IC Announcement Thread

[Lucius Malfoy]

Used for all public proclamations, decrees and announcements.

[Gandalfus]

Word spreads around the Kingdom: A Parliament has been called, and all lords spiritual and temporal of the realm are compelled to attend.

[Lucius Malfoy]

Over the next few months, there was constant word of an execution involving a number of people accused of various charges that suggested actions contrary to the King's authority and against the Crown.

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With the Lord Appellant's power secure in London, a missive would go out, indicating the appointment of persons to various titles.

Privy Council
1. Lord High Steward (Henry of Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby)
2. Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester)
3. Lord High Treasurer (Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick)
4. Lord Privy Seal (Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent)
5. Lord Great Chamberlain (Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel)
6. Lord High Constable (Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester)
7. Earl Marshal (Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham)
8. Admiral of the Fleet (Edmund of Langley, Duke of York)

Royal Household
1. Steward of the Household (Geoffrey Chaucer)
2. Chamberlain of the Household (---)
3. Keeper of the Wardrobe (Sir John de Montagu)
4. Master of the Horse (Sir Thomas Mortimer)

Other Titles and Offices
1. Captain of Calais (William de Beauchamp, Baron Bergavenny)
2. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Roger Mortimer, Earl of March)
3. Lord Chancellor of Wales (---)
4. Lord Warden of the Marches (Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland)
5. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (Thomas de Stafford, Earl of Stafford)
6. Lord Lieutenant of Aquitaine (John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster)
7. Lieutenant-General of Brittany (Edward de Courtenay, Earl of Devon)
8. Constable of the Tower (Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent)

[Dirty Chai]

Word spreads throughout Ireland that the Lord Lieutenancy has put onto the Earl of March and Ulster, and that his bastard uncle, Sir Thomas Mortimer, has arrived in Dublin as his deputy - that is, acting lord lieutenant.

[Dirty Chai]

Parliament is called Ireland - in Dublin, within the Pale. Lords secular and spiritual of Ireland are invited to attend with the new Deputy Lord Lieutenant sitting as the King's representative.

[Mary The Quene]

It is announced that in the year of 1389 that The 2nd earl of Salisbury, 4th Baron Montagu and King of Mann, has passed away peacefully on his deathbed alongside his wife, may God Bless his soul and may he be reunited with his deceased children in heaven. His nephew is to inherit his uncle's title's and estate's.

[Oznerol]

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, declares that Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, is hereby arrested on the charges of high treason, conspiration, usurpation, sedition and felony. He is to be put under trial in a fortnight. All his lands, titles and belongings are enfeoffed, confiscated and forfeited. The Earls of Arundel and Warwick, Lord FitzAlan and Lord Beauchamp, are also to be arrested on the grounds of treason and shall thereby be put under trial in a month, following the required procedures, in a court of law. Any defiance against these shall be considered high treason.

In the name of God and His Holy Mother Mary, given at Sheen,

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, declares that our Lord of Suffolk, Michael de la Pole, the heirs of Simon de Burley, those of John de Beauchamp et al, impeached and executed by the villainous efforts of the so-called Appellants, are restored to their earthly honors, lands and belongings and are to be compensated by the perpetrators of such a crime.

In the name of God, give at Sheen in this day of Our Lord's Epiphany of 1389,

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, hereby declares that Sir Roger de Burley, our steemed Simon de Burley's sole brother and heir, is to be raised to the peerage, created first Baron de Burley, to the heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.

In the Name of God, given at Sheen, Day of the Epiphany of Our Lord of 1389,

[Oznerol]

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, we hereby declare Richard FitzAlan a traitor to the crown and the realm, who has broken the king's peace and raised in arms against us. He is thus charged of high treason, sedition, felony and conspiration, all his estates are considered forfeited, enfeoffed and confiscated. Whosoever helps the said Richard FitzAlan in his fool's errands shall also be declared and branded a traitor, facing attaintment and forfeiture, with the penaly of death, a traitor's fate.

In the Name of God,

[Pontifex Maximus]

A proclamation from Durham:

I, Palatine Count of Durham, Bishop Walter Skirlaw, make this statement

Having been counselor and confessor to certain earls, barons, and other peerage, do make this public announcement. Whereas solemn weeks of prayer have allowed the Holy Spirit to guide me, I must opine that the Lords Appellant and their cause is abhorrent to mine eyes as both a good Christian and Palatine Count. Their disregard for due process betrays them as tyrants, and their open warfare betrays them as warmongers. Their sinful ways must not be condoned and I beg the Primates of England to enforce penalties of interdiction in their lands until such time as they end their violence.

[Oznerol]

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, we hereby declare that the two shares of the Mortimer inheritance held by Lord Warwick and Lord Arundel are to devolve to the Earl of March, our beloved cousin, and are to be administrated by his guardian, my dearest brother Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent.

In the name of God,

[Barry Goldwater]

The Irish royalist army has officially begun its march northward to Dublin. Naturally, this means that the identity of their commander, the Duke of Ireland, and his obvious survival past the Battle of Radcot Bridge has become public knowledge as well.

