NOTE1850
Capture of Henry VI
By JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS.
There are several errors in this historical note. The name of the Dean of Windsor was Manning, not "Manting;" "Brungerly" should be Bungerley. One of the Talbots, of Bashall Hall, could never be "High Sheriff for the West Riding," as the Ridings of Yorkshire never had distinct sheriffs; neither was he sheriff of the county. The particulars of the king's capture are thus related in the chronicle called Warksworth's *Chronicle*, which has been printed by the Camden Society:— "Also, the same yere, kynge Henry was takene byside a howse of religione [i.e. Whalley] in Lancashyre, by the mene of a bl…
Topics: Royal History, Historical Errors, Capture of Henry VI, Medieval Chronicles
Locations: Windsor, Bashall Hall, West Riding, Yorkshire, Whalley, Lancashire, Abingdon, Cletherwode, Clitheroe, Bungerley, Salebury, Blackburn, Waddington Hall, London, Ribble, Bracewell, Brierley, Barnsley, Bolton Hall, Whitaker's Craven