In about the year 1330, he became blind (Prestwich states Henry was going blind around 1329). Henry spent the last fifteen years of his life at Leicester Castle. There he founded a hospital for the poor and infirm in an extension of the castle bailey. It became known as the Newarke, and Henry was buried in the hospital chapel when he died in 1345. The king and queen attended his funeral. His son Henry of Grosmont, first Duke of Lancaster, had his father's remains moved to the collegiate Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady of the Newarke, which he had built when he enhanced his father's foundation. According to Jean Le Bel, he was nicknamed "Wryneck", or "Tors-col" in French, possibly due to a medical condition. Froissart repeated that statement in his "Chronicles". He was succeeded as Earl of Lancaster and Leicester by his eldest son, Henry of Grosmont, who subsequently became Duke of Lancaster. He married Maud Chaworth, before 2 March 1296/1297. Henry and Maud had seven children:   Prior to his restoration to his earldoms, Henry bore the royal arms of King Henry III, differenced by "a bend azure". Upon his restoration, his difference changed, to "a label France of three points" (that is to say "a label of three points azure each charged with three fleur-de-lys or". Henry is a supporting character in "Les Rois maudits" ("The Accursed Kings"), a series of French historical novels by Maurice Druon. He was portrayed by in the 1972 French miniseries adaptation of the series, and by in the 2005 adaptation.