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The White Lion of Mortimer….

Dec 30, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, heraldry

coins, Mortimers, Queen’s Beasts, Richard Duke of York, Wakefield, white lion

It isn’t often that I like a new coin, but the addition of the White Lion of Mortimer to the Queen’s Beasts series is an exception. It’s beautiful. To read about it go here.
Three of Richard’s ships taken over by Henry….?

Dec 25, 2021

anniversaries, battles, religion, travel

Christmas Day, Edward IV, Governor, Grace Dieu, Hampshire, Henry VII, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Marie of the Toure, naval fleet, Richard III, River Hamble, River Hook, Southampton, warships

Yet again, while searching for one thing I came upon another. A book called The Hamble River by H.W. Trinder, from which the above map is taken, seemed likely to contain the information I was seeking, i.e. Southampton and its immediate environs in the 14th century. Then, I read the following:- “….Receyved [probably to lay…
Anne Beauchamp Countess of Warwick – Wife to the Kingmaker

Dec 22, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, buildings, sources

Abergavenny Castle, AJ Pollard, Barnet, Beauchamp Pageant, Beaulieu Abbey, Bisham Abbey, Calais, Caversham, Cecily Neville, Countess of Warwick, Despencer estates, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Berkeley, George Neville, Henry Duke of Warwick, Henry VI, Henry VII, Honfleur, Ireland, Isobel Despencer, John Neville Marquis of Montagu, John Rous, Louis XI, Margaret of Anjou, Middleham Castle, Paul Murray Kendall, Reading Abbey, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, Richard of Salisbury, Richard of Warwick, Rous Roll, Royal College of Arms, Sheriff Hutton, Sir James Tyrrell, Tewkesbury, Wars of the Roses, Warwick Castle, William Catour

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Anne Beauchamp and her husband, Richard Neville, ‘The Kingmaker,’ Earl of Warwick. From the Latin version of the Rous Roll. Donated to the College of Arms by Melvyn Jeremiah. Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick, daughter of Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and his second wife Isobel Despenser, was born…
The Renaissance, wedding dresses….and Robert de Vere….

Dec 19, 2021

anniversaries, art, battles, genealogy, law, religion, Science

Agnes Lancecrona, Anne of Bohemia, Battle of Bosworth, blue, Eugenie of York, Henry VII, marriage, Philippa de Coucy, Radcot Bridge, renaissance, Richard II, Richard III, Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland, Royal Marriage Secrets, scoliosis, wedding dresses, Wilton Diptych

Well, I wasn’t looking for observations on when the Renaissance commenced, rather was I trying to find information on the wedding of Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin, and 9th Earl of Oxford KG. The wording of my Google search brought up a site in which I found the following: “….During…
Edward IV, the sun of March, was alchemical gold….

Dec 18, 2021

battles, heraldry, religion, Science, sources

alchemical gold, alchemy, Edward III, Edward IV, George Ripley, Henry VII, Jonathan Hughes, monks, Ripley Scroll, Wars of the Roses

Before you read the following (from The Rise of Alchemy in the Fourteenth Century by Jonathan Hughes) you should know that I have taken the liberty of breaking it up into paragraphs – in the book the extract is from one long, rather impenetrable paragraph. Otherwise the punctuation is original. “….One of the most…
A review of Mike Ingram’s book on Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth….

Dec 17, 2021

archaeology, battles, Book Reviews

Battle of Bosworth, Mike Ingram, Richard III

I like to read a good review, and here is one about Mike Ingram‘s book Richard III and the Battle of Bosworth. There is no point in reviewing the review, so I’ll just say that after reading this one you’ll know exactly what you’ll get if you purchase the book. No, it doesn’t contain…
The “awkward mediaeval cities” (2) : Northampton

Dec 16, 2021

anniversaries, battles, religion, Science, sources, travel

artillery, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Northampton, Bletchley, coaches, delapre Abbey, Dissolution of the Monasteries, DNA, Edward I, Eleanor of Castile, Fotheringhay, Francis Crick, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Northampton Castle, Oxford, Peterborough, rail journeys, Richard III, siege of Roxburgh, St. Albans, St. Thomas Becket, Stony Stratford, trials, Weston Favell

Another such is Northampton. Like Oxford, most (all in fact) of the trains run to or from London, although the latter will reconnect to Cambridge in a few years, with Milton Keynes and Northampton joining the line via Bletchley. Northampton is only currently accessible from East Anglia via London, Birmingham, or switching to a coach…
Chief Sitting Bull, Henry V and Richard III….

Dec 15, 2021

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, genealogy, Science

“Lancastrian”, “Princes”, DNA, false paternity, Lancastrians, Native Americans, Richard III, Sitting Bull, USA

This article might seem to be solely about Chief Sitting Bull and his great-grandson, and a new method of proving DNA and so, but here’s the penultimate paragraph: “….Dr. Willerslev said it was possible, for example, that the methodology could help solve one of England’s most confounding cold cases: the fate of the…
MARKENFIELD HALL AND THE MARKENFIELD BROTHERS, THOMAS AND ROBERT.

Dec 11, 2021

battles, buildings, genealogy

“Perkin”, AJ Pollard, Barons Grantley, Battle of Bosworth, Buckingham rebellion, Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel, Coldridge, Edward V, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, Falklands Play, funeral effigy, Iain Curteis, John de Merkynfeld, knights of the body, licence to crenellate, Markenfield Hall, piscina, rape, Ripon Cathedral, Rising of the North, Robert Markenfield, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Sir Thomas Markinfield, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Yorkshire

Reblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Markenfield Hall viewed through the Gatehouse. A 14th century moated manor house and one time home to the Markenfields. Photo National Garden Scheme. Markenfield Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire is surely the epitome of a survivor of medieval manor houses. The building of the Hall begun in 1230 and was…
Margaret of Anjou was married to Henry IV, Bosworth was in 1495 and Edward VI won at Tewkesbury….!

Dec 4, 2021

battles, genealogy

Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward VI, Elizabeth Wydeville, errors, Henry IV, Henry VI, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Margaret of Anjou, Richard III, Tewkesbury

When an article is entitled War of the Roses: A Brief Timeline, subtitled ‘Emily Hewat gives a crash course on the history behind Yorkshire and Lancaster’s epic rivalry and the origin of the Roses Tournament itself’ one rather expects the correct times! But no. What you find is:- “….Our story starts in 1454 with the…