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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Northallerton is in North Yorkshire.
In 1514 Bishop Edmund Gheast was born in Northallerton.
In 1577 Bishop Edmund Gheast (age 63) died in Northallerton.
On 11th June 1762 Frances Lascelles was born to Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood (age 22) and Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 19) at Northallerton.
On 4th October 1784 John Douglas (age 28) and Frances Lascelles (age 22) were married at Northallerton. She the daughter of Edward Lascelles 1st Earl Harewood (age 44) and Anne Chaloner Baroness Harewood (age 42). He the son of James Douglas 14th Earl Morton and Bridget Heathcote Countess Morton.
Bishop Rufus' Palace, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, British Isles [Map]
The manor of Northallerton [Map] was granted by William II to Carileph, Bishop of Durham between 1087 and 1100. The palace was certainly in use by 1199 when the Archbishop of Canterbury stayed there as a guest of the Bishop of Durham. In common with aristocratic and high status buildings elsewhere there would have been a programme of enlargement, refurbishment and refortification often reflecting the latest architectural fashion: such renovation work happened in 1226, 1292 and 1309.
Collectanea by John Leland. The XVIIIth Day of the Monneth [18th July 1503] the said Quene (age 13) departed fro the said Newbrough, to Allerton; and at the Intrynge of the said Place, sche was receyved by the Vicayr and Folks of the Church [White Friars Priory, Northallerton [Map]] with the Freres Carmelits in Processyon, and the Byschop Morray did as before. From that Place she was conveyd, as Custome was, to the Manayr of the said Bisschop of Durham [Map].
Cowton Moor, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, British Isles
On 22nd August 1138 an English army commanded by William of Blois 1st Earl Albemarle 1st Earl York (age 37), William "The Younger" Peverell (age 58) and Robert III Stuteville defeated a Scottish army led by King David I of Scotland (age 54) and his son Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria (age 24). The battle was fought at Cowton Moor, Northallerton. The name "Battle of the Standard refers to the standard i.e. mast, pole, mounted on a cart on which the banners of the Bishops of Durham, York, Beverly and Ripon which were flown.
Robert III Stuteville: he was born to Robert Stuteville at Estouteville. Before 1186 Robert III Stuteville and Helewise de Murdac were married. In 1186 Robert III Stuteville died. Before 1186 Robert III Stuteville and Sibilla Valognes were married.
Great Langton, North Yorkshire, Northallerton, England, British Isles [Map]
The River Swale rises on the moors at the top of the Birkdale [Map] after which it flows broadly east past Marrick Priory, North Yorkshire [Map], Ellerton Priory, North Yorkshire [Map], Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire [Map], under Catterick Bridge, North Yorkshire [Map], past Great Langton, North Yorkshire [Map], Moreton-on Swale, North Yorkshire [Map], Gatenby, North Yorkshire [Map], Maunby, North Yorkshire [Map], Holme, North Yorkshire [Map], Baldersby St James, North Yorkshire [Map], past Topcliffe Castle, North Yorkshire [Map], under Thornton Bridge [Map] to its confluence with the River Ure near Myton-on-Swale [Map].
Harsley Castle, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, British Isles [Map]
Harsley Castle is also in Castles in North Yorkshire.
Around 1395 Thomas Strangeways was born to Robert "Henry" Strangeways (age 40) at Harsley Castle [Map].
Around 1410 James Strangeways was born to James Strangeways (age 28) at Harsley Castle [Map].
After 21st March 1442 Thomas Strangeways (deceased) died at Harsley Castle [Map].
On 20th August 1480 James Strangeways (age 70) died at Harsley Castle [Map].
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire, Northallerton, England, British Isles [Map]
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire is also in Priories in England.
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] was founded in as a Carthusian Charterhouse in 1398 by Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 24). It was the last monastery established in Yorkshire, and one of the few founded anywhere in Britain in the period between the Black Death and the Reformation.
On 7th January 1400 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map] Ralph Lumley 1st Baron Lumley (age 40) was beheaded by the townspeople following an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town. Baron Lumley forfeit.
Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey (age 26) was beheaded. He had to forfeit the honours and estates he had gained after the arrests of Gloucester and Arundel: Duke Surrey extinct. He retained those he had received before: His brother Edmund (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Kent, 3rd Baron Holand, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell. He was buried, or re-buried, at his foundation Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map].
John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury (age 50) was captured, tried and beheaded. Earl Salisbury, Baron Montagu, Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer forfeit.
Bernard Brocas (age 46) was captured.
In 1539 Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire [Map] was dissolved. The last prior, John Wilson, handed the keys over to Henry VIII's representatives. The site then passed into private ownership. It was valued at £382 5s. 11½d. gross (£323 2s. 10½d. net) which included £104 6s. 8d. from spiritualities in Lincolnshire, £164 from lands outside Yorkshire and the rest from its home county of Yorkshire.
Stank Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, British Isles
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In August 1612 Francis Lascelles was born to William Lascelles (age 38) at Stank Hall, Northallerton.
White Friars Priory, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, British Isles [Map]
White Friars Priory, Northallerton is also in Priories in England.
White Friars Priory, Northallerton [Map], situated in the east part of the town, was founded in 1356 by the king, who, with the consent of the Prior and convent of Durham, on 8 November gave to Walter Kellaw, provincial prior, and the friars a croft called Tentour Croft, with an adjacent meadow, which John Yole, merchant, of Northallerton, had granted to him for this purpose.