biography
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Oldcastle, Sir John
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nickname Good Lord Cobham
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1378–1417)
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| biography:
| Lollard leader and knight of England, born in Hereford and Worcester, WC England, UK. After serving in the Scottish and Welsh wars, and becoming an intimate of Henry V when Prince of Wales, he was tried and convicted on charges of heresy in 1413. He escaped from the Tower, and conspired with other Lollards to capture Henry V at Eltham Palace, Kent, and take control of London. The rising was abortive. He remained free until caught near Welshpool in 1417, and was hanged and burned. Shakespeare's Falstaff is based partly on him. |
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