , 253. 
 His Monumental Effigies, 302. 
 
 John, Lord Beaumont, ni. 
 
 JohnW. Duke of Brabant , 143. 
 
 de Burgh, 142. 
 
 Cornwell, Lord Fanhop , 251. 
 His Effigies, 252. 
 
 John Courcy, Earl of Z)l/ler,fo\.B6.b , 
 £dz,- Count, 52.' 
 
 John de Vreux, Duke of Britaine , 
 
 fol.93.b. 
 
 John , eldeft Son of King Edward f. 
 
 138. 
 
 of Eltham, Earl of Cornwal, 153. 
 His Monument, 154. 
 
 jM>» Hafings, Earl of Pembroke ,209.' 
 Hafings the younger, Earl of 
 Pembroke, ibid. 
 
 John Hafings, Earl of Pembroke, ijy. 
 John Hafings, Earl of Pembroke,2 23, 
 John I. Earl of Holand, See, 143. 
 jfo/w Holand, Duke of Exceter, 251. 
 John Holand, Duke of Exceter,216 & 
 
 217. 
 
 John of Lancafer , Duke of £ed- 
 /flrd, 268. 304. His Seal, 240. 
 Monument and Epitaph, 306. 
 
 of Lancafer, Lord of Beau¬ 
 fort, 107. 
 
 John Mont fort, Duke of Britaine, T79 
 fohn Mortimer Kf. 222. 
 
 Lord Mowbray of Axholme, 
 
 no. 
 
 John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, 
 
 an. 
 
 John Mowbray , Earl of Nottingham , 
 
 208. 
 
 John Nevile, Lord Latimer, 335. 
 
 Plantagenet , Earl of Kent, 214.. 
 John de la Pole , Duke of Suffolk, 378. 
 Savage Kt. 330. 
 
 Lord Segravc , 207. 
 
 jfa/w Somerfet Kt. 343. 
 
 Sounder Kt. 189. 
 
 Lord JEe#/, 3 9A. 
 
 Jfffabel of £/7g/<«/d,Emprefs of Ger¬ 
 many, fol.86.a, 
 
 3 jffabel of France, Qyeen of Eng¬ 
 land, 145. Her Seals, 121. 
 Iffabel of France, Queen of Eng¬ 
 land and France, 199. 
 
 Ijjabel of Cafile, Duchefs of Tork^, 
 
 360. 
 
 Iffabel Coney, Countefs of Bedford, 
 
 178. 
 
 Iffabel de Cornwal, Lady Berkley, 99. 
 Iffabel , Countefs of Gloucefier. 49. 
 Iffabel of Lancafer, Abbefs of ^0*- 
 bresbury, no, 
 
 Iffabel Longefpee, Lad y Ee/cy, 11 6. 
 Iffabel Marfoal, Countefs of Cornwal 
 and Cloucefer,^6, Her Epitaph^y 
 
 Ifjabel 
 
 

 THE TABLE. 
 
 Jjfabel Mowbray, Lady Berkley, 212. 
 ijjahel Nevile, Duchefs of Clarence, 
 
 4 11 - 
 
 Jjfabella Stuart, fixth Daughter of 
 Jantes Duke of Fork, 
 
 Isabella de Warren , Countefs of Bo- 
 logne, 43. 
 
 Ijjahel of Fork, Countefs of Ejfex , 
 
 367. 
 
 Julian Baftard of England) 32. 
 K. 
 
 K Atherine of England , Daughter 
 of Henry III. fol.94-b. 
 ftatfyertne of France, Queen of 
 England, 277. Her Seal, 239. Epi¬ 
 taph, 278. 
 
 Catherine Howard, Queen of Eag- 
 
 459 * 
 
 Katherine of Lane after, Queen of 
 Caflile, - 253* 
 
 Katherine Nevil , Duchefs of Nor¬ 
 folk) 212. 
 
