A genealogical history of the kings of England, and monarchs of Great Britain, &c. from the conquest, anno 1066 to the year, 1677 in seven parts or books, containing a discourse of their several lives, marriages, and issues, times of birth, death, places of burial, and monumental inscriptions : with their effigies, seals, tombs, cenotaphs, devises, arms, quarterings, crests, and supporters : all engraven in copper plates / furnished with several remarques and annotations by Francis Sanford, Esq. ...

12. RICHARD DUKE of YORK, EARL of CAMBRIDGE, ƲLSTER, MARCH, and RƲTLAND, LORD of WIGMORE and CLARE, LIEUTENANT of the KINGDOM of FRANCE, and DUKE∣DOM of NORMANDY, and KNIGHT of the GARTER. (Book 4)

CHAP. IV. (Book 4)

HE was the onely son of Richard of Conings∣borow,* 1.1* 1.2 Earl of Cambridge, and Anne Morti∣mer his Wife, Sister and Heir of Edmond Earl of March; by his Fathers side derived from Edmond Duke of York, fifth son of King Edward III. and by his Mothers, from Li∣onel Duke of Clarence, third son of that King; who, notwithstanding his said Father died for Treason against Henry V. was by King Henry VI. his son, in a Parliament held at Leicester, in the fourth year of his Reign,* 1.3 restored to the

Dignities of Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge and Rutland, and Lord of Tindal; which Honours had fallen to him after the death of Edward Duke of York his Uncle,* 1.4 slain at the famous Battel of Agincourt without Issue: a great error in King Henry's Coun∣cils to agrandize him, who, by the acquisition of the Earldoms of March and Ʋlster, and the Lordships of Wigmore, Clare, Trim and Conaught (falling to him as next heir, after the death of his Uncle Edmond Mortimer Earl of March, deceasing also issueless, in the third year of Henry VI.) An. 1424. had not onely these Honours heap'd upon him, but was also thereby furnished with a Title to the Crown, in the right of Anne Mortimer his Mother, sister to the said Earl.

* 1.5But wanting power to put that Title in dispute,* 1.6 he marries Ce∣cilie Nevil,* 1.7 the youngest daughter of Ralph Earl of Westmer∣land, and Joane Beaufort his second Wife, a daughter of John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster; by which Match the Duke of York became related to most of the greatest Nobility of the Kingdom, but nearly allied to the uumerous and flourishing Family of Ne∣vil: for this Cecilie had to her Brothers, Richard Nevil Earl of Sa∣lisbury (father of Richard Earl of Warwick, called Make-king) William Nevil Lord Fauconberg, George Nevil Lord Latimer, Ed∣ward Nevil Lord Bergavenny, and Robert Nevil Bishop of Dur∣ham; and to her half Brothers, Ralph Nevil Earl of Westmer∣land, and Nevil Lord of Ousley; by whose assistance he was enabled to bandy for the Crown against the House of Lancaster.

The Duchess of York,* 1.8 Cecilie Nevil, outlived Duke Richard 35 years, and then deceasing in the Castle of Barkhamsted, on the last day of May, An. 1495. An. 10 H. 7. she was (according to her Testament dated the first of April,* 1.9 An 10 H. 7.) buried by the Body of her Husband, in the Colledge of Fodringhay; her Arms Impaled with the Dukes, Ensigned with a Coronet, and Supported with two Angels, standing upon as many Roses within the Rayes of the Sun, were carved in a Niche, upon the South-East Piller of St Bennets Steeple near Pauls Wharfe, according to the ensuing Figure, which I caused to be delineated before the late Conflagration of London, An. 1666. see the following page.

Upon the passage of King Henry VI. into France,* 1.10 to receive that Crown, he assigned by Patent to this Richard the Constableship of England in the absence of John Duke of Bedford, which gave him a more feeling of greatness;* 1.11 and after the death of the said Duke of Bedford, he (with Edmond Beaufort Duke of Somerset) succeeded in the Regency of France,* 1.12 An. 1435. In the 18th of Hen∣ry VI. he was constituted Lieutenant and Captain General of all France, whose advancement to that great command is oppo∣sed

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Nobili et Egregio Vito Domino RO∣BERTO LONG Baronetto nec non Se∣renissimo Domino Regi CAROLO 2•••• Receptae S••accarij Auditori; Haec CECILIAE DUCISSAE EBORACE. SIS Insignia D.D.D.F.S.

by the said Edmond Duke of Somerset; by which, though he had better foresight than the Protector Glocester, and all the Coun∣sel of England, yet his opposition proved unseasonable and fruitless; for York's behaviour had won so many friends about the King, whom he meant by embracing to pull down, that notwithstanding the disadvantage of his Title, which alone was a great cause to have made him everlastingly incapable of so great power and trust, he prevailed: But in this great command of Regent, it is not Duke Richard's design (if he had been able) to effect much as to the reducing of France, but to keep the two Kings in so equal ballance, that that Kingdom might be in perpetual want of sup∣plies; under colour of which Armies would be raising, which he, as he found opportunity might make use of; but all his ill successes were laid upon the Duke of Somerset, who, upon all occasions was his Rival, and the Person that not long after got the Regency of France over his head.

After this the Duke of Glocester is privately made away by the procurement of Queen Margaret, so that York is rid of one of those mighty Pillars that supported the House of Lancaster, and had occasion ministred of impeing more Feathers into his aspiring

Wings; for Ireland being in a tumult, he is constituted Lieute∣nant thereof, An. 26 H. 6. during the space of ten years; and thither passes,* 1.13 where he not onely appeaseth that Nation, but wins such favor among them,* 1.14 as never could be separated from his Family. York thus strengthened, declares his Royal Title to his Friends, and several Governors of Cities and Towns, and creates so great a faction among the Commons, that he procures the ba∣nishment of William de la Pole Duke of Suffolke, Queen Marga∣rets great Favourite, who in his passage for France is wickedly mur∣thered: This was followed by the Insurrection in Kent,* 1.15 under the conduct of Cade, one of the Duke of Yorks Firebrands (cal∣ling himself Mortimer) who after the perpetration of many villa∣nies, had the reward of his Treason, his head set Sentinel upon London Bridge.

