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See also: English titles have been See also: borne at different times by members of the families of Holand or See also: Holland,
See also: Beaufort, Courtenay and See also: Cecil
.
The earls of See also: Devon of the See also: family of de Redvers were sometimes called earls of Exeter; but the 1st duke of Exeter was See also: JOHN (c
.
1355-1400), a younger son of
See also: Thomas Holand,
See also: earl of Kent (d
.
136o)
.
John's See also: mother, See also: Joan (d
.
1385), a descend-See also: ant of See also: Edward I., married for her third See also: husband Edward the Black See also: Prince, by whom she was the mother of See also: Richard II., and her son John was thus the See also: king's
See also: half-See also: brother, a relationship to which he owed his high station at the English See also: court
.
He married See also: Elizabeth (d
.
1426), a daughter of John of Gaunt, duke of
See also: Lancaster, and was constantly in Richard's train until 1385, when his See also: murder of See also: Ralph Stafford disturbed these friendly relations
.
John then went to See also: Spain as See also: constable of the English army under John of Gaunt; but after his return to See also: England in 1387 he was created earl of Huntingdon, was made See also: admiral of the See also: fleet and See also: chamberlain of England, and was again high in the king's favour
.
He was Richard's chief helper in the proceedings against the lords appellant in 1397, was created duke of Exeter in
See also: September of this See also: year, and went with the king to See also: Ireland in 1399
.
After the accession of his brother-in-See also: law, See also: Henry IV., Holand was tried for his share in the events of 1397, and was reduced to his earlier
See also: rank of earl of Huntingdon
.
He was soon plotting against Henry's See also: life, and after the projected rising in 1400 had failed he was captured and was probably beheaded at Pleshey in See also: Essex on the 16th of See also: January 14001 He was afterwards attainted and his titles and lands were forfeited
.
In 1416 THOMAS BEAUFORT, earl of Dorset, was created duke of Exeter; but this dignity was only granted for his life, and consequently it expired on his See also: death in 1426
.
In 1416 JOHN (1395-1447), son of John Holand, the former duke of Exeter, was allowed to take his See also: father's earldom of Huntingdon
.
This nobleman rendered See also: great assistance to Henry V. in his See also: conquest of See also: France, fighting both on See also: sea and on See also: land
.
He was marshal of England, admiral of England and governor of See also: Aquitaine under Henry VI.; was one of the king's representatives at the See also: conference of See also: Arras in 1435; and in 1443 was created duke of Exeter
.
When he died on the 5th of See also: August 1447 his titles passed to his son HENRY (1430-1473), who; although married to See also: Anne (d
.
1476), daughter of Richard, duke of See also: York, fought for Henry VI. during the See also: Wars of the See also: Roses
.
After having been imprisoned by York at Pontefract, he was See also: present at the See also: battle of See also: Towton, sailed with Henry's See also: queen, See also: Margaret of See also: Anjou, to See also: Flanders in 1463, and was wounded at See also: Barnet in 1471
.
In 1461 he had been attainted and his dukedom declared forfeited, and he died without sons, probably in 1473
.
Coming to the family of Courtenay the title of See also: marquess of Exeter was borne by HENRY COURTENAY (c
.
1496-1538), earl of Devon, who was made a marquess in 1525
.
A See also: grandson of Edward IV., Courtenay was a prominent figure at the court of Henry VIII. until Thomas See also: Cromwell See also: rose to power, when his high See also: birth, his great See also: wealth and his See also: independent position made him an See also: object of suspicion
.
Some slight discontent in the west of England gave the occasion for his arrest, and he was tried and beheaded on the 9th ofSee also: December 1538
.
A few days later he was declared a traitor and his titles were forfeited; although his only son, EDWARD (c
.
1526-1556), who was restored to the
' There is some difference of opinion about the place and manner of the earl's death, and this question has an important bearing upon the See also: privilege of trial by peers of the See also: realm
.
See L
.
W
.
See also: Vernon-See also: Harcourt, His See also: Grace the Steward and Trial of Peers (1907).earldom of Devon in 1553 and was a suitor for the See also: hand of Queen Mary, is sometimes called marquess of Exeter
.
The title of earl of Exeter was first bestowed upon the Cecils (see CECIL: Family) in 16o5 when THOMAS, and See also: Lord Burghley (1542-1623), the eldest son of See also: William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was made earl of Exeter by
See also: James I
.
Thomas had been a member of parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who knighted him in 1575, and had fought under the earl of
See also: Leicester in the See also: Netherlands
.
After his father's death in 1598 he became president of the Council of the See also: North and was made a knight of the Garter
.
He died on the 7th or 8th of See also: February 1623
.
His See also: direct descendants continued to bear the title of earl of Exeter, and in 18o1 HENRY (1754-1804), the loth earl, was advanced to the dignity of marquess of Exeter, the present marquess being his lineal descendant
.
It may be noted that the 1st marquess is See also: Tennyson's " lord of Burghley."
See G
.
E . C(okayne), See also: Complete See also: Peerage (1887-1898)
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