I42294: Mary HAMILTON HAMBLETON (ABT 1800

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aka: Earl of Lancaster; Earl Of Hereford. Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI may properly be called the House of Lancaster. From 1394 he devoted himself to work in Parliament and Council. He was created Duke of Hereford on 29 Sep 1397. Very soon afterwards began a quarrel with Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, which was ended by the banishment of both Dukes in September 1398.

On his father's death in Feb 1399, Henry succeeded him as Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Lincoln and Leicester, and the banishment was rescinded. He returned to England at the end of June and deposed his cousin King Richard II. He was declared King of England by parliament on 30 Sep 1399, as Henry IV, and crowned King of England on 13 Oct 1399.

He had seven children by his wife, Mary Bohun, whom he married in 1380, before she died in 1394. Richard II had confiscated the lands of John of Gaunt which prompted Henry to return from his exile while the king was away. Henry deposed Richard II and took the crown for himself in 1399. The majority of Henry's reign was spent dealing with rebellions. Immediately the supporters of Richard revolted. The Welsh revolted from 1400-1408; the Scots rebelled throughout his entire reign (as usual); the families of Percy and Mortimer felt they had a stronger claim to the throne and rebelled; the Archbishop of York, Richard Scrope, declared his opposition to the claim of the Lancastrians.

Henry remarried to Joan of Navarre, but the marriage was very unpopular because the people believed that she practiced necromancy. He also had Thomas Mawbray and Richard Scrope executed for treason. These blunders and the panicked rebellions that followed forced Henry to turn to Parliament for money so he could afford to put them down. During his reign the House of Commons won the rights of freedom of debate and freedom of dissenting opinions. The protestant movement also gained momentum during his reign. Henry's second wife, Joan of Navarre, was convicted of witchcraft in 1419.

Henry developed leprosy and epilepsy in his later years and spent his final two unable to govern. During this time his oldest son, Prince Henry, controlled the government. Henry IV died in 1413 in Westminster Abbey leaving his eldest son as the undisputed heir to the throne.

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My Southern Family

Mary HAMILTON HAMBLETON

ABT 1800 - AFT 1816

ID Number: I42294

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MURIEL of Strathearn

ABT 1200 - 1291

ID Number: I57832

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Patricia Ann CALLOWAY

L. L. COON

ABT 1880 - ____

ID Number: I24003

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Nancy DOUGHTY

1809 - ____

ID Number: I90273

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King HENRY IV Bolingbroke de LANCASTER of England K.G.

Apr 1366 - 20 Mar 1413

ID Number: I26373

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Walter LEFTWICH

ABT 1800 - ____

ID Number: I51577

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Adeline Stuart THORNTON

7 May 1857 - 11 Oct 1893

ID Number: I17090

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