ABSTRACT
In summer 1393, Richard II visited Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire. In this sense, this paper complements Mark Ormrod's discussion of Richard's sense of English history. Setting aside Edward III's last wishes, he sought to endow him with the Leybourne inheritance in Kent that his grandfather had intended to use for pious purposes. It soon became clear however that Richard was entirely focused, as he privately assured foreign princes, on destroying the magnates who had fettered his rule and on reducing the kingdom to obedience. In the proceedings against the earl of Arundel, there was some focus on his role in the condemnation of Burley, and it was observed that Arundel was afforded the same consideration and was executed on the same site. The return of Henry of Lancaster and the large-scale mobilization against Richard meant that his fortunes followed a less auspicious script.
