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Pontefract Castle. @pontefractcastle8754 ‧. 29 subscribers ‧ 18 videos. Investigating Pontefract Castle - the key to the North, is an education resource exploring the rich history of Pontefract...
Investigating Pontefract Castle, the Key to the North. John De Lacy tells how his family built Pontefract Castle.
Investigating Pontefract Castle, the Key to the North. John De Lacy introduces himself.
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John of Pontefract, the illegitimate son of Richard III was appointed as Captain of Calais on 11th March 1485. Richard III had two illegitimate children, both born before he married Anne Neville.
Jun 11, 2022 · Today we gave a talk to twenty-one people at the castle on one of Pontefract’s key barons, John de Lacy, who was instrumental in the sealing of, and adherence to, Magna Carta in 1215. John had a varied life, amongst other things serving two kings at both home and abroad, was excommunicated by the Pope, and went on crusade for two years.
King John had put his seal on the Magna Carta, as did twenty-five barons, including John de Lacy, who had demanded the King's agreement. Edmund de Lacy, 8th Baron of Pontefract, 9th Baron of Halton, 9th Lord of Bowland, to young to inherit the title Earl of Lincoln.
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Pontefract Priory was a Cluniac monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, founded about 1090 by Robert de Lacy, 2nd Baron of Pontefract, and located in Pontefract Yorkshire, England. It existed until the dissolution of the monasteries.
