FOOTNOTES:
[113] John earl of Somerset succeeded to the earldom of Somerset in 1443: he was created duke of Somerset and earl of Kendal, &c. in the 21st year of Henry VI. Dying without male issue, he was succeeded by his brother Edmund, earl of Mortain, in Normandy, and marquis of Dorset. He was slain at the battle of St Alban's.
See Collins' Peerage,—Scudamore Beaufort,—and also sir William Paston's letters, wherein are many curious particulars relating to him. Sir William married into that family.
[114] La Guerche,—a town in Brittany, near Vitré.
[115] Ponsay, Pouencé.—Du Cange.
[116] Beaumont-le-Vicomte,—a town in Maine, near Fresnay.