The Coterel gang was an armed group in the English North Midlands that
roamed across the countryside in the late 1320s and early 1330s, a
period of political upheaval and lawlessness. Despite repeated attempts
by the crown to suppress James Coterel and his band, they committed
murder, extortion and kidnapping across the Peak District. Basing
themselves in Sherwood Forest (pictured), other wooded areas of north
Nottinghamshire and the peaks of Derbyshire, the Coterels frequently
cooperated with other groups, including the Folville gang. As members of
the gentry, Coterel and his immediate supporters were expected to assist
the crown in the maintenance of law and order, rather than encourage its
collapse, but most of the band received royal pardons following service
abroad or in Scotland. Groups such as the Coterels may have inspired
many of the stories woven around Robin Hood in the 15th century.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coterel_gang>
_______________________________
Today's selected anniversaries:
1587:
Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra
Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the
first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_of_the_first_Filipinos>
1851:
Moby-Dick (illustration shown), a novel by American writer
Herman Melville, was first published as The Whale in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby-Dick>
1929:
In the Persons Case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_v_Canada_%28AG%29>
1963:
Aboard the French Véronique AGI 47 sounding rocket, a bicolor
cat designated C 341, later known as Félicette, became the first cat in
space.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9licette>
_____________________________
Wiktionary's word of the day:
brae:
1. (Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley.
2. (Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brae>
___________________________
Wikiquote quote of the day:
When the history books are written about this tumultuous era, I
want them to show that I was among those in the House of Representatives
who stood up to lawlessness and tyranny.
--Elijah Cummings
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elijah_Cummings>
Show replies by date