 Katherine Nevil, Countefs of North¬ 
 umberland, 335. 
 
 Iftat&etme Parr, Queen of Eng¬ 
 land, 460. 
 
 Katherine Pole, Countefs of Hunt¬ 
 ington, 417. 
 
 Katpectne of Portugal, Queen of 
 Great Britain, Book 7. Chap. 3. 
 Katherine Somerfet, Lady Pefre, 340. 
 Katherine Somerfet , Lad yWindfor, 
 
 341 . 
 
 Catherine of Jpa/a, Queen of Ea,g- 
 taad, 450. 
 
 Katherine .Speaker,Countefs of North- 
 thumberland,, 323. 
 
 Katherine Stuart, fourth Daughter 
 of J antes Duke of Fork, 568. 
 Katherina Laura Stuart, fifth Daugh¬ 
 ter of James Duke of Fork , 569* 
 Katherine Swinford, Duchefs of Lan- 
 cafter, 247. Her Epitaph, 248. 
 Katherine Tudor, 448. 
 
 Katherine Woodvile, Duchefs of Bed¬ 
 ford, 285. 
 
 Katherine of Fork s Countefs of De¬ 
 von ft ire, 3 ^ 7 . Her Seal, 354. 
 
 L Ewellin , Prince of Wales , 
 
 fol.87.-a. 
 
 Lionel, Duke of Clarence, 219. 277. 
 Levi fa Hollandina , Princefs Palatine, 
 Lady Abbefsof Maubnifon, 535. 
 Lucy Nevile, Lady Cornwallis , 33 j. 
 
 Somerfet, Wife of Heary tier- 
 bert, 3 37* 
 
 Lucy somerfet, Lady Latimer, 335. 
 
 ./ifo/, Countefs of Evereux, 
 
 MabelFitz-Hamon, Countefs of Clou - 
 
 45. 
 
 Mabel, Wife of Robert deVere , 47. 
 
 fPagbalflt of France, Queen of 
 Scots, 497. 
 
 Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Eag- 
 /^a^, 291 o 
 
 Margaret Beauchamp , Duchefs of So¬ 
 merset, 317. Her Tomb, 318. 
 
 Margaret Beaufort , Countefs of De¬ 
 vonflsire, 31 6. 
 
 Margaret Beaufort, Countefs of Rich¬ 
 mond, 284. 318. Her Seal, 240. 
 Her Tomb, 320. Her Epitaph, 
 
 319. 
 
 Margaret Beaufort, Countefs of Staf¬ 
 ford, 324. 
 
 Margaret de Clare, Countefs of Corn - 
 wal and Gloucefter, 141. 
 
 Margaret of Clarence , Countefs of 
 Salisbury, 416^ 
 
 Margaret de Clare, Countefs of Corn - 
 wal, 101. Her Seal, 94. 
 
 Margaret Dowglas , Countefs of Le¬ 
 nox, 497. Her Epitaph, 498. 
 Tomb, 499. 
 
 Margaret of England , Duchefs of 
 Brabant, 143. 
 
 Margaret of England, Countefs of 
 Pembroke, 179, 
 
 Margaret of England , Queen of 
 Scots, 601.93.3. 
 
 Margaret of France, Queen of 
 England, 133. Her Seal, 120. 
 
 Margaret Holand, Duchefs of Cla¬ 
 rence, 303. Countefs of Somer - 
 
 Margaret Longefpee , Countefs of Lin¬ 
 coln, 118. 
 
 Margaret Marjhal, Duchefs of Norfolk) 
 207. Her Seal, 122.' 
 
 Margaret Mowbray, Lady Howard, 
 
 212. 
 
 Margaret Nevile , Duchefs of Exce- 
 ter, 25 6 . 
 
 Margaret 0 Brian , Marchionefs of 
 Worcefter, 345. 
 
 Margaret Spencer, Wife of Thomas 
 c*ry, 324. 
 
