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Paternal Family Tree: Anjou aka Plantagenet
Maternal Family Tree: Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster 1350-1403
Descendants Family Tree: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland 1379-1440
In 1379 Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland was born illegitimately to [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 38) and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 28). She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 24th June 1380 [her brother-in-law] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 7) and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 17) were married at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 40) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 24th June 1380 [her brother-in-law] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke (age 7) and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 17) marriage annulled since she had become pregnant by [her future brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 28) whom she subsequently married. It isn't clear whether John Holland was punished; he was half-brother to King Richard II of England (age 13) through their mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 51).
On 5th February 1381 [her half-brother] Henry Bolingbroke (age 13) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Bohun (age 13) were married at Arundel Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 7th Earl Hereford 6th Earl Essex 2nd Earl of Northampton and Joan Fitzalan Countess Essex, Hereford and Northampton (age 34). He the son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 40) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were second cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 14th June 1381 the mob gained access to the Tower of London [Map] capturing Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 52), the future [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 14), Joan Holland Duchess York (age 1) and Archbishop Simon Sudbury (age 65).
Archbishop Simon Sudbury was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Lord Treasurer Robert Hales (age 56), who had only been appointed on the 1st February 1381, was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map].
On 24th June 1386 [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 34) and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 23) were married at Plymouth, Devon [Map]. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 46) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 2nd February 1387 [her brother-in-law] King John I of Portugal (age 35) and [her half-sister] Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 26) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 46) and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of Peter I King Portugal and Inês Castro. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 19th December 1387 an army of the Lords Appellant led by the future [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 20) prevented the forces of King Richard II of England (age 20) commanded by Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland (age 25) from crossing the bridge [Map] over the River Thames at Radcot in Oxfordshire. When [her uncle] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (age 32) arrived with further Lord Appellant's men the King's men were encircled. The King's men attempted to force the crossing of the bridge at which time the only casualties occurred including Thomas Molyneux (age 49) who was killed by Thomas Mortimer (age 37). Around 800 men drowned in the marshes whilst trying to escape. Robert de Vere 1st Duke Ireland narrowly escaped to France.
In 1388 [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 36) was created 1st Earl Huntingdon. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 24) by marriage Countess Huntingdon.
Before 17th September 1388 [her brother-in-law] Henry III King Castile (age 8) and [her half-sister] Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile (age 15) were married at Palencia Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 48) and Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster (age 34). He the son of John I King Castile (age 30) and Eleanor Barcelona Queen Consort Castile. They were half second cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1391 Robert Ferrers (age 18) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 12) were married at Beaufort en Vallée [Map]. She the illegitmate daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 50) and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 40).
On 23rd December 1392 Isabella of Castile Duchess York (age 37) died. She was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map]. She the wife of [her uncle] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 51). Isabella had travelled to England with her sister Constance of Castile Duchess of Lancaster (age 38) who had married Edmund's elder brother [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 52). Isabella and Edmund's marriage was not, apparently, a happy one. She is known to have had an affair with [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 40) who may have been the father of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge (age 7) progenitor of the House of York.
In 1393 [her daughter] Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke was born to Robert Ferrers (age 20) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 14). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married 28th October 1407 her fifth cousin John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke, son of Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke and Catherine Clifford Baroness Greystoke, and had issue.
In 1394 [her daughter] Mary or Margery Ferrers was born to Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 15). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married in or before 1416 her fourth cousin Ralph Neville, son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby, and had issue.
On 13th January 1396 [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 55) and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 45) were married at Lincoln Cathedral [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Lancaster. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edward III of England and [her grandmother] Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England.
Froissart Book 4 Chapter 73. [13th January 1396]. At this period, the [her father] duke of Lancaster (age 55) married his third wife [[her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 45)], the daughter of a Hainault knight, called sir [her grandfather] Paon de Ruet: he had formerly been one of the knights to the good and noble queen [her grandmother] Philippa of England, who much loved the Hainaulters, as she was herself of that country.
