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Battles/wars. Siege of Kenilworth (great siege of 1266) Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; much of it is in ruins. The castle was founded during the Norman conquest of England; with development through to the Tudor period.
The Princely Pleasures, at the Court at Kenilworth (1576) by George Gascoigne, is an account of courtly entertainments held by Robert Dudley, the first Earl of Leicester upon Queen Elizabeth I ’s three weeks visit to his Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire in 1575. Based on European festival book models, [ 1] Gascoigne's pamphlet is an idealized ...
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt's royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest ...
The Pirate. Kenilworth. A Romance is a historical romance novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels, first published on 13 January 1821. Set in 1575, it leads up to the elaborate reception of Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle by the Earl of Leicester, who is complicit in the murder of his wife Amy Robsart at Cumnor.
On 24 June 1380, at Kenilworth Castle, she married John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. She was seventeen years old and the groom was only eight. [3] She was transferred to another household befitting her new rank as Countess of Pembroke. However, six years later, the marriage between Elizabeth and young Hastings was annulled.
St Nicholas Church, Kenilworth. St Nicholas Church is a Church of England parish church in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. The church is built of local red sandstones. The main phases of building are Decorated Gothic, Perpendicular Gothic and a Gothic Revival Victorian restoration of 1864. It is a Grade I listed building.
In June 1563 the Queen granted him Kenilworth Manor, Castle, and Park, together with the lordships of Denbigh and Chirk in North Wales. Other grants were to follow. [ 87 ] Eventually, Leicester and his elder brother Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick , came to preside over the greatest aristocratic interest in the West Midlands and North Wales.
St Mary's Abbey was signed over to King Henry VIII on 15 April 1538 [2] with Abbot Simon Jekys receiving a handsome annual pension of £100 (the prior, John Lister, only received a pension of £8 with the remaining monks receiving between £5 and £7). The abbey was then dismantled at part of the Dissolution of the Monasteries.