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Ancestors of James Leslie Bowman

Generation No. 14

      8448. Richard Cosbie, died in Great Leake, England. He was the son of 16896. John Cosbie and 16897. Mabel Agard.

Notes for Richard Cosbie:
      The most comprehensive published history and lineage of the Cosby family which I have found is contained in Walter Garland Duke's Henry Duke, Councilor, His Descendants and connections, which was published about 1947. A copy is contained in the South Historical Collection, housed in the Louis Round Wilson Graduate Library at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.
      Because my prior data entries were lost in a hard drive crash subsequent to a motherboard meltdown these entries were hurriedly rebuilt using as the cut-and-paste source for all information on Samuel Cosby Sr's ancestral line the web page at www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/e/m/Charles-A-Demastus which without proper attribution appears to piggyback on and directly quote from Walter Garland Duke's book on the Duke family and their Cosby connections. If my memory serves correctly, Mr. Demastus does connect to the same Samuel Cosby and Elizabeth Faure who are the parents of our Mary Cosby, deriving his descent from Mary Cosby's brother, William.

Children of Richard Cosbie are:

		i.		Bridget Cosby, married William Towers.
	4224	ii.		Francis Cosby, born 1510 in England; died 1580 in Ireland; married (1) Mary Seymour; married (2) Elizabeth Palmer..

      8450. Edward Seymour, born Abt. 1506; died January 22, 1549/50 in London, England on Tower Hill. He was the son of 16900. John Seymour and 16901. Mary Wentworth. He married 8451. Ann Stanhope.

      8451. Ann Stanhope

Notes for Edward Seymour:
      The Most Noble and Victorious Prince, Edward, Duke of Somerset, Earl of Hertford, Viscount Beauchamp, Lord Seymour, governor of the person of the King's majesty and Protector of all his realms, Lieutenant-General of all his armies both by land and sea, lord high treasurer, Earl Marshal of England, governor of the isles of Guernsey and Jersey, and knight of the most nobel Order of the Garter--died on the block on Tower Hill, beheaded as a felon on a charge instigated by his enemies, on Jan. 22, 1550. During the minority of Edward VI the full authority and perogative of the Crown had been vested in Sir Edward. The wings of Icarus may soar too close to the sun, and the fall is a mighty one.
      Sir Edward had been created Duke of Somerset by his nephew King Edward VI in 1547. In 1544 he had commanded the army sent to Scotland to compel the Scots to consent to the marriage of the young Queen to his nephew Edward, then Prince of Wales. In 1545 he was lieutenant-general on the Scottish border, repulsing the Scots in every battle he commanded. From Scotland he went in command to the army in France where he remained until a peace was concluded. In the 32nd year of Henry VIII's reign he was made a knight companion of the Order of the Garter, and in the 34th year of Henry's reign Sir Edward, Lord Seymour, was made Lord Great Chamberlain of England for life. He was the kind of man that could not be suffered to live in defeat by his enemies.
      Sir Edward was first knighted at Roye for service in France under the Duke of Suffolk. On the marriage of Henry VIII to his sister, Jane Seymour, he was created Viscount Beauchamp. Upon the baptism of his nephew, Edward VI, Sir Edward was given patents to be Earl of Hertford.

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardSeymour(1DSomerset).htm

Edward SEYMOUR

(1st D. Somerset)

Born: ABT 1500 / 1506

Acceded: 16 Feb 1546

Died: 22 Jan 1551/52, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England

Buried: St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIpI,p.59-65.

Father: John SEYMOUR (Sir)

Mother: Margery WENTWORTH

Married 1: Catherine FILLIOL ABT 1527

Children:

1. John SEYMOUR

2. Edward SEYMOUR (Sir Sheriff of Devon)

Married 2: Anne STANHOPE (D. Somerset) BEF 9 Mar 1534/35

Children:

3. Son SEYMOUR (B. Beauchamp)

4. Edward SEYMOUR (2° E. Hertford)

5. Anne SEYMOUR (C. Warwick)

6. Henry SEYMOUR

7. Mary SEYMOUR

8. Elizabeth SEYMOUR

9. Jane SEYMOUR (Maid of Honour)

10. Catherine SEYMOUR

11. Margaret SEYMOUR

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Duke of Somerset (1547), Earl of Hertford (1537), Viscount Beauchamp (1536), Baron Seymour (1547), Knight of the Garter, Earl Marshal (1547), Privy Council, Great Chamberlain (1543-7), Protector of the Realm (1547), Protector of the King’s Person (1547).

