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of Bromfield, by right of his wife. He was disgraced and exiled in 1397, and died in 1399. He had issue two sons-1, Thomas, called the Earl Marshall, who died s. p.; and 2, John, of whom presently; and two daughters, who eventually became co-heirs-1, Margaret, who married Sir Robert Howard, knight, by whom she had Sir John Howard, Knight, who was created Duke of Norfolk, 28th June 1433; and Isabel, who married James, Lord Berkeley, ancestor of the present Earl of Berkeley.

JOHN MOWBRAY, who was restored as second Duke of Norfolk, had also his share of the lordships of Bromfield and Iâl. He married Catherine, daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, and died 11th Henry VI, 1442, leaving issue,

JOHN MOWBRAY, third Duke of Norfolk, lord of the moiety of Bromfield and Iâl. He died 1st Edw. IV (1461), leaving issue by Eleanor, his wife, daughter of William, Lord Bourchier, a son and heir,

JOHN MOWBRAY, fourth Duke of Norfolk, and Lord of the moiety of Bromfield and Iâl. He died 15th Edw. IV (1476). He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had an only daughter and heiress, Anne Mowbray, the greatest heiress of her time, contracted to Richard, Duke of York, second son of King Edward IV, but died before consummation of marriage.

On the strength of this betrothal, Richard, Duke of York, was created, in 1475, Earl of Nottingham, when he was two years old; and Earl Warren, and Duke of Norfolk, when he was three years of age. He was murdered when he was nine, and his fiancée died when she was not much older. Thus, the line of John, second Duke of Norfolk, became extinct; and the lordships of Bromfield, Chirkland, and Iâl, with the castles of Dinas Brân, Holt, and Chirk, reverted to the Crown.

John, Earl of Warren and Surrey, acquired the lordships of Maelor Gymraeg (Bromfield), Chirk, and Iâl, by assassinating the two infant Princes of Powys, Madog and Llywelyn, in 1281; and Richard, the

last Earl of Warren and Surrey who held these castles and lordships, was likewise assassinated when an infant, in 1450. This is another clear proof of the truth that a curse follows the possessors of ill-gotten lands and wealth; for hundreds of years, an avenging Nemesis watches over the affairs of men; and although she may come with a slow foot, as in this instance, she will, sooner or later, most assuredly overtake the guilty.

Of persons who have acted unjustly, and who were not punished for it at the time, and have not shown their sincere repentance by surrendering their ill-gotten possessions to the rightful heirs, Plato writes as follows:"A person acting unjustly, and escaping punishment and all suffering on account of his injustice, and congratulating himself upon such exemption, would be more miserable and deluded than a sick person who should rejoice in not undergoing the operation which alone could effect the cure of his body. In fine, the not receiving punishment for evils is the first and greatest of all calamities; so that, if rhetoric be of any use to one who is unjust, it can only be by enabling him to expose fully and manfully his own injustice, in order that it may receive the proper punishment, whether of chains, or banishment, or death; so that his soul may be healed in the same manner as he would offer his limb to the knife or fire of the surgeon, in order to have it restored to soundness. Therefore, each person should be his own accuser, and should beware of concealing his wickedness, and should employ all his rhetoric to this end, that he may be loosed from the greatest evil of injustice."

Inquisition, post mortem, 11 H. VI, m. 20. (No. 43) John de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.

Inquis' capta apud Wenlok die Jo'nis p'x ante fest'm conu'sio S'c'i Pauli ano' regni Regis Hen' sexti vndecimo. (11 H. VI.)

It'm Invatores p'd'ci dicunt q'd p'factus Joh'is nup' Dux tenuit die quo obiit in d'nico suo, vt de feodo talliato sibi et her' de corp' suo exeunt t'tiam p'tem duar' p't'm Castror' de

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Dynasbran et leonis ac trar' duar' ac Bromfelde Yale. . necnon manor' de Sondesford et Osleston cu' p'tin' in march' Wallia, etc. Et dic' q'd t'tia p's duar' p't'm p'd'cor Castror' t'rar' r' d'nior' de Bromfelde Yale cu' p'tin' tene't de d'no Rege in capite p' s'uiciu' militar'. It'm jur' p'd'ci dic' q'd in p'd'co' t'tia p'te' duar' p't'm Castr'm de Dynasbran r' leonis sunt de reddit an' lvs. viid. soluend' t'mis Annunciaco'es b'te' Marie r' S'c'i Mich'is equalit. Et sunt ib'm de d'ni ccc acr' t're quar' que le acr' valet p' annu' iiijd. Et sunt ib'm xlviij acr' prati quar' quelt acr' valet p' annu' xxd. Et sunt ib'm de reddit mobil' xjs. ijd. sol' ad t'mi' natalis d'ni t'm. Et sunt ib'm lxiiij acr' pastur quar' quelt acra valet p' annu' iiijd. Et p'quis cur' ib'm p' annu' xxxviijs. ijd. Et dic' q'd in p'd'ca t'tia p'te duar' p't'm t'rar' r' d'nior' de Bromfeld Yale sunt de reddit an' xiijs. iiijd. Solvend' ad t'mas Annuntiaco's b'te Marie et S'c'i Mich'is equalit. Et sunt ib'm ml. xxiiij acr' t're d'me quar' quelt acra valet p' annu' iiijd. Et sunt ib'm cccc acr' pastur quar' quelt acra valet p' annu' xiid. Et sunt ib'm cciiij ij acr' prati quar' quelt acr' valet p' annu' xxd. Et sunt ib'm de firma molend' aquatic ixli. xs. Et p'quis cur' ib'm valent p' annu' iiijli. iijs. iiijd.

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Having given an account of the descendants of Elizabeth, the eldest sister and co-heir of Thomas Fitz-Alan, eleventh Earl of Warren and Surrey, K.G., we shall now give some account of the descendants of Joane, the second sister and co-heir of Earl Thomas.

The Lady Joane, heiress of the moiety of Bromfield and Iâl, married Sir William de Beauchamp, K.G., who was summoned to Parliament as William, Baron de Bergavenny, by writ, 16 Richard II, from 23rd Nov. 1392,

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