OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN

1378?–1417, English leader of Lollardry. He married the heiress of Lord Cobham in 1408 and was known as "the good Lord Cobham." Under the rule of Henry IV he performed valuable military service, especially in Wales, where he became a friend of the prince of Wales (later Henry V). His devotion to the teachings of John Wyclif brought upon him in 1413 condemnation for heresy. Oldcastle escaped from the Tower of London and was active in Lollard conspiracies until 1417, when he was captured and condemned. He was executed by hanging over a slow fire.

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books on: Oldcastle Sir John  - 323 results

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Sir Thomas Malory, His Turbulent Career: A Biography
Book by Edward Hicks; Harvard University Press, 1928
Subjects: Malory, Thomas--Sir--15th cent
...of Orkney , 79 . Lucy Sir Thomas , 62 , 63 , 64...38 n , 39 . Lydgate John , 16 . Malory Elizabeth , 56 , 73 . -- John , 8 , 9 , 81 . -- Melchisedech...Norfolk , 51 . Mylner John , 35 . Nero, 79 . Nevill...33 , 36 , 50 , 71 . Oldcastle Sir John , 24 , 64 n...
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Sir Walter Raleigh: His Family and Private Life
Book by A. L. Rowse; Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1962
Subjects: Raleigh, Walter--Sir--1552?-1618
...one of the Brookes of Cobham, the family that felt itself demeaned by Shakespeares portrait of their ancestor, Sir John Oldcastle, in Henry IV, and forced him to change the name to Falstaff. In this generation she was much the best of a bad...
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John Lydgate: A Study in the Culture of the XVth Century
Book by Walter F. Schirmer, Ann E. Keep; University of California Press, 1961
Subjects: Lydgate, John--1370?-1451?
...of Henry Percy , 28 Northwold, John de, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds, 21 n. Norwich, John de, 77 Occleve, Thomas: see Hoccleve...Offa, King of Mercia, 164 , 169 Oldcastle, Sir John, 54 On the folly of heeping up...
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Counterfeiting Shakespeare: Evidence, Authorship, and John Ford's Funerall Elegye
Book by Brian Vickers; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Ford, John--1586-Ca. 1640--Authorship, Poetry--Authorship, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Authorship, W. S--Funerall Elegye In Memory Of The Late Virtuous Master William Peeter Of Whipton Neere Exetour
...ascription, but the similar claim for Sir John Oldcastle, absurd on the face of it, is...meet The Troublesome Reign of King John, in two parts, the source from...evidence of the Apocrypha Sir John Oldcastle, The London Prodigal and A Yorkshire...
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Skull beneath the Skin: The Achievement of John Webster
Book by Charles R. Forker; Southern Illinois University Press, 1986
Subjects: Webster, John--1580?-1625?--Criticism And Interpretation
...Hardings Samuel Sidney, Sir Philip, 28 , 35 , 55 , 56...Sir Philip , 299 Sinklo, John, 78 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , 3 Sir John Oldcastle Drayton, Hathaway, Munday...and Webster . See Webster, John Sisson, C. J., 161 Sixtus...
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journal articles on: Oldcastle Sir John  - 51 results

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Sir John Oldcastle and the Construction of Shakespeare's Authorship
Journal article by Douglas A. Brooks; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998
Subjects: Authorship--Analysis, English drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Henry IV, part 1 (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sir John Oldcastle and the construction of Shakespeares...title page of the 1600 edition of Sir John Oldcastle Part I indicates that the play was...Nevertheless, in the case of the Sir John Oldcastle reprint the authors name appears...
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"The Light of Printing": William Tyndale, John Foxe, John Day, and Early Modern Print Culture [*
Journal article by John N. King; Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Day, John--Influence, Foxe, John--Authorship, Printing--History, Protestantism--History, Tyndale, William--Influence
...Thorpe Priest Accused of Heresy. The Examination of Sir John Oldcastle (1530), which Bale and Foxe ascribe to Tyndale...Chronicle concerning the Examination and Death of Sir John Oldcastle (Antwerp, 1544) out of extant manuscripts by those...
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"No Quyckar Merchaundyce Than Lybrary Bokes": John Bale's Commodification of Manuscript Culture
Journal article by Ernst Gerhardt; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Bale, John (English historian)--History, Manuscript preparation (Authorship)--History, Manuscript preparation--History
...set on fire--were so costly that John Freman proposed to Thomas Cromwell...At the outset of the Dissolution, John Leland had also bewailed the foreign...Bale notes, for instance, that Sir John Oldcastle "caused all hys workes to be coppyed...
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Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633
Journal article by John D. Cox; Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England, Vol. 21, 2008
...Catholics, 1560-1633 by John D. Cox Anthony Munday...94.95. Reviewer: JOHN D. COX In a work of careful...contributed to the play called Sir Thomas More (unpublished...Munday had a hand in Sir John Oldcastle, which was written in...
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Helen Barr, Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England
Journal article by John M. Bowers; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: Socioliterary Practice in Late Medieval England (Book)--Reviews
...Practice in Late Medieval England. by John M. Bowers (Oxford: Oxford University...new significance in Hoccleves To Sir John Oldcastle (chapter i). Even Pearl can be...Thomas Berkeleys circle, including John Trevisa with his noteworthy translation...
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magazine articles on: Oldcastle Sir John  - 2 results

