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 1324. 1360. July. 1372/3- Feb. 1386. Dec. I39I- Nov. 1398. May. 1399- Nov. 1404/5. Feb. 1406. 1407. Dec. May APPENDIX D 629 John, Lord Cromwell, " Adm. of the Sea Coasts " John, Lord Beauchamp (of Warwick), " Adm. or the North, South and West," died 2 Dec. 1360 Feb. 1 6. William (Montagu), Earl of Salisbury, " Capt. of all Ships going to sea " Richard (FitzAlan), Earl of Arundel (Adm. of the North and West 11 May 1387) Edward, Earl of Rutland, afterwards Duke of York, Adm. of the North and West John (Beaufort), Marquess of Dorset, Adm. of the North and West till Nov. 1399 Thomas (Percy), Earl of Worcester, Adm. of the North and West till 1401 20. Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, " King's Admiral " 23. John (Beaufort), Marquess of Dorset, Adm. Edmund (Holand), Earl of Kent, Adm. of the North and West, died 18 Sep. 1408 1408. Sep. 21. Sir Thomas Beaufort, afterwards Earl of Dorset and Duke of Exeter, Adm. of the North and West 1413. June 3. Do. Adm. of England (') 1426. July 26. John, Duke of Bedford, Adm. of England, till his death 15 Sep. 1435 1435. Oct. 2. John (Holand), Earl of Huntingdon, afterwards Duke of Exeter, Lord High Adm., till his death 5 Aug. 1447 William (de la Pole), Duke of Suffolk, Lord High Adm., till his death 2 May HfoC") Henry (Holand), Duke of Exeter, Lord High Adm. {") Richard (Nevill), Earl of Warwick William (Nevill), Earl of Kent, Adm. or England Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, Lord High Adm. (•) Haydn's Book of Dignities gives 2 March 1421, John, Duke of Bedford, Lord High Admiral, but on what authority the Editor does not know. It is certainly- incorrect as Thomas, Duke of Exeter is described as still "Admiral of England " in a charter dated 13 July 2 Hen. VI (1424), and the patent of 1426, after reciting that Exeter had a grant of the office for life, appoints Bedford ^'■durante vita ipsius Ducts Exon et ultra hoc quamdiu Regi placnerity C") During the minority of Henry (Holand), Duke of Exeter, who had been ap- pointed (jointly with his father and in survivorship). Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine 14 Feb. 1445/6. (') This date is given in Haydn's Book of Dignities. Exeter came ot age a few weeks earlier, but there is no trace of any other holder of the office in the interval since Suffolk's death. 1447. Aug. 9 I45I. July 23, I46I. 1462. 1462. Dec. 10. July 30, Oct. 12,