John Bushy

Also known as: Iohn Bushie / sir Iohn Bushie · Family: England · Role: speaker and prolocutor · First appears: Richard II 67

Life events

c. 1397 · The assembled estates revoked all charters of pardon as threats to the king’s security.(Richard II 67 · 📍 Westminster)
- With: William Bagot Thomas Greene
- “To conclude, at length all maner of charters of pardon were made void, for that the same séemed to impeach the suertie of the kings person.”
c. 1398 · Richard II appointed a combat at Couentrie between Henry IV and Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.(Richard II 71 · 📍 Couentrie)
- With: Richard II Henry IV Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
- “And therfore sir Iohn Bushie in name of the king & his councell declared, that the king and his councell had commanded and ordeined, that they should haue a daie of battell appointed them at Couentrie.”

Richard II 67

enemies with Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel “Then sir Iohn Bushie stept foorth, and made request on the behalfe of the communaltie, that it might please the kings highnesse for their heinous acts attempted against his lawes and roiall maiestie, to appoint them punishment according to their deseruings, and speciallie to the archbishop of Canturburie (who then sat next the king) whome he accused of high treason, for that he had euill counselled his maiestie, inducing him to grant his letters of pardon to his brother the earle of Arundell, being a ranke traitor.”
patron: Richard II “There were two other persons of great credit with the king, besides sir Iohn Bushie, that were, as before yee haue heard, verie earnest to haue those charters of pardon reuoked and made void, to wit, sir William Bagot, and sir Thomas Gréene.”
allies with William Bagot “There were two other persons of great credit with the king, besides sir Iohn Bushie, that were, as before yee haue heard, verie earnest to haue those charters of pardon reuoked and made void, to wit, sir William Bagot, and sir Thomas Gréene.”
allies with Thomas Greene “There were two other persons of great credit with the king, besides sir Iohn Bushie, that were, as before yee haue heard, verie earnest to haue those charters of pardon reuoked and made void, to wit, sir William Bagot, and sir Thomas Gréene.”
enemies with Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester “Thus when the archbishop was constreined to keepe silence, sir Iohn Bushie procéeded in his purpose, requiring on the behalfe of the commons, that the charters of pardons granted vnto the traitors, to wit, the duke of Glocester, and the earles of Arundell and Warwike, should be reuoked by consent of all the estates now in parlement assembled.”
enemies with Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick “Thus when the archbishop was constreined to keepe silence, sir Iohn Bushie procéeded in his purpose, requiring on the behalfe of the commons, that the charters of pardons granted vnto the traitors, to wit, the duke of Glocester, and the earles of Arundell and Warwike, should be reuoked by consent of all the estates now in parlement assembled.”

Richard II 70

with Richard II (John Bushy speaks on behalf of the king.) “And then began sir Iohn Bushie to speake for the king, declaring to the lords how they should vnderstand, that where the duke of Hereford had presented a supplication to the king, who was there set to minister iustice to all men that would demand the same, as apperteined to his roiall maiestie”

Richard II 71

sworn: Richard II “Finallie, after they had deuised and fullie determined what should be doone therein, the heralds cried silence and sir Iohn Bushie the kings secretarie read the sentence and determination of the king and his councell, in a long roll”

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