Things succeeding thus, Richard Duke of York arrives out of Ireland, and consults with his Brother-in-Law Richard Nevil Earl of Salisbury, his son Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick (which three,* 1.16 were by King Henry's party called the Triumvirate) Thomas Courtney Earl of Devon, Edmond Brook Lord Cobham, and others, how to obtain the Crown:* 1.17 and finding that Suffolke perished in vain if Somerset enjoyed the same grace and favor with King Hen∣ry, they are resolved to remove this great obstacle, and there∣fore take Arms, under pretence, (as most 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 issues forth a Proclamation, in which he offers to swear upon the Blessed 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 Somerset) sees the Snake through the Grass, and therefore resolves to teach the Duke his duty by force; whereupon an Army is raised to attend York's mo∣tion, who now not having London his friend, encamps upon Brent Heath in Kent;* 1.18 and King Henry pitches his Pavilion on Black Heath; but instead of blows, by the mediation of friends sent betwixt the two Camps, a reconciliation is made; whereupon the Duke pretends Loyalty, and the easie King embraces him as his loving Subject; upon this capitulation, to satisfie York, Somer∣set is confined Prisoner to his own House, and York is to disband his Army; which being done, York exhibits a great complaint against the pride and avarice of the Duke of Somerset, and Somer∣set face to face boldly accuseth the Duke of York of High Trea∣son, as having conspired to depose the King, and take upon him the Soveraignty, vehemently urging that York might be commit∣ted and arraigned, that by his deserved death, and the disinabling of his Sons, Civil War might be extinguished; finally praying that God would not suffer Enemy of the Kingdom to escape the hand of Justice. This in all likelihood had been effected, but that the publick Faith stood ingaged for the Dukes indemnity, he ha∣ving come in upon the Kings Word, and York's death would now

have seemed rather effected to gratifie Somerset's revenge, than to secure the Peace of the Kingdom; besides, Edward Earl of March the Dukes eldest son, was reported to be in the head of an Army of Welsh to succor his Father: upon these, and other reasons, the Duke of York is no longer restrained, as upon Somerset's most weighty reasons he had been; who,* 1.19 to assure the indulgent King of his Allegeance, makes his submission, and solemnly takes his Oath, to be a true, faithful, and obedient Subject, in the Cathedral of St Paul, the King and most of the Nobility being present; which Oath he also took at Westminster, Coventry, and other places.

And upon this, ruleing all at Court, he takes advantage of the Kings sickness at Sunnings,* 1.20 to cause Somerset to be arrested in the Queens Chamber at Westminster, and sent to the Tower of Lon∣don; but upon his recovery, Somerset is set at liberty, and made Captain of Calais: hereupon York and his Adherents levy an Army about the Marches of Wales, with which they make way towards London; the object of Pretenders. King Henry with an∣other Force gives him Battel at St Albans,* 1.21 upon the 22. day of May 1455. where the King looses the day,* 1.22 and is made Prisoner, and Somerset,* 1.23 Northumberland, Stafford, and Clifford are slain. Not long after, a Parliament is called,* 1.24 in which Richard Duke of York is constituted Protector and Defender of the Church of Eng∣land, and the Kings principal Counsellor, till Edward the Kings eldest Son should arrive at the years of discretion; from which high Offices he is shortly after degraded.* 1.25 This was followed by Blore-field (near Drayton in Shropshire) disputed by the Earl of Salisbury,* 1.26 on the Duke's part, and by the Lord Audley for the King, who there lost his life, and the Victory to the Yorkists; whereupon the Kings Army approaches that of the Duke near Ludlowe, but finding himself too weak, both in number, and by reason of the revolt of Trollop, who discovered his designs, pro∣vides for his safety by flight into Ireland, and then in Parliament,* 1.27 he, with his son the Earl of March, and others, are Proclaimed Traytors.

The Earls of March, Salisbury and Warwick, from Calais ar∣rive in Kent,* 1.28 and raise Forces,* 1.29 with which they fight the King at Northampton (on the 9th of July. An. 38 H. 6.1460.) where he is the second time made Prisoner, and the Earls continue their ad∣mirable hypocrisies. The Duke of York returns out of Ireland, whither he had fled, claims the Crown, which he publisheth in Parliament, together with his Pedigree, and sets himself in the Royal Seat, where after several allegations on the part of the Duke, and also of King Henry,* 1.30 the Parliament conclude that Henry should Reign during life, the remainder to rest in Richard Duke of York, and the Heirs of his Body in general Tail; who is thereupon pro∣claimed heir apparent to the Crown, and Protector of England.

