John of Lancaster
Americannoun
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For his next project he plans to investigate the body of John of Lancaster, First Duke of Bedford, who ordered the execution of Joan of Arc.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2013
In a glade apart was a knight clothed in black, John of Lancaster.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
He, my lord; but he hath since done good service at Shrewsbury; and, as I hear, is now going with some charge to the Lord John of Lancaster.
From King Henry IV, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William
Late in life Falstaff deplores nothing so much in the character of Prince John of Lancaster as this, that a man cannot make him laugh.
From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine
"However men may love leaping," said John of Lancaster, "they seek not to break their necks by springing from a window, when they can help it."
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
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