Parliament’s power to determine legitimacy

The Touchet/Audley Family in the Fifteenth Century.

Sep 26, 2022

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James Touchet, Lord Audley, was born about 1398. He was not in the first rank of magnates but nevertheless had significant estates, notably Heighley Castle, near Madeley in Staffordshire, and the Red Castle (Hawkstone) in Shropshire, as well as two small Marcher lordships in Wales. His first marriage was to Margaret Roos, daughter of Lord Roos…
The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)

Jun 10, 2015

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attainder, bigamy, Crowland, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Woodville, Helmholz, Henry VI, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lander, Mortimer Levine, Parliament’s power to determine legitimacy, pre-contract, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, Three Estates, Woodvilles

Part 2 – “… the corruption of a blemished stock “ (continued) Whatever the truth of bishop Stillington’s revelation, it could be argued that the passage of Titulus Regius through Parliament put the matter beyond doubt. However, that would be an overly simplistic argument as there were and still are legal objections to the disinheritance…
The Audley Case of 1431

Feb 24, 2014

law

Parliament’s power to determine legitimacy, Titulus Regius

It is sometimes asserted that Richard III ‘ought to have referred the legitimacy of the princes to a Church court’ or even ‘to the Pope’. Quite apart from the rather obvious fact that a late 15th Century Parliament was never going to allow the succession to be determined by a bishop or two, and still…

Parliament’s power to determine legitimacy

The Touchet/Audley Family in the Fifteenth Century.

The Tragedy of King Richard 111 (not by William Shakespeare)

The Audley Case of 1431