The Golden Falcon |
Chapter VII/1 - Redrose |
THE DRAGON AND THE ROSE
"Red
roses under the Sun For
a king who is lord of lands For
he dies when his day is done For
his memory careth none When
his glass runs empty of sands White
roses under the Moon For
the King without lands to give But
he reigns with the reign of June With
his rose and his blackbird's tune And
he lives while Faith may live". ("The
Jacobite Movement"
- Sir Charles Petrie) During
Henry V's absence in France, his brother John, Duke of Bedford was regent
in England until 1418 when his brother Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester took
his place. Claiming
to be Richard I, an impostor Thomas Warde of Trumpington in the Western
Hebrides, had been welcomed into Scotland in 1402.
There was a Lollard conspiracy in 1416 to place him on the throne
and in October 1417 the Scots attacked Berwick and Roxburgh.
On the king's departure from England in 1417, there a re-activation
of Lollard propaganda. The
chief Lollard, Sir John Oldcastle, was captured at Broniarth on the Welsh
Marches by Sir Griffith Vaughan's sons, wounded, brought to Westminster on
17.12.1417, convicted and sent to the Tower, then drawn on a hurdle to St.
Gile's Fields, hanged and burnt. The
Queen Dowager, Joan of Navarre, her son, the Count of Richemont (neither
of whom had been popular) and their foreign friends were accused of
providing information to the enemy, of carrying treasure out of England
and practising sorcery against the king so Richmont was taken captive,
Joan was imprisoned in Pevensey Castle and not released nor was her dowry
returned until Henry V was on his deathbed. The
Navigation Act of 1381 had forbidden English merchants from using foreign
ships; 300 English ships sailed out of the Hansa port of Danzig in 1392. Since then England had prospered through the cloth trade and
commercial enterprise whilst the mercantile marine expanded with trade. Several
varieties of worsted were manufactured in East Anglia, Essex, London
Coventry, the west, Devon and Cornwall.
Cloth and wool were still the main commodities shipped but salt,
lead, tin, yarn, hides, honey, fish, butter and cheese were also exported.
Commercial links were forged with Antwerp (which prospered under
the dukes of Burgundy and the Hapsburgs whilst Bruges declined), with
Philip "le Bon", duke
of Burgundy, with Castile and Brittany and English merchants had settled
in Lisbon by 1471 that they had a chapel there. The
Company of the Staple, which had dealt mainly in raw wool, gave place to
the Merchant Venturers (an off-shoot of the London Mercers' Company) which
traded in cloth. Their
privileges dated from 1407, given by Henry IV to merchants trading with
Holland. One of the most
important merchants was Richard Whittington of Pauntley and Notgrove,
Gloucester (thrice mayor of London) whose employer and future
father-in-law, Sir Ivo FitzWaryn, was a London Merchant Adventurer.
Whittington made his fortune partly by providing velvet and damask
clothes for the royal family and the trousseaux of Henry IV's two
daughters. Henry
V's brother, Thomas, duke of Clarence was slain at Beauge in 1421 and the
king went to Calais with another brother Humphrey, duke of Gloucester,
Edmund Mortimer, earl of March and Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick,
leaving his brother John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford, as regent of
England. Henry
was joined by Philip "le
Bon", duke of Burgundy at Montreuil and their combined forces
marched to Gisors, where Gloucester was left with troops whilst Henry went
on to Paris. Gloucester led the army to Mantes, Henry and Philip "le
Bon" joined him at Abbeville, tried to reinforce the besiegers of
Chartres but returned to Touraine on hearing that the Dauphin had raised
the siege. The English then
besieged Dreux which fell to them. Henry
V had brought James of Scotland to France and gave him joint command with
Gloucester. Henry lacked
sufficient troops so appealed to the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the
German princes and the king of Portugal for help.