 Margaret Stuart , fecond Daughter 
 of King James, 535. 
 
 Margaret 
 
' * 
 
 
 r~ 
 
 ~r 
 
 THE TABLE 
 
 s 
 
 ^atgatEt Tudor , Queen of Scots, 
 
 495 - 447. 
 
 Margaret FEd^,Countefs of Kent, 2 13 
 Margaret of Tork, Duchefs of Bur- 
 gundy, 380. Her Seal, 353 * 
 Margaret of Tork, died young, 397 * 
 Mary Arundel, Lady Somerfet, 343. 
 Mary de Bohun, Countefs of Derby, 
 
 259. 
 
 Mary of Bologne, Countefs [of Flan¬ 
 ders, 44 * 
 
 Mary Bowlayes, Lady Somerfet, 330. 
 Mary Capel, Marchionefs of Worce¬ 
 ster, 348 - 
 
 Mary de Coucy, Wife of Robert de 
 Barr, <• 17 ^° 
 
 Mary of England, a Nun, 143. 
 
 Mary of England , Duchefs of Bri¬ 
 tain, l 79 ’ 
 
 Mary Beatrice d'Ejle Duchefs of Fork, 
 
 568. 
 
 $r)atp of France , Queen of Great 
 Britain, 54 0, 
 
 Mary Howard, Duchefs of Richmond, 
 
 Mary of Lancafter, Lady Percy, 1 1 1 . 
 of terrain. Queen of Scots, 
 
 497 - 
 
 Mary Boos, Countefs of Norfolk^o6. 
 Mary Somerfet, 349 * 
 
 Mary Somerfet, Lady Grey of Wil¬ 
 ton, 33 
 
 Stuart , Queen of Scots, 502. 
 Her Tomb, 506. Epitaph, 505, 
 
 507. 508. 
 
 Mary Stuart, third Daughter of 
 King James, 535. Her Tomb, 
 536. Epitaph, 537. 
 
 Mary Stuart, Princefs of Orange, 
 Mary Stuart, 
 
 £©arp Tudor, Queen of England, 
 473, Her Seals, 429. Effigies, 
 473. Her Epitaph, 481. 
 
 QDatP Tudor , Queen of France , 
 
 509. 448. 
 
 Mary of York,, 396. 
 
 Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lenox , 497. 
 Matilda de Burgh, Countefs of Glou- 
 cejier, 1 40. 
 
 Matilda, Countefs of Chefler, 47. 
 $ 9 aup or ^gattlDa, Emprefs, 34. 29. 
 
 Her Seal, B. Epitaph, 36. 
 Maud of Anjou , Duchefs of Nor¬ 
 mandy, 29. 
 
 Maud, Baftard of England, Countefs 
 of Britain, 32. 
 
 Maud, Baftard of England , Countefs 
 of Perch, 32. 
 
 Maud of Blois , Countefs of che- 
 Jier, 1 1 . 
 
 Maud of Blois, daughter of King 
 Stephen, 43. 
 
 $ 9 aU 0 of Bologne, Queen of Eng¬ 
 land ',40. Her Epitaph, 4!. 
 
 Maud Chaworth, Countefs of Lanca¬ 
 fter, 109. 
 
 Maud Clifford, Countefs of Cam¬ 
 bridge, ‘ 367. 
 
 Maud de Clifford ,Lady Longefpee, 118. 
 
 Maud of England, Duchefs of Saxony , 
 
 69. 
 
 $t)auD of Flanders , Queen of Eng¬ 
 land, 3. Her Epitaph, 4. 
 
 Maud of Lancajler, Duchefs of Ba¬ 
 varia, 113 . 
 
 Maud of Lancajler, Countefs of Vl- 
 fier, 110. 
 
 Maud, Countefs of Melent, 51. 
 
 $£)autJ of Scotland, Queen of Eng¬ 
 land, 24,25. 
 
