Person    | Male  Born 8/5/1427  Died 18/10/1470

John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester

Unusually well-educated. Titles: Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable, Deputy Governor of Ireland.... and Butcher of England - for his relish in executing many Lancastrians. Thus when the Lancastrian Henry VI returned Worcester lost his own head on Tower Hill.

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John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester

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