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Published March 2025. The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Paternal Family Tree: Holland
Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
Descendants Family Tree: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent 1350-1397
Around Mar 1340 [his father] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26) and [his mother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 11) were married in secret. It isn't clear whether the marriage was canonical given the secrecy; there were no witnesses. She twelve years old. A subsequent investigation by papal commissioners confirmed it as valid. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 42).
Around Nov 1340 [his step-father] William Montagu 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 12) and [his mother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 12) were married. She was already married albeit secretly to [his father] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 26). The subsequent investigation found her marriage to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent to be valid. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent (age 43). He the son of William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 39) and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 36).
In 1350 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent was born to Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 36) and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 21).
On 26 Dec 1360 [his father] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent (age 46) died. He was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map]. Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 10) succeeded 2nd Earl Kent.
On 10 Oct 1361 [his step-father] Edward "Black Prince" (age 31) and [his mother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 33) were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. She by marriage Princess of Wales. His first wife, her second (or third depending on how you count them) husband. She had four children already. They had known each other since childhood. Thirty-one and thirty-three respectively. A curious choice for the heir to the throne; foreign princesses were usual. They were married nearly fifteen years and had two children. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl Kent and [his grandmother] Margaret Wake Countess Kent. He the son of King Edward III of England (age 48) and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England (age 47).
Before 13 Oct 1370 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 64) and Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 52). He the son of Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent and Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 42).
On 13 Oct 1370 [his daughter] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 20) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 20) at Upholland, Lancashire.
On 13 Aug 1373 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 20) was appointed Bishop of Ely.
In 1374 [his son] Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 24) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 24) at Upholland, Lancashire.
On 24 Jan 1376 [his father-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 70) died. He was buried at Lewes Priory [Map]. [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 30) succeeded 9th Earl Surrey, 4th or 11th Earl Arundel. Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey.
On 23 Apr 1376 King Edward III of England (age 63) created a number of new Garter Knights ...
54th John Montfort V Duke Brittany (age 37).
55th Thomas Banastre (age 42).
56th William Ufford 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 37).
57th Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford (age 40).
58th Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 26). He the son of [his mother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 47) whose second husband was Edward III's son [his step-father] Edward "Black Prince" (age 45).
59th Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 33) was appointed 59th. He the son of Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster who was the first cousin of Edward III's father King Edward II of England.
60th William Beauchamp 1st Baron Abergavenny (age 33).
Around 1380 [his daughter] Joan Holland Duchess York was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 30) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 30).
On 06 Jan 1384 [his son] Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 34) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 34).
In 1385 [his daughter] Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 35) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 35).
On 07 Aug 1385 [his mother] Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 56) died at Wallingford Castle [Map]. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map] beside her first husband [his father] Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent. Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 35) succeeded 6th Baron Wake of Liddell.
In 1386 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 40) was appointed Admiral England.
In 1386 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 33) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
In 1386 [his daughter] Eleanor Holland was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 36) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 36).
In 1387 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 41) was appointed 74th Knight of the Garter by [his half-brother] King Richard II of England (age 19).
In 1388 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 42) was appointed Governor of Brest. He was buried at Church of Augustin Friars Bread Street.
On 03 Apr 1388 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 35) was appointed Archbishop of York at a time when Richard II was, in effect, suspended from rule.
On 07 Oct 1388 [his son-in-law] Roger Mortimer 4th Earl March 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 14) and [his daughter] Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess March, Countess Ulster. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 38) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 38). He the son of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster.
After 30 Dec 1389 [his brother-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel (age 43) and Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. The difference in their ages was 29 years. She the daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey and [his mother-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey.
In 1391 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 38) was appointed Lord Chancellor.
Before 20 Oct 1392 [his son] Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 18) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Stafford Countess Kent (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford (age 58). He the son of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 42) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 42).
On 04 Nov 1393 [his son-in-law] Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York (age 52) and [his daughter] Joan Holland Duchess York (age 13) were married. She by marriage Duchess York. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 43) and [his wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 43). He the son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England.
Around 1394 William Ros 6th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 24) and Margaret Fitzalan Baroness Ros of Helmsley (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She brought a 40 mark annuity to the marriage awarded to her by [his half-brother] King Richard II of England (age 26) following the death of his wife Anne of Bohemia Queen Consort England (age 27) in whose household she had been. She the sister of the [his brother-in-law] Earl of Arundel (age 48). He the son of Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond (age 53).
On 25 Sep 1396 [his brother-in-law] Archbishop Thomas Fitzalan aka Arundel (age 43) was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
On 25 Apr 1397 Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent (age 47) died. He was buried in Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire [Map]. [his son] Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 23) succeeded 3rd Earl Kent, 2nd Baron Holand, 7th Baron Wake of Liddell. [his daughter-in-law] Joan Stafford Countess Kent (age 19) by marriage Countess Kent.
On 17 Mar 1416 [his former wife] Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent (age 66) died.
