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Northamptonshire: home of Richard, Fotheringhay and tournaments….!

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Well, Ricardians will probably always associate the county of Northamptonshire with Richard’s birthplace and the great Yorkist connections at Fotheringhay, but it seems that back in the medieval period, it was also the home of tournaments.

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