The marriage was against the wishes of many members of his nobility and members of parliament, and occurred primarily at the instigation of Richard's intimate, Michael de la Pole.
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Peter Hildyard, of Winestead, Yorkshire (son of Robert Hildyard and Elizabeth Hastings. Elizabeth was the granddaughter of Thomas de Morley, 5th Baron Morley and great-granddaughter of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, through her mother Ann).
During the Wonderful Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard.
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His father was a wool merchant from Hull who became a key figure during the reign of Edward III: after the collapse of the Bardi and Peruzzi families, he emerged as Edward's chief financier.
He took part in the campaign in Scotland in 1400, in naval operations around 1405, and served as the senior English diplomat at the Council of Pisa (1409).