Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester
Thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault · Lived 1355 to 1397 · aged 42
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester was the fifth surviving son and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He led the rebellion of the Lords Appellant against his nephew, King Richard II, in 1388.
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![The Tournament of Vannes in 1381, overseen by Thomas of Woodstock and John V The Conqueror, Duke of Bretagne, KG.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Jousting_Buckingham%2BBretagne.jpg/500px-Jousting_Buckingham%2BBretagne.jpg)
The Tournament of Vannes in 1381, overseen by Thomas of Woodstock and John V The Conqueror, Duke of Bretagne, KG.[2]
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, demand that Richard II let them prove by arms the justice of their rebellion
Murder of Thomas of Woodstock in Calais
Arms of Thomas of Woodstock quartering arms of his father-in-law Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373), father of his wife Eleanor de Bohun (c. 1366-1399). Royal Arms of England within the 4th quarter the arms of Bohun (Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant or). 15th-century stained glass, west window, St Peter's Church, Tawstock, Devon. Tawstock was a seat of William Bourchier, jure uxoris Baron FitzWarin (1407-1470) (a descendant of Thomas of Woodstock's daughter Anne of Gloucester), who had married the heiress of TawstockAwards
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In 1397, he was accused of treason and imprisoned; while awaiting trial, he was assassinated, presumably on Richard's orders.