"Rhys" and "Hywel" are two of the most common names in Cymric historiography. Presumably he is a member of the part of the family that supported the influential Marcher Lord Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, who died at the Battle of Boroughbridge. After this, the Hywels are likely to…
Robert Baldock († 28 May 1327) was Archdeacon of Middlesex when Edward II appointed him Lord Privy Seal in 1320. Probably the Despensers promoted his career. In 1325 he even became Lord Chancellor. In 1326 he was one of the few men who stayed with Edward II until the end,…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Roger Mortimer, Earl of March (* 25 April 1287; † 29 November 1330) was the eldest son of Edmund Mortimer and Margaret de Fiennes. In 1301 he married Joan de Geneville, through whose family he received not only Ludlow Castle but also extensive possessions in Ireland and the Welsh Marches….
Roger Mortimer de Chirk (* c. 1256, † 3 August 1326) was a younger brother of Edmund Mortimer and a paternal uncle of Roger Mortimer. He fought with Edward I in Wales and at Falkirk against the Scots. The king granted him extensive Welsh possessions, which made him one of…
Selim (1531-1574) was one of the five sons of Suleiman I and succeeded him on the throne in 1566. Under his rule, the Ottomans won Cyprus but lost the naval battle of Lepanto. Selim II received the nickname "the drunkard", which he fully lived up to when he slipped in…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Seroun and his wife receive a visit from Montsoreau in [Scene 8] in The Massacre at Paris. After Seroun’s wife (She is only heard and does not appear.) has called her husband, Montsoreau stabs Seroun, a Huguenot. De furoribus Gallicis tells of the Huguenot preacher Masson de Rivers in Angers….
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
