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THOMAS BEAUFORT (d. 1426)

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THOMAS See also:BEAUFORT (d. 1426) held various high offices under See also:Henry IV., and took a leading See also:part in suppressing the rising in the See also:north in 1405. He became See also:chancellor in 1410, but resigned this See also:office in See also:January 1412 and took part in the expedition to See also:France in the same See also:year. He was then created See also:earl of See also:Dorset, and when Henry V. became See also:king in 1413, he was made See also:lieutenant of See also:Aquitaine and took See also:charge of See also:Harfleur when this See also:town passed into the See also:possession of the See also:English. In 1416 he became lieutenant of See also:Normandy, and was created See also:duke of See also:Exeter; and returning to See also:England he compelled the Scots to raise the See also:siege of Roxburgh. See also:Crossing to France in 1418 with reinforcements for Henry V., he took an active part in the subsequent See also:campaign, was made See also:captain of See also:Rouen, and went to the See also:court of France to treat for See also:peace. He was then captured by the See also:French at Bauge, but was soon released and returned to England when he heard of the See also:death of Henry V. in See also:August 1422. He was one of Henry's executors, and it is probable that the king entrusted his See also:young son, King Henry VI., to his care. However this may be, Exeter did not take a very prominent part in the See also:government, although he was a member of the See also:council of regency. Having again shared in the French See also:war, the duke died at See also:Greenwich about the end of the year 1426. He was buried at See also:Bury St See also:Edmunds, where his remains were found in See also:good See also:condition 350 years later. He married See also:Margaret, daughter of See also:Sir Thomas See also:Neville of Nornby, but See also:left no issue.

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