 Maurice, Count Palatine of the 
 Rhine, 534. 
 
 Morgan, Provoft of Beverley , 72. 
 
 N. 
 
 \[|i Baftard of England, Lady 
 1 \ of Montmorency, 3 3, 
 
 N. Countefs of Cornwal, 50. 
 Nicholas Fitz-Count, 52. 
 
 Nicholas Longefpee, Biftiop of Sa- 
 rum, 1 16. 
 
 Nicholas Monff, Bifhop of Here¬ 
 ford, 423. 
 
 O. 
 
 O Liver, Bafe Son of King 
 John, fol.87.a. 
 
 Osbert Gifford, Baftard Son of King 
 John, fol.87-a. 
 
 Owen Tudor Monk of Weffminfter, 
 
 285. 
 
 P. 
 
 P Eter de Dreux, Duke of Britain, 
 
 68 . 
 
 Pbtltp 11 . King of Spain, 478. His 
 Seal, 429. 
 
 Philip Baffet, 117, 
 
 Phihpe of Clarence, Countefs of 
 March, 221. 
 
 rhilipe de Coucy, Countefs of Ox¬ 
 ford, 178. 
 
 Pblltpe of Henault, Queen of Eng¬ 
 land, 158. Her Seal, 124. Mo¬ 
 nument, 173. Epitaph, 172. 
 
 pfytltpe 
 
JWJHS, 
 
 .n 
 
 THE T A B L E 
 
 Ptjtll'peof Lancafter,Queen of Den¬ 
 mark 269. 
 
 Pfytltpe of Lancafer, Queen of Por- 
 tugal, 250. 
 
 Philipe Mohun JDuchefs of TorfaSi. 
 Her Tomb^^Epitaph, 364,3^^. 
 
 Philipe Mortimer, Countefs of Pe«z- 
 
 broke and Arundel, 229. 
 
 Philipe Mortimer, Countefs of P<?»z- 
 brokg, 209. 
 
 Philip, Count Palatine of the P^zze, 
 
 535 . 
 
 Pzo\f Gavejlon, Earl of C<?r»2J?4/,i4i. 
 
 R. 
 
 F y 4 //>£ fife Monthermer, Earl of 
 Gloucejter , 142. 
 
 Ralph Nevile , Earl of Wefimor- 
 land , 2 5 7. 
 
 Ranulph Blundevilc, Earl of Chejier, 
 
 68 . 
 
 Ranulph Gernon, Earl of Chejier. 47. 
 Reginald 11 . Duke of Geldres, 15 
 Reginald Pole, Cardinal, 418. 
 
 Reginald , Ballard of England, Earl 
 of Cornvpal, 3°.3 5 . 
 
 SEUcparD I. King of England , &c. 
 79.67. His Seals, 55. Effigies, 
 59. His Monument, z'/z/er 64 cP'* 
 65. His Epitaphs, 79. 
 
 Etcpatlj 11 . King of England and 
 France, 191. 189. 218. 
 
 r being Prince of H'-zfe.r, 
 
 His Seal/j^g King of England 
 ( and France, 190. 
 
 His Effigies, 127. Tomb, 209. 
 Epitaph, 204. 
 
 EtcliarDIII. King of England ,405. 
 His Seal, 354. His Effigies,381. 
 His Epitaph, 410. 
 
 EtCparD, King of the Romans, and 
 Earl of Cornvpal, 95. fol. 85. b. 
 His Seals, fol. 94. b. Epitaph, 97. 
 Richard, fecond Son of William the 
 Conqueror, 7. 
 
 Richard , Ballard of England , 30. 
 
 Richard, Ballard of Normandy , 19. 
 Richard, Bilhop of Bayon, 47. 
 Richard,Eai\ of Cambridge, 225. 
 Richard, Earl of Chejier , 11. 
 
 Richard, Earl of Cfezre and Hertford , 
 
 49. 
 
