Robert Chamberlain (Knight)

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Sir Robert Chamberlain of Capel and Gedding († March 12, 1491 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Robert was a son of Roger Chamberlain and Margaret, daughter of John Martin.

An ardent supporter of the House of York , he fought at the Battle of Towton (1461) during the Wars of the Roses and at Barnet and Tewkesbury in 1471 .

Sir Robert fled into exile in Flanders with King Edward IV in the autumn of 1470 and returned with him and an army to England in 1471 to regain the lost throne. Off the coast of Norfolk , near Cromer , Sir Robert was instructed to go ashore and determine how the balance of power was on the ground and whether a landing was safe enough. Due to the situation in Norfolk, the decision was made to continue sailing and land in York first.

Sir Robert was named Knight of the Kings Body and took part in Edward's campaign in France in 1475. In the same year he is said to have been beaten to Knight of the Bath .

Also towards Richard III. Sir Robert was very loyal to and received the office of Knight of the Kings Body In 1485 Sir Robert was made by Richard III. Appointed Constable of Beaumaris Castle , Sheriff of Anglesey , Receiver of North Wales and Keeper of Snowdon . The King also sent Sir Robert to North Wales to monitor and secure the area, and probably also to counter the feared influx of Henry Tudor's army .

After the coronation of Henry VII , Sir Robert received pardon for his previous loyalty to the House of York, but this did not change his attitude and he remained an uncompromising Yorkist.

As early as 1487 Sir Robert was under suspicion of high treason and was placed under house arrest in Chertsey , probably because of his obvious sympathy or even support for Lambert Simnel . According to some sources, the French King Charles VIII is said to have sought allies in England through some spies and middlemen who could initiate an overthrow in 1490, and is also said to have had contact with Sir Robert.

At the beginning of 1491 Sir Robert decided, together with other loyal Yorkists and conspirators, to leave England and to escape to France or Burgundy . But they were in the port city of Hartlepool detected and to escape an arrest, they were looking in the Church of St. Cuthbert in Durham sanctuary . Henry VII broke the unwritten law of sanctuary and arrested everyone, including Roberts' two sons, Edward and Ralph.

Sir Robert was ostracized by a parliamentary resolution ( Bill of Attainder ) for high treason, thereby losing all his rights and was beheaded on March 12, 1491 in the Tower of London .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Robert was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John FitzRalph. The couple had the following offspring:

  • Ralph
  • Edward
  • Constance ⚭ Richard Harper of Latton

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Augustine Page: A Supplement to the Suffolk Traveler , JB Nichols & Son, London 1841, p. 720.
  2. ↑ a b Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.richard111.com
  3. ^ A b c d Towton Battlefield Society
  4. ↑ a b James Bohn: The Chronicles of The White Rose of York , William Stevens, London 1845, p. 37
  5. ^ A b John Sandler: The Red Rose and The White: The Wars of The Roses 1453-1487 , Routledge 2014, ISBN 978-1-317-90517-2
  6. ↑ a b Rapin de Thoyras: The History of England, Vol. I , London 1743, p. 611.
  7. ^ A b Colin Richmond: The Paston Family in 15th Century , Manchester University Press 2000, ISBN 978-0-719-05990-2 , p. 223
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ian Arthurson: The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy , The History Press 2013, ISBN 978-0-752-49563-7
  9. ↑ a b c d e Anne Wroe: Perkin , Random House 2010, ISBN 978-1-409-01826-1
  10. ↑ a b c d e f James Ross: The Foremost Man of the Kingdom: John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (1442-1513) , Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 2015, ISBN 978-1-783-27005-7 , pp. 127/128
  11. ↑ a b c d Desmond Seward: The Last White Rose: The secret Wars of the Tudors , Pegasus Books 2014, ISBN 978-1-605-98590-9
  12. ^ A b Rosemary Horrox: Richard III :: A Study of Service , Cambridge University Press 1991, ISBN 978-0-521-40726-7 , p. 77 / p. 192
  13. ^ Glenn Foard, Anne Curry: Bosworth 1485 , Oxbow Books 2013, ISBN 978-1-782-97180-1 , p. 32.
  14. ↑ a b c Institute of History Research: Bulletin of the Institute of History Research, Volumes 16-17 , Longmans, Green 1938, p. 146.
  15. ^ John Bellamy: The Tudor Law of Treason , Routledge 2013, ISBN 978-1-134-67209-7 , p. 171 / p. 217
  16. ↑ Michael Hicks: Richard III. and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses , A&C Black 1991, ISBN 978-1-852-85053-1 , pp. 67/411
  17. ↑ http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/tower.html Capital Punishment UK - read online June 04, 2016 -
  18. ^ TF Mayer, CB Walters: The Correspondance of Reginald Pole , Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 2008, ISBN 978-0-754-60329-0 , p. 249.
personal data
SURNAME Chamberlain, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chamberlain, Sir Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1491
Place of death London