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Kettlethorpe manor is associated with Katherine Swynford (c1350 - 1403), widow of Sir Hugh Swynford. She became mistress, and later the third wife, of John of Gaunt. In the churchyard are the remains of a cross, dating from the 14th century and restored in the 19th century.
Date of Death: Katherine Swynford died on May 10, 1403. Her tomb is in Lincoln Cathedral. Accomplishments or why Katherine Swynford was famous: Her liaison with the Plantagenet prince, the rich and powerful John of Gaunt (1340 - 1399 ) produced four illegitimate children who were given the name Beaufort.
Jul 14, 2017 · Posted on July 14, 2017. Sir Hugh Swynford of Kettlethorpe and Coleby in Lincolnshire married Katherine de Roet in about 1366, although Alison Weir suggests the earlier date of 1362 based on the possible ages of the couple’s three children. Weir also suggests that the union was arranged by Blanche of Lancaster and her husband John of Gaunt.
Jan 27, 2009 · Alison Weir. In her remarkable new book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress and later the wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Katherine Swynford’s charismatic lover was one of the most powerful ...
Brief Life History of Catharine. When Catharine Swynford was born about 1405, in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Thomas Swynford, was 39 and her mother, Joan Crophill, was 33. She married Sir William Drury about 1418, in Suffolk, England.
Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (born Katherine de Roet, c. 1350 – 10 May 1403), also spelled Katharine or Catherine,[1] was the third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III. She had been the Duke's lover for many years before their marriage. The couple's children, born before the marriage, were later legitimized during the reign of the Duke's nephew ...
Oct 28, 2008 · Katherine Swynford’s charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the 14th century, the effective ruler of England behind the throne of his father Edward III in his declining years, and during the minority of his nephew, Richard ll. Katherine herself was enigmatic and intriguing, renowned for her beauty, and regarded by some as ...
- Alison Weir