 Richard de Cornvpal, 99. 
 
 P ichard Darrel Kt. 324. 
 
 Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel, 
 
 in.223. 
 
 Richard Fitz-Roy , Bafe Son of 
 King John, fol. 85. b. His Seal, 
 
 * - 57 * 
 
 Richard Grey , Lord Povpis, 311. 
 Richard Longefpee, Canon of «SVz- 
 rum, 116. 
 
 Richard Vlantagenet , Duke of Torf^, 
 368. His Seals, 352. 
 
 Richard Pole Kt. 41 & 
 
 Richard de Ripariis, Earl of Devon - 
 Jhire, 5r . 
 
 Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of 
 2 tfr 4 , 393. His lime, 403. 
 
 Richard of I<?r 4 , Earl of Cambridge, 
 
 366. 
 
 Robert, Duke of Normandy , 7. 13. 
 
 His Monument, . 16. 
 
 Robert, Ballard of England, 30. 
 
 Robert, Couful of Glouccjler, 45. 30. 
 Robert, Son of WiUiam Conful, 48. 
 Robert Ferrers, 256. 
 
 Howard Kt. 212. 
 
 Robert Spencer Kt. 323*' 
 
 Robert Stuart, fecond Son of King 
 
 530. 
 
 Robert de Fere, Duke of Ireland , 
 
 178. 
 
 Roger de Clarendon Kt. 1 89. 
 
 Ktfger Mortimer, Earl of March <• 
 
 224.222. 
 
 Mortimer , 224. 
 
 Roger Vaughan Kt. 43 3. 
 
 -Rtfger, Bilhop of Worcefler, 47, 
 Rofamond Clifford, 114. Her Epitaph, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Rotzocli, Earl of Perc&, Conful of 
 Moriton, 3 
 
 Rozeline , Vifcount Beaumont . 33. 
 
 Rupert, Count Palatine Duke of 
 Bavaria and Cumberland, &c, 
 
 533 * 
 
 S. 
 
 S ^ncptaof Provenc e,Qiieen of the 
 Romans, ^ 97. 
 
 Sibil of Anjou, Countefs of p 7 <z»- 
 fiferr, i8 # 
 
 ^z/>z/ of C0»z/crj5«</,Duchefs of Afor* 
 mandy, 14. Her Epitaph, zW, 
 Simon Montfort, Earl of Leicefler , 
 
 fol. 86. a* 
 
 Sophia, Duchefs of Brunfwicke, 535. 
 Sophia , fourth Daughter of King 
 jfrfwe/, 537. Her Tomb, 536. 
 Epitaph, 537. 
 
 ©teppcn, King of England, 38. 
 
 His Seal, B. Effigies, 1. 
 
 Stephen, Earl of PfezV, 10. 
 
 Stephen Longefpee, Earl of Vljier , 
 
 116. 
 
 [ * * * ] Theobald, 
 
T7- 
 
 THE TABLE. 
 
 T. 
 
 T Heobald, Earl of Blois, io. 
 
 Thomas , Lord Arundel of 
 War dor , 3 41. 
 
 Thomas Barrington Kt, 417. 
 
 Thomas Beaufort, D. of Exeeter ,256. 
 Thomas of Brotherton , Eari of iVtfr- 
 fclk-y 205. 144. His Seal, 121. 
 Thomas Cary of Chilflon-foliat. 324. 
 Thomas Courtney, Ylari of Devon, 316. 
 Thomas le Dcfpencer, Earl of Glouce¬ 
 ster, 361. 
 
 Thomas Holand,Ear\ of 215. 
 
 Thomas Boland jun. Earl of Ke»/ , 
 216. His Seal, 124. 
 
 Thomas, Earl of Lane after, icy. His 
 Seals, 102. 
 
 Thomas of Lane after, Duke of Cla¬ 
 rence, 268. 301. His Monument, 
 302. His Epitaph, 303. 
 
