Walter Baldocke

Family: England · Role: prior of Laund · First appears: Henry IV 10

Life events

• 1402 · Walter Baldocke was executed for concealing knowledge of treason.(Henry IV 10)
  • “Shortlie after, the prior of Laund (who for his euil gouernment had béene depriued of his state and dignitie) was likewise executed, not for attempting any thing of himselfe, but onlie for that he confessed, that he knew euil counsell and concealed it. His name was Walter Baldocke, a canon sometime in Dunstable, and by king Richard promoted to the priorship of Laund.”

Henry IV 10

• sworn: Richard II “His name was Walter Baldocke, a canon sometime in Dunstable, and by king Richard promoted to the priorship of Laund.”
• enemies with Henry IV “Shortlie after, the prior of Laund (who for his euil gouernment had béene depriued of his state and dignitie) was likewise executed, not for attempting any thing of himselfe, but onlie for that he confessed, that he knew euil counsell and concealed it. His name was Walter Baldocke, a canon sometime in Dunstable, and by king Richard promoted to the priorship of Laund.”

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