William Collingbourne

Also known as: Callingborne / Collingborne / William Collingborne · Family: House of Lancaster · Role: esquire and conspirator · First appears: Richard III 13

Life events

• 1484 · Richard III had William Collingbourne beheaded and quartered for his verse and alleged treason.(Richard III 13)
  • With: Richard III
  • “This poeticall schoolemaister, corrector of bréefs and longs, caused Collingborne to be abbreuiated shorter by the head, and to be diuided into foure quarters.”
• 1484 · William Collingbourne and associates were indicted for treasonous conspiracy.(Richard III 13 · 📍 London)
  • “the said Collingborne (by the name of William Collingborne) late of Lidyard in the countie of Wilshire esquier, and other his associats were indicted in London:”

Richard III 13

• enemies with Richard III “And that if the said earle of Richmond and his partakers, following the counsell of the said Collingborne, would arriue at the hauen of Pole in Dorsetshire, he the said Collingborne and other his associats would cause the people to rise in armes, and to leuie warre against king Richard, taking part with the said earle and his fréends;”
• servant: Thomas Yate “had solicited and requested one Thomas Yate, offering to him for his paines eight pounds, to go ouer into Britaine”
• allies with Henry VII “to go ouer into Britaine vnto Henrie erle of Richmond, Thomas marquesse Dorset, Iohn Cheineie esquier, and others, which in the last parlement holden at Westminster had béene atteinted of sundrie high treasons by them practised within the kings dominion. Besides this, to declare vnto them that they should doo verie well, to returne into England with all such power as they might get before the feast of S. Luke the euangelist next insuing; for so they might receiue all the whole reuenues of the realme due at the feast of saint Michaell next before the said feast of saint Luke. And that if the said earle of Richmond and his partakers, following the counsell of the said Collingborne, would arriue at the hauen of Pole in Dorsetshire, he the said Collingborne and other his associats would cause the people to rise in armes, and to leuie warre against king Richard, taking part with the said earle and his fréends;”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.