anniversaries
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This year is a leap year, when tradition has it that on 29 February we women are permitted to propose to the men of our choice. Well, I doubt that much of that goes on these days, not least because marriage itself seems to be on the decline. Oh, and if you were born on…
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My meanderings in the name of research sometimes turn up things that rather bemuse me. This time I was in hot pursuit of Sir Thomas Molyneux of Cuerdale, who was murdered rather nastily by Thomas Mortimer Thomas Mortimer at the Battle of Radcot Bridge on 19 December 1387. Molyneux had once been John of…
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This is the second of Kathryn Warner’s books about Edward II, focussing on the life of his wife, who came across from France as the daughter, sister and aunt of the last five Capetian kings at the outset of the Hundred Years’ War, her niece being passed over as a Salic Law led to a…
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This 1527 event, which led to a Charles V inspired papacy ultimately refusing Henry VIII‘s annulment, because Catherine of Aragon was his aunt and Clement VII almost his prisoner, was discussed on “In Our Time” this week. In turn, however, this was inspired by Habsburg mercenaries being unpaid after their victory at the seige of…
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I’ve written about the Dukes of Gloucester before, and how doomed the title appears to be—on the whole, that is, because thankfully the present duke is flourishing! But here is a link to an article that’s even-handed where Richard III is concerned. That’s all Ricardians want for Richard. Fairness. Because when it is applied the…
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… when a historical dramatisation stops after a few series? Versailles, with George Blagden as Louis XIV, had three series and the last concluded with the Affair of the Poisons as La Voisin was burned. Victoria, with Jenna Coleman, has also had three series so far but has only really covered Prince Albert’s lifetime so…
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THOMAS GREY MARQUESS OF DORSET – MEDIOCRE AND SHIFTY OR GOOD AND PRUDENT MAN?
Astley Castle, Battle of Stoke, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, canon law, Canterbury Cathedral, Cecilia Bonville, Cheneygates, Christopher Urswick, Coldridge, Croyland, Domenico Mancini, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, George Neville, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry of Buckingham, illegitimacy, Jacquette, John Foxe, John Morton, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, lady anne stonor, Ludlow Castle, marriages, More, pre-contract, Reynold Bray, richard iii coronation, Richard Woodville, Second Battle of St. Albans, Sheen, Sir John Grey of Groby, sir john stonor, Sir William Stanley, Stony Stratford, T.B. Pugh, Taunton Castle, Tewkesbury, The Shadow of the Tower, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, William Lord Hastings, Wydeville plot, WydevillesReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Arms of Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset (c.1455-1501). Wikipdia. Well, well, well. What can I say about Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset (c. 1455–1501)? A member of the voracious Wydeville/Woodville family he lived through the tumult of the Wars of the Roses, at one time ending up in a bit…
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When we think of Edward of Woodstock (the “Black Prince”) I doubt if his sense of humour figures very much. He was definitely not known for curling up in laughter or playing pranks, so perhaps it will come as a surprise to find that humour did indeed figure in at least one aspect of…
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Everyone interested in the late medieval/early Tudor era will have heard of the two ‘pretenders’ to Henry VII‘s ill-gotten throne–Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck. However, there was a third pretender as well, and I admit I did not realise this myself till a few weeks ago when I stumbled across his story. His name was…
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