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Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV 1393-1406

The Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV offers a vivid contemporary account of one of the most turbulent periods in late medieval England. Covering the reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, the chronicle records royal ceremonies, political conflict, rebellion, war, taxation, religious controversy, executions, popular unrest and remarkable portents. Its pages include a detailed description of Richard II’s coronation, the fall and deposition of the king, Henry IV’s seizure of the throne, the Percy rebellion, the execution of Archbishop Richard Scrope, the campaigns of Owain Glyndŵr, and England’s relations with Scotland, France, Portugal and Scandinavia. Alongside affairs of state, the annalist preserves reports of miracles, eclipses, prophecies, supernatural events and the experiences of ordinary townspeople, clergy, soldiers and travellers. Written from a monastic perspective, the work combines political observation with moral judgement, presenting victories and disasters as evidence of divine favour or punishment. At once a historical record and a reflection of medieval belief, the Annals provides an invaluable window into the challenges, ceremonies and conflicts of England at the turn of the fifteenth century.

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Richard de Gosebek -1281

Before 1246 William de Brito and [his future wife] Margaret de Cauz were married.

In 1246 Richard de Gosebek and Margaret de Cauz were married.

Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Volume 32 Pages 126-159. In 1246 both Aline of Bolam and William le Bretun were dead¹³, and the wealth of the young widow [Margaret de Cauz] excited the cupidity of a Suffolk knight, Sir Richard of Gosebek, who, with the assistance of a number of his friends, seized her at night, carried her off, and compelled her by force to be his wife¹⁴.

Note 13. N.C.H, X, 341, 342.

Note 14. Excerp. e Rot. Fin. in Turn Lon, I, 463 and 465. Cal. P.R. 1232-47, 489.

Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Volume 32 Pages 126-159. In October 1246 the king ordered the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to put Gosebek's accomplices in prison and to seize their lands and chattels, as well as those of Richard and [his wife] Margery, while the sheriff of Berkshire was ordered to take possession of Margery's lands in that county¹⁶. Eventually, Richard and Margery regained possession of their estates.

Note 16. See note 14.

Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Volume 32 Pages 126-159. In 1256, however, it was stated that "[his wife] Margery married herself to Richard of Gosebek without the license of archbishop"¹⁵, the wording suggesting that Margery had connived at her own abduction.

Note 15. S.S., 88, p. 102.

Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Volume 32 Pages 126-159. June 1270. During the second half of the thirteenth century there was a close connection between the Gosebeks and the family of Reymes of Wherstead, a village near Ipswich²¹. In June 1270 Richard of Gosebek was at Wherstead witnessing a settlement made by Roger of Reymes on the eve of his departure on crusade with Prince Edward. Roger returned in safety and made another settlement, as by an undated charter Sir Richard of Gosebek quitclaimed to Hugh of Reymes his rights in the manor of Wherstead "which manor I at one time held by the demise of Sir Roger of Reymes, deceased"²².

Note 21. For the early history of the family of Reymes, see S.Inst., XXIII, and Norfolk Arch., 30. The name is derived from the hamlet of Rames, near Lillebonne in Normandy (Round's Geoffrey de M andeville, 181, and The origins of some Anglo-Norman Families, Lewis C. Loyd (Harl. Soc., CHI).)

Note 22. S.Inst. XXIII, 99ff

In or before 1281 Richard de Gosebek died.

Archaeologia Aeliana Series 4 Volume 32 Pages 126-159. 1281. Richard of Gosebek²³ was dead in 1281, holding moieties of Bolam, Aydon and South Middleton, and property at Cowpen²⁴. The property was retained in the king's hands, however, as [his wife] Margery, his widow, was in Suffolk and unable to take the required oath not to marry again without the king's consent²⁵. A few months later she did homage, took the oath, and was given possession²⁶.

At this time we again find a reference to Shortflatt [Map], in a charter granting land in Greenleighton (Lithdon) to Newminster Abbey [Map], one of the boundaries being defined as "the toft of the lady of Shortflatt" (dominae de Scortfiatte)²⁷. The charter is undated, but it immediately follows one of Richard of Gosebek, and it seems probable that the lady of Shortflatt was Margery of Gosebek.

Note 23. For Richard's trans. with the Jews see Cal. Plea Rolls of Exch. of the Jews, II, 252, 314; and I, 217.

Note 24. I.P.M., 1281—Cal. Inq. Edw. I.

Note 25. I.P.M., 1281

Note 26. Cal. C.R., 1281, October 24th.

Note 27. S.S., LXVI, 90, 92.

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In 1285 [his former wife] Margaret de Cauz died.