Commentary: Annotations, f-2-223-7

This episode is related differently in some of the English sources; following these, both Anthony Goodman and J. M. W. Bean have noted that Gaunt expected his old ally the earl of Northumberland to aid him, but on his arrival at the earl's castle at Alnwick, Sir John Hotham and Thomas Motherby, an esquire, met him on behalf of the earl and asked him to find lodgings elsewhere. Apparently it was also made clear to Gaunt that Northumberland would not permit the duke to enter any royal castle in his custody until he knew whether Gaunt had the king's goodwill.

Bibliographic References:

See Anthony Goodman, John of Gaunt, p. 81, J. M. W. Bean, 'Percy, Henry, first earl of Northumberland (1341-1408)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison (Oxford: OUP, 2004); online ed., ed. Lawrence Goldman, May 2005, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21932.

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