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The Murder of Adam Moleyns

28/12/2022

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​Adam Moleyns was the Bishop of Chichester and Lord Privy Seal he rose to prominence under the Beaufort family at the time when Henry VI was a minor. He was murdered on the 9th January in 1450, the very day that he had arrived in the Hampshire town of Portsmouth.
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Moleyns was dragged from what is now the Garrison Church onto the beach where the square tower now stands and killed.
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There are those who like to link Moleyns murder to Richard, Duke of York, suggesting that he paid local sailors to kill him because of his part in the loss of the French territories of Maine and Anjou. These lands formed part of the marriage contract of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou that had been arranged by William de la Pole, the Duke of Suffolk. Moleyns, it is said, made some attempt to save his life by accusing William de la Pole of being solely responsible for their loss. Pole was forced to deny the ensuing rumours in Parliament.

How convenient for those who hated the Duke of York to use these rumours to their advantage? Indeed, some five months later, William de la Pole was found murdered on a beach near Dover!
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So why was Molyens killed?

What is more likely is that he was killed by sailors, not on the order of the Duke of York, but when they discovered that he, as Keeper of the Privy Seal, was in town to make reduced payments to the sailors due to their behaviour during church services.

Following this incident, inhabitants of Portsmouth were excommunicated for fifty years.










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Treaty of Picquigny

29/8/2019

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​The twelve years of King Edward's reign that followed Henry VI's death, were relatively stable, the city saw the redevelopment of St George's Chapel and a new great hall at Eltham Palace. Edward patronised the new invention of printing, the Recuyell of the Histoyes of Troye was the first book to be printed in England. Charles Ross, described Edwards court as "the most splendid in all Christendom." Edward developed a love of art  much of seen in Bruges, at the home of his friend Louis of Gruthuyse.
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Stability in his kingdom lead to Edward making peace with France. In the summer of 1475, on a bridge at Picquigny with a wooden barrier between them Edward and Louis XI came to an agreement. On the 29th of August 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny was signed.

A seven year truce and a marriage between the dauphin and Edward's daughter Elizabeth of York were two of the items agreed upon. Edward may have been pleased with his actions, but it was a move that greatly angered the Duke of Gloucester, his outrage is one of the first times we see the future Richard III vocally objecting to a decision made by his brother. ​
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Treaty of Troyes

21/5/2019

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It was on this day in 1420 that the Treaty of Troyes was ratified.
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King Henry V had worked hard to bring the French to the negotiation table, he quickly followed this by marrying Catherine of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France and the sister of the Dauphin.
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With the treaty signed Henry V was declared heir and regent to the Charles VI of France, this meant that on Charles's death France and England would be ruled by one king. However, things did not go as expected, in the December of 1421, the hero of Agincourt lay dying from dysentery at the Chateau de Vincennes in France.

​His death left his nine-month-old son, Henry King of England and within a year the boy would be king of France
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Death of Louis XI of France

30/8/2017

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            30th August 1483, the death Louis XI of France ​
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Louis believed that the end justified the means, in 1475 he bought off Edward IV for a payment of 75,000 crowns with the promise of 50,000 a year and the marriage of his son to Edward’s daughter - peace with England meant that he could sort out his problems with Burgundy.
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His reign saw the beginning of the end of feudalism and he left France in a better position than that of his father. However he had his critics, for modernising the French army with the use of the Swiss idea of a permanent royal infantry and no temporary contracts Machiavelli called him 'shortsighted and imprudent.' Regardless of the fact that he achieved much in his reign, he was overall generally disliked.

​Louis is famously known by a number of nick-names, Louis the Prudent for his skills in the world of diplomacy, and for his scheming and plotting he was known as the Universal Spider.
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Loving a good conspiracy did him no good in the end though, he died at the end of August 1483, of what you could argue was the over use of his little grey cells - a brain hemorrhage.
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The Transi Tomb

23/6/2015

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The Tomb of Alice de la Pole

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This magnificent transi tomb at St Mary's Church, Ewelme in the county of Oxfordshire, belongs to Alice de la Pole. 

In two parts, the top section is solid and entirely made of alabaster, it is thought to be unique. Lying on top of the tomb, whose decorated sides are covered with angels holding emblazoned shields, is the life like image of the duchess, whose long face is beautifully carved, her coronated head lies under an ornate canopy. The cushion on which her head lies is supported by tiny angels who are placed there to aid Alice's soul to heaven.
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After the Black Death in 1348 and its four recurrences between 1361 and 1393, people came to realise that death took what it wanted when it wanted, rich or poor, young or old. In recognition of this people of Alice's class took steps to remind others of transiency of life and therefore she is saying 'as I am now so will you be.' Alice's emaciated body is hidden and difficult to see, unlike her grand clothing in life, she is partially wrapped in a loose shroud.
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​There are many tombs such as these around the country, one of the first is at Lincoln Cathedral. Alice's however, is the only intact effigy of a woman carved in alabaster in the country. Alice was a Chaucer by birth, the granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer and wife of William de la Pole.

William de la Pole was an English commander and is remembered and blamed for the loss of French territories of Maine and Anjou, these lands formed part of the marriage contract of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou that Pole had arranged. Pole was blamed for much, a scapegoat, who was exiled and murdered on route to Calais. 
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Surviving the aftermath of the death of her husband, Alice was certainly a force to be reckoned with, she proved more than capable of taking care of herself and the interests of her son John de la Pole. 

Alice is thought to have died on the 20th May in 1475, however it is suggested that it may have been in the June of that year. 
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