Paternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer
1449 Warwick "Kingmaker" Becomes Earl of Warwick
1455 First Battle of St Albans
23rd September 1459 Battle of Blore Heath
1465 Marriage of John Woodville and Catherine Neville
24th July 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor aka Danes Moor aka Banbury
Before 5th October 1397 [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 15] and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 11] were married. He the son of [her grandfather] Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick [aged 59] and [her grandmother] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick [aged 50]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1417 Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer was born to Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 34] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 31]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. Coefficient of inbreeding 1.71%.
On 13th July 1417 [her grandfather] Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle [aged 65] died. His succeeded daughter [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 31] succeeded 4th Baroness Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire. Baron Berkeley extinct. His succeeded nephew James [aged 23] succeeded 11th Baron Berkeley Feudal,
On 28th December 1422 [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick [aged 36] died. Baron Lisle of Kingston Lisle in Oxfordshire abeyant between her daughters [her sister] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 18], Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 14] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 5].
Before 1425 [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 42] and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Warwick. She the daughter of Thomas Despencer 1st Earl Gloucester and Constance York Countess Gloucester. He the son of [her grandfather] Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick and [her grandmother] Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 6th September 1425 [her brother-in-law] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 42] and [her sister] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 43] and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
Before 9th September 1427 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Ros 8th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 19] and [her sister] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 45] and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In or before 1432 [her brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 25] and [her sister] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 49] and [her mother] Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset and Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence [aged 46]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1432 [her future husband] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 25] was created 1st Baron Latimer of Snape.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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In 1434 [her half-brother] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 8] and [her sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 10] were married at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire [Map]. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister [her half-sister] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 7] would marry her brother [her future brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 5] two years later. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 34] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 27]. He the son of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 51] and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 33]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1436 [her brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 7] and [her half-sister] Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 9] were married. A Marriage of Two Sets of Siblings. His sister [her sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 12] had previously married her brother [her half-brother] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 10]. She the daughter of [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 53] and [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 35]. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 36] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 29]. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1437 George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 30] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Baroness Latimer of Snape. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. He the son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland [aged 58]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1437 [her son] Henry Neville was born to [her husband] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 30] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 20] at Latimer, Buckinghamshire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married 1463 his third cousin Joan Bourchier, daughter of John Bourchier 1st Baron Berners and Margery Berners Baroness Berners, and had issue.
On 30th April 1439 [her father] Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 57] died at Rouen, France [Map]. His succeeded son [her half-brother] Henry [aged 14] succeeded 14th Earl Warwick. [her sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 15] by marriage Countess Warwick.
In the middle of the Beauchamp Chapel [Map] lieth upon a tomb of marble, in full statue, the effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in armour, all made of fine latten brass, doubly guilt.
Besides these there stand round about, his tomb, eighteen lesser images, made of brass and gilt, resembling angels, with this label: Glory and for Praise to God - Mercy to the Dead.
The Inscription about his tomb, engraved in brass, in the uncouth diction and spelling, is as follows:
Preith devoutly for the Sowel whom God assoile of one of the moost worshipful Knightes, in his Dayles of Monhode and Conning. Richard Beauchamp, late Earl of Warrewyk. Lord Despenser of Bergevenny, of mony other grete Lordships; whose Body resteth here under this Tumbe in a ful seire voute of Stone set on the bare rooch, the which visited with longe sikness in the Castel of Roan therinne deceased full cristenty the last day of April, the yer of our Lord God MCCCCXXXIX. He being at that time lieutenant, genal and goverin of the Roialmes of Fraunce, and of the Duchie of Normandie by sufficient authorite of oure Sovaigne Lord the King Harry the sixth, the which body with grete deliberacon and ful worshipful Conduit by see and by lond was brought to Warrewik the iiii day of October the yer aboveseide and was leide with ful solemne exequies in a feir Chest made of Stone in this Church, afore the west dore of this Chapel according to his last Wille and Testament therein to reste, til this Chapel by him devised in his lief were made. At the whuche Chapel founded on the rooche and alle the Membres thereof, his Executors dede fully make and apparaille, by the autorite of his said wille & Testament, and thereafter by the same autorite then dide translate ful worshipfully the seide body into the vout abouesaide; honired be God therefore.
