Thomas (Lancaster) of Lancaster KG KB (1388 - abt. 1420)

Born 29 Sep 1388 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Holland) Lancaster — married about 16 Aug 1410 in England

Died about 22 Mar 1420 at about age 31 in Vieil-Baugé, Anjou, France

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Biography

Thomas (Lancaster) of Lancaster KG KB is a member of the House of Lancaster.

Titles of Sir Thomas of Lancaster: (Royal Ancestry)

Duke of Clarence

Earl of Aumale

Steward of England 1399

Governor of Ireland 1401-1413

Lord High Admiral 1405-06

President of the Council 1411

Lieutenant of Aquitaine 1412-13

High Steward of Chester 1415

Constable of Army 1417

Lieutenant-General of the Army in France and Normandy 1421

Captain of Guisnes, Louviers, Honfleur, Paris, Pontoise, Pont de l'Arche, and Vivier

Death and burial of Sir Thomas of Lancaster

(Royal Ancestry) He was slain at the Battle of Beauge in Anjou 22 March 1420/1, and was buried in St. Thomas's Chapel in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, Kent. After the death of his wife Margaret, the Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury received a royal mandate to exhume the bodies of her former husbands and reinter them beside her in St. Michael's Chapel.

(Royal Tombs of Medieval England) Clarence's funeral account survive in part. The duke's body arrived at Sandwich in Kent on 9 August, and the coffin-carriage proceeded to Canterbury drawn by horses from the Clarence's stable at Holderness and escorted by twenty-four torchbearers. Clarence was finally interred on 25 September, six months after his death. Clarence's will of 1417 gave instructions for burial at the feet of his father, which was in the bay to the east of Henry VI's tomb. The duke's will left funds for chantry masses at Canterbury for himself, his parents and Margaret Holland. There is no record that Clarence or Somerset had a tomb. This is probably because prior to her death, Margaret of Holland had already decided on a triple tomb for herself and her two husbands. Margaret herself was interred at Canterbury in St. Michael's Chapel on 8 January 1440. On 27 January Henry VI instructed the exhumation of the bodies of Somerset and Clarence and their reburial according to the duchess's prior instructions. The triple tomb stands in the center of the chapel and features alabaster effigies and Purbeck marble tomb-chest. Margaret Holland's effigy lies in the center of the tomb with John Beaufort to the left and that of Clarence in the senior position; all three effigies are shown with hands clasped in prayer. Margaret's effigy has a ducal coronet and the effigies of her husbands are depicted wearing armor.

Sources

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. III p. 504
• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. III p. 505

Illegitimate child of Thomas of Lancaster, K.G.,K.B., by a mistress, Amasia ____.

JOHN OF Clarence, Knt. Sir John Of Clarence was living 20 March 1431.

• Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. IV p. 645-650
• Royal Tombs of Medieval England M. Duffy 2003 p. 223-229

• Thomas of Lancaster's profile in the Dictionary of Irish Biography, author David Beresford:
  • https://www.dib.ie/index.php/biography/thomas-lancaster-a8514