Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ton, one of the gentlemen ushers ofthe Kings chamber, of the offices of constable of the Admissions into the Guild of the Holy Cross, Stratford-on-Avon. Joyce, w. of John Grevill of Sesyncote, , s. of Maurice, s. of said , vv. of Henry Tracy. Richard Grevell of Lemynton, Gent., and Elena, h. Duke of Clarence and Lady E. of Warwick, his Margaret, his John Grevell and Johan, h. , s. of Edw. Grevill and Elizabeth, h. Grevill, Esq., and Ann, h.


Warwick castle and its earls : from Saxon times to the present day . ton, one of the gentlemen ushers ofthe Kings chamber, of the offices of constable of the Admissions into the Guild of the Holy Cross, Stratford-on-Avon. Joyce, w. of John Grevill of Sesyncote, , s. of Maurice, s. of said , vv. of Henry Tracy. Richard Grevell of Lemynton, Gent., and Elena, h. Duke of Clarence and Lady E. of Warwick, his Margaret, his John Grevell and Johan, h. , s. of Edw. Grevill and Elizabeth, h. Grevill, Esq., and Ann, h. H. Vin. Giles Grevell, Kt. —The arms of the Dukes predecessor, vis. Henry Duke ofWarwick, are painted in the Guild Hall, now the Grammar School. 196 22 H. VL 8 E. IV. 17 E. IV. 13 H. VII 23 H. VII 24 H. VII, -* House of Neville and House of Plantagenet castle of Warwick, steward of the lordship of Warwick,with its members, and master of the game of Wege-nok, CO. Warwick, with wages, etc., such as John Hug-ford, esq., had in the same office. The Earl attended. From an old p7-int. KING RICHARD III., SON-IN-LAW OF THE KING-MAKER EY MARRIAGE WITH HIS YOUNGER DAUGHTER, ANNE. Richard coronation, and was recognised as hisheir-apparent. But then came the battle of BosworthField, and the accession of Henry VII., whose reasonsfor wishing the only surviving male representative ofthe House of York out of the way were obviousenough. So this poor boy—he was only nine yearsof age—was shut up in the Tower, and kept there, 197 Warwick Castle <* for no other reason than the cowardly fear that, if hewere left at large, he might be dangerous. He proved, in fact, as dangerous in captivity ashe could have been at liberty. Impostors personatedhim, and in his name raised the standard of schoolboy remembers the story of LambertSimnel, who, after professing to be Edward Plan-tagenet. Earl of Warwick, was put to the office ofscullion in the royal kitchen. To expose the im-


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