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28G HUNTINGDON. Weat, 1-333-3.-., Ac. Ho was w, 16 March 1336/7, KARL OF HUNTINGDON.M with a grant of £20 yearly out (if the issues of that county(*) nnd of 1.000 marks in land. He was in the Scotch and French wars and on several Foreign embassies. He d. B.p.( e ) 31 Aug. 1854, and was bur. at Maxtock afsd. when all hit honours became extinct. Will in which he is described as Lord Clinton [only] dat. 2:3 Aug. 1854. His widow d. 1 Nov. 1307. Her will dat, 30 Oct. 1367, directs her burial to be at St. Augustine's, Canterbury. XII. 1377, Sir Guiciuiid D'Angle, ( d ) cf Pleaniartio, Boisgarnnult to and liochefort sur-Charente, in Poitou, B. and h. of Ouichard 1380. D'Ancm.k, of the same, by Marguerite, sister of Maiguon Maubbbt, of Bois .Maubert, sue. his father in or before 1323 when he was a minor : was Seneschal of Xaintoiigue for the King of France, fighting against the English, 13-16. 1351 (when he was taken prisoner hut released before 1853) and, at Poitiers, in 13:i6 where he was left as dead. Shortly afterwards he joined the English for whom in 1363 he was Marshal of Aquitaine and in 1367 fought at Najara, being made Joint Marshal of the English Army for Spain : Knvoy to the Pope, 1369 : KG.. 23 April 1372; was taken prisoner by the Spaniards at Kochelle, 22 June 1372. but released in 1371 ; was Governor to Richard, Prince of Wales, 1IJ7G, at whose coronation he was 16 .Inly 1377,1") EARL OF HUNTINGDON for life only, being duly sum. to Pari, ill that dignity till his death. ( f I He m., before 1340, .lean Pean DE MosTrlPK.vf, who distinguished herself in 1373 during her husband's captivity by holding the castle of Acbart when besieged. He d. a.p.m.s (-) in London, March 13S0 when his honours became f.r(inc<. h ) He was bur. in the Augustine Friars. Will dat. at Maidenhead, Easter day and pr. 1 April 1380. His wife survived him.(', (a) Invested (with Edward the Clack Prince) in Pari. See p. 12, note " c," sub " Gloucester." ( ll ) " In the instance of the Earldom of Huntingdon the dignity is granted hercdibus suis whilst the lands attached to the dignity and to descend with it are granted Irwulilivs r.uis masculis de corporc siio." See Courthope's "Obscrv. on diynities," p. lvii. ( c ) See vol. ii, p. 303, note "a," sub "Clinton," as to a supposed daughter who, if she existed, was doubtless illegitimate. The Karl's nephew, John de Clinton, aged 28 in 1854 was his heir. ( rt ) His surname, often incorrectly derived from Angoulcme, is from Angle, a small town near Cbarentot in Poitou. 'See Beltz's " Knights of the Garter " (where pp. 182 — 186) is a good account of him. (°) " He had been a subject of Fiance but the conquest of the Black Prince probably changed his allegiance. He was not cr. in Pari, where, had he been a foreigner, he could not have taken his seat. He was, however, sum. to Pari, till his death in 1380." See Courthope's " obs. on dignities," p. lviii, who adds (under this Earldom) "the dignity was granted without issues from the county of Huntingdon, and it was probably beginning to be considered that such grant of the issues wa? not necessary. By tetters patent of even date he had 1,000 marks par annum given to him ; but these letters patent were cancelled and others granted 10 Dec, giving him per annum £1,00U out of the issues of the ports of Kingston and Boston." 0 An early instance of a life Peer receiving such summons, (B) He bad one son, Gnicbard D'Angle, designated "Seigneur de Maran " or " Maray " who m. Jeanne de Precigny but d. v.p. ami s p. His two daughters were both named Jeanne — one was, in 1351, the wife of Jean Isore, Seigneur de la Varenne, the other m. firstly Renaut Chenin, Seigneur de Mauze, and secondly Aimery de Roche Chouart, Seigneur de Mortemar. None of these parties, nor even his wife, are mentioned in the Earl's will, who leaves his lands, whether in England or France, to his nephew, William D'Angle. (h) Froissart observes that he had all the virtues which a Knight ought to have being "merry, true, amorous, sage, Beret, large, preur, hardy, adventurous, and chivalrous." (i) According to Millea' "Cat. of Honour" the name of his wife was Constance and she " after the death of Guiscard was married again to the Lord John of Cornwall who, about 140f), by her pieteniled to be patron of the vicarage of Stetentou as appeareth in the charters of the priory of Harewold in the county of Bedford."