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A list of some of the key people who played a part in Wallingford's history, with links to further information.
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David Jenkins (1582-1663) David was a Welsh judge and Royalist during the English Civil War. He was involved in raising money for the siege of Gloucester and he also indicted several prominent Parliamentarians for high treason. Jenkins was captured by the Parliamentarians in December 1645 in Hereford and imprisoned in the Tower of London, Newgate Prison and latterly in Wallingford (1648-1652) and Windsor Castles. Whilst in prison in the 1640s, Jenkins wrote a number of political tracts which were collectively published in 1648 as "The Works of the Eminent and Learned Judge Jenkins upon divers Statutes concerning the King's Prerogative and the Liberty of the Subject". Jenkins was brought before parliament in April 1647, but argued that it had no power to try him in the absence of the king. While in prison at Wallingford he wrote to Charles telling him to sign the Treaty of Newport. In 1650 Jenkins was amongst other prisoners that the Rump Parliament considered executing. Jenkins was eventually released in 1657 prior to the restoration of the monarchy.
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Joan of Kent (1328-1385) Joan, "The Fair Maid of Kent", married Edward
the Black Prince in 1361 (her third marriage). Their son was Richard II.
Joan of Kent died at Wallingford, it is suggested of a broken heart. Sir John
Holland, an adult son of her first marriage to Thomas Holland, was campaigning
with Richard in Scotland, when a quarrel broke out between him and Hugh
Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, a favourite of the new Queen Anne of Bohemia.
Stafford was killed, and John Holland sought sanctuary at the shrine of St John
of Beverley. On the King’s return, Holland was condemned to death. Joan
pleaded with her son for four days to spare his half-brother. On the fifth day,
she died at Wallingford Castle. Richard relented, and pardoned Holland (though
he was then sent on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land).
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Joan of Navarre (1368–1437) Joan of Navarre was the second consort of Henry IV and Queen of England. When Henry went to France in 1415, she was allowed to use Wallingford Castle as a residence.
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Joan of Navarre |
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King John (1167-1216) Son of Henry
II and Eleanor of Aquitane. As an Earl, in Archbishop
of Rouen while Richard I was at the crusades. John installed a garrison of
Welsh mercenaries to protect the castle, but was forced to surrender it when it
became clear Richard would be returning. When he became King, John was a
frequent visitor to Wallingford, and extended the castle. The barons came to
Wallingford to present their grievances.
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King John |
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John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316 –1336) John of Eltham was the son of Edward II and Isabella of France. When created Earl of Cornwall in 1328 he became castellan of Wallingford Castle. John of Fordun claims that he was killed by his brother Edward III.
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Prior from 1191 of the Holy Trinity Priory at Wallingford,
John de Wallingford was also know as John de Cella (as Wallingford was a cell of
St Albans). In 1195
he was elected abbot of St. Albans and remained there until his death. He
studied in Paris, and was considered a great grammarian, poet and physicist. His
document "flod at London brigge" predicted the high water mark of the
Thames, and is credited as the first of its type. His Chronica Joannis
Wallingford covers events from 449 to 1036, including the St Brice's Day
massacre of the Danes.
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John of Wallingford, infirmarius at St Albans, also wrote
chronicles covering a later period. His chronicles appear in the same
manuscript, as John, abbot of St Albans (Cotton MS.Juius D viii). Historian
Matthew Paris adapted the work of the abbot and was a friend of the infirmarius,
and produced an illustration of the latter.
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