Entries for the tag ‘Pontefract Castle’
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- 14 February 1400: Richard II possibly dies a prisoner in Pontefract Castle, but probably not as described by Shakespeare
- 29 May 1405: On Shipton Moor, the Earl of Westmorland, acting for Henry IV, tricks the Archbishop of York and the Duke of Norfolk, rebellious defenders of York’s rights and purses
- 21 October 1536: Henry VIII’s herald encounters part of the Pilgrimage of Grace at Pontefract
- 18 December 1642: “Bradford quarter” is given to a Royalist besieger during the First Siege
- 3 June 1648: Disguised as a furniture remover, John Morris takes Pontefract castle for the Stuarts (and for himself)
- 28 October 1648: A letter claims that Pontefract Castle under John Morris, its Royalist governor, has become a den of apolitical brigands
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