Walsingham, who records the fact of the execution, is silent as to the constitution of the court by which sentence was passed (Hist. ), iii. He was born in Gawthorp to Sir William Gascoigne and Agnes Franke. Near the end of Henry IV's reign, around 1413, the English kingdom is beset with rebellions in Wales and troubles with the Scots. The later scene (act v. sc. 369–370) asserts that Gascoigne was to have tried the archbishop, but that he refused to do so on the ground that he had no jurisdiction over spiritual persons; that therefore the king commissioned Sir William Fulthorp, ‘a knight and not a judge,’ to try the case; and that he it was who passed sentence on the archbishop. Handmade in Australia. Henry Percy is killed in a rebellion against Henry IV, but at the Battle of Shrewsbury rather than in combat with Henry V, although it is unsure who killed him. It has been doubted whether Gascoigne could have displayed such independence of action without prompt punishment or removal from office. Although it is clear that Gascoigne did not hold office long under Henry V, it is not impossible that the scene in the fifth act of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, (in which Henry V is crowned king, and assures Gascoigne that he shall continue to hold his post), could have some historical basis, and that the judge's resignation shortly thereafter was voluntary. Henry, called Hal, is away from the king, where the relationship between father and son are tense. Capgrave, however (Chron. Shakespeare, who drew on both accounts, identifies the servant with Bardolph (Henry IV, pt. The Dauphin does offer to fight the English king, but is easily defeated and captured. 2), where the new king calls upon the chief justice to show cause why he should not hate him, and after hearing his defence bids him ‘still bear the balance and the sword,’ is not only unfounded in, but is inconsistent with, historical fact. Both Elyot and Hall agree that the occasion of the prince's action was the arraignment of one of his servants before the chief justice, but Elyot represents the prince as at first merely protesting, and, when protest proved unavailing, endeavouring to rescue the prisoner. 270). 302, 311, v. 4, vi. i.) 302, 311, v. 4, vi. Although both were later executed, the chief justice had no part in this. He dies in battle, showing poor judgment in launching a battle that did not need to be fought. (Rolls Ser. Anne Or Agnes Gascoigne b: ABT 1389 in Of, Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England Marriage 2 Anne Lysley b: ABT 1337 in Gawthorpe, Bishop Wilton, East Riding, Yorkshire, Eng, 1. ), iii. In fact, many characters and events, while historical, did not occur or result in how they are portrayed. [10], Sir William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of the King's Bench1,2,3 M, #16693, b. circa 1350, d. 17 December 1419 Father William Gascoigne d. a 1372 Mother Agnes Franke Sir William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of the King's Bench was born circa 1350 at Gawthorpe, Yorkshire, England. Sanct. [19] They had a daughter Agnes (or Anne) Gascoigne, who in turn became the wife of Sir Thomas Fairfax, who is the ancestor of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. William Gascoigne+1 b. c 1366, d. 28 Mar 1422. Henry V was a celebrated king for his decisive leadership and actions, particularly at Agincourt, but in reality, he was also very ambitious and he showed great promise as king even in his younger years. 179; Drake's Eboracum, pp. Rolls Ser. He was a descendant of an ancient Yorkshire family. This he absolutely refused to do, asserting the right of the prisoners to be tried by their peers. Son of Sir William Gascoigne, IX and Agnes Gascoigne He says nothing of the assault, nor, though he states that the king approved of Gascoigne's conduct, does he hint that he endorsed it by adding any punishment of his own. Holmes, viii. [10], His Great Grandson, also called Sir William Gascoigne, married Joan Neville. 509; Coll. of England, Rolls Ser. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. Gascoigne immediately committed him to prison, and gave the prince a dressing-down that caused him to acknowledge the justice of the sentence. From: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gascoigne,_William_(1350%3F-1419)_(DNB00) https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati21stepuoft#page/45/mode/1up to https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati21stepuoft#page/47/mode/1up ______________, Sir William Gascoigne Birth: 1350 Death: 1419 Sir William Gascoigne (c. 1350 – December 17, 1419) was Chief Justice of England during the reign of King Henry IV. His brother, Nicholas Gascoigne, was ancestor of the Gascoigne baronets. Overall, The King does appear a lot like the plays by Shakespeare, which were effective propaganda for Henry V. Eventually, Catherine remarries a man called Owen Tutor, who gives rise to the Tutor dynasty that influenced Shakespeare and his writing. (This even attracted gazetteers in the 19th century, suggesting his tomb amongst places worthy of visit). [5][6] Some biographies of him have stated that he died in 1412, but this is disproved by Edward Foss in his Lives of the Judges. 856; Walsingham's Hist. Additionally, William Gascoigne resigned soon after Henry V became king. Geni requires JavaScript! [4], John Falstaff: A fictional character created by Shakespeare in his book Henry V, which the movie is in part based on. However, they soon rebel and join the Welsh against the king. His salary was paid down to 7 July, and by royal warrant dated 24 Nov. 1414 he received a grant of four bucks and does annually from the forest of Pontefract for the term of his life (Devon, Issues of the Exchequer, p. 322; Tyler, Life of Hen. (Rolls Ser. [10] William V's sister Margaret was ancestress of Mary Ward. Their son, also Sir William, married Lady Margaret Percy, the daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor de Poynings, Baroness de Poynings. Fuller (Worthies) gives Sunday 17 Dec. 1412 as the date of his death. In fact, the death of the Dauphin and Henry's success led to the French king wanting to make Henry the future king of France. With this account Sloane MS. 1776, f. 44, agrees, adding that Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury, concurred with Gascoigne, and that one Ralph Everis, also a knight, was joined with Fulthorp in the special commission. It therefore seems probable that Henry's first intention was to continue him in his office, but that at his own request his patent was not renewed. Soon after, an assassin is found who is supposedly sent by Charles VI, the King of France. The Chief Justice, William Gascoigne, strongly encourages war and two nobles, The Earl of Cambridge and Thomas Grey, having conspired against the king are executed. Gascoigne was indeed summoned as lord chief justice to the first parliament of Henry V, notwithstanding that his patent had determined by the death of the late king; but he had already either resigned or been removed from office when that parliament met on 15 May 1413, as the patent of his successor, Sir William Hankford, is dated the 29th of the preceding March (Foss, Lives of the Judges, iv.