Thomas of Woodstock

American  

[tom-uhs uhv wood-stok] / ˈtɒm əs əv ˈwʊdˌstɒk /

noun

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

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Thomas of Woodstock British  

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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Example Sentences

But Richard was tactless; he openly flouted his two uncles, John of Gaunt and Thomas of Woodstock, and took no pains to conciliate either the baronage or the commons.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

In the days of King Edward III a code of laws relating to trial by battle had been compiled for one of his sons, Thomas of Woodstock.

From Men of Iron by Pyle, Howard

The personage in question was Eleanor, daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and wife of Thomas of Woodstock, who ended her days as a nun in the convent at Barking in 1399.

From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

He was of the blood royal, being grandson of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, son of King Edward III.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

Moreover, the other Bohun co-heiress became in 1376 the wife of Thomas of Woodstock, the youngest of Edward's sons, the Gloucester of the next reign.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William