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  Earl of Huntingdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earl of Huntingdon is a title which has been created several times in the Peerage of England.
Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (1114-1152)
Simon III of St Liz, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (1138-1184)
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 EARLS OF HUNTINGDON - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS OF HUNTINGDON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Being in high favor with Henry VIII., he was created earl of Huntingdon in 1529, and he was one of the royalist leaders during the suppression of the rising known as the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536.
He assisted George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, to remove the Scottish queen from Wingfield to Tutbury, and for a short time in 1569 he was one of her custodians.
Huntingdon was responsible for the compilation of an elaborate history of the Hastings family, a rnanuscfipt copy of which is now in the British Museum.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUNTINGDON_EARLS_OF.htm   (814 words)

  
 David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the youngest surviving son of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, and Elizabeth de Vermandois.
Huntingdon was granted to him after his elder brother William I of Scotland ascended the throne.
After the extinction of the senior line of the Scottish royal house in 1290 when the legitimate line of William I of Scotland ended, David's descendants were the prime candidates for the throne.
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 HASTINGS - LoveToKnow Article on HASTINGS
His paternal grandmother, Ada, was a younger daughter of David, earl of Huntingdon, and a niece of the Scottish king, William the Lion; and in 1290 when Margaret, the maid of Norway, died, Hastings came forward as a claimant for the vacant throne.
On the death of John, the third and last earl of Pembroke of the Hastings family, in 1389, Sir Hughs son JOHN had, according to a decision of the House of Lords in 5840, a title to the barony of Hastings, but he did not prosecute his claim and he died without Sons in 1393.
When Francis, 10th earl of Huntingdon, died in October 1789, the barony of Hastings passed to his sister Elizabeth (1731-1808), wife of John Rawdon, earl of Moira, and from her it came to her son Francis Rawdon-Hastings (see below), who was created marquess of Hastings in 1817.
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 Huntingdonshire - Huntingdon
A castle was built here by Edward the Elder, in 917, and afterwards enlarged by David, Earl of Huntingdon, and King of Scotland, to whom King Stephen gave the borough, but having become a retreat for the disaffected in the reign of Henry II., it was, by that monarch's order, levelled with the ground.
Huntingdon was first incorporated in 1206, by charter of King John, confirmed and extended by Henry III.
Huntingdon was formerly much more extensive than it is at present, and contained fifteen parish churches, the greater number of which had fallen into decay before Leland's time, when only four were remaining, and two of these were destroyed during the parliamentary war.
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 Britannia History: The Revolt of the Earls
It was Earl Roger and Earl Ralph who were the authors of that plot; and who enticed the Britons to them, and sent eastward to Denmark after a fleet to assist them.
Earl Roger of Hereford was English on his mother's side and born in Hereford.
Of the Earls: Ralf made it to his Breton holdings to be joined by his wife, and there he continued his fight against the Normans.
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 Huntingdon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Henry, son of the latter, was at first admitted earl; but on his father's refusal to acknowledge Stephen, Count of Blois, as sovereign of England, to the exclusion of the Empress Matilda, Stephen, seizing all his possessions in England, restored this earldom to the young Simon de St. Liz.
The first of these was the plundering of the town of Huntingdon, in August 1645, by the king's troops, which, commanded by the king in person, and taking advantage of the absence of the parliamentary army in the west, had suddenly entered the associated eastern counties.
The Via Devana entered the county from Cambridgeshire, in the neighbourhood of Fen-Stanton, and proceeded, in the line of the present turnpike-road, to Godmanchester, whence pursuing the track of the British Ermin-street to Alconbury, it passed to the north of Buckworth and Old Weston, and entered Northamptonshire in the vicinity of Clapton.
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 The Otway Family Tree
The Earl of Huntingdon's children were therefore considered to be of the blood Royal, the last of the Plantagenets.
The Grandson of "Earl Francis" was Sir Henry Hastings, Sheriff of Leicester in 1617, married Mabel, Daughter of Anthony Faunt Esq., of Fauston, and left 4 sons.
Henry, son of the 5th Earl of Huntingdon, was a steady adherent of Charles I, and the 6th and 7th Earls were faithful to the unfortunate Stuarts.
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 Britannia History: Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland
For a variety of reasons, Northumberland revolted against Tostig in 1065 and the thegns demanded that the earldom be given to Morcar, brother of the Earl of Mercia, Edwin.
He also retained those lands he had held as Earl of Huntingdon, though it would appear he transferred the ownership of his personal holdings in the area to Judith, in the English manner of providing a wife with land of her own.
