Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl of Kent

• Preferred Name: Edmund of Woodstock 1st Earl of Kent^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 5 AUG 1301 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England at LATI: N1.8472 LONG: E1.354
  
• FSID: L8MJ-ZLQ
  
• Burial: 1330 in Westminster, Middlesex, England at LATI: N1.498 LONG: E0.135
  
• Death: 19 MAR 1330 in Winchester, Hampshire, England at LATI: N1.0629 LONG: E1.3148
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord Warden of the Cinque PortsBET 1321 AND 1323
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of KentBET 1321 AND 1330
  
• Residence: in England with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (5 August 1301 – 19 March 1330), whose seat was Arundel Castle in Sussex,[1] was the sixth son of King Edward I of England, and the second by his second wife Margaret of France, and was a younger half-brother of King Edward II. Edward I had intended to make substantial grants of land to Edmund, but when the king died in 1307, Edward II failed to respect his father's intentions, mainly due to his favouritism towards Piers Gaveston. Edmund remained loyal to his brother, and in 1321 he was created Earl of Kent. He played an important part in Edward's administration as diplomat and military commander and in 1321–22 helped suppress a rebellion.
  
  Discontent against the King grew and eventually affected Edmund. The discontent was largely caused by Edward's preference for his new favourites, Hugh Despenser the Younger and his father. In 1326, Edmund joined a rebellion led by Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, whereby King Edward II was deposed. Edmund failed to get along with the new administration, and in 1330 he was caught planning a new rebellion, and executed.
  
  Once the new king, Edward III, came of age and assumed personal control of government, he annulled the charges against his uncle. The title and estates of the Earl of Kent descended on Edmund's son, also called Edmund. When this Edmund died, in 1331, his brother John became earl. Though he was officially exonerated, Edmund did not enjoy a great reputation during his life and afterwards, due to his unreliable political dealings.
  
  Family background and early years
  Edward I of England had a great number of children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, but only one son who survived into adulthood – the future Edward II (born 1284). After Eleanor died, the king married Margaret of France, with whom he had two children: Thomas (born 1300) and, when the king was sixty-two, Edmund. Edmund was born at Woodstock in Oxfordshire on 5 August 1301, and was therefore referred to as Edmund of Woodstock. Son of the English king, he was also, through his mother, grandson of Philip III of France. On 7 July 1307, before Edmund had turned six, King Edward I died, leaving Edmund's half-brother Edward to succeed as King Edward II.
  
  Though not resident in the two boys' household, Edward I had taken great interest in the princes' upbringing and well-being. Before he died, the king had promised to provide Edmund with substantial grants of land. In August 1306, Edward I signed a charter promising Edmund land worth 7000 marks a year, and in May 1307, 1000 marks was added to this. He probably intended to give the earldom of Norfolk to Thomas, while Edmund would receive the earldom of Cornwall, which had been left vacant after Edward I's cousin Edmund died without children in 1300. When Edward II came to the throne, however, he went against his father's wishes by granting the earldom of Cornwall to his favourite Piers Gaveston. According to the chronicle Vita Edwardi Secundi, this act was a grave insult to the king's younger brothers. Edward II nevertheless took steps to provide his half-brother with an income; grants made in 1315 and 1319 secured Edmund 2000 marks a year. In May 1321, Edmund received the strategically important Gloucester Castle, and further grants followed his creation as Earl of Kent on 28 July 1321.
  
