[71] _Calendar Patent Rolls_, 5 Rich. II., 9 Rich. II., and 2 Hen. IV., part iv. [72] _Inq. p.m._ MS. Rawl., B 438, f. 71. Phillipa had no children. Henry IV. now granted the Fee to his son, John, created duke of Bedford and earl of Kendal. He died in 1435. His property in the barony of Kendal included the "advowsons of Wynandermere and of Gressemere, each of which is worth 20 li yearly."[73] [73] _Inq. p.m._, 14 Hen. VI., No. 36. The Duke of Bedford's widow, Jaquetta of Luxemburg, received the third part of the Fee as her dower, with the advowson "of the church in Gresmere." She married Richard Woodville, created earl Rivers. After her death she is said (1473) to have possessed "the advowson or nomination of the church or chapel of Gressemere," though in 1439 she had allowed her privilege to lapse.[74] [74] _Calendar Patent Rolls_, 1 Edw. IV., pt. 7, mem. 8; and _Inq. p.m._, 12 Edw. IV., No. 47. The Fee was next granted by Henry VI. (who inherited it as heir to his uncle John) to John Beaufort, duke of Somerset.[75] The duke's daughter Margaret--afterwards countess of Richmond--came into possession of it at his death.[76] After a lapse, when Yorkists sat on the throne, and Sir William Parr of Kendal held it, the Fee (now including the advowson of Grasmere) returned to Margaret and passed to her grandson Henry VIII. He sold the advowson and patronage of Grasmere. Its subsequent history will be given later. [75] _Calendar Patent Rolls_, 22 Hen. VI. [76] _Inq. p.m._, 22 Hen. VI., No. 19. Such was the illustrious line of our church's early patrons--some of them the most striking figures in a chivalrous age. But it is not to be supposed that they knew much of the little parish hidden amongst the mountains. When the rectorate fell vacant, they would grant the post to some suppliant clerk or priest, who would carry their nomination to the higher ecclesiastical authorities. The right to nominate often fell into the king's hands, through minority of the heir, confiscation, or inheritance. For instance, the king appointed to the rectory of Windermere in 1282, in 1377 and in 1388. Edward III. nominated Edmund de Ursewyk to "Gressemer" in 1349; and Henry IV. did the same for Walter Hoton in 1401. MONASTIC CONTROL