| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster born in Bolingbroke Castle in 1367 who became the subject of two plays by William Shakespeare (5,2) |
| ORE | State that's the subj. of a recent Loretta Lynn/Jack White song |
| WYKEHAM | William of ---, Chancellor of England 1367-71 and 1389-91 who founded New College, Oxford (7) |
| RICHARDII | Edward the Black Prince's son (b. 1367) |
| HENRY | Eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of King Edward III of England (5) |
| BOLINGBROKE | Eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of King Edward III of England (11) |
| LANCASTRIAN | Description of John of Gaunt, and of Nelson |
| KENILWORTH | ____ Castle, fortification in Warwickshire whose owners included John of Gaunt and Henry V (10) |
| GAUNT | John of -; the fourth but third surviving son of Edward III, father of Henry IV of Bolingbroke; Shakespeare's "time-honoured Lancaster" (5) |
| ALITTLEGRAVE | In 3.3, Bolingbroke and his army confronts King Richard and his entourage at his refuge. In his speech, Richard goes through a list of what he must give up as King. One of those items on the list is" |
| GHENT | Flanders birthplace of John of Gaunt (5) |
| UNCLE | Relationship of John of Gaunt to King Richard II |
| RAVEN | Species of crow described by Edgar Allan Poe as a "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore", seven of which live at the Tower of London (5) |
| HALDANE | Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics. |
| JOHNOFGAUNT | The fourth son of Edward III and father of Henry Bolingbroke (4,2,5) |
| KINGRICHARDTHESECOND | Who is the lead character in the Shakespeare play that begins with a duel between Henry Bolingbroke |
| ENGLAND | This country of John of Gaunt's (7) |
| ISLE | "This royal throne of kings, this sceptered _ "2 John of Gaunt in Richard I! (4) |
| FALCON | This bird is a diurnal bird of prey characterized by long, pointed wings and swift, powerful flight. These birds are also used in an ancient sport. In Richard II (act 1, scene 3), Henry Bolingbroke sa |
| PLUME | 'An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small/In blast-beruffled ___' Thomas Hardy 'The Darkling Thrush' (5) |