  Edward II's close relationship to Gaveston had been a source of conflict at court, and Gaveston's execution by a group of rebellious barons in 1312 had brought the country to the brink of civil war. As Edmund came of age, he became an important member of the circle around his brother. In 1318, the Treaty of Leake was drafted as an effort to reconcile the opposing parties, and Edmund – as his first public act – was among the witnesses to sign this treaty. Further official appointments followed. In the spring of 1320 he took part in an embassy to Pope John XXII in Avignon, where the mission was to absolve the king of his oath to uphold the Ordinances, a set of restrictions imposed on royal authority by the baronage. Later that year, he joined his brother the king in Amiens, where Edward was paying homage to the French king. In October 1320, Edmund attended his first parliament.
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  Death and aftermath
  After participating in the planned rebellion, Edmund became less popular at court. He was still allowed to accompany the king's wife Philippa to her coronation in February 1330, but his appearances at court became less frequent. At this point he became involved in another plot against the court, when he was convinced by rumours that his brother was still alive. It later emerged that Roger Mortimer himself was responsible for leading Edmund into this belief, in a form of entrapment. The plot was revealed, and in the parliament of March 1330 Edmund was indicted and condemned to death as a traitor. Upon hearing that the verdict was death, the condemned earl pleaded with Edward III for his life, offering to walk from Winchester to London with a rope around his neck as a sign of atonement. Edward III however knew that leniency was not an option for the aforementioned entrapment utilized by Mortimer could extend to him and potentially be subversive to his own kingship if his father, Edward II truly was alive. Thus Edward III sanctioned the killing of his uncle. It was almost impossible to find anyone willing to perform the execution of a man of royal blood, until a convicted murderer eventually beheaded Edmund in exchange for a pardon. Edmund's body was initially buried in a Franciscan church in Winchester, but it was removed to Westminster Abbey in 1331.
  
  Children
  1. Edmund, 2nd Earl of Kent, b. 1326, d. bef. 5 October 1331
  2. Margaret of Kent, b. 1327, d. 1352. Was to marry Arnaud Amanieu, Lord of Albret but the plans fell through.
  3. Joan of Kent, b. 28 September 1328, d. 7 August 1385. Known as "The Fair Maid of Kent". Married Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, and later Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III.
  4. John, 3rd Earl of Kent, b. 7 April 1330, d. 26 December 1352.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_of_Woodstock,_1st_Earl_of_Kent
  
  Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent & Arundel - Notes from Document Sources
  Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 1 pg 73, 88, 97, 233; Vol. 3 pg 418-419; Vol. 5 pg 290
  Keeper of Kent, 1321-4, Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1321-4, Constable of Tunbri
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#Joandied1385 as of 6/5/2016
  
  EDMUND "of Woodstock", son of EDWARD I King of England & his second wife Marguerite de France
  
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (5 August 1301-19 March 1330)
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (5 August 1301-19 March 1330) was the sixth son of Edward I of England, and a younger half-brother of Edward II. Edward I had intended to make substantial grants
  
  === !Plantagenet Royal Ancestry Colonial ===
  !Plantagenet Royal Ancestry Colonial Dames of Royal Descent page 103; 121 beheaded of Woodstock, Earl of Kent !Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants Page 137 Plantagenet Royal Ancestry Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists. The Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies before 1701 by David Faris First Edition
  
  === In 1320 Edmund went on an embassy ===
  In 1320 Edmund went on an embassy to Paris and Avignon. In 1321 he was Constable of Dover and Warden of the Cinque ports. In October 1321 he was one of the barons to besiege Badlesmere in Leeds Castle. In 1323 he werved in Scotland. In 1324 he again went on embassy to France but in July ended up serving in Gascony. In 1326 he landed at Harwich in the train of Isabella and Mortimer after they had conspired to get rid of Edward II. In 1327 he served again in Scotland. He was baited by Isabella and Mortimer into believing that his brother, Edward II, was still alive. He thus joined a rebellion which wa defeated. He was beheaded.
  
  === W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. ===
  W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P. 96
  
  === {{European Aristocrat ===
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  Titles of Edmund of Woodstock: (Royal Ancestry)
  :Keeper of Kent
  :Constable of Dover and Tunbridge Castles
  :Warden of the Cinque Ports
  :Sheriff of Rutland 1322-6
  :Lieutenant of the Northern Marches
  :King's Lieutenant North of Trent
  :Lieutenant of Aquitaine and Agenais
  :Joint Captain of the Scottish Marches
  
  : Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (5 Aug 1301 – 19 Mar 1330)
  
  {{British Isles 742-1499|title place=England}}
  
  ===Death of Edmund of Woodstock===(Royal Ancestry) Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, was condemned to death by the award of the magnates in the said Parliament 19 March 1329/30, and was beheaded the same day outside the gates of Winchester Castle, Hampshire.
  