Henry's health was becoming increasingly worse, he caught dysentery
so he went to Senlis to recover. He
took part in the hostilities at Corbeil but had to give up, going to
Vincennes where he died on 1.9.1422. Henry
VI was still a minor and the regency of England was contested by his 3
uncles, the dukes of Bedford and Gloucester and Henry Beaufort, Bishop of
Winchester (later made a cardinal by Pope Martin V). James
I of Scots (who had been captive for almost 18 years), was released after
a treaty was signed on 10.9.1423 and £40,000 paid for his maintenance. James fell in love with and married Joan Beaufort, daughter
of the earl of Somerset. On
1.4.1423 Philip "le Bon",
duke of Burgundy and the duke of Brittany signed an alliance with England
and Philip's sisters Margaret and Anne married the duke of Brittany and
John Plantagenet, duke of Bedford respectively. Even
before her first marriage was annulled, Humphrey, duke of Gloucester had
married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainault and Holland who had run away from
her husband, John of Brabant. The
Pope anulled Brabant's marriage to Jacqueline in 1428 but Gloucester then
deserted her to marry his mistress Eleanor Cobham. Bedford
(who was in France) wanted the Prince of Wales to be crowned there but a
ceremony had to be first held in England so his coronation took place on
6.11.1429 at Westminster Abbey and he went to France on 23.4.1430. The
French war went on sporadically under the leadership of William de la
Pole, earl of Suffolk and Thomas Montagu, earl of Salisbury (who had
brought reinforcements of 450 lancers, 2,259 archers and artillery from
England). Salisbury died at the siege of Orleans on 12.10.1428.
In February 1429, the "Battle of Herrings" was fought by Sir John Fastolf whose
convoy was attacked by France's Scottish allies. Jeanne
d'Arc appeared on the scene, raised the siege of Orleans on 9.5.1429 and
the French won back the English possessions in quick succession although
Bedford received a reinforcement of 260 lancers and 2,500 archers from
England. Charles
VII was crowned at Reims on 17.7.1429 but Jeanne was wounded when Paris
was attacked on 8.9.1429 and she was captured at Compiegne on 23.5.1430 by
John of Luxembourg, leader of the Burgundians, who sold her to the English
for 10,000 francs. She was
tried at Rouen by a court which included Cardinal Thomas Beaufort and
allegedly burnt at the stake for witchcraft on 30.5.1431 in the market
place at Rouen. Henry
VI was crowned as king of France in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
by Cardinal Beaufort on 16.12.1431 and the wavering Philip "le
Bon", duke of Burgundy, who had signed a truce with France in
September 1431, extended it until December. Anne,
daughter of Philip "le
Bon", having died, Bedford married Jacquetta of St. Pol, niece of
Philip's captain, John de Luxembourg, but Bedford died on 15.9.1435 soon
after the abortive peace conference at Arras and Jacquetta married lord
Rivers. There
was a change of mood in England about the war.
Philip "le Bon"
(who was also Count of Flanders) was insulted by people in the streets
because of his treaty with the French and the Flemings' property attacked. To meet the state debt caused by the war, income tax was
first invented by the Treasurer Ralph, Lord Cromwell. Gloucester
was put in command of Calais and Richard Plantagenet, duke of York, given
overall command. Fields in
France lay untilled, the French peasants (who called the English "goddams")
were fed up with their rule and ready for an uprising.
