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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Duke of Buckingham is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been four creations of Duke of Buckingham:
1st. September 1444. Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham 1402-1460. Forfeit. 17th May 1521. Trial and Execution of the Duke of Buckingham.
2nd. 18th May 1623. George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham 1592-1628. Extinct. 16th April 1687.
3rd. 1703. John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1648-1721. Extinct. 30th October 1735.
4th. 1822. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos 1776-1839. Extinct. 26th March 1889.
Duke of Buckingham is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Dukedoms of England.
Summary
September 1444. Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham created.
10th July 1460. Grandson Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See 1460 Battle of Northampton.
2nd November 1483. Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham forfeit. See Buckingham's Rebellion.
1485. Son Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham restored.
17th May 1521. Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham forfeit. See Trial and Execution of the Duke of Buckingham.
In September 1444 Humphrey Stafford 6th Earl Stafford (age 42) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 22) in reward for many years of loyal and continuous service to the Crown. Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 36) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.
On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), Archbishop George Neville (age 28), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 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 (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son John (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 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 (age 50) was killed. His son William (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys (age 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.
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In 1466 Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 11) and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford (age 8) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham. See Woodville Marriages. She the daughter of Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers (age 61) and Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford (age 51).
On 2nd November 1483 Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 29) was beheaded in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] for his part in the rebellion. Duke of Buckingham forfeit. His son Edward (age 5) succeeded 8th Earl Stafford, 9th Baron Stafford.
In 1485 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 6) was restored 3rd Duke of Buckingham.
In December 1489 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 11) and Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham. The executors of her father Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland, who had been hanged by rebels during the Northern Rebellion earlier in the year, having paid King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 32) £4000 for the privilege. His father, Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham, had been hanged for treason in 1483. She the daughter of Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland and Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland. He the son of Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford (age 31). They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 17th May 1521 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 43) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford and Baron Stafford forfeit.
He was executed for no specific reason other than his having a significant amount of Plantagenet blood and was, therefore, considered a threat by Henry VIII (age 29). He was posthumously attainted by Act of Parliament on 31 July 1523, disinheriting his children. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Britford [Map].
Duke of Buckingham is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
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18th May 1623. George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham created.
23rd August 1628. Son George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See Murder of the Duke of Buckingham.
16th April 1687. George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham extinct.
On 18th May 1623 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 30) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 56) for being his favourite; what favourite means is open to debate. Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham (age 21) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham.
On 23rd August 1628 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 35) was murdered at Greyhound Pub, Portsmouth by a disgruntled soldier John Felton (age 33). He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son George succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 2nd Earl Buckingham.
Felton was considered a hero by many who blamed Buckingham for the failures of the 1625 Cádiz Expedition and 1627 Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Felton was subsequently hanged.
John Evelyn's Diary. 14th August 1654. I took a journey into the Northern parts, riding through Oakham, a pretty town in Rutlandshire, famous for the tenure of the Barons (Ferrers), who hold it by taking off a shoe from every nobleman's horse that passes with his lord through the street, unless redeemed with a certain piece of money. In token of this, are several gilded shoes nailed up on the castle gate, which seems to have been large and fair. Hence, we went by Brook, a very sweet seat and park of the old Lady Camden's. Next, by Burleigh House, belonging to the Duke of Buckingham, and worthily reckoned among the noblest seats in England, situate on the brow of a hill, built à la moderne near a park walled in, and a fine wood at the descent.
On 15th September 1657 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 29) and Mary Fairfax Duchess Buckingham (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham. He the son of George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham. They were half fifth cousins.
On 16th April 1687 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 59) died. Duke of Buckingham, Marquess of Buckingham, Earl Buckingham extinct. Baron Ros Helmsley abeyant.
Duke of Buckingham and Normanby is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
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1703. John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby created.
24th February 1721. Son Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby succeeded.
30th October 1735. Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby extinct.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1703 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 54) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby. Catherine Greville Duchess Buckingham and Normandby by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby.
On 16th March 1705 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 56) and Catherine Darnley Duchess Buckingham and Normandby (age 25) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and Catherine Sedley Countess Dorchester and Portmore (age 47). He the son of Edmund Sheffield 2nd Earl Mulgrave and Elizabeth Cranfield Countess Mulgrave (age 97).
On 24th February 1721 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 72) died. His son Edmund (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, 4th Earl Mulgrave, 6th Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire.
On 30th October 1735 Edmund Sheffield 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (age 19) died of consumption at Rome, Italy [Map] unmarried and without issue. Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, Earl Mulgrave and Baron Sheffield of Butterwick in Lincolnshire extinct.
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
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1822. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos created.
17th January 1839. Son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos succeeded.
29th July 1861. Son Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos succeeded.
26th March 1889. Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos extinct.
In 1822 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 45) was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1st Marquess of Chandos, 1st Earl Temple of Stowe. The latter title, Earl Temple of Stowe, was created with remainder to his granddaughter Anna Eliza Mary Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (age 1). Anne Elizabeth Brydges Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 43) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos.
On 17th January 1839 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 62) died. His son Richard (age 41) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 3rd Marquess Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Chandos, 5th Earl Temple, 4th Earl Nugent, 2nd Earl Temple of Stowe, 6th Viscount Cobham. Mary Campbell Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 43) by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 29th July 1861 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 64) died at the Great Western Hotel Paddington. His son Richard (age 37) succeeded 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 4th Marquess Buckingham, 3rd Marquess of Chandos, 6th Earl Temple, 5th Earl Nugent, 3rd Earl Temple of Stowe, 7th Viscount Cobham
In 1885 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 61) and Alice Graham-Montgomery Duchess Buckingham and Chandos (age 38) were married. She by marriage Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Mary Campbell Duchess Buckingham and Chandos.
On 26th March 1889 Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (age 65) died from diabetes at 2 Queen Anne Street aka Chandos House Marylebone. Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Earl Temple, Earl Nugent extinct.
William Stephen Temple Gore-Langton 4th Earl Temple (age 41) succeeded 4th Earl Temple of Stowe according to the special remainder in its patent. Helen Mabel Graham-Montgomery Countess Temple of Stowe by marriage Countess Temple of Stowe.
Charles Lyttelton 8th Viscount Cobham (age 46) succeeded 8th Viscount Cobham. Mary Susan Cavendish Viscountess Cobham (age 36) by marriage Viscountess Cobham.