This lady whom the duke of Lancaster married was called Catherine, and in her youth had been of the household of the duchess Blanche of Lancaster. Before the lady Blanche's death, and even when the duke was married to his second wife Constance, the daughter of don Pedro, he cohabited with the lady Catherine de Ruet, who was then married to an English knight [Hugh Swynford] now dead.
The duke of Lancaster had three children1 by her, previous to his marriage, two sons and a daughter: the eldest son was named [her illegitimate brother] John (age 23) lord Beaufort of Lancaster; the other [her illegitimate brother] Thomas [Henry] (age 21), whom the duke kept at the schools in Oxford, and made a great churchman and civihan. He was afterward bishop of Lincoln, which is the richest bishopric in the kingdom: from affection to these children, the duke married their mother, to the great astonishment of France and England, for Catherine Swynford was of base extraction in comparison to his two former duchesses Blanche and Constance. When this marriage was announced to the ladies of high rank in England, such as the duchess of Gloucester (age 30), the countess of Derby2, the countess of Arundel (age 20), and others connected with the royal family, they were greatly shocked, and thought the duke much to blame. They said, "he had sadly disgraced himself by thus marrying his concubine;" and added, that, "since it was so, she would be the second lady in the kingdom, and the queen (age 6) would be dishonourably accompanied by her; but that, for their parts, they would leave her to do the honours alone, for they would never enter any place where she was. They themselves would be disgraced if they suffered such a base-born duchess, who had been the duke's concubine a long time before and during his marriages, to take precedence, and their hearts would burst with grief were it to happen." Those who were the most outrageous on the subject were the [her uncle] duke (age 41) and duchess of Gloucester. They considered the duke of Lancaster as a doating fool for thus marrying his concubine, and declared they would never honour his lady by calling her sister. The [her uncle] duke of York (age 54) made light of the matter, for he lived chiefly with the king and his brother of Lancaster. The duke of Gloucester was of a different way of thinking: although the youngest of the three brothers, he yielded to no man's opinion, was naturally very proud and overbearing, and in opposition to the king's ministers, unless he could turn them as he willed. Catherine Ruet, however, remained duchess of Lancaster, and the second lady in England, as long as she lived. She was a lady accustomed to honours, for she had been brought up at court during her youth, and the duke fondly loved the children he had by her, as he showed during his life and at his death.
Note 1. Froissart mistakes in the number, and Thomas for Henry. According to Sandford, he had four children by Catherine Swynford: — John Beaufort, earl of Somerset, — Henry Beaufort, bishop of Winchester and cardinal of Beaufort, — [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort (age 19), duke of Exeter and earl of Dorset, — Joan Beaufort (age 17), countess of Westmoreland. For farther particulars, see Sandford and Dugdale.
Note 2. This reference to the Countess of Derby is confusing. In 1396 the Earl of Derby was [her half-brother] Henry (age 28), future King Henry IV, who inherited the title from fhis mother Blanche when she died in 1368. Henry's first wife [her former sister-in-law] Mary Bohun had died in 1394, and he marired his second wife [her future sister-in-law] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 26) in 1403?
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Before 29th November 1396 Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 32) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Neville Raby. She the illegitmate daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 56) and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 46). They were half fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1397 [her daughter] Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 18). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) before 1414 her second cousin Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh, son of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester (2) before 8th July 1418 her second cousin Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland, son of Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys, and had issue.
In February 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was appointed Admiral of the Irish Fleet, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Parliament Rolls Richard II. 4th February 1397. 28. Be it remembered that on Tuesday, the fifteenth day of the parliament [4 February 1397], the chancellor (age 53), by order of the king (age 30), declared that our holy father the pope, in reverence of the most excellent person of the king and his honourable uncle the [her father] duke of Guyenne and of Lancaster (age 56), and of his blood, has enabled and legitimized my lord [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort (age 24), his brothers [Note. [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 22) and [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 20)], and his sister (age 18). And therefore our lord the king, as sole ruler of his kingdom of England, for the honour of his blood, willed and enabled of his abundant royal power, and legitimized, of his own authority, the said John, his said brothers, and sister. And he also pronounced and published the ability and legitimation, according to the form of the charter of the king made thereon.
