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[[underline]] Henry duke of Buckingham [[/underline]] was the immediate heir, & descendant of [[underline]] Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Glouster, [[/underline]] the youngest Son of [[underline]] Edward the 3d-- [[/underline]] [[underline]] Thomas [[/underline]] duke of [[underline]] Glouster [[/underline]] had a daughter [[underline]] Anne [[/underline]] who married [[underline]] Edmond Earl of Stafford; [[/underline]] this [[underline]] Anne [[/underline]] sole daughter and [[underline]] heiress [[/underline]] of [[underline]] Thomas [[/underline]] had a son [[underline]] Humphrey Duke of Buckingham, [[/underline]] who was ˄ [[addition]] 1st [[/addition]] grandson to [[underline]] Edward the 3d, [[/underline]] and grand father to the Duke of [[underline]] Buckingham [[/underline]] who married the Sister of [[underline]] Edward the 4th's Queen.-- Henry the 8th [[/underline]] fearful of this proximity to the crown put the Son of this [[underline]] Henry Duke of Buckingham [[/underline]] to death; and in him, died the royal line of [[underline]] Thomas [[/underline]] of [[underline]] Woodstock, [[/underline]] & of the [[underline]] Buckingham's [[/underline]] of the blood royal. the first [[underline]] Humphrey duke of Buckingham [[/underline]] had a daughter (the Lady [[underline]] Catherine Stafford) [[/underline]] who married the [[underline]] Earl of Shrewsburry, [[/underline]] and had by him the Ly [[underline]] Eleanor Talbot [[/underline]] who married Lord [[underline]] Butler of Sudeley, [[/underline]] and when a widow was betrothed to [[underline]] Edward IV, [[/underline]] who left her, for Lady [[underline]] Elizabeth Grey [[/underline]] Sister to the Earl of [[underline]] Rivers. -- Henry [[/underline]] the 7th thought his title to the crown so ill founded that he called