Isabel NEVILLE

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• _UID: AB1E36FCDA304B4E9CD1968E1006F5C4FE07

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Isabel Neville; b. 5 Sep 1451; m. 11 July 1469 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, KG (b. 21 Oct 1449; initially joined his father-in-law Warwick ["The Kingmaker"] in the attempt to restore Henry VI and depose his brother Edward IV but deserted the former for the latter at the Battle of Barnet and helped defeat Warwick; created 25 March 1471/2 Earl of Warwick and Earl of Salisbury as a consequence of his marriage; found guilty of high treason and attainted 8 Feb 1477/8, whereupon all his titles were forfeited, and then executed by being drowned in a butt of malmsey wine in the Tower of London 18 Feb 1477/8), and died 22 Dec 1476, having had [Edward Plantagenet (the last legitimate male Plantagenet), 2nd/17th Earl of Warwick, executed (dsp) 28 Nov 1499 on orders of Henry VII; Margaret (the last Plantagenet to survive), beheaded 28 May 1541, m. Sir Richard Pole and had issue] with other issue (d. young). [Burke's Peerage]

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He [George Plantagenet] m. 11 Jul 1469, at Calais, Isabel, 1st daughter and coheir presumptive of Richard Nevill, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, by Anne, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. She, who was b. 5 Sep 1451 at Warwick Castle, d. there 22 Dec 1476, and was buried at Tewkesbury. He thereupon proposed to marry Mary, daughter of the Duke of Burgundy, a match which was much opposed by the Queen Consort. He was accused of high treason, found guilty, and attainted 8 Feb 1477/8, whereby all his honours became forfeited. He was executed in the Tower of London 18 Feb following (said to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey), and was buried at Tewkesbury, aged 28. [Complete Peerage III:260-1]

Isabel married George PLANTAGENET, Kg, Kb, Duke Of Clarence on 11 Jul 1469 in Calais, Pas-DE-Calais, France. George was born on 21 Oct 1449 in Dublin Castle, Ireland; died on 18 Feb 1477-1478 in Tower Of London, Middlesex, England (Drowned In Butt Of Malmsey Wine); was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury was born in Aug 1473 in Farley Castle, Bath, Somerset, England; died on 28 May 1541 in Tower Of London, Middlesex, England (Beheaded).
2. Edward PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Warwick was born between 21 and 25 Feb 1474 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1499 in Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England (Beheaded); was buried in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England.

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• Earl of Warwick: , Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
• Name: 11th Earl Of SALISBURY
• Name: 16th Earl Of WARWICK
• Name: Kingmaker
• _UID: 4DF535CCB8AF4E69AB5A0C06926B31F59B63

Notes:

The Nevilles were for a time in the 14th and 15th centuries the most powerful house in England. In the person of Richard Neville, 16th and 1st Earl of Warwick (the "Kingmaker"), a member of the family even disposed of the crown. And through the marriage of one of the Kingmaker's daughters with a Plantagenet his great-grandchildren, who bore the surname Pole, had a better legal right to the throne than the Tudors. They were accordingly regarded by Henry VIII as one of the most serious dynastic threats to his ascendancy.....

This Neville-Percy rivalry dominated not just the North, but all England. The Neville's power was largely broken by the failure of the Rebellion of the Northern Earls in 1569, however, and unlike the Percys they hardly recovered until the 20th century, during which they have been conspicuous as courtiers. [Burke's Peerage]

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BARONY OF MONTAGU (VIII) 1460

