Thomas Plantagenet Earl of Norfolk and his Descendants.
THOMAS PLANTAGENET, surnamed of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, eldest son of EDWARD I., by his second queen, Margaret, dau. of Philip III. or the Hardy, of France, was b. at Brotherton, in Yorkshire, anno 1301, whence the surname, “de Brotherton,” and before he had attained his thirteenth year, was advanced, by special charter of his half brother, King Edward II., (at the dying request of his predecessor,) dated 16 December, 1312, to all the honours which Roger le Bigod, some time Earl of Norfolk, and Marshal of England, did enjoy by the name of Earl, in the county of Norfolk, with all the castles, manors and lands, which the said Roger possessed in England, Ireland, and Wales, which had be come vested in the crown, by the surrender of the said Roger. But in some years afterwards, the king seized upon the marshalship in the Court of King’s Bench, because the Earl of Norfolk bad failed to substitute some, person on his behalf to attend the justices of that court, upon their journey into Lancashire; he had, however, restitution of the high office, upon paying a fine of £100. This prince was repeatedly in the wars of Scotland, temp. Edward II. and Edward III., in the latter of which reigns he had a confirmation of the Earldom of Norfolk, and the office of earl marshal. He espoused first, Alice, daughter of Sir Roger Halys, Knt., of Harwich, by whom he had issue,
MARGARET, of whom hereafter. Alice, m. to Edward de Montacute, and had a daughter,
JOAN, who m. William Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, and d. without male issue. The prince espoused, 2ndly, Mary, daughter of William, Lord Roos, and widow of William le Brus, and had a son,
John, who became a monk at the Abbey of Ely. Thomas de Brotherton, d. in 1338, when the Earldom of Norfolk became extinct. But his elder daughter and coheir, who eventually became sole heiress,
The LADY MARGARET PLANTAGENET, was created Duchess of Nor folk for life, by King Richard II., on the 29th September, 1397. Her grace, at the time styled Countess of Norfolk, claimed the office of earl marshal, at the coronation of that monarch, and prayed that she might execute the same by her deputy ; but her claim was not allowed, owing to the want of sufficient time to investigate its merits, and the prior appointment for the occasion, of Henry, Lord Percy. This illustrious lady espoused, first, John, Lord Segrave, and had issue,
Anne, Abbess of Barking.
Elizabeth, m.. John, Lord Mowbray, ancestor of the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk.
The duchess m. 2ndly, Sir William Manny, K.G. and had only surviving daughter.
Anne, m. to John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke.