Close, but (I trust this q is beyond the reveal horizon now) they are the family names of men (all named John) of other peerages, all in turn married to Elizabeth of Lancaster (1363-1426), the third child of John of Gaunt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Lancaster,_Duchess_of_Exeter). In turn, she was married to John Hastings, 3rd Earl of Pembroke (the marriage was annulled when she was 23 and he 14); John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (executed); and John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope (who survived her).
I've looked for these people without luck in Shakespeare, but it appears that The Physician's Tale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Physician's_Tale) of Chaucer obliquely refers to her.
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Date: 2013-01-03 05:22 pm (UTC)I've looked for these people without luck in Shakespeare, but it appears that The Physician's Tale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Physician's_Tale) of Chaucer obliquely refers to her.