Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Memobef 1356? probably Hainault
Death10 May 1403, Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England99493,99494,99495,99496,99497,99498,99499,99500,99501,99502,99503
MemoBeaufort Castle, Anjou?
Burialaft 10 May 1403, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England99495,99499,99504,99505
MemoIn the angel choir of the cathedral
FatherSir Payne Ruelt (ca1330-)
Misc. Notes
IGI John Beaufort Earl of Somerset Father: John OR of Gaunt Prince of England Mother: Catherine Roet Duchess of Lancaster4286

Pg 9 His (John Plantagenet) widow who was b: bef 1356 and who for some 25 years or upwards bef their marriage (in the lifetime apparently of each of their respective Consorts) had fulfilled the post of Mistress to the Duke himself and of Governess to his children17383

Pg 14 Katherine De Roet had formerly been the governess to (John of Lancaster) daughters, and then his mistress, and by her he had children, born before marriage, with eldest son, John, born before the death of her husband, Hugh Swynford. The marr: was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope Boniface IX. Their 3 sons were legitimised, with the assent of Parliament, on 9 Feb 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV on 10 Feb 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270. 17384

Pg108 Line161, 17. John, Marr3: 13 Jan 1396/7 Katharine, formerly his mistress17385

Pg 185 Chap 2, Katherine Roet, who had been the governess of John’s (John of Gaunt) older daughters, was already the mother of four of his children, who were given the surname Beaufort after his (lost) lands in Champaign, and were declared legitimate by the Pope and by Parliament 1397.17386

Vol 19 Image258of1413 Pg 24317387 Catherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. Her elder sister, Philippa, is somewhat doubtfully said to have been the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet and by him mother of Thomas Chaucer.
Vol 19 Image259of1413 Pg 244 Catherine Swynford was mistress to John of Gaunt’s daughters, Philippa and Elizabeth. She was one of the ladies who escorted Isabella of France to Calais in Oct 1396. In the following year (1397) her issue by the duke (John of Gaunt) were declared legitimate in parliament. (Rot. Parl. iii 343). Her children took the name Beaufort from the castle of that name in Anjou where they were born.

Pg 489 Catherine (Roelt) Swynford, sister of Chaucer’s wife60933
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Pg 14 Hugh de Swynford, Knt of Colby & Kettlethorpe, co Lincoln17384

Vol 19 Image258of1413 Pg 243 Sir Hugh Swynford of Coleby & Ketelthorp, Lincolnshire17387
Marriagebef 1367134432
ChildrenThomas (1368-1433)
Birth24 Jun 1340, St Bavon’s Abbey, Gaunt, Flanders, Belgium99353,99354,99355,99356,99357,99358,99359,99360,99361,99362,99363,99364,99365
Memo6 Mar 1340?
Residenceca 1360, Gaunt, England99366
Will Filed3 Feb 139799367
MemoWill dated
Death3 Feb 1398, Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England99368,99369,99370,99371,99372,99373,99374,99375,99376,99377,99378,99379,99380,99381,99382
Memo/1399; 4 Feb? Leicester Castle? aged 59; Ely Palace, Holborn, England?
Burialaft 3 Feb 1398, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, City of London, Greater London, England99383,99370,99384,99385,99386
Memowith his 1st wife; St Paul’s Lancaster Castle?
FatherEdward III of England (1312-1377)
MotherPhilippa Of Hainault (1311-1369)
Misc. Notes
Duke of Lancaster4286

IGI John Beaufort Earl of Somerset Father: John OR of Gaunt Prince of England Mother: Catherine Roet Duchess of Lancaster4286

Pg 416 John, styled “of Gaunt”, Duke of Lancaster54947

Pg 8 John Plantagenet of Gaunt, was, in his infancy, cr. 20 Sep 1342 Earl of Richmond.17383
Pg 24 john Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster who on the death of his paternal uncle (of the half blood) John Nevill, Lord Latimer
Pg 413 John Plantagenet of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

Pg 14 No. 11 John of Lancaster (of Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster17384
The marr: was ratified and confirmed during the Great Schism by the Roman pope Boniface IX. Their 3 sons were legitimised, with the assent of Parliament, on 9 Feb 1396/7, the patent confirmed by King Henry IV on 10 Feb 1406/7, but with a saving clause barring them from succession to the throne. Their children were given the name Beaufort from their father's (lost) castle in Champagne which had devolved on him through his first wife, Blanche of Lancaster, a descendant of Blanche d'Artois who had purchased the lordship of Beaufort in 1270.
Pg 204 He was created Earl of Richmond 20 Sep 1342. He was created Duke of Lancaster on 13 Nov 1362 in consequence of the marriage, & was ancestor of the Lancastrian Kings of England. He was creaed Duke of Aquitaine 2 Mar 1390.

Pg 18 Line 27, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster17385
Pg108 Line161, 17 John, Duke of Lancaster, K.G., titular King of Castile and Leon

Pg 4 Line 1, 31. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster25400

Pg 185 Chap 2, 23. John of Gaunt Marr1: 19 May 1359 (age 19) Blanch of Lancaster, in whose right he became Duke of Lancaster, and by whom he had Henry IV Bolingbroke; Marr2: 1371 (age 31) Constance of Castile, in whose right he assumed the title King of Castile and Leon; Marr3: 1396 (age 56) Katherine widow of Sir Hugh Swynford and d/o 24. Sir Paon Roet17386

v2 p215 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Lancaster, from whom are descended, the Kings of England of the house of Lancaster, the Kings of Spain and Portugal, and many of the Nobility of this kingdom42939

Vol 02 Image49of460 Pg 49 John of Gaunt, sons called “De Beaufort” after father’s (John of Gaunt) castle of that name17387
Vol 14 Image265of1384 Pg 248 John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster

Pg 776 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (CP, V, 320, 736 chart; VII, 415)69568

Image274 Pg274 John Beaufort, duke of Somerset (grandson of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster)86193

Vol 2 Image120 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond17388
Vol 2 Image 132 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, K.G.
Vol 2 Image 133 John Plantagenet, of Gaunt, K.G., Duke of Lancaster, 3rd s/o Edw. III
Vol 2 Image216of360 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

Sir John Duke of Lancaster Plantagenet81917

Pg 489 John (of Gaunt), Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Aquitaine, Earl of Richmond, King of Castile and Leon60933

Pg 57 John, Duke of Lancaster17389
Pg 141 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, K.G., assumed title of King of Castile and Leon; cr Duke of Aquitaine or Guienne 2 Mar 1390
Pg 150 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, K.G., assumed style of King of Castile and Leon; cr Duke of Aquitaine or Guienne 2 Mar 1390
Pg 266 Prince John “of Gaunt” Duke of Lancaster, titular King of Castile and Leon, KG. &c.

Pg 12 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster17798
Pg 127 John (Plantagenet) of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, K.G., King of Castile and Leon
Pg 218 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Pg 269 John Plantagenet of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Pg 307 John Plantagenet of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and King of Castile

Pg 154 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster84861

Pg 46 2. Sir Walter Blount was a close associate of John of Gaunt and latter made executor of his will and left him a small legacy60935
Marriage13 Jan 1396, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, City of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England99467,99468,99300,99506,99472,99507,99474,99478,99480,99481,99351
Marr Memo/1397 or 1395? Children declared legitimate in parliament in 1397
ChildrenJohn (<1371-1410)
 Henry (~1375-1447)
 Joan (1374-1440)
 Thomas (~1377-1426)
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