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Witchcraft, Necromancy, Politics - Eleanor Cobham's 1441 Trial

The Duchess of Gloucester, tried in 1441 for plotting the king's death by occult means, and what the case shows about late medieval London.

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At The London Archives.

Eleanor Cobham was the second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, uncle and heir to the childless Henry VI. In 1441 she and three others - Thomas Southwell, Roger Bolingbroke and Margery Jourdemayne - were accused of using occult methods against the king. The trial is a window on the politics, the beliefs and the places involved. 17:30, £10.

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40 Northampton Road, EC1R 0HB
Nearest station
Farringdon · 8 min walk

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