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Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… to send an army to Iberia under the command of John of Gaunt, partly in order to bring relief to the Portuguese in … struggle against the Castilians, and partly to enable Gaunt to press home his claim to the throne of Castile, … to mention it. How many of the commons had confidence in Gaunt's declaration that he only required the 43,000 as a …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… and a bitter disappointment in particular to John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, who had hoped to persuade the … (Item 3). It may have been at the behest of John of Gaunt, who had been much involved with Anglo-Scottish … responded promptly, appointing a delegation, headed by Gaunt, which set off around 10 November, two weeks before the …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… The English army reached Edinburgh on 12 August: John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster and the king's eldest uncle, wanted … temporal was Henry of Bolingbroke, eldest son of John of Gaunt, to whom devolved the earldom of Derby, a title which … half fifteenths and tenths, to be divided between John of Gaunt's proposed campaign to Iberia, the defence of the seas …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… an attack might occur at any moment. Meanwhile John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, the king's senior uncle, had … with him several of the realm's more notable war-captains. Gaunt would not return to England for more than three years, … reign of Edward II, the leading role in which was taken by Gaunt's younger brother (and the king's youngest uncle), …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… Huntingdon at the end of the Merciless Parliament. John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, was still in Iberia, and was thus … which must have sounded discouragingly similar to John of Gaunt's famous retort in the 1384 parliament that 'every lord …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… in June 1397; and John Beaufort, the son of John of Gaunt, who had been granted the earldom of Somerset in the … 1394. 'That pardon is revoked, traitor', retorted John of Gaunt, who as steward of England presided over the trial. When Arundel replied that he was no traitor, Gaunt asked him why, in that case, he had sought a pardon. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… counties. 15 In 1356 they were granted to John of Gaunt Earl of Richmond, 16 and he as Duke of Lancaster 17 …
Survey of London
… for allowance was subsequently claimed by "Harman Van Gaunt," the gardener, for a quarter's wages from Michaelmas …
Roger Whitley's Diary 1684-1697
… evening I went to Woods; there was himselfe, Lady & Mrs Gaunt; he & I went to Jones; met Sir Harry Progers by the …