Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 13th Baron de Ros of Helmsley,
KG (23 September 152617 September 1563) was an English nobleman.
Origins
He was the son and heir of
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (c. 1497{{snd20 September 1543), of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire (adjacent to the small county of Rutland), was created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in 1525.
Ori ...
and his wife
Eleanor Paston.
Career
Like his father, Earl Henry held many offices. As Warden of the
Scottish Marches
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he reprieved the town of
Haddington in June 1549, and recaptured
Ferniehirst Castle
Ferniehirst Castle (sometimes spelled Ferniehurst) is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water, about a mile and a half south of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and in the former county of Roxburghshire. It ...
. Whilst anxious to return home on account of his mother's ill health in November 1549, he was required to investigate the activities of
Thomas Wyndham a sailor who had captured merchant vessels in the
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. In December 1549, his mother-in-law, the Dowager of Westmorland, complained to him that he had established a garrison of Italian soldiers at
Bywell
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, one her villages.
[HMC (1888), 50, 52, 53.] He was made
admiral in 1556, and the following year was Captain-general of the cavalry at the
siege of St Quentin under
Mary I of England. Under
Elizabeth I
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he served successfully and she made him Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and
Rutland, Knight of the Garter and
President of the North. Not long before his premature death, he completed the building of
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle ( ) is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated west of the town of Grantham and northeast of Melton Mowbray. The Castle was first built immediately after the Norman Conquest of 1066 an ...
.
After the untimely death of Edward VI in 1553, and the subsequent death of Edward Courtenay 1st Earl of Devon in 1556, Rutland stood as Heir presumptive as the senior male descendant of Richard 3rd Duke of York. James VI/I, the son of Mary Queen of Scots would not be born until 1566. His descent can be traced through Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter.
Marriage and progeny
He married twice:
*Firstly on 3 July 1536 to
Margaret Neville (died 1559), daughter of
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland KG (21 February 1498 – 24 April 1549), was an English peer and soldier. He was the grandson of Ralph Neville, 3rd Earl of Westmorland, and the father of Henry Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland.
Family
...
by whom he had three children:
**
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG (12 July 1549 – 14 April 1587) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, whose titles he inherited in 1563.
Life
He was the eldest son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl o ...
**
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (c. 1559 – 24 February 1588) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, and Lady Margaret Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland.
Marriage and children
He married Elizabeth Cha ...
**Elizabeth Manners (c. 1553c. 1590), who married
Sir William V Courtenay (1553–1630), ''de jure'' 3rd
Earl of Devon
Earl of Devon was created several times in the English peerage, and was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the de Redvers (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.) family, and later by the Courtenay family. It is not to be co ...
, of
Powderham Castle
Powderham Castle is a fortified manor house situated within the parish and former manor of Powderham, within the former hundred of Exminster, Devon, about south of the city of Exeter and mile (0.4 km) north-east of the village of ...
, Devon.
*Secondly after Margaret's death, he married Bridget, the widow of
Richard Morrison. Her third husband was
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford.
Death and burial
He is buried at
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford
St Mary the Virgin's Church is in the village of Bottesford, Leicestershire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Framland, the archdeaconry of Leicester and the diocese of Leicester. Its benefice is united with thos ...
in
Leicestershire.
Monument
His tomb, in the centre of the chancel next to that of his father, is of
alabaster
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and considered unique. The effigies lie beneath a decorated example of an Elizabethan dining table on heavy carved legs, suggesting an attempt to represent a
communion table. Earl Henry is depicted in armour of conventional pattern except that the breastplate is made up of laminated plates. He wears a coronet and his head is supported on a tilt-heaume. He is wearing a chain nearly reaching his thighs, and the
Order of the Garter is on the left leg. He holds a closed book in his right hand and a sword in his left. At his feet is a hornless
unicorn
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. His wife, Margaret, also wears a coronet and is dressed in the style of the time, with an
ermine-trimmed mantle. Her head rests on a scroll and her feet on a lion.
Notes
References
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* Historical Manuscripts Commission, ''12th Report, Appendix part 4, Manuscripts of the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle'', vol. 1(1888)
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