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 5o8 CAMOYS directed Thome Camoys chW, whereby he is held to have become LORD CAMOYS.(^) A Commission issued to him 7 Sep. 1403, simplyas "Thomas Camoys chivaler." He commanded the left wing of the English army at the battle of Agincourt, 25 Oct. 1415. He was nom. K.G. circa 1415. He m., istly,Elizabeth,da.andh.ofWilliamLoucHES, of Milton, CO. Oxford. He m., 2ndly, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Henry Percy, K.G., styled I^okd Percy (the famous " Hotspur," slain in 1403), da. of Edmund (Mortimer), Earl OF March, by Philippe, da. and h. of Lionel,('') Duke of Clarence. She d. 20 Apr. 141 7, seised of certain manors in Yorkshire, which then passed to her s., the Earl of Northumberland. (■=) He d. 28 Mar. I42i,(<^) and was bur. at Trotton. M.I.(') III. 142 1. 2. Hugh de Camoys, Lord Camoys, grandson and h., being 3rd, but only surv. s. of Sir Richard de C, by Joan, da. of Sir Richard Poynings, which Richard first named was ist s. of Thomas, Lord Camoys abovenamed, by his ist wife, but d. v.p. He was aged 7 years and more at his grandfather's death in 142 1.(^ He d. a minor, 18 June 1426, and was bur. at Camberwell, at the charges of the King, whose ward he was.(s) His heirs were found to be his two sisters,C') between whom any Barony, which may be supposed to have been created by the writ of summons, fell, according to modern doctrine, into abeyance, and so continued among their descendants for upwards of 400 years, till revived as under. (^) See note "a" on previous page. C") As to his supposed name of " Plantagenet," see vol. i, p. 1 83, note " c." V.G. {^) Inq. p. m., 5 Hen. V, no. 33. Although the names Elizabeth and Isabel are to some extent interchangeable, it is quite clear that the Isabel Camoys who was bur. at the Grey Friars in 1444, was not the widow of Henry Percy (Hotspur), and of Thomas, Lord Camoys, as suggested in Diet. Nat. Biog. (vol. xliv, p. 399). An inquisition taken in 1417 states explicitly that Elizabeth the wife of Thomas Camoys d. on 20 Apr. in that year, seised of certain manors in Yorkshire which had been settled on her and her ist husband by a fine levied in the 3rd year of Richard II. As to the probable identity of Isabel, see page 512, note "g." C^) Inq. p. m., 9 Hen. V, no. 29; I Hen. VI, no. 70 ; 5 Hen. VI, no. 25. (') On the very fine brass to the memory of him, his 2nd wife, and a male child, he is described as " dominus de Camoys, baro." The year of his death is there given as 1 41 9, the engraver having put " mccccxix " instead of " Mccccxxi," a simple blunder which has caused a good deal of confusion. His military and diplomatic services are set out in the Diet. Nat. Biog., but the account is not free from error. (') Inq. p. m. (6) Four out of five inquisitions find that he a. on 18 June, the fifth finds that he d. on 13 Aug. The earlier date is clearly preferable, for on 26 July £"] los. was paid by command of the Treasurer of England for expenses already incurred in con- nexion with the funeral of Hugh, late Lord de Camoys, a minor in the King's wardship. (Devon's Issues of the Exehequer, p. 397). <^) These were, Margaret, wife of Ralph Radmylde, aged over 24, and Eleanor, wife of Roger Lewknor, aged over 18. {Inq. p. m. 5 Hen. VI).