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 CLARE. 271 Chtrentia "). He had previously, when a mere chiltl, been made Guardian of England 1 July 1345 and 25 June 1346, and had (as Earl of Ulster), probably about April 1881, been elected KG. ; Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1 July 1361 till 1364, again 1364-65, and again for some part of 1367. His wife, who was six years his senior, was b. 6 July 1332, and d. 1363, being bur. with her ancestors at Clare Priory, He m. secondly, with groat state, 2S May 1368, at Milan, Violante, da. of (Jaleazzo (Visconti), Prince 09 Milan. Soon after this he d. s.p.m. 17 Oct. 1368, at Alba Pompeia (Lowjucvil), in Montferrat, Piedmont, and was bur. at Papia, but subse- quently removed to England, and bur. at Clare Priory afsd. His will dat. 3 Oct. 1368 at the city of Alba, pr. 8 June 1369, at Lambeth. (") By his death the Dukedom of Clarence became extinct, the Irish Earldom of Ulster, as also the Honour of Clare, devolving on his da. and sole h.( b ) His widow m. Otho Paleologus. Marquess op SIONTFERRAT. II. 1411, Thomas Plantagenbt, styled "of Lancaster," 2nd s. of to King Henry IV, by his 1st wife, Mary, da. and coheir of Humphrey 1421. (BE Bohun), Earl of Hereford, was b. 29 Sep. 1389 ; K.B., 12 Oct. 1399, being at that time Seneschal of England ; K.G., probably soon after his father's accession to the Crown in 1399, but possibly not till llf)'2y ) Lord Lieut, of Ireland, 1401, 1402, 1404, and 1408, under the style of "Thomas de Lancaster." President of the Council. 1411. On 2 July 1411 he waser. HAUL OF ALBEMARLE^) AND DUKE OF CLAKENCE.C-') Lieut, of Aquitaine, 1412-13; High Steward of Chester, 1415 ; Constable of the Army, 1417 ; and Lieut.-Gen. of the Army in France and Normandy, 1417. He m. 1411, Margaret, Dow. Marchioness ok Dorset, da. of Thomas (Holand), 2nd Earl of Kent, by Alice, da. of Richard (Fitz Alan), Earl of Arundel. He <£. s.p. legit, when all his honours became extinct, being slain, while in command, at the bloody battle of Beaugy, 22 March 1421. Will dat. 10 July 1417, pr. 23 Nov. 1423, at Lambeth.( f ) His body was conveyed (by his bastard son. Sir John Clarence) to England, and bur. (near his Father) in Canterbury Cathedral. (E) His widow d. 30 Dec. 1429, and was there bur. under a magnificent monument to herself and her two husbands. III. 1461, George Plantage.net, Gtli but 3rd surv. s. of Kichard, to Duke of York, by Cicely, da. of Ralph (Nevill), Earl of Westmor- 1478. LAHB, was b. 21 Oct 1449, in Dublin. Shortly after his br. (Edward IV) became King (4 March 1460/1) he was elected KG, 1461 ; and in the same year (June ?) 1441, was a: DUKE OF CLARENCE.( h ) K.B., 27 June 1461. Lord Lieut, of Ireland, Feb. 1461/2 to March 1470, and again Cadwallader, King of Wales, (whose ensign was a Red Dragon,) and his undoubted descent (ex parte malcmu) from the family of Beaufort, Dukes of Somerset, (whose badge was a I'wtcullis,) established (3) Rouge Dragon. Pursuivant and (4) Portcullis Pursuivant. ( !l ) "Royal Wills," p. 88. ( b ) This was Philippa, who m- 1368 Edmond (Mortimer), Earl of March, and whose great great grandson and heir ascended (in her right) the throne, as Edward IV, whereby the Honour of Clare became vested in the Crown. (°) See notes to civ and clvi in Beltz's " Order of the Garter." m See, ante, Vol. i, p. 57, note " b." (") It is difficult to conjecture why this title was selected, as the honour of Clare was in the hands of the York line of the Royal family. By the inq. post mortem of this Duke, it appears that no particle of the Clare estates was held by him. ( r ) "Royal Wills," p. 230. (e) According to " Sandford," p. 311, the following punning distich hath been read for the Duke's epitaph : " Hie jacet in tumulo Tho., Dux Clar., nunc quasi nullus, Qui fuit in bello Clarus, nec Clarior ullus." ( h ) " He was probably or. Duke of Clarence at the same time that his yr. br. Richard, was cr. Duke of Gloucester, which was done ' cingendo sibi gladiuin ac per apposicoem eappe capiti suo,' between Mar. and Aug. 1461, but no record of such ceremony is to be found on any of the Rolls of that per iod ; he was first sum. to Pari as Duke of Clarence, 28 Feb. 1462." See " Courthope."