Fecamp and Harfleur fell to the French, so did Paris in April 1436. The
English attempted to stir up trouble in Holland and Burgundy as a
diversion so duke Philip "le
Bon" attacked Calais but could not capture it as reinforcements
had been sent there. James I
of Scotland took the opportunity to attack Roxburgh but was driven off by
Henry Percy, 2nd earl of Northumberland who was murdered by the Scots. The
Queen mother Katherine of Valois died and her secret marriage to Owen
Tudor was revealed. Their 5
children: Jasper, Owen (who became a priest), Catherine (later a nun),
Jacira (who married Reynold, Lord Grey of Wilton) and Edmund (the future
Henry VII's father) were put in charge of Katherine de la Pole, Abbess of
Barking (opposite Bermondsey Abbey where Elizabeth Woodville was sent in
the reign of Henry VII). Owen
Tudor senior was arrested but escaped only to be beheaded later at
Mortimer's Cross. He was a
descendant of Ednyfed Fychan (d. 1246), Edward I's seneschal in Wales who
had two sons, Owen's ancestor Goronowy (d. 1268) who was seneschal or
steward to Llywelyn, Prince of Snowdonia and his brother Tudur who also
served the Welsh prince. Goronwy's descendant, Meredith Tudor, was steward of the
Bishop of Bangor. The Tudors,
descendants of Welsh princes, came from Penmynydd, Anglesey and fought for
Owen Glyndwr, Meredith's son Owen Tudor entered the household of Henry V
as a page and became Squire of the Body.
The dowager Queen Catherine made him Clerk of the Wardrobe in 1425. It is said he tripped whilst dancing and fell into the
Queen's lap. Richard
of York returned to England and his place in France was taken by Richard
Beauchamp (d. April 1439), earl of Warwick, the king's tutor.
For some time past the English soldiers were discontented with
their lot, there was a lack of supplies and artillery and many deserted. The French invaded Guyenne and besieged Bordeaux. England
was split into two over the war issue and the government was anxious to
make peace. Negotiations
began but Beaufort refused to let the king give up his title of sovereign
of France. A 3-year truce was
signed between England and Flanders on 30.1.1439 at Reading and the duke
of Orleans released on 3.11.1440. Gloucester
then attacked his half-brother, the wealthy Cardinal Beaufort of
Winchester and his follower, the Archbishop of York, Cardinal Kemp (who
were governing the country), accusing former of attempting to influence
the young king, of prolonging the war to get his hands on the crown jewels
and of failing to pay the taxes owed by York Cathedral. In
July 1441 the Beaufort party got at Gloucester through his wife Eleanor
Cobham who was tried by a special court for sorcery, condemned to life
imprisonment and made to walk three times through the streets of London in
public penance. Richard
Beauchamp, earl of Warwick died at Rouen in April 1439 and his place was
taken by John Beaufort, earl of Somerset.
Harfleur was recovered by the English and the duke of York made
commander but delayed his departure to France until 1441.
2,500 men were sent in 1442 under John Talbot who was made earl of
Shrewsbury. The
Winters of Huddington were descended from John Talbot. Robert
or Richard de Talbot held 9 hides of land from Walter de Giffard, earl of
Buckingham at the Domesday Survey in 1086.
Geoffrey Talbot or Talebot was under-tenant of Hugh de Gourney in
Essex in 1118 (Orderic Vitalis). Gilbert
Talbot (d. 1274) married Gwenllian, d. of Rhys Mechyll (d. 1244), lord of
Dynevor, cadet of the house of Rhodri Mawr. Fig.
61
- Talbot, earls of Shrewsbury and of Grafton Manor & Salwarpe, Co.,
Worcester (Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, Harleian 1396, fo. 303. S., ff.
267b-270b). Arms:
Harl. 1396 - Quarterly of 36: 1.
"Gules,
a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or" (Rice
ap Grifith, Prince of South
Wales) 2.
"Azure,
a lion rampant within a border or" (Roger
Montgomery of Bellesme, earle of
Shrewsbury). 3.
"Bendy of 10 argent and gules (Talbot
ancient) 4.
"Or,
3 garbs within a double tressure counter-flory gules"(Comin,
Lord Badenoch) 5.
"Barry
of 10 argent & azure, 12 martlets in orle gules" (Valence) 6.
"Or,
3 inescutcheons barry of 6 vair and gules"
(Monchensie or Mount Chesney) 7.
"Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules"
(Marshall, de la Grace) 8.
"Or
lions rampant, 3, 2, & 1, sable"
(Richard fitzGilbert de Clare
called Strongbow) 9.
"Sable,
3 garbs argent".
(Dermot Macmurgh or
MacMurrough, king of Leinster) 10.
