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	\| mother = [[Katherine Swynford]]		\| mother = [[Katherine Swynford]]
	\| birth_date = {{circa\|January 1377}}<ref>{{cite book \|last=Richardson \|year=2011 \|first=D. \|title=Magna Carta Ancestry \|volume=2 \|edition=2nd \|editor=Kimball G. Everingham \|place=Salt Lake City \|page=542 \|isbn=978-1-4499-6638-6 \|author-link=Douglas Richardson }}</ref><ref name=weir>{{cite book \|last=Weir \|first=A. \|title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy \|author-link=Alison Weir }} ch. 3</ref>		\| birth_date = {{circa\|January 1377}}<ref>{{cite book \|last=Richardson \|year=2011 \|first=D. \|title=Magna Carta Ancestry \|volume=2 \|edition=2nd \|editor=Kimball G. Everingham \|place=Salt Lake City \|page=542 \|isbn=978-1-4499-6638-6 \|author-link=Douglas Richardson }}</ref><ref name=weir>{{cite book \|last=Weir \|first=A. \|title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy \|author-link=Alison Weir }} ch. 3</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[Château de Beaufort]], [[Duchy of Anjou\|Anjou]], France		\| birth_place = [[Château de Beaufort]], [[Duchy of Anjou\|Anjou]], France
	\| death_date = 31 December 1426<ref>{{cite ODNB \|last=Harriss \|date=2008-01-03 \|first=G.L. \|title=Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter (1377?–1426) \|type=online \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1864 \|author-link=G. L. Harriss }}</ref> (age 49 or 50)		\| death_date = 30<ref>Chronicum Rerum Gestarum in Monasterio Sancti Albani</ref> or 31 December 1426<ref>{{cite ODNB \|last=Harriss \|date=2008-01-03 \|first=G.L. \|title=Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter (1377?–1426) \|type=online \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1864 \|author-link=G. L. Harriss }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Cokayne \|date=1926 \|first=G. \|title=[[The Complete Peerage]] \|volume=5 \|edition=2nd \|editor=V. Gibbs \|editor2=H.A. Doubleday \|publisher=St. Catherine Press \|place=London \|page=[https://archive.org/stream/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/Cokayne%2C%20G.%20E.%20-%20The%20Complete%20Peerage%2C%20Second%20Edition%2C%20Volume%205%20%28EA-GO%29#page/n107/mode/2up 204] \|author-link=George Edward Cokayne \|editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) }}</ref>{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} (age 49 or 50)
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	'''Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter''' (c. January 1377{{snd}}31 December 1426) was an [[England\|English]] military commander during the [[Hundred Years' War]], and briefly [[Chancellor of England]]. He was the third of the four children born to [[John of Gaunt]], [[Duke of Lancaster]], and his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)<ref>Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2013, Vol. III, p. 318</ref> of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384).{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} ~~She bore him~~ one son, Henry Beaufort, who died young.		'''Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter''' (c. January 1377{{snd}}30/31 December 1426) was an [[England\|English]] military commander during the [[Hundred Years' War]], and briefly [[Chancellor of England]]. He was the third of the four children born to [[John of Gaunt]], [[Duke of Lancaster]], and his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)<ref>Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2013, Vol. III, p. 318</ref> of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384).{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} They had one son, Henry Beaufort, who died young.

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	During this time, Henry V began a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, with Beaufort being made Count of Harcourt in 1418.		During this time, Henry V began a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, with Beaufort being made Count of Harcourt in 1418.

	In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the [[treaty of Troyes]]~~. The next~~ year ~~he was captured~~ at the [[Battle of Baugé]], where his nephew~~, [[Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of~~ Clarence~~]],~~ was killed.		In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the [[treaty of Troyes]], but was not present the following year at the Battle of Baugé, where his nephew Clarence was killed and his two Beaufort nephews, John of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort were captured.

