A catalogue and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeare, 1619 Together, vvith their armes, vviues, and children: the times of their deaths and burials, with many their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke Esquire, Yorke Herauld: discouering, and reforming many errors committed, by men of other profession, and lately published in print ...

A CATALOGVE OF THE Earles of Shrewsbury, their Armes, Wiues, and Children.

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ROger de Montegummery, Earle of Belismo in Normandy, sonne of Hugh de Montegummery, & of Sibell his wife, fift daughter of Herfastus the Dane, (brother of Gonora wife to Richard the first Duke of Normandy of that Name) came into England with William the Conquerour, who gaue him the Earledomes of Shrewsbury and Arundell. He marri∣ed Maberia, daughter of William Taluaise, and sister & heyre of Arnold de Belismo, and had issue, fiue sonnes and foure daughters, (as William Gemiticensis hath) Hugh Earle of Shrewsbury, slaine at Anglesey in Wales, 1097, without issue; Robert was also Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell; Roger the third sonne, was Earle of Poitow, and Lord of the Honor

of Lancaster in England, by the guift of William Ruphus; Philip the fourth sonne, and Arnold the fift sonne was Castle-keeper of Penbroke, who with his Brother Robert, was banished England. The foure daughters were, Emma; Matild, marri∣ed to Robert Earle of Moretaigne; Mabill the third daughter; and Sibill was the fourth daughter, who was married to Robert Fitz-Hamon, Lord of Glamorgan, Founder of Tewkesbury Abbey in England, and Lord of Torigney in Normandy. This Roger was left by William Conqueror, to be Gouernor to his sonne William Ruphus, and was slaine at Caerdiffe in South-Wales, and buried at Shrewsbury, in the Abbey which before he had founded.

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HVgh de Montegummery, (sonne of Roger aforesaide) was after the death of his Father, Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell. He, with Hugh Earle of Chester, tooke the Isle of Man by force and strong hand, 1098. At which time, Magnus King of Norway, and grandchilde to Olaue, after he had ioy∣ned to his Empire, the Islands of Orcades and Menauia; came with a few Ships to the Isle of Man; whom this Hugh being willing to resist on the shore, was stricken in the right eye with an Arrow, of which hurt, the eight day after, hee dyed without issue, and was buried by his Father, in the Abbey of Shrewsbury. Vpon whose Toomb, (M. Milles saith) his Por∣traiture is made of stone, with his legs acrosse, (as in olde times was vsed) and vpon his Shield Azure, a lyon rampant gold, with a border, as before is specified in the Title of Earles of Arundell.

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RObert de Montegummery, second sonne of Roger afore∣said, and brother and heyre of Hugh, was the third Earle of Shrewsbury and Arundell, and married the daughter and heyre of Guy Earle of Pontiue in Normandy. He was a man very outragiously giuen, and most cruell to his owne Chil∣dren and Hostages, whose eyes (with his owne hands) hee plucked out. Hee helde and fortified the Castles of Shrewsbury, Arundell, Tickhill, Bruge, and Carrocoue in Eng∣land, against king Henry the first, which after was his vndo∣ing. For thereupon the King proclaimed him Traitor, and shortly after, all his Townes and Castles being yeelded vp vnto the said King, he was banished England, with his Bro∣ther Arnold, in the yeare, 1103. the fourth yeare of the said Kings Reigne. But afterward this Robert, with Robert Duke of Normandy, the Kings eldest brother, were taken prisoners at the Battaile of Tenarsbray, and were brought into Eng∣land, where they had both their eyes put out, and kept prisoners in the Castle of

Caerdiffe in South-Wales, where they miserably ended their dayes. This Robert had issue, William sur-named Taluaise Earle of Sage, who married Ela, daughter of Hely, brother of Geffrey Earle of Aniou, widdow of the Duke of Burgundy: Iohn his second sonne, had all his Lands in Normandy and Mayne: his eldest daughter married Iuhell, sonne of Walter de Meduana; and Ela was first married to William, the third Earle Warren in England; and after to Patricke Earle of Sa∣lisbury.

Et portoit, les armes de son peré.