EARLDOM OF SALISBURY (XI, 6) 1460 to 1471

EARLDOM OF WARWICK (XVI, 16 & 1) 1449 and 1450

RICHARD NEVILLE, 1st son and heir apparent of Richard (NEVILLE), EARL OF SALISBURY, by Alice, suo jure COUNTESS OF SALISBURY [1337], also (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS MONTAGU (1299], MONTHERMER [1309] and MONTAGU [1357], daughter and heir of Thomas (MONTAGU), 4th EARL OF SALISBURY, was born 22 November 1428; knighted before 6 August 1445, when he was appointed, with his father and younger brother Thomas, Joint Master Forester of the Forests of Blackburn and Bowland and joint steward of the Honor of Pontefract, all in the Duchy of Lancaster; Joint Warden, with his father, of Carlisle and the West Marches towards Scotland, 4 April 1446. In consequence of his marriage, he succeeded in right of his wife (according to the then doctrine of the exclusion of the half-blood), on the death, 3 January 1448/9, of her niece, Anne, presumably suo
jure Countess of Warwick, to the bulk of the great estates of the Earldom of Warwick. He and his wife Anne, accordingly, also for his "good service about the king's person and in Scotland on the
punishment of the king's enemies there at his own costs, he being still in his minority," were confirmed, 23 July 1449, in the estate and title of EARL OF WARWICK, remainder to the heirs of Anne, with all the "preeminences" (i.e. that of Premier Earl) that any of Anne's ancestors, as Earls of Warwick, used before the creation of Henry as Duke of Warwick. This patent of confirmation he resigned and on 2 March 1449/50 he was created EARL OF WARWICK and she COUNTESS OF WARWICK, each for their life, with all the privileges, &c., granted by the preceding patent, "though they have no issue at present," with remainder after the death of both to the heirs of the body of the said Anne, and in case she should die s.p., then to Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury, and the heirs male of her body, remainder to the heirs general of her body, remainder to the right heirs of (her father) Richard, late Earl of Warwick. He also styled himself jure uxoris LORD BERGAVENNY, of which castle and Honor he was de facto in possession; he was recognized as hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1450-70; and the hereditary office of Chamberlain of the Exchequer was confirmed to him and his wife and her heirs, 6 Dec. 1450, when he was admitted jure uxoris as such Chamberlain. For his good service and attendance on the King's person in his journey into Kent against the Duke of York early in 1452, he received a pardon of all intrusions, fines, &c., and a grant of ?300, 17 March 1451/2. He became P.C. before 6 December 1453; was re-appointed, with his father, Joint Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland, 20 December 1453; and was a Commissioner to create and invest Prince Edward as Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, 13 April 1454. After the recovery of Henry VI from madness he became a staunch Yorkist and at the 1st battle of St. Albans, 22 May 1455, "had the good fortune to decide the day and win somewhat easily a military reputation." He was rewarded, 31 May, with the Stewardship, &c., of Monmouth and the Three Castles (i.e. Grosmont, Skenfrith, and Whitecastle), and, 4 August 1455, with the important post of Captain of Calais. Being further commissioned, 3 October 1457, "to go on the sea . . . and govern the same , he fought two considerable naval actions with the Spaniards, on 29 May 1458 and in the summer of 1459, and, somewhat piratically, attacked a Hanseatic fleet in time of truce for refusing to strike their flags in the King's name, as to which a public enquiry was ordered, 31 July 1458. He and his father took an active part in the proposed reconciliation between Henry VI and the Yorkists and they walked in the "love-day" procession to St. Paul's, 25 March 1458. On the renewal of the war he crossed from Calais and after the Yorkist victory at Blore Heath, 23 September 1459, joined their troops at Ludford, by Ludlow; but after the King's approach, 12 October, they dispersed and Warwick, with his father, the Earl of March and Sir John Wenlock, fled to North Devon and thence by ship via Guernsey to Calais, where they arrived, 2 November. The Yorkist leaders, including Warwick and Salisbury, were attainted by the Parliament that met at Coventry, 20 November 1459. The following year the Earls landed in Kent and reached London, 2 July. Leaving his father to secure London, Warwick defeated the Lancastrians at Northampton, 10 July 1460, and captured Henry VI, whom he brought to London, 16 July. In that King's name he was confirmed as Captain of Calais, 5 August, appointed Governor of the Channel Isles, 8 August, and nominated K.G. circa September 1460. By Act of Parliament October 1460, annulling the proceedings of the Coventry Parliament of 1459, he was restored; an he bore the sword before the captive King to St. Paul's, 1 November 1460, at the thanksgiving procession on the compromise whereby the Duke of York was named next heir to the throne. On 4 November following he was appointed Keeper of Newport, Brecon and other Welsh castles during the minority of Henry, grandson and heir of the Duke of Buckingham, and of Goderich Castle, &c., in the march of Wales, during the minority of John, son and heir of the Earl of Shrewsbury, both appointments (but not that of Newport) being renewed, 7 May 1461. Also on 4 November he was made Constable and Steward of Tutbury and Master Forester of Needwood and Duffield Forests; and on 18 November Steward of the Honor of Leicester and of Castle Donington, all in the Duchy of Lancaster. He and his father became joint Chief Stewards of the said Duchy, 1 December 1460. He