	Beaufort was one of the executors of Henry V's will, and so returned to England in 1422 after the latter's death. He served on the governing council for the infant King [[Henry VI of England\|Henry VI]], though it is likely he spent some time in France as well.		Beaufort was one of the executors of Henry V's will, and so returned to England in 1422 after the latter's death. He served on the governing council for the infant King [[Henry VI of England\|Henry VI]], though it is likely he spent some time in France as well.
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	The character of Exeter in Shakespeare's play ''[[Henry V (play)\|Henry V]]'' is based on Beaufort, although Beaufort was not actually created duke of Exeter until after the [[Battle of Agincourt]]; in 1415 he was still earl of Dorset. He also appears in ''[[Henry VI (play)\|Henry VI, Part 1]]''.		The character of Exeter in Shakespeare's play ''[[Henry V (play)\|Henry V]]'' is based on Beaufort, although Beaufort was not actually created duke of Exeter until after the [[Battle of Agincourt]]; in 1415 he was still earl of Dorset. He also appears in ''[[Henry VI (play)\|Henry VI, Part 1]]''.

	He ~~is reported to have~~ died on 31 December 1426,<ref>{{cite book \|last=Cokayne \|date=1926 \|first=G. \|title=[[The Complete Peerage]] \|volume=5 \|edition=2nd \|editor=V. Gibbs \|editor2=H.A. Doubleday \|publisher=St. Catherine Press \|place=London \|page=[https://archive.org/stream/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/Cokayne%2C%20G.%20E.%20-%20The%20Complete%20Peerage%2C%20Second%20Edition%2C%20Volume%205%20%28EA-GO%29#page/n107/mode/2up 204] \|author-link=George Edward Cokayne \|editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) }}</ref>{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} although 27 December 1426 or 1 January 1427<ref name=weir/><ref>{{cite DNB \|last=Round \|first=J. \|display=Beaufort, Sir Thomas (d. 1427), Duke of Exeter \|volume=4 \|wstitle=Beaufort, Thomas \|author-link=J. Horace Round }}</ref> have been suggested as alternative dates. All of his titles ([[Duke of Exeter]], [[Earl of Dorset]] and [[Lords and Counts of Harcourt\|Count of Harcourt]]) became extinct. The Duchy of Exeter was restored to the [[Holland family]]; the Earldom of Dorset was recreated for [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset\|Edmund, Count of Mortain]], his nephew.		He died at the end of December 1426 and was buried the following week. All of his titles ([[Duke of Exeter]], [[Earl of Dorset]] and [[Lords and Counts of Harcourt\|Count of Harcourt]]) became extinct. The Duchy of Exeter was restored to the [[Holland family]]; the Earldom of Dorset was recreated for [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset\|Edmund, Count of Mortain]], his nephew.

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	\| title = [[Duke of Exeter]]		\| title = [[Duke of Exeter]]
	\| image = ~~Arms of~~ Thomas Beaufort, ~~1st Duke of Exeter~~.~~svg~~		\| image = Sir Thomas Beaufort, KG.png
	\| caption = ~~Coat of arms~~ of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter		\| caption = Arms of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter
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	\| spouse = Margaret Neville of Hornby		\| spouse = Margaret Neville of Hornby
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	\| birth_date = {{circa\|January 1377}}<ref>{{cite book \|last=Richardson \|year=2011 \|first=D. \|title=Magna Carta Ancestry \|volume=2 \|edition=2nd \|editor=Kimball G. Everingham \|place=Salt Lake City \|page=542 \|isbn=978-1-4499-6638-6 \|author-link=Douglas Richardson }}</ref><ref name=weir>{{cite book \|last=Weir \|first=A. \|title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy \|author-link=Alison Weir }} ch. 3</ref>		\| birth_date = {{circa\|January 1377}}<ref>{{cite book \|last=Richardson \|year=2011 \|first=D. \|title=Magna Carta Ancestry \|volume=2 \|edition=2nd \|editor=Kimball G. Everingham \|place=Salt Lake City \|page=542 \|isbn=978-1-4499-6638-6 \|author-link=Douglas Richardson }}</ref><ref name=weir>{{cite book \|last=Weir \|first=A. \|title=Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy \|author-link=Alison Weir }} ch. 3</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[Château de Beaufort]], [[Duchy of Anjou\|Anjou]], France		\| birth_place = [[Château de Beaufort]], [[Duchy of Anjou\|Anjou]], France
	\| death_date = 31 December 1426<ref>{{cite ODNB \|last=Harriss \|date=2008-01-03 \|first=G.L. \|title=Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter (1377?–1426) \|type=online \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1864 \|author-link=G. L. Harriss }}</ref> (~~aged c.~~ 49)		\| death_date = 31 December 1426<ref>{{cite ODNB \|last=Harriss \|date=2008-01-03 \|first=G.L. \|title=Beaufort, Thomas, duke of Exeter (1377?–1426) \|type=online \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1864 \|author-link=G. L. Harriss }}</ref> (age 49 or 50)
	\| death_place = [[Greenwich#Manor of East Greenwich\|Greenwich manor]], [[Kent]], England		\| death_place = [[Greenwich#Manor of East Greenwich\|Greenwich manor]], [[Kent]], England
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	\| burial_place = [[Bury St Edmunds Abbey]], [[Suffolk~~]], England~~		\| burial_place = [[Bury St Edmunds Abbey]], Suffolk
	\| occupation = [[Lord Chancellor]]<br/>[[Lord High Admiral of England\|Lord High Admiral]]<br/>[[Admiral of the North and West]]<br/>[[Admiral of the North]]<br/>[[Captain of Calais]]		\| occupation = [[Lord Chancellor]]<br/>[[Lord High Admiral of England\|Lord High Admiral]]<br/>[[Admiral of the North and West]]<br/>[[Admiral of the North]]<br/>[[Captain of Calais]]
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	'''Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter''' (c. January 1377{{snd}}31 December 1426) was an [[England\|English]] military commander during the [[Hundred Years' War]], and briefly [[Chancellor of England]]. He was the third of the four children born to [[John of Gaunt]], [[Duke of Lancaster]], and his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)<ref>Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2013, Vol. III, p. 318</ref> of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384),{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} ~~who~~ bore him one son, Henry Beaufort~~. However~~, ~~the child~~ died young.		'''Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter''' (c. January 1377{{snd}}31 December 1426) was an [[England\|English]] military commander during the [[Hundred Years' War]], and briefly [[Chancellor of England]]. He was the third of the four children born to [[John of Gaunt]], [[Duke of Lancaster]], and his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)<ref>Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2013, Vol. III, p. 318</ref> of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384).{{sfn\|Richardson\|2011\|p=542}} She bore him one son, Henry Beaufort, who died young.

