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Name Suffix:<NSFX> Duke Of Gloucester
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, b. 3 Oct 1390; dsp legit. Bury St. Edmunds, 23 Feb 1446/7; m. (1) bef. 7 Mar 1422/3, Jacqueline, Countess of Holland, Zealand and Hainault, daughter and heir of William, Duke of Bavaria, annulled 9 Jan 1427/8; m. 1428 Eleanor, daughter of Sir Reginald Cobham, who had been his mistress, d. a prisoner at Peel Castle, Isle of Man, 1454. It is often suggested, but without proof, that Eleanor was mother before marriage of Humphrey's 2 illegitimate children: Aurthur and Antigone. No proof of their maternity. [Ancestral Roots]

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EARLDOM OF PEMBROKE (XIV, 1)

DUKEDOM OF GLOUCESTER (II)

Humphrey of Lancaster, called "the Good", 4th and youngest son of Henry, Earl of Derby (afterwards Henry IV), by his 1st wife, Mary, daughter and coheir of Humphrey (de Bohun), Earl of Hereford and Northampton, was b. 3 Oct 1390, while his father was in Prussia. He was knighted 12 Oct 1399, and on 3 Dec, Cookham and Bray, co. Berks and other manors were granted to him. Nominated KG c 1400.He fought at the battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403, and on 1 Dec, was granted the reversion of the office of Constable of Marlborough Castle and Keeper of Savernake Forest, Justice of the peace in Essex 27 Jan 1404/5 and in later years, also 1415 in Wilts, and in 1416 in Kent and Gloucester. On 17 Mar 1409/10 he was appointed Keeper of Clarendon Forest. He is said to have been educated at Balliol College, Oxford, to which university he was a generous benefactor. Appointed Lord Great Chamberlain of England, 7 May 1413, during pleasure, and again 30 Nov 1422 and on 20 July had a grant of the Castle and Lordship of Pembroke and other lands in South Wales to him and his issue. At the Parliament heldat Leicester he was created 16 May 1414, Earl of Pembroke and Duke of Gloucester, by girding with the sword, placing the cap on his head, and delivering a golden rod both for life, with annual grants of 20 pounds and 40 pounds for the respective dignities from the counties named.
He was summoned to Parliament from 16 Sep 1414 to 20 Jan 1446/7, and was a Trier of Petitions in 1414 and afterwards. He was present as a Privy Councilor 10 Apr 1415. On 2 Aug 1415, bef. the departure for the French campaign, he took part in the trial of Richard, Earlof Cambridge, and others at Southampton.

He had a retinue of 142 lances and406 archers. Henry V landed in France on 13 Aug and laid siege to Harfleur, giving the command to the Duke. At Agincourt, 25 Oct 1415, Humphrey fought gallantly, was wounded in the groin and surrounded by the enemy, his men having fled, but the King rescued him. He was appointed Constable of Dover and Warden ofthe Cinque Ports 27 Nov 1415, and had the grant of them for life 23 Jun 1416, and had a grant of the Barton of Bristol 12 Dec 1415, Carisbrooke Castle 28 Decfollowing. He was appointed Chief Justice and Warden of all forests south of Trent 27 Jan 1415, and on 20 Feb had a grant of the Castle and Lordship of Llanstephan, co. Glamorgan. On 29 Apr 1416 he met the Emperor Sigismund at Dover. In November following, the Emperor desiring to make peace and John, Duke of Burgundy, being unwilling to trust himself in Calais without hostages, Humphrey, with others, surrendered himself at Gravelines and was held at St. Omer as a pawn for the safety of Duke John, being entertained liberally until set free to return to Calais. In July 1417 Gloucester set out with the King on his second expedition to France. He took a very active part in this campaign; reduced Lisieux, fought at the sieges of Caen (Aug) and Falaise (Dec), at the subjugation of the Cotentin (Mar 1417/8), the siege of Cherbourg, only taken after a stubborn resistance in Nov 1418, the siege of Rouen taken 19 Jan 1418/9, and the othersieges of that year. On 8 May 1418 he was given powers to administer the discipline of the army, on 12 June was appointed Lieu