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You are looking for a small camo
container. Again the xy's are a bit flakey but you'll work it out.
The rest of the general walk info is contained in EW01 Ewelme
- Walk Intro.
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Need To Know But Might Be Of Interest
The other
side of Alices’ story is that of her 3rd husband William De
La Pole, Duke of Suffolk. William was quite a mover in Royal
circles in his time, at one stage he was actively engaged in
fighting during the 100 year war with France and lost both his
older brother and father during the war.
In 1429
things were going quite badly for him and he was forced to
surrender to the French, remaining a prisoner for three years until
he was ransomed and returned to England.
Interestingly it appears, from
recorded dates, that his marriage to Alice took place whilst he was
still a prisoner in France in 1930, I do have to wonder if it was
Alice who put up the ransom money for his
return.
William
made quite a blot in his copy book just before his surrender to the
French as it is recorded that the night before he surrendered had a
little comfort “he laye in bed with a Nonne whom he toke oute
of holy profession and defouled” this coupling with a nun
resulted in the illegitimate birth of Jane, who he then financially
supported and who went on to make a decent marriage to local man
Thomas Stonor, who had been a ward of Alice’s father Thomas.
From letters published this was a warm and loving
marriage.
Poor
Jane, her heritage went as far as being discussed in Parliament
when her father had become very unpopular and his enemies were
trying to put him down. Much as his enemies loathed him it was
never suggested that Williams relationship with Janes mother was
less than consensual. It is most likely that this was a young woman
forced into her profession unwillingly.
After
his return to England William became Constable of Wallingford
Castle and rose to great heights within the Royal Court he held a
lot of influence and made a vast number of enemies. It was these
enemies who held him responsible for loss of lands in France and
ultimately sent him to exile. He never made it to exile as he was
murdered on the way and his body thrown overboard to be washed up
at a later date near Dover. Alice arranged for his body to be
buried in Suffolk.