archaeology

Was Edward IV gay and/or bisexual? Dr John Ashdown-Hill thinks maybe so….

Jan 20, 2017

archaeology, genealogy

Cecily Duchess of York, Colchester, DNA evidence, Dukes of Beaufort, Edward III, Edward IV, Elizabeth Lambert, Essex County Gazette, false paternity, Henry Duke of Somerset, John Ashdown-Hill, Richard III, sexuality, Thomas Earl of Lancaster, Titulus Regius, Y-chromosome

What follows was written entirely by Caroline Tilley, Senior Reporter of the Daily Gazette/Essex County Standard Secret marriages, scandalous affairs and one of the best-kept secrets in English history…. WHEN you have helped to unearth arguably the greatest historical find of the 21st century, some people might decide to put their feet up. Not Dr John…
MORE ROYAL DNA TESTING

Jan 19, 2017

archaeology, genealogy, Science

Austro-Hungarian emperors, Czechoslovakia, DNA, Franz Josef II, Habsburgs, Tomas Masaryk

Tests using ground-breaking new DNA technology are commencing on the clothing of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia. For years it has been rumoured that Masaryk might have been the illegitimate son of Emperor Franz Josef, who was of the House of Hapsburg. Tests will be undertaken first on living relatives of Masaryk’s…
Dr Turi King and her team are short-listed for National Archaeology Award…

Jan 2, 2017

archaeology, Science

awards, genealogy, Leicester University, mtDNA evidence, Turi King

All credit for the nitty-gritty scientific work done by this time, but never let it be forgotten that the vital original groundwork was done by others, such as Philippa Langley and John Ashdown-Hill. http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2016/december/richard-iii-geneticist-among-those-nominated-for-national-archaeology-award
Another Royal facial reconstruction

Jan 1, 2017

anniversaries, archaeology, art, genealogy, Science

Caroline Wilkinson, Dundee University, Dunfermline Abbey, facial reconstruction, Hunterian Museum, Liverpool John Moores University, Richard III, Robert I, Scotland

This time it is Robert I, who claimed the Scottish throne in 1306 and whose descendants have reigned there ever since, except for the Commonwealth years. The legendary warrior and probable leprosy sufferer was buried in Dunfermline Abbey and disinterred nearly two centuries ago. Note that the reconstruction work from his skull was done by…
Where another Duke of Gloucester died

Dec 21, 2016

archaeology, buildings, travel

Bury St. Edmunds, car parks, Henry VI, Humphrey of Gloucester, Lord Protector of the Realm, Reformation, St. Albans, St. Saviour’s Hospital

To find the incongruous ruins of this Bury St. Edmunds building, stand on Fornham Road, facing the supermarket car park with the car dealership and the bottom of Station Hill behind you then walk a few paces to the left. St. Saviour’s Hospital dates from about 1184 and was probably founded by Samson, the town’s…
Olde London Towne (2)

Dec 20, 2016

archaeology, buildings

Athelstan, burial sites, Clink Prison, Cross Bones Graveyard, Crow’s Nest, executions, Francis Walsingham, Jack Cade, James Paget, medieval buildings, prostitution, River Fleet, Samuel Pepys, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Museum, St. Olave Hart Street, Templars, Temple Church, Thames, The London Stone, Tower of London

Following our previous post, This tells us about some specific mediaeval buildings ands structures.
DIGGING FOR BRITAIN–NEW NEWS ON the BATTLE OF BARNET

Dec 18, 2016

archaeology, battles, television reviews

Barnet, battle sites, BBC4, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Tewkesbury, Wars of the Roses

Like Bosworth, the actual site of the Battle of Barnet has been the subject of much conjecture, especially as the area is heavily modernised. On the latest episode of DIGGING FOR BRITAIN, airing on BBC 4 on December 20 at 9 PM, experts take a new look at the site and believe they can now…
More reburials based around Richard’s service at Leicester….

Dec 9, 2016

archaeology, religion

Anglo-Saxons, burials, Leicester, Redcar

Richard III’s reburial service is to be adapted for more reburials, this time of Anglo-Saxon Christians-men, women and children-found at Kirkleatham, have been laid to rest at St Cuthbert’s, Redcar. http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/anglo-saxon-christians-reburied-redcar-12218102
Another Anglo-Saxon find?

Dec 5, 2016

archaeology

Anglo-Saxons, burials, Christianity, Raedwald, Rendlesham, Sutton Hoo, Venerable Bede, Wuffings

This Cambridge article reveals a little about the possible early Christian burial site near Sutton Hoo, first discovered nearly eighty years ago and which probably contains Richard’s collateral ancestor Raedwald.
Those mysterious children’s coffins in Edward IV’s tomb….

Dec 4, 2016

archaeology, buildings

“Princes”, archeology, coffins, Edward IV, Eileen Bates, George of Bedford, Henry Emlyn, Mary of York, mysteries solved, Richard III Society Bulletin, Windsor Castle

Updated version of this post at https://sparkypus.com/2020/08/03/those-mysterious-childrens-coffins-in-edward-ivs-vault/ The following is courtesy of my good friend Eileen Bates, whose hard work has unveiled the truth about Edward IV’s tomb and those mysterious children’s coffins at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Could they be those of the boys in the Tower? The above is a Section from the Plan…