Nave of St Mary de Castro (© D Preis)
Richard Duke of York Knighted
On Whitsunday, 19 May 1426, Henry VI was knighted in St Mary de Castro, Leicester, by his uncle, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford. Then the only four-year-Richard, Duke of York, old Henry knighted 44 others, foremost among them Richard, duke of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III).
Source:
William Arthur Shaw, The Knights of England. Vol.1. Sherratt and Hughes, London, 1906, pp.130-132
Dorothea Preis
Tags: Henry VI, Leicester, Richard Duke of York
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