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<P>THE <HI>PEDEGREE</HI> and <HI>DESCENT</HI> OF His EXCELLENCY, General George Monck. Setting forth how He is de&s;cended from King EDVVARD the Third, by a Branch and Slip of the <HI>WHITE ROSE,</HI> THE Hou&s;e of York. And likewi&s;e, His Extraction from <HI>RICHARD</HI> KING of the ROMANS.</P>
<P>WITH The State, Title and De&s;cents of the Hou&s;es of <HI>YORK</HI> and <HI>LANCASTER</HI> in their &s;everal Branches.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>W. Godbid,</HI> over again&s;t the <HI>Blew Anchor</HI> in <HI>Little Britain.</HI> 1659.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>READER,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> Would not by this following Di&s;cour&s;e, be under&s;tood to have any De&s;ign, either to &s;tir up <HI>Titles</HI> and <HI>Claims</HI> where there is no Right, or to ob&s;cure and &s;mother a Right where it is in truth. No, as I well know it to be a <HI>Conte&s;t</HI> that borders upon Danger; &s;o it car|ries much of Di&s;hone&s;ty in it; but this may with &s;afety, and without offence, be ob&s;erved, That where Empire and Regiment hath been built with the brittle Materials of <HI>Murther</HI> and <HI>Blood&s;hed,</HI> it hath &s;eldome proved either pro&s;pe|rous, or long-lived, as might be cleared by &s;everal Precedents; to pa&s;s by <HI>William the Conque|rour,</HI> who though he had a numerous I&s;&s;ue, yet none of his Sons left a Son either to &s;ucceed or &s;urvive them; and to in&s;tance in the Hou&s;e of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> where three of them &s;ucce&s;&s;ively &s;ate in the Throne, the two fir&s;t being held as fit for Government, as any of the Twenty three from the <HI>Conque&s;t;</HI> and the third a per&s;on of that
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Innocency, that he attained the Title of a <HI>Saint:</HI> Yet him&s;elf, and his Son <HI>Edward,</HI> a Prince of great hopes, both died Violent and &V;nnatural Deaths. But it is not my purpo&s;e to in&s;i&s;t upon this &s;ubject, other than to give a brief Accompt of the State and Titles of the two Hou&s;es of <HI>York</HI> and <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> and the &s;everal Branches i&s;&s;uing from either of them, as appears by Hi&s;to|ry and Records; and amongst others, of that Noble Per&s;on, General <HI>Monck,</HI> who&s;e Prudence and Valour hath rai&s;ed him to a Degree of Ho|nour and E&s;teem &s;utable to his Birth and Ho|nourable Extraction. All which is done without Flattery, or other &s;ini&s;ter end, out of love to Truth.</P>
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<HEAD>The Declaration of the De&s;cents of the two Hou&s;es of <HI>York,</HI> and <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> in their &s;everal Bran|ches, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<P>KIng <HI>Edward</HI> the third married <HI>Philippa</HI> Daughter to <HI>William</HI> Earl of <HI>Henault</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> and of his Wife <HI>Mary,</HI> Daughter to <HI>Charles</HI> Earl of <HI>Va|loys,</HI> Son to King <HI>Philip</HI> the Hardy, and Bro|ther to <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Valoys</HI> King of <HI>France;</HI> &s;he was married to King <HI>Edward</HI> at <HI>York,</HI> the four and twen|tieth of <HI>January, An.</HI> 1327. and Crowned at <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter,</HI> the fir&s;t Sunday in Lent following; it is &s;aid this match was made up in ha&s;t by Queen <HI>I&s;abel,</HI> King <HI>Edward</HI>'s mother, for her own Ends; yet ac|cording to &s;ome Opinions, a better could never have been made, upon deliberation for K. <HI>Edwards</HI> Ends; for albeit her Extraction was not great, and her Dower le&s;s, yet &s;he made amends for both by her vertue; never King having a better Wife: by her K. <HI>Edward</HI> had i&s;&s;ue &s;even Sons and five Daughters, which were, Fir&s;t,</P>
<P><HI>Edward</HI> Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> commonly called the Black Prince; not that he was &s;o in Complexion, but from
