322 FAUCONBERG. 1461, EARL OF KENT.(») Ho was V.C., 1401 ; Steward ol the Household, 1461- 63 ; Admiral of England, Sea, July to Oct. 1462. He d. s.p. at Pontclargc, in Normandy, 9 Jan. 1462/3, when the Earldom of Kent becaino extinct and the Barony of Fauconbcrg fell into abegancc-{ b ) He was bur. in the Priory o£ Gisborough, co. York.( c ) "William de Faucoxberg is stated by Du^dalo to have been sum. to Pari as a Baron [LORD FAUCONBERG] by writ '(1299-1300) of 2S Ed. I. No such name occurs in the list of summons of that year. He is (somewhat improbably) stated to be great-great grandson of a brother of the Baron, who was sum. in 1295, nr., about the same period. FAUCONBERG, and FAUCONBERG OF TARUM, OF HENKNOWLE, and OF NEWBOROUGH. Barony. %, Sir Thomas Belasy.se, Bart., of Newbonrogb, co. I. 1G27 Yor ' : • ou,y nncl b - of Sir Ht ' nr y 13 > I!art - ( so 29 Jane Ursula, da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, co. York, was 6. 1 577 ; Viscountcy. M.P. for Thirek, 1697-98, 1621-22 and 1624-25 ; knighted 19 July T irn 1603; MA bis father, as second Baronet, 19 Aug. 1621, and was *r. I. '"40. 25 Mny 1627i BARON FAUCONBERG OF YAUUM, co. York. He adhered faithfully to the royal cause and was, 31 Jan. 1642 3, cr. VISCOUNT FAUCONBERQ OF HENKNOWLE, in the Bishopric of Durham. He was at the battle of Marston moor, 2 July 1644, soon after which he lied to the continent, his estates being compounded for at £5012. He M. about 1600, Barbara, 1st da. of Sir Henry Ciwlxlby, of Whitby, co. York, by Margaret, da. of Sir William Babthorpe, She rf. 28 Feb. anl was bur. 7 March 1618, at Ooxwold, co. York. He d. 1652 and was bar. there. M.I. Will dat. 4 Sep. 1649, pr. 12 July 1653.() II. 1652. 2. and 1. Thomas (Belasyse), Viscoumt Fauconberg Earldom or Henknowle, ire., grandson and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. Henry Belasyse, M.P. for the North Hiding of Yorkshire, by Grace, I. 1G89. • da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Babton, of Smithells, co. Lancaster, which Henry, who was s. and h. ap. of the 1st Viscount, d. v.p. 20 May 1647, aged 43. He was bap. 16 March 1627/8, at Coxwold ; and (having m. a da. of the Lord Protector Cromwell) was made in 1657, a Councillor of State and was sum. to Cromwell's" Upper House,"( e ) 10 Dec. 1657. He was, 27 Dec. 1658, sent as Envoy to the King of France. He, however, favoured the restoration ; was Col. of a Keg. of Horse, 1660 ; Lord Lieut., co. Durham, 1660-61 ; (») " No notice of this creation is found on the Kolls of the period. He was sum. to Pari, as Lord Nevill do Fauconbcrg, 13 June 1461. Polydorc Virgil speaks of his Having been created Earl of Kent, at the same time that Henry Bourchier was created Earl of Essex, viz., 30 June 1461. He had a giant of the manor of Crewkerne, 1 Aug. 1462, to him and the heirs male of his body ; and in a subsequent grant of that manor with others to George, Duke of Clarence, he is stated to have died 9 Jan. 1463." [Courthope.] ( b ) The coheirs were the three daughters of the Earl of Kent, viz. (1) Joan who m. Sir Edward Bedhowing [Bechom or Bethune] who d. s.p. (2) Elizabeth m. Sir Richard Strangways whose issue is represented by her granddaughters and coheirs and (3) Alice m. Sir John Conyers by whom she had William, Lord Conyera, her s. and h., who d. 1524 leaving issue. See tab. ped. p. 23, note "a," sub " Durcy." ( c ) He appears to have used for his arms the coat of Nevill (Gu, a saltire, arq. charged [for difference] with a mullet of the held) quarterly with that of Fauconbcrg {A rg., a lion ramp, azure.) See Marl. MS., 6103, as quoted in Doyle's "CjffieUd Baronage." ( d ) John, his second son, was cr. Baron Belasyse, of Worlaby, in 1644. (°) See vol. i, p. 299, note " d " for tho names of the nine actual Peers among Cromwell's " House of Lords," aud see vol. ii, p. 84, note " c " (su6 " Bumell ") for a complete list of that House.
