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	THOMAS, EARL OF LANCASTER - LoveToKnow Article on THOMAS, EARL OF LANCASTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lancaster, who hac just obtained the earldoms of Lincoln and Salisbury on the death of his father-in-law in 1311, drove the king and his favorite rom Newcastle to Scarborough, and was present at the execu-ion of Gaveston in June 1312.
		On several occasions Lancaster was suspected of intriguing with the Scots, and it is significant that his lands were spared when Robert Bruce ravaged the north of England.
		Although a coarse, selfish and violent man, without any of the attributes of a statesman, Lancaster won a great reputation for patriotism; and his memory was long cherished, especially in the north of England, as that of a defender of popular liberties.
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	Thomas, Earl of Lancaster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (1280 – March 22, 1322) was one of the leaders of the (A very wealthy or powerful businessman) baronial opposition to (additional info and facts about Edward II of England) Edward II of England.
		Lancaster was one of the Lords Ordainers who demanded the banishment of Gaveston and the establishment of a baronial (A political system governed by a few people) oligarchy.
		Because of their kinship and Lancaster's royal blood, the king commuted the sentence to mere beheading (as opposed to being drawn, quartered, and beheaded) and Lancaster was convicted of treason and executed near the (additional info and facts about Pontefract Castle) Pontefract Castle.
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	HENRY, EARL OF LANCASTER - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY, EARL OF LANCASTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1324, two years after Thomas had lost his life for opposing the king, Henry was made earl of Leicester by his cousin, Edward II., but he was not able to secure the titles and estates of Lancaster to which he was heir, and be showed openly that his sympathies were with his dead brother.
		When Queen Isabella took up arms against her husband in 1326 she was joined at once by the earl, who took a leading part in the proceedings against the king and his favorites, the Despensers, being Edwards gaoler at Kenilworth castle.
		In 1337 he was made earl of Derby; in 5345 he succeeded to his fathers earldoms of Lancaster and Leicester; in 1349 he was created earl of Lincoln, and in 1351 he was made duke of Lancaster.
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	Rea Genealogy - pafg103 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster was born 1281 and died 22 Sep 1345.
		Thomas of Lancaster Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was born 1276.
		Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester was born 16 Jan 1244/1245 and died 5 Jun 1296.
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	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Lancaster, house of @ HighBeam Research
		LANCASTER, HOUSE OF [Lancaster, house of], royal family of England.
		Thomas's brother, Henry, earl of Lancaster, 1281?-1345, was chief adviser to the young Edward III in getting rid of the dominance of the queen mother, Isabella, and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer, 1st earl of March.
		When he died without male heirs, his daughter Blanche married the fourth son of Edward III, John of Gaunt, who inherited the Lancaster lands in her right, and was made duke of Lancaster in 1362.
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		HENRY PLANTAGENET Earl of Lancaster was born in 1281 in England - son of Edmund.
		Maud of LANCASTER was born in Lancaster, ENGLAND.
		Mary PLANTAGENET was born in 1320 in England - dtr of Henry of Lancaster.
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	Marian-the Sangréal continues
		Thomas Earl of Lancaster later allied with the Scots under Robert Bruce of Scotland, but was defeated at the battle of Boroughbridge in 1322.
		Although the descendants of Thomas Earl of Lancaster and Alice de Lacy are not recorded it is my speculation that their daughter was an adopted niece, Marian de Lacy who upon the death of her foster father, became epoused to one of Lancaster's Scottish comrades.
		It was Thomas Earl of Lancaster as 'Grail Knight' who sets out to rescue her in exactly the same tradition as the abduction of Arthur's queen Guinevere by Maelwas in the Arthurian Grail Legends.
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	Edward II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gaveston was seized by the Earl of Warwick, one iof the foremost 'Ordainers' with the connivance of the Earl of Pembroke at Deddington castle and taken to nearby Blacklow Hill, near Warwick where Gaveston was beheaded [20th June 1312].
		Lancaster was their lord and demanded their services, de Warrene however was the owner of the nearest castle, a haven of safety in troublesome times.
		Lancaster was paraded on an old horse through the streets of Pontefract with a friar's hood on his head and given many insults.
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	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Earl Henry Plantagenet LANCASTER ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
		The earls of Lancaster and Hereford, the leading figures in the baronage, had been forbidden to find lodgingsin the town and were compelled to seek quarters at some distance in the country...
