Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 358
affectionfor the building that legend credits him with manyadditions to the structure, including at least somepart of the noble gate-tower and that turret knownas John of Gaunts chair. But whatever the extentof his alterations and enlargements of his wifesancestral home, the fact that this was *… … The Home of John of Gaunt 265 wresting the English crown from Richard II.Readers of Shakespeare will be familiar with theclimax of the death-bed scene between the king and* time-honourd Lancaster; they will recall thatas soon as Richard was informed that his uncleslife was spent he declared his…
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