29. Which charter was read in full parliament, and delivered to the said duke, father of the said John, and his said brothers and sister; the tenor of which charter follows:
Richard, by the grace of God, king of England and France and lord of Ireland, to our most beloved kinsmen the noble John, knight, Henry, cleric, Thomas, donzel, and our beloved noblewoman Joan Beaufort, lady-in-waiting, our most beloved cousins born of our uncle that noble man John duke of Lancaster, our lieges, greeting and the goodwill of our royal majesty. While inwardly considering how endlessly and with how many honours of parental and sincere affection of our aforementioned uncle and of his mature counsel we are on all sides blessed, we have judged it appropriate and worthy that in consideration of his merits, and in contemplation of the grace of persons, we should endow you, who are resplendent with probity and virtuous life and conduct, and are born of royal stock and divinely marked with many virtues and gifts, with the protection of grace and favour by special prerogative. Thus it is that, yielding to the prayers of our said uncle, your father, we grant to you who, so it is claimed, have suffered such defect of birth, that, notwithstanding this defect, which, together with its various consequences, we wish to be fully included in these presents, you may nevertheless receive all honours, dignities, preferments, estates, degrees, and public and private offices, both perpetual and temporal, and feudal and noble rights, by whatsoever name they are called, such as duchies, lordships, earldoms, baronies, or whatsoever other fiefs they be, whether they be dependent upon or held of us mediately or intermediately, which may be preferred, promoted, elected, taken up and allowed, and received, retained, performed and exercised prudently, freely and lawfully, as if you were born in wedlock, notwithstanding any statutes or customs of our kingdom of England decreed or observed to the contrary; and we dispense you [from this defect] by the tenor of these presents, by the plenitude of our royal power and with the assent of our parliament; and we restore you and each of you to legitimacy.
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In May 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was appointed Admiral of the Northern Fleet.
After September 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was appointed Lieutenant of Aquitaine.
After September 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was appointed 87th Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England (age 30).
On 29th September 1397 King Richard II (age 30) rewarded his relations with Dukedoms, possibly for their part in downfall of [her uncle] Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester (deceased), Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 59) and Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (deceased)...
His older half-brother [her brother-in-law] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter (age 45) was created 1st Duke Exeter. [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 34) by marriage Duchess Exeter.
His nephew Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 23) was created 1st Duke Surrey.
His first cousin once-removed Margaret was created 1st Duchess Norfolk - for life only. On the same day her grandson Thomas (age 29) was also created Duke of Norfolk - see below.
His second cousin once removed Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk was created 1st Duke Norfolk. Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 31) by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
His first cousin Edward 2nd Duke of York 1st Duke Albemarle (age 24) was created 1st Duke Albemarle. Beatrice Burgundy Countess Rutland and Cork (age 24) by marriage Duchess Albemarle.
His illegitimate first cousin [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) was created 1st Marquess Somerset, 1st Marquess Dorset. [her future sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 12) by marriage Marchioness Somerset, Marchioness Dorset.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 33) was created 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 18) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
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On 27th November 1397 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 24) and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Somerset. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 47). He the illegitmate son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 57) and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 47). They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 27th February 1398 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 23) was appointed Bishop of Lincoln.
On 3rd February 1399 [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 58) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 48) was by his side. His son [her half-brother] Henry (age 31) succeeded 2nd Duke Lancaster, 7th Earl of Leicester. He was buried in the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral [Map] with his first wife Blanche Duchess of Lancaster.
King Richard II of England (age 32) witheld the future Henry IV's inheritance from him giving Henry reason to return to England to claim his lands and titles.
On 30th September 1399 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 32) became King of England usurping the throne of his cousin Richard II (age 32) and Richard's heir, the seven year old Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March (age 7) who was descended from Edward III's second son [her uncle] Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence. This second usurption was to have far reaching consequences since it subsequently became the descent by which the House of York claimed precedence over the House of Lancaster being one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses.
Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 35) was appointed Earl Marshal.
