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Knights of the Garter created during the Reign of King Edward III (1327-1377)

 

The references in red give the location of the stall plates in the Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor (e.g. South 5 is the fifth stall on the south side as viewed from the entrance to the chapel).

 

The SJH reference is to the plate numbers in W H St John Hope's "The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Garter 1348 - 1485", published in electronic form by Heraldic Media Limited (ISBN 0-9542-0704-1)

 

FOUNDER KNIGHTS 1348

 

1. Edward, Prince of Wales

Founder Knight;  dvp. 8 Jun 1376

2. Henry "of Lancaster", Earl of Derby later 1st Duke of Lancaster

Founder Knight; d. 24 Mar 1360/1

3. Thomas [de Beauchamp], 11th Earl of Warwick

Founder Knight;  d. 13 Nov 1369

4. John de Grailly, Captal de Buch, Vicomte de Benauges et Castillon

Founder Knight;  South 5 (SJH 2);  d. bef. 4 Apr 1377

5. Ralph [de Stafford], 2nd Baron Stafford later 1st Earl of Stafford

Founder Knight;  d. 31 Aug 1472

6. William [de Montacute], 2nd Earl of Salisbury

Founder Knight;  South 7;  d. Jun 1397

7. Roger [de Mortimer], 2nd Earl of March

Founder Knight;  d. 26 Feb 1359/60

8. John de Lisle, later 1st Baron Lisle de Rougemont

Founder Knight;  South 9 (SJH 35);  d. 14 Oct 1355

9. Bartholomew de Burghersh, later 2nd Baron Burghersh

Founder Knight;  d. 5 Apr 1369

10. John de Beauchamp, later 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick

Founder Knight;  d. 2 Dec 1360

11. John [de Mohun], 2nd Baron Mohun

Founder Knight;  North 11;  d. 15 Sep 1375

12. Hugh Courtenay

Founder Knight;  South 13 (SJH 31);  d. bef. 2 Sep 1349

13. Thomas de Holand, later 1st or 4th Earl of Kent

Founder Knight;  d. 26 Dec 1360

14. John [de Grey], 1st Baron Grey of Rotherfield

Founder Knight;  d. 1 Sep 1359

15. Richard Fitzsimon

Founder Knight;  d. after 1348

16. Miles Stapleton

Founder Knight;  South 17 (SJH 39);  d. 4 Dec 1364

17. Thomas Wale

Founder Knight;  d. 26 Oct 1352

18. Hugh Wrottesley

Founder Knight;  d. 23 Jan 1380/1

19. Nele Loring

Founder Knight;  North 19 (SJH 3);  d. 18 Mar 1385/6

20. John Chandos

Founder Knight;  South 21 (SJH 4);  d. 31 Dec 1369

21. James Audley

Founder Knight;  d. 1369

22. Otho Holand

Founder Knight;  d. 3 Sep 1359

23. Henry Eam

Founder Knight;  d. bef. 1360

24. Sanchet d'Abrichecourt

Founder Knight;  South 25 (SJH 5);  d. ????

25. Walter Paveley

Founder Knight;  North 25 (SJH 6);  d. 28 Jun 1378

 

SUCCESSOR KNIGHTS

 

