Which knight and military leader was sentenced to death by King Edward II of England for his unauthorized truce with his rebellious northern kingdom, but only three months later had to conclude a thirteen-year truce with the Scottish rebels?
Sir Andrew Harclay (or Hartley) (anglicized from Andreas de Harcla), Earl of Carlisle
[quote]In 1321 he was summoned to parliament as a baron. The next year he gathered and led the northern forces that defeated and captured Thomas, Earl of Lancaster at Boroughbridge. On 25 March, just three days after Lancaster's execution, Harclay was created Earl of Carlisle, being girded with the comital sword by King Edward II himself. In addition he was promised land grants suitable for that rank.
The defeat of the rebels enabled the king to turn his attention to Scotland. Harclay raised another considerable force towards this campaign, but was unable to meet up with the royal forces before their disastrous defeat at Old Byland.
Afterwards the north of England became very hard to defend against Scottish raiding, and apparently Harclay decided to take matters into his own hands, and met with Robert I of Scotland to propose peace terms. Several different versions of the resulting agreement are extant, which has led to a lack of consensus amongst historians regarding the reasonableness of the proposal.
In any case King Edward could deem it nothing less than treason. Harclay was arrested, and hanged, drawn and quartered on 3 March 1323.[/quote]
https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Andrew-de-Harcla-1st-Last-Earl-of-Carlisle/6000000010400801935 (elburcher)
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Does the 'Spanish Main' still exist?
The Spanish Main included "Spanish Florida and New Spain, the latter extending through modern-day Texas, Mexico, all of Central America, to Colombia and Venezuela on the north coast of South America" (Wikipedia) - and because these countries still exist today, it could be argued semantically that the "Spanish Main" still exists today - but because those countries are no longer part of the vast Spanish empire that once existed throughout the world, it could be argued more sensibly that the Spanish Main no longer exists.
Putting it another way, the whole of the eastern half of Australia was once known as the colony of New South Wales, but I'm sure if any of the separate states that are now part of the eastern half of Australia today but exist as separate states (Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania) were referred to as such, you'd probably end up in a pub brawl. (Creedy)
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Mar 10 26 by odo5435
What was Sluggy Hollow?
1920s Los Angeles house
Humphrey Bogart and his third wife, actress Mayo Methot, called their 1920s Los Angeles house Sluggy Hollow-the name alluded to their famously contentious relationship.
https://www.themostexpensivehomes.com/celebrity-homes/10-incredible-hollywood-vintage-mansions-how-the-stars-lived/
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In 1914 which forensic pathologist succeeded for the first time in criminal history in scientifically detecting poison in the bones and body parts?
It appears that the detection of poisons, specifically Arsenic, were around much earlier than 1914.
[quote]The Marsh Test
Legal Vindication of the Marsh Test
Because the arsenic in the Marsh test was separated from the forensic sample in the form of a gas, the complications that had plagued earlier precipitation tests were avoided and it soon became the definitive procedure for the forensic detection of arsenic. It was first employed in France during the 1840 trial of an attractive young widow by the name of Marie-Fortunée Lefarge, who was accused of poisoning her much older husband, Charles, with arsenic that she had allegedly purchased for the purpose of killing rats. The trial was closely followed by the French press, especially when several faulty attempts to detect arsenic in Charles' body using the new Marsh test proved negative, only to be subsequently overturned when repeated by the famous toxicologist, Mathieu Orfila, who had been originally hired as an expert witness by the defense! In the end Marie was found guilty and the Marsh test both legally and publicly vindicated.[/quote]
https://homepages.uc.edu/~jensenwb/museum-notes/26.%20Marsh%20Apparatus.pdf (elburcher)
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Between 1883 and 1885, which Romanian city was the terminus for the legendary Orient Express?
This was because passengers had to leave the train and board a ferry to cross the Danube. They then took the train again to continue their journey on the other side.
[quote]Vienna remained the terminus until 4 October 1883, when the route was extended to Giurgiu, Romania. At Giurgiu, passengers were ferried across the Danube to Ruse, Bulgaria, to pick up another train to Varna. They then completed their journey to Constantinople, as the city was still commonly called in the west at the time, by ferry.[/quote]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient_Express#History (wellenbrecher)
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Mar 09 26 by pehinhota
Does the 'Spanish Main' still exist?
The 'Spanish Main' does not exist today, for the land around the now Gulf of Mexico was once conquered by Spain during the 16th to 19th centuries, and now the coastline is various countries, from modern-day Panama to the Orinoco delta in Venezuela, sometimes including parts of Central America and Mexico. Also, piracy has now ceased.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main (Philip_Eno)
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