At his head there is a great helm with a crest of a swan with a Coronet around its neck.
At his right foot a muzzled bear which features on the Beauchamp Bear and Ragged Staff badge.
At his left foot a griffin.
Over the said monument is a hearse of brass, gilt, made designedly to support a covering over the curious repository of the remains of this once great Earl.
Round about his tomb, stand fourteen images of brass, all gilt; under the feet of each of them is a coat of arms. These images are resembling fourteen lords and ladies, called weepers.
At the head of the tomb: Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, and Lady Cecil, his wife, daughter to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury [aged 39].
On the south side: Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
Edmund Beaufort [aged 33], Duke of Somerset;
Humphrey Stafford [aged 36], Duke of Buckingham;
John Talbot [aged 56], Earl of Shrewsbury;
Richard Nevil [aged 10], Earl of Warwick.
At the foot of the tomb: George Nevil [aged 32], Lord Lattimer, and Elizabeth [aged 22], his wife, daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
On the north side: Anne [aged 12], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to Richard, Earl of Warwick.
Eleanor [aged 30], daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and wife to Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset;
Anne [aged 31], daughter to Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmoreland, wife to Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham;
Margaret [aged 35], eldest daughter to Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, wife to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury;
Alice [aged 32], daughter and heiress to Thomas Montague, Earl of Salisbury, wife to Richard Nevil, Earl of Salisbury;
On 27th December 1439 [her step-mother] Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester [aged 39] died. Her succeeded son [her half-brother] Henry [aged 14] succeeded 6th Baron Burghesh.
In October 1441 John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 32] and [her sister-in-law] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 41] were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and [her mother-in-law] Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
In 1442 [her brother-in-law] Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 36] was created 1st Marquess Dorset. [her sister] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 33] by marriage Marchioness Dorset.
In 1442 [her brother-in-law] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 59] was created 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl Waterford. [her sister] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 38] by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
After 1443 [her daughter] Katherine Neville was born to [her husband] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 36] and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 26] at Shenstone, Staffordshire [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married (1) Robert Radcliffe (2) 1460 her half second cousin twice removed John Dudley, son of John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley and Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 30th May 1444 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 41] committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His succeeded brother [her brother-in-law] Edmund [aged 38] succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. [her sister] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 35] by marriage Countess Somerset.
His only child Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond aged one was his heir. King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 47] who married her to his son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk [aged 1].
In September 1444 Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford [aged 42] was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 22] in reward for many years of loyal and continuous service to the Crown. [her sister-in-law] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 36] by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.
On 14th April 1445 [her half-brother] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 20] was created 1st Duke Warwick by his third cousin King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 23]. [her sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 21] by marriage Duchess Warwick.
On 11th June 1446 [her half-brother] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 21] died at Hanley Castle, Worcestershire. Duke Warwick extinct. His succeeded daughter [her niece] Anne Beauchamp 15th Countess Warwick [aged 2] succeeded 15th Countess Warwick, 7th Baroness Burghesh.
In 1449 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 21] and [her former sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 25] were married. Her second marriage; her first husband [her half-brother] Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick had died three years earlier - she was a wealthy widow. She died a year later. She the daughter of [her brother-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 49] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 42]. They were second 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.
On 3rd June 1449 [her niece] Anne Beauchamp 15th Countess Warwick [aged 5] died at Ewelme, Oxfordshire aged four whilst in the care of Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk [aged 45]. She was buried at Reading Abbey, Berkshire [Map]. Baron Burghesh abeyant between her three-half aunts and her full aunt Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick [aged 22]. It isn't clear why the barony was not subject to the same legal dispute that the Earldom of Warwick was subject to - see following.
After a prolonged legal dispute between her three half-aunts, Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 45], Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 40], Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 32] and her full aunt Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick, the courts decided her full aunt Anne Beauchamp should succeed. Anne Beauchamp succeeded 16th Countess Warwick. Her husband Richard Neville [aged 20] by marriage Earl Warwick; the first step on his journey to becoming Kingmaker.
