4th Duke of Norfolk John de Mowbray

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Talbot. Elizabeth (daughter of 1st Earl of Shrewsbury John Talbot and Margaret Beauchamp) died before 1453. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. 8th Countess of Norfolk Anne de Mowbray was born on 10 Dec 1472 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England; died on 19 Nov 1481 in Greenwich Palace, London, Middlesex, England.

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At the beginning of the War of the Roses in 1450 he supported Richard, Duke of York, the leader of the Yorkist faction. However, in 1459, he swore allegiance to the Lancastrian Henry VI. He then quickly changed sides back to the Yorkists. This sort of treachery was by no means unusual during the Wars of the Roses.

In February 1461 he fought for the defeated Yorkists in the Second Battle of St Albans. In March 1461 (Richard, Duke of York now being dead) he was one of those who asked the Duke’s son the Earl of March to become Edward IV and later that month his intervention at the Battle of Towton was decisive. The battle took place in a snow storm between 80,000 men. Neither side could get an advantage until about midday Norfolk entered the battle on the Yorkist’s right flank. The Lancastrians then began to slowly fall back. As Earl Marshal Mowbray then officiated at Edward IV’s coronation.

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John married Eleanor Bourchier. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Katherine Neville on 12 Jan 1411 in Raby, Durham, England. Katherine (daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort) was born in 1398 in Raby Castle, Durham, England; died after 1483 in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William Bourchier

William married Anne "of Gloucester" Plantagenet in Nov 1405. Anne (daughter of Thomas "of Woodstock" Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1st Earl of Buckingham 1st Earl of Essex and Eleanor de Bohun) was born on 30 Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Anne Plantagenet
• Baptism: Bef 6 May 1383

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On 10 February 1382, he succeeded his brother John as 6th Baron Mowbray and 7th Baron Segrave, and soon afterwards was created Earl of Nottingham, a title that had also been created for his elder brother. Three years later he was appointed Earl Marshal of England, and in that capacity he fought against the Scots and then against the French.

Lord Nottingham was one of the Lords Appellant to King Richard II who deposed some of King Richard's court favorites in 1387. The King's uncle, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, was imprisoned at Calais, where Nottingham was Captain. When Gloucester was killed in 1397, it was probably at the King's orders and probably with Nottingham's involvement. A few weeks later he was created Duke of Norfolk, though his aged grandmother, the Duchess of Norfolk, was still alive. When she died the next year he also became 3rd Earl of Norfolk.

Later, in 1398, Norfolk quarrelled with Henry of Bolingbroke, 1st Duke of Hereford (later King Henry IV), apparently due to mutual suspicions stemming from their roles in the conspiracy against the Duke of Gloucester. The King banished them both. After Hereford returned and usurped the throne, Norfolk was stripped of the Dukedom of Norfolk, though he retained his other titles. He died of the plague in Venice, on 22 September 1399.

The matter of Norfolk's quarrel and subsequent banishment is depicted at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard II.

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Thomas married Elizabeth FitzAlan. Elizabeth (daughter of 11th Earl of Arundel Richard FitzAlan and Elizabeth de Bohun) was born about 1366 in Derbyshire, England; died on 8 Jul 1425 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy; was buried in Heveringham, York, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Knight of the Garter; active on the border with Scotish affairs; strong supporter of Henry IV; life tenant of the Honor of Richmond after 1399; took no part in the French wars of Henry V but was one of his executors and a member of the Council of Regency for Henry VI; father of 23 children by two wives.

Ralph married Joan Beaufort on 29 Nov 1396 in Beaufort, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. Joan (daughter of John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster and Katherine de Roët) was born on 1 May 1375 in Beaufort Castle, Goudet, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France; died on 13 Nov 1440 in Howden, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

William married Eleanor de Louvain. Eleanor (daughter of John de Louvain) was born on 27 Mar 1345 in Little Easton, Essex, England; died on 5 Oct 1397; was buried in Little Easton, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Alianore De Lovayne
• Baptism: 18 Jul 1359, Little Easton, Essex, England

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Buried:
St Mary the Virgin Churchyard

Thomas married Eleanor de Bohun in 1376. Eleanor (daughter of 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan FitzAlan) was born in 1366 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1399 in Minoresses' Convent, Aldgate, London, England; was buried in Westminster, Greater London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]