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- COD: Beheaded by the King of England
He was the bearer of the Crown at the coronation of Richard II,and was made Admiral of the West and South in 1377, andsubsequently in 1386, of all England. He distinguished himselfin the French wars, having gained a brilliant naval victory overthe allied French, Spanish, and Flemish fleets, and was madeGovernor of Brest in 1388, being one of the five Lords Appellantin Parliament that same year. With the Duke of Gloucester, hetook an active role against the King, who, in 1388, was entirelyin the Duke's power. While he obtained a pardon in 1394 for allpolitical offences, he was seized 12 Jul 1397, tried atWestmorland, and beheaded on 21 Sep 1397. He had no issue by hissecond wife, Philippa, widow of John de Hastings, and daughterof Edmund de Mortimer.
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