KENDAL. KENDAL.^) John- Pt.axtauexkt, M fc of Kuiq Henry IV., was cr. 10 May HU, EAltL OF KENDAL and DUKE OF BEDFOKD tor life, which dignities, oil surrender, were regrantrd fa> tliw and the heirs male oi bia body, 8 July 1133. He i/. s.p.s. 14 Sep. 143.". when «/f kit honour! became extinct. See fuller particulars under " Btu- kuku" Dukedom, cr. 1414 ; ex. 1435. .7oux (Bsaotort), Earl of Somerset, was cr. 2S Aug. 1443, EARL OF KENDAL aud DUKE OF SOMERSET, lie d. B.p.m. 27 May 114 1. when (Aom dignitus became extinct. See fuller particulars under " Somkuset" Earldom, cr. 1397, the 3<1 Earl, III. 144G? John de I'oix, Yicomte de Ciiastilijox, s. of Gaston, to Cot'NT dk Lokooevillr iii Normandy so <•?•. by King Henry VI.), 14G"2. Captal DK BCCB and K.G.. by Margaret D'Alhiiet, bis wife, having m. Margaret, tla. of Michael i'De-i.a-Poi.e), 2d Kaih. 0* Svkkmlk, l»y Catharine, da. of Hugh (Stafeohu), 2d Earl of Sta»tokii, was, apparently, Lv the influence of bis wife's brother, William. DuKK ov Suffolk, el. K.G., 12 May 1448, and is stated( b j to have been w. EARL OF KENDAL tfw' never sum. tu Pari. He is. however, so styled, 22 Aug. 1 lit), on the Gascon Kails (I. 22!).) He (as well as his father] distinguished himself, under the Lancastrian Kings, in the wars with France, but on the accession of Edward IV. he nirnndeynl the Gaiter anil (doubtless) the. jiccimje, in or shoitly before 14U2, as be became by a charter Hat. 17 May 14S2, the liege Subject to Louis XL, King of Frame. He sue. his father as Count nr. LuNcitKVil.r.K. COCJCT IK BeNASCSS, VlGOHTI DE Mmlles ET Caasiiixiotr, Caital m: Buch, Se. He d. about 148o.(») [Note — William PabA wtts cr, by patent in 1538 (between 20 Nov. 1538, and O.March 1538/lt BARON PAHIl'i"; It is often stated (the-' apparently in error) that this creation was BARON PARR OF KENDAL. This /fatuity became extinct, with the Marqueasate of Northampton, in 1671.] ") Kendal or Kentdale is a division of the Comity of Westmorland, its capital being " Kirkby-Ker.dal." or Kirltby in Kendal. ( b ) "It may be doubted if this John de l'oix was ever regularly created Karl of Kendal in Mvgtavd; for though Dngdnle cites the Itolls of Pail. 2s Hen. VI. n. 81, as his authority, it does not appear that positive proof of the fact is afforded therein. The notice on the liolls is as follows. In the accusation of the lluke of Snllolk l>y the Commons, in 28 Hen. VI., it is stated that, ' Item, the said Duke, fur the singular enricbyng of bis mece ami her husbond, Sonne to the Capidaue. caused von to make the said tonne Erie of Ki ndale, to geve him gretu possessions and Hiheritannces in England, and over that to graunte hym dyvers castelles, lordshippes, and grete possessions iu yuurc Dnche of Guyen, to the yerely value of Mi. and more ; and by cause your liege people there kept, the fame castelles, lordshippes, and possessions to your behoofe, the said Sonne aeeompanyed to liiui grete nuiubre uf your adversaries and enemyts biseged yours seid liege people, and gate somnie of the same castelles lordshippes, aim possessions, and distressed many of your seid liege people, to the overgrete amenusiug of your enberitaunce, discomfortyng and discoiiiging of your liege people in liny en aforesaid.' Rot Pail. 28 Hen. VI., vol. v.p. 181-2." (Nicolas. ) ( r ) He appears to have left two sons, viz. [I.]. Gaston, Comte de Candale [Kendal], Father of Gaston (3d), Comte de Caudale, Father of Frederic (4th), Comic de Candale, father (circ. 1540) of Henri (5th), Comte de Candale, who d. s.p.m. 1573, leaving a da. and h., Marguerite, styled Uomtesse de Candale, who m, in 1687 Jean Louis de N«:gnret de la Valletta, Due D'Kperuon, and had issue. [I I.J Jean, Yicomte de Meillcs, Comte de Gurson et de Flcix (2d s. of tho Karl of Kendal) who was ancestor of the Dues de ttendan, who styled themselves afterwards Comtea de Candale. It will he seen that the title whs continued as if it was a foreign and not an English creation. C 1 ) See " Creations, 1488—1646," in ap. 47th Hep. D.K. Pub. Records. 340 Earldom. I. 1414 and m to 1435. [I. 1443, to 1444.
