John Belknap

Also known as: Iohn Belknap · Family: England · Role: justice · First appears: Richard II 36

Life events

1388 · Robert de Vere and Michael de la Pole compelled John Belknap to subscribe the judicial question.(Richard II 36 · 📍 Notingham)
- With: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk
- “Iohn Belknap, who vtterlie refused, till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto”
c. 1388 · John Belknap was condemned and executed.(Richard II 36)
- “Which indéed shortlie followed, for in the next parlement he was condemned and executed.”

with Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (interaction) “among the which was Iohn Belknap, who vtterlie refused, till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto”
with Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk (interaction) “among the which was Iohn Belknap, who vtterlie refused, till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto”
sworn: Richard II “among the which was Iohn Belknap, who vtterlie refused, till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto”
enemies with Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland “till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto; for if he had persisted in the refusall, he had not escaped their hands”
enemies with Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk “till the duke of Ireland, and the earle of Suffolke compelled him thereto; for if he had persisted in the refusall, he had not escaped their hands”

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