Queen Margaret, who with young Prince Edward her son,* 1.31 had fled Northward, and was not consenting to this Act, forms an Army of Northern Men Scots and Irish, to the number of 18000,

under the leading of the Dukes of Somerset and Exceter, and marches towards London, against whom goes the Duke of York, with the Earl of Salisbury; who advancing near the Queens Ar∣my, sound himself far our-numbred by the Enemy, (he ha∣ving in his Army not above Five thousand) and therefore is ad∣vised by Salisbury to retire, and attend the coming of the Earl of March his son,* 1.32 who was gathering a good Army on the Borders of Wales;* 1.33 but the Pride of his former Victory made him deaf to all counsel of declining the Battel; and so preci∣pitated by his own destiny, from Sandal Castle he marches to Wakefield Green, where the Lord Clifford on the one side, and the Earl of Wil••shire on the other, where placed in ambush. The Duke of York supposing that Somerset 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 Ambuscadoes,* 1.34 they on both sides broke out upon him,* 1.35 and slew him, with 3000 of his Soldiers: the rest fled,* 1.36 Salisbury is taken Prisoner, and harmless Rutland, York's younger son (who came thither onely to see fashions) not aged 12 years, is made a sacri∣fice to his Fathers transgression. Thus died Richard Duke of York, on the last day of December, 1460. in the prosecution of a Gol∣den Diademe (by Fate ordained for his son, the revenger of his death) whose Head crowned onely with a Paper one, is presen∣ted to Queen Margaret, who makes her self merry with that gastly and bloody spectacle, of whom it was said by the beforementi∣oned Duke of Somerset, his greatest Antagonist, That if he had not learned to play the King by his Regency in France, he had never forgot to obey as a Subject, when he returned into England. Salis∣bury's Head also in cold blood being separated from his Body, is with the Dukes and others set upon Poles, and placedon the walls of York

These Heads were taken down by King Edward his son, imme∣diately after his great Victory at Towton,* 1.37 and the Duke his Fa∣thers Head buried with his Trunck, and the Corps of his son Ed∣mond Earl of Rutland at Ponfract;* 1.38 from whence their Bones by the said Kings command, were with great solemnity afterwards re∣moved and interred at Fotheringhay. In order to which, upon the 22 of July,* 1.39 1466. the said Bones were put into a Chariot, covered with black Velvet, richly wrapped in Cloath of Gold and Royal Habit;* 1.40 at whose feet stood a white Angel, bearing a Crown of Gold, to signifie, that of right he was King. The Chariot had seven Horses,* 1.41 trapped to the ground, and covered with black, charged with Escocheons of the said Princes Arms; every Horse carried a Man, and upon the foremost rode Sir John Skipwith, who bore the Princes Banner displayed. The Bishops and Ab∣bots went two or three Miles before, to prepare the Churches for the reception of the Prince, in Pontificalibus. Richard Duke of Glocester followed next after the Corps, accompanied with a num∣ber of Nobles, the Officers of Arms being also present. In this equipage they parted from Ponfract, and that night rested at Don∣caster,

caster, where they were received by the Convent of Cordeliers in gray Habit; from thence by journeys to Bleide, to Touxford in the Clay, to Newarke, to Grantham, to Stamford, and from thence on Monday the 29th of July, to Fodringhay, where they arrived be∣twixt two and three of the clock in the afternnon, where the Bo∣dies were received by several Bishops and Abbots in Potificalibus, and supported by twelve Servants of the defunct Prince.

At the entry of the Church-yard, was the King, accompanied with several 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 Herse covered with black, furnished with a great number of Banners, Bannerolls and Pencills, and under the said Herse were the Bones of the said Prince and his Son Edmond.* 1.42 The Queen and her two daughters were present also in black, at∣tended by several Ladies and Gentlewomen. Item, over the Image was a Cloath of Majesty of black Sarcenet, with the Fi∣gure of our Lord sitting on a Rainbowe, beaten in Gold, having on every corner a Scocheon of his Arms of France and England, quarterly, with a Vallence about the Herse also of black Sarce∣net, fringed half a yard deep, and beaten with three Angels of Gold, holding the Arms within a* 1.43 Garter, in every part above the Herse.

Upon the 30th of July, several Masses were said, and then at the Offertory of the Mass of Requiem, the King offered for the said Prince his Father, and the Queen and her two daughters, and the Countess 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, Windsor Herald of Arms of England, and Ravendon Herald of Scotland,* 1.44 offered the Helmet, and Mr de Ferrys the Harness and Courser.

The Bones of the Duke of York and of his Son the Earl of Rut∣land, with the Body of Duchess Cecilie lapped in Lead, being re∣moved out of Fotheringhay Church-yard (for the Chancel in the Choire where they were first laid, in that fury of knocking Churches and Sacred Monuments in the head, was also felled to the ground) were buried in the Church by the commandment of Queen Elizabeth, and a mean Monument of Plaister, wrought with the Trowel erected over them, very unbefitting so great Princes.* 1.45

Mr Crenso, a Gentleman who dwelt in the Colledge at the same time, told my Author, that their Coffins being opened, their Bo∣dies appeared very plainly to be discovered, and withal, that the Duchess Cecily had about her Neck, hanging on a Silk Riband, a Pardon from Rome, which penned in a fine Roman Hand, was as fair and fresh to be read, as if it had been written but the day before.

Chidren of RICHARD Duke of York, by CECILY NEVIL his Wife

13.HENRY of YORK, eldest Son of Richard Duke of York, deceased, being very young; we may suppose that King Henry VI. was his Godfather.

13.EDWARD of YORK, Earl of March, &c. second son of Duke Richard, deposed King Henry VI. and was King of England, by the name of Edward IV. whose History fol∣loweth in the fifth Chapter of this fifth Book.

13.EDMOND of YORK,* 1.46 Earl of Rutland (third son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevil) being of the age of about 12 years,* 1.47 was slain with his said Father at the Battel of Wakefield, on the last day of December, An. 1460.39 H. 6. where (notwithstanding he fell down upon his knees desiring mercy) he was cruelly stabbed to the heart by John Lord Clif∣ford of Westmorland, who overtook him flying: in part of revenge he said, for that this Earls Father had slain his; a deed which much blemished the Author. But who can promise any thing tem∣perate of himself in the heat of martial sury, where it was re∣solved not to leave any Branch of the Yorkish Tree standing. His Corps, was buried at Pontfract, and afterwards An. 6th of King Edward IV. his Brother,* 1.48 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 son, and deceased both young.