"Argent,
2 lions passant gules"
(Strange) 11.
"Gules,
2 lions passant in pale argent"
(Gifford) 12.
"Checky
or & azure, a bend gules"
(Clifford) 13.
"Gules,
on a saltire argent, a martlet sable" (Ucthred,
Vethrred in Shrewbury MS) 14.
"Or,
A fretty gules, on a canton ermine"
(Neuill/Neville) 15.
"gules,
a lion rampant or billety sable"
(Bulmer) 16.
"Argent,
a chief indented azure"
(Midleham) 17.
"Quarterly
or and gules, a bend sable"
(Clavering) 18.
"Argent,
a bend between 6 martlets gules"
(Furnivall) 19.
"Argent,
a lion rampant per fesse gules and sable"
(Loutoft/Lowestoft?) 20.
"Or, a fret gules"
(Verdon) 21.
"Or,
a fesse gules"
(Coluile/Coleville) 22.
"Per
pale or & vert, a lion rampant gules debruised by a bend argent"
(Bigot) 23.
"Azure
3 trouts fretted in triangle argent"
(Sir William Troutbeke of Brimscote
Castell
in
Wirrall) 24.
"Argent,
a fleur-de-lis sable between 3 Moors' heads sin profile couped
proper"
(Moore
Troutbeck) 25.
"Argent piles in point sable"
(Hulles) 26.
"Azure,
a lion rampant gules collared gules",
(Dumude-Dumvile in Shrewsbury MS
Domville) 27.
"Argent, 2 chevrons
gules, on a canton of the second a cross-crosslet fitchee or"
(Moberley) 28.
"Azure,
a cross moline or, in dexter chief a crescent".
(Molineux) 29.
"Gules,
a lion rampant argent crowned or, a bordure engrailed of the last"
(Gernet) 30.
"Argent, 6 lions
rampant, 3, 2, & 1, gules"
(Villers) 31.
"Or,
3 leopards' faces sable"
(Keyton) 32.
"Argent,
a buck lodged proper" (Ellall) 33.
"Argent,
on a fesse gules between 3 popinjays vert, beaked & legged of the of
the
second, a mullet for difference"
(Thweng) 34.
"Azure
semee-de-lis and a lion rampant-guardant argent"
(Holland) 35.
"Vert,
a lion rampant argent"
(Heton) 36.
"Gules,
2 lions passant argent debruised by a bendlet sinister or"
(Sir Baldwin Strange,
a
base sonne of the house of Strange of Knockin). Over
the top of the shield an earl's coronet. Crest:
(Shrewsbury MSS) - "On a chapeaux (gules),
turned up ermine, a lion passant or". Badge:
"Per
pale sable and gules, a talbot argent". William,
lord Talbot,
did defend Hereford for Mawd the Empress against King Stephen.
Arms: "
Bendy argent & gules" =
? > Richard, lord Talbot = d. of Ambrose, earl of Touers (Tours) in
France > Gilbert, lord Talbot
= d. of Roger de Montgomery, sister & co-heiress to Robert de Belesme,
earl of Arundell & Shrewsbury > Richard,
lord Talbot = Elizabeth, d. & co-heiress of John, Lord Red Comin
> Guilbert, lord Talbot =
Petronell, d. of Butler, earle of Ormond > Richard,
lord Talbot = Angharad, d. & heiress to Lord Strange of Blackmer(e)
> Guilbert, Lord Talbot =
Jana, d. of? > Guilbert, Lord
Talbot = Beatrice, d. of the King of Portingale [Gilbert, lord Talbot
(d. 1418) = Beatrice Sousa desc. from illegitimate son of Alfonso II
(d.1279) of Portugal. She
left desc. by her 2nd husband Thomas Fettiplace of East Shefford, Berks].
