The English Free Companies that travelled to the Italian states for richer pickings in the late 1360s were experienced, hardened and quite single-minded. These companies were in the fight for the money. They had, in…
William de la Pole duke of Suffolk was impeached by the Commons on 28 January 1450. He was accused of abusing his position, found guilty, and sent into exile. He was murdered whilst making his…
Edmund Mortimer was a hugely significant man during his lifetime and in the decades that followed. One of his grandmothers was Philippa, daughter of Lionel Duke of Clarence, the second eldest of Edward IIIs sons.…
The marriage of John of Gaunt, son of King Edward III to Katherine Swynford on 13th January 1396 was unannounced and rather controversial. John of Gaunt’s role within government John was a son of King…
The Southampton Plot was a conspiracy to depose King Henry V and replace him with Edward Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. The Southampton Plot, 1415 It was the Earl of March himself who revealed the…
The Sack of Narbonne the Black Prince, 10th November 1355 The chevauchee of the Black Prince in 1355 was a far reaching assault through southern France. From its starting point in Bordeaux, the Anglo-Gascon army…
Sir John Chandos Sir John Chandos’ life in many ways mirrors the ambitions and successes of the English, in France. From a noble family who traced their rank and title to their participation in the…