re is no portrait of
him known. The traces of Lollardism are very slight, but I think they
may be fairly considered "proven;" and if this be the case, it fully
accounts for the acrimony with which he was hunted to death. His age
when he died was about 39. Richard of Conisborough was twice married;
his wives were--1. Anne, eldest child of Roger Mortimer, fifth Earl of
March, and his wife Alianora de Holand; born about 1390; very likely
imprisoned in Windsor Castle with her brothers on the usurpation of
Henry the Fourth, 1400; released, if so, with her sister Alianora, and
both provided for by the King (being described as "_omnibus suis
parentibus et amicis destitutis_"), and all fiefs of their mother
granted to them, May 13th, 1406 (_Rot. Pat_. 7 H. IV, Part 2);
married, probably, 1408; most likely died in childbed, September
1410-11, aged about 20 years. 2. Maude, only daughter of Thomas, Lord
Clifford of Cumberland (one of the two most uncompromisingly Lollard
houses in the kingdom) and his wife Elizabeth de Ros of Hamlake; born
probably about 1390, married, 1412-15; married, secondly, John Neville,
sixth and last Lord Latimer of Danby; died without issue, August 26,
1446 (_Inq. Post Mortem_ 25 H. VI, 21), aged about 56. The children
of Richard of Conisborough (both by Anne Mortimer) were:--1. Isabel,
born about 1409, married (1) to Thomas Grey de Wark (son of the man
condemned with her father), before February 18, 1412 (_Rot. Pat_. 13 H.
IV, Part 2); (2) her second cousin, Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex and
Count of Eu; died (leaving issue by second marriage) October 2nd, 1484,
aged about 75. (_Inq. Post Mortem_ 2 R. III, 53.) 2. Richard, Duke
of York and Albemarle, Earl of Cambridge, Lord of Teviotdale and
Holderness: born September 21st, 1410 or 1411 (more likely the earlier
year. (_Inq. Post Mortem_ 11 H. VI, 39, _Anna Comitissa Marchia_; 3
H. VI, 32, _Edmundi Comitis Marchice_; 3 H. V, 45, _Edmundi Duds
Ebor_; 12 H. VI, 43, _Johanna Ducissa Ebor_.) He afterwards set up his
claims against the House of Lancaster, which were brought to a
successful issue by his sons, though he himself never was King. Married
about 1438, Cicely Neville, daughter of Ralph, first Earl of
Westmoreland and his wife Joan Beaufort; called the Rose of Raby.
Beheaded after the battle of Wakefield, December 30th, 1460 (_Inq. Post
Mortem_ 18 E. IV, 60), aged 50; buried at Pomfret, 1466; Fotheringay,
1476.

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