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	Robert Stillington
		Robert Stillington was Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.
		Some say this was due to Stillington's involvement in the matter of Edward IV's bigamy, for the new king needed to reverse the bigamy charges that made his future queen, Elizabeth of York, illegitimate.
		Some years after his second release, Stillington became involved in the plot to place the impostor Lambert Simnel on the throne (1487).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Robert_Stillington.html (145 words)

	Robert STILLINGTON (Bishop of Bath and Wells)
		Robert Stillington, already Keeper of the Privy Seal and Bishop of Bath and Wells (1466), became Chancellor of England in 1468.
		By Edward IV, he was sent on a mission, the object of which was to induce the Duke of Brittany to deliver up the Lancastrian Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who had taken refuge with him.
		For some time the University refused to deliver him, asserting that to do so would be a violation of their privileges, since he was among them, to all appearance, for the prosecution of study.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/RobertStillington.htm (320 words)

	Lady Eleanor Talbot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edward married Elizabeth Woodville in 1464, and it was later suggested that one reason the marriage was not announced publicly was the danger that Eleanor would come forward with the news of her earlier marriage to the king.
		Lady Eleanor Butler died in a convent in June 1468 and was buried in the Church of the White Carmelites, Norwich, England.
		No records survive of the meeting of the Parliamentary lords on June 9, 1483, where Stillington is said to have presented the evidence of the pre-contract, including documents and other witnesses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lady_Eleanor_Talbot (574 words)

	Robert Stillington biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Robert Stillington was Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.
		Some say this was due to Stillington's involvement in the matter of Edward IV's bigamy, for the new king needed to reverse the bigamy charges that made his future queen, Elizabeth of York, illegitimate.
		Some years after his second release, Stillington became involved in the plot to place the impostor Lambert Simnel on the throne (1487).
	robert-stillington.biography.ms (146 words)

	WELLS CATHEDRAL - HISTORY
		In the early 1100s Bishop Robert partially rebuilt the neglected church and carved stone fragments of the Norman period were recovered during the excavations.
		By 1180 the foundations of an entirely new church were being laid to the north of the old one and on a better east-west alignment.
		In 1477 Bishop Robert Stillington embarked on a complete rebuilding of the chapel on a grand scale.
	www.wellscathedral.org.uk /history/archaelogy/wellscathedral.shtml (297 words)

	Lady Eleanor Talbot
		Elizabeth Woodville in 1464, and it was later suggested that one reason the marriage was not announced publicly was the danger that Eleanor would come forward with the news of her earlier marriage to the king.
		Lady Eleanor Butler died in a convent in June 1468 and was buried in the Church of the White Carmelites,
		1483, where Stillington is said to have presented the evidence of the pre-contract, including documents and other witnesses.
	en.efactory.pl /Lady_Eleanor_Talbot (514 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions
		While Richard was preparing for his nephew's coronation, Robert Stillington, who had been the Chancellor of England twice under Edward IV, informed Richard that Edward V could not be legally crowned king.
		Stillington revealed that Edward had been betrothed to another woman when he married Elizabeth Woodville, making all of the royal children illegitimate.
		Medieval church law held a consummated betrothal to be as legally binding as a marriage, and illegitimate children were not allowed to inherit.
	www.richard111.com /frequently_asked_questions.htm (4470 words)

	Stay In Wells - Places Of Interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		In the early 1100s Bishop Robert partially rebuilt the neglected church and carved stone fragments of the Norman period were recovered during the excavations.
		By 1180 the foundations of an entirely new church were being laid to the north of the old one and on a better east-west alignment.
		In 1477 Bishop Robert Stillington embarked on a complete rebuilding of the chapel on a grand scale.
	www.stayinwells.com /placesofinterest.htm (909 words)

	Lord Privy Seal
		Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1460-1467)
		Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1900-1902)
		Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1922-1924)
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/lo/lord_privy_seal.html (546 words)

