Earl Winchester is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Winchester:
1st. 1207. Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester. Extinct. 25th April 1264.
2nd. 10th May 1322. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester. Forfeit. 27th October 1326. Execution of the Despencers.
3rd. 1472. Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester. Renounced. 1512.
Summary
1207. Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 37] created.
3rd November 1219. Son Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester [aged 24] succeeded.
25th April 1264. Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester extinct.
In 1207 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 37] was created 1st Earl Winchester. Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester by marriage Countess Winchester.
On 3rd November 1219 Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester [aged 49] died at Damietta. His son Roger [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
Before 1250 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester [aged 54] and Helen Galloway Countess Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were half third cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In or after 1250 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester [aged 55] and Maud Bohun Countess Pembroke and Winchester were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. She the daughter of Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex [aged 46] and Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex. He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were half third cousin once removed.
In 1252 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester [aged 57] and Eleanor Ferrers Countess Winchester [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Countess Winchester. The difference in their ages was 41 years. She the daughter of William Ferrers 5th Earl of Derby [aged 59] and Sibyl Marshal [aged 51]. He the son of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 25th April 1264 Roger de Quincy 2nd Earl Winchester [aged 69] died. Earl Winchester extinct.
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10th May 1322. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 61] created.
27th October 1326. Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester forfeit. See Execution of the Despencers.
On 10th May 1322 Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 61] was created 1st Earl Winchester.
On 27th October 1326 Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester [aged 65] was hanged, drawn and quartered at Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map]. Earl Winchester, Baron Despencer forfeit as a result of attainder.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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1472. Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester [aged 45] created.
24th November 1492. Son John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester [aged 34] succeeded.
1512. John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester renounced.
In 1472 Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester [aged 45] was created 1st Earl Winchester.
On 24th November 1492 Louis de Bruges 1st Earl of Winchester [aged 65] died. His son John [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Winchester.
In 1512 John de Bruges 2nd Earl of Winchester [aged 54] renounced the title Earl Winchester since he was now supporting the King of France.