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unusual facts about Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk


1405

May 29 – In England,Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, meets Archbishop Richard le Scrope of York and Earl of Norfolk Thomas Mowbray in Shipton Moor, tricks them to send their rebellious army home and then imprisons them.


John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk

He was the younger son of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, and succeeded his elder brother Thomas as 5th Earl of Norfolk and 3rd Earl of Nottingham in 1405.

John Dunbar, Earl of Moray

He died at York from wounds received from the Earl of Nottingham during a tournament.

Lords Appellant

These were later joined by Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby (the future king Henry IV) and Thomas de Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Nottingham.

Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

In April 1372, custody of both Thomas and his elder brother, John, was granted to Blanche Wake, a sister of their grandmother, Joan of Lancaster.


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