was still in charge of the King in London when the Yorkists were defeated at the battle of Wakefield, 30 December, in which his father was taken prisoner, being beheaded the next day, 31 December 1460, when he succeeded to the great Neville estate of Middleham, co. York. By the captive King he was appointed, 22 January 1460/1, in succession to his father, Great Chamberlain of England for life. On 17 February 1460/1 he was put to flight by the Lancastrians at the 2nd battle of St. Albans, where he showed "a signal lack of generalship" and allowed Henry VI to be re-captured, but having joined the younq Duke of York (victorious at Mortimer's Cross, 2 February) in Oxfordshire, they entered London, 27 February. Warwick was one of the peers who at Baynards Castle declared the Duke to be King, as Edward IV, 3 March, and after an action at Ferrybridge, 28 March, where he was slightly wounded, he commanded the centre in the decisive Yorkist victory at Towton, 29 March 1461. While entertaining the new King in his castle of Middleham, 7 May 1461, he was re-appointed Great Chamberlain of England for life and appointed, also for life, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, Master of the King's Mews and Steward of the manor of Feckenham, co. Worcester. He was also continued in the post of Captain of Calais. Warden of the East and West Marches towards Scotland, 31 July, and Ambassador to treat for a truce with Scotland, 2 August 1461; Steward of England in the process of an Act of Parliament against Henry VI and others, 3 December 1461; Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, North and South, and Steward of the Honor of Pontefract (as from 4 March 1460/1), 15 December 1461; was again appointed "to the safe-custody of the sea," i.e. Admiral of England, 13 February-July 1462, Captain of Carlisle and Warden of the West Marches towards Scotland (as from 4 March 1460/1), 5 April 1462. Lieutenant in the North to raise the King's standard against his enemies of France and Scotland, 6 November 1462. On the death of his mother, the suo jure Countess of Salisbury, shortly before 9 December 1462, he succeeded her as EARL OF SALISBURY [1337] and, according to modern doctrine, as LORD MONTAGU [1299 and 1357] and LORD MONTHERMER [1309]. From 1464 to 1467 he was continually employed on diplomatic missions, being app. a Commissioner to treat with France, 28 March 1464, 22 March 1465/6 and 6 May 1467; with Scotland, 5 April and 26 May 1464 and 20 November 1465, and to conserve the truce, 11 June 1464 and 10 October 1466; with Burgundy, 28 March and 8 May 1465 and 22 March 1465/6; and with Brittany, 8 May 1465. The King's marriage, however, in May 1464, to Elizabeth Wydevill and the favour shown to the Queen's relatives tended to alienate him, though he was godfather to Elizabeth, their eldest child, born 11 February 1465/6. He was granted the castles of Cockermouth and Appleby, &c., also the sheriffdom of Westmorland, 11 April 1465; was Chief Justice in Eyre of the Forests beyond Trent (as from 4 March 1460/1), 21 November 1466; and Constable and Steward of Kenilworth Castle, 14 February 1467/8. On his return from his embassy to France in 1467 Warwick found the alliance with Burgundy, which he had always opposed, settled and the Queen's friends in power. Though an outward reconciliation with them was effected, he was secretly planning his own restoration to authority throughout 1468 and he was allowed to cross to Calais early in 1469. Here he was joined by his brother George, Archbishop of York, and by the King's brother, the Duke of Clarence, to whom he there married, 11 July 1469, Isabel, his eldest daughter and coheir presumptive. These three then, having put forth a manifesto of grievances, 12 July, crossed to Kent and joined the Yorkshire insurgents under Robin of Redesdale, who had, 26 July, defeated the King's forces under the Earl of Pembroke at Edgcote, near Banbury. On 17 August 1469 the Earl obtained from Edward IV, who had been captured by the Archbishop and was, 25 August, at Middleham, the grant of the great offices in South Wales, lately held by the Earl of Pembroke, whose execution he had caused. He then suppressed the Lancastrian rising in the North of his kinsman, Sir Humphrey Neville, September 1469, and escorted the King, October following, to London, where an amnesty was granted. When, however, the Lincolnshire insurgents were defeated by Edward IV near Stamford, 12 March 1469/70, Sir Robert Welles, their leader, who was captured, divulged the alleged complicity of Warwick and Clarence, who were accordingly proclaimed traitors at Nottingham, 31 March, and fled via Dartmouth to France, April 1470. Here, at the instigation of the French King, Warwick was formally reconciled, in July, at Angers, to Margaret, Queen Consort of Henry VI; and landing (with the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Oxford) at Dartmouth, 13 September, he proclaimed Henry VI as King, entered London, 6 October, and accompanied him in state to Westminster, 13 October 1470. By the Parliament that met on 26 November 1470 he and Clarence were appointed joint Lieutenants of the Realm. He was also made Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine, 2 January; a Commissioner to treat with the French ambassadors, 13 February; Joint Keeper, with Jasper Tudor, the attainted Earl of Pembroke, of Brecknock and other Welsh castles, 14 February; and Keeper of Newport Castle, in South Wales, 21 February 1470/1. When Edward IV landed in Yorkshire, March 1471, Warwick was deserted by Clarence. After joining forces with Oxford and his brother, the Marquess of Montagu, at Coventry, he was defeated by Edward at Barnet on Easter Sunday, 14 April 1471, and both he and Montagu were slain.

