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date: 15 October 2024

William Collingbourne d. 1484
English landowner; conspirator against Richard III 

  1. The Cat, the Rat, and Lovell our dog
    Rule all England under a hog.
     
    referring to Sir William Catesby (d. 1485), Sir Richard Ratcliffe (d. 1485), Lord Lovell (1454–1487), whose crest was a dog, and King Richard III, whose emblem was a wild boar
    Robert Fabyan The Concordance of Chronicles (ed. H. Ellis, 1811)