Women - The Hundred Years War

Gatehouse to Barking Abbey, of which Katherine of Sutton was Abbess from 1358 to 1376

Administrators Religion Women

Katherine of Sutton, Abbess of Barking

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Barking, Liturgical Play, Nunnery

Katherine of Sutton is the earliest female playwright whose name has been recorded in England. Between 1358 and 1376 Katherine,

The burning of the Cathar heretics

Jeanne Daubenton

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Executed, Heresy, Mystic

Jeanne Daubenton was a member of a group known as the Turlupins. This was a religious sect that was also

Anne of Bohemia by Elkington & Co, cast by Domenico Brucciani, after Nicholas Broker, and Godfrey Prest electrotype, 1873, based on a work of circa 1395-1397 NPG 331

Anne of Bohemia

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Holy Roman Empire, King Wenceslas, Pope Urban VI, Queen Consort, Sheen Palace, Westminster Abbey

Anne of Bohemia was born in Prague on 11th May 1366. She was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor

Fitzalan Chapel at Arundel Castle - chapel of the Dukes of Norfolk and their families. Thomas, 5th Earl of Arundel, and his Wife Beatrice, the illegitimate daughter of King John of Portugal

Beatrice of Portugal, Countess of Arundel

March 27, 2022April 10, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Diplomatic Marriage, Portugal

Beatrice of Portugal was an illegitimate daughter of John I of Portugal who was born in 1382, before the king’s

Eleanor de Bohun's effigy at Westminster Abbey

Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester

March 20, 2022December 22, 2021 Dan Moorhouse 1 Comment

Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester was born in 1365/6 and died in 1399. Eleanor was the eldest daughter of

Catherine of Lancaster

Catherine of Lancaster

March 13, 2022March 13, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Ferdinand of Aragon, Kingdom of Aragon, Kingdom of Castile

Catherine of Lancaster. also known as Catherine of Spain, was the only child of John of Gaunt and his second

Egidia and the Earl. Image illustrative of a working, literate, lady of the period. Erithrean Sibyl from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 23

Administrators Women

Egidia and the Earl

March 9, 2022April 10, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Estate Management, Female inheritance

Egidia and the Earl is a guest post written by Bev Newman. It is based on research that Bev is

Alice de Bryene

Dame Alice de Bryene of Acton Hall

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 1 Comment Estate Management, Female inheritance, Sir Guy de Bryene, Sutton Poyntz

Dame Alice de Bryene (Bryan) of Acton Hall was a middle ranking noblewomen of the late 14th and early 15th

Alice Perrers

Edward III Women

Alice Perrers

February 27, 2022February 26, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 0 Comments Good Parliament, Mistress, William Windsor

Alice Perrers is best known for having been a mistress of King Edward III. In that capacity she received favour

Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford

Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford

February 20, 2022April 10, 2022 Dan Moorhouse 1 Comment Burgundy

Anne of Burgundy was born on 30th September 1404. Her parents were John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy and Margaret

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