 Thomas st.Leoger Kt. 37 6. His Mo¬ 
 nument,;^. and Epitaph, ibid . 
 Thomas Lumley Kt, 399. 
 
 Thomas Manney, 208. 
 
 Thomas Mannors , Earl of Rutland, 
 
 377 . 
 
 Thomas Movobray , called the Earl- 
 MarfhaJ, 211. 
 
 Thomas Movobray , Duke of Norfolk, l, 
 
 210. 208. 
 
 Thomas Percy , Earl of Northumber¬ 
 land, 335. 
 
 Thomas Somcrfet , 554. 
 
 Thomas t Vifcount Somerfet of 
 
 339 - 
 
 Thomas Somcrfet, 343. 
 
 Thomas Vernon, of Stokyfhey , 311. 
 
 Thomas of Wood/tockfiDube of Glouce- 
 fter, 227. 178. His Seals, 125, 
 Monument, 230. 
 
 U. 
 
 V Iolanta of Milan, Duchefs of 
 Clarence, 220. 
 
 Vrfula, Baronefs of Caftlecombe, 5 r. 
 Vrfula Pole , Lady Stafford, 419. 
 
 W. 
 
 W alter deCorntoal, 99. 
 
 Walter Dunfianvile , Baron 
 of Caftlecombe , 51. 
 
 Walter de Manney , Knight of the 
 Garter, 207. 
 
 {KUtlUam I. King of England , 1. His 
 Seal, A. Effigies, 1. Epitaphs, 
 6. 7. Monument, 7. 
 
 G^ilLam II. King of England. 19.9. 
 His Seal, A. Effigies,i. Monu¬ 
 ment, 22. 
 
 William Adeline, Duke of Norman¬ 
 dy, 28. His Epitaph, 29, 
 
 CKltUtam II. King of Sicily, 70. 
 
 William, third Son of the Conque- 
 ror, 9. 
 
 William, fon of King Henry II. 65. 
 
 William of Blois, 10. 
 
 William Bourcher, Earl of £«, 233. 
 
 William de Burgh , Earl of Vljicr 
 
 no. 
 
 William Cecil, Earl of Exeeter , 335, 
 
 William Couful of Gloucefter, 47,48. 
 
 William Cornwallis Kr. 33 
 
 William Courtney , Earl of Devon , 
 
 ; 397 . 
 
 William Fitz-Emprefr, 37. 
 
 William, Lord of Wilton «, 331. 
 
 William of Hatfield, 177. 
 
 William Herbert , Earl of Povois, 346. 
 
 William Longefpee, firft Earl of 
 lisbury, 114. 71. His Monument, 
 115. Epitaph, 116. 
 
 William Longefpee , fecond Earl of 
 Salisbury, 117. 116. HisSeal, 57. 
 
 William Longefpee the third, 118. 
 
 William Marfhal , Earl of Pembroke , 
 
 fol.86.a. 
 
 William Mountague, Earl Of Sarum, 
 
 215. 
 
 William, Earl of Montain and £0- 
 
 43 * 
 
 William of Nafiavo, Prince of Orange, 
 
 S 7 2 » 
 
 William Henry of Nafjaro, Prince of 
 Orange, 567. 8c 572. 
 
 William of Normandy , Earl of F/^»- 
 16. His Seals and Monu¬ 
 ment, 17. Epitaphs, 17, 18. 
 
 William , Baftard of Normandy, 19. 
 
 William Pafion Kt. 3 2 4. 
 
 William, Lord Petre, 340. 
 
 William Somerfet , Earl of Worccfier , 
 
 33 *. 
 
 William de Tracy , B. of England , 
 
 3 1 - 
 
 William de Warren, Earl of Surrey, 
 12. His Epitaph, ibid, 
 
 William of Windfor , 178. 
 
 Winifride Pole, Lady Barrington, 
 
 4 * 7 . 
 
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