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Here’s some good news for all those who love history and would like to see around some English Heritage sites, but cannot. Thanks to an item on Sky News, I have learned of a new project which provides virtual tours of 29 sites. The above view of Whitby Abbey is taken from one of these.…
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Edmund Mortimer 5th Earl of March
Anne Stafford, Battle of Shrewsbury, Constance of York, Earl of Northumberland, Earldom of March, Edmund Mortimer, Edmund of Langley, Harfleur, Harlech Castle, Henry IV, Henry V, Humphrey of Gloucester, Ian Mortimer, Iolo Goch, Ireland, John Holland, King’s Council, Mortimers, Normandy, Owain Glyn Dwr, Pevensey Castle, plot, Richard Earl of Cambridge, Richard II, Roger Mortimer, Sir Hugh Waterton, Sir John Mortimer, Sir Thomas Grey, Southampton, Thomas Earl of Surrey, Thomas of woodstock, Tripartite Alliance, Wales, Windsor CastleEdmund Mortimer, later 5th Earl of March, was born on 6 November 1391. His parents were Roger Mortimer, Earl of March (1374-1398) and his wife, the well-connected Alianore Holland, daughter of Thomas Earl of Kent. In the view of many people, including the Westminster Chronicler, and the Welsh poet Iolo Goch (c1320-1398) Earl Roger was…
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The Court of Requests and Thomas Seckford
“Tudor” justice, “Tudors”, anniversaries, Brandons, Christophe Saxton, court of Requests, de la Pole family, Edmund Crouchback, Edward I, Elizabeth I, English Civil War, executions, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Ipswich, Jane, Joan of Acre, law, Lords Audley, Margaret Wingfield, Orford, Parliament, Richard III, Richard’s justice, Ripon, Seckford Hall, Thomas Seckford, Woodbridge
In 1484, King Richard III created a minor equity court to deal with minor disputes in equity; these are disputes where the harshness of common law would be acknowledged by those appointed by the Crown. Equity courts were mostly seen as the Lord Chancellor’s remit, and the split of the Chancery Courts from the Curia…
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While browsing around, looking for a particular illustration of a medieval great hall, I happened upon the above picture, which is an imagining of the hall at Eltham Palace toward the end of the 15th century. I think, but can’t be sure, that the king seated splendidly at the far end is Edward IV. But it…
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UPDATED POST ON sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/crossrail-a-portal-into-medieval-london/ No doubt archaeologists thought all their Christmases had arrived at once when first they heard breaking news of the building of Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure – which will be called the Elizabeth line and will open in phases from late 2018 – and the exceptional opportunities the…
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This article is about Richard, Christmas celebrations, and the Croyland Chronicle. I really enjoyed reading it. It seems Richard’s lavish hospitality met with sour po-faced disapproval! No doubt, if he’d kept a sparse Christmas, he’d have been criticised for not giving himself up to the joy of Christ’s birth. https://meanderingthroughtime.weebly.com/wars-of-the-roses-blog/christmas-1484-with-richard-iii
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This excellent post from Nerdalicious, whose tabs appropriately include “History of Folk and Fairy Tales”, shows just how desperately ridiculous the Cairo case really is, particularly when they treat More’s first half as a Fifth Gospel and ignore his second. After all, we have already shown that the small coffins buried with Edward IV are…
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A great review of Matthew Lewis’s new book: The Survival of the Princes in the Tower
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