The Golden Falcon

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.

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