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John of Gloucester (or John of Pontefract) (c. 1468 – c. 1499 (based on historical hypothesis)) was an illegitimate son of King Richard III of England. John is so called because his father was Duke of Gloucester at the time of his birth.
John of Gloucester. by Peter Hammond. The first reference to John is in September 1483, when according to Buck, ‘ (the King) made Richard of Gloucester, his base son (Captain of) Calais.’. He was possibly in fact knighted on this occasion.
9 de may. de 2024 · Quick Reference. ( fl. c. 1245–d. 1260). English mason. From 1255 he carried out works at the Tower of London and Windsor Castle, Berks., and at the same time appears to have been in charge of the works at Westminster Abbey.
John of Pontefract (or Gloucester) John of Pontefract, the illegitimate son of Richard III was appointed as Captain of Calais on 11th March 1485.
John (born c. 1166—died October 18/19, 1216, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England) was the king of England from 1199 to 1216. In a war with the French king Philip II, he lost Normandy and almost all his other possessions in France. In England, after a revolt of the barons, he was forced to seal the Magna Carta (1215).
Nicholas Birdlip of Gloucester joined some Bristol merchants in a venture in the Baltic trade in 1389 and John Rawlings of Gloucester granted a Bristol ship, with his goods in England and overseas, to Thomas Pope in 1391.
1415. Richard, Earl of Cambridge (brother to the Duke of York) is executed for plotting to replace Henry V with Edmund Mortimer in the Southampton Plot. Henry V reignites the Hundred Years’ War and, in October, wins the Battle of Agincourt. Edward, Duke of York is killed at the Battle of Agincourt.