Edward Seymour, brother of Jane, Queen Consort (1536-37) to Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI, being 2nd but 1st surviving son and heir of Sir John Seymour of Wolf Hall, Wilts (d. 21 Dec 1536), by Margery (d. Oct 1550), daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth, K.B., of Nettlestead, Suffolk, was born about 1500; is said to have been educated at Oxford and Cambridge; Page of Honour to Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Oct 1514; Constable in survivorship, (with his father) of Bristol Castle, 15 Jul 1517; was early in Wolsey's service, and in that of the Emperor, Carlos V, before 20 Mar 1520/1; took part in the Duke of Suffolk's expedition to France, Aug-Dec 1523, being Knighted there at Roye (by Suffolk), 1 Nov 1523; Master of the Horse to the Duke of Richmond, Jul 1525; was in Wolsey's suite on his embassy to France, 1527; an Esquire of the Body, 1530, attending the King to France at his meeting with Francois I, Oct 1532; Carver to the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Coronation of Anne Boleyn, 1 Jun 1533.

Soon after his sister's marriage with the King, he was created (v.p.) 5 Jun 1536, Viscount Beauchamp, with rem. to heirs male of his body hereafter to be begotten. Capt. of the Isle of Jersey and Castle of Mont Orgueil, 7 Jul 1536; Joint-Chancellor of North Wales, 16 Aug 1536; P.C. 1537. He carried the Princess Elizabeth at the christening of his nephew, Prince Edward, afterwards Edward VI, and 3 days later he was created, 18 Oct 1537, Earl of Hertford, with 20 pounds per annum in support of the title, and with rem. to his issue male already begotten or to be begotten of his then wife, or to be begotten of any subsequent wife.

He married 1stly, Catherine, daughter and coheir of Sir William Fillol (d. 9 Jul 1527, aged 74), of Woodlands, in Horton, Dorset, by Dorothy, daughter and heir of John Ifield of Standon, Herts. She was living in 1530/1 but is said to have been repudiated and died, probably before 1535. He married 2ndly, before 9 Mar 1534/5, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Rampton, Notts., by Elizabeth, sister of John, Earl of Bath, daughter of Fulke Bourchier, Lord FitzWarin.

Commr. for the fortification of Guisnes and Calais, Feb 1538/9, and to treat with the French at Calais, Jan 1540/1; el. K.G. 9 Jan, and inst. 22 May 1541; Warden of the Scottish Marches, Oct-Dec 1542; Lord High Admiral, Dec 1542 - Jan 1542/3; Great Chamberlain of England, 16 Feb. 1542/3-Feb 1546/7; Commr. to treat with the Ambassadors of Carlos V, 26 Dec 1543 and 9 Oct 1544.

Edward Seymour
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As Lieut.-Gen. in the North, 12 Feb-Jun 1544, he took the towns of Edinburgh and Leith in May and laid waste co. Haddington. Though app. a Councillor for the Regency 9 Jul 1544, he joined the King before Boulogne 13 Aug, and treated with the French at Hardelot Castle, before the surrender of that town, 14 Sep 1544; and being sent to survey the defences of Guisnes in Jan, he defeated Marshal Du Biez outside Boulogne, 5 Feb 1544/5. He was again made Lieut. and Capt. Gen. in the North, 2 May 1545, and carried out another extensive and successful raid into Scotland in Sep; Lieut. in the parts beyond sea and C.-in-C. of the Army there, 21 Mar-Jul 1546. He was one of the executors of the will of Henry VIII, 30 Dec 1546, on whose death he was constituted by the Council, 31 Jan 1546/7, Gov. of the person of his nephew, Edward VI and Protector of the Realm; Treasurer of the Exchequer, 10 Feb, and Lord High Steward of England for the Coronation, 20 Feb 1546/7, at which he bore the Crown. Having (though an Earl) no Barony vested in him, he was created, 15 Feb 1546/7, Baron Seymour, with a special rem. to his issue male by his then wife, Anne, with rem. to Edward, 2nd son by his former wife, Catherine, and the heirs male of his body, and ultimate rem. to the heirs male of his own body by any subsequent wife; and on the next day, 16 Feb 1546/7, he was created Duke of Somerset, with a like special rem. Earl Marshal of England, 17 Feb 1547.

