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'''Sir Richard Edgcumbe''' or '''Edgecombe''' (c.1443 - 8 September 1489) was an English courtier and politician.<ref>[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], ''Edgcumbe [Edgecombe], Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator'' by [[J. L. Kirby]]</ref> |
'''Sir Richard Edgcumbe''' or '''Edgecombe''' (c.1443 - 8 September 1489) was an English courtier and politician.<ref>[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], ''Edgcumbe [Edgecombe], Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator'' by [[J. L. Kirby]]</ref> |
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From 1467 to 1468, he was the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)|Tavistock]]. He was a [[Lancastrian]] and had his lands confiscated in 1471 by the [[Yorkist]] [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], although these were returned to him the next year. |
From 1467 to 1468, he was the [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)|Tavistock]]. He was a [[Lancastrian]] and had his lands confiscated in 1471 by the [[Yorkist]] [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], although these were returned to him the next year. |
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Angered by [[Richard III|Richard of Gloucester]]’s usurpation of the throne in 1483 and the rumours of the murder of [[Edward V]] and his brother in the [[Tower of London]], Edgcumbe joined the rebellion led by the Duke of Buckingham to dethrone the Yorkist [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] and replace him with the Lancastrian [[Henry VII of England|Henry Tudor]]. When the rebellion collapsed and Henry’s ships fled, Edgcumbe’s arrest was ordered and a troop of soldiers commanded by the notoriously brutal Sir Henry Trenowth of Bodrugan were sent to arrest him. He hid himself on the wooded hillside of his Tamarside home, Cotehele, and when his hiding-place was discovered, threw his pursuers off the scent by filling his cap with stones and throwing it into the river, fooling his pursuers into thinking he had drowned and thus escaping certain death. After his escape he fled to [[Brittany]] and joined Henry Tudor with whom he returned to England in 1485. He was knighted after the [[Battle of Bosworth Field]], where Henry Tudor and the Lancastrians were victorious.<ref>[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], ''Edgcumbe [Edgecombe], Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator'' by [[J. L. Kirby]]</ref> |
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He held important offices in the new reign: MP for Tavistock once again in 1485, Privy Councillor, Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Comptroller of the Royal Household, Sheriff of Devonshire, 1487 and Ambassador to Scotland. He carried out a number of important assignments for his master Henry VII, including the administering of the oaths of allegiance in Ireland in 1488. During his last mission, a diplomatic one to negotiate a truce with Anne, duchess of Brittany, he died at Morlaix on September 8th 1489 and was buried there. His tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution. |
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He had married Joan Tremayne; the had five children: Piers (1472-1539), Anne, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret (1481-1520). |
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Revision as of 20:36, 29 November 2010
Sir Richard Edgcumbe or Edgecombe (c.1443 - 8 September 1489) was an English courtier and politician.[1]
From 1467 to 1468, he was the Member of Parliament for Tavistock. He was a Lancastrian and had his lands confiscated in 1471 by the Yorkist Edward IV, although these were returned to him the next year.
Angered by Richard of Gloucester’s usurpation of the throne in 1483 and the rumours of the murder of Edward V and his brother in the Tower of London, Edgcumbe joined the rebellion led by the Duke of Buckingham to dethrone the Yorkist Richard III and replace him with the Lancastrian Henry Tudor. When the rebellion collapsed and Henry’s ships fled, Edgcumbe’s arrest was ordered and a troop of soldiers commanded by the notoriously brutal Sir Henry Trenowth of Bodrugan were sent to arrest him. He hid himself on the wooded hillside of his Tamarside home, Cotehele, and when his hiding-place was discovered, threw his pursuers off the scent by filling his cap with stones and throwing it into the river, fooling his pursuers into thinking he had drowned and thus escaping certain death. After his escape he fled to Brittany and joined Henry Tudor with whom he returned to England in 1485. He was knighted after the Battle of Bosworth Field, where Henry Tudor and the Lancastrians were victorious.[2]
He held important offices in the new reign: MP for Tavistock once again in 1485, Privy Councillor, Chamberlain of the Exchequer, Comptroller of the Royal Household, Sheriff of Devonshire, 1487 and Ambassador to Scotland. He carried out a number of important assignments for his master Henry VII, including the administering of the oaths of allegiance in Ireland in 1488. During his last mission, a diplomatic one to negotiate a truce with Anne, duchess of Brittany, he died at Morlaix on September 8th 1489 and was buried there. His tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution.
He had married Joan Tremayne; the had five children: Piers (1472-1539), Anne, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret (1481-1520).
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Edgcumbe [Edgecombe], Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator by J. L. Kirby
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Edgcumbe [Edgecombe], Sir Richard (c.1443–1489), administrator by J. L. Kirby
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