		But the tragedy of Pontefract and his unsatisfied claim on the Lancaster earldom stood between Henry and the government, and the imprudence of the Despensers soon utterly estranged him fromthe king, though he was the last man to indulge in indiscriminate opposition, and Edward dared not push his powerful cousin to extremities...
		The death of his uncle [Edmund, Earl of Kent] irritated Edward, who at seventeen was old enough to feel the degrading nature of his thraldom, and was eager to govern the kingdom of which he was the nominal head.
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	AllRefer.com - house of Lancaster (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Edmund's son Thomas, earl of Lancaster, 1277?–1322, led the baronial opposition to his cousin Edward II.
		Thomas's brother, Henry, earl of Lancaster, 1281?–1345, was chief adviser to the young Edward III in getting rid of the dominance of the queen mother, Isabella, and her paramour, Roger de Mortimer, 1st earl of March.
		His son, Henry, duke of Lancaster, 1299?–1361, was made duke in 1351 for his excellent service as a military commander in the early part of the Hundred Years War.
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	Terry Mason's Family History Web Site.
		Anna Maria Youndt or Yaunett was born in 1750 in, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
		Anna Marie Carpenter was born on 25 Nov 1796 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
		Jeremias Carpenter was born on 6 Sep 1799 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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		Anna Groff (Martin) [Parents] was born in 1725 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		Barbara Martin was born in 1776 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		Elizabeth Horst was born on 24 Sep 1762 in Groffdale, West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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		For the whole of 1315 Thomas, the Earl of Lancaster was in control of England and he embarked on a campaign to create a network of supporters in all positions of power.
		The Earl of Pembroke and his 'Middle Party' held discussions with the Earl of Lancaster during which it was agreed that a council should be formed that would advise the King, and that the King should not be able to act without the council's advice.
		Lancaster was also assured that he and his followers would be pardoned for any illegal acts that they may have performed during the time of their power.
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	AllRefer.com - Lancaster, Henry, earl of (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Lancaster, Henry, earl of, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Lancaster, Henry, earl of see Lancaster, house of.
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	LANCASTER, HOUSE OF - Online Information article about LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
		The duke of Lancaster then claimed the kingdom as due to himself by virtue of his descent from Henry III.
		rest upon the supposition that Edmund of Lancaster, and not Edward I., was the eldest son of Henry III.
		John of Gaunt, = Blanche, duke of Lancaster, titular king daughter and heiress of Henry, of Castile.
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	Edmund, 1st earl of Lancaster -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lancaster, Henry, 3rd Earl of, Earl Of Leicester, Lord Lancaster
		Lancaster, Thomas, 2nd Earl of, Earl Of Leicester, Earl Of Derby
		Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
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	Britannia Biographies: Henry Plantagenet of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Earl of Derby was also, in that year, one of the commissioners sent to Rome to treat, in the presence of the Pope, for a peace with Philip of Valois concerning the King's claim to the French Crown.
		The Earl of Lancaster was directed, on 14th May 1347, to join the King, with the forces under his command, before Calais.
		The Earl was subsequently joined in several commissions to treat with France; and, on the 25th September 1348, was constituted the King's Lieutenant as well in the parts of Flanders and Calais, as elsewhere in France.
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	The Lancaster News
		The groom is the son of Teresa Funderburk and Richard Earl of Lancaster.
		Matrons of honor were Dawn Stutts of Seagrove, N.C., and Lyndi Forrest of Indian Trail, N.C. Bridesmaids were Dianna Earl of Heath Springs, sister of the groom; Mandy Earl, sister of the groom; Aimee Albright of Centreville, Va. and Karen Petrea of Concord, N.C. Flower girl was Sienna Earl, niece of the groom.
		He is the grandson of Laura Funderburk of Lancaster and the late Frank Funderburk; Fred and Arleda Mays of Pageland; and Frank Faulkenbury of Pageland.
	www.thelancasternews.com /articles/2005/05/22/weddings/weddings.txt (996 words)

	Robert the Bruce and the Destruction of Samlesbury Hall
		Balliol was then conveyed to the Tower of London by Edward's brother, the Earl of Lancaster (the same Earl to whom the Southworths were subject)2.
		The Duke of Lancaster's lukewarm support for the venture, may be the reason that Gilbert de Southworth was apparently not a part of this force.
