John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk
HOWARD, JOHN, first Duke of Norfolk of the Howard family (1430?–1485), son and heir of Sir Robert Howard by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk (d. 1399), and cousin and ultimately coheiress of…
John Holland, Duke of Exeter and Earl of Huntingdon
HOLLAND, JOHN, Duke of Exeter and Earl of Huntingdon (1395–1447), was second son of John Holland, duke of Exeter (1352?–1400) [q. v.] His elder brother Richard died 3 Sept. 1400, prior to the reversal of…
William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
HERBERT, Sir WILLIAM, Earl of Pembroke (d. 1469), was elder son of Sir William Herbert of Raglan Castle, called also William ap Thomas, and in Welsh Margoah Glas, or Gumrhi; who fought in France under…
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
GREY, EDMUND, first Earl of Kent (1420?–1489), high-treasurer of England, was eldest son of Sir John Grey, K.G., by Constance, daughter of John Holland, duke of Exeter, and grandson of Reginald, third lord Grey of…
Reginald de Grey, third Lord Grey of Ruthin
GREY, REGINALD de, third Lord Grey of Ruthin (1362?–1440), was the eldest surviving son and heir of Reginald, second baron Grey of Ruthin, and of his wife Eleanor, daughter of Lord Strange of Blackmere, and…
Sir Richard Radcliffe
RADCLIFFE or RATCLIFFE, Sir RICHARD (d. 1485), adviser of Richard III, was a younger son of Sir Thomas Radcliffe. The latter’s father was younger son of the Clitheroe branch of the Radcliffes of Radcliffe Tower,…
Sir John Grey, 8th Lord Ferrers of Groby
GREY, JOHN, eighth Lord Ferrers of Groby (1432–1461), born in 1432, was elder son of Edward Grey (1415-1457), who was second son of Reginald, third lord Grey of Ruthin [q. v.], by his second wife,…
Sir John Fortesque
FORTESCUE, Sir JOHN (1394?–1476?), chief justice of the king’s bench and legal writer, was the second of the three sons of Sir John Fortescue, whom Henry V made governor of Meaux, the eldest being Sir…
John Radcliffe, Lord Fitzwalter
RADCLIFFE or RATCLIFFE, JOHN, Lord Fitzwalter (1452?–1496), was son of Sir John Radcliffe of Attleborough in Norfolk, head of a younger branch of the Radcliffes of Radcliffe Tower, Lancashire. His mother was Elizabeth, baroness Fitzwalter…
Sir John Fastolf
FASTOLF, Sir JOHN (1378?–1459), warrior and landowner, belonged to an ancient Norfolk family originally seated at Great Yarmouth, where many of the name had been bailiffs from the time of Edward I. A Hugo Fastolf…