  ===Sources===
  * '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. I pp. 233-234'''
  * '''Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. III pp. 419'''
  
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  === 3rd Earl of Kent 1321-1330, Lieutenant of Acquitaine 1324, Beheaded. ===
  3rd Earl of Kent 1321-1330, Lieutenant of Acquitaine 1324, Beheaded.
  
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  === ANCESSTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed. ===
  ANCESSTRAL ROOTS, by F. L. Weis, 7th Ed., LIne 155 #31, pg. 136: Earl of Kent, b. 5 Aug 1301, beheaded 19 Mar 1330; m. 1327, Margaret (236--11), wid of John Comyn of Badenock and dau John, 1st Lord Wake, by whom he left a dau. Joan (236-12, "Fair Maid of Kent," his event. heiress. (DNB 16:410).
  
  === !MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull. ===
  !MAR: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === Edmund Plantagenet, husband of Margaret ===
  Edmund Plantagenet, husband of Margaret Wake, was born Aug. 5, 1301, surnamed of Woodstock, from the place of his birth, 2nd son of King Edward I by his 2nd wife Margaret, daughter of Philip, the Hardy, King of France, son of Louis IX, Saint Louis. "Edmundo de Woodstock" was summoned to Parliament by writ Aug. 2, 1320, about two years before he attained his majority. He had previously been in the wars of Scotland and had obtained considerable territorial grants from the crown. In the next year he was created Earl of Kent, and had a grant of the castle of Okham, in the County of Rutland, and shrievalty of the county. About the same time he was constituted Governor of the castle of Tunbridge in Kent; and upon the breaking out of the insurrection, under Thomas Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster (son of Edmund Plantagenet, 2nd son of Henry III, King of England), he was commissioned by the King (Edward II) to pursue that rebellious prince, and to lay siege to the Castle of Pontefract. The Earl of Lancaster was subsequently made a prisoner at Boroughbridge, and this Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Kent, was one of those who condemned him to death. Edmund espoused the cause of his half-brother Edward II and was beheaded by Edward III.
  
  === SOURCES: ===
  SOURCES: Bir-- Mar--They received their marriage dispensation on 6 Oct 1325. Dth--(beheaded); The Royal Dau. of Eng., Eng. 120, vol. 1, p. 62; The Complete Peerage, G. E. C., Eng. V, vol. 7, p. 142-154.
  
  === Sources: A. Roots 155, 236; Kraentzler 1 ===
  Sources: A. Roots 155, 236; Kraentzler 1056; K & Q of Britain. Earl of Kent. Name also Edmond. K: Edmund "Woodstock," Prince of England, Earl of Kent. Roots: Called both Edmund of Woodstock and Edmund Plantagenet ofWoodstock, Earl of Kent. Born 5 Aug. 1301, beheaded 19 March 1330.
  
  === Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent ===
  Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent of the 1321 creation (beheaded for treason 19 March 1329/30), 6th and last son of Edward I. [Burke's Peerage]
  
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  EARLDOM of ARUNDEL (XIII) 1327 to 1330
  
  Edmund, Earl of Kent, 6th son of Edward I, received the Castle and Honour of Arundel, whereby (according to the admission of 1433) he may be considered to have become Earl of Arundel. He was beheaded 19 Mar 1329/30, and, being attainted, all his honours became forfeited, but the Castle and Honour of Arundel were retained by his widow, on whom they had been settled. [Complete Peerage I:242]
  
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  BARONY of WOODSTOCK (I) 1320
  
