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This article is about the assassin of the Duke of Buckingham. For the English Catholic martyr, see John Felton (martyr). John Felton ( c. 1595 – 29 November 1628) was a lieutenant in the English Army who stabbed George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, to death in the Greyhound Pub in Portsmouth on 23 August 1628.
Abstract. The chapter explores the legal, political, and literary contexts of the possible torture of John Felton, the 1628 assassin of the royal favourite George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
George Villiers morì assassinato il 23 agosto 1628 dal protestante John Felton, un marinaio fanatico convinto che la morte del duca di Buckingham sarebbe servita al bene della patria. Lasciò un figlio, che fu suo erede, George. [3] La sua tomba monumentale si trova nell' Abbazia di Westminster .
By late November, the investigation had run its course and Felton was at last put on trial for Buckingham’s murder. Tarred by the authorities as a wicked, atheistic criminal who had acted solely to avenge his personal grudges against the Duke, Felton was convicted and sentenced to death.
12 ott 2023 · John Felton. John Felton was born in 1595 near Sudbury to a Suffolk family. Felton entered the army at an early age, but his career proved lackluster. Increasingly surly and morose, he was unpopular with his comrades. In 1627, when the war began with France, Buckingham had organized the ill-fated expedition to assist the Huguenot rebels at La ...
Abstract. This article analyses the motivation behind John Felton's assassination of the duke of Buckingham in August 1628. It focuses attention on his family's tortured relationship with the regime, and it highlights Felton's military service in Spain, Ireland, and France.
JOHN FELTON, POPULAR POLITICAL CULTURE, AND THE ASSASSINATION OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM* THOMAS COGSWELL University of California, Riverside ABSTRACT. This article analyses the motivation behind John Felton's assassination of the duke of Buckingham in August 1628. Itfocuses attention on hisfamily's tortured relationship with the regime, and it
