PERRERS, ALICE

pĕrˈərz, d. 1400, mistress of Edward III of England. She entered the service of Edward's queen, Philippa of Hainaut, and married a courtier, Sir William de Windsor. Becoming the king's mistress possibly as early as 1366, she wielded great influence over him. Her interference in the promotion of lawsuits in the courts led to her banishment from the royal household by the Good Parliament of 1376. She returned in 1377 and later gained, despite another sentence of banishment, some favor and much wealth at the court of Richard II.

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books on: Perrers Alice  - 89 results

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1.
Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485
Book by Ronald H. Fritze, William B. Robison; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Great Britain--History--13th Century--Dictionaries, Great Britain--History--Lancaster And York, 1399-1485--Dictionaries
...1969; B. Wilkinson, The Later Middle Ages in England, 1216 1485 , 1961. Leslie Lawhon Perrers, Alice c.1348 1400 . The background of Alice Perrers is uncertain, though she was famous as the mistress of EDWARD III during the last years of...
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Medieval Merchant Venturers: Collected Studies
Book by E. M. Carus-Wilson; Methuen, 1967
Subjects: Bristol (England)--Commerce, Commerce--History--Medieval, 500-1500, Company Of Merchant Adventurers Of England, Wool Industry--Great Britain, Woolen Goods Industry--Great Britain
...family, regulations for breakfast, 21, 22 Perrers, Alice, 255 Perth, 225 Peterborough, 267 Petre of Bristol...England, 141 Richard of Shilton, 228- 30 Richards, Alice, 10 Richeman, John, 122 Rif, 138 Ripon, 280 Robert...
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The Lancastrian Affinity: 1361-1399
Book by Simon Walker; Oxford University Press, 1990
Subjects: England--Economic Conditions--1066-1485, England--Social Conditions--1066-1485, Feudalism--England, Great Britain--History--14th Century, Great Britain--History--House Of Lancaster, 1399-1461, John--Of Gaunt, Duke Of Lancaster--1340-1399, Lancaster, House Of
...Norf.) 199 n. Paumes, William 33 n., 277 Pavely, Alice 113 3 Payn, John 35 n., 37 n.,194, 203, 277...277 family 248, 252 n. Perewyche, Roger 16,277 Perrers, Alice 118 8 Richard 107 n., 277 Persay, Robert 33 n...
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Margaret of Anjou: Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
Book by Helen E. Maurer; Boydell Press, 2003
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Edward Iv, 1461-1483, Great Britain--History--Henry Vi, 1422-1461, Margaret--Of Anjou, Queen, Consort Of Henry Vi, King Of England--1430-1482, Power (Social Sciences)--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Queens--Great Britain--Biography
...Egremont (d. 1460) 101 -2, 150, 153 , 154 -5, 181 Perrers, Alice, mistress of Edward III 24 Philip the Good, duke of...losses 27 , 30 -1, 69 n., 81 wife of, see Chaucer, Alice political verse 29 n., 46 , 69 , 80 -1, 145 , 176...
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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?
Percy, Henry, 81 n. Perrers, Alice, 5 Peterborough, monastery of, 9 Petigree of Emperors, 275 , 279 Petrarch, 207 , 217 , 221 Petrarchae quaedam, 275 , 279...
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Queer Times: Richard II in the Poems and Chronicles of Late Fourteenth-Century England
Journal article by Sylvia Federico; Medium Aevum, Vol. 79, 2010
Subjects: Absolutism--Analysis, Absolutism--Portrayals, Political poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Richard II, King of England--Evaluation, Richard II, King of England--Portrayals
...Neville, the steward of the household, and Alice Perrers, the kings mistress. (26) Alice Perrers, a tilers daughter who accumulated great...supergressa). (29) The sexual power of Alice Perrers over the king is alluded to in an unusually...
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Ford Madox Brown's Protestant Medievalism: Chaucer and Wycliffe
Journal article by Velma Bourgeois Richmond; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 54, 2005
Subjects: Brown, Ford Madox--Works, Chaucer (Painting), Wycliffe (Painting)--Criticism and interpretation
...IIIs court, the aged king with Alice Perrers at his side, and his son the Black...To the right of the old king is Alice Perrers, a cause of scandal to the Court...Exhibition catalogue. Chandler, Alice. A Dream of Order: The Medieval...
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Shakespeare's Edward III: A Consolation for English Recusants
Journal article by J.P. Conlan; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Armada, 1588--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Art, Elizabethan--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English drama--1454-1700, Reformation in art--Analysis, Shakespeare, William--Authorship, The Raign of King Edward the Third (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--History, 1558-1603 (Elizabethan era)
...to his lust, wallowing in the shocking affair with Alice Perrers, misconduct which encouraged the Good Parliament to...inclined him to, that weakness of character that Dame Alice Perrers was to take advantage of in his later years. Far more...
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Chamberlain Danger: The Social Meaning of Love Allegory in the Confessio Amantis
Journal article by Elliot Kendall; Medium Aevum, Vol. 76, 2007
Subjects: Confessio amantis (Poem)--Authorship, Confessio amantis (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1100-1485 (Middle English period)--Works, Gower, John--Criticism and interpretation, Gower, John--Works, Medieval poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Medieval poetry--Works, Middle English period, 1100-1500--Criticism and interpretation, Middle English period, 1100-1500--Works, Poetry, Medieval--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Medieval--Works
...1370s when the Earl of Pembroke and (momentarily) even Alice Perrers found that the path to royal justice stopped at the chamberlain. (14) Just as Pembroke and Perrers had to approach the king through his chamberlain, so...
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The Restoration English History Plays of Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery
Journal article by Tracey E. Tomlinson; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 43, 2003
Subjects: Boyle, Robert (Author)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...The epilogue, which may have been spoken by Nell Gwyrm in the role of the kings mistress, Alizia (historically Alice Perrers), informs the king that he is even greater than the Black Prince through his restoration: (35) For though Immortal...
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Edward III: W. M. Ormrod Describes the Career of the King Whose Fifty Years on the Throne Are Best Remembered for His Wars with France and Scotland, and His Foundation of the Order of the Garter
Magazine article by W.M. Ormrod; History Today, Vol. 52, June 2002
Subjects: Edward III, King of England--Conduct of life, Kings and rulers--Conduct of life, Monarchy--History, United Kingdom--History
...having betrayed the memory of the deceased Queen Philippa by taking to his bed, and to his counsels, the controversial Alice Perrers. Modern historians, for rather different reasons, have also emphasised the apparent fragility of a regime that crumbled...