	John Bottle's Genealogy Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Robert Mallory died in 1440 and was succeeded by Brother Robert Botyll, Commander of Melchbourne Anstey and Trebigh, who was to rule over the Order in England for nearly as long a period as Brother Philip Thame.
		In the Priory Church at Clerkenwell is a window containing a small stained glass shield of his arms, bearing the arms of the Order in chief (Note 4), and in a window of the Chapter House of Exeter Cathedral there is another small shield with his arms impaling those of the Order.
		And another ratification and confirmation of the same, on the payment of half a marc, was made to Robert Botell, Prior of St. John, twenty one years afterwards, on the 10th of February 1443-4.
	johnbottle.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /My_Pages/Transcrs/Trans39.htm (1844 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 1900 - 1902
		Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe 1912 - 1915
		Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury 1951 - 1952
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/l/lo/lord_privy_seal.html (1110 words)

	Brian's Richard III Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Mid-June: Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, reveals to Gloucester that he had witnessed that Edward IV had pre-contracted for marriage with one Lady Eleanor Butler, prior to Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville.
		However, Stillington was briefly imprisoned by Edward IV at about the same time Clarence was arrested, on no stated charge.
		In addition to the arrest of Stillington, Henry had Richard's Parliament roll destroyed, wherein were rehearsed the details of the pre-contract.
	brianswisher.com /Richard.htm (2895 words)

	Michael Miller - Wars of the Roses - Chapter 71: Yorkist Rule: 1471 - 1483
		Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells was re-appointed the Chancellor.
		The Chancellor, Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was in poor health so his deputy John Alcock, Bishop of Rochester gave the opening address.
		Bishop Stillington was still unwell, and Edward thought that his deputy, Alcock, had been less than satisfactory in his handling of Parliament.
	www.warsoftheroses.co.uk /chapter_71.htm (17087 words)

	Britannia Biographies: Robert Stllington, Bishop of Bath & Wells
		Britannia Biographies: Robert Stllington, Bishop of Bath & Wells
		Robert Stillington, already Keeper of the Privy Seal and Bishop of Bath & Wells (1466), became Chancellor of England in 1468.
		On this occasion, Bishop Stillington made for himself a bitter enemy in Richmond and on the accession of the latter to the crown of England, the Bishop is said to have supported, though to what extent is uncertain, the imposture of Lambert Simnel.
	www.britannia.com /bios/rstillington.html (367 words)

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		Bishop Stillington presents to this assembly his evidence that Edward IV was betrothed to Lady Eleanor Butler years before he went through a marriage ceremony with Elizabeth Woodville.
		Others present allegations that Elizabeth Woodville and her female relatives practiced witchcraft to cause Edward IV to marry her and to achieve various other goals, and allegations that Edward IV’s reign in recent years had become corrupt due to the king’s evil advisors (i.e., the late Lord Hastings and the Woodvilles).
		Bishop Stillington is arrested at York, reportedly suffering from some degree of mental derangement due to stress.
	www.studentgroups.ucla.edu /enigma/games/princes/history3.doc (6263 words)

	chronicle12
		A weak man, Robert II left policy to his favourites, embroiling Scotland in a border war that degenerated into a bloody feud between Douglas and Percy.
		Robert II died to be succeeded by Robert III, his eldest son by a questionable marriage and an even weaker man than his father, (but that's how the Scots like their kings, easily pushed around).
		Robert III, desperately trying to save his second son, James, from Albany's ambition, sent the boy to France but the English intercepted the boat.
	freespace.virgin.net /sheldon.stevens/chronicle12.html (6024 words)

