John Laund

Also known as: Iohn Laund · Family: London · Role: burgess and knight · First appears: Richard II 16

Life events

• c. 1381 · Richard II knighted John Walworth, Ralph Standish, and four other London burgesses.(Richard II 16)
  • With: Richard II John Walworth Ralph Standish John Philpot Nicholas Brembre Nicholas Twifield
  • “Then the king minding to make amends and to requite receiued courtesie, knighted the said Iohn Walworth, & Rafe Standish, with foure burgesses more of the citie, namelie Iohn Philpot, Nicholas Brembre, Iohn Laund, and Nicholas Twifield, girding them about the wast with the girdle of knighthood, which was the maner of their graduating.”

Richard II 16

• sworn: Richard II “Then the king minding to make amends and to requite receiued courtesie, knighted the said Iohn Walworth, & Rafe Standish, with foure burgesses more of the citie, namelie Iohn Philpot, Nicholas Brembre, Iohn Laund, and Nicholas Twifield, girding them about the wast with the girdle of knighthood, which was the maner of their graduating.”

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