John I Lackland King of England
See Historical Document.
Isabella av Angouleme de Taillefer [Queen England]
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"Isabella of Gloucester." She married when she was 12 years old.
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:27
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:31:33
Thomas de Cantilou [Bishop; Saint]
Chancellor and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonized in 1330 as St. Thomas of Hereford.
Amadeus V the Great de Savoie [Count of Savoy]
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DATE 11 OCT 1999
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Joan d'Acres Plantagenet [Princess of England
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Countess of Gloucester & Hertford. Her father had arranged for her to be married to Amadeus of Savoy, but she had already secretly married Ralph, a member of the King's household. (Internet)
DATE 5 APR 2000
TIME 11:44:55
Jean de Nesle [Senor de Falvy]
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DATE 16 APR 2000
TIME 13:59:25
Jeanne Joan Johanna de Dammartin [Countess of Ponthieu & Aumale]
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DATE 14 OCT 1999
TIME 16:32:06
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One of the Magna Carta Sureties.
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:23
Margaret de Quincy [CountessLincoln
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
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Henry III Plantagenet King of England
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King: Oct. 28, 1216 (when he was only 9 years old) - Nov. 16, 1272.
A minor when he took the throne, he did not take the reins of government himself until 1234. Baronian discontent simmered, boiling over in 1258 when Henry, facing financial disaster, attempted to
raise large sums from his magnates. Reforms were agreed upon but then renounced by Henry. Simon de Montford led a rebellion against the King (the Barons Wars) which was defeated after initial
success; thereafter, Henry ceeded much of his power to his son. (Internet)
".....he did not keep his promises, having little regard for the keys of the church and for the tenor of his Great Charter so many times paid for. Also he exalted his uterine brothers in a most
intolerable manner, contrary to the law of the kingdom as though they had been born in this country.....he acted imprudently and without advice of his nobles, alike rejecting all deliberation and
prudence, which generally consider the results of actions beforehand.....he ought really to have learned wisdom, and taken pattern by his brother Richard....." (Matthew Paris, "Greater Chronicle",
1258-1259, in The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
Henry, as self-willed as any Plantagenet, was well educated and cultured, and could be affectionate and generous; but his naive, foolish, even deceitful actions, combined with a poor military
showing, created disrespect and contempt. After Henry was hastily crowned at Gloucester (1216), William Marshal took charge of both king and kingdom until his, Marshal's, death in 1219. William the
Marshal needed a good deal of persuading before he agreed to become Henry III's guardian in 1216. The earl of Chester's opinion was decisive: "You are so fine a knight, so upright, so respected, so
loved and so wise that you are considered one of the finest knights in the world. I say this to you in all sincerity, it is you that ought to be chosen." Marshal said: "My lords, behold this young
and tender king. I could not undertake to lead him with me about the land. And I cannot stay in the same place, for I shall have to go to the marches of the kingdom to protect them. That is why I
ask you to name an upright man to whom the young king shall be entrusted." Upon which the Marshal entrusted the child to the bishop of Winchester. ("History of William the Marshal", in The Oxford
Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
Henry was recrowned at Westminster in 1220. When Henry took the reins of goverment in 1232, he made disastrous intervention in France (1230, 1242, and 1253), where the French nobility popposed the
restoration of his lands. In England his tax demands were resented. Henry was lucky to negotiate the treaty of Paris with Louis IX (1259), thereby preserving his Gason lands. (The Oxford
Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
Henry and his sons were captured at Lewes in 1264, leaving his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, in charge of king and government. The next year the civil war ended, after Henry had been wounded in
the shoulder at Evesham. Henry was restored to full authority in 1266. He was in poor health from 1270 on. He rebuilt Westminster Abbey. (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy,
by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
He encouraged scholars to settle at Cambridge in 1229. (The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, by J. Cannon & R. Griffiths, 1988)
DATE 29 NOV 1999
TIME 14:39:04
Eleonore Leonor de Provence [Queen of England]
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After King Henry died she took the veil at Amesbury.
DATE 18 MAY 2000
TIME 09:55:34
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
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She was mute.
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TIME 11:30:20
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:32:45
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He was knighted at Westminster May 22, 1306; appointed Constable of Odiham Castle Nov. 1, 1317; Keeper of the Castle and Town of Dryslwyn and Cuntref Maur, Carmarthenshire Nov. 18, 1317; Keeper of
the Caslte and Town of Porchester, Aug. 22, 1320; Keeper of the Castle and Town and Barton of Bristol, Oct. 1, 1320; Keeper of the Castles, Manors and lands of Brecknock, Hay, Centref Selyf,
Talgarth, Blaen Llyfni, and Pencelly, Breconshire, and Huntington, Herefordshire July 10, 1322; Keeper of the Castle and Town and Barton of Gloucester, and the castle of St. Briavels, and the Forest
of Dean, Nov. 2, 1322; made Lord Le Despencer. (Stephen Evans: [email protected])
He was captured with King Edward II, then tried, hanged, and quartered at Hereford on Nov. 24, 1325. (Gen-Medieval newsletter; [email protected])
After he was hanged (Nov. 24, 1326), his head was set up on London Bridge, December 4, 1326. (Stephen Evans: [email protected])
DATE 10 JUN 1999
TIME 11:30:17
Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan, Wales:
Pride of place goes at once to Caerphilly in Glamorgan, the fortress of the greatest subject of the Crown, the Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester. Perhaps the finest of the castles as it is the
largest in overall extent, Caerphilly added to its core of a powerful quadrangular concentric fortress a most extensive system of water defences, barbicans (an outer defense work of a city or
castle, especially towers over a gate or bridge) and outworks, and had one of the most elaborately defended approaches in all Britain.
Caerphilly has 2 main entrances, eked out by lessor or postern gates. The multiplication of the gateway gave the garrison greater freedom of movement and opportunity to launch sallies or
counter-attacks against their assailants, while the enemy was prevented from concentrating his strength at one chosen point by the necessity of closely investing the whole perimeter.
Caerphilly was one of the greatest new castles of that age. It was a grim and grandiose fortress. (English Medieval Castles, by R. Allen Brown, 1954)
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DATE 10 JUN 1999
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