The king's accusation is unequivocal: Sir John de Dalton murdered Michael le Poynings and raped Sir Michael's sister, Lady Margery de la Beche, at dawn on Good Friday in 1347. Yet, the evidence is dubious. The couple wed a week later in a church in Upholland, then fled north to Scotland. The Lord Chancellor gave chase but neither caught the fugitive nor found the lady.
Sir John returned to England in 1349, without his wife. He reported she died...
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