Sir Roger Clarendon (c.1350–1402), was a royal bastard and conspirator, who was executed for treason.

Biography

Clarendon was a

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, and his mistress,

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. He was a paternal half-brother to Richard II of England. Being regarded as a possible

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, Clarendon was hanged and beheaded by order of Henry IV of England in 1402. His execution was made the subject of one of the articles exhibited by Richard Scrope, Archbishop of York, against Henry IV during a rebellion in 1405.

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* * Endnotes: **Walsingham's ''Hist. Angl.'' (Rolls Ser.), ii. 249 ; **Trokelowe et Anon. ''Chron.'' (Rolls Ser.), 340; ** ''Eulog. Hist.'' iii. 389 **Stubbs's ''Const. Hist.'' iii. 36, 49 1350s births 1402 deaths Year of birth uncertain 14th-century English people 15th-century English people 15th-century executions by England Children of Edward the Black Prince English knights Executed English people

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