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“Do pay attention, Windsor, this is your family we are talking about”!

Jul 1, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

Charles “III”, coronations, Duke of Sussex, education, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Gordonstoun, Henry VI, Henry VII, Louis XI, red hair, Richard Duke of York, Spencers, Tewkesbury, Winston Churchill

This phrase was (allegedly) used to the erstwhile Prince of Wales at Gordonstoun in the early 1960s. His younger son, Henry Duke of Sussex, seems not to understand the connections betwen previous Royal family members that well, either. This Express article quotes from his book, where he claims to be DESCENDED from Henry VI. As…
JOHN ROUS – Author of The Rous Roll, Warwickshire Antiquarian, Chantry Chaplain and Turncoat Extraordinaire?

Jun 29, 2023

anniversaries, battles, law, sources

“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville, antiquarians, articles, attainders, Battle of Bosworth, British Library, Charles Ross, David Johnson, dedications, Earls of Warwick, Edward IV, elephants, enclosures, Fotheringhay, Guy’s Cliff, Henry VI, Historia Regum Angliae, John Rous, Latin, Nicholas Orme, October birthdays, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, sanctuary, Titulus Regius, vicar of Bray, Warwick, Yorkist Roll

Reblogged fromA Medieval Potpourri @ sparkypus.com John Rous ‘drawne by himselfe’. From the Latin ‘Lancastrian’ version of the rolls. College of Arms. John Rous or Rows as he called himself (b.c1420 d. 14 January 1492) was the son of Geoffrey Rous of Warwick, who was a younger son of Thomas Rous of Brinklow, and Margaret,…
CROWN IN EXILE: A NOVEL OF RICHARD AND EDWARD IN BURGUNDY

Jun 27, 2023

anniversaries, art, battles, travel

“Beauforts”, Anthony Wydville, Barnet, Belgium, Bruges, Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Crown in Exile, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, exile, George Duke of Clarence, Gruuthuse, Henry IV, Jehan de Wavrin, John Ashdown-Hill, King’s Lynn, Lord Hendrik van Borselen, Louis de Groothouse, Louis XI, Margaret of Burgundy, museums, Netherlands, novels, Princes of Wales, publishing, Ravenspur, Readeption, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, William Caxton, William Lord Hastings, York

A part of Richard III’s life often overlooked in fiction is the brief time he spent in exile with his brother, Edward IV, from October 1470 to March 1471. Usually, this event is a mere footnote in most novels, no doubt because it might be seen as ‘slowing down the action’ and also…
When there’s snow at midsummer….

Jun 23, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry

bigamy, Castell Du, Coventry, cults, Edmund of Rutland, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, First Battle of St. Albans, George Duke of Clarence, Gervase la Vallee, Henry Duke of Somerset, Henry VI, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Lancastrians, Ludlow Castle, manticore, Margaret of Anjou, mermaids, Micklegate Bar, Midsummer Day, Mortimer’s Cross, poachers, pre-contract, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Warwick, Royal deer forests, secret marriage, stag hunting, Towton, Wakefield, Welsh Marches, witchcraft

A short story by Sandra Heath Wilson (viscountessw) Please remember, ladies and gentlemen, that this story is fiction. The great midsummer bonfire crackled and roared, and sparks billowed high into the dark sky. It was encircled by thirteen hooded black-robed figures, and the face of the youngest was pale as he accepted the carved wooden…
Harbingers

Jun 22, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law

Anne of Bohemia, harbingers, Henry IV, King’s Lodgings, livery colours, Lollards, Owain Glyndwr, Pilleth, Richard II, Sir Robert Whitney, Sir Thomas Clanvowe, Welsh Marches

We still use the word ‘harbinger’ in constructions like ‘This was the harbinger of war.’ Meaning that something gives a warning or prediction. In the Middle Ages, a harbinger was a man who travelled ahead of the royal (or a noble) household to warn that they were coming. Well, if you had 600-1000 assorted people…
Ricardian History For Sale in Leicester

Jun 18, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion

Battle of Bosworth, Blanche of Castile, Blue Boar Inn, Castle Gate, Henry of Grosmont, Henry VI, knighthoods, Lancastrian burials, Leicester, Leicester Castle, Mary de Bohun, Parliament of Bats, relics, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, St. Mary De Castro, The Newarke, Trinity Hospital, weapons

Castle Gate in Leicester is currently on the market for £800,000. Renovated inside to form a spacious house, Castle Gate was built in the 15th century and was the main entrance to the bailey of Leicester Castle. The Great Hall of the castle still exists and is a few hundred yards away. It is encased…
The de Berkeley Heart Burials St Giles Church , Coberley

Jun 17, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings, religion, Science

Alfonso of Chester, Berkeleys, Chapel of St. Edward the Confessor, Coberley Church, Crecy, Crusades, Dunfermline Abbey, Edward I, Edward III, Eleanor of Castile, English Church Monuments, Gloucestershire, heart burials, Historic Conservation, Holy Land, horses, Joan Archer, Joan of the Tower, Lombard, Melrose Abbey, Phillippa of Hainault, Ranulph Lord Dacre, Richard Whittington, Robert I, Sir Giles de Berkeley, Sir James Douglas, Sir Thomas de Berkeley, St. Giles’ Church, Towton, William of Windsor, William Whittington

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com 14th century monument to Sir Thomas de Berkeley of Coberley (1289-d.1365) and his wife Joan Lady de Berkeley nee Archer d. 1369. The small monument besides the Berkeley monument is that commemorating a heart burial belonging to an unknown female. St Giles’ Church, Coberley, Gloucestershire. Photo C B Newham Church Monuments…
The Wars of the Roses’ last battlecry on England’s soil….?

Jun 16, 2023

anniversaries, battles, buildings

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Battle of Stoke, cowardice, Edmund Earl of Suffolk, Henry VII, John Earl of Lincoln, Nottingham Castle, Richard de la Pole, Richard III, white boar

Our Yorkist shoulders always slump with dismay when we think of the Battle of East Stoke in 1487. With this defeat, and the death of the young Earl of Lincoln, who was regarded as the heir of Richard III, Henry Tudor was more firmly on his stolen throne. This site is devoted to the battle…
Time to feel sorry for Dan Jones….

Jun 14, 2023

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, humour

bloopers, British Empire, Dan Escott, Edward I, Edward III, Henry II, Henry IV, Magna Carta, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Runnymede, usurpation, Wat Tyler

Right, ladies and gentlemen, if you want a real laugh, go here. It’s so full of bloopers that it really is a joke. For instance, OLD Richard II reigned during the Peasants’ Revolt. Um, Richard was 14 at the time. And then again Henry IV was Richard II’s son. But wait, Henry IV was Henry…
Trial by Combat.

Jun 7, 2023

anniversaries, battles, law, religion

banishment, Bolingbroke v Norfolk, castles, Chief Justice Thirning, Chris Given-Wilson, Constance of York, Court of Chivalry, duel, Edmund of Langley, executions, Fourth Lateran Council, France, Henry IV, Henry VII, King’s approver, Normandy, Parliament, Richard II, Sir John Annesley, St. Saviour’s Castle, Thomas Katrington, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, Trial by combat, trial by jury, Tyburn, usurpation, Wars of the Roses

You might think that the Church would have approved of trial by combat. After all, it effectively remitted the cause to God’s judgement – assuming that you believe God intervenes in such affairs, as many people (presumably) did. In fact, as far back as the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 (Canon 18) the Church…