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Hace 3 días · John of Gloucester ( ill.) Katherine, Countess of Pembroke ( ill.) Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York.
Hace 3 días · In the earlier 16th century the clothier John Sandford, who worked a fulling mill at Stonehouse but was settled in Gloucester as a leading burgess by 1544, provides the most obvious connexion between the industry in the two places.
Hace 4 días · 'Gloucester bridge' was a landmark in the perambulation of the Forest of Dean before Henry II's reign. The history of Over bridge, spanning the western branch of the river, is given in another volume, and a bridge across the eastern branch giving access to Gloucester castle is mentioned below.
Hace 4 días · ALDERMEN OF GLOUCESTER 1483–1835. Under its charter of 1483 Gloucester had 12 aldermen, who were to hold office for life and one of whom was to serve each year as mayor. Under the Municipal Corporations Act the existing bench of aldermen retired from office at the end of 1835.
Hace 3 días · Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king.Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly referred to as the Lord Edward.
Hace 3 días · United Kingdom - John, 1199-1216, Monarchy: Richard, mortally wounded at a siege in France in 1199, was succeeded by his brother John, one of the most detested of English kings. John’s reign was characterized by failure.
Hace 14 horas · Anne's sole surviving child, the Duke of Gloucester, died at age 11 on 30 July 1700. She and her husband were "overwhelmed with grief". Anne ordered her household to observe a day of mourning every year on the anniversary of his death.
