Biography of Anne Manny Countess Pembroke -1384

Anne Manny Countess Pembroke was born to [her father] Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny and [her mother] Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1335 John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave [aged 19] and [her mother] Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk were married. She by marriage Baroness Segrave. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 34] and [her grandmother] Alice Hales Countess Norfolk. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 4th August 1338 [her grandfather] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 38] died at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map]. His daughter [her mother] Margaret succeeded 2nd Countess Norfolk. She also succeeded to the title Earl Marshal, the only woman to have held this office, and inherited Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map].

On 12th November 1347 [her father] Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Manny.

On 20th August 1348 Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke [aged 29] died at Abergavenny Castle [Map]. He was buried at Abergavenny Priory [Map]. His son [her future husband] John succeeded 2nd Earl Pembroke, 4th Baron Hastings, 15th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.

On 25th March 1349 [her brother-in-law] John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave [aged 8] and [her half-sister] Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray [aged 10] were married. She by marriage Baroness Mowbray. He by marriage Baron Segrave. She the daughter of John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave [aged 33] and [her mother] Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk. They were third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 1st April 1353 John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave [aged 37] died at Bretby Repton, Derbyshire [Map]. His daughter [her half-sister] Elizabeth [aged 14] succeeded 5th Baroness Segrave.

In 1354 [her father] Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 44] and [her mother] Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk were married. She by marriage Baroness Manny. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk and [her grandmother] Alice Hales Countess Norfolk.

Before 1368 [her half-sister] Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray [aged 29] died. Her son [her nephew] John [aged 2] succeeded 6th Baron Segrave. The date somewhat uncertain but consistent with John Mowbray 1st Earl Nottingham succeeding.

In July 1368 John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 20] and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke were married. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 58] and Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk. He the son of Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke and Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke. They were half fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 12th January 1372 [her father] Walter Manny 1st Baron Manny [aged 62] died. His daughter Anne succeeded 2nd Baroness Manny. [her husband] John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 24] by marriage Baron Manny.

In October 1372 [her son] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke was born to [her husband] John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 25] and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married (1) 24th June 1380 his half third cousin Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter, daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster (2) 1388 his second cousin once removed Philippa Mortimer Countess Pembroke, Arundel and Surrey, daughter of Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl March, Earl of Ulster and Philippa Plantagenet Countess March 2nd Countess Ulster.

On 16th April 1375 [her husband] John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke [aged 27] died. He was buried at Hereford [Map]. His son John [aged 2] succeeded 3rd Earl Pembroke, 5th Baron Hastings, 16th Baron Abergavenny Feudal Creation.

Patent Rolls. 9th June 1378. Westminster. Inspeximus and confirmation, in favour of [her mother] Margaret Mareschall, countess of Norfolk, and Anne, late the wife of [her former husband] John Hastynges earl of Pembroke, the late king's kinswomen, of (1) letters patent dated 22 January, 49 Edward III, committing to them the custody, during the minority of the heir, of two-thirds of the manors, lands, and tenements, late of the said John, excepting those in Kent, at the yearly rent of £413 2s 2d; and (2) letters patent dated 24 December, 50 Edward III., remitting £100 yearly of the said rent. By the Great Council.

Patent Rolls. 22nd February 1379. Anne, late the wife of [her former husband] John de Hastynges, late earl of Pembroke, staying in England, has letters nominating Robert de Euer and John More her attorneys in Ireland for one year. William de Burstall received the attorneys.

[her mother] Margaret Mareschall, countess of Norfolk, the king's kinswoman, staying in England, has letters nominating the same for the same period. William de Burstall received the attorneys.

Patent Rolls. 22nd November 1379. Westminster. Grant to Stephen de Haddele, for life, from 10 May, 1 Richard II, of a yearly rent of 15/. from the manor of Radeswell, which was granted to him by letters patent dated 1 June, 51 Edward III, confirmed by the king at the aforesaid date; on his petition that he has been unable to obtain payment because in the said letters patent it was said to be in the custody of the king's kinswoman, the [her mother] countess of Norfolk, without making mention of Anne, countess of Pembroke, who was jointly named with her therein. By p.s.

Patent Rolls. 22nd February 1380. Letters for Anne, late the wife of John

The like for [her mother] Margaret Mareschall, countess of Norfolk, nominating the same.

The said William received them.

On 24th June 1380 John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 7] and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 17] were married at Kenilworth Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster [aged 40] and Blanche Duchess of Lancaster. He the son of John Hastings 2nd Earl Pembroke and Anne Manny Countess Pembroke. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After 24th June 1380 [her son] John Hastings 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 7] and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 17] marriage annulled since she had become pregnant by John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 28] whom she subsequently married. It isn't clear whether John Holland was punished; he was half-brother to King Richard II of England [aged 13] through their mother Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales [aged 51].

In 1384 Anne Manny Countess Pembroke died. Her son John [aged 11] succeeded 3rd Baron Manny.