Pontefract Castle at Pontefract was among such properties under threat which roused Bolingbroke to return to England to claim his rights to the Duchy of Lancaster and the properties of his father. Act 2, scene 1, of Shakespeare's play "Richard II" relates Bolingbroke’s homecoming in the words of Northumberland in the speech of the eight tall ships:- When he landed at Ravenspur on the Humber he made straight way for his castle at Pontefract. The King, being in Ireland at the time, was in no position to oppose Bolingbroke who deposed Richard and took the crown for himself as Henry IV. Richard
Królowej Jadwigi Street in Bydgoszcz () in 1920. Through history, the street bore the following names: Current street name refers to Queen Jadwiga of Poland (1373/4 - 1399), who reigned as the first female monarch of the Kingdom of Poland from 1384 until her death in 1399. Tenement at N°1, corner with Garbary street 1890s Eclecticism Initially at "Albertstraße 12", then "Viktoria Straße 8", the tenement had been owned since 1878 by Gustav Modrakowski, a butcher, living at "Feldstraße 7" (today's Jackowskiego street). The corner building displays eclectic features on both facades. On the ground floor, bossage and round top windows topped by young female