Thomas Plantagenęt Kight of the Garter, Duke of Gloucester
- Born: 7 Jan 1355, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England 141
- Marriage: Alianore de Bohun 141
- Died: Between 8 and 9 Sep 1397, Prince's Inn, Calais, France 141
- Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England
 Information about this person:
• Background Information. 141
Thomas, surnamed "of Woodstock," Knight, K.G., sixth and youngest son of Edward III, was summoned to Parliament on 1 Dec. 1376, and created Earl of Buckingham on 16 Jul 1377 at the Coronation of King Richard II when he acted as Constable, and Duke of Gloucester on 6 Aug. 1385. He was Earl of Essex jure uxoris, but not of Hereford or Northampton, and was recognised as Constable of England jure uxoris. He was active in the French and Scottish wars, and was the leader of the opposition against the autocratic rule of his nephew King Richard II. After ten years of quarrelling with Richard, he was said to have conspired to imprison the King. Thomas Duke of Gloucester, was arrested at Pleshey, taken to Calais where he was murdered by suffocation, it is said in a house called the Prince's Inn, on 8 or 15 Sep. 1397 according to the confessions of his murderers, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His widow died testate at Minoresses Convent in Aldgate 3 Oct. 1399, and was buried at Westminster Abbey.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 388
Thomas married Alianore de Bohun, daughter of Sir Humphrey de Bohun Knight of the Gater, Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitz Alan.141 (Alianore de Bohun was born Circ 1366, died on 3 Oct 1399 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.)
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