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Authors: Alison Weir
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1 Thomas (1368/72–1432), a knight; he married firstly Jane Crophill, and had issue. He married secondly Margaret (
d
.1454), daughter of Sir Henry Grey, and had issue.
2 Blanche (
b.c
.1370).
Katherine became the mistress of John of Gaunt in
c
.1371/2. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1388. She died on 10 May, 1403, at Lincoln, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
c
.1371/2. She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1388. She died on 10 May, 1403, at Lincoln, and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral.
The issue of this marriage, all surnamed Beaufort after their father’s French lordship, were all born before their parents were united in wedlock; they were legitimated by the Pope on 1 September, 1396, and also by Charter of Richard II on 9 February, 1397, but this same Charter also excluded them from the succession. Issue as follows:
(i)
John
He was born around
c
.1371/3. He was made a Knight of the Garter in
c
.1397. He was created Earl of Somerset on 10 February, 1397, and Marquess of Somerset on 9 September, 1397. He was created Marquess of Dorset on 29 September, 1397, but deprived of this on 3 November, 1399. He died on 16
March, 1410, at the Hospital of St Katherine-by-the-Tower, London, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
John married, before 28 September, 1397 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Margaret
She was the daughter of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, son of Joan, Princess of Wales (see here
), by Alice, daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, a descendant of Henry III, and she was born around 1381/5. After the death of John, she married secondly Thomas, Duke of Clarence, son of Henry IV, after 10 November, 1411 (date of dispensation). She was made a Lady of the Garter in 1399. She died on 30/31 December, 1439, at St Saviour’s Abbey, Bermondsey, London, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent.
Issue of marriage:
| (a) | Henry |
| He was born on 26 November or, less probably, on 16 October, 1401, and succeeded his father as Earl of Somerset on 16 March, 1410. He died on 25 November, 1418. | |
| (b) | John |
| He was born before 25 March or in c. April, 1404. He succeeded his brother Henry as Earl of Somerset on 25 November, 1418, and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1440. He was created Duke of Somerset and Earl of Kendal on 28 August, 1443. He died, perhaps by suicide, on 27 May, 1444, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset. | |
| John had the following illegitimate issue : | |
| 1 John, Bastard of Somerset ( d. after 1453). | |
| 2 Jacinda or Thomasine (1434?–after 1469); she married Reginald, Baron Grey de Wilton (1421–1494), and had issue. | |
| John married, in 1439 or c .1442 (although no record exists as to where): | |
| Margaret | |
| She was the daughter of John, 3rd Baron Beauchamp of Bletsoe, by Edith, daughter of Sir John Stourton. She married firstly Sir Oliver St John of Bletsoe, Beds. ( d .1437), and had issue: | |
| 1 John of Bletsoe, a knight; he married Alice, daughter of Thomas Bradshaigh of Haigh, Co. Lancs., and had issue. | |
| 2 Oliver of Lidiard Tregos or of Ewell, Surrey ( d .1497); he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, Baron Scrope of Bolton, and had issue. | |
| 3 Agnes; she married David Malpas. | |
| 4 Edith; she married Sir Geoffrey Pole of Medmenham, Bucks. ( d .1474), and had issue, including Sir Richard Pole, who married Margaret Plantagenet (under Edward IV, see here). | |
| 5 Elizabeth; she married William, Baron Zouche of Haryngworth. | |
| 6 Mary; she married Richard Frogenhall. | |
| After the death of John Beaufort, her second husband, Margaret married thirdly Leo, 6th Baron Welles (killed 1461), in c. April, 1447, and had issue: | |
| 7 John, 1st Viscount Welles ( d .1498); he married Cecilia of York, daughter of Edward IV, and had issue. | |
| Margaret died on 8 August, 1482, and was buried in Wimborne Minster, Dorset. | |
| Issue of marriage: | |
| ( i ) Margaret (under Henry VII, see here). | |
| (c) | Thomas |
| He was born in 1405, and was called Earl of Perche, although there is no record of any formal creation. He died unmarried in 1432. | |
| (d) | Edmund |