On 13th October 1399 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 32) was crowned IV King of England at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Earl Derby, Earl Lancaster, Duke Lancaster and Earl of Leicester merged with the Crown. Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 46) officiated. Bishop Robert Braybrooke carried the sacraments and said mass.
The future [her nephew] King Henry V of England (age 13) carried the Sword Curtana. Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick (age 61) and/or [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 26) carried a sword wrapped in red and bound with golden straps symbolising two-fold mercy. Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland (age 57) carried the Lancaster Sword.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 56) carried the Steward's baton. Thomas Erpingham (age 44) carried a Sword.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 21) was appointed Knight of the Bath. [her nephew] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 10), John Arundell (age 33) and Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 17) were knighted.
Archbishop Richard Scrope (age 49) attended.
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On 10th November 1399 [her nephew] King Henry V of England (age 13) was created 1st Duke Lancaster by [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 32).
Around 1400 [her daughter] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 36) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 21). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) 12th January 1412 her fourth cousin John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk, son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk, and had issue (2) before 1437 Thomas Strangeways and had issue (3) October 1441 her fourth cousin John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont, son of Henry Beaumont 5th Baron Beaumont and Elizabeth Willoughby Baroness Beaumont, and had issue (4) January 1465 her fifth cousin once removed John Woodville, son of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford.
In 1400 [her brother-in-law] John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke (age 36) and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 36) were married. She the daughter of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1400 [her son] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 36) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 21). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1423 his half fourth cousin Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury and Eleanor Holland, and had issue.
In 1402 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 24) was appointed Captain Ludlow Castle.
In 1403 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 25) was appointed Admiral of the Fleet.
In 1403 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 28) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
On 7th February 1403 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 35) and [her sister-in-law] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 33) were married at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His third marriage, her second. She had eight children with her first husband but, despite ten years of marriage, none with Henry. She the daughter of Charles "Bad" II King Navarre and Joan Valois Queen Consort Navarre. He the son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
On 10th May 1403 [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster (age 52) died. She was buried in Lincoln Cathedral [Map]. The monument is thought to be the work of Henry Yevele.
"Katherine's fine tomb chest of Purbeck marble, with its moulded plinth and lid, had armorial shields encircled by garters along each side; it was surmounted by a canopied brass depicting Katherine in her widow's weeds, and bearing her arms impaled with those of John of Gaunt, while above it was raised a vaulted canopy with trefoiled arches, cusped lozenges and miniature rose bosses. The canopy and associated stonework would have been painted in bright colours."
When John Leland visited the Cathedral in about 1540, he recorded that: "In the southe parte of the presbytery lyithe in 2. severalle highe marble tumbes in a chapell Catarine Swineforde, the 3. wife to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster, and Jane her dougtar Countes of Westmerland".
In 1654 John Evelyn's Diary: "The soldiers had lately knocked off most of the brasses from the gravestones".
At some point after this the position of the two monuments was changed and they now stand end to end.
On 21st July 1403 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 36), with his son the future [her nephew] King Henry V of England (age 16), defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39) at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England took an arrow to the side of his face. John Stanley (age 53) was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland (age 36) fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 21) fought for the King. Walter Blount (age 55), the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 31).
Thomas Wendesley (age 59), Edmund Cockayne (age 47) and Robert Goushill were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 25) was killed. His son [her future son-in-law] Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley (age 52) was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England.
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Madog Kynaston (age 43) and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 60) was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook (age 48) was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall (age 26) inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey (age 65) was killed.
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In 1404 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 31) was appointed Constable of England.
Before 15th February 1404 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 27) and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Neville Countess Dorest (age 20) were married. He the illegitmate son of [her father] John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster. They were half fifth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 19th November 1404 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 29) was appointed Bishop of Winchester.
Around 1405 [her son] William Neville 1st Earl Kent was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 41) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 26). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1422 Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent, daughter of Thomas Fauconberg 5th Baron Fauconberg and Joan Brounflete Baroness Fauconberg, and had issue.