26. William Fitzwaryn

South 25 (SJH 7); nom. c. 1349;  d. 18 Oct 1361

27. Robert [de Ufford], 1st Earl of Suffolk

nom. c. 1349;  d. 4 Nov 1369

28. William [de Bohun], 1st Earl of Northampton

nom. c. 1349;  d. 6 Sep 1360

29. Reynald [de Cobham], 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough

North 17 (SJH 32); nom. c. 1353;  d. 5 Oct 1361

30. Richard de la Vache

South 9 (SJH 36); nom. c. 1355;  d. c. Jan 1365/6

31. Thomas [Ughtred], 1st Baron Ughtred

nom. c. 1360;  d. c. 12 May 1365

32. Walter [Mauny], 1st Baron Mauny

nom. c. 1360;  d. 13 Jan 1371/2

33. Frank van Hale

South 23 (SJH 89);  nom. c. 1360;  d. c. 1375

34. Thomas Ufford

nom. c. 1360;  d. bef. 18 Nov 1368

35. Lionel "of Antwerp", Earl of Ulster later 1st Duke of Clarence

nom. c. Apr 1361;  d. 17 Oct 1368

36. John "of Gaunt", Earl of Richmond later 1st Duke of Lancaster

nom. c. 1361;  d. 3 Feb 1398/9

37. Edmund "of Langley", later 1st Duke of York

South 13 (SJH 43);  nom. c. Apr 1361;  d. 1 Aug 1402

38. Edward [le Despencer], 1st Baron Despencer

nom. 1361;  d. 11 Nov 1375

39. John Sully

North 17 (SJH 33);  nom. aft. Oct 1361;  d. c. 1388

40. William [Latimer], 4th Baron Latimer

South 25 (SJH 8);  nom. c. 1362;  d. 28 May 1381

41. Humphrey [de Bohun], 7th Earl of Hereford, 12th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton

South 17 (SJH 40);  nom. c. 1365;  d. 16 Jan 1372/3

42. Enguerrand de Couci, later 1st Earl of Bedford

nom. 1366;  d. 18 Feb 1396/7

43. Henry [Percy], 4th Baron Percy later 1st Earl of Northumberland

nom. c. 1366; att. 1406;  d. 19 Feb 1407/8

44. Ralph [Bassett], 4th Baron Bassett of Drayton

South 11 (SJH 1A & SJH 1B);  nom. betw. Oct 1368 and Apr 1369;  d. 10 May 1390

45. Richard Pembrugge

nom. bef. Apr 1369;  d. 26 Jul 1375

46. John [Neville], 3rd Baron Neville

nom. c. 1369;  d. 17 Oct 1388

47. Robert de Namur

nom. c. 1370;  d. 18 Aug 1392

48. John [Hastings], 2nd Earl of Pembroke

nom. c. 1370;  d. Apr 1376

49. Thomas Grandson

nom. c. 1370;  d. betw. 14 Apr 1375 and 4 Apr 1376

50. Guy [de Bryan], 1st Baron Bryan

South 21 (SJH 9);  nom. c. 1370;  d. 17 Aug 1390

51. Guichard d'Angle, later 1st Earl of Huntingdon

nom. Apr 1372;  d. Mar/Apr 1380

52. Alan Buxhull

nom. betw. Aug 1372 and Apr 1373;  d. 2 Nov 1381

53. Thomas [Beauchamp], 12th Earl of Warwick

South 17 (SJH 41);  nom. 1373;  d. 8 Apr 1401

54. John IV, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond

nom. betw. Apr 1375 and Apr 1376

55. Thomas Banastre

North 25 (SJH 10);  nom. betw. Jun 1375 and Apr 1376;  d. 16 Dec 1379

56. William [Ufford], 2nd Earl of Suffolk

nom. betw. Jul 1375 and Apr 1376

57. Hugh [de Stafford], 2nd Earl of Stafford

nom. betw. Nov. 1375 and Apr 1376;  d. 16 Oct 1386

58. Thomas [de Holand], 2nd or 5th Earl of Kent

nom. betw. Apr 1375 and Apr 1376;  d. 25 Apr 1397

59. Thomas Percy, later 1st Earl of Worcester

nom. betw. Apr 1375 and Apr 1376

60. William Beauchamp, later 1st Baron Bergavenny

nom .c. 1376;  d. 8 May 1411

61. Richard, Prince of Wales, later Richard II, King of England

 nom. 23 Apr 1377; d. Jan 1399/1400

62. Henry "of Bolingbroke", Earl of Derby, later Henry IV, King of England

 nom. 23 Apr 1377; d. 20 Mar 1413

 

Last updated 10 Oct 2004

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