Thomas of Woodstock

[tom-uhs uhv wood-stok]

noun

1. Duke of Gloucester, 1355–97, English prince (son of Edward III).

Thomas of Woodstock

noun

1. 1355–97, youngest son of Edward III, who led opposition to his nephew Richard II (1386–89); arrested in 1397, he died in prison

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Ninety-one-year-old Walter Thomas of Woodstock was able to slam an SUV through a garage door with his family's help.

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The dukedom dates from 1385, when Thomas of Woodstock, a younger son of Edward III., was created duke of Gloucester, but his honours were forfeited when he was found guilty of treason in 1397.

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Thomas of Woodstock, the Queen’s Benjamin, fared not much better.

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Evidently it came to be known that he had tastes of this kind, for William of Wykeham's pipers journeyed to Pyrford to strut their little hour before the Abbot; Henry Despenser, the fighting Bishop of Norwich and doughty champion of Richard II., sent his minstrels to entertain my lord when he was at Birlingham; the Duke of Gloucester, Thomas of Woodstock, kept a blind harper who gave a performance at Denham; and the other visitors included the Abbot of Eynsham's player—lusor—and the musicians of the ill-fated Earl of Arundel.

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He did not take arms in his own cause, though after the house of York the house of Buckingham had the best claim to the throne, as representing Thomas of Woodstock, the youngest son of Edward III.

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