13.JOHN of YORK, fifth son of Richard Duke of York.

13.GEORGE of YORK, Duke of Clarence, sixth son of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevil; of whom see more in the eighth Chapter of this fifth Book.

13.THOMAS of YORK, seventh son, deceased in his Infancy.

13.RICHARD of YORK, Duke of Glocester, eighth and youngest son of Richard Duke of York, and Cecily Nevil his Wife, caused his Nephews King Edward V. and Richard Duke of York, to be murthered, and usurped the Crown, by the Title of Richard III. vide his Story in Chap. 7.

13.ANNE of YORK,* 1.49 Duchess of Exceter,* 1.50 eldest daugh∣ter of Richard Duke of York, was first married to Henry Holand (son of John Duke of Exceter) to whom King Henry VI. was Godfather,* 1.51 and granted to this Henry and his said Father and the longer liver of them two,* 1.52 the Office of Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine for term of life, by Patent dated the 14th of February, An. 24th of Henry VI. Upon the 7th of August, in the 29th year of the said Kings Reign,* 1.53 James Lord Say the Kings Chamberlain had the Office of Constable of the Tower

of London, granted unto him during the minority of this Henry Holand,* 1.54 who much about the same time espoused this Lady Anne.

Afterwards, in the 38th of Henry VI. he was stiled Henricus Dux Exon: Comes Hunt: et de Ivory, Admirallus Angl: Hibern: et Aquitanie, Dominus de la Sparr, ac Conestab: Turris Lond: He lived in great reputation as long as the Lancastrians bore the sway; but King Henry VI. being deposed, this Duke of Ex∣ceter was reduced to so great want,* 1.55 that he was forced to re∣ceive a small Pention from the Duke of Burgundy his Wifes Brother in Law; but King Henry VI. being again restored, and the Title to the Crown laid upon the success of Barnet-field (where this Duke of Exceter and Richard Nevil Earl of War∣wick had the leading of the left Wing) he behaved himself with much courage against Edward IV. and in battel was un∣horsed and left for dead,* 1.56 where in his bleeding wounds he lay most part of that day; but yet recovering, and getting to West∣minster, he there took sanctuary to save his life, for which he became Suitor unto the King: but his Wife the Lady Anne, now King Edwards Sister, sued as earnestly for a divorce; which with great instancy she at last obtained against him,* 1.57 the 12th of November, 1472. An. 12 E. 4. How he released himself from the Kings anger is unknown, and how he came by his death is as uncertain, for his Body was found cast upon the shore of Kent, as if he had perished by Shipwrack,* 1.58 in the 13th year of Edward IV. having had by Lady Anne his Duchess, a daughter named also Anne, who died in the life-time of her Mother.

* 1.59 The second Husband of Anne of York Duchess of Exceter, was Sir Thomas St Leoger Kt. with whom she lived but two years after the death of her former Husband:* 1.60 for she deceased upon the 14th day of January, 1475,* 1.61 An. 15 E. 4. leaving by him a daughter also named Anne.* 1.62 This Sir Thomas founded a Chantry in the North Cross of the Royal Chappel of St George in Windsor Castle, with two Priests to say Mass,* 1.63 for the Souls of Anne his Wife, and himself, &c. where he lieth inter∣red, with this Memorial on a Plate of Brass affixed to the Wall, containing their Pictures kneeling, Arms and Epitaph, drawn from the original in the Month of June, 1665, and represen∣ted in the following Figure.

* 1.64 Anne St Leoger Lady Roos, onely daughter and heir of Sir Thomas St Leoger Kt. and Anne his Wife:* 1.65 daughter of Richard Duke of York, sister to King Edward IV. and Widdow of Henry Duke of Exceter,* 1.66 was married to Sir George Manners Lord Roos; who, with his said Wife, lieth intombed in the North-Cross of St George's Chappel in Windsor Castle, with this Epi∣taph, Here lyethe buried George Maners Knyght, Lorde Roos, who decesed the xxiii daye of Octobre,

in the yere of our Lorde God M. Uc. xiii. and Ladye Anne his Wife, daughter of Anne Duchess of Exe∣tur, suster unto Kyng Edward the fourthe, and of Thomas Sentlynger Knyght. The whyche Anne de∣ceited the xxii day of Aprill, in the yere of our Lord God M. Uc. xxvi. on whose soulls God have mercy A∣men. This George Lord Roos and Lady Anne his Wife, had Issue, Thomas Mannors, Earl of Rutland, the first of that Sur∣name, so created by King Henry VIII. upon the 28th of June,* 1.67 An. 17 H. 8. who augmented his antient Arms (in regard that he was descended from a sister of King Edward IV.) which were,* 1.68 Gold, two barrs Azure, and a Chief, Gules, (as you may observe upon his Fathers Tomb in St George's Chappel in Wind∣sor Castle) A chief quarterly, Azure and Gules, on the first two Flowers de Lize, Or: in the second, a Lyon passant guardant, Gold, the third as the second, the fourth as the first.

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MEA GLORIA FIDES

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Honoratissimo et Nobilissimo Domino. D. EDWARDO Baroni ROCKINGHAM de ROCKINGHAM Hac ANNAE EXONIAE Ducissae, et THOMAE de SANCTO-LEODOGARO militis. Consortis ejusdem Iconia. H.D.F.S.

Wythin this Chappell lyeth buried Anne Duches of Exetor sustor unto the noble King Edward the forte and also the body of Syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hath fonde wythi this College a chauntre wyth two presins sygyng for eumore on whose soule god bane mercy The which Anne duches dyed in the yere of our Lord Athousande CCCC lxxv, the dīucall letter S primū S xiiii xi daye of January.