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IOhn Lord Talbot, Strange of Blakmer, Furniuall & Verdon, Gouernor of Anioye and Mayne, (sonne of Richard Talbot, Baron Talbot of Castle Goderic, and brother and heyre male of Gilbert Lord Talbot) was created Earle of Shrewsbury by Letters Patents, bearing date at Windsore, the 20. day of May, in the 19. yeare of king Henry the sixt. And by another Letters Patents, dated at Westminster, the 17. of Iuly, the 24. of king Henry the sixt, he was made Earle of W••shford, & Steward of England, and after Marshall of France; and be∣ing sent to succour them of Burdeaux, tooke the Towne, and placed therein a Garrison; and proceeding further into the Country, to releeue the Towne of Castellon in Aquitaine, which the English had recouered; (the French hauing on all sides begirt the same) at which time, a great battaile being then fought, this Iohn was with the shot of a Piece there slaine, the 7. of Iuly, 1453. the 32. of King Henry the sixt. He married two wiues, the first was Mauld, daughter and onely heyre of Tho∣mas Neuill, Lord Furniuall, by whom he had issue, Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrews∣bury; Sir Christopher Talbot, and Sir Humfrey Talbot knights. His second wife was Margaret, eldest daughter and co heyre of Richard Beauchampe Earle of Warwicke, by whom he had issue, Iohn Talbot Viscount Lisle, vnto whom his Fa∣ther gaue the Lordship of Panswike, Whaddon, Morton, Wotton, Schirborne, Polycot, and other Lands in Shropshire; Sir Humfrey Tablot knight, slaine in Mont-Sinay; Elizabeth, wife to Iohn Mowbray Duke of Norfolke; and Elianor married to Thomas Butler, of Sudely Castle in Glocestershire. This Iohn being slaine as aforesaid, with Iohn Viscount Lisle his sonne, his body was buried in a Toombe at Roane in Normandy, whereon this Epitaphe is written. Heere lyeth the right Noble Knight, Iohn Talbot Earle of Shrewsbury, Earle of Weshford, Waterford and Valence, Lord Talbot of Goodrich and Orchenfield, Lord Strange of Blakmer, Lord Verdon of Acton, Lord Cromwell of Wingfield, Lord Louetofte of Worsop, Lord Furniuall of Sheffeild, Lord Faulconbridge, Knight of the Noble Order of S. George, S. Michaell, and the golden Fleece, great Marshall to King Henry the sixt, of his Realme of France, who died in the Battaile of Burdeaux, 1453. Hoc bare for his

Armes, Gueulles au lyon rampant d'or, à labordure endenté de mesme. Which Armes were Rice ap Griffiths, Prince of South-Wales, whose daughter named Wentlian, was married to Gilbert Talbot (in King Henry the thirds time) Aunce∣stor of this Iohn.

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IOhn Talbot, second Earle of Shrewsbury of that Name and Family, was after the death of Iohn his Father, also Lord Talbot, Strange of Blakmer, Furniuall, Verdon, and Knight of the Garter. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Iames Butler, Earle of Ormond in Ireland, and had issue, Iohn Talbot the third Earle of Shrewsbury; Sir Iames Talbot knight, who dy∣ed the 11. of King Edward the fourth; Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, knight Banneret, and Captaine of Callis third Son; Christopher Talbot fourth sonne, was Arch-Deacon of Che∣ster; & George was the fift Son; Anne the eldest daughter, was married to Sir Henry Vernon of the Peake in Derbyshire; and Margaret was the second daughter. This Iohn was slaine in a battaile at Northampton the tenth of Iuly, 1460. the 39. yeare of King Henry the sixt, whose part he tooke, (and in which battaile the said King himselfe was ta∣ken prisoner) and was after buried in the Priory at Worsop.

Et portoit, les armes de son peré.

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IOhn Talbot, sonne and heyre of Iohn the second, was after the death of his Father, the third Earle of Shrewsbury, Wesh∣ford and Waterford, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, and married Katherine, daughter of Hum∣frey Stafford Duke of Buckingham, Earle Stafford, Hereford, and Northampton, by whom he had issue, George Talbot the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury; and Thomas that dyed with∣out issue; Anne a daughter, was married to Thomas Butler the last Baron of Sudley, who dyed without issue. This Iohn dy∣ed at Couentry, in the yeare of our Lord, 1473. the 4. kalends of Iuly; and his body was buried in our Lady Chappell at Worsop.

Et portoit, de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or, à la bordure endent de mesme.

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GEorge Talbot, the fourth Earle of Shrewsbury, vpon whose Toombe at Sheffield, he is stiled Earle of Shrews∣bury, Weshford and Waterford, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, and Knight of the honourable Or∣der of the Garter. This George, being but twenty yeares of age, was at the battaile of Stoke, where hee fought manfully, in the behalfe of King Henry the seuenth, who made him Knight of the Order of the Garter; and after he was made Steward of the house to King Henry the eight, and Generall of the Army at the siedge of Turwin. 1513. He married two wiues, the first was Anne, daughter of William Lord Hastings, Chamberlaine to king Edward the fourth, by whom he had issue, Henry Lord Talbot, that dyed without issue, and was buried at Calke Priory; Francis Lord Talbot, and Earle of Shrewsbury after his Father; Iohn, and Iohn, both borne, & buried at Ashby de la Zouche; William Talbot fift sonne, borne at Sheffield; Ri∣chard Talbot sixt sonne, borne at Chelsey: and fiue daughters; Margaret, married to Henry Clifford Earle of Cumberland; Anne and Dorothy, both borne at Wing∣field; Mary, wife to Henry Percy Earle of Northumberland; and Elizabeth the fift daughter, was married vnto William Lord Dacres of Gillesland. This Georges second wife, was Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heyres of Richard Walden, of Erith in Kent knight; of whom he begot Iohn, that dyed young, and Anne, married to Peter Compton, sonne and heyre of Sir William Compton knight; and after to William Herbert Earle of Penbroke. This George dyed at Wingfield, the 26. of Iuly, 1538. and was honourably buried by his first wife, at Sheffield.