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	==Under Henry V==		==Under Henry V==
			[[File:Salle, Ss Peter & Paul church, East window detail (45452253264).jpg\|thumb\|Stained glass in [[Salle, Norfolk]] with arms of Duke of Exeter (right), next to that of [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk\|William "Jackanapes" de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk]].]]
	On the accession of [[Henry V of England\|Henry V]], Beaufort was appointed [[Lieutenant of Aquitaine]] in 1413 and then captain of [[Harfleur]] in 1415. He spent the next few years in [[Normandy]], serving as lieutenant of that duchy from 1416. He was created [[Duke of Exeter]] for life that same year.		On the accession of [[Henry V of England\|Henry V]], Beaufort was appointed [[Lieutenant of Aquitaine]] in 1413 and then captain of [[Harfleur]] in 1415. He spent the next few years in [[Normandy]], serving as lieutenant of that duchy from 1416. He was created [[Duke of Exeter]] for life that same year.

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	==Arms==		==Arms==
	As a legitimated grandson of the sovereign, Beaufort bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a ''bordure gobony azure and ermine''.<ref>[~~http~~://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family]</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911\|wstitle= Beaufort \|volume= 3 \| pages = 585–586 }}</ref>		As a legitimated grandson of the sovereign, Beaufort bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a ''bordure gobony azure and ermine''.<ref>[https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family]</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911\|wstitle= Beaufort \|volume= 3 \| pages = 585–586 }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Short description|English military commander}}
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| name = Thomas Beaufort
| title = [[Duke of Exeter]]
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| spouse = Margaret Neville of Hornby
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| birth_place = [[Château de Beaufort]], [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]], France
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| death_place = [[Greenwich#Manor of East Greenwich|Greenwich manor]], [[Kent]], England
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| burial_place = [[Bury St Edmunds Abbey]], [[Suffolk]], England
| occupation = [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Lord High Admiral of England|Lord High Admiral]] [[Admiral of the North and West]] [[Admiral of the North]] [[Captain of Calais]]
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'''Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter''' (c. January 1377{{snd}}31 December 1426) was an [[England|English]] military commander during the [[Hundred Years' War]], and briefly [[Chancellor of England]]. He was the third of the four children born to [[John of Gaunt]], [[Duke of Lancaster]], and his mistress [[Katherine Swynford]]. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville (died 1387)<ref>Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families'', 2013, Vol. III, p. 318</ref> of Hornby, Margaret Neville (born c. 1384),{{sfn|Richardson|2011|p=542}} who bore him one son, Henry Beaufort. However, the child died young.

