The royal lineage of our noble and gentle familiesTogether with their paternal ancestry .. . The Descent ofWilliam Robert Hilliard, Lieut. , from the Blood Royal of DWARD III., King of) England, Earl of Ches-ter 1320, Duke of Aqui-taine, Count of Ponthieuand Montreuil, 1325 ;crowned at Westminsterin his fathers lifetimej1 Feb., 1327 ; defeatedthe Scots at HalidonHill, 1333- In 1339 he assumed the style of King of France and England and Lord ofIreland, and quartered the arms of France inthe first quarter; gained a great naval victoryover the French off Sluys, 1340, and won thecele
The royal lineage of our noble and gentle familiesTogether with their paternal ancestry .. . The Descent ofWilliam Robert Hilliard, Lieut. , from the Blood Royal of DWARD III., King of) England, Earl of Ches-ter 1320, Duke of Aqui-taine, Count of Ponthieuand Montreuil, 1325 ;crowned at Westminsterin his fathers lifetimej1 Feb., 1327 ; defeatedthe Scots at HalidonHill, 1333- In 1339 he assumed the style of King of France and England and Lord ofIreland, and quartered the arms of France inthe first quarter; gained a great naval victoryover the French off Sluys, 1340, and won thecelebrated battle of Cressy 26 Aug., 1346; 17Oct. following, the Scots were defeated atNeville Cross, and King David II. taken prisonerto London, where he remained nearly n the order of the Garter 1349. Hisson, the Black Prince, defeated the Frenchat the battle of Poictiers, 19 Sept., 1356, andbrought King John prisoner to London, where [ 600 he remained nearly five years (for further par-ticulars see Royal Lineage Fosters Peerage).The King died at Sheen, Surrey, 21 June, 1377,having had issue ; their descendant (CATHERINE BLENNERHASSETT,^^ (daughter of Rober
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