Traversing with the Tudors

After a long hiatus, I am finally back to Tudor-land! I hope you all are well and taking all the precautions against the Coronavirus. Actually, come to think of it, this virus feels like the modern version of the Sweating Sickness of the medieval age.....just that it is on a way larger scale. Well, more on the Sweating Sickness later. Let's get back to Jacquetta's life. Let's jusr recapitulate a little bit.... John, Duke of Bedford and Jacquetta's much older first husband died on 14th September 1435 at Rouen, France (he was the regent there on behalf of his nephew, King Henry VI). Given the considerable age gap between the Duke and Jacquetta, I am assuming that their relationship was that of a mutual friendship rather than an amorous one. Whether the marriage was consumnated or not is highly debatable since the Duke died without leaving an heir. Although, nobody seemed to hold that against Jacquetta, I presume! Now, the normal royal protocol dictated that, a