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3 days ago · On Cecily's death the manor reverted to her sister-in-law Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure countess of Warwick (d. 1492), the wife of Richard Neville, earl of Salisbury (cr. earl of Warwick 1450, d. 1471, 'the kingmaker'). With Richard's other lands it was forfeited in 1459 and restored in 1460.
5 days ago · He died in the latter year leading an only daughter, Anne Beauchamp, countess of Warwick in her own right, who died an infant without issue in 1449. At her death she was succeeded by her aunt Anne, wife of Richard Nevill, son and heir of the earl of Salisbury, whose husband became in her right earl of Warwick.
5 days ago · The title to the Warwick estates then descended to Anne, Henry Beauchamp's infant daughter by his wife Cecily, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury, there being no surviving male heirs to inherit under the entail of 1344.
3 days ago · Warwick Castle is a medieval castle developed from a wooden fort, originally built by William the Conqueror during 1068. Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England, situated on a bend of the River Avon.
5 days ago · Along with Salisbury's wife Alice, acted as executors of Anne, Countess of Cambridge, mother of Richard, Duke of York, in 1446. The same year, probably thanks to Salisbury's influence, he was appointed steward of the lordship of Sherburn .
4 days ago · This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following: Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental.
4 days ago · The drawing is a study for a painted portrait, by Holbein, in the Louvre, Paris; among the surviving copies are a late-16th-century one at the Lambeth Palace, the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and an early-17th-century one in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
