Gregory XII

Also known as: Pope Gregory XII / pope Gregorie / pope Gregorie the twelfe · Family: Church · Role: pope · First appears: Henry IV 23

Life events

• c. 1408 · Gregory XII withdrew from the place where he had covenanted to be present.(Henry IV 23)
  • “he withdrewe himselfe from the place where he (according to couenants) should haue béene present”
• 1409 · Henry IV sent John Colville and Nicholas Rixton as ambassadors to Gregory XII and the cardinals.(Henry IV 23)
  • With: Henry IV John Colville Nicholas Rixton
  • “The king before this had sent ambassadors vnto pope Gregorie, and also to the cardinals; to wit, sir Iohn Coluill knight, and maister Nicholas Rixton clearke”
• c. 1413 · Henry IV called Thomas Peuerell to govern Worcester's see with Pope Gregory XII's consent.(Henry IV 29 · 📍 Worcester)
  • With: Thomas Peuerell Henry IV
  • “and from thence called by Henrie the fourth, with consent of pope Gregorie the twelfe, to gouerne the sée of Worcester”

Henry IV 23

• with Henry IV (sent letters expressing his concern about the schism) “The king before this had sent ambassadors vnto pope Gregorie, and also to the cardinals; to wit, sir Iohn Coluill knight, and maister Nicholas Rixton clearke, with letters, signifieng the gréefe he had conceiued for the inconuenience that fell in the christian common-wealth thorough the schisme;”

Henry IV 29

• with Thomas Peuerell (Pope Gregory XII consented to Henry IV's appointment of Thomas Peuerell.) “and from thence called by Henrie the fourth, with consent of pope Gregorie the twelfe, to gouerne the sée of Worcester”

Henry V 14

• rivals with John XXIII “Iohn the thrée and twentith, Gregorie the twelfth, and Benet the thirtéenth (as they intituled themselues) the thrée peruerse prelats, that all at once with such eager malice stroue togither for the sacred sée of papasie Gods vicarage”
• rivals with Benedict XIII “Iohn the thrée and twentith, Gregorie the twelfth, and Benet the thirtéenth (as they intituled themselues) the thrée peruerse prelats, that all at once with such eager malice stroue togither for the sacred sée of papasie Gods vicarage”

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