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Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings
Ashby, attainder, castles, chapels, Charles the Bold, Domenico Mancini, Edward V, English Heritage, engraving, executions, Great Council, Hastings Tower, high treason, illustrations, Jasper “Tudor”, Katherine Hastings, Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire, Lord Chamberlain, Louis XI, National Gallery, Richard III, Rosemary Horrox, slighting, The Road to Bosworth Field, Tower of London, Towton, William Lord Hastings, WydevillesReblogged from Ashby de la Zouch Castle – Home to William Lord Hastings An intriguing doorway leads into the Great Chamber where the family would have entertained important guests. A fine 15th century fireplace has survived as well as a 16th century window. Photo from the English Heritage Guidebook book Following on from my earlier post…
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Lady Katherine Gordon – Wife to Perkin Warbeck
“Perkin”, “Princes”, Annabella Drummond, Austin Friars, Bernard Andre, Christopher Ashton, Cicely Plantagenet, clothes, Edward of Warwick, executions, Exeter, Fyfield Hall, George Earl of Huntly, Henry VII, James IV, James Strangeways, Lady Elizabeth Hay, Lady Katherine Gordon, Margaret Kyme, Scotland, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sheen, Sir John Evans, Sir Matthew Craddock, St. michael’s Mount, Thomas More, torture, Tower of London, Tyburn, Warkworth’s ChronicleReblogged from A medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com St Michaels Mount. ‘A Strong Place and Mighty’ wrote Warkworth in his Chronicle. Perkin left Katherine and their son here prior to his march to Exeter. Note the causeway. Thanks to John Starkey @ Flikr for this atmospheric photo. It may seem prima facie that Katherine was a tragic…
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I’ve seen this (awful!) portrait of Richard before. It just doesn’t look like him, more one of the invented Tudor versions of him, i.e. monstrous and evil, or weak and terrified of all things Tudor. This one fits the ‘weak and terrified’ mould, and if it were listed as a portrait of Henry VI, I’d…
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MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS…
“Tudors”, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, beards, Bere Regis, breeches, Catherine Howard, Charles Brandon, Cromwells, David Starkey, Elizabeth of York, executions, fashion, Hans Holbein, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jane, Jane Seymour, John Morton, Katherine Parr, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Mary “Tudor”, Mary I, Master John, National Portrait Gallery, Nicolas Sanders, Queen’s Collection, queens, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, royal portraits, Sir John Cheke, St. Mary’s Fairford, St. Mary’s Warwick, Thomas Wolsey, Toledo Museum of Art, tomb effigies, Wars of the RosesReblogged from MISIDENTIFIED HISTORICAL PORTRAITS INCLUDING TUDOR QUEENS… Does anyone else like me get irritated by misidentified portraits of historical characters? Is it that difficult to get correct? It’s quite sloppy to be honest as just a quick glance at them tells you something ain’t quite right here! It’s particularly common around 16th century portraiture when…
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The magnificent tapestry in the above illustration is the one indicated in my heading. It’s the oldest possessed by the National Trust, and after four years of careful cleaning and attention, it’s going on display at Montacute House in Somerset. It was commissioned by a French knight and created by a weaver in Tournai.…
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Here is another little puzzle to thwart my writing intentions. Always liking some background ‘colour”, I started chasing up the armorial devices of the Chadertons of Lancashire. I discovered the main one featured a griffin. So I resorted to my copy of The Royal Armory (the weight of which tests my aging muscles!) There…
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PERKIN WARBECK AND THE ASSAULTS ON THE GATES OF EXETER
“Perkin”, Ann Wroe, attainder, Beaulieu Abbey, Blackheath, Coldridge, Cornish rebellion, Devon, East gate of Exeter, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, Exeter, Greenwich Palace, Lady Katherine Gordon, Launceston, Ludlow, maps, north gate of Exeter, Penzance, Richard of Shrewsbury, Richard of Warwick, sanctuary, Second Cornish Rebellion, Sir John Evans, St. michael’s Mount, Tamar, Tournament Tapestry, Valenciennes, Westminster, Whitesand BayReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com This is thought to be a portrait of Perkin Warbeck/Richard Duke of York from the Tournament Tapestry at Valenciennes Perkin Warbeck. Pencil sketch c1560. Note the eye blemish in both portraits. Following on from my earlier post and the high likelihood that John Evans ,who lies buried in Coldridge Church Devon, was…
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The picture above was taken by my daughter, when she glanced down in a Gloucestershire field and saw something shining. She investigated, and found it was a piece of costume jewellery, half hidden in mud. So she retrieved it…and then something else and then something else. Taking it all home, she washed the mud away…
