Large version of Richard II Portrait.

Written at 9 of May of 1386, and ratified by Richard II of England at 24 of February of 1387 in Westminster, formalized the de facto alliance between Portugal and England.

TNA SC 8/20/998: petition of the Guild of Cordwainers, London, to the King and his Lords, c. 1388.

King Richard II's founding charter for Winchester College, 1382. Given at Westminster on 6 October 1382, it permits the foundation of the College. It grants one and a half acres of land with three acres of meadow in the Soke of Winchester for a College or House or Hall, with a place for a Warden and 70 poor scholars, to study grammar (Latin) to the wishes of Bishop William of Wykeham. It is sealed with the Great Seal of Richard II, attached by green and red silk cords.

Individual Item section of 1388 petition against Nicholas Exton

Identifier: rollcallofwestmi00smit (find matches) Title: The roll-call of Westminster Abbey Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Smith, A. Murray, Mrs Subjects: Westminster Abbey Publisher: London : Smith, Elder, & Co. Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ng, thus dying beforetheir royal nephew, Henry of Lancasters accession. In herwill she desired to be buried in St. Edmunds Chapel, nearthe grave of her lord and husband, and ordered that mybody be covered with a black cloth with a white crossand an escutcheon of my arms in the middle of the saidcross, with four tapers round it and four full mortarsbeing at the four corners. In the same chapel two oftheir lineal descendants were interred. The one, MaryStafford (d. 1694), also lost her husband, William Howard,Viscount Stafford, by a violent death, for he was attaintedfor high treason under Charles II. and died on the scaffold,protesting his innocence to the last. The widow wasafterwards created a Countess in her own right, and herson received the Earldom of Stafford, but the title becameextinct after the death of the fourth Earl (1762) whosetablet disfigures the ancient wall arcading ; upon it arethe arms of his ancestor, Thomas of Woodstock. TheViscounts attainder was reversed in 1824. Text Appearing After Image: RICHARD II. AT WESTMINSTER 53 Richard II. was the first of our Kings who honoured hisfavourites by ordering their interment in the Abbey. Up tillnow only those connected with the monastery or with theroyal family had been buried here, but from this time weshall find that persons connected with the court were ad-mitted within these sacred precincts, apparently without anyopposition from the authorities, and as years went on anAbbey grave or monument became simply a question of thepayment of fees. Richards first experiment in this direc-tion was, however, an unfortunate one, and roused muchopposition in the shape of covert murmuring from thepopulace, and remonstrances from the Abbot and monks,whose scruples were overborne by gifts of money andvestments. This was the burial, within the Chapel of theKings, and close to Edward I., of Richards treasurer, Johnof Waltham (d. 1295), Bishop of Salisbury. The Kingcommemorated the Bishop by a fine brass, which representshim in his robes with mitr Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

Rochester Bridge

Itinerary of the 1395 campaign

Detail of the names of Nicholas Exton and John Fresshe, Sheriffs of London 1384–1385.

PONTEFRACT CASTLE, KING RICHARD'S PRISON.