Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester

Abt 1310 - 1361  (51 years)

• Name	Henry of Grosmont
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1310  [1, 3]
  History	birth to death
  	In September 1333, he was granted the South Wales castles of Grosmont, Skenfrith, and Kidwelly other lands in the area by his father. [1] In March 1337, he was created the Earl of Derby. [1] On 6 March 1350, he was made the Duke of Lancaster by Edward III. [1, 3] In the mid-1350s, he transformed the hospital his father had founded in the Newarke at Leicester in 1331, into a college of secular canons in honor of the annunciation of St. Mary. [1] On 24 March 1356, the king granted permission for Henry and Isabel to alienate their joint manor of Hannington in Wiltshire to the new college. [1] From autumn 1359 to November 1360, he was on the continent and took part in the Reims campaign of Edward III. [1] On 15 March 1361, he dictated his will, having returned to Leicester Castle, seriously ill from a new outbreak of the plague. [1]
  Death	24 Mar 1360/61	Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1, 3]
  Burial	14 Apr 1361	Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  	King Edward III, Queen Philippa, and the royal family was in attendance. [1] The College of the Annunciation of St. Mary in Newarke, Leicester endured for almost two centuries. The college was suppressed under the Act for the Dissolution of Chantries, and ceased to exist. The church and many of the other buildings fell into decay, and were eventually demolished, bringing an end to the 14th century tombs of Henry, Isabel and the other Lancasters. [1]
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  1. Mary Plantagenet,   b. 1320   d. 1 Sep 1362  (Age 42 years) ▻ Sir Henry de Percy, Lord Percy,  m. 4 Sep 1334   2. Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester ,   b. Abt 1310   d. 24 Mar 1360/61, Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England  (Age 51 years) ▻ Isabel de Beaumont,  m. by 24 Jun 1330   3. Joan Plantagenet, of Lancaster   d. 7 Jul 1349 ▻ John de Mowbray, Baron Mowbray,  m. After 28 Feb 1327   4. Eleanor de Lancaster   d. 11 Jan 1372, Arundel, Sussex, England ▻ Sir John de Beaumont, Earl of Buchan,  m. Before Jun 1337 ;   Sir Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel,  m. 5 Feb 1344/45
  Person ID	I21746
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Sir Henry Pantagenet, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester,   b. Abt 1281   d. 22 Sep 1345 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Maud de Chaworth
  Marriage	1298
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 17 years - She : ??.
  Family ID	F2184	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel de Beaumont,   b. 1316 or 1318   d. by 1360 (Age 42 years)  [3]
  Marriage	by 24 Jun 1330  [1]
  	Issue: 1. Maud of Lancaster (1340-1362) 2. Blanche of Lancaster (1342-____) [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 20 years and 6 months - She : ~ 12 years and 6 months.
  Family ID	F8101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 24 Mar 1360/61 - Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Burial - 14 Apr 1361 - Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1710] Verity, Brad. "The First English Dutchess: Isabel de Beaumont, Duchess of Lancaster", (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 1, 2005). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S1449] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, volume VII , (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1929).