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    This inner circle was comprised of Richard’s childhood friends and advisors: Simon Burley, his tutor; Robert de Vere, Michael de la Porte, his chancellor; and Thomas Mowbray, his long-time friend. As Richard started to not follow the wills of Parliament and assume his own power, the political community united against him and demanded that some of his councillors be removed. At the center of

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    keep the peace between the factions until, in July 1386, he left England to pursue his own dynastic ambitions in Castile, Spain. By leaving Gaunt left Richard at the mercy of his enemies, who instigated Parliament to impeach his chancellor, Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, and created an eleven man commission to oversee the king's activities for a year. When Richard declared these measures treasonable violations of the royal prerogative, his opponents retaliated by having the Parliament of 1388

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    Henry was spared the prison sentence, though. Even though spared and given mercy, Henry hated the way the tables turned against him; he got into heavy conflict with Mowbray and challenged him to a duel. Mowbray agreed, but Richard II intervened and banished the both of them from England and aggravating the nobility. When John of Gaunt passed away while Henry was in banishment, Richard held all titles, land, and holdings from Henry. Henry

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    Bolingbroke accused mowbray of killing King Richard’s uncle.mowbray denies having to do anything with the embezzlement and conspiracy against the king. But knows how to scheme to kill Gloucester and that he tried to kill Richard’s uncle John. Mowbray and Bolingbrook have a heated argument and they challenge each other to a duel Bolingbroke’s father John tries to make them stop but they don’t because it is a matter of honor. Everybody gathers to wait for or Bolingbroke and Mowbray to see if they can

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