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This Thomas the first Earl of Rutland, espoused Eleanor daughter of Sir William Paston of Norfolk Kt. and they had Issue two sons,* 1.69* 1.70 Henry and Sir John Maners Kt. Henry Maners was second Earl of Rutland, and by his Wife Margaret daugh∣ter of Ralph Nevil, the fourth Farl of Westmorland, was Fa∣ther of Edward and John.* 1.71* 1.72 Edward succeeded his Father in the Dignities of Earl of Rutland, Lord Roos of Hamlake, Trusbut and Belvoir;* 1.73 and by Issabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Halcroft of Vale Royal in Cheshire, had his only Child, named Elizabeth, who being married to William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, son and heir apparent of Thomas Earl of Exceter,* 1.74 had Issue Wil∣liam Cecil called Lord Ros, who died in Italy An. 1618. unmarried.

John, son of Earl Henry,* 1.75 and younger Brother of Edward Earl of Rutland (who died without Issue Male as aforesaid) was the fourth Earl of Rutland. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley in the County of Sa∣lop Esq and their sons were, Roger, Francis and George, all three Earls of Rutland.* 1.76 Roger the eldest son was fifth Earl of Rutland,* 1.77 and having married Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Sir Philip Sydney Kt. died sans Issue.

Francis Maners brother of Roger,* 1.78 was the sixth Earl of Rut∣land,* 1.79 Lord Ros of Hamlake, Trusbut and Belvoir. He espou∣sed Frances daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Knyvet of Charl∣ton Kt. and had Issue their onely child named Katherine, mar∣ried to George Villers Duke of Buckingham,* 1.80 and they were Father and Mother of George the present Duke of Buckingham, and Mary Duchess Dowager of Richmond, now living, An. 1676.* 1.81 George Maners, third son of John, succeeded his brother Francis (deceasing without Issue Male) and was the seventh and last Earl of Rutland of this Line (dying without Issue by his Wife Frances,* 1.82 daughter of Sir Edward Cary of Aldenham in Buckingham∣shire Kt.) so that the Earldom of Rutland came to another Branch of this Family.

Note therefore, That Thomas Maners the first Earl of Rut∣land, besides Earl Henry that succeeded him,* 1.83 had Issue Sir John Maners Kt. who marrying Dorothy,* 1.84 daughter and coheir of Sir George Vernon of Haddon in Derby shire Kt. had Issue 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 Issue,* 1.85 John Maners Earl of Rutland, Lord Ros of Ham∣lake, Trusbut and Belvoir, now living, 1675. His Wife was Frances daughter of Edward Lord Mountagu of Boughton in Northamptonshire, and they had Issue (besides several daugh∣ters) John Lord Ros, who is now married to his third Wife, Katherine the daughter of Baptist Viscount Campden.

13.ELIZABETH of YORK,* 1.86 Duchess of Suffolke,* 1.87 second daughter of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevil, was espoused to John de la Pole Duke of Suffolke (son of William

Duke of Suffolke, by Alice his Wife, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Chancer Kt. son of Sir Geoffry Chancer the famous Eng∣lish Poet, buried at Westminster) to whom, and the heirs male of his Body King Edward IV. by Letters Patent bearing date the 23 of March,* 1.88 An. 3 Ed. 4. confirmed the name, stile, title and honour of Duke of Suffolke, his Father having been crea∣ted Duke of the same place by King Henry VI. Then, in the 18th year of Edward IV. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland,* 1.89 for the space of 20 years; and An. 1 H. 7. had gran∣ted to him the Office of Constable of Wallingford Castle. He departed this life in the year 1491. An 7 H. 7. and was interred in the Collegiate Church at Wing field,* 1.90 leaving Issue by Eliza∣beth his Wife,* 1.91 five sons and four daughters,* 1.92 viz. John de la Pole Earl of Lincolne eldest son, who was by Letters Patent da∣ted the 13th of March, An. 7 Ed. 4 created Earl of Lincolne; which honour (upon the loss of his former Patents) was re∣granted unto him the 4th of July, An. 8 Ed. 4. being the year next following;* 1.93 which Patents were followed with a confir∣mation of King Richard III. on the 14th of February, An. 1 R. 3.* 1.94 This Earl John married Margaret Fitz-Alan, daugh∣ter of Thomas Earl of Arundel, and was slain (without Issue) at the Battel of Stoke in the County of Nottingham, taking part with Martin Swarth against King Henry VII. on the 20th day of June,* 1.95 and second year of the said Kings Reign, 1487.

Edmond de la Pole Earl of Suffolke, second son of John Duke of Suffolke and Elizabeth of York,* 1.96 was the last Earl of Suffolke of this Family (a bold, stout and couragious Man, but very intemperate in his anger) he happened to kill a mean Man;* 1.97 which fact King Henry VII. pardoned, but yet suffered him to be arraigned for the same; which this Edmond took so ill, that he shortly after departed the Realm, without the Kings leave, and went into Flanders to his Aunt Margaret Duchess of Burgundy; but upon his return,* 1.98 so excused himself, 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 busied with delights,* 1.99 he, with his brother Richard depar∣ted the second time into Flanders, against the Kings Will and Knowledge,* 1.100 where he remained as an Exile; but hearing that some of his friends were put to death, and others committed to perpetual imprisonment, he wandred up and down, both in France and Germany;* 1.101 where finding no place of rest or safety, he yielded himself into the hands of Philip Duke of Burgundy and Earl of Flanders, and was at last brought into England, and beheaded on Tower Hill for Treason, on the 5th of April, in the year 1513. An. 5 H. 8. His Wife was Margaret daughter of Richard Lord Scroope, by whom he had Issue a daughter named Anne, a Nun in the Minoresses without Aldgate in the Suburbs of London.

