Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge

Richard of Conisburgh
Earl of Cambridge
Predecessor Edward of Norwich, 2nd Earl, 2nd Duke of York
Spouse Anne de Mortimer
Matilda Clifford
Issue
Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Henry of York
House House of York
Father Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
Mother Infanta Isabella of Castile
Born c. 1375
Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire
Died 5 August 1415(1415-08-05) (aged c. 40)
Southampton, Hampshire

Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (c. 1375 – 5 August 1415) was the younger son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York and Isabella of Castile.

His paternal grandparents were Edward III, King of England and Philippa of Hainault. His maternal grandparents were Peter of Castile and María de Padilla.[1][2] He was born at Conisburgh Castle in Yorkshire, and was confirmed in the Earldom of Cambridge, which had been resigned by his brother, in 1414.

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Later years and death

Following Anne's death, Cambridge married Matilda Clifford, daughter of Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford (1363–1391), but they were probably married a very short time before he was discovered to be one of the fomenters of the Southampton Plot against King Henry V immediately prior to departure on the French campaign. (His elder brother, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, would die at the Battle of Agincourt, less than three months later.) He was stripped of all his titles and estates and was beheaded on 5 August 1415 at Southampton Green, Hampshire along with fellow conspirator Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham; the fleet set sail for France a few days later on 11 August 1415.

In 1461, following the Wars of the Roses, the House of York took the throne from the House of Lancaster and Cambridge's conviction and execution was annulled at the new king's first parliament, according to historian T B Pugh, as "irregular and unlawful".[3]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Arms

Richard bore his father's arms (those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points, each bearing three torteaux gules), differenced by a bordure Leon.[4]

Ancestry

Notes and sources

Notes
  1. ^ Liss (1993), p. 165.
  2. ^ Reston (2005), p. 18.
  3. ^ Pugh (1988), p. 131.
  4. ^ Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family
Sources
  • Barker, Juliet (2006). Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle. United Kingdom: Abacus. ISBN 978-0349119182. 
  • Curry, Anne (2005). Agincourt: A New History. United Kingdom: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0752428284. 
  • Liss, Peggy K. (1993). Isabel the Queen: Life and Times. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195073560. 
  • Mortimer, Ian (2009). 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 978-0224079921. 
  • Pugh, T B (1988). Henry V and the Southampton plot of 1415. United Kingdom: Southampton University Press. ISBN 978-0854322800. 
  • Reston, James (2005). Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition, and the Defeat of the Moors. New York: . ISBN 978-0385508483. 
  • Burke's Peerage Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  • thepeerage.com Retrieved 10 August 2011.
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Earl,
2nd Duke of York		 Earl of Cambridge
1414–1415		 Attainted