John Badbie

Also known as: Iohn Badbie · Family: England · Role: tailor or smith · First appears: Henry IV 24

Life events

• 1410 · John Badbie is returned to the fire and consumed to ashes.(Henry IV 24 · 📍 Smithfield)
  • With: Henry V
  • “Wherevpon the prince commanded, that he should be put into the tun againe, from thencefoorth not to haue anie fauour or pardon at all, and so it was doone, and the fire put to him againe, and he consumed to ashes.”

Henry IV 24

• with Henry V (Henry V offered John Badbie a pardon and promised him life and a daily payment if he recanted.) “The kings eldest sonne the lord Henrie prince of Wales being present, offered him his pardon, first before the fire was kindled, if he would haue recanted his opinions;”
• enemies with Henry V (Henry V ordered John Badbie to be burned to death.) “Wherevpon the prince commanded, that he should be put into the tun againe, from thencefoorth not to haue anie fauour or pardon at all, and so it was doone, and the fire put to him againe, and he consumed to ashes.”

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