hbishop Arundel, Thomas Bishop of Durham, Edward Duke of
York, Sir John Pelham, Robert Tirwhit, Robert W yntryngham, clerk, John
Bokeland, clerk, Thomas Walwayn, Henry Bracy, and John Adam. They were
charged with the custody of "all lands whatsoever now inherited by the
said Richard, and in our hands, or any lands that may or can descend to
him; and all that since the death of Thomas his father, for whatsoever
cause or pretext, has been seized by us." More comprehensive terms
could scarcely be used. Richard's marriage took place immediately under
this grant. The bride chosen by the trustees was Alianora, second
daughter of Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland, by his second
wife Joan Beaufort, half-sister of King Henry. On the accession of
Henry the Fifth, March 20th, 1413, this grant was revoked, and Richard
restored to his mother. He survived his return home only six months,
dying at Merton Abbey, Surrey--to all appearance unexpectedly--October
6th, 1413, aged nearly 17. How he came to be at Merton is an unsolved
question; for it looks as if he were in Arundel's keeping still, and as
if the concession to Constance had remained ineffectual. His
child-widow re-married Henry Percy, second Earl of Northumberland, and
became the mother of a large family.--2. Elizabeth, born and died at
Cardiff, probably in 1398.--3. Isabel, born at Cardiff, "on the feast
of the Seven Holy Sleepers," July 10th, 1400; baptised in the Church of
Saint Mary in that town, the same day, by Thomas Bishop of Llandaff
(_Prob. at. dicta Isabella_, 2 H. V 23); married (1) July 10th, 1411,
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester (2) 1422--4, his cousin, Richard
Neville, Earl of Warwick; died December 26th, 1439, aged 39 (_Inq.
Post. Mortem_ 18 H. VI 3), leaving issue by both marriages; buried in
Tewkesbury Abbey. (_Harl. Ms_. 154, folio 31.);--The fourth and last
was the unfortunate, disinherited Alianora, born between 1402 and 1405,
both inclusive, and most likely, at Kenilworth, in 1405; married (date
unknown) James Touchet, Lord Audley of Heleigh; date of death, portrait,
and character unknown: left issue. In 1430 she claimed the coronet and
estates of her father, alleging herself to be the legitimate daughter of
Edmund Earl of Kent, and Constance his wife. A counter-petition was
presented by Joan Duchess of York, Constance's step-mother; Margaret
Duchess of Clarence, her sister (and contrary to all mediaeval usage,
the younger sist