He married, in 1434, Anne, apparently suo jure COUNTESS OF WARWICK, sister and eventually coheir (sole heir of the whole blood) of Henry (DE BEAUCHAMP), DUKE and EARL OF WARWICK, 4th daughter of Richard, 13th EARL OF WARWICK, being only daughter by his 2nd wife, Isabel. He, who is known in history as "The Kingmaker," appears never to have been attainted and died s.p.m. as above, 14 April 1471, aged 42, being buried, with his brother, at Bisham Abbey, Berks. At his death the Earldom of Warwick [1450] remained (according to the grant in that year) in his widow for her life, while the Earldom of Salisbury reverted to the Crown and the Baronies of Montagu and Monthermer fell into abeyance between his 2 daughters and coheirs. His widow had accompanied Margaret of Anjou to England, April 1471, and, Iearning of her husband's death, took sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey. From there she later petitioned Edward IV for her lands and dower. Shortly before 3 June 1473 she was removed, probably to Middleham, by her son-in-law Richard, Duke of Gloucester; and in May 1474, by Act of Parliament, her estates were divided between Clarence and Gloucester, "as if the said Countess were now naturally dead." Having survived both her daughters, she was granted by Henry VII, as from Michaelmas 1485, a yearly pension of 500 marks; and she obtained an Act of Parliament, November-December 1487, for the annulment of that of 1474 and her restoration to her family estates. These, however, she at once (presumably by previous arrangement), 13 December 1487, settled on the Crown, saving the manor of Erdington, co. Warwick, which she reserved for herself and her heirs. On 11 December 1490 she was appointed Principal Keeper of the Forest of Wychwood, Oxon., receiving at the same time a large grant for life of some of her former lands in many counties. She, who was born circa September 1426 at Caversham, died shortly before 20 September 1492, aged about 66, and was succeeded in the Earldom of Warwick by Edward Plantagenet, her grandson and heir. [Complete Peerage XII/2:385-93, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Hume says of Richard: "He figured prominently on the Yorkist side in the Wars of the Roses and was killed at the battle of Barnet Field on April 14, 1471 where his brother, John, Baron Montague, was also slain. He distinguished himself by his gallantry in the field, the hospitality of his table, by the magnificence, and still more by the generosity of his expense, and by the spirited and bold manner which attended him in all his actions. The undesigning frankness and openness of his character rendered his conquest over men's affections the more certain and infallible; his presents were regarded as sure testimonies of esteem and freindship, and his prrofessions as the overflowing of his genuine sentiments. No less than 30,000 persons are said to have daily lived at his board in the different manors and castles which he possessed in England. The military men, allured by his magnificence and hospitality, as well as by his bravery, were zealously attached to his interest. The people in general bore him unlimited affection; his numerous retainers were more devoted to his will than to the Prince or to the laws. He was the greatest as well as the last of those mighty barons"

His lands were in 1474 divided betwen the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester, the husbands of his two daughters Isabel and Anne. Clarence taking the Beauchamp and Despenser and Gloucester the Neville and Montagu estates and eventualy by act of parliament in 1487 restored to his widow only to deed to the crown.