> Richard, lord Talbot of Castle Goodrick (Goodrich) = d. of Verdun of
Blackminster (Joan, d. of Theobald de Verdon (temp John) > (+) John,
Lord Talbot, Lord Strange of Blackmere, Lorfd Furnivall, Lord Verdun,
Governor of Anjou & Maine, knight of ye Garter, created earle of
Shrewsbury by Patent, Earle of Weshford (Wexford) 17 Julij 24 Henry 6
[1445] & Steward of England, after(wards) High Marshall of France.
He was slaine 20 June [Fuller says 17 July] 1453, buried in a faire
tombe at Roane in Normandie = (1) Maude, d. & heiress of Thomas
(Neville), Lord Furnivall = (2) Margaret, d. & heiress of Richard
Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, Viscount Lisle (2nd wife died 14.6.1468).
[Richard Talbot his brother was consecrated Archbishop of Dublin in
1417 and occupied the See for 32 Years. – [Fuller's "Worthies"] 1.
Sir Thomas Talbot, deputy (1418). 2.
Richard Talbot, Archbishop of Dublin, lieutenant of Ireland (1420),
Justiciar (1483-9 & 44),
Chancellor (1441) 3.
John Talbot (d. 1453
Chastillon-sur-Dordogne, bur. Selby, Yorks) of Hallamshire, 1st
earl of Shrewsbury, Lord
Furnivall of Sheffield, earl of Westford, Waterford & &
Valence, lord Talbot of Goodrich & Archenfield, lord Strange of
Blackmere, lord Verdon
of Alton, lord Cromwell of Wingfield and lord Falconbridge,
Lieutenant & Justiciar of
Ireland (1414) = the Verdon heiress, Maud, d. of Thomas Neville,
lord Furnivall by his
wife Joan, d. of Theobald de Verdon (temp John).
Talbot inherited Westmeath through
her and the lordship of Wexford from his brother.
Joan = (1) Thomas Neville, Lord
Furnivall = (2) Hugh Cokesay.
John Talbot = (2) Margaret, d. of Richard Beauchamp >
John Talbot created Lord Lisle & other issue including Eleanor
Talbot (Edward IV's wife
or mistress) = Thomas Butler.
By (1) (1) Maud Neville > John
Talbot, 2nd earl of
Shrewsbury (killed 1460) = Elizabeth, d. of Jacobi (James), Butler, earl
of Ormond in
1444, a Lancastrian, Treasurer (d. Northampton 1460) >: (see +)
& John Talbot, 3rd earl
of Shrewsbury =
Katherine, d. Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham > George
Talbot
(d. 1528), 4th earl of
Shrewsbury, Lord Steward of the Household to Henry VII, at siege of Therouanne (1513) = Anne, d. of William, lord Hastings >:
(a) d. = Peter Compton (d. 1522) son of William Compton of Compton
Wynates.
(b) Anne = William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke as 2nd wife (obsp).
Herbert's 1st wife
was Anne Parr, sister of Queen Katherine.
(c) Mary = Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, lover of Anne
Boleyn.
(d) Sir Francis Talbot, 5th
Earl of Shrewsbury = Maria, d. of Thomas, lord Dacre >
George Talbot, 6th earl of
Shrewsbury (b. 1528, d. 1590) = (1) Gertrude, d. of
Thomas Manners, 1st earl of Rutland.
George Talbot = (2)
Elizabeth Hardwicke
(Arabella Stuart's grandmother) as 3rd husband > George Talbot, 6th earl of+
Shrewsbury & Marshal
of England >:
1. Grace Talbot (d.1560)
= Henry Cavendish (son of Eliz. & Wm Cavendish).
2. Francis Talbot (d.
1550) = in 1563 Anne, d. of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke (d. 1582).
3. Catherine Talbot =
(1563 Henry Herbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke (d. 1576).
4. Mary Talbot = Sir
George Saville. George Talbot, 6th earl of Shrewsbury & Marshal of England = (1) Gertrude, d. of Thomas Manners, earl of Rutland >: A.
