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Plantagenet, Richard (1366/7 - 1399/1400)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1367-01-06
Death Date: 1400-02-14

Primary Title

  • King of England

Titles

  • Prince of Wales
    Assumed: 1376-11-20
    Vacated: 1377-06-21 (accession date)
  • King of England
    Assumed: 1377-16-21 (date acceeded as Richard II; crowned 16 July 1377)
    Vacated: 1399-09-29 (date abdicated)

Details of Offices

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - King's Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire King's Apeward
Performance - King's Hall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire King's Entertainer
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent King's Entertainers
Performance - Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex King's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance - Leicester Castle, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire King's Minstrels
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire King's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
King's Apeward Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Performing Animals 1
King's Minstrels Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Minstrels Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Minstrel/s Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Entertainer Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Entertainers Plantagenet, Richard (1367 - 1400) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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