archaeology
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Following our post on Sunday, (https://murreyandblue.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/a-lock-of-a-kings-hair/) you may have heard that there was a lock of hair in Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St. Edmunds, belonging to Edward’s granddaughter Mary “Tudor”, who became Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk. This was investigated at the behest of John Ashdown-Hill, as she would share mtDNA with Edward’s…
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http://www.historyextra.com/readingabbey?utm_source=Facebook+referral&utm_medium=Facebook.com&utm_campaign=Bitly
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Quest for the Norman Kings Finding a present day mitochondrial DNA match for either Henry I, buried in Reading Abbey in 1135, or Stephen, buried with his family in Kent’s Faversham Abbey in 1154, is going to be very difficult. However, one factor is often overlooked: Stephen is the son of Henry I’s sister so…
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Leicester has more than one ‘lost’ personage, although Richard III has to be the most important, of course. But Cardinal Wolsey has eluded discovery so far, as is revealed in a very interesting article from the Leicester Mercury of 20th April 2015. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/s-Wolsey-Richard-III-Leicester-starting-looking/story-26359810-detail/story.html
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Further genealogical research by the University of Leicester has uncovered and tested Patrice de Warren, descended in the male line from Geoffrey of Anjou, the husband of Matilda, the ancestor of all Plantagenets: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2015/march/research-by-dr-turi-king-university-of-leicester-geneticist-into-the-ancestry-of-king-richard-iii His Y-chromosome neither matches that of Richard III nor that of the Somersets, one of whom differs from his cousins. There…
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http://royalcentral.co.uk/royalhistory/plans-unveiled-to-excavate-faversham-field-in-hope-of-finding-king-stephen-46921
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On Saturday, we reported that the “Kingfinder General” (Philippa Langley) is now on the trail of Henry I, originally buried in Reading Abbey, and hoping to test the remains in Westminster Abbey that purport to be Edward V and his brother but are reckoned not to be by modern scientists. Feversham Abbey in Kent, which…
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(Reblogged from The Yorkist Age) Philippa Langley has announced that she is now involved in the search for King Henry I on the site of Reading Abbey. Reading Abbey was of course destroyed during the reign of that much-loved king, Henry VIII. A few ruins remain and the site is partially built over. It is…
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Some people insist that the discovery of Richard III’s lost grave means nothing for history, but this view is increasingly hard to justify. The finding and scientific examination of his remains has revealed – and continues to reveal – facts that cast doubt on many popular theories about England’s most controversial king. So what can…
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