Originally buried Bisham Abbey in Berkshire
Present burial site unknown

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Richard Neville, 1st Earl of Warwick, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, byname THE KINGMAKER (b. Nov. 22, 1428--d. April 14, 1471, Barnet, Hertfordshire, Eng.), English nobleman called, since the 16th century, "the Kingmaker," in reference to his role as arbiter of royal power during the first half of the Wars of the Roses (1455-85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He obtained the crown for the Yorkist king Edward IV in 1461 and later restored to power (1470-71) the deposed Lancastrian monarch Henry VI.
The son of Richard Neville, 1st (or 5th) Earl of Salisbury (d. 1460), he became, through marriage, Earl of Warwick in 1449 and thereby acquired vast estates throughout England. In 1453 Warwick and his father allied with Richard, Duke of York, who was struggling to wrest power from the Lancastrian Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, chief minister to the ineffectual king Henry VI. The two sides eventually took up arms, and, at the Battle of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, in May 1455, Warwick's flank attack won a swift victory for the Yorkists. As his reward Warwick was appointed captain of Calais, an English possession on the coast of France. From Calais he crossed to England in 1460 and defeated and captured Henry VI at Northampton (July 10). York and Parliament agreed to let Henry keep his crown, probably because of the influence of Warwick, who preferred to have a weak king.
The situation soon changed, however. York and Warwick's father, the Earl of Salisbury, were killed in battle in December 1460, and on Feb. 17, 1461, the Lancastrians routed Warwick at St. Albans and regained possession of the king. Retreating, Warwick joined forces with York's son Edward; they entered London unopposed, and on March 4, 1461, Edward proclaimed himself king as Edward IV. Later that month Warwick and Edward won a decisive victory over the Lancastrians at Towton, Yorkshire.

Although Warwick wielded the real power for the first three years of Edward's reign, gradually the king began to assert his independence. Warwick hoped to marry Edward to a French noblewoman--thereby gaining France as an ally--but Edward spoiled this scheme by secretly wedding Elizabeth Woodville in May 1464. Tensions between the two men mounted as Edward provided his wife's relatives with high state offices.

Warwick then won to his side Edward's brother George, Duke of Clarence. In August 1469 they seized and briefly detained the king and executed the queen's father and one of her brothers. A fresh revolt engineered by Warwick broke out in northern England in March 1470; after suppressing it, Edward turned on Warwick and Clarence, both of whom fled to France (April 1470). There Warwick was reconciled with his former enemy, Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI's wife. Returning to England in September 1470, he drove Edward into exile and put Henry VI on the throne. Once more Warwick was master of England. Edward landed in the north in March 1471, however, and on April 14 his troops killed Warwick at the Battle of Barnet. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD, 1996, WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, 1ST EARL OF]

Name:
Richard "The King Maker" NEVILLE

Richard married Anne De BEAUCHAMP, Countess Of Warwick in 1434. Anne (daughter of Richard De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick and Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh) was born about Sep 1426 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England; died before 20 Sep 1492. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 16th Countess Of WARWICK
• _UID: FD86E2C391B74B709F2B74090064CAAD4DEB

Notes:

Anne de Beauchamp, apparently also Countess of Warwick in her own right; born c Sep 1426; married 1434 Richard Neville ("The Kingmaker"), 16th (if in right of his wife) or 1st Earl of Warwick (by the instrument of 2 March 1449/50 creating him and his wife Earl and Countess of Warwick each for his or her life, with remainder after both parties' death to the heirs of Anne's body, then to her half-sister Margaret, Countess of Shrewsbury and the heirs male of her body, then to a vaguely defined body of persons called the "right heirs" of her (Anne's) father Richard, late Earl of Warwick, and dspm just before 20 Sep 1492. [Burke's Peerage]