Humphrey de la Pole, third son of John Duke of Suffolke and Elizabeth of York, was of the Church. Edward fourth son, was Archdeacon of Richmond. Richard fifth son, was slain at the Battel of Pavie in Italy, fought An. 1525. Kathe∣rine de la Pole eldest daughter, was married to William Lord Stourton. Anne second daughter, a Nun at Syon. Dorothy third daughter: and Elizabeth fourth daughter, was the Wife of Henry Lovell Lord Morley.

13.* 1.102 MARGARET of YORK, Duchess of Burgundy, the third daughter of Richard Duke of York and Cecily Nevil,* 1.103 was the third Wife of Charles the last Duke of Burgundy of the French Line, married unto him in the City of Dame, by the Bishop of Salisbury, upon the 9th day of July, being Sunday,* 1.104 in the 8th year of King Edward IV. her Brother, An. 1468. by whom she had not any Issue.

This Charles was a great assistant to King Edward IV. his Brother-in Law, being expelled his Kingdom by King Hen∣ry VI. and was lastly slain at Nancy, upon the fifth day of Janu∣ary, 1477. His Body was honourably buried in St George's Church there, where he had erected for him a magnificent Se∣pulcher, with his Effigies placed thereon, done to the life, the Monument being circumscribed with this Epitaph.

Le pacis pinguit, te teduit atque quietis CAROLE, sicque jacis? jamque quiesce tibi.

Afterwards, in the year 1553. the Emperor Charles V. cau∣sed the Body of this Charles to be removed from Nancy to the Church of our Lady at Bruges, and to be deposited in the Se∣pulcher of Mary of Burgundy his only daughter, before the high Altar.* 1.105 The Duchess Margaret out-lived her Husband many years, in which she was an unwearied assertor of her own Family (the House of York) against King Henry VII. and the forger of those counterfet Plantagenets, Perkin and Lam∣bert, that so disquieted the Government of England: insomuch that the Kings friends called her Juno, being to King Henry as Juno was to Aeneas, stirring both Heaven and Earth against him.

In the year 1500 she 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; and An. 1503. she departed this life at Malines, where she was interred in the Church of the Cordeliers.

13. ƲRSƲLA of YORK, fourth daughter of Richard Duke of York; of whom no other mention is made, than of her name.

Notes

• * 1.1

  I find that this Richard Duke of York used two several Seals, the im∣pression of the first being of red Wax (now in the possession of the Right Ho∣nourable Ro∣bert Viscount Yarmouth) con∣tains his A∣chievement, viz. upon a Shield hang∣ing corner∣ways, France and England quarterly, a Label of 3 points charged with 9 Torteaux, upon his Helmet, mantling, and Chapeau doubled Ermine, stands his Crest, being a Lyon passant guardant, crowned, and gorged with a Label of his Arms; all, betwixt two Ostrich Feathers and as many Scroles; and in the Circle thereof, hath this Inscription, Sigistum ricardi ducis ebor: romitis marthie et ultrome domini de colignemore et de clare, (vide p. 352.) It is affixed to his Grant of 20 l. per an∣num, to Sir John Fastolff Kt. Pro notabili & laudabili servicio ac bono consilio, &c. bearing date at London 12 May. An. 19 H. 6. the very next year after this Richard had the Regency of France; for besides those Titles of inheri∣tance circumscribed on his Seal, He is in his Grant stiled, Locumtenens generalis & gubernator Regni Francie & Duca∣tus Normanie; by which it appears, that he had not then a Seal as Lieutenant General of France, &c.

  But An. 1442. which was the 20th of H. 6. being the following year, a Seal of his Regency was provided, circum∣scribed, Sigilum ricardi ducis ebor: tomitis marche tocumtenenris generalis er gubernatoris regni Francie et ducatus normannie. The Shield of the Duke therein hangs in the same manner as that in the first Seal, and contains the same charge, but differs somewhat in the form. The Healme, Lambrequin and Crest agree therewith also. But here is added Supporters to the Arms, viz. on the right side a Faulcon with Bells, which within the Fetterlock, was the Devise of Tork, and on the left side with the Lyon of the Earldom of March. On cach side the Crest, is a Fetter∣lock, and beneath the Shield two Branches of Roses, and behind the Supporters as many Feathers and Scroles (seo page 352.) This Seal is fixed to two Instruments in French, the one dated, An. 1442. and the other 1445. the former Registred in the Colledge of Arms C. 10. p. 83. where he writes himself, Nous Richard Due de York, Lieutenant et Go∣verour General pour le Roy mon Soveraigne Seigneur de ses Royaume de France & Duche de Normandy, &c. and the lat∣ter entred in a Book noted, B. 20. fol. 6. b. in the custody of H. St George Esq Richmond Herald; in which he is 0690 0716 V 3 Richart Due de York, Comte de la Marche et de Vulvestre Lieutenant General et Governeur de France et Normandy. Afterwards this Government ceasing, he had no further occasion for this Seal, but signed his Instruments, with the first, as appears by a Letter of Attorney dated 4. Octobris 27 H. 6. and an Indenture bearing date 3 December, An. 28 H. 6. betwixt him and James Earl of Desmond: in both which he used his former Titles, and first Seal.

  In a Book in the Colledge of Arms, marked M. 3. fol. 15. his Arms are thus Marshalled, viz. Quarterly of four, the first quarterly of France and England, over all, a Label of three points Argent, charged with nine Torteaux. 2. Castile and Leon, quarterly. 3. Mortimer and Burgh also quarterly; the fourth as the first: over all, Gules, three Lyons passant guardant Or, a Border Argent, Holand: being the Arms of his Grandmother Eleanor Countess of March, the sister and coheir of Edmond Holand Earl of Kent.

