Peerage Record – 10303

     Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Prinz von Preußen was born on 30 October 1794.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Ludwig Karl Prinz von Preußen and Friederike Luise Karoline Sophie Charlotte Alexandrine Herzogin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He married Wilhelmine Luise Prinzessin von Anhalt-Bernburg, daughter of Alexis Friedrich Christian Herzog von Anhalt-Bernburg and Marie Friederike Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel, on 21 November 1817 at Ballenstedt, Germany^G.¹ He died on 27 July 1863 at age 68.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Preußen.¹

     Sir William Phelip lived at Dennington, Suffolk, England^G.¹

     Sir Henry Knyvett was born in 1537.² He was the son of Sir Henry Knyvett and Anne Pickering.^3,2 He married Elizabeth Stumpe, daughter of Sir James Stump and Bridget Bayton.⁴ He died in 1598.²
     He lived at Charlton, Wiltshire, England^G.⁵

     Julian Erpingham is the daughter of Sir Robert Erpingham.¹

     Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex was baptised on 22 January 1591 at Seething Lane, The City, London, England^G.² He was the son of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex and Frances Walsingham.^2,1 He married, firstly, Lady Frances Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Katherine Knyvett, on 5 January 1605/6.² He and Lady Frances Howard were divorced in October 1613 on the trumped-up charge that he was impotent.² He married, secondly, Elizabeth Paulet, daughter of Sir William Paulet, on 11 March 1630/31 at Netley, Hampshire, England^G.^2,3 He died on 14 September 1646 at age 55 at Essex House, the Strand, Covent Garden, London, England^G, without surviving issue.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² On 18 April 1604 his father’s attainder was reveresed, and his titles restored.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Essex [E., 1572] on 18 April 1604.¹ He succeeded as the 10th Lord Bourchier [E., 1348] on 18 April 1604.¹ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Hereford [E., 1550] on 18 April 1604.² He was educated at Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.² He was commander of the Cadiz Expedition in 1612.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire between 1612 and 1646.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1639 in the Charles II’s Army.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire from 1641 to 1642.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in February 1640/41.² Circa 1642 he went over to the Parliamentary side.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire in 1642.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire in 1642.² He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire in 1642.² He was General of the Army of the Parliament between 1642 and 1645.² He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     
     On his death, the Earldom of Essex became extinct, and the Baronies of Ferrers and Bourchier fell into abeyance between his two sisters.¹

     Sir Robert Erpingham lived at Erpingham, Norfolk, England^G.¹

     Lord William Howard was born on 19 December 1563.¹ He was the son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Hon. Margaret Audley.^1,2 He married Elizabeth Dacre, daughter of Thomas Dacre, 4th Lord Dacre (of Gilsland) and Elizabeth Leyburne, on 28 October 1577.² He died on 7 October 1640 at age 76.²
     Lord William Howard also went by the nick-name of ‘Belted Will’.² Lord William Howard also went by the nick-name of ‘Bald Willy’.² He lived at Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, England^G. He acquired Naworth Castle and Hinderskelfe (now Howard Castle) through his wife.² In 1603 he was restored in blood (following his father’s attainder) by Act of Parliament.² He held the office of Warden of the Western Marches.²

     Lady Isabel de Clare was born on 10 March 1262/63.¹ She was the daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Alice de Lusignan.¹ She married, firstly, Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick, son of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick and Maud fitz John, before 11 May 1297.² She married, secondly, Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley, son of Thomas de Berkeley, 1st Lord Berkeley and Joan de Ferrers, circa 1316.¹ She died in 1333, without issue.¹
     After her marriage, Lady Isabel de Clare was styled as Countess of Warwick on 12 June 1298. Her marriage to Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick was annulled.²

     Joan de Clare was born circa 1268. She was the daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Alice de Lusignan.