Gilbert Talbot, 7th earl of
Shrewsbury (b.1552, d. 1616) = Maria, d. of William Cavendish, knight and Elizabeth Hardwicke >:
(1) John Talbot (b. 1583, d. 1583 obsp).
(2) George Talbot (b. 1575, d. 1577 obsp).
(3) Maria Talbot, eldest d. & co-heiress = 1604 William
Herbert, 3rd earl of
Pembroke.
(4) Elizabeth Talbot (b. 1601), 2nd d. & co-heiress = Henry
Grey, 8th earl ofç
Kent.
(5) Alethea Talbot, 3rd d. & co-heiress = Thomas Howard, earl
of Arundel (d.
1654). B.
Edward Talbot, 8th earl of Shrewsbury
(b.1561 obsp) = 1583 Jane, d. & co-heiress
of Gilbert, lord Ogle or Cuthbert, 7th baron Ogle (d. 1617) (+)
John, lord Talbot, 2nd earl of Shrewsbury killed 1460 = Elizabeth, d. of
James Butler, earl of Ormond > ($) Gilbert Talbot (d. 19.9. 9th Henry VIII) of Grafton in Co. Worcs.,
knight of the Garter, Captain of Calais, Privy Counciller to Henry VII,
Sheriff of Shropshire 1485, had grant of Grafton 1484 = (1) Elizabeth, d.
of Ralph, Baron Greystock = (2) Ethelreda, d. of William Cotton of
Landwade, Kent, knight. ($)
Gilbert Talbot (d. 19.9. 9th Henry VIII) of Grafton in Co. Worcs. = (1)
Elizabeth, d. of Ralph, Baron Greystock >: a.
Humphrey Talbot, knight 2nd son, died sp in Holy Land b.
Gilbert Talbot (d. 22.10. 38 Henry VIII) = (1) Anne, d. & co-heiress
of William
Paston, knight = (2)
Elizabeth, widow of William Wynter of Cassy's Farm,
Elmbridge, Worcs. She
was Talbot’s mistress and had by him an illegitimate
son
Walter Talbot, founder
of Elmbridge = Elizabeth, d. of
Roger Wynter of
Huddington. By (1) Anne Paston >: 1. Margaret = Robert Newport of Rushoke.
2. Elizabeth = John
Lyttleton of Frankley Co.
Worcs.
3. Maria = Thomas
Asteley of Patishull, Co. Staffs. ($)
Gilbert Talbot (d. 19.9. 9th Henry VIII) = (2) Ethelreda, d. of William
Cotton of Landwade, Kent, knight >: John Talbot of Albrighton, Co.
Shrewsbury, knight, 2nd son, of Grafton, Co. Worcs., Sheriff (1528) = (1)
Margaret, d. & heiress of Adam Troutbeck, kinsman & heir of
William Troutbeck knight & brought Albrighton to her husband.
John Talbot = (2) Elizabeth, d. of Walter Wrotesley of Co. Staffs.,
knight (d. 10.5. 1st Eliz.). by (1) Margaret Troutbeck > John Talbot of Grafton, Co. Worcs. knights (d. 3rd Philip & Mary) = Frances, d. of John Gifford of Chillington, Co. Stafford, knight >: (a)
Jane Talbot = George Bowe of Cowton, Co. York, knight. (b)
John Talbot of Grafton = Katherine, d. of William Peter, knight, Secretary
to
Queen Mary>:
1. Anne Talbot = Thomas
Hanmer of Co. Flint.
2. Maria Talbot, 3rd d.
obsp.
3. Gertrude Talbot, eldest d. = Robert
Winter of Huddington, Co. Worcs. (exec.
5.11.1605). She
forfeited Huddington for recusancy.