It was in 1075 that the half English - half Breton Ralf, Earl of East Anglia, married the sister of Roger Earl of Herefordshire and, at the wedding feast, began weaving the sticky web of intrigue that was to ensnare and prove fatal to Waltheof.
www.britannia.com /history/articles/waltheof.html   (2259 words)

  
 Adoniram Judson Ramsdell Family Tree: Thirteenth Generation
HASTING was born in Of Huntingdon, Berwick, Scot 1504.
Francis HASTINGS [Earl of Huntingdon] was born 1514.
Catherine HASTINGS was born in Of Huntingdon, Berw, Scot 1516.
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 The Earls of Chester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Earl of Chester was attended by the Constable of Chester.
Ranulf Blondeville Earl of Chester, Lincoln and Leicester.
David earl of Huntingdon was a brother to Malcolm IV and William I, respectively Kings of Scotland.
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 Huntingdtonshire and Loxley, of Robin Hood and Yorkshire
The title earl of Huntingdon was not lost to the Canmores' with David's death in 1219 at Yardley [Herefordshire?] for his youngest child John Ceann mhor inherited the title.
Earl David was succeeded by two daughters, for his eldest son Robert, who some have equated with "Robin Hood" died at about the age of thirty in 1221.
Maud was Waltheof II's daughter who was created earl of Huntington under William the I. Maud and Simon I had a son Simon II who according to the map-maker John Speed inherited the title earl of Huntington [Speed uses the spelling in both ways] through his mother.
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 Mark Pilling Family History - pilg752 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
was born 1533 in of Huntingdon, Berw, Scotland.
was born 1546 in of, Huntingdon, Berw, Scotland.
Elizabeth married Edward Somerset [Earl of Worcester] on Dec 1571 in of, Roglan, Monmouthshire, England.
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 Chapter Huniades <i>to</i> Hythloday of H by Brewer's Readers Handbook
Huntingdon (Henry of), Henry archdeacon of Huntingdon (1100–1168), a chronicler who wrote a History of England (Historia Anglorum) from the invasion of Julius Câsar to the death of Stephen.
Huntingdon (The earl of), in the court of queen Elizabeth.—Sir W. Scott: Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).
Huntingdon (David earl of), prince royal of Scotland.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The present Earl of Huntingdon (Anthony Garner) speaks in quiet tones regarding his future plans for his infant child, who will be destined to succeed him as the future Earl of the Huntingdon Estate.
The Earl of Huntingdon is angered by this apparent injustice and hastens to Nottingham to speak with the Sheriff himself.
The Earl retorts that with powerful nobles in charge of affairs of state, there will be little hope for sound administration and fair justice once the King has departed on crusade.
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 Robin Hood -- The Search for a Real Robin Hood
Or perhaps he was inspired by the real-life earl of Huntingdon during the reigns of King Richard I and John when the plays were set.
Earl David of Huntingdon participated in the Young King's 1174 rebellion against his father, after which David lost the earldom for ten years.
Maud was the granddaughter of one Rannulf, Earl of Chester and sister to another Rannulf, Earl of Chester.
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 waltheof   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This was during Henry III's reign when the honour of Huntingdon was divided three ways, to the Bruces, the Balliols and the Hastings after the death of John Le Scot's wife, Helen, who lingered on for some years after her husband's death, a suspected poisoning carried out by Helen.
The earldom of Huntingdon had been earlier assumed by David de Huntingdon after his grandfather's, David I's death [Earl David was the youngest son of Henry de Huntingdon of Scotland, Henry pre-deceased his father, David I of Scotland by one year].
Henry Prince of Scotland, earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland.d.
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 HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF - Online Information article about HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF
Henry VIII., he was created earl of Huntingdon in 1529, and he was one of the royalist leaders during the suppression of the rising known as the See also:
throne, Huntingdon won a certain amount of support, especially from the Protestants and the enemies of Mary, queen of Scots.
Huntingdon was responsible for the compilation of an elaborate See also:
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Earl Waltheof Northumbria HUNTINGDON, II ANDREW ANGERMUELLER ...
Earl of HUNTINGDON, Earl of NORTHUMBRIA, Earl of NORTHAMPTON.
He took with him a splendid assortment of plunder and a long train of English nobles, among whom the young atheling Edgar, Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, Earls Edwin and Marcar, Waltheof, son of Siward, the Abblot of Galstonbury, and a thane of Kent, are mentioned by name.
The insurrection is said to have been determined upon, and the details of action planned, at the marriage of Roger's sister to Ralph Guader, Earl of Norfolk, a marriage which William [the Conqueror] had forbidden.
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 29TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
David Earl of HUNTINGDON * was born in 1144 in Northumberland - son of Prince Henry.
Robert Earl of HUNTINGDON Robin Hood was born about 1200 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, ENGLAND.
Ada of HUNTINGDON was born about 1195 in England - dtr of David of Huntington.