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his Heroick and dreadful Acts; He was born at <HI>Wood-&s;tock</HI> the fifteenth of <HI>July,</HI> in the third year of his Fa|thers reign, and &s;hortly after created Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> Duke of <HI>Aquitane,</HI> and <HI>Cornwall,</HI> and Earl of <HI>Che&s;ter;</HI> and in his wives Right Earl of <HI>Kent;</HI> which was <HI>Joan</HI> the Daughter and Heir of <HI>Edmund Plantaginet</HI> Earl of <HI>Kent,</HI> and of his Wife <HI>Margaret</HI> Si&s;ter and Heir of <HI>Thomas</HI> Lord <HI>Wake;</HI> &s;he was a Lady of that admired beauty, in that age, that &s;he was commonly called The Fair Maid of <HI>Kent:</HI> By her Prince <HI>Edward</HI> had i&s;&s;ue two Sons, <HI>Edward</HI> that died young; and <HI>Richard</HI> born at <HI>Burdeaux,</HI> who after the death of his father was Prince of <HI>Wales,</HI> and after the death of his Grandfather was King of <HI>England,</HI> and known by the Name of King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd.</P>
<P><HI>William</HI> Sirnamed <HI>Hatfield,</HI> &s;econd Son to K. <HI>Edward</HI> the third, and Queen <HI>Philippa</HI> died young, and was buried at <HI>York.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Hou&s;e of <HI>YORK.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>LIonel,</HI> the third Son to King <HI>Edward</HI> the third and Queen <HI>Philippa,</HI> was born at the City of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> the 29^t^h of November, in the twelfth year of his fathers reign; He married <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> daughter and heir of <HI>William Burgh</HI> Earl of <HI>Ul&s;ter</HI> in <HI>Ireland;</HI> and becau&s;e he had by her the Honour of <HI>Clave</HI> in the County of <HI>Tho|mond,</HI> he was in Parliament made Duke of <HI>Clarence;</HI> from which Dutchy the name of <HI>Clarencieux</HI> (being the Title of King of Arms for the South parts of <HI>England</HI>) is derived. This Duke had i&s;&s;ue by her onely one daughter his heir, named <HI>Philippa,</HI> who was married to <HI>Edmund</HI> Lord <HI>Mortimer</HI> Earl of <HI>March,</HI> and in her right
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was Earl of <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> and had i&s;&s;ue by her three Sons, which were,</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, <HI>Roger Mortimer</HI> Earl of <HI>March</HI> and <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> and by Parliament in the 9th of King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd, appointed his Succe&s;&s;or in the Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> and &s;hortly after &s;o proclaimed.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Edmund Mortimer</HI> Knight, &s;econd &s;on: and Sir <HI>John Mortimer</HI> Knight, third &s;on, Beheaded 3 <HI>Hen</HI> 6.</P>
<P><HI>Roger Mortimer</HI> afore&s;aid Earl of <HI>March</HI> and <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> married <HI>Eleanor</HI> Daughter of <HI>Thomas Holland</HI> Earl of <HI>Kent;</HI> and by her had I&s;&s;ue <HI>Edmund,</HI> and <HI>Roger Mortimer,</HI> that died without I&s;&s;ue: and <HI>Anne</HI> his Daughter that after her Brothers death, became Heir to a goodly in|heritance, and was married to <HI>Richard Plantaginet</HI> Sir|named <HI>Coningsburgh</HI> Earl of <HI>Cambridge;</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Richard Plantaginet</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and <HI>I&s;abel</HI> a Daughter married to <HI>Henry</HI> Lord <HI>Bourcheir</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Richard</HI> Duke of <HI>York,</HI> and Earl of <HI>Cambridge,</HI> was Lieutenant to King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;ixth, in his Kingdom of <HI>France,</HI> and Dutchie of <HI>Normandy,</HI> and was the fir&s;t of the Hou&s;e of <HI>York,</HI> that rai&s;ed that grievous war again&s;t the hou&s;e of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> and gave for his Cognizance the White Ro&s;e. He married <HI>Cecily</HI> Daugh|ter to <HI>Ralph Nevil,</HI> the fir&s;t Earl of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Edward</HI> fir&s;t Son, King of <HI>England</HI> by the Name of,</P>
<P N="1">1. King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Edmund,</HI> &s;econd Son, Earl of <HI>Rutland,</HI> &s;lain at the Battel of <HI>Wakefield</HI> by the Lord <HI>Clifford.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>George Plantaginet,</HI> third Son, Duke of <HI>Clarence,</HI> Earl of <HI>Warwick</HI> and <HI>Salisbury,</HI> in the Right of his Wife <HI>I&s;abel,</HI> elde&s;t Daughter and Coheir of <HI>Richard Nevil</HI>