  EARLDOM OF KENT (III, 1) 1321 to 1330
  
  EDMUND, Earl of Kent, 6th and youngest son of Edward I, being his 2nd son by his 2nd wife, Margaret, daughter of Philip III, King of France. He was born 5 August 1301, at Woodstock. On 18 July 1310 Edward II granted to him and his elder brother Thomas the castles and lands late of Roger, Earl of Norfolk. On 18 October 1315 the King granted him the manors of Ashford, co. Derby, Kenton, Shebbear, Chetscombe, Lifton with the hundred, co. Devon, lands and tenements in Waltham, co. Lincoln, and divers rents, to hold at pleasure; on 16 February 1317/8 the castle of Gloucester with the barton and tync and the farm of the town for life, or till otherwise provided for; on 9 July 1318 the manor and town of Somerton and the manor of Camel, to hold from the death of Queen Margaret, during pleasure; on 2 February 1318/9 the castle and honour of Knaresborough and the manors of Aldborough, Boroughbridge, and Roecliffe, 200 marks a year, during pleasure. With the King's consent he joined in guaranteeing the treaty made at Leek which restricted the royal authority, 9 August 1318. He was one of the envoys sent to the King of France, and to the Pope in March 1319/20. He was present at the delivery of the Great Seal in the Convent of the Friars Minor, Gloucester, 16 April 1321. On 16 June 1321 he was appointed Keeper of Kent, of the castle of Dover and of the Cinque Ports, during pleasure. He was summoned to Parliament (before his elevation to an earldom) 5 August 1320, by writ directed Edmundo de Wodestok', whereby he is held, according to modern doctrine, to have become LORD WOODSTOCK. On 28 July 1321 the King, his brother, having girded him with the sword as EARL OF KENT, granted him £30 a year from the issues of that county by the hands of the sheriff under the name and honour of Earl of Kent, and gave him divers farms and hundreds to hold for lifc. On 26 September 1321 he was appointed Keeper of Tonbridge Castle, forfeited by Hugh de Audley the younger, but the Keeper, Bartholomew de Badlesmere, refused to give it up. On 6 February 1321/2 he was ordered to raise as many men-atarms and foot soldiers as possible, and in March he accompanied the King to Lichfield on his expedition against Thomas, Earl of Lancastcr, and after Thomas's defeat at Boroughbridge on 16 March presided at his trial at Pontefract. On 30 March 1322 the King granted him, in lieu of the castle and barton of Gloucester, the castles of Cefnyllys and Dinevor and the cantred of Maelieydd in the march of Wales, late of Roger de Mortimer of Wigmore, to hold in tail male. When the Despensers were restored in May 1322, Edmund pleaded that he had consented to their banishment under coercion. He was Sheriff of Rutland 1322-26. He was summoned to serve against the Scots, (muster at Newcastle 13 June) 25 March 1322, and on 9 April was asked to raise 300 foot soldiers from his lordship of Maelieydd. On 4 July 1322 he was granted the castle of Oakham to hold during pleasure. He was with the King in his expedition against the Scots in August 1322, and on 15 October following accompanied him in his flight from Rievaulx to Bridlington after the rout at Byland Abbey. On 27 November he was commanded to raise as many men-at-arms as possible over and above his usual train for service against the Scots, and on 10 December was ordered to march at the head of them to York. He was appointed Lieutenant in the marches of Scotland 9 February 1322/3, during pleasure, in the place of Andrew de Harcla, and 17 February Lieutenant in the six northern counties. On 27 February he was appointed one of the justices to degrade Sir Andrew de Harcla and sentence him to death. He was specially empowered to raise and arm the people of Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire and Craven, 3 March 1322/3, and was ordered to serve personally against the Scots on 9 March. On 18 April he was ordered to provide pack-saddles for the use of the army in case it should be expedient to advance without the wagon train. The castle of Wallingford having been taken by the barons, he and Henry, Earl of Lancaster, were sent to recapture it, which they did. In the same year he and the Archbishop of Dublin were sent to France to make the King's excuses for not coming to do homage. He was one of the commissioners appointed, 30 March 1324, to enquire into the outragcs which had occurred at Saint Serdos in the Agenais, and to carry out any reforms needed in the government of the duchy of Aquitaine, being appointed Lieutenant in Aquitaine and the Agenais, during pleasure, 20 July 1324. He was sent to Gascony in 1325, and on 2 April was commanded to exhort the Gascons to defend the country, as reinforcements were about to be sent under the command of the Earl of Surrey, who would yield place to Edmund. He accompanied Queen Isabel and Edward, Prince of Wales, when the Queen went to France seeking refuge with her brother, Philip V, from Edward II and the Despensers. He was with them at the court of Hainault, when he attested the articles for the marriage of Edward, Prince of Wales, with Philippe of Hainault. He returned to England in 1326 with Queen Isabel, Prince Edward, and 500 men of Hainault. They landed in Suffolk, and on 27 and 28 September the King ordered forces throughout England and Wales to be assembled to pursue, take and kill all except the Queen, the Prince, and Edmund, their purpose having been to put the King in subjection. On 26 October, at the extraordinary Council at Bristol, he joined in electing Prince Edward, then Duke of Aquitaine, as Regent and "Custos" of the kingdom. The following day he acted as one of the assessors of Sir William Trussel, Sheriff of cos. Warwick and Leicester, for the trial of Hugh Despenser the elder, and 24 November for the trial of the younger Despenser. He was present at the Coronation of Edward III. in Westminster Abbey, 1 February 1326/7. On 26 February 1326/7 the King gave him, among other grants, a grant in fee tail of the castle, town and honour of Arundel, Sussex, whereby, according to the admission of 1433, he maybe considered to have become EARL OF ARUNDEL. On 16june 1327 he was appointed joint Captain of the forces in the marches towards Scotland. On 1 March 1327/8 the King granted him all the forfeited lands of Hugh le Despenser in co. Leicester, except the manor of Loughborough. In 1329, while in Gascony (30 September), he and his wife were released from their vow to go on pilgrimage to Santiago, he having learned that there were plots against his life in Spain. He was summoned to Councils from 22 March 1321/2 to 15 June 1328, and to Parliament from 14 March 1321/2 to 25 January 1329/30, by writs directed Edmundo Comiti Kanc' fratris [avunculo tempore Edward III] Regis.
  