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newspaper articles on: Perrers Alice  - 3 results

 
 
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The Royal Rotters!; Sorry History of Our Awful Rulers
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 17, 1996
...weak and embittered. He outraged his nobles by taking the greedy and unpopular Alice Perrers as a lover after his wife died. As he lay on his deathbed in 1377, Alice was standing by waiting to strip the rings from his fingers. Charles II (1660...
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Past Perfect; Candida Lycett Green Has Spent a Lifetime Seeking out Hidden Wonders All over England. Here She Reveals Three of the Most Magical and Surprising Oases in the Capital
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 16, 2009
...of Palingswick or Paddenswick Manor which, for a romantic time in the middle of the 14th century, was the home of Alice Perrers, a mistress of Edward III. After many alterations and additions, the final form of the house took shape in the 1740s...
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Smart Courtier John of Gaunt Sought Power, Not a Crown
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 22, 2004
Subjects: Wycliffe, John (Theologian)
...10 solid months. Gaunts forte was domestic politics in England. He aligned himself with the court faction led by Alice Perrers, the lubricious and luxury-loving mistress of the aged (and by then, senile) Edward III, and effectively ruled...


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encyclopedia articles on: Perrers Alice  - 4 results

 
 
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Perrers, Alice
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERRERS, ALICE per rz, d. 1400, mistress of Edward III of England. She entered the service of Edwards queen, Philippa of Hainaut, and married...
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Edward III
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...influence of his greedy mistress, Alice Perrers , and the political scene became...the Black Prince. Supported by Alice Perrers, John of Gaunt gained control...of 1376 forced the expulsion of Alice Perrers from court, and several of Johns...
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John of Gaunt
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...After a truce was reached (1375) he returned to England, where he allied himself with the corrupt court party led by Alice Perrers, mistress of the aging Edward III. For a short time John of Gaunt in effect ruled England. His party was temporarily...
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Edward the Black Prince
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...called Good Parliament of 1376, which, among other things, impeached two followers of John of Gaunt and removed Alice Perrers, the kings mistress, from court. The Black Prince died shortly thereafter...


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