John Holland 1st Duke of Exeter [2426] ^24,442

   Cause of his death was lynched by mob.

   FamilySearch ID: LZ38-P4Q.

  General Notes:

Earl of Huntington 1388, Duke of Exeter 1397, deprived of Dukedom 1399,
lynched by mob 1400. The Complete Peerage vol.V,pp.195-200 & pp.653-654.
His head was set on London Bridge.

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John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (1352? - January 16, 1400), also Ea rl of Huntingdon, was an English nobleman, primarily remembered for helpi ng cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock and then for conspiring again st Henry IV.
He was the third son of Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent and Joan "the fa ir maid of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, a son of Edward I. His m other later married Edward, the Black Prince. Holland was thus half-broth er to Richard II, to whom he remained loyal the rest of his life.

Early in Richard's reign, Holland was made a Knight of the Garter (1381 ). He was also part of the escort that accompanied the queen-to-be, An ne of Bohemia, on her trip to England.

Holland had a violent temper, which got him in trouble several times. T he most famous incident occured during Richard II's 1385 expedition to Sco tland. Ralph Stafford, eldest son of the Earl of Stafford, killed one of H olland's esquires. Stafford went to find Holland to apologize, but Holla nd killed him as soon as he identified himself. The king had Holland's lan ds seized. Their mother died during this time, it is said of grief at the se events.

Early the next year Holland reconciled with the Staffords, and had his pro perty restored. Later in 1386 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John of Ga unt. He and Elizabeth then went on Gaunt's expedition to Spain, where Holl and was constable of the English army. After his return to England he w as created Earl of Huntingdon, on June 2, 1387. In 1389 he was appointed c hamberlain of England for life, admiral of the fleet in the western sea s, and constable of Tintagel Castle. During this time he also received lar ge grants of land from the king.

Over the next several years he held a number of additional offices: consta ble of Conway Castle (1394), governor of Carlisle (1395), and then govern or and then constable-general of the west marches towards Scotland. His mi litary servies were interrupted by a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1394 ( which may be connected with his earlier troubles with the Staffords).

Holland helped the king take down Thomas of Woodstock and Richard Fitzale n, Earl of Arundel in 1397. He was rewarded by being created Duke of Exet er on September 29.

He then went with Richard on the king's 1399 Ireland expedition. When th ey returned the king sent him to try to negotiate with Holland's brother-i n-law Henry Bolingbroke. After Henry deposed Richard and took the throne ( as Henry IV), he called to account those who had been involved in the down fall of Thomas of Woodstock, and in the end took away all rewards Richa rd had give them after Thomas' arrest. Thus Holland became again merely Ea rl of Huntingdon.

Early the next year Holland entered into a conspiracy with his nephew Thom as Holland, Earl of Kent, Thomas le Despenser, and others. Their aim w as to assassinate king Henry and return Richard (who was in prison) to t he throne. Their plot failed, Holland fled, but was caught and executed. A mong those who witnessed the execution was Thomas Fitzalen, Earl of Arund el and Surrey, son of the Earl of Arundel who Holland had arrested some ye ars before.

Holland's lands and titles were forfeited, but eventually they were restor ed for his second son John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter.

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Reigned as. ⁴⁴² Earl of Huntington 1388, Duke of Exeter 1397, Deprived of Duke

• Acceded, 29 Sep 1397.

John married Elizabeth of Lancaster Plantagenet Duches of Exeter [2427] [9C3G-HBW] [MRIN: 396], daughter of John of Gaunt Plantagenet 1st Duke of Lancaster, King of Castile and Leon. [3685] and Blanche of Lancaster Plantagenet Countess of Derby [8810], on 24 Jun 1386 in Plymouth, Devon.⁴⁴² (Elizabeth of Lancaster Plantagenet Duches of Exeter [2427] [9C3G-HBW] was born in 1364 in Burford, Shropshire, England,⁴⁴² died on 24 Nov 1425 ⁴⁴² and was buried in Burford Church, Shropshire, England.)