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He [Richard Neville] married, in 1434, Anne, apparently suo jure COUNTESS OF WARWICK, sister and eventually coheir (sole heir of the whole blood) of Henry (DE BEAUCHAMP), DUKE and EARL OF WARWICK, 4th daughter of Richard, 13th EARL OF WARWICK, being only daughter by his 2nd wife, Isabel. He, who is known in history as "The Kingmaker," appears never to have been attainted and died s.p.m. as above, 14 April 1471, aged 42, being buried, with his brother, at Bisham Abbey, Berks. At his death the Earldom of Warwick [1450] remained (according to the grant in that year) in his widow for her life, while the Earldom of Salisbury reverted to the Crown and the Baronies of Montagu and Monthermer fell into abeyance between his 2 daughters and coheirs. His widow had accompanied Margaret of Anjou to England, April 1471, and, Iearning of her husband's death, took sanctuary at Beaulieu Abbey. From there she later petitioned Edward IV for her lands and dower. Shortly before 3 June 1473 she was removed, probably to Middleham, by her son-in-law Richard, Duke of Gloucester; and in May 1474, by Act of Parliament, her estates were divided between Clarence and Gloucester, "as if the said Countess were now naturally dead." Having survived both her daughters, she was granted by Henry VII, as from Michaelmas 1485, a yearly pension of 500 marks; and she obtained an Act of Parliament, November-December 1487, for the annulment of that of 1474 and her restoration to her family estates. These, however, she at once (presumably by previous arrangement), 13 December 1487, settled on the Crown, saving the manor of Erdington, co. Warwick, which she reserved for herself and her heirs. On 11 December 1490 she was appointed Principal Keeper of the Forest of Wychwood, Oxon., receiving at the same time a large grant for life of some of her former lands in many counties. She, who was born circa September 1426 at Caversham, died shortly before 20 September 1492, aged about 66, and was succeeded in the Earldom of Warwick by Edward Plantagenet, her grandson and heir. [Complete Peerage XII/2:385-93, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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• AFN: 8V6C-2J
• Countess of Salisbury: , Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
• Reference Number: HWS8486
• _UID: C865449833144CC9A6F3B74F585DE84EEF63

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• Name: 13th Earl Of WARWICK
• _UID: 5237A07C9FB043A79660FF01532C38B43F29

Notes:

Richard de Beauchamp (son of Thomas de Beauchamp and Margaret Ferrers), 13th Earl of Warwick, KG (1403); knighted 1399; fought against Owen Glendower in Wales 1403, Capt Calais Feb 1413/4, took charge of prisoners en route to Calais Sep-Oct 1415, hence (pace Shakespeare) absent at time of Agincourt; participated, however, in successful sea Battle of Harfleur 1416; also at Sieges of Caen 1417, Caudebec 1418 and Rouen Jan 1418/9, created 19 May 1419 Count of Aumale (part of Henry V's policy of creating English nobles with French titles and fiefs in English-occupied France); undertook further Sieges of Melun 1420 and Meaux 1421, also Gamaches 1422 and St Valery-sur-Somme; Capt Rouen by end of Jan 1422/3; took Pontorson, Brittany 1427; beaten by French at Battle of Montargis Sep 1427; victor over French at Beauvais 1431; appointed by Henry VI Lt and Governor of France and Normandy 1437; married 1st by 5 Oct 1397 Elizabeth (dspm 28 Dec 1422), Baroness Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes in her own right, only daughter of 5th Lord (Baron) Berkeley, and had [Margaret, Eleanor, & Elizabeth]. The 13th Earl married 2nd 26 Nov 1423 Isabel, Baroness Burghersh in her own right, widow of his cousin Richard de Beuachamp, Earl of Worcester, and sister and heir of Richard le Despenser, de jure Lord (Baron) Burghersh, and died 30 April 1439 (his tomb at Warwick being justly famous for its beauty and splendour), leaving by her [Henry, 14th Earl of Warwick, and 1st/last Duke of Warwick, dsps 11 June 1464; and Anne]. [Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM of WARWICK (XIII) 1401