4. George Talbot, 9th earl
of Shrewsbury (d. 1623) > John
Talbot1, 10th earl
of
Shrewsbury > Francis
Talbot2, 11th earl, died of his wounds on 16.3.1669 after a
duel
in 1668 with George Villiers, duke of Buckingham (temp Charles II)
= Anna Maria, d. of
Robert, earl of Cardigan. She
was Buckingham's mistress and Samuel Pepys
wrote in his diary that she held Villier's horse while the duel was
going on. She
= (2) George Rodney Bridges, son of Sir Thomas Bridges of
Keynsham >
Charles Talbot, 12th earl of
Shrewsbury, became a Protestant & helped to put
William of Orange & Mary on the throne in 1688.
Francis Talbot’s sister Frances = as
his 1st wife, Sir
George Winter of Huddington.
5. John Talbot, 2nd son
(d. 5 James I, bur. in Ludgate church) = Eleanor, d. & heiress of Thomas Baskerville of Wolvershill, Worcs., knight >:
A. John Talbot, (d.
1623) = Mary, d. of Francis Fortescue of Salden, Co.
Bucks., knight of the Bath > Frances
B. George Talbot, 2nd
son.
C. Gilbert Talbot, 3rd
son.
D. Mary.
E. Katherine. John
Talbot of Albrighton, Co. Shrewsbury, knight, 2nd son, of Grafton, Co.
Worcs., Sheriff 1528 = (2) Elizabeth, d. of Walter Wrotesley of Co.
Staffs., knight (d. 10.5. 1st Eliz.) >: (a)
Bridget Talbot = John Talbot of Malahide, Ireland, knight. (b)
Ursula Talbot. (c)
Elizabeth Talbot. (d)
John Talbot of Salwarpe 3rd son (d. 9.12. 14 Eliz. I) = Olina,
d. & coheiress of Henry
Sheringham of Lacock, Wiltshire, knight = (2) Robert Stapleton
>:
1. Sherington Talbot of
Salwarpe & Lacock, armiger, son & heir (died in a duel) =
(1) Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Leighton, Captain of Guernsey = (2)
Mary, d. of
John Washbourne of Wichenford, Worcs.
By (1) >:
A. Sherington Talbot,
eldest son.
B. Robert Talbot, 2nd
son.
C. John Talbot, 3rd son.
D. Henry Talbot, 4th
son.
E. Frances Talbot,
eldest daughter.
F. Anne Talbot, 2nd
daughter.
G. Olina Talbot, 3rd
daughter.
H. Elizabeth Talbot, 4th
daughter.
I. Maria Talbot, 5th
daughter. By (2) Mary Washbourne >:
J. George Talbot, 7th
son.
K.
Edward Talbot, 8th son.
L. William Talbot, 9th
son.
2. John Talbot of Okeley,
2nd son = Mary, d. & heiress of Thomas Trimnell of Okeley Hall in Salwarpe >:
(A) John Talbot
(B) Olina Talbot, eldest d.
(C) Thomas Talbot
(D) Maria Talbot, 2nd d.
(E) Anne Talbot 3rd d.
(F) Elizabeth Talbot
3. Thomas Talbot of
Worfield, Shropshire 3rd son (d. 1623) = Magdalene, d. of Robert Wyvell of High Burton, York >:
A.
Robert Talbot of Worfield, Shropshire.
B. Elizabeth Talbot
C. Maria Talbot John
Talbot of Grafton, heir to the earldom of Shrewsbury = Katherine, d. of
William Peter, knight, Secretary to Queen Mary I > Gertrude = Robert
Winter (exec. 1605) >: (A)
Helen Winter (B)
John Winter (d. 1622) >:
1. John Winter (d. 1628)
2. Robert Winter (d.
1630)
3. Sir George Winter (obsp
1658) = (1) Frances Talbot (d. 1641), d. of John
Talbot1,
10th earl of Shrewsbury & sister of Francis
Talbot2, 11th earl of Shrewsbury & his
brother Gilbert Talbot who inherited Huddington.
George Winter = (2) Mary, d. of
Charles, Lord Carrington. George
Winter = (3) Mary (d. 1671 aged 66), d. and co
-heiress of George Kempe of Pentelow Hall, Co. Essex, knight &
baronet (d.
