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Earl Kendal is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Kendal:
1st. 16th May 1414. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford. Extinct. 14th September 1435. Death of John of Bedford.
2nd. 28th August 1443. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset. Extinct. 30th May 1444.
3rd. 1446. John Foix 1st Earl Kendal. Renounced. 1462.
Earl Kendal is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
16th May 1414. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 24) created. See Henry V awards his brothers Dukedoms.
14th September 1435. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford extinct. See Death of John of Bedford.
On 16th May 1414 King Henry V of England (age 27) created Dukedoms for his two brothers:
Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 23) was created 1st Duke Gloucester, 1st Earl Pembroke.
John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 24) was created 1st Duke Bedford, 1st Earl Kendal.
On 14th September 1435 John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford (age 46) died at Rouen Castle [Map] without legitimate issue. Duke Bedford, Duke Bedford, Earl Kendal and Earl Richmond extinct. Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester (age 44) became heir to the throne.
Earl Kendal is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
28th August 1443. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 40) created.
30th May 1444. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset extinct.
On 28th August 1443 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 40) was created 1st Duke Somerset, 1st Earl Kendal by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 21). Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 33) by marriage Duchess Somerset.
On 30th May 1444 John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset (age 41) committed suicide. Suicide not certain but likely. Duke Somerset, Earl Kendal extinct. His brother Edmund (age 38) succeeded 4th Earl Somerset. Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset (age 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 (age 22) granted her wardship to William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 47) who married her to his son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 1).
Earl Kendal is also in Earldoms of England Chronologically, Renounced Earldoms of England.
Summary
1446. John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 35) created.
1462. John Foix 1st Earl Kendal renounced.
In 1446 John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 35) was created 1st Earl Kendal. Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix (age 20) by marriage Countess Foix.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1462 John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 51) renounced his title of Earl Kendal. There is some confusion as to whether he did or not? His descendants in France continued to use the title under the name 'Candale'.