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Earl of <HI>Salisbury,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Edward</HI> Earl of <HI>Warwick,</HI> beheaded by King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh, leaving no i&s;&s;ue: and <HI>Margaret</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Salisbury</HI> married to Sir <HI>Richard Pool</HI> Knight, &s;he was beheaded by King <HI>Hen.</HI> 8.</P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Richard Plantaginet,</HI> fourth Son to <HI>Richard</HI> Duke of <HI>York;</HI> was fir&s;t Duke of <HI>Gloce&s;tor,</HI> and after King of <HI>England,</HI> known by the Name of King <HI>Richard</HI> the third, who died without i&s;&s;ue to &s;urvive him.</P>
<P><HI>Richard</HI> Duke of <HI>York</HI> afore&s;aid had four Daughters, which were</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Anne,</HI> married to <HI>Henry Holland</HI> Duke of <HI>Exeter,</HI> fir&s;t; &s;econdly, to Sir <HI>Thomas St. Leoger</HI> Knight, by whom &s;he had daughter and heir, married to <HI>Thomas Manners</HI> Lord <HI>Ro&s;s.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> &s;econd daughter, married to <HI>John de la Pool</HI> Duke of <HI>Suffolk.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Margaret,</HI> the third daughter, married to <HI>Charles</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy.</HI></P>
<P>And 4. <HI>Ur&s;ula</HI> was the fourth daughter.</P>
<P>King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth afore&s;aid married <HI>Elizabeth</HI> daughter to <HI>Richard Woodvile</HI> Earl <HI>Rivers,</HI> (Widow to Sir <HI>John Grey</HI> Knight) by whom he had i&s;&s;ue three &s;ons and &s;even daughters.</P>
<P><HI>Edward,</HI> elde&s;t &s;on to King <HI>Edward</HI> and Queen <HI>Eli|zabeth,</HI> was pre&s;ently after his fathers death, with his brother the Duke of <HI>York,</HI> mo&s;t barbarou&s;ly murther|ed in the Tower of <HI>London</HI> by their unnatural Uncle, <HI>Richard</HI> Duke of <HI>Gloce&s;ter,</HI> that was left their Prote|ctor.</P>
<P><HI>George Plantaginet,</HI> third Son to King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and his Wife Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was Duke of <HI>Bedford,</HI> and died young.</P>
<P N="1"><PB N="9" REF="5">1. <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> elde&s;t daughter to King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and his wife Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was married to <HI>Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Richmond,</HI> after King of <HI>England,</HI> known by the name of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Cecile,</HI> &s;econd Daughter to King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was married to <HI>John</HI> Lord Vi&s;count <HI>Wells;</HI> but died without any i&s;&s;ue.</P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Ann,</HI> the third Daughter of King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was married to <HI>Thomas</HI> Duke of <HI>Norfolk,</HI> and had by him two Sons that died without i&s;&s;ue.</P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Bridget,</HI> the fourth Daughter to King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was a Nun at <HI>Dartford</HI> in <HI>Kent.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. &amp; 6. <HI>Mary,</HI> and <HI>Margaret,</HI> the 5. and 6. Daughters died young.</P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>Katharine,</HI> the &s;eventh Daughter to K. <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, and Queen <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> was married to <HI>Will. Courtney</HI> Earl of <HI>Devon&s;hire,</HI> who by her had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Henry Courtney</HI> Earl of <HI>Devon,</HI> and Marque&s;s of <HI>Exce&s;ter,</HI> that was beheaded by King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth, and was fa|ther to <HI>Edward Courtney</HI> the la&s;t Earl of <HI>Devon&s;hire,</HI> and Marque&s;s of <HI>Exce&s;ter,</HI> of that family who died without i&s;&s;ue.</P>
<P>King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth had a Natural Daughter, who&s;e name was <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> &s;he was married to Sir <HI>Tho. Lumley</HI> Knight, who by her had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Richard</HI> Lord <HI>Lumley,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourth, had al&s;o a Natural Son called <HI>Arthur Plantaginet;</HI> and as is by General con&s;ent affirmed he had him by his Concubine the Lady <HI>Eliz. Lucy;</HI> This <HI>Arthur</HI> married <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> Si&s;ter and Heir of <HI>John Grey</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Li&s;le,</HI> (Widow of <HI>Edm. Dudley</HI>)
