John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham

Also known as: John Oldcastle / lord Cobham / sir Iohn Oldcastell / sir Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham · Family: England · Role: lord · First appears: Henry IV 25

Life events

• 1412 · Henry IV sent an English force to aid John the Fearless against his French opponents.(Henry IV 25)
  • With: Henry IV John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel Gilbert Umfreville, Earl of Angus Robert Umfreville John Grey William Porter
  • “sent to the duke of Burgognie, Thomas earle of Arundell, Gilbert Umfreuill earle of Angus (commonlie called the earle of Kime) sir Robert Umfreuill, vncle to the same Gilbert, sir Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham, sir Iohn Greie, and William Porter, with twelue hundred archers.”
• 1414 · John Oldcastle was accused of heresy and sent to the Tower for clerical judgment.(Henry V 1 · 📍 Tower of London)
  • “The king vnderstanding and persuaded by his councell, that by order of the lawes of his realme, such accusations touching matters of faith ought to be tried by his spirituall prelats, sent him to the Tower of London”

Henry IV 25

• sworn: Henry IV “sent to the duke of Burgognie, Thomas earle of Arundell, Gilbert Umfreuill earle of Angus (commonlie called the earle of Kime) sir Robert Umfreuill, vncle to the same Gilbert, sir Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham, sir Iohn Greie, and William Porter, with twelue hundred archers”
• allies with John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy “where they found the duke of Burgognie, of whom they were ioifullie receiued, & from thence he appointed them to go vnto Peron”

Henry V 1

• patron: Henry V “Also in this first yéere of this kings reigne, sir Iohn Oldcastell, which by his wife was called lord Cobham, a valiant capteine and a hardie gentleman, was accused to the archbishop of Canturburie of certeine points of heresie, who knowing him to be highlie in the kings fauour, declared to his highnesse the whole accusation.”
• enemies with Henry V “The king vnderstanding and persuaded by his councell, that by order of the lawes of his realme, such accusations touching matters of faith ought to be tried by his spirituall prelats, sent him to the Tower of London, there to abide the determination of the clergie, according to the statutes in that case prouided”

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