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Did Richard III choose his nephew Lincoln as his heir presumptive….?

Aug 21, 2017

Alternative History, anniversaries, battles, genealogy

“Lambert Simnel”, attainder, Battle of Bosworth, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of Suffolk, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VII, Horatio Nelson, James Wolfe, John Earl of Lincoln, John Rous, Lieutenant of Ireland, Portuguese marriage plans, Quebec, Richard III, Stoke Field, Trafalgar

The identity of Richard’s chosen heir has always been a sort-of mystery. Not to me. I have always believed he chose his sister’s eldest son, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. But then I’m stubborn, and once I have made up my mind, it takes a lot to shift me. Lincoln seemed the obvious…
SIR MATTHEW CRADDOCK 1468 – 1531

Aug 16, 2017

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy

“Perkin”, Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Berkshire, Bridgend, Caerphilly Castle, Calendar of Patent Rolls, Candelston Castle, Candleston Castle, castles, Coity Castle, Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Elizabeth of York, Fitzalan, George Duke of Clarence, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Herberts, Inventory of Ancient Monuments of Glamorgan, Jane Mansell, Jane Stradling, Jasper “Tudor”, Katherine Plantagenet, Kenfig Castle, Lady Catherine Gordon, Llynfi Valley, Lordship of Glamorgan, Mansels, Mary I, Matthew Craddock, Newcastle Castle, Newtons, Norman conquest, Ogmore Castle, Ogmore Triangle, Oxwich Castle, Perkins family, Reynoldston, Rhys ap Thomas, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Robert Stillington, Sir Richard Herbert, Sir Roger Berkerolles, Somerset, St. Donat’s Castle, Stradlings, Strattigan, Swansea, Switzerland, Talbots, Turbevilles, Wales, William de Londres, William Herbert Earl of Huntingdon

Matthew Craddock was the son of Richard ap Gwilliam ap Evan ap Craddock Vreichfras and Jennet Horton of Candleston Castle in Glamorgan. His great grandfather, William Horton of Tregwynt in Pembrokeshire, married Joan de Canteloupe the heiress of Candleston. Jennet Horton was their granddaughter. I first came across Matthew Craddock while looking at anything that…
Hey diddle diddle, it’s Richard III….!

Aug 12, 2017

battles

“Princes”, artillery, Battle of Bosworth, Civil War, Colchester, Coronation, Edward Seymour, Elizabeth I, elopement, Francis Viscount Lovell, Lady Catherine Grey, nursery rhymes, Richard III, William Catesby

Sometime ago I read that the words of the old Hey Diddle Diddle nursery rhyme were in fact a reference to the story of Richard III. There are other theories, of course, including this of Elizabeth I: “The story goes that Elizabeth, was often called a cat for the treatment of her court, the mice.…
A further selection of Scropes….

Aug 7, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy

Anthony Woodville, Aquitaine, Barons Scrope of Bolton, Barons Scrope of Masham, castles, Cokayne, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Wiltshire, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, executions, Henry IV, Henry Scrope Baron Masham, Henry V, Ian Mortimer, Joan Holland, John of Gaunt, Lord Treasurer, Lord Willoughby, Order of the Garter, Owain Glyn Dwr, Parliament, Philippa de Bryan, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, rebellion, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Richard Scrope Archbishop of York, Richard Scrope Bishop of Carlisle, Sir Edmund Mortimer, Sir William Plumpton, Southampton plot, summary executions, T.B. Pugh, Thomas Mowbray Earl of Norfolk, Vice-Chamberlain, William Scrope, York Minster

The name “Scrope” was usually pronounced, and sometimes spelled, as “Scroop”.am To follow yesterday’s post: – William, Earl of Wiltshire c1351-1399 William was the second son of Richard Scrope, first Baron Scrope of Bolton. In his younger days he was sometimes associated with John of Gaunt, who made him Seneschal of Aquitaine in 1383. Subsequently, he…
Conisbrough and Sandal, two castles of interest to the House of York….

Jul 31, 2017

battles, buildings

castles, Conisburgh, Edmund of Langley, Richard Duke of York, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Sandal Castle, Yorkshire

Yorkshire is obviously of great interest to Ricardians, as it is to those who are generally interested in the county. You will all find something to educate and entertain you at the midgleywebpages.com site, which traces the origins of the Yorkshire name Midgley. However there are two pages that I think may be of particular consequence…
A view of Richard and Leicester – all the way from Lahore….

Jul 29, 2017

battles, Science

archaeology, Bosworth, car parks, Greyfriars, Henry VII, John Ashdown-Hill, Lahore, Leicester, overseas perspective, reburial, Richard III

It is always interesting to find out how Richard’s discovery and reinterment, and the effect upon Leicester, is viewed from afar. In this case, Lahore. Mind you, I’m not sure Leicester will appreciate being situated “in the North of London”!
Black Vaughan of Hergest Court in Herefordshire….

Jul 25, 2017

battles, buildings

Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgecote, Edward V, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Herefordshire, Hergest Court, Kington, Pontefract Castle, Richard III, Sir Thomas Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan, Wales, Woodvilles

Thomas Vaughan ap Rosser was born in 1400, and nicknamed ‘Black’ Vaughan because of his black hair; or perhaps because of his black nature. No one knows which. His main residence was Hergest Court, near Kington in Herefordshire, and his wife was Ellen Gethin of Llanbister, Radnorshire. She was, from all accounts, a formidable…
The Battle Of Shrewsbury, 1403

Jul 21, 2017

anniversaries, battles

Anne of Gloucester, archers, Battle of Shrewsbury, Chester, Clwyd, Cocklaws Castle, Earl of Arundel, Earl of Douglas, Earl of Kent, Earl of Warwick, Edmund Earl of Stafford, executions, Flint, George Dunbar Earl of March, Henry IV, Henry Percy, Henry V, Homildon, Owain Glyn Dwr, Percies, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, rebellions, Richard II, Sandiway, Scotland, Shropshire, Sir Walter Blount, Tarporley, Thomas Percy Earl of Worcester, Venables, Vernon, Wales, Whitchurch

In order to appease (as he hoped) the Percy family Henry IV granted them all those parts of southern Scotland that they could conquer. Despite advice from Northumberland that royal assistance was not needed he set out in the summer of 1403 to march to the borders with a small army to support their siege…
While on a Cheshire road, Richard, Duke of Gloucester happened upon the retainers of Thomas, Lord Stanley….

Jul 20, 2017

battles, buildings

Cheshire, Edward IV, Empingham, George Duke of Clarence, Harringtons, Hornby Castle, Lord Welles, Losecoat Field, Paul Murray Kendall, Richard III, Richard of Warwick, Rutland, Stanleys, treachery

In my other article about Richard’s support for the Harringtons of Lancashire against Thomas, Lord Stanley, * I promised to write more about Stanley’s treachery and thirst for revenge on Richard. Other events happened at around the same time as the Harrington/Stanley quarrels, indeed the two are contiguous, and this time Richard was responsible for Thomas…
Is Francis Lovell lying at rest in Gedling church….?

Jul 16, 2017

anniversaries, battles, buildings

Fiskerton, Francis Viscount Lovell, Gedling, Stoke Bardolph Church, Stoke Field, Trent

There is a theory that Francis Lovell, on fleeing the battlefield at East Stoke in 1487, met with some mishap and ended up buried in the Church of All Hallows, Gedling in Nottinghamshire. Stoke Bardolph Castle (now gone) not far from Gedling, was the seat of the Bardolph family, of whom his mother, Jane, was…