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and in that re&s;pect he was by King <HI>Henry</HI> the Eighth, created Vi&s;count <HI>Li&s;le,</HI> and had i&s;&s;ue by her three Daughters his Coheirs: which were, <HI>Elizabeth</HI> married to Sir <HI>Francis Job&s;on</HI> of <HI>We&s;tmerland</HI> Knight, Lieute|nant of the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> who&s;e Heir General is <HI>Edward Brock</HI> of <HI>Ap&s;al</HI> in <HI>Suffolk</HI> E&s;quire, who is de|&s;cended of a younger Brother of the ancient family of <HI>Brook</HI> Lord <HI>Cobham.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Frances,</HI> another Daughter and Coheir of the &s;aid <HI>Arthur Plantaginet,</HI> was married fir&s;t to <HI>John Ba&s;&s;et</HI> in the County of <HI>Devon:</HI> by whom &s;he had Sir <HI>Arthur Ba&s;&s;et</HI> Knight, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> &s;he after married to Sir <HI>Thomas Monck</HI> of <HI>Potheridge,</HI> in the afore&s;aid County of <HI>Devon:</HI> which Sir <HI>Thomas</HI> was the Son of <HI>Anthony,</HI> the Son and Heir of <HI>Humphery Monck</HI> of <HI>Potheridge,</HI> and of his Wife <HI>Mary,</HI> Daughter and Coheir of <HI>Rich. Champernoon</HI> in <HI>Cornwall,</HI> by the Daughter and Coheir of Sir <HI>John Lumley</HI> Knight, and of his Wife the Daughter and Coheir of Sir <HI>Humphrey Talbot</HI> Knight, which <HI>Richard Champernoon</HI> was Son to <HI>Richard,</HI> Son of <HI>John,</HI> third Son to <HI>Richard,</HI> Son to <HI>Henry,</HI> Son to <HI>Thomas,</HI> Son of <HI>Richard,</HI> and <HI>Joan</HI> his Wife Daughter and Heir of <HI>Ralph Vantort,</HI> and of his Wife <HI>Joan,</HI> Daughter to <HI>Edmund</HI> Earl of <HI>Cornwall,</HI> Son to <HI>Richard</HI> King of the <HI>Romans:</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Monck</HI> afore&s;aid, had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Anthony Monck,</HI> fir&s;t Son: (and &s;everal other Children) from whom is de&s;cended <HI>George Monck</HI> Lord of <HI>Potheridge,</HI> and at this time, the Famous and mo&s;t Renowned General.</P>
<P><HI>Bridget,</HI> the third daughter and Coheir of <HI>Arthur Plantaginet,</HI> was married to Sir <HI>William Cardon</HI> Knight. There is a &s;tory of this <HI>Arthur,</HI> which may to &s;ome &s;eem worthy the relating, and it is this: He being Lieute|nant
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of <HI>Callis,</HI> and &s;ome of his &s;ervants having a de|&s;ign to betray the &s;aid Town to the French; which be|ing di&s;covered to the King and his Council, he was committed Pri&s;oner to the Tower of <HI>London,</HI> but after &s;earch and due Examination of the bu&s;ine&s;s, the truth appeared, which cleared his Innocency; and thereupon King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth &s;ent him a rich Ring from off his own Finger, with a Me&s;&s;age to a&s;&s;ure him, That he was fully &s;atisfied of his Loyalty, and therefore advi&s;ed him not to be ca&s;t down and dejected at his Impri&s;onment, but to re&s;t confident of his favour, that would &s;uddenly procure his enlargement: Which token of the Kings favour, and news of his freedome from pri&s;on, he en|tertain'd with &s;uch joy, that the very &s;ame night he died with the exce&s;s of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>This is the Title, and the&s;e are the &s;everal Branches and Slips of the White Ro&s;e of the Hou&s;e of <HI>York:</HI> Now follows the Title and De&s;cent of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Lanca&s;ter.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Hou&s;e of <HI>LANCASTER.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>IOhn</HI> of <HI>Gaunt,</HI> (fourth Son to King <HI>Edward</HI> the third and Queen <HI>Philippa</HI>) &s;o called from the Town of <HI>Gaunt</HI> in <HI>Flanders,</HI> where he was born in the fourteenth year of his fathers Reign. He was in his childhood created Earl of <HI>Richmond;</HI> which Title was after re|called, and be&s;towed upon <HI>John</HI> Duke of <HI>Britain,</HI> who had married his Si&s;ter, and to who&s;e Dutchy it had formerly belonged. This <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> had three wives; the fir&s;t was <HI>Blanch,</HI> daughter, and in the end, &s;ole heir to <HI>Henry</HI> Duke of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> (&s;on of <HI>Edmund</HI> &s;irnamed <HI>Crook-back</HI>) and in her right was at fir&s;t Earl,