On 26th November 1405 Thomas Fitzalan 10th Earl of Surrey 5th or 12th Earl of Arundel (age 24) and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter (age 23) were married. [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 38) and [her sister-in-law] Joanna of Navarre Queen Consort England (age 35) were present at their wedding feast. She the illegitmate daughter of [her brother-in-law] King John I of Portugal (age 53) and Ines Peres. He the son of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.
Letters. 1406. Letter XXXII. Joanna Counters of Westmoreland (age 27) to her brother [her half-brother] Henry IV (age 38).
Most high and puissant prince, and most excellent sovereign lord,.
I recommend myself to your royal and high lordship in the most obedient manner which, with my whole, entire, and simple heart, I can most humbly do, as she who desires to know of you, and of your most noble estate and most perfect health, such prosperity as your royal and most honourable heart can desire. And may it please your high nobleness to understand that I write now to your royal presence in behalf of your loyal liege and esquire, Christopher Standith, who, as he has certified me, has been in your service in Wales every time you have been there against your enemies, and besides, in all your most honourable journeys since your coronation, in which he has expended the substance that he could acquire of his own and of his friends, in such wise that, whereas he and my well beloved his wife Margaret (daughter to Mr. Thomas Fleming, who was chancellor and servant during his life to my most honoured and redoubted lord your father, whom God assoil) kept house and establishment, they have left it, and the said Margaret is lodged very uncomfortably with her children, of whom she has many, having one or two every year; and all this on account of the great charge which her said husband has incurred and still incurs in your service; to whom, of your gracious goodness and gentleness, you have aforetime promised guerdon of his labour, whenever he should spy out [something] from which [he could have a living] of 40 marks or of 40 pounds. And, most puissant and excellent prince and my most sovereign lord, he is the youngest [and his father has dismissed him from] his service, and that merely because he and his wife married each other for downright love, without thinking this time [what they should have to live upon. Wherefore 1) entreat your most high and puissant lordship to consider that the said Margaret should dwell [in some suitable place, or else with the queen your wife, whom God protect; and that she is come to me trusting that my [intercession] might avail her with you. May it please you to be gracious lord to her and her said husband, and of your guerdon [assist them] to support in their persons poor gentility, that their affiance may turn to good effect for them, and to my honour, if it please you, by their finding succour from your royal and most excellent nobility^ on account of this my most effectual supplication.
Most high and puissant prince and most excellent sovereign lord, I pray God to grant you a most honourable and long life, and preserve you in his most excellent keeping, and give entire joy and gladness as much as your gentle and most noble heart would choose or desire.!Written at the castle of Raby [Map]. Your most humble and obedient subject, if it please you, J. DB W.
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Around 1407 [her son] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 43) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 28) at Raby, County Durham. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1437 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer, daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick, and had issue.
On 28th October 1407 [her son-in-law] John Greystoke 4th Baron Greystoke (age 18) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke (age 14) were married at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 28). They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Around 1408 [her daughter] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 44) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 29). She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) before 18th October 1424 her second cousin Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham, son of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford, and had issue (2) 25th November 1467 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy.
On 31st January 1410 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 33) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer which position he held until 1411.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 16th March 1410 [her illegitimate brother] John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset (age 37) died at Hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, Tower Hill [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral [Map]. His son [her illegitimate nephew] Henry (age 9) succeeded 2nd Earl Somerset.
On 5th July 1411 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 34) was created 1st Earl Dorset. [her sister-in-law] Margaret Neville Countess Dorest (age 27) by marriage Countess Dorset.
In 1412 [her nephew] Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence (age 24) was created 1st Duke Clarence by [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 44). [her former sister-in-law] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence (age 27) by marriage Duchess Clarence.
On 12th January 1412 [her son-in-law] John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 20) and [her daughter] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 12) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 48) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 33). He the son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk (age 46). They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In or before 1413 [her son] Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 48) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 33). He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. He married (1) 1436 his second cousin once removed Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny, daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester, and had issue (2) after 18th June 1448 his fourth cousin once removed Katherine Howard Baroness Bergavenny, daughter of Robert Howard and Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn, and had issue.
In 1413 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 35) was appointed Lieutenant of Aquitaine.
