HEREFORD. 215 aged about 46. He was b. 1341 ; sue. his father as Earl of Northampton, 16 Sep. 1360, and sue. his uncle (a year later) as Earl of Hereford and Earl of Essex and Hcre-litury (htmtnhle, 15 Oct. 1361. He conducted the Kins of Cyprus from Dover to London, 1363: was E.G., 13C5; was on an embassy to Milan, 1360 ; to Brittamiy, 1371, &c. He m. in 1302 Joan, da. of Richard (Fitz Alan), Earl Of Arundel (his guardian), by Eleanor, da. of Henry (Plantagknet), Earl op Lancaster. He d. s.p.m. 16 Jan. 1372/3, aged 81,(») and was bur. (with his father) in Walden Abbey when all his honours became reverted to the Crown. Will dat. 12 Dec. 1372, pr. 15 May 1373.( n ) His widow d. 7 April 1419, and was bur. with him. Esch. 7 Hen. V., No. 59. Dukedom. Hexry Plaxtagenet, sfylcd Eaul of Derby, s. and h. T 1307 a ' 1 - o£ Jo,m "of Gaunt," Duke op Lancaster, 6. at Bolingbroke, ' ' 1307, having m. between 27 July 1380, and 6 March 1381, at T$00 RbeheftwdM Mary, 2d and yst. da. and coheir of Humphrey (be 1 > JJ - Bohun), Earl OF Hereford, fcc, by Joan, his wife, both above named, and having v.p. been sum. to Pari, as EARL OF DERBY 3 Sep. 1385, was ex. 29 Hep. 1397, DUKE OF HEREFORD. His said wife, however, had d. previously in 1394 and was bur. in Canterbury Cathedral. He sue. his father 3 Feb. 1398/9, 88 DUKE OF LANCASTER. See fuller particulars under that dignity er. 1302. He on 29 Sep. 1399, ascended the throne as King Henry IV. when nil his honours mcrgtd in the Crown. [The Earldom of Hereford appears to have been assumed by the following persons, iris. (1) The Lady Anne PlaNTaoenet, b. April 13S3, the only child that left issue of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester (6th s. of King Edward III.), by Eleanor, 1st da. and coheir of Humphrey (de Bohun), Earl of Hereford, &c, abovenamed. She in. in 1398 Edmund (de Stafford), Earl of Stafford, who </. 21 July 1403 (see fuller particulars under that dignity cr. 1351, sub the 5th Earl), and in. subsequently in 1404 Sir William Bocrchier, Count of Eu, in Normandy, who (/. 28 May 1420 (see fuller particulars under that dignity cr. 1419) and d. 16 Oct. 143S, aged 56. In her will (dat. the day of her death) sho styles herself " Countess of Stafford, Buckingham, Hereford, and Northampton, and Lady of Brecknoc." (2) Humphrey (Stafford), Earl of Stafford, s. and h. of the above lady, which Humphrey was afterwards Duke of Buckingham. (See fuller particulars under that dignity cr. 1444.) In an indenture 13 Feb. (1443/4), 22 Hen. VI., he is styled " Earl of Buckingham, Hereford, Stafford, Northampton," &c.() He d. 10 July 1460, and was sue. by his s. and h. Heury, the 2d Duke of Buckingham, who was sue. 2 Nov. 1483, by his s. and h., Edward, the 3d Duke, who was attainted and executed 17 May 1521, when all his honours became Jorfcited.} Viscountcy. 1. Walter (Deyereux "Lord Ferrers de Chart- t n r.r,n ley. Knight of the Garter," (°) was 2 Feb. (1549/50), 4 Ed. VI., a: x. loov. VISCOUNT HEREFORD. (f) He was s. and h. of JoIui(Devereux), Loud Ferhers, by Cicely, sister of Henry, 2d Eart, of Esses, da. of ( a ) He left two daughters and coheirs, viz. (1) Eleanor m. Thomas (Plantageuet), of Woodstock" (subsequently Duke of Gloucester) who (in her right) was 10 June 1376, appointed Constable of England and as such sum. to Pari, by writ directed " Thorn® de H'odestoh, Constubular Anglior." He appears, also, to have had the style of Earl of Essex and (according to some) Earl of Northampton. See p. 43, sub " Glou- cester" Dukedom, cr. 13S5. (2) Mary who m. Heury Plantagenet (afterwards, 1399, King Henry IV.), as in the text. (°) Test. Vet. Printed (in extenso) in Nichols's " Royal wills," p. 57. (») See " N. and Q-," 7th s., vi, p. 73. ( d ) See vol. ii, p. 63, note "a," sub "Buckingham," Beatson in his "Political Index " states that he was created Earl of Buckingham, Hereford, and Northampton in 1403, but there appears to be no authority for this statement. («) He is so styled in " Creations, 1483—1646," in ap. 47th Report D.K. Pub Records, but the designation of " De Chartlcy " is not appended to any of the writs of summons to these Barons. See vol. hi, p. 330, note " b," sub " Ferrers." (f) This title had been but seldom, hitherto, conferred in England. The first
