Biography of Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond 1430-1456

Around 1430 [his father] Owen Tudor [aged 30] and [his mother] Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France and [his grandmother] Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 60]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 28th August 1443 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 40] was created 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 21]. [his future mother-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Duchess Somerset.

In September 1444 Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford [aged 42] was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] in reward for many years of loyal and continuous service to the Crown. Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 36] by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.

On 14th April 1445 Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 20] was created 1st Duke Warwick by his third cousin [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 23]. Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Warwick.

In 1446 Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland [aged 2] was created 1st Earl of Rutland by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 24].

In 1448 William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 51] was created 1st Duke Suffolk by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 26]. Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk [aged 44] by marriage Duchess Suffolk.

On 9th May 1448 Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 43] was created 1st Baron Rivers by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 26]. Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 33] by marriage Baroness Rivers.

On 15th December 1449 Edmund Tudor [aged 19] was created 1st Earl Richmond by [his half-brother] King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 28].

Around January 1450 John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 7] and [his future wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 6] were married. The date subject to debate. Papal dispensation was granted on 18 August 1450. Margaret never recognised this marriage, and considered her next husband her first; as confirmed by her 1472 will. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and [his future mother-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40]. He the son of William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 53] and Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk [aged 46]. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Patent Rolls. 1st February 1452. Grant to Edmund, earl of Richemond [aged 21], the king's uterine brother, in tail male, of the remainder of the third part of the manor of Ludford, co. Lincoln, which Jacquetta, [dowager]duchess of Bedford [aged 37], holds in dower for life of the inheritance of John, duke of Bedford, sometime her husband; grant also to him in tail male of the remaining two parts thereof from Michaelmas last. By K. ete.

Patent Rolls. 1st May 1452. Grant to Edmund, earl of Richemond [aged 21], and [his brother] Jasper, earl of Pembroke [aged 20], and their heirs, of the manor and lordship of Hide, co. Hertford, with a messuage called "Hide," 100 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 20 acres of wood in Langley Abbots, co. Hertford, worth 62s. 6d. a year, and of the manor and lordship of Bondby, co. Lincoln, worth 101. 12d., and of all appurtenant rents, services, customs, waters, knights' fees, patronages, advowsons, and profits; in lieu of a grant thereof to the same for a term of twelve years at the usual rent by letters patent dated 28 March last, surrendered. By K. etc.

In February 1453 John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 10] and [his future wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 9] marriage annulled.

Patent Rolls. 1st July 1453. Grant to Edmund, earl of Richemond [aged 23], and [his brother] Jasper, earl of Pembroke [aged 21], and their heirs, of the manors or lordships of Solyhull and Sheldon, co. Warwick, and of a messuage called "le Hide," 100 acres of land, 2 acres of meadow and 20 acres of wood in Langley Abbots, co. Hertford, with all their appurtenances; in lieu of a grant of the keeping of the said messuage and land to Bartholomew Halley, esquire, by letters patent dated 12 July, 29 Henry VI, and a grant of the keeping of the said messuage and manors to the said earls by letters patent dated 28 March last, surrendered. By K. etc.

Patent Rolls. 24th July 1453. Grant to Edmund, earl of Richmond [aged 23], and Jasper, earl of Pembroke [aged 21], the king's uterine brothers, and their heirs, of the manors of Maunsfeld and Lyndeby in Shirewood, co. Nottingham, the manor, lordship and town of Clypston in Shirewood, the castle and lordship of Horeston, the manor of Bollesouere, the office of bailiff of the wapentake of Morleyston and Lukehirch, co. Derby, the manor and Pordshi of Magour in South Wales, and 10/. a year which the abbot of Welbek renders from the farm of the mills of Retford, with all their appurtenances; in lieu of a grant to the former of the lordship and manor of Atherston, co. Warwick, and to the latter of the lordship and manor of Moresend, co. Northampton, by letters patent dated respectively 6 April last and 16 March last, surrendered. By K. eto.

On 1st November 1455 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond [aged 25] and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 12] were married at Bletsoe Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Richmond. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 45]. He the son of Owen Tudor [aged 55] and Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 3rd November 1456 Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond [aged 26] died of plague at Carmarthen Castle [Map] leaving his thirteen year old wife Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 13] pregnant with their child Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII. His son Henry Tudor succeeded 2nd Earl Richmond posthumously.

Patent Rolls. 24th March 1458. Westminster. Grant to Edmund de Hadham, earl of Richmond, and Jasper de Hathefeld [aged 26], earl of Pembroke, the king's uterine brothers, of the keeping of all possessions in the king's hands by the death of John, duke of Somerset, and by reason of the minority of Margaret [aged 14], his daughter and heir, with the marriage of the heir, to hold during her minority, and so from heir to heir. By ps. etc.

Note. Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond and Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond were married in 1455.

Around 12th June 1472 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 37] and [his former wife] Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond [aged 29] were married. She by marriage Queen Mann, Baroness Stanley. She the daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and [his former mother-in-law] Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 62]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.