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ud Gorernor (o the yonng King,(*) whom ha bore to ohareh for his ooronaUon in 1439. He was, 16 Jaly 1487, made Lieat Gen. and Gov. of Franoe and Normandy, setting sail thereto 29 Ang., where, within two years time, he died, his position there at that period, being one of eitreme peril and anxiety. He m. firstly, in Sep. (1393). 17 Rich. II., Blimbeth (then aged 7 years), da. and h. of Thomas (Bkrkilvt), Lord Bbrkblkt (styling himself also Lord db L'Iblb), by Margaret, only da. and OTentually sole heir of Warine (ds L'Islb), Lord db L'Islb. She d. s.p.m.('^) 28 Dec. 1422 and was hur. (with her parents) at Kinsswood Abbey co. Wilt#, aged about 85. M.LO He m. secondly (by spec, disp.), Nov. 1423, Isabel, widow of his cousin, Ricliard (Bbaucramp), Karl ok Worobstbr, which Lady was, apparently, tuo jure Baronrss Burghrrsh, being only surv. sister and heir (7 Oct 1414) of Richard Lb Dbbpbncbr, de jure^ apparently, Lord Burohkrsh, and da. of Tliomas, Lord im Dbspbncbr, sometime Karl or Gloucbstbr, by Constance, da. of Edmund (Plii- taobrrt), Dukb op York, 5th s of Bdward lu. He d. at Rouen, 80 April, and was hur, 4 Oct. 1439, under a superb monument in the chapel at Warwick, aged 57. WUl pr. 1489 and 1447. BteL 17 Hen. VL His widow d. 26 Dec. 1439, and was frtir. (with her first husband) at Tewkesbury Abbey. Will dat. 1 Dea 1489, pr. 4 Feb. 1439/40.(<1) EkH. 18 Hen. VL XIV. 1439. 14 and 1. Hbnrt (Bbauchamp), Earl or Warwick, Dukedom ^^^^ "* "°^ ^*' ^^ B^^^nd wife; 6. 21 March 1424/6, at Hanley ' Castle, Henry, Cardinal Beaufort, being one of his sponsors. He I. 14451 ^Mi apparently, styled Lord lb Db8PB(icbr,(«) till he tue, 1o ike ^ peer€kge, as above, 30 April 1439, on the death of his father, in 1446. consideration of whose services he was «r., 2 April 1444, Premier JSarlfi^ beiog afterwards, apparently, 5 April 1445, er. D17KB OP WARWICK, with precedence next after the Duke of Norfolk, and before that of the Duke of Bttckingham.(>; *' He is asserted {Mon, Aug., ii, 68 ; Iieland*s Itinerary) to have been, also, crowned King of the lele of Wight, by Henry [VI.^ but for this (Coke, 4th Inst., p. 287 ; Stnbbs*s Oonet. HisL, iii, 488) there is no evidence.* '(^) He m., in 1434, being then "scarce 10 years of age," Cecily, 2d da. of Richard (Nbvillr), Earl of Salisburt, by Alice, da. and h. of Thomas (Momtaoutb), also Earl of Salisbury. He d. s.p.m. at his birthplace, Hanley Castle, 1 1 June 1446,(*) in his 22d year, and was 6ttr. at Tewkesbury Abbey, when the Duhedom of ITanoidb (*) It was the wish of Hen. V. that the Earl should have the care of the education of his infant son. See the Paston letters as to the " Articles de Mons' de Warrewiok touchant le bon regime du Roy," ».«., as to the chastising of the youthful monarch for his ** defautes " or " trespasses." (^) See vol. i, p. 829, note " c," ffii6. '* Berkeley ** as to her three dau^ten and coheirs. (c) See vol. i, p. 229. note " b," tuft. " Berkeley." («l) It is printed in exteneo among the *' BaHg EnftUeh WHlt." («) Dugdale, quoting "ex vet. memb. penes Fr. Nethersole, K<}. Aur." His mother would have been entitled to the Barony of Le Deepenoer had it not been for its attainder in 1400, which was not repealed (ill 1461. (0 '* The King granted to him ' quod ipse cum titulo, stilo, et honore prirai Comitis, sit primus Comitum et primus Comes regni nostri Angl. infra regnum nostrum, dee., ac heredes sui masculi siut primi Comitum in eodem, &c , to which was added the special privilege of wearing a gold circlet" [Oourthope]. (>) The creation of the Dukedom of Warwick is generally said to have been in April 1444 (three days after the patent giving him the premier Earldom), but Humphrey (StHffbrd), Earl of Stafford, was not cr. Duke of Buckingham till 14 Sep. (1444) 28 Hen. VI, The precedency belonging chronologically to these creations was a matter of great dispute. See vol. ii, p. 6'^ note " b, ' tub ** Buckingham," as to the compromise made thereon. (**) Nat Biogr,, in an article written by J. H. Round. Dugdale says he was
- crowned King of the Isle of Wight, by the King*s own hand," to which statement,
Kioolas, followed by Courthope, adds, "circa 1445,** while Doyle gives the date as «* before 2 April 1444.*' (I) Dugdale, followed by J. H. Round (see note "h," above), says, "11 June (1445) 28 Hen. VI.," but Baker ('* Norihamptanthire,** vol. ii, p. 219) says, "11 June (1448) 24 Hen. VL"
