Parliament demanded further reforms and refused to pay off the government’s debts while the French raised 30,000 men only to find that they too could not afford to actually invade England. Again, Richard II is so self-absorbed that he fails to see that there are many currents and movements in society which exist outside his own world. In fact, by the mid-1380s, Richard had started an active campaign against heresy in the kingdom, attacking heretical works, arresting Richard Lollards and supporting the church authorities.

Richard’s majority

As part of his promotion of the firm, Branson has added a variation of the Virgin Galactic livery to his personal business jet, the Dassault Falcon 900EX “Galactic Girl” (G-GALX). Branson said that he wept when the sale was completed because the record business had been the very start of the Virgin empire. He created V2 Records in 1996 to re-enter the music business, owning 5% himself. In 1971 he was questioned in connection with the selling of records declared export stock. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972.

Meaning of Richard – Learner’s Dictionary

Leading several thousand men and virtually all of the loyal nobility, Richard defeated the Irish chieftains in the Southeast. A 28 year truce with France in 1396, sealed with Richard’s betrothal to a French princess left Richard free to look westwards again. He built up the power of a new courtier nobility such as John Holand, his half-brother and Earl of Huntingdon, the new chamberlain and rival to the Courtenay, Earls of Devon. Using his 1390 Book of Statutes Richard now rebuilt his government, authority and image. Gaunt was carefully nurtured until 1394, when the king had gained the authority he needed. The Appellants now controlled the government and were faced with being judged by their own actions as rulers.

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• The King’s most powerful opponents, the so-called Appellant Lords, now moved against him but claimed to be acting in the interests of the crown and good government.
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• The Peasants’ Revolt, the first major ‘headline’ result of the series of plagues that swept across Europe, was a judgement on those who were governing the country in Richard’s name.

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• The Parliament that was then called to finance the clear up and sustain royal finances generally, now demanded reforms of its own.

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• In 1986, in his Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, he beat the record by two hours with a sailing expert named Daniel McCarthy.

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1987: Package holiday industries, compilation albums, and Virgin Atlantic

The king had his revenge and now handed out a slew of titles and land making, amongst others, Nottingham the Duke of Norfolk and Derby the Duke of Hereford. In the process the traditional power bases were alienated and the political map of England redrawn. Richard II became the first king to visit Ireland since 1210 and the last to do so before the 1690s.

1980: Founding of Virgin Records

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• Richard is appointed Lord Protector of England, putting him in charge until the boys grow up.

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• Richard Fitzalan, the 4th Earl of Arundel, was leader of another powerful family, second only to Gaunt in wealth.

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• A portrayal of John of Gaunt  © Although only 14 in 1381, Richard II was a tall, handsome and rich king from a good family line.

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• At the peak of its usage in 1946, 3.566% of baby boys were given the name Richard.
• Although Queen Elizabeth had influence and power as queen, as a widow she is powerless.

The marriage treaty had secured peace with France, while the one power in the land who had posed a real threat to Richard’s position was dead. Indeed, the king felt so secure that he went marching off to Ireland for the second time, taking his best and most loyal men with him. Richard constructed the first royal bathhouse, may well have invented the pocket handkerchief and used a spoon for the first time. In his patronage of architecture and personal piety, his reign has a powerful legacy in some of the key parts of Westminster Great Hall, York Minster and Canterbury Cathedral. The medieval parliament and king’s court often sat under its carved angels and it was from here that the kingdom was ruled.

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• Finally back in Britain, Richard II surrendered in Conway Castle after talks with the Earl of Northumberland, who promised that the king’s position would be respected.

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• Heavy taxation provoked popular opposition, coming to a head in the so-called ‘Peasants’ Revolt’ of 1381.
• In his patronage of architecture and personal piety, his reign has a powerful legacy in some of the key parts of Westminster Great Hall, York Minster and Canterbury Cathedral.
• But it is the rapid fall of Richard II, from his position as a secure, wealthy and respected monarch that sheds the most light on the reality of medieval power.

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Richard left Irish affairs in a state of flux and in no way enhanced the long term position of the English crown. Throughout his life, Gaunt remained Richard’s strong right arm, even though the two had little mutual affection. The naïve king, surrounded by sycophants, fell into the age old mistake of only rewarding favourites. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, had the title but no wealth and gained many profitable offices as his influence over the king increased.
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The Reign of Richard II, 1377 to 1399

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A CURSE, A WARNING AND MORE DEATHS

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Richard was imprisoned and died, probably murdered, in Pontefract Castle in 1400. In the early years of Richard’s reign, advisors (the continual councils) directed domestic and foreign policy. Heavy taxation provoked popular opposition, coming to a head in the so-called ‘Peasants’ Revolt’ of 1381. Richard is appointed Lord Protector of England, putting him in charge until the boys grow up. They were already working on a demo of the song Living In A Box, and invited him to sing the lead vocals.