Biography of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1417-1460
Paternal Family Tree: Talbot
On 14 Mar 1406 [his grandfather] Thomas Neville Baron Furnivall (age 44) died at Worksop Priory [Map]. His daughter [his mother] Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 13) succeeded 6th Baroness Furnivall.
Before 12 Mar 1407 [his father] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 24) and [his mother] Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 14) were married. He by marriage Baron Furnivall. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
On 12 Dec 1417 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 34) and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 24) at Sheffield Castle [Map].
On 13 Dec 1421 Ankaret Talbot 9th Baroness Strange Blackmere 6th Baroness Talbot (age 5) died. Her uncle [his father] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 38) succeeded 10th Baron Strange Blackmere, 7th Baron Talbot. [his mother] Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 28) by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot.
On 31 May 1423 [his mother] Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall (age 30) died.
On 06 Sep 1425 [his father] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) and [his step-mother] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 43) and Elizabeth Berkeley Countess Warwick. They were second cousin twice removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
In 1426 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 8) was knighted alongside Henry VI at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map].
In 1442 [his father] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 59) was created 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl Waterford. [his step-mother] Margaret Beauchamp Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 38) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
Before 1445 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 27) and Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 20) were married. She the daughter of James "White Earl" Butler 4th Earl Ormonde (age 51) and Joan Beauchamp Countess Ormonde. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 61) and Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
In 1445 [his daughter] Anne Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 27) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 21) at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map].
On 12 Dec 1448 [his son] John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 24).
Before 1450 [his son-in-law] Ralph Shirley (age 8) and [his daughter] Anne Talbot (age 4) were married. She the daughter of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 32) and Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 25). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Around 1450 [his son] James Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 32) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 26).
Before 1451 [his son-in-law] Henry Vernon (age 6) and [his daughter] Anne Talbot (age 5) were married. She the daughter of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 33) and Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 26). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1452 [his son] Gilbert Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 28) at Grafton, Worcestershire.
On 07 Jul 1453 the Battle of Castillon, the last battle of the Hundred Years War, was fought at Castillon.
[his father] John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 70) was killed. His grandson Thomas Talbot 2nd Viscount Lisle (age 4) succeeded 2nd Viscount Lisle, 2nd Baron Lisle. Margaret Herbert Viscountess Lisle by marriage Viscountess Lisle. On His son John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 35) succeeded 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, 2nd Earl Waterford, 7th Baron Furnivall, 11th Baron Strange Blackmere, 8th Baron Talbot. [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 29) by marriage Countess of Shrewsbury Countess Waterford.
[his half-brother] John Talbot 1st Viscount Lisle (age 27) was killed. He the son of John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (age 70).
Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns (age 22) and John Foix 1st Earl Kendal (age 43) were captured.
Around 1454 [his son] Christopher Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 36) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 30).
Around 1456 [his son] George Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 32).
In 1457 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 39) was appointed 173rd Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 35).
Around 1460 [his daughter] Margaret Talbot was born to John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) and [his wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 36).
Chronicle of Gregory 1460. 10 Jul 1460 And there they mete with the kynge and foughte manly with the kyngys lordys and mayny, but there was moche favyr in that fylde unto the Erle of Warwycke (age 31). And there they toke the kynge (age 38), and made newe offycers of the londe, as the chaunceler and tresyrar and othyr, but they occupy de not fo[r]thewith, but abode a seson of the comyng of Duke of York (age 48) owte of Irlonde. And in that fylde was slayne the Duke of Bokyngham (age 57), stondyng stylle at hys tente, the Erle of Schrovysbury (age 42), the Lord Bemond (age 50), and the Lord Egremond (age 37), with many othyr men. Ande many men were drownyd by syde the fylde in the revyr at a mylle. And that goode knyght Syr Wylliam Lucy (age 56) that dwellyd besyde Northehampton hyrde the gonne schotte, and come unto the fylde to have holpyn the kynge, but the fylde was done or that he come; an one of the Staffordys was ware of hys comynge, and lovyd that knyght ys wyffe (age 21) and hatyd hym, and a-non causyd hys dethe.
On 10 Jul 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), Archbishop George Neville (age 28), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 43) had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son [his son] John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 37) was killed.
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 50) was killed. His son William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) and William Norreys (age 19) were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
On 08 Sep 1473 [his former wife] Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford (age 49) died at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map].
[his son] Gilbert Talbot and Elizabeth Greystoke Baroness Scrope Masham were married. He the son of John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury and Elizabeth Butler Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of Louis "Fat" VI King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 4th Baron Talbot 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sarah Beauchamp Baroness Talbot
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Boteler Baroness Talbot
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Mathrafal
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Black" Comyn 2nd Lord Baddenoch
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Comyn 3rd Lord Baddenoch 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary or Eleanor Balliol Lady Baddenoch 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Comyn Baroness Talbot 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Valence Lady Baddenoch
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke
GrandFather: Richard Talbot 7th Baron Strange Blackmere 4th Baron Talbot 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Butler
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Fitzjohn
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde
Great x 1 Grandmother: Petronella Butler Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward "Longshanks" I of England Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Father: John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Strange
Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Blancminster
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Clifford
Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strange 4th Baron Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Boteler
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Angharad Mathrafal
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Herdeburgh
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Ankaret Strange 7th Baroness Strange Blackmere, Baroness Talbot 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl Arundel
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Fitzalan 9th Earl Arundel 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo
5 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Fitzalan Baroness Strange Blackmere 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Lusignan Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Warenne Countess Arundel
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Vere
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sanford Countess of Oxford
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Neville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzroger 5th Baron Warkworth
Great x 3 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Zouche Baroness Warkworth
6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Audley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger le Rous
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isolde le Rous
GrandFather: Thomas Neville Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 7th Baron Percy Topcliffe
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Warenne Baroness Percy Topcliffe
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl Arundel 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzalan Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Clifford
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Vipont 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare
4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Clare Baroness Clifford Baroness Welles 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Maud Neville 6th Baroness Furnivall 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival 2nd Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Furnival 4th Baron Furnivall 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 1st Lord Verdun
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Bohun Lady Verdun
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Verdun Baroness Furnivall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mortimer Lady Verdun 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Joan Furnival 5th Baroness Furnivall 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England