![]() ![]() The Royal Courts ( li eonsegli regj) have condemned the Duke of Buckingham to death. This the English ambassador denies, though he does not know the reason, affirming merely the fact of the arrest, and that the King had surrendered the Duke for trial by the peers of the realm. The real cause is not known, but according to report the Duke had plotted to assassinate Cardinal Wolsey. It is reported from England that the King had ordered the arrest of the Duke of Buckingham, the chief personage in that kingdom, together with two other Knights of the Garter. But a jury of 17 peers found him guilty, led by the duke of Norfolk, who condemned him “while weeping.”Ĭalendar of State Papers Relating To English Affairs in the Archives of Venice, Volume 3, 1520-1526 – – Gasparo Contarini to the Signory: Evidence was supposedly obtained from disgruntled former members of the duke’s household.īuckingham denied all charges. At his trial, he was charged with ‘imagining and compassing the death of the king’, through seeking out prophecy from a monk named Nicholas Hopkins about the chances of the king having a male heir. He set out for the court, seemingly unaware of any danger, and was greatly shocked when arrested along the way and taken to the Tower. “On April 8, 1521, the duke was ordered to London from his castle at Thornbury. When Henry VIII was informed of the things his royal cousin was “saying” he requested and investigation. It was assumed that the Tudor line would die out since a girl (Princess Mary) had not been considered as an heir. The discussion, or hearsay, began after it became evident that Henry VIII’s queen, Katherine of Aragon would no longer be able to produce a male heir. Some said Buckingham boasted that his claim was stronger than Henry VIII’s since Henry’s father was from the illegitimate line of Edward III through his son, John of Gaunt. Photo Andrew Tivenan – Brecon CastleĮdward Stafford had a viable claim to the throne through his paternal grandfather, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who was the son of Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, the youngest son of Edward III. Katherine Woodville was sister to Elizabeth Woodville who became Queen of England after secretly marrying Edward IV. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was born 3 February 1478, at Brecon Castle in Wales to Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Katherine Woodville. ![]()
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