Lords Appellant
The Lords Appellant were a group of nobles in the reign of
Members
There were originally three Lords Appellant:
- Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward IIIand thus the king's uncle;
- Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel and of Surrey; and
- Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick.
These were later joined by:
- Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby (the future king Henry IV) and
- Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham.
Success
They achieved their goals, first establishing a Commission to govern England for one year from 19 November 1386. with little real power.
They had their revenge on the king's favourites in the "
Aftermath
In 1389, Richard's uncle,
Richard never forgave the Lords Appellant. His uncle Gloucester was murdered in captivity in Calais; it was (and remains) widely believed[
References
- ^ "STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey I (d.1413), of Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts. And Hooke, Dorset. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Anthony Tuck, ‘Lords appellant (act. 1387–1388)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 accessed 12 Oct 2010
- ^ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy:The Lords Appellant under Richard II, (University of Miami Press, 1971), 13.
- ^ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy:The Lords Appellant under Richard II, 129-130.
- ^ a b c Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy:The Lords Appellant under Richard II, 44.
- ^ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy:The Lords Appellant under Richard II, 46.