Thomas Fauconberg, 5th Baron Fauconberg (20 July 1345 – 9 September 1407) was an
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peer.
Fauconberg was the eldest son of Walter Fauconberg, 4th Baron Fauconberg, and his wife, Maud. Circa 1376, Thomas joined the
French in the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
and was imprisoned in
Gloucester Castle
Gloucester Castle was a Norman-era royal castle situated in the city of Gloucester in Gloucestershire, England. It was demolished in 1787 and replaced by Gloucester Prison.
Early Norman motte and bailey castle
It was probably constructed ...
, for
treason
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, from 1378 to 1391. After being released, he was allegedly considered
mentally retarded
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, despite being appointed to "keep the seas" (with the
4th Baron Clinton and Sir
Richard Waldegrave) in 1402. He was later considered
sane when examined by
King Henry IV and his Council in c. 1406.
On 17 November 1366, Lord Fauconberg had married Constance de Felton (died 1402) and they had one son, John, (died 1405). After his first wife died, he was married to Joan Brounflete (died 1409) and they had one daughter, Joan (1406–1490) who later married
William Neville, Earl of Kent
William Neville, Earl of Kent KG (c. 14059 January 1463) and '' jure uxoris'' 6th Baron Fauconberg, was an English nobleman and soldier.
He fought during the latter part of the Hundred Years War, and during the English dynastic Wars of the Ro ...
.
In 1405, Fauconberg's son had been executed for his part in the conspiracy against Henry IV and so on Fauconberg's own death in 1407, his title became abeyant. It was later called out
abeyance
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for the Earl of Kent
in right of his wife.
Sources
Burke's Peerage & Gentry, 107th edition
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