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The origins of the White Rose of York?

Jul 7, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, heraldry

Caroline Halsted, Clifford Castle, Fair Rosamund Clifford, Henry II, Mortimers, royal mistresses, Walter Clifford, white rose, Wye, Yorkists

According to Caroline Halstead in Richard III As Duke Of Gloucester And King of England, the White Rose derives from Clifford Castle (near Hay-on-Wye). It therefore came to the York family as part of their inheritance from the Mortimers, who had themselves inherited Clifford Castle. But why is Clifford Castle associated with a white rose?…
It’s all in the blood….

Jul 6, 2021

anniversaries, art, genealogy, Science

“Tudors”, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary I, royal deaths, royal portraits, Swynfords

Seeing family likenesses is always irresistible, and few can deny that Henry VII and his mother are practically identical…well, except that as far as I know he wasn’t inclined to dress up to resemble a nun! From this I conclude that Beaufort blood is the key. Just how much Beaufort blood is arguable, of course.…
Edward III reigned for 406 years….!

Jul 5, 2021

anniversaries, buildings

Dartford, Edward III, Horsmans Place, John Horsman, Thomas de Luda, typos

While searching for information about the above house in Dartford, Kent, I ended up at this link. Oh dear, I know Edward III reigned a long time, but not THIS long! “….In the reign of Edward II (1307–1327) the manor was owned by Thomas de Luda. Towards the end of the reign of Edward…
Some Shakespeare scenes re-written

Jul 3, 2021

anniversaries, battles, films, humour, religion, The play’s the thing

Battle of Bosworth, Charles VII, cricket, de heretico comburendo, delivery companies, executions, Henry V, horses, Lollards, Michael K Jones, Richard III, Shakespeare, tennis balls

Henry V DRIVER (presses bell) BUTLER (opens door) DRIVER: Mr. Monmouth? BUTLER: Sorry, he is busy at the moment. DRIVER: Dauphin’s Sporting Goods here. I have a delivery for him; can he spare a moment to sign for it? Otherwise I’ll probably have to take it back to the warehouse. BUTLER: He is with some…
Barbara Talbot

Jun 30, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, Science

Anne Paston, Barbara Talbot, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Shrewsbury, Michael Ibsen, mtDNA evidence, photography, Ricardian, Sir Gilbert Talbot, Talbots, William Henry Fox Talbot

On page 130 of The last days of Richard III and the fate of his DNA, John Ashdown-Hill described John Talbot of Lacock, father of one of the many Barbaras in Richard’s mtDNA, as “John Talbot belonged to a cadet line of the descendants of the great John Talbot”, but there is no table to…
No, professor, you DON’T have proof of Richard III’s guilt….!

Jun 29, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, buildings, Science, sources

“Princes”, Henry VIII, Huddersfield, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Richard III, Thomas More, Tim Thornton

Professor Tim Thornton of Huddersfield University has caused quite a stir with his claims to have found new evidence that implicates Richard III in the “disappearance” of the boys in the Tower. I say disappearance because, truth to tell, that’s what happened as far as actual history is concerned. I don’t believe they were murdered…
THE PASSING OF ELIZABETH OF YORK – A ROYAL COINCIDENCE

Jun 28, 2021

anniversaries, art, buildings, genealogy, religion, sources

Anne Neville, Arthur “Tudor”, Edward IV, Edward of Middleham, Elizabeth of York, Hans Holbein, heirs, Henry VII, Henry VIII, John Rous, Middleham, National Library of Wales, Philip Mould, Richard III, Richard III Society, royal burials, royal portraits, St. Mary and St. Akelda, Westminster Abbey, Worcester Cathedral

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com A young Henry weeping on the empty bed of his dead mother Elizabeth of York. His two sisters Margaret and Mary sit at the foot of the bed. From the Vaux Passional, in the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth As an enthusiastic amateur I do love all the minutiae of history…
So the options for those “Princes” are:

Jun 26, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, genealogy, law, religion, Science

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, bigamy, Dr. John Clement, Edward V, illegitimacy, pre-contract, Ralph Shaa, Richard of Eastwell, Richard of Shrewsbury, Sir Edward Guildford, Sir John Evans, Three Estates, Titulus Regius

“Lambert Simnel” was Edward V. Sir John Evans was Edward V. Sir Edward Guildford was Edward V and Dr. John Clement was Richard of Shrewsbury or his son. “Perkin Warbeck” was Richard of Shrewsbury. Richard of Eastwell was Richard of Shrewsbury. Obviously, some of these are mutually exclusive but some are compatible. Even before the…
A Keighley man has traced his ancestry back to Sir Thomas Vaughan . . .

Jun 25, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy, law, religion

ambush, Edward IV, Edward V, executions, Jimmy Vaughan, Keighley, Ludlow, Pontefract Castle, Richard III, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Westminster Abbey, Wydeville plot, Yorkshire

A Keighley man, Jimmy Vaughan, has traced his ancestry back to the Sir Thomas Vaughan who was executed at Pontefract Castle on June 25 1483 for opposing Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who was by right of his late brother’s request, Lord Protector of England. Of course, Sir Thomas was one of the multitude of three…
The Grafitti of the Tower of London

Jun 24, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, genealogy

Dudleys, Elizabeth I, graffiti, Jane, John Dudley Duke of Northumberland, Lord Guildford Dudley, Mary I, Philip Howard Earl of Arundel, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Royal Mint, Thomas Roper, Tower of London

REBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI sparkypus.com The graffiti commemorating the Dudleys. Beauchamp Tower. Photo Spitalfieldlife I am, to be honest not a fan of graffiti, also known as graffito, neither do I know anyone who is. However, if you are talking historical graffiti, and from no less than the Tower of London, well that is definitely…