Parliament Rolls Richard II Jan 1397: By the king in parliament. 33. Also, on the same Saturday [10 February 1397], a charter of the [his half-brother] king made to the earl marshal touching his office of marshal of England, and the gold staff adorned with the emblem of the king's arms which he will carry in his office, was read and delivered to the said earl. The tenor of which charter follows:
The king to the same, greeting. Know that whereas recently by our letters patent of our special grace we granted to our beloved kinsman Thomas, Earl of Nottingham, the office of marshal of England, together with the name and honour of earl marshal, to have to him and his male heirs issuing from his body, with all the fees, profits, and appurtenances whatsoever pertaining in any way to the said office, in perpetuity; as is fully contained in the same letters. We, mindful of the gracious and laudable services often performed by the aforementioned earl, on either side of the sea, for the benefit and honour of us and our kingdom, at no small effort, cost, and charge to him; and wishing therefore to provide for the estate and honour of that earl, of our special grace have granted in our present parliament for us and our heirs to the same earl the said office, and the name, title, and honour of earl marshal of England, to have to him and his male heirs issuing from his body, together with all offices, commodities, profits and other appurtenances whatsoever, both in our courts and elsewhere, relating or pertaining in any way to the same office, in the same manner and as fully, freely, wholly, and peacefully as Thomas Brotherton, lately Earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, father of our beloved kinswoman Margaret Countess of Norfolk, [widow] of the aforesaid late earl, or Roger Bigod sometime Earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, or any other after the death of the same former earl, or the same present earl, had or held the said office of marshal of England in their time.
Willing further and granting for us and our heirs, that the office of marshal of our Bench before us, which John Wicks holds for the term of his life by our grant, and the office of marshal in our treasury which Richard Gascoigne holds for his life by grant of our beloved brother Thomas Earl of Kent, lately marshal of England, by our confirmation; and also the office of herald of the marshal before the steward and marshal of our household, which Guy Allesley holds for his life by grant of the lord Edward [III], late king of England, our grandfather, and by our confirmation; which offices after the death of the aforesaid John, Richard and Guy should revert to us and our heirs, after the death of the same John, Richard, and Guy shall remain to the aforementioned earl marshal, to have to him and his male heirs in perpetuity. And that the same offices, and all other offices in any of our courts and elsewhere, which pertained, and used to pertain to the said office of marshal of England in times past, shall be fully restored, annexed, and reunited to the said office of marshal of England in perpetuity. And that the same earl and his male heirs may give, grant, or confer those offices on any suitable persons freely and without hindrance as soon as they shall have fallen vacant by death, demise, resignation, surrender, or in any other way, notwithstanding any of our letters patent made to the contrary.
Considering also the vigour and nobility of that earl, and that he may in future the more fittingly and honourably perform and exercise the aforesaid office, we have granted for us and our heirs to the same present earl that he and his said male heirs, marshals of England, by virtue of their aforesaid office should have, carry, and bear, as well in the presence as in the absence of us and our heirs, a certain gold staff, with both ends enamelled in black, and with the emblem of our arms decorating the top of the said staff, and with the emblem of the arms of that earl decorating the bottom of the said staff; notwithstanding that the same present earl in his time, or the aforementioned former earls, or any other who had the said office of marshal of England before this time, used to carry or bear a wooden staff. Witnessed by these, the venerable fathers Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, Robert of London, William of Winchester, John of Ely, Edmund of Exeter, our chancellor, bishops; John of Aquitaine and Lancaster, Edmund of York, dukes, our beloved uncles; Henry of Derby, Edward of Rutland, Henry of Northumberland, earls; Reginald Grey of Ruthin, Ralph Neville, John Lovell, knights; Roger Walden, dean of York, our treasurer, Thomas Percy, steward of our household, and others. Given by our hand at Westminster on 10 February 1397.
[his daughter] Bridget Holland was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Holland was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent.
[his son] John Holland was born to Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent.
Archaeologia Volume 29 Section III. THE BADGE OF THE WHITE HART was the most favourite device of King Richard, and it was that which he used for the cognizance which was profusely distributed among his courtiers and immediate dependants. It has been suggested with much apparent probability that he adopted it from the White Hind which is stated to have been borne by his mother the [his mother] Fair Maid of Kenti, and which was certainly used by the Holands, the sons of her first marriagek [Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and [his brother] John Holland 1st Duke Exeter]. "The author of the Alliterative Poem, which has been edited by Mr. Wright for the Camden Society, reproaching the unfortunate Richard, reminds him that
First at your anointing all were your own,
Both Harts and Hinds, and held of none other.
Note i. "The bagens that he [the King] beareth by the Faire Maide of Kent, is a Whyte Hynde." Collectanea Top. et Geneal. vol. iii. p. 56, from MS. Harl. 4632, written in the time of Henry VIII.; but the same MS. attributes the White Hind to Queen Philippa (Ibid. p. 53.), and so does the MS. L. 14, in Coll. Arm. f. 27, b.
Note k. In Sandford's Genealogical History, 1677, p. 124, will be seen the seal of Thomas de Holand, Earl of Kent, where his shield is suspended from the neck of a Hind, lodged or seated, and collared with a coronet.