On 20th March 1413 [her half-brother] King Henry IV of England (age 45) died in the Jerusalem Chamber, Cheyneygates, Westminster Abbey [Map] in Westminster Abbey confirming a prophesy that he would die in Jerusalem. His son [her nephew] Henry (age 26) succeeded V King of England. His sons King Henry V of England and [her nephew] Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 22) were present. He was buried in the Chancel of Canterbury Cathedral [Map].
Before 1414 [her son-in-law] Richard Despencer 4th Baron Burghesh (age 17) and [her daughter] Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Burghesh. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 49) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 34). He the son of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester (age 39). They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1415 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 37) was appointed Captain Harfleur.
On 3rd May 1415 [her daughter] Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 51) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 36) at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married October 1429 her second cousin Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York, son of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer, and had issue.
On 19th July 1415 [her half-sister] Philippa of Lancaster Queen Consort Portugal (age 55) died at Sacavém.
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In or before 1416 [her son-in-law] Ralph Neville (age 23) and [her daughter] Mary or Margery Ferrers (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Ferrers and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 36). He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 51) and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 18th November 1416 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 39) was created 1st Duke Exeter by [her nephew] King Henry V of England (age 30) for the remainder of his natural life for 'his service to the king and the realm on both sides of the seas'. At the time the only other dukes were the King's brothers.
On 2nd June 1418 [her half-sister] Catherine of Lancaster Queen Consort Castile (age 45) died at Valladolid [Map]. She was buried at Capilla de los Reyes Nuevos, Cathedral of Toledo.
Before 8th July 1418 [her son-in-law] Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland (age 25) and [her daughter] Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess of Northumberland. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 54) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 39). They were second cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1419 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 41) was appointed Captain of Rouen.
Before 1422 [her son] William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Joan Fauconberg Countess Kent (age 15) were married. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 57) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 42).
Before 1423 [her son] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 15) were married. She the daughter of Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury (age 34) and Eleanor Holland. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 58) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 43). They were half fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1424 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 49) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
Before 18th October 1424 [her son-in-law] Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford (age 22) and [her daughter] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 16) were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 60) and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 45). He the son of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford (age 41). They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 21st October 1425 Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland (age 61) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map]. His grandson Ralph (age 19) succeeded 2nd Earl of Westmoreland. Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland (age 30) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Monument to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and his wives Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 46). Early Plate Bascinet Period. Orle. Man with Two Wives.
Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland: Around 1395 she was born to Henry "Hotspur" Percy and Elizabeth Mortimer Baroness Camoys at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. Around 1404 John Clifford 7th Baron Clifford and she were married. She by marriage Baroness de Clifford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. In 1426 Ralph Neville 2nd Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. On 26th October 1436 Elizabeth Percy Countess of Westmoreland died.
In 1426 [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 51) was appointed Cardinal.
On 24th November 1426 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter (age 63) died. She was buried at St Mary's Church, Burford [Map].
On 31st December 1426 [her illegitimate brother] Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter (age 49) died at Greenwich, Kent [Map]. Some sources say 27th December 1426 and 1st January 1427. Duke Exeter and Earl Dorset extinct.
In October 1429 [her son-in-law] Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York (age 18) and [her daughter] Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess York. She was the youngest sister of Richard's brother-in-arms [her son] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 29). She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 50). He the son of Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 6th November 1429 King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 7) was crowned VI King of England by [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 54) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 47) carried the child King. [her grandson] John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 14) attended. [her future son-in-law] John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 20) was knighted.
On 30th May 1431 Joan of Arc (age 19) was burned at the stake witnessed by [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 56) at the Old Market Place, Rouen [Map].
On 16th December 1431 Henry VI (age 10) was crowned II King France: Lancaster at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map] by [her illegitimate brother] Cardinal Henry Beaufort (age 56). A somewhat futile exercise; the last gasps of the Hundred Years War. The ceremony had been arranged by [her nephew] John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 42). His wife Anne Valois Duchess of Bedford (age 27) attended.
Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford (age 53) was appointed Carver.
Thomas Harrington (age 31), Richard Archer (age 44), Hugh Courtenay 4th or 12th Earl Devon and his son Thomas (age 17) attended.