==Under Henry IV==
After the accession of his half-brother [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]], Beaufort was made a [[Knight of the Garter]]. In the following years he held various military posts: constable of [[Ludlow]] (1402), appointed [[Admiral of the North]] (1403), appointed [[captain of Calais]] (1407), and [[Admiral of the North and West]] (1408–1413) he retained the title for life. His most notable action during this decade was commanding the forces against the northern rebellion of 1405.

He became Chancellor of England on 31 January 1410, an office he held until 5 January 1412<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powicke |date=1961 |first1=F. M. |last2=Fryde |first2=E.B. |title=Handbook of British Chronology |edition=2nd |publisher=Royal Historical Society |place=London |page=85 |author-link=F. M. Powicke }}</ref> during a time when King Henry was having trouble with the clergy, and then returned to military matters. Later in 1412 he was created [[Earl of Dorset]].<ref>[http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/H5/CP40no609/aCP40no609fronts/IMG_0152.htm 8th entry, plaintiff]; 1413</ref>

==Under Henry V==
On the accession of [[Henry V of England|Henry V]], Beaufort was appointed [[Lieutenant of Aquitaine]] in 1413 and then captain of [[Harfleur]] in 1415. He spent the next few years in [[Normandy]], serving as lieutenant of that duchy from 1416. He was created [[Duke of Exeter]] for life that same year.

Beaufort returned to England in 1417 while the king was still in Normandy in order to deal with problems in Scotland. In 1418, he went back to Normandy with a large force, taking part in the sieges of [[Évreux]], [[Ivry-la-Bataille|Ivry]], and [[Rouen]]. After the fall of Rouen in 1419, he was made captain of the city and conquered several more of the smaller Norman cities. Finally, in 1419, he took the great fortress of [[Château Gaillard]], midway between [[Rouen]] and [[Paris]], after a six-month siege.

During this time, Henry V began a policy of creating Norman titles for his aristocrats, with Beaufort being made Count of Harcourt in 1418.

In 1420, Beaufort helped negotiate the [[treaty of Troyes]]. The next year he was captured at the [[Battle of Baugé]], where his nephew, [[Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence]], was killed.

Beaufort was one of the executors of Henry V's will, and so returned to England in 1422 after the latter's death. He served on the governing council for the infant King [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], though it is likely he spent some time in France as well.

The character of Exeter in Shakespeare's play ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'' is based on Beaufort, although Beaufort was not actually created duke of Exeter until after the [[Battle of Agincourt]]; in 1415 he was still earl of Dorset. He also appears in ''[[Henry VI (play)|Henry VI, Part 1]]''.

He is reported to have died on 31 December 1426,<ref>{{cite book |last=Cokayne |date=1926 |first=G. |title=[[The Complete Peerage]] |volume=5 |edition=2nd |editor=V. Gibbs |editor2=H.A. Doubleday |publisher=St. Catherine Press |place=London |page=[https://archive.org/stream/CokayneG.E.TheCompletePeerageSecondEditionVolume5EAGO/Cokayne%2C%20G.%20E.%20-%20The%20Complete%20Peerage%2C%20Second%20Edition%2C%20Volume%205%20%28EA-GO%29#page/n107/mode/2up 204] |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |editor-link=Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP) }}</ref>{{sfn|Richardson|2011|p=542}} although 27 December 1426 or 1 January 1427<ref name=weir/><ref>{{cite DNB |last=Round |first=J. |display=Beaufort, Sir Thomas (d. 1427), Duke of Exeter |volume=4 |wstitle=Beaufort, Thomas |author-link=J. Horace Round }}</ref> have been suggested as alternative dates. All of his titles ([[Duke of Exeter]], [[Earl of Dorset]] and [[Lords and Counts of Harcourt|Count of Harcourt]]) became extinct. The Duchy of Exeter was restored to the [[Holland family]]; the Earldom of Dorset was recreated for [[Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset|Edmund, Count of Mortain]], his nephew.

==Arms==
As a legitimated grandson of the sovereign, Beaufort bore the arms of the kingdom, differenced by a ''bordure gobony azure and ermine''.<ref>[http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/cadency.htm Marks of Cadency in the British Royal Family]</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Beaufort |volume= 3 | pages = 585–586 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of lord chancellors and lord keepers]]

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