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Richard Waldegrave (politician)

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the Lords Appellant, and the actions he took during the 1387-89 period. Keen to retire from office, he also secured permission to be exempted from the king's service. Unlike many of Richard's other councillors, Waldegrave appeared to have no interest in further serving the king during the period of his 'tyranny'.
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When Richard II destroyed the Lords Appellant in 1397 and initiated a period of autocratic rule, Waldegrave served in the parliament that condemned the earl of Arundel, banished archbishop Thomas and heard the news of Gloucester's murder. On 14 November, he was pardoned for the connections he had to
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in 1399, Waldegrave was old and disinterested in participating in the affairs of the realm. Nevertheless, he was summoned to great councils in 1401 and 1403, and occasionally served on royal commissions. In 1404, he finally gained exemption from holding office.
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Despite this, he remained close to Richard II, and on 2 November 1393 was appointed to the King's Council, spending the next four years in this position. In 1396, he served as one of the king's envoys during diplomatic negotiations with Scotland.
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acceded to the throne in 1377, Waldegrave became increasingly attached to the royal court. He was employed as a 'King's knight' and on 6 December that year, was granted the castle of Moresende for his service.
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during the duke's campaign in France, and in 1371 had returned to the service of earl Humphrey. The following year, Richard joined Hereford's army which set out to relieve the English forces at
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landowner who held the manor of Brant Broughton, and had represented the county during the parliament of 1335. He died in January 1340, and the younger Richard succeeded to his lands.
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when they seized control of the government in 1388, since he was appointed to the commissions designed to rectify the abuses of the royal administration.
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By 1382, Richard had clearly become further ingratiated into the king's court; he was appointed steward of the estates provided in the dower of
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He was first elected as an MP in 1376, and then again in Oct 1377, 1378 and 1381. Between 18 November 1381 and 25 February 1382, he served as
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History of Parliament WALDEGRAVE, Sir Richard (c.1338–1410) of Walgrave, Northants and Smallbridge in Bures St Mary, Suffolk
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army that attacked Paris in 1360. When William de Bohun died that same year, Richard continued to serve his son
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He died at Smallbridge on 2 May 1410, and was buried on the north side of the parish church of St. Mary at
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Waldegrave also became close associates with the king's other controversial courtiers, such as
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In about 1363, the son married Joan, widow of Sir Robert Bures, who held several manors in
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Richard Waldegrave was born around 1338. His father was Sir Richard Waldegrave, a
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retainers. Sir Richard was obviously not viewed with hostility by the
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During his early career, Richard entered the service of the
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Richard Waldegrave (died 1402)
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Lincolnshire
Suffolk
de Bohun family
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton
Edward III's
Humphrey, 7th earl of Hereford
Poland
Teutonic Order
Pagans
John of Gaunt
La Rochelle
Holland family
Richard II
Speaker of the House of Commons
villeins
Wat Tyler's rebellion
Queen Anne
Sir Nicholas Brembre
Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel
Thomas, bishop of Ely
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester's
Lords Appellant
Henry IV
Bures
Sir Richard Waldegrave
History of Parliament WALDEGRAVE, Sir Richard (c.1338–1410) of Walgrave, Northants and Smallbridge in Bures St Mary, Suffolk
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