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Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines (The Book of Holy Medicines) [2] [3] is a fourteenth-century devotional treatise written by Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster around 1354. It is a work of allegory in which he describes his body as under attack from sin: his heart is the castle, and sin—in all its forms—enters his body via wounds, and ...
The phrase "long castel" is a reference to Lancaster (also called "Loncastel" and "Longcastell"), "walles white" is thought to likely be an oblique reference to Blanche, "Seynt Johan" was John of Gaunt's name-saint, and "ryche hil" is a reference to Richmond; these thinly veiled references reveal the identity of the grieving black knight of the ...
Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster KG (c. 1310 – 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer. The owner of Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire , Grosmont was a member of the House of Plantagenet , which was ruling over England at that time.
Earldom of Lancaster forfeited, 1322: Duke of Lancaster, 1351: King Edward III 1312–1377: Henry of Grosmont c. 1310 –1361 Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester: Joan of Lancaster c. 1312 –1349: John (II) de Mowbray 1310–1361 3rd Baron Mowbray: Eleanor of Lancaster 1318–1372: Mary of Lancaster c. 1320 –1362
Many of the nearby streets are also named for the Savoy: Savoy Buildings, Court, Hill, Place, Row, Street and Way. Savoy Place is the London headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Savoy Estate is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, held in trust for the Sovereign in His or Her role as Duke of Lancaster. [12]
John of Gaunt's chevauchée of 1373 was an English military raid at the end of the second period of the Hundred Years' War by John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, from his departure from Calais in August 1373 to his arrival at Bordeaux at the end of December 1373.
Thomas of Lancaster 1387–1421 Duke of Clarence: John of Lancaster 1389–1435 Duke of Bedford Surrendered dukedom and then regranted, 1433: Humphrey of Lancaster 1390–1447 Duke of Gloucester: John Beaufort 1373–1410: Joan Beaufort c. 1379 –1440: Edward of Norwich c. 1373 –1415 Duke of Aumale, 2nd Duke of York: Richard of Conisburgh ...
Chaucer was then taken into the King's household in 1367 and began to receive his own annuity. These salaries gave the Chaucers great financial security and a good lifestyle. [6] After the death of the queen, Philippa went to the service of Costanza of Castile and John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. Following Costanza's death in 1394, John ...