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made or paid Except only the Sum of Twenty Shillings and four pence 
for the Fee of the Great Seal of us our Heirs or Successors So that 
Express mention of the true annual value of the Premisses or any other 
value of Premisses of any other Gifts or Grants to the aforesaid Thomas 
or his Ancestors by us or any of our Progenitors heretofore made by 
these presents or in no wise made any Statute Act Ordinance Restric- 
tion Use Custom or provided in our Land of England or in our Land 
of Ireland to the Contrary thereof made Ordained Used or Provided 
or any other cause matter or thing whatsoever Notwithstanding. 
Witness to these the most Venerable Father in Christ Thomas! 
Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Bishop of Lincoln our 
Chancelor of England and our most Dear Brothers George Duke of 
Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocester and allso of our most Dear 
Cousin Henry Essex our Treasurer of England and Anthony Rivers 
Chief Purveyor of England Earl Delewere and To our Faitrfull Thomas 
Russel Clerk Keeper of our Private Seal and Thomas Stanly of Stanly 
Senischall of our Household and William Hastings Chamberlain of our 

1 Thomas Bourchier, born 1404 (?), died 1486; Archbishop of Canterbury, 
1454; Chancellor of Oxford University 1434; Lord Chancellor, 1455-56; a 
Lancastrian, but crowned King Edward IV, 1461 and his queen, Elizabeth, 
1465; nominated Cardinal 1467, installed 1473; one of the four arbitrators 
to whom the differences between England and France were referred by ths 
Peace of Amiens, 1475; officiated at coronation of Richard III, 1483, and at 
marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, 1486. 
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III. 
Henry Essex, 1.4, Henry Bourchier, first Earl of Essex, brother of the 
Cardinal Archbishop, was lieutenant-general under the Duke of York in 
France, 1440. He married Isabel, aunt of King Edward IV. Treasurer of 
England, 1455-6y and 1471 to 1483; created Earl of Essex, 1461; died 1483. 
Anthony Rivers, i.e., Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, born 1442 (7); 
succeeded his father, Richard, 1st Earl 1469; died, 1483. His mother was 
Jacquetta, widow of John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford. A Lancastrian, 
he went over to Edward IV, who loaded him with honours. 
He wrote several translations from the French, which were issued by 
Caxton. 
Thomas Stanly, 1st Earl of Derby, born 1435 (?), died 1504; succeeded 
his father, Thomas, as Znd Baron Stanly, 1459; married Eleanor Neville 
before 1460. Held commands in France, 1475, and Scotland, 1482; married 
for second wife about 1482, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond; held 
various offices and honours under both Yorkist and Lancastrian kings; neu-. 
tral at battle of Bosworth Field, 1485; but crowned the victor, Henry VII, 
who created him Earl of Derby. 
William Hastings,‘ born 1430 (?), created a peer 1461 by Edward IV; 
Lord Chamberlain, 1461-1483; commanded troops in France 1475; opposed 
Rivers on accession of Edward V; beheaded by Richard of Gloucester, 1483. 
(As to circumstances of his execution, see the various histories, and espe-. 
pially Shakespeare’s Richard III). 

