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n n n O Oo 3 so o r» 3 c 3 o n ■-1 IV. 1377 I. Thomas,(^) surnamed " of Woodstock,'" to yst. s. of Edward III, was, on 16 July 1377, at 1397. the coronation of Richard II, cr. EARL OF BUCKINGHAM.(b) This creation was subse- quently confirmed by a Royal charter, with consent of Pari., the limitation being to the grantee and his Iieirs. On 6 Aug. 1385 he was cr. Dure of Gloucester. He was murdered 8 Sep. 1397, and being attainted 2l few days later, all his honours ^ere forfeited. [Humphrey, only s. and h., sty/ed 'Eaj^.l of Buckingham, who, however, owing to his father's attainder never sue. to the peerage. He d. unm. 1399.] V. 1438 ? 2 and I. Humphrey (Stafford), Earl OF Stafford, (^c, s. and h. of Edmund, Earl of Stafford, by Ann, DUKEDOM, sister and h. of Humphrey, styled Earl of Buckingham abovenamed, having sue. his father 21 July 1403, when I. 1444. but a year old, as Earl of Stafford, <yc., appears to have been, in right of his mother, who d. 16 Oct. 1438, con- sidered as EARL OF BUCKINGHAM. (=) He was knighted 22 Apr. I42i,and was, in 143 1, cr. Count of Perche in Normandy, and was on 14 Sep. 1444, cr. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.(d) P.C. 1424; K.G. 22 Apr. 1429. He served several years in France; was Lieut. Gen. of Normandy, 1430-32; Seneschal of Halton 1439; Capt. of Calais and Lieut, of the Marches, 1442-51. Ambassador to France, 1446. On 22 May 1447, he had a grant of special precedence given him " before all Dukes who might thenceforward be created, excepting descendants of the King's body."(^) Warden of the Cinque (^) As to his supposed name of " Plantagenet " see ante, vol. i, p. 183, note "c." C") For a list of Coronation peerages see Appendix F to this volume. ('^) He is called "Earl of Buckingham and Stafford," when cr. a Duke (1444) according to the recital of that creation in the ParHamentary settlement of his precedency. In an indenture 13 Feb. (1443/4) 22 Hen. VI he is sty/ed "The Right Mighty Prince Humphrey, Earl of Buckingham, Hereford, Stafford, Northamp- ton, and Perche, Lord of Brecknock and Holderness." He did not, however, add thereto the title of " Earl of Essex," though his grandfather, Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Buckingham (abovenamed) had assumed that title, (as well as those of Hereford and Northampton) having m. the da. and coh. of Humphrey (de Bohun), Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. The Earldom of Perche was a foreign title and the Lordships of Brecknock and Holderness were not peerage dignities. C^) The precedency belonging (chronologically) to this creation was interfered with by the creation of the Dukedom of Warwick, 5 Apr. following, with precedence next after the Duke of Norfolk and before that of the Duke of Buckingham. The controversy thus raised was settled by Pari, giving to each Duke alternately, year and year about, the precedency. It was, however, terminated by the death, s.p.m., of the Duke of Warwick, 1 1 June 1446. See as to Precedency of Peers by Royal Warrant, vol. i, Appendix C. (") This was doubtless to guard against his being again deposed from his proper precedency. See preceding note.