[Oznerol]

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, we hereby declare that the manors, formerly property of Richard FitzAlan, at Allington, Maidstone, Cranbrook, Tornbridge and Hever are granted to our brother Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent, etc, to him as his heirs lawfully begotten. We also declare that the earldom of Surrey, with all its entailed lands, honors, incomes and etc, it is granted to our beloved nephew, Thomas Holland the Younger, who shall now be acknowledged as Earl of Surrey on his own right, title that shall be inherited by all heirs male lawfully begotten. We do also declare that the manors held by the abhorrent traitor in Chichester, Petworth and Midhurts shall be granted to our dearest and noble Earl of Salisbury, Sir John Montagu, to his heirs lawfully begotten. The manors, properties, honors and incomes of the said Earl of Arundel in Cuckfield, Horsham, Amberley, plus the own castle of Arundel and all its entailed lands are thereby granted to Sir John Holland, dearest brother mine, and to his heirs lawfully begotten. All the lands of Pevensey that have reverted to the crown are granted to our beloved and most loyal uncle John, Duke of Lancaster, etc. Finally, to our noble cousin John, natural son of my Lord of Lancaster: the lands of Glottenham and Winchelsea are granted to him and his heirs lawfully begotten. We wish for him to serve us in the years to come as faithfully as he did.

That is our will. In the name of God,

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, we hereby declare that our dearest and noble Lord of Salisbury, John Montagu, is granted a share of the Mortimer inheritance (that held by the baseborn Thomas, bastard of March), God preserve the health of our beloved nephew, the Earl of March, to be administrated until the said earl is declared of age. The said Lord Montagu is to become part of the consortium we thus approved years ago. Furthermore, my Lords Neville and Percy are granted an equal share of the remaining part, once held by Lord Beauchamp of Warwick.

In the name of God,

By the Grace of God, Richard, King of England and France, Duke of Aquitaine and Lord of Ireland, etc, we hereby declare that John Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, is to be invested as Knight of the Garter in the next chapter of our most noble order of the Garter, this year on our royal castle of Windsor, in lieu of his later brother, the noble and mighty Lord Salisbury, God preserve his soul.

In the name of God,

[Oznerol]

The King announces the following changes to his Privy Council:


1. Lord High Steward: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, etc.
2. Lord Chancellor: Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham.
3. Lord High Treasurer: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, etc.
4. Lord Privy Seal: Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent.
5. Lord Great Chamberlain: Ralph Neville, Lord Neville of Raby.
6. Lord High Constable: Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland.
7. Earl Marshal: Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham.
8. Admiral of the Fleet: Edmund of Langley, Duke of York.


And his household:


1. Lord Steward of the Household: Geoffrey Chaucer.
2. Lord Chamberlain of the Household: John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon.
3. Keeper of the Wardrobe: Sir John Montagu, Earl of Salisbury.
4. Master of the Horse: Thomas Stafford, Earl of Stafford.


Other Titles and Offices
1. Captain of Calais (---)
2. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Roger Mortimer, Earl of March)
3. Lord Chancellor of Wales (---)
4. Lord Warden of the Marches (Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland)
5. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (Thomas de Stafford, Earl of Stafford)
6. Lord Lieutenant of Aquitaine (---)
7. Lieutenant-General of Brittany (Edward de Courtenay, Earl of Devon)
8. Constable of the Tower (Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent)

[Dirty Chai]

OOC: forgot to post this

Parliament of Ireland names the Earl of Desmond as Lord Justice

[Dirty Chai]

(Delete the above one please)
New consortium of Mortimer per King's edicts:

Earl of Kent: £2,000
Earl of Salisbury: £1,025
Earl of Northumberland: £1,500
Lord Neville: £1,500

Earl of Kent retains wardship of Roger and Edmund Mortimer

[Dirty Chai]

As of the winter festivities in late 1392, from 1393 and onward, the following consortium is voided as Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March and 6th Earl of Ulster, has come of age and been given his full honors by the king.

Earl of Kent: £2,000
Earl of Salisbury: £1,025
Earl of Northumberland: £1,500
Lord Neville: £1,500

The above lords will no longer receive these incomes from the lands of the Mortimer family. Their stewards are replaced by order of the Earl himself and his replacement stewards will report back to him if they are impeded from enforcing the new management.

[Gandalfus]

It is hereby made known that the trial of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester and Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick will be held within a month within the Houses of Parliament. The following shall serve upon the panel of judges that shall arbitrate and consider the fate of the accused:

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster - Presiding Judge
Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham
Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent
William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury.

The other Peers of the realm are expected to attend this meeting of the Parliament to provide counsel and advice to the judges that shall be considered for the final verdict.

[Gandalfus]

Sir Henry Beaufort marries Mary Stafford in the year of our lord 1389 at a chapel in Staffordshire. May God bless their union.

[Oznerol]

The court moves to Windsor, including the whole royal household. Hunts, several pleasantries and a chapter or the Order of the Garter will take place. The king will lastly winter at Leeds Castle, where the court shall spend Christmas.

[Oznerol]

Final round of appointments this year. The appointed men shall take possession of their offices before the end of the year.

1. Captain of Calais (Edward de Courtenay, Earl of Devon)
2. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Roger Mortimer, Earl of March, through deputy)
3. Lord Chancellor of Wales (John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, through deputy)
4. Lord Warden of the Marches (Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland)
5. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk)
6. Lord Lieutenant of Aquitaine (William Beauchamp)
7. Lieutenant-General of Brittany (Thomas de Stafford, Earl of Stafford)
8. Constable of the Tower (Thomas Holland, Earl of Kent)