The decision of the court was not subscribed to by Edmund Beaufort Earl Somerset [aged 43] who was married to Anne's half-sister Eleanor; he wanted his share of the considerable Beauchamp inheritance.
On 16th July 1449 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 22] was created 1st Earl Worcester. [her former sister-in-law] Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick [aged 25] by marriage Countess Worcester. It isn't clear why he was he was created Earl at such a young age. His father John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft had died six years earlier so he had inherited Baron Tiptoft. His mother Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft had died three years earlier when he was eighteen. In 1449 he married Cecily Neville Duchess Warwick daughter of the influential [her brother-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 49]. His earldom may have been a consequence of this marriage.
On 22nd May 1455 the Wars of the Roses commenced with the First Battle of St Albans. Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York [aged 43] commanded with [her brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 26], Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 55], Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 40] and Walter Strickland [aged 44].
The Lancastrians...
Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset [aged 49] was killed. His succeeded son Henry [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Duke Somerset, 2nd Marquess Dorset, 5th Earl Somerset, 2nd Earl Dorset. Note his father is frequently incorrectly referred to as the second Duke and Henry as the third Duke. His father's Dukedom, however, was a new creation.
Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland [aged 62] was killed. His succeeded son Henry [aged 33] succeeded 3rd Earl of Northumberland, 6th Baron Percy of Alnwick, 14th Baron Percy of Topcliffe. Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland [aged 33] by marriage Countess of Northumberland.
Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford [aged 41] was killed. His succeeded son John [aged 20] succeeded 9th Baron de Clifford, 9th Lord Skipton. Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford [aged 21] by marriage Baroness de Clifford.
William Cotton [aged 45] and Richard Fortescue [aged 41] were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 52] was wounded and captured.
King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 33], John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 54] and Edmund Sutton [aged 30] were captured.
Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke of Somerset was wounded. James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 34] and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 55] fought.
Richard Cotton of Hampstall Ridware [aged 51] and his son William Cotton of Connington in Huntingdonshire [aged 27] were killed.
On 23rd September 1459 a Lancastrian army of James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 61] and John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley [aged 58] fought with a Yorkist army commanded by [her brother-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 59] at Blore Heath, Staffordshire [Map] whilst he, Salisbury, was travelling to Ludlow [Map] to join up with the main Yorkist army. Forewarned by scouts Salisbury arranged his troops into battle order the night before, arranging his wagons defensively, and digging trenches.
The Yorkist army included John Conyers [aged 48], Thomas Harrington [aged 59], James Harrington [aged 29], John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 28], William Stanley [aged 24], Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley [aged 26], John Savile, Walter Strickland [aged 48] and John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 59].
The Lancastrian army included brothers John Dutton, Thomas Dutton [aged 38] and Peter Dutton who were killed.
James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet was killed, probably by Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley. His succeeded son John [aged 33] succeeded 6th Baron Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, 3rd Baron Tuchet. Anne Echingham Baroness Audley Heighley [aged 39] by marriage Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire, Baroness Audley of Heighley in Staffordshire.
John Sutton 1st Baron Dudley and Edmund Sutton [aged 34] were captured. Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 53] fought.
William Troutbeck [aged 23], Richard Molyneux of Sefton and John Egerton [aged 55] were killed.
After the battle Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England [aged 29] took refuge at Eccleshall Castle, Staffordshire [Map]. Thomas Harrington, John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu and Thomas Neville [aged 29] were captured at Acton Bridge, Tarporley [Map] and imprisoned at Chester Castle [Map] having been detached from the main Yorkist force.
In 1460 [her son-in-law] John Dudley [aged 33] and [her daughter] Katherine Neville [aged 16] were married. They were half second cousin twice removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England [aged 18] and including [her brother-in-law] Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 31], Archbishop George Neville [aged 28], William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 55], Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham [aged 45] and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22] defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent [aged 43] had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 38] was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 57] was killed. His succeeded grandson Henry [aged 5] succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 42] was killed. His succeeded son John [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont [aged 37] was killed. [Baron Egremont of Egremont Castle in Cumberland extinct. Some authoirities state, however, that he left a son, Sir John Percy, who never assumed the title.]