	Michael Miller - Wars of the Roses - Chapter 72: King Richard III
		The only contemporary writer to mention that Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells appeared before the Council on 8th June 1483 and blurted out this story was Philippe de Commyngs, a normally well informed and cautious chronicler.
		Stillington was said to have offered to produce witnesses and documentary proof of the truth of what he said, but there is a multitude of reasons for doubting Commyngs' account.
		The probability is that Stillington, if he revealed anything at all, only did so after the fiasco of Shaa's sermon on 22nd June when it was clear that the allegation of King Edward IV's illegitimacy was a lame horse which was not going to run very far.
	www.warsoftheroses.co.uk /chapter_72.htm (20277 words)

	Silver Boar Vol VII No 8
		Yorke is depicted as a knight, kneeling, holding a shield emblazoned with the city's arms.
		Robert Percy of Scotton, near Knaresborough, had the honour, along with Frances Lovell, of being Richard's closest friend; both training with Richard at Middleham.
		They had a son, Robert, who was attainted by Henry VII after the Battle of Stoke, 1487.
	www.silverboar.org /news8.htm (4045 words)

	A Usurper?
		Richard took as his reason for claiming the throne Edward IV's pre-contract with Lady Eleanor Butler.
		This pre-contract, revealed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Robert Stillington, who claimed to be a witness, made the children from Edward's marriage with Elizabeth Woodville illegitimate.
		The timing of Stillington's revelation was certainly fortuitous for Richard.
	www.fifteenthcentury.net /usurper.html (729 words)

	Dictionary Robert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
		Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
		Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st earl of Crewe
	www.dictionarydefinition.net /Robert.html (68 words)

	Channel 4 - History - Perkin Warbeck
		A priest, Robert Stillington, had presented evidence that Edward IV contracted to marry Lady Eleanor Talbot before marrying Elizabeth Woodville, which made his marriage to Elizabeth, the boys’ mother, invalid.
		Henry VII's chamberlain Sir William Stanley said that, if the young man was really the prince, he would not fight against him (thus demonstrating that some Yorkists had not given up hope of the princes being still alive).
		Sir Robert Clifford had witnessed the compact made between ‘Richard’ and Margaret in 1494 and almost immediately informed Henry of it, as well as of Stanley’s supposed duplicity.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/n-s/perkin.html (2631 words)

	British history articles
		After the death of Giso in 1088, his successor, John of Tours, moved his seat to Bath Abbey so Wells was temporarily demoted.
		In the early 1100s Bishop Robert partially rebuilt the neglected church.
		Some ancient stone was recycled for use in the new building.
	www.history.uk.com /articles/index.php?archive=36 (529 words)

	MIT Shakespeare Ensemble Production of Richard III
		While preparing for Edward's coronation, Richard discovers a plot against him led by Hastings, who is arrested and executed.
		Shortly afterwards, Robert Stillington reveals that Edward IV had been betrothed to Lady Eleanor Butler before marrying Elizabeth and, therefore, Elizabeth's children were all illegitimate.
		With Edward V declared an illegitimate heir, Richard, as Edward IV's brother, is the next in line for the throne.
	www.mit.edu /activities/ensemble/shows/richard (1904 words)

	Stillington: North Yorkshire at Canadian Content
		Canadian Content > Regional: Europe: United_Kingdom: England: North_Yorkshire: Stillington:
		Additional Information: Stillington is located to the east of Easingwold, on the road between York and Helmsley.
		information came to the fore when a priest (believed to be Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/North_Yorkshire/Stillington (182 words)

	Richard_III_of_England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Some of the proceedings of that Parliamentary session are believed to survive in a document known as Titulus Regius, which Parliament issued some months later explaining its actions and of which a single copy escaped the destruction of all copies of the Titulus Regius later ordered by Henry VII.
		The identity of the priest in question - thought to have been Edward IV's sometime Chancellor, Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells - is known from only one source, the French political commentator, Philippe de Commines.
		Despite rumours that Richard's claims were true, evidence was lacking, and until recently it has generally been accepted that Richard's chief motive for taking the crown was that he felt that his own power and wealth would be threatened under Edward V, who was presumably sympathetic to his Woodville relatives.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Richard_III_of_England (2625 words)

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