William Zouche, 4th Baron Zouche of Haryngworth

Coat of arms of William Zouche

William IV. Zouche, 4th Baron Zouche of Haryngworth KG (* around 1373 - † November 3, 1415 ) was an English nobleman.

He came from the Zouche family and was the eldest son of William III. Zouche . He inherited his father's title and possessions in 1396. In contrast to his father, who had been a courtier to King Richard II, he supported Henry Bolingbroke , who became King of England after the overthrow of Richard II in 1399. In 1402 William negotiated with the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr . From June to July 1402 he escorted Blanca from England , a daughter of the king, to Heidelberg for her marriage . In 1403 he accompanied Joan of Navarre , the bride of King Henry, to her wedding in England. In 1413, at the beginning of the reign of King Henry V , he became Lieutenant of Calais . In the same year he negotiated as the king's envoy with the envoy of the king of Aragon and the duke of Burgundy . In 1415 he was one of the noble judges who condemned the conspirators around the Earl of Cambridge in Southampton . In the same year he was accepted into the Order of the Garter.

He had married Elizabeth Crosse, a daughter of Sir William Crosse. His heir was his underage son William († 1462)

Web links

• Eric Acheson: William Zouche [iv], fourth Baron Zouche (c.1373-1415). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
• William la Zouche, 4th Lord Zouche (of Haryngworth) on thepeerage.com , accessed July 28, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
William Zouche	Baron Zouche 1396-1415	William Zouche