| He was born in c. 1406. He was created Count of Mortain on 22 April, 1427, and made a Knight of the Garter before 5 May, 1436. He was styled Earl of Dorset from 1438, and formally created so on 18 or 28 August, 1442. He was created Marquess of Dorset on 24 June, 1443, and succeeded his brother John as Earl of Somerset on 27 May, 1444. He was created Duke of Somerset on 31 March, 1448. He was killed on 22 May, 1455, at the Battle of St Albans, Herts., and was buried in St Albans Abbey. | |
| Edmund married, around 1431/5, and before 7 March, 1436 (although no record exists as to where): | |
| Eleanor | |
| She was the daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 5th Earl of Warwick, by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Lord Berkeley, and she was born in 1407/8 at Wedgenock, Co. Warwick. She married firstly Thomas, 9th Baron de Ros (1406–1430), and had issue: | |
| 1 Thomas (1427–1461); he married Philippa, daughter of John, Baron Tiptoft, and had issue. | |
| After the death of Edmund Beaufort, her second husband, Eleanor married thirdly Walter Rokesley. She died around 4/6 or on 12 March, 1466/8, at Baynard’s Castle, London. | |
| Issue of marriage: |
| (i) | Henry |
| He was born on 26 January or in c. April, 1436, and was styled Earl of Dorset from 1448. He succeeded his father as Duke and Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset and Count of Mortain on 22 May, 1455. He was attainted on 4 November, 1461, when all his honours and estates were declared forfeit, although he was restored to them all on 10 March, 1463. He was executed on 15 May, 1464, at Hexham, Northumberland, after the Battle of Hexham, and was buried either at Hexham Abbey or at Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucs. He never married. | |
| Henry had the following illegitimate issue : | |
| By Joan Hill: | |
| 1 Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester (1460?–1526); he married Elizabeth (1476?–1509/13), daughter of William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue. He married secondly Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas West, 8th Baron de la Warre, and had issue. He married thirdly Eleanor ( d. by 1549), daughter of Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Sutton. The present Dukes of Beaufort are descended from Charles Somerset. | |
| (ii) | Edmund |
| He was born in c. 1439, and by 1440. He was styled Duke of Somerset after his father’s death in 1455, but never formally restored to the title. He was executed on 6 May, 1471, at Tewkesbury, Gloucs., after the Battle of Tewkesbury, and buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. | |
| (iii) | John |
| He was killed on 4 May, 1471, at the Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucs., and was buried in Tewkesbury Abbey. | |
| (iv) | Thomas |
| He died young before 1463. | |
| (v) | Margaret |
| She married firstly Humphrey Stafford ( d. 1457/8) in 1455, and had issue: | |
| 1 Henry, Duke of Buckingham (1455?–executed 1483); he married Katherine Woodville, sister of Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV, and had issue. (under Henry IV,see here ). | |
| 2 Son. | |
| Margaret married secondly Sir Richard Dayrell or Dayre of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks., and had issue: | |
| 3 Margaret; she married James Touchet, Baron Audley, and had issue. | |
| Margaret died in 1474. | |
| (vi) | Eleanor |
| She married firstly James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde and 1st Earl of Wiltshire ( c .1422–executed 1461), perhaps in April, 1458, at Woodsford, Dorset. She married secondly Sir Robert Spencer of Spencercombe, Devon ( d. after 1492), in c. 1470, and had issue: | |
| 1 Katherine ( d .1542); she married Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478–1527), and had issue. | |
| 2 Margaret; she married Thomas Carey of Chilton Foliot, and had issue. | |
| Eleanor died on 16 August, 1501. | |
| (vii) | Elizabeth |
| She married Sir Henry Lewes, and had issue: | |
| 1 Mary | |
| Elizabeth died before 1492. | |
| (viii) | Mary or Margaret |
| No dates are recorded. She married a man surnamed Burgh, and had issue: | |
| 1 Thomas. | |
| 2 Edward. | |
| (ix) | Anne |
| She married Sir William Paston of Norfolk ( d .1496), and had issue: | |
| 1 William. | |
| 2 Mary (1469?–1489); she married Ralph Neville ( d .1498). | |
| 3 Agnes. She is perhaps to be identified with Anne (below). | |
| 4 Elizabeth; she married Sir John Saville of Thornhill, and had issue. | |
| 5 Margaret ( b. & d .1474). | |
| 6 Anne; she married Sir Gilbert Talbot and had issue. | |
| (x) | Joan |
| She married first Robert Howth, Lord of Howth in Ireland, and secondly Sir Richard Fry. She died after 1492. |
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