 
 
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Shakespeare's Religion
Magazine article by Robert Miola; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2008
Subjects: Renaissance writers--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, John--Criticism and interpretation
...a dashing Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh (who was...association with the Jesuits. John Speed, an early modern...scurrilous representation of Sir John Oldcastle--and Shakespeare is...Shakespeares wedding, John Frith of Temple Grafton...
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Shakespeare on Military Contracting
Magazine article by Gary Sturgess; Journal of International Peace Operations, Vol. 5, March 2010
Subjects: Defense contracts, Horses
...what young Harry sees in Sir John Falstaff- an "old, fat...lying" man according to John Dry den. And yet, over...William Shakespeares Sir John Falstaff, partly because...to be known as Sir John Oldcastle (a caricature of another...


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newspaper articles on: Oldcastle Sir John  - 4 results

 
 
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ENGLAND'S BIGGEST ICON; as Roger Allam Becomes the Latest Actor to Take on the Role of Sir John Falstaff, Henry Hitchings Explores the Enduring Appeal of Shakespeare's 'Villainous Abominable Misleader of Youth'
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 7, 2010
Subjects: Actors, Actresses, Allam, Roger, Teenagers, Youth
...Latest Actor to Take on the Role of Sir John Falstaff, Henry Hitchings Explores...Though a knight -- technically Sir John, even if more convincing as Plump...for the character, the knight Sir John Oldcastle, as well as to a popular Southwark...
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Elton John Ticket Glitches Bedevil Buyers
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 4, 2010
Subjects: John, Elton, University of Oregon
Elton John Ticket Glitches Bedevil Buyers...tickets for Februarys Elton John concert despite being charged...for the Feb. 17 concert by Sir Elton, who will appear as...his job as a rock crusher at Oldcastle Materials to deal with the...
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POST PUZZLER: 50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), November 23, 2006
...and friend of the young Henry V, Sir John Oldcastle? 16 "One lesson youd better learn...robot Bender and alien lobster Dr John Zoidberg? 33 Which world-beating...winner has the real first names of John Joseph? 35 A Venezuelan town now...
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Pub Chain to Ban Smoking in May; JD WETHERSPOON OUTLAWS TOBACCO AS BOSS SAYS IT'S KEEPING AWAY CUSTOMERS
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 24, 2005
...premises. The four London pubs involved are the Pommelers Rest near Tower Bridge, the Angel in Islington, the Sir John Oldcastle in Farringdon and the Hamilton Hall at Liverpool Street station, said to be the busiest pub in the City. The ban...


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encyclopedia articles on: Oldcastle Sir John  - 4 results

 
 
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Oldcastle, Sir John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN 1378? 1417, English leader of Lollardry...His devotion to the teachings of John Wyclif brought upon him in 1413 condemnation for heresy. Oldcastle escaped from the Tower of London and...
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Cobham, John Oldcastle, Lord
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COBHAM, JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD see Oldcastle, Sir John . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Henry V , King of England
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...same year. With his father, with Sir Henry Percy , and later by himself...rebellion by the Lollards, led by Sir John Oldcastle , resulted in a strong parliamentary...intermittently until the execution of Oldcastle in 1417. Determined to regain...
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Lollardry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...ecclesiastical reform, led by John Wyclif , whose "poor priests...rebellion broke out among followers of Sir John Oldcastle . The rebellion was easily put down (1414), and Oldcastle was executed (1417). There was...


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