Richard Henry Major (October 3, 1818 – June 25, 1891) was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collection of the British Museum from 1844...
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him the last English king to die in battle. Henry Tudor then ascended the throne as Henry VII. Richard's corpse was taken to the nearby town of Leicester...
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from court in 1398. After Henry's father died in 1399, Richard blocked Henry's inheritance of his father's duchy. That year, Henry rallied a group of supporters...
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mental instability of King Henry VI. Richard's conflicts with Henry's wife, Margaret of Anjou, and other members of Henry's court, such as Edmund Beaufort...
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instability of King Henry VI revived Richard, Duke of York's interest in a claim to the throne. Warfare began in 1455 with York's capture of Henry at the First...
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throne in 1180. In 1173 Henry's heir apparent, "Young Henry", rebelled against his father; he was joined by his brothers Richard and Geoffrey and by their...
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some 20,000 men." p.245 Richard Henry Major, p.20 Jean Froissart,Sainte-Palaye , p.165 Richard Henry Major, p.21 Richard Henry Major, "Most of the Portuguese...
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as Richard's "tyranny". In 1399, after John of Gaunt died, the King disinherited Gaunt's son Henry Bolingbroke, who had previously been exiled. Henry invaded...
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cruelty of his rule led to a major revolt there in 1179. Hoping to dethrone Richard, the rebels sought the help of his brothers Henry and Geoffrey. The turning...
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joined Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York Red Bulls and returned to Arsenal on loan for two months in 2012, before retiring in 2014. Henry had success...
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William Marshal's son Richard broke out in 1232, ending in a peace settlement negotiated by the Church. Following the revolt, Henry ruled England personally...
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Richard Henry Stevens (9 April 1893 – 12 February 1967) was a major in the British Indian Army and from 1939 Head of the Passport Control Office (PCO)...
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family; Richard, 3rd Duke of York and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset developed a fierce political rivalry and jostled for power in Henry's government...
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drawn by Leonardo himself is not universally accepted by scholars. Richard Henry Major, who first published the map in 1865 and defended its authenticity...
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in the Royal Navy; Rear Adm. Joseph B. Murdock of the U.S. Navy; Richard Henry Major, map custodian of the British Museum; the geographer Clements Markham;...
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the bishoprics of both. This also gave Henry influence over two major Norman leaders, Hugh d'Avranches and Richard de Redvers, and the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel...
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Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, and 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley PC (21 November 1773 – 22 October 1840), was an English politician...
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Brigadier-General Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924) was a United States Army officer who founded and was longtime superintendent...
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Notes and an Introduction, by Richard Henry Major, Hakluyt Society, 1st ser., London 1873. Pages ciii, 64 + 4 maps. Earl Henry Sinclair's fictitious trip...
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baptised by Richard Foxe, the Bishop of Exeter, at a church of the Observant Franciscans close to the palace. In 1493, at the age of two, Henry was appointed...
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Douglas Scott, with whom he had two sons, princes William and Richard. From 1939 to 1940, Henry served in France as a liaison officer to Lord Gort. He performed...
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of Henry of Bolingbroke (later Henry IV of England) and Mary de Bohun. His father's cousin was the reigning English monarch, King Richard II. Henry's paternal...
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Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. One of his best-known roles was his portrayal of...
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Although the Henry VI trilogy may not have been written in chronological order, the three plays are often grouped together with Richard III to form a...
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Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated...
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Shakespeare’s Major History Plays" to suggest that the four plays of the second tetralogy (Richard II; Henry IV, Part 1; Henry IV, Part 2; and Henry V), when...
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of Henry the fift,: p.6 and The Life of Henry the Fifth in the First Folio text. The play is the final part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II,...
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Geographical Magazine. 1: 25. Insula hæc Anno 1456 fuit totaliter combusta Richard Henry Major (1873). "Introduction". THE VOYAGES OF NICOLO AND ANTONIO ZENO. Works...
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volunteers and an appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers in 1866. Richard Henry Jackson was a native of Ireland, born at Kinnegad...
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1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor...
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