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Prince Arthur and Ludlow….

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Poster (courtesy of the Mortimer History Society) announcing a forthcoming talk by Dr Sean Cunningham.

MHS - Prince Arthur and Ludlow

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  1. THE DEATH OF HENRY VII | murreyandblue

    […] his wife, whom it is said he was fond of, and four children including his oldest son and  heir,  Arthur,  but fortunately for him,  if not the country and the Roman Catholic Church he had a surviving […]

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  2. Ludlow Castle in the snow, but in “Tudor” times…. | murreyandblue

    […] have just come upon this postcard scene of Ludlow Castle, with Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon. I really like it, and imagine it must be available […]

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  3. THE DEATH OF HENRY VII – A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI

    […] his wife, whom it is said he was fond of, and four children including his oldest son and  heir,  Arthur,  but fortunately for him,  if not the country and the Roman Catholic Church he had a surviving […]

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  4. Did Anne Boleyn plot Henry VIII’s death….? | murreyandblue

    […] really wish his brother Arthur had survived…but then we don’t know what the heck he’d have been like either. […]

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  5. Pastime, passtime, pastance….? | murreyandblue

    […] third friend has drawn my attention to the words of Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII, on the morning after his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Apparently he […]

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  6. A Portrait of Edward V and Perhaps Even a Resting Place?- St Matthew’s Church Coldridge | murreyandblue

    […] Wales – get it? – please keep up at the back dear reader.   It should also be remembered that Ludlow, where Edward spent most of his life up until 1483 was in the Welsh Marches and not Shropshire as […]

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  7. Walking “Tudor” England – murreyandblue

    […] of the Boleyns is just a short walk away and there are many portraits of both families, including Arthur “Tudor”. Ashdown Forest, where Henry hunted deer and boar is close to hand, as is Michelham Priory where […]

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  8. Did Dr Argentine murder the boys in the Tower….? – murreyandblue

    […] dubious care no fewer than three royal patients passed away: the boys in the Tower, and after that Prince Arthur, the Tudor […]

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  9. Henry VII was handsome and had an almost divine nature…. – murreyandblue

    […] on to further his own glorification when his first son was born Henry nipped in quickly to call him Arthur. Get it? Henry was connected to the great King Arthur! Clever […]

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  10. Settling the Bosworth Debt…. – murreyandblue

    […] wary, Sir William, for I do not like ingrates, and that is what you are. I made you steward of Prince Arthur’s household, I have raised you to be my chamberlain and granted you many other things, but you […]

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  11. A complete suit of early 16th-century armour found in Spanish castle…. – murreyandblue

    […] between the two countries, and, most centrally, the arrangement of a marriage contract between Arthur Tudor, eldest son of Henry VII of England and Catherine of Aragon, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and […]

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  12. The boy who had been King Edward V…. – murreyandblue

    […] Ned as much, because he’d been brought up as the Prince of Wales, with his own household at Ludlow. He was much more reserved and serious than naughty Dickon but had an odd appeal that could reach […]

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  13. Monarchs whose children died first…. – murreyandblue

    […] Weasel features too, of course, because his son and heir Arthur turned up his toes before his dear old Dad. Unfortunately the Weasel didn’t outlive Fat Henry […]

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