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Henry IV

Treason from a Scottish perspective

May 10, 2017

law

Archibald the Grim, Battle of Falkirk, Battle of Methven, Blind Harry, England, executions, George Dunbar Earl of March, Henry IV, James III, John Barbour, Malcolm Drummond, poetry, propaganda, Richard II, Robert I, Scotland, Sir James Douglas, Thomas Randolph Earl of Murray, treason, William Wallace

This article tells the story of Scottish treason in the time of William Wallace, Robert I and afterwards, through the tradition of oral history. The image below is supposedly of Hugh le Despenser the Younger, although there must be some cases more relevant to Scotland.
In suo jure (or titles that did pass through the female line)

Apr 29, 2017

genealogy, law

Anne Beauchamp, Anne Mowbray, Barons Stafford, Blanche of Lancaster, Dukes of Norfolk, Earls of Essex, Earls of Warwick, Edmund Crouchback, Edward of Warwick, feminism, Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex, Henry IV, Henry of Grosmont, in suo jure, John Baron Devereux, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, John of Gaunt, Lady Carina Howard, Lancastrian propaganda, Lancastrians, Margaret Duchess of Norfolk, Mary Stafford, Michael Earl of Loudoun, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Sir David Frost, Thomas of woodstock, titles, Walter Devereux Earl of Essex, William Howard Viscount Stafford

In this post, we reminded our readers that a lineal Lancastrian is a person descended from Blanche, the younger daughter of Henry of Grosmont, not from her husband, John of Gaunt, by another wife. Titles usually fit into these categories: i) To begin with, many older titles were created before Letters Patent in such a way that they…
Medieval kings needed their queens emotionally and physically….

Feb 17, 2017

Uncategorized

Anne of Bohemia, Edmund Dudley, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, executions, George Duke of Clarence, Henry IV, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel Neville, kings, Lady Margaret Beaufort, queens consort, Richard Empson, Richard II, Richard of, Visconti, Westminster Abbey

We are always being told that medieval aristocratic marriages (and indeed most medieval marriages) were arranged and did not feature love. The object was to increase property and lands, enhance a family’s reputation and produce as many heirs as was humanly possible. I pity those women who had a child a year throughout their married…
What goes around, comes around….

Feb 6, 2017

anniversaries, battles

Epiphany, Epiphany Rising, Essex, executions, Henry IV, John Holland, Lancastrians, Pleshey, Richard II, weather

In January 1400, after the failure of the Epiphany Rising that was intended to remove Henry IV from the throne and restore Richard II, John Holand, Earl of Huntingdon, the younger of Richard’s half-brothers, fled from London. The weather was foul, and time and again his vessel was driven ashore. Eventually he gave up, and…
A GOLDEN GOWN

Jan 25, 2017

genealogy

Catherine of Sweden, Denmark, Eric of Sweden, golden gown, Henry IV, Henry V, Margarethe of Sweden, medieval clothes, Norway, Phillippa of Lancaster, Sweden

Queen Margaret (also known as Margrethe and Margareta) was a Scandinavian queen who died in the early 15th century. Briefly she was monarch of Sweden, Norway and Denmark and earned herself the title of ‘the Lady King.’ Her only son died young and hence her heir became Eric of Pomerania; it was her desire to…
The Epiphany Plot of 1400

Jan 6, 2017

buildings

Abbot of Westminster, anniversaries, Bristol, Charles VI, Chris Givern-Wilson, Earl of Wiltshire, Edmund Duke of York, Edward Duke of York, Epiphany Rising, Henry IV, Ian Mortimer, John Duke of Exeter, John Earl of Salisbury, Lancastrians, Lollards, Maidenhead, Marie Louise Bruce, Mortimers, Nigel Saul, Old St. Paul’s, Owain Glyn Dwr, Pleshey Castle, Richard II, Richard Maudelyn, Sir Bernard Brocas, Sir Thomas Blount, summary executions, Thomas Earl of Gloucester, Traison et Mort, Walsingham, William Feriby, Windsor Castle

Following the deposition of Richard II, his leading supporters among the nobility were put on trial before Henry IV’s first parliament. Well, all apart from the Earl of Wiltshire who had – in plain terms – been murdered at Bristol on Henry’s orders before Henry became king. (As a Lancastrian, Henry was of course allowed…
Haunted by the Headless Earl….!

Dec 31, 2016

Uncategorized

executions, ghosts, Henry IV, John of Gaunt, Lords Appellant, Richard II, Richard of arundel, Thomas Earl of Gloucester

This marvellous illustration is called Headless Horseman Speedy by Jonake920 I love a ghost story on New Year’s Eve, and so here is one to send some shivers down your back. No, it is not a sample of my fiction-writing—well, not quite—but is actually said to have happened back at the end of the 14th…
Usurpers? ALL of them…?

Dec 17, 2016

Book Reviews, genealogy

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Anthony Steel, Edward III, Edward IV, Edward V, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VII, Lancastrians, Mortimers, Richard II, Richard III, usurpation, Yorkists

Well, all of them except Richard II. The following are extracts from the Introduction to Anthony Steel’s 1941 biography of Richard II. I think it is a very succinct and interesting description of the right to the throne of all the kings of England from Richard II to Henry VII. However… (see my comments at…
No smoke without …

Dec 14, 2016

religion

anniversaries, de heretico comburendo, escapes, executions, French Civil Wars, Henry IV, Henry V, High Sheriffs, Lancastrians, Lollards, Owain Glyn Dwr, rebels, Savaronola, Sir John Oldcastle, Tower of London

Today in 1417, Sir John Olcastle was hanged and burned at Smithfield , as a leading Lollard and political rebel who had previously escaped from the Tower. He had been a High Sheriff of Herefordshire, an MP and a soldier under the Prince of Wales in Wales and France, all in Henry IV’s reign. One…
Auction of coins from Edward III to Richard III….

Nov 29, 2016

Events

Calais, coins, Edward III, Henry IV, Henry VI, Lord Stewartby, Richard III, Spink Auctions

No illustrations of Richard’s coins, unfortunately. The above is a Henry IV groat, estimated price of £3-4,000). But Richard’s coin(s) are in this auction today. Get your plastic cards out, ladies and gentlemen… http://www.coinweek.com/dealers-companies/spink-dealers/spink-auctions-edward-iii-richard-iii-lord-stewartbys-4th-sale/