  His Figure in his baternal Coat-Armour, near as large as the life, stands neatly painted in an East-Window of the North Ile in Cirencester Church in Glocestershire, having on the Pomel of his Sword the Arms of Mortimer Earl of March; it may be thereby to signifie that although he was forced to use the Blade to dispute his right to the Crown, yet did he shroud himself under the Shield or Hilt of a good Title.

  At his Pompeous Funeral in the year 1466. An. 6 Ed. 4. his Father, his Chariot was adorned with the Royal Arms (within the Garter) having at the foot a white Angel bearing a Crown of Gold, to signifie that of right he was King, vide l. 3. p. 8. in Coll. Arm.
• * 1.2

  Catal. of Bob. by R. B.
• * 1.3

  The. Wal. p. 435. n. 10. 20.30.
• * 1.4

  Ese. an. 3. H. 5. m. 45.
• * 1.5

  Catal. of Nob. by R. E.
• * 1.6

  His Marriage
• * 1.7

  The Arms of Cicily Nevil Duchess of York, being Gules a Saltire Argent, were Impaled with those of her Husband, Richard Duke of York, in a Window of Hall at Fotheringhay in Northamp∣tonshire, being France and England quar∣terly, over all a Label of 3 points Argent, charged with 9 Torteaux.

  But in her Widdow∣hood, and in the third year of her son King Edward the Fourth's Reign, the said Saltire is Impaled in her Seal (ex∣hibited p. 352) with the Royal Arms. viz. France and England quar∣terly (without any distincti∣on, for which the same rea∣son may be gi∣ven, as was; for this Dukes having the Royal Crown born at his Funeral (vide l. 3. p. in Coll. Arm.) where my Voucher saith, That of right he was King, meaning Duke Richard. This Seal is annexed to her Letter of Attorney, in which she is stiled, Ce∣cilia prechristianissimi Principis Edwardi Dei Gracia Anglie et Francie Regis ac Domini Hibernie Mater, Ducissa Ebor. Penes E. Walker Mil. Gart. Prine. Regem Arm.

  The same Impalement was carved on the South-East Piller of St Bennets Steeple Pauls Wharfe (as I have noted in this Dukes History) Ensigned with a Coronet, composed of Trefoyls, and Pearls upon Points, supported by two An∣gels, standing upon as many Roses, within the Rayes of the Sun; which was the Devise of King Edward IV. after his Victory at Mortimers Cross in Herefordshire, and the death of this Richard Duke of York his Father, where three Suns are said to appear before the Battel. and to join in one; which from him hath been made use of by the succeeding Kings, as one of their Badges, as is evident in Windsor Castle, Westminster Abbey, and many other places.
• * 1.8

  Tho. Mil. p. 351.
• * 1.9

  Vox qu. 25.
• * 1.10

  Pat. 8. H. 6. p. 1. m. 7.
• * 1.11

  Pol. Virg. 483. n. 10.
• * 1.12

  Rot Fran. 18 H. 6. m. 10.
• * 1.13

  Pat. an. 26 H. 6.
• * 1.14

  Anno 1447.8.
• * 1.15

  Pol. Virg. 499. n. 20.
• * 1.16

  Ibid. n. 30.
• * 1.17

  Holingsh Chron. p. 637. n. 50.60.
• * 1.18

  Ibid. n. 30 & 40.
• * 1.19

  Ibid. n. 40.
• * 1.20

  Holingsh. ut supra 642. a. n. 10 & 29.
• * 1.21

  Battel of St Albans.
• * 1.22

  Ibid. 643. b. n. 10.
• * 1.23

  Anno 1445.
• * 1.24

  Pat. 34 H. 6. m. 7.
• * 1.25

  Holingsh. 649. n. 30 & 40.
• * 1.26

  Battel of Blore, 1458.
• * 1.27

  Ibid. n. 20 & 651. a. n. 60.
• * 1.28

  Battel of Nort∣hampton, 1460.
• * 1.29

  Holingsh. p. 654. a. & ibid. n. 20.
• * 1.30

  Ibid. 657. b. n. 10.
• * 1.31

  Ibid. 659. a. n. 30.40.50.
• * 1.32

  The Battel of Wakefield.
• * 1.33

  Anno 1460.
• * 1.34

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.35

  His death.
• * 1.36

  Anno 1460.
• * 1.37

  I. 11. p. 107. in Coll. Arm.
• * 1.38

  His solemn Burial at Fotheringhay.
• * 1.39

  I. 3. p. 8. ibidem.
• * 1.40

  I. 11. p. 107. in Coll. Arm.
• * 1.41

  I. 15. p. 207.
• * 1.42

  l. 3. p. 8. in Coll. Arm.
• * 1.43

  Note that the Arms of Richard Duke of York were placed within the Garter.
• * 1.44

  Henry Peacham his Com∣pleat Gen∣tleman p. 189.
• * 1.45

  Ibidem.
• * 1.46

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.47

  His Arms were set up in several Windows of Fotheringhay Castle, the Mansion-house of the Duke of York viz. Quarterly, the first quar∣terly, France and England, a Label of five points Argent, the two dexter Labels charged with as many Lyons rampant Purpure, and the three sini∣sters, with nine Torteaux He did bear, in the 2 and 3 quarters, the Arms of Burgh, viz. Or a Cross Gules; and in the fourth, the Coat of Mor∣timer. vide Peacham 3d Edition p. 188.
• * 1.48

