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Birth:          ABT 1305 Wyke, Cornwall, England
Death:          23 Oct 1356 Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire, England
Burial:         Flanesford Priory, Herefordshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Butler,_1st_Earl_of_Ormond
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I08797
Sir Richard Talbot, 2nd Lord (Baron) Talbot, KB by 1338; asserted his rights to estates 
in Scotland (through his wife and participated in Edward Balliol's descent on Scotland 
1332, helping defeat the Scots at Battle of Dupplin Moor 12 Aug 1332; captured by 
Scots 1334 but ransomed 1335; Keeper of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1337-55, Chief 
Keeper Southampton Feb 1339/40, Chief Justice of Gloucester and Worcester 1341, a 
Capt in the English Army that defeated the French at the Battle of Morlaix 30 Sep 
1342, present Battle of Crecy and Siege of Calais 1346-7, Keeper Pembroke and 
Tenby Castles and Pembrokeshire Jan 1349-51; married between 24 July 1326 and 23 
Mar 1326/7 Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, by 
Joan, sister of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, and died 23 Oct 1356. [Burke's 
Peerage]

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Sir Richard Talbot, b. c 1302, d. 23 Oct 1356, Lord Talbot. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF TALBOT (II)

RICHARD (TALBOT), LORD TALBOT, son and heir, was born about 1305, On 16 
March 1321/2 he was (with his father) taken in arms against the King at the battle of 
Boroughbridge. With his father he had letters of protection, 14 April 1329, being about 
to cross the sea with the King. He was summoned to Parliament v.p. on 27 January 
1331/2, by writ directed Ricardo Talhot, whereby he is held to have become LORD 
TALBOT. He continued to be so summoned until 20 April 1344, and after his father's 
death, until 20 September 1355. By writ dated 12 July 1332 he was summoned to go to 
Ireland with the King. Claiming large possessions in Scotland by right of his wife, he 
joined Edward Balliol in his invasion of Scotland, August 1332, contrary to the King's 
orders, and was present at the defeat of the Scots by the "disinherited lords" at 
Dupplin Moor, 12 August. He sat as "Dominus de Mar" in the Parliament held by Balliol 
at Edinburgh, 10 February 1333/4, and, as such, witnessed the treaty of Newcastle, 
12 June, whereby Balliol surrendered Berwick, Roxburgh, &c. to Edward III; having 
previously received from Balliol a conditional grant of Kildrummy Castle, co. Aberdeen, 
17 February. In September 1334 he was taken by the Scots near Linlithgow and 
imprisoned at Dumbarton; but after leaving hostages for his ransom of £2,000, he was 
brought south to the Marches under safe conduct from Edward III, dated 2 April 1335. 
Keeper of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and Justiciar of the lands in Scotland 
occupied by the King of England, 21 December 1337, being described there as 
Banneret in 1338. On 20 February 1339/40 he was appointed chief keeper of the town 
of Southampton, and he served at the siege of Tournay, July following. On 15 August 
1340 he was appointed with his father to make certain arrests in Wales. In 1341 he 
was Chief juscice in cos. Gloucester and Worcester, and thereafter was frequently in 
commissions. He was one of the captains of the English army under William de Bohun, 
Earl of Northampton, which defeated Charles of Blois at Morlaix, 30 September 1342, 
when he took prisoner Geoffrey de Charny, one of the French leaders, and sent him to 
his castle at Goodrich, co. Hereford; and he served in France again in 1345. In May 
1345 he was Steward of the King's household; and on 21 March 1345/6 he was 
appointed with another to treat about fines in certain counties. Though wounded early 
in the campaign near the Seine, he was with the King at Crécy, 26 August 1346, and 
at Calais. He had a licence to found a priory of Austin Canons at Flanesford within the 
lordship of Castle Gooodrich, 19 December 1346. On 20 January 1346/7 he was about 
to go to France and stay there on the King's service. He was with the Earl of 
Northampton at the dispersal of a convoy of ships that were trying to revictual Calais, 
25 June 1347; Keeper of the towns and castles of Pembroke and Tenby, as well as 
the co. of Pembroke, 27 January 1348/9-November 1351, during the nonage of the 
heir of Laurence (de Hastinges), Earl of Pembroke; Commissioner to receive oaths of 
fealty from the burgesses of Flanders and from Flemish exiles, 5 February, and to 
arrest all wools, woolfells and hides brought to Flanders contrary to the prohibition, 3 
April. 1349; and was given £812-6-4 by the King, 4 May 1349.

He married, between 24 July 1326 and 23 March 1326/7, Elizabeth, 2nd daughter and 
(in 1316) coheir of John Comyn, LORD OF BADENOCH, by Joan, daughter of William 
DE VALENCE, and sister and coheir of Aymer DE VALENCE, EARL OF PEMBROKE. 
He died 23 October 1356, aged about 51, and is said to have been buried at 
Flanesford Priory. His widow, who was born 1 November 1299, married, between 21 
February 1357/8 and 16 February 1360/1, Sir John BROMWYCH, who died shortly 
before 20 September 1388. She died 20 November 1372, aged 73. [Complete Peerage 
XII/1:612-14, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Parents
TALBOT Gilbert (18 Oct 1276 - BEF 1 Mar 1346)
BOTELER Anne (ABT 1280 - )

Siblings
TALBOT Joan (Joanna) (ABT 1295 - )
TALBOT Richard (ABT 1305 - 23 Oct 1356)

Marriage To COMYN Elizabeth (1299 - 5 Oct 1356)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
COMYN John ("the Red") (1269 - 10 Feb 1306)
DE VALENCE Joan (Johanna) (1273 - )

Children by COMYN Elizabeth 1299 - 5 Oct 1356
TALBOT Gwenthlian (Welthiana) (ABT 1327 - BEF Oct 1375)
TALBOT Gilbert (1332 - 24 Apr 1386)

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