RICHARD (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK, also hereditary Sheriff of Worcestershire and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, son and heir, was born 25 or 28 January 1381/2 at Salwarpe, co. Worcester, his sponsors being Richard II and Richard le Scrope, afterwards Archbishop of York. He was knighted, 11 October 1399, at the Coronation of Henry IV; served in Wales against Owen Glendower in 1402; had livery of his lands, 13 February 1402/3; took part in the battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, and was nominated K.G., probably on the following day. He was made Joint Keeper, with Lord Audley, of Brecknock Castle, 24 October 1403-19, February 1403-4; was with the Prince of Wales at Worcester, June 1404; a Commissioner for the trial of Archbishop Scrope and the Earl Marshal, June 1405, receiving a grant for life of Swansea Castle and the lordship of Gower, forfeited by the Earl Marshal, 29 August following; and was at the siegre of Aberystwyth, September 1407. Under licence of 5 April 1408 he travelled abroad for 2 years, making pilgrimages to Rome and to the Holy Land and performing notable feats of arms at Verona and elsewhere. On his return he was appointed a member of the Council, 9 May 1410, being present therein, 16 June following; a Commissioner to treat with the Scots, 23 May 1411; Steward of England for the Coronation of Henry V, appointed 2 April 1413, and Deputy Steward (for the Duke of Clarence) at that of Queen Katherine, 23 February 1420/1; Commissioner to treat with Burgundy and France, 14 July 1413; Captain of Calais and Governor of the Marches of Picardy, 3 February 1413/4; joint Ambassador to the Council of Constance and to the Emperor, 20 October 1414, and Chief Commissioner to treat with Burgundy, 7 August 1415; Chief Warden of the Marches of Wales adjoining cos. Hereford and Gloucester, 16 June 1415. Though present at the siege of Harfleur, August-September 1415, he is said to have gone to Calais, with the Duke of Clarence, in charge of prisoners after its capture, 22 September, and (despite Shakespeare) he did not fight at Agincourt, 24 October 1415. The following year he received the Emperor Sigismund at Calais, April, and took part in the naval victory off Harfleur, 15 August 1416; Commissioner to treat with Burgundy, 5 August, and with the French Ambassadors at Calais, 31 August 1416. Accompanying Henry V to France, July 1417, he was at the siege of Caen, August-September following, and himself besieged and captured Domfront, Apr.-July, and Caudebec, September 1418, before returning to the siege of Rouen, for whose surrender, 19 January 1418/9, he was appointed Chief Commissioner. He was made Captain of Beauvais, 2 February 1418/9, and forced La Roche Guyon to capitulate after a 2 months' siege, 1 May following. On 19 May 1419, while the King was at Vernon, he received a grant of the comt? of Aumale, with remainder to the heirs male of his body, whereby he became COUNT OF AUMALE, in Normandy. For the next year he was continually employed in the negotiations for a truce which led to the treaty of Troyes, 21 May, and the marriage of Henry V to Katherine of France, 2 June 1420. Later he took part in the sieges of Melun, July-November 1420, and Meaux, October 1421, for whose surrender, 10 May 1422, he was a Commissioner. Keeper for life of Moulton Park, co. Northampton, 20 December 1421. He himself besieged and forced the surrender of Gamaches, 12 June 1422, and St. Val?ry-sur-Somme, 4 September following, and he was present at the death-bed of Henry V, 30-31 August 1422, to whom he was an executor. Under Henry VI he was present in Council, 5 November, and was made a Councillor of Regency, 9 December 1422; Captain of Rouen, before 31 January 1422/3, and again of Calais, 10 July (as from 4 February) 1423 and 1 March 1424/5; joint Guardian of the truce with Scotland, 28 March 1424, and again in 1426 and 1430. As Captain and Lieutenant General of the King and the Regent in the field, 1426-27, he besieged and captured Pontorson, in Brittany, January-May 1427, but, with the Earl of Suffolk) was completely defeated by the Bastard of Orleans before Montargis, 5 September following. From 1 June 1428 till 19 May 1436 he was Tutor and Governor to the young King, whom he bore to Westminster Abbey for his Coronation, 6 November 1429, and whom he accompanied to France, April, for his Coronation in Notre Dame, Paris, 16 December 1430. Captain of Meaux before 1 November 1430. He defeated the French in a notable skirmish near Beauvais 11 August 1431; was Lieutenant in the field in the absence of the Regent, 1435; and accompanied the Duke of Gloucester in his foray into Flanders from Calais, August 1436. Ranger of Wychwood Forest, 21 November 1433; Constable of Bristol, 11 July 1437. He was, 16 July 1437, made Lieutenant General and Governor of France and Normandy, setting sail thereto, 29 August, where, within 2 years' time, he died, his position being one of great peril and anxiety.

