22fi CHESTER. X. 12G4, Smoii (de ^Ioxtfort), Earl of LEtOBStEB, having taken to Edward, Earl of Chester (ami the King, his father) prisoner, as above 1 f". stated, extorted from him, under colour of an exchange for the Earldom of Leicester, a grant of the Earldom of Chester and obtained two patents from the King, 24 Dee. 12(14 and 20 May 1205, in con- Urination thereof, becoming thereby EAUL OF CHESTER ami receiving 4 Jan. 1284/S (by proxy of, his 1st son, Henry) the homage of the Nobles and Freeholders thereof. He was shun at the battle of Evesham, 4 Aug. 12U-5, his honours being forfeited, and the Earldom of Chester mtrting to its former owner, as nboveinentioned. See fuller particulars under " LEICESTER " Earldom of, 1230-t35. XI. 1284. Alihioxso PlantagbneT, 1st surv. s. and h. ap. of King Edward L, by his Krst wife, Eleanor, da. of Ferdinand III., King ok Castile, b. at Maine, in Gascony, 24 Nov. 1273, is said to have been daignam EARL OF CHESTER, in 1284. Herf. an infant 10 Aug. 1281, and was bur. in Westm. Abbey, when his Peerage (//</« if//, if any, became extinct XII. 1301, Edward 1'i.axt.u;exet, styled "of Carx-aiu-ox," Istsnrv. to s. and h. ap. of King Edw.uid I , by his first wife Eleanor, abovenamed, 1307. b. 26 April 12S4 at Carnarvon Castle, had a grant of the Principality of Wales and Count;/ of Cluster by charter, 7 Feb. 1301, and is styled(»), in a charter of 10 May following, Prince of Vales(; and EAUL OF CHESTER, by which titles he was sum. to Pari, from 2 June 1302 to 3 Nov. 130G. He was also Corxr of Pontiiiei' and Montkeiil, and in May 1306 was cr. ODKE of Aqottaink in France. On 8 July 1307 he ascended the throne as Edward II. (post comjucstum) when all hishonours merged in the Crown. XIII. 1312, Edward Pla stag ex ft, styled " of Windsor," 1st s. and or h. ap. of King EDWARD II, by Isabella, da. of Philip IV., Kino of 1 320, France, 5. 13 Nov. 1312, at Windsor Castle, is stated to have been cr. to EARL OF CHESTER, 24 Nov. 1312,(«) and was, certainly, sum. to 1327. Pari- in such title. 5 Aug. 1320. On 2 Sep. 1325, he was er. Countop Ponthieu and Montuefil, and, four days afterwards, Duke of Aqfitaine, in France.() On 25 Jan. 1327 he was proclaimed King as Edward III. (post connuestum) when all his honours merged in the Crown.(°) M " We have no account of any ceremony attendant upon the creation of Edward of Carnarvon to be Prince of Wales, and Earl of Chester, but it is probable that the grant of the Principality was immediately preceded by investiture with circlet, ring, and rod for the Principality of Wales, and by the girding on of the sword for the Earldom of Chester, as wo find to have been done in the case of the Black Prince ; this would agree with the statement made by Matthew of Paris, that in or about the year 1300-1 the King gave to his son Edward the Principality of Wales, and also bestowed upon him the Earldom of Chester." See " Courthope," sub. " Wales," p. 8. ( h ) THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES was, by a statute, passed at Ruthlan, hi 1284 (12 Ed. I) united to England, the Earldom of Chester remaining entirely distinct therefiom. In 1398 (21 Richard II.) that Earldom was (as hereafter mentioned) erected into a Principality, and, tho' this last named act was revoked by Henry IV., the said Earldom of Chester has ever since been granted in conjunction with the Principality of Wales. (") "No record of such creation appears either upon the Patent or Charter Roils of that year ; the King, his Father, however, by two several charters of that date, gave to him, by the description of ' our son Edward ' (only), the counties of Chester and Flint, the cantred of Englefield, and the castles of Flint and Rhyddlau ' habend et teneud eidem filio nro, et heredibus suis Regibus Anglic;' his creation, by the girding on of the sword, probably preceded very shortly the grant of these counties, but no mention of it, is made. On the 2nd Dec. following he had a grant also of the Castle of Carisbrook and divers manors in the Isle of Wight." See " Courthope," sub. " Chester." C 1 ) •' ' Habend. et teneud. sibi et heredibus suis masculis Regibus Anglie, sen ltegm Anglife heredibus.' The first enrolments of these dignities appear to have been cancelled, the word ' masculis ' being omitted, but the subsecpient enrolments are of the same date." See " Courthope," sub. " Chester." C) " It is worthy of observation that Edward III never bore the title of Prince of
