. The annals of England : an epitome of English history, from co[n]temporary writers, the rolls of Parliament, and other public records. ard, earl of Surrey,Feb. 4, 1494, and died 1512. Katherine (born 1479)married William Courtenay, earl of Devon, and died1527. Her son was Henry, marquis of Exeter, be-headed in 1538, on a charge of corresponding with hiscousin, Reginald Pole. Edward left two natural children: 1. Arthur, whomarried an heiress, and was created Viscount Lisle; 1 His daughter Frances married Thomas Monk, a gentleman ofDevon, and ancestor of Monk, duke of Albemarle. T6 THE PLANTAG
. The annals of England : an epitome of English history, from co[n]temporary writers, the rolls of Parliament, and other public records. ard, earl of Surrey,Feb. 4, 1494, and died 1512. Katherine (born 1479)married William Courtenay, earl of Devon, and died1527. Her son was Henry, marquis of Exeter, be-headed in 1538, on a charge of corresponding with hiscousin, Reginald Pole. Edward left two natural children: 1. Arthur, whomarried an heiress, and was created Viscount Lisle; 1 His daughter Frances married Thomas Monk, a gentleman ofDevon, and ancestor of Monk, duke of Albemarle. T6 THE PLANTAGENETS—YORK. he was a military commander, but being accused of adesign of betraying Calais, he was imprisoned in theTower, where he died, March 3, 1542, it is said of joyat learning that the king was satisfied of his innocence j2. Elizabeth, who married Sir Thomas Lumley. The royal arms and motto were the same m this as inthe preceding reign, but Edward employed other sup-porters, chiefly the badges of various ancestral posses-si ns. Some existing examples have a black bull anda white lion, (Clarence and March); some a white lion. Aims of Edward IV. and a white hart; others two white lions. His badgesare numerous, and likewise allude either to the posses-sions or the varying fortunes of his family. The blackbull is the symbol of Clarence; the black dragon, ofUlster; the white wolf, the emblem of the Mortimers ;the white hart shews his kindred with Richard II.; whilethe falcon and fetterlock indicate the depression, andthe sun in splendour the triumph, of his house1. Edward possessed great military skill and undaunted1 Shakspeore thus alludes to the latter well-known emblem :— Now is the winter of our discontentMade glorious summer by the Sun of York ! EDWARD IV. 77 courage, a handsome person and fascinating manners ;but he was also unscrupulous, licentious, and cruel. Thefickleness of his temper is seen in his abandoning hisfathers and his own greatest friends, the Nevilles,
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