		The Earl of Lancaster (Edmund) was the second son of King Henry III.
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	Lancaster, house of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, through the Beauforts, the legitimated descendants of John of Gaunt and Catherine Swynford, the Lancastrian claims passed to the house of Tudor.
		Lancaster Physician Breaks Ground On New Office and Free Standing Surgery Center; Pioneer in Laser and Skin Cancer Surgery Expands With Growing Demand in Lancaster and Surrounding Counties; Fully Accredited Facility...
		John Fugelso and Clarke Hess rip plaster in the hallway of the Thaddeus Stevens House which is threatened by expansion for a convention center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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	Britannia Biographies: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This prince, the fourth son of King Edward III and Queen Philippa, was born at Ghent (or Gaunt) in Flanders, in 1340.
		John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset and Marquis of Dorset, KG Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Lincoln, afterwards of Winchester, and, at length, Cardinal and Chancellor of England
		Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, KG Joan Beaufort, married, firstly, to Sir Robert Ferrers of Worn and Oversley; and, secondly, to Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
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	Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		The family name first appeared in 1267, when the title earl of Lancaster was granted to Edmund “Crouchback” (1245–96), the youngest son of Henry III.
		On his accession the duchy of Lancaster was merged in the crown, and the house of Lancaster, in the persons of Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI, ruled England for more than 60 years.
		By the time Henry VII had inaugurated the Tudor monarchy, the Lancaster lands were firmly in the hands of the crown.
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	Sir Robert de HOLLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A favorite of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, from which position he assumed much importance and wealth, he was a Commissioner in 1303, and the following year had charters for free warren in his demesne lands of Upholland, Hale, Orrell, and Markland in Pemberton.
		He sided with the aforesaid Earl of Lancaster in his various contentions with the King, and was pardoned for complicity in the death of Gaveston in 1313, and in 1315 he assisted the Earl in suppressing the rising of Adam Banastre in Lancashire, for which he was again pardoned in 1318.
		At the Earl's final uprising, in Feb and Mar 1321/22, he is said to have played a "cowardly or treacherous part", when upon the Earl's flight northward before Boroughbridge, he surrendered to the King at Derby (although some accounts suggest he fought at Boroughbridge before surrendering).
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		Edmund PLANTAGENET (Earl of Lancaster and Leicester) was born on 16 January 1244.
		Henry PLANTAGENET (Earl of Lancaster) was born in 1281.
		Parents: Edmund PLANTAGENET (Earl of Lancaster and Leicester) and Blanche D'ARTOIS.
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	Duchy of Lancaster and High Sheriff History
		The following historical review of the Duchy of Lancaster is taken from the Lancaster Priory "Service of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the Shield Hanging of the High Sheriff of Lancashire" booklet, Friday 30th June 2000; after which Service the new High Sheriff, Rodney Newman Swarbrick Esquire, C.B.E. D.L., presented his Shield in Lancaster Castle.
		The 600 year link between the Duchy of Lancaster and the Crown was celebrated in Lancaster Priory in 1999.
		Lancaster Priory gratefully acknowledges the provision of this facility by
	www.priory.lancs.ac.uk /duchy.html (668 words)

	Lancaster, Thomas, earl of
		Lancaster, house of - Lancaster, house of, royal family of England.
		Edward II: Lancaster and the Despensers - Lancaster and the Despensers Edward tried to renew his father's campaigns against Scotland, but his...
		THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND THE EARLS OF MARCH: GARTER KNIGHTS AND SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT.
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	kendig all - pafg16 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Peter Groff [Parents] was born in 1702 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		Susanna Good was born in 1730 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		Barbara Moyer (Groff) [Parents] was born on 4 Feb 1721 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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	The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg771 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster was born about 1281 in Grosmont Castle,Monmouthshire,Wales.
		William The Brown de Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster was born on 13 Sep 1312 in Ulster,Ulster,Ireland.
		1st Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Nottingham [Parents] was born on 22 Mar 1365/1366 in Epworth,Isle of Axholme,Lincolnshire,England.
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	I1371: Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl Of Lancaster (16 JAN 1246 - 5 JUN 1296) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I1371: Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl Of Lancaster (16 JAN 1246 - 5 JUN 1296)
		Descendants of Edmund Crouchback 1st Earl Of Lancaster and Blanche D'artois
		1 Henry Percy Earl Of Northumberland = Margaret Nevill
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