John Kemp, bishop and statesman, died on 22 March 1454. Kemp had risen through the ecclesiastical and administrative ranks during the reign of Henry V. A highly capable man, he was involved in the execution of… 

21st March 1522: Death of Christopher Urswick. Urswick had been a diplomat, agent and confessor to Margaret Beaufort and Henry Tudor.   Christopher Urswick Christopher Urswick is a lesser-known figure but one who has left a lasting… 

Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham was born in September 1455. His father was Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford and his mother was Margaret Beaufort Countess of Stafford [a cousin of Lady Margaret Beaufort who… 

Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham was born in Stafford in 1402. He died aged 58 at the Battle of Northampton. Humphrey Stafford had a rich pedigree. He was a great grandson of King Edward… 

John of Gaunt was born in Ghent, Belgium, in 1340. The third eldest son of King Edward III, he was father of Henry Bolingbroke, who usurped Richard II to become King Henry IV. As well… 

Thomas Courtenay 6/14th Earl of Devon was born in 1432. He was the eldest son of Thomas 5/13th Earl of Devon and Margaret Beaufort [aunt of Lady Margaret Beaufort mother of Henry Tudor]. Thomas inherited… 

Thomas Courtenay 5/13th Earl of Devon was born in Devon on 3 May 1414 and died at Abingdon Abbey on 3 February 1458. The Earl of Devon is best remembered for his part in the… 

King Henry VI was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor. He was the only child of King Henry V and Catherine of Valois. His father died on 31 August 1422, leaving the infant Henry… 

Edmund Beaufort was the second of three sons of Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke of Somerset and his wife Eleanor Beauchamp. He was born c1438 and was executed following the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. Edmund… 

Henry Beaufort was born on 26 January 1436, and was executed on 15 May 1464 following his capture in the aftermath of the Battle of Hexham. The eldest son born to Edmund Beaufort 2nd Duke…