John de Southeray soldiers. After his troops went unpaid, John led them in a mutiny; he may have been only a figurehead for the mutineers, though, as he (unlike the other conspirators) went unpunished afterwards. John de Southeray John de Southeray (1364 - 1383) was an illegitimate son of King Edward III of England by his mistress Alice Perrers. He was the oldest of Perrers' three acknowledged illegitimate children by her royal lover. He was knighted in April 1377, alongside the future King Richard II. That same year, he was married to a daughter of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy; she divorced
Alice Perrers but also a distraction and diversion from decent morals. Perrers was also a great influence in Chaucer's life and supported him greatly. Alice Perrers is the protagonist of Emma Campion's novel, "The King's Mistress". She appears in Anya Seton's novel, "Katherine". Alice Perrers is the main character in Vanora Bennett's novel "The People's Queen" that was first published in 2010. She is a character in Jean Plaidy's "Vow on the Heron". She is portrayed in Rebecca Gablé's "Das Laecheln der Fortuna", a historical novel in the German language about the time. She is portrayed as the protagonist of the 2012