Question : As it was the Court of the King's Bench, are you absolutely sure
that _the king himself_ was sitting on it?
Reply : Yes I'm quite sure. The published account twice states that John
Sparrowhawk was brought "before the king".
Compare it with his later "tampered" version. No way to wriggle out,
Richardson tried to deceive everyone.
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval, soc.history.medieval,
alt.history.british,alt.talk.royalty
To: <gen-medieval@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: King Henry IV of England: The son of a butcher of Ghent and
thecause of all bad weather
On Nov 11, 7:57 pm, "John Briggs" <john.brig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
As it was the Court of the King's Bench, are you absolutely sure that the
king himself was sitting on it?
--
John Briggs
John ~
Yes, I'm quite sure. The published account twice states that John
Sparrowhawk was brought "before the king."
"Memorandum that on Thursday after the Quinzaine of Easter [13 April
1402] in the third year of the reign of king Henry, fourth after
Conquest, one John Sparrowhawk of Cardiff in Wales came before the
king at Westminster, brought by order of the king before the said king
by Sir Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland and constable of England,
and Thomas Pickworth, knight, the marshal, and there by authority and
command of the king the said John Sparrowhawk confessed as matter of
record before Thomas Cowley, the coroner of the king's bench, the
things given below in the following form." END OF QUOTE.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
.
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