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At the peak of its usage in 1946, 3.566% of baby boys were given the name Richard. The baby name has since suffered a substantial fall in popularity, and is today of occasional use. The name Richard has predominantly been a baby boy name, though it has also been given to girls in the past century.

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Richard left Irish affairs in a state of flux and in no way enhanced the long term position of the English crown. Throughout his life, Gaunt remained Richard’s strong right arm, even though the two had little mutual affection. The Richard naïve king, surrounded by sycophants, fell into the age old mistake of only rewarding favourites. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, had the title but no wealth and gained many profitable offices as his influence over the king increased.

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• Elizabeth has used her influence to make sure her family have high-ranking positions.

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• Richard is also jealous of the influence Queen Elizabeth has over her husband, King Edward IV.

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• The king resigned under pressure on 29 September 1399, bringing his 22 year reign to an end.

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• Parliament demanded further reforms and refused to pay off the government’s debts while the French raised 30,000 men only to find that they too could not afford to actually invade England.
• Richard uses this to criticise Queen Elizabeth and her family and to encourage conflict in the royal court.

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• Again, Richard II is so self-absorbed that he fails to see that there are many currents and movements in society which exist outside his own world.

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• Individuals bearing the name Richard are often known for their bravery, leadership skills, and strong sense of responsibility.
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• Replaced at the height of his power, Richard had been compromised by the narrowness of his own power base and his personal inability to live up to the image that he created for the crown.

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• The son of England’s greatest warrior lord, the Black Prince, and a renowned European beauty, Joan of Kent, Richard was born in Bordeaux, 1367.

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• He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972.

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In 1986, in his Virgin Atlantic Challenger II, he beat the record by two hours with a sailing expert named Daniel McCarthy. In 1972, using money earned from his record store, Branson launched the record label Virgin Records with Powell. Branson bought a country estate north of Oxford in which he installed a residential recording studio, The Manor Studio. Branson used the magazine to advertise popular albums, driving his record sales. A portrayal of Richard II stopping the joust between Hereford and Norfolk  © The picture gets very complicated at this stage as the chronicles only contain Hereford’s side of the story. Richard made his second ill-fated trip to Ireland in June 1399, making some military advances before Bolingbroke landed in north England.

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• The Scots, unable to match this force, retreated and refused to be drawn into battle, leaving Richard to burn the border abbeys and depart without gain.

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• The baby name has since suffered a substantial fall in popularity, and is today of occasional use.

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• Indeed, the king felt so secure that he went marching off to Ireland for the second time, taking his best and most loyal men with him.

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• A 28 year truce with France in 1396, sealed with Richard’s betrothal to a French princess left Richard free to look westwards again.
• He built up the power of a new courtier nobility such as John Holand, his half-brother and Earl of Huntingdon, the new chamberlain and rival to the Courtenay, Earls of Devon.

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Parliament demanded further reforms and refused to pay off the government’s debts while the French raised 30,000 men only to find that they too could not afford to actually invade England. Again, Richard II is so self-absorbed that he fails to see that there are many currents and movements in society which exist outside his own world. In fact, by the mid-1380s, Richard had started an active campaign against heresy in the kingdom, attacking heretical works, arresting Lollards and supporting the church authorities.