23.3.1696) Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire has the tombs of Humphrey Stafford and his wife (1450) and
John Talbot of Grafton and his two wives.
Grafton manor, near Dodford Premonstratensian Priory (built in
1184), belonged to the Staffords and then the Talbots - George Talbot, 4th
earl of Shrewsbury's mother was a Stafford.
Sir John Fastolf's enemy, John Talbot, 1st earl of Shrewbury (d.
1453) married Maud Neville and died at the battle of
Chastillon-sur-Dordogne, attempting to reconquer Guyenne.
Maud's sister Joan was wife of Sir Hugh Cokesay - her brass at
Wheatfield, Oxon has a brass inscribed "Dame
Joan filia domini de Ffornyvale militis".
Sir Thomas Neville by right of his 1st wife Joan Furnival became
Lord Furnival. ("A
List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles"
-
Mills Stephenson). The
Talbots were Lancastrians and the 2nd earl of Shrewsbury died by the River
Nene outside Northampton in 1460 with Humphrey Stafford, 1st earl of
Buckingham. John Talbot
fought at Bosworth in the rightwing of the Lancastrian vanguard. Sir
Gilbert Talbot, testator of the following Will, was Sheriff of Worcester
in the 31st year of the reign of Henry VIII and died on 22.10.1542. Gilbert
Talbot1 of Grafton, the county
of Worcester, knight, 19th October 1542. My
body to be buried in the Chapel of St. John the Evangelist of Whytechurch,
in Salop and I will that a tomb of marble be laid upon me. I
will that my executors found a perpetual chauntry within the said Chapel
of St. John the Evangelist, for a priest to celebrate daily service
therein and pray for my soul and the soul of my father Sir Gilbert Talbot,
my mother's soul, and my ancestors' souls and that they have for his wages
v.l. (£5) sterling out of my lands and tenements in Whitchurch. I
will that four banners be carried at my sepulture, one of the Trinity, one
of the Annuciation of our Lady, one of St. John the Evangelist and one of
St. Anthony. To
every church which my body passes, a torch and iii.s. iv.d. Whereas
Sir Gilbert Talbot my father, deceased, bequeathed a gown of cloth of
gold, one robe of blue velvet, used for the honourable order of the Garter
to the use of the said Chapel, one table of timber for the altar in the
said Chapel, one image of our Blessed Lady the Virgin and one book, lined
with gold, I will that they be kept in a coffer for the use of the said
Chapel. To
Dame ELIZABETH TALBOT, my wife, all my jewels and household goods, and
this half-year's rent of the lands that are her jointure by her late
husband WILLIAM WYNTER to Margaret Newport4,
wife unto Robert Newport, one of my daughters, six of my heifers, six
bullocks and a chambre; to John Littleton Esq., one of the sons of
Elizabeth Littleton5, another of
my daughters, a gown of russet velvet; to Humphrey Talbot2,
one of my sons, over and besides the manor of Langford, a gown of tawney
velvet, the lease of Bauton Mills and the lease of a dove-house in Wyche;
to Walter Talbot3, another
of my sons, my lands in Worcestershire; to Eleanor Dudley6,
wife unto Geoffrey Dudley Esq., one of my daughters, lands and rent in
Feckenham; to my son Dudley, a gown of black velvet; to Margaret Talbot
(?), another of my daughters, a bed and fifteen kine; to Gilbert Talbot7,
Gilbert Asteley9, Gilbert Talbot8,
son of Walter Talbot, and Gilbert Littleton, son of John Littleton the
elder, Gilbert Littleton, son of John Littleton the younger, one of the
younger of my five godsons, each xx.s., to my brother Sir John Talbot,
knight all my lease of the tenements in London, in Thames-street, within
the parish of St. Peter, which I have of the lease of the Dean and Chapter
of Paul's. And I constitute my brother Sir John Talbot, my son Humphrey Talbot, my executors and my right good Lord the Bishop of Worcester (John Bell) overseers; and for his pains I bequeath unto him two pots of silver. |