Daily Medieval

When Sir John Oldcastle escaped from the Tower of London to avoid execution for the heresy of Lollardy, he fled to Cooling Castle and becam...

Thinking of King Henry V of England often brings to mind the play by Shakespeare and the characters within. Shakespeare probably learned ab...

Henry V (16 September 1386 - 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death. For a time, in his youth, he was at Queens Colle...

Where there are royals and people of means, they will endeavor to have the best health care. A physician who had a good track record was wel...

Henry of Monmouth was so-called because he was born in a tower at Monmouth Castle in Wales, but the date of his birth was not recorded becau...

(If you want to see parts  one  and  two  and three .) If we follow Shakespeare's themes, King Henry V surprised his subjects when his c...

One of the most prominent mayors of the City of London in the Middle Ages (and perhaps of all other eras) was Richard Whittington. He...