Lady married Sir John BEAUFORT, * 1st Earl of Somerset on 23 Aug 1397. Sir (son of John Of Gaunt PLANTAGENET, King Of Castile And Leon and Katherine ROET) was born in 1373; died in 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lady Johanna DE BEAUFORT was born in 1398 in Westminster, London, England; died in 1445 in Dunbar Castle, East-Lothian, Scotland.

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Thomas was the Knight of the Garter, Baron of Wake and Woodstock. He served under his Stepfather, Edward, Black Prince of Wales in France and distinguished himself in the battle of Castile. Under King Richard II, his half-brother, he was Marshall of England. (C-437, p. 583)

The following information on Thomas was provided by Keith Cox via email in the year 2000. "Edmund's father Thomas was the Keeper of the New Forest in which Brockenhurst lays from 1377 till his death in 1397. He was granted the manor of Brockenhurst by the King in 1388, he would of held the manor of Lyndhurst (3 miles to the North of Brockenhurst) as part of his job of keeper of the New Forest. Presumably on the death of John de Foxley who was Keeper of the New Forest, before Thomas Holand, and who also held Brockenhurst on a ten year grant from 1373, Brockenhurst again came under the jurisdiction of the Keeper on the Forest by default, the grant made in1388, allowing the Thomas Holand to take the profits of Brockenhurst manor." (E)

Thomas married Alice FITZ ALAN on 10 Apr 1364. Alice (daughter of Richard "Copped Hat" FITZ ALAN II and Lady Eleanor DE LANCASTER PLANTAGENET, *) was born in 1352; died in 1415. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was the original "Knight of the Garter". (C-437, p. 583)

Thomas married Joan "The Fair" PLANTAGENET, Of Kent in 1338. Joan (daughter of Edmund Of Woodstock EARL OF KENT and Margaret WAKE) died before 9 Dec 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was known as the Fair Maid of Kent. She was the granddaughter of King Edward I and his second wife. (C-330, 437, p. 583, E) Her will is as follows: "In the year of our Lord 1385, and of the reign of my dear son Richard, King of England and France, the 9th; at my Castle of Walyngford, in the Diocese of Salisbury, the 7th of August, I Joan Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Countess of Chester, and Lady Wake. My body to be buried in my chapel at Stanford, near the monument of our late lord and husband, the Earl of Kent. To my dear son the King, my new bed of red velvet, embroidered with ostrich feathers of silver, and heads of leopards of gold with boughs and leaves issuing out of their mouths. To my dear son Thomas Earl of Kent, my bed of red camak [sic.] paled with red and rays of gold. To my dear son John Holland, a bed of red camak. And I appoint the Venerable Father in Christ, my dear friend and cousin, Robert Bishop of London; William Bishop of Winchester; John Lord Cobham; William de Beauchamp, William de Nevill, Simon de Burlee, Lewis Clifford, Richard Atterbury, John Clanvow, Richard Stury, John Worthe, steward of my lands, and John le Vache, Knights; together with my dear chaplains, William de Fulburn and John de Yernemouth; and my loving esquires, William de Harpele, and William Norton, my executors. Witnessed by the Prior of Walyngforde and John James. Proved 9th December 1385."

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Richard, Earl of Arundel and Warrene was called "Copped Hat". He was made Justicar of North Wales for life in 1334, Governor of Carnarvon Castle in 1339 and Sheriff of Shropshire for life in 1345. He had a leading honorable role in the wars with France holding the position of Admiral of the West in 1340/41 and 1345/47. He commanded the second division in the battle of Crecy and was at the fall of Calais in 1347.

He had two wives. His first marriage was annulled by papal decree after 24 years of marriage. This occurred in 1344 on the grounds of his minority and his having never consented to the match. He married Lady Eleanor in the same year. He died at age 70 as was buried at Lewes. (C-437, p.582-3)

Richard married Lady Eleanor DE LANCASTER PLANTAGENET, * on 5 Feb 1345 in Ditton. Lady (daughter of Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster * and Maud DE CHAWORTH, *) was born in 1311; died on 11 Jan 1372. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lady Eleanor is the great granddaughter of King Henry II and Eleanor of Provence, his Queen. She was the second wife of Richard Fitz Alan II. She is also known as Lady Eleanor Plantagenet. (C-437, p.582-3)

Robert married Maude LA ZOUCHE before 1309. Maude (daughter of Alan LE ZOUCHE and Eleanor De Segrave) was born in 1289; died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edmund married Margaret WAKE. Margaret was born in 1299; died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edmund was Earl of Arundel. He was beheaded after being captured by Queen Isabella's forces in Shropshire. (C-437, p.582)

Edmund married Alice DE WARREN. Alice (daughter of William DE WARREN and Joan DE VERE) was born about 1277 in Of Warren, Sussex, ENG; died before 23 May 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was named Earl of Leicester in 1324. He was a leader of the great confederacy which overturned the Spencers and deposed Kind Edward II. He was then appointed guardian of the new King Edward III as well as appointed captain-general of all the King's forces in the Marches on Scotland. In 1336, he was named Lord of Beaumont and Nogent.

This Henry is the father of Lady Eleanor but it is only deduction on my part that he is the same Henry who is the father of Maud de Lancaster. (C-437, p. 585)

Henry married Maud DE CHAWORTH, * before 2 Mar 1297. Maud (daughter of Patrick DE CHAWORTH and Isabel DE BEAUCHAMP) was born about 1282; died on 3 Dec 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]