Et portoit, de gueulles au lyon rampant d'or, à la bordure endenté de me••me.

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FRancis Talbot, sonne and heyre of George, was borne in the Castle of Sheffield, in the yeare, 1500. the 16. of king Hen∣ry the seuenth, and was the fift Earle of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakemer, & knight of the Garter. He married two wiues, the first was Mary, daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland, by whom he had issue, George Lord Talbot, and sixt Earle of Shrewsbury; Thomas Talbot that dyed at Sheffield without issue, the 25. of king Henry the eight; and Anne, first married to Iohn Lord Bray, and after to Thomas Lord Wharton, and dyed without issue. His second wife was Grace, daughter of Robert Shacker∣ley of Derbishire Esquire. He dyed the 21. of September, the second of Queene Elizabeth, and was buried at Sheffield, in the yeare, 15••9.

Et portoit, les armoities de son pere.

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GEorge Talbot, sixt Earle of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Fur∣niuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, sonne and heyre of Francis aforesaid, was made Knight of the Garter, in the third yeare of Queene Elizabeth; and at the arraign∣ment of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke, Lord Steward of England, and presently after Earle Marshall of England. He married two wiues, the first was Gertrude, daughter of Tho∣mas Mannors Earle of Rutland, by whom he had issue, Fran∣cis Lord Talbot, that dyed before his Father without issue; Gilbert second sonne, was after his Father, Earle of Shrews∣bury, and dyed without issue male; Edward the third sonne, was after his Brother Gilbert, also Earle of Shrewsbury, and dyed without issue; Henry Talbot the fourth sonne. Katherine Talbot the eldest daughter, was married to Henry Lord Herbert, after Earle of Penbroke, but had no issue; Mary the second daughter, was married to George Sauell, sonne of Hen∣ry Sauell of Barraby in Lincolnshire; and Grace the third daughter, was married to Sir Henry Cauendish knight, sonne and heyre of William Cauendish of Chattes∣worth knight. This George his second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Iohn Hard∣wike, of Hardwike in Derbishire Esquire, by whom he had no issue. He dyed on Wednesday, the 18. of Nouember, in the Castle of Sheffield, and was buried the 13. of Ianuary, at Sheffield, 1590.

Et portoit, de gueulles, au lyon rampant d'or, à la bordure endente de me sme.

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GIlbert Talbot, the seuenth Earle of Shrewsbury of this Fa∣mily, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blakmer, succeeded his Father George, and married Mary, daughter of Sir William Cauendish of Chatsworth, and had issue, three daughters his heyres; Mary the eldest, was mar∣ried to William Lord Herbert of Caerdiffe in Wales, and Earle of Penbroke; Elizabeth, married to Sir Henry Grey Lord of Ruthin, sonne and heyre of Charles now Earle of Kent, 1618. Alithea the third daughter, was married to Thomas Howard, now Earle of Arundell, 1618. This Gilbert dyed at his house in Broad-streete in London, and was conuayed to Sheffield, & there most honourably buried, being Knight and Companion of the Noble Order of the Garter, and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Counsell, 1618.

Et portoit, les armes de son pere.

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EDward Talbot, second sonne of George, and brother and heyre male of Gilbert aforesaid, was the eight Earle of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Verdon, and Strange of Blackmer. He married Ioane, eldest daughter and co-heyre of Cuthbert Lord Ogle, by whom he left no issue. Hee dyed in London, and his body was priuately buried at Westminster, 1618.

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GEorge Talbot, sonne and heyre of Iohn Talbot of Grafton Esquire, by Ratherine his wife, daughter of Sir William Peter, of Ingerston in Essex Knight, heyre male of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton, knight of the Garter and Bannaret, second sonne of Iohn Lord Talbot, second Earle of Shrewsbury; after the death of Gilbert and Edward, Earles of Shrewsbury afore∣said, without issue male; was by King Iames, 1618. admitted the ninth Earle of Shrewsbury, Lord Talbot, Furniuall, Ver∣don, and Strange of Blackmer.

Et portoit, de gueulles ••u lyon rampant d'or à la bordure endente de mesme.