  Henry Peacham, p. 139. in his Com∣pleat Gen∣tleman.
• * 1.49

  Esc. 15. Ed. 4. n. 36.
• * 1.50

  Henry Duke of Exceter, on his Seal (an∣nexed to an Indenture da∣ted the 9th day of April, an. 38 H. 6.) did bear in a Field (Gules) 3 Lyons passant guardant (Or) on a Border (Azure) eight Flowers de Lys (of the second.) Penes Guil. Pierpont Arm. M. S. 119. p. 58. The Arms of the Duchess Anne, were. Party per Pale, on the dexter-side France and England quarterly, and on the sinister Party per Fess, Burgh. and Mortimer. vide her Plate of Brass in the following page.
• * 1.51

  Claus. 16. E. 4. n. 10.
• * 1.52

  Pat. an. 24 H. 6.
• * 1.53

  Pat. 29. H. 5. p. 1. m.
• * 1.54

  Ibid.
• * 1.55

  Philip de Comines lib. 3. p. 73.
• * 1.56

  Stows An∣nals.
• * 1.57

  Ibidem.
• * 1.58

  Esc. an. 15 Ed. 4. n. 36.
• * 1.59

  Her second Marriage.
• * 1.60

  St Leoger did bear, Azure a Frett Argent, a Chief Or, and a Cressent for a diffe∣rence. Which charge ap∣peareth upon his Surcoat and Shield en∣graven on the Brass Tablet exhibited in the following page. In which are also the Arms of the Duchess, be∣ing, Parted per Pale, on the dexter-side, France and England quarterly, without any distinction; and on the sinister∣side, Party per Fess, Burgh and Mortimer.
• * 1.61

  Inq. 29 Sept. an. 16 Ed. 4.
• * 1.62

  Ibidem.
• * 1.63

  Pat. 21 Ed. 4. p. 2. n. 19.
• * 1.64

  Manners, viz. Or, 2 Barts A∣gure, a Chief Gules, Impa∣ling St Leoger, being Azure, Fetty Argent, a Chief Or, and a Cressent for distinction.
• * 1.65

  Esc. an. 15 Ed. 4.
• * 1.66

  Inq. 29 Sept. an. 16 Ed. 4.
• * 1.67

  Ex autog. apud Bel∣voir.
• * 1.68

  Catal. of Nob. by R. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.69

  Paston, A. 6 Flowers de Lys 3, 2, and 1. B. a Chief inden∣ted; O.
• * 1.70

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.71

  Nevil, G. a Saltir A.
• * 1.72

  Vide his Inscripti∣on on his Tomb at Botsford.
• * 1.73

  Holcroft, Ar∣gent, a Cross and Border, both ingrayled Sa∣ble.
• * 1.74

  Cecil, viz. Barry of ten peeces, Argent and Azure, on six Escocheons three, two and one, Sable, as many Lyons rampant of the First.
• * 1.75

  Ex autog. apud Bel∣uoir.
• * 1.76

  Charlton, O. a Lyon rampant G.
• * 1.77

  Sydney, O, a Pheon B.
• * 1.78

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.79

  Knivet, A. a Bend and Border ingrayled S.
• * 1.80

  Villers, A, on a Cross G, 5 Es∣coleps Or.
• * 1.81

  He died a the Sa∣voy in the Strand 24 March 1641. and was buri∣ed at Botsford.
• * 1.82

  Cary, A, on a Bend, S. 3 Ro∣ses A.
• * 1.83

  Ex autog. apud Had∣dor.
• * 1.84

  Vernon, A, a Fret S.
• * 1.85

  Pierpont, A, a Lyon rampant S, inter eight Cinqfoyles G.
• * 1.86

  De la Pole, Azure a Fess inter 3 Leo∣pards faces, Or. Impaling York.
• * 1.87

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.88

  Pat. an. 3 E. 4. m. 1. n. 9.
• * 1.89

  Pat. an. 1 H. 7. p. 1. m. 14.
• * 1.90

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.91

  Cart. 5, 6 & 7 E. 4. n. 5.
• * 1.92

  De la Pole, viz. Azure, a Fess inter three Lyons faces Or. a Label of three points Argent.
• * 1.93

  Pat. 1. R. 3. n. 2.
• * 1.94

  Pol. Virg. 572. n. 10 & 20.
• * 1.95

  Ibid.
• * 1.96

  De la Pole, viz. Azure a Fess inter three Leopards faces Or, Impaling Azure, a Bend Or, Scrope.
• * 1.97

  Pol. Virg. p. 609.
• * 1.98

  Ibid.
• * 1.99

  Ibid. n. 30 & 40.
• * 1.100

  Herbert Hist. of H. 8. p. 35 & 36.
• * 1.101

  Catal. of Nob. by R. B.
• * 1.102

  The Figure of the Seal of this Margaret, ex∣pressed by Oli∣varius Vredius in Sigilla Co∣mit. Flandrie p. 125. is exhi∣bited in the 353 page of this fifth Book: On which, her Arms, being France and England quar∣terly, are im∣paled on a Lozenge with those of Charles Duke of Burgundy her Husband, who did bear Quarterly of four, the first Azure 3 Flow∣ers de Lys Or, a Border gobony, Argent and Gules, Bur∣gundy Mo∣derne. 2 Par∣ty per Pale, Bendy of 6 Or and Azure a Border Gules, Antient Bur∣gundy, and Sable a Lyon rampant, Or, Brabant. The third quarter as the second, the fourth as the first. Over all, on an In∣escocheon Or, a Lyon rampant Sable Flanders. On the sides of which Lo∣zenge are the Letters C. for Charles and M. for Marga∣ret, tyed toge∣ther with true Love-Knots, the Seal being circumscribed Sigillum Margarete durisse bur∣gundie bra∣bancie comi∣tisse flandrie et atthesie.
• * 1.103

  Histoire de la Maison de France Tom. 1. p. 751 & 752
• * 1.104

  Stow Chr. p. 421. Col. 2.
• * 1.105

  Francis Vis. St Al∣han. in vit•• H. 7.