William Kikill

Family: England · Role: justice · First appears: Richard II 66

Life events

• c. 1397 · William Kikill reported that Thomas Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, confessed the treasons charged against him.(Richard II 66 · 📍 Calis)
  • With: Richard II Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester
  • “he informed the king (whether trulie or not, I haue not to say) that the duke franklie confessed euerie thing, wherewith he was charged.”

Richard II 66

• sworn: Richard II “For the king thinking it not good, that the duke of Glocester should stand to his answer openlie, because the people bare him so much good will, sent one of his iustices called William Kikill, an Irishman borne, ouer vnto Calis, there to inquire of the duke of Glocester, whether he had committed any such treasons as were alledged against him, and the earles of Arundell and Warwike, as after shall be specified.”

Also listed in England — Minor Figures

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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