69556°N 1.30389°W / 53.69556; -1.30389 Pontefract (or Pomfret) Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II...

Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and...

Wakefield staff 2010, History of Pontefract Castle. Wakefield staff 2012, Pontefract Castle. Limbird 1832, Pontefract Castle. Brand, John (1905), "Christmas...

Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black sweet measuring approximately .75 in (19 mm)...

Pontefract Castle. Robert de Lacy (probably died before 1130), 2nd Baron of Pontefract, 2nd Lord of Bowland, the son of Ilbert. He founded Pontefract...

Thomas, was another loyal companion. Thomas Swynford was Constable of Pontefract Castle, where Richard II is said to have died. Henry experienced a more inconsistent...

Grey, who had both been escorting him, were arrested and sent to Pontefract Castle. Elizabeth Woodville fled with her younger son Richard and her daughters...

Pilgrimage of Grace was convicted of high treason for delivering up Pontefract Castle to the rebels. He was executed on Tower Hill 30 June 1537. The Darcy...

Lacys of Pontefract who were the holders of both Pontefract Castle and the Honour of Pontefract from 1067 to 1348. * The holders of the castle and Honour...

Richard to live. He is thought to have starved to death in captivity in Pontefract Castle on or around 14 February 1400, although there is some question over...

fortresses, including Clitheroe Castle, particularly in northern England. He was responsible for the extension of Pontefract Castle and in 1313 he began the...

east–west communication, and as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract he possessed Pontefract Castle. Edmund was the son and heir of John de Lacy, jure uxoris...

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another secret meeting in her bedchamber. These meetings continued in Pontefract Castle, after the court arrived there on 23 August. It is believed that the...

people. In early December 1536, the Pilgrimage of Grace gathered at Pontefract Castle to draft a petition to be presented to King Henry VIII with a list...

Dowager Duchess as a reference, Dereham approached his former lover at Pontefract Castle, seeking employment while the court was still in progress. Queen Catherine...

From the siege of Sandal Castle in 1645 Morris knew Colonel Robert Overton, who had since been made governor of Pontefract. With reason to believe Overton...

circular black sweet Pontefract Castle, a castle ruin in Pontefract, England Mansfield-et-Pontefract, a municipality in Quebec Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)...

liquorice format still known as Pontefract cakes when he stamped discs of liquorice with the image of Pontefract Castle. The Dunhill company are credited...

France, and may have influenced the design of the future keep of Pontefract Castle. Henry employed master mason Henry de Rayns and chief carpenter Simon...

The Pontefract Castle Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to filies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Pontefract over...

the throne as Richard III. Grey and his uncle were then executed at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483. Richard Grey was aged around 26 at the time of his...

Woodville's son Richard Grey and brother Anthony, Earl Rivers, executed in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire. The Titulus Regius – an act of parliament – declared that...

first husband of Elizabeth Woodville. All three were beheaded at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483, in West Yorkshire. Vaughan was the second husband...

Flint Castle, promising to abdicate if his life were spared. The king was then taken to London and died later in captivity at Pontefract Castle. Henry...

Rivers, and their half-brother Sir Richard Grey. They were sent to Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire where, on 25 June, they were beheaded. Gloucester then...

young king's half-brother. Rivers was imprisoned and then beheaded at Pontefract Castle in West Yorkshire on 25 June 1483 as part of the duke's path towards...

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Roger de Lacy (1170–1211), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and...

lived in some comfort in castle apartments. The Tower of London is famous for housing political prisoners, and Pontefract Castle at various times held Thomas...