As Capt. Gen. within and without the Realm, 11 Aug, he invaded Scotland and won the battle of Pinkie, 10 Sep 1547, afterwards occupying Leith. High Steward of Cambridge, 1547, and Chancellor of Cambridge Univ., 14 Nov 1547 till his death. For two and a half years acted as King in all but name. He managed to free himself from the restrictions of the council and wielded almost royal authority in effecting major Protestant reforms in the church and in relaxing such measures as the heresy and treason laws. He was ably seconded by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, and their efforts resulted in the adoption of the first Book of Common Prayer, whose use was required by an Act of Uniformity in 1549. His attempt to check enclosure (the transfer of land from common to private ownership) offended landowners and his moderation in religion upset the Protestants. Meanwhile Somerset tried to enforce a marriage treaty arranged by Henry VIII between the young Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. Somerset tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Scots to join a voluntary union with England, but, when his appeal was rejected, he destroyed all chances of reconciliation by invading Scotland and defeating the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie (10 Sep 1547), and completely alienated the Scots when he laid waste to SE Scotland.

In domestic affairs, the Protector proceeded with moderation in consolidating the Protestant Reformation in England. He repealed Henry VIII's heresy laws, which had made it treason to attack the king's leadership of the church; the first Book of Common Prayer, which was imposed (1549) by an Act of Uniformity by Somerset, offered a compromise between Roman Catholic and Protestant learning. Nevertheless, these and other apparently moderate measures stirred up antagonisms that resulted in Catholic uprisings in western England in 1549.

The fall and execution (1549) of his brother, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, lord high admiral, was a strong blow to the protector’s authority and power, and John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (later Duke of Northumberland) took advantage of this and other misfortunes. Somerset attempted to aid the rural poor by forbidding enclosures -that is, the taking of arable common land by the propertied classes to use as pasturage--and this action led to his downfall. The landowners foiled his efforts; the desperate peasants revolted in Norfolk under the leadership of Robert Kett; and in Oct 1549 Somerset was swept from power and imprisoned, 14 Oct 1549 - 6 Feb 1549/50, by a coalition of Warwick and the propertied classes. Joining Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, and others, Warwick deprived Somerset of the protectorate and imprisoned him in the Tower of London. When the coalition broke down, he was released in Feb 1550 and ostensibly reconciled with his rival, and was restored to the positions of P.C., 10 Apr., and Gent. of the Privy Chamber, 14 May 1550; Lord Lieut. of Bucks and Berks, 10 May 1551. But a revival of his influence led Warwick to arrest him again (Oct 1551), whereupon he was convicted (1552) on a trumped-up charge of high treason and felony. At his trial, 1 Dec, he was found guilty of the latter only, but was beheaded, 22 Jan 1551/2, on Tower Hill, and buried there in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula.

Shortly after his death he was attainted, 12 Apr 1552, by Act of Parl., 5 and 6 Edw. VI, whereby all his honours were forfeited.

Somerset was a man of firm beliefs and military ability. While admiring Somerset's personal qualities and motives, scholars have generally blamed his lack of political acumen for the failure of his policies.

Anne, Duchess of Somerset, who was described as a ‘violent woman’ is held responsible for the calamities which befell the Duke and her brother, through having urged the Protector to adopt a ruinous policy.
Admired by Surrey, great friend of Princess Mary, was one of the female courtiers that Wriothesley, Gardiner, et al were trying to implicate, with Queen Catherine Parr and lady Denny, in their interrogations and torture of Anne Askew. She remarried, Francis Newdigate of Hansworth, Midx., Steward to her late husband, who d. 26 Jan 1581/2.

Lady Anne Stanhope lived a long widowhood at Shelford. She died 16 Apr 1587, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. M.I. Will dated 14 Jul 1586, pr. 1 Jun 1587".

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Child of Edward Seymour and Ann Stanhope is:

4225

Mary Seymour, died January 18, 1569/70 in Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland; married Francis Cosby.

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