half-guest

Updated: June 28, 2025

But Edward's fresh success drove him from the realm, and escaping to Britanny he was held there, half-guest, half-prisoner, by its Duke. The extinction of the direct Lancastrian line had given Henry a new importance.

John Richard Green - History of the English People, Volume III : The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540