HENRY BEAUFORT (14361464)

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HENRY BEAUFORT (14361464) became duke of Somerset in 1455, and soon began to take part in the struggle against Richard, duke of

York

YORK
YORK (
HOUSE
- HOUSE
- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
  Gothic
  - GOTHIC
  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
OF)
YORK, EDMUND OF
LANGLEY
- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
YORK, EDWARD
YORK, FREDERICK
AUGUSTUS
- AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)
, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

, but failed to dislodge Richard's ally, Richard Neville,

earl

EARL

of Warwick, from Calais. He took part in the victory of the Lancastrians at Wakefield in 146o, escaped from the carnage at Tow ton in 1461, and shared the attainder of

Henry

VI. in the same year. In May 1464 he was captured at Hexham and was beheaded immediately after the battle. The title of duke of Somerset was assumed by his brother, EDMUND BEAUFORT (c. 14381471), who fled from the country after the disasters to the Lancastrian arms, but returned to England in 1471, in which year he fought at Tewkesbury, and in spite of a promise of pardon was beheaded after the battle on the 6th of May 1471. His younger brother JoHN BEAUFORT had been killed probably at this battle, and so on the execution of Edmund the family became extinct.

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