In 1434 [her daughter] Elizabeth Ferrers Baroness Greystoke (age 41) died.
In 1436 [her son] Edward Neville 1st Baron Abergavenny (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Beauchamp 3rd Baroness Bergavenny (age 20) were married. He by marriage Baron Abergavenny. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 1st Earl of Worcester and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester (age 35). He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 57). They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Before 1437 [her son-in-law] Thomas Strangeways (age 41) and [her daughter] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 36) were married. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 57).
In 1437 [her son] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape (age 30) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Snape. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 54) and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 58). They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 13th November 1440 Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland (age 61) died at Howden. She was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] next to her mother [her mother] Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster.
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Neville Arms with a label compony of Beaufort for difference, to signify his junior status as a son of his father's second marriage to Joan Beaufort, a legitimised daughter of John of Gaunt. Source.
[her son] Henry Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] Cuthbert Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
[her son] Bishop Robert Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
Excerpta Historica Page 152. Issue Of [her mother] Katherine De Roelt. Wife Of Sir Hugh Swynford, And Afterwards Of [her father] John of Gaunt Duke Of Lancaster.
Letters Patent Of King Henry The Fourth Certifying The Legitimacy Of Sir Thomas Swynford; With Notices Of The Swynford Family.
Every one is aware that John of Gaunt, "time-honoured Lancaster," formed an illicit connection with Katherine, the widow of Sir Hugh Swynford, and daughter and coheiress of Sir [her grandfather] Payne Roet, Knight, a native of Hainault, and Guienne King of Arms, and that he subsequently married her.
This lady had been governess of the Duke's daughters by his first wife, when his attachment to her, perhaps, commenced. In March 1377, Lady Swynford obtained a confirmation from Edward the Third of a grant from the Duke of Lancaster, of the manors of Gryngelley and Wheteley for life.1 On the 27th December, 3 Ric. II. 1379, the Duke granted her the wardship of the heir of Bertram de Sanneby, "pour le bone et greable service quelle nostre treschier et bien amee Dame Katherine Swynford, Maistresse de noz tresames filles Philipe et Elizabeth de Lancastre, ad fait a nos dittes filles;" and in September, 5 Ric. II. 1381, he gave her an annuity of two hundred marks, payable out of his honor of Tickhill.2 The Duke's second wife Constance, daughter and heiress of Peter, King of Castile and Leon, died in 1394; and two years afterwards, namely, on the 13th January 1396, being then about the age of fifty-four, he married Lady Swynford at Lincoln, to the great displeasure of the Duchess of Gloucester and other ladies of the blood royal.3 As Lady Swynford was then upwards of forty, and had been the Duke's mistress above twenty years, it may be inferred, that gratitude and conscientious motives were his only inducements for making her his wife. The Duke of Lancaster had by her, before his marriage, four children, who were surnamed Beaufort, from being born in Beaufort Castle in France: namely, [her illegitimate brother] John, who became Earl and Marquess of Somerset; [her illegitimate brother] Henry, Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal of England; [her illegitimate brother] Thomas, Duke of Exeter;4 and Joan, who married Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland. All these children obtained letters of legitimation from Richard the Second, in February 1397, which was preceded by a similar act by the Pope. The King's patent for the purpose was read in the Parliament then sitting at Westminster;5 and the proceeding was ratified and confirmed by its authority. On the same occasion, Sir John Beaufort was created Earl of Somerset to hold to him and the heirs male of his body.6
Note 1. Fœdera, vii. 140.
Note 2. Sandford's Genealogical History, ed. 1707, p. 253.
Note 3. Ibid. and Dugdale's Baronage, ii. 119.
Note 4. He was buried at Bury St. Edmund's, and on the 20th of February 1772, his corpse being accidentally discovered, the coffin was sold as old lead, and his remains shamefully exposed.
Note 5. Rot. Parl. iii. p. 343a.
Note 6. Rot. Parl. iii. p. 343.
[her son] John Neville was born to Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence
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Great x 4 Grandmother: Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon
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Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
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