London

London, England.

London

London, England.

Commons of London

King Richard II of England (d. 1400)

Richard was born on 6 January 1367 in Bordeaux. Froissart called him Richard of Bordeaux after his place of birth. He was the second son of Edward, the Black Prince, prince of Wales and Aquitaine, and Joan of Kent. After the death of his elder brother Edward in 1372, and of his father, in 1376, Richard was created prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester on 20 November 1376. He succeeded to his grandfather, King Edward III the following year, and became king on 22 June 1377. He reigned as king of England until 1399, when he was forced to abdicate by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard married his first wife, Anne of Bohemia, on 14 January 1382. In 1396, two years after the death of his first wife, he married Isabella, daughter of the French king, Charles VI.

England

Island kingdom bounded to the west by the Marcher lordships and the (still contested) principality of Wales conquered by Edward I; English lordships included parts of modern south Wales (from southern Pembrokeshire through Swansea, Cardiff and on towards Gloucester in England); bounded to the north by the kingdom of Scotland, to the east by the North Sea and to the south by the Channel; included Somerset, Devon and Cornwall to the south-west. Population up to the Black Death of 1348-9 approximately 4 million souls.

People of the counties of Kent, Essex, Sussex and Bedfordshire

See inhabitants of Kent, inhabitants of Essex, inhabitants of Sussex, inhabitants of Bedfordshire.

London

London, England.

Jack Straw

Jack Straw, a rebel leader during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England. It has been suggested that this enigmatic rebel was actually an alias adopted by Wat Tyler.

John Ball

John Ball (? - 1381), a radical priest and leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.

Wat Tyler

Wat Tyler (? - 1381), the most famous of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England.

Wat Tyler

Wat Tyler (? - 1381), the most famous of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England.

Londoners

William Walworth

Sir William Walworth (? - 1386?), merchant and mayor of London.

Patriciate of London

London

London, England.

London

London, England.

London

London, England.

Shepherds

The Shepherds' Crusade, or ‘croisade des pastoureaux' began in Normandy in 1320, when a shepherd claimed to have been instructed by the Holy Spirit to march against the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula

Holy Land

London

London, England.

London

London, England.

Counties of Kent and Essex

Refers to the counties of Kent and Essex.

King Richard II of England (d. 1400)

Richard was born on 6 January 1367 in Bordeaux. Froissart called him Richard of Bordeaux after his place of birth. He was the second son of Edward, the Black Prince, prince of Wales and Aquitaine, and Joan of Kent. After the death of his elder brother Edward in 1372, and of his father, in 1376, Richard was created prince of Wales, duke of Cornwall and earl of Chester on 20 November 1376. He succeeded to his grandfather, King Edward III the following year, and became king on 22 June 1377. He reigned as king of England until 1399, when he was forced to abdicate by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke. Richard married his first wife, Anne of Bohemia, on 14 January 1382. In 1396, two years after the death of his first wife, he married Isabella, daughter of the French king, Charles VI.

London

London, England.

Canterbury

Canterbury (Kent), England.

Joan of Kent

Joan, countess of Kent, princess of Wales (c. 1328 - 1385), daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, first earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake. She married Edward the Black Prince in 1361 and had her second son, the future king Richard II, with the prince, in 1367.

Joan of Kent

Joan, countess of Kent, princess of Wales (c. 1328 - 1385), daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, first earl of Kent, and Margaret Wake. She married Edward the Black Prince in 1361 and had her second son, the future king Richard II, with the prince, in 1367.

Canterbury

Canterbury (Kent), England.

London

London, England.

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Emended reading: eurent

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Manuscript reading: envenue

Emended reading: aucune

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SHF vol. 10, p. 98

Lettres gothiques, vol. 1, p. 1005

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SHF vol. 10, p. 99