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 Huntingdon - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Huntingdon is a town in the county of Cambridgeshire in East Anglia, England.
The bridge only ceased to be the sole crossing point to Godmanchester in 1975, with the advent of what is now the A14 bypass.
Huntingdon has been represented by two exceptionally famous members of parliament: Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century and John Major in the 20th.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Huntingdon   (387 words)

  
 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
He was the son of John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Duke of Northumberland, and Protector of England during the reign of Edward VI.
In the seventeenth century, she brought forward a court case to try and prove that he had married her, but she was unsuccessful.
Perhaps her motivation was the desire to secure for her son the estates of the Earl.
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 Abney-Hastings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On account of his great sevices against Henry VI, the Earls of Pembroke and Wiltshire, and other rebels and traitors, he was raised to the rank of a Baron, thereby becoming Lord Hastings, and on 17.2.1461/2 the King granted him the lordship, barony and honour of Hastings.
Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon, born 18.1.1608/9 at Ashby and died at Donnington Park 13.2.16556 and was buried at Ashby.
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon, Lord Botreaux, Lord Hungerforf, Lord Moleyns, Lord Hastings (of Hastings), Lord Hastings (of Hungerford), born 13.3.1728/9.
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 Saul's 32 Gen - tobn61 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
But she refusing him because he was lame, the King was so displeased that he seized upon the castle and honor of Huntingdon, which she then held in dower, and bestowed it upon the said SIMON DE ST. LIS, and the town of Northampton with the whole hundred of Falkeley.
SIMON thus not being able to obtain the mother, was advised to marry MAUD, the eldest daughter, and thereupon he had the Earldom of Huntingdon given him by the King.
The only son of DAVID and MAUD was HENRY, Prince of Scotland and Earl of Huntingdon, who died 1152, during his father's life.
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Earl David Canmore Huntingdon NORTHUMBERLAND ANDREW ANGERMUELLER ...
Prince of SCOTLAND, Earl of HUNTINGDON, Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND.
Not Married Concubine I David Huntingdon Earl of Northumberland, Not Married Concubine II David Huntingdon Earl of Northumberland.
p10: "...In 1209 the fourth Robert married Isobel, younger daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, the youngest of King David I's three grandsons of whom the two elder, Malcolm IV and William I, had succeeded him in turn on the Scottish throne.
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 Kings and Queens -- The Search for a Real Robin Hood
David of Huntingdon was made an earl by the Young King, and temporary lost his earldom when the rebellion failed.
One of the suspected plotters was the Earl of Huntingdon.
Simon de Montfort was the earl of Leicester and married to Henry's sister.
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 British Royal Progenitors: Index of 'E' Names
Earl of FIFE, Malcolm (marriage to Helen of Wales) (i2602)
Earl of MERCIA, Ealdorman of the Gaini, Aethelred Mucil (marriage to Eadburgh) (i753)
Earl of the Uplands, Ivar (marriage to unknown) (i1112)
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 Huntingdon --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is the administrative centre and county town (seat) of Huntingdonshire, and it lies on the north bank of the River Ouse.
Huntingdon, founded by the Anglo-Saxons and Danes, prospered successively as a bridging point of the Ouse, as a market...
Some accounts state that he was created earl of Huntingdon by Richard the Lion-Hearted.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9000896   (673 words)

  
 Images of Robert the Bruce
He was descended from the great King David 1, since he was the great-grandson of Isabel, the daughter of the Earl of Huntingdon who in turn was the grandson of David 1.
Regarded as a 'useless king', he was the great-grandson of David, Earl of Huntingdon, who in turn was the grandson of King David 1 of Scotland (1124 - 1153).
The present clan chief of the Bruces is The Rt Hon Earl of Elgin and Kincardine.
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 Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg87.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ranulph married Maud FitzRobert of Gloucester daughter of Robert FitzRoy de Caen, Earl of Gloucester and Mabel FitzRobert, Countess of Gloucester in 1141 in Of, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Maud was born in 1120 in of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hereford was born in 1112 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.
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 The Hunting - Little John Hathersage Sherwood Nottingham Robin Hood Loxley Peak District pictures history
In the same year there is a great presentment against Robert, Earl Ferrars, then Earl of Derby, who, with a great many Knights and high personages, his familiars (Knights) came into the Forest of the Peak, on the day of St. Thomas the Martyr (48 Hen.
But worse than that was when William Ferrars, Earl of Derby, Ralf Beaufoi of Trusley, William May, the Earl's hunter, and Robert Curzon of Chaddesden, with Henry de Eiton, in six years during the reign of Henry II took over 2,000 beasts.
The title “Earl of Huntingdon” was an accolade given to those who excelled in hunting.
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