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and after Duke of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> &amp;c. and by her had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Henry Plantaginet,</HI> &s;irnamed <HI>Bullingbrook,</HI> of the place where he was born in <HI>Lincoln&s;hire:</HI> He was Earl of <HI>Der|by,</HI> Duke of <HI>Hereford,</HI> and after King of <HI>England,</HI> known by the name of King <HI>Henry</HI> the fourth, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> The &s;aid <HI>John</HI> Duke of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> had two daughters; <HI>Viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Philippa,</HI> married to <HI>John</HI> King of <HI>Portugal.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> married fir&s;t to <HI>John Holland</HI> Duke of <HI>Exeter;</HI> &s;econdly to Sir <HI>John Cornwall</HI> Baron <HI>Fanhop.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;econd wife of <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> Duke of <HI>Lanca|&s;ter,</HI> was <HI>Con&s;tance,</HI> daughter and Coheir of <HI>Peter</HI> King of <HI>Ca&s;tile</HI> and <HI>Leon,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Katharine,</HI> heir to her Mothers Inheritance, that was married to <HI>Henry,</HI> &s;on to <HI>John</HI> King of Spain.</P>
<P>The third wife of <HI>Iohn</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> afore&s;aid, was <HI>Ka|tharine,</HI> daughter and Coheir of <HI>Wayne Roet</HI> a <HI>Ga&s;coigne, Guien</HI> King of Arms for that Countrey (Widow to Sir <HI>Hugh Swinford</HI> a Knight of Lincoln&s;hire, by whom he had i&s;&s;ue three &s;ons and one daughter.</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Iohn Beauford</HI> Earl of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> fir&s;t &s;on of <HI>Iohn</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> and <HI>Katharine Swinford.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Thomas Beauford,</HI> &s;econd &s;on, Duke of <HI>Exeter.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Henry Beauford,</HI> third &s;on, was Bi&s;hop of <HI>Winche|&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ioan,</HI> daughter of <HI>Iohn</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> and <HI>Katharine Swin|ford,</HI> was married fir&s;t to <HI>Robert</HI> Lord <HI>Ferrers</HI> of <HI>Ou&s;tey;</HI> &s;econdly, to <HI>Ralph Nevil</HI> the fir&s;t Earl of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> who by her had i&s;&s;ue eight &s;ons and five daugh|ters, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e three Sons, and the Daughter of <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Gaunt</HI> and <HI>Katharine Swinford,</HI> were born before Mar|riage, and were made Legitimate by Act of Parliament,
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in the twentieth year of King <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd, and they were named <HI>Beauford,</HI> of a Ca&s;tle &s;o called, which the Duke of <HI>Lanca&s;ter</HI> had in <HI>France,</HI> where they were all born.</P>
<P><HI>John Beaufort</HI> afore-mentioned, was al&s;o Marque&s;s <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> and married <HI>Margaret</HI> Daughter to <HI>Thomas Holland</HI> Earl of <HI>Kent,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Henry,</HI> that died without i&s;&s;ue, and <HI>John Beauford</HI> &s;econd Son Earl and Duke of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> who married <HI>Margaret</HI> Daughter of Sir <HI>John Beauchamp</HI> of <HI>Blet&s;o</HI> Knight, by whom he had i&s;&s;ue <HI>Margaret,</HI> his Daughter and Heir married to <HI>Edmund Tudor,</HI> Sirnamed <HI>Hadham</HI> Earl of <HI>Richmond,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue, <HI>Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Richmond,</HI> and after King of <HI>England,</HI> called <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh.</P>
