Adam Eston

Role: cardinal · First appears: Richard II 83

Life events

c. 1399 · Gregory XI made Adam Eston a cardinal.(Richard II 83)
- With: Gregory XI
- “Adam Eston well séene in the toongs, was made a cardinall by pope Gregorie the eleauenth”
c. 1399 · Urban VI committed Adam Eston to prison in Genoa.(Richard II 83 · 📍 Genoa)
- With: Pope Urban VI
- “but by pope Vrban the sixt he was committed to prison in Genoa”
c. 1399 · Richard II secured Adam Eston's removal from prison.(Richard II 83)
- With: Richard II
- “and at the contemplation of king Richard he was taken out of prison”
c. 1399 · Boniface IX restored Adam Eston to his former dignity.(Richard II 83)
- With: Boniface IX
- “but not fullie deliuered till the daies of Boniface the ninth, who restored him to his former dignitie”

with Gregory XI (Gregory XI made Adam Eston a cardinal.) “Adam Eston well séene in the toongs, was made a cardinall by pope Gregorie the eleauenth,”
with Pope Urban VI (Urban VI committed Adam Eston to prison.) “but by pope Vrban the sixt he was committed to prison in Genoa,”
with Richard II (Richard II's intervention led to Adam Eston's removal from prison.) “and at the contemplation of king Richard he was taken out of prison,”
with Boniface IX (Boniface IX restored Adam Eston to his former dignity.) “but not fullie deliuered till the daies of Boniface the ninth, who restored him to his former dignitie;”
sworn: Gregory XI “Adam Eston well séene in the toongs, was made a cardinall by pope Gregorie the eleauenth,”
enemies with Pope Urban VI “but by pope Vrban the sixt he was committed to prison in Genoa,”
sworn: Richard II “and at the contemplation of king Richard he was taken out of prison,”
sworn: Boniface IX “but not fullie deliuered till the daies of Boniface the ninth, who restored him to his former dignitie;”

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