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Definition of House of Lancaster
1. Noun. The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose.
Generic synonyms: Dynasty, Royal Family, Royal House, Royal Line, Royalty
Member holonyms: Lancastrian, Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke, Henry Iv, Henry V, Henry Vi
Derivative terms: Lancastrian
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Lancaster
Literary usage of House of Lancaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1902)
"Raised to the throne by a Parliamentary revolution and resting its claims on a
Parliamentary title, the House of Lancaster was precluded by its very ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"... earls, and barons, and other great men, together with all the commons in
parliament assembled, do approve and affirm for- § 275. 9. House of Lancaster ..."
3. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1900)
"CHAPTER V. THE House of Lancaster. 1399—1422. ONCE safe in the Tower, it was easy
to wrest from Richard Henry tkt a resignation of his crown; ..."
4. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1890)
"When, through the exercise of this ultimate power, the parliament transferred
the crown to the house of Lancaster, its substantive powers had reached their ..."
5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"It was apparently rewritten either after the reconciliation of Richard II.
and his uncle in 139o, or else after the accession of the house of Lancaster to ..."
6. A History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria by Benjamin Stites Terry (1908)
"1447 The greatness of the House of Lancaster dates back to the thirteenth century;
and, in a way, ... To these vast estates of the new House of Lancaster, ..."
7. Lancaster and York: A Century of English History (A.D. 1399-1485) by James Henry Ramsay (1892)
"A truce with Scotland followed, the friends of the House of Lancaster being
disheartened by Louis' desertion. Edward, who had been at Pontefract during most ..."
8. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century by Leopold von Ranke (1875)
"CHAPTER V. DEPOSITION OF RICHARD II, THE House of Lancaster. ENGLAND did not long
maintain herself in the dominant position she then occupied ; the plan of ..."
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