  He had a dispensation, 6 October 1325, to marry, though she was related to him in the 3rd or 4th degree, and marry, about Christmas 1325, Margaret, widow of John Comyn, of Badenoch (who died s.p., 24 June 1314, being slain at the battle of Bannockburn, sister and h. of Sir Tbomas WAKE, of Liddel, Cumberland [LORD WAKE], and daughter of Sir John WAKE, of the same [LORD WAKE], by Joan his wife. She was allowed dower out of her first husband's lands in October 1329. Certain letters-the treasonable character of which the Earl did not deny----having come into the King's hands, he was arrested at the Parliament of Winchester on the morrow of St. Gregory [13 March] 1329/30, when he confessed that he had sought to collect forces to restore Edward II, having been persuaded that his half-brother was still alive. He was condemned to death as a traitor by the award of the magnates in the said Parliament on the vigil of St. Cuthbert [19 March], and executed ad vesperas outside the gates of Winchester Castle. He was bur. in the Church of the Friars Minor there, but his body was afterwards removed to Westminster Abbey. On 14 March his wife and children were sent to Salisbury Castle, to be in the custody of the sheriff of Wilts till further orders. On her petition to Parliament on the morrow of St. Nicolas [7 December] 1330, the King, with the assent of Parl., allowed her to have her dower. The Earl's goods were restored to his executors 14 February 1330/1, on 14, 15 February his widow had livery of her dower, and (20, 24 February) of the knights' fees and advowsons of her dower, all of which had been assigned to her by the King. On the death, s.p., of her brother, Thomas, Lord Wake, 31 May 1349, she became, according to modern doctrine, suo jure BARONESS WAKE. On 20 August 1349 the King took her fealty and gave her livery of the lands of her brother, Thomas, Lord Wake, of Liddel, her homage being respited. She was then aged 40 and more. She died 29 September 1349. [Complete Peerage VII:142-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
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  Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (1301-1330), youngest son of Edward I, by his second wife, Margaret of France, was born at Woodstock on 5 Aug 1301. On 31 Aug 1306 he received from his father a revinue of seven thousand marks a year. It was commonly believed that the old king proposed to confer the rich earldom of Cornwall either on Edmund or on his elder brother Thomas of Brotherton; but the accession of Edward II secured that prize for the favourite, Gaveston. Edward II, however, plac
  
  === Sources: Records and sources of use ===
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  === b. Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, wa ===
  b. Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, was beheaded 19 March 1330. r. Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent, 5 Aug. 1301, beheaded 19 Mar. 1330; m. 1327, Margaret (236-11), wid. of John Comyn of Badenoch and dau. John, 1st Lord Wake, by whom he left a dau. Joan (236-17) "Fair Maid of Kent," his event. heiress. [Weis "60 Colonists," line 155-31.] f.Weis "60 Colonists," line 155-31.]
  
