Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland
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Order of the Garter
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(12 July 1549 – 14 April 1587) was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, 14th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG was the son of Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland. He also held the title of 14th Baron de Ros of Hamlake, a title to which he acceded in 1543....
, whose titles he inherited in 1563.
On 6 June 1573, he married Isabel Holcroft, and they had one child, Elizabeth, born in January 1575.
The Earl died on Good Friday
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at Puddle Wharf in London
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, but was brought home for burial. The Earldom of Rutland and Barony of Manners went to his brother John Manners
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland was the son of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland and Lady Margaret Neville.He married Elizabeth Charlton, daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley Castle they had ten children:...
, but the Barony of de Ros went to his daughter.
At Bottesford
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Church in Leicestershire
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is the tomb commemorating the third Earl and his wife. It was created by Gerard Johanssen of Southwark, a famous Flemish craftsman. Earl Edward lies on a mat, wearing full plate armour. Instead of a gorget
Gorget
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protecting his throat he wears a ruff
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. He wears the Order of the Garter
Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry, or knighthood, existing in England. The order is dedicated to the image and arms of St...
on his left leg. His coronet has disappeared and at his feet is a decorated bull crest. Countess Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft
Sir Thomas Holcroft
Sir Thomas Holcroft was a sixteenth-century English courtier and politician.He was born at Vale Royal, Cheshire, the son of John Holcroft and Margaret Massey...
, KT, wears a ruff with the usual dress of the time under an ermine trimmed mantle, her head supported by a cushion. Her only daughter, Elizabeth, kneels at her feet. The inscription on the tomb lists the Earl's activities in the Scottish "troubles" of the time.