48 Katharine Szvynford 



Secondly, as to Henry Beaufort. 



( I ) Of his early life the following account was given by Foss^' : 



In January, 1397, . . . Henry Beaufort, the second son, was 

 probably just of age; as he is called Clericus^ on the Roll, and his 

 next brother, Thomas, is styled Domicellus. Of his youth we have little 

 information beyond the fact that he was educated in part at Aix-la- 

 Chapelle,"'"' and in part at Queen's College,'*" Oxford, and that when he 

 was little more than a boy he formed an amatory connection with 

 Alicia, daughter of Richard,^^ Earl of Arundel, sister to the Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury, and nearly related by marriage to John of 

 Gaunt himself. ... If this is a true relation, the lady must have 

 been much older, and therefore probably the corrupter of his youth ; 

 be this as it may, the amour did not impede his future fortunes, nor 



Fleet in 1337, had borne arms for 20 years. John's younger brother, 

 Thomas, made Admiral in 1408 (Nicolas 2. 532), may have been born 

 about 1377 (Cokayne 3. 297). For the list of admirals, see Nicolas 

 2. 524-532. John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, came to grief off La 

 Rochelle in 1372, at the age of 25 ; but he, though in command of that 

 expedition, was not an admiral. 



^^ Judges of England 4. 286-7. 



"^ 'Clericus' would of course mean nothing as to his age. 



"" This IS an error. Godwin, it is true, says (Bishops of England, ed. 

 1615, p. 241) : 'He was brought up for the most part at Aken in Ger- 

 many, where he studied the civill and canon law many yeares' ; but Wylie 

 (3. 263, note 5) asserts that this statement, based upon Holinshed, and 

 often repeated, is a mistake, Oxford being meant. 



^^ He was in residence there during the terms 1390-1, 1392-3, 1395-6 

 (Obituary Book of Queen's College, p. 70, cf. p. 14; Hi-st. MSS., 2d 

 Report, p. 141 ; Beltz, Memorials, p. 354, note 2) ; but he was also in 

 residence at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1388 (Hist. AISS., ist Report, p. 

 78). Queen's College was founded in 1340-1, in honor of his grand- 

 mother Philippa, and its books bear the name of Edward, the Black 

 Prince. In 1397 Henry Beaufort was still contemplating further study 

 at Oxford, for on April 13 of that j-ear he was allowed, by papal indult, 

 to let to farm the fruits of his deanery of Wells, with the annexed 

 prebend of Wademore, and of his other benefices, while studying letters 

 at Oxford or other university (Papal Letters 5. 26). In this he is called 

 student of theology and Master of Arts (cf. p. 49). 



" Foss thinks of this Richard as the second of the name (i307?-i376), 

 instead of the third (1346-1397). The Archbishop of Canterbury was 

 Alicia's uncle, not her brother (Diet. Nat. Biog. 19. 99, lOi). Alice may 

 easily, then, have been as young as Henry, or j^ounger, since her father 

 was six years younger than his. The Johanna, wife of Edward Stradlyng, 

 to whom Henry makes a bequest (Test. Vet., p. 251) is assumed to be his 

 daughter. 



