John of Gaunt

12 surprising facts about the Wars of the Roses

Oct 11, 2015

battles

1475 invasion of France, Anne of Exeter, Bamburgh, Barnet, Battle of Bosworth, Blore Heath, Burgundy, Caister Castle, Calais, cannon, Cecily Duchess of York, Earl of Ormond, Earl of Oxford, Edward of Lancaster, executions, Francesco Coppini, Francesco Sforza, George Duke of Clarence, George Neville, Gregory, Hammes, Hedgeley Moor, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry VI, Henry VII, Hexham, Hornby Castle, Jack Cade, John of Gaunt, John Tiptoft Earl of Worcester, Lancastrians, legates, Lionel of Antwerp, Lord High Constable, Ludford Bridge, Ludlow, Margaret of Anjou, Matt Lewis, Mortimer’s Cross, Mortimers, Nibley Green, Pius II, private battles, Richard Duke of York, Richard II, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Roxburgh, Sandal Castle, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir John Fortescu, Sir Ralph Grey, Sir William Stanley, St. Albans, St. michael’s Mount, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas Talbot Viscount Lisle, Tower Hill, Towton, Wakefield, Wars of the Roses, William Lord Berkeley, Windsor

Thanks to Matt Lewis: http://www.historyextra.com/article/military-history/12-facts-wars-roses?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
YORK OR LANCASTER: WHO WAS THE TRUE KING OF ENGLAND IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY?

Oct 8, 2015

genealogy, law

Chrimes, Edmund Crouchback, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Edward III, French crown, Henry III, Henry IV, Ian Mortimer, John Ashdown-Hill, John of Gaunt, Lancastrian propaganda, Lancastrians, Lionel of Antwerp, male primogeniture, Matilda, Parliamentary Roll, Richard II, Stephen

Part 1-– Necessitas non habet leger – The Lancastrian title 1399 Introduction I am not arguing that Henry IV usurped the crown in 1399. That judgment has already been made and hardly challenged since the fifteenth century[1]. Neither will I rehearse the reasons for king Richard II’s downfall in 1399; they are already well enough…
“Cardinal Beaufort: A Study of Lancastrian Ascendancy and Decline” by G.L.Harriss

Sep 14, 2015

Book Reviews

“Beauforts”, “Tudors”, Bishops, Catherine de Roet, Catherine de Valois, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Eleanor Cobham, G.L.Harriss, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry IV, Henry V, Humphrey of Gloucester, John Ashdown-Hill, John Duke of Bedford, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, witchcraft

This 1988 volume reads very well and is an excellent summary of the life of the second (or first) son of John of Gaunt by his mistress Catherine de Roet. The language is very modern although the plain cover is a little reminiscent of many older books. There is relatively little material about Henry Beaufort’s…
To avoid any confusion:

Aug 1, 2015

genealogy

“Eleanor”, Affinity, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, consanguinity, dispensations, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Fourth Lateran Council, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Duke of Warwick, Jacquetta of Luxembourg, John Ashdown-Hill, John of Bedford, John of Gaunt, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Beauchamp, Marie Barnfield, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick

When Edward IV married Lady Eleanor Talbot in spring 1461, they were not more closely related than fourth cousins, through her mother, Margaret Beauchamp (see Eleanor, fig.11). Under the rules of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 (p.112), such distant blood relations were permitted to marry without a dispensation. It no longer amounted to consanguinity.…
Richard II and his ‘Double’.

Jun 2, 2015

Uncategorized

Catherine de Roet, doubles, France, Harlaw, Henry IV, Ireland, Islay, John of Gaunt, King’s Langley, Lord of the Isles, Percies, Pontefract Castle, Richard II, Richard Maudelyn, Scotland, Southampton plot, Thomas Warde, William Serle

The “official” version of Richard II’s death is straightforward. After his deposition he was imprisoned in Pontefract Castle, and, following a rebellion of his followers in early January 1400, starved to death. The date of death is usually given as 14th February 1400. His body was subsequently taken by stages to London, being publicly exhibited…
Another reason for the myth of Owain Tudor

Feb 3, 2015

genealogy, law

Affinity, canon law, Catherine de Valois, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Henry V, Henry VI, John of Gaunt, Owen Tudor

Catherine de Valois’ first husband was Henry V, who was clearly the grandson of John of Gaunt. Edmund Beaufort, later Duke of Somerset, is traditionally regarded as Gaunt’s grandson as well, although his father may have been a legitimate Swynford. Quite apart from the 1420s legislation banning royal stepmothers such as Catherine from remarrying without…
Murrey and Blue: New Livery Colors for a New Regime?

Jan 3, 2015

battles, genealogy, The play’s the thing

Edmund Duke of York, fetterlock and falcon, Henry IV, Henry V, heraldry, Ireland, John of Gaunt, Lord of Ireland, Ludford Bridge, murrey and blue, Richard Duke of York, Yorkist colours

Did the House of York, founded by Edmund of Langley, first duke of York, have distinctive livery colors? Perhaps this is an unusual question to ask, because I’ve always been under the impression that those colors were murrey and blue. In their text Heraldry, published in 1993, Rouge Croix Pursuivant Henry Bedingfeld and Lancaster Herald…
Hard of understanding?

Dec 15, 2014

humour, Science

DNA evidence, Hicks, John Beaufort, John of Gaunt, Legitimacy, Leicester University, Roxburgh, Sir Hugh Swynford

Just in case anyone is still misled by Hicks, here is the reply from today’s Times, written by the experts where DNA analysis was devised: “Richard’s skeleton Sir, Professor Hicks, in his letter [Dec 5] commenting on our research findings, suggests that the skeleton found in Leicester is not that of Richard III. He states…
Straight from the horse’s mouth?

Dec 3, 2014

archaeology, genealogy, Science, sources

Dan Jones, Dukes of Beaufort, Edward III, Hicks, John Ashdown-Hill, John Beaufort, John of Gaunt, mtDNA, Richard III, Sir Hugh Swynford, Somerset cuckoo, Y-chromosome

……… in which Dr. John Ashdown-Hill, who located the mtDNA match, tells nerdalicious what these findings really mean, not what the Cairo brigade (eg Hicks, Dan Jones and their acolytes) are already twisting them to mean: What do King Richard III’s Latest DNA Results Really Prove? 1) Given that Richard III is only four generations…
Who’s the great-granddaddy then…?

Dec 3, 2014

genealogy

Edmund of Langley, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Henry IV, John Duke of Exeter, John of Gaunt, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard III, summary executions, Y-chromosome

Following on from the blog A Big Development below…. It is interesting that the latest scientifically gleaned results to come out from the tests made on the remains of King Richard III, have raised in a question mark over the line of legitimacy on his paternal side. Someone, somewhere, somewhen committed adultery, and the resultant…