archaeology
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Some very selective criticism and rumour-mongering about Richard III….
“Princes”, bigamy, Coldridge, Dighton, Edward IV, Elizabeth Wydeville, Henry VII, Henry VIII, illegitimacy, John Ashdown-Hill, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leicester cathedral, Leicester Greyfriars, Miles Forest, More, Richard III, Richard III reburial, Sir John Evans, The Conversation, Thomas Wolsey, Tower of LondonTwo articles have come to my attention. They are both by The Conversation editor Jo Adetunji and both are set upon regurgitating old evidence written by the enemies of Richard III. The first (illustrated above), written July 27, 2021, is here. Hmmm. This is an extract:- “….But I’ve discovered that the names More gives…
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The Links That Bind – Reappraisals – Richard III, Edward V, the Herald’s Memoir, Coldridge/John Evans, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Thomas Grey and Gleaston Castle.
“Lambert Simnel”, “Princes”, AF Pollard, Alice Arundel, Arthur, attainders, Baynard’s Castle, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bodrugan’s Leap, books, Brittany, canon law, Canterbury Cathedral, Cecilia Bonville, Cheneygates, Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, closed crown, Coldridge Church, Cornwall, coronations, Devon, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, executions, fetterlock and falcon, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gipping Hall, Gleaston Castle, Guines, Harleian Manuscript 433, Henry VII, Historic England, John Dilke, John Earl of Lincoln, John Morton, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lady Margaret Beaufort, letters, Lord Protector of the Realm, Ludlow, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, More, Philippa Langley, pre-contract, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert Markenfield, Robert Stillington, safe house, Sheen, Simon Stallworth, Sir Henry Bodrugan, Sir James Tyrrell, Sir John Evans, Sir John Grey, Sir John Speke, Sir Richard Edgecumbe, Sir William Stonor, Stoke Field, sunne in splendour, The Missing Princes Project, Three Estates, Titulus Regius, YorkshireREBLOGGED FROM A MEDIEVAL POTPOURRI @ sparkypus.com Could these images in Coldridge Church be of the same man? A young Edward V, an adult man whose face appears to show injury/disfigurement around the mouth/chin area and the face of the John Evans effigy which also seems to have a scarred chin? It was way…
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It’s always good to learn of the indomitable efforts of Ricardian warriors around the world. Here’s an article from Canada about Clement Carelse and Christine Hurlbut, members of the King Richard III Society of Canada, who are carrying the White Boar standards on their side of the Atlantic. The above article about them and their…
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If you go to this article from the Washington Examiner, you’ll see why yet again the brilliance and erudition of university professors leaves me speechless. Not a Leicester University archaeologist this time, but a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and Managing Faculty Director for the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice in…
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At first glance you’d think this article by Peter Hitchens of the Mail Online is going to be in praise of Tony Blair, especially when you also see the above photograph. But the former Prime Minister only comes into it to illustrate how at least one modern myth sprang up. The article goes on the…
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Well, this only such-and-such actors can play such-and-such roles has reared its silly head again. I thought the whole point of being an actor was to play (and immerse yourself in) numerous different roles, but now we have Michael Sheen pronouncing that only Welsh actors should play Welsh roles, see here. Eh? Why, pray? Aren’t…
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… another Aldi site. This one is in Olney, Buckinghamshire, near Milton Keynes and was discovered by Oxford Archaeology. it is believed to be the remains of a villa and bath house.
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Was it really spring 2014 when the crown that John Ashdown-Hill had made for Richard III’s reinterment was put on display at Tewkesbury Abbey? All of nine years ago! Like many others I went to see it and happened to enter the abbey at a time when there was a lull in the arrivals. I…
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