The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-01-05
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CROWN" !, lay uneaslly In Shakes
rearc'a time, aud before bis time. III
history tells the truth, prohaloly II Hes
pneasliy even now. But 1t wasn't only
the actual head which wore a crown
that was uneasy In time past, the head
| which came too near 20 wearing q
| crown had It's own aorrowx. The Wars
Of the Roses wiped ont most Of the no
blllty OF England. though the plain
people suffered little, and many welt
born mothers monrncd husbands and
sons blain Ia the wars. But few, " any
Of them, had such q succession Of sor-
rows as one who might have seemed
born only 10 enjoy the days Of her life
-Cecily. wife Of Richard Plantngrnet,
luke Of York. and leader of the White
Roae.
Cccily Neyil was granddaughter Of
"old John Of Gaunt. tlme-hcaored Lam
caster" and 40 great-grEnddaughter of
King Edward Ill; her father was
Ralph Nevii, earl OF Westmorland, her
mother Joan Beaufort, the duke of
LauCastcr's daughter. Ceelly Neyil
married Richard Plantngenet when she
vas about 20 years old, In 1910: aud
they had four sons and two daughters,
Edward. Edmund, George, Richard.
Anne and Margaret For IS years no
especial sorrows reached her; her sons
were strong. her husband was the
principal subjeet In the Kingdom.
But in i43s the Wars OF the Roses be-
gan with the bloody battle al 81. Al.
bans, oE May 2s, and The earl Of STAFF
ford, the nephew Of Duchess Cecily.
was killed there. AZ Northampton. on
July 10. 1890, her brothcr-in-law, Stat
ford, duke Of Buckingham. was killed;
and the terrible fight Rt Wakefield ON
December 90, i4e0. robbed her at once
OF two ncphcwE, brother, a son and
o husband. In the battle fell Sir
Thomas Neyll =aa Gar Edmund
Bourchier, ncphews, and her husband,
Richard. Immediately after the battle
her brother Ralph. earl of Salisbury,
WIS executed. and her son Edmund,
earl Of Rutland. only IL years old, was
murdered by John. Lord Clifford, In
cold blood, la revenge for the death Of
his father In battle.
When sorrows came 20 Duchess Co
ely, they did not come alone. Another
nephew. Sir John Newt, fell at Towtoh.
March 20, 1867. Then came breathing
SPELL; but In 1869 Sir Henry Neyil was
executed, and at Barnet, April II, ls7i,
fell attn sthsr nsnh"ws--I"hn N"'h.
marquis OF Montague, and Richard
Ns'il. earl of Warwick. famous &c ".hs
King MakST." On May Z, ii7i, the bat.
tie of Tewkesbury was fought, and inn
mediaicly afierward Edward. prince Of
Wrlcs. who. though La castrian, had
married the duchess niece, the King
Makers daughter Anne, was murdered
by her sons. the dukes Of Clarense and
Gloucester. They kept the killing In
the fpmily, but 1t was killing just the
came.
Two years later. so that the duchess
should not get unuecustomcd to grief,
her Eon-in-lnw, Thomas Holland. duke
Of Exeter. who had had 20 beg his
bread in exile, was found dead on the
scaShore Of Dover, and in 1875 her son,
the duke Of Clarence, was drowned IN
butt of Malmsey, his vile Cecily hav-
Ing been poisoned prcriouslyi her son
in-law, Charles the Bold, duke Of Bur
gundy. had been killed in battle In
1871. Then there wns q little respite
for the poor duchess. In 1883 died her
son, Edward ~. only Il years old,
the first one Of her descendants TO lie
a natural death since l455--2s years.
In tho same year her two grandsons,
Edward V, and Richard, duke OF York,
were murdered by their uncle and her
son. Richard, duke Of Gloucester who
became king rs Richard III, md In
his turn was killed at i!0sworth field
ON August ~, 1854, when only % years
old. Her nSa-in-law, Sir 1humns 81.
Leger was executed In l|s9' and
granddaughter, second Henry Stat
ford, duke OF buckingham was exc
euted Ia i4s7
Except for n few small deaths. such
IN two husbands Of a niece, Catherine
Nevil, and a grandson, John. earl OF
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