Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: 2nd Earl of Kent [E., 1360]
• Decoration: March 1367, Vittoria, Castile; Knighthood
• Decoration: 1375/76; Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
• Office: 21 July 1377; Keeper of the forest South of Trent, during pleasure
• Office: From 13 March 1379/80 to 30 June 1385; Marshal of England
• Office: 2 Oct. 1383; Keeper of the King’s forest
• Office: 2 Oct. 1383; Master of the game, South of Trent
• Military Service: 13 June 1385
• Office: 1 May 1391; Constable of Corfe Castle
• Will: 1397
• Probate: 10 May 1397

Notes:

He fought at the Battle of Nájera, 3 April 1367.

On 24 July 1371 at Plymouth he granted to his companion in arms, Sir Richard Waldegrave, and his heirs male, leave to bear his helm—"party per pale argent and gules, crowned or."

He accompanied the Duke of Brittany in his expedition to Brittany in March 1374/75.

On 22 October 1378 he was appointed a Commissioner to treat with Scotland concerning breaches of the peace.

In 1378 he served in the fleet in the Channel during a projected invasion of France.

As "Thomas, Earl of Kent," he had letters of protection, 5 June 1380.

On 26 December 1380 he was appointed an Ambassador to treat concerning the King's marriage to Anne, sister of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and of Bohemia, and daughter of the deceased Emperor Charles.

At the time of Wat Tyler's insurrection in June 1381, he and his brother were with the King in the Tower, when they started with him on his way to Mile End, but, fearing for their lives, left him on the road, to proceed to his meeting with the rebels.

On 2 October 1383 he was granted the custody of the New Forest and the castle and town of Southampton, for life.

On 20 November 1384 he was granted the custody of the castle and town of Cherbourg.

In 1385 he accompanied the King on his expedition to Scotland. He accompanied Richard to the borders. It was during this campaign that the followers of the Holands and the Staffords came to blows and John de Holand slew Ralph de Stafford.

On 25 September 1385 the King took his homage and fealty, and gave him livery of his mother's lands, although all the inquisitions taken after her death had not yet been returned into Chancery.

On 10 November 1385 he was sent to Calais to see that the town was in a proper state of defence.

On 10 August 1386 he was granted, for life, the manor of Brockenhurst, Hampshire, as from the death of Edward III.

On 9 May 1387 he was granted the custody of the Tower of London, for life.

He was appointed a Commissioner, 17 May and again 20 June 1389, to hear the appeal of Sir Robert Grosvenor against the judgment which had been pronounced in his suit with Sir Richard le Scrope.

In 1394 he and his son Thomas accompanied the King to Ireland.

Hereditary Title:
He was summoned to Parliament from 16 July (1381) 5 Ric. II to 18 July (1397) 21 Ric. II, by writs directed Thome de Holand' comiti Kanc'.

Decoration:
He was knighted by the Prince of Wales at Vittoria, on the field, before the battle, in March 1367.

Office:
On 12 April 1378 he was granted £200 p.a. to support his rank and in lieu of any free as Keeper; on 13 March 1379/80 this was altered to rents worth £796 13s. 4d., to hold as from 21 February last until he had his inheritance.

Military Service:
He was summoned for Military Service against the Scots, 13 June (1385) 8 Ric. II.

Office:
The office was also granted to Alice his wife, in survivorship.

Will:
His will is dated "in the day of the resurreccion of our lord J'hu Crist" [presumably therefore Easter Sunday], 1397.

Died:
Inquisitions, cos. Dorset, Devon, Notts, Northants, Rutland, Somerset, Northumberland, York, Lincoln, Leicester, Bucks, Worcester, Beds, Stafford, Salop, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk, Herts, Suffolk, Hereford and Essex—24 counties. Heir, Thomas his son, aged from 22 to 26 and more.

Thomas married Lady Alice Fitzalan Shortly after 10 April 1364. Alice (daughter of Richard (Fitz Alan), 9th Earl of Arundel and Lady Eleanor (Plantagenet), of Lancaster) died on 17 March 1415/16. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married John (Beaufort), Earl of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset circa 1399. John (son of John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Katharine de Roet) was born circa 1372; died on 16 March 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Thomas (Plantagenet), 1st Duke of Clarence in 1411. Thomas (son of Henry IV (Plantagenet), King of England and Lady Mary de Bohun) was born circa May 1388; died on 22 March 1421 in Baugé, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Hereditary Title: 2nd Earl of Somerset

John married Hon. Margaret Beauchamp in 1439. Margaret (daughter of John (Beauchamp), Baron Beauchamp of Bletso) died on 8 Aug. 1482. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Regent of France

Family/Spouse: Lady Eleanor Beauchamp. Eleanor died on 12 March 1467. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Edmund (Tudor), 1st Earl of Richmond in 1455. Edmund (son of Sir Owen Tudor and Catherine (de Valois), of Valois) was born in Abt. 1430 in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Nov. 1456 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Lord (Sir) Henry Stafford in by 1464. Henry (son of Humphrey (Stafford), 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville) died on 4 Oct. 1471. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford. Humphrey (son of Humphrey (Stafford), 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Neville) died in 1457/58. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]