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    III, that the Duke was drowned in a butt of malmsey. Relations between King Edward IV and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, had been fraught ever since...
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    in a butt of Malmsey wine. A reason for Edward to have his brother executed may have been that George had "threatened to question the legality of the royal...
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    parliament, the Duke, was executed, probably by way of drowning in a butt of malmsey by order off King Edward IV. Relations between Clarence and the King...
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  • it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478. When James VI and I sailed...
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    Malvasia (redirect from Malmsey)
    Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world. In the past, the names Malvasia, Malvazia, and Malmsey have been used interchangeably...
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    Clarence led to his execution in the Tower of London; popularly he is thought to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey wine. On Edward's death in 1483, the...
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    a butt of Malmsey (according to William Shakespeare). A fourth creation in England was suggested and planned to take effect; the title of Duke of Clarence...
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    suspected of involvement, a factor in his eventual execution in the Tower on 18 February 1478; claims he was "drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine" appears...
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  • The White Queen (TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Henry VII of England)
    against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses and presents the story of the women involved in the long conflict for the throne of England. It starts in...
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    alive. One of the murderers explains that Richard hates him and indeed sent them, before they stab Clarence and drown him in a butt of Malmsey wine (the...
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    the Duke of that name, - said to have met his end in a butt of malmsey wine - but as the names of Osbert Charles Gresham had been already given him at his...
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    known as malmsey, made from Malvasia grapes. Sack appears in several of Shakespeare's plays. John Falstaff, introduced in 1597, was fond of sack, and...
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    makers of Sherry were still experimenting with the various grapes available including Torrontes, Malmsey and some minor but growing plantings of the modern...
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