Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle and former…
February 1447 CE
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle and former regent of Henry VI, is consistently popular with the citizens of London and the Commons.
He also has a widespread reputation as a patron of learning and the arts.
His popularity with the people and his ability to keep the peace had earned him the appointment of Chief Justice of South Wales.
However, his unpopular marriage to Eleanor Cobham has become ammunition for his enemies.
Eleanor had been arrested and tried for sorcery and heresy in 1441, and Humphrey had retired from public life.
He himself is arrested on February 20, 1447, on a charge of treason.
He dies at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk three days later and is buried at St Albans Abbey, adjacent to St Alban's shrine.
At the time, some suspect that he has been poisoned, though it is more probable that he has died of a stroke.
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