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The Great Charter

Magna Carta - 15 June 1215

JOHN, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou, to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, foresters, sheriffs, stewards, servants, and to all his officials and loyal subjects, Greeting.</description>
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Charter of the Forest - 1225

Reissue, with minor amends, of carta de foresta, 6 November 1217.



Confirmed by Edward I, 1299

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Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards

We poor men, treasurers of Christ and his Apostles, denounce to the Lords and the Commons of the Parliament certain conclusions and truth for the reformation of the Holy Church of England, the which has been blind and leprous many years by the maintenance of the proud prelacy, borne up with flattering of private religion, the which is multiplied to a great charge and onerous [to] people here in England.</description>
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De Hæretico Comburendo 1401

Anno 2 Hen. 4.

CAP. XV.



The orthodoxy of the faith of the church of England asserted, and provision made against the oppugners of the same; with the punishment of Hereticks.

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Chronology of the Wars of the Roses

See here for what is probably the best graphical representation of the relationship between players in the wars.


1450 May-July Jack Cade's Revolt. 1450 August   Return of Richard Duke of York from Ireland. 1451 spring</description>
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Wars of the Roses: Background

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To the most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord John, by divine providence Supreme Pontiff of the Holy Roman and Universal Church, his humble and devout sons Duncan, Earl of Fife, Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, Lord of Man and of Annandale, Patrick Dunbar, Earl of March, Malise, Earl of Strathearn, Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, William, Earl of Ross, Magnus, Earl of Caithness and Orkney, and William, Earl of Sutherland; Walter, Steward of Scotland, William Soul…</description>
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Simon De Montfort

A French born noble, and progenitor of parliamentary democracy...






The sworn confederation of seven barons - April 1258

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Beaufort, John, first Earl of Somerset 

(Dictionary of National Biography)

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Rulers of Northumbria

*Soemel, legendary founder of Deira, great-great-great-grandfather of Ælle

Ælle, king of Deira, ruling in 597, perhaps 30-year reign?

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Act of Accord 1460



From: “An English Chronicle of the Reigns of Richard II., Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI.”

Ed. the Rev. John Silvester Davies, M.A., pub. 1856,  ps.99-106

Available online here at archive.org



Folio 207b

The xxxix. yere of kyng Harry</description>
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        <description>Beaufort illegitimacy:

John of Gaunt, Edward III's third son, married his mistress Katherine Swynford on the 13th January 1396. Pope Boniface IX issued a Bull in September of that year, acknowledging the marriage and legitimising their four children, each surnamed Beaufort. Richard II further issued letters patent which was confirmed by parliament in February 1397.</description>
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First Barons' War 1215-1217



Magna Carta 1215, 1216, 1217, 1225

1264, and 1297



Battle of Lincoln 20 May 1217

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Henry VI - 1421-1461

Born: 6 December 1421

Died: 21 May 1471

Father: Henry V

Mother: Catherine of Valois

Married: Margaret of Anjou







edward_iii henry_vi king_of_england wars_of_the_roses lancaster</description>
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Late Middle Ages

Plantagenet England 1214*-1485

Henry III	1216-1272

-- First Barons' War 1215-1217

-- Charter of the Forest 1225

-- Second Barons' War 1264–1267

Edward I	1272-1307

Edward II	1307-1327

Edward III 1327-1377

-- Edward, the Black Prince 1330-1376

Richard II 1377-1399



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Second Barons' War 1264–1267



Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester



Battle of Lewes 14 May 1264

Battle of Evesham 4 August 1265



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Early Modern

House of Stewart 1707-1649

James I	1603-1625

Charles I	1625-1649



First Bishops' War 1639

Second Bishops' War 1640




Civil War and Interregnum 1649-1659

First Commonwealth 1642–1653

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell 1653–1658

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