TIME IN OFFICE                                HIGH STEWARD

 

1154–68

    ROBERT DE BEAUMONT, 2ND  EARL OLEICESTER

• LIFE-TIME 1104 – 5th April 1168

• Robert was Chief Justiciar 1154–1168

• He founded Leicester Abbey and Garendon Abbey in Leicestershire, the Fontevraldine Nuneaton Priory in Warwickshire, Luffield Abbey in Buckinghamshire, and the hospital of Brackley, Northamptonshire

1168–1190

             ROBERT DE BEAUMONT, 3RD EARL OF LEICESTER

• DIED 1190

  Robert was one of the principal followers of Henry the Young King in the Revolt of 1173–1174 against his father Henry II.

1190–1204

   ROBERT DE BEAUMONT, 4TH EARL OF LEICESTER

• DIED 21st October 1204

• Robert accompanied King Richard I  of England on the Third Crusade

1206–18

     SIMON DE MONTFORT THE ELDER

• LIFE-TIME 1175 – 25th June 1218

• Simon was a French nobleman and soldier who took part in the Fourth Crusade

• He was Viscount of Béziers,Albi and Carcassone 1209–1218

 

1239–65

     SIMON V DE MONTFORT, 6TH EARL OF LEICESTER

• LIFE-TIME 1208 – 4th August 1265

• He led the rebellion against King Henry III of England during the Second Barons' War of 1263–64 and was killed by killed by forces loyal to the King Henry III of England in the Battle of Evesham.

• He married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John and Isabella of Angoulême and sister of King Henry III.

• Edward was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1264

1265–96

           EDMUND "CROUCHBACK", 1ST EARL OF   LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 16th January 1245 – 5th June 1296

• Edward was the second surviving son of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. He was granted all the lands of Simon de Montfort in 1265.

 

 

1322–24

     THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 1278 – 22nd March 1322

• Thomas was the son of Edmund of Crouch back and was one of the leaders of the baronial opposition to his first cousin, Edward II of England. He despised the royal favourite, Piers Gaveston, He had served in the coronation of his cousin, King Edward II of England carrying Curtana, the sword of Edward the Confessor.

1324–45:

     HENRY, 3RD EARL OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 1281 – 22nd September 1345

• Henry was a grandson of King Henry III and was one of the principals behind the deposition of King Edward II. Henry was later appointed "chief advisor" for the new king Edward III of England] and was also appointed captain-general of all the king's forces in the Scottish Marches

• H was nicknamed Wryneck, or Tort-col in French, possibly due to a medical condition

1345–61

     HENRY OF GROSMONT, DUKE OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 1310 – 23rd March 1361

• He became one of Edward III's most trusted captains in the early phases of the Hundred Years' War and a founding member and the second Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1348

• He was Earl of Lincoln Fifth Creation1349–1361 and Earl of Derby 1337–1361

1362–99

    JOHN OF GAUNT, 1ST DUKE OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 6th March 1340 – 3rd February 1399

• John was the third son of king Edward III of England.He was the uncle of Richard II and father to the future Henry IV of England.

• He was the King of Castile 1372–1388 Duke of Aquitaine1390–1399

1399

    HENRY OF BOLINGBROKE, 2ND DUKE OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 15th April 136 – 20th March 1413

• Henry was the future King Of England REIGN 30th September 1399– 20th March 1413and the son of John of Gaunt .Henry deposed of his first cousin Richard II II of England after he returned from Exile and made himself King of England in 1399.

• Henry had been Duke of Aquitaine 1399–1400 Earl of Northampton 1384–1399 and Duke of Aquitaine
  1399–1400

1399–1421

    THOMAS OF LANCASTER, 1ST DUKE OF CLARENCE

• LIFE-TIME 29th September 1388 – 22nd March 1421

• Thomas was the the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun.

 

 

1429

    HUMPHREY OF LANCASTER

• LIFE-TIME 3rd October 1390 – 23rd February 1447

• Humphrey was high Steward Coronation of Henry VI

• He was the son of Henry IV and brother to Henry V and uncle to Henry VI of England.

 

 

1445

   THOMAS DE COURTENAY, 5TH/13TH EARL OF DEVON

• LIFE-TIME 1414 – 3rd February 1458

• Thomas had been married off as an infant to Lady Margaret Beaufort, granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and started his career as an adherent to the Lancastrian Beaufort

• He was appointed as Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, and was steward at the coronation of Margaret of Anjou

1461

     JOHN DE LA POLE, 2ND DUKE OF SUFFOLK

• LIFE-TIME 27th September 1442 – 14~21st May 1492

• John was the only son and heir to William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Alice Chaucer,the granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer

• He was acted as Lord Steward at the coronation. Of King Edward IV of England in 1461 and was King's Lieutenant of Ireland March to July 1478

1465

   GEORGE PLANTAGENET, 1ST DUKE OF CLARENCE,

• LIFE-TIME 21st October 1449 – 18th February 1478

• George was the brother of King Edward IV of England and the future Richard III. He was also the father of Margaret Pole, on of the last direct line of Plantagenet.

• He was High Steward for the coronation of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodvillle in 1465.

 

1478

     HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

• LIFE-TIME 4th September 1454 – 2nd November 1483

• Henry was He is also one of the primary suspects in the disappearance (and presumed murder) of the Princes in the Tower. He was married to Catherine Woodville who was the sister of the Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville.

• Henry was high Sateward over the trial of George Plantagenet Trial of The Duke of Clarence

• Henry was executed in November 1483 for his role his alleged role in the Buckingham Rebllion.

   

1483

     JOHN HOWARD, 1ST DUKE OF NORFOLK

• LIFE-TIME 1425 – 22nd August 1485

• John was the great-grandfather to future Queens Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.,

• He was high Steward at the Coronation of Richard III and his wife Anne Neville .

• John was killed at the Battle of Bosworth fighting for King Richard III.of England