<P><HI>Iohn</HI> Marque&s;s <HI>Dor&s;et</HI> had two Daughters, <HI>viz. Ioan</HI> married to <HI>Iames,</HI> the fir&s;t King of <HI>Scots;</HI> and <HI>Margaret</HI> the &s;econd, married to <HI>Thomas Courtney</HI> Earl of <HI>Devon|&s;hire.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Edmund Beaufort,</HI> third Son to <HI>Iohn</HI> Marque&s;s <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> was Earl of <HI>Moriton</HI> in <HI>Normandy,</HI> and after the death of his Brother <HI>Iohn</HI> Duke of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> and Marque&s;s <HI>Dor&s;et;</HI> He married <HI>Eleanor</HI> Daughter and Coheir of <HI>Richard Beauchamp</HI> Earl of <HI>Warwick,</HI> by whom he had i&s;&s;ue, four Sons and five Daughters, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Henry Beaufort,</HI> Son and Heir of <HI>Edmund,</HI> was after the death of his Father, Duke of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> and Mar|que&s;s <HI>Dor&s;et,</HI> he died without Legitimate i&s;&s;ue, but had a Natural Son, called <HI>Charles Somer&s;et,</HI> whom King <HI>Henry</HI> the eighth, created Earl of <HI>VVorce&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Eleanor,</HI> elde&s;t Daughter to <HI>Edmund Beaufort</HI> Duke of <HI>Somer&s;et,</HI> was married fir&s;t to <HI>Iames Butler</HI> Earl of <HI>VVilt&s;hire;</HI> &s;econdly, to Sir <HI>Robert Spencer</HI> Knight, one of who&s;e Daughters and Coheirs, <HI>Margaret,</HI>
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was married to <HI>Thomas Cary,</HI> Grandfather to <HI>Henry Cary,</HI> the fir&s;t Baron <HI>Hun&s;don.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Ioan,</HI> &s;econd daughter of <HI>Edmund</HI> Duke of <HI>Somer|&s;et,</HI> married to the Lord <HI>Hoth</HI> in <HI>Ireland.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Ann,</HI> the third daughter, married to Sir <HI>VVill. Pa&s;ton</HI> Knight.</P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Margaret,</HI> the fourth daughter, married to <HI>Hum|phrey</HI> Earl of <HI>Stafford,</HI> and after to Sir <HI>Richard Darel</HI> Knight.</P>
<P N="5">5. <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> or <HI>I&s;abel</HI> fifth daughter, married to Sir <HI>Henry Lewis</HI> Knight.</P>
<P>This is the de&s;cent of the &s;everal Branches of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> who gave for their Cognizance the Red Ro&s;e; by which it appears, that notwith&s;tan-the Crown of <HI>England</HI> (Upon the depo&s;ing K. <HI>Richard</HI> the &s;econd, he having no i&s;&s;ue) was to de&s;cend to <HI>Roger Mortimer</HI> Earl of <HI>March</HI> and <HI>Ul&s;ter,</HI> before-men|tioned; Yet <HI>Henry</HI> of <HI>Bullingbrook,</HI> before &s;poken of, taking advantage of the peoples di&s;contents; and the General di&s;like they had of his Cou&s;in, King <HI>Richards</HI> evil Government; He places the Crown upon his own head; and from the year <HI>An.</HI> 1399 until the fourth of <HI>March An.</HI> 1460 in three de&s;cents the &s;lips of the Red Ro&s;e in the Line of <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> did &s;it in the throne, end bear Rule; And the Eruption of the Hou&s;e of <HI>York,</HI> did never appear, until <HI>Richard Plantaginet</HI> Duke of <HI>York</HI> before-mentioned, upon the twenty third of <HI>March, An.</HI> 1455. drew his &s;word to make good his Claim and Title to the Crown, and Kingdome of <HI>England;</HI> from which time i&s;&s;ued all the murthers, and overthrows, and &s;laughters, that continued until the death of <HI>Richard</HI> the third, in which Bloody conte&s;t, were &s;lain no le&s;s then four&s;core Princes of the Blood
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Royal, and double the Number of Natives as were lo&s;t in all our Wars and Conque&s;ts in <HI>France.</HI> But the&s;e Uncivil Civil quarrels had a happy Period, after that <HI>Henry</HI> Earl of <HI>Richmond,</HI> before-mentioned, had over|thrown King <HI>Richard</HI> the third in <HI>Bo&s;worthfield,</HI> and him|&s;elf in the head of his Army had the Crown &s;et upon his head; and &s;hortly after, upon the thirtieth of <HI>Octob.</HI> in <HI>An.</HI> 1485. he was with great &s;olemnity Anointed and Crowned King of <HI>England,</HI> by the whole con&s;ent of the Nobility and Commons, by the Name of King <HI>Henry</HI> the &s;eventh; and on the eighteenth day of <HI>Ia|nuary</HI> following, was &s;olemnized his marriage with the Lady <HI>Elizabeth,</HI> King <HI>Edward</HI> the fourths daughter; which added to his Title a wreath of Three &s;o indi&s;&s;ol|vable, that no age &s;ince, hath Ever que&s;tioned it, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
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