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont [aged 50] was killed. His succeeded son William [aged 22] succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy [aged 56] was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis [aged 21].
Thomas Tresham [aged 40] fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys [aged 19] were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
On 31st October 1461 King Edward IV of England [aged 19] created his brother Richard [aged 9] 1st Duke Gloucester. Henry Bourchier [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Essex. Isabel York Countess Eu and Essex [aged 52] by marriage Countess Essex. [her brother-in-law] William Neville [aged 56] was created 1st Earl Kent. Joan Fauconberg [aged 55] by marriage Countess Kent.
In 1463 [her son] Henry Neville [aged 26] and [her daughter-in-law] Joan Bourchier [aged 21] were married. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 9th January 1463 [her brother-in-law] William Neville 1st Earl Kent [aged 58] died. He was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map]. No surviving legitimate issue. Earl Kent extinct.
In January 1465 John Woodville [aged 20] and [her sister-in-law] Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 65] were married. Described as a 'Diabolical Marriage' by opponents of the Woodvilles. He being nineteen, she sixty-five. His first wife, her fourth husband. Regarded as an example of the Woodville family increasing their wealth and power. See Woodville Marriages The difference in their ages was 45 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and [her mother-in-law] Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland. He the son of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 60] and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford [aged 50]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 25th November 1467 Walter Blount 1st Baron Mountjoy [aged 51] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham [aged 59] were married. She by marriage Baroness Mountjoy. She the daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland and [her mother-in-law] Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland.
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On 6th March 1468 [her sister] Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset [aged 59] died at Baynard's Castle [Map].
On 14th June 1468 [her sister] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 64] died.
On 24th July 1469 the Yorkist army suffered a defeat against a Lancastrian army led by Robin of Redesdale at the Battle of Edgecote Moor. The Yorkist army was commanded by Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon [aged 30] and William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 46].
Thomas Vaughan [aged 69], John Wogan, [her son] Henry Neville [aged 32], John Conyers [aged 36], and brothers [her son-in-law] John Dudley [aged 42] and Oliver Dudley were killed.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon, John Conyers [aged 58] and William Parr [aged 35] fought.
Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers [aged 64] and John Woodville [aged 24] were captured.
On 30th December 1469 [her husband] George Neville 1st Baron Latimer of Snape [aged 62] died at Well. He was buried at St Michaels Church, Well. His succeeded grandson Richard [aged 1] succeeded 2nd Baron Latimer of Snape. Grave marker at the Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map].
In 1480 Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer [aged 63] died. Grave marker at the Beauchamp Chapel, St Mary's Church, Warwick [Map].
Thomas VI Wake and Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer were married. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 8 Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 
8 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Maudit 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Tosny 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Bohun 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Tosny Countess Warwick 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Thomas Beauchamp 12th Earl Warwick 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 
Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Braose 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes 
10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Geneville 1st Baron Geneville 8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Piers Geneville 9 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Baroness Geneville 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh XII of Lusignan VII Count of La Marche III Count Angoulême 
4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Fougères Countess Lusignan Countess La Marche and Angoulême
Father: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Despencer 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun 
9 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun 5 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bohun Lady Verdun 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford 
Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Margaret Ferrers Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy 8 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 
3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Ferrers Groby 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Vipont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Elizabeth Beauchamp Baroness Latimer 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley 
Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Ferrers Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Eudo Zouche 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eva Zouche 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Millicent Cantilupe 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 9th and 4th Baron Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Piers Geneville 9 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jeanne Lusignan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland
GrandFather: Thomas Berkeley 10th and 5th Baron Berkeley, Baron Lisle 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Elder" Despencer 1st Earl Winchester 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh "Younger" Despencer 1st Baron Despencer 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Despencer Baroness Berkeley Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Mother: Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Lisle 
9 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 3 Grandfather: Warin Lisle 10 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Armentieres
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gerard Lisle 1st Baron Lisle 11 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tyeys 2nd Baron Tyeys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tyeys
Great x 1 Grandfather: Warin Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 7 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Vere 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
GrandMother: Margaret Lisle Baroness Berkeley 3rd Baroness Lisle 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Pipard
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Pipard Baroness Lisle