
I dont get the impression that Blanche had control over her own wealth. Her husband controlled it for her.

But if John were to die, leaving Blanche a widow. What would have happened then?

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I have a few questions regarding the ownership and control over the Lancaster inheritance.


Link from the blog https://edwardthesecond.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-of-gaunt-and-lancastrian.html?m=1


that explain a bit of the ownership of the Lancaster inheritance.

A medieval custom called the 'courtesy of England' allowed a man who married an heiress to keep her entire inheritance after her death, for the rest of his own life, as long as they had at least one child together who lived long enough to take a breath. (Women, by contrast, held only a third of their late husband's lands as dower, but this right applied in all circumstances and not only when a couple had children.) John of Gaunt was the father of Blanche of Lancaster's children, and therefore, had the right to hold all her lands after her death at the age of 26 in September 1368 until his own death thirty years later in February 1399. John did not and could not inherit the Lancastrian estate, because he was not the child of Henry of Grosmont. His wife Blanche and his son Henry, not John himself, were the Lancastrian heirs. 


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So if you have that in mind⬆️.


What would have happened if John of Gaunt died early, but Blanche had lived? 

How would that have effected Henry's childhood?
Would it have been the same?
But instead of it being his father who controlled the Lancaster inheritance, it would have been his mom?

And he would have to wait for his mother to pass away until he gets his Lancaster inheritance?

Or would the law have been more supportive toward Henry, and he would get control over his inheritance even while his mom is still alive?


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Would Blanche simply be a widow, with the full ownership/ and control over the Lancaster Inheritnace?

Or would the ownership of the Lancaster inheritance transfer to be under her son's name?
And she would not be allowed to rule/ control her wealth in her own right?


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If John of Gaunt died, would Blanche keep the custody of her son? Or would he become a ward of the crown?

If Henry became a ward, would his guardian get control over the Lancaster inheritance? Or would it remain under Blanche's control?

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If Blanche remarried and had more children, but died.

Looking at the rules above. "courtesy of England' 


Would Henry have to wait until his stepdad died before he could receive his Lancaster inheritance?

Was it a common that feuds between heirs and step parents broke out?

Could they go to court for such matters?





Inheritance laws. In the scenario of John of Gaunt dying soon after Henry's birth and Blanche of Lancaster lived a long life. Would Blanche been allowed to control her own wealth?