  === Edmund held the castle of Arundel, afte ===
  Edmund held the castle of Arundel, after the execution and forfeiture of the 7th Earl, from 1327 until his own execution in 1330, but does not himself appear to have been styled Earl of Arundel. Edmund was beheaded for conspireing to rescure King Edward II from prison. He had to wait five hours for an executioner, because nobody wanted to do it.

• m. 1325

1. Joan of Kent , b. 29 SEP 1326 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England     d. 7 AUG 1385 in Wallingford, Berkshire, England

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   Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2904
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2. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
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3. Title: Earls of England
   Author: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Projects, Lancaster
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   Page: British Isles - England, Earls 1067-1122 , p. 88: EDMUND "of Woodstock", son of EDWARD I King of England & his second wife Marguerite de France (Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire 5 Aug 1301-executed outside Winchester Castle 19 Mar 1330, bur Winchester, Church of the Friars Minor, later transferred to Westminster Abbey). The Annals of Worcester record the birth “Non Aug…apud Wodestok” in 1301 of “regina [filium]…Edmundum”[807]. King Edward II issued a charter dated 18 Apr 1318 to “Thomæ comiti Norffolciæ et marescallo Angliæ et Edmundo de Wodestok fratribus nostris...executoribus testamenti bonæ memoriæ Margaretæ nuper reginæ Angliæ matris nostræ”[808]. Summoned to Parliament 1320 as Lord Woodstock. Appointed Keeper of Kent, Dover Castle and the Cinque Ports 16 Jun 1321. Created Earl of Kent 28 Jul 1321. He supported King Edward II, with his brother Thomas, in his campaign against the enemies of the Despenser family in Autumn 1321. He presided at the trial of Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract Castle 1321. He accompanied Queen Isabelle on her flight to France, and returned with her to England in 1326 to overthrow King Edward II. Created Earl of Arundel 26 Feb 1327, the King also granted him all the forfeited lands of Hugh Despenser in Leicestershire (except the manor of Loughborough). Having received reports that his half-brother Edward II was still alive, he plotted to have him restored to the throne, and was condemned to death for treason. He supported his deposed half-brother King Edward II, and was executed on the orders of Queen Isabella and Mortimer. The Annals of Bermondsey record the beheading 10 Dec 1328 “apud Wyntoniam” of “Edmundus Wodestok comes Kantiæ, avunculus Edwardi regis tertii” betrayed by “Isabellæ reginæ et Rogeri Mortymer comitis Marchiæ”[809]. His earldom was forfeited. m (Papal dispensation 6 Oct 1325, Dec 1325) as her second husband, MARGARET Wake, widow of JOHN Comyn of Badenoch, daughter of JOHN Wake of Liddel, Cumberland, Lord Wake & his wife Joan --- ([1299/1300]-from the Black death 29 Sep 1349). The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire, names "Thomam, Johannem et Margaretam" as the children of "Johannem", son of "Baldewinum de Wake", adding that Margaret married "Edmundus comes Cantiæ, filius regis Edwardi primi"[810]. She succeeded her brother in 1349 as Baroness Wake.
   
4. Title: The Complete Peerage
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5. Title: The Royal Daughters of England., Eng. 120, v. 1, p. 62;
   
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7. Title: Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-14Q7 : 12 December 2022), Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock, ; Burial, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, Westminster Abbey; citing record ID 8088253, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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   Author: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999}, Page number: 114-5
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9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edmund Woodstock Kent Plantagenent - birth-name: Edmund Woodstock Kent Plantagenent
   Author: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com
   Note: birth-name: Edmund Woodstock Kent Plantagenent http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=dictnatbiogv1&h=94522&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt AFGS 3 _APID 1,1981::94522 death: 19 March 1330; Winchester, Hampshire, England http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=dictnatbiogv1&h=94522&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt AFGS 3 _APID 1,1981::94522 birth: 5 August 1301; Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=dictnatbiogv1&h=94522&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt AFGS 3 _APID 1,1981::94522
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10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Edmund Plantagenet Earl of Kent -
    Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: VII:142-8
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