He married, 1stly (covenant September 1392), before 5 October 1397, Elizabeth, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS BERKELEY, also BARONESS LISLE (of Kingston Lisle) and BARONESS TEYES, only daughter and heir of Thomas (DE BERKELEY), 5th LORD BERKELEY, by Margaret, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS LISLE (of Kingston Lisle) and BARONESS TEYES, only daughter and heir of Warin (DE LISLE), 2nd LORD LISLE (of Kingston Lisle) and LORD TEYES. She, who was under 7 in 1392, died s.p.m. 18 December 1422 and was buried in Kingswood Abbey, co. Gloucester. M.I. On her death the Baronies of Berkeley, Lisle and Teyes fell, according to modern doctrine, into abeyance between her 3 daughters and coheirs. He married, 2ndly, 26 November 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, Isabel, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS BURGHERSH, widow of his cousin Richard (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WORCESTER (who died s.p.m. March 1422), sister and heir of Richard (LE DESPENSER), de jure LORD BURGHERSH (who died s.p. 7 October 1414), posthumous daughter and eventually sole heir of Thomas (LE DESPENSER), EARL OF GLOUCESTER and LORD LE DESPENSER (who was beheaded, January 1399/1400, and afterwards attainted] by Constance, daughter of Edmund, "of Langley," DUKE OF YORK, 5th son of EDWARD III. He died 30 April 1439 at Rouen, aged 57, and was buried 4 October in St. Mary's, Warwick, being afterwards removed to the Lady Chapel (built by his executors), where is a superb monument to him. His widow, who was born 26 July 1400 at Cardiff, died 27 December 1439 at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 January 1439/40 in Tewkesbury Abbey, aged 39. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:378-82, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Richard married Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh on 26 Nov 1423 in 2ND Husband Same Name. Isabel (daughter of Thomas Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Gloucester, Kg and Constance PLANTAGENET, Princess Of England) was born on 26 Jul 1400 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 27 Dec 1439 in Friars Minoresses, London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 13 Jan 1439-1440 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabel, Baroness Burghersh in her own right, widow of his cousin Richard de Beuachamp, Earl of Worcester, and sister and heir of Richard le Despenser, de jure Lord (Baron) Burghersh. [Burke's Peerage]

Note: Isabel was mother of Henry de Beauchamp, 14th Earl of Warwick & 1st Duke of Warwick, dspm 11 June 1464; also Anne de Beauchamp, who became Countess of Warwick after Henry's daughter Anne died 3 Jan 1448/9.

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Isabel le Despenser, m. 27 July 1411 [Richard de Beauchamp], (daughter of Thomas le Despenser and Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York). [Magna Charta Sureties]

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He [Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester] m. 27 Jul 1411, at Tewkesbury, Isabel, sister and eventually (1414) sole heir of Richard le Despenser, apparently de jure Lord Burghersh, being daughter of Thomas, the attainted Earl of Gloucester (Lord le Despenser), by Constance, daughter of Edmund, Duke of York. He dspm. (being mortally wounded at the siege of Meaux in France, 18 Mar 1421/2), and was buried 25 Apr 1422 in Tewkesbury Abbey. At his death, his vast estates and the representation of his Barony devolved on his only daughter and heir (Elizabeth), but the Earldom of Worcester apparently reverted to the Crown. His widow, (who was b. (posthumous) 26 Jul 1400 at Cardiff, and who was apparently suo jure Baroness Burghersh) m. (by papl dispensation) 26 Nov 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, as 2nd wife, her husband's cousin, Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, who d. 30 Apr, and was buried 4 Oct 1439, at Warwick. M.I. Will dated 8 Aug 1435. She d. 27 Dec 1439, at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 Jan 1439/40, in Tewkesbury Abbey. M.I. WIll dated 1 Dec 1439, probated 4 Feb 1439/40. Inq.p.m. at Abingdon, June 1441. [Complete Peerage I:26-27, XIV:6]

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He [Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick] married, 2ndly, 26 November 1423, at Hanley Castle, co. Worcester, Isabel, de jure suo jure (according to modern doctrine) BARONESS BURGHERSH, widow of his cousin Richard (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WORCESTER (who died s.p.m. March 1422), sister and heir of Richard (LE DESPENSER), de jure LORD BURGHERSH (who died s.p. 7 October 1414), posthumous daughter and eventually sole heir of Thomas (LE DESPENSER), EARL OF GLOUCESTER and LORD LE DESPENSER (who was beheaded, January 1399/1400, and afterwards attainted] by Constance, daughter of Edmund, "of Langley," DUKE OF YORK, 5th son of EDWARD III. He died 30 April 1439 at Rouen, aged 57, and was buried 4 October in St. Mary's, Warwick, being afterwards removed to the Lady Chapel (built by his executors), where is a superb monument to him. His widow, who was born 26 July 1400 at Cardiff, died 27 December 1439 at the Friars Minoresses, London, and was buried 13 January 1439/40 in Tewkesbury Abbey, aged 39. M.I. [Complete Peerage XII/2:378-82, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]